New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
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BY JAMES p. HoRNADAY.
Washington.-The work of setting
up the machinery of the newly organ
lied international chamber Of COM
MERGE is now under way In the tenn
porary headquarters at 33 Rue jean
Donjon, Paris. The permanent head
quarters, which will be determined by
the board of directors. will probably
be located at the seat Of the League
of Nations.
DIR. Edward Dolleans, professor OF
political economy at the University of
Dion, who is the temporary seere-
t~ary-general Of the international cham
Der, is directing the work of putting
the machinery In motion. He is be-
ing assisted just now by David A.
Skinner. secretary of the chamber OF
commerce of the United States.
The outlook for the business league
Of nations" is very promising, accord
ing to American delegates who have
returned to the United States from the
Paris conference where the interna-
tional chamber was formed. They re-
port that no more earnest group of
than the 500 delegates from France,
Italy. Belgium, Great Britain and the
United States-the five foundation
countries-whO gathered for the pur-
pose Of building the machine which
would be set in operation to deal with
commercial problems.
Work That Will Be Covered.
At the headquarters Of the interna-
tional chamber will be centralized data
concerning economic and social condi-
lions, the facts of production and re-
Quirements and the possibilities Of fu-
ture production ano requirements. 1t
will act as a cO-ordinating instru-
ment for suggesting regulations and
legislative measures to facilitate and
encourage economic intercourse. 1t
will also place at the disposal Of mem
bers and OF official agencies reports
and conclusions which may be issued
In accordance with Its articles or con-
stitution. and will form public opinion
through publication Of facts concern
ing business and economic conditions.
An idea of the extent of the work
which the international chamber
means to cover may be CLEANED by
mentioning some OF the points which
were included In the program Of the
conference. as follows:
To make import end export trade
easier.
Safeguard international trade
against unnecessary waste and fraud.
Standardize international docu-
ments, practices and laws affecting
commercial intercourse.
Remove international friction. much
Of which begins with commercial diff
ferences.
Increase the total production of the
world, and make the product availa-
BILE to the people of the world.
Increase the mutual profit in inter-
national transactions thereby pro-
noting international friendship which
is the basis Of peace.
Cultivate personal friendship be-
tween business men and bankers Of
different nations, thus reducing preju-
dice and misunderstanding.
The constitution Of the new organi-
zation provides for n board Of three
directors and three alternates selected
by each OF the countries represented.
The American directors are John ii.
Fahey of Boston, formerly president
of the Chamber of Commerce Of the
United States; Willis II. Booth of
New York, and Edward A. Filene of
Boston. The a%lternates are: Harry
A. Wheeler Of Chicago, formerly pres
ident of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States; william Butter
worth of Moline. ILL.,, and Owen d.
Young of New York.
Newsprlnt Situation Bad.
That forest service Of the depart
ment Of agriculture asserts that the
shortage OF newsprint paper is the
serious depletion of the forests of
the northeastern and Lake states,
where there Is an overdevelopment
of the pulp and paper industries. Since
the requirements Of paper making re-
strict the kinds of wood than can be
advantageously used in making news
print, four spccies-spruce. hemlock.
balsam and poplar-supplied 81 per
cent Of the total amour manufac-
tured In 1917. according to the report.
The occurrence of these species chiefly
in the Lake states and New England
has led to the decentralization Of
the paper-making Industry there. II is
stated.
Until recently. when abnormal de-
mands. short supplies and resulting
high prices led to increased Dewsprint
production through the utilization Of
plants designed for and formerly used
I'm making other kinds Of paper, there
has been no expansion in the news
print industry In the United States
since 1909. and we have had TO i'm