Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-04
SHOOT 70 Be GUEST At
BILLION DOLLAR FEAST
'Utsh Senator to be honored BY
Dlg Business for Tariff
Enactment.

New York. sept "A bullion -ooaler
Ainnsr--~o Characterised because OK
the combined wealth OF the men who
Gender It win approximate that nSure
---Is being arranged - testimonial
60 United states Senator Reed Smoot
OF Utah. chief defender 81 the Fordney-
Mc<'un,bsr tariff bill. which levies an
tmros, OF nearly $500. 100000 upon the
suuar usars OF the United States
Tho COMMITTEES OF American business
men. which WAS organized about two
yours ago Is playing the role OK hos,
60 the Utah statesman. Tho names
OF its mcmbcrp. csrvied on FORM
letter urging many captains OF IN
dustry and finance who. incidentally,
Will benefit from the increased tArin
10 par,icirads In the tribute to MT.
kmoot, read like a pocket edition OF the
directory OF tho directors.
Individual tickets for the dinner.
which 10 to DO held at the Hotel Astor
on October s. arc $40. Letters broad
cast to mon OF large Affairs counted
upon 10 DO Senator Smoot honor cx-
plain:
As tho responses from all sections
Of the country are already very large
and the committee In charge has
adopted the rule Of placing the sub
scribsrs in the order In which their
applications are received, would like
60 know II you are coming 30 as 10
be sure you are we'll placed. The din
ner, feel. vii, DO important and I'M
posing"
The letter ~ signed by George Henry
Payne, executive director OF the COM
mittee Of American business men su-
thor and publiciet. who also is Re
publican member OF tho Board OF
Taxcs and Assessments Mr.. Payne
infarms prospective pay guests that
'acvcptances have come from almos,
every state in the Union, and include
the most prominent business men in
the country
Charles NJ. Schwab of the Bcthle-
hem Steo, Corporation and director In
many other big corporations, is on the
dinner committee. Some Of the other
members are William II. Nichols
ehairrnap OF the board Of directors o.
the Allied Chemical and Dye Corpora
zion. Judge Robert s. Lovet'. directing
head OF the Union Pacific Railroad and
allied with a score OF railroads and
raviracins companies; Alvin w. Krech
director IN nearly two dozen corpo-
ru,.ons. Mortimer L. schin. OF Kuhn
Loeb 4 Co. bankers: Ado.rh Lewisohn
mulumillionaire ph.lantAropist ant
william Cooper Proctor Of Cincinnati
Among Is members OF the commit
Zee OF American business men The
president CO which Is w. Forge:
Morgan Of Morgan L.vernore a Co
arc Hc-ry Dcforest, trustee OF The
SAGE Estate: Otto ". Kahn. banker;
Cleveland IL. Dorse. Phelps Dodge Cor
ruration; Thomas A. Edison, Eugene
v r. Thaycr. railroads. telephone anc
other industrial corporations; Cn.;et
States Senator Coleman du Pont o
Delaware; Howard Elliott Norther,
Pacific Railroad: william Haul.,
Chlds, Allied Chemical and Dye Cor
roration; James A. Burden, iron mag
nate; Charles A. Peabody president o
shc Mutual Insurance Company an,
Paul ~. Cravath. international lawyer
The invitation 20 participate IN th'
emoo; dinner reads ;ha; the Senator 8
singled ou; for this distinction becaus
OF the light TIA; re hae made for {
ecund taSniion program"