New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-13
British Empire
Exhibit a Plan
To Boom Trade
Ex-Premier of Newfoundland
Declares Exposition Will
Show Products of Every
Dominion and COLONY
Praises General Corgas
Tropical Diseases Will Be
Studied i'm Relation to
lis Effects OH Commerce

Members Of the Newfoundland Club
gave an informal dinner last night at
the Shelburne Hotel, Brighton Beach
for the Right Honorable Lord Morris.
formerly Prime Minister Of Newfound-
land, who arrived here on Friday. Lord
Morris is devoting much of his time to
the preparations for the British Empire
exhibition, which is to be held in the
simmer OF 1924, and of which he is
chairman of the executive council.
"This exhibition said his lordship
yesterday, ais not an international ex-
hibition. 1t will partake Of the nature
of an imperial at home 1t will be a
stock taking of the resources of the
British Empire. 1t is very far from the
IDEAS of those responsible for the man
agement of the exhibition that it's effects
should be in any way hostile to the in
terests of other countries. OF all our
friends none will be more welcome than
the citizens of this great republic.
"The visitor from the great Amer
lean continent will see scientifically
and artistically displayed the finished
article and raw product of every cor
ner of the empire. He will be able to
take stock to see what he may want
and also note the absence of such
products as can be furnished by his
country. Thus international trade will
be fostered to the infinite advantage Of
all concerned.
Many Special Features
"There will be many other special
features associated with this exhi-
bition which l trust and believe will
do SO much for the cause of the worlds
trade. There will be a fine art section.
There will be a special timber exhibit
ton. There will be a series of confer
ences, and, having regard to what has
been achieved by the Americans in the
direction of sanitary science and deal
ing with tropical diseases, / am sure
it will interest many to know that an
outstanding section in connection
with the exhibition will be that deal
ing with tropical diseases in men, ami
mails and plants. The magnificent work
performed by General Gorgas and his
assistants in connection with the con-
struction Of the Panama, Canal will
never be forgotten.
"In the tropics health is the founda-
ton Of successful trade. A sick man
Is poor organizer, weak admipistra-
tor and a bad worker. Again and again
in the history of commerce promising
enterprises have had to be abandoned
owing to disease Malaria, typhoid,
yellow fever, sleeping sickness, plague
and other scourges can MI claim to
have played deadly part in the his
they gained the victory and defeated
human enterprise The work at, Pan
anna showed that one of the great
scourges could be prevented. 1t should
be possible, and doubtless will be pos
sible, to prevent others. Medical sci
ence has already removed, as is we'll
known here, all danger of the dreaded
yellow fever from many centers of the
tobacco and cotton industries. On the
subject of cotton very deep research
is proceeding on the other side into
the causes and prevention Of disease in
the cotton plant itself.
Will Show Tropical Diseases.
"The mosquito throughout the world
continues to cause malaria The rat
flea claims countless plague victims,
whilst in Africa the Tse-tse fly has
spread trail of sleeping sickness
which unfortunately has now invaded
temperate zones. The diseases of plants
and animals have very direct bearing
on the welfare of mankind r. has