Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-10
1000 Trade Mey,
Here for Meeting


tional Bank Of Commerce, New York,
and J. e. Ainsworth, Of the United
States National Bank. Portland, Ore.
These addresses Will be followed by
O "Look. See philadelphia" trip along
the Delaware River. Steamships and
tugs have been provided to show the
delegates the facilities of this port,
testimonials to This City
High regard for Philadelphia and ita
business interests was the point OF
letters received from out of town busi-
ness men In answer to invitations to
the convention sent out by Mayor
Moore.
A. W. Golden. president Of the
Tidewater Pipe Line Company. New
bread that Philadelphia's far-sighted
extending help to the company in its
eorly days has been many times re.
turned -.
your city has always shown itself
hospitable to undertakings Of this
kind" wrote Major George Haven Put.
man. president Of the English. Speak
''Philadelphia represents itself as the
workshop Of the world" said o. K.
Davis, secretary Of tho National For
eigu Trade Council. ''This convention
represents the means by which the
products Of your city are sent to all
parts Of the world"
Holding OF the convention in Phila-
than We have ever had before for
stimulating foreign shipments through
the port Of Philadelphia, said Emil
p. Albrecht. president of the Bourse.
I'VE can acauaint shippers in other
sections Of the country with the ad.
vantages possessed By Philadelphia over
other ports of the North Atlantic
Coast
Discussion in Group Sessions
A dinner by the Export Managers
Club. of New York. will open the
program tonight. At 8 o'clock three
group sessions will begin. Group 1
will embrace Public Education for
Greater Foreign Trade; Group .,
Banking Facilities for Foreign
Trade" and Group 3, Problems of
the Export Manager"
The speakers will be i. II. Huxley
chairman Committee on Education Of
National Foreign Trade Council; Wal
lace w. Atwood. Clark University.
Worcester. Mass. and n. 8; MacElwee.
HeoCSetO"u LnlNcISlty, W usHlnRtOn,
in Group I; Wilbert Ward. American
Acceptance Council, New York: A.
Kains. Federal International Banking
Company, New orleans. and Ralph
Dawson, Guaranty Trust Company,
New York, in Group >; and II. r.
Rockwell. vice president Export Mana
gers Club; L. A. Emerson. American
Rolling Mills Company, Middlotown.
o.. and Joseph McElroy. Sd. Pass 4
Seymour. Inc. New York. In Group 3.
Delegates from the Pacific Coast gave
n dinner last night at the Bellevue.
Stratford. Active work was started BY
the Pacific Northwest Foreign Trade
Council in its campaign to get the 1929
convention for Seattle.
An entire floor Of the Bellevue.
Stratford has been set aside for the
transaction of business, and here are
located the registration bureau, infor-
nation headquarters, trade adviser
service, exhibits, valuation bureau for
railroad tickets and industrial motion
pictures.
Emil r. Albrecht is chairman OF tho
Executive Committee which arranged
for the convention. The other officers
are: Charles 8. Calwell. president
Corn Exchange National Bank. treas.
urer: N. B. Kelly, secretary Chamber
of Commerce, secretary J. s. W. Hol.
ton. Sterling Coal Company Il. X.
johnson, Baldwin Locomotive Works
David $. Ludlum. ,Autocar Company.
and e. Lyon Chandler. Corn Exchange
National Bank. with Thaddeus s. Day.
ton, executive assistant.