New Britain herald., 1928-08-09
ARBITRATION IS
 BETTER THAN LAW
Rotarians Hear Talk On Settling
 Business Disputes

Settling of business and conner cial disputes by arbitration rather than by the usual civil court chan nels, Was the theme of an address delivered today by W. 0. Conway. secretary of the American Arbitra- ton Association, at the regular weekly luncheon meeting of the Ro- tary club. The speaker stressed the point of settling disputes between the jobber and tEc manufacturer. | through more friendly method | which does not involve unnecessary | publicity and the costs that are in yolved in carrying the dispute to the 1 courts. The purpose of the association is to maintain arbitration tribunal for the use of it's members or parties who wish to use its standard rules and forms: as service station wherein its practice can be demon
 strated to trade associations, as q ! laboratory for resolving practical i problems; as an educational center
 wherein to demonstrate how arbitra- , ton really works and as an rxten-
 sion service for the supervision oi
 arbitrations conducted by other or ganizations. and for the designation ot special panels for the purpose of facilitating their arbitrations.
 Mir. Conway further pointed out
 that the association limits it's field
 Of activity to commercial disputes
 and has refused to be drawn into
 ,,,,li isD In Th,a
 assoclation has the cooperation of the judiciary and the bar and has succeeded in ringing business and law into accord. Matters often taken . to the courts are now being thrashed out before an arbitration , tribunal. Disputes are laid before a l committee Of men who themselves are interested in the same business that the two disputins parties are
 speedier way of settling q Agitation, r the speaker said, as the men who a listen to the causes of the dispute. |, are well verscd in the particular bus
 mess and can give an unbiased opin-
 ion in the matter brought before
 them.
 The association has already re.
 ceived the cooperation of seNera
 states among them New York, Penn
 sylvania, California, New Jersey
 Oregon. Massachusetts and Louisi ! ana, which have passed laws legal izing the settlement of commercial disputes by arbitration. In a givel
 community, the arbitration tribuna
 lis part of the chamber of commerce
 where in the disputes arising be
 tween local merchants jobbers ant
 manufacturers are taken care of. II l, cases where d dispute arises betweel Il local merchant and a manufactur 6 CT in d distant state. the matter i is either settled by the national arbi e tration tribunal or through the co O operation of the local tribunals. Tn
 idea therefore is to settle the ques tions honorably and peacefully - without injury to the businessma or the manufacturer. Of course y neither of the disputing parties ca T. be forced to settle their questio le through arbitration. and there mus ai be an agreement between the tw D. to bring the matter before the trl l. bunal. The method however ha
 proven so successful that all mem
 bers of the association have agree ly to settle their arguments in the iu at ture through the arbitration tribuf e. al, Agreements to arbitrate in state le which have legalized this metho' s. have been made valid and a decisio at of the arbitrators is final, under til ,i- laws of the state.
 The association has panel Ii. 4SO arbitrators, a board Of oa .ic trades vice chairmen and a body a o6O affiliated trade and commerci ", organizations. Among its officers al of Charles Evans Hughes. Herbe ee Hoover, Newton D. Baker. all hol rn orary presidents: Mrs. Vincent A
 tor, A. L Filene. Harry r. Guggel
 helm, Rosco Pound, Charles
 Root, Charles Schwab and Owen
 Young.
 ld The purpose of Mir. Conway's ta ,s was to get the local merchants al r business men interested in the 1d' mi of arbitration. so that this metht ,l, of settling disputes may soon .,. come a realty in this state.