The Washington times., 1929-05-02
CHAMBER 7 OLD
Of MARKETS
IN ORIENT

The Orient was shown to be the
next world market" by Chester G..
Rowell, San Francisco publicist and
writer, in an address before the
general session Of the United States
Chamber of Commerce yesterday in
the chambers building, Connecticut
Avenue and H Street northwest.
Rowell was discussing "our Stake
In the Pacific"
According to the opinion given
by Rowell. the nations of the Orient
were going to be the big customers
Of American industry in the future.
He declared that it was necessary
that this market be opened UP and
suggested several means Of doing
so.
Unless the great business oppor-
tunities which open across the
Pacific are freed from the menace
of war, there is nowhere on earth
for business to find a field of ex-
pansion in the coming generation
such as is found in the industrializa-
ton of Europe and the development
Of America In the generations just
behind us.
Turning Westward
so our stake in the Pacific is in
the whole of 1t, in its peace and
progress, as well as its markets.
Americas face is turning west. We
Do
RowelI asked that the proper
recognition be given the nations of
the Orient and that the business In.
terests of America learn to under
stand the Orient for their own in
terests as well as those OF the
Orientals.
The session of the United States
chamber was marked with strong
discussion yesterday morning fol.
lowing an address by G. H. Cahan,
of Montreal, a member of the
Canadian parliament, in which he
scored the sinking of the Canadian
vessel I'm Alone" by Coast
Guard boat, and the enforcement of
the prohibition law here with re-
gard to Canadian interests.
Members Divided
The members of the chamber
were divided in their opinion of
the address. Many of them upheld
his contention, but others did not.
Cahan was speaking in an unoffi-
cial capacity before the chamber.
His address was very impressive.
The session OF the chamber will
continue through the day and will
be held again tomorrow. At to-
morrow's meeting the ratification
OF the residential directors elected
Monday will take place.
Must Apply Science
''The modern business man Ia O
success or a failure, largely de-
pending how much he applies
science in his business" c. +.
Kettering. vice president OF the
General Motors Corporation, ex.
planned to the members of the
chamber.
Kettering declared that it was
necessary that the present day
business man be constantly on his
toes and prepared for constant
change and progress in business.
Many consider science only as
part of engineering, the motor
executive OSCIdGSu. UuJ lUC BuCGSSb-
ful modern business man finds
that scientific study must be given
to all phases of his business: fl
nance. engineering. manufacturing,
purchasing. sales, service and ad-
Vertising."
Ability to Absorb
zone thing that distinguishes the
United States from the rest of the
world" he declared, is not it's
waste, but its ability to absorb
change rapidly. We displace goods
to other uses and other users more
rapidly than any other group Of
people"
He declared that it was the atti-
,tude on the part of the buying
public that made it necessary for
the business man to be able 10
absorb the shock of changes. for
the public would get what 1t wanted
in some manner or other.