Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-01
MEETING THURSDAY
SEEN AS BIG STEP
National Clearing House" Is
Held Necessary to Assure
Trade Cooperation.

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Of the commercial and industrial
agencies to these ends, and to Coop
crate with governmental agencies.
THE meeting considered it was de-
sirable that some definite organization
should be established under committee
representing the different industries
and sections of the business community
which would undertake TO follow up the
Presidents program in the different in
dustFies."
Business Asked to Help Itself.
While the government, as indicated
by President Hoover. stands ready to
cooperate with industry, labor and agri-
culture In the movement to stabilize
business and advance prosperity bust
ness Is asked to stand on Its own feet
and helm itself. There has been no ap-
peal to Congress for legislation to help
business. At the same time there is
great reason why the government should
enter intellectually into the eam-play
needed If economic balance Is to be
preserved.
1t is not dif1cult TO pick instances
where government cooperation IS es-
sential For example. shipbutldlng
and shipping has been on tenter hooks
for several months in this country, SIM
ply because the decision in regard to
the award Of ocean mail contracts has
been delayed in an fnterdepartmental
committee. The decision now has been
made, according to reports. and the
business of shipbuilding will soon be
in position to go ahead, for with the
award Of these contracts for carrying
the mails. amounting to $I0,000,000 an
nually, viii go agreements Tor con-
etr1lction of some 40 new ocean liners,
snrne of them to rival the Leviathan In
size
II has been estimated that about
1850. 600 900 will 60 into shlpbullolng
This will give great impetus 10 the
business and provide employment Tor
thousands Of men. 1t also w1H anecI
steel producers and producers OF ali
Kinds of material which must go into
shin construction and all the labor
which goes into the production OF tnose
materials.
Permits Asked for Power Permits.
There is another example Of how the
Government may cooperate or fail 10
cooperate to maintain the industrial
newer commission has before 1t num-
Der of applications for permits to go
ahead with power projects, some OF
them huge projects. For one reason or
another action on these permits has so
far been delayed. While these permits
are withheld, the concerns which manu-
facture electrical machinery are walt
ing before starting enlarged production
The copper companies which supply the
manufacturers with the necessary cop
per for such machinery are not produc-
ing as much as they would otherwise
produce This means that miners are
not employed as they would be under
different conditions and In the emo tnat
tfe. storekeepers from whom the miners
must buy their supplies are not dong
so well.
These examples not only show the
need of cooperation by the Govern
ment so as to remove any blocks that
NAV be found IN the forward movement
of industry, but also the interrelatlon
of one business with another. Modern
industry is so complex that one industry
depends on another. The WOODEN IN
dIfstry takes a drop when the demand
for closed automobiles becomes stronger
and when people keep their homes
warmer, through improved automatic
heating devices Wooden clothes, under
such conditions, are not greatly in de-
mand. When the women insist upon
wearing silk stockings and clothing IN
stead of cotton, the cotton industry re-
ceeds. Silk. also meets competition
from rayon.
Cooperation In Industry Is vital.
It is with view to the interdepend-
ence of industries and of the need for
governmental cooperation that the
business conference Is now about to
be held at the Chamber Of Commerce
of the United States. The individual
industries have made great progress In
recent years in their knowledge OF
conditions that affect them. Many OF
them. have established agencies OF
their own which gather facts and make
surveys of business conditions. Inere
is a held, however, for development OF
corporation throughout the wnole
range Of industry 1t is such co-opera-
ton that Is now. desired.
The White House conferences
brought out certain facts and pledges
of industrial leaders for the coming
years activities. It is expected tnaC
at the larger conference now 10 De
held the industrial leaders Will be aole
to obtain still further Information re-
garding conditions.
II is the hope of those leading the
movement that from an Interpretation
of ali the reports made at the con-
ference II will be possible 10 get an
exact picture of what is going on IN
business as a whole. Indeed. those VINO
1yiII Attend have been asked to bring
with them resumes Of actual conoltlons
within their Industries.
Conference TO BE Gross Section.
In order to obtain a representative
cross.section Of business, ana At Lhe
same time keep the conference VIII VIII
the limitations of an enectlVe "orkLls
orranization. Spokesman have peer
ssSed to attend the conference ana re-
.ort for the following groups: AoVer-
Using arnllsernents, chemicals uncluolne
drugs medical equipment ana suppress
coal. construction exclusive OF mate'
rials). construction materials leXcIusIv'
of lumber, steel, ETC. }, exporting ano i !
Y1ortinR. finance, electrical, IoooStuls
11rocessings and packing; hardware, I'M
Elements. insurance, ircn ana steer
leather and products, lumber tincluomt
mood ,roducts-furniture) mining ane
ynetalliIrsical. machinery tconstrucuon
factory, etc., motor vehicles ano parG
(including aeronautics). oil and OIL PROC
ucts (nineraD, paper and pulp pIln. l;N
and publishing, railway steam, etec', re- :.
tail' shipping (shipbuilding), textile
COTTON. wooden, silk, rayon, carpets
clothing, etc.), utilities Digit. power
gas, telephone, telegraphJ, wholesale
Warehousing, special. =.
Every American citizen Is vitality IN
terested in business one way or anotne
except Americas leisure class; Tn
tramps. and even the tramps flnd hvin
easier when business Is better. General
" speaking, therefore, 1t may be ex
pected that the efforts at co-operatlol
now put forward by business at the In
stance of President Hoover will be ap
pArnlyaA