Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-12 | Page 20 | National Gathering is Successful One

NATIONAL GATHERING j IS SUCCESSFUL di i Many Important Topics j Discussed at Meeting of Chamber of Commerce. Leaders in Business World1 Present at Sessions; West Represented. The war emergency and i construction cunfeteuce. called by tha i.'nited Stairs clidiuber of cumim-m.1, and lieki in Washington. Wash-ington. In. st week, was one of I he most su'tp ssful meetings ever attended by Fred C. Richmond, president of the Salt Lake Commrri'iiil club, wno returned Inst night from the oust. It whs alien al-ien ilrd by mote than tftOD ul the most prominent busirie -s men and inan;il'a"tur-(; inan;il'a"tur-(; of the Unit ed Sla les. S r. Richmond added, and v.-nilc Hit dint and central '-nti fi 1 1 si a 1 1 s e it- i no it- largt ly re pre -nentftfl. ther e was a good representation I'l'OMl tile WC.-d .' The conference covered a period of thf eo days ami questions of vital in I crest, cr-est, to the carious industries were fully discussed. The question of labor and its relation to indusl i y was given full consideration, con-sideration, sa id -i r. Rich n 'Ond, a nd the sentiment was unanimous thai a close relationship re-lationship should Le maintained by hoid-int; hoid-int; waxes up ,o a high standard. JL was freely epressed that wages should not suffer any reduction from I iie present scales, hm t bat the country should be organized on a higher basis so as to meet the new condition and leave, no r.iom lor friction between labor and capital. Important Topics Discussed. Ii r'u.i planned to pe it ion Hie ?ov-fiilinenl ?ov-fiilinenl not to fix the basis of taxation for ll'-'i until the rotiu It emems of the year mv be pntiplaet'trily estimated. It. was also sui:ce.!ed tliat f-i'Vt;i'. a nd excess profits taxes la required to be paid in four Pvme-us instead ot one. at at pretnt prevails. Une of th-- most itnporianl matu-rs eon-sidererl, eon-sidererl, Mr. Uichniond ba:d. was that con-ceridns' con-ceridns' 'be disposition of merchandise now in i be hands of l be government as result (ff tl.e provisions made for earry-i earry-i t :cr on In war for an indefinite pe- rb'd. A fter the ci il war. it was rev-abed, war s;oret were auctioned off at aunost any price and for a. lime business w.'is tiisrupt en. Ha onunenda lion was mad" that yoods ami wares now in the overnnif nt .t ore houses be sold m sueii m mnnn'-r and in such quant it y as not to flood th" markets or brtnji any injury to trade, and tin trade and industrial i nrescurat ivt s offered ilu-ir services i n bi,'pintr thii aboal. "iie matter mi iu ice rr datum :is noi taken up at (tie t-onf'-renre, but was referred re-ferred to n coitnniliec to confer with government gov-ernment o'.'Ji'-hiiS. The inornin- fissions of the confereneo were i a ken no with addi "sses un si;Ij-Ifff si;Ij-Ifff r p ol paramniint i ntportaiH e by pji m IiKii ,Secret;rv of Commerce William Rf dl'ieid. .Idhri I). Itoekefel.er, Jr.. i 'buries M. Schwab f;?id TIarry A. Wheel-f;v. Wheel-f;v. pi-esid'iii of Ibe 1'iuted btates eham-b'r eham-b'r of commerce and vice president f the i ;uj raiMee TruM company of New Voi i;. Many Sub-conventions. (-"or the afternodU sessions Hie infmberp of lie con'V re nee were resolved i ti to nIrt-nino mv ill i-nn vent ions, each m;.de up of repr-.-sen t t ives of certain industries, indus-tries, t'n I'ue last day of the conference the l hirty-nine conventions .verc lonsoli-dileit lonsoli-dileit inio :-ix groups lo take up tiie va -j-ionn mattei-y nnd-'r con-sidcratioil and to prepare resr.hitirms to be presented to the i-learint;- committee o the Seneral cou-j f- . r-.-e. Thlrly. fi e ".Us of n-su'ui tions were rnnrovd, overiic. e-er- nliase of the industrial in-dustrial and commercial situation, and the resolutions will be followed up by th t'nited States chamber ol commerce rbai i he ralient features ma bo iucoTO. a ted info fb.- fiovc: iiii"ii work hcry:i.L,' to do re: Mi Imo i-m-. -rv-t rm-1 ion jieriod. The week! v lu nchc" eis it l he t'nmme: -cial" flub wdl be resumed m-t Wednes-r.y, Wednes-r.y, 1 w hen .Mr. Ilielimmul will make a detailed report of 'he work accomplished j by Hie war emergency and i econsmicUon j confei emt.