Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-05-13 | Page 3 | Trade Council Discusses Problems

T TR BE An COUNCIL UN ll OI DISCUSSES C J r PROBLEMS lM i Important Matt Matters rs Under r Consideration at San r Francisco Gathering SAN SAN Frt FRANCISCO May IllY 13 13 13 Foreign of the United tates nd the assistance ce available to importers anti ami exporters through federal go government government govern govern- rn- rn ment ment agencies and American trade and commercial abroad were under consideration today by delegates del del del- delegate tel to the seventh annual convent tion of ot the national foreign trade tf de council which opened Us its four day days days' session n here yesterday Seven gro group p meetings along alon virtually the s same lines as those which h held td attention at- at during the main sessions today sessions today were announced for tonight Topics for these sessions were e Direct Selling Selling Selling Sell Sell- ing Abroad Banking Service to ForeIgn Foreign Foreign For For- eign Trade Tra Trade e With With- the Orient Foreign 1 Trade and the Press Foreign Foreign For l eign Credits and Credit Information American Trade With Russia and Foreign Fore n Trade Information PROGRAM FOR TODAY Speakers Speakers' and their topics at today's general Jenera session Included Dr Henry president of ot the of of Washington on Amerl American an Organization for Foreign Tr Trade de Q G. W Whittemore of the American Chamber of 01 Com Com- at- at Buenos Aires The Work and Service American Chambers Chambers' c of f Commerce Abroad A. A R. R Hager of Shanghai China Federal Incorporation tion for lor Forel Foreign Trade Robert H H. Patchin of the W. W R K Grace Co New NewYork NewYork NewYork York The Need Neld of ot a Bargaining Tariff Tar Tar- iff Ut and W W. W Nichols of the 1115 Chalmers company Of the Government Service of Trade Promotion Pro Pro- motion and Information TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS R n R. R M I Calkins balkins Calkins vice president o of tb the I Chicago l Milwaukee ee St St. Paul rait way of Chicago chairman of the group session on comma n spoke on the development of ot export and import transportation He lie declared the government cither either should continue the operation of pf th the tho pier mer merchant chant marine built up during the war Var under the United States shipping I board or sell the fleet to Americans at I prices prices' they afford to pay At t no notime notime notime time should the government permit the shIps tf to pass beyond the control of ot this government he be said He remarked th that t 93 per cent of to the tIle Far East was carried in ships flying foreign flags and that practically the only service service ser ser- vice received by the Philippine islands was furnished by government transports transports trans trans- ports while business men of the territory territory territory ter ter- were clamoring for tor increased shipping f facilities with the mainland mainland