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Show Forecast Large -. . Trailejncrease Speakers at American Academy Meeting Discuss Problems Arising Aris-ing From War Philadelphia, April 30. :lIow best to take udvontago of tho opportunity for forolgn trado expansion nftep trt? European war was discussed today at tho opening sessions of tho annual meeting of the American Acddomy of Political ond Social Science. Secretary of Commorco Iledfleld, ono of tho principal speakers, saw a vast Increase coming In the country's foreign commerce. So vast would tho Incrcaso bo, ho Bald, that ho thought no ono would bo surprised If tho United Stntcs should tako sec cond, It not first, placo In tho 'commorco 'com-morco of tho world. Theodoro II. Price, economist of Now York, said that thd prospect for trado expansion was sueh that Americans Am-ericans aro In danger of developing a "big head." Ho said tho outlook was so good that ho feared "our self conceit" might encourago Industrial Inertia. It was tho Benso of several speakers speak-ers that In tho solution of tho problem prob-lem of tho unemployed tho national and stato governments should do moro than thoy havo dono in the past In finding work for Idle men and that thcro should bo cooperation between tho federal and stato governments. Samuol Gotnpers, president of the Amorlcan Federation of Labor, and urged that tho government should study closely tho question of Immigration Immi-gration nnd If necessary restrict th Inflow of workmen from Europe after war so ns not to upset economic conditions con-ditions by a surplus of labor. Among tho speakers was I. Wolf, Jr., president of tho Amorlcan chamber cham-ber of Commorco In Berlin. Ho said thero was a great opportunity coming com-ing to tho United States for trade expansion ex-pansion In Gormany and Austria. Daniel Falknor of tho department of tommerco, gavo somo details of. tho largo Increaso In American trado with India slnco tho war began u. and told of opportunities of making , the Increaso permanent after tho conflict Is over. Dr. Simon N. Patten of the Unlver-Islty Unlver-Islty of Pennsylvania was also- h Breaker at tho afternoon session. In discussing "Tho Monaco to Amorlca of European War Expenditures,'.', l)o said that no matter how destructive tho war Is, nono of the permanent, re sources of the world .will bo disturbed |
