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Show PRESIDENT SEEKS COUNSEL. Wants to Bring Business Men in Touch With Government. Washington. President Taft has taken the initiative In a movement to bring business men of the country into touch with the government for advice In Hie administration of laws, the en actment of new statutes uud the de velopment of commerce. Virtually the president proposes a national board of trade, broadly representative repre-sentative of the commercial and Industrial Indus-trial organizations and of such character charac-ter as Hie government properly may recognize by a charter from congress. As one or the steps in the campaign, Secretary Nagei of the department of commerce and labor, by direction of I he president, has called a convention si delegates from commercial organisations organi-sations In all parts of the country to neet in Washington on April 16 for ilscussion and to plan the organlza-Ion. organlza-Ion. Invitations already have been sent to 1,000 local chambers of com-nerce, com-nerce, boards of trade and other commercial com-mercial bodies. |