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eonfannd or ronfuite tlie ililpment of
stmdtlc scrota our lard.
'W nil took fh nrnlft lianrierl nllt In 114
i Cortiy with a exeat deal of eauanlmltv."
i?lt?"tlnutl Mr. Wheetfr, "but a part of that
iVTtnn)lty we borrowed from omo ona
MN. The Iron enters our bouIh only when
tyitt strike:) at established principles of bul
ess. "1b buelness patriotic' Yes. but tint alt
inlslness1 In trying to help Jtr. Hoover In
IlllnolH. I lmve come In contact with men
,1ft all lines who have assurance of lo)alty
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' 'T.jVrtf thn M..AA...M. AT Ika KiilaHir M I M Mll.l1
rcvr Biw uutiuii ia.cruuHi kcu.
j' "Tho principles which wo arc nRhtlnff for
-v' mq uto numem principles 01 nu 1110 uiim
' J nd the fale principles that actuato out
enemy wilt bo down to cverlastinK defeat."
TI10 hnpanaloned conclusion of Jlr. Wheal
r's address, with Its appeal for relentless
prosecution of the war until Germany's
crimes aro avenged, stirred the audience
to tho llrnt outburst of shouts of approval.
Tho recommendation of the Chamber
Committee on Hallroads, as votced by Mr
Wheeler, constitutes a digital triumph for the
initiative of Philadelphia' bUKlness men,
as In their major demands, for Federal In
corporation of railroads, Federal control of
v railroad securities Bnd Federal regulation
. " of Interstate rates, they are tin Indorsement
of the "railroad plans" put out by the
Philadelphia Dourse t.omo months ago.
Emll P. Albrecht. of the llourne. ho In
present as n riclogHte. said that, while the
Chambers committee did not bo quite m
far as tho llourse's "railroad plan" In all
Its features, the Indorsement of tho prime
Tecommendatlor.s Kino caufc for great satis
faction, JUDGE LOVKTT IS 1'KAISHD
Tho program for this morning's session
was changed nt the last minute on account
of the Inability of Judge Robert s. Lovett,
of the War Emergency Board, to bo present
Early today Judge Lovett. who was to have
been the first speuKcr, sent President Illicit,
of tho Commerce Chamber, the following
telegram:
IS. Grmuwyn nhett .
I regret .more than I iuii express thui
after all I shall not bo able to go to At
lantic City this week. The War Indus
tries Hoard is in the midst of the deter
mination of prlco questions on copper and
steel products already long delayed, and
ono member Is absent on account of Ill
ness, and my presence In conferenco hero
very day this week is absolutely neces
sary. I am greatly disappointed at my In
ability to avail myself of tho ery Kind
invitation of tho Chamber of Commerce,
and I ant embarrassed at realizing the
uncertain manner In which I havo been
obliged to treat the Invitation.
r?nr,tlnl nprsnnal reffHlds.
U . LOVETT.
Piesldcnt Hcdford. of the Standard Oil
Companj. who was called as the first
speaker, paid a. high trlbuto to Judge Lovett
and "tho magnificent work he is doing In
"Washington at a great personal sacrifice
to himself."
AUTO OWNEIIS JICST SAVE GAS
"America Is producing 31.1.000,000 barrels
of petroleum and is using 330.000.000 bar
rels annually hut reserve stocks will Gl
the nation a sufllclent supply for live years.
Mr. Bedford told tho delegates.
But with such a reassuring prediction,
Bedford Insisted that economy must bo
practiced by automobile owners and other
users of gasoline,
Thero Is not the sllghtcit danger of there
being d deficient either of crude or re
fined products nceeisoxy for the uses of
our Government or for tho uses of the
Allies In the lunduct of this war," the
v Standard Oil head declared. "America Is
" producing und can produce all that wi l
"" be needed for these purposes."
He outlined a plan of co-operation nlth
the Government which would give w.ir us
first call on tlio oil supply: keep oil prices
free from gotprnmental fixation bcuuubc
they ate now stable : onl fix oil priws if u
"runaway market' develops: start .1 c.uii
, palgn of education of autumobile uscis to
obtain a maximum of usefulness from carH
at minimum consumption of gasoline, and
offering of every .possible Inducement to
producers to seek new oil supply sources.
' MUCH OIL I'NDEH EAllTIt
lie Insisted that "plenty of oil was still
concealed under tho earth" and urircil go-
sC rmnentut aid in locating those new fields
For the whole oil industry ho pledged un
swerving and complete co-operation, at all
costs, to the Government und Its most clll
elent prosecution of tho war.
Tho speaker detailed at length the mani
fold use? of gasoline and oil In the wai
and the i upremo importance of affording
Jhe Allies unlimited supplies. He said tne
oil trade had responded to tho appeals of
the petroleum committee of the Natlonil
Defense Council und through them the dis
tribution had nlrcadj been begun.
The committee on resolutions, from uhlUi
will como all the ccnfctructio plans and
programs apnrocd by this convention, mt
this morning, but did not take definite
action upon any of the many retoiutlons
submitted by Individual delegates here.
PHILADELPHIA! OX COMMITTEE
It was found that tho proposals word
Yrj' conflicting and upon numerous sub
jects which will come up for open discus
ton later Accordingly nothing definite
Trill be done until tonight.
- ilembers of the Philadelphia delegation
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are particularly pleased nt Ihc appointment
of Ernest T. Trigg, president of the Phlln-,
delpbla Chamber of ''onimorce, upon this
committee, which Is the nvt Important of
the entire convention.
Other members of Ihc resolutions com
mltten nre:
Elmer J. DUss. Hoston, Mass.. chairman I
P. II. Gadsden. Charleston, M C : Ernest
Loc Jnncke. New Orleans, Lu. ; Bishop
Thomas V. (lallor. Memphis. Tenn. : W. U.
Buchanan, Chicago. 111.; K. T. Meredith,
De., Moines. lown: Thomas I J. Stearns, Jon-M-t
Col : Dr. Norman Bridge. Los Angeles,
CM., nt-large, Georgo A Post, New York,
V. It. Hub-cock. Pittsburgh. Pa.
CRITICAL SHIPPING PURIOII
ltajmond U. Ktevens. of the fulled Stiiti-s
Shipping Board, declared thru the critical
period In the shipping conditions Is going
to be during the next six or eight months,
before any apprcilnbln portion of tho emer
gency fleet now being built can be ntailo
read for actual trade.
To meet tho dangers of this period, Mr.
Stevens asked the members of the United
States Chamber of Commerce to glo their
tmmedlato and active nssistnnco toward two
ends:
First Toward the pasfcngo of the bill
now pending In Congress to permit tho
President to suspend during the period
of tho war. and under certain conditions,
the law which prohibits tno uso of till
foreign shipping and shipping under for
eign register In coasliso trade.
Second. Toward allaying tho suspicion
which exists among both labor nnd the
the organizations that each is trlng to
use the war conditions to gnln tt perma
nent advantage oer the other In tho
continuous struggle between capital nnd
labor.
BIGGEST MERCANTILE MARINE
"Thin war will end." ricrlnted Slovens,
"with tho United Sl.ites having the lurgest
mercantile marine in Its bistort, nnd one.
which I hopo will continue to be the big
gest for j ears to tome. And wn want tho
officers ntid the men of that merchant fleet
to bo American citizens."
The p.tssjgo of the bill to permit the
President to suspend temporarily tho law
against the use of foreign ships In ronst
wlso trade, Mr. Stccnn pointed out, Would
tcleaso hundreds of thousands 'of tons of
shipping now engaged In coafetwlse trado for
foreign service nnd will menu that tho loss
to tho coastwise fleet tan b supplemented
by the uso of neutral ships which have
alteady been offering their servlcs
Discussing the alms of the Shipping
Board, Mr Stevens Fald that within the
next two j cars It is hoped to h,io added
to America's shipping facilities nearly lo,
000,000 tons.
DlscusMng the, hostility between these
men and organized labor. Mr. Stevens said:
"I find among some business men the
fear that labor Is going to take advantage
of this war situation to strengthen unions.
And at the same time mine business organi
zations me trying to emplo the situation
to break down the unions nnd to break
down the regulitions imposed by the Gov
ernment for tlio protection of tho working
man.
GOOD LABOR LAWS MUST STANP
"That ullltuile of mip 'lon on both sldr
l a very rrlou and menacing thing. And
I want to emphnslie ime thing. Ecry
pro lilon of Ihw whhh the iiatlnnal iu
erninent has panned for the better protec
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ilrmnnntrntrd (lull un) i,ir!lriilur law in a
erlutiH nbnturlo to tlie rlllelenej of labor.'"
At tho conclusion of the morning session,
an open discussion wus held upon tho sub
ject of "how American business can hel
promoto the doclopment of tinnsportntlon
on land and sea an a primary factor In
winning the war."
on account of tho absence of Charles
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right that In o-nperatlon.
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The shorlngo of conl, the shortngo of labor,
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that their prices aro for the most part abso
luttcly fixed, he asserted, made their posi
tion particularly dlltlcult
"Tho Importance of these corporations
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tho mohufactuto of munitions.
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are loyal, united and ready to co-opcrato
for tho victory which will be ours In tho
end."
ROOSTS INLAND WATERWAYS
The detelopmcni or Inland waterways
ns un economic necessity, nnd not as n
dub to beat down railroad tatcs, was
uiged b Walter Parker, of tho New Or
leans Chamber of Commerce, who said he
spoke as the representative of tho Federal
Department of Commerce.
our canals must bo developed as nn
adjunct of tho railroads. In tho handling
of wartime trafuc," slid Mr. Parker. "VSo
have mora commerce to move than wo have
transportation. Tho government Is very
anxious that their waterways bo used and
used very quickly. The Council of Nnllonal
Defeno's committee on waterways, under
General Black, Is trying to help the shipper
mine coal, Iron nnd other commodities
immediately.
"Wp must be in a position to lay our com-mmlltii-H
til llm shlp'rt sldo nt our ocean
ports ns cheaply as our European competi
tors an; nfter the war rail cvngesttnn Ht
our ports must be obviated. Our European
rlnlH nre spending hundreds of millions
on their canals for this purpose.
''One of our elites, for example, supplies
20.000,000 tons of commerce annually, and.
although n river Is nt ItH drur. not H pound
goes out by water, for thero are no facili
ties to ship In that wn.
"Wo must orgnnlM all our cities Into
groups, according to watersheds, to deal
with this subject."
ORGANIZED LAKOR FIRM
AGAINST MAXIMUM WAGES
Federation Warns War Business Con
vention Living Standard Must
Not Ue Kcduccd
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 Unions W(lll
opposo a maximum price for war labor.
Determination not to lower the standard of
living, to obtain wago Increases to meet
tho rising cost of necessities mid to or
ganize the unorganized workers in muni
tion industries will lino up tho whole
sltcngth of the American I'edctntion of
Labor against maximum wages.
Federation officials today emphatically
warned the "iur convention'' of business
men nt Atlantic Citv, where tho suggestion
of wage tlxlng was mnde, not to attempt
sui h a mow
"Tlie Council nf 'National Dolcme ugiecd
nt the opening of tills war," taid Secretary
Frank Morrison, "that tho war should not
toMilt In lowering labor's standard of liv
ing. An liiirtMsr- In the cost of living means
cxuctlv that, labor will not ugice to fix
wages In the fnee of rising living costs. We
nre nlso opposed to having our hands tied
in our normal work of unionizing unor
ganized tradof. and In the low-priced
trades this naturally means talalng their
woges nnd decreasing thetr hours.'1
S2U0O .lol) Awaits the Right .Man
TRENTON, Sept. 1. Tho State Board
of grlcuItuio decided to ask the State Civil
Servlco Commission to 1111 permanently the
position of transportation expert for the
department to keep In touch with freight
agents nnd look to tho prompt movements
of perishable goods. The salary for tho
position is $-'000 a year. It Is being filled
teinpornrll by W B. Bamford. of BUdge
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ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 10.
Tho hla.h cost of llvlfg in this country
today Is Just as great an enemy to Uncle
Sam and the Allies as the Kaiser."
With this stnrttlng declarollon II. P
Sandler, of Columbus, O., drovo homo upon
tho members of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States hero today tho vital
Importance of the movement to keep men on
tho farms of tho country.
"Secretary Lane," hn said, "flashed a, red
light beforo us yesterday when ho said wo
wero threatened with Internal dlsetislons. 1
ant to say wo havo Internal dissensions
now, riots nnd discord. And back of It Is
what?
"Why, back of It Is the cry for bread and
meat. You manufacturers know wo aro
being besieged with requests for advances
In wages. Theso men wnnt only to bo ablo
to fl'l their bellies.
"Tho answer' must be some movement to
Improve rural conditions and keep men on
the farms. I want to nsk this body to glo
serious consideration to 'this matter, nnd
ns ono step toward this end offer tho fol.
lowing resolution:
"Whereas, thero nro now sovoral Federal
agencies vested with authority to futther
tho production nnd conservation of food
stuffs nnd other commodities; nnd whereas.
L Is csentlal to the nation's welfare to 1m
provo transpoilatlon facilities In order to
get foodstuffs to market, to relievo railroad
congestion nnd to moo manufactured
products from tho factory to the con
sumer; EDGE PUTS TELEGRAPHER
STRIKE UP TO UNCLE SAM
Advises Committee Thut He Is Unttble
to Do Anything in Their
Behnlf
TRENTON. Sept 19. Govcinoi Edge
has Informed a cotnlmtteo of the strik'ng
telegraphers of tho Trenton Division of the
PennsylMinla Railroad Company that bo is
without Jurisdiction to no nnyinniK i
behalf, and ndded that their Grievances
wcio for tho Federal Government, through
tho Interstate Commerco Commission -T
II. Praul, of Burlington, and Wan en Pine
and W. M. Boechcr, of Rlvcrhide, waited on
tlie Governor, representing tlio telegrapher"
and laid their grievances beforo him
Supeilntendcnt ('leave, of the Trenton Pi
vision, today btntcd that ho Is receiving
hourly applications of strikers for a return
of their positions Ho nssertcd that the
company now has a sufficient number or
operators tequlrcd to dispatch train" The
lelegrn pliers on tho New York Division
who havo been threatening to strike, h.ive
ucceptcd tho company's Increase of " .' .1
month, with an evtra day off.
Asked to Report on Swiss Food
GENEVA, f-'ept 10. American Mlni-tei
Movnll bus been t-uinmoncd to Washington
at President Wilson's request to report on
the Swiss food situation, according to word
received hero today. Stovall has alrcaih
left Switzerland.
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"And, whereas, the use of public, high
ways for short hauls traffic offers tho best
nnd quickest means of supplementing trans
portation by railroad nnd water;
"Now, therefore, bo it resolved,
"That tho Improvement of publlo high
ways Is important and essentlat as a war
measure nnd should ho urged in every pos
sible way,"
ASSAIL LA FOLLETTE. .
A tumult of mingled applnuso and laugh
ter greeted nn attnek on United States
Senator Ilobert M. La Kollctto which was
launched on tho floor of tho convention this
morning by II E. Winter, president of tho
Green Bay (Wis.) Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Winter got tho attention of tho
chairman, President Rhett, to interject n
resolution aimed nt La Fblletto, during the
open discussion of Inland waterways de
velopment. Word of his Intention had evi
dently sprend among tho delegates in ad
vance, for ho had no sooner risen and de
clared that tho citizens of Green Bay
"deeply resented tho shadow of disloyalty
last upon them by tho senior Scnuator
from Wisconsin." than the storm of cheers
nnd tnughter began. But Mr. Winter stuck
to his guns and road tho Green Bay Chnm
ber of Commerco resolution.
In the noise which followed, ono dele
gate from Wisconsin shouted, Jeerlngly.
"Why don't mu have the Senator hung for
high treason .' '
President Rhett silenced Immediate dis
cussion of tho resolution by informing Mr.
Winter that it should properly bo referred
to the Committeo on Resolutions.
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Black and Major Harris P. Moshcr, of the
niedlc.il reserve corps, to visit the National
Aims and National Guard cantonments nnd
camps to make a sperlil Inspection of the
facilities for maintaining a section of ur
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Four hundred delegates to the annual
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