Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1915 — AMERICANS MEET TO HELP BUSINESS [ARTICLE]

AMERICANS MEET TO HELP BUSINESS

Delegates From the Southern Climes in Washington in a Conference With the U. S. Officials. Washington, May 23.—The PanAmerican financial conference, by the means of which American officials have high hope for a closer union of the commercial, financial and industrial interests of this hemisphere, begins tomorrow with President Wilson as the chief figure at the opening session here to welcome the visitors. The conference will last six days, and, although neither the visiting delegates nor the administration has authority to go ‘beyond the spoken word, those who have planned it expect to see come from it something more tangible than speeches or promises,., a union of interests and purposes which eventually will work for the betterment of humanity and the peace of the world. Developments tonight indicate that stress will be laid by the representatives of the United States upon the necessity for better transportation facilities mid the desirability of “Dollar exchange,” or of some medium other than the English pound sterling now usefl through all South America. In a statement today, Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo says the present conference is a logical step and comes at an opportune time when the need spirit of co-operation must take definite form to develop solidarity among the republics of this hemisphere. « In addition to the president’s address, speeches will be made at the opening setsion%y Secretary Bryan, and by a delegate from each South and Central American country. The president will receive the delegates at the white house at noon and later addresses will be made at another general session by Secretaries McAdoo and Redfield and Postmaster General Burleson. A reception will be given tomorrow night by Secretaries Bryan and McAdoo.