Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1901 — People and Events [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

People and Events

Author and Diplomat. John Barrett of Oregon, formerly United States minister and consul general to Siam, has been appointed by the president adelegate to the international conference of American states, which will be held in the City of Mexico. Mr. Barrett made an excellent record during the three years he spent In Bangkok as American minister. Since his return to this country he has won by his writings a widespread reputation as an authority on the commercial problems and possibilities of the far East in relation to European and American Industry and trade. Mr. Barrett is a native of Vermont, a graduate of Dartmouth and a scholar of merit in the science of national economics. He has made special stud-

ies of the South and its industries, and h*a writings on that subject are profound and important. For several years he has made his home in Portland, Oregon, but owing to his extensive travels at home and abroad, he has not spent much of his time in that city.

JOHN BARRETT.