Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1907 — Foreign Commerce Convention. [ARTICLE]

Foreign Commerce Convention.

The first national convention for the extension of foreign commerce of the United States was in session thrcA days at Washington. Every Stnte in the Union was represented, and the movement wns started,Jjy the New York board of trade and trans|»ortation. The tariff. *hip subsidy and the* iiertinent plans were discussed, nnd addresses were made by Secretary Root and the President.