Report Of The Latin American Return Visit Committee

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Download or read book Report of the Latin American Return Visit Committee written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Latin American Return Visit Committee: Appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States in Compliance With the Resolution of the First Pan American Financial Conference Sir: I have the honor to transmit on behalf of the Latin-American Return Visit Committee the reports of the parties sent out under the direction of the committee appointed by you pursuant to a resolution of the First Pan American Financial Conference, adopted May 28, 1915. The resolution in question reads as follows: That the Latin-American States unite in Inviting the banks and industrial and commercial groups here present to Join together and visit within a period of six months the countries of Central and South America, where they will be received by Governments, chambers of commerce, and Industrial interests. To which end, the Governments of the countries to be visited will bold it an honor to hove the visitors as their guests. Details regarding the itinerary, etc., will be fixed at the proper time. That a special committee representing the States assembled here be formed, together with their diplomatic representatives accredited to the United States, for the purpose of taking up and carrying out this suggestion. Ami as a complementary measure that the Secretary of the Treasury appoint n United States committee charged with giving practical form to this Idea and to organize the trip which is to result from it. - (Proceedings First Pan American Financial Conference. Washington, 1013, p. 230.) This resolution having been unanimously approved by the delegates to the conference, you appointed the following members upon the general Latin-American Return Visit Committee: James A. Farrell, chairman, New York City; Mr. II. E. Bard, New York City; lion. John Barrett, Washington, D. C.; Mr. D. P. Black, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mr. John Clausen, San Francisco, Col.; Mr. D. Y. Cooper, Henderson, N. C.; Mr. G. A. Davidson, San Diego, Cnl.j Hon. Duncan U. Fletcher, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mr. Elliot II. Goodwin, Washington, D. C.; Mr. S. M. Hastings, Chicago, III.; Mr. S. T. Henry, New York, N. Y.: Mr. Daniel Kelleher, Seattle, Wash.; Mr. W. S. Kies, New York, N. Y.; Mr. A. L. Mills, Portland, Oreg.; Mr. Charles C. Moore, San Francisco, Cnl.; Mr. Walter Parker, New Orleans, La.; Mr. James J. Shirley, New York, N. Y.; Mr. Willard Straight, New York, N. Y.; Mr. Edwin Warfield, Baltimore, Md.; Mr. Robert H. Patchin, secretary. New York, N. Y. The labors of this committee, extending over one year and consisting of organization of the several parties which visited Latin American countries, 'were financially sustained by voluntary contributions from the members. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."