CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF

THE UNITED STATES, an organization of busine men constituted at Washington, D.C., on April 23, 1912, at a national - conference called by the President of the United States. Its expre ed purpose is - ‘to nationalize the foreign and domestic commerce of the United States by co- ' operative effort among commercial or- - nates commercial information; influences legislation by representation and argument; acts on occasion as a medium of arbitration; fosters commercial and technical education. It publishes monthly The Nation’s Busine and i ues inform legislative bulletins for the formation of its members. Its memership in 1923 was 16,000.