Excerpt from The Bulletin of the Commercial Law League of America, Vol. 23: January, 1918 The decision as to time and place was unanimous, on a final vote. The only real competitor for the place was Minneapolis, whose claims were presented by former President Henry Deutsch of Minneapolis and the Secretary of the Minneapolis Convention Bureau. Chicago was selected as the place notwithstanding the fact that Chicago had not invited the Convention either through its Chamber of Commerce or through the action of League men. The decision will be as much of a surprise to Chicago League members as it will be to the members generally. Even the La Salle Hotel was ignorant of the fact that the Committee was meeting in Chicago and that Chicago was being considered, until the Committee had substantially agreed that Chicago was the proper place this year. The hotel management was then called in to the meeting with a view to final arrangements. 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.