Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-04
PITTSBURG TO PROFIT
By the Work of the Recent Interna-
tional American Conference.
REACHING TIE SOUTHERN TRADE.
The Glass and CrOckery Jobbers Want a
Few Concessions.
ADAMS IRON COMPANY GETS A CHARTER

Manufacturers interested in the develop
ment of trade with Southern countries are
TO be presented with copy of the publica-
tion now being prepared by W. E. Curtis,
the director of the recent International Con-
ference. Superintendent G. Follansbee has
received the following letter from Mr..
Curtis:
BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIcsl
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, ID. C., Jan. %.
e. Follansbee. ESQ.,, Superintendent Chamber of
Commerce, PittsDurg. Pa;
DEAR SIR shall esteem it a favor if you
will furnish me with the names and local ad-
dresses Of persons associations, firms etc. in
your city or State, or elsewhere, who in your
opinion would be interested in and make good
use OF the publications of this bureau which
are to be issued in regard to Mexico, Central
and South America and the West Indies, as
Indicated in enclosed circulars
Please sub-divide addresses into the following
classes. arranging those which you esteem I'M
portant at the head of each class.
Glasses of the Addresses Wanted.
Firsl-Of manufacturers interested in pro-
duciug articles for export to South American
countries, indicating the branch of manufacture
in which engaged.
Second-Exporters, to those countries, and,
so far as practicable. the branch Of trade in
which. and the countries with which, they are
conducting trade.
Third-Persons or associations actively in
terested in promoting trade with these coun-
tries.
You will place this bureau under obligations
II you will exercise special care in the prepars-
ton of the list, confining it to those who
especially would be interested in promoting
trade with the countries indicated, or who
would make practical use Of the reports.
Respectfully, w. Z. CURTIS,
Director.
Value of the International Conference.
Superintendent Follansbee is now engaged
IN preparing reply, and is surprised at the
number of local firms that have yell-estab-
llshed trades in the South American countries.
Ihe great portion of the trade is of long stand
ing, although some of il has been secured as a
result OF the international conference. Thus
the value of the conference is shown, not only
TO the countries of South America but the
manufacturers of North America, as well.
Among the firms that Mr.. FoIlansbee will in
olude in his letter to Director Curtis are Car
negie. Phipps & Co., who have long since been
shipping steel rails TO the South; Oliver & Rob-
erts' VINO export a large amount of wire; II. K
Porter Co., who send locomotives to almost
al OF the Southern countries; the National
Tube Works, which furnishes pipe for we'll
known oil companies; A Speer & Sons, manu.
facturers OF plows ana agricultural steel; Huh
pard q Co., axes, saws and shovels; Hussey
Binns Co., shovels, spades and SCOOPS; War.
ueu q OAndru OILS doStetter d Co., bitterS:
Fleming Bros, patent medicines; George A.
Macbeth & CO., AtSerbury & Co., Rochester
Iumbler Company, Mckee Bros, Ripley q
Co, and Cunningham Co., glass manufact-
urers.
There are many other firms more or less in.
terested in the development and maintenance
OF the Southern trade, and before many months
can be classed with the list of exporters.
whether or not all the cities in the Union
which were visited by the International Con-
terence derived an equal benefit with Pitts
burg, MIR. Blaine can have the consciousness of
having engineered scheme the value of which
70 Northern manufacturers and commercial
tradesmen cannot be estimated.
Avery VOluminous Report
The report which Mr.. Curtis desires TO send
out is in book form, and comprises several vol.
umes The history of the attempt to hold an
international American Conference, dating
from ls25 to lSSS is given. in connection with
important State papers relating to the matter,
Then beginning with the act providing tor
the conference, passed May a. lSSS Secretary
Bayaros invitation, and its acceptance by the /
various countries of South America a COM
plete report OF all correspondence during the |
Preparations for the conference, all the visits |
made by the distinguished visitors and full ac- |
counts of all meetings held and the speeches
dellVered, and the final windup in Washington
The book is intended as a reference for man.
ufacturers. and as such will prove of great
value TO those interested in Southern trade,