The news & observer., 1905-12-05
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| tered distilleries seized in the Stat
! last year which had Il property valu
| of $2S,536. The amount of whiSke
seized was 1913 gallons. The take
and ~cna,ties reported for assessmen
total s21S.599. being larger than il
any other State.
Bill by Senator Overman.
Senator Overman introduced today /;
i very important bill, and one that viii
| unquestionably be very much in th'
| public eyes for some time to come
| The measure provides for a worlC
market commission to consider way'
and means for enlarging the expor
| trade in cotton products and othe1
| products of manufacturing interests
| This plan of acting, which is en-
dOrSed by many cotton manufacturers
who believe that something should be
done towards the development anC
expansion of the cotton mill industry
in this country, is in accord with views
entertained by the President. wkC
talked to Senator Overman on the
subject when he was recently in North
Carolina and also soon after the ad-
journment of Congress.
The bill, which refers to "the in
creasing dependence of our National
prosperity upon the world market
provides for the appointment by the
President of a commission of five
members at salaries of $4,000 a year,
and for a secretary. who shall be paid
$4,000 a year Provision is made for
an appropriated not exceeding $780,
600 for the three years. Exports and
necessary employees may be employed,
whose compensation the commission
shall fix. The bill then declares:
Section 3. 1t shall be the duty of
the commission after availing itself
of the information already collected
by the Departments of State and of
Commerce and Labor, to proceed
promptly to extend its inquiries by
direct study of the general features of
foreign markets, including the meth
DDS of business, the kinds and quanti-
ties of goods in demand, shipping fa-
ciities, freight rates and commercial
and financial agencies needed for the
successful competition of our manu-
tacturcrs, and exporters in foreign
trade. Diplomatic and consular Off
,ers of the United States accredited to
foreign countries shall be instructed
by the Department Of State to coop
crate in every practicable manner 70
further the purpose of this inquiry.
Section H. The commission shall
Furthermore employ a requisite num-
Der and variety of special trade eX
)crts, of such technical and practica
standing as fairly to represent the
skilled Judgment of the manufactIr
ng and exporting interests OF the
country. to collect by visiting foreign
markets full lines of standard speci-
mons of all the more important pro-
lucts of manufactures consumed
here to secure complete information
IS to the countries in which they are
IrOduced, wholesale and retail prices,
he patterns in demand by differen-
ocalitieS and by classes of consumers,
and to ascertain clearly all essen tIal
OnditionS of competition TO be met i'm
Zach market for each kind of goods.
These specimens or samples shall be
lassified, labeled and arranged for
Exhibition in part or in entirety under
he auspices of this commission in the
lifferent industrial centres of The
Jnted States, where corresponding
nanufa curing interests may be profit
ID Ivy such exhibition, said exhibits to
We later deposited at Washington in
ounding a National Museum of Arts
md Industries under the control of
he Department of Commerce and La
Dor, in the permanent service OF tho
manufacturing interests of the Coun-
try.
Section s. This comm ssiOn shall
'GDCrt to the President for transmits
son TO Congress the results of its in
teStigatons, not less than twice a
ear, during it's term of Office, ana
hall embody in it's final report its
findings and conclusions on the fol-
lowing questions:
Cd The conditions by yvhick man
ufactured exports may be systcmati
ally developed. especially in such pro-
lucts Of our national industries as will
insure the utilization at home of an
Increasing proportion of our raw ma
tcrials, and at the same time no. en-
courage the migration OF American
enterprises into foreign counties for
he purpose of erecting competing
manufactures dependent upon our
own raw materials.
(2.) The conditions, methods and
,olicies by which other nations have
achieved success in their export trade,
is represented in the present state of
the world market for manufactures
especially.
3D. To consider comprehensively
The existing situation in the interna-
ional trade of the. world with view
20 making recommendations in mat
crs of policy both legislative and ad-
illustrative, as may, in the judgment
IF the commission embodv the essen
tial features of a permanent program
IF development of our export of man
fractures on broadening basis of our
domestic industries.
The bill gives the commission power
10 subpoena witnesses, take testimony
under oath, and appropriate 100000
for the three years.
The bill stands a very good chance
Of passage. New England, as we'll as
Southern manufacturers of textile
goods, are said to favor the measure
md Senator Lodge has informed the
Junior Senator from North Carolina
hat he will give it his support.
Ex-senator John McLaurin, OF
South Carolina, who has made a num-
Der of mysterious visits to the White
House recently, and it is known that
le would not be aVerSe to accepting
! place of this kind. During the
Chinese boycott he expected to be en-
,loyed by the government in connec-
ion with thai movement, but the OPP
1ortunity disappeared about the time
hat he began to get in communities
on with the White House. The boy
;ott faded almost as suddenly as il
appeared.
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