Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-20
President Sends Special Message
on Subject of Foreign Trade
Diplomatic Service
APPOINTMENT OF EXPERTS
Plan Is to Send Them as Attaches to
Our Embassies Abroad Where They
Could Study the Trade and Report
on Conditions In Countries to Which
They Are Assigned.

Washington, Jan. 90. = The presi-
dent in Il message to congress yeSter-
day strongly recommends Assistant
Secretary LOOMS suggestion looking
diplomatic service for the purpose of
gaining knowledge concerning foreign
commerce to aid in the development of
American exports. The plan compre-
hends the appointment of six experts,
to be called commercial attaches, who
shall visit The different countries and
make reports on conditions.
The president in his message says:
IL transmit herewith a communication
from the acting secretary of state. ac-
companied by reports from the d1plo-
matte and consular officers, upon the
feasibility of regular cooperation be-
tween the two branches of our foreign
service for the better promotion OF
American industry and trade. Basine
his conclusions upon the views ex'
pressed in these reports, the actint;
secretary recommends that provision
be made for six special agents, witt.
the diplomatic rank and title of com"
mercial attache to be sent abroad te.
make practical trial of the proposed
plan: to prepare for the department OF
commerce and labor reports upon com :
merce and manufactures and to visit
consulates, examine their workings an
suggest such changes, either to the
consular officers or to the departmef [
of state, as would tend to the genera. i
Improvement and strengthening Of the
service.
ut will, in my opinion, be found upon
examination, that, while the measure
proposed is a modest and more or less
tentative one, involving comparative
slight expense, it promises importa, II
and far-reaching consequences In tile
iudicious strengthening of our whole
foreign service in the interest of trade
Agriculture in the United States has
long been dependent for it's prosper
upon the demand abroad for it's surplus
products, and, according to an estl-
mate of the department of CONNER &c
and labor, our exports OF manufactur-
es in the calendar year 1904 will not
only exceed the highest figures OF a ~
earlier year. but may probably pass
the $50,0OO,O00 line, as against $43t,-
600, 900 in the high record year, the rs
cal year 1900; s151,000,O00 in 1890;
sos 100000 in 1880; s6S,O00,0OO in ls7O
and $4,000, 900 in 1860"
1.-THE magnitude and steady grow th
of this export movement from cur
workshops and factories are such as
to suggest the grave Importance OF
providing it with all the official appar-
atus necessary to it's full and free de-
velopment."
Nations Adopting Plan.
The details of the proposed plan IRE
set out in a long letter from Act lne
Secretary LOOMS. who says that the
apprehension that the proposed ac-
ton may. be resented by foreign IA
tions, owing to the hostility alre ady
excited by our so-called CONNER ,ial
INVASION of Europe would scare ely
be entitled to much weight. in view
Of the fact that the more advanced
countries are openly equipped them
..,,o. cav ,,,ocica1y such an effort,