Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-22
coryrIrhl- 100 BY Frank 0 CaIDcnier

Copyright. 1906 by Frank @ Carpenter
W y,AsmNGToN, D CT have
wv just had o talk With the chief
w Of the bureau OF na"utactures
Of iho department Of COM
iuerce ana labor as TO what Uncle Sam
Is doing 10 increase lts foreign trade.
This bureau is one ~ the most import
ant branches Of he government our
foreign trade is rapidly increasing
and our domestic exports are now
greater than those of any other nation.
We sold TO foreign countries more than
81. 100000 900 worth Of goods during the
year ended June 3d. 1906. and Of this
more than sC0o0C0O0o consisted 81 man
ufactur,rs. II used % be that the most
~ our wealth came from the FARMS
Today Wo have about $1,000 NWV01 IN
vested m manufacturing plants, ana
those plants are now turning out some
thing like Sll00o0 000 900 worth oi goods
cverv year This enormous product rs
more than We can consume ana, TX the
plants are 10 be kept busy we must
have increased markets Tor our surplus
abroad. II Is the business of the bu-
rpau OF manufactures 90 aid IN finding
Euch markets. and also an outlet Tor
our enormous surplus of agricultural
rroducis the sales NJ which last year
approxlmated Sl.O0oQOOo0O
HOW OUR CONSULAR REPORTS
ORIGINATED.
II takes a good man 20 be chief -
n bureau ike this. aud President koose-
Nelt chose well when he selected MAI.
John 81 Carson for the position MAJ
Carson has Tor 80 years and more been
one OF the leading newspaper CORE
spondonts "a Washington. and as such
De has been noted as an authority ON
All matters connected with nanufac-
lures and commerce lie was close
associate Of Mckinley's and as CLERK
Of the ways and means committee ne
assisted iu forming the tarin acts uf
1854 and the famous Mckinley bill OF
1890 Indeed. he rs the originator OF
the system OF utilizing our cunsuls rs
business agents, on al least or making
their reports OF actual value 30 our cX-
pnrters and manufacturers. II used 20
DE that when the Cousuls made reports
Ithey were stuck away in pigeonhules
until tho end of the year. when they
came out in bulky volume known as
The Commercial Relations Of the United
States. This volume went only to con-
.rreyeren and government officials. and
'u was Of no practical value 90 the
business men Of the country. This was
the condition up until william NJ
Evsrts become secretary % state. away
back I'M The DAYS Of Rutherford b.
Hayes About that time Maj. Carson
having noted Che valuable business
news contained Do these reports. sug-
yested Oh Secretary ENarts that they
ought Goo be- given Oh the press when
they were fresh. and the result was
that Fyartg issued them as "a monthly
magazine ana sent them out an over
the country This publication was Con-
tinuel until about "a year or so ago,
when the state department published
lthe reports as "a daily Then came the
transfer Of The United states consuls as
business agents Co the bureau OF manu-
features of the department OF COM
merco and labor and the appointment
81 Maj Carson as chief and aF editor
81 the aaiiy Az to ihe work since then
and as 90 the possibilities of the future
j can give them hest in The words
AZ Maj Carson himself
UNCLE SAINTS DAILY.
I'VE have materially changed the
daily which the government publish
e. giving the latest reports from our
coneuls on foreign trade matters said
Major Carson. AS 81 was issued by
the state department. the consuls wrote
ON ado sorts of things gathering their
Information from "a variety of sources