The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-01

be held at Berlin, Germany, Ekater- inoslav and Omsk, Russia, and Bueons Aires, Argentina, each of which offers special opportunities for American exhibitors. The exposition at Berlin from May to July will be confined to products from the United States. This will be conducted under the most fa- vorab1e auspices for American manu- facturers. The expositions at Ekater- inoslav, July IA to October S. and at Onnslz, September 15 to October 16, will agricultural machinery and imple- ments, mining machinery, railroad supplies, scientific appliances, and oth- CT products in the manufa acture of which Americans excel The exposi- tions at Buenos Aires also offer spe- cial advantages to exhibitors of Amer ican products.
 In conclusion MT. Carson calls at tention earnestly to the matter of packing goods for foreign shipment, saying:-
 'As result of the efforts of the bu- reau to effect an improvement in the packing of goods for shipping, and to secure more direct service by agents, some beneficial results are mo- t1ceable. A monograph on the sub ject has been prepared which it is hoped will lead to further reform. In some countries, particularly in. Central America, where transportation is largely on the backs of mules, it is necessary to have the packing as light as possible consistent with strength and in such form that packages may be readily adjusted to the animals Then, too, in many countries duties are collected on goods according to their weight, including the packing, which makes it important in such cases to have packages as light as pos sible. But strength is necessary in all cases, and great losses have been sustained in our freight trade as re- suit of poor packing and the insuff1- cient strength of the coverings. No article has suffered greater loss from insufficient covering than raw cotton. The contrast between cotton packed in the United States and that packed in Egypt has been very striking, and by no means creditable to producers and shippers of the United States. Re- form in this matter is a necessity often emphasized in the reports of consuls and special agents It is estimated that the loss from insecure and anti Quated packing cotton in the United States will average three pounds per bale. The loss on cotton exported ex- ceeds that average. The crop of 1908 aggregated 13,432, 131 bales, and that of 1909 is estimated will approximate Il, ,000, GOO bales, aggregating for the two years upward of 24,000, 900 bales of 500 pounds each. The average price of cot ton for 1908 was S.7 cents and for 1909 9.9 cents. A loss of three pounds per bale resulting from bad packing, there fore,p lacing the average price at g gate money loss for the two years of about $6,500,00O Or B, 250, 900 for each year, the responsibility for which loss may be properly charged to careless ness of American producers.
 Another oft-repeeated complaint is that concerning the lack of proper steamship communications, especially with South American countries The roundabout way in which American goods are carried to many foreign countries, together with the necessary trans-shipment are a great inpedf- nlent in the efforts to extend foreign trade. Whatever method is necessary to correct that deficiency should be adopted at as early a date as possi- ble-''