The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-01
SUGGESTIONS MADE:
 TO MANUFACTURERS
Chief of Federal Bureau
 Submits Annual Report


 The annual report of John M. Car
 son of the bureau of manufaotures to ! the secretary of connTne1lce and labor | is made public. MT. Carson notes an l increased interest in the matter of foreign trade opportunities, writing as follows: s
 The feature of the bureaus work known as foreign trade opportuni-
 ties,'' through which Ametican busi-
 ness concerns are made acquainted with opportunities offered in foreign
 products, is growing in volume and popularity, and numerous acknowledg- nlents have been received from man ufacturers and exporters expressing appreciation of the great value of this service. During the.eyear there were prepared and published in daily con- sular and trade reports nearly 1,3000 separate items, each presenting an op- portunity for the sale of American products abroad. The bureau is con- stantly receiving letters direct from their output for this reserved infor- mation. The number of letters writ l ten by the division in charge of for eign opportunities for the year ended
 June 30 1909, exclusive of many let ters of a miscellaneous character, was g, 400 against 6,550 the preceding year. The range of inquiries prompted by the publication of these opportunities 1 is both extensive and comprehensive. The inquiries and letters come from young American engineers who desire POo4I4OAAo from importers who wish to buy 1 feathers in China, ivory nuts from Ecuador, hides from India, etc; from hOrticu1tur1StS for sources of supply of rare plants; and from many people who seek knowledge of new processes of manufacture and of industrial and scientific progress.
 MT Carson comments the work done by special agents of the bureau, tell ing of the information which they secure and impart, saying that they fraU nOinf 10 point conditions arise. They are commer- cial scouts, he says, who supplement
 and re-enforce the diplomatic and consular officials. In connection with
 the work of the tariff division whose duty 1t is to make translations of
 tariff laws Mr. Carson says:-
 A new departure in tariff publtca- tions of this bureau, which should be extended to cover every country in the world is the publication of pend ing tariff bills in foreign countries. Such publication enables the business
 interests of the United States to anti cipate possible changes ill the tariffs the legislative and executive depart ments of the government, enabling them to take such timely action with reference to pending measures as may
 seem wise in each case. During the past year the following publications of the character were issued: Proposed new customs tariff of France, which is still pending in one branch of the French Parliament, and of which two editions were published embodying
 changes recommended by the tariff commission subsequent to the intro
 duction of the bill in the French Par lament; commercial convention be- tween France and Canada, containing the tariff reductions granted by each of these countries to the other, and which it is expected will shortly be put into effect; proposed new customs tar if of Argentina, en1bodying proposed
 changes in articles of special import
 ance to our trade with that country.
 During the past year, MT. Carson
 says, reports as to tariff legislation
 were published covering forty-nine
 countries and dependencies.
 Mr. Carson urges nanufac cturerS to
 pave attention to the importance of in
 ternationa1 eXpoSftionS, saying that,
 with the exception of the United States
 every country of commercial import
 ance has organized a commission to
 look after international expositions.
 A number of international eXposi-
 tions will be held during the year
 1910, at most of which American pro-
 ducts should be exhibited. There will
 be twenty-seven such expOsitiOns in
 Europe, of which eight will be in Ger
 many and four in Russia. In Belgium
 and France there will be three each,
 Austria-Hungary, England and Switz-
 erland two each, and Holland, Italy and Norway one each Eight will be held in Latin-ATderican countries three in Argentina. two in Chile. two in Mexico, and one i'll Colombia Spe- ciaI attention is directed to those to