Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-04
No Favors Extended TO the United
States Government by
Commercial World.
MILLIONS ARE GOING ABROAD
Stupcndous sums Spent by Tourists;
Fortunes sent Home by Aliens
Every Year.


tracts Tor nAtufehf supplies anu MA
teyial. also for the construction OF put
lie buildings. The result of the recent
opening OF bids demonstrates very
| clearly the condition OF bus moss
throughout the country. There are a
number of big concerns, especially
among manufacturers OF steel, who
| never bid upon government work when
| they have plenty OF commercial busi-
ness to attend TO. They seem 10 30
| upon the theory that government con-
| tracts are the least desirable for a
| manufacturer and the reason is that
| the. technicalities which surround most
| Of the contracts are so great and that
| the actions OF some OF the minor of-
| fcials and employees OF the government
| in enforcing these teChnicalities are so
| annoying as to frequently deprive the
| contractor OF every particle OF proht
| The most noticeable difference between
| bids this year and those OF previous
| openings lis found In the time Of de
| livery for contracts running into thou
sands of dollars. Last year n was
possible To secure bids ranging from
5000 TO $4,000 for fixtures and sup
plies with deliveries of 30 or 30 days or
at the farthest four months, while In
nearly every instance noted THIS year
the concerns which are recognized as
the best and most reliable viii not
agree TO do such amount OF govern
ment work under six To eight months.
The inference drawn by the department
officials from this state OF AFFAIRS !s
that manufacturing plants are run
ming 10 their full capacity, and that
manufacturers do not care to involve
themselves In a liability for llquldated
damages By promising deliveries with
IN a shorter period, In other words
they have plenty OF business aside from
that secured from the government and
Uncle sam must wait his turn instead
of being granted favors not ext nded
to the commercial world,
BALANCE OF TRADE.
Uncle Sam Is now annually pouring
money into the lap Of the rest OF the
world
In other words, the flow II no longer
in the direction Of the United Stateg,
from abroad. II is In the direction of
the rest of the world from the United
States.
The balance OF trade ON the face OF
things is still I'm favor Of the United
states. That is. the statistics Of the
depa rtment of commerce and labor
show that we are exporting more than
we are Importing. Figures recently
given out by the department OF com
mercc and labor showed the excess OF
exports over imports was slS7,1l1. $40.
This, however, is an extremely small
excess the lowest in recent years.
But the small balance Of trade IN
our favor. as shown by the figures, Is
much more than counterbalanced by
the fact that large sums OF money
go out annually from America which
are not included In the term OF exports.
These sums go mainly to Europe. They
consist OF the following Money OK
pended by American tourists traye Ing
abroad money sent abroad to pay in
terest on American securities held
tharas "A bTpan
Of foreign birth living in the United
states who contribute 10 relatives:
money paid 10 foreigners for transport
tation.
Estimates as to the totals Of thes,
items vary widely. But II is said from
good authority that from 500. 0OO. 900 tn
Sl50OoO,00 900 Is carried abroad and left
there by American tourists; about as
much more is sent abroad for interest,
and perhaps 500 O00. 900 is sent by those
Of foreign birth in this country who
give TO relatives and friends abroad.
COLLEGE MEN IN FIELD.
Within the past few weeks great
many young men. mostly students OF
high schools and colleges have been
employed by the geological survey and
have been sent 10 far distant posts
where they are acting as rodmen or
chainmen In the survey parties which
are plotting out the public lands of the
west and are making Topographic sur
veys OF the thckly settled states. These
boys are eager to secure the positions
which afford them uu excellent sum
mer outing and give them better |
knowledge Of the country I'm which |
they live than they could obtain by any |
other method. II Is a Jaw or the depart |
mcnt that no boy under IL shall he en- |
ployed I'm any OF the survey partie |
operating in the east and the dividing |
line between the east and the west Is |
the Mississippi river. Then. too |
those state which share with the gen
eral government the cost OF the topo- |
era phic survey are permitted TO name |
their own chainmen and rodmen This /
year scores OF young fellows from Har-
ward. Princeton and other eastern coll
leges as well as the high schools OF the /
District OF Columbia, Philadelphia and
New York are out on the Canadian |
frontier. In the Rocky mountains. and
on the Pacific coast, living tho rough
est kind OF lives. sleeping I'm the open.
rolled up in blankets. learning some
thing of oivil engineering while en-
joying a vacation IN camp such as they
never dreamed of before, for all of 1
which they receive a salary OF about
$40 Il month Inasmuch as each ono
of these young men must pay his way
out and back IL Is easy TO understand
that his four months employment will
leave very little surplus. In fact many |
Of the boys or rather rne parents OF
the boys find that this sort Of a vaca-
tion OF four mon this Is as expensive as
"A month or six weeks would be at
a summer resort at the sea shore or
I'm the mountains, Tut the benefit to
the young American IS more than
by tho expense which
Dad" must bear, As Director Smith
Of the survey remarked this morning a
good many of these young fellows go
out as college men and come back as
good American citizens. There Is no
branch OF the federal service which
does as much for young America as
the geological survey IN the matter OF
educating young men while giving
them n summer vacation.
BEST TYPE OF SUBMARINE.
The navy department is delighted
with the report OF the great work ac-
by the new submarine |
The Salmon was built by the |
Electric Boat company OF New York
md IL a development OF the original
ype known as the Holland Boards OF
Ulcers Of the navy department nave
frequently recommended the adoption
" this type 10 the exclusion OF others
which have been offered but political
influence brought 10 bear upon Con-
yress has compelled the department. to
contract for the construction OF other
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