The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-24

opportunities. and IS sending forth con-
fidential suggestions for the special
pushing of certain manufactures.
Among those recently sent here are
some as to warships for the Argen-
tine government, rifles and ammunition
Tor the Servian government. cold stor-
age openings in Italy, and as to build
ing materials and machinery for Can
ada. The letters on warships esentu-
ally brought orders amounting to $50,
1000. and other circulars have led
TO an enormous increase in certain
branches of our foreign trade.
I have before me a list of some of
these confidential communications
which show the recent openings for
our goods. a few are as follows:
Grain seeds for Argentina. cotton
goods FOR Turkey, corrugated iron for
Aoyssinia, automobiles for Australia.
public works In Slam. machinery and
equipment for Mexico. opportunities for
american goods in Chile. potato diggers
Tor Scotland and the kind of motor
cars wanted for Russia
Among other confidential circulars
are those which describe the demand
FOR artesian wells in Tripoll. bids for
irrigation dams at Bagdad. shoes for
me Creek army, dyeing materials for
Aimeria. lubricating oil for Bulgaria.
sewerage material for Cairo blows
TOT Siam, steel rails for ireland, sugar
Tor Tripoli, training vessels for the
chinese government. electric lighting
plants for Barbados, Holsters for Rus
sia. peanuts for Germany. zinc machin-
cry for Tasmania, bridges for Guate-
nsla and cotton seed for the Neither
lands, These are only few of several
pages OF titles. They show the range
of the work
Uncle snm's Drummers.
In talking with the chief of the
Bureau of Manufacturers | gathered
some information as to Uncle Sans
orunmers. as his travelling commercial
agents might be called In addition
TO our consuls at the chief cities and
ports the world over, the bureau has
Its own commercial agents who are
sent abroad to investigate the mar
kets for special manufactures and to
report upon trade conditions These
men are specialists along the line
which they investigate. They know
al ABOUT the industries at home. and
what is required for pushing them
abroad. They are paid fixed salaries
ana their travelling expenses, and TREY
devote their entire time to going over
the world looking up openings for
American trade. Bv the time this let-
ter Is published there will be about n
dozen of them on the road There are
nine or ten at work now some in Eu-
rope. some in Asia. and some in South
America and Australia. Among them
are Major j. NJ. Carson. former chief
OF the bureau and a trade expert from
Seattle who is devoting himself espe.
cially to trade between our Pacific
coast and the Orient.
Chances for 1maricun rot+nu
The work done by these special
agents Is valuable. They send back
full information as to how goods
should be made for the various market.
and how packed and shipped w. A.
Graham Clark, for instance, has recent
~ returned from South America, where
he has been investigating cotton goods,
and shows the enormous market which
the United States might have there II
It's manufactures We're properly pushed
He reports that the European trade In
these goods is increasing. and that II
is much greater than that of the Unit-
ed States. In 1900 we shipped TO
La tin America less than $4,000 900 worth
OF cotton piece goods. while the Unit
ed Kingdom sold something like $40.-
100000 worth that year. The trade of
Germany in such goods is more than
twics as much as ours. and Italy Is
selling more to South America than
we sell to Central America. tho West
Indies and South America combined.
Great Britain sells more than twice as
much cotton goods to Argentina as
we sell to the whole OF Latin America,
and to Argentina and Brazil more cot
ton than we sell to all the world out
side the United States.
Another special agent has Just sent
IN q report on enc shoe and leather