Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-24

this morning now lies before me It contains twenty
pages and has reports from Japan, China, Germany,
England, Australia and Canada. Several pages are
devoted to foreign trade opportunities, including
the openings for American shoes in Germany, for
apples in England and for lard, -four and cotton
seed oil at Mediterranean ports Another page sug-
gests how our vacuum cleaners might be sold in
certain European Cities and others report business
firms in number of countries which want certain
things, which the factories making them in the
United States, IL they write to the bureau,
range to supply. The paper has also article on
Industrial activity in Japan, one an American
bank for China and on the status of business
at the head of the Yukon in Alaska. 1t describes
the openings for our firearms in Asia, the recent
discovery of diamonds in Canada and some new
features of the street traffic of London; 1t treats
of the solar eclipse. which may be best seen at
Oporto, in Portugal, and of how winter apples are
selling at Windsor, Ontario. 1t tells how public
buildings are about to be erected in the capital
Of Australia and urges our architects to send on
designs for the houses of parliament and other
great structures.
In addition to these there are other articles in
this days copy of the paper The government
Issues journal like this every morning. The pub
lication now amounts to 10000 copies and it goes
to the boards of trade, chambers of commerce and
the newspapers all over the country. The most of
the articles republished by the papers SO that
the news gets to all who are interested.
The Confidential Service
Uncle Sans daily is carefully watched by our
foreign competitors, and the exporters of Germany
England and France jump at all of its suggestions
OF value to them. For this reason the government
is not giving the names of foreign business men
who make inquiries, but it keeps such addresses
and supplies them only confidentiay to those of
our factories as could make the goods needed This
plan is found to be profitable one and has led 10
the sale of many American products. Last year
about 1900 such opportunities were published
and. since the bureau began this work, more than
5000 separate items, each of which represented an
opening for the sale of certain machines, have been
given to the American manufacturers.
In addition the government is sending out
great deal of confidential information. 1t has its
experts scattered over the world looking up trade
opportunities and is sending forth confidential sug-
gestions for the special pushing of certain manufac-
lures. Among those recently sent here are some
as to warshipss for the Argentine government rides
and ammunition for the Servian government cold
storage openings in Italy and as to building ma
terials and machinery for Canada The letters on
warships eventually brought orders amounting to
$20,000,o00, and other circulars have led to an
enormous increase IN certain branches of our for
eign trade.
have before me list Of some of these con-
hdential communications which show the recent
openings for our goods. 4 few are as follows:
Grain seeds for Argentina cotton goods for Turkey
corrugated iron for Abyssinia, automobiles for
Australia public works in slam, machinery and
equipment for Mexico, opportunities for American
goods in Chile potato diggers for Scotland and the
kind OF motor cars wanted for Russia