The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-26

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supply foreign needs.
This daily is about the only paper
published bv the United States Gov
eminent. The copy issued this morn
ing now lies before me. 1t contains
twenty pages, and has reports from
Japan, China. Germany, England,
Australia and Canada. Several g
are devoted to foreign trade oppor-
tunities, including the openings for
American shoes in Germany, for ap-
pies in England and for lard, -four
and oil at Mediterranean
ports. Another page suggests how
our cleaners might be sold in
certain Europeon cities, and others
report business firms in a number of
countries which want certain things,
which the factories making them in
the United States, if they write to the
bureau. can arrange 10 supply. The
paper has also an article on Industrial
activity in Japan, one on an Ameri-
can bank, for China and one 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 Can
ada 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 Wind
sor, Ontario. 1t tells how public
buildings are abou to be erected in
the new capital Of Australia, and
urges our architects to send on de-
signs for the houses Of parliament
az other great structures.
In addition to these there are other
articles in this days copy Of the pa
per. The Government issue a jour
nal like this every morning. The
publication now amounts to $1,000
copies, and it goes to the boards Of
trade, chambers of commerce., and
the newspapers all over the country.
The most Of the articles are repub-
lished by the papers, SO that the news
gets to all who are interested.
The Confidential Service.
Uncle Sans D3ily is carefully
watched by our foreign competitors.
and the exporters of Germany, Eng
land and France jump at all of its
suggestions Of value to them. For
this reason h Government is not
giving the names Of foreign business
men who make inquiries, but it keeps
such addresses and supplies them only
c~onfidentially to those of our factories
as could make the goods needed.
This plan is found to be a profitable
one and has led TO the sale of many
American products. Last year about
] 500 such opportunities were pub
lished, and since the bureau began
this work. more than 5000 separate
items, each of which represented an
opening for the sale of certain ma
chimes, have been given to the Amer
lean manufacturers.
In addition the Government is send
ing out a great deal of confidential
information. 1t has its experts scat
tered over the world looking up trade
opportunities, and is sending. forth
/ confidential suggestions for the spe-
cial pushing of certain manufactures.
Among those cent? sent here are
some as to warships for the Argentine
government, rifles and ammunition for
the Servian government, cold storage
openings in Italy, and as to building
materials and machinery for Canada.
The letters on warships eventually
brought riders amounting to $780,
O0e, eco. and other circulars ave
led to an enormous increase in GER
tain of our foreign trade.
l 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
Abyssinha, automobiles for Australia
public works in Siam, machinery and