Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-07-18
COMMERCE BUREAU
PROVES Of BENEFIT
Reports From -Four branches indi.
cate Increased Interest
Among Governs

WASHINGTON. - C.. july IL
Reports from the -four branch offices
OF the Bureau OF Foreign and 10
nestle Commerce. which are al
ready ln operation New YORK. Chi
caeo. New Orlean ana San Fran
cisco. just receive ty Secretary of
Commerce o. 100, indicate in
creasing interest n ong business
concern, In tle Of the Bureau
and iis branch Off. kAllesulfs tend
3. s.h- ....l ,A' n frfk W
be OF even greater trs.-t 10 kmcri.
can manufacturers than was at first
anticipated. Many who heretofore
have made no effort 10 engage In
the export trade nov appear auyi-
GUS 10 engage in that business. and
The lists maintained 40 the various
branch offices OF business houses
which are to receive the mfprma-
tlon distributed are being augment
ed daily by the addition OF new
names.
About 47O manufacturers or
their representatives. visited the
New York ofiic, l3O the Chicago
office, 80 the N.w Orleans office
and lal the saH Francisco office.
during the month of June. while.
the calls made npon business con
Germs ana associations by the com
merciaI agents H charge of the Of
fees mentioned aDproNimatod "a.
a.. 30, and -. rr peciitely DurilE|
ID" month Oh" Nv York office .o-
ceircd 1877 letters and wrote $50.
ihc Chicago oli... received gS7 aud
wrote H95 The Sew Drloans office
received lgi and wrote 2gS. and the
San Francisco office received 300
and wrote $50
ON June ~ o. y Carver iu
charge OF the chicago office. az
iho Invitation 90 tho Foreign Trade
Division OF fho chicago Association
of Commerce. iU.ned their reception
comuitte" to erect the Edmonton
Industrial AsrD. alton OF EImon
ton. Alberta Canada The visiting
party headed hs tho mayor OF El.
moufGU numbered 2gO
On June go pr q \. Thavcr boz
charge 400 san Francisco. addressed
the San Franci 20 Chamber OF Com
Werc' a' luncheon on "The Value
OF Commercial Organization and
Departments Boz The development oI
Foreign Trade
iiaaE1n = !. mr.. Dr.. vice and dep
uiy consul general at Christian.
NORWAY yisite. the Sew YORK office
1n June q aad ? and va interview
nd by the req sentative O.. twelve
firms JOSEF. T. Britain consu
A"n'-al ai Auckland New Zealand.
spent June 30 and 30 ar the same
office con'orri.g with business mel.
ana about 90 Visitors sought .nfor
nation
G. ~ Dun. of Capetown south
Africa. yaitiu. the United States 10
obtain 'tc representation OF Amer.
au manufacturers. spent from Nav
lS 10 June 2l In the New York oI.
ice
Edward = Winslcw. consul gem
'ral ~ COponAagen Denmark arrIy.
'd in Chicago on June g. a. was
introduced Co the Officers of the
different commercial organization
AMI during July ls TO deliver sever.
il aidr' sef relative 10 the probabIp
for American made good.
During The month David ] ID
dyers consul az lquique. Chile raII.
I'd a. 'hc New Orleans office
on June q Giovanni Battis'a Coo
'atO commercial aitache 10 the
Italian emba IS az Washington cali. .
'd az the san Francisco office and .
vas furnished with letters Of intro
Iuc'ion 70 r1mmercial organization, .
nd husine people along the par..
ic coast Dr. Thayer acompaniri .
Vim 20 the State Board OF Harbor
commissioner and the California
let opmcr' Board on June p. and .
ipnn his r'furn "a san Francisco ol F.
June l3. hr Thayer went with him
O Oakland a. see the harbor and
locking facilities of that mort
through fhr c0uffesv OF tho Oakland D
hamber of Commerce.