The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-26

oign trade that whatever develops
American business with other nations
develops IL also az home. An order
can not be received from abroad at
Hamilton for goods TO be shipped
cut Of the country without meaning
the placing OF riders in our domestic
commerce for the means or the ma
terials for nlling the foreign order,
and naturally u mean paying good
wages to good American workmen for
which the monet of the foreigner re-
imhursca In due time. Therefore, In
speaking Of foreign trade 1 always
have In mind the background OF do
nestle trade which is aided thereby.
We are planning for the FIRST time
10 put In the foreign field a force that
shall be adequate TO the needs OF
American aud which shall
consist OF commercial attaches at
each or fourteen great capitals, Of the
consular service under the wise super
vision 81 the department OF state. Cove
ering hundreds Of points OF import
ance all ver the world. and our wi
force OF travelling commercial agents
who are specialists investigating single
subjects. This threc-fold foreign force
coOperates through the bureau OF for
eign and domestic M OF our
department to inform and assist
American manufacturers aud mcr-
chants In their foreign trade.
We have just opened Office Of this
bureau In New York. Chicago. san
Francisco. and New Orleans for the
purpose Of bringing the foreign force
more closely In touch with the do
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man. n u the plan that when the
consuls, or the commercial attaches.
or the commercial agents come to
this country on their regular leave
or az the close of their Inquiries To
have them visit these Offices. their
coming being announced In advance
40 hat the business men OF the com
munity at large may come IN contact
with them. Meanwhile. OF course.
their reports are received and printed
through our daily publication. The
Daily Consular and Trade Reports.
and their special monographs on par
tieular themes are also printed and
Circ dated.
Let us assume, for example. that
there was an Office Of this bureau la
Cincinnati and that a house IN Ham
ilton was Interested In the trace OF
Brazil. II the concern here will nle
It's name with US ln Washington as
being Interested IN Brazil, when a
consul from Brazil comes TO this
country he would In due time go to
the Office which l have no wassumed
To be located IN Cincinnati, and the
house In Hamilton would receive
written notice Of his Intended pres
enCe. Meanwhile you would be- get
ting tho reports which he would from
time to time send In. You would GO,
let as suppose, 70 Cincinnati. would
md the consul 10 be a real human
being instead of just a name, and
would find that from him YOU could
learn much OF interest, while he
doubtless would learn from you that
which he could not otherwise and
out. He would obtain knowledge OF
what you wish 10 know and you would
obtain knowledge from him of things
YOU did not know. In like manner IL
your specially were. let US say. pea
nuts. GU rcommercial agent. who
might be circulating around the
globe studying the varied uses OF that
r~efrcshing fruit. would on Ms return
also go to Cincinnati and YOU would
be informed, II you would tell Us OF
your interest In the article. that ne
vas there and you and ne might have
a thorough talk together. the
result OF which would be that YOU
would know much better how To fur
nlsh them n he would know much
better which our necessities we're IN
developing hat trade. In short. the
whole effort II TO provide a foreign
force adequate 20 represent the United
States and to Orins u in touch az
home with the men who are engaged
In the commerce hat he H. supposed
to advance. Meanwhile Il In intended
the regular work OF this great bureau
of foreign aud domestic commerce OF
collecting and publishing statistics Of
our commence and oW investigating
the cost OF production OF various ar
ticles at home and abroad shall pro-
coed not only without interruption
but on an increased scale.
A second phase OF the work OF the
departmcnuNof Is that be-
Ing lone through It's great bureau OF
standards. Time fails 10 describe Il
length the work Of this bureau. which
IN have elsewhere called the House
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Instruments aus apparatus OF many
kinds. The particular subject. how
ever, OF interest az the moment Is
that OF Determining the standards Of
operation for public service compan-
les As matters now are a city an
derta kes TO regulate a public service
company often without any very X
act knowledge of the technical facts
that underlio that cOmpany's opera
tion. for example In the case OF "A
gas company OF a street railway.
There are certain technical facts In
the production Of gas or In the oper-
alton Of the railway which the com
pany knows by reason Of its "
contract with its own business but
which the city can only learn by the
employment Of experts NOW ~
perts are o always To be had and
are costly when you get them. and
even then their statements may be
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