Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-30
NATION GROWING
IN WORLD TRADE
SECRETARY Eedheid Predicts Great
Cgmm@reiai Possibilities a. = Re-
suif 81 the War.
ctrrTtL Urged To BrsT TTsELF
rrrseut. Data 70 Shsw the Renarka-
be Drift Touard. United states
>incr sfruzzIs Began.

Philadelphia. ga. April 90 Great
. commercial expansion for thc Caited
states az a result of thr European
uaF was forecast By Secretary wu-
r, ltzf- a. ATirfld o. thc department. o.
commerce. ta q speech here today b--
fore Fee Americas Academy % Fniir-
iesf aat Social science Both Ger
a-alF and Great Erttai1. thr secretary
sstG. we're tn danger % losing their sue
DrrmaeT ia The foreign trade. n the
var ee1ffrGFt
$50 one. q ffirE.- be said. would
ar ssfpsis-f 90 Cad fle Cuits1 states
Ere1et .l ere worlds competition. nor.
pr far war shail long eoutiuue. be
asf1rfssrd Co md her Grst~
Secretary E~tr~it. whose subject
vas rAmeriea-s international Trade a.
tGeetr- bF tao European War re-
t.raTt commercial c1adiuGra lu the
a1r.1 trade prior f1 the outbreak OF
fsr var. raauinF that Great Britain.
Germany end the ruIfrsi States ranked
.H fEr gri-r 1smrI i1 c1mpet.ti1u for
rTeerH business tfr said that che
tHlErf States. ubrn bgsfiiifirs began
.a.rt feelf uEprrparrd 90 meet the
s..sat01r either financially or iu
commercial Err.
.lE s H1s EreFssary DO raIt. -t1
review fHH history or the critical
raar.e a. August and September last
O. never faIHe OF that period without
r.aHEfairrsr Co.. tEr men in private
.EeIrrFs ana araae~ who with great
courage and at.r resource pulled la
r.faasa chose frElrs weeks. Q hope
r..# HlrE aeel1Ftr.ier a. freely that
.Hr r1srFarrat f.d shat 90 vas able
..ea ra t1 r1 fsr same rut. We are
.HaerrurI. E1ueser. chiefly 90 cone
Ier HEsf tlr FEfra1ri.uarv change rs f
EH..l tas como over tte face ut our
foreign trade since tlrsr things we're .
.aE-
- Costing feHs af perhaps four [
Haatref milii9U dollars has been paid .
#. ra1.ls and roe ia SOLD. Some ~ che .
sofa a- had exported f1 pav what We
owed aef1rr fEr war has come hack F..
r4 roo Iu Pay f1r debts due us. O..
ararfs since fEr Ores ot December +.
ra s.t Heafr-I million dollars. Wr are F.
saving rHaeF aF O. nation af ar aston
-H.He rarr THO nations OF ftr wurii I.
corn Ul ls f1r cash The nations turn .
fa as. Gafa bFii'FrFrst and ur4fral. uuf /.
Gals F1 fGrgisl them goods hIt tp loan
faers ter m1rry With which o. raT foT .
fH- r.ats E1rF bay from uE- We are
'eHE fH- world money ANA uc are
He r#- world goods. and both tp
.l.a ar rEfraf chat our f1rt.su turu- 4.
e.fU H..HH. and rH~ e1gtifinu uf our F.
export trade Esa taken on uithiu 90
months aH entirely new E.EuiHeaucr- \
e -rH H.rF Hss come into our COM n
-.. .rr. rru sense of relation
..a sH others and 1f our power Co n
.r.g f.ela aEt .r 1sr ability tH supply
.ee II
no secretary salf that there was
E.. rreE Industrial inertia vh~u
.r Hr.ese.FH Ear bru1draiae che for
..sa aar.1.s gf tar cuautrT trFrirped-
TH..rIHE iH national liability had
.Hrr re work. be- continued. and
...r f.r haar ~ opportunity struck.
relatively feE % us u~r~ ready 90 take I
H rr-g OF prperess.
Uesres men. Dc aalt. however. 1
.rr aaaarH.sE fp che opportunity
.rE accepting tre necessity for etHc-
-.r f.er.HeErEr HT mentioned che
sa.l.sHnrrE at Americas banks
.r#sF as o. forward step
.I.H..rre F0eNHa De- Nua.sear
f4 Earere'I eEat ta~ Ultimate effects
re- raFrrrr var shall D. upon our
commerce.. wr Ea8w utTFr ue were
fHr uar trssr-a Ereat ana
.rHa.rr competitor at others Who had
eeaT etaerfaers over us. We know
ear- ur are a1a uhiir che var goes
-tHe a-r great Industrial and COM
rrrelsf ea1rtFv ubiea is az peace aud
uafa f4 remain e1 These things
le BROS srf v~ are Eiat that they arr
a $50 one tsr Suffered fr1m her com
Teton during chat period. Another
at lesser competitor also has been 7
telllrf a fGsrt great competitor
es trea Fr .Efenerir occupied iu the
srasFir as o. tr enable Co sustain ~ ].
30 tIsErss plfch lu other te'ds the i
rrrresf eesrrrrisrs whieh have
.a. 49, 900 -aF o. f.aHeaN HaeFrars p