The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-11-06
new TRADE
RELATIONS
FURTHERED
Messengers Of More Than 20 Nations
MingIe in Headquarters Of
Department of Com
merce at Capital

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More than twenty nations are repre-
sented by visitors to the United States
who are now making their headquar
ters at the branch offices of the bu
reau of foreign and domestic com
merce, department of commerce, and
who are seeking new trade relations
Many of these men are members OF
foreign firms which are preparing to
make purchases here. Others are rep
resentatives of big commercial houses
and offer unusual facilities for our
manufacturers to establish agencies
abroad. Their respective countries
are making easier the progress OF
American commerce in this year of
opportunity.
Some of these advance agents of
business are not confining their efforts
to any one section of this country, for
reports from the several branch
offices of the bureau furnish details of
tours which take in several of the
principal commercial centers.
Because of the foreign visitors flock
ing here, the bureau is dealing directly
with buyers as well as sellers, and
bringing both classes of business men
together so effectively that there are
results purchases of American goods
and the making of contracts for agen-
oies in other countries.
One, example serves to illustrate the
character of these important develop
ments. An agent from abroad who
has been introduced to firms in the
United States by one of the branch of
fices of the bureau represents both
wealthy land owner in Central --mer-
lea, who is interested in numerous de-
velopment projects, and large COM
mission merchant who operates
throughout Central America and down
the west coast of South Africa, with
on elaborate selling organization.
Heretofore, the commission merchant
has represented only che large Euro
pean manufacturers, but they are shut
out of the market by the war, and he
has decided to push American goods.
Other interests represented are To-
Gated in Australia, Russia, Italy, Ar
gentina, Spain, India, China, Canada,
Japan, South Africa, Bulgaria, New
Zealand, Brazil, and several other
countries. Each week during the pres
ent fall has added to the number.
There is wide variety in the classes
of goods sought, including machinery,
leather clothing, the numerous lines
making up the stock of department
store, textile products of all sorts,
tools, and many other American man
ufactures. Two visitors from Russia
have nearly completed the organiza-
tion of cooperative sales agency for
promoting Russian interests. Their
efforts were materially assisted by the
bureau of foreign and domestic os-l-
merce. At one of the branch offices,
meeting to launch the project was
attended by fifty manufacturers.
The visit Of the Bulgarian represen-
tatives last summer is an important
incident in foreign trade development
as that country has rarely ever made
an active canvass for American goods.
In all the negotiations that have
been conducted and in those now ia
progress. the bureau has earnestly ex-
tended its cooperation. Its introduc-
tions, the agents report, have facili
tated the transaction of business. be
cause of the great confidence shown
by business men here in the foreign
representatives so introduced.