East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-04-06

Uncle Sam, through his department
Of commerce, Ii BY no means behind
the times in supplying factors in for
eign trade. In this day Of prepared
ness propaganda, alertness In conn
mercial preparedness is as keen as in
the military. Business scouts In the
way OF commercial attaches, and sDe-
Clal agents now cover practically the
entire world. and no points affecting
commerce, and particularly markets
for American goods, are overlooked
At London, Berlin, Paris. Petrograd,
Melbourns, Buenos Aires, Rio de Jan
Giro, Valparaiso, Lima and Peking
there are stationed commercial at
taches whose supervision extends ov-
er the entire country for which their
headquarters is capital. In addition
to these resident scouts there are a
number Of Of special agents in every
country making special Investigations
into trade conditions, market prices
business opportunities, shipping ia
c~ilities. and credit systems.
All information, whether relative
foreign tariffs, treaties, markets for
American goods, openings for invest
ment Of American capital, or OF what
ever class, Is forwarded to Washing.
ton, rushed to press for distribution
to business men throughout the Unit
ed States. The most salient features OF
these Investigations are Incorporated
in Commerce Reports" for the bene-
fit Of the American business
Commerce Reports Is the Official
organ Of the bureau Of foreign anG
domestic service. II Is a live daily
and liz very essential TO the business
man who Is interested in foreign
trade and who desires to keep thor"
oughly up 10 date on what is being
done abroad. It should be read reg
ularIy to be appreciated and to take
advantage Of the many opportunities
presented. II Is also contributed to
By consular officers and resident
commercial agents. and often contain
a great deal Of valuable information
in the way Of domestic trade and sta.
tistics showing what is being done in
the United States.
While the department Of commerce
has been making Roadway In It's cam
paign for commercial preparedness
through It's commercial attaches
abroad and It's commercial agents and
agents in the United StateJ
and foreign countries. with a view to
getting stronger foOthOid and holding
1t after the war, still 1t Is broad
enough in its viewpoint to recognize
is weak points and at the same time
to remedy them. With this OBJ
ject In view a worldwide survey Of
SALES
Methods" has been inaugurated. This
work Is TO be carried out under the
direction Of the bureau Of foreign
and domestic commerce through It's
branch offices. for information
In the United States.
The bureau recognizes that 1t IL
wOefully deficient in information Of
paramount Importance along the linee
Of export merchandising, and Is Civ
Ing TO the basic source for It's infor-
Is, the manufacturer
and exporters themselves. The meth
DDS Of handling export trade, wheth-
sr direct or through intermediate
are being sought. The firms ant
companies who have warehouses and
branches abroad are to be ascertained
Those In the export business viii fur
nsh valuable information on this line
Df the survey; even the firms in the
States doing parcels post bus.
mess; the methods by which trade Is
secured, whether by advertising
through catalogues. newspapers, trade
Journals. fairs and exhibitions, or BY
means Of free samples. will ell be col.
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