Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-31

! Roy II. Patteson, local agent of tn!
American Express Company, has been
selected from a list of express agents
from all over the United States to g.
to China where he with another agent
will establish a bureau OF the company
to report on foreign credits, and help
American manufacturers who are
seeking foreign trade. Patteson re-
Gently returned from Chicago where
ne was put thru ar examination by Of
ficers e the company, and has been
/ notified Of his appointment to the for
eign service.
Patteson and p. c. White, of New
York City, the other man selected from
the long list of candidates, expect to
sail from San Francisco for Hong
Kong about A ril l. They are required
to sign a contract to stay in the for
eign service three years.
To Take Machinery Shipment.
The two men Will have charge Of D
large shipment Of machinery from the
Gisholt Manufacturing Company, Of
Madison, Wis. consigned to the Chi
nese government. The express men
will see that the shipment is delivered.
esta bllshing a service department for
American manufacturers, which viii.
do what the consular services are I'M
able to do. Credit information, collec-
ton of accounts and other service
which is beyond the authority of con-
sular service, will be taken charge OF
by the new services. Paterson and
White will go from China to other for
,,-,%
east.
They will be required to stay three
years, after which time they can re-
turn home for six months. If they de-
sire, they can then stay in the United
States, otherwise they will be placed
in the permanent foreign service.
Are Closely Questioned.
While in Chicago Patteson was ex-
amined by officials Of the company
from in the morning until $50 in the
evening. Harry Gee, general manager
of the foreign department of the COM
pany. with offices in New York. came
10 Chicago and put Patteson thru a
long examination on his experience Il
foreign business and general knowl-
edge Of express shipments. n. c..
Elweis. manager Of the financial de-
paTlTNent, anu "A. -. I>dyl LudLdS eI
Of the western division Of the COM
pany, also questioned Mr.. Patteson on
/ mis- familiarity with every department
of the service.
Altho he has been with the Amerf-
can Express Company only year and
a half Patteson has had considerable
experience. He was with the United
States Express Company for seven
years. working in both their Chicago
and New York offices. He was also in
Australia and in Canada and all thru
the northwest with the Rumley Pro-
ducts Company for three years. His
home is in Peoria. H., and he came
! here in June from Burlington. He ex-
poets 10 leave here about March l.
May Go Round World.
According to Mr.. Patteson there is
! no Limitation as to the different parts
| Of the world where he may be sent,
! Germany, where the company already
! has offices. The plan is to establish a
| chain of offices and bureaus in order
! that American trade may penetrate to
! the remote corners Of the globe. AS the
venture Is a new one, and the respon-
sibility of building up the business in
/ entirely new and strange places rosts
| solely on the shoulders Of the two
young men, the Job is what might be
termed big one The company plans
! to send other men to foreign fields
! later, but Patteson and White are the
! first to be thus commissioned.