The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-11
Grand Total of Exports for the
Year Was Nearly Six Billions Of
Dollars Says Secretary of
Commerce.
FOREIGN TRADE BUREAU
SHOULD BE EXPANDED
Recommendation Is Made That
Appointment of More Resident
Commissioners and Other Com
mercial Attaches be Authorized.

o, rst Assoc,Avru rarss
Washington Dec. Expansion of
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce to enable 80 tu give cffec-
tive aid to American manufacturers
and merchants In taking fun advan
tage of after tne-war world trade op-
portunitios is the chief recOmmepdn-
ton OF Secretary Redfie,d In his aa-
nual report made public today
The secretary also reliorltes HE APP
provaI Of the proposed development
of "A government owned lntra- coastal
waterway 10 link up the great cities
OF the cast, from the lakes To the
coast and down the Atlantic sea-
board
Dealing with post war trade and
the part the bureau of foreign ana
domestic commerce can play, the re
port cmphaa.zes especially the need
Tor additional oommercial aitaches ana
trade commissioners. Tho balance oi
trade In favor OF the lnitcd states
s0r the fiscal year 1878 was ~,
g2G.2sS: the total Of the nierchandlse
export trade was S5g2N, N,.s5,GB2 and
uf the import trade g. s46,03s,fes.
Measured hy the economic needs
Of the country and hy the grave re-
sponsihilitles of pos, war competi-
ton" the report says. tho bureau
should hr expanded substantially IN
every branch Of se' ficc
Sew attaches should he assigned
to "A numher uf important capitals
ezpeclally Athens, Rene Madrid. OF
iawa. Mexico city and santiago, chile
We should also cstahiish AZ the carlieat
possible moment resident trade COM
ninioners in sweden, Norway, Great
Britain. France. Greece, switzerland.
n Pol fffI
zil. Colombia and Venezuela, Dutch
East Indies. China, Philippine Isl
ands, British India. Japan, Malay
Peninsula. Egypt, south Africa. Aus
tralia and New Zealand The value
OF resident representatives ~ TOO OBJ
vious TO require any argument for
the extension - this feature OF our
service
'The field FOR European investiga
tions by special agents immediately
upon the conclusion of the war viii be
80 extensive that the bureau VIII RE-
uuire greatly increased funds. Ameri-
can concerns have tremendous neld
for service 20 our allies in helping
them -ebuild and for future business
Too much emphasis cannot he
placed on the desifability OF employ
ing trained economists, statisticians'
and experts on banking. shipping.
etc, In excess of the hureaus pfeseh'
force. These types OF economic au-
thorIty are constantly needed 90 con
duct work equal In Importance To thar
performed by the great federal COM
missions In Washington.
"our country Is looking 20 the hui
reau of foreign and domestic coui-
meroe to do Is share In preparing th.
countrv for economic security ana
prosperity after the war when the
chief Industrial aud commercial forces
iu b.,n hemispheres VIII be ready
To launch great ORGANIZATIONS on th'
commercial seas boo quest of trade. The
ins,inc, OF commercial self -perscrva
lion demands crp3ui1ed action. This u
pot the time for short Sirhtcdness
other countries are looking ahead mad
/ rpendinr money 90 organize for thclt
I commercial security
: "a wisely liberal preparation now
viii mean millions uf income some cay
/ 10 this country, VIII mean ihdustrlh,
/ prosperity for our labor, ana WI
. mean strength tor oar economic struc-
me arntns, adverse conditions or
shnrper competition from any quar-
I ,or 80 couuiry has cxcelled us IN the
/ tvuo of commercial service which We
I bavc for six volrs past rendered 10 the
I busingss rommuritN, ana this poHiuoN
I should be maintained BY uF regardlc-t
Of our temporary Inscription IN miii'
J tary defense
/ Of tho Inland waterways Seoret'l> y
! flcC field says. ..t.,.
An Important step forward. which
Z wi1 he of great advantage To our
corntoerce. waa taken when the dlrer'
/ Tor general of railroads assumed, on
/ b.hnlf nf the government for the pc
I rIod of thp war. the operation oi the
/ cane cod and thr Delaware and liari.
/ ,nn canals. the iHiter hcing operated
in connection with the New hofh
! siate bnrec canals. Every economic
/ military aud naval argument poini
! Ia the tnportance of the earliest poe
/ sihie deyeloumcut ~ a government
/ ovned waterway corresponding Wsti
/ yvhat A. commonly known a. the AZ
| IantIc intra- -constnl waterway, connect'
/ lnr an the great cities of our Atlanu'
seaboard with one another, with th'
I Ncw York state waterways. reachinf
10 the Great Lakes and Lake cham
plaIn. and with an the railroad termln'
! ala along our eastern const.
I .such "A waterway, safe alike IRON
,he effects Of storms ana from th'
/ acts OF enemies, would be "a great as
ye, 10 the nation II ID were availabi'
| today. The development Of the u.s.
I Of o,,r internal Waterways having beei
taken over by the railroad adminis;ra
\ ZION. this departmeut retains an inter
e., In them only because of their 81
Zee, In promotine our commerce.
Ieslsiatlon % provide for the 80
tablishmcnt OF standards for all line
az industry with the bureau as th'