The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-11
Trades. Shipping and ShipbuildlnS ~
dustries and Textile Trades. -

Trades. Shipping and shipbuildlnS ~
dustries and Textile Trades. -
The reports Of these latter e6mmlts
tees have already been subhitted and
constitute formidable array Of ac-
curate and detailed information 40 to
the situation confronting various In
dustries.
In addition to these Inquiries BY
committees sanctioned BY the govern.
ment. many other investigations are
being made upon the initiative Of in
dividual manufacturers or merchants.
| With all these arrangements for in.
creasing the volume and improving the
character OF the things that can be
produced in the British empire have
gone plans for building up great SELL
ing agency. The government has Gre
ated a new joint Department Of the
Foreign Office and the Board Of Trade,
which Is known as the Department Of
Overseas Trade, Development and In.
telligence. This body controls tho
Board of Trades Trade Commissioner
Service within the empire and the For.
elgn Offices Commercial Attache Serv.
ice In foreign countries. The Trade
Commissioner Service and the Con.
sular Service are to be strengthened
and enlarged. Better trained men are
to be sent all over the, world to watch
for chances to sell British goods. The
Department of Overseas Trade Is to
undertake the bringing Of buyer and
seller together more quickly and cheap
ly than ever before. t4ss.
The British Government Is also Civ.
ing close attention to the possibilities
Of electrical power. It has scheme
for dividing the United Kingdom into
districts in which super-power plants
would be erected for supplying motor
power and heat on the theory that Lass
coal would thus be consumed and less
labor needed. Hy.G +.
Naturally the most attention Is CIV.
en- to the restoration Of the merchant
navy. Great Britain is arranging for
the improvement of her harbors
throughout the world and has already
mapped out new transportation routes
and in connection with them Is push
ing railroad and canal development.
In general, the British reconstrue.
tionlsts adhere to the principle of
amalgamation, as 1t is believed that
only by methods Of quantity produc.
ton at lower cost, the division Of fields
both in production and distribution
and concentration Of certain phases Of
the work in accordance with demon.
strated skill can single industry hope
to compete with German concerns.
They hold that competition after the
war will be between nations rather
than between individuals I.
The British banks are aware Of the
great demands that will be made upon !
them to finance this colossal program. !!
They are concentrating on reserves Of;
capital upon which to build an ade-
quate credit structure. These amalga-,
nations are significant Of the growing
feeling that to win their way, or even
to survive, the peoples Of the British
empire must draw closer together So;
cially, politically and economically. |;
As the war has welded them into a CO.,
originating, interdependent fighting
machine, 50 apparently Is the prospect.
of wonderful opportunities combined
with an appreciation Of the necessities
Of the case urging them TO- unity Of
purpose and breadth Of understanding
in their nrenA rafi0ns for YearA