The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-11
d substantially in every branch d. serv

ed substantially in every branch of sery-
ice.
New attaches should be assigned to q
number of important capitals, especially
Athens, Rome, Madrid Otta,"e Mevi""
City and Santiago, Chile. We should
also establish at the earliest possible
moment resident trade commissioners In
Sweden, Norway, Great Britain France,
Greece, Switzerland, Russia, Mexico, Boz
livia, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia and
Venezuela, Dutch East Indies, China,
Philippine islands, British India, Japan,
Malay peninsula, Egypt, South Africa,
Australia and New Zealand The value
of resident representatives is too OBJ
vious to require any argument for the
extension of this feature Of our service.
"The field for European investigations
by special agents Immediately upon the
conclusion of the war will be so exten-
sive that the bureau will require greatly
increased funds. American concerns have
tremendous field for service TO our al
lies in helping them rebuild and for flu
ture business.
"Too much emphasis cannot be placed
on the desirability Of employing trained
economists, statisticians and experts on
banking, shipping, etc, in excess Of the
bureaus present force. These types Of
economic authority are constantly needed
to conduct work equal in Importance to
that performed by the great federal com
missions in Washington
Our country is looking TO the bureau
Of foreign and domestic commerce to do
its share in preparing the country for
economic security and prosperity after
the war, when the chief industrial and
commercial forces in both hemispheres
viii be ready to launch great organiza
ti6ns on the commercial seas in quest Of
trade. The instinct of commercial self
preservation demands organized action.
This is not the time for short sighted
thrift. Other countries are looking ahead
and spending money to organize for their
commercial security.
"A wisely liberal preparation now will
mean millions of income some day to
this country, win mean industrial pros
perity for our labor and will mean
strength for our economic structure
against adverse conditions or sharper
competition from any quarter, No coun-
try has exceled US in the type Of com
mercial service which we have for six
years past rendered to the business coJu
munity, and this position should be
maintained by us in the type Of com
mercial service which we have for six
years past rendered to the business com
munity, and this position should be
maintained by us regardless of our tenn
porary absorption in military defense"
Of the inland waterways Secretary
Redfeld says:
"An important step forward, which
will be of great advantage to our com
merce, was taken when the director gen
eral Of railroads assumed, on behalf Of
the government for the period of the war,
the operation of the Cape Cod and the
Delaware and Baritan canals, the latter
being operated in connection with the
New York state barge canals. Every
economic, military and naval argument
points to the Importance of the earliest
possible development of government
owned waterway corresponding with
what is commonly known as the Allan
tic intraeoastal waterway, connecting all
the great cities of our Atlantic seaboard
with one another with the New York
state waterways, reaching to the Great
Lakes and Lake Champlain, and with all
the railroad terminals along our eastern
coast.
"Such waterway, safe alike from the
effects of storms and from the acts or
enemies, would be great asset to the
nation If it were available to-day The
development Of the Use of our internal
waterways having been taken over by
the railroad administration, this depart.
ment retains an interest in them only
because of their effect in promoting our
commerce."