New Britain herald., 1918-12-20
MEXICAN INDUSTRY
| SURE TO DEVELOP
|anufaCturerS Plan to Ship
foods to All Quarters Of Globe

nufacturers are rapidly forming
port associations which plan to
@rry the products of the United
Stes to every nation on earth, to Gre
and enlarge demands for goods
Made in America and to furnish
(goes for the American merchant
rihe to transport over the seven
s. The trade invasion of other
lntries will begin in earnest when
rope has been supplied with food
reconstruction materials and the
II rid gets back to a normal peace
5is.
TO avoid collision with provisions of
sherman antitrust law and the
~ yton law, the new associations are
ing statements of their purposes
IL il the Federal Trade commission,
y @ng advantage Of the Webb bill per-
a kting such combinations solely for
R purpose Of export trade. This act
# ableS Americans to combine their
Nength to compete successfully with
pillar combinations in other coun-
rs. Up to the present, So state
u nts have been filed, embracing COM
ations of machinery and tool
lkers, paper makers, lumber manu-
Rturers and general exporters.
rs general rule, the combinations
BE been effected along the line of
n de associa tions-that is, all manu-
turers in the producing of a certain
fcle or series of articles are band
together, somewhat along the
es followed by the Germans in
Bhing goods to all corners of the
eth before the war. Some experts
q Aeye that this system is wrong and
the combinations should be eff
& ted along the department store
a-that is that each combination
Suld include one or two manufac-
u erS Of each article and that the as
cation should be able to furnish
Tything from pin TO Il locomo-
They argue this system would
q much expense in maintaining
Rsmen and branch agencies and
just as strong organizations can
effected as under the other plan.
Eocates of the one-line- Of business
II contend, however, that their sys-
which sends out highly special
statesmen to sell one article only
which allocates all orders among
manufacturers embraced in the
@eiation, makes the stronger COM
alton to meet foreign competition
pffic'ats who have studied the prob
think the danger of an outgroWth
n #hese export associations similar to
great metalgess clschaft of Ger
n hr which controlled metals and
tai products in all parts of the
I'D both in production and distri-
ION. in eliminated by a provision
#hc Webb bill, which prohibits anv
h Aorters' association from engaging
Smporting activities. This is de-
bed to prevent. or make undesir-
r. control Of raw materials. 1t also
provided that the acts Of the COM
Ptions must not be in any way in
u Araint Of trade within the United
II ties. the Federal Trade commission
tng continual supervision over
IN activities and each individual
v hufacturing or jobbing member of
NJ association being amenable to the
#rman and Clayton acts in so far
n bis dom este business is concerned
The bureau of foreign and domes-
81 commerce is prepared to give aid
y 8he combinations in the way Of
II Aistical and trade information about
@An markets. Additional COM
u #cial attaches and travelling agents
being sought by the bureau to
q @dle the expected increased volume
american business and a move
81 o. lis under way with the backing
81 @he Department of Commerce, the
81 Dmber of Commerce of the United
Il les and other organizations, to Sc
NJ more consuls under the State de-
n ment, part of whose duties would
81 Do assist in this work.
n wing TO the existence Of 1ong-term
pts syst ems in foreign markets,
. cially IN South America, which
inaugUrated by the Germans and
ash, it will be necessary for the
erican exporters to have an agency
the quick discounting of trade ac-
RANGES and similar documents Of
81 otedness. American bankers,
1e to this need, are moving hand
II @7and with the manufacturers
MI a few steps ahead-and are es-
u erica, the West Indies, Italy, Den
k. Russia, China, the Philippines,
traits Settlements, the Dutch East
es, British India, Japan, Panama,
st Britain and other countries
re 1T is expected the export asso-
n ions will carry the products of
kee ingenuity and a civilization.
18th all this preparation accom-
he'd and much more about to be
Z n, there remains one considerable
Pen for the American merchants
overcome before they can make any
Il gress in foreign markets. This is
u Ding.
ithdrawal Of all merchant vessels
normal trade routes and placing
hem under absolute control of the
@Sping board under stress of war ne