Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
PREFER ACTIVITY "a !. !
TO TRADE WAR
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Washington Officials Confident
Business Can Be Provided 20
Without Strife. .s9ssI
MISSIONS IN FOREIGN FIELDS.
Needs of Shattered Countries
Being Studied to Supply
Their Demands. ssN- Sd
MISSIONS IN FOREIGN FIELDS.

WASHINGTON, November 2i.-Wnt.
there be a commercial war after1ltho
war?
Inquiry here brings a negative ana
swcr. ssig
The statement is made in the i. asnss
OF commercial war as heretofore
known. gtr@s
There cannot fail to be intenserin.
ternational commercial activity. It isfs
declared. sreres.l {
Two factors stand out prominently
at The close of the world confictssof
arms as bearing upon the postsvyar
trade situation namely the closer :
comradcship and better UNDERSTAND.
ing among the nations allied against
the world that Germany cannof .SS
trusted. ,s.1,rs.T s
Therefore, it is argued. the pressine
needs of the allied nations. and. tea
,ions will form upon the cessation or
hostilities the basis of commercials
calculations for the time Immediately
following the close OF the WAITE.
A movement was started in.a.fhs
United States. 1t was recalled. having
for it's purpose the pledging ofpevefy3
American to observe a strict BLACKLIST
for life AGAINST trade with Germany
in any form. Thousands of Ameri+
cans actually pledged that during Tho
balance of their lives they wouIt buy
/ notninS maze IN Germany or have
ANYTHING to do with Germany The
movement was voluntary one, with
out official countenance. but nevertHo-
less gained widespread support. '-.efkS; /.
| against Germany Is held in the Unitad
States. which has felt the evil erSSts
em, German m;aasn miiitarism and perndy "a
allies. 1t is argued as certafn.-tkat
| none OF Germany's enemies, at~Issss
Tor n generation, will be wiIlinE-fo
| chants. - {
The unmasklnG of Germanys con-
mercial methods as employed to- 6Si.
rupt nations with which she .dSait
VIII also cause apprehension aftorAehN
| war wherever she seeks trader it. rs
! shown. sfr
GERMANY rs RECLAIMED .sssL
AS INCoNsIDERED FACTnt,s
Germany, therefore lis regarded sal
an inconsidered factor in the coinlSi 6
world movements. EIEf1xt u ~
On the other hand. an intense after.!
! the-war trade is sure to be wnwvH
cause OF the vast amount OF ,recSnr
struction work demanding rawsAa-
terial, seminnished products and snaHUs
featured articles that this country Eah
help supply. Many Industries of Shig
severely from ISs lack ists Of raw sass.
.eriais which they must have from1u
In addition to the great trade that
l l1,tt, must spring up between:
allied Europe and America, II is noiiff-
cd out that Russia and Latin Amerlca
are looking for tho offerings of our
merchants. 't--S--t-3l
The United States now has in. .Rnss
STA an economic organization. gather,
ing knowledge from thousands OF the
russian people. who have always been
friendly to this country. and who.nand
aericultural machinery and almost
everything else we make. s7-.,it.
rms commission Is learning ana 6e-
ming these thousands for the sutdSlSA
is cultivatinE more intelligent friontis,
snip for America. No reports from iris
commission have yet been made publtc
GIVE AMERICANS ADVICE ~...--4+--
ON SOUTH AMERICAN MARKETS.
In Washington papers certain sguth
american periodicals already havd-56Ey
run TO use advertising space, draxSfnS
- tention of American advertisers o,the
opportunities there to market Cher
movement to increase South American
trade. Interrupted by the entrance.cf
the United States into the war, is.rhue
giving evidence OF Immediate resSiiSt,s
ton. -
All of these factors. therefore, .arrus
Tor extreme commercial activity afriuffE
the nations that have been nEhtRs
There is enough trade for ali;sftsfs
SHOWN. 1t is not a question Of fEiIt-
ing Tor markets. but in supplyinN..fhS
wants or every nation sorely in need
for almost every human materla1-1tn.
cessity. -'-ti-TFsSf1 :
Officials here arc loath to express
views about any matter having -tos-fao
with the postwar period. Of course.
but the broadened view OF oficiai
Washington gained by coming anfo
common problems and the preserca
here of other than diplomatic tenrn,
Sentativcs OF the nations Is readiiy
observable. E.s.lsss44