Evening star., 1919-03-30
BY WILL r. KENNEDY.

n that there must be enlarging
| foreign trade. as well as in
dustrial activity at home. and foreign
trade that carefully and scientifically
balances cargoes of exports with re-
turn tonnage of imports. the United
States bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce has reorganized to give
business the largest possible efficient
help in the promotion foreign trade.
In this reorganizati ton new offices
have been tablished especially to
meet the present-day needs of the
readjustment period and the vivifying
of business along lines Of newly OPEN
ed-up opportunity. Real business men,
who have maze success of private
business enterprise, have been called
| to the federal service. Industrial and
commodity experts have been invited
to council with the government agen-
cies. Reference and research bureaus
have been opened up where the rep
resentatives of important industries
or Independent business concerns can
have trained guidance in studying de-
tails of commerce. statistics or oppor-
tunities in their especial lines from
the latest data assembled from official
publications gathered from all parts
Of the world by special agents.
Profit by War Lessons.
The 100 per cent cooperation given
by business to the government in win
ming the war taught the same lesson
to American business enterprise and
that cooperation begets efficiency and
develops new opportunities for devel-
opment. So the Department of Com
merce. taking over some of the war
time innovation services of the War
Industries and War Trade boards and
other wartime agencies, also invited
| into the services high-class success
full business men. trained in theory
and in practice. For example, Burwell
S. Cutler. president of a large and
profitable business which he built up.
has accepted an important trade pro-
motion post as chief of the bureau of
| foreign and domestic commerce.
DR.. R S. McElwee, recently federal
agent for commercial education in the
Federal Board for Vocational Educa-
ttion, has been made assistant director,
Particularly in charge Of foreign
| trade expansion studies. He brings to
this task experience, covering a
decade of practical business activity
as salesman and executive in Euro
pean countries for American business
houses and a teaching experience in
economics and foreign trade at Co
lumbia University. He is able, there
fore, to view the problems both from
the viewpoint Of the man who is SELL
ing American goods overseas and the
| teacher who must furnish the infor-
matioA and teaching that will be Of
Grosvenor M. Jones, the other as
sistant chief. has just returned from
a tour of the south, where he has
addressed gatherings of business men
| in the trade centers. telling them of
special opportunities awaiting their
communities In the scheme of COM
merce. He has made commodity
studies in Europe and made a per-
sonal investigation of ports in the
United States and South America with
a special view to their adaptabilfty
| for all-American commerce.
New Branch Of Helpfu1ness.
Dr.. F. r. Rutter, who has been as
signed the task of building up an en-
tfrely new branch Of helpfulness to
! American industry and commerce, or
| gaIfzing the office Of statistical adj
wiser (Which will be explained later).
came to the bureau in 1910 to take
| charge of foreign tariff work. He
| was later made assistant chief in
| 1914. and in that capacity gave most
| Of his time to the statistical work
and to summarizing data as to cost
of production. What this meant can
best be illustrated by the fact that
he gave an entire year to grueling
work with the Treasury Department
| in bringing about real examination
! of every import and export entry
| which amounts to a careful audit of
all manifests. The cost of produc-
developed into the present United
States Tariff Commission. During the
United States participation in the war
he has filled very successfully an i'm
portant assignment as commercial at
| tache in Toxic. -
| Louis l. Drake, who during the
war was with the War Trade Board
in the bureau of administration, and
who previously was for seven years
! and Varnish Association, has been in
trusted with the task of organising
and administering new trade in
| telligence section" "a
Appropriations Only Limitation.
| The scope Of foreign trade promo
tion service mapped out by the execu-
by the limitations in appropriations
which the incoming Congress will
make. The program and scheme of
organization are SO framed that they
can be expanded as funds are availa
BILE and the interests of American in
dustry and commerce invite.
Some idea of the scope Of this work
can be had from the scheme Of or
| ganization, which Is as follows:
The activities for foreign trade
| promotion cover field work. research.
editorial, advice and Information.
To tho director are directly re-
sponsible the two assistant directors
formerly known as chief and as
sistant chiefs Of bureau. and the
/ o4anaa n1 chief clerk accounts sta