The commonwealth., 1919-01-01
HAVE INCREASED
THEIR TRADE
1909 Per Cent. s. Manufacturers
and Exporters With Brazil and
South America.

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NEW YORK, Dec. % United
States manufacturers and exporters
nave increased their trade IN Brazi
and other South American countries
bi more than ltJ per cent. since the
beginning of the war, according to J.
" Sanger Trade Commissioner OF
the United states, Government Bur
eau Of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, VINO recently returned from a
survey OF the business opportunities
south Of the equator.
T Imagine ten large stores in one
big city and one Of these stores dong
more business than all the other nine
combined, declared Mr., Sanger, and
that viii give you some idea Of the
position we are in today. 1t is an am
azIng record. We are now selling
South American countries more than
half OF everything they import, Our
total export trade is now counted in
billions OF dollars
The Commissioner said that with
the signing Of peace treaty pfac-
tcai certainty "Ithln. SIX months or a
year, IT is not day too soon to begin
making definite plans to meet the
Keen competition IN foreign trade That
must come almost Immediately The
hundreds OF millions Of dollars invest /
ed IN ne" factories and ships, he said,
mean That America must find fresh |
outlets for her enterprise and indus
Try
we heeh more and better direct
representation OF our manufacturers
IN the important trade centers Of
bra]lI and other South American
countries ne SAID 'ihIs may come
about through taking the fullest ad-
vantage OF the ne" Webb Export
trade Act or IN other practical ways
we also need tast and regular
Ifelght service to every important
port OF Latin America sand MI
sanger without 1t we Will be as
.flPpIed as department store that
iependS upon casual messenger boys
," make Its deliveries, Then again
We must be prepared to meet the act 1
'aI needs OF these countries regarding
ne extension OF credits,
'ihe biggest single incentive to
ofeIgn trade IS foreign investments. /
Unfortunately our holdings in South
'merlca are practically negligible. In {
short time our immense surplus &
apital Will seek Investment. Brazil f
4 particular, needs this capital and t
M pay us handsomely for it. y
How many people IN the United t
tates kno" that Brazil alone is Iarg- b
than all the United States; yet, eX-
'Pt Tor It's JhinIy settled coast line,
practically untouched? 1t IS one II
the richest countries IN the world Il
nj Is destined to develop along sim
ar line to our own country in the
'St hohdred years 1t has every
'tural resource that we had and, in
'dItioh, others that nature did not
We us, Our talking machines, type
rlters, sewing machines, safety raz- =
S and a multitude of other Amer
an products are standard with Bra
hans today. 1t is up to us to make
st as well known the thousands of
hers products that we make and
at they need as much las
70 accomplish this, Mr. Sanger re,
I'd, it was necessary for American or
lnutacturers to advertise their at
DDS down there In South Amer -
/, he said, advertising methQds are ha
lde and much as they were in the tir
nted States 30 or more years ago. vii
We have scarcely even begun to or
this power, this promoter of sales wo
4 good will, in South America"
'tinued Mr.. Sanger, Il have un- cal
stakable evidence that the people brc
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