New-York tribune., 1919-07-11
Great Merch andisins
Structures To Be Erect
ed in Leading CONNER
cial Centres Everywhere
Site for London
Skvscraper Bought
Eighty Per Cent of Room
To Be Used for Display
inc American Goods

Irving T. Bush believes in the COM
mercial future of America to such an
extent that he is proceeding with plans
to erect sales buildings similar to the
Bush Terminal Sales Building in New
York in the worlds commercial CEN
tres. He already has obtained a site
for huge building to be erected in
London. The architect who planned the
New York building is now on his way
back to America after consulting with
British architects.
"The London building said MI.
Bush, who has just returned from an
extended tour of France and England,
"wil contain all the modern con-
lean architecture and the comforts Of
British life" Mr.. Bush intends to
operate the London building in much
the same fashion as the New York
building is conducted. 1t is planned
that ultimately 30 per cent of the Bush
Building here will be devoted to the
display of American merchandise and
20 per cent TO the showing of foreign
products. Eighty per cent of the Lon
don building will be set aside for the
showing OF strictly British products
and the other 20 pe1 cent to American,
French and other merchandise.
Mr.. Bush is planning to erect build
ing in Paris. Later a sales building
will be erected in Buenos Ayres, but
since the Argentine and other portions
Of South America are largely consum-
ing rather than producing countries in
manufactured articles, the bulk of the
space in that building will be turned
over to the display of American, Brit
ish. French and other merchandise of
80 Of South
"This is Americas day." id Mr. Bush
yesterday. "As nation we have been
passing through our boyhood and are
now entering into manhood, ready to
assume the duties and obligations that
go with playing a mans part in the
world.
"Not only has Europe been changed
materially through the four years of
warfare. but great mental change has
taken place which gives America tre-
mendous advantages in competing with
foreign producers IN the worlds mar
kets European labor, under stress OF
war necessity, has wrested high wages
from the employers. Countries which
formerly undersold US in the worlds
market by virtue of cheap hand labor
can no longer do so, and doubt if the
OLD conditions ever will return.
ne Udy OF CNeap laOOr appears 70
be past. and the nation that has the
greatest production capacity, the most
machinery. will dominate the world
commercially The United States can
and will supply the world with ar
tIcles made IN mass production. Take
the automobile as an example Quap-
'ity production has been developed here
so that We cannot only supply our
own enormous demand for motor cars,
but can pile up a surplus to sell to
other countries. This is true of nu-
merous other lines
AT present few of the worlds in
dustrles are reaching out for foreign
markets. me shelves Of the world,
TOR the greater part, are bare of mer-
cnandlse. and domestic factories in
eacn country have all they can do to
supply their home markets. But as
soon as these shelves have been re-
Nlled, probably in a year or so, it will
be necessary TO seek add itional outlets
lot production. Competition then will
become keen, but If America can es-
taollsh her trade agencies throughout
me world by that time, she can more
'han hold her own with foreign com
pet'tors. Those who have not visited
Europe and investigated conditions
taere cannot realize the tremendous
handicap under which industry in the
"aF-rldcen countries is struggling
II viii take long time for a readjust-
ment TO De made over there"
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