Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-17


An American trade information Sec
ton has been established at Cologne,
Commercial At
A Trade Section tache Chauneey D.
~ r.L Snow reports from
Paris. In Cologne
at Al Am Hof' there is a military. gov
ernor's bureau for commerce and in
formation, operating under the aus
pices of the British military gov
ernor. There are British and French
and Belgian sections. and an. Ameri-
can section has recently been estab-
lished. on the initiative of the Amer
lean commissioner of the Rhineland
high commission, P. B. Noyes.
The new office has no direct con-
nection with the work of the high
commission, but has been established
as temporary service for American
business men and foreign purchas-
crs who desire to get in touch with
American manufacturers and mer-
chants. H. T. Moves is in charge of
the American section and is dealing
with all Inquiries addressed to that
office
American business leaders are TAX
ing part In unique trade feature,
which somewhat resembles the po1it-
the circuit This is in. connection
with the Industrial congress- which
was held at Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
from August IL to 16. While the
main sessions were held at Calgary
on Wednesday and Thursday, the
q yyn
ince. spending Monday at Medicine
Hat, Tuesday at Lethbridge and Fri
day and Saturday at Edmonton.
Inc congress was managed by
these communities with the Coop
Grafton of the pro-
Trade Congress vincial govern
at Calgary. no sn', van ana - ~, ,sv p tse
foundation Of broader and more
friendly relationship between the
peoples of the United States and Can
ada by educative means. Among the
principal speakers were Henry Ford.
A. r. Erskine of the studebaker Cor
poration, Harold Mccormick of the
International Harvester Company,
Joseph Oliver OF the Oliver Plow
Works and Robert Dollar, president
of the Dollar Steamship Company.
John NJ .McGreevy, manager Of the
congress. was much pleased with the
business representatives.
Another trade Swing around the
circuit" is still in progress, telling
about opportunities in the Italian
markets for Industrial machinery.
Trade Commissioner w. G. Marshall
completing an investigation of these
opportunities, has been making a
tour of eastern cities for conferences
with interested manufacturers and
exporters. He was in the district
Office Of the bureau of foreign and
from July 81 to August Q; at the
chamber Of commerce in Providence,
r. I,,August A, and 6; at the cham
Der of commerce in Worcester. Mass.
August II and II; at the custom
house In Boston, Mass. August Z, 8
and 9. and will be at the cooperative
Office. Philadelphia Chamber Of Com
merce. tomorrow and Tuesday, Au-
gust IS and 10.
Manufacturers of papermaking,
textile. printing. shipyard, sugar,
ropemaking, hoistfng and conveying,
refrigerating and woodworking ma
chinery and machine tools interested
in possibilities in the italian markets
have been comforting with Trade
Commissioner Marshall in large num-
bers. s
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The commercial attache of the
American embassy at Paris has re-
- ceived re-
Samnles Needed quest + r m
Emile Jot-
toA 1AoAs AnSeA'u'o' trand, direc-
tor Of the 1nstitut Commercial des
Industriels du Hainaut, a high school