Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18

| fairs, and the South American repub-
| lies may bring to-
World Cenfer Rether samples OF
| their produce and in
VI AIdoe. dustry. as has been
shown in these columns. but there is
one and only one country on the race
of the globe today, "E Pluribus
Cnum." to which the nations OF the
world are sending their business ana
industrial leaders as to great trace
| exposition.
! That's the L. S. A., the best all
round commerce country in the en-
| tire world, which in Crisis proved
| itself the most nearly self-sustained
| of any country, and country that Is
coming out of the war as a world
leader in foreign commerce, for the
first time in its history.
1t is because these United States
have tremendous possibilities as well
| as an unequaled opportunity for
| world trade that the business. official
and congressional leaders are all men
| engrossed these days In considerat ton
| of how this country can most wisely
promote, encourage and regulate COM
merce along stable and enduring lines.
~
f'The Little Brown Brother" in the
Philippine Islands. just feeling the
thrill of CONNER
Sending Official cial zeal with a
| promise of self
Representatives, government; the
Briton, fed up on trade, who has been
premier peddler on the seas, and the
progressive japanese, both of whom
are watching closely as rivals .Ameri-
cas- strides In commerce; the repub-
lies of South America. which have al
ways looked to the United States as
an exemplar and which now see a
great commercial future ahead of
them-these and the entire world be-
sides are sending official delegations,
trade association representatives and
individual business leaders to the
United States for most up-to-date
commercial cooperation.
America is, without undue self
seeking, the natural leader in q pro-
gressive leaguing of the nations for
exchange of products and resources.
Just as the flowers grow toward the
liz
toward America. What little of poll
| tics is mixed up with business in this
new internationalism is merely by
| way of preserving that good will.'
which is such a valuable asset in all
business.
y X
The American zeal to sell service
| rather than goods is exemplified in an
announcement just
Trade Experts made by Secretary
Now Working. are more than
ninety trade experts in foreign coun-
tries gathering information to assist
| the American industries. sixty of
| them specialists representing every
| branch of industry. The intention is
| through the reports of these experts
to gauge accurately the needs abroad
for any particular or specific product.
thus making it possible for manufac-
turers and exporters in the United
States to devote their attention to
| those goods for which there will be
demand The idea is in accordance
with the best principles of salesman
ship, not to load up the purchaser
with goods that he cannot readily
move. but to deliver promptly what he
needs.
And in building up American COM
merce the economists are showing
American capitalists and engineers
and trade pioneers that the surest
future prosperity is built upon ex-
change of trade, and in development
Of foreign sources of raw materials
| that can be shipped to this country to
be manufactured, thus assisting Uncle
Sam In increasing and multiplying
the wealth of the world.
X X
For example, "the little brown
brother" of the PHILIPPINES. who has
shown the greatest
Filipinos Ask progress in the entire
Assistance. n,s,,a =, 'ne ~orla
lection of the United States, is now
ambitious to win prosperity through
trade, and asks the big brother for
a helping hand in the same spirit
that he was encouraged to establish