Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-25
GETTING SHIP SHAPE FOR TRADE

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citizens and legitimate American en-
terprises and investments in foreign
lands"
Congress is now working on a pro-
gram of policy regarding foreign
trade. coupled with which will be
laws particularly safeguarding Amer
fcan investments abroad.
Emerged from the war as the great
est creditor nation the world ever
knew, the United
Export Record States is keeping up
its old ''Y n k g
IL APAh. trad r" traditions
The April exports surpassed the pre-
vious high record by nearly 100000,
600. according to the government fig
ures. Imports for April increased
$4,000, 900
And all the world is clamoring for
American goods. Here are few
haphazard: Albania, Switzerland
Brazil. Belgium. Australia, Colombia
Venezuela, Finland, Russia, etc
These countries of the world afar
are anxious to get American deliv-
cries, but it is the big. permanent
trade lasting through the years thai
the business builders of this country
are calculating and working for. They
expect to win it through developing
trade friendships. by showing wha,
we have to offer and by holding trade
by the quality of material and work
manship. For example-the Chamber
of Commerce of the United states has
invited a French mission, including
man prominent in commerce and in.
dustry, to make tour of the unlteo
States early next autumn-just tc
give US the "once over"
Here is how the countries are thrust
ing their orders upon Uncle Sam fol
the earliest possible
Some National delivery. giving then
o.. from the countries
Nocessleies' named above: Alba
mia needs a wide variety of manufac
tured products from the United States
Commercial Attache Alfred P. Dennis
in Rome, reports. The greatest pres
emit need is foodstuff. agricultural i'm
plements, because in some DISTRICT
agriculture has not progressed sine
the days of the Aryan dispersion. TIL
soil is turned with a wooden spade
and the clods are broken up will
cudgles. If American light plows, cul
tivators disk-harrows and small seed
ers could be introduced agriculture
would take an immense lean,
Switzerland wants raw materials o
all kinds, food of all kinds, except sar
dimes; cotton by all means, wool, rub
Der. leaf tobacco, fertilizers, linsee'
meal (big demandD, according to re
port to the State Department from
Consul Lewis w. Haskell in Geneva
Switzerland does not need milk AM
dairy products. Germany sold Swift
zerland 25,00O,000 worth of good
annually before the war. Now Swift
zerland is ready to give that trade t
the United States. 1t ia a question o
future credit terms. reasonable price
and assortmentS.
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Brazil offers American exporters ;
big field. England and other Euro
pean nations ar
Brazil, Belgium entering into keel
competition. TIL
ana AustraIla. outlook for tn,
United States to retain its plac
as the principal source of sup
ply is quite optimistic. accord
ing to an official report from Vic
Consul Augustus I. Hasskarl, in Ri
de Janeiro. He advises exporters: One
to pack better, train expert packer
and inspect shipments prepared a
factories: two, to ill orders, in exac
accordance with specifications; three
to arrange for: proper credit terms
Some buyers are willing to pay cash
but the majority prefer credit.
observation-disclosures and trade pub
LEGATIONS are much sought at the con
sulate at Antwerp, and Vice Consu
Charles w. Drew. jr.. has written I
Australia-Here the question Q
financing is an important one. II. !
Braddon, the Australian commissioner
recently addressed the New Yorl
Chamber of Commerce on TINS sub3ec'
He says Australia will welcom
American trade, and urged American
investments. Commercial Attache A
w. Ferrin, in Melbourne, forsees Al
extraordinarily difficult position as 7
foreign exchange in the near future
He has been in conference with lead
ing bankers.
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CoIombia-Is starting on an era o.
Industrial expansion. and admiration
for Americans ant
rolomh;o ond desires to do bust
ness with Americans
Sehe1ueia. is growing with it
Consul Claude E. Guyant reports. Al
developments of the oil industry II
Colombia are dependent upon the
United States for machinery. equip
ment and materials. American ex-
porters are now coming into intimate
personal touch-depending more on
craftsmanship than letters. Many
Colombian houses are taking on per-
manent lines of American goods
through the interest awakened by be-
ing personally acquainted with rep
resentative Of the manufacturer. Bet
ter acquaintance and closer relations
have also resulted from increasing
visits of Colombian business men to
the United States to familiarize them
selves with American ways Of doing
business.
Venezuela-A consulate general OF
this country has just been established
in New Orleans with jurisdiction over
fourteen states, while the consulate
general In New York has jurisdiction
over the others. Charge d'Affaires
Stewart johnson in Caracas says that
coinciding as this. does with the crea-
ton of the bureau of commercial pol
icy in the foreign Office and the send