Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-14
NATIONS TRADE BALANCE
is GREATEST IN HISTORY
r1e..> never Approached i'll Com
nercc OF Any Country Since
Time Began.
LITTLE BELOW FOUR BILLIONS
America Owns Onc.Fourth OF
worlds Tonnage, Aggregate I'm
dcr Stars and Stripes Being H..
3O' 300 Tons on juno 30, 1910.

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W!A;s .ldS December la.-.,mcr-
ended last juno 80 wa. s3.SfS.ia4.si7.
,o n msur re neve: approached in the com:
the world" said The :" s .n6 aiS'S 1eyo Of
today OF the Secretary Of " Co9ms sSpo'
n, New high marks were established in
.@,ans !S 1"a i and I,sno sEper,s
OsS,sie;5Ss: ESporss to Europe agyre-
sl.29l .932.342: 10 Asia $500. a2t.sis and
to South America, S40O.sOl. sol.
..h. pesp ionn war losses. The worlds mcr-
| any, other time in history, the report
said. the total tonnage being ao,3la.ooo
gross: compared with 4esoS9,ooo in 1914.
worlds merchant tonnage. however ~
below that OF 1914 because OF Inherent
reasons in construction and for eX-
trancous reasons such as port conres
tloh, !aDor troubles and management
Great steam Tonnage Gnin.
world s van IN n,, steam Tonnage 70. the
wss 100000 gross tons. Merchant
.GGnna;o nov under construction is more
nam ,hsn d1 io5ns the pre- ~sr qutpn; Steel
nc close or tho past hscal year was
over 10000 gross tons. -four tines
:he r rat man in n So and IS increasing at
the annual output OF our shin
ya:ds, the~rcpor, said, exceeds TIC
shir:ards before 1914 steel siinSiiil.
ing plants have been extended or cs
abolished with new machinery. nicthods,
housing. and transit observation-disclosures
equal. and in some respects supe yH,.
20 thoac abroad. Anrri.sa tonrsr,
Gearing N ovorscia trade in the fiscal
|r"ro i?!o was siN :rdes areatcr :Rsn
Gross ron.a=. I.no. .DUo.
The total gross tonnage OF ships
uNinS The American nas On June 10.
tons we're assisncd 20 foreign trade.
.'s33'ssn &C. the Great Lakes arca ana
''.e"'.>ci - sea and rive traffic.
me ned for a nnlned commercial
tons commerce was urged II :hc tc.
po!t. !; was pointed out ,nat whiI,
under na.lo .ne law 1, was tho duty OF The
domestic commerce" or tho coiinirw
na!f dozen Eovcrn,hcnt ssemcics per.
Was argued. should have reprcsea,a.
T nhoIc III We taess agencies So, that the
INC secretary also said that lack %
und3 necessary 20 retain -olnnetcnt
men n, Vas handieaPpins TIC department.
approprlations were asked for vsri-
o cInro bureaus. Declaring that the com
, nroyoa sttaehe service had amply
"inu OF men who were lsa:ul ,or this
rorh could obtain large salaries In
the cXpor; business.
Resignation. Hinde. Work.
Authentic information about ror.,..
markets l. being hindcrnl by rc.ir,I.
IONS I,o ~ ,he bureau OF Foreign ana
.erori which stated that ,ren,hc-5 o.
,as Eoyornment iavariabiS lei, To- to taS <;
Iositions with private conn. mics
| wncrc larger ga aries we're n, id
The time has come" said the re.
port. |hon sufficient means should be
PROVIDED SO that the foreign trade .er-
! vice OF our government may DC placed
on some permanent; sclt-support!r-
nas.s' so tns' aGcumM!a,ed experience
trade situation o: TO-DAY is A matter o,
Vita! Importance 10 the prosperity Of
,,Eh.s eonhtry. and i, IS essen;;a! that
tribuicd." "' 90
,Fifty- per cent OF the technical san
Of the. Bureau OF Standards. ono of the
most important bureaus or tho depart
mcat, has been lost during the pas,
Two years because OF the small sala.!cs
declared WV
This applies TO All grades o: trained
n.,mmI,hf and tcrhnics! men, ~; i,
cf;pcc i19.s 'rI. OF the leaders in srr-
MAS O! great Importance TO industry ~
I rad pcea demonstrated durin: the
Urgent needs OF the department fo-
inc coming year as outlined in he
rcpor; Included additional vessels for
me lighthouse service and funds 10
continue work OF this service; GOV
ernfn ent- owned buildin. to house ali
me services OF the department and
an additional assistant secretary 20
assist IN the administration and super
vision OF tho increased work OF the
department. NV
Additional appropriations for the en-.
SUING year Of S6.os5.ll3 were asked.
the report pointing out that the cost
OF the fourteenth decennal census
atone would amount to S6,2l50oo