Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
Financing the
d, Trade Campaign

1Feue campaign. trial and finan-
oial conditions father than specific in
dustres. The changes now being
wrought In the commercial life of the
nations of the world are so numerous
and SO deep-seated that the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce
feels 1t is desirable to center efforts
upon securing detailed. definite facts
concerning comm ercial conditions
abroad for. the guidance Of CONNER
cial interests in this country.
While Congress. in the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill, is allowing increased amounts
for promoting commerce during the
fiscal year 1920, there is really cur
| taiIment from the total under which
the 'bureau is now operating. because
President Wilson, approaching the
need for enlarged. service, has put at
the disposal of the bureau S425, 200
from hts fund for national security
and defense"
The present allowances are: Sal
aries. S134,I20; promoting commerce,
S125, geo; promoting commerce with
South and Central America, 500, 900;
promoting commerce with the far
east, $50, 600, and for commercial at
taenes. $4,000.
The allotments to the bureau by
the President are: Import and ex-
port statistics, $1,000 900; special sta
tisfical work, S25. 600; commodity ex-
perts, s2oo. 900, and conservation of
resources. 100000.
|. SO rhat.the bureau now has a grand
I totaf of 4sfsi2u: As against this is
zap appropriations of sel0,510 in the
Legislative Bill which has Just passed
the House, distributed as follows:
ss4f Ia y>A SCcN frc
anefee: ,$a25 s00o: promoting commerce
with South, and Central America.
$1,000 promoting commerce with
the orient, &loo 900, and commercial
attaches, s165,ooo.
+ =
Those who are ambitious to see
the United States take advantage of
the present unprece
Appeals for denied opportunity and
=. :, to have the American
0fttvily. business men go into
the foreign markets forewarned and
forearmed are reluctant to see any
curtailment of the studies by the
federal bureau SO that business In
terests might be best advised. This
sentiment among the manufacturers
and exporters, in financial circles and
in commercial organizations-tha
foreign trade work already under
taken should be supported until it Is
carried to a successful conclusiop-iS
shown in stacks of letters being re-
ceived by practically every member
of Congress- The farmers are just
as much Interested in this as the
manufacturers and exporters. The
people of this country are aroused
to zeal for extending the markets for
American goods all over the world,
and they are pledging their support
to the federal governments efforts to
wisely guide and cooperate with the
commercial interests.
Additional employees are being put
on the bureaus force in Washington
. to make the results of the recon-
available to the largest number of
those interested-so that there is
force of 204 employees in Washington
kept busy in this way.
Congress has been asked to appro-
ornate S9e9,0O0 fer the field service of
the bureau. Enlargement of the field
service has been made necessary in
direct response to demands upon it
for information concerning foreign
markets, chances for investment of
American capital, reconstruction of
war-devastated Europe and other
The number of special investigators
has been tripied, the commercial at
tache service has been strengthened
by the assigning OF trade commits
sioners to assist the commercial at
taches. additional trade commission
ers are to be located at important
points in Europe and additional as
sistants have been assigned to the
district offices In the United States to
co-operate with manufacturers and
exporters planning campaigns for ex-
tending their foreign trade.
The House appropriations committee
is already studying what supple
e.. mental appro-
Supplemental a parn.,0ns to II wv. WIN
Appropriations. pleting the work
the federal government has already
so we'll started, the practical value of
which has been attested by the COM
mercial Interests in a flood of tele-
grams and letters to members of Con-
gress.
The special Investigations which the
bureau is now carrying on and for
,.st. h,,s;ress men are eagerly
", y ;a$sh;,s.-and making frequent calls
',,ar tha Washington Offices to fur
,ishare industrial machinery, mill
a,,a rsrtnrv equipment, builders and
otl,Arg hardware, construction ma