Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-19

OF the committee BY more than two.
thirds vote. Il was the nrst time on
record that any major COMMITTEES was
The Chamber Of Commerce Of the
United states, the Americas Manu-
faGtufers' Export Association. the Ma.
tionA Foreign Trade Council, the Ma
tionAl ManufActurer3s Association. the
the Illinois Manufacturers' Association
and other similar organisations are
just ~ etanch1y behind the proposed
work OF the bureau Of foreign and
domestic commerce for the next fiscal
year. :. -.
At the same time, 1t is+ equally GER
tain that there viii be very few. il
Granted sis ysst The spprSpris.ons
committed has shown unmistakably
It's determination to blue pencil any
prep pssss, salary insrsass: and 70 hew
q srs absolutely sushtial to csrry out
those provisions Of existing. Iaw--that
4. Tor cAsfying on work sttsady. ap-
IN this connection. the propessd 40.
p s;a, ts, Fl 10000 wail p river
include all WORK In connection with
customs statistics now done by the
Treasury Department.
Spokesman In Congress for the bust
ness interests are urting npon. the
committee that the incrsesss during
foreign and domestic c0inmsrcs are
due 70 the unprecedented interest Of
Americas business men, ynanufsctur.
erss etc, In foreign trade, and the
great tncreAS6 in volume Of foreign
trsac. This is the only orsanization
takes to do for the American nnanu-
tacturer o. busiAesu man interested IN
foreign trade what the Department Of
Agriculture ts doing for the Ameri-
can farmer.
AA
Il 10 pointed out by organized busi-
ness that while the United States
made an appro-
Heavier British priation Of $780,
Appropriations. last ye .ssH crsat
Britain, our strongest world trade
rival, appropriated $17,ooo.ooo They
slso snphasiss that while $4,000
100000 has been spent on ships. only
$a.eoo,ooo was spent for promoting
trade, and say that while the Amsfi-
can merchant marine he's multiplied
tn size ten times. there 10 no use for
it unless the trade Is developed de-
naandiag the ship carsoes both ways
both SxpoTts and Imports,
There is another side to foreign
trade rr6naotion. Extreme care has
70 be exercised to see that the tsaAS1
acquired 10 the kind American buSl-
ness men want-aad TO warn Aineri-
can Business men Of economic or trade
conditions abroad that msy vitality
a6ect their interests. Il 10 well, ,recS
o1nized among the. business leaAers
that + government trade. agent for
either investigation or pfoMotiop|
work - much more elective than one
esnt out hy Gny prfv1ts business en-
terprtGe. The government agent his 6
staadias p.estaEs and .ccsss thss tns
~ eomsnsn6 A os's
Ths forsisn trade Of the unitsd
states during IL nse4l year 1s1e. With
Z total vsIuA d @ft.Sl3, ~, l0t, ,wao
larger than jIs eHy previous ys1f. Il
sxceed4d by $s.oee; eeo, 900 the former
high record Ia 1915. ana was more
thaaf three times the va1ue Of the COM
bined imports anA exports In 1914. the
last year before the war. TWo.thirds
Of the gain IN the total trade was due
to the increase IN ifnb0rts, ataountinG
to 32143.se1.eoo, 2 relative increas1
Ct q psr n ssas ~ s 1ss as est I, y',t from
}b,5a5s Oh, ~ b tS56. Efports M
cfsasS0 70 = 1geeo Smaller 1kSHnf.
6Ainin4 $etsNt1.el7 81 vaipA, .
efes1e OF 81 lef a1ak Hu1 I'M
1904 n. r kEjtaEDY.