Evening star., 1920-03-21

WORKING tnTOuSn 1OuHC0on 1eQeral
departments and government estab-
lishments, with force OF
Effective 1900 trained and picked
men, many of whom are
~1oIeSt. technical experts. Uncle
Sam is engaged in twenty-four phases
Of foreign trade promotion, and de-
velopment for the benefit Of Ameri-
can business. exporters. manufac-
turers. financial and shipping inter-
ests. farmers. miners, etc.
Emphatic testimony OF how Ameri-
can business values this federal aid
in facilitating existing trade and
creating new markets and sources OF
supply was given when the appro-
farious activities of the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce were
cut to the quick by the House appro-
priations committee. The business
interests of the country, under the
leadership Of the United States Cham
emphatic protest that the House
promptly restored the appropriation
Coincident with a hue and cry in
Congress for economy and efficiency
in the federal service through CO.
ordination Of agencies that duplicate
States bureau of efficiency has fled
report which makes 1t clear that
there is only q minimum of such du-
plication and overlapping by the
fourteen federal organizations en-
gagged in activities relating to for
eign trade.
The fourteen federal agencies thus
employed are: Departments of Com.
merce. State, Agriculture, Treasury
and Interior: tho United States Tariff
Federal Trade and Interstate Com
merce Commissions: the Federal Re.
serve and Shipping Boards. the Pan.
American Union, War Finance Cor
poration, international high COM
mission and the Railroad Administra.
ton.
49,
Uncle Sam has 600 ofiicial repre-
sentatives stationed or travelling In
all parts Of the
Representatives civilized world
in Foreign Lands. making inves-
tigations and collecting information
of benefit to American business. OF
these. sixty-six devote their entire
time to this work. the other agents
performing various diplomatic and
notarial functions in addition to their
commercial activities. Besides the 600
REPRESENTATIVES stationed or travelling
in foreign countries about zoo ship
.supercargoes make stops at ports
throughout the world, and gather such
trade information as circumstances
permit.
tion for all the foreign trade activities
Of the government. making trade in
formation available to American busi-
neaa man There are three main
types Of service based on this field
work-first collecting. collating and
distributing information; second. IA
cilitating existing trade; third. devel-
oping new trade fields.
The twenty-four phases Of foreign
found by the United States bureau of
efficiency, after careful study of an
nual and special reports of the de-
partments and bureaus and estab-
iishments engaged therein. and sup
plemented by interviews with those in
charge Of and engaged in the promo
tion Of foreign trade, are as follows:
In the foreign field, the government
representatives deal with trade prob
lens in many. ways. They col
lect official trade reports Of foreign
governments. and the publications OF
foreign trade organizations: they re-
ceive the trade journals and newspa.
pers Of the countries In which they
reside or through which they travel;
they are visited by foreign merchants
interested in trading with the United
States, and in turn they call upon To-
cal traders, visit factories and mer-
camille establishments and inspect
such communities and regions Of the
country as are of interest to them In
the pursuit of their Investigations
They correspond with foreign Arms
and individuals WHO are in position