, 1921-05-26

Of Abdul Hamid is said to have thrown
up his hands at the suggestion and
remarked with some heat that Turkey
had enough revolutions on her hands
at the m without encouraging
these ~new-fangled trouble-raisers.'
Opportunities Are Great.
"Constantinople now has an made
quate system to provide substantial
harbor craft for use in the waters
around Constantinople. People living
on the other side of the Bosphorus
lack sufficient facilities for committing
TO Constantinople.
The development of roadways on
the European side of the Bosphorus
is another matter for business enter
prise. If h B%osphorus is not the most
beautiful body of waite in the world,
| should like to know where it is to
be found. A proper driveway along
he shores of the Bosphorus would
rather tax the memory of II world-trav-
eler to recall anything more charm
ing.
Opportunities for housebuilding and
other forms of construction are open
in the other cities of the Levant as
well as In Constantinople. There is
widespread need for railroad construc-
lion and rehabilitation while at the
seaports modern docks and wharves
n %up-to-date freight handling equip
ment must be provided.
The Levant should become a grow
ing market for American machinery
and manufactures of all kinds. In
portations from the Levant must be
stimulated, too, in order to improve
the exchange and credit situation so
that the Near East can buy more from
America. Tobacco, licorice, valonia,
altar of roses, ~raisins, c%urrants, dates.
figs, goatskins, hides. furs. olive oil.
lo%ng-staple cotton, rugs carpets. and
oriental objects dart are among the
imports coming into the United States
from the Levant. 1t will be the aim
of the American chamber of commerce
for the Levant to help establish trade
connections between responsible mer-
chants on either side of the ocean,
and to furnish all possible informa-
ton and assistance to those engaging
in trade in this field"
Those in Movement
Officers of the American chamber
of commerce for the Levant include.
in addition to Mr.. Thomas, president,
h following: Chairman of the board
MIR. j. NJ. Dixon of the Tobacco Prod
ucts corporation vice president, Cap
tain j. f. Lucey of the Lucey Manu-
featuring company; treasurer, Donald
rockingham of the American Express
company secretary and managing di
rector. DR.. f. f. Pratt.
Temporary offices have been estab
lished at 200 West Fifty-sixth street.
New York city, hut 1t is expected that
after May II the chamber will be To-
Gated in the downtown district Of
New York.
Firms represented on the director
ate of the chamber. or as life mem
bers. include:
American International corporation.
f. l. DUPONT de Nemours Co. q. :.
Rubber Co. Guaranty Trust company
of New York. General Motors
Amory. Browne & Company, Great
Lakes Trust company. Commercial
Union of America, Lockwood. Greene
X Company. Hammond Typewriter
company. A. h. Farquhar company.
Robert H.. Ingersoll & Bro, Robert
College. James A. Farrell. U. s. Steel
corporation. Phelps-Dodge company.
Brown Shoe company. international
Western Electric company. II. j. Heinz
company. The membership covers b
growing list of merchants. shipowners,
bankers. manufacturers and other bust
ness men of the United States.