The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-05-26

lions per minute The willy advise
sof bdal Hamid Is sald 10 hive throws
up his hands at the suggestion and
remarked with some hea ..ssssst Turkey
E7had enough evolntions On he's hanslss
At the moment without enc sagfna
these neW-fangled trouble rais4 As
Opportunities Are Great
II onsta ntinople now has an made
iquate system to provide. substantial
llarbor craft for use Ia the waters
around Constant inople. People living
on the other side Of the Bosphorusi
lack sufficient facilities for committing
TO Gonstantinople.
The development Of roadways on
the European side Of the Bosphorus
Is another matter for business enter
prise # the Bosphorus Is not the most
beautiful body OF water In the world,
! should like to know where 1t Isl to-
be found. A proper driveway along
the shores Of the BospiiOrus would;
rather tax the memory Of a 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 al
well as in Constantinople. There Isl
widespread need for railroad construc-
tion and rehabllita ton while at the
seaports modern docks and wharyess
and up-ro-uate freight handling equip
ment must be provided.
The Levant should become grow
ing market for American machinery
and manufactures Of all kinds. I'm.
3portations from the Levant must be
stimulated, too, in aorder to improve
the exchange and credit situation so
that the Near East can buy more from
America. Tobacco, licorice, valonia,
altar of roses, raisins, currants, dates,
sgs, goatskins, hides, furs, olive oil.
long 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 l-cvant to help establish trade
connections between responsible her-
chants on either side of the ocean,
and to furnish all possible informa-
ton and assistance to those engag cling
in trade IN this field.r
Those in Movement.
Officers of the American chamber
OF commerce for the Levant include,
in addition to Mr.. Thomas, president.
the following: Chairman Of the board.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Dixon Of the Tobacco Prod
ucts corporation; vice president, Cap
tain ]. F. Lucey Of the Lucey Manu-
featuring company; treasurer, Donald
rockingham Of the American Express
company; secretary and managing di-
rector, DR.. E. e. Pratt.
Temporary Offices have been estab-
lished at 200 West Fifty-sixth street,
New York city, but it is expected that
after May Is the chamber will be To-
Gated in the down town district Of
New York.
Firms represented on the director
ate of the chamber, or as life men,
bers, include:
american international corporation,
d. I. Dupont de Nemours Co., u. S.
Rubber Co., Guaranty Trust company
of New York, General Motors company,
Amory. Browne & Company, Great
Lakes Trust company, Commercial
Union of America, Lockwood, Greene
4 Company, Hammond Typewriter
company, A. b. Farquhar company
Robert n. Ingersoll & Bro, Robert
College, James A. Farrell, q. s. Steel
corporation, Phelps-Dodge company
Brown Shoe company, International
Western Electric company, II. ]. Heinz
COMMA ny m z. en-, covers d
growing list of merchants, shipowners,
bankers, manufacturers and other bust
ness men of the United States.