Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-19
TALK T0P0INT
| IN DISCUSSION
OF 0FTHECABINET
President Directs Action to
Definite Business
Problems
(By Mark Sullivan.D

Washington. D. March 1S-The re-
ports. necessarily unofficial, of what
transpired at the cabinet meeting TINS
week show that there is Strons
promise OF something of the highest
Importance TO business which is just
ahead OF us.
In the cabinet meeting President
Harding Is reported to have directed
cabinet discussion to the discussion
OF dcfiniAo policies for fostering INC
expansion OF domestic and foreign
commerce. "and indicated that he
favors greater degree of corporation
between the government and the busl-
ness activities of the country
In the field of foreign commerce
the president cited the fact that tho
lack of government cooperation had
served to put American business at "A
disadvantage with foreigners whose
governments are extremely paternalis-
Tic in the promotion OF foreign trade.
These, of course. arc expressions of
fundamental policy on the part Of the
administration toward business.
The moro pregnant promise of some
thing definite, and under way, is found
IN Secretary OF Commerce Hoovcr's
description to the other cabinet mem
bcrs of his plan for advisory com
mittecs OF the principal industries OF
the country. which will Cooperate
with the government in developing the
production and marketing OF the sort
OF goods required by foreign custo-
mcrs."
This plan which Mr. Hoover de-
scribed to the cabinet Is to be further
formulated by him at a meeting he is
to have with the chamber of commerce
of the United States next saturday.
What this will be found to mean is
that there viii be brought about on the
Iart OF trades and Industries of the
country that system OF cooperative or
gsnization and advisory committees
which practically governed business
during tho war.
MIR. Hoover's theory about the
future will undoubtedly be the same
as that practiced during war time.
That practice, carried out by Ar.
Hoovers food administration and by
Tho war industries board consisted in
calling the leaders in each Of hundreds
of trades to Washington to be organ
izcd Tor united action and cooperate
on the Initiative and under the super
vision OF the government, each iid-
Visory committee being definitely re-
sponsiblo for all the individual busi-
ncss men In the trade.
The cooperation consisted in agree
nients Ia reduce greatly the number OF
the styles and patterns in each trade
to agree to cut out wastes involved IN
competitive selling and in many cases
To agree upon an ALLEGATION TO the IN
diyiGuHl business unit OF the percent
agc of the total quantity OF goods to
~ produced in that trade.
In following the practice during the
war thousands OF business men be-
came familiar with the adVnntagcs TO
b. gained from this kind Of co-opera-
ton. and " Is obviously MIR. Hoover
piun to restore these advantages at
least for the purpose of foreign trade
Individual manufacturers VIII un-
,ioubtcdIy be asked to agree to re-
strict their output each to particular
model or group OF models, and Will
probably be asked also to enter into
voluntary agreements under the super
Vision OF the department OF commerce
for each to make his one model for
particular foreign trade and not to at
tempt to sell elsewhere.
For example, during the war the
shoe manufacturers OF the country
agreed to reduce the number of dr.
fcrcnt styles they made from over
eighty to less than twenty.
At the present time, for another eN-
ample there a large number of dit-
fercnt kinds OF automobile wheels
These variations are in many cases
merely for tho purpose OF appearance
and stvIc II is believed that tho
number OF diffcrcnt models could be
reduced to less than half n dozen
without any disadvantage and with
great economy. -,
Certain cotton manufacturers will
undoubtedly be asked to make goods
for South America and South America
only. whilo certain others will be ASK
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