Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-08
FOREIGN TRADE OPPORTUNITIES
AWAIT RICHMOND EXPORTERS
tremendous Volume of Foreign Business Done bv Lo.
cal Firms in Countries Brings Into Prominence
Important Factors of Interest

The tremendous volume ~ EXPORT
business done ny Richmond Arms. as
well as the number OF countries in
which. their business is transacted.
has brought into recent prominence
two important factors ~ interest.
NOT only To those business r.n who
regularly arc selling their produ,,7
throughout the world. hut also thos o
who occs Sicnally conduct foreign
correspondence. In brief. these CON
siderations relate 10 the proper ad =
dressing of printed and other mat =
ter for foreign mails and informa-
iton relating 10 current postage
rates
Several complaints of nondelivarv
cr slow delivery made TO rh- DO
| p"rtmcnt NJ Commerce or the Pos;
once Department hav" hccn brought
10 the attention Of tho co-operative
| offic" NJ the Rureau 81 Foreign and
Domestic Commcrc" conducted by
the Richmond Chamber or Commerce
Investigation has shown that in
most eases tho complaints have
grown out Of tho faulty addressing
Of tho NAH matter. some So care
lessiy written as to he absolutely IL
leEibie. The most frequent offend
Ars have be~n shown to he the large
Germs rather than those OF small pro-
duction. The careless operation of
addressing machines, through the
use of insufficient iuk. hiurred stem
els and addresses printed al an an
sic that frequently results in miss
ing letter or words II has heen
found also that the practice Of split
ting tn" name of country into two
lines or the use Of unfamiliar ahhra-
rIations makes considerable trouble.
Reductions In Postage Rates.
As regards postage rates Rich
mond exporters unfamiliar with
changes in International arrange
mcnts probably have hecn losing
th"ir letter and other mail Recent
reductions in postage rates now are
applicable to many foreign coun-
tries, especially as regards Areen.
tina and Other Latin American coun.
tries. and Spain.
The 2-r"nt stamp will now carry
y one-ounce letter TO half a hundred
foreign countries in addition In the
,n.00h posi- offices In tho United
states ~ the post offices Of ans Of
it, possessions. lf your mailing de-
partm"nt, is putting cents instead
of cents on letters 10 any Of these
places YOU are losing $ cents on each
letter sent out.
The following list taken from :
statement issued by the Post Office
department. July % 1922. shows tho
countries with which 2-cent postage
rates are In effect: Argentina. Raha-
mas. Rarbado.s. Bermuda. Bolivia
HraZil. British Guiana. British Hon
duras. canada Colombia. Costa Rica
tuba. Dominican Republic. Dutch
West Indies tAruha. Bonaire. Cura-
Gao. saba. 81. Eustatius st. Martins.
Ecuador. Great Britain. ireland. Hon
duras. Jamaica Cncluding Turks
''aic"S, tayman islands,. T.ceward
Islands 'Anticua. BarEuda. Redonda
ST. kits or ST. Christopher Nevis
.NnGuilia. Dominica. Montsrrrat. Vir-
Gin islands,. Martinique. Mexico
Newfoundland. New Zealand Nicara-
qua. Panama. Peru. Salvador, Shanc-
hal, china. Spain tincludine tho Re-
'"aric Islands. Canary Islands and
possessions on the North African
COAST. Trinidad. Tohago. Western
Samoa. Wndward Islands Grenada