The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-11
.eF|E s TRADE
WITH j. s. IS
GROWING
Commissioner in Capital Sees
Senator Mcclellan TO Plan
Cotton Purchase.
By WILLIAM HARD.

By WILLIAM HARD.
Sovies ussla keeps seeing into
Washington in spite OF all diplo-
matte non.recognition. I. J. Hoor-
gin. official representative of the
commissariat of foreign trade of
the Russian government, arrived in
Washington today, conferred with
Senator McKellar of Tennessee in
Senator McKellar's office in the
Senate Office Building, made In
quiries regarding the three Russian
delegates to the recent sessions here
Of the Worlds Dairy Congress, was
taken to the well-appointed house
on Twenty.first street, where the
Soviet Russian Trade Information
Bureau maintains its headquarters,
was welcomed there by Boris
Skvirskya who has the bureau in
charge, and was then conveyed by
Skvirsky to the Union Station,
whence he departed for New York.
The United States Is now trad
Ing with Russia, said Hoorgin to
this writer. .'bnt the routing Of this
trading financially is very largely
throusn England and Germany.
Part OF my mission Is to try to
more direct between Americans and
the Russian consumers Of their
goods"
Plan Cotton Sales.
The Immediate subject Of floor.
gins conference with Senator
Mcclellan was prospective sales of
cotton by Memphis merchants 70
the Russian textile trust Memphis
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also ''the largest inland cotton mar
ket in the world Z Senator Mcclellan
during his recent trip to Russia saw
all the Russian officials who would
be in chief charge of arrangements
for cotton imports from America
into Russia
Finding Senator McKeI1ar en-.
gagged IN discussing these arrange.
ments with uoorgin, this writer
asked him bis views of the future |
Of Russian America1 relations.
favor a trade agreement with |
Russia on only one condition" said |
the Senator. Then, turning to |
Hoorgin, and addressing him. the
Senator expressed the condition.
Must Stop Propaganda.
Your government. Hoorgin, |
should agree that your trade repre-.
sentatises in this country would |
conduct no aAitation against our
sort OF government and our sort
Of institutions. ;.
I'VE Russians. responded Hoor-
gin, are concerned now with the
affairs OF our own country, and 1t
would be not only matter II will
ing agreement but 9 matter Of
common seflse with - to leave the |
internal affairs OF your county |
at am Interested, continued
Hoorein. simply in trying to es-
tablish nom political trade reeog-
milton which win produce economies
In the trade now proceeding be-
tween your country and mine 4
New York merchant the other day.
in RENTING a hundred thousand
dollars to Russia to pay for pur-
chases there, was obliged to spend
some six or seven thousand dollars
on charges and commissions along
the way. Trade recognition would
simply shorten and cheaper the IL
nancia1 routes to Russia"
Hartman Interested.
Hoorgin, besides being an of.
fetal representative of "Gostorg,"
which is the Russian abbreviaticn
for the Bureau of Export and I'M
port OF the Commissariat OF For
eign Trade. is director also of
.'Derutrs.' which is short for The
Gernnan-Russla Transportation
Company. which is joint enter
prise of the Soviet government. the
Hartman inter ests of New York,
and the German Hamburg-Ameri-
E011o
This company, in which Hartman
has a large. and increasing directing
interest, sends goods from Ameri-
can Atlantic and Gulf ports to Rus
sian Baltic and Black sea ports.
while in Russia.1 said Senator
Mcclellan, ST learned from Krassin,
the head of the Russian commits
eariat of foreign trade, that the Rus
sian cotton production is at present
quite small and that the Russian tex
tile trust needs American cotton In
large Quantities for its mills.
New Currency at Par.
"I also learned from Rasmussen.
kov, the head of the Russian Indus
trial Bank, that American dollars
are available in Moscow for pay
ments there on American goods.
THE new Russian currency 1t at
virtual par with American currency,
but there is also in Moscow a large
supply of actual American dollars"
Senator Mcclellan communicated
with Memphis today regarding cot
ton shipments to Russia with part
payment in American cash irnnledi-
ateiy and with part payment ninety
days hence. Hoorgin may proceed
to Memphis to complete the ar.
rangement.
Hoorgin was amused to learn of
the experience OF the three Russian
delegates TO THE dairy congress, in
the matter OF the Russian anthem
and flag. In order to do honor to
these delegates their hosts caused
the Russian anthem to be played
and the Russian flag to be waved.
Unfortunately the anthem which
was played was God Save the
Gar" and the flag waved was the
Cars tri-color. The Russian dele
gates could do nothing but ST,
FIRMLY in their seats while their
hosts expected them 10 rise and
bow. They could not bow to thu
"old regime" and their hostg had
no Soviet flags or anthems handy
Nevertheless, in spite OF all such
minor difficulties and obsfrlIcttons
Soviet Russia, bent on business
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