Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-04
BREAKING A LINOLEUM MONOPOLY
~ Frederic 7. Hs~Nin

rfv-ie1 iuv~rfvs zsri;,ss - tsse q
vantage - what fn~v onee-va. 70
merry our erpc-re-. were eo~s,sef
paying too llttls a.-.n,ion % what y
foreign pubic wanted. Row ,hsv
ou,aoing all competitions I'm adspus
themselves ~ ths fore.Rn oonrsttor
with which thev have q d>ai-
TIE Bu-~es, 81 F'ore.xn and Iorns
- Conrns-ce IL TAKING the lesd "a Q
commercial crusade. ureov~rfnr Q
opportunities and tf~n assi~-.rz Arns
ican bus,nees mon n sst and hoh q
business. Tho World Trade D'rs
tory compiled By tho bureaU's sxer
abroad. - = sort Of International Dur
report. for - lists confidential info
nation about 10000 az no lssdif
I buyers OF foreign lands. The Bures
/ also Lists the chief agency and b-oi
/ ernge houses OF tho earth. 70 ar,
I too, ~ an advisory collection reryr.
Z for the American exporters. and
/ also keeps Lists OF foreign La~7~r~
/ whom American HOUSES are ssfs
trusting their litigation.
A Government service OF tftp 80
( makes u % possible and as essy =
q small Manufacturer 20 engage
foreign trade "a T. Il for a la-rs on
And the email manufacturers are real
ling this. too. a. shovn By th- ~
that trade inquiries from Aner1ca
producers are now coming iato q
Bureaus Offices at ths rate o, or
n million a year.
let z Their. r. any ono thing n
bureau n emphasizing. - g that ~
e,gn trade e not something sxsc-gs:y'
} - % interest % manufacturers. -
Bureau is constantly pointing on. thi
! farm products constitute a ll-ps "a
OF our export trade. md az tho 81
J ported foodstuffs the bulk COMES FRO,
the Ohio Valley and westward. Inc
tsntally. one % the interesting devs
opnents IN our foreign trade IN TOO.
sturs during tbs year "a that our e.
! porters have been able 20 p.nala<
Europeans % eat cora-meaI proiuc.
During tho war. it VII b. remembers
Americans were urged 20 eat corn (
, order that wheat might - sent 20 q
Allies, 70 being said that the EuroDesi
, would not ie able 20 eat corn beau.
; they would not know how 20 prepai
. a. The Bureau OF Foreign and Dome.
tic Commerce.. however, sent a speci
trade couzn.ss.oner 20 Europe ~
} year, and as a reSii. OF his visit ~,
large warehouses for the stcraE.
corn products are being establsh'
5 In EUrOp" by american exporters.
The rice farmers OF California wei
converted during the past year 20 u
vaire % foreign trade - our TIT
; communities. The rice crop i,st Jet
, was a good one. Ordinarily ere Cal
I fOrriia rice farmers sell their crop
San Francisco brokers aad conrrl
; sion men. who. % course. Sc. ths prlc
When the rice growers came % ma
ket Their recent crop, the brokers no.
- ned them that there was n Big Il
: surplus IN Asia and consequently q
price vas low. The farmers -e
o offered httls more than enough
y pay freight.
Ruin Threatened The rice d.ssrsS
Three country banks. ioad>d with q
= notes OF the rice -,-mers. were
e Imminent danger % failure. The ~
u growers Appealed 20 wash.nston. n
Bureau % Foreign and Domes'
! Conmerce conducted a swift surv'
: BY cable OF the International rice al,
- alton and IN a few days informed Z
i Cal'forn.ans that. Instead q n Siut
= the Far Eastern rice market, rice "
z bringing high prices in Japan =
le China. And while therefore II m
$. seem Ike shipping coal 70 Newcss
II to export rec TO Asia, the California
n did that thing; and rice proved 20
the caly American cereal crop IN
q sold a, a profit las. wear
he Tho Bureau Of Foreign and Dome
"a tic Commerce by this one ace eav
Id $4,000. 900 20 the California rice =
10 mers, 20 say nothing cc saving Z
r loss that would have resulted "
n three hanks bad fs'ed