Evening star., 1932-12-11
lis STHLLEADINC WORLD
IN AMOUNT OF EXPORTS
Secretary of Commerce Chaplin Shows
This Country Is in Hopeful Position
for Trade Recovery.

rectly resulted in curtailment OF for
eipn trade Import quotas, exchange
restrictions and prchibitive tariffs have
been among the barriers placed in the
way Of exporters.
Such action by other nations has been
necessitated by critical fiscal and un-
employment situations within their own
borders. All exporting countries have
suffered from these acts and, as there
was but little direct discrimination
against the United States, our Govern
ment has had to face them as necessary
evils, without ground for protest except
in a few cases.
solution of the tangle that has been
responsible for the damming up Of the
natural currents of world trade can
only be reached through international
agreement. 1t is to be earnestly hoped
that the world is on the right path
toward such an understanding.
Hope for Success.
This Government, together with other
leading nations of the world. has been
making every possible effort to insure
the success of the coming World Eco
nonlic Conference. Preliminary discus
sions, In which our experts have actively
participated, have been under way for
the conference itself is assembled.
So If careful advance preparation Is
worth anything-and in these cases 1t
counts for great deal-the coming
international meeting ought to accom-
plish something of a genuinely con-
structive nature in behalf of a general
restoration of world trade. (.
Meantime, even under the difficulties
our exporters have had to face. our
foreign sales have not been confined to
staple products, such as cotton and
wheat. which the world still must buy
from us under any circumstances. 1t is
interesting to note that, here and there,
we can find examples Of typically
American manufactured products whose
sales abroad have held up remarkably
well during the world depression.
High Levels Maintained.
American aircraft, military as well as
civil, continue to be shipped abroad,
even to European countries that only
few years ago seemed to have made
greater advances than we had in
aeronautics. The United States, In 1881,
maintained its exports of electrical
refrigerators and parts at almost the
peak volume of 1929. This also has
been true of radio sets and parts So
tliClC ID llO OOuUG tIldt Tie WOTlO Is SLlu
able to recognize the excellence of
quality and fair prices Of the products
Of American inventive and manufactur-
ing genius.
This is further illustrated by the fact
that exports of oil burners (another
product in which our manufacturers
are first and the rest nowhereD have
held up during the first nine months
Of the current year to 80 per cent of
the trade for the same period of 1881,
although this sort & tqu.rinent still
represents to mort f. - ~---~-'lasers
luxury rather than necessity.
Not only have comparaC - novelties
done surprisingly well, in the face Of a
general decline, but our exports of cot
ton piece goods increased per cent
in volume during the first nine months
Of this year, as compared with last year.
Instances such as these give us every
reason for confidence that as progress
toward world recovery continues the
demand for American goods will in
crease throughout the world Even
under the extraordinary difficulties they
have had to face, our manufacturers
have not permitted other countries to
forget the high quality Of our products
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