The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-07-13
generally desired expansion Of trade
between the countries Of Latin Amer
lea and the United States"

Chill:
"Although the Control Commission
has not yet adopted any definite policy
regarding the restriction of imports,
many applications for prior permits
for American goods are being turned
down with the suggestion that such
orders be placed in Italy, France and
Great Britain"
Canada
"A special import permit is requi red
for Bananas entering Canada from
countries outside the Sterling area, by
an Order effective Feb. u, 1941.
In passing, and, Of special interest
to Pottery workers is the fact that
England issued IA decree that at one
time not more than 15M, and later
not more than 50H of foreign pro
duced Chinaware or Pottery could be
sold in the English markets.
The official publication of the United
States Department of Commerce ~
Commerce Reports of January %.
| 1941, reports: ''Tbe British Board Of
] Trade increased the Pottery home
sales quota from 662s n to $50 for
| the six months ending November 30
| 1910 but reduced it to 500 for the six
months commencing December /,
| 1940.'
There is no governmental body i'm
America authorized to protect the job
opportunities of your members com
parable to that which | have just read
to you.
Illustrative of the attitude which
exists i'm other countries is well evi-
denced by the statement of the Prime
Minister and the Minister of Finance
of New Zealand, as officially reported
by the United States Department of
| Commerce.
New Zealand:
| The Minister of Finance stated
ITO the extent that we import for
eign goods into their country, to that
extent we are hindering Englands )
prosecution of the war, for we deprive
her of her overseas funds which are
so much needed in the future. When
we import from the United States we
not only use up our supply of Sterling
pounds but we use up the English sup
ply of dollar funds. That means that
| if we buy our goods from England
rather than foreign countries, not only
will we assist England to keep her
peacetme industries going, but it will
assist England in providing more funds
for carrying on the war, for by buy
| ing more from England we buy less
| from foreign countries, and 50 do not
drain away England's essential over
seas funds"
The Minister of Industries and Com
merce stated:
The Minister of Finance admitted
that the inability of the United King
dom to supply goods, on account of its
own necessities, may compel New Zea-
land to purchase essential commodities
from the United States and other cOun-
tries, but, at the same time he empha-
sized that every pound we spend out
side the Commonwealth British)
means one pound less for Britain's war
needs. 1t is apparent, therefore, that
steps will be taken to see that pur-
chases from the United States do not
increase and are restricted to essen
tial products"
That foreign nations are prepared
to dump the products of their workers
into American markets is shown by the
report of the United States Depart
ment of Commerce which reads
"A new scheme promoted by the
Cotton Control Board to stimulate eX
ports of cotton manufactures includes
export price concessions, the formation
of series of voluntary export syndi-
Gates in the form of small vertical
combines, and the formation of Il spe-
cial export company with official (Gov-
ernment) support but whose functions
are not yet clearly Defined
with the formation under the guild
ance of the Export Council of about
120 export groups organized according
to the industry concerned, the organ
izing for an export drive is about COM
plete."
British Empire:
Ine lTaue COlllToI uledSuTtS anu d1-
rangements adopted since the first of
September 1889 constitute long strides
toward a closer commercial integra
ton of the various parts of the British
Empire than has probably ever exist
ed, at least since colonial days. Final
ly, i'm the importance attached by most
of the British areas to SO operating
their trade-control measures as TO CON
centrate trade within the Empire"
Illustrative of how little our export
ers can expect to sell in foreign mar
kets, even in some Latin American
markets, can be seen from Il report of
the same United States Department of
Commerce. (June 80, 1940).
There are five different rates in the
present exchange system of Argentina.
These vary with the classification of
the product in question according to
the following categ0ries: Q) Merchan-
disc considered indispensable and not
obtainable i'm Great Britain or Neigh
boring South American Countries; (2)
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