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Show I FREKCH OFFICER HERE I j TO STIMULATE TRADE: ! Lieutenant Boyer Will Ad-j i dress Business Men on j Commerce With France. j i Lieutenant Maurice Boyer, represent:!- 1 live of the French high commission, tour- lug the chief cities of America under the j direction of the Chamber of Commerce of the Fnited States, arrived yesterday j m Suit Lake. He wiil speak at noon to-1 day before the business men at the Com- j merclal club on trade relci tions between ! France and A m erica. j Lieutenant Poyer is a graduate of the j Fniversity of Paris and holds- the degrees, of doc tor of taw and doctor of economics. 1 He held a responsible position as director of the Hank of Far is for six ears, until un-til called into service at the beginning of tue war. He went to the frornl immediately immediate-ly and was in all the earlier ha t ties ot" the war, acting as liaison officer with the infant ry. He spent forty -two months in the trenches and was then transferred to the staff corps and directed economic operations in France. He was sent to America to help in the concentration of industries for war purposes. After the signing of the armistice, Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Koyer was asked to speak before the commercial clubs of the principal cities, enlightening them on the possibilities possibili-ties of the French market. His talk at the Commercial club today will be on the prospects for trade development, and he will answer any questions regarding export ex-port and i nd us trial conditions. The assets of France are tremendous, stated the lieutenant, if they are given a ciia nee to recover from the devastat ion uised by war. An extremely valuable good will can be developed now by Ameri-, Ameri-, can manufacturers by granting credit to i French industries and helping them In ' every way possible to get on their feet again, thus paving the way for prosper-1 prosper-1 oils trading conditions in the future. Credit granted to French merchants 1 and manufacturers is perfectly safe, ac- ; cording' to Lieutenant Boyer, because of I the stringent laws regarding commercial I failures. Failure to pay debts means a social disgrace and makes an outcast of j the offender. It. entails a complete loss j of civil, standing and position. French commercial laws are very strict and a high standard of honor is demanded among French business men. "To trade with France now, American merchants must be prepared to accept French products in exchange," says Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Boyer, "and the American public must learn to accept the French product when it is as good as the American. Our exports for some time will consist mostly of luxury articles, such as perfumes, ribbons, rib-bons, lace and silk. As soon as our manufacturers can return to a peace basis more substantial products will be nroduced. At the present time labor is scarce, material is not plentiful and there is a lack of shipping. All these things France is hoping America will replace, and France will prove, its gratitude to America a thousandfold." Lieutenant Boyer will visit the Utah Copper mine this afternoon, and will be entertained at private homes during the rest of hiy stay here. He will leave Tuesday Tues-day morning for cities on the coast to address business men of the chambers of j commerce. |