Show RUSSIAN TRADE AMERICA A 1 GROWING GROG fAST Moscow Government Buying Buying Buying Buy Buy- ing Twice as Much as Czarist Russia Bought I I By y FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Written for The Tho T Telegram WASHINGTON May 17 Bed RM Red Russia plans plane to buy American diplomat recognition by way of ot what t Moscow considers the al almIghty almighty almighty al- al mighty d dollar Ilar The soviet be believes believes be be- that by a maUc process pro- pro tess cess us of or extending credits In tho the States State through purchases of or American n goods the way to diplomatic diplo diplo- matic relations will win be bo securely e paved Already Russian American commercial 1 I Intercourse has r reached td a U. level far Tar higher than anything known In th czarIst time timea Tang 1913 as a typical pre war pro war t year the department of ot commerce informs this writer that the United States State sold Russia roundly 40 worth of or raw materials and manufactures Soviet statistics fOrthe for forthe forthe the fiscal year elu ended October 1 1 1925 1825 shO show that Russia bought 87 worth of American goods goode or more than double the amount purchased purchased pur pur- chased In a war pre-war peak year car Two representatives of or the soviet sov soY let iet business organization In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York attended the thirteenth an annual an- an nua nual convention of or the national foreign for tor- eign Ign trade council at Charleston Charlesto l S. S Q C. early in InIa May Ia Thc They were ero George V V. Turbin vice Ice president of ot the Russian Trading Corporation corporation cor Cor- of or orew New ew York a soviet subsidiary sub sub- ldla and J J. P. P a representative representative rep rep- of ot the corporations corporation's technical division The as the concern is Ia known Is the official Russian sales and purchasing In ing organization In the United States Although prominent American business leaders at Charleston re resented resented re- re the presence of ot the soviet agents the latter admitted that I had unobtrusively ely accomplished pUshed important missionary Wk rk among the captains I of ot Inand In- In and finance with whom the they j Tj v 4 i r n t fh mingled at at- at atthe the t foreign r trade trad coun oun- cil cU a and d made mado no bones bones' about s saying that official American recognition is the mainspring of ot soviet business activity ac Be so- so u In this country countr MOSCOW ANTICIPATES The Moscow Mosco governments government's apparent apparent apparent ap ap- ap- ap parent expectation Is that when American business In and with Russia nUB Bus ala sia has hu become sufficiently Important Important tant the demand mand for diplomatic re relations relations re- re lations wilt will be warmly supported In this count country and eventually prove Means and toM told Americans Americana who conferred with them at Charleston that they are making substantial progress s In desired direction It was as claimed that the oviet viet trading organization r tion Uon Is obtaining American c credits on its purchases running in some Iome cases to three and one half and even five years Tho The Russian argument argument ar ar- and belief bellet Is that hard headed hel American business men would not extend such wholly Unusual un- un usual credits to foreign buy buyers ra un- un lc le Itis s there were reasonable ex expectation c- c tation that the United Stat States 8 and the country in qU question would in tho iho interval establish themselves on ona ona ona a diplomatic basis buls COMMERCE EXPANDING The rapid growth of ot our sales to Russia is of ot course prima fade facie I evidence that American business is not at all aU disinclined to trade with the soviet Cotton as in czarist days clays remains the big Item Exports Exports Exports Ex Ex- Ex- Ex ports of Dixie's specialty to Russia Bus Rus ala sia In 19 25 1924 amounted to Flour bought in quantities I that reflected the tho effect of the 1923 famine accounted for There Thero were heavy Increases In the purchases of ot agricultural machinery of ot all aU kinds and nonferrous metals those thos three categories totaling 10 The soviet bought boucht worth of ot American automobiles last year Leather was taken from us for the first time and extensive quantities of ot chemicals and drugs SEEKS RECOGNITION Private Imports from the United States are nominally legal but in fact virtually all purchases abroad are are- areA a soviet government co monopoly Trade is progressing at the present time on a scale that undoubtedly will reach much bigger figures than last years year's total Men Ien like President Preal- Preal dent Vauclain of or the Baldwin locomotive locomotive loco loco- motive mothe works Philadelphia who has Just visited Moscow are go going going go go- ing to Russia almost every month from the United States exploring business possibilities The Am tm- tm offices In New Nev York promote these S expeditions and see that everything e is done In Russia when the they arrive there to make them In In- In i It is no secret to the administration that s Soviet Russia I would like to purchase recognition re through purchase of American goods That was the the Moscow governments government's transparent scheme as long ago as 1 1923 23 In his maiden message to congress in December of that year President Coolidge said Cur CUI government go of offers offers ot- ot fers l no objection to the carrying on of ot commerce by our citizens with the people of or Russia Our government govern govern- mOnt ment does purpose however to en en ter Into relations with any regime which refuses to recognize the tha sanctity sanc sand tit of ot International obligations ns I Ido Ido Ido do not propose to barter away for forthe the tho privilege of trade any of the cherished rights of or humanity I Ido Ido Ido do not propose to make dise of any American principles These rights and principles prIncIples' mus must go wherever the sanctions of r ou our government go f- f Copyright t 1326 I |