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Show PRESIDENT M FA VOR QF PIAN TO AID COMMERCE Kccomacnis Action by onjrcss ?n Suggestion (o Send Special kents jo "Other (Countries. , WASHINGTON, Ja a.-The presUJeat yesterday seat a nessage to the Seeal reconunendlijg fajrorablj acUoa upon ug. geUons made by Assistant Secretary Looml for co-epe ration by the Departments Depart-ments of Stat and Commerce and Labor , In collecting informatloa co Deeming trade conditions In foreign countries. The Prea-ideat'a Prea-ideat'a message say: "The Acting Secretary recommends that provision be made for si special agents, with the .diplomatic rank and. , title of commercial attache, to be sent abroad to make practlea) trial of fthe praposed. plan; to reporf to the Department of Slate conditions con-ditions exlsUng in different countries which .might suggest modifications or changes In the general scheme; o pre. lions that might from time to Urn -be Ruired, but practical men of affairs, with the experience beat suited to ns them tor their executive duties. It is suggested that the consular service might supply the beet type of. gents desired, and that, for this reason, and also because of the Inventive to merit which would pro. vided, appointments should be made preferably pre-ferably from asneng those eonsular officers offi-cers who have demonstrated their special fitness and capacity. "Agriculture, jn the .United States has ong been dependent for the prosperity of he demand from abroad for Its surphia. roducU'and of late years our manufac-urtng manufac-urtng Industries ' have found that they I Were outstripping ' the capacity of evea Our enormous market and are now looking look-ing more and more to foreign consumption for relief from accumulating stocks. "According to an estimate 'of the Department De-partment of Commerce and Labor, Our pare for the Department of Commerce and Labor, reports upon conjfnerce and. manufactures or upon kindred, jtoplcs of a more:exhaustlve and comprehensive char- ' acter than Is ordinarily -obtainable 'at ' present, and so visit consulates, examine i their workings and suggest such changes, either to the consular officers or' to the Department of State, as would -tend to the f eneral improvement aad strengtheplng of he service. " ' . "It ia proposed that these agents shall be chosen primarily for thtir expert knowledge, but shall be not merely spe-Clallsta, spe-Clallsta, except for particular Investlga- exports of manufactures In the calendar year 1904 win not only exceed the' Mghest figures of any earlier year, bat may possibly pos-sibly pass the 4606.000.000 sine, a against f4M.000.O0O Jo the high record a-ear, the fiscal year 3900, tl61,Ou00 In W0; Jly8.tJC- , 00 in 1&0; W.OO0.M Jn 187D, And Stf.0uo.QQO n I860. T- . - t ' "The magnitude and steady growth ef this export movement front - our 1 work-' shops and factories are such as -to aug- rst the crave importance of providing: t With ' aU the official apparatus neoae- , aary to Its full and free development. ' "Foe this reason I cordially commend : to the consideration of Corgress the rec-' bmmendations of the Acting Secretary of ' Btate looking to the gradual systemiBlna : pnd equipment of the whole foreign ser- 1 vies by simple and inexpensive means a an auxiliary, responsive at ail points to 1 what may reasonably be expected of It by the great industrial and commercial interests which are so deeply concerned In enlarging their share of the world's traae." . ' The details of the proposed plan are set out In a long letter from Mr. LoomU, who aays that this plan can be put fhto effect at a very small eost; ia fact, he places the epst of. the. test at SSO.OOO pet annum. Bix commercial attaches, or epe-clal epe-clal agents, will be sufficient to initiate the -movement "'They treuld be salaried at $600 per annum and traveling expenses nd would be assigned, one to cover Austria, Aus-tria, the Balkan states, Germany, Swits-erland.-.Russia . and other coiintrlea ' of northern Europe; one for prance. Italy, Portugal, Spain, and other countries bor. derlng on the Mediterra neani another for Great Britain and dependencies; the fourth for Mexico, West Indies and South 'Araeiicathe fifth for Asia, sore particularly partic-ularly Asiatic Russia. China and Japan, and .the sixth to be held la reserve for special service gad particular missions to any part of the world. |