Show t S j.- j. i I UL 17 17 1 Dollar Ad Ym me O It By JOHN M. M We Wo have now nw reached rhe 1921 nu t te Ce e ear jear er of the Great Gre Din DIn Floods Fo ot of ott talk t loud ad complaining talk and a rivers of statistics now how over and ad around aund us us All Al bearing bt rafts r of ot figures mostly foreign trade te figurea figures fue fig fig- f- f urea ures ue wt with a 8 placard on 0 each c raft rt We e were we rich rc and a now were we're going broke Is I that tat true te Ask Bk the te cotton atton planter Ask the te wheat farmer Ask Ank the grocer g you u trade te with wt Better Dete go through your you own pockets pock pock- ets and ets-and and et-and and then ten t iy y y whether you p- p areas are age a as e well wel oft otT on as you U were a a year ye ago a. a Now about the te explanation elon We Wea Weare Weare are a running behind for one ono reason ro We Wo are lr not selling as a much as BS we wo did dd last year Why Wy is that tat Our Oa own ow need ne for lor fo things tn has ha not decreased dc nor has h our desire desie For that tt matter JUe neither has h the te need ne and ad desire of ot out oar customers cus cus- cs overseas OVee Yet our ou foreign customers have stopped ordering from tm us us and ad coupling this with wit a a. e buyers buye strike ste at et home home our ou supply supply sup sup- p ply of saleable sele products has haa b piled pie ket up faster fat than t they can c be b mar mar- I- I We Wa tuned up production during du tho te war wa so s that tt in 1919 we were able ale to th t sell sl abroad about 75 worth wort of ot stuff stun for every eer roan man m woman and child cUd in i this country cut sy ray say 75 a for forever every ever American ri family tU Sixty SI to ninety cents of ot every eer dollar dl colI collected col col- from the te foreign fori buyer buye went et I promptly into the te pockets pet of ot our ou workers worker We Vo spent liberally liberally- be because because be- be b- b cause cuse we could a afford ord to Prices were high but we could pay them the did Id did pay them tem as W a 3 matter of or fact tact and at the te same time piled pi up more mor savings than tha in any previous year yr yer of or our history hisor Also As we e lived better better bet bet- bt- bt ter than we ever did before before not merely more snore extravagant The foreigners foreigner's money did cd It Yet Tet you can c hear her it i said sd We e dont don't care ce anything about abut the tho foreigner We Ve dont don't need n his b wit trade trade trade-don't with him hm don't dont want wt anything ay to t do d A man who had ha heard he something like that a great gt many times t decided de do- d to t make me an experiment He lie examined the manifest te cargo c schedule of Ot the te next steamship to leave an a American port and found that tat it i carried ced among other oter things tg Biscuits Shoe laces lacea l Kitchen Kichen ware war wae Catgut t Soap Candies Candle Tobacco TobaccoS Toba S Shoes Shoe Medicines Clocks Petroleum Chairs Char Organs Orans' Orans Dry goods Paper Wagons Safes Hafe A Automobiles Resin Res Coffins Motors Motor Films 1 Jutter Huter Washing powder Nails ail It I was wa a representative cargo In Inte Inthe Inthe the te production of this cargo nearly t C r ery community in the te United States had a part part and and pa-and and received a aSlar snare adare of ot its money cost cot We Wo are losing trade now because the te foreigner has ha stopped ordering thing things from fm us Though he still wants wat them he cant can't order Why Wy Simply because he cant can't ct p except by giving a note due in ia i i e- e m V 5 WAL WAITED E. E E EDGE Ee I AUTHOR AuTho AO Q or e nea T a. a ACT A. A Pre Pr ma ens e i F ORMAr o OI OF 0 CORPORATIONS TO EXPAND T. T THin C Fj the future and nd a as I yet wo we have hv no CO adequate te machinery cine m in i running or order or der by which to handle bande his long- long term te promise to pa pay The Te Edge Ege Act Act under the terms tero of which Americans can cn organize corporations cor cor- to Ii t furnish term long long te credit cit to t solvent foreign buyers buyer of ot American products became bece a law lawIn lawin lawin in December Dember 1919 Corporations I formed under that law can cn do Just jut what you would uld do for your you good god neighbor who ho wanted a year ye two years es or three tree years ye in which to t pay you u for a piece of ot land lad or a team te of ot horses hors The Tho latest latet and ad greatest of ot the te trade financing corporations now nw Inthe in inte inthe the te field feld illustrates luste the methods and ad character of or the relief to t be b fur fur- The be Foreign Forg Trade Financing Corporation with headquarters in New New- NewYork York but including representatives representatives tives of every eve great gt producing interest in i every ever part p of ot the country coun cu- cu try tr is a serious sero attempt on a. a a wide nation wide naton-wide scale to finance American Amei- Amei Ameri can cn exports to all al quarters of the te world Its 11 success must rest rs upon the operation co-operation c of ot investors investors- investor investor- bankers banker manufacturers business businessmen men farmers faner workers who are able to set aside something out of ot their earnings eains to place In its Is stock stoc and the debentures which it will f issue later Bristly Briefly Brey it i appeals to all of us who have shared the al ot prosperity prosperity pros pros- perty which has h come from the tho te foreigners foreigner's dollar dol to help keep foreign orders coming comin in in In Its It operation such sch a a. 2 corporation corpora i crr tion ton in fact will wl create a new class clam cla of sharers in the foreigners foreigner's dollar dolar the the investors who absorb its ita it stock steele and ad debentures |