Show FOREIGN TRADE INCREASE WON ON BY U. U Tremendous Volume of Trade by American Business Business Busi Busi- ness Houses Attributed d i tl tu Commerce Dept I. I r. r Feb 7 By U. U W I P. A A A tremendous volume of trade f. f and ana business was han handled led by f- f American business bouse houses houses' during tle last year ear as a a. r result sult of efforts Jf l the de department of commerce ac- ac dins to Julius Kle n n. n director aC 1 of ot ofha oth h ha bureau of foreign and domestic ein estimates his bureau had I f ax Jl Important part in securing q worth of ot business for American firms On the basis of i estimate he be contends that the treasury sury profited by taxes to the nt of ot approximately ATTACHES HELP l YVo Yo arc arc constantly advised said fJ ein of instances where our our ur com com- al attaches throughout the orld have hac been of ot direct help in r securing new busin business ss for Amen Ameri- firms f 4 Urging the establishment of ot new B- B offices Klein said American busi- busi is had recently lost a iff in Dublin roland Ireland because t there was no tra trad e commissioner or orr r there fr J That contract ho said probably probably proba t bly would i have come Into Amen Amen- 1 can can hands had there been f an American Amer can commercial o t h re V Vi i Another illustration is one in ino t o th lh American countries in which 3 f p e have e no office A t L VI u Wa was let for some import- import nn public works- works and the first we weI P 41 Sr t nev of at it was when the president o o that republic signed a degree I It 1 i W the business ot of commercial that to head had off things of I CONTRACT CONTRA T OBTAINED V f Recently I had a letter from a l large ge construction company del de- de Ii 4 l what our Athens Greece f fice- fice had been a able le to do for them 1 f A contract for public f oris a a. water system and d drainage b for Athens o Piraeus and that V Whole i i section was let to an American company compan and that company was tA good enough to say that a good i del deal e l of cre credit lt for that that nat nat all of It it of course but a good deal was deal was r due dire to our commercial in Jt Athens It was a very concrete ous result of of the work of v. v our pur service there s J Klein said many fabricated com com- t modifies introduced by the American Amen Amerl- c can expeditionary force are now now- In great demand In Europe i |