| Show r a W V Nh V V MIn r t M 6 I I A NEWSPAPER ISSUED BY THE DEPAR i E AMS SAMS DAILY I OF COMMERCE WITH AMERICAN AMERIC N CONSULS F ENAT AS T Ti AS S I J I i I REPORTERS R E S i l u r r I II I j Xi NO C Ct CI t 1 p r 1 J I S r 1 I t tY 1 I I Y Y Yi i s I I r n a t t I IIi te tI I Ii r 1 Jy J j I II y e f 1 I y t r rt rr 1 v vI vI r r I Y I i iA it iI iA t iz I i A t ti ti tf z I I i A f t S I II r I II II I I I C N C r J o o I MAJOR AJOR JOR JOHN M CARSON ARSON I l I of if tin nor t millet niti hull I t Kt H I dill i lt 1 hh t Special Correspondence cf of f the Idle t A ii s v 1 Frank Frauk G Carpenter Car i 1 i i i Copyright 1 1906 S by Frank J I 1 i I 1 1 I ill b l wl had a talk lalk with lih the Ih hid chief f of the Ule bureau Imnau of of ot IIII ds nf of loin cool metre mill and lah r n e 1111 to what Inde flam 1 is III doing doln to 10 It its III foreign fr IraM r j This Thill bureau i is h one at of the Ihl moat m Import rt aill 11 branch nf ot the Ih government Our ouri i foreign toi In trade trad Ix Is rapidly liiK export are arf no nw now i a and uj our I greater than throe thoe of ut any other nailon nylon I lve Ve euM to 10 foreign countries more mor than thant t i SUI t a north of If goods II g the thet t car ended tl June 3 30 I and nf of t thi thus i 1 more than of ut mar man IDA marl l It II ud u i to 10 b be that Ihal the tb inot moat nf of our Wealth Health tame talDe tram from the farm I Today we WI ha have e about Sl In In III in luring pUnt pl and i thoe ee plants are If r now turning out OUI mine e eI thing thins like worth work of goods good I If I every yr pear Thi nil enormous t la Is IImOTo Ismore f more mOTo than we 11 run can and ami It If the plants ore t Itt to 1 loe he kept kl buoy bUI w we must t have 1111 markets mark l fur for our abroad It l I ii the M of the tb bu rent au of rr f manufactures tu to aM aid In la ouch market markela and also 1180 an outlet for forur our ur enormous surplus of or the Ihl sale nf r which last fast year tsar ol ed HOW It ORIGINATED H It 1 take lakes a good gurd IO man Inan t I to Iw chief nf of n It bureau Ilki 1111 thi Ihl and nt ROOM tell velt hOM cho t well 1111 when n be lit Ma flat Maj John M 31 1 Cartoon Carnon aln for far the MaJ MJ Par arson Irion on hw tun h f fur for r 30 SO years eara and more been one on ot oI f the hiding ne corre HM at vi and es a uch lie he h ha haa Ia bent been a HI as an on Oil ail matter malt ted with tur ture s and lie He wa was al a ilo duM e nf or M and aa III of lot the tor t na ways i end nIl rul means Commit tee he M aMi t d in III Ihl Iha tariff a arts ad to or nf and the Ilse bill of or gOO Indeed lie he h I is III tho originator oo of ot ho Ihu I Ih of or utilising our M Ica ll genta or cor at st least of It making reports of or actual value to our ei IS 1 sad and It h used to tolk lk ilM that when h hn n the Ih nul made report reports Ith Y were acre re stuck Murk urk away In pigeonhole th thi end ml nd of the h y year ar f when they the r tame ni out can In III M s bulk hulk volume known a athe as AI AIth the th Common U of ut the Ih Stalest Thin TAI lame trot III only h to ton fon gressmen cud and K g end and lt It xa aa of ot no II value tu to I the bull men m n of If the Ihl country Till wart the up u until William M N bei be me of state slate away 11 y back In to the Ih it days of nt U n Hayem HolY Hay Abi Abair i that time Maj e i i having ha n um d I the th ne news t I In n tin tho s NI u uH H l 1 ti h t Evart that thy they Ii ought in too t hp he h J a t I th Ih the pr Ir pun h hN n N a they ther s n freeh f rf h mutt IK the tb r wa war w wI I that Jarl Evart 1 them a as H It monthly mil Hod It 1111 i Fat I their out oUI all ail over nv the rout in w was 11 tn eon n out il ii eh Ut n II Yf ear ar or tor tn en sg ar when tion th the it t department d the Ih rep Irl ri rip a a II Then came tb II tIla rf if t th thi consuls ai an a 10 to In he the tou u of manu manufacture facture of r the th 1 h dei of ot rout com and 1 amid ami 10 1 the Ih appointment I of ot fill Maj art ra M t an a i and aa U 1 t of the tails natty to r I m UK Ile 1 h work then Ih and a i to 10 tle Ic i 1 of the Ih future I J tan min la gl I Ih hm m l brat 1001 t in I Ih the hi M Mt tm f t Maj laJ n ti r i lr lrI SIU NL SM 11 l S V VVe I Ve We w h se changed ih dlIn n d the dally dull hi the Ih KO lIw I p Ill ee giving the Ih l Islet t i n torts t fro n our J ij 4 4 on n iraiK matter r Major Majr m on n An As it II Her u lly y 11 b In the h o oon t h 1 r on 1111 in nil all HI i n i f r Ihl d if of r mr lIr i inform i l IM I i a end hod 11 I arning mm lug the world orld for 1 ron con ins ul it mt Lyon Iyre Ft HIM 1 fur ear ii e might Bend 1 In ir an finny nn I nn inIn in ar n arIn In III Mouth i uth n Il on un the Ih reining rein liil ing of silk lIk worms worm ir m I hilla An UK agent at t the th I ley y port of might dl ue the Ihl heat brat ray rays of r the tit I equator and a 1 consul at III Iara Para at mouth n of III the thC Amason dew thiu rite ribe the course of the Ih Iceberg on nn heir wry way from the tole As It III Is now Ot we wean weare e an are devoting df to 10 r retorts ort on trade matters milter 1111 only and are largely larI con on nn fining the th of ot the consuls tu to their own districts and a as al to how American trade may l loe b e pushed pUI in mm those Wa WI P are ire cutting out the says HIM Heal superfluous matter matUr and are gather gathering ing tug live Irve date Information abut about ut our foreign trade trad t anti and It Its Ita I various oti other r INJun We have materially Improved the dally In III Its III value IU to our exporting and manufacturing turing Interval Interests In I a and we e that Ihal It Is Ismor Ismore Ismore more mor and more m from day dayt t Hr III di It no now OH gory oe t to every er large manufacturer of or the he I country a as AI well at IU lo to every exporter of or note ante It H has hai ha such purl a standing abroad that Ihal the OlIn con molar ular agents send wm It t to their govern governments ments anti and the Ih foreign newspapers quote largely from It II I trot got a I request the IhO other day tram from the editors of or the theIx th Ix London Times Time that limit It tie hI sent ent regularly lo to them and an ar c f now no have hAIe IM tilt London Times on our exchange list How liD many copies roll do you publish 1 I L asked The number of 01 dally 1 Is IA only but that give 11 no nu ld Id Idea a of at atour our circulation said ald Major Carson CarlIOn Th copie piN reach rN h our whole They a 11 are sent MOt to 10 all III the th leading n rs and the editors quote and comment OO upon them Many of or the reports port are tel d to 10 the tho taper pipers from belli being taken from the tb dally as they appear n Mr and Important reports are II r also allO cabled ca abroad alm d We 1 aim to trend send the dally to every ever Urge large lar exporter and manufacturing ing firm finn We WI MIH send It also to the In Industrial elu and to nit nil turtles partIe who are an In lit foreign trade TIm THiC TeU TeD me mo about l t your ma I for tor getting business I Ile o We W e have han a as AI you ou OV know the Ameri American ran can consuls concul One Olle I Is II located at every eVIr trade center tenter and they are an ar required by byla byI bylaw la I law to 10 respond to our ur Inquiries a glY giving ing hip us such uch Information a as we Wf call n for There rhut art are about m IW consuls sod and they bent in us u last Ian 1 year rear teen IMI than dif retorts In hi addition to that thaI w WI we watch limit zb nw p sal and nil magazines H Hand and cull ull out any n authentic Information of tit value 1 the HIM also get let the till rei in I JI sued rued by 11 the Ih Herman German and oth other er t ntA and amid make Mich ex ax extract tract tracts haunt from them theist I a U es will Interest our ur 1 Indeed we try to 10 gather Kather such lIuch information from every ly MUrCi aa as will promote Am AmI flun trade trad tr e and enable our people to u git it II We aim to put pUI the Information In the shortest pM po al I his ble space lIace and In the xa a I SIJ TRADE THA liE put Hut I is III n It advisable to 10 p ve the th re report r port pacts of ot our consuls to tote the world ort at large larfeT Should they tb not be sent nt under bond of 01 III IY to our manufacturers manufacturer and Mild exporters exporter oI aIlI only Y Hams Borne R m things err are kept sent terret N I tint hut VM em II f believe that others other ran can b t be 4 ge The Th nations rations of an e emore I more w guarding their 11 pee e I 74 I 5 from tear ear to It year The German for f now p publish bIlAt but few of the Ih of rot their Hii bud 1 they Ih thi n Ilir ir trade only thur th r i 1 end HiJ fn fl rr 1 Injun that they V lI i H i t I bf tr I d I 1 t t ti Ii I tins MB I t i in n 1 uH uHf II m f BUI lIi IT u rl I tiMa na l t s in n it hII Ir h ud t b 1 1 I The Bureau of Manufactures Manufacture and what it It i is doing doin to lo increase Foreign n Trade Valuable Information for our Exporters And how bow now it is i distributed How Guards Guard its it i Trade Secrets John Bulls Bull Methods Our Trade Agents A Abroad American Cofton in 1 Opening for Boots t and Shoes Chinese Wheelbarrow and i iI Mi I r t Q t tw w I iy 1 r J M t rid T It TORPEDO 7 NEW SUBMARINES FOR OUR NAVY e Co TIll submarine torpedo l boat hOAt ont which was launched hed tit fit Gurney Maw Mass la lao t week H fek U la ono one on I of lh Ih four Holland boAt Umu I now helot built for or the tM KO government at that The dimensions and particulars of or the Cuttlefish h lire are held as ne II confidential by y the Ule navy department dep tin ent but it U la known that It II It la to tu lie he larger lorger and und faster than Ihan the Holland boats now noo owned by tho into t tX X I from ram the public and the press strange f to 10 stay a ay I is advocating their non We tte e know kno that oust our own owne e on ulm reports report porI II are art rent ent abroad as asson soon son n MI III a they ire are ar hoo The of th Ihl the German government ruble cable every everything er thing of value and f uch such cable s relate t tea 10 every branch brandt of manufacture m and trade Some Sollie ome of ot our consuls On ul for tor In Instance Instance stance write UK us that they hour of ot their own reports first through rather r than through the United Status The cable tahle It II now largely u used l 1 In trade tralle mat unit tots tors and ami b by Its 1111 means mean 18 is brought as 8 does to In Washington as es New cw York or Philadelphia 1 What Whal nation pushes Its lis foreign to reign trade belt beet t MaJ C 1 The lime Th are tAr far l d of ot nil others other an as to 10 o such uch matters matter replied the chief of ot the th Thu The various Industries there thero are arc thorough borough thoroughly ly Iy T organized an as to 10 foreign markets and the th government does Ios nil all It can call to 10 help hell them Industrial and antle technical schools have han been oon established with a n view to foreign trade trado und and young oung men m n are sent tnt abroad to 10 be trained as II commercial tin tra traveler voters veler They learn the language lC of ot the country In which they th are to 10 work they stud tulI the auern most molt liked by b the theto people leople to te ami 1 know Mil all about aboul credits credit and the methods method of o doing business In III near nearly nearly ly I all the foreign countries the thu Our Gus inane have he resident agents at the chief t ports pate with subagent throughout the Interior Kurd Hueh agents often Intermarry with Ih the people of the countries where they the are ar stationed ta The TIIe German gov go government gO offers offer also lio special Inducements m as a to 10 freight rates on Rood goods Intended for export What other nations are art increasing their Int trade The rh Italians italian are ar fast faIt coming to tho the I front u aa manufacturers manufacturer and exporters They are sending more and more goods good to South America and especially to Argentina and Brazil This Is U largely rIY l because lIf there are about a n million Ital Italian lens ian In III Argentina and on an almost alm l equal oqual number In SAM SA I AND TUB TUR What arrangements hove have you OU for tor forgiving forgiving giving Information to 10 our manufacturers ors ers and exports exporters II 1 I asked We ar are now making a classified cat eat catalog alog of or all aU the manufacturers and ox ex exporters porters porter of the United States Stales aril ami we shall have a erase croas OH reference card cant Index by bf which me we tan min tell tIll at al a n allan glance llan anything Me we want waist to 10 Know about them Shortly after I took charge of ot the Ih bureau burau I 1 sent I nl out oUI about cir clr circular cular culus to lo our various arlou manufacturer and men Interested In foreign trade asking for detailed Information In regard regardIng log Ing In their commodities for export their th lr capital etal output cud and system of or Joins doing doln business I 1 have ha received many Ulan moan re reM M fl es and we 1 are arc tabulating and card Indexing the information A U AP It II Is la now when we receive a re report report port pen from one ont of our consuls as III to a 1 demand for certain f e of goods we wend send sand nd out letters I ten to 10 the Ihl persons making 1111 goods a reaching g them by b our m eM rd hI Ilex A t grout great t deal of this mat mot matt matI t I i dies not nol go lO Into the consular re rep firm Tnt p ru hut but only nt t to the person Interested KOI F r 1 If we w learn earn of a good market markt In a country countr for boots boot and sod shoes bM we t pond nil It 1 to th tha IhA boot and an shoe hiti manufacturers only and If it of ot a aV agol 1 gol V in market martt for ploua we send It only tn b the th plow 1101 men Th There re In la rI r IiI i t use UPI int In t it fi time the manufacturers t I h Irr ipri to pall II agri truth I nit nt 1 and ai a rho Ihl lir 11 makers do 0 t cur cpr rev ii 1 Its I i Fh ii it 1 I a mi t iu if 11 f t h n al v 0 tf fin TOlt n times get Jet up till reports for branches of or trade showing what Is le do clo doing doIn ing In t In those branches nil till over or the world We did that but for tho cite boot bool And shoe hop undo the lurer with n a list of or tho rho dealers In hi every ever consular district and describing the sort porI of ot shoes used tired and how Itow they should bo her marketed oun SPECIAL TRADE THAnE You halo havo some pOOle special M traveling agents who go JI from country to country countr roK on American trade and anti how howIt It II may be Increased have Ilc you not notYe YH Yes Ye There Thoro aro four our such uch men mM now abroad They were Mere provided for tor by b A appropriation to Rate gate our foreign trade Last JaRt year they visited Central and South Fauth America Canada Mexico and amid Cuba and RIM also China und and Japan One of ot our agents Is I now In Egypt mind and ho he will ro o thence to Kant Rast 1 lut India Can you ou give gh mo car some flome Idea Me as 81 to how lIow those hear agents work T Th They y go 0 under tho direction of tho the bureau burau of manufactures saW said Ma Maj laJ Carson arson and ami they net according to the Instructions of or the department They Thoy are arf told to investigate the industrial 1 and conditions of or possible markets market and the status statue of ot other nations In bm those markets with especial atten attention attention tion lion to advancing tile the product and an manufacturer of the States State They The have he to Inquire Into the product end and manufactures manufacture of or th tn the people of or each e Ch country the th Ih cost Mt of or production the tho I rule prices at al which n things ore nr oW soW the cus eUI customs toms tome duties and anil in 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