Show LOOKING TO THE FAR PLACES OF THE WORLD in years to come tho ilia far places ot of tho ilia world will mean almost as much from the commercial standpoint to millions of americans americana as aa do their homo home towns and states te ten a per cent of 0 our total trado trade depends dei I 1 on overseas markets and that ten per cent as john S carson vice president the american and foreign power company recently pointed out marks the dl di ference between profit and loss in fit tho grand balance sheet of america business the fact that so many or of our industries are swimming in ted red ink Is the direct result of the trem odous drop in the volume of our foreign trade that has haa occurred during the past year or two in 1928 our total export trade according to president hoover provided the livelihood for families since then our exports havo have dropped over 50 per par cent this means that families including some three million have suffered their buying power has dropped they are arc no longer able to do their part in fit keeping the industrial machine in mot moi ion their misfortune fortuno has thus been tek fart erectly or indirectly in mil million lIonal of our families unprejudiced minds are looking a closs the seas knowing that in the modern world isolation means industrial du suicide that hat employment for J millions of our fellow citizens Is dependent on the markets of distant lands |