Show DEVELOPMENT DEV OF TRADE RADE IS URGED 1 ALL TERRITORY THIS SIDE OF CALLED ON TO AID EXPANSION t Pacific Council Told That Germanys Germany's Capacity to Pay Debt Hinges Upon Outside Dealing DUling Portland Ore The Ore The Pacific COO coast It was WI saIled all upon to mobilize its forces force and work together in unity for the development of its commerce in an address addrell Thursday by William Pigott of ot Seattle president of ot the Pacific foreign trade council council at the opening of the third annual conference of the council here The same lame idea was wu emphasized In Inan Inan inan an address voicing the keynote of ot the conference conference Pacific coast unity for world trade by expansion by Edward EdwardG G 0 G. G Piper of ot Portland editor of the Morning OregonIan Not only the seaport cities titles of ot the Pacific but all the territory west of ot Interested in the the Great Grent Divide are 1 effort to promote the foreign trade of ot the United States on the Pacific ocean said Pigott In our effort to build up up our sea lea ports we must not forget our back country he lie said sold The development of our cities must go hand band in hand with the development de of the Ule interior If It we build up the interior the growth of ot the seaport cities will follow Foreign trade is inseparably linked with agriculture and horticulture Increase ae In trade from Pacific coast seaports forty of ot which are accredit ed In government records were point ed out In the annual report of ot Edwin 1 P. P Kemmer of Tacoma secretory secretary of the Pacific foreign trade council In his report Thursday Pacific Imports in 1922 1022 were 28 8 per percent percent cent of the total external trade of the country and exports were IS 15 per cent In 1010 WIG Pacific ports exports were 0 9 per ler percent percent cent of the total for the United States anI and Imports 18 per cent he lie pointed out In 1022 1922 the trade of ot the Ule United States with transPacific countries amounted to Germanys Germany's capacity to meet reparations payments depends ultimately on the developments of ot her foreign trade and her present capacity i is iR lItt little e better than nothing declared 0 O. O K Davis of New York secretary of ot the national foreign trade council An Inquiry which should seek now to make final determination of ot what Germany may ultimately be he able to pay would be a piece of ot fantastic the only effect of which would be to free tree Germany from her Just ob ob- Large payments by Germany mode made within a short time said Mr Davis could not only be achieved through such a rapid expansion of Germany trade as 81 must inevitably Interfere mo most moat t seriously with the trade of ot oth er era era TIle obvious alternative he add ed ed Is 11 to spread the reparations reparation I payments pay Pl ments meats over a period so 1 o long as to minimize the effect upon other na an nn tlona of ot the development de of German trade |