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Show BUILDING UP NEW TRADE. The present affords the greatest op portunity ever offered tho American manufacturers to develop trade in foreign countries. With Germany swept from the high seas, and England, Eng-land, France and Italy strained to tho utmost to maintain equipment for the soldiers in tho field, tho United States is the only great nation unhampered and free to appeal to tho trade of other countries. Last weok a representative of one of the largest business establishments in Australia and New Zealand came to Ogden to buy canned goods, candies can-dies and the product of the Everfresh Food company and the foundation was laid for very extensive exportations. This same thing Is going on throughout through-out the country. A message from Washington is to the effect that more than twenty nations are represented by visitors to the United States who are now making their headquarters at the branch offices of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, department de-partment of commerce, and who are seeking new trade relations. Many of these men are members of foreign firms which are preparing to make purchases here. Others are representatives repre-sentatives of big commercial houses and offer unusual facilities for our manufacturers to establish agencies abroad. Their earnest efforts to meet us half-way in producing a greater volume of trade with their respective countries are making easier the progress prog-ress of American commerce in this year of opportunity. Some of these advance agents of business arc not confining their efforts to any one section sec-tion of this country, for reports from the several branch offices of the bureau bu-reau furnish details of tours which tako in several of the principal commercial com-mercial centers. Becauso of the foreign for-eign visitors flocking hore, the bureau bu-reau Is dealing directly with buyers as well as sellers, and bringing both classes of business men together so effectively that there are results purchases pur-chases of American soods and the making of contracts for agencies In other countries. One example serves to illustrate tho character of those important developments. develop-ments. An agent from abroad who has been introduced to firms in the United States by ono of the branch offices of the bureau represents both a wealthy land owner in Central America who is Interested in numerous numer-ous development projects, and a large commission merchant who operates throughout Central America and down the west coast of South America, with an elaborate selling organization. Heretofore, the commission morchant has represented only the largo European Euro-pean manufacturers, but they are shut out of tho market by tho war, and he has decided to push American goods. Other interests represented are located In Australia, Russia, Italy, Argentina, Spain, India, China, Canada, Can-ada, Japan, South Africa, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Brazil, and several other oth-er countries. Each week during the present fall has added to the number. Ogden concerns having goods to sell abroad should write the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Washington. Our canned goods should find an outlet in South America. Amer-ica. . |