Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-03-13 | Page 11 | Business Men Urge Trade Agent Service

BUSINESS HI URGE . TRADE AGEflIT SERVICE Committees Appear Before Senators and Ask That Ap- jl propriation be Restored WASHINGTON, March. 13. Repre-ifi sontatlves of a number of business or- ft gnnizations appeared before the sen- L ate appropriations committee to urge C that the original estimate of S1.650,- f 000 for the commercial agent serv- p ico of the department of commerce be l restored in the annual appropriation 1 ' bill recently passed by ihc house. : ' They said the work of the service was t of the utmost Importance to AmerS- can business interests and especially exporters. , Any curtailment of the activities or, i the service, they said, would result in a reduction in th6 volume of American i export business and consequently in ? manufacturing Jn this country. Point- i ing out that business interests paid j the bulk of the taxes under the in- ; como tax law, they declared that a g curtailment of commercial business J necessarily would result in a reduc- S tion of the government's income tax. h Organizations represented at the y hearing included the national foreign 3 trade council. American manufaclur-era manufaclur-era association, the American Bank- El crs' association, National Automobile ffl Chambor of Commerce and Chamben? H of Commerce in New York City and , W slate. K