Show I A Letter to Consular Officers WASHINGTON Sept 22 Secretary Bayard has sent a letter to all the consular officers of the United States enclosing circular instructions in-structions from the British Foreign Office to consuls of that Government in which the excellence of the commercial news reports made by the American consuls is referred to a quality it is asserted due to the fact that most of the American consuls are practical Ibusiness men The British circular urges its agents to be more zealous in collecting and prompt in remitting news which may be availed of by British merchants to extend their trade and urges upon them the fact that competition is sharper than ever before In referring to this circular Secretary Bay ard urges the United States consuls not to relax their vigilance in the presentation of trade news promptly and fully |