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...attempt to answer this question, Mr. Walter Leaf, famed Greek-scholar and chairman of the Westminster Bank, dropped something of a bombshell into the discussion. In order to attract capital to London-a necessary preliminary to removing the British restrictions on the export of gold-Mr. Leaf advocates an increase in the Bank of England rediscount rate from...
Present production total is now 45% of the pre-War figure?an increase from 15% in 1920; production of pig iron has increased from 7,000,000 pounds in 1921 to 35,000,000 in 1923-4; oil production leaves a large surplus for export; coal production is entirely satisfactory; stabilization of the ruble has tremendously improved the financial situation and Russia now has a foreign trade balance of 100,000,000 rubles ($11,500,000); unemployment is least satisfactory and figures quoted show substantial increases in each case; agricultural lands now cultivated are between...
...purchasing power, 2) adjustment of tariff so farmers can buy manufactures in a competitive market, 3) readjustment and lowering of transportation rates, 4) completion of internal waterway systems for cheaper transportation and development of water-powers for cheaper fertilizer, 5) stimulation of cooperative marketing, establishing of a Government export agency to prevent the export surplus from undermining home prices, 6) suitable credits, 7) reduction of the margin between the prices at which the farmer buys and at which he sells...
After the roaring days of 1919 and 1920 in our export trade, there has been a great falling off in enthusiasm for the future of our foreign trade. New export firms have liquidated and disappeared. Banks have closed or pruned down their foreign departments. Manufacturers are less optimistic concerning the possibilities of foreign markets for our goods...
...National Foreign Trade Council, however, has not abandoned its efforts in behalf of a larger American export trade, even if it has grown wiser and more patient than were business-men-in-general four years ago. Last week the Council's convention in Boston stressed the necessity for educational facilities in the U. S. for training foreign trade personnel, and for a thorough knowledge of the foreign markets into which our goods are to be sold...