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Sec. 2. Transportation facilities—Continued.
Ocean shipping.......
The merchant marine of the chief trading nation
Great Britain. .
Germany...
France. .....
Japan........,.
Other foreign nations. ..
United States .......
Need of American ships for foreign trade.
Dependence on foreign ships.......
Need of American ships to stimulate foreign trade.
Shipping lines controlled by foreign exporters. ..
Delay and irregularity in shipments of American exports.
Americans charged higher freights. .
Assertion that foreign shippers are given information of the transactions
 of Americans . ..
SEc. 3. Foreign banking and credit facilities. .
Foreign trade financial organization of the chief commercial nations:
Great Britain. .
Germany. .
France...
Netherlands. .
Belgium...
Portugal.
Spain.....
Switzerland.
Ttaly....
Greece. . ..
Austria-Hungary.
Russia. . .
Japan. . I
Advantages enjoyed by foreign traders, in facilities for banking, credit,
and exchange:
Facilities for financing transactions in foreign markets.
Extension of credits... -
[nformation of business conditions, of credit standing of customers, etc.
Assertions that information is given of transactions of Americans. .
Direct promotion of sales. .
American conditions. ...... ... .
Sec. 4. Foreign investments of the chief trading nations
Course and amount of foreign investments.
Great Britain.
France. . ..
Germany. . .
Other countries. .
Relation of foreign investment to foreign trade. .
Sze. 5. Industrial organization.
Introduction...
Great Britain...
Imports and exports
The Board of Trade......
The commercial department.
The commercial intelligence branch.
Exhibitions branch

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