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FOREIGN ORDERS RECEIVED; CAN'T \ ARRANGE CREDIT New YoTk, March 31.?Indication of the world-wide demand for Amer- . ican manufactured products and raw materials is given in cable ad tices received within the past three &ys from foreign agents of Ameri can export corporations, specifying foods wanted and setting forth terms of payment. According to a ' report made yesterday by one of the ' largest of these corporations, inqui- J Ties received have in certain in stances developed into orders, owing to the fact that prospective purchas- ' trs were in position to deal on cash ! or short-time credit basis. Many oth- ' ?r inquiries, however, have come to maught because of the demand for 1 long term credits. \1 Information contained in a state- 1 ment issued today from the offices of 4 the Foreign Trade Financing Cor- 3 poration, which is being organized i A/?f. fa nromntp the * country's foreign trade by granting ^ long-term credits, showed that week ly losses to American manufacturers are running into millions of dollars because of the absence of credit fa- < . cilities for handling exports, Supple mentary information obtained by the corporaton serves only to em phasize the extent of these losses. The Foreign Trade Financing Corporation has been notified by the American Manufacturers Export Association of many inquiries con - ccrning perfumery, cutlery, kitchen utensils, glassware, earthenware, linoleums, alcohol and gas stoves, novelties, typewriters, motorcycles, / scooters and cyclecars. In a second instance a large Greek importing house has express ed its need of American motorcars *and tyepwriters. Inquiries from India indicate a ready market for American machin ery, boilers, electrical goods, cycles' and motorcycles. One communication received by the American Manufacturers Export Association is of peculiar interest, evidencing a desire in far parts of the earth to utilize American ma chinery specially designe'd for the sanitary preparation of foodstuffs. This inquiry reads: "Merchant in Constantinople! wants a complete set of machinery for making bread, from the mixer to the wrapper; machinery to be of the kind where it is not necessary for the bread to be touched by the hand | from the time the material is put in | the mixer until the bread is wrapped i in paper. The machines should be1 small or medium size. As bread mak ing is done in Constantinople in a primitive maner it would be neces sary to test out these machines be fore any attempt is made to venture out on a large scale." Few of the opportunities noted can be avaled of by American manu facturers because the greater pro portion of them are contingent upon tbf> extension of long-term credits, and the commercial banks are not in a position to finance on such a basis. Until the proper facilities are pro vided for the granting of such credits, says the statement of the Foreign Trade Financing Corpora Son, the manufacturers in this coun try must suffer a loss in their busi aess. MILLION BALES MAY BE MARKETED MttiVU OA. A UU lYttl finance corporation which ha3 in vited Southern bankers to a common conference, April 4, is said to have in mind the cooperative marketing fey government aid of a million bales of cotton. The details of the scheme are noti available. Representative Stevenson of South Carolina, however, is more hopeful at present than ever before that something approaching a solu tion of the problem will be reached. After a consultation with Chair Stan Meyer, of the war finance cor poration today, Mr. Stevenson said, "While I am not at liberty to an-jl nounce the plans contemplated, l am; | very hopeful that the war finance j M -corporation will, in the near fntore, arrange for the exportation of a mil a lion bales of cotton and thereby greatly relieve the financial institu tions which are now carrying the! load. "The reappointment of Mr. Meyer as managing director, and the sym-! pathetic attitude of the secretary of. the treasury, makes the outlook ery much more hopeful than here-, iofore." I THE DEADLY AUTOMOBILE IN CITY OF BALTIMORE Baltimore Sun. Thirty-two persons have lost their lives as the result of automobiles ac oidents in or near the city during the two and half months which have passed since the first of January. Three persons have been killed in two accidents since Saturday and a fourth is near death as the result of smash-up last Thursday, which is be ing investigated by Deputy Automo bile Commissioner Wilson. Motor Vehicle Commissioner E. Austin Baughman pointed out yes terday that motoring is not so gen erally engaged in during January, February and March as during the other months of the year. That be ing the case, it is feared that unless some way is found to reduce casual ties there will be a higher death rate from traffic accidents from this time on. Already an average of almost one death every two days has been maintained. If it gets no worse than ilris the toll of lives for the year will E ixceed 180. a Commissioner Baughman said h rafHjarajgramjajnjzjgjEm i ! I 1 CAREFUU^ EXPERTLY ATTfl PRINTING PRICES FR JL 11^ 1 i and Bai Comp ai hat there have been 1,000 deaths 'rom auto accidents in the past five rears, but only three convictions, 'few laws are not needed, he said; rat there should be a more strict snforcement of the law. Those who have been making a tudy of the accidents reported find hat the motorist is only partly to ?lame for the large number of acci lents. In very many cases the pedes trian brings calamity upon himself ?v a total disreirard for his nersonal lafety. In New York city a study oi! raffle accidents in which there were >ersonal injuries shows that 78 per :ent of them were the fault of pedes rians. It is generally observed in Baltimore that pedestrians disre gard the traffic signals and dodge heir way through traffic at street ntersections. Many do not bother to :ross at the street corners, but take ihances in the middle of the block. In the investigation into the acci lent on the Reisterdown road early Saturday, in which Mrs. Ldla Lipssy sras killed, and into that of Sunday norning on the Falls road in which i girl and youth were killed, there Las been no indication of criminal imEremfEraiaiiiJEnir!; UTING UHNta DONE IIS OFFICE ON THE 1 al'lcll 1 1 [Wall BBSS! I ess nner K\TT iiy carelessness on the part of either' motorists or pedestrians. Only these riding in the machines are involved, so far as is known. The third inquiry is into an acci dent that occurred at Middle river last Thursday. Frank B. Andrews, ' 28 years olid, of Ellwood avenue, is at Bay View hospital with a fractured skull and other injuries and is not expected to live, while Hugh R. ?ouske, of East J?onume?t street, one of his com panions, is at the hospital less seri ously injured. T U T onlrmo a# 17 awnSakiifa P? V* 3^. VA A ? ) who drove the car in which the in jured men were ri$ng, is beng held by the Baltimore county police on aeyeral charg^. ! .1; i" , 11 ' . ' 1 SOW,poo POUNDS 30U> AT W4HSTOM.SA1LEM Winston-S^lem, N. C,, March 31? The local tobacco season clgsed to day with sales amounting to 60,l>53,< 000 pounds, the largest on record. Price averaged around 21 cents. Watch the label on your paper. NO LOANS FROM FEDERAL LAND BANK IN COLUMBIA BEFORE LAST OF APRIL Columbia, March 31.?It will prob ably be the last part of April be fore loans are actually made by the Columbia federal land bank to farm ers of the southeast, according to Da vid H. Houston, president of the bank, who stated today that his in stitution is receiving a large number of applications for loans. Mr. Houston stated that the feder al board in Washington did not pro pose to sell its bonds immediately, preferring to make a careful study of the money market before offering the bonds for sale. It is expected ,th*t during April, Mr. Houston stated the board will issue bonds to produce rev enue with which to make loans to the farmers. * Mr. Houston states that new land associations are being formed in many sections and the applications for loans are comiqg in rapigly. These are being considered carefully bv the bank, but as vet no loans have been authorized, this depending en. irazrazianizffl?gfi? rrgfSirofpSfrORitfnllTOffiWWSOlrMPfnllfOfnlfnyfriHPJIfOfrafHllonfOWSOf Teleph for a Repres< \ fleet Importani ocniea by bavin; agreement, bill form? printed li We print legal from the (air prl F fr 'RANKUN PRINTING I PRICE y ST fiuaiiiiiuitfafaiisraiisiaim BACHELOR'S $7,000,000 ESTATE GOES MOSTLY TO BROTHER Chicago,' March 31.?The bulk of the $7,000,000 estate of Robert Pringle, who died a bacheler in February, 1919, went to his only brother, James, of Milwaukee, it be came known when final accounting was made in probate court yester day. Pringle, one of the leading grain dealers on the Chicago board of trade, is said to have been made his first million dollars on the board at the age of ?4, and lost it before he was 30. He soon regained the fortune and increased it, later found ing the brokerage firm which was dissolved at his death. tirejy on the sale of bonds for the land banks. The Columbia land bank's opera tions have been greatly augmented since the supreme court'3 decupoa that the land bank act is constitution^ al. It Js believed that the nuk ing of loans by the bank will greatly benefit the agricultural interests of the country. The Columbia bank ^covers the southeastern states. one IU i?| i entative rH || li i L FORMS dreal estate dealers t time and money econ I deed, mortgage, leaM. of Mle and judgment i quantity. (onn* expertly. Prices InHnff imnlur. tha I I The Same Price to Everybody ?SJSJSlSISJSJSJ5/S05f5ISf5J9/S/5/5J5I5/5j3 BHaRRRRRfaEfiyyas