Chicago, a history and forecast . ade urges serious study todevelop such an enterprise. Another new institution which students of Chicagosforeign trade problem advocate, and which is as yet un-known to this great market, is a commercial museumcontaining a permanent exhibit of goods in demand byforeign countries and which can be supplied by Chi-cago. Chicago requires the benefits of world trade pro-motion, of market advertising, of foreign trade organi-zation. Not enough foreign business men are familiarwith the Great Central Market in its true extent as asource of supply of goods required thro
Chicago, a history and forecast . ade urges serious study todevelop such an enterprise. Another new institution which students of Chicagosforeign trade problem advocate, and which is as yet un-known to this great market, is a commercial museumcontaining a permanent exhibit of goods in demand byforeign countries and which can be supplied by Chi-cago. Chicago requires the benefits of world trade pro-motion, of market advertising, of foreign trade organi-zation. Not enough foreign business men are familiarwith the Great Central Market in its true extent as asource of supply of goods required throughout theworld. Chicagos Vast Foreign Trade Uncredited The statistical methods of the United States govern-ment permit the disclosure of but a meager portion ofthe export trade of Chicago, because exported goods arecredited not to the place of origin but to the port ofexit. Inquiries by The Chicago Association of Com-merce lead to the conclusion that this citys foreign tradein 1920 may have been as great as $1,750,000,000 or 191. Tower of business strength to be raised as keystone of LaSalleStreet stronghold. See opposite page. 192 $2,000,000,000, and indeed possibly as great as $3,000,-000,000. In that year the enormous foreign trade ofthe United States amounted to $13,358,963,000, of whichperhaps the very considerable portion of 20 per cent isto be credited to the Chicago district. One Chicago in-dustry alone in 1920, that is the packing industry, ex-ported not less than $1,160,000,000 worth of productsand the amount of Chicagos grain exports in the sameyear was 285,000,000 bushels. Chicago as a Free Port A new facility which may in time distinguish the GreatCentral Market as a point of export is a free port suchas is now being discussed for the great port of NewYork and as is now in operation in such foreign citiesas Hamburg and Danzig. It is reasonably contendedthat such an institution would greatly stimulate Chi-cagos foreign trade and would be easy of establishmentby vir
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