Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1912 — Americo-Syrlan Trade. [ARTICLE]

Americo-Syrlan Trade.

Syrian traders will seldom buy goods without having opportunity to examine samples. European dealers and manufacturers realize this fact, and send over salesmen with samples, who cover the entire Levantine territory. These agents are usually of the same nationality as their principals, and In Turkey are under the jurisdiction of their respective consulates. Americans have failed to obtain trade by sending goods onconsignment, and to meet this difficulty an AmericaSyrian chamber of commerce has been established at Beirut, the. membership to Include merchants from all over Syria and the United States. The object is to disseminate information, to establish communication between xnercants and manufacturers and to’ take and transmit orders for goods