Commentary

The dramatic growth in air commerce we have seen in the United States is now being repeated througho

SMOKE, MIRRORS AND OPTIMISTIC revenue estimates cannot hide the fact that almost no progress has bee

Delaware County, N.Y., on the western edge of the Catskills, is John Burroughs country. This year th

You could call it the $10 billion differential. The U.S. and Canadian authorities who ponder

When this government's top officials go to Philadelphia today for the ceremony celebrating the bicen

THE AVERAGE PRICE of gasoline in the United States hit $1 a gallon last week for the first time in

Life sometimes exhibits a strange symmetry. Within a fortnight, two giants of economic policy making

Anyone that doubts things are changing in South Africa should take a stroll through Hillbrow, the hi

THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE at the Western Union Telegraph Co. were kind enough to send us a message the

INCREDIBLE AS IT MAY SEEM, a shipowner is not responsible for cargo lost or damaged because his crew

Just when the Japanese were beginning to think that Japan bashing was at its peak in Washington, alo

On Wednesday, July 8, the Western Economic Association sponsored a debate on ''Appointing a Fed Chai

For some reason, the steel industry is always the object of government's attention, if not its affec

Nine months ago, The Journal of Commerce ran the headline Wall Street habits come to the City of Lon

ONE OF THE BEST THINGS to come out of all the political speeches by would-be presidents these days i

UNIFICATION MAY MEAN SURVIVAL for the ports along the Delaware River. The Delaware River Port Author

As vital as free trade with the United States may be to Canada it is not a matter of free trade at a

Calls for Clarification Of Product DumpingThe Journal of Commerce deserves to be complimente

I asked John Arwood what made him successful in the transportation industry. There are not too many

A HEADLINE in Friday's Journal of Commerce is worth repeating. It read: Trade Receives Littl

THE BUZZWORD OF THE YEAR, for anyone who has been living in a cave and missed it, is competitiveness

A KEY HOUSE MEMBER promises a floor fight over the controversial question of when legal fees can be

With Congress in the midst of a historic debate on the direction of U.S. trade policy, a parallel de

IN ITS CONTINUING QUEST for import protection, Ford Motor Co. has once again gone on the offensive.<

Windows were broken, chimneys were toppled and buildings swayed throughout 16 states of the Midwest

The Journal of Commerce welcomes letters to the editor. Letters intended for publication should incl

IMPORTANT OFFICIALS from around the world were on hand in Geneva Thursday as the United Nations Conf

As demands for the ouster of Panama's strong-man, Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, grow louder and more

Don Richards Stephens, you could say, is about to take San Francisco banking back to its roots.<

THE HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA, today's Chevrolet, General Motors Corp.'s catchy advertising slogan, is cl

GROWING XENOPHOBIA has been a hallmark of the rapid transition of the United States from the world's

N-o-w, s-e-n-a-t-o-r, the witness would begin in a slow, sad drone. Next came extravagant praise for

As the Senate debates far-reaching new trade legislation, it's time to consider the potential costs

The economy was in remarkably good shape at midyear - substantially stronger than the consensus esti

WHEN THE HISTORY BOOKS are written, a coherent and realistic policy toward foreign trade will not be

EVERYBODY WANTS TO CUT the federal budget deficit. But now, even the modest deficit-cutting effort C

All talk and no action is the way some describe Japan's approach to its exploding trade advantage ov

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is to be congratulated for maintaining the illusio

American Request Aims to Aid TravelerYour editorial (May 22) concluding that American Airlin

THE SENATE IS RIGHTLY ANGERED that Japanese and Norwegian companies sold the Soviet Union equipment