New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-06


between home and foreign firms. Mr. Shaw
says there il vast market in Great Britain
for various kinds of American manufactures,
especially for such as are chiefly made of wood,
and thinks that 20 develop this market 1t Is
only necessary to make a careful study OF the
taste and requirements of the people and
then make what they demand. Cheapness
is not as much an object in English mar
kets as excellence, really first-class pro-
auctions being sure of sale provided the
STYLES are popular and the quality uniformly
good. The folly of sending poor goods to
England is well illustrated by an incident IN
the COnsul's own experience. Having tired
the canned soups put up 10y Boston house,
and found them excellent, ne ordered small
supply at the request of two English friends
for their use, but was greatly put out after
ward to learn that the soups they received
were Of an inferior quality" shOckingly weak
land thin" one of the friends said, "eyi-
IDENTITY having been made where vegetables,
" Chickens, mutton, etc, were scarce and water
every abundant Tho Boston house, by de-
terioratng the quality of its goods, failed to
secure a large and permanent English trade.
Speaking of staple American export pro-
QuGihf 4uls ENhW Says TINT Jul Nh'N'N ~ ~
good demand, but much of it goes first into
the hands Of INSCRIPTIONS wholesale dealers
who resell it az English cheese. So it is with
American hams The demand for American
butter would be greatly increased, he thinks,
if attention were paid by our exporters 10 pro-
curing for shipment a fresh-made lightly
sailed article and making arrangements in
England to put it speedily upon the retail
market.
Next to sending excellent and honest goods
ADAPTED to British tastes and wants the essen
tial thing to secure for Americans profitable
trade in Great Britain, the Consul says, is to
initiate the English system of forming partner
ships wherever it ia intended 20 make push
TO introduce their manufactures. This Is a
piece Of good advice which does not apply to
our trade with England alone. The same re-
port comes from competent American observers
in Mexico where the English and Germans
now almost monopolize the trade in imported
manufactured goods by means of their local
branch houses which cultivate the merchants
and study the wants of the people " The
"plan in England says Consul Shaw, Is to
" send out wel-tr,ined experts ms partners in
distant foreign houses, and through their
" local knowledge anu influence thc IlBht eoil
q" of manufactures are furnished. 1t will take
" time and study and patience to establish
"such a connection for American manufactur-
Gers, but this is the proper system, beyond
"question, which mdst be adopted before our
excellent manufacturers can compete on any
thing like even terms with those of other
countries already possessing this kind OF
" trade connection
Here are points that can proftably be studied
by our leading manufacturers and export mer-
chants. We are at the beginning Of an epoch
of great activity and productiveness in all
branches of industry. Our products are more and
more sought for in other countries. To make the
most of this friendly feeling toward American
wares by business sagacity, enterprise and com
mercial honesty is the opportunity which should
be promptly embraced