Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27

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Americans.
Extract from New York Herald interview,
Correspondent Another thing people |
are asking in New York ID, what direct |
advantage can the United States get out |
OF the Congo 2"
Mr.. Stanley Not very much direct |
advantage, but indirectly great deal.
Correspondent What indirect adyan-
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Mr.. stanley--The Americans them
selves have such glorious country that
It will tax their best energies for at least
a century TO come. There is abundance
Of things to do. A sensible man has
simply got to look around him and he
will see abundance of opportunities to
distinguish himself in the gathering
together Of wealth and means to live in
comfort without thinking of any ether
acuntry. But there are commercial men
in the Atlantic seaporis, and there are
producers IN the Midgile States, to whom
" would be consideration that every
now and then some now market were
opened, whereby they could be benefited
and their produce could be sent. For
instance, the other day, IN very small
village in the midst of England,
/ saw in the window of small shop,
where they sell ten by the half ounce and
tobacco by the half ounce, and so on,
Chicago pressed beef, and | looked and
saw an array of picturesque boxes with
Chicago pressed beef ON each. | said to
myself this is yeritably carrying coal to
Newcastle. Here is land of beef getting
beef from Chicago. Well, we have nc
least million possible consumers of that
beef in the Congo state, provided it could
be carried to them and they could be told
that it was fit to eat and had flavor,
that it was as good if not better than
their own tough goats-certainly better
than hippopotami and elephants.
OPPORTUNITIES OF TRADE.
Look again at flour. In I'LL the middle
part Of Africa where natives are YOU do
not see single grain of wheat. II ought
TO grow wheat, because wherever Arabs 90
they carry wheat with them and grow il.
But, then, Arabs are limited in number.
They cannot oyerrun the entire Congo
state. There are 1000 900 of people
there. Take 100000 out of those
people. Say here are million possible
consumers of wheaton flour, provided ii
was brought TO them, and something to
UNIV away MlliCn tllNN utlNG III lutlI 1DTESlb
in exchange. Why not? We take Man
chester cloth to them, and we get what
We want, whether food or marketable pro.
duce of other kinds, palm oil or rubber
or tusk of ivory. We get il in exchange
for this same cloth. Why should not We
be able to exchange flour, provided they
were taught that il was food and it could
be carried to them2
PRINCIPLES OF BARTER.
Then here is cutlery The ambition of
every father of a family and every youth
above 10 years old, is TO have white
handled tableknfe, with three rivets in
this white handle. II is made Of COW
bone, polished up very cheaply, but You
know there are about five million fathers
of families in the Congo Basin, and such
knives do not last forever, and you may
put another five millions of youths
approaching manhood, and another ten
millions, il you please of boys over 10
who would like to have such knives pro-
yided they were told that il they went and
collected SO much rubber or so many
palm nuts they could get one. The
trader who carried these articles would
make his profit i'll the barter. He. per-
haps, charges for one of these knives half
a huabal ~ mute y,b;l. l. - ~ ~
knife ,orl,a,,s t,,,a,t, -, so.a ~ me
nnlno I, ,,oip, c;I ~, - 'hii,y tliiies ny
barho fl,ro ~. -, ,i,.as,., PUN AeineiS,
IF he onIv g;yas snSo;a, =" hi,'hs Ioi''s.
knives he may buy an ivory tlisk. Thus
he makes his profit That profit would
be ample to pay him for the carriage and
Aor tle trouble II gives nm.
INDIRECT ADVANTAGES.
Then, take powder OF course, guns
have penetrated now to within about
1,200 miles from the sea. The Amcri-
cans, without their machinery, can take
muskets-the old Brown Bessesu Ne
used to have before repeating riiles-i1tst
as cheaply as any country ii3 Errr,,o
told you there is not much direct adyon-
tage, because you would not care to give
yourselves tue trouble of ,oing oLonf II
n fashion that would enable Won % do II
directly, seeing thnt Won have sucb 0lnp.
dant opportunities in your own country
But / say that Indirectly YOU would pnin
advantage. For instance. Won send
wheaton flour to England. We oct lie
wheaton flour from here md send II "a
the Congo. | purchased GOO barrels Ivhile
was there. That flour came from Amer.
ica. That is what call an indirect nd
vantage That is only one item. Ind
to feed something like 200 Enropeans on
American meat and Australian mont
bought III England, Chicago pressed beef
If ii had been hron% mol - 1 Ei ph t,