New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-25

buy and what they viii have to, pay for IT..
Full lines of samples always be shown by
houses representing the merchanIS anu ul',iu
facturcrs of those countries. When te{ a,c
temnted 70 tThde with Ncw-York merchants
there are no samples to be exhibited, prices are
uncertain and positive information Is lacHlII m.
Naturally they trade with houses when hlEe
facilities for conducting business WIN lhtciii-
CONGO and enterprise American ira % with
Brazil can never be built up until the merchaHtS
and manufacturers adopt systematic measures iol
disnlaying samples of their goods and est"pllShilE
weil-equipped agencies for supplying information
TO the Portuguese traders.
Another cause which may be assigned Tor tne
backward state Of the American export tIa,r -
the carelessncss shown by shippers IN P'cNiHs
goods Everything intended for TINS markeo
should be packed with double the car' Eheh a
shipping merchandise for the home market =
bale of goods that is put on an ocean SF'iS -
not dumped on a wharf and then trahslcrIc' w
rail to its destination. IL is lowered run .
steamer to a lighter, taken ashore ana cuIC"
by an oX-team to warehouse then put OH an,
other ligher and loaded on smaller Stc"neri adi
perhaps finally transported In and on mule pich
hundreds of miles over the worst Ih 'sIna"N
roads Unless the bale is securely protected IN
tLe oririroI hacking the goods are inevitably
damaged in transit American goods Tor lI'
market seldom packed as thcy QUIZ - trn ~,
and the consequence OF Such nc4etI Is .i,I' rdcr
are constant complaints from those VINO 0IoeI
consignmcnts \ good illustration OF ne hdIln
done by careless packing is tnrnlSheu Nv t'T
-four trade. American four TOT l"- Iltt i ,n,,J
from Trieste is now taking It's place H. qual'iN
the Trieste -four is not better nor IS II i9"cI III
nrice Ii is sent over in barrels when WI S'9I'
knocking about. The American HouI pdiIc i
handsomcr to the eve hut II is weaker IN lIr
Joints. The slaves under rou-h hRluIl"I us
op2rt the heads are knocked In and the ho"nN
come of The Trieste barrel IS ugly, pu' S'Iuu'
II looks like a lime barrel but II holds to-c'h'I'
The slaves are closely fitted together, thc meas
are firmly fastened amt adGltiohaI H"opN 'I'
bound about IT, II is adapted 10 the conf t"N.
in Pr I'll American iorTelo tIf
constantly smashed in the holds Of vessels or o.,
LIGHTERS and a stron1 prejudice mas p'c' rIr''''
here in favor Of the Trieste hour Wnl'9 = nv NJ
inc great Roadway in competition VIII H. ,i'
same remarks apnly with equal force t. the sup
mpnt of drv-goods and kcr Scne from me thiHu
States The cases are ipadcIUai"lN pTolcc''d ny
iron fastcninCs and tie goods suffer IN TllNp'i'|-
ton Any one who watches th" process "i "N-
loading an English and IN American Ni'aHci
here is impressed with tie superior care ia.cH III
hacking the European merchandise ms Is one
~ +lc many details of trade iu this mar.r' "Alch
Europcans have studied and mastered Amcri''h>
must be equally intelligent AMI pahSi'Nlit "
they hope 70 regain their share Of l;r.z.lW 'Il.'
A third cause for the unfavor' 'lc ste OF ',,.
American export trade is tie lack Of adequate
transportation facilt cs. There arc 'HI't
American steamers plying between Ncw-lorF ana
tLe chief BRAZILIAN ports, entering once a month
in both directions Commun eat nnS Wi'H
European ports are moro frequent ana or,;'IS s'u
out by mail can re hllcu III , ".1,,'j can.rc,.
The American line IS doing 2s wei rs u can
wear il will furn SIN q much better serve VII
two additional stcamers-hut u does no., "''I'
&C ouick transit or rs low Ere ghtS as TIE con
ditions Of successful competition on the ''I' o'
American merchants re u To y" lor hahN"-
facilities. American merchants have - dc''l.
entirely upon ENGLISH and German h'uSrr "P''
ernte4 here They nccl The assist nee W''r
Ncw-York bank with branches 10 all o." lr gun.
South American ports alone en- supply '''
n banking system would enable tich 80 tl."
apairst constituents Of goods and {" avail f'cW
selves Of long credits in dealing with Fort l2Hr-r
traders. u would ave me ",S'"lN = "I w a.;