New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-22
FOREIGN TRADE GROWING
aREwsoAlE PROPHECIES PROVED FALSE
THE IMPORT TRADE HAS NOT BEEN RUINED
NOR HAVE AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS
BEEN DRIVEN FROM FOREIGN MARKETS
CONSULAR REPORTS FROM BER-
MUDA AND GERMANY.
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MUDA AND GERMANY.
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Washington. April c1.-Evdencc Is constantly &C.
cumulatng to dlsprOvs the assertions made by free
traders in and out Of Congress at the time of the
passage Of the existing tariff law and continually re-
Nerated since that time TO the effect that that act
would not only ruin the import trade of United
States but check exports and drive American pro
ducers and manufacturers from foreign markets.
Among the consular reports which will be published
next month two which furnish positive proof ON
this subject.
Bermuda Is British colony and the prejudices of
its population are naturally In favor of goods Of
English manufacture. 1t enjoys however. the ad-
vantage OF regular ard direct steamship communication
with the United States. Here are sJme facts from
the report of Consul sullivan:
In the line OF drygoods the United States sends
Goes for dresseS, canton nnns corc,s ana E
collars and cults These goods cost less the United
are, imported from the United States. They are as
well made and as cheap as those imported from Eng
else being equal. English styles in foot. gear and in
everything else are preferred by Bermudans. Car
materials and tools for repairing them from the
United states Drugs are imported from the United
american drugs are aduiterated and such infcro:
6ooos, whether from the United states elsewhere
win not lind permanent and profitable market here
Anerican Irms OF high standing whose reputation for
large business Glassware belonging 10 tie drug trade
cannot be made better anywhere jnan In the United
n whe ana all pa Tt usS Sn hefs a6d p2d
nlshes, oils Illuminating and luDrcans purposes
cardboard. pasteboard and paper bags. all kinds OF
oa eome ana rom 1s for use and dco
rapidly in this humid atmosphere. and is not In his
ware, with which the houses are neatly but simply
furnished Most OF this furniture Is manufactured at
cut nails. garden implements locks. bolts and
hinges are imported from the United states. The
Leather and rubber goods in all forms are Of Amer
can manufacture. Few agricultural implements are
Ing machines are of American manufacture
At least threefourths of the pianos organs sold
r., trade win soon Be monopolIzsd By the The
ments does not wear in this climate We'll as
The English material Is not so prevalent now
end superior In workmanship and finish to the Eng
fish are proportionntely popular. Twenty-Five years
they are favored and purchased by who need
Of watches. clocks. plated and solid silver
ware the United States supplies nearly three-fourhs
themselves in designs, which. with their improved
IN then nss to eTs nss par
cent is Of English manufacture.
To sum up in the lansgage Of the most extensive
there has been change in the sale Of most OF the
foregoing wares from almost exclusively English Ia
almost exclusively American goods"
The other report to which aliusion has been made
is that OF Consul-General Mason. Of Frankfort. on
"German-Amercan Trade in 1892 This report
shows that the aggregate value OF the declared exports
from Frankfort and the sixteen ccnsulaes subordi-
nate thereto. 10 the Urited states during the year
ended December 81. 1892. aggregated $685. 1865,
which not only increase OF l513,550 over the
previous year, but larger than the total exports OF
any previous year except the years 1887 and 1890
OF the exports of 1880 abnormally large
The total exports in 1851 amounted TO $26,1s1,700
nd fhoco NJ affA no tar
s3O471 500. ConsulGeneral Mason remarks
This, In contrast with the collapse that has oc-
CURED in German and British commerce with south
peciay gratifying to economists who realize the Vital
Of OF as s os the Sas
mercantile Journal puts it Our trade with the United
on fse orsSn herzon asd ii is tbs fact which
more than any other, has inspired the Groiuse ana
splendid exhibit that the Fatherland will make at
Chicago during the coming summer
Mr.. Mason quotes the following paragraph from al
article on the condition OF certain textile industries
published in a leading trade journal of Berlin
conntrv IS deporable. the textile Industries are in
position to issue better reports than many others
growing business with the United States. which has
fed particularly the factories of Barmen EibericId
sps aFe We have conscquanS
very bright reports from those places, as well as
the United States is carried on. Ii IS illustrative Of
the high importance attached By this country to tae
TO have Germany well represented at me Wo o,
Fair in Chicago. The German textile trades VIII In
any case DO their utmost 10 be represented there In
manner becoming to their own interests
1t may be remembered that only two years ago
certain freerade newspapers in this country, as well
rs most OF the English newspapers, were predicting
and asserting with great vehemence that the Govern
uents as we'll as the manufacturers Of the United
Kingdom and Continental Europe would refuse 10
take an active part In the Columbian Exposition on
account of the "hostile tariff legislation" which had
driven or was about drive them out Of the markets
of the United States. Like good many other prophe-
cies and assertions frem the sources these nave
turned out TO be false