New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-17


Antwerp. May Is.
The Universal Exposition when mas just oee'i
opened in Antwerp Is likely to prove as important
-. ,,orno,,orot commerce as the more ambitious
efforts ~ Paris and Chicago. Its chiet proht ~
Americans should be a clear understanding Vi WV
things: First why American manulac'u'ei' -,
boast with some reason OF leau'hs ''e 49,,
mere machinery, have done so httle " pu," -,
sale NJ their machines abroad; and seconu "o"
root ora the possibilities OF opening up extensive
81 ,roo,ohle European markets to American II"
dus,rv Resides furnishing increased empioyi"e"
% labor this would supplement Acknowledgements o.
those natural resources OF agrcu'tu's ua
tho national prosperity has 80 far c"'."' -
Tho state of the case is simple. Oh''' ~" -
lean manufacture has counted lot eSS ,.s c,o.as
cent in tho total expectation OF the Oni'eu o'",es
on tho other hand agriculture and cat'ie i"e
mako I'm 81 per cent. the remaining zen oe"'e "
vided as to I between forests ana Hne''
1h,s cor no longer be attributed TO necessary
laws governing the development OF ne" .,.oi
The labor required for an Increase J" '"e -. ~
,,,,o,r,, &c not wanting. No one supposes 'ha' '
- - ~ ,,emnloved can be turned over eN
cl,eiveIv or even for the greater part " e''"e'
farming or mining The raw materiai Vi N
factur7, is also not wanting l's ao"'ua a .,
eunerlor quality have in many cases i"'p'
on the factories OF Europe During tne ' a.,
~ the nor, Of Antwerp. which Is central u
In counts FOR more than one-twelfth OF the O'"'
,nnortotIon OF similar woods. in spite OF the ne,s"
horhood of the immense forests OF o"eue"' 49,
wov Russia and the Baltic Coast All "''u
quantity OF American walnut was also O'V"e
ON for tho purposes OF telephone constructor III
An.uern itself The eulogy OF American MIL -
h,ctorv and ash in agricultural implements uoeS
no, need TO be made while the cheapness ana eN
ceuence OF American steel is now geher""S az
knowledged. .Ao,
7, would also be a grave mistake to suppose tnat
merely national considerations greatly influence '
foreign market. Even II 1t were So Aihei'0' 49,,
Stand the same chance as England. or any other
innor,Ine nation In point OF fact. the preJuuce
&c rather in favor OF American inventions IN gen
eral while the various frontier tariHs "e's" y" ~
COMPETITORS alike. In Europe lndeeu. Tue p'
ciples OF Protection are applied NANNY " "e
culture and to wine and cattle gro"ihs anu Ou
moderately TO manufactures OF this KIND lhis Is
i,, Tho natural and reasonable development OF
o,oror,,c nolicy under the circumstances Oh 'he
various countries. which almost reverse the conul
tons Of the United States. Even the frehch 'ai.''
which touch the extreme do not seriously nv ~,
with the trade In American machines. l'ohs us
,orca freehts also with the present faciilties o'
the carrying trade. are no obstacle r''""'' -
cannot be said that American manufactures 81
lang "a labor and material abound. are AT most
eoual 10 the demands OF the home market Anu
- "a scarcely credible that capital should De "a''
ing for an increased output
=, or,y remains 10 suppose that the other factor
IN Industry-lndivllua enterprlse-has III A"'e''Na
called 70 direct its abilities toward European mar
L,s There are several reasons for this. none OF
,,lch arc valid under present circumstances IL ~
the mission OF the American Propagdnua- .'e '
e,v Of business men which has organized 'he sep"
rate building for exhibits from the Oh''eu SUITS
AZ the Antwerp Fair-to do away with THESE "
cons IN the European as well as in the American
mind , c.,os
,rh,,,y voara since when the United states
emerged from the Civil War into what may De
called the steel age Of machinery seVera u'i'0u
,,eorad IN the way OF introducing the products
~ American manufacture on the Continent Oh Eu
rone Mos, Of these difficulties were only apparent
and they have now all but disappeared II ho'' II
10 rho faul, OF the American manufacturer himset
In the first place the ground. when not coVered
nv the native production. seemed ALREADY o0Cup'eu
bv England. and In a measure, where ITO" WIN
yas concerned By Belgium. In reality mere was
o,.a- n time when superior work 70 be had al
reasonable price would not have founl r'duS S''e
Tho las, few years brought about changes
c,c,,, 70 rrove this 10 the most careless observer
yvi,h the Industrial development that io''o"'n y"
Prince Bismarck's reaction against free "aNe' '
new German Empire has become a formdaoe 'Nd'
I'm the manufacture OF machinery for the m'e''"-
uonal market. Meanwhile. in spite OF 'he maui,
macy 81 efforts too often intermittent ana sun
,,o,or rnls1lrected American agricultural imple-
,re,,s have been slowly winning their way Inc
mos, extensive agent for the latter on the ConIe"
who from his headquarters In Brussels mas IRA
,.oneI unwearledly through all Western Europe
into Russia and 20 Samarcand anu Sioe''" ia.
the satisfaction last year. after twenty-five YeaS VI
nersevering iaoor. TO see his sales pass SS"~o
That this IS only beginning Of what might De
1oro may he seen from a few plain figures repre-
ee,tlng rho expectation Of machinery by the EURO
mean nations which until now have chieny suppneu
the demand along with the actual inpo''a''o"
where the demand exists
In the United Kingdom Great Britain ana ire
Lamb whose manufactures form 20 per cent OF us
,,,l axnor,ation the machines annually exported
oro alone valued at more than $So0o'o. In lel-
Gum, with manufactures forming A. per cent Oh 'he
total expectation. machines are sent OUT 10 'ne
amount OF nearly 500 10000 In neither England nor
Belnlum is the importation OF machines cohs'ue'dp'e
anough 20 demand notice France. from an eNporta-
zion OF manufactures which Is nearly go per cent OF
tho o,ol counts machinery exports az little less
than Sloe0co with imports 10 nearly the same
value Germany where manufactures iuriish over %
ner cent Of the total expectations OF the Empire eN
nor,s machines for over t8,emon, while Importing
orv for sl2 10000 II must be understood that In the
c,s, ~ both Germany and France. the actual I'M
ror.,tlon OF machinery by no means gauges their
borpo market since Il only supplements the eX-
tenslyc native production. Foreign manufacturers
bave I'M, TO offer cheaper. and especially better,
indictments and machines 10 compete successfully
with native industry on its own ground
The case IS the same with non-exportng countries
where the home manufacture is always unable TO
sunulv the demand Austria-Hungary. which makes
M machinery 10 export has an importation 10 the
value Of nearly 100000 and Russia has two-thiris
as much more The vast grain fields OF these TWO
countries along the Danube and by the Black Sea-
have already verified the urgent demand ior aeri-
cultural implements invented and made with view
>, o,r ovyn Western prairies. italy and Greece and
rho Donublan municipalities Spain and Portugal (un-
loss for reasons OF financial PRUDENCE offer similar
Inducements each In its own proportion. Yet all
that has been said gives but faint hint OF the
market open on the Continent OF Europe to Ameri-
can machinery in general and OF the international
connection already existing which makes easy the
nresentation OF anything better and cheaper The
LII rnnst alsn h, estimated from the fact that the