The herald., 1898-10-01
REPORTS OF CONSULS
ON COMMERCE WITH FOREIGN
COUNTRIES
GERMAN TRADE INCREASING
Careless Methods Of Many American
Manufacturers Lead to Loss or
Desirable Business
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW YORK Sept. 30.-A speciaA to the
Tribune from Washington says:
According to official intelligence received
here Germany's foreign commerce mas
been steadily increasing under dimculties
for four or five years Consular Agent
Harris, writing from Ellenstock on August
18th. recites some Of these drawracks as
the new tariff laws of the United states,
the confusion brought about by the war
the famine in India and the financial crisis
in Chile and Brazil. The falling off IN ex-
ports to this country has been more tnan
made good by Their increase TO other
lands. Mr.. Harris presents table from
which the subjoned particulars are glean-
ed: Silk goods show gains over 1871, put
slight losses since 1894 while iron and ron
manufactures make a considerab BILE advance
since the latter period Leather goods,
drugs and chemicals and instruments and
machinery are all items that indicate I'M
provement. The last group OF articles
steadily rose every year from Sli.6lS,2Oo IN
1894 to $22, ,667, 800 in 1898. Drugs and chemi-
Gals rose from $32 2415 600 in 1894 to $so,1n'4 400
in 1896 $36 553 900 IN 1896, receded slightly to
$50 S42 SOL in 1897 and leaped forward TO $io,-
Coz 500 in 1895. Leather goods were export
ed in 1894 to the value of s14 500; in 1895.
SIS 207 900; in 1896. s15 ooO in 1897 sl6,29s.
600; in 1898, s17.SO7.40O. Iron and iron manu-
factures exports were. IN 1894 $50. .s6S, ,6Oo in
1885, S2 AIS 6O0 In 1896. $50 .S65 600: n 1891 $3S,
532, 200; in 1898, Si3, ,4S2 600
The silk exports in 1894 were S17 500; in
1885, SIS AGO. IN 1896, SIS, ,159 400; in 1897 Sl6-
l69, 600: in 1898, s17 10000.
There has also been an increase for the
Sc hic hat Of n 80
SSO, 600 in the export of coal. The significant
feature Of this statement is that the stats
tics Of France and England show loss in
the first half Of this year. IN the former CT
500 514S 800 and in the latter of $751; 600. as
compared with the same period Cf 1897.
Consul Monaghan al Chemitz, also notirg
Germany's increase in export trade re-
marks under date Of August 10th:
Although Germany's geographical s'tua-
ton will probably preclude her from occu-
pying England's position as a commercial
state she is already the second country in
Europe in Internal tonal trade Her larg-
est business transactions are with Eng
land, and they constantly increasing.
Consul Warner of Leipsic gives three DIFF
ferent tables under date of August 11th
concerning German exports to tho United
States. He shows for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1898, a decrease from the pre-
y.ous year Of $37.S00 900. He cites the fact
that the exports from Germany were ex-
ceptionalIy large for the first half of the
calendar year 1897. and, considering that
American warehouses were heavily stock
ed at the beginning Of the fiscal year 1897
'9S. holds that it is hardly fair to draw
comparison between the years 1896 and 1897,
and 1928. Seven artcles-artiicial flow
ers toys, ,analine colors leather gloves ,chlor-
ide of potassium, fine leather goods and cot
ton laces-were exported more largely in
1898 than they were in 1896 OF these arti
Giles artificial flowers, analine colors and
chloride Of potassium were shipped more
largely this year than they were In the cor
responding months of 1895, Pictures, books
and colored paper are gradually falling eff,
as shown by the table presented.
Mr.. Warner presents a list of most i'm
portant articles, observing that the decrease
in every article is very large. These arti
cles are raw sugar. half-silk goods, cotton
hosiery, wooden goods, woolen clothing
wooden hosiery colored porcelain. Roman
cement, worsted goods and wine In asks.
Take the two items of wooden goods and
raw sugar: OF the former there was ex-
ported in 1897 4,91O, ,s06 pounds whereas in
1898 the quantity is only 1 ZIG, 2sl pounds. OF
raw sugar in 1897 there was exported 663 232,-
1888 pounds. but in 1898 the quantity had fall
len to $179,S95 SOP pounds.
The Klonische Zeitung as translated by
Consul Petit at Dusseldorf, explains that
the principal reason for the decline Of Ger
man exports to the United States must
be sought in the new tariff Of the United
States. The general inquiry made by the
Prussan chambers of commerce was un-
favorable to war tariff retaliation. AN the
importers are against a tariff war and
large majority of exporting firms are like
wise averse. That important paper then
proceeds to say that further increase Of
American custom rates would cause the
breaking off of all business relations, es-
pecialy the loss of the greater part of the
American markets to German products.
This market would at once be taken by
England and France
Careless Methods
NEW YORK, Sept. 3O.-A special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
The consular officers of the United States
continue to warn manufacturers and ship
neglect or refusal to cater to foreign tastes
and demands. In these dispatches recently
It was shown that Canadian manufactur-
ers of furniture have built up q paying
trade in England at the expense of the
manufacturers of the United States simply
because the latter were not willing to con-
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