The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-12

-t~.ses. rss. BIZ rgaak q. Carpenter.
fsf8 Peru, Stag l.. lsH--DEfz Of
sse mast important parts OF my
| La y~szsat mission 20 South Amer
so3J IA "a 70 look into the prospects
~ g. American trade. There Is q
- hsw market for ogr goods IN
nv~tyses ssgsf i IS enc whiel We viii
- : ,sltsyAte rE4leh more tnan we are
= sssag e We get cur snare. 50 far I
-. rmss Bat three commercial travellers
-. ~ Tsnlred States. one OF facss was
: - suElgan, WHO was takiag orders Tor
$50 els. We Travelled together from
- Is pseasmayo. Peru. ard ne told
!. xzs 81 his way to cni.e and the
- / came from New York TO
- viii an American named Herzig.
- go an his way down the west coast
!. ~ estsoa. hides and feathers for rev.
- xsx YORK firms. and / am told that
- ~.n, Of the Carnegie Steel company
- f.rtrx orders IN northern Peru. On
q. .,s.r hand. find English aud German
z...msrs everywhere. kfupps agent has
- - here. There are two English dry
-. ,.ef, On the same floor with ne in
- ss.sl. Tasy have large sample rooms
q ssvs ;oug tables covered with every
- a. c9tton and wooden goods. One
= $500 df,mmers - from Manchester and
= sthfr n from Nottingham. They have
- sesn Ter weeks going through CEN
= srsessea on --snles. and they are now
1919 their way down this coast They
-, ~ every large port and work the
- ore OF them win go from here 20
s~sxss. and xrI. visit tie interior cities.
.r,vvsnr hle samples for hundreds OF miles
81 ,nssss These snen have q big stock
- tasn. The Manchester man tells me
=. <sr-ses about two tons or samples from
- a BORT. and that he has TO load about
ARR mules when he goes into the In
s.ssy. The Nottingham man sells on COM
,sxs,sr and pays his own expenses, which
= III, me are about SO gold 4 day. He
-. TIA, his houses have three men to
verk tie IVES. Indies and Spanish Amer
Il He takes fn Mexico. Central America
80 tie Pacific coast. Another salesman
s.x the West Indies and the coast OF the
ysrbeean sea. and third Brazil. Uru-
rs1y snd the Argentine. This II the usual
ssrasxsfntas OF the European houses for
vsxsisx this trade All OF these European
Srunusfs speak Spanish. they know tho
suup.r,es well and are posted as to the
fasness. Standing OF the various buyers.
mat the south American Trade Ii
Worth.
fae United States should not think that
q ear get these markets without hard
~ ard long fight. The business has
~ studied for years by the European
mssns. and Will show later on some OF
- sndeshand methods I'm which they at
Ep. 10 crowd themselves In and the
leatxns out. The business is naturally
N md 1t VIII pay b fight for It. This
ef1sn. contains g.. 900 coo square miles.
q n las more than 10000. eee people. all
asaasa are consumers. though the wants
Gas majority are few. Tho resources OF
q ssallnsat az told are great beyond con-
Mkks. The products viii steadily In
80 and We already buy about $50, co.,
pEfea or them a year. Our sales. on
user hand. amount 20 only so. coo, ooO,
&c purchases are said to Increase FIVE
~ Is fast az oa~ safes. and this not
Nsztsgdsng We are now the greatest
1anafAetHrng nation OF tho world. There
% rsslsa that has so large q stake in
fas hAiLs for foreign commerce az ours.
We nsw have more than $500. 90. 600 In
vessss "a manufacturing. and We turn out
sh pfsanet OF 5000. 600 90, worth OF
Sacsis every year. and IL Is estimated that
ssf histories can In six months make all
q ne t5ods that our home markets can
ne We have 5.ots' 900 workmen engaged
hsgF sastctles. and II we would keep them
ssa markets. We need our own ships.
Hsts ea the west coast OF South America
htgas are cheaper to London and Ham
Rars iAaa they are 10 New York. and You
fAn. an told. send goods 10 Liverpool and
tethee 10 New York more cheapiy than 10
sss feTk direct either via Panama or the
cEa-ls o. Magellan. Today there arc two
ssss q steamers which ply between the
esEI States. and Pacific South America.
Fs hrfn Of w. II. Grace & Co. have four
2 I'VE ships Ok 5000 tons each. which make
Esnsasy voyages via the straits between
ssise and Nsw York. and Flint. Eddy &
esse what e. called the Merchants
asS which dispatches a steamer every TWO
Nsasss or oflener. as the demands Of trade
nszFs Even these lines have materially
RTfsssed our trade The Grace line. which
rs started In 1872. "a take the place OF the
sing ships owned by the company. had
/. lSs treAled the carrying trade OF this
IN and 7, L. Crosby. ~ Lima, who rep
Nsssss Flint, Eddy 81 Co. here tells mo
NFs Is decide Increase In imports since
Y merchants ,.,e has bean put on.
sssfteans Ia reru Who Handle NIL
lions.
asssS tso New York flrrns-w. It Grace
-. 49, and Flint. Eddy 4 Co. do the great
-. 81 eHc trade with South America
- recently Flint. Eddy & CO. have TO
as.ls extent confined themselves To- the
49, eeasi. bGt they now have CONF
~ ~ With or absorbed the oil firms q.
assaSay & Brown ana Brown. pesoha
~ saa HsFe their houses II the chief
ne Pacific coast as well. found
"a. aaA'sA aud GuayaQuii aud they
$50 aeoSes here ans a. Naipa-als9
- Nssees have for years hesn eue az
,Ns ssss powers w Peru and Itn1a ard
e~,s..' N'ey handle perhaps mora valuab,e
ses,. saan any other firm On tn, wes,
- A"eF nave carried through soma Of
SIS syst enterprises ever attrrapted IN
!. NaeT'ta and their PROFITS are said
a. Aisl0ated 10 millions. Today
49, asseF any tig thing in Peru I'm
eaeS Rave not IN interest 'r-hsy
.sss s@ Interests amounting n 4hors-
90 SeFeS. ara on ore plantation which
A. o7'fo3 near chsfnhote. nor.N ~ here
80 s.t9 acres in cane ana az mach
e.ss.., An Il not under cultivation. Tire
a. :. Invested IN this estate ts 81 0aa 40
s-sS.,s. iHef3y a0d machinery On Il
ss'F Sos, rYcfa tNsn fh,t s,,r, =,
a. - tss. Ok New York. now ;he head
Angasa banking house ~ N r
tsan.~' = Nso brought about tha @.es-
kasss- - 70 lFFuN.an deot by the organ
ia. .,. st'e t'eravi2a corporation.
a. 49, .A''ph VAS an English synfi-
~. -. assumed the foreign debt ~
4 az. ss1S - a'rs;1.t SEQ 0o3 GO and
= So seFe save t~e Ca-porat.oa a; %
q > 'ar rts2- % u-.ne elsno O.
a. - '@9 g2Ye~t9'eas territory - :Ae