The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-15
GERMAN TRADE TRICKS.

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HOW THE TEUToN EvA0ES REsTRIc
TONS OF OTHER COUNTRIES.
German Factories In New York and Al
L Other Foreign Cehtefs-Forcisn Name
r Used to Hide the identity - Francs
Uses Goods "hfade In Germany"
I Macmillan Harden's Zukunft pub
lished IN interesting article under tn,
title of German Factories in Foreign
Countries" setting forth that legisla
tive measures inimical to German in
dustry are really little felt in the Faith
erland. "Only the Crefeld silk manu-
facturers and the Saxony manufactur
ers ofplush are at all affected" say
the Zukunft, las other manufacturer
moved their establishments Of
branches thereof, across the borders
ofthe very countries that proposed t.
ruin them, thus meeting the enemy
more than half way, as soon as the
situation became fraught with danger
to their interests.
'These German factories on for
eign soil do not always own up to theil
identity; very frequently they are rur
under foreign names and management
but they are nevertheless part and par
eel of Germany's trade, and the Faith.
erland benefits by the capital made
out of the foreigners.
"We must be, however, very care
full in our commercial dealings with
France" continues the Zukunft, "and
our factories in the republic are most
~ owned by Societe anonyme, while
native of Switzerland, speaking
French and German with equal flu
ency, acts as manager.
''Seventy-fve per cent. of all iron
works, blast furnaces, mining estab.
lishments, ETC., in Russian Poland and
on the Dnieper are now in German
hands. Russia processes to be very
fond of German manufacturers, but,
OF late, has come to the conclusion that
she doesn't want to keep them long.
Her latest invitation, Offering all sorts
of privileges for period of from if
teen to twenty years. looks suspi-
cious; we are to teach our business to
the Russians and then withdraw
that is the condition upon which
grants of capital are held out by the
Czar'sgovernment.
Berlin and Nurnberg firms, re-
spectively, have built the electrical
street railways in Madrid, Genoa,
Santiago and Batavia, own them and
manage them. Our electricians are
constantly going to these cities and to
Naples, whose street railways are also
under German control.
Germany makes dynamos for the
greater part of continental Europe,
and as Austria and Russia try to keep
our machines out by a prohibitive
tariff, several German factories are
now going mp in the neighborhood of
Vienna and st. Petersburg. Siemens
& Halske, of Berlin-who have no
connection with the London house
have employed more than q thousand
hands in Vienna for ten or twelve
years. They also have factories in st.
Petersburg, Copenhagen. Stockholm
and Madrid.
Cali German chemical manufactur-
ers of renown. have factories in for
eign countries, but unless the raw ma.
terial is to be had cheaper there. they
send half finished goods to their for
eign establishments. This is espec-
tally the case with the German chemi-
cal factories in France and Russia.
''The great Elberfeld color works
have branch factories in Moscow,
Schelploh and Roubaix, where raw
materials are. cheaper than in Ger
many, and where they save large
money in freight. The color works
in Hoechst have branch establishments
in Moscow and in Creil, near Paris.
German soda and anilin is manufac-
tured in Moscow and Melville. The
Griesheim color works have branches
in England, France and Spain. Ca
sella & Co., anilin manufacturers in
Frankfort, had branch establish
ment in Lyons for o great many years;
it now manufactures IN Riga also.
"a great many famous German
gold and silver smiths ;have factories
in New York under assumed names.
IA certain manufacturer OF artificial
manure has six factories IN England
Alone. Another arm, established IN
Hamburg, has factosiss IN Antwerp
and London. The Hanover Phos,
phAte Works hsvs factories IN Tsp.
Iits, Prague, Leeds and Glengasuock.
German 6rms own some Of the
greatest kerosene works In Baku and
Basum. German machine oil 10 manu-.
featured IN Basel, Cape Town, sgd.
ney, .Constantinople, Groningen aud
Hengelo. A Hamburg manufacturer
of disinfectants also has factories in
Paris and Brussels. The Furth
metal and bronze color works manu-
facture also in Paris and Manchester.
A certain Berlin rife manufacturer
has large establishment in Steyn.
The Hanover India rubber works
in London, Paris, Valen.
cha, Milan, Canton and Constanti-
nople. The Mulheim cable works
have branch establishments in Wen
ma and Budapest. The torpedo
works in Venice are owned by a /
German = Schwartzkopf. Germans
work the mines Of Spain and Italy al
most to the exclusion OF natives;