New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
TRADE WITH TURKEY.
AMERICAS GAIN IN COMMERCE AND
HOW IT MAY BE INCREASED.
ADVANTAGES OF DIRECT STEAMSHIP SERVICE
oppoprrrN1r1rs FOR THE INTRODUCTION
OF MODERN CoNvENIENcEs-ENd-
LAND NOW HAS THE HEAVl-
EST TRADE.

OF MODERN CONFERENCE.-THE
LAND NOW HAS THE HEAvi-
EST TRADE.
Constantlnople April IL.
Business between America and Turkey has IN 'ne
mast been much handicapped by the fact that there
| was no direct line OF steamers between the TWO
| countries All goods had heretofore 10 DC ""ii'
shipped at Liverpool, Trieste or another buiopoa
| mort and thus the already heavy neght chaises
| were Increased by the cost OF transshipment anu
| breakages. A large part Of the exstine pusil.
has not been done directly with America. but win
wholesale houses in London which supply A,ne,i-
can goods so that N.S7S6O, the value OF eoous ~,
| voiced during 1898 directly from America TO TURKISH
ports does not represent the actuai "'i -
| American goods imported -.
Tho nreaent Consul General has pointed out that
direct steamship line Is indispensaple Ioi '"o
| development Of American commerce WIN iu'Ney'
end he has had the satisfaction OF seems "
resnonse 10 his representations, the starting vi SUI
| line Direct steamers have already iahueu a.
Constentinope -four iron, petroleum, furniture, an
| thracite COAL etc. They have left mere IL, ,nu,
vor,, with good cargoes taking with them the JUN
| OF the exports for America. ana TINS III sp -
| cutting OF rates by the four companies "i'." 80
| goods to America by transsnipmed't u -
Among the advantages obviously to he gained w
s,o, uro arc reduction OF handling and therefore
,oas r,sL If hreakaee: avoidance OF all transsnp
-, charges lower freights and much quicker ue-
| livery. 49,, -. Att, A.,
In connection with the Inauguration OF thls W
rect service a preliminary contract mas oee" mo-
Nth a leading firm in Constantnope to open ware
49, a., the ctv with exclusive agencies for
American goods In this way an erort VIII Do
| made to put all sorts of American manu- ~ 49,
on the Turkish market and to put an e',u ~ w
| sale OF those Continental limitations OF |N -
| goods which are marked as having peen maui -
| the United States.
| FORMER AMERICAN IMPORTS.
hitherto the imports have comprised TOOLS such
| as chisels saws and planes. locks ana houSe no"
| 80 clocks watches cottons rubber shoes lamps
| numns perfumery, patent medicines luoiica''"s
| and kerosene oil. typewriters, pianos uesNS or
chairs machinery for flour mills, agricultural I'M
| Elements iron water pipes. sewing machines anu
| flour but all in insignificant quantiueS'
The success OF the recent experiment OF "npoir
| ing American -four In large quantities mas oeen
| very marked and has created some alarm a'o,e
| the merchants in Austria. sixty thousahu sam
have been landed and sold at higher price man
| any other -four in the market. The local MIXERS
have reduced the price of grinding 90 per cent IN
| order 70 meet the new competition. The American
| wheat gives six or seven pounds more nour 10
| the bushel than does the native wheat anu 90
contains about 30 per cent more gluten IL Is Dene
| used by local merchants for mixing with the hour
| OF the country.
Tho Increase NJ imports will naturally be restrict
ed nv the backward state OF the country Tor whose
| development the Government does ho'hi"s -"
| perniclous system OF concessions oounu up Dis Il -
| with the more perncious system OF oacAsheo'n' 20
| great hlndrance to large undertakings. But all
| this emphasizes the fact that there is iareo
market N he made and suggests that the altera-
ton NJ the present economic conditions. "hich
might be brought about by a large increase ~
American imports might have the benehcial result
of forcing the pace Of the agricultural anu coie
| cIal development OF the country
| NOT A CITY. IN THE WESTERN SENSE.
Constantinople is not a city in any western
sense of the word Leave out Of account INC
Granda Rue de Pera, certain quarters In Gaata
and STEAMBOAT which business centres anu
those districts which are occupied by Europeans,
and what remains Is huge collection OF oi'ei'"'
| villages Outside the districts named the SHOPS
though numerous, are small. and only FOR the sale
of the necessities OF life. The city, with popua-
| ton Of almost million. is built on the shores OF
| the SEA- of Marmora. OF the Golden Horn and of
the Bosporus. 1t covers an immense area SHu
the Bosporus and the G1oen Tbe o are only about
twenty miles of tramway. and the rails are na 6h
and dirty and only horse traction is used In the
city there is electric light; there Is gas IN tne
very few of the private houses. the gas being bad
and dear There is no telephone no local post no
certain suburbs There is thus immense room ior
development and possibility or great openings
for American goods In the future 1900,
nopnrvvage fashion and is Of Inferior quality:
Carpentry is very poor. owing partly to the bad
labor. Much Of the wood on the market seems to
be cut at the wrong time OF the year ana me WORK,
men have no idea of turning out goods with exact
measurement and finish. 1t Is hardly an exag-
m to say mat hat th sre Well ng Conse
queny there is room for the introduction OF doors
c %lnnowd herewith There might also be mar
ket for wood dressed for flooring. house building
and other purposes
| A MARKET FOR FURNITURE.
| Furniture OF all kinds might be introduced to
take the place Of the Austrian furniture at present
on sale here, which is wanting both in finish and
| in taste. But against this suggestion Is the fact
that American taste in furniture does not coincide
with that Of Turks. Greeks, or Armenans An
Country To- appreciate the better things market
es Could be put on sale here half cent
+. than sf aso a paper
shoes iron goods; general hardware, cotton goods
is a market to be made for AGRICULTURAL nipple,
mens and bs potspn Sf be
plough used is three mlennums old. and while
thrashne mills pass to Southern Russia by way
Of the BGspgrus wheat Wnno Hgt on the
stantinople in exactly the same manner In which
| It was done in the days of David the King OF
The wagons that are used in the capital. whether
simplest sin viliage construction But only small
proportion OF the burdens at present carried In
| those carts. Most OF the heavy loads are carried
| the backs OF porters-hamals-or suspended from
| poles carried the shoulders of groups or
| hamals. 1t is surprising how great load one OF
these men will carry; one hamal has been seen
| TO walk away with cottage plano his
back. Great use Is made also OF horses and
donkeys: in building operations the rubbish from
the foundations is carried away in baskets strung
| In pairs horse or donkey; bricks and wood
are similarly carried. sung in ropes and when the
| planks very long end is fixed to the
| donkey's saddle and the other trails behind in the
street 1t Is needless to say that no elevators are
used for raising materials to the workmen on the
| walls
| TRADE WITH SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE.
| The establishment OF large import business
| in American articles would have in view also
| the possibilities Of developing trade in such things