Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-19
OF INTEREST TO AMERICANS.
Material Facts That Many May Seri-
ouSly Consider.

ing industries of this country Is the
infancy, ana il is important for its fu-
,ure success that as few mistakes as
possible be made at the beginning. In
this particular learning from the ex-
peyience OF other countries may save
Americans both time and money, In
making beet sugar, as in cooking a
hare, first get your hare otherwise
Your beetS. If 4 beet with high per-
ventage OF sugar and a generous yield
to the acre is secured it Will be a
source Of profit not only to the farmer
bur 10 the sugar-maker who buys it.
Manifestly. then the most important
thiug is 10 get good seed for the first
crops nj beets till we can produce
seed OF our own The sixth annual re-
port issued by the experiment station
At Tabor, Bohemia, shows tests made
of forty different kinds of Ger
man, French and Austrian sugar-heet
seeds. The result showed that by far
the best seed came from tirst-class
German seed furnished by old and re-
liable German firms. The French
seeds were inferior both in sugar con-
tents and tonnage to the acre. In
this, as in many other things the
cheapest beet seed will prove to be
that for which the most is paid. Only
the very best Is good enough. The de-
mand for trst-class sugarbeet seed
has increased very much of late, on ac-
count of the prospects for a wide ex-
tension of the sugar. beet industry
this coming season, and 1t Is expected
there will be shortage in the supply
American lumber makers and dealers
would do we'll to keep an eye on Rot
terdam. The demand for American
lumber there is steadily increasing, the
total imports for 1899 being far in ex-
cess of those Of the previous year. Sew
eral of the Rotterdam lumber dealers
have visited the United States recently,
or are now here, for the purpose of es-
tablishing new trade connections, and
United States Consul Listoe, at Rot
.ordam, suggests that it might pay
some of the larger lumber makers of
America to send representative to
that and other European ports to
work up trade or establish branches
or lumber-yards of their own. Mr.
Listoe calls attention to the fact that
regular lines of freight steamers are
plying between Rotterdam and New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New
port, New Orleans and other United
States ports. There also is a growing
demand for lumber in the Falkland
Islands, and the United States consul
at Port Sanley believes American
dealers should reach out for this
trade. The consul says:
- am certain that the time has come
for American business men to obtain
Der, petroleum, corrugated iron for
building purposes, nails, -four aud
meats, lard and condensed milk, can
ned fruits and hay, think we can
gain monopoly. IT will be remem-
bered that this Is free port for all
goods except liquors, malt goods, to-
baeco and cigars"
The establishment in Constantine
pie Of a permanent exposition of
American merchandise seems to be
meeting with pronounced success. Fol
lowing the efforts of the American
consul general to Turkey In establish
Ing direct steamer line between
America and C0nstantnople, it was
considered advisable TO get American
samples OF manufactures as near the
buyers as possible, and for this pur-
pose Mr.. Dickinson conceived the
idea of forming number OF American
manufacturers and exporters into
sort Of company to work Jointly in the
Introduction Of their goods. The com
bination started out with sixty mem
bers but this has now increased to
more than one hundred, embracing
such well-known firms as Swift & Co,
Chicago, Henry Diston & Sons, Phila-
delphia and Chicago New Home Sew
ing Machine Company, United States
Glass Company, Concord Rubber com
pany etc. Constantinople Is no longer
the center for supplying Turkish trade,
for this ombination Of Americans in
cludes, IN nearly every instance, ex-
elusive agencies not only for Turkey,
bat for Greece, Egypt the Balkan
states and southern Russia, and 1t isl
intended to establish branches In all
the leading cities as rapidly as safe
arrangements can be made.
There is likely to be large demand
fo9 automobiles and electric power
equipment N Sweden. Cab drivers, ca
pet.aily in Stockholm, are considering
he adyisab ility Of buying motor car
RACES, and a short time ago they
sent experts 10 Berlin to study and
examine the motor cabs made in Ger
many The report Of these experts
was not favorable. They said that
which in catalogues SEEM
"a ID ~ ideals Of perfection did not
III reality come up TO expectations |
what II demanded in uotor carriage
" durability neatness in appearance.