The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
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GROWING LOliS
OF Unit ED STATES
German Conditions Snow Necessity.
for Reciprocity.
AMERICAN GOODS IN TURKEY.
Success of Permanent Exposition
Plan-OricniaI Market for steel
Mannfaciures- Canned
Goods i'll Africa
AMERICAN GOODS IN TURKEY.


mic, industrial and political situation in
Germany. He says certain Germati econo-
mists, particularly those of Agraria1 ten-
denotes, insist that in respect to food pro-
ducts, forage, grains, and certain other
materials, Germany is becoming alto
gether too dependent upon the United
States.
It is pointed out that in the decade from
1890 to 1899 the total imports into the
United States from Germany were 1885,
Os5, 402, while the imports to Germany from
the United States were valued at S1,es5,-
S26 1856, leaving d net balance of $50, l6l, poi
against the empire, and the question Is
asked, when and where this dependence
upon the Republic for cotton, copper
breadstuffs, meats, petroleum, 1orase'
grains, and now, money, Is gong 10 emu,
or whittier it will lead il not checked oy
higher duties and sharper restrictions!
The sting of all of this is. Of course, drawn
when it is remembered how large Il part
of these imports consisted OF the ia" h.s-
terials, without which German industries
could not exist, and meats ana otner Pto-
ducts which the working peopie OF Hei
many thirty years ago knew only os ildle-
LTr1-,,E HOPE OF ANY CHANGE.
The statistics Of the five years from 1870
to 1899 show that, Notwithstanding aii lt.e
efforts of German agrtcul'turists to su!Eoay
the home demand 81 FER cent. OF Ing
total construction Of rye, 29.6 per cent OK
wheat 20 per cent. of barley, and 6.2 per
cent. of oats must be imported from other
countries and it Is not apparent that
these conditions are likely to be changed.
The enactirg of the probable tariff OF %
cents per bushel on wheat will drive the
of ,le n
Some of the clouds on the horizon are OF
a nature to inspire q certain degree OF
anxiety In addition TO acknowledged
overproduction in cement. iron tubing ana
various other manufactured products, ana
the temporary stoppase i'll exports 10
China and the South African States, 1nere
Is the fact that the wide and enormous
expansion of Industries and commerce has
so absorbed German capital THAT there IS
now a serious stringency in the money
market German investments OF various
k nds in foreign countries now amount 10
not less than 1850 100000 marks &l,iso.-
GOO. ONO). distributed throughout Turkey
Africa, China, Mexico, South America,
Canada and the United tates. German
husbandry is no longer profitable, and the
agrculturis.s and landowners are now
united in Il powerful and aggressive poii-
teal party, and will endeavcr to obtain
through protective legislation larger
share of the benefits which, as they claim,
have fallen in recent time wholly to the
share of the Industrial and mercantile
classes Between these two opposing in
terestS the pending contest over the new
tariff schedules will be waSed, and no
foreign country, not even Great Britain
or Russia, will be more directly interested
in the result than the United States.
AMERICAN GOODS IN TURKEY.
So many suggestions have been made by
consular officers and others as to the es-
tablishment of sample warehouses or per-
Elanent exhibitions of American goods
abroad that it is interesting to learn from
a report from Consu-General Dickinson,
of Constantinople, that such a permanent
exhibition is in successful operation IN the
Sultan's capital. 1t was established last
year under the name of the American
Oriental Agency, is already a success, ana
mas outgrown the expectations of those
who are conducting the business. Ihey
have found their accommodations made
uuate and have recently rented and re-
moved to large building centrally 10
Gated on the principal street OF the ousl-
ness part of Constantinople.
| The markets of the East are not waiting
for American goods. They are alreanS
occupied by the English, German, French
and other nations, and the entering wedge
of American commerce is not to De driven
into these markets without Intelligent,
persistent and vigorous blows. Ihere VIII
he no rush of American products except
in such articles as wire, railway mate
rails. rails. and other iron goods, III Wtlch
our prices are clearly below foreign COM
netitiou. Trade generally must De eA-
n1oited and built up by the same means
and methods used in other locaHtles.
| Anv American manufacturer who wishes
TO nut his goods on the markets OF lul ,
kew Egypt, Greece, the Balkans, anu
Southern Russia can join, "itHouL .'s
payment of a single dollar ana VIII .nH
assurance that every reasotldDie ei1oi
he made TO find a market for his products.
pr,nches have been established III leaolhs
| a;tias and the agency undertakes 10 cover
thorouohIv Turkey the Balkan otites'
E,avnt Greece and Southern t.ussi s.
.bont 200 American exporters are aifeaus
or1ES<rAL MARKET FOR STEEL
,rh,+ ,here are still additional markets
1o. American steel to conquer Is siiu ~. y
nv a report Of Consul hughes, OF -
burg. who, quoting from an tAasei Ae', a.
source, says that, Though III heait y &c 80
,l,a Turkish provinces iron ore IS 10 DC
sn,nd there are no blast furnaces nor
,,an,,fa curing shops, and the furnished
IRON business is OF the most limited oe-
scra,+ion Imports into Turkey, octh III
iron and steel, are. conseHuents' " eo osp
siderable Importance, amounting 10 w. w,
coo tors annually. valued at Sasahggo.
Imports at Constantinople alone are, o..
an average, 10000 IONS, worth sl.44,sO
per annum.
chief supplies are sent from SWeaeh
| and Belgium, while England, which takes
| first place in all other trade with Turkey.
sends only about 6,00o tons per annun.
| turkey imports from Arstra-Hnngary
about the same amount as from England.
! but in the German business an improve
rne.nt has been noticed of late.
| The yearly export in bars from Bel
rum to Turkey amounts to from 900
! "a 10000 tons. The best sorts, however,
are taken from Swede III plat ess and
| galvanized and corrugated sheets are all
most exclusively imported from England
CONSULAR TRADE NOTES.
! Impelled by assertions in Australian
] napelrs that THE American canned meat
I furnished English soldiers in South AAri-
"a was inferior to THAT sent from Aus
tralia. Consul General Stowe of Cape
Tnw7n, reports that he found nc Instance
! Of complaint against American meat, ex-
oant the criticism that American six
Mound cans were too bulky for ne to