The evening times., 1901-05-18
AMERICA BECOMES A MENACE.
\ Note of Warming Against Her Com
mcrcfnI Expansion in Germany


mcrCfnI Expansion in Germany
Dean B. Mason, the American Deputy
Consul General at Berlin, has sent to the
State Department a clipping from Ger
man paper, which he says sounds a note
of alarm in Germany concerning the de-
veloDment Of cerlain textile industries in
the United States The writer of the ar
ticle in question says:
1t IS no pleasant feeling to see some
one whose progress we have watched
with the superiority of fatheriy we'll
Wisher gradually outgJrip Us As long as
the giant America remained in its chiid's
shoes and amused itself at the expense Of
its old aunt Europe, but could not get
along without her assistance, We were
often iTTitated at the young boy which be-
gan to stretch out its strong, Uudiscip-
lined limbs. We could not be seriously an
cry with him, however, because the
stronger and larger he became the more
he consumed. and one must say this of
him, he paid in ready money for what he
consumed But the boy with the insatia-
BILE appetite has become man in the
meantime. has got upon his own feet,
and, like the man who would not marry
because he did not see why he should
support the daughter of other people,
young America does not see why it should
support the industries of foreign coun-
tries America whose industries were
quite unimportant twenty years ago, has
in the meantime reached the height where
it can get along in most things without
European imports With a quickness al
most without example in the history Of
civilization. an industry has been deveI-
oped which, without any old tradition,
produces in many respects products
worthy to be used as models. What is
lacking in tradition is made up for twice
and three times in machines and talent
for invention and organization, more ia
vorable conditions Of production, and
cheaper raw material.
1T is difficult to do anything against
this. We cannot forbid America to develop
its Industries and to expand the same with
the help of its gigantic trusts to q dizzy
height We cannot prevent it, unfortu-
nateIy, from placing a prepOsterous duty
on manufactures which simply cuts of
all foreign competition; but what we
should strongly fight against is being
pushed out of our own market by the un-
derbiddiug of American industries The
Importation of American goods into Eu-
rope is becoming steadily more danger
Gus.
Even IN fancy articles, in which the
european market mas set the KS ipA
the entire world. the American nanufac-
turers are beginning to compete with the
European. British calico prints are also
already receiving competition from Amer
lea As we hear travellers of a known
American house have offered American
cotton stuffs in England with much sue
cess, and the London authorities declare
them to be tasteful and worth their price
on being questioned, the business man
ager Of the firm gave the following in
formation:
90 Our firm has carried on quite a con-
siderable export business with Europe in
cretonnes and other cotton stUfs intended
for curtains and draperies, through the
medium Of European firms in the princi- |
pal cities, for some time. These efforts |
were SO successful that we have recently |
decided to make special effort to widen |
our business with Europe.
'' In the first place, we ha,-. commeuc-
ed to do business directly by sending out |
travelling agents with samples, and we /
have increased the sample list by placing |
fancy cotton goods for womehs clothing
On II AiTeauy. q good number Of orders /
have been received. which prove that for
these articles also there is q good market /
n Europe our manufactures are supe- /
Tior to the European article, through the
originality Of the taste and the color com |
binations, and, although our goods are /
more expensive than the English, the good |
QUANTITIES OF our manufactures appear to 4
make up for the difference in price The
orders that We have received do not bear
the character Of sample orders, and they
guarantee the existence of a good and |
paying European market for our fancy
cotton goods
The New York Lorraine Manufact1Ir-
ing Company, which received a first r7rjze
Tor It's exhibition Of cotton stuffs in Par
IS, lnIenCS 20 found a Paris house which /
shaH introduce its fancy woven stuffs for |
Wonens dresses into Europe Fancy |
american cotton Stuffs viii not be long
therefore in the character OF novelties !
Another American fancy article which has
been introduced into Europe from Ameri- |
"a "a iof some time IS simply trimmed ladies'
This firm gives the following inforrna-
We started an agency in COLOGNE a
short time ago, without anticipating any |
large result We sent our agency a d0z- |
en- different hat samples and were all rhe /
more surprised when We received within |
q snort time an order for several hundred |
iOiarS worth. and our agent informed US |
that he was convinced that GERMANY IS 4 |
good market for US at paying prices We |
were so much encouraged by tbs that we |
nave sent a travelling agent to Europe |
who & endeavOriag to establish GireCt |
business with our goods in Great Britain
aTG France.
Put also in other ways than with the
wholesale import. America is becoming |
Jminous to US The enterprisipg country |
IS making Us happy already with retail |
businesses OF Its own Il ought to be |
line to consider how one can defend |
oneself against this dangerous Competf- |
Hon As We have already stated before |
he only means We see to protect our |
selves from this threatened storm of |
American goods is middle E-uroDeau or
still better. a European, tariff alliance |
sgdlnSt America. in case America does |
2Ot prefer to adopt the policy Of the 0Den |
ioOr and by a considerable reduction Of !
Is duties make II possible for foreign