The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-07
AS TOLD BY HA!Y'
INTERESTING SUMMARY OF THE
EXTENSION OF OUR MAR.
kETs ABROAD.
EUROPE BECOMING ALARMED

American Machinery and Labor Saw
ing Appliances Being introduced IN
& Many Factories Manufacturers
Should Be Prepared for More Siren
uous European Competition in the
Near Future.
Washington, Jan. 30.-A most i'm.
portant and interesting summary OF
what has been achieved by the Unit
ed States in the direction of opening
up and extending our markets abroad
Is presented in the following letter
from Secretary Hay, which was laid
before congress during the day, &C.
companying the annual publication
known as Commercial relations OF
the United States with foreign coun-
tries:"
"In accordance with section 208 of
the Revised Statutes have the honor
to transmit the commercial relations
of the United States with foreign
countries during the year 1900, being
the annual and other reports of COM
prehensive character from the consul
lar officers, together with similar re-
ports from some of the diplomatic
officers, upon the industries and COM
merce of freign countries. These re-
ports were prepared under special in
structions from this department with
the object of laying before congress
with the least delay practically con-
temporaneous statement of the trade,
not only of the United States with the
rest of the world, but of the various
countries with each other. This OBJ
ject, am happy to be able to say, has
been accomplished, the date of trans
mission to congress this year having
been advanced over the usual time by
a month. So gratifying result indi-
Gates continued Improvement in the
activity and zeal of our consular Of
ficers as well as in the system of pub
fishing and distributing their reports.
American Trade Supremacy.
The general conclusion to be drawn
from a survey of the conditions in for
eign countries as described in the re-
ports herewith presented, is that the
United States is approaching, even
more swiftly than was expected, a
position, of eminence in the worlds
markets, due to superior quality and
greater cheapness of many lines of it's
manufactures, which must work great
economic changes and may result in
shifting the center not only Of indus
trial, but of commercial activity and
the money power of the world to our
marts. The trade indications Of
American supremacy during the past
year have been so marked that many
foreign industries, according to the
reports of our consuls in Europe, are
introducing American machinery and
labor saving appliances and remodel
ing their factory methods, and we
may expect, in the near future, a
more strenuous competition, for
which it is important we should pre-
pare ourselves. AS an aid to such
equipment, the study of the great
mass of information as to foreign in
dustries and trade condition which is
to be found in the two volumes Of
Commercial Relations, will obviously
prove most useful to our manufactur-
ers and exporters and therefore rec
ommend that congress be requested
to authorize, as was done last year,
the printing Of special edition of
10000 copies Of the review of the
worlds commerce and 5000 copies of
commercial relations"