The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-13
BUSINESS WITH HOLLAND
CONSUL LIsToE, OF ST. PAUL, DIS
COURSES ON TRADE OF ROT
TERDAM
OUR MACHINERY IN DEMAND
Many Smaller Kinds of Hardware
Are Displaced by Cheaper Goods
Made in Germany-Chance
for Enterprise

Made in Germany-Chance
for Enterprise.
WASHINGTON, June 12.-United States
trade with the Netherlands is the subject
of the next extract from Commercial
Relations in 1900 to be made publis by
Frederick Emory, chief of the bureau OF
foreign commerce of the state depart
ment A report Of especial and timely
interest to travellers is that by Consul
Hill, conveying a warning to tourists
who contemplate a visit to Holland.
Consul Listoe, of Rotterdam, says that
American machinery, such as steam
pumps, wood working implements and the
like, on account of it's excellent quality
and finish, is rapidly gaming foothold
in the Netherlands. Electrical appli-
ances and hardware are meeting strong
competition in cheaper articles firm
Germany, but our scales have come TO
stay. Office furniture is in fair demand,
but other kinds of furniture probably
will not find ready sale until the styles
are manufactured more in accordance
with Dutch taste. The principal kinds
of American bicycles are regularly sold,
and the American typewriter OF various
patents Is seen in many Dutch offices, and
soon will be Indispensable in all, Amerl-
can shoes are hardly known. Efforts
have been made to introduce them, it
is claimed without success Because Of
the apparent Indifference of United States
manufacturers.
81 have observed" said the consul,
chat several goods men have been try
ing to push American SHOES, and I be-
lieve that they would have done very
we'll if our manufa cturers had had a liz
tie more confidence in them. Some prom
inent dealers had become interested
boI
Rotterdam in time one or more stores
would have been stocked with our shoes.
The samples however, did not come,
and the conditions asked by the agents
were not accepted. Owing to this. the
parties most likely will drop the article
entirely"
Consul Listoe adds that large American
show rooms have been opened recently
in Rotterdam. where manifold manufac-
lures of wood and metal are permanently
on exhibition If the enterprise obtains
the cooperation of American manufac-
turers in general it will extend greatly
the market for various United States
goods in the Netherlands
Chicago as a seaport commences to at
tract the attention of Europe, says Con-
sui Listoe. A Rotterdam ship broker
firm says the consul adveTtises In the
local papers that 1t will accept freight
to go through with bulk unbrOken to
CEicago-the first time in maritime his
tory that such step has been taken.
WARNING TO TOURISTS.
Consul Hill. Of Amsterdam, says:
Tourists should provide themselves with
third more money than is Included in
their most liberal estimates. No part Of
Europe Is cheap to inexperienced tour
lists of American ideas and tastes, and
the Netherlands is VIGOROUSLY dear.
Further, Europeans 90 not comprehend
the American way of starting at a mo-
ments notice on a Journey and having
money sent along the route These pru-
dent, non-traveling people look on per-
sons temporarily awaiting remittances
with great suspicion. 1t must be re-
membered, too, that there Is imprison-
ment for debt In Holland, and that I'M
der the Dutch-Roman code habeas corpus
does not exist. This is simply meant as
a warning to a large class of Americans
who seem to think they can bring a Den
yer check book to Holland and pay their
bills with it's contents, but who. once
stranded In a European capital, are like
derelictS at sea-unable to direct them
selves and dangerous even to well wish
ers.'
NECESSITY FOR IRRIGATION
Prof. Meade. the agricultural depart
ment's irrigation expert. continued his
testimony before the industrial commits
sion today. He said that irrigation is
necessary in two-hfths Of the area Of the
United States to make farming profitable.
TO those inclined to consider it a sec
tional question. he would say that frriga-
ton within the past few years had re-
deemed an area in Louisiana and Texas
larger than some New England states,
causing an increase in the value Of land
fn
also said that irrigation is coming to be
considered a necessary adjunct to market
gardening all along the Atlantic coast
He estimated that there are not fewer
t6an 5000 irrigation bitches in the Unit
ed states, costing a total of not less than
$780, CC0,000. and possibly much more. He
advocated government aid under certain
restrictions in retaining some sections
of the country by irrigation.
In the afternoon Mr.. Thomas TurnbulI,
representing the San Francisco Chamber
of Commerce, testified concerning labor
conditions in California He said that,
generally speaking. skilled labor receives
better wages in California than in the
Eastern states. while there is no similar
difference in the wages of unskilled labor.
He expressed the opinion that the cheap
ness of Chinese labor is due almost en-
tirely to the inef11ciency of the Chinese
as Iaborers. Speaking of the Chinese he
said the sentiment in California was gen
orally favorable to their prescription. as
they were not desirable acquisitions from
any point of view
NAVAL STATION FOR PORTO RICO.
Secretary Long will appoint a board Of
naval officers shortly to proceed to Porto
Rico to examine into the ACCESSIBILITY of
establishing United States naval station
on that island.
Admiral Luce already has made some
investigation Of the naval advantages
possessed by Porto Rico. His inquiries,
however, related to the establishment OF
rendezvous for warships, and the small
island Of Culebra, lying off Porto Rico.
was thought to possess advantages for
such West Indian rendezvous The
present inquiry takes a broader scope.
and contemplates not only a rendezvous
for ships, but the establishment OF a
first-class naval station at one Of the
eastern outputs Of the AntfAes
The MayfiOwer will be placed at the
disposal of the board.
POSTMASI aRS' SALARIES.
The annual readjustment Of post
masters salaries has just been complet-
ed in the office of the first assistant post
ma St1r general fI,s 49,