Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-07


sending of the whole alphabet.
His latest achievement took place last
week during voyage from Southamp-
ton to New York aboard the steamer
Philadelphia. "He succeeded" we are
informed, sin receiving messages from
the Cornwall wireless stations for a dis
lance of 1900 miles, and he also received
signals for distance of 2099 miles.
This time said Mr.. Marconi, there can
be no error. Capt. Mills and Chief Off
Ger Marsden signed each message re-
ceived as witnesses" 1t is sign of his
thoroughness that this time the wireless
telegrapher took measures to preclude
all scepticism.
From 1900 miles to the full distance
across the ocean is, for wireless tele-
graphy, it would seem, short step. 1t
is not so longEagO, our readers Will re-
member, that Marconi was content to
send messages over a distance of humid
red miles.-Boston Journal.
OUR CONQUEST OF EUROPE.
The report of Frederick Emory, chief
of the bureau of foreign commerce of the
state department for the year 1901, es-
tablishes the fact that "our commercial
conquest of Europe has ceased for the
time being to be of that sweeping char
acter that distinguished it at first as an
economic phenomenon" Our exports
for the year showed decline in values
of Sl2, So, 194 from 1900, although the
shipments of agricultural products in
creased $50 ,591 ,677, the falling off of
manufactured articles being SIG, POP ,012,
or almost million dollars week. The
increase in the export of farm products
was mainly due to the shortage of the
grain crops abroad, our own immense
wheat crop and the high price of cotton,
or, more generally, to causes over which
we have little control They may eX-
ist this year or next or they may dis
appear.
The decline in the sale of manufactures
to foreigners is also easily explained.
| The hard times in other countries have
had much to do with it; and the growing
hostility to the Yankees, who are looked
upon as greedy and INSCRIPTIONS rivals
all over Europe, is also factor. "Made
in the United States" is a trademark
which frightens away many purchasers
from articles which, if they stood simply
upon their merits, the price would be
taken in preference to the homemade of
the countries in whose markets they are
offered. How to head of "the American
peril is burning question in most of
the parliaments of Europe and among
the people of all continental countries and
England. More important still is the
awakening of the foreigners to the fact
that in order to compete with us they
must adopt our labor-saving machinery
and methods. Having recoverep some
what from the amazement caused by our
audacious dash into the markets three or
four years ago they have set themselves
to copying what enables us to undersell
them, and by so doing have been able to
meet us Oh many of the price lists and
check our invasion of the territory.
That this will 70 on we must expect
and what trade expansion we secure in
the future we must fight for. Still we
have gained a foothold which is of i'm
mense advantage. AS Mr.. Emory says,
while the total of our exports has fallen
vi VIC arc oclliHS III iilOlC pldCCc, art
marketing "a greater variety of merchan-
disc and are successfully competing in
lines in which other countries have here
tofore held monopoly. We are selling
shoes to France, watches to Switzerland
coal and iron to England and machinery
all over Europe under the very shadows
of the factories and FORCES which have
from the beginning set the fashion anC
the price in their specialties. And We
shall go on slower than we have beef
gong. and slipping back sometimes, bu
on the whole advancing. until we have al
that belongs to us.-Mirror and Farmer