Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20

to Switzerland. She could soil mara
We're II not FOR the new repulatione
wiluh your government has lately In.
st''ulsl az 70 our trade, BY the treaty
Vi iopO' under which We have been
morh'ilB Tor halt century Switzer-
lanu was put under the favored nation
ulause' All concessions that were
srahled TO other nations We're granted
10 her' ana az a result we eyacted Of
americans Imports our minimum tar
III Ihen the United States began TO
grant to other countries concessions
Whleh she refused to Switzerland. We
protested that this was contrary Ia the
treaty and you gave us notice thar Won
would change the treaty. and ala go.
Inc result was that we put American
goods ON the general tariff. and YOUR
imports have not gained. What we need
y a Encouragement of our trade rela-
lions tnd the establishment of some
thing Ike reciprocity"
wv viii this increase our Swiss
1T Will We have to lmport many
Things ana our yearly Imports RIM higb
INTO The millions. In 1900 we hnnortcd
$IgOV0o00O worth Of foreign goods and
TINS Importation must 90 on from wear
10 year Much Of what ,ve want 10
raised or made IN the United gtates
we cannot feed ourselves. and we must
nave raw materials Altogether we now
puy from other countries 40 per cent
vi aIl We consume, and our imports are
~ lacl' from 30 70 40 million dollars
more lEan our exports every year"
a LARGE LOSING BUSINESS.
IF that is So" said |, you seem 70
ne doing large losing business. If
you mnort $220,Q00000 a year and only
seq SlB0OO0000 your country must he
lalllng away behind every year Is it
not sO?"
Yes. replied Mr.. Georg.
And this has been going on for
Years, said l. According 10 the sta
tsiics switzerland ought TO be bank
rupt"
Yes replied the Swiss, at ought TO
be If figures tell the truth. but they do
not always tell all the truth. According
70 them our aggregate deficiencies with.
m l0 years have been something Ike
5000 OOO0OO, and nevertheless Switzpr-
land was never richer than II Is today
The reason Is that we have sources of
income that do not appear in the sta
tistlcs. Our people have investments
In other countries which bring In A
great deal Of money They are noted
for their business ability and are not
afraid Of large undertakings Another
source Is the tourists who drop into our
laps SS00000OO every year. There are
other Items. but these two will more
than make up the apparent deficit"
SWISS INDUSTRIES WHICH PAY.
The Swiss have many industries pc
cullar TO the country. which are more
or less related to America. American
tourists spend millions hero every year,
not only in hotel and travelling expenses,
but also In purchases Not long ago
a Geneva milliner In speaking Of her
business said:
God bless the Americans, 1t seems
that they are really sent from heaven
to keep up our business"
Many Of our tourists buy watches
here 10 take back TO the United States
and not a few get pearls and furs.
Geneva is a famous pearl market, and
II deals largely In jewels and precious
stones. II makes many pearl neck
laces and sales OF necklaces worth a
thousand dollars and upwards 20 Ameri-
can tourists are not uncommon. II
used 10 be that many Of our ladies got
their furs here and especially thelr
sealskin sacques but the new law,
which prohibits the bringing Of seal
into the United States has broken up
this trade, and now not 80 seal sacques
are sold in a summer. The customs
regulations prohibiting any traveller TO
bring IN more than 800 worth Of goods
have also affected Switzerland. The
merchants say they would have sold
three times as much TO tourists had II
not been for this law, and that num-
Der Of possible purchasers Of peal neck
lGces and costly furs had told them
that they now had to buy In New York.
At the same time more or less goods
are sold to tourists who hope TO get
them through the customs house with
out declaration.
FORTUNES IN CONDENSED MILK,
The Swiss are making fortunes out Of
the condensed milk manufacture. They
exported more than 620000OO pounds Of
such goods last year, and their sales OF
condensed milk TO Great Britain alone
amount 10 more than S2,00O,OOO annually
This business was founded by an Amer
lean. United States consul, who
opened factory here in 1906. He or
ganized company with paid-up cap
ital of $4,000. and in the first year con-
densed only about $4,000 cans His
friends put more money into the bust
ness. Ii steadily grew and by 1850 II
had increased 10 100000, and II was