Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-27

are now making American split leath-
or In ali parts OF Europe The Alneli-
can brain Is now going all over the
world and the Americans are getting
nothing out OF It. Europe Is fattenlng
upon II and II will be more so III the
future You even send your experts
here 10 show the people how to use your
machinery. You give away your trade
secrets. and upon the basis OF these the
Europeans are establishing factories
which viii eventually lead to the loss
of your foreign trade
ENGLISH RECIPROCITY.
81 don't believe We viii lose our for
elpn trade" said /. we are making
new machinery all the time and we
shall continue to improve faster than
Europe can copy"
you may" said Mr.. Greeves, but II
seems silly 20 give so much when you
get nothing IN return. The English go
to America and the secrets OF the work
shop are shown them. Americans come
to England and they cant get inside
the doors. | know a big English tam
ner who went TO the United States and
visited the largest tanneries, After go
ing through one where he had been es-
pecially well treated he said TO the pro-
prletor: Il hope you viii come TO Eng
land and let US show you what we are
doing. Two years later the American
did come. He was received with KIND
words and offered some hospitality, but
not word was said about the tan
merry. At the last the American asked 10
go through the works.
"'Ah' replied the son of John Bun,
with a grin ! should like to oblige you,
but we English never show our ma
chnery and methods to our rivals In
trade. We really can't do that, you
know
"'But, said the American, when you
were in our country you asked for per.
mission to go through our works, ana
got it,
Eyes, said the Englishman. but this
is our rule, and we can't go back on IT.
"'Well replied the American, II you
ever come back | shall assuredly see
that you are kept out Of the shops. We
are not afraid of your competition. We
have thrown most OF the machinery
you saw on the scrap heap, and have
invented better. | suppose you have
copied the old shop, At any rate no
Englishman shall ever enter the new
one And he left"
FRENCH AND ENGLISH SHOES.
The conversation here turned TO the
American shoe, and Mr.. Greeves said.
"The American shoe is the easiest
and most stylish shoe made The up
pers are thinner and more durable than
ours, but the soles are too thin for the
English market. | am surprised you do
not sell more shoes In France. You
ought TO have a greater trade here than
In England. and II you will use the
same energy to capture this market as
you have used in England you will have
much better results. Your people ought
10 send out drummers who can speak
French. German and English. As II is,
the English and Germans sell more
shoes here than you do, although the
better classes OF the French would
surely prefer the American shoe. At
present they have most Of their shoes
made by hand by the old-fastioned
shoemakers. The shoes cost more than
yours. and they are not 80 good"
HOW TO MAKE SHOES WEAR.
In talking about leather the question
of durability came up. and Mr.. Greeves
gave me recipe which win probably
decrease my shoe expenses, Says he:
"The first thing one should do on
buying pair OF shoes Is TO give the
soles a good greasing. You can do this
with neatsfort oil, greasing them at
night and rubbing them off well In the
morning. This greasing, II repeated ev-
cry month or so, will keep out the
water and make the shoes wear twice
as long. They will be softer to your
feet, and II you are an average walker
they will last you at least year with
out mending."
FRANK @. CARPENTER.