The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-16
GERMANY FRIGHTENED
At BUSINESS INVASION
New Commercial ASSOC!a-
ton for Protection
TO FIGHT FOR HOME MARKETS
Big Imports From America to Be Cur
tailed If Possible-Co-operation of
All Industrial Firms TO Be Obtained.
Bureaus IN Foreign Cities

Unrest and uneasiness seem TO per
wade Germany. if newspaper accounts
are the true recorder Of happenings of
the day The American commercial in
vasion Of the Fatherland has caused the
German government, as well as manu-
faCturers and merchants. many a rest
less night, and numberIess are the
schemes that have been propounded by
them to counteract the effect Of Ameri-
can enterprise on the manufacturer on
his own native heath
The New Commercial Association" is
the name Of an organization which was
recently organized in Germany to pro-
mote German manufactures at home and
abroad It has issued an address, in
which are set forth its designs on for
eign invasion of Germany, and in which
1t urges the support of home industry
and the promotion Of German interests
abroad.
The following is a translation of
noteworthy points which may prove of
interest to Americans:
The crisis which overwhelmed the
German industries, the mournful eco
nomic condition. the improbable price
standard Of all products of the ma
chinery and other manufacturing
branches have induced US to study ways
and means which may form basis for
improving by united action the situation
of manufacturers ard their employees.
For this purpose different firms and
manufacturers held private meeting in
Dusseldorf on July ;. wh>n the aims
and methods for bringing about bet
terment Of the industrial and economic
situation were duly discussed. and ii
was then and there determined TO is
sue an address to the public at large.
Cooperation Asked.
"'The German manufacturer. the Ger
man merchant. the German officials, pri-
vate persons and working people, as also
the German government, the military
and civic authorities shall be called
upon to advocate and support the pur-
chase of German goods as far as such is
possible Their attention is to be called
to the fact that home production suffers
severely from the importation OF foreign
goods and machinery.
We now import annually to the value
Of many millions Of marks from the
United States OF America typewriters,
cash registers, BICYCLES, sewing ma
chimes. shoes. india rubber shoes. pi-
amos. preserved meats, meat extracts,
etc.
in spite of the higher prices ruling
for French champagne and wines, French
silks, dresses. and articles Of fashion,
these are still given BY our people the
preference over homemade goods. The
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sporting and leather articles of English
manufacturing Holland liquors and
cocoa sell so freely in Germany that
branch stores and sales agencies are To-
Gated in all the principal German towns
Millions Should Be Kept at Home.
1T is self-evident that the single indi-
viduaI cannot successful counteract this,
but if we Germans unitedIy endeavor to
give the preference to German products
then millions OF money viii be retained
at home for the benefit of German manu-
facturers and their working people.
Cur bureaus in London, Paris, Milan,
St Petersburg, and New York are to
work as entering wedges into foreign
markets. Through them we will carry
on propaganda. erect there depots and
warehouses, also. If required work and
finishing shops, the latter especially in
those countries whose high tariff rates
prevent the importation of German ma
chinery and industrial products. Event
ually. If necessary, we will establish
branch factories in such countries, en-
ploying German operatives, engineers.
and Office staff
In plain business language: We mean
to keep our money at home and try to
bring in all the foreign money we pos
sibly can. Il is only when these cardinal
points are completely obtained that we
can speak of lasting German pros
perity