Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-10

I one Of the oldest parts Of the town IL
the Market Place. containing the city
hall one of the finest buildings Of
medieval Europe, Right next this Old
building are stores OF American hard
ware stacks Of lawnmOwers from Phil
adephia. hay forks from Columbus
o., and grlndstones from Berea. Nearly
every Brussels bushes house Keeps its
accounts with American cash registers
made at Dayton and the most Of the
tailors use American sewing machines
INVADING EUROPE WITH AN
AMERICAN TROTTER.
one Of the brightest business Amer-
cans / have met on the continent Is Mr.
II. G.. de Clerq, who represents the
King Spring company of Buffalo and a
number Of other American institutions,
He Is one of the largest Of the Belgian
Importers, and Is making a big thing IN
selling American goods lie has three
buildings In Brussels devoted to his
stores, workshops and supplies, and he
trades not only with Belgium, but with
Germany, France Spain and Italy.
Among other things Mr.. dc Clerq sells
American harness, carriages and wag-
Ons, and Il was w talking Of this
branch OF the business that he told me
how he invaded Europe with an Amer
lean trotter Said he'
81 FIRST came here a3 an agent for
one of the biggest carriage factories Of
the United States. My employers
thought they could sell their goods
here, and, as | speak and write German
and French as well as the English they
chose me 10 Introduce them, / laid out
the campaign and they gave me the
money 90 carry II out. In the first place
! bought buggy with rubber tires and
hall bearings and IN The second a fast
American trotter 10 carry me over the
country. ] brought these with me TO
Europe and travelled IN my carriage
through Holland and Belgium, going
from Antwerp to Berlin visiting the
greater part OF Germany No one had
ever seen q buggy like mine, and the
carriage dealers everywhere gave me
small orders. I could drive about 40
miles day stopping at big town
almost every night. ! had a folding
bicycle, and I would now and then rest
my horse and get orders for It.
The trip as whole panned out well,
but when ! went over the same ground
six months later | found that the men
who had ordered my carriages were not
trying 10 sell them, as they aid not
want American competition, The re-
suit was that / established agencies
myself, and from that time to this /
have had good trade.
what class OF BelgIans buy Amerl-
can carriages?" | asked.
"Only the rich. They are too expen-
slve for the poor was the reply "but
the nobility are glad to get them. Two
of my earliest customers were the VI
comte de Buisseret and the Baron De
Chambres, well known over Europe as
the owners Of fine racing horses"
what did you do with your Ameri-
can trotter?"
81 sold him. His knees got sprung by
rough roads, and | took 500 for him,
The purchaser entered him for the
races IN different parts Of Belgium and
made Sl,SO0 out of him in one year"
OUR GAS STOVES AND SWEDISH
INVITATIONS.
/ walked with Mr. de Clerq through
his big store on the Boulevard Anspach.
not far from the Bourse. 1t has every
sort OF American notlon-Amerlcan
inks erasers. pens, files scales, and all
sorts Of knick knacks. | was especially