The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-15

ed the difference, and they are now try ing to initiate our shoes. They come here and buy samples for models. They nave imported our shoemaking machinery, but they have not succeeded as yet. They have some big factories, but none so large as ours. They ought to be able to manufacture more cheaply. but cannot although their men receive only one fourth as high wages as ours. They work more slowly and cannot get the WorK out of their machines"
 'WIl the Germans pay high prices for American goods?' I asked
 "Yes if the goods are worth It. The people know what they want, and they pay well for everything. I thought prices were low here before I came over. They are not Mems clothing. If you take the l fit and style into acc 1unt- costs less In | Now York than in Berlin. l can have
 suit made here for l2o marks' or ~oV
 but 1t will not have any better stufr, nor | fiji aa well as a realy-made suit which | cen get in New York for from $l2 to
 s1S A suit made to order at SS in New | York is better than any you can get nere
 made to order for S35. It is the same with The manager of the German Grapho- l phone Company, at my request tolo ne | how that sale was made Said he: Tne | advances came from the royal family and not from us. One day one or the Eln-
 press ladies in waiting in one Of the
 royal carriages. came to our othce on
 FrIedriohstrasse and asked that some ma
 chimes be sent to the palace for exam
 nation on the morning following We
 sent several, and with them one of our
 hest looking German employees to show
 how they worked.
 This was done at the palace in the
 presence of the Empress. the Crown Prince and others The Empress wanted one of tho cheaper machines, but the Crown Prince insisted on the best and | got it. The money for it was paid at | once and within few weeks others were ordered, so that now half dozen are owned by the royal family. l am told that His Majesty, the Kaiser, now and
 then uses them. and that his favorite
 tunes are our plantation melodies"
 Yankees Renting the Corners.
 The Americans appreciate the advant-
 age of location better than the Ger mans They are rapidly getting hold of the best corners in Berlin for their diff ferent business enterprises This is so with the shoe store above mentioned. It is on the corner of the two chief re- tail streets The rent is high but 1t women's clothing. As to prices, the kinds of shoes We are selling for S4 30 were sold for $5, St and S7 a pair. Then only the
 rich bought them. Now they are used by the middle classes as we'll
 One word more about the American shoe Consul General Mason of Berlin
 has done as much as any man in our consular service to introduce it. He be- gan to urge it's sale six years ago, and at last got our leading factories to send several drummers and finally to estab- fish stores in some of the chief cities.
 He says that there are six or eight big German cities where shoe stores like this
 in Berlin could be proftably established, These are: Cologne. Breslin. Dresden,
 Leipzig. Munich. Stuttgart and Stras- burg
 American Music for Germans.
 It Is strange that We should be giving the Germans. one of the chief musical peoples, musical instruments. It is nev- erthcless true The graphophone, gram ophone and the photograph are all sold
 in large quantities. The graphophone
 people have their cylinders put up in | boxes covered with a picture of the
 American flag: and when the Empress of Germany bought a machine for the
 Crown Prince last year the records thus