The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-05

BERLIN. The Emperor of Germany is the great est trade drummer on earth. He is the manager Of that vast department store known as the German empire and his customers are ali the world. He has his commercial couriers on every road. his travelling salesmen on every sea. He begs trade in one country with the oleaginous smile of the diplomat, and in another China. for fnstance-bluffs his way at the mouth of the cannon. He not only makes the smaller nations buy. but with his blockading fleets makes them pay, measuring the world, as it were. with his international yardstick and the pfennig, thaler and mark. He took charge of the yince then, very dynamo in brooches, be has been tramping over the earth in his seven-league boots. cajoling and com manding. blufiing and retreating--ah things and everything for trade.
 Germany . Commercial Giant. Germany is fast becoming the commer- cial giant of Continental Europe. She began to push out only few years be- fore his accession to the throne and she trade of the world. He has trebled the trade since he took hold, and he now buys from us for his factories more than three times as much raw materials as he did at the start. Germany's foreign trade now amounts to about $2000, 00000 year. We sell her almost quarter of billion dollars worth of raw materials and man. ufactured goods; and the raw materials are made over into products which help upply the foreign trade created under this imperial drummer.
 A short time before William II became emperor, Germany was noted for her pow srty. She is becoming known for her riches. Under him she has planted in vestments all over the world. She has I5OO, ,OO0, 900 invested in South America. $25o,- poo, 900 in Africa and an equal sum in Mex leo and the United States. large part of the coffee fields of Guatemala are owned by Germans, and German mer- chants are to be found in every city of Central America.
 For the past 15o years the British have been making foreign investments. They have plowed the continents and seeded them with shillings. expecting each to bring back sovereign in return. Their foreign holdings are now estimated at tl0,00o, 100000. but 1t has taken more than . century to accumulate them. Today the Germans are said to have $o0O0.O0O,0O ,0OO invested outside their own country. and they have made the most of these invest ments since the Kaiser took charge hf- teen years aeo. The contrast is striking, and the more so as the Germans are by no means satisfied, but are reaching out for more.
 The Kaiser Courting Uncle Sam.
 There is no doubt but that the Kaiser is counting Uncle Sam in order to get a big share of the American trade. The visit of Prince Henry, the naming of the yacht after the daughter of the Presi- dent and the giving of the statue of Fred erick the Great are looked upon in Ser lin as means to that end. Every one here knows that the Emperor adnaires the United States and the business men ap- prove of his actions.
 Indeed. he is doing much for the United States. At the time of the war with Spain the sympathy of the Germans was with the Spaniards and many of the mil itary officers here thought they would be victorious. They had looked upon us as tradesmen and dQllar-chasers. and had nc idea we could fight. One of the admirals speaking to an American in Berlin al that time asserted that while the Amer1 cans might have few good omcers II their navy, 1t was known that the ram and file was composed Of the onscouring of foreign ships, and there was littl' doubt that such. a force would be wiped put by a trained navy like that of Spain ''If 1t Is not" he concluded. "the wa will continue until the resources or Doti nations are exhausted.
 And what will happen then. pray? asked the American. "Ohr' was the reply. Germany vii therr have it's innings. It will come il and be the arbitrator and settle all mat ters between the two nations.
 Such opinions of the Americans change' rapidly as the Spanish War went on. Tn Emperor foresaw the result at .ne s'aa' II
 
 changed public opinion so that today tn best of the Germans are anxious 10 b associted with us and some of thei ablest thinkers believe that this Is thei only chance for a permanently suc2essfu foreign trade.
 A German View of America's Future Indeed the Germans are more astound ed at Americas growth than any othe nation of Europe. They measure thei millions in 25-cent pieces or marks, an a German needs to be only one-fourth a rich as an American to be a millionaire The real millionaires are very few, an there are no enormous fortunes lik those of our country. The people ar scared at our big trusts. The iron me do not see how they can compete wit the United States Steel Company, an the exporters are frightened by tn steamship merger. In the reichstag oC balance of trade is steadily brought t the front It is shown that for ten year we have had a bigger trade balance | our favor than doube the war indemnit paid by France to Germany, and tn huestion is asked how soon Europe will b drained of it's gold If $150, 0o,O04 is t Annually roll across the Atlantic.
 What One German Thinks.
 doubt whether the kaiser is as alarm pd over the American peril as some of hi high officials. He certainly will not in