Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05

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@0ERLIN, March 25.-(special Corre-
spondence Of The Bee. 1.-THE en-
IL peror OF Germany is the greatest
trade drummer on earth. He Is
49, the manager OF that vast depart
ment store known as the German empire.
and his customers are all the world. He
has his commercial ~couriers on every road,
his travelling statesmen on every sea. He
begs trade in one country with the oleagi-
nous smile of the diplomat, and In another
China, for i~nstance-bluns his way at the
mouth OF the cannon. He not only makes
the smaller nations buy. but with his block
aiding fleets makes them pay, measuring the
world. as IL we're, with his international
yardstick and the pfennig. thaler and mark.
lie took charge OF the business on June Is,
1888, and since then, a very dynamo in
brooches, he has been tramping over the
earth in his seven league boots, caJOllng
and commanding. blufing and retreating-
ali things and everything for trade.
He is succeeding. too, and under him Ger
many Is fast becoming the commercial giant
OF Continental Europe. IL began to push
out only a few years before his accession
TO the throne and II has already one
eighth of the foreign trade Of the world. He
has trebled the trade since he took hold,
and he now buys from us for his factories
-uOTS IMAM InFee IImeb az MUCH raw ma
terials as he did at the start. Germany's
foreign trade now amounts TO about s2,O0O.-
10000 a year. We sell 1t almost $3.50, 000,-
900 worth of raw msterials and manufac-
tured goods. and the raw materials are
made over into products which help supply
the foreign trade created under this i'm
perial drummer.
A short time before William II became
emperor Germany was noted for its pow
erty. It is becoming known for It's riches.
Under him II has planted investments all
over the world. Il has $500, 900, 900 invested
In South America. $3.50, 900. 900 in Africa and
an equal sum In Mexico and the United
States. A large part Of the coffee fields Of
Guatemala are owned by Germans and Ger
man merchants are to be found In every
city Of Central America.
For the last $50 years the British have
been making foreign Investments. They
have plowed the continents and seeded
them with shillings. expecting each to bring
back a sovereign In return. Their foreign
holdings are now estimated at $40, 900. 900. 900.
but It has taken more than a century to
accumulate them. Today the Germans are
said TO have 81, 0O0. 00O, 900 invested outside
their own country, and they have made tho
most OF these investments since the kaiser
took charge fifteen years ago. The con-
trast is striking. and the more so as the
Germans are by nc means satisfied, but are
reaching out for more.
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 president and the
giving of the statue of Frederick the Great
are looked upon In Berlin as means to that
end. Everyone here knows that the en-
peror Rdmires the United States. and tho
business men approve 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 tho
Spaniards and many Of the military officers
here thought they would be victorious.
They had looked upon us as tradesmen and
dollar-chasers. and had no idea W. could
fight. One Of the admirals. speaking to an
American In Berlin at that time, asserted
that while the Americans might have a few
good officers in their navy, II was known
that the rank and file was composed OF the
onseourings OF foreign ships. and there wal
little doubt that such q force would b