Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-29

A aght the American invasion by
IEfrt9H importing American machinery
- and American Methods 1t Is
sending delegations to the United States to
study our factories and a large number OF
American experts have been brought over
10 teach the use Of our machinery. Nearly
every largo factory in the empire has more
or less American tools and ] have gone
through some in which the American labels
and trade marks have been Clipped on and
German name plates tackled on in their
places. The Germans are very jealous OF
our trade advancement and the manufae-
turcrs say they can sell goods mere easily II
their customers think they have been made
with German machinery.
have already spoken Of the American
shoemaking tools These are being used
with American experts behind them. but so
far their produce has not affected the
American imports. American tools are used
in the wooden and Gotten factories and In
the electrical works and in the big iron
fOundries. SUCH as Krupp's and others.
visited the Ludwig Loewe machine tool
works, one Of the largest factories of Ber-
lin. the other day. II u considered the
best and most up-to-date establishment In
the empire, and IL Is modelled entirely on
the American plan. 1t Is devoted to ma
chine tools, and IL makes them Almost al
together from American patterns with
American machines, and to some extent IN
der American fOremen. The hrm Is one OF
the few that has been making money dur
ing the hard times that Germany Is now
having. II made "a per cent about three
years ago and I am told that II made about
II per cent last year. II already supplies
the most Of the machine tools OF
and IN time It's owners except to crowd the
Americans out of this market. 1t has also
q branch In London and Is competing with
us for the English trade.
Our machine tools are neted all over En-
rope. They are sold in every manufactur-
ing center. You can hnd lots of them in
Birmingham and Shefield. They are used
In Paris, 81. Etienne and Lyons and also In
Berlin. The demand for them Is 30 great
that this factory was built to supply It,
1t IL strange to find ten acres of American
machinery In Germany. but this is what
these buildings contain. The founder Of the
works, Ludwig LOewe, WAS a young hard
ware merchant In Berlin, who sold, among
other things our sewing machines. He saw
the machines were better than anything the
Germans could make, and in 1919 went to
America to learn how II was done. He WIS.,
tied the sewing machine factories and cur
works for making machine tools, ana came
back determined to get a share Of this
trade. He brought a complete outfit OF
American machines with him, and gradually
built this factory. which Is one of the model
ones OF the world. II 10 made OF brick, iron
ana glass, a large part Of which came from
America. The buildings are aOOred with
American lumber. and elk acres Of the ten
are covered with American boards. This IS
80. Notwithstanding Norway is Just across
the borders within easy distance Of Berlin
The boards are OF hard maple. three inches
wide. nailed to a pine flooring. which rests
on another floor Of cement and steel. Tho
maple will not splinter and II can be kept
cleaner than any other floor.
examined the machinery as I went
through the shops Nearly every tool waS
American. There were great planning ma
chimes and milling machines from different
parts OF the United States. Our steam en-
gines worked away side by side with those
OF the Germans. and most OF the saws and
lathes we're OF American make. / asked my
guide which machines did the better work
ours or the Germans. He replied that hi
could not say-a practical concession thal
ours were the best. During my stay in tho
factory the men left for lunch. l noticed
that each recorded his time with a ROches
ter time recorder, In other rooms German
improvements have been added to some o
our machines and in some l found foremel
who could speak English and -5c had beef
to America.
I cannot describe the cleanness OF thii
factory. 1t Is like a Dutch kitchen. Their