The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29
spcciai Correspondence 81 The Times

U Especial Correspondents Of The Tines
4gS s. Dispatch. *
BERLIN. March Is. - g etinany is trying
40 light the American Invasion by import
sing American machinery and American
methods II Is sending delegations TO the ne
ttnited States 10 study bur factories, and
q Z large number Of American experts have
* been brought over TO teach the use OF
BUR machinery. Nearly every large fac
tory In the empire has more or less les
.Afnericafl tools, and II have gone through
some In which the American labels and
" rade.trarks have been chippod of and
u German name plates tackled on III their
places. The Germans are very jealous OF
sSourst trade advancement, and the tnanufac-
B.turers say9they can sell goods more easily
III Ii their customers think they have been
;Sn,lie with German machinery. .{
ssGocinaking tools. These are being Used
with American experts behind them, but
$50 Tar their produce has not, affected tho
ssAmericnn imports. American tools are
used In the wooden md cotton factories
s8and III the electrical works and II, the big
Iron foundries. such as krupp's and 9TH
4 ers. e III
5S3 a Model American Factory.
6SSI visited the Ludwig Loewe machine
tool works, one Of the largest factories
K Of Berlin the other day. 1T Is considered
+ the best and most up to-date establish
ament In tho empire, and 1t Is modelel en-
%tirelyl on the American plan. It Sis devot
to ma chine tools, and It makes them al
most altogether from American patterns,
with American machines, and, to some
extent, under American foremen The
d tirm is one OF the few that has been 1nals-
z Ing money during the hard times that
I Germany Is now having. It madoS twenty
K four per cent, about three years ago,5 and
NJ am told that 1t made about twelve per
L cent. last year. It already supplies the
g5fnost Of the machine tools OF Germany,
4 and in, time its owners expect@to crowd
the Americans out OF this market It has
4 also branch In London, and Is compet-
& ing with US for the English trade i,
III Our machine tools are noted all over
y Europe. They are sold in every lnanufac-
turing center. Y OH can find lots of them
Sln Birmingham and Sheffield. 3 They are
used in Paris, st. Etienne and Lyons, and
\ also In Berlin. The demand for them Is
$50 great that this factory was built to
3 supply It. s sstj5 S
An en- Acres OF. American Machinery.
It As strange to tlnd ten acres Of Amer
lean machinery In Germany, but this is
what these buildings 58 contain. The
4 FOUNDER Of the works, Ludwig ,Loewe,
was a young hard ware inarchant In Ber-
4 ain, who sold, among other things, our
II sewing ma hines.ii 1Ie saw the machines
st;wacre better than anything the Germans
/ could make, and In t1B70 went to America
x to learn how 1t was done. 4 He visited the
ID sewing machine factories and our w orks
~ Tor making machine tools, and came
4 hack determined to get a share Of this
Y trade. He brought a complete outfit OF
4 American machines with him. and grad
y tally built this factory, which Is one OF
81 the model ones OF the world. It is made
Il Of brick, iron and, glass, a largo part Of
# which came from America. The build
II ,angs are floored with American lumber,
Il and six acres OF tthe ten are covered
with American boards. This is 80, not
Il understanding Norway Is just across tho
borders within easy distance of Berlin.
The boards are Of hard maple, three
sfinches wide nailed to q pine flooring
which rests on another floor Of cement
Il and steel. The maple will not splinter
land $8it can be u kept cleaner than # any
examined tho machinery as I went