New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
GERMANY'S EXHIBIT AT FAIR.
Large Sum To Be Appropriated for St. Louis
Exposition.

Berlin, Jan 6--The budget appropriates the first
instal1nent Of ss5ooo for the German exhibit at the
St Louis Exposition, and places the total require
ent for this purpose at from s5 0o to $4,000 The
instalrnent has been placed at the disposal of
the Imperial Commissioners
a memorandum from the Ministry of the Interior
explaining this item says:
However undesirable It appear that an inter ter
low SO soon after the Paris EXPOSITION and however
great the ob1igation to avoid every unnecessary
penditure NAV be an obligation imposed by the
present financial condition of the country still the
exhibit the St Louis Exposition after France and
Great Britain have accepted This decision Is dc
fions with the United States. but by reasons of a.
purely commercial nature
The memorandum makes use Of American statis
tics to show that the United States occupies the
second position among nations purchaser of
German goods
Although the total Of Gerrnany's exports Of raw
sugar to the United States decreased in 1901 heavy
gains were made the expectation of other articles
better suited to exposition purposes The exports OF
Autographs in 1901 from Germany to the United
States amounted to 5000. increase OF slSOOoo
over 1900 The export OF other articles In 1sOl to the
United States and the increases over 1900 are given
as follows:
81 025 OOO Drugs chemicals and dyes a5Z50e0g: n
crease SoS GO Toys Ss S7 S1S G nnfiesg and as
Economical instruments. s5O0oO: increase. Sl'oVS
The memorandum points out that the German ex-
rfbts Of the above classes Of goods at the Parls
Fxposition attracted the greatest attention ana tha
+he won many prizes; 1t agrees with the view held
in trade circles that the Paris Exposition caused
the above increases in the exports to the United
States and that the increases gained rurtner mo-
,7.ent11rn in 1902 '-It must therefore be hoped
-r,es the memorandum that our participation
IN the St Louis Exposition will have favorable
effect upon German exports
The Ministry considers that, In view Of the recent
Paris and Dusseldorf expositions Germany is hard-
of eH=r al "a
-a--esen-s1ion at St Louis, and the German ex-
r,ibi+s will therefore be confined substantially to
c+1,re patnting and Industrial arts, tncludins
tovs educational appliances. scientific apparatus
and certain branches Of the book trade.
The memorandum recites that in the eighties the
r-ni+ed States was a good buyer OF German art
works but that these sales fell on Even the excel
- c.a-u7an srt exhibit at the Chicago Fair did
not check this decline The reports from '1ernlah man
,,1s in the United States, however, Indicate that
49,, -aoe1t great increase in wealth. in America has
-cd1ced an extraordinary demand for works OF
s-+ esnecialIy for home decoration Continuing
the memorandum says
,r,a United States Government lays special weight
- 81 Louis is the nrSt eGposltlon WheTe one
OF the The Prussan Educational adminlstTatio
therefore pIop9sef 10 Sene reuura T ingtutions in
cb al the scientific departments VIII De repre-
sen!ed WIND ~ GOOD effect our fine mechanical ard
opticaI industry. Our sclenInc n.eratuls Is Eng n9I
a sP oST model collections OF agricultural and man
-, e---e5 T~o6ucts serve purposes OF instruction
Tba immense sums Of money spent every year IN
Ihe United States for scientific purposes guarantes
~ 0nIv an IDEAL but particularly ] commercial
success .4-.- o,zLs,.-s MIL ha SAINT
- e Touis but general manufacturing and ma
chinery will find place only as ths manufactures
1ba-nssIves seek representation
n is understood from the meInorandnmT Tl that the
Fair Commissioner. Mr.. Lewald; may ask ne next
Reichstag for an appropriation Larger than the one
stipuIaTed provided German trade condltlons IN
,e- sn5 mat the expectations OF larger sales
- me United States realized This increased
IA oT will be asked for especially f. in the
31sn time a commercial treaty between Germany
80 the United States can De negouated The
CT nzeiger'' says the government intends TO
,n19fe negotiations for new commercial treaties
.E p,Issia and the United States before other
rro1Cers are approached TO this end