Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-31
OUR INVASION OF HOLLAND.
,o,n5ence Of the Desrst Nc@ By Frank G. Capsnter.)

ily buys one hundred dollars worth an
nually, and this Notwithstanding its
sales 20 us will not average more than
Sl2 or SIS per family. OF course. much
Of the goods are bought 10 sell again,
and some go to the Dutch East Indies,
which are 50 times as large as Holland
Itself but the trade is there an the
same. and the business is so big that IL
viii pay the most careful nursing and
the most enthusiastic pushing. The
South American continent is less i'm
portant to us than Holland. Our trade
with the Chinese brings in nothing like
as much as our trade with the Dutch,
and In its possibilities Il Is worth as
much as the business Of any Of the
countries Of Europe, with the exception
Of England, Germany, France and that
undeyeloped empire, Russia,
UNCLE SANS TRADE WITH HoL.
LAND.
Just now Is the best time to increase
this trade. The Dutchmen do not like
the English. They can't get over the
troubles Of their South African cousins.
the Beers, and other things being equal
they viii give the United States the
preference every time. There are hun
dreds Of articles which we make that
ought TO be sold here, and by studying
the wants Of the people and drumming
the trade there can be an enormous In
crease.
But first leti me tell you what our
business consists Of. | have before me
the Dutch imports from the United
States for the FIRST half of the year 1900.
They are a little old bur the trade Is
practically the same today, ] will give
you some OF the items. They consist
Of cotton, cotton seed oil, lard tallow
margarine, meat and tobacco, as well
as q large variety of other articles,
The cotton they bought amounted TO
g00OOO00 pounds, equal to more than
100000 pounds Of cotton per month.
This went tothe Dutch mills and a
large part Of II was made into cloths
for Java, Sumatra and different parts
Of Africa.
HOLLAND BUTTER FROM OUR
COTTON SEED
The cotton-seed oil weighed Just twice
as much as the cotton itself and there
by hangs a tale These Dutch are
among the chief artificial butter maxi
ers OF the world. They bought 100000
pounds of margarine Of us during that
six months, but at the same time they
used this forty-odd million pounds OF
cotton seed oil to make other margar-
Inc and low-grade butter for use not
only In Hollard but in England and
other parts Of Europe. There is one
factory here which makes over 5000 900
pounds Of such butter every month,
and England Imports something like
SOOOOOOOO pounds Of II every year. A
Frenchman invented the process Of
making this butter but the Dutch have
the biggest factories, and they do the
bulk Of the worlds business along this |
line. They make also COW butter for ex- |
port, so much, indeed, that Holland has |
been called the dairy farm OF London. |
DUTCH sCHNAPPs FROM AMERI-
CAN CORN
Our biggest Dutch export in point Of |
weight Is American corn. In this six |
months II amounted to almost one hun
ired million pounds per month and
brought IN several millions OF dollars |
What do you suppose II was used for? |
TO feed the Holstein cattle, to furnish
butter for London? No, the grass here |
$ good and It makes the sweetest OF
milk For corn bread for the people?
No, the Dutch don't eat maize, though
hey take vast quantities of our second
trade flour and like IT, What, then?
can easily show you II you viii come !