The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-23

n PAVILION.
his Government and lis exhibitors to how
their wares at such places. He said:
I'VE cannot tell whether this Exposition
will pay Germany for the trouble she is
spending upon #. That Is q matter for the
future trade to determine.
There is a prejudice against American
] expositions among our manufacturers. ow-
| ing to your high duties. They say What
is the use of our trying to compete when
we are taxed As per cent by the customs
houseT
This tax makes It out of the question
for Germany to send many of its prod
ucts to the United States, n the result
Is that our exhibit here does not adequate
" represent the industries of the country
1t Is fine in comparison with that of other
nations, but it is limited to q few branches
I'VE have, for instance, a good drug
and chemical display and a fair exhibit;
Of art works Transportation is well
large. I do not know hat the cost Of tho
Industrial exhibit viii DO repaid by q pro-
portionate increase Of orders OF such
goods as are shown. Sometimes it pays;
sometimes not.
I'VE had a great dificulty to get our
manufacturers to exhibit at Paris, but
those who did 80 got a large bushes
They a a big trade during the fair
n at the close they opened an stabhsh-
ment in Paris near the Opera, and they
One Of our piano factors made . great
deal OF money from the French through
his display at Paris. n this was the
case with many others
Indeed. the trade between Germany
and France was perceptibly increased by
the exposition
Before that time i WIS almost sta,
the fair It was S70.ooe.o0 o and after the
fair was over the trade dropped to about
s62,eoo.oOo, where It now rests This shows
an annual increase OF aoou. izM4ov ]"
KAISER OUR FRIEND.
The profits OF these expeditions are not
only commercial continued Dr.. Lewald.
they are political and social as we'll That
fair at Paris did much to wipe out the
hard feeling The French held as TO the
Germans.
I'VE made many friends there. end as a
result the ani-German sentiment is dying
out Our exhibit here at st. Louis IS large
THE Emperor n his people look upon
the United States as their friend, and We
want to take part in n international af-
fair Of this nature fathered by you. At
the present time the United States is
American goods are very popular. Indeed.
they are quite the mode.
What does our trad with you amount
"In 1907 IT wa $a4o. 90 900. of which
more than $50 100000 was made up of our
purchases from you and a little over Ill.,
W0,0W Of what lou bought from US.
I'VE buy more than twice as much from
the United States as We sell to ii.
W buy more from II than from any
other nation, and next to Great Britain
membered. however. that much OF our
purchases consist of foo and raw ma
terial and that We sell you chiefly manu-
factured articles"
Doctor LewaldTr I asked.
Yes, indeed Very rapidly 1t amount
ed to 6,e00.o0o tons in 1909. and ell togeth-
er s, 800. 900 900. Our trade began to de-
has steadily increased since then. so that
It now amounts to almost $50 for every
man., woman and child in the country We
are pushing out ever where in our search
for profitable investments.
W are doing all we can to increase cur
foreign market. and we are gaining a
receive now about $1,000 Q a Year from
our shipping industry rs TO our foreign
investments, 1t is estimated that $780,
0oo.o0 worth of German capital Is SO en-
ployed and that half Of this is n countries
outside Europe.
.one Of the most interesting textures Of
Dur foreign trade. continued the Imperial
acter has changed. About . generation
ago we shipped agricultural products
abroad. Nov one-fourth of all the food We
consume is imported and our exports con-
sist Of manufactures. We are restricting
our importations Of manufactures frcm
year to year and We are more and more
supplying our needs from goods made al
home"
AMERICAN SHOE IN GERMANY.
IT,
asked.
That Il an anomaly which u people
cannot understand. They say there is no
reason why shoes made here should be
sold in such quantities in Germany.
w have the same leather that you
have. We import our machinery, and our
workmen are better than yours Never
theless, our shoes continue to compete
with OUTS in our home markets.. I can
only explain It by the fact that you make
shoes In such large quantities that you
may be able to make them cheaper
"How are your colonies doing. Doctor
Lewald?' I asked.
Fairly we'll" was the reply. hope
they win pay Us in time. We have a vast
territory In our colonial possessions They
are all together more than a million square
miles. or more than five times as large as
Germany itself. We are developing some
Of them n prospecting others. In Ger
man East Africa we are raising cotton. and
In German Southwest Africa We are ex-l
p~erimenting with cattle Some Of these
lands are so new that We 10 not know
yet Just what they contain nor what they
Will produce"
what kind Of cotton are you raising.
doctor. and do you thfnk you viii ever be
able to &c along without our raw materi-
aisg"
.The cotton Is said to be very good"
was the reply. "But I doubt whether We
WI raise enough for our mills. The United
States will, I believe, Always be the chief
cotton country Of the world"
PLENTY OF ROOM.
Us not Germany o~vercrowded?'
IT do not think so,r said the imperial
German Commissioners. 1--WE have . large
population In proportion to our area, but
30 far Ne have plenty Of room. We have
now almost ss.oN.eD people. This b M.-l
se.oW Leo Dian the Unitsd States, snd "
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