The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-18

VIVA, ene.i ai,i u. var have upon
We cannot tell &C vet. said the Fi-st
Assistant Secretary % state. but II
would seem Iaai 50 vast country a.
Russia. stili in the earliest stages OF ~
dsyelopmen,. will con,inl. for maIy
our machinery and iabor-saving iuipl--
rn.n;-
our exporters. IL - i-;l-. hay. uoe IN
CONTEND with the Discrimination against
American goods impos.d hS the Russian
customs tariff - 1871 That was hroIEi.;
| about ~ a r".s!l.tiug .or tho dirr.rertiai
sugar duties imposed h, the rr.tis.i
I States. Nov. alibcugi the Dlg!isn and
/ Germans hsv. GAINED iu spTIs i!r~S az *
ports or consul< Vrit" mat America.
[ farming Hlacnin"fv and tools ar sold ir
: larger quantities fhau over Tn" people
/ Tr'f.r our machinery. and say that "uT
! goods are better mad. and NOR practice
| hl. than ;EOs" ~ Other countries
| consul chambers - BatuII. 'o- 'a-
| stance. reports irEt oU- Manufacture
| Europe b",aI-" - tn"IT l"H cost and
! t.~'- superiority. and ;nis nutTirn-;and-
INK ~" q 70 cont ~ sN-Ts dG'- charged
upon Th.En- consul General H"ilr=.av q
:. F.--r~BHTE vIs'@s tl-. same ~ - tu.
/ superiority - "'Ir Eoods and their B"Pu-
1T the markets ~ Ru-sis-
{ AMERICAN FACTORIES ~ EUROPE
OF unI.r sand that several Of orr large
/ American institutions have ~~.blish.i
branch factories in Russia and other
paris q, Europe. VIII no, this lessen our
I 'vTorts,-'
/ .'C.-'sirl, r. III r.pf,@d 80 Assistant
! Secretary - Slafe 1t .il uc' only Cr!i
{ ~ the Exports Of Thee. goods. but /, viii
: XIV. tho r. igIsTs an nlria'; i.sspn a. ~
/ how 20 cYmp@rs i'm &c ~; o.r o71 lines.
sub 'RCt"ri.s -lse transportation
3 charges. 'hev NJ have cheaper labor
/ s1d they avoid Tn ru.to=Ils du''s-. which
/ IN some Countries ar" -.ry h-svH 80 T.-
! CARDS exports FROM the United Sfstss
{ ~ H. s-nrlrArf.ss OF Pits
! burg has 4 branch establishment or sis
! ter company in s.. Petersburg. which
/ works ~ men and has capitalization -
about million and half dollar The
| Westinghouse Electric company has great
/ crks N Sou'h.ru Russia AMI 'h" British
t-sncn n that "rInpAns has hen in""r-
I uorsted with capital Of more than ten
Z MILTON dollars iis Erser plsn. A. Man
/ chester EMPLOYS ssS, hands and has VIVA,
EIrop- There - French comEanv
I ialisIs employing -" MOI
Tho General fieo-ri. company t1S a
s-os' manufacturing establishment IN
3 r.ns;aui and "a CLOSELY associated uith
. som. % RE German electric cv-nI aiie-
''Thss. companies make all srrts - e!""-
y 'ricaI material. f"r sale rot only In Eng
I land. hu' n all parts of Egrops. Their
/ orders T1I1 high into the millions q: dol
( lars = year. snI inssmuch a. a large part
/ -, their stock l. owned nv Europeans
/ NJ; only is tE,- business sh'G; OF from the
/ SAM companies IN the United states. bur
/
..T-h.r- axe other hrAnch.. Of INDUSTRY
| which are being carried on IN m" san"
| --ar. giving 20 rh.ir European factories
! all IN. advantage o, improved American
! machinery and operative skill. fc- VIE
! managers s1d f0r"meG are PICKED rnsI.
! from the factories % the United States,
-'-TL. %orku-E are mainly natives. bu.
the system = such that each factory b.
! CONES SPECIAL Industrial school wnsr~
I European men aud boys are trained "
! American experts how to compete With
American trade
I Can YOU give me liz % the great
American factories abroad,
No. although can say ths' such fsc-
tories are being Established ~ canada.
Mexico. Great Britain, Germany and Rus
| .ia
| consul General Mason writes that GtT-
many has large uumbe- ~ them. and
! that they have a definite advartag" oyer
/ their own or rival FIRMS and companies
I located in tn. Uni'sI Sts'-S-
ORR CoNSUIS As BTsISEsS AGENTS.
The conversation h.re turned 20 ihe
/ work OF our Consuls in pushing Amer
& can trade. and / asked Secretary Ioomis
/ a. 70 their standing among ihs Consgls
OF the world Said r.;
The efficiency OF our CcnsulS. rs bust
I rrS= agents. Is best found IN tho testimony
I Of our largest manufacturing and Export
I ing houses and IN the almost unanimous
tribute ~ foreign trade bodies journals
! and publicists.
There is no government which publish
- ~ much commercial Information from
its CoLsul-. and there is none which ~
sues IL 20 frequently as does the nitet
States
The Consular Daily. containing reports
On AT Infinite variety % Subjects. q.
unique among IN. official publications OF
The world. IL vas established al tire suS-
EestiOn OF 2 - Erory by the State Ds-
psrtm.nt IN 1ss-. IN order to give the bush
ness public up-to-dat- Information from
all parts % the word
When the Department % Commerce and
LABOR was estali!sh",. tn publication was
transferred to it hut III. reports are sill
obtained through tn stat D~-srtrnent.
acting in cO-oreratiur wlSh tL- n-~ DO
fartI1ent Besides tL'~S Ga.iy -spc-is the
Consl!l- furnish other - ~ -pt eiai cis---s
o. subjects.
.-rheE furnish Information upon Inquiry
for individual h-us. and e'dsa"or r.
every way. within the icv-.1- % o--irIsl
proIrsety TO facilitate tEs sale 81
American goods in ih".r r"spec'iv. dir
Foreigners GENERALLY eoneed. ira ,
American ConsiIs are much NOR Efficient
a. business agents than their oun-
In fact sons o. TIE European corr.
lar services. which certain theorists OF
this COUNTRY have held - FOR us mo-i1is
arc frequently criticised a. hoEs. because
they fail TO furnish the t'r1sly pTSet.sal
ConsIls % the United State !
The reports or our '~!1--sis- Sc-tlnCs.
Secretary Looms "hay" boone n"''H
FOR thcir practical "haTact"'-
'-The- are not -sss.-. bu: note io'r'd
down hy rhi. ~ that co..ss.isr -.;-1-,~r
b.caus- ne thinks -f-,- my irf'-@st 5te
American TTlsnugS ctU--r. az rl--ri.af' u-
nNrhgp- our engineers miners. factory
OF ers5!yeS. bals"TS. --.pCl f.scil.Ts slc ]
othsTs- T1i's dc; a-tra.'.: ."-ES 10 -
courage af.i develop fii-S z -Glty ~ rs
COnSulS. and rhe result has b--a ~ in I
c-ea-ilr appreciation b- ;r- publ. % t-@
value Oi tn. consular service
pi.r consCls are iiSo 1nirE great .oci !
as sd-crtissI- % oEr pf16ucf~ ami their
industry II picking Up nov iiis-S Hos lie
benefit o: the hu~.nes~ p-op!- al n"f1F = I
a constant source .! surprise among
foreigners and sometimes o. Irritation on
the part q. such manufacturers abT.s. I
from possible rivals IL the Init.si Siaf-S
SUGGESTIONS 10 EXPORTERS
I would say. howoy=r.-' continued IA.
assistant Secrr-ar,- Of STATE that Tier
is a veII-dean~t limit to az oticial
agencies in the Promotion Of trade. and
that whatever of failure 3 charged upon
our consular service in pushing the sale
o: American goods IL mainly due 20 Q rais-
taken idea Of its capacities
The Consul cen point oIt the way. ear
suggest. and often personally assist the
efforts Of business enterprise. but he car
not supply it, place There mus. h "a
tive. Intelligent work or the part OF ~. i.
exporter IN connection s:th the manu-
facturer ~ We would have a heAI,hfui |
auf permanent foreign traae IN any part |
Of the world
As IL IL now no such effort 4. general |
among our business men. and the mot Of J
them are not sufficiently interested In for I
c!sn trad. to master the conditions of its |
success