The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-23
GERMANYS ENTERPRISE AND PROSPERITY IN TWENTIETH CENIUR

whether he thought that 1t paid his gov
eminent and It's exhibitors to show their
wares ut such places He said:
1--WE cannot tell whether this exposition
will pay Germany for the trouble she
Is spending upon 1t. 'rhat is a matter for
the future trade to determine. There Is a
prejudice against American expositions
among our manufacturers, owing to your
high duties. They gay, What is the Use
of our trying to compete when we are
taSey forty-five per cent by the GUS
toms ho,isc?" This tax makes It out OF
the question for Germany to send many
OF Its products to the United States, and
the result is that our exhibit here does
not adequately represent the industries
of the country. It. 10 fine In comparison
with that of other nations, but IT is
limited to few branches of trade. We
have for instance, a good drug and
chemical display and fair exhibit Of art
work Transportation Is we'll shown, and
the government exhibit Is large. I do
not know that the cost OF the indus
trial exhibit will be repaid BY n propor-
tlonate Increase Of orders OF such goods
as are shown. Sometimes It pays: somc-
times not We had a great difficulty to
Ket our manufacturers to exhibit ut
Paris, but those who did so got a large
business. Take the inventors and makers
or Kaiscrzinn, for instance. They had
big trade during the fair, and at tho
close they opened an establishment in
Paris near the Opera and they are doing
business there still One Of our piano
factories made great deal of moaoy
from the French through his displaylat
Paris, and this was the case with many
others.
Indeed, the trade between Germany.
and France was percepiibly Increased BY
the cxposition. Before that time 1t was
almost stationary at $4,000, 900. During
the year Of the fair II was 10000, 900. and
after the fair was over the trade dropped
to about s62, 900. where 1t now rests.
This shows an annual Increase OF about
So, 600 900 iii our French sales since the
exposition. RI
The Kaiser Our Friend.
"rhc profits Of these expositons are
not only commercial" continued Or. Lee
valid they are political and social as
we'll That fair at Paris did .nuct to
wipe out the hard feeling the FtencllS
held as I o tho Germans. We m'dc many
friends there, and as a result TIE anti
German sentiment is dying out Our.
exhibit here at st. Louis is largely a.
matter OF international friendship The;
i Emperor and his people look upon the
United states as lnclr E1TleNu, - Hu u W = 4
want to take part In any interna tional
fair Of this nature fathered by YOU
At the present time the Urite1 staeaE
lis much looked up TO In Germany and z
American goods ara very popular. 31n-
deed, they are 5qut1e the mode"
Germany's Foreign Trade.
What does cur trade with you amount
tor, s.g3i 4. ai s3
lin 1902 it was about 1910 900 00), Of
which more than s23O, ,o0o wa.; nluJe
up Of our purchases from you and a lit
tie over s112 900. 900 Of what you bought
from u.s. We buy more than twice as
much from the United States as we sell
q to it. We buy mo. from It than from
any other nation. and next to Great Bril-.
tain We are your best customer. It
must be remembered, however, that
much OF our purchases corslst Of. food
and raw material. and that we s ell YOU
chiefly manufactured articles
rs Germany's foreign trade increas-3
ing, Or, SIIewald? 2" I asked.
yes. indeed. Very rapidly. It amount ted
to IS, 0op0o tons In 1908 and altogether
to s., 00o, 900. Our trade began to de-
velop about twenty-five years ago. and 1t