The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-18

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First Assistant
ties should be protected by patents or
trade marks and that they should be
offered by skllful merchants or by agents
who can explain their merits and who
understand how to sell
,ss ut Is this ability to invent and con-
&trive new things that keeps our trade
stead!ly advancing. continued Mr.
LOOMS. 1--WE S may lose ground &9 i'll
some directions, but we gain In others.
ard American wares are on the whole
more popular than ever. There is no.
doubt, however, that we do not foster
our foreign trade az We should. Man
ufacturing for export 4 Is little more than
q side issue for many OF our great con-
Germs and our consular reports bristie
with statements OF the indifference OF
our exporters toswhat would seem TO
be primary conditions Of success IN push
ing our goods abroad. WE
How to Build Up Foreign Trade.
We should have our manufactures
specialized for the foreign markets. ana
export agencies specialized for handling
our trade The work should go or durin 8
good times and bad and should not be
dropped in order to supply the home
market AS 1t is nov; we have no such5
arrangements. and nevertheless We nave
within ten months increased our manu-
featured exports by $40, 900. 900. Germany,
and Great Britain haze brought matters
OF this kind to q high point Of efficiency.
When we do the same 1t is fair TO as
sumo our advance In the worlds market.
will be steady, continuous and pra ctlcally
lillmitable. s 8
What are we doing IN Russia, AT.
LOOMS 2" n a asked q, IL n
Our latest figures through the Depart
ment OF Commerce and Labor show that
our exports to Russia increased up 10
the breaking out@of the war with Japan
In the eight months ending with last
February such exports exceeded those
from the same period Of 1903 by more
than three million dollars. y
..What effect will the war have upon
I that ira de- Mr.. Loomis?" ] asked. l.ti
1--WE cannot tell#as yet said the first
assistant secretary of state, but it would
seem that SO vast a country as Russia,
still in the earliest stage Of IT develop
ment, will continue for many years to
import, in increasing quantities, our ma
5chInery and labor-saGing implements
Our exporters, 1t is true. have now to
contend with the discrimination against.
American goods imposed BY the RUSSIAN
customs tariff OF 1901. hat was
brought about as retaliation for the dit s.
'fercntial sugar duties imposed by the
United States. Now, although the
English and Germans have gained In
some lines of exports our consuls write
that American farming machinery and
tools are sold In larger quantities than.
ever. The people prefer our machinery
and say that our goods are better made
and more practical Bile than those OF 2other
countries. Consul Chambers Of 8Batum,s
for instance, reports that our manu-
features are successfully competing with
those Of Europe because OF their low
cost and their superiority. and this, not-a
withstanding the 80 per cent OF extra
duty charged upon them Consul Gen
;erai. H olloway, OF st. Petersburg, writes
tho same of the superiority Of our goods
and their popularity, so you see they.
still hold their own IN the markets IN
Russia"
American Factories in Europe.
II understand that several OF our large
American institutions have established
branch factories In Russia and other
parts Of Europe. VIII not this lessen
our exports? 5i
% replied WITH til no only
cut Oft the exports Of those goods but
1t will give the foreigners an object les-3
son rs to how to compete with us on
our own lines. Such factories save trans
portation charges; they may have
cheaper labor and they avoid the GUS
toms duties which In some countries are
very heavy as regards exports from the
United States. Ono Of the largest com
panies of Pttsburg has a branch es-
Establishment or sister company IN st.
Petersburg, which works 500 mon and
has n captalzati Ion OF about million
and a half dollars, The Westinghouse
Electric Company has great works N
southern Russia and the British branch
OF that company has been Incorporated
with capital Of more than ten million
dollars It's great plant at Manchester
employs $500 hands and has what arc
perhaps the finest machine shops In lSu-
rope. There Is q French company which
has n Capitalization of four million dol
lars, employing 100 men. The General
Electric Company has a great manu- !
featuring establishment In England and
is closely associated. with some Of the
German electric companies, 81 These COM
ia MES make all sorts OF electrical 'ma-
terials for sale not only In England, but
IN all parts OF Europe. Their orders
run high into the millions OF dollars q
year. and inasmucl as a large part Of
their stock Is. owned by Europeans, not
only is that business 2shut@off from the
same companies In the Useited States,
but the profits received from It are
largely spent f5,ln Europe. There are
other branches OF Industry which arc
being carried on In the same way giving
to their European factories all the ad-
vantages OF improved American ma
chlnery and operative skill; for the man
ayers and foremen are picked from the
factories Of the United States, The
worknlen are mainly natives hut tho
system Is sltch that each factary becomes
al xyh ara Iii !.