The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-18
Continental Countries Doing All.
They Can to Manufacture
for Themselves.
Especial Correspondence OF The Times
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$50 $50 Wh va. eeht ~ iTcSiuent 3Mc hihie5a
rs ,,.n, n wsre he wus
trade, After thn, he was made minister
TO Portugal and he ha. since been called
to Washington 10 be the right hand man
Of Secretary iIayl IN connection with our
world over our conversation about
trade matters covered tho globe. although
y in This letter can give yo,l little more
Y than that which relates TO the continent
or Europe
Wa Ie,c +l1a XXyor1,1 az
11ee'A 3. t ~ " v - - ~.
Uncle sam now leads the world as
II an international 8merchant.1 said the shrst
assistant secretary OF state. our trade
Il ms ms {, peer, pceli GROWING during the last Two
Il ndininistr ations ny lsap s ana bounds, ana
~ VIII Il DC larger ms year tnan ever
5p ti,he. fI lr to451'' t.1e tota!.. exports
Fl an. imports nag never re:.ched 9z,oVVoo9'
4 ~ last year they were almost Two
biIlion and q hall, nm increase OF *l6oooo.
4 Wy oScr& our our reign q commerce OF leo.,
& ana greatly IN y excess OF 3tha1 OF l9Vi.
y y g nave nave been gaining IN exports during
me past year. ana we we are now nrSt
z. among The nations as an exporter OF
a domestic products Belore5 y MS the
n Uniied hinsdom mad been nj me head
Of the list; but during The nine months
anaans WI, aate ~ our a ese fn on
4
8 TIncle csr,,c Rec+ Cuc+ mas
80. I'll "11l.2> $50 -
which are our, bcst customers among
Z The na itons?8s,l asked
e rea I, Britain and her dependencies
are lar IN the lead replied SECRETARY
LOOMS. We sci me llniie e, Kingdom,
more than a half Billion dollars worth
d OF domestic goods every year Germany
"A comes mex with less than two hundred
Il million, and after that The Netherlands.5
rance, Belgium. LAZY dexlco.a Austrla-
81 hungary. CUBA. Japan. Spain, 5Dentnark,
china Sand russia III order named We
nave Ia rye trade win tho btitisn de
& pendcncics.
Canada Is an excellent customer. !
takes from us d bout as mucllans South
America, Asia and africa combined. In
other cords, according 10 the figurcs Oh
ta'e5 department OF Commerce ana Labor,
& issued last "a pr1l. 4. our safes 70 Cahaua
VI amour ted IN round numbers to 4l22s co.,
: COO, while the total for south america
Asia and Africa is less than sli9.0oe,o0o
Austria Is another good customer.
2Il Its Imports are IN Value4 bout As great
az those OF Japan. while Great Erlta'n
p and ireland puS ann Il any IRON US more
than hall OF our total safes 70 EUROPE
and between two and three times the
4 amount We annually sell to the Germans.l$
europe VS.. the United States.
5..p,, az rnot ,,a 1.n,,nna \ K a., lions
!, oe H., -
1nanufact,,res 5i'l q
''..i vo,,I, M se,x,5 they arc q rhtinr
=. - .onIie a. tta ~sst a., secref nv ~
~ 49,. - ,,nInes iii tt;avicar
4 ~ ,,,,ns,ot,,rca fnr5 Themselves and Ia
3. n,,,s,a ,,,ith1us !. ,nne 1a lines az Amer;
20 :, mn n,,fact,,re u Frnderic 4 Emory. of
~ ,n, =, :, m =, Had ottention5tn tha Z
daaoor IN IL he .Rnvlew ~ the World, :
Ca ans moro for 100 !, showing that AmerI.
K ~ otnr, ,,ods weras hainp intro
-, -. "a ~ E,nrona
~ - MO :.
,su ,,i,,., ,ohi nnr,, -
-, .,.,n
49,, nne, an, os ~, ~ cost - So,tni,t
I n1a annrina, : cnncerrs Ia % nsta hlish.
- ~ Ssarnt, ,,Ia,,ts 'iin differan, narts If
-, ,,,a,, I, 10 !, ~. Eirr mn t,,s
800 anoda - ~ ~ ~ rnt ias wich wore
~ i,n,,e al
at, ,r,a 70 mere ho
~ 20 =. I,,,,a,
~, ,,r.s No %
w ~, 10 raer ba
~. ,,a ~ ,ea IN ,fe exnort
laue mas Wv oaas a. ~ that limo
year nave - =, :,
W., foods arc
~ n1'.a t,'aso -, ~
pelns u'sp,aceo pS syad = %
:" ashn.s ~" 'hicvc,es ~, chine tools hard
,,or re M f,,rnt,,,re was the reply, Sin
- - 20 ( =, =, ~ tclos
aeea, mere rs g,eae WHEN ARE are
~heh We y ,,raa - Enronn We
NOW nei,ls 81 si,aas II mn
SUI! sen many .i ro "a
lhna, out ne e,s irs,r s',po mnrican stvle
aaoptea me more :, po,4 nn J and
a Amer dca uI lasts - IS some Of tho fac
tories they have American foremen. In
a recent report Consul General Mason
OF Berlin says that Germany Is now
pra cticaly equipped with our most i'm
los have learned how to operate the
imported machines to their fullest capa-
city. they are copying the best Of the
smnroying ,ipon them. they are also
making Other machines along the same
lines i', nt = much lower cost!
'''"Indeed. The imitation and use of Amer
,cun machinery in Germany makes 1t
more and more dihlcull for American
exporters to develop a profitable market
there for our tools, hardware, furniture,
i ,irIa nj M l.