Evening journal., 1905-08-19
wilmington AS WORLD
POWER IN COMMERCE
THE PLACE HELD BY GLAZED KID I'm THIS
CITY IN THE FOREIGN MARKETS is
HIGHLY IMPORTANT

and head effort as that devoted to,in the
most successful of our commercial enter
nrises. Read the records of this depart
ment and you viii find that they have
played o. most important part in the de-
velopment Of glazed kid abroad
Their agents, or consuls, recognized the
power of glazed kid merit and showed it
everywhere. They have assisted with all
the power Of the department where pre-
iudice would place unfair burdens upon
those marketing glazed kid. They have
had the corners of the earth explored to
find fields from which to obtain the goat
skin suitable for glazed kid. In every way
they have co-operated freely, heartily.
promptly and without preference or favor.
No letter OF introduction no special in
fiuence was required They did these
things because they wanted to build our
country and every industry in it, They
have seen and felt the apathy indiffer-
ence and misconception Of the American
manufactures They understand that the
entrance can best be made by presenting
and pushing that which has the excep-
tionable merit and that if it Is to be OBJ
taincd at all It must be sought for in this
country They investigate and report OPP
portunities for business, urge 1nanufactur-
ers 70 act They open the door and keep
It open but they cannot compel the manu-
facturer to enter. They cannot. are not,
permitted to carry the goods themselves
TO these places Of opportunity so the
whole fault where the departments efforts
fail is at the door Of the Indifferent blind
to opportunity manufacturer. 1t is not so
with the makers of glazed kid They re-
sorted to live means they acted as the
splendid showing of imports of 100000
changed to exports Of S25O0O00O annually
show. As signs bearing American and Will
mington names in an part of the world
evidence as advertising spaces in all the
leather trade papers Of the world indicate
it is the people the wearers who deter
mine success. who determine what shall
be put into their shoes and it is to reach
the people. the shoe wearers with a right
true story of glazed kid that is needed to
make this amount S5OOO0.OOO annually
Consider what this means to America to-
day and to Wilmington and that they
mako a splendid article that opens COM
munications with foreign countries to
show them how Americas manufacturers
excel
Every foreign wearer Of that American
leather-Glazed Kid-must have aroused
within his mind a curiosity Of Americas
makes, and feels that Americas other
manufacturers excel too. For Wilmington
was to know that Wilmington is to be the
first TO start this work that is to mean so
much to all America to know that VIII
mington is to be a world power" in
commerce. that its chief product is to do
ing so much for American trade should
make Wilmington people not contented
nor vain but make them feel their re-
sponsibility. their opportunity, and work
together for each other, and all, as they
{ have been doing this weelS-helping them
selves, others viii help them, and' within
the lines Of fits powers our State Depart
ment viii be found quickly sympathetic
and encouraging with practical real help