Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-29
OUR GOODS ABROAD.
United States ConsuIs Repor. as t.
Trade Opportunities.

Washington, March 2S-Specia
agent Burrill makes final report tC
the Bureau of Manufactures on thc
commerce of the section of China for
Which Shanghai s tie entry polt. His
11ad4 details are followed by an ac-
count Of the industrial life of that
metropolis. which appears like u busY
manufacturing city in the United
States. Cotton yarn, flour, paper. ci-
garettes and silk are produced, the
mills being equipped by English and
American machinery, which the Chin
csc have learned To operate in more
or less satisfactory manner under The
supervisors Of foreigners. Thousands
OF natives are thus employed at an
average Of II cents American money
per day o. II hours. Several of the
mills run day and night.
American patent medicines in Africa
and Austria are discussed in letters
f:"m Consuls Snodgrass of Pretoria
and Mcfarland of Reichenberg Doctors
ere scarce in South Africa, and charge
hVe dollars per visit i'll the cities, hence
the Bo@r pins his faith on the Ameri-
can patent medicine. The recent cam
ralSn by American publications
against patent medicines has resulted
in an almost prohibtory order being
promulgated in Austria against the
import OF proprietary remedies This
checks the trade in that empire of
many American medical preparations
which We're making good headway.
Inc reports of Consul General Mason
of Paris ana ConSul-General Skinner
OF MarSelllcs. to the Bureau of Manu-
factureS. show that American eyports
TO France fell off in 1904 nearly S14.-
100000 from the previous year. which
was fully recovered in 1905. Yet a
study Of the tables of trade for 1904
shows that the United States practical
ly gained in sales to France. for tho
decrease was only in cotton, grain. fats
ana petroleum. which was largely sold
TO other countries instead at good
p1ces. while American machinery
sales To France increased by $1,000 600
ana copper sales by more than $4,000
coo. ConsUl-Gencr2l Mason writes that
lfere IS offered to the fishermen Of New
England coast n ready and profitable
market for fish roe or spawn. Prices
nave doubled, and are now $50 no.
barrel y steady foreign supply of
hSh roe Is necessary to sustain the
french sardine fisheries, for which the
usual supply from Norway has been
German firms are unable to fill all
foreign orders for automobiles. Vice
cnsul Schlemmer of Mannheim writes
'Eat the German motor production for
l"o3 was $1O,000,000. the export to Eng
"nd ana France increasing 400 Der
cent Twice the present possible nro-
iCc1on IN Germany would not supply
ne demand, especially for heavy ye-
licles
Nlce-Consul Book, of Nuremberg
= ports new invention for making
glass plate by roller methods. which
l IS thought will revolutionize the IN
'ustry. American traders have over.
ooKed The island of St. Helena, ac-
2ording to Consul Pooley of Jamestown
'Eo writes that imports from Ameri- |
q were only s55 in value, while Great
rfltains sales there amounted to s261
90. However, in the British possess
'ion of Zanzibar in East Africa. tho
Jhlted States sold s403,33O of goods in
So4, reports Consul McMaster. This
vas over one-half of the United King
IONS trade there. The Americans
'ohtroi the cotton goods and patroleum
rade at Zanzibar