Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02


downright. 1907, by Frank G. Car
penter).
er> Angler, Morocco. Jan. Ia
Uncle Sam should keep hlsfeye
on Morocco. This country Is
now In q state of anarchy, ana
the sultan Is not uble to control his
people. He is ruling only q small
part OF the population, ann the en-
uire may be said TO have 90 rulers,
each boss of mis- own little princlrai-
Ity. In most places there IS nrltler
law nor order, ana IN many both IRE
and property are Insecure. Tnr cch.
ditlons have come to such point that
tho great powers of Europe WIZ soon
have 10 stop IN The FIRST break was
the Alreotras conference; but mat
has been practi1sllya failure. the
$500 policemen who guard me clBnt
chief ports viii be totally tnspHieienli
and sooner or later we must haNe ~
army here OF 10000 and upward. II
would take 5000 10 guard ThnGieF
clone. and several Thousand for cacA
Of the uorts along the Atlontc'
MoRocco's BIG POSSIBILITIES
As soon as the powers determine
ia take hold of the country every ma
ton Will be sending IT'S trade repre-.
sentatiyes here, the Germans anu
French have already done so, and TIE
English have man az court IN the
person at Kaid Mclean. who was
brought in TO rcorganizc the sultpns
army and has grown TAT off the iop
He IS supposed 20 be secret agent
of the British government ana -
keep the English posted as to trade
and diplomatic affairs.
As to the Germans, they are gath
~ .NH -
of ways. ! met hore a white faced,
blond bearded man, dressed In full
Moorish costume. who was talkms
Arabic, and who Ia found could rcelle
the Koran from beginning TO end, ne
turned out to be a German In the emf
ploy of some of the kaiscr's conf
rnercial organizations. and his busl-
ness is to gather data TOR the pushing
of German goods He has Travelled
as Moor through all the coast
towns and has gone inland from
Mogador to Morocco City and from
there To Fec. He has full Information
about the patterns Of the cottons and
other goods most desired hero, and
the Germans will be soon making
other dresses ot these outlandish peo-
pie.
4 TRADE OF TWENTY MILLION
ta DoLl.AItS,
" During my stay | have had talk
With Mr.. hoffman Philip, our consul
general us ID the trade OF Morocco.
Hc has represented our country here
very efficiently Cor the past four
years, and has done what he could u
rush American, trade He has been
hampered. however, by the ignorance
OF our exporters concerning the
country and people, and the dlsad-
vintage of the United States having
no direct steamship connection With
this part of the continent We have
several vessels a week which call at
Gibraltar. over the way. but none OF
these stops at Tanglcr. We are buying
~ large amount OF goat skins Of Mo-
thcco. but about the only thing which
she is using directly from US Is coal
oil Her people dress largely In
cottons, and their goods are made OF
our raw materials, which are shipped
in the bale TO England and there
manufactured for this trade.
During some years we pay ms much
as 100000 to Morocco. In 1905 we
bought from her about s450, 900 worth
of goat skins. and we take some of
her wool and fruits. which go via
England
'.The total trade of Morocco" says
our consul general, now amounts to
like 100000, 600 n year.
and of this England gets more than
half, France, comes next. and then
Spain and Germany, The German