The Washington herald., 1907-11-25

To recount the triUmphs Of American
trade in the marts Of the world would be
TO recount the progress Of new Caesar
known as Commerce, who, after crossing
the Rubicon Of Independence. found the
whole world 10 conquer There is no
civilized country so remote as not to have
felt It's conquering power Even IN lands
where the savage yet holds sway. one will
see evidences Of the American advance.
Funta Arenas. in TERRA del Fuego. IS the
most southsrIy continental point IN the
world. yet there one viii see modern
lighthouse. made in America. Hammer
fest Is the most northerly city on the
globe, yet II has electrical apparatus made
in the land OF the Yankee. Climb from
the deepest drifts Of the Calumet and
Hecla mines 20 YaEteles, on TOP Of the
Andes. and ir each place American ma
chinery bears witness 70 the far-reaching
power Of the American manufacture
American lamps light the palace Of the
Sultan OF Morocco. and are reflected in
the priceless jewels of the Shah Of Per
STA.
Electric Transmission plants have been
built by American engineers where the
Euphrates aows down 70 the sea. They
have been built where the elephant and
the white ant still flourish on primeyal
soil. wires being swung high, 10 protect
them from inquisitiye trunks, and poles
being iron-incased against the depreda-
tiOns Of ants. The largest ice-bTeaking
vessel I'm the world floats on the Neva at
ST. Petersburg. fitted with an electrical
lce-breaker made in the United States
The electrical engines for the famous
"Tuppeuny Tube" in London. and the en-
gines which draw the cars fun of pleas
ure seekers from Paris To Monte Carlo
are American made. while on the widest
steppes OF Northern Asia and across the
sands in the shadow Of Egypt's pyramids
American whistles wake strange echoes
American soda fountains are to be
found in Siam and Calcutta, American
ice machines are growing popular In
China and Japan, and American phOno-
graphs are being used by the Chinese in
conducting their correspondence. Con-
strucung an American laundry in Shang-
hal is worse than carrying Goals 10 New
castIe-it Is carrying war into the enemy's
country, 19.000 miles away. Yet one may
see an American laundry with a 5000
piece capacity in full operation in that
Chinese city.
One would hardly expect TO see Ger
many's breweries equipped with Ameri-
can appliances. yet this is general rule
in the Kaisers country. Typewriter1.
dlstinctively a product OF this country,
have gone wherever the light OF civiH-
zation has Travelled. Every civilized gov
ernment on earth uses them, and they
have been made 10 write a score of Ian
guages with 4 dozen different kinds OF
characters. One finds American equip
ment in the barber shops Of Russia.
American shoe polish and dress shields
In France, American bath tubs in Aus
tralia and South Africa, and American
clay pigeons for trap shooting in England.
American mules and American wagons
were the standard OF excellence in South
Africa during the Boer war, where
American hats impartially crowned
privates and commanding officers.
Such has been the triumph of the
American manufacture. but it is one
that the American farmer has paraIleled.
He has sent his -four 20 Asiatlc Russia.
TO India. TO Africa, and 10 Australia. He
has helped TO make this country the
mightiest exporter in the family of ma
tons. Americas exports this year will
amount to S1.SSe, ,0o0eO Those Of Eng
land last year amounted TO 1865. COZ. 600.
Germany's 10 a3Gi.0O1.OO0. and those of
France to less than a billion dollars. The
exports Of Russia are only oRe-third those.
of the United States We are to-day eX-
porting approximately three times as
much as We did in 1870, and almost dou-
BILE as much as in 1898. Our manufactures
exported to-day amount to more than
three hundred million dollars. as com
pared with $500. 100000 in 1900. The manu-
factured products for further use in man
ufacturing that we export to-day amount
to more than two hundred and twenty
millions. as compared with S79,00O0 900 just
eleven years ago. our exports Of crude
materials amounted to $1S9 000, 900 eleven
years ago, and now amount to S414, COO
So great has become the export trade
Of America that If the government should
decide 10 pay the national debt and start
out with a clean slate, as Andrew Jack
son did when President, what the world
owes US when the import and export
books are balanced at the end OF each
year would be sufficient in two years 10
cancel the entire Indebtedness. In other
words, we are now getting $500, 900 to
boot every year we trade with the rest