The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

The money was cabled. and It was met
by assurances that the order would be
filled al once il was five weeks, how
ever, after the order had been placed, be-
fore the shipment was started forward,
and then all shipping directions were
ignored, so that the car finally reached
Mexico some ten weeks late with double
freight charges upon it. Fearing such a
delay from previous experiences. the
Mexican importer placed a duplicate or
der in Engand, The terms OF cash with
order were not exaCted. and the English
goods were there three weeks ahead Of
the American goods. at little more than
half the cost That importer buys no
more zinc in the United States
An exposition Will be held in Norway
this year The consul az Bergen writes
that there Is a splendid opening for motor
boats propelled by petroleum, the regula-
tions against gasoline being such as to
almost preclude its use. The Norwegian
fishermen want thousands OF these De
trOleum motor boats; but, judging the
future by the past, the Bureau Of Man
ufacturers has little hope of seeing this
new condition met. American-made shoes
are popular in Persia, being preferred TO
all others, The people want slippers hav-
ing no heels and covering only instep and
the forward part Of the foot These
slippers should sell at $1.75 wholesale
{. o. b. New York. Although there Is a
good demand for them there has been as
yet no manufacturer 10 seize the oppor-
tunity An enteTprsing Russian carried
a few American plows down into Persia,
and they did the work so much better
than the Old-fashOned crooked stick plOw
that Persians came for miles TO see them.
The American consul has found II neces-
sary TO suggest TO American manufac-
turers that they make efforts 10 intro
duce their plows in Persia.
When business seeks the man who goes
not after it, there is pretty sure evidence
that a good field offers itself. That Is
what Consul DennisOn, Of Bombay, re-
ports to his government He says that
he has had number of requests from
native mill owners for the names and
addresses of American textile machinery
manufacturers. England has hitherto
had a monopoly Of this business in In
dia. but Mr. Dennison reports that the
American manufacturers stand an equal
show If they will only adopt similar
trade-getting methods.
In India they still thresh their grain
by the old-fashioned ox-that-shaH-not- be-
muzzied method. There has been much
complain about the dirtiness Of the grain.
To overcome this the imperial agricultu-
rist Of India recently rugged UP thresh-
ing machine Of his own TO test the rela-
tive cost Of steam and OK threshing.
Every condition was unfavorable TO the
steam thresher, such as the crudeness
Of the machinery, the bad weather, and
the inexperience of the hands who
manned the machine. But even with
these handicaps the cost was AZ cents,
while the cost Of OK treadlng was II
cents per bushel- Such a contest seems
10 Americans about as ridiculous as one
between an old Franklin hand-press and
modern power perfecting press. The
consul SAYS that the American thresher
with the horse power attachment geared
to bullockspeed would be just the thing
the farmers OF India want. AS the an
nual crop is more than 100000. 600 bushels,
the American manufacturer who invades
the field will have a veritable gold mine.
This cannot be done, however, by the
use OF catalogues. Some enterprising
manufacturer must send such machine
TO India with a man competent to oper-
ate II and sell it. Such a course will also
open up a vast field for plows, seeders
and reapers.
TO-mOrrovy-Trade Successes Abroad.