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The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
WHERE The MILLS
MAY SELL COTTON
Southern Operators Views
OH Present Conditions.
MARKET IN LATIN AMERICA
w. r. Mattress Advocates Formation
of Special Bureau to Develop Trade
Foster shipping and Direct Trans
POrtation Service There.

Mr.. w E. Mattress. OF Statesville.
n C, cotton manufacturer. firmly be-
lieves that the making Of cotton goods IN
the South should be carried much farther
than al present. In communication 70
The Washington Herald he declares that
the cry Of hard times and overproduction
does not scare him. and thar the South win
recover from its present period Of depres-
sion in this industry and profit greatly
from its adversities.
Mr Mattress takes the view that spe-
cial attention must be paid by the South
ern manufacture TO the question or mar
kets. and he finds that the chief outlet
for Southern-made goods is IN Latin
America. and that trade must be devel-
oped there IN the future Upon this
point he says:
Others may write Of trade relations
with the Orient. II is the purpose Of This
letter 20 stay nearer home. and. If posi-
ble. force a few ice-cold facts and figures
upon the attention Of our Southern cot
ton manufacturers regarding the possibni-
ties for expansion OF trade IN the re-
publics contiguous 10 our southern border,
where a ready and progressive people are
waiting for American energy and initia-
tive to stimulate these possibilities into
a commercial era o. great magnitude
Large and POpuIous Ares.
Mr.. Mattress then calls attention 10 the
comparative areas OF the United States
and Latin America. The United States.
including Alaska. has 3og5e00 square
miles and Latin America. represented IN
the republics Of Central and South Amer
lea. have Ss0s.32 square miles. Brazil has
3.2-0050 square miles OF territory. Argen-
tina. 1.13f01o; Mexico. 1879. Bolivia.
10sora. and Peru. $500 square miles Mr
Mattress SAYS the most notable fact IN
this connection is that Brazil is larger
than the United States. Alaska eliminated.
by l15.e00 square miles He SAYS the total
population OF Pan America iI I39. ~. .000
OF which the United states has Si.5s5,oo0
and the other countries 64 5000
From these facts. he argues that such
territory and such population Is the natu-
raj field Tor SOuthcrn trade.
NOW let Us analyZe." continues Mr..
Mattress. what TIE cotton manufacturers
have done The Sll.G3GS of cotton man
ufactures exported % South America dur
ing the fiscal year ended June 81 1871. is
CLASSIFIED as follows,
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
GERMAN MERCANTILE SUITS
Purchaser Has No Redress Except
Through Damage Claims.
Proceedings Must BE Promptly Filed
and the Evidence Must.
BE Clear.

Consul George Eugene Eager. IN the
following report from Barmen. calls at
tention 10 the German law governing the
acceptance or rejection OF merchandise
ordered by one firm from another:
A question being asked by a New York
firm as 20 what chances a foreign firm
stands with domestic concern in fight
ing out a civil suit in a German court. %
the answer made was that the judgment
would be an impartial one and thar the
foreign firm would have the same chances
as the German concern.
The law in Germany, which applies. as
well 10 the foreign buyer as 10 the do
nestle. is most imparuaiIy enforced. as
follows: If an importer buys goods OF a
German manufacturer. he must. immedi-
ately on receipt Of the goods. 90 10 the
custom-house and examine them. II they
are not what he has ordered in every
respect. he must at once notify the manu-
factu-er ana refuse 10 accept them. If
this IS Tot done within reasonable time
'eight days., il is taken for granted that
the goods have been accepted The fart
that the goods IN question remained in
bond fOr a time would not help the case
With certain articles the law demands
that an immediate trial be made. If a
brewer buys malt he must. Immediately
upon the arrival of the malt, make a
trial brew 20 determine the quality. Tf
he should fail 10 make this trial. and
keep the malt until needed. and then
discover that IL was bad he could obtain
no redress IN the courts
It is the same with raw silk. II a
manufacturer buys a certain quality of
raw silk. the law requires that as soon
as the silk is delivered a trial sam0le Of
the silk must be al once submitted 70 a
silk dyer and expert, who must cook the
sample and determine as 10 fits quality
II this is not done at once and the results
reported, Il is considered that the silk has
been accepted and must be paid for.
whether the quality is as ordered or not.
In the present instance. a New York
importer. having a branch house in Japan.
placed a considerable order for a bin Of
goods with a local manufacturer: the
goods were shipped 10 the branch house
IN Japan, and upon arrival were bonded
and taken out OF bond as needed. II the
goods had been examined as soon as they
arrived and the manufacture notified
that they were not the same in quality
and color as ordered, he would Ulloubt-
edly have been able 20 win his suit for
damages in a German court
Any foreign concern wishing 10 pros
ecute a German hsm for damages in a
breach of contract or other civil suit
must deposit sum of money IN advance
sufficient 70 cover the entire cost Of the
proceedings. In case the plaintiff should
win his case. this money Is refunded and
the defendant must paw the entire costs.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
WATERWAY AND RAILWAY.
Equipment Costs Much Less in In
land Canals.

Germany's inland fleet numbered in 1902
2f1Z7 boats, with a tonnage Of 4,S705o9.
The traffic per kilometer on Germany's
waterways is something like 80 per cent
greater than per kilometer OF railroad.
the figures in 1895 being: Water trans
port, 10000 tons per kilcmeter: railroads.
$4,000 tons per klometer CkiIometer. O62
mile.
The relative cost Of moving freight by
land and water may be seen by the fol-
lowing: A horse can pull at a speed of
three miles per hour on level road. two
tons; on railroad. fifteen tons; or canal,
eighty tons.
Canals, under ordinary circumstances
(the Panama mountain cutting being an
unusual and extraordinary eUceptiOn) can
be built considerably cheaper than rail-
roads. Boats and barges cost one-ffth
as much as freight cars per tonnage ca
pacity. The waterways and boats may be
maintained af an Insignificant compare
tive expense. ant a steam-towed cargo of
freight on a good. bread canal or water
way win travel 100 miles IN less time
than the railroads require to deliver the
same amount Of freight; a fact due 10
crowded rails. congested terminals, and
car shortage
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
CITY is EXPANDING
TOWARD THE NORTH
Continued from Page one.

teenth street northwest. for $500 The
property consists Of a three-story and
cellar brick building with ten rooms The
lot has a frontage Of eighteen feet The
owners were the heirs OF the Anna r
Taylor estate. and the purchaser a down
town business man who win occupy the
property as a home.
John ". Chndress announces the sale
Of the property 20 Mrs. Charlotte Daley.
s. u10-IID Fourteenth street. for SS5,o0o.
This property is situated just south OF
the Portland Hotel. fronts twenty-seven
and one-half feet on Fourteenth street
and runs through TO Vermont avenue
with a frontage thereon Of thirty feet, the
average depth being 10 feet.
Mrs Daley VIII tear down the old build
ings now on the lot and erect thereon a
new structure. five stories in height, with
stores on Fourteenth street. physicians
Offices on first and second floors on the
Vermont avenue frontage. and bachelors
apartments above. The Tot is admirably
adapted to these purposes, being open on
three sides. with the main entrance on
Vermont avenue.
The former owner. W E Russell. was
represented in the sale by l. ". Groomes.
Four Houses Bring $1,000.
Stone & Fairfax report the sale OF four
houses az 500 20 els Morton street north
west for Charles J. Butler. These houses
are Of brick. Just completed. having been
erected by J. Levy The consideration
was $500. The houses are acquired as In
vestments by the purchasers.
Stone & Fairfax also report the SAFE for
Mrs Alvina Engley OF the dwelling 10
Twenty-first street northwest. which the
purchaser, X z. Fail. VIII occupy as a
home The property has a frontage OF
over thirty feet, with depth OF 80 feet.
The house Is two stories and cellar. con-
tanning nine rooms.
Willett & Reinecke Company report the
sale for J. W. Bussey OF the property az
1856 E street northeast TO ]. II. Summers.
who VIII use it for his home, The house
Is built OF press brick and has six rooms
The purchase price IS about $500
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
KEEPS POTATOES IN COKE.
New German Method Prevents Ia
hers from Sprouting.

Consul General Richard Guenther. Of
Frankfort. reports that a German publi-
cation, the Practical Adviser In Fruit
Raising and Gardening, states that
new method for keeping potatoes and pre-
venting sprouting consists in placing
them on a layer OF coke DR. Schiller.
Of Brunswick who has published the
method. is OF the opinion that the I'M
proved ventilation by means OF coke is
not alone responsible for the result. but
believes that It is due to the oxidation
OF the coke. which, however, is a very
slow one.
Coke always contains sulphur. and II is
very possible that the minute quantities
of oxides or carbon and sulphur which
result from the oxidation. mixing with
the air and penetrating among the po-
tatoes, are sufficient TO greatly retard
sproutng.
Potatoes SO treated are said 70 keep in
good condition until the following July.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
southern NIen Indiaerent.

Not only does It seem that Southern
manufacturers are Indifferent to the op-
portunity bequeathed them by nature 70
become the dominating factor in the cot
ton manufacturing world. but il Is becom-
ing apparent that we are closing the
doors Of that opportunity. That danger
mainly IS that We keep on charging our
present plants and building new ones
without thought of the morrow. abSc-
lutely Indifferent and unconcerned IN re
gard 70 the marketing OF the product
Then we are content 10 sit down and
let the outside world fix its own price on
that product. We rush this increasing
production on our home markets through
a few commission men and brokers AT
competitive prices with each other. ana
frequently in competition with ourselves
until these markets. huge and splendid
as they are, become surfeited.
"In the meantime England is buying
and Transporting our cotton across the
sea, reshipping il back again in cloths
and yarns. and selling them at our very
doors.
Some fabrics Of American manufac-
ture like overalls materials. sun have a
name IN Brazilian markets that stands in
spite Of time. competition. and cheap sub
Stitutes. and only a bettering Of general
tariff conditions in Brazit is necessary 10
revive American trade in such lines. In
some lines Of American goods there IS
apparently little chance Of doing any
thing. English competitors have built up
a special trade and so far have been
able 70 keep it.
American manufacturers continue TO
put more cotton aHd less filling in their
goods. and do not sell so cheaply. In
can goods chiefly. as II increases the duty
upon them. 4 difference IN the weight
of thread. or IN the number Of threads.
may mean different customs classihca-
ton at a much higher rate Of duty.
For every dollar paid US by Brazil
for our cotton yarns she paid England
$3.50
rs there prejudice against our cotton
manufactures? Apparently not fer John
Barrett. director Of the Pan American Bu-
reau at Washington. whose intimate as
ISOLATION with these people and accurate
knowledge of their trade conditions en-
title his conclusions 10 consideration.
says:
Just the minute that the manufactur-
ers Of the United States can lay down in
any Latin American city a product IN
competition with Europe. or supply the
petition with European prices, they wiz
buy ii from us just as quickly as they will
buy it from Europe. and, think. little
bit quicker
Where. then, has been the difficulty IN
our making any headway against our Fu-
rOpean competitors?
Secretary Root set forth the cause.
without argument. when he stated:
II the year ended June 50 1865, there
entered the port OF Rio de Janeiro a civ
with a population OF one million peoplel
steamers and sailing vessels flying the
flag Of Austria-Hungary 30; OF Norway
1i2; Of Italy. 165; Of Argentina. 2s4; OF
France, 3f7: OF Germany. 657: OF Great
Britain, LIS and OF the United States no
steamers and seven sailing vessels, two
OF which were IN distress
Senator Simmons. In a recent speech
before the United States Senate. cauter-
lied the sore place when he said:
Mr.. President the condition OF our
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18

! Il is evident that Brazil paid higher
price for its -four IN 1903 than In 1907. and
incidentally IL appears that in the loss OF
trade, due to a general decrease OF i'm
ports into Brazil, the United States lost
considerable in quantity, but little in
value. In other words. Il secured almost
as much In credits IN international trade
as IL did the year before. but with much
less product. The decrease in the d0ur
trade is IN keeping with the general
trend OF Brazilian imports for 1908 and
not due 10 any extraordinary cause.
though there has been some increase in
the imports Of wheat
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18

Compare the foregoing with the export
trade OF England 20 the same countries.
covering the same period Of time. on cot
ton cloth and cotton yarns.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
MAY WHEAT S1.20
In CHICAGO PIT
It Makes Prices for All the
World Markets.
CLEARING HOUSE OF NEWS

DpiniOn from All Quarters of the
Globe on Production and COnsump-
Street-Patten Gauges the COndi-
tions vita Great Accuracy.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
COMPANY'S PLAN
Independent Concern VIII Take
Over Plants.
j. p Morgan & Co. VIII Under
write Stocks of the
Corporation.

/ Baltimore. April 1.-THE independent
Fertilizer Company. which has been in
/ process Of formation for several months.
win be known in the future as the
United States Fertilizer Company. The
/ capitalization will be S50000o00. equally
divided between preferred and common
stock
The corporation now owns the Kali
werke Sollstedt, a German potash-pro-
ducing company. a contract for the en-
tire output Of the Tennessee Copper
Company's sulphuric acid plant. and dis
trbutiOn contracts with manufacturers OF
fertilizer for a minimum Of 10000 tons a
year
Several Baltimore plants are 10 be
taken over by the new combination.
which viii control IN all about fifty in
dependent companies. extending from
Maryland 70 Florida. Upon the compile
tion OF the organization Of the company.
J. T. Morgan & Co.. Of New York viii
act as its fiscal agent. and. after receiv-
ing payment as proposed 70 them. that
firm win subscribe and pay in cash 500
share for 10000 shares Of the % GO
shares Of Z per cent cumulative preferred
stock. and Ike amount OF the $4,000
shares OF common stock OF the corpo-
ration TO be authorized.
Dividends on the preferred stock. II is
said, viii date from January 1, 1910 but
the directors will declare. unless fncon-
sistent with the best interests Of the cor
poration. dividend Of 81 per cent out
Of the surplus earnings for 1909. The
r1fT
for common stock subscriptions. including
J. P. Morgan & Co. $3,325. .030. and for
the preferred stock subscriptions IN Kali
werke Sollstedt. Tennessee Copper Com
pany, J. p. Morgan q Co. and fertilizer
manufacturers. S3200O0O, and for pre-
ferred stock subscriptions in cash.
including J. p. Morgan & Co, $3.50. 900
the total being so, ,275,0O
II is stated that as approximately So
325,000 common and $S9 .00O preferred will
be the initial issue necessary in acquIr-
ing the properties mentioned. such esti-
mated earnings would show approximately
l. per cent on each class OF stock. This
is estimated az follows:
Kaliwerke Sollstelt lt.-................... 500 90
Tennessee Copper 20. al s. Z O. b. $1,000
Fertilizer manufacturers. 70oooo tons min
imum contracts, 81 per ton............ 10000
Total Sc 900
Terms OF subscription for the preferred
stock at par shall be 10 per cent. pay
able on date Of subscription. 15 per cent
payable on each first days Of August
September, October. November. and De-
ce'0ber. 1909. and January. 1910. respec-
lively. No subscription shall be binding
until at least S5.750,000 OF the preferred
stock has been subscribed for in cash.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
May Establish Observatory.

Tie Chinese authorities are proposing
TO establish an observatory somewhere in
Canton and to engage an astronomer.
Plans are being prepared for its con-
struction. and funds are being collected
FOR the purchase Of the necessary appa-
TatuS.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18

Continued on Pase 4, Column 2.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
In - Q. -

m IIT7I 0- F7-s'-1l '7-''-
These figures show that the export
trade OF England 10 the country just
south Of us on cotton cloth was nearly
SIX times greater than our Owl~ while on
cotton yarns and threads II was nifty
times greater
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18

postal communication with South Amer
lea Is a disgrace 70 our government and
people.
Mr. Mattress quotes ar length from the
speech OF Senator simmons IN favor OF
a ship subsidy system or other govern
ment help which wiz insure prompt and
safe transportation between the ports OF
the United States and those Of Latin
America This, he thinks. IS the hrsU
requisite for the upbullding of Southern
trade. He then turns 20 other features
cf the problem. and quotes from an ad-
dress by Secretary Root as follows:
''FiTst-The manufacture should learn
what South Americans want and con-
form his product 10 their wants II they
want coarse cottcns, ne should give them
coarse cottons and not expect them &c
buy fine c0ttons.
Needs to Learn the Language.
''Second-Both for the purpose Of learn
ing what the South American people
want and OF securing their attention 70
your goods. you must have agents who
speak the spanish or Portuguese Ian
guages.
''Third-The American producer should
arrange 10 conform his credit system 10
that prevailing in the country where he
wishes 10 sell goods.
"Our Southern mills" continued Mr..
Mattress. have not been alive 70 their
ability IN the past 20 control the market
on the coarser yarns through their own
organized selling agencies, but have per-
nitted outside influences 20 pit one South
ern mill against the other az lower prices:
and now We seem 10 be gathering strength
% commit another folly by developing a
craze 10 spin finer yarns. the result or
which will be the continued competition
between ourselves and a headlOng rush
into a sterner competition with the large
and finely organized mills Of New Eng
land
Direct Routes 30 Market.
with either Wilmington or Charleston
or maybe both. il our cotton manUfac-
turers make the enort-in direct shipping
relations with a country where the de-
mard IS and VIII be for a large part OF
the production OF our cotton mills in the
Carollnas. then surely from this section
should emanate a determination 20 de-
velop this trade by intelligent systematic.
and organized effort We may expect no
assistance from the Northern mills; they
are too deadly in earnest in controlling
the output On finer goods We must act
upon our own initiative-not as scattered
units. but through our own bureau OF
inquiry and information, which would
have direct agencies and correspondents
al al the principal South American
cities. and through which NE could also
make our foreign sales upon an agreed
and fixed basis Of commission and dis
count"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-15
Notice Of Application For Final Settlement

WOOD COUNTY COURT in probate.
In the matter of the estate Of Vine Wales
deceased.
On reading and filing the application of
Amanda NJ. Wales representing among
other things that she has fully administered
the said estate, and praying that a time and
place be fixed for examining and allowing
her account Of ner administration, and that
the residue of the said estate be assigned to
such persons as are by law entitled to the
same;
IT IS ORDERED, That said application be
heard before this court, at a special term
thereof to be held at the probate office in the
city Of Grand Rapids on the 18th day OF May
1909 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ
AND 1T is FURTHER ORDERED, That notice
Of the time and place of examining and al
lowing said account and of assigning the
residue of said estate, be given to all persons
interested, by publication OF a copy of
this order. for three successive weeks, in the
WOOD COUNTY REPORTER newspaper pub
lished in said county, before the day fixed
for said hearing.
Dated this 9th day of April 1909
By the Court,
B. M. VAUGHAN, w. J. CONWAY,
Atty. for ExecutriX. County Judge
First publication April Is expires April 49,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-15
LEGALS
Notice OF Application for Final Settlement.
WOOD COUNTY COURT in probate
In the matter of the last will deceased

WOOD COUNTY COURT in probate.
In the matter Of the last will deceased.
On reading and filing the application of
John s. COulthart executor under the last
will Of Lottie Lawrence deceased represent
ing among other things that he has fully adj
ministered the said estate, and praying that
a time and place be fixed for examining and
allowing his account of his administration,
and that the residue of the said estate be as
signed to such persons as are by law en-
titled to the same;
1T is ORDERED, That said application be
heard before this court, at a special term
thereof to be held at the probate office, in the
city of Grand Rapids on the 18th day of May
1909 at 10 O'Clock A. M.
AND 1T is FURTHER ORDERED, That notice
Of the time and place OF examining and al
lowing said account and of assigning the
residue of said estate, be given to all persons
interested, by publication of copy of this
order, for three successive weeks, in the
WOOD COUNTY REPORTER newspaper pub
lished in said county, before the day fixed
for said hearing
Dated this 9Th day of April 1909
By the Court.
B. M. VAUGHAN, w. j. Conway,
Atty. for Executor. County Judge
First publication April Is, expires April %. }
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-15
RUDOLPH

Mrs. Oscar Roosen, nee En- Has
sell, and son, Harold, OF Western
Springs, H., came Saturday evening
to spend a week with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. HasselL
Clements Marsceau of Heineman
came last Thursday evening and staid
until Monday morning visiting rela-
tives.
Beulah Marsceau and Cora Hamm
were shopping in Grand Rapids Sat
urday
Nick Satel1e made a business trip
to Merrill the first of the week.
Ida Jacoby spent Sunday at home
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Whitmore and
children of Port Edwards spent
Easter with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. ]. Clark.
Elmer Crotteau has moved his
children with his mother, Mrs CT.
Crotteau, and will work the farm
once more.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morrow, who con-
Quoted Mrs Cl Crotteau's farm last
year, has rented the Jim Gokey
farm and Jim will move to Biron,
where he will work in the mill.
N. ]. Richards and daughter, Ell
len, visited relatives between the
six and nine o'clock trains Saturday.
Frank Shinehart of Fond du Lac
visited relatives few days last week
stopping with her cousins, Will and
Miss Laura Provost.
Dave Sharkey was helping Mr.
Koch at the creamery a few days
last week during the absence of
Amiel Piltz, who is very busy build
ing a house on his farm.
Old Mr.. Gokey of Grand Rapids is
visiting old-time friends and neigh
bors for few weeks.
Miss Mary Grab is again visiting
friends in this berg.
Nick Ratel1e sold horse to Mr.