Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-01
THEY MUST KNOW

write of the picturesque and the In
teresting rather than OF the CONNER
ciallV available. Consular service to-
day is better than it has eve been,
but It is the most broken down and
neglected sales force that was ever
turned loose. This. too, in spite of
the intelligent, energetic ana long
continued efforts OF some Of the lead
ing business men in the United States
in which Chicagoans have been par
ticularly prominent.
Manufacturers in America have
been industrial relormcrs. They
have tried to make the feet of all the
world fit our shoes. They have tried
to make the backs of all the world
wear our coats. They have allowed
neither the feet nor the backs to sug-
gest any modification IN the weight.
color. shape or method or manufac-
turing what will be useful and pleas
ant to them. but have insisted upon
their wearing them as made for the
consumption of American feet and
American backs. our manufacturers
are non-conformiSts. They believe
that our way is right. They believe
that the American taste is much bet
ter than any other taste ever dcNel-
opcd ON the face OF the foot stool.
They believe that II Is ethically rlght
for the ~soft-tongucd Latin IN south
America to wear the same heavy
shoes that prevents sole blistcrs on
Michigan avenue
some of our continental friends
have a more elastic business theology
and have condescended to change the
sole cases TO suit the owner OF the
South American feet. our American
manufacturers and merchants selling
10 the foreign trade is also most loyal
to his packer. II the packing aud
shipping department insists on SNIP
ping stuff to South America n 70
south Africa in thu same manner that
they would to lheadWood, Omaha OF
Evanston, the manufacturer o. Ks
he proposition and while he winces
and has to pay an eXorbitant duty IN
some foreign CLINE upon a flno INC
generous collection of old boards. ne
pays the bill and keeps the packer,
neither the manufactures nor the
packer change. This may, perhaps,
account for the fact that Il foreign
trade does not show that consistent
development which it should.
Chicago only needs salt water to
be a seaport It's deep waterway con
noction with the outside world has be-
come more than a blueprint dream.
With the Panama canal completed
The deep waterway project a reality,
and with the great Erie canal accom-
plishod, Chicago freight can go TO the
utmost ends of the world without
breaking bulk"
AT the end Of the fiscal year 1908
The total collection of duties al inc
port of Chicago was $lO,OOO' VVu'
fourth in amount of all the ports m
he United States-only $l2,0Oo,OOQ
behind ancient Boston; only $S,V0p,-
90 behind hat city Of traders, Phlla-
ielphia. In three years the amount
If duties collected in Chicago has
Jumped from S8, 200, 600 to SIC, 000'-
900, an increase Of $4,000, 600. Export
trade has not developed as rapidly
from the port of Chicago as it should
The direct expectations were only
5000, 900 greater in 1908 than IN laOf.
What the rail shipments for export
were is hard to determine, but IKE
al other American cities. chicago
manufacturers have not yet learned
the lesson that must be learned be
fore the worlds markets viii take
even a considerable share of Ameri-
can products.