The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-08

| defined ambitions She aims to Ne tn.
j political dictator among the nations anC
u the commercial leader
Emperor William. the many-sided head
OF the government. has lost no oppor-
| tunity of promoting German foreign
trade. He has fostcred internal trade
and industry by comforting orders and
| titles upon her successful captains In
dustriaI and commercial su cess is part
! OF the patriotic religion of the German
! business man Apart from tine comforts
| and the power that such success brings
to him. II brings him rank and recog-
! milton from his country. 1t Is this fea-
| ture of German patriotism that has uni
ned competing manufacturers and made
them one in such organizations as the
Pan-German Union.
Given Preferential Rates.
Unity Of action has accomplished much
for the German foreign and home in
t'rests. and II will accomplish more
warning factions are largely absorbed
in the national struggle for supremacy.
The government laborS in the interests
or the traders. German goods for export
are given preferential rates upon the
government owned railways, and often TO
this and other advantages bonuses
are offered TO encourage foreign trade
@NSiN'S WIS, INV man merchant ma
rine is the second largest in the world
and is rapidly overiakng the English
merchant marine. German liners and
German freiChters reach to every part OF
the world. and here again enters the
element Of cooperation so we'll applied
by the German people. Preferential
freight tariffs are made to German eN-
rorters in order to aid them in Compel
ing with foreign goods IN foreign or even
IN their home markets
As a result of this consistent and we'll
Planned help. the Germans have been
able to partly usurp the markets former
iy regarded as under English copyright
IN Egypt. India. and Southwest Africa
They have made strenuous efforts Ia
crowd the Americans out of South
America. and have. at least. succeeded
IN splitting even with them in all cas,.s
where they have not Cornered the ,r,de
They Rave gotten more than tn-.ir share
or the turnorcrs in the Orient. and are
crowding all their competitors in the
European markets and in the marts Of
Asia.
England Is Invaded.
They have invaded England. herself
with their textiles and steel productions.
and sell their SOlgen cutlery in the home
of the English Sheffield speciality. They
-
lean markets over the high protective
tariff. and recently the German finn
which manufactures the Mercedes adding
machine mapped out campaign to IN
tr"duCe their machine upon the American
market, the home of this invention
Continually adding to their merchant
marine. and steadily evolving newer and
better methods Of manufacture. and
their product to meet the chang |
ing taste of the time. the Germans are |
making a strong attempt to capture the |
leading markets Of the world.
An instance of the progressive manner
in which the German manufacture con-
iucts his campaign for foreign markets
may be taken from efforts made by the
textile manufacturers Of Greiz and REICH
enbach, SaNony. in their efforts to hold
their markets in America in spite Of the
almost Qrohibitive duties imposed by
Schedule X.
1t was found that with the high rate