Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-03
UNITED. STATES. TO
IMPORT GERMAN
GOODS SHORTLY
Plan Of Action Outlined will
! Conduct Trade Through
!. Holland.
5Bv John Callan o'Laughlin. )

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Washington, Oct. 3.-Determined
measures are being taken by the gov
ernment to prevent interference with
the overseas trade OF the United
States.
To relieve the necessities of GER
tain Industries 1t was determined at
. conference. Of their representatives
and. government officials to charter a
vessel Of American registry and dis
patch 1t to Holland. there to receive
a cargo OF. materials from Germany.
The. manufacturers advised the
state department that their prosperi-
Z ty was menacsd by inability to obtain
from Germany the supplies they re-
quired. The cotton industry was on
the verge Of serious stoppage be-
cause Of the exhaustion Of it's stock
suffering from famine in phar-
maceuttchl chemicals. Mining indus
-triea were greatly in need Of cyanides.
Other industries urged the govern
.naent to assist them in obtaining
leather; paints, inks, sugar beet seed.
potash and other materials.
Recalls Germany's Conditions.
aid. Germany declined to permit the
expectation of any Of these products
except in an American bottom. 1t
was actuated, by two reasons In ap-
plying this embargo:
( First-To bring home to President
Wilson the, .desirability Of passing the
bill authorizing government purchase
tied up in New York and other ports.
!: J. second-To, prevent its materials
from being seized and taken to Eng
land, which. is as dependent as is the
United States on the German market.
SO far as the purchase Of the Ger
man merchantmen are concerned,
that will not be possible for the pres.
ont ia view Of the decision Of the
president to abandon the bill relat-
ing to this matter. But it will be pos
1ib1e tor the commercial interests af-
fected to charter a ship with an
American registry and send it to Rot
terdam, the port of Holland to which
the German materials will be shipped.
r.,, Germany Asked to Cooperate.
Information Of the purpose to pur-
sue this course has been conveyed to
been asked to facilitate the export Of
the products which American indus
tries need. There is no question that
1t will agree. in view Of a cablegram
received a few days ago from AM
bassador Gerard stating that the
German authorities had agreed to lift
the embargo on the materials requir-
+ GU, Q1OVAuSu I1LdI Lllcy Oo IEdISQOTls
ed to the United States in an Ameri-
can vessel and that 1t should be un-
derstood they were not to be retrans-
/, shipped to any of the " beIligerent
countries.
Following this word from Mr.. Ge-
rard, the state department arranged
the conference with the business
men. The conference appointed COM
mittees which will make estimates OF
the probable amount Of each product
needed and then arrange for the char
ter Of an American commercial ves-
sci.
It is estimated that beet sugar seed
valued at 100000 will be required.
The committees chosen were as
follows: For dyes. medicines, tex
tiles, leather, paints. ink and .phar-
maceutical chemicals. E. L. Klipstein
and Representative Herman A. Metz
of New York: for cyanide, Paul
Mausoloff and c. w. Van Law of New
York; for beet sugar seed, H. A. Aus
tin Of Washington and w. L. Petri-
kin Of Denver; for potash. c. c. spei-
den Of New York.
Whether the allies will be disposed