Evening star., 1914-10-01

lish battle fleet and army have follow
ed the English trader around the
! world, subduing everywhere that trade
gains seemed to make the enterprise
worth while.
The same is true of Italy. France. and
Japan. 1t is the homeland in a long
pull all together against the world.
The United States alone among the
powerful trading nations has felt
sar1ns enough to go on It's course in
success solely to the efforts of Its In
dividuals. backed up by land of al
most boundless resource
Where the Germans have organized
a system of chambers Of commerce,
semi-oniciai bod
Individual Bodies les enjoying the
in United States. ae full Go So-0psrasion sasssn
ment. the United States has been con-
tent to see its intensely individual
trade bodies grow up in every city,
village and town. utterly Indifferent
to the amount Of powerful service
which these bodies might be able to
get In for the American manufacturer
when working as Americans altogether
and with the intimate support Of the
government.
The German chamber of commerce.
thus, is much more efficient body. It
Is link in chain of an efficient or
ganization for trade research. trade
ana industrial spying. and an infor-
nation bureau drawing its information
from all other similar organizations in
the land for the benefit OF its clients.
and supplying. whatever information IT
has to all Germans.
Our American consular service is ex-
cellent. The Germans appreciate this.
prominent business man once con-
hded to one of our consuls general in
his country. that German foreign COM
merce would be absolutely invincible
If she had our consular service and
retained her own matchless systems of
commerce chambers.
It was noised around some time ago
that Germany had more than a thou-
sand commercial at
alleged spies taches and spies in
nm Rue;nae. the United States. If
lHIS eSLlHdCe was
anywhere near correct it is likely that
many of these representatives were
here at the orders of various German
chambers of commerce Investigating
industrial processes, economic phases
and business methods in connection
with industries of especial interest to
the neighborhood from which they were
sent
Further. the Germans have sent Ger
a Jo1 =,
German railways and freighted these
goods at advantageous prices through
out the world in German bottoms.
Think of the tremendous power of this
there are various organizations which
have been formed to stimulate German
patriotism to a point where. it would
refuse to use the foreign article when
the homemade was just or nearly as
good The Germans have sent their
propaganda into the districts of the
country where Americans were en-
deavoring to introduce various types
Of goods. resisting practically every
sale where Germany had a substitute
article to offer. This national endeavor
has made the development of German
trade the wonder of the twentieth CEN
tury. made In Germany" has ruue
around the world.
The power of concerted action. to
judge from the tone which all our daily
pa pers an d
concerted Action trade journals
Is Lesson Of War. s.o az ADOPTING
views of our prominent statesmen and
statements of our American manufac-
turers. has been forced in a determined
way upon the attention of our country
men by the exigencies of the European
war. California is in the mood for the
first time to get together with New
York that the latter city may become
the worlds center of finance, and New
York is anxious to get together with
California that that state may meet
competition abroad. The war in a large
way brought this change of spirit-at
least, it hastened the change.
Our new banking system contains the
germ of financial cooperation. In a
measure our new tariff is warning to
get together and Cooperate. Our
statesmen are showing a desire to help.
Our manufacturers, our commission
men. our miners. our bankers, our as-
riculturists, all have lately come by
the feeling that Americans should op-
pose solid front for America This
feeling has crystallized into a catch
word of the movement, Made in Amer
lea" 1t will doubtless give birth to
other and just as potent catchwords
Meanwhile our opportunity is here to
push the new phrase, Made in Ameri-
ca" around the world and back again.
And we have been far more favored by
P, evidence for such an accomplishment
than nave the sturdy, tireless and re-
sourceful German people
Named Undersecretary at Vatican.