Arizona republican., 1917-09-18
Gey,namy,s Commerce
 Hamd-Maldem 0f War

homes in the picturesque district known as the Black Forest. or course, the war cut off, after time, the ex- port of toys from Germany, and the American child, having in the mean time learned to be satisfied with some other articles, his little brother will de- mand this very article next Christmas, and thus, after the war, Germany will find that much of this trade has been permanently lost Just as the textile trade of the Unit | ed States was dependent upon the Ger man dyestuffs for colors, so the sugar. beet growers of America were depend- ent upon Germany for their seed. succeeded with the able assistance of the consul at Magdeburg and Mr. Winslow, of my staff, in getting ship ments of beet seed out of Germany. IT have heard since that these industries, too, are being developed in America. and seed is obtained from other coun- tries, such as Russia.
 Struggle Over Supply of Cyanide
 Another commodity upon which great industry in the United States and Mexico depends is cyanide. The dis covery of the cyanide process of treat ing gold and silver ores permitted the exploitation of many mines which could not be worked under the older methods. At the beginning of the war there was a small manufactOry of cyanide owned by Germans at Perth Amboy and Mi agara Falls. but most of the cyanide used was imported from Germany. The American German company and the companies manufacturing in Ger many and in England all operated un der the same patents, the English and German companies having working agreements as to the distributors of business throughout the world.
 The German vice chancellor and head of the department of the interior, Del bruck, put an export prohibition on cyanide early in the war and most pig headedly and Obstinately claimed that cyanide was manufactured nowhere but in Germany Therefore, he said, if he allowed cyanide to leave Germany for the United States or Mexico the English would capture it and would use it to work South African mines, thus adding to the stock of gold and power in war of the British empire.
 l. was long time before the German manufacturers and I could convince this gentleman that cyanide sufficient to supply all the British mines was manufactured near Glasgow, Scotland. He then reluctantly gave permit for the export of a thousand tons of cya-
 
 States permitted many mines there and in Mexico to continue operations and saved many persons from being thrown out of employment. When Delbruck finally gave a permit for the export of 40O0 tons more of cyanide the psychological moment had passed and we could not obtain through our state department pass from the British
 l am convinced that Delbruck made a great tactical mistake on behalf of the German government when he i'm posed this prohibition against export of goods to America. Many manufacturers of textiles, the users of dyestuffs. medicines. seeds and chemicals in all : forms were clamoing for certain goods and chemicals from Germany. But it was the prohibition against export of the Germans which prevented their receiving these goods. If it had been the British blockade alone a cry might 1 have arisen in the United States against this blockade, which might i have materially changed the interna = | tional situation
 The Germans also refused permis sion for the export of potash from Ger many. They hoped thereby to induce 1 the United States to break the British [ DOIdSI , in exchange for cargoes of cotton oI cargoes of foodstuffs. The German. | claimed that potash was used in the manufacture of munitions and that ', therefore. in no event would they per init the export unless the potash was consigned to the American government with guarantees against it's use except in the manufacture of fertilizer, this t; be checked up by Germans appointed l as Inspectors.
 All these negotiations, however fel through; no potash has been exported from Germany to the United State. since the commencement of the war Enough potash however. is obtained in the United States for munition pur poses from the burning of seaweed ol the Pacific coast. from the primes in lake in southern California and from rock called alunite in Utah. Potash i also obtainable from feldspar, but I d. not know whether any plant has bee, established for it's production from thi rock. I recently heard of the arriy;, Of some potash from a newly discover ed field in Brazil. and there have beel rumors of it's discivery in Spain. I d not know how good this Spanish an Brazilian potash is, and I suppose tn German potash syndicate will imme diately endeavor to control these field in order to hold the potash trade of th l world In its grip.
 It was long time after the com mencement of the war before Englan declared cotton contra band. I thin ; tnls was because of the fear of irritat ing the United States. but in the mean tune 6ermanv secured great quantit Of cotton. which. of course. was use or stored for the manufacture of DOW der. Since the cotton imports have bee cut off the Germans assert that inc are manufacturing a powder eauall "ood hV using wood pulp. Of course
 have not been able to verify this nh
 snlutelv
 American Goods Kept Out of German
 Germany had endeavored before in
 war Tn every way to keep America
 goods out of the German ma rkets an
 even the Prussian state railways or
 used. as l have shown in the articl
 where sneak of the attempt to estah
 iisn an oil monoDolv in Germany
 order to discriminate against America
 minerat oils. This same method ha
 been applied to other articles. such 2
 wood which otherwise might be in
 poIteu rom America. and in son
 meat. etc. have nroved more effecti,
 Tn Fee"i-~ American roods ont of t}
 market than a rro hiEitive tariff.
 The meat regulation is that each i,
 diVidual "ackaoe of meat must
 onened and inspected ~rd. of cours when sansage had been indiyjdl1al
 made to sit up and bark no one desir It as an article of food thereafte
 American anples were also discrim
 mated against in the custom regulatio,
 of Germany. Nor could I induce u German government to charoa inc ta