New-York tribune., 1918-06-17
eGemanFirm
In Chile Centres
OF Propaganda
Many Get American Goods
Despite Black List,
Writer Asserts
The Ne,u York Tribune

Foreign Press Bureau
The interlacing of German trade
methods with pro-Teuton propaganda
in Chile is artfully described in an ar
ticle in "The West Coast Leader" 1t
asserts that Chilean sentiment clearly
leans toward sympathy with the
Kaiser's government, and declares that
even some Chilean officers Of British
descent have been caught in the current
of pro-Germanism and anticipate the
ultimate victory of the Germanic mill
tary machine.
In illustrating the practices of Ger
man firms in Chile against which Amer
ican exporters may have to compete,
the discussion cites the fragrant miscon-
duct of one of the large German con-
Germs with branches all over the re-
public.
Stealing an American Idea
"Some six years ago." says the ar
ticle, "thc firm purchased from an
American concern a certain farm i'm
plement. This implement had never
before been sold in Chile, and the
American manufacturer undoubtedly
looked forward to considerable business
in this newly discovered market. The
German firm sent this implement to
Germany oy the next boat. In fact,
one of the partners of the firm went
to Germany on the same boat This
particular farm implement was a very
ingenious piece of machinery and there
was every prospect of large sales in
Chile. Within a year German manu-
facturer had duplicated it, and the
German firm sold it throughout Chile
at price slightly lower than the price
of the American made implement.
"Since the beginning Of the war the
kind of double dealing involved in a
transaction of the foregoing character
has OF course been stopped. owing to
the blockade of Germany, and during
this period this firm and other German
firms have sold an enormous quantity
of American goods. Most American
manufacturers were satisfied with this
profitable connection up to the time
the United States went into the war
and the trading with the enemy laws
went into effect
"The German on his side was only
too glad to use the American goods
in the lean years during which he
could get nothing from Germany. Yet
the end of the war will inevitably wit.
ness recrudenscence of German trade.
the old methods will be employed and
control of trade in South America will
be found to rest, not in the hands of the
American manufacturer whose mer-
chandise has found favor in these
markets, but in the hands of firms which
know the American manufacturers
markets, his prices, and his customers
and will again attempt to double cross
HIM and cut his throat, as they have
done, in the past.
Blacklist Ineffective
"The blacklists have seriously inn
pared the position of most Of the small
, German shops and stores in Chile,
The owners of most of these stores are
Germans who have come to Chile be-
cause they grew tired of the militaristic
government of their own country. They,
, of course, have lot of sentiment for
the Fatherland, but that is only on the
surface. They are in fact glad they
are far away from Germany, and will
never go back. They most decided
are not in sympathy with pan-Ger.
manic ideas. They want the war to
stop, even IT Germany comes out the
loser. They are the kind of people
many. They are the men we have
ruined with a blacklist This type
OF man cannot understand that we
mean to free the world from nilitar-
| ism and Germany from an arrogant
overbcaring ruling class. He cannot
understand that we mean we'll. He is
suffering and feels that we have made
him suffer. low "A"o0
"The big German houses which really
represent German imperialism and
-Germanic ideas we have so far
not caught effectively with the black
list. Their organization here is too
strong. They have powerful connec.
tlons and still have a lot of monev.
Ihey get goods now as before"