El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-09
GERMANY FEARS
FOR COMMERCE
Looks With Fear Upon the
United States Accomplish
ment in Production.

Berlin. Ger, Jan. st Is interest
ing to note the growing anxiety Of
the German press about the economic
future Of the country. Following
are extracts from an article. contrib
uted to the columns Of the 'Berliner
Tageblatt," by Captain Persius, in
which he speaks with unusual can
dor
When peace is concluded. the using
NJ Of even the last reserves of our
materials viii lead to q very large
demand in all spheres OF production.
The stOrehouSeS, completely de
nuGed Of raw materials and other
supplies, viii be in urgent need Of
restocking. We shall need TO import
from overseas cotton, wool, jute, cop
per, rubber and leather. and also
fOOdstuffs and fodder. With regard
TO these last, one sometimes hears it
said that, for the sake Of our foreign
exchange, we must remain satisfied
for years to come with what is pro-
duced within our own borders.
Where to Seek Trade.
This is an erroneous view
If our ships 90 out 10 North and
South America. India and Australia.
fully laden with German goods-and
this is what we shall try TO do so as
TO raise our exchange-they must not
be allowed to return empty. That
would be bad business. They must,
therefore, return with carEOes Of
fOodstuffs as well as Of raw material.
We might even go so far as TO say.
that f0odstuffs will be our most es-
sentiaI postwar import, for without
them our Industries viii hardly be in
4 position TO take up peace time COM
petition with success.
Our nutrition must first be placed
on a sound basis
A Fr-nk Statement.
We must not forget the greater
part Of our oversee trade in pre-war
days was conducted with England.
More than tlree-Quarters Of our eX-
ports went 20 European countries.
our best customers were England,
France and Russia, who, in 1913. paid
US more than three milliard marks
O,OO0,000l for our goods, while
Italy and Belgium pad us about an
other milliard. Figures show that
the English placed no obstacles in the
way OF our steadily incree sing trade
with the countries under their control.
What America Can Do.
As significant Indication OF the
trend OF American feeling towards us.
we add an extract from a speech by
Nd. Redheld, the secretary Of COM
lnerce in president Wilson's admins
tratiOn, delivered at the Southern
Commercial congress IN New York:
When peace shall come. and her
take up the task OF restOr-
ing Cermany's ruined commerce, they
VIII find that il is a strange world
which they seek 10 re-enter. There
VIII be difficulties in the way OF fu-
ture peaceful penetration OF which
they seem not to d. cam. 1t u III hard
y be said again TO any secretary Of
commerce Of the United States that
the German dyestuff Verein viii not
permit the establishment Of an Amer
cau dyestuff industry. The moncpO-
lies on which German foreign COM
nerce in large part seemed to rest
secure will have passed away.
PERL 10 L. 5. Industries.
Our friends beyond the sea and we
ourselves have learned the danger Of
having our industries wholly depend
ant on foreign sources Of supply
which may become unfriendly. II is
1itiful TO read extracts from the Ger
nan press which seem 10 show that
hey expect TO take up the task Of
their commerce where
hey laid Il down. They reckon the
worlds demand for potash as a purely
German asset II was so. but Il IS no
onger. They were the worlds source
or dyestuffs- That opportunity has
gone. 1t was they TO whom the
world looked for optical glass. We
10 not look there now. They were
he course OF supply Of chemical por-
'elain- We make IL today as well as
hey They had applied science 10 in |
.ustry more than any other people.
md had built up Industrial power l
~ means others had neglected. We
ave learned that lesson also"