The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-29

icient amount Of steel plates II 70
asserted that all the yards have con.
tracts which viii provide them with
business for several Years to come.
Heretofore the direct route facili.
ties from America to Sweden have
been pitifully Inadequate and Ger
many took advantage Of that fact.
Goods meant Tor Sweden. or Russts
were taken into Hamburg and ths
docking costs and export commissions
exactAl were duly added TO the prices
which the Swedish and Russian i'm.
porters had to pny. The dlsadvan.
tage to the American exporter Is obY1-
GUS. Less obvious. and In fact, not
realized until the war exposed tho
. practise, was the disadvantage to thu
American exporter OF having hin
goods finally prepared for these mar
kets by German manufacturers whore
sole contribution to the prodpct Ngs
frequently the mere. stamping of:;.a
made In Germany mark upon it.
1t Is realized IN Sweden that Be.
sides having a sufficient number ,Gt
ships to maintain frequent and con-,
slant service with America, no means
must be neglected to expedite ship
ments. attention Is now being given
to a plan which will avoid the sea
trip around the end Of the peninsula.
This involves the enlargement and i'm
proveluent of the port of Gothenborg.
It also involves the Improvement Of
the railroad route from GOthenborS
to Stockholm. 1t is proposed that ina.
ports from the United States for Run
STA be unloaded from ships into freight
cars at Gothenborg, and that these
freight cars, arriving at Stockholm, be
ferried across to Russia.
| Already the amount Of exports to
this country Is large. Swedish iron and
steel, wood pulp and paper. matches,
ball bearings. oil lamps. petroleum
stoves, gas accpmuIatOrs, steam tur-
bines, motors. dynamos, milking ma.
chimes, enamelled ware, and many 9th.
er articles have been sold here In
steadily increasing amounts. 1t Is the
purpose Of the Swedish producers to
foster this growth. -.,....
A number of transatlantic trading
corporations, highly capitalized. have
been formed. They are establishing
branch offices In the United States and
other countries. and by heavy invest
ments Incorporating to establish sit
uation' which will insure markets here
for Swedish products and at the same
time sources Of supply for their manu-
facturers. a.. r..
For her wood pulp business Sweden
needs sulphur, lubricatng oils, rosin,
copper, brass, rubber and felts. For
her farms and manufactures she needs
machinery. She needs foodstutfs. She
will need all Of these in increasing
amounts as her plans for the extern
sion of industries develop. Those
plans reach to the exploitation Of iron
ore deposits extending far beyond the
Arctic CIRCLE. They contemplate uu-
| tod riches from the use OF forests
which have given to Sweden rank Of
close second to the United States as an
exporter Of lumber and IFS products. g
Both Norway and Sweden have been
badly pinched during the war, but
their trials of the last three years h2ve
served to awaken them to the neces-
sity Of establishing commercial con-
nections elsewhere than with Germany.
In their desire to be co-operators with
this country lies an opportunity for
service and profit which ought not to
he neglected ~ .F