The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-23
How Germany is Preparing For
World Trade
(Manufaclurers Rccord.D

Wiiiie .Lncriea dilly- -daiIieS with
peace terms and delays the final con-
summation of Gcrlnany's punishment,
Germany on the otilel. hand. camou-
1iages the whole situation with riots,
real and Imaginary. in order th;,t I'M
observed il may make its plans for
capturing the worlds trade Present
defeat docs not alter the nature Of
the Hun nor make that nation OF
criminals any less eager to achieve,
some time in the future its world
lootinS project. Indeed. It leading
/ German has recently hoastcd that
the German army would enter Paris
by 1925. and we are quito sure that
millions Of Germans believe this to he
true.
The United States Trade Commits
s:oner Norman l.. Anderson Of Stock
holm Sweden. il Il, recent report to
The department Of commerce. shows
how Germans are busy working out
their plans for extending their trade
and commerce into foreign lands. The
facts given are we'll worthy Of study
by Americans. and especially by those
who ar" ber:oanjnS with SicFy ScntI-
lmentality the poor Germans, and
who are Seeking to save these licndS
incarnate from some fair measure Of
punishment In his report Mr.. M
derSon said:
German business circles fully real
ize that the signing Of peace Will only
mean the beginning of Il new and ev-
Il nd he.
all the resources Of business will be
required 10 put industrial Germany
on Il sound defensive basis. The Ger
man press announces several large
measures which are either partly
carried through or projected. and
which involve the effort OF various
lines Of trade to bulwark themselves
for the coming struggle. A veritable
network OF organization is growing
up. which may be divided into two
groups those which arc CONNER
ci;,l-scicntilic and those which are
purely commercial.
THE Technikische Messc G.. m. b.
f. CTechnical Fair) recently hoated
in Leipzig will undertake to promote
the trade interests Of manufacturers
Of machinery. electrical apparatus.
tools. chemicals. factory equipment.
railway rolling stock. etc. 1t expects
to develop and encourage the Ger
man inventive genius. and. through
Il sub organization known as the
brokers' bureau. will advertise new
technical ideas and attempt to make
commercial applications Of all kinds
Of technical Inventions The Tech
nical Fair will also obtain licenses to
promote and organize industrial :
hibits and eXpositions
Mention has been made from time
to time in the past of the Company
for Home and Foreign Undertakings,
Hamburg which with Il capital Of $a.-
$50. 600. is planning Il series Of broad
scope measures for the revival Of
trade and the placing Of German
goods. Special attention is being Civ
en- 20 the development of commercial
relations with the Balkans. the eau
casus and Persia German boards Of
trade already existing or to be es-
tablished in the principal centers OF
these regions viii cooperate with the
home organization. The Austro-Ger-
man eastern group of this organlza-
ton has in view the opening of sev-
cr;,l large commercial and aSricul-
tural enterprises in Turkey. but prac-
tical difficulties. including the con-
tinual fluctuation OF Turkish eX-
charge, have so far very effectively
interfered with the execution of the
plans.
THE Germans believe that one Of
the requisites for increasing CONNER
cial relations with foreign countries is
the dissemination of informaticn- con-
cerning business opportunities abroad.
and the cultivation of Il broad and
thorough study Of conditions in for
egin markets To this end the Prus-
sian Minister Of Public Instruction
some time ago ordered the organiza-
ton Of special commissions attached
to the universities for the study OF
foreign countries, and also proposed
f'or the ensuing year an increase III
iI.. appropriations to the universities
for financing scientific expeditions
The Ministries OF Bavaria and w
tcmberg are working along the same
lines. Baden and Hamburg have also
assigned large sums for similar pur-
poses The Institute of Navigation
and World business Gnstitut fur See
werkc und WeltwirtshafO, whose
membership grew from $500 to 1900
during 1919, is busily gathering trade
information. and after the Wal OK
poets to create Il comprehensive net
work of information gathering or
ganS in various parts of the world
The information bureau OF the MT
I'd League (De vcrciniSeten Nerberde)
is also 20 be reorganlZed on basis
for larger scale operations in collect
ing business and political information.
The information SO gathered Will be
sent out publicly by the bureau.
The views and proposals OF the
Board Of Trade of Plauen. Il center
largely interested in export. Will be
Interesting in this connection. This
organization regards as OF primo
importance the establishment of Ger
I,