New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
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Norwegian Firms
Anxious to Buy
u. 5. Merchandise
Export Restrictions Prevent
Mueh-Needed Goods From
Being Shipped; Buyers
From Christiania Here

Norwegian firms are anxious - h,u
large Quantities of drygoods in this
country. They are placing some or
GERS now for woven cotton fabrics
and knit goods, but, owing to tho 70
S'rlctions still imposed by this gov.
ernment on shipments to the Scan5Ys
"aVian countries, the purchases being
made by representatives of Norwegian
n'ins comprise only a small part of
'he merchandise they have been com
misSloned to buy Their operations in
the market are perforce c,rtai,oa
until permission to ship the goods out
OF the country can be obtained.
Even now there are large ouant;-
lleS OF goods being leld in wave
4ouses mere that were bought bv Scan
GIna'lan nrms as far back as 1917 and
ror whlch 1t IS still impossible to
secure export permits. The Norwegian
ou3erS express the hopo that with the
signing of the peace terms not.
only these goods but the additional
merchandise which they are nr,nora5
promptly. rf0N ou'
The need for cotton goods of all
hlhoS IN Norway and other Scandi-
navlan countries is acute. accordinr
to II. Nicolayssen, representing the
mouse or August P. Horn, wholesale
dealer in drygoods and cotton clothing
manutacturer of Christiania.
from the first" said Mr.. Nicol-
ayssen yesterday "the quantity Of cot
Ton goods allotted to NORWAY was foo
small, falling far short of what tho
people OF the country really needed
l'h export restrictions still in force
we are prevented from buying as we
you'd II the merchandise could be
Shlpped out promptly.
III dealing direct with Americans
SINCE the war started we have }aarraS
that we can buy to better advantnf ICY
III Ine united States than formerly We
could IN Germany it having heen
long standing trade custom for Mo-
%eslah hrms to buy through Ham
ourg dealers who in reality handled
1Aiherlcan made goods which thev,
bought for cash and resold to us on
easy credit. 40 oi
-, our prices are right and we find
%.n"I % goods suitable to the Norweq;an
eiaae arc to be had here in almost
any quantity desired For instance
~ 0~iaue MT. kOSllng, who buys
BoooS Tor our womens wear trade IA
mou il peIeve he could get the kind of
merchandise he wanted. never ba,,;rt,
seen 1t displayed in our countrv bS
AGENTS Tor American firms. but to bis
great satisfaction he found It conld
Dc mao here IN ample quantities.
Paid Germans for Credits
Americans, feel, are BEGINNING ~
consider these Scandinavian firms ~
az nght and are inclined to do bnsis
MSS NE win them on more liberal terma.
we nave found out that we mid +ba
Hermans high rate for the seen, ,ols,
lenient credits they were inclined ~
grant IN dealing with the Scandinavians
instead of buying your prodncts
through Hamburg concerns as we for
merry dld It will be impossible. he
lieVe' Tor Norwegian firms to reverse
me order of things and act as the
agents for the sale of American Goods
20 Germans as soon as the time comes
When such trade relations are deemed
desirable. My firm for one is not ro-
ing back to trade with the Germans
a, ana many other large concerns in
Norway feel the same wav. For tb,s
reason there is an Opportunity fnr
americans to do all kinds of business
with the Scandinavians.