Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-31
GERMAN BUSINESS
STRIVES To GET
FORMER POSITION
Reopened Mails and Cables
Are CongeStedi America is
Feared in Rich Russian Mar
ketj Allies on Job Promptly,
BY Cyril Brown.
(Staff Correspondent of The Albu
querque Journal and New York
WorldD
Copyright, 1919, by The Press PUP
fishing Co
(The Ney York WORLDLY

(The Ney York WORLDLY


Berlin, July 30.-Germany's bust
cess world is pulsing and throbbing
under the terrific pressure with which
its long pent-up foreign commerce
emancivated from the blockade bonds
is seeking to regain its normal chan
mel.
The business world learned the Of
fetal good news today that the Ger
man mails would henceforth receive
ordinary open letters and postal
cards addressed to America and
carry them at the sender's risk, rout-
ing them via Holland, unless the
senders specified other route.
At the same time the volume of
German business trying to get in
touch with America by cable via neu-
trail countries was so great that the
German telegragr<ph offices We're
swamped and Were unable to cope
with the traffic. They were forced
to forward patches of kilograms to
their destination by mail.
Apprehensive of America.
America inspires German business
alternatively with hopes and fears.
Germany has a wholesome, nervous
respect for American competition.
even in the markets once dominated
by Germany. Germany particularly
fears being put out by American COM
petition in the rich Russian markets
As typical instance, an iron trade
expert writes: America is getting
ahead of us everywhere and taking
away the best business from Ger
many On the other hand, Ger
many ras credulous faith that Amer
lea yill help Germany forge the long
term credits and rush raw materials,
notably cotton, to her.
That Germany is going out for n
commercial conquest of Poland is in
dictated by the numerous advertise
ments for Polish speaking CONNER
clal travellers. Germany is eagerly
trying to do business with Bolshevik
Russia, and is soliciting the Czech
trade. Germany no longer fears the
allies will wage an economic war
against Germany, the opinion here
being rather that the allies will wage
a ruthless economic war against one
another for the prize of Germans
business.
Allies Arc Ready.
For weeks vast the German bust
ness world has taken a shrewd note
to the fact that some of the allies
have been openly or secretly scram-
bling 10 get the jumv on Uncle Sam
for German trade before peace is
signed. The Italians began meeting
German business half way. Italian
merchants and agents already are adj
vertisin in the German business
papers.
With a more fragrant vocality, the
French months before peace was
signed, began dumping French goods
on the German market. Blockade
running through the French occupied
zone has been a VIGOROUSLY easy and
profitable pastime.
Britain. too, is in a particularly ia
vorably vosition, tanks to Britain's
economic bridgeheads az Cologne.
An alleged British corporation was re-
recently registered in Berlin for the
purpose of mediating German exports
to Britain. Curiosly the canny
Billions have already been selling
goods of German manufacture, such
as telephone material, to Belgium.
The Belgians, waking Nv to start in
a profitable race for trading with the
enemy, noy show a pathetic eager
ness to resume business relations With
Germany, pleading her life necessity,
as Germany was Belgium's biggest
customer before the var.