New-York tribune., 1919-03-23
Markets. East of German
Frontier Beck0n TO America
Poland, Rumania and Eventually Russia Offer
Great Potential Quite is for Manufactured Prod
ucts, Says E. c. Porter Teutons Ready to Step In

disc and supplies shipped to these
markets it should be borne in mind,
that in the case of Poland and Bo-
hemia the new governments which
have been established, have the di-
rect support Of the Allied powers and
the Allied powers must, of necessity.
maintain this support of the new gov
ernments, in order to create barrier to
German expansion on the East and to
Bolshevism moving toward Western
Europe. Under these circumstances
the new governments in these coun-
tries, supported by the Allies, will be
able to establish new financial ma
chinery and new currency systems,
thereby starting new credit arrange
ments with a clean slate.
Poland is a good illustration. The
Polish coalition government has the
support of the Allies 1t is now work
ing on the erection of a new currency
system. The new currency system will
require strong credit among the Allied
governments. This means that during
the next three or four months Poland,
with a new financial machinery, sup
ported by credits abroad, will be in
the market for all types of merchan-
disc and machine equipment, and will
be in position to pay for such pur-
chases through its newly created fl
nancial mechanism. What is true
of Poland is equally true of Bohemia,
and in less degree true of Rumania
and of South Russia.
1T sould be remembered that in
the early days of the war, several far
n
the demands for supplies from the
belligerent countries, sent representa-
tlves to Europe and were able to close
contracts for a million dollars worth
OF merchandise. To-day, the same op-
portunity exists for rar-sceing NOR
chants and business firms to take adj
vantage of the present situation to
send representatives to the countries
IN Eastern Europe to form proper
connections to place merchandise in
important distributing centres and to
lay the basis for the development of
very large business interests during
the next six months
Good Will Toward Americans
I'm addition, it is hard to overesti-
mate the share of good will which
American business interests will have
in entering these markets. The peo-
DocO
freed from oppressive tyranny as a re-
sult Of the war. To a large degree
they look upon America as the real
cause of their deliverance. America
means much to these people. If our
business interests have the same far
seeing, shrewd, commonsense spirit of
adventure which actuated our great
merchant houses in the days of the
clipper trade with China, it would be
possible for Americans to open up new
and important outlets for merchandise
for machine equipment and for Ameri
can capital in these markets. which lie
east of the German frontier.
"Thcrc viii be many difficulties and
obstacles to be met, hut, unless our
business interests prepare themselves
to enter these markets, Germany will
resume the commercial and economic
domination Of these great markets in
Eastern Europe, and American indus
try and commerce viii find itself with
out sufficient outlets for its productive
capacity to enable it to maintain pro-
ductlon at It's present volume Such q
result would have a serious effect and
would seriously hamper our own com
mercal and industrial developmcnt."