The New York herald., 1921-07-31
buy the higher grades from the Ger

buy the higher grades from the Ger
| mans.
The Germans are. therefore, confident
of being able to hold their highly spe-
cialized market, and in time of recap
turing many of the pre-war markets for
the lower qualities Of dyes.
1 talked with Consul Weinberg and
other large dye manufacturers. and find
them Indignant over methods used in
competition against them, but confident
that they can keep a part Of the market
for their specialized wares.
German dye manufacturers under
stand the concern of the American Gov
ernment to protect an infant dye in
dustry. but are indignant at the "un-
fair methods they assert some dye
makers in America are using to boy
colt the German wares. They deny.
and IN my opinion honestly so. the least
foundation for stories of manufacturing
poisonous gas more deadly than any
existing until now. The recommenda-
tions in many newspapers that the
German dye industry be destroyed they
regard as plain agitation by trade rivals
who direct the whole campaign to
eliminate German competitors.
Glass and Pottery euRer.
Glass and pottery manufacturing is
also one OF the industries in Germany
| that are virtually self-sufficing. and
which can put goods on the foreign mar
ket out of home materials.
The market here was a thriving one
| last year, with large profits. even
| though with restricted production. 1t
| is, however, one Of the Industries most
hit by the momentary depression. There
Is no buying public in Germany for art
porcelain. and. as long as business
stagnates. few buyers abroad.
The demand for insulating and do
mestic porcelain and glass is also linn
tied owing to the absence OF building
in Germany. Glassware. however. is
being manufactured In large quantities
and stored for future sale.
Prices are being constantly cut now,
but there are no reports Of notable in
creases in the number Of buyers Manu-
facturers are therefore planning to re-
duce their output and to cut down the
number of workers during the remainder
Of the year.
Textiles, the third industry in Ger
many in capital and in number Of work.
ers, is at the same time the German in
dustry which Is most dependent upon
outside markets for raw materials, and
now for the sale Of finished goods. In
cidentally Germany has again become
Americas third best customer for bale
cotton.
The German textile industry will also
be dependent upon the outside world for
raw materials. but their present depen-
dence upon foreign markets for their
| wares Is a direct result of the pauper-
izing Of the German people. AS they
cannot buy, German looms and spindles
turn out more than half speed only when
] foreign buyers come forward.
Foreign markets existed for time.
but now customs barriers are being put
up in countries which have similar indus
tries. Neighboring neutral markets are
glutted. This leaves Germany only South
America and the East as markets for
| dispose of luxuries, laces and special
cloth goods in limited quantities to
western Europe and America.
Germans Look Toward Russia.
There remains. of course the hope Of
building up eastern European markets
again, notably in Russia. But there will
not be enough Of a consuming public here
| in the next few years to relieve the Ger
man textile crisis.
German textile organization Is not so
| systematized and modernized that 1t can
offset the disadvantages Of costly cotton
| 1t Is only partly possible now because
| temporarily German labor is paid at but
seventh the rate Of that in England
| and America.
| The German textile industry is already
reducing its output, workmen are put on
| short time and gradually being dis
| charged. AS long as German textiles are
dependent upon three variables as un-
settled as foreign raw materials, foreign
credit. and foreign markets, German
textile industry is bound to remain In
| q precarious condition.
The only industry that shows an in
crease in expectation now as compared
| with before the war is the building in
dustry. Instead of exporting large
| quantities of wood Germany was a large
| importer. Now. however. expectation Of
wood has doubled over what 1t was be-
fore. and importations have virtually
stopped. Germany exports railroad ties.
| having discontinued building railroads at
home. Granite expectations are six
times what they were before the war and
expectation of artificial stone is also
larger. In addition to building material 8
Germany exports a quantity Of rough
furniture and course domestic utensils.
Building Almost Stops.
| Ahc iSuoOu ioT uillcIcHCe CdH De
| found In the fact that building has al
most stopped in Germany. With the
| exception of an expensive villa usually
| begun before the war, or Of workmen's
| colonies in districts where housing Is
absolutely essential for an important in
| dustry, building no longer exists. Coop
erative building with State subsidiaries
is the only kind going on to-day.
Only the expectation of brick has
fallen and this is due to the same un-
wholesome conditions. Many brickyards
have been broken up. and, Of those near
foreign countries, the machinery ex-
| ported, owing to the small demand for
| brick. The only yards in private hands
which still pay a return are those pur-
chased by cooperative building societies
| engaged in construction to meet their
own needs, on long time credit from the
| State.
Cancelling orders Is a foreign importa-
| tion to Germany but one to which Ger
man export houses have taken like the
| proverbial duck to water. They buy.
sell and cancel now at the same rate as
the mark goes up and down.
German consuls now abroad are
writing what they think and not what
they think will please. and with brutal
frankness warn German exporters that
they are running their chances for build
| Ing up their foreign trade by not I'M
proving their old reputation for solid
dealings. Merchants In surrounding
| neutral countries have frequently COM