Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-10
WORLD BEING
FLOODED WITH
GERMAN GOODS
Straw Hat Retails in Brooklyn
Far Below Price of Ameri-
can Made.

| already is scattering familiar Made
Germany articleb broadcast throughout
! Evek Gerhsn straw hats are being
worn by AmEicans this sui mer, and
Senator Calder, &epubli6n. Pot New
York, q member Of the Senate Finance
Committee, "sported" one recently
which he said had retailed in a Brook
| lyn shop for less than a dollar.
German exporters are understood to
| have been advised officially the new
American tariff law will become opera
| tive not later than Sept. /, but the pos
| sible shipments from Germany to the
/ United States should be fastened In an
/ ticipation Of its earlier enactment.
/ And Made In Germany" goods are
| reported TO be flooding the American
market as result Of this semi official
/ tip to their German makers.
The United States, Russia and South
! America appear to be the favorite fields
for the German exporter and drummer"
| There is to be an exclusively German
| industrial exposition held at Moscow In
| July, which is intended to display be-
fore the Russian people the desirability
! OF things made in Germany" The So
/ Wet government Is reported to be already
! admitting the exhibits, consisting largely
i Of agricultural and transportation dis
! plays, free Of duty and 70 be giving the
! Germans back Of the enterprise every en-
| conragement in carrying out their inva-
/ sion Of the Russian market.
| GERMANS SEND
| SAMPLES ABROAD.
! Owing to the difficulties Of exchange,
few German firms are expected to parti-
/ cipate In the exposition to be held at
/ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. this fall, but a
/ German steamship. bearing samples of
! Made in Germany" goods and a staff
Of trained German statesmen, will visit
Rio during the fair" and proceed sub
I seauently to other South American ports
/ German foreign trade control is being
/ Systematically pushed under the pa
ternal supervision Of the German gov
/ eminent itself with characteristic Ger
! man foresight, precision and patience,
according TO semi-oficial adyices re-
! ceiyed by members OF both the Senate
/ Foreign Relations and Finance Com
mittees recently
One prominent Republican Senator was
| informe! authoritatIyely that consider
able mtsconception exists in regard to
] the workings of the present German I'm
port and export policy, which Is said to
/ be closely interrelated with all German
economic measures.
| The German government has given ex.
| elusive control Of all foreign trade into
/ the hands of what are described as all
powerful and all-directing German I'M
port and export boards.
These boards possess powers which arc
| virtually autocratic, but although they
! are being opposed By some they are re-
| ported to be highly efficient In their pro-
! lection Of German business and economic
interests.
! They have the authority to lay down
| absolute trade prohibitions at WILL and
the ease and CELEBRITY with which this
can be done or undone with respect to
any particular commodity for the pro-
! lection OF any special industry. In whole
! or part, is described as creating
| system much more effective than the
method Of building tariff wall which
Is so often prevalent in this country.
| This new German system Is said to
be not unlike that which the McCumber
tariff bill would establish by empowering
the President to lower or raise tariff
| rates after consulting with the Federal
| Tariff Commission and similar Govern
| ment agencies. except the German i'm
port and export boards are not COM
posed Of or conducted by German govern
meilt officials or employees.
INDUSTRY HIGHLY
SPECIALIZED
They are controlled and managed In
stead by the direct representatives OF
the various important industries in
volved. and every special subdivision OF
an industry has its own highly special
lied and technically informed board
The Boards are composed of experts
from the different industries, and they
are kept in constant and intimate toucn
with every passing change In the con-
dition of each and every industry, or OF
any special part of It.
Legal action against them Is not pos
sibe as It would be against the execu-
tive and his advisers u26er the McCum-
Der tariff plan. for the boards are held
to be "decentralized'' and Of a semi
private character.
Before any import or export trans
action can take place In Germany per-
NIT must first be obtained from the
proper board, which has the POWER to
pass finally upon the prices and terms,
well as upon all other conditions and
circumstances surrounding the trans
action.
Permits are invariably refused when
the manufacturers concerned see no d.
rect benefit to themselves in the trans
action.
German opponents Of these boards de-
clare their purpose Is to keep prices ar
tifcally high, and inflated PROFITS ara
used TO suhstdize the German export
trade in manner which the Versailles
treaty prohibits to the German govern
ment itself.
1t is also pointed out these boards
possess the power to cancel contracts
between Germans and foreigners, even
when both parties are DESTROYS of exc
cutting the terms of the contract, and
such contracts are annutled IL they ara
merely held by the boards to be HARM
full to the particular German industry ar
fected by the contract.
The system Is reported to be meeting
with powerful opposition within Ger-
many itself The German textile tndus~
try has formed an organization to cons
bat the control of the boards. and other
industries are said to be contemplating
similar action.
GOVERNMENT .-.=s~
WON'T INTERFERE.
So far, however, there is not the slight
est indication the German governments
intends to take any steps toward tha
adjustment of the boards, against which
charges are being made that they are
able to obtain valuable trade secrets
from foreign exporters for the benefit OF
German competitors by requiring. when
they think It necessary, a full disclosure
of all technical details as a first condi-
ton for obtaining import permits.
The boards are also accused OF being
used to punish the exporters Of nations
when the acts of their governments are
considered prejudicial to German inter-