New Britain herald., 1929-08-21
AMERICAN RAzORS
 ALTER TURK FACES
Few Boards Survive Invasion Of
 5000 Serapers a Year

Washington. D. C., Aug. 21.- Turkey, as well as the United States, is working on a new tariff law. The articles that Americans sell to the Turks are described In bulletin from the Washington, D. c. headquarters of the National Geographic society.
 Nowadays American razors are aiding Kemal Pasha in his cam- paign to westernize the masculine population of his country" says the bulletin.
 American Razors Transform Faces
 Before the World war, clean shaven Turks were nearly as scarce on the streets of Constantinople as bearded pedestrians on the side walks of Broadway. Now and then a bewhiskered Turk visited the neighborhood coffee shop proprle- tor who amputated boards as a side line, but few faces felt the keen edge of a razor blade. Last year 5000 American safety razors were imported into Turkey to transform the faces of Turkish men, while only 500 raZors made in other coun- tries found their way into the re- public.
 Many Turks in the larger cities who have not yet severed connec" tions with their facial adornment are patronzing American indus tries in other ways. If an Ameri- can tanner could recognize leather from the hides he processes, ne would feel at home on a street cor ner of Constantinoplc gazing at the feet of passing Turkish men and women. In the Turkish govern ment offices, travellers will soon hear the familiar rat-a-tat-tat of American typewriters, for according to a recent report to the Unite l States department of commerce B. 900 machines will be shipped to the republic.
 Discarded Tires Make Footwear
 "The American tire manufacturer travelling in the interior sees the products of his factory pounding over the almost impossible roads; but, perhaps, he is more surprised when he sees his products envelop- ing the feet of the Turkish peasant ry. When tires have had their full quota of blowouts, they are sold to the rural folk who cut them in four to five pieces and with a few tt,,, # ,1, i, what appears to be uncomfortable footgear; but the Turkish peasants arches apparently become accIs- toned to the rounded thread of these makeshift sandals.
 American wool, cotton and even corners although parts of Turkey, particularly in the neighborhood Of Brusa are famous for their silk worm culture. American- made col lars now are encircling more and more masculine necks each year; and occasional Turkish bathrooms, which as yet are luXuries in the east, are likely to contain American made tubs and fixtures: while an American made tooth brush may repose in made in somewhere-il- Europe holder.
 American Motor Cars Popular
 You can travel for hundreds Of miles along Turkish roads in the in terior and never see a gasoline fill ing station. Automobile mechanics are almost unknown. But automo- bile importations increase even in years when other importations de- crease. Since there are few Turks to repair cars, there is no used car market. Many Turks simply run their new cars until they per manently stop. Of about 1000 cars now increasing Turkish traffic, about 75 per cent are American madc or products of American- owned assembly plants at Smyrna and Alexandria,. Egypt.
 'Where the traveller once walked or bumped over the roads in a springless donkey drawn or OK drawn cart, he now can ride in a brand new. 1929 model touring car
 
 a large party, siX-wheel buses are at his disposal
 Tn modern, luxurious conveyanccs he passes farms worked with the type of implement used in Bible times; but here and there the crooked stick blow has given way c the glistening, steel -bladed cultiva- tors of American manufacture anG the modern American made harves- ter has taken the place of the old fashioned grain harvesting imple- ments.
 Altogether the United States sells about S4,000,000 worth of Ameri- can products to Turkey year. On the other hand, America buys about $12.000,000 worth of Turkish pro- ducts. An additional S5,000,000 worth of Turkish products reach the United States indirectly through European countries. American de m2nd for Turkish carpets, apricot kernels, emery ore, figs, raisins, licoricc, almonds, walnuts. pignolia and pistachio nuts, olive oil, pottery, tobacco. Valonia (acorn cups) an1 wool causes the balance of trade in favor of the Turkish exporters"
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