Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-10 | Page 41 | Germany Worrying over Her Imports

GERMANY WORRYING OVER HER IMPORTS Advice Is Given Not to Buy From America After War if It Can Be Avoided. AMSTKHDAM, Nov. 1 By Aworiatod PreBB). "No -buying from America If It cau possibly be avoided," must be the Germaa w a (cli word after the war. is tbe assertion of the Rheoish Went ph. a lir.u Gazette, an important German tndna trial organ. The reason given by the paper U that before I he war the balance of trade between the Hnlted Hta tes and Germany Ger-many was against Germany to the extent of nearly 1 ,000,00 .',000 marks a year. Germany imported from the United Statin goods to tbe value of 1.711,000.000 marks, while German exports ex-ports to the United State amounted to 713,-000,000 713,-000,000 mark. Dividends on German holding of American seeurl t Ic. In addition, helped to pay the bill of good bought In America. "How could we poMbly meet u still further Increased debit ba 1'idc? V" nsks the paper In despair. de-spair. "We had to realize our American securities se-curities to pay for raw materials while tho United States was still neutral, to meet demurrage demur-rage on our ships held la American ports," Tbe conclusion seemB Inevitable to tbe Gazette Ga-zette that Germany must so curtail her cotton and copper imports from the United States that they do not exceed, or only slightly exceed, ber own exports of fertilizers, dye, chemical, etc. The rest of Germany's erstwhile imports from A neric.i. It says, cuu and mut be utrlckeo off the list. "Our imports nf American agricultural machinery ma-chinery must cease. " kh.tr the writer. "Th Openings offered In RukMo . Human Ja and tba Balkiinn are so great that we must push our own machinery there with nil our might."