Show S t cupid ali P I 1 I 1 d yankees van k e ae s L lose C rs e in 0 baltic JUR i A it ic unbelievable ignorance Is costin costing g them the trade of the NOW new states over there FAIL TO GET BIG ORDERS british german and a n d dutch firms are getting millions million 8 of f dollars because they are better informed than the american business men laiyin millions of 0 dollars lol lars in 11 ri tidy itly cash tire going to english oer and dutch inns from the states because of tw the almost of even the largest american birins with foreign railing conditions and even geography say americans here dozens doyens of big orders for cash wn a actually in the banks in new york line have been lost to america because of what american Atner ican tives thes in states term ib absolute solute it Is said said ono one of these americans 11 in itigan who ho jias has lind to place ninny orders lit in germany and in ling land when america could have had thecil that hat the lie heads licaus of american lims firms realize what tile subordinates in of their foreign trading dopart departments part ments are doing to them most of them brought up on so called american systems that may work well st at home bottle but are eftig absolutely hopeless bo abroad try to do business Inid ness in europe according io 10 form 22 or form 24 av or r whatever forin fona they apply to dels deals in am ain erica to ro illustrate liot long ago I 1 lind had na an urgent cash order for suits of tinder underclothing clothIng for a baltic state I 1 telegraphed to a big american firm what your priam aulta heavy underwear cash against documents new york two or three days later elicit some bright young credit mail had wed 0 to o digest tills this tele telegram grani I 1 received a balile calile saying wire credit rating emif f ail references now I 1 suppose tits his form 22 re quiren him to to do that hint but I 1 alred buck back sly my credit references ure tire cash cahl in rew new york bank what tire anre your prices some days inteli recel rec elvil n tele grant saying urlce dollar twenty or something like bilat more afore aline was lost in in ii exchange of cable grains asking fluit they meant pep gari nent or per still tile result was as that I 1 wired in an english firm arin sly my answer from it ft was complete just what I 1 wanted the telegram legrum te gine tile price per suit eight of probable dote date of delivery dol lvery and everything flint I 1 wonted wanted to know isnow tho the inn got tile the order and an took the lie cash in the he now new aorl hank bank when I 1 write american inns firms for catalogs I 1 get enta logs without prices I 1 suppose they think it la Is to print them then I 1 write tm flyr price lists and get price lists without cola logs print complete catalogs Oer geriann Gerin ninn nn or british ferins print win com catalogs riving giving just what one willits to know they stive save valuable weeks of anil correspondence aud and put get the orders another american in trade in showed allowed the he correspondent a cab cablegram legrain from one of the biggest oil com lit in america in reply to tits hla telegram which said quote mo me price refined cool oil delivered riga the alie answer rend read crudo crude oil has gone up tip 0 20 0 cents 1 n I arrel now nov said tills this american dealer 1 I want to know about crude oil and I 1 I 1 time to figure out whitt ahn effect a rise in its price would have on coal oil that was badly wanted by ray rii buyer in many of such puch ridiculous cases I 1 11 lime are telegraphed directly to tho the heads brads of firms in america explaining the situation nut but I 1 tie the time to write nil of them so the bermans on and english get the orders incidentally perhaps halt half of the letters sent by american firms to the states stales hear benr only 2 cent postage stamps rousing indignant prospective buyers to tn UK dig lohn down in their pockets to pay postage due in rubles or marks or of whatever tho lio unit happens to be some of lit them hear bear fantastic nd ad diaso dif so such ni illen Itus sla via in tho tb one letter in reply to request to ship for cash n big consignment of roods from new york to riga illga said tile the firm arm was soi coiry ry but bill had no shipping i on oil tile |