Show q H h S l 1 Id iH Fi 3 i I II 1 H t Fl 1 I rh 11 r rt t t I 1 t j y f fA JI Mf 1 I I a l j I 1 1 r i Li r y 1 r f i 1 I r y yol j ol I f I 1 1 t ti I 1 Ff ird d fr tr Ih the II I JH N wl 1 ia H WW 1 i W I i lt hiI i t t H t I l I J 1 SI t 1 I F t 1 SCENE AT THE CHIEF COMMERCIAL SEAPORT OF JAVA I I there thero or enormous outside of ol l which tin the Ih 11 min tn tuter and exporter have At de yet t left lett e eI j I practically nN I Taking up 1111 the th continent of Africa Secy ays Mys eay our trade with Al AI Algeria geria Tunis Is IN Increasing These Them fh countries belong to o creme France and by rap rapI Id ht I t steamship connection ova aro now hots closely with that country It 11 In la only 21 hour houra from from to Algiers and the tho trail trade with Europe la 18 steadily pow grow growing lug ing In Many Mill American goods are now flow used In Algeria We AVe are something like worth there hero ear car and much of ot this thle Ihl Id In In III mai mat ma ninety and amt term farm tools teals The rime French mare nto i t I opening up the Iho grain end anti Amerl Ameri American run can I hl are 1 employed to gathor Ruthar I the crape ro American Hewing ao machines lite to 10 be found toun In n ho the Algerian and Anti Tunisian bazaars and tho limo chief light mired lived u throughout the tho country Is from American petroleum Tho The trade trado of ot AI Al gorla now amounts to about bout in la year jear and Rill that of or Tunisia In large largi and Increasing WP lie ere Aro annually tend tending lug ing several hundred thousand dollars worth of or to 10 Tunis and of ot this in Is I In III agriculture agricultural machinery Our trade with Morocco Stay Seey i i ells telli mp me IH is small but hut In the Hie closer an as allI I of ot that country with France l ronco i i and the thi better Industrial protection which l ill he III thereby Ih It Is la pure mire to increase We li blue IUn tl a nisi nho seine Koine trade e with Tripoli rending nou w n worth of ot n gouda goods titers there every Avery year and our trade with I Is 18 larg und and growing Much Mitch i of 0 our Egyptian lIun goods go o 0 through Eng 1 n o land but mine machinery ire are non nII film direct Several hun bun bundled decd American rata carH were werl taut put on the lime th now new railroad only a 1 e oar r or oro orao ao o 1110 ago and other oilier kinds of or American Polling lolling stock BloK and amid railroad materials are Rr Rrt Icing being u usel ui si tIl The English 1 are lire pushing their farther north and amid rot cot cotton t ton Ion fields ore nn being Ing developed along time the Nile Kilo and In Egyptian Soudan Amen Amor nand I mire lire Interested d In III of ot these now new add the tho prospect ct Is IsI that there ther will he be an all Increased vale sale of o oI I American A II goods I OCr WITH lONDA lOANDA In connection w lib Ith this thin pmt part of at Africa I risked Secy 81 as al to 10 our trade with Ur Uganda the greet great British II 1001 Lake Lak Victoria at it the mite source lOuIIe of u ut t the Nile 1 I We are 0 doing very pry little lit III na nil nilet et Willi the lit if l anal of it H is a 1 MI Is II hut abut lad d In III the tIP way of ot foreign comment tommO III In IWi 1902 it 11 took only 00 worth ot of foreign goo l of or which H a 1 little more than Jl w nea aa t is III a n f found a II t future It II la h u n very Y region whirl which rh until now his not nol boon I IC to 10 the except by b of ot porI Within the Im l year eur or w a u has hall been bl 11 built I Inland from from tu to Luke Victoria la t 1 hI a 1 not lint very fur tur furr above It III IK is n II little Island luau ly l lIng r Ing fag no fl loaf ilose to the shorn that a 1 bridge hoe hat been mule arrows t to lu the mainland aM on an this bridge the tile railroad r Nit rare ra rago go 0 The nih Is In almost miles mil milIon long Ion ami It II take II pa lII ell und and goods gooda na ad far till Into lillo the th of or Africa as ma 1 Cleveland Is III distant dl lant from New York It Jl up If all ill time the 1 ht vast ml territory about Lake Inke for the t on that lake Ilko connect a the lite whole region n with It It II Is le that other railroads wll will willnon i now non b bA built hullt lo to connect Lake I with Lakes and rind ond Into lute Albort Then the time goods limn thoM loose tho Ink regions can eau find Anil their theli way out by II a and these new roads londi I dl will eventually form torm a u port apart of or tin the ht Cape to Calm Cairo linn Indeed d IV a I Sl t hall will ultimately spring up 1111 In that thai raglan and 8 of this to wo hope hone tha tho Ih United tatu I a will wilt have It its t I idler oun IN BAST E r I referred to our trade In Drilled nm East Enat Africa whereupon Mr Loomis said ald The southern rn halt of ot take Luke Victoria Is la In hr Gorman Bant Africa a Ii vast ut terri tern territory tory lory tor with willi ii a 1 population of or million That country will won lOOn be lie opened ut up to c foreign commerce although the Q Or Oct r mans Inane will probably bly have the bulk ol of the trade They Iho ore Ire already building railroads and end will eventually have rail railroads railroads roads tram from tho the coast coall to 10 Luke Lake Tanganyika and other roads down to II Lak Lake It Is not mil very far from tram Lake to the tho nevi ouch must t lie tie considered hy by Itself end und It Il l Is III l blo to 10 give fn tol trade UK its to Africa tit Oil n a whole Our and export i era ers should study the tl c ular reports report for the tho of or the regions Their a u ocean In each ea h will depend ly Iy upon the mastery of ot details r rIng rd Ing In the tine people II They learn III lr local tastes and requirements the methods of ot transportation the trade usages and other matters which vary front from country to country t 1 Our Me daily lolly furnishing reports rt of or that tha t kind 1 which are arl to 10 the people JI fOp h through the newspaper new and antl by b the IIII volumes entitled The Commercial of the Unit United ed Ill States now a n 1 publication of ot the this de dr department II art of ot commerce and labor There Them Themis is no min doubt hut but that American goods can be wild sold If It they tho are a properly lire pre Rented dented and handled On of ot the Uia chip chief things la Is to Land the tho proper r Coeds to 10 i ithe the right localities IO ll and to UM ice Intelligent I efforts In tn the disposing ln of them Hum rIm CONGO AND WieST Are te we Ye doling doing much h In western Alfi Africa Africa ca ca Mr 11 Not Nol as much notch as III we It should The Tha i trolle of the time United States Hurt th timer Ii is I In inconsiderable I considerable and will remain so until I IWI we WI have hll direct communication between i our Atlantic and Ind the of ot Arl a That part Art of or the tho theor world or Id has bas h possibilities It ties has b an nil enormous population I awl and It consume n a veal vast Quantity of or American product pl 1111 goads do you Oll think could be bf besold besold sold old there thre I Ilk asked d cl dOne i iOne One ran can Judge very er well by II the tilt ex ea exports fI ports which are arp now taken from Europe l There Is III a It greet t consumption of or cottons cotton and also of lIe hardware an oat t food foal stuffs In a II recent report to this Ihl I department one of nr our consuls in III i I French West Ah I a My says that the p he lP pie pi pl need lIe our Jur Hour flour biscuits Indian oni meal until find cotton i goods They would buy bu our QUI hams hama preserved rn meats mat at lull fish n anti tools toola They do du nut want our bulky bulk grains grain nor diet raw 11 lotions nor our animal animals either slaughtered ed or 01 oron on the hoof bout In the opening O up of ot the provinces steel rails unit loch loni motives motive wilt III be In tn demand and also alio 0 some machinery Al lUC SIAH II KET KETAs K ET As far fr u as our trade trad Is III inH Secretary Looms Loomis Kouth Africa Is I now by b tar far the best beet market marketon on the African continent tor for American goods goads stud and tide this will wilt b be the cue case foi tor years ears to 10 ie me The Th colonists colonials know know our manufacture and have ha been bp buying them for tor a R long tune time They are extending their trade to the north northward northward ward and nr art opening u II vest vast All new re rr region gion giorl which will be he a market for Amei Amer Amerlean lean Iran 11 n products th t the b leer Hoei I n there were many In mining In fn the Transvaal Tt A number are still there and In the tho new acv they th will probably uli ulian t a if an all Increasingly Important part South Africa Urk is I you OU know n a I white mane man country and Us Ste population It Is l chiefly composed of or white moan mill The most meet mS mSo of o the Inhabitants speak peak l Iiii arid this ihla U la of ot great advantage In the push puh pushIng lug Ing of American trod Imd It Is I true that we are doing that successfully In Eng England land Ireland and Scotland and wo we to ought to be he abl to o do It In Africa As Ae It U Is now nol we ship chip rm mutt more rt than twice twite as much goods to A fries as III any AllY other country XII t tires Britain There IH Ia nu no doubt but bUl that the tra can be tinselly increased but Jut It 1 I j jf f r t iff t i j I lt t ire It done il IlIf t by hy American and amid not roUl h foreigners H SAM A IN SOUTH HOUTH Tho The conversation here turned to America and I asked n k 1 Mr Ir Loomis to tell lell min m what Uncle Sam gum the great International merchant is 18 doing dol II there Uncle Sams trade trall replied cl the nu nH distant secretary of state la IA gaining In tho ho several II republics of ot our alstor l continent slur lur reports indicate that the sales sale of or the present year will well Iti IJa OOOO more morl than n In 1903 1908 and more than Ihan our OUI greatest pre Ire loua your of 1001 IDOL In the tine eight months ending with 1 loOt 1901 wo we 1 sold worth of or goods to South Houth America na as III against t worth for tho the period of the previous s year sear lt r To which country do cia we tell sell most Mr Loomis I asked Our b best st South American customer during was ilK Argentina replied time secretary of ct slate That country then thon bought about gds Mr IJ Loomis i I mean the proper facilities faculties of trans transportation and honking banking We WI ought to 10 Lave have fast talt American steamship hlll lines connecting North and south Houth America Wo 0 should have havI bunks blink at the great centers center and understanding the language should go gothere there to sell lIell the goods Will not norr the Panama canal help matters moat tore 7 There Is ii I no doubt but that the canal will be of oJ Immense benefit to 10 ut us II In our trade with the west coast CORt of or south Houth l America as a well hell an nB with that of Centre America end Mexico It 11 will also great greatly ly I us 1111 In lit Asia and the Islands Inlands c ot of th the Pacific j I oun WUST WI ST INDIAN MARKET t IET How Slow about Cubit Cuba and Porto Illco 1 asked Our commerce with Cuba CubR la Is mater materially tall 1111 Increasing under the new treaty of bast December During the three 10 months ending with the alii of March we trained gained more l n I million dollars In exports over tr the thu salon period of ot the previous your year while our Oil Imports more inure than doubled We nee fit now tending n a aridly of articles to 10 iu lU U b bit und amid we are Increasing allu In our ex tX parts arla of ot flour cloth Hewing ma mr machine chine mud and There lies hl bt 11 u m great t K gahr l lIn In III our trade with Port In Lm the acne months ending with lIh March Mch II at we sold ia noire more titan thin eight million dollars north of guale to 10 that thit I is i iI In lu Wn during the Ihl same name month OKI wi sala s were only n a little more mure than ono one on mil million lion llon liaised Indeed out tads with w ith the West Vit at Indies II he f ct nil Dicing along 1111 many man lineK Imes This Thill la is especially en so In the Inlands ids are largely h de do dependent Prudent pendent us for Ot their market m as II s sn v n i III ll 11 us UN for their supplies of food stuffs I n d sums some manufactured goods I THAnE IN What IH is recta sera Sam doing In ht I Austra Australia lie lia sad anil N Nw New w Our trade I rud hap lias h been liten falling off In III that part purt of ot the world during the past put tow tAW mouths months mOil said Secretary Loomis Lo 0 III In n the Ih tight months montha ending mUn with |