Show TYPEWRITER TRADE LOST American 1 Machines Machino Clo 01 Out t of German Markets It I Is not so very ver long ago that thal the theA A American typewriter was a len leader In Inthe Inthe inthe the tr trade e In Austria Iun Hungary Austria ar but hut he I business in these machines in that co country un tn has now declined no notably tab I Ten Tenor Tenor or twelve years ago nobody In Austria would havo have thou thought hl of buying a 0 typewriter type type- writer that v.-as v. S not of American make e elul but lul pow now about tenth nine ot ct of tb the tn trade Jc is done by hy a G German Grinan firm which ha has all al American makers ers al although although al- al though neither the construction nor norI northe northe I the price of the Gorman German machines Is better er than those of the typewriters coming from America Am When hen the first American Amerian typewriters type introduced in were vere Hungary Austria Aulla scores cores of or intelligent people applied to American for Cot agences agencies agen agen- ces cies cie but bul the they were ere referred to lo agents arents In iii iI foreign n countries and told to appI apply apply ap ap- ap- ap pI ply to thorn them thor for sub They ho did apply but such severe conditions were mado made that it il was wa impossible Imposible for them to accept the agencies The They were required to pa pay the full ful price of or orthe the machine down oven even for a sample amplo machine pay all al working expenses ex ox- ot oJ the agencies anti and for or advertising adver adver- Using tsing und anti for tor this they wco offered a commission of or 5 per III cent nt c which meant simply 5 for or every overy machine sold mold German Gorman firms soon discovered ered that th lucre there re was a god chance to handicap the Americans in the trade The They therefore he begun gun to construct typewritIng ing Ing machines and allowed their agents up h to up 4 46 per cent cent commission on tIIt their market prices giving credit and selling on oil easy terms so o that their agon J who are arc now ii In almost ost ever every town could profitably engage agents sub In their service They The are an now no selling soing German machines In every village viage while the agents of oC American machines make male but few mica lles finding finding the tho barvest harvest har bar vest oyer over and nd the Holds fields gleaned These same canto German linns tried the tho ame plan idan lan with sewing machines bu hut but were unable to compete with wih the morl American a rival because an American Him firm had developed the tho market de am and had branch places In almost ever town of oC Bohemia All Al attempts of the Germans to push their way Into the thc trade have been unavailing and the thc bu business remains with wih the tho firm WM n established it by persevering energy From 1803 1893 to 1895 1815 American typewriters typewriters type type- writers were wele tho the only machines of this class which were regarded regard cd as good To To- ll Oay tay scarcely an American machine 1 Is to be le fo found nd in fn tho the market if I Amerl Amen can manufacturers manufacturer expect to regain their lost market they must begin a at on once co to lo work over tho field in feld a bual a-bual n wa way The rhe A American typo typo- writer wrier fhi leads the Ulem products of f the world I in In Ir this line so o far as actual merit Is i concerned and If ft method proper methods employed ed to It are r push to tho the front It I is I bound successfully to compete will any foreign rival New New York Tribune wih |