Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-12-30 | Page 1 | Trinket Ship to Deal with Natives

TRINKET SHIP TO DEAL WITH NATIVES New York, Dec. 30. Not since the days of African slave traffic has a ehlp been dispatched from Now York with a general cargo for bartering purposes with the natives of tho "Dark Continent" until today. Sailing this morning, the Cnrl Woermann of the Hamburg-Amertcan line will steam for West Africa ports on tho first of a series of voyages ln which American and German manufactured products will be exchanged for products of the coast tribes. More than 100 ports scattered along tho west coast of Africa will be visited visit-ed by the "trinket thlp." Practically none of these ports has any regular mediums of exchango. The freighter will put off knives, mirrors, beads, soap, -paints, pipes, perfumery jand other articles froTji the henrt of Broadway, receiving In "return ivory, ebony, nuts, gums, ginger, palm kernels ker-nels and oil. - The skipper Is familiar with the vanities van-ities of the tribe leaders. Sweaters and silk hats share a place ln his cargo, with phonographs and galvanlo batteries guaranteed to tickle the foot of the mo6t solemn and dignified chiefs. The trip of tho Woormann will take three months. oo