THE OUSTING OF ENGLISH TRADE BY GERMANS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3497, 11 January 1887, Page 2

THE OUSTING OF ENGLISH TRADE BY GERMANS.

.A. consular report just published from Barcelona, says the Pall Mall Gazette of the 20th October* con'alns {pme instructivei remarks on the cause bf. the-ousting of English trade by Gej;ifito3.: i .I'Theiprincipal. impeli. merit," !i; ;says :'■ Consul" Wooldridge, 'hmw Bxisting,.|o;.tlie extension a r our trade are the peculiar; character -iM habits of these foreifjner'fa's; opposed to-Englishmen.,, Talio the ft'-raans b$ sxampfc. who are. by far the> most ivunerous of tin's elm These, men Kvo in a stvlo incredibly economical; their salorioa for the most ■. part are

mere pittances; and, in fact, many;;! devote their time and labor in behalf ;;■;:■ of commercial houses without any re- K: I muneraiion'at all,conjsiwitfrliavihg- ■., I obtained a footing isthe business. I They are besidef |tcelp linguists'-Jin J general, and pushing, ''tteabiou'sj ,0 I sharpinall i The little aonsjfcthey-save nevoKiljp •: I in the cafes or theatres as the Enguw. ; .' I thrifty, denying life wbioh expenses toffi! borne in this tp of intense depssio&l I in..basine3S, and secures tke.prosperjljpfi of German trade, while our romaffii? K stagnant?; and as.long as British chants are.unable to obtain &gensw ■ similar, powej of, adaptability seams no way but of' the diffloulty?: THe" B other main '■thi ■ fl t'lrift of tho Qeroianairto' wHohs6nfli£l; fl Wooldridgo _ Baocess '■ 1B oompired with 0 araolvoa v iii the mEttinfeif '■■ ■ B in whioh business has fl carried on by British is a, system .of.'.^t v WB/Sw6en : . fl ,seller 3in England and bayws (n&|v6 fl tra-desiaen) Here; aid 1 it is the: truV H reason of the failure of British frado; fl and until it is given up, anitbe ms? 8 system adopted as exists with tie .ex- .?'(■ porters;of other nations, W JraiV fl cannot Bucc66d. if The real bbjeoifcr ra non-employjnent of commercial agentsjfi by our of course, to wail l B the expends of .salaries or commission H incurred, believing that they oakcom-.: H patently carry on singly their business M with the native traders'and shop-'H keepers. Unsuccessful as this way of B business ha 3 been hitherto; yet it still B goes on, and evil comes of it. Com- B plaints continually reach this consulate B asking for help against tradespeople flj hero who have received goods in this B way, but who have eventually failed B to account for. them in a satisfactory B manner; for these latter, knowing the B expend, the difficulties, and the B unsatisfactory results attendant on an B appeal to the Spanish law by foreigners flj against defaulters, do not hesitate to H accept commissions and the charge of B goods, and take advantage of the help- B| of the exporters. In some H cas3S drafts are given on a London H house at three or six months for theH vake of the goo s, .h'ch on presenta- ra tion are dishonored; j efc letters, almost Bj daily, reach me from British tradesmen 1| requesting me to furnish thein with H the names of • sorao of the principal Bj dealers in their class of goods. H