American Goods In Europe

How American manufactured goods are finding their way to Europe is well illustrated by a littlc incident related by Mr. Dubois, the United States consul at Aix la fjhapelle. On a recent occasion he accompanied an American Iriend on a sliopping tour, the object of' the latter being to purchase sorae presenta for presentation to friends on his arrival at home. _ After securing several paroels ; consisting of tnukctH and Dewly invented articles, the shop keeper banded him a shawl pin, saying, "This celluloid jewelry sells well, as do most things that come from America." " But," aDSwered the gentleman, "I don't think it will pay to purchase to carry back to that country which were made there." To his great surpise the vender exclaimed, " Why, sir, six of the eight articles you just purchased were made in America, and I can sell you twenty six more from the pame country, i' you choose to buy." The consul says the geutleman left the Cítablishmentunder the impression that our export trade must be in a flourishing condition, and hc adds that all who have noticed the show-windows and market places of Europe within the past year are impressed with the same idea. Not only do American goods find favor in England, Ueruiany, Italy, Switzerland and llulland, butalsoin Austria-Hungary, where much has been done toward introducing the manufactures of this country. Mr. l'ost, late cónsul-general at Vicuña, thiuks that in this there has been a itM Ij progress which promises well for the future. Ie sys that American cheese, disguised under an English name, and perhaps bruunht from England, is in general OM. Ameriou leatber, cotton belting, all kinds of manufactures of iron, from the ¦OUÜIott implement to the heaviest machinery used in boring petroleum wells, are coming inti the Austrian empire, and among the fine.st collcctions of glassware displ iyed for sale in Vienna, the capital of a country famous for its manufacture of that article, uiay now be seen a complete a.ssortment conspicuously labelled "Atuerican glas." All these things speak well for the progress of manufactures in ihe (Jnited BUtaa, and may bc uopted m indicatlons of the growing superiority of the handiwork of American producers over thoe of the old world. The time, perhaps, is not far in the future when American pruductions will crowd those of other manufacturing nations to the wall in the marketï ui' the world. A wise governmenUl policy will greatly expedite American competion with England and other countnes.