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THE SUNNY SOUTH
APRIL 4, 1903
'hrewd Business-Getter, Every Inch Kingly;
9 New Conception of Wilhelm
Porto Pico Emerges From Commercial
9 Gloom, Under American Impulse 9
She has
America,
frank g. carpenter. •
|HE emperor of Germany la
the greatest trade drum- ;
mcr on earth. He is the 1
manager of that vast de
partment store knorvn as
the German empire and his
customers are all the world.
He has his commercial cou
riers on every road. hi3
traveling salesmen on every
sea He begs trade in one
country with the oleaginous
smile of the diplomat, and .
•n another—China, for in- j
his way at the mouth of i
•annon. He not only makes the ;
?r nations buy. but with his hlock-
lling fleets makes them pay. measuring
world, as it were, with his interna-
-,-al yardstick and the pfennig, thaler j
m ark. He took charge of the business :
, :'>e 15th of June. 18SS. and since then, ,
,-,-ry dynamo in breeches, he has been
a ping over the earth in his seven-
boots, cajoling and commanding,
i.fiirS and retreating—all things and
erythi.ng for trade.
Hr is succeeding, too. and under him
-many is fast becoming the commer-
il giant of continental Europe. She
-an to push out only a few years be
ar lus accession to the throne and
ic lias already one-eighth of the foreign
adt- of the world. He Tias trebled the
tinfic since he took hold, and he now
7= from us for his factories more than
three times as much raw materials as he
d at the staa-t. Germany’s foreign trade
,nw amounts to about $2,000,000,000 a year.
|AVe sell her almost a quarter of a billion
illars’ worth of raw materials and man
ufactured goods; and the raw materials
Jr re made over into products which help
apply the foreign trade created under
I this imperial drummer.
A short time before William II became
emperor, Germany was noted for n-r pov-
I erty She is becoming known for ne.
riches. Under him she has planted in
vestments all over the world.
! $500,000,000 invested in South
I $250,000,000 in Africa and an equal sum 111
Mexico and the United States. A large
(part of the erftee fields of Guatemala are
[owned by Germans, and German mer-
jehants are to be found in every city of
[Central America. . . . _
For the past 150 years the British have
[bc'-n making foreign investments. They
(have plowed the continents and seeded
■them with shillings, expecting each to
■bring back a sovereign in return. Their
{foreign holdings are now estimated at
(jin.noo.flOO.OOO. but it has taken more than
centurv to accumulate them. Today
hhe Germans are said to have $5,000,000,000
{invested outside their own country, and
thev have made the most of these invest
ments since the kaiser took charge fif
teen vears ago. The contrast is striking,
end the more so as the Germans are
bv no means satisfied, but are reaching
out for more.
There is no doubt but that the kaiser is
courting Uncle Sam in order to get.a big
share of the American trade. The visit of
Prince Henry, the nam
ing of the yacht after the
daughter of the president
and the giving of the
statue of Frederick the
Great are looked upon in
iterlm as means to that
end. Every one here knows that the em-
p-ior admires the United States and the
■business men approve of liis actions.
indeed he is doing much for the United
States. At the time of the war with
Spain the sympathy of the Germans was
with .the Spaniards and many of the mili-
iary officers here thought they would he
victorious: They had looked upon us as
tradesmen and tlollar-chasers, and had no
idea we could fight. One of the admirals,
speaking to an American in Berlin at that
time, asserted that while the Americans
might have a few' good officers in their
navy, it was known that the rank and file
was composed of the offscourings of for
eign ships, and there w r as little doubt that
such a force would be wiped out by a
trained navy like that of Spain.
■‘if it is not,” he concluded, “the war
will continue until the resources of both
nations are exhausted ”
“And what will happen then, pray?’
asked the American.
•Oh!” was the reply, ‘‘Germany will
th'-n have its innings. It will come in
and be tile arbitrator and settle all mat
ters between the two nations.”
Such opinions of the Americans changed
rapidly as the Spanish war went on. The
emperor foresaw the result at the start,
and he gave his officials the cue. He
changed public opinion so that today the
best of the Germans are anxious to be
associated with us and some of their
ablest thinkers believe that this is their
only chance for a permanently successful
foreign trade.
Indeed, the Germans are more astound
ed at America's growth than any other
nation of Europe. They measure their
millions in 25-cent pieces or marks, and a
German needs to be only one-fourth as
rich as an American to be a millionaire.
The real millionaires are very few, and
there are no enormous fortunes like those
of our country. The people are scared at
our big trusts. The iron men do not see
liuw they can compete with the United
States Steel Company, and the exporters
arc frightened by the steamship merger.
In the reichstag our balance of trade is
steadily brought to the front. It is shown
’that for ten years we have had a bigger
trade balance in our favor than double
the war indemnity paid by France to Ger
many, and the question is asked how soon
Europe will be drained of its gold if
$la<j,UU0,W0 is to annually roU across
the Atlantic.
J doubt whether the kaiser is as alarmed
over the American peril as some of hia
high officials. Ho certainly will not in
dorse the prophecies of Baron von VYal-
terhausen. the famous professor of po
litical economy in the University of
Strasburg. This man has written a book
on our trade supremacy arid how the
Germans should combat It. In this book
he prophecies that American capital will
eventually absorb the European state,
municipal and industrial securities. H«
shows that we will buy all the good
stock* and become Europe's great cred-
The Crown Prince,
Or the next Emperor of Germany.
The
Kaiser
Courting
Uncle
£am
itor. Then the best of the European
manufacturers and the most skilled ol
their workmen will emigrate to America;
there will be less and less empioynsent
lor labor, and the financial and military
strength of the European nations will
finally weaken. •
“At the same time,” the learned baron
professor continues, "the United States
will gain in political might. They wid
enlarge their army and navy. Thev wi!I
acquire colonies. They will call the Pa
cific ocean their own, and realize tluit
own ideas of international arbitration by-
being themsalves the arbitrators.”
As a preventive against such a possi
bility the professor wants the European
states to join together in a tariff combi
nation against us, to have free trade as
far as possible among themselves and to
support each other in any and every tariff
war against the United States
There is no doubt but that the kaiser is
studying the situation and the evidence
is that he looks upon our success as a
foregone conclusion. At any rate he i.-.
doing ail he can to get into our com
mercial band wagon. He is advising the
manufacturers t> copy American methods
and Is sending his officials across the
water to learn what they are. Privv
Counsellor Goldberger. who recently vis
ited the United States and upon his re
turn wrote a book treating of our in
dustries. was received with high favor
at court. The emperor decorated him
and advised other officials to go forth and
c!o likewise As a result there is a deal
of quiet investigation of the United
States going on at the present time, and
the kaiser is collecting news from a!l
somces. Everv leading American capi
talist who comes to Berlin is interviewed
by the emperor or his officials. Pier port
Morgan was recently made much of by
his majesty, and an entertainment which
the kaiser gave to prominent Americans
at Kiel was probably actuated l.y the
oesire to cultivate American trade.
All this has materially Increased the
standing of Americans in the eyes of the
Germans. American travelers are better
treated and American goods are more
popular. I have shown you bow our
styles are largely supplanting those of
Paris and London and how the trade
mark ‘‘made in the United States,” now
ranks above "made in England” or ‘made
in Germany.”
Indeed the Germans are very proud of
their emperor and they follow his lead
more than is generally supposed. They
copy his manners and dress. Take, for
instance, the ugly green felt hats with
feathers in them which you often see on
the streets of Berlin and other German
cities. No American would wear one, but
the German patriot is proud to do so be
cause the emperor wears such a hat when
out hunting. I will riot say that when
the kaiser takes snuff all Germany
sneezes, but there is no doubt that it is
due to his example that the most of the
Germans cur! their mustaches so that
the*.- tickle their noses. The kaiser
schnurrbart or mustache has made the
fortune of many a wax maker here and
patent mustache curlers are advertised
in the papers. His majesty waxes liis
mustache so that its ends turn out like
a bow, and every young German, official
and commoner, does likewise. Some men
carry combs in their pockets and you
can see them slyly arranging their mus
taches in the street cars, holding their
hands over their faces as they do so.
Every one gives his mustache twist
at odd moments, and all. from the hotel
waiter to the highest military official,
are proud if they can preserve the kai-
serly curl.
The kaiser is a good .business man. One
of the chief manufacturers of Frankfort
on the Main thus expressed it to me the
other day:
"He is the business head of this busi
ness nation. He knows more about our
German industries than any other man.
and he does more than
anyone else to push Ger
man trade. It is he who
keeps us alive by his
brains and farsighted
ness. The trouble is, he
has no money and the
If he were king of Eng-
The Kaiser.
His latest and best picture.
known a man to work as he does. He
frequently comes to the watering places
near Frankfort for a vacation. At such
times he gets up at 6 o’clook and goes to
work. He keeps ‘at it all day and often
far into the night. The next day he is
up again at 6 as bright as a dollar.”
In many of the factories I visited
throughout Germany I have been told
that the kaiser knows ail about them and
that he often visits the industrial cen
ters. He had close connections with the
Krupps and frequently studied the gun
factory. He makes the crown prince go
to such places and plans tours for him
by which he is acquiring a practical view
of industrial and commercial as well as
military Germany.
The kaiser has visited all the big fac
tories about Berlin. He attends every
exposition and during the past year has
se veral times honored the Dusseldorf ex
position with his presence. At the same
time he keeps track of the various com
mercial and manufacturing conventions,
and apparently looks upon the whole em
pire as his business, field, regarding it
his duty to push it in every possible
wa y.
Indeed, the emperor of Germany and
President Roosevelt are much alike. They
are of about the same age and of the
same intense nervous organization.
Roosevelt has an iron jaw; so has the
kaiser. Roosevelt is brown from expos
ure to the air and sun; so is the kaiser.
Our president has a piercing eye, and
so has the "emperor of Germany.
Each man is full of self-confidence. On
his way to Washington from Buffalo im
mediately after the assassination of Pres
ident McKinley. Mr. Roosevelt was asked
if he was not afraid of the responsibility
which that death had thrust upon 'him.
He replied: “Not a bit." And, he was
not. The self-confidence of the German
emperor is notorious. He has frequently
said that lie beiieves himself divinely
appointed and is charged of taking the
place that Mohammed held as the pre
tended mouthpiece of the Aijnighiy. The
old czar of Russia, in speaking of this,
sarcasticaly said: “Der Gott weisst alles,
aber der kaiser weisst alles besser.” Or,
in other words, God knows everything^
but tfie German emperor knows every
thing a little better.” ,
Both Mr. Roosevelt and the kaiser are
plain in many ways and extravagant in
others. They both believe in physical de
velopment, both like plain meals and both
can be satisfied with little. Roosevelt has
a plain breakfast with his family, the
kaiser eats with the empress,-and is sat
isfied with an egg, a roll and a cup of
tea. Their lunches are more generous
and each can r sit down to a dinner of
many courses and enjoy it. I doubt
whether either ever had the dyspepsia,
and if he should have it he would not go
to a doctor, but would jump upon his
horse and ride it off.
Both Roosevelt and the kaiser are fond
of horses. Both ride often and ride hard.
Roosevelt keeps a number of saddle
'horses. The emperor can afford more
and has more. His saddle horses are
carefully selected. They are noted for
their speed and staying powers. They
must obey quickly and they must be ex
ercised daily in order to stand any kind
of strain put upon them.
Both the president and the emperor
are good family men. They are good
husbands and good fathers. They rule
their own households, and, as far as I
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
HE result of American rule
in this little island is be
ing watched with more
than ordinary Interest be
cause unusual significance
attaches to its outcome. It
is a sort of test cose. The
success or failure of our
efforts here will undoubt
edly have a direct Influ
ence upon the future of
West Indian affairs. Al
though the chain of islands
composing the West Indian
group arc wonderfully; endowed with
fertility of soil and desirability of cli
mate, their commercial prosperity has
been suffering a gradual decline. Stu
dents of the situation asse* that
their retrogression is but the re
sult of unequal conditions; they
are like a house that is divided against
itself. They are owned by various Euro
pean powers, and. as children join in the
quarrels of their elders, are party to the
prejudicial wranglings and racial dissen
sions which sap the vitality of the old
world and constantly menace its peace.
Aside from the lack of What is known
nowadays as "community of Interest" be
tween the islands. Europe Is too far away
to afford a market for their products,
and the proximity of the United States
makes them naturally dependent upon
it for the sale of their stuff. Their exact
position Is really like a lot of youngsters
who have a place tK sleep, but whose
parents do not properly provide for
then:, thus forcing them to rustle among
the neigibors for a scant livelihood. The
very plausible argument Is advanced that
if these dependent ones could eat and
sleep under the same roof they would be
much better off.
Now that Porto Rico has become our
adopted child everybody is waiting to see
how she is going to fare. Upon her de
velopment, or failure to develop, rests
tlie decision of a great question; the set
tlement o£, a far-reaching Issue, there
has not been a time within the past hun
drert years when some of our most astute
statesmen dia not champion the exten
sion of ou>- authority over these islands,
believing that our money and our market
were the two things which would combine
to rejuvenate them, and make them live
up to the possibilities of their rich re
sources. We have 80,000,000 people Who
desire, and who are amply able to pay
Negligee style prevails among the younger set in Porto Rico.
upon the outcome of this experiment
hinges the future of the other islands in
the group, those whose interests cause
them to oppose the extension of American
rule are leaving nothing undone to dis
credit the result. This is why one hears
little or no encouraging news concerning
the progress of our little ward. Only dis
couraging phases of the situation—almost
Invariably magnified out of all semblance
to the truth—are discussed by the papers
of the other Islands. The plain purpose
of these partisan writers is to poison the
irinds of their readers against the Amer-
lcars. If a resident-of adjacent territory
speaks well of Porto Rican conditions he
Is considered unpatriotic. The powers are
fighting the spread of American sentiment
as if it were a prairie fire that threatened
to consume them. The European office
holders realize that their jobs are at stake
and they are fighting hard to hold them;
they know if Porto Rico gets off on the
f.ir The°ereat variety of tropical products right foot that their cake will soon be
l-Ji, ft*'- * _* i .4 t m 111 f 1 n mUirnf Klnaefima
.. hich can be produced here in abundance
if sufficient encouragement and protection
is given to capital to induce It to enter
the field for the purpose of developing it.
Will American rule convert the West
Indies into a desirable field of endeavor
for yankee energy? Will free access to
the great American market make the
islands prosperous? These are the great
questions little Porto Rico must prove or
^If 1 'one"listens to all the talk that comes
to his ears, as he knocks about the West
Indies, and does not take the trouble to
go beneath it for the facts, the ‘™P r ®s-
sion will soon be formed that the Ameri
cans have made a bad botch of their at
tempt to inaugurate a new era in the “t*
rle pearl of the Caribbean. Realizing that
In
Thorouifh
Touch
With
German
Business
country is poor.
land or had a country like the United
States, he would make it boom and in
time he would commercially conquer the
earth. As it is, he is manacled by lack
of resources and lack of capital. What
he wants is more land and more money,
and for this reason he is anxious to have
colonies.”
Said Consul General Guenther of
Frankfort:
The kaiser is not appreciated in Amer
ica. He is a genius, not only from a busi
ness standpoint, but from almost every
other standpoint. He can do many things
well. He can paint, write poetry and
compose music. He is a great thinker
and in everything a leader. I have never
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can learn, neither will have any foolish
ness as to the education or training of
the children. Some of the Roosevelt little
ones go to the common schools in Wash
ington. They hdve limited allowances,
and do some of their shopping at the
Seventh street stoves.
The kaiser's e>Jciven are brought up to
work They hat - to s find jbelr teachers.
They are trained In gymnastics, sleep
upon hard beds and eat plain food. They
are made to mind, as Is evidenced by
many of the stories which are told In
Berlin. One such relates to the crown
prince. It happened years ago when he
was much younger than he is now. He
was drilling ,Us little brothers, and when
one of the boys did not keep step he
marched up to him and wrung his ear.
The kaiser saw this and objected. The
boy replied, “I am the crown prince, and
according to law my brothers are bound
to obey me.” "Yes, that is true,’ said
the kaiser. “As crown prince your broth
ers must obey you, but you must also re
member that I am the kaiser, and as
such you have to obey me. I order you
not to do that again.”
This comparison holds good as to mili
tary matters. Both the president and
kaiser are fond of the army. Either
would rather -be combat-
ted than rule peacefully.
Kaiser Both believe in fighting
And the and both are proud of
Army Good their association with
Frimand* their soldiers. The kaiser
is always courting his
army. He takes pains to get close to the
men, and it is said that he knows more
than 10.000 of his officers personally and
can call them by name. He spends a
large part of his time at the army parades
and always attends the manouvers. He
wars the uniforms of the different regi
ments and has an official rank in many
of them. He is never prouder than when
attending a review. He understands
everything connected with his soldiers
from private to general. He believes in
the army, and wants to Increase It at
any expense and at any cost.
I have said that the tastes of the em
peror and our president eolnpare aiso in
their extravagance as well as ill their
simplicity. Each could make a meal on
beer and cheese and '.Ike it, but each Is
fond of display, and at the proper time
makes a great spread. This Is seen m
the remodeling of the white house and
the gorgeous dinners at Washington, ami
also In the splendid court functions of
the kaiser here In Berlin.
The government ha_s had to increase
the kaiser’s civil, list on account of his
social expenditures. He has now about
$5,000,000 a year, ahd this notwithstanding
he pays no house rent and has many
iiee lunches. Ho hafe also a large In
come from his private estates. The
Hohenzollern fortune, amounting. It is
said, to about $25,000,000, has come to lilm,
and he has other estates; which bring
him in all told something like $1,000,000 a
year.
(lough. If this little midget blossoms
out under the care of Uncle Sam a lot of
her neighbors are soon going to want new
dresses of the Star and Stripe pattern.
This will be the certain and natural result
if cur administration is a success. Anil
11 explains the presence of so much hos
tility and unfavorable comment in the
other Islands.
But. all the talk about our failure does
not come from the outside. Thej’e is as
much criticism in Porto Rico as there is
out of it. This Internal
DUgrunt* dissatisfaction, although
Ela> of other origin, is as nat-
mant Buiy oral as the external when
WttH its real name is under-
Criticism stood. It is caused from
• an overdose of politics.
There is really nothing alarming in this,
as It is a well known fact that weeds
will flourish in new soil—until they are
turned under. There is no denying that
one result of the new conditions is a bad
crop of native politicians, but these need
not be permitted to thrive to any great
extent. Taken at their worst they can
have but little Influence on the general
commercial situation. A few cracked
heads caused by heated local issues can
hardly have any. influence on the sale of
the Island's coffee in New Orleans. it3
cigars In New York, or its oranges in
Pittsburg. The local fighters will have
to nurse their bumps and learn to keep
ou-t of trouble in the future.
Leaving the political aspect for a sepa
rate discussion. let us seek wisdom in
contemplating the facts about the com-
ireicial development of our island posses
sion. Has American rule converted Porto
Rico into a desirable field for yankep
endeavor? Jt certainly has! Both the
man without means and ’ the capitalist
have done well here. Let me give you
actual proof of it Here are a few stories
of fortune that any one acquainted in San
Juan can vouch for:
Shortly after the American occupation.
Joe Wenar. of New Orleans, landed in the
capital with a dollar and a half and a
determination to do something. Some say
he borrowed money from the captain of
the ship he came on, but Joe says he did
not. At any rate, he does not have to
borrow now. He started an eating place
near the barracks, and soon afterwards a
cafe on the piaza. He made $10,000 dur
ing the first five months, got into the ho
tel business, and has been coining money
ever since. Now he owns five orange
groves, a cigar factory here, and a whole
sale cigar house in New Orleans—all paid
for out of money made in Porto Rico.
Mrs. Wenar is now wearing diamonds.
When you go to San Juan drop in at the
Colonial and Joe will tell you all about
it. Porto Rico is quite naturally a topic
upon which he likes to dwell.
L. A. Allen went to San Juan in Octo
ber, 1S9S. as a subscription solictor for a
New York newspaper. He got sick and
lost his job. When he got money from
home the first thing he did was to buy
a ticket for the return trip, but he never
used it. For $3 he bought from a French
man a trunk full of old yellow-back nov
els. He started out to peddle them among
the soldiers and the first day cleared $10.
Then he rented a hallway and went into
business for himself. Every night, and as
many times during the day as there was
a shower, he hastily packed his stock in
the old trunk and moved out. That was j
the beginning. His business grew rapidly
and has cleared him thousands of dollars.
He was one of the first to import Pan
ama hats to the United States and was in
a measure responsible for the recent craze
for that kind of headgear which swept
over the country. He has a $5,000 stock
in his store, owns his home, and has a
fine orange grove. He is a hustler. Ask
anyone in San Juan about him.
Hardie Bros., photographers from Chat
tanooga. Tenn., struck San Juan, and
went into business in a dingy little S by
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This much to show that some of the
fellows without means—the soldier of
fortune element—have done in Porto
Rico. Now for those who brought their
money with them: H. W. Dooley, of
New York, came to San Juan about four
years ago. He had money and his part
ners on the other end of the line had
plenty to invest when the right place
was found for it. He started in with one
desk and one assistant in the person of
a Porto Rican office boy. The commis
sion business he started has grown like
a pea vine. It now takes thirty-five peo
ple to run his office. Last year his firm
handled a little more than a million dol
lars' worth of business.
De Ford & Co., bankers and sugar
planters, said: "Tlie two institutions with
which we are concerned are doing well.
A j r ear ago today we had in our bank
$933,000 in deposits; today the total is
$1,067,000. The capacity of the Central
Aguirre sugar plant has been doubled,
rising from 10,000 tons output to 20,000
tons. The Guanica Company has now
completed its factory and Us production
will be in the neighborhood of 15,000 tons.
The sugar grinding capacity of the island
has been very greatly increased by many
of the smaller mills adding modern ma
chinery, which, in addition to the increase 1
to their output, affords them more- eco
nomical production. The sugar crop for
export this year is estimated at from
110,000 to 120.000 tons. In addition to sugar
the condition of fruit and tobacco shows
constant improvement. It is our opinion
that investment in the island, when ju
diciously made, are safe, and should be
attractive to American capital.”
Edwin L. Arnold-, cashier of the Amer
ican Colonial bank, in San Juan, says:
I "Business in the island is much heavier
1 than at this time last
Bullness year. The exports are in-
Decidsdly creasing, not only in cof-
On fee, sugar and tobacco,
The but in the smaller prod-
Increase uots as well. Our bank
ing business has grown
in volume during the past twelve months.
We are constantly increasing the num
ber of our depositors. We have found
the greater part of our loans satisfactory,
so much so that they will compare fa
vorably with those of a bank in any
small city in the United States.”
A well known New York salesman said:
“Before the Americans took charge of
Porto Rico, our best year's business here
was $40,000. but one customer in Ponce
bought more than this sum from us last
year. Our total sales in the island for
the last twelve months were $140,000."
In addition to all this may be added
the customs receipts for five years: Dur
ing the last year of Spanish rule Porto
Rico purchased from the United States
goods to the amount of $2,254,989; during
the first of American rule, $3,298,916; the
second year, $6,483,613; the third year,
$8,761,751; and last year, $12,029,000. And
the increase cf the island's sales have
Increased in proportion to its purchases.
Ir. 1901 we bought from her $6,953,677, and
last year the total ran up to $9,291 652.
The totals are swelling in both direc
tions—swelling like they ought to. There
have been many trying and annoying
hindrances in the way, and there are
yet many tc be overcome; mistakes have
been made and more will follow, but
these considerations are all secondary to
the one big fact -that the sky is clear
ing. Porto Rico is certainly making her
way out of darkness into light. Ail this
testimony I have given, backed up by
official figures, makes a strong case to
prove that the island’s affairs are on the
mend. There is no doubt of it! When
her size is taken into account—only U
miles wide and 100 miles long—as well as
the desperateness of her condition when
we took charge of her affairs, the show
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turies an abused child in the Spanish
colonial family; she was terribly pinched
by the hurricane, and, on the whole, has
bad enough rough handling to dwarf her
nnd make her black and blue. But she
is now coming into her own. With the
protection of the greatest government in
existence, and free access to the greatest
market in the world, she is becoming
robust and hearty, an object lesson to
those about her, and a credit to Uncle
Sam her brawny foster father.
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