TRADE WITH GERMANY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue 13905, 5 November 1919, Page 8

TRADE WITH GERMANY.

LAGER DEMAND FOR ENGLISH ; TEXTILES. ' _ » Leipzig. September 1. I No "ersatz" or substitutes of any kind but the genuine? article is what the Germans want. .Foodstuffs and textiles are the chief demand, and'buyers are ready to pay exorbitant prices for English textile goods, which are already offered in considerable quantities. Messrs Cohen and Speycr, who already hare imported £50.000 worth of goods, are of opinion that {he demand for textiles in great qunntilics will continue until the German factories are again in full swing. Few English lirnts are exhibiting directly at the Leipsig fair. Messrs Gibson and Sous. Limited, of Burslciih are- doing so. but numerous other firms are reurescnted by Gyrman agents. On the other hand, German firms'are ready to receive English buyers with open anus, especially in the following trades: --Chemicals. drugs. perfumes. cosmetics, optical glasses, and dyes (especially for textiles), toys, musical instruments, etc. Among the new inventions are several designed to meetthu lack of coal and iron and steel. Great efforts lmve been made to utilise aluminium, which is displayed in all forms, from thick plates to thin ones of ■ .00(5. mm., to be used in place of bad . and tin foil as isolation materia) for electric cables, tea packings, ele. The general impression created K that Germany, despite all her whining and snuealing. is determined to regain her place in the sun as<|iticklv as possible.