240 REPORT ON COOPERATION IN AMERICAN EXPORT TRADE.

pushed by the Algerian firm which has exclusive right of sale in this
country, and the demand for the products of the syndicate has
steadily increased.
Sales have also been materially promoted by a bureau for the
propagation of information as to the value of fertilizers, whose expenses
 were paid by the Kali Syndikat. The director of the bureau
was a professor of agriculture receiving a salary from the Algerian
Government. The bureau advocated and facilitated the sale of different
 valuable fertilizers and not only the products of the Kali
Syndikat, so that it is likely that its connection with the German
syndicate was not generally appreciated.
Owing to the war, all business connections with Germany and
Austria have been severed, and it seems unlikely that business can
be done by German and Austrian cartels or manufacturers for a considerable
 period of time.
Other conditions.—There are no combinations of buyers purchasing
American goods in Algeria.
It is not. believed that the competitive conditions in Algeria, in so
far as the investment of foreign capital, the activities of foreign
managers, engineers, or (Governments, etc., are concerned, are of a
nature to materially affect American exports to this country, but
cheaper freight and more rapid delivery of goods from European
countries are of undoubted advantage to foreign competitors.
The export of Algerian manufactured goods is so insignificant
that no special measures have been taken by the Algerian Government
 for its promotion.
International Harvester Corporation.—The principal products of
this company are: Harvesting machinery, gasoline and kerosene
engines, kerosene tractors, tillage implements, and binder twine.
It is represented in France by the “ Compagnie Internationale des
Machines Agricoles de France,” a company organized under French
laws and registered as a French company, with a paid-up capital of
2,500,000 francs, the majority of the stock being held by the International
 Harvester Corporation. The Compagnie Internationale
des Machines Agricoles de France has branch houses at five different
 points in France proper and one in Algeria at Algiers. The
latter existed for two years as a subagency of one of the French
branches, but in April, 1915, became autonomous, being made into
a regular branch agency, with direct responsibility to the head
office of the Compagnie Internationale des Machines Agricoles de
France at Paris, and with jurisdiction over Tunis, Algeria, and
part of Morocco. Its organization consists of manager, assistant
manager, office staff, warehouse staff, and a staff of expert erectors.
Up to the present it has sold to jobbers only, but the present war
may eventually force it to sell direct to the farmers. Its products
are universally recognized as being of the best quality, both in
material and workmanship. Its prices are fair to the jobber, though
the jobber usually gets a higher price for this company’s goods than
do his competitors with similar lines of different origin.
All goods sold during the year are due and payable as follows:
Repair parts and binder twine, September 30; harvesting machinery,
one-third on October 81, one-third on November 30, one-third on
December 81: gasoline engines, 90 days from date of shipment;