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SUCCESS IN ENGLAND
AMERICAN BUSINESS INTER
ESTS PUSHING TO THE FRONT.
It Tokcs Annually One Hundred
Millions of Good English Gold to
Pay for the Articles Which Eng
lishmen Purchase of America, and
the Sum Is Continually Increasing.
Reasons Why the American Com
mercial Invasion of the Old Coun
try Is so Successful.
London Letter In Washington Star.
England is being invaded by the
United States. It Is a commercial cam
paign, and this country Is Just now en
Joying a number of new and notable
Illustrations of the Increasing power of
America to cause sueh an upheaval
among the ancient trade tuiditlons of
fireat Britain ns the average Kngllsh
man has never dreamed possible. From
Ignoring the United states In the com
mercial and financial Held, the united
kingdom has unhappily come to realize,
In s-vrnie respects, the steadily Increas
ing successes of American competitors,
w ho at nearly every turn are showing
what down-to-dute methods and west
ern Ingenuity tan do. when squarely
pitted against the antiquated fashions
bo long prevailing here. It Is estimated
that MOO.000,000 In good Kngllsh gold
goes annually to America, to the loss
of Oreat Hrltnln. So severe have been
the Inroads upon home-made goods In
many departments of trade by the rap
Idly rising American and other foreign
competition, that English manufactur
ers in some lines are displaying large
advertisements, appealing to the pa
triotism of the people to support home
Industries.
Nor Is this loss of prestige alone felt
In the regular run of trade. The most
talked of American In England for sev
eral weeks has boen "Tod" Sloan, the
sensationally successful jockey, whose
new world style of close neck riding
won him nearly every race In the en
tire English circuit and spread conster
nation all-over the Hrltlsh turf. When
asked If the English upright riding
Jockeys are learning his wnys. Slonn
replied: "I don't know: 1 never look
back.'
AMRHK'AN STKEL.
' The obstinacy of tho Iirltlsh man
ufacturer against taking up with new
methods, and the present system of
English trades unions, threatens mo.t
serious loss to English Industry, If u
radical change Is not roou brought
about," said S. T. Wellmun. of Cleve
land, Ohio, nftcr u recent tilp Into the
teel mauufaciutlug districts of Wain.
Mr Wellnian Is widely known as one
of the heaviest steel operators In the
United States, anil his remarks gained
wide attention from the English press,
numbers of which have long seen the
ImpendlngMansei', and have urged that
n entirely new svstem of commercial
training be put Into effect by busbies
concerns tluoughout the united king
dom, Iti the meantime western wares are'
steudlly gaining. Tho Carneglo steil
products, from Pittsburg, are com
manding some of the heaviest contracts
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In this country, and even cast Iron from
America is ahead In this market. Re
cently the city of Glasgow opened com
petitive bids on a large order for wat
er pipe, and the lowest figures were
those of a Pennsylvania iron firm: but
so great was the opposition to letting
the order go out of the country that
all of the bids were thrown out on an
alleged technicality. Quotations were
again advertised for, and once more
Pennsylvania was the lowest bidder.
It remains to be seen If the Americans
will be allowed to fill the order, but
It Is now agreed that our iron mills
can cut below all competition in this
field, and still have a profit.
Some time ngo the English nu 1
Egyptian governments asked for speci
fications for a light pattern of railway
locomotive, suitable for running across
the Egyptian deserts. The Brltlsli
concerns said the road must take
their regular make of machines;
the Americans said they would
supply whatever was wanted, and the
order went to the United States. In
Japan a number of railway locomotive.!
were to be purchased. The English
makers said they could furnish them
In two years, and not before, the Amer
icans promised them In u quarter of the
time, and had the engines on the
ground In exactly six months.
ELECTRICAL EQUIPJ1 EXT.-.
The era of electricity In city trans
portation Is Just arriving In London,
and it 1ms been brought about large
ly by the activity of American man
ufactures. First among the roads to
ndopt It Is the new line, lately com
pleted, running underground from tho
lord mayor's mansion to AYnfrloo sta
tion, and Its heavy passenger trafllc
Is showing to the other underground
roads the great advantnge this route
has over the stuffy, smoky tunnels
through whUOi the steam locomotives
now run. This line has the distinc
tion of passing under the busiest spot
of earth, expressively known lr. London
as "Slaughter Corner," being the con
vergence of Queen Victoria street. New
lirldge street and the approach to
Blackfrlars bridge. Hundreds of hack
ney cabs, scores of omnibuses, a mazo
of trucks; all kep up a humming,
drubbing roll, and all sorts of trades
and traffics occupy the ground suiface,
while above the trains of the Dover
railway go crashing over their viaduct
neaily every minute. A crosa section
of the under earth would reveal a
Htrange confusion. One railway above
and two below are only Items In the uc
tlvltle" of this crowded spot.
in the building of the new lower
most electric road, which Is seventy
se.ven feet below stteet level, more than
half of tho construction was vlth
American equipment and a large part
of tho electrical Installation was per
formed by expeils from the United
States.
A much longer lino Is that now being
pushed by day and night' to comple
tion trom the lloyal Exchange to Ox
lord street, under the heart of London.
It will be nine miles In length when Its
laterals are complete, and cost about
1.000.0011 for tho woik under ,vay.
There was danger that the American
eleurlclur.s would capture all tho
equipment contracts by the superiority
of their materluls, and by making low
er bids than the English could reach;
but u doniproinlre was 'lnally agree up-,
by which thy contracts are now so ill.
vldeil that the English companies will
get about half of the work. Were it
not that English Arms are constantly
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favore.l. A.uetlra would eventually
drive out a great deal of tho home
business. The conservative ,dd und'T
ground companies are beginning to re
nlize that the must equip theii Lines
with electricity or else lose th"lr trade,
and so they have appropriated Ji'0,000
for a svstem of experiments, with both
English and American equipments. So
far tho London county council has not
consented to surface tmlhy lines, ev
en in the subuibx, but permission has
finally been secured to allow a trial
of electric? 1 traction on tho street
grade, outside the city centorr, all of
which proniKo-: new and profitable
fields for American Industry.
AMERICAN CATTLE.
So many American cattle come to the
Islands that they must be discrimin
ated agalnrt by law for the-protection
of the English stock ratsors. It is pro
vided that they shall be slaughtered at
the port of entry within ten days from
arrival. American cattle thus have not
sufllclent time to recover from their
long sea trip nnd tho run-down condi
tion engendered by confinement on ship.
Yet the number of beeves arriving Is
steadily increasing in spite of these
handicaps. Detford, near London, Liv
erpool and Colesgow are the ports of
cattle entry, where rigid government
inspectors are stationed. George Gould,
of New York, contemplates putting a
new line or cattle ships between New
Orleans and Southampton, delivering
southern nnd western cattle into the
English markets by a practically all
water route, to leswen the present ship
ping expenses. Large weekly consign
ments of refrigerated, smoked, salted
and tinned meats are made to England
by the packing companies of Chicago,
and so cheaply nre the shipments made
that they undersell home-grown meats.
Many butchers substitute at a large
profit American for English meats
with their customers, who rarelv know
the difference. The cheaper grade of
American side meat costs but 3 pence
a pound, while Irish and other choice
home-grown bacons conimnnd a shill
ing. Many hog raisers In tho northern
provinces nll their fatted stock for
cash and then buy the cheaper Ameri
can pork for their own use.
ANTHRACITE COAL.
Even American coal Is looking to
England, the hind of carben, for a new
outlet. Henry S. Fleming, of New York,
secretary of the anthracite coal com
bination of Pennsylvania, Is In England
looking over tho Held, with a view to
putting on a line of coal-carrying
steamers between Ameitca and this
country. So frequent have been the
htrlkes of English coal operatives, and
so great the Inconvenience from t Jilt
and other causes, that It Is thought
thero is n good opening for foreign coal.
Anthracite Is unknown here, but thoso
familiar with the English trade say It
will rapidly grow in popularity when
once Introduced.
The English people ure habitually
prejudiced against foreign goods, un
til thov have proved them, when they
take the best, whatever its source, anil
American productions are especially
welcomed. A present trouble with
American foods Is that such shippers
as the California Irult dealers usually
send tho focond grade of canned goods
to the foreign market, und the general
trude Is peverely Inlured. There Is a
largo opening for green fruits, as Call
fornla oranges sell for three pence, and
other fruits are high In proportion.
Even tho New England doughnut has
Invaded old 'England, accompanied by
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ber of American store". Candles of line
grades fioni the United States are
steadily gaining the patronage of the
rich.
London Is the supply center for the
tremendous purchases of American ag
ricultural machinery, being made by
Russia. Germany and other states of
Europe. England has never been much
of a market for the Improved Imple
ments of husbandry, as they cost more
than the clumsy domestic articles, and
the lower price is what wins with the
avirage agriculturist. A perceptible
improvement is showing In English
farming machinery, and many of the
American Implements are being cooled,
although Imperfectly. An American
steel planing mill manufacturer found
twenty models of his machines made
In P.erlln, but the large concern which
had fitolen the design told him that they
would buy direct In the future, because
they could not match either the price
or quality of the originals.
AMERICAN FURNITURE.
There is a good opportunity here for
American house and olllce furniture, so
soon as western factories will learn that
light-colored furnishings are not suited
to the smut of London, and that tho
English, for the present, will have only
the dark finish. They are growing par
tial to the oilglnal and graceful trans
Atlantic house fittings, and promptly
buy whatever 13 offered. If It suits their
requirements.
The Prince of Wales, Dulse of Cam
bridge nnd other notables witnessed
the tests of iion-ln!,nmabIe wood from
Americans tactorles, as made heiv
lately, nnd the navy department Is fur
ther Investigating, with u view to us
ing the wood in all tho new battl"
ships.
Next year we will likely see th.
same kind of u slump In English bi
cycles ) rites as occurred last war ip
Ameilci The United States is send
ing thousands of wheels here to S'll
for i.'X and upwards, while the high
grade domestic machines are ttlll of
fered at :M. Factories for cheap
wheels are also springing up by the
score and wheels of service will soon
be ns low In price as in the United
States. The greatest present draw
back for Aim "lean wheels is the di'P
culty of getting repairs made for them
by the Incompetent English shopmen.
TYPEWRITERS AND SHOES.
Something like 2O.O00 American type
writers of the standard make are being
sold each year In the Iirltlsh Isles
and no line of imported goods has .i
larger demand. The leading writing
machine people ke-p regular tiii'-illlng
salesmen mi the road, and have agen
cles In nil Important pliue ohj
of the greatest drawbacks to tin type
writer trade Is tho prejudice against
the female typewriter In public otll s.
but Increasing numbers of English
girls nre taking up the work.
Recently several large shoe factories
of New England have pooled Ion e-
for English trade, and have established
three stores In London and other in
land points, under tho nunio of the
American Root company. Heretofore
It has been dlfllcult to get a good fit
from the store stocks of heuvy unl it
ten uncomfortable Ki gllsh boots but
the buying public Is slowly learning
that a leady-mado American shoe may
mean the same comfort for which they
have been obliged to pay three tlmn
the price for made-to-order footwear
here
It Is estimated that 1,000 Americans
are In business in Loudon, and nmourc
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these successful professional men are
steadily Increasing, dentists being In
the lead, numbering about fifty.
Half a hundred American Journalists
hold responsible positions on the lead
ing magazines and dally papers in Lon
don, and are slowly bringing up th"
metropolitan press to the standards
ruling in the United States. Illustra
tion Is lowly creeping Into the dailv
papers, and the Dally Mall, which most
largely emoloys this and other mod
ern means, leads the circulation lists
with ."jOO.oOO dally.
During fie past few years the lead
ing American life insurance companies
have gained such a hold In this coun
try as to seriously threaten the pros
perity of the old line English assurance
corporations. Soliciting agents were
unknown In England up to recently,
and the London companies are but be
ginning to meet the brisk competition
being given them by the stirring rep
resentatives of the foreign agencies,
which have large ofllce quarters in the
best frontage on Trafalgar square and
other choice locations. The overage
Englishman is gradually coming to for
give the Insinuating American life In
surance agent for the Impertinence of
talking to him In his olllce about a
policy on his life, and the enterprise
and liberality of the progressive New
Y(0j companies Is gaining new premium-payers
every day.
Sir Thomas Lipton Is the most suc
cessful English business man of the
day, und he savs his great fortune Is
due to his American methods, having
received his early training in the
slaughter houses of Chicago and
Omnha. It Is encouraging to note that
many of the young men In this coun
try are following his example In learn
ing how to do business along the most
progressive lines.
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