New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-07
AMERICAN INTENTIONS.

AMERICAN INTENTIONS.
THE rvpoRTATIoN OF ARMS AND MACHINERY.
It's fact exceedingly gratifying to the PRIDE OF
every true American, that American inventors ana
manufacturers are to-day supplying the Old World
with many of its best implements. In the matter Vi
improved firearms, we are so far ahead on the No
lions of Europe, that many of them are sending large
orders 70 our manufacturers and where they nave
attempted to get them up themselves they nave al
most invariably adopted American lnVehuohs' Inc
SnIder alteration Of the Enfield, III England was All
American invention; the Henry Maf'ih Is DuV way
slight modification of the Peabody gun, ana tue
Swiss gun is the Winchester formerly known as the
Heuryl magazine rife altered very much for the
,rorsa At the various trials abroad the American
INNS have invariably come out ahead, and the En-
plish Commission reported as 10 magazine guns IN
favor Of first the Winchester and second, the Ball
guns The McsSrs. Remngtons of lion, \. Y. have
furnished to the Danish Government $4,000 of their
celebrated brccch-oadng rifles, and to the Swedish
Government 5000; while this year. they will sendto
Europe generally fully 100000. These rifles have
been sold 10 Austria. France, Italy Spain. Egypt
and Cuba. in smaller quantities, with prospect of
much larger sales in the future. Colts Company is
completing $4,000 Bcrdan rifles for Russia, and it is
rumored that the order has been increased to 100000
At the same time Col Berlan has gone TO Russia 10
supeuutend factory there. probably for altering
their present arms Turkey has bought 100000 of our
rifles and sent them home, and has just completed
the purchase Of over 100000 worth of machinery with
which 70 convert them into brcech-lOaders on the
plan, probably, of those altered at Springfield.
Sharp's Company have been converting $4,000 of
their rifles and carbines into metallic cartridge guns
for our Government At the same time, the Win
chester Company Is turning ont over 100 per day OF
its repeating rifles, and is increasing its works. 1t
has also bought out the Spencer Company OF Boston,
including the Spencer and Fogarty patents. thus
combining and controlling all the prominent maya
zine guns except the Ball, which is owned by the
Windsor Company of Vermont, and Of which
quite q number have been recently sold in Per
STA! The Winchester and Remington rifles are
being sent TO China and Japan; and the former are
also sent 70 Australia as well as all over the West,
the Plains and the Pacific coast. Nearly One-half OF
the entire product Of Smith & NELSON'S pistol fac
tory employing some 500 hands. is sold in Europe,
mainly in France notwithstanding their cheaper
labor This result is Of course due to the fact that
they are mainly the product of machine labor, which
machines are themselves of American invention and
manufacture. aud which produce an accuracy of
work and finish that their hand labor cannot equal
But not only are we furnishing Europe and the Old
World generally with arms. but are also supply
ing them with ammunition Tho Union Metallic
Cartridge Company of Bridgeport, under the control
Of Hobbs OF lock fame, is furnishing metallic cart
ridccs-lar superior to any ever before secn-to
nearly all the world. They had one order Of 25C0-
600 from the Russian Government, and it is reported
that the order has been increased TO l0o0OoOo
They make them of every variety and
size, their sale OF one small size for pis-
tois averaging 5000 per day a large portion
going to Australia. And these too, are all made on
machines invented by americans, the like Of which
do not exist elsewhere in the world. In addition
20 al this, the Windsor Company of Windsor, Yer
mont are just completing an order for $4,000 worth
of milling and screw machines, 20 be shipped to Ed
in5urgb Scotland 10 establish there large factory
for the manufacture OF the Singer scwingnachine!
Not content with shipping the sewingmachmes
tlcmscvcs-of which large numbers of the leading
kinds are constantly sent-thcy intend making them
there and that. too. with American machinery! Al
ready the Windsor Company las sent one or two lots
Of similar machinery 10 CanadjO for the same pur-
pose; but sending machinery from here to Great
Britain Is boarding the lion in his den to some pur-
pose. il is also specially worthy Of note that the
milling machnc-onc of themost important aud use
ful Of all Woodworking machnes-and the screw
making machine are purely of American origin.