The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-06
THE YINk re SPIRIT WINS.
American Cutlery Gaining in Favor the World
over. aud thc Lugii-h Losing.

American manufacturers have been
gradually driving british hardware ont " the
markets ~ this country. ~ late they have
taken another step b, competing with sheffield
and birmingham manufacturers in England
They have been enabled to DO this. Il is claimed.
10y tie superiority nt their goods. The ENGLISH
are prone 10 make cutlery, tools. and all sorts OF
lion good, Ne4y nearly a. thoir fathers all.
American manufacturers make improvements.
auI give Variety 90 fhcir goods. In America a.
too. more hhOl-. iu- Ala, h.uo, are used than
in England. and 10 Is said that these more than
couuterlallncc tie chcap labor Of England. and
thus enable uAnuf.,t .uer, here To- sell goods
cheaper than the Shrnicld makers can Afford TO.
The increase ~ the production ~ raw material
iu tli, country has also helped home maniac
furer-. but One Of the principal reasons why
American goods have been enabled to compete
in the markets ~ the woild with English wares
of the same class f. because within few year,
the price ~ labor i'm England has considerably
increased. whl, in this couutr, 20 has decreased.
rapid decline in the rhc'i. ~ trade with This
country Logan iu ls,2 2, when the sheffield
manuitc turcrs ran mp the prices Of their g ods
very MN hc mhihct hc,hne "Ncr-t"ch'd'
iNpDraiions dropped ~, and American manu-
ficturer~ got an ad, lnta-c which they have
since improved English CUTLERY ~ AN kinds,
carpenters and house took. railroad iron aud
steel llcks. bolts. Nc.. have to a large extent
been driven ont Of the market here by homo
Iruaucfion and even in the British colonies.
such as Australia aud IN Canada. American Is
>upcr-cdinc English hardware. American fnul-
have even been exported To- sheffield, and have
found a ready sale there. These expectations.
however. are prin iutlly ~ patented o- -pceial
implements. and auecrs The En.li-h manu-
fscturcr-. II j. said, lave never been uule 10
make good twisted tools. like au-"rs aud gin
l't-. ~ tho Nn-ii-h colonies ia various parts Of
Europe. and Zoo South Nrerica. American CUTLERY
II English manufacture. Nreri,a axes are
used iu al countrirt where wood thouud-. Ing
.pect. Ah.gt thc Inst tind nf goods that the
I English held the MONOPOLY nf here WAS files
Even NOW En-li-h nles in mis- countr lre able
to compete to some extent win those Of home
manufacture. II i- said THAT fu" Ens DO ii.tuu-
farturcr~ made e special ctpri. aud Spent great
amount of money tn retain the control ~ the
trade Joe tle-. In solnr s.,rcl lu.- ol l.nelis
g,uds. which have htd long rrnIt tf.nu for
superior excellence. such a- special brands Of
cutlery the trade IN this country continues 70
The manufacturers in mi. country we've pu1-
Fled for long time To discover the inud- II
making ku--inu -!e"t ir"n' which, las lcclllar
ani permnneni poli- hut 10 is 'ilwcd tLat an
American arm about two or three YEAR ago sue
cecdcd in ferrrtiug out the secret. and that now
- per cent. of the sheet iron sold ia this country
under the name ~ " RUSSIAN j. manufactured
are Ia the Trad Mountain. and are under Gov
ernment control The polishing is said to he
don" hN rur, ful furnishing with hammers.
II L. claincd that American manufacturers
have an Immense advantage ia the variety nl
..on ore found ia this country. l'ecau-- many 9f
f.ren' sild- "f iron 1hi' country also Produces
sweden Many American q ..il.g- feel confident
that the mcre.-e Of thc pii.r uf ltnor boa ing
Hud and tu, iu,'iIi,c gcniu- ul 900. American
a.,ln,. r., ni'ti-l ,i'f,.rt'.'. it,, t"',i,,d
from ms country. sAl ono Of them, when
'-hed WIS lmc h ii,,u uil stool eogda Mrre
30" The an.we' ought r'tl,N io -ug;,'.t itselt 20
}"u. 10 is "Wi n- ~ ll,c tai.s .p4ut "l' la. IS