Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-13
American Hardware i'm Great Bril-
tain


Me hum locks OF American make" said
manufac urer TO US tie other day, are
SO IN Bristoi al prices We cannot touch"
Tie diliger &c of the representatives OF Am T.
lean haru " are firms is considerable. We
have prev .ously pointed out numerous in-
stances OF their activity on this side. Not the
lock makers and light iron founders of STAT
foIdsh hire alone complain, but likewise the
saw makers OF Sheffield and Birmingham.
lronmor gers no more than other distribu-
tors desire 10 break away from old connec-
lions, but the representatives of American
firms so persistently thrust their goods before
them: and are so successful In demonstrst-
Ing their merits, that IL is impossible to re-
slst the tide OF influence that results. So eN-
cellent are some Of the American saws that
II the British saw-makers do not adopt the
style they will have 10 lose a large proper
ton OF The orders which they have for long
time be en- executing, but which are smaller
as The result OF the last Journey than for
some time past. Other American hard wares,
too, will certainly get into increasing favor
on this side If our manufacturers continue to
deem IL nffd alg, TO adopt some OF the Amer
lean processes and patterns. The trouble is,
Doubtless, much greater I'm dealing with the
brltlsh operative than with the American;
aud the variety Sc much desired by a shop
keeper is more attainable in American than
in BRUSH harGwaIes.
Makers would do well TO possess them-
s. Ives Of the first volume of The Report of he
itish Judges al the Philad alphia Interna-
iloLaI Exhibition, which is now being circu-
lated. Therein much valuable Information
Is gwen touching n etal wares. Locks,
hirges and bolts, fun niture, spikes and nails !"
are reported upon by Mr.. Balm, Lord Provost
OF glasgow. Mr.. Balm, upon the question of
variety, for example, points out that in Eng
land We lave only few patterns OF stair
1Cds ara those mostly in brass, whereas the
Americans exhibited about thirty q fF.rant
pate rms, all of them artistic, many of them
eXceedinkly SO. in brass, in yarious shades
OF bronzr, and particularly in a casting OF
nickel. Touching This last means of orna-
meEtation the Lord Provost says:-sI think
our manufacturers should specially interest
themselve In the action taken by the Amer
leans in the use OF This metal" He then goes
on 10 mention that in America the iron
mongery OF building, such as door knobs,
hinges, etc, is usually coated with nickel,
and the result is llghtness and brightness.
Ihelf stove fronts, door plates, and other
articles are also coated with nickel. Upon
the saw trade, Mr.. John Anderson. C.. e q,
sounds this significant note of warning
"The men of Sheffield will find that they
cannot afford TO fall back on these compe-
tltiOns, whatever the trouble or expense NAV
be, ard nothing less than lighting In the front
at every encounter viii maintain our pres
uge."
The advices last received from Australia
and New Zealand contain an Increasing
nun Der OF orders for American made hard
ware. simultaneously English merchants
are being required by buyers In sydney 10
supply American mode steel, which the buy
erS intimate possesses, in their belief some
advantages over that of Sheffield. The Ame-
rlcans have clearly not pushed business,
whether at the antipOdes or in England, in
vain. Ihey nave reason 10 be encouraged by
what they have done. That they have this
view would seem 10 be inferable from the
statement now at hand that "Philadel phia
merchants are moving to introduce manu-
featured goods of that city and state into
Great Britain, by the establishment of head
quarters in a number of leading towns in the
kingdom. The first shipment OF goods is
about TO be dispatched. This will have the
elect OF inducing the commercial men of
New York and other cities TO move in a SIM
llar manner" And as We write the informa-
ton reaches us that the representative of a
large American saddlery and harness house
has just been in Walsall with samples of
superior goods" and has succeeded in OBJ
tanning number of orders. Such an event
IN The very capital OF saddlery and harness,
Should 1nde ed put manufacturers on the
alert London IrOiunonger. -