The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24
AMERICAN COMPETITION IN The HARD
WARE AND IMPLEMENTS OF
INDUSTRIES

SFAfE AMI iMPlEMEN > OF
INDUSTRIES.
We last month. SAYS the London
lronmOnger. drew attention to the &C
ClTity OF American hardware produc
ers u seeking to dispose of their pro
ducts in this country. That activity
has not during the month. diminished
C'n the contrary, more diligence is
noted The number Of representa-
tives of American firms visiting our
I own hardware districts and the lead
ing buying centers OF Great Britain
Is larger now than it was 4 month
ago. American travellers. directly
I representing American firms. bid fair
+ soon TO occupy q conspicuous place on
the list OF those who call upon Eng
/ tlsh hardware merchants and whole.
sale lronmOngers. nor can it be said
their prospects are altogether cheer
less. 1t is true that. like most other
people OF their class. they carry specj-
nens Of excellent and also OF indif-
1erent goods. Goods. some cheap.
others dear, COED which viii sell
themselves and goods which need
pushing.
AS previously, 50 now. the Ameri.
cans are successful Ill cutting md cul-
tlyatlng tools. Axes and spades. forks
anu sythes. fund the most ready sale.
and the thousand and one lab0r-saving
apparatus 50 handy in the kitchens
OF boarding houses, hotels. and the
ike, prove tempting at first sight,
though they laye not Invariably the
quality OF endurance. While the
makers Of such products at home are
thus Vlg0roulv elboWed at their own
doors by American competitors. Enc
l1Sh engineering and light iron fOun
dry firms have not exemption In adj
dltion 20 light castings Of the sort
particulariZed Last month. heavier and
more complicated products Of the en-.
CINE shop and the foundry are pre-
scented by those same Americans
travellers. Handy machinery required
by the manipulation Of metals and
wood. III the turning and in the cast
ing shop III particular, are brought
under the notice OF Englishmen. Nor
are the makers OF the New World i'm. !
PIGMENTS required by the farmer any
less active than for some time they
have been Rather more agencies Of |
American agricultural Implement
Trims have been formed. at the same
time that business direct is being in I
creasingly cultivated bY firms who /
have not before done business in Eng /
iand, and IN goods not previously of. |
fered.
More significant. however. to the I
britlsh hardware and Implement man
jtaeturers is the competition of the
American In the foreign markets be-
lore largely supplied from English
works. In this direction even more
ictlTty and ingenuity is noticeable
han III respect to Great Britain it,
ell. IT equally recent information
re accurate. English agricultural inn
element manufacturers have canse
or SOME apprehension as the market
or agricultural implements in Russia.
The statement is that. convinced that
American plOws and other labor-sav-
ng farm tools are more ADAPTED to the
or the soil of Russia than
goods OF English make. several Rus
IAN Boards of agriculture have an
pointed Ill agent in New York who
las already given orders for tools and
order being to a firm
i Louisville, Kentucky. for 10000
'loWs. 1t is added that a PATTERN of a
moving machine adapted TO Russian
OIL has also been selected. and that !
number are being made.
whist experiments arefin progress in
>eW England TO ascertain the best ,
lnd Of portable engine for Russian ,
Employment. Though the account :
nay not be wholly devoid of the exag- ,
eratlon which. frequently accompa- :
les lntlmations of the kind. there i ,
rooably truth enough in it to make it |
{ least unpalatable to those manufac- ,
ures IN England to whom the farm +
rs III Russia have formerly come for
supply OF implements. II is mt
nth satisfaction that we are con1oeu- I
u 10 supplement- this with the state !
lent that American pillow makers have +
eVlsea plow to he drawn by native f
Ken, which threatens TO supersede in !
uses the Caffre mamootia !
inch has for SO many years formed = !
fohraoie branch or British edge tool =
Further, that British !
merchant has. during this !
Ionth. been required by Cane ems !
'mer TO send out. not English. INT i
merican hardwares. The eonsign- =
ent viii be valuable one. and Il
Ill embrace nearly all the classes Of
which have hitherto baan =.
mt out to the same customer In :
us case the ortieris an experiment. :,
! one: but taken in connecfion with = !
ie foregoing. 1t is one to which Il = : :.
II duty to direct the prominent at. j
ntlon OF English hardware firms -
PLETHORA OF PEACHES =