The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-09

craces the place. and no less manufacturer than
Governor Rice, OF Massachusetts, was on hand tncrs
ms murning TO attend meeting affecting the paper
interest, OF which he Is conspicuous member.
WHERE ENGLAND HAS BEEN BEATEN.
The Russell Cutlery Company here Is me largest ID
the United States and here the battle with Sheiieic
has been partly won iesa az 'n ROM aoe ouary
To-day English goods 10 TINS iine nave been on
trey driven out Of the american .arne.. ana only
fact no than eight per cont OF the table
cutlery in this country IS imported from
manufacture ioots up no less than Szovouvo per al
mum. Not only this, America exports table cutlery
10 New Zealand, Brazil aud other south American
countries The homo market being secured tue
trade is steadily extending INTO tho foreign markets.
thstandug the tact tnat the American table out
cry Is dearcr than the sheffield articles The
why foreign nations are Wiling now 70 pay even
higher price for American cutlery OF ths particular
absorption is because goods MADE here are bet
ter shaped and better nnished compared with tns
EngIish table knife, which Is clumsy and heavy. 'fhe
limo is coming said MIR. Oakman, tho treasurer OF,
the concern .tnat we will beat England as to prices,
Acknowledged but we must have lower prices aud
shall have The moment wc get our steel al lower
ccncsper labor. Almost every day endeavor aud
study 10 knives cheaper. II We can succeed
only in reducing the cost half cent per dozen day
We arc satisfied nust keep steadily AT H. Still
We have already done pretty WE'LL rake, Tor instance,
this solid steel handle table knife, which wo sold
for 81 25 per dozen And this 10 tho way
TO do VIC to compete. and We are SO situated
ana mu i increase H. Our travelling agents in Aus.
traIia south America and Europe ali send US encour-
as We alone in the works can mako one-half OF all tho
table cutlery required tor this country We are push
ing England alsv very nicely IN pocket cutlery Oi
Inc ~ 600 600 worth Of pocket KNIVES sold Eng.
land now only supplies 0,0oO while not many
years ago nobody would look at Anything else Dut an
ENGLISH MANUFACTURERS JEALOUS.
Mr.. Clapp, another gentleman connected wiln the
works ana whose iaher the founder OF this busl
ness stated several sheffield rms since they had
lost tho OF table cutlery IN this country werc ser
ously tho idoa OF csming over to manu-
fActurc these goods here with American machinery
AMI according to American patterns, and no should
not be surprised II ono oil these days some Of them
settled down alongside OF them.
HIGH PRICE OF LABOR DESTROYS COMPETITION IN
RAzoRs.
when asked Mr.. Oaxman why were
this country, he said Now there Is
a chance for somebody TO SIT down ana invent some
machinery TO enable 10 overcome the hand-grind.
ing Of England. There IS machinery with which
a razor can DO ground nne enough. ana Ensiand's
aud labor upon rozors Should We go to work and
do as she does-we understand how to make
q razor Just well Engund-we would have
10 pay a great deal Tor tho manual labor that
must DO bestowed upon II. She gets that labor
cheap, while must pay nigh for IT, and SO we can.
not compete with hcr in razors Wherever in our
line question OF machinery comes In We beat herr
when come back To manual labor the hign prices
We pay our people discouraged US tell you.
SIR this question Of labor be settled II the INDUS
tres OF The country are at all 10 have u aIr show
the markets OF the world. But tncn, as said be-
FORE Will soon invent labor machine
for TINS grnding OIL razors, anu thch Sheneo Will get
another Dlow."
Wnile passing through these extensive cutlery
works surprised ut the immense details attend
ant upon anuiacture OF knives. The cutting OF
the foreign Tor handles, the finishing Of tho
ivory, the cutting o. the steel the shaping Of tho
knife tho fastening of the handle, the designing OF
the ornamental handles, the grinding, finishing OF
blaze and numerous other minuti9 are all done by
machinery, most of which is also made IN tho works.
1nc finishing ana grinding rooms occupy tho most
extensive quarters In the works, while numerous
girls employed IN other rooms asserting ana pack
HORRIBLE REMINDERS.
In the Mr.. Oakman took 0ut OF the
boxes large butchers knife with an upturned point
and said :-ssfwo hundred these knives (they call
them scalpng knives) We sold TO the Indians few
years ago. and a shuddor ran through me when
handled scapng knife and thought OF poor Custer
aud brave band, who were probably killed with the
scalpng knives purchased at the Identical Hssabsn
asking Mr. Oakman. "Aro you permitted 10 sell
these knives to Indians2" swell" he replica
1--WE sell them TO the Western traders, who
furnish them the Indiana An Indian has
have another knife than ours, because no knows by
shape that Is manufactured ncTe and hc Is Ac
Customed 10 IIn Mr.. Oakman next showed me what
he called Spanish hunting Knives oil which, no said,
they had SOLD large number 70 Cubans. ous the
formidable weapon, handle and all, OF Steel
looked ike the veritablc machetc. WHICH
has dono such bloody work during the past
Gig ut years OF Cuban rebellion. Satisfied that
had enough OF the elective labor accomplished
cutlery works, anu wishing that tue ar
kets world would be satisfied with butcher and
table knives without requiring tho manufacture OF
scaping knives machetv, left the great factory
with the idca that, though obstructive N
their effect, their manufactures, nevertheless, had
greatly helped IN building up thriving town amid
The most picturesque scenery OF western hassse
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