Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-08-11

VI extracting that wonderful metal,
aluminium, from it's native clays, and
which have made aluminium of so much
commercial importance that it is now be-
ing used in many of the arts.
Specialization of machinery and manu-
features and rapid development therein
are the American w~atchwords. An ex-
ample of this will be found in stoves and
heating appliances. No other country
makes stoves as the Americans make
them, either in quantity, design, beauty of
finish, usefulness or economy of fuel.
Some of our stoves are works of art of
that grade which in Europe would be ap-
piled to things purely ornamental rather
than u%tilitarian. Our furnaces and pine
heating apparatus astonish foreigners.
We were the first to heat a railway train
by steam, and the first to light it by cleo
tricity.
This tendency to originality and special
tzation runs all through the American
product. You see it in the furniture.
where our folding beds are marvels of in.
genaity and usefulness, and some of them
OF beauty as we'll. In easy chairs, dentist
chairs, surgical chairs, invalid chairs, we
have done more than all other nations to-
gether. In machine-made ornamental
wood work, staircases, bar-ixtures, man.
tells, architectural embellishments we
have taught the world some lessons. We
build the finest small boats, row, sail,
naphtha, alcohol, gas, electric, that are to
pc seen. Moreover, we specialize our
boats to meet a thousand shades of wants
In billiard tables we easily lead the world,
both in excellence of workmanship and de-
sign. One is surprised to find here the
best stained glass coming from American
houses. The finest work in precious stones
is that shown by a New York firm. The
richest work ip silver, with most daring
and beauty Of design, is American, though
the foreigners with their skill in enamel.
their antiques and their classical types to
draw upon are Of course ahead of us in
certain lines and in character. In the
making Of beautiful and useful silver or
hard metal ware for the masses, and with.
In the reach of the masses purse, America
completely outstrips all creation. The
same is true of table cutlery, and in fine
cutlery we are now abreast of England,
which hitherto has led the world. In
guns for sportsman's use the American
makers excel all competitors. In the
manufacture Of watches which the mill
ions can afford to buy we are unrivaled.
One is surprised to see the finest wall
papers, whether of the cheap grades or of
satin and silks backed with paper, coming
from the American factories. In com
mon glass we are able to shut out most
importation, in fine glass we do much, in
cut glass we are at the top. In writing
about England's display here I said that
country made the finest brass beds in the
world. I was mistaken. That was true
up to two or three years ago, but now two
American firms are making brass beds
which are i~mmeasureably superior to the
English product.
We lead the world in wire. This coun-
try built the first suspension bridges, and
has in all lines of bridge work pointed the
way. Our weighing scales are used all
over the world, einggovernmentals stand
ards On three continents. In tacks. in
shoes and boots and shoe-making machin-
cry, in safes, in locks, in so many things
that n scarcely knows where to start
their mention or where to leave off, Amer
lea is admittedly the worlds leader. We
are even making silks, woolens and other
textiles as fine as the imported, we
beat all rivals in 'thread-making, our rib
bons and many other fancy articles are the
equal or superior of the best made in the
old world. In fixtures for gas and electric
lighting we excel all save the French.
These are but q few Of the thousands of
evidences of American advancement or su.
periority that I could mention with this
exposition as a text. The glory of this
country is that it produces articles of COM
fort, adjournment and luxury for the masses
and has the masses that are able to buy
them. These are the most Trustworthy
evidences of a high civilization, and the
worlds most perfect civilization today il
in this republic. WALTER WELLMAN.