The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-01
Here, There, Everywhere.

How comes 1t that the American makers
nave got such a grip on our rural districts
with their agricultural machinery? Living
a good deal in the rural districts of Derby
shire during the summer, it Is my custom II
look at the machinery and implements used
on the farms. These usually are quite I'D
to date, for, as a rule the Derbyshire man
is poor farmer, and not at all prone to
extravaganza in buying new things In ma
chinery. But what they do get appears to
be American. During the present hay sea-
son this was particularly noticeable. Tha
nay cutter was American. The tedding ma
chine at work in the hay fields was also
american, and even the rakes and bay
forks were, in several instances, from across
the Atlantic, though forks, rakes and graips
are made by various large firms in the city
OF Sheffield, not half all hours railway Jour
ney off.-Brtish Trade Journal.
Medical treatment by music is the system
adopted by a woman practitioner in New
York She claims that the remedial influ-
ences Of music are important and that the
nervous organization can be stimulated or
soothed, and permanently braced up, by the
proper selection of composition and instru-
ments. That the nerves can be irritated by
music at unseemly hours is a fact legally
established in St. Louis. The other theory
ought to have a chance.-St Louis Globe
Democrat
Since the $4,000 coo defense appropriation
bill, the arst authorizing act for extraordi-
nary war expenditure, was passed on March
g. the treasury's specie and legal tender hold
ings have increased $50, 900 900, and in addi-
ton 1t has enlarged its deposits with the
banks by $4,000 600. Let it be borne in mind
that one-third OF the subscriptions to the 8
per cent loan, or nearly seventy million dol
lars, still remains unpaid and it will be ap-
parent that the question of an excessive sur
plus is perhaps not so remote as we have
been accustomed to believe.-New York Even
ing Post.
A traveller, who has just been making G.
tour of India, Arabia and Eastern Africa
writes to the National Association of Manu-
facturers from Durham, Natal:
"You will find, I am sorry to say, that a
great territory where enormous quantities Of
American goods could be placed. as in India
for example, is neglected by American manu-
facturers. l can say. from experience that
nowhere would there be better paying and
mere desirable field for American goods than
the East, and especially now, when attention
should be paid to China, whose great water
ways are being opened for commerce. Ameri-
can manufacturers should go there in In
PRODUCING their goods, before the mark
Made in Germany shall everywhere be seen
In that country. 1t Is real disgusting to see
may say, the full cargoes of the German
travellers going East now. 1 meet them ev-
everywhere in my travels. American Trade
The latest arrangement seems to be that
Mr.. Jacob w. Reid Of the Tribune, is to
go to Paris as peace CO. missioner and
not to London as ambassador. If the gentle
man had to be rewarded for defeating the
Republican National ticket in 1892, it is much
better for his feelings that he should be
given an appointment which need not come
before the senate for confirmation.-New
York Mail and Express.
In every part of the world Germany is
generally looked upon as Engands chief
competitor. In Japan, however according to
some figures recently published by the for
eign Office the Yankees are doing us more
harm The imports of machinery from Amer
lea at Toxic, in 1885, 1873, 419 yen; in
1897 the imports had Increased by u PSI, 1888
yen Great Brltains imports only showed an
increase during the same period of 6154, ATT
yen. 1t is a mistake to suppose that cheap
ness alone is responsible for Americas sue
cess The foreign office records that in
quiries from English locomotive builders in
connection with one large contract disclosed
the fact that they would take two years to
deliver The Baldwin works in the states,
shipped the whole order in eight to ten
weeks. Other instances pointing in the same
direction are also given.-Commercial Rec
ord, London. 40