The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-10
RUSSIANS PROGRESSIVE
OBSERVATIONS OF IRVING M. SCOTT
IN THE CZAR'S COUNTRY.
American Manufacturers May Supply
Material, but Russia Will Build
Most of Her Own War Ships.
,orrespondence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
BERLIN, Aug. 9-Mr. Irving M. Scott,
who is here with his son, Laurence Irving
Scott, a Cornell student and accompanied
by his physician, DR.. George Chismore, was
seen at the Kaiserhof by a representative
of the Associated Press and expressed him
self fully as to his trip to Russia, under
taken in behalf of the Union iron works of
San Francisco, whose vice president and
manager he is. Mr.. Scott, who is the builder
of the battle ship Oregon, of Admiral
Dewey's flagship, the Olympia, and of the
Charleston, and who showed the reporter
letters of congratulation received from Ad-
miral Dewey and Captain Chadwick, the lat
ter of the cruiser New York, on the splendid
fighting and speed qualities of his vessels,
went to Russia, where he stayed a MONTH
for several purposes. The main one was
to ascertain on the spot the chances
America, and more particularly San Fran
cisco will have in supplying the region
around the mouth of the Amur river, includ-
ing Vladivostock and also Port Arthur
with all sorts of river craft, deep seagoing
vessels, ship building material, railroad ma
terial, etc. MIR. Scott spent part of his time
in st. Petersburg and the rest at Moscow,
the manufacturing centers of Russia, and
made thorough investigation of the STUD
ton.
Mr.. Scott said: ct found that vast and
progressive region, which is beginning to be
known as East Russia, along the Pacific and
for which San Francisco is the nearest point
of supply rapidly developing, and l also
found that the Russian manufacturers are
alive to this fact, and that Russian local
industry is remarkably progressive I was
everywhere received splenddly in Russia,
and found no prejudice against America or
American manufacturers. But did find a
strong tendency on the part of the Russians
to manufacture their own supplies, and
vigorous encouragement on the part of the
Russian government to aid in this respect.
However, Americans will have as good a
chance as any body in supplying Russia
with those manufactures and supplies which
cheaply. Russia will build her own ships,
as far as they can, and will purchase, be-
sides, vessels ready made from other ma
tions. She has now five large var vessels
building in st. Petersburg. There will
be, though, chance for American manufac-
turers to supply certain articles.
About the contracts concluded and pre-
pared by Mr.. Scott, as the representative of
the Union iron works, he refused to speak.
LAS for American ships" he added. Il can
say that in their performance they now
stand at the very front, and the capacity OF
the United States for building ships ranks
second. The war ship of the near future,
so far as revelations go, will be a battle ship
of cruiser speed, fully protected, with heavy
guns and large coal capacity ana also heaV-
lily armored. All these features combined are
possible in a war ship, and they will be COM
bined better than heretofore.
Mr.. Scott will spend only few days more
in Germany, and then go, for brief BUSH
ness engagement, to England, whence he
will sail for New York.