The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-13
AMERICANS INVADE ENGL AND.
Pushing Busting Yankees Take Possession Of John Bulls
Home Market

London, Nov. 3.-Engiand is being in
vaded by the United States.
1t is commercial campaign, and this
country IS Just now enjoying asnumber
Of new and notable illustrations of the
increasing power of America to cause
such an upheaval among the ancient
trade traditions of Great Britain as the
average Englishman has never dreamed
possible. From ignoring the United
states IN the commercial and financial
field, The United Kingdom has unhap-
PLY come to realize. in some respects,
the steadily increasing successes Of
American competitors, VINO at nearly
every turn are showing what down-to-
date methods and western ingenuity
can do. when squarely pitted against
the antiquated fashions so long pre-
vailing here. 1t is estimated that $780,
100000 in good English gold goes an
nually TO America. to the loss of Great
Britain. So severe have been the in
roads upon homemade goods in many
departments Of trade by the rapidly
rising American and other foreign COM
petition. that English manufacturers
in some lines are displaying large adj
VertiSements, appealing to the patriot
ism Of the people TO support home in
dustries.
Nor is this loss of prestige alone felt
III tie regular run OIL lIdQC- Lite lIOSl
talked-of American in England for sew
eral weeks has been Tod" Sloan, the
sensationally successful jockey, whose
new-World style of close neck-riding
won him nearly every race in the en-
tire English circuit, and spread con-
Sternation all over the British turf.
When asked if the English upright-rid-
ing jockeys are learning his ways,
Sloan replied: 81 don't know: 1 never
look back" The most popular music
played by the orchestras and whistled
about the streets at present is that
given in THE Belle of New York,
which is the theatrical success of the
year, and has been staged to standing
room in London by American players
continuously since last April.
AMERICAN STEEL.
1.-THE obstinacy Of the British manu-
facturer against taking up with new
methods, and the present system Of
English trades unions, threaten most
serious loss to English industry, if a
radical change is not soon brought
about" said S. T. Wellman of Cleve-
land, O., after a, recent trip into the
steel manufacturing districts of Wales
Mr.. Wellman is widely known as one
of the heaviest steel operators in the
United States, and his remarks gained
wide attention from the English press,
NUMBERS OIL winch nave long seen the
impending danger, and have urged that
an entirely new system of commercial
training be put into effect by business
concerns throughout the United King
dom.
In the meantime western wares are
steadily gaining. The Carnegie steel
products, from Pittsburg. are com
manding some of the heaviest contracts
in this country, and even castiron from
America, is ahead in this market. Re
Gently the city of Glasgow opened COM
petitive bids on a large order for water
pipe, and the lowest figures were those
of a Pennsylvania iron firm; but so
great was the opposition to letting the
order go out of the country that all of
the bids were thrown out on an alleged
technicality. Quotations were again
advertised for. and once more Penn
syIvania was the lowest bidder. 1t re-
mains to be seen if the Americans will
be allowed to fill the order. but it is
now agreed that our iron mills can cut
below all competition in this field, and
still have a profit.
Some time ago the English and
Egyptian governments asked for speci-
fications for a light pattern of railway