The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-10
RUSSIA AND HER GENIUS
She Will Endeavor to Build Her
Own Warships.
SCOTS BUSINESS EYE
He's Out for All He Can Get for the
Union Iron Works of San Francisco
and Tells a Reporter as Much.
Who Tells Il to III Wires.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
Berlin. Aug. 1.-Irving NJ. Scott. who
is here with his son Lawrence Irving
Scott. a Cornell student, inc accompa-
MED by his physician, DR.. George Shis-
more, was seen at the Kaiserhoff by a
reporter of the Associated Press and
expressed himself fully as to his trip
Union Iron works of a Francisco,
whose vice-president and general man.
ager he is. Mr.. Scott, who is the build
er of the battleship Oregon, of Admiral
Dewey's flagship, the Olympia, and of
the Charleston n who showed the re-
porter letters of congratulation receiv-
ed from Admiral Dewey, Captain Chad
wick of the New York and others on
the splendid fighting and speed quail
ties of his vessel, went to Russia,
where he stayed a month, for several
purposes. The main one was to ascer-
tain on the spot the chances America,
and more particularly San Francisco.
will have in supplying the region
around the mouth of the AMOR river,
Including ~Vladivostock, and also Port
Arthur, with all sorts of river craft,
~deep-sea going vessels, shipbuilding
material. railroad material. etc.
Mr.. Scott spent part of his time in st.
Petersburg and the rest at Moscow, the
manufacturing center of Russia, and
made a thorough investigation of the
situation. He said: II found that vast
and progressive region, which is begin
ming to be known as East Russia along
the Pacific and for which San Fran
cisco is the nearest point of supply. rap
idly developing, and i also found that
the Russian manufacturers are alive to
this fact and Russian industry is re-
markedly progressive. l was every
where received splendidly in Russia and
found no prejudice against America or
American manufacture. But l did find
a strong tendency on the part of the
Russians to manufacture their W sup
plies and a vigorous ragem on
the part of the Russian government to
aid in this respect. However, Ameri-
cans Will have as good a chance as any
body in supplying Russia with those
manufactures and supplies which they
cannot supply themselves as we'll and
as cheaply. Russia will build her own
ships, as far as they can, and will pur-
chase besides vessels ready made from
other nations. She has five large ves-
sells now building in ST. Petersburg.
There will be, though, a change for
American manufacturers to supply GER
ain articles"
About the contracts concluded and
prepared by Mr.. Scott as the represen-
tative of the Union Iron Works he re-
fused to speak. "As for American ships"
he added, Il can say that in their per-
Torrance they now stand at the very
front, n the capacity of the United
States for building ships ranks second.
The warship of the near future, so far
as evolutions go, will be a battleship of
cruiser speed, fully protected, with
heavy guns n large coal capacity and
also heavy armor. All these features
combined are possible in a warship and
they will be combined better tina here
t~ofore."
Mr.. Scott will spend only a few days
more in Germany and will then go for a
brief business engagement to England,
whence he will sail to New York.