The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-17

favored. America would eventually
drive out a great deal of the home
business. The conservative old under
ground companies are beginning TO re-
alize that the must equip theiI Zines
with electricity or else lose their trade
and so they have appropriated G2O,00O
for a system of experiments with both
English and American equipments. So
far the London county courcil has not
consented to surface trolley lines. cv-
en- in the suburbs, but permission has
hnally been secured to allow trial
or electrical traction on the street
grade outside the city centera, all nf
which promises new and profitable
helds for American industry.
AMERICAN CATTLE.
So many American cattle come to the
islands that they must be discrimin-
ated against by law for the, protection
of the English stock raisers 1t is pro-
vided that they shall be slaughtered az
the port of entry within ten days from
arrival. American cattle thus have not
sufficient time to recover from their
long sea trip and the rundown condi-
tion engendered by confinement on ship
steadily increasing in spite of these
handicaps. Detford. near London, Liv-
erpool and COlesgow are the ports of
cattle entry, where rigid government
inspectors are stationed. George Gould,
Of New York, contemplates putting
new line of cattle ships between New
Orleans and Southampton, delivering
southern and western cattle into the
Nt,f lfal, ,.1..
water route, to lessen the present ship
ping expenses. Large weekly consign-
ments of refrigerated, smoked salted
and timed meats are made to England
by the packing companies of Chicago,
and so choaply are the shipments made
that they undersell home grown meats
Many butchers substitute at a large
profit American for English meats
with their customers, who rarely know
the difference. The cheaper grade Of
American side meat costs but 3 pence
a pound while Irish and other choice
homegrown bacons command a shill-
ing. Many hog raisers in the northern
provinces sell their fatted stock for
cash and then buy the cheaper Amerl-
can pork for their own use,
ANTHRACITE COAL.
Even American coal is looking to
England the land of carbon, for a new
outlet, Henry $, Fleming, of New York,
secretary of the anthracite coal com
bination OF Pennsylvania, is i'm England
looking over the field, with view to
putting on a line of oal-carrying
steamers between America and this
country. SO frequent have been the
strikes of English coal operatives, and
so great the Inconvenience from this
ana other causes, that ii is thought
there is a good opening for foreign coal
Anthracite is unknown here, but those
familiar with the English trade say it
will rapidly grow in popularity when
once introduced.
The English people are habltually
prejudiced against foreign goods, un-
til they have proved them, when they
take the best, whatever its source, and
American productions are especially
welcomed. A present trouble with
American foods Is that such shippers
as the California fruit dealers usually
send the second grade of canned goods
to the foreign market, and the general
trade is severely injured, There is a
large opening for green fruits as Cali
fornia oranges sell for three pence, and
other fruits are high in proportion.
Even the New England dOughnut has
invaded old England, accl mpanied by