Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
FROM Over
The OCEAN
The Americans Are Beating
the British
in INDUSTRIAL MARKET
And There is Great Concern Among
the English Manufacturers
Immigrants 10 America

London, April S.-(Copyrighted, 1899, by
the Associated Press.)-America's sue
cessful competition in the industrial
market, where she is beating the British
ers on their w ground, is undoubtedly
causing great concern and heart burn
lngs in British engineering circles. The
acrimonious protest of English firms re-
specting the award of the Bara bridge
contract to Philadelphia firms, brought
out this feeling and attempts to explain
Americas success by glut of work here
does not harmonize with the complaints
from English firms who have not re-
ceived orders which have been sent to
America. AS the st. James Gazette
puts it:
II the British manufacturers nave so
much work that they cannot accept con-
tracts they are to be congratulated. But,
III that case. it is difficult to see why they
are complaining"
The fact is that Industrial circles here
recognize that these contracts mean more
than mere evanescent competition, as in
the case Of American engines the rail-
road authorities here have conceived the
very highest opinion of American work.
This is borne out by the statement of
AN III lhC 'lCSll ASoIt liz IL
railway, which recently ordered engines
from America. He says to a representa-
tive of the Associated Press:
Apart from the fact that American
builders are able to make more speedy
delivery than the English, there is no
doubt whatever that American engines
are of the highest excellence and that
their present features and improvements
are of such utility as to attract the GUS
toms of English companies"
The Daily Mail, taking up the question,
urges a system of profit sharing, with the
introduction of the newest and best ma
chinery, as the method whereby Amer
lea can be fought and worsted," though
the paper adds: we must own that the
nation is in some degree suffering from
lack of strenuousness, both in employers
and employed"
The secretary of the engineers society
said to the Associated Press:
w certainly regret the transference
of work essentially belonging to our mar
ket and it would be a~ffectation to deny
that there is indignation and much COM
! ment on the state of affairs. We hope
) it will prove only temporary transfer
} ence, but you know the danger
) Inquiries made by a representative of
} the Associated Press regarding the
) Belgian syndicate which is about to send
a party of engineers to study the con-
) struction of a railroad between Manila
4 Sllii " vi lIlC way VI
} show the district has already been sur
) veyed five times. The work was consid-
cred lmpracticable under the Spanish
; regime. The Spanish government made
offers to the company for the construc-
} ton of the road but there was no response
as petty eXactions and interference of
} the Spanish authorities rendered the en-
? terprise most difficult. The prospects for
} the road naturally have changed under
!! the American regime, and the Manila
Z railroad company has been partly prom
Z Used that the United States authorities
4 would take over the existing railroads
and exploit them on the German system.
Z In any case, the railroad company eX-
4 poets to be fully Unidentified for its losses
. in consequence of the war, though an
4 enormous leap is inevitable as soon as
tranquility is restored.
: Queen Victoria is Enjoying remarkable
health on the Riviera. She is improving
in strength daily, drives out nearly every
afternoon, and often, when seeing a PIC
turesque spot along the route, alights fol
the purpose of taking tea in the oper
air.
Mr.. Joseph H. Choate, the Unite
| States ambassador, has accepted an in
v~itation to dine with the Beachers O.
Lincoln's Inn on the grand night of the
Eastern term, about the end OF tins
= month.
The immigrant season to the United
% d III hiiip 'NDh s'~ $4,000
rush. Steamers have steerage passenger
= booked several weeks ahead and 1t L
calculated that the Irish exodus will ap
proach that of recent Tn
T~eutonic, Canada, UltOnia and Campania
sailing within four days, take altogethe
9, 900 Irish immigrants. The Teutonic'
contingent is 800 and even then she VIII
> have to leave 60 behind as there are n
berths available for them.
The Casino at Monte Carlo wound u
it's fiscal year on March 81, with a tota
income of 81 ,O4O, 900 ($5, $40, 000), being a
increase of $40, 900 ($200, 000) over 1895
The tables have been exceptionally for
tunate. There have been lucky player
and the revenue will be absorbed by tn
m to the prince of Monaco o
$500, 900 and the expenses of the primer
D pality and the maintenance of the Casin
50, 22O, 900. The remaining 100000 ar
going to the shareholders as interest. TIL
prince of Monaco is now estimated to b
. worth $40, 900, 900. The house of Monac'
was practically penniless in 1856 whel
Baron Blance arrived there from Ham
burg with the idea of establishing
9 Casino.
The battle of the Sunday papers viii
begin tomorrow when both the Daily Ma
& and the Daily Telegraph will try to out
vie each other with their first number
Both of them will present a brilliant ar
ray of contributors The Sunday Ma
8 will have articles by Gen. Lord Kitchene
2 on Khartoum, Hall Caine, the Earl o