The San Francisco call., 1899-07-16
FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE GLOBE
Harper Will Forward a
Great Collection.
RESULT OF TWO YEARS TOUR
SHOW A BIG FIELD FOR AMER
ICAN MANUFACTURES.
Consuls of the United States Also Do
RESULT OF TWO YEARS TOUR
Consuls of the United States Also Do
ing Good Work in Foreign
Fields as Commercial
Missionaries.
Copyrighted. 1899. by the Associated Press.

LONDON, July 15.-William Harper
of the Philadelphia Commercial Niu-
scum, who is just completing two
years tour of the world collecting
samples of the chief articles the various
nations import, is about to forward TO
the United States a collection of the
most remarkable sample cases ever
amassed. During the course of his
quest Mr.. Harper penetrated to the
utmost corners of Russia, Asia, Africa,
Australia and South America and COM
piled a vast amount of information as
to the requirements of the various
countries, samples of goods, models OF
implements and photographs and speci-
fications Of all the leading articles of
trade, all of which will be on exhibit
ton in Philadelphia during the month
of October.
TT is a $50, 900 sample case" said Mr.
Harper to a representative of the Asso-
ciated Press, and l do not think its
like is equaled in the world. 1t con
tains engine models from France, hay
racks from Russia, textiles from Aleppo
and Central Asia, cotton from Hong
kong and mining tools from the Trans
vaal Undoubtedly America has i'm
mense possibilities for developing her
exports and / believe the results of my
researches will greatly aid therein.
LAS regards the growth of American
exports to England, believe it is
largely due to the fact of increased con-
sumption of the world generally. Eng
land is probably supplying the same as
before but America is supplying the
surplus. While England is standing
still, we are growing. The question of
speed is also a great factor. America
manufactures in such quantities that
z1,n 1TNla tOH 11-fi iRIl
phenomenally quick The point is well
exemplified by the following state
ments. An. official of the Baldwin Loco
motive Works wrote that they had To-
comotives lying around on the shelves
and that it was only necessary for
machinist to put the parts together,
While a French engineer told me few
days ago that of fifty engines he built
recently, no two were alike.
I'm the course of my journeying /
have given the American Consular ser
vice considerable study, and while the
tenure Of office of the English system
makes Consuls better linguists and dip
lomats. they are often lacking in bust
ness qualifications. AS commercial
missionaries, believe the American
Consuls are the most efficient. All such
men as Mason at Berlin, Monaghan at
ChemnitZ and Boyle and Marshal Hal
sted in England. and Bell at Sydney
are doing great work toward the devei-
opment of the American market"
The announcement of the British
Westinghouse Company. with a capital
of 81, 500, 900, caused the. usual express
sions of panied surprise in the Eng
lish newspapers and In commercial cir
cles. although they must be aware that
most of the finer electrical appliances
used III England are OF American make.
The Pail Mall Gazette complains that
the Board OF Trade returns do not af-
ford the opportunity of estimating the
magnitude of these reports, and con-
demns the lack of enterprise Of the
home electricians in permitting Amer
leans 10 beat them on their own
ground.
TheIe IS a recrudescence Of anxiety
regarding the Alaska dispute in politi-
cal circles. though the general public
does not attach much Importance to
the matter. lingo newspapers, like the
Saturday Review, grasped the oppor-
tunity to reair their anti-American
proclivities.
The Review thinks that as the time
for the Presidential nominations ap-
proa ches President Mckinley may find
the Cleveland precedent er-tempting
and launch an arrogant Alaska mes
sage against England. the recognition
Of which will be very different to the
success attending the Venezuelan"
After asserting that the Canadians
desire to finally decide the matter by
impartial debate, while the United
States demands a tribunal which will
be either d farce or unlikely to settle
anything the Review says We cannot
concede that to the United States with
out Canadian acceptance, and our ex-
perience in that direction does not give
much hope of the efficacy of conces-
sions even If we do"
In conclusion the Review remarks:
If the Anglo-Saxon entente does moth
ing to modify the American attitude
toward Alaska 1t will have proved more
useless and evanescent than the bub-
bles of the champagne on which 1t
floated into existence"