The evening times., 1899-11-08

The State Department has received. from
Consul General Stowe. of Cape Town. South
Africa, a report in whic6 he states that
the market for Amef3ean-natural ana man
iufactured products-ip Natal and the Orange
Free State Is expanding and the demand for
American products has never been greater.
The natural resources Of Natal have been
largely developed within the past two years
and from the present indications the copper
and the nickle interests promise to prove
exceedingly valuable, The report says,
among the order. placed for goods in
the mechanical line last month 1t Is noticed
that Collins e Co., of Hartford. Conn.,. have
received many requests for edge tools, which
have a great run In South Africa. Orders
for three boilers-namely. one l2s'horse-
power and two 1o8 shorsepower=have been
placed with the Sterling Water Tube Com
pany. of Chicago. Several powerful electric
cranes for Durham have been ordered. but l
cannot find out from whom. In the line OF
electrical machinery. several Large. orders
have gone TO England. One order for en-
gines has been given to Mcintosh- Seymour
& Co., Auburn, N, Y. Chicago manufactur-
ers are delivering a match plant in the
South African Republic, or course. all the
piping orders are placed In England. Two
more refrigerating plants from England are
about to arrive. While the United States is
in the lead in. shipments Of windmills tC
South Africa, several are erriving from
England, largely copied from the Ameri-
can.
Brewers refuse grain would sell large
ly here II It could be pressed into bri-
quettes after being mixed with corn meal.
oil meal, or some such article CT food, and
molasses. glucose. or other cheap material
of this nature. Samples of this refuse
grain have arrived, but it is too light, and
on account OF it's bulk, freight rates would
be excessive, and consequently 1t could
not compete in price with other cattle
feed stuffs.
Il am pleased to note that mantels. wire
screen doors and windows. iron bedsteads.
blacksmith hand drills, overalls, aprons;
all kinds OF tools. such as hatchets, chfsels
bits, augurs, ETC.: household necessities OF
tin and iron Of an endless variety. prepared
food stuffs; collapsable cots. tables. chairs
and bath tubs for camp use; all kinds Of
ornamental screens. picture frames, pic
ture molding. postofice supplies; oilcioths.
perfumes, pianos, organs, letter-copying
appliances, kncckdown furniture, confec-
canned fruit, easels, emery novel;
ties. harness oil, oil stoves. soap, candles,
axle grease. cash boxes. electrical belts.
scales. lamps, starch, canned vegetables.
corn fiour farmers tools. fire extinguish
ers hatracks. sadirons. school desks. stove
polish. and many other articles too numer-
Gus to mention have been introduced
through the agency Of this consulate; and
as soon as the excitement of the present
political crisis has subsided, they will meet
with sale.
Il see by the papers that at the end Of
1898 sixty-seven copper claims (areas pros
pected) were in operation, against six at
the close OF 1897 The ore is rich and val
liable. Nickle has also been discovered; in
fact. Natal, with its tea. sugar. and fibre
industries. and its copper. nickle, and other
mineral products. has future.
American mules and horses are arriv-
ing in large numbers on private orders,
and are sold on ship to the imperial gov
ernment. Large numbers are reported to
be on the water. imported direct from the
United States by buyers of the imperial
government.
1T is also noted that the government,
as we'll as that of the South African Re-
public and the Orange Free State. has
bought largely of mules, oxen. and horses
from the farmers of this country