The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-03
American Made Tools
Lead the Product
of England.
WORCESTER WITH The LEADERS.
English Business Man Talks
On Trade and War
Conditions.

Charles Churchill, managing director
Of the Churchill American Tool Import
ing Company of London, Eng, was in
Worcester yesterday on a visit to Wor-
cester manufacturing concerns which
his firm represents in Great Britain.
The Churchill company is the largest
concern in the United Kingdom which
handles American machine tools, and
MIR. Churchill says that the American
manufactured articles are more than
competing favorably in price with the
goods manufactured in England, and
are away ahead of the home article in
workmanship and improvement.
The Spy man met Mr.. Churchill at
the Bay State house last night in COM
pany with the manager of the Norton
Emery Wheel Company. and his predic-
tons for the prosperity of American
manufacturers shows clearly that the
concerns in the United States which he
represents in Great Britain and Ire
land are of the best.
There is not a manufacturer in the
country who does any export business
but either knows or has heard of MIR.
Churchill, and his firm handles goods
made in every state in the Union from
Maine to Missouri. Last year he was in
| the United States on a trip to the
houses, and this year has come across
| the water to visit his mother, who lives
| in New Jersey and incidentally will
combine business with pleasure.
Twelve months ago" Mr.. Churchill
said to The Spy man, lit would have
been an easy matter for our firm to
| fill orders for American goods in 80
days, but today we are obliged to wait
| for three and four months before we
can deliver them. OF course this is not
| entirely caused by the demand for the
American goods in Great Britain, but
also to the home trade. The machine
tool manufacturing business. is better
now than 1t has been for some time.
| The American article can easily COM
pete in price with the article manufac-
tured in England, and for workman
ship it is oftentimes much better. The
Americans are able to bring their goods
up to better standard of manufacture
because they are constantly trying to
| improve on them, while the Englishmen
hold to the ideas of their grandfathers,
AT the present time we are crowded
for orders in England, and every house
l have visited so far in this country
find cable orders from my firm for
goods.
Years ago the Importation of Amer
| lean goods in England was practically
an unknown thing, and "a years ago,
when l started the Importation of
| American machine tools, naturally ]
did so on a small scale.
THE demand for American goods,
owing to the steady onward march of
American inventors has grown day by
day until today we have four ware
houses in Great Britain. They are in
London Birmingham, Manchester and
Glasgow, and 1t plainly proves that
factor in the manufacture of goods
across the water.
Last year l made trip across the
United States, visiting every manufac-
turer we do business with, and since
that time our orders for goods have
constantly been on the increase. In
England we sell goods made by Prem
tice Bros, F. E. Reed company, Norton
Emery Wheel company and the Snyder
Drill company of this city, and we sell
a large amount of the product of your
Worcester manufacturers
Il do not think that at any time
trade has been so good all round as it
is at present, and l find that the manu-
featuring business throughout this
country is on the jump. This condition
of affairs exists not only in this country,
but in Great Britain. and the best of it
all is that it seems to be still on the in
crease. Your American manufacturers
cannot fill their orders at home for
some time, and naturally, while we
lose a few orders, it is a good thing for
all concerned.
Mary. persons may think, of course
that / am an Englishman, but that is
wrong. | was born in Connecticut and
am regular Connecticut Yankee. l
still am an American citizen and left
this country in 1862 for a three years
business trip to England. When 1
completed my business across the water
and was about to return / started In
selling a few American manufactured
articles, and the demand which gradu-
ally increased warranted my staying
at the business"
Mr. Churchill is a pleasant conversa-
tionalist and he referred to the pres
ent war which England is having with
the Beers as a matter that had to come
eventually. He can see nothing but a
sweeping victory for England as soon
as she gets her men placed right in
the Transvaal.
THE reports you read in American
and English papers" said Mr. Church
ill. ARE a bit exaggerated. and the sup
posed enthusiasm in London exists only
in the newspapers. OF course it is
reasonable to suppose that every coun-
tryman is proud of his soldiers, and an
Englishman has right to be up among
the leaders in that line
when / left London early in Octo-
Der for this country, the government
was lust making preparations for war,
and | didn't see any of the soldiers
leaving for the seat of the trouble. You
don't find an Englishman throwing his
hat up in the air, but he does a deal
of quiet work which counts. When
1000 men were captured by the Beers,
why England Immediately gets ready
to place 10000 men right away, and so
it goes.
"They talk about war knocking bust
ness out, but it only tends to help it
along and make business good
Mr.. Churchill has four sons, all of
whom are subjects of Queen Victoria,
having been born and raised in Eng
land. but he says he will always hold
on to his American citizenship. His
ancestors settled in this country 200
years ago. and he expects that prob
ably in years to come his descendants
may again cross the water and settle