New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
BEATING BRITISH RIVALS.
AMERICAS COMMERCIAL INVASION OF
THE OLD WORLD.

ELBowED OUT OF MARKETS THOUGHT
TO BE THEIR owN-TRIBUTEs
TO AMERICAN ENTER
PRISE AND SKILL
London May G-Public attention has again
been directed to Americas growing competition
with England in the Industrial markets by the
announcement this week that the new Enghsh
trunk line the Great Central Railway, has or
dered locomotives In America. while adVices
! from abroad show that the Americans are beat
! Ing the English right along the line the BTU
ish consul at La Rochelle. France in report
Just submitted, says that the Americans are rast
taking the agricultural machinery business In
his district from English firms. The latter. 1t Is
pointed out by the Consul. would not conform to
the farmers demand for light machinery, where
as the Americans have adapted themselves to
circumstances and make machinery that Is ex-
| acty suited TO the farmers requirements
The foregoing is only a sample OF the tributes
which are now constantly found in consular re-
ports to American enterprise, and showing that
American manufacturers are slowly eibowihg
! their English rivals out OF markets which the
British thought were their own preserves Ar
tlcles on AngIo-American Industrial and COM
|
to Americans. constantly appear in the English
press The Daily News" In typical article
this week on American Engines-The Threat
ened Invasion" compares the enormous progress
| In power and speed Of American locomotives
with the slight improvements In English en-
gInes. 1t says:
II is a trine humiliating but still none the less
fact. that our modern English engines, both for
passenger and goods trains. have not increasso SEQ
! other hand technical experts come back from
| America with glowing accounts OF great improve
! ments in railway working there
The article further declares that this recently
created superiority, which must be ascrtbed to
the latest developments in the American iocomo-
tive In which were combined speed and power,
has not yet been realized in England.
A MONSTER DREDGING MACHINE.
| In connection with this commercial invasion
OF the Old World by America, a Chicago en-
| gineer named Bates arrived in London this
week Mr.. Bates is playing an important part
| in the introduction of American machinery and
methods. Eighteen months ago the Russian
! Government requested Mr. Bates to make a
| study OF he river Voga. with view to the I'M
provement OF its navigation. AS a result. the
| Government has decided 10 adopt his methods
| for $500 miles OF river improvement, and mas
| instructed him TO construct the largest and most
! powerful dredging machine that could be built.
| This machine has just been completed In BEL
| eium II is an electrical sef-propelling hy-
draulic dredge Of $500 horsepower. 1t Is Great
ing a great deal OF comApent and speculation In
engineering and scientffsc circles. The Russian
and Belgian Ministers af Public Works. with a
large company of Belgian officials, were present
| at tests OF the dredging machine which we're
| made on the river scheldt a few days ago Since
| those tests were made commissions represent
| ing the Australian and the Indian Governments
! have inspected the machine as result OF which
| Mr. Bates to-day signed contracts 10 furnish
| similar plants for India and Australia Com
missions from the Panama and Suez canals,
| from South Africa, China and Japan besides
several European countries. are coming 10 IN
! spect the machine while the last to announce
| an intended visit are the King OF Belgium and
Prince Albert son of the heir apparent 10 the
Belgian throne
Regarding the general Industrial situation
Mr. Bates says that the present boom In iron
and steel in the United States has had the effect
! Of checking the expansion Of American trade IN
I Europe. Up to a few months ago he had been
| able to import all kinds Of machinery and ma
terial cheaper from America than they could be
bought In Europe, but this is now no longer
the
TURNING TO AMERICAN APPLIANCES
The Iron and Steel Institute held its annual
conference here this week. closing to-day with
the reading Of paper by Bertram Summers,
Of Chicago The delegates included Andrew
Carnegie Captain John Jacques T. S. N; John
Platt Of New-York and C. F. Hennery of Roch-
ester. ~ Y. Captain Jacques who is on an offi-
cial mission to report regarding new develop
ments In the forging Of armor and heavy guns,
said that he had visited Continental centres In
pursuance Of his instructions. Everywhere In
Continental and English manufacturing centres
he had found the trend OF thought directed to
the immense advantage OF American labor-saV-
ing appliances and since his last visit 70 Europe
there an increased respect 1or american
| competition.
Captain Crozier. the military member Of the
American delegation to the Disarmament Con-
ference, IL likewise here making inquiries at
Woowich before he goes 10 the Continent. cap
tain Crozier carries credentials to French and
German military depots His mission includes
investigation OF and report on the latest phases
and developments In quick-fring field artillery.
Douglas Harry Coghill. member OF the House
OF Commons for Stoke Trent will next week
ask the Government whether. considering the
injury done TO English trade by the present
United States tariff the Foreign Office will enter
into specific commercial negotiations with the
United States with view 10 obtaining favor
able treatment for British manufacturers.
The personality OF Cecil Rhodes has been
towering figure this week. His welcome at the
meeting of the Chartered British South Africa
Company at the Cannon Street Hotel on Tues
day was one OF blind enthusiasm. Mr.. Rhodes
carried his audience away with his breezy OPP
timism, which served a gded coating for
the unpleasant fact that the negotiations with
the Government for aid for his Cape-to- Cairo
railway had failed and that the company needed
another e. 000,0OO. The audience. among whom
were a number Of fashionable women cheered
him wildly At the close OF his speech Mr..
Rhodes was obliged TO address overflow
meeting outside the hall. Such enormous
crowd surrounded him. enthusiastically cheer
ing him. that policemen were required to escort