Daily camera., 1900-07-18
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CARRIAGE EXPORTS.
American Manufactures Going to
All Parts Of the World.
Orr Lisht Vehicles Are In High Favor
in Esropsan Coantries-A 0row-
Ing Branch of the
Trade IL Salkies.

Carriages OF American HidnulactuFo
have been exported to some extent for
many years, but never before so largely
as at the present time. A branch OF
this trade that is of comparatively re-
cent growth consists in the export OF
trotting vehicles. Buyers from Eu-
ropean countries, where the American
trotter is popular, who attend the big
auction sales of trotting horses in this
city, buy here also trotting equipment,
sulkies and wagons and light harness:
and American manufacturers have
agencies for such things in Europe.
Such equipment would be found in use
in England, France, Germany, Austria,
Russia and wherever the American
trotter goes, says the New York Sun.
Besides the trotting vehicles some
other carriages of American make are
sold in Europe. A few carriages made
in this country might be seen in Lon
don. Russia has bought some Ameri-
can top buggies; for novelty's sake or
simply because they like them; and
some for lighter pleasure carriages have
been sold elsewhere in Europe. these
including carriages sold here to visitors
from foreign countries. Thus,
Frenchman visiting the United States
walked into the New York city estab-
lishment OF an American carriage man
ufacturer and looked along at the
many vehicles exposed for sale. A
handsome light driving wagon caught
his eye and his fancy.
"Would that hold me up if should
get into it?" he asked, with smiling po-
lteness, as he surveyed its light con-
struction.
He was assured that not only would
it do that. but that it would prove
strong and serviceable vehicle; and he
bought the wagon. and light Amer
lean harness suitable to use with it,
and they were boxed up and SHIPPED to
him in France.
This American maker had sold prob
ably a dozen carriages in this way to
rs many individual buyers from Eu-
ropean countries, visitors here, who
had walked in. and looked over the
stock, and found something that
pleased them. but these sales were
counted rather as items of the retail
business of the concern. than as const-
tuting European export trade. In
fnct, apart from the export of tiottiDg
vehicles. which amounts to something
considerable. the export of American
vehicles to Europe is limited; to vari~
Gus other countries. however, it is large
and steadily increasing.
Awhile ago an American manufacture
or sent little lot of light sleighs of
American style to Norway, and sold
them there. but this was more in the
nature Of venture. just a little flyer.
American carriages of various kinds
are sold in numbers in Mexico. the West
Indies. South America. South Africa
and Australia. The carriages sent to
these various countries include some,
though not great many. Of the heavier
kinds of carriages, such as victoras,
coupes. broughams and coaches; but
they include many vehicles Of the COM
paratively lighter kinds, such as bug
gies, runabouts. phaetons. surreys, two
wheeled carts and rockaways. There
is found in the American carriages a
combination of characteristics that
are common to many American produc
tions. namely, lightness, strength.
sightliness and adaptability. They
suit the requirements of use in coun
tries to which they are sent better than
90 the heavier vehicles imported from
Europe, and more and more of the peo-
pie of those countries now buy car
riages here; so that take it altogether
the vehicles exported have come TO con-
stitute very substantial item in the
American carriage trade.