The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-29
AMERICAN wooDENwARE.
Pretty Much All the World supplies NOVA
days From the United states

American w~oodenware IL now eApor'eu III
greater quantities than ever before. but II has
FOR a long time been sent to many p"''e" NV
world This country has In greater apuhua1'e
than II elsewhere found The woou VI ""'n
these articles are made. and II has oeVeiopeo
and constantly improved the Ingenious ma'i'n''
with which these things are prodiceu ~ 10"
cost, and 80 this country Il the centre. az u Is
the natural hom. Of the wOOdenware 'raue'
Canada has the wood. aud II makes ana exports
some w~oodenware, but II has neither 'he ma
cllnery nor the trade facilities To ehapir "
10 conIpel. with the United states IN 'hese
wares. There are New York city houses Una
have customers all around the world
American wo%odenware Is exported 10 ftgIahd
and to Germany and other Continental countries
IL IL now finding It's way into Russia. wlh'h Is u
new market. II goes to the West Indies ahd
TO South America, to China. Australia New
Zealand. India South Africa in fact, To pretty
much all lands In which people live IN a more OF
less civilized manner. These things are all
the time going from here by steam across the
Atlantic to various European centres for distri-
button from them, and one would scarcely linda
deep water ship sailing out of this port for any
part Of the world that did not have more or less
American woodenware aboard.
The things thus exported include u great
many simple and homely articles oI common
use-for instance. clothes pins, Anywhere in
the world, no matter where. the chances are
that the clothes pins used in hanging ont clothes
we're made in America. There are exported rom
this country many wooden pals OF one sort
and another, and chopping trays and bowls,
and folding chairs, and many reirigera'ors
some Of these being made so that they can be
Knocked down that Is. taken apart and packed
closely together to save bulk aud cost OF freight
in shipment. Many stepladders are exported.
these also being knocked down, and there are
exported such things as pastry boards ana ron
Ing boards. There are tx ported a great num-
Der Of American school states, these being not
exactly woodenware, 10 be sure, but still having
wooden frames. In states We come into COM
petition with Germany, America, however
holding it, " States are exported RON mere
to countries that might never DE ihoueh OF
~ places to which they would be sent, lVr IN
stan~e. large numbers are sold in Burnali
Ice cream ~freezers of American manuiact-
IRE are sold all over The world, whlerrNsr zee,
either natural or artificial, IS ,lSrd Inc zee
cream eaten in Calcutta on m melbourne OF ia
any other city, or country. Europe included,
would be more than likely 10 have been maze
in an American freeznr.
The export Of American washtubS IS cherry
to the Argentine Republic. and around up he
west coast of South America TO the latln,
American countries; elsewhere In The "orlu
the English are selling a galvanized sheet iron
tub THAI We don't seem to have quite llet yer,
we sell all the world waShbOards,
We export American broomS 70 various
and We send broom handles TO Aus
tralia. American churns OF one sort and another
are sold wherever churns are used. OF wooden
ware in general, indeed, this country Is me
great source OF supply for the civilized world.