Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-05
YANKEE TOOLS LIKED.
German Users Provide Wide Field
for the Makers Of American
Machinery.


Machinery.
BERLIN. Oct. 12.-CWilliam z
Curtis in Chicago Record -Herald) =
The finest machine shop in Europe
so they claim and certainly the An.
est In Germany, is that of the Ludwig
Loewe Company, in Berlin, and it
contains nothing but American ma
chinery. Their business is to man.
ufacture machinery and heavy tools,
and they are not only working with
American tools and machinery, but
upon American patents under the di-
rection OF superintendent who were
educated in the United States. In
1893 Ludwig Loewe sent two of his
best master machinists to the worlds
fair. who spent most of their time in
machinery hall, and after the exposi-
ton closed visited several of the most
modern machine shops in the United
States. studying our methods, ma
chimes and tools. They selected an
outfit of the machinery which to their
minds seemed best adapted to Ger
man requirements. and fitted up a
shop in the suburbs of Berlin, which
has since been considered model
and is constantly visited by engin-
GERS, manufacturers and machinists
iIom all parts of Europe. Unlike
most Of the German establishments,
| II is always open to visitors. for the
proprietors are proud OF their plant
and have nothing to conceal It has
hetorc one of the show places in Fer
lin. Whenever an Industrial con
vention or an assembly Of mechanics
meets here the delegates always go
| In body to inspect the Yankee ma
chincry
There are several other American
manufactures In Germany. The
Mes Tool Company and the Worth
'1gton Pump Company have branch
es here the Luxfer Prism Company
Of Chicago is making glass reflect
ore for the German market The
Sturdevant company has recently At
ted I'M a bie department store on the
Amnr'can plan Col IT. R. Lemley
i reiIred officer Of the army has a
factorv for weaving cotton cartridge
he,ts upon patent Of Col Ansop
Mil"s Thev have been adopted bv
'he British armv. nv the Japanese
and several Of the South American
repub'Ics. as we'll az our own mill
'arv service but Col Lemlex has not
vet benn able to induce the German
authorities to inspect them. F!m-
neror William has hunting OUTFIT
Cor bjs own use and brags great
deal about It. hut his military boards
nrefer the oId-fashIoned cartridge
| bov
Tho cash reeister tho eraphophone
the phonograph and the zonophone
are here occupying fne buildings. and
the Chesebrough Manufacturing Co.
have an establishment for the sale
of their petroleum products. The
Mccormick Reaper company, the
Deerings, and the Walter A. Wood
company have Independent branch
houses, and many other well known
manufacturers are represented by
German agents.
| After interviewing nearly all the To-
| cal representatives OF American man-
| ufacturers 1 find an almost universal
confidence that the proposed German
tariff will be defeated. This opin-
ion is based upon knowledge of the
uncompromising attitude of the manu-
featuring industries of Germany. who
viii never consent to the enactment
Of law which sacrifices their inter
| ests for the benefit of the farmers.
| fixing a minimum rate for treaty nc
gotiations on one class Of goods and
| refusing to do 30 on others. AZ
told you the other day. the agrariaEs
have secured provision In the bill
which prohibits the government from
reducing the duties on agricultural
products by reciprocity treaties.
There is no such restriction on me-
chanical products. and. as the exports
OF Germany are almost entirely me-
chanical. and her imports are almosl
entirely agricultural. the manufac'
turers foresee tariff wars with AL
| the countries with which they have
been building up markets for German
merchandise. The entire foreign
trade is in peril because of the de
riaDds of the farmers, and the deter
animation Of the manufacturing indus
/ les is already disclosed to degree
that makes it positive that the new
tariff bill will rot pass unless cons'd
crably modified.