The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-09
Manufacturers of Iron and steel Too
slow i'm Adopting improvements
to Compete with Americans.
CONVENTION OF ENGINEERS
AT WHICH ANDREW CARNEGIE WAS
ONE OF THE SPEAKERS.
rnraphrRsed Bible Verse to show
Britons How to Retain Their
Own Market and Gain Others.

LONDON, May S.-The annual meeting of
the Iron and Steel Institute commenced to-
day. 1t is attended by all the prominent
engineers in Great Britain. while almost
all the American engineering centers are
represented. Andrew Carnegie being among
those present. The new president William
Whitehill, devoted almost all his remarks
to American methods. declaring Great
Britain would be compelled to adopt them.
He said: 1--WE shall have to fight much
harder in the future to retain our proud
position"
The principal paper at the opening ses-
sion was read by William Garrett, of Cleve-
land, who prefaced his remarks by declar
ing Great Britain's supremacy in the iron
and steel trade, so long held was now lost
He then went into detailed comparison
of the methods of British and American
rolling mills with no fattering deductions
for Great Britain, and concluded with de-
ella ing that if the British Steel makers did
not follow the example of the Americans
by combining and also by only manufacture
ing at points most advantageous for ship
ment and using the most economical meth
DDS the manufacture of iron and steel
would become a lost art in Great Britain.
'Your falling back" he said lis entirely
due the fact that up to the present you
have had no competition. / may be wrong,
but 1 venture to assert that during the
past ten years all the British iron and
steel manufacturers together did not spend
as much money in improvements as the
Carnegies did in two years. Is your
ingenuity and energy exhausted-you who
al time were the greatest manufacture
ers in the world? | cannot believe it, In
order to show you how far you are behind
in the output of wire rods four of the best
rod mills in Great Britain during January
did not produce as many rods as one of the
wire rod mills in the United States. Is
the mother of that business, who taught
the world how to make wire. give it up?''
The chairman in announcing Mr.. Car
ne gie's gift of G6,500 to the institute for
original metallurgical research said Mr..
Carnegie had decided TO double the amount
and the council had agreed to distribute
DR.. Mathews (American), one-third 10 DR..
Goldberg (Austrian) and one-third to DR..
Stansfield (English)
Mr. Carnegie subsequently, in proposing
vote of thanks for the president address.
said that in his opinion the president had
put his finger in the right spot. The whole
lesson of his address was. You must look
at home and develop the material you
have" Mr.. Carnegie believed thoroughly
that Cleveland iron would make good steel.
He was certain the basic process would
succeed in Great Britain as il had done in
America. What was said in America 10
the contrary had not prevented them from
bllying up all the mines nobody else wanted
The same could be done in Great Britain.
The Bible taught them, Seek We first the
kingdom of heaven and all things VIII be
added unto YOU" He (Mr. Carnegie) said,
Seek We first the United Kingdom and the
markets of the world will be added unto
you" "Get right at home. said MI car
negie land do not worry about things
abroad The way to get hold of foreign
markets. Mr. Carnegie continued. was TO
get hold of and conquer the markets at
Sone II was unnecessary to thank him
for the prizes he had given for research.
He had TO thank the institute, for he felt
II MaS might be profitably spent.