Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-04
TRADE IN 1RANSVAAL
Consul General Stowe Says
American Enterprise Is Su-
preceding the British.
Official Statistics Do Not Show
Real Condition Of the
Trade There.
The British Are Growing Jeal-
Gus Of Rapid Growth Of
American. !.

| Washington, Sept. 4.-"British trade
IS enyious of the vast strides made dur
ing the last four years in the e2porta-
the United States, particularly to Brit
ish colonies and dependencies, reports
Consul General Stowe at Cape Town.
at is suggested" continues the consul
general, that a coalition of those Brit
ish manufacturers interested particu-
larly in the mining, engineering and al
lied trades. should be formed without
delay to obtain sites in Johannesburg,
Where stocks may be kept for the
prompt delivery of goods This is to
forestall possible similar action on the
part of American manufacturers to Sc
cure the Transvaal mining trade.
While the resumption of mining OPP
erations may portend much, 1 believe
that there will be no immediate demand
for the reason that large orders have
been placed (many in the United
States), and at the coast ports much
y
clear track to the Transvaal. The short
age of cars may be accounted for, not
only by the destruction by the Boer
commandos but also from the factrhat
the construction of new ones is delayed
Z by lack of men.
Recently ten Baldwin and ten Sche-
nectady engines have arrived, and have
completed the 1,0OO-mile run required by
ha tfioo oh;
them have been made, particularly by
the operators-obje too ridiculous
to mention-but the engines are busy"
Continuing, Consul General Stowe
Gays: Great stress is laid upon the
published statistics of Cape Colony and
Natal, which show a decrease in 1900
I imports amounting to $1,627,S7S while
. the increase of imports from the United
Kingdom for the same period was &c.
67S,093. "A decrease is also shown in the
imports from almost every other coun-
Germany, 1871 per cent; Belgium, liz
per cent, and Austria, SAG per cent.
II contend, figures to the contrary
that 1900 has been the largest export
year Of the United States to South At
depended upon, as there is an entire
absence of returns from Delagoa Bay.
! One hundred and seventy-seven million
/. cigarets We're shipped direct to Cape
Colony and Natal by one house in the
. United States. The statistics will not
show this, and yet to this number
of United States manufacture that
t,,r yt, ,ela y,I hn1o n
Beira.
The same may be said of canned
meats cereals and tobacco
1T is gratifying to note the remarks
!. of Lord Roberts regarding American
/; erts said: Six buck wagons We're inn
ported for trial from the United States.
These proved to be superior to any 9TH
manufacture. The wheels We're of hick-
( Dry, the bodies of black walnut, and the
metal work of steel. The superiority OF
, these vehicles was doubtless due to the
I fact that mule wagons are largely used
in America for the carriage of goods, as
we'll as military transport. The manu-
facturers have therefore learned by
practical experience what is the best
.
suitable materials in building them. II
: may be added that the wagons in ques-
ton cost considerably less than the
Bristol pattern
mo, don't know much about politics
in Ohio, except from what see in the
papers," said Senator Foraker, but the
situation appears to be satisfactory
one to the republicans. The campaign
has not yet opened, but the republican:
are not worried over the prospects. No
body seems to know what the demo
Gratis will make their campaign on, bu
just now it looks as if the issue will BIT
whether or not the democratic part.
s has been born again
2, Official information received yester
day by the director of the mint indi
Gates that the former rather discourag
ing outlook for the Alaska gold output il
now Improving. Director Roberts nov
4 predicts that the total output will no
fall below that of last year. The re
ceipts of gold at the San Francisco min
and the Seattle assay office in July an
August amounted to S10.135,2O5, a
aaginst s12,3lS, 42O in the same month
of 1900. OF the July and August receipt
this year $9,201,25s worth of gold dus
came from the Klondike diggings an
1894, $40 from Nome. The whole outpu
had not yet, of course found its wa
into the governments purchasing of
fees
COMMENT ON ROOSEVELT.