The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09
DERRICKS FOR TIE WORLD
ST. PAUL MANUFACTURERS HAVE
a HAND IN BUILDING TRANS
SIBERIAN RAILROAD
SUPPLIES SENT TO THE M1KADo
Few Sections of the Globe Where
Products of the Industries
of st. Paul Do
Not Go.

Products of the many and varied in
Gustries Of st. Paul are, Of course 10
De found n all parts of the civilized
world, but it is doubtful whether any Of
them can be found in such remote and
Inaccessible regions as the HOSTS and
de1ricks made in this city have D netrat-
ed. 1t viii be news to most of the peo-
pie living in this city to learn that der
ricks made in st. Paul are being used
on construction work for the Trans Sibe-
rian railroad. Ten of moderate power
were sold to Russian contractors for this
purpose few months ago, and previous
to his time two or three had been pur-
chased for purposes of experiment. They
were found to be far more satisfactory
than the cumbrous applian es n there
for railroad work and bridge work, and
q further supply was obtained.
Not only the Russians, but also the
progressive little Japanese have come to
st. Paul for derricks and in the last six
or seven years quite number have been
sent to the land OF the Mika1o. These
too, for the most part, are being used on
heavy bridge work, but less than a year
ago the government purchased two to be
used in the building of an imperial palace
at Toxic. This palace is not the one in
which the Mikado is to reside, but one
which is destined for the housing of dis
tinguished guests Of the empire. Pre-
vious to the employment Of tt derr KS
the Japanese knew little of the immense
saving of time and labor which tteir use
renders possible and doubtless the dimin-
utiva coolies viewed with astonishm Mt
the ease with which the strange looking
machines performed the work that they
had been used to seeing done by sheer
force of the muscular power of a horde
of laborers, or by the employm Mt of an
tiquated and out of date machines Of
English manufacture
The greatest foreign market for St
Paul derricks is not, however in either
of these two countries, but in Norway
and Sweden, almost tenth of the output
Of the works going that way. One of the
officers of the company, in discussing the
foreign business of his house. said that
the amount of American machinery pur-
chased by European countries constituted
fair index Of their intelligence and pro-
eressiveness. Just at present it appears
that the northern countries are the ones
entitled to the palm by this test and
the two Scandinavian kingdoms are far
ahead of their neighbors in tbs respect
Practically no machinery of American
manufacture goes to any of the Medit-
terranean countries, and particularly Is
tn S true of 81 ain and Portugal, and these
are the two which are furthest behind
Germany and Great Britain do not come
into the comparison at all, for in both of
these machinery of mode n design is
made and exported.
Statistics furnished by American con-
suls in all parts of Europe demonstrate
that in spite of the distance of the mar
ket to them, the American manuf acturers
are every year cutting into English and
German territory and are underselling
them on their home grounds.