The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-25
AMERICAN INVASION
Of GREAT BRITAIN
Supplies Of All Kinds
Taking Lead in Ler
Markets.
TRADES ARE BEING REVOLUTI0EIzE0
YANKEE INVENTIONS sUpPLkNT
THOSE OF ARKWsIeHT AND
COMPTON.
TRADES ARE BEING REVOLUTIOEIzEl
California Fruit Making Tremendous
lnrosos into English Jam Trade
Even American Football Methods
Find Favor-Web Cartridge Belts.

LONDON, Jan. l2.-Great Britain
tecadeuce is becoming quite a popula
theme. Self-Iebasement and self dag
citation seem 20 be congenial 20 tn
chasteued spirit Of the nation. forces
20 realize. through the accumulation
Of reyers.s. military, diplomatic ant
Industrial that Great Britain's FREEDOM
nance dream Is past. IL is almost z
daily occurrence for some great Lon
don newspaper 70 parade the short
cguings OF the country. instituting
comparisons with the United States
and Germany. little complimentary 10
Great Britain.
Lost opportunity says the Morn
ing Post. lis the keynote. and the Brit
ain which could dictate its will TO the
ends OF The earth is today myth"
The great wooden and allied trades
threaten 70 be revolutionized by an
American machine which is now oper-
atinE at Bradford
What Il ali viii open up is not fully
apparent at first sight" says the
Bradford Observer. but it looks as
IL the position at present occupied by
Arkwright and Compton in the world
o. inventors during the nineteenth
century is 10 be superseded by Drury
In the twentieth. How is il that this
idea was left TO a Yankee lawyer to
bring o.?"
Drurys invention is described as the
simplest yet devised II is capable Of
spinning the toughest yarns from as
bostos or peat moss without difficulty.
Drury left Boston two years ago.
The Daily Telegraph calls attention
to the enormous increase in the use
OF American confectionery in England.
which, il says. would be even greater
than il is were the American manu-
facturers 10 show more elasticity in
trading methods.
Small wonder. indeed. SAYS the
Daily TELEGRAPH. that the British
fruit grower has cause for complaint
that the demand is not what il was
Tor his products" California fruit
appears to be making tremendous in
roads iato the English jam trade.
Even from the Philippines comes
recommendations To adopt American
methods. Percivall OF London writes
TO the Times from Manila urging the
british troops in South Africa TO use
the tunic plat worn by the American
troops TO protect the spine, and also
their webbing cartridge belts and
methods for preserving surgical dress
ing. The suggestion about the belt
is already in force. An American Arm
has newly erected factory here. turn
out, 70 its fullest capacity these belts |
Ar the war office.
Senator Proctor's Italian marble |
corner draws forth from Today an in
diguant protest. Il says: who, for |
instance. is Senator Proctor, that he
should create for his own enrichment |
a scarcity Of CRrrara marble, in which |
the highest art OF all ages in Europe
has found It's noblest expression"
and so on in a similar strain. main |
tanning that the Senator has no right |
10 assume q dictatorship Of the worlds
art.
But IL is not only in commerce that
the spread OF American leaven Is so
patent In the national game. Rugby |
football. hitherto so distinctive of /
American rules. and whose devotees
we're so proud OF the fact. the British /
are now beginning TO closely initiate |
the distinguishing features OF Yankee |
gridiron play. At the recent England |
and Wales match. when 10000 speeta. |
tors were present, the experts were
amazed 20 see what was called "puz. |
King hand TO hand passing OF the
Welsh team" This was nothing more |
than the familiar swapping back p-ae.
ueed by all American colleges. but |
which is a revelation here. Ii had no |
small effect in securing for Wales
sweeping victory.