Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-01-31
SLAMS ELECTRIC BOOM
White Elephants Stable Light
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POWER TOR QUICK AUTOS NEXT

Consul General KinE says Tendency
of the electrical Trade u Toward
the American Market-Niany sup
piles FOR New Tramway Ordered
ners-Compiaints of the siamcse.
The stable Of the white elephant %
the king OF siam Is lighted by electric.
ny. aud the priests who worship the
pachyderm ride to and from bis TEN.
pie 10 an electric trolley car. says the
New York Journal
Electricity has captured the Samese.
Bangkok is lighted with 10000 lamps,
and the company that does the work
pays per cent dividends.
The electric company announces that
II will shortly be able to furnish power
for electric automobiles. The streets
are well paved All that Is needed 10
give the automobile trade a boost IS
for the King TO be seen riding about In
one This. II is said. will be arranged
shortly.
Hamilton King. United States consul
general 10 Siam, writes encouraglngly
To Washington Of the electrical boom.
The three companies that import
electric supplies report that their bust.
ness has more than doubled during the
last - months while 20 my personal
knowledge their orders during the last
two months have exceeded those OF
any - previous months There is a
lHrs" and rapidly increasing business
along tli, l.ue In Bangkok. and there
rs 90 reason why the United States
should not get generou, share The
tendency Is toward the American mar.
krf
''lhe orders for tho entire supplies
for the new tramway during the last
two months have been placed In the
United States. with the exception or
The rails The order Tor the rails went
90 England. because the COMPANY
thought they were unable f0 secure the
peculiar Kind they wished In any other
country This. however. believe Is
largely due 10 want Of Information on
The subject Again % large quantity N
the American electrical goods used here
come, through London and European
house, This is another obstacle that
can ho removed hy our manufacturers
placing themselves boo direct communi.
cation With importers here. American
goods ar0 900 favor aud Juc prices suit
eth" importers complain ~ Amori-
can lIrs of prompiucss Boo attention 90
business While goods nrr delivered
here 100 three months from the time
they arc ordered from Europe and
ENGLAND. seven 0r eight months. and
sometimes more are consumed ln get
ting thrm from the United States This
delay should Doe romcI.cd. % Us within
ms knowledge that answers to imnor.
tant cables have been delayed ull
month
y quote from q letter Just received
az ibis office from one OF tho leading
importers of thIs city G}aucbou:
My experience 10 doing business
with the United States for The last ten
years Us that generally BOO me United
States YOU got for the same money "a
better article than 300 most European
countries: but with few exceptions.
American firms are not prepared for
business with distant countries. Some
at them have not even q cable address.
and nearly all are slow aud unsys.
trult'c in their correspondence. Ship
ping arrangements % Siam nre also
defective. 90, much ns four or five
months sometimes olapsug between
shipments from Sew York twlonce
We got most % our goods and arrival
~ Bangkok
In consequence. we often prefer N
order d'urar or Inferior articles from
Lurop" 20 avoid delay aud unccr
tAln,y'"