The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-24

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= following extract from the "Londo1
n Daily Mall"
q The proclamation Of peace marks TIL
- beginning Of what viii probably be IT,,
. most remarkable trade struggle Of mod
ern times For nearly tire. years. tn,
r . great export houses Of Europe anl
america have been preparing for TIL.
. coming battle Of commerce SoutF
Africa, devastated. its farms in ruins
and many OF its cities almost wilder
/ nesses- has to be reconstructed. In the
/ Interior OF the new dominfons. every
thing VIII be wanted afresh-frorl tomb
. stones TO cradles, and from bodkins to
slows.
IL mining machinery alone. there will
be al outlay within five years of prob
#ably SD, 100000 CS145. 9g0. O00). On the
rebuilt farms and in the new cities, fully
( 100000 homes VIII have to be remade
/ within year. The G3.g00.GO0 (sf4.-
. $4,000 advanced by the British govern
mont and the further sums to be loaned
by IT al low interest are only the be-
( ginning of expenditure in this direction
Is large credit trade viii sDrfnr I'D.
I Agricultural machinery in particular
viii be in keen demand. There is Ger
tain to be o rapid increase in light rail-
ways throughout the TransvaaI. making
a good market for railroad material Of
al kinds.
Where VIII these orders go? In the
case Of mining machinery, competition
viii be very keen. The De Beers Com
Dany. q very important factor in the
matter. fav0Ts America in some WAYS.
Not long since. Il sent special repre-
sentative to New York. who mas teen
making large purchases there. The
Alba group. another important section.
favcrs Germany, representing. as shev
largely DO, German interests. Muca Of
their business goes to the Grusonwerk.
The Robinson group IS generally regard
ed as inclined to give zone orders TO
America. Then there comes ii very i'm
portant section, headed by the Messrs.
" eTnheT. Belt & Co aEd larrars. which
can bess be described as miIitantIv
British
German work is seriously to be reek- /
cncd with IL South Africa. but not so !
much so in the most profitable fields as
American The Germans in the mast
have been noted for cheapuess rather
than quality. although the standard of
their wares is steadily improving The
strength ci the Americans in the mining
field lies partly in the fact that many
American mining engineers occupy high
posts On the Rand They. in more cases
than enc, turned losing into paving
properties by their methods, and not
they favor the products of
their own nation
An examination Of recent contracts
shows the great extent TO which Amer
leans have already got q hold in South
Africa In mining drills. quite - per
cent Of the drills used IN South Africa
are Of American make. and one company {
Ia EastoD. Pa, Is making q first ship s
nent Of geo tons Of drills this month to s
East London Two great brewerfes. are {
low being built in johannesburg and ]
cape Town, With everything but the {
Jrickwork from America. They cost to- g
5ether between E2G0. 900 and $500 600 c
$4,000 and sI,459. o00)- In the case OF l
he Cape Town brewery. the plans we're
iTaW1 IN New York. q New York house
furnishes the necessary structural ma e
erial, Cincinnati firm the copper cool
rs New York companies the cookers a
nd coolers, Milwaukee firm the fl c
ers, Chicago the brewing machinery. b
nd so on down 10 terra-cotta fireDroOf- a
ng and wire netting. Even she carpen- t
ertng wcrk is done By d Staten Island s
rm. a
In mining machinery this country may q
onsider itself fortunate If it maintains d
s former proportions, and obtains or p
ers for oae-fourth OF the total. In p
.rUctuTai steel. for which there is Ike &
T 10 be considerable field America ;
Gems likely 10 win For railways. the r.
reater part Of the orders bid fair 20 Il
o to Belgium and the United States Ct
The CAPE government has strongly "
Iown that for railway material 1t
,vors America The impossibiIity OF 81
blaming quick delivery from British Is
rms largely accounts for this As a a.
lie, British houses ask between three q
ID four times as long for delivery IS d.
le Americans do. IN the rapid devel- In
5ncEt Of revived country time is 81
'eTything- a
Last summer Sir Charles Elliott. com VI
issicner for The Cape railways. and the
,pert high IN the confidence Of Lord pl
il8er. came north on q special mission IN
inquiry for his government Various OF
.mors were abroad at the time CT the tn
intentions Of placing II
rye orders for new material His rear N
7Tk. however. was not to place orders. til
II TO find the best-cguippcd places CT
- executing contracts He went pJ
rough the great works Of ENGLAND.
influential Europe ard America. and # or
no secret that he went away highlT T
pressed with the American equip IN
eut- This visit may bear important be
suits within the next few months. en-
4 demand Is certain TO arise for 4 TT
efercnce for British traders in these tn
" British dOmiEiCus Such q prefer til
CO already obtains in Natal where it tn
understood that government contracts 60
e TO be given only TO English firms he
d are, as fa- as possible. TO be made les
British raw material OF
Up 10 quite recently r. was Impossible UT
get any bulky imports up country. on tTa
count of the railways being required pls
military work. In consequence. large TIA
.cks Of goods lay az the ports. Much me-
s been done TO remedy this during lta
past few weeks, but the railways IN
: be by no means free for ordinary an
rchaudise for some time vet Al thi
ugh a very large extension of trade the
coming in South Africa. there VIII for pro
next year. be many checks TO IL ma
there VIII be little opening in The are
" field except for firms with consider -
@ capital and able 20 give long
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