The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-12
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Popularity o. American Goods

ionauihr heporta TEL Of the GROWING
Popularity o. American Goods.
Frederick Emery, chief Of the bureau
Of foreiCl comerce. has made public an
interesting extract from ''Commctclal
relations Of he United States for 1901. "
showing what this country accomplish.
ed In trade last year In the East IN
dies and Persia
Consul Fee. of BonDay, says that
the Imports Of shoes from the United
States into British India are growing
the shipments last year being tour
times those Of the previous year.
There Is ? marked demand by the
weaithier classes for a superior shoe in
quality as we'll as in workmanship ami
style. The Americas last is advancing
In favor
There also is an increase in the M
ports of furniture, and our roll top
desks are being ordered in large nuIn-
bers. American bicycles, on account OF
their lightness. strength and reason
able price, are we'll received. We also
send a good proportion OF the clocks
and watches, and, In spite OF the de.
crease in imports of machinery and
mill work tdue to the failure of crops
and the Chinese troubles) our ship
ments showed a decided increase.
The same causes, continues the con-
sui, contributed to the declro in inn
ports Of cotton piece goo6!, but the
bulk of this fell to England and i'm.
pcrts from the United States in the
line IT gray and colored goods. in.
creased largely over the previous year
I Again, owing to the financial stress to
which the country has been subjected
by repeated calamity, neither govern.
ment nor private enterprise could in.
vest much capital in railway extension.
and there is heavy drop in railway
materials.
There has been much discussion,
says Mr.. Fee. of the relative merits OF
the British and American locomotives
which have been supplied to the rail.
roads of India. According TO infornla
ton obtained from railway men and
engineers, the consul is unable to dis.
cover any of the dissatisfaction with
the American locomotives which news.
paper articles have asserted to exist
He has heard, rather, that they have
been fully up to expectation"
! Consul Rairden, of Batavia, reports
notable increase in the imports Of
American goods in Dutch India. OuI
canned goods are advancing steadily
and are acknowledged to be superior to
this line of goods from Australia. This
contract for providing new watei
works for the city of Soerabays has
been gained by Philadelphe Irm.
A Chicago house has establisA,i an
agency for machinery in CentrS- Java
under the management Of pushing
American. Commercial travellers from
the United States are visiting Dutch
india In increasing numbers. and the
results have been satisfactory.
Vice Consul General Tyler. of Teher-
an, says that our clocks. watches. cut.
lery. monographs, electric fans and
other curiosities Of useful or orna-
mental kind, always are salable in Per
sia Good American padlocks are In
demand. Stationery commands a good
sale, as does wall paper and canned
goods, whether meats. sweets or pick
les. find a ready market.
Some air motor pumps have heen
imported from America and erected in
various parts of Teheran. Persian
agricultural methods and Implements
belong to a distant past and there is a
disposition at the present time among
land owners to try the simpler methods
of our machinery and appliances. The
Persian government has given a prac-
teal proof OF its interest by establish
Ing an agricultural seminary in
Teheran. The institution is tnder th'
management of a Belgian who has
spent some years in the United States
and is consequently well acquainted
with the details of modern agriculture
He thinks that if some enterprislnl
firm would send a complete threshinl
machine 10 be worked by four animals
as a specimen and advertisement. II
would lead to the introduction o
others and the undertaking would be {
lcomercial success.