Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-05
AN IMPORTANT VISIT TO THIS
COUNTRY.
What the British Iron and Steel 'ns'''
tute Represents.

The british Iron and steer Ifis'''u'
which IS making second WISH ~ .i'''
country In the closing days VI oo'o"
and the early weeks OF Nosei'
organized under royal char'et' -
ho,,..,.r h1, no means an exclusively
pri,ish ;reti,ution. English ana scotch
;, ,o.utarx and engineers are nu.
,,.ric.IIy in a ma jOrity; but ever since
tho industry began to be organizer OH
:, scientific basis. Americans, Germans
pc,pians and Au&trians of any distinc-
,ion as rn@taHurgists have beeh Well
corned into the Institute; ana II mas
gradually become the most cosfnopoi-
,.,, az any Of the scientific societies
which hav. their headquarters in Lon
aon II has become. a clearing house
eor an that il rIeS. il! the iron ana steel
industry
The~Institut.. holds two conferences
each year. The spring conference -
ieId in 10. Ion. The SESSIONS then eA-
tcud ot-r nearly Il week; ana are ue-
v,tcd exclusively 10 the discussion OF
scientific as distinct from trade deFei-
uotu..r,ts in IT,. industry. Every I'M
nrnv.,u-nt IN the practical economy OF
no matter where it may have orlSin-
at.d or been developed, 81 sooner OF
later discussed al these London meet
inpS; for 4 iIil.. the members OF the IN
atituie are COMPETITORS for trad" most
Of tt.in IRE scientists. deeply 'Ht"r"ste'
IN the scientific p!IaStS 81 tntiF
work; aud lie most scientists readr t"
discuss them DrfOrc IN Interested ma
cnHg"uihl .iuiirlic''.
Sir". tn. carly seventies there mas
b-.u Z: constantly growing contingent
uf American members of the institute
and t:,f. IS rarely q session III I-Oi: .pi.
az which th- American industry is no'
veil represented, NJ. at which there is
not SOM. ntribuiinn from authoritie>
Of hi2h standing IL TIL" steel trade on
TINS -id- Of the Atlantic. Mr.. CIrne-
gle has been Of I'll" lnSttut. FOR twenty
v,.tIs. II v.IS ut his inI itaiiu' that tn.
institute. Game hcr. in lS.h. Ii then
held it's conference in PittSburS and
spent a month in visiting the mines
and the iron and steel plants of Pcnn-
sylvnnia. ohio. Illinois. Alabama. Ten
uoss... ;.ni West Virginia. This year
Nj. Carnegie Il pr, sident OF the lnsti-
Tut. an Office which has Le..n held by
distinguished m"tlllurgists such as Sir
Lothian He'll and Sir James kitsOn:
and IN honor of Mr.. tarnrgi.s pr.sl-
drncy the Institute is holding its au-
luIunnl meetings in New York; and
wh"n Tho $" are over and Mr.. Carnegie
has received the Il, SSeuier gold medal
IN recognition Of ms great services To
III" iron ANA steel trade Of the world
another tour OF the mining and iron
and S,''"i regions is to be made
Last tim" the Americans in their
desire to show their british colleagues
Of tn" Institute all there was to be
seen III the mining and iron country
Kept them on the go for a month. and
On al aVcrag" they Were four nights
Il week on sleeping cars
This year there ls to be more play
and Il littl'. less work. The tour is 10
be- confined to Pennsylvania. ohio and
northern New York There. are. to be
no long runs like that in 1880 from
Chicago t. birmingham Ala, and a
E,ris" city. with adequate hotel ac-
communications. is to be- reached ut the
emf of each days railroad trip to
avoid nights in the sleeping cars. More
ladies az" coming than in 1890 and not
counting ladies'. the party will be 800
strong. when. on Thursday. oct -. it
leaves New York by special trains fnr
Philadelphia. the first stopping place
in an itinerary which is to include
" Washington. Pittsburg. cleveland.
Buffalo. Niagara Falls. Albany and
- hrncctady. saturday and Sunday
oct. - and 3" are to be spent in Wash
inston. ana on thu evening Of Saturday
President Roosevelt is To give Il recep-
tiuu in honor of the Institute
For the younger members Of the In
stitu:" the American tour will have
many surprises. 1t will not lack in
t"r,St and surprises also for the Older
member! who were OF the party in
1870. for Industrial America today. es-
uc' ally In ali that concerns the iron
AMI steel trade. is vastly different from
the industrial America of fourtetI.
years ago. There have been enormous
changes in the organization ana
economy OF th.- industry. The steel
plants are on a much larger scale:
lah"r-sIvinG machinery has been mar
Nclously Developed the industry has
pushed into new fields: railroad and
lake transportation. as they concern
the ZION and steel trade, have beer
rtv'AItianized. and the output OF
4Anc',can plants no longer finds it:
market only in the United States. as i
did in 1890. The United States IA,
NOW taken first place among the Iron
and steel producing countries. and few
propl" now living are likely to see tina
SUR, macy challenged Germany HI
taken second place. and Great Britain
which was formerly in the lead. nuv
rlnks only third So far as the pro
duct,un OF iron and steel is concerned
although it has lost little il any groun,
a: the Later stages Of the industry.
In 1870 the steel plants which wer
:" generously thrown open to the in
Spcrtion Of the British and German
visitors were in the hands of indie
pendent concerns; and the Carnegi
Company. controlling the famous grouI
"f plants on the Monongahela. was su
prcmc in the industry. Since the
practically all the American plant
have been remoirllrd. re-euuipped an,
greatly enlarged. and many new plant
for the handling Of iron and steel a
tn" later as Well as at the earlier stage
of the industry have come into ex