Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-07
AMERICAN HARDWARE.

From the reports Of American con-
suls in foreign cities. il appears that
the hardware trade OF this country
abroad Is very large and is growing
rapidly; but that there are some cx-
ceptlons 10 this rule.
Thus Consul Washington. az Liver
pool, says il appears that there has
been a marked falling Of In the sale
in Liverpool and In the demand for
American makes Of hardware general
~ during the last two years. This APP
pears to be owing TO competition. which
is successful. through lower prices, and
the competition comes largely from
Germany
Numerous articles appear TO b.
copied from the American patterns, and
not only does the article itself ap-
pear copied but the mode Of packing
same for the retail trade As an illus
trstion. one dealer showed a lock made
by an American arm and one of similar
pattern of German make The prices
for the American locks were one and a
half times more than for the German.
on the article itself there appears 20
be no mark indicative OF origin
In Belfast, on the other hand. Consul
Miller writes Of the popularity OF
American nails because OF their -u-
perior quality. one firm says that
there is a very large market here flr
American nails. and that they them
selves are extensive buyers OF such
goods The demand here for nails OF
various kinds is supplied from Eng
land, Germany and tho United states.
but the general preference is for Amor
lean nails which they claim are the
best upon the market. but for some
years past have been pruhibltive. and
dealers here have been obliged 20 pur-
chase nails OF either German or Eng
lish manufacture.
The South Africa report comes from
Consul Gunsaulus OF Johannesbur.
that this country furnishes about one
tenth OF the imports OF hardware into
that region. The articles In the sale Of
which the United States figures most
prominently comprise those Of fencing
wire, wire rope, pumps, cutlery. stoves.
axes, picks, hatchcts, hammers. ham
mer handles. oh.sels, files saws. wind
mills. Whcolbarrows. wrcnehos. Steam
valves. iniectors. roller skates. and an
innumorabie li-t OF small articles for
shop and household American aeri-
cultural and some other machinery.
guns, rcvolycrs. cartridges, and many
other lines OF goods not embraced n
the Hist of hardware imports FOR which
figures are given above. though gem
orally regarded as hardware lines in
the United states, have good safe
here, and ir the values of those inn
ports were Included in the figures Il
hardware importatons the showing
would be much more favorable 20 The
United states than now appears
In Asiatic Turkey Consul Scmploh
reports that there is no local demand
for American hardware, because the
natives do not know there is such
thing 10 most of thcm "Iuglaterrl"
and "Allemauy' constitute the known
world whore hardware rs made. RagI3i
Is one OF the most Isolated cities in tho
world No news, no tclegums. no
stores as We know them, but scan,
food supplies, and very little Of the
things We know and like ind their
way here The influence OF western
nations is felt but little In Bagdad. Ex-
copt among a very few who know a
little French, no European language Is
spoken. In this land however. the SON
sui believes that this is because no m
telligent EFFORT has ever been made to