New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-03-09
FIELD FOR AMERICAN
HARDWARE in China.
Goods Made in ]. 5. A. Supplant-
Ing Other Brands
. = 4.
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Washinstou. Masch american
hardware n getting = thorough trial
in China now because supplies from
Europe have fallen of. says report
on Far Eastern markets for American
hardware issued today by the Bureau
OF Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
Of the Department Of Commerce. The
bulk OF the native population has in
the past managed TO get along with
the rather primitive articles made in
China, but there has been . growing
demand for western devices, and the
total imports have In recent years
amounted to millions, owing principal
lyto the gradual modernization OF the
larger cities.
Up to the time the war broke out
American manufacturers. the report
states. were not getting their share
ofs&he business. The war has had two
results, one an increased demand for
American goods, the other a great
stimulation Of domestic manufacture.
The Increased demand for American
goods will result In permanently i'm
creased business IL American houses
make a good impression while on trial.
The author Of the report Commercial
Attache .Jn1ean Arnold, voices. the
opinion that some few firms are ex-
plotting that market for all 1t is worth
and hurting future prospects for
themselves and for other American
houses. The increased domestic man
uIacture VIII lor tue pTessne aHect
oniy Ine plese Arl a'i .A.nous1 As
tnll resouIces 49, u "a y .nd
ner lru u l.l npIoveu = = ~ g *
slo .a.eo ", -. = = go. 80
afeicies Aiaue a. Honio WiiAe e1 oe1uen.
n senelAi way no"esvl. le-i 9ts
TOT IOreaBn Hanuiactures WEI expand
as modernization spreads.
American Prices High. NH
The ranort d,.cus.e. in detail tha
market for each hardwa,ra 1ine. n
Shanghai the biggest market Ia for
heavy hardware a,,ch .. iron ana
steel bars. sheets nlates tuhAs- M
tino. ho,t~ mt. .nd reu. M.
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cau.e - 49,. 'n 49,. cn.eny pc
- ING iasnt-Welsnt patterns
manv.. Ma. - -. $50. .as .aAen G oras
wire ana .omA d..Ia,- 80 +hst +ha
lows. PATTERN ~ naoa,,s - 80. -a,,,,Isr
tha+ a. ,,,,,, ha1S g H
in s,;t. - A1As - t.'o AA No.
nr;ca 49,. man auvaloo ~
buckets uith gat ,an na German ..a roa
70 tho Amar,oan $500. e ,:4t - 49,
American pa1v. n;zad ,;,,." ha,,e taar
found s,,ner,o, - Errnnaa, ,.,
American tools are n1uch TO 800
for the shankhai marke+ -. Ens,,.s
and German maLa-s he,,. -. . sn
80, ~. L- AoH So@IS
third grade articles at very low
prices. The Chinese prefer English
nles to the American makes. Pine
cutters from the United States are SELL
ing well now and are preferred to the
European makes One American Arm
has q monopoly Of the trade In ,coon
shoyels. European wrenche. .+,i,
hold their own on a strictly price
basis. During the epidemic OF oue,e
cutting thousands of hair cl,nrar.
were imported from Germany Eng~
land and Japan. but q Chiness, AR,
has stepped in with q xood lou,---,a.a
clipper and now has the m.rra+ =, -
self. a
American pocketknive. nv. ,,r
known to the native. :. %1a... |