AMERICAN v. ENGLISH MACHINERY IN CHINA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 45

AMERICAN v. ENGLISH MACHINERY IN CHINA.

Apropos of the frequent announcements ro.uk the round" of the newspaper press an-nt iht capture of machinery orcJpis by American firn.s in markets which the Br'tisli manufacturer <i.ul previously doiiHi.a'ed. it is refreshing to gca glimpse of the other % Oe of the question, and to find that one. at legist, of the representatives of our tlii'f staple industry require" not the admonition to "waJ-e up." An oldestablished firm of Tnc ; "h florrni ll 01 pinr?r= have just secured tTir cci trie* for the -uuplv and erection of a large flour mi!! or the most modern system in North China. More than GtM ftftU OL Jtyftkera WCie Competing

for the work, and. although they claimed to produce by their process better qualities and higher percentages of flour, the English firm in question was able to satisfy the buyers as to the superiority of their machinery ajid its ability to produce qualities and percentages equal or superior to the Americans. This English house takes the contract at a price below any of the American houses, and has undeitaken to ship the whole plant in 10 weeks from date of acceptance of order. The firm m question is Messrs E. R. and F. Turner (Limited), of Ipswich, who, some months since, shipped a similar complete flour mill to China, the order for which was also secured in competition with America.