Out and Home, —By "The Extractor."
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Last week saw Mr. W. H. Thomas, of Jessop's Sheffield Steel Works, safely back from a An Exchange. three months trip in the United States, in which country, he tells me, they do a rapidly-increasing business, and Mr. W. A. Tritton, the managing director of Foster's, of Lincoln, had just departed, when I called there, for a prolonged visit to South America.
Members of our Editorial staff are now in the thick of the last prepara
tions for the closing
In the Throes, of our Overseas Special " number—to say nothing of the work of the ubiquitous person who pens these lines. From what I can see of it all, the number will be one of the most in structive and comprehensive budgets which we have steered to a successful issue. and. the more I probe into it, the more I can see there are limitless openings abroad for the British manufacturer. I have been intensely interested, in conversation with some of the large engineering firms in Lincoln, Sheffield, Leeds and other places, concerning Russia ; in one case especially, some figures given to me were very striking. One of the principals of Hornsby's, at Grantham, imparted the information that last year the increase in their exports to Russia over the previous year amounted to £30,000.
They must have machinery in Russia, and British goods are held in the highest esteem. It Some Russian was informative to Figures. note, in Hornsby's case, that the flywheels and bases of their gas engines were cast and fitted in Russia ; only the engines were sent out, and thus some duty and much carriage saved. I look forward with great confidence to the result of this" Overseas Special and Russian Supplement," because prospective users abroad have only to be convinced, by comparative facts and figures from this country, to turn them into buyers.
I met Mr. Henry Spurrier, Junr., of Leyland Motors, Ltd., a few weeks ago, in the midst of a happy family party, at the Midland Hotel, Manchester ; then, accidentally, I met him in London ; now, I run into him, this last week-end, at Southport, in which delightful spot, it appears, he lives. I was much interested to learn that they are extremely busy at Leyland, and for some time now they have had to employ a night shift.
Leyland Motors Busy.