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Show RUSH ORDERS. One of the auxiliary plants cnf the American Locomotive company has just begun work on a contract with Great Britain for 100 small locomotives. As the company recently received an order ! from the Russian government for sev-, sev-, enty locomotives, work will be rushing in that particular plant for several months to come. ' Ever since Russia began be-gan double-tracking the trans-Siberian railroad heavy ordere have been placed in this country for Joeomoti ves. strut1 -tvral steel for bridges and equipment of all kinds, and there much reason to here that in the future development of bo tli European Russia and Siberia vast quantities of American product? will be used. ; There is also srood ground for the be- i lief that China will build long railway lines with American material, for the Spheres ot" iallueave" of Russia and Janan do not extend all over the ancient an-cient oriental country. The steel companies com-panies in the United States arc rushed with ;vork and we understand the .lap-:ir.e?e .lap-:ir.e?e manufacturers have been given some of the surplus. These Japanese roncerns will be looking for business after the close of the European war. and. of course, the Tokio government I will do its best to prevent the Americans Ameri-cans from obtaining contracts on tho other side of the Pacific or to undersell under-sell them in the market. But, in spite of all opposition, we do not believe it possible to shut us out if this country puts its foot down and gives notice that no third country will he allowed to step in between the United States and one of its customers save in the way of honest competition. The British manufacturers of steel products of all kinds will certainly object ob-ject to the domination of Japan in mutters mut-ters affecting their trade, and we do not believe any combination of tbe allies al-lies for the parceling out of foreign trade will work so far as China is ecu- corned. |