Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1916 — United States Ahead Again. [ARTICLE]

United States Ahead Again.

While many of the most Important electro-chemical and electro-metal-lurgical Industries are of American origin, and have been developed chiefly in connection with the Niagara Falls power development, electric steel refining started originally In Europe, but at an early date all the noteworthy European electric steel furnaces were Introduced into this country, and the work of the American steel man has left its mark cn electric steel furnace designs, says the Electrical World. During the last year the increase In the number of American electric steel furnaces was 78 per cent, and as a result the United States Is now leading all the countries In the world in the number of electric steel furnaces, while Germany held the leading place up to last year. On January 1, 1910, the United States had 73 electric steel furnaces in operation or under construction, compared with 68 in Germany and 46 In England.