Retrospective.

100 years ago in AMERICAN MACHINIST
International industrial-age awareness
In the couple the January 10 and 31 1901 issues of AMERICAN MACHINIST, editors were reporting upon America's increasing strength in the industrial world market. America's resound was making some countries nervous, and international reports told stories of the U surpassing former leaders England and Germany.
AM also reported upon the continuing business and social decline in Russia, where strict trade policies and isolationism had helped create a starving nation. The farming industry, Russia's main