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American Golf Sticks—The following report appeared in the 
United States Consular Reports (pp. 505-506) for the present 
year :— 
* At the pretty He essai of Hoylake, a suburb of Liverpool, there 
are golf links which are famous as being the oldest and among 
the best in England, the sb e being brought here by the see ee 
Hoylake have been exported through this consulate to the United 
States. Quite recently, oo golf sticks made in the United 
States have been brought to England, and their arrival has aroused 
a great deal of comment. There is already a steadily growing 
bes in England for domestic wooden ware of United States 
pee . There is undoubtedly a great opening in this market for 
ost woods are cheaper in America, and improved machinery is 
died to a far greater extent in the manufacture than here. Th 
appearance of American-made golf sticks leads to the suggestion 
that the United jeeni could even supply bats and wickets for the 
English national game of cricket cheaper and of better quality 
than the Tapado articles. The following item is from the 
Liverpool Echo of February 1, 1898 :— 
* * Most people will be surprised at the statement that we are now 
importing golf clubs from America; but it is a fact, according to 
the statement of Mr. Charles S. Cox, an Englishman long resident 
in America, who, on his return home, has stated that he had no 
diffieulty in obtaining orders for 8,000 clubs from the largest 
dealers in golf goods in Scotland and England. The reason for 
this is asserted to be that the American clubs are better psy and 
better finished than Head that can be obtained at home at any- 
thing like the same price. Mr. Cox says that the reason für this 
underselling is the improved machinery and advanced methods 
of manufacture which are used in America, compared with our 
own." 
On enquiry, the following information was obtained :— 
ARMY AND NAVY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, LIMITED, to 
ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
43, Johnson Street, Page Stre 
Westmi nster, S.W., May 12, 1898. 
DEAR SIR, 
GOLF sticks, both square ede a have been imported into 
England from America for some time. I have not heard that they 
are sending us complete sak, er think this hardly likely, as 
the game is a new one for America, and they have had to get golf 
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