HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1919-4-3, Page 3Markets of the & I NEW AIRSHIP WILL FLOAT
Wits Ono of the Surprises Beleie
Breardstulfs.
Toronto, April 1: -.-Not 1 Nortlz
ern, $2.344; No, 2 Northam,
$0.21%; No. 3 Northern, 417%;. No.
4 wliea•t, $2,31%, in store Fort Wil-
Manitoba oats—No, 2 C.W., 711fto;
No, 3 C,W., (i7%e; extra No, i fetid,
67%o; No, 1 feed, 05%e' No, 2 feed,
62%e,ht store Fort William.
Manitoba. barley --No, 3 C,W.,.
99 4,e; No, ,4 C,W., 94c; rejected
90o; feed, 89e, fit store Port William.
Aznorican corn—No. 3 yellow,
31.78; No, 4 yellow, $1,70; track
Toronto, prompt shipment.
Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 04 to
Glc; No, 3 whte, 65 to 67c,, accord-
ing to freights outside,
Ontario whet --No, 1 winter, per
ear lot, $2.14 to 32.22; No.' 2, do„
15' ,11 to 82.19; No. 3 do, 32.07 to
2,15 f.o.b., shipping points, amend-
ing to, freights.
Ontario Wheat -No. 1 spring, 32.09
tO $2,17; No, 2, coo, 32.06 to 32.14.
No. 8, do, 32.02 to $2.10 'fob., ship-
ping points according to freights.
Peas—No. 2, $1.80, according to
freights outside.
Barley—Malting, 98 to 98c, nomin-
.al,
Buckwheat—No; 2, 90c,'aeom'ina],
Rye --No, 2, $L59 to $1:G2,'nomin-
al,
Manitobaflour--Government stan-
dard, $10.76 to 311.00, Toronto,
Ontario flour --Government stan-
dard, 39,55 to 39.75 en bags, Toronto
and Montreal, prompt shipment in
jute bags.
.Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Mon-
treal freights, bags included. Bran,
:340,25 :;per ton; shorts, $42.25 per
ton; good feed flour, $3.25 to 33.50
per .bag.
Hay—No. 1, $20 to $21 per ton;
mixed, •$18 to 319 per ton, track,
'Toronto,
Straw—Car lots, 310 per ton.
Country Produce—Wholesale.
Butter-.Dairy,tubs and rolls, 86
to 38e; prints, 40 to 41e. Greamery,
fresh made solids, 60 to 51e; prints,
55 to 57e.
Eggs—Net. laid, 37 to 38c.
Dressed poultry --Chickens, 26 to
34e; roosters, 25c; fowl, 28 to 83c;
•ducklings, 32c; turkeys, 456; squabs,
•doz., $5.00 geese, 25e.
Live poultry—Roosters, 22c; fowl,
'28 to 38e; ducklings, ib., 35c; tur-
keys, 80c; chickens, 27c; geese, 18c,
Cheese—New, large, 28 to 281/2c;
twins, 281/ to 29c• triplets, 29 to
291%sc; Stilton, 29% to 800; old, large,
'29% to 80c; twins,. 30 to 30140.
Potatoes—Ontaros, f.o.b. track
'Toronto, car lots, $.1.10 to $1.15.
Beans—Canadian, hand-picked,
bushel, $3,25 to $3.75; primes 32.50
'to 33;imported band -picked, Burma.
'or Indian, 33.25; Lizhas, 14c,
Honey --Extracted clover, 5 Ib. tins
'25 to 26e lb.; 10 ib. tins, 241,e to 25c;
60 lb. tins, 24 to 25c; buckwheat, 60
1b. tins, 19 to 20c. Comb: 15 oz.,
'34,50 to 35, dos.; 12 oz., 33,50 to $4.
Maple products—Syrup, per gal.,
:$1.85 to 32.50; sager, lb., 27 to 28c.
Prepared for the Germans,
An airship with cngi tea and cabins
inelo sed in an outer envelope so that
the craft can float on the eoa, may be
a competitor for the Atlantic flight.
The Admiralty was engaged hi bend-
ing two sueh veeso1s before the war
ended, .and it was expected that they
would be superior, to Zeppelins' for
scouting for fleets.
The feature of this craft, which
wets ono of the• several surprises be..
'Mg prepared for the Gunnies, is the
use of a non-intlanunablo gas. The
Tate Professor Ramey was the dis-
coverer of the gas, which permits of
the constr•nction of engines so that
they can be placed on an aioalri
which can Moat ,in the water' if its
able&. Shots' through the envelope
it is said, will only damage the ga
compartment struck. The airship 1
p, «a n'. naccravn a Mscriarcashrti:
•
Tho 0t1 Canadian Engineers Company Cycle Squad, which carried
s the "eeass fire" message into Mons on Armistice Day. They Were led
a by Sergeant Gordon McMillan, of Toronto, the well-known cycle -racing
not expected to be ready for tele
before June.
CANALS COST 3104,073,439
SINCE CONFEDERATION
A despatch from Ottawa says;—
A return tabled in the Commons gives
the total expense on the canals of the
Dominion since Confederation at
3104,073,439. The revenue during
the period amounted to $17,080,139.
The Welland canal has been the
greatest revenue producer. The
earnings credited to it being 35,212,-
308, while the Lachine canal holds
second place with a total revenue
since Confederation of 32,845,405, In
recent years no revenue has been col-
lected from canals because 0f the
abolition of the tolls.
PEOPLE OF CANADA GIVE
36,842.80 TO PRINCESS
A despatch from Montreal says: -:-
Lady Fitzpatrick has been advised
that the amount collected in Canada
for a wedding present to Her Royal
Highness Princess Patricia was $6,-
842.80. Of this the contributions in
the Province of Quebec amounted to
32,549.88. Lady Borden cabled the
Princess that this wedding gift from
the people of Canada would be in-
vested in Victory Loan Bonds, which
will he forwarded to her in the near
future enclosed in a silver box.
FSRSTISH UNREST
SATISFACTORILY ENDED
A despatch from. London says:—
The delegates to the conference of
he National Union of Railwaymen
decided to accept the offer of the
Government for the settlement of
their demands.
J. H. Thomas, general secretary of
the union, said that the settlement
eves made subject to satisfaction be -
ng obtained on some points yet out -
tending. The strike resolution was
escinded by the conference.
300 ALIENS DECLINED •
OFFER OF LOYALTY CARDS
A despatc from Winnipeg says:—
Since
ays:Since the, Alien Enemy Investigation
Board started proceedings in Janu-
ary, 1,200 aliens have been granted
loyalty cards and 800 refused them,
J. Mansfield, secretary, reports,. The
300 have been classed as "mrde •
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Provisions —Wholesale. i
Smoked meats—Harms, medium, s
S6 to 88e; do, heavy, 80 to 32c; cook- r
•00,_ 411 to ole' reit», .`f.1 to 1S C; blreak-
„�,e0,;..�: fast bacon, 41 to 45c; backs, plain,
44 to 45c; boneless, 50 to 52c.
Cured meats --Long clear bacon.
'28 to 29c; clear bellies, 27 to 28c.
Lard—Pure, tierces, 28 to 281,5c;
-tubs, 2See'to 29c; pails, 289x, to 29%;
'prints, 20 to'30c. Compound,
tierces, 2515 to 25eic; tubs, 25% to
26140; pails, 26 to 2634a; prints 27%
to 2731n — -
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, April 1.—Oats, extra
No. 1 feed, 81c; flour, nova' standard
grade, 311.10 to 31.1.20; rolled oats;
bag, 90 lbs., $3.90 to 34; bran, $40.26;
shorts, 342.25; Mouillie, $64; hay No.
'2, per ton car lots, 324. Cheese,
finest Easterns, 24 to 25c; butter,
choicest creamery, 59 to 61e; eggs,
selected, 360; No. 1 stock, 35c; po-
tatoes, per bag, car lots, 31.50: res -
sad hogs, abattoir killed, $27.00;
,hard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net,
29 to 31%c,
Live: Stock Markets.
Toronto, Apmil 1.—Choice, heavy
export steers, $14 to $15.50; do, good,
318 to 313.50; choice butcher
steers, $13,25 to $13.50; butcher's
cattle, choice, 318.25 to 313.75; do,
good, 312.25 to 312.50; do, common,
310.25 to 310.75; bulls, .choice, , 1.0.75
to $11.75; do, medium bulls, ,'9 to
39.25; do, rough bulls, 37.75 to 38.26;
butchers' cows, choice, 311 to 312;
do, good, 10 to 310.75; do, medium,
30 to 39.25; do, common, $7.60 to $8;
stockers, 38.75 to 311.50; feeders, 311
to 312.50; canners a:nd cutters, 36.25
to 37; milkers, good to choice, 390 to
3150; do, corn. and med., 365 to 375;
springers, 300 to 3150; light ewes,
$12 to 318; yearlings, 312 to 314;
spring lambs, 315 to $19; calves, i
good to choice, 314 to 317; hags,
fed and watered, 319 to $19.25; dn,
off cars, 319 25 to $19.60; do, f.o.b.,
S13. -
able citizens." Government employ-
ment agencies have been instructed
to prevent them from securing jobs,
Mr. Mansfield said. •
Asparagus and Onion Culture.
That luscious vegetable, asparagus,
available only in the :spring and early
summer months, eniglht readily be
grown much more extensively than
it is. If properly prepared, that is,
well drained, a bed may remain for
twelve oi: fifteen years ,and will im-
prove during most of this period if
properly looked after. Qne has to
wait a couple of years for a crop
after the 'beck is set out, but the re-
lief from planting, which is neces-
sary with most crops, during suc-
ceeding years more than offsets this
disadvantage. Asparagus culture is
dealt with ,in a practical way in
Pamphlet No. 24 of the Central Ex-
perimental Perm, which is available
at the Publications Branch of the
Department of Agriculture, Ottawa,
In this pamphlet celery culture is
ansa taken up, The, soil, growing the
plants, planting, cultivation, blanch-
ing and storing are dealt with,
That appetizing vegetable, the on -
on, also occupies a place in this
pamphlet which points out that the
seed should be sown about one-half
n inch deep in rows from twelve to
otn•teen inolie9'apart at the rate of
from four 'to six pound's of seed per
ore. The Large Red Wethersfield,
Yellow Globe Danvers, and South-
port Yellow Globe are recommended
as suitable for the warmer sections
of Canada, Early White Barletta
aridWhite Queen are suitable sorts
for pickling, while in the Prairie
Provinces Extra Early Red or Early
Plat Red give best results.
To encourage honesty and indus-
try, Chinesos salesmen receive al-
most universally an annual percent-
age of toe -firm's profits in addition
to their wages.
xntry pants, $18, a
Montreal. April 1.—Choice steers,
314,50 per 100 .pounds; ether grades,
$9. Butchers' cattle, $6 to 311.50, a
Spring lambs, 315 and $16 apiece.Sheep, $1.2 to $13. Calves, choice,
milk -feta, $12 to 315; poorer quality,
as Iow as 36. Hogs, 319.50 per 100
pounds.
What -He Does With It.
"I never could see what a tramp
dries with his time,"
"Never could myself," said Plunk.
vine's popular constable, "untii I fol-
lowed ane around just to find out. He
ate four breakfasts and six dinners."
champion! McMullan is the rider on the light end.
WIRELESS—THE wise be readily destroyed; or to close
their hatohee, which, clueing lengthy
TRUEt� K voyages, are sometimes opened in
P CE A �s order to let fresh air into the ]folds:
Bt �s �+IN� 1La A Life -Saver.
The suddenness of tropical storm
SOME HINTS AT THE WONDERS being proverbial, it ,seems to me
OF THE NEAR FUTURE wireless will have ]tore a distinct ap-
t poetunity of manifesting its ever -
Senator Marconi, the Famosls ]n increasing poweret On the other
haald, the liner will be equally tap -
venter, Describes Its Possibilities able' of befriending the fog -wrapped
in 'these Days of Reconstruction 'plane by letting it know the weather
conditions at definite hours, so that
the airmen 'would knew at what alti-
tude to fly in order to be least af-
fected by the predicted climatic con-
ditions.
In conclusion, it,' eel only'be said
that the verbal message sent by wire-
less telephony early in the war from
America to France heralded a new
era in that phase of the science. The
days of reconstruction affording in-
finitely better opportunity than was
possible in war time, here, too, many
new developments may he looked for,
each and alt of then calculated, by
linking up the ocean -severed contin-
ents of the world, to establish, as it
uet+er has been, the secret',doctrine
of the Brotherhood of Man.
Pe Witty Corporal.
The French still possess the quick-
ness of 'wet- and neatness of phrase
for which they have long been famous,
A nameless corporal who was in Gen.
Gpuraud's array In Champagne is the
latest to uphold the reputation of his
race.
Among the mprovements in wire- A very raw French sentry, mistaking
less, which, during reconstruction, this corporal for an officer, saluted
we hope to see playing a mighty him, The "noncom," unaware that
part, is that of receiving messages Gen. Gouraud was close behind him,
without the high masts at one time promptly returned the salute, although
indispensable; but the statement re- he knew that in the pirctantstances it
Gently published in the Press that should not have been given.
the method of receiving messages in When he got back to his quarters he
the ground, or even of sending them found an order for hInh to attend be.
through the ground is entirely new, tore his commander in chief.
is utterly fallacious. The method is When 'he reported, Gen. Gouraud
rated trine soundly and asked why he
returned the salute when he must
have known that he was not entitled
to it.
The man was not -in the least abash-
ed.
"Sir, I always return anything to
welch I am mot entitled," he said.
His reply turned Gen. Gouraud's
disciplinary indignation into a bulst
of hearty laughter.
So far as wireless is concerned,
the period of reconstruction 'is go-
ing to reap an immense benefit from
the devastating war now mercifully
at an end. Not only can we send
messages mare clearly, more accur-
ately; not only have we•ga:ined splen-
did experience in the art of wireless
communication by airship and 'plane,
as a result of 'the war, but by auto-
matic apparatus we can now des-
patch some three hundred words a
minute, where prior to hostilities the
most that could be sent was half that
number.
That the peace of the world will
be furthered' by wireless I. have no
doubt whatever; improved methods
of communication always make for
the advance of civilization, There
can be little doubt, for instance, that
it has been the transatlantic cables
which for years have played the lead-
ing part in cementing the friendship
between the people in Britain and
the people in the United States.
\Simpler Apparatus.
twenty years old if It is a day, and
in the Tripoli campaign of 1911 was
actually put into practice.
During the war,wireless never had
much ' of a chance from the purely
commercial standpoint, it is the per-
iod of reconstruction which is to wit-
ness this particular phase of its de-
velopment. The wireless stations un-
til recently in the hands of the Gov-
ernment'srill presntly be in elle hands
of private companies. War inventions
will have the effect of appreciably 1f your etove 'b'lacking becomes
reducing the cost of the servece, hard add a little turpentine to soften
it.
while owing to another recent in-
vention, the great aerigl routes it is
'Proposed presently to inaugurate will
not be handicapped as would have
been the ease in earlier days by the
dense fog's.
What the lighthouse is to the
steamship, the land wireless station
has now become to the 'plane, with
this exception—that the wireless sta-
lion is distinctly more reliable. The
lighthouse flash was surely consid-
erably dimmed during fogs, the sound
of the foghorn also appreciably
deadened by fog; whereas, on wire-
less, fog les no effect whatever.
Pew Obstacles.
In the days that lie ahead, wireless
will play a greater part than ever
in getting in touch with remote and
little -explored territories. World re-
construction in the general means of
communication is inevitable. One
difficulty which wireless will dispose
of is the immense suns of money
until recently laid out in the con-
struction of telegraph systems, es-
pecially when these lay through vast
swamps or mighty forests. In trop-
ical climates excessive plant growths
often cause tremendous havoc to a
system of landline, while in hot
climates also violent storms some-
times' devastate whole stretches of
line—additional obstacles which in
the days of reconstruction wireless
may safely be trusted to surmount.
In the d:ays-to-be an interesting de-
velopinent of wireless will be notice-
able in.. -transmissions sent from the
vessels of the great trade routes of
the world to the pilots of the various
air services and vice versa, Por in-
stance, the 'planes of the future will
Unique Photograph of a Torpedoed
Ship
This phot2 taken by a British•
be able to warn ocean-going vessels 111011, who was hunting German sub-
of on -coming stornre, and so afford marines, shows the S. S. Andex on
them ample time to save their Suri- fire and sinking after she had been'
ings, for instance, which might other- torpedoed by the Huns,
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PEACE RESTORED RIG AIRSHIP TO
I CARP ELY THE ATLANTIC,
bloodless Revolution Complete,
'According to Wireles3
•17 rom 33udapest. •
A despatch fr2m London says;—
A Hungairian wtreloss eommuitica-
tion, dealing with the eitgation in
RXungary, was received here on
Thursday. It is addressed "to all,"
The message »aye that complete
peace and order reign in Budapest
and theo,9ghout the.eountry, and that
the revolution, was carried out err-
tlrely without bloodshed, Neither in
Budapest nor' the provinces Was a
isinngglekilled,
901'5011 wounded, let alone' be -
The food supply of the capital an
the country is declared to be dad
quite. Provision shops and marke
are open, and the population can o
twin adequate supplies of food, 3
amity for life and property has bee
guaranteed by Government deer
and the proclamation of martial law
It is added that enactments hav
been made giving illegitimate chi
dren equal rights with those of leg
timate birth and ranking .marriage
simple civil ceremony. Also deere
have been issued regulating the ci
calation of money at banks, allowin
holders of current accounts up to
2,000 kronen to retain control of.
their" money. Directors of banks are
to retain their posts and fees, but
only to e madman of 3 opt l.r•:nen
monthly. The benkil:g business is
preceeding in an orderly manner.
The communication acids that Gov-
ernment decrees give complete guar-
antees of security of life and proper-
ty to all foreign subjects in Hungary.
It declares untrue the report that
Count Michael Iiarolyi has been suc-
ceeded as Provisional President.
SUNKEN TREASURE SHIPS.
One Sunk Off the Cornish Coast Had
$35,000,000 on Board.
One of the most interesting wrecks
on record is that of the British frigate
Latina, which was sank oft' the coast
of Holland in 1799. It was customary
in those clays to carry numb gold and
silver on war vessels, and this particu-
lar ship was known to have 1,900 gold
bars and 600 bars of sliver, with a
total value of over 36,090,000, It was
driven aground in a storm and Sankt
in comparatively shallow water. Great
Britain at that time was at war with
France, and Holland, an ally of
Preece, claimed the frigate as a prize
of war. The water was so shallow
that at low tido it was possible for a
fisherman to reach it with scoops and
grapples and recover some of its
treasures. A salvage company or-
ganized by the Dutch people to re-
cover the wealth of the Lutine suc-
&ache) in getting not more than 3500,-
000 worth of gold and silver. The
Position of the wreck, however, wa
decidedly unfavorable. It was in a
exposed spot and the bottom wa
swept by strong tidifl currents. Grad
ually it became buried in sand, an
all salvage operations had to cease.
There are other rich treasures -i
the sea. I11 Cnnaana Bay, Venezuela
lies the wreck of the Spaniel' flagship
San Pedro, with 32,000,000 worth of
gold on board, which so far has defied
all attempts to salvage. Tho richest
treasure of all is probably a Spanish
galleon, sunk off Lizard Point on the
Cornish coast in 1734, which is be-
lieved to hai'e aboard 336,000,000
worth of gold.
But we need not go so far afield for
valuable wrecks, Our own lakes are
filled with tihenl, In fact, Lake Huron
1s known locally as the "Lake of Sunk-
en Treasure," It is estimated that
some 312,000,000 worth of gold and
silver Is buried in the deeps of the
Great Lakes.
OUR 31NTRIVB MAP3I FOR
TRANS -OCEAN TR71'
Unfevot•ableWoatlzer May - Delay
Crossing;—.Australlan Will Make
Attempt in Firirey Biplaz,e.
Great Britain's biggest air»hip,
the Re34, which in the near future
will attempt a trans-Atlantic flight,
had its first severe test recently when
it set earth from the Clyde for a
eircuit of the Irish coast, says a Lon-
don despatch. Plhe airship returned
to her base 'alter remaining aloft
d
nearly twenty hours, encountering
el- the severest weather.
While the first of the three trials
b" which are expected to precede the
ntrend -Atlantic attempt is regarded
in expert quarters here Itis highly
ee swoosh], there is nevertheless dis-
appointment that the airship was un-
,°ablo to complete the 24-hour test
" planned. High winds and extreme
i- cold prevailed for two days in the
a waters around the British Isles, and
03 .the big airship was heavily buffeted
r` by the gales and snowstorms, and the
g cold was so .intense the water in the
ballast tanks froze. She was forced
to ascend to a high altitude to free
herself from the hlizzardly condi-
tions,
Weather Unfavorable for Trip.
Opinion is expressed hero among
air experts that the unusually severe
weather conditions may postpone any
attempts at a trans-Atlantic flight
until better weather is more certain.
The dxtreme cold and the heavy
hailstorms severely taxed the
strength oe those airmen who have
participated 'in the recent cruises
around the Danish coast, and last
night's flight over the Irish coast.
The British airships, it is declared,
have behaved splendidly under the
most trying conditions, and there is
every bele that the R-34 and sister
ships will Be able to surpass the Zep-
pelin achievement of 100 hours in
fiight. '
Tha fou>;,tll entry in the trans-
Atlantic flight has registered with
the Royal Aero Club. He is 'Sidney
Pickles, an'Australian, who will make
the attempt in a Fnirey biplane with
a Rolls-Royce engine of 360 horse-
power, claimed to have a top speed
of 130 miles an hour. He plans to
start from Newfoundland.
ANTISEPTICS IN WEST INDIES
Allies Found Them Superior to Those
Made by Germans.
Before the war nearly all antisep-
tics were made by German chemical
firms. Scientists in the allied coun-
tries, however, began experimenting
s and investigating, and soon produced
11 many antiseptics that were superior
s to the old types.
Early in their investigations they
d found that the old slave drivers of
the West Indies knew even more
n about antiseptics than did the mod-
, ern German chemists. Slaves caught
trying to escape were Beverly thrash-
ed, to discourage such attempts on
the part of the others. But it was
not to the o vner's benefit to be long
deprived of the services .of such er-
rant slaves, and to promote rapid
recovery the slave drivers used to
wash the wounds with a mixture of
sea water and lemon juice, Scientists
studied the effect of a mixture of
common salt and lemon juice on the
blood, and found that, whereas ordi-
nary antiseptics tended 'oto destroy
not only Ilio germs but also the tis-
sues of the body and actually retard
the healing of the woundithe old
slave drivers' remedy promoted the
flow of the healing fluids fcgQ,m all
parts of the body to the injured part,
NEW TO PADEIREWSKI,
When Jack,London met Paderew
ski he said:
"Mr. Paderewski, my performance
on a piano on one occasion wee tite
means of saving my life,"
"How so?" inquired the master of
the keys, politely,
"It Was this way. Father owned a
plantation on the Mississippi. There
was a flood. The water broke through
the levee and tore the Rouse from its
foundations. •
"Father floated oft down stream on
the dining room table, 1 accompanied
him on the Maim!?
A Zoo Tortoise Dead.
The Landon Zoo has suffered a
heavy boas by the death of Georgina
—Lord Rothschild's well known
giant tortoise, that was born on
Indefatigable Island, Galapagos,
about 260 years ago. Children used
to have vides o1 Georgina's back.
Georgina was the first tortoise that
learnt to carry people, and it took
several months before the animal
was trained to the work.
15,000 Canadians Cleated
From Kimmel Camp in 26 Days
A despatch front London says:—
Upwards of 100,000 Canadian sol-
diers have left the British Isles for
home' since the armistice. The 3rd
Division is entirely cleared, and the
major portion of the tat Division is
now here. Only 56,000 Cenadimns
remain in France, Since :larch 1,
15,000 Canadians have been cleared
from I{inmei Camp.
How Certainly Will Defray
The Cost of Food Supplies
A despatch from Copenhagen
says: -1'n order to defray the cost of
food supplies, the German Minister
of Finance is about to issue a decree
requiring delivery to the State of all
foreign securities with a fixed rate
of interest, except Russian and loans
to Germany's former allies, Emcee l-
ing to advices from •Berlin, They
will be purchased at their market
value at the end of 1918.
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miles in 'length, things is due to his being troubled
with great ambitions. •
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OF THE U ALS
THIS REGION 18 A S'2'OIiRIIOUSi1
OF INCALCULABLE WEALTH
Ekaterinburg Is Site of Greatest In,
du»try in the World for Devel-
opment of Precious Gems,.
A feature of the development of
Russia's natural resources (when
British enterprise gets started in
.that country) will be the opening up
of the wealth of the Urals.
That region is a storehouse of in-
calculable riches as yet almost un-
touched. Its amines of various metals
offer a most tempting promise—plati-
num, for inatance, being found no-
where else in real quantity.
As a producer of tate so-called
"aemipreci'ous" stones, the region of
the Urals is unapproachect and, where
gem stones are concerned, it will in
future days yield a wonderful con-
tribution to the world's supply.
Consider, for example, the green
garnets of the Urals, which are mined
in the neighborhood of Syssersk.
You and I have never seen any, at
all events, to recognize them for
what they are. Yet the frneet small
ones are worth more than emeralds
of equal size, for they are very bril-
liant, with a piay of color like that
of a diamond. Per the jewelry trade,
frogs, fishes, grasshoppers and katy-,
dids are made of them for brooches
and pins, that is to say.
We think of topaz as ayeIlow
stone, but the mines' of the Urals
yield it in white, blue and green.
They produce most beautiful agate
and rock crystal in masses excep-
tionally large and clear; but these
latter, of course, are merely "semi-
precious" and not gem material,
Founded by Catherine- IL
That remarkably unmoral, ruthless
and intellectually auperior monarch
Catherine II, was first to rcognize
the value of the resources of the
Urals for the production of gem's and
semi-precious stones. She founded
the great works at Ekaterinburg
(named after her), which, though
their operation is now presumably
suspended, have made most import-
ant contributions to the lapidary art
in Europe.
Ekaterinburg was chosen for the
site of the original factory (since
vastly repanded) because it offered
unlimited water power. The work
within recent years has been conduc-
ted on such a scale that huge masses
of jasper or other senuipreoious
stones (fetched sometimes hundred's
of miles on sledges in winter) could
be sawed, shaped, polished and
otherwise manipulated as marble or
granite is treated in our OWn coun-
try.
The work (in respect of physical
magnitude) has extended all the way
down from palace columns and monu-
ments to the cutting of tiny germs. It
has been developed far beyond any
similar industry anywhere else in
the world. Scattered all over Eur-
ope, in royal dwellings and else-
where, the products of Ekaterinburg
may be found—representing gifts
from the recent and other Czax:s of
Russia, by whom they 'Were used for
the cultivation of international good
will.
Czar Alexander I. was so inter-
ested in the business that he tools
a turn at the trade ,in Ekaterinburg,
and became (so it is said) a fairly
expert lapidary. Within recent years
all the big -job designs used at the
factory have been made at Peterhof
(near Petrograd), being furnished in
the shape of wax models.
Marvellous Works of Art.
The output has assumed forms
witch play be classified as follows:
First—'Cut gems.
Second --Caskets, seals and charms.
Also cameos engraved with busts of
the reigning Czar, other important
personagos, animals, etc.
Third --Vases, dishes and paper-
weights of lapia lazuli, jasper, etc.
Where objects were large, mantel-
pieces for example, the -method has
been to make the body of slate and
cover it with a veneer of lapis -lazuli
or other semi-precious stone.
Fourth—Fruits and flowers imita-
ted in semi-precious stones and con-
tained in vases and dishes of jasper.
Never in the world before were such
clever counterfeits made. Grapes of
purple amethyst or black onyx, rasp-
berries of rhodonite, mulberries o.f
yellow chalcedony; and green leaves
of the "noble serpentine." White
currants or rock crystal cut ]follow,
with the inrr.des engraved to repre-
sent seeds.
In a word, there never has been
such art work in this line as that
praducecl et tkatrinburg, And this
without ran,ily up-to-date tools, for
the Russian artisan in the line des-
cribed has been rather primitive in
his utethod.e.
Ii: was in its way a marvel to see
hint turn out, with no better instru-
ment that a tiny .waiving disk of
soft iron charged with ciiatnond dust,
a redueed and perfect copy in rode
crystal of the delicate '7ie11 of an
argonaut.
What is happening now at Ekater-
inburg nobody knows. Very likely the
beeeness is "bested up." But whe-
ther this be time or 1101, the basis
of the industry t'emaine, acid before
long it can be recaratructei and ex-
panded to the advantage of the
world's welfare.
Alien Labor Leaders.
A striping feature of the extrema
revolutionary movement which is at
the back of the uglier aspects of the
present labor troubles is that is is
largely led by men of alien origin.
One of the most notorious of the
Clyde firebrands is by extraction a
Polish Je'w, In South Wiles a Rus -
elan dew, w110 stvelis Rtes auciiencr' °
by excellent violin performances, is
the :fountain of propaganda of the
snort extreme form, and, fn Belfast an
American Jew is the Motive pawns
of the naehinerr of disaffection,