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of Flanders, which is expected to continue all winter. The attar low
Ypres and towards Meninlighten the task of the Canadians bef ens,
and, in fact, threaten the whole . Lille neighborhood.
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of Ypres and towards Roulers the German tenure
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AIR REPRISAL
HUNS
AGAINST
WIRELESS ONY
AROUNHD TH LD.
A' despatch from Brand
'Wirel'ess telephony to all p the
world, ,more than a possibili rac-
tieally an achieved fact,
de
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ro-
fessor Alexander Graham Beak-
ing at a mass meeting held ter-
minating the ceremonies of veil-
ing of the Bell Memorial.
The eminent inventor tolent
experiments whereby scien oke
from m Washington, ton,
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ris,
France, by word of moutloh-
yersat'ion being overheardeno-
lulu, .The result was achie the
attachment of.`telephones flless
apparatus, and speech to of
the world with neither wir at -
ions of Explosives Dropped on
Factories, Railway Stations
and Junctions.
A despatch from London says:—
An official statement on aerial o Pera-
tio:9s issued on Thursday night reads:
"On Wednesday night factories and
..--.--- a?tuay communications in the vicinity
of Saarbruecken were attacked by our
aeroplane squadrons with excellent
results. Over three and ehalf tons
of'•explosives were dropp
Burbach works, just west. of Saar-
bruecken by naval machines. The
damage caused was considerable;
many fires were observed.
"Three thousand three hundred
and thirty-five pounds of explosives
were dropped on .railway stations,
junctions, goods sidings in and around
Saarbruecken by another squadron.
Many direct hits were obtained, re-
sulting in numerous explosions. One
train proceeding to Saarbruecken re-
ceived a direct hit from a big bomb
and was destroyed. A total of five
tons of explosives was dropped by us.
aeries, is loilked forward to ery
near future by Professor I
ALLIES WILL -STAND
BY THE
A despatch from Londo} In
the House of Commons el ay
Lord Robert Cecil categoriilled
rumors that the Western *ere
contemplating a separate ;the
expense of Russia and R 'He
said the rumors were spreiimy
agents in Russia, with the dis-
couraging Russia. €;
Great Britain was dete:he
said, 'to abide by its Russind
assist her to consolidate w -
found liberty. He paid-tr{he
valiant resistance of RuX a
period of exceptional d' d
trial, and assured the Ru>reo-
ple that Great Britain wcge-
sert them in the present c '
U. S. WILL CHAli/i<ER SI
TO ITALIAN GOV ;T.
A despatch from Washi s:
The Shipping Board agree s -
day to charter to the Ital -
ment approximately Kan
commandeered steel ships sg-
gregate of 100,000 death s,
to relieve Italy's shortage'g
to transport urgently met s.
Great Britain has been g.
France and Italy with o
meet its emergency needs't
continue to do so in view;
MONTH'S EXTENSION • ung. British shipping requ
ON SMALL PACKAGES, ANOTHER $20,000;000
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
IS LOANED T
Food Controller has extended by one
month the periods during which menu- A despatch forom
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facturers and wholesalers, and retail- Another
ers, respectively, are to bo permitted to France on Thursday, b
to sell small packages of cereals, Gere- credits extended by the Ls
al products, flour, or other foods that to allied nations to $2,8.
me the product of wheat, oats, bar- There is a shortage
ley, rye, rice, peas, beans, buckwheat, thTheteont theortage, of
Indian corn or lentils. Manufactul th stock cannot hsw be im
ers and wholesalers are now to cease place those,: that have f
selling original packages containing killed theff. Our own e f
less` than twenty pounds net, on and
after December 1, 1917. For retail must be regarded as the
merchants the order becomes effective to the domestic meat sup
on and after January , 1918, tion,
BRITISH SHIPPING
LOSSES INCREASE.
- A despatch. from London says: An
increase in the loss of British mer-
chantmen through mines or submar-
inett is noted in the Admiralty report
for the current week. Seventeen ves-
sels over 1,600 "tons and eight under
1,000 tons were sunk.
The Admiralty statement follows:
Arrivals, 2,648; sailings, 2,689.
British merchantmen over 1,600
tons sunk by mine or submarine, 17;
under 1,600 tons, 8.
British fishermen sunk, none.
British merchantmen, unsuccess-
fully attacked, including one previous-
ly, seven.
In the previous week twelve British
vessels over 1,600 tons, six under that
tonnage, and one fishing vessel were
Sunk.
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AUSTRO CER ANSUCC ED IN PIERCING
THE ITALIAN \LINES ON ISONZO FRONT
Enemy Launch Sxxcc'ssful Offensive on" Bank of Isonzo but Are
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Checked on J3ainsizza 'Plateau,
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A despateh from Londonsays; The
Austro -German, forces which yester-
day began an offensive on the
Isonzo front broke .,through the
Italian lines and brought the battle
on to the slopes of the right (west)
bank of the Isonso, says Thprsday'.s
oflicfal statement Powerful Austro -
German attacks lso were made on
the Bainsizza plateau, and on the 'west
slopes•of Monte San Gabriele,,but
these were checiced by the Italians,
who took a few hundred prisoners.
The enemy attacked on the south-
ern slopes of Monte Rombon and on
the northern edge of the )3ainsizza
plateau. In the former region he was
resisted in the narrows of Saga, brit.
furthersouth' he broke through the
Italian 'advanced lines, being favored
by a thickmist which rendered use-
less the Italian barrage,
PIrkets of the World
Ereadstnfts
Toronto Oct, 80—Manitoba wheats--
No 1 Northern, $2,231; No, 2 do $2,209;
No. 3 .00., $2,174; No, 4 wheat, $2.098,
in store Fort Wiliam, including •24e
tax,
Manitoba oats—No, 2 0.*., 6750; No,
8 C.W.; 6466; extra No, 1 feed, 6419;
No, 1 feed, 6390, In store Fort William.
American corn—No. 3 yellow, nomin-
al..
Ontario oats—No, 2 white, 64 to 66c,
nominal; No. 3, do„ 62 to 04o, nominal,
according to freights outalde.
Ontario wheat—New, No, 2 Winter,
$2.22;
2 Peas basis,
3, store,
to Montreal.
43 60 3•notninal,
according to freights outside.
Barley—Malting, 61.16 to $1,18, ac-
cording to freights. outside,
Rye—No. 2 $1.75, according to
freights outsitb.
Manitoba-flour—First patents. in Jute
bags, $11.50; 2nd, do., $11; strong bak-
ers', do., $10.60, Toronto,
Ontario flour—Winter, according to
sinnplo.- $0.80, in bags,. Montreal; $9.60,
Toronto, prompt shipment.
Millfeed—Car lots—Delivered .Mont-
real` -freights, bags- lneluded—Bran, per
ton, $36; shorts, do., $42; middlings, do„
$45 to $48; good feed flour, per bag,
$3:25.
Hay—No. 1, new, per ton, $12,60 to
$18.50; mixed, do,, $10' to $12, track
`troronto,
Straw—Car lots, per ton, $7 to $7.60,
track Toronto,
Country Produce—Wholesale
Butter—Creamery,
solids.
prints. pe'b„2to4o;ay
per lb., 36 to 860,
Eggs—Per doz., 39 to 400.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade at the following prices :—
Cheese—New, largo, 23 to 2800; twins,
281 to 2290; triplets, 239 to 24o; old,
large, 30c; twins, 301c; triplets,3010.
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 41c;
creamery prints, 46 to 46c; solids, 44 to
450.
Eggs—New laid, in cartons, 61 to 650;
out of cartons, 46c,
Dressed .poultry—Spring chickens, 25
to 306; fowl, 20 to 220; squabs, per doz„
$4 to $4.60; turkeys, 28 to 820; ducks,
Spring, 22e; goose; 166.
Live poultry -'Turkeys, 22e; Spring
chickens, lb 200; hens, 18 to 'iio;
ducks; Spring 100; geese, 120,
honey—Comb—Extra fine, 16 yoz.,
$3,50; 12 oz., $3,00; No. 2, $2,40 to $2.60.
Strained, tine, Ole and 5's, 19 to 1030
per ib; 10's, 181 to 100; 60'e, 18 to 1830,
Beane—No Canadian beans on market
untillast of October; imported, hand-
picked, $7.60 per bush; Limas, per lb„
1710,
Potatoes, on track—Ontario, bag,
$1.65 to $1.76.
Provisions—Wholesale
Smoked meats—Hams. me
u
m'
30
to
31e; do. heavy,28 to 27c conked, 41to
33660; rolls, 28e; breakfast bacon, to 40; backs, plain, 39 to 40bone-
2lcss, 43 to 44o. -
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 270
to 28o lb; clear bellies, 281 to 27c.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 27 to 279c;
tubs, 271 to 2740; palls, 279 to 28c'
compound, tierces 22 to 223e; tubs, 231
t0 224c; palls, 229 to 230,
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Oct.” 30—Oats-Canadian
western, No, 2, 78c; do., No, 3, 701e;
extra No. 1 feed, 7630; No. 2 local white,
72e; No, 3, do.. 710. Barley—Man. feed,
51.26; malting, 41.81. Flour—Man,
Spring wheat patents, firsts, $11.60;
seconds, $11.10; strong bakers', $10,00;
Winteratents, choice, $11.26; straight
rollers, $10.70 -to $11; do„ bags, $6.20
-to
$6.36. Rolled oats—Barrels, $8,30 to
8,40; " do„ bags, 00 lbs„ $4,00 to $4.10.
Bran, 536,00. Shorts, $40 to $42. Mlddl-
ings, $48 to $60. Moui111e, $5.6 to $60.
Hay—No. 2, per ton, car lots,112,00 to
$12.60. Cheese—Finest westerns, 2190;
do., easterns, 2190. Butter—Choicest
creamery, 46 to•460o; seconds, 451o,
Eggs—Fresh, 63 to 81c; selected, 47 to
48c; No. 1 stook, 43 to 440; No. 2 stock,
40 to 41o, Potatoes—Per bag, car lots,
$2.10 to $2.26.
Winnipeg Grain
Winnipeg, Ool•. 30—Cash prices :=
Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $2.21; No. 2
Northern, $2.18; No, 8 Northern, $2,16;
No, 4, 82.07; No, 6, $1.24; No, 6, $1,87;
feed, $1.80. oats' --No. 2 C,W„ 678c; No.
3 C.W., 6500; extra No. 1 fend, 665c; No.
1 food, 6390 No, 24,f end, 62$0 Barley
red 3, $129 No, $1,16; rejected and
toed, $1,109 . Flax—No 1 N,W C„ $8.103;
No, 2 0.W., $2.073; No, 3 0,'W., $2,983.
' United States Markets
Minneapolis,- Oct. 30—Corn—No. 3 yel-
low, $1.08 to $2. Oats—No, 3 white, 58
to Moho, Flax—$8.22 to $8,34. Flour—
Unchanged, Bran --$81,50 to $82,
,Duluth, Qot, 39—Linseed—$3,20 to
asked; Noyember,21$9,20;; December,,
$3.16 bid; May, $3.168 bid..
Live Stook Markets
Toronto Oct: 30-12xtra choice heavy
steers, $1160 to $12; do., good heavy,
$$10.76 to 211.26; bUtchers' cattle, choice,
$10
.to $10,26; do. good, $9.86 to 49.65;
do., medium, $8.60 to $8,76; do„ com-
mon, $7.50 to $8. butchers' bulls,
choice, $8,80 to $8.76; do„ good bulls,
$7.40 to $7.86; do. medium bulls, $6.85
to $7.10; .-d0., rough bulls, $6 to 30;
butchers' cows, choice, :$8.26 to $8,76;
do., good, $7.60 to $8; do„ medium,
$6.60 to $6,76; stockers, $7,50 to 68.50;
feeders' $8,60 to $0,26; oanners and -eut-
ters, $5 to 46; mincers, good to ohoice,
00 to 3126; do„ tom,and mod„ $76 to
86; springers, 490 to $125; light ewes,
11 to $13; bucks and culls, $9 to $10,50;
sheep, heavy, $6.76 to $7.50; yearlings,
$12 to $13; calves, good to choice, $15
to $16.60; Spring lambs, $18 to $16,40;
hogs,. fed 'and -watered. $16.76;' do..,
weighed off care, $17; do„ f.o,b., $16. •
Montreal, Oct. 30—Choice steers, $9.76
to $10; good, $8.25 to $2.25; cows, $8,25
to $8; bulls, $6,50 to $8.25; canners'
bulla, 66.60 to $6.76; canners' cows,
6.26 to 60,80; Ontario lambs, 315.50 to
16;. Quebec lambs, $14.60 to $15; sheep,
$9 to 310.50;, choice milk fed calves, $14
to $16; grass fed, $8 to 11;"- selected
hogs, $17 to $17.50 per 100 pounds
weighed off cars. • _ .
Traffic in. Oleomargarine.
A despatch from Ottawa says: An
Order -in -Council has been passed
upon the recommendation of the Food
Controller allowing, on and after Nov.
14th, the manufacture and sale in
Canada of oleomargarine and its im-
portation free .of duty. Suspension of
the prohibition of its manufacture,
import or sale is a war measure only,
and will apply while the present ab-
normal conditions continue. The con-
clusion of such period is to be deter-
mined by the Governor -General -in -
Council.
The -recommendation of the Food
Controller was madebecause the high
cost of production and the demand for
export were putting the price of but-
ter so high that many people were un-
able toP urchase it. To reduce the
price arbitrarily would have been un-
fair to the producer. The Food Con-
troller states that the dairy interests
will not suffer by reason of the sale
of oleomargarine in Canada.
U. .S. Coal For Canada.
A despatch from Washington says:.
Under a definite allotment of Ameri-
can coal for Canada, announced by
the fuel administration, about 2,000,-
000 tons of bituminous and -700,000
tons of anthracite will be permitted
to move across the Canadian border
during the next two months.
Apparently there is no safe place
in the world. A recent set of inter-
esting statistics shows a large per-
centage of deaths coming from ac-
cidents of children and also grown-ups
smothering in Led or falling out of
bed, breaking the neck or the back.
Therefore when you have washed your
youngsters and' heard their prayers
and put them away for the night, don't
think that there is nothing more to
worry about until morning.
THE WEEKLY WAR PICTURE
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War problems of Canadian wool t rade and how they are mot. The view
is of experts grading the clip in the AustI'alian section of 'the great wool
Warehouse at Toronto. When war by oke ottt the Canadian manufacturers
were faced with an increased demand and decreased supplies. , War orders
have been piling in ever since, while facilities for import and distribution
have declined rapidly, To meet the problems of distribution this warehouse
was established and has Droved an important link between Canadian and
Australian producer and the -Canadian manufacturer,
THE BEST CARTOON OF THE WEEK
Cracking Under the Strain.—Darling in New York Tribune.
WAR. LOSSES TO AUGUST 1, 1917.
Total is Greater Than That Of All
Important Modern Battles.
From the best figures available the
losses in the world war up to August
1, 1917, in killed, wounded and miss-
ing were 22,500,000. The tremendous
import of this appalling figure only
becomes manifest when reflected on
for a moment.
It would take months for 22,600,000
mem to march by a given point is the
usual line-up of a parade.
Compared to this terrible loss in
human material the losses ss s of all pre-
vious -wars in the world's history fade
into insignificance. The armies , of
Xerxes, of Alexander the. Great, of
Hannibal and of Caesar were merely
miniature military expeditions com-
pared to the present war. In fact, a
this '
single battle in
g a con filet hasP ro-
duced more loss of mon than in whole
Guars heretofore, For example, the
losses in some of the big battles of
history will be worthy of compari-
sonBo:
rodino—
Frenc,h, -.30,000 .30,000 Russians ....40,000
Waterloo—
French....31,000 Allies ' 22,000
Austerlitz—
French.... 7,800 Allies 35,000
Wam—
.30
French...A, , , 85,000
Frieagrldand—,000 ustrians
French.... 8,000 Allies 19,000
Eylau•
—
French... , 5,000 Austrians 20,000
Dresden
French.... 3,000 Allies 27,000
' Leipzig—
French....55,000 Allies 53,000
Jena—
French....14,000 Prussians —.45,000
.45,000
Rossbach—
Pr'ussians,. 500 Allies 7,500
Sadowa—
Prussians„ 9,000 Austrians .. ,.44,000
Gravelotte—
Prussians..21,000 French 14,000
PrSedan—
ussians.. 9,000
French 38,000
Plevna—
Russians.,43,000 Turks 55,000
Gettysburg—
Union.....23,186 Confederate .31,621
In the Russo-Japanese War the loss
inflicted on the Russians was far
heavier than ever before. The esti-
mated Russian losses were 97,000 and
the Japanese between 40,000 and
50,000. And yet, taking the losses of
all the great battles thus enumerated,
the total does not equal the losses in-
curred thus farin this war.
AMUNDSEN DISCARDS
GERMAN DECORATIONS.
A despatch from London says:
Captain Roald Amundsen, the noted'
Norwegian explorer, went to the Ger-:
man Legation at Christi,tmia on Tues -I
day, says Reuter's Christiania corre-I
spondent, and returned to the German'
Minister his German decorations as a'
"personal protest against the German'
murder of peaceful Norwegian sailors
on October 17 in the North Sea,"
Experimental' Arithmetic,
Schoolmistress—Well, '",what's the
hatter; has Johnny got` the tooth-
ache?
Angry Mother—No, Johnny hain't
got the toothache! He's . suffering
from your fool teaching, You tolcl
him he was to tell how long it would
take him to eat twenty apples, if it
took hint ones and a hall minutes to
eat one apple—and he's got stuck on
tho fifteenth!
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From the Ocean Shore
BITS OF NEWS FROM THE
MARITIME P :WINCES.
Items of Interest From Places Lap.
pcd By Waves of the
Atlantic
The tussock moth is infecting the
trees at Fredericton.
Sergt. George Smith, a clerk in the
discharge depot at St. John, has been
appointed provincial dairy superin-
tendent.
Major C. W. Gordon (Ralph Con-
nor), delivered a stirring address at
the Rotary Club, luncheon at Halifax.
His plea was for
unity. •
Mrs.
w, A. Ross
, of Fredericton, re-
ceived the Military Medal, won by her
son, Pte: Fred J. Ross.
The student body of'the 'University
of New Brunswick end the'University
directorate aron
o the out"
on ac-
count of . the
freshman initiation,
which had been strictly prohibited.
A steamer crashed into and sank
the tug W. H. Murray in Halifax. Bay.
One of the crew, .Pilot John Brown,
who was taken from the water in an
unconscious condition, died a few
hours later. _
In the Seymour poisoning case at
North Sydney the jury rendered the
verdict that Tryphenia Seymour came
to her death by arsenic poisoning ad-
ministered through the eating of an
apple.
Food Controller Hanna's request
that the price of milk be not advanced
until October 31st was not acceded to
as far as Halifax was concerned. On
-September 29th the price of milk was
boosted to 13 cents a quart,
The fame of New Brunswick as the
"Land of Comfortable Homes" has
reached far-off Russia, The provincial
immigration office has received. ere -
quest from A. P. Nechaex, Georgie-
vale, Tersicago, Oblast, Russia, for a
list 6f farms available.
The North British Society of Hali-
fax at a complimentary luncheon pre-
sented R. L. Baxter with an address
of appreciation and a purse of gold.
Mr. Baxter, who has been a member
of the society for nearly half a cen-
tury, has gone to Columbia, Missouri.
Asset in Camp Dishwater.
Lieut. Gqrdon B. Black, formerly of
the "Western Lumberman" staff, Van-
couver, was recently promoted from
the Canadian headquarters staff ' at
Shorneliffe to the position of assistant'
to the Director of Timber Operations'
in Great Britain and Scotland, with
the rank of captain, which was con-
ferred in recognition of the high of-;
ficiency imntrochiced by him in the!
task of supplying the needs of the'
various Canadian hospitals in Eng-'
land. Capt. Black writes that the'
conservation of food in the foresters'
camps in England and Scotland is a
live issue, as instanced by • the fact
that a new arrival was sent to the!
guard house for twenty days for'
throwing away a "hunk" of bread
instead of placing it in the receptacle'
provided for food,+remnants. As a
further instance of the saving meth-
ods in vogue, Capt, Black notes that!
the dishwater in all forester dining j
camps is skimmed Jwice. The. grease
Huts saved is sold to the Imperial
Munitions Board each week, the
monthly revenue amounting to a hand-
some total.
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FROM OLD SCOTLAND'
NOTES PF INTEREST ORM HER
BANKS AND BRAES,.
Wltat 85 Going On in the Highlands
and Lowlands of ,Auld
Scotia.
Sir. John Stirling Maxwell, Bart,,
has been chosen Assistant Controller
of Timber for Scotland. a,
The sum of £140 has been realized
by the sale of war comfort tickets on
the Glasgow tramways.
Lady Stirling Maxwell opened the
autumn show of the West of Scotland'
Horticultural Society at: Glasgow,
The Klllwinning burgh assessments
this year show a decrease of three-
pence per 8 as compared with last
year.
• James Graham has just completed
fifty years of service on the staff of
the Glasgow Corporation Lighting De-
partment.
Information has been received of
the death at Capetown, South Africa,
of John Polson, M.D,, formerly of
•Abet'deen.
The Dunfermline School Board has,
again had under consideration the
question of providing a second school
for Rosyth. -
The wedding took place in Green --
side Parish Church, of Captain T. M.
S. Milne Henderson, R,E., and Miss
Evelyn Haldane Blain, of Edinburgh.
George Jamieson and Son, timber
merchants, Aberdeen, were fined £6
for having failed to give up an in-
surance card to ono of their work-
men. '
At the annual meeting of the Scot-
tish Traction Engine Owners held at
Stirling, William Haggle, 'Dunferm-
line, was re-elected president.
Second -Lieutenant M. D. Mackenzie,
R.F.A., who has been awarded the
Military Medal, is a grandson of . A.
Mackenzie, 7 Ramsay Gardens, Edin-
burgh,
Furness, Withy & Co., of Liverpool,
have purchased from James Gardiner
of Glasgow, his fleet of fourteen car-
go -carrying steamers. •
The Venison Supply Committee for
Scotland has asked those who have
venison to dispose of to do so by sale
and not by gift.
Sir Robert'•,and Lady Baden-Powell
paid a week -end visit to Aberdeen in
connection with the Boy Scouts' and
Girl Guides' movements.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Stewart,
both octogenarians, and citizens of,
Govanhill, Glasgow, celebrated their
golden wedding recently.
The Lords Commissioners of His
Majesty's Treasury have appointed
Lord Salvesen a member of the Scot-
tish War Savings Committee.
Elizabeth Paxton,of P t ar ick was
as
fined £5 for falsely representing that
she grew fruit in order that she might
get 21 pounds of sugar.
The Lands and Fishing Committee
of the Aberdeen Hlarbor Board re-
ported that the total weight of sal-
mon, grilse and trout caught there this
year was 76,242 pounds:
Harry Lauder announced in Edin-
burgh that a committee had been
(formed to raise £1,000,000 for the
benefit of Scottish soldiers on their
return to civil life.
THE
BAMBOOS OF JAPAN.
Have Remarkable Power of Resistance
Against. Pressure.
To Canadian eyes the sight of an
enormous trestle work of slender bam-
boo poles carrying a railroad track
across a mountain chasm might not
immedietary inspire confidence. Such,
however„ is a common occurrence in
Japan, where bamboo is used for a
multitude of structural purposes.
Japan has more than sixty species
of bamboo which have been named.
The tree grows with amazing rapid-
ity. For commercial purposes it is
often used split but more commonly
in the original round shape for - the
power of resistance in bamboo against
pressure is remarkably groat. Cut-
ting occurs at from three to ten years,
which illustrates the reproductive ad-
vantage of the bamboo as compared
with the Canadian spruce, for ex'
ample, which for saw timber purposes
cannot be utilized usually until above
50 years. Japan's supply of bamboo
forests is constantly increasing as
artificial afforestation is easy.
In the form of hoops for barrels and
pails, the split bamboo is manufactur-
ed with a view to prevent unsightly
change of color or to prevent splitting
and other damage by extracting the
oil while the bamboos are still in
their original round shape. The pro-
cess gives the bamboo an attractive
lustre.
•In the whole of Japan are over 600
species of forest woods, Twelve hun-
dred and eighty men are employed on
tie state-owned forests for protection
and improvement.
MORE SUGAR FOR FRANCE.
Refineries Released From German Po.
mutation Being Put in Commission.
An inventory of the forty sugar re-
fineries in the territory liberated from
German occupation this year, shows
that ten or twelve of them can be re-
stored without difficulty, says a recent
despatch from Noyon, France. The
rest are nothing but shapeless masses
of debris Very little useful material
can be reclaimed from the heap, The
Germans stripped all these refineries
OF everything in the nature of bronze,
brass or copper, taking entire ma-
chines, whore practicable, and break -
ng others up to get the most useful
metal out of them.
Dynamos worth thousands of francs
were destroyed for the sake of a few
pounds of copper. The steam engines
that were left also were rendered irre-
parable.
The sugar beet land in the vicinity
of these refineries has been atrocious-
ly belabored by shells, many of which,
unexploded, must be extracted before
the cultivation of the soil will be safe.
Steno of this land, it is thought,'
nosy be put into condition for a' erois
next year, and with the few refinon'ios,
that can be repaired, will aid much to
relieve the sugar•famfoie In T'iraolee.
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