River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-13
TRADE TOPICS.

EAwDusT Is now sent to market in tatics,
sery strongly compressed.
CHEMICALLY .epsred cigarette paper IS
imported into this e6uHtfy 1T the rae Of
1900 worth day.
WISCONSIN ships large quantities Of mad
turtles TO the East, where they arc con-
veFtea into mock turtle soup.
Claus SPRHtKEIs viii have his new re-
finery in PhIladelphia IN running order IN
one year, with a capacity Of 2.o0o.0Oo
pounds of raw sugar daily.
ABOUT ninety-six per cent. in value of the
annual exports Of the Uni ed States to In
dIa, which amount nearly 10 S4,0O0,0o0, con-
sists Of petroleum.
EVERY minute 600 pounds Of wool grow In
this country. and we have TO dig CT tons Of
anthracite zeal and 80 tons Of bituminous
coal, yyhilc Of pig iron we turn out y tons,
and Of steel raTls tons
SOMETHING very like a peach trust IS
talked Of in Delaware u comes in the
guIse Of a central bureau. through which
the entire peach crops shall be placed upon
the various markets as the actusl de-lGnd
dictates.
IT is 81 IA that more than half Of the cheese
now consumed IN Great Britain is made in
this country and in Canada. The American
and Canadian cheese pays its freight 70
England and then under sells their articles
on its solid merits.
A TREMENDOUS business is done in pine
apples in New York each season. From
April until August the fruit comes ins the
rate Of ten thousand barrels week. II is
estimated that five million pineapples are
imported each year
CyCLE SAN has been asked to help es-
tablish a steamship line with Jerusalem and
the lar East at least with the coast. The
Eastern products are wool. Hc0Tiee and silk.
Last years shipments reached Sl5,oeJ.ooe,
but reached rs via Liverpool
A BRITISH writer declares that not kcr-
mel Of the best Mocha coffee ever gets
further west than Constantinoplc- All the
best grains are picked out for use nearer
home, and only the pale, shrivcled and
broken seeds are left 70 reach any foreign
shore.
CALIFORNIA is taking mp silk culture with
enthusiasm. The State Board Of SILK Cult
ure sent l0,Coo mulberry trees and cuttings
tc silk cultivators, and this season viii put
out 5000 more. Worms and eggs are given
TO applicants who desire them and are al
ready the owners Of mulberry trees.
ABoUT a year ago syndicate Of New
/ Workers set out a thousand acres Of land in
Florida as an experiment in growing tobac
90 Two kinds Of Havana, Sumatra, Penn,
sylvania, Wisconsin and Connecticut and
tae old Florida broad-leaf tobaccos were
planted, all Of which have grown luXuriantlv
/ and is expected VIII average from 600 TO so
pounds per acre. There are now only about
/ 1900 acres in Florida under cultivation foI
/ tobacco, but if success shall crown the pres
/ en- experiment great increase IN acreage
I lla. be expected in few years.
/ BESIDES the large daily consumption Of
/ fresh milk, large amount is used by the
| condensing and canning establishments fol
use II places and at times where tho liquid
/ article can not be had. This business has
assumed large proportions, and the Ameri-
/ can Ccndcnsing establishments turn out
/ large quantities Of milk condensed to q
/ nearly solid form and canned for exporta
| ton as welt as homo consumption. This
+ form OF milk Is used by travellers, explorers
+ end armies all over the world, Gffordins
/ thus at once both necessary article and s
| luxury.