Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-24
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.


 IRELAND recently sent 10000 tons of ba- con to Paris.
 ], AMERICA has 100000 telephones-mors than the rest of the world combined. THEY have "tomato king" in California. His shipments average 2,O00 boxes day. CANVAS and duck cloth is made water proof bv paraf1ine melted and worked in with 8 hot iron. PORTUGAL. produces two-thirds of tho worlds cork In some towns each private house is factory.
 NEW ENGLAND manufacturers used 4,OOO,- 900 shoe boxes last year in shipping their products of foot wear. 7. THE minerals produced in the United States in 1888, including precious metals, were valued at s591, ,659, ,931.
 CALIFORNIA. it is said, now manufactures nearly all the iron she needs, though only few years ago she depended on the East Tor her supply. THE United States is supplying electrical machinery to Japan in larger quantities. The light is growing in popularity through out the empire.
 !, A MACHINE has recently been perfected, says the Industrial World, that is warrant ed to make at half speed 12,OOO nails per minute, or three tons per diem. PAPER is being used as substitute for cedar in the manufacture of pencils. By being plunged in molten paraddne wax tho texture of the paper is modified so that it may be cut as easily as wood. THE output of coal from the mines o1 Iowa for the year ending June 30. 1889, was l 3,946, ,469 tons. The greater portion IS con. sumed within the State. The number o1 miners employed is 9.74s. The amount paid for mining during the year was $1.074.o97.
 THE tin district of the Black Hills com prises over 800 square miles, and 1t ls estl'
 mated that it contains more tin than all the
 other mlnes of that metal in the world. 1u
 quality it is equal to the best m EuropS' 1 This great resource will in time be devei oped.
 THE manufacture of aluminium, the secrea l of winch was supposed to bo lost, has beer
 resumed by the Pittsburgh Reduction Com pany, using Halls process, reducing the metal directly from its oxide by electrolysis The works have . productive capacity o1 fifty pounds per day.
 1 A ssrRu1T s11o'' is an excellent idea adopt
 ed from Italy into orange-growing coun l tries The fruit Is cut from the tree mo
 pulled) and wrapped in tissue paper; 1t Il
 chen buried in sand threo tiers deep only
 and tho wrappers not touching. I'm method has fine results in tho preservat1of
 of fresh fruit for time of scarcity.
 Iywe take the ofacial value as wen as tn
 quantities of the salt produced in the diner ent leading countries in tho latest year 10
 which the returns are available, we lind th
 following results-4ermany, 444,4O0 tons
 value e107, $50; France, 739,s2S tons, valu
 e6so, 900; Italy, 17.2o tons, value e1&5o0
 United States, 6S0, 900 tons, value E99a6, ,o00
 United Kingdom, 2, ,193, ,951 tons, value R7a2;
 s2o.
 ANEW process for burning coal withou
 smoke has lately been discovered. 1t con
 sists in sprinkling water containing
 special preparation of resin over the coal
 and the result is that thore is no smoke an tho glow is as intense as coke. An Enghs company Is to be formed to work the ne,
 patent An authority vouches for the lac that 1t works admirably, and in its Ire Is remarkable improvement on coke.
 DURING the last ''cereal year" there wer loaded and cleared from San Francisco 2e sailing vessels with flour and grain, ninet, three more than last year. Most ot thes were laden with wheat for Europe. Thre cargoes of barley came to this port; four { . wheat went to Rio Janeiro, three to Calla' l and one to Valparaiso; six of wheat, one barley and oats went to Australia; and OF cargo of flour went to Hong Kong.