The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-10-14
A VOLUME,
Embodying Annual Reports Of the Con.
suls Upon the Trade Conditions



Hanover-The Swiss Watch Trade
Decreasing-Botkine Arrives.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE bureau Of
foreign commerce of the state depart
ment is just now busily engaged in the
preparation for publication of the vol
ume known as Commercial Relations
of the United States" embodying an.
nual reports from United States con.
suls in every country in the world upon
the trade conditions in their respective
districts. Within the past three years
the quality and the value of this
annual publication to the business in
terests of the country have improved
in an astonishing degree owing to
careful selection Of material, patient
suggestion to consuls of information
likely to be desired, and the addition
of compendious and thorough review
prepared by the chief of the bureau,
setting out conclusions as to general
trade tendencies that may be impair
tally drawn from the vast store of
matter supplied by the consuls.
Volume of Large Scope.
The forthcoming volume is of larger
| scope even than it's predecessors and
instead of being little more than the
| dry compilation of figures that it
| formerly was, the Commercial Rela-
| tions" for 1s96-'97 will present mass
of information of such variety as to
be valuable and interesting not only
to exporting merchants, but to public
| men, to manufacturers and to tech
nical workers. An indication of the
character of the work is afforded by
| the extracts that have been made from
the reports received within the last
week only and have been given the
benefit of advance publication.
Electric Railway in Hanover.
| From Hanover comes an account Of
the installation of an electric railway
for handling heavy freight; sugges-
tions for placing American tools in
Germany, and talk of an opening for
breakfast cereals. The consul at Bar
celona reports upon the trade of Spain
as affected by the Cuban war; upon the
Spanish womans aversion to the BIZ
cycle, and upon tariff and financial
questions. From nearby Santo Do
mingo comes report of railway de-
velopment; of tariff changes, and a
comparison Of European and American
credit systems.
The swi. Watch Trade.
The depressing effects of American
competition upon the Swiss watch
trade 10 described by the consul at
Geneva, who also tells Of the prefer.
ence for American bicycles and of the
growing demand for American canned
Il rAI1
leather. The leather trade is also
treated by the consul at Bristol, q
trade center. and he adds . chapte,
on bacon that should be interest
ing to hog raisers and packers be
cause of the technical hints upor
growing and curing for the English
market. The inroads that American
lead pencils are making into the form
erly exclusively German foreign mar.
kets is the subject of chapter in the
report of. the consul at Nuremburg
the consulate at Stratford reports upo1
corn and barbed wire, and the consu
at Coaticock throws out some hints t.
American newspaper publishers as t.
the means Of obtaining a sale of theil
publications in the dominion.
Prince Botkins In Washington.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-Prince Bot
kline, the Russian delegate to the inter
national seal conference to be held il
this city in a few weeks, has arrived
here. He is the first of the foreign
delegates to reach Washington. OF tn,
two experts who are to assist him
Commercial Agent Routkowsky is al
, ready here and Mr.. Grebnitzky, tn,
governor of the Commander (seaD is
, lands is expected very soon. Prince
!, Botkine says the seals on the Com
mander islands suffer from pelagi
sealing as do those of the Pribylov is
lands and Russia is anxious for som
amicable arrangement for their preser
vation.
Appointments BY the Drssideat "a
WAsHINeroN, Oct. 1.-THE presiden
Saturday made the following appoint
ments: Consuls-John c. Ingersoll, O
Illinois, at Copenhagen, Denmark; Jc
seph T. Hoke. of West Virginia, a
!, Windsor, Nova Scotia; w. Irwin Shaw
of Pennsylvania, at Barranquilla. &C
lombia; Henry Brendel, collector @
customs for the district of Buffal
Creek, N. Y; David N. N. Comingore
collector of internal revenue for tn
: Sixth district of Kentucky; Mai. Wi
liam R. Livermore, corps of engineers
member of the Nicaragua canal con
. mission.
!. Street Car Hurled From the Track.
ELGIN, ILL.,, Oct. IA well-flle
!. street car on the State street line G
q the city railway was hurled from tn
track by a Chicago & Northwestern
train at s o'clock Sunday night. Thre
. people were injured. The escape O
|. the passengers from death is miracr
> lous. The car was lifted bodily an
i. hurled to one side, landing on il
a | wheels and half demolished.