Arizona republican., 1899-06-08
UNIQUE FIELD FOR OUR WARES.
Greece Wants AmeriCan Wind Mills
 and Funchal Yankee Bicycles.

It has recently been discovered by the Austrian minister of commerce and national eeQncny, as he is called, i that while other European nations are enlarging the profitable scope of their i foreign trade, Austria among Euro pean nations is falling backward, and suffering from the effects Of a comDe- l titiln which the Vienna government does nothing to counteg-acs. There fore. it is seriously proposed that the Austrian minister of commerce shall i delegate to various individuals the task of representing Austrian inter- ests abroad. and t5l serve as national 'drummerS'' in aid Of their expansion. Ii is pointed out that there are abroad many profitable fields for the invest ment Of Austrian capital and the ueil- ! izStion of Austrian labor and the bureau Of foreign commerce at Vienna i hopes soon to be engaged in work con- nected with them.
 | Meanwhile, however. American rep Tegentatives abroad arc net idle in proposing methods whereby the inter ests Of citizen subjects Of Unc.e Sam rTay be promoted, and one such pro- 1 ject comes from classic Athens in the suggestion conveyed by the American consul at the Greek metropolis to the state department that there is now q chance of introducing American wind mills into Greece. An Athenian firm has. it appears. agreed to buy and erect one wind mill in a cOECpfcu0uo location as sample and is confident that if can sell others. The firm wishes to proceed very carefully in it's choice of this sample, in order to get the mill that will work best under the conditions. The members of the firm wish to deal with all American escab- iishment, because they believe that tha AnG ericans excel in the construction If this article.
 The islands and mainland of Greece possess innrnlera ble small farms, laid out in vineyards, vegetable gardens and orange and lemon groves. The soil is rich, but the important quos- tion is that of water, which, when found is near the surface and supplied to the land by means of wells worked by machinery with mule CT hOrse pow CT. Many of the land pr0prie5ors are wei; tc do and could afford wind mills Greece, it appears. is so cut up by the sea that there is hardly a day in the year without 8 breeze. During the seasons, July and August in particu- lar, the wind is strong A mill so
 
 9 light or strong wind is needed. T. would also be more salable if it could perform services other than the mere drawing of water, sueh as grinding grain.
 Another field for American indus5ry, it is pointed cut in the bulletin t, the state department, is in the island of MaGisira, where it appears that practi- caEy no whee' ed vehicles Gre used. The streets of Funchal are paved with small, smooth stones brought from the seashore. The ground is carefully prepared and the small stcnes are well laid down, and when a square is fin- ished 1t is pounded to a leve. with a heavy maui Some of these pavemeEt5 have been laid for more than uNo hun dred years and are better today than when first laid down. Time and Use have made them solid and snaooEil. They ride in F'urcllal in slc@'5 drawn by oxGn. on horses and in h3nmocils and in carriagzs cl runners Every driver carries Q rag or q coarse towel saturated with grease. This. from time to time, he puts down in front for the runners to pass over. Tn sum mer, during the dry season, the grease and friction make the payements al most as smooth as glass, and this com Dels the buying of Madeira made bocts. The soles Of these boots are spcngy and cling to the p9vemen-. The claim is mada that Madeira of fers opportunities for the investment of American capital in bicycles-New York Sun.