New-York tribune., 1899-07-25
FRESH TRADE DEVELOPMENTS.

recant renort on the Amazon Valley, says that he
considers Brazil the most important OF all Soutn
American countries from a commercial point Oh
view, and Para presents greater advantages 10
manufacturer and merchant than any other city
In Brazil In the large centres OF popula,lond mere
are many opportunities for the sale or goods ana
the initiation Of such enterprises as anS IT'S
tributaries. the Purus. Jurua Madeira ana Negro.
there Of r5sf or y @
splendid opportunities for making money by cattle
Abundance Of cocoanuts and cabinet woods there:
The city Of Iquitos. In Peru Up near .ne neaa OK
nromIsng place inasmuch as It is in the centre OF
a highly productive region
report sent to England by the British con-
sular representative at Erzeroum, relative to I'M
portatons has been forwarded 10 the State Depart
ment by the United States Consul at Alexandretta
The suggestions contained therein apply 10 ns .nis
country as wen bavs as 10 arra trade in turkish
Asia Minor but II good commission house were
5eress much IN Of the Business Gould be taken
away from the two countries mentioned. The de,
turkish is urged and 1t is further suggested that
the needs of their customers. It is useless, for In
stance send bicycles to a region where the roads
are poor and very hllly.
United States Consul wlldman. reporting on the
revival OF the tobacco industry in the Philippines.
points out that It affords good opening for lot
warning to retail grocers out in the rural dis
tricts is offered by The Merchants Review
against the efforts OF the city department stores
to secure a reduction In the merchandise rate or
postage. Such a change would enable the big
houses to sell goods all over the country; and rob
ton says: N the rural merchants can control a
yGny Os @ let e% dN the local In ins
OF several small towns are considering whether It
the city department stores. but as yet they have
not discovered legal way TO do so.
places in Mississippi have recently sold out to the
Bell company. These were In Jackson, v!cksburg
and Crystal Springs. II is said that the indepen-
dents made the mistake OF putting their rates to
tho public down too low at the outset, and hence
they could not conduct business at any profit.
What are known as the Thomas and Provost
patents on the "mercerizng'' process
Gently declared void In Germany by the proper
authorities Rights under these patents have been
sold to an American corporation, which issued
warning not many weeks ago to manufacturers
Aforesaid. The decision in Germany may affect
the validity Of the patents In this country un-
favorably.
The validity OF the MacArthur-Forrest patents
on the cyanide process OF treating gold ore has
long been doubted, and In so,ne countries II has
been formally denied by the courts. An attempt
to protect this process in Australia defeated
by the Patent Office, on the ground that the claims
were too broad. Then the applicants asked perms-
the latest appeal the Patent @ once D has "a be been oyer
Privy Council. and in the mean time the Mac.
Arthur Forrest company is unable to collect roy
alties from Australian miners who use the process.
Years ago the indigo crop OF the Philippines
a matter of some consequence. After a time the
manufacturers there took to mixing lime with the
uct was impaired. Hence Philippine indigo fell
the industry could be revived and put on a profit
able basis II the old custom OF using lime could be
prohibited.
The reason assigned for the adoption of storage
batteries for operating OF the street railways
in Washington is that the excessive moisture In
the soil along one part OF the line makes 1t mex
70 use would then 20 ,hrcugb tbs re r
and do much harm. VITA storage battery the re-
turn current goes back into the accumulators, and
not along the track.
At the next meeting Of the Gulf States coast
lumbermen effort will be made to mako pro-
vision for a clearing house bureau.
A diamond for the cutting of stone has been
exhibited In Scotland recently that cuts the hardest
sandstone like wood. The saw is circular and five
feet In diameter 1t was tried few days ago In
the Taymouih engineering works. Carnoustie (con-
Quoted by Messrs. George Anderson Coz In the
can deal with block 10 feet long. Feet wide and
feet thick
W. NJ Reynolds. OF Newtown. Conn.,. declares
that he has found good deposit OF Bessemer
iron and man ganese ores and now he wants to dis
cover q purchases.