The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-05
odd CONSULAR REPORT
Process of Manufacturing Sauer-
kraui in Germany.
One Method is Stamping With Bare
But Clean Feet, Declares TIE Amer
trio Cars I'm NevvfOundInnd-sys tem
of Taxation i'm the Caaary Islands.

ports make reports 10 the State Department
on a great variety of industries. report
received yesterday from George II. Muir
ply, Vice Consul at Magdeburg, Germany,
deals with the manufacture of sauerkraut
Mr.. Murphy writes:
The best German sauerkraut is made
in Magdeburg; but when a consular officer
attempts to ascertain how it is made, he
encounters the usual insuperable obstacle
business secrets. The manufacturer po-
litely replies to all enquiries, My recipe
is what makes my business profitable. II
/ give it to you, you could make the same
sauerkraut in Washington. The fame of
Magdeburg would thus be dimmed, and
what would become OF the orders which
mean so much to me-
The process of manufacture, emitting
business secrets. is about as follows:
Take a number of heads Of white cab
bage, as fresh as possible. and cut them
into fine. long shreds. Place in layers in
barrels, or kegs, strewing salt over each
layer using One-half a pound OF salt for
each twenty-five eabbages. Press the mass
down with clean feet. wooden shoes, or a
rel, and upon this lay heavy stone. This
presses the sauerkraut more and conserves
it better. The sauerkraut must be allow
ed TO ferment in a cellar for from three to
eight days, according to the temperature
OF the room. The barrel should then be
tightly closed and kept in a cool place,
preferably in a cellar.
Fancy grades OF sauerkraut are pro
duced by pouring white wine into the bar
rels after they are filed. Apples chopped
very fine are also sometimes mixed with
the cabbage.
After the barrel is closed, the sauer-
kraut will be ready Tor use in about a
week AS soon as some is used. the barrel
should be covered and a stone again placed
on top.
in preparing and keeping sauerkraut,
sunshine and extremes OF heat and cold
should be avoided
Martin J. Carter. Consul Of the United
States at St Johns, Newfoundland, re-
ports as follows:
Electric cars are now in operation Oh
the principal streets of St Johns and hun
dreds OF people from the outports have
come to enjoy. with the inhabitants OF the
city, the strange sensation OF being whirf-
ed along by such peculiar motive power.
The street railway is operated by the troll
ley system and will run twenty cars over
seven miles Of track; as the traffic in
creases the line viii be extended to all
the suburbs
The current which provides the power,
as well as that for lighting, is generated
nine miles from ST. Johns. The physical
characteristics OF the region lend them
selves admirably TO the success Of this en-
terprise. There is a chain OF four connect
ing lakes. and from the outlet OF the last
I IL
hillside for I, 800 feet, until il disappears
into tunnel cut $50 feet through a blun
of solid rock At the end OF the tunnel
/ is erected q huge sluice box of timber. TO
| the bottom of which is fixed a steel tube
I six feet in diameter Through this, the
/ water drops 1S5 feet On a large water
wheel In the power house. which sets the
machinery in motion. The largest Of the
lakes supplying the water has superb
| cial area Of 81 .000. coo square feet: the next
! 15.Oe0 coo; the third 9OGO 900; the fourth
I loco. 600. this being used as a regulating
! pond. The capacity of the plant is 1 800
+ horse power. but the fume is OF sufficient
capacity TO drive another plant Of like
/ size.
/ power house and transmitted 10 the sub
station in ST. Johns al a voltage OF Il, 600
; Today. every portion of the apparatus was
! in circuit and every wire charged, the
! whole running as smoothly as il it had
/ been going for years"
+ Solomon Berliner, Consul at Tererife.
/ reports concerning the methods Of taxa
| ton in vogue in the Canary Islands. He
writes:
Taxation is Of two els ssps: First. ma
! tional. OF devoted to the purposes Of the
/ treasury; second, municipal. or devoted TO
! the expenses Of the tor; and neighbcring
/ roads
Taxes are regulated according to the
/ population of the parish, town, or district.
/ In the case of taxable salaries, the percent
age varies according TO the amount Of the
salary.
Farms are taxed In accordance with
/ their annual value, which is valued "a
! first class. second class and third class Of
/ irrigated or of dry First class In one 10
cality may only equal second-class land In
another. and be taxed accordingly
Houses are taxed on their estimate a
rental which may be higher OF lower than
the actual. and a deduction OF Is per ee-t
is allowed for repairs, etc.
! The rate on houses is about % rer
cent in the towns; on farm houses, from 2
to per cent less. There is no direct tax
/ alton OF crops.
"A factory is taxed according to the
number of the machines employed and tn =
I population of the neighbortood: the result
/ ly any factories.
stores and shops are divided into nine
classes and are taxed in a constantly d.
! micishing scale.
"a rate is fixed bv law on all consuma
HE goods brought into the towns. On the
basis OF this rate and the population the
/ Government declares what amount ought
/ to be returned to the public treasury To
! this so per cent is added by the municipal
! ity. and tenders are invited from those
willing to farm the tax. What remains
! above the Government quota belongs to
the town. and the farmer makes what profit
/ he can often a very large one All ami
mails killed inside the town limits must
| pay duty.
| Able bodied men are liable to be called
out between the ages Of eighteen and thir-
ty-three. and all are compelled TO serve in
| the ranks for three years, unless they can
obtain exemption because of physical in
ability or because Of their being the sole
support Of q widowed mother, etc
''Able-bOdied men who pay $500 to the
| Government are exempted from three
years active service, but must attend drill
on one Sunday in each month"
Engineers Return From Panama
NEW YORK, June 5.-Among the pas
sengers who arrived today on the Atlas
Line steamer Altai were William sorsby,
| United States Consul at Greytown and