The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-11-09

rich forests was pointed to by her
people with pride and rejoicing. But
there has been a marked change of
opinion, and voices may now be heard
everywhere denouncing these ship
ments.
Austrian economists claim that the
man industries to the great detri-
ment of home manufacturers. They
direct attention to the fact that when
with Germany's remarkable economic
development, the demand for timber,
lumber, railroad ties. slaves, par
quetry, veneers, etc, increased and
the governments of the various states
by timely and prudent legislation pre-
vented the devastation of their own
forests, German builders and manu-
facturers came to Austria for their
material and have ever since been sup
piled here with large portion of the
sinews of the Industrial war which,
by their successful competition in for
eign markets, they have been indirect
ly waging against the manufacturing
interests of this empire.
Applied to the last decade, this ar
gument is certainly lame; for it can
not be denied that Austria then
shared with Germany the profits re-
sulting from the improvement of the
raw products of her forests. In re-
cent years, howeSer, the transactions
appear to have been much less to her
advantage.
The customs statistics show that
while previous to the conclusion of the
present commercial treaty between
the two countries, December 6, 1891.
Austria's exports in this line con-
sisted almost exclusively of sawed
lumber, railroad ties, slaves, par
quetry and cellrlose, they have since
that time been composed mainly of
raw material, because, under the OPP
Grafton of the new treaty, the Ger
man manufacturers found it to their
advantage to buy, as far as possible,
raw material and improve it at home.
The export of sawed lumber. wooden
ware, etc, has practically been sta
tionary since 1891, while the quantity
of crude timber exported has in
creased from 1883, 900 tons to 15,139,-
900 tons, or 2,eO4.6 pounds per ton.
The French naval department has
an exhibit in the Paris exposition Civ
ing graphic view
of the development
of oyster cultiva-
ton in France. During 1s79-1Ss7 the
yearly average production of French
oysters amounted to $2.123, 600, gradu-
ally increasing to $4.s25 900 for the
year 1895, when Is, 500 900 French and
5000 900 Portuguese oysters were sold
along the French coasts. The bivalves
are a great luxury in Europe, and SO
dear that only the weather. classes
can afford to eat them. In the city OF
Frankfort small German or Dutch
oysters in the shell cost from 60 to ~
cents per dozen. Some resident Amer
American oysters sent by their friends
at home.
According to statistics of trans
lumber takes the
fourth place in
point of weight
The total traffic of all the railroads
in the empire for 1897 amounted to
217.523, PAT tons. OF this total, H.
5S7 $3.50 tons were lumber. This is of
special interest, he ADDS, when we
take into consideration that it does
not include lumber transported on the
different r1sers of the empire. The
Importance of this industry in Ger
many is shown by the TACT that the
various lumber establishments give
employment of about 600,0 persons.
The well-arranged system of forestry
in the empire supplies home markets
with soft woods, but the imports of
hard woods from abroad are steadily
on the increase.
The consumption of imported but
ter is increasing in Germany, having
amounted to S,O98.7
metric tons of 2,2O4
po y, pounds during the
first seven months of this year, against
5,7S4.1 tons for the same period of
1899. OF the above amount, Holland
furnished 2.s5O.s tons; Austria Hun
gary, 2.476.3 tons, and Russia, 1850
tons. Our butter is equal to the best
produced, and see no reason why the
United States should not supply the
market here with this commodity, as
E1t does with lard, meat and grain.