The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-23
THE CONSULAR REPORTS
commercial Agents Discuss Foreign
Trade Conditions.
A New Railroad for POIand-Duties
on Rum, Wheat, and Drugs Enter
man Tradesmcn ut the Paris Expo
sition-Wages Advance in England.


the head of the department Some of
these reports contain information that is
very valuable in ascertaining the trade ana
other relations between the United States
and foreign countries. Among others that
have recently been received is a report
from Consul General ". r. Holloway al
ST. Petersburg in regard to a new rail-
way in West Poland Writing of this mat
ter he says:
The Warsaw-Vienna Railway Company
has oeen authorized to build line from
Warsaw, via LODI. to Calish and Skal-
merjitzS, as well as a connecting line be-
tween the new one and the Vistula Rail-
way lines in Warsaw. The authorized
capital is $4,000 shares of $50 and per
cent bonds without guaranty of the Gov
ernmenO. The shares mature in 1892 and
the bonds in sixty years. The railway is
to be constructed within three years and
Will be about los miles long II will run
through the Warsaw, PetrokOY, and Calish
governments which contain 4 IA square
miles. With a population exceeding $4,000
Joining - Prussian lines near StchipiOrn
and crUsSlng densely populated localities
GO ~ iUG persons 10 each square kilome-
teri, the new line will connect the towns
of blCne, SOhatchey, Lovitch, LOdZ, Lask,
and SieradZ, and such prominent manu-
featuring centres at Zgiers, Pabianitze,
Zdunska VIOLA. Blashki. and Opatovsk. In
the BlOnsk district, tho railway will run
near vast and numerous brick works; in
the SOhatchev and LoviJch districts, near
beet-rOOt sugar works. distilleries, ana
chemical works; and it Will cross a rich
Industrial district between the burgh
Zgierz. the town LODI, and the burgh Pab-
ianitze, where great cloth manufactures
and weayers' workshops are located, Desires
numerous distilleries and brick works. The
construction Of this line will greatly i'm
prove :he industries in the places men
toned In addition TO its local importance,
this line Will be the shortest TCUte for
goods coming from Kovel and BresJ 20
Warsaw and LODI, as well as to Poseu,
ElmbIrg. Breslau. Saxony, and the Sill
esian mining district"
Writing Of the customs duties on rum,
wheat. and drugs entering the ports Of
Venezuela. United States Consul Plumbach-
er enclosed copies OF DEGREES affecting their
impOr, alton The first prescribes that az
ter april 20, 1900, the Introduction through
the cS.Storn- houses OF the Republic OF SUI
gar-cane liquors or rum OF foreign manu-
fec re is TO be temporarily permitted;
s''-- articles 10 pay as import duty. even
If introduced from the Antilles. 2S-s cents
per 2.2046 pounds.
The second provides that from May IS
wheat in grain imported through the Gus
TOM houses Of the Republic shall be taxed
SIS cents per 22O4s pounds.
The third stipulates that after April %,
the substances called paste (eItract Of cam
peche), bOric acid, and bOraX or extract Of
soda, not comprised in the tariff, shall
also he included in the taxable class.
German Tradesmen at the Paris EXPO
siton" is the subject OF a repOr: from
Consul Monaghan. OF Chemnitz- He Gays
that a motion has been brought before the
Reichstag to select men from different
trades and send them 70 the Paris Expo
sition, in order that they may make a
thorough study OF the branches which they
repreSe nt IL is proposed TO appropriate
at least SIS for each one. a great many
cities aud districts in Germany have ar
ranged % send such men 10 Paris. Some
viii pay particular attention 10 hygiene
Illuminating appliances Of all kinds meth
DDS Of transportation, and canalization-
The ChemuitZ representatives are to study
the methods in vogue in London for con-
serving and utilizing the smoke given of
from large factories. A great quantity Of
the coal consumed /. Berlin is Of the Sc
called soft variety, and gives OF a SCOT that
is very destructive TO the external ap-
pearance of houses The German experts
viii also converse with the representatives
OF the exhibiting nations. and find out What
their countries are most in need Of. The
knowledge acquired by these men will be OF
unqGestiOnable value in the development
OF German Industrial life.
Mu-i~ter Conger wrote from Pekjn. April
IS, That n. had succeeded in obtaining per-
mission from the Tsung -li-Yamen 10 admit
free CO duty. the goods to be placed on ex-
hibition in the American warehouse in
Shanghai to De established by the National
Association OF Manufacturers. Bond was
to be given that none OF the goods would
be sold
Consul Mcfarland. Of Nottingham, Nav
I. reports that an s per cent advance in
wages has been made for hand frame knit
ters- These still do considerable work at
their own homes. Notwithstanding modern
improvements In machinery. A first-cIass
framework knitter. working full time.
earns about 1929 per week. and this ad-
vance VIII give him 90 cents additional.
Consul Listoe writes from Rotterdam.
May g.:
Il have today received a letter from the
firm of POtOt.chnig & FrankeI. in Trieste
Austria, in which enquiry is made for some
No. 1 exporter OF ha1>eed In the United
States The latter further states. Owing
to the great scarcity of Iinseed in India
and Russia, and consequent enhanced
prices. America can now compete fayora-
bly,. and We hear Of several sales from the
United States" This information nav be
of interest TO American. exporters of flax
seed.
p. Strickland, Consul at Goree- Baker In
Senegambia. says in a report dated MAY 1;
AN exposition has just been held at Da-
kar which was of interest. as it was prob
ably the first of its kind in this colony. If
not in intertFopical Africa
The exposition was opened with cere-
monies and speeches appropriate for the
occasion on the 18th of March. and closed
the 14th of April There were exhibit
tied, among other things. the animals of
the country, including ostriches. specimens
Of rubber, gums, nuts and mSet of the
other products; fish and native gear for
catching il; native jewelry, some of which
is very fEe; hides and skins. including
bird skins for mounting on hats; furniture
made in the country; native woods etc
All the objects were artisticalIy displayed
in the beautiful park at Dakar. and. in or
der to encourage the natives to visit il
no entrance fee was charged. The exposi-
tio2 was very successful.
1T might be noted here that the Govern
ment is doing everything to encourage
agriculture in the colony and has import
ed seeds from the rubber trees of Brazil
for free distribution among those willing
TO plant them"
A Groom of Three-Score and Ten.
FREDERICKSBURG. Va. June 23.-Mr.