The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-25

lives, he is absolutely certain to. succeed
himself In the upper branch of the next
national congress-
Felix S. S. Johnson, United States COM
mercial agent at Stanbridge has furnish
ed the state department with an inter-
esting report regarding Canadian meat
and poultry exports
and Poultry. THE magnitude of
the business done
between the United States and Canada
in lambs and poultry is not realized by
those not Immediately connected with It.
During the months Of September, Octo-
Der and November there were shipped
from Canada $4,000 lambs, making alto
gether $50 car loads. These lambs were
worth on the average $3.50 apiece, and
the total value was therefore about $27O,-
900. There was paid In duties on these
lambs to the United States government
$4,000. They were handled by the New
England Dressed Meat and Wool
Company of Sommerville, Mass The fig
ures for the same period Of 1898, how
ever, show that in the corresponding
months of that year there were sent
across the line 1913 22S lambs These lambs
come from all over Canada. AS regards
poultry, there were 5000 to 10000 live
geese shipped to the poultry yards Of
Charles M. Austin, of Mansfield Mass
for feeding purposes. There have been
seen at Sabrevios in the province of Que
bee, as many as 11,500 live geese and
5000 live ducks at one time, and 1t takes
125 bushels Of grain day to feed them
The firm of S. H. Jones, at Sabrevios
has had at one time as many as 25 600
geese and $1,000 ducks The American
firms mentioned in this report make
most of their purchases in the townships
of the province of Quebec, New Bruns-
wick and Prince Edward Island
Mr. Johnson also furnishes another in
tereSting report pertaining to the paper
aluminium and cotton manufacturers In
Quebec. He says:
1.-THE Shawinegan Water and Power
company, with headquarters in Mon
treal, is negotiating with foreign syndi-
Gates for the building of three large pa
per mills. The erection OF at least che
Of these was decided upon several weeks
ago, and the governments new policy
in regard to pulp wood, which is all in
favor of the Canadian manufacturer
makes the erection of the two others a
certainty. The company, in less than
a year, has built a prosperous village
Of 1900 people, where no one had ever
dreamed of settling and within another
twelve months ShaWinegan Falls will be
a thriving town of 5000 people, while
Three Rivers, a few miles below. has
added a large cotton mill to It's indus
try. In spite of the incIement weather
of the last fortnight, work is being push.
ed with vigor at the falls, and the prog
ress on the head race or canal and the
big timber dam is particularly rapid.
The company expects the excavations in
the race to be completed by March l.
1.-THE construction work on the power
house of the Pittsburg Reduction COM
pany Is also progressing most satisfac-
torily, the total number of men now en-
ployed being 1,400, besides 100 carriers.
The Pittsburg company which controls
the manufacture of aluminium in Ameri-
ca, recently equipped the Chicago Elec-
trio Street railway with aluminium wires
and the Manhattan Elevated Railway of
New York, the motive power of which
Is being changed from steam to cleo
tricity, has also voted to use aluminium
instead of copper in its wires, the metal
to be furnished by the Pittsburg COM
pany Aluminium, a few years ago,
cost as much as $12 pound, but through
the reduction process this figure has
been gradually lower to go cents, with
the result that it is now taking the place
of other metals, and even of wood, !,