Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-11
y. EUROPE WANTS FLAX.

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mi EUROPE WANTS FLAX.
Americn's Opportunity to Supply 1t.
@ Prices ExorBItant. .@ y Ss
There never was a more opportune
time to introduce American fax into
Europe than the present. 5 Il .1st
The annual fax markets in Decem-
Der at Breslau, Germany, and Traute-S
nau, Bohemia, were largely attended,
but very little business was transact
ed on account Of the exorbita1lt prices
Of raw flax. Russian raw fax is GO
ing up in price daily, and it Is evident
that the material on hand in Europe
will not cover the demand for CON
sumption. %>t#s g. ts.5, ,3.2s
The fax harvest Of Russia this sea-
son is probably 40. per cent less than
that Of last year, although the harvest
Of 1899 fell short Of being an average
one. The worst feature about Russian
fax Of this season is now disclosed-it
is not only wanting in, quantity, but
also in quality y The price of the raw
material this year has increased three
fold compared with previous years. a..
1t has been said by growers and deal
ers that four years Of good harvests in
Europe will be necessary to bring fax
down to normal price.
At the present time Russian fax
meets with no effective competition in
Europe. The flax spinners of Germany,
Belgium, Austria, France, Great Brit
ain and Italy are chiefly dependent on
fax in those countries being only an In
significant percentage of their consump.
tion.
The spinners Of Germany, Austria,
Belgium and France have made an
agreement that on and after Jan. 1,
1901, only IS per cent of their spindles
shall be operated. ~:
Austrian fax spinners have united
and bought one of the largest Bohe.
milan mills, with 10000 spindles, with
the positive agreement that the ma.
chimes are to be sold and that the mill
shall never again engage In the spin
ming Of fax.
All this trouble arises solely from
want of raw fax. European fax spin.
ners hope that, American growers will
take advantage of this opportunity to
introduce flax into Europe ''> @@. .s.
It is certain that American fax could
at all times successfully meet Russian
competition. IT was only the other day
that learned from German fax ex-
pert that the American fax fiber on the
average Is much superior to the Rus
sian. c., 2 -
So reports W. K. Herzog, consul at
Zittau. %3fE'fN I G$E. E33
The Popular Maple sfrup Package.
What is the most popular style Of
package for 'sirup and sugar Through
wide acquaintance with the wholesale
trade an Orange Judd Farmer CORE.
spondent answers: The gallon can FOR
sirup is the general favorite, sprefera-
bly, full measure and with a screw top.
Consumers expect the .sirup to be OF
good body and good color. In some oi
the western markets these cans are
packed in barrels in sawdust and in
this way save a little in the cost OF
package and freight. The half gallon
can is good seller in New York city
and also in Chicago and some points ot
the northwest, yet it is not the stand.
ard size. Sirup packed in bottles
quarts or five, to the gallon-are moi
special favorites. -. =, =. ssS5 ss:s23 ss E
SO far as sugar Is concerned, whole
sale dealers; as rule prefer the tin
buckets containing about ten pounds
and bricks weighing about one pound
The brick Of fair size is in more gener'
al favor than any other one shape. - u
:, An old new Jersey& sch oolhouse.
The pupil OF today would think bis
opportunities very great II he could
see the school equipment OF hundred
years ago. A Morris county (N. j.
school Of that period is thus described
In an old letter OF one Of its attendants;
~, = The building was constructed Of logs,
and instead Of glass for windows,
sheepskins were stretched over the
apertures made by saving OF an occa-
sional log. The windows had one
merit-they prevented pupils from
being interrupted ii their study by
1 what was going on outside. The time
was regulated by an hourglass, and
the pupils drank water from a trnl-
# bier made of d cows horn or from q
ground shell. "a
HE In spite OF these al differences OF equip
N ment the schools OF q century ago re-
y sembled those or today In one notable
4 respect they had for the most part
the same great literary works that are
the standards OF our language now,
The greatest literature ia fortunately
4 the possession Of many centuries.
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