The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-21

plant up to a maximum of about $1,000
year after the establishment of the con-
Germ. and is to be made in partial payments
during fifteen years
Associations putting Up small mills may
get state aid up TO $4,000. not repayabie II
a majority OF their shares are IN the
hands of small farmers.
Village communities may receive, upon
the erection Of a hemp-steeping plant a
nonrepayable state stipend OF about Sl,olV.
Only Hungarian products may De useu
in these subsidized factories, and the es-
Adjustments aided by the state VIII De
under state control and inspection
The Royal Italian Embassy has informed
the Department of Commerce and LABOR
that tenders are being asked Tor In con-
nection with the building of the Pugliese
aqueduct. The work is TO cost about
$25 ,000 and to be finished in ten years
from the date of concession. The conces-
sion is for ninety years. Foreign Irms
may participate in the contest. Applications
must be sent to the Ministero del Lavori
Publici Diyisione L (Uffici ContrattD Roma,
Italia, and must bear on the envelope the
words. "Offerta per asta-Concesslone Dell
Acquedotto PUgliese, and are to be &C
companied by the documents put down In
the advertisement for bids. Bids must be
in the office noted above not later tnan
Oct 81. The concession Will De awarded IN
Rome on Feb. /, 1904. Copies of the law,
rules and form governing the proposals
and of the provisional plan for the con-
the Bureau of Statistics. Washington.
where they may be seen by interested par
ties.
A synopsis of the requirements Of foreign
trade agents in some of the European
countries has been prepared by United
States Consul Monaghan, stationed at
mil
be admitted in Belgium without the pay
ment OF business tax, provided they are
supplied with cards of Identification. They
may carry samples, but no salable goods
They may purchase goods from merchants
or producers and take orders for the lines
Of merchandise which they carry. Sam
pies stamped with the country of their
origin are admitted free of duty III ac-
companied by a sample passport. If not
thus stamped, they must be supplied with
the Belgian stamp on payment of the regu-
lar duty. Upon re-exportation OF the goods,
the duty is refunded. Commercial agents
who carry salable goods with them are
obliged 10 take out trade license in the
first city in which they arrive. The amount
Of the fee sxacted for such license varies
in specific cases. The refundment of duties
paid on salable goods is prohibited. Sam
pies Of wine are admitted free of duty
when the capacity of the bottles does not
exceed 5.07 fluid ounces
In Bulgaria every travelling agent must
report to the chamber of commerce or other
authorities Of the locality which he can
vases the name of the firm represented by
him. and must also exhibit certified copy
OF his power of attorney. Boundary officials
may only admit agents whose passports and
business papers are In proper condition.
In Denmark commercial agents are obliged
to pay an additional tax of si2SS. In case
an agent represents several houses he must
pay the amount named for the first house,
and half the amount for every other house.
Agents may do business only in Copenhagen
and in such other Danish cities in
cluded in the definition of trading cities"
Even in these cities the business must be
confined wholly to those lines of goods ham
died by the various firms.
In Finland no business tax is levied on
travelling agents, but their samples
subject to the duties imposed on the same
class Of goods in other European countries.
Under the new sugar regime in France
the price of sugar at retail has fallen from
| 10 cents to eos cents on cut loaf, and from
cents to SIS cents on granulated sugar.
This decrease in the price of sugar has been
instrumental in reducing the price of the
| famous "petits beurres."
| A plant has recently been discovered in
South America which contains considera-
BILE quantity of saccharine matter, is not
fermentable and possesses an unusually
saccharine taste. 1t is from eight to twelve
inches high, and is considered of important
value from an industrial standpoint on ac-
count of its natural sugar properties, which
are of high percentage. According to ex-
periments made by its discoyerer, the di-
rector of the Agricultural Institute at Asun-
| cion, the plant is said to yield a sugar
| which is from twenty to thirty times as
sweet as ordinary cane or beet sugar.
|
! 1t is reported that owing to the high
price of cotton about thirty thousand looms
and 100000 spindles are now idle in Lam
| cashire, England, and the production of
cotton textiles there has diminished by
/ about million and half yards a week.
| 1t is believed that many of the smaller man
| ufacturers will succumb to the crisis
Proposals and bids for three new bridges
| over the Nile have been called for, and
must be submitted before Feb. /, 1904, to the
Ministry of Public Works at Cairo, Egypt.
Specifications may be obtained by address
ing the Commercial Information Bureau of
! the British Board of Trade, 80 Parliament
| street, London, s. w.