The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-13


consolation in the fact that even an ef-
fort to win is highly praiseworthy.
The prizes for the winners of the va
rious contests leading up to the crown
ing one at the Worlds Fair, and tho
prize for the victor at that interesting
event, are to be announced when the
plans shall have ben perfected
cANADA's FOREST WEALTH.
Making Use Of the Worlds Fair t. Ex.
tend knowledge Of Her Great
Resources.
Canada intends to spring surprise
at the exposition next year with her
exhibit OF lumber and timber. OF
most direct interest to the people Of
the United States, perhaps is the rec
ord of Canada in the wood pulp indus
try last year. The Statistical Year
Book OF Canada, compiled by George
Johnson, F.. S. S.. the official statisti-
clan of the Dominion Department OF
Agriculture, summarizes wood pulp in
dustry as follows:
The value of the wood, blocks and
other forms of crude export for pulp
was $1,315,O3S in 1902 of which the
United States took $1,194,593, and
Great Britain only $12O. .445-other
countries nothing. OF the prepared
wood pulp the export from Canada
was valued at $2O46,39S for the same
year, the United States taking $1,17O,
400 worth, and Great Britain $818, $50:
other countries, $57,41S worth
Other interesting facts connected
with this growing industry among our
northern neighbors may be summar-
ized as follows:
The wood pulp industry of Canada
for the calendar year 1902 was carried
on by thirty-five mills, which had an
output of 24O,989 tons of wood pulp.
OF this quantity. 1855. 5.21O tons were me-
chanical pulp, 76,735 sulphite, and o.
O44 soda. The corresponding quanti
ties for 1901 were: Mechanical, 169.-
360 tons sulphite, $4,000 tons. and
soda. 1O74O tons. The total value OF
the output was $43S31S2.
The growth of the industry Is con-
siderable. In the census Of 1881 there
were five establishments with an out
put Of $63.OO0. In 1891 there were
twenty-four with an output Of 81 1,O57.-
SO. The census for 1901 has not yet
been tabulated. For 1902 the returns
to the statistical branch preparing the
Year Book, show. as given above. thir-
ty~five establishments with an output
of $4,383,1S2.
OF the product OF Canadian mills
the customs returns show that during
the calendar year 1902 the exports
| amounted to $2,511 .664. leaving ST.
871.51S for home use. In general
way. therefore. Canada exports about
| 81 per cent of her production.
The market for this product in the
United Kingdom is large. In the cal
endar year 1902 the requirements Of
| Great Britain were Of the value of
| $11. 1867. Of which seven-elevenths
| were chemical pulp. Canada's export
| in 1902 to Great Britain was about
SH per cent of her needs
AS seen by the foregoing figures.
forest products of Canada are one Of
her main features, and her commits
sioners intend that next years show
! ing at the Worlds Fair will yield the
! palm to no other country.
Idaho's Beautiful Scenery.
The windows of the Idaho building
| at the Worlds Fair will be veritable
| works of art. C. B. HURT. the execu-
| tive commit missioner has caused photo
| graphs of beautiful Idaho to be made
and transferred TO transparencies.
| Some of the views possess wonderful
! beauty. Shcshone Falls. on the Snake
river. have fall OF 220 feet, as COM
! pared with 160 feet for the famous
| Niagara Falls. The mountains and
lakes of Northern Idaho. for beauty,
are surpassed by none in the world.
| Worlds Fair News Notes.
The steel frame work of the Bel
gium building at the Worlds Fair has
| been finished. Workmen are now
erecting the great dome that will rise
$50 feet from the foundation. The
main part of the building is ready for
the reception Of the staff and orna-
| mental work.
| The scenic railway ON the Pike, at
the Worlds Fair, is SO long that it
crosses the steam railroad tracks anu
runs for more than thousand feet
outside of the exposition grounds prop
er. The trip over this scenic gravity
| railway is more than a mile.
| The dome of the Brazilian building
| at the Worlds Fair will overlook all
of the structures on the foreign Sec
tion. Brazil's building is south of
| China's national pavilion. 1t is one
of the most prete1tious among the
buildings erected by the foreign gov
ernments.
| The admissions department of the
Worlds Fair has made the official an
/ nouncement that season tickets will he
| sold at $25 each. These tickets are
good for each day of the exposition.
from April so to December 1. Tha
tickets, of course, are not transfera-
| BILE, and the purchasers photograph
will be attached to each ticket for
| Identification purposes.
Mai. Algar NJ Wheeler, of "a Trip
to Siberia concession on the Pike,
at the Worlds Fair, who reached st.
Louis recently after trip to Siberia,
says that seventy-f1ve Students and
! several professors from the Russian
Imperial School Of Engineering will
Espend two months in America this
year, and that they will visit the
Worlds Fair in body and remain for
| two weeks studying the exhibits OF in
terest peculiar to their profession