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Industrial and
Ira de Notes ! I: !

II. IA report from Antwerp. sta tes that
never before has the demand been 50
great from the United States at any one
time for cement as at the present tine tine
one vessel recently took 800 tons y o.
cement from Antwerp to San francisco.
$5 Turbines are TO be substituted for the
enormous recprocatlng engines at the Inc
new London County Council generating
station a London paper says that tho
latter engines are already obsole etc. q 10
seriously affect the nearby Greenwich
Observa tors. ~ III ,,3f
IS "A shefl,eld correspondent writes that
tenders for 10000 Frazors. 81 with bono ham
dies, are being Invited BY the British
army clothing department. The blades
are to be hand forged and marked IS
such. The sample submitted TO the hrm
fis slightly hollow ground, but there IS no
stipulation as Il to whether the grin ding
shall be done by hand or by machine. Btf
American butter leads in Colombia, re- re-
ports Consul P. F. Demers, OF Barran-
uuilla, the imports In 1904 having been
81, 900 pounds out OF a total OF 20, IS.
This was an Increase over tho previous
years butter 5importa ton Of 50, 900 pounds.
Mr.. Derners gives the names OF butter
importers at Barranquilla, which can be
secured from the Bureau OF Manufactures.
The British consul ut CherbourB re-
ports that the project for forming a
Edeep-water har Dor In front OF that French
city has been abandoned. On the other
hand, q decree authorizing the buNf1ng
Z OF d cement quay on the south side OF
the commercial basin will soon be issued
(report made In APPLY. BY the begin
ming OF 1907 the outer commercial port
& o nd approaches thereto are to be dredged
and cleaned. which will be great ad-
vantage to vessels. as It Is much IN
need OF deepening. W
Consul-J j. 2. Dunning. OF Milan, writes
that the electric locomotives which VIII
be used to haul $train through the new
Sinnplon tunnel were originally construct
( ed for the electric lines In the Val Telli-
ma. and secured for the tunnel in or
der that the service might be electrical
from the start The complete technical
details OF these electric locomotives are
given BY Mr.. Dunning. together With a
/ photograph OF machine, which IA arc
available for inspec tionj.nt the Bureau OF
Manufactures }lSfl8
53 The British vice-consul at St Malo
writes with regard to the Newfoundland
+ fishing trade, q In which most OF the
Il ST. Malo population are engaged dur
ing four or five months in the year,
that provisions, hshhooks. etc, supplied
for the ships In that trade do not pay
duty. provided the goods are gwarehouscd
at st. Malo. and put on board the yes
sells which are to use them during the
season. 3 He says that considerable tnlsi-
ness in biscuits Is done, but he never
saw any biscuit OF British manufacture.
although cases OF American bread are
Ito be seen. ~ 393s 3s358s
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fsnecial "a The Times- Dlspatch.)

5tlrl fEnecial to The Times Dlspatch) atls . n
RADFORD VA, July 1.--Probably the
most Youthful business firm In the State
Is Tilson Brothers, of Pulaski, which IS
composed Of two lads ten and twelve
years old, Z \.
These ambitious young merchants ore
Master Kelly and Master VIII Tilson,
sons Of Mr.. w. IT. Tlson. who for years
was general storekeeper for the I3artha
Mineral Company, and Is now PROPULSION
OF a successful clothing store IN Pulhskl,
Tho boys seem to have Inherited the's
fathers commercial lncinatlons, ahu %
their own accord are making this vent''ie
in the world OF trade Both Kelly and
VIII are We'll advanced In their studies,
and are possessed OF sober ways ana
Judgment beyond their years. 35t$
Their store Is the one formerly occu-
med by II. C. Wallace on Valley Street,
and they carry a good stock OF groceries
and iconfections, They began doing busl-
ness on their own hook the first OF June,
and are meeting with great success
They open their store at 7 o'clock IN inc
morning and close at s o'clock at night.
They do cash business. and keep. no
books. They are bright, polite boys,
ana strictly attentive to business. When
school opens in the fall rilson Brothers
will employ man to run their store
and tuke up again their duties IN The
school room "
Meanwhile they are enjoying their vaea-
ton to the full and arc u bright and
shining example OF the w'de-awake, ans
bilious, energetic American boy, Lot the
boy who idles away tho whole of his
summer vacation, with no notion OF de-
voting small portion of the day to self
Improvement or useful work, let him
take pattern after Pulaski's commendable
young merchants by having some purpose
in vacation. and not deyoting every mo-
ment OF the golden summer hours 10
mere sclf-lndulgence and Idle sport.
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American Shipments in Foreign
Bottoms.

&5 Consul J. C, Kellogg, Of Colon, writes
that during the twelve months ending
May slst about $4,000 tons OF coal ar
rived at that Panama port, making an
average OF $4,000 tons per month.
AZ All OF this coal came from the United
States. principally from Norfolk, Va, and
was shipped In foreign bottoms flying tho
Norwegian flag. It seems rather strange
that none of this freight was carried IN
American bottoms. It might be well to
say that With the exception OF the steam
ers OF the Panama Railroad STEAMSHIP
Limo plying between New York md Colon,
not a single freigh It or passeliser steamer
flying tho American flag has entered
Colon during the year named notwlt9-
standing the fact that cargoes OF all kinds
are constantly arriving there for the 18th
,,nian canal and for the LEGAL and transit
trade 1t is true, however, that two
thirds OF the freight Drought ~ sa's t,,t
~ far the largest part Of the total freisnt
IS carried by foreign steamers
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FEWER.
1H A. \ |. !. j YEAR A
Bankruptcy Returns tor for First First
Half Of 1896 Much More
s!H Satisfactory. 8
STATISTICS For ] SIX \; I MONTHS \, I: Y !:
Southern States Reported 1o1i
Fewer Failures Than
~, Last Year. IA 4

lS * Evv3 YORK, uly7.- Commerce ihl all
,res Of the United States, according to
\ statistics complied from reports OF = the ne
branch Offices Of r. g. Dun 6 Co., i1'lin-
bered 5,6lg during the first half of 1906,
against s,alo defaults In the correspond
ling month Of the previous year, while
v defaulted liabilities aggregated s62,664,-
8So74, against s56,9oi,5s5 in 1905. Distinct
Improvement Is noted in manufaet turing
G0 failures for vi ,9s9,o2s
\ comparing with i .426 last year, When the
n amount involved was a,3l3, 22O. X radiils
failures also make favornnle c on
q ,154 comparing with AGA, while the
Z defnulted Indebtedness wns s25,6oo s1s',
a against 2S,sp457S In 1905 Tho only nd
verse exhibit appears In the third .dl-
vision Of commercial failures, including
real "a estate, insurance. brokerage ana
n similar occupations--10S for sid, l6S'oG'
n comparing with 16o last year, when the
amount Involved was only $3666, Isl. "
banks and other flduciaryl lnstitutt11 ons
there were IS suspensions with linblt1t q.
i OF s55S5, S332 against a last year, When4 the
indebtedness was s., s033 Thus ~ ap-
pears tllattthe bankruptcy returns for the
first half Of 1906 were much more satis-
factory than those Of the Same months
last year except for a few large failures
In the division where speculation IS par
ticularly prominent although fire m
4 surance disasters were not as extensive
8;as was generally expected on account o.
the losses at San Francisco, but the .full
effect Of that catastrophe may have t'een
postponed by tho delay that has occurred
+ In settling claims In "a general way
these mortality statistics reflect the
greater mea sure of prosperity that the
u, $1,a NM
months, especially in the two chief divi-
sions OF manufacturing and trading
L, Failure statistics for the half year are
compared below for q series of years:
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BRADFORD FAIR "A SUCCESS,
The Pipe Works Being Put in
Order to Commence Operations.

Especial 10 The Times D!spatch.)
81 RADFORD, VA. July 1.-THE Fourth
OF July meet OF the Southwest Virginia
Agricultural and Live Stock Association
was financial success, and will leave
Z a surplus in the trea sury, while the pros
fhe,. 4 were 4 never brighter. Manager
Cyrus T, Fox, OF Reading, Penn,,8N1ll re-
main In Radford and have charge Of the
4 fall event, & I! FL (. Ii 8 Z. s58lt
40 Mr.. II enryI McWane, president anu gen
sernl n anager5 OF the 4 Lynchburg FOUNDRY
Company, was in town this week ma KING = s
the preliminary arrangements |, Tor, !, ne le
opening Of the Pipe Works, which were We r
bought by his company from tho Y {. g.
and 6, CO. about q year ago, and which
passed into the hands 2, the %, new Is s9
had Al large force OF hands at work, has
ordered new supplies, and expects to
trst cast during .n ths 1asy nas,
OF next week. iils son. on ~ HI' tho padford
MIN Mt 49, t3aS 5li il5 E ds-iiGl 81 #fR
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Guiding In the latter those partially 1nanl--
3ufuctured articles brought irso the coun-
try for use III manufac turing. Prior to
1903 tho Imports Of manufactures were r
always greater In value than the exports
Of manufactures; since 1898 the exports
OF manufactures have exceeded Imports no.,
5inS value, except In single year, 3l lao !,
In1SCO tho value OF manufactures imported =
was five times as great ns the value @
manufactures exported IN 1917. ABOUT
three times as great; In 1880, about two
and one-l1alf tines as great; In 1890.
about twice as great; and in 1928, as above 'V
Indicated 4 the exports Of manufacturers 1 e
for the first time exceeded the I'm imports
/ Of manufactures, and have, with q single 2
exception, SO continued to the present pres fls
time. tg Nv ~ lEt s5 WA. A !.
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one and One-llalf nllllon FQOllafH. hstl5s
Imports Also Growing.
Imports Of manufacturers materials is
also show a marked growth during the
year. They aggregated nfty-three million
dollars for tile month Of May. 1906, q gainst
8forty-fiye millions for May of last year,
and during the eleven months ending with
May, 1906, were five hundred and forty
one millions, against four hundred and
{eghty-three millions In the corresponds
ing period of the preceding year. This
growth in the Importation Of manufac-
turers materials Is quite as strongly
marked as that in exports of manufac-
lures For the twelve months ending with
June, the total value of manufacturers
materials imported seems likely to ag-s
grega te Approximately Ave hundred and
ninety millions, or nearly as much as the
value Of manufactures exported. A COM
parson Of this figure of. manufacturers
materials imported In 1906 with the stalls
tiles acturers' tlmaterial fimported
for consumption turing earlier years
shows, for 1896, two hundred and eighty
one million dollars; for 1856, two hundred
and twenty-three2 millions; 1875, one hum
dred and seventeen millions n 1868, one hun
bred and twenty-nine millions; and for
1856, eighty millions. Manufacturers ma
3terals formed in 1856 326 per cent. Of the
total Imports for consumption in 1866,
80 per- cent; In 1876, Is per cent; in 1855.
SO per cent; y In 1896, 81 per cent, and in
1906, will approximate AZ per cent Of tho
total Imports @ a N
Fl Manufactures exported IN 1906 exceeded
by about sixty million dollarsts the Valus
of all ufactures Imported, even IN
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! What the Greek Islands Buy.

M Tho British Consul at syria, IN .the
jc,reclan cyclades Islands, states that
British calcoes, prints, long clo ths,
woolen stutts, bedst safes, reels q
cotton; vegetable butter biscuits, M
scented soaps. starch. mustard ana otner
commodities are much appreciated there
The trade OF British iron and steel how
ever has been falling of Tor some TIME
IN favor OF Belgian supplies but last
wear Austria Hungary entered the f1eid
OF competition, sendirg considerable
number of steel beams and orders and
a quantity Of bar iron. hoops and plates.
rho United Kingdom still provides pig
iron, p!nln ana corrugated galvanized
sheets, block TIN and tin plates, Wire
lnairs ara no longer imported from Europe,
d local factory being abb to meet the
demand and even to export q fair
amount. Wire for this industry comes
from Belgium,
The trade OF Italy In the cyclades is
steadily Improving in dyed sateens and
cotton Innings In generals as 70 fancy
printed hannelettes, she stands .un7
riyalled. Both Italy and Belgium, profit a
Ing BY she low exchange. are now work.
i i hard to And openings ntthe cycladess
for their cotton yarns. ssss5
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Mexican Immigration.

Mexico Is agitated over the subject OF
immigration. The newspapers deal with
the matter quite generally, and many pub ;
lie men have discussed It. 1t is argued
that immigrants from cities arc not de-
s!rnble, as what Mexico needs Is men TO
cultivate the land. It is said tho cities
+ In Mexico like those In other countries,
have n superabundnnce OF the element
which would be contributed by lmmi-
grants from foreign cities. a year ago
a big japanese company brought q tn y
sand men from Japanese cities to Roleo
for mining purposes AS the japanese
mad no experience In mining they were
OF no use, and had to be shipped nome
at the expense OF the steamship cons
pany. which experiment, tho Mexican IN
weston says, cost tho company about $500, :
900. Another japanese immigration CONF
pany shipped n large number OF japanese
laborers from towns to the lsthmns o.
Tehuantepec to work for the planters
there, but they proved asfailure and haa
to be shipped home. For that reason
MexIcans say they do not want men from
cities. The great trouble viii MEXICAN y, J,
land is the lack Of moisture. which VIII
have to be provided BY means Of arteslail'
wells, etc, for irrigation purposes . 4,
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YOUNGEST MERCHANTS
IN THE OLD DOMINION

Helms was elected president; James =.
White and w, Z. MINCED. first and second
vice president, and Leon Palmer, secre-
tary. W b@ 8
The old Colonial Hotel opposite the
court house, which has been closed for
the past year, is being repainted and re-
paired. and In few weeks will be re-
opened for business.
The Abingdon Dispensary, which was
opened on tho list Of May. Is proving g
financial success. It has Melted at least
one thousand dollars profit per month
since It has been in operatlon. "
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aUndergrou Telegraph Wires il,
$ England. sI5 Z

~ The British Postmaster General has
written a letter to tho Association OF
Chambers OF Commerce, which memorial
lied him in favor OF laying allStrunk wires
Underground to obviate delays by storms,
to the following effect: s{ "a ta
$ I'm reply ! am able to state that the
underground line between London and
Glasgow has now been completed. The
spur line to Manchester has been con-
tinued through Bradford to Leeds.ssSI In
the south an underground line has been
laid from London eastward as far as
Chatham and westward as far as Slough,
and thence a pipe, but not yet a cable,
as far as Reading. During the present
year the Postmaster General hopes to
extend this pipe limo to BristolAan to
provide cable as far as Chippenhan,
This Postmaster General trusts that inc
Chamber OF Commerce will see that such
a programme evidences n desire to ex-
tend the underground system OF tele-
graphs as rapidly as can reasonably be
made" Ri !, h }8 tx IL IA
ground wires to the landing places Of
Important Atlantic and Mediterranean
cables throughout Great Britain.
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~, Z pan American Railway.

rha Mexican Investor says that me
,n,re enu mans OF the officials Of the Pan
II :, y,cop Ky Railway south contemplate
. n,npii The road through all the Central.
u :, 49,, 20 y republics and into and through
snnth American countries to Buenos
avres Beginning at San GERONIMO, tho
sta ton on tho Teluantepea Natlonal
where the Pan-Amerlca offlciaily mas US
.n lor and In operation as far as
nj g ,iiapan. and 1T is expected that the
road as far as the border OF Guatemala
viii be completed by the close tof this
YEAR Year It has been the purpose Of the
pan. American officials to begin the CONF
structlor through Guatemala also this
year but the revolution now In progress
NAV cause some delay.
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'W0RLD.FAM0US
PLUG BRANDS
Continued from First PACED


to rely. upon ono Industry alone. num-
Der OF Martlnsville people determined In
the spring Of 1905 to rganize o canning
factory. which was done, the factory
being organized with capital Of $1,000,
an arrangement being made at the same
stimo with large Philadelphia tobbing.
3house to dispose. 1the product The:
8Niartlnsvllle Cannery. manufactures VI the
fancy grade OF goods. and bids fair to
make the fame OF the town as widely
known In this limo as It Is already IN
the tobacco line. SIS AZ t M Il
81 "a few months ago the Am erican Fur
$nit,ire Company was organized here, with
a capital OF $50 900. Tho company Is now
building large brick factory on their.
lands near the Norfolk and Western
depot, and expect to begin operation this
fall. In addition to these enterprises,
the town bons IS OF a spoke and handle
factory, for the manufacture Of spokes,
( rims a and handles; q Touring mill, two
planning mills and lumber yards. box.
factory, and an Ice plant, 81 ppl YIN g. the
needs Of the town and surrounding
country. x
5$ The Wholesale trade OF the town con-
sists Of three wholesale grocery, feed
and provision houses, whose propr!etors
vie with one another In seeking the
trade OF the surrounding country, and are
able, by means OF II competing freight
rates, to hold the trade OF South Pied!
mont Virginia and a $consid section
sof North Carolina.
Railroad Facilities.
Martinsville's two lines OF railroad,
connecting at Danville and Roanoke with
the main lines Of the Southern and
Norfolk and Western Roads. and with
four passenger trains day on each
line, give the town the advantage OF
competing freight rates and easy and
Quick communication With the outside,
world. a The town and county are covered
\ by an excellent local telephone system,
the modest cost OF which places Its
advantages within the reach OF all. The
Bell phone connects the town with all
parts OF the country.
and cnterprising banks-the Peoples Bank.
Organized in 1890, and the First tional
Bank Of N1artinsville, which succeeded
the Farmers Bank In 1904. VI
The town and county support Ole
weekly an done bl-weekly newspaper.
Three hotels look after the welfare Of
the traveller, and the professions OF law,
medicine and theology are well supplied.
Fl Though Martlnsville ii is ta town NJ Of
recent growth, It's population Is almost
entirely native Virginian and fit8is the
center OF q charming and delightful
social life, some Of the Oldest and best
families in the State being represented
here. 355 stt5] Il. III
Church Street, the leading residence
street of the town, would be a. credit
tofa city five times the size OF Martins
vile. There are quite a number OF
Handsome homes on this thoroughfare.4
6the most imposing being that OF Mr..
lib, $F,f Stevens. completed last year at
: a cost Of over $780, 900. 4. II. d IL III
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l. Tgt & 49,
Y According to geographical ella ssii1catiolll,
there appeared decrease OF about ten
5ner cent in number of failures IN ( New
England but an increase Of zl3 q I'M ,
s4ooI0oo9i IN amount Of liabilities. Default
ed Indebtedness was much heavier !, ~ y.
Maine, Connecticut and Rhode Island TINS
wear. while there was pronounced I'M
procurement in Massachusetts and New New
Hampshire. .s u. .,,,s
IA banking failures occurred In TINS
section III tho first half OF 1906 whlle
ID here were only two small ones last year.
The three Middle States reported a I
100 fewer failures and a. decrens SO q a.
most $4,000 900 liabilities as compared
with last years figures, the difference
Srcing provided by the Empire estate,
which showed decrease Of almost
as3, 00O, 900 in manufacturing and about
half MS much In trading, but an Increase
Of Il over s2O00,o00 in other com merc'al
failures. a moderate increase In New
Jersey losses was located In the manu-
\ featuring division, while a small gain
In slinbiitics occurred in the trading class
In Pennsylvania Banking failures In
the Middle states were only two In NUM-
f Der eund s1G5, 900 In amount. against u
+ last year for 81 .162,215. s l4
Southern States reported 19l fewer
failures than last year. but there was a
\ small Increase in amount OF defaulted
Indebtedness, entirely due to a few large
failures in the third class in Maryland
liabilities -weyC ealso larger this year In
81 Delaware, DISTRICT IF Columbia, West
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,lenaryon Behymer, OF Los Angeles, Cal,
Who Is only nineteen years old. was gfaduats =,
instoI, University & the youngest bachelor %
law IN the world. X. 81 ii II
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Mr.. Meaniy; .-Its something dreadful NY
m's money aeMS Money money al he time MI;
Japsoni Why whatever does she GO WIN An. ~
this money!" Mr., Mcanly; "EhI On, !. ao ~
know. ! hayent given her any yet '-l'ck ~
Ia. . , H u liz =
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Many party men would be glad Il Mr. Reese % g
,,eit Valid Indicate which "other Repup!lcaH,
they are to. vote for next tinle,-W ION
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IL was plumbing contractor who paid Is
clam clam Then 60 has, slts!"-chcago Evening
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we fudge from his letter that Private Seq
r.tary I Deb will not allow Mr.. Roosevelt to
run Tor President again.-Baltinore Sun,
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BOARD OF TRADE,

The Abingdon Dispensary Pays
One Thousand a Month, s
Especial to The Times ispa tcho
ABINGDON, VA. July fat a recent
meeting of the Board OF Trade, ]. Frank
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REAL ESTATE !: A. ! ]. !. AND \!
BUILDING NEWS
CONTINUED from First Pagc.)

=
G,,nn In ted and In fact ill agents report
$ircreas sing Inquiries, and predict unless
parties make their arrangements before Def
the fall. that later on the searchalior
houses will exceed the hustle and s y am
BILE Of last fall While selling OF Il. real 81
usual summer dulness is col,spicuo'ults ' p y
its absence. Ibid &,
a number Of interesting auction sales ,I
are scheduled for this week, and a close ,
{ perusal OF the advertising columns OF o,
this mornings Times ID slaa'tch VII ~!
doubtless prove very interesting to IN
investor and the home seeker as we'll.
"A new object Of Interest will -henceforth be
presented to American visitors 70 Fiofenc zee IN
Jarrett Browning son OF Robert and Eliza
beth Drowning. who puts Into execution his
project OF forming a Browning museum. 45Ss
Eternal vigilance is the price Of liberty aid
ed by lawyers Zee f aS535.
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IT is necessary 70 put lot of money into
some Friendships In order to make them last.
Chicago News. 81 III s,
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Eternal vigilance the price OF liberty aid
ed by lawyers fee h Ss35
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.GREAT@EXPORTS /.
.OF MANUFACTURERS
(Conthalued From First Page2

T.@1ETT (ContH1lued From FIrst EPuGe.J n Tl
lion Agricultural implements show an
increase during the same period Of about
one and one-half million dollars
Imports Also Growing.
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(Continued from First 1'ageD

After crosses and losses men grow 'nurpler
and Notwithstanding