The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-02
THE SUBJECT
, INDUSTRIES
Prof. W. M. Bryant Delivered An In.
terestins stereopticon Lecture on
the Subject Of Great Industries at
the Y. N. c. A. Last Evening.

Great Industries"
- Mr.. Bryant said in beginning that he
would really speak on several sub
jects illustrated by different slides on
each subject. The first subject was
the silk Industry" A map was
thrown on the screen showing the silk
producing regions, mainly in southern
Europe and Asia. But our slides
represent the industry in Japan"
Prof. Bryant traced the manufacture
of silk from the mulberry shrubs
through the worm stage, until the silk.
proper is separated from the gluey
substance and spun into very fine silk
threads. The immense amount #
time and labor put upon this product
makes it impossible to have the indus
try in this country. After the raw ma
terial comes to this country it is man.
ufactured into the finished product in
Patterson, N. j., Lowell and Fall River,
Mass. The professor traced by views
the manufacture of the silk in these
large factorieR of the east. A contrast
in the conditions Of American and Jap
anese factories showed the great SUI
periority of the American industry.
TIE Coffee Industry.
The centers of coffee raising is in
Brazil, Cuba, Africa, Sumatra and
Borneo. The speaker traced the use #
coffee from its beginning in Abyssinia
to Its almost universal use. Everybody
knows something about the first
growth of coffee. It forms in beans
on trees which grow to different
heighths in different countries. Views
were given of coffee fields in the great
coffee growing countries. The care IF
the young tree must be very great, as
they are very tender. After it has a
good start it is hardy tree and sell
dom fails to bear. The beans are
picked when they begin to turn brown.
There are two methods of preparing
the coffee, namely, the dry and the
wet. In Arabia and older coffee grow
ing countries they use the dry method
The sun is used as the dryer. The
beans are spread out on a cement
floor and the sun dries the berry and
the pulp Is absorbed. Great care must
be taken not to let any rain or other
moisture get at the drying beans. The
outside covering is taken off by run
ming 1t through a grinding machine
which grinds off the shell and leaves
the berry as we get it. All these ber-
ries have each to be assorted by hand
into different grades. But in Brazil
machine has been invented for this
asserting. The use of coffee in the
United States is rapidly increasing.
We are using 100000 worth year
and it is said that although we are the
greatest coffee users, yet we never
get the best coffee. 1t is often said
by foreigners: "You can not get
good cup of coffee in America" Ger
many stands next to us in consump-
ton, but we use twice as much as does
Germany. Our coffee is often mixed
with different limitations that has
tendency to spoil much of the entire
product.
1t is deplorable that the best grades
OF coffee from Arabia, Java, Samatra
and even Brazil should always go to
Europe.
The Ten Industry.
Tea comes from the dried and pre-
pared leaves of a shrub. 1t has been
used in China and India for ages. The
tea plant, which is grown largely n
China and Japan, seldom grows higher
than four and. "a half feet. 1t is
hardy plant and will survive severe
frost. The first picking in China is in
April when the buds are just opening.
This is the very best tea and never
gets out of China. The pickings then
come about every two months and each
succeeding picking is poorer than the
previous picking. The leaves are curl
ed in the shape in which we use them
by coolies tramping on the moist
leaves The difference beween green
and black tea is in the method of dry
ing. Green tea is dried very rapidly.
The professor showed how the three
different kinds of tea-green, black
and BRICKS manufactured from it's
first growth to its final consumption.
IAN ocean voyage" said the speaker,
always Injuries the tea" No matter
how much precaution is taken the in
jury to the product is sure. 1t is for
this reason that better grades of tea
are used in Euroasio. Australia uses
the greatest amount of tea per capita.
The Canadians are also great tea
drinkers. They use four pounds per
capita, while we use only one and
fraction per year.
Prof. Bryant gave many miscellane-
GUS views of the manufacture of other
beverages and eastern products as for
instance cocoa, pineapples, bananas,
coacoanuts. Another set of views
showed some of our great forests and
the efforts of the department of for
estry to preserve our rapidly wasting
woodlands: The views are all new and
very clear and Prof. Bryant's lecture
Is not only interesting, but instructive.
Especially were the audience interest
ed in the views given of different for
ests in various parts of our own couu-
try.
The next lecture will be given by
Prof. Babcock at the Y. M. c. A. next
Wednesday night on Chemistry in
Daily Life" Mr.. Griffith and Mr.. Clark
will deliver lectures later.
SELLING A DRIVING HORSE.