The sun., 1909-12-09

EnsIIsh ship owners and Argentine cattle raI.-
eTs have organized . company 20 ship regular
weekly supplies OF called meat from the River
Plate 70 London and Manchester. Work has
begun on nine new Is knot refrigeration stesmers
10 be added 10 the vessels already at the dispoeal
Of tine ship owners.
I'd to September Q sydney. Australia, had
shipped ss.ssf.ooo worth OF so,d 10 Japan.
A limited stock company has been formed IN
Berlin by leading German Industrial concerns for
the manufacture Of nylng machines OF the wrisht
system. Wilbur and orvile Wright have con-
veyed all the rights for Germany 70 the new
compsny. The General Electric Company Of
Beriin and New York Is Interested.
The foreign debt Of Chile is ~. sss United
States gold. and the internal debt Is Sis 7sI ses
The total debt Is fss 20 Per capita Of the popua-
tioa.
"A strong banking house Of France is opening
iu Valparaiso. chile. because Of the Increasing
trade between the two countries.
Pawn snops In Chile are under special rexuIa-
tons Of the general Government. enforced by
1ocai authorities.
In the vicinity Of Concepcion and Tslcahuano.
Chile. there are than s0o0o.O0o cubic meters
of soft coal of fair quality within area OF 5000
square meters. or about s05 square miles. The
vein is IS meters or about ilS feet thick.
Honduras Is erecting two lighthouses. on
the island Of TINA. lying on the northeastern
coast, and on Cape vsiso. near the extreme
eastern coast.
| the Chinese Empire and are being put In charge
| Of educated Chinese who have studied In Japan.
Europe and the United States. says Consular Re-
port No. BS- Popular eduestion Is q kty9pg,lea-
ture OF tho movement In China for the general
betisrment OF the country and lts people all tend
Ing toward q limited monarchy In place OF the
| centuries oid sutocracy
The new dealers annual license tax Of ssi 10
| Imposed st Alden may injure the sale OF American
kerosene In that busy city. and force the natives
4
gccds. kerosene has for years been tho leading
American port to Alden after driving Russian
| and Sumatran oil out OF the market
One hundred thousand dollars ls 10 be spent for
| i'm mprovements In the service Of the nre brigade
| In the city Of sac Psulo, Brazil.
In the effort to roorgAniye the rubber factories
/ Of Scotland on American lines American experts
are being put In charge Of the principal depart
| rnents OF manufacture. Their salaries are much
| higher than the British standard. The industry
turns out about sseoo.ooo worth OF rubber goods
| yearly. American c0mpeu ton abroad is forcing
| this change. says our Consul at Edinbursh.
! Liberia. West Africa. Is energeucaliy calling
| for American goods. even among the :.s0ooOO
| abortx xinsi population. The opportunity Is fully
detailed In Consular Report No. 1855
China buys t..0oo.00o worth of foreign made
printing paper every year. The American share
Is Insignificant Why. See Consular Report No.
| ssss.
The Euphrates River will probably be bridxea a,
| the three points where the crossing In now done
| by ferries The nrst bridge VIM be constructed
neat spring.
! Mining concessions are being snapped ND IN
turkey The new Governor OF Adana N favor
.bFy disposed 20 concessionsrtes.
AZ The Instance OF the japanese Government
! the Bank Of Japan discounts exchange against
| exports at the low rate Of per cent. q year.
| thirty thousand barrels OF Nova ScotiAn apples
were recently shipped 70 Africa. The crop this
vesr Il about the same In 1908. 100000 barrels
SIR Robert Hart win return Though he retired
las, year, 10 China and resume his many years
| .uecsssfuI worii head Of the Chinese Imperfa
Maritime Customs Service.
| the British Post once handled last nnancia
year: 3
Post cards. seo0oo000
Newspaper. .,...,............,.... 2oz.ao0oo0
Parcels. ...........-.....,...... 1iAOe00o0
Total pieces Of mail. .S0as. $40 900
| The British Postmaster General In his annual
rsport says: The result OF penny postage with
inc United States. established In October. isos.
n an increase Of shout % per cent. between the
| two countries" During the year H.s1s.ooo teic-
| grams passed over the post once wires, de-
crease OF II per cont. owing 70 the increasing
use OF the telephone. Convcrsatsons by tcle-
phone number ,asoz.oct. The years postal reve-
nue. was too 100000 and the expense Of opersfion
vas ssSccooDo The net pront was about s,s.
sooUo. Teiefraphs and telephones earned s17.-
souuD uet q decrease uf about D1 .3op0oD fro1n