Evening star., 1911-07-29
try is cotton, but it's woolen factories
run 100000 spin
Some Of City's dies and the paper
r1er1. and linen indus

Some Of City's dies and the paper
r1er1. and linen indus
Chief Industries. tries are of great
and increasing Importance. Through Bar
celona passes about $4,000. 900 worth Of
cork gathered in the region whose out
put it handles. About 100000 worth
of silk is manufactured in Barcelona and
the latest and most modern industry Of
this city is an automobile factory that
will do a greater amount of business when
Spanish roads are made better than they
are today. Another up-to-date enter
prise is a scheme to boost Spain as a
country of interest to tourists. and get
for this country more Of the stream Of
American dollars that flow constantly in
to Europe. but of all of the Spanish
cities Barcelona, with it's modern aims
and airs, seems least fitted to make a
success of an enterprise Of this kind
Spain produces its own sugar. chiefly
on the fertile vega" Of Granada. The
south Of Spain is a huge forest OF olive
trees, the groves covering not only the
vegas" but also the sides Of the noun
ta.ns upon which nothing else would
grow. The mills Of the country are pro-
ducing It's supply Of -four and very little
flour is imported. Spanish vineyards pro-
duce an abundance of grapes from which
is made wine that is household neces-
sty in every home and is commonly the
beverage of families during meals. The
quality of the wine warrants for 1t a
more important position In world COM
merce than it holds at present. One OF
the great industries Of southern Spain is
orange growing, and the oranges com
pare favorably with the best grown In
semi-tropical America.
Andalusia is the only province that pro-
duces a surplus Of grain. The great grain
fields Of Andalusia,
Big Grain Fields treeless and rolling.
. present the appear
VI 0Auolusi0' ance of the prairies
Of America. The old-fashioned methods
of culture are gradually giving way to
modern machinery from England. Ger
many and America, too little of it coming
from America because of the failure Of
American purveyors to interest them
selves sufficiently in the market. The
American plow is. however, sseen here
and there in a field next to one that is
being cultivated by the archaic wooden
plow of ancient Spain and the orient
Seville is considering a plan to construct
q gigantic irrigation system that would
fertilize the already rich, but somewhat
too arid, country surrounding il. The ir
rigation dams are to be builded on the
Guadalquivir near Cordova. The lakes at
the various levels are to operate turbine
waterwheelS to generate electric power
for factories. electric railways and other
plants in Seville, and the waste water is
to be run to the orange groves, vineyards
and grain fields. 1t Is believed that with
irrigation this section would become one
of the richest agricultural and frult-grow-
ing countries in the eworld.
A Spanish city noted for progress and
sometimes called the Birmingham OF
Spain is Huelva, mining town In west
ern Spain which has been on boom for
some time and boasts a sooty atmosphere
most suggestive of industrial prosperity.
More than 100000 tons of copper, iron
pyrites and sulphurous ores used in max
ing fertilizers are shipped from the HUI
elya piers in the course OF a year. HUI
elva ships more tons of freight to Amer
lea than come from any other Spanish
city. and in trade with the world Is the
third Spanish city, Barcelona being the
first and Bilboa the second.
has shipping laws that aim at protect
ing its steam
SHINING Laws ers by monop-
Aim at Protection. trade Tor them
It cannot complain, tnereIore' at the Idct
that the American high tariff has greatly
diminished some of its exports to Amer
ica The protection Of California wine
cost the city of Jerez de la Fronterra
considerable portion OF its population
when a large emigration followed the
falling off of exports of wine to the
United States. Malaga has also suffered
from California's competition in the
American market for grapes and raisins
While much remains to be done to de-
velop Spain's agricultural lands to their
highest point of efficiency and to open up
its mineral resources, the sound financial
condition Of the country and the indus
rtial awakening indicate that II political
conditions remain sufficiently quiet not
to interfere with industry the country
will surely forge its way nearer the front
as a producer of wealth and Spaniards
will not be so anxious to emigrate to
South or North America to better their
financial condition.