The chronicle=news., 1912-11-08

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sugar production In all parts of the
world point to the decline In vi! ole
sal" prices that has already set In
as merely for"ruEncr of create re-
ductions which they believe n!c 10
! follow, Two causes are given us con,
duc!ng 10 lower rates for sugar On
Of these Is the exceptionally heavy
ont put OF the great surar-produclnp
countries OF Europe and tn. tropics
The other Is the rapid growth OF rh'
beet sugar Industry In the United
States which promises to produce q
billion and half pounds of sugar
this season. or an increase OF more
| Vious record Will" this Il only
about on. f!frh OF the entire consump-
tiou Of the country. It's effect upon
prices Is 50 well recognized that
wholesalers regularly count upon n
n reduction in prices every season a
soon as the bet sugar mad. In Am.ri-
can factories comes upon the market.
, II was this factor last season that
brok" tn" corner In sugar and
brough prices down from tn. rizzyinp
| wholesale level o; seven and halt
cents a pound to tn. point at which
, II has remained since. In fact, one
Of the annoying things abou; the do
Z ta Inn NJ Ia. n.
United States from the point OF view
o: tn. refincrS and spectators Is tina,
! IL prevents the advancement of prices
through combination. Curiously
enough the one article OF general us.
that shows n marked decline In cost
happens also to b. almos; the only
on" that has grown cheaper within
tn. past decade.
TIL. idea Of quarantine. which has
done so much to prevent the spread
OF all sorts %! troubles. Is getting
som. queer applications h.r.nbouts
Just at present. A quarantine. on po-
tntoes Is now In .f!.c, In New York.
and I, seems likely that the entIr.
cargo OF ship which has Just ar
rived from Germany with si5.u0o
worth OF potatoes will be seized by
III. government, Th. United States
has officially laid ban on potatoes
from tn. British Isles. Germany. Aus.
tria. Newfoundland and the French
Islands Of Mlqu.lon and ST. Pierre.
becaus. OF certain potato diseases
which are prevalent In those coun-
tries. At the samc time. IL is not un-
likely that doll IuarrantIn. will he
established 20 prevent til. spread oi
tubcrCuiCs.s-not among the doll
popuiation-bu among their flesh
and blood foster mothers. \ child
labor investigator tells OF hearing n
woman had just bough, n doll in one
Of the fashionable Fifth avenue toy
shops remark TO the salesman My
little girl will take Il to bod with
her tonight" Two days before the
Inspector had seen the same doll sewn
together In a crowded tenement room
where two members Of the family
who were working on 1t were affected
with tuberculosis. It has been pro-
posed to seize all dolls made in such
places and hold them In quarantine
until law can be passed prohibiting
home work in tenemeuts entirely.
| Twenty new theatres were built or
begun in New York in 1912. and
the town was already oversupplied
according to theatrical men Where
1t will stop nobody Knows. but by the
time the new houses are open for
business the theatres OF this city will
be able to seat all the citizens of st,
Paul or Providence. IL they should
come to town in body for n theatre
party. Seven of the new houses
alone will seat 1850 people. and
none of these is located In the srea,
white light" district where the city's
night life centcrs. Nine others. how
ever. are being finished In the
streets close around Loganorc Square
and they will all be broadway
houses in the sense in which thea
terdom uses the word. Theaterdom is
distinctly logical in using that word
by the way. for two-thirds of the rec
ognized big broadway houses are
not III Broadway. and there are a
dozen or more large theaters front
ing the great Main street" of New
York which yet do not have the
! prestige of great new productions
and distinguished actors. Some OF
the new theatres will be weeded oui
after season or two. but it is likely
thai most of them will stay. The
metropolis IL more of an amusement
resort than most people realize. and
that 1t is the greatest in the world
has never been any secret.
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