Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-12-10
BUSINESS NOTES

The foreign trade of The Dominican
Republic in 1912. exclusive OF import
and exports If specie. was valued III
$50. 705. 032. as COMPARED with as 49,
in 1911. an increase of 81 800 The
United Stated maintained its position of
commercial supremacy. rcccivcin@ 6l.S
per cent of the exports and furnishing
62.G p T. cent of the imports.
\ Calgary is the first city in Canada 10
undertake us a municipal department
the construction and operation Of an in.
'dustrial service building. For the $3.50
900 appropriated by the large favorable
.vOt, of the %ratcpayerS. Il SiX-Stoly ron
crete structure will be erected aud lease
to incoming manufacturers.
Now that peace has been declared be
tween Turkey and Bulgaria. the first
consideration Of the Bulgarian Govern
ment viii be the construction of Il nat
ional railway linking up Old Bulgaria
with tht Aegean Sea.
Americas automobiles to the value of
over $4,000 were imported into Algeria
in 1872. and inquiries among importers
show that Il larger business has been
done in American automobiles during
the corresponding period>of 1912.
: vcnty state food and drug officials
have announced th1ir intention Of az
ccpting the invitation OF the Secretary
of Agriculture to Il conference ON Nov
cmbcr 1lth and 18th, whcr, practical
methods Of cooperation between the
state and federal food, dairy drug auth
oritiS will be considered. These offici-
ais T. present nearly forty states be
sides the district of Columbia and Porto
Rico.
Since mining began in Alaska in 1880
the gold piac rs of the Territory have
yielded 7.iSS 49l fine ounces of gold.
valued at $15i 500 $50. These mines have
also produced 1GJo016 fine Ounces Of
silver, with Il commercial value of $3.50.
1i3, according TO A. II. Brooks. Of the
States Geological SURVEY.
The report Of the Interstate Com
n"rCc Commission shows that during
the months of October. November. Dee
embcr. 1872, go people were killed and
1911 were injured in train accidents.
Casualties of III classes amounted to
2961 killed and Gl.:}23 injured. The to
tai number of collisions and drI.i.m MT
for this quarter compared with those
for corresponding quarters of The four
previous years show that with The ca
ception Of 1911. the numb 4 has i'll
creased. there being for the current
quarter an increase of is per cent
ov,r the corresponding quarter Of 1905.
-TradCSman.
\ bulletin just issued by the United
States Geological Survey shows the ~
tai silver production Of Texas al t0j.
~, t'nV o('ltr~. with 70 commercial vat.
a. ,f >1IH.T"l The nnih lf ,Lr .if.,
output il produced bv thc mine located
III Preside county. which has been ac-
tive since 1881. This mine is opened by
~ HiHlNN III WV iIHNlI'dl OlCN
being 700 and 700 feet deep and it also
has IS miles Of underground working.
RiCt.- louisiana receives over nine
million dollars per annum for her RE"
crop alone. her acreage under corn is
larger than Michigan and nets the State
something like forty million dollars . +
year. Over three hundred thousand tons
Of cane sugar are produced annually.
MillS.-Thrcc hundred and six tcNtil
mills and sixty five knitting mills. with
furniture factories and tobacco grow
ING, make the Carolinas rank among
the furSt South States. They raise over
q million bal : of cotton per annum and
are also large producers Ut lumber.
Tobacco-K ntucky tobacco growers
receive from forty To fifty million dol
lars yearly for this one crop.