The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-06
SWITZERLAND NOW
HARD HIT BY WAR

! cheese, and equally famous mix
chocolates are made.
industrial Switzerland forms a
wide belt, which Sketches from the
Austro-Hungarian border around to
central France. Here cotton, laces,
embroideries, machines, silks, straw
plating, ribbons, locomotives, watch
es, clocks and leather wares are
manufactured for export. while In the
hills and fiat lands OF the central
plain are situated the Swiss farms.
many of the important diaries, straw
plating, wood-carving and chemical
Industries. The straw-plalting is
made by the peasantry 1t Is a home
industry, as is that of the Swiss
Woodworking. Despite its isolation
in the midst of great industrial COM
petitors and its lack of almost all
Of the important raw materials. 1t
is to its mills and factories that
Switzerland mainly owes Its wealth.
1.-THE mountain republic derives
less support from Its agriculture than
any country in Europe except Nor
way; for only about one-sixth OF 1t
can be titled. Many Of its farms
have been coaxed into being on the
abrupt mountain sides, and literally,
1t is as dangerous task as that OF
the structural iron worker on sky
scraper to till them. Fully half Of
the country lies above the zone OF
agriculture, and much Of the soil that
could be made productive Is used
as pasture land. Switzerland grows
hemp, fax, caraway, fruits, citron,
lemon, mulberry, orange, olive and
pomgranate. corn, maise, oats, pop
pies. potatoes, barley, rye, spelt, SAT-
from, tobacco and wheat. In normal
times, it had to import from Russia.
Hungary and the United States three
times as much wheat as 1t produc-
cd. 1t produces considerable value
In timber
Moreover, there is no important
mineral production in Switzerland
for the mountains belong to geologi-
cal formations unproductive Of valu'
able minerals. Some coal is found in
cantons of Valais, Vaud, Frlbourg
Berne, Thurgau and some iron II
the Jura Rock salt and building
stone form the most important min
eral products. The Swiss have t
depend upon wood and foreign coal
for fuel and upon foreign ores il
their metal working Industries. Ger
nd Ero nj htttnH
metals, wool, flax, and cereals to thu
Swiss markets. Liverpool sent tn,
cotton to the great goods and EN-
broidery factories at St. Gall, Will,
Italy furnished the silk, straw, To-
plating, grains, fruits, wool, skin
and certain proportion of the cot
=. ton. .t...
/ 80 1t was upon the output o
manufactured articles for export tina
the Swiss depended for their sup
port. More than one-third of tn
people were engaged in manufactur
Ing industry; and, in Zurich. Berl
and st. Gall, business everywher,
4 made the traveller from America for
get Swiss scenery and think OF home
In st. Gall, the cotton industries cen
ter. Cloths, manufactured here, ar,
made of American cotton and ar,
noted for their lineness of textur,
and excellence of finish. Here, too
are made the well known Swiss ma
chine embroideries and etched laces
Watch and clock making are carried
on around Geneva and along tn,
French border. This industry ha!
suffered heavily under increasin,
American competition; for the Amer
lean factories turn out watches ever,
bit as good and as reasonable ii
price, The silk industry OF Swltzer
land is found in Zurich, Basil, upo1
the Rhine, Is the first customs sta
tion.
THE advantages that have aide,
the Swiss in their energetic strlv
ings for material well-being are, To-
the most part, such advantages as ca,
be Of little use while their neighbor
Ion every hand are at war. One o