The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-10
Evening Chat

LNS411AAS SAldI
y Seventeen new boards were placed
In the South Side bridge last Saturday
by the employees gofIthe street commits.
pioner under the personal supervision
Of Engineer Dean. Because Of the
printing oflthe text Of the German note
In Saturdays issue Of The West Wiz.
ginian We did not have sufficient
space TO chronicle this good work in
o fitting manner Sc therefore We take
this opportunitysto TO record the fact and
give II the mention it deserves.
Such an improvement as this in
which no less than seven large holes
in the floor OF the bridge were stopped
satisfactorily, Is without doubt a most
important step in the development OF
Fairmont. It may truly be called an
epoch marking event in the annals OF
our history. The plain fact that the
boards were placed in the bridge is
IN itself not Of unusual nature but the
cornmendable spirit with which the
work was accomplished is deserving
OF the hearty approval Of every public
spirited citizen Of the community,
Indeed It would be appropriate and
praiseworthy ~ q sort Of general cello
bration could be arranged SO that every
f1habitant OF the city might take at
least q half holiday from their daily
tasks and by fitting ceremonies
commemorate the event and make TIE
occasion one for future generations to
reckon time by. The year 1916 could
thus be madegonel to stand apart from
all other years and he remembered as
the year in which the Seventeen
boards were placed in the floor ct the
south side bridge"
Many persons have inquired Of rep
fesentatiyes Of this paper tho reason
for not giving the new boards III the
bridge theirYdue publicity and we re-.
greet that owing to the demands on ~:
limited space by the German and Mex.
lean reports which happened to lndi-
cate a serious crisis in the relations
OF the United States with those ia
lions at the time Of the momentous
local happening, We were compelled to
either cut the report OF the stopping
% the holes down to a few bare and
unimpressive lines or else pos.prhe
at until q later day when the subject
might be given the due amount of
mention &c should have. This latter
course was determined upon after a
consultation of the editorial stat and
in this column we have now set forth
for the %appreciatiye public a true &C.
court Of the matter.
Irish exports have increased con.
siderably3 on account of the war. The
official returns Just completed for the
year 1914 show a total of 7~7,300,oO0
pounds, anincrease of three and a half
million pounds over 1913. The increase
Is due almost entirely to the ship
building at Belfast.
It Is "a curious feature Of the report
that although "a per cent. of the Irish
exports areErepresented by farm pro.
duce and foodstuffs, thirty.seyen per
cent. ofsIreland's q ,000,0 900 pounds of
import shonId be food, and the de-
partment Of agriculture comments
pointedlyt on the fact that a food.pro.
ducing country should be annually i'm
porting great quantities Of farm pro.
duce, much ofswhich Is admirably suit
ed for raising at home.
On the whole the report is regard
ed as a gratifying record OF continu.
ed progress in ireland. In addition to
the increase in exports, the decade has
also witness an increase OF imports
by So per cent. in value and twelve
per cent, In bulk. The total imports
and exports of Ireland, in fact, now
represent a higher per capita value
than the average for the United King.
dom, the United States, France And
Germany.
| The insistent demand for intorma.
ton on sforeign.trade subjects has led
to the publication OF a book of prac.
teal suggestions by tho Bureau OF
Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
These suggestions are not concerned
with the sale of any particular lines
Of goods in foreign markets, but with
the Iyexing problems which sooner or
later confront exporters in every line.
Under the following headings will be
found a wealth OF practical informa.
Fion: Export Policies, Representatives
and Agencies, Finances and Credit,
Quotations, Postal: Services, Cores.
pondence and Transitions, Cooper.
alton with .Consuls, Packing, Adver.
Using, and General Trade Extension.
There are contributions from consuls,
commercial attaches, and travelling
special agents, from commercial
agents, from commercial agents in
charge OF District Offices OF the Blu.
reau OF Foreign and Domestic Com.
meree. and from the chief Of the bu.
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