New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-19

workshops, many Of them not lar lIon
Tho furnaces. The managers express
high appreciation Of their achieve
ments. especially in the workshops. In
addition to the difficulties Of supplying
personnel, there have from time 10
time been certain difficulties In sup
pIying material. Until the outbreak
of war two-thirds of the ores that
were used came from abroad. krupps
was at Essen always town III
itself. During the w2r this town mas
grown in American fashion lar pc
yond the frontiers Of Essen. many
thousands of acres of ground that lay
unused are now covered with sheds OF
iron and glass. with red factories ana
wooden barracks for the thousands OF
workmen who have poured IN ana nhu
nowhere TO live in the town. New
sheds are constantly accommodating
new masses of workmen, whose ser
vices have been made available by the
auxiliary service law. One SNAKES
ones head over the question what is
to become of these establishments II
peace breaks tomorrow"
Wheat in Australia is stored in bags,
which are piled in the open fields ana
covered with tarpaulins. Although
there has at times been some loss from
mice, this has not been serious prop
lem until the present. The wheat pool
which has been handling all the wheat
has been making good progress, pu'
most of the wheat will have to re-
main in Australia for some time IN
bags before it can be shipped. A cam
paign has therefore been inaugurated
for the protection of the wheat stacks
from mice. So far the system adopted
of fencing in the stacks, with traps a.
intervals, has worked well, Judging Dy
the number of mice caught, Dut IL
seems to make little difference IN their
numbers This plague OF mrce, accoru-
ing to a consular report, may hasten
the serious consideration or the con-
struction of grain elevators.
A marked revival in the diamond IN
dustry of South Africa has taken place
in the last twelve months. The value
of diamonds from the Kimberley as
trict alone rose from S2.OOO,O00 IN 1919
to more than S2O,OOO,OOo IN 1870
-
The British government is contrlbut-
ing s2,5OO,OOO of the s5,0oO,OOo that IS
being expended at Hobart, Australia
on the construction Of an electrolytlc
shelter plant. II is stated that sum-
cont zinc concentrates will be retained
! in Australia TO keep the works en-
ployed at full pressure.
The Canadian Minister of Agrlcult-
ure has announced that on April 10
there was surplus of 100000 bushels
| of potatoes over all domestic require
ments in the Dominion. The surplus
was held in Prince Edward Island. New
| Brunswick and Alberta.
The government of the State OF VIC
toria. Australia. is seeking legislative
approval of a plan which provides Tor
l the installation of a system for the
handling of grain in bulk at a cost OF
81. 800. 900. Provision will be maze 70
deal with 10000 900 bushels, and 2l0
elevators will be required. New Sout"
Wales is taking similar action.
Herr Albert, of the German Imperial
Office of the Interior-the "our GOOD
Albert" of Captain Won Papen's famous
| correspondence-has had new post
created for him in Berlin, accord
ing to London advices. lie has
been made the first public trustee for
enemy property" The compulsory sales
and foundations and compulsory ad-
ministration of enemy concerns in Ger
many are in the hands of the authorI-
ties of the various states, and the state
machinery is to remain. But the new
public trustee for the whole empire IS
70 form a central authority to compile
statistics and other information about
enemy moneys, and his office VIII take
the place of the Imperial Bank as the
authority to deal with enemy CLAIMS:
| II is further stated that. in view OF
the unexpected duration of the war. the
! German government has abandoned the
nrinciple that there is to be no inter-
est on debts on which the payment IS
suspended by war legislation. II is
nroposed to form special fund from
interest and profits arising from CAPT
tai in enemy concerns, with a view TO
possible agreements at the conclusion
Of peace or afterward.