New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
ReAexes Of War

The prospects Of the coming winter
are very gloomy. In consequence Of
continuous drouth till the middle Of
July the crops are reckoned below the
average. Where rye has been thrashed
It has yielded poorly. Unsettled wealth
er now makes the harvest difficult. In
order TO secure sufficient grain and
-four the authorities are dissuading the
farmers from using new grain as fod-
der, and advising the killing Of pigs
where too many are kept. Wholesale
slaughtering is expected TO reduce the
number OF pigs by one-half or perhaps
three-quarters tf the present number;
cattle also will be killed on a larger
scale.
As a result the prices OF beef will at
any ratio be lower but otherwise there
is an all-round rise in prices. There is
most heterogeneous list of commodi-
ties which are out Of stock. The pro-
duction of margarine will shortly be
reduced for want of oils; likewise cs-
ment for want Of coal. which will affect
the building trade seriously.
The supply of fuel is still s great
hagen has so far only been able 70 sell
each family sixteen and one-half bush
els of coke; and ii Is doubtful whether
more will be obtainable During the
last few months everything has been
done 10 hasten the production of peat
and wood. The government has used
soldiers and the municipality its IN
employed tramway conductors in fell
ing trees III the forests.
The prospects of the supply Of petrol
are still more serious. During the
summer it was only sold for cooking
and technical purposes, and now every
household where there is no gas or
electric light Is ra:ioned with one litre
per month. and even so the present
stocks will only last till November The
prices Of candles have risen according
ly, and the possibility Of the long win
ter evenings without light is looked
forward to with dismay.
"The Canada Gazette" Of August "a,
1917. issued at Ottawa, by authority OF
the Dominion government, publishes an
order in council which prohibits the
use of canned vegetables except under
special circumstances, beginning OF
that date. The order states that the
Food Controller for Canada has sub
mitted that he is advised that the can
ners Of the Dominion are not able to
supply the demand for canned vegeta-
bles for the coming season; that there
will be great supply of fresh vegeta-
bles on the market, and that an en-
barge upon the use OF canned yegeta-
bles would work no hardship on the
consumer while green and fresh vege-
tables are available and would stImu-
late the consumption Of fresh vegeta-
b,es, making a market for them, and
also conserving the supply Of canned
goods for later use.
Transactions in hulls show a con.
tinually increasing activity. Kobe is
now the centre Of the shipping trade,
not only of Japan, but for the entire
Far East. In three days, at the end OF
June. ten vessels, totalling 1880 tons,
changed hands, and records were made
in the price of tonnage. The other day
n vessel sold for 1920 ton. ms was
then a record, but now the lwata
Shokai, of Kobe, has contracted 70 buy
n steamer of 1900 tons, now building
at 1910 per ton, and this has just been
surpassed again, steamer OF 5'5Oo
tons. just built at the Osaka Iron
Works having been sold TO the Daircn
Steamship Company for $40 ton. It
is said that there is great rally or
prospective foreign, especially Nor
wegian, buyers Of Japanese tonnage
The French Minister of Finance has
made a proposal for a law authorizing
the issue Of %, 10 and 5 centime pieces
in bronze. coated with nickel The
tvpe Is destined 70 be that OF the latest
nickel coin with round hole in its
centre.