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p. A. BLISS PUB.


are soaring to unheard OF heights.
In England, economy and fruga1lty
are very much in evidence. and
anyone who insists on asserting that
New York is now the money center
of the world will realize the absurdity
Of the statement after spending an
hour In London" Portugal has MADE
lots of money and is spending freely,
but chiefly on imported articles. so
tina. the government has been forced
to prohibit importations in many
lines to stabilize the economic situa-
ton. In Spain, which also made
much money during the war, and has
been spending extravagantfy, Il
found evidence Of an economic awak-
ening."
Russia's ability to export raw ma
teria!s in the near future has been
greatly overestimated by foreign
countries in the opinion of Col. 3.
Englehard, formerly a member OF the
Russian durna and a student of eco
nomic conditions in Russia, because
of the collapse OF the Russian trans
portation systems, reduced man
power and rundown condition OF the
Russian farm lands. 1.-THE revival OF
Russian trade will not come until
there shall be established a normal
state of life when men shah re-
nounce attempts of establishing i'm
mediately the paradise of commun-
ISM" on is the greatest nope OF the
soviet government, in the opinion OF
Colonel Englehard. Large quanti-
ties of Oil still are stored and pro-
duced in the Baku fields and 1t Is
the product which all the world is
seeking. "But up to the present time
the bolshevist regime has only di-
minished the production Of OIL" said
Colonel Englehard. ut seems GER
tain that the naturalization Of en-
terprises everywhere by the COM
munists will work the same havoc in
the oil fields that it has In Russian
Industries as whole"
A curious rental paid yearly to the
king Of Great Britain is six horse
shoes, 81 nails and two fagots, as
rental for a moor in Shropshire and
a forge in st. Clement Danes. The
duke Of Marlborough. as required by
ancient law, sends to the sovereign Of
England every year new flag en-
broidered with feur de lis. A field
belonging to an English grammar
school was let long, ago for "a red
rose," to be presented on midsum-
mer's day; and there are still 800
years to run before this lease will
terminate.
Twenty thousand Of England's ex-
paign "of increased and continued
continual advertisement by the press"
is asked for the benefit Of these men.
It recently took three months per-
ststent individual effort to secure
work for an educated fit ex-soldier
whose only handicap was that he was
over IS years OF age, comments THE
Times"
Since Society" is out Of town for
the summer, says Paris correspond
emit, an entirely new set Of old plays
has been put on the Paris stage, and
the theaters are crowded. But 1t has
been discovered that the plain Ordtn-
airy Nobody Is very tender hearted
and very moral, and will by no means
pay for his seat, let alone the taxes
appertaining thereto unless he is go
ing to see virtue rewarded and vice
punished.
A total OF 7,5e5.446 motor cars, in
Guiding commercial vehicles, and 241,-
o3S motorcycles, was registered in
1919 In the As states and the District
OF Columbia The registration and
license fees Including those for
ehaat1eurss operators and dealers
zzaonnsad TO tsstaa Of sB4s hs7 s22ssa-ssg.
There are s.bput 2,a1a,Deb snilss Of
nssssss II the United States, or an
arsrags 81 Ltlree cslrs per mile.
Nsriarney arc uriaer lnrsasts' re--
SORTS in Ireland which have been ex-
sJsec-iYsE big influx of American Wis
aanrs, are experiencing some gdisap-
upiritmerl- The refusal of the men
ktp carry armed police and snltiiecss
has caused q stachsning IN the num-
her Of persons travelling. but the final
Ehlnw came When the military decided
sto take over the hotels TO replace the
Barracks which the Sim Feiners had
DESTROYED.
american vessels In the River
Platte have suffered serious LOSSES by
being unable ito find return lcangoes
in many eases because of the refusal
of port workers to handle wool and
hides in sympathy with strikers in
the wool and hide markets. The re-
suit. according TO shipping men, 10
that ia nuusber of ships are being di-
rerted and that charter prices are
more or less unstable.
ASKED by Swiss newspapers yes
fterday for his opinion on Germany's
attitude toward the peace treaty, Pre-
smier Lloyd George replied: We'll.
when the Germans have to choose be-
tween bpashevism and the treaty Of
Versailles they certainly will choose
yne natter as the lesser evil"
The COMMITTEES on safety reports to
the National Fire Protection associa-
zion that .oyer Cooper cent. Of our
school buildings are potential. death
traps. Their figures show further
shat thereease -fve school fires In the
country every school day.
The coal production Of the world
Ahte year liz LII 600 900 metric tons be-
AOH the output Of 1913. and the Eng
1zslh miners have staged nation