The Jones County news., 1921-06-09


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Czethaslogniaa which has recently
lifted q ban aeaInsf the importation
of American cotton may Thus beeomo
one of fhe fref q iAe Central Euro-
pcan countries % start 90 motion the
stream 81 products between America
end fhat portion ~ ihe world
leaausc g is c0loriui country Hiih
quaint people aDQ customs and cos
TUNES observers have often written
almost eEriHIyay " these nhascs Of
ilfe 90 fte new nation. Brt 10 q also
indHtff'ai'f - great Importance. THIS
~ especially irne II tho Czech pari
which b usually called bohemia. u
was ihe workshop " AusirlHiiunenry,
n sou saw nn Austrian velour hni on
Broadway or nn Ansirian.mnde
Turkish fez beside tie Golden Horn.
the chances were four 10 one tiat %
was produced 81 what ls now czecho-
sl0pakia since fournflhs ~ ihe ln.
dueiries 0f The foriner ilaneburg
monarchy were concentrated there
Textiles formed The lnrgost group NJ
prewnr Industrial products. and made
the country an important customer
for the cotton exported from our
southern states, II is estimated that
ubout one million bales Of cotton are
required each year TO keep the Czecho-
alovnkinn textile factories busy.
The textile industry ia centered al
Brntislayn. which ~ czechoaloynkia'
main port on thc penuhe, 20 whic
vessels Of n thousnild tons can com
at all seasons In spite Of The flnancia
difficulties of Central Europe
market for the finished product seem
assured. Every country I'm Contra
Europe needs textiles
Skoda Works Transformed
The great Ssuda munitlon works NJ
Pllsen. the main source OF Anstro
Hungarian war materials, were as
famous IN their way as the Krupp
factories nt Essen, Germany. They are
still fully capable OF making some OF
the most powerful OF war engines,
but In these days OF peace for Czech0-
slovakla there has been striking
transformation. While guns and
swords are not literally being beaten
into plowshares. the machinery which
has turned out every variety Of
ordnance In the past is now busily
engaged In making tools. locomotives,
car wheels, printing presses and
various other implements OF Industry,
transportation. and enlightenment.
Bohemia is known, too. for It's glass.
One Of the important centers OF glass
factories is what younger genera
tion Of geography students were taught
TO call Carlsbad, one OF the worlds
best known watering places The
towns new Czechosloyakian name is
Karloyy Vary, a change which 10 the
outsider seems very much like the
deliberate destruction Of valunbl,
trademark. Czechoslovnhian glass Is
best known. perhaps. by two specia
products, the so-called amethyst glass
and emerald glass.
Sugar, Beer and Water.
In the northern portion OF the re
public. near large fields Of sugar heets
are located numerous sugar factories
which turn out large quantities OF thi
product. Before the war about $40
100000 worth Of sugar was sent on
annually from the territory which nov
constitutes Czechoslovakia. One o
the most recent suggestions for facili
tating the export Of American cotto
20 Czechoslovakin is that sugar fror
that country be exchanged for IN
cotton.
The name alone Of Pilsen (noN
plzen) tells In part the story q
another important industry OF CzechC
sloyakia. II is the raising Of hopi
the preparation OF malt and the brew
ing Of the famous Pilsner and othe
beers. Both the raw materials an
the finished products have always bee
exported IN large quantities. A
Industry that may seem in a way
striking contrast 20 that Of hrewini
Is the sale OF waters from the fame
springs Of the new republic. Bottlin
mineral water may not sound like
big Industry but the mineral water
OF the Bohemian and Moravian healt
resorts are widely sold. One peculiS
thing In travelling In Europe Is thu
on the restaurant cars one Is force