Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-06-23
sIovak Girl in National Dress.

prepared BY the National Geographic So
CzechoSlOYakia, which has recently
lifted a ban against the Importation
of American cotton, may thus become
one of the first of the Central Euro
pean countries to start in motion the
stream of products between America
and that portion Of the world.
Because it is a colorful country with
quaint people and customs and cos
tunes, observers have often written
almost exclusively of these phases of
life in the new nation. But 1t is also
industrially of great importance. This
Is especially true of the Czech part,
which is usually called Bohemia. It
was the workshop of Austria-Hungar
If you saw an Austrian velour hat on
Broadway or an Austrian made
| Turkish fez beside the Golden Horn.
the chances were four to one that it
was produced In what is now CzechO-
slovakia since fOur-fifths of the in
dustries of the former Hapsburg
monarchy were concentrated there.
Textiles formed the largest group of
prewar Industrial products and made
the country an important customer
for the cotton exported from our
southern states. 1t is estimated that
about one million bales Of cotton are
required each year to keep the Czecho-
slovakian textile factories busy.
The textile industry is centered at
Bratisiava. which is Czechoslovakia's |
main port on the Danube, to which /
vessels of a thousand tons can come
at all seasons. In spite of the financial
difficulties of Central Europe a
market for the finished product seems
assured. Every country in Central
Europe needs textiles.
Skoda Works Transformed.
The great Skoda munltion works at
Pilsen, the main source Of Austro-
Hungarian war materials, we're as
famous in their way as the Krupp
at Essen. Germany. They. are
Still fully capable of making some of
the most powerful of war engines.
nut in these days of peace for Czecho- ]
SlOvakia there has been a striking
While guns and {
swords are not literally being beaten l
nto plowshares, the machinery which {
las turned out every variety of {
ordnance in the past is now busilv S
In making tools, locomotives Il
ar wheels, printing presses. and S
arious other implements of industry, Il
and enlightenment. j
Bohemia is known, too for its glass. a
me of the important centers of glass d
actories is what a younger genera
on of geography students were taught Il
call Carlsbad, one of the worlds q,
est known watering places. The W
WINS new Czechoslovakian name is fC
arlovy Vary, change which to the Il
ltsider seems very much like the OF
destruction of a valuable gr
ademark. Czechoslovakian glass is =
st known. perhaps, by two special We
oducts the so-called amethyst glass bl
ID emerald glass. fb
Sugar, Beer and Water.
In the northern portion Of the re- an
bic, near large fields Of sugar beets ri,
2 located numerous sugar factories in,
lich turn out large quantities Of this
oduct. Before the war about So. up
1000 worth of sugar was sent ont IFS
nually from the territory which now dy,
lstitutes Czechoslovakia. One Of vii
most recent suggestions for facili- an,
ing the export Of American cotton Is
Czechoslovakia is that sugar from suf
t country be exchanged for the cal
ton. oni
he name alone of Pilsen (now fac
en- tells in part the story Of tow
'ther important industry Of Czecho- gag
iakia. 1t is the raising Of hops alIy
preparation Of malt ana the brew lost
Of the famous Pilsner and other "a
RS. Both the raw materials and val,
finished products have always been cust
orted In large quantities. An clti,
Istry that may seem in a way enc,
king contrast TO that Of brewing mad
he sale Of waters from the famed Of n
ngs of the new republic. Bottling lar
eral water may not sound like con,.
Industry but the mineral waters hats
he Bohemian and Moravian health dres
rts are widely sold. One peculiar Slim
In travelling in Europe is that char
he restaurant cars one is forced indl,