Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29
~ HE EVENING TIMES, Glasgow
Letter to the Editor Sir:
Every one realizes the need for
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tn HE EVENING TIMES, GLASGOW
Letter to the Editor Sir
Every one realizes the need for
4 economy on the part Of the
government. But it makes us
sick when we see proposals for a cut
in the dole" Surely that Is already
small enough.
do not know Of any one In receipt
of "dole" weekly who has visited the
Continent or Is In position to take
q trip to the Riviera for q holiday. But
I am in a position to know that the
Spread-over in connection with the
mines lately was nothing to the spread
over" the housewives had whose hus-
bands were in receipt of the dole. :
Surely IL Is bad enough 10 be denied
the right to work without being denied
If sacrifices must be made then the
working class of the country have
reached their limit Let those who are
in d position to make sacrifices make
them. BY that 1 mean those with f5
q week and over There should be a
general leveling down of wages until
they reach E5. from cabinet ministers
right downward, the savings to be de-
voted to q rlool or reserve fund for the
benefit OF 10 unemployment fund and
a balancing - the budget. If my Sug-
gestion were adopted. it would not
mean hardship to any of those people.
They would still have enough left to
live comfortably. am, etc,
UNEMPLOYED MINER.
italian Dried Fig Industry
One of Most Important.
Institute Nazionale Per LEsporta-
zione Rome-The Italian dried fig in
dustry is one of the most important
connected with fruit-growing. 1t is es-
sential1y q southern industry and is
carried on extensively and diligently by
the farmers in Apulia, Calabria. Sicily
and Abruzzi. The output in 1880
amounted to 54 .260 tons Among the
varieties of dried figs grown In italy
the most important are the 'dottato'
and the "br,lgiotto." These figs are
spherical in shape, with short stalk.
thin rind. slightly wrinkled and OF
8 greeniSh yellow color. The pulp Is
whitish. with high sugar content and
rich aroma. The seeds are few and
soft. The figS ripen in the first half Of
August. The crop is large, of fine quail
ity and much in demand It Is well
suited for drying the dried figs being
light in color fleshy, soft and of
smooth even consistency. As they pos
sess al the qualities required by the
foreign COIlSufIcES Ot uI!cu llBS as uCs-
serts and CONNECTIONS. the output is
mainly taken by the export trade.
DRYING processes employed by farmers
vary. but sun drying is preferred for
the finer qualities Inferior figs are
dried in ovens Large concerns make
use of special stoves. which insure sat
isfactory results when weather condi-
tons are unpropitious.
Exports come under three elassif1ca-
tons: ta) Selected white figs. dried
whole. packed in hampers OF chestnut
shavingS. known as the ''tipo Anversa. y
Each hamper is lined with oiled paper
and contains from SIS to $50 figs. ar
ranged in 10 to u layers The weight
is 70 TO Is Kilograms (26l2 to 80
pounds The figs exported to Argen-
tina are packed in tin boxes, decorated
tanning Kilograms. (b) Light-green-
ish-veilow FIGS for filling with almonds,
known as bulk or 'maSSa" figs. (c)
Figs dried in the oven for industrial
uses. for diStilling or for the manu-
facture of coffee substitutes.
The fiRs are selected during the pack
ing presses and those improperly dried
moist or in any other way damaged OF
defective are discarded or late years
the packages have been sterilized to
insure better keeping qualities and at
| tractive appearance OF the fles.
4
3.ss babies Born in
Japan Every Minute.
Sunday Referee. Iondon-There were
| OS3 gel babies born in Japan in 1890
which. according TO government statis-