Forest fires boost lumber prices across the nation
Washington on September 27 Charles Lathrop Pack president of the American Forestry Association warned that forest fires drive lumber costs higher. He cited past price surges from 20 to 25 dollars per thousand feet before 1865 to 130 dollars today driven by waste and supply cuts. He urged fire prevention to be taught in schools on Fire Prevention Day to curb annual losses totaling about 250 million dollars.
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Paris Bid to House All Olympics Every Four Years
Paris newspapers urge making the city the Olympic City and hosting every four years in a permanent grand stadium. The Union of Sporting Federations of France backs Baron de Coubertin as Lausanne plans the 1921 Congress.
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Britain's Take Lead in Shipbuilding Decline Reported
An Atlantic Coast Shipbuilders Association statement notes a sharp shrinkage in steel tonnage under construction in American shipyards versus last year’s 4,318,000 tons. January built nearly 3,000,000 gross tons, now over 2,000,000 tons. Government orders fall about 50,000 tons behind private work as total yard work left covers less than six months. No new Shipping Board keels have been laid in months.
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United States Worries Over Cuba Election
Washington reports the State Department watches Cuba’s November vote with major interest second only to U.S. presidential polls. The U.S. will not supervise but will observe to ensure fair electoral procedures under Crowder drafted laws amid a coalition party lineup and disputes involving Gomez Zayas and Montalvo.
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Brewers Turn To Sugar Production Amid Prohibition Trade
American brewers, amid the Prohibition era, pivot to malt syrup and sugar production. Exhibitors at the Sixth National Exposition of Chemical Industries showcase an iron evaporator turning malt into syrup and discuss refining it to a powdered sugar to compete with cane and beet sugar.
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Modern inventions aid installation of new machinery
Snow workers seek to learn about all modern devices aiding the setup of new machinery. They also install malten milk making machines, and some brewers begin manufacturing candy using malt sugar as a base.
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Snow
Chile May Build Great Railway Across Andes
A Chilean bill proposes a six percent state guarantee on a $15 million railway across the Andes to connect Salta Argentina with Antofagasta Chile. The project would serve northern Argentina’s crops and Chilean mineral regions, offering a Pacific outlet and new exploitation markets. The existing link is the Trans Andino from Los Andes to Mendoza.
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