Antwerp Diamond Trade Faces Labor Shortage Amid Stagnant Prices
United States Consul reports about 4500 Antwerp diamond cutters idle as demand from the U.S. declines due to a finanical slump. He notes the trade’s long apprenticeship system, strikes, wage changes, and how South African mines and a London syndicate influence prices, with most diamonds sold to the United States.
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Washington
United States
Eral
Henry W. Diedetich
Antwerp
Belgium
Amd
Diamond Amounitactuvera
Diamond Cafetera
Nin
Ptwerp
Pont
New York
Tment
South Africa
Diamond Syndicate of
London
Peasitie
Poultry Notes From a Fractured Era
A rambling column notes shifting pigeon markets, goose as a rising dish, and a Bloomsburg shipment of White Rocks to Japan with a $50 express. It rails at trust busts, hints at decoy-raising, warns about overfed hens, and mixes in farm life rhetoric and hogs of poultrydom highlighting Pekin ducks and Chester White hog comparisons.
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Squad Trust
Japan
Bloomsburg
Express
Bob Evans
Walt
Monthly Journal
Berkehire
Duroo-Jersey
Poland
China
Ravorlark
East India
New York
Pennsylvania
Peninsivania
The Farmer Has A Word About Poultry Progress
By Co M Barnitz Riverside Pa argues farmers should expand poultry and farming methods to meet rising demand. He criticizes poultry professionals who urge farmers to abandon farming, urging focus on soil science and cereal production to feed the nation.
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Yooster
Aio
United States
Mexican hand drawn work hailed as major domestic industry
Special Agent describes Mexico’s hand drawn textile work centered in Agua Calientes. Women and girls rely on drawn work as sole occupation, with modern technique aided by instruction and hem stitching. Production sells domestically and exports to the United States, valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly.
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Washington
San Luis Potosi
Arthur B. Butman
Mexico
Metco
United States
Aguas Callentes
Republic
Agnas Callentus
Che
Agua Calientes
WW. D. Bhatty
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Pho
Warkwra
Belin
Montactueyrs
Leno
YOO Co 00
Hiro Hanana Collin Olan
Pisneyiuel
England
Amaterdint
Mirkes
Viamond
Chavis
Uhiell
Omar Baits
Galler
Chiewit
Liege
Onea
Byitage
Wien
Thes Tayer
Chen
America
Xohange
Hay’s Today” Health
Pallo
May
ED Steer
B. F. Davis
Geo
J. Martin
Good's Phar
Oliver & Drake
F.C. Stutzlen
Drake
Chester
Foultrydom
Brain
Brown
Byron
Rome
Coliseum
Co. M. Barnitz
Riverside, Pa
States
Patten
Aguas Calientes
Woodbrow Poultry Farm
Conant Street
Elizabeth
Rhode Island
John McCandless & Lone
Broad Street
All
Newark
Orange
Montclair
Pansalo
Jersey City
Broad ST
Cedar ST
W.v.snyder & CO
R. D. Bell Tailoring CO
Market. Street, Or
Halsey and Broad
Eostoma
NEW Jersey Central
Rehagne
New Tite
Foot of Liberty
Ban Abe M
Easton
Beem
Allentown
Auc
P. U
Baltimore
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