anaheim-gazette 1909-04-08

THE JUTE INDUSTRY OF INDIA WHERE CALIFORNIA'S WALNUT BAGS COME FROM United States One of the Largest Importers—Paltry Wages Paid Men In Mills—Subsist on Rice and Vegetables—Their Mode of Living [By William H. Michael, American Consul-General at Calcutta.] Practically all the jute exported from India passes through the port of Calcutta. During the calendar year 1906 the value of jute and jute manufactures declared at this consulate-general for export to the United States was $30,709,426, viz: Gunny bags $2,040,234, gunny cloth $19,-881,707; jute (raw) $5,715,920; and jute butts and rejections $3,071,565. The Commercial Intelligence Department, in its returns showing the sea-borne trade of British India for the year 1906, gives the exports from Calcutta to the United States as follows: Gunny bags 13,079,600. valued at $719,330, gunny cloth 492,785,420 yards, valued at $17,328,930; raw jute 248,406,256 pounds, valued at $9,390,-005; total $27,438,265, or $3,271,161 less than the figures recorded in the consulate-general, which are based on the invoices covering all jute and jute manufactures shipped from Calcutta to the United States, and must be accepted as correct. The normal area of jute cultivation in Bengal embraces 2,470,000 acres, which yield on an average three bales of 400 pounds each to the acre, or 7,-410,000 bales. Cooch Behar, Assam and Nepal produce 90,000 bales, making almost sacred in possessions. Are kept bright by scouring with mud and water. After the brasses, that have been used any way are taken out in the where the women or men, a case may be, squat on the ground rub them with the dust and water. It might be well to consider fact that we are sending the $21,921,941 annually for brass cloth that might be made at We are receiving articles made by the cheapest paid land earth, and which could be made mill labor in the United States are buying $8,787,485 worth of jute annually and manufacture into cloth. Why not buy as raw jute as we need and manufacture it into cloth and bags? This give additional employment to own people and keep the profit home. It would be still better to end the growth of ramie on the land ing to waste in the Philippines that fiber can be successfully vated. Thus we would be able independently in respect to be use in handling our flour, wheat oats, and other commodities. The process of cheaply degrade ramie has been discovered seems to be no longer any excelling back in the cultivar ramie on an extensive scale. [Eight illustrations accompany Consul-General Michael's report showing the interior and extent of jute mills, one showing the ing of jute from native boards the other two groups of the meratives. All are filed in the Manuscript of Manufactures.] less than the figures recorded in the consulate-general, which are based on the invoices covering all jute and jute manufactures shipped from Calcutta to the United States, and must be accepted as correct. The normal area of jute cultivation in Bengal embraces 2,470,000 acres, which yield on an average three bales of 400 pounds each to the acre, or 7,-410,000 bales. Cooch Behar, Assam and Nepal produce 90,000 bales, making the total production in east and west Bengal 7,500,000 bales. The looms at work in Bengal and their increase since 1877 were as follows: 1877, 4163; 1895, 9841; 1901, 15,336; 1904, 19,901; 1905, 21,318; 1906, 23,-884. Of the last, 11,119 were sacking looms and 12,765 hessian looms. There are probably 125,000 persons employed in and about the mills. With the labor employed the average output per week for each loom amounts to about 14,000 pounds of goods. In the campaign for the year, fifty weeks, the production being 31 1-4 tons per loom per year, or a total of 750,000 tons means a consumption of 3,750,000 bales. I visited the modern Kinnison mill, which has a capital of $1,000,000 and the latest machinery made in England. It has 650 looms and produces 18,000 tons of bags and hessian cloth in fifty weeks. This mill employs 4000 men, women and children. The wages paid to men in the mills range from $2 to $3 per month, women from $1.50 to $2, and boys and girls from $1 to $1.75. These people subsist principally on rice and vegetables made up in the form of curry, which is a peppery and sweetish mixture of rice and vegetables, with now and then chicken, duck or goat meat. They all chew betel nut constantly as a stimulant. They eat two meals a day as a rule, one before beginning work and one after the day's work is done. The men and boys wear breechclouts, or dhooties, and the women and girls saris, which consists of 40 yards of thin muslin wrapped in a peculiar way about the loins and shoulders. The people of a mill, or several mills if the mills are nearly located holding back in the cultivator on an extensive scale. [Eight illustrations accompany Consul-General Michael's report showing the interior and exterior of jute mills, one showing the ing of jute from native boars the other two groups of the meratives. All are filed in the of Manufactures.] ly as a stimulant. They eat two meals a day as a rule, one before beginning work and one after the day's work is done. The men and boys wear breechclouts, or dhooties, and the women and girls saris, which consists of 40 yards of thin muslin wrapped in a peculiar way about the loins and shoulders. The people of a mill, or several mills if the mills are nearly located together, occupy a village, which is made up of huts made of mud, bricks, and palm leaves woven into sheets and tacked onto bamboo poles. All are thatched with a long tough grass used throughout India for covering huts and bungalows, and which makes a tight, cool, and durable roof. The floor is made of clay tamped down hard, which makes a very good floor. On this floor is spread in places matting made of bamboo grass. On this matting many of the natives throw down a cotton blanket, or possibly a thin mattress, for beds. Some have a rude bed made of four posts 16 inches high with crosshead and side pieces, pinned together and then criss-crossed with bed cords. There may be a few rude benches, but little or no other furniture is to be seen in the huts. The natives eat on the floor squatted around a pot or pan containing the food. The men and boys eat first and the women and girls afterwards, taking what is left. The mode of life is thoroughly primitive. No knives, spoons or forks are used in eating, the fingers answering all purposes. Each Indian is ambitious to own a brass jug or pot, and these brasses are handed down as heirlooms and are held as statistics, remarked recently: it is a great country—much greater than we are apt to realize. "Why, take one state, Texas consider its magnitude. Do you that the area of Texas is 2 square miles, which is equal to 099,200 acres. Split this into equivalent to those in New York that is to say, twenty to the and you have 3,401,984,000 lots. the population of the world is cted at 2,300,000,000, but add cent to make sure nobody will left out, and the total is 2,760,000 Give every man, woman and co the world a building lot in Tex there would still remain an of 641,084 lots. The allowance lots per acre provides amply highways. Yet," he added, "is about double the size of T NEW ASST. DISTRICT ATTORNEY A. W. Rutan, who for two has filled the office of deputy attorney, has resigned from place and S. S. Finley has been pointed to fill the vacancy. Mr. Tan has associated himself with torney R. Y. Williams and thus hereafter be known as W & Rutan. S. S. Finley who has appointed deputy district attorney a brother of Col. S. H. Finley ota Ana, and for the last two was a member of the law f Phelps, Phelps & Finley'of C Mr. Finley received his gree school education in Newport in this county and his collegia cation at Monmouth college, mouth, Illinois. WINTER VEGETABLE TRADE ORANGE COUNTY LEADS IN NEW INDUSTRY Opening of Panama Canal Will Broaden Market, and Shipa Will Carry Products to Europe—How An Infant Industry Has Grown in County It is more than twenty years since the growing of winter vegetables in California for the eastern markets was first looked upon seriously. Some what later efforts began to be made to ship string beans, green peas and cauliflower. The shipping of cabbage has been carried on without much serious difficulty, but the earliest endeavors to ship peas and beans in crate, even using refrigerator cars, were for a time so unsuccessful that some of the shippers despaired of ever finding a way to send them across the continent, a twelve or fifteen-day journey, without the stuff mildewing. Something like a dozen years ago D. E. Smeltzer began growing celery on a large scale in the peatlands in Orange county. The company organized by Mr. Smeltzer continued in the business for half a dozen years, when the Earl fruit company was sold out to Armour & Co. Then W. F. Cronemiller and E. A. Curtis organized a company to take over the Smeltzer business, the vegetable business of the Earl fruit company, and also the same portion of the business of the Fay fruit company. This corporation has been operative since. W. F. Cronemiller is president; Thomas O'Neil, vice president; E. A. Curtis, competition was of so effective nature that our goods sold at low price. The vegetable union is now ing to ship the cabbage on freedom. This grows most Fullerton, Whittier, La this city, with smaller quantities other localities. The acres crop now amounts to between 2000 acres. The crops very heavy, and estimates to how much the tonnage ought to run close to 1000 but it will be a good deal that. The market has just opened unusually high prices because scarcity of supply. As the city in more freely the price is to go more or less down. Later on we shall be shipping potatoes all over the country we send out in four weeks of the early summer to 300 fifteen-ton carloads, impossible at this early spring prophesy as to the output Another crop that will come and by is that of onions. Of this vegetable do not so much as any of the other in the summer proper will very considerable crop of grown for the eastern ma that is more of a matter ofure than any of the others. This little sketch shows important the industry of growtables for the eastern ma here in Southern California California vegetable union carloads of the various veg year. A carload of celery carries 1000 to 1200 bunches it appears that good celery nearly 500 a carload. In the cultivation of extensive scale. A CANDIDATE Parlor, No. 74, N.S.G.W., will have a candidate for vice in the person of H. Kellogg, at the next grand parlor venues at Marysville on Mr. Kellogg was the first parlor, which was Anaheim on December 1955 and moved to Santa Barbara was moved to San Augustine 1897, when he was again sent. Kellogg was born on September 20 St. Helena, Napa county. Of one of the earliest plo-father crossed the plains was a member of Freedton, serving throughout until it was disbanded. Kellogg is a prominent civic engineer, having an office twenty-five years. He is the engineer of the two companies in Orange consulting engineer for Corona. OF THIS COUNTRY Of Judge Gary's remarks witness of this country, a dabbling in impressive remarked recently: "Yes, that country—much greater apt to realize. One state, Texas, and magnitude. Do you know area of Texas is 265,780 which is equal to 170,- Split this into lots those in New York city, day, twenty to the acre, 3,401,984,000 lots. Now business for half a dozen years, when the Earl fruit company was sold out to Armour & Co. Then W. F. Crone-miller and E. A. Curtis organized a company to take over the Smeltzer business, the vegetable business of the Earl fruit company, and also the same portion of the business of the Fay fruit company. This corporation has been operative since. W. F. Crone-miller is president; Thomas O'Neill, vice president; E. A. Curtis, general manager; F. P. Fay, treasurer, and B. P. Hoar, secretary. Recently Mr. Curtis sold his interest to Mr. Crone-miller and severed all connection with the corporation and its business. The interest was one-quarter, giving Crone-miller control of a full/half-interest in the concern. This change in management of the business is purely personal, and will affect in no respect its conduct. As yet there is no selection of a successor to Mr. Curtis as general manager. The corporation buys 90 per cent of all the vegetables of various kinds shipped from Southern California to eastern markets at all times of the year. The present year is not a large one in the shipping of California vegetables east for various reasons. All told, it will amount to somewhere between 2500 and 3000 carloads. The celery is about all shipped, amounting to nearly half of the total tonnage. Cauliflower is also about all gone, cabbage just coming in, and onions and tomatoes off in the distance. The bulk of the celery crop comes from the rich peatlands. The acreage in this vegetable this year amounted to about 2500 acres, and the tonnage was about 1500 cars of about 15 tons each. Each car carries from 1000 to 1200 bunches of celery, and the prices realized were from 20 to 40 cents a dozen heads. The acreage this year was short by about 150 acres. This was owing to poor results in the previous year. The crop of 1907-8 was greatly damaged by a blight, a new trouble in an aggravated form. The growers set about overcoming this, and have entirely succeeded, but discouragement cut the crop short as indicated above. This little sketch shows important industry of grocers for the eastern market here in Southern California California vegetable union carloads of the various vegetable year. A carload of celery carries 1000 to 1200 bunch it appears that good celery nearly $500 a carload. The number of people interested induction of these 4000 carloads come to about 500, and probably last 2500 persons earn in the industry. Of course possible to sum up the totals for the 4000 carloads. If brought as much as fine income would be $200,000 and of course we cannot make any of the finest product. In a few years the Panama will be complete and no further after we shall be open markets all over Northern Ethe vegetable and fruit crops thern California. Griffith Lumber Agents for ORIENTAL PLAS COLTON PORTLAND C LUMBER B ALL KINDS OF MILL So. Los Angeles st. near S Henry M. Adams, B. Dausee Dealer In all Kinds of GRAIN AND I Storage Warehouse And Custom Feed Mill in ComRegular Mill Days, Mondays Wednesdays Fridays. LOCATION—South of Sant Fe marked recently: "Yes, but country—much greater apt to realize. one state, Texas, and magnitude. Do you know area of Texas is 265,780 which is equal to 170,-. Split this into lots those in New York city, day, twenty to the acre, 3,401,984,000 lots. Now of the world is estimation 000,000, but add 20 per sure nobody will be the total is 2,760,000,000. woman, woman and child in building lot in Texas and still remain an excess items. The allowance of 20 cents provides amply for Yet," he added, "Alaskaable the size of Texas." E. DISTRICT ATTORNEY stan, who for two years the office of deputy district was resigned from the S. Finley has been appalled the vacancy. Mr. Ru-associated himself with At-Williams and the firm or be known as Williams S. Finley who has been deputy district attorney, is Col. S. H. Finley of Sanford for the last two years member of the law firm of Cops & Finley'of Chicago. received his grammar education in Newport school city and his collegiate edu-Monmouth college, Mon-ais. The acreage this year was short by about 150 acres. This was owing to poor results in the previous year. The crop of 1907-8 was greatly damaged by a blight, a new trouble in an aggravated form. The growers set about overcoming this, and have entirely succeeded, but discouragement cut the crop short as indicated above. The crop this year is of excellent quality, the best ever harvested. There are about 200 growers engaged in this industry, and probably 1000 persons find employment in cultivating the ground, putting in the crop and cultivating it until it is ready to pick, and then in picking, packing and shipping. The crop is about all harvested and shipped out and the selling agents and growers preparing to wind up the year's business, which excepting the short crop has been a very successful year. The cauliflower crop is also all gone. The last of this vegetable was shipped some weeks ago. If the celery goes mostly to the credit of Orange county, the country immediately around Los Angeles claims most of the cauliflower crop. The supply of this vegetable for the season just closed amounted to about 300 carloads of 15 tons each. It brought from 25 to 40 cents a dozen. The season was not considered an entirely successful one, as our cauliflower met with sharp competition from shipments sent in from Florida. This is the first season that state has entered into competition with us in this crop, and her The Place to Eat IS AT THE ORANGE FRONT 126 West Center Street Open at all hours. Best Service Prices right. R. CARTER. Manager. Anaheim Bakery Peter Syre. Prop. Fresh Bread Cakes and Pies Confectionery. Etc. Wedding Cakes a Specialty Los Angeles and Express Sts. O. FULDE An old German Watchmaker and Jeweler is located at 113 East Center Street, (Near Hart's Place) where you can find anything in the Jewelry line at The Lowest Possible Prices Watches and Jewelry a specialty The Best Cuts of MEAT Can be had here any time. We don't more of a matter of conjecture any of the others. tittle sketch shows how imthe industry of growing vegor the eastern market is Southern California. The vegetable union ships 4000 of the various vegetables a carload of celery of 15 tons to 1200 bunches. Thus that good celery brings 100 a carload. The total num people interested in the prof these 4000 carloads would about 500, and probably first 2500 persons earn a living industry. Of course it is im- sum up the total receipts 1000 carloads. If they all as much as fine celery, the would be $200,000 a year, but we cannot make an average nest product. New years the Panama canal complete and no doubt soon we shall be opening up all over Northern Europe forable and fruit crops of Soncalifornia. North Lumber Co. Agents for RENTAL PLASTER IN PORTLAND CEMENT ER BRICKS MINDS OF MILL WORK angeles st. near S. P. depot M. Adams, Mgr. B. Dauser Dealer In all Kinds of IN AND FEED orage Warehouses custom Feed Mill in Connection 1 Days, Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. NON—South of Sant Fe depot. (Near Hart's Place) where you can find anything in the Jewelry line at The Lowest Possible Prices Watches and Jewelry a specialty The Best Cuts of MEAT Can be had here any time. We don't reserve them for a favored few and compel the others to take what is left. First come is first served in this market. We believe in giving everybody a square deal. Also in selling the very best meat we can get hold of at the prices possible. Try us with an order. CITY MARKET F. W. FLEISCHMANN, Prop. 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