Show CZECHO SLOVAKIA PROSPERS OUTPUT IS PLENTIFUL Resources of New Republic Extend to Ma Many y Commodities By Harold E. E Bechtol European Manager Manag r of N N. N E. E A. A A PRAGUE Slovakia Czecho-Slovakia Feb 20 20 I The Tho future of the Sl Czecho-Sl Czecho Slovak valt republic seems certain to be Increasingly prosperous prosper prosper- prosper i ious ous oua from year to year once tho the young oun I nation is over initial difficulties I Th These se difficulties can be summed up i iOne in one one word word credit I Once she ahe gets credit for the raw materials materials ma ma- she must have to live JIve her business business busi busi- bUSI 1 ness men and government officials are all confident that she can an quickly swing II the trade balance in her favor and get o oa on ona ona n a sound basis Czecho Slovakia will have plenty t to o I sell although some of her greatest products products prod prod- I I such as coal coalt iron and steel wood I sugar machinery beer Deer and hops will wUl no not t I find find their chief market in America I MARKET PROVIDED But there is a a. huge market over herfor here her e I for tor all these products end and she will wilt have hav lave e other things to sell America such a eg g glassware w porcelain I gloves pencils en I h hairnets hair hairnets i nets linens and embroideries and lace i Czecho Czechoslovakia U Is s a rich country country ric rich h In to minerals and agriculture rich country in skilled skille d workmen rich in Industry rich In fore forests ItS Bohemia Is one of the most important manufacturing districts of all Europe I Following is a a. summary of her print principal pal pat products and industries MINING Bohemia is rich in all kinds of min min- g als There are some Iome minerals in Rio valeta Garnets and other other- semiprecious stones atones abound and there are a a. few precious precious pre pre- cious clous stones Radium was was dl discovered covered i ii in n t i d r. r 1913 1113 and la fa s expected to prove increasingly important i But the chief mineral product Is coal The prewar output of bituminous coal In Bohemia was ago about t f four million tons annually and of lignite about twelve million million mil mil- lion llon tons tone IRON AND STEEL This is a a. tremendous industry me rne principal works center around and in the district where coal andiron and andiron iron plan ore are found works The t two Pilsen- Pilsen biggest plants ar are aro the Skoda a works at the old Austrian I Krupps where Krupps-where where mammoth mammoth mam mam- after moth cannons were and are still for that matter made and the Prager Elsen industries in industries industries in- in a a. German Bohem ian Industry now being being brought works under Czecho CZ Slovak Czecho-Slovak Slovak control contro The latter works are chiefly at t TEXTILES Cotton flax imported and hemp omen and jute grown here are spun and w women In Bohemia and Moravia fo forming ming ono e ethe of ot the largest industries There are hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of textile mills large and small Email It t was originally a home industry but r has become a factory one until now form fonn only ne a small part o of f the output SUGAR Beet sugar Js Ie s the nations nation's most imI important im- im I portent export pr product nations duct Great Quantities s are sent to o many y nations butare but but- particularly particular particular- I I ly England France Franco and Switzerland Much Swiss candy is isian made made with BohemIan Bohemian Bohem Bohem- I ian sugar The export of sugar to England England England En En- gland alone before the tAnd war amounted to toI I a year And Bohemia produced produced pro pro- 93 per cent of all Austria's sugar I GLASS Bohemians have the reputation of being the best glass makers in the world Tho The I Industry has been here since 1380 By Bohemia cry crystal and and fancy glass glam glassware ware was known all over the world Today Today To To- day eJay there are upwards of 00 glass works em scattered all over the country a and employing employing em em- local sands altogether as well as local fuel BEER ALCOHOL HOPS Famous Pilsen beer made at Pilsen and 18 beer made at will form a a. big export product In Europe Attempts At At- At- At tempts to brow brew Pilsen beer and in other parts of Bohemia have failed and the peculiar flavor Is attributed to the water Hops In ladre lad lad- a are re grown TOWn in hu hugs q quantities and in addition addition ad ad- to supplying the beer Industry are exported in large quantities to France The manufacture of alco alcohol including in industrial in- in l alcohol is Is an important l industry and Slovak liquors and brandies bandies have an an international reputation WOOD Slovakia Czecho mountains are forested Aith v. v lC rich woods s. s hard and soft Th The The ili i 4 nation will export raw raw wood and wo woodworking wood wood- d- d working working- is an Important export Industry TANNING I Calf CalC cowhide deer and and goat The skins P are used are used In th the tanning Industry Jil industry Uke like cotton is principally dependent dC tf on n outside Je for r raw materials though not to the same de degree ee PAPER AND MACHINERY The paper industrY is Important but the product Is Principally used at home home home- blue packing paper for sugar Some high grade paper will be exported Machinery is made to supply the Bohemian Bohemian Bo- Bo industries Some fa farm fam machinery machin- machin ery Is made ad but not of ot a as high quality as American n farm machinery PENCILS PORCELAIN ETC The famous Koh-i Koh noor i noor pencils Labeled laA labeled la- la A Made b by L L. C. C lI Co in Austria 1 were were made and still are areeS made eS at Bu Bohemia These are used draughtsmen almost exclusively by artists and draugh draughtsmen Some Sore of the most famous mineral waters wa- wa tern J In J the world come from Bohemian and Slovak Places and Mad Ma- Ma d which ch the Czechs have given gluon new names pre are re In Jn Bohemia I Hair Bair 11 nets from Czecho Slovakia are sold all over the world Bohemian porcelain is world famous It will be exported I i is s Woolens V are manufactured but there practically no raw wool Q n w. w |