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Show jl MATTERS OF H GENERAL INTEREST L '3fr4frh0 aiifpment 0f jjunno 1ms bo- H gun from French SomnliUuul, H und tin a rcHult it !h posaihlo that M n direct lino of steamships will', 1 bo established running to tho H United States, which has long H boon desired by importers of H American cotton goods. m Argentine offers a good market H for American apples and pears. B Canada is worried over tho big Hj losses from forest fires, said to bo JflOO.000,000. in Yukon torri- H tory, H Tlie example of tho California m I Fruit growers Exchango in H spon dintr $150,000, a year to ad- m vortiso their oranges and lemons, H will probably be followed by otli- 1 or groups of producers. Tho ad- H vertising is all placed in tho H newspapers; and care is taken to 1 Cr tn fruit up to tho highest B " suuKLau. H American employees on the H i Panama Canal have organized 1 tho Panama Developmmcnt and H Manufacturing Company, capital H $250,000 gold, to farm and man- H ufacruro farm and orchard pro- H ducts in tho Republic of Panama. H Muih American capital is be- H ing attracted to Nicarauga where H the government is onccuraging' H those who will help develop that. H country. H Western Canada expects this H year a 200,000,000 bushel wheat H crop. H Smyrna reports prospects of H an absolute failure- in tho olive H oil crop next year. H It is predicted that as soon as H China gets her finances straight- H oncd out, hoi pi-ogress will as- H tonish tho world. Already that H nation is becoming a more im- I portant factor in tho world com- H merco than it has over been. |