Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-12-29 | Page 9 | France Slow in Recovering from Blow Dealt by War

France Slow in Recovering From Blow Dealt by War ARMENTIERES, Dec. 29 Recovery Of ihe white goods industry in France 1 from the blow dealt by the war has been retarded, ii is said here, b the shortage of flax due to the isolation of Russia the great source of supply. Only fifteen hundred persons are at work in three mills here ;is compared , with sixteen thousand employed in I 1914) according to information given the correspondent of The Associated Press today In the course of his government gov-ernment arranged trip to the war torn ! rezlous. J viovernment statistics say the linen , industry as a whole has resumed oper ations in one third of the mills, but I with only a tittle more than six per cent of the pro-war force. Officials express confidence that the manufac-! manufac-! lur of white goods will be at hall production pro-duction within a year, and at full uut-iput uut-iput within Dsn or three years.