HONGKONG. DAILY PRESS
Output Tobacco Industry High Value
According to the latest Census of Industry statistics of the tobacco industries In Canada for 1939, the output for the year, including excise duties, was valued at $90,590,244, which repre- sents an increase of $5,501,944. or over six per cent, above that of the previous year.
After The Wars, What?
THE QUEST FOR GOLD
Cigarettes formed the mam item of production with an output of 7,189,433,000 valued at $57,277,062
Smoking tobacco" was next in im-
portance with an output of 24,709, 819 pounds valued at $24,498,111.
tion
At
FINANCE
Finance and Commerce
PRESIDENT Much Has Been Done
For Potato Growing
GARFIELD
Trial runs off the Virginia Coust of the 5.5. President Garfield,
„In Canada the potato is used almost as freely as bread by all classes of people. It is adapted to growing "in almost every set- tion of the Doruinion, extending from the extreme eastern pro- "vinces, where very large yields per acre are obtalued, to the waste". em coast. Northwards the potato has progressed towards the Arctic Circle, giving remarkable returns under cool diimație and soll conditions, wherever the season is frost-free long enough for the plants to make growth. ·
fourth new luxury liner for Ametl can President Lines Round-World service, have proved "very satia: factory," according to word re- Cigars came next with a produc-ceived at Company headquarters in
135,825,000 valued of $3,411,054, followed by chewing to-San Francisco. The message sala: "Garfield trials very satisfactory. bacco, 2,577,890 pounds, valued at
Eight hour economy teat and ten $2,184,537, and snuff,
Canadian certified seed potatoes, tare, together with a section on in- 836,955
per cent. overload run in adverse are highly prized in many comm-sects affecting the potato by Alan pounds, valued at $1,149.262.
The number of establishments weather, wind of gale force but tries and this circumstance has not G. Dustan, Division of Entomology. Men operating great bucket-lin
been brought about by chance but science Service, and a section on `dredges that chew up land by the reporting totalled 80. located by everything fumettoned perfectly."
President Garfield was through the efforts of the Domin-potato diseases by the Division af nozzled provinces as follows: Frince Ed-launched last Nov. 30, at Newport ion and Provincial Departments of Botany And Plant Pathology. that hit likeard Island, 2; Quebec, 51: On- News, and sponsored by Miss Agriculture and by the growers in Science Service, Dominion Depart- dynamite, men drilling and blast tarie, 20, Manitoba, 1. and British Eugenia Merrill, Godchild of Ad- aiming to produce a disease-free ment of Agriculture. ing deep down inside the West's Columbla, 6. These plants repre-miral Land, of the Maritime Com vegetable.
A copy of the Bulletin may be mountains-these, in their peculiar sented a capital Investment of
mission. The new liner was sche- The influence of climatic condi- obtained by writing to Publicity current duled to start her maiden voyage tions on the potato crop is con- and Extension Division, Dominion ways, are helping to formulate an $80,136,642 in fixed and
wer to that universal but very assets. They furnished employ- from Boston April 1, and from aiderable, and while soil is im- Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.
ment to 8,158 persons who were New personal question: "After the wars,
York April 4, en route toportant and has not such a strong | „ paid $7,733,023 in salaries and
California via the Canal,
effect as climate, it is necessary what?" These are writing their
wages.
Captain John Murphy. Lt that the land used for potato pro- answer in gold.
kere, meni streams of water
operating
mountain-sides
or-
SELLING VALUE
The
Comdr. U.S.N.R., veteran comman- duction be kept in a satisfactory MALAYA &
THE MALAYS
BEST TIME
There are also many other re-
MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1941. -PAGE 9
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If you Value
your Health-
Insist upon
Gordon's GIN
No Colouring ...Matter No, Injurious Ingredients
GORDONS
DRY GIN
DXCITELERY LONDON
CHEESE FACTORY
PREMIUMS
The age-old quest for the golden Hecce goes on. Argonauts with The plants also spent $23,001,318 der of American President Lines state of fertility. drag-line dredges are sifting the for materials and containers, and vessels, has been assigned as Mas- bouldered gravel of prehistoric produced goods with a net selling ter of the new ship. MF. Kune.
The Command Dinner Club neid river beds, of glacial moraines long value at the factory of $17.054.70% of San Francisco, will be her quirements, such as fertilizers, and
Of the establishments, reporting, purser. since covered with forest or
manures, the best time to plant, its inaugural dinner at the Adelphi CHEESE OUTPUT UP 45 made cigars only; 17 made to-
Hotel root-garden when the Hon. the proper how to plant, and Other argonauts chard or farm.
Production of cheese auring The farm credit situation during amount of seed, the varieties to be Dr. W. Linehan, Director of Educa-
1940 is reported a.9 of this machine age are dissolving bacco only: 8 made tobacco and.
142,107,058 and 1941 is not expected to show any used, cultivation, ridging. tilage. tion, addressed the gathering en with harnessed cigarettes; made tobacco
pounds, which is 15.7 per cent water, or probing their interiors, a cigars; i made snuff only; 2 made great change. There will be the protection of the crop against "Malaya and the Malays."
greater than in 1939. tobacco and snuff; 2 made to tendency for interest rates to in-disease and Insects, harvesting, The speaker contined himself bacco, cigars and cigarettes, and crease on new loans or on renewals, digging, storing and grading.
The increase in production mainly to one or two of the print-Ontario was 11.3 per cent; 1 made tobacco, cigara, and snuff. Little change is expected in land The fullest information on all cipal landmarks in the history of Prince Edward Island, 47.3
Although there was a decrease values although there may be these and other subjects are con- the Malays, and followed this up of seven in the number of estab- slight tendency to increase. The tained in the 72-page bulletin en-with a picture of the conditions cent; New Brunswick, 11.8
cent; Quebec, 28.9 per shments reporting as compared Current Review of Agricultural titled "The Potato in Canada" by
T. F. Ritchie, Division of Horticul/under which the Malays lived be-Manitoba, 30.2 per cent; Saзkat- factories will approximate $200,-* with the previous year, the capital Conditions in Canada invested was $655,001 higher.
mile deep or more.
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"FAR WEST"
Gold! It is still there, in those hills and valleys, and men are diligently bringing it out, a flake, or a pinch dust, or a glistening lump at a time. In most of the states that come within the mean- ing of the phrase "Far West" the process is going on, and even more intensively now than formerly.
Payment of premiums under the Cheese and Cheese Factories Im- provement Act on cheese produc-. ined during 1940 will exceed $1,000,- in 000, and payments on account of per improvements "of ripening rooms, per standardizing of cheese prestig cent; equipment and amalgamation bi fore they came under European induence. He wound up his talk chewan, 15.5 per cent, and 23.2 in 400.
HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS with a few remarks on the modem
There were also other increases 191 in the number of employees. $144,570 in salaries and wages STOCK EXCHANGE, paid, $120,546 In the cost of male- rials used, and $1,762,194 in the net value of production.
The gold being mined today has httle to do with current wars: it
The tobacco industry also com. 1 being brought forth from its biding places against the time tributes materially to, the agricul- when war is gone again from the taral ecofiomy of Canada. Of the face of the earth, and men are materials used, amounting to $23,- building and sailing the peaceful 201,318, $13,544,813 was for Cana- seas and trading with each other dian raw leaf tobacco alone.
In the manufacture of cigars. again as they have done since the
|2,171,995 pounds of Canadian to- dawn of history.
The United States has no need bacco was used: 17,098,769 pounds of more gold. Its vaults are full in the manufacture of cigarettes
and 23,406,134 pounds for smoking- of heavy yellow bricks which sup- ply the base for currency in use." and chewing tobacco and snuff.
"All other nations that can
afe
do so
still sending their ever-
dwindling boards of the yellow KOBE HARBOUR
stuff to this land for safekeeping
or sale.
Why mine more then? Why are
'the men in the valleys and gorges
PROJECT
Work on the plan to create 320
and mountains atiH plying their acres of reclaimed land, one of work of digging and rooting and the city's harbour extension pro- grubbing?
grammes, has started, the Asah!
It is because they are convinced reports. The project is scheduled these gold men of Colorado, to be completed in ten years.
The reclaimed land will be Arizona, Idaho, Oregon, California, and other gold-producing states- bisected by a canal large enough that gold will everlastingly buy, to enable ten large vessels to be -Large that it is the most precious natural moored along both sides. medium of exchange, and that all and small warehouses will be con- the chits and lots and flats of structed on the land and will be all the
dictators now or forever rented to the public. will not change the inherent re-
1
The city's income from "this gard for the yellow metai that source is expected to be consider- able since a part of the 40-acre clinks and gleams that the trent
of its value is ever upward, never reclaimed land which was started few years ago and is expected down.
When the world starts to build to be completed by July this year, again instead of destroying, gold riets the city an average of Y10,000 will spur the building, speed the per month in rentals for coal ships, mesh with the whirring storage.
wheels of industry, supply the driving power for commerce trade.
Malay.
He said the Malay today was
Alberta, a
“SHAREBROKERS» ASSOCIATION
far better off than his predecessors fully both in the active and pas- Bol who were not affected to any ex-sive defence forces," he said..
tent by European influence.
Buyers Ballor
Balos Nomical
SATURDAY 19 APRIL. Banks
"Boyer
Boliere
$1345 81340
F.E. Banks
£724
£734
£8
Chartered Banks
£21
Karcsatile Bk. "A".
210
Mercantile Bk. "C".
144
Bank of East Asiz.....
you
N. C. & S. Banks.....
870
Do.. (Cal. Reg.)
Do. (Loa. Reg.) .....
Insurances
$229 Canton. Insurances................ Union Insurances............/.... Underwriters
$426
$430
$1
$80
#851
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$187 H.K. Fires......
Shipping
$135 Douglases
#81
Steamboata z
Indo-Chinas (Prof.)...
180 Indo Chinas (Del.)
40/7
Shells
$6.55 Waterbosta
Docks, WharYES, Godowns, etc.
H.K. & E. Wharvas..
$5.10 Providents ............
$16
E.X. Docks (Old)....
H.K. Docka (New)...........
#241 +Bhanghai. Docks....
14/0 Kailans
$8
Mining
1 cta. Hong Kong Mines.....
$3
$33
Lands, Hotels and
Buildings
H.K. & 8. Hotals...... H.K. Landa....í...........]
697 Do. 4% Debentures...! #12 Shanghai Lands........ $3.10 H.K. Esaltions
$6.80
$99
The city also plans to build a the re- and huge Central Market in
claimed land eventually.
$18 $182
PRODUCTION FIGURES
-$39
18
$6.20
That is the answer. That is the reason gold is still the most pre-gold. Arizona's copper output waS cious metal at a time when many six times that of gold, in value. other metals seem more vital from Montana almost equalled the value the viewpoint of the all-important of gold production with silver, and military strategy. That is why the trebled it in copper. » Idaho pro- "Far West in 1940 completed aú-duced sürer, lead, and sine values other banner year in the produr- jeach approximately double that of tion of gol
(gold output. Washington produced
Here is that answer wittten in almost as much copper as" gold, in figures for the Far Western States dollar values.
in the matter of production of The hand-panning and one-man gold for 1940, na coinpiled and made jaluice boxes of ploneer days are public by the United States Bureau seen occasionally along mountain of Mines:
rivers and creeks in the West. $50,234,240; South Prospectors with beards and burros. California, Dakota, $20,752,780; Colorado, $12,- still comb the rock mountains that 907,930; Nevada, $12,853,130; Utgh. [fringe the vast desert areas. Many $12,346,950; "Arizona, $10;237,500; city-dwellers spend vacation times Montana: 38,649,500; Idaho, $5,075,- In both summer and winter In 000; Oregon, $3,944,500; Washing- these fascinating pursuits, " ton, $2,963.276: New Mexico, Largely, however, gold mining is $1,378,090,
big business. Hydraulic placer
In California gold is the major mining which cuts hill down and metal, and other metal production deep gashes into mountains is is secondary. In some of the other "coming back after many years Etates other metals are the leaders of inactivity. Debris dams are be- in mining, and gold is a by-product ing constructed in canyons to half or at least zubordinate. In Nevada the Dow of silt to the navigable in 1840 copper production reached streams and bays far below, and a 4 dollar value higher than that of Federal ban against former vast gold. ⠀⠀ Utah's copper... production hydraulic mining opérations is thus was valued at four times that of circumvented.
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Cotton Mills
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Ewo (8.) 8200S'hai Cottons, (8.)... Zoong Sings (S.).............. Wing On Textiles (8.) Public Utilition H.K. TramwByB... Peak Trams (old).... Peak Trams (now)... Star Ferries 8231 Y'anti Ferria..
Chins Lights (0) $1.70 China Lights (New). $28.20 H. K. Electrics (Old).
$261. K. Electric(New).... $18
Macao Electrica (Old)
317 Macao Electrics (New)
$12
$28
$30
*ET
CPS
$1
X.D. $16
27.
Sandakan Lights................... Telephones (old)........ Telephones, (new)...; S'pore Tractions (Ord.) Industrials
Cald, Macg. (Ord.) B. Cald., Macg. (Prof.)B
Canton Ic
Cementa
H.K. Bopes
HK, Geri. „Loans
$37 4% Loan
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804 31%
$94 31%
(1934)
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* Miscellaneous
$171Dairy Farm...comenta Entertainments ·
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$6
#1
$1.20 Constructions (old)... Constructions (new)....... Lane Crawford......... Nanyang
18.15 Sinceres
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Tobacco......
Cb. 0.8% 1925G#Bdi
H.K. Wing On
S'hai Wing Un
$7.20 Vibro Filing...
6/3 | Mazruins Inv. (Lon,
3/6. Maramins Inv. (HK: $1.90 W Powells........ #16 H.K. Elastele (Rts).
+Balo to Chinisha199
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$16
80.cts.
$4.90
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Ripening rooms or 187 factories have been insulated or İnşt and refrigerated.
Of these 59 were enlarged, and In addition: the "improvement...
the ripening rooms of 128 other 150 plants will be commenced
HAPPY PEOPLE
$1345
£73
£83
£211
Continuing, Dr. Linehan stated that the co-operative societies "Today we know the Malays as started among them were doing a a happy, Hkeable people, establish- great amount of good in a quiet led on a genial soil, and owning way. Largely owing to the work
Scan
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their band in perfect security of of these societies the Malays were watched by a special department: tenure. While they are not yet at least beginning to lose their re- close attention is paid to the edu 15 ct perhaps completely acclimatised to pugnance to trade and to acquire cation of their children. Nobody rapidly changing modern condi- habits of thrift to which hitherto can indeed deny that the Malay 892 tions, they are proving themselves they had been strangers, q
today is immeasurably better be #430 adaptable, ready, competent and "Health and medical services are than he was in those unregenerate cheerful workers. In the present at their disposal in their ram-times when Creese was King," he war they are playing their part pongs; their agricultural needs are concluded. No pa
$125
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X.D. $6.65
$96
$15.80
$242
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