Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 10, 1920, Page 2

ANCE HAS WORKED VERITABLE MIRACLES Readjustment in France Is ‘Shortened ' By -Henry Wood (United Press Correspondent) Paris, Nov. 10.—Within twb years after the signing of the armistice, France has worked twa veritable mir- acles—+one of re-adjustment and one of reconstruétion. " -As a result:of’this miracle of re- adjustment; alttiough France was the ¢ country ‘that suffered the it the war, and the one coun- try in whiich the increase in the cost of livingywas the greatest, she is the only one of the big Allied powers, who today is: entirely free from any i strikes or social unrest of an ecco- nomic nature. Furthérmore, she is the only one of the big Allied powers who in the same period of time has been able to free herself fully and definitely from the menace of Bolshevism. The death & knell of the latter was sounded a month ago when in national conven- tion at Orleahs the French Federa- tion of Labor almost unanimously condemned the leaders who up un- til eight months ago ordered and sup- * ported political strikes among the French workingmen. Instead of waiting, as much of the rest of the world has done, for eco- nomic life to re-establish itself on the pre-war basis, France saw at once thiat this would never happen and immediately readjusted herself to the new economic life imposed by the war. -~ . The afficial statistics of the Allied .countries place the increase in the cost of living in France as a result of the war at 300 per cent. Yet despite this astounding handi- cap, official figures of the French Ministry of Public Instruction, show that salaries generally thruout France have now ‘been increased from 200 to 300 per cent. It is this quick readjustment of the whole economic basis of French life to the new standard of living created b}' the war, that has left France en- tirely free from industrial strikes for the past:nine months and has wiped out completely the menace of ‘Bolshe- vism. All France is hard at work today on a fairly contented basis to repair the havee and damages wrought by the war: 5 ‘Like all other Allied nations in Bu- TOpe, one of the greatest damages to France from the war was the increa in her importations and the decrease in her exportations resulting in the frightful decrease in the value of French money in {urelbn countries. Yet the most astounding progre: 1. being ‘made to remedy this by'in- crease jin, STARTS 'NOV. 12 10,000 Yards CoTitEm e eeT R AL IS e I I TS £ weaY BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER | P AL ey, ... WEDNESDAY kit 'EVENING, NOVEMBER 1 sequently increased exportation and decreased impor'tation. During the first seven months of 1919 France exported only 4,776, 402,000 francs worth of merchandise and produce. For the first seven months: of 1920, these exportations were increased to 12,006,630,000 francs, 2 gain of over 7,000,000,000 francs. France’s total importations for 1919 were 29,778,000,000 france against only 8,713,000,000 francs ot exportation. ' For all of 1920 it is estimated that her importations will only be 37,304,- 000,000 francs and 'her exportations 20,582,000,000, showing - a steady progressi toward the he-establish ment of equal importations and ex- portations necessary to overconié:the present ruinous rate.of French exqlf change. As regards commercial relations with the United States France’s im. portations for July from' America which totaled $58,961,554 were re- duced for the month of August to $38,321,950, .showing how' fast French industries “are’ getting ‘back on a basis where they can supply the needs of France without recourse to | § foreign countries. . France has kept equal pace in the reconstruction of her devastated re- ions. Of the 2,712,000 French citizens who were driven from their homes by the German invasion, 1,633,000 are now back on ‘the job. Of the 5,570 kilometers of rail- way destroyed during the war 4,07 kilometers are back in operation. Gf the 5,760,000,000 acres of land rendered uncultivatable because of the presence of unexploded shells and missles, §3220,000 acres have been cleaned and put back.into culti- vation. One of the few Dutch-type wind- mills in the United States is that lo- cated on a farm near Eigin, IIL It adds™a picturesque touch-to the sur- roundings. The mill is more than fifty years old. . Franklin Medal to Sir Charies Parsons. The Franklin medal has been award- ed td Sir Charles Parsons “in recogni- tion of his epoch-making success In the development and the construction of the steam turbine which has revo- i1 1ntionized the art’ of steam engineer- Of the 3,060,000 acres of ground |ing, particularly in regard to the pro- that was pounded into nothing by shell fire and other war activities, 2 $70,000 have been Testored to pro- ductivity. = Orf the 11,500 factories that were, destroyed by the war 4,5.0 are al- ready back in operation and another 3,842 are under restoration. Of tiie "397,000 .people who were employed in these destroyed factories before the war, 257,831 are back at work in them. % Magic Carpet Up to Date. A plan for seeing strange sizhts comes from France, fn the announce- ment of the Compagnie Latecoere. fThis aerfal line will take you from Toulouse, at 8:30 a. m., over the Pyrenees to Barcelona, Spain, by lunch time. Next day you lunch at Malaga, then fly across the Mediterranean to Tangiers. Then you sail above the Atlas mountains to far-away Rahat, a green oasis of the Sahara, or even to Fez, where it is said the company has opened the grand vizier's palace as a hotel. These are indeed, the ‘days of' magic carpet and the. seven-league boats to those who-fear not adventure fp the air!—The Outlook. ."’,’,3,‘1“ ?,Y_Rdu““"fl and con- fgubseribe. ; for pulsion of mercantlle and naval ves< sels, and the driving of electrical gen- erators.” Not many people know of | in the early days of his invention, and that he separated from his original partners owing to thelr’ becoming tco discouraged to “carry on. Engineer: ing, in speaking of the award, says:? “The work of Sir Charles Parsons has | halved the. cost of producing electric power and reduced in still greater pro- | portion the capital cost of engineer- ing machinery.—Scientific Ameyican. élpsules and Fly Screens. Among modern inventions that make for comfort a subscriber lists as two of the most important the capsules now used for disagreeable medicines. and the wire screen used to protect our houses from disagreeable Insects, Quinine, helsays, was In the days of the Civil war the great medicine of the army, and it was taken by the ‘teaspoon wjth naghing to disguise its bitterness. © Allkthat. Is past. The the courageous struggle of Sir Charles || PROJECT FOR HIGHWAYS (By Uniged. Press) Denyer, Colo;, ‘Nov. 10.—Congres- sional aid in helping the tivelve most westerly states.raise $100,000,000 for bard surfacing the 5,600 miles of dirt roads that make up the National Park-to-Park Highway, will eccupy, the attention of nearly 100 of the biggest men identified with better roads movements ‘thruout the coun- try, attending the three-day session }ol the National Park-to-Park High- way Association, *#vhich will open here tomoyrow. . Stephen T. Mather, director of the National Park Service, and officials lof the American Automobile associ- 'ation, are among the delegates mem- orializing Congreds ‘to consider the stupendous project as a federal high- way, the like of Which. exists no- where in the world. ' It rough-circles nine western states.to connect eleven nationa] parks:Galofado, Wyolnijis, Montafa, idaho, Washington, Oregon, ‘California, Arizona and New. Mexico. Representatives of the governors of these states, as well as Utah, Na- vada and Texas, are attending the conference. Chambers of commerce, the Rotarians, Optimists and westerd organizations, generally, will ‘parti- cipate in the convention program, which also calls for permanent or- ganization of the National Park-to- Park Highway " association and the designation of state and local bran- ches in ‘one hundred dities, of the west. 3 % The gathering marks the close of official tour dedicating the Amerjcan master highway, with Denver as the start and finish, requiring seventy-six days. held on the route to arouse the west to greater appreciation of the scenie, industrial and argicultural -possibil- ities such as continuous motor way affords. The scenic running :noose if this lariathighway embraces an', are: greater than continental Europe, and e——— e e e —— e S S Do you imow that pra;:tically all your ail- ments are caused by decayed teeth? 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