The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, February 23, 1922, Image 3
Intimate Glimpses
Of Imperial Fami
Ekaterinburg, Russia, Feb. 22.
(By The Associated Press).?Ale
andra, the late Empress of Russ
never ceased to chafe under her i
prisonment in this city where she w
finally executed but the late Ei
peror Nicholas showed more calmm
and indifference to his fate.
A little booklet recently issued
P. Bykoff, former chairman of t
Ekaterinburg Soviet, gives many i
timate glimpses at the imperial fai
ily during the months they were pr
oners of the Bolsheviki in this ci
just preceding their execution
July, 1918.
When the Czar and his wife a
part of his family wore trunsferr
from Tobolsk to Ekaterinburg by t
Soviet government, a residence in t
center of the city was assigned
them. It was in the basement of t)
building that they were shot,
half-prison regime was establish*
which did not interfere with the e
tivit.ies of the imperial family
their own quarters.
iU. n nr
"tiuio me nomanons were pc
mitted to enter their new quarte
the guards sqarched them. Ale?
andra protested bitterly and offer
physical resistance. The Emper
submitted willingly, but was great
perturbed. He paced the room whi
the search was proceeding and e
claimed, "The devil knows what
means! Up to now we have m
courteous people and have had dece
treatment!"
According to Bykoff, the Soviet o
ficials made it clear to the Roma
offs that they were not at Tsark<
Selo and threats to isolate the Er
peror from his family if he offer<
criticism silenced him.
"Nicholas soon realized we we
not joking," says the book, "and su
mitted uncomplainingly to the d>
mands of the commandant in charj
of the house. He made few effor
to chat with the guards, but Ale:
andra never ceased breaking rules
The Romanoffs were permitted
select their own hours for walkir
in the garden where all sorts of too
were available if they cared to tal
more vigorous physical exercis
Two meals a day were supplied i
them from "the best Soviet kitcht
in Ekaterinburg" and they were gi'
en a gasoline primus, or stove, upc
which they could heat their food.
Food packages were forbidden 1
the imperial family but Bykoff say
"the sisters in the local convent ai
*i 1- ti.. i? -i:
iiiu ^uaiu;i uy acuuiii
parcels of biscuits and other delici
cies which were distributed amor
the soldiers."
On Easter the imperial family asl
ed permission to attend church. Th
request was denied, but a priest wt
adrn!tfecT"lo' their quarters"*" to ho]
service and eggs and special cak(
were sent to them by Soviet official
"Bottle Papers" ?
Picked up Every Da
Washington. Feb. 22.?Nearly e1
ery day the Hydrographic Office <
the Navy Department received sei
eral "Bottle papers" picked up in tt
sea by ships, which while not a
thrilling as the famous "Ms" four
in a bottle and revealed by Poe, nei
ertheless carry interesting and vah
able data to the makers of marir
maps and those who seek to mal
navigation safe.
These bottle papers are dropped i
the seven seas to study the flow <
currents. Thousands of small slip
with instructions printed in nine iai
guages, are sent annually to a
mariners, with the request that the
be filled out, placed in a well-corke
bottle and dropped every now an
then during voyages about the wort
The name of the "dropper," the shi)
the date and the latitude and long
tude are recorded. In another spa<
the finder writes his name, the dai
and spot in which the bottle wi
found forwarding the slip to the H;
drographic Otfico in Washington.
The data thus secured is used
' checking currents and in correctir
pilots' charts. Sometimes the bo
ties drift for thousands of miles ar
are years on their erratic cruise
but when returned, the papers insi<
usually carry a message of value
the Hydrographers.. Occasional
there is an unusual tale connect*
with their discovery.
Sometime ago a bottle with its p
per was dropped in the Indian Ocei
and picked up in the Red Sea <
the coast of British Somaliland by
Mohammedan named Mohamed Mu
tapha, who believed the paper i
mv?tic or intrinsic value. Being u
able to read its message in any
the several languages in which it w
displayed, he mounted his camel ai
rode miles across the desert to t
nearest British agent. After c
deavoring to explain the nature
the find the agent filled out the blai
with the finder's name and forward
it to the Navy Department in Was
ington. The native departed st
convinced that some great rewa
was his, and about two months lat
rushed into the same office again c
manding further elucidation on
newly acquired paper. In his ha
he waver! a large pilot's charl of 1
native waters and a letter from t
Hydrogrupher thanking him for 1
service. The chart he insisted was
draft on the American govemmei
its size he believed indicated a lar
sum of money and he demanded 1
dignantly to know why the local ba
would not cash it for him.
Famous restaurants of Home hH
been fined for keeping luxury tax
paid by Americana.
Subscription* to
ly $5,000 Cannei
,? Lewis M. Rice $ 60.<
>x- C. K. Hughes 60.1
ia, R. M. White 60.<
m. J. F. McLure 60.1
as W. JD. Wood 60.(
m. Dr. Russell Jeter 50.1
,s<5 J. E. Minter 50.(
R. W. Beaty 60.1
T. B. Strange 60.(
hy F. H. Garner 50.(
Ke H. L. Davis 50.(
;n J. R. Whitmire 50.(
Roy Willeford 60.<
Sam Berelowitz 50.<
is- Sam Kassler 60.(
ity C. R. Lancaster 50.(
in J. V. Askew 60.(
S. Krass 60.C
Macbeth Young 60.(
nd E. M. Garner 60.(
et] Claude Wilbum 60.(
he J- Mobley Jeter, Jr 50.(
he L. G. Young 50.(
F. W. Carnell 60.(
jj3 D. Jean Whitlock 60.(
A A. G. Kennedy 50.(
Victor Smith 60.(
lC. Jno. W. Gregory 60.C
jn R. N. Sprouse 50.(
W. W. Johnson 50.(
C. B. Sparks 60.(
U. U. Amnions 50.(
rs T. B. Gault 60.C
c~ Dr. A. P. McElroy 60.(
e( George Willard 50.(
?r Gordon Bishop 50.{
ly r? m i -
x\. x. mciuunan DIM
lle R. H. Harris GO.C
*' F. J. Parham GO.C
Dr. J. W. Buchanan GO.C
et H. J. West GO.C
nt J. D. Hancock - GO.C
Dr. W. N. Glymph 60.C
B. F. Kennedy GO.C
n" Goyan Austell GO.C
oc L. J. Browning GO.C
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J. Cohen Co GO.C
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?e Miss Mahala J. Smith .... 50.0
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x_ Bradley-Estes Co 50.0
? W. S. McLure 100.0
' G. B. Barron 50.0
P. D. Barron 50.0
ig Union Bakery 50.0
Is Will Humphries 50.0
{e Mrs. Ida Bailey 50.0
e. Louis Gault 50.0
to W. B. Murphy 50.0
!n R. W. Beaty (additional) . . 50.0
v. Lewis M. Rice (additional) . . 50.0
)n R. R. Jeter (additional) . . . 50.0
D. Norman Jones 50.0
t0 C. C. Sanders 50.0
Sj C. K. Morgan 50.0
fj.' Thos. McNally 50.0
1K R. Lee Kelly 50.0
a C. Allen 50.0
| P. E. Wilburn 50.0
Consolidated Ice & Fuel Co. . . 50.0
c_ Roy Willeford (additional) . . 50.0
Union Marble & Granite Co. . 50.0
? A. W. T. Ravenscroft 50.0
U B. B. Going . ..50.0
,s I. K. Brennecke . 50.0
' Dr. O. L. P. Jackson 50.0
Storm's Drug Store 50.0
J. M. Wood 50.0
J. A. Hollingsworth 50.0
y B. A. Owens 50.0
T. J. Vinson 50.0
O. E. Smith 50.0
Herbert Smoak 50.0
f- Thos. H. Howe 50.0
Mrs. P. B. Barnes 50.0
19 Cash 50.0
id Mrs. L. M. Jordan 50.0
f- I,. B. Godshall 50.0
i- Five additional subscriptions
'e have been provided for, in
te case there are no other sub
scribers 250.0
in
>f Grand total $5,000.0
s, The above $5,000 will build a car
J- nery. More capita! will build a bet
11 ter one. If you are willing to take
y thare, $50, we await your word. On
id thousand more will add materially t
id the success of the venture.
d. W. J. Tucker 50.0
p, W. B. Aiken 50.0
i- R. E. Foster 50.0
:e Eagle Grocery Co 50.0
te
ls Subscriptions to $5,000
Potato Drying Hous
'n Thos. McNally $100.0
F. J. Parham 100.0
Dr.*J. W. Buchanan 100.0
Lewis M. Rice ...... 100.0
!S? J. D. Hancock 100.0
L. J. Browning 100.0
to B. F. Kennedy 100.0
y S. R. Gamer 100.0
e'1 J. R. Charles 100.0
Mrs. Jno. R. Mathis 100.0
o- J. E. Kelly 100.0
in Citizens National Bank .... 100.0
J. Cohen Co 100.0
a Macbeth Young 100.0
?- J. L. Bolton GOO.O
if /mi- KT.i.: ??i o??i. 1 on n
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n_ Harris-Woodward Co 100.C
of I. From 100.0
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nd Dr. J. G. Going 100.0
he Bernard Fant 100.0
n- j. l. Jolly 100.0
of W. S. McLure 200.0
nu C. B. Sparks 100.0
. Dr. Russell Jeter 100.0
W. B. Murphy 100.0
Total $3,100.C
rd
Unless $5,000 is raised, no subscri{
|e. tion will count. If you don't like
a cannery, come on into a potato dr
n(j house. We need both. Both will hel]
jj8 The potato dry house will pay quickt
he dividends. Come on I
jjg Phone No. 1 and say $500, $100 c
a $1,000.
nt, j ~
ge For fifty years seven lights hn\
in- burned day and night in front of
nk statue of the Blessed Virgin in
Catholic church in Chicago.
vc The king of Toro, Africa, is prol
:es ably the only monarch who weai
a false beard.
"Cavalry Won the War"
y
Washington, Feb. 23.?Cavalf5
jq won the war?at least so much ol
jq the world conflict as was fought oul
jq in Palestine?according to Lieut. Col
rjQ Edward Davis, U. S. Army, who has
jq just returned to Washington to prejQ
sent to the general staff his observers
tions on more than six years' service
DO witht the armier of other nutions.
)0 Before the entry of the United
30 States in the world war, and after)q
wards, Col. Davis served with the
JO forces of Great Britain. France, Rus30
sia, Italy, Serbia and Greece. Lutei
he served as military attache in HoijQiland
and at Berlin. According to
)0 Col. Davis, his most valuable mili3b
tary experience was with the British
jjj cavalry during the Jerusalem camjq
paign, and he stated he was surprised
jq to find that so little was known in
jq | the United Stntes regarding the facts
)q of General Allenby's two remarkable
)q campaigns in the Holy I>and, each of
jq which he characterized as "an exquisite
example of the combined op)0
orations of all arms of the service
10 under a master strategist and a great
)0 natural leader of men."
>0 In both the Jerusalem and Damas10
cus campaigns, Col. Davis said, the
)0 master stroke was delivered by env)0
airy. He described several of the
10 mounted charges made by Allenby's
)0 forces, and explained that the most
)0 striking results were attained by
>0 those swift and unexpected blows at
0 enemy infantry and artillery groups,
'0 "After the British had reached
0 what looked like a stale-mate on the
10 Gaza-Beersheba line," Col. Davis
*0 said, "it was decided to employ cav>0
airy in a finnl effort to pierce the
'0 Turkish defenses. The British stra'0
tegists decided cavalry could oper30
ate best against one end of the line,
'0 and a mounted souadron was sent tn
^ 'bite off' an end of the entrenchments
that had resisted every effort at capture.
Within an hour the cavalry had
effected contact with the Turks, and
iQ then began a process that might best
0 be described as 'rolling up' that thin
0 line that so long had resisted every
q effort at assault. The operation was
iQ a complete success and the entire line
O was in British control within ten
0 hours.
0 '"The value of cavalry against
i0 heavy artillery was strikingly demon10
strated at Huj, where the GOth di0
vision was engaged. The cavalry uni0
der Colonel Shea charged 12 cannon
0 protected by machine gun nests, and
0 in ten minutes had captured 11 of the
0 big guns and cleaned out the nests.
0 The success of that operation was
0 repeated in the eharge at El-Mughar
0 one week later. There the cavalry
'0 charged to the top of a hill 1'25 feet
0 high, with a 20 per cent grade, and,
0 leaping over a series of trenches cap0
tured three Krupp 77's and nearly a
0 score of. machine guns.
0 "Without water, without baggage
0 of any "sort, the cavalry made long
0 hard marches and outflanked the
0 enemy column again and again. Fin0
ally, on the plain of Armageddon, the
0 last struggle took place. During the
0 first stage of that battle the Turks
0 fought well but were steadily forced
0 back. Presently the Turkish front
0 between the sea and the Jordan was
0 broken, and through the gap along
0 the sea coast Allenhy launched his
0 cavalry which swept northward and
b then eustward to Nazareth, across
the rear of the whole Turkish host.
The German commander, Liman Von
Sanders, barely escaped from the net
0 by precipitate flight, but what was
~ left of the Turkish armies, more than
0 00,000 men and 400 guns fell into
Allenby's hands. A month later
" Turkey capitulated."
a ?
e Effort to Check Thieving
o
Moscow, Feb. 22.? In an effort to
0 check thieving on railways the gov^
eminent has issued an edict requiring
0 that all cargoes must be insured.
The government will write this inr
suranee itself and part of the profits
will be used to increase the wages of
railway employes, who are badly underpaid
and suffering gjreat hard0
ship under the changed economic re0
gime.
0
q It is estimated that there are at
0 least 10,000 lepers in Russia.
: COULD HARDLY
: STAND AT TIMES
0 #
o Hips, Back and Legs Would
Have That Tired Ache
0 Everett, Washington. ? " For several
0 years I have had trouble with the lowest
0' n7mnnnumnnmlPart n,y hack and
q ||||LlUf|jjMlJI | my hips and my legs
|||MliM9HUII would ache with that
TBH tired ache. I could
0 H U hardly stand on my
0 B WfjSsM feet at times. I was
0 IF always able to do my
0 l| j8ll work although I did
0 1111 not feel good. I saw
n ' tiiiii ljyaia Hi. rmkhrun h
^ CTllllll Vegetable Com\
~HU1II pound advertised and
0 X jpM|| navingheard several
praise it 1 decided to
)- try it. I feel first-rate at the present
9 time. It has done wonders for me and
I keep it in the house right along. I
y always recommend it to others who are
P- sick and ailing."? Mr?. J. M. Sibbeut,
;r 4032 High St., Everett, Washington.
To do any kind of work, or to play for
that matter, is next to impossible if you
are suffering from some form of female
trouble. It may cause your back or your
_ legs to ache, it may make you nervous
and irritable. You may be able to keen
!0 up and around, but you do not feel gooa.
n Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetablo Coma
pound is a medicine for women. It is
especially adapted to relieve the cause
of the trouble and then these annoying
k pains, aches and "no good " feelings
disappear.
rs It has done this for many, many women:
why not give it a fair trial?now. <
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Music Memory Contests
Chicago, Feb. 21,?TJJxe vivid "Hungarian
Dance'' of Brahms, the gracious
"Melody in F" by Rubenstcin,
the lazy "Berceuse" (Jocelyn. the
sonorous "Prelude in C Sharp Minor"
by Rachmaninoff and a score more
deathless creations of the world's nut
sic masters are having a Roman holiday
in 250 middle western cities and
communities in what are known as
"Music Memory Contests."
They sing themselves into the
brains of thousands of school children
and men and women in every activity
of life. They insinuate themselves into
mansion and ho\elalike.
Their origin is clouded but their
popularity is undemed. They sprang
into notiee a year ago but this winter
sees the fullest response to their appeal.
In the m?>re populous centers
they are attracting attention and winning
supporters, but it is in the smaller
centers and rural communities that
they bear their best fruit.
A hotter comprehension of good nni
sie is the motive of the contests which
are generally hacked by musical and
literary clubs in close cooperation with
the schools. A selected list of classical
musical numbers, generally 30 to
10 altogether, is prepared. In the main
an effort is made to have the list fully
representative of evry branch of music,
the modern American composition
having its conspicuous place among
the more tried and tested creations of
Each and Beethoven.
The contest runs through twc
months while a vigorous campaign is
conducted in churches, theatres and
schools to familiarize contestants with
the several selections. Not only arc
the compositions emphasized, but the
lives of the composers and a general
sruvey of their entire musical career
are studied.
The contestants, with pencil and paper,
listen to a program of selections
from the list played and sung, writing
down the names of the selections as
they are rendered giving the composer's
name and a short sketch of
his life and works. When numbers arc
sung at these examinations the singer
omits the words which would give a
clue to the name, generally humming
the melody.
competition is encouraged by the
offering of prizes which generally art
articles allied with music.
Northern Illinois has just seer
launched one of the largest of thesi
contests, backed by schools through
out the entire section included. An
other large contest in which over 12,
000 are registered is being conductec
in the Thumb of Michigan by Pori
Huron music organizations with th<
cooperation of music lovers in the sev
oral communities of the five countie;
involved. ,
Mary Pickford's
Divorce Again
Carson, Nov., Feb. 22.?Motion o'
\ttomey General Leonard B. Fowlei
of Nevada to have Mary Pickford's di
\orce from Owen Moore annulled wa:
submitted to tlie Nevada state supreme
court here January 30. Miss
Pickford was divorced from Moore at
Minden, Nev., March 20, 1920, and a
short time later married Douglas
Fairbanks. All three are motion picture
stars.
Attorney General Fowler contended
that Miss Pickford's divorce was obtained
through "fraud and collusion"
and declared the Minden court had no
jurisdiction as both parties were "bona
tide residents of Los Angeles, Cal.?
, although Miss Pickford swore she
was a resident of Nevada. The suit
was predicted, the complaint stated,
on the principle that the state "reserves
an interest in all divorce actions."
Gavin McXub, prominent San Fran,
eisco attorney, who represented .Miss
Pickford. in reply, declared that Fowler
had no authority under Nevada
laws to bring his action. There was
no aggrieved party in the case and nowhere,
McNah argued, does the law
give the attorn* y geenral the right to
review divorce cases. If the law
granted that right, he said, every divorce
granted in Nevada would be
subject to review.
"The ease," McNab declared, "is
t without precedent in jurisprudence.
No lanKiiii"^ c an Ik* found in any law
hat can ho tortured into giving excuse
for this attitude of the attorney general.
It is the first of its kind and
. should he the last of its kind."
District .Judge Frank P. I.nngan of
Minden, who granted the decree, later,
, on dune 25, 1021, refused to review
, the case and Fowler appealed to the
I state supreme court.
' Moon is Very Inconsistent
I St. Ixmis., Feb. 2'5.?The moon is
. too inconsistent a planet to govern
the date of Faster, in the opinion of
Rev. M. S. Brennan, astronomer!
priest of this city, who has expressed
hope that the council of astronomers
i called by the late Pope Benedict XV
. for a meeting in Rome next April
will decided to eliminate the moon as
. a means of determining the date of
. the Paschal Feast.
i Father Brennan recently suggest>
ed that a certain date be fixed or a
certain Sunday, and suggested thai
either April K or the second Sunday
< in April be designated the day or
which the churches celebrate Faster
i The present method of fixing the first
> Sunday following the first full moor
after the vernal equinox, Fathei
Brennan points out, leaves a range
nf x.i dnva for the Raster feast. ?n<
' by fixing a certain day or a certair
I Sunday, he believed, much confusior
? could be avoided.
, \ Suggestion on How
To Increase Sales
"Don't sit down and say that busi
> tiess is bad," says Joseph S. Duncan
president of the Addressograph Com
f pany of Chicago, in Forbes Magazim
r (N. Y.), "but use modern busines
- methods to dig up prospects. Cet you
s message directly to the man by tb
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Labor-saving conveniences
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unwilling to return to former methods.
"In this country We have long recognized
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War to drive the lesson home. When
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which a business man sees a change
in condition and adapts his business
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ganizntion. 1 do not pretend to le
an expert salesman, but I never could
. understand how men expect to enlarge
their business interest: by curtailing
their sales force and -diutting down
on their advertising .just heenuse
times are dull. 1 should think that tit
such a time till possible pressure
should be put on to keep the plants
running."
t Grapefruit Flavor
Improved by Placing
In Cold Storage
Contrary to the prevalent opinion
. that citrus fruit will not ripen otf the
tree, the United States Department of
Agriculture has found that, like pears
and apples, grapefruit will develop a
superior eating quality after a period
| of I to :i months in cold storage if
suitably cured before storing. One
reason for this is that, while the sugar
' content remains about the same, the
acid content decreases markedly dur1
ing storage, and apparently the bittel
principle is broken down, which also
I enhances the sweetness of the fruit
The fruit stores better when picked
1 about midsenson.
1 These conclusions were reached bv
the Rureti.t of Plant Industry follow
ing a series of experiments begun in
1017. It was thought to be an advant1
age to the grapefruit market to deter
mine whether the fruit could be kept
" without deterioration until after the
. peak of the harvet season in January
1^-1 tf L T lL?
reoniary, ana mnrcii. in uu- mtup
producing varieties the seeds are likes
ly to sprout while the friut is still on
r the trees, which injures the delicate
c flavor of the fruits. Both produce*
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and consumer are therefore benefited
h. the growers knowning tliat this
fruit may be picked before the seeds
sprout and detained in storage in good
condition for several months.
In the work on grapefruit storage
the most serious difficulty encountered
was tlie tendency of the grapefruit to
"pit"' in cold storage; that is, to develop
sunken spots in the skin. These
spots did not atl'ect the flavor of the
fruit, but the appearatv was less
attractive and in?d#? ib..
I marketable in competition with
smooth, yellow fruit. Pitting can bo
!ut >r? l> i out lolled, it has been found
(liioiieh the ? i \])( i ir.i ik?, by curing
the fruit in a warm room at about To
do?iec~ F. for ?. or 3 week a: 'her;
Jd:o I'll; it ill Cold storage ^
F I'.ii .1 longer stoi ? p r >T
Six Men Have Been 1 r. ?*d
Peking. Feb. '22. i Ky >
pre idential mandate >f da
\ :ukh f ti.i Ant e, lb. v. >
.vn-- driven out f p..war
it- i ho if* cither imprint ' -n- . a'la
vi. nave linal'y l?nti pare ,e?t 1
i\ 111! a Vi 'UVSejit p
1 adet's of {!'< , ; A. fui'
the ex* (lorn-1
t-enp, know ti t'.r ugh- 1
"lattle H iu" ;>':<! an on
the defeat of lit arty
??f lt'120.
The six men i < < n f reeo
are general* Tuj m .m i. c
Shou yuan Chu Tung- eng.
Wen-yu La. ll-ut. \V. V urn: 1. n.
All of them held import.: omniaae
in th?- Oil in* - * aney and * < ? .K part tithe
activities <>!' It'JO when tlw* Anf.i
Cltih controlled the g ivernnient and
was kept in to v through Premier
Tuan Shih-jui. After tlv foiviluhremoval
of the Ani'u clique throug
the cooperation of the super-tie hum-.
Chan Tso-lin, Tsao Kun, and Wu P
In, these generals fled to the foregin
ettlements f<>r refuge and hav? rmained
in them ever since. Genera is
Tuan and Chang h . remained in the
compound of the Japanese legation
guard in Peking, Generals Chen, Liu,
and Wei h ave been in virtual captivity
in the forcing settlement of Tientsin,
while General Chu has been nominal
prisoner at Paotingfu.
Sugar Company Shuts Down
Sydney, N. S. \\\, Jan. lf>.? < Py
Mailt.?The Colonial Sugar company,
I whose ?. ti? ?*ies have been the main
stay of Fiji for some 40 yars, has
announced that the fall in sugar
values in the world's markets has
rendered it impossible for the concern
to continue paying higher than
pre-war rates for cane.
Sugar prawn in Fiji has to compete
with the staple grown in other
tropical countries where cheaper labor
is utilized, the wages in Fiji being
more than double the scale elsewhere,
the company stated. The FijiVancouver
Sugar Co., decided to
close its mill and estates in Fiji while
anither large sugar company, with
headquarters in Melbourne and ea'
tates in Fiji, probably will duplicate
' this action soon.