Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1917 — Around the World [ARTICLE]

Around the World

The fastest-firing rifle now in use in the great war is the German Mauser. Borax furnishes the surfacing for a mile of country roadway In Oregon. The anthracite mines of Pennsylvania have over 7,000 miles of underground tunnels. The United States government, in 1916, collected a $31,450,000 tax on 25,233,000,000 cigarettes. The United States forests supply annually products valued at $1,250,000,000; employ nearly 1,000,000 men, pay $367,000,000 in wages. Osaka, the Japanese Industrial center, has more than 1,500 factories making steel, machinery, cotton, brushes and rubber tires. The highest wages are 64 cents a day to men, and 24 cents a day to women.