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manufacturers are trying to crowd out the home industries. There 

 is no question to my mind, however, that our manufacturers can suc- 

 cessfully compete with the Austrians in Germany, India, Australia, 

 the countries of South America and the Orient, to which places 

 paper is principally exported from here. 



EXPORTS. 



To the countries above named, all classes and kinds of paper are 

 exported, whereas to the United States there is only sent tissue and 

 parchment paper, of which, according to the records at this consul- 

 ate, the prices are as follows: Tissue paper, from 22^ cents to 49 

 cents per ream ; parchment paper is 38^ cents per kilogram (2.2 

 pounds). The total value of paper exported from here to the United 

 States for the year ended December 31, 1898, was $28,434.81. The 

 shipments are made via either Hamburg, Bremen, Trieste, or London, 

 from which places they go by water. There are six daily trains leav- 

 ing here for each of the places named. 



There are no statistics available as to the quantities and values 

 of the total exports from Prague. 



SCHEDULE FOR TRANSPORTATION. 



The rates charged by railway companies are as follows: 



On paper of all kinds to Hamburg, 4.66 marks ($1.11) per 100 

 kilograms (220.46 pounds), 3.55 marks (85 cents) per 100 kilograms 

 in lots of 5,000 kilograms (i 1,023 pounds), and 3. 16 marks (75 cents) 

 per TOO kilograms in lots of 10,000 kilograms (22,046 pounds). On 

 wood pulp, dried, containing 40 per cent of water or less, not col- 

 ored or glued, per 100 kilograms in 5, coo-kilogram lots, 3.55 marks 

 (85 cents) and in io,ooo-kilogram lots, per 100 kilograms, 2.69 

 marks (64 cents) to Hamburg; and 3.72 marks (89 cents) per 100 kilo- 

 grams in 5,ooo-kilogram lots, and 2. 76 marks (66 cents) per 100 

 kilograms in io,ooo-kilogram lots to Bremen. 



On wood pulp, wet, the freight to Hamburg is 3.55 marks (85 

 cents) per 100 kilograms in 5,ooo-kilogram lots, and 1.74 marks 

 (41 cents) in io,ooo-kilogram lots; to Bremen, 3.72 marks (89 cents) 

 per 100 kilograms in 5,ooo-kilogram lots, and 1.77 marks (42 cents) in 

 io,ooo-kilogram lots. 



On wood pulp in pressed layers, the freight to Hamburg in 5,000- 

 kilogram lots is 3.55 marks (85 cents) per 100 kilograms, and 3.28 

 marks (78 cents) in io,ooo-kilogram lots; to Bremen, 3.72 marks 

 (89 cents) and 3.44 marks (82 cents) per 100 kilograms, respectively. 



On rags, the freight from here to Hamburg is 3.55 marks (85 

 cents) per 100 kilograms in 5,ooo-kilogram lots, and 2.69 marks 



