. Review of reviews and world's work. les,—economy in labor,economy in material. The largest paper-bagfactory in the country stands next door to theformer mill, and utilizes the greater portion ofits product. The paper-mill employees are near-ly all men. But in the paper-bag factory some-thing like half of the seven hundred employees arewomen and girls. The light and profitable em-ployment for the female part of the populationthus assured largely increases the total earningsof the community. A large envelope factory is subsidiary to theOxford mill. In a paper-mill the waste,—trim-mings, defect
. Review of reviews and world's work. les,—economy in labor,economy in material. The largest paper-bagfactory in the country stands next door to theformer mill, and utilizes the greater portion ofits product. The paper-mill employees are near-ly all men. But in the paper-bag factory some-thing like half of the seven hundred employees arewomen and girls. The light and profitable em-ployment for the female part of the populationthus assured largely increases the total earningsof the community. A large envelope factory is subsidiary to theOxford mill. In a paper-mill the waste,—trim-mings, defective paper, etc.,—all goes back intopulp. Hence, nothing is actually wasted. Inenvelope-making a considerable portion of thepaper is represented by trimmings. Here it allreturns on the spot to the paper-mill. The econ-omy is therefore enormous. A feature at Rum-ford Falls is the distribution of electricity throughthe town for power purposes. This encouragesthe diversified minor industries that tend togrow up in such a ROUTE-STATISTICIAN SECURING HIS DAILY REPORT OF FARMING OPERATIONS. FARMING AS A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. BY EDWARD C. PARKER. THE American is an optimist and a braggartconcerning the agriculture of his nativeland. He refers with pride to the great partthat the United States plays in feeding andclothing the nations of the eartli ; to the ad-vanced agricultural methods of to-day and theminimizing of hand labor through the extendeduse of machinery. The American farmer islield up as a type,—one of the best types, too,—of the American citizen. Foreigners are im-pressed with his independence, his prosperity,and his social condition. The literature andspeech of Americans have mucli to do withagriculture, and the influence of such publicityis being felt, in that farming is coming to berecognized more and more as a business and aprofession rath(!r than as a dull, laborious methodof obtaining a livelihood. Such optimism con-cerning agriculture, in oiir lit
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