ALL FRANCE AT WORK.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 November 1924, Page 3

ALL FRANCE AT WORK.

EVERY INDUSTRY PROSPERING. TRADE REVIVAL. LONDON, Sept, 23. Striking details of the brilliant economic revival in France, which began in 1922,; are . given in an official report by Mr. J. R, Cahill, commercial counsellor to the British Embassy in Paris, which is issued by the Department' of Overseas Trade. . ‘‘The entire population, of France Continues in full employment,” says Mr Cahill, “and her production has been consistently retarded by the dearth of labour. “Reconstruction of the devastated areas, for the purpose of industrial Output, may he said to he terminated. The damaged or destroyed mines, which yielded last May more than 1,260,000 tons, and the total coal output of the area, will soon exceed the pre-war figure.” The same tale of prosperity is told of nearly every other industry—woollens, c-otton, jute, metallurgical, engineering, ore mining, potash, silk, chemicals, lace, motor cars, dyeStuffsi watches, and the fancy articles aiid luxury goods trade of Paris. The industrial capacity of France has been permanently increased front the material arid technical standpoints since 1914. The • natural resources have been increased by the acquisition of Alsatian ores, potash, and oil. Manufacturers have modernised and newly equipped tlieif undertakings on a large scale. French foreign trade had already in 1922 surpassed its pre-war figures. In Mie first six months of 1924 the exports exceeded those of the same period in >1923 by 2,300,009 tons. For the same period imports were in -excess by 2.500,000 tons—entirely due to the ■uiports of raw materials