London, Sept. 16.
Twelve thousand bales of cotton stated.to have been saved from the! Mississippi floods were destroyed in fire lust night at the works of the Cotton Salvage Ca., Ld., Meston, Manchester, where cotton valued at £200,000 was stored, The fire brigade saved the rest of the stock.—Reuter.
Wasinorox, Sept. 16:—Mr. Andrew Mellon, the Secretary of the Treasury, promises to publish in, fa few days the report of the committee investigating the demand of steel manufacturers for the impositfon of a high duty on German steel products on account of alleged fair trade practices on the part af} German steel producers.—Reuter.
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