Kyoto, May 25, Doctor Seal Tanaka, Professor "in Kyoto Imperial University, claims to have discovered a method of con verting common straw into material virtually identical with raw cotton He will attempt to commercialize it Jand make Japan independent of any foreign cotton supply.
It is claimed that Professor Tanaka Jobtained the idea from one Koretomt Honda, a swindler now In prison, who was charged with selling stock ina concern supposedly possessing the secret which the Professor claims to have perfected—United Proas. beans and wheat are larger thi season than last owing to the improvement in price of both of those cereals. The larger sowings and the higher price obtainable should do much towards increasing the pros. ority of the country which has not yet recovered from the world economic depression,
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