ories for its production.

Striking evidence of the growing French industrial independence of
Germany is her advance in crucible making. For years Sevres vied with
Limoges for ceramic honours. To-day the vast plant which once produced
the most exquisite and delicate ware in the world is now producing the
less lovely but more serviceable crucibles, condensers and retorts
necessary for the distillation of the powerful acid used in modern high
explosives. Previous to the war, the Central Empire had a monopoly on
this market. Indeed, much of the pottery and glassware used in
laboratories and chemical factories was made in Bohemia and marketed by
Germany. Now the Sevres plant is shipping these goods to England and
Russia.

So, too, with dye stuffs. A whole new French colouring industry is being
created. A Societe d'Etude has been formed to make a scientific survey
and this will be replaced by a National Company to undertake the
manufacture of all coal tar products.

The use of a certain number of new war factories has been guaranteed to
the company by the Minister of War. Typical of the purpose which will
animate the enterprise is one of the articles of the National Company
which provides that the Director of the Dye Stuff Industry must be of
French birth. An agreement has also been made with England and Italy to
protect the colour output of the three countries with a high tariff
after the war. Here you find one tangible evidence of the working out of
the Paris Economic Pact.

Even while the invader's hand still lies heavy upon the land, France
looks ahead to reconstruction. Last summer Paris flocked to a graphic
exhibition of how to rebuild a destroyed city. It was called La Cite
Reconstitue, and was held in the Tuileries Garden. Here you could see
the modern way of making a Phoenix rise quickly out of the ashes. There
were model schoolhouses, churches, factories, and cottages, all with
standardised parts which could be thrown together in an almost
incredibly short time.

With Self-Sufficiency has come a desire for new business knowledge. Not
long ago an American business man who has lived in Paris for many years,
received a letter from a young French friend in the trenches at Verdun.
The soldier wrote:

"I realise that when this war is over we must be better equipped than
ever before to meet world business competition. I want to be a better
salesman. Please send me some books on American salesmanship and also
some