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National Geographic : 1919 Jan
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE © International Film Service CITY HALL AND COUNTY BUILDING: CHICAGO Chicago has twenty-six governments and near-governmefts within her borders, each with its own independent functions. Elections alone cost as much here as all activities cost in many fair-sized cities. A State constitutional convention has been called, one of the pur- poses of which is to consolidate the governing bodies in the city into one organization. ture of twine. More than 150,000 tons of this product are required to bind the world's grain, and without it every grain binder in existence would lose half its usefulness. The bulk of this twine is made from sisal fiber, which comes from Mexico. The plant from which it is ob tained is known as the henequen and is closely related to the century plant. The remainder is made of the manila fiber, which comes from the Philippines, or from a mixture of the two fibers. The process of transforming fiber into twine begins with the opening up of the great bales as they come from Yucatan. After inspection and mixing, the fiber is put through a series of machines which comb it out into long ribbon-like slivers, becoming smaller and thinner and softer with each operation. Once sufficiently
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