The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-10-29
PLYMOUTH BOY
in GERMANY
ALBERT N. HUME WRITES IN
TERESTING LETTER CON-
CERNING NEW HOME.
Narrates Incidents of Voyage and
Tells of Life in the German
Fatherland.


by the ri1nv friends of Mr. lIume in
this Il and vicinity.
On board The Neckar."
Oct. l, 'Os
Leaving Plymouth on Sept. 80 we
journeyed wtihont special incident 10
Baltimore and came aboard our ship
soon after noon. We waited some
what anxiously the arrival of our bag
gage. It all came by 80 o'clock.
Promptly at two The Neckar weighed
anchor and we were stearning down
the BAY. The shores of Maryland on
either side and the dome OF the state
house at Annapolis receding to a dim
outline just as dinner was called.
When we came OFT OF the dining
room it was dark. Only an occa>
SIGNAL lighthouse gave evidence Oh
land
We had fine nights reslt in Cab
m 30" and until we reached the open
sea could feel no motion of the ship
save the "chug- chug" OF the engines.
Later today, we got the swell trifie
but we are told that so lar it IS a
smooth sea and a fast run. We have
passed three ships-all going our way
One was a sailboat Two steamers
we're ahead, then opposite. then be
hind. then the faintest outline OF
masts and smokestack far astern.
Only twenty-six cabin passengers
are on board Albert T. and Arthur
are the only children. Six meals day
if we want them. The dining room is
large and well-ordered. chairs and
tables screwed tc the floor
Oct ,
You may surmise why | wrote none
yesterday. Suffice it is to say-we
were just trife light-headed, which
may have resulted from staying too
long on land. We may know more
about the subject within the next
ten days for even now and yet to-
morrow we will be crossing "The
Banks of Newfoundland"
On board the. Neckar we are told
are 100000 bushels of wheat. That
was remarked upon by DR.. Rousk. a
bureau correspondent in conversation
yesterday Some one said to him that
the United States has nearly quit ex-
porting wheat and that She will en-
tirely quit some day. AT least ii
will be TO her interest to quit. She
will need the wheat to feed her own
people.
The old theory that uhe nation
winch holds the balance of trade is
the most prosperous. will give way 10
the theory that that nation is mos,
prosperous which maintains the great
est balance. of resources. This idea
will not be at once received but /,
will be easy to see after it is de-
veloped.
A farmer who sells straw and grain
and clover hay from his farm withou,
returning anything thereto, will SC
reduce his fields that they will nc
longer yield returns to pay for the
cost of crop production, and the ma
ton that depends long enough fol-
commercial supremacy upon export.
ing the produce of her soil withoul
making any compensation thereto
will face the same utini><e ruin that
is faced by every old nation of tire
earth
The problem before the United
States today is not to maintain the
balance of trade, but how TO main
tain the balance of resource.
a wise statesman of today will seek
TO revise tariff laws, not necessarily
so they will bring the most gold into
the country but so they will keep the
most phosphorus from going out.
No one blames the German people
for buying our wheat. Under exist
ing conditions they must have it, and
if they cannot get it from the United
States they must get it from else
where-from Argentine or Canada Il
they and others buy agricultural prod
ucts from elsewhere, the country
from which they buy will get the
price OF it in money TO spend. The
apparent prosperity will be only tenn
porary and short 'ivel for she will be
vastly weaker in resources Withou;
resources, money is of no account.
Oct. 9.
Last night after band concert we
turned in and slept. They told us
this forenoon thar even the captain
admitted we had a storm but none
in Cabin 80" had knowledge of it.
This morning we sail brightly in the
sunshine before the breeze. Until
now we have gone against the wind
All day yesterday our ship rode on
one side due to a strong southeast
wind. No harm, however she goes
faster that way. This morning we
have it northeast which will help us.
Almost no storm that blows would
take The Neckar from her course. We
have made over ten knots an hour
against the strongest wind. This ship
is $50 feet long by Sc feet wide and
is said to be very smooth sailing
boat partly because she is twin
SCREEN" steamer and also because her
engines are strong enough to do the
work but light enough to not give
the constant tremor incidental to the
very rapid boats. | saiu to my ex-
perienced friend Herr Taun. in mid
ocean. "but what if The Neckar should
spring a leak?" ooh, he answered,
that would make no difference. She