The Washington herald., 1909-11-02
AT THE HOTELS.

I
York. at the Raleigh last night. that
the amount Of water consumed in Ameri-
can cities is enormously greater than that
consumed IN English cities. Yet our
great towns are continually enlarging
their supplies
New York" continued Mr.. Volkhardt,
who IS water expert. installing munich
pal waterworks and meter systems IN
every section Of the country. consumes
129 gallons daily per inhabitant; Boston.
151 gallons; Chicago. $50 gallons. and
Pittsburg, go gallons per head. Yet Lon
don and Liverpool are not reputed 10 be
dirty cities, but rather the contrary
I think that probably half the water
supplied TO American cities-there are
ten Of these cities where the demand
exceeds 100 gallons per heads wasted.
I one or the main preventiVes 10 waste
water IS 10 install meters. This saves
! the community lots OF money. and saves
/ the water supply, and in times OF real
need, as in case OF cOnhagration. would
be real blessing
Hermann sailer. OF Berlin. who Is at
the Raleigh and IS a prominent leader
in the socialistc parliamentary agitation
/ committee. IN explaining some OF the
principles OF the creed said:
1.-THE socialist ideal Is to have ell in
fants as soon as possible after birth
taken IN charge by the state and cared
for by state nurses in state nurseries.
kindergartens, and what not. As they
grow older they ere not only 20 attend
state schools. as at present but ara TO
/ be uniformly clothed and fed by the
state. OF course. II would be q manifest
/ injustice 70 let this process stop with
/ the common schools. so IT must be con-
tinued through the high schools. colleges
and universities On leaving school tho
state is still TO provide for the young
man BY debating his occupation and Civ
/ ing him employment IN it. II he fal:s
\ 81. the state must provide him with med
icl attendance. When he becomes an
invalid. crippled. or superannuRted, the
state is 70 pension him, and when at
/ last no dies II must provide for the burial
/ OF the body. That, without exaggeratiOn.
| is IN every detail the programme Of So
Cialists OF Of many OF their most au-
thoritatIve leaders and spokesman, and
/ in It's chief details Il has been, and -
being. practically and energeteally urged
by them for legislative enactment
Socialism Is growing stronger every
I day and before long It's principles and
doctrines viii be adopted and subscribed
/ 10 by even the most rabld conservatives.
/ Then the day OF the super-DreadnOUght
and large armies viii be q thing OF the
/ past and universal peace q matter Of
| fact instead Of a dream"
Speaking Of the production Of grain
and its consumption in this country, p. Z.
Barber, Of Chicago, who Is at the Airing
/ ton, said last night that the production
! Of grain in this country has not been
keeping pace with the growth OF popula-
/ ton in recent years.
There IS no doubt about that" said
Mr.. Barber, who Is a grain and produce
/ broker, and domestic consumption has
! been gaining upon production ana reduc-
/ ing the surplus for export This IS sspe-
cialIy true OF wheat, but II may be ad-
mitted as 20 grain generally. The ares
devoted 70 raising grain n the United
States cannot be expected 10 expand in
definitely with the growth OF population.
but there has been q wasteful method OF
cultivation that has caused the yield in
/ proportion 20 area 10 shrink 6epl0rably.
BY improved methods the yield per acre
may be largely increased without a pro-
portionate outlay IN fertilizer. equipment,
or labor
But the price OF grain" continued Mr..
I Barber, does not depend upon the Amer
/ lean supply alone. The capacity OF other
/ countries Is vet 20 be developed and IS
/ far from its normal limit. Just across
/ our border. IN Canada among a sparse
/ population, there IS a vast eXpanse OF
4 land adapted 20 grain growing which has
/ barely been entered upon. A region OF
I similar capacity. limited only by the sup
ply OF available labor, exists IN South
America, awaiting energetic deveIo pment.
/ Australia and New Zealand are far from
producing their limit, and with advance
ment in Russia and the industrial settle
ment OF Siberia there are vast possl5ili-
/ ties 20 say nothing Of other parts Of
/ Asia and Africa
There is no reason for the present
generation 10 apprehend that food sup
plies viii not keep pace with the de-
mand." added Mr.. Barber. cor that bread
VIII become scarce and dear, except locally
and temporarily, and the chances Of local
famines' diminish with improved pro-
Il I
there reason 70 apprehend that with ex-
tending areas Of cultivation and improv-
ing methods the cost Of production is
going 70 advance. II supply is main
tained in proportion TO the demand for
consumption. and the cost Of production
per unit does not increase. there IS no
rcason why prices should go permanently
higher. They viii not be determined IN
any one country or any one season The
worlds supply and the worlds demand
viii settle that question. There VIII be
Quotations from year TO year, but no one
. crop or one country will decide that the
time Of low prices for grain has passed"
JareI Larsen. OF Copenhagen, accom-
panied by his daughter. IS on a visit to
this country and IS registered at the New
Willard Mr.. Larsen is a member OF
firm OF building engineers and has
branch Office IN New York
Speaking OF the Cook-Peary contro-
versy. Mr.. Larsen said:
I'VE IN Denmark believe IN Dr. Cook
and never have doubted for an instant his
Claim Of the discovery OF the north pole
Is absolutely true and founded on fact.
We ardently hope and believe that we
are not wrong. BY putting our trust in
DR.. cook, we don't say that Commander
Peary did not accomplish the feat he
claims he has. We merely believe DR..
Cook was the first 70 reach the place.
Our relations with Germany are cor
DIAL save for a little bitter feeling which
IS the result OF the war OF Prussia with
Denmark IN the COS, when Prussia an
neXed certain provinces OF our country.
1t is natural that the national feeling Of
the Inhabitants OF those annexed prov
inces is 20 large extent stil pro-Danish.
and therefore anti-German.
zone cannot eradicate patriotic senti-
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