Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-31
PRINCE HENRY OF
GERMANY GOOD
SALESMAN
Grand Admiral Follows I'm
perial Brothers Example
and Actively Boosts for Ger
man Industrial Interests.
Especial Corrsspoaasncs 60 the U.rsIdp

isp~etal Correspondsnce 60 the UsrsId,
Berlin, Aug, 3l.-Thc emperor. who
" sometimes facetiously called "the
Imperial drummer because III his ac-
uvliy in drumming up" trade for .lo
i'Nhl frussian porcelain flD,oriDs. ls
not Tho only Hohcuzollcm who does
not hesitate Co usc his personal ~
iorts 90 further German Industry
Prince Henry OF Prussia. grand adj
miral of the fleet has now followed
his imperial brothers example by
publishing IN the General Automobile
News an article over his own signu-
turr. la which he appeals Co German
motorists Go use a German liguid fuel,
"a hy-prnduct ut coal disiillation in-
stead uf foreign one He cites his
own experiments and those of others
90 show that tho German fuel viii go
as far, quart for quart. as any other
and points ont that 10 costs loss Aside
nom this, however. Prince Henry
finds his strongest argument in the
national interest He says
THE prices FOR the ordinary uuuid
fuel are dictated for us by foreign
countries. especially America. The
German automobile world rs us yet
entirely dependent ON importations.
and this is a great national menace
In case of war Every automo1ilc
owner should, therefore, quite apart
from pccuuiary considerations. do his
part To- see that the domestic product
made 10y German workmen ana Ger
man producers from German prod
ucts, shall be moro generally cm-
MI -. ~. Es q
necessity. the German industry can
supply Germany's needs
The prince discusses objections 20
the German fuel, such ~ H. higher
freezing point. It's tendency TO foul
motors, and ~ unpleasant odor and
declares that modern motor construc-
ton has met most of these objections
ana IL solving tho others. Twenty per
cent ~ an uquid fuel made In Ger
many. he declares Is exported 90
France for use by uutomohilists.
The agricultural chamber Of the
Rhine province has iu@t published
some statistics which afford "a strik-
Ing Confederation of statement
made recently by q Socialist in the
RolchstnR Co the effect that potatoes
are the chief diet of the poorer classes
In large sections of Germany.
The agricultural chamber, which IL
"a body legally constituted Co gather
Information llr the government ON
agricultural matters. has been study
Ing how the pcasnutry lives. 10 pub
lisacs tha family budgets of thirty
peasant families with annual incomes
ranging between Si1l and S2gO. About
two-thirds OF them had the higher fig
IRE and owned small farms Of from
10 90 &, acres
n was found that the average daily
consumption of potatoes cot the thirty
families was nearly l-3 pounds FOR
each person, whereas the consump-
ton OF meat was less than three
ounces. of butter lI3 ounce, and
slightly more than one pint of milk.
of which nearly half was skim milk
or huttermilk
The most important article uf diet,
after potatoes. was bread. OF which
each person consumed nearly n 2-3
ounces daily besides 4 ounces of -four.
The only other article of food mem
toned In the report was eggs, OF