Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-02
PRINCE HENRY OF
GERMANY GOOD
SALESMAN
Grand Admiral Follows I'm.
perial Brothers Example
and Actively Boosts for Ger
man Industrial Interests.
lspseIsI Corrssponaesr. 30 Dol. n-rsla,

Especial Correspondence 60 the u~Vsldi
Berlin, Sept. THE emperor, who
In sometimes facctiOusly called the
Imperial drummer" because OF his ac~
tiNlty iu drumming APP trade for the
royal Prussian porcelain factories. Is
not the only HohenzOllern who does
not hesitate ~ use his personal ef-
forts 10 further German industry.
Prince Henry of Prussia, grand add
mirM Of the fleet, has now followed
his imperial brothers example by
publishing In the General Automobile
News an article over his own sigma.
ture, IN which he appeals To German
motorists % use a German liquid fuel.
"A byprOduct of coal distillatlon. In
stead of a foreign one. He elites his
own experiments and those ~ others
Ia show that tho German fuel viii go
az far quart for quart. "a any other
ana points out that It costs less Aside
from this, however. Prince Henry
finds his strongest argument In the
national interest, lie sayB.
The prices FOR tno ordinary lquid
fuel are dictated for MS hy foreign
countries especially America. The
German automobile world in as yet
entirely dependent on importations.
ana this Is "a great national menace
! In case of war Every automobile
owner should. therefore. quite apart
| from pccunIgry considerations, do his
| part to see that the domestic product
made by German workmen and Ger
man producers from German prod
urts. shall be- more generally en-.
/ al. g.. M. ha.N In az
! necessity the German industry eau
supply Gcrmany's needs"
The prince discusses objections I,
/ tho German fuel, such AZ It's higher
| freezing point. us tendency to fou
motors. and its unpleasant odor. and
declares that modern motor construc'
) ton has met most of these objection
and Is solving the Others Twenty pei
cent ~ an liquid fuel made In ger
| many. he declares Is exported Z,
France for use hy Automobiles.
Tho agricultural chamber OF th'
! Rhine province has Just published
some statistics which afford a strik
ing COrroboratiun of statemen
made recently by q Socialist In IN,
| Reichstag to the effect that poiatoe
are the chief diet OF the poorer classc
In large sections Of Germany.
The agricultural chamber, which q
a body legally constituted TO gathe
information for the government OF
agricultural matters. has been study
ing how the peasantry lives. II pub
fishes the family budget OF thirtl
peasant families with annual income
ranging between S47i and $3.50. Abou
two-thlrd6 OF them had the higher rig
ure and owned small farms OF iron
10 10 81 acres.
II was found that the average DAN
consumption ~ potatoes of the thirt'
families was nearly Is pounds 70
each person, whereas the consump
ton of meat was less than tire,
ounces OF butter il3 ounce, an'
slightly more than oEe pint OF milk
az which nearly half was skim min
OF buttermlk
The most important article at diet
after potatoes. was bread. Of whicl
I each person consumed nearly "A e.
ounces dairy. besides Z ounces Of floui
Tho only other article of food men
toned in the report was oggs, a
which each person ate one nbou
every fourth day,
II must be- h,er toned FOR the nrope
appreciation Of these figures that IN
Rhine province 10 one of the riches
agricultural provinces In German,
and that tho persons covered hy ther
lare far from being among the poorci