Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-09-12
EMPEROR BOOSTER
OF GERMAN TRADE
Kaiser Frequently Is Called
The Imperial Drummer"
and He's Proud OF It.
PRINCE FOLLOWING SUIT
Potatoes Chief Article OF Food OF
the Poorer Glasses, Says Stats
tieian-Horee Racing Is
Popular Sport.
PRINCE FOLLOWING SUIT

Popular Sport.
Berlin Specialize emperor. who is
Aometimes facetiously called 1.-The imperial
drummer because of his activity in
drumming up trade for the royal Prus-
sian porcelain factories, is no the only
Hohenzollern who does not hesitate to use
his personal efforts to further German
industry.
Primo Henry, OF Prussia. grand admiral
OF the feet. has now followed his imperial
brothers example by publishing in the
General Automobile News an article over
his WI signature. In which he appeals to
German motorists to use a German liquid
fuel, a by-product OF coal distillation, In
stead OF a foreign one. He cites his own
experiments and those of other to show
that the German fuel will go as far.
quart for quart, as any other. and points
out that 1t costs less. Aside from this,
however, Prince Henry finds his strongest
in he national interest. He
says:
1.-THE prices for the ordinary LIQUID fuel
are dictated for US by foreign countries.
especially America. The German auto
mobile world Is as yet entirely dependent
on importat.ons. and thi: Is a great ma
tional menace In case of war. Every au-
tomobtle owner should. therefore,, quite
apart from pecuniary considerations. do
his part to see that the domestic and Ger
man producers from German products,
shall be more generally employed. to the
end that in case OF necessity, the German
industry can supply Germany's needs.''
The prince discusses objections to the
German fuel, such as its higher freezing
point, It's tendency to foul motors and it's
unpleasant odor, and declares that mod
ern motor construction has met most Of
these objections and is solving the others.
Twenty per cent of all liquid fuel made In
Germany, he declares. is exported to
France for use by automobilists.
The agricultural hambe of the Rhine
province has just published some statistics
which afford a striking corroborat.on of a
statement made recently by a socialist In
the reichstag to the effect that potatoes
are the chief diet Of the poorer classes in
large sections OF Germany.
The agricultural chamber, which is q
body legally constituted to gather infor-
nation for the government on agricul-
tural matters. has been studying how the
%peasantry lives. 1t publishes the family
budgets of 30 peasant families with annual
Incomes ranging between SAL and $3.50.
About two-thirds Of them had the higher
figure and owned small farms of from II
to AZ acres.
1t was found that the average daily con.
sumption Of potatoes Of the 30 families
was nearly 3 l-3 pounds for each person.
whereas the consumption Of meat was less
than 3 ounces; of butter 1.l3 ounce, and
slightly more than one pint of milk, OF
which nearly half was skim milk or but.
4 ter1nilk.
The most important article of diet, after
potatoes, was bread. of which each per.
son consumed nearly IA % ounces daily.
besides 4 ounces of flour. The only othei
1 article of food ncpfiOne6 in tho ropnyf yuo.
| eggs, of which each person ate one about
every fourth day.
1t must be mentioned for the proper APP
probation of these figures that the Rhine
! province is one of the richest agricultural
provinces In Germany, and that the per.
sons covered by them are far from benin
among the poorest people in Germany
For example, a labor paper has just been
publishing the family budgets of Silesian
miners. which show that they eat almost
no meat at all, and the small quantity
consumed is chiefly horse flesh.
Horse racing has become the sport OF
kings" as never before in Germany, the
NUMBER of sovereigns and royal princes
engaging actively in 1t being greater than
in any other land in Europe. The king Of
Wurttemberg and Prince Ludwig OF Ba-
varia own large racing stables and.
though the emperor himself liz far less in
terested IN racing than military circles
would like him to be, the crown prince, in
partnership with his adjutant. owns and
races a stable of runners. Prince Eitel
Fritz. second son Of the emperor, in spite
OF his weight and steadily growing waist
line. recently rode and won a race for off,
GERS of mis- regiment. and Prince Walrod.
of Schaumbu1g-Lppe has won many races
on his own horses.
The finest cavalier OF them all IS, how
ever. Prince Friendrich Kari OF Prussia,
the 19-year-old cousin of the emperor. and
undoubtedly the only royal stable boy
In the world. Tn young prince. not hay
own. but being a passionate rider, FIRE.
quently goes to the race tracks at Hoppe
garten and karlshorst in the early morn.
ing and rides the horses in training there.
On these excursions he is sometimes ac-
eompanied by his older brother. Prince
friedrich Sigismund. who would, II per.
mitted, prefer to steer aeropianes. OF
which he has designed a successful ex-
ample. Prince Friedrich Karl was one OF
the German officers participating in the
prizes there against the most experienced
army riders Of the world.
Under such royal patronage and en-
couragement 1t is not strange that no
Germany and that no army has so many
officers participating IN saddle races. par
ticularly steeplechascs, as the German.
OF the officer riders. the crown princess
friend and adJutant. Lieutenant Baron Won
Zobeltitz. Is unique on the turf. since he
driver. but also personally and success
fully trains and works the horses BELONG
Ing to himself and the crown prince.
A Baby Science.
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