Las Vegas optic., 1912-08-31
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES


Berlin, August 81. The emperor,
who is sometimes facetiously called
THE imperial drummer because Of
his activity in drumming up" trade
for the royal Prussian porcelain fac
tories. Is not the only HohenzolIern
who does not hesitate to use his per
sonal efforts to further German IN.
dustry
Prince Henry Of Prussia, grand ad-
miral 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 to use a German fluid, a
by-product Of coal distillation. instead
Of foreign one. He cites his owr
experiments and those Of others to
show that the German fuel will go
as far. quart for quart, as any other,
and points out that it costs less.
Aside from this, however, Prince
Henry finds his strongest argument
in the national interest. He says:
"The prices for the ordinary liquid
fuel are dictated for us by foreign
countries, especially America. The
German automobile world is as yet
entirely dependent on importations,
and this is great national menace
in case Of war. Every automobile
owner should, therefore. quite apart
from pecuniary considerations. do his
part to see that the domestic product
made by German workmen and Ger
man producers from German products,
shall be more generally employed, to
the end that in case of necessity, rne
German industry san supply German
needs"
The prince discusses objections to
the German fuel, such as its higher
freezing point, its tendency to foul
motors and its unpleasant odor, and
declares that modern motor-constrlc-
ton has met most Of these objections
and is solving the others. Twenty
per cent of all liquid fuel made in
Germany, he declares, iE exported to
France for use by automobilists.
The Agricultural Chamber Of the
Rhine Pronvince has Just published
some statistics which afford strik-
ing corroboration Of a statement
made recently by Socialist in the
Reichstag to the effect that potatoes
are the chief diet of the poorer class
es in large sections Of Germany
The Agricultural Chamber, which
is a body legally constituted to gath
er information for the government on
agricultural matters, has been study
ing how the peasant lives. It pub
fishes the family budgets Of 30 peas
ant families with annual incomes
ranging between s471 and $3.50.
About two-thirds Of them had the
higher figure and owned small farms
Of from 10 to AZ acres.
1t was found that the average daily
consumption of potatoes of the 80
families was nearly 8 1-S pounds for
each person, whereas the consumption
Of meat was less than ounces; Of
butter 1.13 ounce. and slightly more
than one pint of milk, Of which near
ly half was skim milk or buttermilk.
The most important article Of diet,
after potatoes was bread, of which
each person consumed nearly IA 2-5
ounces daily. besides 4 ounces OF
flour. The only other article Of food
mentioned in the report was eggs, OF
which every person ate one about ey-
cry fourth DAY, N
1t must be mentioned for the prop
er appreciation OF these figures that
the Rhine Province is one of the rich
est agricultural provinces in Germany,
and that the persons covered by it
are far from being among the poorest
people in Germany For example, a
labor paper has been publishing the
family budgets Of Siberian 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 soveregns and royal
princes engaging actively in it being
greater than in any other land in
Europe. The king Of Wurtemberg and
Prince Ludwig Of Bavaria own large
racing stables and, though the emper
or himself is far less interested in rae
| ing than military circles would like
him to be, the crown prince, in part
nership with his adiutant, owns and
races a stable Of runners. Prince Elite