El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31
FADERLAND IS
BOOSTED BY
ROYALTY
Prince Appeals to the Peo-
pie to Buy Homemade
Products.
FOREIGN GOODS A
MENACE TO COUNTRY

Berlin. Germany, Aug. S1.-Emperor
William, who is sometimes facetiously
called the imperial drummer because
of his activity in drumming up"
trade for the royal Prussian porcelain
factories. is not the only Hohenzollern
who does not hesitate to use his per-
sonaI efforts to further German in
dustry.
Prince Renry, of Prussia, grand ad-
miral of the fleet, has now followed
his imperial brothers example Dy pup
fishing in the General Automobile
News an article over his own sigma
ture, in which he appeals to German
motorists to use German hquld Iuel,
a byprOduct of coal diStillauon, instead
of a foreign one. He cites his own eX-
periments and those of others to show
that the German fuel will go as lar,
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:
Foreign Goods a Menace.
THE prices for the ordinary liquid
fuel are dictated for US ~ foreign
countries, especially America. The
German automobile world is as yet en-
tireIy dependent on importatlons, and
this is a great national menace IN case
should therefore, quite apart from
pecuniary considerations, do his part
to see that the domestic product made
by German Workmen and German pro-
ducers from German products, shall
be more generally employed, to the
end that in case of necessity, the Ger
man industry can supply Germany
needs"
The prince discusses objections to
the German fuel, such as its higher
70 FnTIl
motors and its unpleasant odor, and
declares that modern motor construc-
ton has met most of these objections
and is solving the others. Twenty per
cent of all liquid fuel made in Ger
many, he declares, is exported TO
France for use by Automobiles
Potatoes Diet of Poor.
The Agricultural Chamber of the
Rhine Province has just published
some statistics which afford a Strik-
ing confederation of a statement made
recently by a Socialist in the Reich
stag to the effect that potatoes are the
chief diet of the poorer classes in large
sections of Germany.
The Agricultural Chamber, which is
a body legally constituted to gather
information for the government on ag-
ricultural matters. has been studying
how the peasantry lives. It publishes
the family budgets of 80 peasant fami-
lies with annual incomes ranging be-
tween $471 and $3.50. About two
thirds of them had the higher figure
and owned small farms Of from 10 to
Il acres.
1t was found that the average daily
consumption of potatoes of the so fam
lies was nearly 3 Is pounds for each
person, whereas the consumption OF
meat was less than three ounces; of
butter 1.13 ounce, and slightly more
than one pint of milk, of which nearly
half was skim milk or buttermilk.
The most important article of diet,
after potatoes, was bread of which
each person consumed nearly IA 2-S
ounces daily, besides four ounces of
flour. The only other article of food
mentioned in the report was eggs. of
which each person ate one about every
fourth day.
It must be mentioned for the proper
appreciation of these figures that the
Rhine province is one of the richest
agricultural provinces in Germany. and
that the persons covered by them are
far from being among the poorest peo-
pie 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.
Germans Take to Racing.
Horse racing has become the sport
of kings" as never before in Germany,
the number of sOvere1gns and royal
princes engaging actively in it being
Europe. The king of Wurttemberg and
prince Ludwig of Bavaria own large
racing stables and, though the emperor
himself is far less interested 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
waistline, recently rode and won a
M fc
prince WaIrod of Schaumburg-Lip
has won many races on his own
horses.
The finest cavalier of them all is.
however, prince Friedrich Karl of
Prussia, the 10 year old cousin of the
emperor. and undoubtedly the only
royal stable boy in the world. The
young prince, not having attained the
dignity of a stable of his own. but be-
ing passionate rider, frequently goes
to the racetracks at Hoppegarten and
karlShOrst in the early morning and
rides the hores in training there. On
these excursions he is sometimes ac-
cOmpanied by his older brother prince |
Friedrich Sigismud, who would, if per-
mitted, prefer to steer aeroplanes, of |
which he has designed a successful eX- |
ample. Prince Friedrich Karl was one |
of the German officers participating in !
the Olympic games at Stockholm and |
won prizes there against the most eX- |
perienced army riders of the world.
Under such royal patronage and en- |
it is not strange that no |
country has so many gentlemen riders /
as Germany and that no army has so |
many officers participating in saddle |
races. particularly steeplechases, as /
the German.
Of the officer riders. the crown |
princes friend and adjutant, lieuten- !
ant Baron Won Zobeltiz, is unique on /
the turf. since he is not only an ex- |
ceptionally able rider and driver. but i
also personally the horses belonging to /
himself and the crown prince.
FOREIGN DELEGATES ARE