Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-12-12

The army has commissioned Off
Ger who Is a son Of . baron. Some
years ago Baron Won dem Bussche
Haddenhausen came to the United
States from Prussia. He was mini
Ing engineer and for many years lived
in Denver, where his son, Carl f.. was
born, May 10, 1881. The son enlisted
as a private in Company l., Sixth Unit,
ed States, in May, 1899, and took the
examination for commission as Sec
ond lieutenant two years later, being
successful.
He was assigned to the Twenty-ffth
United States and became first lteu-
tenant in the Fifthteen United States
in 1906. The family is an old one
and has furnished many officers to-
the Prussian army. u.
When Lieut.. Won dem Bussche was
commissioned in the United States
army it is understood his father
asked the war department at WASH
ington for official confirmation of the
appointment, explaining that an an
cestor OF military inclinations had esii
tablished fund 200 years ago by
which each member Of the family who
obtained a commission in any army
was to receive $1,000, to be used for
the purpose of equipment.
Saddled with debt, the nations OF
the world are feeling, no less than in4
dividuals, the
Nations Heavi- pressure Of the
Iy in Debt. hlsh cost st, OF Nv !.
clearly set forth in report
issued the other day by the bu-
reau of foreign and domestic COM
merce dealing with the national debts
of the principal governments. 1t is
divulged that the aggregate debt is
upward Of $4,000, 100000, an increase
of 20 per cent. in the last decade and
double what it was 40 years ago.
France, according to the experts fig
ures, has been leading the fastest
pace, for it's debt is the heaviest of
any single government. Following on
it's heels is Russia, after which come
the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain,
British India, Japan, Germany and
the United States in the order named.
The debt of this country in ehe last
ten years grew by little more than
$100, 100000.
@f ir%o fhIS vast
volume of Indebtedness are source
of especial comment in the report.
The strong nations are enabled to get
money at comparatively low rates, but
the smaller and less we'll established
governments are compelled to pay
heavily for accommodation. In the
case of the United States the interest
on the national debt ranges from to
4 per cent, with the bonds selling at
their face value and above it. Such
governments as Nicaragua, Panama,
Ecuador, China and Honduras, how
ever, are compelled to pay interest
charges on their debts as high as 10
per cent, in some cases.
Nearly 100000 worth of toys were
Imported into the United States dur
ing September Of
Importation the current year,
of Toys. tor tne ,,o luii Ca, ca.
the total value of toys imported will
approximate $9,0OO,OO0 The domestic
manufacture of toys is considerably
greater than the imports and will prob
ably approximate $11,O00,000 for the
current year, bringing the total years
toy supply up TO about $2O,O00,0Oo.
This valuation of $20,O0O,OOO worth or
toys supplied for consumption in the
United States during the calendar
year 1918 is based, in the case OF i'm
ports, upon the stated wholesale value
in the countries from which imported,
and in the case of the domestic prod
uct, upon the stated value at the fac
tory in which manufactured, and there
fore does not represent the values at
which they will be sold.
Dolls alone form nearly one-fourtn
of the total value of the toys import"
ed, amounting in the single month or
September to 1888, 466 out of total of
s1,S17,553 worth of toys imported.
The total value Of dolls imported in
the fiscal year 1913 was $1,50O,0O0, and
the indications are that the importa'
lions during the calendar year 1913
will approximate 100000.
Germany is by far the largest source
of supply for the toys imported into
the United States and is, in fact, the
worlds largest manufacturer of this
class Of merchandise.
The case of the crow, condemned q
decade or more ago as destructive
bird in agricultur,
Good WOrQ al fields, has been
for the Crow. reopened by the
riculture and more favorable verdict
reached. The investigation made by
experts of the biological survey OF the
department shows the crow to be OF
great value to farmers.
After careful study of the habits
and the examination Of a large mum.
Der of stomachs, the department ex-
perts have reached the conclusion that
the crow consumes enough grasshop.
pers, cut worms, white grubs and 9TH
er Injurious insects to make him high