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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-03
COUNCIL OBJECTS
TO BRIDGE PLANS
Plans for Reronstrvetion Of srds.
Differ Ia Few Details From
Requirements of
Contract.
INVOLVE AN EXPENSE
Council Willing TO Approve Changes
Provided Expense Incurred
Paid for by Bridge
Company.

Plans for the reconstruction of the
Keckuk and Hamilton bridge sub
mftted recently to the council are be-
ing objected TO on several matters on
the grounds that they do not comply
with the contract that has been en-
fered into between the two parties
The council this morning held an in
formal conference on the matter with
Superintendent ]. H. Cole of the
bridge company, when Commissioner
Collins stated the objections Of the
CTR No definite conclusions were
reached
The matters objected TO by the city
are said by Commissioner Collins TO
he of minor importance They involve,
however. an expense OF a few hun
dyed dollars 10 the city, which. If the
bridge company VIII par, VIII be ali
right with the city. Otherwise the
city win insist the plans for rebuild
ing the bridge be made to conform
u every particular with the contract.
Four Objections.
Ia particular Commissioners Collins
stated to Mr. Cole four objections.
The first was that IN the plans sub
mItted the bridge company had NOV
ed the point Of ascent for uniform
gr16e OF the viaduct and roadway 100
feet farther west than agreed uron-
second. thsy had placed the east end
Of the parzpet wall ten feet or more
from the front line o. lot seven con-
$500 - fAo sr-na-rn. re.reeo the
tvo parties Third, they had so ma
teriaEfy changed the heSghth o. the
viadrc4 as TO cause an increase Of the
III over the entire roadway TO be
Constructed By the city thus czEsing
m additional expense @. SIS for grad
frx the same which also exzsss a
relocation Of the roadway EEsre II i
10 cross Fret Ersse FCE-Ia- tasy
had placed the pzrare1 wzl eight fS-es
farther east rEza agreed uVc1- there
By Increasing ths COST 70 t.s city Tor
sidewalks, cu-aEng sod zEzszE 10 the,
extent OF sas- aid a -rszse u tas
III with one s1oFs AZ = oose CT $40
Ths@ di.s-1cA are szs6 70 be
matters that easily can be adjusted
and no srozhls !. z--scsFs-sd over
them The council = 1 = refusing
To place the ctr ~ Az Erys-ss Z
the szp-ore-nt o. TIA sTi6za i il
rY-oasslz tls zzuls o5.s-sd % Eli
be taken us with hishe- c1cIzis O.
the cozpzaE TIE bridge eo1pa1y
ssso ~Il b requested 70 SUBMIT
szecs1eztsou a. vel Is Plans 70 tts
co11cEl
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-03

bids for the construction of the pave
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-17
Enters HOmestssder's HON,

During the absence of W,L...
BoyntOn the hast lew d,,.
some one gained chtr nee tn IN.
house Some seven miles cas-, nj
Columbus and procured s,y,rl
articles nf clothing, bed clothes
and groceries These act. -,
petty theft have been YER, fra.
que II ~ and around Column.
for the past several month,
quite number ct humps,,,do,.
have reported the loss ct lo 49,.
sionS IN their homes, the rplrap,.
to which have becu mad, 10
force IA almost every easy. TINS
element of uutlawry should
stopped and the perpetrators up
the deeds made 10 Answer
\igllaut watch To all STRANGER,
should be- kept and all acts of
suspicious character reported T.,
the officials OF Columbus Ash
result ul these recent act, or
plunder ANA Wlldgc there have
been two noIc IN, IuDS.,t,a
To tn force now working ID. lu..
southern part OF Luna county
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-17
W. c. I. U. COLUMN
The Can in Kansas

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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-17

Mr.. ami Mrs. W l. Moody,
accompanied by Mrs Il T. Sis
co and Mrs. y j. NarDroI-h,
went Ia Drming on last Mon.
day in MIR Moody's auto. They
spent the dav in the county me
tropOIiS, returning IN the even
ing
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-17

MIR and Mrs. r. =. Wold from
Casa GraudeS. Mexico, were IN
Columbus this week attending
To business matters. They re.
port much trouble IN grttlug
across the border, a. each war.
ng faction demanded their lori.
They were accompanied by Mr.
Woods brother and sister.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-17
Filing Of Township Plat

Notice - hereby given that
official township plat ol survey
OF township - south. range :
west, New Mexico PRINCIPAL
meudl.u. viii De died at the l..
= Land office At It's Cuucr, at
800 a m, May 10Th, 1914, At
wdich time that office VIII re
ceryc applications to make entries
therein under appropriate laws.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-17

Mrs Blrpcp. OF HI pa>u, Mrs.
il W. EIiott'~ mother. arrived
thu first ct thr week and Is y III
ing here with hor relatives.
Mrs ". f.. King is visiting
this week with friends M the
Pass city.
that - destroying our homes
that has no conscience, lha'
knows no law. that recognizes Nn
good. an enemy from when
comes r.il and only evil Where
i the man that lacks the cour
age Ia enroll in this battle Tor
the overthrow OF that kind ut an
enemy:
We are going 20 win b"''u>e
4 il RIGHT Selected
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1914-01-24
Continental and Com.
mercial Trust and
Savings Bank

Statement of condition ut commence
ment of business, January II. 1914.
Resources.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03
Saw the Practical Side.

Ideas of advancement in South Amer
lea are aesthetic, while in the United
States they run along practical lines.
AS an indication Of the uses to which
capital has been applied in South Amer
lea and the difference in temperament
OF the people of that part of the west
ern world as compared with the in
habitants Of the United States a story
is told Of a meeting between a Bra
lillian promoter and an American pros
pectOr at one Of the new cities which
have recently sprung up on the banks
OF the Amazon The native pointed
with pride to a pretentious opera house
overlooking the mighty river and asked
the stranger if the site was not superb.
WELL" said the man from one Of our
western states, II think it would be a
mighty fine place for a sawmill."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03

ecta Bowker, Mrs. Helen Estabrooks,
Mrs. Sarah Waterman, Mrs. Ella
M. Ram, Mrs. Mary SWEET, Mrs. Au-
gusta Paige; history and literature,
Mrs. Helen Thompson, Mrs. Ruthy
Fairbanks, Mrs. Laura B. Merrill,
Mrs. E. Anne May, Mrs. Belle Fletch-
er, Mrs. Isabelle Stevens, Mrs. Julia
S. Chase, Mrs. Herbert Gray, Mrs.
Sarah Roberts, Miss Maude Sprague,
Miss Bessie Atwood; home econo-
mics, Mrs. Caroline Taylor, Mrs. Jen-
ME Worthen Mrs. Mabel Howe, Mrs.
Margaret Stevens, Mrs. Luella Fair
banks, Mrs. G. Z. Libby, Mrs. Edah
Perry, Mrs. Helen Abbott, Mrs. Ber
tina Hooker, Mrs. Charlotte Moore,
Mrs. leila HoOlbrook; music, Mrs.
Maud Bailey, Mrs. Martha French,
Mrs. Amy Stanley, Mrs. Lucina Will
liams, Mrs. Blanche Smith, Mrs. Flo
renee Bousefield, Mrs. Annie Cary,
Mrs. Ida Brooks, Mrs. Clara Dodge,
Mrs. Eta Parker, Miss Mary Carr;
social science, Mrs. Mabel Flint, Mrs.
Florence Bigelow Mrs. Adelaide Ely,
Mrs. May e. Heath, Mrs. Marion
Fitch, Mrs. Laura Puffer, Mrs. F. B.
Mrs. Margaret Haywood,
Mrs. Elsie Harvey, Mrs. Elizabeth
Stanley; travel and current events,
Mrs. Carrie Kicker, Mrs. Ellen Tur-
ner, Mrs. Hattie Story, Mrs. Frank
Mrs. Nellie G. Carr, Mrs.
Christina Braley, Mrs. Emily Moves,
Mrs. Ida Lyster, Mrs. Eva Stanley,
Miss Rossie Weeks; Industrial, Mrs.
Helen Gaskill, Miss Bridget Rooney,
Mrs. Carrie F. Gage, Mrs. Eva Bios
som. Mrs. Lancie Rocheleau, Miss
Marion Patterson, Mrs. Jennie WOr-
then, Mrs. Christina Braley, Mrs.
Ida Weeks, Mrs. Jessie Benedict, Mrs.
Charlotte Shepard, Mrs. Agnes Noel,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03
GUESTS AT MEETING
Continued from page u

The following committees have
been appointed by the president:
Introduction, Mrs. Clara Peterson,
chairman, Mrs Emily Baker, Mrs.
Mildred Wilcomb, Mrs. Hattie Story,
Mrs. Lila Kirk, Mrs. May Randall,
Mrs. Bertha Moore, Mrs. Ruth Sui
loway, Miss Lizzie Harris, Miss Min
ME Peck, Mrs. Laura Jacques, Mrs.
Elsada Spaulding. Mrs. Blanche An
derson; custodian, Mrs. Gertrude
Somerville; press correspondents,
Miss Gertrude Menut, Miss Florence
May; school library, Mrs. Carrie T.
Hinman and Mrs. Ella Truax; hos
pital, Mrs. Flora Lovejoy, Mrs. Mel
lie II. Ross. Mrs. Lula B. Farmer;
year book, Mrs. Edith Flint, Miss
Marion Patterson, Mrs. Belle Fetch
er; art, Miss Martha Hall, Mrs. Anna
Pearl, Mrs. Ellen Brooks, Mrs. Abbie
Balch, Mrs. Helen Stone, Mrs. Edith
Braley, Mrs. Oscar Beck, Miss Mary
Ide, Miss Kate Wakefield, Miss Caro-
line Woodruff; civics Mrs. Emma
Cheney Mrs. Helen Thompson, Mrs.
Nellie Bundy, Mrs. Julia Goodrich,
Mrs. Jessie Farr, Mrs. Olive Pierce,
Mrs. Ella Dunnett, Mrs. Katherine
Scott, Mrs. Frances Richmond; edu-
cation, Mrs. Rebecca Fairbanks, Mrs.
Leah Slack, Miss Alice Wilcox, Miss
Caroline Woodruff, Mrs. Nellie Lowe,
Mrs. Martha Simonds, Mrs. Alice Rit-
chic, Mrs. Mary Kicker, Miss RATHER
inc Bingham, Miss Cornelia Fair
banks; forestry, Mrs. Mary Mackin-
non, Mrs. Ellen Cross, Mrs. May
Moody. Mrs. Georgia Wood, Mrs. Ell
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03
The Varying Cost of Education.

A certain Yale graduate. for many
years a member of the faculty and
always a close observer of the homo
undergraduate, once Gin a moment OF
evaporation, we take it, let drop a
significant remark. The burden Of the
remark was that a majority Of the
students attending Yale ought to be
taxed some several thousands Of dollars
a year in return for the privilege Of
attending college, while the remaining
small minority should be paid double
that amount for contributing them
selves to the Undergraduate communi-
ty. Without doubt this observation,
like the famous reports of Mark
Twain's death, was slightly exaggerat-
ed. But it was not without its very
considerable modicum of truth.-Yale
Alumni Weekly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03

Win Snow of Dartmouth was a
visitor over Sunday at the home OF
M. H. Gibson.
Aida Nolan made a short visit
home the last of the week.
Quite an extensive building is be-
ing erected at the rear of the school
yard for the storage of the road ma-
chine and rollers.
William Thompson is repairing
his dwelling house. The Albert
brothers are doing the carpentering.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Symes left on
Wednesday for Marion, Ohio. They
expect to remain with their son, viii
bur, and wife for three weeks visit
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03
RYEGATE

The pre-memorial exercises of No.
9 and Ryegate schools held in the
village school house on Friday were
of a patriotic and entertaining ma
ture. The library room in which the
exercises were held was tastily decor
ated with lilacs and ferns. The pu-
pills from each school did themselves
and teachers credit in the choice of
recitations and songs. Miss White
of South Ryegate has taught the vii
lage school for the past year in a
very satisfactory manner. Miss Lii
liam Eliason is the popular teacher
of number nine.
Miss Helen Silver, a Senior of st.
Johnsbury Academy, spent the week
end at the home of her friend, Miss
Helen Gibson.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03
RECENT DEATHS.
Hazen

The life of one of st. Johnsbury's
prominent and most respected citi.
zens came to a close Monday noon
when Lucius Downer Hazen died.
He was born in West Hartford, Jan.
uary 10, 1884, the son of Lucius
and Hannah Downer Hazen. He
was educated at KimbalI Union AGA.
! deny at Meriden and at the age OF
3 began to assist his father on the
/ farm and in his store. He later
went TO Newbury where he lived for
! several years, being selectman there
at the time of the Civil war On
| June IL, 1861 he was married at
McIndoes to Miss Orinda Griswold
| Kimball. In 1865 they moved to
Barnet and in 1865 he represented
that town in the state legislature.
In 1876 he came to st. Johnsbury and
had spent the greater part of his
/ life here. For many years he car
ried on an extensive lumber indus
try in Vermont and New Hampshire.
He was much interested in politics
and was a delegate to the national
republican convention in Minneapolis
in 1888. He was appointed by the
United States government on a COM
mission to select sites for public
buildings in Colorado, New Mexico
and other states. st. Johnsbury was
represented in legislature by Mr..
Hazen in 1888 and in 1894 he was
sent as senator. From 1898 until
1908 when he resigned, Mr.. Hazen
served as postmaster. He had long
been connected with the North Con
gregational church in which he was
deacon for many years, being deacon
emeritus at the time of his death.
He was president of the Merchants
bank in 1894 and 1895 and was a
director for 20 years until 1900. He
was trustee of the Soldiers Home in
Bennington for many years. He was
prison commissioner of the State
prison at Windsor, and while a mem
Der of the penal board abolished the
lock step and the striped suit. He
was the author of the bill establish
ing the Vermont Free Library Com
mission. Mrs. Hazen died October
8, 1908 and since that time Mr.. Ha-
zen had lived part of the time in
Brookline with his daughter Mrs.
n. H. Houghton. Funeral services
were held at the home at 4 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. +. B.
Richards officiating. The honorary
bearers were the deacons of the North
titus, E. T. Ide, Robert Mackinnon,
c. G. Bingham, G. H. Cross. P. F.
Hazen and w. P. Smith. The bear
ers were Walter Kellogg, Herbert
Stanley, Raymond Pearl and William
Ide. The North church choir sang
two hymns. Mr.. Hazen is survived
by his sister, Mrs. H. G. Newell and
by four children, Lucius K. HaZen of
Minneapolis, (Mary) Mrs. N. H.
of Brookline, Mass,
Charles Downer Hazen of Northamp-
ton, Mass, and (Margaret) Mrs. w.
w. Bradley Of Minneapolis. Those
from out of town to attend the fu-
neral were, DIR. and Mrs. N. II.
of Brookline, Mass, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles D. Hazen of North
amptOn, Charles Hazen OF Hartford,
Conn, Thomas Hazen of Norwich, |
Mrs. William KimbalI of McIndoes, |
Mrs. Daniel Paris of Lyndon, Mrs. !
Blodgett, Mrs. Field and Mrs. Leigh
ton of Woodsville. Burial was at |
Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03
EAST RYEGATE

Miss Bessie Smith of Hanover, N.
H., was guest at M. c. Browns over
Sunday.
Belinda Wilson went to Cottage
hospital Monday for an operation for
appendicitis.
The Memorial exercises were held
at the school Friday afternoon, a
very interesting program being fur
nished
Henry Gilfllan, the rural mail car
rier, returned to his work last week.
M. G. Brown purchased a driving
horse of DR.. Perry last week.
DR.. Lamb of Bradford was at Elm
Lawn, Monday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03
Always Busy.

"And what do you do in the duh sea-
son?'' we asked the fool killer.
what dull season. exclaimed the
fool killer.
''Why, when the man who rocks the
boat and the man who didn't know it
was loaded quit operations. What do
you do then?"
ooh. | get on the trail Of the man
who knows it ALL" replied the fool kill
er.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03
His Modest Request.

A man once asked Thackeray to lend
him 5 shillings, which he would con-
vert into 100000. Asked how, he ex-
planned that he knew a young woman
with 100000 who he knew would mar
ry him if he asked her, but he had
pawned his teeth and wanted 5 shil-
Hngs to redeem them in order to pro-
pose effectively.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03
Two Kinds.

'"That man who paid fortune for
bogus rare book must be a very indig-
nant bibliOphile."
"Well," replied Miss Cayenne, there
are bibliOphiles, and then there are
what Josh Billings would have called
'bibliophools.' Washington Star.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03

Mrs. Frances Wyman, Mrs. Eleanor
Jewett, Mrs. Nellie Bundy; enter
tainment, Mrs Katherine Gray, Mrs.
Susan Smith, Mrs. Minnie Hazen,
Mrs. Annie Cary, Mrs. Olive Randall,
Mrs. Mary Scribner, Mrs. Gertrude
SomervilIe, Mrs. Cleona Miltimore,
Mrs. Ella Walch, Mrs. Ella Hudson,
Miss Florence May. Miss Fannie
Parlhursf
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03
Deed of DARING.

"Have you Deeds of Daring?" in
quired the lady In the book store.
''Yes, madam" responded the bright
clerk. '"There is a little pamphlet en-
titled How to Call Down the Jani-
tor Chicago News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03
AnatomieaIIx SPEAKING.

"Every one has some secret sorrow,"
said the philosophic friend.
Eyes; even the latest and jolliest of
us has a skeleton in his midst
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-16
CALIFORNIA TO SELL
LAND; EASY TERMS

SACREMENTo. Cal. Dec. 16.-
Governor johnson has indorsed the
plan to set apart tract OF land In
California which will be sold to set
tiers on 20 year payments. no prin'
clpal or interest to be. paid for the
first five years. but after that time
per cent of the principal to be paid
annually. Endorsement also has beer
given OF the plan by the Industrial
commission. the California develop
ment board. the state agricultural col
lege and the state university. A
meeting will be held at s4S Market
street, San Francisco. Saturday to
draft the bill to be presented to the
legislature.
The first move will be to get &10,-
600 from the state to hire every uni
employed man in the state to clear
off state forest and waste lands. II
is expected that this can be started
early in the new year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-16
NEW ZEALAND VOTES
AGAINST PROHIBITION

WELLINGTON, Dec. 15-The ell
ection returns. though incomplete. in
dicate that the licensing position is
unchanged and that National pro-
hibiHonlsts received setback in sew
eral places. The returns gives the
Government 3S members OF Parlia-
ment, the opposition 80 and the labor
social democrats s. AS the last nam
ed support the opposition party, the
strength, In Parliament is equal
though the voters OF the soldiers
abroad are yet to be counted and
may affect the result.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-16
GOVERNMENT STEAMER
ASOTIN TIES UP AT
UNATILLA FOR WINTER
CRAFT is EQUIPPED WITH
DREDGE AND DERRICK FOR
WORK ON RIVERS.
Upper Columbia and Snake Kept
Clear for Navigation-Captain Says
That Former Stream from Cello
to Snake River Has Channel from
TO Q Feet Deep.

UMATILLA. Ore. Dec. l6.-(Spe-
cial)-The government steamer Aso-
TIN. under Captain Ralph Gaughman.
is making Umatilla winter headQuar-
ters. The Asotin is river steamer
equipped with dredge and derrick ia
cilities and is used in keeping the
channel OF upper Columbia and Snake
rivers clear.
Captain Baughman is authority for
the statement that the upper Colum-
oia from Cello to the Snake river has
channel OF from five to six foot
depth and width OF 30 feet.
Mrs. II. ~ Dryer and Mrs. A q
Means. visited in Hermiston last
weekend.
G. E. stanfield made a business trip
to Umatilla Monday.
Frank James and Ralph Atchison
have just returned from a days hunt
ing up the Umatilla river, bringing
back 2S Malard ducks.
Janet Evans. young daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Evans. is rapid
~ convalescing from a slight attack
OF scarlet fever. Their quarantine
VIII be raised within a few days.
S. A. Saylor is spending the week
in Oregon City, visiting.
H. N. Dryer made a business trip
to Portland.
Umatilla Social club has revived
with a vengeance and the social sea-
son OF Umatilla promises to be the
most active In years.
James Michael o'Connell. president
OF the Social club, has a crowded cal
endar of social events ahead and from
the success OF the opening OF the sea-
son, Social club affairs will no doubt
be exceedingly popular.
Thursday. December II. will be an
other OF the Social clubs dances. A
number of out OF town guests are ex-
pected.
Monday evening the local Masonic
lodge held its annual election and in
stallation Of officers. Those elected
were j.. A. Stephens, w. NJ; A. G..
Means. S. W.; Mart Griffin, J. W.:
Earl Emerson Shaw. treasurer; Her
bert Barkley, secretary. Those ap-
pointed were Lawrence Bullock. S.
D.; Ray G.. Vose. ]. D.; o. r. Nc
Nabb, S. s.; Frank McNurlen, ]. s.;
Robt o. Brownell. tyler.
After the meeting closed. the MEM
bers and visitors repaired to the Dun
can restaurant and there enjoyed an
elaborate banquet
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-16

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The at.
ttude OF the state department In re.
ference to the embargo placed by
Great Britain and her colonies on the
exportaion OF wool is defined by the
acting secretary OF state, Robert Lam
sing, in a letter to the secretary OF
the National Wool Growers associa-
ton. Salt Lake City, Utah. answering
a protest OF that Association against
reported efforts Of the state depart
ment to have the embargo removed.
Mr.. Lansing says in part.
You protest against any action be-
ing taken by the government, which
would result in the bringing to the
American market Of the woods men
toned.
You are informed that the woolen
manufacturers of the United States
have represented to the departmnt
that the embargoes placed upon wool
VIII prevent the shipments OF wools
purchased prior to the embargo; that
the prohibition upon the exports of
wool from Australia Is working a Sc
rious blow to the American mills. and
the lifting OF the embargo Is OF vital
Importance to wooden manufacturers:
that the supply of wool in this coun-
try is far from enough to run the
mills until the new crop can be shorn
and come on the market; that to
keep the mills running Australian
and other foreign woods are required;
that the failure to obtain supplies
from the British colonies would not
only increase the price of cloth to |
the American consumer. but would
make 1t impossible for the mills oil
this country to continue to operate,
and lead to the discharge of thou
sands Of operatives now employed in |
the wooden industry.
They further represent that the
production of wool in the United
States is only about one-half of the
amount required by the American
mills.
"In view OF these representations,
the department telegraphed the Am
erian ambassador at London to in
form the British authorities that the
American manufacturers considered
the question as one OF deep concern
10 them, and to inquire as to the
grounds on which the embargoes rest
and whether shipments would be al
owed to the United States.
THE American ambassador at Lon
Ion has informed the department
hat the foreign war office thinks the
whole available supply of wool in
he empire may be needed for war
ike purposes.
'Tn this relation, 1t may be stated
hat the department Is unofficiallyl
informed that the British government
IN its own interest, is considering the
question of lifting the embargo as far
as the United States is concerned, on
any excess beyond British needs.
with reference to the report that
the federal governmnt has been re-
luested to give certain guarantees to
Great Britain whereby wool from
New Zealand to South America might
be released from embargoes placed
on them, you are informed that no
such guarantee has been given, nor is
1t within the province OF the depart
ment to promise such guarantee. In
the event that England should con-
sent to any permits additional on
guaranty that the wool exported and
It's products shall be consumed in this
country, such guaranty would have
to be given by the parties in inter-
est"