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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-01

and have asked bids for another order OF 80, 600,
to be shipped from New Orleans England has
purchased 10000 horses in ST.. Louis. and
another order as large has been placed in Chi.
cago. In addition to tho orders for cavalry
horses. the foreign nations are buying all Of
the supplies that 30 to make up the equipment
of a cavalry soldier. Twenty thousand saddles
and brides have been ordered from Chicago
factories. Harness-makers in Baltimore have
been asked TO mako bids large orders for
harness equipment, aud manufacturers in all
the big cities report that they have been ap.
preached by foreign agents. who have asked for
prices on harness. saddles and leather parts.
The glass industry has been rushed to It's
limit to meet the demands upon it. Many
orders for window and plato glass have been
received. and foreign glass manufacturers who
had orders OH hand which the war prevented
them from filling have tried to transfer these
contracts to the American manufacturers.
Clockmakers have been asked, to submit
prices for large orders of clocks which formerly
were placed with Germany. Many thousands
OF electric clocks will BIO required by the
English trade. and these orders will come to
this country.
Remarkably big orders have been placed in
Chicago for canned meats, and the firms
handling this line working their forces
night and day TO supply the demand 1t is
called for 100000 cans.
Lumber dealers report an increasing demand
from abroad for all kinds of lumber. and the
business during the past few weeks has been
so per cent greater than usual. Hardwood
lumber In large quantities is being shipped from
the South to England.
tlour mills are far behind in their orders
anu tnefe Is a tremendous demand in that
direction from Europe. Ono firm here received
an order for 10000 barrels of flour for ship
ment to ono of the warning nations.
The hat industry has also responded to tho
effects OF the war. Many factories are work
ing over time TO supply the demand This
boom In the hat trade Is not due to the orders
from abroad, but to the falling Off in the impor.
tations OF foreign hats
Tho coal trade is Mt it's highest point of pros
perity just now. Peru will buy about 81 100000
worth of coal in this country within the next
year; In the past she has purchased her coal
from England and Australia The Panama
Canal VIII help our foreign coal trade con.
s1derably, and what business we get in this
line from the we will no doubt be able to
hold permanently.
SHOE manufacturers receiving numerous
orders from Europe Most of the orders are
FOR the Kind of shoes GSei in army service
Some or the nations not yet at war are making
large purchases OF shoes for army USE
The foregoing list is not oven npproxm ately
complete. While this article is being written
purchasing agents from abroad are in negotia.
lions with American manufacturers for further
orders along the same lines and in other lines
OF trade not mentioned above Ii the war con.
tinues the demand for these goods must con.
tinue. and large part OF the trade we secure
through the war will no doubt stick here after
the war is over.
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BY j. CULLEN COLLINS

yards OF cotton duck, 100000 pairs OF socks
weekly up to the end Of the year, 10000 flannel
shirts weekly for the same period, and 100000
yards OF crash have been ordered for shipment
abroad Other big orders are inevitable.
Requirements for the great armies now in the
field include blankets. sheets. towels. socks.
shirts. and numerous other WOODEN and cotton
articles. Orders for great quantities Of these
have been placed In America fer beyond the
immediate capacity OF producers and In excess
OF stocks on hand. Large orders coming
in for light fabrics used in hospitals and in
packing drugs. One firm has booked an order
for one million rolls of bandage gauze and
100000 pounds of absorbent cotton. Purchas
ing agents from abroad are seeking quotations
here on 100000 yards Of khaki cloth for field
service. Almost every kind of article made Of
wool or cotton is developing big demand.
The silk trade has been remarkably affected
by the war. Most Of the mills are running at
full time. and many other mills that have been
closed down for some time are now starting
again, giving employment to many workers..
Canadian dealers who used to purchase their
silk goods in Europe are now coming here for
their supplies.
The war has cut off the supply of India burlap
with which shipping bags have been made.
Manufacturers must have bags Of some Sort
and a good substitute for the burlap bag has
been provided from cotton coated with asphalt.
This has opened UP new field of employment
and contributes it's share to the general pros.
perity of the country.
me nghtlnS nations are not the only ones
looking to us for their supplies. Most of the
neutral countries have had their trade channelsN
upset by the war, and they find it necessary to
make considerable purchases in America. One
foreign firm alone from neutral nation has
sent its representative. here to negotiate for
900 worth Of wooden and cotton goods.
But the wool and cotton industries are not
the only ones reaping benefits from the war.
In the printing trade, for instance, where one
would not expect to find ay profit from the
war, there has been an increased demand, due
principally to the fact that American firms
which formerly had their printing done in
Great Britain. where low prices prevail, are
now forced to have this work done in America.
One firm alone has received $60,000 worth of
printing that was formerly taken care OF
abroad
While the steel industry has suffered slightly
from the war In some lines of trade, yet the
enormous amount Of business being done in
steel and iron products which can be used in
warfare more than Offsets any losses from nor.
NAL channels. number of steel mills which
have been closed down recently are now re-
Stunning operations. Numerous and large orders
have been received from abroad for barbed
WIRE to be used by the armies in the field.
More than $4,000 tons Of steel wire products
exclusive OF wire rods, are under negotiation
with foreign governments. An order for
$6.oo0.oO0 worth Of sectional steel shelters for
soldiers in Winter is soon to be placed in Pitts
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Now Show Growing Balance for the United States

burg. Charles NJ. Schwab has made contracts
with the French and Russian governments for
S60OOOQ0 worth Of steel armored cars. This is
merely preliminary order, others for larger
quantities are to be placed shortly. 1t is known
that upward of 100000 tons of crude and rolled
steel products already have been put under con.
tract for shipment abroad from American
mills before January 1. Several lines, including
wire sheet and tin plate, have been im
mediately affected by the shortage abroad and
have increased operations to between 70 and
80 per cent Of maximum capacity. Three tin
plate plants. which have been idle for some
time, resumed operations last week.
Pressure on the wire mills for quick delivery
OF some $4,000 tons abroad has made 1t neces.
sary for them to hire additional help. The cur.
rent business being received by the Bethlehe
Steel Company from the nations at war is reach.
ing large proportions Machinery that can be
used In warfare is in great demand, anu some
firms here have sold out their entire stocks
France and Russia have placed orders here for
100000 600 horseshoes. The Midvale Steel Com.
pany is working to full capacity on an order
from abroad for spades. The first order was
ior $4,000 spades, and another order for rs 900
has been promised The Carnegie Steel Com.
pany and other American firms making spades
nave received large orders, with more In sight
The automobile industry has been over.
Whelmed with orders for certain kinds of heavy
cars. one order alone called for thousand
motor trucks, one hundred tractors and 5000
armored motor cars Many other orders have
Deen received for light automobiles to be used
on the field for STAFF officers; others of heavier
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type for transporting troops supplies and for
ambuances. The Packard Motor Com
pany in Detroit Is busy filling an order for
trucks amounting i'll value 10 S50O,0O0 these
arc TO be shipped as soon as ready to Europe
York City has been working night and day to
fill big order for automobile trucks. Large
orders for artillery trucks have been placed
with various automobile manufacturers. Most
OF these trucks have been ordered for the
French army and are to be mounted with
artillery bodies. The value OF these orders
will aggregate S5,000,000 In addition contracts
have been made for supplying tires and extra
parts. which will amount to another million
dollars The effect of the war will be felt by
all makers of automobiles, as the foreign
governments want quick delivery and for that
reason they are dividing the orders up among
as many manufacturers as possible.
The railroads should benefit considerably
from, this rush of foreign business, as there will
be enormous quantities of freight to be
transported TO the seacoast for shipment to
Europe. There is also big demand from
abroad for farm products, and tho shipment OF
these will also add to the profits OF the rail-
roads
The demand here for horses Is SO great now
that it is taxing the ability Of the American
horse dealers to keep up the supply. There Is
urgent need by the armies OF cavalry and the
longer the war lasts the greater will be the
demand. as there is high percentage of deaths
among cavalry animals which have to be mado
up from horses shipped from this country The
French have placed an order for 10000 horses.
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are no longer taken; neither do you smoke
The breakfast is eaten to the accompaniment
OF the summary morning news, whispered in
your ear by talking machine which also re.
produces the worlds doings in faithful illus.
tration!
Is this the climax OF hustllng? Certainly;
but it is done because you are anxious to re.
serve as much time as possible "for culture and
for thought" Your house will be a human rao.
bit warren of hundred stories. 1t will ne
filled with scientific appliances.
There are telephones, teleautoscopes, kneto.
scopes and all other sorts Of scopes" in every
apartment The few servants will be as good
as their masters, because the State education
has formed their character"
Out OF doors you put penny in the slot and
jump into waiting motor-car, which even
babies in arms may apparently drive;; or you
step on the moving pavement which is as clean
as q whistle-vacuum cleaners at every cor
ner--have yourself whrled to your work, trans
act your business by recording and illustrat.
ing telephone. or watch the machinery do the
work of your rade and having done your State
regulated hours, you devote the rest Of the day
to the study of pictures, statuary or rare books
When man has amassed a competency tho
State steps in, divorces him from his occu.
patton, and forces him into idleness, SO that
he may not become a Pierpont Morgan and
organize trust. What a reward for talent and
amhitionn - Ever8 worker has a. share in the
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Baby-How to Keep 1t Well" is sent We also
watch the marriage records, and five months
after marriage we send the Same pamphlet IN
me young wife. Having read it attenttveIv she
is without the excuse of not knowing what 10
no 20 prepare for her baby's coming, nor what
10 DO afterward to keep 1t we'll.
Fart OF the campaign of education is the es
taplshment of pure milk stations The
mothers who come there for milk are ms
tructed by nurse how to take care of tbe
mix and how to take Of the baby. They
are invited to classes in motherhood, where the
principles OF baby care are expounded
AT the head Of the health system and giving
n large part of its attention to the problem Of
saving the infant is Public Health Council
composed Of distinguished members One of
these is DR.. Simon Flexner, director of tho
laboratories of the Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research; Henry N. Ogden, professor
OF sanitary engineering, at Cornell University:
Dr. Mitchell Prudeen, vicepresdent of the
Board of Scientific Directors of the RockefelIer
institute; Herman Folks, secretary of the State
CHARITIES Aid Association; Mrs Elmer Blair
former president OF the New York State Fed.
Grafton OF Womens Clubs, and Dr. Wilhelm
Gaertrer, of Buffalo.
On our consulting staff are Dr. William n.
r r' director Of the laboratories of the New
York Department of Health, and Dr. L. Emmett
HOLT, professor OF the diseases of children Of
columbia University. and other distinguished
physicians.
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business in which he is engaged; wherefore
there is an end to "ca'canney" and strikes.
! Flying machines. built for one or two, will
be popular for mountain-top non-alcoholc pic
MICS; ships driven by wireless force will cross
the Atlantic in day. SO that you may break.
fast at the Savoy and dine at tho Waldorf.
Astoria; the ships will skim over the water
and not plough through the waves; trains will
go 200 miles an hour to the seemingly endless
suburbs.
The trains do not stop. No, all you do is to
step off your train at the station on moving
platform, which will gradually slow down and
then let you down easily; goods will be for.
warded on moving platforms connecting the
great centres of commerce; bookkeepers will
disappear because their work is performed by
combined adding machines and typewriters;
no more drains; garbage destroyers in every
mousse; wireless electric lighting; wireless cook.
ing; Canada the richest and most populous
country in the world; coal dug from the ocean
and the ocean levied upon for its water, which
Is to be turned into oxygen and hydrogen and
thence into power; gold and silver and precious
stones to be mined from the ocean bed.
The Government of the country and the maxi.
ing OF its laws will be in the hands of special.
lists. LAWYERS, specialized lawyers, will make,
the laws; lay juries will be non-existent; ana
wonders of wonders!,-- successful litigants
wi!lShave their costs paid by the State!
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with the infant well-being. Disease always
attacks the points where there is least re-
sistance The child under one year is the
battle for health.
We are giving lectures on prevention of the
conditions that make for disease, and curative
are given in school houses, making them the
health centres Of the communities.
In the case Of the children are concen.
trating large amount of attention upon the
midwife Nine-tenths of the foreign population
in the large cities engages only midwives' aid
when the family is increased. A large major
ity of these midwves are ignorant, incom.
petent and unclean. Until recently the health
laws permitted such women to minister in
families after they had been present at six
births. Under the new health law they must
not only be women of good character, but they
must have assisted at twenty births, and, what
IS more important, they must have registered.
The midwife Is no longer monarch in the
homes where she is engaged. She is under the
supervision of visiting nurses who are part of
the new organization Of the health system in
New York. These visiting nurses instruct the
mother not only in the care of the child after
It's arrival, but in the care of her own health
before its advent.
And we are educating the midwife For in.
stance, there is In New York good school of
midwifery.
The clerical side of the work is thoroughly
done. Births must be recorded, and through
our organization we closely follow the birth
record, at once assigning visiting nurse
10 supervise the case lending such assistance
and direction as are needed and having full
authority to protect family against its worst
enemy It's own Ignorance. Ignorance is the
tWo-edged sword that yearly Stays children by
tens of thousands.
One-third OF the children who die during the
nrst year OF their lives die in the first two
weeks. These die chiefly from lack of caro-
either before or after birth Their deaths are,
as whole. preventable. The remaining two.
thirds die from improper feeding.
Our campaign against infant mortality is mt
merely one of the close supervision have in.
dicated. 1t Is one of education. To all mothers
complete pamphlet Of ours. called your
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Among them there is no dissent to the ad-
vice we are promulgating by means Of pam.
phlets, lectures, motion pictures, and visiting
nurses. these fundamentals for the preserya.
ton of child life.
The expectant mother requires an extra
amount of sleep and daytime rest for an hour
or two is desirable.
1t is essential to drink plenty of water.
Hard household or factory work during the
latter months cause the child to be small and
delicate, If indeed it lives. Much climbing of
stairs and use of the sewing machine should
DC avoided
Exercise in the open air and housework by
an open window are better than medicine, but
violent exercise and great mental excitement
should be avoided.
In the dietary we suggest appears no beer
nor other alcoholic drinks. One or two quarts
OF water daily milk, buttermk and cocoa are
desirable. II tea or coffee are drunk they
should be weak and taken not more than once
a day. All ripe. raw cooked fruits are
recommended, and should be freely taken
Also all green vegetables and salads with oils:
at least one or two eggs day; stale breads:
cooked cereals with cream and sugar; all kinds
of fresh fish boiled broiled; all kinds of
soups, and once day, beef, mutton, lamb, veal
nam, bacon, chicken turkey.
Our valuable handbook and our Informed
emissaries cite list Of necessary articles.
Explicit directions given as to what to
do as the ordeal approaches, and when it is
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SxyYT HILE It is hard just at present to apply
to the nations engaged in war the old
~ maxim that There's no great loss
s without some small GAIN" yet 1t is becoming
apparent that the United States is beginning to
profit somewhat from the war.
Soldiers must be clothed and fed, and the
equipment of great armies in the field must be
Il maintained. From the very first American
powder. cartridge and gun factories have bean
working night and day foreign orders, and
IL the war had come TO close within month
or two. these would have been the only
American factories which would have been
stirred into unusual activity.
But the conflict in Europe has now reached
stage where the nations at war have been
compelled to reach out for many other sup.
plies Germany, being cut off from Aneri-
can markets because there is no way to get
American goods across the ocean to Germany.
has not, of course, been able to enter the
American market
While it is not possible at this moment to
catalogue with exactness all the orders which
have been placed in America by The nations
at war, the following partial list Of orders
placed within the past few weeks Will give an
idea of the very considerable volume OF busi.
ness which American manufacturers have re-
ceived.
The WOODEN mills in this country are be.
many inquiries for prices, which indicate that
orders will soon follow. The activity in this
particular line is due to the fact that the
warning powers realize that a hard Winter
campaign is inevitable, and armies in the field
In cold weather must be kept we'll clothed and
protected against the usual Winter hardships.
Tho British Government has placed an order
with Philadelphia house for 100000 sweaters,
and is making active inquiries for hosiery, rot
s only for the army, but for civil consumption.
She is preparing to make contracts for large
quantity of army overcoats. One firm reports
1t was asked to take an order for $4,000 such
overcoats. 1t is understood this is only small
portion of the contracts which will be placed
in this country by England alone for overcoats.
Army blankets are in extraordinary demand.
Already England has placed big contracts here
Manufacturers who handle this line are
swamped with orders, and one firm has found
1t necessary to start building a new factory
which will make nothing but blankets France.
Too, IS buying up as many blankets as she can
get The French Government has Just placed
an order with three New York State firms for
million GO per cent wool shirts for army use
and has also signed contracts for 900 900 ahests
THESE orders are merely preliminary onns and
Will be followed by others from time to time
The New England cotton industry Is begin.
ming TO get tangible evidence of war orders
Within the past few weeks at least 100000
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Looking Ahead One Hundred Years

wv /HAT will the world be like hundred
wv years hence? 1t is a fascinating
thought, which. IL pursued to its final.
ity, leaves the thinker in a perfect maze Of
conjectural wonder The reading world owes
thanks to Mr.. T. Barron Russell for relieving
it OF the trouble Of thinking for itself by "tak-
ing the lid of the stew-pot" in which the mys
teres OF the year 1000 A. D. are in process of
boiling.
We arise in the morning, let us suppose, in
April, 2014. Our bedroom is circular cham
Der, corners being obsolete because they har.
Dor dust, and dust is the abomination of the
new age The housewife OF 2014 will say that
we, her ancestors, were terribly dirty crew.
In the room stands apparatus which has
supplied us with oXygen-fresh air--durng the
night.
Press n button and your bath appears (ser-
wants being superfuous) You lave your body
speedily with oXygenated water, delivered with
force that will render rubbing unnecessary,
and beside 1t will stand the drying cupboard,
lined with moving brushes and filled with des.
located air, from which in a moment you will
emerge with the skin dried and electrified You
put on your soft clothes-men and women will
dress almost alike, no stays, no tight lacing,
no stif collars no bowler hats, no leather foot.
wear
Then, after having turned on the automatic
vacuum cleaner to brush your clothes, you do
scend In the elevator and sit down to your
mechanically served breakfast Coffee and ten
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upon the mother
A cornerstone of our instructions, the first
OF the commandments in the baby health bible
Is: The eyes should be- carefully cleansed with
a saturated solution Of bnric acid, ami into each
eye the physician or nurse should drop two or
three drops of per cent solution of nitrate
or silver. to prevent sore eyes and possible
blindness This solution, especially prepared
for use, is furnished fire, by the State Depart.
ment OF Health.
The baby snould be placed in quiet, dark.
ened room, properly protected against the cold,
but not surrounded with too many hot water
bags or bottles.
~ mother should remain in bed for at least
two weeks. The practice of some hospitals of
discfarging case when the child is eleven
days old may be necessary, but it is one OF
the regrettable necessities of congested city
If you love your baby, advise nursing it.
Mothers milk is natures food. 1t Is safe and
1t Will make him strong and healthy. Ten bot.
tie babies die to one fed as nature intended,
Only few serious diseases prevent nursing
II in doubt consult your physician. His adj.
vice is moro reliable than that of your neigh.
bors.
Eat plain nutritious foods You cannot feed
your baby well If you do not feed yourself
wisely. Avoid salads pickles and spicy foods
Drink water and milk Avoid tea, coffee and
alcoholic beverages. Nursing should be done
by the clock If the baby cries between feed
ings, give him cool boiled water.