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tCopywrisht, 1914, by Curtis Brown.)
~ lRLIN. February 14-(S (Special)
n Germany is Europe's richest
- state She easily beats France
both in total wealth and total income,
and she beats England too In the
whore word she is exceeded for income
and wealth by the United States only,
People brought up on the notion of
poor Germany" now rub their eyes,
but Germany's march to material pre-
eminence Is entirey of recent date; the
wlioel process has taken place in the
25 years of the Kaiser's reign. Dur
ing the kaisers jubilee last summer
the theme was dealt with in number
less anniversary books. 1t was put for
ward also in commemorative work
issued on the fortieth anniversary of
its foundation by the great Dresdner
bank. Now it is dealt with by Prof.
Dr. Carl Helfferich, an unchallenged
authority, who emphatically proclaims
that France and England, until lately
Eurones two richest states, are far
tchind Germany in all that makes for
material prosperity.
DR.. Carl Helfferish is one of the new
Gerinany's most interesting personal
tiles He is known to the public most
ly as director of the Deutsche bank,
as prominent member of the anti
agrarian Hensa league. as one of the
scientific multimillioraires who make
Germany at once rich and learned. lie
is. however, more than this He is a
PROFESSOR; he has helped to negotiate
international treaties and has. diplo-
matte title; he is a traveller: is a friend
of Kaiser Wilhelm and, finally, he
writes big books as easily as he writes
big checks He has published works on
colonialism, banking, trade policy and
haf a dozen other subjects. He is still u
youueish man, barely past 40. The
book. "Deutschlands Volkswohlstand,
ISSS-t913y' is the latest of his literary
achievements and just now 1T is be-
ing quoted with chuckles of content
nent by Germans who have worked to
put their once Hungry fatherland at
the head Of economic Europe.
Helfferich's most startling argument is
that Germany is richer than England
in total income and total capital wealth.
Most statisticians believed until lately
that Germany's bigger working popuia-
tons gave her a bigger national income
than Frances, but that France was ahead
in accumulated wealth. and that Eng
land was ahead of Germany both In IN
come and wealth. This Helherich dis
lroves He shows that Germany is Tar
ahead of France in national wealth as
well as in income, and that she is
also. though less markedly, ahead of Eng
land In both domains.
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BY STEPHEN ASPDEN

numbers employed are falling off, pro-
duction is still growing rapidly This is
most marked in agriculture. In Eng
land, and elsewhere in Europe, great in
dustrial development is always accom-
panied by agricultural decline. In Ger
many this has not happened. Year by
year more and more working hands aban-
don the country. and the farms, and
crowd into town and factory. The pro-
portion of Germans employed in agri-
culture has fallen off heavily, and there
has even been decline in the absolute
number. Less men are tilling the land
than formerly. In spite of this the agri-
cultural production has not only not
fallen off. but has gone ON increasing
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shrks no expense. That is shown by the
fact that in 1919 Germany spent sl0o o00O,0Oo
on artificial manures. The result is that in
10 years the rye crop, which is most I'M
portant. doubled the wheat crop in
creased 30 per cent: and the potato crop
increased 30 per c.Z.. During the Kaiser $
reign the beet crop doubled and the sugar
won therefrom increased from 99l coo
tons to >, $50, 100000 tons Germany's splen-
did technical progress is shown by the
fact that since 1876 the amount of sugar
extracted from given quantity of beet
has increased 100 per cent
Every year Germany's income increases
by $250,0O0,000 This alone would account
for vast increment OF capital But
Germany's main cause of superiority is
that she does not spend what she earns )
and that she invests her savings produc-
lively. In this she differs from Ensia1d
where little is saved, and from france
which saves enormously but hides nef
gold in the family stocking, or puts II in
safe hut unprofi fitabla foreign loans. Inc
German way is different. Out of their
sic o0O 600 annual income Germans
spend on themselves only $6,250,0Jo.oOo
The empire, the state governments
and the municipality take from the re-
mainder about S1,750.O00,0oo. The rest
is saved. The savings amount eVerS
wear 10 between $4,000, 100000 and So
5G0. 900. 900 Allowing for an annual in
trcnlent from past investments OF $3.50
ouO oop Helfferich puts the total an
uual savings at S2,500,000. Nearly all
this saved money goes into enterprises
which produce further wealth. The lar
.est proportion goes in providing for
fns. PRODUCERS of wealth. the growing
population The money goes in build
iu.. new houses and schools. establish
ing new factories to provide for the in
creased demand for clothes foods nee
essaries and luxuries, extending the
railroads TO cope with the greater traf-
fic building ships for the increased
trade which increased population
brings constructing telesraphs and tel
epfones and generally providing for a
Germany which is adding nearly a
ril!ion persons to its population every
year. The new population is COM
posed of new wealth producers hence
this form of Investment is more prof
liable than any other. The imperial
secretary of the treasury. Dr. Kuhn,
SAYS in regard to this that Germany
is the richest state, because she has
the largest number of citizens who are
being better equipped to produce riches
than any citizens elsewhere" Dr. Kuhn
holds that German wealth is increasing
so quickly that in 1925 the national
income will have risen from 10000
100000 to $4,000, 600. 600. No other Eu-
ropean state can touch that. The rich
er states like France and England
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have not got the population; and the
only more populous state. Russia, has
not got the technical efficiency.
Helfferich illustrates the national
wealth by pointing TO the increase in
Investments in home securities and
also to the increase OF money IN the
banks When Wilhelm IL came to the
throne there were only about 1000 pub
lie compa MES Now there are 5000. The
capital invested rose threefold from
81 .25o.Ooo.ooo to ss,75o,Ooo.Oco The lar
ger corporations with capital of more
Than $2500,000 rose in number from
~ to 229. Measured by Americ can
standards these figures are very mod
est But in Europe capital has not
been concentrated in American style;
and in Germany railroads, telegraphes,
telephones and some other branches of
production which require heavy capital
are in the hands of the state.
In the kaiser's reign the amount de-
posted in credit banks from 81 49,
100000 to Sl.509 J90.090: and the money in
the savings banks from S3,5,00l.C00 to s.
34,oO0,000. These sums in themselves are
not large, but the rate of increase. as
Helfferich SAYS is enormous. The Increase
is the fruit of careful encoura cement and
regulation of banking. and of sound
currency system Herr oswald Lyncius.
who publishes another economical sur
Ncy OF the Kaiser reign. SAYS tnat lnlhe-
tenths of our financial and industrial de-
velopment may be ascr.bed to the influ-
ence of the Imperial bank The 'Reichs-<
bank is the palladium of German indus-
trial progress and a powerful instrd-
ment in the new creation of wealth.
Helferich takes an optimistic view OF
Germany's future. He admits that his
book deals entirely with material values
but he says that material va'iles mean
also other kinds of wealth. II Is ma
terial wealth which is making 1t possible
for Germans to develop spiritually and
morally in a way the poor nations can
not hope to advance. He denies that
modern industrial. methods injurc tho
workman by reducing him to a machine
With few exceptions the work of a mod
ern workman has far greater value for
the intellect than had the primitive work
of some generations ago. The accusatiop/
Is not true that Germany in becomiu|
Europes richest state has lost n,
SOUL.
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m HE American railroad men are
are one of the finest bodies
L of public servants. Their sense
of responsibility is admittedly
very high. So rarely does one be-
tray his trust that the following record
is almost unique and may be read with
out offense as the exception which proves
the rule.
About the twentieth day of November,
1898. l received urgent summons from
NJ. Horace G. Clark, then general super
intendent of the Gould system, with
headquarters at st. Louis. | had for
merly been chief of the secret service
for the system and SO lost no time in
hurrying to the superintendent office.
"Furlong," began Mr. Clark, "a hold.
up has been planned to take place neal
Sedalia, on the Lexington branch, and
want you to take charge of the matter
Immediately The information has been
supplied by one of the conspirators, whe
10 really acting in our interests"
Mr.. Clark" l answered my eXper-
ience has convinced me tnat II is inn
possible to rely on the statement of a
man who is admittedly petraying his
companions
The superintendent demurred to this
principle and explained the crcum-
stances. Adams, the informant, had told
him that the plot 10 hold up ana rob one
OF the trains had been formed by six
railway men. including himself James
West an engineer. and Elf Stubblefield,
an ex-conductor. The exact date and
hah 1afip hut
Adams was to furnish team and con-
veyance which would take the would-be
bandits to the place where the scheme
was to be pulled off" and after the
coup had been accomplished he was to
take them back to the city of Sedalia,
He further informed superintendent
Clark that when the date and point of
attack had been settled he would at once
advise him. inasmuch he had only
agreed to furnish the conveyance and
assist in the robbery so that each of the
robbers might be apprehended and
handed over to the law
Adams had been a faithful employe of
the company for number of years, anu
was in good standing with it. He had
been locomotive engineer, ana his rec
ora was excellent. lie was regarded in
the. community in which ne lived as
sober. reliable and intelligent man, and a
good citizen. While oiling around his en-
gine one day at a station the throttle
had begun to leak. thereby admitting
steam to the cylinders, which caused the
engine to move suddenly while Adams
arm was extended through the spokes of
the driVewheels. The sudden movement
of the engine had torn the engineers
arm from the shoulder ana thus terlni-
mated his career. The railroad company
had settled with Adams for the loss Of
his arm without suit paying him large
sum, with which Adams set up in bust
ness in Sedalia as money-lender. lie
had, however, as has been said, a good
reputation i'll the community.
Among his clients We're West and
Stubblefeld. The latter was well known
as a freight train conductor and was in
the service of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railroad company, being popularity
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was slight down grade to the track, the
train slackened speed very little. Either
the engineer WAS too startled by the veri-
fication of my statement to remember the
brakes. or else he acted under the influ-
ence of the not unnatural desire to keep
on his journey without waiting for the
promised battle. At any rate. perceiv-
ing that the train was bound to pass
the signal, / threw on the reverse lever,
or plugged the engine" as the engineer
would say, which caused the wheels to
slip. and gradually brought the train to
standstill, though not before it had
passed the curve.
Meanwhile the man with the lantern
was standing in the middle of the track.
swinging it vigorously. He did not move
until the engine was almost on top of
him, and it looked as if he was going to
be run down. He leaped aside Just in
time to save himself as the train, with
lessened speed but terrific momentum
swept by at the rate of about Is miles
an hour He sprang to the right hand
side, which was the opposite side to that
on which ] was posted. and Immediately
opened fire on the engine with what was
afterward found to be As Colt revolver.
The upper part of he cab was riddled
with bullets The moment the firing be-
gan | sprang from my side of the engine
to the gangway on the side opposite. 1t
took me no more than an instant to get
to that position; the gangway was just
passing the bandit, and | had tust time
to take one shot at him. IT was a good
piece or craftsmanship. for the man rolled
into the ditch.
AT the same time another of the men
was discovered upon the right side, and
he also began firing at us. sending a
couple of shots at Manning. who was on
the front end of the express car, both
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the hearth of the engine, in front of
the boiler, where they would both be
entirely safe, and could not be reached
by bullets fired from the ground, as
the sides of the cab up as far as the
window sills, We're steel, and by stoop-
ing down below the level Of the sils both
of them would be perfectly safe from any
shots that might be fired. The engineer
and firemen both understood these in
structions perfectly, but We're naturally
somewhat perturbed at the unexpected
prospect in store for them.
When the train reached the first sta
tion north of the curve where the holdup
was to take place, and which was about
two miles distant, / placed Mr.. Manning
ON the front platform OF the express and
baggage car which was Immediately be-
hind the engine He was armed with a
"A Colt. Detective Frank Barnett of the
Missouri Pacific, who, has been said,
had Joined our party at Independence,
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nearly as rapidly as has the industrial
output e
In 1882, A per cent of Germans lived on
the land; in 1907, only. 2S per cent. In 1885,
S,500,000 lived IN towns of over 10000 in
habitants. whereas in 1870 22,00O,000 lived
in towns of that size. The actual farming
population declined in 10 wears from 49,
100000 to 17,50o,000 rhs smaller farming
population was tiiling land which, an
round, is the worst ia Europe. Yet Helf
ferich shows that Germany has been pro-
ducing more rye, wheat. oats. barely,
and potatoes per acre titled than fertile
countries like Russia, France. Austria
Hungary, Canada, and the United States.
This is the result of science machinery
and improvement. The German farmer
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Germany. between s7-,5Jo,oc0ooo and $so,-
0O0,O00, ,OO0
England, between $57, 500 100000 and $65.-
000 100000.
France. $5S, 900, 900, ,000
So that Germany is worth between
$1,000, 100000 and S22, 500, 100000 more than
England, and between $14,500,000000 and
S22, 900. 1900 more than France.
England and France are here hopeless
ly behind, and the dominant factor in
this comparison is not individual wealth
but population, England has small
chance of catching up, and France has
no chance at all Their chances are all
the smaller, because Germany's indus
trial efficiency is growing at a great
speed, and even in domains where the
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Going Too Far

From the Detroit Free Press.
Fl don't mind your being earnest and
sincere in your desire for equality with
men, but you are carrying this suffra-
gette thing too far"
whats the trouble?''
You've addressed this Christmas pack
age to Mrs. and Mr.. Brown"
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could attend to their duties in that place
just as well as though they were seated
on their respective boxes
In this manner, the train proceeded
southward from the station toward the
curve. When we reached it l. being on
the inside. was the first to see the signal
Adams report had been verified to the
letter and the holduR party was on the
spot in readiness. ,n
The signal, which proved afterward to
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where the transfer had been made to
the Lexington branch train, was placed on
the rear end of the express car, and
armed with a repeating Winchester shot
gun. l boarded the engine and took a
seat on the engine box. while Mr.. Kay
was placed on the fireman's box on the
opposite side. The fireman gave Kay
his cap to wear and I took the engineers
cap and put it on, so as to deceive any
person upon the ground as to their iden-
tity. The real fireman and engineer stood
on the hearth in front of the boiler
head, as they had oeen instructed They
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be a white lantern with red handker-
chief tied over it, this giving it the ap-
pearance of a real danger signal, was
swung backward and forward across the
track vigorously. While the train was
at least 200 yards distant / called the en-
gineers attention to it. The train was
then running at speed of about 80 miles
an hour.
SLOW up!f | said to the engineer "Get
your train under control, and by all means
be sure to come to a full stop before
passing the signal"
The engineer shut off steam but he did
not apply the air brakes and, since there
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-03
e MORNING JOURNAL. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1914.

Landwehr cavalry and horse artillery
are not called out in time OF peace.
The soldier then IL passed into the
second ban Of the landwehr until he
reaches his fortieth year There Is no
training during this period of SER
vice.
At 40 the German soldier is not
through. lie goes then into the land
sturm. or third reserve body, In which
he Is liable for military duty until he
II IS years old. In ordinary times the
landsturm is strictly a home defense
but In this war the kaiser finally
called out the landsturm for active
duty. After Al the German soldier is
exempt from mobilization, but many
Germans past i5 joined the colors at
the beginning OF the great conflagra-
tlon.
The German army in normal times
consists OF twenty-sx army corps Of
about $4,000 men each, as well as In
dependent cavalry q total OF about
,250.O 900 comhatants. Besides this
vast array Is the landwehr of 600, 900.
~ lhNlHk liif ibldl HlhNi' iVi't VI
Germany, which was ready for instant
service, up to 1,S5O,00O men. In adj
dition there are, according to some
computations, about 100000 men,
wholly or partially trained, TO supply
the snews of war. These figures do
not include garrison units nor any
part Of the landsturm. Estimates of
the total possible German hosts range
from 100000 to 100000.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-03
With Scissors and Paste
SORROWS SHADOW.

(Fannie Stearns Davis In Harper's
Magazine)
Some days. when am drest in SHIN
mer stuff.
With yellow roses at my breast and
hair.
When lust the air and sunlight seem
enough
To make the whole world delicatcly
rare;
When people love me, and them,
and all
My heart is like hill brooks lilting
call
Then, it pass Her. in her dim black
dress,
with heavy eyelids darkcned by
old tears
feel a sudden clutch of loneliness,
stare down vstas of unsparkling
years
And thcre behold myself. clad close
in black.
With tired brows, thin hands. and
aching back.
oh, Sorrows Shadow. let me be
awhile
Wreck not my happy yellow roses;
set
No watch upon my sudden cry and
smile.
why should | not forget-ah, half
forget
That Sorrows Self will meet me
some strange day
And take my hand, nor let me dance
away
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-03
The Fighting Men
of Germany

Since this war began much mas
been heard OF Germany's military reg
ulation and much transformation mas
been disseminated. Military service ~
Germany Is compulsory Liability be-
gins at the age of Z and ends AZ the
age Of As, but actual service begins NJ
20. There are no exceptions TO the
rule no ways to dodge duty except by
leaving the country The rigorous
law applies to all. rich and poor aris-
tocrat and laborcr.
The term Of compulsory service ~
the German army is seven years IN
the first line, or active army. two OF
these In the ranks and five in the re-
serves. except In the cavalry ana
horse artillery whore the periods are
three and four years. During this re-
serve service the soldier is regarded
as belonging to his corps and joins It
twice in the five Cor four year period
for six weeks Of trimming.
After being In the first line army
the German soldier passes into the
landwehr or second line army lie
serves five years in the Infantry or
three Years for cavalrymen and horse
artillcrymen. in the first ban Of the
lnndwchr lnfantrymen are called
out for training twice in this period,
each time for eight or fourteen days
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-03

made for him. and he only accepts
the guidance OF Providence. Back
woods boy, rail-splitter, store-keeper,
country lawyer, politician. president
the stages come SO naturally that
one forgets the human effort. The
gods seem TO be preparing the one
man for the appointed hour
The greatness OF Lincoln as presi-
dent lay In his clear perception Of
one essential truth-that in the in
terests OF posterity the union must be
maintained. Amid throng Of dis
tracing side questions, he never lost
sight OF the main issue II takes "a
very real intellectual greatness to
stake everything upon an abstract
truth. The tenderest hearted of men
had to wage bloody and relentless
war. The least dbgmatic of statesmen
had to hold fast by one dogma, and
shut his eyes to difficulties.
Above all, he did not look too
good. nor talk too wise" The author
OF the most exalted speeches In Eng
fish oratory since Burke transacted
the ordinary business Of life in lan-
guage Of a home-spun simplicity. His
humor at once endeared him to his
people and allowed him to keep tho
common touch" in the terrible mys-
teries Of high policy and war. II re-
freshed him to put a difficulty into
homely dioms and illustrate It with
a country tale.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-03
An ENGLISH VIEW or LINCOLN

CFrom the London SpectatorD
The world is stl waiting for the
true life of one who was probably the
greatest product of the Anglo-Saxon
race in the last century. The time is
coming near when we can Judge him
fairly. The part he played In the crisis
of his country was so immense that
the early lives were not unnaturally
OF the "spread-eagle' type. Then, as
time passed. aud the literary genius
of his countrNmen fell in love with
subtletics, there seemed less inclina-
ton to consider a mind and charac-
ter which was essentially broad and
simple. Now that the echoes Of con-
troversies are dying away. and at the
same time nationalism is reviving in
American letters, We may hope that
the right biographer will arise He
must tell the tale as drama, for
LincolnS career has the splendor Of
some great movement OF nature Like
Cromwell, he does not make it; it Is