The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-01
ATTEMPT TO DT1PLETE
STORE or METAL
Premier Says War Concerns
the F..te of All
Humanity

London, July L. The spokesman fo
the board of trade informed an inquire
in the House Of Commons yesterday aft
ernoon that the government had no in
tention of communicating supplies o
copper and zinc unless it should be founC
impossible to obtain sufficient quaint
ties otherwise. The government he add
\ ed, was arranging SO that a sufiiciency
for its requirements would be assured
The Morning Post in special article
discussing the rise in the price OF
spelter and the alleged German intrigues
in America to send up the prices and
embarrass the entente powers by Undue
ing the American government to pro-
hibit the exports of spelter and spelter
products asserts that something of the
same kind is now going on in lead. The
paper says that if David Lloyd George,
the British minister of munitions, Sc
riously means to conserve the available
metal supplies he could find no better
scope for his activities to-day than the
lead market. when America, which is
the largest producer of lead, is for days
al a time buyer of almost unlimited
quantities in the London market" says
the Post, "the operation excites suspi
cion and the sooner the authorities ex.
anime into the matter the better for the
national interests"
The parliamentary campaign for ma.
tional war thrift will be carried out UNI
der the auspices Of a large committee,
OF which the joint presidents are Pre-
mier Asquith, Andrew Bonar Law and
Arthur Henderson. Its members will in
clude some of the leading members of
the House of Lords and the House of
Commons Public meetings will be held,
personal canvass will be made, and
pamphlets bearing ON the subject will
be distributed
Turning to the necessity for thrift,
Mr.. Asquith in his Guild hall speech
Tuesday remarked:
Waste on the part of either individ-
uals or classes. which always is foolish
and short sighted, is, in these times,
nothing short of national danger"
The premier then proceeded to inquire
how a country which normally had only
s. 500,000000 or $1,000, 0OO,000 to spare
yearly could get this huge unpreeedent-
ed draft out OF its resources. He dis |
missed as mpracticable the idea Of sell
ing investments in property or borrow
ing abroad.
.,fTba .,,fI l.
abroad in comparison 10 the sum re-
CURED" he said, would be practically !
and ii it was possible on
any considerable scale we should have 20
face the prospect OF ending the war a
debtor country"
The only other course he declared,
was that his countrymen should dimin.
ish their expenditures and increase their
savings. Mr.. Asqnith continued:
The state Of the trade balance be-
tween ourselves and other countries at
this moment affords grounds. ! don't saw
for anxiety but for serious thought.
For the first five months Of the present I
year our imports have increased BY Sld2.-
100000, while our exports and REX
ports have decreased S36s 10000. That
means that for twelve months our in L
lebtedness 10 other countries will reach 4
,ser ~ 300O0O0o0. The only wav 10
ounteract this Is by reducing all nm. 4
necessary personal expenditure on i'm.
,orted articles such a. tea. sugar wine. ]
',trol. etc, and on goods made in this
ountry, 50 that larger quantity may .
" left TO sell abroad III
Remsrking that Il was not merely /
question Of preservation. Mr. A. v
Iuith proceeded.
There b. not a man or woman who
rs seen what IL hanging in the balance
.ut who has during the pact wear he
ONE greatly conscious that the battle IN ,
which NE are engaged touches inter. d
sts end threats far beyond the shores
Z these islands. beyond even the con. o
mes Of our world spread empire. and p
ealizes that IL concerns the whole fu- o
ure Of humanity.
"is right OF force n dominate man. q
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~ that comfort prosperity and - b
urely sheltered existence perhaps 10 .
oms conventional type Of religion could y
r purchased a. a price. concluded q
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I What makes life. national or personal. p
orth living. Rather than make that >
scrifos We shall fight - Tire end. a. ,
be last farthing Of our money 20 the
- ounce ~ our strength. and - tho
.st drop 81 our b'oodi7
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