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The Washington times., 1915-12-19
How Shortage
Is Increasing

The columns Of the Official Gazette
Indicate how the milk famine has
spread its pail over the various cities
OF Germany.
On November 6 the government organ
Tempelhof, saying: MILK cards viii be
Issued to mothers of children as fol-
lows: For children one year old, one
quart day; one to four years, three
tourths OF a quart"
Officials OF the city of Schoeneoerg
announced on November Is: Milk Sards
Will be issued to the mothers of chill
dren born since 1912"
-Four days later officials of Steglitz
announced: milk cards will be issued
70 little children and invands," while in
StraSsburE this announcement was
made: Women about TO become moth
eTs Will be allowed the same quantity
of milk allowed children two years old.
These official announcements reflected
conditions more thar month ago.
Since then they have Grown steadily
worse and the milk condition Is said "a
have become more alarming thIn tie
officials in charsc of food suPplicg nm
tcipated.
Throughout Germany men ana women
have ceased to Use milk in their coffec
or tea. Invalids and others for whom
milk was prescribed by physiciUns. harH
not had milk for several wceRS. Al.
though they wCrC entitled to IL In some
Instances, they reIuR"d 10 accept II al
the cost Of the babies
The milk shortage Is traced 10 tEe
British starvation blockade IN more
ways than one by Or. Won Mach. II u
49, arLlasTily he says, TO the inability
The Washington times., 1915-12-19
WEEK IN FINANCIAL CIRCLES

With the exception OF the market for
securities Americas commercial and
financial affairs reflect progressive i'm
provement with each succeeding week.
4 report just issued by the Depart
ment of Agriculture places the value up
on the crops OF the country at So, 100000
in excess Of the bumper year OF 1913
and more than $500 100000 in excess Of
last years record.
Retailers are buying in ever increas-
ing quantities. and at the same time the
export records show that there Is con-
stantly increasing percentage OF prod
uCts for civilian use.
Wall Street estimates that the inter-
est and dividend payments to be made
In January will exceed all previous rec
ords established in the United States;
The yearly distribution OF bonuses tho
United States Steel Corporation is de-
pendent on earnings and the new boom
in the steel trade will undoubtedly prove
New Year boon to the employees ana
officers. 1t Is expected that close 10
S. 900 600 will be distributed in January.
a wear ago there wasn't much to go
around, but with net earnings running
at three times those of last year the
army of workers in the steel plants
have reason to be cheerful
Railroad earnings for the first week
in December as so far reported to Dun's
Review show a total OF S,0l2,SS6. an in"
crease of 1915 per cent over the same
week of last year. This compares with
a gain of 16.9 per cent for the first week
in November and Al per cent for the
like period in October. Practically every
system of any Importance, both in the
West and Southwest and the South, re-
ports more or less improvements over
last year, and in a number of instances
the earnings of some roads are the
largest on record. Among the roads
making especially favorable returns are
Louisville and Nashville, Southern.
Western Maryland, Chesapeake and
Ohio. Mobile and Ohio, Colorado and
Southern, Texas and Pacific, Missouri
Pacific, Missouri, Kansas and Texas,
Chicago, indianapolis and Louisville
and Chicago Great Western.
Exports to the leading nations of Eu-
| rope from New York continue at the
rate of $65, 900 900 to $40, ,000, 900 week and
the amount Of war material exported
| is on a steady increase. This Is the
best refutation of the. recent rumorS
that England would depend less and
! less on American goods as the months
! advanced. For the week ended Decem-
! Der II the exports amounted to more
! than $65, ,OO0, 900, and of this amount about
| 81 per cent was in firearms. explosives
and other supplies.
| The achievements of the steel plants
since December l have been little less
] than marvellous. The average daily out
| put of ingots this week established a
| new high record. The new Duluth
plants of the Steel Corporation have
been casting ingots for week. and the
The Washington times., 1915-12-19
Austrian Mother Asks
For Milk For Her Baby

For Heavens sake have pity
on us and send us milk. My
little boy is eight months old
he is but a skeleton-and
have no food for him. How
can he survive?
THE two older children are
trying to comfort me, say
ing Mother dear, we'll bear
it if only God will keep you
and the little brother aaI
our dear father
The above are passages from a
letter received from a
mother in Silesia, Austria,
by her sister in Larchmont,
N. Y, who forwarded it to
the citizens committee for
food shipments, saying she
had made an unsuccessful
effort to send several cans Of
milk to Germany by Ameri-
can parcel post.
The Washington times., 1915-12-19

output helped to make the record-mak-
ing plant performance possible. Speci-
fcations poured in as never before and
rolling schedules are now complete for
many weeks. Freight congestion on the
seaboard is beginning to curtail man
has not affected plants in the Central
West. II aggregate orders in the last
four weeks were smaller than those
placed In the four preceding weeks II
Is only because the mills could not ac-
cept the enormous tenders.
In eastern Pennsylvania. il is esti-
mated that bookings aggregate 500, ,0On
tons. with stocks about one-seventh Of
this tonnage. Virginia furnace orders
total 10000 tons. with stock at l50.OOO
, tons. One Virginia furnace has orders
aggregating 10000 tons on its books.
So,0OO tons Of which were accepted in
November.
Several factors have combined to
check activity in the stock markets.
The expiration of the life of the syn
dicate that floated the $500, 000. 900
Anglo French bond issue caused. as
was to be expected, a reaction in the
price of the bonds; and the Ancona
affair. with its possibilities OF a rup-
ture of the relations between the
United States and Austria Hungary,
| has tended to check commitments
The apprehension which the trading
element of Wall Street and the pub
| lie that deals in its wares as mediums
of speculation or investment seem ~
| feel as to the issue of this country 8
relations with the central powers Is
not shared by the strong financial in
terests, who have all along maintain
ed that a diplomatic solution woul
in the end be found for the difficult y
with Vienna after the usual processes
| OF circumlocution have been exhaust .
| ed. They have based their faith in :,
! pacific settlement OF the controversy
on the patent fact that both Austria
! and Germany have all to lose AMI
I nothing to gain from rupture with
the United States, and the conviction
| that beneath all their disingenuous
! ness the foreign offices at Berlin and
Vienna have retained their sense Of
| ultimate eXpediency.
Their desire to cultivate the good will
| OF nations that will be useful to them,
| either at the present time or in the fu-
| ture, has been emphasized throughout
| the whole course OF their singulaIlv as
tute and successful diplomatic neEotia-
tions in the Balkans. Tho friendship
| of the most powerful and prosperous
! neutral country will nc no less impor-
! tant to them at the end OF the war.
which. no matter what its issue may
] be, is bound to leave them in a state
OF financial and commercial prostration,
| from which their recovery can be ac-
| CELEBRATED only through the benign as
sistance Of the nations whose markets
and credit remain open to theT.
The Washington times., 1915-12-19

Furthermore, IN the last ten years they
have expended from earnings and on
capital account an enormous sum of
money on tbtterments and improve
ter position than ever before to handle
traffic on a large scale, yet at q pro-
pOrdonately lower cost. as. for instance,
in the ease oS the Erie, the Now York
Central. the Pennsylvania, The st. Paul
and the Atchiscn And in CONSEQUENCE
of the large expenditures made on
property account in recent years the
companies are now able to show
greater proportion Of gross earnings in
net revenues.
"a rejection Of the proportion of gross
shown in net is found in the net in
crease in October of 30,10O,000 against
the increase In gross OF approximately
S37, 500. 900. Furthermore. because of tile
Improvement in credit conditions in the
country the railroads may now go
ahead with further betterment work
surety OF filling their requirements in
an easy money market and in a market
for which there is good demand for
new securities issues"
Market Conditions.
The failure of the stock market to
respond to the general Improvement is
explained by The NeU York World in
the following article:
Among the chief factors that have
exercised a restraining influence upon
the investment and speculative markets
during the week have been the uncer-
tainty as to the outcome OF the negotia-
tions between the state Department and
the government of Austria Hungary
over the sinking of the Ancona, the ex-
piration of the Anglo French 500. 900. 900
loan syndicate. the adjustment of the
great bond issue to its true market
level. and the plan of the British gov
ernment to mobilize the British hold
ings of American securities for the
purpose of STRENGTHENING the purchas-
in ,- power of the allies in the United
States. Until these ploblems have been
worked out to a point where a clear
perspective NAV be had Of their ulti-
mate bearing uDon financial sentiment,
it is natural that the public as we'll as
the speculative contingent should hesi-
tate to assume new commitments in
substa ntial volume. notwithstanding the
remarkable strength Of underlying con-
ditions. which have had no parallel in
the memory of market analysts. though
their closest analogy NAV be found in
the period OF extraordinary expansion
| in all lines Of industry and every char
| acter Of enterprise that Immediately
followed the Spanish war"
The Washington times., 1915-12-19
Lincoln Highway Body
Will Meet Wednesday

Col. Robert n. Harper. chairman of
tho Joint committee NJ the Chamber OF
Commerce. Board of Trade and Detail
Merchants Association. organized Tn
mark and care for other details con-
nected with the Lincoln Highway feed
er that will rass through WashinGton.
has called a meeting of the committee
for o'clock Wednesday afternoon at
the District National Bank building to
pass upon scenario written for the
motion picture film Of scenes along the
route of the feeder.
AS soon as the scenario shall have
been arrar ged the camera man Will
photograph the scenes selected recently
by members of tho committee who in
inspected the route from Philadelphia
TO Washington. When completed, tGa
motion picture will I've shown at Con-
vention Hall under the auspices NJ the
trade bodies and then put "0n tour
to advertise Washington.
The Washington times., 1915-12-19
Live Stock Prices.
Closing quotations on the principal liv
stock markets:
Chicago Market.

Closing quotations on the principal live
stock markets:
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO; Dec; lS.--Hoss.R Receipts, y coo;
mixed, S6G6.6 heavy, S6.l5G6.7O; rough, IS. 10
GI6.35; pigs, 81. 75GtG.90.
Cattle-Receipts 600; steady. Native beef
steers, $6Hll: Western steers. S. 2JdS. .25: cows
sheep-Receipts, 1000; steady. Wethers.
So. .lOd6.9O; lambs. Sc, i0m9.6o,
Kansas Cit Market.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 1S.--Iio2s Receipts.
ZOO; higher. Bulk. 50. .91ds.5J; heavy. $3.50
$50; packers and butchers. SS.@'fG.aj; !ight.
CattIe~Receints 100: steady. Prime fed
steers, 80 25m1O: dressed beef steers, SIl,S 80;
Southern steers, &N1; COWS, HT6.15; heifcrs,
s6g9.25; stockers and feeders, S5,5cT7,I5; bulls,
Sheep-Receipts, 1000: steady. Lambs. sS.2j
as; yearlings. s6.7jG76O wethers ssd6 50;
ewes S. 25G6.25.
st. Louis Market.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 1S.--Hogs-Receipts G.OOO:
higher. Pigs and lights, &5.5Om6.7o mixed
and butchers, s645aG.SO;. good heavy, '6.Ioa
$50.
Cattle Receipts. 700: steady Native beef
steers, S7.5Od10. 40; YeRrlinE steers and heif-
crs IS. jOdlO.2O; cows. $55Od7; stockers and
feeders S5d725: Texas and Indian steers,
IS. .25aS.50 cows and heifers, iae'5O; native
calves. S6dlO2j.
Shcep-Receipts. $50: steady. Nearlings'
S6.5Odi.5O lambs. SSaH.35; sheep and ewes
East Buffalo Market.
EAST BUFFALO. Dec. lS.-Cattle-Re-
cepts 80 head; slow and steady .
Veals-Receipts, 100 head; active Ndn.
Hogs-Recelpts. 9,oOo head; slow and steady
sheen and Lambs-Recelpts. ? 900 head;
sheep active lambs slow lambs, $bVSSV
Others unchanged.
The Washington times., 1915-12-19
Big Buck Deer Fights
And Injuries His Tender

CHIPPEWA FALLS. Wis, Dec 10
Felix Lagard. seventy years old, one
of the animal tenders at the Zoo in
Irvine Park. was seriously injured by a
big buck deer which attacked the keep
er when he entered the deer inclosure
Mr.. LaGard battled for nearly an hour
before help came. The rcscuers, ELI
Nelson and AnSimc Paquette, had no
weapons and they grapplcd with the en-
RACED animal. After twenty minute
battle five men succeeded in throwing
the deer and tying its feet 10 its horns
In trying to free itself the animal broke
its neck and died. Lagard was taken to
the hosnital
The Washington times., 1915-12-19
Supply Reduced
Three-Fourths

This was official notice to the people
Of Germany that adults and children
over four years old could have no
milk. 1t meant that Germanys milk
supply had Shrunk by three fourths.
and that invalids and others dependent
upon milk diet woul have to deny
themselves that the babies under four
years of age might survive.
This notice was to put the mothers on
their guard and to prepare their minds
for what was 10 follow. Each succeed
ing notice has been more direct and spe-
cific. The municipal governments have
Issued definite orders ccScerning the
distribution and consumption Of milk,
every drop of which is now being zeal
ouslv guarded for infants.
Milk cards are distributed with the
utmost care. and only after investiga-
tion. The cards are for certain guam
titles of milk each day. They cannot
be accumulated. If a mother has a
milk card for a certain day and does
not use 1t on that day it becomes val
ucless.
Throughout Germany today the son
or daughter of princess cannot OBJ
tain milk If he or she is more than
-FOUR years old while the infant of the
poorest in the empire may obtain all
that, the municipality allows as max
imum. This does not exceed one quart
4 day I'm anY instance. The issuance of
these cards does not mean the free dis
tTibution of milk, but merely the grant
Ing of the right to purchase milk at
the regular market price. Those not
having rds are denied the right to
buy milk
The Washington times., 1915-12-19

when he spoke Of the plans to organise
committees seemed TO descent him for
the time being but he brushed the tears
aside quickly and regained his come
posure.
I'VE do not anticipate as much difh-
Guilty In getting the milk as we do in
shipping II to Germany, IL cannot be
sent by freight for the blockade estab-
lished by Germanys enemies still pre-
walls, and we must look to the parcel
post of this great nation. This service
WAS Discontinued In November, to the
great inconvenience of the American
tTian babies, who we're getting milk
through this source, One Of our tasks
In this movement Is to arouse the people
OF the United States to the importance
OF re-establishing the parcel post with
Germany and Austria, il means thous-
ands of dollars In business. and IL means
carrying on humanitarian work which
the world cannot AFFORD TO neglect"
DR.. Won Mach said he had conferred
with Postmaster General Burleson over
resumption of the parcel post service
by which he hopes TO transport the milk
to the babies I'm Germany and Austria.
and that he felt very hopeful that II
would be resumed before long" To the
superintendent of the foreign mail di-
vision OF the postoffice Department,
having charge of European parcel post.
Dr. Won Mach quoted statistics on the
milk supply In Germany, and moved
them deeply with his fearful recital OF
conditions which confronted the Ger
man and Austrian infants with their
milk supply at home steadily dwindling
and not being replenished from abroad.
The Washington times., 1915-12-19
Nearly Half
Billion Quarts

With a million babies in Germany
each needing a quart of milk a day to
sustain them, II is plain to be seen that
DR.. Won Mach and his associates hope
to draw 100000 quarts of condensed
milk from this country in a year.
In this connection. the condensed milk
statistics available at the Department
of Commerce are of interest The to-
tai production of condensed milk in the
United States in 1909, the last year for
which figures have been compiled, was
30.0OO,O0O pounds, worth S35. .295. .343. The
statistical division figures two pounds
to the quart. Therefore the production
was 100000 quarts, or lS0.000,000 less
than Germany needs to keep her babies
alive
The total export of condensed milk
during the year ended last June was
81. .235.6 .62I pounds. or lS,6l7.sl3 quarts,
enough to last Gcrmany's babies eight
cen and a half days. The total export
of condensed milk TO Europe during tho
past year was 9,9Il $3.50 pounds, not
enough to sustain the German babies
five days
The Washington times., 1915-12-19
Milk Is Sent As
First.Class Mail

Tndaunted by this and realizing the
imperative need for milk for German
babies. DR.. Won Mach purchased 700
quarts Of condensed milk last week and
consigned 1t to mothers and pastors in
Germany, sending It by first class Unitcd
states mail. He docs not believe "Cireat
Britain will dare to stop this first class
mail" and thinks the milk will arrive
n Germany in time to save some of
The milk / sent to Germany required
$40 in postage. and will last 700 babies
one day." said Dr. Won Mach. who came
to Washington to request the re-estab-
lishment of parcel post service to Ger
many
ITO insure the proper nourishment of
all the babies needing milk in Germany
alone. We will have to have 100000
quarts of milk a day." continued DR..
Won Mach. I'VE are asking the Amer
lean people whose President empha sizes
humanity In his diplomatic notes. to
contribute the money with which to buy
this milk. Better than contributing
money, we would prefer that the Amer
lean men, women. and children purchase
the milk and mail il by parcel post to
mothers in Germany whose names we
will furnish"
Or. Won Mach. who wrote a series OF
articles at the outbreak Of the war in
which he called attention to the neces-
sity for conserving the food supply, par
ticularly the milk, in Germany. says
his attention was first called to the
milk shortage when he read the North
German Official Gazette of October L.
in which it was stated:
1T is estimated the milk supply will
suffer only for children up to four
years OF age" and lin ordinary times
nine years of age and inValids is half
the milk used"
The Washington times., 1915-12-19
Makes Doctor
Shed Tears

As Or. Won Mach talked Of the birds
and babies his big form shook wien
emotion. tears welled in his eyes anu
streamed down his cheeks and his lips
were compressed. For a moment ne
remained silent, gazing on into space.
as il picturing the conditions he knew
must be faced in Germany unless great
quantities Of milk are rushed there IN
the immediate future. The stout cour-
age and CHEEKY optimism manifested
The Washington times., 1915-12-19
Place Faith
In America

"Do you expect a generous response?"
he was asked.
I'VE anticipate an avalanche of con-
tributions." replied Or. Won Mach. eve
believe the American people will re-
spond quickly and adequately to this
call in the name of humanity and child
hood Who can turn deaf ear to such
an appeal" I am not unmindful of the
fact that perhaps preponderance OF
sympathy in this country Is with tAe
alles. hut deeper than that is the sym
pathy which the world must feel for
war stricken children around whose
throats tho tawney grip of MIX
famine Is tIGhtening through no fault
or responsibility of theirs.
issue of the Official Gazette there ap-
pears g warning to the people of Ger
many that the coming winter Will be
n hard one; that they should husband
their food supplies and he as careful
as possible about the consumption of
the necessities of life. In the next col
umn there appeared request that the
birds be taught to rely upon themselves
and not the people of Germany for their
food. Request was made that the peo-
ple sprinkle whatever crumbs they pad
TO spare in the woods and in the teIds
to teach the birds to look to these places
for their food IN the future, and not 10
the homes of the German people.
II cannot believe that the humanl-
tartan population of America will let
the babies and children Of people who
give thought to the safety of their birds
| i'm a time of stress like this die for
| the want of milk. l do not think the
! American people will fail to realize the
| out, on the contrary look for spon-
| taneous response to the appeal we make
/ and the assuaging of the suffering III
! the ranks OF infancy.
The Washington times., 1915-12-19
Committee Is
Making Appeal

The appeal is made through the citi-
zens' committee of food shipments, or
Eanized in New York city last week.
The meeting at which the committee
camo into being was held in the home
Of Mrs. Samuel Untermeyer. and was
attended by large number OF German
Americans and AUTHORIZATIONS,
whose attention had been called to the
Wdlk shortage in the lands OF their
births through the columns OF the North
German Official Gazette. the mouth
piece Of the German government.
Immediately after organizing and de-
Gliding to undertake the task of soliciting
sufficient money from American men,
women and children to supply enough
milk to the German and Austrian babies
to keep them from starving, the COM
DIR. Edmund Won Mach, a distinguished
Boston physician, of German birth, who
has written many articles on the food
problem In Germany. Carl SchurE was
elected treasurer Of the committee.
Both opened offices in the Wolworth
building i'm New York, and began circu-
lating appeals for money and milk.
DR.. Won Mach realized at once that
the biggest problem facing the commit
tee was to get the milk to Germany and
Austria after II was obtained here. With
Great Britain maintaining a starvation
blockade against Germany and holding
un all freight shipments. Dr. Won Mach
turned to the American parcel post Sys-
TEN. Here. too. the door was closed.
acceptance of parcels for Germany and
Austria having been discontinued early
last month by the Holland-American
steamship line.
The Washington times., 1915-12-19
Crime to Let
Babies Die

. But It is not to braU of Germanys s
resources and the inability of her
enemies to starve her population that
come to Washington. am here to
plead fol milk for babies. The inGDcont
Victims OF the war. who must have milk
it. We are not considering pro-Ger-
manism or pro-allYism, we arc consider
inC innocent. helpless babies whom the
world cannot let die for the want Of
milk. 1t would be terrible com
mentary on the civilization of the world
to let these babies suffer or perish for
lack Of that which God intended them to
have. Their cries must be needed, and
We are looking to the American people
as n humanitarian people to supply the
milk needed.
1--WE intend to organize branches Of
our committee In every State in the
Union and every city where 1t is pos
Sible to organize one. The personnel will
be chosen irrespective of race or racial
sympathy. This movement has nothing
to do with the war. il IL dealing with
one of the pitiable effects of war. un-
doubtedly the most pitiahle.
"Our Massachusetts committee is
composed almost entirely of American
society women. descendants of May
flower stock, who have become inter
ested in this humanitarian movement.
In New York the committee is made up
of Germans and Austriars, or their de-
scendants. who realize the opportunity
for service to humanity and the mercy
in this movement"
The Washington times., 1915-12-19

of Germany to obtain cottonsecd meal
and linseed meal with which 70 feed
milch cows. Germany has almost as
many milcll COWS now as she hid At
the outbreak of the war but they have
not ben receiving the cOttonsced and
linseed meal feed which made their
product adequate to the demands Of the
feed which Germany imported In enor-
nous quantities before the war hnYe
been kept out by the blockDde with the
resultant milk shortage.