The Detroit times., 1915-07-06

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Eusilsh blockade has certainly been
eReetive against them, In spite OF
haIf.hearted efforts TO convince us
10 the contrary. The manager OF
the chamber Of commerce In Ham
burg was entirely frank about II. In
| his little speech Of welcome. he ad-
mttted that business did not exist.
| Bremen seemed a bit more clipper.
They limited that blockade runners
| rot In now and then-though not
often. But in Lubbock the business
men met Ne cheering-speaking me
taphorically. They were happy as
could be.
Lubbock" they said. lis doing a
better trade than she has for
years"
As our train entered Lubbock II
passed a long train OF cattle cars
on the side track. Each car was
filed with short-horned beeves, tat
and frisky for the killing. Each
car was likewise marked on the
side as the property Of the Danish
State railway. The blockade against
the admission OF food TO Germany
obviously does not interest Den
marks railway mer. Our hrst stop
in Lubbock was al the cold storage
plant. II was for this plant that
the trsinload OF beeyes was
destined. Irving s. Weber. who
has managed plants for various Chi
cago packers is the manager. he
led us through floor after hoor,
filed with frozen carcasses OF beef
and mutton and hogs. He tapped
on the meat with mis- wooden ham
mer until il rang.
Fine condition, said he. With
professional enthusiasm Its a
bully little plant"
Perhaps he had not been re-
hearsed IN what he vas 10 tell US,
We found the same state Of mind
in all the men of Lubbock. They
talked 10 us as frankly as though
Germany were no, AZ war. II there
is such thing as a military secret
In Lubbock. II had not occurred 10
any one OF them.
81 have $4,000 hogs. 1000 cattle
and 5000 sheep now in the refrig-
orators" said Weber
That was interesting. but II did
not occur to US as Importantly
cept that 80 much meat would Ger.
tainly feed q good many people for
quite q ~hile-until we talked 10
the army ofYicer who accompanied
our party Then we found ont why
the husky butchers who were show
ing us through the plant all wore
military uniforms. The plant has
been taken over by the government.
Its contents are not TO be touched
before next fall.
Perhaps not then" said the OF.
fcer. We may not need II until
later"
We went back to Weber
rs the plant FULL" ve asked art
fully.
"Oh. no. said he. within the
next few weeks ! expect TO get
about 1000 cattle from Denmark
and perhaps 10000 hogs and sheep.
Then ii will be quite fun"
II didn't seem TO occur to any one
to deny that trainloads Of food were
coming in from Denmark and that
shiploads were coming In from
Sweden every week We went for
q ride through the harbor. Tied to
every dock were ships with their
national colors painted In huge
stripes on their sides. that the men
In the coming towers OF the sub
marines might know them for
friends. One ship had an English
name. and some one said that she
had been captured by the Germans.
We asked.
.-Oh. no." was the reply she is
a Swedish ship. She makes regular
weekly trips"
We went TO a factory where cans
are made 10 be filed with herring
and salmon and sardines and the
like. II was running TO capacity.
Every machine was humming. Some
one said there 10 q larger factory
OF the sort in Lubbock. and that II.
too. was running full hours.
Where are the cans flled." We
asked innocently.
Here in town. they told US
And then, OF course. great many
cans are sent TO Norway and Swe-
den to be filed and then shipped
back TO us"
The harbor was as noisy "a
boilershop. Hammers we're ringing
on steel in every shipyard We
passed. Men were hanging over the
sides OF ships. painting great
splashes OF their national colors on
them. Machine shops were going.
Tugs were hooting about. Half
dozen Of the dyarfed. stubby. load.
carrying steamers that ply in the
Baltic trade passed us. inbound TO
their qusys. They moved as slug
gishly as RATS under their loads.
II IL certainly true that Lubbock
could do a greater business than
che IL doing II is also true that
she is doing so much business to-
day that the business men we met
NnEe An air Of alaflnn Ona hard