Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-03

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/ quickly and readily the proud and
! naughty mothers and daughters Of the
louthern states found when they could
J no longer buy silks and satns, that
| calico was the finest fruit Of the loom
/ 9 nd In many attractive, even beauti-
| lul garments it could be made In fact
, the war raised calico to the dignity
/ It had been considered as only fit to
| lie worn by "niggers and cheap white
trash" but necessity elevated it to a
position Of distinction. Indeed it was
/ this forced appreciation Of the sterling
uses Of cotton cloth which is directly
responsible for the improvement in
The grades Of goods sold and for the
enlargement Of the markets to the
great profit Of the cotton grower
In the present war, for instance,
Isolated Germany has found that
aluminium is an excellent substitute
for copper, and when the copper sup
ply ran short the Germans went right
along making shells out of aluminium,
which is lighter and fully as durable,
IN other things the inventive genius
Cf the German has been constantly in
evidence. But because Of her pre-
raredness Germany has not been
forced to resort to many substitutes
On the contrary, this country suffers
more from the isolation of Germany
than the Germans themselves. Ger
many has for years been the great
chemical manufacturing nation. All of
our coal tar preparations, carbolic
acid, icthyol, and the like most of
ur alkaline preparations; most of the
sulphur solutions and many other
things too numerous to mention came
from Germany, and with the cutting
eff of the export trade we were with.
out means of obtaining "a supply. In
the matter Of aniline dyes this coun
try was short. The clothing manu-
facturers could find nothing to dye
the khaki uniforms of our soldiers or
The heavy weaVcs of everyday gar
ments for workingmen. But American
ingenuity was equal to the task in this
particular direction and a cotton man
ufacturer in the south solved part of
the problem by the mixing of various
COlOred threads in such manner as to
produce more satisfactory color eff
1ect even than the goods dyed with
the German product and a western
farmer boy has discovered a dye made
from the juice of the Usage orange
fully as strong as the Germans manu-
facture and costing much less in he
process of extraction.
Similarly, in the matter of the
necessities of life, the things which
make for sustenance and which keep
the men in the trenches and the
women and children at home strong
and well, there has been substantial
and noteworthy progress. Bran, long
recognized in this country as health
full and nutritious, in addition to being
one of the cheapest forms of food, is
being substituted for wheat in many
of the countries of Europe, with very
satisfactory effect. Alfalfa meal has
also been demonstrated to be fully as
strengthening as wheat flour and an
extra demand has been created
through its use.
1t may be, should the war be long
continued, and the prospect seems
fair at the present, that our whole sys-
tenn of living will be revolutionized
and that many things which we have
heretofore considered indispensable
will not be missed, while many of the
things which we did not deem worthy
Of consideration will hold the highest
place in the esteem Of millions of
men. Mule meat, which was such of
delicacy during the siege of Vicks-
burg, but which has been taboo for
more than a generation, is again com
ing into its own, and we read recently
a very elaborate menu prepared by
Berlin chef of renown in which all
the dishes were made from the car
cass Of horse which had been
slaughtered at the government abat-
toir. And if progress along this line
continues, who knows but what some
more advanced expert In cuisine than
has yet been discovered may find
way of cooking a palatable dish out Of
down shoe heels? Stranger things
have happened.
Mr. Wilson gppmg ~ haVp made