The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-14

need to appeal to German officers
and: soldiers and other visitors for
help. a stag day was held a day
OF SO ago to raise money for the
most pressing needs and tags were 7
seen on virtually every uniform.
There Is little kerosene left In
town and the stock of candles is ex-
ahausted. Residents of means stiIl
have gas or electric light, the au-
thorities having so far succeeded in
Keeping the plants in operation, but
the poorer people either sit in dark
ness or burn turpontine and other
Substitutes. The supply Of these
Is very short
The German authorities are de-
voting full attention to this prob.
lem.
I We have at the frontier" said
Major General. Won Gehricke. Afili-
tary Governor OF Lodz. "a train
loan of supplies intended for LODI.
The supplies were in readiness
earlier, as soon as we knew with
fair certainty that we would soon be
Y again in LODI Only railroad diff
culties prevent us bringing them In.
The question Of fuel is acute.
visited one Of the hospitals a few
days ago and found It unheated.
The surgeon was unable to perform
necessary operations. So ! issued
an order to turn over all available
coal to the hospitals. I'VE hope to
get coal from the Russian coal
fields in Poland. all Of (which are
now in our possession. we shall
not have to draw on German coal
supplies. I. Z
How Europe is drawing ispn the
United States for food. is well IL
Illustrated in the report Of the De-
partment OF Commercs tor the last
few months. It looks ~ though the
American farmer Is entering on
period of greet prosparitx.ss q, 4
Five times as much whea and SIX
times as much, corn were exported
in December as in the 4amefmonth
in 1913; flour exportsi ipcfeased
more than 6S per cent for the same
period; fresh beef 4tnSEe sed more
than twelvefold, and the exports 6t
"breadstuffs." which includes near
ly all the staple grains generally
! increased five times. The depart
ment's summary Says: siss
Wheat exports ID y December ag-
sregated 2s,s75, 217 bust or ave
times the quantity IN December,
1913. namely, 5, 724 OF. The aver
age export price last December was
s1.25 per bushei.. against 90 cents
In December one year earlier. 8
IL "Of flour the months export
! movement was IS IS per cent mora
than In December. 1918. being L.
s1SS317 barrels. compared with i. =
4 o79, 240, and. the value thereof was
$s.473,660. compared with $4.90s,-
22s. 4. e.
Oats showed a larger total in
December than in the entire calen-
dar year 1918. Tht outward move.
ment totaled 5,20s,431 bushels in
5 December last. against s0.79S in
December, 1918. and 5.202,717 in
the year ending with that month.
Corn exports in December. 1914.
amounted to 4.5S2,000 bu., valued
at $S,S54,592, against 74s, 1874. val-t
ued at $780, 65 In December. 1913.
Fresh beef in December showed
9 total export Of e.5s4.s4s pounds.
Z against 524,4s0 pounds In Deem
Der, 1918. ad 6.61s.s31 in the twelve
: months ending December. 1918.
5 Picked and sailed beef doubled
quantity of exports. the December
total being 2. s51 $50 pounds. against;
1.467.743 pounds in the same month
Of the preceding year.
Comparing the export movement
OF the last two years. wheat Inc
creased from ss.360.27s bushels to
1T3.24e.305; flour from 12.21s.515s
barrels to 1885. 1s5. and oats from
5.202,717 bushels to 35.029,5S5.
while corn decreased from 44.709.-
954 bushels to 15.107. 40.
Fresh beef nearly quintupled.
while picked and sailed beef slight
" decreased IN quantity OF exports,
the former advancing from $685.
s31 to 31,246.43s pounds, and the
latter receding from "a, s04. 900 to
23,sT5,266 pounds, though this
downward tendency was reversed In
the closing months OF the year.