Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-08-11

ment VIII have TO do something and
the demand Is increasing for the con
vening Of Congress.
The official figures are coming out
showing that while the war Ii boom
Ing some lines Of American produc
ton. Il Is blighting other branches 81
industry. Thus q gain Of SCI, 00o. 0O(
In eleven months ii automobiles sold
abroad 10 Offset by a loss OF $4,000.
900 in agricultural Implements. IA gafr
Of I'll 100000 In metal working ma
chinery is contrasted with q loss d
$46, 900, 900 In copper manufactures. a
gain Of $23, 500 900 IN sole leather and
shoes is Offset by q loss Of $39, 900.
600 In lumber products.
Now these losses are due IN part tc
the effect Of war on demand, but II
still larger part to the effect Of the II
legal long-distance blockade on Amert
can exports. And here's the rub.
Now the women are to have thei,
own City Club to deal with municipal
problems and to form centre Of civic
interests for the women Of the metroD
oils. Mrs. Norman de r. Whitehouse
Miss Alice Carpenter and DR.. Kathar
inc B. Davis, commissioner Of correc
tons are among the leaders in the
movement.
Really 81 big railroads, having been
defeated in their campaign against
the full crew" laws, have discovered
that the fault is in themselves. in thei,
inveterate opposition to publicity
Now they have decided to seek pub
licity as eagerly and as unblushingly
as does the average chorus girl.
Americans felt very powerful the
other morning when the "Times'
showed that there are in this country
100000 able-bodied men capable Of
serving In an army. But only 81 II
each 10000 have had any military
training! s,
When one comes to think of it the
British Empire, with 438.OO0,000 popu
lation, ought to have over "a, Ooo, 0O(
available men, but Great Britain. un
prepared, cuts q sorry figure against
an Empire one-sixth its own size. and
Russia, unprepared is fleeing before
the armies Of nation of much less
thar half its population.
lis America learning this lesson p
the real American papers are asking
New York City at the beginning Of
the year had 1,167 fire horses al
against 1000 three years ago. In an
other year there will be none, for mot
or driven apparatus is being substit
ed Tor horse-drawn as fast as Com
missioner Adamson can get the none,
to buy the new equipment. Speet
and efficiency are not the only factors
In the change. It costs 5000 year t
keep q motor in order and 5000 Il
feed and stable the three horses need
ed to each engine.
Tn creation Of an American mer
chant marine was a big issue in TIL.
last Congress, but the Presidents pla1
was brought to naught. Now Grea
Britain is planning a line through tn.
Panama Canal to the west coast O
South America, and the American
Transatlantic Company has gathered
up eleven neutral vessels and pu
them under the American flag. Til,
latter announcement caused som,
mild excitement, because of the rum
or that Mr.. SHINES, of Essen, Ger,
supplied the capital. But why worr,
about that? ~ -
Conservative men in Wall Stree
are seeking to check the wild ant
dangerous speculation in "war babies
the stocks, such as Bethlehem Steel
that show temporary gains altogether
out OF proportion to the highly profit
able but short-lived business of sun
plying the Allie with munitions of war
When such stock is run up to $27I
Tor 800 share, the spectators arr
giving it wholly fictitious value, 70,
even II the war should last thre,
years, which it will not, the extr1
business in that period would not jus
tify an increase of ITS percent in can
ttalization. =