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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19
Vote. for Women.

limited Press Leased Wire Serv1ce.]
SAN, FRANCISCO, Calf, Sept. 49,
The first suffragist edited and controll-
ed metropolitan paper ever printed in
the west, greeted San Franciscoans to-
night. Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont of New
York. votes for women leader, was
editor in chief of the Bulletin for to-
day and with battery of aides got
out a paper that bristled with suffrage
arguments. The note Of the issue was
sounded in an interview OF Mrs. Bel
mont by one of the staff.
'eMy great belief is that the ballot
for women will broaden her life by
broadening her views of life" said the
editor in chief. "And so we are fight
ing for the ballot because it will make
for better womanhood-a womanhood
unrestricted. unbound, endowed with
the responsibility Of looking after her
own and her neighbours interests; be-
cause we believe this responsibility
will cause her to begin to love her
neighbor as herself We need sis
terhood in the world as much as we
need brotherhood"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19

thing about isn't much of yarn.
For nearly three years Mr. Davis
has sat at his desk in the state depart
ment handling the Administrations in
ternational communication. This
summer he went to the San Francisco
exposition for about month In
charge Of the state departments ex-
hibit there That was the first vaca-
ton he has had. and that was vaca-
ton ION the job" All of the rest OF
the time he has been keeping his eyes
on the kilograms General Villa, Huer.
ia, Carranza, Obregon and the thous-
and other Mexicans have seen fit to
send the secretary Of state. He has
also been watching the German chan
cellor's messages to the premier OF
our cabinet and anything. else that for
eign ministers want to send this gov
eminent.
That doesn't seem like much work
but it explains a whole lot about
where the news comes from. For.
eign messages to this country come In
over the private telegraphic line at
the state department, where they
pass under the personal supervision
Of Dr.. Buck. head Of the telegraph di.
vision. After they have been decod
ed they are sent upstairs to the chief
clerks office. Here they are sorted
out and their Importance and the mat
tiers they refer to marked by attach
ing various colored tickets to them
II they are very important a red tick
ct is fastened on them. Then they
go to the heads of the different divls-
ions and the secretary Of state.
To Ben Davis falls the work of
Cooking them over These mess
ages are often of delicate character
Some of them are merely routine
1t is up to Mr.. Davis to decide this
and designate them accordingly. This
is not only trusted employment, it is
brain work.
Now comes the news" part of It
When. every thing is quiet in the
realm of ''Newspaperdom'' and several
specially detiled correspondents are
wondering how long it will take them
to cloud the state department press
room with tobacco smoke, soma pap
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19

With the one notable exception OF
cotton, the acreage of which was cut
down this year because of war con-
ditions, all Of the principal farm
products, such as rye, barley, pota-
toes, hay, rice, tobacco and sugar
show marked increases over 1914.
The case Of the latter crop is es-
pecially interesting as year ago
the growing of sugar cane and sugar
beets was on the decline, following
the action of Congress in reducing
the duty on foreign grown sugar,
and providing it's free admission
after May l, 1915. The war, how
ever, proved life saver temporarily
to the sugar producers, locking up
the export supplies Of Europe and
thereby increasing prices. Follow
ing the lead of the American corr
and wheat farmers, who started in
to raise record crops with the Euro
pean market in view, the sugar
growers in the United States are
raising 1915 crop amounting to an
estimated production OF nearly .
million tons, which is Of record
breaking proportions.
One of the interesting features
revealed by an analysis Of the for
eign trade Of the United States
made by the Department Of Com
merce is that in 1915, for the first
time in over a decade food products
exported by this country exceed the
value of the same products import
ed. Prior to 1900 the United States
was a heavy exporter OF foodstuffs
but from that date the agricultural
imports exceeded the exports by a
substantial balance of trade. This
year conditions are reversed and ex-
ports of these products exceed i'm
ports by $3.50, 900, 900 in value. Dur
ing the preceding year imports ex-
ceeded exports Of food products by
$11O,O0O,000.
This favorable balance of trade
could be still further increased if
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19
THREE cRops-s4 600, 900, 900.

i've. He explained he was going to use
it in getting fish from Lake Michigan.
Charles Brandt and Charles Czilonka
were arrested this afternoon in the
home of Levy Edmund, who said they
we're robbers. A search Of their
rooms in North Clark street, disclosed
enough dynamite to blow up hall
mile OF war trenches. The explosive
sticks filled box two feet wide. a
foot and half deep and two feot
long. The prisoners said they were
going to use 1t to blow up stumps on
farm land They were held for inves-
tigation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19

steps were taken to enable the
United States to grow at home all
the food supplies it's soil is capable
of producing. Taking the single
commodity of sugar as an example,
growing at home the sugar needed
BY the American people the trade
balance in favor of the United States
on the exchange Of food products
would have been increased to over
$500, 100000.
According to the Department OF
Commerce figures, approximately
$163, 100000 of American money
was expended during the past fiscal
year for foreign grown sugar inn
ported into the United STAGES. AS
$25, 100000 worth of this sugar was
exported from this country the net
amount expended on this score was
$13S, 100000. During the same
period the United States exported
300,000,000 bushels of wheat. which
had total valuation of So $4,000
900, at an average price o.. $1.22
per bushel, the highest price at
which export wheat has ever sold.
SELL WHEAT TO BUY SUGAR.
Even with this unusually high
price of wheat, however, over 35 per
cent of the whole sum received was
required to pay the sugar bill. To
grow this wheat required, at the av-
erage yield for the past ten years,
over 100000 acres, or practically
one-seventh of the normal wheat
acreage Of the entire country. If it
Al <,r Iyet a
united States it would be excusabls
to use this large proportion of the
wheat crop to pay the annual sugar
bill. This, however, is not the, case,
as the United States has according
to the Department of Agriculture
278, 100000 acres adapted to sugar
growing and all the sugar imported
into this country during the past
fiscal year could have been grown
on less than 100000 acres of this
land.
Not only does the policy Of i'm
porting sugar and paying for it in
exported wheat involve a practical
waste of nearly 100000 acres of
American farm land but it also in
ficts losses in other ways mas
much as wheat taxes away a large
amount of nitrogen, the most valua-
bic element of the soil, while the
conditions of sugar culture involve
no such loss. In view of the atten-
ton now being devoted to the sub
ject of soil conservation it is antici-
pated by those familiar with the
subject that Congress will take steps
to preserve and develop the sugar
industry of the country by continu-
ing the duty on imported sugar in
order to ceualize wage conditions
here and abroad and to enable
American farmers to expand the
production of this important crop.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19

.Rsad The Daily Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19

For the first time in its history
the United States now leads the
world as an exporting nation. Dur
ing the fiscal year 1914-15 it has
outstripped Great Britain, which
heretofore has held the leading place
in this respect. Its favorable trade
balance for the year exceeded one
billion dollars, establishing another
new record. Exports Of food prod
ucts Of American production for the
same period exceeded one and one
half billion dollars.
This year the farmers Of the
United States will harvest bumper
crops, which in the case of wheat
and corn and oats run into billions
Of bushels. Keeping pace with the
farmers the manufacturers have ex-
ported during the past fiscal year
manufactured products exceeding a
billion dollars. War orders yet to
be filled by American industrial
concerns total over another billion
and may amount to two billions be-
fore the end Of the present year.
With these records being rapidly
established, the year 1915 will be
recorded in history as the billion
dollar year" for the United States:
InaC Sucn IaVOfaOle era ~ 81 Lduu
is borne out by the recent reports
issued by the various federal de-
partments.
THREE cRoPs-s4,000, 0O0, 900.
The Department of Agriculture
reports show that the wheat yield
for this year will approach close to
one billion bushels, with the value of
the crop figured at $1,02s, 790, 900 to
the farmer. Corn is credited with
! three billion bushel crop, having a
farm value of S2,300,O00,000. The
oat crop will total liz billion bush
els. These three crops alone when
harvested will have brought the
farmers four billions of dollars in
round figures
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19
Miyvionsirs Shot Himself

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. Sept. 1S.-
Looking down on the crowds In Mont
gomery street from his real estate Of.
fees. H. w. Shainwald, SO, committed
suicide this afternoon by shooting
himself through the head. He was
reputed to be millionaire and be-
longed to one of the most wealthy
families In California.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19
One way 20 peace.
Rv Alice Robe, United Press Stan
Correspond emit

81 Paul Pioneer Press: Now that
t ~ many OF the European rulers have
"a aAen command OF their armies, 1t is
o ~ De hoped that they will do their
commanding at the front and not
~ s.enty miles in the rear. A little roy
a., p,oooietting would be a powerful
impulse toward peace.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19
WHERE THE NEWS
IS PICKED UP
Chief Clerk in state Department. is
the Best Source for the
Washington Re-
porters.
CENSOR AND ANNOUNCER
Dispatches From Europe, Mexico,
Haiti and Other Places
All Come to
Davis.
IBy F. A. Connolly, United Press staff
CORRESPONDENT


Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s.-Where
does the news come from? That's a
burning question. But news comes
from everywhere, SO that cools it of
bit. But where does the Washing
ton and particularly the Washington
international news come from--aH
ttat about Mexico, Haiti, Germany
and those other places we're going to
have war with. That's another ques-
ton and it isn't 50 hard to answer.
The whole thing Is found in two or
three sources.
OF course, every story has about a
thousand angles, but there need be
only one angle to start or confirm a
story, and any international yarn that
Benjamin D. Davis. chief clerk of the
state department doesn't know some.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19
Gone on. Of Fashion

Chicago Evening Post: BY the way,
isn't 1t time for some general or king
to announce that he's going to take
Christmas dinner in some hostile
capital? They were all doing 1t this
time last year.
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CONTINUED on page a.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19
Dynamite hi Eound !.

4 United Press Leased Wire Service. |
CHICAGO, Sept. 1S.-Chicago po-
lice today made their second larga
md Of dynamite within few days
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-06-17
Ohio Mines Slow
IN Opening Again

The condition In the coal field is
just about as it was last week, but
every week brings the miner closer to
the season that the shipments are
more regular over the lakes. Early
in the season the boats are not run
ming with the regularity they will be
expected to show at later date. Then
again the operators who have SO much
to attend to in order that old custom
ers may be lined up once more are
finding that the work to be done is
almost as great as that done by those
opening UP new field. Many of the
best customers in other fields have
been receiving good treatment from
the operators in other fields since the
strike began, and they may hesitate
about placing orders with the old
friends and, in some cases, customers
will not return at all. When the bust
mess becomes normal again the Ohio
operator has the advantage Of quick
shipments to Lake points and this may
have a.-tendency to help. him more
than anything else. In the meantime
the task is a wonderful one and as
they require the men they will be
placed to work.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-06-17
PIasterers Say
safety First

The Plasterers Of the city are pre-
pairing a new set of Bylaws. showing
xkey are wise to the changes appear.
ing In the trade and intend p meet
them. Due to the great amount Of
outside plastering being done by
item, and the risks incurred by them,
when working on the swinging scat
fold, they are overcoming that evil
by charging double time for every
hour worked on such scaffolds. To
avoid the extra time many contrac-
tors will furnish substantial scaffolds
to work upon, thereby reducing the
risk of the lPlasterers to the minimum.
In other words it is the safety First"
idea properly applied.
THE members OF this local are to
q great extent working steady, and
this is due to the amount Of outside
cement finishing being done in the
valley. Their meetings, as a rule, are
well attended. members taking great
interest in the affairs of the local.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-06-17
Coal Orders Make
Rail Roads Busy

The condition of the freight yards
are not crowded at the present time,
but the men at the different platforms
state that the Improvement can be
noticed from day to day; while not
as good as It should be, it is much
better at the present time than it has
been for more than one year.
The repair. department of the B.. &
o. in this seceion is running good !;
more machinists are back at their
work this month than was reported
for some time, freight crews are being
recalled every day and, within short
time, the men who have been Through
ed for almost one year will be busy
again. This will bring about a better
feeling, as during the slow period
brakemen were forced to bear the
brunt of the depression as the many
conductors were, from point Of long
service, given the preference and re-
duced to the brakeman's position and
the latter was furloughed; the same
was true of the fireman he being
forced to retire in favor of the engin-
eer, who was placed in the fireman's
position.
With heavy hauling from the Fair
mont field, as the report from that
district is to the effect that the larger
mines could work day and night as the
orders are beyond the regular output
of the mines in that seceion; this be-
ing the case, the railroads hauling
from there will be kept pretty busy
from now on.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-06-17
NEW A. SCALE
|. CAUSES.INTERES7

The members Of the A. A. locals
here and at Martins Ferry are inter
ested insthe meeting of the scale com
mittee that will meet at Atlantic City
for the first time Thursday Of this
week. It was expected that an earlier
meeting might be arranged for but the
oficials Of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton were forced to call upon many
locals throughout the country, as they
cover about a half dozen different
scales when dealing with the manu-
facturers. It is expected that the
scale that expires June 80 will be re-
newed with the independent mills of
the country for another year. Tom
o. Jones and Mike Mahoney represent
Crescent Lodge, and Vice President
|Larkins, with Harry Evans. win repre-.
sent the belmont lodge. Jenkins Jones
of Follansbee, win represent the lodge
Of that piaca.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-06-17
Carnegie Furnace May
Stop And River Side-Start

The report was circulated Thursday
that the furnaces at the Carnegie
mill at Bellaire was in such q condi-
ton that they would have to be shut
down to be refined, and to do this
would rekuire at least so days, and
may cause a>Suspension Of 80 days.
The mill has been working very good
the last few months and all winter,
when many industries were idle, JtAe
mill was making about four days 4
week. It has been a wonderful help
to Bellaire during the suspension of
the mines and It will be hoped by the
employees that the suspension will not
be more than couple of weeks. The
party making this statement added
that it was possible the furnaces at
the Riverside may be placed in opera
ton by the Carnegie interests as they
had many urgent orders that must be
filled and could be attended to by call
ing into service the idle furnaces at
this plant while repairs were being
made at Bellaire.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-06-17
Ends Chicago Strike;
Secures Arbitration

With many of their demands grant
ed and no reduction in wages assured,
the Street Railway Men Of Chicago
have decided that the other grievances
and the increase demanded by them
shall be arbitrated by a committee OF
three citizens of that city. So ends
the most peaceable street railway
strike in the. history OF that organizar
ton. ~
The settlement was arrived ct after
4 conference with Mayor Thompson
presiding, representatives of the or
eanization, and q. committee of the
city council, together with representa-
ftiyes Of the companies involved.
The conference was conducted by
the Mayor through all Of Wednesday
and went into session again that night
and remained in session with all doors
guarded until a. m. Thursday morn
ing. when settlement was arrived at.
During the session the Mayor had the
doors guarded and would permit none
Of the committee to leave until set
Element was arrived at. eIs
The fact that both of the opposing
forces selected Mayor Thompson 81
the third an official umpire Of the Ar
bitration Committee was proof in it
self that he has dealt in a fair man
ner with both interests invilved; the
other members of the committee viii
be selected att later date and in tht
meantime ira shall not be inter
rupted pending the decision of. thu
COMMITTEES.
The support given the strikers wa
Ia demonstration that the demands
were Just, as the citizens Of Chicag'
walked miles to and from their worl
81 paid anywhere from % to so cent
for the privilege OF riding in Vehicle
tof an sorts. About 5000 men return
"a to work Thursday morning.
u
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-06-17
Building Industry l
In Peculiar Shape

The building crafts are situated in
a very peculiar manner as the number
employed on the different buildings
when conditions are normal is some
what reduced at the present time. The
Painters are the only building craft
thst has busy season; every painter
in the city who desires to work Is
working, and this can be said about
every city in the Valley, due to the
fact that the painters, like the plumb
ers, have all the old buildings to at
tend to and are not restricted to the
new buildings. The carpenters, brick
layers, electrical workers, and the
fathers are to a great extent depend
ing upon the new work and at this
season very little Of it is being done
less than 40 per cent Of the crafts
mentioned are working at the present
time. The season is one that has not
been equalled for some time In the
peculiar way the work is being done;
the piasterers having so much outside
'plastering Of Cement ii do is keeping
many of them working. Cement work
OF all kinds is better than was expect
ed earlier in the season.
Better Conditions. "A
With several buildings Of import
arce being. figured on and some con-
tracts let indications are for little
better condition of affairs with the
crafts at present affectde later in the
summer.
Structural Iron Workers,
The structural Iron Men Of the city
have a chance to do better than any
trade in the Valley. With the remov
| ing of the iron from the Masonic Tenn
Die, the erection of the Power Plant
building, and several lesser jobs here
in the city and a number Of large jobs
through the state, the men employed
at this craft are working steady.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-06-17
Two Bartender Locals
Organize IN Ohio

Two locals Of the Bartenders' or
ganization were instituted last week.
one at Bridgeport and one at Martins
Ferry. with the total membership OF
the men employed at the business in
both towns. The charters came from
the headquarters OF the international
organization making them bona fide
organizations afidated with the A. r
Of L. The last report received from
Beilaire was to the effect that they
were stirl a local organization with
no afiliation with the international
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-06-17

After thirty-three years Of individual1sm

dent spoke of the honor conferred up
ON the Cigar Makers of the country
by having one of their re personalities
installing the Assembly. that for 80
years was without a charter and yet
worked SO faithfully for the Labor
movement. AS one of the organiza-
tions that has been the cause of the
Assembly being deprived Of charter
the last few years he, wished the
delegates to understand that at no
time did the Cigar Makers fight the
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-06-17
'[ATHERS STRIKE AGAINST
CONTRACTOR JOHN GILL

The fathers strike is still on, now
settled down to the obstinate stand
taken by one contractor, John Gill,
they having signed all contractors ex-
cepting him. After exhausting every
effort possible to get him to sign they
were forced to call the executive board
of the building crafts together and
place his case before them.
Just what action the building crafts
will take is not known, but to follow
out the established xnIe as set by
them they will. refuse to work on the
same building with him or any of his
men. here is only this one man
standing in the way of complete hars
mony in the building crafts of the
city. They still maintain the strike
called on the John Peake building
about one week ago.
Ohio Side Too.
The Building Section on the Ohio
side has given the Lathers union com.
plete recognition Of their jurisdiction
in the valley and. due to the commu-
nicatton received from headquarters
by the men in the city of BelIaire, they
are prevailing upon those men to Join
the Lathers' local here. The cards Of
this local where fathers are employed
will be the only cards recognized on
the other side by the Building Crafts
Section.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-06-17
ORGANIZING ELECTRICIANS

Dan Moley and VIII Lynn, repre-
sentatives Of the Electrical workers,
are devoting considerable time to the
Organization of the electrical workers
OF Bellaire, and from the report they
make they are making a great deal Of
progress. The only chance the men
of this craft In Bellaire have is by way
of the local 141. Then they can Or
ganize a sub-local if they so desire.
bue once within the fold Of the local
here there is little chance Of them
wishing to separate the old local. Dan
Moley was called to Canton the latter
part of last week to take care Of the
affairs Of the local there and returned
after. he had transacted the business
requiring his attention there,