Arizona republican., 1915-10-18
Drawn by Lure of Con- tracts and Exceptional Demand for American Goods, Drummer Fla miliar Figure Abroad
TAKES PLACE
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Chasing His Canned Goods As War Rations. Sue ceeds in Finding Ready. Market for Products From United States
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PARIS Oct 1.-The American agent, drawn by the lure of war contracts and exceptional demand for American goods l in all lines, is becoming one of the most familiar figures of London, Paris 1 and the other war capitals of Europe. He is taking the place of the American pleasure tourist, who has almost dis appeared from the scene, and the chan mel boats, the great hotels and the bou- l levards now have a goodly quota of Americans telling their stories and re- lating their latest experiences in deal ing with officials over war supplies. i They are of the audacious and adVen- turous type and prepared on short mo- ] tice to talk in round millions on a con- tract for horses, guns, munitions, or supplies of any kind.
 Two of the new type of war contrac- tors chanced to meet at the Grand hotel the other day. and after the usual greetings and inquiries about home, one of them asked the other:
 What is your line?" x
 Canned goods
 Doing any business
 Fine; just closed a big contract with the milithary people for war ration
 What kind of a war ration?"
 Well, we call it Irish stew in Amer ica, but over here, since the war began. l am calling it a war ration, and it has caught on fine. We take a certain DOT tion of meat-good first class meat and no poor stuff-and add a portion of rice, a portion of onions, a portion of carrots, with seasoning, that you see makes a fine Irish stew, but as I say over here we call it a war ration"
 And what do you think?" he went on. We put up that stew in one pound tin cans, and after they eat the Irish stew they're going to use the tin cans for hand grenades. Now that's a fact and that's where our goods ap- pealed to these military people the moSt-the double use they could get out of then-first as a war ration and then as a hand grenade, and that's what closed the contract"
 This was told in all seriousness and was not story of the road, so that there is every reason to expect that Irish stew made in America will soon be nOurishing allied troops and after ward serving them as a receptacle for explosives to offset liquid fire, asphyx- iating gas and other deadly contri- Vances.
 
 had considerably enlarged while thiS talk was going on, and one of the new corners remarked:
 I've got something that beats your lrlsh stew. but those people at the Lon don war office wouldn't adopt it."
 He drew from his pocket a wad of pliahle metal that gradually unfoIded itself into the form of a perfect glove. It was made of minute links of steel. much as ladies link purse is made. so that the linked-steel glove fitted to the hand and was flexible to all it's move 
 Have you noticed, he explained. that the wounded India troops in the streets of London invariab bly have their right hand in a sling. That is because the Indian fighter, when he rushes q German trench, grabs the German bay onets as they're thrust at him. and when the bayonet is jerked back it cuts an ugly double edged wound in the In dian's hand. That's why half the In dian troops are in hospitals with hands.
 Now it was to meet just such q con- dltlon and keep the Indian on the firing me that We got up this steel-linked glove With that on his hand an IndSh ran Jump in a trench and grab bay onet. with no danger of a wounded nand But somehow those war office people wouldn't see it; they're standing
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