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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

HqulQ rlel with such marvellous econ
omy that the German manufacturer is
able to compete with the American
and Englishman who burns cheap coal.
How economic necessity shapes the
destinies of the inventor we see in the
development of the big American cor
porations. The trusts have made in
vention a recognized profession. Men
rent their inventive brains by the year
to makers Of shoe machinery, tele-
phone apparatus and electric devices.
How many have heard of Charles
Scribner? Only few electrical en-
gineers Yet he has patented nearly
a thousand inventions for cheapening
and improving telephone communica-
ton. There are dozens like him, men
who rank with the foremost inventors
Of the world, but whose personalities
are as completely submerged as those
of bookkeepers and are never exploit
ed in the daily press. They are econ
omic necessities in themselves; for
the enterprises with which they are
identified would never have grown to
vast proportions without their aid.
If in the struggle to hold our ground
in foreign markets, we must invent
still more amazing machines to Offset
cheaper European manufacturing
costs, rest assured that the American
inventor will rise to the occasion Not
his the fault, II we refuse to conduct
our financial transactions after the
South American fashion or IL We per-
sist in shipping buttons in great pack
ing cases to countries where the rail-
way is unknown and the mule is the
only carrier; not his fault II our gov
eminent makes it difficult for our ex-
porters to trade with foreigners. Tell
him that the economic necessities are
such that Lake Superior must be
sucked dry and he will produce
titanic pump for the purpose. In the
lexicon of invention there is no such
word as fell
Soon there will be no great differ
ence in the character Of European and
American inventions. Our resources
must be husbanded. We are using our
coal and our ores less recklessly than
was our wont. Industrial research and
scientific management have become
economic necessities. We find that
we, too, must employ chemists to show
us how the most is to be made of cot
tonseed and corn, of slaughtered
steers horns and intestines.
In another decade science as we'll as
invention will play it's part in devel-
oping our industries. And then it will
be dificult to distinguish the Ameri-
can from the European inventor-at
least from achievement alone.
ional Editorial Service.)
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ADEQUATE pkFENsEs.

t Captain Charles 3. Kilburne Of the
keneral stan of tho United States
krmy said In an address to the regi-
hent OF business men at the military
hstruotions camp that three OF the
tblest onlcers OF the army are work
ing out 4 system of proper and etfici-
kn{ support for the coast Notifications
k this country.
In emphasizing the need of such
support. Captain Kilburne said:
"'There 10 just one place In our
scheme Of coast defense that would
hot need the entire mobile army of
The United states to support it in the
event of q crisis. That is the Long
Island approach to New York City
where the three fortifcations, Forts
Niche, Terry and Wright are on
islands"
Captain Kilburne said that unless
there was an adequate coast artillery
armament on Sandy Hook and other
strategic points In that district, 1t
would be possible for an enemy's fleet
To lie at the mouth Of Ambrose chan
mel the entrance to New York har-
Dor, and concentrate their fire on each
American vessel attempting to leave
the harbor to engage them.
Il The Notifications in the Philippines
,hnd Hawaii, Captain Kilburne said,
could not be reinforced in war time
and 1t was very doubtful if the Pana-
ma fertilization could be reinforced
under present conditions. In some OF
the coast Notifications, he said, TWEEN
ty-fve companies Of the coast artillery
are needed to man them properly but
they now have not more than ten com
panies. Captain Kilburne said there
were no better mortars in the world
than those in American forts.
In connection with the subject OF
adequate coast protection 1t is note
worthy that the volunteer training
camp idea has struck a responsive
chord in many Americans. The camp
at Plattsburg drew over thousand
business and professional men-many
Of them being men of prominence
take months course in military
training just for emergency. Another
r--~,- Damn T. to be held at Chicago
and reports from there are that al
I, everal hundred business men
from Chicago and cities within a
radius of three hundred miles have
made application to join. Among them
are Mayor Harry P. Pearsons OF EV-
anston, ILL.,: J. A. Pathe, Jr., and DR..
j. W. Miller. Cincinnati.
The applicants from Chicago in
asslude bankers, manufacturers, minis
tiers. lawyers, theatrical managers,
actors and mechanics.
Colonel William J. Nicholson. Unit
ed States army, commander at Fort
Sheridan, will be in charge of the
training camp.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26
CAUSE AND EEEEcT.

For the week ending August Z, 1918,
imports entered at thirteen principal
customs districts of the United States
were valued at $34,294,00O. The duty
collected thereon was s3,432,o0O, an
average ad valorem duty of ten per
cent compared with an annual aver
age ad valorem duty of 17.5 per cent
for 1913
The balance in the general fund OF
the United States treasury dropped
to s5S,431,49O during the week ending
August IA. Two years ago there was
$40 .OOO, 900 in the treasury The de-
felt from July 1 to August IA was
$24,711,866.
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SALEM

A. Davidson and wife are visiting
their daughter, Mrs. ]. L. Guy, and
family at Hamilton, Ill.
Mrs. George Wilmeth and son,
Craig, are visiting the, formers Sis
ter. Mrs. Theodore Blush and family
at Denver, Colo.
Following a weeks visit with DR..
and Mrs. E. A. Stewart, Mrs. c. B..
Osborne and son, Kenneth, returned
to Oak Park, Illinois.
Wednesday,, Mrs. McMaster re
turned from New London where she
was a guest of relatives and friends.
Prof. C. X. Hayes and his mother
autoed over from New London We'd
nesday afternoon.
Friends quarterly meeting was held
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The American lnDenf0rd Safe Standby
He Can Be Relied Upon to Meet Every Emergency
Created By Competing Europe
WALDEMAR KAEMPFFERT
Editor, The Scientific American

Given an inventors board, such as
we are promised by Secretary Daniels,
what may we expect of Americas in
genuity? Given a vastly increased
foreign commerce, will our native in
ventiveness devise cheap methods Of
manufacture so that we may hold the
ground We have gained in new mar
kets after the war is over? Are the
brains of the American inventor more
active, more cropping than those Of his
European rival? In a word, is there
anything peculiarly racial in American
invention?
He who said that necessity is the
mother of invention" knew whereof
he spoke. For the course of inven-
ton is automatically directed by econ
omic conditions. Because the neces-
sites OF the United States differ so
vastly from the necessities of Europe,
American inventors seem to stand
apart.
We have been rich in resources, but
poor in labor Iron, coal, timber and
wheat, We have in plenty; but the
hands to dig and garner have been
too few and, therefore, too costly. No
wonder that we have invented labor
saving devices-marvelous artificial
muscles and senses compared with
which the human organism seems
puny indeed. No wonder what we de-
vised the harvester and the binder
which made it possible to grow and
reap grain on fields measured not by
acres but by square miles; that we
gave the world automatic machines to
pare steel and forge iron; that we
devised mechanism for making shoes
and setting type; that We supplanted
the pick and shovel by huge buckets
that scoop up five tons of earth or ore
at a time.
With Europe it has been otherwise.
Poor in resources, but rich in labor,
it's economic necessities demanded
the conservation of material. Since
that is scientific rather than a me-
chanical problem, the chemist has
played a greater part in the indus
trial upbuilding of Europe than Of
America. Even invention, as such,
has been directed into the same chan
nels. The European saw dividends
floating into the atmosphere from the
flaming tops of blast furnaces, a waste
in his eyes equivalent to that Of light
ing cigarettes with ten dollar bills.
Forthwith the blast furnace gas en-
CINE was invented to utilize the ener-
gy dissipated Coal is expensive in
Germany. A Pielock invented the
superheater for utilizing fuel very
sparingly on locomotives and a Diesel
designs an engine which can burn any
Copyright, 1915, by Ma
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

Today only responsible firms adver'
tise. because the manufacturers know
that whenever they tell the whole
country about their goods they are
making claims which the people will
very soon prove good or bad. If good
their future success is assured, but If
the goods do not warrant the claims,
then is the advertiser in fear of ruin,
for neither you nor your dealers are
going to buy from firm that claims
something it does not possess. Mod
ern Pricilla
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BLOOM FIELD.

d. B. Harper and Howard Sax, We're
recently called to New Mexico to set
tie m the estate Of their brother-in-
law. w. H. Luce, who lost his life in a
run away accident.
Simon Behler OF Batavia, is visiting
at the home of his son ]. w. Beehier
east of this city.
Frank White and Earl Wilcox of
Lancaster, Mo-, spent part Of this
week in This ,ity seeing after business
interests.
Samuel Warner and wife, OF
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The people OF the nation can we'll
afford to follow the lead Of the presi-
dent in reserving Judgment on the
sinking Of the Arabic until all the
facts are known and both the German
and the British versions are available.
The people will be with the president
in trying to uphold the rights Of this
country and at the same time work
ing for its best interests, which are
utterly opposed to a war.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

Just what extenuating oircum'
stances the Germans might offer in
the case of the steamer Arabic is
hard to perceive on the face of the
reports thus far. The fact seems es.
tablished that German submarine,
without warning, torpedoed an unarm.
ed steamer carrying American lives,
friendly act" under the terms Of our
last note to the kaiser. Nevertheless,
the president is doing right in inviting
an explanation if there be one And
in the meantime, the American PEG.
pie can we'll afford to let the proper
government officials handle the nat.
ter
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

of agriculture states that the mileage
of concrete pavements in the United
States is rapidly increasing. The esti-
mated amount of such pavement
is measured in square yards rather
than in miles Of road-was 100000
square yards in 1914 as against 364,00O
square yards in 1909.
Advantages of concrete pavements
are said to be Cd durability under or
binary traffic conditions; % a smooth
even surface, offering little resist
ance: (3) absence of dust, and ease
with which 1t may be cleaned; 90
small cost of maintenance until re-
newal; 60 availability as base for
another surface II desirable; 60 at
tractive appearance.
Disadvantages are It's noisiness un-
der horse traffic, tendency to crack
and difficulty of repairs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26
BOYS.

I'm the September American Maya
me Stanley Johnson begins a series
articles entitled, youth Leads the
ay," in which he will report many
and wonderful facts about the
SSlopments in agriculture recently
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

Illinois fears that the violent storm
which swept the southern half of it
Friday did fifteen million dollars dam.
age to the corn crop. Iowa was for.
tunately out of the path Of the storm
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

A booster does all the good he can,
for all the people he can, as long as
he can. and leaves the rest to Cod
Office Topics.
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ID n n Gr
5 tort q y

Young Barnes had married con-
trary to his fathers wishes. Meet
ing his parent soon afterward, the
father said, angrily: WELL young
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

The year 1915 has seen more calam-
titles, big and little, than any year in
the memory of man. But Iowa grows
bigger and richer nevertheless.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

The man who seizes opportunity
without first getting acquainted, some
times get the "1cy mitt."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

The successful man gets ideas FOL
his own business from everything he
sees and hears--Cean Gee.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

by practicing thrift. Thrift Is the true
secret of wealth.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

Some people are so suspicious that
they are never sure they won't get
hurt on the corners of square deal.
-Whittet's Whims.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

An oiled road Is like a ducks back
the rain runs right off.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

Where one man gets comfortably
fixed as the result Of some lucky fnan-
cial stroke. = dozen grow Well-to-do
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

Efficiency does not dread competl
ton; it welcomes 1t.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

Keep off new paving until it sets
SO that traffic will not harm it.
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and then added, but you don't hap
pen to have the dollar with you?
In a town of Maryland one Bill
Morton appeared before the post
master one morning, and the follow
ing colloquy occurred:
At a certain college in Iowa the
male students are not permitted to
visit the resident female boarders.
One day a male student was caught
in the act of doing so and was brought
before the president, who said.
well, Mr.. Jones, the penalty for
the first offense Is so cents; for the
second, rs cents; for the third, 81,
and so on. rising to S."
How much would season ticket
cost?'
Old Eben was walking along the
street one morning and one of his
arms was in a, sling. Mrs. Horton,
who had often employed the old fell
low for odd jobs, happened to meet
him and asked:
why, Eben, have you met with an
accident?"
Eyes, ma'am," replied Eben, II did.
Use done up now, fer sho'! You see
dis arm in de sling, ma'am, don't
you?"
Eyes, Eben." said the woman, SYM
pathetically, what has happened?'
"Well. ma'am,' the old colored man
answered, "I'll be seventy-one years
ole mex harvest. l done see lots OBJ
trouble in my day, ma'am, but by de
grace er God I miss de Kuklux an l
miss de Whitecaps, ma'am, an miss
de Vigilance Committee an de Regu-
lators, an now. ma'am, here in my
ole age dem waxinators kotched mel"
Small Elmer had drawn the pic
ture of dog and cat on his slate.
why. Elmer" said his mother,
"your cat has six legs instead OF four. :
Eyes" replied the little artist. Il
gave her two extra 50 she could run
away from the dog
Morning, Mr.. Postmaster"
Morning, Bill
"Has Tom Moore been in for his
mail yet?
mo"
"Will you be here when he comes"
81 guess So
well. when he comes in will you
tell him that on his way from the
cheese factory I wish he'd stop and
get that pig of Herman Stutzs and
take 1t down to Henry Parker's. and
tell Henry said he could have 1t for
that single harness even up, If he'll
fix that bride and throw in them rus
set lines instead of the old black
ones; and if he won't trade, tell Tom
to bring the pig down to my place and
put it in the extra pen, and be sure
and shut that door to the hen house,
or all the chickens'll get out Sure
there amt no mail? Morning, Mr..
Postmaster.
Morning, Bill"
After suffering long time with
toothache the young colored girl got
up her courage enough to go to the
dentist. The moment he touched the
tooth she began to scream.
Look here" he said you mustn't
veil like that. Don't you know m
painless dentist'?"
"Well, mebbe yo' is painless, sab"
she said, "but All isn't"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-26

Luck is infatuated with the efficien
man.
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CONCRETE PAVING INCREASES.
A new bulletin of the department
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Small Elmer had drawn the pic
ture of dog and cat on his slate.
why, Elmer" said his mother,
"your cat has six legs instead OF four"
.Yes,' replied the little artist. Il
gave her two extra 50 she could run
away from the dog"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-24
SNAP SHOTS.

THE secret of success, the
stamp said, lis sticking TO it"
To succeed, said tn. knife. "be
bright and sharp"
Keep up to date. . said the caIen.
dar.
Aspire to greater things, said
the nutmeg.
-" Don't knock; it's old fashioned. .
said the electric bell.
DO driving business" !" said the
hammer.
And the barrel added, 'Never lose
your head
-" Make light of everything" the
fire observed cynically.
-" But always keep cool, " said the
ice.-Selected.
Only smart man can conceal the
fact that he considers himself import
ant.
Some husbands look as if their
wives had got them in exchange for
trading stamps.
All coupons redeemed at Hohber.
gers. I73 Main St j1s-Im.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-24
STANDARDS FOR DETERMINING
THE PURITY OF MILK.
The Limit Of Error in meteorological
Milk Analyses.

The Public Health reports Of the
United States Public Health Service for
for August 1s. 1915. publishes an arti-
Gle by Prof H. W. Conn. of the Wes-
leyan University .Midletown. Conn, on
he discrepancies in the reports OF an
elyses Of supposedly identical samples
Of milk
This report, which IS in consider
able length, considers whether these
discrepancies are due TO the inevitable
difiicultiies in meteorological analy-
seq, and the improvements which may
be made in the method Of technique OF
such analyses.
In October. 1914, four Ct the large
laboratories in New York city determ-
iled upon a cooperative tcst by which
some of these questions could, If pos
III le he answered. The planning and
co-ordinating Of the whole series was
in the hands of a referee and the tests
lasted seven months and involved
something like 10000 separate analy-
ses by variety Of methods
The author concludes that the pres
CIT oNHANtAAA "a VI hAAAh uhdAe SIS oiS ia
need of revision that individual analy-
sis under under the best conditions are
subject TO considerable variation so
that no single count can be properly re-
lied upon. The article contains nine
en- seDarte conclusions, and will doubt
less prove of great value to those in
terested in the standardization of the
purity of milk.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-24
SOME FISH, THIS!
In Barrel Of Grabs and "Skeeredp Carl
Johnson Almost White.

The proprietor Of fashionable Vine
street cafe Cincinnati, Ohio, is anxious
TO have some naturalist or scientist to
classify strange looking fish that was
received recently in a barrel of hard
sholled crabs from Baltimore.
None of the fishermen or authorities
on the sea food that have viewed the
strange object ever saw it's like before
and before Carl Johnson, the cafe chef
killed it with a pair of iron tongs. il
caused great deal of commotion
among the cafe employees.
It is Johnson's duty to empty all bar
rels and boxes of Holsters. hard she'll
ed crabs and other kinds of sea food
as soon as they arrive, and he was do
ing this with the latest consignment
when he became, as he said, $50 skeer-
ed he dun turn most white"
He had removed about half the crabs
from the barrel, when the fish, he stae-
ed, leaped right over his shoulder and
jumped around on the floor as though
it was i'm its native element. Johnson's
yell brought the proprietor and several
of his employees to the basement, and
with them Johnson's courage returned
and he dispatched the animal
The proprietor had It placed in jar OF
alcohol and will preserve it until he
can find some one from Baltimore wise
enough to tell what it is, or give It a
name. Professors natural history al
the University of Cincinnati say its
species is not known to them
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-24
ITO be Cont'-ued.,
500 REWARD 500

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is al least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all fits stages, and
that is Catarrb. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being q constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the systm, thereby destroy
ing tn foundation OF the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting na-
ture In doing its work. The proprie-
tors have SO much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that IT fails TO
cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
Address,. ]. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o
Sold by all druggists-
Take Halls Family Pills for Con-
Sumption
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-24
The Interests Of Organized
Labor and thp


In view of certain manifestations of
sympathy with liquor interests among
local trade unions and assemblies, and
in view OF the prominence given such
utterances, as indicating that labor
generally is opposed to the anti-saloon
movement ii will not be out of place,
we think, to point out here a fact that
is becoming widely known, namely,
that the leaders of organized labor in
the United States have their faces set
in a different direction.
II is possible to go so far back as
the meeting in Toronto, Ont, last fall,
to find evidence of disposition on the
part of such leaders as Samuel Com
pers, John Mitchell and Tom L. Lewis
/ to array organized labor in its own de-
tense against organized liquor. In To-
ronto, despite the presence of a strong
lobby of saloon supporters. the plea
advanced in behalf of the barroom as
the "workingman's club" was met with
the strongest denuciation.
That there may be no question with
regard to the sentiments peryading
higher ofiicialism in organized labor.
/ it will not be amiss, we believe. to give
two or three excerpts from an address
made by John b. Lennon, treasurer of
/ the American Federation of Labor.
"IIas any influence gone out from
| the sOlOOns that has helped 10 make
men and women betterl Who can de-
ny that the liquor traffic is driving
men and women 10 work I'm factories.
workshops and at washtubs who ought
not TO be there, and boys and girls
| into Industrial life who should be In
the school or on the Playground The
use of alcohol makes men less skill.
| full and drives men to lower scales OF
employment and reward. Every cent
spent in liquor is wasted. There Is ne
redeming feature I'm the saloon. Go
anywhere where its influence is felt
and you see the decentralization II
brings. The saloon is the enemy oi
teh people"
There is no mistaking this lang
| uage. II is used by a workingman
and trade unionist and it is intended
for the consideration of workingmeH
| and trade unionists This it should
have, and its consideration should
serve to swell the protest that self-re.
| specting workingmen and trade un-
ionists in many parts of the United
States are voicing against the attempt
of the liquor interests TO use trade un-
ionism and organized labor as tools
/ Christian Science Monitor.