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New Britain herald., 1915-09-09
Banana Flour.

Not every one knows that flour can be made from bananas; but from time immemoria the natives of trop- ical countries where the banana grows-Jamaica. the Canary Islands, the Malay archipelago and Africa have made flour from the fruit, ac- cording to The Youths Companion" :" And large quantities of banana flour have quite recently been shipped from this country to England and France.
 Stanley found tho natives of Africa ma King it by drying bananas over wooden gratings and grinding them to powder. He found the flour whole some and easily digested. Once, when attacked by dysentery, he took a thin gruel made from it for day, during which he abstained from other food, and obtained prompt relief.
 The South American Indians make a flour or paste from Bananas, and so the banana in that part of the world, as in Africa and the East In- dies, takes the place of cereals. The flour can be easily carried about, and, as needed, mado into cakes and fried, or mixed with water and drunk.
 The banana, so long as its skin is unbroken, is microbe proof, but it should not be eaten until it has left its green color. If the skin is intact, it may even be eaten after it has turned black.
 Banana flour contains one third as much protein matter, one-fourth as much fat and a little more starch than wheat flour. It is considerably richer in mineral matter.
 As to the food acreage of this edible fruit, the banana products 240,000 pounds of food an acre, as compared with 5000 pounds of pota- toes and 1900 pounds of wheat
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09
A Press Without a Country.
(New York TimeS.)

Ro,nbinating in vacuum, the Ger man-American newspapers must now devour themselves as the only way of escape from the pain and Humiliation of hopeless wrong-headedness. When the presidents last Lusitania note went to Germany the Illinois Staats- Zeftung declared that "Germany can never submit to the tone of it and will, as much a. we are sorry for it, find no other answer to it but the breaking off of diplomatic relations" :" It was apparent that our government "has a secret agreement with Eng land to Intentionally provoke Ger many" The Cincinnati Freie Presse declared that the president had set up "an almost monstrous thesis" The German correspondent of Baltimor declared that "one thing seems clear, Germany will rot and cannot give up her submarine varfare." And alm ost without exception the newspapers printed in New York in the German language assaileG the presidents po- s1tion, and some went so far as to de- fend the murder of non-com batants by Germans submarines.
 Now the German government does the very thing these newspapers said 1t could not do. It yields to our pro- tests. it needs OUT demands, it prom ises that the slaughter of peaceful passengers shall cease. It leaves the Gernlan-American press in a pitiful plight. Less American than the Am ericans conforming the aministra- tion policies to which the loyal Am erican people gave united support inn peryiOuS to the sentiments that moved every American bosom, yet more German than the Germans, more inpcrIa1ist than the emperor the Germa American newspapers are now left without a country.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09

Ntimepiece set in conspicfous place so that passengers who ride may note the time as they go. Tn con- nection with this phase of enlighten
 ment 1t is interesting to note that all the street cars in Ottawa Canada, are fitted out with clocks and that these same timepieces are made Tn our own state of Connecticut, Tn the port made by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce or the de- partment of commerce the Ottawa Electric railway company has main tained clocks in it's street cars for twenty-fo years. These are small wall clocks The clocks are regulated
 twice a day and are sufficiently ac- curate for ordinary purpose. The
 people of Ottawa have found these clocks to be of such great conven- fence that any attempt to do away with the service would meet with popular disapproval. Right here in the State where clocks are made in abundance one would naturally SUD- pose that the street cars would be fitted with this convenience. We are told however, on good authority that Ottawa is one of the few cities on the North American Continent to enjoy this convenience.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09
"Marse Henry' Speaks.

Henry Watterson, the venera ble editor of the Louisville Courier J our nal in an editorial issues a warning to President Wilson against revising the shipping bill defeated by the last Congress. Colonel Watterson claims Bryan's advocacy of government owned railroads defeated him in 1908. He says:-"No one can beat Wood row Wilson in 1916 except Woodrow Wilson himself.'
 Such a measure as the shipping bill, says the editorial, put forward by the administration would be serious mistake. It would split the Demo- cratic party wide open and go far to make the reelection even of Woodrow Wilson problematical. Nay, more than this and worse than this, it would inevitably breed scandal, dragged first through the corridors of the Treasury Department, until finally it might reach to the very door of the. White House, more or less to compromise the President and his family.
 "Never will the people of this coun- try sanction a scheme so sinister, so ominous and sc undemocratic, so wholly at war with the principles in
 
 fat hers of Democracy laid the party and have maintained it-at once and in short SO redolent of Federalism and corruption.
 The agitation is not only a menace to Democracy, but a check to com mercial enterprise and national pros perity. It is the threatened cOmpe- tition of the government that dis courages the private investment of capital in shipping. The sooner the President allays this apprehension by the announcement that there is no purpose at Washington to embark upon such a hair-brained project the sooner will legitimate shipping in- terests begin to hearten and organize for themselves"
 Colonel Watterson refers to Secre- tary McAdoo as yet an experiment" declares the shipping bill seems to be his bantling," and adds:
 Drop 1t, MT. President, drop it! It will be ten thousand pities to min gle your great explcints with q slip pery, scrdid money job like this. The Treasury is already hard up. Mill lions must go out presently for the increased army and navy. Surely you cannot wish. Wall Street sym
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09
Against Unwise Expenditures.
(Norwich Bulletin.)


 Following close upon the declara- tion through administration chan nels that greater recognition would be paid to the curtailment of the pork barrer' appropriations in or der to conserve the finances of the country and place the expenditures where they are more needed, there comes report from the engineers of the government carrying the recogni- tion that the Improvements of the Arkansas and Missouri rivers be abandoned.
 Such a recommendations comes as the result of the provision which was placed in the last rivers and harbors bill requiring a reexamination of the ten leading waterway projects by the army engineers for the purpose of determining whether they are good investments. There was a pairing of the appropriations last year after a hard fight and the engineers were given supervision of the expenditures voted, but they have apparently found that there is further opportunity for eliminating waste even though mil lions have already been expended up- on certain work.
 That such suggestions even will call for strenuous opposition can be ex- pected. but they nevertheless must give congress, when it next assem- bles, something to think about when it reaches the consideration of the question of retrenchment. If the recommendations mean the taking Of politics and patronage out of such matters they must be looked upon with common sense and receive prop CT attention and it must be realized that it is time that such chara eterized the spending of the nations money.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09
. Diplomats and Their Clothes.
 (M on'c Mar

A poorly dressed, untidy diplomat is an impossibility, for somehow the suave, cool, courteous air dosen't seem to go with hot wrinkled and creased unreasonable clothes. Mr. I;ryan is really big striking man. Think that wonderful difference the right clothes on such a man might have made in the minds of others and how his own feelings might have heen soothed thereby Compare him to his predecessor, MT. Knox one of the smartest-dressed men who ever served in a presidential cabinet and a diplomat in every sense of the word, or 10 his successor, MT. Lansing who is known as the best dressed man among the higher government officials, or to men who hold similar positions in the governments of other countries, and you will find a re- nlarkable contrast.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09

1 morally he is guilty Men have been away with. Further he has put the | lives of other war correspondents i'll ! jeopardy beca use he has violated the
 faith of his passport. An American
 passport hereafter will go only to 1n-
 cite suspicion. Some fair punishment should be meted out to any man "io
 brings about such state of af1alrs'
 Archibald is needed back Tn 'niS country to strai"hten out the tangle. The Amt haesadOr is haVlhs :"
 fire time trying to square hinise'A
 with the American government 0N
 has now shifted the blame to V1enf'a'
 claiming his own government
 structed him to fnment labor strlhes
 in this country. A Chicago ne"spa- per has received from London "h"'
 purports to be an exact version oA
 A,,h.ss,dor's letter which Archloa'o
 .,do an utten1rt to deliver. ms
 letter would seem to prove that 'i'o
 Ambassador did suggest to HIS soN-
 ornment a pla,, to "disorganlze anu
 hold nn for months, if hot entirely
 prevent. the manufacture or muhl- lions in Rethluhem and the M1ddle West" and that he thought such an undertai1ing good which, in the onnion of the German Military At tache is of great importance and am- ply outweighs the expenditure or money involved" From those state r,cnts it looks as if the mbassador advanced all the suggestions in the matter and not his government. It nav be true that the Imperial Aus trian Government notified its repre- sentative in this country to warn all Austro- Hungarian workmen what would happen to them on their return tablished they were making arms and munitions of war in America for the enemies of their own country. But that is far different from the excuse made by Dr. Dumba. It is quite evil dent that Archibald must be called in to help straighten out the tangle. In his excuse making Dr. Dumba IS somewhat like the automobilist who having been upbraided for speeding through a s1ual town said his gaso- line was running low and he was hurrying home before it gave out.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09
WHAT OTHERS SAY
views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
Cuba FOrgets. (Boston Journal. :


 we can't very we'll rebuke the Cubans for their lack of sentiment in lalllng to give proper honor and prominence to the battleship Maine ieilcs that we presented to them as a souvenir of their national birth. we haven't any too much sentiment ourselves, and, besides. we have learned that excessive sentiment is the cause of a good deal of trouble III those southern attitudes, past and present.
 The Cubans left the Maine's after oiet and guns on a junk pile be- caose they didn't feel like spending hiohey for a monument Money, too, was the reason why they considered ouliolng the Johnson-Willard arena on the site selected for the Maine heroes monument. And money. a couple of hundred dollars of it, was 'Ae reason why the old American sloop-of-war Portsmouth was burned ior her metal a few days ago.
 Maybe, the Cubans are growing ouslnesslike. Maybe they don't feel Iike setting up monuments to the past. Mayoe they think that in freeing them the United States did it's plain duty a view generally held publicly. and certainly officially in this country.
 Inere's omething fine about senti- raent; but it can't be forced Forced sentiment is the worst kind of hypo- crisy.
 Any Maine relics will be welcomed IT the United States, however, for our sentiment always can be depended upon to reach backward at least seventeen years. We still honor the Maine and her dead, and if the Cuban government cares to relinquish its not very popular treasure, the turret will be thankfully received at any Ameri- can port.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09

of the population are of German or Austrian blood, and that they have 5,oo0,000 votes which it is promised will cut considerable figure at the next presidential election.
 There are signs that the country Is getting rather tired of this sort of statements. There has been too much of this insulting nonsense from tfa more violent of the German pro- gandists, and probably the best way for the Friends of Peace" to insure the reelection of President Wilson and the continuance of his policy with respect to the war, is to continue these threats. ...s .. s#
 There are a good many Germans in this country, and they have prospered and if they own fifty-four per cent. of the real estate, which is doubtful, it is in good hands. But it does not en- title them to dictate the national pol icy. Neither would the fact that there are 25,000,0 900 of them, if it were true nor the fact that they have 5,000,000 votes, if they have that many, al- though possibly the latter considera- ton would help.
 But assuming that all these state- m ents are true. It dosen't follow that there are 5000, 900 German-American who would follow the Friends of Peace" or any other infiammatory leader of organization More than majority of the Standardization are Pro-Americans.
 If the war becomes a major issue at the next presidential election, which there is reason to doubt. there may be a pro-German ticket, and there may be a tro-Ally ticket, but one thing is certain.
 There will be pro-American ticket and it is the whole round would to a little red apple that it will be out raReously victorious.
 First of all, this is the United States of America.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09
WHEN THE SHOE PINCHEs.

l Sleepless nights and days. of sad
 ness are spent by nearly every foreign diplomat in Washington because the
 United States of America, the biggest
 neutral OH the face of the globe, IS
 engaged in manufacturing arms and
 munition of war. It is cause Of; worry to them aH The Germans are fretting because or the fact that they
 can get but precious little of the out
 put. The Austro- -Hungarians. as ev1-' denced by the position of pr. Cons stantin Dumba, are peeved over the same, situation. The Britishsare wor-
 rying for fear something might hap pen to cut off their supplies. As yet there has been no disgruntled sound iron, this quarder; but, if Germany were to get command of the seas and stop the traffic going to Great Britain and direct the same allotment into Germany, there would be a reversal of feeling. Propogandists in this country who are now shouting for an embargo on munitions of war would immediately put on their maxim si- lencers. But in their places would spring up others advocating the same thing, representing the side that now wants the shipments to go on. It all depends upon whose foot the pinching shoe is laced.
 Getting right down to brass tacks the bowling mob terming themselves the Friends of Peace who are decry- ing against the exportation of arms from this country are about as sane in their disgruntlenaent as a band of drunk -c1azed Flutes at war dance. Their tenacious tantrums, accompan- jed by terrific to,n-tom beating are, to say the least, not tenable. They have not a foot to, stand. on in their arguments, for the United States has the right to, make anything within its
 borders that it can produce And after
 having done this the goods that are
 lawful can be sent out of the country
 into any market that is open to buy
 them. This. notwithstanding the per- verted logic of Dr. Dumba, or any of
 the other numerous gentlemen whose hearts aching and breaking be-
 cause others are getting what they would like to have themselves.
 But withal there is not so much
 evil as there is good in the plan of pr. Dumba to withdraw the Austro-
 Hunga rians from factories in this country. Good, for this reason: 1t | shows the manufacturers where they stand. It also shows the officials of l the United States that if we ever went ] to war with any nation we would have 1 to be extremely careful of the people l of that nation working in factories making munitions oe war here They l would probably, and could very easily, | put up inferior goods for our soldiers. 1 Men having allegiance to other coun- l tries would stop at no means to &C., ] Conplish their ends, the downfall of I America. While it is unpleasant to , think of these things, still it is far 1 better to know where the knife is 1 hidden. A stab in the back can be averted because of the expose of Dr. Dunaha. This is tho time to get at the | bottom of things.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09
Ks ON STREET CARS.

are more clocks manufac-
 Connecticut than in any |te in the union. Yet with
 visitor comments that he
 seen a clock on a street hy part of the state. The h and conductors carry to be sure; but there is no
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09
COMMUNICATED
Thanks the Herald.
New Britain Herald,

; Ansonia, Conn.,, Sept. 8, 1915. New Britain Herald,
 NewBritain, Conn. By motion, passed by the conven- ticn of the Hartford District Luther League in New Britain, Conn.,, Sept. 6, 1915, I am instructed to forward to the New Britain Herald this ex- pression of thanks from the Hartford District Luther League for the kind mention the New Britain Herald made of the above convention, and for the effective help in making the conven- ton we'll attended and successful.
 OTTO H. BOSTROM,
 Sec'y Hartford Dist.
 Luth League.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09

dicate to get the chance to rob an empty till and still further to tax a patriotic people, who have to keep skin and bone toget her and look be- sides after the nations defense and welfare?"
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09

The president cannot dictate peace, it Is not in his discretion to tell the belllgererts that they have fought enough and hint to that effect, how ever del1cately conveyed, would be considerably unfriendly It is known to all the Warning powers, however, that ms good and impartial offices are at thelr disposal whenever they are able |" unite il, an invitation for him to exercise them.--New York Times.
 Ellhu Root :s absolutely right and the Consfitutional convention that fol- lowed his leadership is absolutely right 1r holding that stenographic record of proceedings and of debates in the senate and assembly should be kept and published. We may be pardoned for hoping that "leave to print and editing of speeches by the speakers will not add an element Of farce as it does in the Congressional ReCord.--Brooklyn Eagle.
 Now that Germany shows evidence of beiug willing to abandon it's bar barous methods, and to pay needful respect for OUT rights in conformity to international law, we can with more grace approach Great Britain in the matter of it's interferences with our trade with the continent of Eu- rope Perhaps Germany has at last sensed the valuo of this with relation to it's own affairs. If so, it was long while seeing the light.-Roch- ester Herald.
 If there is truth in the repeated re- ports that fully fifty German subma- rines have been, destroyed by the British, then it may be that Germany is abandoning submarine warfare against merchantmen gladly, and that she may be using the concession to the United States to save her face. This s1pposition would be the most plausible explanation of the "diplo- r.atic illness of Admiral von Tirpitz, which may mean his downfall.-Buff alo Express.
 Peace will come when there has been a decision, and as yet there has not even been a suggestion of deci- sion. A year from now it may be pos sible to talk abo'1+ peace, but today all peace talk is either purposeful or preposterous --purposeful on the Teu- tonic side prerosterous elsewhere. The war remains to be won, the bat tie to be decidd. Germany may win she certainly has not yet won, and the terms she has suggested are the terms of an unqualified victor in the presence of wholly exhausted ene- mies.-,New York Tribune.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09
The pro-American Vote Will Decide
(Waterbury Republican.

(Waterbury Republican,
 One of tho Friends of Peace" has just issued a pronunciamento to the effect that Germans own f1fty-four per cent of the real estate in this coun- try that about twenty-five millions
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09

That loud noise you heard was the pound dropping.-Boston Adver- tiser ..
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09
EpHoNE CALLS.
! WE CAN DO.

zT WE CAN DO.
 Which way the winC 61e will profit, someone
 This. present conflict ir
 the proof needed lto
 kIse rtion that it is an il
 IS no good. If there
 tat should realize this
 States And if our peo-
 6ll enough to see it at
 Truth will be brought
 &nl in the future. For, ae war is being waged the
 s Is being made the gain sause of any interest we
 struggle, but because of
 it Sii;ls. opened the eyes
 Awakened q slumber-
 sle great opportunities
 md were always
 ars we have been de-
 Foreign snations when,
 Of fact, we should have
 none. There were times ere as babies, hanging onto stlangs of Germany, Great nce, Italy, Austria-Hun- fion 'sl's1 that had a something
 and something we were
 pt he produced or man.
 llin our own land. The
 "a. us our great mistake.
 6dent upon no nation on
 The globe. If we wanted 4 built a mountain high
 Atlantic seaboard, across
 line between this coun- klada, down the Pacific lshut off. Mexico and the then, when we had erected |e could sit back and laugh Id Knocking at our gates. |uld have demonstrated to IS that we. wanted nothing they could give us noth- We did not possess.
 pt many months ago when extile mills of this country |to shut down because they mo dye-stuffs from Ger |vas a deplorable condition. lew tlow to make the dye |the German scientists. If |cpt il, the war much long he English blockade or her |l1iained intact, all the peo- Emitted States stood a wearing colorless garments. lat tho textile manufactur- kts faut they reasoned sir host. There was a sci |ork then on the problem, a knoSen to President Wilson, |ployed by the Department |ure. And this man has dis Edye that will supply our rers With coloring matter hs good, if not better than h rCse.many was wont to and which will be sold to |rices far below those paid Elinodity formerly sent from There you have it. Where will there is a way, and the Ena, inanufacturers of Amer E going to stop at any bar 70 ve Mit.iin our borders the for financial, in- nd commercial indepen- produce at home, at low hings We formerly got from high prices. For this rea- the war is over we will eat advantage over foreign $ in tho worlds markets. s to carry our products to K and cranny of the globe st amounting a throne from nation can throw us. Our ry is the pride of the earth. ole of producing everything Ing. Tlse mines of the west, Agriculture belt of the mid the furnaces and foundries 'lvania and wet Virginia, factories of New England, Ind the shops, the cotton of have them. all. With army and navy to protect al industries in case of a can settle back in the big and look the world com n the eye and tell them all heck their baggage.
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New Britain herald., 1915-09-09
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Carranza must be ashamed of Ger many.-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09

Speaking of finance, why not le MT. Bryan and MT. Sunday handle the new British loan?-Boston Journal
New Britain herald., 1915-09-09
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