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Evening star., 1915-03-07
The Awful Question.

ses17z HOSE multimillionaires who ap-
u peared before the industrial re-
lations commission last month were a
remarkably liberal group of men,
said Upton Sinclair, at a vegetarian
banuuet in Baltimore. "One multimil-
lionaire said that no doubt his views in
favor of labor were so liberal as to be
socialistic, but he couldn't help that
mother said he kept so straight, in
his good relations with labor, that he
was in constant danger of falling over
Backward
Mr.. Sinclair smiled. helped himself to
a peanut chop and a second cup of oat
coffee and resumed:
But "A question. an innocent aues-
ton the question, namely, How
about that STRIFE of yours in 1909?
brought most of these men up stand
ing. .-.
at reminds me, that innocent ques-
tjou and its earth -shatterinS results,
of the little boy who, in the drawing
room after the Sunday luncheon, sat,
for lack Of a chair, on the knee of his
sisters young manfor there were
perhaps q dozen people in the draw
ing room. what with family and guests
"All of a sudden, in the midst of Il
deem silence the little boy turned and
Looked in the face of mis- sisters young
man and piped ia "A shrill treble:
.Say. Mr. Brown, am | as heavy as
Mabel"
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the exports were approximately 500,
600 tons, so that Gcrmany'S dependence
OF the rest of the world for wheat may
be said to be about 100000 tons, or
74,o00.o00 to 100000 bushels year.
SO long England controls the sea
all this supply is lacking to Germany.
In 1913 Russia was drawn on for
about 100000 bushels. Unless the
German army gets much farther into
Russia and gains control of large
areas OF agricultural territory. Russian
wheat is not going to be obtained by
Germany. The war may be said to
entirely shut off Russian wheat from
Germany.
Argentina, in 1918, supplied about
1s.500,OOO bushels. The British block
AIDE Keeps this out.
Canada contributed almost 100000
bushels. and Canada. as part of the
British empire. of course, would not
Evening star., 1915-03-07
Great Seaports of the World.

MF the twelve seaports OF the Nor''t 10
w which popularly but regardless OF
the niceties of grammar are called lh'
twelve greatest Seaports OF the Worio
only one is in America ana that on.
is in the United Statcs-and is, OF
course, New York. And the port of New
York stands at the top of the list, nav
ing a larger tonnage cleared ana en-
tered than any other seaport IN 'he
world. Americans are often reminded
of the growth of such ports as Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans,
Galveston, San Francisco, Seattle ana
others, but measured in tons of incon1-
ing and outgoing ships New York IS
the king of American seaports and the
others are but pages at the court OF
commerce.
According to the Department of Com
merce, the great seaports of the world
in the order of their tonnage are New
York, Antwerp, London. Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Hongkong, Shanghai. Mar
seille, Liverpool. Singapore. Colombo
and Cardiff In arriving at the relation
of these seaports coastwise trade is not
included and if it were the leadership
of New York might be further en-
phasized.
The tonnage statistics on which the
Department of Commerce passa us
comparison of seaports were collected
and compared when the world was at
peace and are of value only as curl
osities now that the commerce or the
world is deranged and ships lie ldie AT
Hamburg, while Antwerp and Rotter-
dam are stagnant, and shipping enters
and clears from London, Liverpooi ana
Cardiff under the peril of submarines.
When peaceful times come again
there may be some change in the rcia-
tive standing of seaports and 1t may De
that Seattle, the port of Puget sound
NAV become the imperial seaport OF the
world PERHAPS San Francisco may
gain that title, but the indications seem
to point that greatest of the worlds $
scaports will in the future and not the
remote future be on the Paclhc coast
of the United States.
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LAWRENCE IN NUREMBERG.

up, but the copper producers of the
United States know what il has meant
to them TO have the German market
shut off. German electrical industries.
which heretofore have had valuable
markets in South America and else
where. being unable to sell III those
markets. undoubtedly require less raw
copper, but this lessened demand should
be more than overcome by the demand
for copper in the manufa cture of war
munitions.
Germany is making all her own en-
ploSiveS. There has been speculate tion
as to her means of getting the raw ma
terial, and it has been suggested that
the loss of the Chilean nitrates of soda
has embarrassed her. But only a small
proportion of these nitrates have been
used for explosives. The bulk of them
have haave employed as fertilizers
Should the war be long continued, Ger
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man agriculture, though it may not be
starved because of its ina ability to OBJ
tain the nitrates, is likely to become
anemic.
Cotton it is hinted. may he declared
contraband by England as desperate
war measure. Tho German textile in
dustrics would starve if cotton were
shut off for It long time, although the
claim has been made that German
chemists have perfected an artificial
cotton which VIII serve as a substitute
for the natural product If this be
true. the utility OF the substitute will
first have to be demonstrated in
limited way.
purposes, but with every disposition to
credit German chemists with what they
Evening star., 1915-03-07

Continually they were worried. What
were the Germans doing. When the
spies brought news of German progress
they were really astonished. The
Krupps were doing nothing.
Ingenious, unhappy Haussner.
His idea had been accepted. They
had begun constructing at Essen. But
the trials, 'ill made. probably. on pur-
pose had given poor results" and
the house of Krupp, only too content to
report to the German general staff the
failure of an Outsiders" invention for
eign to good krupp traditions. had
long ago discharged Engineer Hauss-
ner. who had gone sorrowfully to seek
his fortune in South America.
Where is he today, poor man? He
had finally taken out French patent
for part of his initial idea and let it
die by non-payment of dues. This lat
ter fact was discovered only yester-
day.
The krupps, in any case, lost the great
est chance that had ever come to them,
thanks to firm opposition to an out
slider" Let this be a lesson to us all
in daily life.
Deport. meanwhile. had cheerfully suf-
fered some little injustices of his own.
Promoted lieutenant colonel late in life,
he went on the retired list, and entered
the Chatillon cannon works as high-paid
expert SanteClaire Deville, who had
worked with him. added certain valuable
to the wonderful gun, like
the "closet ammunition wagon" the auto
matte emptier and interior machinery of
the brake. l mention it. because there
are disputes. He was aided by the now
famous Rimailho inventor Of the heavy,
rapid "155 short" cannon.
And the international spies were spy
ing.
Each government strained to keep its
own, and learn its neighbors' secrets.
Gen. Deloye, the new director of artil
lery. recognized that the possession of
such new cannon could not be kept
Evening star., 1915-03-07

agricultural commodities. including
animal products, foodstuffs and other
articles of consumption, are imported
annually The export of these comodi-
ties ranges from 100000 to 100000
tons Germany, therefore. in the past
has had to import about 2o,0o0,ooO tons
of food in various forms.
This covers not only food for the
people, but for live stock. In feeding
the live stock she is, however, feeding
her own people. SO that the general
food situation is not changed.
Wheat, naturally, is the most impof-
tant article of food import. atthouei
wheat in the form of flour also is I'M
ported in considerable quantities ne
ube,t imports have ranged IN the
ncirbborhood of 100000 tons, while
Evening star., 1915-03-07
National Celebration Day for French Cannon


PARIS, February %. 1915.
e0HE, French declare this cannon to
be perfect.
q The Germans themselves call it
..yorzuglichs" (superior) and 'erst-
klassige" (first- class.
TT is almost the essence of the army"
saw the French. ut is runabout,
garden hose 1t watches the bonn
barded trenches, defends them. reslsts.
advances, attacks. Fifty per cent of
every success is due to it
They sing songs of "the 75,'' talk of it
everywhere. and recently appointed
national day for its celebration.
Its genesis contains a tragedy-un-
happy Haussner, unappreciated by his
own, emigrating brokenhearted to
South America, may these lines meet
your eye.
It's invention is a romance dating
back to 1890. when they put rapid
Hotchkiss and Canet guns on warships.
How bring similar rapidity to the bat
tlefield-a cannon that "squirts'' pro-
jectiles like a garden hoseo
< x
Cannons kick, and each kick de-
ranges the carefully laid aim. They
must find "a cannon that would "come'
back to the same position after each
shot. The pointed aim remaining the
same. fire might be as rapid as desired.
The carriage must anchor itself in the
ground soiidly enough not to bulge,
while the cannon, held to it by an
elastic kick -absorber, would kick and
come back on it's slider.
The Bourges foundry fell down on it.
At that moment Gen. Mathieu then
director of artillery, learned "by the
ordinary sources" that a distinguished
German engineer, Haussner, had Of
fered the Krupps model of long
kick" cannon, or. as he called it, kick
of cannon on carriage" The Ordinary
sources affirmed that the Krupps were
constructing it in darkest secret.
These mysteries of spying will never
be made known. There have been
heroisms and follies, triumphs of as
tuteness and failures by overreaching.
double dealing of pure motive. impas-
stoned chess games in the dark. whose
obscure operators decide the fate of
nations.
Gen. Matthew gave his information
received to Commandant Deport, then
director of military works at Puteaux.
and asked him to try to make some
thing on lnlS pTlHClplS O1 TIE lOH6
kick
Deport put three years on the job
~
In 1895 ne presented the minister or
war with the model of field cannon
firing up to twenty-five shots per min
ute Its precision was perfect, and its
sta bility such that the two principal
gunners could remain seated on the
carriage during fire. The cannon of
rs" was born.
You understand, it was Commandant
Deport's own. Once the idea given, he
had "paled" over it's details, trl-
umphed over difficulties, created the
whole business-e.g, having perfect
ed a quick closing eccentric
breech derived from the Nordenfelt, he
had to devise a hydropneumatic brake,
of long run, to slow progressively the
cannon's back kick and send IL
forward again to it's original position
by means of a compressed air recuper-
ator under 100 atmospheres. And SO.
all it's abnormal length of thirty-siN
calibers, it's three pairs of guiding
friction rollers, its simultaneous dou-
BILE aiming mechanism. for angles of
height and site, etc. You would not
read it.
All purely French, you understand.
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supply the enemy with wheat even If it
were practicable
The United States. in 1913, with a
passably good wheat crop. supplied
Germany with 100000 bushels With
last years bumper crop she could
spare more than that. but there is no
way of getting it to the German ports.
For the present year. at least, it may
be assumed therefore that Germany is
short by 100000 bushels of wheat
from these four countries.
Government regulation of the wheat
supply Of course covers bread and
means economy III its use. Moreover,
the Germans never have been depend
ent exclusively on wheat bread. Rye
bread is Il part OF their diet. They
viii not starve if they have less wheat
bread to eat for another Eear or two.
but many Of them will be hungry at
times
Corn is imported by Germany in con-
siderable quantities. but much of 1t is
not for direct food purposes. The Ger
mans are like the English in not know
ing the virtues of corn bread. Years
ago. when the Department of Agricul-
ture had its special agent in Germany
to educate the people there in the vir-
tues of corn as human food, some no
table banquetS were given with corn
bread in many tempting forms. There
was also champagne. When champagne
ceased to be part of the menu. the Ger
mans had no appetite for corn bread.
Forty million bushels of corn are i'm
ported by Germany in normal years.
Russia and Roumania in the last year
for which the statistics are availa BILE
between them supplied approximately
10000 tons, and the United States TO-
900 tons more. The bulk of the sup
ply. however. came from Argentina, the
importations exceeding $4,000 tons.
10 hIyf off J,y-I y,<lse
blockade.
Germany has been both an importer
and exporter of potatoes and other
vegetables. In general way. the i'm
ports and exports have balanced each
other. The chances are that the en-
pire will somewhat increase her sup
ply of vegetable products for home
consumption by decrea sing the exports
and by drawing on neighboring CONT
mental countries with which she is not
at war.
Food for live stock has some i'm
portance in a few commodities. Ger
many is likely to suffer from the shut
ting off of barley. Her importations of
barley for feeding purposes have been
upward of 100000 tons. Most of this
came from Russia, although the United
States supplied 1SS,000 tons. Bran also
was imported in quantities of 100000
tons. but of this a very small proper
tion came from the United States.
Oats have been imported and eX-
ported in balancing quantities. al
though in some years the exports have
exceeded the imports appreciably. The
chief source of German supply of oats
has been Russia and Argentina. BY
conserving her domestic production
Germany will be able to meet this de-
ficiency during the war period.
*
<
The supply of food for live stock has
q bearing on the general question of
food for the people.
Gcrmany's supply of meats is in a
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Food for Germany's People and Industries

Much Ore and Coal Ordnance Factories and the
Difficult Proposition Of Wheat notaonNo Aid From the Crop United
Production
Coae Still Under Swedish
Making All of Her War Of the Chilean Nn1at
Evening star., 1915-03-07

tion of food. 1t is most likely, too,
that, purely as "A military measure,
when the war broke out, Germany had
"A reserve food supply sufficient to last
her population for year
The months of that year are passin &
swiftly. The question of conserving
the stored supply and of stretching it
out to last more than Il year becomes
acute. and beyond that is the question
of feeding the population for another
year, or for other years.
glance at German official report 9
reveals some very Interesting facts
which bear directly on this question
Comparatively. Germany would seem
to be less dependent on other countries
for food than most of the belligerents.
Approximately, 26,000,00O tons of
Evening star., 1915-03-07
A Night Owl.

EADS HOW. the millionaire hobo
10 said to a Chicago reporter apropos
of the Hull House riot:
Investigate conditions. young man.
Your work will bring forth revelations
like the one made by the widow.
"A friend of a widow whose husband
had only recently passed away said to
her:
Ibid your husband leave you much.
Emma?
".Every night the widow sobbed
Every blessed night.
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construct the real. true. rapid field cam
non Of Deport and SaifIte-claire peyille-
the present 10.
And there is another pam for you
To keep the secret darker, that French
director of artillery actually ordered the
construction OF the cal.lIOliS without gov
ernment credits. even committing ir
regularities to procure the funds, with
out asking the chambers TO vote them.
STERLING HELLO.
Evening star., 1915-03-07


From the war point OF view. however.
the specific aim in keeping Germany
from getting cotton would be to pre-
vent her having Il supply which could
be converted into sun-cottoi. and 1t
may reasouably be uodbted whether
this could he accomplished the te:.-
tile industries may 80 hungry so tar
as ordinary purposes are concerned.
but Germany is not likely to lack for
cotton enough for explosives.
1t has been limited that because the
raw material OF various German in
dustries has been either shut off or
restricted. German inyentiveneSs has
achieved fresh triumphs in finding sub
various other natural products. This
is not unlikely.
The artistic industries of Nuremberg,
for example are said to be obtaining
all the basic material they need from
domestic sources. where formerly much
of this was imported. Another phase
of the war question. however. is here
presented
Some of the German Industries may
not be starving for raw material, but
toymakers of the HartZ mountains and
the Black forest can stIli make the
toys which have rendered them Ia
nous. but under war conditions thelr
handicraft suffers because. while the
worlds appetite for toys is not cloyeo,
hostilities interfere with the means of
satisfying it,
The overshadowinS question. which
may he the ultimate determining
means of ending the war. is not 50
much one of food for Gernlanys IN
dustries of food for her people
There are. or We're. up to last August.
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from the Germans. His only hope was to
lead them on a false clue.
At that moment there We're two ex-
traordinary German spies in Paris one
was a woman, dangerously fascinating.
with the brain of a man and the body
of a Venus" The other was man,
who must not even be described,
wealthy, titled, not even a German by
birth or connections. He. the dark di-
rector of works, gave roundabout or
ders alike to military attaches, obscure
sneaks and heroic business men devoted
to the fatherland. to learn. to learn.
The woman, lovely temptress. if not
the most astute. at least succeeded best.
She drew a fortune for her part. Some
day. doubtless. her conscience may be
relieved of the weight of the foilles
and treaSons which she took credit for
having instigated. If she has humor
she will smile.
Truly, il was wit against wit. BY a
series of ingenious blunders. indiscre-
tions and surrendcrs to Venus. heroic
French officers let themselves pass for
light -minded. negligent. short sighted.
weak of will and patriotism and capa-
nle of being overreached by superior
iutelligences, all to give the firm con-
yiction that the new cannon was that
invented by Capt Ducros-
There IS man lor YOU DccfoS iti-
yention. a cannon Of accelerated fire."
vas excellent, yet he quietly recognized
the superiority of his rivars invention
in the secret councils. Nive II patrie!
And AZ the view of all the spy world
he went about niySterlouSly- Sclf-satlS-
fled. snug, important, porte2touSly si-
lent This manner clinched il. OBJ
viously it was Ducros' accelerated"
The krupps were delighted.
They had an 'accelerated cannon oi their
own, and had learned much about that of
Ducros. Swiftly. they began to manufac-
ture. getting a long lead. In less than
year they were supplying the German ar
tillery.
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have done in the way OF artificial prod
ucts. it may be doubted whether they
themselves expect to replace raw cot
ton with substitute for all textile
uses.
Evening star., 1915-03-07

[|0HE Bismarck statue at Cologne
surveys territory that Germany
took as the spoils of the Fran
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
Horse and Mule Market.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Nov. 13.-Horses-
The sudden and unlocked for suspen-
sion Of foreign operations at this mar
ket has left a large number OF vari-
GUS types on hand. No specific rea-
son for this abrupt action has been
disclosed and dealers are consider
ably puzzled. The British inspection
has been going slow and will be dis
continued entirely after the 18th OF
the month. French and Italians have
also been laying of and will not be
on hand for a week or ten days. The
Belgians took fair supply of their
types yesterday, but aside from that
there was no activity.
Heavy draft extra. ....... .$185@224
Heavy draft, choice to good 140@1S0
ity .................... 14o@1s5
Eastern chunks, plain. 75@115
ity ...................... 7o@1sB
Southern horses, plain. 400 65,
Choice drivers, with speed. 150@225
Saddlers ................. 100000
Plugs NATURALIZATION. SO %
MILESTONE extra good big mules
and a few little miners found a pass
able exchange. but the market closed
slow on all kinds and was merely a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
Hamilton Gate City
Hamilton, I'LL, Nov. H.

4 Christian church, N. w. Evans. pas
tor; W. C. Hughes, choristor. Bibl
school, 9:45 a. M: worship, 10:45 a.
A. Subject, The Lords Supper;
Christian Endeavor, $50 p. M, w. C.
Hughes, leader. Subject. How the
Denomination May be United in Serv.
ice. Worship, 1880 p. m. Subject,
Why Some Men do Not Join Church.
Teacher training class meets in joint
meeting with the Bible school board
Monday evening at o'clock at the
PASTORS home. A cordial invitation is
extended to the public to attend all
services.
Bethel church. Sunday school, 9:45
! m; morning service, 10:45 a. m.
Subject, The Eighth Commandment.
Evening service, 1880 p. M. The Crime
o. America. Nelson Hall, pastor.
Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. H.
Willing, pastor. Sunday school,
VAS a. m; preaching, 10:45 a. IN.
subject. Bread Upon the Waters.
Epworth league, $50. Subject, The
uttermost Savior. The Ladies' Aid
society meets with Mrs. Crow Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. Mott and children are visiting
nef sister in Peoria, this week.
The mems meeting will be held in
pausherty's hall. The speaker will be
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14

earl Wood A cordial invitation to
be present is extended to all.
Mrs. Thomas Ruggels has returned
from Chicago. where she had been
visiting relatives for some time past.
Mrs. Woodsides returned homo
from Aberdeen, Dakota, Friday.
w. H. Harkrader and wife we're call.
lea to Troy Grove Wednesday to at.
tend the funeral Of Mrs. Harkrader's
mother. Mrs. Isaac Marks. Mrs. Hark.
Trader buried her father about two
months ago. She has the sympathy
lof all her friends in Hamilton.
Lee IIinkelman of Davenport was a
bus mess caller Friday
A.. L. Floden Of Burlington was a
Hamilton visitor yesterday.
]. D. Dayton of Crookston, MIMI,
was looking over Hamilton Friday.
j. Oden and Mr.. Replinger Of Nau'
WOO were Hamilton visitors yesterday
R. l.. Shields OF Burlington. Iowa
was a business caller yesterday.
H. B. Crandall Of Springfield, the
appraiser of the. telephone property
was in Hamilton yesterday.
The Eastern Stars had county fall
at Daugherty's hall Thursday night
A big crowd and fine time was had
It was big success.
The retailers are contemplating an
other special sale day soon. we are
glad to see our merchants working on
this line of advertising the town.
Mrs. Oliver Craig is visiting with
her son at Viola, ILL.,, this week.
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