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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
U. S. LEADS ALL WORLD
IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTION
Output in 1915 Was 65.85 Per Cent Of
Total-Russia Second and Mex
leo Third In List.

The United States supplies G5S5
per cent of all the crude petroleum
produced in the world in 1915, accord
ing To figures compiled by Uncle Sam
Russia was the nearest competitor Of
the United States and Mexico, In spite
of the unsettled conditions there, was
the third largest oil producing country
in the world.
The production IN the United States
was 2S1 ,1O4.lO4 barrels OF ~ gallons
each Russia was poor second with
GS,5iS,OG2 barrels, while Mexico pro-
duced 32,0lO,5OS barrels.
Figures on petroleum production In
the world since 1857 show that the
United States has been steadily gain
ing on other countries. The total
production in the United States dur
ing that period was 3,6lG,JGl PA. or
COLO per cent Of the entire produc-
ton OF the world in that time, while
In 1918 the proportion produced by
the United States has grown to G5S5
per cent. During the same period,
from 1857 to 1918, Russia has pro-
uuced 1,C9O,TSl ,9O7 barrels. or 2SlO
per cent of the total production. while
In 1918, the output of that country had
fallen to lG.Ot per cent Of the worlds
total
The only other country in tn. world
which produced more than l,OoOOO0
barrels in 1915 were the Dutch East
Indies. Roumania India, GalIcia.
japan, and Furnosn, and Peru. but
the production in most Of these conn-
tries was less than | per cent Of
the total
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
"CONSClENCE FUND" BOOSTED
$4,000, Biggest Contribution
Made in Any One Year,

Whether or not 1t is indicative OF
the growth Of the public conscience,
Uncle Sam protted more I'm 1915 by
the awakening of the consCiences of
some individuals than he had in
any other year since the conscience
fund" of the treasury department came
into existence in 1887. In that year
the total contributions To the fund
were $3.50. During the last fiscal
year the fund was Increased by more
than $4,000.
1t is pointed out that conscience has
recently been unusually active not
only to enrChing the federal treasury
but in helping private and public cor
rora ions and individuals. An Ohio
man paid 20 cents for apples stolen
six years ago; IA Californian paid q
newspaper subscription 80 years over
due II woman sent stamps to Kan
sas City street railway company to
pay for four fares, and a Pennsyl-
vanian paid up Il hotel bill he skipped
. years ago.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
LUMBER CUT IS LARGE
Output in Country in 1915
Was 37,O13,OOO,OOO Feet.
Yellow Pine Leads All Other Varieties
With More Than One-Third OF
Total--Douglas Fir
Next.

The lumber cut of the United States
In 1915 reached total of more than
$1,000 OOO, 900 feet, according To Uncle
Sans best estimate. A report OF the
forest service made this estimate of
the cut, based upon incomplete re-
ports received from mills in the prin-
cipal states producing lumber, and 1t
Is believed that the estimate is close
to the actual figures.
Yellow pine led all other varieties of
wood in the total cut, with l4,1OO,OOO,-
900 feet, or more than one-third of the
entire amount of lumber produced in
the country. Douglas fir Is next, with
cut of 4 ,i31 ,249, 900 feet.
The reported cut of Hath in 1915 was
2.745 1874 900, and it is estimated that
the total cut was 3,25O0OO,ooO. The
reported cut of shingles was S,459,3TS,-
600, and the estimated total cut was
9,50000O,00O.
The estimated cut of the various va
rieties of wood, with the average value
per 900 feet of each variety, as given
by the forest service report, were as
follows:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
TO REDUCE MINE TOLL
Uncle Sam Makes Earnest Effort
to Prevent Loss of Life.
three New Safety Stations Are es-
tabiished, Equipped With Spe-
cialIy Constructed-Cars
for Rescue Work.

Uncle Sam is making an earnest eff
fort to reduce the loss of life that re-
suits from accidents in the mines of
he United States and at the same time
to develop the mining industry to still
greater proportions than it has already
attained. TO this end the department
of the interior has begun carrying out
the provisions of an act of congress
which provides for the establishment
Of ten mining experiment stations and
seven mine-safety stations in addi-
ton to those already established. APP
preparations are available for only
three of the safety stations and three
of the experiment stations, but the
other will be provided for by subsc-
Iuent appropriations.
Secretary of the Interior Lane has
announced the location of two of the
three mining experiment stations and
three mine-safety stations. The first
of the experiment stations Is to be at
Fairbanks, Alaska; the second at
Tucson, Ariz., and the third, not yet
definitely announced, in the Pacific
Northwest The safety stations as de-
cided upon will be mt Butte, Mont. ;
Reno, New, and Ration, n. NJ. The
sum of $4,000 is appropriated for each
of the mining experiment stations and
$lOl 800 for the three safety stations.
The purpose of all the stations ac-
N 70 hA l,, to 40, ,l.,, t,,x.
cations with view toward improving
conditions in the mining, quarrying,
metallurgical and other mineral indus
tries, safeguarding life among en-
ployees, preventing unnecessary waste
of resources, and otherwise contribut-
ing to the advancement of these indus
tries.
Each of the mine-safety stations Is
to be equipped with an all-steel mine
rescue car which will respond to disas-
ter calls within its prescribed territory.
Congress has appropriated 500, 900 for
the purchase of the three cars. These
cars will be of special design and will
represent the most modern thought in
rescue work. They will be manned by
expert crews of life savers, who, when
they are not employed at n mine dis
aster, will go to the different mining
camps and train the miners to rescue
work and first aid to the Injured.
Secretary Lane thinks that the ex-
pertinent stations, by aiding in the de-
velopment of new metallurgical proc
esses, will aid materially in enlarging
the mining industry, providing employ
ment for more men, with the utiliZa-
ton of the low-grade mineral deposits
to their highest extent. He regards the
new step as Il most deserved recogni-
ton of an industry which now has a
yearly output of probably two and n
half billion dollars and which is next
TO agriculture in its Importance to the
welfare Of the country.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
W2r Costly to Netherlands.

Tie government Of the Netherlands
has spent millions of dollars IN car.
ing for the Belgian refugees who
crossed the frontier when Belgium
was invaded al the beginning Of the
war. Erwin w. Thomson. Cnclc
Sans commercial attachc. reports
that during 1913 there wcr, paid out
by the government of the Neither
lands 81 100000 for refugee cnnlps
where temporary homes have been
made for impoverished BeIglans.
SI77O,ooo for relief Of Belgian reflI
gees outside the camps. $4,000 for
the education Of children of the rcfu.
gees. $4,000 for assistance IN EN-
poymeuts outside the camps. and SAL.
900 for relief 10 the families Of In.
termed soldiers
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
Drug Business Grows.

During the five years between 1909
and 1913 there was Il substantial in
crease In the manufacture of drug
gists' preparations, patent ara pro.
prietary medicines and compounds and
perfumery and cosmetics IN the
United States says Uncle Sam. Re-
ports for 1914 were received from
4,0S2 establishments, with products
valued mt S172OOS,9i6 The number
of establishments in 1914 exceeded
that In 1909 by 440, or 12.l per cent.
and the value of the products In.
creased during the fiye-year Eeriod by
$40, 057 1874, or 21.2 per cent.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
COTTON IS REPLACING WOOL
Change In Materials Used In Cloth.
ina Made in America Shown by
Uncle Sans Statistics.

Uncle Sam has found that less wool
aud more cotton is being put into
'Nlude in America" clothing.
This Is shown In report nude
public hy the bureau Of the census on
the manufacture of WOODEN aud worst
cd goods IN the United States during
lull There was Il decrease Of l4.2
per cent Ia the amount Of wool used.
and I'm increase of AIS per cent In
the amount of cotton used
The amount Of wool used was 26G
G34,a9o pounds as compared to 30.
CO., ,279 pounds used in 1909. the last
previous census. The cotton increase
WAS from 9o,oaiO6l POUNDS Ia lSUs
10 2S.3sT or pounds In l9lA
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
Farmers Use Current.

center. The auditorium seats 500 peo-
pie.
Farmers Use Current.
Power is sold to individuals on the
project but the more economical way
involves group purchases.
organizations of the farmers have
been formed said government Off
cial. Each organization deals with
the reclamation service in purchasing
the power required for the use of all
the members Of each organization. 1t
is then distributed over lines construct
ed by each group. One morning last
summer | drove out into the country
about 8 miles from Rupert and stopped
to chat with homesteader. His
house was modest structure costing
probably not to exceed $3.50. The place
was well shaded with Carolina poplars
and had a well-kept white clover lawn
in front.
Il observed n power line leading di-
rectly to the house and inquired about
1t. The farmer said he was one of the
directors in the Farmers Electric CO.
and used electricity for many pur-
poses. My curiosity was aroused, and
went into the house to investigate.
Il found every room lighted and
heated with electricity. In the kitchen
was a large electric range, the very
latest on the market, with four hot
plates, large oven. and broiler. Wa
ter for stock and household use was
pumped electrically, and the same
force will be used about the barn for
various purposes. This unpretentious
home on farm only four miles from
desert possessed conveniences and up
to-date laborsavtng equipment which
probably cannot be found elsewhere
except on the farmsteads of the very
rich in the Oldest districts of the coun-
try"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07

mend your Compound to other ladies'"
Mrs. MARY RIDGwAY, Durand, Wis.
A Massach usetts Woman Writes:
Blackstone, Mass. = "My troubles
were from my age, and | felt awfully
sick for three years. had hot flashes
often and frequently suffered from
pains.< took Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and now am WELL"
Mrs. PIERRE CoURNoYER, Box 239,
Blackstone, Mass.
Such warning symptoms as sense OF
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity.
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness, should be needed
by middle aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
Broi|ed Lizard PIeaSes
Marines PalateS.

Perhaps broiled lizard will
never find its way to the menu
Of fashionable American res
taurants, but Uncle Sans ma
rines attached to the American
legation at Managua, Nicaragua,
have found, as entremets to the
lotus, fried or brolled iguana
steaks, served with pasty sauce
made from alligator pears, TO be
everything claimed by the native
epicures.
The iguana, or giant lizard,
has been used for food by the
natives for many years. and igu-
ana steak finds much favor with
them because of its gamy taste.
The igunna Is herbivOrouS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
Sewer Pipe Output Fails.

The value Of the brick aud the
products Of the United States in 1918
was S125T9lSil, according to Uncle
Sans figures. This was u decrease
Of about per cent ns compared with
the previous year The product that
showed tire greatest decline was sew
or pipe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
Sermon Of the Stove.

An Alabama darkcy was telling
friend of certain church service he
had attended.
de preacher wasn't feolin' so good
last Sunday" he said, AN he made
de stove preach de sermon
"Made the stove preach?'
"Iessuh made 1t hed-hot from top
to bottom, an den he tells de sinners
to take good look at it. an go TO
thinkin'w
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07

Lydia E. Pinkham's
We &c table Com
pound. When | was
as and h a d tn o
Oh ange of Life,
a friend recon-
mended it and it
gave me such relief
from my bad feel
ings that | took
several bottles. I
am now we'll and
healthy and recon-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
Common Sense Big Factor.

Experience has convinced the nu-
thoritics of the department of labor
that successful strike settlement IL
generally matter of inducing all par
ties concerned 10 use common sense
The labor spokesmen are not always
Informed of the general conditions in
the business of the employer They
may also not be informed as to wage
and time conditions at other points in
their own industry. They frequently
do not know that the same issues for
which they are fighting have been
fought out before.
10 lay all such facts before labor
Is part of the duty of efficient concila-
tors when the demands are eNorbitunt
To Kill the goose that lays the golden
egg. =. to unfairly hHrass the EN-.
ploycr and perhaps drive him out Of
buSlncss-tO further limit the market
for any one kind of lnbor--is bad
business for labor. This is always a
factor when the agents of the depart
ment of lHbor deal with particular
strikes. The tendency lies towards
a big Industrial Development the
Standardization of wages and working
conditions In the various industries.
As eases multiply a record upon
which to build II standardized struc-
turc is being created.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
FEW REALIZE VASTNESS
OF THE GRAND CANYON

Few persons can realize on
first view of the Grand Canyon
that il Is more than a mile deep
and from eight TO ten miles
wide, The cliffs descending to
its depths form q succession of
huge steps, each 800 TO 500 feet
high, with steep rocky slopes
between. The cliffs are the
edges of hard beds of limestone
or sandstone; the Intervening
slopes mark the outcrops of
softer beds. This series of beds
is more than 5000 feet thick,
and the beds lie nearly horizon
tai. Far down in the canyon is
broad shelf caused by the
hard sandstone Mt the base of
this series, deeply trenchcd by
Il narrow inner canyon cut q
thousand feet or more into the
underlying granite" The rocks
vary in color from white and
buff to red and pale green.
They present a marvellous va
riety of picturesque forms,
mostly on titanic scale, fash
Toned mainly by erosion by run
ming water, the agent which
has eXcavated the canyon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
Millions in Sand and Gravel

The United States produced 76.GO3..
2O3 shOr, tons of saud and gravel. val.
ued Ut S23.l2l,0lT. during 1919, says
Jacle Sam.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07

Twelve d,ld parties will continue
this year The government survey of the
mineral resources of Alaska.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07

No man can be at his level best
who doesn't do al, he does on the
level
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
ELDERLY WOMEN
SAFEGUARDED
Tell Others How They Were
Carried Safely Through
Change of Life.

Durand, wis., am the mother Of
fourteen children and owe my life to
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
UNCLESAM WORKS
AS A PEACEMAKER
Has Settled Great Many Disputes
Between Employers and
Employees.
WILL LISTEN TO GOVERNMENT
Both Sides in Labor Controversies,
Unwilling to Yield to Each Other,
Will Accept Federal
Mediation.

Uncle Sam, in recent years has been
playing an increasingly important role
of peacemHker between employers
in disputes that result in strikes or
lOCkoutS.
Uncle Sam has acted chiefly through
the division of mediation and concilla-
ton of the department Of labor, but in
some cases other agencies are brought
into service. The work of this divi-
sion of the department of labor is OF
a purely industrial character. CUES
tons affecting railway operation are
specially excepted from the jurisdic
ton of the department of labor and
placed under the United States board
of mediation.
The work of the departments me
diatlon and Cancellation division has
been rapidly increasing. Since the
department was created on March 4,
1913, approximately 100 labor dis
putcs, involving actual or threatened
strikes, have been amiCably adjusted.
In approximately score of cases the
departments efforts have failed. In
the cases adjusted more than 10000
wOrknen We're directly affected and
more than 100000 Indirectly affected.
The reason why the department Of
lahCr is SO often successful in pre-
verUng or settling strikes by media
ton and Cancellation" said Secretary
of Labor Wilson the other day, lies
In the fact that both disputing par
ties recognize the government as a
superior agency. They will listen TO
the government when they will not
listen to any individual or agency"
No Hint of compusion.
one of the curious things Is that
neither in the law authorizing this
new work for industrial peace. nor
I'm the methods pursued under the
law, is there the slightest hint OF
compulSion. The government agents
do not even seek To arbitrate. Here
Is the working plan:
Upon the invitation of either dis
putant or upon its own initiative, the
government steps up to the combat,
ants, and, without even going between
them or attempting 10 pull them apart
says, Here, don't YOU think this
ought To stop? If so, let's all get to-
| gcther and fix up some kind Of agree
mcnt." 1t generally works.
A strike is little war. All the pas
sion entering into war enters into
strikes. The difference is that the
government now supplies between
groups of citizens the superior agency
for settling disputes lacking between
nations.
A strike is not only like war; II Is
like any kind of fight. Both sides
want To quit-but quit winner II
| the ordinary course, surrender" Is
| not considered until the one or th,
other side Is down and out. COmpro
mise is disliked because compromise
is not "victory."
The would-be pcaccmaker must b,
| n vastly superior person than either
combatant or he'll get beat up. hi
| plOmacy enters in choosing the ways
and means Of pointing out how al
| hands can "lay down arms and still
"savc their faces Though unwilling
to yield direct to the other an incl
in position or n comma in their respcc
tive demands, both dIsputants ar,
| the suggestion of the government.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
Electricity Heats Schools.

In Rupert and Burley, the principal
towns, 70 per cent of the buildings and
homes, large and small are heated by
electricity. Last year Rupert COM
pleted high school housing 600 pupils
which is ventilated and heated
throughout by electric power from the
government plant. Burley has now In
vested $4,000 in concrete school
building, also to be heated and ven
tiated by electricity, which will house
1000 pupils.
In the Rupert school, fresh air Is
drawn from the roof at the rate of So
600 cubic feet minute. 1t passes
through electric coils which heat 1t to
90 degrees Fahrenheit. Next II Is
washed and humified and then reaches
large mOtor-driven blower. This
forces the air into two chambers. I'm
the one of which a portion is raised TO
about 100 degrees and in the other of
which cool mir is retained. Separate
ducts carry the air from the two cham
bers to each room in the building. The
ducts are connected and there are con-
nections controlled by hampers, so that
the temperature in each room is main
tanned at GS degrees.
Hot water is provided electrically
also. The domestic science department
has complete outfit of electric plates
for the use of the individual students,
as well as large electric range for
baking and cooking on larger scale.
Practical use Is made of the domestic
science department in the preparation
of hot lunches ut noon for all the stu
dent body. The food is sold ut low
prices. Meal tickets can be obtained
either for cash or in exchange for such
supplies as milk, eggs and butter.
The building Is splendidly lighted
and Is used In the evenings as a social
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07

Above-Oam
perform the
thousand
school,
electricity cooking,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07

Uncle Sam, by means of great irriga-
ton projects, has turned many
stretches of desert into blooming gar
dens but there is one project that
stands out particularly as an example
of what man can do toward altering
the conditions established by nature.
Along the Snake river in Southwest
Idaho there is Il stretch of territory Az
miles in length which was once bar
rem desert, but is now dotted with
green farms and prosperous, busting
towns. This metamorphOsiS has been
brought about by the building of the
Minidoka dam on Snake river but II Is
not merely the transformation that has
been wrought in the appearance OF
the country by the miracle of irriga-
ton that is of chief interest. The
Minldoka project has an attraction all
its own because of the varieties of
public service which the water i'm
pounded behind the dam renders.
Here is to be found miniature cleo
trical world. Electricity, generated at
minimum expense by water power and
sold by the government at cost Is used
almost exclusively for light, heat and
power in the five towns located in the
district and also upon the several thou
sand farms scattered throughout the
project. 1t operates large grain ele
vator, a sugar refinery and an alfalfa
meal mill, II heats and yentilateS
schools, churches and 5O-rOom hotel.
II heats and lights the farmers houses
and furnishes power for the farm ma
chinery.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
Approach to Communism.

An economic unit has been created
In waste of sand and lava ash-or
rather has grown up there under the
wing of the government, the only pos
sible way it could have grown-which
represents a close approach to COM
munism.
A portion of the water impounded
by the dam enters canals and is dis
tributed by the gravity system over
1000 acres. Half of the water, in
passing over the dam creates 10000
horse power which lifts the remaining
part of the first half of the water to
higher benches of land that otherwise
would still be barren. Thus more than
10000 acres In all have water.
After lifting water for the extra
44,OOO acres, there remains power suf-
ficient to provide nearly all the essen
tails and many of the luXures of life.
BY law the United States reclama-
ton service is required to supply wa
ter and power, when power is avail
able, at cost Hence the charges are
low. For light, the average farmers
bill runs to about Sl.25 month. For
light, ironing, washing, vacuum clean
ers and cooking, the cost in the aver
age household Is $500 a month. In
winter, adequate power for heating
3, or 7-room house is obtained at
from SO to SIS month. Soft coal costs
So ton on the project and as consid-
erably more than one ton month Is
needed for continuous heating and for
cooking, the actual money saving Is
large.
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