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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-02
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ny Associated Pres.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ain com
prehensive review of foreign trade
conditions. the federal trade commits
sion today expressed an opinion that
the much discussed after-the-war
commercial competition from Europe
will not come for some time after
peace
High costs of raw materials, in
creased taxes. probably higher wages,
to say nothing of the lack of capital
and stocks of material necessary to
repair the wastages of war, the re-
port says, are expected to delay the
full power of European competition
until II regalns its normal state.
Laws to put the American exporter
on footing with his foreign rival
by authorization of collective foreign
settings agencies are recommended
brief summary OF the report made
public last May, while II still was in
complete recommended such legisla
ton and was followed by introduction
OF the Webb bin, which awaits actor
but has the endorsement of the ad
ministration.
III Is frequently asserted. said thu
report the manufacturers and pro
ducers Of the belligerent countries
Will take effective measures to re
gam their former trade II is likely
however, that some time will pas
a''er The close OF the war before the.
VIII Do able to exert their norma
competitive power Much capital, in
uauing large stocks of material, will
W needed to restore the wastage o
"af For some time. also. afte
peace Is declared their costs of MANI
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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-02
DON'T BUY ANCIENT BREAD
SHIPPED IN

I would not buy strange. dry.
squeezed bread. when can buy bread
OF superior quality In every respect
The Progress and Vienna Bakery
bread IL rich In flavor and 10 made OF
the choicest eastern -four, and 10
heavier and goes further than any
imported bread.
for pastry of any kind equal to that
made in any city. 1880
We can serve q large banquet ~
easy as q small banquet.
Progress and Vienna Bakeries
Phone No. 4o4. Peter Fabbi. Prop.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-02
WORKERS SPEND TOO MUCH
FOR THE LUXUR|ES Of LIFE

standard rates may be obliged to re-
wise long established terms"
Pointing out that labor is fully
employed at high wages, the review
adds:
1T is noted that saving is common
enough among the foreign element,
but often remarked that other work.
men generally are spending too
freely for luXuries and not taking ad.
vantage of an unusual opportunity
to lay something by for rainy day
Comparing statistics of October,
1916. with the same month a year
ago, II is shown that building in New
York City represented $11,542. $50, an
increase OF $2.150255. and failures
In New York state numbered 153,
with liabilities of sl,S43.6Sl. de
crease Of 1873 failures and $6.l13,51O
in liabilities.
with the approach of winter the
labor situation is expected to be
somewhat easier. as certain outside
activities will cease during cold
weather" the statement declares.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-02

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2,--With-
drawal of the British and French
treasury bills by J. P. Morgan e. Co.,
with the statement that it was done
at the direction of the respective
governments and out of a desire to
show every regard to the federal re-
serve board" created much interest
in government circles, but drew no
official comment further than a re-
iteration at the state department that
the reserve boards action was mere
" matter of domestic concern.
secretary Lansing discussed sew
eral times with the board before the
issuance of its recent warning to
American bankers to avoid locking
up their funds in foreign treasury
bills likely to involve long time obi
cations and advised the members
that their action could not be con
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-02
REFUSAL Of LOANS
OFFICIALLY EXPLAINED

sidered in the slightest degree un
neutral or unfriendly Nevertheless
as II affects foreign securities, great
care was taken to point out in the
boards statement that the reasons
were purely domestic and that the
warning was not intended as a refiec.
ton upon the financial standing of
any country.
In some quarters it was suggested
that perhaps the allied government
action was Influenced to an extent
at least to hostility in their own
countries to the short term notes, on
the ground that they put their
treasures at the mercy of American
bankers or could renew or not as
they saw fit.
II was stated officially that no
government had approached the state
department in any way concerning
the notes, either before or after the
reserve boards announcement.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-02
uBy Associated Presno

by AssocAteu hFe""p
NEW YORK, Dec. New high
records in commerce and industry
for the month of November, with
manufacturers and traders pressed to
the utmost to supply enormous de-
mands. are shown in review of
conditions made public here last
night by Pierre Jay, chairman of the
federal reserve bank of New York.
The report states that the further
advance in prices which began three
months ago has developed into a
widespread ands rather speculative
movement in commodities and Sc
curites."
Referring to the high cost OF living,
Mr. Jay says
THE average salaried man finds It
burdensome 10 meet the additional
cost Of such necessities as food.
clothing and footwear Merchants
and large buyers of raw material are
uncertain and anxious about making
large commitments. Manufacturers
OF standard goods which sell at
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
THE PROPER SPIRIT.

One single gift of one hundred dol lars yesterday to the Polish Orphan Asylum for the Christmas dinner Is representative of the spirit that has fast taken hold of New Britain good will toward those less fortunate the year when the average family is surrounded by health and happiness there is something magnanimous in extending the helping hand to those prived of the loving care of mothers and the protection of fathers The little orphans should not be forgotten.
 There is no better time of the year to manifest the spirit of brotherlv love, to practice the corporeal works of mercy. The feeding of the hungry, the clothing of the naked. the har- boring of the harborless,-those are the deeds that count. The orphanages of the city have struggled through out the entire year adhering to the highest dictates of humanity A little help now when extra favors mean more than at any other season will not go unrewarded. The joy of giving to those who are powerless to provide for themselves is one of the greatest satisfactions the heart of man can know.
 The Childrens' Home, the Polish Orphanage and those other private and public institutions that give shel- ter to the deserving should receive attention within the next three or four days. It has been suggested, and the suggestion still holds good, that groceries and provisions of all sorts be sent to these homes. It is l simple matter to order an extra portion of foodstuffs when at the l grocery store and direct that such purchases be sent to either one of the aforementioned places. There is l need for food and clothing at all such institutions, at all times. Els
 pecially is there need for som ething
 out of the ordinary in the way of
 little favors bordering on the luxuries
 of life.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

purpose of wiping out once and for all
 what they call swashbuckling Prussian
 militar1sm,-a menace to the entire world. They claim to have no hatred for the German people, but they do express contempt and fear for the great military arm of the German nation. Thus the matter stands Such speeches as Lloyd Georges and Von Bethmann-Ho ollweg's, delivered from now until dooms'day will get nowhere. The only possible chance for a lasting peace will come when the representatives of the various belli- gerent nations sit around the same board and discuss the terms upon peace.
 As matters stand today Germany alone has it in her power to open the door to a lasting peace. It will be an effort of sacrifice on her part, and her proud statesmen may not deem it wise to bow in submission to the enemy countries In that event tn only way for peace to come about is through some gigantic victory by Ger many CT by the Entente Allies. That is the long way around The shortest way home is through the avenue of discussion, not bonn mbastic nor filled with vitriol; but honest and sincere de- bate. The war is not won yet by either side. If it was there would be no need for any discussion at all So long as Germany believes she is vic- tor1ous even so long must the war last. It can never be settled while there is a spirit of braggadocio on either side. There are but two ways to end the whole business, one is by a, crushing defeat and the other bv equalization through the channels of diplomacy. Which side stands ready to give in, the Allies or the Central Powers? The answer seems to be apparent.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
Corn in the Kitchen.
(New York Sum-

Speaker Clark advises more use of says. Indeed it is. Corn meal mush makes a healthful and satisfying breakfast; the left over portion fried, sweetened with molasses, makes a good dish for lunch or for next days breakfast.
 The housekeeper who goes out to market may hot realize it, but she de- pends upon corn for the best beef, fresh pork, sausages, ham. bacon, poultry, eggs butter, cheese. Where there is plenty of corn there is plenty of other good food," they say In the corn belt. It is a luxury for cattle, hogs and chickens.
 It was we'll thought of in this coun- try as human food fifty. forty, per haps thirty years ago. But in an unfortunate day even poor folk be- gan to neglect corn. Dressed up as hominy it still had a certain popu- larity, parents were willing that their children should eat it thus. Treated with baking powder, salt, plenty of rich cream and butter. it was still made into a hot bread some were not ashamed to eat.
 But corn was gradually disappear ing from the American table. Folks had not vet begun to demand corn fattened beef pork, chicken, and the yellow grain was so fallen into dis esteem and consequent d1suse that one hard winter it was burned Tn the
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

Washington, D. C., Dec. 19.-Gal- atz, Roumania's largest and most inn portant commercial city situated on the Danube, is the subject of the fol- lowing war geography bulletin issued by the National Geographic society:
 If Field Marshal von Mackensen's s drive through the Dobrudja had eX- tended beyond the Tchernovada bridgehead to the north as far as Galatz, Roumania would have been cut off entirely from the Black sea, and the traffic of the Danube would have been bottled up. This city, which has a population of more than 10000, is the chief lumber port of the kingdom and stands second to Brall& in grain shipm ents.
 "Galatz enjoys signal commerclal advantages in it's situation on the left bank of the Danube between two great tributary arteries of traffic, the Sereth and the Pruth, the former ris- ing in Bukowina and draining all of central Moldavia, while the latter rises in the Galician Carpathians and flows in a southeasterly direction, forming the boundary line between Roumania and the rich Russian prov ince of Bessarabia. The mouth of the Sereth is three miles southwest Of Galatz and the Pruth enters the Dan- ube ten miles east of the city.
 ''The new section of Galat2 takes the form of an aInphitheater spreac out upon an elevation some distance to the north of the river, and the olo town occupies the low land between the cliff and the water front. Most or the residences are in the new section while the flour and paste mills, tho grain elevators and the immense grain magazines are located in the old town.
 "Galatz is defended by three lines of Notifications, resembling an en- trenched camp. The Sereth line or defense, which extends to the north- west as far as Focshani, distance of forty-five miles, is well suppl1ed With Krupp and Gruson guns.
 "For a number of years Galatz has been the hcadquarters of the Euro bean commission of the Danube which had control of the improvements and the maintenance of the channel through the lower reaches of the r1v- CT, the Sulina mouth of the waterway being ninety miles east of the city. At the time of the outbreak of the war this commission was composed of rep resentatives of Austria Hungary, France Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Roumania, Turkey and Russia, all of which nations are now involved in the war, so that for the time being the commission is completely disrupted.
 "Galatz's rapid growth from town of 1000 inhabitants to place ten times as large began in 1884, the year that the first steamer arrived here after a successful and historic voyage down the river from the Iron Gates, on the distant Hungarian border.
 '"The region between Galatz and the
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

corn belt as domestic fuel; it was cheaper than coal or cordwood
 Corn came into it's own forever when "feeders'' began to buy range steers and fatten them on corn for the table of beef eating America,
 The price of, any food which sells at more than a fair profit for pro- ducer and marketman can be lowered by taking your choice roasts your strictly fresh eggs, cream, butter, bacon and ham in the original form of thesc delectable foods, corn. Cakes. buildings, breads in a hundred shapes, forms and flavors can be made out of corn. A hundred million more bush els a year will he grown when the humble food becomes fashionable again, and q hundred million bushels more each year until we are all sup piled.
 Here is so simple, so direct, so ef- flcacious 8 cure of our present ills it is quite certain not to be adopted.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

over-accentuation of unimportant syl- fables or the fiat and unpleasant "a" sound uttered through the nose. But as for general accent and manner of speech, isn't it better to have variety
 rather than dull uniformity? Sir Herbert needn't be so dogmatlc and superior about it. anyhow. His Lon don may set the best standard, but his own country doesn't follow that standard. Not to mention the wide divergence of Scotland, Ireland and
 Wales, there is far more variation with the morrow limits of England than there is in the whole United States. North and south England can hardly understand each other. Eventually we may work out by un- conscious degrees g. somewhat more uniform pronunciation than we now have: According to the judgment of an eastern scholar, 1t will approxi~ mate Chicago's pronunciation. And why not-even if the suggestion of 1t fills London and Boston with horror? :?
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
|H0w Traffic 0n Dannbe| N1qhf Hape Been BotfZed Ub|

Pruth river is a forbidding swamp or mere, covering fifty square miles, where fowl and half-Wild swine are to be found in great numbers. The swine have been known to attack the peasants who frequent the lowland to gather the gigantic reeds which ara extensively used for fuel. The pruth, incidentally, is held in aversion by all Roumanians. who believe that many of the calanlities to Wf1ich the flesh is heir have come from beyond thats Waterway-cf1olera, war and farline. And a lesser i'll, but one which tries the patience of the peasant farmer is the burr which is brought over from Bessarabia ir the tails of the Russian horses. These burrs creep up clothing liko things alive and make an inex- tricable tangle of woolly fabrics When they get in the names and taiis of an- ;lnals they form q stiff. heavy mat like an lmmovable board or club.
 "Roumanians, Greeks, Bulgarians, Russians Armenians, Jews and the recently ernancipated Tsiganes (gyp- sies) ming1c in the great bazaar of Galatz The Jews, who constitute twenty per cent. of the population, are the thrifty merchants of the port
  port trade in lumber and cattle. They / also handle the imports Of textiles. machinery and coal.
 ITO the tourist the most interest ing building in Galatz is the Church. of St Wary's. which contains the tomb of the celebrated Cossack chief, Mazeppa, whose intrigue with the wife of noble at the Polish court and his dire punishment (being bound. naked to the back of a wild horse and set ndrift on the desert) have been imll2 3Ytalzed in Bryon's poem. The tomb is supposed to have been ri1ed of it's remains by the Russians during one of their several dcscents upon the city. for the memory of Mazeppa is ex- ocrated by the soldiers of the CzaS inasmuch as he became an ally ot Charles XII of Sweden. He died of poison in the samc year that Peter the Great defeated Charles on the field of Pultowa.'
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
How to Prevent Colds. (The Worlds Work

In the way of practical advice on how to prevent colds, Dr. Eugene l.. Fisk, of the Life Extension institute in New York city, suggests that one of the best methods for preventing colds is to breathe as much fresh air as possible; a draft. he holds, is not to be feared unless it is strong enough to be chilling. It is as silly to weaken your resistance by cod- ding as it is to be over-Spartan. The skin can be trained to help resist germ infection! and one of the worst ways to train 1t is to work and live, and sleep in overloaded rooms. The same sort of rules applies to clothing. Adapt your clothing to the condition of your health and to the conditions of the weather. One man can wear light underclothing all the year round; for another whose physique Is not so hardy or who has chronic heart or kidney trouble, such a course is folly. It is as harmful to expose yourself too much as 1t Is to weaken your resistance by bundling up. Baths? One man can take cold baths and be no worse for them; an- other of more delicate constitution will suffer nervous shocks from the same temperatures Try out vour skin and find out it's reaction point Of course, you will do we'll to avoid constipation, overeating, and extreme fatigue, for these all aggravate colds and invite them The man who is subject to colds should be sparing in his use of tobacco. and should know that he weakens his resisting powers if he drinks alcohol. Tn many an in stance where death is attributed to severe cold or to pneumonia, the real cause was that the patients sys- tenn was so weakened by drink that 1t had no resistance to offer. to germ attack.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
Pointed Paragraphs.
(Chicago News ).

NCnlCdSO NeWS).
 Grafters oft break in where burg lars fear to tread.
 A boy in a schoolroom is worth a dozen in poolroom.
 Some beauty Is skin deep and some is put on with enamel.
 All our thoughts are original either with ourselves or others
 You don't notice the express so much at the time if paid with a check. .t If some artists see things as they paint them they should cut out booze.
 And many a man fails to make good because he loves to take things easy.
 An ounce of happiness contributed to another is a pound added to your own.
 At least two thirds of the married men are henpecked and haven't found 1t out.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
SEE THE DOCTOR.

All the citizens of New Britain ars Heeply interested in the plight of Wa kerbury which is visited by a scourge bf smallpox. The secretary of the Itate board of health, Dr. John T Black, is of the opinion that every Eeerson residing within the limits of l he Brass City may have to be vac- Iinated immediately. This also ap- ] less or otherwise. .-..: The @redeeming feature about the Prevalent epidemic of this dread &isease in Waterbury is that 1t is mild ! a1 form and although spreading seems 4o! be reaching it's end. The situation Gs nevertheless serious when it is con- : 3@ported up to yesterday. These are : II within tho city Three additional ases have been heard from in one of he suburbs.
 < There are other cities in the state
 hat are at this time visited by
 pidemics of smallpox. Happily lew Britain Is not among them. There are no cases of the disease re- 3orted here. But that, is no reason
 hy every precaution should be
 bandoned. This Is the time for pre-
 ention. Once the germ gets foot
 bid it might not be so easily stamped |lt. Vaccination is a very disagree
 ple thing at best; but those who have
 ecasion to visit other cities in the
 ate where smallpox is prevalent
 lould take this precaution. Even
 lose who do not visit those places
 here smallpox is in evidence should
 once attend to vaccination. Small
 Dx comes in cycles,-once every
 ven years. Those who have not
 len vaccinated within that time
 ou1d consult a physician.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
Old Ships Made New.
Philadelphia fublic Ledger

(Phlladelph1a | ubllC Ledger.)
 Ships, like men, may have strange, eventful histories. It will interest old ocean travellers to note that the AL fonso XII. now making her maiden voyage to New York in the service of the Compania Trasatlantica, is none other than the once-popular Havel, of the Norddeutscher Lloyd. She was sold to the Spanish government for a transport as long ago as 1898. and she has since been used as a royal yacht With a portrait of Frederick the Great still adorning her saloon, she now flies the Spanish flag as a merchantmen. Many other once fa- miliar ocean liners hold the seas under unfamiliar names. In spite of of the rapid retirement of tonnage that the demand for speed and lux ury had brought about before the war, these older vessels now and a gain come back to their own, just as stanch and as comfortable as ever. Some of them, like the once-popular City of Berlin, are still being used as army transports by the United States government.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
Asleep at the Coal Bin.
Philadelphia Public Ledger


 To most Americans 1t will come as shock to learn that our trade with the Philippines is largely de- pendent upon British coaling stations. Now that England needs all it's own fuel, it has decreed that independent shipping will hereafter get none. Here is another example of the shift less work of our government. Con- gress haggles for months over pork barrel appropriations and neglects a binary business proposition such as coaling stations for our own ships. What would be said of a railroad that forever kept it's fuel supply in the hands of a competitor who might stop the supply any day it saw fit to do so? But our government affairs being conducted primarily on a par tisan political basis, are left in a slovenly condition. Since the United States mines far more coal than any other nation, it would ap- pear to be elemental that 1t should furnish all the coaling station facili- ties which could be needed for our own use.