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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
LEAPING THE

There was published recently a press dispatch from
Philadelphia telling us that a war boom had hit Penn
sylvania like a tidal wave. One big gun company had
an order for a million rifles, another for fifteen hundred
big gun parts. Another company, equipped for making
steel cars III time OF peace, was getting ready to turn out
shells for Six-inch guns, and still another, building loco
motives, was adding sfrapnel to its products. About
$4,000 new workmen were to fill orders for arms and
munitions in the Eddystone plant of the Baldwin loco
motive company, all OF which was reflected in the real
estate markets by plans for two thousand new homes,
made necessary thereby.
From all these signs it was easy to believe that
Europes buying agents had taken the field with a rush;
that England and Russia, as reported, were spending five
hundred millions, France four hundred millions and Italy
one hundred millions. For nine months the boom that
all had p%rophesied held off; overconfidence among the
allies, slipShod methods of provisioning might have &C
counted for it, but the rush of orders was correctly de-
scribed in the dispatch as a spectacular testimonial to the
fact that David Lloyd George was in charge of England 5
powder chest. \ cause and effect had "leaped across the
Atlantic"
Those were significant words, but to the thoughtful
mind this significance applies not only to the present, but
even more to the future, for those who think will realize
that sooner or later another cause and another effect will
likewise leap across the Atlantic This cause will be
the end of the war and this effect will be the paralysis OF
the munition business, and when these twins OF blessing
and blight arrive they will bring with them everything
but prosperity. They will bring a closing of factories, a
turning into idleness of hundreds of thousands Of work
ers and a Generalization of business.
The plain truth is that we are putting too many eggs
in one basket, with the certainty staring us in the face
that this basket will fall. AS a nation we have gone crazy
on munitions profits, and instead of preparing for the
conditions that will follow the war, we are dipping ou1
hands greedily into the flood of gold that flows from hui
man slaughter, Those who cry aloud that it is time to
cultivate a trade with neutral countries and equip Our
factories for the products OF peace are unheard IN the din
of the factory and the hammer1ng out OF the implements
to death. In our own eagerness to seize the abnormal
profits of a few abnormal months we neglect the oppor-
tunity to fortify ourselves for a century of profitable and
lasting commerce.
There is something about it all that is amazing, and
in a sense strongly hints of national insanity.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
O THE BABIES

The next bio national event will be Baby Week,
which falls on the first days of March. OF course, every
body will be there with babies. The object of this notable
week is the PRONUNCIATION or launching of a nationwide
for better babies. Just how the good folks
are going to arrange even a starter.is problematical, but
Baby Week will be here pretty soon, and all the mothers
and bachelor maids and chndless mothers, undoubtedly,
will be on hand with pertinent, plausible and perfectly
rational suggestions. There is much to do for the baby.
The move originated in the department of labor,
NAV be that the babies will not feel the good effects of the
campaign until they are old enough to read in the news
papers that once upon a time such a movement had wings
and inspiration and being, then they will prick up their
ears and look about to learn whether. as a matter if fact,
they are any better physically, morally or financially than
the babies of the early part of the twentieth century.
Baby Week is coming.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
THE PROPOSED SUEZ CAMPAIGN

A war correspondent who has been on the easter
iront during the last six months attaches little import
NICE to the threatened attack on the Suez canal. He dis
misses it as follows:
But so far as the Suez and Egypt are concerned,
the TeutOnic threats in that direction had little or
no basis, even before the fall of Erzerrm. 1t IS
1900 miles from Constantinople to the Suez, by
way of Aleppo, which was to be made the basing
point. Part of the way there is nothing more than
a narrow-guage railroad, and part of the way no
railroad at all. The Germans have talked about an
army of 100000 men-it Wodld take a year to
transport them, including the munitions and pro
visions, and even the Water-provlded they could
keep their lines open, which would take a large
army in itself. And when they did get there, if
they ever did. the British, and the Japanese, too,
could fight them without getting off their ships in
the canal with ample supplies of all kinds. That
Suez campaign, much heralded, is easily one OF the
craziest of all dreams.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
A HOST OF

\ Berlin dispatch says that a total Of I,42O.I7I sol
dicrs OF the enemy are now held as prisoners of wal in
German camps. In addition, there have been captured,
1t is claimed, O7oo cannons, 700 military carriages, 5000
guns and 100000 rifles.
The number of prisoners given above accounts only
Tor those in Germany; it is not stated how many are
held in Austria or in Bulgaria and Turkey. 1t is not inn
probable that half a million more prisoners are held by
these countries. France, Great Britain and Russia also
have made large captures from Germany and Austria,
while Italy, too, has some prisoners. 1t may not be Tar
wrong to estimate that the total number OF men how held
IS prisoners OF war in all the countries is about 100000.
| hat is equal to the population of the whole United
STATES at the time of the Revolutionary war. 1t is a ire
ncndous army and the problem of feeding, guarding and
tries.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
TUNGSTEN PRICES

In discussing the advance in tungsten prices the Den
er Mining Record says:
The United States formerly consumed about p
per cent of the worlds output-while producing less
than IS per cent-and with the unusual activity in
the steel industry today and the many new uses
for the metal, consumption of tungsten is rapidly
increasing.
The market price is quoted per unit Il per cent
Of a short ton, or 20 pounds OF tungsten dioxide).
In 1907 90 per cent concentrates sold at $3.50 per
short ton (2OOo pounds at a time when the uses for
the ore were infinitesimal compared with today.
Since that time prices have fluctuated considerable.
but lately the quotation has reached a figure of
$50 per unit, or equal to $4,000 per ton of 90 per
cent ore.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26

BRYAN democracy in Iowa is circulating a petition
to have President Wilson take the Nebraskan back into
the cabinet. Some people don't recognize a cooked hat
when they see one.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26

The country is neither shocked. surprised nor orieved
over the retirement of George T. Marve from the post of
ambassador to Russia. The appointment did produce
some shock and would have caused surprise. except that
W.. Bryan was then at the head of the state department.
The appointment of David X. Francis to fill the vacancy
will be generally approved by the country. His name and
his record in the public service stand for something.
The man who invented submarines should have nro-
vided that they be manned only by diplomats.
Among other prospects for secretary of war. Repre-
sentative Kitchin most decidedly is not.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26

\ New York physician on the witness stand in a di-
vorce trial declared there's no such thing as a normal
woman. OF course not. Every one knows she ought to
be quoted at a premium.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
MERCHANDISE SCARCE

The New York Commercial is warning wholesale and
retail merchants that consumption has overtaken produc
ton and that general merchandise will be scarce and
dear. This will become generally apparent, 1t is stated
when the spring season opens, although the conditions
have been unprecedented for many months+
This threatened shortage comes in iplte OF the tact
that mills are running night and day. Probably It IS due
in large part to the fact that 50 many o! the mills nave
engaged in making clothing, shoes and either articles OF
apparel for the soldiers of Europe. TheN'took these war
orders at a time when there was depression III this cou1-
try and therefore cannot now supply the needs OF TINS
country. Consequently merchandise will be scarce and
dear. Owing to the congestion Of freight at the present
time, those who are able to buy merchandise cannot be
sure that it will be delivered to them IN time Tor the spring
trade. The tendency Of prices for all merchandise IS up
war;
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26

The consistent silence maintained by Colonel House
these days.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26

Congressman Clark OF Florida, who happens to be
chairman OF the committee on public buildings OF the
House. is quite anxious for a new public building in his
home town which. according to the congressional dl-
rectorv. is Gainesville, and which according to the census
report, has a population of about 5000. MIR. Clark wants
$4,000 for a building in Gainesville. but Just what need
there IS for il has not been made clear. 1t Is possible,
however. that the people of Gainesvllls want a roller
skating rink, with a refrigerating plant attached to al
ford ice skating as an attraction for visitors or tourists
from the north. 1t is no wonder Mr.. Clark is opposed to
the preparedness program.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-30

cause of the fact that our mills were
physically inadequate to the demands
and during the month OF February
the increase in orders amounted TO
646. 199 tons.
March beat February with orders
for 1881, ,00l tons. and April beat
March with orders for 9,S29,551 tons
and the tide is still rising, the flood
of which seemingly is far in the fu-
ture. During the month of April the
United States Steel Corporation de-
livered from its mills finished pro-
ducts amounting TO $1,000 tons daily,
and the orders exceeded the shipment
By about 10000 tons.
believe the United States Steel Is
the largest private corporation in the
world. Its business is enormous and
il pays a wage as high as any like
concern in our country. Does any
rational man believe that this con-
Germ. with hundreds Of millions OF
money at its command. need protec-
ton from paupers, the Lord knows
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SEYIER CR7EG G101rS,

Of course when we consider raw products we
must carry the subject further on into the
matter of the prices we get and the prices
we must pay for finished products We shall
confne onr consideration, too, TO those products
which have their origin on the farm either in
the raw state or finished and manufactured
into edible or wearable articles.
Let US take wheat, for example. We all
know that the war has put the price Of wheat
way up. Very well-this means that the
whole country: city. town and rural population
well paying more for their hour-there-
fore the wheat raiser should theoretically be
getting rich on a product which It costs him
more TO raise than formerly and for which
he gets more money.
But wait a minute-there are other things
to consider in this matter OF growing rich OF
OF the war. Cotton and wool and meats and
farm machinery and sugar have gone up too.
This means that while the wheat raiser is
getting more for his product he is also paying
some other agriculturist more for his product.
This cuts down somewhat on the profits the
war is bringing 10 the farmer. Then ii would
seem that the best way to keep ahead OF the
game is for the farmer to pay the farmer who
raises his necessities the increased prices that
the war has brought about and when buying
his luxuries or those things that are not bare
necessities Of life 10 pick and choose from
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-30

sure. will pour in when the belliger-
ents lay aside their arms. Negotia
tions are being carried on with Am
erican manufacturers fbr the con
struction of portable one story dwell
ings and hostelries. Plans, speciica-
tions, and prices have been requested
for structures of diflei rent types rang
ing from one, two. and three-room
houses to community, or hotel, build
ings having from 25 to 200 rooms, in
addition TO kitchens and dining halls.
The company anticipates expending
about Sl,000,OO0 for the buildings,
which. il is planned. will be set up
at various points of interest along a
line extending from the shores of the
English Channel 10 Switzerland,
\ brisk trade in fragments Of shell,
shrapuel bullets, bent bayonets, brok-
en- rifles, and other war relics, has
already sprung up in the rear Of the
French and British lines, and SO far
the Supply-on the ground-haS kept
we'll abreast Of the demand.
In spite Of the rapidity with which
the genuine article is being turned
ont at the front, the fact that palpab-
ly faxed relies are already being of
fered in Paris and London seems to
indicate that when Europe again be
comes the playground Of the world
the Mecca OF the idle, the curious. the
! gullible,-there will be y new and lu-
crative luxury added 10 those already
existing before the war. The manu-.
facture Of imitation war relics bids
fair to be carried on upon a scale that
will dwarf the manufacture Of the
old masters and Egyptian scaraos a:
the present mighty struggle dwarf:
all other wars OF history, the
July Popular Mechanics Magazine
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TOURIST ACCOMMODATIONS
ON FRENCH sATTLE FSCNT

IA American. r>,c~.'y returned
from nile. v,-A ta E,'s.am .c4 neg
tac-u France. sa.& tsa; he aa1 70,
a shadow ~ toaH. tea, ic ,se course
81 the ucN, ten years. tae ,cu-is; O.
the world MIL have lea more aa2
enough money in tAc Wa-. devastated
regions 10 pay for al Ae Gs@as2
done BY the Germans
The same gentleman IS authority
for the Statencut that the thrifty
French " the shells battered towns
~ the war zone are already taking
serious account ot the tourist trade
ot the future in connection with tAe''
plans Tor rebuilding after the war.
\ French company has been formed
which is now making plans Tor The
establishment ~ temporary houses
and hotels On the present hattie foont
which. ct course. IS at present co.
tircly without facilities for 0oCc'Nire
the army ~ visitors which. 10 is eel,
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someI corcra1nts IN india.

In a lecture at one OF the Des
Mo!nes. Iowa. churches, a missionary
from India told Of going into the in
terror OF India. where he was taken
sick. that he had a bottle OF Cham
ber,ain's Collie Cholera and D.arrhoea
Remedy with him and believed tha,
1t saved his life. This remedy is
used successfully in India both as a
preventive and cure for cholera. You
may know from this tha. il can be de.
pended upon for the milier forms OF
bowel complaint that occur in this
country. Obtairab,e everywhere.
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whom, located the Lord knows
where? Why, not even mollycoddle
believes that,
Now these are not war orders, and
all the war orders placed in our
country do not amount to five per
cent. of the total of industrial busi-
ness.
Mr.. Lincoln opined it was not good
policy to swap horses when crossing
stream. This prosperity American
business enjoys is not mere stream;
II is a resistless torrent.
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NORTHWEST DEMANDS 4
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To the Public.

have been using Chamberlain 5
Tablets for indigestion for the past SiN
months, and it affords me pleasure TO
say | have never used remedy that
aid ME so much good. Mrs. c, f.
Riley. llion, y. y, ChamoeTlain'S Tab
let's are obtainable everywhere,
\ bilious, haltSick feeling, loss Of
energy. and conStipatei bowels car
be relieved with surprising prompt
ness by using HERBlNE, The frs
dose brings improvement, 4 few doses
puts the system in fine, vigorous con
di,ion. Price soc. Sold by Ringer
Drug Co.
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ting ut the stock yards, amounted to
over Sl,S000O0, calling for 10000 hor-
ses and 1000 mules.
Inspection to Start Soon.
Inspections are to start as soon as
possible after July /, and delivery
must be completed within 10 days
after that date. Specifications are,
as for colors and class. more rigid
than in the European contracts. The
contract for horses is for all classes,
largely of artillery and cavalry
Only solid colors are acceptable, the
United States not granting even the
. per cent. greys as permitted by
foreign commissions.
Mule Classes Wanted.
Three classes of mules are wanted
packer. draft and lead, and here dark
greys are acceptable, but otherwise
mules. too must be of solid colors.
Another restriction is that only geld
ings will be inspected. Heretofore
mares have been taken.
Both firms who are at work on the
1900 head order have contracts with
France and Italy and the filling of
these orders will go forward just the
same, as agreements were made prior
to the Mexican trouble.
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=. : CONTRACT FOR
HORSES AND MULES,

OE-aAo-a C5u. OS'a- Iu2s s.
Capturing a,-,cS; s toC-,h q The -
-a, contract the Oklahoma Ci-y'S
horse S-G mule -,s-As; VsS given
-acoz-t-o- y the United states gov
eminent n the placing q is order
tc- 5000 horses s1G u,C-eS to- vS-
service In money. the portion 2Eaz-
se3 oElsho~s Ci-y deS,e-s. DAVIS *
Younger ard n. :. ls.leS. c,;A opera
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IRON AND STEEL.
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(5y Savoyard.)

Washington. June 30.-Articles
fashioned from iron and steel are of
universal consumption. They enter
into the economy of every household
and of every individual citizen, even
the babe in arms. Hence it is no
fiction that the iron and STEEL indust-
ry is the infallible barometer of trade.
When dearth is in the field, when the
mart is empty, when the bay is ship
less, when retrenchment is impera-
tive. the fires in the steel mill are
not lighted and the sound of the trip
hammer is not hard. The wage of
labor is reduced and the ranks of the
unemployed are swelled. Indeed ours
is the iron age.
The American people are the most
enormous producers and the most
prodigal consumers of iron and its
reSolventS in the world. For fifty
years we have been told that the iron
industry of the United States cannot
possibly exist without a protective
tariff levied TO secure it in the home
market against the predatory paupers
of foreign parts. True. Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie. who knows more about iron
and steel than any other citizen Of
/ this or any other country, testified
before a Congressional commission
that the American iron and steel in
dustry had outgrown its baby clothes,
: that il was no longer an infant, but
that we would turn out steel at a
( less cost than any other nation and
at the same time pay higher wage
/ 10 labor than any other nation.
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j. c. Weeks. single person, TO j, q.
Kuykendal and X. NJ. Riney and Jas
mdspeth, OIL and Gas Lease, Part
section II 5slw,
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The
Original
Mailed Milk
NcunshirS
Delicious
DiScshhla

The powder dissolves IN water. Ne,
Ri>A2Ai.S. Matted grain extract IN ToW'ie'.
Fot lnfsnt> IuvaliIs and growing children,
Sg-s nutritiSn.upbuildins the whole body.
iavSSa-s;ss aarsias mothers and the aged
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Is no cooking Keep It oa hand.
TIE CTisjnal FN>1-D--k ioT al aSsS
Noe ncursSSirs tSzn ;eA ccSee. s;e-
In the kc-ne. Or at Hotels and Cafes
Substitutes est YOU SSzss Pisa
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h. A, Simpson and wife, Lillian W"
TO W. L. Connolly. Warranty Deed
Part section 10 lsSW.
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G4YZlERHYG SUGzR CRH

amongst them those that have
not gone up in price in spite
Of the war.
For example. here IS r
peculiar situation In regard 10
beverage which is so uni
yersally liked that 1t has be-
come almost a staple. The
name OF that beverage Is
Coca-COla.
Now Coca Cola. as you
know, is really an agricultural
product-a product Of the
soil. Cane sugar-the very
nurest and flnest-conStitut
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T.. n. Dorsey and wife, Lottie Dor
sey, to J, IL, Adsit Warranty peed
Part section 20 2sSw.
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large part Of Coca-Cola syrup. AS you
know. sugar has gone way up-so every glass
Of Coca-Cola you drink makes some farmers
heart gladder.
So It is with the pure fruit juices that
combined produce the inimitable flavor of
Coca Cola Not so much in quantity seemingly
when you consider-a single glass or this
delicious beverage, but enormous when the en-
tire Coca-Cola output is considered.
Yet this product Of nature-of the farm
increased in cost though 1t has been TO the
makers, has not been raised one penny in
price to dealer--or TO you. The price at the
soda fountain and in the bottle has not risen
one iota.
Now inasmuch as the rural population alone
Of America consumes millions Of bottles and
glasses Of Coca-Cola every year, you and the
other agricultursts Of this country will not
only be able to continue TO please your palates
and get delicious refreshment with this bey-
erage at no increased cost, but you will be
sending back to the farm bigger profits and
more money at no greater expense TO yourself.
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Chas. c. Stait to Walter Riley and
Audrey. his Wife, Release oil and
Gas Lease. Part section so eSSw,