New Britain herald., 1916-03-18
TNPEWETTERS AND LIXURITS.

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 It is a harmless looking contraption ! in it's most frishtful state.-old age. 1 Sitting there in the sanctum sane { forum waiting for some not too gentle
 upon it's keys, it has all the semblancc ! of an open faced camera waiting to record picture of some mental activity. And so it does That is l the greatest harm of the typewriter ' taking down peoples thoughts. It is
 not a bomb that will expi"de at the . touch of minute hand. nor yet is it 8 machine gun that will reap down rows
 of men. It is merely d time saver. . helping the printer to devinc sen
 tonces he never would be able to read
 in the original hand-writinG At , least that is what of the fourth | estate have considered it. But the
 wonderful and powerful government of Great Britain must see some evil
 in the typewriter for it has refused to
 pass these machines to neutral Euro
 pcan countries when they arc destined to Germany or Austria. Because of this action American manufa Cturcrs and exporters of the typcWritine, ma Chlnc hay" protested to WaShingtuI!. No one yet has been able to divine the reason for this blockade. Per haps it is something we overlooked. Perhaps the typewriter is a danger. ous weapon if it gets in the hands of d German journalist. It may then change into a machine that cmts ex- ploSiVc gas, or something equally as forociOus. We have as yet received no story telling of a battle fought with typeWriters, nor have we heard of typewriter raid on any of the great English cities. There must be some crime the typewriter is ca pal,le of when placed in the proper hands Otherwise, why should the British government block American trade Or perfectly harmless article? Until now we were willing to believe type writers thoroughly fit for Red Cross work.
 Now comes the news also that other exports from the United States will be greatly effected by the new British orders in council prohibitin" impor.a- { ton into the United Kingdom of articles of luxury While the orders ton of these articles without discrim- lnation against any one country in the United States will be the chief sufferer Because there is Z grounds for protest by the American government. While Great Britain plans these new orders in council under the guise of providing room stead of luNures it is asly seen there are other reasons behind the act. . Since the value of pound sterling dropped to such low mark British interests have desired to eGualize the rate of exchange between London and . New York. With imports from the United States limited to absolute nec- . essa ries the balance of trade in favor of America will be necessarily re- : duced and the value of a pound ! sterling brought back somewhere near the normal mark. Also, inc order is designed to make the British people pra ctice economy. All along the people of Great Britain have been loath to give up their luNuries. so the government now takes a hand. An other reason is, England wants to con- centrato all her shipping strength in carrying ma terials for war. in provid- ing munitions for the boys in the trenches and tc furnish tn" home folk with food With this avenue of tra de lost it is now up to the Etited States to find substitute market. Should England carry the project fHrth" and withdraw hor ships now plying bet wecn North and South America the situation will become grave. Be cause of tho scarcity of American and other neutral vessels for this work. an unprecedented condition might easily arise. ono of the reasons why something should be done toward
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