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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-06-06

Ru,ka vlada Sc %pritozuje, da jc dobila IL A.
mcrikc 500 funtov aspirina brez ~aspirina. Mar j
je bilo prodano "a medicine. nj obsegalo ME dru-
zega. kakor oslajcno mleko. Ruska vlada j. naiy-
ma kaj misli, da ne kupuiemo Y Amcriki dovolj
zdravil, V katerih nj ME zdravilncga? Maj bo We
sela, da il MISC prodajali ameriSki kapitalisti stru-
pa namestO %aspirina.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-06-06

IL Tokia ~prihaja pravkar telegram, da ie biv-
81 kitaj>ki PRECEDENT in cesar Juansikaj mrtev.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-06-06

V New lorku so Sc rri6ela pogajamja med
zastopniki zeleznicarjev in druzb. Doslei razla-
gaia lie ODE Stranki vSaka svOjc staliSce. IelezniSki
magnati Sc drlc trmasto in pravijo, da je izpolni-
tev zahtcv mcmogota. Glavna tocka vseh zahtev jc
o@cmurna sluzha, katcri Sc drulbc n ajbolj upiraio.
Wee bono govoriIi. kadar p~okazcjo pogajanja
kaj rczultata bodiSi Y pozitivni ali pa Y %negativ-
nj Smcri.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-06-06

Brzojavka amcriSkega glavnega konzula
Y Genovi naznanja. da ie italiianska vlada IA ne
dolocen cas- prepovedala izvazati makarone.
Ia prepoved ie razumljiva. Makaroni Sc
MANFRED delaio IL moke in moka je Y tasu vojnc
povSod dragocena rec.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-06-06

Kakor smo %porocali. je znana Navy League
tozila Henry Florida "a stotisoc dolarjcv odSkodni-
ne. ces da io ie razzalil $ trditvijo. da agitira "a
vccjo mornarico v Interest," pOsameznikov. Ford
je izjavil, da je pripravljen priti ma obravnavo V
Washington, Ge obljubi Navy League. da predlozi
sodiscu vse knjige in da dovoli krizno z~aslisava-
ME svojih clanov i'm darovalcev. Sedaj je vprasa-
ME, ali sprcjme liga to ali ne. &c sprejme, no OBJ
ravnava zanimiva ce odkloni, no tudi to pOuGno.
Ccle mesece pripoveduicio ze'ezniskc druIbe,
da nj mogocc izp0lniti Re .nicarski zahtev, nc da
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-06-06

AneleSka vlada ic pri Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Go. naroGila 3,000,0 600 pusk,
katerc mora drIzba doStaviti V trch letih, pri-
Gems 5 prihodniim letom. Tia druzba ina tudi ma.
rocilo "a 100000 puSk "a ruSko armada. Nsaka
puSka bo stala okoli $27, ali skupno SSl 900. 900,
ko bodo vse puSke doSlavljenc.
kako Sc more cd take druzbe pricakovati. ola
$" no Y SvoJen srcu ogrcvala "a mir? Osemdesei
'~h'llonov dolarlcv "a puSke kako hi Sc to mo-
clio "2aSluziti' zee he hi Bog dial voine?
Zc vcG rorocil jc doSlo IL Madrida. da della
Spanish kralj nacrte "a mir. Najprei namerava
poSlatl pony ma vSe voiskujoce Sc drzave, da pri-
emo Z mirovnini poeaianji. Ako hodo zadovolinc,
ho postal Y vSako drzavo diva Spanska DRAWN
ka. XII bodo Skupno izdclali nacrte. da DO vsaj
cnkrat priSlo do kratkega premiria.
Idi 50, da nina SpanSki k~raljicek wee vpliva
kakor amcriSki predScdnik.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-06-06

Kongresu je poslanec Owen prcdlolil natrt, pc
katcrem mai hi Sc zakonito uravnali volilni stroski
kandidatov. Kdor kandidira Ia prcdsednika Ic-
dinjenih draw, mai hi ne p%otroSil IA agitaciio wee
kakor 10000 dolariev. za podprcdsednika ne ccz
25,000. IA senatorial k~veGjemu 5000, IN kongrcS-
nika pa m%aksimalno $500 dolarjev. Owen je torci
Z denarjem. Pc mejah. Xxi Jill ~prcdlaga "a dovoljr-
prepri6an, da Sc delajo volitve v Amcriki najvct
ne izdatke. je lahko p%resoditi. kaksnc svotc So Sc
daj p%otrOsijo V agitaciji. In kcr morcjo lie kapita-
listi 'irtvovati' take zneske. je $ TEN potrjcno.
da Sc delajo volitve V Ameriki kapitalistitno Am
pax Owenov natrt ne izpremeni tcga. Predpi>ati
izdatke jc lahko; kontrolirati Jill jc druga rec.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-06-06

Tvrdka Krupp jc V okolici Monakovega
kupila wee zemlje, ma kateri zgradi Sc par tovarn
"a oroIje. kruppove naprave V ESsenu obsesa-
jo mad 80 akrov zemlie. Y ten tovarnah della
okoli 10000 delavcev.
Mice Sc ne We, kako So %izpremeni zemljevid
Europe vsled vojne. Ali Kruppovo kraliestvo Sc
il re p%ovecalo.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-06-06

Sekajo glavc V imenu ''pravicc". jc Sc posebno
ncznosna miScl. da Sc ma tax nacin kaznuje zen
ska. Tudl to jc emo tiStih Znamenj. Iii kazejo, da
Srcdnji vek Sc nikakor nj premagan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16

Going the world around, never was
there so much money to spend, never
so much employment at high prices
and never so much material prosper
ity for those in position to ENJOY
it. The neutral countries have been
flooded with gold; SO also have some
Ct the belligerents. In Japan the
government has had to interfere sew
eral times with a wild speculation IN
shares to keep it within bounds. Our
participation in war prosperity IS
surprising. We boast of 1t. we
think of taking steps to secure II
against the after uncertainties
though we are not clear as to what
steps would be effective. The main
thing is that we have it. Judge Low
EFT. head of the Union Pacific, thinks
the American multitude ought to be
extremely grateful to Mr.. Wilson Tor
having stood solidly on our legal
neutral right TO trade in war NUM-
tons when Congress had been on the
point of denying it. He thinks I'VE
owe Mr.. Wilson for the present I'M
exampled prosperity of the country
and should on that account reflect
him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16
Worries Of Peru

DR.. Jose Pardo, the President Of the
republic, delivered his first message
to Congress. As whole, the Presi.
dents message, we are told, reveals .
favorable reaction in the financial and
economic position of the country fol-
lowing the crisis of 1914-l5. The mes
sage intimated that the attempt to
place a Peruvian loan on the New YORK
market for the purpose of consolidst'
ing the national debt had ended il
failure. In view of the recent wide
discussion in London financial organs
of the merits of the guano controversy
with the Peruvian corporation, the
message confirms the findings Of the
commission In London setting. form
that the amount of guano so FAR er'
tracted is approximately 100000 tons,
leaving some 100000 tons still to be
extracted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16

Unexampled prosperity arising
from warl Is it not mad contra
diction? "Yes," says man, speaking
as an opportunist, lit is an abhor-
rent riddle" With that he proceeds
TO make profitable use of the conse-
ouences. Savages found prosperity in
infanticide. Tribes that made away
with their surplus progeny and kept
their numbers even with the food
supply of their environment Jared
better and further than other tribes.
II is possible TO take a romantic
view of the Great Plague by which
third of the population Of England
was swept away. The supply OF
labor afterward was very much
short of the demand. Wages rose
rapidly. Employers passed laws to
keep wages down, Nhich they broke
themselves. The economic result was
the liberation of the serfs. Labor
obtained the free right to bargain.
Yet the practice Of infanticide has
been abolished and the causes Of
plague have been discovered and re-
moved II the savage tribes had
known how TO enlarge their food sup
ply by intelligent agriculture they
would not have been obliged TO make
away with infant mouths. The
earlier invention of a steam engine
would have elevated the condition OF
labor in England perhaps more rap
idly than the plague. Neither in
fanticide nor the plague was neces-
sary TO promote human prosperity.
IF man knew how TO prevent war he
would perhaps have the intelligence
10 stimulate himself economically by
other means. The materials of pros
perity arc unlimited. The facts are,
nevertheless. The savage did not
know any better and prospered by
destroying his offspring. The me-
chanical era came after the Great
Plague, and perhaps largely In con-
sequence Of the shortage Of labor
resulting from that visitation. Man
does not know how 20 prevent war.
Perhaps 800 years hence some one
will be writing that as recently as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16
DISCORD IN AFFAIRS
OFLEHlCH VALLEY R. R.

Philadelphia, Oct 15.-Plans for the
reorganization of the executive man
agement of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company are not moving smoothly to
contamination. Decided differences
have arisen between important and in
fuential interests as to what is best
and as to how IL should be done. As a
result, the election of +. +. LOOMS,
now vice-president of the Lackawanna,
TO succeed f. b. Thomas as president
of the Lehigh Valley has become un-
certain.
George F. Baker, representing the
interests OF the First National Bank OF
New York. selected Mr.. LOOMS as the
man to be made president of the com
pany.
Naturally, the Drexel-Morgan inter
ests here are jealous of their fiscal po-
sition with the Lchigh Valley Railroad
1t can be said that they will not quietly
agree to any change in the manage,
ment of the company which would
threaten that position. The Philadel-
phia interests in the company. ~ can
he stated further one and all, feei that
New York should not dominate the AZ
fairs of the LehiGh Valley, which from
the beginning has held strongly 70 us
Pennsylvania moorings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16

TIME Russian government mas
lately completed the construc-
ton of a new railway line into
the interior which, taken in conjunc-
ton with the development Of the Polar
Sea port Of Alexandrovsk (Kola as
WELD, it's northern terminal, is ex-
pected to go far in solving the serious
problem of winter transportation 20
and from Russia when the White Sea
port of Archangel and the Baltic ports
are frozen up.
Alexandrovsk. which Is very near
the northern frontier of Norway. is
an all-the-year ice-free port. A new
trunk line has just been built con-
Meeting this port with the main line
extending due east from Petrograd TO
the Ursl, Altai and Siberian railway
arteries. Other lines are projected,
one Of which would be a southeast ex-
tension from KEN, on the new Polar
line, to Perm, about 900 miles distant,
there joining the Siberian railway sys-
TEN. The total length of the line
from Perm TO Alexandrovsk via KEN
would be some lb0 miles shorter than
the old route via Petrograd 70 the
Baltic ports. The accompanying map,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16
COTTON MILLS TAXED
TO MAKE DELIVERIES
And the Textile Council Requests
10 Per Cent Advance

Fall River, Mass, Oct. 16.-rhe cot
ton goods markets of New England
were fairly active last week, despite
the fact that business was disturbed by
the presence Of Columbus Day, gen
orally observed as a legal holiday. The
underlying conditions Of the fine goods
and print cloth yarn goods markets are
strong.
The fine goods markets are still &C
tive, and buyers in some cases are
clamoring for special styles, but mills
are not in a position to take on any
more business just now for immediate
deliveries. As 1t is now, some mills
are far behind in their shipments. II
has reached a point in cotton goods
merchandising where buyers do not
hesitate to pay asking prices of manu-
facturers if only reasonable deliveries
can be guaranteed.
The Textile Council in this city has
requested an advance Of 10 per cent,
and millmen will soon act upon the
petition. The total sales for the week
are estimated at 100000 pieces OF
which about $4,000 pieces are spots.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16

Thus do the statistical indices sup
rort truth which had been already
deducted from empirical evidence.
We have been touching the physical
limits of production in the basic in
dustry, not finally and absolutely at
any one point, but in a general way.
The falling tendency Of pig iron pro-
duction and the considerable loss in
the output Of steel ingots testify to
the fact that the industrial machine
cannot be run at a maximum ca
pacity for long at time. 1t has to
slow down for repairs and renewals.
1t has been slowing down perforce,
with prices still rising in an incredi-
BILE manner. There is plenty Of both
capital and inclination to increase
the means of production, but there
is lacking both time and labor. Steel
mills are made Of their own stuff.
You will read in the routine news of
the steel and iron markets that
orders are being placed for mate
rails TO be used in the erection Of
new plants. But new construction is
necessarily retarded by the inaccessi-
bility Of materials and labor. The
United States Steel Corporation is
spending S80,00O,0OO for new con-
struction, the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany s20,000,000 and the Midvale
S10,000,000, total of $4,000, 900
among these three. Add what you
like for all the others, and the addi-
tional means of production thereby
brought into prospect seem still very
meagre as compared with the press
ing nature of the demand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16
How natures ice blockade has been broken by railway line
the all-year port of Aexandrovsk on the Polar Sea

taken from "The London statis'
shows the new Polar line prOjee'e'
extension.
The new Polar seaport will not enN
be an all-the-year-'round outlet i0'
Russian produce, something that hU'
STA has been sorely In need o. 0u''
what is more. IL will afford ;"
route to the United States and Wv
rest Of the Western world shorter F"
about a day than the sea routes ''V'1
the Baltic ports. In the opin'o"
"The Statist," the new route wiz
vert a huge tonnage OF trame -" ~,
the Baltic route. In winter
Finnish and Russian ports a'' :,
locked, enormous consignment"
Russian produce were carried 10 p'
war times by railway through
many. mainly to Hamburg. and NV
transferred to shipboard. N.Y.
mately 10 per cent OF Rus'iss ~.
before the war went out ""
Baltic ports. The new route 80.
fully developed. is expected 70 '.
this traffic and at the same YIN. s,hr
up vast resources in timber sna have
raw materials which heretoiOsi' made
not been accessible because OF
quate transportation fseilias@
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16
Monday, October 16, 1916

War and profit are perversely
compatible. There is now even more
sound Of wrangling in the world over
the profits than over the losses. This
is true in both the belligerent and
neutral countries. In England, for
the first time in modern experience,
there is no unemployment. War has
perhaps not cured that chronic social
disease, but it has caused the symp-
toms to disappear. There is work
for everybody. Never were wages
50 high. Prices have risen, too, and
everybody is not richer actually, yet
one of the problems of government IS
how to abate and control eXtrava-
gance. Money is abundant. LuXu-
ries are in demand among those who
were never able before to command
them. The question of division Is
the source of much bitterness. La
bor contends that the share OF the
capitalist and the employer in war
profits is indecently great, and the
employer and the capitalist, in their
own defence, contend that labor Is
taking unreasonable toll Of Its ad-
vantage. II is futile to argue before
the multitude that war prosperity Is
an illusion and that people are living
I'D TO both the savings Of the past
and the credit of their future, for the
economists among themselves cannot
agree about any of these matters
They dispute with each other on the
first question of all-namely, whether
after the war there will be famine
of capital. The more they dispute
about it the more metaphysical 1t be-
comes, and in the mean time such
predictions are made as that IN con-
sequence of the war England Will
have a greater command of world
commerce than could have been
achieved through many years OF
peaceful effort.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16

Speculation

Fragment from the diary of q
Spectator:
Saturday. 11:45 p. m. Can't sleep.
What a fool | am TO be loaded up
with stocksl Everybody is loaded up
with stocks. We are all suckers.
Can't see any reason why the market
should not 60 up. There is nothing
to stop il. That's what makes 1t so
dangerous. When there's not a cloud
in the sky something always happens.
How shall I wait until the opening
Monday
Sunday, 10 p. m. Terrible day. Mo-
tored. Intended TO stay overnight in
the country, but came back TO see If
anything had happened. Called up
the newspaper Offices. Especially
asked II there was any news on the
probability of Germany resuming the
U-boat warfare. They told me there
was no news at all. Can't trust them.
Shall be afraid to look at the papers
tomorrow morning.
Monday, 9 p. m. Shall sleep for the
first time in a month. Haven't share
of anything. Got out just in time.
Nothing has happened yet Some
thing is bound to happen. I'll never
be so foolish again. Made an average
profit of 10 points on 10000 shares OF
Steel. Made something on my other
stocks. except two. Not bad. Market
looks very toppy. Closed very strong,
however.
Tuesday, 10 p. m. Market still very
strong. Steel went up points in the
first two hours. Let them have It.
I'm through.
Wednesday, II p. m. Lunched
today with NJ. Talked Of gold in
Aation. That's what the market is
discounting. The trouble is that
one does not believe what one knows.
Facts have overwhelmed ths imagi-
nation. II II were not so you could
not buy stocks at these prices.
Bought back half Of my Steel. Any
how, l am only putting back part
of my profits.
Thursday, 10 p. m. The only reason
have not made all the money should
ever want Is that I haven't had the
faith of my own senses. Stocks are
actually selling FOR less than their
earnings! 1t is incredible, and yet it
is true. Fancy selling out ones stock
for fear Of q reaction. Why, the rise
has hardly begun. 1t takes magma
ton to make money. The speculation
will be so much bigger than it has
been that we shall not know what to
do with it. The public has been buy
ing stocks, but it will sell them again
at rise of 10 points, and then prices
will go so points higher. Have
doubled my Steel. Bought also some
Crucible, some Midvale and some An
aconds. Money is going down all the
time. Stocks must go up.
Friday, midnight. Rumors that
Germany has made overtures to this
government to act for peace. Nom
e.ns.i know where this comes
from. A lot of big people want to
get back the stocks they have sold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16
Canada's Maritime Ambitions
Sbippna Interests Are Spending Millions on Harbor
and Terminal Improvements
.Bv S. ROY WEAVER

7 for the Canadian steamship service to
the West Indies and is the nearest
Canadian port, and nearer than Bos-
ton. New York and Philadelphia to the
great seaports Of the east coast OF
South America, Mediterranean ports,
Africa, etc
Although the fact has not generally
been realized, it Is nevertheless true
that passengers by the Halifax route
can step from the ships into waiting
trains and be in Montreal before the
vessel which they left at Halifax has
reached New York. To Canadian pas
sengers this means a saving OF twenty
four hours at sea and avoidance OF
customs examination and the cross
city journey from the piers TO the
railway terminals in New York. Pas
sengers, mails and express freight can
reach all ports in Canada and at least
the middle and western states OF the
United States more quickly via Hall
fax than is possible by St. John. Port
land, Boston or New York. Moreover,
these American ports can receive their
mails In less time through Halifax
than they can from ships running to
them direct. The advantages in these
respects which Halifax already pos
sesses will be increased by the i'm
proved railway and terminal facilities.
A Big Terminal Project.
The war has caused temporary delay
Of part Of the construction work on
the new terminals which are intended
to place Halifax on equal terms with
any other port on the Atlantic coast.
The adopted scheme Of piers, basins
and railway terminal facilities was
prepared with a view TO a progressive
development extending over a period
Of years, the total cost being esti
mated at 100000. The proposed
quays and piers are planned to provide
twenty-seven berths for ships varying
in length from 500 to 750 feet each,
but ships up to 1900 feet in length
or more can be accommodated with
equal facility. Provision is also made
for the berthing Of smaller craft. The
first unit Of the docks, now under con-
struction, will provide berthage with
sheds, etc. for nine ships Of the Asa
tian or Calgarian type. At low tide
the vessels will have q minimum
depth of water alongside the piers OF
45 feet, which is feet and 10 feet
respectively more than is being pro-
vided at New York and Boston re-
spectively, and feet more than at
Southampton. A new union passenger
railway station and a large grain ele-
vator are included in the terminal
plans.
Up to the present time Halifax has
been largely dependent for its export
figures upon Nova Scotia products,
lacking, as it has, a direct line OF
railroad to the Far West Completion
of the National Transcontinental Rail-
way and the terminal facilities should
make Halifax a more truly national
port than il has been in the past, and
raise it to one Of the leading export
centres Of Canada.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16
Economic Discoveries

The emotional demand In England
for revengeful boycott Of Germany
after the war now begins TO be tenn
pered by the discovery that the eco
nomic difficulties multiply very rap
idly when the details of execution
begin TO be considered. Mr.. As
quith's injunction to the English
delegates TO the Paris conference
not TO commit their country in the
heat Of their passion TO a course
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16

Last year the average price Of the
principal eight basic steel products
was 1928 per ton. The average price
of the same products at the present
time is s62.66 per ton. The price has
nearly doubled, and yet the mills are
turning business away. They can
not do any more. The present state
of the steel industry is strikingly il
Illustrated in the following figures,
showing by months (a) pig iron
production, (b) the untitled tonnage
on the books of the United States
Steel Corporation and (c) the course
of prices since March:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16

Conditions in the steel industry
are repeated elsewhere. We are rid
ing the crest Of mighty wave. We
are up TO the limit Of our facilities
for producing goods. The enlarge
ment of those facilities could in no
case be as rapid as the increase Of
demand is, and the work of increas-
ing them even at the normal rate Is
handicapped by the pressure of de-
mand upon their strained capacity.
Notwithstanding the great rise that
has already taken place in the price
scale, the consumption of goods, both
foreign and domestic, is apparently
undiminished.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16

Tonnage is almost static. Prices
go on rising. The peak of actual
steel production was touched in the
month of March. The country's to-
tai theoretical capacity for produc-
ing steel ingots is put at 100000
tons a year. In March the actual
production was at the rate of $4,000
900 tons a year. 1t has fallen since
then, and now is at the rate of about
34,000,000 tons. The demand in the
meantime has been increasing. The
steel making machine touched a rate
of speed in March which somewhat
strained its parts. In pig iron,
which comes before steel ingots, the
production has been falling since
May, though the demand is unlim-
tied. The untitled orders on the
books Of the United States Steel
Corporation have remained practi-
cally stationary since March and are
more than 100000 tons less in Sep
TENDER than in May, though the
business rendered has been increas-
ing. The explanation is that the de-
mand has increased for deliveries
which the mills are unable to make
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-16

the beginning Of the twentieth GEN.
fury he had not learned how to pros
per in peace. Who shall be so vain
as to suppose that he knows the rea-
son of things or the nature Of their
sequence? Life is personal. 1t hap
pens to us unawares, and we react
to it as the necessity is. Let us
prosper if we cannot help it. Let us
discuss the war price Of steel.