Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-07-03

scription to the FTeeman-Tribune
discontinued. The Freeman Tribune
is going to keep on denouncing
these things, whether or not it re-
ceives the financial support of those
who undertake to defend and excuse
such outrages. It has some respect
for the German soldier in the trench
es who is fighting for his country,
but has none for the German in this
country who is not loyal to the Unit
ed States and is not man enough to
go back to Germany and help her
in the fight he thinks she should
win. If there are any more readers
of the Freeman-Tribune in the vicin-
ity of Kamrar who think the news
papers of the United States that de-
nounce Germany in this war and
condemn German sympathizers in
this country are ''too hard on Ger
many" they better do as Mr.. Mann
minga has done. This paper is for
Uncle Sam in this fight, first, last
and all the time, without any divided
allegiance, and its course in the flu
ture is going to be just as it has
been in the past, with no excuses
to German apologists, no matter upon
which side of the ocean they reside.
We want to serve the loyal people,
including the hundreds of loyal Ger
mans in Webster City and Hamilton
county, and are not interested in
what the disloyal may do or think.
Exports from the United States to
Russia in the first three years of
the war will aggregate nearly twice
as much as in the fifty years preced-
ing the war. A compilation by the
National City Bank of New York
shows that the total exports to Rus
STA in the first three years of the
war will aggregate nearly $1,000
100000, while the aggregate of the.
fifty years preceding the war was but
a little over $500,00O,00O. To be
more closely accurate, the United
States government figures of the ex-i
ports to Russia in the fiscal year
1915, the first year of the war, were
SCI, 100000, in 1916 $4,000, O00,
and in the fiscal year 1917, which
ends with the present month, will
approximate $565,000,00O, this esti-
mate for 1917 being based upon the
government figures for the first ten
months of the fiscal year. This
would bring the total for the three
years to approximately $950,000, 900.
The effect of the recent agitation
Throughout the British empire for a
closer unity in commercial and in
dustrial relations is exemplified in
Uganda, British East Africa, where
great impetus has been given to
the raising of cotton. In 1904 the
British government imported several
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with a view to commercializing it,
and the varieties which proved most
suitable were the Egyptian Abassi
and Aliens Long Staple, and Ameri-
can Upland. The production for the
1867 season is expected to reach
10000 bales of 42O pounds each,
nearly all of which will be taken
up by England and used by the Man
chester spinners. This is just one
small and early result of the Brit
ish determination to rely, as far as
possible, on British possessions for
supplies of raw materials for manu-
facture and sale in foreign markets.
1t is planned that~the sun shall not
set on British cooperation. The
United States has this to consider in
future commercial problems.
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