The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-28
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the times and the orgy OF the war goa, ~ "ou.''
not be less than patriotic for businessmen ~
! this country to cast an anchor to WlndWard anu
prepare for conditions which Will face US WHEN
peace is established. Woodwork Clum, secre-
tary of the Greater Iowa association, along with
other men of vision, senses the great neld o.
commercial development that will await the
sowing of productive Seed the crop to be
garnered by those who have been of far-slght
While our enemy Germany, is apparently put
ting every ounce of her energy into the prose
cution of this war; said Mr.. Clum in an address
delivered at a recent meeting of the secretaries
of commercial organizations in Iowa, we have
believed that she would have no time for any
/ thing else than military activities. let three
wears ago Germany established at Hamburg
and Bremen great schools of foreign commerce
and merchant marine where more than three
| thousand students are now being given lnstruc-
| ton. They are being taught the well-de-
veloped plan of the fatherland for the waging OF
commercial warfare. These students are boys
of from eleven to sixteen years OF age, the
brightest boys that can be found within the Dor
ders Of the empire They are being classified
according to the foreign countries to which
they will be assigned-when the war is over
German export products are to be stand
|ardized after the war, and these boys are learn
ing the goods as we'll as the market They are
having drilled into their minds the German
version Of this war, especially prepared for each
foreign country, in the hope thereby to over
come, in that particular country, the preJu-
dice against all things German.
This is what Germany is doing, even in time
of war, and Americans would fall far short Of
fulfilling their patriotic duty if they do not
prepare now to meet this competition and align
tbo Sa1yoc with thoca ho will r,rOSnpr COM
mercially in the years to come. what prepare
ton are we making in Iowa to get our full share
of this business?, inquiries Mr.. Clum. And
then he sends out this call to the men Of the
Hawkeye state:
We are sill teaching the German language and
singing German songs in the public schools OF
IL, Iowa: children are being told German Christ.
sedton-and we are quibbling as to whether
not all this should be prohibited Even If It were
the part of patriotism to destroy this German
propaganda, plain business sense would dictate
south of us, awaiting the coming OF our CONNER
cia missionaries IN ninety per cent Of that vast
territory Spanish is the language Of the people;
the other ten percent. is Portuguese. For a cen
fury and more French has been the diplomatic
Yet in not single public school IN Iowa.
so far as have able learn, is there an OPP
portunity to study Spanish high schools
and colleges French is an optional study, while
in many instances German is part OF the currcu-
lum upon which the standing OF the student Is COM
puted.
way: have we n the courage and the gump-
ton to move forward? You men who manage the
commercial organizations of Iowa can answer the
observation-disclosures you the captains In the
army of peace.
Just so! At no time in the worlds history
has there been such an opportunity Tor big
service as today awaits the concerted action OF
the men who are directing the commercial or
carnations of the state of Iowa. They should
make the most Of this opportunity. Reward
| for their work will be great and the benefit to
the state will be proportionate to their success
L in following the indicated activity.
/ During the first nine months Of this year one
animal was killed in Georgia for every mile OF
track on one of the main railway lines OF that
state. This leIds the department Of commerce
at Washington to conclude that it tfns figure
can be accepted as basis for figuring the loss
for the entire country, the destruction OF food
animals on all the railway tracks of the United
States for the first nine months Of this year can
! be put at more than three million dollars for the
whole year The railroads Of the south are run
on a haphazard scheme local trains are sched-
iuled to meet the wishes and convenience of pas
sengers and transportation is all wrong. Now
/ that the federal government has taken control
of the roads there may be less bowling to the
will of communities and individuals and follow
ing this saving in animal life On the other
hand. it might be well to keep the stock away
from the tracks.