Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-14

den of feeding the world Is emphasized
by the fact that during April wheat
exports increased from 11.ss2.7sS bu-
shells. month average for the pre-
cedlng nine months, to l4,230.0l3 bu-
shells. Beef exports, which had shown
ia comparative gain OF $50 per cent In
the nine months average over the pre-
war period. increased from 2a,2s5,s12
pounds to 4s.211,6s2 pounds. Sugar,
which had shown a l,5Oo per cent In
crease in the nine-months period. de-
creased in April from the average Of
1o8, 4s6.175 pounds to s2.2s3,7ss pounds.
A notable decrease was In fish exports.
The average Of 15.122.474 pounds ex.
ported In the nine months period drop
ped to 7.544,s77 pounds for April.
Two Steps to Complete Draft.
An important preliminary stop tor
ward the organization OF Americas
new national army was taken with the
publication today OF the presidents or
der drafting $4,000 men In military
service under tho seleotive conscription
law.
Distribution by governors OF the
states quotas and the great lottery 20
establish tho order are the only stepa
that remain to be carried out.
| Tho men summoned will be used TO
bring tho regular army an6 nat3on4A
guard to war strength and WIN form
tho new 100000 national army. In CONF
putting the allotment required from
each state, the government gave credit
for tho number Of mon In the national
guard OF zach state and every recruit
contributed to tho regular army since
| April /.
New procsss TO Aid War.
Discovery in the internal revenue d..
vision laboratory OF a process for max
ing glycerin from sugar was announced
today by the treasury department.
| Under the secret process involved.
the cost OF this substance, a heavy cost
in the manufacture OF er7losives, Will
be reduced to slightly more than one-
fourth of it's present cost.
| Glycerin Is at present manufactured
from fats at cost of 80 cents a pound.
which is six times 1t costs Of produc-
ton before the war. The discovery Is
the first TO be announced by the chem
lists working In cooperation with the
council OF national defense.
Accept Penrose Amendment.
The senate spent yesterday debat-
| ing an amendment designed to pre-
vent members of the defense councils
! advisory commission from selling their
own products to the government Just
| before adjournment, Senator pomerene
offered a substitute which Senator
Chamberlain, in charge Of the bill.
| agreed to accept merely prohibiting
| the commissioners from working for
contracts in which they have personal
interests.
| Senator Calder defended the integ-
rty of the members OF the advisory
| commission Of the defense council. He
| declared they are acting with purely
patriotic purposes.
Senator McKellar asserted there was
never a better statement issued by the
president than the one in which he
said that profits and patriotism should
never be mentioned together.
Feared Only by Profitesrs.
| II don't see how there can be any
opposition to the section unless some
one is seeking profits along with pa
tr,o..sm," he added. III they are not.
they have nothing to fear from that
section"
Senator Sherman declared that IL
the members OF the senate or the house
had done what some OF the rnembein
OF the commission are doing. we would
be impeached and sent to the pepi-
tertiary"
Senator Kenyon said the amendment
4 would bar only those from the ad-
visory commission whose advice would
secure. or attempt to secure q contract
from the government for company IN
which they are interested.
800 Per Cent on Coal.
"The COMMITTEES had no desire to bar
business men from the service OF the
4 government" he asserted "The amend
1 ment only bars men from making con-
tracts or attempting &c sss:s:!!se eonfracts
/ In which they are interested"
The discussion Of the tentative
agreement between the coal productfon
4 committee and coal operators over the
4 price OF coal and its reputation
Secretary Baker led Senator Pomercne
{; to say that he had positive information
/ that one Goa. operator Is making Mores
| than 500 per cent on his Investment
4 He said unless the federas = 600 y
mission investigated he. would intro
1 duce a resolution instructing the SEN
! ate interstate commerce committee -
I force the coal operators 20 rrodssEe
4 their books and let the public have ehe:
i facts. h, sss