The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-05-24
War Department Fixes New Board to
Consider Inventions.

vestigation of inventions submitted t.
the War Department an Invention
Section" has been created. All inven.
tons Of mechanical, electrical, OF
chemical nature submitted for inspec.
ton, test, or sale are now considered
by TINS section. w..
Any person desiring to have an in.
vention considered should do so BY
letter, giving in order the following in
formation: Name and object of the
invention, any claim for superiority
or novelty, any results obtained by ac-
tual experiment, whether the inven.
ton is patented, whethe remuneration
is expected, whether the invention has
been before any other agency, whether
the writer is owner or agent, the num-
Der of Enclosures with the letter. A
written description and sketches OF
drawings of sufficient detail to afford
full understanding Of the cases
should also be submitted. Should the
invention be an explosive or other
chemical combination the ingredients
and processes of mixture should be
stated.
The Inventions Section will not bear
the expense of preparation of draw
ings and descriptions, nor advance
funds for personal or travelling ex-
penses Of inventors.
Any matter submitted will be treat
ed as confidential. The inventor will
be notified of each step taken during
the investigation of his invention. All
communications should be addressed
to Inventions Section, General Staff,
Army War College, Washington, d. C..
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Use of Sugar by Manufacturers Is
Curtailed.
Manufacturers using sugar, except
to make essential food products, have
been on strict rations, the United
States Food Administration announc-
es, in order to assure sufficient sup
plies for home Gamers and the COM
mercial manufacturers of preserves,
jams, and other food stuffs regarded
as essential. The restrictions went in
to effect May Is and limit the con-
sumption by manufacturers of the
less essentials, particularly confec-
tionery and soft drinks, to 80 per cent
Of last years requirements.
Manufacturers of nonedable pro-
ducts will be forced to go entirely
without sugar.
Included in the class with confec-
tionery and soft drinks are condi-
ments, soda water, chocolate, candies,
beverage syrups, fruit syrups, flavor
ing extracts, chewing gum, cocoa,
sweet pickles, wines, cereals, and in
vert sugar. Those who entered the
business or increased their capacity
after April /, 1918, however, will be
cut off entirely.
Manufacturers of essential food
stuffs will be permitted to buy suffi-
cient sugar to meet their full require
ments. In this class come preserves
and packers of vegetables, catsup and
chill sauce, fruits ard milk, manufac-
turers of jam, jelly and preserves, to-
bacco and explosives, applebutter and
gylcerine, ice cream mot including
sherbet and water ices), druggists
flor medicines), and producers of hon
ey.
Ice cream is put in the preferred
class.
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War Brings Huge Debts to Many
Nations.
The London Economist for Febru-
airy places the total gross debt of
Great Britain at 5,679,600,000 pounds
(S27 1886, 000,000).
The French minister of finance in
presenting the budget for 1918, esti-
mated the public debt of France on
December 81, 1918, at lis, l66,058, 900
francs ($22, 1921, 000,000).
The public debt of Italy at the end
Of 1917 is estimated at about 35,000,-
100000 lire ($676, 000,000).
The debts of the Central Powers are
estimated as follows: Germany, $685.
40S, 100000; Austria, $13,314, 00O, 900;
and Hungary, $5,704 100000.
Our own public debt is now around
$4,000, 100000, but more than half of
this amount has been loaned to the
Allies. 1t is estimated that of the to-
tai net expenditures of the United
States for the fiscal year 1918, exclu-
tive of our advances to the Allies,
more than one-half will be betrayed
by taxation, according to the Treas
ury Department.
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American Destroyers in Submarine
Zone Cover Many Miles.
Some indication of the ceaseless
watch kept on the high seas, in the
path of American troopships, by Unit
ed States naval forces operating in
European waters, may be gained from
statistics just compiled at the naval