El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-17
Uniform Time
Wantedh1 This
Business Zone
Chamber of Commerce Plan
Is Endorsed By Roads
In Local Division.

! The request OF the FL PasO cham
Der Of commerce that mountain time
I be used as far east as Sanderson on
the Southern Pacific. Big Springs on
the Texas Pacific and that the west
| end be left as it is now, Yuma, on the
Southern Pacific, and Seligman. on the
santa Fe, was heard Monday morning
+ by j. Money. OF the interstate COM
merce commission
This request was made by the
{ chamber that all the FL PasO trade ter
ritory might have the same time. At
! present the railroads change from
/ central TO mountain time at FL Paso.
The present regulations make II an
u0yinE for the business houses OF this
city doing business with towns on the
I extreme west and east portions Of the
] territory.
o. C.. coles. president. A. w. Reeves,
I secretary. and Robert krakauer rep
resented the chamber Of commerce and
testified j. A. Chiffon represented
Rock Island system, w. T. QuirS the
Santa Fe coast lines, and F. N. Bliss
bee the Santa Fe west. i. j. Summers,
division superintendent OF the santa
Fe, was also present
The representative OF the railroads
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satisfactory TO them, and upon terrific
cation By the commissioner stated
they would rather the change made
at once, than TO change back to the
old time on the first Sunday in Octo-
Der, making two changes for the cities
affected between now and the end or
the daylight saving period
The commissioners will make a re-
port within a few weeks, showing
what has been done in the matter.
fected. except possibly by some crush
ing military disaster.
The steps taken by Germany 70
transport grain from Russia are OF
interest Crews have been recruited
for a large number Of harbour tugs
from North sea and Baltic ports.
These tugs proceed TO Emden and by
the Ems, through the Ems-Ehine
canal. NJ the Rhine and Maine. and
thus down the Danube into the Black I
sea in order to tow into Germany
barEes of wheat obtained from I
Odessa The large amount OF river
tonnage chartered from Holland is
TO be employed in the same service ]
Singing Nettle shirts.
The textile trades are chiefly hlt
by the shortage Of raw materials. No
real substitute for cotton mas been !
devised. and the attempt 10 utilize /
singing nettle fiber in its place does ]
not seem TO have been very success I
ful. The total output OF nettle fibers |
for the current year has been esti- ]
mated at 1880 tons. whereas 10000 /
tons OF stalks would be required 10 ]
yield enough material for 100000 7
mems shirts. or, in other words, Tor I
one shirt for every 10th man in the [
army.
Is Worse in Austria.
The food crisis is undoubtedly more !
acute in Austria than in Germany. /
Early in February the situation IN |
Vienna became so grave that a NUM- I
Der OF passenger trains were discOn-
tiuued on the Austrian railways TO I
allow fast trains 20 be used for the I
transport of maize from Isumania. In I
Germany a complaint known as lat !
less brain has developed among men /
Of 20 TO Co. Il is due TO the absence /
Of fatty foods, and brings Wlth TX 7
the loss Of all power Of concentra- !
ton or sustained effort Food con- ]
ditions in Alsace. where the bread is /
made Of horse chestnuts. potatoes and /
potato parings- are appalling
Barley and the Brewers.
It was originally proposed TO dis
breweries and 70 malt factories in Z
Austria during the present year. This 4
quantity has been reduced TO 1850 /
tons for the breWerles and 500 Tor j
the malt factories estimated 10 pro- I
duce in all 5000 tons Of malt. or I
which the department Of food sup
plies viii appropriate $500 tons. The I
brewers will thus have only 1880 i
tons with which 90 make beer. The I
trade arranged 90 exc out the barley I
by the purchase OF about 5000 tons of /
rice straw seed from Hungary, but 4
even Of this a certain quota has been I
requisitioned by the department Of
food supplies.
Prospective rabbit breeders I'm this
country VIII be interested TO learn
that in Germany tame rabbits have
been added 20 the list OF animals TO
be included in the quarterly cattle
census. and the food ministry has had 4
to issue q notice calling attention to
the wastefulness Of breeding larger
mum berss Of rabbits than can be fed i
on house and garden refuse.