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IMPORTS

America's imports by grand di-
Visions for February. 1890 and 1919,
compared with the hgures for Jan
uary Of 1914. given in, the follow
Ing table, VIII indicate TO what ex-
tent various sections OF the world
are working back 10 a pre-war ba-
sis so far as values are concerned:
% DIVISION. ''Ssscr' Sssc Fss5Sa' ss,S sSs1r' ,s,.
Europe sioe.14s.siS. ssOlcsO,c7s s7Lsis,s4e
America iss.s7O.a7 ss.oo21ss s..saso'
america ysz.sozo2s s2.seal2o .oYosl. .oss
oceanla ll,s77.275 Ie.s2s, ,ses 3.oii. .sos
Afries.. T.o22. .7os o14. 100 LIE. 4ns
From the preceding table Il will
be seen that, in dollars and cents
at least, Europe has forged ahead
OF her record for this time Of year
In 1914.
In view, OF the great increases in
prices IL Is not to be supposed.
however, that these shipments rep
resent anything like the pre-wEI
quantities. BUT they indicate q
substantial increase In qnantity AZ
well as in value over the figures
OF one year ago. The. fact that
England. especially. and the eoun.
tries on the continent OF Europe &C
q greater or lesser degree. spent
most Of their energy last year in
replacing worn out or broken dowr
machinery. in' SO far as II was pos.
sible. and in restocking their de.
pleted stores of raw material,
would seem to Justify the belief
which prevailB in many quarter,
that the comItg year will witnes,
a continuation of heavy increase,
in exports from Europe
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American Coffee Drinkers
Contribute $I,OOOOOO a Day

in 1920, as compared with 1918. saws
the banks statement. results in part
from an increase in quantity and in
part to an increase in price The
quantity imported in the fiscal year
which ends with next month will
approximate l.so0. 00O. .000 pounds
against 1,052.00O.0O0 two years ago
while the average import price in
1890 wac 22.7c per pCGnd against an
average of sIsc per pound in the
fiscal year 1918, these figures being
the average wholesale price in the
country of production.
While the average import price
of coffee brought into the United
States in the fiscal year ls2a is
double that during the war period
and higher than in any year insthe
history of the import trade. the
quantity imported has also EoAe on
increasing. The total coffee i'm
ports in the year ending with next
month will approximate 1900. .0oo.-
600 pounds against the former high
record of 1.322. 000.O0e pounds in
1917, when the average import price
was less than half that of 1890.
Whether this increased consump:
tion of coffee, irrespective Of price,
.
it is at least a fact that in both
quantity imported and price per
pound the first prohibition year
breaks the record" The quanti-
ty imported in the current year.
the first year Of prohibition. has
increased az per cent over the same
months of last year. despite the
fact that the average import price
is so per cent higher than last
year.
Most of this increase in the sums
which we are paying for coffee has
gone. says the banks statement. to
the benefit OF our netghbors in Lat
in America. or the s23s. .OuO. 600 sent
out of the country TO buy coffee in
the nine months ending with March.
1920. S222. 10000 went to Latin
America as a whole. and the re-
mainder chiefly to the Dutch East
Indies. To South America the toe
tai was 10000 of which tlts.-
100000 went to Brazil against sl7,-
100000 in the seme months of last
yeaS. sS0.0OO.O0O to Colombia against
sl3.000.000 In the corresponding
months of last year. and 1900. 900
to Venezuela against a little less
than 100000 in the correspond
ing months OF last year. The aver
age import price of the coffee
brought from Brazil in the nine
months ending with March. 1890.
was 22.7o per pound against life
per pound in the same months 81
last year.
That this large increase in the
quantity of coffee imported-at the
highest price per pound ever re-
corded-was for the consumption
of our own people is evidenced,
says the banks statement. by the
fact that we fhave re exported this
year only 3 per cent of the coffee
brought in as against 5 per cent
re-exported last year.
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statement of the Bank OF France
dated April Is. 1920. these ad
vances amount to 25 billion 800
million francs.
During the war. these advances
were required to finance war eX-
penditures. They had to supply
the difference between expenses
and the income yielded on one
hand by budgetary receipts. and on
the other by the proceeds of loans
Issued by the government since the
beginning of the war.
The financial policy Of the
French government during the war
has been subjected to severe criti-
cisn. The government has been
accused of having too great re-
course to credit and too little to
taxation. In France. as elsewhere.
winning the war was tn" sole OBJ
ject the government had to have
in view. The main factor in win
ming the war was the maintenance
of a flEhtinG spirit among the SOL
diers In the trenches as well as
among the people at home. But
conditions in Franco were very
different from conditions in other
countries. The richest provinces
of France, covering one sixth of
the total area OF the country. were
invaded. According to statistics.
out of a total population of 3S
million. S.S92,Oo men were mobil-
ized. With the total masculine
population between 90 and a. years
of age amounting to 9,3S6,000, the
proportion of modified men was
Se.3 per cent which is far above
the proportion anywhere else. This
practically limited the population
left at home to old people. women
and children who were hardly able
to accomplish the productive work
Necessary to pay taxes.
In addition. as fortunes are ex-
tremely divided in France. taxa
ton. to be really productive, has
to reach small patrimonies; that
means people with small means.
petty merchants and burgeois.
clerks and government employees,
small proprietors and peasants.
The heads of these families were
absent fighting in the trenches.
To add to their suffering by i'm
posing a heavy taxation upon them
would have had a dangerous reac-
tion among the soldiers who were
so attached to their families. 1t
was a risk that could not be taken.
As a final consideration, the ranks
of tax collectors were so depleted
by mobilization that collection was
rendered extremely difficult and the
full assessment could not be col
lected. Thus. instead, mediocre for
tunes were asked to contribute
voluntarily to government loans.
The great bulk of these loans was
taken by people of wealth. private
and public banks, manufacturers.
etc. Taxation was resorted to as
soon AS peace was established. 1t
will be greatly Increased in this
years budret a......,..x a. -
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raw material and insuffciency Of the
proper coal.
Perhaps the greatest factor in
the future progress OF Belgian in.
dustry is coal. The leaders are
more than satisfied with the pros
pect of getting all that is needed.
In the first place, the production
of Belgium's own mines is for the
first three months OF 1890 well in
excess of that of 1913. BY the terms
of the peace treaty. Germany Is re-
quired to furnish coal to Belgium.
and although she has not yet done
so the Belgian interests are conf
dent they will have the needed coal
by the time all of the factories are
repaired and ready to begin full
time operation. New mine fields
have been discovered in Belgium.
and these will be exploited as
quickly as possible. Before the war
Belgium was dependent on Ger
many. France, and England for her
supply of long flame coal" but
with the opening of the new fields.
she expects not only to supply her
own needs but also to export.
p Steel and Iron.
Belgian metallurgicaI industries
suffered more than other Industries
at the hands of the Germans. The
invaders gave special attention to
the systematical destruction Of
steel and iron plants, which were
damaged to the extent of millions
of dollars. This destruction was a
severe blow to the. country, as near
ly so per cent of the steel products
were exported. But despite the fear
full conditions in which the blast
furnaces and open hearths were left
after the evacuation by the Ger
mans. the engineers. by collecting
various parts, have succeeded in
starting these mills one by one. un-
til the production has reached be-
tween 35 per cent and 40 per cent
of the pre-war output. II sufficient
supplies of coke were available,
production could be increased to pe-
tween so and so per cent. The zinc
industry, which was almost COM
pletely wiped out, has so far re-
covered shat only the lack of raw
material is keeping II from resum-
ing pre-war production. The per-
centage at the end of March was
Sc per cent. and as a contract has
TcttnllN Deen pldCeu LOT Z4U,OUU tons
of Australian zinc ore the propects
for betterinG this figure are splen-
did
Another industry on which the
Belgians counted before the war to
swell their export figures was that
of textiles, and the leaders are
gratified at the improvement that is
being reported from the cotton,
linen and wooden mills. which aver
age so per cent of pre-war pro-
duction. On January l, 1920. l.
100000 spindles were in operation,
representing about Sc per cent of
the total of 1.5S0.OO0 spindles in
operation in 1913. The resumption
of full production is dependent
mainly on the supplies of raw ma
terial, which are extremely difficuIt
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Fighting Belgian Spirit
Forges to the Front and
Results in Accomplish
ment Of Almost Unbeliev-
able Industrial Progress.

Belgium is making. great strides
towards resuming her place in the
fore rank of producing and COM
mercial nations, as the latest official
figures reveal. She has been able to
do this through the sheer ability Of
her people, capitalists and laborers
alike, TO work hard. The handicaps
under which the Belgian people
struggled were enormously heavy.
Cne-third of their factories were
destroyed; 1000 kilometers of their
railroads. $500 bridges, 600 kilo-
meters of their canals, as we'll as
their telephones and their telegraph
system we-e rendered useless; Co.
900 railroad cars and $500 locomo-
tives had been taken. The public
administration had been disorgan-
ized, and the state treasury was
empty.
And now Belgian factories are
operating in percentages of pre-war
production ranging from 40 per cent
in the steel mills to 80 per cent in
textiles and tOtality in wool Bel
gian railroads in The first quarter
of 1920 were hauling so per cent OF
the normal pre-war freight trains
and so per cent of the normal pre-
war passenger trains. The output
of coal in 1919 was lS,O00,OOO tons.
us compared, with $4,000. 900 in 1918.
The coal output for the first three
months in 1920 was 1O3 per cent OF
the production for same period in
1913.
Her exports to Holland exceed by
100000 francs her imports: the
exports to France are 10000. 900 in
excess of the imports; her trade
with Germany shows favorable
balance; and progress is being made
towards equalization of trade be-
tween England and Italy. 1t is
only with countries such as the
United States, Canada. and the Ar
gentine. where the Belgians are
purchasing food. that the CONNER
cial balance is the heaviest against
them. For the first two months of
1920 the exports equaled ~ per cent
of the total exports for 1919, and a
continuation of exports on this level
would Indicate that by the end of
this year, when the exports exceed
the total imports. Belgium will no
longer be obliged to appeal to the
foreign financial markets for assist
ance.
Industrial Recuperation.
Some of the Belgian industries
are regainlng their lost ground
faster than others. The factors
which are retardinG the full opera
tiOn of certain plants are: Delay in
rebuilding destroyed parts, lack of
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tions of some actual bettermeut IN
transportation are not, lacking,
Even with an immediate Cessation
OF the strike, however, it would
proDaply take several weeks before
there could be return to normal
operating conditions. Irregularity
in output is stii apparent in differ
ent districts. Pittsburg running at
ABOUT rs per cent.tof, ingot capaci-
per cent. and some Valley pig iron
makers have practically decided to
draw their fires and make repaifs.
with large business already book
ed. and shipments restricted, there
Is little incentive for producers 70
close new business. though de-
mands are pressing in many in
stances OF reported changes in
advances predominate,
with a few upward yreYisions in pig
IRON and wTis, roads. Pittsburg. IS
higher than last week at $75-za.s
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force" was put into force at the be-
ginning of the war, by a law dated
August 5, 1914.
Although no legal provision ex-
lists on the subject of backing the
notes of the Bank of France by a
fixed amount of gold. these notes in
normal times were backed by re-
serves Of about 80 per cent of their
value in gold. That this arrange
ment was adequate and satisfac-
tory at all times is proven by the
fact that during the most critical
periods of French history, the
value of these notes was never
questioned.
Paper CircuIatiOn-MetaII Reserve.
French paper circulation which
in normal times amounted to about
six billion francs has greatly in
creased since the beginning of the
war. as is ehown by the following
table which gives the total amount
of notes in circulation until 1920.
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The people of tie United States
are paying over a million dollars a
day for their coffee. The import
valuation Of the coffee entering the
United States in the fiscal yeaI
which ends with next month will be
over $500 600. 900. says statement
by The National City Bank OF New
York. And when we consider that
this import valuation is the price of
the article in the country from
which imported. II is quite evident
that .the added cost of freight.
roasting and distribution to the
consumer will bring the total much
above 1855. 900, making the av-
erage for the year more than a mill
lion dollars a day against about
one third that sum two years ago.
This enormous increase in the
sums which the people Of the
United States are paying for coffee
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The total of the entries in gold.
which amounted, since the begin
ming of the war to billion 4O4
million would have increased the
reserve in gold to 6 billion 545
million, If the necessity of paying
in gold in foreign countries had
not reduced them by / billion 81
million.
II we stop to consider that this
increase in reserve took place dur
ing the war, when the richest part
of France was invaded and when
the French people. with their u.s.
ual cautiousness were decidedly in
clined to hide their gold, it must
be admitted that the readiness with
which they exchanged their gold
against notes of the Bank of
France should be considered a
proof of their patriotism as well
as of their confidence in the solid
ity of the bank.
Causes OF Imitation IN Circulation,
Imitation in French paper circu-
lation can be attributed to various
causes. 1t is applicable chiefly to
advances of the following amounts
made by the bank to the. French
government: o.. a..s
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PAPER SHORTAGE EXPLAINED

At the beginning of the war the
paper money of the world amount
ed to $1,000. 100000. At the date
of the armistice 1t had Increased
to $4,000. 900. 900. exclusive of the
issues Of Bolshevik Russia. To-
day it has reached the enormous
total of $56,000,OOO,
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According to the last statement
of the bank which was issued on
April Is, 1920. circulation at that
date amounted to 81 billion 400
million francs.
OF course. it is impossible to e&-
prct an increase in gold reserve
that would be proportionate to
such an extreme increase in the
circulation of notes. Nevertheless,
an effort has been made in that
direction and the reserve of the
Bank of France during the war in
creased from billion 141 millions
to billion 5S5 million as the fol-
lowing table shows:
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To Holders of
Cities Service
Company
Convertible Gold Dsbentures
Series c, Seven Per Cent

H"Id"rs "f the Hburp DehSnturrs nav
convert "a June l. 1921. ot IN the hrxt dsy
"f any month thereafter. ten per cent1m
Ilo%l e the aggregate principal Hmoast NJ
Serter { DebcntureS owned by them reSpec-
lively TN May !. 1921. C1nvefSi0h must Re
requested by surh owners prtUr to June I.
1890. OF prior tn the hrSt daF 81 any month
thereafter. and upon delivery hy theFu on Or
before June !. ia1O, or on or bsfarp the hrst
day Of Rny month thereafter. ~ the dehen-
tures 50 desired 20 he converted lpropefiy
end0rsed. ~ reEistPredi 10 Henry l.. Duherfy
A Company. Fiscal Agents. such Debehtuhhs
will he eeDverted into Cities Service Com
Pany Preferred and Common StOcEs on the
basis set forth In such Debenturps certih
Gates fUr which stOcks will he issued and
transmitted to such owners ih the amouhts
respectively due.
Henry L. Doherty & Company
Fiscal Agents. cities SarvIce Company,
o. wall Street New YCfE.
Dated May 10, 1920.
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United States Grain Corporation
Reports Weeks Grain Mouenen,

nited states Grain
for the given out r tne
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Decrease

( exports flour.
1S3200O0
9f wheat compared with
"a bushels OF ma
the monthly las. year are pforated
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Weeks have passed with iron and
,teel plants seriously hampered
" the trafic congestion, but hope
III signs in the situation are now
ks difficult of discernment. More
korous action is being taken to
Eep fteisht moving, and indica-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-10-13
AUCTION SALE

Having decided to quit farming, l
Will soil 1T rub];c ;.>,.tion on what is
known IS the cd l:ikjer farm in St.
Johns township. 6 miles west of Will
mar AND l mile east Of Pennock on the
W'"t .hore o.; st. Johns Lake, on
Eoa-sy, October 18th, 1920,
at l O'Clock sharp, the following de-
scribrd property:
HoKSi-S-l team gray geldings )
and years old, we'll matched; |
team bay geldinSs, Is and II years
"il; l gray horse II yrs Old
tAIILl.--5 mich COWS, | fresh in
, November. the others later: | heifer
| years old, l bull Y years old, i
! calves /" months old,
liCG"-l@ head OF spring pigs.
. N\CHiNE,NI-1 tit Deering binder
with trUc':. | Deering mower, SIT cut ;
1T i'eerlng hay rake. l disc. s.
SGT Oh drag, | 2-sectiOn iron lever
;'"''~, > corn cNltivators, 1 14-in gang
p''''N, | 1t-in s'!ii>y 1'oW, l Success
: :';':n1:t' 'Nrp;. or. | ll-shoe drill,
WH:o,s with double boxes. l hay rack,
. .::HE!, hUGCE. i TT BOD SleGS, |
j ;'Cc2t y c-I2r!4 cre?ln separator, l set
! brass trimmed heavy breeching har
MSS. :, set Light york harness. /
: single harness. ralvan;zed water
: tlnk. /: acres corn - shock. some hay
! in stack. ohout 1Ut chickens. some
hou:Hjic:d goods and many other ar
t:'!cS too numerous to MENTION
Sale start; at l o'clock sharp.
TEX Ai>-\ll SINS Of $1,000 or under
cash: over tat amount time will be
Given until November l, 1921, on bank
able notes bearing S per cent inter
ct. No property to be removed unit
settled for.
EDAN TRONGARD, Owner.
CO... G. II. Nelson, Auctioneer.
First National Bank, Clerk. 1861
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-10-13
HAPPY WOMEN

Plenty Of Them in Wilmar, and Good
Reason for it.
Wouldn't any woman be happy,
After years of backache suffering,
Days of misery, nights of unrest,
The distress of Urinary troubles.
When she finds freedom
Many readers will profit by the fol-
lowing.
Mrs. J. E. Paulsen. 307 Eleventh St.,
N, Willmar, says: For about three
weeks l was unable to do a thing about
the house, owing to a disordered con-
dition of my kidneys. was miserable
and run down, and most of the time in
bed. The pains in my back kept up
continually. One of the family advis-
ed me to use Doan's Kidney Pills and
did. They cured me and 1 felt ever
so much better. l am pleased to re-
commend Doan's"
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Paulsen had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y.-adv
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-10-13
AUCTION SALE

Having sold my farm, known as the
christopher Anderson place, in Sec
ton II, township of Irving, 5 miles
southeast of Hawick, and 8 miles
southwest of Paynesville, I will sell
all my personal property without re-
serve, and quit farming. Sale will
be held on
Monday, October 18, 1920
Sale Starts promptly at 10 a. m.
Free Lunch at Noon.
HORSES Gray gelding yrs old, VT
1900; bay gelding yrs old, W.T. 1900;
black gelding yrs old, VT 14O0; all
good workers.
CATTLE-2 registered ShorthOrn
COWS 6 yrs old; registered Shorthorn
COW, yrs old, all giving milk; regis
tered ShorthOrn bull 10 months old;
registered Shorthorn bull calf 6 mos
| old; registered heifer calves mos
old; high grade heifer calf months
old; 6 high grade Shorthorn COWS,
some coming fresh this fall, all good
| mixers.
| GRAIN AND HAY-6OO bushels of
oats, some barley, 10 acres of good
| corn in shock, 4 acres of fodder corn,
about 20 tons of good hay.
MISUNDERSTANDING grain binder
| . it, Deering corn binder, gasoline
engine 11a h. p, double gear pump
jack, Tiger disc drill, new three-horse
manure spreader, 16x16 disc harrow
P. & 0. corn planter with 12O rods
wire, P. & o. corn cultivator, John
Deere sulky pillow 16 in, walking pillow
| l6 in, Deerlng mower 5 # cut, hay
rake 10 it, three horse drag, narrow
tire lumber wagon with box, steel
truck wagon, platform spring wagon
hay rack, sets of bob sleds, Expert
tanning mill with elevator, 1200-lb sea
lie. corn shelter, set heavy harness, sci
IA inch harness nearly new, single
harness. grindstone, all machinery il
first class shape and some of it new
MISCELLANEOUS cover, P1
of horse blankets, sets of fly nets
De Laval cream separator No. Is,
dozen grain sacks.
HOGS-5 good brood sows, 33 spring
pigs, W.T. about 100 lbs each.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS-New big hare
coal heater self feed, small coal heat
er. three-burner kerosene stove, a
!, bout 80 gallons of kerosene and tank
-, kitchen range, lift extension table
sanitary couch, iron bed with springs
mahogany rockers genuine leather
almost new washing machine, barre
churn.
About 100 chickens, some turkeys
Many other articles too numerou
to mention.
TERMS-All sums under $1,000, cash
On larger amounts, time will be give
until November 1, 1920, on bankabl
paper, bearing 8 per. cent interest.
}. a. HovnE, Owner
Peter Henderson, Auctioneer.
Oscar Orped, Clerk -.. r.
) Oct. 81
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-10-13
(FirSt publication Sept 29-4D
ORDER. LIMITING TIME TO FILE
CLAIMS WITHIN THREE MONTHS,
AND FOR H1iARING THEREON.

Estate of Peter A. knutson. Decedent.
State Of Minnesota. County of Kan
diyohi. SIS. In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate Of Peter
\. knutSon. Decedent.
Letters of Administration this day
having been granted to Carl A. Knut-
son and it appearing by the affidavit
or said representative that there are no
debts of said decedent.
II is Ordered. That the time within
which all creditors of the above named
decedent may present claims against his
estate in this Court. be- and the same
hereby is, limited to three months from
and after the date hereof: and that Mon
day. the 3rd day of January, 1921. at 2
O'Clock. p. m. in the Probate Court
Rooms at the Court House at Willmar in
said County. be. and the same hereby
is. fixed and appointed as the. time and
place for hearing upon and the eNamin-
alton. adjustment and allowance of such
claims as shall be presented within the
time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the pub
LEGATION of this order in The Willmar
Tribune as provided by law.
Dated Sept. 27th. 1920.
IDA A. SANDERSON.
Clerk of Probate Court.
| CHARLES JOHNSON. Esq,
Attorney.
(Seal)