Arizona republican., 1921-12-11

civilization and happiness to man kind which which Is now being dis eussed at the world capitol, Wash ington, D. C., U. $. A. Elimination of the army and navy, except for po- lice duty, is the only salvation for the future generation.
 There are very few idle people in Germany. Everything seems to be working full blast; all the stores and shops that I have observed seemed to be doing a rushing business, and at one place they had to have two policemen to get the crowd in line to enter the place of business. The average salary. as l have been told. | is 75 marks per day, or in normal times, s17.S5. The value today in | U. s. money is P cents. It takes all for actual necessities, I have been | told. It appears to me that the Ger mans are putting every effort to in | crease production and if she had all | the raw material she needed there is no telling how much she could pro- duce. All of her army and navy is out of the way, which took thousands; now all goes to production, while Great Britain France and Italy keep reviewing the peace treaty and hav- Il ing heated discussions. Germany is working hard to keep her people | busy, so they will not get into mis- chief. Lowness of the mark is re- | constructing Germany.
 'I am stopping at this hotel (Cen- | tral hoteD Good room with bath, | 190 marks. or 70 cents in U. $. money | Lunch of soup, fish, meat, vegetables | and desert is 40 marks, or fl cents in U. $. money. Dinner is practically | the same, only have chicken or duck, steak and little extras, 4s marks. or IS cents in U. s. money. Wine is 10 cents. Good mineral water in bot ties, cents.
 q have been in four amusement places. They were excellent, clean and wholesome and perfect talent, costing from 20 to 50 marks, or to IS cents in U. $. money. Velour hats that sell for about s1o in the U. S., are 50 cents here. There are no ice cream parlors, but have good candy stores. A small box of candy such as we sell for s1 is 25 cents here. A taxi is about 50 cents per hour. A short trip costs from 10 to 20 marks. or to cents. This is a trip of from four to ten blocks Four seven-eleven soap is AZ cents per bar: Pebeco tooth paste. large tube 515 marks or 2A cents; small tube F cents in U. $. money.
 My vision of the outcome of the low mark with the increasing cost of all things, IS that it will have the tendency to make the working men and women very much disturbed for the reason that they won't be able to make ends meet. This also the case with the other European countries. At this hotel where I get shaved the seat in the chair on which the customer sits is reversed every time anyone sits in it. A shave costs 5 marks, or l 45- cents in U. s money. I saw some hand over : marks, or 1-10 cents. Often times give a larger tip than the cost of the article. Today I had an official oi the American Express company. witl his wife, to dinner The total cos-
 of the dinner was 175ls marks. or 7C
 cents or less. But if I had not had U. $. money the 175ls marks would
 have been just the same to me a. $4171.
 ''The threshing of wheat in Itals
 is done very crude. They have to de,
 pend great deal on the wind. Aft.
 CT the wheat is treaded by a pair o
 oxen heavy stone is rolled over tn,
 wheat. Then four or five men O
 women with long pitchforks throv
 the wheat and straw high in the air
 The wind takes the straw away an,
 the grain falls to the ground. Yer,
 slow and very expensive way.
 T expect to sail on the Aquatani;
 about Dec. 3 from either SouShamp
 ton or Cherbourg. France. I hay
 been gone about six months and vii
 sure be happy to get back to m,
 family and the Salt River valley
 I am sending you samples of tn
 money used in Italy. France and Ger
 many, with chip from Monte Carl
 where I paid my respects to tn
 Prince of Monaco to the extent o
 S32.93 in American money. It is
 wonderful place and well worth tn
 price of my two days visit with tn
 prince.
 Say hello to the boys for me a
 Rotary luncheon.
 U ID. A. DoNoFRIo."