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MfVfB trouble with u la Hint wo
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JL ui bave to much money w
wouldn't know what to do
with mort tf we had It. That' why
we hiirou't mure readily grasped the
opportunities offered ui through the
European war." Tlile win the opinion
expressed by Thomas A. Kdliou Lu o
lnturvlow lu Cluveluud,
At the en uit time there appeared Id
the Now York Time artlcloa allowing
ordure given tu America for war eup
plli nud other material by tlie war
ring natlona of Europe. Borne of the
biggest of those are given here:
New England manufacturer of boe
Imre already booked ordure for 2,200V
000 piil re for export to the Europeaa
belligerent. Negotiation are under
war for further ordure, hut eome man
Ufacturer besltato because the profit
ta hard to calculate.
France, which line alroady placed
large ordure, desires hobnailed boota
for her soldier. These must he made
by linnil, and It la a question aa to
how expensive ttt hobnnlllng proceaa
will bo. One manufacturer haa Install
ed apttclal machinery for thla purpose.
A company which received au order
for 2oo.NJO pair for France recently
hna hnd the order Increased to 600,000
pair, it la delisting whether to In
crease lu facilities and accept an or
der for ,0no,ouo pnlra of boota. An
other company la milling &00.0U0 palra
of boota for (ireoco.
Boom In Leather Alio.
Thero la a correKndlng boom In
leather. One company, with au annu
al turnover of f 12,0u0,0O0, la running
lie fuctorlos dny and night at 125 per
cent capacity, He fore the war It waa
running at 40 per cent capacity. Mont
of the leather la for England and la to
tie uuido lulu boot thero for the army.
Mo far England line bought no boota lu
the United State, but U expected to
place ordera aoon. Ita demnnd for
leather hna put up tho price 4 to 0
ccuta a foot
Twenty thotmand additional bend of
horse are to l purchased In Missouri
nud aoutheru llllnul by ngeuta of tho
Ilrltlsh, French and Russian govern
iiientn. according to reports In llvo
stock circle In Kt Ixiula. It la auld
thnt the ngeuta of the vnrloua govern
ments bnve been Instructed to uiuko
the purchases,
A uniform price of $270 la being paid
for each home.
The French agent also hnvo bought
100,000 barrel of flour and great quan
tities of other provision lii St Loula,
and onlera have been placed with local
hoe factories for thousands of pntrs of
h Ik iee,
Germany Buyi Honei.
Tho German government la an Id to
be offering 1000 tu fSOU a lieud for
horses delivered In Germany.
War ordure fur clothing, trucks, bar
neea, tluued ineiitM, nud the like In the
Chicago and neighboring markets
amount to between $7,000,000 nud IV
000,000, and purchasing agents of tlie
Hrltlxb and French governments are
till buying. Euglaud him 1,000.000
gold tu a Chicago bauk to be used for
purchases. The meat puckers bave
enough European ordera on band to
keep them running full time for a
year.
The opposing governments bave
agents watching the purchases of each
other lu this market They begin by
apparently sincere correspondence
about prices and quantities, but tbolr
queries In variably lend to details of
trniiHport With this Information their
warship are kept on the lookout for
shipments to IiohUIo governments.
From Hartford, Conn., within a few
weeks, 1,700 umchlne la I lies of moder
ate capacity, such as twelve to four
teen Inches, have boon shipped to Eu
rope. One thousand more of these
lathes are required, the whole to cost
$1,500,000. The order will exhnuiit the
present atock of aucb lathes In the
United States. Arms aud cartridge
plants are working overtime on ma
chine guns, pistols and ammunition,
and these eventually And their way to
Europe, though the manufacturers deal
only with their regular American
agents.
The effort of t!ie war upon Pacific
const staples Is shown In a tabulation
prepared In San Frnnclsco by the cham
ber of commerce.
Rnrley thla year wns a bumpor crop.
Tho exports from San Francisco for
the Inst three mouths reached tho un
precedented total of 8.785.4B2 quintals,
as ngnlUHt 832.801 for the correspond
. Ing period In 1013.
For canned fruits the figures are
780,003 cases this year, against 523,039
In 1013, nud for ennuod sitlmou the
tally stands 50(1,087 casus this year,
20(1,8(13 cases Inst year.
Big; Order For Canned Meats.
order for 15,000,000 pounds of
cunned nionts, valued at $1,600,000, to
go to Europe, tins been received by a
packing company of Oklahoma City.
Additional orders for dry salt pork
amount to more thnn tho supply In
sight
While admitting the existing depres-
01RS OF GOODS
Trouble With Us Is That
We Are Too Rich, Says
Thomas A. Edison.
alon lu lie Iron and steel trade, due to
the war lu Europe, Judge E. II, Gary,
chairman of the board of directors of
tho United State Hteul corporation,
addressing tlie A in oilcan Iron and
Bleel Institute, lu session In lllrmlng
bnm, Ala., declared himself aa opti
mist and predicted a considerable Im
provement In the next three mouths.
Further, be declared that this coun
try, with Ita vast wealth and resources,
should become the financial, Industrial
and commercial center of tho world.
Opportunities, be added, never were
better.
"Without particularizing," said the
speaker, "It would seem safe to pre
dict that In many Important respect
business conditions In the United
States' for the next three months at
feast will be better than they bsve
been for the Inst three mouth. I do
not hesitate to any, with emphasis,
that tho opportunity for ucces and
pnignwa In this country is greater than
ever before."
War Low Predicted.
Incidentally, In discussing the war
and Its effects, Judge Gary expressed
tho opinion thnt If tlie conflict should
bo maintained with Its present vio
lence for eighteen moutlis the loss of
life would he .4,000,0(10 nud tho proper
ty Urn $35,0O0,Ot.0,0oa
"Undoubtedly." he said, "It would
be to the bent Interests of all tho un
tluns engaged lu the present war and
to tho world at large If tlie Integrity
aud geographical line of each of these
nut Inns fould be substantially pre
served." About 300 memlK-rs of the Iron and
Steel Institute, of which Judge Gory Is
president, heard the address.
Discussing conditions In tlie Iron and
steel Industry, Judge Gary said:
"I am an optimist In principle aa well
as In prncttco. There Is always a
bright sldo, although It may bo tcm
irnrlly obscured. However, nothing
Is to be gained by closing our eyes to
well known and clearly recognlxed
facts, and at present wo are not very
prosperous tu our lines. Thla la reflect
ed In the published report of some of
the larger companies. Tlie president
of one declares that 'earnings from
Jnn. 1 to Oct 1, 10H. on the tonunge
produced have been at the smallest
in a ri; In of profit since the formation
of the company.' It I viilhYlcut to
say at this time that the volume and
prices of iron and steel sold lu this
country were very low, comparatively
speaking, during the months immedi
ately prior to tlie commencement of
the European war. mid with retqiect
to the volumo, there have been sub
stantial decreases since that time.
Hut what of the future! We are al
ways comforted by the fact that tho
productive capacity and actual produc
tl'in of wealth In the United States
Is growing year by year, and this abil
ity to produce will not nud cannot be
diminished. Resides, nt the present
time the export of a largo variety of
commodities are Increasing. Although
nut equnl to the volume reported just
prior to tho commencement of the war,
they are yet much larger thiiu Just aft
er the beginning of tho war. This will
have a material Influence upon other
lines. All are stimulated and brought
Into service."
EDISON'S "MORSE" BOTHERS.
Telegraph Operator Finds It Hard to
Read His Dots and Dashes.
Thomas A. Edison, tho Inventor, who
bus been vlsltUng Booties of his boy
hood near Detroit, took a trip to I'ort
Huron, Mhh., and once mure tried bis
hand ut the operator's key. lie even
went so far as to take the wares from
a newsboy and sell thorn nuiuug bis
friends. .
As a boy Mr. Edison sold papers and
worked us an operator for the same
railroad over which be traveled to Tort
Huron. His Inst trip, however, was lu
a special train.
As tho inventor passed through
Mount Clemens bo stepped Into the
telegraph operator's oltleo and tapped
off a mcHxngo to his children in New
Jersey. The message was Interrupted,
however. The Mount Clemena opera
tor turned to Mr. Edison with a smile
and said:
"An operator on the line Is complain
ing, lie saya there Is a boy on tho
wire whose practicing is gumming
things up."
At Tort Huron Mr. Edison' host In
sisted on equipping his guest with all
the necessary equipment of a "news
butcher."
Mr Edison appeared to take keen
delight lu the situation and wn soon
selling fruit and candles tu his friends.
Gum brought a high as 50 cents a
package, and when the Inventor step
ped off the train he poured the pro
ceeds of his day's business Into the hut
of a grinning porter.
Cossack Closk and Joffrs Hat.
The Jofl're hat mid Cossack clonk are
definite features of PnrlH winter fash
ions. The hut Is made of dark velvet,
Is round and flat with a penk. The
clonk is henvy nud Iooro, ending at the
knees, nnd gathered nt the wnlst with
a belt
Little Odd Bits
Of War News
Anuounconieut was made that the
nrlllsli war olllce requires Immediately
for service ou tho Continent thousand
chauffeurs and motor truck drivers be
tween the ages of twenty and forty
Ova. At a meeting of the Dancing Mas
ters' academy In I'arls a letter was read
from rrosidont La Fort, now a soldier
at the front proposing that all Aue
tiian and German dances bo sup
pressed.
A correspondent of the Pnrts Matin
In Berlin says Americana apeak French
In the atreets of lierlln on account of
the degree of hatred agnliist the Eng
lish aud the comparatively mild feeling
against Franca.
General Joffre, the French command
r In chief, entertained at a luncheon
at headquarters certain Important poll
tlclana, one of whom asked blra what
bla pinna were. General Joffre replied
In military along, "For tho moment 1
am Just nibbing at the Germans."
The fooling between the German sol
dier and the British la extremely bit
ter. Wherever the Germans oppose
the British the fighting la reported to
bo Incessant Between the German
and the French there la a more cordial
feeling. Near Courtral the French sol
diers In the trenches signaled a mes
sage to the opposing German soldiers
"This Is our colonel' birthday." The
Germans passed the word along the
trenches and replied: "We won't shoot
much today. Let tlie colonel enjoy the
day."
"RIVER OF DOUBT" NOT EASY
FOR ROOSEVELT'S PARTY.
The Osscsnt of Uncharted Braxltlan
6trsam Was a Difficult Task.
Tho following description of the de
scent of the "Ulver of Doubt" by Colo
nel Roosevelt aud hi party is taken
from hi article In the November
Scrtbner describing Uls journey in the
Brazilian wilderness. The article 1
copyrighted. 1014, by Charles Scrlb
oer Bona:
"Next day, the 3rd of April, we be
gan the descent of these sinister rap
Ids of the chusin. Colonel Itoudon bad
gone to the summit of the mountain In
order to And a better trail for the bur
den bearers, but It was hopeless, and
they hud to go along the face of the
cliffs. Buch an exploring expedition
a that In which we were engaged of
necessity Involves bard aud dungerous
labor nnd peril of many kinds. To
fullow down stream an unknown river,
broken by Innumerable cataracts and
rapids, rushing through mountain of
which the existence bus never been
even guessed, bears no resemblance
whatever to following even a fairly
dangerous river which has been thor
oughly explored and has become In
some sort a highway, so that experi
enced pilots can bo secured as guides,
while the portages bave been pioneer
ed and trail chopped out and every
dangerous feature of the rapids I
kuuwn beforehand. In this case no
one could foretell that the river would
cleave Its way through steep mountain
chains, cutting narrow clefts In which
the cliff walls roxo almost sheer on ei
ther ha nit When a rushing river
thua 'canyon,' as we used to any out
west and the mountains are very steep
It becomes almost impossible to bring
the canoea down the river Itself and
utterly Impossible to portage them
along the cliff sides, while even to
bring the loads over the mountain Is a
task of extraordinary labor and diffi
culty. Moreover, no one can tell how
many time the task will bave to be
repeated or when It will eud or wheth
er the fuod will bold out Every hour
of work tu the rapids Is fraught with
tho possibility of the gravest disaster,
and yet It Is Imperatively necessary to
attempt It, and all this Is doue In an
uninhabited wilderness or else a wilder
ness tenanted only by unfriendly, sav
ages, where failure to get through
means death by disease aud starva
tion." MADE CARNEGIE REJOICE.
"Happiest Man In th World" When
Morgan Took Steel Off Hla Hands.
'Tlerpout I am the happiest man In
the world. I bnve unloaded the burden
upon your buck; now I am off to Eu
rope to piny," ald Andrew Carnegie to
J. P. Morgan when the deal was closed
by which tho Carnegie properties pass
ed to the United States Steel corpora
tion, according to Dnvtd A. Reed of
Pittsburgh In bis argument before the
federal circuit court In Philadelphia in
the suit of the government for the dis
solution of the Steel corporation for al
leged violation of tlie Sherman anti
trust law.
Mr. Beed Is counsel of the corpora
tion. He said be got the quoted words
from bis father, James H. Reed, who Is
a director of the corporation and over
heard them.
"Mr. Cnrucglc's one thought," Mr.
Hoed snld, "wns to retire from a long
business career nnd devote his time to
philanthropy, nnd he rose to the oppor
tunity most niagnlflcnntly. Counsel for
the other side have referred to Mr. Car
negie as n conspirator. In the light of
what be bus done with his fortune for
the good of mnnkind, to refer to him In
terms applied to wretched criminals In
the dock la unworthy of the government"
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