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- ' C - ' THE OREC.QY STATESMAN; TT.IPAY, MARCH 8. 1018 1 r i r PAULUS TELLS HOW LOGANBERRY INDUSTRY RECEIVED ITS START UNDER the caption, "Cooperative difficulties Overcome," an in teresting account by Paul E. Trlem of how the loganberry enter pflsehas been put on its fjet sn Clarion county, recently appeared in a weekl7 magazine. The Oregon Far mer, with a pieturo of Robert C. Paulus, tlW business manager and ales manager of the Ralem Fruit union. The account follows: Rack in the old days when pro hibition was merely an academic problem, hotly discussed by the re formers and mildly Km Red upon by the "liberal Interests,". Marion coun ty, Oregon, was one of the big hop producing centers of the northwest. .The hop fields are still to be seen by the casual tourist who traverses the county by electric ear or automo bile, but the poles and trellises are rickety with disuse, and the feather bl' Sojiod kilns look out forlornly ur the ruin of an era that has pa King Hop is dead, Lonx Iire t "ng Loganberry, ,for ;by.onn of those curious turns which events sornretlmes take, the same wave which desolated the, hop industry, carried the loganberry and Its pro ducts high Into popular favor, So closely Interwoven is the story or the loganberry In Marion county with the history of -the Salem Fruit rnlon that it Is practically necessary to tell the latter In -nr.tb get at the former; Th1 anion. of fruit farmers was formed in 1909, and as is almost Invariably the way. it be ran by getting. Into financial hot wa ter. For a tlne things went smooth ly enough, the slight natural increase in the market, which las -largely lo cal, keeping pace with the. slow in itial. Increase In production.- Then eameihe years of rapidly-Increased terry culture, and before the offi cers and members of the Institution knew what was happening, they found themselves literally swamped with loganberries. The process of drying the fruit had been brought forward, and as it saved the big in itial expense for sugar and cans, it seemed to promise a solution. The fact remained, however, that driel loganberries were a new and untried "produce, and that there was not ev- tstlnz demand for tnem. in ii4 theSalem Fruit tin Ion borrowed money nongh 'to advance to its members something like 10 cents a pound, to. cover picking and drying. T immediate and only tangible ' result was the rapid accumulation of a debt of $43,000,, with the big problem of marketing the mountain of dried loganberries which was ac cumulating no nearer a solution than U had been in the first place. It was at this time that a principle now firmly- established in the code of the association came to be dimly perceived. That principle has been nut definitely into words by Robert Faulus. - general manager and sales manager of the anion. Mr. Paulas says: . "Nothing moves itself. Falesman shln is the only solntion of this big problem which confronts all produc ers, and It can not ne too soon recog nized and accepted, as an axiom that the task of discovering and develop ing markets Is op" to the producer. That Is the policy of the Salem Fruit union. We do notl wait for the mar ket to become glutted In one direc tion before providing new outlets." And so at this crucial time when the store rooms were filled to over flowing with loganberries and when the established Jobbers, east and west, had turned a deaf ear to the plea of the i association that the channels of trade be thrown open for this surplus, these fighting farm ers down In Marlon county deter mined to make one more effort. They borrowed an additional sum of money, straining thetr credit to the utmost, to secure It: and with the proceeds of this loan salesmen were employed to create a market for the loganberries. . It Is said that every blr and nuc ressful institution Is but the length ened shadow of one man. If this is trie, as most of us believe, there can be t o anestlon as to iwhose shadow thU Marlon county Association Is. TWttffc In 1909 there had entered the employ of the union a young fellow who made himself useful in various rapacities. Within a few years ho had become one of that inner circle of earnest workers who could be counted ttpon to meet an emergency. And so It happened that In this su preme emergency which confronted the union, when all its cash and Its credit were pledged to solve this problem of marketing ;ir.U distribution.- Robert P.tMtna was at length given a chance to show what be could do. The young man fa la but a young man now began to work along the lines of his axiom: "Nothing moves Itself. ' And in this case, the motive force must be nalesmanshlp of the highest type, wnper-salesmanshlp. In order that he might know the Ins and the outs of this selling business, he entered the employ of a wholesale grocery faouse for several months, and tudled from the Inside the tricks and devices used to move such thing? as soap and prunes and tobacco. He admits now that tobacco 'gave blm his greatest Inspiration, though not In the way In whlf inspiration Is usually sought from this particular source. "Dwlght I. Woodruff was our rales manager at that time," Mr. Paulus comments, "and be and I have often discussed the high order of selling ability which Is put Into mar keting tobacco. I am firmly con- -vnced that If the. same enthusiasm sad skill were used In selling fruit and fruit product! that is used to put tobacco on the market, thare would be no limit to the demand created. And of course tobacco is rr.iuketed in tke face of a more or lesa organized public disapproval, while fruit hes the support of every one. The salesman went out with Mr. Woodruff, who is now New York manager for the Hood River Appla Growers' association, as star sales man. and gradually a market wa established. Efforts were made to j pUuo loganberries with mine stores, i chain stcsreBf preerve' concern?," f"na'n restaurants, logging, cainptf. extracts concerns, fc'tatejwifiilentlarles, insaue asylums,' tuberculosis, hospitals, and every conceivable establishment where food was nerved. The union introduced Forr-st" brand dried lopan ' betriesin small packages to1 over 500O retain stores and sold nearly every jobber this Bide tf New Vor'.; city. At onn time wlin the fate of the whole enterprise waa bringing in the balance, Mr. Paulus apparently played bis last card. -This was in I'jIG and part of thy 1014 and lDlb crofH was ftlil on h;lnI, and another crop coming one. Extensive addition al markets were needed and needed at once. "Wc haven't done anything with Canada," ho said. "I notice that the farther north oar men go the better the sales are. and I am not .going to let any, even the smallest oppor tunity go by. Nobody can tell me. when we aro all through, that I fail ed because! diJn't try everything there wasi.Jotry. It. Isn't too late w'r& going' to sell-'-logan berries in Canada!" And In spite of the ridicule aad op position which this statement aroused from those whopointed out the tariff wan laa.vaiorenj outy, 2a per cent war tax 7 per cent) a car of logan berries was efnrlnto Canada and Mr, Woodruff-wws dispatched to Canada to taae cnargeor tne nrnj,- ine. n was largely -through -Me.- Woodruff's high type of salesmanship that, such a thorougbyntroduction in the Cana dian market was seemed, and the car Of loganberries was eleane! up there- withf expedition. The freight came to nearly $500, and the duty and war tax to $1700, but Jhe ber ries "wero sold and the fact .that Jhe Canadians would eat dried loganber ries was established. 4 ;V f Concurrently with this successful endeavor, another loganberry product was developed and Introduced to the public. This was the juice of- the fresh ber'ry. now so widely known and so popular in wet states and dry alike. Here again the producers, through their union, did most of the pioneering. Twenty-five hundred dollars was appropriated for experi mental purposes, and with some tech nical assistance from the Oregon Ag ricultural college, a marketable juice was developed. At first it'was diffi cult to get any established commer cial Institution to undertake the man ufacture and marketing of this bev erage, but by the- exercise of consid erable diplomacy and more snper Falesmanship, one of the local brew erles whose main product had been leglslateed out- of existence was In duced to try the matter out cau tiously. In this way. there wai secured for the temperance, drink the benefit of a technical experience in ratklitg bev erages of which there are few super iors In the ITnlteil States, and also extensive and skillful advertising, a force well and ' favorably : known - by the erstwhile brewers. Loganberry juice was put on the market with a flourish of drums, and it "tooa" from the start., . ! i It will be noticed 'throughout thh seeount that the Salem Fruit union does not own its own canneries or bottling works. This is not a mat ter of chance, but of we!l-eon.fdered and deliberate policy; it is the be lief of the officers and .members' of the union that the legitimate work of such an association is to act. as coordinator of the various establish ed markets, and, to create new ones. The policy of bringing in two or more manufacturers in each line, whore possible, has ben followetl throughout , this market buUdlnir campaigns In tall way the possible nomination ,ot any one manufactur er Is guarded against, and the bene fits of a . cnmpetltlvfe market are as sured. A stud r fit' 'the falstory, f other cooperative tannpVles has con vinced these Marion county farmers that it Is . pot profljlahhvto conduct a business of thw klfld ' oh 'capital much of 'which-' must be borrowed from the bank, tl is better to en courage private-companies to fin ance and operat their own plants, and to confine association work to producing fruit and helping develr op new trade channels. And here Is another strategic point of supreme Importance: history proves that It h Imposlble to run a number of dif ferent prult departments In connec tion with an association without making the manager who ,bandl;' all these ramifications of the butt ress an Indlspensfbte unit, a sort of human key stone whose removal by competitive salary offers or' the lure of private business brlngj, tha whole enterprise tumbling to (he ground. The Salem Fruit union ha fcvolded this danger, and as a conse quence eljoys the reputation cf te Ing the one association which, Make a practice of bringing Into Its com munity direct manufacturing 'compe tition, for the growers benefit. The present membership number about r-0, and almoM every rnernbor Is loyally back of the administrative force. j "I have received tlie solident kind of support," Mr. Paulus declarrv "We play the, g:mie openly tbero Is nothing to bid, and . naturally enough we alt pull together foe th common good." The Salem Fruit union Is a stock company, each share of stock having a par valu5 of $2.". no limit belns? et to the amount of stock any mem ber may own. The officers of the associaUoa are C. I. McNary, president; II, R. Cra-v-ford, vice president: W. I, Staley. secretary ; Robert Paulus, 'general manager and sales manager; C. I.. McNary. W. T, Stolz, O. H. Miles, J. J. McDonald are the directors. ' Fishermen Bringing Up Parts of Submarines SAN FRANCISCO. March 7.Vot only fish. .but. part, f destroyed Ger man submarines now frequently con stitute the catch of Dutch fishermen when they haul up their nets off the coa.et of Holland, according to H Veenstra, a dairy expert of Alkmaar, Holland, who arrived here today en ruule to Canada. Floating parts rr I-boats are raising havoc with the nets of our fibht-rtnen," he naid. ,-ln many eased flotsam and jetsani has been fubmit ted" to -roast uai d!rt:ii and officers of tlire Dut'-h navy and were ideutififd oj lK-lonfiing to Kubmaririe that prob ably had been destroyed by depth eliarges." Princeton to Train Y. M. C. A. Workers for Army Service PRINCKTOX. X, .!., March . Princeton vUM be the training center of the first contIngnt of r.oo Voiin? .Men': Christian :m intion workers who are ioin to sent to France in reponf- to a refpit from Prem ier Cteniencean, to serve with the French army, it wan announ ed here' lonipht. The Princeton faculty, particular, y the French department, has volun teered its services In the instruction of the foo rnn who will take char?:.' of French Y; M. C. A. hut?. TWO OFFICIALS ARE SUSPENDED Action Follows Failure of Men to Enforce Liquor Regulations WASHJXOTON. March 7. SusL pension tf two federal district offi cials at Rock Island, 111., today by the d-partmnt of justice- was con sidered officially pn indication of the determination of the department to enforce strictly anti-lkiuor and vice regulation about army andjiavy camps. Field officers of the depart ment, will be expected to take action on their own initiative, to jfrmedy improper conditions. It was explain ed. -and not awai prodding from the department. Hundreds of prosecutions of liq uor verniers and persons violctm;; the vice restrictions have been 'made and recent reports indicate that con ditions about most camps are pood. The principal difficulties encounter ed in the elean-np movements were from eity officials, who refused ln some cases to assist federal agents in 'enforcing. the feferal regulations. The Roe1 Island situation became scute several wvr-ks aeo. soon ftr the ordnaneo training camp thre was placed in the class of campi sur rounded by liuuor and vlc barred rones. Aeent.fi of th1 departit.ent of justice visited Rock Island on re ceipt of complaints that paloors.and Immoral"! houses "continued in opera tion. Accordingly, the department took direct action to order- saloons and vice conditions abated. District Attorney Knotts of the Southern Illinois district went to Rock Island today, according: to de partment of justice reports, to ie 'juest Federal Judge Humphreys to name a 'special United States Com missioner to expedite the trial of violators of tho liquor law. DRAFTED MEN IN FOUR CLASSES Crowder Orders Reclassifica tion According to Physi cal Condition WASHINGTON. March 7. Re classification according to physical conditions of the men called In the next army draft. U provided In re vised instructions for medical ad visory board4 which ate being sent tc the local board throughout thi country. The new regulation, made ptublic tonight 'require that every man summoned before til? board shall be placed in ono of thi following four classes. . 'fA) Acceptable for general mil Itary service, , (I?) Acceptable for general mil itary fcefvfce after being cured of remedial: defects. - i; (C) Acceptable for special or limited military service in a speci fied capacity or occupation. (D Rejected and. exempted froM any military service. It is tho intention of the provost, marshal general to nrovlde later, for fbe further Investigation and classi fication of the men acceptable for limited or special service so th:.t record may be mads of the sort? of work each of these men mpy be n sjgned to do without endangering hU health. N Fnder tho nw recriilations man ailments and defects whUh gained exemption of drafted men In the past now will teHiiIt In their belnj: listed In group ft. Such men. if .they ehoone will be fciven the prlvllo?: of Kecur ing the ervlf .-h t,r their family phv fdclans in the effort to remove the defect, but If they have not availed themselves of this jtrlvtle-re wilhii a specified time they will be called Into military service and ordered to a cantonment baf-e hospital, a re construction hospital or to a clvl" hospital as may be designated by Wi surgeon general. . Northwest Is Second on New Fleet of Carriers SEATTLE, March C. W. J. Orambs. se-ctlon chief of Washing ton and Oregon for th re-rruitlng service -of the United States shJp nintr hoard wm nntiflil tnrlav hv , r. iicials of the board that the faciric nortnwest ranks socond in tho num ber of applications, for service on board of the new ' fleet carriers. Eight hundred young nun of Wash ington and Oregon have applied fur service, this number being exceeded only by application in New England. GERMANY SIGNS WITH FINLAND Agreement Is Made on Trade and Shipping; Indemni ties Are Taboo AMSTERDAM. March. 7 tir.nniinrinnutni it' n 4 m:tfte -Official j in Belli;! Unlay 01 me srgning or a pea e m-.u.. between linmanjf and Finland, and ith of trade and shipping aree ji:ents and a supplementary pieto- oi. The treaty was signed at noon to day. t'inLitd. by the condition of the treaty, agrees to cede ro territory jior grant territorial rights to :ny foreign rover without tl. previous (onstnt c Cerinjiiiy. who undt i -takes to exert herself to secure the recog nition of Finland's independence by all the powers. Kach party renounces Indemnities. Negotiations will start forthwitb for a trade'and shipping treaty. Aland Islands fortifications will be removed .&nd " regulations adopted for their permanent non-fortification. Ireland Is Mourning Death of John Redmond LONDON, March 7. The body of John Rejimond is now lying In West minster cathedral. The funeral ar rangement have ret yet been com pleted, but It is said that the Inter nment prAbably will be In the fafily vault at Wexford. DUni.IN, March 7. Flags hero nnd in all parts of Ireland are fly ing at half mast and the people nr.? wearing emblems of mourning for John Redmond. England Fears Rass Peace, Say German Newspapers AMSTERDAM, March 7. Some of the German papers, commenting on Lord Lansdowne's latest letter, urge the Imperial German chancellor t reply In the ' relchstag and demand whether Lord Unsdownp speaks for himself or at the request of the Premier., Lloyd George. The Colopne Volks Zeitung ray.', the letter shows that the English peopV? are eglnning to fear the con Keijnene.es of the Russian and Ru manian pejw-e nnd would like pea"e "before It 's too lnte." The Rhnl :che Westfaeltsche Zei tnng'cons: leis Tord Lansdowne "toi clever" In- wishing to pacify Ger many with itiper guarantees regard lug llelsiuri. , while Germany needi real guarent w. Country Is Back of War; Pacifists Are Rapped NEW .YOUK.. March 7. A move ment to lay, at ret definitely such sentiment as may have been created by a few pacifists that the people of the country are not unitedly standing back of the war. has been started by the American. Defense society, ac cording to a statement Issued here today. Distribution of postal cards bearing the five resolutions of the society's nnU-P-aee platform ill b begun tomorrow nlsht by member of the society, which Is rcptesented by 300 branches, embracing every state in the union, and also In Porto Rico and Hawaii. The req-iwt will be made that the cards be nigned and mailed to Presi dent WlKon evidence that tip; signers a. e ready to place them selvei! on record in their determina tion to back the war to the end. , Soldiers Get Into Jail to Escape Army Service SAN DIEGO. Cal . March 7. -Major J. A. Howell, division Judze ad vocate of the Fortieth division at Camp Kearney, today made a re quest that the district attorney of San Diego ernmty deliver to the mil itary authorities two soldiers held on the charte of hnving stolen an automobile. At the preliminarv ex amination o the two men. William Gustafson n vd E. Pavton. it was de clared that they had planned th theft thatV'hey might be caught, prosecuted, found guilty and Impris oned that they might evade fuither military service. Heavy Rains Postpone Review at San Diego SAN DIEGO, Cal., March 7. A a result of t'i heavy rain which have been falling here for the .'ast forty-eleht hours, the rrvb-w of th" 4Mh division o' t'nmp Keirnv. set for tomorrow, has been' postponed. General Strom? delayed the" review for the second time at Hie request l;f the rhiriber of cfrumerc", who representatives reported that lh" roads lending o tho camp were In very bad eonH.tlon and that th" camp parade grounds' themselves were covered vlth mud. U-Boat Compels Ship to Throw Cargo Into Ocean MADRID, March 7 -A German submarine recently stopped th" Spanish stonrifr Villa Nueva.' It if reported here. The contain was com pelled to th-ow intf the fea hlft ca.' go into the. rea which th- Gorman submarine eoptaln considers! eon traband. The submarine quickly disappeared.! Idaho Man Will Serve on Board for Ordnance WASr-nXGTON. March 7--Fred T. Dubois oi Idaho was nominate I today bj President Wllon to b the civilian tiember of the board of ord nance and fortification. v f riIirK3u f i " r c . - In The-i Oregon Statesman - - ' - - - -'- 215 S. Commercial Phone 23 MANY UNIVERSITY GRADUATES WITH ARMY IN FRANCE Many in Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. But Most Are in . Regular Army v COLLEGE UNION FtfRMED Captains and Privates, For mer Classmates, Converse Intimately PARIS, Jan. 29. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) More than 5000 graduates and un dergraduates of American universi ties are actually serving In France in some capacity. Some are engaged in Ited Cross work, others are officials of the Young Men's Christian asso ciation, but the majority of theyi are soldiers and officers in Uncle Sam's army. The number Of tint-versify men j who register daily at the American I. niverslty union in Europe averages between forty and fifty, Ealy in Oc tober this union In Europe was or ganized. It had for Its oblect the cultivation of more Intimate rela tions between university men enlist ed In the service of the United States by bringing them Into closer con tact, to prvlde for them adequate quarteres during their stay In Paris, and -generally to meet the needs of American university and college men and their friends who are In Europe for military and other service In the cause of the allies. 'More than ninety colleges and universities have Joined the v.nlon. - The Royal Palace hotel, 8 rue de Richelieu, was practically "requlsl tloned"' and since October 20. 1917, date of Its formal opening. It ha accommodated one hundred college men each dav and has often had to. turn aw prospective boarders ow? ing to lack of rooms. v Yale Man Chairman. Professor Georre II. ..N'ettleton of Yale university was elected chair man, while Dr. Paul Van Dyke of Princeton was prevailed upon to ac cept the duties of secretary. Princeton has at nresent 742 men In France, about 23 per cent of Its total roster. The proportion Is be lieved practically to be 'thesame with Harvard and Talc. The re tnalhder of the five thousand men Is made of graduates and undergrad uates from smaller universities. Asked as to the relations between officers and private In the American army, who In their college days be longed to the same class, were mem bers of the same fraternities and In some cashes even roommates, some of whom had commissions In the ser vice while others were privates, Dr. Paul Van Dyke Bald: IleIaiion Art. Cordial. "The lelatlons' are very cordial, the offices epcak with pride of their men, they seem to have genuine af fection for them and It Is not an un common sight here In the Union to captain:., majors or even "colonels conversing freely with privates who Jn oolleve days were their intimate frionds and fellow-members of th same fraternity." Concerning this elimination of 'dis tinction between officers and priv ates In ParN. he said: "Don't you believe .that because you ie in th rare cases officers and sol diers cbattlng Jopether ax lmman br ings that the discipline is less rigid than that of the Cniin.u army nnd Ihnt the boys are not willing to fight for their officers. It Is the disci pline of affection and confidence In one another rather than the whip of cr'.nRfng fear that0 Is held over th bead of the German automaton. There Is .n chance of an American officer getting a bullet In the back from one of his men while I under rtand that such cases have been known among on enemies."' Commenting on the clean-cut char acter of the American soldie In France as seen Jn the. rending room tt the American 'University- Union, engaxed In -reading American maga zines and other publications or play ing chess or other games, Dr. Van Dyke said: Men Well Itehflved. "For ever one of the bovs who might occasionally have imbibed loo much nnd behaved In an undlznifiei manner there are hundreds such as these, but of course a black sheep In IS THIS t4 YOUR HOUSE? I Only the jiassers-by will know if you have a placard on your house, but Thousands will see vou use a assfloeo a white flock Is more visible than the others. "This war Is not going to be won only by materials and men, not only ty the armies in presence," he con tinvied.'lj;"bHt it is a war of peoples and everything must be done to keep up the morale of the civilians as well as that of the military. It Is up to us to be modest, we areonly . ama teurs in the war. we have n6t proved ourselves as yet and It Is not time fo us to talk. We must await until we have accampllshed something and then we may talk about it. This l the spirit that we try to Instill into the boys and I must say that all of the former university men now offU cers In the army with which 1 have come in contact feel the, same." University of Oregon J Students Visit Salem The annual visit to Salem for the purpose of visiting the state Institu tions, was made by a group of Uni versity of Oregon wonun students yesterday. This time they brought one male student with them. The students were In charge of ; Mlt-s Elizabeth Fox, dean of women. The students were shown about the state buildings by Tl. D. Goodin, secretary of the state board of control. Embargo Includes Cattle Shipments by Settlers The embargo placed , on exports from the United State includes cat tle being shipped by ' eettlcra into Canada. It Is necessary for all in tending settlers that they obtain a license jfrom the authorities for per mission, to make shipments. As the formality requires several days, It Is Imperative that application be made Immediately. The question of ob taining exemption for bona fide set tlers has been taken up by the war trade board, and a decision may be handed down at any time. In (be meantime, however, no railroad agent is permitted to allow a car tu be loaded for Canada that contains cattle without the license. C. W. NIemeyer, at the Western Canada Land agency has the necessary ap plication forms. Food Convention Will Be Held Here March 13 At the requet of Arthur M. Churchill, chairman of the educa tional committee of the Oregon food administration, a convention of the food administration workers will be held In Salem March 13. A meeting of housewives will open the convention at 10:30 o'clock and at 2:30 a general meeting will be held. Mr. Chnrehlll will be one of the speakers.' and a war garden talk wHl be given by a representative of Oregon Agricultural college. Fighting Boys Are Again Scattered by Officer Two groups of boys engaged la another fight last night In the neigh borhood of Twelfth street and th5 folic department sent Officer Mar lels to disperse the youngsters. Th-s police say some of the youngsters are of German descent and that they line up against the American boys In their battles. Some of the par nts have registered complaints about publicity being given the trou ble. Parents Present Navy U'Boat Chaser for Son PALM PEACH, Fla.. March 7. Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia, announced here to night that they had presented the rnivy department with a submarine chaser specially built for their aon who Is an ensign In the navy. Liquor Bills to Be Voted on at California Election SAN FRANCISCO, March 7. The Rolninger bill, endorsed by j the grape growers; the saloonlss bill en dorsed by the brewers and the bar less ! tavern bill. Introduced by tho California Wet federation, all will be placed on the ballot at the election In November, according to a rtae ment made here today by William Schuldt. of the Brewers Protective association. 'MP OK GERMANS ASKED TO GIVE GOLD T0FATHERLAI3 Many Articles Appear Urj ing Use of Jewelry SacrcJ to People BERLIN IS HOLDING BACK Fanner Insists That Sea Is longs to-Kaiser Bat Mcney Is "Mine" . -AMSTERDAM, NETHERLAN February 28. (Correspondence I The Associated Press): It has come increasingly difficult to separ ate the German people from their r malnlng possessions In the way of gold and: jewelry. The fierce en thusiasm of the earlier times appar ently has burnt itself out. A reacts has come and Rud and InsUter.: are the calls upon the public for more sacrifices to be offered up ct the altar of the Fatherland. The familiar big type appeals Is the newspapers: "Do -not speak to strangers about hard times beware of spies" have given place to the ad monition: "Speak freely to strangers If tb'j wear gold, and tell them to take It without delay to the nearest purcbav office. Bay to them: What wob ybuT gold avail you If the enemy to vaded our country? Remember tSu! until recently certuin German ton munltles were still bent under tf burden of war tributes dating bad to the time of Napoleon!" . V ) Inspired Articles Appear r Inspired articles have once mart made their appearance In the Germ.: newspapers entreating tbe populate to give up their last and most eb- Ished keepsakes and heirlooms. JK sentimental considerations , mtss tand In the way. The Uerlln Lokal Aniefjrer pointed out that there wa an Impera tive reason for the peremptory tont In which the official appeals wrt couched. In the first quarter of 1917 the paper circulation was 697,000, 000 marks higher, and In the third quarter 1,809,000,000 marks lifgber. ! and the gold cover had shrunk to 22.0 per cent of the face valns of the paper In circulation. Therefor.! more gold cover was an urgent tti Immediate necessity. Cities like Hamburg and Bremn(J a few towns In East Truisla, tbe ! Rhine Provinces and Saxony wer ; honorably singled out as navies' yielded per head of the popultioa fifteen marks in gold, which seems to; have been the maximum effort thai far; but In the rural district It ka been extremely difficult to make th ; people see the necessity of tbe mj ment. An example of how the pea! antry look at It was the case, related ; by;. the Lokal Anzeiger of farmer who was known to have tow ; thousands of marks In gold hoards Tie village priest took him tert'.7 to task: w "You have a aon at the front. V he return safe and sound! But must b prepared, to give him up 10 th country. And yet you refuse 'J; give up these few miserable mark! Son Keller's; Moiwy MMlne.M j The old farmer replied dogRedir ( "My son belongs to the Emperor, "My money Is mine." : Uerlln has been holding back. TV ' capital, it would seem. Is the pl rher the appeals are least heedf j and the Ixkal Anzelirer hss 'd notinced the war profiteers and ct j era who still "walk about with l-1 gold chains and rlncs," not to n9" ; tlon their womenfolk, who are oft r laden with Jewelry. i The story Is told of a murh-ort'-mented woman who petulantly cfiI!,j plained In a fashionable departmcr.' store about being unable to get P"' Ish cream, flhe was told that If got rid of her superfluous J'"' she would help to make cre-i-abroad whereby . cream nnd ot good things could be obtained. Of course, there were execttlor An unnamed nobiewoman of Fra' forf has sacrificed her two P "' . necklaces" worth over a marks, and one or two burgomatf , have given up their gold chsloj office. It Is also announced that J per cent of the Jawels delivered to the Imperial Bank of Germ"-, have been contributed If CerE prlncely houses. ; . Ad V