" i The Herald D. L STITT, Editot. s, . Mthpuluf&MtMunni.lh.Owm.ulrlh'l ISSIKI) KVKRV FKIPAV Subscription Rates One year II. SO Six months 75 ctt Three months - 6(1 cts Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY. JAN. 21. 1916. 'GOD GIVE US MEN!" UndertheaboverHi.tionsome - one wrote the heautiful poem shadowing the desire for men as leaders to lead the human race out of the entanglement into which the i.ianv efforts at rov - " ........ - --- r- 'eminent and guidance ure in volving the world. The cry is still going out, and the world is anxiously awaiting the up pear snce of this latter day leader that the warmth and sunshine of Peace may again mantle the earth as with a blanket. A mighty leader is a great boon to any people, hut unless there is a desire to he led on the part of those needing a leader there is not likely to he much achieved in the movement. Kurope needs something just now, hut so far as we can ob serve it is hii application of the Golden Rule, and without that there can he nothing secured but a patched up peace. "Men are hut hoys grown tall," and in times past they have had to lie whipped into line, so that the lug effort now in the Eastern continent is hut a sam ple of tht) past, except, that it is on a larger scale, and is still in process completion. Nothing comes until the world is prepared for it. When Eu ropean nations are ready for the cessation of hostilities they will cease in that quarter at least. Silver and Gold Production for The Year 1915 in the U. S. Increases in tho mine pro duction of silver were especially notable in Montana, Utah, and Arizona, ami were considerable .in Idaho, Alaska. New Mexico, and Texas; but large decreases were reported from Colorado I i V 1 on ami irom .Nevada, lollowing similar decreases in I'.U J. pn. liuiinary totals, based on ore marketed as distinguished from ore smelted, indicate a record output of nearly 71,000,000 ounces of silver from all domestic mines for MM."; hut some of this was produced under stimulation of better prices at the close of tho year and will reach metallic form at the smelters and refin eries this year. The imports of silver into the United States for the 10 mouths endine October 151. I'll.". -r valued at 2S,,Ol,"7, of which f 17,0"t'),2.V came from Mexico, f410,OJO from Canada, if ;!,577,-' from South America, and l,-IMi,.0K from Central Ameri.!,,, ,. ; . " T "ea iratie, let us c, according to the records of , look at the record 0f her Prin t ureauofl-oreign and Do- cipa. company, the Hamburg n s cCommerce The exports American. Organized in 1S47 n: rr w,w vai""11 a c t . v . lwent to England, j sailin, shi.s , , . .. , en 10 uongicoiig, fiUT.V.iiu to France, and j t0 Ul u Wast in.ii.... mm. ..... V oe imai niii.oris of silver in 191 1 nm valued at Uj."1!i."i!)1b7 ami the exports tit :.1,i;o:?,h;ii. - I I The vtar just closed was of I unusual inlert Willi reject to eor,(,i jjllW of Ilil illt'l the United States mm Lurope, ' inai it) v a result of the prviitly ! inereiisini; Imlaiice of trade Hi favor of this country since the nnthreiik of the war. For the 'first ten months of HU't the im 'ports of jtold were !4",ri( ,'J7'5, of which 21li,:!OJ,ls2 came by ,wav of Canada and f JS.21 l,(M9 from Knuland .lirect,Jl,H from Australia. IIO.'.O.S 10 from Japan, l.'Mi.O.TnO from South lAinerica, ii,.i.v" "" hi til L'LI f j France, WI'J.S.&S'J from the West Indies, and f ! from Mexico. The exports of j gold for the same period were 1 1 "-S7o,-lS0 of which ll-V'-V 4.") went to the West Indies. The imports of gold in 11(1 4 were .'7,.'!S7,711 and the ex ports are 22'J,(lli,lofi. The Freedom of the Seas In commercial circles, one ol the first lessons that a young business man is obliged to learn is the fact that figures may he made to lie; jn politics nothing is more misleading than a scin tillating catch wo rd. The "Crown of Thorns" almost brought immortality to our late Secretary of State, hut not quite In the present war nothing has appealed to the sympathy am understanding more than the proposition put forward by Ger many for "freedom of the seas." What is really intended by such an appeal; what is the real sig nificance of the term? At tirst the answer seems readily given; hut should the .reader ask the question of his friends he would be surprised at the variety of re plies it would bring forth. This proposition as put forth by Ger many is evidently a protest against the dominance of Great Britain on the high seas. Hut the questions naturally arise Has Germany ever been hin dered or ever suffered from want of such freedom until the pres ent war began? Has she h6en the victim of a selfish policy on the part of Great Britain, that has curbed the growth and de velopment of either the Imperial Navy or her mercantile marine; i i , i uas sue suiierea trom preter ential duties or any prohibitory laws which have curbed the growth of her forcing commerce or the development of her mar ine power? Has England dur ing the last half century exer cised her overpowering naval forces against the development of any of her neighbors? On the contrary, has not Germany, as the chief commercial rival of England during this period, de veloped her maritime marine resources, both naval and mer-' eantiie, in a manner which is unprecedented? Let the facts speak for them selves; and by way of showing the unhindered growth of Ger- . , . . ii'ise. In lSiio it possessed six .,;!;.. . i . .. .-"ill HI VIIIIW Hit I ft,.... . .....-" ove steamers M.l oa , :.. . 'steal,. n,u ..l' . T? 1 I " uv'w" i"i isso twentv ships totalling iM Hi tons; in the next decade the feet was more then doubled, con sisting i" 1M(0 of forty-one ships aggregating l::' tons. In the following decade the tonnage was more than trebled, the line possessing in H00 eighty-three ships totalling IKVMl tons It had doubled again by HMO, the list showing in this year one hundred and lifty-eight ships of S7ii,015 tons. At the opening of the war in 10 H the total ton nage had risen to over 1,200,000. In that same year, the North German Lloyd, whose growth during the same period has been also phenomenal, possessed a total tonnage of about S.'iO.OOO. Evidently her two great steamship companies have had no cause to complain of inter ference with the freedom of the seas. Now as to the general mari time trade of Germany: We liud that during the calendar year 1913 there entered German ports 14,202,000 net registered tons of German ships and 12, 840,000 tons of foreign ships, and that there cleared from Ger man ports about the same amount of shipping, equally di vided between foreign and Ger man, the total entered and cleared being 54.238,000 net registered tons of shipping. The total quantity of goods im ported and exported by way of the seas in this year reached the huge total of 78,835,105 tons. Scientific American. The plant of the Universal Portland Cement Company, a subsidiary of the Steel Corpora tion, is Hearing completion, and the (irst cement will, probably be made about February 1. The present activity in the steel bus iness continues; it is believed that between 2,500 and 3,000 men will be employed in the Steel Corporation's two Duluth plants next spring. Prune Demand Firm The remainder of that part of the 1915 Polk county prune crop purchased by the J. K. Armsby company will be put in boxes im mediately and shipped to New York to fill an order from the company's main offices. It is customary to hold some of the prunes until just before the nick- q a mg of the new crop, and this fall the company packed a large num ber of boxes of prunes left from the previous season for shipment just before the new crop was un loaded at the plant. This order of things will be changed this year, however, and the remain dor of the 1915 crop, consisting of approximately 3 carloads, will be packed for shipment as soon as possible. For several days hands have been busy at the big plant preparing boxes to receive the pack and bright and early Monday morning the steam will be turned on to commence put ting the fruit in the boxes for shipment A full force of help will report for work Monday and the order that will entirely clean out the bunkers of the plant will be made ready with all possible haste. The season for the Arms by company has been an unusu ally good one, and further evi dence of this statement is had in the fact that the last of the sea- ; son s crop will be shipped out be 'ore the actual Ptag season is finished. -Observer, CITY MEAT MARKET - C. J. BRUCE, Proprietor Always on Hand: Fresh and Smoked Meats, Bologna, Minced Hams, Boiled Hams, Ham and Bacon Fresh Fish on Fridays The highest cash price paid for poultry, veal and all kinds of hides. General Delivery. Monmouth, For Cigars, Tobaccos, Con fectionery, Stationery, etc., come to our store. We can please you in these lines. D. C. 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