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180.187 ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY. NEW YEAH 8 DAY, JANUARY I, 19H. FAGB THRU The Albany Bakery Wll.l, OPEN FOR IIUHINKKH again at l.yun KUeel on Knt- urilny, Jiinuary 4, IMC We kindly ask our old friends and custom ,rl , WPH n new ones to come mil sec u. Wu hull try anil ilu tin lumo deal ly nil aid do tlio licst w inn The Albany Bakery The Mountain Slates l'mrrr Com pany'wish all their frirmU ami pat rnn a vrrry Merry Christmas ami a nmM pronpernu Now Year. We thank you for your patronage anil support in th pant, ami ainrcrrly ro,pr that the same friendly relations Kill continue In the future. We have emhovored t. givn you the best poe sihle aervli-e during the prat year, ami our h"'" I" coming year we n'ay, if. posihlc, (five you even betU-r htuc MOUNTAIN STATES POWER Co. 3tMi West Second ISolh Phones 15 WILL BUY POTATOES I PAY CASH at loading point F. O. I!, ear. I al.o handle Number One Uay 4 or Seeond Kradv Hay. . M. G. REED - - Holh Phones WE CATER TO Till; PUBLIC TASTF. with the Season's Rest OffcrinKs-ITSII. OYSTERS, POULTRY and INSPECTED MEATS 1). E. Ncbcrgall Meat Co. Roth Phones 17 "How Do You Do" And "Good Bye". You Use Thoee Woada when friends come to your hon.s. You r.ra frlnM to sea them, and sorr? that they are lea vlni;. IT IS THE WAY OF THE MULTNOMAH HOTEL at Portland. Cordiality of Greeting, nlca aorvlca. tram ire for your use If you arc driving a ear, and close proximity to all plaroa of interest, are mak ing Tho Multnonah PORTLAND'.! LEADING HOTEL fi& a'Sid 3 K H.I TIME IS MONEY And one should he saved as well as the other. A checking or savings account with this bank helps you accomplish both. A Home Hank for Home People. ALBANY STATE BANK 4 per cent on Savings Italy's Efforts in til If . if ,?r rw J! lj Vc it 1 t 1 l'- ' &issy S?2l(( (lint cOtS Hv V t', va,55 Ipc.-. i wt t vyfccKtis Uii 5 2. - ffw L Tt'LhtT FIPST TRAIL r-j ' ,tii "ft HZHIHIhHAF.IILTOHS' HrHSIISHZ z II :c II :: H X II X 14 mm 14 X 11 X H X H X II January the First 1919 A now year has commenced and at the out set we wi.sh to make use of this opportunity to offer our thanks to all our friends for your unfailing pitronagc of the past year and to besDenk your continued business for the year 1919. We are determined that we shall not lose the friends that we have gain ed during the past year, and will hnre our selves by living up to the polirk s a id pi inci o!es of business that we have hera'.o'ore fol lowed. L.E. HAMILTON. U.IZ IZHZII HAMILTON' ZHXH3MXH You'll Want Them Some Day HAIR BRUSHES A complete line of the best th3t money can buy. Prices are Very Lew. HAND MADE RAZORS Our Razors are all guaranteed by ua to Rive perfect satis faction. Safety Razors, Razor Strops The biggest line in Albany. FOUNT MX PENS We believe Coakiin's Fountain Pea is the best pen on earth. Every one guaranteed to write and to please you. LEATHER GOODS Men's Purses of every descrip tion. Coin Purses Bill Books Cur rency Foldera Card Cases Etc. By OR. FELICE FERRERO. Director Italian Bureau of Public Information. The Miaul ami treasure of Italy were freely up. ill In the aum-uful ITiirt lo lui Autrlo-llunirury out of the war. Wlnle lialj"a elTorta cre mil routlnrd to the Auirlnn front, her contrlhuilon lo allUtl smvfiui was Ki-iitfr hrre than In the other plon-a where her troops foujrht the Imttle for civilization. Iler llnauclal and tmluntrlul efftirta have been equal to her military effort, ami In all these dlrectlona Italy hns not luteiil hi-hlnd her allies. That the nature ami extent of tlu-ae efforiB may ho iK'ttrr umlerntiKHl hy the Amerlean puhllr. 1 wish to review them brlelly. In roiislilerlnic lialy'a military con trlhiitlona, lei nie emphasize the fart Hint her solillera have not confined their flsliilnir to their own soil. I.Ike those of her allies, they have Rone fur afield. They rnntrlliulpil lareelT to the clorl otts vletory on the IWilknti front. A larse eonilnKent In Fmiire flrnl gnvi' powerful aid In the defense of llhelms. then took part In the advance of the allied forets. Italy Had 5,500,000 Under Arms. Slnee the lieKlnuini; of tl.e nnr Only has enlled to the colors III le less than 6..VXI.(ltm men ami hns suffered a losa of uluiost l.Atsi.iaa)of them, (if tlint l"s nenrly 3.VI.IKKI died In battle, nml Itvi.. OKI from disease. Over .Wi.UH) are totally Incnpncltnted, either hy blind neaa, loss of lltnh or ttlheretllosls. At the pnseitt nioiuent the strength of the Italian army la UK.'.MKiO, Ineliiillng the rlaas of men horn In 1110. who have boen culled to the colors recent ly. It may he said, then, that the na tion's mnn-power hns suffered a per manent loss of nearly a million. Hut, aerlous as Is this losa. Italy haa Inllli-tod an even grentor punishment upon the foe. In Austrlnn prisoners alone she has taken approximately n million. The Austrian loss In killed and wounded la, of course, unknown to ua, hut even the most conservative (stimuli's make II far greater than ouni. In the June offensive on the I'lnve alone over 2t.cl Atia:rlan dead were left on the field. Fighting IJnder Extreme Difficulties. Asldp from their aehlevementa In other theatres of Iho war. Italy's sol diers have fotiKht through fifteen fu rious offensives on the Isonzn and Ihe IMave, Indicting lerrlhlo losses on the foe In eneh. These campaigns were carried on In mountainous regions and nniter rigorous weather conditions Ihnt tnxeil to the utmost tho genius of the r. Hilary engineers and tho endurance of the troops. The foe, when hostili ties opened, were entrenched In care fully prepared and seemingly Imprcg rnlile petitions, hacked hy a network of mllitiii-y roads nnd rallmmta. On Ihe 1 1 it I In it side were deep gorges, tin- srr'itlito elllTrt, almost Impnssnhle gin cleM, pauses Illled with snow ami eont iniiiiileil hy Austrian guns. There were no puitMhlc roads or bridges. The sur nio'..ii;ln of :h!'c dMlculilc hits eii.j. Burkhart & Lee E.R A MOUNTAIN SNOW STORM lonpol tho admlrntfbD of the englDetjr in f world. Ovor '-I.'-OO rnltos of pna!- hnvf boon nitnii t il on thr o ui:ntnln nf Italy nnd of Albania, and 1.000 miles of aortal caMe railroads (Tolefeiicho) have boon built to carry food, nmrou ultlon and cons over doop ru vines. Economic Difficulties. The tnnKtiltudu of this military effort can be fully a pp root a ted only when one tukos Into consldemtlon the ectmonilc structure of the nation and the nature and numtHT of Its population. One ntunt remember that out of 30.000.000 Itihnblinnts In Italy at the bonlnnlnp of the war only 17.000.000 were mule. This aoomlti); dltiproportlon Is mused by eiiilt:rntlon, which was largely com hmh of mule adults. Out of those 17.000.000 only 9,000,000 were adults economically productive. Consequent ly (he subtraction of the mobilized forces bus had u acute reaction on !ho economic life of the nation. It Is ciliimea that on an averaKe only 100 adults romnlued In each town or vll In ce (n provide In each case for some I&0 children below the ace of fifteen. Furthermore, the traditions of Ital ian funiily life render the work of their women ati economic factor of less Im portance than In some other countries, though It has been utlllxod to the ut most nnd Is becoming more available as old traditions give way to war's no cosslty. No Troops From Colonies. Italy got no help from colonial con tlnnciits. On the contrary, the scarcity of native troops In Italy's colonies compelled the Koverntucnt to reinforce them with troops from the mother country. Nor hns help come to Italy thntuh the co-operntlon of workmeu of neutral or allied countries. Ituly. nu the other hand, sent a la rye con tingent of skilled workmen to France, thus allow Inn her to release value, elements for war. Furthermore, near, ly f00,0H of our male nduhs residing In America gave to this great nation direct contribution to her economic and military efforts. To meet their military obligations, therefore, the Italian people have been compelled to cut Into the moslj urgent needN of agriculture and Industry. Her continuous lack of Inbor hna made the tank of feeding the army nnd provld Ing It with uiuultlona a most dlillcult one. And yet Itnly, lacking labor and In dtiHtrtal development, lacking almost entirely con I nnd raw mnterlnls, lias hy a mlrnele of energy boon able to create almost from nothing a power ful orgnnlratlon of war Industries. Difficult to Obtain Goods. The ei ut i of outerititf (lis war cut off Itnly from one of the sources of supply of manufactured products. It Is not necessary here lo enlarge upon the well known fact that Itulian mar kets were largely under the domination of Germany and Austria. That Is a situation that Is as well known to Americans as It Is and was distasteful to li n I Inns, .And It might be said In passing that It Is a situation that mils! be guarded against by allied eo-opern-tlon and sympathetic economic rvlu tionshlp when peace comes. Mr. Fntncrs IL Slsson, vice presi dent of the Guaranty Trust Company. In a recent article on the economic situation of Itnly points out that while Germany before the war dominate! the foreign trade of Italy so fur ns manufactures were concerned, thai country was one of the best customers of the United Stntes In raw materials and foodstuffs. That writer also points out that It was the adjustment of her Industrial and commercial life to the burdensome new conditions that has created an entirely uew economic fab ric In Itnly. Italy's devotion of her resources to war purposes has been complete," says Mr. Slsson. "Her pre-eminence In the production of certain articles of com merce marked her as the chief source of supply for similar products of a wnrlike nature. Her ordinary produc tion of automobiles, aeroplanes, tur bines and heavy oil engines has mere ly been Intensified and modified In the direction of such a standardization n would permit quantity production." Financially Italy Responded Well. Financially Itnly also haa responded to the demands of war with an open handedness that has surprised even her self. From the first of August, ll'U, to the end of 1017 the total expenditures of the state were $S.S05,000,000. Cal culating on the basis of a monthly aver age expenditure for the war of :fcU0,000. 00t the totul cost of the war to Italy would bo more than 000,000,000. A further proof of the financial ef fort Italy mude for the war, notwith standing her sum II means, are the five national loans. The first one yielded about .'00,000.000, and It seemed a great struggle, yet still others were launched, all giving greater returns, and the Inst cne, after the disaster of October. 1017, yielded about $1. 3t0.000,000. It must be remembered, ton, that Inbor short age has meant a food short age. It hns established a vicious cir cle. Our flghters and Industrial work ers have accomplished their work while forced to endure a regime of restricted diet that has meant real and continuous suffering such as probably Is not to be found anywhere among the other belligerent peoples, "FLU" PROOF An open air cigar store where crowds do not assemble - clean and sanitary. The "FLU" can't catch you if you trade at Eagles Cigar Store First and Broadalbin A NEW YEAR'S WISH GREETING May the year of 1919 which will soon dawn be one of Peace and Prosperity for you. May it be filled with the most joyous experiences, where contentment and happiness reign supreme. And. too, may halth be your lot throughout every day in all the year. FISHER-BRADEN CO "The Store with a Welcome" H X H M X H X 11 X H X H X H X H X H X H 1
