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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-11-1, Page 7GERMAN BID FOR• BRITISH TRADE ROW GERMANY WARRED ON ENGLAND BEFORE THE WAR. Clerics Flooded London, Learned Business "Secrets and Reported To Hun Companies. The story` of Getman penetration of British tradeis one of the romances of business and is only another ex- ample of the wonderful foresight and capacity for organization of the, Ger- man people. For years past the city of London has been flooded with Ger- man clerks. Many of them were what is known as "volunteers," which is to say that they worked for nothing. Well-educated young men from the German commercial schools came over to London and offered' their services free of all charge in return, for a chance to learn the business, and the easy-going British merchants were willing enough to have them on these terms. Particular attention was paid by these volunteers to the colonial and export trade, and the shipping houses were full of them. It has novo been realized that most of these young men were ,nothing more or .less than commercial spies. In many cases, indeed, they made reg- ular reports to German firms of the business done by their employers, and. in others they returned to Germany as soon as they had inastered their employer's business ands assisted in getting it away from him, with the aid of the German banks, which were also deeply concerned in this game of peaceful penetration, German Clerics' Union. Evidence has been discovered now that most of , the "volunteers" were financed by the German Clerks' Union, which in turn, it is believed, was con- trolled and financed by the German Government. It is certain that it was assisted by the great German ,indus- trial trusts. The most insidious and most dan- gerous feature of this peaceful inva- sion was that conducted by the banks, the Deutsche Bank, the Dresdner Bank and the Disconto Gesellschaft. It is alleged that their chief function was that of commercial spying, In Germany, for instance, a manu- facturer who has an order for $5,000 worth of goods ctin take it to his bank and raise a loan for wages and raw material on the order as security. A trader can pledge his customers' lia- bilities to him in the same way and so obtain capital to carry on and expand. A British manufacturer who ape proached his bankfor a loan would be asked for gilt-edged security and if he could not supply it would be politely shown the door. Lost this should seem to be an ex- aggeration I will relate an instance which actually happened about three years ago in Londdn. A large whole- sale dealer in merchandise which is produced both in Germany and Eng- land, and who was both an importer and a manufacturer's agent, had been accustomed for years to secure an overdraft from his German bank at a certain period every year to pay his German manufacturers, Bank Accommodation. He was a man of substance and all he had to?do was to notify the bank that heavas overdrawing so many thousand dollars on such a date. He had never applied to his English bank �. for similar accommodation because he knew that it would be useless, but on this occasion he really needed some extra money and he determined to ,try. He applied_to the bank with which he had been dealing for` a" quarter of a century for an overdraft and was refused. He got it from the German bank for 'his English business as well as for his German trade with- out a question, and needless to say he afterwards transferred as much of his business as possible to that German bank, The ingenious scheme by which; English banks were induced to finance German competition with England was worked as follows: British busi- ness men were induced by the offer of long credit to buy German goods, even at prices a little higher than those asked for competitive British goods. The British goods, however, were only sold either for cash or oh short credit. As'soon as the British importere'h hs were received by the German manufac- turer the? were taken to the German bank, which discounted them and sent them to its branch in London, Information For Competitors. That branch then discounted them with the 'British joint stock banks, which would take them with the back- ing of the German bank, but which declined to touch the same bills when. offered.byet British manufacturer. It is estimated that when the war broke out. $260,000,000 of such Anglo -Ger- man bills were held in London alone, and serious hardship was caused 'in some cases by the efforts of the panic- etricken British banks to collect from the British drawers. Tho German banks in London also discounted bills direct for British manufacturers and traders, and it is alleged that by doing so they obtained valuable information for 'the Britons' German competitors. They learned from these bills all the secrets of their British customers, their markets, their sources of supply and So on, and it is alleged that this information Was sent to Berlin and distributed among Ger- Man manufacturers and traders. Boys and Books. They will mix all right if the boys are kept mentally alert and physically active with nour- ishing, easily digested foods. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is the ideal food for young- sters to study on or to play on because it contains the life of the whole wheat grain h' a digestible ford: "The: kiddies like it with milk �r cream, with sliced bananas or other fruits.. Made in Canada. PLANS FOR FOOD CONTROL. Great Britain's Food Controller Issues An Appeal to the People of Canada. Baron Rhondda has issued a state- ment explaining Great Britain's plans for food control. Food regulations in Great Britain are much more drastic than those on this side of the Atlantic. Neverthe- less they are voluntarily, not compul- sorily, observed by householders and others. "If voluntary measures fail," says Lord Rhondda, "I shall have no compunction in putting the nation on compulsory ration." This crisply de- fines the spirit of Great Britain. Self- restraint and self-sacrifice are the keynotes of the nation's attitude. Men, women and children are proud to do their part in saving food and in in- creasing production. In both direc- tions the national effort is sustained at a supremely high pitch. Baron Rhondda, through the Food Administration of the United States and the Food Controller for Canada, has called upon both these countries to rise to the occasion. That call must meet tprompt and full response. Should Canadians fail to emulate Great Britain, then all the sacrifice, all the devotion of Great Britain's people will have gone for naught. It remains for Canadians to make ef- fective the efforts of the Old Country. The whole of Baron Rhondda's message is significant. That he de- pends upon Canadians is evident. 'In effect he says:' Price-fixing must be international, intercontinental. This means a read- justment of ead-justment.of international and inter- continental trade relations. Each country must of necessity regard the others as partners. and refrain from acting except with reference to them. Mr. Hoover, Mr. Hanna and I have been made responsible for food control in our respective countries. Food con- rol in each must be adjusted to the requirements of all. Therefore we must work together to accomplish our e onds. Our people will have reason to mew that profiteering will be wiped ut—that it is now fast disappearing and that where high prices continue to exist they are to be attributed' to war conditions. Compreherisive plans have been de - eloped whereby all 'international pur- hases of necessary foodstuffs are to e pooled and proportionately allocat- d to Great Britain and her Allies. A11 such contract prices are to be trictly regulated. "Unless prices are air," Lord Rhondda asserts, "an un- ecessary burden is placed upon the acks of the allied governments and oneumers, American and Canadian axpayers, and reactively on every ood consumer in America for the sole enefit of a small section of the coin - aunty." It is only with Canada's unstinted elp that Baron Rhondda's plans can e' brought to fruition. "The world -peril is not the sub- arine," says the British Food Con - oiler, "but diminishing harvests and ssening herds." 1 t r m v c b e s n b c t f b h b m tr le __:-_ _.. -�_ GUARD THE GIIIL REN TURIN TO LONDON per year, Ta thip lane g dd the man BETWEEN THE BATrLJs, SEVEN �j power wasted producin this food _ IN SE 9 �!� DAX and the )sell ngceasaxy to yield the Let us bury It}m here wheat. FROM 'AUTUMN GOLDS Where the maples are red. Ona -sixth of. an oun„e-of butter perHe is dyad • meal would mean 18,250,000 pounds The fall is the most severs season And he died thanking God that he fell of butter wasted every year in Can- of the year for colds --ane day is with the fall SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX ada, This means tons of milk, herds warm, the next is wet and cold and Of the leaf and the year, MILES WITHOUT A STOP. of cows, and a large number of men unless the mother is on Ior guard the to produc.; this wasted butter fat. little ones are seized with colds that Where the hillside is sheer These are only a few instances: of , may hang on all winter. Baby's Own Let it echo our tread This Achievement Brings Nearer the the. possibilities of conservation and Tablets are mothers' best friend in Whom ho led, the responsibility resting on the indi- preventing or banishing colds, They :Let as follow as gladly as ever Fulfilment of Predictions Con- victual home and on the individual, act as a gentle laxative, keeping the We followed who never knew fear, ing Future of Aircraft. We have been so accustomed to howele and stomach freeand sweet. being surrounded by plenty of the An occasional dose will prevent colds Ere he died they had lied, Captain Laureati, of the Italian necessaries of life that we are or if it does come on suddenSy tae yet they heard.) is last e Air • Service,, flew ori Monday from afraid to be , seen guarding the prompt use, of the Tablets will quickly Ring clear- hest Turin to London, covering a distane little wastages' 'of food • lest we cure it, The Tablets are e " 'w meds- When we lifted lym up he of 650 miles without a stop. He car -might' be considered' small, moan; ane dealers or by mall i rets a Would fain have ,pursued, but grew tied an autograph .letter from the mercenary. On the contrary, waste is box from The Dr, Willie-•.. :_ dlcine dizzy instead. King of Italy to King George, • The at any time a demonstration of ignor- Co., Brockville, Ont,, journey occupied seven hours 22 min- ane¢, lack of appreciation of 'value of Break his sword and his spear) utes. of the last prayer be said foods and lack of a knowledge "Shortly before tea -time on Monday, principles of thrift. morning papers from Italy were safe- 1' ly landed at Hounslow," says the NEW HEALTH FOR WOMEN London Times, "This very remarkable feat was achieved by Captain Giulio Laureati, The most fateful years in a woman's accompanied by Private Michael An- gelo Tonzo. Our Alli'es may well be proud of their gallant and skilful air- men. From the account of the jour- ney which we give elsewhere it will the blood is weak or be seen that the actual" time from, watery and so point to point was seven hours they suffer heavily. Among tate aim- point minutes and a half> monest symptoms are headaches, "The travellers started from the old feverish flushes,'palpitation of the capital of Savoy at 828; Italian time, heart, dlzzinese, backache, depression and arrived at ten minutes to four. and other well recognized disturb- The distance in a bee -line is about 560 anoes of the health which signalizes miles, but that actually covered from 1'that the blood requires attention. earth to earth was a little over 656 Women urgently need rich, red blood miles.. The speed, including the time all their lives, but never more so than spent in climbing and landing, was 80 in middle life, when the nerves are also weak and °vers ought. miles an hour. The Alps were crossed) Now every woman can prove the at an approximate height of 11,0001prompt help afforded to her health by fR,et above sea level, and the -Channel renewing and building up the blood. pdhsage occupied no more than a guar - It is a test that any ailing woman can ter of an hour. e• WORLD'S LARGEST BIBLE, f Let this 1 By the be Measures 7 ft. 10 in. - Across when We have made underneath the wet Opened—To Be Used in "Crusade." wind in the maple trees moaning so drear: A Bible 5 ft. 2 in. high and 3 ft.' life are those between forty-five and 6 in. across has been "built" at the "0 Lord God, by the red fifty, Many of the sex enter this Oxford University warehouse in Amen Sullen end of the year Court, London. In the binding of this That is here, period under depressing conditions great work it was found necessary to We beseech Thee to guide us through overwork or worry about the erect a wooden staging, from the cross And strengthen our swords home, or through a condition in which beam of which depended an iron chain• slayers be dead." till his and pulley block, and by this means —Francis Sherman. the position of the book was changed as occasion required. Without this Miaard's Lintm.at. Cures Eurnu, Eta. Mechanical arrangement the services of six -men would have been required The Reason Why. to manipulate the volume, The following amusing anecdote was The width of the beck is 10 in., told recently by Mr, J. H. Thomas, the so when the book is opened it meas- secretary of the Amalgamated Society ures 7 ft. 10 in. across. The binding of Railway Servants. —which is not quite complete—is of It appears that a newly -arrived red levant morocco, which absorbed batch of German prisoners was being a. dozen large goat skins. The front taken by train from a certain English cover contains the arms of the port to a place of detention inland, counties of England and Scotland in blue morocco leather, decorated with dignationfound when a Hun officer, .much to his in - Pills, :fn a third - make by taking Dr. 'Williams' Pink , gold, and surrounding the Royal class carriage with a Tommy as escort. Pills, Por these pills make rich, red , arms; inlaid in heraldic colors. On In a very injured tone he asked: blood, which in turn stimulates the the back of the book the arms of the' "Why have 1, an officer, to travel appetite, strengthens the partes and Welsh counties are depicted in manner third-class?' restores full robust health. Thou- similar to those on the front. "Because," was Tommy's reply. sands of r have foundyin Dr. The giant Bible is to be used in a "I've got to guard you, and they didn't "Bible crusade"in London. Williams' Pink Pills new health and think a British soldier ought to be put strength a new app in a cattle -truck) See?" But sweeter than the breath of balm Upon the summer breeze, "The man who is afraid of burning And sweeter than the songs of birds up his wick need not hope to brighten Among the leafy trees; Yes, better than the tuneful bass Of bullfrogs in the pool, Or happy laugh of barefoot kids As they goi home from school,— Will be the joy which swells my breast Five dollars costs three cents. When I go out to look And find potatoes on my vines During recent years the export Quite big enough to cook. Canadian apples to the British Isle have totaled about 1,500,000 barrel Aircraft For Peaee Purposes.. "The airplane was an 'S.I.A.,' as those built by. the Societe Italiana Aeroplani are called, and the engine a 'Fiat.' The journey was in everything a brilliant success, though the north- west wind was contrary, and rough and tricky over the mountains. "The route followed corresponds and with thesehappi- ness i ness and interest in life. So if you suffer, avail yourself at generally to that of the railways over once of the splendid home treatment a great part of theljourney, and re- which Dr. Williams' Pink Pills so freshments..were carried.in a thermos easily afford, and you will be among bottle under the airman's coat and those who rejoice in regained health. absorbed through a rubber tube like These pills are sold by all dealers that of a baby's bottle. In medicine, or may be had by mail at "Although this is the greatest inter- .50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.60 national peace flight yet accomplish- >by writing the Dr. Williams' Medicine ed, it cannot ,compare in the mileage Brockville, - with CaptainlLaureati's recent non- stop trip in a similar machine from Turin to Naples and back, when he travelled 920 miles between 10.7 a.m. and 8.40 p.m., or with the French Lieutenant Marclial's flight of 800 miles across Germany in July. "The point of real interest in this achieveni'ent is that it 1- :s nearer to us all the great future which is opening to aircraft for peace pur- poses. Prophecies Near Fulfilment. 'Lord Montagu of Beaulieu and others have foretold that before many years mails and passengers would travel regularly by air between' Lon- don, the Cape, Egypt, India, and Aus- tralasia to the East, and between Lon- don, Canada and the United States to the West. The public listen to these prophecies without grasping how near they may be to fulfilment, The Ital- ians, who have long been conducting a postal air service to Sicily, gave us an object -lesson in the postal possi- bilities of flight. Captain Laureati and his companion did. in a little over seven hours a journey on'which the fastest time by steamer and train has hitherto been more than three times that period. "We congratulate our Allies on the brilliant performance of their soldiers, and we. doubt not that it will greatly stimulate in this country the study of flight as applied to the arts of peace, The air raid on London, which fol- lowed not many hours later, keeps present to tis its importance in those of war," ROW WE WASTE FOOD Instances Where S- mall Leakages Might Be Profitably Stopped. '' It is estimated that food to the value of about $50,000;000 is wasted annually in Canada. This. seems in- comprehensible at first sight, but if we begin to analyse the waste it can be more readily understood. ' Let us cite a few examples of what )night be estimated to be a conserva- tive waste in our homes, There is a waste in the nutritive value of potatoes of probably 20 per cent, as a iesult of peeling them be- fore cooking as well as the loss from peeling. The peelings of potatoes (not new potatoes) used by an average family of five, weigh over half a pound per day. This moans one hun- dred and eighty-two and a half pounds per family -per year, and for the peo- ple of " Canada means 29,200,000 pounds or 4,866,672 bushels, Potatoes should not be peeled. They should be thoroughly„ oleaned and cooked with their jackets on, and'Are even better consumed that way. The waste' of bread is one of the most inexcusable wastages in any home, in as much as small pieces of crusts of bread can always be turned to good accoent in soups, with stewed tomatoes and in many other ways, Ono slice of brefel a day (1 ounce) one third of a elice every Or v moil Y is not an unusual waste for the homes of Canada, this amounts to 100,000 pounds a day, or $6,500,000 pounds THE B' R PROVINCE. Ontario Leads All Canada in Sunday School Work. The last report received from all the provinces for presentation at the International Convention in Chicago, 1914, showed the Sunday School en- rollment in Qntario 100,000 more than all the remaining provinces of Canada. combined. What changes have come in the past three years will be report- ed soon when the totals are assembled for the International Convention in Buffalo. Ontario is gathering statis- tics now for presentation at the Pro- vincial Conventions in Chatham and Peterborough, these reports to be cor- rected and perfected for the Buffalo Convention next June. A campaign for the standardizing of Sunday Scho• will be launched at Chatham and Pc.•..borough. A Stand- ard known as "The International Standard School” has been arranged for North America, and will be pre- sented with plans for bringing the same to the attention'ef the individual schools. The observance of a contin- ent Canadian wide "Come -to -Sunday - School Day" will also be considered. Flowers are more fragrant when the sun is not shining on them, aceordhtg to a French scientist, because the oils that produce the perfume are forced out by the water pressure in the plant cells, and this is diminished by anti - light. Be sure to give the children a brisk rubbing down after their baths,. It will send the 'blood leaping through the veins to carry life to every part. There is nothing quite so good as spiced apple jelly. To make, pare, core and wash the apples, cook until soft and strain. Put into a muslin bag, ten sticks of cinnamon bark, eight cloves and six allspice. Drop the into two quarts of the apple -juice, and bring slowly to boiling point. Taste this frequently, and when the desired spicy flavor has been obtained remove the bag, add sugar and proceed as in making other jelly,„, We require no better demonstration of the unwarranted waste of food on this Continent, especially fats, than the fact that men have become mil- lionaires through the refining of gar- bages in some of the large cities. Obviously then, nothing should go into the garbage tin that can be used for human food, Smaller helpings would do away with a great deal of watlte. How often we hear women who do their own cooking say that by the time they have prepared a meal and it is ready for the table, they are too tired 'to eat. One way to mitigate this is to take, about half an hour before din. per, a raw egg, beat it until light, put. in a little sugar and milk, flavor it and drink it, This will relieve the faint, tired -out feeling, and will not spoil the appetite for, dinner, Rye is one of the best cover crops to use in orchards. Plough it tinder be- fore the last of May. Whateversacrifices nerifices health to wis- dom has generally sacrificed wisdom, too, For making soap. For .often Ing water. For removing paint. For disinfecting refrigerators, sinks, closets, drains and for SOO other purposes, expose eu.erryune. Casey's. Mrs. Casey -Me that every bottle in her was broken. printed, "This side it? Casey—®i am, An' for fear they shouldn't see it on the tqp 01 printed it on the bottom as well. Care. sister writes me. that box we sent Are ye sure yez up with_ care" on Miaerd'e Liniment Believes Neuralgia.. Veterans at B.C. University. The provincial government of Brit- ish Columbia has granted a 21 year lease of the 290 acres of government land adjoining the present holding of the University of British Columbia at Point Grey for scientific farming land, and in connection returned soldiers under the direction of the Military Hospitals Commission will be given agricultural training. the world." NEWSPAPERS, FOB SAYE ROFIT.MAKING NI+IWS AND JOB MONEY ORDERS P Offices for sale In good Ontario. towns. The most useful and Interesting Buy your out of town supplies with of all bustnessea, Full information on Dominion Express Money Orders, `ppncatlon to Willson Publishing Cern- pant, 73 Adelaide Street, Toronto. MISCIELLANEocs Of! ANTED — BLACKSMITH TO S Y sharpen tools: also Granite Polisher. Write George M. Paul, S Sarnia, Ont. NUNS Granulated Eyelids; per annum. 'moi Sore Eyes, Eyes Innamed by Miaard's Liniment for sale everywhere, tea, Sun Duet and Wind quickly ro relieved by Murine. Try it in r�/rSyourEyesandinBaby'sEyes. Do not sell breeding animals unless tea, iTL.iNoSmariing,JustEyeComfort they can be replaced immediately with Murine Eye Reined at Yoor msec is .r by better stock. The temptation of yarn, 00eper bold . M.Nn. phigh Ey. Salvo, in Tubes s,. For Hook of the fire—Fr„.. prices or undue fear of high prices of Ask Marine Eye Rented/ Co., Chicago d feed mislead the owner into the error A Slanderous Printer, of selling at this time. It wasn't his fault, it was the proof- o-0-0--0—.0-0-0-0-0-0-0-,-.0-0 reader's.reader's. But the doctor never for- YES 1 LIFT A CORN gave the editor when the paper print- OFF WITHOUT PAIN ed this notice about him: "Doctor Johnson felt the patient's purse and then issued a prescription..” It should have been the patient's "pulse." Cincinnati man tells how to dry up a corn or callus so It lifts off with fingers. a—o--a—a—a—o—o--o—a—o—o—o--O You corn -pestered men and women need suffer no longer. 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It is ment, but that their role is rather fine stuff and acts like a charm every supplemental to all these rational time means for the upkeep of soil fertility. Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff, Mother -Moan, dear, have you been' doing anything to the ink? Joan Yes, mummy; I put some water to it to make it write weak. I've been writing 'a letter to daddy --and I wanted to whisper something to him) of the dairy districts of Canada. GIRLS 1 LEMON JUICE IS SKIN WHITENER How to make a cream- y beauty lotion for a few cents, 'file Juice of two fresh lemons strained into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whale quarter pint of the most re- markable lemon skin beautifier at about the oust one must pay for a small jar of the ordinary cold creams. Care should be taken to strain the lemon juice through a flue cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman knows that lemon juice.is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan and is the ideal skin softener, whitener and. beautifier, Just try itI Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug store and two lemons from tllo grocer and matte up a quarter pint of this sweetly fra- grant lemon lotion and massage it chilly into the taco, neck, arms an d heads c The Soul of a Piano Is the Action. Insist on the ri OTTO H I G E L' PIANO ACTION No Need to Rub Try Sloan', Liniment and see how quickly the swelling is reduced and the pain disappears. No need to rub; it pene- trates quickly and brings relief. Have a bottle handy for "rheumatic pains; neuralgia back ache and all mus- cle a0reness Generous si bottles, at your druggist, 25c.,, 50c., $1,00, ANGER, TUMORS, LUMPS. ETC.. internal and ezternal, cured with- out pain by our home treatment. Writs es before too late. Dr. Beliman Medical Co, Limited. Collingwood. Ont. 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