HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-01-03, Page 3GERMANY I E'
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GIiE,ATEST CALAMITY. IN WORLD
FOR 2,000 YEARS
German Capitalist Predicts Emigra-
tion, and ;gays Food Problem De-
mands Immediate Action by Us.
II. T. Greertwall, the London Daily
I•;xprese coire:;pondont, has interview-
ed in Berlin i)r. Rathenliu, head of 'the
German General Electrical Compnny,
one of the largest employers of labor
in Germans. Ile raid:
•" Germany is rained fol f enevations
to v me. It le the greute t calamity
that has happened in any country for
2,000 years. We are ruined politically,
industrially and economically.
"All our people here do not yet
know the truth. I told the German
people that they would lose the war,
but everybody scoffed at me.
'We have a population of nearly
70,000,000. ILtif of them can live on
what grows on our soil or is found
below it. The other half live on the
industries fir which all materials
have to be bought and paid for by,
what they sell. •
"Now our colonies are going, and
Alsace-Lorraine too, with all the ores e
and the greater part of the potash a
production. There is danger of losing s
other parts of our country, the•Danish 8
and so-called Polish districts, whish t
in reality are German.
"Black Ruin Faces Us_"
'Then comes the question of indem-
nities. If the indemnities are high
the interests and repayments will take
our savings and we shall have nothing
with which to expand our industries.
Black ruin will face us and there will
be a great tide of emigration, probab-
ly to South America and the Far East
and certainly to Russia.. It will be
most dreadful and the result will be
the Balkanization of Europe.
"The disappearance of Germany
from a position of importance will be
the most dangerous fact in history.
Sooner or later the eastern Powers
will press on the western civilization."
Turning to the food question, Dr.
Rathenaa said:
"Germany has been hungry for
three years, but is not yet starving.
Everybody who sees Germany will
sa 'zit she is iaot starving now, and
that le perfectly true. But if you talk
of provisigns to be found in Germany
you must say truthfully that they will
be exhausted in two months; and if
you wait until then to send food it will
be too late, because 70,000,000 people
cannot be fed as easily as, say, 7,000,-
000 Belgians. Ships are the greatest
factor in feeding Germany."
"If the Allies don't send food within
two months, what will happen ?" the
correspondent a eked.
"Riots and sickness," was the reply.
Doctor "Rathenau said that he bad
seen the damage done in Belgium and
northern France, and his estimate of -
the indemnity payable for this was
$5,000,000,000.
HYDRAULIC CARTRIDGES
Cheaper and More Effective Titan
Ordinary Exploei;es in Mining.
It is often difficult •and sometimes
dangerous to use ordinary explosives
for mining and excavating in confined
spaces, a fact that has led to the de-
velopment of the hydraulic mining
cartridge.
The cartridge consists of a steel cyl-
inder containing numerous small pis-
tons that move .. •'fight angles to the
axis of the cylinde Ind e:',pand :when
water is injected into them with a
hand pump. After drilling a deep
enough hole the workmen insert the
cylinder and then set to work at the
hand pump.
The tiny pistons expandd until their
free extremities bear against the mass
of rock with constantly increasing
Ione and the rook is gradually frac-
tured under tremendous pressure. The
operation, it is said, is not only cheap-
er than the ordinary blast, but dis-
integrates a larger area of rock.
A Misinterpretation.
Not every man who finds himself in
courtfares as well as the Italian
t
organ grinder who recently escaped a
fine by a mistake at hence fortunate
and inopportune.
He had been playing before the
house of an irascible old gentleman,
who furiously and with wild gesticula-
tion ordered him to move on. The
Italian stolidly stood his ground and
played on, and at last was arrested
for causing a disturbance.
Arthe court the magistrate asked
him why he did not leave when he was
requested to do so.
"Me no rniderstail' mooch Inglease,"
Was the reply,
"Well, but you must have known by
his nlotions,.he wanted, you to go.'."
"No, fro!" said the organ grinder
+e'ith perfect seriousness. "I tine he
Colne to .'latne.Q."
The Latest
.)efign,h'i
These bits of serge and satin cla:m-
d a strong attraction for each other
ad were artfully combined in this
mart creation. McCall Pattern No.
625, Ladies' Dress. In (3 sizes, 34
o 44 bust, Price, 25 cents.
Ecclesiastical in inspiration, still
quite daring in smartness, this design
takes its place as one of the leaders
in the panorama of advance styles.
McCall Pattern. No. 8685, Ladies'
Dress. In 6 sizes, 34 to 44 bust.
Price, 25 cents.
These patterns may be obtained
from your local Macali dealer, or
from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St.,
Toronto, Dept. W.
Some two and a half esillieri acres
of new breaking will ae available
for seeding in Alberta next spring.
he ruth
soi ie"times
painful. For
ins-tance when
the doctor says
one must 5i
up the dearly
loved cup of -�
tea or coffee.
Happiness fol-
' 'vs however
w?en one finds
out how.
delicious and
health making
is the pure
cereal drink
PO TU
'l'lil;. "''1A4"E1.I.EI2'P4 `rR1 1 " •
Leeks 1.43 -he 1', i!i Tree .;,arid GrowR iG
A plant. that i:3 ;s'i't to Its like tit
reek which Moses emote with his re.
end caused water to gush forth ie,
"traveler's tree," so called bettau
when its loaves are out a c)uanti'ti
pure cold Water is said to spurt ent
queneh the silliest. of the sveyfaror,
Botanists .say that the "travel,
tree" is not a palm at all; but
closely related to the banana pla
a member ;of the muse family. Win
the trunk in general appearance
like that of a palm, the leasres tt,
arranged at the top in two rows`
long 'z talks diverging in the 1'orm
a gigantic fan. The leaf bases ar
borne On opposite Fides of a genuiix'
trunk one above the Other, MOSS
sheathing bases fit so closely togeti?e
as to preclude the evaporation
water that runs down the charif l ce
the upper or inner s
ide of the in •.
I.
,�•�,�.,
By puncturing the midrib of - eat
the leaves may, be obtained a xis
siderable amount of water.
A.' feature of general intereet.. i.
APID PROGRESS
Not VD/. the k'rint ess.
A good marc yeah ago when Queen
B Alexandra '$706:uill I'rzneee 'i 1i'ales,
ROyAL BY site had 'Creanlenied the poem l eaolx
a ceremonial vi It to one of the great
Midland title •i, Where after the nzaizr
aie;;Ot1Jrm ua l n .ri1 io e object of the day, the laying of the
I ) t
and 1 M 1 ; corner stone of a hospital,• had been
acconi) is.ie t at.xe fulloec1
'g•QUIPPRD ZIEWSPAP.B
rtn4 lab printivat plant in Eastern
Rntarto. Insurance carried tl.ii00. Will
n for .$ 1,200 lin eu1 rale, 130' 09«
Wilson Y+ubltnfti,iar f:r.. Ltd.. Win, e,gto.
' �"F,i"it i NIIIWSPA.x'Baa Foi3 au sl
ri it 1rr r ♦ on a 9. owner gelog to
Frsrre. %Sill reit $L000. W`ortir doutrttt
that amount. Apply J', 5i„ elo Wilt/low
Publishing Co., I•ianited. Toronto.
Year
'U ? Jl illiiA 11 a d, I a round --
in Floe Years. of whit i to Pith] le institutions, with
speeehcs and the Ir.'esentation of bon-
�; �, gg �p'( g {� duet:', addressee ami resolutions.
A, . ARNEjJ ON OC in szGthe
l la.liaug carriageal 4 4 aalinedas e
la1 't in front of7 l Th h l
dren had beer. given a recess, and were
crease ;C' iiz' Assets' Bei 3 t's6 i'ited crowded on the curb to seethe royals.
Chiefly in Cash and Liquid
items, 'With Higher
Ratios in Loth.
yet r a
St oo i
. c c -
tics. :.it had boon composition day.
and a very pretty little girl in a white
caress :till held her rcampositi+in in her
hand Moved by curiosity and the
pros ui e of her comrades behind her,
she stepped into the street and stood
Blase by the royal carriage, c
smiling
lrowth from within im etemented shyly up into the Princess's face. That
pix rebases of ether banks coutin- gracic ns lady returned the sniffle and,
ee to make the annual figures c.,f the seeing the paper clutched in the child's
caval 13tutic of (Enid' impra:3siv'e. In hand, assumed that it was one more.
he 13xst year total resaurtes ro:�e {G loyal addz•e s and stretched her hand
presented by this tree in its peetdiar 27 . millions against 235 a year ago, o
auIhar surrendered it silelitl
ut to take it. The surprised little
errazigenrent. of its leaves, which .Or: l a)3 two year ago and 180 five years
;just then the procession passed on-and.
.e lase o the _ c
obinllf.; in form and are large,: i'1 sire a>4e The
�q i A �7CT2iC 340300.4 410;T:1011$
Tt3 ,iCl.itS, LUMPS, wry.
"4 *'*cunei end external. cured witb-
e t Dain by .our home treatment, Write
1cs before too )ate. Dr. Denman ?detiloa.*
Cele let aatedt o1lirJswwooi otic,
1de t" ouud Out.
A. splendid story.of the air Is told
in a London journal. The scion of a
noble Seottisi house was acting as
flying -instructor to American airmen..
.A new type of machine was being
tested. Three men went up, ,crashed,
and were killed. Without a moment's
hesitation the young instructor, went
into a fourth machine, flew, and carne
back safely. "1 just wanted to find
out what was wrong,"' he said, "so I
found out what it was and put it right
in the air."
Minard's i,lniment Cures Diphtheria.
pup 1 f ">I 'r'hern A few rri antes later i'r�ineess Alei: To keep apple sauce from turning.
than those of ally other lcnatl n pistil*. P.ewil Banlc in the twelve itilanths ac- incl.', glancing down, was struck by Alex -
(lark, add the beaten white of an
The flowers are small and nl7rnerotls emitted for about 27 inillions of the something unusual in the aspect of the egg•
and arranged on a spike that is .pro- ,
doted from the centre of the stein, last year's 'growthbut that left the paper in her lap—probably a certain ,•
in the banana,
1 substani::al. increase of (35 miili.ons to
The cluster of leaf bases are fold p ,b' assigned to rogres.:i..•e develop-
ed together lengthwise like the lean 1 } ment from within the old organization.
of the iris. These leaf bases coil: A moderate increase in profits ac -
spend to petioles or leaf stalks o {. colnpanied the large addition to the
ordinary leaves as in the- oak o. I haulds
potential carne* power, net
cherry, and in the case of the tri profits before war tax representing
veler's tree what would be the upper 20.1 per cent, on paid-up capital at the
surface of the leaf base is within.
Thus,. each leaf base straddles the encl. of the year, or 20.0 per cent. on
next inner one, which is lsno�vn. as the average capital employed, .against
"equitant." It is in the spaces that earnings at the rate of 18 per cent. a
the water reflects. At the points the year ago and 17.8 per cent. two years
leaves clasp very close so that the ;ago.
water in the spaces cannot escape. c A million dollars was added to re -
The "traveler's tree" grows nat;ur- serve account, half coming from the
ally only in Madagascar and thrives
North -
only in the vicinity of water. The premium on shares issued to A*orth-
tree is now cultivated in some tropi-fern Crown shareholders and half out
cal . countries for ornamental;o1 profit and loss account. After this
pup -
poses. In its native habitat it • i provision, with pension fund appro-
leaves furnish the people wit priation, increased writing off on hank
thatch and sides of their houses; th premises, larger contributions to
leaves aro used also 'extensively fo various public funds and the usual
making a great vairety of mizio dividend, the bank carried forward
household articles, and the trunks substantially the same amount in
which are woody and •• durable it profit and loss as a year ago.
contact with the soil, are used fob ?refits and their distribution in the
posts and for flooring in warehouser ac three years were:
%R.
FUEL FROM THE nr.A.
One Way of Fighting the Coal Short-
age in Britain.
Stand on the edge of the cliff any
day within an hour or two of sundown
and you will observe that the beach.
below is dotted with stray figures,
whose movements are much the same
as those of gleaners in stubble, says
an English writer.
The pigh price of coal and its scar-
city has driven the thrifty fisherfolk
who inhabit this bleak strip of coast
to the expedient of foraging for fuel;
and, not unnaturally, their happy hunt-
ing -ground is the seashore.
Driftwood makes excellent fuel, and
little of., it escapes the eyes of the
foragers.
Old men, whose bent backs would
seem to fit thelia for their task, child-
ren, whose energy is the result of
promises, and more often threats,
made to them at hone by a stern
parent; and womenfolk, whose aprons
bulge with "firing," are scattered up
and down the foreshore, harvesting
the fruits of storms.
Sometimes, as happened but an
evening or two ago, there are big
prizes in store for the gleaners.
Away out.on the smooth sea a dark.
object was "spotted" a couple of hours
before dark. its progress shoreward
was painfully slow. Just as duslt was
falling, however, the object bumped tin
the shingle, and an eager watcher,
out,pronounced it tohe
wading a dere-
lict
r
list raft.
The raft—a massive, wall -built af-
fair, weighing well over a ton --was
dragged up high and dry on the beach,
and then came the important question
of its disposal. Down at the Customs
House there was a mysterious official
called the Receiver of Wreck, to whom
any article given up by the sea should
also in turn be given up. With tom•
nda,ble honesty the fuel - gatherers
No g s
agreed that the Receiver of Wreck
should be informed. of the find the
next morning.
But the next morning there was nc
raft, and only a few splinters anda
suspicion of sawdust remained to sholtb
that there had ever been one.
With the falling of night, theta the;
driftwood -seekers gather up their'
lends, and with dragging steps climb
the cliff -path to their cottage homes;
"When thou wishest to delight
thyself, think of the virtues of those
who live with thee; for instance, the
activity of one, and the industry of
another, and the liberality of a third,
and some other good quality of a
fourth." --Marcus Aurelius.
Profits .$2,809,546.52337.079 52,111,307
Prev. bal.' 5.64,264 562,346 676,472.
Total . .53.374,110 53,180,325 52,787,779
Less:—
Dividends 51,614,702 51,649,404 51,417.207
Pension 5'. 100,000 100,000 100,000
Premises , 400,000 250,000 250,000
War Tax . 133,651 128,357 118,220
Patriotic . 40,000 60,000 60,000
Halifax h, 50.000
Reserve . 500,000 528,300
Tot dedue,$2,928,353 52.616,061 51,9335.433
Balance 5536,757 556.4,264 5852.346
LIQUID RATIO HIGHER
The year's expansion finds reflection
chiefly among assets classified as
liquid, which are 59 millions higher
than a year ago, and now represent a
proportion of 56.6 per cent. to public
liabilities against 53.9 per cent. a year
ago and 53.2 per cent. two years ago.
Cash items as represented in coin,
Dominion notes and cover for excess
note issue in the Central Gold Re-
serve have increased 18 millions,
bringing the proportion to public lia-
bilities under this head up to 17.1 per
one against 16.4 per cent. a year ago
and 17.8 per cent. two years ago. Bal-
ances due. notes and cheques or other
banks, are up over 19 millions, and
there is -an increase of 25 millions. in
security holdings, representing chiefly
purchases of Dominion treasury bills.
Public deposits, which form the
foundation for the bank's expansion,
have increased SO millions in the year,
this gain following one of 62 millions
111 191,7 and one of 55 millions in 1916.
A considerable increase in note Cir-
culation znoderate one cur-
rent
in
culation and tr-
rent loans and discounts are measures
sof the prosperity and activity of busi-
ness In the territory served by the
bank,
Comparisons of leading items of the
„general statements of the years ended
ivovember 30th, 1918978. 1917, follow:
1915, 1017,
'npesits dem. .5196,243,275 570,498,667
I)o, savings, . 197,348,480 1S2,48S,7i5
IDo, total. . . 332,591, 717 262,987,832
'�iroulation . 39,380,975 28.159, 351
ublic Bah. . . 2297,547,102 307,703,795
1
sh 42,124,62S a,C i ..7F
i 'cut. Gold Iles 26,000,000 16,000,000
^ale,noea etc. 51,110,470 81,525,775
Neurities . 81.305,276 56,686,246
11 loan Can. 10.067,481 12,0.40,697
o, nl,oa.3 24,374,181 14,674,130
t. 11 i 224,982,083 165,880,706
1s3,748,302 156,812,129
t, ai . . , 427,612,082 336,574,186
Sweden, with nearly 48 per cent. of
area under forest, is the most
'nsely wooded country in Europe
nd Portugal has the least timber,
ly about 31/e acres in each 100.
tteara's Lintieset 'Cearea Distemper.
Horses fed he winter on dry bulky
foods, low in feeding value are the
hrt:tet for 1, .ving brat,,, mash about
twice every week.
ISSUE No. 1—'19
scrawliness and inkinese---and opened
it for a better look. She read this
astonishing title: z
"On the Habits of Toads." •FRO % LUMBAGO
v+—
? inaril's Lixt1ment Cures Colds, 8to, • Sloan's Liniment has the •
Over a million dollar, has been
paid out for sugar beets grown in
Ontario this year.
MONEY ORDERS..
A. Dominion Express Money Order
for five dollars costs three cent,,
The true home of the orange is
India. Thence it migrated to Per,
sia, and en to Europe. The Persian
word for it was nareng•, and the Ara-
bian narang; but the color of this
fruit, and the notion of or, aurrum
(gold), gave the French word orange
its form by hopping the n, IvIt ich,
however, is retained in some Italian
dialects;
Spanish FI
Claims Many 'Victims in Canada
anti should be -guarded against, i -- "~ --.
WiAun
Is a i'areat..l'reventatite, being ono 'if the i _
oldest remedies used. Mtnaa d s lini-
ment has cured thousands of 7 a:.,es of
Grippe, Bronchitis, Sore Throat :1.,th na
and similar diseases. Itis an 8netuy to
Germs. Thousands of bottles being used
every day, for sale by all druggir
general dealers.
MI:v ARD'S LILII\MENT CO.. 1.'.1,
Yarmouth. 1\.S.
punch that relieves
rheumatic twinges
This warmth -giving, congestion
scattering circulation -stimulating rem-
edy t'ciu•tratrs without rubbing right
to the aching spot and brings quick
relief, surely, cleanly, A wonderful
help for external pains, sprains,
strains, stiffness, headache, lumbago,
bruises..
Get your -bottle today—costs little,
means much. Ask your druggist for
it by name. Keep it handy for the
whole family. Made in Canada. The
big bottle is economy.
Spruce for Aeroplanes.
There are 300 men logging at Ct m-
shewa Inlet, on Charlotte Islands,
British Columbia, and since April,
when operations commenced, more
than 12,000,000 feet of spruce for
aeroplanes have been cut. The Gov-
ernment scaler recently scaled one
tree which had three logs 111 it with
a total of 40,000 feet of No. 1 spruce.
The smallest log in this tree was 80
inches at the top, while the butt of
the largest log measured 11 feet 4
inches.
Some people are like rusty needles;
the best way to clean and brighten
them is with work.
illinard'e Liniment Cares Gargot in Lbws
ado., 60c., 51.20.
Soft White Hands
s
Follow useof Outicura Soap and OInt
meat. At night bathe them with the
Soap and hot water. Dry and rub in the
Ointment. Wear old gloves during night.
Sample Each Free by Mail. Address post-
card:"Cuticura,Der, t.('1,iionton,t1.9.
Sold by dealers throughout the world.
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out the Winter months.
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