Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-10-08, Page 2SAVAGERY GROWS AS WAR GOES ON WHY THE BANKER AND FARMER SHOULD BUILD UP THE HOME TOWN MEN and TEMPER IE OF TPEOPLE is TEAM WORT IS NEEDED AMONGST THE BUSINESS Strong Plea fora Movement to be Inaugurated by Bankers RISING IN BRITAIN. News of German Barbarities Reach- ing England Will Cause Reaction. Professor John D. Lawson, of the University of Missouri, has. received 'from a friend in England a letter which describes the German savagery and how it is looked upon in England. The writer is an ex -colonial Governor, an authority on international law, whose acquaintance Professor Lawson made at the international law confer- ences which he attended at London, Paris and Madrid in 1910, 1912, and 1913. "As regards the war, two things, are evident; First, it will be a long and strenuous and exhausting war;' second, that it will grow in savagery. Our people are getting savage, and there is a nasty temper about, which led to the sacking of German shops, an incident of which we are all ashamed. But this temper, especially, of the women, is rising. The causes are cumulative, and are: "1. The publication of the reports and evidence on German outrages in Belgium and France, and the arrival in England of nuns who have been outraged by German soldiers. "2. The use of poisonous gases. "3. The poisoning of wells in Ger- man South-West Africa, the poisoning of a stream with arsenic in Flanders, and the placing of baccilli in a well in German South-West Africa. "4. The sinking of the Luaitania. "5. The placing of bombs in war- ships by German spies or agents. Four men-of-war are believed to have been blown up in this way; and Ports- mouth dockyard was set on fire by a German sty. "6. The shooting and i11 -treatment of English prisoners of war. "These things are making our peo- ple mad with rage, especially the wo- men. Business Men for the Bridging of the Gulf Between the Town People and the Farmer. (By 3.' R. Moorehead, in the Banker -(should be inaugurated by the bankers Farmer.) and business men is that of bridging 'jthe gulf which exists between the There are at least twice as many i town people and the farmer. It might people living in our smaller cities, ` be to the advantage of perhaps one towns and villages as live in our fifty i erspon in ten thousand . in this coun- great cities, The home market of our ; t to have this gulf made wider,but farming population living about these no more. There are - many oour smaller cities and towns is just twice farmers, and some living in towns, as great as the city markets. Yet we who have been educated to believe hear much that would lead one to be - that the home merchant is a thief and lieve that all of the people in this, a robber, and that the local banker is country to be fed by the producers on ino less guilty of sharp practices than the farm are to be found in the great the loan shark of our cities. • Thous - centres where the high cost of living Iands of them do not even give the seems now, more than ever, the one home merchants a chance to supply great thing talked about, and to be ; their wants. (No wonder the home considered. Yet, the home market of merchant does not carry the stock in the farmer is his largest and best' size .and quality to meet the demands. L°D',,,,L'itoss ruBLICITY. it lnustg not be forgotten that a great, many of our Canadian soldiers are from Quebec and do not speak a word of English. Lying dangerously near deathh in an English hospital with nobody near' them with whom to eon - Verse, they are truly in a deplorable condition. The ladies of the Quebec Red Cross have put themselves in touch with their French Canadian compatriots, and some of the letters they have received are not far from hetic. "Dear madam," writes one soldier from a London hospital, "I received your letter this morning, and it gave me infinite pleasure, especially since you write in French, for I can read English only with the greatest diffi- culty. You ask me whether I need anything. All that I need is that you write to me again." Another says, in reply to a lady who wrote to him: "Pardon me if I have not answered immediately. I have been very i11 and cannot sit up in bed. I cannot write with my right hand, and it is with great difficulty I write this with my left. I am very happy to have news from a French Canadian lady. If only I were with you we could talk together. I do not speak a word of English, and I am the only Canadian in this hospital." Such being the case with a good many Canadian soldiers, our French Cana- dian Red Cross workers are indeed to be congratulated for their charitable enterprise in writing to the wounded. A Year's Red Cross Work in Canada. ,Avikuillgottotottittot ittotiUlt' , OotH O Hit to 1111:1! Mi►iiMi%�: MADE IN CANADA market, right at his door where he can bring his produce every working day in the year and sell it to the con- sumer direct, without the intervention of any middleman, whatsoever, and secure therefor every cent without any profit of commission to any mid- dleman whatsoever. In these nine states, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsyl- vania, 6,956 towns have lost popula- tion, notwithstanding the fact that the population of the whole country in- creased in the decade covered, 21 per cent. Out of the 78 county seats in these nine states, 217, or nearly l 3 per • cent. of them, have lost popn tion, though the county seal is in many ways the centre of most of the activities of the county unit along the line of politics, courts, collection of taxes and in other directions. And, strange to say, this tendency of the Germans Furious With Hate. "On the German side there are in- dications of a fury of hate which. passes comprehension. Take the fol- lowing cases: ."1 In the Heligoland fight a Ger- rean naval officer was picked out of thewater by an English officer; as -soon as he could recover breath he spat in the face of his rescuer. A blue- jacket, standing by them floored him. "2. A -wounded German officer was tended on the field by an English Red Cross doctor, dressing, who did the first-aid As soon as the doctor's back was turned the German pulled out his revolver and shot the doctor in the back. r "3. A German destroyer had cap- . two English officers from a mine -sweeper. The Germans were chased by British destroyers and re- duced to a sinking condition. They locked their prisoners in . the cabin, surrendered, and were rescued by the English, but said nothing about the two Englishmen locked in the cabin, who were left to drown. "4. Two aviators, German, were rescued by a British patrol boat in the North Sea. They were given food, dry clothing, etc., and as soon as they recovered from their exhaus- tion, broke out into abuseof their rescuers. "5. A. German officer, captured af- ter the poison episode, laughed at the tortures of the -poor men suffering from poison. From all accounts, the tortures; are horrible. of some of our communities. How can he? and why should he?) They send the money away. when they have the cash, and the home mer- chant is only of use and benefit when the crops fail and when the price is so low that they hold for a higher, and in the meantime the merchant be - COMAS the banker, in that he lends his goods without interest and often bor- rows the money from you in order to perform this service. Our farmer friends, our neighbors—best friends —have become estranged from us, and the imaginary line between the country and the town is a barrier to the prosperity and the co-operation, and to the good of all. In solving this problem we will not have to work upon all of our farmer friends and our neighbors, most of them are loyal to us and to their own town, but it is our duty to co-operate to stifle every movement working to augment this KIN c4]NirAtNS NO I l-LeM Makes pure,delicious, healthful biscuits, cakes and pastry. It is the only welt, known strictly high class baking powder made in Canada, selling at a medium price. Read the label EW.GILLETT CO PANY LIMITED TORONT MONTREAL ,` wI N N I,0 11 ► I f IN 01►iltlll MOO OO ii1,11Mifftli AMr i`MiM►INMol����. �ihiiMM,M1MMiilMMiMKMtilliiiMM��l11��ltlil..i ►1_iM,�M R.A.M.C. or Red Cross, in this im- mense organization. There are three more Canadian army hospitals in England, and in France three general, with a poten- tial equipment of 1,040 beds, two sta- tionary, a clearing hospital, with its attendant ambulances, besides an ad- mirable system of Red C±:oss distri- buting depots, set up, thanks to pri- ate generosity in Canada, within reach of every hospital unit. It is an interesting attribute of the larger es- tablishments, such as No. 1 General, that every department of Canada is represented within the circle of the unit. The arrival of a group of French-Canadian nurses coinciding with Sir Robert Borden's visit, may be quoted as an example of the unity of the Dominion. Preserving Fruits for the Red Cross. Now that the preserving season is in . full swing, patriotic housewives who are doing up fruit for the Red Cross, should take special Rains to ensure that the preserves will stand transit and resist fermentation, -A good_deal of fruit has been received at the eRd Cross Headquarters done up, or at least supposed to be done up, in small baking powder tins, mustard tins, cocoa tins, and so forth. Need- less to say, such preserves are as per- ishable as fresh fruit. The cover comes off the first opportunity, and the sick soldier, for all the good housewife's efforts, will have nothing but an unsatisfied longing. In this matter no amount of patriotic inven- The great majority of the Red Cross branches in Canada have been organ- ized since the beginning of the war. A cursory inspection of the annual reports, which are available, show a record of Red Cross achievement which is not confined to any one sec- tion of the country, but extends over all the provinces. The last monthly report of the Hali- fax branch records recent contribu- tions of $5,500 and addition to the membership of 71 active members and. 14 life members. During the month shipments were made of nearly 120 bales. An idea of the expansion of the work in Montreal can be gathered from the report of the surgical de- partment. Last January the ship- ments were 15 cases, each containing 450 dressings. Last month 137 were sent to the Red Cross hospitals over seas. %p`. The' Victoria branch in British Col- umbia has collected over $20,000 since its ;inauguration, $11,390 of which has been sent to the head offices of the Society in°Toronto. In addition to this cash donation, over $7,500 has been expended. for materials made up by local -workers. • Taking other contri- butions into consideration, it is esti- mated by officials .of the Victoria branch that upwards of $40,000 has been subscribed locally. decline of the towns is greatest in effort to take the trade of the farmer the richest and most thickly settled away from his home town. We should. part of the states. enlist every influence to join with us. What does this mean to you and to There is a great quartet of interest me, and to all of the forty million in this country, which, if they could people living in these towns ? It be brought together, and in the end' means this, 'a continued loss of busi- they will when conditions become ripe, ness; it. means depreciation in pro- perty values in these towns; it means a depreciation.infarm land value, for the better the town `the higher the value there is to the land because of its proximity to the town; it means less deposits in your banks; it means' would work wonders for the good of all. I refer to the bankers and the business men of the towns, the fern1 press and the country paper. The movement inaugurated by the bankers, looking to co-operation with other interests in the upbuilding and that you will have less money to lend increasing of efficiency of the farm,1 to the farmer and to the business { is the great movement of the.day. It man; it means the boys are not going 1 will not succeed at the expense of the to stay in the towns; it means that! millions of people and particularly the boy is not going to stay on the merchants and bankers located in the farm unless the town affords some attraction; it means economic ruin to many of our best interests; it means increased problems for the country "'and states in matters of handling our social and political problems in our great cities; it means concentration of business of every kind in the great centres; it means the downfall of the small business man and the small banker; it means socialism. What are we as bankers and busi- ness men going to do about it? What Lost Moral Balance. "Now, these are merely samples of hundreds of cases, and they show that the Germans must have lost their morakl'balance. The result must be in- creased bitterness on our side and a growth of savagery. I am sorry, but what is to be done? "My eldest son was amongst the thirsty souls in the African desert when they came to the poisoned wells and were forbidden to drink. My second son was in the fleet that was tricked into allowing his brother -offi- cers to drown .tricked by the secrecy and treachery of the ,rescued Ger- mans. My cousin was wounded and shammed dead, when a German officer went round with a revolver and a squad of men to kill all the British wounded. He saw the thing done. Wounded himself, he shammed dead and so saved his life. Can you blame our people if they are getting savage? "We have a long and a bitter war ahead of us, and it looks as if it ,night become a war of extermination. You in America are hapily outside of this crime and misery, and we cer- tainly do not wish to drag you into We have got to fight this quarrel through, just as you had to fight your Civil War through; but it is going to be a terribly tragic business. We are now preparing 40,000 more hospital beds; and more still will be required." towns and smaller cities, They are vitally interested and should become a part and parcel of a great joint movement that will increase the pro- ductive ability of our farmers. You cannot hope to accomplish this. in- crease by in any way crippling that great body of our people who are the nearest to, and the only ones to whom the farmers as a class go to, and de- pend epend upon for assistance and co-oper- ation in times of extremity. It is the problem of to -day, that of ..feeding does your home town most need? • this nation, which is already a con - First of all, it needs team work, co- suming rather, than a producing one. operation, first amongst bankers and 1 To this cause the merchants and business men, and second, by all . of these and the farming communities about us. There are too many bank- ers and business men in these towns who are disloyal to each other—a lack of confidence exists. Competition and business rivalry have tended to make enemies of us, rather than friends and co-workers. The local drygoods man cannot supply_ the wants of the banker's wife and 'family because his business men of the towns pledge their earnest support. There are more than a million of them. They ask in return reciprocity on the part. of our neighbors and farmers in order that peace, happiness and prosperity may be the portion of all alike. Our fourth great aim should be, in order to preserve ourselves,, our com- munities aiid those' about us, to bee. come eommnnity builders. Comenunitt tock is not fine enough hence they builders to the extent of blotting out GERMAN STUDENTS IN THE WAR Percentage Is Large, But Most Insti- tutions Continue Courses. The percentage of German students actively engaged in this war is great- er by far than in any either war in history. And withal, with the excep- tion of four forest academies, all German colleges have maintained their regular winter and summer ses- sions. The lists of matriculated stu- • lents, however, have been markedly depleted. In the fall of 1914 there were matri- culated at the country's 22 universi- ties, 11 technical colleges, 5 business colleges, 3 veterinary colleges, and 6 agricultural and mining colleges, 64,- 710 4;710 students, while 79,077' students were attending the 52 German high schools. Of these matriculated stu- dents there have been enrolled in the army of 36,000 university students, 8,000 technical, 6,000 business, 300 veterinary, 300 agricultural, and 300 mining. Of the 4,000 female students ap- proximately 600 have become. sick nurses. From Koenigsberg, which contributed the largest contingent of students, 1,057 out of 1,280 went to the front. Of technical students tak- ing part in the war Danzig supplied the largest proportion, 63 out of '72 students, or 90 per cent. The • students matriculated at the Berlin University for the current summer term of six months, or a semester, numbered 8,016, compared tions fill the bill so well as a quart to 8,647 of last summer. In reality actually attend the university. In Munich 5,701 students are matricu- lated this summer semester, of Which number 3,957 were granted leave of absence to serve in the army. or sani- tary corps. Thus far the mortality among the students of Germany has been as fol- lows: Bonn, 2 lectors and 118 stu- dents; Freiburg, 3 adjunct professors, 3 assistants, and 117 students; Goer - tin en oer-tingen, 7 lectors, 8 assistants, and 142 "sealer" or a "lever". tin provided with only 2,300 male and female students a top that will fit down snugly and securely. - Canning instructions have been pub- lished, calling for unsweetened pre- serves as like fresh fruit as possible and as unlike jam, with which the soldiers are surfeited. Some ladies have taken these instructions too liter- ally, and have sent in fruit absolutely unsweetened. Preserved fruits should contain a certain amount of sugar sy- rup. They should be boiled at a high students; Heideiburg, students; temperature sufficient to destroy the Jena, students; students; Kiel, 78 students; yeast erms whicho cause fermenta-leo Leipzig, 3 lectors and 266 students; tion. The jars should be sealed so as Munich, 10 students; Tuebingen, 9 lectors and 130 students. The Technical College of Berlin,. which during former summer semes- ters 2,200 students attended, shows a matriculation this year of 2,013, of which number not more than 302 are in attendance, while about 1,710 are doing military service at the front. .14 The Canadian Hospitals at the Front. A writer in an English publication pays a striking tribute to the Cana- dian Hospital Organization in Europe. No. 1 General Canadian Hospital situated on the outskirts of Boulogne, lies in the centre of much the biggest hospital concentration ever attempted in' history. The visitor finds himself amazed at the scale and scope of this hospital town to the efficiency of which Canadians have made a nota- ble contribution. Their share in an organization which is beyond prece- dent cannot per'haps be exaggerated. It is second only to their. performance in the field. This particular hospital is in some respects the • leading one, owing to a new method invented by Col. Murray MacLaren of New Brunswick, • the officer commanding. He has arranged the spacious tents , in* •long. 'corridor ward's, each capable of holding 64 pa- tients. The breadth of the tents, the simple, arrangements of the electric lighting, and 'the very convenient ar- rangement of the corridor, make the wards as pleasing to the senses and, hygienically perfect as could, be de- sired. In some respects No.2 Canadian Hospital, which occupies the golf Ho- tel Le Touquet and overflows into tents on the links, has greater charm, but the site of No. 1 is in the highest degree attractive, owing to its outlook over a wild natural stretch of scenery. The hospital, which was organized as long ago as September, has gradu- ally perfected itself since its arrival at Plymouth on October 16. It had many sites in England, where alone 4,000 cases were treated, before sail-, ing for France in May, but only to- day has .it -reached its full perfection. The Equipment. s , trade by mail or visit the department the corporate limits, extendingthe in- store. Let me remind such a one that '"a town that is geod enough to live in is good enough to spend your money in." If you cannot spend your. money where you make it you are sucking the 'life blood our of our town and you ought to move. The lumberman and the hardware mer- chant and their families are just as often guilty of the same practice, and then they wonder why the town does not improve, and their business pros- per. What inducement, let me ask, for example, is there for the local dry goods store to carry in stock goods fine enough for the banker's, the lumberman's, and the hardware mer- chant's family? None whatever. This being often the case, how can the banker expect the merchant, whose note he holds, to meet his obligations if there is taken away from him the only means whereby he may be able to meet them --his profits on goods sold to his neighbors. The whole question is summed up in and stated in the following from one who was at one time the editor of a country newspaper in this state, when he said: "If you spend your -Money where you get it, you will be able toget it where you spend it." The second great movement that fluence of the commercial club and the business organizations to cover the. country surrounding. It has been my privilege the most of my life to live in a community which to a large extent has accomplished this thing. We have found out by co-operation on the part of the bankers and the business men that the farming community about us was in hearty sympathy with every effort to meet conditions in and out of town, and where I have lived, and what we as merchants and bankers have done is being repeated through- out the country. Many towns have become awakened to the situation; they are inviting co-operation; they are seeking light; they are spending money; they are doing everything that is possible in their power to promote the feeling of friendship, and co-operation with all classes, to be perfectly airtight. They should be packed 'for transit in stout barrels and boxes with the individual jars snugly wrapped in ex- celsior. Only careful packing will prevent breakage. Ladies preparing fruit should pay special attention to this matter. The making of the preserves is only a small part of the work. The main point is that • they should reach the sick soldier consumer in the hospitals unbroken and unfermented. Some machine-guns have power of over a thousand minute. a firing - shots a A leather cannon was use at Edin- burgh in 1778 and found to answer. Madge --So you feel better since you gave up dancing and devoted yourself to Red Cross work? Marjorie—In- deed I do, dear. I've- had my name in the papers nine times. Logical. "Now, Pat, tell' the class why words have roots." - I guess, ma'am, that's the only way the language could grow." Over one-half of all the women in England between the ages of fifteen and forty-five are unmarried. In all these hospitals, • English and Canadian, the operating theatres are mmodels,'both -of structure and equip- ment, The incident of .light, both natural and artificial, is even better than in most London and Montreal hospitals; and one can point to little - that is inferior even in such equip- ment as X-ray apparatus. It is a de- light to see the smooth working of the Canadian officers and doctors; whether WE Y I Perhaps you have been sending your supply of Milk to a local factory,—then you do not know the advantages of sending to the. Largest and Most Up -to -Date Dairy in Canada. LET US TELL YOU. WRITE NOW for information and copy of contract. Give your shipping station and railway. City Dairy to Co Ltd TORONTO, ONT. SPADINA CRESCENT