Zurich Herald, 1917-01-19, Page 7GIGANTIC MUNITIONS SMASH
IN CANADIAN CAR COWS PLANT
Half a Million 3 -inch Shells for Russian Government Destroyed
in Series of Terrific Explosions at Factories
In New Jersey.
A despatch from New York says:- Hudson, and about a mile east of the
A 'fire which broke out in the muni- edge of the hill on which lie the twin
tion plantof the Canadian Car do towns of Kingsland and Lyndhurst,
Foundry Works near Kingsland, New The company was. just finishing an
Jersey, on Thursday afternoon corn- $82,000,000 contract for the Russian
pletely destroyed the factory, with Government, which had kept the plant
a loss estimated all the way from busy for the past two years. Thirty -
$4,000,000 up to $10,000,000, forced the eight one and two story buildings had
evacuation of a large part of the town
of Kingsland, making 1,000 people
homeless for the time,
been erected in the meadow, and three
shifts of 1,400 workmen each, mostly
negroes, were employed in filling the
For the space of more than five explosives purchased from powder -
hours northern New Jersey, New companies into, the shell cases, some
York city and the western end of
Long Island listened to a bombard
ment that approximated the sound of
a . great battle, a bombardment in
which more than half a million three-
inch high -explosive shells were dis-
charged. Yet so far as the police
and hospitals of all that section have
been able to learn not a single life was
lost, a::c1 no one was injured. Com-
paratively few windows were broken
in the surrounding districts, and, in-
deed, the material loss outside the
plant itself and the telephone lines
running near it was very slight.
Police Prevent Casualties.
Consequently, as the flames reach -
of which were brought from the Beth-
lethem Steel Company and others
made by the Canadian Car Se Foun-
dry Co., elsewhere. The contract
was within two weeks of completion,
and one of 411e shifts was laid off
Tuesday night.
Fourteen Hundred Men Employed.
• At work in the plant when the fire
broke out were the 1,400 men, a con-
sderable number of office employees
and two or three hundred guards in
uniform, who have been patrolling the
factory ever since its erection. It
was 3.40 when theb laze broke out in
building No. 30, when ten or twelve
men were at work cleaning the brass
cases of the shells with denatured sl-
ed each case of shells, and exploded cohol before the process of filling was
the charges, the projectile shot high begun. Somehow, from somewhere, a
into the air -often several hundred spark fell innto a tufa of the alcohol
feet, But as it descended without and set it ablaze. One theory is that
the fuse, which alone could explode an electric drop light hung above the
the charge, its fall was only that of - tub had become short-circuited, and
so much metal. Even se, the fact that the spark was a piece of burn-
ing insulation.
There was another story that the
spark fell from the carbon of an arc
light high above. However it began,
the tub of alcohol was ablaze in a
moment, and the workmen in the
building turned and fled without de -
that not one of the thousands of peo-
ple in the neighborhood was hurt, so
far as could be learned, was due prin-
cipally to the prompt police measures
in clearing out the houses in the en-
dangered districts near by.
The munition plant lies in the Jer-
sey Meadows, seven miles west .of the lay.
NOTE IS CLEAR
I
AND VE
,naarxd's 'Reath -ration
gium, Serbia and
Montenegro.
A. despatch from London says: The
_ Times' war editorial on Friday on the
allies' note says: "Eminently courte-
ous and friendly in tone, clear and
positive in statement, closely reason-
ed, and animated by the lofty ideals
of politics, morals to which the people
of the United States have always paid
homage, the reply of the allies to Pre-
sident Wilson's note must command
the assent and approbation of the
great nation who inherited, assimilat-
ed and developed the best principles
and traditions of Western civilization.
The German Government hastened to
availemselves of a phrase which
they pi'c'ked out of the President's
note in order to curtly refuse the in-
formation which he asked. They made
no `avowal of their views as to the
terms on which the war might be con-
cluded; and told him in substance he
was on a mistaken road to peace. The
allies do not pretend in the present
position to state all their war aims in
detail, but declare the general objects
with more amplitude and precision
than in any statement they have yet
made to their own countrymen."
The Only Terms.
The Times then enumerates the
terms of the allies, viz: The restora-
tion of Belgium, of Serbia and Mon-
tenegro and complete reparation for
the damage they sustained, and the
evacuation of the invaded territories
of France, Russia and Rumania, with
such reparation as is considered just.
The reorganization of Europe, guar-
anteed by a stable regime and found-
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LEADING MARKETS T L AN BATTLESHIP HIT MINE
675 MEN ON BOARD PERISHED
Breadstuf*,
Toronto, Jan. 10 --Manitoba wheat
No, 1 Northern$2,072;'No. 2 do., $2,0 1
No. 3 de", $2,013. No. 4 wheat, $1.80 ,
track, t3ay ports. 01d crop trading 0
above new crop,
Manitoba oats -- No. 2 C.W., 70aZ0.
track, Bay porta.
American corn, No. 3 yellow. $1,08 ,
shipment within 20 days.
Ontario oats -No, 2 white 64 to 660,
nominal; No. 3 white, 03 to 650. nominal,
according to freights outside,
Ontario wheat -New No. 2 Winter. gor
car lot, $1.78 to $1.80; No. 3 do., $1.76
tot-eas8-No according $2.40to freightsoutside.
to
freights outside..
Barley -Malting, $1.13 to $1,20, ae
cording to freights outside,
Buckwheat - $1.25, according to.
freights outside.
Rye --No. 2, $1.37 to $1;39, according
to freights outside.
Manitoba flour --First patents, in jute
bags, $9,90; 2nd do., $9.40. strong bak-
ers', do., $9, Toronto.
Ontario flour - Winter, according to
sample, $7.30 to $7.50, in bags, tracts To-
ronto, prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots -Delivered Mont -
bran per
No. 2, do„ $9 to $11. track, Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, 39.50 to $10.
track, Toronto.
Country Produce ---Wholesale, •
Butter. fresh dairy, choice. 38 to •10c
creamery prints, 45 to 470; solids, 43 to
ed upon the respected nationalities
and full liberty and security of all
great and small nations.
territories
re-
of
lex 1 Pre-
viously
restitution
viously severed from allied nations by
force or contrerwe to. the wishes of
their; populatlbns
-The ii,eration ' & `: leresee.:�er
l
Rumaniens'and ^-Csech Stays from
foreign domination. `
The retirement of the Turkish Em-
pire from Europe.
The expression "they must provide
restoration of the provinces torn from
the allies by force against the wish of
the inhabitants" is a clear reference,
says the Times, to Alsace-Lorraine.
The editorial concludes: "We feel
confident the excellent impression
which the. allies' reply to Germany
created must be confirmed and inten-
sified by the more ample answer we
make at the suggestion of the Presi-
dent"
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FIVE LIVES LOST
ONTREAL FIRE
Maid Perished While Making
Attempt To Save
Children.
A. despatch from Montreal says: -
Fire claimed five victims in the de-
struction of the Idealograph Moving
Picture Theatre, at 1691 Notre Dame
Street west, at 2 o'clock Thursday
morning. The victims were the chil-
dren and maid of Dr. and Mrs. J. H.
Leblanc, a dentist, at 1689 Notre Dame
Street west, who were in the family's
living quarters on the third floor. Dr,
and Mrs. Leblanc were out spending
the evening with friends, and had left
their four children in charge of the
maid and an elderly servant, Mme.
Bouchard.
w^ -- - "ter
TWO AUSTRIAN SUBMARINES
CAPTURED BY ITALIAN NAVY
Harbor of Polo Again Bombarded By French and Italian
Hydroplanes.
Austro-Hungarian
our possession.
"Italian and French hydroplanes on
Friday dropped bombs on the enemy's
works at rola. Enemy aeroplanes
made a counter-attack, but were re-
pulsed. One of our hydroplanes sue-"
cessfully fought three enemy aero-
planes.
"Enemy aeroplanes bombed our tor-
pedo boats at sea without effd'ct. All
our units returned to their base ulh-
dainaiged."
A despatch from Rome says: The
capture of two submarines. is report -
+d in an announcement on Sunday
front the War Office. The statement
tollowa:
"The 'enemy submarine Vo12, which
the German navy ceded to Austria-
- Hungary, has fallen into our hands,
laid become a unit of onlr torpedo
'squadrons. Another ensniy sub-
marine tho VT12, belonging to the
navy, also is
in
The Disaster Occurred a Month Ago, But It Has Only Now Been
Announced.
A despatch from Rome says: It is
officially announced that the Italian
battleship Regina Margherita struck
a mine off the Albania coast and
sank December 11. Six hundred and
seventy-five men on board perished.
Two hundred and seventy were saved.
The battleship Regina Margherita
was laid down in 1898, and completed
in May, 1904. She was a vessel of
13,427 tons 426 feet long, and had a
draught of 2? -feet, Her usual corn
plement was 730 men. The battleship
carried four 12 -inch, four 8 -inch,
twelve 6 -inch guns, twenty 12 -pound-
ers, two 1 -pounders, two maxims and
four torpedo tubes.
The Regina Margherita was a sister
ship of the Benedetto Brin, which.was
badly damaged by an explosion on
board in 1915, in which a large num-
ber of her crew, including Rear -Ad-
miral De Oervin, were killed.
Mont-
re
al
i shortbags
do $871 l;doa feed flour, BRITISH CAPTURE POSITIONS
ONpeHny=No:' 1, tver2 8 �. $12.60 to $13.50;
FRONS' OF NEARLY AIL
433v -
Egg -No. 1 storage. 39 to 40c; s.
ton , 60etos65c; 2 out4of'cartons, 58 re
Cheese --Large, 253 to 26c; twi
to 263; triplets, 263 to 269o.
Dressed poultry --Chickens, 22 to^`
fowl, 16 to 18c; ducks, 20 to 22c; sciu
per dozen, $4 to $4.60; turkeys, 25 to 3
geese, 16 to 18c.
Honey -White clover, 23-1b. tins, 1
5-1b. tins, 13 to 133c; 10-1b., 123 to 1
60 -ib., 12 to 13c; buckwheat. 6P-lb.ti r
9 to 93c. Comb honey -extra fine at?°
heavy weight, per doz., $2,75; select,
$2.50 to $2.75; No. 2, $2 to $2.25.
Potatoes -Ontario, per bag, $2.26;
British Columbia, per ba, $2.25; New
Brunswick Delawares, per bag, $2.45 to
$2.50.
Beans -Imported. hand-picked, per
bush., $6; Canadian hand-picked, per
bush., 36.60 to $7; Canadian primes, '$6
to $6.50; Limas, per ib., 93 to 10c.
Provisions -Wholesale.
Smoked meats -Hams, 2 o 0 cooked, 34 to
26c; do., heavy.
36c; rolls, 19 to 200; breakfast bacon, 25
to 27c; backs, plain, 26 to 27c; boneless,
28 to 300,
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 18 to
183c per lb.; clear bellies, 18 to 183.0.
Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 213 to 2190;,
tubs, 219 to 22c; pails, 22 to 2230; com-
pound, 169 to 17c.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Jan. 16. -Oats -Canadian W.,
No. 2, 71c; No. 3, 69c; extra No. 1 feed,
69c, l3arley-Manitoba feed, $1; malt-
ing, $1.30. Flour -Manitoba Spring
wheat patents, firsts, $10; sedonds,. $9.60;
strong bakers', $9,30; Winter patents;
choice, $9.26; straight rollers, . $8.50 to
$8.80; do.. bags, $4.10 :to 25.Rolled
oats-Bbls, 37.25 to $7 4G do:, bags. 90
lbs,, $3.50 to 33.60. Bran $32. Shorts;
$36. Middlings,' 338. to 340.'' Montilie,
$43 to.. $43, May -.ANO. 2,per ton. car
lots. ^ 313. Cheese -,-protest esterns; 250'
nes Vontd44$;er. t3
413e; seconds, 40 to 41e. I]ggs-Freslt,.
55 to 60o, selected, .42o; No. 1 stock, .40c;'
No..2 -stock, 34. to 36t;�Potatoes= Per
bag, car lots, $1.75 to,95 '
Winnipeg C4rplri
Winnipeg -ran. ' 16. -Wheat No. 1
Northern, $1.313 No. 2 Northern, $1.783;
No. 3 Northern, $1.743. Oats -No. 2
C.W., 662c; No, 3 O.W. 548; extra No. 1
feed, 543c; No. 1 feed, 523c; No, 2 feed,
513c. Barley -No. 3, $1; No. 4, 94c; re-
ieoted, 78c; feed, 73c. Flax -No. 1
N,W.C., 32.583; No. 2 CW., $2.553.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Tan. 16. --Wheat-May,
1.88; July, 31,78. Cash -No. 1 hard,
$$1.96 to 31.97; No, 1 Northern,' 31.89 to
$1.92. No. 2 Northern, 31.86 to 31.92,
Corn -No. 3 yellow, 913 to 923c. Oats -
No. 3 white, 533 to 5430. Flour -un-
changed. Bran, $27.60 to $28.
Duluth. Jan. 16. -Wheat -No. 1 hard,
$1.899; No. 1 Northern. $1.883; No. 2
Northern, $1.839 to $1,853; May, $1.373.
Linseed, to arrive. 32.863; May, 32.903;
July, 32,923.
]Give Stock ZSarkete.
Toronto, Jan. 16. -Choice heavy steers,
$9.75 to 310.35; do., good. $9.25 to $9.50;
butchers' cattle, choice, $9.25 to 39.50;
do., good, $8.75 to $9; do., medium, $8,25
to $8.50; do.. common, $7.60 to 38;
butchers' bulls, choice, $7.75 to $8.76;
do., good bulls, $7.25 to $7.60; do., rough
bulls, 35 to $5,155: butchers' cows, choice.
$7.75 to 38.50; do.. at col, $7.26 to $7.50;
do., medium, $6.65 to $7; stockers, $5.65
to $7.26; choice feeders, $7 to 37.75; can-
ners and cutters, $4.60 to $5.50; milker
choice, each, $70 to 3100; do., comino `
and medium, each, $40 to 360; springers,
350 to $100; light ewes, $9.25 to $1
sheep. heavy. $6 to $7.50; calves good::.
choice, $11.76 to 313; lambs, choice
to 514; do., medium, $9.75 to $10
hogs, fed and watered, $13; do., weigh
off cars, $13.25; do„ f.o.b., $12.
Montreal, Jan. 16. -Choice steers, $9'
good steers, $7.60 to 38.25; butchers'
bulls, 37 to $8; butchers" cows. $6.50 to
57.50; canners bulls. $5,60; canners cows,
$5.40• grass fed calves, $5.50; milk i'ed
calves, 310; lambs, $12 to $13.50; select
hogs, $12.75 to $13.50.
OF GERMAN LOSSES
70 PER CENT. RECOVER,
A despatch from Berlin says: Of
the total number of officers and men
in the German army who were wound- ships, aggregating 113,000 tons last
ed during the second year of the war p ,
70 per cent. fully recovered and went year, of which 100 were torpedoed,
with the loss of 27 lives. This report
comes from Stockholm, and adds that
during the same period Sweden built
81 ships, aggregating 47,000 tons.
Several Raids Also Resulted in the Bagging of Large Numbers
of Prisoners.
A despatch from London says :-- carried an enemy trench on a front
the British official communication is- of three-quarters of a mils, and es -
sued on Thursday night says: "A tablished our position. An enemy
counter-attacic this afternoon was
number of minor enteprises were un- caught in the open by our artillery,
dertaken last night with excellent re-' and broken up with Ioss. One hun-
sults. South of the Ancre we enter- dred and seventy-six prisoners, includ-
ed the enemy trenches at two places ing four officers, were taken in the
in the neighborhood of Grandcourt,
and took prisoners. Early this morn-
ing a local operation on a large scale
north-east of Beaumont -Haenel was
course of the operations in this area..
"Enemy trenches also were raided
last night east of Armentieres, and
north-east of Ypres. Many casual -
completely successful. Our troops ties were inflicted on the enemy."
BRITISH . WIN
-TINE
I • 'E'AF�ES
Anzac Mounted Troops Destroy
Turk Position At
Rafa.
Asedespatch from London says:
The Wax Offloe're ports:
"On Tuesday our troops ea
ron enemy m sitioon, eonsi
It of..entr nchr;ie '
main r doubts" and a -central keep,
ebnerin ,, fa, 30 miles north-east of
Elaretatslh Egypt. The attacking
for s, ,co 'pcased of Anzac mounted
troops,e,nd•the Imperial Camel Corps,
left El Arish on, Monday, and the at-
tack on 'the' position commenced at 7
a.m. Tuesday.` The fighting lasted
until 5 p.m., when the position was
unfitly carrietle*
"After the engagement a Turkish
relief force fwr<ocated, advancing
from Shalee, 1Q ri5#iles east of Rafa.
This force eneagnetigeged at a point
about four miles from the Rafa posi-
tion, and was entirely destroyed.
"Up to the present we have taken
1.600 unwounded prisoners and four
mountain guns, The enemy killed and
wounded in our hands amount to 600."
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POWDER EXPLOSION
SHATTERS FACTORY
"VICTORY LOAN"
GRIPS Jo DULL
Tremendous Response to Lloyd
George's Appeal -
A despatch from London says :---
Great Britain's loan of victory was
successfully launched on Friday.
Stimulated by the speech of Premier
Lloyd George in the Guildhall on
Thursday, in vehicle he appealed to all
classes of society to place their capital
at the disposal of the Government,
the first investors began to pour their
funds into the Bank of. England on
Friday morning. The Premier's de
claration that "a well -directed check" n
was now as powerful as shell and •
shrapnel, met with an instant re-
sponse. By noon half a billion dol-
lars had already been subscribed.
Early Friday the building leased by
the Bank of England to handle the
rush of war -loan bidders was crowd-
ed with a picturesque throng, which
included many soldiers in khaki and
some women. The doors opened ear-
lier than at the bank, and from short-
ly
after 8 o'clock until closing hours
the entry was filled with applicants for
the prospectuses, which are being dis-
tributed broadcast over the city. Even
the East End has its share in the loan, -
one of the earliest visitors - at the
bank being a costermonger who wheel-
ed away a pile of the pamphlets for
the small dealers in his neighborhood.
All over Britain application forms are
being given out. The ,munition fae- :
tories, in particular, are being sys-
tematically canvassed by the Govern- ;.
ment, which is asking the workers,
both men and women, to use the new
loan as an investment of their weekly
savings,
21 Men Reported Killed in
Wreck at DuPont Plant
At Haskell,
A despatch from New York says:
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Two of the powder magazines of t
DuPont Powder Company, at Haskell,
h'.J., were. .blown up „on Friday night.
Sraintearx>sdMt' aas•+e'lFiinterxdfic force.
and 'were felt for tnahy miles in all
directions. The detonations were fol-
lowed almost immediately by a fire,
which could be seen as far away as
Yonkers, and distant points in New
Jersey. The Haskell plant covers sev-
eral acres and is one of the company's
largest. In the plant and the village
were several hundred buildings. The
concussion blew a tremendous hole in
the side of a mountain, near which the
plant was built. The loss of life is
estimated at 21. Four hundred thou-
sand pounds of powder was destroyed.
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JAPANESE SKIP
BLOWN UP IN PORT
200,000 BRITISH WOMEN Fire on Board Tsuku-ba Reaches
TO WORK ON THE FARMS
Magazine and Destroys
A despatch from London says :-
An important announcement regarding
the employment of women in agricul-
ture will be made shortly, according
the Daily News. The idea is to
raise an army of 200,000 women work -
ore. Several schemes have been under Fire on the Tsuku-ba caused the
nsideration, and the one to which magazine to blow up. One hundred
Ship.
A despatch from Tokio says: The
Japanese battle cruiser Tsuku-ba
was destroyed by an explosion on
Sunday in the harbor of Yokosuka.
President Prothero of the Board of
Agriculture has given special atten-
tion, and which has been referred to
Neville Chamberlain, Director of Na-
tional Service, provides for women be-
ing billeted and paid a shilling a day.
183 SWEDISH SHIPS
LOST DURING YEAR.
A despatch from London says: An
Exchange Telegraph despatch from
Copenhagen says that Sweden lost 183
back to the trenches, according to of-
ficial figures published by the German
Government. Only 6.4 per cant. of
the wounded were completely unfit for
military service, and the other wound-
ed were able to do military duty at
home. Twelve hundred and fifty sol-
diers went blind during the war,
ROME CONFERENCE
TURNING POINT IN WAR.
A despatch from London says: The
Tinges in an editorial do Wednesday
regarding the recent War Connell held
in Rome, says: "The conference just
concluded in 'Rome may well prove one
of the turning points in the war. Moro
then one vital decision was reached
with complete harmony. The road to
victory, though it may be &ong, is now
timeline straight to tho appointed
end." -
and fifty-three members of the crew
of the Tsuku-ba were killed and 157
injured, many of them seriously.
Numerous members of the ship's com-
pany were rescued from the water.
Most of the officers of the cruiser
were ashore. The cause of the explo-
sion is not known.
FORTY TURKISH VESSELS
SUNK BY THE RUSSIANS.
A despatch from London says: A
raid on the Anatolian coast by a Rus-
sian squadron is reported in a Central
News despatch from Petrograd. The
Russians sank forty Turkish sailing
vessels which were carrying food to
Constantinople.
MEN UNFIT FOR ACTIVE DUTY
TO FAKE PLACES OF FIT MEN
A - despatch from London says: -
The scheme of co-ordinating the train-
ing of Canadians in England with the
requirements in France, is proceed-
ing satisfactorily. Officers from corps
and divisional schools have been trans-
ferred by the general staff to England,
and many of them are specialists in
certain lines of instruction. - The
Canadian military school at Shorn -
8,000,00(1 BRITISH JOBLESS
WHEN THE WAR ENDS
A despatch from London says :-It
is estimated that between six and
eight millions of persons now employed
by the Government,representing half
the wage-earning population of the
United Kingdom, whiil have to be dis-
charged at the end of the war, accord -
Ing to the report of the Committee on
Labor Problems After the War. All
these workers will not be discharged
simultaneously, but it is probable
that - within two months after peace
has been declared some two of three
lioneworrkere ;t lsbe Ur-
garding the army demonbilization, the
committee calculates that the rate of
disbandment cannot exceed five thous-
and daily, at which rate six months
would be occupied in demobilizing less
than one million of the huge army.
SELLINSS: ABSINTHE
COST MAN $40,000
A despatch from Paris says :---
Heavy fines were inflicted. on Sun-
day on the proprietor of the well
known Mollard restaurant, outside
Gare Saint Lazare, for selling ab-
sinthe. Eight. hundred and thirty- -
eight bottles christened "Our Elixir,"
had left the restaurant. The court
ordered the properietor to pay 163
fines of £40 each. Also £300 revenue
dues multiplied five times. The court
also ordered the absinthe seized, to be'
confiscated. The breweries, cafe and
bar owned by the Mollard Company
were ordered closed altogether. The
fines amounted to nearly $40,000.
GOLD PRODUCTION
ESTABLISHES RECORD
London, Jan. 15. -The production of
gold in the Transvaal last year estab-
lishes a record. The total for 12
months was £39,484,934, or 4857,473
more than in 1915, which was greater
than any previous year. As compar-
ed with the years before the war the
increase last year was £2,126,894. This
achievement in the mines was render-
ed impossible by the larger supply of
native labor:. In November, 1915,
210,068 natives were employed. Dur-
ing the current year the production -
should reach a still higher level, for a..
large and promising property in the
Eastern Rand has just began crush-
ing.
cliffs is being reorganized. Col.
Watty Burland, who has done excep-
tionally good work here, 'will com-
mand a double reserve battalion.
Special instruction is now given to
all men proceeding to France. A list
has been compiled throughout all the.
Canadian centres in England of When
fit for active service. Such will be
replaced by unfit men and others in-
capacitated at the front.
Why He Supported the Fund.
The task of raising the Canadian -
Patriotie Fund is not all serious work. ,:
It is illumined here and there by flash-,
es of humor, and everywhere there ,, .
,ii
crop out touches of human nature
that add zest to the work. Take the
case of a Quebec county councillor.
His council had been asked to contri
bute a certain sum yearly, and an of-,
ficer of the Fund called on him to
secure his endorsation of the proposal.
ll
He listened to an explanation of the ,
details, and then started to estimate
what the new taxation would imply
to him, Then be said: "All right.
I'll vote for the grant: I find that
it will cost me eight dollars,- but I'd
rather pay even twenty dollars than
go to the war