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CflBOllGEj; BALDWIN, HdGiSLAND
CHIEF, DENIES GRAFT HINTS
Reports Successful
Tr livlirboor Troops
' Mtrbf Armentleres
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', troops tucccMtully raided
I'rfMttoM eatt of ArmtntUre
He, Ukln eevrt prisoners and
IUIM, Field Mrtit Halt an-
by.
! Ilea wtrc llht." ha Mid.
of Carohrat and south ot
' reported German anlllerylnr-
l Yldnce thai Germany la con-
, fratlona for a crest blow
Mini front wai received from
, today, Advice from that
I that Field Marshal von
.' tha Qerman chief of ataff.
al Ludendorff had established
tuartera In Belgium.
'aerial and artillery activity
t ttM Italian front Is recorded In the
t Nlclal atattment from Home. The
! af the bla- auna has spread around
rent Narrows and alone the
M. The commUnlaue says that the
Italian patrols have shown "remarkable
aetlrlty In canturlnc prisoners"
B' 4AV.li..u. ..... ... ... jintiflnjirl (n
Any one sector, but wtro carried on over
tM entire front. Home declares, the
HaUan and British filers co-operatlnc to
i Hi , fullest extent. Together they at
tacked, with good effect. Austro-fJerman
It, trooM n the vicinity or rnmaiano ana
StrCMacomo dl veglla, east or tne nava
elta, 'ana causea a largo nre in mo
i J enemy "s ammunition stores at at. Hiino
lrM I.lvmta. In the course of these
, t operations the British accounted for
'.. .- t.i .-l.lt- .U- Tt.llH
tnree ftOBllie macnin!, dumb nm iwiian
.aviator Drougni aown iwo mure, ino
j, tatmenl"adds.
i'itFlth weather conditions steadily Im-
i proving, DOIll lor IICKVJT ttu ntliutin mm
vfar1 Infantry operations, a resumption
f of j, extensive fighting Is looked for In
tiur. future. In all probability the
i Italian and French armies on the north-
rn front will make a further attempt
tin rob the enemy of the dominating noal-
1 ' Monk near the edge of the Venetian
Attain. In order to forestall a possible re-
"JBewal of the Invaders drive southward.
X' It l considered doubtful, however. If the
enemy has any Intention at the present
'Vttone of pushing his offensive against
Tiv:- so materially have conditions
fJmmw..A nn that rant In f.Vnr nf thfl
f defenders.
I,, PARIS. Feb. 7.
, Artillery was active over a wide sec
jLtlon'of the French front today, the War
, Office announced. Cannonading was re
furi,j nnrih f Hie Alsne. In the
ifchavlgnon. I'aranu and Sllvaln regions.
&! the right bank of the Meuse. and
inA.r Samocneux. Hill 344. and Hart-
mannawellerkopf. The French conducted
A. a, raid, In the Champagne region Cler-
fnrur bombarded Panholz. In Alsacv,
'X'and' later attacked French positions
fWthere, but were thrown back.
ikWJu.. ROM!', Feb. 7.
l5" "Fifty-six hostlre airplanes have been
- f downed since January .u. me iiauan
"W4r Office announced today.
i BERLIN (via London), Feb. 7.
T noifnl nrtlllervlns: on the western
kfront was reiwrtcd by the War omce
f'l'L "PVlsoners were taken In an iittack
fcl XI west of Zandvoorde," it was asserteu.
p It "In Ji the Champagne region a French
Lv 'attack broke down."
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'Nfi niTILD MINE SWEEPERS
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F-JTmieh Contract for Thirty-six
'ft"' Awarded Savannah Yard
S 1JCA8H1NOTON'. Feb. 7 Contracts
nvr Awaruea uv ine rrencn uovern-
1 f'mtnt here today to the Foundation Com-
'tptny for the construction o umrtj-six
mlne-sweeplng vessels at the company's
: f, yard at Savannah, ua,
nt The craft are to be completed In six
ft ..- Th.w mill hm Af ! IRA fd,
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"t long and the contract calls for their
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"Oeneral Ooelhals's original plan was
the construction 'of a yard with f.fty
shlpwaya upon which 200 vessels all
mritv silk should be constructed.
, The task lias been Immensely tompll-
...... Ills ronatruetlon during the most severe
engact n , romn.rrtl.l project," Mr. I wlBl,r known for many years Instead of
Baldwin frankly was on the defensive, i dnt)Br lh, flne w,ther of the anlnmn
but vigorously repudiated, through an ,, w. d orltln.lly planbed. Aflfr
exhaustive description of the tremendous MarlnB WOrk upon the ard. the tak
dlfllcultles to be overcome by tho cor. wa, tm fUrther complicated and In
novation and a determined champ on- ictfased In magnitude by the addition of
ship of Its accomplishments and confident nrcond t)pe of vessel of 1000 tons, thus
program, all charges against the admin-i requiring the doubling of many faclll
ministration of tho work at Hog Island. (es,
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of such n proposition conducted under
through the Kmergency Fleet Corpora
tion Is supervising the construction of
1111 vessils In 11G jards throughout the
country and disbursing more than a
Jl. 000, 000,000 a J car In this work, "an
enormous program, bigger than 1ms ever
Cunllaaed (rem rase On
or It has been untrue and that all of It
has certainly been unjust.
"We must remember that they did
not enter Into this work Voluntarily, but
at the request of Uncle Ham and that,
great as It Is, It Is not Impossible of
achievement at their hands."
When the applause which greeted this
praise hid died down he added that,
while old-fashioned shipbuilders had
hitherto regarded the completion of one
ship In two weeks, under forced condi
tions, an achievement, the program at
Hog Island called for the completion ot
four ships In the same time.
He repeated his outline nf the four
factors which must mutually contribute
to the 'success of the mammoth under
takingthe building of an assembling
plant, the organisation of an executive
force, the assembling of thousands of
workmen and the establishment of
transportation service which will Insure
a steady Inflow of the needed materials
On the last-named point he said:
"I hare had news only today from the
director general of railways that no em
bargo 'goes against any shipments for
the use of the Amergeney Fleet Corpor
ation." Admiral Don lea announced that CO,
000 men were already engaged In the
governmental shipbuilding work cast of
tho .Mississippi and that 100,000 vvcro
employed on It throughout the country.
"Actuating these men and tho general
public must be the single spirit that
Uncle Sam needs and must have Uirae
ships!" ho cried. "Criticism nr no crlt- i,y some to be extravagant in Its ship, .f,.,.' .P boat
Its manv Inherent dlfllcultles, but we
believe that the original estimate sub
mitted last June of approximately 120,-
000,000 for the jear, which was con
curred in by the best judgment of the
tlon In the world's history," Mr. Baldnln
said :
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Ictsm, we have got to get behind these
shipbuilding companies and mako them,
as I hetleve we will, a success!"
Before Admiral Bowles spoke, Mr.
Baldlwn had said that the Atiierkan In
ternational Shipbuilding Coropratlon h.id
been "clamoring" for months for some
Government departmental head to Lome
to Philadelphia, supervise) the work and
aid In co-ordinating the corporation's ef.
forts with the plans of the (iov em
inent. In Admiral Bowles such co-operation
was assured, he said
"We knew perfectly well that we
would have to spend tv(c as much
money as anbody ever thought we
ought to." said Mr. Baldwin frankly.
"Wc knew also that We were risking
the teptitatlon. ot three great corpora
tions, built tp by vears ot effort, for
a reward that was little at best. But
we went Into this thing for one reason
only to serve the (lov eminent to the
bes of our nblllty. Nothing else mat
tered 1"
"We were ready to lay n half-dozen
keels daja ago, If we had wanted to
advlrtlse ourselv'es or to camouflage,"
said he, "but It was not our Intention
to lay a single keel until v could go
straight ahead with all of them Wc
have been criticized, too, for ordering
more of nil horts of materials than we
apparently needed at tho moment, but
we can stand that W'e are determined
to Viave everything on hand so that tho
work can proceed without luterrup
tlon."
Philadelphia's great duty In connic
tlon with the shipbuilding program, he
said, was to see to It that buildings to
house the workmen well were speedily
completed.
Setting the probable net fees to the
corporation at l'i per lent on the money
spent, he said smilingly:
'That doesn't seem to me what might
be called 'money-grubbing 'or woiMng
In a mercenary spirit."
His audience iheered the statement
heartily.
Mr. Baldwin asserted that ."all wages
and salaries aro fixed by the Govern
ment." All materials purchased by the
corporation are purchased only on orders
approved In advance as to price and
other detail by representatives of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation, u govern
mental Institution.
Ho threw the blame for many ot the
difficulties and all of the large cot nf
the work at Hog Island directly upon
the delay "owing to conditions familiar
to all" which occurred between July,
when the corporation was ready to be
gin work, and September 13. the date on
which the Kmergency Fleet Corporation
finally Instructed the corporation to pro
ceed Kmphazlng In his Introductory re
marks the point that he spoke "as an
agent and representative of tho United
States Government engaged In supply
ing the national need and not as oife
been undertaken by any slnglo organlia. omc.r of the Kmeraency Fleet Cor
linn in Ih, nr il'i hlBlrirt'' lt Itil.l.tln ... ... ... ' . . . . ..
liurauon anu me engineers or American
International Shipbuilding Corporation,
would have been sufficient If the work
i nnfll.l ItnlA llrtnn nn.Mn.Anr.,! at Vital
It Is Impossible for the public mind tm., fltl(i ,,9 tlcn contemplated. Dim
as yet to grasp tho site of the task con- Cuties In transportation and labor
fronting the l.'mergencv Fleet Corpora-1 w,ci, could not he foreseen and the all
tlon, nor the vast readjustments of na- important fnct that postponement In
tlonal Industries nnd the many changes storting the work made It necessary to
of occupation which have been forced perform the heavy part of It during
upon millions of our people by the war. I most severe winter weather will very
We are passing through a period of both materially Increase the rout of the work,
reasonable and unreasoning criticism of .-n,, total estimated cost of the first
almost all of our great lines of war nfly 7soo ton boats at SI. 100,000 each
effort. The shipping board Is criticized . J35.000.000. The fee for construct
for not having produced more ships; the nrc .ach boat Is J5G.O0O with icrtnln
railroads are denounced for not trans- Ufnatf hlch may reduce It to J41,
porting our freight moro eftlclently; our 000, one-half pajahlo when each boat Is
great corporations are held up to scorn one-half completed, and the remainder
as profiteers; many of tho departments ,u,cn It Is accepted bv the (lovem
of government nre under fire, charged mfnt T. KeCond lot of seventy 8000
with In efficiency and Inadequate piep- llln ,oats at an estimated tost of $1.
aratlon Our own corporation Is thought snn.OOO each totals 111s.EAn.aAn The,
Is ISJ.B0O, perhaps ie-
building methods and producing ships
too slowly. A wave of lijstrrln seems to
be temporarily clouding the rainier Judg
ment of ordinary times, but all of these
things are temporary and will pasn away
as the rountry Readies Itself In definite
and effective concentration upon the
work before It.
"Sane, cnlm-mlnded. Intelligent men
should understand thoiouglily bntli the
dlfllcultles confronting ship construction
on tho scalo needed nnd the meuns
taken to successfully overcome them as.
upon the success of our great iiitlmal
shipbuilding program depends tho out
come nf tin- war nnd tho connnercHl
futuio of tho I'nlled States The Issues
nr too vast nnd Important In hn con
fused bv unintelligent discussion and
uninformed criticism
"This N no merelv ommrrrlHl enter
prle. Hundreds nnd thntikamW nf the
men at work nn llir Job have, sons nr
daughters or brothers In the national
sertlee In Kranre nr going there, Just as
you and I have. These men aro pressed
In a desire to help to the utmont, and
thev know, as we know, that the Hies
nf those dear to them depend upon their
abllltv to fiirnNh the hlp to transport
them.
"Let us leinember that Just and con
structive ciltlclsm Is helpful, full that
unreasoning criticism can only help out
enemies. Wo shall only win h stand
ing shoulder to shoulder
"About the middle of last Mav Gen
eral Goethals discussed with me the
program then laid down by him ot util
izing existing shlpvurds to th utmost
for tho building of steel cirgo vessels,
and In addition construe ting now jnuls
In which 3,000,000 deadweight tons tould
be manufactured In eighteen months, nnd
called tipon us for co-operutlon About
a mouth later the President signed the
urgent deficiency net which supplied
the means of financing the proposed con
struction, and we then submitted to
General Goethals 11 tentative plan for
his acceptance, which by July was to
thoroughly worked out that we were
ready to begin work. Owing to condi
tions familiar to all of vou It was not
until September 13 that Kmergency l'lect
Cot potation was uble to finally Instruct
us to proceed Hi's unfortunate ilrlav
Is the prlmarv cause nf many of the
dlfllcultles and Is the definite reason tor
the large rni.t nf the work.
"All nf tliiisu familiar with innsti no
tion tasks re albe the Imiioslbllltv a(
obtaining in a time of universal dNnr
ganl7utlnn of every lndutry both greit
speed and that standard of costs at
tainable In normal times. We must elect
between them Our Inslrnrtlons urged
upon us the tltmust speed, whlrli can.
not he necured without great cost. V i
were told that speed, not cord, was the
duced by penalties to ICB.OOO The ag
gregate estimate for tho bents and vard
Is $:00,BOO,000. a large part tif which
will be expended In Philadelphia for
labor, equipment nd supplies In lid
dltlon to a probable espendlturo for
nereriar.v housing for tahnreis of per
haps $10,000 000 or $12 000,000 This
repreents the largest development, the
greatest effort and the quickest expend
iture of that amount of money ever
experienced by Phil idelphin.
the Government. Materials used art
purchased either by the corporation,'
agent of , Kmergency FlecH Corporation,
or, a In (he case of lumber, piling, cross-
ties, etc, directly by the Government
corporation. "Kvery order given Is ap
proved In advance as to price and other
detail by Emergency Fleet Corporations
representatives."
All the monejs spent is furnished by
the I'.mergency Fleet Corporation, Mr.
Baldwin pointed out, and Is disbursed
under Its control, "excepting the cost
of the real estate, which Is owned by
the corporation." He reminded his hear
ers that the Kmergency Fleet Corpora
tion has the right to terminate the corn
tract Immediately If It decides that the
work Is not being done to Its satisfac
tion and that at the end ot the contract
It may purchase the land at the price
paid for It by the International.
He described at length the plans for
building vessels of new designs, radically
simplified and standardized, and silu
that if fabricated shipbuilding Is 11 sue
cos, "and there Is no reason to suppose
that It will not be, the methods of build
Ing curgo ships may be revolutionized
and Philadelphia become the shipbuilding
renter of the world."
Concluding his survey of work alrcadv
accomplished, he said:
'By the middle of January, facilities,
not the best In the world but still un
usual as transportation development
goes, were at hand, sufficient to tarry
22,000 men Into nnd out of the ard
Rondways of standard construction have
been built Into and through the Island,
housing facilities for many thousand
men completed, administration, engineer
ing and other necessary buildings com
pleted by the ncie, freight lines built
Into the aul and tracks laid sufficient
to permit the unloading of 2S0 freight
cars per diem, a water sstem has hern
Installed nnd ehctrlc power introduced
The essential features of the shlpvarel,
tlm flftv shlpuavs along tho waterfront,
have 1 e iched an ndvaiued stage of com
1 lotion All this has been done In the
face of tho greatest railroad conges
tion ever Known Hint during the mot
severe winter evei experienced In Phila
delphia, n winter In which for more than
five weeks tho thtiniometer has hiirdl
gone nbovo the freezing point
"If any cue of jou will tin 11 to his
New Move to Pay
Vare Moral Claim
.SAMMEE HUBT IN ACTION
Six U,'S, Men at Front Die of Nat
ural Causes, Gen. Pershing Reports
ir rrrrit- nt ire or i omprnsniinn i tieignnor nnd nsU Hint vvlielhei or not
for llir ronstriiillon of the jard. In four months It Is possible to rreate
"I'or building the ships, we aic to re- " satisfactory organization emluaclng
reive rers aggregating npnrox male y -- """ people, tun nnswer w umiucs.
$0,600 001, which U 3.1 per rent upon the tluiul bo no 11 would be absurd for
total monrvs to he expended. From Ihls me tu tell Jen that our organization of
gros compensation must he deducted nn equal number treated In that space
cxces profits tat which will ptobably "f time Ik fullv sitltfuctory Thero ate
educe It by one-hilf, nnd also the but few organizations of this hlzc In the
salirles of executive officers, n huge country, all of which have been the
staff of hlghlj pild men, nnd ceitnln ieult of many vears of crnwili nnd
other expenses The net fee to the tor- enieful inspiration In normal times of
iiuutimii win -woih one io us somethlnc peace. Yet In spite tif nil that, nnd In
like 1V4 per cent. If Indeed It eentunll splto of the nitural dlfllcultles of the
averages that much There nre no In-'site Itself, and In face of the severe
direct pronis ot anj kind. ,vvliilei, one of unpatalleled ralhoad con-
' Wo havo estimated that we ran de- gestlon, ne are todav mi in nr ri..,i,ii.
Iler twenty-five of these boats In thlr- and the jard has reached ii point of
tieu and one-half months from Sep-1 completion bejond whlrli m one cnuld
temher 13. 1917: twenty-five mole In humanli expeit a Job of II. I. I.ln.l in
fifteen months, anothci twentv-n.cn In
clghtt eii and one-half mouths; a foutth
twentv-flve In twenty months, nnd tho
last twentv In twentv-two months from
this conduct date which will require an
average ilrllirrj or one ulilp every two
data' during the eight and a half months
spei llled
'The total toun iec .. for ordered Is
hato advanced
'Moreovet, I am able todav to av to
vou that, If we can from now on secure
a steady flow of material to the ard nnd
If we nre permitted to continue with the
full progtani of fifty vvavs after compht
Ing the thlrtv-two which we are now
piesslng forward most quickly we ex
pect to deliver the ships contracted for
13' 000 deidn tight toil", capable when at the time originally expected Further
"ul"llu""i ' arums ui races nxeu anu more as neat IV un we can now estimate
approved bv the shipping hoard charter- despite the increase In expenses and de
Ing committee for steamers of C000 tons Hilte the delay In time caused by clr-
. . 1 "'"""';," ."i"-"j uiMiiuA- tunistanies uncontrouaDiei ny nmbndy
iiiinieiv iw iiei con per moiiin. or, more the Increased flnil cost of the 120 ships
exactlv. $10, .180 per day. or 19.21B.B13 tn be built by us nn agent for the Gov-
per month on can therefore icadlly eminent will probably not exceed 10
see tho Importance of saving time a a ,,n,ni.,riiilrMnUn.i ,,. i...i
essence nf the rnntruct, that we muat nru worn, nrini
build ships 1 1. nave the initio I not "" evaporation.
save money to fatten our poi l.rlbooks, "All wages and palarlcs are Axed by
commerclil proposition as It wc can t,c rn,Ie lo,t f the jard solely to thco
expedite tlmo of construction bv one vessels""
month wc sivc mnre than $i,"00,000 for .
each month's operation ot the fleet. I
whlfn is only the commercial value of' LANCASTER'S QUOTA FILLED
these vessels Whit tlicv are worth for j i,ANCASTi:il. Pa , Teh 7 Angered
purposes of winning the wat Is hevontl ,,y the sinking of an American trans
computation ))0rt nmi i-xpresslng hopes that they
"Much of the work, due to Its urgency will be given an opportunity to avenge
and the need for speed, must lie handled the loss, flftv draftees from the Uphrata
In subcontracts, which have been given anil Christiana, draft dlstilcts-left this
to the most experienced and tellable morning for Camp Meade
contractors1 having orginlzatlons nnd This complftes-Die operation of the
equipment Immediately icadv All sub- first draft here '
rontracts ale on a cost-nlus-flxed-fee I
basis, ' the fee being calculated lit S
per cent of the estimated cost of the
wotk done, with certain allowances for
depreciation of the contractor's equip
ment. These contrarts, as part ot the
vnrd work, bring no profit of any kind to
1'c.nllnned from Pate One
many other Items are expected to turn
up for later action.
AVAH..ABL.E FOIl SAUV1UE8
If Chairman Oaftney, of Councils'
Finance Committee, sticks Io his plea
of allowing all deficiencies not reported
today to go over until next ear a
balance of about $1,000,000 will be Iftt
available for Increases for tne salaries
of policemen and firemen. Before to
.in... n. .inti rhnirmnn Gaffnev declared
that Just as soon as the deficiency bills
nre gotten out of the way the long de
laed question of Increases will be taken
up.
Illlls call na- for substantial Increases
in the nay of nollcemen nnd firemen
were long ago Introduced bv Select Coun
cilman Harry Trainer, of tne imru
Ward, and the announcement of Chair
man Gaffney today means that thce
bills tan now be taKcn up vvitnouc u j
necessity of Introducing new sal
ary Increase nuis tor cue uo v
Police and Fire. Thousands of dollars
already appropriated to the Fire Bu
reau have been saved through the fail
ure of Director Wilson, of the Depart
ment of Public Works, to put Into effect
the two-platoon sjstem among firemen
Each month of tl Is delay means a sav
ing of $45,000, or tho pay of the approx
Imately sBO firemen needed to make
the new system effective.
Both branches of Councils passed
n resolution empowering th" presidents
of the two bodies to appoint Joint com
mittees to co-operate with tho Board
of Education In the formulation of plans
for a memorial to the four firemen who
lost their lives In the fire which de
tioveel the George Brooks Public
School, i'lfty-sevcntli street and Haver
ford avenue, on January 21 The me
morial. It Is said, will take the form of
a monument
Contioller Walton's report to Coun
cils sIiovvn that no previous administra
tion has ever had tcvenucs hiiu ercuu
bv loan nuthorlrntlons pvramldcd as I
has the ptcsent one.
UIIlI.f'Tons ASK TftAN'sn:!
Among new financial incisures Inim
iluied were two trnnsfeiH nsked for bv
Diirctoi Wilson, of the Iicpiitnient of
public! Safetv lie wants $108 Hn for
Incieaslng the nnnual clothing allowance
to pollcenvn from $10 to $30 nnd $21 ,
60n for new places In the I'lrr Bureau
repair shop He also nsks $18d to
create u regular salaried placo for n
police btndinastcr
Dlicclor Datesman. of the Depart
ment of Public Works, asks $fiO,onn ad
ditional for removing snow from the
streets, nnd $5700 additional Is asked
for the maintenance of tho Commercial
Museums
A bill was introduced In helett Coun
cil bv Piesldent t.eniion, til teqilcst of
the Park Commission, to place on the
cltj plan two plots near the lUttenliousc
slieet und Wlssahlckon avenue en
trance to I'alrmount Park This bill
was lefeired to the survey committee.
This hi inch also lecelvcd a letter from
I.ottlu M heholl, 2538 North Sixteenth
street, complaining about householders
shoveling snow from their sidewalks Into
the street space on cither side of the car
tracks .She suggests only a narrow
width of sidewalk bo cleaned nnd the
snow banked ulong the edge The letter
was sent to the street cleaning com
mittee Another communication was from
P Ctet, formci professor of architecture
at the University of Pennsvlvnnla, now
In the French aimv, acknowledging the
confirmation of his reappointment as n
membci of the comprehensive plans
committee
Select Council lecclved icports from
the following mnetv companies on the
total amount of bonds they furnished on
city contincts In tho last six months
National Hurct), foi which the Thomas
II Smith Companv Is local agent, $0 -.191,373.77;
Globo Indemnity t391 .
005(2, Marvland Casuallv. $311.709 58,
and Atnetlcan Surety. $118,25107
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7,-One Amer
ican Infantryman was slightly wounded
In action on February 4. General Ter
shlng reported to the War Department
today. He Is Jacob Clrlo, Iron nlver.
Mich
Six deaths from natural cauer .
were reported:
Private Ole Dahlen, quartermaster
corps, pneumonia, Vlnstre, Norway.
Private I,vmn C. Bentlev, Infantry.
pneumonia: Mrs Ella Backenstow,
mother, 37 Fredway place, Detroit.
Privaie Doc D. Davis, motortruck
company, quartermaster corps,j
Cflrltls, jvnuerson, mi ,f-i
Private caivin a. niaeoottotM
artillery, pneumonia, 0 Cave.!
Tirilatn Harold J. Tlbbetts. Infi
scarlet fever, Little Ilock. Wash"
Private ueorao "iin rn
service battalion, pneumonia,
bury, Conn.
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True Value in the
Food Prices of the Future
IF, for any reason, producers' outlets to market were suddenly closed, livestock
raisers would have no incentive to increase their output Even if the stop
page existed for but a few months, it would cause a decrease in cattle breed
ing. For, why should the farmer raise that which he cannot sell?
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mediately. It takes three years to mature a
' beef animal for market. But three years hence, the
supply would be short and prices would jump
sharply.
One ot the most important services, therefore, which
a concern like Armour and Company can render to
consumers is to keep the producers' market con
stantly open, thereby encouraging increased pro
duction. Stabilizing Supply
FOR, if Armour bought from producers only when
there was a heavy demand from meat users, or,
" if Armour sold to consumers only when cattle grow
ers had raised a surplus supply, there could be no
stability to meat prices at any time. With the pub
Hc, it would be always "a feast or a famine."
P.Vt AIL this Is but preface to stating a remarkable con-
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of our 'national meat consumption for our Allies
abroad.: Inttodthe demand for meat in some parts
of the country has fallen off as much as half! So
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come. Farmers would merely drop cattle raising to
a large extent at least, until the demand reasserted
itself. And, three years hence, meat prices would
be out of all reason.
But, the significant fact for you to bear in mind,
is that Armour and Company did not stop buying I
Service Under
Fixed Profits
INSTEAD, Armour has continued to buy steadily
and evenly, absorbing the livestock off the mar
ket as it arrived and putting it into cold-storage
warehouses and performing this public service in
the face of the fact that packers' profits are fixed by
the Government t
Thus, by doing this, Armour is co-operating to in
crease the future food supply which the country
needs and also is aiding consumers to secure that
future supply at true value levels.
When you consider such facts as these, you must
find in them a very real reason why it will pay you
to insist upon Armour foods for your own family's
use.
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Your Government Asks Yoii
To Save Fuel
By Using Gas Mantles
The vital need of saving fuel has been brought home to the nation by
the recent closing order of the United States Fuel Administration.
The Fuel Administration, through its own announcements and
those of State Administrations, points out ways in which important
economies of fuel may be effected. One, involving great saving
to the nation and direct benefit to the consumer, is this:
"Burn Gas in Mantles, Not in Flat-Flame Burn
ersthe old-fashioned flat-flame burner uses more
gas and gives less light ask your gas company
about substituting the mantle burner,"
U. S. Government figures clearly show that the mantle burner saves
over 80 of the gas used by the flat-flame burner for the same
amount of light. The same report concludes that ."there seems to
be no good reason for continuing the use of the open-flame burner."
(See U. S. Bureau of Standards Circular No. 55.)
Gas Mantles used in place of all the flat-flame burners now in
use in the country would save fuel yearly to the extent of at least
3,300,000 tons of coal, and 93,000,000 gallons of oil.
Abolish the wasteful flat-flaihe burner!' As the Public Service
Commission of New York puts it: "You can combine patriotism
and personal profit by putting mantles on every light which is used
to any extent."
Welsbach Lights and Mfcntles lead in economical uscof gas, brilliant
and pleasing illumination, and long service.
The name of the Welsbach Company and the Shield of Quality are
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