KAISER BLESSES BREWERS IN UJS. SAYS HOBSON America Must Be Sober to Win War, Says Ex-Naval Commander Captain Richmond Pearson Hob ion, former naval officer, Congress uan and speaker, was the principal Weaker at a big patriotic mass meet tig held here last night In the Stev ns Memorial Methodist Church. In in address charged with a dynamic orce that thrilled and Inspired his icarers, Captain Hobson made a ■assionate plea for the young men of lie nation. He urged that his listen r.s write letters to the President, the Secretary of War and their Con ressman, asking that all measures >e taken to protect their boys from ice and crime. He showed statistics nd figures, proving that alcohol was greater destroyer than war. Captain Hobson was introduced v Bishop James H. Darlington, who tuded his work of "bottling up" 'ervera's fleet during the Spanish- Lmerlcan War. "The gravest hour of America's i ational life has arrived," affirmed. lapt&in Hobson. "It is a tragedy! hat we are found unprepared, but; ur flag is the only flag which has I ever suffered defeat, and destiny; as always been hovering over this! ation. The time is now ripe in the j orld's history for nations to live as | eighbors and working together in | rotherly love. Humanity, in this; our of peril, has called to America, j nd America has answered. . Must Win Wiir "We resolve that at any cost, the! ar must be won. This means we uist consecrate every resource to] 10 winning of the war. To-day there! no North and no South; we are 11 Americans. "To-day, we are asked to save a >af of bread each week. If every imily were to save a loaf a week, it ould mean 3,000,000 loaves of read. If brewers were to close down leir plants, it would mean 6,000,000 iaves of bread per day. There is no j se in making the war safe for dem- I •racy if we allow it to degenerate." : he perils of army life were shov.-n the speaker, and in eloquent lan lage he painted a picture of the ildier and his temptations. "I'm not afraid of Germany," Cap in Hobson continued, "but I am raid of the apathy and indifference ' our people." He urged that every i an, woman and child join the Red ross Society and wear the little jtton as an emblem of peace. "The greatest problem of all ages to take the millstone of degencr |y from the neck of humanity, nierica must be sober to win the ar. The destiny of the world hinges l whether we make the world sober • not." The captain showed that the ermans were behind the brewers, 'he brewers have the kaiser's full essing," he shouted. Following the address, Dr. Silas Swallow offered a resolution to e President, asking a "bone dry" ition. The resolution was passed lanimously by the audience of more an a thousand people. ound Sterling Retained as British Monetary Basis l<ondon, Dec. 21.—Retention of the J und sterling as the monetary unit , nl its division into 1,000 parts or 1 ills lias been agreed upon hy the stltute of bankers, the Association chambers of Commerce and the Timal Association. This would per it the retention of the existing gold d silver coins down to and includ- K the six-penny piece, without any teration in their respective values. >r example, the sixpence is repre nted exactly by twenty-five mills. In regard to coins of lower denom ation, it was unanimously agreed at they shall consist of.l, 2. 3, 4, and 10-inll! pieces, of which the ter two would be of nickel. SNAKE I'SFS FALSK TEETH L.udlo, Cal., Dec. 21.—While Cyn ia Stone, spinster, was hauling a 1 icket of water out of her deep well r false teeth fell in. 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You use it for 10 days without the slightest 3 Our liberal easy payment plan gives you the privilege of owning and using a Eureka and obligation to buy. 3 BeSure'and Try The Eureka F, rs t FRIDAY EVENING, U. S. FINANCIAL SUPREMACY TO BE PERMANENT America's Ascendancy to a Proud Place in the Money World Should Continue , Washington, Dec. 21.—America's ascendancy to financial supremacy in the world in the brief space of three years gives every promise of con tinuing after peace comes, according to the annual report of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. "It is probable that the demand by European countries," the report says, "especially Russia, France and Bel gium, for building material, machin ery, rail-way equipment and other construction and reconstruction ma terial will bo larger than during the war. Much of our new business in South and Central America, Australia and th'e Far East, as well as In Af rica, is expected to be permanent, especially in view of our increased purchases of raw materials and food stuffs from these countries." Since 1914 the flow of gold has been steadily toward the United States in payment for this country's goods, until one-third of the world's visible supply of gold is held here. Net imports of gold have amounted in three years to $1,115,000,000, and in addition millions of dollars worth of American securities held abroad have been returned here in exchange for merchandise. Millions also have been invested in foreign securities and government loans and the United States has made loans to the allied governments amounting to $2,250,000,- 000 to the close of the llscal year 1917. "Three years ago the suggestion that the l*nited States would soon l>e a creditor nation received scant respect either here or abroad," the report says. "Now speculation Is turning on our future rank among creditor nations." Cirentrat Year The fiscal year 1917 was the na- , tion's greatest year in foreign trade, j due almost entirely to higher prices' and not to larger quantities. "That higher prices are not con- j fined to the United States, but are general throughout the world is proved by the general increases In the prices of imported articles," says the report. Exports in 1917 were valued at the ; unprecedented sum of $6,294.000,0001 and imports were $2,060,000,000. The ; exports showed an interesting feature j in the growth of sales of completed ! manufactures, $2,944,000,000. The ; tendency to increase imports of raw materials and decrease purchases of ] finished manufactures made a strik- i ing contrast on tha other side of the ledger. "There has been a pronounced ten-j dency." says the report, "to buy di- ; rect from the original source of sup- 1 ply Instead of through middlemen as heretofore." Mo*t Kxports to Kurnpc Most of the exports went to Eu- j rope, consisting in the main of anny | supplies and foodstuffs, but tremen- i dous increases were made in com- j merce with Latin America, the Far; East and remote parts of the world ' which formerly were customers of j European countries. It is this new trade which the bureau is organizing i to aid American manufacturers to ' retain after the war. and which Bur- j well S. Cutler, chief of the ureau. I says can be done despite the United States becoming a belligerent, add ing: "It Is certainly expected that our trade with South America, the Far East, South Africa and with Aus tralia will not be too seriously inter fered with and that we may reap in : the future the benefits of having I cultivated these markets so assidu- | ously and intelligently during the past few years." Exports to North American coun- j tries increased from $f>29,000,000 in 1914 to $1,164,000,000 in 1917, a gain! of 120 per cent. Shipments to South America more than doubled, rising ! from $125,000,000 to 200,000,00. Ex- ports to Asia increased more than threefold, from $113,000,000 to 380,- 000,000. Sales to Oceania rose from $84,000,000 to $111,000,000, and to Af rica from $28,000,000 to $53,000,000. An interesting fact recorded in the Cuticura Soap For the Hands report is that war lias not stimulat ed exports of raw materials, which are needed at homo and which it ia difficult to ship owing to the war, although exports of cotton showed a recovery to $543,000,000 after the de pression in the market during- the first two years of the war. Kllrope Second I'lnce For the first time in the history of the United States, Europe took second place In selling goods to the United States. Imports of $766,000,- 000 from North America during the fiscal year 1917 were greater by $156,- 000,000 than the imports from Eu rope. The Increase in purchases ! 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This ■& , w ' ■!\ r i , j~, _ handsome chair is covered with ex | oha^\nd\h^o^^ C Assorted CoSttimeS at EXTRA SPECIAL tapestry. grad ° VerdUre pattern .M( Wide seat wide roll arms. I \ Both For SA 89c jMj re Qpeii Evenings Till lIARRISBURG TELEGRAPH from North American countries was due largely to the greater value of sugar' purchased from Cuba Imports from South America showed a gain of 100 per cent, over 1914. In order to retain the advantages gained by aggressive business meth ods and honest dealings, the bureau is engaged in efforts to furnish relia ble data on all commercial subjects and also to aid American commercial activity in every foreign Held. The corps of special agents employed to investigate specialized lines in vari ous countries lias been doubled and now numbers twenty-six. Their ac tivities have extended into South Af- Rica, Now Zealand, Australia and Oriental countries. Much informatfbn has been gathered and assorted by the bureau for the benefit of Ameri can manufacturers. A separate di vision for handling Far Eastern af fairs has been organized, to promote commerce with nations there as the Latin American division has stimu lated trade with American ropublics. Manchuria Situation Is Reported Grave Toklo, Dec. 21.— Reports reaching Toklo describe the situation existing in Harbin, Manchuria, as grave. Dur ing the past three months there have been 237 murders, mostly in connec tion with robberies, and crime of every description occurs daily. Many of the ruffians are dressed in the uniforms of soldiers as -a disguise and yet the army looks upon the matter with indifference. Inhabitants of the city do not dare to go out of doors after sunset. As the police are put equal to their task and as the con ditions are expected to grow worse with the Increase of cold, foreign res idents are planning to organize a private police from theeir own num DECEMBER 21, 1917. her. The Japanese consular authori ties have protested to the Russian authorities, but with no effect. City Eats 10,000 Lbs. of Horseflesh Weekly New York City is now consuming 10,000 pounds of horseflesh a week, and thriving on It, according to a statement made yesterday by W. Horace Hosklns. He is dean of the New York University State Veterin ary College, Twenty-sixth street and First avenue. Dean Hoskins states five butcher ohops In the metropolitan dlstrlc havo been doing a big business IT horse meat. One deals In nothln; else. The meat Is sold under gov ernment Inspection at fifteen cents f pound. Safety Razors —AT— GORGAS 10 N". Third St. Pcnna. Station 17
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