4
PAN SHORT
■ ON IRON ORE
Known Deposits Would
B Last U. S. Plants Only
H| a Year
Baron K. Nakashlma In the Trans
|jj|> Pacific Magazine.]
188 Not many decades ago the ruling
of Japan addressed thern-
to the formidable task of ap-
Western material civiliz-
which in a sense has been
upon iron and steel. The
was approached almost empty-
with practically nothing in
way of science, traditions, me-
equipment or industrial ex-
and with but slender re-
of any sort. Barriers of
and means made acquisi-
of the necessary learning very
There was little experi-
in the use of metals for con-
and manufactures, wood
the standard material of the
Houses and even boats were
together without nails or metals
any sort.
| I In spite of this most meager back-
Bround from which to make a be-
it should be said that from
even mythological, times
has been metal and iron work- I
of a sort in Japan. But this was
to the sword-making and to
of art, under the patronage
the feudal lords. Encased in the
secrecy of the guilds, I
knowledge and practice of metal
was never widespread.
(jM In the latter half of the Nine- I
Century, with the gradual in- j
into Japan of ideas from
came the first positive at-
to establish the iron indus-
along modern lines. Between
and 1883, the Government ac-I
and operated the old Ka-
iron mine, but gave up the
after having lost one niil-
dollars. Subsequently, in pri- i
hands, this mine has become
most important private one in
The need of iron and steel
connection with the Chino-Jap-
War in 1894-95 led to another
iron and steel works
began actual operations in
Up to this timo private en- \
also stimulated by the war j
China, had been making some i
but the end of the century I
the total output of steel on -
decline and standing below one (
tons per year, while im
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End of Month Sale
Tomorrow, Friday
As usual our End of Month Sale will mean large savings
to you and it will more than pay you to attend this one as
every garment advertised is seasonable and desirable and all
this season's styles—no old and undesirable garments, but
once a month we go through our stock and all broken lots,
etc., at cost and less than cost. Every woman
that has attended our formtr End of Month Sale will be sure
to be here and enjoy these wonderful bargains.
25 Dresses in Serge, Satin,
Georgette
Worth up to $35.00. End of Month
Sale at *••••••••••••••••••••••••. '
20 New Fall Coats
Worth $30.00. End of Month Sale £J Q 50
These Coats are Brown, Burgundy and Navy; sizes up
to 42.
15 New Fall Skirts
In VELOUR PLAIDS and CHECKS; regular
price $17.50 and $20.00. End of 0J O CFK
Month Sale at 014.D1/
15 Fall Suits
Worth up to $50.00. End of Month OOQ *7CZ
Sale at 4>6ZJ.f D
50 Cotton Waists
Regular prices $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 some
slightly soiled, but most of them perfect. 0 1 /l/l
End of Month Sale at U
"Harrisburg's Dependable Store"
Metric Shirts—
Men who really appreciate good shirts,
come to our store by the hundreds for
$2.50 to sls tJW?*
WM. STROUSE & CO. w
THURSDAY EVENING,
Mechanicsburg to Decide
Big Park as Memorial
,aafc, v
A memorial park to commemorate |
the deeds of valor of her sons who,
answered the call to arms during j
the great World War, will be Me
chanicsburg's gift to her soldier boys.'
By public spbscription, residents
of the Cumberland county borough
have raised enough funds to make
the park possible and with the aid
given them by the Bureau of Munici
palities of the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Internal Affairs, actual i
work on the park will be a matter
for the very near future.
Plans for the park were drawn
by Karl B. Lohmann, city planner
of the Bureau of Municipalities with
the approval of Secretary of Internal
ports totalled more than one-fourth
million tons annually.
War a Great Stimulus
Although the original plan of the
government works had called for an
annual steel output of ninety thou
sand tons, the entire production of
the country did not once equal this
amount until 1907. Nevertheless,
the effect of the government's op
erations, which effectively began in
May, 1901, and the stimulus of the
Russo-Japanese war may be noted
in the rapid and steady increase for
the next five years. From 1901 to
the end of 1905, the total yearly
output increased forty fold and
thereafter about tripled every five
| Affairs James !•'. Woodward and J.
Herman Knisely, chief of the Bureau
iof Municipalities. As drawn, the
j plans were adopted by the committee
I in charge of the borough's Memorial
| Park and a lively campaign to secure
I funds still necessary will be next in
order.
In the accompanying etching the
park plan as submitted by Mr. Loli
mann is shown. The plot, which
covers 25 acres, is bounded on the
south by the Cumberland Valley
i Railroad, on the east by Washing
ton street, and on the north by farm
land. In shape, the plot is tri
angular.
The plan of the Bureau of Mu
nicipalities provides for an entrance
to the park in Washington street and
years. In 1900 less than one per
cent, of the demand of the country
for steel was satisfied by domestic
production. In 1902 about 15 per
cent, was produced at home; by
1911 this had risen to 30 per cent,
and in 1913 to 33 per cent. At the
beginning of the war. home produc
tion just equaled imports.
Private contributions to the pro
gress before the war were not im
portantv Only three noteworthy
concerns existed the Kamaishl
mine, at one time under the control
of the government; the Senninzan
and Wanishi mines. These followed
along the lines which government
enterprise had pioneered, initiating
very little and barely being able to
make both ends meet.
The advent of the war made clear
as never before the prime import
ance of iron and steel, and at the
same time gave extraordinary stim
ulus to private enterprise in the
form of enormous profits. The
former of these facts made a pecu
liar appeal to the government,
which exerted strenuous efforts to
increase the country's producing ca
pacity. In 1917 a law was passed
for the encouragement of the iron
and steel industry. The new legis
lation provided that companies pro
ducing more than 35,000 tons of
steel annually should have special
privileges for acquiring land for steel
mills; the free importation of raw
materials, tools and machinery; ex
emption from taxes and other at
tractive privileges. Private enter
prise wlls quick to respond. Prac
tically all of the firms extended
their operations and new companies
were promoted by the score. In
March, this year, the total capital
invested in new concerns was esti
mated to be about 165 million dol
lars, exclusive of investments by the
government in its enterprise. The
government on its own account also
planned very considerable extensions
of which a part are already com
pleted.
Had to Train Workers
The products of the government
steel works in the past have been
devoted largely to government pur
poses, supplying in particular the
Navy Department. Recently, how
ever, some of its products have been
disposed of to the public, chiefly for
shipbuilding, which industry is be
ing assisted by the government.
At the outset the government
works had very few skilled work
men, and every step it took was
threatened with failure; more than
once the project was c'w the point
of being abandoned. There did not
exist a body of mechanics from
whom recruits could be drawn. It
was necessary to train the men, or
it would be more correct to say that
the men had to train themselves as
best they could. Even more diffi
cult than the problem of mere skill
was that of developing pride of me
chanical achievement The govern
ment works now employ about fif
teen thousand workers showing a
high degree of efficiency.
About three hundred thousand
tons of ore from Tayeh mine in
China, together with fifty thousand
tons of pig iron from the, Hanyang
Iron and Steel Works, also in China,
is shipped each year to the Japanese
government steel works in dis
charge of financial obligations to
the latter. The Tayeh mine on the
Vangtse River belongs to the Han-
Yen-Ping Iron Works, one of the
largest in the Far East, located at
Hanyang, near Hankow. It was
started some years ago as a Chinese
government concern, but as the re
sult of numerous difficulties it fell
into financial dependence on Jap
anese Interests, which have ad
vanced large sums to it, the obliga
tions now standing at about 37V4
million dollars. Large extensions
which are now under way will short
ly make it possible for Japan an
nually to secure one hundred and
thirty thousand tons of pig iron and
one-half million tons of high per
centage ore from this source.
Could Supply 11. S. Only a Year
; Japan's imports average twice as
much iron ore as is produced within
i the country. The reason is that Ja
; pan's deposits are not extensive. Al
i together they are estimated at about
i 4 0 million tons. When it is consid
! ered that the iron industry of the
United States would exhaust Ja-
I pan's total known deposits of ore
i within a single year, it is evident
' that the country must depend more
i and more upon ores from other
sources.
Korea has deposits which have
been estimated •at as high as 250
million tons, although 100 million
tmuusßuno teltokxph
.just hisale space la made available
for a community building should
the borough at some future time de
cide on such a course. In the mean
while, the space could be utilized for
meeting purposes and band concerts.
Near the entrance, too, is located a
playground for small children and
the plans call for swings, slides, wad
ing pool, sand piles and the like.
Near the north side of the plot is
located the football field and run
ning track and just beyond a swim
ming pool is provided for. Near the
western limits of the plot is a base
ball field pictured, a grove, an ob
servatory. croquet and quoit grounds
and lawns. Provision is also made
In a part of the plot for tennis
I courts and other amusements.
tons perhaps literally cover all the
workable deposits.
In addition to these deposits con
trolled by Japan, the country looks
in the future to the extensive de
posits of China and hopes to co
operate in their development. Dr.
H. Foster Bain, assistant director of
the United States Bureau of Mines,
estimates China's available ore de
posits at 700 million tons, of which
<OO million tons are suitable for
modern furnace methods and the
remainder susceptible of treatment
by native methods. Japan is al
ready financially interested in a
number of the Chinese mines. If
China should agree to the joint op
eration of these mines. Japan would
be assured of unlimited supplies of
ores. In any case she will be able
to purchase a portion of the ores and
pig-iron produced in China.
With respect to coal, the second
important raw material for the iron
industry, it may be said that Japan
is fairly well supplied with medium
to good coal. The most extensive,
as well as the best quality deposits,
are in the northern part of Kyushu,
and it is here that most of the iron
and steel works are found Ja
pan has access to Korean and-Man
churian coal also. —Trans-Pacific
Magazine.
Lion Must Have Growled
Later at His Moderation
loiulon The little Island of
Nauru, a tiny speck in the Southern
Pacific, produced one of the most di
verting comedies of the Peace Confer
ence in Paris, and only now are the
British public lot into the secret of this
valuable acquisition. This island had
been In Germany's possession many
years, and a wireless station was erec
ted upon it
Premier Hughes of Australia, de
manded It Premier Massey of New
Zealand, claimed it and British Colonial
Secretary Milner was sent for to settle
the dispute.
To the amazement of the two Pre
miers. Lord Milner declared that they
were not the only parties having rights
in the island. He admitted that an
Australian cruiser destroyed the wire
less station, and also that the island
was much closer to New Zealand than
to Australia, but It had been occupied
by British troops, which gave Great
Britain an unimpeachable claim to
sharing It with the dominions.
After much haggling and quarrelling
the island was equally divided between'
all three.
It is credibly stated that, although
of course each of the three diplomats
very well knew why he coveted this
tiny little place, its value, which was
the true reason, was nevpr mentioned
in the negotiations, each basing his
claim solely on the ground of right.
Nauru is but twelve miles in cir
cumference and only about 8,000 acres
in area, but that whole area is a solid
mass of phosphate rock, the most valu
able fertilizer obtainable.
For its size, Nauru is the most val
uable island in the Pacific Ocean, and
it is not the least acceptable prize of
the many and great ones that England
has obtained through the war.
SERE SILENCER
"Then you never kick about house
hold expenses?"
"Nope."
"How's that?"
"My wife would tell me to run
the house."—Louisville Courier-
Journal.
Heads Congress of
Working Women
. . .
Mrs. Raymond Robins, president
of the National Women's Trade Un
ion League, now meeting in Wash
ington. Deelgatee represent women
worker* of ten foreign countries.
DEFENDS HIRED
CHURCH SINGERS
New York Pastor Says Almost]
All of Them Are Truly
Religious j
Xew York The Rev. Dr. Percy J
Stickney Grant of the Church of the I
Ascension, thinks the position of the j
Rev. Dr. Henry Wilder Foote of the
Harvard Divinity School, in condemn- j
ing the practice of hiring singers for j
church services, indefensible.
Dr. Foote. in an address on "Pub- j
lie Devotions" before the annual gen- ]
eral conference of the Unitarian So- :
cieties in session at Baltimore, con- {
demned the hiring of singers as com- j
parable to the ancient practice of hir- j
Ing mourners for a funeral. His in- i
vective was aimed particularly at "con- j
cert-minded" church quarters,
j "You might as well say the engage
ment of hired preachers, or a hired
sexton is indefensible." says Dr.
Grant. "Of course. I speak from the
point of view of the rector of an Kpis
copal church, who has for nearly twen
i ty-six years employed a rohed chaneel
I choir of men and women, who were paid
for their services. I wish to distinguish
j between a quartet in street clothes
| sitting apart from both clergyman and
congregation, and a surpliced choir.
Yet you do not have to presume that
Friday—The Second Day of The Big
SUIT and COAT SALE
Hundreds of most remarkable garments offered at special liven up a retarded season—
Suits and Coats that would ordinarily cost you from $5.00 to $12.00 more.
The trouble of looking is well repaid in the numerous values found on the many racks through-out
the spacious Cloak floor.
SIX BIG GROUPS ARE LISTED BELOW—COMPARE AND SAVE
WOMEN'S
AND
MISSES'
SUITS
a
Itegular $20.50, $32.50 and
$35.00 values.
Beautiful Poplins. Serges, Sil
vertones ar.d Velour Suits, all
new, fresh from the New York
market and made by one of
the most reputable makers of
the country, suits that comblno
style, quality and fine tailor
ing in colors of navy, copen,
brown, taupe and black; sizes
up to 44; only 69 in this lot to
go at $24.50.
WOMEN'S
AND
MISSES'
COATS
Silvertoncs, Velours, Polo
Cfloth. Broadcltfth and Kersey,
in all the wanted colors„ so
popular this season. These
coats are from higher priced
assortments and are all lined
with guaranteed Venetian lin
ings, various swagger backs,
belted and loose styles with
big warm collars of self ma
terials or of plu3h. A won
derful bargain. All sizes.
• quartets are Irreligious or that they
■ perform the musical part of the service
|in place of the congregation. It is
J more logical to suppose that they are
i leaders of the congregation in singing,
i If they are allowed or thrust into more
| prominence In the service It is the fault :
I of the clergyman who arranges the ser
vice, in churches which have no ritual.
, The singing of hymns is difficult for
| a mixed congregation, without profes
| siouul musical leadership."
j After pointing out the psychological I
•| and historic basis for the prominence j
j and necessity of music in religious ex- ,
ereises, Dr. Grant said:
"Possibly Unltarlanlsm lias drifted a 1
j little apart from the emotional inter- '
ests of life and has placed too sole an j
| emphasis on intellectual processes, and
for this reason may fall to perceive the
| religious value of music, the great un- I
! folder and interpretor of the emotional -1
j and subconscious sides of our nature.
I "The man or woman who sings the
j beautiful church music cannot be en
j tirely out of sympathy or harmony with
I the thoughts and emotions expressed,
j The great composers were great souls.
■ Their music Is the output of exceptional
! persons and requires to interpret it ex
] eeptlonnl Insight and feeling. I have
j found that the great majority of church
j singers are truly religious. The purely
1 mercantile minded church singer is a
! rarity."
i
KGGS
>1 "The hen should live fbrever."
I "Why."
'Her son never sets."—New York
! World.
II Maintaining roads in which
i motor oars sing to'their hubs is how
I' tome towns show their belief irr
[deep plowing, says the" Marshall
: I County News.
150 GOATS"
Pretty models fashioned g| /\
of velours, silvcrtones, Gj)k KG KV&b '"kl I
Polo Cloth and Kerseys, In *r iW ff i|H •trvf
navy, black, copen, rein- ffw ff
deer, elk, pekin, some JZ? ff [Q
with large collars of plush Ar ———•
while others have adjust- W
able collars of self ma- fafca
terials, full backs, belted HKSB eflhi
and flare models; sizes 16
to 46. Extra special.
Women's and Misses'
COATS
$3050
Copies of higher priced Itiodels of Silvertones,
Broadcloth, Silvertip, Suede Cloth, Velours and Duve
tyne, all in the season's best colors, such as French blue,
oxblood, Morocco, nev*brown, reindeer, taupe, navy and
black; huge warm collars of self materials and fine fur,
splendid models for women and misses and in all wanted
sizes.
OCTOBER 30, 1919.
PROMINENT NEW Y SURGEON
TELLS WHY HE BELIEVES IN
NUXATED IRON
SAYS IT IS THE MOST VALUABLE TONIC,
STRENGTH AND BLOOD-BUILDER ANY PHYSI
CIAN CAN PRESCRIBE
"Tne great strain of the
present time should make
the public generally realize
th enecessity of fortifying
the blood and nerve cells
by tneuns of a strengthen
ing upbuilding tonic," says
I>r. Kenneth K. MacAlplne,
a prominent New York sur
geon and medical author
ity. "If people would only
•realize that iron la Just as
indispensable to the blood
as is air to the lungs and
be just as particular about
keeping up a sufficient sup
ply ut all times there
would, in my opinion, be
far less disease resulting
! from anaemic, weakened
I conditions. Kor years It
j was u problem with phy-
I slcians how to administer
i iron in a form that could
, he taken up by the system
and increase the red blood
corpuscles without upset-
ting the stomach, blackening the i
teeth or producing other disorders al
most us serious as the lack of iron |
itself. But the introduction of Ntix
ated Iron has done away with all the
objectionable features of the old 1
MAN U K ACTU It Kits - NOTE: Nuxated Iron, which is recommended above !■
not H secret remedy, but one which Is well known to druggists everywhere,
Unlike the older inorganic products, it is easily assimilated, does not injure
the teeth, make them black nor upset the stomach. The manufacturers guar
antee successful and entirely satisfactory results to every purchaser or they
will refund your money. It is dispensed in this city by J. N. Clark, C. Keller.
G. A. Gorgas and all other druggists.
Dr. KENNETH K.
MoAI.PINE
A Prominent New
York k n r g r on,
Member New York
State Medical So
ciety and Former
Arijutnat Profes
sor. New York Post
Graduate Medical
School and Hospital.
mineral salts of Iron and
gives to every careful,
thinking physician a tried
und valuable prescription
which he can recommend
nearly every day with ben
efit to his weakened and
run down patients."
"Nuxated Iron, bp en
riching the blood and er3
ating new blood eelita
strengthens the nervea. r3
builds the weakened tlfc
sues and helps to instly.
renewed energy into
whole system whether thd
patient be young or o3k
In my opinion. Nuxat3
Iron is the most valuable
tonic, strength and
builder any physician CM
prescribe."
If you are not strong ej
well you owe it to yourself
to make the following tests
See how long you can wop*-
without becoming tlrcfe'
Next take two five-grain tablets of
ordinary Nuxated Iron three times
per day afteg meals for two week*
Then test your strength again Stdl
see how much you have gained.
WOMEN'S
AND
MISSES'
SUITS
Regular $39.50, $42.50, $45
and $49.50 values.
An unusual assortment In
every way, consisting of pop
lins, serges, silvertones, broad
cloths, trlcotines, etc., In
black reindeer, brown, taupe,
navy, copen and other desira
ble colors, all finely fashioned
garments that will appeal to
the most critical woman.
These Suits are mostly in one
and two of a kind lots; sizes
16 to 46.
WOMEN'S
AND
MISSES'
COATS
*34=
A most handsome showing
of fine coats, fashioned of
Broadcloth, Suede Cloth, Ve
lours, Silvertones, Polo Cloth,
Sllvertlp; the colors are
Henna, African brown, suede,
deer, elk, twilight, navy, ox
blood, taupe and black; some
have fur collars, others have
fur fabric and self collars
that wrap around the neck
and are warm and cozy; vari
ous styles and sizes; extra
special.