The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 4, 1917, Page 3

JTBUBADAY OCT. 4, 1917. BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE ORTH DAKOTA _WANUFACTURERS SHOWING GAIN Total Value of $21.14 $21,147,431 Report- ed for State-in 1914 Census Estimates ¢ The mineral products of North Da- kota’in 1914, according to the annual report of the United States geological \ survey, quoted in a census of North Dakota manufacturers for 1914, recent- ly issued ‘by the department of com- q merce, were Valued at $1,063,540, the principal product ‘being lignite. In 1914 the value of all North Dakota ] manufactures was $21,147.431; the av- ; erage number of wage earners employ- 7 ed in the state’s industries was 3,275, and the value added by manufacture was $6,663,116. The state in 1914 ranked 46th in value of products; 48th in average number of wage earners and 47th in value added by manutac- ture. In each of the last three cen- ucts in North Dakota- represented but one-tenth of one per cent of the total for the United States. labor, of minors under 16, is reported, and in both classes the percentage employed shows.a decrease. BOOST FOREIGN TRADE Uncle Sam’s Special Agents Have ‘Made Suscess'in Work. Great Progress Made in Recent Years in’ Connection With Efforts of Bureau of Commerce. Great progress has been made dur- " Ing’ the pust two or three years in con: nection with the special invéstigations that are carried on by agents of the bureau of foreign and domestic com- merce in foreign countries. A special investigation now involves a program of action of which the agent’s report is merely the most important feature in- stead of béing, as often heretofore, the sole object to be achieved. This pro- ‘ gram covers, first, the widest publicity possibl& for the proposed work among the interests for whose benefit it is be- ing done. Officials of the bureau have found it to be almost'as important to prepare the ground for the reception of thé in- formation as it is to obtain the infor- mation itself, and to do this it is neces- sary to arouse the interest of the in- © foreign trade and in the special work of the bureau. The second feature of the program, the; careful selection of ;, ithe man to undertake the work, is of manifest importance, Té is the Opinion of the officials that the value of the whole undertaking ‘rests In the confidence: that the ‘trade has: inthe judgment of the investi- gator, and it is essential to have a man of expericnce and reputation, whose recommendation will carry weight, spite of a certain amount of cynicism among some business men as to the value of governmental work, it is nev- ertheless true that. with.a large part of the business public an official goyern- ment representative is assumed to bd a man who can speak-.with authority on the subject. The fourth feature of the program is the dissemination of the informa- j tion received to just as wide a public oy ae i i as can be reached, not ‘only through > ih . the printed reports, but alsé*#rough * personal conferences of returned | agents. with manufacturers. When an investigation is decided up- on the trade associations, trade papers and important firms connected with the:industry concerned are circularized and their co-operiition solicited either in finding the best man for the work or in offering suggestions as to making It of the most practical value, or both. Both before and after the agent goes to the foreign country which he; visits he makes a tour of the United! States, touching those chief centers of; manufacture of his line, and discu: in personal conferences with pros tive exporters, the markets that ee ee explore or has explored. In this Way | the. knowledge of conditions that he has obtained abroad is utilized to ee fullest extent. HAG NETS WILE EAST OF YPRES: (Continued from Page One.) tle of the Somme, which was followed . by the memorable Hindenburg !'stra- getic retreat.” i This time, however, which would have to be, adandoned | would be a far more serious loss to the Germans, for the German-held Bel- gian coast line, with its submarine and { aeroplane bases is at stake, together with the great French manufacturing city of Lille. Today's attack followed sharply a long, despairing and vain effort of the + Germans to stave it off. Crown Prince Rupprecht struck at wre re LOL EEL ERE, EL LATE MODEL Dodge Bros. Touring Car, Standard eauipment. perfect ime- chanical condition: used ‘short time as demonstrator . . $775.00 Missouri Valley Motor Co. ith at Main St. Sa eg an a TER * oftici ratte LAE ITEOLEEESOOL A RCI, suses the value of manufactured prod-} Very little fe-i male labor and ‘practically no, child! dustry, affected both in the subject of | In! «| izations, the ground; Telephone 234} ‘the British line yesterday at its most Vital point, but his troops again were! mowed down. The French fighting front has been comparatively calm, except ‘for in- tense artillery activity northeast of Verdun. MARKETING COSTS | Uncle. Sam’s Experts Seek to | Eliminate Losses in’ Hane dling Farm Products. \ TERMINALS 100 NUMEROUS Investigators Propose Remedies for Ful Which. Directly Affect the ¢Prices Received by\the Farmers. The farmer has a direct interest in the efficiency of the marketing or ization in cities, according to officials of Uncle Sam’s department of agricul- | ture, since lack of efficiency may be} reflected in the poor prices he receives for his products, | Sooner or later, it, is argued, the | great majority of*the perishable prod- | ucts raised on'the farm for sale finds its way to the cities for distribution, and, whether it passes from the owner- | ship of the farmer before or after reaching such. centers,,the s: are | usually based on city quoted pr’ Many farm products, especially per- ishables, are consigned to city comm | sion merchants to_be sold for wh t| they w illbring, the prices received in| such cases being directly dependent on | their city market value. Prices based | on these values are paid also when |} such products are sold by the producer | directly to wholesalers or jobbers aft- | er shipment to city trading centers. | Even the products which the farmer sells at the nearest railroad station | are bought Targely for consumption in | cities and so are paid for, in most ! eases, at prices which are dependent | on those prevailing in city markets, | Study Distribution System. The office of markets and rural or- | ganization of the department has taken up as one of ‘its important studigs city | marketing and distribution, Through | this project the aim of the office has | been to study marketing conditions in yarious cities; to determine as: accu- | rately as possible the sow of, loss | and iwaste in city marketing and the | methods by which such losses and | Wastes! may. be“ellminated ; to develop | generab plans. for efficient. marketing. | factlities of various kinds for cities, | and to aid by specific suggestions such. cities as “may seek as nee in im= proving their marketing conditions. The gencral fault, {thas been found, H fs the existence of numerous terminals | | soparated-from each~other and: from the wholesale district. In some cases. tit was found that there are many as a score of separate termi isting ina city. Shipments fe dcalermay arrive at a number of these | terminals on the, same day, nece \ ing much more .¢ostly cartage or the | femployment of many, .more salesmen | tham would be necessary. if but a single ! /terminal for perishables existed, and | ly the wholesale dealer has b ure lo j I eated conveniently to it. Eve | handling, every squa ageeand every additional sala |{ncreases the labor cost of 1 which must come out of the margin be- | tween the producer's selling price and {the consumer's buying price. Separate Terminal Proposed. The aggregate losses and additions to marketing costs, due ,to inefficient terminal facilities, are so great in the average large city that market spetial- ists believe it would be a feasible plan | in many, instances fer the communities to promote and finance a separate ter- minal for perishables which would be connected with all railroads, The studies that have been made | !of the various kinds of market institu- | tigns have en nabled the office of mar-! kets and ru al organizations to offer | jan dviso ice to truck ; ‘Ince dealers’ orgun- which-has proved very help- | ful. BIG INCREASE IN IN KEW G9LD i | uncle Sam Adds ds $98,691,000 Worth of | Yellow Metal to His Total Wealth in One Year. | Uncle Sam added new gold to hiv j total wealth during 1915 to the amount | of $98, §91,000, which is almost a rec- ord, and a gain of $4,395,300 over ao If we add to this the gold ore mined, but not smelted yet, the total passes $100.000,000—every penny of it new} | wealth. {8 the joint report of geolézical | | survey and the bureau cf | “An inerease in the yield is! indicated by the mine returns from every gold-mining state, and a decr: ise is reported from Wash- ington, while the output of Idaho re- | mains the same. “The preliminary estimates indicate jsilver, valued at $34,417,656. Although next to the record output of 1914 in | quantity, the value, based on the low | average price of 51 cents per fine ounce | for 1915—the lowest in the history of | lthe indd&fry—was considerably below | ithe values for 1914 and many previous | | years, when production was smaller | but prices ruled higher. H “Increases in the mine production | Jof silver were especially notnrble in| | Montana, Utah and Arizona, | and were | eonsigerable in Idaha, aska, New Mexico a were reported from Coloradé and from | Nevada following similar decreases in | 1914." | produetion of garden | an output of 67,485,600 fine ounces of | } i | GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ON BIG SCALE TASK(OF MAINTAINING FOOD SUPPLY, $11,346,400 to Be Spent in Stimutating Production and Protece tion and Conserving of Crops—Farm Help Activities to Be Extended—Marketing Assistance to Be Ex- tended to the Producers, ‘hington.—The task of maintain- ing during the war an ample supply of food will be attacked on a still larger scale by the United States de- partment of agriculture through @ score or inore of projects, under the provis of the food production bill just enacted by congress, : While most of the profects will be extensions of present activities, some of them will represent new undertak- ings. The task will be to find just where the country stands in so far as the adequacy of the present food supply is concerned, to speed up the production of food crops wherever this can be done, and to stop as many as | possible of the leeks through which hundreds of millions of doll; worth of edible products annually is wasted. Eleven million three hundred and for- ty-six thousand four hundred dollars are made available for the work in the food production bill, This money is for emergency use in addition to the funds appropriated in the regular ag- riecultural appropriation bill for the usual activities of the department. The Dill also is distinct from the food con- trol bill, a measure having to do chiet- ly with the regulation of the distribu- tion of food, To Increase County Agent Force. One of the most important steps to taken in the emergenc agricultural Lon of the ex: Bty I feta te yees ee ‘the sae nee the states, who come into most Cirect contact with farmers, With the addi- tion of the new county ager agent. will be Situated in pr every agricultural county in the Unit ed States that will co-oper: and t farmers in every ble on matters of production, co: vation and marketing. The number of woman county agents in rural coun- ties will be considerably increased and other woman agents will be placed in | a number of the larger towns and cit- Lies, These women will s ate the truck, poultry and other products by women and chil- j-dren, and will advise and instruet in regard ta the most efficient methods of food utilization and conservation, + Labor and Food Problems. Under the food production bill the office ‘of farm management of the de- pa .in~ co-operation with the United States department of labor, will extendthe , tgrmy help activities through which farm laborers and the far who most need them haye been brought together @uring the pres-.|:-«, ent senson, The third of the more important: of the emergency projects to. be, carried j out by the department. of agriculture is a quick survey of the food situation, This activiiy wil be for the purpos of ble the condition of the couniry’s food ONLY FEMALE ARMY SURGEON |- Doctor Markland is the only female British army. Doctor sual miss, and nection which she holds has been won by her great skill as a sur- geon. She holds a reputation in her pri- vite practice which makes her one of the foremost women surgeons in the | worl. rkland will render service ‘obably in one of the hespitals nd the ¢ lines in France. won the commencation of many sians in Great Britain, and when ices to the army, as accepted after some delibera- as to whet a woman doctor ) Panis: little question, but that 1d will prove that wom- the field «an Se of con- tion coul! serve in the There Doctor en doct | Siderable service, and soon many more of her sex will be seen in the ranks. She | stores and the normal consumption In order that such action as may be nee- essary to insure a suflicient ‘supply may be-taken intelligently. Farm stocks and supplies in retail stores and in the hands of corsumers will be es timated, and stocks held by wholesal jobbing, storing, manufacturing 2 other commercial establishments will be enumerated, Tt is contemplated that the survey will be followed by monthly reports on several of the more important commodities, and if the emergency requires it, by another sur: vey after an interval of perhaps six months. Production Will Be Stimulated. In addition to the activities under the three projects mentioned, special work will be undertaken by many of the bureaus oftices of the depart ment of agriculture in the interest of inereased production and for the con servation, protection and improve handling and rurketing of crops live stock, The bureau of animal dustry will seek to bring about in ereased production of hogs and poul try, the two live stock products capa ble of most rapid increase, ‘Th agents of this bureau also will locate surpluses of hogs in heavy producin: areas and farmers in other sections 0! the country with good facilities for heg raising, in the effort to bring about more economical distribution of hogs. Efferts also will be made ‘indi: rectly to inerease animal production by combating animal diseasgs anc pests, especially hog chol tubercu- cattle tick, which cause ting millions of dollars annually, ‘The bureau also will en: deavor to stimulate the increased pro~ duction and utilization of dairy food; and will carry on a campaign for the more gencral production of infertile eggs. »The bureau of entomology will ex: tend its tivilies in the field to pro- tect crops and live stock. Tt will as sist in organizing commuffities for com hating insect pests, both of crops anc live stock. { Marketing Assistance. i i ' Producers will he given advice b; the ‘burean of rogaviing {ny proved methods rd ang: hati ling, food, pro:tue The ‘bureau als« will extend its Of news service te include ¢ nd Seedgzedairs 4 » and to, cover vegotables and frudlés afd! ane wit as losis, and the losses aggres: f of food prot neti” jniteniler to:kelp in the-cimination of ‘the’ Tost motion economic wasté “existing” in the keting machinity @ bureau als i ‘ely produi dd consumers to, form, di- rect hu PSS relations through, , fhe pareel pe: With fie extra funds furnished by the bull the burcan of plant’ industry war agairist © plant aise ‘hich annu ally bring shout the loss of considera: | ble propertions of the crops of the Feountry, The bureau also will seek nhout inereased conserv: of food luets by encouraging natuy- Lal stora and drying of the products | best suited to these methods of preser- vation. Farm Products and Animals. Under the food production bill the | department's work for the conser | tlon of farm products, including live will he greatly extended, The states’ relation service will add to its | staff many ccunty and city agents, whe will give instructions and demons' | tions to all parts of the country in ing and the preparation of rodnets in other forms which protect. them against spoilage. The bureau of markets will seck fo re- duce losses due to faulty handling. packing, shipping and marketing. The bureau of plant industry will endeay-: or to arouse interest in the natural stornge during the fall and winter semiperishahle products, Forees ing for the conservation of live stack and animal products will be put into operation by the bureau of animal industry, This work will In- clude, already mentioned, paign for the reduction of Ics live stock from animal disease of eggs tirough faulty hand from failure to produce infertife egzs and movements to assist in the more economical distribution of hogs. Tr the latter work ficld agents of the bu reau of animal industry will bring to a- iH of inonths gether owners of surplus hogs anc farmers having facilities for raising more he This should result in the distribution of the surplus stock from regions of heavy animal preduction and expensive feed to parts of the country where a industry is not well develo and where pastr and feed are relatively abundant cheap, The bill also makes p for the extension of other lines of the} work of the department. | Berries Keep 21 Years. i Mon. icello, 5 farmer's wife living ne recently opened 2 ean of that had been put up 21 3 1 found them ia perfect condition. TO INSTALL GATES rge decreases | Railway Commissicn Notified | Crossing Is to Be Protetted The railway “col H sion today was |a he: advised by the Northern Pa-'urday in Bismarck, ay that gates are to be in-| s soon as possidle .at the} treet crossing in, Bismarck, Robert Johnston, a well known | h county young farmer, recent. | pis death. The rail board sas} on this matter set for Sat cific rails stalled Third | wner Burle’ ly met ras made i j form during his visit to the East as} »| bald.” | ed States more than one hundred years | |} are in reality one of the most nutri- PERUVIAN AGENT IGNORED ORDER dima, Peru, Oct. 4.—The Peruvian government has discovered Peruvian minister to Germany di: obeyed the instructions sent to him September 26 to present to the Ger- man foreign office an ultimatum de- manding under the threat of breaking diplomatic tions that isfaction Oe given within eight d: for the sinking of the Peruvian Lorton. He did not deliver the note. The min- ister: has been ordered to make the presentation immediately. eo CITY NEWS From Almont—Mrs. P. Almont was a Bismarck v: D. Pfaff of | ‘itor today. From Washburn—Mr. and Mrs. 0. Conradi were down from Washburn today. ‘ Kintyre Visitor—-Clyde Wurm of} Kintyre was in Bismarck on a Dusi-| ness mission today. From Van Hook-—F.-L. Packineau, well known Van Hook citizen, was a Bisma visitor today. Underwood © Folk. t Kjelstrup, L. G A. W. Stewart were among the Under- wood people in Bismarck today. and Mr: Stewart and D: New Physician Here—Dr. H. 0. Ruud has arrived in the city from Mi nesota and will be connected with the firm of Drs. Roan, Fisher and Strauss. Dr. Ruud comes to. the capital highly recommended and will be al valued addition to this firm. Grant Youmans in Town—Grant'S. Youmans of Minot was in the city to-} day conferring with members of the state banking board relative to one of Youmans’ new banking enterprises, approval of which is pending with the Qoard. Senator Thorwald Mostad, Eman Muus and Theodore Thompson of Minot also were visit at the capitol today. To District Court—Mr. and Mrs. El; mer Shaw picked up in a local room- ing house on a charge of receiving | stolen goods, have been bound over to district court on a charge of sodomy preferred on the strength of evidence discovered upon searching the trunks found in their rooms. They also will have to answer to a charge of receiv- ing stolen goods, Funeral for Mrs. Harrington.—lun- eral services for the | Harrington formerly of Jamestown, | onfucted) this morning at 8:30) in St Mrs, Harrington j he he me of her snaps of Sixth * offeyings'' were many ‘and beautiful and méiny frie ot the family gathered at Yhe ‘church ho tpay their last respetrs. ese hetei’y. ’s cel Returns from Funeral—tc mittivon ‘6f the state trea: ager returned yesterday from: ®e [whither he wa: nuigneg to attend | youngast brothe the funeral of hi Olaf, f 4) n Alberta Olaf t of pload | the | mily,, had ‘Swennw : ‘member of the heen” “gry si sful. in, Adberta, and | was planning soon as he had gath- pred this ARH st to sell gut and .go ,to, California, having realiged enoygh from, three. bumper fee enable him to retire. In some! ranner. he contracted blood poisoning, and his death followed within a week. Philadelphia Had First Magazine. The city that gave birthd@o the mag- azine is not the city from which now come the greater numbcr of our} standard and popular periodicals, Phil- adelphia, not New York, was the first | literary center of the New World; for although Boston produced the first newspaper, in the fourth year of the eighteenth century, Penn’s city was} next, and in the magazine field it wag first. Oasis Made to Order. In the desert stretch between E.| Centro and Yuma, down in the south- east corner of California, engineers | made a new oasis the other day. They just bored a hole in the ground, and up came the revivifying waters, Then a few date seeds were dropped into the soil, and a few vegetables plantedg| and they will have an casis made to order. Discovered “Arabian Nights.” The “Arabian Nights’ stories were; translated into English from t! | bie by Antonie Galland, a French | savant, and traveler, who died in 17 He obtained them in their origi al | an attache of the French embassy 2! | Constantinople. Would Make Daddy Sorry. Richa s proud of his nev quired pe One while standing in ‘front bf the glass admir- ing it, he suddenly turned to his moth- erand said: “Say, mamme, when dad comes home and sees my pompadour, won't he be sorry he had his hair cut ly ac Soy Beans as Food. Soy beans, introduced into the Unit- ago primarily for use as a forage crop, | tious of the bean family when used as { human food, according to specialists of | the department of a: New Noises. Some of the new automobile horns make a noise so different from any- fhing ever heard by the present gen- ion that one is tempted to believe | the inventor has ac lly hit on that the/S Tai eR MATRA ann prd-cgthedral by | Military touch- es in. Suits ‘and Overcoats are the big idea; belts all around —pouch pockets with flaps, patch pockets, accented . waist- lines, These are just a few of the newest fea- tures. $15. $20. $25. $30. $35. Expert Dry Cleaning, Hand Pressing and Repairing OT §. E. BERGESON & SON UNION STORE—Closed Evenings except Saturday. WITHIN THE LAW—Closed: Sundays, NUAOUUOOUOUOREGO VERS Sous quaNE FREDA’ TO HAVE’ STATION Milwaukee Line Submits Plans for Attractive Depot ize an ancient am- y near future. Thé Milwaukee line today sumbitted to the North Dakota railway commis- sien plans for a handsome new station building of an attractive bungalow pe which is to be erected at Freda soon as materials can be supplied, pplying a long-felt and oft-expressed ant. Freda is to re bition in the ve GOES TO MEDINA Rate Expert, ~ ithe to Attend} _ Bearing on ’Phone Service , Rate Expert i, i “ite leay evening for, Medina, where he. will tha railway commission. today in a hearing: on petit for improved, tele- ice and in connec ction with sing over une ot , Tha, secretary of state, today: issued | a charter, to, the, Laidjow, Investment, Co,.of£,Longdon, capitalized, at $100,000 and ty orporated by W. 4. Laidlow of St.. Paul, W. J. Laidlow of Hannah and,C. S. Laidlow of Clyde. ; Amew church for the Fargo. diocese of: the: Assumption church of Dickey, incorporated: by Bishop James O’Reil- ley and Vicar General James Baker of Fargo and James Casey of Dickey, the pastor. ¢ BURLINGTON READY TO CO-OPERATE TO REDUCE COST OF, WESTERN COAL W. A. Halley, traffic manager of the Burlington system, advises the railway commission that his company is thor- oughly in sympathy with the efforts of the rail board to obtain better through rates for Wyoming coal to Soo Line and Great Northern points in North Dakota, and it the Burling- }ton will gladly meet cognecting lines halt. The ri in. estadlishing such rates. lway commission, now has the °' matter up with Traffic Director: Lov- jett and Fuel Adminis: ‘gtor Garfield. pee aaa “aS I$ BOUND OV Minn., Oct. arged with jetfield, Great , ata prelim- He will be unty jury for the district | derson, the, murder.of, Northornstation aperat inary held, here toda: bound gver, to the, Clay the December, term court. Minnig, oss, {hie girl expects tp,be, (he star witness against Anderson, testified, this §fternoon that Andergon..told her,,on Zhe afternoor. following the murder tht “it was too bad -he. had to, kill the Nd fool.” 504 Broadway ser MENS PRANKS AND. 72zar vetoes NGHTSDWNS = ome IN OUTING FLANNEL Golden Rule, Inc. Bismarck, N. D. FIRST TIME | N BISMARCK A GREAT NEW PLAY Founded on a Great Old ‘One Potash and An absolutely IT’S ONE CONTINUOUS LAU! PRICES: 50c 1.00 - 1.50 - 2.00 MAIL ORDERS NOW the bark of the ichthyosaurus—Al bany Argus. ee of Abe Potash and Mawruss Glass and Roi Cooper McGzue. A SPECIALLY SELECTED CAST A. H. WOODS. Presents Perlmutter In SOCIETY new and original story of recent adventures Perlmutter by Montague GH FROM START TO FINISH