New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1914, Page 11

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914. The Present European Trouble Has ter as the imported. stock. of alcohol, which is about as low a percentage as any good beer can have. Stopped the Import of High Grade Beer to the United States. CREMO BEER ‘brewed from the best selected material and our absolutely pure Artesian well water. Our beer is brewed according to the same methods as the famous Munich beer, and has the same charac- .should call for it at saloons, or order a dozen or more bottles from the bottler. CREMO BEER . THE CREMO BREWING- COMPANY., INC. NOTICE'! In view of the enormous loss which we suffer annually on our packages, especially the quarter kegs, which are being used as receptacies of so called home made wine, cider, or to preserve cucumbers, or cut in two halves used as flower pots, or being burned up, ete., we are compelled to warn everybody against Below you will find section 1252 of the General Statutes: making such an illegal use of our packages. Section 1252 of the General Statutes reads as follows: “Using or injuring receptacles for sale of malt liquors. it is of good age, as we have between 7,000 and 8,000 barrels or about 250,000 galions in It has about as high a percentage of extract as any imported beer, and contains only about 5 per cent. Lovers of a good and pure beer NEW BRITAIN, CONN. Every person who shall use, traffic in, sell, dispose of, convert, mutil- ate, destroy or detain after demand shall be made by the owner, any butt, hogshead, barrel, half-barrel, cask, half-cask, quarter cask, or keg used in the manfacture and sale of malt liquors, without the permission of the owner or owners thereof, or unless there shall have been a sale in express terms of any such receptacle, exclusive of the malt liquors contained therein, by the lawful owner or owners, shall be fined ten dollars for each and every such receptacle so used, trafficked in, sold, disposed of, converted, mutilated, destroyed, or detained; and for each and every subsequent violation of this section shall be fined twenty-five dollars and imprisoned not more than three months.” SOUTH AMERICA AIT BY CABLE TOLLS Excessive Rates Cited as 0bsac e to Trade Increase. New York, Aug. 27.—Excessive cable tolls to South American busi- ness centers were cited recently by merchants and exporters as one of the obstacles at present to the de- velopment of more extensive trade re- Jations betwen those countries and the United States. Lower cable rates, it was asserted, would bring about more varied and wider communication be- twween busines men of both countries, would increase business and would re- 1t in larger dividends for the cable 'ompanies. . ;The cheapest possible rate to South America is sixty-five cents a word. he rates run as high as $2.49 a word. Accordingly when merchants who are contemplating business in Latin- American countries begin to send cable messages they are astounded ut the charges, while regularly estab- lished export houses admit that their éable tolls in a month amount to thou- €ands of dollars, One man who does business every day with South Amer- fca said he sent a message to Brazil recently that cost him $50. : In some instances those charges nre out of all proportion to distance. For instance, the distance from New York to : Pernambuco, Brazil, by steamer route is 3,696 miles, the rate by cable {8 seventy cents a word, The distance to England is 3,303 miles and the charge per word is twenty-five cents. he rate to Venezuela, which is nearer still by steamer, is $1 a word, Rates to Interior Higher. #The charge to Rio de Janeiro is eighty-five cents a word. When it is necessary to send messages to the in- terior over the government telegraph {ines the rate is greatly increased. The charge to Manaos, whence Col. Roose.- velt first sent news of his discovery of the River of Doubt, is $1.33; to Rio Branco, $2.49. . To Buenos Ayres and other places in7Argentina the cost is sixty-five cents a word. The same rate is -harged to Chile. To Peru the charge s sixty-five cents, but to such places 'ag, Iquitos or Orellana in that coun- tfy the charge is $1.15. In ‘contrast it is interesting to ob- serve that for $1.22 you can cable to many places in China, including Man- churia; to the Straits Settlements for njnety-four cents a word; to the Dutch Bast Indies for $1.10 a word; to vari- lous parts of Belgian Congo for ninety- nine cents and to Corea for $1.33. One reason for the high rates is the fact that the Western Cable com- pany controls all the business on the eastern coast and the Central and South American Cable company all the business on the western coast. The Western Cable company takes messages in ordinary times by the way of the Azores and then sends them south to St. Vincent, and then on to Bahal and Pernambuco. With the cable to the Azores cut the mes- sages, which must not be in code, must go by the way of the European continent. The Central and South American Cable company has a line to Vera Cruz, to Panama, across the isthmus and then down the west coast, cross- ing over finally to Buenos Ayres on the east coast. Monopoly on East Coast. The Western Cable company, British concern, clusive rights for cables into many of the ports on the east coast. In other words the company has a monopoly. And now that there has been an un- usual amount of business between New York and various South Ameri- can points, the Central and South American company also has done an extensive business; in fact, more than the other company, because it can take messages in code. It was asserted by one man who knows the situation of the cable com- panies thoroughly that the high rates were due to the fact that the com- panies had no competitors. An Amer- ican cable line, he sdid, had been dis- cussed until it was found that on the east coast at least the Western Cable company had an exclusive charter for many cities granted by the govern- ments. It was contended in defence of the companies that they had spent a great deal of money in laying the cables and were entitled to get their money back. It also was asserted a that the Central and South Ameri- | can Cable company had reduced its tolls three times in the last three years. Companies Would Gain. Charles R. Flint, a big export mer- chant, sald: “A reduction of the cable tolls to South American points would bring greater business to the cable companies and would mean in- creased dividends to them. With cheaper rates there would be more | extensive communication between merchants in this country and in South ' America and there would be greater development of our commer- cial relations with those countries.” Julio F. Sarzano, president of the Pan-American Chamber of Com- merce, said: “The rates to South America are indeed high. I have right before me a bundle of messages that cost several hundreds of dollars. It seems to me that if the cable com- panies reduced their rates it would be much better for the business of the United States and the Latin-American countries. With the development of the imports and exports of both coun- tries there will be more extensive use is said to have ex- | use of the cable and the cable com- panies will be big gainers in the end.” WAR DISORGANIZES PARIS TRAIN SERVICE Everything Must Give Way to Trans- portation of Troops' and Re- moval of Wounded. London, Aug. 27., 3.51 a. m.—The Daily Mail's Boulogne correspondent says that the events of the past few days have again disorganized the thing must give way to the necessi- ties for transportation of troops, the removal of wounded and the clearing of the civilian population from the firing lines. The train from Parls Wednesday took twelve hours, being compelled to wait seven hours at Amiens by flood of 5,000 Belgian refugees arriv- ing from Charlerol district and a train load of British wounaed who were guarded from armed sentries. Among those who crossed to Enz- land were many American women from Switzerland. INOTICE! | The only store in New Britain that we own, or are interested in, is that which we operate at 133 Main St., this city, and where you can always find the Very Best Butter, Eggs, Cheese. Tea and Coffee at the Very Lowest | Prices. NationalButterCo. Paris train service and that every- | a. inquisitive visitors by | U. S. COULD $TOP EUROPEAN WAR Emhafgo on Wheat and Fiour Would Have Effect. New York, Aug. 27.—The United State government could stop the war {in Europe by placing an embargo on wheat, flour and other products, it was | asserted yesterday at District Attorney Whitman’s John Doe investigation in- to the increased cost of living since the conflict began. Chief Magistrate McAdoo, before whom the inquiry is in progress, questioned witnesses as to | what the effect would be if American exports to the belligerent nations ceased. James Ward Warner, pres- ident of the New York Product Ex- change, and George Zabrinski, resi- dent manager for Minneapolis manu- facturers of flour, each said the end of warfare abroad must result. ! Big Demand for Flour. There was a big demand for flour in foreign countries according to these witnesses, with a heavy demand too in domestic markets. Mr. Zabrinski said there was a shortage of 400,000,- 000 bushels in the Russian wheat crop | and that prudent housewives, fearing a shortage at home, have been laying | 1in barrels of the product, instead of buying by bags, with a result that the price of flour has gone up. Mr. Zabrinski declared that the United States could dispose of its en- tire flour output to France, England, /Greece and Turkey at any reasonable prices and receive payment in gold be- fore the staple was put aboard steam- ships. Wrath of Farmers. | Not only would war in Europe end if an embargo was placed on American products, Mr. Zabrinski and Mr. War- ner agreed, but normal markets would be established at home and the prices here go down. Mr. Warner volunteer- ed the opinion also that such an em- bargo would bring the wrath of the farmers upon the heads of the na- ‘tional administration if they were told that they could not export grain to Europe. Deny Fixed Prices. Mr. Warner said the Grain BEx-| porters’ association of North Amerlca, with headquarters in Philadelphia, did not attempt to fix prices. Ralph L. { Garry, assistant New York manager | for another milling company of Min- neapolis, declared there was no com- | bine to fix prices, He believed there was a possibility of wheat going higher, he said, adding that Buropean demand was a factor in price guoting. The National Housewives’ League sub-committee of Mayor Mitchel's food committee today opened head- quarters and within a few minutes housewives began dropping in to com- plain that grocers in their neighbor- hood were not only overcharging for sugar but were giving short weight. The names of the grocers were placed in the hands of the municipal commis- sion of weights and measures, for in- vestigation and possible prosecution. BIG CLAMBAKE OF NEW BRITAIN ELKS ! Annual Affair Will Take Place Sunday at Schuetzen Park With About 200 in Attendance. All loyal Elks—and that means every Elk—are looking forward with big expectations to the annual clam- bake of New Britain lodge, No. 957, which will be held next Sunday at Schuetzen park. It is expected that about 200 will be in attendance and guests will be present from Hartford, Meriden, Win- sted, Waterbury, Middletown and other cities, The program will open at 10 o’clock with a series of athletics, The prin- cipal feature of the sports will be a ball game between the married men and single men.. The contest gives promise of making the big European war look like an argument between dumb men. After the game the “eats” will be produced. Fred Eppler, the well known food expert, will do the cooking, which guarantees satisfac- tion. The following menu will be served: Clam Chowder Steamed Clams Broth Butter Blue Fish Spud Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Sweet Corn Sliced Tomatoes Sliced Onions Lobsters Lemon Vinegar Broiled Chicken ‘Watermelon Refreshments Uno Cigars The affair is being arranged by the house committee of the lodge, con- sisting of E. N. Humphrey, George Denby, O. O. Butler, James Naughton, ‘William H. Spittler, Dr. Henry Mar- tin, John Curtin, Fred Eppler and Harry C. Brown. The committee re- quests that all those who intend to go notify them by Friday night. Rollin Petrowsky has leased the store at 37, 39 and 41 Lafayette street to Sam Dubowy at an annual rental of $1,380 a year. WARNS BRITAIN OVER CONTRABAND OF WAR London Paper Points to Danger of Esirangement With United States. London, Aug. 27, 2:50 A. M.—The Daily Chronicle in a long article to- day warns the English government of the danger of England becoming em- | broiled with the United States over questions of contraband of war and argues that any estrangement be- tween the two countries would be the extreme of bad management, “It must be the guiding principle of the British government,” the arti- cle says, “to direct its naval policy so that we may not become embroiled | with any neutral power. In nearly every war of the past two centuries we incurred this danger. Only Powerful Neutral. “The only really powertul of the present is the United States. 1f there is wise statesmanship we shall remain in perfect amity with that power, as well as with the Neth- erlands, which possesses the great gateway leading to the heart of Ger- many. “The United States possesses right to send cargoes to Rotterdam and will exercise that right. We must be prepared to see neutral American vessels discharging cargoes in Hol- land ports. Many questions are likely to arise regarding the exclusion of absolute or conditional contraband —that is, things that may be used by the German nava! and military forces, Presents Real Danger. “It has been the British practice to regard as liable to capture any con- traband cargoes which it could be proved had an ulterior hostile destination. It is evident that this provision presents a very real danger, as the character of a cargo can only be ascertained by exercising the right of search, which the United States has strongly resisted and which was the cause of the war of 1812, “Picture then, an American ship ap= proaching the port of Rotterdam and a British naval officer exercising the right of search and detaining the ship on the presumption that her grain cargo is contraband. The coolest judg- | ment will be needed in such a case to avoid a dispute and a misunderstand- ing. “It has been suggested that we al- low food ships to enter Dutch ports l‘on the mere declaration that their time cargoes are not contraband.” neutral the City ltems Public Works Commissioner Thom- | as D. Donlon is at Indian Neck, I / Captain and Mrs. T. W. Grace will spend next week in New York and ) New Jersey. f The German Baptist church on Elm ! reet is being painted. The colors | are gray and tan. ) The examining board of the health commission will examine several can- didates for master plumbers tomor- row night. Rev, Dr. Richard ¥. Moore, former-, ly pastor of St. Joseph's church, was a visitor in tihs city today. Rev. Dr. Moore is now in Bridgeport. E. J. Porter and family of Waest Main street have returned from Short Beach, where they have been for the last three weeks. The police have learned that a fak- er has been going through the north end of the city claiming to be able to secure positions for the un- employed for twenty-five cents per job. Signs of the Time Electric Signs are the signs of today—and tonight too. They work longer hours than any other, and are seen by more persons, for they are seen for so much greater distance. EDISON MAZDA LAMPS The 5 and 10 watt EDISON MAZDA Sign Lamps give from 40 to 65 per cent more light than the old style carbon lamps and cost only one-half as much to operate. Our sign expert will gladly tell you more about this new economy, and explain how you can get the best results from electric signs for your business. Ed 2 6. K. SPRING & (€0. 77-79 Church St.