New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1917, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN DAl COTTON GOODS BOON IN FOREIGN ORDERS Export of Foodstufs From America Reaches New Height New York, Aug. 18.—The value of cotton manufactures exported from | sthe United States in the three years of war is one-half as much as in the 20 years before the war. A compilation by the National City BRenk of New York shows that the value of cotton cloths alone export- ed in the fiscal years 1917 is nearly three times as much, knit goods seven | times as much, and cotton yarn eight #imes as much as in the fiscal year | The quantity of cotton cloths | 1914, exported in the fiscal year 1917 ex- ceeds that of any earlier year except the fiscal vear 1906, when the de- mand of Chinns at the close of the Russo-Japanese war was cxceptional- iy heavy. Even in cotton laces, of which the export value has been ex- treamely small the total for 1817 ex- | ceeds $1,000,000 against less than one- Guarter of a million in 1914. Cotton wenring apparel, which prior to the wwar was obout $10,000.0060 per an- aum, was in the fiscal 3¢ $80,000,000. This increase in value of cotton roods exportcd is not merely due ‘o higher prices. Of cotton cloths alon for example, the exports for the fisci! year 1817 are about 700,000,000 y: against 397,700,000 in 19135, and in the er classes of cotton manufactures there has been a gain in quantity as | well ns in value. In May of 1917, the jatest month for -which detalls are availabie the quantit: of cotton cloths exported is 63,000,000 yards against $44.000,000 in 1915. Cotton yarn also shows a large incremse in exportation inz amounted in 1917 to over $5,000,- Y000 against $£716,0Q0 in 1914. tion, being 445,000,000 pounds in 1917 against 482,000,000 in 1914, while neutral lard, lard compounds and oleo oil also showed a slight decrease. The | exports of condensed milk alone in 11917 amounted to $23,000,000 against $12,400,000 ‘n 1916 and $1,341,000 in 1 1914, iahnwa a slight decrease in exporta- | Of breadstuffs, wheat alone shows a total of 150,000,000 bushels in 1917, 173,000,600 in 1916, and §8,000,000 bushels in 1914, while flour in 19i7 is about the same as in 1914. Corn ex- ported in 1917 was 65,000,000 bushels against 38,000,000 in 1916 and 9,000,- 000 bushels in 1914. Oats exported in 1917 amounted to 89,000,000 bushels 1gainst 96,000,000 in 1916 and 1,- €60,000 in 1914. T'he values in all cases are of course much greater in 1917 than in 1914. The total value of breadstuffs ex- 1 ported in 1917 is $575,000.000 against )00.000 in 1916 and $165,000,000 4] The total value of meet and products exported in 1917 " is approximately $400,000,000 against $291,000,000 in 1916 and $146,000,000 in 1914, Exports of foodstuffs in the fiscal vear 1917 excced in value those of any earlier year in the history of the country, aggregating approximately $1,250,000,000 against {in 1915, $431,000,000 in 1914, the year { immeditaely preceding the war, and $580,000,000 in 1898, the high record | year prior to the v \ e ) i BABY MEMBER OF THE LOWER HOUSE r 1917 over | | This increase hax been chiefly to our | neighbors at the north and south. To Canrada the exports of cotton cloths atene in the fiscal vear 1917 is over | 76,000,000 yards against 29,000,000 in | the vear before the war; to Centrel | Arerica 63,000,000 yards against 37,- | 000,000 in 1914, and to South America 170,009,009 vards against 42,000,060 in R914. Japan Competitor in Orient. To the Orient, which formerly was | our best market for cotton cloths, there ie a distinct fall-off due to the fact that Japan i= now manufactur- ing cotton goods lurgely for her ori- ental neighbors. The quantity of cot- ton cloths exported from the United “States to Asia in 1914 (the year before the war) was 125,000,000 yards and in | 1817 but 38,000,000 vards. Even to | the Philippines, which have been our largest customer in recent years for cotton goods, the total for the fiscal cear 1917 Is but §3,000,000 yards ugainst 106,000,000 yards in the fiscal year 1915.- The Philippines still take Dore cotton cloths from the United 2tates than doex any other country, though the values are less than those to Canada, which took in the fiscal vear 1917 cotton of a higher price {han those of many other countries, presumably utilizing them for war ourposes. This is also true of the limited quantity of American cloths :aken by Great Britain. The 6,000,000 fards of cotton cloth exported to . Great Britain in the fiscal year 1917 went at an average of 39 cents per | yard, those to Canada at about 13 | cents per yard, and those to other countries at an average of 9.7 cents per yard. The marked fall off in the value of our exports of cotton goods to the Orient is illustrated by a comparison of figures of recent years with those at intervals since 1900. In the fiscal vear 1916 the exports of cotton goods >f all kinds to Asia were but $3,911,- | 200 against $9,016,000 in 1914, §7.- | 501,000 in 1910, and $31,352,000 in 1915. On the other hand the exports | t0 Oceania show a large gain since | 1900, having been in 1916 $9,455,000 | ®n 1914 $6,730,000, in 1910 $4,187.- | 700 and in 1900 $1,296,000. To South America the increase since the war is sery large, the total for 1916 of cotton goods of all kinds being $15,336,000 1gainst $3.785,000 in 1914, $3,347,- 300 in 1910 and $2,069,000 in 1900. [o North America the total for 1916 s $49,970,000 against $20,459,000 in 914, $12.485,00 in 1910 and $7,001,- 100 in- 1800. The increase to Europe in 1916 and 1917 is very large, but occurs chiefly in knit goods and in a less degree in sotton cloths. The total of all cotton manufacturs to Europe in 1916 was :37,536,000 against $3,614,000 in 1914, 11,996,000 in 1910 and $1,607,000 in 500. Of this large total of $35,536,- sinee the veginning of the war, hav- ' i | | JOHN ™M _BAER = | John M. Baer of North Dakota, a cartoonist, took his seat in the housaj of representatives and became the youngest member of that body. He is thirty-one. When he reached Washington Mr. | Baer denied reports that his election | was a protest by North Dakota | against the war. “I did not run on an anti-war or | anti-conscription platform,” he said. “I advocated the food control bill, | ‘and I will vote for & tax on excess ! profits, if given an opportunity, 1| stood behind the administration. My opponents indulged only in personali- ties. Although I stood behind the food bill, I think the senate has taken some of the teeth out of it and if T had the chance I would have ' voted against it.” Mr. Baer was elected as the can- didate of the Non-partisan league to > $980,000,000 ! i purported to be statements made by GOLONEL ACGUSED OF BEING DISLOYAL {Promotion of Reichmann Held Up | in Senate Committee | | | Washington, Aug. 18.—The appoint- | | ment of Col. Carl Reichmann, U. 8. A, | to be Brigadier General in'the regular | army, recommended by the president | | carly in the week, was abruptly held | | the ‘present war; that he thinks it is LY HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1917. what Colonel Reichmann is alleged to ¢ have sald in sympathy with Germany and in criticism of the administration. This excerpt from the letter accuses Colonel Reichmann as having said, as the writer puts it: Reichmann’s Attitude. “That the United States did in the Civil war the same things that ane complained of against the Germans in an outrage to send troops to France, as Pershing was sent; that there will be civil war in this country if the government tries to draft men who do not want to go, that we have no business in this war to fight for Eng- land. When asked if he thought England had any business in the war fighting for Relgium, he said: ‘Ger- many is not fighting Belgium, but is up by the Senate military affairs com- mittee vesterday when startling! charges were made against him as to | utteranceés expressing sympathy with Germany in its submarine and Zeppe lin warfare, and criticizing the policy of the administration in sending Amer- | ican troops to France. Colanel Reichmann is attached to the | central department at Chicago, being | j inspector general of militia. He was { born in Germany, but has been in the | United States army since December, 1881, According to the charges made | to the military affairs committee, his | sympathies throughout the war have { been with Germany. | An accusation of disloyalty was { made against Colonel Reichmann by Senator Paindexter of Washington, who told the military affairs commit- tee that, untll the matter was thor- oughly investigated, no action toward confirming the president's appoint- ment ought to be taken by the com- mittes or the Senate. The charges brought by Senator Poindexter amazed the committee, and an investigation was started at once. If the accusations are substantial, the committec will not only report against the confirmation of the appointment but probably will recommend that Colonel Reichmann be dropped from the army. Senator Poindexter informed the committee that he had received a let- ter from a friend whose integrity he was able to vouch for, giving what Colonel Reichmann during a conver- sation recently upon the war. This conversation occurred, so the writer of the letter said, anly a short time ago. Only part of the letter was made pub- lic by the committee and this quoted Bright Eyes indicate buoyant health. When the eyes are dull, liver and bow- els need regulating. Quickl restore healthy conditions witf\; a dose or two—in time—of BEECHAM’S PILLS Largest Sale of Any Medicine in the World. Sold averywhere. in bexes. 10a.. 26c. ELECTRIGAL SUPPLIES COOLEY & TROUP, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS 6 Main Street. JUST THINK of a brand new 6 room cottage with all improvements, fireplace, electric lights, and two extra lots, near trolley and only reasonable cash down. H. N. LOCKWOOD, succeed the late Henry T. Helgesen Real Estate and Insurance Buys Itself’! only fighting England." He also stat- ed that ‘Germany's submarine war- fare is quite what it should be; that the bomb dropping on English schools was perfectly lawful and permissable.” When Senuator Poindexter read the letter his fellow-members of the com- mittee exmnressed amazement. They voted unanimously to hold up action upon the colonel's promotion unth they could summon the writer of the letter before them and obtain a more exhaustive statement ag to the colo- nel's utterances. Senator Poindexter assured the committes that trom information m ‘his possession he believed the charge would be substantiated. ¢ Senator Chamberlain, chairman ot the military affairs committee, said | tha_t if the charges against Colonet Reichmann were proved to be true the committee would report adverse- lv as to his promotion, and,'further, that the colonel undoubtedly would be relieved of his colonelecy and put out of the army. “Until the committee has made its investigation it is unfair to make any | comment,” sald Senator Chamberlain. “But if we find the charges to be true, the war department, it seems to | me, can do nothing less than drop Colonel Reichmann from the army.” . % L BuUSY. This photograph taken very recent- ly and given out for publication by the committee on public information In Washington and copyrighted by Buy an Indiana truck.—advt. LET “GERMANS SIGHTED!” BE SHOUTED; NAVY ALWAYS READY TO MEET DAYS o7 AMERICAN WARSHIPS <+ the committee, shows a group of sailormen on one of the navys largest vessels swabbing out a gun of a sec- ondary battery after firing in target practice. ‘The public is assured by the department that the navy isg ing kept up to the top notch of} ficlency and preparedness, reads give a good account of. itself j ever it may meet the Teutons. Hudson Prices To Must Advance Some Cars Already Increased Bring $1200 to $1400 Cars Up to Hudson Prices. Money Can Be Saved Ey Prompiness Fifty-one makers have already increased their prices since January Ist. Former $1200 and $1400 cars now cost $300 to $400 more than they did one month ago. Some cars advanced January 1st, which again in-creased in Price August 1st. In the higher priced classes increases since December amount to $350 to $700. Many makers have made two advances within the past eight months. Others give warning of further ad- vances. The Hudson Super-Sixes sell at the same price that they have sold at since last December. Increasing cost of materials is responsible for higher prices in automobiles. It is affecting all makers. Soon Hudsons, too, must cost more. Today Hudsons are sold at the same price at which they have sold for several months because they are built from materials contracted for last fall. Then material prices were lower. Increases have been rapid since then. Steel, the most largely used material in an automo- bile, is made from iron and its price is affected by iron prices. Last December iron sold at $30 a ton. Its aver- age price for 25 years prior to the war was $16 a ton. To- day it is $54 a ton. Hudson Was the Choice When Others Cost Less When cars in the lower priced grades sold at $200 _ No automobile has yet been able to equal in eit} direction the transcontinental record of a seven-passi ger Super-Six Phaeton which traveled from San F cisco to New York and back to San Francisco in 10 d and 21 hours. No conceivable test has revealed the lif its of a Hudson Super-Six stock car or stock chassis. i 'tNO individual use of the car has yet taxed it to imit. | . Hudson Sets New Records on the Speedway The speedway, too, has failed to exhaust Huds Super-Six endurance. The special racing cars built meet those conditions, but preserving the same princig that accounts for endurance in stock cars, did not reaf the limit of Hudson endurance. They did establish ¢t American Speedway record for 200 miles at an ave speed of 104 miles an hour. The Hudson Super-Six ‘74 ers made more records in their campaign of racing th any team of cars the industry has produced. ; These records are made only to indicate what may expect from a Hudson Super-Six. You don’t want racing car. The car you buy isn’t suitable for racing. is made suitable for the kind of service you want. Thj service means endurance—the kind that does not call fi frequent adjustments, repairs and overhauling. It is tH kind of a car that you can use day after day and mont Now let America’s worm drive Indiana I-ton at $1550 —earn its price on our new easy-purchase plan — 'NDIANA Trucks “60 to Europe in 1916, $12,936,000 eatest truck value — the silent +as knit goods, $7,287,000 cotton 1oths and $708,000 other cotton cloth- | mg. Details of distribution by grand ivisions in 1917 are not yet available. | Exportation of Foodstuffs. Foodstuffs continue to move out of the United States in enormous quanti- s Hes deepite the limited supplies of | 1918-17. | A compilation by the National City | I | to $300 less than a Hudson Super-Six, Hudson sales were greater than any other two makes of that class. To- day with no difference in price, Hudsons must continue to be even more popular. Hudson leadership is understood by all motorists. It is explained in the Hudson Super-Six motor. No other car has a motor similar to the Super-Six. No other car for tshat reason has equaled the performance of the Super- ix. Its record in the hands of almost 40,000 owners show hat individuals can do even when they are not seeking establish records for speed and endurance. i No car of any make or size has equaled the time- record of the Hudson Super-Six Special in the world’s greatest hill-climb to the summit of Pike’s Peak. after month with a reliance’ as to its performance that'{ creases only as you continue its use. \ Just Now Hudsons Cost Less During the time when prices are being readjust on account of increased cost of production, you can by a Hudson Super-Six at the same price you pay for formd cheaper cars. If you wait, you run the risk of not bein able to get such an advantageous grice. When present mj terial supplies are exhausted and cars must be built froj materials bought in the present market, then the Hudso Super-Six must be priced in comparison to its greate value and greater cost on the standard established other cars. 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Ask for catalog. r—-— MAIL THIS v ms s GOLD CARRIAGE GO, | 332 Park St,, New Britain { Bank shows that the quantity of | meats and meat products exported | ‘rom the United States in the fiscal , rear 1017 aggregated nearly 2,000,- | 100,000 pounds, against 1,250,000,000 | pounds in 1914, the year prior to the | var, while the quantity of breadstuffs ixported inm 1917 was 357,000,000 sushels against 152,000.000 in 1914. The largest increase of exports oc- | urred in fresh beef, of which the | uantity exported in 1917 was 197,-‘ 400.000 pounds, agzainst 6,400,000 | pounds in the fiscal yvear 1914, the 7eur which closed just before the be- i rinning of the war Of cannod beef | ihe quantity in 1917 was 68,000,000 | sounds against 61,000,000 in 1916 and | 38.500,000 pounds in 1914 Of baconi the exports of 1017 were 667,000,000 | pounds nst 580,000,000 in 1916 | 1nd 154,000,000 pounds in 1914, and | Lam and shoulders 267,000,000 | sounds against 382,000,000 in 1916 ané 166,000,000 pounds in 1914. Lard | We will be glad to have s an.gustration of your Indians Truok -.... - ton model oo o'clock. Kindly advise terms. Send catalog.