New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1917, Page 10

Here N e NEW BRJ TAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, { - 'YOU! and Save Are Invited To Attend Our ‘GRAND OPENING Saturday, Dec. 15 Get Your Xmas Suit 40% 1“TOM” MURRAY 394 MAIN STREET . RECEPTION FOR TEAM Captain Macristy’s Gallant Band of Football Warriors to Be Remem- bered at High School Gym Tonight. i Members of the New Britain High + mchool football team will be tendered . 2 reception at the school gymnasium this evening, in honor of the splendid record made during the past season. The affair will be the first of its kind ever undertaken, and the forecast is for a success. An attractive program has been arranged for the evening, and at the conclusion dancing will be held. One of the features of the night ‘will be the presentation of monograms . to the following players who partioi- .. pated in league games during the past I | semson: Captain Macristy, George Doerr, Frank Dzicek, Clifford Faulk- , ner, Bennett Hibbard, John Hagearty, Mervin Johnson, Eddie Kalen, Edward Sechrest, Joseph Sexton, Charles Vib- i berts, Ralph Williams, Archie Waters, | Frank Zapatka, Charles Hoffman, Louis Appell, William Burns, Stanton Ashley and George Olcott. The speechmaking program will be as follows: “The Value of Athletics to the High School Boy,” Stanley H. Holmes; “The Team,” Alvin W. Bearse, coach; “1917,” Captain Wal- ter Macristy; “1918,” Captain-elect Charles Vibberts. The monogram will be presented by Principal Louis P. Slade. Mrs. Howard Horton will ren- ¢ der solos. WILL EXCHANGE SPEAKERS. ‘With the American Army in France, Dec. 13 (By the Associated Press.)— To strengthen mutual sympathies, ar- rangements have been perfected by which the British Y. M. C. A. in France is to send influential and well known British public men such as Viscount Bryce to speak in the Amer- jcan Y. M. C. A. huts. The Ameri- cans in turn will provide well known American lecturers to speak in the British huts. This interchange wili probably begin about the first of the year. GULF COAST WITHOUT OOAL. Gulfport, Miss,, Dec. 14.—Coal shortages in cities along the Missis- sippi gulf coast threaten to interferc with the operation of power plants, accofrding to officials of the Gulf Coast Contracting company, which operates trolley and lighting systems along thc seaboard. Gulfport, it was stated, has less than a 15 days’ supply of coal and none in sight. The traction company has notified the state railroad com- mission that beginning today it will reduce its schedule. | ON AN AMERICAN DESTROYER READY FOR THE GERMAN SUBMARINES IN THE EAST ATLANTIC A rather. warm welcome awaits th U-boat that dares poke its periscope ove the waves within range of this e | American gun. OQur gun crew is Sapyiizh, Hrdsrurud & Undarwaog 1 shown on (h‘s.Ameflcan destroyer, in the British official photograph, train- ing tho gun “somewhere at sea.” SCANDINAVIA S UL S. GUSTOMER ;Trade Four Times Ereater Than When War Broke Out New York, Dec. 14.—Recent sug- gestions that certain of the Scandi- navian states may be drawn into the ‘war are of special interest to the United States from commercial stand- point, as well as otherwise. A com- pilation by The National City Bank of New York shows that our exports to those countries since the opening of the war have averaged about four times as much per annum as in the Years immediately preceding the war, though on the import side there is comparatively little change. The average exportation to Den- mark, Norway and Sweden in the years immediately preceding the war aggregated something less than $40,- 000,000; in the fiscal year 1915 (the first year of the war) they totaled $197,000,000; in 1916 $169,000,000 and in 1917 $184,000,000. To Denmark in 1914 exports were $15,670,000; in- creased to $79,824,000 in 1915; $55,- 872,000 in 1916 and $56,729,000 in 1917. To Norway in 1914 $9,064,000, jumped to $89,075,000 in 1915; $53,- 645,000 in 1916 and $82,017,000 in 1917. To Sweden in 1914 $14,644,000, advanced in 1915 to $78,274,000; in 1916 to $51,980,000 and in 1917 $45,- 116,000. This increase occurred chief- ly in foodstuffs, copper, cot- ton and manufacturers. The share which the United States supplied of the imports of these ciun- tries was in the year before the war, Denmark 10 per cent, Norway 13 per cent and Sweden 11 per cent. In 1915 we supplied approximately 20 per cent of the imports of Norway and about 18 per cent of those of Sweden, though for Denmark no figures are available, nor are there figures for the year 1916. To Denmark exports of corn which were but $95 in 1914 were over $9,- 000,000 in 1915, nearly $8,000,000 in 1916 and over $9,000,000 in 1917; wheat in 1914 $845,000; in 1915 over $3,000,000; in 1916 more than $2,000,- 000; while flour shows also a mater- ial increase. Copper exports to Den- mark show very large gains, being less than $100,060 in value in 1914 and over $1,000,000 in 1916. Cotton also showed very large increases, from only $7,000 in 1914 to $1,616,000 in 1915 and $627,000 in 1916. Iron and steel manufactures show an increase of about 50 per cent. leather manufac- tures more than double, while of lard and bacon the total jumped from less { $11,- | than $200,000 in 1914 to over To Norway wheat which was but 000,000 in 1915, but dropped again to a little over $1,000,000 in 1916. 00 1914 as over $3,000,000 DECEMBER 14, in 1915 and $2,250,000 in 1916. Rye inothing in 1914, in 1915 $6,500,000 and in 1916 $8,500,000. Flour $1,- 500,000 in 1914, $5,600,000 in 1915 and about the same in 1916. Copper 1$2,000 in 1914, In 1915 nearly $2,000,- | 000 and in 1916 over $1,000,000. Cot- | ton $250,000 in 1914, $2,600,000 in {1915 and slightly more than $1,000,- 1000 in 1916; cottonseed oil $500,000 in 1914, $1,500,000 in 1915, $2,500,000 |in 1916 to $4,000,000 in 1917. To Sweden wheat and flour in 1914 were about $500,000, in 1915 nearly $7,000,000 and in 1916 also nearly $7,- 000,000; rye nothing, 1914, nearly $2,- 000,000 in 1915 and $1,250,000 in 1916. Bacon and lard in 1914 less than $500,- 000, over $7,000,000 in 1915 and about $2,250,000 in 1916. Copper in 1914 $2,500,000, in 1916 over $5,000,000 and in 1916 about $6,500,000. Cotton in 1914 $3,500,000, in 1915 over $31,000,- 000 and about $4,000,000 in 1916. To what extent these increasing de- mands upon the United States were due to shortage of supplies from the European countries at war cannot be accurately determined. Normally all of them drew a very large percentage of their imports from Germany, Great Britain and Russia. Of the total im- ports of Denmark in 1914 amounting to $213,000,000, $71,000,000 were from Germany, $39,000,000 from Great Britain and $11,000,000 from Russia. Of the imports of Sweden in 1914 aggregating $194,000,000, $64,000,000 were drawn from Germany, $49,000,- 000 from Great Britain and $4,000,- 000 from Russia. Of the imports of Norway in 1914 aggregating about $160,000,000, approximately $40,000,- 000 worth were drawn from Germany, $40,000,000 from Great Britain and $6,000,000 worth from Russia. Denmark’s chief imports normally are manufactures, foodstuffs and coal. The 1914 imports, the latest available included textiles, approximately $13,- 000,000, iron and steel $18,000,000, coal $15,000,000 and cereals $25,000,- 000. = Norway’s principal imports in 1915 were iron and steel manufactures ap- proximately $25,000,000; machinery $35,000,000; textiles $15,000,000; coal $20,000,000; breadstuffs, $25,000,000 and other foodstuffs $15,000,000. Sweden’s principal imports m 1914 were raw textile material approxi- mately $15,000,000, increasing to $45,- 000,000 in 1915; coal $30,000,000, in- creasing to $50,000,000 in 1915; wheat and flour $13,000,000, increasing to $31,000,000 in 1915; the remainder chiefly manufactures. MILLS IN NEED OF COTTON. Washington, Dec. 14.—Urgent need for increased transportation facilities for cotton consigned to New England board, the railroads’ war board and the cotton transportation committee 'of the National Council of Cotton Manufacturers. The spinners fear a cotton stringency which would delay | important government contraets. | None of the mills has a'supply for more than 60 days, while othérs only cnough to tide them over the holidays. mills was placed before the shipping | stablished 1886 Globe Clothing House to your FIBRE MUFFLERS. Many are new combination styles ....50c to $5.00. Soldier, FOR CHRISTMAS GIVING We have pletny of SILK AND SILK If you are sending WOOLEN SOCKS don’t forget INTER- WOVEN ...............2 pairs for 75c. HANDKERCHIEFS, initial and plain, at the same prices as last year. "NECKWEAR, GLOVES, BATH ROBES, SHIRTS in individual Christmas boxes. 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