Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 9, 1917, Page 4

121 YEARS OLD Subscription price 12¢ a weeks 50¢c a : S6.08 a year: Entered ac the Postoffice at Norwich, con -class matter. Telephone Calls: I in Businass Ofrice 4Se. Billetin Editorial Rooms 35-3. S Bulletin Job Office 33-2. limantic Office. 67 Chupeh St hone 210-2. Norwich, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1917. sceesceciconsas. iThe Circulation of § i The Bulletin circulation of any paper !n Eastern Conzecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in} Norwich. It is delivered to overg 8,000 of the 4,053 houses ’n Nor-g wich and read by ninety-three per $ cent. of the people. In Windham it is delivcred to over 9300 houses, $ in Putnam and Danielson to over} 1,100, and in all of these places it§ is considered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hurdred and sixty- five postoffice districts, and sixty § rural free delivery routes. The RBulletin is eold in every$ town and on all of he R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION average. SUSeouruIENeusuuraEE PN IeeNssesNeesnsientecesseresssstne: 1901, 905, average £ $ January 6 ............ % ess0ssssecessessescensnssascasecessassacesses: | | ehould mean a continuation of their that they have expressed their deter- mination to carry out their purposes. This meeting follows of course the changes which have taken place in England, ‘France and Russia regard- ing the cabinets and it is probable that there was a thorough discussion of the manner in which the war must be waged henceforth to make up for the mistakes which have developed in the past. It is entireiy possible that the need has been felt of having Italy take a more active part than it has in_the past and that this conference will be the means of bringing it about. Italy has been devoting its ef- forts chiefly to itself. It has been making some progress and it has sained 2400 square miles of territory but it is not in possession of all that it desires and it has not kept busy as large a force of the enemy as it might, or as the allies’ cause requires. The part which Italy can play in improv. ing the Balkan situation is not small and it will be interesting to note the results which accrue from the policy which has been determined upon at this latest conference. Unity of course is highly important and that is without doubt assured. Increased ac- tivity aloug al! fronts is now what is most needed. CHECKING CHILD LABOR. There is reason for approving every effort that is made in behalf of better laws surrounding child labor. In the state of South Carolina there went into effect with the first of the year a new child labor law which raises the min- imum age limit so that it is impossi- bie to employ children under 14 years of age. Formerly children over twelve could go to work in the factories of that state and the change means that 2,400 who were formerly employed un- der those conditions have been forced to give it up. Whether it will or not, this new law should mean increased educational op- portunities for these 2,400. Having gotten away from the idea of attend- ing school it is possible that many of them will simply wait until they reach the age of 14 when they can return to work, but for those who are now but twelve and who have not been put into the mills or other employment it studies for two more years. This is as it should be and South Carolina is bound to feel the effects of it, the same as any other state un- der similar conditions, and there are many which ought to be following in s footsteps at once. Sentiment agaiflst child labor is making Itself feit throughout the country. Even the south is conscious of the fact thers must be improvement in prevailing conditions and that is the f the country where child la- jons are the worst at the present time. RECKLESS AUTO DRIVERS. Few are the cities throughout the country which do not suffer more or less from the reckless drivers of au- tomobiles, those who consider that the pedestrians must take care not to run into them and who consider that they have the undisputed right in the high- way to do as they please, regardless of people, officials ‘or regulations. Occasionally there is a judge who thinks differently,. and who ° realizes that advantage is repeatedly taken of the courts as well as of the public by this class of people, and such is re- flected in the explanation w one at Brockton, Mass.,, gave when he sent a reckless jitney driver to jail for a month saving: The people of Brockton must be protected. They are going to walk the streets in safety. No one who is convicted in this court of th offense will g0 on probation. All will be sentenced. The inference they make that the people who are walking are going to turn this way or that way is what I am going to stop. The operator of an automobile must not infer anything. He must do every- = he can from trespassing on the hts of pedestrians.” The Brockton judge has the cour- age of his convictions. He has found out from experience that the proba- tion plan doesn’t prevent the contin- uation of recklessness nor does it gerve as a lesson to others. His ex- perience is much the same as-that of iudges elsewhere who have found that theé imposition of fines is interpreted by many who care nothing for money as a license fee for joy riding, and that it is the jail sentence which will bring about respect for the law and the rights of others. GETTING AHEAD OF GREECE. Greece has experienced plenty of trouble in such efforts as it has put forward to convince the allies that it is sincere in the attitude which it has taken reiative to neutrality. The en- tente powers have repeatedly stated that it was because of the sympaths of King Constantine to the central powers and the position he Is in to make it decidedly uncomfortable to the forces gathered at Saloniki that they have insisted upon the demands which have been made upon Greece. This view gains added strength from the declaration of M. Diomede, former Greek minister of finance, to a Paris newspaper to the effect that the Greek royal army is only awaiting orders from Germany to attack the allies and his further claim to the effect that the course which Greece has taken has been directed by the military attache of the Germari lezation up to the time when he was forced to leave the country. That beinz so, it is but natural that the hould make sure of the ion and the pre: that they should bring sure to bear that Is pos- y: v such move on the The time to do » before Greece makes a ove rather than afterwards, and even that may not be o far off when it is attributed to General Mackensen that it will be two months before any Ger- man troops can move can bring nted a lot of additional be better able tc meet such an whether it is made In two or six, for with the central Menastir and the Greek army striking at the rear the uation of the Saloniki army would deed be serious. % trouble and assault months powers moving on THE ROME CONFERENCE. Much is expected of the conference pf the representatives of the entente nations at Rome, /and well it might. The nations making up that group of belligerents have separately express- ed themselves as determimed to carry on the war and opposed to the peace proposition put forth by the central powers. Now the representatives of According to one source of informa- tion, a new interpretation is put upon the low bid which was made by Had- field’s of Sheffield, Eng. for the con- INCREASING BRITISH PRESTIGE.! tract to make shells for the United States navy, when it is claimed that this is being done to increase British prestige. It can be appreciated that when one of the British factories is able to take on extra business, the turning out and delivery of which will require 16 months, to say nothing of the number of hands which will be required and the raw material that will be needed, it must mean that such a bid has the sanction of the zovernment and the meaning which is expected to be conveyed by such a reaching out for foreign business dur- ing the war is that Great Britain has all the munitions that will be required for a long time and that its allies are equally well fixed. This might be calculated to Indi- cate a situation which would make the central powers sit up and take notice whether the contract is ac ually awarded to the English irm or not. Tt points to the resources of that nation and its willingness to reach out and help others in aline of work upon which great minds and energies have been concentrated. Mr. Schwab has said that it would 1 be dangerous for the United States to depend upon foreign nations for our ammunition and so it would, but it is to be remembered that this coun- try has been turned to in case of need by many of the belligerents, and while the contract may not go abroad, it may be a good thing that it has been shown that the British plant is pre- pared to handle such a job at the present time. It tells much to this country as well as the central powers. EDITORIAL NOTES. It begins to look as if the dove of peace had been returned to its pigeon hole. Some of the good resolutions got scant consideration for the first week- end. The Philadelphia murder and the subsequent suicide show that it is not always the good who die yvoung. The man on the corner says: Intui- tion is a great thing, but it some- /times tells things which are not true. With coal selling for $50 a ton in Italy there is some satisfaction in the fact that the fuel costs no more here than it does. When the Turks recover cannon which were captured from them in 1878 -they cannot be looked upon as very valuable prizes. The members of the general assem- bly are doing a lot of worrying over their chances of landing-a place on their favorite committee. o weather prophet has as yet step- ped onto the carpet to announce that the rest of the month or the year can be judged by the first week. The good work which was started by Governor Holcomb two years ago in abolishing unnecessary commis- sions is bearing fruit. The same thing is now being urged by the governor of Rhode Island. something wrong somewhere when British munitions makers outbid those in this country by $200 a shell and guarantee quicker delivery, on a supply which is wanted for this government. A new basis for making appropria- tions voiced by Chairman Fitzger- ald of the appropriations committee when he says “Secretary Lansing is the only cabinet official who has had nerve enough to ask congress for an automobile, and by George, he shall have it.” On that basis the commit- tee will not have any trouble in piling un the national debt. There must be “I've decided ' not to get that new evening gown I was telling you about,” remarked Jane. ‘I don’t real- ly need it, and I'm not going to buy a single thing this winter that I can do. without. We're going to econo- mize and save heaps of money, and next spring—" B ““And next spring you'll buy a car,” Luella finished for her. “Oh. I know! But if you're wise, you'll listen to the counsel of a true friend and do noth- ing of the kind.” “Well, for goodness sake!’ explod- ed Jane. “Since when did you become an enemy of the automobile indus- try? Why I've heard you say, lots of times, that. you wanted a car your- self?” “So I do,” replied Luella calmly, “but if I have to wait for it until I get by economizing Tll still be wait- ing when my golden hair has turned to_silvery gray. “It's_just two years ago this winter since Peter and I decided that the following spring should find us in pos- session of a fine new car. We'd been married enly a short time, so our fur- niture was new; we both had plenty of good clothes; and there was a nice little rainy day fund laid by. So we thought it was time to begin sav- ing up for a car, and save we certain- ly aid! “Peter _actually stopped smoking, and bought his lunches at those places where you eat from the arm of your chair, and had me press his clothes instead of sending them to the tailor. And I cut our grocery and meat bills until we'd about got down to bird- seed instead of real food, and we had a wan, hollow eyed look and our maid had left. But we were perfectly hap- Dy, because our automobile fund was swelling at an amazing rate; and we used to tell each other we'd had no idea it was so easy to save money, and decided that after we bought the car we'd save up for a motor boat, a home in: the suburbs .a sealskin coat for me, a fine diamond ring for Pe- ter, and, oh, quantities of other ex- pensive luxuries! “But just about that time things be- gan to happen. First, Peter gota frig- id note from the grocer saying he was sorry to inform us that he could no longer extend credit, but hereafter we would have to buy for cash. Well, we thought there must be some mistake, because we'd always paid our account prompty on the first of the month, without even waiting for a bill, But it wasn't a mistake. The grocer said he understood we were in strait- ened circumstances, and being a poor man_himself he couldn’t afford to lose anything with /us. Peter was hop- ping mad and we began trading at an- other place. friends became simply unbearablé, trailing in at all hours to sympathize ‘with me because of our ‘bad luck’; and wasn’t it dreadfully hard to do my own housework?—and it was too bad I couldn’t afford any new clothes this year, when the styles were perfectly ravishing! Several actually brought in some of their old castoff things and ‘wondered whether 1 could make them over for myself! When I tried to ex- plain that all was well with us, and that we were only saving our money, they smiled picyingly and"said it was awfully phicky of me to put up such | a brave fromt, but really, dear, among friends— > “And then Peter's cousin Arthur and his wife came around one evening and said that if we would like to give up our apartment they would be glad to sublease and take it off our hands. They were very much surprised to learn that we had no intention of giv- ing up the place; and evidently Ar- thur's wife had set her heart on get- ting it, for she marched off with her nose in the air, saying that she thought & 1less expensive apartment would be more in keeping with our circumstances now. 3 “But it was a few days later that the climax came. The presiden®.of the bank where Peter workeds as third assistant cashier called the poor boy into his private office and gaye him the awfulest jolt! He said it had been brought ~ to his attention that Peter was going about looking rather shabby, and he wanted to know what the trouble was. “Well, Peter told him all about it, but the president wasn't at all sym- pathetic. He said the bank offictals had discussed it among themselves, and they thought if their depositors noticed one of the employes looking shabby, with his elbows all shiny and the creases up the sides of his trous ers instead of in front, they'd be afraid he’d be tempted to embezzle their money, and start a run on the bank. And he said, too. that if Peter, after looking hard up for so long, fin- ally blossomed out with a fine new car the depositors would surely think he had embezzled. “Good gracious!” murmured her list- ener dazedly. “Yes,” said Luella, “it. does sound| funny, doesn’t it? We'd no_idea so many people were concerned in our affairs. But that finished our dreanr of a car, for Peter couldn’t afford to antagonize the bank president. And really, it was pretty nice to have meat for dinner again and to be able to buy some nice things and look my friends straight in the eve once more. ‘Where are you doing, Jane?” 'm off for the butcher shop, to get a nice, thick steak for dinner,” said Jane. “I was going to have fried mush, but I've changed my mind!” “That was only a beginning. My | Chicago News THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society A The words of warning uttered by Governor Hoicomb in his - inaugural message to beware of the specious in- The Black Sea lIsle of Serpents—|terests that have a selfish purpose “Less than 30 miles east of Culina, the only important Black sea port re- maining in the possession of Rumania since Field Marshal von Mackensen captured Constantza, is the tiny Island of Serpents. around which cling many fantastic legends of fascinating inter- est as well as several historical epi- sides which at one time threatened to become of international moment,” says a war geography bullétin issued by the National Geographic society. 5 “Unlike the monotonous reaches of reed-covered marshland which stretch for 50 miles along the Rumanian and Russian shores to the north and south ©. the Sulina mouth of the Danube, and seldom attaining an elevation of more than two feet above the level of the Black sea, the Island of Serpents, or Fido-nisi, thrusts its precipitous cliffs abeve the water to heights renging from 50 to 100 feet. It is a niere fleck of rock in a sea whose depth a few yards from the shore is 2¢ fathoms. The islet is scarcely more than a mile in circumference, but it has been a beacon guiding ships tc the Danube for many centuries, its elevation being in such striking con- trast to the delta land of the great river. “In ancient times Fido-nisi had a variety of names, but Grecian poets and travelers referred to it most fre- quently as Leuce or the White Island, on account of the numerous seafowls which at certain seasons of the year swarmed over its cliffs. “It was to this island that Thetis, the marine goddess, is supposed to Lave carried the ashes of her son Achilles, hence the temple erected bere in honor of the hero of the Tro- jan war. Another legend relates that TLetis snatched the body of Achilles from the funeral pyre, that he was restored to life and that thereafter he hived on the island with Iphigeneia, the daughter of Agamemnon, who had been saved from sacrifice by the god- dess Artemis. “One of the most poetic descriptions of the island and its temple is given by Arrain in the account of his voyage around the Black sea in_the second century of the Christian era. He wrote: “‘It is related that Thetis gave this island to Achilles and that he still in- babits it. His temple and _status, both of very ancient workmanship, are seen there. No human being dwells on it; it has only a few goats which mariners convey to it as votive offer- irgs. Other offerings or sacred gifts are suspended in honor of Achilles, such as vases, rings nad precious gems. “‘Seabirds, divers and fowl innu- merable frequent the island and these birds alone have the care of the shrine. Every morning they repair to the sea, and, dipping their wings in the . waves, sprinkle the temple, and afterwards sweep with their plumasge its _sacred pavement.’ “The name Island of Serpents grew cut_of she fact that numerous black snakes from four to five feet long were discovered here by mariners. Many of the reptiles are said to have fallen in the cisterns of the island and polluted the waters, which are now Lrlrinkable. It is interesting to recall in connection wit hthe name of the :sland that Achilles was often referred to as ‘the enake-born’ and that his mother Thetis frequently assumed the form of a snake. “The Amazons are supposed to have attempted to seiez this island on one occasion, but the ghost of Achilles ap- peared and so terrified the horses of the female warrlors that the riders were thrown and severely trampled upon, whereupon the expedition was abandoned. “This meager rock brought England a1d Russia to the verge of war 60 years ago, following the treaty of peace chich ended the Crimean conflict. The island was not mentioned in the terms of the treaty-and when Turkey sent a small party to relight the lighthouse which had been dark throughout the struggle of 1853-56 Russia attempted tc take control of the beacon - which stands as a guidepost to the Danube's mouth, England protested and sent fleet across the ck sea to enforce her demands in Pehalf of her cent ally, the suitan. Russia after a brief threat of resistance yielded.- The isi- and passed into Rumanian hands when that .nation threw~ off th man ehankles in 1877.” é . in prompting big appropriations for road making are quickly strengthened. “This brings news of great activity on the part of associations-on-the-make to influence the general assembly and persuade it to give millions where it will do the most good to the least number. The Governor knew full well what he was talking about. It _be- hooves membvers of the legislature to be on gvard against the blandishments of those who are out after state dol- lars.—Bristol Press. . New Bedford is trying to throw off the unwholesome restraints of the pur- itanical law which prevents Sunday evening concerts. A local manager se- Sunday concerts all in a period of a few days and it is pointed out that such entertainment is provided in Eos- ton, Fall River and many_other cities with beneficial results. making a similar fight, and has been for some week now. In the end this movement is bound to become general and to succeed everywhere. Conse- quently the public is becoming more and more aroused against the pres- ent Sunday observance laws which have come down to use from a crump- ed and narrow age. Laws little suited to the breadth and freshness of our present spiritual and inntellectual view New Haven Union. Can it.be that we are to suffer the horrible deprivation of a shortage of blotters? Will the paper shortage really go so far as to check the out- put of the wonderfully picturesque— as well as useful—advertising blotters that have flooded our desks in years past? We may have railed at the in- surance agent, at the robbers = who sold us our coal, at the shoe dealer and others who advertised their goods in gaily colcred pictures on the backs of blotters. But we always used the blotters. And now, perhaps, they are to be no more. Perhaps we'll return to the breezy practice of waving en- velopes and letters in the-air to ary the ink. We may use sand again for that purpose. Better yet, we may all begin to use typewriters and so cease to need the blotter except for signa- tures. The last move would be the best, all things considered. It would cause such an all around saving—in paper, in blotters, in time, in energy jand in the tempers of the people who read our correspondence,—Meriden Record. - The startling theory has been ad< vanced by the secretary of the Con- necticut Good Roads Association in a letter sent to friends of the move- ment and people interested in heavy legislative appropriations for the im- provement of the highways that the failure of the state at its last legisla- tive session to appropriate large sums was due to the poverty of the associa- tion. To overcome this difficuity this year, the suggestion is made that a publicity fund be created by the friends of good roads, on the one hand. and by the various business in- terests which may be promoted by a state appropriation of three or four millions, on the other. If it is true that the state halls of legislation have to be incessantly bombarded before they can be made to dispassionately consider the needs of the.state in the matter of good roads, then the fright- ful thought comes voluntary to one ’| where cured 2,500 signatures to a petition for } New York is| ul - If you have Catarrhzl Deafness or head noises go to your drug- gist and get 1 ource of Parmint (double strength), and add to it ‘1-4 pint of hot water and 4 ounces of‘granulated sugar. Take 1 table- e will often. Pring alek is will often a re- ilef from the distressing hcad noises. Clogged _ nostrils open, breathing easy and the .muycus stop dropping into the throat. It is casy to prepare, costs little and is pleasant ta take. Any one who has Catar- Deafress or _hzad noises should _ give . tais ~ prescription a- ~an supply recently - in ~New Haven.. .Superin- tendent “Williams i1s a man who be- || lieves in putting the boys on their honor and he rules by kindness rath- er than:by stern discipline.. We do not believe that there has ever been <ruelty practiced there in his time or that boys were ever treated as this New Haven man alleges. The people of Meriden who are used to seeing the boys about ‘the streets, who noticed fhow will.they look and_ even wonder atthe privileges they have, cannot imagine that sort of thing going hand in-hand Wwth the treatment which_is charged in this New Haven case. Wé known Mr. Williams, his hustees and his assistants will demand an investi- gaton and we are equally certain that when this takes place it will prove the charges unfommded—New Haven Un- on. Philippine Gold Mining Industry In- creases. Ever since the passage in 1902 of the Philippine bill which put into ef- fect a code of mining laws, the gold mining -industry in the - Philippine is- lands has steadily increased. In 1907 Zold to the value of $93,838 was ex- tracted. Between 1911 and 1912 a re- markable increase occurred, when % production rose from $189,953 to $570,- 000. In 1913, seven mining companies declarel their gross incomes at $782, 696.79, and ~their net incomes at $259.700.38; in 1914, twelve mining companies deciared ' their gross in- comes at '$1,214,785.93 and their net incomes at $441,647.33; and in 1915 the declared gross incomes of fourteen mining companies were $1.306,210.; and the net incomes $380,732.25. -Of the forty-two mining companies listed, fifteen have gross incomes, eight’ have net incomes, and the rest are more or less inactive. This list includes companies for the removal of iron, copper, oil, asphalt, stone, etc. _ The leading gold-producing district is Aroroy, on the island of Masbate, thére are three / successful quartz mines, the Colorado, Syndi- cate, and Keystone. Paracale in Am- brose Camarines is second in point of production. The production in this district is at present limited to dredg- ing, eight dredges being in constant use; but it is expecter that there will be producing mines in 1917. The Benguet district formerly took the lead in gold production;, but in 1910 typhoons crippled the operating plants. A new plant is now adding heavily to production. There is one hydraulic plant in the islands located on the Cansuran property in Surigao. Large areas of valualble placer ground have been found in the Mountain Pro- vince, Neuva Ecija, Tayabus and Bul- acan, in Mindoro, and along the Agu- san ‘and Tubay rivers in Mindanao which will eventuaily be used for dredging operations. Figures given out by the bureau of ustoms show that exports of gold are increasing with the increasing pro- duction. Gold bullion t6 the value of $102,963, or 8,006.32 ounces, was ex- ported during the month of July of 1916, a money-value increase of $7,212 over the amount for the correspond- inz period of 1915. While in 19815, only British ships were used to transport zold from the islands. the record for of 1918 shows that American ves- sels carried the bulk of the bullion, while Japancze steamers ranked sec- ond in the carrying trade. Coal Smashes Record. The production and’ consumption of coal in the United States in 1916 ex- ceeded all past records. The quantity of bituminous coal mMed last year is estimated by C. E. Lesher, of the Uni-~ ted States Geplogical Survey, Depart- men of the Interfor, as slightly more than 509,000,000 net tons, an increase, compared with 1915, of more than 66,- 500,000 tons, or 15 per cent, and great- er by 31,000,000 tons than the record of 1913. Data furnished by the An~ thracite Buréau of Information indi- cate that the production of Pennsyl- vania anthracite was 88,312,000 net tons, about 600,000 tons less than in The total output of coal in the United Stafes is thus estimated at 597,500,000 net tons, and the official figures when compiied may show 600,- 000,000 tons, compared with 570,000,000 tons in 1213. This estimate, which is to be fol- lowed shortly by a more detailed statement, shows that the increase was general, only three states, Mary- land, Oklahoma, and Texas, having had a_smaller production than in 1915. The largest increase was in Ohio, whose production in 1916 is es- timated at 37,000,000 tons, compared with 22,435,000tons in 1915, a gain of per cent. Colorado, New _Mexico, Virginia, and Washington show in- creases_of more than 20 per cent and Kentucky, Montana., North Dakota, Tennessee, Wes Virginia and Wyo- ming of 14 to 18 per cent. In Penn- HEADACHEFROM AGOLD? 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A lose a make you feel ‘Three Girls in Vaudevil Singi Dan Five Part Inhce Production, Telli: a Pretty M‘I’L’l of ‘a a Poor thu:'. n “HANZ and FRITZ The Katzenjammer Kids in a Fun- ny Cartoon Comedy “LIONS UND SO FORTH” PRICES—25, 35, 60, 75, $1.00 $1.50 .SEAT SALE WEDNESDAY 10a. m. MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED NOW Matinee at 2:30 Eve. at 7, .30 All Seats 10¢ 'ODAY AND TONIGHT WALLACE REID and CLEO RIDGELY THE HOUSE OF THE GOLDEN WINDOWS —_— COMING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY Mme. Petrova in Extravagance COMPLETE CHANGE OF Taday AUDITORIUM PROGRAM TOMORROW Toaeier MUSICAL COMEDY CO. RAPIER £ 14—PEOPLE—14 Pretty Girls Funny Comedians BETT NANSEN in THE DOCTOR’S SECRE .COMEDY PICTURES || Shows 2:30, 7, 8:45—Prices 10c and 20c Catchy Music FIVE REELS be checked over by manufacturers un- til after the end of the The year 1916 undoubtedly holds the record for shipments of Portland cement; the next highest record was in 1913, when $8,689,377 barrels were shiped from the mills. In production 1913 apparently is still the record year, with an output of 92,097,131 bar- rels,’ although there is a possibility~ that the final returns may give 1916 the lead. Higher prices for cement prevailed throughout the United States except at a few points where top prices were realized in 1915. Trade conditions * were generally reported as decidedly better than in 1915, and in certain aylvania the increase was about 17,- 000,000. tons, or 11 per cent. The consumption of coal by the rail- roads i 1916 is estimated to have beep 17,500,000 tons greater than in 1915, the use of soal’in the manufac- ture of coke was greater by 20,500,000 tons, exports increased about 7,000,000 net tons the coal mines used 500,000 tons more for steam and heat, and the increase in consumption, mainly by the mahufacturing industries, was 21,- 000,000 tons. The increased consumption of bi- tuminous coal by the railroads and industrial interests of the country during the year brought about a con- dition in which the demand for coal was greater than the ability of the|places the only limitation to output railroads to deliver it, and in some lo- | seemed to be shortage of labor and of calities than the ability of the mines: freight cars. ’ to proluce it, because of scarcity of| Six new plants reported production labor. There is no lack of soal in the | of Portland cement in 1916, one eacl ground, or of mines from which it can | In California, Minnesota, New York be obtained. The _soft-coal ~mines, | Oklahoma, Oregon and Texas. however, are not equipped to store coal that has been mined, and the coal must be loaded into railroad cars as soon as it is, dug—in fact, the miners as a general rule do not go into a mine unless the cars are on hand to take the day's output. The greater part of the hituminows coal produced in 1916 was sold on contracts at prices (agreed upon dur- in- the early part of the year) that represented increases little if any more than the increases in wages granted the miners., Thé high prices at which the small quantity of coal not con- tracted for was sold during the last three months of the vear were the result of excess of demand over sup- ply. The buyers bid the price up, and as happens in the marketing of any article or commodity under like con- ditions, there was dutbless some spec- ulative holding and trading that tend- ed to raise prices. This factor and the inclination of the middleman and retailer to exact extra profits are not believed to have been any greater as regards coal than as regards other necessities whose prices have risen Last year 700,000,000 fect of timber was cuf on the national forests. during the last few months. Record Year for Shipments of Port- land Cement, The shipments of Portland cement from the mills in the United States in 1916 approximated 94,508,000 barrels, compared with $6.891,681 barrels in 1915, an increase of 8.8 per ceat; the production of Portland cement ap- proximated 91,194,000 barrels, compar- ed with 85,914,907 barrels in 1915, an increase of 6.1 per cent; the stocks of finished cement fell from 11,781,166 barrels in 1916, a decrease of 28.9 per cent. These figures are derived from statistics and estimates compiled by Ernest F./ Burchard, of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior. and the returns on which they are based were fairly com- plete for all states except California. The figures for stocks are not consid- ered accurate, as they could not well Don’t You Want Good Teeth? Does the dread of the dental chair cause you to neglect them? VYeu need have no fears. BX r method you can have your teeth filled, crowned or extracted OLUTELY WITHOUT PAIN. 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