Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 10, 1917, Page 4

Eastern Connecticut has forty- aine towns, one hundred and sixty- R Postatios discricts, ad stzty free dellvery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every fown and on all of he R. F. D. foutes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION TWOL, BVErage.c.eeressenencns 4412 2905, average...wnssxeees 5,920 ... 9,158 BLOCKING NEUTRALS A This country is not hurrying into a ; il-dl'rlflon of war against Germany. | {3t i1s keeping its head and insisting {Gpon its rights although it is not iTushing into trouble to do so. This indicated by the answer which has ‘Been given to the officials of the American line regarding the sailing of ‘the St. Louis. The state department o decided that the vessel will not F conveved but it has told the com- that “the rights of Amer- £ iean vessels are the same now as they fhan'“ prior to the issuance of the Ger- 3 submarine declaration, and that /& neutral merchant vessel may, if its February 3... ! 3 unlawfully attacked, take any neces- {sary means to prevent or resist at- tack” Just what is to be done regarding salling of the St. Louis has not ‘Been announced, but the indications are that it will sail within a few days /and there is a probability that it will g0 _armed for defense. " But with the exception of the Brit- 4sh and French vessels which continue o leave our ports, there has been a | Balt put upon shipping by the sub- |-+ order. From the number of which are getting through the zone as well as those which are sunk it is apparent that the al- 4 are not frightened or blocked by “the new policy. But business is being ‘furned from neutral to British and ‘@rench bottoms which virtually makes ‘& blockads of nsutral countries rather « of the beligerent and the aban- twof nfutral richts upon the sea. Whether this is going to be ‘& permanent fhing or is just the con- " dition folloging the putting into ef- of the' unjustified German' policy iy be decided within a ely brief time. . OPPOSITION SLIGHT THUS FAR. % " Though the tonnage has varied the German submarines have averaged ten vessels a day since the un- jcted navel warfare was resumed. ¥ It has sent to the bottom some small ‘boats and some large ones, and even ithough the most of them have been freighters there has also been in- v in the ilst at least one large ger carrying ship, so that there 3 3! shipping, as well as that be- ng to neutrals, that it relies in “to accomplish its purpose, the p of the ocean traffic which is carrying supplies of all kinds to the 4 powers. The dally tonnage de- d thus far exceeds that which sunk previous to the mew order even if it is continued at the nt rate it will fall far short of Jmjllion tons a month which has expected. the meantime Great Britain preparations S to have made will to a large extent nullify ‘mctivities of the subsea boats. ‘what they are have not been dis- " lclosed for obvious reasons, and it has ot as yet shown that it has through for leaving such a perllous hole in the street unguarded. It is all right to ‘warn pedestrians to “watch your step” but everyone has a right to rely upon protection from such death holes, es- pecially in a much used street. The disappearance of the citizen, ' ‘who was caught in the rush of water in the sewer and probably carried in- to the harbor, reveals a condition ‘which ought not to be tolerated in any community. The responsibility in that case ought to be fixed and rigid stéps taken to see that such negligence does not occur again. Life doesn't amount to very much when it doesn't receive better protection than was accorded in that instance. GERMANY’S STRANGE CONDUCT. It is surprising at this late date that Germany should be seeking through former Ambassador Gerard to have the treaty of 1799, which was reafirm- ed in 1826, egain reafirmed. That government must know that the United States minister lost his au- thority to enter into any such nego- tiations when this country severed di- plomatic relations and its affairs at Berlin were turned over to the Spanish ambassador. ir. Gerard is now only a private citizen as far as such a matter is concerned. But why has Germany waited until this late date to endeavor to secure a reaffirmation, or why has it considered it necessary to have such a step taken? This country has not declared that treaty a scrap of paper, it has not denled German subjects and prop- erty the rights which exist thereun- der, it has even announced that it has no intention of seizing German ships and property even though war should be declared, and it has succeeded in getting from the allies the promise of a safe conduct home for Count von Bernstorft and party, insofar as the allies are responsible. In view of this evidence on the part of the United States to treat German interests and property justly, it is dis- quieting news which comes from Ber- ln to the effect that Gerard is pre- vented from leaving that country. Germany apparently considers that it is going to hold every other country to their responsibilities but that it is going to do as it pleases where its own actions are involved. GREATER CARE IS NEEDED, When it is estimated by the actuar- ia] bureau of the National Board of Fire Underwriters that small electri- cal devices are causing fires at the rate of 30,000 or more in the course of a year, it does not call for the abandonment of these devices but rather should it mean the exercise of greater care in their use, for it is in- variably the fault of the user instead of the device that fires are thus kin- daled. It is well known what results when an electric flat is left upon an iron- ing board with the current turned on, for it doesn’t take long for the iron to spofl the fabric which is ynder it, whereas if the proper care was used to place it on a metal stand or even to shut off the current which can be done in the fraction of a second, the trouble would be avoided. It is thus the carelessness Instead of the device ‘which ought to be done away with. When electric appliances are used they should receive the attention which they deserve. A large number of the fires which odcur in dwellings can be traced di- rectly to this form of carelessness. The fire in the Boston residence of ex- Governor Draper causing damage to the extent of $350,000 was due to an electric plate warmer in the butler's pantry, and the burning of the resi- dence of John Wanamaker, - several years ago resulted from an electric pressing* iron. The ease with which they could have been prevented shows how little effort is reéquired to check such fires before they are started. EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: Self control has frequently been found to mean a fight with appetite. It must be admitted that thus far the ground hog is entitled to his clalm that he puts the backbone into win- ter. These are the days when the bulle- tin boards attract about as much at- tention as when the baseball season is at its height. If it is a fact that Carranza has ex. tended his best wishes to the kaiser irf the break with this country, he has reached a decision quicker than he does on most matters. The mystery which continues to sur- round the recent operations of the German ralder may simply be prepar- atory to the disclosure of another list of vessels captured or sunk. 3 The limit to which the most of the neutrals are willing to zet together is on the sending of a strong protest to Germany. The question then re- solves itself into what will the answer be? The fact that it has been establish- ed that there was a “leak” will give greater prestige to Thomas W. Law- son than ever, even thbugh none of the prominent figures he mentioned are as yet in the net. Forefgn {Secretary Zimmerman of Germany 1s pleased at the non hostile phrases iy President Wilson's note. If he would reflect he must appreciate the faet that ail the hostility has been manifested by the other side. ‘Artists, \tpt;n e “Govil, aithough of the realm they would comes error of mortal Yo @ whits heat, The betal surprised mind which in a past ones than to follow old ones; but those who thus defend their lack of prac- tice, or the dearth of example, have never proven their abiiity to improve them. Charles Kingsley used to be- lieve that a good example was more catching than the measles; but he must have been mistaken, or else good examples have greatly decreased since his day. Shakespeare looked this same fleld over in his day, and wrote: ‘I could easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than to be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.” Following the line of least resistance is so popular that meny people who think they are on the road to heaven are headed the wrong way. Man spends his early years in dreaming of days of leisure, and if he is unlucky enough to get them he dis- covers that he has reached the age of tedious hours. Hardly any of the things we dream of and envy others of in life are worth having. Those who think the privilege of standing around and fooking on is a cinch would soon change their minds. The men who have worked and won a compe- tence find it impossible to overcome their habits of industry and to become positively idle. To a person of gump- tion there is nothing attractive to idlenass. The idle-brain has been called the devil's workshop; and idle hands usually become skilled in mis- chief. Industry it is said knows the fear of only one devil, while idleness is haunted by a thousand. The idle rich beget the wanderlust, and the wanderlust never confers any lasting joy, it only becomes a bad habit. ldl:-ul" brings peace to none save the deac While nothing is to be said against the highest culture it is the little practical knowledges which are most important. At certain points in life the® knowledge of a Shakespeare doesn’t save a man from drowning Who does not know how to swim: and the practical knowledge of an Edison would notbeof anyavail under some circumstances if he didn’t know how to make batter bread to save his life the Kaiser is reputed to be better in- formed upon government policies than any fifteen men in Burope, but if he goes on laying up wrath against the day of wrath what good is this great fund of knowledge to him. There are occasions when it is more important to know how to black on shoes well than to know how to write an essay. ‘There is no such thing ‘having too much knowledge about the commonest things in life for they may prove to be the preservation of other knawl- edges. No domed temple should be caught making faces at its corner stone. It is an important thing to be prepared to meet the exigencies of life, and this cannot always be done with pen and ink, it may require the use of the frying pan. The great foreign painters are com- plaining because war has come to be holes in the ground, crawling forces bedaubed with mud, and blank acres of land swept by shells and smoke and poieon gases, and there are no longer.| uniformed men and prancing chargers to paint. This war has become a war of machinery. Manhood, honor and decency have all been swept to the winds; and as Israel Zangwell pictures it, has fell to a point of degradation equivalent to two duellists abandoning the old code of honor and approach- ing one another to throw vitroil into each other's faces. Since treaties have been classed as scraps of paper, the rules of nations have been violated, and every neutral nation under the sun made subject to indignities from which they thought fhey were amply protected, we behold that advanced warfare in reality is a condition of degradation and insecurity such as the world never dreamed of. The fight- ing s underground or under water and the methods the methods of knaves and pirates instead of honora- ble men. When honor and respect of law are cast to the winds what more can be expected? The appearance of a two Aa river in the dispatches from the Riga. region of war operations reminds me of a colored Adventist preacher in these parts who used to preach from “the one-eved chapter of the two-eyed John,” because he was unable to un- derstand the Roman npumerals. The average reader doesn't know how to pronounce it, and you may hunt in letters or in music for the sound and you will not get it; although, Russia, France and Switzerland each have an Aa river, they do not pronounce these letters the eame. Amsterdam has a one-lettered river, the Y.; and Sweden | S has a one-lettered town, and in the Chinese provinee of Ho-nan is the town_of ‘The nearest America comes to a one-lettered town is Ka, ‘Virginia; but Oklahoma has two one lettered "countles: I and D. In this direction attention has been called to the fact that the last name in the ®azetteer is not as one might guess the Zyder Zee, but the town of Zywiec in Stberia. 1t is something of a disappointment in life to be compelled to live on corned beef and cabbage when we think we are entitled to cream-pies and ice-cream; but we shall probably live longest on real food. A ‘many of the disappointments in re- sult from hankering after things that are not good for us. Making invalids has never vet been sSecession; but all other party distinc- tions and political feuds seemed “for the time obliterated. The nation was without soldiers, ‘without munitions of war or military equipment, but an army leaped into existence, ‘armed, equipped, and ready for action. The governor of Connecticut, when the war broke out, was Willlam A. Buckingham, a citizen of Norwich, national government. This undoubted- though it seems to some people too common to hail with pleasure. When the appetite is right it never makes faces at coarse food. Here is a truth from Richard Lee Gallienne: “Humanity is not a precious metal, but if you know how to use it, it is excellent clay—a clay not without streaks of gold.” There is always something of the first quality in it, and it is not brought out by arrogance but by humility. Pride has the power to change angels into devils, but humility has proven itself to be the foundation and bond of all virtue. Those who are conscious of how much they owe others are usually the ones who dis- cover the streaks of gold in the clay. ‘Whoever has learned to forgive him- self little and others much has put himself in the way to disclose the streaks of gold in the clay. Human nature does not shine much if it does not come tuto the right relation to its divine source. It may grovel and be abased, or it may look down upon it- self d be exalted. William Penn voiced this sentiment. “Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in ‘humility. An able, and yet humble man, is a jewel worth a kingdom.” Sunday Moming Talk THE ESPECIAL VALUE OF INSIG- NIFICANT PEOPLE. It was Abe Lincoln wWho remarked that God must love common folks, since he made so many of them. To what observer of human life has not the same thought come? We note that the tinlest fraction of our race at- tains to distinction. The great re- mainder is made up of humble, un- known folk expecting no “heraldry and pomp of power” ang looking for. no praise of anything they are or do. One day in midocean, the engines of the liner stopped, for a few minutes, their steady pounding. There was a brief service on deck and then “a heavy shotted hammock shroud drops in its vast and wandering grave” In- quiry as to this death on shipboard elicited the information that the man was “only a stoker.” As the great ship ploughed on, his fellow passengers could not even learn his name. Of what a host is this poor work- man, unwept, unhonored and unsung the representative! Think of the for- sotten millions who do the world's work and make our civilization pos- sible! Like the sands of the seashore for multitude, they receive no praise of men, nor stand for a minute’s time under the calcium ray of fame. They are the sons of Martha laboring all the days of their lives, that others may eat the fruit of their iabors. The sense of insignificance and ob- scurlty that settles down like a pall on all of us at times has its peril. It may become, for instance, a fruitful source of discontent. Anyone with a spark of ambition longs for some slight niche of his own in the hall of fame. Yearning for some performance 2 little better than that of the com- mon_herd, he resigns himself at last to_miediocrity only with a pang. This sense of personal insignificance, moreover, may e a source of tempta- tion. One may try to hide behind it. The man with one talent, or with half a talent, decides that nothing much is expected of him. He refuses to make his humble contribution to life. The truth is that insignificant peo- ble are of more importance than they have dared to believe. When the fi- nal record is written it may appear that hewers of wood and drawers of water are on a par with kings and poets. Sometime, somewhere, the rec- ognition due to common faithful lives will be accorded them. “In reading the life of any great man,” says a-discerning writer, you will always chance upon some obscure individual who, on some particular oc- casion, was greater than him whose life you are reading” Back of the great one whom all the world knows about stands some unknown person whose help has made the startling success possible. A biography of the famous Earl of hattesbury ~would be , sadly incom- plete without the story of a faithful, old servant at Blenheim, Maria Millis, This good woman awakened the first music of the noble man’s spiritual life. In her will she left her watch to her young master. To the day of his death, he never wore another, declaring, as he displayed it: “This was given to Stevenson dedicated one of his fa- mous books "To Alison Cunningham, from her bov.” In days before he had Teached fame he wrote to this well be- loved nurse: ‘Do mot suppose Cum- my, that I shall ever forget those long. bitfter nights when I coughed and coughed and was so unhappy, and you were so patient and loving with a poor, sick child. I wish T might become a man worth talking of, if it were only that you should not have thrown away ¥ | your pains.” achs. The world's record is that peo- ple of means have dyspepsia oftener than they have good appetites: and mm—.w—mmuum- mlhmm good digestion that the feeders envy them of. If fate "lnl # a Though one is boung down day after day to a commonplace tasi, it is plain that he need not live s commonplace life. may be a workman needing not to be ashamed. He may have a not o Goa l Governor Buckingham’s call for vol- unteers to fill the quota of Connecticut in the state, offering their services for the three months; but as only three regiments were many of them were disbanded. But what a glorious record of readiness and patriotism for the Constitution State and its gover- nor! = The First regiment, C. V. was re- cruited at Hartford. Two young men of Norwich, E. K. Abbott and iS. T. C. Merwin, hastened to that city and en- rolled at privates in Rifle Company A. This was the company that in just 12 hours from the opening of the roll reported to the adjutant general with a full complement of men and its of- ficers chosen. Wasn't that a record for preparedness? Colonel Daniel Tyler, a retired offi- cer of the regular army, residing on Washington street, Norwich, was ap- pointed colonel of this regiment. Col- onel Tyler, later brigadier general, was a native of Brooklyn, Conn., and a graduate of West Point. He retired from the U. §. army in 1832, and up to the time of the opening of the Civil war had been engaged as a civil en- gineer in superintending the construc- tion of railroads At a later period of the war he commanded a division of the Army of the Mississippi. He was tather of the late Col. Augustus Cleve- land Tyler, who married Miss Cornelia Osgood of Norwich, and whose bragery is commemorated by the -camp of Spanish War Veterans named for him at Willimantic. The elder Tyler was the grandfather of Mrs. Theodore ‘Roosevelt. Of the Hartford company, the late John L. Spalding of Norwich was the sergeant r. For the other two regiments, three companies were raised in the town, going into service _under _Captains Frank S. Chester, Henry Peale and ‘Edward Harland. These officers, with their six lieutenants, and Lieut. Col. David Young of the Second C. V. ‘were all of Norwich. Twelve commis- sioned officers and 135 enlisted men were credited to this town for the three months’, service in the state accounts. The enlistments began April 18th. Colonel Chester’s company left the city for the camp in New Haven April 22d—notice how rapidly preparations were made—and Coionel Peale’s fol- lowed April 24th. These companies were mustered into the Second Conn. Vols. as Companies A and B. Captain Harland’s company left April 29th and was received into the Third C. V. ‘The whole community was moved ‘when these companies marched away. Warfare was a new experience to the generation, and the nature of the con- test excited thrilling emotion, Throngs of citizens, young and old, accompanied the soldiers to their place of embarkation, embracing the volun- teers and invoking blessings on them and on their cause. The magniture of the principle of human liberty in- volved in the contest seemed to give 2 deep significance to every measure connected with it. In aid of these first enlistments, the historian records, money was poured out like water. 'A large sum was raised by private subscription for bounties and equipment. The Thames bank, following the example of other monied institutions of the etate, ten- dered the governor a loan of $100,000 for public use. Public-spirited women met for many successive days to prepare clothing required by the departing soldiers. In deed, these patriotic women of Nor- wich kept busy even when, on Satur- day evening, April 20th, a meeting was being held in Breed 'hall, eloquent speeches made and resolutions adopt- ed; crowded in the galleries, their needles flew as they fashioned gar- ments for the volunteers. Nor did this work cease on the following day, Sun- . As Miss Caulkins expresses it, “La- bor and prayer went tofether through the day.’ THE DICTAGRAPH. l STORIES OF THE WAR Hollander’s Experience in Germany. Germany is underfed and depressed, according to a writer in the Amster- dam Telegraaf, who returned from Germany to Holland at the end of 1916. He tells the following of his ex- periences and observations in Ger- man “1 a job in a large factory in et By St o vory village, which a year and in the uiltimcte plan. The life is|the i hat Sares Tass for reputation ¥ Your unrestricted choice from our large and select stock of woolens : SUIT OR OVERCOAT TO ORDER $17.50 - Reduced from $22, $25, $28, $30 This Remarkable Offer Ends Positively Today anhaltan I2t- 125 Main Street “Custom Tailoring Department”’ in all the farms, and there is also very little decent horseflesh to be seen. Ow- ing to the enormous lack of labor the land has fallen into wretched condi- tion. Weeds are everywhere a great plague and crops of all kinds are suf- fering in consequence. Many flelds are lying fallow, and the number of such fields must steadlly increage, owing to the deficiency of labor, “Fat or fat products are scarcely ever to be obtained. Hence the work- men at Krupp's, at Essen, were glad to accept a tenth of a pound of fat as 2 Christmas present. “The people’s drink, beer, is very bad, indeed, and the gquantity obtainable has become very much smaller. It is generally reported that from Feb. 1 the distilleries will have to work ex- clusively for the army. Young fellows with whom I was very friendly, and who had returned home owing to their having been wounded, told me that the consumption of strong_ drink in the army was enormous. It s used, they said, especially before an attack, to keep the men’s courage up. “The people speak more freely than a year ago about questions connected with the war. I have repeatedly heard thoroughgoing Germans declare that Germany had willed the war. Hardly any one believes that Germany wiil now issue from the struggle triumph- ant; but the people hope that she will come out of it without injury. They hope for it—but hunger is a sharp sword. ' “It is to be noted that now and again great troop movemen place in the direction of the Dutch frontier, which appear to coincide with rumors that the English intend to_invade Holland. “The enthusiasm of the young re- cruits on their departure for the front is no longer to be witnessed. I saw a train of them leave Dortmund station a few days ago. The military band played “Deutschland, Deutschland uber Alles!” both on the platform and in the train, but I did not hear any of the hundreds of young soldiers rais: their voices. “Long trains filled with troops have gone day and night recently to the western front.” Rats On the French Front. The Allies have made little progress against their our-footed enemies, the rats, on the French front. They seem to be quite as pumerous as during the second winter campaign though t numbebrs haveg been killed. They multiply faster than the numbers of dogs sent to the front to ‘fight them and are now, it is sald, menacing the army with an epidemic of jaundice. Jap in British Uniform Well Scarred. The British Medal has just been enty scars. He has six times, the last shrapnel wounds, Ohara entered between two and three billion francs of | pilation by the foreign trade depart- the vellow metal in the hands of the public and a number of legisiators with Deputy Bouffandeau of the Oise at their head propose to force reluc- tant holders to bring in their hoards by demonetizing all French gold coins. All the gold in the bank, under their proposed arrangement, would be re- coined after a new design and no other goid coins would be legal tender in France after the end of the war. OTHER VIEW POINTS Of the 217 cases of smallpox which there have been in Connecticut all but two, says Dr. Black of the state board of health, can be traced to Wa- terbury, and the other two, he adds can be traced to Waterbury Indirectl: Let us have thorough work until we live down this bad reputation.—Wa- terburpy American, ‘Whether or not war comes, Govern- or Holcomb's military census now un- der way is an excellent thing, and the legislature acted wisely in giving the chief executive ample power to rush the gathering of data unhampered in any ~particular. This is information which should be in the possession of both the state and the nation. What we cannot understand, hov- ever, is why the data was not in the possession of the adjutant general of the state. We luprofled 1t was a large part of his duty to have the knowi- edge this census will give an his fin- ger tips at all times—New Haven Union, From all over the country comes ‘word of the patriotism which has been aroused by the threatened danger. In- dividuals and corporations have mar- shaled their resources and offered them to the government., Real Amer- icanism has begun to manifest itself, not in a spirit of braggadocio, but from a real disposition to be of ser- vice. We are-suddenly discovering that we have @ capacity for bigness in things spiritual as well as in things material. Carping eriticism has been laid aside for active participation In things constructive. Patriotism is re- placing politics; sectionalism has giv- en way to preparedness.—Meriden Record. The pork barrel appropriation bill, which includes undertakings of justi- fled local improvement and undertak- ings of unjustifiable enterprise, ought to meet with a chilly reception when it_encounters the gaze of President Wilson. It ought to ve vetoed, first on the ground that it is packed with provisions which, in the under-world, ‘would be at once recognized as high- way robbery; second, on the ground that only pressing necessities should be provided for, and third, on the ground that every dollar of federal in- come should be studied as capable of producing one dollar’s worth of ser- vice, not one cent more nor one cent less. 1t would be scandalous to evact a rk barrel law at this time, waen ungnwn expenditures face the coun- try and additional taxes witl have to be imposed. At no time in oF his incambency of the presidential office has President Wilson been S0 assured of public aupport as he is ta- day. He will cheerfully be given even ter popular support if he will re- Fase 1o be a party to this assanit on the treasury to strengthen rickety Tittont rences in econgressiomal . dis tricts. Having sent the pork barrel bill into the scrap heap, he would be in a position to insist upon a budget system of accounting and appropria- tion.—New Haven Journal-Courier. . Growing Popularity of the Pearl. ; ation of pesrls into in 1 = Fy- ment of the Natlonal City Bank New York of the importation of | cious stones in 1916 shows that to the pearl that that year owes record as that of the greatest impo tation of precious. ston The value of preclou: ed in ‘the calendar year 1916 for first time crossed the 50 milllon dol Hne, amounting in round térms (e milions againgt. 37 milions in 151 20 millions in 1914, and 47 miilions 1913, the former high record year, But this Ligh record for 1916 is due solel to the popularity of the pearl, of which ‘the importations of. 1916 amounted to approximately 12 miilior dollars, agaihst a little over four mil lions in ahe preceding year and a tri fle over five millions In the forme high record years, 1912 and 1912 Indeed 8o little ‘wag the pearl in fa vor among the importers of precious stongs that the department of com merce did not find it necessary to take a separate record of its importations Prior to 1811, merely ineluding it in the group “all other precious stones.” In 1911, however, the importations amounted .to nearly two million dol lars, in, 1912 about five millions, in 1913 five millions, in 1014 (a year of smal] imports of luxuries) about two millions, in 1915 a little over four mi lions, whilé in 191§ the total was about 12 millions, or more than in any two preceding years in the history of pear] e e Feas! 1 ing 1 | o pear! is growing in populer favor more rapidly than e dlamond is evidenced by the fact that pearls imported in 1916 were one-third of tho the value of diamond imports, In 19 about one-fourth of the value of the dlamonds and in preceding years abe one-sixth of that of the diamond brought into the country. ‘The explanation offéered by import and dealers of the more rapid percentage of growth in the importa n of the pearl is that pearis ars “more In favor” t formerly. fact prices of pearls have advanced even more rapidly tha nthose of dia- monds. average value per unit of quantit incréased fn dlamonds about ‘0 per cent. in the past yea while in pearis the increase has bee about 26 per cent. In value per unit o uantity. g Most of the pearls brought into the United States are imported from France, and smaller quantities from the United Kingdom, though of course these countries, which produce no pearls, have gathered om from other parts of the world and put them into marketable condition. The chief places in which they are sbisined ars the vearl oyster Gaheries of the Bulu ar chipelago, the Philippine Istands, the coasts of Australla, Burma and Cey- lon, the Red Sea, the Persian OGulf, and the Pear] Isiands in the Bay of Papama. The diamonds imported by the United States are drawn from Great Britain, France, and the Nether lands, but afe chiefly produced ir BSouth Africa. The value of preclous stgnes im- ported inta the Y}n%‘ euq?. sipce 1900 is over §500,000,0¢ of which dia- monds were about $485,000.000, and pearls approximately 40 mijlions, the cauendar year 1316 having made the highest record of al lous stones with a tli:ll of ‘0V0r lu'l'nllllo- LI lars, rming A er pércent. age omll i:m nlr““n‘l 1916 than in any preceding year in the his- of precious tory of the § stones. T} fl&‘n—n of 1916 is however; due {0 lasge inerease | the importation “of ), the dia monds_imported in 1 ving beor slightly less in value than in the cal " The people of the United States now of the Un! tes now own fully two-Aftha of the known Gl monds of the world, their value ex- eo;ld‘l’ufithnuufi importati. cg“nln. wl e ann lon for do mestic use is also greater than that of:'any ‘other country. th in-