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Did Qermans Plan to Exterminate Belgians? Eg k > g=gsi5egag=B8g-g.\" ��������� *. \" ���������*J-r _ ���������, ' _ - ��������� Record-Breaking Evangelistic Meetings Being Held in Philadelphia by Billy Sunday���������Needed in New York Attorney-General Bowser Silences His Critics in Fighting Speech SSSSaSSSmSSSSSfS^SSSSSSSSSSm .������������������!������������������*���������*****��������� i i, ,. Ol II \\V , ggl*g���������gg ****���������S-***-****S*mmm^^ 1& v. M, i < 'A* ���������X Al / T '*.\">* RECORD-BREAKING \"SUNDAY'iJEETINGS IN PHILADELPHIA Billy Sunday, the - Evangelist, is holding meetings in Philadelphia. The special tabernacle erected for the purpose seats 60,000 people, and is reported by the Philadelphia papers as ('full to capacity at every service. The meetings late at 2.00 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. Thousands of [people come to the tabernacle in the morning j and' stay till evening, service is over*\" The last Philadelphia paper to hand-(January 2'9) reports [5,000 people in their seats at noon. At 1.30 came Ithe rush of \"reserved seat\" holders, and at 2.00 p.m. not more than 1,000 seats had to be filled. This Philadelphia meeting is a record breaker t_n modern religious services as far as we know. The largest meetings ever addressed by D. L. [Moody were held in the Agricultural Hall, [London, which seated' 30,000 people. This is 1 doubled today in Philadelphia, and thousands are, [turned away at almost every meeting. On Thursday, 28th January, a special train Ifrom\"New YorkXJity brought a delegation of 400 lliew York ministers to the Sunday meeting. The [.fain was arranged for and paid for by one of [the New York papers,, who thus entertained the '\"clergy.\", ' _ .. ,- . The Relegation fro^a N������wx York consisted of representative gathering:of Greater New York [preachers, with such men as Pr. Eaton of Fifth [Avenue Baptist Church, and Bishop Rudolph of (toe Reformed Episcopal)Church, among them. The object ol their coming was to,lay before WOJawHSwtday %& ft������!dX������f N������w Yorfr 3ity and ask him to consider a \"call\" to work' that place. - . ��������� ' Rev. S. S. Young, P.p., head of the delegation introduced the matter and spoke as follows: . \"Seven years ago it was my privilege to entertain at luncheon yourself and eighteen new [converts following your address to ministers in {Pittsburg, an address criticized so adversely as to cause the officers of the church in which the leeting was held to pass a resolution intended 5m������ prevent such a calamity in the future. \"One year ago you, were preaching daily m jhat same church. Five hundred members have >een added to it and tens of thousands to other bhurches as fruit of your Pittsburg campaign, t \"The pastor of that 'church goes up and Jown the land, testifying to the character revolution wrought in multitudes of lives during those Jew weeks. \"This is typical of the change of mind on the part of conservative Christian people when they actually know you and your work. Here are aearly 400 representative preachers of New York FIDity. As goes New York, so in considerable [measure goes America. The best people on the [continent live in New York. The worst people [on the continent live in New York. A mighty [host of ministers and laymen entreat you to come land help transform the worst into the best. It ''Our city has been the goal of each national tevangeiist. Hither came Moody the winter after [Philadelphia. Here, Finney climaxed his career. \"Some of our spiritual leaders still hesitate Ito extend this invitation. They need to see and Ibelieve. What you have done for temperance, what your efforts have accomplished among Khose whom the rest 6f us do not reach, the way [the religious forces, gather about you in h'eart- to-hea'rt; contact with non-churchgoing masses, ly our arresting and understandable speech, your |.incerity, , bravery, tenderness, humor, your lique and lovable.personality, your faith in God |)nd His gospel, have made you the foremost YVrophet of the common people. . ft \" This tremendous responsibility, we pray you Inay continue to, bear in humble fidelity to the Great Master. Should you falter or misstep, an liudible groan would rise from tens of. millions. IjSy God's grace and the supplications of believers wra-. shall not fail; but your path shall be as the shining light that shineth more and more into the perfect day.' XX deeded in New York. A unanimity of opinion ..prevailed among l������hem that Sunday is not only much needed, but j;8 much wanted in New York, and Rev. S. E. ftTouhg, P.B.,'-pastor of the Bedford Presbyterian V-'hurch, of Brooklyn, and chairman of the New rork City Go-to-Church Committee, soundedthev .eynote of the expressions of opinions given Injuring the trip from New York when he said: \"An Overwhelming majority of New York >reachers and churches will soon extend to Mr.-. [>$unday an invitation to conduct a revival campaign in Greater New York.\" It was learned that Rev. Edward H. Emett, pme of Sunday's assistants, is to visit New York tbefore the end of. the week for the express purpose of looking over possible sites for a mam- /��������� i The second war session was opened We4nes7/ day at Ottawa with all due ceremony. Khaki was abandoned and a brilliant display of uniforms was the result. Admirals, Major-Generals; Lieutenant-Colonels and one Honorary Colonel with many lesser officers in full ^uniform adorned the scene, and when the members were summoned to the Senate to listen to the Speech from the Throne by His Royal Highness the Puke of Connaught tbe effect was one of unusual brilliance. The Speech from the Throne related entirely.. to the war. No other legislation was foreshadowed. It was as follows: \"Honorable Gentlemen of the Senate; Gentlemen of the House of Commons ��������� Puring the_ months which have elapsed since the outbreak of war, the people of Canada have given most abundant and convincing evidence of-their firm loyalty to our sovereign and of their profound devotion to the institutions of. the British Empire. \"Since I last addressed you, a Canadian expeditionary force of more than 30,000 men has been safely dispatched across the Atlantic, and ���������������������������������������������m^���������������������������a��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� \\��������� i .' . . . ^. ~ moth tabernacle, equipped with special acoustic devices, which the v New Yorkers hope to see erected there. A large open space back of the Grand Central station has already been considered, and Rev. Charles L. Goodell.P.P., pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, who is organizing a committee to prepare plans for the advent of Sunday in New York, is said to have already . had another excellent site .offered to him. Paterson Gives Up Claim. Wealthy churchmen of New York have also signified their intention of making substantial contributions to the $150,000 fund which the New Yorkers propose to raise to insure the construction of what they plan to make the biggest tabernacle Sunday has ever preached in. It. is stated that Paterson. where Sunday is scheduled to go for a six weeks' campaign after he concludes ^he present one in this city, has intimated its willingness to give way to New York and thereby contribute to the success of the plan to have Sunday eonduct a great revival in what he hns described as the \"modern Sodom and Goniorrah.\" , The success of this plan will probably hinge flfton;|he conference that Fev. Pr. Goodell's committee will soon hold with the evangelist. At' this conference the plan will be fully discussed,' and Sunday will learn whether, as he has stipulated, the clergy of New York are unanimous in wanting him to go there. The delegation of New York ministers whieh ������ame here today to hear Sunday preach is one of the most representative bodies of its kind. Rev. Br. Young explained, that has ever assembled anywhere to eive impetus to church work. And this is the man \"called\" to a specific work by the churches in the largest cities of this continent and of the world, that was refused a ��������� jeFarrfying in. the BrijSfhiides has teen ei* gaged in' completing &e~ hecewary triflingr pc- , fore; proceeding to, tbe front. > A * \"Notwithstanding the unusually severe weather- conditions --which have prevailed in the British Isles, the training has proceeded satisfactorily, and it is anticipated that the force will .very shortly take its place in the field of action. - , . \"The earnest and resolute spirit of patriotism which animates the whole Pominion has evoked a magnificent response to the call for service beyond the seas. Large forces have been organized, from which further contingents arc ready t������ibe dispatched as soon as the necessary arrangements for receiving them and completing their training can be consummated. \"Notwithstanding the inevitable disturbance of trade which was created by the outbreak of war on so vast a\\ scale, the financial, and business conditions of the Pominion hrive shown great stability; and oT^theXwHole tbeXebuatry has adapted itself to the new conditions in a very effective way. X , - '' My advisers will submit for your consideration measures rendered necessary, for the participation of this Pominionin the great task which our Empire has undertaken in this war. \"Gentlemen of the House of; Common8,-^-The accounts of the last fiscal year will be laid before you immediately, and the estimates for the next fiscal year willbe submitted without delay. You will be asked to make the necessary, financial provision for effective aid in the eonduct of the war. ��������� :-XV. '--.������������������ .v.X -;��������� ������������������, ��������� \"Honorable Gentlemen of the Senate,���������Gen- telraen of the House of Commons,���������The strong unity of purpose which inspires His, Majesty's Dominions gives us the firm assurance that the cause for which this war has been undertaken will be maintained to an honorable and successful issue. . 11 commend to your favorable consideration the measures which will be submitted' to you for aiding that great purpose, and.I pray that the Pi vine blessing may be. vouchsafed to your deliberations.\" ATTORNEY-GENERAL BOWSER QUICKLY SILENCES HIS CRITICS On Thursday afternoon the Hon. W. J. Bowser replied to his political foes in deep earnest. The gallery was packed to the. limit, and the Attorney-General was at his very best. He gave the lie direct and in the most completely con- \\ j nein g manner to the calumnious statements c first published in the \"Chinook,\" going into the most minute details of the Government's relation to the Pominion Trust and citing example after example in the various provinces of Canada in support of the legislation effected in B.' C. (Continued on Page &) ^��������� ���������X��������������������������������������������� The War The forts of the Pardanelles are slowly being reduced by the Franco-British fleet and soon one of the most acute problems of the war will come up for settlement, \"What is to be done with Con- THE WAR >YR x?l X ���������4 ������������������- H, ' ( < X-vi X- * \\i\\ -.jj - '- /vi/k\\ l,X^X Xv,-vi? *M y . l .r fident of the, final outcome on thia point. -,_& ready Roumania haa been granted, a lane loan - antr tKrmte������rgteaT powers, ttmftym&im Russia, aTe npw preparing for a huge joint loan in order to finance those powers that will shortly join them in the effort to destroy the scientific barbarism with which Germany is to enslave the world. Tbe astounding feature bf this world conflict is the attitude of. the United States, in spite of the accumulated evidence of a gigantic conspiracy to subborn the interests and liberties of the world to the insensate pride of the German race. The Ship Purchase'Bill has had a stormy time in the House at Washington during the week and will not go through without amendment which President Wilson has signified his willingness to accept. The argument has turned on the fact that to purchase the German interned steamers would be to purchase a quarrel with every-ship.rXFhe-possibility^of:-war: withTBritain over the \"right of search\" and the purchase of ships has been the theme of almost every; American paper during the week. X...: American sentiment and especially that of President Wilson and Secretary Bryan'seems to be assuredly pro-British; indeed, it would, be hard to imagine anything else, \"but political necessities are hard things to combat, and the German-Irish vote in the U.S.. A. is that of a. wealthy, politically powerful and united faction. The outlook, therefore, whilst hopeful is not altogether without clouds in this direction. Both the Pacia and the Wilhelmina are now at sea and any day may bring forth a decidedly complicated situation. Germany has now put in her long threatened attack on British shipping. The waters surrounding the British Isles tare declared in the war zone and vessels of. commerce as well as war vessels are now subject to attack and destruction without formal ontice. Already five British coasting vessels have been sunk by German submarines, and much interruption of coasting .;traffic has taken place. A German submarine is located in Liverpool Bay but still at large. What measures the Admiralty are taking to meet this new feature of naval warfare are not of course made public, but Britain has confidence in \"Jackie\" Fisher. The First,Canadian Contingent is now either in France or on the eve of departure for active service. Enlistment for the Third Canadian Contingent is now begun and Parliament is asked for $100,000,000 for this year's war expenses. Rumor has it that in March Lord. Kitchener will go to the front and take supreme command of. the British infantry, whilst Field Marshall French devotes himself to the cavalry movements. The situation in Poland remains unchanged. In, East Prussia the Russian forces are exerting increased pressure with some little success; The struggle in the Carpathians and on the Bukovina and Transylvanian frontiers remains undecided. The Austrian troops hitherto acting against Servia have been transferred to Hungary's threatened eastern borders and Servia gets a much needed breathing spell. ,4 I'i ���������\\ f . i . X THE WESTERN CALL A. Friday, February 5, 1915. \\ Mguut Pleasant Dry Goods House BIG^AIST SALE Friday & Saturday 30 dozen Ladies' Waists, French collar and cuffs. Fine vesting and pique waists; bought at 40 cents on the dollar; the regular prices of these waists would be $1.75, $2.00 and $2.25 under ordinary circum stances. Cash did the trick, and you buy them here on Friday and Saturday, in all sizes, at 75c Each *4*************4*4*4*4****)t **������****4*4*4* *4*4*4*4******************* ************* t 1 SNIDER BROS. & BRETHOUR, CONTRACTORS i; r ******-******^***^4*Ai***t***t************ *****4*4*****ic**************4*******4*4* **********������***************Jf ************************** a' _L V, *4*****4**************************4************* '��������� a *****4*4*4*********4*k************************** ;j, Regular $1.75 to $2.25 Phone Orders Not Filled Cor. Main & 8th Ave. <��������� COAL *\\* You can prove the actual saving in cash if you will try one ton of our Old Wellington Coal. This coal will reduce your fuel bill without reducing the heat. LUMP .... $7.00 NUT - $5.50 PEA .- $4.00 SLACK - - - - $3.50 BRIQUETTES - $6.50 f WOOD���������Choicest Dry Fir Cordwood $3.00 per load. McNeill, Welch & Wilson, Ltd. I Seymour 5408-5409. 4*************************ic************************* The New Detention Building, Vancouver. The new Immigration Building, which completed, will- cost' well on to $300,000, is now under construction by the well known Vancouver firm of contractors, Messrs. Snider Bros, and Bretliour. All the partners of .this company, are Native Sons and have already erected in Victoria and Vancouver probably the largest number of buildings of any contracting firm in the country. ���������������������������^������������������������������������^���������������������������������������������^������������������^������������������������������������^���������������������������^������������������������������������^��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� *4*4*4*4***4***4**********1(*** I POULTRY N.OTEfe;' ? ^������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������^������������������������������������������������������i *4*4*4**************************+***************���������**+ PROPER DIETING AT MACDONALD COLLEGE A Few Reasons | Why you should buy at * t Independent Prwg Store;; Cor. 7th & Main I���������We are close to your home. 2���������We have as big a stock as any other J)rug Store iu Vancouver, l 3^-We^have two expert <������ Prescription J)rug- '** gists. <������ 4���������You can phone your .' wants and obtain the .' goods. Marret & Reid J' Phone fnlrmomt 099 +4**+******************+* Phone Seymour 9086 ������J Even the careful, the prudent, have been ever ready to risk their savings in all sorts of doubtful ways, financing all kinds of schemes in the hope of great returns. It is our business that nothing entrusted to us goes to loss ��������� to make a dollar and four cents * or more grow in safety where hut a dollar grew before. Dow, Fraser Trust Co. 122 Hastings St., W. Mckay Station Burnaby Maximum egg production is largely controlled by the method of. feeding as well as by the nature of the. foods given. In the first place, if a hen is expected to lay well she must be kept in a healthy condition. JSgg production depends upon the condition of the ovaries, which* in turn depends upon the health of the hen. One of the prime factors in feeding is to compel the birds to take plenty of exercise. The litter in the house should be eight or ten inches deep, and the grain should be scattered in this whenever it is fed. It. is a good practice to stir up the litter frequently with a fork. This will prevent the straw or whatever is used for litter from becoming packed down solid, and will also compel the birds to scratch for the_grain_._ _ ^ The birds must be well fed on good feeds. Heavy egg production is quite a strain upon the system, and in order to keep it. up the hen must receive the best of attention. The diet of the hen may be simple, but it should be wholesome. The hen must be given plenty of feed, and as much variety as possible. All foods serve various purposes in the production of eg������s. Part of the food a hen receives furnishes energy to carry on the various functions of the body; part of the food furnishes energy to keep the body warm; another part of the food serves to build up the tissues and organs, and to keep them in repair; still another part of the food supplies material for egg production. The amount of food over and above that required for the. maintenance ration constitutes the egg producing ration. For this purpose those foods must be given which are. known to be good egg producers. Most of the food consists of whole and ground grains. Wheat, corn and oats are the three best whole grains. Wheat is used to a greater extent than is any other poultry food. It is one of the most complete egg producing foods. Corn N is also an excellent grain, particularly for winter feeding. It tends to keep the laying stock in good condition during the extremely cold weather. Oats, particularly when -they are of. good quality, make a very valuable poultry food. On the other hand, oats of poor quality are rather objectionable, since they have a comparatively large percentage of hulls. They may be fed in various forms, but they are best relished when rolled put flat. In this form we call them rolled oats, and it is surprising to find what large quantities the birds wiU\\ consume. They like them.in this-form-better, than in any other, and they will even eat j more whole, rolled oats than. rya- irious dry mashes. ; . , \\.* I The practice of Macdonald College is to feed a whole grain ration of one-half wheat and one- half corn during,.the winter months. If the corn is cracked it will give the hens more exercise than when fed whole. This grain mixture is scattered in the litter morning and evening, and the litter is kept in such a condition that considerable scratching is necessary. Enough grain is fed in the morning to keep the hens busy for several hours. In the evening they are given practically all the grain they will piek up before going to roost. There are many poultrymen who are not-able to feed their, flock_the proper amount of' grain from time to time. On the other hand, there are some poultrymen who believe in feeding a definite quantity of grain at each feeding. It is far better to feed the birds about what they want from time J to time, and since they will eat more at one feeding than another it is practically- impossible to state definitely any specific amount which the flock should be given for each feeding.' A very simple way of finding out whether the birds are being fed properly or not is to brush away some of the litter; then blow the chaff and dust away, and if corn or wheat can be seen on the bare spot of the floor the hens are being fed too heavily. .They should be made to clean everything up before being fed again. ���������M. A. Juli, Macdonald College. * . ��������� ��������� ' FBATHER-EATINO. Feather-eating is nothing more or less than a vicious habit, brought on in nearly every case as a result of accident, but said sometimes to be due to want of. sufficient animal food. As a matter of fact, it occurs, as a rule, amongst poultry which are penned up closely\" together, and rarely makes its appearance on farms, or under other conditions than those of close confinement, unless it be introduced into such places by some mischevious bird whieh has acquired the habit elsewhere. The trouble usually takes the form of plucking the feaihers from the head and neck, and when once it gets well started and all the birds have learned to do it, a whole floek of poultry will very soon present a ragged, unhealthy appearance as though they were suffering from some disease. It makes its appearance generally as the result of accidents. Two cocks will fight and. the blood from their cpmbs will run down the neck and hackle feathers, and the hens, liking the taste of\" the blood, will set to work to pick it off, and in so doing will often, rip out some of the small feathers and thus start the skin -bleeding. One thing leads to. another, and soon they get to know that by plucking out small feathers they, get a certain matter which suits their taste. Birds in confinement are natu^ ally more likely to start this than other birds, and the remedy in that case is to give them some granulated meat so that there may be no question of their having an insufficient supply of animal food. At the same time some occupation should be found for them which will distract their attention from the vicious habit referred to, and such occupation can take the shape of giving them,a cabbage suspended from a string, so that they have to jump up to reach it, and alss ~oy giving them some chaff to scratch amongst for small grain. If possible, discover which is the ringleader and break her neck���������then the trouble may be nipped in the bud. When it gets a firm hold it is dififcult to check, and the only plan that can be suggested is to apply something of a nauseous character to the feathers, suck, for instance, as a solution of quassia, or a little solution of bitter aloes, so as to discourage the other birds from attempting to pluck out the feathers. The objection to things like aloes is that they stain the plumage, but it is a question of Hobson's choice, for something must be done or the birds' necks will be stripped until they are absolutely naked.X It is also a very bad thing for poultry to swallow feathers, which may cause congestion of the crop, and to give rise to further difficulty. < NOT AS SHI. INTENDED ���������There recently came to a fashionable shop a daughter of a man whose wealth had been'acquired within very recent years. The young woman was disposed to patronise the salesman and rejected a number of classy slippers he produced for her approval. Finally, she said: \"I think, perhaps, I shall take these two pairs. But Louis XV. heels are too high for me. Give me a size lower ���������or, say, perhaps Louis J&m. will be high enough.\" | SEALED SECURITY is essential to safe investment. OOur Debentures guarantee a a return of 5%���������are negotiable DEBENTURES ���������are secured by $7,480,339 Assets. on Savings Deposits. Subject tb cheque withdrawal. Interest compounded quarter- yearly. , The Great West Permanent Loan Company Vancouver Branch: Rogers Bldg., Ground Floor R. J. POTTS, Manager. HOUSEHOLD GOODSanUOFFICE FURNlTURf .1 o j: iiw OlDtM AHD irt.t<.tSf X()Ka<*������ tt/NUKN IN WtbJtRw (ANAUA ttHPEEU, CTORM.133MP*. MOVING - PACKING- STORAGE-SHIPPING! ~ PHONE SEYMOUR M60. OFFICE 857 PRATTYST. 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MadafeCaaada ROYAUTE OIL la beat for all nee* THE IMPERIAL OIL CO., limited T������ ���������aabnaL Q-Ue. HOta. Ottam. I 1 s,\\:y/A/>Hk/ Friday, February 5, 1915. frHE WESTERN CALL / r 8. For Sale and For Rent Cards 10c each 3 for 25c WESTERN CALL OFFICE, 203 llngsway A DETECTIVE'S ADVICE Before employing a Private Detective, if you don't know your man. ask your legal adriaer. JOHNSTON, the Secret Service latelllKence Bureau. Suite (03-4 319 Pender St., W. Vaacouver, B. C. Try Our Printing Quality Second to None .^j..^j.������j..$..j..5~^2*^^j.������^.j������.j.4^.j..^.j..^������j*v^^ A. E. Harron J. A. Harron G. M. Williamson HARRON BROS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS VANCOUVER $ Office & Chapel���������1034 Granville St. Phone Seymour 8486 NORTH VANCOUVER Office & Chapel���������122 Sixth St. W. 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Francis Bursill of Collingwood, gave an address on \"Some Famous Men and the Debt They Owed to Books.\" From a wide range of literature Mr. Bursill quoted the words of gifted men in praise of literature. Said the lecturer: Ever ready to acknowledge the debt he owed to books was Lord Macaulay, who was an omniver- ous reader of even ephemeral literature. In his days and right up to my own days of early manhood, songs and ballads were printed on long slips of paper in coarse type���������they were sold for one cent each. Macaulay, knowing how these ballads truly reflected the spirit of., the time, bought them, by the handful, read them as he went along the street, and once found himself followed .by a crowd that wondered when he would start singing. Here is the .beautiful eulogy he uttered on books, as reported by Walter Bagett: \"Here are the old friends who are never seen with new faces, who are the same in wealth and poverty, ia glory and obscurity. In the dead there is no rivalry. In the dead there is no change. Plato is never sullen, Cervantes is never petulant, Demosthenes never comes unseasonably, Dante never stops too long. No difference of opinion can alienate Cicero. No heresy can excite the horror of Bossuett.\" Speaking of libraries Mr. Bursill said: The whole prosperity which many, men possess is their time, and in the economy and right use of this lies their only road; to success. Our artisan youth can spend their time in no better way than in the perusal of sound lit- erStjirceX ThT^ librarians is that the most ardent patron of. the best literature is the man who in one sense or another earns his bread by the syreat of his brow. Speaking of works of fiction he said: What harm will happen to the man who has been toiling all day in a busy workshop, if at night he. spends an hour or two in watching the wild waves with Paul Dombey, or wandering through green fields with little Nell and her grandfather. I have never yet met a man who has become an intemperate through joining in the revels of Bob Sawyer's Party, or whose morals have been undermined by the blandishments of Fanny Squeers or Mrs. Gamp. I certaintly would not deprive a son or daughter of mine of the pleasure of reading good novels, believing that in them are found splendid ideals of manly and womanly worth. Deny a living imagination, a cultivated intelligence, good works of fiction, and you deny it the brightest and most attractive form of Vtruth\" for. human nature is ever true, and no healthier ocupation can the mind have than studying human nature in its highest and noblest aspect. Writers of fiction have set themselves the task of showing that the vehicle they employ, without being dry and tedious, can be rendered serviceable to every noble principle. Novels can convey many abiding and generous lessons; they have interested the good feelings of humanity, and \"gained over the imagination to the side of virtue, and without crushing the passions directed them aright.\" The objection that novels are not \"true\" is an absurd one, if urged by a person who would read history or biography. That which was history\" yesterday, a Carlyle, may relegate to the regions of mischevious -myth tomorrow; but \"The Vicar of Wakefield, \"Jane Eyre\" and \"Adam Bede\" will be \"true\" as long as a human heart beats in a human bosom. ��������� ��������� ��������� Letters of Appreciation Editor Western Call. Dear Sir: I am enclosing herewith $10.00 as my contribution toward the worthy attempt to acquire title to the \"Bursill Institute.\" When I consented three years ago to act as co-trustee for this institute, I then believed and still believe that it was a move in the right direction, and was prepared to give my services to footer anything for the benefit of the community. I am glad that there are public spirited citizens who are showing a keen interest in the endeavor to accomplish that ' wbich we hoped to accomplish three years ago, that is, acquire for the people, free of encumbrance, an institute of this /kind which is spoken highly' of and is appreciated by the resident district in which it is situated. - Wishing you every success, I am, yours truly, EUGENE CLEVELAND. J. Dixon . G. Murray House Phone: Bay. 886 House Phone: Bay. 1187L \\I Office Phone: Seymour 8765-8766 l DIXON & MURRAY & Office and Store Fixture fl������|nulacturers X Jobbing Carpenters X , Painting!, Paperhanging and Kalsomining t Shop.' 1065 Dunsmuir St. VaneoHvor. ������jC. i * ' ri ' ,v/> ***M*************4*****4*********4****4**4****t******* Pease Pacific Foundry Limited ii HEATING AND VENTILATING ENGINEERS \" Economy * MANUFACTURERS Staam H������tn and Vantflatora for PobMe Bonding* Warn Air rnmaew ��������� ComMnatioa Furnaeaa 8t������UB ud Hot Watar Bolton. Baciatat* ii |/Iaj|| \" Btaam aad Hot Watar Bdtora BadJatora. Pip* and Fittnsa I 1116 Homer St. Vucoever.B.c. Tel. Sey. 3230 j; ?'������u������11111111:11 iii 1111 n i i inn 111; hi i ti if t* it 11 iV ��������� -X WHAT DO YOU THUf-C 07 THESE AFTER CHRISTMAS BAJtOAOTO? Toffy Bars, fancy, 2 pkgs Spearmint (Digest) Gum, 2 pkgs .- Gold Flake Cigarettes, regular 20c, now 10c. Great reductions on fancy boxes of Candy, and Pipes. THAT NEW STORE LEE BUILDING We lead, others follow. 169 BROADWAY, E. *\\ M \"t.������.I..|..|.HKH^K^������.:\"l\"t\"I\"I\"H\"l-M\"H- :<^i^^*********At*********44f Sovereign Radiators i T Artistic in design. Perfect in finish. Made in Csuistda. Taylor-Forbes Co. LIMITED ' Vancouver* B. C. * I X ���������.���������**********���������*****��������� * Editor Western Call. Dear Sir: \"Would you be good enough to place the enclosed $10 to the credit of the Bursill Institute Fund, as a small contribution toward the acquiring of the title to this institution and as a mark of appreciation of the work it has been doing since its inception. I am glad to be associated with such public spirited men as the committee in this behalf rand trust that their endeavor will meet with sufficient response to allow them to convey to the municipality, in fee simple, the premises, free of encumbrances. Believe me, yours faithfully, J. W.WEABT. Western Call Subscribers. J. W. Weart $10.00 E. W. Cleveland 10.00 Alfred Shaw ........... 10.00 H. .Sparling ........ 5.00 W. Calder P. Chapman Office Telephone: Sey. **** 1 VXi Merchants Cartage Co. EXPRESS, TRUCK AND PRAY Orders by Mail or Telephone Promptly Attended to. F������ed and Salca Stables: 716 Cambie Street 146 Water Street Phone Sey. 8078 VANCOUVER, 8. C. ������������������*t������ft������f������������f ���������������������������'���������������������������������f t������������������������������������f ���������'���������������������������'���������������������������������������������������������������t������f ��������� WATERWORKS LUWTPO -Gate Valves, Hydrants, Brass Goods, Water Meters, < ��������� ---������>, Pig Lea4, r4~ \"J * HfeB__ft_R Lead Pig;, Fig Lead, Pipe and Railway Track Tools and White Waste Concrete Hirers and ^eeitarrows. I Phone: Sey. 8942. Uoi Pominion Puilding. < Phone Fairmont 1X40 ���������'./���������v'-,'.:iKntf:-.w.-wp/w' PRINTING OR ADVERTISING V tutw*' aaeeJal rlag eStr. Sell- K-ct. W������d_l_, Rln( a_4 ������ltk.w !tj2^l/KM������ar Mag for S _/��������� Ot iollnrtj ma||e4 tt**.tt������r uUnt* i������T������i ������ri_. ������w������������-4 !���������������. aow, mn������ PajTifooa feUrwy. Uaitctc mar-elloat raise, solid H .* * v. 317-319 ROGERS BUILDING * . . ri y %-x~x-*x~:,.x~x~x--x~>v-t~x~:~:-.x .^-.x-x~x~x~x- WHAT OUR U. S. FRIENDS ARE DOING Editor Western Call. My Dear Sir: If in your paper you could find room for the accompanying appeal of the British America Relief Fund, or any part of it, you would greatly help what we believe to be a very worthy cause, and would place under a heavy obligation the ladies and gentlemen who are working for it, and the men for whom they make this appeal. I need not assure you that any help in the way of publicity you can give the Fund, I would consider a personal kindness, and would make me extremely grateful. I jam, most sincerely yours, (Signed) RICHARD HARDING DAVIS. -X- AN APPEAL. ' The men of Great Britain with their Allies are fighting not only for their own existence and to restore Belgium, but against tlie domination of.militarism throughout the world. , From the English, Scotch and Irish many millions of our countrymen are descended. We speak the same language; our traditions, standards and ideals are the same. On behalf of the soldiers and sailors at the front and in the hospitals, the British American Relief Fund issues this appeal to those who in this straggle sympathize with Great Britain. It asks for warm clothing, comforts and necessities. ' . ' X The articles required are mufflers, wristlets, socks (size 10 or 11), woolen gloves (size 9 and 10), abdominal belts, woolen helmets, colored handkerchiefs, woolen underdrawers, undershirts, cardigan. jackets, sweaters and tobacco, and for the hospitals, old linen, bandages, antiseptic, gauze and anesthetics. X , * The society has been in existence only since October 20, but contributions have been received from nearly each state of the United Stated1, from Canada and the West Indies. The articles already forwarded have been acknowledged by Lord Kitchener in the following cablegram: . - '.'tjirst consignment of gifts from, women of, America for British on active service received with much-appreciation and gratitude; Letter follows. ' \" ' X . ��������� .' - \"kitchener; \"Secretary of State for War.\" '' Any cash donation will be used in the purchase of these articles. In order that your contribution may benefit those in America as well as those abroad, all articles will be purchased here.. ' No money will be sent out of this country. ~ ���������Through the- co-operation of British steam* ship lines, all consignments are delivered in England free of charge, and the British War Offica guarantees prompt^ delivery to the men at tn| front and in the hospitals. All contributions in kind and all .communications to be addressed to Mrs. Ralph Sanger, British American War Relief Fund, 200 Fifth1 Avenue, and all nioney contributions will be gladly received at the same address by Mr. Henry J. Wbitehouse. The Fund is under the patronage of thtf Presidents of St. Andrew's Society, the St J George's Society, the St. David's Society and1 the Canadian Society. ' Committee ��������� Lady Herbert, President-. Mrs? Ralph Singer, Seeretary; Mr. Henry Whitehouse, Treasurer. - - Judge Barlow Mrs. J. P. Morgan, Jr. ! Mrs. A. S. Burden Prof. H. Fairfield Osborn r Mrs, Alfred Coats .Mr. Moses Taylor Pyne Mr. Richard Harding Davis Mr. ,Ogden Reid Mrs. J. W. Dixon Mrs. W. R. Farquhar Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson Mr. Elliott Gregory Mr. Arcber Huntington Mrs. Oliver Iselin Mrs. J. Elliott Langstaff Mrs. John Magee Mrs. Walter E. Maynard Mr. John G. Milburn MrB. Shaw Safe ' Mrs. J. H. Sears Mr. .^orrie Sellar Colonel R. F. Thompson Mrs. George Vanderbilt Mrs. H. J. Whigham Mrs. F. W. Whitridge Mr. f!'w. Whitridge Miss H. M. Wiborg Mr. R. M. Stuart Wortley X .��������������������������� MT. PLEASANT PBBSBYTBBIAN CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT In aid of the \"Material Fund\" of the Red Cross Society, under the auspices of the Women's Guild, School Room, Friday, February 5th at 8.00 p. m. -X- NEW PASTOR FOR THE MOODY CHURCH, CHICAGO. The Rev. Paul Rader, until recently pastor of the Christian Missionary Alliance tabernacle of Pittsburg, Pa, has been called to the Moody Church, Chicago. Although German in name, we are willing to guarantee that there is no German philosophy or theology in his make up. The Moody Church has been without a pastor since Dr. Dixon left for Spurgeon's Tabernacle in London. The Chicago church did call a man but, it may be remembered, he perished in the Teutonic. ��������� ?������������������-'\" -X- \" ALASKA'S- YIELD. For the first time in the history of Alaska the value of sea products in 1914 exceeded those of the mines, according to statistics compiled by the Alaska Steamship Company. They include canned salmon, halibut, furs, walrus ivory. The ocean yielded $23,112,000, as against $19,248,000, of mineral products, chiefly gold, copper and silver. Miseellaeous products of the soil and forest amounted to $300,000, making Alaska's total for the year $42,660,000. X '- , X XX; MR. P. H. STEVENS, M. P.; v. kkk/ ,',',V.X k XVx,\" Mr. H. H. Stevens, M.P., was delayed, onXsBritishColumbia will not be forgdttenV Already business but left for Ottawa last night (Wednes- there is considerable stir in the lumber trade and day). Many important contracts (war) jare now it lobks as if the immediate future would .bring pending and it is hoped that Vancouver and some cheering news. V ��������� \"���������������������������'��������� X ^000,000 ORDER GIVEN FOR MILITARY X UjnyofcMS Toronto.���������A hine-raillion-dollar order for *' \\ military untfbiriis f^oihv the British Government^ v like the golden apple whieh was roiled amongst the goddesses, has caused a bit of stir in manufacturing ^circles, especially amongst those manufacturers who failed to get a share of the big -British contract. . X- Advice was recently; given to tlie wholesale clothing interest in this city and iu Montreal from Ottawa that Colonel Barton was about to arrive in Canada to biiy military uniforms,for the British War Office. They were advised to get together tp determine the capacity of. their factories, and to fix a price at which the work could be done in Canada. Accordingly an organization of leading Canadian clothing makers and dealers was formed, and all arrangements were made for the purchase of sufficient cloth to fill the large _B_ri^h^>der������^b.on the- tjrae came for submitting samples and^ pW^ t^lDoIonel Barton, for some reason best known to the British purchasing agent the tender given by the organized group of clothiers ^vere rejected,, and now reprisals are being sought at Ott'awtX The nine millions was so divided that five .million dollars went to the clothing \\trade in Montreal, while four million dollars was spent amongst various individual firms in Toronto. The largest portion of the contract placed in Toronto is being handled by the T. Eaton Company, which, Jt is estimated, has an order for 100,000 pieces. Another order for 40,000 pieces has been placed with Burgher & Dunkerman, of Richmond Street West. The entire allocations of the orders in Toronto, totalling in value four million dollars, is not known. -X- BIO LUMBER CONTRACT British Columbia Mills Tendering for 600,000,000 Feet of Lumber British Columbia mills are now tendering on one of the largest lumber contracts opened for world-wide competition. Through the British Government, the Chamber of Deputies of France is asking for a supply of 500,000.000 feet of lumber to be used in the construction of 100,000 two-, roomed houses. These small homes are to house that vsection of France's population which has losHts all through the ravages of war. , 5,000 FACTS ABOUT CANADA \"Know Canada! make Canada known!\" is a striking sentence in the War Year edition for 1915 of that popular booklet '' 5.000' Facts About Canada.\" compiled by Frank Yeigh, of. Toronto., who knows Canada as probably few Canadians do. jIt is true that he who would know Canada and its wonderful growth in any oneiyear, will find this annual publication \"worth its weight; in Yukon gold or Cobalt silver,\" while as a means of making the Dominion known in other conn tries, it' is no less valuable. Fifty chapters are devoted to such subjects as Agriculture, Area. .Banking. Cpiisus. Immigration, Mining. \"Manufacturing, Trade, etc.. and.a page of Canadian War Facts show how up-to-date it is. Sketch Maps are included of the Dominion .in 1867 and 1915. Copies miy be Jiad from pro-V gressive newsdealers, 6r by sending 25c; to the Canadian Facts Publishing Co.,; 588 Huron: Street,',Toronto, Canada;,;X x h'��������� X';vX ���������'. v-X ,x^ CZAR OITWHBP tQ IJAWt WU������E Aim AVOW WAB ____';-- Bussia Bares Contents^ of Note AiiWng Awsiro. Serbian Bow Be ArWtrated Petrograd���������The Official Messenger publishes v the followmg: \"The German government has published several telegrams which the Emperor of Russia exchanged with Emperor W!illiam before the war. Among these telegrams,''nevertheless, is one whichVeasV not 'published1, a dispatch from his Russian majesty dated July 29, 1914, containing _a proposition to submit the Austro-Serbian con- flicrto ThC|Iaigp\"tnbtm1dv \"This has an appearance of a desire in Germany to pass over in silence the attempt! to prevent the approaching collision 'which the Russian emperor made three days before the war which Germany declared against us. \"In view of-this, the minister of. foreign affairs is authorized to puolish the telegrwh mentioned; of which this is the text: \" ' Thanks for your ..conciliatory and friendly telegram. Inasmuch as the official message presented today by your ambassador to my minister was conveyed in a very different tone, I beg you to explain this'divergency. It would be right to give over the Austro-Serbian problem to The Hague conference. I trust in your wisdom and friendship.'\" , '��������� : ���������X ��������� ������������������; -\" THE AMERICAN SHIPPING BILL (From the New York Sun.) The economic objections to the ship-purchase bill which Mr, Wilson wants-to force through Congress may not be clearly understood by everybody, but it requires no great information about the intensity of the war spirit in Europe or about our foreign relations of. the past few years to realize that the United States could not become involved in hostilities with England without Vhaving to ' reckon with all her allies. On the international law that governs seizures at sea, or at least upon the interpretation of the la,w, It is a foregone conclusion that England and France would stand together. It is equally certain that the binding obligation of the Anglo- Japanese treaty as : its affects common interests in Asia would bring Japan into a conflict. As to Russia, our relations with her are still strained rather fineXand it is a fact to remember that in her war with Japan Russia went to \"ithe extreme in defining jand dealing with contraband. It'would be stretching the truth to describe Russian feeling toward the United States as friendly. The folly, the madness, of embarking upon any unnecessary and un-American policy that might in its workings blow our neutrality sky high and embroil us not only with one great Power but with four\"-great Powers is manifest to the plainest understanding. -- >- ���������! X 4 ^ J?i % 1 Friday, February 5, 1915. THE WESTERN CALL BRITISH ARMY NOW 3,000,000 STRONG London, Peb. 5iX-The- army estimates to which Parliament \\#ll devote the first part of next week's session give ihe number of effective men in the army, exclusive of those serving in India, at three million. ,' There is this year'a novel change in the form of the estimates, as no totals of. estimated expenditures are given. The vote under each of the fifteen headings is set at the nominal figure price of ������1000. This- gives the House of Commons opportunity for the discussion of each heading, while the government may spend whatever is necessary under these various headings to .prosecute the war. : x__ __ LOSS OF THE ASAMA JAPANESE CRUISER Tokyo. Feb. 5.���������An official report received in^ Tokyo on the loss of the cruiser Asama on the western coast of LoweE. Colifornia says that all the officers and members of the crew of the warship have been saved. X V v The'Asa'ma'-sthick'v^ tne northwestern coast of the Mexican republic. The extent of the damage'He the steamer is not known, nor can anything be said as to the possibility of saving her. ~ The absence in Tokyo of direct news from the Asama suggests that her wireless has been disabled. Exchequer in Unionist Administrations, at a meeting of the London Joint Stock Bank said that in the opinion' of-everyone the Government, had acted promptly, vigorously and courageously, the result being that in a comparatively short time credit and confidence were restored, and all concerned had time to. work out their own salvation. He considered the present state of the country sound, and did not think there ever was a midwinter before when trade and employment were so thoroughly good. President Famous of the Parr Bank said the Government had saved the fabric of credit throughout the civilized world. _< :��������� P. O. E. RAILS IN LILLOOET FEBRUARY 12 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������*���������������������������*������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������>������������������������������������������������������������*��������������� A BUSY CORNER IN VANCOUVER ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������*��������������������������������������������������� ^���������^���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������>������,������������������������>������>������������������������.������-������->-������-������,������������������������������������������>������>������������������������������t*>������<������������������' j-j j i.,'j i ��������� -X ��������� \" X 1 The' casting away of! the Japanese cruiser Asama was reported to Washington yesterday by Rear-Admiral Howard, commander of. the American fleet. In this report the number of men on board the Japanese vessel was placed at 500. ' Clothed in Secrecy Washington, Feb. 5.���������Rescue orders for the Japanese ship Asama, ashore and breaking up on the Lower California coast, were cloaked in secrecy here today to protect the neutrality of the United States. On the theory that information of the disabled ship might become of value to the Germen men-of-war in the Pacific, the navy department kept secret its latest despatches from Rear-Admiral Howard, commander of the Pacific fleet, sent from his flagship, the cruiser San Diego, in the neighborhood of. Ensenada^and refused information of the movements of American men-of-war gone to the Asama's aid. X BANKERS OF BRITAIN LAUD LLYOD GEORGE x London, EnglandX-Just now the great banking corporations are holding annual, meetings, and ungrudging testimony is given by the presidents in every case to the energetic and capable methods by which the Government have coped with the financial aspect of the crisis. For instance, Lord\"St. Aldwyn (formerly Sir Michael Hicks-Beach), twice Chancellor of the 1 Grafting Finished March 1 Grading is now approaching the completion stages on the entire line of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, announced Mr. J. W. Stewart, president of the company, this morning upon his return from a- trip \"along?the 'route as far as Fort George, the terminal, and the junction point with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. He said that the contractors expect to have the intervening uncompleted stretches on the roadbed prepared for the rails by the end of the month. He was accompanied on his inspection trip by Mr. A. E. Griffin, superintendent of construction for Mr. Pat Welch, the contractor. Track will be extended from the head of Anderson Lake to Lillooet by February 12, estimate the contractors. The operating department of the P. G. E. expect to put on a mixed freight and passenger service to that point about the middle of the month. Lillooet is 120 miles from Sciuamish, the Howe Sound terminal. Between Lillooet and Clinton, which is another 50 miles further north, there is considerable amount of bridge work to'be done. The foundations have already been installed for the largest of the structures, a 2900-foot long bridge over the first crossing of the Fraser River. It will probably take about two months to build the superstructure, it is estimated. Steel will likely reach Clinton about August 1, according to present approximate calculations.,'���������-..... ,������������������ x x ,.,;. :;,. xx.xxx.x v-,,/-- GOVERMENTAL AID FOR DEPOSITORS OF DOMINION TRUST Attorney-General announces that Mr. E. P. Davis, K.C., has been appointed to lead the fight for depositors rights up to the highest courts if need be and that Government will pay cost. Government will also advance $250,000 due from bonding- companies and take chances of making good in collection if companies fight , payments \" ' , Depositors went into thes company innocently and are entitled to some assistance now, says t attorney-general. CORNER GRANVILLE AND HASTINGS STS. M,f, + , + ,t������t>f,+ , + , + , + ��������� + ��������� + ,+ ��������������������������������� + ������������������*���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������/������������������ ������������������������t������������������t������t������t������������t������t������t������������'t������������������������������������������t������������������*������t'H't������t������t������t't^*������'t������t'������������*������t<* X SENATOR ROOT WARNS U. S. AGAINST \"SWP 1WHAS& BUT \\ ^*,+,4,4,4*4*4*4*4*4****************** . (From Chicago Tribune.) The most authoritative condemnation of President Wilson's ship purphase bill by any public mun up to date and the gravest warning of the, dangers involved in the proposed legislation were uttered in the Senate this afternoon by Senator Root, of New York. ;\" Speaking with the jcnbivledge and experience of one7 who has served as seecretary of state and as the representative of the United States in.international disputes, Mr. Root, solemnly asserted that, the'purchase-of ships from the nationals of belligerent powers would be. held. V invalid; by Europe_anaXwould^almost_certain^ the. American republic into the foreign conflict. \"I am arguing against the government of the United States buying, not a ship, but an international quarrel witlTevery ship,\" said the senator with an earnestness and impressiveness that awed the crowd in the chamber. \"Somebody said to me: 'It is buying a claim, not the ship.' No, I saying it is buying a quarrel, not a ship. And I say, remember the condition of the world.\" Will Divide Own People. Again toward the close of his three hour argument, referring to the passions at home as well as abroad that would be. stirred among the partisans of. one belligerent by the purchase of the ships of an enemy nation, Mr. Root uttered this warning: \"If you precipitate this country into a controversy where Europe feels and acts upon the feeling that we have taken sides we will rend ourselves.\" Exhaustively presenting the international law, the senator showed that the European powers could not - possibly' recognize the purchase of the ships of belligerents as valid, and asserted it would be dangerous to clothe with vast powers an official, like Secretary of the Treasury Mc- Adoo. who does not believe that such purchases would involve the sovereignty of the American nation. Peril Nation-to Aid Party. Mr. Root scathingly arraigned the administration for making a partisan matter of a measure which brings the republic \"into the ��������� water's edge,'' where political differences ought to be buried in universal and unbiased consideration for the highest welfare of. the country. \"There is no crime against our country so wicked,\" he sternly declared, facing the Democratic majority, \"as the crime of conducting our international relations with a view to party popularity.\" - ���������'.\" The New York statesman accused the administration of giving to the country, for the purpose of making political capital, a false impression on the president's protest to Great Britain concerning the search of American cargoes before that protest wW delivered. The \"misrepresentation, which sensationally depicted the administration fighting \"frightful odds and fearful danger,\" whereas it was merely doing a duty +4*4*4*4*4++**4*4*************** ***********************************************+< ( with which ne one at home or abroad, could find fault, Mr. Root said, was ''a crime against tlie American people and against the peace of the World.\" ('������������������ ���������'.'��������� ' Take Away Europe's Chance. After'analyzing tljeinternational law, Senator Root said:;': \"��������� . ��������� '.'���������.\"'��������� \"The ordinary trade in ships is.richXfc^e prevented. Trade in the ordinary/course'-. of business is not to be prevented. The ordinary devolution of property is npt to be interfered with. If the owner of a ship belonging to a belligerent dies the property may /devolve upon a neittraL X . X: _.^i^,XX.: XvlX;X-,Xv X **But none, of these great nations will permit a citizen of an enemy to rob them pf their prize by transferring the ships they are entitled to capture on the high seas to a neutral. \"No one will contend for a moment that the Hamburg-American line or the Norths German Lloyd line is selling its ships in the ordinary course of business or for any reason other than that they cannot go out on the ocean and carry oh their business, and no one would doubt it if we were to buy a British ship and put it in the Bremen trade or the Hamburg trade. \"There can be no purchase now of ships that have been lying idle six months under the conditions of. this war that is not stamped with the: purpose that invalidates the transfer under the rule of the declaration of London equally with those old and more severe rules which were presented at the beginning of the conference. Europe's Law to Be Enforced. \"There is the law of Europe and against that we will come; and, I repeat, it is their law that will be enforced in the treatment of this subject. We would be left to protest and attempt to get Ihem or some court of arbitration to abandon their rule and adopt ours. How easy it would be, sir. for us|to bring that about through the voluntary action of any country or the action of any court of arbitration, in view of the fact that they have adopted the rule of the declaration of London to which our delegates finally agreed, to which our government agreed in sending it to the Senate for ratification, and to which the Senate\" agreed^by advising and consenting to the . ratification. I shall not discuss. \"There is only one possible escape from the condemnation and. forfeiture of a prize court for every ship of this kind that is purchased. That is, the possible protection of the sovereignty of the United States, preferring to occupy the position of violating neutrality rather than to submit to condemnation. Violation of Neutrality. X \"What is the meaning, sir, of the violation of neutrality? It means taking sides in the controversy. It means helping one belligerent against aTiotherX It means that we abandon the attempt to be neutral and Ave take steps in the great conflict; and we cannot stop. We cannot measure the number of steps. One unneutral act by us will lead to acts by others that will compel further .acts by us, more acts by others, until we are in tbe^ thick of the controversy. \"Recall to your minds all that you have read during the last six months of the condition of feeling on the part of the people in all these countries-r-England, Belgium* France, Germany, Russia, Servia, all of them���������tense to the highest degree in that condition of exaltation which holds prudence for naught. \"Why, sir, we were ready to fight from Mason and Dixon's line t9 Canada on the instant when Mason and Slidell were taken froni the Trent and Great Britain mobilized her fleet. It was^ru^ We m could not stand -against the gallant south and' against mighty England. Our blockade would be gone, but we were ready to fight because every heart of the north was full of emotion and every nature was tense with feeling and we cared naught for prudence. That is Europe .today. ' '���������\"'���������' ���������.���������.... Feeling of America Divided. , \"Oh, my friendb, if we are going to maintain our neutrality we must hold close to it and keep out of. all needless ieauses of controversy. And let us remember ourselves. We have kept hitherto a United Amenica; We have stood behind the president in his neutrality declaration. Here and there there has been fault found on one side or the other, but we have stood by him; but do not forget that there are here millions of Germans who love their fatherland, and I honor them for it. I should think less of them if their natures were not awakened by the peril and the stress of the land that gave birth to them and their fathers. \"They are alive and tense. There are millions of men of English blood born and bred with a love for Anglo-Saxon liberty and the laws that we inherit from England. Do not imagine that they ar6 not thinking and feeling, and if you precipitate this country into a controversy where Europe feels and acts upon the feeling that we have;taken sides we will'rend ourselves.;-.\" \" No, the only' safe course is to keep out of unnecessary controversial questions of law, to keep out with as. great care and conservation as possible, for we never can tell where a contro-' versy will lead us. \"Mr. President, I deeply regret that any shade of party politics has fallen upon the consideration of this measure. .When we have reached the water's edge we have said 'we leave party. '--\"., \"This bill proposes a business whieh is all beyond the water's edge, international in its aspect and in its. purpose. It is international at a time of intense emotion and certain controversy. I wish -we could have considered it. I wish ���������'we could consider it now as Americans earnest for the peace and prosperity of our country forgetful of party. \"Mr. President and senators,-..there is no crime against our country so wicked as the crime of conducting four international relations with r������ view to party popularity. The two considerations are incompatible and cannot exist at the same time in any mind. He who has charge of our foreign affairs must deal with them regardless of the effect upon his political future or his party's advantage or he cannot deal with them as the public demands. The man who is considering his political future and his party's advantage should keep out of foreign relations. The two cannot co-exist.\" -X- \"FLETCHERISW\" in BELGIUM. New York Times:���������Horace Fletcher, the new epicure and philosopher of mastication, has found the .ideal field������for his propaganda in suffering Belgium. The Belgians haven't enough to eat. Everybody knows that, and everybody -must���������realize -that^ theHttttle-they^havemusthe made to go as far as possible. Mr. Fletcher, who bias done astonishing stunts in the Yale gymnasium and elsewhere on a fraction of the food deemed necessary for grown men, has taken up headquarters in Bruges and announces triumphantly: \"I have eight million people to work on. Cut off from the world here, we have nothing else to do. Moreover, food is running short, and can be made to last much longer by careful chewing.\" Twelve hungry Belgians, who would else have nought to eat, have come to be his disciples. -X- THE DOMINION TRUST Chief. Justice Hunter has given leave to Mr. Andrew Stewart, liquidator of the Dominion Trust Company, to start civil actions against the directors of the company for alleged misfeasance and breaches of trust. -X- Attomey-General Bowser Quickly Silences His Critics (Continued from Page One) As a matter of fact Mr. Bowser's two hour effort left his opponents speechless and supplied abundant evidence, if such were needed, that British Columbia has in Attorney-General Bowser a official not only highly competent in his special sphere but one .-with the marks of a great and capable statesman. Mr.-. Bowser .should repeat his effort in Vancouver at an earlv date and also invade the territory of \"The Chinook.\" It is rumored that the Liberal party have dumped a great slush fund into Vancouver in the hopes of overthrowing Mr. Bowser on the head of the Dominion Trust.crash,'when so many people have been thrown into semi-desperation and ready to prounce on any scapegoat that may be brought to their hand. mi ��������� h This outrageous attack on the common honesty of a man who- has borne an unspotted reputation will prove a boomerang and indicates the depth of hopelessness to which the Liberal [ parly in B. C. has sunk. * ������* > K ���������> I r f - I THE WESTERN CALL Friday, February 5, 1915. ^������j~j~j~H*^~>*W-->^KK<*H^,->,i,,i~J~M*,i*-> ************************** TIKBEB B-SCTOKATXOVS * Mount Pleasant Livery J TRANSFER | Furniture and Piano Moving Baggage, Express and Dray. Hacks and Carriages * at all hours. i Phone Fairmont 34*9 ... .*. ��������� Corner Broadway and Main A. 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Pleasant Hardware Phone Fair. 447 2337 Main Street Governing Timber on Dominion lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the North West Territories, the Railway Belt in the Province of British Columbia, and the tract of Three and a Half Million Acres Located by the Dominion in the Peace River District in British Columbia. lienm A license to cut timber on a tract not exceeding: twenty-five square miles in extent may be acquired only at public auction. A rental of $5.00 per square mile, per annum, is charged on all timber berths except those situated west of Yale in the Province of British Columbia, on which the rental is at the. rate of 5 cents per acre. In addition to rental, dues are charged on the timber cut at the rates set out in section 20 of the regulations. Timfcer Vtrmlta aad. Oom Permits may be granted in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, to owners of portable sawmills, to cut over a definitely described tract of land not exceeding one square mile in extent, on payment of dues at the: rat* of SO cents per thousand feet, B.M., and subject to payment of rental at the rat* of $100 per square mile, pa- annum. Ttmbwr for XomMtMUtera Any occupant of a homestead quartet section having no timber of his own suitable for the purpose may, provided he has not previously been granted free allowance of timber, obtain a fre* permit to cut the quantity Of building- and fencing timber set out ln Section 51 of the Regulations. W. W. CORY. X Deputy,of the Minister of the Interior. L moms or coa& X MM&ATtosra Coal mining rights of th* Dominion, in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and in a portin of the Province of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of $1 an acre. Not mor* than 2569 acres will be leased to one applicant Application fer a lease must be! made by the applicant in person to th* Agent or Sub-Agent of th* district in which the rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal sub���������divisions of sections, and In unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked< out by the applicant himself. Bach application must be accompanied by a fee of $5, which will be refunded if the rights applied for are not available, but not otherwise. A. royalty shall b* paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of 6 cants per ton..: ��������� The person; operating the mine ahall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay .the royalty thereon. If the coalmining rights are. not being operated, such, returns should be furnished at least once a year. The leas* will Include the coal mining rights only, but the lease* may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may be coasidered necessary for the working of th* mine at the rat* of $10.00 an acre, ; For full Information application should be made to the Secretary of th* Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. ���������'\"���������'���������__ '\"������������������';.���������>. ������������������'���������>������������������ w. w. cort. K Deputy Minister of the Interior. N. B.-^-Unauthorlsed publication of this advertisement will not a* paid for. TAKE NOTICE that Th* MacDonald- Oodson Company, Limited, intends to apply at the expiration of one month from the date of. the first publication of this notice to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies that '��������� its name be changed to \"MacDonald Bros.\", Engineering Works, Limited,\" Dated at Vancouver. B. C thia SCth day of November A. D. 1914. ft. >. Stockton, , Secretary t 413 Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C. Tlie Pioneer Meat Market * For Fresh and Cured Meats go to this Old Reliable Market It is not excelled for Quality or Prices in Vancouver This is the Oldest Established Market in Vancouver, an example of \"The Survival of the Fittest\" Place: Corner Broadway and Kingsway Proprietor: FRANK TRIMBLE Phone: Fairmont & CO. We are offering this week exceptional values in Ingrain Papers Now is the time to secure your paper for your front room, dining room or hall and to have them done for the least possible outlay. Before placing your order for Fall decorations, kindly call or phone S. B. Redburn & Co. 231/ Main Street Pbone Fair. 9*8 ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH Cor. Broadway nnd Prince Edward S������ Services���������Morning Prayer at 11 a.m. Sunday School and Bible claaa at i:f> p.m. X Holy Communion every Sunday at 8 ������.n. Evening Prayer at 7:30 p.m. and 1st and 3rd Sundays at It an Rev. G. H. Wilson. Rector South Vancouver Undertakers Hamilton Bros. \"THIS IS TOO MUCH\" -THE CZAR OF RUSSIA Translations of two letters from Professor Adolf Lasson, professor of philosophy at the University of Berlin, whieh indicate the feelings of Germans of the professor's type towards the war, have been published in the Aberdeen Free Press. The letters, translated by Professor Alexander Souter, of Aberdeen University, appeared originally in the Netherlands Review, which vouches for their accuracy. The first letter says: \"Berlin, September, 29, 1914. \"My dear friend:���������For months I have not written to a single foreigner: a foreigner is an enemy until he proves he is not. One cannot rest neutral in relationship to Germany and the German people- Either one must consider Germany as the most perfect political creation that history has known, or one must approve her destruction, her extermination. A man who is not German knows nothing of Germany. \"We are morally and intellectually superior to all: without peers.. It is the same with our organizations and our institutions. \"Wilhelm II., deliciae generis humani, has\" always protected peace, right, and honor, although it would have been possible for him by his power to annihilate everything. The greater his success, the more modest he has become. His Chancellor, Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, the most eminent among men who are at present alive, does not know any higher cares than those of truth, loyalty, and right.' Our army is, as. it were, the image in miniature of the intelligence and the .morality of the German people. \"Me must sacrifice the best and the noblest among us in a war against the Bussian brutes, the English mercenaries, and the Belgian fanatics. The French are those who are most like us. We shall have no peace as long as the three European meddlers will not be stricken down. We wish to have peace and security, and we shall guarantee it to others. We wish to be able to pursue our work of civilization. . . . We do good to everybody. : \"England has a policy which reminds one -'bt the European States of the? eighteenth century. Germany, on the: contrary, has taught the world to use conscience as the gui4e in diplomacy and to make war in a spirit of loyalty. England is going to her ruin. France raiy yet be saved. As to Russia, she must no more be our neighbor. This time we shall wiDe the slate clean. Our true foe is England. Woe to you, Albion! God is with us, and is defending our just cause! \"Adolf Lasson.\" Ho Sympathy With Holland- The second letter treats of the question ofHolland's,neutralityx \"BerUn, September 30. \"Pear Friend:���������Allow me to give you some further indications of what cultivated Germans are thinking. \"Today Holland can think what it wishes; but every action hostile to the German Empire would have the most serious consequence. For this Holland Nof today, we Germans have very little respect and sympathy. We are breathing, with full chest, the large breath of History, and we know nothing about this wretched bourgeois existence. \"We have no friends. All fear us and look upon us as dangerous because we are' intelligent, active and morally superior. We are the freest people in the world. For we know how to obey. Our law is reason. Our force is the force of,the mind; our victory the victory of that. That is why we are able to struggle against numerous enemies, as did Frederick II, in other days. \"The\"European conspiracy has woven around us a web of lies and slander. As for us, we are truthful j our characteristics are humanity, gentleness, conscience, the virtues of Christ. In a world of wickedness we represent love, and God is with us! \"Adolf Lasson.\" *4*4*4*4**********************4*4*****4*4*****4*4*4*4 S Our Vancouver Kipling THE NORTH SEA FIGHT. At seven bells in the mornin' watch, ~ k The destroyers reported the foe Steering West-Sou'-West for another raid, I suspect, from what I know. When they sighted our fleet they slewed around Wiv all possible speed, steering east, For they know'd at once we'd postpone their show Of a baby-killin' feast. Now the Admir'l 'e orders \"full steam ahead\" Wiv a view to secure the lee; The funnels red hot as we chased along; Lor' 'twas a sight ter see. Slowly but surely we overhauled The Kowardly Kultured Kurs, ^ An' at eighteen thousand yards we popped Our shells in beneath their furs. The Lion an' Tiger had drawn ahead, An' 'ad crippled ther Blucher so Y ��������� That they passed 'er by wiv a British cheer . As she toppled an' went below. Then they popped a shell in the Lion's tank, 'But Beatty transferred 'is flag, ��������� An' continued the chase fur the bigger fish Whilst the firin' ne'er did lag. Ther Kolberg fell to the shot an' shell .\"- Of the Arethusa's crew, An' the other two ships wiv the squarehead names Were burnin'fur all they knew. An' every German killed that day Got what were a murderer's fate, And' the nerves o' the others, I'll bet a quid, Ain't steady right up ter date. January, 1915, W. A. 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'.������'\"������������������ ������������������ . ��������� . ��������� ��������� '���������..'���������'���������'- 1 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������*���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������>������������������������*��������������������������������������������������� +++++4*******4*4*4*4+*+*+*+***********************+ t������t������t������������������������*������*������������t������t������������������t>t>������V������������������>������*������<������������f������������������������������ ~i i r\\ > i To the Premier, Attorney- General and Legislators of the Province of British Columbia; also to i i' the Employers of Labor and Working Men of ��������� ��������� x~' - ��������� . # ' our Province, this Article is respectfully dedicated c \" British Columbia Needs a And, One Way or Another, British Columbia Will Get It < ***************************************************** ************************4***4*4*4*****4*4*****4*if********************************i4*************************t The time has come when the drink question must be faced in British Columbia in the sa,me intelligent manner that it is now being faced aad settled ip^Ruasia, Germany,. France, Britain and America^Vmnd has long been settled.in the Scandinavian Countries, which, forty years ago, were the most drunken countries of Europe. The present war has one peculiar element in it. It is essentially a war of nationalities as opposed to one nation or race���������the Teuton. Germnay is seeking to impose her type, of civilization upon the whole world; and the whole world, or nearly the whole world, objects. ��������� If Germany wins���������for good or ill���������we -will all be Germanized. But nobody outside of Germany (and even there tbe number grows daily, less) expects Germany to win. The result wiil be that all types of men and their methods will be brought into closer competition than eyer before. The German theory of civilization is \"efficiency under state supervision,\" and \"state supervision\" means \"Germany over everything.\"' Thatj is to say that everything in-Germany must be made subservient to the. success of German trade expansion. The German Kaiser,, diplomacy; consular service, army, navy, railroads,, shipping,* church, school, politics, and industry ��������� everything in Germany���������must contribute to the on������ end, the triumph of Germany oyer, everything. and everybody else in the world. *- <��������� The British theory is that other people have a right to live and that this right ought to be: preserved, even at. the.^Idj-S of some apparent efficiency, because it will in the end work out a greater good, and that the free, open competition of all men and races will, in the end work out a surer and better efficiency than the machine-, made article under .German conditions. If then, the Allies win���������and they sure will��������� world competition will become more lively than ever. Indeed, this world will not be at all the same place to live in as before. The inefficient, ignorant, slothful and drunken will go to the wall more quickly and more completely than ever before' and British Columbia should sit up and take notice. Hitherto we have enjoyed a double protection. First, because of tariff^ second, because of] tremendous public works on borrowed capital.) The first may continue, although we firmly be-] lieve it will be speedily modified;, the last is] gone. if. not forever, at least for a generation. \\ We have got to make good in British Columbia off our own bat, or sink into the condition | of the Siwash. -And that means cutting out the drink in our I lumber, fishing, railroading, mining .and milling'; industries. The article we reproduce herewith from \"The] Technical World Magazine\" of U. S. A. should] be read by every man ana? women that has tht best interest of British Columbia at heart. . ihX At a blow tbe autocrat of - all the Russias, Czar/ Nicholas, has liberated one hundred- and fifty million people. He haa done for We people wbat tbe free-born American citizens have been unable to do for themselves. Jt is a new freedom tbat baa come to Russia ��������������� bind of- freedom tbat tbe world bus never before seen; tbe (fair's edict boa liberated bis subjects from tbe oppression of alcohol. ' s As by magic, drunkenness has vanished from the empire, and the one billion dollars annually spent for intoxicating drinks will be diverted to otber purposes. It has been- a comparatively easy thing for Russia to do this, because the manufacture of strong liquors is a ��������� government mo: tfopoly. For many years our national government has been -assailed by tbe friends of prohibition for its attitude on the liquor question. They have, -first- of -all,- demanded\" that the-'gov- ernment cease levying revenue on intoxicating liquors; and secondly, tbat the manufacture and sale of such liquors be stopped within the boundaries of the United States; but little progress seems to have been made in this direction. If v America becomes liquor free in the next generation���������as some industrial leaders predict���������it will probably be because of the drastic action of our industries, which cannot -stand by and see large possible profits Bwallowed up .by alcoholism. <> Of course we all know that railways have long maintained strict rules in regard to drinking among employees; but do' we know that within the last few years practically every great industry in the country has established similar rulest Erinking will now sgell prompt distal for you if you are an employee of the Harshey Chocolate Company, International Harvester Company, Sherwin-Williams Company, Sheffield Car Works, United States Steel Corporation, Western Electric Company, Pullman Company, Edison Company, Western Union, Interborough Company. Standard Oil Company, or any one of a thousand other American firms of the first rank. Sears, Roebuck and Company forbid employees entering a saloon at any hour of the day within a mile of their plant in any direction. Dalzell Brothers Company declare that \"as the state insurance rate is affected by the number of accidents, we are determined not to place ourselves liable to an increased rate\"��������� and they accordingly rule that promotions shall go to total abstainers only. Thick and fast, during the present year, inlustries have been lining up in the efficiency campaign against the common enemy, \"booze.\" On March 27, 1914, a sweeping order was issued by the United States Steel Mills, covering the entire Mahoning Valley, to the effect that hereafter all promotions would ,be made only from the ranks of those who did not indulge in the use of intoxicating drinks. Recently the Philadelphia Quartz Company conducted a pledge campaign among its employees. The men were offered a ten per cent.-increase if tbey would - pledge themselves not to use liquor nor to frequent, places where it was sold or used. - Practically all- of the men made the promise.' 'J', This magazine could be Wmmed to the covers with similar- instances of the strong front industry has \"Assumed against alcohol during the last two years. - ... \\ The sentiment of the executives of industry is pretty well summed up in the pointed statement of Andrew Carnegie: \"There is no use wasting time on any young man wbo drinks liquor, no matter bow exceptional his talents.\" And note this: C. S. Close, manager of the famous Bureau of Safety of the United States Steel'Corporation, a man who,knows the social side of industry as few men do, declares his opinion tbat \"in ten years7 through the combined effort of American industries, the manufacture and sale of liquors will be at an end in the United States. What does it all meant ' Have our industrial leaders been caught up in the swirl of religious revival t Has a moral' renaissance begun to climb up through the hearts of our captains of, industry t Not a bit of it! ��������� They are as dis interestedly interested in the almighty dollar as they ov_t were,' but their I eyes have been'opened. They see dollars, thousands, millions of them, slipping away, and they are going to stop the leak or know the reason why. And here is the leak���������exposed unmistakably by the laboratory experiments of Dr. Emil Kraepelin of the University of Munich. With the ergograph, a little instrument for measuring the weight-lifting strength of workers, Dr. Kraepelin found that on days when the alcoholic equivalent of a good glass of Bordeaux was taken, the amount of work done by the subjects was decreased by from seven to nine per cent. A number of accountants were given daily, in divided doses, the equivalent of three and a half cups of claret. After two weeks of this steady, moderate alcoholic allowance, their average ability to add one-figure columns had decreased fifteen and three-tenths per cent. Last spring a local option election was -held in\" the '' dry town'' of Three Rivers, Michigan. The big industry of the town is the Sheffield Car Works. The management of these works issued a circular letter to the many thousand workmen advising them that if they signed \"wet\" petitions they would by that act be placing themselves in opposition to the interests of the company. S Yes, and only a few months ago the great steel works at Homestead, Pa., employing twelve thousand men, decreed that not only would drinking be prohibited during working hours, but that even the slightest intemperance while off duty would be cause for immediate discharge. Boyd Fisher, vice-president of a club of Detroit executives, says: \"A good many Detroit employers are wise enough to see that in a large number of cases excessive drinking isfGr-Hall, of the~ Union Theological A direct result of too long hours ���������'it- monotonous work. Whenever tbey have shortened the working ftours, tbey have minimized drinking and secured a compensating increase in output.\" The' Burroughs Adding Machine Company is a case in point.. Thisfirjn shortened tbe working day from nine and obe-balf to eight hours. A noticeable decrease in drinking followed, and a slight increase in the output per man. A thorn in tbe side of industry has been the proverbially meagre output of Monday. Industrialists are now discovering tbat if there' is no drinking on Saturday and Sunday, there.is no falling off of output on .Monday. \"Blue' Monday in the industries of Kokomo is a thing of tbe past,\" says j. E. Frederick of the Kokomo Steel and Iron Company. Kokomo, Indiana, is_a city_without_8aloons. _ On_ Monday our factories are able to secure the same output as on any other day of the week. This was not. the case when saloons were running.\" \"Monday was stepped up with tbe other days of the week,\" says a manufacturer in Buckhannan, West Virginia. \"Manufacturers have no off days , now., .-in . Kansas,'' says the Thomas Page Milling Company of North Topeka. \"The men are just as fresh at the beginning of the week as at the close.\" Four typesetters, each drinking daily three-quarters of a tumbler of Greek wine (18 per cent, alcohol) lost an average of nine and six-tenths per cent, in efficiency by the end of one week. In .co-ordination tests, where the subject was required to snap down;a telegraph switch at the unexpected flash of a light or sound of a gong, the rapidity of the co-ordination responses was decreased by liquor' from six to eight and three-tenths per cent. Tests by other scientists tell the same story. Professor Durig, an expert mountain climber, found that on days when he took two glasses of beer, his instruments showed that he expended fifteen per cent, more energy than on the days when he did not drink, and that it took him_ twenty-one and seven- tenths per cent, longer to reach the top of a mountain. In many instances, employees do but a single small piece of work, repeating the same motions, using the same muscles over and over all day long. Tests of Swedish marksmanship illustrated the effects of alcohol upon endurance in such repetition work. Upon the alcoholic days..the soldiers averaged only . three hits out of thirty shots, while on their abstinent days they averaged twenty-three to twenty- six hits out of thirty. It is significant that they thought they were shooting better after they drank! Lord Kitchener pleaded with the frieds of the British recruits as they started for^the front, not to \"treat\" them to liquor. With the declaration of hostilities, Czar Nicholas issued his now famous \"ukase\" which endesd once an'd for all the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquor by the Russian government. Writes Professor Thomas Seminary, who was appointed Roosevelt Professor at tbe University of Berlin for tbe year 1915-16: \"With the fiTst firoclamation of war all drinking in be German army was ordered stopped at once.\" Assuredly, the war lords have discovered that an efficient army is a sober one. If-an office worker takes only so much aB one glass of beer daily, he decreases his efficiency seven per Sir cent., according to experiments of ergman, Kraepelin, Mayer and Kinz. Tbe drinking man cannot stand heat or cold as well, remember as well, smell as well, see or bear- as .well, as tbe non-drinking! man. Such is the finding of' experiments performed by Professor Kraepelin, Professor Frolich, Dr. Ridge of England, and Professor Yogt of the University of Cbristiania. _ V So_ much for the .verdict _of_the_ laboratory. Now, k what has been -the actual experience of industries? Have tbey noticed any practical, workaday differences in the efficiency of alcoholic and non-alcoholic workmenf Here is one instance.- The manager of a copper mine at Knpckmaroom, Germany, was convinced, that his output would increase'if \"hia men quit drinking. He induced one thousand of them to take the pledge. He was delighted to find, after two years, that their productive efficiency had increased nearly twenty-five thousand dollars annually. ������ Coming nearer home: President Wil- born of the Colorado Fuel,and, Iron Company makes this striking, statement in regard to the closing of saloons in the Colorado mining districts: - \"With the advent of the federal troops all saloons in the coalmining districts were closed, and as a result, the efficiency of the workmen has greatly improved, the average production of coal per man increasing about ten per cent. '' The'' production at this company's mines in tbe southern district of Colorado for the first 18 days of April averaged 5.85 tons per day for each miner at work. That was before the federal troops closed the saloons. For the first 18 days of June���������with' all- saloons closed���������each man produced 6.52 tons, which meant an average increase in wages of more than eleven per cent, per man. \"This has confirmed the view long held by us, that^if saloons and drinking could be eliminated from the coal districts not only the miners but the companies would be greatly benefitted. 'IWhat I have said applies specifically to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, but I think', in a general way, it is true of the coal mining industry in the state.\" Spoiled work is no small part of the loss which drink lays upon industry. A workman in one of the Coatesville Steel Mills declares that when the saloons were open it was not unusual for twenty to forty tons of steel to be spoiled in the rolling following pay days. Thus the earnings of every tonnage man in the mill were reduced because of the half-drunken condition of some of the men. \"But with the closing of the saloons,\" he adds, \"that's all history now.\" . There is evidence -tbat a shorter working' day, permitting workers to stop before the physical limit of fatigue has been reached, results in a falling off of the,desire to indulge in intoxicants. . So it goes. From fifty different angles, industry, is today looking critically and cynically at the reuslts of alcohol. Do you wonder, then, that most of the money< for the campaign which made West Virginia dry was contributed by labor' employing industries in tbe state? West Virginia abounds in coal, lumber, oil and gas industries. These were, almost to a unit, active workers for state-wide prohibition. Judge J. C. McWborter, who bad charge of the campaign, says: \"While I was helping to raise funds for our constitutional prohibition campaign, a brewer from another state, who bad no liquor business in ,West Virginia, but who had thousands of dollars invested in certain other industries in the state, sent me bis check for two hundred and fifty dollars to help make West Virginia dry because he knew wbat liquor was doing to his men and his business.\" What the industries within the nation have learned, the nation itself is learning. Abstinence is becoming the enforced rule of national engineering projects. The way Colonel Gorgas obtained increased efficiency by reducing alcoholism among his canal builders is interesting in this connection. He writes, in a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, June 13: '' On the Isthmus 'we had our laboring force located on the~ line of the' canal about fifty miles in extent. In this' distance we had about twenty towns. At first we allowed as many liquor establishments as chose to pay the high license, $1,200 per year. As time went on, we gradually abolished saloons in town after town, until, last year, liquor selling was finally abolished in all the zone. \"The two Panama towns of Colon and Panama, at the northern and southern ends of the canal, are not under the jurisdiction of the commission as far as regards liquor selling. There is no restriction on an employee going to these towns and getting liquor when he wishes and bringing it into the zone to his own home. The only prohibition is that it must not be sold in the zone; but to get liquor he has to make a longer or shorter railway trip and go to considerable effort. Our experience has shown that there are a considerable number of men who do not care enough for liquor to make the effort, and therefore do without. \"The efficiency of our working force has increased so much that generally the men in charge of the laborers in the different districts have asked to have their districts included within the prohibition area.\" Another big national business, known as the American Navy, has also learned the alcoholic efficiency lesson. On July\" 1, 1914, the order went into effect prohibiting tbe intra duction of- intoxicating beverages intd the'ships of the~ navy, the naval sta-| tions, and all points under the juris-] diction of the navy.\" It' is not commonly known that one] of tbe chief cojfoo^erAtions which] startled Secretary of the Navy Josephusl Daniels into this action was the faetf revealed by the medical inspector of| the United States Navy, that there were nearly ten timet as many admissions to the hospital for alcoholism infl the American Navy as in the British] Navy, and nearly fifty times as manrf as in tbe German Navy! If alcobolj was sending so many, men to the bosl pitalj it was undoubtedly rendering in-J efficient a still 'larger number of me/ who did not get as far as the hospital! Alcohol, in tbe rfame of efficiency, wa^ banned. Four years ago, long before tbisl action, was considered, Germany 'a far-1 seeing Kaiser, iu a great speech to his] naval cadets, urged them to form total] abstinence societies as tbe British had] done. \"Naval service demands a height of J effort which it is hardly possible to\\ surpass, \"said the Kaiser. \"It is necessary that you be able to endure continued heavy strain without exhaustion/| in order to be fresh for emergencies. '' In the next great war' nerve power will decide the victory. Victory will lie with the nation that uses the] smallest amount of alcohol.\" ���������i The verdicts of the laboratory, of] industry apd of the nation against! alcohol aref the same. Because it is al breeder of������ inefficiency, it must go/ And, in America at least, the prospect! is that it will be driven out by hard-] hearted, firm-fisted industry. The] jrreat god Industry cares not a rap for the moral or social phases of the'J drink question, although the big men! who are his directing forces may be! industrially greatly concerned. Alcohol might trample on the garments of morality and social relations until! doomsday and it would not worry industry, as such. But when alcohol be-i gins to tease and harass the great] god's pet mascot, efficiency, that ial quite another-matter! Drastic measures] must be taken. Already the American Foundrymen'si Association has appointed a well fin-] anced committee to campaign, ineveryl state, for .legislation to push back'the] saloon fromzthe doorways of industrial] plants! That will not satisfy industry.] At the end of five years, probably,] every great business will have unitedj its forces against alcohol, and who! knows but that at the \" end of ten] years the prediction of C. L. Close will] have been realized and industry will'] have banished the manufacture and] sale of liquor from the United States? Apparently it dose not matter very much whether we want this to happen! or not. If industry wants it, it wilH come to pass. The best thing we can/ do is to hope that, when that added^ six billion, saved by efficiency, divided, we may come in for a share. 1 I"@en, "Print Run: 1910-1916

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