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Warring Nations Must MakeFriendsWithU.S.or Go Hungry
ALL NATIONG MUST BUY
WHEAT, EXCEPT RUGSIA
Because United States Grows World’s Food, and
Is Strietly Neutral, It Is in Position to Make
Its Own Terms to Belligerents.
By JONATHAN WINFIELD.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 —Despite the fact that the United
Btates is taking no active part in the European war, it is apparent
%0 81l watohers that UUnele Sam and his vast wheat crop are play
ing a most important role in the hostilities and upon the measure
in which the contesting countries obtain their foodstuffs from the
United States may depend the final
outcome of the struggle. .
The United States produces more
wheat than any other single country
in the world
__Only one of the warring powers
(Russia) produces more food than
she needs for her own consumption.
Germany and Austria are practi
oally helpless if cut off from forelgn
production.
Government officials now go so far
&8 to predict that, should we have
snother clvil war which would erip
ple our internal industries and tie up
shipping, the rest of the worid would
:\.ct!cally starve. All of which goes
show that the vital position held
by the United States, not only in the
prese gi{. but in the future of the
' 3
. Oan Make Own Terms.
' ['the present war the United
jtes, with bumper crops, a wheat
: @uction of 250,000,000 hushels mora
fhan the average for the past ten
"years, anl occupying a position of
abeolute neutrality with the power to
enforce neutrality, will be able to
make its own terms.
Aside from Russia, only two na
fons involved in war produce more
oereals of any kind than they need
gor their nwn consumption. Germany
exports 7,004,807 bushels of rye an
aually, and Austria-Hungary ralses
annually 19,646,575 bushels more of
barley than is consumed within her
borders. ‘
in meat products the countries al-
Ned with the Triple Entente produce
pearly twice as many cattle and five
times as many sheep as Germany and |
flmtria-l—lunzary combined. The
utonic allies produce about a third
more swine than do their opponents,
but pork makes poor food for a
marching army. |
Nations’ Shortage. |
Germany and Austria-Hungary,
(& total population of 110,432,740,
feee An annual shoriage in wheat of
"$R.000,000 bushels, the average vearly
ption per capita for these two
ocountriés being 8.69 bushels under
ordinary elpoumstances.
The countries of the Triple Entente
face a net shortage of wheat of 90,-
Japanese Buyers Showing
Interest in Spot Cotton
MEMPHIS, Aug. ~ 22—Develop
ments during the week in the cotton
market situation have been without
pensations, and the period of hopeful
waiting continues. The problem of
how best to finance the holding of
enough of the crop to enable the
gradual marketing of the rest of it is
taxing the ingenuity and resources of
svervhody who is interested, and little
progress has been made on the greal
er matter of what the crop is worth.
There has been some encourage
ment over the fact that shipping has
been to some exten: resumed between
this country and part of Europe, al
though confined almost entirely to
foodstuffs, for it is believed that in
time this will enable the movement of
some of the cotton crop. How tae
insurance and exchange features will
be worked out remains to be seen, but
It is belleved by students of the situ
ation that these can be sufficiently
adjusted when the foreign mills bezin
filling thelr requirements of the raw
material.
Japan Takes Hold.
The reports from Texas that Japa
pese buyers are showing disposition
to take hold more freely have given
stimulus to the idea that consump
tion of American cotton in the Orient
will show great increase and may
prove important in helping to soive
the question of finding a market. Tne
fargest amount cver taken in one sea.
pon by Japan was something llke half
a milllon bales, but it i{s estimatel
that they could easily double that
this year, being so close to a territory
that uses vast supplies of cotton
goods, the bulk of which have beeen
manufactured heretofore in Europe,
Spot activity, however, {s unim
portant and few quotations have baen
fllade anywhere. Liverpool is doing a
ttle ebusiness from day to day, out
this 15 not regarded yet as any crite
rion. Reporte from the earlier sec
Vast Markets Opened to
Electrical Supply Makers
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—Declaring
that the general European war has
opened a world market, phenomenal
In its possibilities of expansion to
manufacturers of electrical appli
ances, The Electrical World and Elec
tric Railway Journal predict a dou
bling of exports during the coming
year.
The Electrical World says the best
markets for manufacturers of elec
trical appliances in this country have
always been those oountries which
Bow are neutral. In eovery case the
ptrongest competitor has been Ger
many, where there has been a total
cessation of production. In England,
which will be open soon again to
commerce, it is Dbeliéved, Germany
bas long held sway. Commenting on
the possibilities which are now open
t 0 manufacturers, The Electrical
orid says in part.
*“We have fared best in the neutral
rkets of the world, and with the
ure of the productive centers of
000,000 spread over a population of
260,142,626, The average per capita
consumption annually for the coun
tries which do not export is 7.72
bushels. Russia alone of all the
countries in the Triple Entente ex
ports wheat. She annually sends
abroad 150,000,000 bushels. This av
erage has allowed Russia to majn
tain the lead among wheat exporting
countries up to this year, With the
added advantage of the war in Eu
rope, the United States will jump far
in the van, but first piace wouid have
been hers anyhow on account of her
bumper crops,
Russia’s Advantage.
Russia has an advantage over all
the other countries engaged in the
war because of immense output of all
kinds of cereals. Aside from her ex
port of more than 150,000,000 bushels
of wheat, her corn export runs up
ward of 40,000,000 bushels and her
trade {h oats is one of the largest in
the world. |
In contrast to the flgures of all
countries, except Russla, statistics tor
‘the United States show that of the
cereals we import only rice and a
compardatively small amount of that.
On the other hand, our exports in
many cases exceed the imports of
some of the larger countries.
The live stock figures for the coun
tries embroiled in the war are quite
as interesting as are those for cereals.
Here is the table propared by the De
partment of Agriculture to show how
the sinews of war in the Triple En
tente and the Dual Alllance compare:
Austria- Cattle. Swine. Sheep.
Wungary .... 17,788,000 14,540,000 13,477,000
Germany ..... 90,132,000 21,924,000 5,808,000
Bolgium ..... 1,881,000 1,849,000 ...c.eies
France ....... 14,708,000 6,004,000 16,488,000
Russia ....... 86,302,000 18,521,000 48,176,000
Mervia ....... __,8058,000 864,000 3,808,000
Grest Britain., 11,869,000 8,884,000 27,824,000
Examination of these figures shows
that the Dual Alliance ralses 37,620,-
000 cattle, 86,464,000 swine and 18,~
270,000 sheep, apainst 85,766,000 cat
tle, 26,972,000 swine and 96,277,000
‘sheep for the Triple Kntente and
their allies. Except fn the cases of
Indian and Siberian wheat, these flg- |
ures do not take in the exports of the
various colonial possessions.
tions of the belt say that buying is
too light so far to enable an accu
rate idea of what is regarded as an
approximate value.
Domestic Spinners Delay.
The domestic spinners are said to
be holding off pending devolopmenrs‘
not only as to prospective yield, but
also as to demand for goods. They
said said to expect a large lncreas.‘
in demand during the season, but so
tar they have no knowledge of it in
the way of orders. It is belleved they
will await action on the part of tha
foreign consumers before trying 1o
buy much, being confident of much
lower values when the crop move
ment assumes large proportions. An
other theory for their attitude of dis
interestedness is that they are fo:l
-ing the effects of unsettled finance
and business conditions, as does near
ly everybody else,
The week has been satisfactory for
the crop's progress and expectatious
of yield have been enlarged. Whyre
too much rain was being recelved
there has heen relief, and complaints
have been fewer, while some very
favorable reports have come from im
portant producing sctions, particu
larly east of the Mississippl. It is
felt that with a favorable fall and a
late frost the yield will run well over
14,000,000 bales.
Pickin? Interrupted.
One effect of the recent rains was
to check for a few ds.yi cpening ani
algo to interrupt picking. Movement
has been very light, but this was iye
to the state of the market more than
to anything else. It will perhaps be
after September 1 before receipts wiil
pick up much, the general disposition
being to withhold settlement of w.-
counts just as long as possible so as
to enable protection through loans on
the crop.
It is hcped to make these extensive
through alteration of Government »-
strictions and thus help to keep off
the market for an indefinite pericd
several million bales,
Europe the cassation of demand there
affects so small a percentage of the
$15,000,000 to $20,000,000 we are send
ing out that {t might easily be for
gotten. Canada has been one of our
very best customers, and we still
have access to her markets. Japan
has been g very good customer.
“Mexico has been a very good cus
tomer and even at the present time is
taking much electrical material from
us. We have also exported heavily to
South America, the Cape (South
Africa), East Indies and China.
® ® +» There are latent possibilities
in Italy, whose connections with
South America are far more consid
erable than is generally understood
in this country, but Italy has never
been a great exporter of electrical
apparatus, and the whole world's
market outside of Burope, and even
in some of the European countries
not involved in war, would appear ta
be ouras, if we ars willing to go aft
er "
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1914.
Dixie Is Urged to
Go After the Trade
Of South America
S OUTHERN manufacturers
and merchants should
promptly seize the opportunity
owing to the war for extending
thelr trade with South American
countries, particularly with Ap
gentina and Uruguay, on account
of the direct steamship service to
these countries through Moblle,
declares Charles Lyon Chandier,
South American agent for South
prn Railway, Mobile and Ohlo
Rallway and Queen and Crescent
Route,
Southern manufacturers, he
says, should get trade, particularly
In machinery, metal articles and
cotton goods.
Mr. Chandier wiii furnish any
information In regard to South
American markets from his office
In Chattanooga, Tenn.
Brazilian Consul
Nation’s Trade
Advises Manufacturers They Have
Great Opportunities, but That
Customs Dear to South Amer
lcan Must Be Observed.
| By STUART R. ALEXANDER.
Consul in Chicago for the Republic
of Bragzil.
CHICAGO, Aug. 22.—~The manufac
turers of the United States are facing
the greatest opportunity they ever
have had to extend their trade into
the countrles of South America. If
they will only use the same intelli
gence that they have used in extend
ing their trade in this country they
can command the South American
market. ¢
The Buropean war, the most mon
strous crime of the age, will shut
Europe out of the South American
market for at least a year, and no
body knows hqew much longer. The
Napoleonic wars shut¥Europe off for
twenty-filve years, and this present
conflict may be worse by far than
the Napoleonic wars,
Markets Undeveloped.
T ihink the reason the United States
has never developed the markets of
its southern neighbors s that this
country ig the wonder of the world
ot the nineteenth century in devel
opment. Manufacturers and those en
gaged In commercial pumsuits have
had the flnest markets in the world
right here at home, while on the
other side of the water, per contra,
Germany, England, France and all the
others have had to go abroad for
their markets, ?
Speaking for Brazil, I know this
country can completely capture that |
market if It goes about it in the
proper manner. The United States
\s the best customer Brazil has. It
takes more than one-half of her
greatest products, coffee and rubber,
and there 18 a very kindly reciprocal
feeling between the two countries.
Send Traveling Men.
My own idea of the way to secure
the Brazilian trade is for manufac
turers to send traveling men there—
men who know their business and
who, in addition, are cultivated gen
‘tlamen. They sghould be able to
speak Spanish or Portuguese—better
Portuguess, as that is the pre
vailing language of the country, They
can casily obtain a working knowl
‘edxp of the language in some good
‘Echnul. or 1 can put them in touch
‘wnh gome of the many young Brazil
ian students in Chicago.
i Catalogues, price lists and other
commercial literature should be in
Portuguese, and prices should be
‘glven in pounds sterling or United
States currency. The price quota
\nona should include cost, freight and
insurance to a port in Brazil. Weights
should always be given in the metric
system, > “;
IR e B
Business There Not Hasty.
Salesmen should be provided with
liberal expense accounts and they
must remember that the Latin races
do business in a different manner
than we do. They do not decide so
quickly. Manufacturers here must
remember that Brazil is an old-fash
foned country, and that it has been
buying goods from Europe since
1820. It has become accustomed to
these goods, and the people do not
change thelr ideas Qu!cklg.
Both the English and the Germans
have from time to time established
branch houses in Brazil, which have
done much to further their commer
clal interests, 1 was with a house
which exported coffee from Brazil
and imported dry goods, and that in
terchange of business strengthened
the commercial relations between
England and Brazil.
It is high time this country had an
adequate merchant marine, and it is
my belief that the trade opportuni
tv will result in our getting a fleet
of ships adequate to the trade de
mands.
The value of Brazilian imports in
19012 was $308,248,736 and of its ex
ports $362,794,848. It sent to the
United States $1419014,885 worth of
exports and took back only $48,108,-
816 in imports.
. The United States can supply near
1y everything Brazil needs. While
this war lasts It is certain Germany
and the United Kingdom can 40 no
business with Brazil.
Revival of Cattle
Growing Is Predicted
PUBPBLO, Aug. 23.—Demand for thou
sands of head of cattle, which will be
reqpired to feed the troops in the far
flung Furopean conflict, will revive
the cattle industry of the West, in the
opinion of locai cattiemen.
Though the industry, which formerly
ranged next to mining in imgorumce.
has declined in recent years, the strain
which will be placed upon the meat pro-
Aucing districts of the world by the rec
ord prices which beef will command, it
is thoTt. will give the cattle business
a stimulus it bas not known in a decads.
HOSTILITIES ABRUPTLY
CTOP ALL IMMIGRATION
Ellis Island Barges Which Used to Handle 7,000
Newcomers a Week Tied Up for Overhauling.
War Will Make Many ‘Undesirables’.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—With the disposition of the last batch
of immigrants who sailed from Europe before the general war
broke out the great huildings at Ellis Island are now for the first
time untenanted except for the aliens who are held as undesir
ables. The four big double-decked barges which have been wont
to ecarry an average 0f.7,000 immigrants a week from the steamship
plers to the examination rooms are
tied up for overhauling, with the
prospect of their not being used for
a long time to come.
According to advices recelved by
the authorities from the Trans-A‘-
lantic Steamship Company officers,
less than a thousand aliens were ex
pected in this port during the week.
The Federal examiners believe that
this number will be the average for
a long time, ang that it will be years
before the old conditions return. :
200 Wait Deportation.
At present thers are about 200
allens waiting to be deported, but
because of the cancellation of the
salling of the steamships of the lines
'which brought them over, they may
be held indefinitely. Commissioner
Byron G. Uhl has arranged every
comfort for those who, because of
physical or other disabilities, are not
permitted to take up thelr homes
here.
The statistics at Ellis Island show
that during the week of June 13 the
number of persons seeking admission
through the port of New ory drop
ped from 14,000 to 9,000, This was
caused largely by Italian laborers re
turning to their home countries and
circulating reports that the work here
for which they are particularly adapt
ed had slackened materially.
Several weeks ago there was a
further drop to 7,000 aliens a week,
and with the arrival of the last of the
steamships leaving foreign ports be
fore the Kaiser mobilized his troops
the Inspectors see the end of any
perceptible immigration for the pres
ent.
May Come First Class.
The few immigrants now expected
will come first class, the inspectors
believe, as the lines in trans-Atlantic
service have informed the IMederal of
ficials that every space is being taken
by American citizens who are anxious
to escape rror%' thé war zone.
Should the war last lohg, the ex-
Coal Trade of $62,295,000
May Turn to United States
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—Eight
South American countries from which
statistics are available bought $62,-
295,000 worth of coal in one year. of
this amount the United States sold
only $4,223,118 worth, while the sales
of Great Britain, including Australia,
amounted to $53,226,503. While all of
the South American countries buy
more or legs coal, Argentina, Brazil
and Chile are by far the greatest con
‘sumers.
| The Pan-American Union is in re
ceipt of inquiries from some of these
‘countries as to information relative
to coal dealers in the United States,
‘whue on the other hand letters are
coming in daily from the latter seek
ing information anent the opportu
‘nities in South America for the sale
‘of their product. :
} Handicap Is Certain.
It is a foregone conclusion that
‘even if the great European war doel‘
‘not entirely cut off the usual sources
of coal supply for South America, the
trade of the countries engaged in the]
war will be seriously handicapped. lul
the interest of the United Stntea‘
dealers the following statistics are |
given: / |
Taking the vear 1912 as a fair av
[erage. the statistics show that Ar
gentina's coal imports were valued at
$25,855,692, of which $24,500,000 worth
came from the United Kingdom;
$811,307 from the TUnited States;
$395,150 from Germany; $118,307 from
Austria-Hungary; $33,313 from Bel
gium, and the rest from the Nether
lands and other countries. |
Brazil's Imports.
During the same vear Brazil's im
ports of coal amounted to $20,679,052,
of which $17,689,884 worth came from
the United Kingdom; $2,788,601 from
the United States, and $56,702 from
Belgium. Chile’s importation was
valued at $11,163,583, of which the
United Kingdom furnisned $7,146,839
worth; Australia, $2,981,849; the
United States $502,787; Germany,
$278,356; France, $97,937; Belgium,
$70,065; the Netherlands, Norway and
other countries the remainder.
Among the SBouth American coun
tries having less demand for coal may
be mentioned Uruguay, whose im
ports amounted to $3,647,170, no ac
curate statistics as to sources being
available. Peru imported $1,098509
worth, $786,214 of which came from
the United Kingdom; $159,081 from
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- kodak finishing—fighting the cat—
that's me. Developing free 5 years,
Try the
“CO-OP,” 119 PEACHTREE.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
Effective Sunday, August 23, 1914,
Georgla Rallroad Train No. 4 will
leave rxtlnnt. at 8:15 p. m .instead
of 8:00 p. m.
J. P. BILLUPS,
General Passenger Agent.
perts who are in charge of the local
station estimate that Immigration
from Burope will decrease some 50
per cent from the figures of the year
ending July, 19183, which showed a
total of 1,167,892
The largest number of allens ad
mitted during that period came from
the Russian Empire and Finland,
which furnished 291,040 persons;
265,542 came from Italy, Sardinia and
Sicily, and 244,726 from Austria and
Hungary. Only 84,329 Germans came,
and about 88,200 Dritish subjects.
The inspectors at Ellis Island point
out that with millions of men in the
field a great number will be disabled
by disease or wounds, which would
bar them from admission to this
country, :
} Taxes To Be Heavy.
War taxes also are taken into con
sideration in the arrest of immigra
‘tlon after peace has been declarad.
It will be imnossible, the experts be
lieve, for millions who may want to
come here to ralse enough money io
carry them.
During the past vear 100,000 Jews
were admitted into this country, ac
cording to I. Irving Lipsitch, the El
lis Island representative of the He
brew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid
Society, which cares for many of
the aliens of their faith.
“These people,” said Mr. Lipsitch,
“come from the countries now Ai
rectly affected by the war, anqg it is
well known that many of them are
not in & position to have what little
money they have saved for a voyage
here taken from them by the heavy
war impositions. How long it will
take them to get ov r the strain ot
the struggle in Europe can not be es
timated.
“We beileve that this week we will
see the ehh of immigration, and It
would be no Burprise if fewer immi
grants entered this port during the
‘month than there have been since
| Ellis Island was established.”
Germany; $88,690 from Australia, and
$55,058 from the United States. Ven
ezuela, the closest neighbor to the
Gulf States and thelr immense coal
mines, imported $112,617 worth, $Bl,-
103 of which came from the United
Kingdom, $11,742 from /fermany, and
$11,365 from tbhe United States.
Thomas I. Lynch John H. Hightower Logan Clarke C. A. Thornton
LYNCH & THORNTON INS. AGENCY
' Fire and Casualty Insurance
Prompt Personal Attention Given All Losses
204-11 Grant Building Phone Ivy 2832
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending June 380, 1814, of the condition of the
s * * * .
Fire Association of Philadelphia
OF PHILADELPHIA,
Organized under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, made to the Gov
ernor of the State of Georgla in pursuance of the laws of sald State.
Principal Office—Northwest corner Fourth and Walnut streets, Phil
adelphia, Pa.
I. CAPITAL STOCK.
YWhole amount of capital Stock ... ¢.. .. coe cos ove oee +oo $750,000.00
AOUnt paid UD 1N CABD ot viv oo ses tis coe see dos sve see 150,000.00
. N, ASSETS.
Total assets of the company, actual cash market value .. ...$9,098,208.75
1. LIABILITIES,
WO BEBIBUME ... i Ciihie Gho Vet itas s ves svarevh 2uspBOBEIIR TS
IIV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1914,
Total income actually received during the first six months in
BRI . il ek AR AR RN Lo A Hae aseisis-San iR ROINE Y
V. EXPENDITURES DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
YEAR 1914,
Tota] expenditures during the first six months of the year In
D A s e AR AT
A copy of the Act of Incorporation, duly certified, is of flle in the office
of the Insurance Commissioner.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA—County of Philadelphia,
Personally appeared before the undersigned M. G. Garrigues, who,
being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the Secretary of the Fire
Assoclation, and that the foregeing statement i correct and true, %
M. G. GARRIGUES, Secretary.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of August, 1914,
EDWIN S. GAULT, Notary Public.
Name of State Agent—W, E. CH APIN, Manager,
Name of Agent at Atlanta—LYNCH & THORNTON INSURANCE
AGENCY.
The following table shows the
number of immigrants entering
the United States last March from
each of the countrie snow at war
or affected by the war:
WY i i 20810
HAURGREY i svisvincsnssesr 18980
RUSBHE s cpgsiaanaiie v VOEUR
Aupbnle s conuslan ol 1,088
Grentl . iiiiiiviverene Gi(DB
Great Britain .......... 3,765
GErmaRY |, vl iveivess 2816
Servia, Bulgaria and
Montenegro ........... 972
Netherlands .....ccooo.o 798
SRR e ey
Bwitzerland ....eec..... 582
Tie-Up of Traffic
On Seas Exptess
Lines’ Death Blow
Profitable Trans-Atlantic Trade Is
Strangled and Companies Are
Not Able to Stand Strain
and Walt Peace.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—The ex
press companies, laboring under the
competition of the parce:l post, are
likely, so it said, to be .forced Into
consolidation or out of business alto
gether by the European war. Unless
it terminates much sooner than is
expected the companies stand to lose
much business through the diminu
tion of the volume of foreign goods,
of which they haul immense quanti
ties from wholesale to retall houses.
The express companies are in no
condition to stand the war drain. Fig
ures sent to the Government bureau
deallng with such matters show that
for last April their net income was
but a little more than 11 per cent of
what it was for April of 19183—548,747,
as against $437,826. And as the ex
press rates found to be ‘reasonable”
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission did not go into effect until
February 1 last, the loss is attribut
able to the inroads of the parcel post
service, which began operations on
January 1, 1913.
A Few May Live,
Consolidation, it is believed, will
enable two or three express compa
nies to live. In nearly every large
city there are at least three complete
express organizations, and in a good
many of them there are more. On a
showing of finances such as the ex
press companies could make for the
first year and a quarter of the opera
tion of the parcel pest system it is
considered very doubtful, it is be
lieved, whether any court would con
strue such consolidation as in viola
‘tion of the Sherman anti-trust law.
The United States Express Company,
recently taken over by one of Its
rivals, had a deficit of $89,810 for the
ten-month period from July 1, 1911,
to June 30, 1913, but during the ten
months, from July 1, 1913, to April
80, 1914, it ran behind $247,091.
Unification of a number of the
companies would be possible in such
‘a way as to reduce the cost of the
pick-up and delivery service. And
'such unificaiton and consolidation in
the near future is regarded as abso
lutely essential if elimination is to
be avolded.
5. WOULD WELGOM
NFW EUROPEAN REPUBLIC
Quick Recognition for Any Such Development
as a Result of the War Is Predicted by Ex
perts in State Department, Who Cite History.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—Any new republic which may
spring from the ashes of the European conflagration will receive
almost instant recognition from this Government and its hearty
moral support. :
This, in the belief of officials of the State Department, can be
accomplished without a departure from our traditional policy
of non-interference in European uf-\‘
fairs. It will be made more easy by}
the fact that in all probability our
diplomatic representatives will bo‘
caring for the interests in other Cap
itals of whatever nations undergo 1.l
change in the form of their govern
ment. |
That either the Hohenzollern or
Hapsburg dynasty, or both, may suf
fer very material changes in their
empires, if not a curtailment of their
absolutism, is the belief in well in
formed circles here. The attitude of
the United States as a people, it is
believed now, is much the same to
ward the Teutonlc alllance as it was
toward the French arms during the
Franco-Prussian war—the sympathy
of the peopie went out to the French
people, but not to the French ruler or
the arms.
Course To Be Followed.
When, in one day, the Bonaparte
dynasty was overthrown in Paris,
without taking the remainder of the
country, the army or anything else
into consideration, the State Depart
ment ordered the almost immediate
recognition of the new republican
government, a step which placed the
French commiseioners on solid
ground in arranging peace terms with
Count von Bismarck.
‘This course will be followed by this
Government in any similar situation
resulting from the present war. This
attitude is thoroughly explained in a
telegram which the archives of the
State Department now hold from
Acting Secretary of BState J. C. B.
Davis to Elihu B. Washburne, then
our Minister to France, It reads as
follows:
“Berthemy (French Minister to the
United States) asks, under instruc
tions from Kavre (head of the new
government), whether the public
gentiment in America has changed
since the change of government in
France, adding, on his part, that until
‘now the republican press in this
country has expressed strong sym
pathy with Germany.
Dynasty in Disfavor,
“I reply that the Government main
tains a strict neutrality and will con
tinue to do so; that he can not won
der that the people have little sym
‘pathy for a dynasty which com
menced giving ald to rebels during
our war and tried to establish a
monarchy on our Southern borders;
‘that in my judgment the feeling to
which he alluded was not against
'France or the French people, of which
}he is as competent a judge as I, and
that the disposition of this Govern
'ment is shown in the order of the
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending Junc 80, 1914, of the condition of the
- .
Agricultural Fire Insurance Company
OF WATERTOWN,
Organized under the laws of the State of New York, made to the Governor
of the State of Georgia in pursuance of the laws of said State.
Principal Office—2o3 Washington St., Watertown, N. Y.
I. CAPITAL STOCK.
Whole amouint of capital StOCK v se oo oo cu o 0 o 0 o 0 oo oe e +.5500,000.00
T T T R . e s P i il A o UGN
11. ASSETS.
Total assets of the company, actual cash market value .. .. ..$4,282,399.19
ill. LIABILITIES.
TMOLAI HABIHLIGN & . .. o sy bbb o 5 a% oy ov vs 6o oo ve + . 3628289520
IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1914,
Total income actually recelved during the first six months lin
BREIY 5 L U e e e i e e iesis e v ax cIDETUIRCH
V. EXPENDITURES DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
YEAR 1914, :
Total expenditures during the first six months of the year in
R R e RRe W 7
Greatest amount insured in any one risk .. «¢ oo . $50,000.00
Total amount of insurance outstanding. .. .. .. .. 898,339,700.00
A copy of the Act of Incorporation, duly certified, is of flle in the office
of the Insurance Commissioner.
STATE OF NEW YORK—County of Jefferson. "
Personally appeared before the undersigned J. Q. Adams, who, belag
duly sworn, deposes and says that he is th” Secretary of the Agricultural
Insurance Company, and that the faoregoing statement is correct and true.
“ J. Q. ADAMS, Secretary.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of August, 1914,
H. R. WAITE, Notary Public.
Name of State Agent—H. M. TANNER.
AGE.\I?Q?Y' of Agent at Atlanta—LYNCH & THORNTON INSURANCE
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President already given to recognise
the new Government.,”
‘The haste with which the State De
partment recognized the new Gov
ernment set up by the citizens of
Paris only is shown by three brief
telegrame from Davis to Washburne
all on the same day, September 6,
1870, one day after the bloodless rev
olution. The first one reads.
“It provisional government has ao
tual control and possession of power
and is acknowledged by the French
people so as to be, in point of fact, de
facto government, of which you will
be able to decide by the time this
reaches you, you will not hesitate to
recognize it.”
Supposedly, a few minutes later,
Davis sent this wire:
“It appearing by your last dispatch
that new government is fully in
stalled and Paris remains tranquil,
you will recognize.”
And Immediately after:
“As soon as the situation on your
judgment shall Jjustify, tender the
congratulations of President and
people of United States on the suo
cessful establishment of a republican
government.”
We welcomed a republic in place of
a monarchy. Germany {s accused of
concentrating against our trade and
commercs, particularly with a view to
monopolizing the Latin-American
trade. Germany is regarded as the
most constant menace to the Monroe
Doctrine. We would be glad to see
the autocratic powers of the Kaliser
and Emperor Francis Joseph—for the
two are inseparably allied on all in
ternational questions—curtailed, and
against these powers the threat of
more republican- governments in Bue
rope.
Chinese Republic May
Fall as Result of War.
PEKIN, Aug. 22.—The general Pu«
ropean war is fraught with great pos
sibilities for China. Will the young
republic last? Will Yuan Shih-kal
make his power absolute? Will Dr,
Sun Yat Sen return to control?
These are some of the questions
brought forward prominently as the
controlling hand of Europe grows
weaker and weaker.
Yuan's tendency toward despotism
makes his popularity decrease stead
ily. Then, too, the loss of Mongolia,
witk the prospect that Tibet may go,
kas shaken the faith of many in the
present Government.
The widespread belief that Yuan is
to blame for many horrible crimes,
the murder of Sung Chiao-Jen and
the trapping of Generals Chang and
Feng at a banquet in Pekin, with thelr
subsequent execution, have added to
‘the feeling against the President.