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of the Tribune, explained yesterday
that those letters had been coming
into the office, of, the Tribune by hun
dreds ever since an editorial was
published in that newspaper on De
cember 11, warning the republican
leaders at Washington that Mr.
Roosevelt was gaining strength with
the people every day because of his
outspoken and fearless Americanism.
"That editorial was published as a
warning," said Mr. Gilbert, "but it
has brought a perfect avalanche of
letters from our readers, all demand
ing Roosevelt as the next republican
nominee. We have published many
of the letters, but we can not give
spade to all of them. We are simply
publishing them to show the trend of
our readers' opinion, and, naturally,
most of our readers are republicans."
BOOKS- RECEIVED
Government and Politics of the
German Empire. By Fritz-Konrad
Kruger, Doktor Der Staatswissen
schaften. (Tubingen), M. A. (Ne
braska). World Book Company,
Yonkcrs-on-Hiidson, New York.
The Rhythm of Life. Charles B.
Patterson. Thomas Y. Crowell Com
pany, New York. Price $1.50 net.
Armenian Atrocities. The Murder
of a Nation. By Arnold J. Toynbee.
With a speech delivered by Lord
Bryce in the House of Lords. Hod
der & Stoughton, Publishers, London,
New York and Toronto. Price Id.
Learning to Earn. A Plea and a
Plan for Vocational Education. By
John A. Lapp, Member of the Na
tional Commission on Vocational Ed
ucation, and Carl H. Mote, author of
Industrial Arbitration. With intro
duction by Hon. William C. Redfield,
secretary of comjnerce.. . The JBobbs
Merrill Company, Publishers, Indian
apolis. Price $1.50 net.
The Problems of the Coming
Peace. By Felix Mlynarski, Ph. D.,
delegate of the Polish Supreme Na
tional Committee to America. Polish
.Book Importing Co., New York.
The Story, of Young George Wash
ington. By Wayne Whipple, author
of The Story of the American Flag,
The Story of the Liberty Bell, etc.
Illustrated. Efenry Altemus Company,
Publishers, Philadelphia. '
.The War Plotters of Wall Street.
By Charles A. Collman. The Father
land Corporation, New York.
TO SAFEGUARD SEA TRAVEL
FOR AMERICANS
. Washington, D. C, Jan. .4, 1916.
Congressman Dan V. Stephens, of
Nebraska, introduced into the house
today two bills which he claims will
remove a very, great menace to the
peace of the nation.
The first bill provides that no
American nor neutral ship be allowed
clearance or entry into any port of
the United States if it carries both
contraband of war and citizens of the
United States at the same time.
Ships carrying contraband are sub
ject to search, seizure and destruc
tion, and while international law re
quires that passengers must be re
moved to a place of safety, the law
has not always been observed and
the lives of American citizens have
been lost as a consequence. The
right to trade in contraband is un
questioned, but no American citizen
should be allowed to needlessly en
danger the peace, of this country by
traveling on ships that are subject
to destruction if captured by an en
emy This bill proposes they shall
either stay at home or take passage
on' American or neutral ships that do
not carry" cpntraband. and are there
fore free from the hazard of war risk.
' Thiff bill will not only Remove a great
menace ib our' peace, but it will in
crease the business"' of ships flying
Farm Crops Break Record for Value
From The Washington Post, Dec. j bushels, against 1,141,060,000 last
year. Acre yieiu, av.a ousncis
against 29.7 last year. Pricej 36.1
cents, against 43.8 last year.
Barley Production, 237,009,000
bushels, against 194,953,000 last
year. Acre yield, 32 bushels, against
25.8 last year. Price, 51.7 cents,
against 54.3 cents last year.
Rye Production, 49,190,000 bush
els, against 42,779,000 last year.
Acre yield, 17.2 bushels, against 16.8
last year. Price, 83.9 cents, against
86.5 last year.
Buckwheat Production, 15,769,
000 bushels, against 16,881,000 last
year. Acre yield, 19.6 bushels, against
21.3 last year. Price, 78.7 cents,
against 76.4 -last year.
Flaxseed Production. 13,845,000
bushels, against 15,559,000 last year.
Acre yield, 10.1 bushels, against 8.3
last year. Price, $1.74, against $1.26
last year.
Other Crop Production
Rice Production, 28,947,000
bushels, against 23,649,000 last year.
Acre yield, 36.1 bushels, against 34.1
last year. Price, 90.6 cents, against
92.4 last year.
Potatoes Production, 359,103,000
16.
This year's principal farm crops
were worth $5,568,773,000 at De
cember 1 farm prices, the department
of agriculture announced today in its
final estimate and review of crop
production and values. That com
pares with $4,973,527,000 last year,
$4,966,497,000 in 1913 and $4,757,
458,000 in 1912.
With the wheat crop passing the
billion-bushel mark for the first time
in the nation's history, corn produc
tion reaching a three-billion-bushel
total for the second time and record
crops of oats, barley, rye, sweet pota
toes, hay and rice, the year has been
an extraordinary one for farming.
Prices paid farmers for some crops
have been higher than in other years
because of the European war, an, as
a result, the largest ever recorded.
Value of Each Crop
The value this year of each crop,
based on its farm price December 1,
with last year's value,
record
year it
as fol-
the
value of each crop, and the
was produced, is announced
lows :
Crop 1915
Corn - $1,755,859,000
bushels, against
Winter wheat ,
Spring wheat ,
All wheat .
Oats
Barley . ...?'.
Rye
Buckwheat . .'.
Flaxseed
Rice
Potatoes . .:(
Sweet Potatoes
Hay '.
Tobacco .
Cotton
Sugar beets
in.
622,012,000
309,290,000
930,302,000
555,569,000
122,499,000
41,295,000
12,408,000
24,080,000
26,212,000
221,104,000
46,081,000
912,320,000
96,041,000
602,393,000
35,800
1914
$1,722,070
675,623
203,057
878,680
499,431
105,903
37,018
12,892
19,540
21,849
3,98.000
41,294
7,79,668
101,411
525,324
30,438
405,9-21,000 last
Record
value Year
$1,722,070 1914
675,623 1914
231,708 1912
878,680 1914
499,431 1914
13.9,182 1911
37,018 1914
16,812 1867
35,272 1911
23,423 1912
227,903 1913
42,884 1913
856,695 1912
122,481 1913
887,160 1913
Figures in this column are in thousands.
In addition to these crops other
farm products, such as minor crops
and animals and animal products,
will bring the year's total to about
$10,000,000,000.
Other details of the report show:
Details of the Report
Corn Production, 3,054,535,000
bushels, against 2,672,804,000 last
year. Acre yield, 28.2 bushels,
against 25.8 last year. December 1
farm price, 57.5 cents per bushels,
against 64.4 last year.
Winter wheat Production, 655,
045,000 bushels, against 684,990,000
last year. Acre yield, 16.2 bushels,
against 19.0 last year. Price, 95
cents, against 98.6 last year.
Spring wheat Production, 356,
406,000 bushels, against 206,027,000
last year. Acre yield, 18.3 bushels,
against 11.8 last year. Price, 86.5
cents, against 98.6 last year.
All wheat Production, 1,011,505,
000 bushels, against 891,017,000
last year. Acre yield, 16.9 bushels,
against 16.6 last year. Price, 92
cents, against 98.6 last year.
Oats Production, 1,540,362,000
year. Acre yield, 95.5 bushels,
against 109.5 last year. Price, 61.6
cents, against 48.9 last year.
Sweet potatoes Production, 74,
295,000 bushels, against 56,574,000
last year. Acre yield, 103.3 bushels,
against 93.8 last year. Price 62
cents, against 73.0 last year.
Hay Production, 85.225,000 tons,
against 70,071,000 last year. Acre
yield, 1.68 tons, against 1.43 last
year. Price, $10.70, against $11.12
last year.
Tobacco Production, 1.060,587,
000 pounds, against 1,034,679,000
last year. Acre yield, 775.1 pounds,
against 845.7 pounds last year. Price,
9.1 cents, against 9.8 ceiits last year.
Cotton Production, 11,161.000
bales of 500 pounds' gross, excluding
linters, against 16,135,000 last year.
Acre yield, 172.5 pounds, against
209.2 last year. Price, 11.2 cents a
pound, against 6.8 cents last year.
Sugar beets Production, 6,462,
000 tons, against 6,462,000 last year.
Acre yield, 10.4 tons, against 10.4
tons last year. Price $5.54, against
$5.54 last year.
the American flag by forcing citizens
of the United States who go abroad
to take passage on them.
The second bill prohibits ships of
the belligerent nations clearing or
entering American ports regardless
of the nature of their cargo if they
carry citizens of the United States.
Any belligerent ship is subject to de
struction on the high seas. The
United States has lid control over
such ships whatever. A valuable
ship and cargo always temtfts the
captain to save it from capture "by
endeavoring to escape; an enemy
tviovnivir onrin ncprincr the lives of the
passengers. ' Every day" the "news
papers give accounts of merchant
ships blown up at sea and we hold
our breaths awaiting information as
to whether the lives of American
citizens have been; lost: The state
department is tfept busy getting tb.e
facts and issuing ultimatums which
one of these days will be spit upon
by some belligerent and war will In
evitably follow with all its horrors.
simply because we permitted care
less citizens of the United States t8
go into the danger zone.
If these two bills, are enacted in
to law we will hXye Spip.ve.aJ PJ?per
nine-tenths of the war risk of this
country.- '
The I'Hlform lllrvtrlr Itnte Aftcffffi
Is organized to agitato for ral'as for
Public Service current based on the
nrlnclnlo of "Coat oC the Service."
Technical pamphlots Including lgal
opinion of 1j. D. Brandcl will bo sent
frco on request. Bx 84M, Tofetta, Ohio.
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