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6 A The Sunday Bee MORNING EVENING THE tilt PUBLISHING VtlMOH B. UPDIKE, Publi.H.r. B. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED FRESS TW larttM rr at eklS Tba hm to MakM. W esslesltsli saUlia U a im f4 rmXIHiit e4 all hwm miu w u Sat MMrw1 stadna to ui (tiat. as im lae laeai s kiuu4 aarws, ell nsaia at rxakusauo at aw atari tl mw r sin mm... Nat w.r clnuUltea f Tb Oatah Bse, J us a, 1U Daily 71,731 Sunday. .. .77,034 - B. BREWER. Cnml M.UM ELMER a. ROOD, ClrcuUlwa Muir -vara to a4 uescribao' safer ma this tSaai) W. H, UUlVfcY, Nelar fublia . Tka Oataa Has I bmw at la Axil .ntataiud aiaarii aa iuiil. audita, as Ou asoite ar loalr missimuob. BEE TELEPHONES ' Frtvata Branch Exchange. Aak for lh Dspartaent T ,i er Person Wnt4. For Mgbt Call Afur IS F. U.I "'.IZV'9 Editorial Department, ATlaolia 1021 OFFICES Ifaln Offlee 17th and Ftntaa C. Blvffi a . . II Scott Bt- South Sid 4(1S 8. 14th St N.w York 2 Fifth Avsbu Wbing tos 421 Star DM. Chicago . . 171 Ite n Bide Paria, Franca 419 Hua St Hanoi Tha average paid dallr circulation of Tba Omaha Bat for June. 1922, wss 71.741. a nam of 1I.H7 oar Juna of 1V21. Tha average paid Sunday alrculation of Th Omaha Be for June. U22. wss 77.094, gain of 20.120 over June of 1021. Thia la a larger gain than that mad by any other daily or Sunday paper. v FARM COMMUNITY INFLUENCES. As rural life expands through the influence of the) automobile, good roads, better schools, scientific . methods, labor saving devices and improved market 'ing systems, it also is desirable that progress on the 'spiritual side should keep pace with that of a ma terial nature. . This is the very time for the creation of a militant country church. Too many of these white-steepled buildings have been abandoned. It may be said that in older days when the for ine of the harvest was more dependent on favor able conditions of nature the link between God and the farmer was more apparent than now when dry farming" and irrigation triumph over the worst that nature can do. Giving thanks for one's daily bread then had in it a deeply personal note. I The emphasis today is shifted and the field of the country church has broadened accordingly. This much was made plain in the summer school for rural pastors at Ohio State university. The session opened with a study of rural problems and dwelt on ways . in which "the country church can minister more Ir.rgsly to the community and exercise a greater in-, fluence in shaping community ideals. "The ; note of pessimism must be forgotten," Bishop William Bell .asserted in an address there. "Instead harping' on how things are going to the eternal fcbw-"Wows we must brace" up and fight. The man who has won true salvation is not content with singing songs. He itches to doff his coat, thrash the devil out of politics, purge high finance of its vicious ness, throttle exploitation of the masses for the bene fit Jit the few, and demand that men, whether they serve the church or state, must be of high character and unquestionable integrity." "This means that the day of personal salvation has passed," the bishdp continued, "and the era of collective salvation is dawning. The moment the church becomes aggressive it immediately invades the realm of social gospel. To meet the problems with which he must struggle in this relatively new field ofv$eJejjihe m&wpwsfce trained ..to, broader tlii ngsre must be. trained in statesman ship, conversant with economics,' his knowledge must extend to business and commerce." Even today the rural community is the backbone of democracy. Farming should be more profitable and attractive, and community life should at the same time be stimulated and influenced by those ideals that are innate in true "religion. RELIGION AND PLEASURE. One of the speakers who addressed the Walther League convention last week emphasized the thought that it is possible to be a Christian and have a good time. For, he said, "Christianity is a religion of hap piness." That still leaves a considerable margin for speculation and disputation. What constitutes happiness? In the matter of dancing the good man referred to was of the opinion that the old minuet or the Virginia reel were fine as Jdances, while modern dances are "imported from fiejl." If, he will go back a little distance on his tory's track, he will find the minuet being denounced ; as godless and wicked, while the Virginia reel was an I abomination to certain of the community at the time ' of its greatest popularity. This does not answer the question. Christianity ; is' a religion of happiness; it justifies the rational en ; joyment of all the many good and wholesome things ; a benign and munificent Creator has lavished on a world "where every prospect pleases and man alone is vile." Unfortunately, men are not all agreed on what constitutes pleasure, or in what form it is to be pursued. Out of this lack of accord comes the dis putation and the effort to regulate. Church polity and discipline is made for those who will subscribe to and abide by the regulations laid down. Different churches hold to varying beliefs and these beliefs take cognizance of pastimes and ways of pleasure as well as of the forms of worship. Thus, there is a variation in the things that are held to be good and permissible as pleasures and -without detracting from religion any of those qualities that permit the devout to worship God and enjoy the world He made. Trouble is made by man exclusively. STARS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE. The Literary Digest has been indulging in another of those interesting but inconclusive enterprises it occasionally sets on foot. This time it relates to "Who would you name, "offhand, as the five lead ing American literary stars that have risen above the horizon in the last ten years?" Fifty-six in dividuals in a position where they are supposed to be able to form determinative opinion on such points were addressed, and now their replies have been tabu lated. Four stars have been designated, and fifth place is shared by two. What is settled is that expert opinion for the moment gives to these the precedence, although it might happen that, were the question more popu larly put -the decision would have been different. "Expert", opinion is not always the safest where democracies finally decide. It should be understood, also, that the choice was made- of these who have come up within ten years. No effort is put forth in the way of assessing per manent value or of comparison with the lights that are dimming. Literary fame, especially in America, is fugitive) and fleeting; a writer is like an actor or a ball player: The star in any of these lines must strike fast and get what he may while the getting is good. Always he is confronted by the possibility that an other will crowd him off the stage very soon. Nebraskans will be interested to know that Willa Sibert Cather is' fourth on the list selected. It is also interesting to note that some of the most widely SUNDAY COMPANY BKlLttiSK, Cm. Manager. arise? the traditions of cattle industry. Ilk Wr at J tie Sl. I Puma at ItnalaUaaa. tta Tba aa ilrrnlsuaa to row or 101. 1000 strangers, as to .j mi.u w Strikes will not now? On read authors do not get even an honorable mention. These still have the substantial consolation that comes from a "best seller," regardless of other con iderationt. , WHY THE WEST IS DIFFERENT. What is this woat, to which men art so proud to belong? In so far as it differs from other parts of America, how did these distinguishing characteristics In that remarkable book, "The Cowboy," Phillip Ashton Rollins advances the explanation that our life, our speech and our thought have been 'moulded by fraternity and Independence of the "It was a spirit that begat personal service and extreme self-reliance, which in their exercise, were, at all times, upon the instant, for .however long dors- tion, and without expectation of reward, as subject to the call of others, were they friends or entire the requisition of their owner," Mr. Rollins writes. "It was a spirit that offered con tempt for distance or danger as an impediment to duty or pleasure," and goes on: It waa a spirit that gave to a man an Intent Indlvlduullam, and not only a hatred of dug die. tlnetlon save such aa the wt luelf created, but hI no a bitter antipathy to all social usage In limitation of pergonal action except tho which'' either were prescribed by universal fundamental law were in the weatern code. It waa a spirit that nurtured an undying- pride In the country, of the wegt, a devoted loyally to leg people as a. class, a fierce partisanship In favor of that coun- ant. m wvuipisia alienee sooui aeuorvua luiKivmg oi wnatever wrongs any of the latter might have done. - Certain continuing results of this are easily traced, but Mr. Rollins mentions three of high Importance. One is the influence of the Texas trail which wove northerner and southerner into one piece, so that there never has been any Mason and Dixon's lino in the west. This absence of sectional, prejudice per mitted the building up of an Intense solidarity. Even state lines fade in what is often spoken of aa "God's country," and a man calls himself a westerner rather than a Montanan or Nebraskan, A third result is pointed out in tha spirit of neighborly co-operation and mutual aid that was en forced in the days of scanty population. "He took it for granted that he and his neighbors should get to gether and support a university, a hospital, or what ever, just as in primitive days he and his neighbors had joineed forces when the roundups had called for collective efforts," Mr. Rollins writes of the west erner. This determination to do things for ourselves rather than await private philanthropy or business does exist today. The west, to use a figure of the cattle country, is determined to ride democracy rather than let democracy or any allied political or economic theories ride it. . " . LITERARY MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE. Disraeli was at once prime minister of England and a noted novelist H. G. Wells, himself one of the foremost literary men of the day, is a long way from that political goal, though he is now candidate for parliament on the labor party ticket However, an overturn of the Lloyd George government and victory for the labor party might make him an im portant factor in the government of the empire. Americans who can not imagine Upton Sinclair, Theodore Dreiser or H. L. Mencken in, congress will watch with interest the progress of Mr. Wells' cam paign. Though no example of a literary genius be ing elected to high office on this side of the Atlantic comes to mind, yet many noted writers have served in appointive positions. ., John Hay sat inthe, cabtnet and wrote very creditable verse, and even a novel,, though he tried to conceal" this side of his ability from public view. Walt Whitman supported himself as a government clerk in Washington while composing "Leaves of Grass," and was discharged by his chief who regarded his verses as immoral. Hawthorne was surveyor of the custom house at Salem while he worked on "The Scarlet Letter." Motley, Prescott and Bancroft, and even John Burroughs, served the. nation in official positions. William Dean Howells gained much in the consular service in Italy. General Lew Wallace, as governor of New Mexico and later minister to Turkey, found time to produce some notable novels. More recently there are examples of Van Dyke, Whit lock, Egan and Thomas Nelson Page, all in the diplo matic service abroad. -' It seems evident that historians and Scholars have a rightful place in public life. It may even be as sumed that a writer of fiction who has succeeded in 'interesting a wide audience of cultured persons possesses a knowledge of human nature that might fit him peculiarly for national service. . Mr. .Wells has capped this reputation as a novelist with an amazing demonstration of his critical faculties in the "Outline of History." In this as in his fiction he has displayed a deep interest in the problems of government. Perhaps now he will be. given a chance to try these out. ' THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. George Washington, in his farewell address, spoke thus to his countrymen: "This. government, the off spring of our own choice, uninfluenced and. unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature delibera tion of its powers uniting security with energy, and tion of its powers uniting security with eneergy, and containing within itself a provision . for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and support." Founded on such broad basis, the American gov ernment can become anything the majority of the citizens desire. "In proportion as the structure of government gives force to public opinion," our first president wrote, "it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened." , . I Beyond saying that private opinion and actions should not be set up as superior to the judgment of the majority, no comment is necessary. North Carolina's governor holds to the doctrine of state's rights in the coal strike. Perhaps he is jus tified, but most of the country is likely to line up with the president.' . Major Rowan has just got a medal he won in Cuba twenty-four years ago. Congress may be slow, but it eventually gets there. Let it be noted that the British are coming to "ad just" their war debt to America, which Is quite dif ferent from paying it Senator Norris has at least been able to impress his views on his committee. The question is, will the senate agree? The new Nebraska state house begins to look like a reality and not a mere picture. ultimately have to be settled; why Second Thought " " By H. M. STANSIFEK. . There is nothing evolved unless God la involved. THE SUNDAY BEE: OPINION- What Editors Elsewhere Are Saying Idirraiur and !lirlna. Lram th Minneapolis journal. Here Is a pregnant paragraph: In these day It j rather the habit to Jibe at the s holr in bus lnta the thought seems to be that a nn l all the better for a lack of bell lettras or of an In timsry with the inaater of art and literature. 'Cnrnrgln was aa keen a bumneea man a ever lived: h wus keen in th large uy he aw nut merely tomorrow but the In v after. And one of the reaaorta that he o quickly got into Inrge huslnew was bvi-ause through his study of the literary iiinaterplft'i-e he came to know human charac teristics. For, sftur all, great lit erature Is only the preservation of the best thought on numsn nature. Who wrote this? Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, who took occaalon to quote Itobrrt Iirownln to the Wash- Inglon conference? woodrow Wll. son, by profession a school-master, former president of the United States? Home Harvard Instructor of English? Dr. I'heips or Yale, or Dr. Burton of Minnesota? No the man who wrote It Is Ar thur Urlggs Farauhar, about as hit rd -boiled a oustness man as any who flourished between the civil war and our day. as keen a Quaker In a trade as ever a Quaker was, and as scientific In his conduct of business as was his cousin, Johns Hopkins of Baltimore, or his friend. the canny Scot Ironmaster of Pitts burgh, And in the quotation Is contained an admirable definition of litera ture, of literature with a bottom. study of which will profit any sort of brain, a railroad brain like the late J. J. Hill's, a steel construction brain like Carnegie's, any bank clerk's brain, or salesman's brain, or any old brain at all. Matthew Arnold defined literature as "a criticism of life." And Mr. Far quhar tells what kind of criticism of life It is, delivered by what kind of men. Lord Northcliffe may sneer at Thackeray as a man of the world; but - that London clubman. who made his livelihood by his pen, wag a born expert on the human species. And experts on the natures of men and women, the creatures with whom we all have to deal in a thou sand relations, are what the great literary masters are. They can teach ua much, therefore, just as scientists can show us about chemistry, phys ics, electricity. And he who ignores their instruction limits himself. Practical men, if they are suc cessful, nurse the illusion that they necessarily must know men.. No doubt the greater of them do, or some of those greater do. Tet Mr. Farquhar writes of Marshall Field and A. T. Stewart: "They were, first of all, - remarkable merchandisers, and Stewart, in particular, was not in the least a judge of human capa bility. I am not sure that Field was, either." The present nonllterary or even antiliterary attitude prevalent among American business men does not add to their capacity and may accen tuate their limitations. If America suffers from anything today, in the presence of so much special capacity of various kinds, it is the lack of the greater intelligences such as Carne gie once represented in business, as Lincoln, shall we say, in politics. These two men self-trained them selves in literature. It Will Continue to Wave. from the Syracuae Herald.'' '' Every little while critics rise up and declare that the national an them, "The Star-Spangled Banner," isn't the kind of national anthem we should have. Just at present a widespread campaign for a new an them is being conducted by Mrs. Au gusta Stetson of New York. She thinks e should have an anthem more melodious and less militant. If "The Star-Spangled Banner" Is too militant we confess our inability to see it. We learned to sing it long ago In school, and it stirred us up, too, and'gave us a proud little thrill. and again in wartime we felt its stir ring appeal, but in ordinary times it doesn't make us want to go out and fight the world. It is- not too mili tant and it will not be discarded as an anthem no matter how deter-, mined a campaign may be waged against it. It will continue to wave as a song Just as long as the banner itself witves and that will be a long, long time. America is a peaceable country, but its citizens will always do just what "The Star-Spangled Banner" says they will do if occasion arises. We do not wish to be too militant and every nation knows that, but we are not going to adopt any "Didn't -Raise My Boy to Be a Sol dier" sort of anthem and this is al ways going to be the home of the brave and the free. To the Picnicker. From tha Louisville Courier-JournaT. Again this year picnickers are strewing their refuse over the coun tryside near Louisville and otherwise making themselves obnoxious to rural residents. Since no legal agency can be ex pected to patrol the countryside to see that garbage and papers are left unmolested, an appeal must be made to the picnickers themselves. Will they not see that the remains of their meals, together with boxes and paper wrappings, are destroyed before they leave the picnic places? It is very simple to collect what is left over, put a match to it and burn it before leaving. The rural residents have a right to complain of the picnickers' untidy habits. They have even more right to object to the mutilation of flower beds, the uprooting of shrubbery and the trampling on carefully planted gardens. As a rule, country residents are very generous about permitting pic nics on private grounds. But, con sidering the abuse to which those grounds are continually 'subjected, they are naturally becoming tired of welcoming potential vandals. Hos pitality sometimes ceases to be a virtue. - C . Why ,Burn Diaries? From th NewJork Tribune. The lady who. in her will directed that not only her own diaries but also those ofclier mother and father and of ,Aunt-SIary- should be burned unread has"ygucceeded in arousing curfqjflty as to why "she didn't burn these retfofBstrerself during her life time. ' biaHes " Should ' either be de stroyed" while comparatively fresh orelse be locked up for the genera tions that come long afterward. The great introspectionist, Henry Adams, bears testimony to the dissatisfac tion of the diarist with his own rec ords. But is that just cause for de stroying them? In his autobiography he describes at some length how much he was lowered in his own es timation when he reread his diaries written many years ago and how he was filled with disgust to see what kind of person he used to be. But these diaries, to the children now growing up and to their chil dren, tell quite a different story from the one they told Henry Adams. It is not necessary to refer to the fa mous daries of literature to show what absorbing interest diaries pos sess not only as human, but also as OMAHA, JULY 23. 192-'. limiorual documents. It la not nee. eraury that, aa In the tune of Henry Aditnia. ihe recorder shall have had a nrt in the making of political hi, (try. Nor need the diary be writ. t-n Willi lllerary skill. lUther Is it the $vn of th Intimacy and famil iarity which pervades nearly every diary that given It particular charm. Kven brief account of the golnge and comings and the dully event of a perxon or a family have in later year an Interest, There are, of coure, exceptions. An a rule, records of soul wrcHtling ate leu intereatinit lo the whole-miiiii'-ininiicd than it Journal of evenu. As a mutter of fact, thu best place for moKt diaries of the first kind la In the fireplace. Hut the other that are allowed to survive a lifetime should. Instead of being ant to a fiery grave, he put -awuy In an old trunk for future enlightenment and entertainment. Sooner or later they will be foud by a sympathetic spirit and treusured. The King's Kveryilay Crown. From th Hartford Courant. It is not at all likely that King Oone Intends to "kilt" the hltrh hat. socially although his appear a nee In a hat of another shape at the Goodwood races the other day was nailed as accomplishing the death of the "topper" so long at the head of English fashion. King 5eorge doubtless hag two or three high hats on hand that he will thriftily desire to wear before having the entire stock of hats of that Ilk thrown Into the discard. But it is probable on the day of the races In question he said to himself In a perfectly sensi ble way. "Why should I wear a top per today when I don't feel like It? Where'g that other hat of mine?" And behold, therefore. Goodwood saw the king In a "bowler" and great was the consternation among all be holders and those who suffered from top hats were' wroth at the king or at themselves for not having thought to do as he did. But while the Honorable George V. Windsor was about It, it seems a great pity that ha didn't take a step farther towards comfort as to head gear and wear a soft hat such as his honored father loved to sport when he had his pictures taken at Hamburg in the good old days. The soft hat is really the hat for com fort. It fits itself to the peculiari ties of its wearer's cranial contours. It stays on In ordinary breezes wlth uot much thought on the part of its owner. The lordly top hat is all right for weddings and such things where mere man must shine as a brilliant sartorial adjunct to those who al ways shine; the "bowler" or the "derby" (depending on one's nation ality) may do for a king to" wear when he doesn't want to pose as a radical; but the good old soft hat is the head covering that really is the thing in all but the most out rageous straw-hat weather. And let us hope that the next time the king will think that way. Then we shall be in the fashion without any re, suiting discomfort once the soft hat is paid for. A Real Heroine Appears. From the Washington Star. Mary Buhner of St. Petersburg, Fla., should undoubtedly get a medal . for heroism. Seldom has such an exhibition of pluck, fidelity and endurance been recorded. Swimming with a girl companion from a channel buoy In Tampa bay toward "shore; her friend waatr tacked by a barracuda, known as one of ,thevmOBt ferocious of fish in American ' waters. 'The wounded girl screamed and sank and rose soon, almost helpless from loss of blood. Mary Buhner caught her and swam with her for more than half a mile in the rough sea. She gained tho notice of men ashore, who put out in a boat and rescued her and her dying friend. A "hero medal" is but small ac knowledgement for such a deed. And yet it is an honor to be cher ished. True heroism is not rare. It simply comes to note seldom. There are countless deeds of bravery and self-sacrifice of which the world never hears. The real hero ia modest and does not proclaim his services. ' Doubtless Mary Buhner, stricken with grief for the death of her friend, .deplores the notice that her action is attracting. For those who instinctively seek to save oth ers have no thought for themselves. Home Owners in America. From tha Thrift Magazine. Pennsylvania .has the highest per centage of home owners of any state in the union. The population of this states has a population of 5,800,000, average family in the United States consists of 4.3 persons, this would mean that there were 2,200,000 fam ilies in the state of Pennsylvania. Of these, l,730,00v own their own homes. Ohio ranks second in the list of home-owning states. This states has a population of 5,800,000, or 1,370,000 -families, and of these 1,216,542 own their own homes. Of the 25,000. 000. families in the United States 11,400,000 are home owners. In Greater New York one family in eight is a home owner. - At 40 He Had Saved $20,000 It was not enough to protect his family and at the rate he was saving he would leave them almost destitute in case of his death. Then he heard of The Omaha Trust Plan whereby he could increase his fam ily's protection immediately to $56,000 without further outlay with his $20,000 in bonds at a basis. This plan should interest every man who .wishes to provide for dependent and can derote $5,000 or more in securities to that pur pose. ASK OUR TRUST OFFICER. OmahaTrust Company 0ai Nttiontt Ban BuiUlrf Russia's Foreign Commerce Rutledie Auiharfur4 in Huaiaa Tni.a.rl(Jt lifrlln, July IS Kven if ltui had the money to buy what it wanta abroad, there mil remain the even more formidable problem of getting the thing to the t'oiuuiuet. At the very gateway th handling Cdiuicit of the liort has been o lmi,.nre through the year of nlnme ami dm u thut already a stale of uitoler able roniteaiiciii hua et in. An. when the Incnnilnir good ate Hurled on their lung Journey into the far Ituaalan Interior more otmtuclea ap pear. All who had lo do with the American relief tninmlsNlnii in Itua i. kiiow what u mean to try t hlp goods over th dilapidated idle or mmaittit rallroiut. iui its remaining gi, rewerv ana treanure tuken from Ih cnurclien. I(ula ha been nmkin gome comparatively heavy purchane i iui. men it nn been shipping win wnaiever article of export It couki scrap together, much of wnicn nits been sold for ranh and mucn excnange.i m barter for forelg ware to axfiHt the reronairttctlon worg. it nn bought 250.000 ton or coal from Kngland. and a lure amount of machinery and part front rnnl.nJ I ' .... . -iiinmi. iti'riiiiiny nnu otner na tlniiK. Bovlt etulistlc ahnw ih Iluasla has bought abroad in the last yenr goods to the vatue of. nearly f I mD.VUV.UUU, Just as soon as the shlnment ! gin to arrive In substantial hulk the sorely Inadequate condition of the porta begin to manifest Itself. In fact, before the shins reach norf there Is trouble from the danger of mines still lurking In the roadsteads. Revival of activity in the port of i-etrogran is especially manirest. Ships bound for Reval often receive orders to proceed here. The govern ment cargo reaching Tetrograd will, according to government estimates, foot up to from 8.000.000 to J. 500 000 tons by the end of the season In all. the port will be called on to handle 4, COO, 000 tons, says the of flclal estimate. The port's Incapacity to perform this task Is proved by the condition of utter confusion that now prevails. In pre-war times the port of St Petersburg (now Petrograd) handled Z. 000.000 tons of Imports and 5.000. 000 tons of exports, and had a load Ing and discharging capacity of nearly S, 000. 000 tons. It has suffer ed such deterlpration since that Its present capacity is but a fraction thereof. Not the least of the troubles Is the cost of labor. If the American dollar had sunk to the same level as the Russian ruble the discharging of one stenmpshlp would foot un to 87.500,000,000. Reckoning the ruble at Its normal pre-war rate of exchange. 61. 6 CPnts, it cost that amount In Petrograd rpoently to dis charge the steamship Transhlat. In other words, the cost was 15.000,000 000 rubles. It will take a mathemati cian accustomed to astronomical fig ures to calculate what it will cost to carry on the loading and discharging operations for the whole of the pres ent season. . Barging facilities are In a terrible plight. Refore the war Petrograd's river fleet comprised 850 barges. Now there are less man 100. As to the warehouses, their capacity has been reduced to only 86,000 tons, Onlv 300 cars a day can be provided by the railroads. This means that at the utmost they cannot move more than 200.000 tons a montn whereas the government', cargoes alone are expected to reach the port at the rate of 300,000 tons a montn All discharging and unloading ope. a tions are managed by a government department, not the least of whose troubles is to finanoe the operations, i At Novorossisk,' in "south Russia, conditions are nearly as bad. ,Num berg of American -ships and others recently have discharged large car stops here, and it is interesting to contrast them. England advertises? the Yankee abroad as a man of commerce who thinks only of making the dollars. Yet. at the port of Novorossisk nearly all the ships of other flags are loadPd with goods bought with soviet gold or perhans with exported necessities of life, while the American are loaded main ly with free cargoes of food for the starving Inhabitants ot tne lamine districts. In most other Instances the gold Is paid over on board the shin bv a representative of the Vneshtorff before the cargo is al lowed to be discharged. Fifteen lars-p Amprican ships arrived recent Iv in Novorossisk. 10 of them with oareoes of corn In bulk for the TToovpr relief administration, and the others made up largely of food for the famine sufferers. An equal number of British ships have dis charged their cargoes after the cash has been naid. Two Norwegian steamshins unloaded a cargo of wheat from Australia, bought by the Russian government. ' Six Canadian sleamships brought 500 tank wagons for the transportation or oil on tne railroads. Another 500 wagons ar rived later from England. One British vessel, it is true, brought a cargo of rye from the Danube for the Nansen relief committee. German shipments consisted of agricultural machinery, textile mill machinery, scientific instruments and dyes. Several other steamships car ried cargoes of flour, rice, sugar, beans, etc., all bought by the soviet authorities abroad. All the grain cargoes, excepting those of the jjjl American and two or three of Ihe truii khip. which have beeeii han dled at ,ovni oik In recent mom It, were bought abroad for gold- Hiin-e the tlii.h-lliiln trade agreement of a ur or mi ago Si per cent of UuaM' lolal pitrchueed Import are coming f i iii tiit Untitin. Tha Im port from KnglAiid are principally of food product, while Ihoae from tiernuiny are leeunat ruction mate rial. Itunai'i'i export are aluo going mainly lo Kngtund. Iturlng the pat commercial year th following tiuantltie have been exported tu lh four principal market; I'.hmI. snif.uaa 1 Mrtfi.noit j.ccto nnn auu.otiS l'll"l Klllg'loill . . trivia ttrm.iny Oerniatiy una pHt aqua la 34 4? 'uun4 The principal ur'lcle of export eon alted of timber. ,S77.00u poodn: flax. :o.00 pood: petrol. j:m,ouo pood a; briitllei, 4 8.000 pood. The principal Import were v..hi m I'iMi.la. Vofld ami rattl. . .J.l. 'imlulltle( H,J.niio Mtiila Il.lto.nnn rfr l.J4no IVtfM tk 0OIJ h.ntli l gnoita ... ana noo Tnlea 4.no Clothing 73.000 Vatu In Ool.l ltuN ;j isj iiini I. ,71,1.00 It 1ST. Hon t ts eon ', j j 0t 4 fld&.oAa lo.tl I. nan 3i.:l,ii Interesting comparUou a to the character of the Import coming In from England and Cennuny are shown In the following figures: Par Cant of Total Import. l'nlid Kingdom. Garmanjf. Article for th ra,-on-t ruction of tha aovlat erpnnmto syalam.... 17 1 10 1 Artlelaa for tha racon- atructlnn f Inituatry I t 41 Food and nf.,arin. . 42 1 1.1 Principal of the article Imported from Germany were: Metal, 8. SOS. 000 poods: food product, 2,737,400 poods; chemical good, 160,200 poods; textiles, (4,800 poods. The total foreign trad 1 valued at 9.6 per cent of th turnover in 1913. 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