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Show .r- - Cridss of June berriianys will long cherish the GIFTS you send from ihis store. Bound to be appreciated. Our modest prices make buying easy. BOYD PARK Unscrupulous MAKERSWJEWim Meth- MAN ods Adopted to Further Plans for Trade TAR AND GRAVEL APPARATUS dniMlit nwalat Gwiune dm cits M'U II vui.4 b y Um u4 IBM. toeilrtoe-w- sr lit to W ill lor AmuM putln. tko. Vh4 Cu Dol. lUadrdUYodd Aato Co Mb Uki cit? Emulating the famous hunter of the tion, is at present arousing the serious Interest of the allies. Investigations of the methods employed and of the extent to which the system has proved profitable to Germany have been made In several countries, writes J. T. M. in Printers Ink. Some of the broad facts discovered by the state agents in certain continental European nations have been the subject of much discussion and public men in France and Italy are open in their denunciation of the evil, of the wide extent to which it is practiced and of the insidious danger which it represents. In the years immediately preceding the war large American corporations, like similar firms la Europe, came in frequent contact. with the py system in business" and all those who handled any Important business for those corporations, especially If the business was in Germany, and even If It involved the simplest and most open and above-boar- d kind of transactions, were almost invariably confronted with incidents of secret service meddling. The present writer while attending to certain business for a number of American companies in combination had occasion to travel frequently from one country to another and had established headquarters in Germany on the eve of the outbreak of the war. lie had been warned by friends to keep a close eye on his papers and effects and, as far as possible, to travel only with such baggage as could . be taken in passenger compartments on the trains. It is affirmed that German trade by espionage" This, however, was not always feasible and one . is practically as great a menace to the world as is morning when leaving Milan for Germany with a Germany's trunk he was struck by the eager insistence of a military machine; that, indeed, Germethods and her economic penemanys military employee of the foretgn-ownetration" methods are interdependent, and that any ' servient to it, must be overthrown and the worlds hotel, in which for special reasons he had stopped, peace which seemed to leave German militarism commerce freed from serious dangers. If this is In attending to the checking of the trunk on the would he vain and futile if the German powerless to be effected the whole German Idea of trading train. The writer watched this employees actions methods of trade were allowed to continue as at mast be modified. while the trunk was being labeled and felt reaspresent The question Is asked whether trade afEconomic penetration" has long been recog-- . sured until hq reached Basel in Germany, where on the ter war will be a the aecret service struggle nlzed In Germany as one of the most' Important the train which had come through Switzerland was part of all the nations and whether, as Germany functions of the state. The highest in the empire, to be divided in two sections and routed north toforced all the powers to moblUse for militarism, ward BerUn on both sides of the Rhine. The cuskings, princes,, nobles and hereditary land magis going to force them also to mobilize for trade ,ahe toms inspection is made for Germany at German nates, have vied In showing their Interest in all inseem These warfare. grotesque, may questions dustrial and commercial enterprises of magnitude Basel, but the trunk in this instance was not taken but able men are raising them. They point out and in promoting in every way possible to them the off the train and, although it was plainly visible that the law of civil conscription In Germany baa expansion of German trade, while chancellors, cabin the open baggage car, the chief Inspector reof 'emthe made business the all inet officers and members of parliament have prac-- , representatives fused to listen to remonstrances, on the alleged the disposal at secret service agents been at the beck and call of corporations pojential pire tlcally ground that the trunk was routed via the eastern of the military authorities. and individuals embarking on new undertakings bank of the river while the writer's ticket was for on a large scale. The state in many lines has beThe French economist, fcl. Luclen Descaves, who the Strsssburg way. This, however, was not in acIn this matter, come made has the partner of leading promoters and in cases investigations special cordance with the tacts. which he has of secret a document, where from quotes capital is risked in enterprises, which if A week later notice was received that the trunk seen a copy, containing Instructions to German successful must redound to the benefit of the emwas at the customs department of a central Gerpire, that capital Is practically guaranteed against engineers, who are called upon to sink their proman city. An appointment was made for its to devote themselves to finding and Should the enterprise itself be revealed as fessional pride and. Instead of customs officials, two ape--. secrets and to furthering German trade, trade but be jeopardized by iucompetency or practicable, rial agents were present at the appointed time which will be readily possible for them unddh the the state will find a way to step In, to dishonesty, the hotel portei who was to take the trunk away of their professional mantle. the outside Investor and to turn the enterprotect guise recognized them as such. The inspection was thorM. Descaves has described the results of a tour to success. Differently from what occurs io prise ough. Every document and every acrap of paper he made of neutral countries for the purpose of incertain more democratic countries, the German was minutely examined. Endless questions were of methods service secret German state does not stand aloof from trade and Indusvestigating asked regarding the business documents and the trade. Both men and women, he says, are try, does not eye big business" with cold suspimethod of doing business which they Implied, the in this way by Germany, mostly young men cion, or permit the legislative bodies to molest It ployed countries In which business was done and the with a multitude of and women. Secret service and business promolaws. The kaiser names of the firms concerned, the pretext for the tion are practically convertible terms. The German poses as the friend and associate of great muniquestions being the doubt that the printed part tions manufacturers, visits with Westphalian coal secret service man or woman is taught the art of of the business documents might be dutiable as trade development and the German commercial barons, presides at the launching of steamships being printed and the manuscript and owned by private corporations and lends the entraveler is taught the art of espionage. Germany part of them might constitute contracts and thererealizes that the role of commercial traveler Is the couragement of his presence' to the cutting of fore be subject to duties under other heads. The best dlsgulso for a secret service man and that secanals, or the making of automobiles, or shoes, or contents of the trunk were weighed and separately cret service is the beet of all adjuncts to trade. carpets, by private enterprise. The whole attitude classified and finally fees were levied under three of the state toward trade is different in Germany. according to M. Descaves, is inundating Germany, - separate heads for the molestation caused by Havthe neutral countries with literature and with By instinct, it is possible that the kaiser, the ing put the German authorities to the necessity of agents. The agents are recognized as by far the princes, the counts and the barons of Germany making this special investigation. A total of about most productive. Printed documents are scattered have as little desire to come in contact with the three dollars was Involved. and, even if they are followed by many others, ordinary mortals who are In trade" as certain tiSoon after this incident the writer became contled Britons have, but in Germany duty to the state they are soon forgotten. Where the agents follow scious that his desk in an office in that same city one another, working with mutual aid, their work overcomes the repugnance. The one supreme duty was being tampered with and, after a watch had is practical and profitable. They perform not mereof all is to promote the military might of the state, been set, a German in the service of the same for In this way alone can Germanys greatness be ly a common task ; they work out a propaganda. American corporation, and already suspected as The Germans, he continues, have been sysassured. being a government agent, was caught But military power In these times is dependen tematically giving furloughs from the army to their in the act of prying .open the desk and making a mobilized men who had been commercial travelers on economic power. The nation with the most record of its contents. in foreign countries. .These men are authorized to money can win wars, is the crude commercial way When confidences were exchanged with other visit their former customers, but they are espeIn which the idau has been phrased in other counrepresentatives of American corporations it was tries. Germany has different notions, but admits cially engaged to work with zeal and adroitness learned that the experience was a common one, and to produce practical results. Special rewards the hard fact that trade and militarism are Interand the comparing of notes seemed to show an exare reserved for those who are able to practice esrelated. And as the warfare of today has called planation for the surprising ability of German for new methods on'Yhe battlefield, so it also depionage for the benefit of Germany. The agent firms to learn the names of the foreign customers has a double, or rather a triple, part to play. He Is mands new forms of aid from commerce. Through of American corporations and the seeming colncl- trade and commerce- the armed forces of the nation openly placing his countrys products, he Is cele-dence of their soliciting those firms almost slmul- - -t- bratlcg his countrys glory and secretly he Is gaincan deliver some of their most telling blows. Since, In the present hour, whether one likes it or not. aneously with the American agents every time ing information regarding Germanys neighbors that the latter had something new to offer. Inciand her enemies. Such work is regarded as worth . the fact is established that the army la more than dents can be vouched for where agents for Ameri- a reward and the reward is paid. In one neutral ever dependent bn commerce, the army must now -- can corporations in Italy. and other countries,- - on f country I was struck by the large number of these work for trade and trade .net work f or.the army. , receiving from America new machines or radically German commercial agents who are young, despite This reasoning was furnished as the fundamental hew, models, found to their amazement that Gerth fact that the country, being at war, needs justifying motive for the law on civil conscription man agents' had already visited their customers, young men. But the fact is that they can serve la Germany, and the German government. If it had described the new machines or models and had their country on this front Just as well as on the endures, is expected to push the principle as vigoroudenounced their alleged weak points and their un- battle fronts. They are industrious, insinuating, sly-after the war as It does now." Even If Gertenacious. The promises they make, in the name desirability for various reasons. The German many lost the war, it is affirmed, she can count on - agents knew more about the American machines of the great commercial firms of Germany, are triumphing ultimately through her trade methods. ' . . .than the American agents. How vigorously Germany is working on this prinkept They go and come as la time of peace. They Of course, sweeping generalizations are to be have their own hotels, restaurants, cafes, meeting ciple is best realised from the fact that since the avoided and all statements which are likely to upplaces. , They are serviceable a$d they push their beginning of the war, and to a greatly Increased set the equanimity of those satisfied with the eagerness to be agreeable to.the point of servility. extent In the past year, the German government course of established routine and liable to be char- While they do not succeed In making themselves has effected new combinations between leading aeterized .as ..grotesque,. and,-it- - emphatically set - popular, they Impose themselves on the business manufacturing auJeouinierdal concerns In Gen men because .they. pan , quickly obtain from. G,er? forth, they are liable also to fall of effect oq tho?e' engaged InforcLgn, business and Is using the who' refuse 'to be disturbed In their, fixed Ideals. 'many what merchants have patiently hut vainly , government resources in the combinations. The - Lord Roberts, it should be remembered, was a sought elsewhere." facts In this regard, known from othet;saurces, are ' complaints of .the smaller Gernuisance to the majority of the British reading pub M. Descaves urges that the allies put more comConfinEed-'fcy'th-- lie when .he..ieptjxp bis .Hresone warnings about mercial travelers in the field to offset th German man concerns Ieft ont of the. comhinatlon-anthe true meaning of Germany's military prepara-"- " trade Cfttnpatgn method? . hut that the nbt merciyrof all financial and commercial lions, and It should not be forgotten that Gen. .French business agent, undoubtedly like the busiparticipation, hut also of all knowledge of Leonard Wood, when half a dozen years ago he beness agents of Frances allies, has an insurmountoperations In which the government and big able repugnance for espionage, no matter what the gan to urge preparedness In America, was debusiness are engaged. It Is this apparently estabnounced as a professional alarmist eager to obtain reward might be. lished fact of the union of the government with M. Charles .Humbert, proprietor of Le Journal power and a chance for distinction. And $0 those the most Important of the German firms transactwho are raising the cry of alarm regarding the seof Paris, and other public men of France declare ing business abroad which Is the basis for much of cret service methods of trade warfare being conthat In order for the world to be safe for democthe concern manifested In the countries of the alducted by Germany declare that they are not getracy Germany must not merely be beaten in the lies regarding the German method of field, but her whole system of militarist governting the proper hearing and that the danger Is one trade and commerce and the future 0. el supreme moment. ment, with tha country trade development tub- - ' forecasts. so-call- d . -- -- pin-prlckl- type-writte- n t LAKE CITY cmra-Ss- kta, 1IE SYSTEMATIC way In which Germany uses her aecret service department for trade purposes, or economic penetra- g SALT BARGAINS IN USED CARS OMamobttes, N. t wteaAM Dsvlca Invented. by New Jersey Manufacturer for Heating Materials . for Pavement. Expansion German-speakin- STREET -- red-hande- d olden days who killed two birds with on stone, a New Jersey manufacturer COMPARES MEN WITH .TIRES has recently brought out a combination tar and gravel beater that heats Philosopher Aeoorta .That th Impoo tant Auto Fixture I Not Unlike these two dissimilar materials quite InSome ef Human Race. one with but dependently pperation. The device, which Is shown in the ac' The more I have to do with autocompanying illustration, is particularly fitted for street 'paving where block mobile tires, said Philosopher Jim, the better I understand men. There pavements with tar joints are laid. The apparatus consists of two main is no limit to th comparisons that parts, a rectangular tar kettle and a might be made, but let me ask your atgravel bln, with a furnace tention for just one of them. It turns extending beneath both parts, from upon the way they come to an end, ono end to the other. The furnace is men and tires alike, On my little roadster I may have at fired fgom the gravel end of the deone and the, same time two tires of vice. The smoke and gases escape such different character as this : . stove the an in pipe through ordinary One has served.long and well. It kettle end. The Inside, of the gravel seems souqd as ever,, and still looks good for a lot of work. But Its healthy appearance la deceptive: It has a vast number of well hidden decayed cells. They began to go separately, not in masses. No one pert of that tire wore out all by Itself. The whole thing has been slowly, subtly honeycombed with 'j -- -- - wear. The limit Is .reached suddenly. The end, prepared for slowly and In the dark, comes swiftly; and It la a very complete end. Th tire is a goner, the doctor can do nothing for It. Some men end like that; seemingly vigorous one day; and the next day, on the scrap heap. And then there are tires and men that go the other way. They seem worn and weakened, but they are sound inside. ' The shell goes first, the Inner tnbe retains Its usefulness. You know they are going, but they always seem good for another days work, another hundred miles. They will stand a lot of patching. Tires are mighty human, and tbati why I really enjoy fussing with them. -- sum Mom mriwiiMKA m Rem, and W OUT O SUCK MANX Combination Tar and Gravel Heating Device In Operation. heater is triangular shaped while the outside is made up in steps consisting of perforated metal plates. The Y shaped top acts ss a reservoir bin and the gravel feeds down the steps and out at the bottom. The perforations In the step plates allow the moisture in the gravel to escape readily as It is turned into steam by the heat of the fire, thereby making it possible to heat both tar and gravel. Popular Science -- Monthly. SET ADRIFT, DISCOVERS LAND BENEFIT . OF SHADE -- TREES Prleet, Offending Chief, 8sved Life and Later Returned With Story of Interacting Find. In Wisconsin Owner Is Given Annual -.- Bounty of Three CentsjTor Each Rod of Highway. New Zealand la Maorlland, the home a most Interesting race. About one The Wisconsin law provides that thousand years ago there lived on the financial consideration may be given Isle Hanalkl the forefathers of the by the state to people who plant and Maori. One of their priests, Te Kupe, cultivate trees by the roadside. Ev- In a relates the Mississippi writer ery person along or through whose had offended the chief, and Blaetter, lands a highway passes may plant and to his friends his killed being prevent cultivate on one or both sides of the ' sent with him, provisions provided road where he shall own land, trees over some to adrift last time, enough of such varieties as commonly grow at a sea canoe. In Home and friends the least 40 feet high. These must be set two rods or less apart and In a he would never aee again, he thought row within eight feet of the outer line and by his people he was mourned as one dead. To the joy pf the Islanders of the highway. be returned after 12 months, giving When such trees reach 12 feet In them a glowing description of the height the superintendent of highways wonderful land be had discovered. His shall give the. owner upon request a agitacertificate accepting the trees as pub- Information caused a stirring seven canoes a In time short .and tion, lic shade trees. Thereafter they bewere fitted out by the natives to tall long to the public and are protected as to the land of promise and settle public property, but the title to them there. or to the fruit they bear belongs to Te Kupe was leading in tha first the owner as long as he maintains canoe across the wide sea. and on the trees and replaces such as die. their landing, to honor him, called It The owner shall receive an annual Acteoroa" New Zealand. bounty of three cents for each rod of The seed of our race comes from highway along which such trees are said a missionary, and HanfsSkl planted on one side and six cents If there can bs no doubt about the oriplanted on both sides, to be credited and that the . ginal dwelling place, on his highway taxes. present Maoris are the descendants of those who sailed centuries s$o from BENEFIT OF IMPROVED ROADS HanralkL of r - 1 From Standpoint of Almighty Dollar It Pays Handsome Yearly Divi- - -- e -- de-'"prl- d he-deria- re ss bFn-fiin- I Not a Century, But Enough. Lady hurrying across the broad con course at a great railroad station, making for the train gate and evidently afraid of missing the train, with long wait If she didnt get it But at the gate she meets a colored porter, man of tranquil mind and pleasant voice, who says to her, quite evenly lend to Farmer. Let everybody awaken' to the Importance of Improving the public road, for Improved roads will bring: Better schools and greater attend- - 1 " ) ance. Better health and quicker medical attention. Better - farms and -- more cultivated hurry; youve got - land. Better crops and better transporta- tion. ' . Better social conditions and less iso- lation; j Better Better churches and better homes. . men and a better nation. Improved roads have a money value t as well as a social value. Looking at an Improved road from the standpoint of the almighty dot-- . found to' pay a handsome Tar. iris .dividend, each year,-,- . Maintenance cf Gravet Road. On many trunk highways, a gravel surface would fee entirely unsatisfactory. but we must not overlook the fact that cn roads carrying comparatively light traffic the annual Interest rest of a more substantial pavement may exceed the maintenance cost of 1 gravel, Durable Roads. durable roads are now as important as quick-firin- g guns, and It ta high time to speed up construction In order to quicken food delivery. g, minutes yet" Neitv two minutes is not a century.; in fact the margin was still narrow; but the lady knew that the porter knew th time exactly and what he zald and the way he said It relieved the tension. She surrendered her bag to him and gave the tip Jo him very willingly. ' - Steady as a Rock. Farmer Haye That Jones boy that used to work for you wants me to give hlm-oJobrTshe steady T Farmer Feede Wqll. If hp was any j steadier hed be motionless. . Time-savin- two Or a Dope Sheet Whos got the aerte to claim a majority for the other fellows? The Committeeman Its all figured .out In the opposition's official organ. The Candidate 11m ! Mast be a plpa organ. The Candidate $ ' Her Sigh. Wife That woman got 1000,000 from tbp railway company that killed her husband by accident Husband Well, yoa needn't sigh hard when you tell me. |