Japan's Industrial Rise Reshapes World Markets
The article notes Japan shifting from agriculture to industry amid wartime growth. Exports in 1916 surged to 1,127,600,000 yen, with imports at 756,500,000 yen, leaving a 371,000,000 yen export surplus. Cotton and wool manufacturing expand. iron and steel production grows. Japan builds 600,000 tons of shipping. Japanese goods, including silks and utensils, gain the Australian market, while credit and machinery imports from the United States rise.
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Hes
Australia
Expansios
Japan
le Aittle
Jesy
China
Joan
London Stock Exchange
Great Britain
Sydney
Husipees Lave and Mooulldine
New York
Public Trade Board Aid Urges Pro-Business Laws
A chamber of commerce notes its role as interpreter between people and legislators. The group urges laws that enable growth, reduce burdens on industry, and encourage conservation and commercial prosperity for the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
chamber of caom@perce
Lowe
Model City Planned by Passaic Cotton Goods Firm
The Cotton Goods Company, with offices in New York and a 1 million dollar plant at Passaic, has bought 300 acres covering the village of Allwood and begun a model industrial city. About 1000 workers remain at the Passaic plant slated for abandonment as plans create a 3500 population, 100 cottages, a hospital, library, school, meeting hall, and homes for 20 superintendents with monthly payment plans. The project includes welfare input from social workers, architects, and leaders, with present mill facilities offering rest rooms, nurses, and dining, plus Saturday dances all winter and little labor trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Passaic
N. J
Allwood
Neto York
Use of leisure time a factor in success
The article notes that how workers spend leisure time from after work hours, holidays, and Sundays affects efficiency. It argues that misused leisure can produce dull heads and unsteady hands, impacting performance in both routine and adaptable tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
For & F T
Frost
How to Save a Billion a Year Through Cooperation
A 1910s editorial advocates labor management cooperation to cut waste in U S industry. It argues a billion dollars lost yearly to labor conflicts harms both sides, and capital gains nothing from fights while labor gains nothing from clashes, urging mutual recognition of futility and partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
The Human Note in Industry
Thomas A. Edison predicts a coming era of human engineering receiving attention equal to material engineering. He urges education and vocational guidance to nurture workers and promising industrial experimentation as a field for statesmanship and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
New York
Need for Loyal Workers in Wartime Effort
New York calls on American workers to perform their best for total war. The article stresses labor’s key role in supporting government goals and ensuring successful war outcomes. It urges every worker to fulfill duties without being misled by false positions or distractions.
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Jovi Amervican
Avfistaken
Use of Leisure as Factor in Worker Efficiency
The piece argues time use for rest and work affects efficiency. It notes that leisure, sleep, and timing of work between early morning and evening influence performance and steadiness, with implications for industrial productivity and conservation.
Hawk Attacks Hogs Near Lexington Farm
A survey party near Jasper Paxton’s Russel creek farm observed a hawk grab a hog by the nose. The hawk clung with one foot while the other foot was torn free by a second hog. The birds was finally killed with a stick after the hogs split and dragged the hawk, leaving it holding one hog.
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Lexington
Jasper Paxton
Russel Creek
Farmers Renew Appeals for Aid in Harvest Tasks
Harrisburg, Pa. November 14. Secretary Patton urges farmers to save double the usual seed corn to aid frost damaged crops. Responses seek state help to supply labor for husking and potato gathering as shipbuilding railroads and other needs strain state manpower.
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Harrisburg
Secretary of Agriculture
Patton
Department of Agriculture
Coffins Found with Interned German Officers in Hoboken
Federal agents uncover several crated coffins among personal belongings of interned North German Lloyd officers and seamen seized after the U S entered the war. Investigators think the discovery may reveal officers carried their own coffins.
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Hoboken
N. J
Lloyd Steamships
Kreisler Concert Cancelled in Williamsport Protests
Public demonstrations in Williamsport Pennsylvania lead organizer We.S. Krape to cancel a Kreisler concert planned for next month. The Austrian violinist had performed in the city on previous occasions and faced local opposition over the engagement.
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Lilamsport
Kreisléri
Williamsport
Fritz Kreisler
We.s
Porto Rico to Set Aside Funds to Fight Tuberculosis
San Juan Porto Rico November 14 government to reserve 100400 to combat tuberculosis and to build two hospitals for treatment if the joint resolution by Messrs St cont and Sevi passes. The measure notes tuberculosis is spreading alarmingly and urges actions along with provisions for patient relief and prevention.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Messrs Stcont
Sevi
Swiss Offer to Feed Serbia Accepted by Government
Washington reports that the Swiss army staff BAS offered to provide for the Serbian civil population, an offer gratefully accepted by the Serbian government. Early estimates indicate that about a quarter of Serbia’s population has already perished from hunger disease and war privations.
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Washington
Serbia
Government Plan to Sell War Saving Certificates Announced
Secretary McAdoo unveils nationwide drive to sell war saving certificates with stamps priced from 25 cents to $4.12, maturing in 1923. Investors may buy at post offices and partner locations, with 4 percent interest compounded quarterly and tax exemption for small amounts. caps set at $100 per purchase and $1,000 total.
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McAdoo
Wachizzton
War Savings Committee
Frank A. Vanderlip
New York
George Bass
Chicago
Frederie Deleno
Henry Ford
Detroit
Eugene Moyer, Jr
Charles L. Baine
Boston
United States
Fragmentary 1917 Hanging Case in Scelaton Fauns
Report describes an unidentified hanging death in Connensulla Pennsylvania near Torrence Kemher. Investigation found no identification on the body beyond coat inspection. a pocketbook with $11 was found in the trousers. The note mentions Joe Wilkins dated May 19 1917.
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Scelaton
Keffer
Shebeer
Torrence Kemher
Suikis
Mai
Joe Wilkins
Tips Form Part Of Waiter Pay Says State Commission
In San Francisco on November 14 the state indartelate dent commission confirmed that tips are a regular and legitimate part of a waiter’s compensation. The ruling addresses how tips should be treated under wages law and clarifies their inclusion in total earnings.
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San Francisco
Water's Pay
Indart“Elate Dent Commission
Walter
Frelud
Feu Z Ee
Rules Against Seizing Coal
Federal grand jury indicts Willoughby Mayor Carmichael Prosecuting Attorney von Beseler Marshal Barnes and Deputy Grant Lamos for interfering with interstate commerce by seizing New York Central railroad coal on November 1 and 2. They face charges of conspiracy to commit such acts.
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Cleveland
Federal Grand Jury
Carmichael
Willoughby
George C. von Beseler
James Barnes
Grant Lamos
New York Central Railroad
Hylan Wins New York Mayor Labor Landslide Victory
New York Mayor Elect Tudce John F Hylan Democratic candidate defeats Mayor John Purroy Mitchel by about 150000 votes in a Tammany landslide. Hylan vows loyalty to the country and government amid wartime patriotism dispute.
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Tudce
John F. Hylan
New York City
United States
John Purroy Mitchel
Judge Hylan
Mitchel
General Bliss Introduces Four-Star Army Insignia
Photo shows General Trasker H. Bliss in new four star shoulder insignia as Chief of Staff at National Headquarters Washington. He succeeds General Scott as Army head. Scott now serves with fighting forces in Europe.
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Europe
Henry T. Mayo
U. S
David Beatty
Grand Fleet
Mayo
Washington
United States Army
Trasker H. Bliss
Gen. Bliss
Gen.Scott
Gen. Scott
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