September

October

November

December

421,982 1453.740 1,231,23s 1,098,875

65,465 24,395 23,027 27,083

187,510 56,350 78,062

080,885

201,556 692,146 i,i94,5io 1,093,193

1915

i,38i,9/0 1,900,774 1,616,626 2,648,667 3,208,083 2,467,378 2,437,76i 2,284,540 1,412,144 1,648,329 1,737,673 2,260,734

129,617 34,884 65,481 417,919

1,059,961 1,020,904 1,081,860 2,863,014 4,439,777 5,9ii,i96 9,329,303 6,067,046

8,743,H9 10,836,147 13,495,597 23,366,260

2,156,217 584,694 545,7i6 464,913

1,101,751 914,118

1,948,717 693,413

1,047,722

556,740 1,197,768 954,102

January February March April May June July August September October November December

1,048,607 3,234,549 4,567,929 5,296,118 8,026,41 1 6,593,691 16,730,384 20,201,180

1916

12,569,635 32,235,724

29,159,515

1,513,087

January February March

3,343,497 3,616,702 4,174,827

10,104,525 12,043,610 16,868,622

1 ,902,020

1,568,379

Total (20 mths. )$40,3o8,6i7 $105,521,224 $164,407,886 $20,539,911

NAGEL, CHARLES — Secretary of Commerce and Labor under Pres­ident Taft, 1909-13. Born in Colorado County, Texas, August 9, 1849, son of Hermann and Friedericke (Litzmann) N. Prominent lawyer resident in St. Louis. Studied Roman law, political economy, etc., University of Berlin, 1873 ; (LL.D. Brown U., 1913, also Villanova U., Pa. and Wash. U., St. Louis). Admitted to bar 1873; lecturer St. Louis Law School, 1885-09. Member Missouri House of Representatives, 1881-3; president St. Louis City Council, 1893-7 ! member Republican National Committee 1908-12. Trustee Washington U., St. Louis.

NAST THOMAS — Famous cartoonist of "Harper's Weekly" throughout the Civil war and after. His cartoons had a tremendous influence in in­spiring patriotism. Born 1840 in the Palatinate. Died in New York. NEUTRALITY—The pretext that the Wilson administration has main­tained a strict observance of neutrality has been shown to be a false pre­tense from the beginning. Those who hold that such neutrality became impossible after the sinking of the "Lusitania" should be reminded that long before this happening, the administration was openly charged with violations of neutrality by Ex-Secretary of State Knox, Ex-Attorney General Griggs and others. On April 19, 1916, Representative James R. Mann, the Republican floor leader, declared: "When the McLemore resolution was up in the House, I said that the President wanted to in­volve us in war with Germany. His attitude has not been neutral in any respect. I thought this country should be neutral. His message today shows he expects, if he can, to force war with Germany." As early as October 17, 1914, Hon. Philander C. Knox, addressing a meeting of lawyers in Philadelphia, declared: "At the outbreak of the war we took as to certain wireless stations an attitude uncalled for under the rules and principles of international law. ... Our positive action has at times ap-