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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-29
OPENING AND CLOSING OF MAILS

OPENING AND CLOSING OF MAILS
Northern mails, week days, close at 10,
So and IL 90 q. M, and IS, 90, 8 10
and 10 Is p. m. Open at 80 q. M, 1900 m.
and 4 80 p. m. On Sundays Northern mails
close at 8 90 a. M, 2 90 p. m. and 20 p. m.
Southern mails via Charlottesville close at
10 and 10 20 a. M, and 80, 8 30 and 10 Is
p. m. Open at 90 q. IN. and 2 and 4 80 p. nj.
Southern mails. via Richmond. close at
945 Q. M, and 800. 800 and 10 is p. M.
Open at 8 q. m. and and p. ID.
Manassas Division mails close at z 10 q. n.
and 8 20 D. m, Open at IL 90 m,
Alexandria and Round Hill mails close ct
100 O, M, 90 and 4 co p. m. Open at 800
q. m. and 8 SOP. m.
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at IS p.
10. aad 10 10 p. m. Open at 500 q. M. and
630p. m.
washington mails close at 10, S55 and
II 90 g. m, and 135, 500, 8 10 and ~ Is
o. m. Open at 8 90 q. m, IL 90 10. and 90 p.
N. and 430 p. m.
Office Hours-Open at 800 q. IN. Close at
90 p. m.
Sunday Hous-Opsn q. sOos. IN. Close
at 10 90 q. m.
Carriers Schedule Collection made on in.
side routes-6 80 and 900 q. m, and 3 90 and
s 30 p. m. Full route-6 30 q. no. and s 30 D.
m. Sunday collection 500 p. m. Carriers
window open Sunday 900 q. N. and close
1000 Q. m.
Deliveries made 8 90 q. m. p. m. and 4 i6
D. m.
All mail should be in the Office Ten minutes
before our indicated time for closiag.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-29

Make note now to get Ely's Cream
Balm if you are troubled with nasal catarrh,
hay fever or cold in the head. 1t IS purifying
and soothing to the sensitive membranes tial
line the air-passages. Ii is MADE 10 cure lne
disease, not to fool the patient by short, de-
ceptiye relief. There is no cocaine nor mer'
curry in il. DO not be talked into taking
substitute for Ely's Cream Balm. Al drug
gists sell it. Price soc. Mailed by Elv Bros.
Sc Warren Street, New York.
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MEETINGS..

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
L STOCKHOLDERS OF WILLIAM A.
EASTERDAY (Incorporsted) win be held
at No. l2S south Fairfax street, Alexandria,
Virginia, on Monday, October l, 1906, at 10
O'Clock, a. m.
WILLIAM A. EASTERDAY,
sep17 I'd President.
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the stock
i holders of the WASHINGTON BREW
cry COMPANY will De held at the princi-
pal Office of said company. No. i28 south Fair.
fax street, Alexandria, Virginia, on MON
DAY, October /, 1906, at O'Clock p. m.
sepi7 I'd s. ENRICH. Secretary.
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DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Pleasan
little pills that do not grippe or sicken
Sold by w. +. Creighton * Co., 4Ol King
direct
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A I,iyoIy Tusslc.

with that old enemy Of the race. Consti;;
patton. often ends in Appendicitis. To AVOID
all serious trouble with Stomach. Liver ana
Bowels, take DIR. Kings New Life Pills.
They perfectly regulate these organs, WIN
out pain or discomfort. 25c at l.. >. Lead-
bester 4 Sons druggist.
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STEAMERS.
STEAMERS.
NORFOLK AND WASHINGTON
STEAMBOAT co.
Alexandria Washing
ton Ferry.

STEAMER "WooDBURY."
Leave Washington at $50, 7.30, $50. $50,
10. SO and il.3O a. m, and 1890, l.3O, 2.SO,
$3.50, 4.3O, $50 and $50 p. IN.
Leave Alexandria at 700. 500, 800, 1000
and II 90 a. m, 1900 noon, 100, 200. 800,
400, 500 and 600 p. m.
STEAMER CALLAHAN"
Leave Alexandra at $50. 7.3O, $50, $50,
1000 and I1.30 a. M, and 1890, l.3O. 2.SO,
$3.50, 4.30, $50 and $50 p. m.
Leave Washington at 700, 500, 900. 1000
and IL 90 a. M, 1900 noon, and LOO, ZOO,
800, 400, 500 and 600.
w. ii. CALLAHAN, Gen. Pass. Agt,
JOHN CALLAHAN, I'd V.-P. and g. M.
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PROPOSALS.

r---~---~~-~-~-~-~-~~~-~~r>~o
DROPOSALS.-Propo will be received
Il at the Office Of the City Engineer unnI
noon Saturday, Sept. 18th, lsO0, Tor tne
purchase and delivery OF vttnbed Drlcs,
granite curb, Portland cement, SAND, gravei
and tar and for the labor OF grading, con-
creting, and laying vitri6ed brick and grout-
ing same. aud for hauling and setting granite
curb on Fairfax street from King street 70
Cameron.
The Committee on Streets reserve the right
IA reject any and all bids and to extend the
time for receiving same, and to accept BIDS
OF portions of bids, as may be for the best In
terests of the City Council.
Specifications and particulars can be hao 81
the Office Of the City Engineer.
nm Streets. seplStd
GENERAL DEPOT OF QUARTERMAs-
VI ters' Department, Washington, ID: u, Au-
gust "a, 1906. Sealed proposals, in triPllcste.
will be received here until twop. M. October
IL, 1906, and then opened, for constructing,
plumbing, drainage, gas piping, heating snc
ventilation, electric cOnduits and wiring sys-
TEN. electric elevator plant and vacuum
cleaning system, Of building for The w 'iier
Reed Army General Hospital, Army Hospital
Grounds. Washington, D. c. Information
can be obtained by applying here or TO Depot
Ouart~masters at New York. Phiiadeiphia,
ST. Louis and Chicago. Envelopes containing
proposals must be marked Proposals Tor
Constructing, etc., Army General Hospital,
washington ID. G. =" and addressed TO Cap
tain A. w. BUTT, @. NJ, Washington, ID. e.
aug27. 28, 29, 80, oct2,3
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TELEPHONE EXCHANGES


Packard, Miss c, residence
Peck, VII
Pollard, + il
Ponnett, Constant, florist
Ponnet, c, florist, West End
Perry. Thomas 4
Petty. Geo w, residence
Portner Brewing Co, Pobt
rortner, Robt, treasurer's Office
Portner, Robt, secretary's office
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Price, Marx, residence
Petit, NJ
Postofice
Police Headquarters
Price, Overton w
Price, Geo E & Co, Market
Preston, J 7, residence
Pullman, co
Parson, & H (St As&phJ
Quinn, Edward
Reeves, Mrs
Ramsay, G VIM
Ramey, q III
Robertson, Mrs H F, residence
Reiter, Curtiss q Hill, contractors
Rice, J Harry, residence
Risheill, M l., saw mill
2ittenour, DIR A A
Reardon, VIM NJ
Robertson, H F
Roberts, Walter
Robinson, G II & Sons
Rogers, Joseph f
Ruben & Sons NJ
Ramniel, A & Sons
Reardon, w m, residence
Rucker, Geo II (St Elmo)
Robinson. Thos w
sschlichtinng, Henry, residence
schwsrzman, Geo d, residence
Smoot, w Air, residence
Smith, Mrs. Francis -
smoot, & Sons
Smoot, w A 4 Co
Smoot, w A & Co, Office King street
st. Mary's Academy
Smith, c H Hampton
smoot, re- C.
Smith, DR. w NJ, Office
Smith, DR. w NJ, residence
Snioot, Mrs Susan, residence
Smoot, j c. residence
Southern Bell T & T Co, operator
Southern Railway Co, freight yard
Southern Railway Co, DO
Southern Express Co
So Rwy, Eng Office
Standard Oil Company
Stump, Rev j P
Stevens, MoseS
Stuart, Douglass, Office
Summers, CT W, residence
Shuman. l.
Smoo., w B, residence
Schafer, c A & Co, florist
Smith, T L
Strauss, II. residence
Swan Bros
enowden, DR. Arthur
Southern Bell IT &TCo
Smoo., w A & Co. King ST, eAAss
Taylor, EB
Stabler, Laurence
Thomson, Alfred, residence
Timberman, c 7 c, residence
The Old Dominion Glass Co
Telephone Exchange chief operator
Theological Seminary
Virginia Glass Works
Varnsy, Walter u
Virginia Safe Deposit Trust Company
W., A & Mt Vernon Ry Co
w, A & Mt " BY Co, Payne street
Watkins, B
Wattles, r II
Wattles, CIV
Warfeld, jr. E
Washington southenRailway
Wash n Sou BY. Engineer
Wsrfeld, sr Edgar
West, Geo
Washington Steamboat.Co
Wheatley, B, residence
We'll Bros
Western Union Telegraph Company
White, Wythe
Wheatley, B
Wildt, #
wilkins, Captain JnoT
Wingfeld, s T, residenceA
Wolford. Lorenzo, residence
Wise, Mrs Peter
Woolls, WP
Yates, CIR
Zimmerman, r, residence
Zimmerman, r, effice
Zimmerman, Chas
Annandale. c c Leachman
3ailey's Cross Roads
,entreville, Va, B B Utterbach
Fairfax, w T Oliver
Falls Church, Va ME Church
eaato. Va, Sisson, RE
Va, Shannon's drug store
Wellington, C C Leaehman
ieymarket, Va, G II Hulfsh
Waverly, Va, f II Janney
Maple Grove, Va, Or Chas II Janney
For rates apply to Central Office
PAY STATIONS
Central Office
Fleischmann Hotel
Market House
Doniphan, AS
Rammell's Hotel
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MARYLAND. DELAWARE AND VlR.
GINA RAILWAY COMPANY.

GINA RAILWAY COMPANY.
The Steamers of This Line Will Leave Alex.
andria
EVERY SUNDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNES-
DAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY
at 4:30 O'Clock p. m.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL THE
USUAL RIVER LANDINGS,
Cuisine and appointments unexcelled.
Freight for Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York solicited and handled with care,
Through rates and bills Of lsding issued.
Single fare to Baltimore, So; round trip. 50;
staterooms, one way, $3.50. Meals. soc.
WIN. NJ. REARDON, Agent, Strand.
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Manufacturing Pharmacists and Dealers il
Paints. Oils, Window Glass, Dyestufs, Spices,
Druggists Fancy Goods and Specialties. I'M
porters Of Tooth Brushes, Hair Brushes, Per.
furaeYy, Olive Oil, &c.
Gloss Paints. Masury's Liquid Colors and
Deyoe,s Lead and Zinc Paints.
Goods shipped the day order is received.
Quotations furnished by return mail. Cor.
respondence solicited.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-29
DRUGGISTS.
WAKEFIELD Il HALL,
DRUGGISTS,
CORNER PRINCE AND FAIRFAX sTS
DRUGGISTS.

Prescriptions speciality,
Toilet Soaps Genuine Farina Cologne; Mag.
nolis' Hedyosimia, Geranium and Florida
Water; Genuine Lubin's Extracts; Spoages,
Hair Brushes and Combs; best English
Tooth Brushes; full assortment Of Patent
We iicines; Coxe's Gelstine, Corn Starch,
ia Moss Farine, Spices Of all kinds, ana Q
'sct stock Of all articles sold by druggists
4 ices 90 low as the same quality can be OBJ
: ID elsewhere.
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OTTERBURN LITHlA WATER.-This
" water 10 indicated in all affections due TO
Uric Acid. Diathesis, Gout, rheumatism,
stone in the Bladder, Kidneys or Liyer.
Bnghts Disease and Kidney Diseases on
Every form For sale By
WAKEFIELD 4 HALL
sols AGENTS Cor. Prince Il Fairfax sn
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DRY GOODS

&
Store Closed Saturday
Until 6 P. NJ.
Autumn
You are invited to our
Autumn Opening Exhibit
and Sale Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, October
1, 2 and 8.
Evening Reception Mon
day, October 1, 1880 to =
p. m.
The exhibit abounds
with varieties of the new
standard and exclusive
styles that are sure to win
the admiration of those
seeking handsome fall cos
TUNES for Street, house and
evening wear. Your pres
ence is respectfully solicit
ed. Yours very truly,
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TELEPHONE EXCHANGES.


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- TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
AN ENGLISH JAG CURE
USED CENTURIES AGO
Drunkard's Cloak, Which
Kept the Patient Sober.
Knocked Down at Relic
Sale for SIS.
sn.e,., Correspondents Of The journal.

srac,al Correspondence Of The Journal.
4. London, June Some odd torture
relics of the past have just been sold at
anction here. Quaintest among them
was a device known as the s drunkard' s
cloak It is made Of wood and in
share resembles huge inverted flower
not. Thru the small circular aperture
in the top was thrust the neck OF the
imprisoned inebriate. The weight OF
this ancient counterpart Of the straight
Jacket fell on the victim g shoulders
and was sufficient to make every bone
in his BODY ache. With his hands prac-
tically pinned to his sides and the gar
ment reaching almost to the ground, the
only motion allowed him was a slow.
shuttle Of his weary feet as he dragged
his way painfully along. One can well
believe that anyone who had been COM
PEELED to don the 9 drunkard Is cloak =
would be very apt to come to the con-
clusion that a high old time was not
worth having at the price. Many who
saw it at the auction sale expressed the
opinion that its revival in these modern
DAYS would have most salutary effect
in promoting temperance. Before it
was put up for competition a plucky
man was induced to undergo incarcera-
ton in it and submit to the ordeal of
being photographed. From these photo-
graphs the accompanying illustration
was drawns There happened to be no
American relic hunters around and it
was knocked down for So. q
An iron foot sqieezer' sold for the
same figure, and a persuasive instru-
ment in the shape Of an iron boot, in
which the victim s naked foot was in
cased while boiling oil was poured into
it, fetched only. SO, and the same price
WAS ma id 8sfor, a set of ancient hranflinu
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
GIRLS SWEET VOICE
Is WINS "A HUSBAND
Love at First Sight When Mary Colby,
Of Hatboro, Who Sang in Choir Of
Her Fathers Church. Met Carroll
e Harper.

Philadelphia, June 16.-The story Of
al pretty young singer, the daughter Of
the minister, and how her sweet voice
caused a young man il. the congrega-
tion total IN love with her, was re-
.vealed when the announcement was
made Of the engagement Of Miss Mary
Colby. Of Hatboro, to Carroll Harper,
of Jenkinto
They are. to be married on June 80
and their friends are looking forward
to the event with as much pleasure as
the prospective bride and bridegroom.
81 Miss Colby is a daughter Of Rev. F.
e. Colby, the pastor of the Hatboro
Baptist church. She has been singing
in the church choir for some time, and
one Sunday morning while HARPER was
attending the service he heard her sing.
The voice pleased him SO much that he
determined to meet the young woman.
IA little later he was introduced to her
and it was a case of love at first sight.
Il The ceremony will be performed in
the Hatboro Baptist church and the
bride g father will officiate, assisted
by Rev William Kline, pastor Of the
Hatboro Methodist Episcopal church.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17

grains sufficient to make up the deli
Cheney Of the4home grown products. This
deficiency is very great, for Germany
annually imports from 10000, 900 to seq
iOOO, 900 bushels Of wheat, sc, 000, 900 to-
IS ,000, 900 corn, 10000, 600 to 40 100000
Of oats, 2O,O00,000 to 35, 900, 900 rye, and
10000 900 toe, 100000 barley This g
is in addition ito the home production Of
a billion bushels Of all grains. sSffs
f Berlin is the principal market for ma
tive grains and headquarters for some.
large importers. Therefore it Is the.
natural market for many millionsgsOf.
bushels Of grain a 4aA4S
Much Of this business is done at the
sessions Of the Grain Exchange, tho
business is transacted ct the Offices Of
the members before. sor after the ex-
change. SIS
The bourse lis not a center around
which the members have their Offices.
Some or them, are across the city, In
semi -residence streets. 3 Here, 10 some
extent, and in Antwerp and Amster-
dam, to much greater extcnt, some
large business houses have their Of
| fees III the houses in which they live,
following an ancient custom. And it
is about as hard to gain admission to
some business offices as it is to a pri-
! vate residence. You are regarded as
an intruder, and the servants inspect
you suspiciously. A letter Of introduce
ton is often a necessity jim order to
see member of a firm. 5ss .sfs
Elevators Needed.
Terminal elevators are badly needed
at Berlin. The. trade realizes it, and at
tempts have been made to have large
terminal built. However, private par
ties are evidently afraid to venture,
!. perhaps fearing the agrarians, and the
government has not as yet seen 1T TO
do anything. But the. need is so pressing
that some means will doubtless soon be
found to furnish the desired storage.
The business of buying j. the native
A grains in the country is done by indie.
4 pendent dealers. There are no large
4 g line e elevator companies, as in Amer
! lea. Water transport tion is much. de.
pended upon Iof se gram
this practicable.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
GEORGE AD
els: of
And Other Places Of Amusement in Egypt

Mining for mummies Is said tobe an
exciting occupation, but it costs money
and there is no hope FOR any. real
profit. Those who put up the funds
and conduct the operations seek no re
ward except the; commendation of their
fellow students and the sweet know
ledge that they have helped TO turn
light on the history of Egypt For,
instance, all Of the priceless treasures
unearthed by Mr.. Davis in 1905 were
turned over to the museum at Cairo.
It happened that some Of the smaller
articles were duplicated, and Mr.. Davis
was permitted to keep a few of these
duplicates as a reward for months Of
labor and large outlay of capital.
made short cut over a very hot and a
very high hill to the g rest house
which had been erected far out ton the
desert by one of the tourist agencies.
We collapsed on the shady side of the
building, dusty and short Of breath, and
INN ediately were attacked by a most
vociferous horde of native peddlars.
selingg We landed there on Friday,
and the remnant sale Of mummies was
in full blast. Here are some Of the
cut prices: sSss.
Head Of adult. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS hillings
Foot of adult. ............. i shilling
Hand of adult. 4 shilling.
| Two feet and two hands war ssftss
! ranted mates) 3 shillings
Arm and head :, .......s...s... Is shiilings
! Special reductions for juvenile sizes 81.
Can you imagine anything more dis
! quieting to the nerves, when you are
resting and getting ready for luncheon,
than to have a villainous child Of the
desert rush up and lay a petrifed hui
man head in your lap and beg you to
| -, nl,o a., offorq Within Two 4 minutes
after we arrived we had fragments Of
/ former humanity stacked all around us.
And they were unmista kably. genuine.
The native swindlers can make innita-
ton scarabs and tpotteries, or else inn
port them by the gross from Germany
and Connecticut, but the mummy heads
which they offer for sale are horribly
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17

Berlin, printed on one side. only, devoted
entirely to foreign markets. It gives A
good review Of the Chicago and New
Y ork wheat markets, with quot of
wheat, corn, oats and 1inseed. Toledo,
st. Louis and Duluth quotations are
also given, and New York -four prices.
Weather, conditions and brief crop news
are also printed. S 5.
~ These foreign markets are eager for
crop news from other countries. but
the trade does not seem to understand
how to gather it locally, nor the value
of it close at home. Yet the absence Of
active future markets makes the use
of crop news impossible. AS an exam.
pie Of this, it may be stated that crop
cond itions in Germany are, at present
the first part Of May, Of q nature that
would make a very sensitive market in
Chicago; But as Berlin is not Chicago
harvest and accept what nature and
the agrarians give them. ;# 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
STORY OF THE GRAIN :e=.~
MARKET OF BERLIN
II Has Lost Much of Its Old Time Inn
portance---Termin Elevators Badly
Needed in Chief City of Germany.

made accounts uncollectable by law, the
same as gambling debts. Margins or
money advanced on such accounts can.
even be recovered. S The effect, of
course, was disastrous to the grain mar
ket Of Berlin. Another effect was that
it increased speculation in stocks, for if
the public wants to speculate it will find
medium.
But the contention of the agrarians
was not regarding the right or wrong of
speculation, but the price Of wheat.
They claimed that speculation in wheat
and other grains tended to increase the
importation, and so depressed prices.
Therefore, they stopped public trading
in grain, and, furthermore, placed a
heavy import duty on all grains. But,
ever mindful Of their own interests,
they neglected to place a duty on mill
feeds; for the farmers, are large users
Of these. The selfshness Of the whole
proceeding is apparent from the treat
ment of the products largely used by
their constituents. The import duties
Of Germany, however, will be enlarged
upon in another article.
Trading in Futures Continues
Despite the ban placed upon trading
in wheat futures, future market still
exists on the Berlin exchange. The
trading is limited, to be sure, but there
is speculative trading.
The letter of the law is avoided by
making all contracts or trades for
actual delivery. But if a member Sof
the exchange buys 5000 bushels OF
wheat for, say, May delivery, and sells
it to some other member before deliv.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17

him and flooding him in a radiant light.
The original granite cover of the outer
case has been removed and plate glass
substituted. We leaned on the rail
and gazed down at the serene counter
ance of the once mighty monarch who
had been lying there for $500 years.
The funeral garlands which had been
laid on his breast were still undisturbed
and the shrunken face was illumined
by that calm smile of triumph which
Amenhotep wore when he passed away
confident in the belief that the. Cook
tourist would never discover his hid
ing place.
We visited the tomb in company with
a bustling swarm of American excur-
sionists, of the happy, tirreverent kind.
The fact that they were strolling
about in a private and. highly aristo
cratic sarcophagus did not seem to re-
induce any solemn reflections. They
were all steaming hot, but very happy
and having lot Of fun with the king.
One enterprising Yankee, who carried
his coat and vest on his arm, started to
climb over the wooden railing in order
to make close inspection of the mort
uary remains, but was restrained by
the guards.
In one Of the smaller rooms Just off
the royal tomb chamber there are three
naummies lying side by side with the
electric lights turned on them. It is
supposed that these were the servants
of the king, altho a very late theory is
that one of these is the mummy of the
great Queen Hatasoo, brought here for
safe keeping: Her tomb never has
been discovered It is the Captain
Kidd treasure Of the valley. She was
a woman Of great pride and was a busy
builder thruout her long reign, and
therefore it is reasonably certain that
somewhere or other in this valley she
excavated and decorated tomb that
viii make all the others look common
place. The explorers intend to CON
tinue probing about in the valley until
they discover the gopher hole that leads
T away to her underground temple. = !, ..>
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
BY RollIn e. Smith.

Copyright 1906, by Rollin e. Smith. =
" ERLIN, May 13.-Berlin, the
chief city Of Germany, has an
A>~ important grain exchange ana
It's wheat quotations are sent out over
}he world; but the market has not It's
,ld-time Importance At the present
time the Berlin market for trading. IN
futures is only local one, representing
II rejecting the crops Of Germany,
whereas, some years ago, it was Of inter
rational Importance. Then, the big
raiders of Russia, England and France,
IS well as Of Germany, traded here, and
here was broad, active future market.
Then, too, Berlin was all influential fac
or in making prices for the markets Of
looks to Chicago and New Y ork and
somewhat to Liverpool for its market
guidance. Its future market is small
Snd it does not attempt to he leader
The Agrarians in Power.
This change was caused by the com
Ing into power of the political party
called the agrarians-so called because
they represent the agricultural interests.
Having a majority in the reichstag,
they passed what the American con,
namely, an anti-option bill. This law,
for SO it became, prohibits trading in
grain futures by any but members of
grain exchanges and only then when
actual delivery of the grain is intended.
This placed grain speculation in the
same class with common gambling. and