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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19
COTTON CLOSING
NEARLY LOWEST
FEAR on uNTANORhBLE WEATII.
Ilt SI\ivTS GENERAL SELLING
new LOW RECORDS MADE
Ihrcsiing Delay Causes Firmnc,s ia
Whcat--Niarllct Closes u Hair
Point Higher.

New York, sept lS.--Apprchen-
sions Of unluyorable weather started a
general selling IN the cotton market
today but fresh buying for long ac-
counts was discouraged by reports Of
other cnsicr spot market In the South,
with the result that quiet and some
what irregular but generally lower
market, which closed steady, net un-
changed to nine points, lower, Sep
temhcr being unchanged, while later
months were from TO points low
er than the closing figures of sat
urday
The market opened barely steady
at a decline Of to points IN re-
sponse to lower Liverpool cables. and
over Sunday selling orders which had
evidently been attracted by the cas-
Ter tone of Saturdays market. Lead
ing bun brokers gave orders for ship
mcnts to absorb the offerings, and
during the middle Of the morning
prices rallied or 4 points from the
lowest on apprchensions that the tro-
pical storm reported east Of jamaica
might work into the cotton belt, but
there was no broadening of demand
on the advice.
The decline carried prices into new
low records Of the movement with
October selling off to $ll.2O and jan
uary to $1127.
Profit taking by scattered shorts
caused only a slight reaction how
ever, and closing prices were within
a point or two Of the lowest
Aside from the possibility of un-
favorable weather there seemed to
be little interest in the days devel-
opments that figured in bullish argu-
ments, while the increasing receipts
reports Of lower southern spot mar
kets, and unfavorable financial and
political conditions abroad were all
used as a basis OF predictions Of low
er prices, Rumors that leading bulls
were reducing their lines during the
early trading were denied While
leading spot people We're credited With
selling during the morning, they were
supposed TO be following the market
somewhat after midday. A condition
report of 1875 against 75.9 at the end
of August was without appreciable in
fmence.
Receipts today were 52,324 bales
against 32,960 last week and S0,579I
last year. Todays receipts at New
Orleans, 291S bales, against 1.1S9I
last year, and M Houston IA 600 halas
against 30,7l4 last year
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Kansas City.

Kansas City, Sept. lS.-Cattle: Re-
ceipts, $4,000, including 2,70O south
erns. Strong to Toe higher. Dressed
beef and export steers, s7.OO@7.95;
stockers and feeders, S3.5OQ6.O0;
southern steers, s4.00@7.5O; southern
cows, $2.7504.25.
Hogs: Receipts 5000. Market 5
to 1Oc lower. Bulk of sales, $6.750
Cos; heavy, s6.75GS.9O packers and
butchers, s6S0QIO5; lights, $O.7OQ
700.
Sheep: Receipts, 10000. Market
10 to 25c higher. Lambs, s4.259 q 900;
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19
Notes.

The lack Of name for the new
pool being opened seven miles south
east Of Tulsa on the east side of the
Arkansas River, causes much incon-
ycniencc, and IN the future this pool
viii In this department of the world
be called the Perryman pool There
seems 20 be good reasons for this as
the first of the big wells drilled In
that field was on the Homer Perry
man land. Indeed, all that section of
the country Is designated as the Per
ryman bottoms This arose from the
fact that many allotmonts were made
to members Of the Perryman family
in that country. 1t seems, therefore.
there ought TO be "A very general will
lingncss 10 accept Pcrryman as the
name for this new pool
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19

individually responsible merchants
under the same obnoxious surveillance
that IT bestows on questionable part
les; and finally, futile in that the fiat
virtue Of the genuinends OF sigma
lures would place irresponsible and
dishonest shippers in a position Of
vantage from which they could prac-
tice a multitude of collateral irreg-
ularities."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19
Mrs. Nrrlcy Given Divorce.

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept 1S.-The wife
of Jack Curlcy the wrestling pro-
motcr secured an absolute divorce
and securities valued at $4,000 from
who In private life was known AS
Mrs. Mildred Schul. charged her hus-
band with repeated cruelty Besides
tho $4,000 the furniture In her home
at i643 Indiana avenue and $4,000 in
cash was given her.
Jack Curley is well known in Tulsa
having been here ON different o"cas-
ions year and a half ago, as man
ager OF Dr. B. r. Roller. who appear
ed on the local wrestling mat
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19

Catania, Sept 1S.-Professor Ponte
the volcanologist of Canania Univer-
sity, says that the present eruption of
Mt. Etna is five times greates than
that OF 1910 and that more lava has
been thrown out in six days during
twenty-six days of the disturbance
year ago. The volume of lava emitted Is
not increasing.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19
SOFTENS THE WATER.
Cotton Seed OH Mll to Prevent I'm
CruStmCnt of the Boilers.

The first water softcning plant for
factories has Just been installed at
the cotton seed oil mill, by an expert
chemist and mechauician from St
Louis This process is automatic and
suttcns the water that goes into tho
water tube boilers Of the mill. by a
chemical process II prevents the
accumulating Of all cncrustments in
the boiler and has been used with
great success 10y railroads and other
large corporations
superintendent Sands ~ the water
department will iuspct the softening
apparatus some time this week with
q view to recommending its Use TO
other institutions In the city using
water tube boilers.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19

st. Louis, Sept 1S.-Cattle' Re-
ceipts, $500, including 800 Texans.
Market steady to 1Oc higher. Native
shipping and export steers, $6.75 a
SIS, dressed and butcher steers,
$5.75 700; stockers and feeders,
s3.O0d $50; Texas and Indian steers,
s4.OOG625.
Hogs; Receipts, 10000, Market
steady, Pigs and lights, SAFE a 7.30;
packers, $7,O5@T25; butchers and
best heavy $7.10m 7.3O.
Sheep: Receipts 300. Strong, Ma
tive muttons. $3.25M40O; lambs.
$500 6.25; culls and bucks, $1.25 a
$50; stockers, $1.50a3.0O.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19
Kansas City Receipts.

Kansas City. Sept. 1S.-Receipts:
Wheat, 161,OOO; corn, 10000; oats.
10000.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19

over I'm Pawnee County John Mark
ham seems to have found another
fine well in his No. on the west line
Of the north half of the southwest
quarter Of Section 36-21-S. The lat
est report credit the production with
being thirty-five or forty barrels per
hour. Well No. is just one location
north of No. /. The Gypsy OIL Com
pany is offsetting the Markham No.
with their No. 10 on tho west side.
This well is now due to come in.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19

The Steiner OH Company under the
management Of A. w. Shulthis, has
brought in 25O-barrel we'll in It's No.
s on lot 297 Usage Reservation This
viii no doubt cause increased activ-
ity IN that vicinity.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19

yearlIngs sS,75Q4,6O; wethers, s325
G375; ewes, $4,000 $50, stockers
and feeders, $2,50G8,75,
Chicago,
Chicago Sept 1S,-Cattle: Re-
celpts, $4,000. Market slow, gener-
ally. Beeyes, $3.50; steers, Si,50q
20; western steers, $410@ 1905
stockers and feeders, $4,000 5.S0i
COWS and heifers, S2,25H6,25; calves,
SG,50M $50
Hogs. Receipts, 2S,5OO, Market 8
to Zoe lower than Saturdays average
Light, $G.SO@ I3O; mixed, $1,000
73O; heavy, sG.550722 1-2; rough,
SG,55Q G.75; good 10 choice heavy
$G.75G122 1-2; pigs, $450Q6.90i
bulk of sales, S6.S0m7.15.
sheep: Steady to strong, Natives,
S2.25d4.15; westerns, $g.5O4415;
yearlngs $3.75M 4G5; native lambs,
s6.OO@ clio; westerns $425@6.1O.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19
Tourist Sleepers

are Of the latest design, and have
electric lights, good beds, large
dressing rooms and mems smoking
rooms.
Very liberal stop-over privileges give
chances TO visit Grand Canyon,
Yosemite Valley and other points Of
interest.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-22
Exhibit C
What It Would Cost the Magazines.

TNHE five general monthly standard magazines
carrying the most ADVERTISING EVERYBODY'S,
McCLURE'S COSMOPOLITAN, THE AMBRI-
CAN and the REVIEW OF REVIEWS-take from their
looks of account the following their net incomes for
1909 being TO in their reports to the Federal
Corporation Tax COMMISSIONER
TOTAL GROSS RECEIPTS FROM ADVER-
TISlNG IN 1903. S24639403J
NET RECEIPTS FROM ADVERTISING. 1904, 7SOl6
But. when total the final net
PROFITS of the FIVE magazines we find
the figure Is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 230.734.5i
This Is explained by the fact that the cost OF manu-
featuring and delivering 11,06S,512 magaZines-the
number mailed subscribers direct by these five pub
fishers during 1909--was $13S7 1880; while the
income these subscribers s625, 29S49 leaving
deficiency subscription account OF $761S913l to be
made up from advertising gains, before the balance OF
expenses including losses in newsstand sales,
paid, and any profit showed
This disappearance OF advertising gain In giving the
public better article is the economic explanation of
the phenomenon OF the handsome, well-edited. low
priced American magazines. The publisher gets, as
final result Of his investment and labor, is shown
here, than onetenth Of the money paid him for
Advertising
In 1909 these FIVE magazines. leaders OF the
industry I'm America, cleared In the aggre-
gate, tne sum Oh sSz3Vf5fof
The Detroit times., 1911-02-22

The cost OF hauling and handling maya
zines, cents plus Ia cents 81 cents
The cost of hauling and handling newspa-
So the Departments figures make 1t lose the
fundamental operations OF hauling and handling:
IT'S cents a pound on 42622SS03 pounds
Oh newspapers, or $33,o3zo44.iS
AS against losing "a cents a pound
154719317 pounds Of magazines, S,354.S4314
With a loss, arrived at from Its figures
than 400 per cent great newspapers as maya
ly onethird the weight Of newspapers, and with
one-twenteth the financial ability to pay such
tax the whole burden Of this futile and
fscatory attempt to reduce the deficit.
This is merely a refuation Of the Departments
reason for discriminating against magazines. We do
not believe the figures right and we do believe
that both magazines and newspapers help the Depart
ments finances In the last analysis
But the huge injustice and damage Of this measure
lies in the power given the PostmasterGenera of life
and death periodicals
He is the only to say what Is a magazine and
paper known In Postoce regulations that would have
any bearing the case where publisher claimed his
periodical YVES newspaper, not magazine. News
paper and periodical terms used INTERCHANGEABLE
by Legislatures and Postoffce officials.
No man has ever had, In the United States, such
power entire industries Ought to begin In the
present situation where the Industries in question
largely the outspoken, progressive periodicals. dealing
and more every year with public affairs and per-
and where the Is the official In charge Of
the political fortunes Of his Administrator
The Detroit times., 1911-02-22
Exhibit A
Is the Deficit Due to Second Class Mail?

the authority for the following figures:
In the year 1870 there deficit in the
operations OF the United States Postofce Department
OF 2l4 per cent of its turnover.
In 1879 there passed the that put secondcass
matter on a pound-payment basis. An immediate In
crease in second-class matter began.
In 1880 there a deficit In the Postoffe operations
of only sc per cent OF it's business.
In 1886 passed the law that made the rate for
second-class pound, which still further
increased secondclass mail 1t trebed In the decade
preceding 1890. "a
In deficit in operations Of the Postofhce
Department S.S per cent ~ saas~.@r
The next decade brought much larger increase In
secondclass matter than previous ten years from
14053.90 pounds 1890 999 pounds In 1900
The deficit in the Postoice operations In the year
1900 was so per cent OF It's business.
In the prosperous following 1900 the increase
OF second-class matter stupendous; from 38253Ss
800 pounds in 1900 to 4SS,246,9O3 pounds in 1902ony
two years.
In 1901 nevertheless there deficit in the Post
Office operations OF only 35 cent of it's business
And in 1902 the deficit in the Postohice operations
"a per cent the smallest percentage of deficit in
eighteen and the smallest but two in hftyseven
years.
But in this year is seen. important item of
expense. S4000000 for rural free delivery Our Gov
eminent had wisely and benefcenty extended the
vice of the PosoiHce to farmers in isolated communi
ties BY 1910 the Government was spending $35,OOO,-
600 for rural free delivery, and losing $29000000
1t will be clear from these figures that beginning
with the advent of the secondcass poundrate system
the denct OF the Postonce steadily uecHned-tne
being always concdent with the expansion or
circulation and advertising OF perodcasunti in 1902
there substantial surplus. which the Government
wisely fit to for purpose not related to the
needs OF magazines and periodicals.
Since 1902, there has always been surplus in the
operations of the Postoce Department outside of the
money the Government has fl 20 expend for rural
free delivery In the present 1910 the report of
the Posmaster-General shows surplus Of $685.
100000 The years 1902 to 1910 have shown a surplus
in the Postofice profit and loss account, aggregang
$74O000O0 outside the actual loss on the rural
free delivery system.
1t should be borne in mind that the turning OF large
deficits into actual surpluses which has coinci
IDENTIFY with the expansion Of secondclass mall of cir
culaton pushing and OF advertising, is in spite of
enormous expansion in Governmental mail carried
free, and Congressional mail, franked.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-22
Exhibit b
The Injustice Of Discriminating Against
Magazines.

THE Postmaster-Genera gives the magazines
weight 20.23 per cent OF the whole second
class mail. Why concentrate all the increase
20 per cent classification?
The Administration says (a), magazines carry
ADVERTISING than newspapers; tb), they cost the Post
Office Department more than newspapers because they
/ hauled farther.
(a) II is not true that magazines carry more ad-
vertisng than newspapers Newspapers, by actual
measurement per cent advertising in pro-
portion to reading matter than do magazines.
(b) The Postoffce Department states that, owing to
different lengths of haul IL costs cents 20
transport pound of magazines and cents transport
a pound OF newspapers
Besides the cost Of transporting mail. figured, of
course by weight and length OF haul, there three
large factors OF cost spportoned according the
Der Of pieces Of mail The secondclass mail share OF
cost items is given by Postmastereneral Hitch
cock s39,S00,000. BY the Departments figures,
the magazines share of this (proporoned TO number
OF pieces) Is $2166,0O0 The newspapers share Is $2S
$4,000. ARRIVED at from the Departments own fig
ures and method OF fguring)
Dividing these sums by the number OF pounds of
magazines ant newspapers respectively In the second
class mails. We have
The Detroit times., 1911-02-22
Exhibit ID
Can the Magazines pass On" the Increase

Can the Magazines "Pass On the Increase?
7>HE 4-centsa-pound rate advertising would
i require advance Of approximately 90 per
cent I'm subscription prices OF the more widely
circulated magazines the publisher Is to recoup him
by raising of living to the public in its
sumption Of magazines
Would the public pay so per cent more for the same
article?
The question is answered eoquenty and finally by
the subscription records of the magazines that were
forced increase their rates Canadian subscrip-
tons when Canada enforced Accent rate on American
periodicals. As the discriminatory rate later with
drawn in certain we have complete cycle OF
record and proof
In June, 1907 the Review OF Reviews began to pay
cents pound postage Canadian subscriptions, in
stead of cent and in consequence forced to raise
its Canadian subscription price from $500 to $3.50
year.
Its Canadian yearly subscription in July. 1907,
bered 2.973.
At once the subscription list began fall off, and
continued do so steadily until I'm January 1910 II
had come down to 904
Early in 1910, the Review OF Reviews readmitted
into the Canadian postofce at cent pound, its sub
scrpton price reduced TO the old figure of $500
and the Canadian list quickly came back" having
reached already in February 1911, the figure OF $3.50
annual subscribers
What would happen II popular American magazines
were increased 80 per cent TO the public?
In this Canadian incident the price OF the Review Of
Reviews Increased only IS 20 per and the
circulation fell off SO per cent.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-22
Exhibit +
How Magazine Advertising Reduces Postoffice
Deficits

TIME astonishing record contained In Exhibit
OF the absolutely unvarying coincidence of de-
creases In Postohce deficits with increases IN
secondclass mail Is square up against the Postmaster
Generals statement that the Department loses S23
every pound second-class natl, and loses
over $62.000,000 year a whole on secondclass mail
The Detroit times., 1911-02-22
THE PROOF

IN REPLY of friends of the magazines we
publish this brief statistical exposition of the
why believe the directed against the periodicals
unjust, conGscatory and futile.
The only hope the people in time for
them by advertising in the daily
PUBLISHERS POSTAL COMMITTEE
The Detroit times., 1911-02-22

On their advertising pages alone they paid
for postage subscription copies at the
1cent-a- pound rate. oz'sZooS
II the had been cents on all sheets on which
advertising appeared IL Is clear that they would have
paid s1SS,77956 than was actually paid at the
1-centapound rate.
These figures apply only to copies mailed py the
publishers Ton which accurate figures are obtainabe)
They account of the newsstand copies mailed
at the secondcass rates by the companies OF the
country. The newsstand edition. In the case OF two
of these five leading magazines is larger than the
editions mailed direct to subscribers Those additional
figures could not be obtained in time to meet this
snap" legislation.
These results are for the Ave concerns in America
publishing standard magazines carrying the largest
amount of advertising.
But the situation OF individuals among even these
FIVE Of the most prosperous magazines would be vastly
more serious.
One OF these FIVE leading monthlies would with an
increase OF only a pound advertising show In
its final profit and loss account for 1909 loss In con-
Quoting its business Of $1840552.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-22

- dAy md 1 H appropriate dpdh House Agm &h
On o
msha@ n~ ah~ thu Post for amau~O
The Detroit times., 1911-02-22
A MAGAZINE ADVERTISEMENT
In Account With
THE UNITED STATES POSTOFFICE

a popular magazine published on Nov 2s. 1910.
printed 224-line advertisement OF highgrade book
publishing house. st~s.,so<
s7oo replies received. LIRE OF them inciosing
each 10 cents In frst-class postage.
The paper in which this advertisement printed
weighed l32s6 ounces The half of printed with the
advertisement weighed 066$o6a5 ounces
100000 copies Of the medium were sent through the
4440s pounds of this advertisement.
At 92s cents per pound-the pound cost of trans
porting and ha ndlins second class matter given
by the Postofhce Department--the total cost Of
giving the Posofhce services to this advertise
ment
Postage paid at cent a pound. .............. 4A4I
Loss to Postofnce .......................... ssSA
THE PosToFFIcEs GROSS AND NET GAIN FROM
FIRST CLASS POSTAGE CREATED.
800 inquiries were received by the advertiser
300 2cent stamps for inquiries s74oo
1900 acknowledgements under stamp. 740e
six foiiow-ups to 1900 inquiries under 2-cent
stamps .......s....,...s. 444oe
b77s Inquiries sent 10 cents in 1870
74o sales made. each involving II bills
remttances under 2-cent stamp ............. $500
The s.7oo inquirers will be circulated at
least three times year for Ave years. under 2
cent stamps "a practical certainty OF twice as
many eircuiarzatons) i'iiooo
Total gross direct sales of 2-cent stamps from ad
vertisement ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 22s46o
PROFIT of 40 per cent according to profit percent
age of Postmaster General hrst-class post
age .Sss3S
Direct loss transporting and handling adver-
tsement cost figured at 923 cents n pound. In
come at cent. sests
Ultimate minimum net gain to Postofnce in hav-
ing Garfield this advertisement ............ s2sss
THE BUSINESS PRODUCED FOR THE PosToFFIcE BY
ONE MAGAZINE ADVERTISER.
York January 2s 1911
Mr. E w Hazen. Advertising Director.
The Curtis Publishing Company,
Madison Ave. New York City.
Dear Hazen:
During the year 1910 we paid Postofnce Depart
matter the sum az t4ss.74sS We shipped during the
year l717514 packages or these soe7s were sent
by s07,73s All Of these would have
been II the postal rates and regua-
lions permittsd we paid the express companies for the
transportation OF the packages referred to above ss41-
s929O
The above only mail matter sent out
Of this accurate Any state
rnent OF of mail matter which we
receive be approximate. but safely state
that OF 100000 pieces of first class
mail This is entirely conservative
truly.
tThe entire business Of this concern through
Il magazine adyertisingD
rbe publishers have many hundreds of pieces OF
testimony this nature. which would require all the
space newspaper to print in full Numbers OF
exact profit and loss statements OF specific advertise
ments with the Postoce like the first example above,
the bonds OF the publishers. showing an abso-
lutey certain profit to the Posofhce OF from 80
per to 352 per cent.
sentatives
The Detroit times., 1911-02-22

Let nail down certain specific examples OF adver
tisements inserted In magazines and follow the record
right through. OF the work they did for the Postofce
the expense they put the Postofce to- and the profit
they brought II.
These specific instances tell the story Read. espe-
cially the first instance-the complete bookkeeping
transaction of magazine advertisement In account
with the United States Postofnce:
The Detroit times., 1911-02-22

statement show that cost. mueb mo to give the Pos.
Facts 1hb b. to newspapers than 70
That the would o
earnings
leading n advertising Exhibit c.
proposed power
many aeaz ore live at his pleasure.
on" the increased the
consuming public. Exhibit d.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-22
A Plain Statement
Of the Facts

DECREASED when mail INCREASED the
whole thirtytvvo which mail has had
Exhibit A. publishers
secondcl manre the deficit Exhibit e.
only
of andu ignored larger
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-01-31

pr. %. Netter, ginsem-arst, lit
tdglid IN ietner ileliert Office IN
S. 4nIteDer & Cons Mpotbefe arn
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