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New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
TOPICS OF THE STREET

FOREIGN TRADING.-Foregn houses
bought upward Of 5000 shares on balance
in the local stock market.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED. - Dividend,
have been declared as follows: The Law
yers' Mortgage Company quarterly nor
cent payable April l. the Mutual Trust
Company, of Westchester County, regular
quarterly 1Si per cent, Iayable April /; the
United States Finishing Company regular
quarterly 12i per cent on the preferred and
| per cent on the common, both payable
April /; the American Locomotive Company
regular quarterly ia per cent on the pre-
ferred, payable April y: the United Ciglr
Stores Corporation regular quarterly l5 Ter
cent and an extra y OF / per cent, pay-
able April 10; the Mortgage Bond Company
regular quarterly liz per cent the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce regular quarterly
per cent, payable April /: the Union
Railway, Gas and Electric Company reg.
ular quarterly ll2 per cent on the preferred,
payable April l.
NEW IDRIA QUICKSILVER.-The New
Idria Quicksilver Mining Company reports
for the year ended December 81, 1911: Net
proceeds sales quicksilver, $S233I3; quick
silver on hand January ], 1912, SS,9lS; total,
$39i35l; net earnings, after expenses. in
terest, etc. $l36,sO9; dividends, Slj0Go0
deficit, Sl3,l9l.
APPLICATION TO LIST.-Application
has been made to the Stock Exchange 10
list the following securities: Detroit Edisoo
Pittsburgh Cincinnati x St Louis Rail-
way Company, N,4260O0 additional common
stock.
MORTGAGE BOND COMPANY. .-Rorltz
Rosenthal, OF Ladenburg, Thalmann q 90,
has been elected a director Of the Mort.
gage Bond Company, as successor 10 the
late Ernst Thalmann.
POSTED FOR TRANSFER.-The follow
ing seats on the New York Stock Exchange
have been posted for transfer: The seat Of
the late George CrOCker to Paul A. ". Van
Daell. and the seat Of the late Siegired 5.
Hayman TO Walter J. Herzfeld.
WELSBACH COMPANY REPORT.-Th
Welsbach Company reports for the year
ended December 81, 1911. gross profits Of
SlJO,5ll, and surplus after all reductions,
including dividends. Of Sl3j.2D. .
ELECTRIC BOND AND SHARE CONF
PANY.-Benjamin Strong, jr., vice-pres-
dent Of the Bankers Trust Company has
been elected a director Of the Electric Bond
and Share Company, and member Of the
executive committee.
LEAD PRICES HIGHER.-The American
Smelling and Refining Company has ad-
vanced It's price for lead 10 cents pound
TO 40 cents. A day or two ago the price
was advanced from 4 cents TO 40 cents.
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FOREIGN FINANCIAL FIELD
Prices Dull in London, but Firm
in Berlin and Paris.

London. March 2L-Consols early to-day
declined L. but recovered, later closing uh-
changed at 775s for money aE1 77% for the
account Anaconda was - higher at fSSs'
Canadian Pacific 4 higher at 2iols ana
Grand Trunk unchanged at 2rs
The uncertain political situation and the
minimum wage bill were responsible for
dull session and a sagging in British So
curities on the Stock Exchange, as opera
tors are holding off pending further de-
velopments. Consols opened lower ou'
rallied on the improved bank statement.
The specialties continued active and dearer'
Marconi. copper and shipping shares were
again leaders aud Peninsular Orlehlai
stock gained - points Kaffirs were easy
American securities opened steady ana
about unchanged. Light covering caused
gradual advance until the late traulhs'
when the market reacted under realizlhs
and closed easy.
The premium on gold at Madrid is 10
unchanged, and at Lisbon Is unchanged at
10
Paris. March 2l.-Three per cent renteS
closed ~ centimes lower at 9S francs %
centimes. Prices were steady on the
Bourse.
Exchange on London. . francs a cen
times for checks
Private rate Of discount, 3h per cent.
Berlin. March I.--Exchange on London
% marks 45la pfennigs for checks.
Money AZ per cent,
Private discount rate, AS per cent.
Trading was quiet on the BOerse TO-DAY.
Domestic shares closed at irregular price
changes. but American securities hnlshed
strong and higher.
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CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

The market on the Consolidated STOCK
Exchange closed under the influence Oh Io
action1,.y tendencies. Profit taking by com
mission houses had been heavy ana room
traders were working for d setLaCk III
prices all day. They argued that "hiIe IN.
market might ultimately reach hibher
level the latest advance had been too rapiI
70 hold. Members OF the exchange disposed
OF some stocks IN London before the oP,n-
ing here at advantageous prices. lIdulhs
particularly active. It's forenoon rise above
i51 attracting much attention, but y ie-
acted subsequently, with the rest OF the
,narkot one commission house bought a
sG,rc Iot Of steel at Us and sold another
fnl-share lot 1T 67'.. There was active trad
Ing i'm Lchigh Valley. Erie common, Mis-
souri, Pacific and Atchison. Detailed opera
II. g.
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OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

Renewed activity was shown in the mar
ket for outside securities. At the ouiseS
considerable strength developed I'm spots,
but around noon slight reactions set m on
realizing British American Tobacco was
an exception on extensive dealings ddysn-, +,
ing nearly point. Lehigh Valley Goa,
sales was active, and after opening doMh
points. recovered and advanced turtaer.
Int,rcontlnentdl Rubber was up =, ~
oil stocks we're materially better but less
active, although a good business was don'
over the counter Studebaker issues Welo
slightly better. The mining stocks Neis
&C Imparatively quiet. with smal IsL.
changes The silver issues were firm ip
cuuine stocks were dull but steady. bOnos,
were quiet and about unchanged. Detal's'
OperatiOnS follow:
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MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

THE MONEY NfARKET.-Money on call
opened at 28 per cent; highest 24 per
cent; lowest, 22s per cent; closing, "a per
cent; ruling rate, 2as per cent. Time money
was unchanged. IT was ,oOtanable with
some freedom and was sought moderately.
Rates, 3a3A per cent for sixty days SAG
81 per cent for ninety days, 3i2d5% per
cent for four, five and six months, +Gft
per cent for over the year. Mercantile pa
per Of the higher grades continued TO be
bought in this market and elsewhere. ls
was issued in somewhat restricted amounts.
Rates, 4Qr2 per cent for sixty and ninety
days' Endorsements, 4q42 per cent Ior
choice four and six months single names;
per cent for others.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-The feature or
the foreign exchange market was the gool
inquiry for reichsmark cables at 9o1s less
1-6l Money continued In demand In Ber-
lin, where operators are seeking snort New
York loans at equivalent to ~ TO "a pc
cent Paris discounts were frm. Inc
market for sterling was quiet and apout
steady The market was quiet In tne az
ternoon and although the tone was snsnt-
" easier quotations remained pracuc9hy
unchanged from the opening figures. Rates
follow: Sterling cables 4Sa: demand
bills. 1880: sixty-day bills. 4Al.; shors
francs. 5l7I3 less 5-64; short reichsmarKs'
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! bankers posted rates follow:

DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.-Boston. 10
discount; Chicago. par; New Orleans, conf
r1ercial 2Jc discount, bank 81 premium; ~.
Louis 25c premium bid, 3Oc premium, asked;
NIinneapolis. zoe premium; Charleston CIV
ing par. selling LILO per cent premiums Sdh
Francisco, sight nc, telegraph &c.
BANK CLEARINGS.-New GorH, eN-
changes $367. 49, 972, balances S-O,e9J,-5l: los
TON Exchanges SIS 32u. SO, balances Si.5e.-
747. Baltimore. exchanges $5.222j50, balances
%2i .sO2: Chicago, exchanges $6,i9N,5"' bali
ances S4.62S.S33
SILVER MARKET Commercial bar fi'-
yer. JSLtc: Mexican silver dollars, 4''. bar
silver I'm London closed az p l3-lod.
MEXICAN ENCHANGE.-MeNIc cN-
change in New York is quoted at 20i.
SI-R-TREASI-RY. - The Sub-Treasury
was Al creditor at the Clearing House ~
OF llg
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open. High. Low. Last.

Furnished bv J Thomas Reinhardt. No. -
Broad street New York: No. a DevonshiIe
street Boston. and No lG King street West
TgToutD ttUaLa
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INACTIVE STOCKS.

The following were the last actua! sales
ard the closing quotations for stocks III
which there were no transactions yesterday
on IN. N.w York stock change.
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lNDUST RIAL.

Shares open. ii.s"' - g.
gSS IS9 Ann Sa S5aI i'fT Pr5 pS.Ii5s tlioS llo i9r
goo ARglo-An Il,, E5h %h 49, 49, !3 la< i5 i5s ~.
500 Canad Aiarconi.. ~ s. -
20 Coniey Foil Co. 2S5 ~ 2,5 =,
10 Consol Rub Tire. II Il u. ~
295 J | Case pref ..1oo't tl9oH Ilo ,,ggi,
.OJ 5 Youngs ...... IL ~ Ia Ok
l2j0 !. V coal " T. 80 10 ~ 100,
81 McA & Forces. Il. 100 j,
l.. $50 Manhat Transit. J. -
Marcoui OF Am. = - So 81
go Nat Transit .... 10 - 30. nSo
80 Porto R-A Too.. 24S @2O 80 50
- J Rovncics 2l9 ~ 80 iGn
al5 IN Rumely Co. 100 lup ~ So
"a stan oil Old. S35 - ~" az
rs Stan oil Of 36t so - as
20 stan oil ot f.35O ".3 ~ AZ
90 Stan OH subs. +Io 40 4iU 10
800 Studebaker Co.. 4l " o7
6O5 do pref ....,.. ~ - ,os 100
2GO Unit Gig Stores l91 lsa ~ nv
4G5 L ; IL 4 ii new. II - ~ II
20 do pref ....... Al ~, 81. ,i0l
100 SNH' lwOrth pf fat. 1lOik llh't l"f
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FOREIGN BANK RETURNS.

London, March 2l.-The weekly return OF
the Bank OF England shows the tolloWih8
changes: Total reserve increased ti2J,VV,
circulation decreased $4,000; bullion IN,
crea sed 1857 900: other securities decreased
{ $50 90: other deposits decreased 81
g&3.VO; public deposits increased tLZio;WV'
government securities increased fOOOl; Inc
proportion OF the Bank ) reserve TO naoIl-
lies is now 1910 per cent against AZ per
cent last week, and compares with an oa1, aa,
vance from 1910 per cent to 1910 per cent cen.
in This week last year. The rate Of dis
count il unchanged at 3i2 per cent.
The cloar!ngs through the London panHs
for the week were f3lGtUO.WO against t-"t;
10000 last week. and t2G50lo,cO In this week
last year.
Paris, March 2l.-The weekly return Oh
the Bank Of France shows the foHoMlhS ia
changes: Gold on hand increased 2"S,glV,,
francs. silver on hand decreased @-JOo
francs notes in circulation decFGasrd s'J W
95O.O00 francs; general deposits increased
II1l50Cp0 francs: bills discounted decreased
i8 go 60D francs treasury deposits decreaS@d Go
2215.oyv francs; advances increased 4''-'''
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STOCKS IN OTHER CITIES.
BOSTON STOCKS.

FURNISHED by Charles Head Co., No, IL broad
street,
LAND.
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NEW YORK CITY BONDS.
furnished by W. ~ Coer & CO.. No. ~ Cedar
street)
PUBLIC UTILITY SECURITIES.

.coupons interchangeable tRegstered. tCou-
mons sRegistercd aud coupon.
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CHICAGO STOCKS.
BONDS
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.

FURNISHED bv charles u Barney 4 Co. No. p
Broad street New York. and No. II south
I-n street. Philadelphia
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SUNDAYS YORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
for So so year.
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BOND MARKET SALES.

'N.H
5000 Am 4 e IS ln2
5Up Am G o 5s.. 90
1000 Am " * l.
C ..-..... 80
1000 do ....... H"f
2ZunJ Am : $ e los
1900 Am T & T
Col 4s..... 90
1900 DO Cyt I u.
200 Am TOT T.
Ctf- ...... ~
1000 Am W I % 50
1900 Armour 4l.s ~
5000 A r a. : +
Ad' &" Sf0 9li
1000 DO Gen ~
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BALTIMORE STOCKS.

Quoted hy Boyer Griswold & Co., No. A. Broad
Nay.)
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IEW NETUERLAND BANK
OF New NOIN.

New York, March 21st, IVI-.
A dividend Of two and one-half per cent upon
fhe capital stock Of the New Netherland Bank OF
New York has been declared out Of the earnings
for the six months ending March Slst, l9l2, pay
able free OF tax to stockholders Of record al lhe
close of business that date.
CITRTIS EI Ard Cashier.
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DIVIDEND NOTICES.
The United States Finishing Go.

go BroadWay, \. Y, March II VI.
PRFFTRRED STOCK DIVIDEND No. bL
The Board OF Directors have this DAY oe.
clared the regular quarterly dividend OF One
and Three-Quarters Per Cent. Il $40 upon me
Preferred Stock Of this Company, paysIIc
April /, 1912. to stockholders Of record at the
close OF business March p, 1872
COMMON STOCK DIVIDEND No. 10.
The Board of Directors have this IA! ue-
clared a dividend Of one Per Cent. tlicl upIl
the Common stock Of this Company, pay
April I. 1912. to stockholders Of record at the
close of business March y. l9l@
Il IERNME. TrcasNrer.
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CITY INVESTING COMPANY

lGJ Broadway
New York. March 2lst, 1912
The Board Of Directors OF this Company has
today declared a quarterly dividend Of one and
Three-Quarters Per Cent. upon the preferred
stock payable at its office April 1st, 1917 20
holders Of preferred stock of record on the BOOKS
OF the Company at the close Of business on
March 9th, 1912.
MORRIS r. MEAD. Treasurer.
NTW YORK a. HARLEM RAILROAD co.
New York, March 18th. 1912.
The Board Of Directors Of this Company has
declared & dividend Of 2le on the Preferred and
Common stock, payable on the First day or
April 1912 10 stockholders Of record al the close
of business on March 22nd. 1912
MILTON : BARGER. Treasurer.
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BOSTON CURB STOCKS.

Interest to bc added.
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that appear to have even the most suc- cessful in securing sites in parks are museums, whether of art or science In New York there are several in ad- dlton to the two of which I have spoken. In Philadelphia the museum called Memorial Hall is a relic of the Centennial exhibition Just as In St. Louis the Museum of Fine Arts dates from the exposition. and in Chicago the Columbian Museum from the Worlds fair. Chicago also has its Art institute in Grant park. In Cincinnati great natural beauty In Buffalo the Albright Art museum has recently been erected in Delaware park. while in Pittsburg the vast Carnegie insti- tute stands in Schenley park. long list of museums built in parks in Eu- rope might be made. Many of these sites are of relatively small size. for the placing of large buildings in parks of naturalisitlc design is rarer in Eu- rope than in America.
 'I take 1t that consent to the plac- Ing Of museums in parks in so many instances Is an expression of public appreciation of the high educational value of such institutions, but 1t is also an evidence of failure to keep constantly in mind the high value. of park as such. It must be remarked, however, that in a number of the cases cited the museum has been left from an exhibition of which 1t was a mere incident and fin the general ex- citement attendant upon the establish ment of which the i'll effect of it's permanent placing in the park was overlooked"
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magnificent proportions and imposing architecture be erected in Capitol park, or on some other elevated site; perhaps on site overlooking the park. Build ing on ground near the park would be better than building in the park itself even if the park were available. If the courthouse were built on esthetic lines rather than as a sky scraper the jail would have to be some where else. But that Is the way we find 1t in other cities.
 Anyone interested in this question of parks and building sites might read with profit an address by Frank Miles Day. delivered before the third an- nual city planning conference In Phil adelphia last spring and published in the American Architect. New York. of June [, 1911. Mir. Day says among oth- CT things:
 If buildings placed within parks are, as d rule, detrimental to the effect of the parks, 1t must be borne in mind on the other hand that parks as a set ting for buildings ordinarily greatly enhance their effect There can hardly be any question that the proper plac- Ing of a public building in ample grounds designed to harmonize with 1t Is of the highest importance, and this element of the problem must not be ignored.
 Tt Is obvious that no reasonable ob- jection can be advanced to the erect tion in park of buildings used in caring for 1t ahd fin supplying the im- mediate needs of those who frequent it. Such buildings are usually small and unobtrusive and often they may be screened by foliage.
 Among buildings of great size, those
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March 14th and 18th

humanizing as well as dverting, it makes for moral improvement. It Is distinctly
 educative, and all enlightened communi- ties are appreciating more and more it's
 educational value. The Minneapolis Sym
 phony orchestra, which will be heard In
 Birmingham at the May festival, will give a Sunday concert either in Nashville
 or Memphis while on it's spring tour. The
 festival here will embrace three concerts two night performances and one matinee. If it could be arranged to give Sunday concert at popular prices the Jefferson theatre, or wherever it might be held, would be crowded to it's capacity,
 The Sunday afternoon concerts that have been given here during the season now ending were liberally patronized, and the indications are that the concerts next season will be even more largely attended Birmingham is a church going city, and the concerts take place at an hour in the afternoon that does not conflict with reg uar church services. It has been very generally remarked that the Sunday aft | ernoon audiences have been made up
 t) a great extent of men and women who are known for their church activity
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of knee brooches and silver buckles and powdered wigs for men, and frills and furbelows and hoop skirts for danes, so- ciety was costumed with more grace and beauty from the painters point of view than 1t has been in modern times. With the passing of knee brooches anything or a picturesque character in mems dress became impossible.
 The merchant tailor's fashion plates of % years ago were decidedly more con servative than they are today But the same prosaic ideas for grooming the sterner sex prevail, no matter how ex- treme some persons may regard the cut Of coat or waistcoat Just what is in store for us this spring I cannot say. Tho sea son being backward, l have not bothered myself about styles. But ground hog weather will soon be gone and by Easter every man in ohs part of the country who makes any pretention to correct style will have on the latest.
 The designers of womens clothes, who by the way, are men, have produced some startling affects in the past two years. The extremely broad brims are becoming to most women, but the bulky turbans
 look well on a few women only The small skirt is perhaps the ugliest fashion that was ever designed. Entirely apart from a question of modesty, >the skirts that nave been WOTll III lHt Iettnl past have been severely criticized by men of taste. Large fluffy drapery appeals to the man with an eye for art, and the wide skirt will probably be revived some day.
 But the uglest fashion of all is the way the women make up'' their faces after the style of stage people Actors must make up'' in order to look right before the footlights. but why q woman off the stage will ruin her looks by "cream- ing and "rouging is puzzle to me. A little paint on the checks and lips may be becoming to many of the fair sex. But the chalk like face and lips over-red with cosmetic transforms q good looking woman into something a little short of hideous. Every young woman has sufficient color to make a good ap- pearance, provided she has good dges- ton. But better have a muddy com plexion than too much of the artificial. I asked a lady the other day why we'll bred women affected the stage face make up" and she said: Simply be- cause 1t is the fashion," Certain it is that the cream face will never be con- vincing and the sooner the fashion is reformed the better.
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HE word greater as applied to
 cities that have enlarged their

l" HE word greater as applied to
 cities that have enlarged their x boundary lines-Greater New York, Ereater Birmingham and the like--is wrong While the proposition to merge Manhattan (old New York, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond, was handing, the term Greater New York was in common use. It was d useful phrase md expressed just what was intended.
 It was about 15 years after the late Andrew Green organized the consolidation movement that the extension was con- sumated and then people had become so Familiar with the term Greater New York That they held on to if. It is the same with our Birmingham. We heard much bf Greater Birmingham several years be- Tore the legislature passed the Greater Birmingham bill The term greater had been used for long time to designate large municipalities and their enNirons. hor example, Greater London nas always heant the metropolitan district and the tivil divisions close by. Greater Kew York should now be understood as in- sluding all the towns closely tributary to the great city of New York, and by Greater Birmingham should be understood, as he census bureau designates it. the city
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Parks as Building Sites

Now that there Is increasing inter
 est in the subject of parks and play grounds and great buildings, the public Is beginning to take larger views of everything relative to landscape and architecttfre. Birmingham has several small parks and 1t will have many more, but the need Is less pressing here for municipal ownership of acre age pleasure grounds than In the older cities where narrow streets and con- tested districts present perplexing prob lems. Birmingham is situated in a lovely valley with high wooded hills rising on either side. This city was laid off with wide streets, and in the residence sections the drive ways are beautiful as well as wide Highland avenue with it's park effects. and Alta mont road extending along the crest of Red mountain commands views as enchanting as some of the famous scenery of North Carolina. Still, as Birmingham Is destined to become a city of enormous size an extensive sys- tenn of public parks will be necessary, and our park commission will have q plenty to occupy it's attentin.
 One of the questions that must be decided in the near future is that of courthouse expansion. Jefferson coun- ty has handsome courthouse now, but 1t is not mali large enough to accom- modate properly the courts and the county offices. Various suggestions have been made as to how the situa- tion might be relieved. We must have new jail and one of the suggestions is that a combination sky scraper courthouse and jail be erected on the present jail site and that the old tenn pie of justice as it stands be used as a public library, or as the courthouse proper, using the proposed new com bination building to take care" of the overflow from tho courthouse offices. Another suggestion is that the court house be sold and new building of
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in social touch with those persons who have achieved success in some special line of endeavor. For example, he will invite the artists of the city to attend reception to meet pupils who are "tak- irg' free hand drawing. At another time he will invite gentlemen prominent in the industrial world 10 meet boys of the manual training department and will in- vite ladies who take a special Interest in cooking, dressmaking and millinery 10 meet the youn gladles who are specializing in those respective branches of the use- full arts. Principal Brown has already had q musical social for the benefit of the musical section of the high school, It took place last Saturday night, and MT. Washburn was the guest of honor. A number of Birmingham's professional mu- sicans, including MT. and Mrs. Gussen. were present. and the occasion was one long to be remembered.
 Education is not to be found in books alone. It is 10 be gained largely by con- tact with the busy world. Principal Brown will accomplish untold good by pursuing his new plan.