Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02


hood rewarded him with sweets and
dainties.
The New York American list Of 1912 out
put of bonds, short term notes and stocks !
by railroad, Industrial. traction and mis-
cellaneous corporations shows a total of |
80, 141, 500. 600 a new high figure and AN
increase over 1911 Of sio2, 220o0o. Amer /
ica's Rotations are roughly double those /
OF Great Britain and France.
The Western Union has announced = |
new cable service by which a 12-word /
message can be sent to Great Britain |
, ireland, Holland or Belgium for IS cents
after to-day Delivery will be made the
day following. This supplements the
service of % words for Sl.5o The Com
mercial cable will not follow suit
| A WASHINGTON special says Representa-
tive Lewis. joint author with Senator
Bourne Of the parcel post law, has de-
vsed an elebatotc scheme for extension
of the system to include practically all
business now conducted by the express
companies. rhe plan contemplatcs estah-
hshment Of secondary or fast freight par
|
pounds. enlargement of classification SO
as to include everything shipped by cX-
press. Il working scheme for G. O. J..
| trade, a loor-to-door collection and de-
livery and graduation Of rates down to
the actual cost of conducting business.
Marshall Field e Co.'S Christmas trade
| was double that of last year.
The United Cigar Stores company will
build 12-story office building in oak
land, Cal, to cost 900 900.
After January ! the White Star line
will increase wages of deck and stoke
hold crews $50 month.
J Tho Deschutcs dam at Dcschutes Ore.
which will reclaim 7o,ooo acres of desert
land, has been completed.
Butter yellow" is the new color which
promises 10 dominate the 1919 spring
fashions for women
"The negro race in this country will
be extinct in 2,132 says Professor William
BENJAMIN Smith. noted southern lecturer
who has made lifelong study of the
negro.
Claude Broffal. who was found drown
ed in shallow ditch in New orleans
was a former Atlantic city, y j., life
saver and had rescued 200 persons from
drowning in seven years Of service.
Fear oil war has injured general trade
in F,urone and Christmas was the black
est within living memory. In Vienna D.
900 have been thrown out of employment
1 and receipts in some shops have been
t less than one-tifticth of what they were
r year ago Bank deposits there have
been withdrawn on a wholesale scale;
s money has been denied productive indus
q try and general prostration prevail ;
throughout Austria. There is practically
no gold in circulation.
D Pronounced an incurable consumpuye
by several physicians, William Peck OF
v Sayrc, Pa, was attacked by a racking
+ cough and when it was over wisdom
= tooth which had lodged in his lung two
n years ago, lay upon the floor, and his re-
covery is assured.
n The New York Herald estimates 1900
l. COPIES of newspapers are daily throw
8 away in New York subway trains, ant
!. the amount each week totals about 40
n tons. Most Of this waste paper goes bach
o to pulp mills and is used over again.
The new Equitable building in New
York. to be financed by the Du Points
will be the biggest but not highest build
ing in the world. 1t will have l,l0o,g
20 square feet Of rentable space and will b.
r bigger than the municipal and WOODWORK
buildings combined or both the Hudson
terminal buildings 1t will be 81 storie
u high and will cost 81, O00o 600 above ground
III 1t will take two years for completion.
The New York American learns tina
IN President elect Wilson has PRACTICAL
u decided upon six members of the cabinet
aside from Mr.. McComhs, as follows
William J. Bryan, secretary of state q
~ treasury; A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsyl
u yania. attoney-general; Albert S Burle
e. son of Texas, postmaster-sener
rosephus Daniels of North Carolina, score
ne tarv Of the navy; former Governor Norri
e' Of Montana, secretary of the interior
FL Obadiah Gardner of Maine, secretary {
agriculture.
at An Ottawa despatch says that a stOI
Nv 10 in circulation there that arrangement
have hocn affected with Boston fnanci'
interests. whereby the whole Grand Trun
~ no,,cv I'm New England. including i
"a entrance into Boston, will be completes
~ Tho storv f. vouched for by inNucnt
90 rriends Of the Grand Trunk who deClal
hat nancy for the New England pr
gram will be forthcoming provided II
Grand Trunk will drop its alliance wit
We ,.,Ier interests and run its lines in
"S Boston and Providence.
ny Governors of the New York Stock +,
,r.oga have practically decided to give
.ho idea Of issuing statement in defen
on -, oxchange practices They viii nste;
'rs .,r, their attention to correcting certa
il a,,us which admittedly exist. one of Il
.ry trat steus will be taken through a su
,,,,.nittec ON stock listngs ana admi
.tans If is admitted that manipulate,
.. a,d wash sales should be stopped, and
- asfort will be made to do this, Requr
49, ,,,ant of information before listing stoG
no IN ,robably be made more drastic, al
ts nossible that limitation of membe
a,,, IN LOO may also be modified.