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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
FOREST PROTECTION.
Dominion of Canada Earliest Saw the
Need for It.

From the Detroit News
Though the American forest protection
service has been a pioneer. it has been
outstripped by the c anadian service in
point of efficiency. This Is probably in
part due to the fact that Canada has
more forests to protect at the present
time. Forest fires were much diminished
In Michigan last year, and a survey of
the whole continent shows a like condition
to have prevailed, perhaps owing to the
favorable climatic circumstances for the
most part, but still. in a large part owing
to the superior protection that is being
afforded.
The review Of the past is a sad one even
for Canada For every foot of Canadian
timber used for commercial purposes, sew
en- feet of equally valuable timber have
been destroyed by fire. The trail Of the
railroad marked also the trail of this dis
aster Adequate regulations for protec-
ton are being enforced. A second prolific
cause of disaster are the slashings of old
numbering exploits. and the remains of
burnt-overs. What to do with the debris.
which sooner or later will in turn menace
the surrounding forests, is still the big
problem. The people of this continent are
beginning to appreciate the enormous
value Of the forests and the task Of their
protection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
The Woman Exile.
From the Chicago Journal.

FROM the Chicago Journal.
Some day some one will tell the tale of
womans loyalty and heroism as revealed
by the convict settlement of Siberia
The man who was sentenced to Siberia
was legally dead. His heirs might share
his property-unless 1t were confiscated
by government His wife was free to
marry again. She could best escape
police espionage by such a marriage. as
1t would tend to show that she had no
part in her husbands plotting against
the government.
But in a great majority Of cases the
wife. instead of using her freedom. asked
permission to follow her husband into
exile. Some wives of exiles were COM
PEELED to remain In Russia by family
considerations. Many were held back
by the police. But of those who could,
an immense majority took the Siberian
trail.
They made this choice when two thirds
Of the exiles died on the road. They went
to the hardships of frontier life on the
edge Of the Arctic circle. They faced
cold, privatiOns, isolation. espionage to
he with their husbands.
There is no finer chapter in the history
of the sex: and none which historians
and romancers have more unaccountably
neglected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23

ed Nothing can happen in European war
in Mexican snarls, in tariff revisiOns-
nothing can happen in any of the long lis,
of bear items-that can cause new wor-
fies. new f1urries.
We have reached the ultimate in de-
preston influences
Nine out of ten standard stocks upon
the New York Stock Exchange ought to
be bought right now for substantial adj
advice not merely to specula-
tors, but to investors. We have turned
the corner
Before 1918 has much farther progress
ed Wall street will have buoyancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23

wrestling all over the landscape with
that agent. He had the impudence TO
come to this house and show his pic
lures. ana they were enough to make
My husband looked at them. and
the cold sweat dripped off him like
water Off roof. Then Duckhefmer
said: Now. Mr.. Curfew, you take in
your sign and withdraw as a candi-
GATE. or III have the town plastered
with these pictures What could INV
loved one do? He had to Withdraw
from the race, and it drove the iron
into his soul, and the mere mention of
cameras or photographs makes him
take my advice and go before he comes
back from the barn"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
KANSAS CITY.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, February Do
Cattle-Receipts. 300 head, including 1OO
southern; steady. Native steers, 7.OOa
SIS; southern steers, 6.2Ja115; southern
cows and heifers. 4.OOa6.5O; native cows
and heifers. 4.O0aSOO: stockers and feed
ers, 6OOa7.9O; bulls, 5.75a6.5O; calves, $50
a1O.OO; western steers, 6.50aS05; western
cows, 4.OOa6. 80
Hogs-Receipts. COO head; strong
Bulk of sales, S. 1OaS2O; heavy, S.O5aS. Is;
packers and butchers. S.1OaS.2O: light,
S.15aS.25; pigs. 6.75a1.5O.
Sheep-Receipts none; strong Mutton,
4.3Ga6. 4G: Colorado lambs, S.O0aS 50; range
wethers and yearlings, 5.5Oa7GO; range
ewes, 3.JOa5.7J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
Will Correct Gross Abuses.

Several gross abuses will be corrected
through the voluntary action Of the
stock exchange. individuals will here
after be safeguarded against having
their shares and bonds dumped into a
jackpot and used as collateral for gen.
eral loans. That has been an abuse
strenuoUsly contended against Petitions
and demands that the practice of nv
pothecating individual property in this
way have been treated with open con-
tempt and those who did not like il were
told to go to, words to that effect
The stock exchange governors are now
earnest I'm assuring the public that here
after their interests will be careful. y
protected in the matter pointed out
This is a reform which will tend to
make "A good impression, but there is
still another abuse in the Wall street
methods. which will have To be done
away with in order TO make the public
believe il is entirely in earnest I'm the
expressed desire TO save the public from
being ruthlessly robbed-and that Is to
keep rotten properties off the trading
list Dozens of stocks have been worked
on on the public through the indorse-
ment which the exchange gives them by
permitting their purchase and sale on
the floor. when I'm fact the purpose OF
the campaigns was TO plumber deluded in
FestOrs and spectators. Roadway has
peen made TO put stop to this collision
with swindlers but the brokers who
share the commissions on rotten pro-
motions as Well good stocks hate to
cut down their incomes
The taking over of Central Pacific by
Union Pacific destroys whatever little
chance George Geulds Western Pacific
had of getting a foothold. There never
was more senseless piece of railroad
building ever put through as this con-
struction of line from Salt Lake CITY
10 san Francisco across a desert counxry.
barren of paying business and serving
only as an ostensible outlet for the trait
nc of Denver and Rio Grande with Mis-
souri, Pacific and other eastern Gould
connections. 1t was a sad piece of BUSH
ness and represented the virtual burning
up of nearly 100000. 600 IL is now left
by the wayside, a hopeless and helpless
orphan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
CATTLE MARKETS.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, February 22-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 200 head unchanged. Beeves.
q. 75a9.OO: Texas steers. 5.2Oa6.0O: stockers
and feeders. 59OaS.15: cows and heifers,
3 15a1.4O calves, 7.OOa1OJO
Hogs-Receipts, 1900 head; active.
Light. S.:sOaS.55: mixed. S.2jaS -; heavy,
g. 10aS.J0: rough, Sl0aS.20; pigs 6.JOaS 33;
bulk, S.4OaS.J0.
Sheep-Receipts 1000 head steady.
Native muttons, j.10a6.65: yearlings, 6.7Oa
500; native lambs, 7.4OaSSJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
Materials the Mississippi Conveys
from the Scientific American

From the Scientific Americah
From a large number OF analyses OF
the waters of the Mississippi river 1t
is estimated that the great stream car
ries annually. into the sea during the
average year 1876. 100000 tons of dissolved
salts and 34O,OOO,O0O tons of mud and
other suspended matter, a total of 476.-
400 600 tons Of material extracted by the
Mississippi and its tributaries from the
rocks and soils of its drainage BASIN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
Revised.

From Judge.
1.-THE way of the transgressor is hard"
quoted the divine.
The automobile salesman Immediately
became alert.
Use one Of our cars and II won't be, "
he asserted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
FOREIGN MARKETS..

LONDON. February 22.-The absence OF
any material movement toward peace IN
the near east continues to restrict bust
ness on the stock exchange. During the
week the various markets were generally
easy. and it was necessary to maintain
the > per cent bank rate. which otber-
wise could have been lowered in view OF
the improving position of the bank.
The market troubles began with the
Rouma MIA Bulgarian controversy, 1nduc-
ing Paris and Berlin selling: then the
Mexican situation and J. p. Mergan's ill
ness upset the American section and
Mexican rails. while labor fears and the
insertion of the clause III the railway bill
limiting increases i'm rates to period of
five years depressed home rails. Mexican
securities recovered on the fall of Ma
dero. and foreign shares steadied with the
belief that the Roumania- Bulgarian ques-
ton will be satisfactorily arranged, but
renewed uneasines developed at the end
of the week on rumors of financial trouble
in the provinces and on the continent.
The features of the trading were the
sharp rise in the Sac PaulO rails and
steady investment buying of Argentine
rails 1t was rumored that the Brazil
railway was buying Sac Paulos for con-
troll.
American securities lost to points.
despite a mid-week rally, the Mexican
trouble, new issues and fears of labor
trouble causing general selling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
WEEKS RANGE OF PRICES
Corrected to the Close of Business February - al
the New York Stock Exchange.

weeks closing Pr
and the year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
Passing of Railway Derelicts.

Under the rigid rulings of the inter-
state commerce commission it is no
longer easy for a poverty stricken and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23

BERLIN, February 21.-PriceS were
generally higher on the bourse today on
the improved international political situa-
tion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
ooivency Is Paramount.

In Wall street the big banking interests
are still preaching and practicing caution
They have not entirely recovered from
their fright. and nervousness, but realize
that they have been exaggerating the i'm
portance of what looked like disastrous
political action. Business men through
out the. country are taking prompt
measures to teach the statesmen that
a maintenance of solvency is in reality
paramount and must be safeguarded.
Woman suffrage. various schemes of cur
-rency reform and various more or less
immature and half-baked schemes for the
heavenly uplift of mankind can wait. Tn
rebuked and undsturbed privilege of
earning money to buy bread and butter
and clothes for 1O0.WO.OO0 people is an
ever-present necessity, fact which the
politicians are already having impressed
upon them.
The spectacle OF the various stock and
commercial exchanges throughout the
country moving TO correct abuses which
have turned the public against them,
shows that the powerful and arrogant
financial and brokerage interests have
also experienced the sensations of rude
Awakening to unpleasant realities. Not all
of these people have been guilty Of
wrongdoing in their operations in Wall
street and elsewhere, but they have con-
doned if not actually Endorsed enter
prises for the exploitation of the public
which SAVIOR of wrong. Unpleasant as
this may be. the facts are there to prove
about all that has been said about the
hoggishness OF Wall street and its indif-
ference to the rights of the public which
is compelled To buy and sell its securities
through the organized machinery of the
market places. The essence of the de-
mands of the public is that protection
be- given against future robberies and
imposition along old lines. In this cam
paien the public is very likely to meet
with substantial success
Diaven to the wall the ruling factions
in the New York Stock Exchange have
come out into the open and announced a.
number OF very much needed changes in
the rules of that powerful organization
whereby the customers may receive fair
treatment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
Easy to Meet.

From The Philadelphia Inquirer
A man doesn't have to go far to meet
trouble half way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
SEES BETTER TIMES.
Optimistic View of Conditions
in Wall Street.
MARKET AT THE BOTTOM
Depressing Influences Have Done
Their Worst.
ALL SECURITIES SHRUNKEN
Investors and Spectators Should
Profit in Holdings of Standard
Stocks Before Very Long.
ALL SECURITIES sHRUNKEN
BY 81. ALLOWAY.

NEW YORK. February 22.-Wall street
approaches better times
This is not popular VIEWS in con-
hict with the general and very emphatic
view of nine out of ten of the New York
Stock Exchanges oracfes-especially op-
posed by the outcries of q, horde of gen.
tlemen who only little while ago were
intensely .contemptuous of anybody who
could harbor even the slightest notion
that anything whatsoever in the financial
district could go lame.
When in this review soma months back
1T was urged that conditions warranted
extra security market caution. pointing
out that there was quiet but undoubtable
hesitancy upon the part Of leaders whose
movements were entitled to consideration
more than hundred letters were received
of protesting ard critical sort, very gen.
erous proportion Of the same being ILL
tempered. Stocks were not high, SO the
chorus ran, and 1t was insisted that pro-
fessional bear spectators had sold what
they did not own and would have to buy
pack. that business conditions were
healthful. that crop results were splendid.
that political prospects were understood
and discounted, that Europe's war was of
no consequence here. that Mexican
a',a 10, ohs .UuIu ne dl any moment tuIottie0
without i'll effect to us, that confidence
was the prevailing note in business circles
the country over, and greatest emphasis
put upon this stock market safety was
underwritten by the fact that securities
are today owned outright in larger pro-
portion that ever before in our history
owned by the richest men of the coun-
try, such owners as were not subject to
responsiveness or nervousness or intimi-
dalton. such as had bought fully UNDER
standing the value of their purchases
and, therefore. not only able but deter
mined to maintain their investment posi-
ton. This catalogue of bull arguments
was not without its impressiveness. Most
of the representations seemed to be true
some of them uere indisnufa hl1, 50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23

If you want work read the want col
umus of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
PARIS.
BERLIN

| PARIS. February 22.-Prices were firm
| on the bourse today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
BETTER TONE DEVELOPS
Prices for Past Week Reach Bottom
Record for Year.
CAUSES ENORMOUS LOSS
Cautious Investors Now Able tC
Pick UP Stock Bargains That
Must Rise Soon.
BY w. G. NICHOLAS.
Special Correspondence Of The star.

NEW YORK. February 80. 1919.
Politics. war and finances have been the
three leading factors in the stock mar
ket this week. Wall street continues to
he In a state of mind" and refuses to
emerge into the freedom of courageously
facing a future which is by no means as
bad as il has been pictured
In the first place. general industrial and
commercial business throughout the
country has had no such reaction as rep
resented for the past few weeks. There
has been some let-down in certain
branches of manufacture. but not nearly
what the headlines would have it ap-
pear-and nothing like what the fears of
Wall street have painted. The net result
OF this slow change to a healthier senti-
ment has been d slight recovery in Sc
curities prices and some little increases
in investment buying Realization is COM
ing over the street that matters might
he very much worse. and that come
what may the country is going to sur
vive all attacks and misfortunes.
The newspaper correspondents do not
seem to have found out Yet that the
politicians are seeing a new light and
that some of the wild proclamations that
have been heard TO future radical ac-
Hon by Congress and the incoming ad-
ministration are i'm process of modifica-
ton. The business interests, which. when
You come down to an analysis of the
situation, represent about three-quar-
ters of the voting population are proving
to be exceedingly influential at the ma
lions capital They are not as noisy as
the spellbinding element, but it is weight
SER on political action when the time
comes for actually doing things.
Wall street Is hearing all about this
before the Washington newspapermen
have realized the strength of the forces
behind the soenes-in the congressman's
home district.
Up TO a very few days ago Wall street
has been in a blue funk. 1t has been
actually saturated with gloom Congress
and the New York state legislature. under
the guiding hands of Mr.. Wilson and Mr..
Sulzer. respectively. We're going to put
the knife to business of all kinds. big and
little. according TO the talk that was
heard everywhere and by everybody
There was no salvation in sight or hear
ing. Then the people who would be hurt
by rash legislative action got busy and
moved on Washington and Albany. The
results have been Frightening in the MAN,
although ii may be some time before the
glad news reaches and sinks into the gem
eral public that the politicians i'm reality
arc not as bad as they would have it
appear. At heart, they are neither for the
commission of murder or suicide and will
hesitate "a long time before committing
actual injury To property interests Back
ground conditions are unquestionably on
the mend.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-16
Secretary Houston Gives
Out Final Estimates
for 1918.
HIGH PRICES ATONE
FOR SMALLER YIELD
Corn and Cotton Production
Worth More than Ever
Before in History.

WASHINGTON. Dec l5.-With the most
valuable crops Of corn and cotton ever
,roduced and the second most valuable
oat crop. the value Of the nations four
teen principal farm crops this year aggre-
Gates $500 sol. 600 the Department OF ASri-
culture announced to-day in its final esu-
mates of acreage. production and value.
This is an increase OF $lS2,95S,OoO over the
value of the same crops last year. and of
$3.50 az. 600 over those OF 1911. based on the
prices paid to farmers on December !.
The acreage of these crops is equivalent
to a farm one-seventh the size OF CONT
mental United States. The exact area
planted TO these fourteen crops, which is
more than % per cent of the total OF all
crop area. was 299. 4S3, 900 acres, an increase
of almost 100000 acres over last year
area and of more than 100000 over the
1911. area. More than one-third OF the
total acreage was planted TO corn.
For the crops, as a whole, the average
production an acre was valued at about
$3.50. The corn crop averaged So 96 an
acre: cotton, so 10; sugar beets, $50 81;
wheat. Sl214 oats, 81 a. sweet potatoes,
SIS so: rice SO 6S; potatoes. SCI 10; tobacco,
500 80 and rye Sl2 S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-16
HOLIDAY FEELING
in GRAIN MARKETS
Dealers Generally Hold Off
for the Crop Report
Coffee Declines.

There was little activity in the wheat
market yesterday. partly on account OF
a general desire to await the government
crop report before making commitments
and partly through a general holiday feel
Ing pervading the market After an early
decline there was a rally, closing prices
being net unchanged to &c up from Sat
urday's finals. Corn also declined early.
rallying later and closing net unchanged
TO sc up. Oats followed the other grains
being weakened by heavy interior receipts
and closing steady at sc advance to the
same amount decline from the previous
close.
The day in the coffee market was the
dullest OF the season so far, with no new
developments in the foreign or local sit
uations. Prices showed split changes at
the start but weakened, the close being
at net unchanged TO points down.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-16
Cash QUOTATIONS..
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

York. December To- iti'.
,p,i<- WlIEAT-Thc market was mac
- ,f,,r declining IA &c under iode'-
80 LIQUIDATION prices rallied, ana al w .'o'3
ycr, net unchanged 20 'sc h!E..I. AZ, rios.
yoy,rnmeut report Was que 49, - as
ssS ,re market and this had a tendency 10 or
% 80. ..y,rcs-iXe op,ratlous either WAY.
r,,,r,hernor, there was no particular ,ia't,
in underlying conditions. ana mo main
already beginning to ieel VIC r,o,t showed
roulus HOLIDAYS. The government report Hl.o" - =
-, trSerase in the Yield Of winter wheat W
~ oI2 600 bushels over the lirli"'n"' ~, =,
mate and a decrease ot ,'''op 'ua'i
s,,,, ,,baot wnile the total spring ana VIZ
49, ION was 10 la 90 bushels over t" pi'
iiuinarv estimate. the total Nlell ntlhs pa,
a, Tt,g 8SB 900 bushels, compared VIZ" " t
cron last year OF $50. 2GiOpO bushcIs. io''isn
r,srryc,s we're without special features, al
,roueb news was rather cohIlcuns' 'H' -
lble supply in the United Sth'es uve' r"-. :
o or az, bushels compared Win an increase
:, 10 On last year. bonded wheat increased
geo npO and Canadian Increased l.oto'oV',
making the total decrease IN An'riChu so. 50 f. /,
OF III 600 In tho local cash hSrNeI ~
70, uin,er wheat was quoted AZ J. elevator
domestic. ana 81 OF b, NO Norll ,.
Duiu,b oos,c Z O b. CORN-Ihe weather
was again favorable for marketing inc new
crop. and receipts at interior pom" ,Si. season
largest for any one day 50 Tar thls sea-'3 5t
,.ere4a,inr . I76. 600 bushels compared WIN
NJ 90 last week and l,23sco LAST year. , ne
market declined i.q'4c cary, uhter a', ~,
seIitnr ms rallied late and closed net IN
, .hsng"d 10 10 higher The government re
,or, Indicated a crop ~ 2.446.9sS.crO bushels.
COMPARED with the preliminary estimate OF
. 49, or 900 and the hnal crop last year OF
8 i2i 74G 600 The visible shower sn ,l,,l l...
=, 100 o.no bushels. compared with an lncreas"
~ $4,000 last year. Ia the local cash market
10 = yeiloyy corn was quoted at 77',c. r.
TO arrive OATS-Tre market was hca.y
.arIv in sympathy with corn ana owing 10
iorccr receipts at interior points. but clos"d
.,e,d, az 40 decline 10 &c net advance. The
government report indicated yield OF LII.
egS ono h,sbels conipared with the nnsl last
rssr NJ AIS .37 600 The visible decreased
/ $40 600 bushels. compared with decrease OF
sa7 900 last year cash market was easy
standard white. A5ha4dtc; No ?. 46,.nilc;
cIipped. 45d48Iac; fancy clipped, 4Ia4sc, all
elevator. RYE-Quict; No western, Ilc'
T. New York export, oil rail, hAhLhi
Quiet; mailing, G5as0c. l Z, Bunalo'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-16
Yields Below Average.

These fourteen crops are only portion
Of the production of the soil which ap-
proxirnates s6OOO,0Oo,ocO in value each
YEAR. The total value OF the animal prod
ucts Of the farm is estimated at about
1900 100000 annually.
The production of crops in the United
States in 1918 was materially below the
average" Secretary Houston announces.
the yield an acre of all crops combined
being smaller than in any year Of the last
decade with the exception of 1911. This
shortage was caused by severe drouth,
accompanied by excessive heat during the
summer months in an important portion
Of the agricultural district OF the United
States and particularly in Kansas, Okla
homa. Missouri and adjacent states.
"Inasmuch as crop production OF 1872
was unusually large, a greater proportion
than usual has been carried into the pres
ent crop year. which should mitigate
somewhat the effects of the shortage of
this years crops.
The corn crop, the most valuable farm
product OF this country. is smaller than
any crop since 1903. Wheat production is
the largest ever recorded in this country.
The crop was practically matured before
the drouth became effective The ost crop
Is the third largest OF our history. There
has been steady expansion Of the area
of this crop The hay crop is smaller than
the large crop Of 1912. Rather liberal rains
in the late summer and fall have pro-
duced good pastures. The cotton crop
will perhaps rank fourth or third in size.