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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-18
OFFICE OF CITY CLERK.

Newark NJ T.. Aug 1G. 1919.
Report of deaths for the week ending
August 10, 1913 Mem 30; boys. 30; women,
Ages-One year and under. 81; between
] and years. 4; between and years. Z;
between and 10 years. . between 10 and
20 years, .; between 20 and 30 wears. 3: be-
tween 20 and 30 years g. between 40 and so
years. o. between 30 and 60 years, IA: be-
tween 60 and 10 years. q: between 10 and
so wears. II: so and over 3.
Diseases-Abscess liver. l.. alcoholism. 2:
apoplexy cerebral hemorrhage, 3; atelec-
tasis, pulmonary. burns. l.. cancer. .: cam
Ger colon l cancer stomach 2; casualties 1:
cholera infantum summer complaint. 3;
cirrhosis liver, l. congestion, lungs. l: con-
vrls'ons. .; diabetes melitus. / diarrhoea. L:
diphtheria, @ drowned. Q: embolsm. l. en-
docarditis. O. entero- colitis. l.: erysipelas. L:
fracture skull 1; astro-enteritis 49, heart
disease. .: heart. valvuar. 2: hamilton. A:
intersussepton bowels. / marasmus or mall
nutrition. 3; measles, I; meningitis. acute,
/, meningitis. tubercuiar. .; murder. 2.
myocarditis. 3; nephritis. s; paralysis. gen.
eral 3: pneumonia. broncho. g septicaemia.
Il still born, 8; tuberculosis o. tumor. 1:
whoopng cough. I.
Places of Nativity--United States. II; Ire-
land o, italy, q France. q Sweden I;
Germany, Il: Canada. l Russia. .; Auss
tria q
Coior-White 1O4: colored g.
JAMES F. CONNOLLY.
C'ity Clerk
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oNHURT IN FALL
Especial to the Newark star.I

BELMAR. n. j., Aug. 1S,--Aviator
George M. Dyott. in landing yester-
day. struck hole in the air. and
fell, narrowly escaping death. His
machine struck at sharp angle and
overturned, wrecling 1t beyond re-
pair, the young Englishman declares.
necessitating the abandonment of his
intended trip to Washington. Dyott
received only few scratches.
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RECOVERING FROM FALL OFF CAR

Albert Zen, 10 years old, OF log
Adams street, who was injured when
he fell from South Orange avenue
car on the way to the ball game
Yesterday, was reported to be in no
danger at St. James's Hospital where
he was taken. Zeh was stealing a
ride on the Car when he met with
the accident in Hamburg place. He
had a bad scalp wound and bruised
hip.
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DIVES INTO DEEP AIRSHAFT
AS HER CHILDREN LOOK ON
Especial to the Newark stnr.I

Especial to the Newark Stnr.I
GUTENBERG. N. j.. Aug 49,
Neglected by her husband. Mrs. An
toinette Kupka. after kissing her chill
dren good-by. threw himself headlong
in their presence, into a sixty foot
airshaft, at her home. 240 Twenty
seventh street,
In a dying condition, at the North
Hudson Hospital. Mrs. Kupka told
Recorder Spitz that her husband was
attentive to another woman She
said she had not slept for four nights.
fearing to be chloroformed
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240 CRATES OF PEACHES
S-NT BY PARCEL POST

ALBUQUERQUE. n. M. Aug. IS.
What is believed to be a record
shipment by parcel post passed
through this city last night, when 240
crates of peaches, in transit from
Pennington to Gallup. this State,
we're transferred here. The fruit will
have travelled a distance Of 1000 miles
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-18
nnMINIeANS SCORE WIN

The Dominicans defeated the Sacred
Hearts in game that was in 'ubt
Sfss'until the last man was at bat
at Dominican Field yesterday. The
INA. score read to 1, fa"oring the
7, pon.inicans. after one OF the hardest
$50 fought contests played on lhe locd's
field this season.
m Burke allowed the Sacred Hearts
= nine hits, but received sterling sup
s.s,ort The Domiricans garnered
twelve safe bingles off Mckevitt. the
Sacred Heart twirlcr.
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REAL ESTATE.
TRANSFERS.

BENJAMIN Neshlovsky to Gustave
A. Ruefiie, II Avon av, so IT g
fir ). Nineteenth 81, 25X100. .......
Gustav 4. Ruefiie to Benjamin Yesh-
lovsky. 5 Aldine st, 1923 II II fir
Lyons av. 50x100. .....................
/ Joseph kenwnrthy ct al to Harold
l.. Spieer, l55 fl fr cor Fourth
nv and y. Twelfth st. 30xl00 -.
Harold l.. Spicer ct al to Ollvette
NJ. kenworthy, same PROPERTY.
Caroline Beale and husband to Benz
1amin Erman ct nj. W $ Norfolk
ST. ~ r. # Bank st. 25x96. .....
August q, Birkenmeier (trus) to
J 10 VI. Ftrommer, " Hayes st.
y n n FIR Dark lane 2SX1O0.
Julia {. Schroeder and hus to Felix
Forlenza. 5 Columbia av, 557 1T
fr ). orange av, 25x100 ..
FANNIE Eppstein ct nj to Mary d.
Sondls e Rutgers st. W cor lot
Peter T. McAndrew jr., to Charles
nuchanan, Scheerer av, LOIS fl
Nv fr Bergen st. 50x100. ...,.........
charles ). Orben to Barbara Buch
and hus, S s. Twentieth II OK
II fir Twelfth av. 25y1O0
-, TOWNSHIPS
Autley Realty Company to Ramon
Munoz-Tebar. Nutley, 8 Gun
M bingham st. 204 IT FIR Union av,
''-AANy - OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Eva +. Haight and bus 10 poui
hraske. Caldwell. mid public road
r. J rankin TO Fairfield, cor land
william Cadmus, so acres. and
,0,ner tracts .................
william J.. Rae (spec grdn) TO An.
gusta Williams, W. Caldwell. lot
:, 3 man. Alfred Boiler ........'..,
ooutn Mountain Park Land Com
panY TO John Lasala, T.. Orange. w
$ Crawford St 175 # FIR Bedford
{, -, -SA!W Observation-Disclosures.
samuel Never to Jacob Rankin. Trv.
r nston' 5 Argyle ter, 100 IT fir
Mahlon $. Drake to George d. Har.
iIs Irvington. s Clinton av W.
1a ioo III W fr land of Mindich. 25x1OO
JACOB II. Mayer to Edward e
Schwarz. Irvlngton. W Wehster
ps 81, ~ n n fr Elmwood av, s7x125
BIOS Nidmark ct al to Leonora W
Gdsall, Montclalr, W Walnut
eaeSce en- $ land Horace Dun
N'Nf -oAlVV ........,....-
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CONTRACTS FILED

These contracts were filed in the
county clerks office today
May Hlllman. of Caldwell, owner
with A. w. Hillman and j. II. Hillman,
jr.. of Caldwell, contractors general
work, $4,000; Elm road, Caldwell.
Il. Russell Brant owner, with r.
Bonkowsky contractor, carpenter
work $500; Market and Lawrence
streets
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RAAB-Suddenly. on August Is. 1918.
Charles Raab. son of Joseph and
Lydia Raab (nee Neve).
Relatives and friends are kindly
invited to attend the funeral from
Frank A. Foley's funeral parlors.
at 302 Lafayette street, on Tuesday.
August 10, 1913. at a. m, thence
to the Blessed Sacrament Church.
where a Mass of Requiem will be
offered for the repose of his soul.
Interment in the Cemetery of the
holy Sepulchre. Formerly of Flush
ing, N. Y. New York papers please
copy.
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vINCO NINE VICTORIOUS

,e- The Vince a. c. defeated the Seneca
{ Juniors in a slugginR match yester-
day. the score being 10 to 1S Fuhs'
pitching in the pinches and his good
4 batting won the game for the Nincos
saAll amateur teams avera ging or
10 years desiring games with the
Vince A. c. address NJ Gruber, man
ager 2S9 Fairmount avenue, city.
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Wife Weighs $50, Hubby 1870

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Aug. 49,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Aiken cele-
hrated their first wedding anniver-
sary yesterday Mrs Aiken weighs
$50 pounds and her husband 100
pounds, or a quarter of ton less.
They are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Earl.
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THOMAS-On August IT. 1918,
Charles w. Thomas, husband OF
Leora Nicholson.
Relatives and friends are kindly
invited to attend the funeral from
his late residence. 1873 Lincoln ave-
nue., on Wednesday. August 20. at
a. m... to the Church of Our Lady
OF Good Counsel. where a Solemn
High Mass of Requiem will be
offered for the repose of his soul.
Interment in the Cemetery of the
Holy Sepulchre.
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DODD-At East Orange, N. j., ON Nom
day, August Is, 1913, David A., nus
band OF Matilda Il. Dodd, at his resi-
dence, 273 Dodd street.
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MANUFACTURERS LEAGUE
Saturdays Scores,

Saturdays Scores.
Westinghouse, 6; Crocker-Wheeler. 1.
Westinghouse, s; Croker Wheeler. g.
Hyatt, 2: Splitdorf O.
General Electric, 8: Clark. g
General Electric, 5; Clark. /
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HIII-Caroline Greenwood Hill, wife of
on August II. 1913. at Red Bank, n j.
Funeral from lis Mt Pleasant avenue,
Newark, N. j., on Tuesday, August 10.
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FLANAGAN-On August is, 1918, Anna e.,
beloved daughter of John and Mary
Flanagan (nee Phillips.
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral from her
late residence, 1853 Verona avenue, on
tuesday, August 10, at s 80 a. m, to the
Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel,
where High Mass of Requiem will be
oHered Tor the repose of her soul. ln-
vile.
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SNYDER-Suddenly, Mt Orange. N. T..
August 18, 1913, Theodore S., beloved
husband of Adeline S. Snyder, 5 Claren-
don place.
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KUHN-On August Is, 1918, Alois.
beloved husband of Elizabeth Kuhn
(nee Bladt), and son of Michael and
years, 3SS South Ninth street
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N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE

Following are the quotations of the
days prices, as furnished through
Byrne & Mcdonnell. members of tie
New York Stock Exchange:
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ERVIN-On August 16, 1913 at his home.
40 Eighth avenue, Frank NJ. Erwin, IN
his seventy second year.
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SCHRElBER-Ente into rest on Sun.
daF, August II. 1913 Charles, beloved
husband of Katie Schneider (nee Kauf).
and father Of Helene and Charles
Schreiber, in his 44th year, 370M
Springfield avenue
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Colonel Mulhall's imperative en-
gagements must annoy him dread
fully, with icemen's strikes blooming
all around.
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Enthusiastically at Ogunquit, Me-, on
August 10, 1913 Delos Edwin Finks.
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STADBLHOFER-O August II. 1913.
Meta s. w. Winter. wife of Theodore
Stakeholder. In her Both year, 112'
Fourth street
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Putnam, 8; Fraternity, (forfeitedD.
Belleville. 70; Boyd, H.
Custer, 81; Adams, 8
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CRoNIN-on August IS, 1913 at his
residence, 23S Elm street, PatrieA
Cronin
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KELLY-Jersey City. August 16. 1913
Mary E., aged 90 years (nee Holle), be,
loved wife of Michael Kelly, of 292
st. Paul's avenue.
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HAYES-At Orange. n. J.. on Saturday
August 49, 1913, Anna Hayes, daughter
OF the late Christopher and Margaret
Hayes (nee Glennon)
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HACKETT-On Monday Aupust IL.
1913. James F., beloved husband OF
Teresa Hackett (nee Joyce). and
son of the late John and Jane
Lang street
Notice of funeral heraaftnr
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Notice of funeral hereafter.

HARBRIDGE-At Irvington. N 7 Ar.
gust 49, 1913 George r., husband Of
Alice Harbidge, In his 5Sth year, OF
Cummings street. -
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KUPPER-On August is, 1918, John A..
beloved husband of the late Rose
kupper tnee Lehman1. % Madison
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FRANKS-On August II 1913. at tina
residence of his parents, SO Read street,
s5ames, beloved son of Alexander and
mary FRANKS (nee Gerlack).
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IWEIGLE-On Sunday. August II,
l9l3. after n brief but severe illness,
Louisa Zweigle, formerly Eisele (nee
Lfchtenberg). age SO years, months,
81 William street
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MuRRAY-On August II, 1913, Mt HIS
late residence, 200 Fairmount avenue.
Patrick, beloved husband of Ann Muir.
ray (nee Farlelly).
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MOECK-Entered into rest on Saturday.
August 16. 1913 John George Moeck, be.
loved husband of Amelia Moeck (nse
Gleim) In his fifty-fifth year
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LOST AND FOUND.
ADVERTISE LOST OR FOUND
ARTICLES
THE LAW

"A person who finds lost property under
circumstances which gives him knowledge OF
means of inquiring as to the true owner
and who appropriaies such property to a.
own use or TO .he use Of another person VINO
is not entitled thereto without having nrst
made every reasonable effort to ma the
owner and return the property to him Is
guilty Of LARCENY. Jersey State
law.
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GAadMNoN,At Orange. N J.. August II,
iVl5' EDWARD, beloved husband of the
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BENEDICT-O August II, 1913, LYDIA
NJ, wife of Cyrus Benedict, aged oV
years, S73 South Fifteenth street.
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JEWELERS. LEAGUE


Baker & Co.. III f. Krementz Co. l.
Herper Bros, u; Jones d Woodland, 1
n Eastwood Park, 5; Carter-Howe
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MARTIN-On Sunday, August II, 1913.
Lydia Martin, IS Broad street.
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RATH-Suddeply. at Pompton Plains,
n. j., Fred Rath, sr. beloved hus-
6and OF Marie Rath, and father of
Newark, N. j.
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THOMPSON-On August Is. 1918. after d
short illness. Julia Frances, wife of
James Elihu Thompson.
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WHELAHAN-At Orange. n j.. on Sat-
urday. August 16, 1913 Patrick. beloved
husband of the late Mary Whelahan
tnee Walsh) at his daughters residence,
Mrs Emma Hampson. 1872 Scotland
street
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RQSS-On Saturday. August 16. 1913.
Henry A. Ross. of Butler N. j.
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LOCAL SECURITIES

The bid and asked PIECES appended
are furnished through EIaele q kingi
ELECTRIC. GAS ETC
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INSURANCE LEAGUE
JUNIOR ORDER LEAGUE

remens, II; Commercial Casualty, 5.
Newark Fire, II; American. II
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BoUTILLIER-on August IS, 1913, at
her late residence 800 Eighteenth ave-
nue., Margaret Boutillier (nee Gresl'
beloved wife of Frank Boutillier.
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FOUND at Achtel-Stetters Restaurant we'd
ding ring Owner can get same by ideh-
thing ring at managers office
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PHILA. STOCK MARKET

The following quotations were fur
nished by Eisele & King: Bid. Asked.
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'OBND-A sum OF money in Branch Brook
Park. Owner can have same by paying
or ad c. A. PALMER. 63 Bank ST
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FLORISTS.


LElBSSLE. florist and funeral designs a
speciality; seeds and plants of all descrlp-
lions. 450 Eighteenth av. Tel. i20a-W
Waverlv
WEDDING BOUQUETS. baskets and funerai
designs. H. FRANK BUOB. 10 Jones st..
near Springfield av.: 2as0-J. Market.
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PRICES OF BONDS

The following quotations were fur
nished by Post & Flagg:
Omen, High Low. Close.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-07-18
MURDER AT SUNDAY SCHOOL
Discussion Over Teaching Methods
Causes Two Deaths.

Tahlequah.-Matt Sanders, prom
inent Cherokee and a former sheriff
of the Cherokee country, was fatally
stabbed and Harry Sanders, his son,
was shot to death at Dykes Chapel
a rural church about five miles south
of this city Sunday morning. The
crime was due to a quarrel that arose
over the manamegent OF a Sunday
school class
Henry and Will Johnson, brothers,
arc missing The audience followed
the participants to the church.yard,
where they found the elder Sanders
lying on the ground, gashed, slashed
and stabbed in a number of places
Young Sanders, who had been shot
through the stomach, died a few min
utes after being found.
Bad blood has existed between the
Johnsons and Sanders before the
trouble in the Sunday school class.
Tom Johnson and Tom Sanders, men,
bers of these families, were killed
some years ago.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-07-18
Boys and Girls at State Fair
AN ENTIRE WEEK TO BE GWEN
OVER TO THE YOUNGSTERS
240 Oklahoma Young People are Ell.
gibIe To Attend the Sessions
from Sep. "a to Oct. a.

Practically every county in Okla
homa is interested in the fourth an
nual session of the A. and M. college
state farm school at the Oklahoma
State Fair and Exposition, Oklahoma
City, September "a to October 4, 1913.
The school will be held the second
week of the big fair, opening on Mon
day, September 20, and continuing
throughout the six days. 1t wi! be
boys ard sirls' week in the building
erected esptcia'y for the A. and M.
college by the State Fair association.
One hundred ard twenty bvs and
1870 girls are eligible to attend the
state fair school this year. The
school is conducted by the college i'll
cooperation with the state fair, and
provides for the boys and girls at
tending a Wees work in agriculture
and domestic economy and an oppor-
tunity to see the fair in a pleasant
and profitable manner. In addition to
the special building put up for the eX-
elusive use of the school, the college
will furnish a big tent for general
meetings and where the boys will he
housed. The girls will live in the A.
.and. NJ. college buildinG which is
midern in every respect, having con-
crete floors, electric lights and all
other conveniences. The building is
50x100 feet on the north side of the
100 acres of ground comprising the
fair ground
The daily program for the week
will include lectures and demonstra-
tons on subjects relating to agrlcul-
ture, home economics and rural af-
fairs. seeing the fair and seeing Okla
homa City and its industrial and pleas
ure sights. This work in all it's details
will be under the direct supervision Of
members of the faculty of the A. and
M. college.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-07-18
BOY USES uNwRiTTEN LAW
t4-Year-old Lad Kills Another Young.
- ster Who Abused His Sister

Stigler.-Sam Albright, 10 years old,
two hours earlier adjudged insane af-
ter attempting to assault 11-year-old
Lena Scantlln, was shot and instantly
killed at the railroad station by Jen-
nings Scantlin, IA years old, brother
of the girl.
Barefooted and wearing knee trous-
ers, young Scantlin had trudged three
miles from his fathers farm to the
station where Albright and his aunt
were waiting to catch a train on the
orders of the county judge. Without
a word he walked up to Albright and
shot five times. The first shot sew
cred the jugular vein and Albright
died Immediately.
Fully 200 people witnessed the
shooting Friends spirited the youth
out OF town, but he has been recap
tured. Feeling in Stlgler runs high
against the Scantlin family.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-07-18
CARELESSNESS
RUINS COTTON
LITTLE CARE TAKEN WITH THE
CROP AFTER 1T is GATHERED
AND GlNNED.
JAPANESE ARE AHEAD OF US
Little Brown Men Refuse To Buy For
Their Mills Any of the Staple
Which Does Not Conform to
Their Requirements.

The q. S. Bureau of Railway Eco
nomics has the following to say about
handling cotton:
1t is notorious that cotton has been
the most slovenly handled of all the
agricultural products of the United
States. The farmers often leave it
to be damaged by rain and infltrated
by mud. Even when offered for ship
ment it is sometimes in this condi-
ton. All too frequently it is loosely
baled and inadequately marked. 1t
mas been said that upon receipt at
foreign ports bales of cotton look
more like rag bags. For many years
the railways have sought to have the
cotton shippers exercise greater care,
but the railways in this country have
no s1ch autocratic power as those of
Germany, wher no shipment is ac-
cepted unless it is packed and marked
In accordance with rigid specifica-
tons. Government experts have esti-
mated that of the cotton crop Of the
United States there is between the
gin and the spinner a swastage and
damage amounting to $50,O00,000 per
annum.
The Japanese several years ago
ruled that they would not accept cot
ton that was not clean, securely
packed and plainly marked. They
get what they want. The possibility
of losing the custom of nation makes
a difference. The transatlantic lines
who in recent years have been mulcted
in heavy damages because Of the poor
condition in which the cotton has been
delivered to foreign consignees have
now taken action and will reinforce
the efforts Of the railways. From Sep
temper l, 1912, to March 81, 1913, on
the average of one bale of cotton out
of every six offered at the South AT
lantic and Gulf ports was condemned
one bale out of every ten was i'm
properly marked. Beginning July l,
1913, their requirements will be more
rigid; higher charges will be exacted
for cotton loosely baled.
The railways in the cotton-growing
districts are therefore redoublinga their
efforts with cotton compressors, cot
ton ginners, farmers and shippers.
When those concerned in cotton grow
ing and shipping find that shipping re-
acts upon their pocketbook it is prob
able that better order of things will
come about. Not only the money but
the good will of the foreign consumer
is worth while, especially in these
times when he is enablingto stimulate
the growth of cotton in other countries
than the United States.