The Washington herald., 1914-05-19

This booklet is an appeal to you to
assist us in remedying a national in
Justice"
Crops ard Business.
Prof. A. Piatt Andrew, in discussing the
influence OF crops on business, makes this
observation:
"one cannot review the last forty years
without observing that the beginnings of
every movement toward business pros
perity, and the turning point toward
every business decline movements which
frequently, it will be remarked. have an
tedated the actual outbreak of crisis by
several years. were closely connected
with the outturn of the crops"
The report of the Department of Agri-
culture indicating a yield of $780, coo
bushels Of winter wheat gives reasonable
comfort.
This yield will be far and away the
comes from the West that Kansas is
stirring up trying to find word or
phrase which properly describes Its pros
poets. Bumper" banner" and record
breaker no longer apply.
Cotton Warehouse Plan.
Within a few weeks the actual work Of
construction will begin on New Orleans
modern river front cotton warehouse and
handling plant. For this purpose the
New Orleans dock board has raised $S,o00,-
900 in cash, and signed an engineering
contract with the engineering firm Of
Ford, Bacon & Davis. and the latter have
sent their engineering assistants to all
the well equipped ports of the world to
make first-hand study and comparison.
The warehouse is to be built on ap-
proximateiy 100 acres of river front prop
erty which is owned by the public and
held by the dock board. The site enjoys
easy access to all railroads and all boat,
barge and steamship lines.
The idea is to create for the cotton
trade the most economic cotton handling
facilities possible. These facilities will be
tax-free and operated without profit, the
earnings being drawn upon only to take
care of operating expenses, bond interest
and long period sinking fund.
At the meeting Of the stockholders Of
the Ohio River Railroad. branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, directors
were elected as follows: Daniel Willard,
president of the Baltimore and Ohio;
Oscar G. Murray, G. F. Randolph. H. l.
Bond, c. NJ. Schriver. G. L. Potter and
c. L Woolford, all of Baltimore; w. w.
Van Wrinkle, of Parkersburg. Messrs.
Murray. Willard, woolford Schriver and
Bond also were elected directors of the
Ravenswood, Spencer and Glenville Rail-
road. and of the Huntington and Big
Sandy Railroad, other branches.
During March the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad hauled 1,5s7, ,o3S tons of coal and
4e.e5s tons of coke, compared with I.ss2. $50
tons of coal and g 207 tons VT coke in
March. 1sl&
For the nine months ended March 81,
1s14. the company hauled 13,576,7o7 tons Of
coal and 81. los tons Of coke, against Il :
.35 tons Of coal and 2z755e tons of coke
for the corresponding period of last year.
Amendments to the charter of the
Hagerstown and Frederick Railroad Com
nany have been filed at Frederick, Nd,
Increasing the stock from 100000 to
81. 1000. The amendments state that 81
oo0.0o6 Of the common stock Is authorised,
of which $l.5z7.D 300 is outstanding In ad-
dition. 100000 of the preferred il au-
thorized, of which s635.eoo has been is
sued Authority Is asked to Issue g.
oooooo preferred stock to be held rs a
reserve fund
The income account of the virginia
Railway Company for the seven months
ende4 January 81 last. y ~ follows: 0ross