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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-02
MR, KINGSLEY SEES
AN UPWARD TREND
Head of New York Life Discusses
Country's Business, Past
and Prospective.
BY DARWIN r. KINGSLEY.
e.ldent Of the New York Life Insurance
Company.


There will be some liquidation in
1914: not even the turn in business.
which ] believe we have reached Will
be able TO stop that. The outlook gen
orally is improving every minute. II
only the federal administration comes
to realize that business generally is
honest. because IL always has been
honest and the men.who control il are
honest, the surprise now apparently
felt bv Official Washington rs it gradu-
ally realizes the honesty Of business
would diminish and the approach OF
brighter days would be more certain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-02

ore Of the strongest indications Of a
restoration 10 a normal monetary situa-
ton abroad was the reduction of the dis
count rate BY the Imperial Bank Of Ger
many. For year or more previous to the
time when the Reichstank began TO show
Improvement Germany had been passing
through a serious monetary stringency.
and had been attempting to build up her
financial strength by increasing gold re-
serves The business of the Reichsbank
is similar TO that of the Bank of England
and the Bank OF France. II is govern
ment bank. bankers bank, and conducts
business with business firms and private
accounts, and is a note issuing institution.
The liberal policy in credits allowed by
the Reichsbank encourages expansion. and
was responsible for an Over-eNtension in
all branches Of trade and industry
throughout Germany. which had to be
checked in order to enable the bank TO
rehabilitate itself financially. The closing
days of 1913 found the Reichsbank in a
very comfortable position. due to rigid
course of contraction in industries as well
as investments and speculation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-02

appearances to-day, with a far differ
ent story to tell from that told by 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-02
UNCERTAINTY RULED SECURITY
MARKETS DURING THE YEAR 1917
Clearing House Period Harmful Events Both Here and Abroad
Politics. Trade Industry Money Show the Effect Of the
Changes Outlook for 1914.

conference which promised an early set
Element Of hostilities, as the Turks by
January had consented to give up TO the
demands Of the allies everything except
Adrianope and the Egean Islands. The
settlement of peace, however, was not con-
Guided and fighting was resumed with re-
newed vigor. and the stock markets both
at home and abroad experienced nervous
Is huctuating sensations on March - the
Bulgarians and Servians entered Adrian
ople, and il then seemed that an end 10
the war had been reached. At the close
of May the war between the Balkan allies
and Turkey was virtually ended by pro-
visional treaty of peace signed at St.
James Palace in London. but the allies
continued to quarrel, and it was not until
the signing Of the Treaty of Bucharest on
August 10 that che Balkan troubles really
were brought to an end.
Low Range Of Stock Prices.
In addition to the Balkan difficulties the
rebellion in Mexico had a most unfavor-
able effect on security markets through a
large part of the year and kept prices at
times very much depressed. In fact the
lowest range Of quotations recorded since
the panic Of 1891 was witnessed, and in
a few issues the prices dropped to lower
level than was touched in that year The
general trend was downward, and while
there were periods of vitality in which
the market seemed to display some buoy
ancy there was an absence OF continued
aggressive support. Looking back over
the year the atmosphere seems clear com
pared with the overhanging troubles which
were ushered in at the beginning OF 1915
The SEGREGATION Of the Union and South
ern Pacific interests, the DECISION in the
Minnesota rate cases, the New York. Ne"
Haven < Hartford shakeup. the voluntary
dissolution Of the telephone and telegraph
company. the cessation of agitation
2cainst Wall street and the Stock EN-
change caused by the Pujo investigation
at Washington and political attacks az
Albany. and other events have removed
from the market factors which could have
none but harmful influences on the minds
If investors. The new currency law ana
the massage Of revised tariff measure
relieved the country Of two questions that
disturbed both the stock market and the
general business situation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-02

Continued on third page, ,hird commn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-02
FRENCH FINANCIAL
SITUATION CRITICAL
Deadlock Between Senate and
House of Deputies the Most
Dangerous Element.
SOCIALISTS IN ASCENDANCY
Business Marking Time-Raphael
Georges Levy Discusses
Causes and Cure.
rBy cable to The Tribune J

Paris. Jan. 1.-FTance reaches at the
end of 1918 the most critical financial
situation since 1871, the deficit in the
current estimates along being $780,
oOo 600. The danger of a deadlock be-
tween the Senate and Chamber OF Dep
uties OH financial problems threatens
the passage of disastrous hand-1o-
mouth measures of expediency to meet
national expenses. In the mean time
the Caillaux Cabinet refuses to lay its
loan proposals before Parliament uhIli
Parliament has voted its credits. The
Government insists on having its bud
oct voted before undertaking TO pro-
nose the issue Of new loans and ne"
"a xation. both of which are indispensa-
BILE.
This is exactly the reverse Of what
Barthou, BRAND, Ribot and the iinan-
cial world in general eXpected-namely'
that the government would vote the
loan first as the most urgent and
afterward proceed to taxation. Call
laux. warmly backed by the Socialists
is pushing forward legislation fcr
heavy taxes on accumulated capital
which Jaures. the Socialist leader, de-
scribes as unearned increment. Mean
while all business is at q standstllI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-02
Aftermath Of Balkan War.

An aftermath of the Balkan crisis was
witnessed i'm the acute situation developed
I'm France as result Of the application
for loans by the Balkan states to the
French bankers. These loans were held In
suspense by the French government pend
ing the bringing out Of a French govern
ment loan for $3.50, 10000 The bill au-
thorizing this loan was introduced into
the French Chamber in November and
seemed to be favorably received, but II
was opposed and brought about crisis
i'm the legislature on December 4. y final
agreement was reached on December 20
which insured the passage Of the measure
at a later period. after a decision by the
government TO arrange for such accom-
modations as the Balkan States might
require I'm order to reimburse French
bankers. who had made liberal advances
TO the Balkans in anticipation of perma-
nent Loans.
The stock market opened the year IN
der the influence Of the unsettled condi-
tions which prevailed at the close OF 1872.
The - llllan War naturally held sway over
the security markets of the world. but
there was a degree Of hope in a peace
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10
Tom McNeal's Philosophy.

The faculty of accumulation is born
into some men and denied to others.
Some of the best men have ever
known were destitute of what is cal
led money sense They had no bad
habits and they were not lazy. They
did the best they could but they did
not know how to accumulate money
or IL they managed to save little
out of their earnings they did not
know how to invest it.
And so the years sped on; the dark
hair turned to gray and Time, relent-
less, implaceable, plowed burrows in
their cheeks and laid the burden of
years upon them until their backs
were bowed, and drew his curtain be-
fore their eyes until they saw dimly
and stumbled as they began to drag
their weary feet along the path that
was leading down the hillside toward
the sunset and the dark.
Younger men. with more flexible
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10
MARKET REPORT

Kansas City Stock Yards, January
6, 1914. Cattle trade continues satis-
factory this week, receipts matching
the demand at nearly every point.
Stockers and feeders are stronger,
some COW sales are a shade higher,
and the general tone of the situation
is firm. Receipts here overran esti-
mates both yesterday and to-day, but
the two or three Thousand extra cat
tie were welcomed, $4,000 cattle here
Yesterday and 10000 head today.
Mixed yearlings sold at S9.10 to-day,
best heavy steers here this week s. IS
to SS.S5, probably 25 to 35 cents less
than might be expected for strictly
prime steers Most of the native fed
steers sell at $3.50 to $40, fed west
erns at S7.10 to SS.45, meal fed steers
from Oil Mills in the South, in both
native and quarantine divisions, at
SO. so to S7.9O. Oil mills are turning
out cattle freely, owners apparently
being in a hurry to cash their cattle
and stop feed bills. The satisfactory
beef market will have tendency to
repress liquidation, however, and is
inducing some feeders who have
cleaned up at the mills to put in a
second string for feeding. 1t is also
stimulating the demand from native
territory for steers suitable for imme-
diate feeding. Stockers and feeders
sell at $500 to S7.35- Native cows
bring up to s7.25, bulls s5.25 to s7.25,
veal calves sI1, top stock calves $3.50.
A supply estimated at 10000 hogs to-
day did not depress prices, and most
sales were steady. When 1t was found
that only $4,000 head would actually
arrive buyers whipped up and late
sales were five higher, with a top of
$500, bulk of sales $3.50 to s8.15.
Average weight is 17S lbs, which dis
credits supply figures here when
comparisons are made with a year
ago, as average weight then was 205
pounds
Sheep sold higher yesterday, lambs
10 lower, but both sheep and lambs
are strong to 10 higher today. The
only dissatisfied shippers are those
who oyerestimated their stock as to
finish, buyers discriminating against
poorly finished animals. Best lambs
sold at $3.50 to s. 10 today, wethers
at s5.75, ewes worth $500 to S5. 40,
yearlings s6.25 to s7-25. Receipts
yesterday 10000, today 5000
J. A. Rickart,
Market Correspondent.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10

muscles, with clearer eve and through
whose arteries pulsed the glorious
elixir of youth, pushed the old man
aside. He saw the procession sweep
on, but he had lost his humble place
in it. He heard the music of laugh
ter and the song of hope but his voice
was cracked and out of tune.
And yet he had tried to do his best.
He had wrought as well as he knew
how Was he TO blame because he
lacked the faculty of accumulating
money and investing it where it
would gather more2
Is the man who has managed some
how, as often by sheer good luck as
by superior judgment, to gather to-
gether heap of dollars, worthy of
all the praise while the man who has
tried and failed so far as property is
concerned, is to be reckoned as the
mere driftwood that is cast upon the
bank2 Is that fair and righteous
judgment9 1 think not.-Mail and
Breeze.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10
Farming With Little Moisture.

When the farmers of Missouri,
Kansas and Oklahoma begin practic-
ing scientific dry farming methods a
which virtually ruined the corn crop
this year, will lose most of its terror.
There is rarely. if ever, a year when
insufficient rain falls in these states to
mature the growing crops. According
to the record of the International
Dry Farming congress which was
held at Tulsa last week, seventeen
bushels of wheat and twenty-five
bushels of corn per acre were raised
in 1912 on a half inch of rainfall be-
tween planting time and harvest on
the government farm at Lichtenburg,
South Africa. At Peyton, Colo, in
1911, one man raised 1000 bushels of
wheat on 100 acres of ground which
had four inches of rain from seed
time to crop time.
At Stratton, Neb., in 1913, on a
rainfall of four and one-half inches
between January l and Augest 80,
another man raised thirty-two bush
els of sixty-two-po pound wheat per acre.
One good farmer in Woodward
county, Oklahoma, raised an average
of thirty-eight bushels of fall wheat
on eighty-five acres in 1913. His
wheat had but two and one-fourth
inches of rain from the day it was
planted to the day it was harvested.
These men, and many others, will
insist that they get good crops in bad
years principally by knowing how to
hold the moisture of an entire year
in the soil for use when needed by
the growing crops.
To disc after harvest, to harrow af-
ter rain, to plow deeply and in the
fall if possible, to have the land in
best condition to catch all winter
rains, to SOW selected and acclimated
seed, to cultivate and cultivate again,
to know the soil as merchant knows
his stock room-these are the points,
they say, which make for success in
the dry Missouri and Kan
sas Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10
Change In Parcels Post.

The limit on parcel post packages
is now for the first and second zones
80 pounds, for the 3, 4, 5, 6, I. sth
zones 20 pounds.
The rate of postage will be for
from one ounce up to OF in any zone
four cents. Over four OF the zone
rate will apply as follows:
Local for the first pound cents
and each additional two pound one
cent.
Zones 1 and 2, five cents for the
first pound and one cent for each ad-
ditional pound.
Zone three, six cents for first pound
and two cents for each additional
pound.
Zone four. seven cents for the first
pound and four cents for each addit-
ional pound.
Zone five, eight cents for the first
pounds and six cents for each addit-t
ional pound.
Zone six, 9 cents for the first pound
and eight cents for each additional
pound.
Zone seven, IL cents for the first
al pound.
Zone eight, II cents for the first
pound and IL cents for each addition
al pound.
The postal department has re-
quested the various postmasters to
call the attention of the public to
this cheap expeditions and efficient
means of transportation of parcels of
merchandise, farm and factory
products. Also the G. o. d. Insur-
ance feature of the service. Special
attention is called to the necessity of
properly preparing and wrapping
parcels for mailing in order that they
may be examined and withstand the
handling they subjected to in transit
and delivery.
There has been no change regard to
size of parcels No parcel greater in
size than Y inches in length and
girth combined, shall be accepted for
mailing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10
THE VALUE OF THE SKUNK TO AGRI-
CULTURE.
Washington. d. c., Dec. %, 1913.

Washington, d. c., Dec. %, 1913
The skunk which is represented
throhgout the country by number
oftvarieties, genera and species, is an
animal of great economic Importance.
It's food consists very largely of in
sects, mainly of those species which
are very destructive to garden and
forage crops. Field observations and
laboratory examination demonstrate
that they destroy immense numbers
fwhite grubs, grasshoppers, crickets,
Lcutworms, hornets, wasps, and other
noxious forms. The alarming increase
of the white grub in some localities is
largely due to the determination of
this valuable animal
1t is matter of common observa-
tion where white grub are particular
ly abundant in corn fields to note
little round holes burrowed in the
ground about hills of corn. These are
made by skunks in their search dur
ing the night for these grubs. Dur
ing the recent outbreak ofgrasshop-
perS in Kansas it has been deter
mined that in many cases large pro-
portion of the food of skunks consis-
ted of these grasshoppers.
Some of the most destructive in
sects in agriculture are such as do
their work below ground and out of
any method that the farmer can APP
ply and it is against many of these
that the skunk is an inveterate enemy.
Notwithstanding all of this, there is
probably not an animal that is as
ruthlessly slaughtered as is this one,
whereas it is equally entitled to pro-
lection with, if not more so than
some of our birds which enjoy this
privilege.
In some regions, especially in the
southwest, the bite of the skunk is
This fear is unfounded since
it is proved that the bite of a
healthy skunk is no more serious than
similar wounds caused by other
agencies.
In connection with the work of the
range caterpillar Investigations in
northeastern New Mexico it has been
found that skunks destroy a great
many of the pupae (chrysalis) of this
caterpillar and in fact, during Sep
tember and October when this food
is easily available, they prefer it to
all other. About the middle of Sep
tember it was discovered that many
webs were empty, the pupae having
been neatly extracted from the web
and either carried off or eaten. In
many areas containing hundreds of
acres from twenty-five to seventy-ffve
per cent of the pupae had been car
ried off, while in a few isolated places
as high as ninety-ive per cent of the
Hemfleuca (Mexican range caterpfl-
lar) pupae we're gone Following
these observations, piles of skunk ex-
crement were found which consisted
in some cases almost entirely of
pupae shells Subsequent counts
made show the excrement found to
have from sixty to ninety-fye per
cent of its contents consisting of
these crushed shells. On the Crow
Creek Ranch there was not an area
observed but what had some of the
Hemi1euca pupae destroyed by these
animals 1t is thus seen that the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10
Teachers Column
TO THE POOREST TEACHER IN TREao
COUNTY.

TO THE POOREST TEACHER IN TREGo
COUNTY.
My dear friend:
/ trust you will pardon me in ad-
dressing you in this public way, for /
do not know your name and, there
fore, connot reach you with private
letter.
That you have many trials and
tribulations / am well aware. For
this reason come to you as friend,
feeling that you will take these
suggestions in the same kindly spirit
in which they are offered.
You well know how hard it is to
get certificate, how much harder it
is to get school, and how, hardest of
all, it is to teach school that is
satisfactory to you, your pupils and
your patrons.
The fact is you are weak in teach
ing power or poor in discipline and
worst of all that is fact you cannot
conceal.
hope these rules will be of value
to you. Take them either singly or
in combinations.
Rule steam up. You may be a
ten horse power man but who will
ever know it if you don't get up
steam.
Rule BE uniform. Uniform in
temper, in teaching, in government.
What you allow as a privilege today
morrow.
Rule 3-Promise seldom, threaten
never. Broken promises and threats
unexecuted will cause your pupils to
think you are liar even if you are
not.
Rule Make new rules. Just rules,
common sense rules, rules that can
be enforced, and then enforce them
to the letter.
Rule 5-Scold not at all. Scolding
hurts you more than it does your pu-
pills and benefits nobody.
Rule 6-Keep clean. This refers to
your teeth, your hands. finger nails,
clothing, etc. An occasional change
of dress is very restful to the eyes of
your pupils.
Rule T. Clinch something Be
definite. First know what you want
to teach then teach it. Definite
teaching is the only kind that is
worth more than $40 month.
Rule - Grow. intellectually,
morally, physically. Read, study, re-
fleet, take exercise.
Rule 9-Teach morals and manners,
punctuality, order and self-control by
practice.
Rule 10-"Don't do anything too
much" Don't gossip about your bad
pupils, or your patrons, or allow your
sell, to be drawn into neighborhood
quarrels, sectarian strife or partisan
politics.
Follow these simple rules and you
will rank well whether measured by
the single or double standard.
Yours for education,
c. III. NowLIN,
Wa-Keeney, Kans., Aug. y, 1896.
The above was written during the
institute of 1896 for .sThe Normal
Supplement" published by county
Superintendent A. s. Peacock and
edited by Mr.. Givler and Professor
Crooks This was the largest Teach
ers' Institute ever held in Trego
county the enrolment running up to
the neighbor of one hundred. All the
teachers who attended that Institute
remember Mr.. Knowlin as one of the
most efficient and the most beloved of
Trego County Institute Instructors
He was then and is now employed in
tthe schools of Kansas City, Mo-,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10

Some sales are just ''sales,'' some
are special sales, and still others
are ''very special" sales And as
general thing the more special they
are the more ''sell" there is to them.
What has become of the Old-faSh-
ioned person who says ''goom" when
the teeth. Well, he and she are still
in evidence occasionally.
And there is s'paraletic. also,
which occasionally breaks into print.
Do you pronounce either,
~'eether'' or ''eyether''? Being Irish,
perhaps you would say ''nayther."
The higher the standard of the
flock 5he more conspicuous the oc-
casional black sheep appears.
Old ST was humping around with a
lame back the other day which Aunt
reckoned his plumbago was still
bothering him and if he didn't watch
out he'd have collapse of it.
The new crop of almanacS and
calendars has been harvested. Now
look out for a shower of seed cata-
logueS.
During the year 1918, thirty-seven
marriage licences were issued in Trego
county, which is little below the
average of the last six or eight years,
thirty-three were issued in 1912, and
thirty-seven in 1911.
In Shawnee county S14 marriage
licenses were issued in the year 1913,
and 9O9 in the previous year. The de-
crease is charged to superstition re-
garding the ominous ''13," but it is
our observation that most people who
have decided to get married haven't
sense enough to be afraid of anything.
Yes, it is easy to quit" but it is
the ssstay quit that hurts.
Uncle Heck is becoming awfully
tired of this "clean your feet
weather.
Just as expected land desiredl a
last weeks gram" TO the effect
that an American woman looses her
right to vote in Kansas by her mar
rage to an alien, has started consid-
cradle discussion pro and con. 1t is
well.
One trouble in the discussion of
suffrage lies in the fact that many
fail co distinguish between citizen
Ship and the right to vote" About
one-half our citizens have never voted
at general election (for good reason),
and on the other hand hundreds of
residents have voted who were not
yet citizens.
The general government prescribes
the rules for becoming ''citizen. y
Forty-eight different states prescribe
rules for becoming voter. Is it
any wonder that authorities" differS
You can send 5O-lb sack of flour
by parcel post TO any friend or
customer within certain zones, +"
but it will add 80 cents to the cost of
she -four
DICK TAGRAPH.
For Sale-One Oxford sewing ma
-ps->o. -, rood ruppinr orr3ar n n
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10

common skunk is at the present time
one of the most important factors
looking toward the control of Hemi-
leuca outbreaks and should be pro-
tected by the ranchers in the infested
district
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10

Will pay the following prices until
January 10, 1914. Dry bones $3.50
per ton; iron, fs cents per hundred.
BLUE FRONT IMPLEMENT HOUSE,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10

where he holds one of the most i'm
portant positions in that CITY, Even
the best teachers of Trego county
will read Mr.. Knowlin's rules with
interest and derive benefit from the
reading
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10

For Sale-One Oxford sewing ma
chine; in good running order C. H.
Benson.-Adv-39tf-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10

Do you pronounce either,
@'eether'' or ''eyether'? Being Irish
perhaps you would say ''nayther.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10

And there is s'paraletic." also
which occasionally breaks into print
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-01-10

What has become Of the Old-fash-
ioned person who says ''goom" when
speaking of the tissues surrounding
the teeth. Well, he and she are still
in evidence occasionally.