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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-05
WILLING TO HELP

Editor Day Book-In reading over
your paper 1 was much interested in
the article, SHOULD the Unemployed
of Chicago Organizer" In my pres
ent place of business, 1 am able to
see the hardship and misery which is
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-05
ONE MANS OPINIONS
BYN. D. COCHRAN

by ~. u. COCHRAN
Our Exclusive Sassiety.[ don't
know just what man or woman has
to be in order to be one of Chicago's
sassiety elect and belong to the Ca
sino Club, but in running over a list
of members 1 should say that Chi
cago success at pork packing means
Chicago sassiety success.
Reduced to vulgar fractions, the
scientific transformation of cattle,
sheep and hogs into embalmed beef,
lard, sausage, frankfurters, hamburg
steak and sweetbreads, to say moth
ing at all of ct cetera, spells Chicago
culture and SOCIAL success; for the
transformation from cattle on the
hoof to the tempting morsels on the
butchers block goes on until steaks,
chops, roasts, stews, fries especially
lamb fries-become diamonds, rubies,
emeralds, silken gowns, electric
broughams, gasoline Gmousines,
boxes at the grand opry, trips to
Yoorup, steam yachts, buffers, maids
and all the trappings of luxurious
ease.
Just what the purpose of Chicago's
new and exclusive club, The Casino,
is doesn't appear. But one purpose,
evidently, is to exercise the right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness (See American Constitution) },
especially the pursuit of happiness.
For the original intention was to call
it the Blue Bird Club (not Blue
Beard-just Bird and the Trib says
the blue bird signifies the pursuit of
happiness.
So we start at the stockyards
among the lowing kline, the bleating
sheep and grunting hogs and get all
the way along the scale of animal and
human life until we reach the twit-
tering blue bird-if blue birds here
abouts ever twitter
Anyhow, Chicago's new 400 is sup
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-05

apply. And if you amt got no money
you needn't come around.
For this exclusive Casino takes in
our leading butchers and green gro
cers-the very pork and beans of Chi
cago sassiety.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-05
LETTERS TO EDITOR
WILL HELP GOODMAN

WILL HELP GOODMAN
Editor Day Book-As constant
reader of The Day Book 1 am des-
tined to praise it as a newspaper for
it's editorials and news therein con-
tanned. The unfair and inhuman
treatment the Jewish Aid Society ac-
corded the unfortunate Goodman
family by effecting the arrest and in
generation of B. Goodman, father
thereof, is condemnable and wholly
inconsistent with the principle un-
DERIVING the purposes of a charitable
institution.
Any right-minded person will not
fail to perceive that the severe and
unruly methods too often adopted by
certain members of the Jewish Aid
Society for the sake of ascertaining
whether one applying for aims is
physically unable to provide for its
dependents are unwarranted, and I'M
less persons skilled in medical science
are employed by such charitable or
ganization to pass upon the physical
condition of the aims seeker it is far
better that every appeal for charity
be granted or denied rather than
cause an innocently destitute crea-
ture to suffer in the manner Mrs.
Goodmna has.
1 shall feIcitously resort to such
measures permissible under the law
to gain Mr.. Goodman's release from
the house of correction and shall ex-
pect no remuneration therefor
George L. NadeI.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18

Tie extension Of the eXchaugr control
over quotations Is an outcome OF the
recommendations Of the Hughes inyesU-
eating committee, The comm ssion sug-
geeted u closer supervision Of the dis
tributiou Of quotations 10 overcome the
bucket shop evil But the exchange has
ron, fur.hor into the matter than tho
commission suggested. The problem Of
how this could best be- done has engaged
the attention Of the stock Exchange
authorities FOR the past four years
The present mode Of action, which II is
believed Will cff,ctunliy bar an impropI
use of quotations. has the hearty approval
- the members OF the Hughes commission
As matter OF fact tho exchange authnrl-
lies have been In constant communication
with the members up to the present time.
The assumption ~ control by the eN-
change over the distribution OF quotations
10 outside points is a drastic procedure
The O.. haugr sells the quotations to the
telr..r.ph companies and u was formerly
cou,cudcd that when sold the exchange
had 40 fty.thsr Jurisdiction over them
Furthermore. Il was held ehat supervision
over their use lay in the province OF the
various state governments. Different
states. however. treated the bucket shni
evil iu different WAYS In Massachusetts,
for instance. the state laws have abolished
tho bucket shop. while In two other state;
bucket shops were even legall2ed. The
necessity ~ action hy the eNchang" was
therefore plain II tn, public was 20 receive
adequate protection. and the exchange ha'
finally taken this action
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
London Funds to Rrriin.

\ Sew York man received m" follow
ing letter from Amsterdam, which cN-
plains how Germany is able to sell
securities In London and thereby establish
credits IN New York: "Arhtrage bust
ness in not quito as dead In this country
- ono might suppose: only instead or
haiuE carried on between Amsterdam and
Sew York Il lis being done between Berlin
and London and works out rs follows
our firms here ,An-t erdamD went short
- stock In London, borrowing th" stock
There for immediate delivery. They sub
soquoutIy bought the same stock IN
Berlin. This stock hc.nc shipped from
Berlin to Amsterdam and then from
Amsterdam 20 London. where 81 was used
for returning the borrowed stock and OBJ
tanning the proceeds Of the previous sale.
The proceeds were then transferred from
London to New York and used there for
German purchases Of American goods,
Some 81 these transactions hay" been
done with such margins 90 10 leave 4
profit OF more than pcr cent. for the
Dutch m.ddlcman The transactions have
probably totalled ftoo,oo0 understand
general Sew York firms have done the
same
''Thrse transactions were handicapped
through the restrictions imposed on trad
ing lu London They We're done prn-
clpaUy In Canadian Pacific shares and
resulted IN decline Of several points
and Nv q sympathetic decline Of tho whole
American market. The London Stock
Exchange authorities got 30 alarmed that
they have now put up the closing prices
Of July 70 as minimum prices. But AL
though these transactions are thereby
greatly hampered IN stocks they are
merrlly going on In bonds where they
are carried in Dutch, and specially In New
York. names"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
GROWTH OF U. S. AERO CORPS

NASutS"ruN. O,. II III" annual r..
port OF Gen. George Il. Scrivcn. chief OF
the Signal Corps Of the United States
army. which will be made public within
the next few weeks will show that within
the past three months this Government
has made tremendous strides In the i'm
provcment Of its aeroplane arm OF In,
military service
Last winter there were about dozer
qualified military avators In the United
states army, and these had To- operate
win seventeen acroplaucs some Of which
were 50 untrustWorthv as to cause the
comment that the aviators. In case Of war
would bc more In danger from their ow7
aircraft than from the euemys FIRE. To
day at san Diego, cal. the aviation head
quarters. there are 1ln enlisted men on
duty and Twenty-Five officers who have
hecom" or are becoming trained aviators
At the War Department IL IL said that
both officers and enlisted men arc coming
forward and Off ring their services for
aviation faster than they are required
Under the terms Of tho Hay Hill there
can b" IN the aero unit sixty officers and
approximately 200 enlisted men. st the
Department. however. II is said that the
sun quota cannot Dee used until the aero
planes are required in sufficient number
or until an IN, officers are fully instructed
in their now duties.
Gen. SERVERS report. according 20
army gossip, viii set forth that. while
the Europeans have been demonstrating
I'm war the necessity and the effectiveness
Of tho aero. the United states army. oper-
ating IN time 81 peace here and using
san Diego as q base, has been losing no
time In assembling the machines. tho On
GERS and tho men needed Ia make the
American squadron tho equal. n not the
superior. Of any other In tho world
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
GRAIN MARKETS.
Prices Continue TO Risc-BuIIish
Foreign Conditions.

From the outset OF yesterdays wheat
market there was strength. which was
retained until the session ended A fea-
ture was the rise OF more than cents
at Winnipeg This relative firmness was
ascribed to the fact that the receipts are
averaging about 200 cars daily, against
the movement of approximately 1000 cars
per day at this period n year ago
Further bulhsh crop estimates impaired
courage TO speculative interests. A Ca
madam official memorandum gave the
wheat yield In the Dominion at l5S ,0OO.-
O0O bushels, against 23O. 900 recorded
last season. Thus the most pessimistic
ideas expressed recently are being borne
out Authorities cablod from abroad to
calculate on a 100000 bushel yield In
Australia and an insignificant exportahle
surplus against an excess Of $1,000, 600
bushels in 1918, when tho production was
100 OOO. 600 bushels
The foreign inquiry for wheat on this
side yesterday did not abate materially.
business was fair. hut again hampered
by the higher costs American grain own
ers realize their position. however, and
the view is voiced that sooner or later
this untitled inquiry viii have TO he
satisfied at a dearcr busis Export houses
were among tho best buyers Yesterday.
\ member Of one Of the large intcrua
tional concerns. who has just returned
from Europe, declared that the wheat
situation Is inherently sound. with higher
levels inevitable.
The desire to take profits over the week
end gave the market brief reactlouary
spells. There il only light short selling
which naturally accounts FOR the slow
upward trend and absence OF violent
fluctuations nj this time. Hedge pressur,
appears frequently. The opinion was ven.
tured that considerable Of the Armour
ceiling is against country holdings or pur'
chases
To-morrows visible stl'cmcn; should
increase more than 5000 0o0 bushels
Interior receipts for the week were TO-
$50. 900 bushels. against l31G2.ooo lls
week ard 7.q27.0on n year ago. ship
ments were s.39i .O0o. S434oO0 and i.394..
GOO respectively and ac'ual seahoarl eN
ports 2.045.OOO. iS9S0o0 and 2,G40,00l
bushels.
Co-u-Thc-e was sudden rise wh'ci
carried tho list 20 advances Of about
cent shorts found difficulty IN cover
Ing There has been considerable ahsorp
ton Tor large cash houses. tn" hottie
weather has caused frccr country Offer
iugs which. however. are meeting with
larger demand Strength IN wheat wa
no, without Influence.
Oats-Thc report that ! 900 600 hushel
% oats were sold 70 Australia caused
/ fresh speculative buying Hedge sclllnj
was readily taken An official Cauadia'
. report placed tho WELD In Canada at orr
1000, 600 bushels against ioNnon oo
last season. The oats market In Winni
peg Keeps comparat' vclr strong
Provisions Larger hog receipt thai
/ ANTICIPATED induced scattered selling ~
a time The bulge I'm grain checked TN
depression No perccptihle bettcrmcn
was observed I'm the cash or speculauN
iDuuirV
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
TO BOOST" GOODS
MADE IN THE U. S. A."
Exposition Will Be Held in THIS
City to Advertise Home
Products.
BUSINESS MEN AT WORK

\ committee OF twenty-five prominent
merchants and manufacturers Is being
formed TO discuss ways and means to
hold an exposition or series of exhibits
Of goods made in the United States,
az suggested by Joseph Hartigan. Com
missioner OF Weights and Measures and
secretary of the Mayors Committee on
Food supply a~l
AZ conference attended BY seven
well known business men and Commits
sioner Hartigan on Friday night It was
decided to invite eighteen more business
mon to join the original seven. and to
organize committee to work out the
details OF the undertaking. This com
mitteo viii meet next Wednesday after
noon.
Having started the ball rollins. II 10
Mr.. llartlgan's Intention to retire from
active participation in the work OF the
committee, although there Is no doubt
| that his advice will he in great demand
/ by the members of It,
II !s Mr. Hirtiran's idea that MADE
/ In the L. $. y" goods should he boosted"
4 at all time, but particularly In these
! days, when the closing OF many manufac-
/ turing plants in Europe has been mad,
necessary by the wsr. He says that ex-
/ hihlts Of American made goods will do
/ much to convince BUYERS that articles
/ manufactured In this country are Just as
| good. II not better, than forei-n made
I articles Of the same kind. and will stimu-
/ late business and attract buyers both At
| home and from abroad. lie proposes
/ that at expeditions arranged by mer-
/ chants and mauufarturers' associations
/ "l 8 \ goods shall he placed along
side the imported article in order tina,
/ people may see for themselves and be
! convinced Of IN" quality and workman
ship OF the former
Mr.. llartgau has urged the holding
~ exhibits I'm armorcs and public halls
at the end OF the month in connection
with the 3n0th anniversary Of the be-
ginning Of the city's commerce.
Mrs. Julian Heath. national president
OF the HOUSEWIFE. Lca-u". aud a party
Of housewives are going to Paterson BY
automobile IN Tuesday afternoon TO see
the big silk show
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
THE STEEL MARKET.
Pessimistic OutiooL for October To-
TIL. SIN Continues,

Unless marked increase IN the de-
mand for steel develops within the next
fortnight, which j. unlocked for 10y even
the most sanguire trade interests. Octo-
ber'S steel business will compare uufa-
voruhy with the very poor showing OF
September NH schedules are now At the
lowest ratio Of capacity since the war
began and producers are unable to com
mand anything like the prices ruling two
months ago.
Hopes entertained when the war started
that American steel manufacturers would
obtain enough foreign business TO COM
pensate them for the loss In homo trade
have been abandoned. The amount OF
export steel for which contracts have
been placed here II negligible when com
pared with the tonnage losses that re-
suited directly from the war.
Demand for the heavier forms OF steel.
the bulk OF which comes from the rail-
roads, Is decidedly light and there Is
small likelihood Of Improvement in this
connection while the roads find II neces-
sary to practise such rigid economy IN
construction work and In the purchase of
equipment The effect of this retrcnch-
mcnt policy is strlSirgly illustrated by
the fairly large number of structural con-
tracts calling for two or three hundred
tons and the complete absence OF orders
involving ten and twenty thousand tons,
In former times the big order was the
rule now II Is thu exception.
Tho United states Steel Corporal ton
has r"coutly taken tho followng orders
for ralls; Minneapolis and ~. Louis, 500
tons Toledo. Ontario and Western, 900
tons and Western Railway ~ Alabama
, /, 100 tons
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.


Only casual attention was attracted by
the announcement one day last week that
the governors of the Stock Exchange had
voted to form new committee to be
known as the committee on quotations.
And yet this action represents the last
step in a movement made after an inn
mense amount OF work and investigation
in the interest OF the public welfare. This
movement has been the solving OF the
problem OF protecting the public from
the bucket shop evil.
The sole function OF the committee on
quotations will be the supervision Of mat
terB relating 90 the collection and dis
tributfon of stock quotations. This mat
ter formerly came under the JurisdIct on
OF the committee on arrangements, but
the field OF Supervi sion over quotations
became so enlarged and the hands OF the
committee on arrangements became so
filled with other matters that 1t was de-
cded to form n new standing committee
10 deal with this highly important sub
ject.
The formation of new standing COM
mittee ncCessitates an amendment TO the
constitution of the exchange. The for
malties required. including the approval
of the members Of the exchange. will be
gone tnTOuku Nltilu n HHolt UNIV anu 'llt
personnel OF the new committee appointed.
The work " the new committee will be
"A strict supervision. not only OF the sub
scribcrs In each city to whom stock quo
taiions are furnished, but OF all contracts
m de by the telegraph companies to which
tho exchange sells quotations through
out the country. All contracts 30 made
hy the telegraph companies have hence
forth to be submitted 10 the exchange
authorities and approved They ara
termnabie at the option Of the exchange
In short the exchange has undertaken
fun responsibility for the use OF Its quo
tltions thr ughout the country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
THE COFFEE MARKET.
Better Demand for Futurcs-Iorni
Spot Ia quiet.

There was @ better demand for coffee
futures YESTERDAY. December selling
through tn" exchange voluntary hquidat-
ing committee from $50 to so. and clos
ing $50 hid offered at 30 Including
switches from December to March 81 81
points the huslusss transacted by the
committee amounted to $500 bags.
Beginning tomorrow tho liQuidating
committee VIII receive bids for new long
purchases. this demand 70 be suppl ed
only from sellers Of existing long con-
tracts. By this means II is hoped to Ia
cilI'ntr liquidation NJ the outstanding post
ton
The local spot market yeSt' rday was
uuiet with quotations unchanged from
the previous day. The RIO market on
Friday was quiet, with 40. : off 90 rel1
At 1905. Exchange on London was a q.
higher at l2l,d The Santos market was
steady. with No 100 rcls lower ~
$500. and No also 100 r"is lower AT
assoc Rio and Santos receipts to,alled
80 200 bags. Sac Pdulo had $4,000, ana
Jtmdi,hy had 1000
Sew York and New Orleans warehouse
deliveries NJ Brazilian coffee for the first
i've DAYS Of last week totaIled 1887
bags. agaius. 7@737 bags for the CORE
sponding period in the previous week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
THINK NEUTRAL SHIPS
ARE AIDING GER ANY
Exchange Experts Think Car
goes to Scandinavia Are
for Kaiser.
BASE OPINION on RATES

That Germany is importing from the
country through Scandinavian countries
and is exporting some goods through
Holland 10 this country Ia Indicated by
the movements OF scandinavian and Dutch
exchange. In the opinion OF foreign ex-
change experts. Scandinavian exchange
is below normal ruling about 26A
against 26si. n normal rate. Its plenti-
fulness IL believed 70 he due to the large
exports to scandinavian ports which. It
Is thought, arc being sent into Germany.
Holland gullder exchange on the other
hand, is high. ruling at AZ. against the
normal of 4OI.. This. It In believed, Is
indicative OF credit being developed here
on sales OF goods from Holland sent there
from Germany. II is recognized that high
rates for Holland exchange are also due
to the payments OF interest and dividends
on American securities held there. but u
II thought that as one Of tho chief out
lets Germany now has for its products
to be sold to other neutral countries
Holland is carrying on very profitable
trade with this country In exporting Ger
many's products.
Much of the goods from Germany that
are coming here are being paid for ti,loi
10 Ruilders or Ia American dollar cN
change
Along with the weakness In GERMAN
marks. exchange on other European debtor
nations has deprecated greatly. Austrian
crown exchange has declined more than
per cent. Russian rub. exchange. which
Is little dealt in even in normal times
has practically disappeared and banker:
do not regularly quote it, The decline
.u price has been heavy Russia is under
stood to he heavy buyer here of all wal
supplies
An estimate OF the amount Of crcditi
held by American bankers IN Gcrmg ny on
bills is placed at about S32,0O0,OUo !
WAS learned yesterday that an importan
banking concern had 5000. 600 marks
which were brought around %. and whlcl
could only now be sold in small quautlte
and at n loss OF about per cent Th
principal buyers Of mark eNrsange ar
those who have debts to pay on Old order
OF goods.
Insurance rates on shipments Of grain
| foodstuffs and other commodities going 4
| scandinavian countries are subject TO
| clause which cXempts tho Insurance com
pany from risk OF British seizure
Without this clause rates are from tire
10 five times higher This Is the resul
Of the seizure by British warships O
! three recent cargOcs consigned TO Scandi
navIan ports. which the British Admiralt
considered suspicious and as possih
destined ultimately for Germany. Til
ships were seized pending Investigation.
II is understood that the swedish
Danish and Norwegian Ministers a
| Washington ar In conference wit
| Government officials on the subject OF
more rigid neutrality
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
DAIRY PRODUCTS MARKET.


PI'TTFR - Recetp's last week shaved q
normal shriukpEs amt tofaIlod tl.,-" pkg~.
against 4t,-l0 IN" previous Ngck. light
tko D. expected from NOW ON Ther" wcr" no
changes in prices yesterday. but moderate
movement prevailed Movement Coz held
hotter demand, hat lower grades dull
movement ~ Juuos prevailing Packing
stock "A lltlc hrwcr. Prices. Creamery,
extras % score. a-y.. higher Scoring. o. a..
ursts 2sd3lc Held extras. ~ s'or.. 3l'.,
nrp,s 3iI.c state dairy. 'uha finest sou
30ts &c., good 90 priwo 2'u .9c.. common N
nr~t- 20 ~ H e i2r.. lovcr grades. - 4" go
INIT alton creamery nrst- .3ig 70 2tc LudlcH,
current make nrst-, --u -1i4o.. seconds.
-IdaIlrc., lower grades. 49, 20 l2". Pack
ing stock hold. uuc II .,2l '.r., SO. =. - n
.0ig,. lower rrudes. 10 IgC.
CHEESE Tho market .s'"ms 20 nave
struck bottom and fair trading prevails with
the export demand % little more active.
Market closed stcadler than n hai been AZ
any time during ~" week Hold skins are
not pressed Tor sal" 20 any extent Pric"s
follow: state, ". m, fresh whit" ana cot
orod specials, "a, ~ l5'.. ooi"red and White
average. fancy. lllsrt und"rgrHdes, II ~
49, ffliNr.. stat" skim- held sp"'inlS'
12ia m 100, fresh, l2H l-'.c., poor To i"ir'
"a iOc.
EGGS.--Reccipts THIS week were on ',S
cases with 1906 last Wc"k. Fine fresh IN
lighter supply ana someNn" hrmrr' "l,h
medium grades stiil plentiful and weak
Dirties and checks closed Ntilr easier
week on account Of a." export mpNensm,
with "A better local call fln" heaIuk Wiz
and brown eggs scarce, l'ric.si tresn gam
cred extras, A2WS'c.i eNFh, iihiT' - 81 -