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better but who imagine they a~, G.'.
ting more for their money ;nau'' ey
could get IN an established $. q. So
business methods are absolute 0.e
reproach.
THE presence of such stor,. son
gives a bad reputation to n '.,r
stores in the neighborhood WI trt
operated under legitimate w. Is
That's the most important 70, ".y
honest store wne wan p, ~!
of the 'schlag' stores. TIL. ..t e
that they must do 50 TO pro- ar
own stores.
The methods used by ~. ~s !
'schlag' stores to ent.cc Cus'N" d. '''
them are well conceived am ..F' 1c
planned. a favorite trick ca
number of articles in tn, 81
and place the trademark sell
known manufacture near o.. JOS
The gulliblc one see the az. '''
the trademark and enter ''
purchasing the articles uN3 N'
preston that they are ro,' ''.
known make of goods al 81 .'.'
"Another method used a
standard article at a vclt co.
Cards are placed in the " -
%nounoing the sale, the pr res
being made large and attr
to entice thOs, who rrl|
Hidden in n corncr If III, ''
in very small letters, IS H.
that the article in quest.
be sod at the low price j.
customer purchases go, '
amount Of so cents or ~ ~
who enter the store with '' "'
pose of buying the art.,
suadod to buy the extra ~ '"'
before they get away,
Still another method -" -
found favor with the uW'' '
'schlag' stores is to wat Uf
is vacated by a well known '.
uses honest methods, TT. ''
store is Immediately rcn''t SD.
into a 'schlag' store. lu'. ~
m from persons who lI
store under the impress N. "
still. dealing with the wei. .' "
THIS is another reason 80
store owners are tEhtlng
stores. .,
The landlords have 10
upon to do their shar,
various sections Of the 's'l "
The honest store uwuor~ .
WINGED the landlords that "a h,'
used as a 'sChlag' VIII ... ."
viewed with suspicion g., r ',
when the 'schlag' ov's '''
will have a hard time rent .. ''
honest owner"
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INC it doesn't fJ..ow,' che says. sor,
OF subdued.
ITO lie sure / says, s mo r ign,
argue it doesn't. ANY wa. swan
mysteries with you. ma'ar. If al -,e.
able. For instance ! says. ara / tod
her about the faucet ard Tanners
congestion Of the mind. I'll Sc roio.I
up and began 10 laugh; Thea 90 - d
some tears into a pocket ,aa!t-chi,f
I'm an awful wc.ra:.' slc saws.
fearful. I'm fussy. I'm a nap.or,
oh. deary me! He has To- 70 ayay
o home a." Gay TO ct a, ..S al all,
n / have to come haLgi-g around
him in order u got a. rs at all, I
took a room over there an, .aught
TIE cat. oh, deary me- she SAYS.
you see how I: is?'
"Yes'm' I says. &C rseYuortly.'
says or reelection. 'f ! was yuI ia
rent another room, namely. third floor
back as faces the foot Of I'll, stairs
Which ! am leaving the same at
present. Hecause that faucet is a good
faucet. Provided it's heath keeps
fair, 1t ought to be able 10 hold down
the rent, while as an instrument for
taking the symptoms of \. TaIncr i
amt bad either.
"'When II runs dimes hard and
feverish II means he's congested H. his
mind. Diverting is what he needs. and
not to 90 into details. bu.fo- instance
i says. a firecracker exploded out.
side his door might do him good
"'I believe I'll do that she saws.
Frightening up.
And then ! left her.
We'll" said Uncle Biddle. Il never
see EN- again. II was forty odd Years
ago. I dare say Tanners st!ll making
hieroglyphs and Mrs. Tanner taking his
symptoms through the faucc' and
mailing him lunch by a fifth genera.
tion from Isis. I do know.
ut vas a pleasant couple. H. had
green streaks in his hair on account
OF putting his pen there with the INK
on II. Reminds me of Aunty M!rinGus
polka dots that used to run sreaks
on account of his hanging ice under.
meath; sung it by a string down his
back; habit he had on cou u the
heat Of his temper needing moderation.
Well. he claimed he never Wa I'm.
But, then, I do know"
tCopyri9ht bY The North American
company
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at the other side Of Twenty-fourtf
street, and the sun was shining bafmy
on the opposite panes Of glass.
"'Isis has gone after eparrows or
the roof I says. I've got a mystery
can beat that But Tanner paid nc
attention.
Then she come into the window
past my feet. Isis, she come gliding
soft and noiseless, insinuating, calm
and polite. And she had a package
hanging from her mouth, a paste
board box. tied up with a red string,
and the string hooked over her lower
teeth, c~arnivorous or incisor.
why. how de do!' I says. Been
looting?' / says and I unlocked the
box. and broke 1t open. There were
figs on top and then four chicken
sandwiches with lettuce leaves.
Being lunch time Tanner and I
ate the figs and sandwiches and Isis
sat down and licked herself sort Of
noncommittal and calm, sort of the
world Is a bubble and life Is in vain
but II don't upset me. And Tanner
looked at her and meditated.
speaking OF calmness." said Uncle
Biddle, after a long silence, IL recol-
lect a female hippopotamus that got
in the duck pond while ] was being
married to Molly Gilleray, and she
nigh swallowed a duck. Well. when
she coughed ner out again there was
a ducks egg left in back OF her
champing teeth.
Now. some said the duck must
have been unusual calm by nature,
herQnSa dnckG hnn'f lax, anna n,la,a
they're calm, n some said she must
have got excited and forgot herself.
Now. allowing, IL it was calmness, it
was unusual calmness. But Shen
/ do know; / want there at the
time"
Some one asked: What about
Isis?"
, "Isis?"
And the lunch?"
"Well-yes-but then she was more
than calm! She vas regular! Get
her started in q habit and shed stick
to 1t like a screw to a hole. Take
them lunches. for instance.
After she'd took the habit come
along toward noon every day she'd
he out on the ledge and gone around
the corner Of 3O5, and by and by
maybe in an hour she'd come back
with a package hooked over her in
cisors. Steady going sort Of a cat
that way, something like the Egyp-
tians. Only she varied on the makeup
Of the lunch. But mainly she run
to chicken sandwiches with lettuce
leaves.
She come handy 70 me too, because
the faucet was acting shameful and
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lowed there was something about the
architecture Of a duck that suggested
Egyptian architecture, but, as re-
spects its action and pcomotion-that
Is to say Well, l do know.
Anyhow. his room was fourth floor
front. but 1t run back two rooms deep
and the whole Of 1t was awash with
print paper. He was a mighty edu-
Gated man about ancient Egypt and
could read hieroglyphs like a spelling
book.
speaking Of hieroglyphs I'd rather
have had a faucet leaking dimes for
a mystery than the duck tracks and
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cat scratches that Tanner created into
chaos and called his handwriting. I
used to go up to his place mostly
about noon. He was a writing man.
He wrote about Egyptians and
gnostics. Gnostics was gay boys. You
spelled 'em with a &. The way he'd
planned that work on ancient relig-
Ions he must be at 1t still and going
on ninety. 1t was a long prospect
and his progress was jerky. Some
times he'd begin to clutch his hair
and he says:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23

The rise in Bethlehem steen has been
SO nearly perpendicular that to the I'M
initiated all that the Spectator had to
make q fortune. Hiuds!ght IS easy, AS
a matter of fact experienced spectators
came 20 grief on Bethlehem even when
they took the right position. When
Bethlehem stood around so there were
two spectators In a large commission
who We're both of one mind about the
immediate future OF the stock. The
first was an old time Spectator who
used the chart system. lie began to buy
the stock around so and SO u bought
It steadily all the a up to 10. Here
his chart told him to sell short. lie
sold short consistently until the stock
touched 1870, At that point his winnings
Of some 100000 were cleaned out.
The second speculator was a man Of
Imagination. He began buying the stock
also around 80, announcing that he was
working for 200. lie accumulated odd
lots steadily on a ten point scale AL
the way up to $50. BY this time, how
ever, his success emboldensd him TO taxi
ing on other wal stocks. such as West
lnghouse, Baldwin Locomotive and
American Locomotive, using his paper
profits on Bethlehem as margin. The
Lusitania disaster wiped him out in a
few hours. both profits and original
stake. When Bethlehem struck 200 this
week these two spectators lived their
losses over again.
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Professionals and public.

Those who imagine that the great
speculation In the industrials has been
by the wall Street professional
and semi-professional element would 'e
surprised To hear some of these gentle
men talk during the past week. A ldrI"
number Of them are distinctly beat'sh
and the real reason probably is that th-N
no longer have any stocks. The marcel
has left them behind. u to sit around
and watch things 20 up the way thcf
have been Is the most eNasperating thlIIs
that happen to a Spectator. Being
out OF the war stocks, or even short OF
them. the average professional Spectator
is extremely bcarish. one of these yes
terday talked gloomily Of the enormous
losses which are going to he sustained
when the market collapses. \ friend
asked him whether he was not extremely
builish a short time since and Whether
he had not made "a great deal or none
for himself and his customers. lie adj
mitted this. but explained that he aud
his people had got out with good pronts
and therefore weren't Interested any
longer. They were waiting for the rail-
roads TO Join in the general speculation
before they got in again.
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GOSSIP OF ALI R E
Comparisons

According to shrcwd market observers
the strength OF Steel common stock was
the most impressive feature Of the days
market, as IL has been throughout the
present industrial boom. All day long
steel held ~stlubbornly at Ga, which liz
one point under the very highest of the
movement. At onc time 1t sold within
4 OF the top. only at the very close
did the price sink under Ga. Trading
was heavy. 100. 600 shares being turned
over. Thc strength Of Steel has always
been pointed out as m indication OF the
confidence OF the public as n whole In
the future OF values. As yet II has not
been claimed that the present market In
Steel Is the result of "A move engineered
by pools and professionals. Therefore In
face of the market In steel the assertion
that speculation Is confined to Il wild
orgy of reckless buying by professional
gamblers falls a little fiat. The dis
parity between prices and volumes In the
war stocks and in the standard rails il
not nearly 80 great as between the war
stocks and Steel common. Also those
who condemn the war brides utterly
on account Of the high prices at which
they are selling fail to take into calcula-
ton the small capitalization Of many OF
these companies. Again "a comparison
with steel common lis striking. Steel.
with its $500. UOO, 600 of common stock.
does not look low NJ Gj beside Bethlehem
steel with only 10000 shares and SELL
ing at zoo. The prices of the war stocks
have advanced very rapidly, undoubtedly
too rapidly In many cases. Also adj
vanCes have not been justified In some
cases. But after all their profits ave
come to them as from the blue sky. and
even Horace =. Wilkinson admitted n net
profit of 33 l-3 per cent. on Crucible's
Mnr order.
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corn again sold at New York at 70 cents
C. l. T., which Item also induced part Of
the selling. ' VI
n market rallied rather easily.
however. Cash markets were strong and
u was evident that the corn being of.
iNred ny the country was being readily
,aken. Many In the trade are aston
isned because OF the recent action OF
crop values as the impression was gem
erai that a return Of normal weather
conditions would take sharply from corn
quotations.
oats-Cssh oats were strong. There
were umor OF export business in old
crop stun and while these could not be
confirmed the presence of an inoliry
was not questioned. Deferred months
We're not In active demand. shorts
Dousnt on the upturns In other trains.
pu' tnere was considerable hedge selling
AT times to supply this demand AMI a
confident set OF bears Is said to he active.
rhn movement OF new oats is still very
light. VIZ
Provisions-The recent low levels
were threatened yesterday. Some of tho
Iarge speculative holders were again
among the sellers. Packers gave SIM
port In the late trade and there was
prohts taking for the professional short
interest. Hog receipts continue Of fair
volume. '
Chicago prices.
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DAIRY PRODUCTS MARKET.

BuTTER-light supplies OF fine cream
cries have resulted In hrm market. Lover
Lut trading j. fair. Lack OF storage room
prevents much speculation Process quiet,
Ladies' barely steaiy; paeking stock
26iac.; higher scoring, 27n27igc hrsts, IS
to OF score, 2iia q 2Gc.. state, dairy, tubs.
esSmon 200 ID fs9fGrdl "a rssi%Se, i r.aGyatsi,
extras, 24c; hrsts, IN G?slle.i lower
22u 23c: ladies', current make. trsts, 2lu
.llaC., seconds. goa 2Ol he; lower grades,
MUl9hc packing stock current make.
CHEEsE-Unless at concessions buyers
were hard to interest, but even men Trad
as Wisconsin and Canada offer more in
ducemeuts than state makes Hot weather
defects more omInon skins slow.
Prices; state, whole milk, fresh, twins,
white and colored, specials, lilT ml'.c.;
average, tancy' it%id,:c'; daisies, specials
choice, io1 dlihc fair 70 good, "a loc.
tied. Current receipts show poor quality
and hot weather defects, such are in ac-
o ,n9 drn I Tanc saf ncarb s'n new ef faid stafGSr
s-xirasi nr,l ;i1Y Ms:'tS, nrs's lSn a ~
lGi. e.; hennery, whites, fine to fancy, ?sW
sec henncrSy' browns 24u2Gc.' MIXED
LIVE poULTRY-Fovls and BOOSTERS in
better demand than anticipated Broilcrs
hrncr. Receipts yesterday "a cars with !
on track. Prices; Express fowls, l5a
liisc.; freight fowls, size; hroilers, la
i9c': ducks, Long Island spring, lSt3c.;
Western, lac; old, liigc,, Jersey, spring,
fWl7igc.; old, iiMliiac guineas. soc;
pigeons, 25c; r]oosters. lie; turkeys Ia
DRESSED POGLTRi-Frcsh Killed
fowls scarce and nrm for 4 ID. sizes Small
Of irregular value Old roosters nrm Tur-
keys weak. Nearby spring ducks in ac-
emulation, squads dragged. Frozen
fancy large roasting chickens arm. Fowls
slow, Rroilors forced to sale, Prices;
Ftcsh-FOwls, ~ to box, Western, 60 lbs.
and over, l7hc.; western, scaldcd, large,
ice: broilers, 23T?sc,. old BOOSTERS, l9I
l2nc. squads, prim,, white, 10 lbs to
dozen, $3.50; y lbs. 81; s lbs, $3.50, Tur-
keys, fresh hens and toms, lGc. FroZen-
Turkeys, dry picked, selected, 2lc; West
ern. zoe Texas, l7dl7isc. Broilers. milk
fed, Is to "a lbs, 2? u 2ac. corn fed, Is
to "a lbs, eic. Chickens, IL 10 box, milk
fed, ~ IN ~ lbs. 2lc.; 4s lbs and over,
- n ??c.; corn fed, ~ 70 ~ lbs lsc *
lbs, and over. 2oc Fowls, 4? to box; 90
Ice, old ROSTERS, lcWl2hc,
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TRADE EXPERTS GOING ABROAD
Chairman Davies Calls nj "h'te
House About the Project.

WASHINGTON. July 22-Joseph T. pa
vies, chairman OF the Federal TRADE
Commission, called at the White House
state Department and on the Attorney
General to-day to arrange for an IN
vestigation by the commission into the
foreign trade situation. .
The commission is planning to send
ten or a dozen special agents. experts on
foreign trade, 10 Europe, to report on
the cartel system, under which foreign
exporters combine to protect themselves
against competition.
Representations have been made to
the President by a committee OF the Ma
tional Chamber OF Commerce that there
should be a modification OF the antitrust
laws to permit domestic manufacturers
for the freight trade to combine TO pro-
tect their interests.
'The function of the Trade Commits
sion is TO inquire into the facts said
Chairman Davies. after his call on the
President, and we will make no recon-
mendations."
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THE GRAIN MARKETS.
Fractional wheat ChanEes-
Weather Conditions Brilliant.

AZ no stage of yesterdays wheat ses-
sion was the list really unsettled. The
Intermittent reactions were quickly re-
gained. \ feeling Is prevalent in the
trade that sufficient wheat will be avail
able this season for all purposes, but un-
u there are noteworthy accumulations
the weight Of the entire crop will not
forcih,y assert itself.
Buying for cash h-uses I'D much to
sustain the market. Virtually all the
important millers were said to he in
need OF supplies of high quality wheat.
AID the competition from exporters con-
tinued. The business yesterday for
European houses was figured at more
than A million bushels, In all positions.
Private cables emphasized the unsuita-
bic harvesting weather In various parts
a. Europe. France, Spain and Italy SUI
fe..ug most.
our weather map was again beyond
much criticism. There was not an inn
p1rt4nt winter wheat section that had
enough moisture TO delay harvesting and
thruShirg. The clear weather In the
rtlwest was viewed as all that could
Nc desired, More dispatches came tell
ing ~ the commencement OF wheat cut
ing Ia South Dakota next week ana OF
tie PR spcct of a spring wheat yleld IN
excess IL 400, 600. 900 bushels, as against
tho production Of zoo, 900, 900 last sea-
son. Such dispatches offset the report
published by Clement. Curtis x Co, in
dl.tt,ug that the winter wheat Yields
had been rcduced : TO 80 per cent. as
a result Of the in%cessant rains recently
and that the Canadian crop had been
damaged about 20 per cent. in many
scu-ions by the June frosts. Al the
same time several authorities In the
itde believe that the outturn In can
ada might easily exceed 22j,ooo,ooo
bushels. compared with l6O,ooo'ooo a
year ago.
Although receipts are gaining INC the
Weather forecast does not suggest an I'M
mediate change to unfavorabie condl-
tons, there is not much probability OF
the visible supply being greatly fortlned
for another few weeks. a drop or III
cents a bushel was registered In Omaha
cfsh wheat yesterday. but there Is sun
much room for readjustnhent In the cash
wheat prices and the wheat future mar
fc's The movement 40 far this week
totals 2,5iT.OO0 bushels, against l,74O.-
Coo asst week and TO- "a, 900 last year
'oru-Quite a little scattered pront
thb.ny caused "A reaction In the corn
l'F' for a time yesterday. The yelling
Was accomplished with claims that
shorts had been pretty well eliminated
snd that the weather was quite favor
ahle, even though a limited western
area needed higher temperatures to force
The growth of the late crop Argentine
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SAGGING TENDENCY
IN COTTON MARKET
Prices Lower on Selling, In
duccd by Disappointing
Liverpool Cables.
WEATHER MORE SETTLED

Cotton yesterday closed point
higher on July and 4 to 10 points lower
on tho later positions in a narrow and
undressing market. Liverpool was
somewhat disappointing, In spite OF the
fact that spot sales reached a fairly
large total. The weather was favorable
with no precipitation, except for scat
tered showers in Texas and parts Of
Georgia and the Carolinas. Temporal
lures were around a s~easonable average
and the maximum temperature in Texas
was 30 degrees.
Just now the trade appears to he
marking time. awaiting the possibility Of
crop scares or some striking develop
ment in the International situation.
Scattered liquidation was about the
only feature of yesterdays trading. as
local operators seem to he selling as a
result of disappointment over the heavy
Liverpool cables. The time IL rapidly
growing near for the movement Of the
new crop and first bales" are making
their appearance In Texas and in parts
Of the Eastern belt. Savannah received
the first bale Of the Georgia crop yester-
day.
About the only evidence OF spot de-
mand is scattered inquiry from New
England mills and some buying for Rus
STA with view to shipment TO Vladi-
yostok. II is said that some cotton has
been bought for Russian shipment "lt
OF the local stock In the last few days,
and this appears TO be the chief export
business now being put through.
The South is doing some selling OF
contracts In the local market for the
account of merchants against the re-
ccipts of spot cotton which they have
20 take In payment of accounts. Some
southern people are said TO believe II
probable that there will be more busi-
ness of this sort han usual this season,
According to the American Wool and
Cotton Reporter the cotton goods mar
ket is in a qliet condition. Sales rave
been somewhat larger han for a week
or so. but the transactions have been
largely for spot goods or for early de-
livery.
Futures closed steady.
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Actton.

The consensus Of opinion was that
the market acted extremely well under
the circumstl nces. The upturn has been
very violent IN the industrial group.
especially on Wednesday. Heavy profit
taking was naturally invited. The APP
proach of the time for the despatch OF
the Presidents note to Germany inten-
sifed this profit taking movement n
was calculated to induce buyers to hold
off. Also the trading element which
takes a day to day position has become
accustomed to signal the sending OF
each note to Germany by pressure upon
stocks. With all these influences brought
to bear upon 1t the resistance OF prices
must have been a revelation to these
who have suspected a hollow shell which
needed only n tap to crush it In. Logi-
cally the market ought TO have gone
lower. That is admitted even by the
bulls. But there IL plenty of time to
make up for this disc prominent. with
the Presidents note to hand.
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FINANCIAL NOTES.

n. q. Smith. manager Of the auditing
department Of the Guaranty Trust COM
pany, has been made an officer OF the
company. with the title Of auditor
Harris. Forbes & co. have been APP
pointed fiscal agents N this city OF the
State Of Louisiana. Hereafter the prin-
cipal and interest OF the states bonds Will
he payable AT the office of these bankers.
The Louisiana Port Commission bonds will
also he p payable there.
}. Frank Howell second Of tho alpha
betical series of discussions on Investment
stocks covers Brooklyn Rapid Transit. II
apossrs with illustrations showing the
development OF seventeen years.
Cash payment Of ~ per cent quarterly
on the shares of the Cambria steel Com
pany has been resumed. The dividend IL
payable August ~ 10 stock 81 record luly
81. The last three quarterly payments
were paid In scrip, bearing interest At the
rate Of s per cent, per amman and mHtur-
Ing two years from date OF Issue.
The New York stock Exchange has
admitted to list Anaconda Copper Mining
Company stock, 2,33l,25O shares Of the
par value NJ $50 each, In lieu OF tGG2 500
shares OF the par value Of s25 each,
The Eastman Kodak Company has de-
clared an extra dividend of . per cent, on
the common stock. payable September /.
to holders Of record August
The directors Of the Keystone Watch
Case Company have passed the ssmi-an-
nual dividend Of Ia per cent.
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The number of hard luck stories now
being heard after the great advance
In prices grows daily When the talk !s
Of stocks apparently few men fan to
recall being on the verge or buying
this or thai, stock many points lower.
The greatest of all these neglected OPP
portuuities seems to he that of the man
who was offered a call on Electric Boat
last year and refused 1t because he
didn't know anything o the stock
The call was an exceptional one. being
offered by an individual who had 600
shares and didn't mind selling a call on
"A hundred To see the stock go up. II
was good for a week, II the price
was s35. At the expiration OF the call
Electric Boat was at 81. Theoretically,
because those things don't happen, II
the stock had been kept until now the
profit on the whole transaction would
amount 10 about $4,000.