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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
FACTS FROM AFFAIR
Industrial Briefs Coming From Many
pBrta of tho civilized World.
Some Ncpr Home,

Thr cork oak or Spain Is said 10
grow hcst in poorest soil
December = The wheat harvest month
in Mex South Wales.
Rubber nails for places where meta!
ones would corrode are u novelty from
Germany
Waterproof kuapsacks made Of horse
hair hay" been invented BY a Japa-
ncsc army officer.
y British patent covers "a series Of
tanks attached to Il cable 10 permit
vessel to spread oil on rough water.
French authorities have opened 1875
mites 81 railroad III Algeria. which
eventually VIII cross the Sahara
Desert
a rnrtabl. generator has been
specially designed to provide electric
lights TO permit, farm work 10 be done
at night.
TO mark cattle for identification an
inventor has patencd stud buttons that
car he clamped through their ears
Under the operation of a new drain
age law. Prince Edward Island is ex-
pcctcd 10 increase in farm values by
81 100000
simple process for converting the album
for paper
tile and other abers, rubber hides and
skins tobacco and sugar form Mex
iro's chief exports
The FIRST census Of the kind ever
taken in rcnmark. which has about
one-third the area Of Wisconsin. cred
'ica the country with more than s.
100000 irui, trees
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
NEVER MORE PROSPEROUS
Chase city Records Best Huxinexs Year
Ia Its IfiStory-AlI It's Indus
tries Arc EicurisiinE.

CHASE CITY. VA. December 30
The bankers ard other business mon
nf ;his place agree that thas" city to-
day closes III" best business year ~
i's history, and tho year winds M WIKI
all "f her Industries working full time.
all 81 ~: merchants counting up profits.
all 81 its banks hour!shing. and IT'S
great mineral springs adding up the
profits OF the hes; year they have ever
had since the two fountains of health
were discovered And. as for the to-
bac"o men. they hav" never before
known such - year The sales of The
leaf M 10 dale Tor the season have
been larger than ever before and the
oldest dealer does not rcroilcct the time
when prices for tho weed were higher
than they have hcen this season. Tho
sawmill men in all Of the surrounding
region hav, had all the business they
could attend 10. and hnvr entirely re-
covered from the bad effects Of the long
duh season they had after tho begin
ming Of the war in Europe. which in
some way cut down the activity Of the
box shook fac toricS and shut oft their
demand for timber. Altogether. Chase
city was never in Il more prosperous
condition.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
LEXINGTON DID We'll
'"'':"" sixteen Hrought pro>n.r;,
:" ,."cAhridGc c"unt,-t.ood t,o,a,
"'eh"hts-Rcsidcnc r. HuiIt

r., -f'.N lN''ToN. VA. Deccmbc, "a
IN. town "f Lexington ana pa,.,.
frog" County have cniovca ,-ro..
!" 'si,Hrhs during 1915 Tho pr..,t 10
!i'"'o ~ good prices for All sorts ~.
u. products have been or Srea, yol,.
:" we farmers. and. as q rcsrl No..
ny splendid bank accounts. beside,
zoo" homes AND many neg cnnvan'
fences Of rural life.
Good roads movements hay. ,.,
E'"r'"a VIII 'he ana in yi.v of =
,t,s'-'''Ss n'a"adam highway throur h
~" county from the Augusta Connt,.
..". - fi"t"touri. ,hl!s completing M.
"hh n me National Highway ,bro,,.sh
N"I!eE OF Virginia from IN VS.,
gina Inc near Wiuchcst.r ,hroucn
f""h"N" !" Bristol. The Board OF sn,
H.FN'S"'S "i R"ckiri,!2ce had this i'm
pf"'"nent IN mind when ,hev dccin-
90 - put mncadam on tho mai, ~.
"u.N'.'r" ~ Natural !:ridgc and So,,,h
Eit"r districts
BESIDE" tn" handsome Jackson t,,,,
~ 'he virginia Military Institute. = rra
si''o.2eh "i architecture. uow rca,;,.,,
completion largo uunthcr OF su,s,,r
tiai residences have been nrac,cd q.
l.sEincto'. hes idcs tn. rchuil,lin,. ...,,
improvements Of several n,si,nss
houses. Altogether The town mas mad.
many improvements within The y.a.
i.iE ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
NEW PRODUCT FROM VANS;
MORE MONEY IN POTATOES
nrnlina Wan discovers i'ruccs~ for
Milking Nnrious Delicious Foods
lmcrcnac In SMcct-puiaIu t,rnns

After experimenting for several
months. Grccnvillc, :. G., man. J. II.
Williams by name. has perfected "a
process by which various food products
may Do made from yams ~ any other
L mo Of sweet potatoes Mn Williams
has oe"n - successful with hiss nov
patented process and with providing
machinor! 10 do the work. also pat
en;ed. that h" had no truuh," in form
Ing company with S25u.o60 capi;1;
stock, ell taken by Cigcenviiie capt.
talists To manufacture from sweet no.
i"toes these food products. Operations
have been carried on IN !, small rented
building. hut tho new company has
arranged TO huild a $4,000 factory in
which 10 eniar@" its business 10 mann
moth proDcrtinnS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
OIL AND NATURAL GAS
Piles of Money BEING Invested in OH
Wells and Gas Flows In West
SirEfnfa.

CHARLESTON. ". "A. December
3o.--The oil and natural gas industry
In this state will probably see greater
development in 1917 than ever before
since those products wer. first tIiscov-
cred In West Virginia. The follow
ing new companies have RECENTLY been
chartered and incorporated: the West
Virginia OIL and Gas Company Sl5O
900 capital, Washington City capital
exclusively: the Anderson Angstron.
Oil and Gas Company, Charleston, cap
ital $4,000: the Ia iia OIL and Gas
Company, of Ciarksburg. with $4,000
capital: the RcxAIar OH and Gas Com
pany. Of Parkersburg. with $4,000 cap
'tal; the Wate! on Company. of New
Martinsville, with S1.poo.00G capital.
The last-named is incorpnrate with
New FORK capital. John =. Ryan. T..
Edmund Fay. William T. Higgins and
William l. Berk, of New York City.
and benjamin +. Griffith, of Brooklyn
being the incorporates and principal
stockholders.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
VIRGINIA SCHOOL FACTS;
THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Stptc schools nad Colleges Luuk After
the Farm Boys ana Girls In
i.sprcial Manner.

,ios"rh w Everett; ~ the Virginia
Journal Of Education. sums up. for thr
Industrial putlook, few of the add
vantases - the states eduGa tional
system. Virginia cNneudS over $1,000
900 annually on her schools. Her State
school taN Is 10 cents. aud her aver
age district and county tax * IL cents
on 'he sloc.
She employs l2,"oc teachers annual
iy OF these. ASS hold snccial Ger
'itirai"s h,eher than iirst grade. and
2.1a5 hold hrSterade and hish-schuc.
certificates.
She has 5000 onc-room white schools
NO two room aud pa three tn twenty
room white schools. Is, state law
mes" buildings arc compelled 10 have
sanitary toilet rooms. etc
million dollars were Sp"n, laS,
wear III new school buildings
one hundred aud sixty-fvc thousand
whit" children attend her one and two
room schools.
ono hundred AMI fifiN thousand white
children attend her larger :scubois
The Cnrricula Of the primary and
grammar schools include reading. SMELL
ing. grammar and composition. indus
triai work, arithmctic. c.cogr.phy ana
phys'ol"sy. history. writing. drawing
aud music,
sho has 80 nigh schools. whose
graduates arc prepared to enter III,
legs and universities.
Ninet! seven per cent OF her couu~
i2. Ray" high school facilities
The .nrriculum "f the hign-schocl
course includes English, .n,athenlatics
<'l'h't' "Gr'cui'mre 'wi'h lahoratoryb.
Aist":r. languages, business course
manual training
81" has &c" aHr'rui,ural hish schools
on" located in each coul.re sicrnl dis.
i"i't}. ana her regular hi.h.YrhooI
'arSi1"lu'h Includes courses ~ asri-
~ W."
~" ha> State university. whose
''a".o.'s courses arc free - Virginia
%.H"'"l =. AN' " state m"chamcai ana
asfirniiurai college. whose farming
80 .1'' aye Under tho direction Of
~. >a'icn"i A2rcuiturs! department.
80 mas hNc normal schools
,he has 80 ritizons' school leagues.
IN menhcrSh'n q 3"."io.
-" mas "a" school wagons
counties hold annual school
AZ. 600
nc a's 200 schoolhoys enrolled IN
net corn oiuos. and i,l+a girls enrolled
:" ~ .,rr .aH'iinG clubs
~" GeNo'eS especial attention
10 hcr rural schools J.,,r 49,. So,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
h"a"s In Virginia tontinur loil,,,
Efforts 70 Head On Annoying
Car Shortnre

Tho railway lines doing business in
virginia continue t. bu, ncw cars If
~ nnrI""$ kinds The Norfolk and
western is not only huyinr from the
'arg" car building establishments I'm,
arc keeping their own shops Il, Roa-
noke bus turning Out freight cars
as vel! a coal cars
INC Virginia Railway placed am or
Do last week with tho standard S,oe,
Company. Of Pittsburgh. for m, NOR,
eou'!ou cars
u Is announced that the A,lan,i.
Coast Line Is IN the marke, FOR nt,oar
express cars ana five combination bag
gag aud mall cars - ho used on IN.
main line between Richmond ava VIZ
mtnston
The Sapta"rn Railway !, keeping is
Shops IA south Richmond. iu Spencer.
g.. and ~ other points busy re-
G"l.a'nr on freight cars. ara these
shops arc turning out many ,hat AZ.
- good as N"w
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
Work on Norfolk and western.

itcANckE.. VA. pcstnl"r 3Q-Th.
records in th' offices OF the Norfolk
an! Western Railway SHOW ,Gst durina:
III" past year that company has bull,
l!.03 miles Of second track all III
Virginia: side tracks yard tracks. etc.
Si.hi miles: has expended for freight
station and yard changes Al Winston
salem. y. e. Si61,c0D and ~ t"s also
installed seventy miles Of automatic
block signals. The system now has
'43 miles Of line cont"'lled with auto
matte block signals II operates pas
senIer trains or .9l2 miles Of line OF
which GSl mics have automatic. block
signals and a05 miles nonaut"n,utic
block signals
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
Hosiery by the Thousands.

HIGH POINT y. c.. December 2O.--
The Amos Hosiery Mills Company. re-
Gently incorporated here with S35, 900
capital stock. has completed It's or
SANITATION by tho election OF the fol
lowing officers: Wsscott Robertson,
president: Charles l.. Amos. vice -prasi
dent: r. I. Amos. secretary and treas
urer. Plans have been completed. and
work VIII commence next week on 4
$4,000 mill building. when will I've
equipped with forty knitting machines
and other machinery giving IL a ca
pacity of 400 dozen pairs OF hosiery
per day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
SHORTAGE OF LABOR
FELT BY INDUSTRIES
Munition Plants Have Drawn Thous.
ands From Ordinary Lines
OF Trade.
OF PROHIBITION
Has Greatly Benefited Some Lines,
Especially Tobacco Works 5.
Many Worlimcn Have Gone Where
There Is More "I.ifc."

Labor conditions in Richmond have
materially improved in the two months
that prohibition has been in force III
Virginia. according 10 leading manu-
farturtrs. who said yesterday that they
had found their labor more su,isfuc-
tory. but that as yet they had been
Si;en little .uoporiunity to study the
situation. The belief was expressed in
some quarters that conditions would
continue To improve. bat others were
Inclined =" think tina, a large percent,
age OF tho laboring class would re-
mor" I" Other sections Of :he country.
With a large shortage existing in
certain classes OF labor. especially
c"iorcd w"rhmcn. many employers yes-
to-day were greatly concerned as To
what relief they could devise FOR the
critical situation IN Richmond ut this
tune anu which is said Ia exist IN nrac-
tca!iI all sections Of the south Mu-
nit!on plants are said TO have been the
principal cause for this shortage. Will.
many thousands OF negroes have been
drawn 10 the North from Virginia and
North Carolina for railroad and Other
work.
Several manufacturers said YESTERDAY
mat since prohibition had become cf.
fcct.ve their men had been working
more regularly. and we're turning GU.
better work The number Of accidents
ma" also decreased. despite the fac,
mat the plants used as many orecau.
IRONS Ih"foro November | as they do
Al this time,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
SOME MEN LEAVE
l'OK OTHER CoMMINrrIEs

Mr. buchanan had brought 10 his at
t"ntion several days ago the fact that
The virginia Railway and Power Com
pany nad lost one OF It's laborers who
h"i been employed by the compa!
seventeen years. This man had pn-e
!" H@i;!m"lc Tor work in Il munition
plant. Higher wages and wet
town were SAID 10 have caused the man
to leave Richmond
IT was also stated yesterday tnat a
number Of walters In several Of the
hotels and restaurants wee preparing
to leave Richmond in the pcxt few
days. They told the same story as
many other mon, especially those from
Northern cities, who said Richmond
was dead" Moving picture theaters
furnished the only amusement. and .ney
had tired Of this. There were no marks
such ~ they mad been acc..storned 10
ana they refused to remain in this
city.
That no Improvement III the s:,ua.
| ton could be expected until afte!
peace in Europe has been declared was
the general belief expressed, for M
industrial plant could compete with the
munition plants in the wages offered
workmen. Even under these condi.
lions, several munition plants arc said
10 he short Of men.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
orchmsdiue on Mtg Scale.

MOUNT JACKSON VA. Dccemh,, 80
IN" S''aihmore Farm and Orchard
ionlpany has been Incorporated h.,,
with $!o0.rov capital i, T. Ntss,s,
the pres!den, and Jchn L.. Wisslcr. n
- "ccr"tarr and treasurer. The com
panS w!li cultivate rs prcsen, larc.
orchards and farm, and will continue
20 p!ant out apple arG peach orchards.
"ht! u MI! have and operate what
wti probably he the largest frui,
growing enterpris" N Virginia
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
HANDSOME: AND SIBSTA NritI.
BUILDINGS ARE THE RULE

IL j. impossihi" al this time ac-
cur" tells I" estimate thc value Of the
buildings erected during the past year
The comm .sioncr OF the revenue does
NOT take his annual census until some
time in January. and none of the c,ty
records shows Tho value III houses
erected and being erected until That
census is taken The commissioner
makes il plain that his cStimut. given
above is more IN the nature uf guess
work Than "a real estimate
Many "f The buildings CONSTRUCTED i'm
the last twelve months are among the
most handsome in the city. Many orc
81 brick and those that arc frame
dwellings are substantial. pretty and
coy III appearance. The city il .y-
handing north and east. while m. SOC
ton all The way between Ncwror,
News and Hampton is fast being built
~ In tho north End scores Of dwell
inGS are golne up one residential
section was recently opened on ,hr
water front just inside the city limits
and another has been opened M JUST
oui.ii" IL" line and set on the water
front. streets and Sidewalks haze been
built already in both places. many lots
sold. and the construction of houses
viii he commenced AZ soon rs the
spring opens
More negro residences have been
mutt IN tho last iWclN. months than
during any similar period in the his
tory or the city. and the coiored pco-
pie have been building good. attractive
and substantial homes. There are a
great many negroes III Newport News
and tho better tn" class of houses
owned and tcnantcd by them the better
pi"hsed are III" white people. for they
arsu" that tho better their homes the
better citizens negroes will become
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
NIL DEALERS N EINE. SHAPE.
ron Ni.M YEARS BUSINESS

The sample and package dealers OF
richmond re2or, good business for
me past three months and taken, as a
"h"ie, The stocks on hand in the stor-
axe Warehouses are considerably
smaller than thoN We're year ago.
however, many OF the dealers have
STOCKS on storage Ia other markets.
especially ~ the bright markets, and
when thes" are shipped 70 thia city,
unless they are sold where they are.
'he STOCK" held in packages will be
ABOUT 4" they were last season.
NJ OF the leaf tobacco dealers. az
Wen as the manufacturers. have taken
aaNahtaee of the holiday season 10
root UP their hooks. ana without ey.
certion they find said books in GOOD
shape. and the ualoucc on the ripbt
ga" or the ledgcrs. hence. they start
the new year in fine share. and there
are 40 indications that there will he
any hshtcnlrG up OF business or any
reductions III the high prices that have
been paid TO tho growers Of tho weed
Tor the good crop of 1915
The Richmond warehouses v.,,l :.
open for business Ola Tuesday. and
an oi the Virginia markets win GET
DusS some time this week.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31

bIE ! Sun tTT1. =. z, UccemHcI 70.
The Alarka Lumber -ompanv. Of ih,s
place, has completed plans for the
BUILDING Of another lumber mill that
is to have II daily capacity or 10000
feet Of lumber The plan win be erect
Cd on Alarka Greek, in Swain County.
where the company IS developing tim
Der lands along the water shed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
Good for Dickenson County.

CLlNTWoup VA. December go.
Ohio capital has been brought To Dicis.
enson County TO develop its hardwood
wealth and 10 convert into money vas,
acres OF hardwood timber land in the
western part nf the county adjacent
To the Kentucky line. The Yellow
Poplar Lumber Company. of Coal
Grove. Ohio, haa purchased these
acres. and will early in the year pu;
an army OF men to work In the forests.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31

I!KIST'lI, w. DcocmInr an --Tbo
Arohilime Packing Company has been
chartered here with $4,000 capital
ana VII cs'ahitsi, a packing house in
Hristoi as EARLY in the new wear ms
possible. NJ. +. Aronnimc is the presi-
gent or the company ana e. l.. Aron
hlme IL ihc tarN-trnasurer
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
A HOME BUILDING BOOM
DOWN IN NEWPORT news
Nineteen Sixteen Was Record Break
ing Year In aud About tho
Shipbuilding Town.
MORE BUSINESS FOR SPRING
Needed Residences Going Up i'm All
Parts OF City and Out in Subtii.
visions and Suburbs--Ncsrocs Fol
low Example of Whites.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. December
&o--Unc would hardly call il !, build
'nI boom" tina, Newport News has been
having all OF this year. hut il is liable
:" reach tho proportions Of q real boom
before the New Ycar begius 10 get
middle aged. for the demand for more.
ana moro homes for incoming people
continues 20 grow.
AcCor'iiu- IA tiic estimates of she
commissioner of the revenue. tho value
or tn" buildings erected aud complete cd
III this "i'i during tn" last twelve
months is something over "A half 4
million dollars. Last year and 1911
were regarded - tho banner Years in
n" building iinc. hut tho building dur
'ng 1915 aggregates ms much. If no, i
i''tle more, than in either OF Tie
previous years mentioned
There az" now more than 90 build
irrN IN the course Of construction
within the city limits. according, Ia !,
census recently taken by tho chief uf
police. 1T the direction Of ,hc Mayor.
The most Of these buildings arc much
needed dwellings. 'rhct" have been
very -" business houses constructed
out and on durinC tne year, bu; more
than d'iN buildings forn,crly occupied
rs saloons are being -cmcdclca aad
some 81 them practically rebuilt. Many
~ these already have been ,omplet ed
aud converted into stores. uotcls and
~" Ike. and tho others win he occu-
pied Ivy various business enterprises
aS soon as the alterations are com
plctsd
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
HAPPY TOBACCON|sTs; !,
GOOD BUSINESS SEASON
Times Have Changed, and Growers
Of Need Have Learned to Mar
ket Their Crops Early.
MORE THAN nALE or CROP SOLD
Sun-tured Tobacco Brings Twice as
Much Money as Last-Dark Ship
ping and Brights Make Similar
RecOrl-Dcalcrs In Fine Shape.

For The past several years Nirsi
tobacco growers have been marketing
their crops earlier and earlier every
year. y few years ago they placed
very little Of the weed on the ware
house doors for sale before Christmas
and the heaviest selling months were
May. June, July ANA August OF the
year following that III which the crop
Mas made. Because Of the higher
prices being offered. the farmers COM
nerccd mark citing earlier last fall than
ever known before. and the continued
activity and the apparent caEcrncss
~ the buyers caused them TO keep ulI
an almost continuous rush to the leaf
markets with their product until the
Christmas holidays. The result Is that
IN Virginia and North Carolina. taken
- 4 whole. more than half, possibly
two thirds. OF the tobacco grown in
1916 hus passed from first hands and
been converted into money. The
bright markets Of both States have
sold larger proportion Of the crop
than tho markets in which the dark
goods are sold but there has been
IN carry rush tn" pnst year even in
the dark markets, which in old times
rarely ever ala business OF any con-
SEQUENCE until after the Christmas hol-
lr.t.g.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
woRI<MEN REPORT
IN BE1TER CONDITION.

inc workmcn are said to report 10
the plants For work in the morning in
huch petter condition. and there is less
friction. Another factor that is prov.
lnS OF tremendous value II is said. ,s
W" tact that without liquor the men
have more money for other purposes
with the result that domestic affairs
are IN better shape and the workmen
ar" more cnn,cnted with their cmplov-
ment This is especially true at tho
various tobacco factories tho Rich
momd Cedar Works. aud Ia a less oX
tent the shops OF tho various railroads
a!thou.h 1t the latte. plants the i'm
prove" conditions are not so pronounce
"nhctnalE because the class Of labor
j. higher
from statements made YESTERDAY. tho
railroads. arc apparently suffering moro
rom me scarcity in labor than any
liner iine OF industry III Richmond or
Virginia. g. II. buchanan. general
manager OF the Virginia Railway and
Power Company, said that MS comnamr
was experiencing tho greatest difficulty
in securing negro labor ro, stree,
work.
" i impossible. he said. 10 secure
as much labor a. the cumpan, needs
not only for The normal n,noun, ., 70
pa street work. bu, for new con
s:rueii"n. The COMPANY mas scy.r,,
rIcSes ~ new work under way I'M,
cannot nud men. This corlpnny No.
as" i""na some little diaiculry !, 60
1.-THE N"'orw.n ana conductors -
"ptth'' MS cars. While ms copJi,yan
y h", a bad as that cAisi!nr rn,. .a.,,,
OF employees p'us
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
VIEWS AND NEAR-VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
Improving Chemical Industries - yIr-
Einia TURNER'S should Rnisc Cane,
Su!s an EaIlcrt-tut-Orc Lands.

Mr.. Lesher, OF the United States Geo
logical Survey. offers interesting suy-
gcation; as follows:
Two things must be done TO increase
tho chemical Industry in the South
awake the South TO its possibilities
and interest the necessary Northern
capital. larger. better exhibit at the
next chemical exposition. for which
you have begun AN insistent campaign
Will do both.
AS an evidence Of the awakening OF
the south, 1t has recently come 10 niy
attention that Il carbide plant is pro
jected in the Virginias to supply locaI
demand. other chemical industries
VIII follow. II am sure and the oduca-
'i"nal work you ara doing viii he a
steady help"