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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
!, Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

According to the acreage report of the Chronicle. they estimate the acreage as the largest on record, exceeding even the large crop year of 1914. This report had the effect of causing a decline in Liverpool and a slight one here until ru- mors circulated to the effect that further rt duo tion in the freight rate had at- tracted new buyers to the New York stock, which would be secured for the purpose of shipment to Liverpool. These rumors, together with another to the effect that war with Mexico would cur tail the Texas crop, brought many buy ine crders from local sources, and a re- eulrine sharp advance. The local trade are confident of higher prices under these conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Didn't Need It
rom the Wa shington Star.

From the Washington Star.
 'We Americans believe in augmenting our output. We believe in forging ahead We're not like Smithers,' said a Balti- more capitalist the other day.
 "One day in Loretto I saw Smithers whitewashing his pig pen with a white wash brush with nearly all the bristles gone"
 !" 'Smithers,' I said, why don't you get a brush with more bristles in it?'
 Why should I do that? Smithers asked.
 Why said I, because, of course, if your brush had more bristles you could do twice as much work.
 |" 'Yeh, p'rhaps I could said Smithers. ''But ye see. I aint got twice as much work to do.' !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Sugar Market

New York, June 22.-There was quite an active trade in raw sugar today, but without chance in price, Operators and refiners bought 2,OOO bags Cubas afloat and in port at 5Ac. cost and freight, and 25,00o bags of shipment Cubas were sold to operators at this figure. In addition 145,0O0 bags Porto Ricos, June and July shipment, sold at 6.08c, and 2500O tons f. 0. b. Cubas at 495115.00c latter foreign account. Centrifugal closed 6.27c, molasses 5.50c, and cost and freight 5Ac.
 The situation in refined was unchanged, demand keeping light owing to the un- settled price condition here, although as country stocks are light, new buying is expected to follow any readjustment of values Fine granulated quoted from 7.30c to 7,6oc by various refiners.
 The futures market opened weaker, but improved with the increased activity in raws which caused covering, and at the close was fairly steady, at point decline to 6 points net advance. Sales, Il, ,5O0atons July sold from 5.2Sc to 5.37c, closing 5.35c September, 5.41c to 5.5Oc, closing $500; No vember 5.25c to 5.34c, closing 5.35c, and De- cember 5.05c to 5.09c. closing 5.14c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Flour and Feedstuff

Colorado patent, $500; self-rising flour. $6.35; Tennessee flour, $615; Michigan flour, $7.35; Idaho flour, s6.S0; hard winter wheat flour, $6.10; spring wheat flour, SC. 35@6.65; Illinois flour, $6.10; Minne- sota wheat flour, $6.1O Pure wheat shorts, $32a3S; pure wheat bran. $2s; cot ton seed meal. 71s per cent, $33; Cremo cotton seed meal, s26; cotton seed hulls $2I; lintless hulls $14. Mo- timothy hay, $27; new pea green alfalfa, $22; southern alfalfa, $20; mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass, $19. Caffin corn and milomaize, $1.75 $75. Light clover mixed hay. $24; No. No. Johnson grass, $14; wheat straw, SIS; wheat, per 100 lbs, $250. Mixed feeds s33@36 No. white oats per bushel, 5Sc. Corn, per bushel s1 Cornmeal. per g. bushel sack, $1.S0; corn chops. 1O0-lb. sack, $1.9O; corn feed meal. $34 Poultry food. $1.so per sack; dairy food. $32.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
MEAT AND LARD UP
 ON MORRIS AVENUE
Prices in Other Lines Re- ported Steady-Business
 Reported Brisk

Meat prices underwent a slight shake-up on Morris avenue yesterday, advancing from 1sc to F on the pound. Pure lard took the biggest leap 1t mas made in several weeks. Prices in this line have been on the continual upward trend for several weeks. and dealers think prices have not reached the top notch yet
 Prices in all other lines continued steady yesterday. Business was report ed fair, with good supplies on hand. A shipment of red snapper yesterday afternoon put fish markets in good condition to handle their demand.
 Todays quotations follow:
 Poultry and Eggs
 (CommissIon Merchants .rice) F'ryers-23927c.
 HenS-17c.
 Guineas-35c.
 Roosters-10c per lb.
 Fresh Country Eggs-21c; graded 23c. Turkeys-Live. 22c; dressed, Ac. Geese-75c, or 13c pound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Bank of England Statement

London, June 22.-The weekly statement of the Bank of England shows the fol- lowing changes:
 Total reserve increased e270,0O0; circu- lation decreased G140,O00; bullion in- creased G129996; other securities increased e2,6s0,00O; other deposits increased 94,OOS, 600; public deposits decreased e1,064,000 notes reserve increased 9124,000. Govern ment securities unchanged. The propor- tion of the bank reserved to liability this week is BIAS per cent; last week it was 3195 per cent Rate of discount, per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
New Orleans Futures
New Orleans Cotton

New Orleans. June 22.-Spot cotton, steady, 12 points up; sales on the spot 1928; to arrive. 375; good ordinary, 11.50c; strict good ordinary, 12c; low middling, 12.50c; strict low middlir 2, 12T5c; middling, 13c; strict maldling, 13"5c; good middling, 13-5oc; strict good middling, 13.75c; receipts 37S6; stock, 214.390.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Bank nf France Statement

of the Bank of France shows the follow ink changes: Gold in hand increased 6,410,0O0 francs; silver in hand decreased 3,179,000 francs notes in circulation de- creased 11,77S000 francs; treasury depos- its decreased 21,531, GOO. General deposits increased 6,150,O0O francs; bills discounted decreased 2,527,000; acvances increased S,569 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Cotton Seed Oil

New York. June 22.-Scattered liqui- cation, induced by the decline in lard and lack of outside support, resulted in lower prices for cotton seed oil to- day and at the close net losses of s to Il points were recorded sales, $500 barrels. Spot and June, i9.90W11.11c, July, 1O.95@ 10.96: August. 10.S7W10.SS: September, 10.S6@ 10.S7c: October, SS Te.90c November, S.S7Gs s,aSc; Decem- Der and January. S.S4G SS6c; total sales $500
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Interior Movement

Houston: Middling, 13.75c; receipts,
 542; sipments, S149; sales, S64; stock, 4S,326 Memphis: Middling, 13.12c; receipts, 2s7; shipments, 1135; sales, $50; stock, |S7,17S. Augusta: Middling, 12.94c; receipts, SS; sipments, S07; sales, TAT; stock,
 7S,421. St. Louis: Middling, 13c: receipts, 1867; shipments. 1867; sales 60; stock, |12,734. Cincinnati: Receipts. SS1; shipments,
 3127; stock, 11,645.
 Little Rock: Middling, 13.13c; receipts,
 |3; shipments, 2; sales, ?; stock, 12,211. Total today: Receipts, 3168; ship
 ments, 90S7; stock, 250,515.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23

guilders, demand, Al 5-16 cables, 41 9-16; fires. demand, 6.35; cables, 6.i4; :; rubles, demand. 31; cables. 31 N; bar silver, Csc; Mexican dollars. 50, gov ernment bonds strong; railroad bonts irregular. Time loans stronger; 60 days, 31s c 4; 90 days, I six months, 70 l. call money steady: high, B; loN., 2le ruling rate 3; last loan. 8; closin 7 bid. 2 21a offered at }.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Chicago Grain

Chicago, June 22.-Wheat No. 2 red, nominal; No. 3 red, $1; No. hard, s1.0SA; No. hard, 9Sc@1. Corn, No. yellow, 6al@771Ac; No. yellow, 75c; No. white, 75c. Oats, No. 3 white. 9s1hd4OAc; stand ard, 4Os4@41ac. Rye, No. ?, 99c; barley 60@7Sc; timothy, $7.5O; clover, sS@14. Pork, $23 5O@24.50; lard, s1312; ribs, $13.30@1390
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
st. I,Ouis Grain

St. Louis, June 22-Wheat, No. red, S1. .1001.1; No. ? hard, s104; July, $1.01h; September, s1.OS1s@1 O35s Corn, No. 2, 75c; No. white, 751s@76c; July, 74c; Sep tember, 715sc Oats, No. and No. white nominal; July, 3sc; September, SSc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
re quotations were as follows:
Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, June 22-Wheat No. 2 hard, 97c6$1 O4; No. red, 97c@1. .03. Corn, No. mixed, 72G73c; Mo- ? white, 72@ 72Ac; Mo- yellow, 739731ac. Oats, No. 2 white, 40@4o1ac; No mixed, 331s0341sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Disregarded

From the Washington Star.
 ''The originator of things frequently fails to get credit for them."
 That's right. A milliner gets abc'lt wo-thirds of the credit for an ostrich feather"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Bonds
Mercantile Paper

New York. June 22.-Meraantie ra- rAr sA@s& per cent; sterling 6o-day bills. 4.72A demand. 4.7oA cabiea' 17sH francs. demand. s9l cables 5.s0%; marks, demand, 'lS caniea' 74Z; kronen, demand, l3; cables loa :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Rice Market

New Orleans, June 22.-Clean rice was strong in tone today. with no sales and quotations unchanged. Receipts: Clean, 15O0 pockets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Look Pleasant"

Business Caller Hooking at photo graph)--This is picture of Mrs, Peek ington. I suppose?
 Peckington-Yes: that's ner when she is-er-getting her picture taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
LiyerpooI Cotton

Liverpool, June 22-Cotton, spot, weak; good middling, S.3Sd' middlirg, S22d; low middling, S.04d; sales, 5000; for speculation and export, 1500; re- ceipts, 13,000 futudes easy; June, 7.9Sd; June and July, 7.93d; July ard Au- gust 790d; August and September, 7.S5d; September and October, 7791sd; October and November, 7741ad; Novem- Der and December, 7.691ad; December and January. 767Ad; January and February. 7.651Ad; February and March. 765d; March and April. 7047sd; April and May, 7.631ad; May and June, 7.63hd. June and July, 7.G1d
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Metal Market

New York. June 22.-;,opper dull electrolytic nearby nominal; Septem Der and later. $2750@2s.95; iron, steady and unchanged; metal exchange quotes tin quiet1s spot offered at $40. Al Lon- don, spot copper. f97; futures, f95; cleo. ,rolytic. f133; spot, f172 5s; futures, t-72 15s The metal exchange quotes lead $6.S5 asked; lspelter, dull. spot, East St. Louis delivery 12A asked Ut London, lead. f30; spelter fS7.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
English. Money

London, June 22-Bar silver, Bid per ounce. Money, per cent. Discount rates: Short bills 5 per cent; three months, 51s per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Sugar and Cereals

Granulated sugar, s cwt., f. O. b. Bir- minsham. Market firm at T.6s New Or .eans
 Choice Rice-$5.5o per cwt. Fancy Rice-S6 per cwt Extra Fancy-$6.5O per cwt. Grits-$2.25 9G-lb. bag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Fish
(Wholesale Selling Price)

CWholesale Selling Price) Perch-Shc. Salt Water Trout-1211c. Red Snapper-1oc in bbl. lots, lie small lots. Gray Snapper-7c. Mullet-6@6zc. Spanish MackereI-121k91 Shrimp-121zc. Sheephead-Shc. Virginia Croker-6c. Pompano-S0c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Avery's Letter

McFadden and Lehman started the bulge in the cotton market early by heavy purchases of July. Heavy sales out of the New York stock, pos sible railroad congestion because of troop i,r ,ements that might prevent cotton reaching ports in time to fill forward con r1itments end short covering by be- lated bears, were some of the causes for the advance. The Chronicles esti- mate Of 121a Ter cent increase in acreage fell On 6eaf ears, though it was bearish compared with other private estimates. Inferior stocks at counted towns are only 354,o0G0 and port stocks but SS9, ,000 This and the strength in spots and con- tinued demand are the real potent fac tors back of the buoyancy which may carry prices still further until the tech- nical position becomes top heavy and therefore vulnerable. A rumor had it that the so-called tobacco crowd" were heavily interested on the bull side.
 AVERY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Naval Stores

Savannah, June 22.-Turpentine firm, S7asc; sales, 665; receipts, 5S4; shipments, IT: stock, 13,352. Rosin firm sales, 1902; receipts, 1924; shipments. 1575; stock. 646s5. Quote: A,
 B, $500; C. D, s5.O5; p, $5.10: F, $5.15; G, $5.221a; H, I. $5.25; K, M. s5.4O; N, $565; VIC, 5.75; wv, $5.95.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Creamery Products

(Wholesale Selling Price0 Creamery Butter-3212c A. & M cream cry, S11Ac; process butter, S01ac; oleomar- garine, 15@23c; country butter. 200. Full Cream Cheese-171sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover Square, N. Y. Members New York Cotton Ex- change, New Orleans Cotton Exchanra New York Produce Exchahge. Associxts Nembers Liverpool Cotton Asscoia ton. Orders eoliclted for the purchase and 4Ale of Cotton and Cotton Scod oil for future delivery. special attention and liberal terms given for consignMents Of oncA Invited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Dry Goods Market

New York, June 22.-Cotton goods and yarns were firmer today. Dress goods tended higher with more general de- mand Raw silk was steady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Hides and Tall0w Dealers Buying Offer.)

Green Salt iides-1S@1Sc. Green Salt Hides-Half cured, 1701Sc. Green Hides-Fresh, 16@17c. Dry Flint Hides-31@32c Dry Salt Hides-29@30c. Damaged Hides-Ha1f price. Sheep Skins-25c@1. 1.25. Horse Hides-$1@4. 50. Sheriings-l5@25c. Goat Skins-25@55c. Kid Skins-1nc. Tallow-51sdS1ac Beeswax-27@2Sc. Washed Wool-40@42c Clear Unwashed Wool-30@32c. Burry Wool-20@22c.s Ginseng, Wild-$5@6.5 .50
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
Meats

(PaCK6TS SGIIInB ET1E1J Extra Ribs-151ac. Bellies-16asc. Pork Loins--I7c. Neck Bones-4c. Breakfast Baccn-20925c, Spare Ribs-11c. Regular Hams-20c. Skinned Hams-22c. Pure Lard-145sc; compound, 12Ac.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-21

tent for his breakfast. After that
his horses are waiting in front of the
tent with one orderly and his speedy
Stutz runabout is waiting in back of
the tent with another orderly at the
wheel.
Sure everything looks all right to
the officers. They've got everything
but electric. fans in their tents and
they are expecting to get them just
as soon as electric wires can be
stretched to their tents.
But down on the troop streets
some Of us are sleeping ten in a tent
that the regulations say shall only
hold eight. We have no floors in the
tents and we are fighting ants and
bugs. Just the other day we got
mosquito netting to keep out the air
bugs which we have been fighting
for two weeks"
Of course, BERTHE may not have
had a chance to get a look at Glib
bOns' story before the Trib published
it. The story ought to be particu-
larly embarrassing to Foreman be-
cause of the trouble he had in get
ting McCoTmick's appointment as
major sanctioned by the other Off
GERS of the First.
According to a prominent public
official who is on the inside" there
was a great rumpus in the First cav
airy when Foreman first tried to
make his old pal, BERTHE, a major.
Mccormick, this official said, had
traded editorial praise of Gov. Dunno
in the Tribune for a place on the gov
ernOr's staff. But this is merely an
honor to civilians and only gives
those hOnOred the right to wear the
spangles on state occasions.
When the European war broke out
BERTHE got the fever and figured it
would be a dandy thing socially if he |
Gould crroh off q Communicate, - A.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-21

the publicity the Trib kept giving him
and he told BERTHE he'd make a major
out of him.
Foreman, according to the story,
put the proposition before the staff
officers of the First There was a .
howl at first. But Foreman, so the
story runs, told them the Trib would
make the First the best advertised
militia regiment in the country. So
BERTHE was taken in on condition that
he earn his shoulder straps as a press
agent for Foreman and the First.
Up until Thursday BERTHE had
made good. During the mobilization
period staff photographers took dOz-
ems of poses of Foreman; reporters
were instructed to play up the First
cavalry in their stories and the edi-
tOrial writer's were ordered to feed
the public mind highly cOlored praise
about the efficient Foreman" the
banker-soldier, and his regiment.
But Gibbons has spilled the beans.
And there is another cute little knock
in the Trib at Foreman in an "Uncen-
sOred news letter from Brownsville"
written by a member Of FOTeman's
regiment. In part, it said:
1.-The quartermaster's dept is short
on shoes and I have only this one
pair. They are trying to gel us 9TH
ers. walked four miles n this clay
during the night and hive not had
these clay shoes off ny feet for "a
hours. Believe me, they are sore.
And the colonel orders US to drill
morning and afternoon in this mo-
rass and we must lie down in it on
the skirmish line!
THE sun is out now and the
ground is not quite so sticky. It is
beginning to dry up. NIismanagement
somewhere. One-half Of the Tegi-
ment is on sick list, and no wonder!
Three corporals and twenty privates
mutinied in E troop recently and re-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-02
DYESTUFFS SHOW
so PER CENT. GAIN
Increase in Manufacture in
the United states Marked
by Statistics.
FIGURES ARE SURPRISING

WAsH,SGroS. May IA rcpor, OF tho
Census Bureau shows an Increase OF 80
per cent. In the manufacture OF dyestuffs
in the United states In 1914 MS COM
pared with 1905? However. the report
says but little more han half the
amount required by various firms con-
sisted of wares actually made IN this
country from crude or semi-manufac-
tured materials. the remainder compris-
ing essentially products obtained by the
mixing or blending Of artificial colos
Of foreign origin.
Returns were received from 1873 estab-
,ishments engaged IN the industry in
1914, with products valued ut s21,34I.-
l2e, includ.ng d~yestufs valued at 81
ilS.52s. tanning materials valued at
SI,si0.o51. m~otdantS, assistants and
sizes valued az s5.0ii225 ard other
products 20 .hc value Of sI.33s,2i2
AZ the 1870? census returns were re-
ccivcd from 12i establishments, with
products valued at Sl6.ISS,616. including
drestufs valued NJ st>l9.2t1, tanning
material valued AT s~7.l2o,307. mordauts.
assistants and sizes valued at sS,276,-
sol and other products 10 the value OF
Sl,51..32l.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-02
Big EARNINGS STILL
FOR TWO RAILROADS
Pennsylvania and New York
Central Report Great
March Gains.

TIL reports OF the Pennsylvania Rail
road system and the New York Central
Lines for the month of March show no
decline In the great earnings that have
been made by these companies for sew
cral months. The Pennsylvania system
shows n railway operating income FOR
March of s7.e?i.e5e. an increase OF
s3.s4j.2s3 over the income for March.
1915. The New York Central Lines show
"A S2,97i.G00 surplus for the month after
the payment Of charges. This ia an IN
crease of S2.1SS,2is over the figures for
March. 1915.
For the first quarter of 1915 the New
York Central shows IA surplus after the
payment of charges Of s7,7s3..14, ~
against IA surplus Of $77,l55 for the
same period IN 1915.
The operating revenues Of the New
York Central In March were S1G,1je55l,
IN increase of si1l3,67s over March.
1918. TIL operating incom" after the
deduction of taN., was Si.3i7,G3s, an
increase OF s2,@s7.i59. For the three
months ended March 81 the operating
revenues of the road were Si6.S72.9Sl.
an Increase of sli.3s?.S6? over the same
period In 1915. The operating expenses
were s3l.130,9Il. an Increase of s3,?si-
$50, and the operating income was $l3.-
57-.i07. an increase Of $7.AS3.30i. The
return on the operating investment OF
the company for the twelve months
ended March 81 was : per cent.
The Rpstou aud Albany Railroad re-
noriS a ne, Income for March Of S?i,S22.
This j. an increase ~ <l33.i>G. H. there
w,s q dcnrit lu March. 1915. IN the
INST quarter I've income was $l7o.2oi.
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Tho number ~ establishments report
ing IN lHli wo> greater by nice than
The number IN i"09, and during he same
period the total value % products in
creased by si.53@.ii6. 90 27l per cent.
The increase in value of dyestuffs pro-
d1ced was S2~.2?a.2>l. o. Az per cent.
OF tanning MATERIAL s7la.11o. cor lOI
per cent. and ot mordauts. assistants
and sizes Si.Ii1. t"i. or ISH per cent.
OF the total number Of establishments
reporting for 1914 twenty-five" Were en-.
gagged primarily ~ othe, industries aud
manufactured rs hy-products dNcstuft-
and enthusiastically assistants and tan
n,ng cNtrac;s-,alpcd AZ S16i,3;3. Al
the ceuSuH OF 1870? seventeen such cs-
Establishments reported similar hy-prod-
ucts-chiciiy assistants and dS~cstuffs-
OF the Nuluc of ss3i.l0e.
These figures deal only WIKI tho pro-
duc:ion Tor sale OF these manufactures
aud not with IN" manufacture for jhe
use Of the establishment which makes
tA.m.
The dysstlfs as reported FOR 1914 In
clude natural dvestuTs valued at ST.
>55.N35 and artificial dyes,uns Of the
value Of s3.2i6.653. the latter compr.s.
Ing l2,lGH,63j pounds of synthetic or
coal tar dyes valued a. siG5@.9i7 aud
i.g9i.3 $40 pounds OF mineral dyes val
ucd at $5Ya.1iG.
Comparable Herewith q an agcrc-
ga,. production IN lPon % 1...G;.%rp
pounds Of artificial dycs,uffs valued ~
>3.t62. t2G. The inCrcas. for TN" five
wear period therefore was 3?6 per
cent. In quantity and 81 per cent. in
value.
The natural dycs;lrs produced FL 1914
include 2s.eN9.?6% pounds Of logwood
extract. valued at si.5ll. S66 i.;nH. 80"
pounds Of fus''c extract. Waited ~
S:9".s0i. 3.sii.Ns@ pounds o: uu-"c.lron
extract. valued AZ Sll2.9i5 cN'ra'ts ~
other ~dyewoodS AID vegetable material
clutch. brentwood. gambler. I'D go.
&c.-valued NJ stresses. and ground o~
Clipped ~dNewoods. valued a. tFI.2?I
Tie production OF logWood extract
shows an increase ~ 29.9 per cent. ~
quantity and 81 per cont. in value as
compared with 1909.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-02
PATENT TO THE L. s.
Rittman GASOLINE Process Ac-
rented by senate Resolution.

W>sHi~GroN. May THE Senate To-
day tgrecl 10 the joint resolution pro-
posed 10y Senator James. Kentucky, a.
the rcQucs; OF Secretary Lane, accepting
for the Government the assessment from
Prof. Elttmau, formerly Of the Bureau
OF Mines. OF his patents on processes
for making Gasolcuc and other by-prod-
ucta Of petroleum.
The assignment carries n the Gov
ernneut the right and title to the proc
oss patents as applied to all crude oil
PRODUCED 'a the United States. but does
no, convey the interest IN patents for
a1plication TO oil produced In foreign
countries or imported 10 the United
Stat"s, the inventor retaining these
rights
In a letter to Senator Jane. urging
the Senate to act promptly or tho rcso-
luton accepting the assignment 81 the
patents, the secretary OF the Interior
pointed out that Al present crude oils
produced IN the United States have Il
normal gasolene content of from . 10
% per cent. with the ordinary refining
processes now In use. Under the Ritz
man processes. which, the Secretary de-
c,ares, have been tested satisfactorily
and proved by the Government, the pro
duction Of cgsolcrc from crude oil can
bc increased 400 per cent.
Many applications for licenses 10 make
the product under tho Rittmau processes
have been applied for by private rein-
crs. and the Government, assuming that
Congress would accept the assignment
offered. has granted ten applications on
condition that tolgrcgs accept tho gifi.
The licenses reserve to tho Government
TIC us" Of any improvements on the
Rittmau processes which private rctincrs
may make under the license granted.
Tho assignment by Prof. Eittman is
in %pcrpctui'v. being made ia the Score
'ary of the In'erio~ FOR the use md
benefit OF the people Of the United
| states,