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MONEY.

NEW YORK. July s.-Mercantils Pc,
bills, y4.72; demand, ;4.75H; eablsA
sI.7Sh. Francs, demand. s6.sok; ca
bles, $3.50. Marks. demand, $3.50; G.
bles, 734sc kronen. demand. &117Sj
cables, $3.50. Guilders. demand. q
se.SS: cables. ;s.s7. Ruoles. dernands
30&c; cables, s1Ac. Bar silver. 41ka,
Mexican dollars, iszc. Government
bonds steady. Railroad bonds irTegS!aES:
Time loans hrmer; ~ Gays: tMgtS
per cent; 80 days. "a ga SIX mousnA'
Call money firm; high, 4 per cent; low
SH; ruling rate, x; last loan. I; CLOSING
bid az: offered at 1.
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LIVE STOCK

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 6.-Cattleaa
steady; supply l ltgh1 + & choice S'''0 @
1o Shno1 y. nSe supply light prime
wethers, s7.50QT.T5: culls and common
s3.50G4.5O; lambs 500 g LOO
Veal Caivcs-S12.0o@ 1880 1,,o
decks; prime heayies; mediums an and
heavy workers.. 5000 q 1925; Light yo ~
ers, s9.9OI10OO; pigs. S9'I5q'''O;
roughs. sS.75 Q9.l5.
CHICAGO. July G:--HoGs1ooRReeSriPttss'
$1,000; weak; bulk. s9:Se g do9e' be mgnt'
s9.55@1o15; rough. $685. Go'7O; pigs
CattlewReccipts. 5000; weak; native
SS'aoTS.40: stockcrs and feeders, S5.6 5
ASS; cows and heifers' 1915 Ss'1S;
Caves sbcn,n@s 0:Re $4,000: firm: weth-
crs' s6.5OG 500; ewes, s3.25 q 80; lambs
S7.50II0.90.
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Open. High. Low. !Close
Logan 4 arnnn,s Closing STOCK Letter.

NEW YORK. July G.-While Rendtn6
and u few spccialtics were higher. tho
remainder OF the roster was slightly
lower a reversal OF form was cXpe,,
rienced after reports were circulated
to the effect that Villa was advancing
towards the American border. a strong
coterie is apparently arrayed on the
long side OF the stock list. favorinG. In
large part Steel and Reading, but tho
outside participation attracted so TAR
has not been very substantial. While
in some quarters there is 4 tendency 10
anticipate q favorable outcome with re-
spect TO the current controversy be-
tween the managers ana railroad en-
Moves. still the matter will not ho def
njtely settled until the end of the cur
rent month at the. earliest. We see no
reason to alter the view that The long
account in the Industrial department
will have to be seasoned before an en-
during upturN can again be promoted
in that quarter.
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have brought q larger use Of old mate
rial III opcn-hrarth furnaces, which
tends 10 hold basic pig iron |" the
present level.
Tho marvellous expansion OF our IRON
and steel exports appears III total Nal,
ucs of S72,?lH.000 for May. as against
SD. 536. 900 in May. 1919 and tota! ~
s545 900 for the IL months ending
with May. or nearly 100 per cont. great,
cr than the previous II months record
OF So? 100000 in tho period ending with
MlN ln1I.
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Butter, Eggs and Cheese

NEW YORK, July 6.-Butter-Fir:n
creamery extras t92 scurc>. IS &C;
creamery (higher scorinr). =? n - L (;
firsts. :279 CSC; seconds. IS !. G,26 sc.
EGss-Firm; fresh gathered, extra
fine. IS exc: extra tirsts, IS 925 isc;
firsts, 23N q 24l:c: nearby henncrE
whites. fine 20 fancE: s9"%lc; nearby
hennery browns. 2SI2St:c.
Cheese-Firn,: State fresh specials
15is D15&c; do; average fancy. $50
Dressed Pouttry-Steady: broilers. IS
q sec: fowls, Is c1lec; turkeys. 29c.
rlour-Quiet.
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WHEAT PRICES
WERE UNSETTLED.
Bearish Field Conditions Dominated
Market Most OF Day but Later
Countarbalanced

CHICAGO. July G.-Bnarish field con-
dItions which dominated the wheat mar
l,"I most of the time Today were nearly
yruntcrbalanc-L late in tho session D!
word Of good export bids Tor shipments
If the new crop. prices closed unsettled
~ Ein%i,. July $l.Uj",. September <
oil H. i,c up COMPARED with yesterdays
llnrsn CORN gained &c to &c. Oats
.,,cr,. um,i!nn-cd 10 II shade higher. and
,."ovis!Uns down 5pE &c to 26c.
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HALT MILLION BANKING CLEAR|NCS THURSDAY;
TOTAL FOR PAST WEEK REACHED S3,O45,138

Wheeling banking clearings for
Thursday reached over naIt a million
dollars-s50O. 39993-compared with
S337.117.3S for the same day last July,
an increase of $163,2S2.55. or 4S.4 per
cent.
For the week ending Thursday, the
clearings as reported BY Manager Alex
Mitchell, OF the clearing house associa..
ton 10 Bradstreet's reached the total
of S3.O45,l3S2S, compared with $2.O63,'
01I.3l. An increase OF $928,12Q.92, or
Al per cent.
For the month OF July to date-four
banking days-the clearings are 81
4S1, 0l4.21, compared with s1.oSl. Isl .95,
an increase of SS99,232.T4, or $50 per
cent, as shown below in detail:
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6u0A1.

NEW YORK July 6.-Raw sut.1F
firm; centrifugal, $40; rnolasses, S.S1i,
refined steady; fine granulated. u.s..
Sugar futures opened flrmer on cow
ering and some support from trade in.y
snot market and reports that BuroW
VAS a large purchaser Of raw sugar -
Cuba. Al noon prices were to points
Closed steady and sos points hishsE
Sales $3.50 tons. September o'Afi -
cember, 5.14; March, 4.59.
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INVESTMENT BUYING
REPORTED INCREASING
In st. Paul, Great Northern and Atchi-
son, With tho Foreign Supply
OF Stocks Taken Up.
tAar:is. Winthrop * Co 10 Fidelity In
NrSl nrnI AgSnciai N

tlaF:lS, winthrop j. co. 10 Fidelity In
, restmcnl Associalion.)
NEW YORK, July G.--F'inancia. News
bulicthl says: Investment buying is re
ported TO be increased III ST. Paul. Great
Northern. and AtchlSnn The foreign
supply is being wholly taken uy this
buying. according to international bank
ms interests The offerings are SclrE-
llhcally made and the numbers does not
suggest 4 definite check To slowly i'm
proving tendencies, according to these
sources. With Il further clearing 81 tho
McAlGan situation, the public Is expected
10 rnter the market Oh a larger scale
IMAM Tor some time. This is suggested
by inquiries received in man. broKcritg"
houses IN close touch with uutslu. SEN
timcnt.
There is 4 persistent demand Tor Ctah
copper stock. This is Indicated not only
ny lluor reports. but from certain quar-
ters VI IN: street having most inpor-
tanl banking connections. Recent add
vices have referred to buying OF this and
other porphyry coppcrS for French ac
count. Offerings OF Utah arr light. il is
said.
y large short interest is now outstand-
ing III the locomotive stocks, according
10 gossip on the ilOVr. The private bor-
rowing demand supports the statement.
some important shorts have been trying
To retire during the last day or Two.
judging from reports by specialists
HulllSh reports arc noted III pool chan
nclS again with regard IL American Can,
IN which but little stock IS offered. Can
Is earning about 80 per cent. according
10 we'll informed sources. and prediction
have been made that some day il Will
emulate American Beet Sugar
Cluett Peabody Company declared reg
ulur quarterly dividend OF Il per cent
ON the common stock. payable August ].
on stock of record July -.
Northern Pacific June, gross earnings
we're 36,490U Ou, an increase OF Sl,u5I. UUu.
For fiscal year ended June 50. gross reve-
nues totalled S15.;64.402. gain of sl2.-
692,523.
American Light and Traction declared
regular quarterly dividends OF !. per
cent on preferred stock. and -: per cent
on the common stock. and stock dtvi-
dend OF -. per cent on the common
stock, all payable August !. Books close
July u. reopen August /.
Chesapeake X Ohio. Fourth week,
June. increase, $lGU,Gi2; month of June.
increase, $436.lS7; from July l. Increase.
$S.jS5,iHS.
The formation OF another lew auto
mobile accessory continuation Is under
Way. Promoters arc 10 secure control ut
certain important companies. Two SIM
liar companies have been launched re-
cently-l nitcd Motors and Motor Prod
uctS.
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HETAI..

NEW YORK, July 6.-Thes Metal En:.
change quotes lead offered ct S.e9cI
spelter weak; spot. East st LOU. 81,
SIS; spelter. f46 los. -. "
COPIED dull; electrolytic. nearby: nom.
ina1: September and later. $4,000 @2S.o0.
Iron steady and unchanged.
Metal Exchange quotes tin ouiotj
sr,ot offered at $3.50. Al London. spot
conper. 1877: futures. fs5: electEoiytioz
ESQ; spot tin. Gl13; futures, t173 30.
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PITTSBURGH STOCKS

WHEELING. w. Va, July 6. rs.
The active Pittsburgh stocks corrected
daily by 4. L. Mnsten d Co, nunk"rs
and brokers' Member Nrw York Stock
Exchange National Bank OF West
Virginia Building.
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fD-Transfer books close July Tor
a cash, dividend ot : per cent pasao'e
July 10.
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PETROLEUM

or, CITY. Pa, July 6.--Credit bal
80 q 81 Runs, 1885; average,
4a.42o. Shipments. 97o95; average. 49,
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Total sales, stocks. 1855.
NEW YORK CURB MARKET

WHEELING, W. Va. July &, 'l6.
Reported by ~. L. Masteu X Co., l.. F.
Brand, manager. members New iors
Stock Exchange.
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COFFEE.

NEW YORK. July 6.-Cofee-Rio No.
a.: futures firm; September. S.24; De-
Gem Der S.44.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. July 6.-The
stat. central committee OF the progress
siye party in Florida endorsed today
the candidacy Of Charles L. Hughes for
President.
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| Open. High. Low. Close

cash quotations: Whcat-Noo req
HI0I: 40. 3 rcd, S1.05: No. hard
>ir5: No. hard, S1.o2@ll.O2h:; No
Corn-No. = yellow, 7S% 079 &c; NO
i yellow, 77Q77Ec; No: 1 white. &c.
0ats-No 8 white. 3SA V39c; staho-
~ = TX q 1850; lard. sla.2T; ribs
1881 q 1897.
TOLEDO. O.. July 6.-Wheat-Cash
and July. $1,O9A; September; al AL - -
Glover Scrd--Frime, cash, SS'oo; Octo-
Der, $40; December, SS.9I
Nlsike-Prime. cash, $3.50; August
fHmothy-Prime. cash. s3.4o: septem-
Ter. $5.22.
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N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE

WHEELING, w. Va, July s. 10.
Range OF active stocks on the New
York Stock Exchange. corrected daily
by y. l.. SIasten d Co. brokers. Member
New York stock exchange.
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Bid. ! ASK.

lag ra :s ST i ~: III ~ ~: ~: 81. -.
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Outside Oil Stocks.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET

WHEELING, ". Va. July 6. is.
Market reported by a. L: Masten d
70 members New York Stock Exchange.
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The formation OF another lew auto
mobile accessory combination Is under
way. Promoters arc 10 secure control Of
certain important companies. Two SIM
liar companies have been launched re-
GENTLY nitcd Motors and Motor Prod
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Curb Mtping Stocks.
Standard Oil Subsidiary Stocks

WHEELING. ". Va. July s. is.
Corrected by A. Z. Masten b Co., mons
bor II. Z, STOCK Exchange.
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HAY And GRAIN

Quotations ps {. T. Sraunnch g,
Hay, GRAIN 8 Farming 1mpIemo0sss
lol2 Market Street
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WHEELING TRACTION COMPANY
EXPRESS CAB SCHEDULE
Taking Effect June 81, l9oa.
PANHANDLE LINE
WHEELING AND WEGLSBCR4
Daily Except Sunday.
RAILWAYS

Wheeling Welbours
Leave
22nd Street Leave
Wheeling Wellsburs
7o.gO A. IN, 500 a N.
y.S0 %. NJ. l5:00 Rooa
MOUNDEvuLE LINE
WHEELING AND MOUNDSVILLE
Dolly Except Sunday.
Leave
10th Street Leave
Wheeling MoundsTlle
1000 a. III. $50 p III
$3.50 p. IN.
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LOCAL STOCKS

WHEELING. w. Va: July :, 10.
Daily Quotation LIST. OF the "f'eelioa
Stock Exchanges:
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On lines having regular express serr
ice, shipments weighing in exceas o.
nifty pounds. or large bulk. Will not Va
carried on passenger cars.
ALL LINES-Dahy Except Sunday
No shipments. except emergency snip
ynents Of medicines, will be carried os
hassenger cars between 400 and 81 :
q. Il.
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Chesapeake X Ohio. fourth week,
juno. increase, $lGU.Gi2; month Of June.
increase. *436. from July /. Increase.
$S.6Sj,iSS
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STOCKS. Bid. Ask.
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American Light and Traction dcclar red
regular quarterly dividends OF IL. per
cent on preferred stock. and -: per cent
on the common stock, and a stock dtvi-
dend OF ~ per cent on the common
stock ali payable August /. Books close
July Is. reopen August !.
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Industrials, Etc. BID. ASK
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Cluett Peabody Company declared reg
ulnr quarterly dividend OF Ia per cent
ON the common stock. payable August ].
on stock of record July -.
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Northern Pacific. June, gross earning 5
were $500 900. an increase OF sl,V54. Don.
For fiscal year ended June 50. gross rtve-
nues totalled S75,164.4 02. u gain Of sl2.-
5425c3
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-05
Short Snatches From Everywhere

EverybOdy's happy when everybody's busy
Charleston Is c. Post
Resourcefulness is great asset when your backs
against the wall-Cleveland Press.
The new silver coinage is sure going to meet with
the approval Of alL-MacOn (Ga-) News
Hustle in the morning of life He who loafs last
loafs Distributions City OklahOman.
II YOU call girls chickens. isn't it logical to call
wise old lady a sage hen2-Salt Lake Telegram
II the book agent happens to be woman a
has less chance Of escape.-FremOnt (Neb) Tribune
A man can drink himself tighter than woman
lace heTself--NeW Canaan Conn Advertiser.
Maybe Denmark would be willing TO trade
islands for North POle.-Duluth (Minn-) Herald
is particularly easy TO be good If there are no
opportunities be Otherwise--TOpeka (Kan.) Jour
nal
Among other pure food measures should be a law
TO compel the authentcating Of pumpkin pies.-Chi
News.
Royal family ties are to be loose this fall
with frayed edges. Red viii be the prevailing color
New York sun
Italy wants a little loan for a year All right but
TO it that aren't charged too much for lemons
Gary Qnd) Times
Constant fault finding is like sand in the
It lessons the OF life and sets the teeth
edge-BOston Transcript
Agunaldo put up a pretty savage fight against
US in the Philippines. but at least he didn't ask us
for loan while he was doing it--Columbia Is c.
Record
Work on new coins is being delayed at the mint
because Of difficulty with the dies But old
VIII work just well the latest models.-Indian-
apOlis News
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-05
Roundabout ToWn
Oh, Me, Oh My! Circus Admission May Go Up
Charge It Up To the Increased Cost Of Living

so local people who do not avail them
selves of the chance will soon have
the avenues closed to them 1T shows
the enterprise Of a community and
also shows the interest Of the local
ceople in such an undertaking II they
are well represented in the exhibits
said Mr. HanafOurde. Therefore, We
have been holding this space open
when we could have disposed Of II
easily. If the local people do not act
soon. we will hive TO let il 80, as
we. must fill the space
yes. judge. I'm going back 10 col
lege, il you'll give me a chance was
the successful plea Of John Doe
Walker against a charge of vagrancy
in the court of justice Of the peace
T NJ Beaver. You see. we gentle
men of leisure generally plan to spend
our winters in the southwest or in
California. But this year great many
of our fraternity who yearn for
knowledge will brave the rigors OF the
Chicago climate. You see. judge, it's
like this Our old friend. James Eads
Howe. of St Louis, has just donated
part of a recent S250, 600 legacy to
endow a school for -hoboes' in Chi
Cago. Now the way 7 figure il is this;
You cant study unless you eat And
/ believe Mr.. Howe knows the hoboes
well enough to realize that they won't
try to go to school unless they are
sure Of one 'squar.' a day. I hope ]
charter members Of the hobo col
lege. because there is going 70 be
big rush of travel into the windy city
when the boys get word that Nj. Howe
has again Joined the eleemosynary
ranks"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-05
Nv G. a. MARTIN.

have no terrors for people who can
sell eggs for fifty cents a dozen as
fast as they can gather them; who can
dispose of alfalfa right in the field
for a good market price; who can sell
all the chickens the kids can round
up at prices that are fancy even IN
these days of fancy prices Even the
buttermilk is finding a ready exchange
for jingling coin from the khaki
While war games kick up a lot of
dust and cut up the roads consider
ably, they bring in the shekels and
there is not a complaint from any
where north Of FL Paso over the hos
tilities" that exist in the minds Of
Gen. Morton. Gen. Bell. and other
players at the war game. that led TO
the expedition of twenty thousand men
from camp at FL PasO into the valley
above US. The citizens face the situa-
ton with the same Stoicism that the
8Iexicans have faced conditions in
their country for the past five years
and add e smile TO boot.
Director B. X Hanafourde, Of the
International Soil Products exposi-
ton. is very happy over the manner
in which the space available at the
big show has been gobbled up by eX-
but he is rather disappointed
at the slowness Of the local people
in taking space He says he could
get rid Of every inch OF available space
plicatiOns from out Of town firms and
institutions, but he wants to give the
FL PasOans a chance As the eXpOsi-
ton Will open in q little more than
a week, it will be necessary TO dis
pose Of the space in a very short time,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-05
Little InterOiews
Little Interviews
Ell PasOans Should Appreciate Exposition
Mama To Be Southwest's Greatest Mine Camp

cation Of becoming a big pOrphyry mine
Of the class Of the Miami Copper and
Inspiration Consolidated and the In
spiration Needles likewise gives great
promise The men at the head IF the
Miami Consolidated do not claim any
thing more than a most excellent pros
pect but leading engineers. including
J. H Dockweiler Of san Francisco, one
Of the foremost men i'm his profession,
have reported favOrably with a recon-
mendatiOn that development go ahead
Geological conditions existing at the
property OF the Miami Consolidated
could not be better The 81 claims,
making some 1900 acres Of ground.
adjoiu the Live Oak mines, richest
property OF the Inspiration CONSOLE
dated. as well as the Miami South
western. where the Payne-Weber in
terests OF Boston have developed some
1000, 600 tons Of commercial ore, and
the Inspiration Needles Engineers de-
clare that there is no geological reason
why the vast body Of sulphide ore
that has made the Live Oak and Key
stone mines of the Inspiration should
not continue through Miami CONSOLE
dated ground That this theory is &C
cepted by the people OF the Globe
Miami district is shown by the fact
that about tWO-thirds OF the 100, 600
first five DAYS after il was offered
at 80 cents a share half the par value.
Nineteen claim owners We're in
cluded in the consolidation. All or
faith in the property being such that
they preferred TO participate in the
consolidation rather than take cash for
their holdings. Most Of these claims
were held from ten TO fifteen years
by the prospectors and, consequently,
the ground is not untried. More than
1000 tons OF commercial ore has been
shipped from these claims. a great deal
of development work has been done
and had IL not been for the panic OF
1907 and the resultant low price OF
copper this group would undoubtedly
have been a big producer long before
this time.
"Of one thing any investor in the
Miami Consolidated may be assured
that is that the money raised by the
sale Of stock Will 90 into the ground
The men behind the company are
known and their integrity is not TO
be questioned. II a mine exists there
and engineers believe ii dOes-it viii
be proved by Mr. Cook and his asso-
ciates-"
"COl. Alfred Hasbrouck did a gracious A..
act when he ordered that the Wednes-
day morning parade of the goth in /
'antry should be in honor Of First Sergt- /
William Anderson Of company z . I
nat regiment" said chaplain John T. !
AXton. Of the goth infantry. Sergt- {
Anderson retired today upon compile !
ton OF 80 years service and the order
rom president Wilson placing him upon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-05
ASKS MAYORS ADVICE AS TO
ACTION IN ACCIDENT CASE

Chistobal Valencia. OF $50 Park street,
appealed to mayor Tom Lea Thursday
for advice concerning the action he
should take as a result Of the fatal &C
cident TO his II year old son. Cristobal
Valencia. jr-. in camp No. s Of the
Massachusetts National guard on Au-
gust %.
In his letter Mr.. Valencia states the
boy was run over and killed by an army
truck. The statements Of two boys
who were playing with the victim at
the time he was run over also are sub
mitted- The boys say the truck was
speeding
They admit in their statements that
they had been hooking rides on the
army trucks and were playing in the
road when the Valencia boy was run
over.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-05
Public Is Best Censor

President Wilson has very sensibly refused to en-
thuse piece of proposed congressional legislation
establishing national censorship of motion picture
films It is his belief that so long tastes of patrons
of the motion picture theateIs differ radically it VIII
be impossible 10 plays satisfactorily and that
any event, federal censorship IS hardly appropriate
He points out that plays which shock him are
witnessed by other good people without qualm, and,
the other hand pictures which dspease them do not
produce unfavoTable impression upon him
That is true tastes in motion pictures differ as IN
other things And yet taking the people by and large
type Of play liable to be censored out can remain
popular very long. American people pretty high
minded people, taking them whole. type Of play
may enjoy popularity for time because of its novelty
the human appeal contained in perhaps a risque
portrayal, but for all that it cannot endure
Fashions change in the movies as IN other things.
few years ago had the western plays with groups OF
cowboys dashing down the slope of hill or along
road in pursuit of bandits They gone now. Plays
based lack much of the popularity they enjoyed
for time after the outbreak Of the European catastro
phe. Now have decided surplus of what may as
well be called pictures for that is what they are
Soon the public will be surfeited with them and some
other type of play will come into vogue
The public is a fair censor, sometimes a little slow
10 make its decisions known, but the less effec-
tive When the music Of the cash register ceases, the
motion picture exhibitors know precious well play has
been deleted by the censor.