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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

WE DO A REGULAR BANKING
business; besides pay per cent on
time deposits. Our large capital and
resources are at your command.
Safety first, is our motto; see us.
Sandell's Bank, Bedding, Mich.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

WE CAN COMPETE WITH ANY
one anywhere and carry large line
Of everything in Clothing, Gents Fur
nishings, etc. Will appreciate your
patronage. A. Friedman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

STOP AND CONSIDER THIS IF
every consumer of flour would buy at
home what it would mean to Belding.
Our mills are here and our Moss Rose
brand is guaranteed. E. E. Chapple
q Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

BUY YOUR CLOTHING AND
Shoes here and we will see that you
always get as much or more than the
same money will buy elsewhere. The
Hub.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05
HAVE YOUR SHOES REPAIRED

the electric way, while you wait. We
do all our work right and can please
you. Ladies and gents Shoe Shining
Parlors in connection. 100 So. Bridge
street, Arnold Schmidt.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

At the age of three score and ten
a man may realize how little he
Knows although his wife could have
told him many years earlier.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05
What | Have Done:
How You May Possess Me

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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

JUST INSIST ON HAVING YOUR
bread order come from home bakeries.
lt keeps your money at home and
helps your town. Our grocery line
Will suit you. Frank H. Hudson.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

Do YOUR MEAT SHOPPING
where you know you will get right
treatment and the best in fresh and
salt meats, fish etc., sausage and poul-
try. We are boosters for Belding.
Model Market. Fish & Young.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

YES, DO MERCHANT TAILOR
ing and French dry cleaning, repair
ing and pressing. You can be sure
of the right kind Of work and guar
antee to please you. H. A. Loewe,
The Tailor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

THE RExALL STORES ARE ALL
reliable and leaders in drug lines. See
our large stock Of wall paper. You
don't have to pay for any you don't
use. Harry j. Connell.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

GIVE US A CHANCE FIRST.
Our prices on groceries will keep your
money in Bedding, besides you are
not taking chances. We are boosters
for Bedding. E. E. Hudson, Grocer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

OUR MOTTO is TO LIVE AND
let live; our prices and fair treatment
will win your confidence and patron
age. We are firm believers in Home
Trading. Our interests are mutual.
See US. Belding Hardware Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05
FIELDING

BELDING SAVINGS BANK:
capital, $50,000.00; surplus and pro-
fits, $26,000.00. Your business solicit
ed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

OUR MOTTO is TO LIVE AND
let live; our prices and fair treatment
will win your confidence and patron
age. We are firm believers in Home
Trading. Our interests are mutual.
See US. Bedding Hardware Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

mer with your electric supplies. We
have a large line of all kinds--electric
irons, coasters. We install electric
plants. Don't live in darkness, have
your home wired. Spencer Electric
Light and Power Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ASKED
have you a bank account? What
difference it will make to say yes.
Your credit is established at once. We
pay interest on savings accounts.
See US. Peoples Savings Bank.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

MAKE UP YOUR ORDER FOR
groceries but don't send it to mail
order house. We can beat their prices
every time. We stand back of our
goods. w. l.. Covert, 902 So. Bridge
street.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

A LITTLE HIGH LIFE Us ALL
right if it is one of our Bedding Star
cigars. 1t is made in Bedding by a
Bedding firm. Try one, see how you
like it. Dell Rowley.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

DO YOU COOK BY GAS? 1T is
cleaner and cheaper. See our large
line Of gas stoves and ranges, water
heaters, Welsbach gas lights, reading
lamps, arc lamps, etc. Belding Gas
Works.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

JUST STOP AND THINK WHEN
it is hardware, stoves, paints and
sporting goods, plumbing, heating,
our store is in Bedding and every
dollar you spend at home helps the
town. T. Frank Ireland Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-05

Our mills are here and our Moss Rose
brand is guaranteed. E. E. Chapple
& Co.
DO YOUR MEAT SHOPPING
where you know you will get right
treatment and the best in fresh and
salt meats, fish etc., sausage and poul-
try. We are boosters for Belding.
Model Market, Fish & Young.
YES, l DO MERCHANT TAILOR
ing and French dry cleaning, repair
ing and pressing. You can be sure
of the right kind Of work and guar
antee to please you. H. A. Loewe,
The Tailor.
GIVE US A CHANCE FIRST.
Our prices on groceries will keep your
money in Belding, besides you are
not taking chances. We are boosters
for Bedding. E. E. Hudson, Grocer.
JUST INSIST ON HAVING YOUR
bread order come from home bakeries.
1t keeps your money at home and
helps your town. Our grocery line
will suit you. Frank H. Hudson.
A FIRST-CLASS GARAGE is A
boon to any community. We can re-
pair any make of car and handle
Goodrich tires. Large line of Access
series carried. Kiskey Garage, Beld-
ing Michigan.
WHY BUY JEWELRY FROM A
picture book, they all look alike. Bet
ter deal with your home jeweler; see
what you buy; see us first. x. HI.
Waldo, Jeweler.
WAGONS! JUST UNLOADED A
car. Pekin Wagonsl Come in and
look them over. Belding Implement
Co.
ALWAYS SEE THE BEST In
moving pictures. See our dailv pro-
gram on curtain; changes every day.
Our theatre is well-ventilated. Keen
posted; we show the best. Empress
Theatre.
DO YOU KNOW THAT EVERY
pair OF shoes you buy out of town
hurts your community. You can do
better at home with your local deal
ers. See us first. Smith & Whitney.
A BEAUTIFUL LOT OF WHITE
trimmed hats and "a complete show
ing of Sport Hats at The Belding Hat
Shoppe.
WE USE NO CHEMICALS IN
our laundry-pure soap and water
that's all. We wash carpets, too. &c
a yard. We are boosters for Bedding
every. time. Silk City Steam Laun-
dry, A. B. Foss, Prop.
BUY YOUR CLOTHING AND
Shoes here and we will see that Won
always get as much or more than the
same money will buy elsewhere. The
Hub.
BELDING SAVINGS BANK.
capital, $50,000.00; surplus and pro-
fits, $26,000.00. Your business solicit
ed.
WE DO A REGULAR BANKING
business; besides pay per cent on
time deposits. Our large capital and
resources are at your command.
Safety first, is our motto; see us. (
Sandell's Bank, Belding, Mich.
WE CAN COMPETE WITH ANY
one anywhere and carry a large line
Of everything in Clothing, Gents Fur
nishings, etc. Will appreciate YOUR
xotwn~or. E~t~l---
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07
LOAN TO DUBLIN IS
UNDER NEGOTIATION

A dispatch from Dublin yesterday
stated that the Corporation OF Dublin
is arranging for a special meeting TO
consider an offer by the National City
Bank to make loan of $4,000, 900 to
the city for rebuilding and housing
operations.
It was admitted at the National City
Bank that negotiations with the munc-
ipality OF Dublin for loan were
under way, but information as to the
amount was withheld. The loan, il was
said, would be made through the banks
London office, if the terms were salts
factorily arranged.
Commenting on the recent success
full introduction Of English municipal
securities to the New York market, the
London "Statist" points out that these
will prove the forerunner of several
similar transactions in the early fut-
ure. Among the cities mentioned as
likely to seek aid here arc Birmingham
and Liverpool
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07
IMPORTS OF IRON
ORE FROM BRAZIL

A large Eastern Pennsylvania steel
company is reported to have closed
deal for 200, 900 tons Of Brazilian man
ganese ore for shipment over the whole
of 1917. Other interesting develop
ments in connection with South Ameri-
can trade include further sales of pig
iron and structural steel. American
cast iron pipe founders expect to re-
ceive an order in whole or in part for
1000 tons of cast iron water pipe for
Buenos Ayres this month.
Japan has succeeded in purchasing
a few thousand tons Of steel plates for
ship work, paying as high as Az cents
pound. Spain has also come into
the market for marine and structural
plate in lots Of from 1000 to 1000
tons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07
BRITISH CREDITS ARE
NEEDED IN ARGENTINA
London Publication Suggests
Drawing on Gold Reserves.

From London the suggestion comes
that Argentina in return for past
favors so ,0OO, 900, 900 of British capital
has gone into Argentine investments
in recent years. might be induced 70
grant Great Britain substantial credits
as an additional means of assisting the
maintenance of sterling exchange rates
abroad. Such credits, it is pointed out,
might be obtained by putting up Brit
ish-held Argentine securities as col
lateral against which Great Britain
would be permitted to draw on Argen-
tina's large gold reserves.
According to "The South American
Journal" a London publication, with
which the idea apparently originated,
the Argentine government has in the
Gaia de Conversion at Buenos Ayres
$3.50, ,631 gold, and, in addition, pos
sesses 500, 763, 233 gold in various lega-
tions abroad, so that for the purpose
of guaranteeing its paper currency in
circulation Argentina holds S3l6,Sl3,-
sos total gold. This is equal to more
than 20 per cent of the paper in circu-
lation.
As to the possible use Of some Of
this gold as the basis for British
credits, 1.-THE Journal says:
This huge sum OF $4,000. 900 which Ar
nd hnll
does not, and never has, produced any
interest, either TO the Conversion Office or
TO the country. and while it has performed
a useful purpose, it represents large sum
Of money lying idle, which at o per cent
would yield about So. 100000 for interest
per annum. all Of which has been lost to
the country.
In view of the fact that the Conversion
Office is established under very fixed law
Of Argentina, which could not be altered
without full parliamentary sanction. and
any attempt to induce the country TO lend
any portion OF that gold to Great Britain
would meet with much opposition, it would
be impolitic TO make any suggestion to
that end. but it seems to US that II nego-
tiations were carried on in a businessllke
way there ought TO be no difficulty in in
ducing Argentina TO grant this country a
credit Of say $40, 900 600, which, under the
present circumstances, would be extremely
useful To ia in maintaining exchange
abroad. IL should be easy for the British
government to obtain the deposit, either
voluntarily or by other means OF British
owned Argentine government bonds. first
class Argentine railway and tramway de-
bentures, etc, aud by this means obtain a
fund Of. say, $50. 100000 nominal. which
could be deposited in New York or some
other centre rs collateral for credit loan
OF 100000 900 from Argentina. That coun-
try would not need TO part with any of its
gold. but its equivalent in paper dollars,
which Great Britain could draw upon
either in London or Buenos Ayres.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07
LONDON LOOKS
TO ACTIVITIES
AFTER THE WAR
Success of Paris Loan Is
Encouraging to
Entente.
By FRANCIS w. HIRST.
TBy Gable 10 The Tribunel


London, Oct. 6.-The buoyancy OF
American finance, maliciously de-
scribed as initiation by one of our
Washington correspondents, is an
important aid to the markets here
and in Paris. The success of the City
of Paris loan has undoubtedly en-
couraged our Allies.
Much interest is felt in The Trib-
une's report about German peace
overtures, which harmonizes with
later interpretations of Lloyd George
in the interviews published by "The
Manchester Guardian and "Nation."
According to THE Financial
News" the interview was directed
against domestic pacifists in high
circles.
Great activity Is reported in the
after war trading committees, which
have been so constituted they will
almost certainly go protectionist-
Meanwhile, business opinion steadily
revolts against any extension Of
bureaucratic regulations. No more
red tape, or black tape, either, need
be woven for British business con-
sumption when the war is over.
An important North Country steel
maker informs me to-day that the
present iron and steel production is
mainly for government purposes, di-
rectly or indirectly. He thinks Brit
ish railways will require a lot OF
rails after the war.
One feature of the war has been
Che large capital expenditure in
plants paid for out of the huge
profits made by steel mills working
on government orders.
This suggests the likelihood of
overproduction, followed by price
slump and unemployment after the
outbreak of peace"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07
CORPORATION Returns
ST. Paul & sault Ste. Nara
Dividends

Brown shoe.-Regular quarterly Gu 80.
OF Is. per cent on the preferred 81 o,s.
able November l to stock Of reS0''
Der IS.
Westinghouse Air Brake.-t1us \,
Of 10 per cent. or IS q share psSaT
vember q 10 stock OF record Oe'ooe' -
Atlas Powder.-Regular quarterly As,
Of III per cent on the preferred '''S- ~
aple noycmue- to stoeA u ree0'S
ber 90. -.
Col. Motor C.r.-Dividend Of ) pa
maA.ng a .ogal OF IS per cent
far this year. As
Manati sur.r.-common stock di''o, "a
90 per cen. on the common STOCK De-
,.-.. 49,, November : 20 rt'ck oi re0. 4,
tober 81: a cash dividend Of "a pe,
the common stock. including thns 0.
issued for the stock dividend. p~y-sS e
eembcr 1 TO stock OF record No''' .,,,,ss.
and three other instruments on u'e Jrss
of 81. per cent each. payable Mars"
| and September /, 1917. E,+
Midwest Re6ninE.-Regular 9uA.
dend OF per cent, payable No'en' "a.
Commonwealth Power. RAILWAY 8 ~. ~
Regular quarterly dividends OF - 4. 90
on the preferred and per cent on rs
mon stocks. both payable No'e"'''
stock OF record octobsr ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07

LEGATION such as the monthly circular
of the National City Bank. On the
subject of labor's classic antagonism
to the inventions of capital is says:
No one can make a study of the
attitude of labor organizations tow
ard machinery and all changes in the
methods of production which seem
20 dispense with labor without rec
ognizing that the fear of unemploy-
ment is behind il all, and this
anxiety should enlist sympathetic
consideration. II has been the spec
tire at the workingman's tireslde
for generations, and planted appre-
tensions deeply in his mind. He
sees that the direct and immediate
effect of machinery is to displace
labor, and he hears even expert
enced and presumably well-informed
men talk of over-production. IL is
not strange that he should fail 70
follow the new influences 70 their
ultimate effects or that he should
rebel against sacrificing immediate
interests for a general good which he
is unable to see.
The attitude of labor toward labor
saving devices, toward efficiency,
toward any means by which it is
proposed to increase the productlv-
ity of the economic unit, has been de-
termined largely, if not altogether,
by the attitude Of capital toward
labor. Labor was a commodity.
There was less tenderness for it than
for the machines with which it was
displaced. The purpose Of displac-
ing it was to reduce the labor cost of
production, and there was never any
thought, until recently, Of the en-
ployer's moral obligation to share
the cost of change. He would not
throw a machine out of doors when
the season of its activity was at an
end, or because it was temporarily
idle for lack of orders; he would
turn his labor off without scruple.
If by the introduction of a better
machine he could afford to scrap an
old one he would take his loss on the
old one and make it up on the profits
derived from the more efficient de-
vice; but the labor displaced by a
labor saving machine could take care
of itself. He charged the business
nothing for scrapping that.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07

The above rates express the cost OF
foreign money in terms of the Ameri
can dollar. You buy an English pound
sterling for s475it; the intrinsic par
ity is $4.s6% per pound. Thus. you
say either that pounds are at a dis
count or that dollars are at a pre-
MUM, which is owing TO the fact that
in England the demand for dollars
with which 20 settle accounts in this
country is greater than the demand in
this country for pounds with which to
settle accounts in England.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07
rs WEALTH MARKETS AND COMMERCE AA

2Keo, plus a surtax equal to any
preference given to other countries.
For enemy countries, 800, 1870,
I'VE and see.
And the purpose as to the rates
last named is "to penalize the trade
and shipping of present enemy coun-
tries with the British Empire and
Allied countries"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07
TURNING WARS
WASTE TO THRIFT
Canadian Savings Bank
Accounts To Be Avail
able for Loans.

Ottawa, Ont, Oct. ct has been de-
cided by the Finance Department to
make use of the 5000 branch Offices of
the Canadian Bank in the next do
nestle war credit. The plan is to
allow an individual to open a savings
account with the understanding that
when it reaches a modest amount, prob
ably $40, the account will be turned
into a war saving certificate, paying
possibly per cent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07
News Digest
Foreign

London Stock Market.-London. Oct.
6.-The new French loan and British
exchequer bonds are absorbing most
of the money supply az the present
time, and dealings on the Stock Ex-
change were restricted to-day. The
holiday tomorrow had an additional
quieting effect, and rubber and copper
stocks. Japanese and low-priced Ameri-
can securities were about the only &C.
tive shares. with coppers the firmest
Money and discount rates were
steady. Money Az per cent; gold pre-
MUM at Lisbon, 61.00; discount rates,
short and three months bills. 517 to
5ss per cent.
Paris BOurse-Paris, Oct. 6.-Prices
were irregular on the Bourse to-day.
Three per cent rentes, 81 francs 70
centimes for cash; exchange on Lon
don, 81 francs Sli2 centimes; per
cent loan, 80 francs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07
A Fantastic Door.

According to the first sense of
the Economic Alliance the door of
trade was to be wide open to the
members of the alliance, half-open
to neutrals and closed to Germany,
during the period of transition from
war to peace and perhaps for all
time beyond. Now comes the Lon
don Chamber of Commerce propos-
ing that She English door shall have
a fourth position, which shall be, in
fact, the very first position. 1t shall
be wide open only for the several
parts Of the British Empire. 1t
shall be Hospitality open to the AL
lied countries, half-closed to neu-
trails, and either closed entirely to
enemy" traders or subject to sud
den variations of position, as the
circumstances require. Technically
it is set forth in the following words,
taken from the second report of the
Special Committee on Trade During
and After the War to the Council of
the London Chamber Of Commerce:
The committee desire In the first
place 20 remind the council that
they have adopted the following
recommendations:
That any measures which may
be considered in connection with
trade during and after the war
shout provide:
For preferential reciprocal trad
ing relations between all parts OF
the British Empire;
For reciprocal trading relations
between the British Empire and
the Allied countries;
For the favorable treatment OF
neutral countries, and
For regulating, by tariff and
otherwise, trade relations with all
enemy countries so as to render
impossible a return 10 pre-war
conditions.
Ourselves, our side, all others, and
the enemy, That is the order of all
human preference. 1t is beautiful
TO have it avowed, though it is pain
full to hear the future of trade dis
cussed in terms Of allies, neutrGls
and enemies, as if such relations
would permanently endure.
The committee thinks without res
ervation that trade on equal terms
between the nations of the world is
at an end. The United Kingdom
has "most favored nation" treaties
with non-Allied countries, for in
stance, with the United States.
These treaties, the committee thinks,
will have 10 be terminated with or
without compensation, as otherwise
any preference given TO the over
seas dominions and dependencies and
Allies would be claimed by other
countries" The "most favored ma
ton" treaty is the one on which the
trade Of the civilized world was con-
Quoted before the war. Nearly all
nations subscribed. 1t was "A treaty
providing that the most advantage
Gus trade terms extended by one
country 10 any other were automati-
cally extended by it to all other
countries that had similarly agreed
10 give TO all other countries the
treatment accorded TO the "most
favored nation"
The committee then works out n
definite schedule Of tariffs, as fol-
lows: For British Empire countries,
1911, 5@S, 2h%S and free; for friend
~ neutrals, 20as, 1917, BIB and 21A 70.
Othersleutrals. 2O9a. l01S, 5% and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07

Welding Company and the Penseu...
Spring Company signed papers %
merging the two corporations SUI
to stockholders approval. j IS uns.:
stood in business circles tnaI , ~.
merger is to be the nucleus Of ~
OOO. 900 motor parts corporatlon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07

Commercial Paper-While only few
institutions arc interested In CONNER
cial paper. their demand 10 enough to
take care Of the light offerings. The
market Is generally on "a to 3&
per cent basis for regular periods, but
occasionally a trade 10 made at 81 per
cent for extra fine paper.
Official rates OF discount at each Of
the twelve Federal districts are as fol-
lows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07
Money and Credit

Money on call at the New York Stock
Exchange ruled unchanged at 21a per
cent. although some loans were placed
as low as "a per cent.
Business in time funds on brokers
Stock Exchange collateral is only mod
crate in volume, with renewals Of
mixed money at 81 per cent for over
the year. Interior banks continue to
loan here, while local banks are trans
ferring funds to London to take ad-
vantage of the sitter rates there.
Ruling rates on money yesterday
compared with a year ago were as fol-
lows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07
Rnhher OUTPUT Increasing

The worlds output Of rubber poe. s,sssirs.
was approximately 100 GOO ,nOnuDso,rr'on =
5000 tons in 1914, the ptv n. iOi,M
plantation grown rubber r. being eng IN III.
tons in 1915 against II ,oOe tons a,. !. Il
II is anticipated that the prSdadss !. ssSsss
plantation rubber in 1916 viii %
1Al-ooo tanA