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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
BANK CLEARINGs
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Jan 5.-Features in the
Foreign Exchange market today included
firmness in sterling, steadiness in francs
and an easier tone in Teutonic exchange and
rubles. Business. was very limited The
quotations OF sterling are the highest IN
about two months. Quotations follow:
Demand sterling 4:7524, cables 4.76ls
so day bills nominally 4T11s Q471A 80
day bills 4.69h.
Franc cables 5:s3ss. checks 5.s4%.
Relchsmark cables "A 3-l6. checks 7lh
Lire cables 6.S7A checks 6,ssh.
swiss cables sos, checks 5.0i
Vienna 11,74, checks ll72.
Stockholm cables 1855. checks 294B
pesetas cables 2t.2B. checks 2110.
Gunder cables 405s checks 40 l8-l6
Ruble cables 1888. checks 2s.lS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
WAR-ORDER STOCKS ARE WEAK
AND OILS STRONG ON THE CURB
NEW YORK. Jan. ;.

warorier o
trading the
sales O $4,000
a
Oklahoma Producing and Refining owns 81 per cent Of Usage and the
advan Oklahoma roduc
SIM 81 y
Of
rom6l to
to
generally weak United Verde Extension selling at
9g 1914
let dropped I'M o
,ooto steel bonds
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
NEW YORK BANKS GAIN CASH
Increase for Five Days Ended Yester-
day Is 32,572,878

NEW YORK Jan. 5.-The known move
ment of money for the five bank statement
DAYS ended with the close of business yes
terday indicates gain in cash by the local
direct express from the country Ss,S37,S7S
and gained In addition from the Subtreas-
ury on gold imports S3O,949OOO. Per con-
ira the New York Federal Reserve Bank
had a net credit at the clearing house for
the week Of S7,2l400O,
Receipts from the country showed gain
of about So OOO, 600 over the recent weekly
ratio.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
NEw YORK BUTTER,AND EGGS

NEW YORK. Jan. 5.-BUTTER-RsceIpts
h63l tubs. Momentary shortage of top grades
and market slightly hrmer such. All other
qualities slow and weak. Extra creamery III
4iAe; higher scoring, 400 f01a G. other Grades
unchanged.
EGGs-ReceiDts. 1911 cases. Fresh western
higher and hrmi nearby whites still dull and ir-
resuler. storase stronser under more layorabla
western adYicea. Extras, oles extra hr8td ~
q aOci nrsta. Al ~ aoes seconds. 4VHidcs
frlserateE. special m4rked sea esfes r.
a5c mzsd color. tsa 5tei ether sfades M
eaanaea.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
Truck Hits Auto; Pedestrian Hurt

Dayid S I.udlum, president Of the Auto
car company, Ardmore, was struck and in
iured by an automobile at Twenty second
and Chestnut streets While crossing the
street Mr. Ludlam was hit by an auto
mobile which had been knocked from us
course by motortruek. AS Injuries are
not serious
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
Rhine Ont of Its Banks

AMSTERDAM, Jan 5.-The Rhine water
gauge at Cologne shows a rise of seven ana
one-half meters Cabout twenty-five feet) ac-
cording TO the Berlin I.okal AnzeiGer.
Streets in the city along the river are
flooded and the surrounding fields resem-
BILE a lake River traffic along the Rhine in
its lower reaches is greatly impeded by the
flood.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
Liyerpool Cotton

LIVERPOOL, Jan. 5.-Spot cotton today
was in good demand and points higher. on
the basis of 1O.96d for mid-upland The
sales aggregated 1900 bales including
10000 American. The imports were 1000
bales, all American The market for fu-
lures closed steady at a net advance of "a
a 2S points.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
sloss.Sheffield Resumes Dividends

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-The sloss-Sh
field Company has declared a quarterly
dividend of e per cent on common stock,
putting this stock on per cent annual
basis, The dividend is payable February
to stock of record January II. The last
dividend paid on the issue was in 1910
in which year total disbursements amounted
TO 3 q per cent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
ANNUAL MEETINGS

ms UNION NATIONAL BANK.
49, Philadelphia, December o. l0ld
ThG, Annual Meeting OF the stoekholdsT1ii s1i ?
this Bank for the election of Directors Whl
held al the banking house Tuesday, JaHaan
U, lOl7. between the hours OF ~ ~ and p
LOUIS N, SPlELBEltuEh
I,-,s77s, THE ANNUAL. MEETING OF Thl
- GontrbutGTs to The Children's hosp,aIii hospisIi,l 4
BainDrldge Eighteenth and Fit9water syresn
on Friday, January IL. 1911. at p. m.
JOHN CADWALADER, IR.
Secretary
i.-57' THE ANNUAL MEETING OF Thl
49, WOmen's Directory viii be held at s8i ?
Tth st. Monday, January T., 10 a, m;,
MARY A. BURNliAM
Corresponding Secretary
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-The market for
coffee futures opened steady today, un-
changed TO an advance of 3 points. Trading
on the call was quiet, with sales estimated
at $500 bags.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05

-, IN THE COURT OF COMMON FLEA
No, 1, TOR the county Of PhiladslphlA

,.=FF No l. for the County of PHILADELPHIA.
September Term, 1916. No. 3i65
In the matter of the estate OF Rachel
Wright, deceased.
The auditor appointed by the Court 70 audi.
settle and adjust the account Of David y. Da.
lam, trustee under deed OF trust from Rathf
u. Wright and to make distribution Of "a
buiance in the hands Of the accountant, VI.
meet the partics Interested for the purpose nl hl
appointment ON January 10. 1917, ut 8 O'eosk. D
nj, at Room SlS, Northeast Corner Broad ahi
Chestnut sts.. in the city OF Philadelphia. Wfil
and where all parties Interested are realIsi
to make and prove their, Gains or be debaf'l
from coming in uron said fund.
MARCEL A. NlTI Auditor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05

Wabash preferred a. f. Delaware Lacka-
wanna and Western, Z. American Locomotive
preferred. 1s4 United States Smelling. Refining
and Mining, IA preferred. % Great Northern
preferred, IN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05

Unitad States Rubber Company. regular guar
terry y PSF cent qa nrsi prsterrsa stoek and
rs ser c.lt au tne aecQuu erefeHea atock. both
p4Satls j4naasg 81 81 stock Qf reeord 1an-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
COTTON SCARS AGAIN
ON BETTER CABLES
Demand More Than Sufficient to
Absorb Supply-May
Reaches Is Cents
corroI rrIr WEATHER CONDITIONS

COTTON BELT WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEW YORK. Jan. 5.-Fnir weather, whss
reported in the sonthMefGterii, pars pH rUn,inime i
fhs iooyIns c%asrotgSrrft S tSrf mere smf TGfSrdi6
SkSaSr%i SkrSssrari. Ii, $%a XntS9lo, a; nSl Ei"
Gn,HSmarT SG MsmHg!. 0Rf BirmmsGam St ohattsgo9sS
NSshviis and Galveston % CSrPgs, Ghr?l n:
Char GESreSton Savannah qmd LtaleiEi GS; Gs WI
ffgS1% famnn. "SS 81: Tcnsaron %S"" 6s: '.,, ~,
RnIas TsTs XxssGe, xsS III %SP n%G 6tp%S%a 81
Gt {ayrsoT H HI,n inrn ss ,HC McT n TfISn%S Knox
yc yn "cs css It" inch fOr at Montsomery; AZ inch 9t
Chnttonooga iTmlnElmami ~ ir nnG u iis SIsyaTnrt mSGF
lis inches at Memphis, and l.iS Inches
ut Nashville.
NEW YORK. Jan. 5-Favorable Liver
pool cables and more general bulllsh feel
ing resulted in a firm tone at the opening
of the Cotton Exchange, prices ADVANCING
to ! o points on the call. with wall street
room traders and southern interests buying.
The selling was by commission houses
spot houses and for Liverpool account, hut
the demand was more than sufficient TO
absorb the supply, and after the call
prices rose sharply, additional gains ot
to points being recorded before the end
of the first ten minutes of trading, May
again touched lSC. after starting at iI92.
during the middle of the morning on buying
by trade interests, while there was also
enough commission house demand to sug-
gest "A partial revival of builish confidence
Reports that impressive advertising had
been published in many leading southern
papers. urging remaining spot holders To
market slowly, seemed to be attracting con
siderable interest, while buying was also
encouraged by the large forwardings from
Liverpool for the week and the more favor
able view of peace prospects.
May contracts sold up to 1920 after II
o'clock. with the general list working ahcut
33 to 40 points above last nights closing
figures.
The volume of business tapered off some.
what during the middle of the day and
prices reacted G or 7 points early in the
noon hour as a result Of scattered reali2-
ing
The undertone held steady, however, and
the talk around the ring reflected a more
bullish average of sentiment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
DIVIDENDS


Fhiladei1hia. ft. @t,iilaiorg @til he4
Al a meaiiu- of tha hoard OF lif sslt
tnla daF. d asInlannual di4iden1 1t p f.-astls
vas declared bayable January otoI ~ 49,
Tor difadenl4 Hlli le nAilta. ..... et..I.isz.
q. q. MoXttt as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05

December IT. lBId-
The Animal ELECTION for Directors OF TIL
Rank viii bs held al the banking house q
Tuesday. January o. 1917, between II A. n n an
~ N. Wh. T. CONhAp
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ANIMAL ELECTIONS

ozs5-s THE CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK
~ OF PHILADELPHIA.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03

Men who betray their country are
not the only traitors. There are also
men who betray their employers, their
families and their friends.
Safety first-Industrial patriotism al
ways.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
WITHOUT AGITATORS
INDUSTRY FLOURISHES
Figures Show Big Increase In Wages
, and Factories In Queens.

Wherever labor agitators are few,
there industry fourishes and workers
are prosperous. This is the lesson to
be cleaned from the remarkable indus
trial growth in the Borough of Queens.
New York City, as shown by the fig
ures recently compiled by the Bureau
of Census for the year 1914.
The figures record a decided gain
not only in the number Of new facto-
ries, capital invested in manufacture
ing, and the value Of manufactured
products, but also in the sum total Of
salaries and wages and the number Of
salaried employees and wage earners
since the taking Of the last census in
1909. From a percentage standpoint,
the increase over the several items
was as follows:
Salaried employees, 62.7 per cent; sal
aries, sos per cent; wages, 80 per cent;
wage earners. 30.7 per cent; capital in
vested, 20 per cent; number Of facto-
ries, 26.6 per cent; value Of products.
S.S per cent
( While complete figures have not been
published as yet for all the cities and
States, still from the figures that are
now available it is evident that the
Borough of Queens for the year 1914
exceeded in the value Of its manufac-
tured products many States Of the
Union, such as Vermont, Delaware.
Oregon, Florida. and Wyoming; it ex-
caaded also. in this respect every city
i'm New York State, with the exception
of Buffalo. In fact, there were not
more than fifteen or sixteen cities in
the United States which produced man.
ufactured products greater in value
than those made in Queens for the
the year 1914.-Industrial Conserve
tion, N. Y.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
UNITY NEEDED TO HOLD
TRADE AFTER THE WAR
Labor Must Join In Effort to Meet New
Competitive Spirit In Europe.

Employers and workers must unite
to meet the conditions that the restora-
ton of peace in Europe will bring,
says Eugene 81. Outerbridge, president
Of the New York Chamber Of Com
merce. 81 think there is no single ele-
ment in industry before this country
today Of such vast Importance as the
matter of bringing these two constitu-
ents into mutual confidence and under
standing in a real spirit of co-opera-
ton.
I'm the world conditions now pre-
vailing the peoples Of the belligerent
nations have, under the stress of a
compelling necessity, developed a de-
gree Of cooperation and efficiency in
production of which they never be-
fore knew themselves capable and
which has never been approached any
where else in the world
'The war has produced many un-
precedented conditions. This is only
one Of them. After it is over there
will be many we shall have to meet
and many changes to which we shall
have to adapt ourselves. Some cannot
be foretold or foreseen. but it appears
to me inevitable that the conscious
ness of the efficiency and productive
power that has been developed in the
European peoples will lead them not
to turn to previous methods or lives
Of Incidence and ease, but that they
will turn their newly developed pow
ers to production in peaceful pursuits
and that we then shall have to meet
in foreign fields, and perhaps in do
nestle trade, the force of a competitive
production organized on a degree of
efficiency which we have never before
had to combat" Conserve
ton, N. Y.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03

ing bill to prevent employers from
speaking harshly to their employees.
That was the first Of series of spec
tacular laws which he managed to
have enacted to curb the Ubiquitous
tendencies of big Business"
With the naked eye the busy legis-
lator could not have told an invoice
from a petty cash account A high
powered ear trumpet would not have
enabled him to distinguish the song of
the loom from the chant of the buzz
saw, but his six-cylinder. self starting
oratory had to have some kind Of a
road to run on and the avenue of In
dustry was the most inviting to his
hectic eye. In other words the busy
legislator consecrated his lung power
to the work of helping the various leg
islative bodies of the country maintain
their record for enacting an aggregate
Of 1900 new statutes per annum deal
ing with production. distribution, EN-
ployment and organization. Like most
industrial reformers, he possessed the
rare genius for managing other PEG
pies affairs.
AS result of his active legislative
campaign, several Of the biggest man.
ufacturing houses in the State were
curbed into bankruptcy, but the jobless
employees gathered round the remains
and gave Three Cheers" for the
Friend Of the Workingman."
In a few years Thomas Jefferson
Monroe Miller had big Business"
gasping on the mat and pleading for
help. There was apparently nothing
left to curb, but by that time he had
contracted an Unsuitable thirst for reg
ulating things, so he turned his atten-
ton to the liberties of the individual.
He made it a crime for a man to put
his feet on the desk while debating to
his stenographer. Next he put through
a statute forcing restaurants to have
on hand a stock Of Maxim silencers for
diners whose audible fondness for SOUP
interfered with the orchestra. Thanks
to him, the proprietors in hotels must
now furnish their guests with bed
sheets Of statutory length or run the
chance Of being fined or imprisoned.
Meanwhile the Busy Legislator has
not reduced the height Of his youthful
ambitions. He has been standing
around with his hat In his hand, ready
to slip into the first vacant seat in the
United States senate, and his constitu-
ents are convinced that he win not
have to stand much longer. A commit
tee Of his townsmen recently visited
q sculptor with a view to having their
hero's facial facade perpetuated In the
purest marble. The statue win be
placed in the town square after Miller
has gasped his last speech
Moral: They all look good In the
Hall Of Fame."-C. A. Rieser, Indss-
trial Conservation, N. p.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Where Do You Stand7

Someone has divided mankind into
four classes-those who consistently
do less than is expected Of them;
those who do what Is expected OF them
but no more; those who do things
without having to be told, and finally,
those who have the magnetic power OF
inspiring others to do things.
All the failures In this world are
recruited from the first class The
second class comprises those who
scrape along In some form Of drudgery
or hackwork. Men Of the third class
are always In great demand In the fac
tory and in the Office, but the fourth
class represents the highest rung In
the ladder OF success.
In the world Of industry the fourth
class Is attained by the diligent few
who have caught the spirit OF their
task and are able to impart 1t to the
men under them They are the men
who, without being slave drivers, are
able to increase the output Of an In
dustrial plant - IndHstriaI Conserve
ton, N. p.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Don't Rock the Industrial Boat.

After the European war is over the
prosperity Of the country will depend
on the willingness of labor to cooper
ate with capital in fighting destructive
competition from abroad. This is the
consensus of opinion among men Of
affairs who have made a close study
of conditions in the industrial and eco
nomic world.
During the reconstruction period
that must follow the termination Of
the war, these men say, labor and
capital will be shipmates, and if there
is going to be any mutiny among the
members of the crew the result will
affect the wage earners' income. In
this connection George Roberts, vice
president of the National City Bank Of
New York, says:
81 cannot get rid of the conviction
that there will have to be period Of
readjustment for the general business
situation soon after the war. There
is only one way to maintain high
wages, and that is by increasing the
efficiency of industry. We have to
convince our own people of the advan-
tages of large scale, economical pro-
duction, and we have to satisfy our
-earners that they are interested
not in restricting production, but in
increasing production. They must be
brought to see not only that wages are
dependent upon production, but that
an increasing supply Of all the COM
forts of life for the masses Of the peo-
pie is dependent upon t."-IndustriaI
Conservation, N. Y.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
CURLING INDUSTRY; OR THE
FABLE OF THE BUSY LEGISLATOR
Lesson In Practical Politics, Outlining the Best Course to
Pursue When the Welfare of Industry
Interferes With Political Ambition,

One dark, stormy day there was born
to otherwise happy and respectable
parents an embryonic legislator. He
made his debut in the midst Of thun-
der-clap. This fact may or may not
have been prophetic, but in after life
he manifested a decided fondness for
applause.
With no connivance on his part, the
infant Scion was named Thomas JEFF
ferson Monroe Miller. His mother did
the naming, while his father, a sue
cessful retail butcher, stood by In mute
protest, thinking Of the day when his
son should learn the meat business
from the bottom up. Thomas Jeffer-
son Monroe, the elder Miller knew,
would find the delivery baskets heavy
enough without carrying any excess
baggage in the way Of a name. But
the maternal BOSS had decided that
her son was cut out for better things
than constant association with steaks
and chops and, in the end she had her
way, thus depriving the world Of an
other perfectly competent butcher.
At the age Of eighteen Thomas JEFF
ferson Monroe Miller began to feel
that his mothers confidence in him
was more than justified. The vista
Of his ambition included a front ele-
walton of the Presidential chair.
During his college course, the pro-
spective statesman was so busy set
Ting the affairs Of the nation in ora
torical contests and debates that he
had no time to spend on the problems
Of trigonometry. At the end of four
years he had developed a magnificent
rush Of words to the face and, although
he was somewhat puny in mathemat-
les, the faculty decided that the best
way to get rid Of him was to hand
him his sheepskin.
By this time our future legislator
had grown a wonderful crop of back
hair that curled gracefully over his
collar, and had acquired the habit Of
posing for his photograph with a cor
rugated look about his brow and his
right hand In the breast Of his coat
By comparison with the most authori-
tative portraits, he was every inch
statesman, so he returned to his ma
tive State and offered his services to
the ''boss" of the Party In Power.
The hard-hearted political car
would have none Of him, however, and
Thomas Jefferson came to the conclu-
sion that the Party in Power was cor
rupt Therefore, he Joined the ranks
of the Reform Party and lent the
crushing weight Of his oratory in an
effort to convince the ''plain peepul"
that the Predatory Pilferers In Office
had stolen everything but the brass
hinges on the Capitol door.
After several years Of incessant ora
tory, the promising youth was sent to
the legislature on the Reform Ticket
He won instant recognition by propos-
The broad ax., 1917-03-03

Industry is Of the people, by the peo-
pie, for the people. Let US all get to
gether.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
Beat Your Own Record.

Don't gauge your own efforts by the
activity or output Of your fellow work
ers Never mind how little the man
next to you does. That is his own
funeral, and he win be chief mourner
some day. Compete with yourself each
day, striving to beat your record Of
the day before.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03

Business success depends on good
management; efficient loyal workers.
from the head Of the firm down to the
messengers; and freedom from outside
interference.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03

Never be fearful of doing more than
is required of you. If you wait for
more pay before you do more work
the millennium will probably find you
on the same old job.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03

Remember that an agitator never
yet filed a pay envelope, although he
has helped to keep many a one I'M
filled.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03
CONSERVATION TRUTHS.

Sow while you are young and you'll
reap when you are old. This applies
to grains of industry as well as to
wild oats.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03

Success In Industry: OF 100000 cor
porations in the United States engaged
in manufacturing and mercantile bust
ness over 100000, according to the
Federal Trade Commission, are mere
ly existing. They do not earn penny
Of profit. The $4,000 failures annually
In the United States show that bust
nesses cannot run along at a loss In
definitely.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03

The average reformer is only OPP
posed to capital so long as the other
fellow has it. Let him get a slice of
the melon he condemned and his rad
icalism will be cured for all times.
The broad ax., 1917-03-03

1t takes three forces to run a busl-
ness or factory-labor. capital and ex-
ecutive management.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31

EXPERIENCED speciality sAlesmaH 10
sell to the retailer nationally adver-
tised food product handled by all jobbers.
s2& Insurance Bdg.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
OUT or CITY

IN NNSWsFfNd Nds' FISase WfnfT0W TTW'SH'
FOR aAI.E-6,i< l acres lead and sino
land In North ArkanRaA, tho coming big
sine producing region Of United States,
Wal s<oA, Mrs, Jennings
FOR HAfE-b,W acres lead and slno
land In North Arkansas, the coming
biG ninc producing region Of ths United
states, Wal N0s Mrs Jenninus,
FoR BALE large roomlnw house do.
Ing good business. Address 2h Weat
Main 81, Enid, okla.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
CITY REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
n, Arsv e,,ns AAs. Plssss Mention Times.

ONE Of the best residences In ths city
seven rooms. breakfast room. sleeping
porch. cement porch; strictly modern;
in week; prics $1,000: small payment
down balance easy payments; might take
soms trade. Blakensy Investment com.
any le0h North Broadway.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31

n SEALS, RUBBER STAMPS.
stencils, badges, numbering and
dating machines. check protectors,
solid rubber type. price marks. trade
checks. Ink pads and oil stamp sup
o. X STAMP 4 SEAL CO..
iis West Grand. walnut 90.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31

RUBBER STAMPS AND SEALS
In Answering Ads. Pisass hsotisa raAL
O. X. STAMP AND SEAL CO.. is Yves,
Grand. Phone Wal. ~.