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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25
GIBBONS
SHYS AT SMITH

Mike Gibbons. the St Paul phantom.
does not appear over anxious TO match
up with Jeff Smith at the present
time. Nike has been told that he
can get a $4,000 house at Pfttsburg
for meeting Harry Greb. the sensa-
ional middleweight Of that city and
he is thinking the matter over very
seriously. Mike is some financier
besides being a very clever boxer. In
Pittsburg the boxing fans are willing
TO bet their last penny that Greb
VIII defeat Gibbons in a long fight,
but they are not so certain about IL
in a six round affair
In the meantime. jeff Smith. who
has been after Gibbons for a long
time to settle the middleWeiEht
championship of this country. is try
ing 10 beat Mike to the Greb match
and has offered TO meet him under
any conditions. II Greb is not
grabbed off by the draft and sent 10
war. he viii be in for very busy
seaaon-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25
PREPARE BEDSFOR YOUR PLANTS
IN FALL; TILLTHEM IN WINTER
Mix Manure Rotted Into the Soil and in the Spring
Your Beds Will Be Ready for Productiveness; Do
Not Let Fertilizer Get to the Roots Of Your
Plants in Its UndiIuted Form
BY G.. A. MARTIN.
THOUGH the past 81


4 LIHOIGH the past spring ana
"a summer has been one OF the
i \ b4-7ez- ~, r,fs+r--,- nv, -.7s--+ liz.
P-'----
IN II Faso' visitors unacqualnleo
a. .s+o-Tst.+ 49, ~. - 81 +5s
yards lawns ana parks
Roses, dahlias and chrysanthe-
y1ur-s ry-ov- eb-r-Far-r,- and ba-7-f-
Au--s III II Easo "AeH gwen allen-
ton The plants of the commouer
kind grow without t-nub1e and as
80 ..,--
" --- --- ga d len --'- i
FAN VIII soon be here and the pre-
paration Of beds FOR next wears
-. tr- 20
P41lI-S s--o --o oesll-' -oI oe1' il
MADE properly must be started In the
fall and worked during the winter
If fe v-err +o do +t7. b.z. 5ea-, aud
where feasible put stones or broken
drainage. Manure@rotted is the best
should be mixed with the earth and
this should be frequently stirred dug
ing the winter and II there are not
enough rains and SHOWS. it should be
wet down frequently with the hose.
In the spring the soil and manure
should be perfectly worked together
burned by the manure.
Some put out roses and trees in the
late fall after all the sap has gone
down" some prefer spring time plant
Ing The majority Of people plant in
the spring
Look Out For Manure.
Don't put any manure iulo the
holes with your trees or roses. or IN
fact with any plants that you may De
putting out in the spring.
II you viii observe this one pre-
caution. uur the plants into the
ground the proper depth. press the
dirt firmly around the roots 10 ev-
clude the air. water them wei and
leave them alone for from a week 20
ten davs. then water them regularly.
the chances are that nine out Of ten
plants viii live
Too much attention TO plants when
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25

full VIII clean your sluggish liver better than
dose Of nasty cal0nel and that it won't make
you sick.
DodsOl's Liver Tone IS real liver medicine.
You'll know It next morning because you viii
wake up feeling fine, your liver viii be working.
your headache and dizziness eo1e, your stomach
Will be sweet and your bowels regular. You will
feel like working; you'll be cheerful; full of vigor
and ambition
Dodson's Liver Tone IS entirely vegetable,
therefore harmless and can not saIvate Give L
to your children. Millions Ct people are using
DodsOns Liver Tone instead of dangerous calond
now Your druggist will tell you that the sale %
calomel islalmost stopped entirely here.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25

the summer at the earliest There is
enough hUmus and plant food in al
most any piece Of soil % carry all
most any plant through several
months Of life. Bone meal scattered
over the surface viii be sufficient
When food is needed the plant will
indicate il by its appearance II II
has healthy growth and rich
attention II il is off color, there is
something the matter-may5e TOO
much water, maybe not enough. may
be something is lacking in the soil
Water. soil tillage and a surface
mulch are the main necessities for
success with plants and trees II is
hard TO keep the mulch about trees
that are planted on the streets in the
parking. but the earth can De stirred
up around them occasionally and the
grass can be kept cut back so that il
will not choke them Bur trees
not surrounded by grass. especially
Bermuda grass. for this often ChOkes
the roots
TIU and Mulch the Soil.
For trees. roses and other plants in
the back yard. 10 is well 10 till as
much soil about them as possible II
the entire yard can be spaded up oc-
CasiOuauy, il is better. This allows
the air 10 penetrate into the soil
causes the micrO-OrEauisms to work
and creates a condition that benefits
the plants The activity of these
minute organisms in the soil create
the nitrogen SO essential 10 the plants
growth
The mulch for the surface Of the
ground should be made OF mixed
straw and manure. purchasahle by
the load at any livery stable or any
of the army camps where horses are
used. This should be scattered over
the surface of the ground to the
depth of two or three inches and Oc-
Casi0ually wet down. Il VIII surprise
YOU the amount of moisture such
treatment viii cause TO be retained
in the ground Then the substance
in this manure finds ITS way INTO
the ground and forms food for the
plants when they need it, Not coming
into close contact with the plants. il
does not damage them. Ii is Wen TO
keep the manure straw dressing back
from the trees or roses, particularly
in cases Of roses. but well over all the
ground between the different plants.
Roots Spread Rapidly.
The saving on the water bin after
this mulch has been scattered over
the ground, Will more than pay for
the manure. The fresh manure is best
because it comes mixed with the
straw and the two form a mulch on
the surface
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25

HE intelligent buyer who wishes to benefit by advan-
tageOus prices will find The Herald Advertising most
efficient aid. 1t guide to the best sores-a market
report of the best bargains
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
EQUITABLE TRUST co.
MAY DOUBLE CAPITAL
Directors Expected to Vote To-
dav on plan to Increase Stock

Directors Of the Equitable Trust
Company. at a meeting scheduled Tor
to-day. are expected TO vote on pia"
providing for an increase in stock u
il understood this new stock Will be
offered to shareholders at an attrac'
tive price. The capital is now $1,000
600. and it is expected that it viii be
doubled
In considering this action the
Equitable Trust Company is following
the example recently set By a number
Of large downtown financial institu-
tions, which have adjusted their capt.
talization to their growing deposits.
The Equitable Trust Company has
surplus and undivided profits OF over
100000 600. The idea that valuable
subscription rights will 20 with the
expected Offering Of new stock mas
been reflected in recent advances IN
the price of the present stock for
which as high as $50 has been BIO
lately. Deposits of the company are
close to S162, 100000.
Regular dividends Of "a per cent
were paid last year and an extra diyl'
dend of per cent, making total dis
tribution Of 80 per cent for 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
PRODUCTION OF GOLD
AND SILVER IN u. S

Washington. Jan. T. Gold and sill
YER production in the United States IN
1916 fell below that Of the year be-
fore bv SS.719.3O0 for gold and 2,O77,-
275 ounces Of silver. The Director Of
the Mint announced tonight that the
total gold production for the last year
was S92.3164OO and the silver produc-
ton 72,SS3,SO0 ounces.
California led the Union in the pro-
duction of gold, with 1,O69,5S6 ounces,
valued at s22,11O,9OO; Colorado was
second with 1885 ounces, worth
s19OO9,1OO, and Alaska third, with
1921 ounces, worth $16,242,300. The
other chief gold-producing states are
given as Nevada. with an output val
ued at Ss.A2S. 200; South Dakota. ST.
512. 200; Montana. S4,5r5 400, and Utah,
$3.50 400. The minimum, fifteen
ounces, worth $500, was produced in
South Carolina. Twenty-eight states
produced no gold.
Montana led in silver production,
with 14,751OOO ounces. Other leading
states were Utah. with l2,965,700
ounces; Nevada. 1884 500 ounces;
Idaho. 10504.1O0 ounces; Colorado.
7,771.5OO ounces; Arizona. 6,7l1,S00
ounces; New Mexico. 100000 ounces.
and California. l,937,3O0 ounces. The
minimum production was in Georgia,
with 100 ounces. 1wenty-siX states
Welded no silver.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
BUSINESS WAITS NOT
FOR CARS OR PEACE
A Review Of Conditions by the
Federal Reserve Board
WashinaIon. JonNaI,N I.

Washington, January i.
Peace talk and the car shortage ap-
parently are recorded as influential
factors in the nations commercial life
during the last month i'm reports Of
general business conditions from Fed
eral Reserve agents made public to-
day by the Federal Reserve Board.
Business activity. however, shows little
diminution. the boards summary
states, and in the East, South and Mid
die West the record volume Of bust
ness remains at it's high level.
Boston reports that with talk Of
peace, hesitation has become more
pronounced and manufacturers and
merchants are awaiting developments
before taking on new commitments.
Chicago says that all authorities re
mort a continuation in the large vol
ume Of business. There Is no marked
evidence Of recession due to peace
rumors.
San Francisco IS optimistic about
peace and thinks it probable that
transition from war condition 20 one
Of peace will be marked By minimum
disturbance Of prosperity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
COMPANY ORGANIZED TO
HELP SUGAR PLANTERS

The Sugar Planters Corporation
has been permanently organized with
headquarters at q William Street for
the purpose of advancing loans to
Cuban sugar planters and otherwise as
sisting them in marketing their crops
The company has S75O,OOO 7 per cent
cumulative preferred stock and $500
shares Of common with no par value.
There will be no public Offering, as
the stock has been privately oyersub-
scribed.
The board of directors consists Of
the following:
Manuel Ajuria. Havana. Cuba; De
Witt Bailey, vice-president and coun-
sci of the company; Sir William
Beardmore, Bart, Of Glasgow. Scot
land; Thomas Cochran, Of J. p. Nor
gan & Co., New York; DR.. Orestes
Ferrara, president OF the Cuban House
OF Congress, Havana, Cuba; John $.
Fiske, president of the company;
Frederic +. Gunnison, vice-president
OF the Lawyers Title & Trust Com
pany; August Heckscher. capitalist;
r. A. Howell. Of b. II. Howell. Son &
Co.. New York; Minor c. Keith, vice
president Of the United Fruit Com
pGny, New York, and c. j. Schmidlapp,
vice-president of the Chase National
Bank. The executive committee is
composed OF Messrs. Bailey, Fiske,
Gunnison, Howell and Schmidlapp.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
Dividends

United Railways and Electric of Baltimore
has declared the regular quarterly dividend
OF 80 cents share or ! per cent on the
common stock. payable January 10 20 stock
OF record January 6.
Securities Corporation General. Regular
quarterly dividend Of ~ per cent on the
preferred. payable January - 20 stock OF
record January s also an initial dividend Of
7 per cent on the common stock. payable
February 10 stock Of record January IS.
Puget Sound Traction. Light and Power
Quarterly dividend OF s., 70 ! per cent on
the preferred stock. payable January 10 %
stock Of record January ,.
Cluett. Peabody a Co. Dividend Of 81 so a
share on the common stock, payable February
10 stock Of record January 20. For. the
last year the stock has paid Sl.2j quarterly.
Harrison Walker Refractories. Regular
quarterly dividend Of a.! per cent on the
preferred stock. payable January 20 70 stock
Of record January DO.
Brown Shoe. Regular quarterly dividend
Of a.. per cent on the preferred stock. pay
able February ! 10 stock OF record Janu-
AIRY %.
Corn Exchange Bank. Regular quarterly
dividend Of per cent, payable February ! 20
stock of record January 3 !.
Pennsylvania Lighting Regular quarterly
dividend of = per cent on the prefrrred
stock. payable January Is 10 stock Of record
January s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
WAR
LOAN WILL BE
WELL BOUGHT
Government Has Left the
Banks Nothing Else
TO Invest In

London, Jan. 4.-Following the sus-
pension Of the issue Of Exchequer
bonds in preparation for the new war
loan. the government authorities an
nounce that there will be no further
sale OF Treasury bills by the Bank Of
England.
This clears the way for the new
British loan, which was the chief topic
on the money market to-day. The yield
is expected to be just over per cent
1t is generally believed the response
will be good, as the banking returns
just appearing will show that the finan-
cial concerns have done excellently in
the last six months. Larger liquid re-
sources make it possible for them TO
contribute 30 per cent more fresh
money than they did to the last loan,
besides converting their holdings in
the old loan.
The government authorities consid-
cred the world situation well. By pro-
hibiting fresh issues OF capital, stop
ping Exchequer bonds and Treasury
bill sales and mobilizing American Sc
curities under a penal tax, ut left the
insurance companies, banks, trust com
panies, etc, with nothing to invest
their spare funds in except the new
loan.
II is expected the loan will appear
early next week, though it is just pos
sibe the issue may be made simultane-
ously with the reduced bank rate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
EXPORT GRAIN SALES
PLACED AT 100000 Blu.
Chicago, January 4

Chicago, January !.
Export business in grain to-day was
said tonight by some authorities to
have surpassed in volume any previous
record since the beginning Of the Eu-
ropean war. The aggregate was esti-
mated at about 100000 bushels, in
GLIDING 100000 bushels Of oats, 2,OOO,-
600 bushels Of wheat and 100000
bushels Of corn.
After prices had declined on the an
nouncement from Washington that
President Wilson had in view a new
effort TO end hostilities buyers for
transatlantic interests quickly jumped
into the market and bought up most Of
the available offerings. Prices rallied
on these purchases.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
Relevant
Information

Bethlehem Steel Corporation The
stock Of this company was one Of the
few that did not decline in yesterdays
reactionary market Trading was
comparatively active for an issue sell
ing so high. 500 shares changing
hands. The high price OF the day was
5i5 and the closing, $40, was uu-
changed from the last previous sale.
Directors are scheduled TO meet on
January l6, when il is expected that
the question Of increasing the divi-
dend. with an extra cash payment. will
be given consideration. The St4,S62,-
600 common stock in the hands Of the
public now receives $50 share an
nually Disbursements at this rate
we're begun on January 20. 1916. out
OF tho earnings for the previous calen-
dar year. This was the first dividend
ever declared on the common stock.
For the year just closed it has been
estimated that Bethlehem's earnings
for the junior shares viii show be
tween S55,oOO,00O and s6O,0O0.OOO.
The latter figure would mean s4OO a
share. Charles NJ Schwab, chairman
Of the board OF directors, At a recent
speech at the Lotos Club, declared
that the great ordance plant at
Bethlehem was now 80 per cent greater
than the famous Krupp works at
Essen. Germany. At the present time,
he said, the Bethlehem plant has a
capacity OF about 100000 rounds Of
ammunition a month
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
Money and Credit

In ell departments OF the money mar
ket an easier feeling was apparent yes
terday, though rates for the most part
remained as heretofore. Call funds
were freely offered at 2}z per cent, and
most OF the days loans were made at
that figure, which was also the closing
quotation.
I'm time money the feature was in
creased lending on good mixed Stock
Exchange collateral for four TO six
months periods, the rate on such loans
easing TO 80 per cent, against ( per
cent heretofore. The demand from IN
dustrial borrowers was light, though
showing a tendency to broaden. In the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05

One Of the oddities Of our for
eign trade is that we are running up
a debit balance with the beleaguered
Teutonic people. That is TO say,
we are buying from them more than
we sell to them. In November our
imports from Germany and Austria
Hungary were SAT-, O70; our exports
TO them were nil. During eleven
months to the end Of November our
imports from those countries were
S6,284,974; our exports were only
S118O.O52. The debit balance
against us is $5,1O4,922. These are
small figures, of course, but they are
nevertheless curious. The explana-
ton is that Great Britain, as keeper
of the blockade, has at the insistence
of American importers Of German
goods permitted some merchandise to
come through, mostly such as had
been bought in the earlier months Of
the war and detained in Holland.
But much less has been permitted
to pass the blockade in the other di-
rection. The cargoes of the Deutsch-
land also count in these figures.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05

IF Great Britain had thought Of 1t
she might have managed the block
ade in a manner much more en-
barrasing to the German govern
ment. 1t would be possible to cut
the German people off from food and
every kind of war merchandise, and
vet leave them free to carry on
kind of trade in which the mark
would fare badly. It is very simple.
IF Injuries and all form of merchan-
disc not required in the conduct OF
war were allowed to pass the block
ade inward the temptation on the
part OF many German people to
spend their war profits for goods Of
foreign manufacture would be al
most irresistible, and if, at the same
time. only such goods Of German
origin as were required for purposes
Of war we're allowed to pass outward
the German government would be
tormented with new problems. One
would be how to keep the people from
importing unnecessary merchandise
extravagantly, and the other would
be how to prevent them from ex-
porting goods that the country as a
whole could not afford to sell. In
spite Of everything the government
could do, 100000 people would
succeed in buying things they did not
need, and then, if they could not pay
for them with goods Of German
origin, and had to pay for them in
marks, the value of the mark in the
outside world would suffer fantastic
depreciation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
News Digest
Foreign
London Market Fir

London Market Firm.-London, jar.
4.-On the Stock Exchange to-day the
tone was quietly firm. Argentine rails
and Russian securities were steadily
supported. United States Steel shares
were prominent in the American sec
ton, but otherwise there were few
transactions.
Money was quiet, 4l4G424 per cent.
Discount rates Short and three-month
bills 50 per cent Gold premiums at
Lisbon 5000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05

Commercial Paper.-The demand for
prime paper is increasing as the re-
suit Of heavier sccumulations Of sur
plus funds since the turn Of the year,
and while 1 per cent was the rate
quoted on the general run Of offer
ings, some paper bearing especially at
tractive names was reported taken at
8sI. On the whole the market was
quiet. more because of the scarcity OF
attractive offerings than the indisposi-
ton Of the banks 10 buy.
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, 1917-01-05
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Demand sterling was slightly frmer,
with the inquiry moderately active, but
further weakness was noted in rubles,
while francs also essed or slightly. The
demand for exchange on Berlin and
Vienna fell away almost to the vanish
ing point, reichsmarks and kronen both
being offered at lower quotations late
in the day. Exchanges on some Of the
neutral countries showed slightly
frmer tendency.
Closing quotations yesterday and q
week ago were:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
Thursday, January !, 1917

Though the middleman gave his all
to the poor and sat him down in sack
cloth and ashes. he could not recover
his good name, nor is there any way
in which it may be restored to him.
1t is partly owing to the fact that
what he adds to the value Of a potato
is invisible to the eye infamed by
high prices and partly to the weak
ness Of all people to pass the blame.
Nevertheless, it is fair to quote as
conspicuously as possible the apology
contained in the Perkins report to
the Conference of Mayors on Food
and Markets. This is a report sub
scribed to by the Governors Market
Commission, Mayor Mitcheps Food
Supply Committee and the Wicks
Legislative Committee, all three. 1t
says Of the middleman:
The commission men and receivers
in the large cities have come under
the suspicion Of both the producer
and consumer because OF certain
vicious practices on the part Of a
small percentage OF their number,
and. as result, the honest commits
sion men. wholesale dealers and ware
house men suffer from the i'll repute
brought to this great body Of bust
ness men by the practices Of a small
part thereof. Efficient and practical
state supervision, licensing and bond
ing should be provided which will
free the trade from the operations Of
this small, ill-disposed group, the
practices Of which are injurious to
the legitimate commission and ware
house men as we'll as to the producer
and consumer. We are convinced that
the great majority Of all dealers
transact their business in an honest
manner, and will welcome any and all
publicity that q state department.
such as is now proposed, can give con-
corning those who try to take i'm
proper advantage Of either the pro
Queer or consumer. Such publicity
would eliminate the abuses and lead
TO 4 better understanding among all
concerned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05

Midvale Steel Profit Sharing Plan
Directors have approved an employees
stock subscription plan which will
enable the workers OF the company
and its subsidiaries to purchase the
stock. par value 500, at $50 a share
Under certain conditions set forth in
circular soon to be issued, it was
announced, the company will guaran-
tee an income of not less than Sc a
share year for a fve-year period.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
New York

Protective Committee Formed. A
committee has been formed with
Elisha Walker. OF william Solomon
& Co., as chairman TO act for holders
Of the first and refunding > per cent
bonds OF the Wichita Falls & North
western Railway, a subsidiary Of the
Missouri. Kansas & Texas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
parity, as calculated by the United
States Mint:

Tho above ratec express The cost OF
foreign money in terms of the Ameri-
can dollar. You buy an English pound
sterling for S4.75h; the intrinsic par
ity is S4.S6Fs per pound. Thus, you
say either that pounds are at a dis.
count or that dollars are at pre-
MUM. which is owing TO the fact that
in England the demand for dollars
with which TO 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, 1917-01-05

Paris Market Firm.-Paris. Jan. A.
Prices we're firmer on the Bourse to-
day. Three per cent rentes. 81 francs
IS confines for cash. Exchange on
London, p francs 81 q confines. Five
per cent loan, So francs 80 centlmes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
London Wool Auction

London, January 4. There were $500
bales offered at the wool auction sales
to-day. The attendance was large and
the demand was active, especially for
merinos, at unchanged prices.