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Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
Peace

The statesmen in the warning countries are en- gagged in bitter controversy over peace If their words be taken at face value there can be no peace except through complete victory utter ex- haustion. And in any event there be perpetual peace? We do peace that will last for fifty a hundred years. but peace that will last forever international millennium. We think that is much to expect in any event. The war cannot kill human selfishness greed and ambition and so long as these ingredients, these seeds of remain in the soil they will from time to time and fruit.
 We need not contemplate what would be the suit if Germany should win. We would then have peace with the desolaton of the rest of the world There would be outbreaks of course but they would not be wars, but instructions more or less futile But the peace of the world, such peace as Germany aims at would be greatly disturbed.
 But we will suppose that Germany is utterly crushed shorn the military and naval placed in straightjacket where it harm neither itself its neighbors That would not be the end of war but only the end of Germany's power to make war
 Nations will again have differences growing out collision selfishness with selfishness and might expect that time spark would be struck would again set the world in flames. We have talked of world republic in which there will be welding of all political interests Less wild is the prospect international tribunal supported by all the powerful nations with ample military and naval power enforce peace Another scheme is the limitation armaments. To the of this plan there must be end of treaties between nations. They will longer be allowed to enter into offensive and defensive alliances. Commercial alliances would tend break up the world into groups again and thus disturb the made millennium to which look forward Such alliances would eventually sede and make a scrap of paper of any international agreement for peace any commercial group strong enough to dsavow it.
 The peace of any nation be securely preserved only through it's ability to preserve it. After this with all its horrors there would perhaps in event be another great By soon" within a generation two It would take that long for the wounds of the world heal Then would other conflicts of international interests and another Serejavo and then another flaming world.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
Godspeed. Sammy!

 So long, Sammy, Gee-I wish that A-hiking in my khaki with a thou sand comrades true, So long, Sammy, Gee- wish 1 had your chance If 1t wasn't for the kiddies I'd be off with you to France. Byebye. Sammy. all the world is watching you A-wondering and wondering just what you are going to do. Bye-bye. Sammy, keep your chin a. pointing high, And don't you mind the teardrop that's aglistening in my eye. So long, Sammy, Gee-I wish that were you A-fighting in my khaki for the Red and White and Blue. So long, Sammy. you're the boy they've picked to win, Be sure to write and tell us when you get to old Berlin.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
Local Produce Market

The end of the cantaloups has about been reached in the valley because of the heavy rain, and yesterday was probably the last day when import ant shipments will be made Turlock is the next place to ship and Rocky Ford is coming up.
 Peaches are remarkably cheap. They sell at wholesale as low as 3 cents and are very fine.
 The heavy rain probably damaged the grape crop considerably.
 Outside demand for watermelons is practically over.
 Dealers are paying the following prices:
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, July 30.-Largely as a result of the settlement of the switch mems strike, holders of corn showed a disposition today to indulge in gen. eral profit-taking sales. Accordingly. the market had downward slant most of the time. Prices closed steady, unchanged to M lower, with Septem- Der $1.63% to $L63%. and December $l10A to sL1SA. Wheat finished un- settled, 5c off to % up. at $2.62 for July, and SPA for September. The outcome in oats ranged from 1c de- cline to Ac advance and in provisions from setback of to rise of 10@ Pc.
 Welcome rains both sides of the Canadian border giving relief from hot winds which had been threaten ing the spring wheat crop turned prices downgrade for the September delivery of wheat.
 Provisions averaged lower, chiefly in consequence of break which took place in hog prices. Close:
 Wheat-July. s262; Sept. $2.24.
 sCorn-Sept-, s1.63%; Dec, sI18A.
 Oats-July,7SAc; Sept, 60%c.
 Pork-July, s40.55; Sept, $40.55.
 Lard-Sept.. s2O.S2; Oct, s2O92.
 Ribs-Sept... s21.S5; Oct, $21.70.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
The War Cost

The world does not know what the war is costing in terms of men. We know what it Is costing in dol lars and cents Nations give that information freely. but know what it's losses in only from enemy statements. Not only such statements likely to be purposey exaggerated, but the enemy would lack of knowing if it were n- clined to be honest
 We have lately an allied statement that the German losses since the beginning of the war was
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
THIS YEARS MODEL

The fussy old gentleman asked the chance cling companion Have you any children sr?" "Yes, sir; son."
 "Ah, sir, he never much touched a cigaret" 50 much the better sir; the of tobacco is poisonous habit. Does he frequent clubs?" eHe has never put his foot in one"
 Allow to congratulate you Does he ever home late?'
 Never. He goes to bed directly after dinner" "A model young man, sir; model young man. How old is he?"
 Just six months"-PhiladeIpha Record
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
An Attempted Diversion

Some members of congress in the of speeches gone of their way to reflect upon members of the National Council of Defense and it is observed that these congressman offending among those who have thrown obstacles in the way of legislation. A comprehensive effort to bring about the disruption of the extensive organiza tion of business brains which the council of defense has brought into the service of the country in of the food control bill lately offered In the senate.
 The amendment provided that members of the committees of the Council of National Defense must be connected with companies furnishing supplies to, or making contracts with, the government which they members of the committee should pass. The advisory committees in question made up of such R. H. Bowman, president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association; Howard Coffin, vice president the Hudson Motor company; Julius Rosenwald head of Sears -Roebuck; James A. Farrell. president of United States Steel Corporation; J. D Ryan, president of the Anaconda Copper company, ard others.
 It is true that there opportunities the abuse of the advisory committee system. But it probable that they would be taken advantage of. We believe that the mentioned and others similarly situated big and too patriotic to undertake any sort of a scheme against the government The work of the has far been splendid. Supplies and equipment have been obtained with amazing promptness and prices have generally been under the market price.
 Had 1t not been for the Council of National De- fense and its advisory committees the nation would had repetition of the dsgraceful incidents nected with the mobilization of troops during the Spanish American At any rate, an- not be heard to complain. body about which there have been many accusations of corruption and of secret relations to who desire under to prey upon the government should be chary of giving voice to it's suspicious against such compose the National Defense Council.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, July 30.-The cotton market closed steady at net advance of Is to 22 points on all months ex- cept August, which was relatively weak and Il points net lower.
 Cotton futures closed steady. Oct 24.00; Dec. 23.81; Jan, 23.71; March, 23.9o; May 2400. Spot quiet middiing 24.60
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31

appropriations which will be devoted to placing the industry on footing which otherwise would have taken years to reach
 Verde Combination was again strong and active on the curb, hold ing it's recent rise to $l00 a share
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
The proposed medal.

Representative O'Shaunessy, of Rhode Island, has introduced bill asking that two twelve-pound guns presented to the United States by Lafayette be melted and made into medals to reward United States sol- diers who distinguish themselves in France. The guns are of bronze, hand carved. The proposed medal would rank next to the regulation medal of honor. Enough metal for 30,000 medals is contained in the two guns.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
LIVESTOCK At Chicauo

CHICAGO, July 3O.-Hogs: Receipts l7,O0O; slow, 10 to 10c under Satur- days average. Bulk, s15.00@15.80; light. s14.75; heavy. s1440@1610; pigs, s1160@1450
 Cattle: Receipts 5000; firm. Native
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
CHICAGO PRODUCE

CHICAGO, July 30.-Butter steady; creamery, 35@3Sc.
 Eggs steady; receipts, 9,442 cases: firsts 301a @32c; ordinary firsts. 2sB 029c; at mark, cases included, 27@31c.
 Potatoes higher; receipts 35 cars; Virginia barrels, $3.55@425.
 Poultry, alive, unsettled; fowls, 15@1Skc; springs. 20@25c.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31

beef cattle, $Z60@1415: western steers, sS.40@11.60; stockers and feed CTS, s5.80@900; cows and heifers, $4.50A 11.75 calves, sS.75@13.00.
 Sheep. Receipts, 5000; strong. Weth- CTS, $7.60@10.S5; lambs, $9.75@15.65.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
4,435,S16
116,137

An interesting and inspiring fact concerning these losses is in the May casualty lists included 13,716 of the class of 1S97 boys of 20. This means that the Germans sacrificing their youth at the of nearly 150,000 year. This is not far from thirty per of the number yearly recruits from single class.
 It is noted that the German losses in these lists than double the total strength of the great first line army with which Germany hoped to smash France in six weeks. It nearly equals the total strength all the nations that into the great just three years ago.
 This is high price to pay for getting the Ger man Eagle in the sun and yet the toll is far from complete. Time alone tell what ultimate price in human lives Germany must pay. We must bear in mind too that this is only the German part of the bill We what France and Great Britain and Austria and Italy have paid Russias contribu- tion has been almost beyond computation.
 We wish the nations ingenious in giving their losses in power in telling of the money cost of the struggle. We have lately been shown schedule of British losses follows:
 Per second .........................$ 405 Per minute .-........-..-..-..... 24soo Per hour. .......................... 1,45S,333 Per ....................... 35 900 900 Per week 245,000 900 Per year 1274o. 900 To date. 264600oo,00o
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31

100000 The following figures of German losses from the French government bureau and said to have been made up from official lists published from time to time in Germany. They may contain Implications but they may be regarded nearly accurate any that available:
 May, 1917 Total Killed .................. 25492 1081,420
 (officers S19) (officers, 32,470) Wounded ....... 62319 2734o51
 (officers, 1345) (officers, 62,57O Missing ... 2S32S 620345
 (offcers 655) (officers 1046D
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
cOPPERS

COPPERS
 Compiled for The Republican by R. Allyn Lewis. E. F. Hutton x Co.'S leased wire. Hotel Adams building, 119 North Central Ave.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
At Denver

DENVER, July 30.-Cattle-Receipts 2300. Market, 10 to 15c higher. Cows and heifers, s700@9.5O; stockers and feeders, $6.O0@8.75; calves $11.O0@ 12.60. i. Hogs-Receipts 800. Market 15 to 20c higher. Top $15.70; bulk $15.15@ 15.35.
 Sheep-Receipts none. Market un- changed
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
COPPER. ETC.

NEW YORK, July 30.-Copper quiet Electrolytic spot and nearby, 2903Oc. nominal September and last quarter. 27.00@29.00c.
 Iron firm; No 1 Northern, s53@54; No. 2, $32.5o@53.50; No. 1 Southern. S49@50; No. ?, s4S.50@495O. Tin firm Spot $63.50 bid. Lead firm. Spot 1O5sc. Spelter firm. Spot, East St. Louis de- livery, S3s @SAc
 At London
 Spot copper e125; futures, e29 los; electrolytic e137. Spot tin, G246; futures G242 los. Lead-Spot, G3O 10s; futures { E29 1os
 Spelter-Spot, 954, futures e5O.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31
NEW YORK MONEY

NEW YORK, July 30-Mercantile paper, 4A%.
 Sterling exchange-Sixty-d day bills, $4.72; commercial 60-day bills on banks, $4.71A; commercial 6O-day bills $4.71A; demand, SAYS 9-16; cables, $476 7-16.
 Bar silver, 78Bc
 Mexican dollars, 6O%c.
 Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds irregular
 Time loans easier Sixty and 90 days, AZ @41a% %; six months AZ m4% % Call money steady. High, 219t: low, 20; ruling rate, 214 %; last loan, 2AGs: closing bid, 21o; offered at 2A %.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-31

| NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE l Furnished by R. Allyn Lewis. 1 private Iaased wire to all ex- [ changes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
ROOMs-WANTED--BoARD

or three unfurnished rooms with board, by young couple and elderly lady; state terms first letter; references. Address S-67. care Age-Her-
 ala. 3-3-3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
ARMED NEUTRALITY WOULD NOT AFFECT
 COTTON MARKET
Constant Rise Registered Last Week--Rains East Increase Price-NO
 Break Expected

New Orleans, March "A constant rise in prices was registered in the cot ton market last week, the lowest level Icing on Monday and the highest on Saturday. At the highest the strongest n.enrhs were little mo~e than s6 bale above the level of tue previous weeks close. The improvement. was due chiefly to a marked increase in the demand for slsts, met by only small offerings a ST ton which iAd to talk of a CO., Ter in the Marcn poait'cn. Topmost levels showed an advance of q to 125 points; the net change was an advance of 60 to 1-6 points.
 The market was further strengthene1 by the wet weather prevailing in the eastern half of the belt which was con- sidered highly urfavorable because of its effect in delaying new crop preparations.
 Political news, while unfavorable, did not have the us,I effecr of unsettling the n.arket and, mo,t of ti:. time, was prac ' Cally ignored. The theery on the long side was that while the market might he depressed by ary further unfavorab V developments, such as actual declaration of war, supplies of cotton were so small in proportion to the expected demand that lower prices would be only temporary
 Rains in Texas were considered an arg ment againaJ tho rrite by bearish traders. but little selling developed. To a considerable extent they were offset by reports of shortage of labor, lack of fertilizer and hi ;l cost of supplies nec- essary to make .he new crop.
 This week the spct situa ton is expected t.. overshadow all other factors and the .rade will eagary watch for further signs of what has been styled a "self corner" in Marcn. The political situation may have some influence cn prices but, in the present temper of tke market, it would not be surprising to see armed neutrality reflected by higher values, es- recia1ly if such state of affairs should reopen comm cree on the high seas and sealn provide an outlet for the export of American cotton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
ALL WIRE PRODUCTS
 ADVANCED $4 TON
 BY STEEL COMPANY
Energetic Buying of Ship Plates and Marine Shapes Further Pre-empts the
 Mills Capacity

New York, March 1.-The American Steel and Wire company yesterday an- nounced an advance of $4 per ton in the price of all wire products effective at once. The new schedule makes nails $3.2C per keg, the highest since December, 1899, and other products are at the highest points in 9 years. The advance was prompted by large sales on domestic and foreign account, in conjunction with heavy reduction in output
 Agricultural implement manufacturers who have been quietly closing contracts for soft steel bars for shipment over the second half of this year are reported to have secured about 250,O00 tons
 Energetic buying of ship plates and marine shapes on domestic and foreign account has further pre-empted mill ca pacity through 1918, and even into 1913 The orders for ships placed by Cunaro line have been increased, it is learned, to 15 boats to be built on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Eastern shipyards placed orders for about 15,000 tons plates and shapes, other than for the Cunard boats Japan was vigorously in the market se- curing 25.oOo tons of ship plates at to $50 cents per pound. and is still in the market for as much more. There were new inquiries from Norway, Italy. South America and from Spain.
 Railroad equipment orders were of mi nor importance, but there Is still a heavy demand for motive power. France had ordered 14,000 small cars from the Standard Steel Car company.
 The pig iron trade was unsettled, bu by freer offerings for resale. Furnace prices advanced however, g to 8 pel ton in the north, and s to s6 in the soutt with some excitement in Alabama today Sales for the week amounted to soO,Oot tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
Let fine Old Hvmns Alone

From The Point of View" in the Febru-
 ary Scribner.
 In the protests aroused by a recent at- tempt to remodel old hymns, one finds matter for wistful amusement. when one considers the nature of the protesters and
 the nature of hymns. Confidently adult, confidently agnostic, why should we care if some man tampers with our ancient songs of sanctuary? Why should we not regard as laudably scientific and logical this effort to renovate the hymn book But that is just the trouble, for hymns are not scientific and logical, and neither are we. It may have been decades since we have sung or heard hymn, but we like to think that somewhere people are singing the old familiar words of our childhood. In pouring new terms into old tunes Professor Patton has not perceived the vital fact that hymn to be hymn
 must be a little obsolete.
 The old hymns are the landmarks of our infancy gracious. and glamorous with
 memories. We do not wish old haunted
 rooms torn down to make place for so-
 cialist sanitations; we do not wish hoary trees clipped of excrescent, but wonder
 woroking imagery. To open the hymn book and wander there at will is to evoke, as nothing else can do, the mys- tic mood of our childhoods faith. We have not forgotten the geography of that gentle land whence all the paths led sky ward. It was there, rapt by it's majesty, we watched Imperial Salem rise; there eathing the incense of spiced breezes, we sailed to India's coral strand; there that our boisterous feet grew soft f1 stepping ''by cool Siloam's shady Till, "
 and our awed hearts were storm-swept by vision of 'cross-crowned Calvary
 In that haunted domain was drama to
 quicken the pulse:
 Christian, dost thou see them
 On the holy ground?
 How the troops of Midian Prcwl and prowl around?" In that sweet and blessed country, J
 made mystical with music, heard melodies
 were sweet, but those unheard were sweeter. Can any power of poet or ar- tist paint for us such a vision of singing hosts as:
 "Ten thousand times ten thousand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
SECURITY MARKET RECOVERS PROMPTS
 PAST DULL PERIOD
International Bond Issues Seek New Low Levels. Freight Movement Be-
 coming Freer
By ''Hop''

New York, March 1.-The securities market last week was dull until yesterday when there was a sudden outburst of activity and bullish enthusiasm
 Selling followed the first revelations of Germany's efforts to embroil the United States with Mexico and Japan, but yes terday substantial recoveries, in many instances representing actual gains for the week, were accepted as a measure of the financial community's relief when advices came from Washington indicating there would be no extra session of Con- gress
 Virtually all the international bond is- sues ficGted in this market by the entente governments sought new low levels. their declines synchronizing with acute weak ness in Italian exchange and recurrent heeviness in the rate to Petrograd which fell to within fraction of it's minimum.
 It Is reasonable to assume of some in- ternational issues in this market might have been more clearly defined. but for the attitude of American bankers re- specting impending domestic demands. The opinion prevails that the coming week will witness some definite under taking by the government at Washington to meet financial emergencies. The scope of the naval appropriations measures sug- gests that home requirements may go be- yond recent estimates
 Such hesitation and reversal as may have been shown by leading industries was almost entirely due to the congested state of railway traffic. Tonnage now is moving with more freedom and another few weeks ought to restore normal con- ditions.
 Advices from leading mercantile centers lost none of their encouraging tenor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05

REAL ESTATE loans negotiated
 promptly; low interest rates; monthly
 payments accepted where desired. Leon- ard-Riley Mortgage Co.,, 725 Wood ward. 3-3-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
A Fairy Tale of Success Eorbac ;,, r TocIinto

B. C. stOrDeS Tn IeSlle s.
 One day Nelson Morris & Co.,, the Chi cago packers asked the chief clerk of the Burlington railway to send them young fellow to keep tab on their refrigerator and other cars. He selected his chief assistant as the man best qualified for the job. Within an hour or two the as sistant returned from the stockyards. "If they offered me the whole stockyards would not go out there to work" he de. clared emphatically, as he reached out for his pen to resume his clerical duties
 Will you let me go out and look il over?" asked a 19-year-old youth, who had only one years experience. His su- perior aasented.
 Off he went to the stockyards.
 T found,'' he said, describing his visit that conditions at the stockyards were not exactly salubrious. When you got there you found the plank roads floating in mud, which had a knack of squirt ing up the legs of your pants when you stepped from one plank to another Ev- erything was rough and crude and unin. viting-quite different from the clean and sanitary conditions of today
 Inside Morris & Co.'S office the em- ployes were so crowded and huddled to- gether that they appeared to be working one on top of the other-a great con trast with our handsome c. B. and O  quarters.
 "But there was no lack of business It looked as if fellow could find lot tc do. thought could see an opportunity fo. anyone willing to work and to stay by the proposition. The prospects appealed to me. so I accepted the job at $100 a month. I was getting only $40 month from the railroad"
 That was one day in 1881.
 One morning in the summer of 1916- the Fist of July-Americans awoke to find the name 'sWilson &s Co.,, Successors tc Sulzberger & Sons Co., blazoned in bolC type in every newspaper, in subway, sur face and elevated cars, on thousands o1 billboards and on hundreds of meat estab lishments throughout the ountry.
 "Who Is Wilson," everyone asked.
 The public was curious to know who this could be. this man whose name over night had displaced that of household word and whose products had been fami lar to every American home for 60 years Surely he must be man of no ordinary reputation and attainment. What had h, done to achieve such distinction? The man was the penniless clerk wht was not afraid of the stockyards and it. hard work.
 He was Thomas D. Wilson.
 Thus summarized the story savors of 8 fairy tale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
MORTGAGE LOANS

Rates of 5 to per cent on improved real estate in Greater Birmingham; money ori hand; no delays. Clark Malone Realty Co.,, 210 N. Fist st. Main 6723,
 3-3-3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
FARM AND TIMBER LANDS

RATES-One c&nf . word dayt no ad
 taken for Iese thau 25c for first inser- tion. Cnsh muat aceompany order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
W0RDI0NE CENT A WORD
FOR SALE

RATES-Ono cent a word a days ns ad
 taken for less than 25c for first inser. ton. Cash must acc0ssany order.