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New-York tribune., 1917-12-03
COUPONS
The Leather Situation

As compared with two months ago
leather is moving more freely and
shoe factories are operating at in
creased capacity. according TO the
First National Bank Of Boston. at
the same time" the bank says, there
never has been a period Of greater un-
certainty. in the leather and footwear
trades. The national government. act
ing through the recently formed Tan
rers' Council Of the Council OF Ma
tional Defence, now has its own labo-
ratory at Washington, and is virtually
in control of the hide and leather in
dustry Of the United States including
the shoe manufacturing branch. This
situation naturally prevents any large
smount Of speculation in raw materi-
ais; nevertheless we'll informed tan
rers and shoe manufacturers incline
to the opinion that leather prices are
not going 20 be lower in 1918. In the
FIRST place, more than 80 per cent OF
the tannery capacity is just now
monopolized with government con-
nsets. thus leaving a material short
ago Of feathers suitable for civilian
purposes a few months hence. The
enormous purchases of high grade
domestic feathers by the British gov
crnment prior 70 lifting It's embargo
n respect to leather ordered before
February 23 is another factor that
makes for short supplies. Many
manufacturers in this country are
busy finishing up orders to the amour,
Of approximately O,OOg00O for mis-
cellaneous leather equipment, and also
10000 900 or so pairs Of army and
navy shoes that have been ordered by
the United States government sine
we entered the war. The feature %
the foreign trade is the continued
falling of in exports Of all classes OF
leather, as compared with year ago
on account Of war conditions, the BIZ
cnnial Shoe and Leather Market Fair
will not be held in this country next
year"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-03
German Substitute for Lyco-
podium.

A substitute for lycopodium has been
found in Germany. The London Iron
monger" says that at a recent meeting
of the German Foundrymen's Associa-
tion a member described it. Lycopo-
dium is a vegetable material which, be-
fore the war, was used for dusting or
coating moulds in order to prevent sand
from clinging TO castings. Lycopo1um
came exclusively from Russia and there
is none left in Germany now. Ex-
periments showed that by centrifu-
gal process the dust, which is precipi-
tated in the Ignite briquetting works
from the gas exhalations OF the dry
ing apparatus. can be successfully used
to replace lycopodiam. The light dust
PARTICLES, which contain a large per-
centage of paraffin, have the same
properties as lycopodium, as may be
seen when water is poured on them
Iron Aqe.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-03

bounds. The movement of rates in
the market for fixed date loans was
comparatively narrow last week,
owing principally to the small
amount Of business being done in
credit operations Of this character.
Rates were held firm as a rule at
5i4 to 6 per cent. In commercial
paper 81. to 5A per cent was the
average range Of rates.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-03

Irregular tendencies character
lied the dealings in securities dur
inc the last week, and the trend OF
prices was toward lower levels as
rule, although the movement was
not at all pronounced, nor was there
any evidence of a resumption Of
liouidating sales. The trend of the
stock market was largely controlled
bv professional operations, with lit
tie public participation outside of
steady absorption of seasoned in
vestment issues by small investors.
The principal feature of the weeks
market in stocks was the resistance
displayed in the face of the numer-
Gus adverse factors injected into the
general situation. News develop
ments of the week were in the main
much less favorable in their bearing
on prices. Developments in Russia
were not to the liking of Wall
Street. while the Lansdowne peace
talk was considered particularly in
oppbrtune. The domestic budget
contained the announcement from
Washington that between February
l and July ! of next year the coun-
try would likely be called upon
TO absorb two new Liberty Loan is
sues for an aggregate of SS,6OO,-
100000. 1t is expected that Con-
gress will be asked to authorize a
s5.O0O,000,000 loan in the session
which opens to-day. This is in ad-
dition to SO, 100000 previously
authorized, but not yet issued. 1t
is probable that the markets will
maintain a waiting attitude. until 1t
is possible to get a more definite
line on what the policy Of Congress
will be. The principal question of
importance relates to the 1918 tax
programme and the working out Of
the excess profits law already en-
acted. Bond prices have lately
shown a better tendency, with a
somewhat broader. inquiry for prime
investment issues, while there has
been a cessation of liquidation.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-03
Anaconda Rushes
Building of Huge
Copper Wire Plant
Electri6cation Plans OF st.
Paul Road Will Be
Facilitated
[SpeciaL Correspondence

RIITTE. Mont, Dec. 2.-Steel is ar
riving for the superssructure OF the
rod and wire manufacturing plant OF
the Anaconda Copper Mining Com
many at its Boston and Montana Smelt-
inc Works at Great Falls, Mont, and
the work Of erecting the structure IS
going forward rapidly. The founda-
tion has been completed, and the super
structure will be started within week
and pushed to completion as fast as
possible.
II is the plan of the Anaconda Com
many to have the new mill in operation
early next spring, all of the machinery
having been ordered, with the first o.
il scheduled to arrive within a few
weeks.
Capacity Will Be Large
When operated at capacity the mill
will nroduce two hundred thousand
mounds of rods and eight-five thousand
hounds of wire every eight hours, and
the mandatory will consume one
fifth of the copper output of the Ana
conda Company. -,
In case the rod and wire mill were
required to operate sixteen hours
daily the actual producing capacity,
according to the engineers OF the Ana,
conda, would be four hundred thousand
pounds of rods and one hundred and
seventy thousand pouds of wire every
twenty-four hours. =,
The plant will cost more than hal'
million dollars, and it will mark the
first entry of the Anaconda into the
manufacturing field.
Brass Works Planned
The completion of this plant is eX-
pected to be followed by the construc-
tion of brass works at Great Faiis,
where the Anaconda company, in addl-
ton to having q copper refinery capable
of turning out 100000 pounds OF re-
fined copper monthly, has zinc re-
finery and reduction works where 3,-
500, 900 pounds Of spelter monthly are
being produced. and which at capacity
are capable of a yield Of 100000
pounds of spelter monthly. Four addi-
tional roasters for the zinc plant are
being installed, and when these are in
commission the capacity of the zinc
mill will be increased 33 1-3 per cent, or
to 100000 pounds of spelter monthly.
Zinc and copper are required in the
production of brass, and the Anaconda
can ship the finished product East as
cheaply as it can the copper and zinc
separately. The copper refinery now is
running 65 per cent Of capacity.
VIII Aid st. Paul Electrifcation
One of the objects in hurrying the
completion of the rod and wire plant
is to be able to furnish the Chicago,
Milwaukee e. St. Paul Railway Company
and other Western roads contemplating
electrification with supplies of rods and
wires. The demands of the st. Paul
system for those materials is extensive,
that company now being engaged in the
electrifcation of an additional 200 miles
of line from Othello, Wash, TO Seattle.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-03
DIVIDEND NOTICES
AMERICAN CAN CO.

4 dividend OF 3.7i5i per cent has been de-
clared upon the Preferred Stock OF tnis Con-
uany, this being final payment OF aecunhlu-
soth' 1911, 70 Stockholders OF record at the
ciose OF business December llth, 1917.
transfer books viii remain open. Cheeks
X. III. IsMOS.
Secretary & Treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-03
FINANCIAL MEETINGS
N.ots CORPORATION.

Notice is hereby given tha, ne o,. CT.
Meeting OF the stockholders o. ns,,s Iysse
New York. n ". on Monday. Decemcs,, s.,,.ss,ss 10.
isi7. at four o'clock p. NJ. for the ss - -
be brought before the meeting ,ss y
Immediately after this msss ~ s,sc<'
rectors will meet for the purpose
ins officsrs for the ensuing year. 49,
The stock transfer books VIII do "a -
dsy. December srd, 1911. st nocn. -
bs reopened December istn; ~ ~ 'Ss.,~sssk
November %. 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-03

Money rates stiffened sharply
toward the end of the week under
the combined influence of the large
December / interest and dividend
payments and the heavy withdraw
ais of government funds held on
deposit with local banking institu-
tions. The movement in money
was most pronounced in the call
loan market. At the Stock Ex-
change the rate rose suddenly on
Friday afternoon to 6 per cent as
the banks called outstanding loans,
thereby forcing many Stock Ex-
change houses to seek new credit
accommodation elsewhere. The
furry was short-lived, however,
being effectually checked when the
money committee came into the
market with liberal offerings of call
funds at the per cent level, there
by preventing any further rise in
the rate. Much interest attached
to the action of the money commit
tee, inasmuch as a fortnight ago the
bankers composing the pool organ
lied to stabilize money rates during
the trying period Of the Liberty
Loan campaign announced the tenn
porary cessation Of active participa-
ton in the money market. At the
time il was stated, however, that
the committee stood ready in case
of emergency TO employ the re-
sources Of the s200,0O0,O00 pool to
keep rates within reasonable
New-York tribune., 1917-12-03
THE PIeRcE.ARRoW MOTOR CAR co.

quarterly dividend OF two per cent
(ecI1 has been declared the preferred
stock OF this company. payable January !,
1918, 20 stockholders Of record OF December
~ -'1'' WALTER C. wRYE. Treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-03

How completely private demands
on capital have had to be subordi-
mated to the war needs Of the gov
ernment becomes more and more
apparent as time goes on. The No
yember figures covering corporate
financing during that month illus
trate in striking manner the extent
to which the market has been closed
to new offerings of private nature.
The total of new corporate security
issues last month, according to a
Wall Street compilation, aggregated
s54.786,000. This was somewhat
larger than the October total, but
compared with the corresponding
month of 1916, when we were at
peace with the world, there was a
falling off of about S290,O0O,OOO.
Such issues as were brought out
last month consisted principally of
notes, the only form of financing
that corporations have found 1t pos
sible to undertake under the eX-
isting conditions in the investment
market. The problem Of taking
care of corporate needs is growing
more serious as time goes on.
Bankers are wondering how, with
the market completely monopolized
by the demands of the government,
the huge amount of security issues
maturing during 1918 is to be
provided for. 1t is estimated by a
competent authority that approx
mately $2,OOO,OOO,OOO in railroad,
industrial, municipal, public utility
and miscellaneous securities will
fall due during the coming year and
will have to be provided for. Rail-
road maturities alone aggregate
s1,O00,000,0O 1t was understood
that the authorities in Washington
have under consideration plans for
taking care of these maturities.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-03
AMERICAN CAN co.

ouarterly dividend OF one and three
ara tiers per cent has been declared upon the
Preferred Stock OF this Company, payable
January End. 1918, to Stockholders OF record
al the close OF business December lsth. Isl !.
'Transfyr Books will remain open. Checks
mailed ,s,.o~
Secretary g. Treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-03

nected that the available supply OF
sugar will be very small until ra"
suSar from Porto Rico and Cuba IS re-
ceiyed in large quantities
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-10

Eggs ham, chicken and salads figure conspcu-
ouslv in the Easter menus the eggs and chicken
because of the Easter symbolism ham, since it is
connected with eggs from gastronomic stand
point and salads because when Easter comes
fresh green viands are particularly entlc1ng'
Here is q good recipe for smothered chicken,
which may we'll be the principal item of an Easter
luncheon or dinner. Split the chicken down the
back season with salt and pepper, and dredge
well with flour on both sides. Put into bake
nan small cupful of stock and a quarter of
pound of butter Arrange the giblets on the bot
tom and on them lay the chicken, breast down
Cover the pan closely and haste every ten or
twelve minutes. Allow about fifteen minutes to
the pound in roasting. When tender take out the
chicken and lay on hot plate. Wash the glib
let's add a cup of rich cream and serve with bis
cult. These should be buttermilk or beaten bis
cult.
To make chicken la Baltimore. prepare the
chicken as for boiling then cut into joints. wipe
dry, well with salt and pepper and dip
into beaten eggs; then roll in fine bread crumbs
Place in we'll buttered pan, pour olive oil or
melted butter them and bake in steady
oven for twenty-five minutes. When tender re-
move to hot dish. Make good cream gravy
to pour over the chicken and serve with corn
fritters and thin crisp slices of bacon.
savory egg dish for an Easter luncheon
supper includes eggs and artfchokes. To make
this dish steam or cook in highly sailed water as
many artichOke buttons there are guests to
serve. Brown delicatey in butter as many rounds
of thin bread, each piece little larger in diam
eter than are artichoke buttons. Place the arti-
chokes on the rounds of bread, and then over each
one drop a poached egg trimmed to the exact
size of the bread foundation Pour over the egg
q small quantity of sauce Hollandaise. Add dash
of paprika and serve hot.
To make the Hollandaise sauce rub to cream
a half cupful of butter; then add the yokes OF
two eggs, one at q time, beating well after each
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-10
ECONOMIC RULE is UNBR0KEN
The More Money, the Higher the
Prices, Has Been the Law Since
Earliest Days of World.

When the Indians of New England
found plenty of seashells out of which
to make their money called wampum,
the more of it they would give for a
Blanket, basket, kettle, pair Of mecca
sins or feather bonnet, says Girard in
the Philadelphia Ledger.
The political economy of King Phil
lips race and time still prevails. Ev-
cry day this year the rest of the world
has dumped a cool 100000 of gold
upon the United States. Now we have
nearly 1,000,000,000 more gold than
we had when the war began.
If we had cheap wheat, shoes, over
coats, vegetables, or coal after hav-
ing added nearly so per cent to our
gold hoard, we should be obliged to
tear up all those fine spun and dusty
political economy books we were
taught in school.
But the books stand, and rightly So
for the very paper they are printed on
has been boosted upward by this colOs-
sal wave of gold. When this IN
matched crest of yellow metal breaks
and recedes after the war-well, we
shall follow King Phillip and his wan.
pun and pay a smaller amount of 1t
for whatSwe buy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-10

the cross was placed on the bun to exercise its
pagan spirit.
For two dozen buns scald one cupful of milk
add to it tablespoonful of butter, quarter of
cupful of sugar and saltspOOnful of salt. When
iukewarm add half a compressed yeast cake
softened in a little warm water, and a pint Of
flour This should be mixed early in the evening
Beat well and let the batter rise until foaming
and double it's original bulk. Then add half
cupful of sugar quarter of a teaspoonful of
mixed cinnamon nutmeg and mace q half cupful
of currants, tablespoonful of shredded candied
lemon peel and enough -four to make dough
that be kneaded. Knead well and set in a
warm place overnight. In the morning turn out
a well-loured board and divide into pieces
weighing about three ounces each Pat them out
round. let them stand for few minutes, then roll
into OblOng shapes and lay in q creased dripping
pan far enough apart for expansion
Anglo-Saxon myth and Jewish pascha sup
posed both to have played part in the construc
ton OF the Christian Easter. Whether Easter
named from the AnglO-Saxon EOstre. goddess
of spring, or from another root which Signified
"the rising" the meaning seems much the same
and today the universal use of flowers the most
appropriate Easter token testifes to the general
recognition of their appropriateness as symbolic
ing rising from the dead.
Why New Clothes Are Worn.
The idea of new clothes Easter, thought by
some to be mere vanity, is in fact as truly SYM
bolical of the festival as the Easter egg or the
Easter flower. To burst afresh upon the world in
festival attire is instructive demonstration Of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-10

Although nearly one-third of the
state is underinid with limestone,
much of the everything soil is more or
less acid and the soils over the sand
stones and GRANTEES are almost uni
versally acid. This affects quite Sc
ricusly the growth of certain legumes.
particularly alfalfa. A number of dem
onstrationS have been started and car
ried on especially In those sections
where the presence of underlying lime
rock has been regarded as sufficient
for soil needs. On farm near Beloit
where two pieces of land, one fertile
and the other poorer, were treated to
lime, six tons of alfalfa were secured
from the lined plot and three from the
unlimed on the better piece; while on
the poorer land four and one-half tons
and one ton were secured from the
lined and unlimed acres, respectively
Under the stimulus of these demon
STATIONS, the use of ground lime is In
CT easing rapidly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-10
The Rural Schools.

Every child feels as soon as he can
think the rival demands and claims
Of city and country on his life. Every
parent feels it as soon as his child
is born. / do not need to speak of the
ominous figures showing the drift of
rural population to the cities and
towns. We all know of it. / do not
attribute all of this portentous phe-
nomenon to the inferiOrity of the ru-
raj schools; but do believe that it has
70 do with more actual removals than
anv other cause. People drift to the
place where they will on the whole
be happiest; and nothing makes the
American parent more unhappy than
the feeling that he is not giving his
children the best possible chance.
Thousands and thousands of people
in the country are conscious of the
fact that they are just making a liv-
ing. They could make that in the city /;
and if in making it they could give
their children better schooling, why
not make the change? The difficulty
in giving any answer to this ques-
ton in favor of life on the farm is
inst the pennyweight in the balance
which turns 1t In favor of city life
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-10

genuine Easter feeling Unfortunately, of late
years the spring hat longer plays leading part
as an Easter symbol, for it insists appear
ing with the New Year and won't stay in its shell
until Easter time, ii can no longer make an Easter
entrance with any dramatic effect.
Those who complain that it is difficult to
member the date of Easter should glance over the
records of the troubles of the early Christians
In this regard 1t many, many years before
it was possible TO settle upon the method where
by the date of Easter should be determined, and
so violent were the disputes over the matter that
different schools of Christians arose. some follow
ing one decree to the Easter celebration and
others obedent to entirely opposite pronuncja-
mentOS
Discrepancies in Dates.
There was such difference in calculations as to
the time of the feast that Bede records that in a
certain year Queen Eanfeda, who had received
her instruction from a Kentish priest of the RO-
man obedience. fasting and keeping Palm
Sunday while her husband, Oswy, king of North
umbria following the rule of the British church,
was celebrating the Easter festival In 325, at
the council summoned by Constantine. it de-
cded that Easter day was to be on Sunday and
that it was to be calculated at Alexandria, the
home of astronomical science. From this
the present method of calculating Easter which
sets the day as the first Sunday after the first
full moon after the vernal equinox, provided that
full moon does not fall on Sunday. Should it do
so, then Faster is the following Sunday.-New
York Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-10

Women cabdrivers are stated to be
a success in Glasgow, Scotland One
firm has about 40 women driving cabs.
Freshly caught sea fish are said to
be the principal ingredient of an ar
tificial rubber Of Dutch invention.
The German mauser can fire faster
than any other rifle used in the war.
The magazine holds five cartridges.
packed in chargers.
The island of Ceylon is to be con-
nected to the mainland of India by
building a roadway on rocky reef, a
distance of % miles.
So many electric bulbs are stolen
that a thiefprOof electric lamp socket
has been devised.
Names have been given TO 727 minor
planets and new ones are being dis
covered all the time.
There is a great demand for road
building experts and workmen in all
parts of the country.
Some $50 miles northwest of Winni-
peg a paper mill is being built to turn
out 100 tons day.
The greatest crater known is that of
the Japanese mountain, Aso-an. it
ranges from 10 to IA miles in diam
eter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-10
BATTLE CREEK NEWS

Battle Greek, Mich.-'I feel it my
duty to write this. My health has been
very poor for the last five years. My
system was all run down; felt tired
and weak all the time. also suffered
from bladder trouble, rheumatism,
lumbago. l spent a great deal Of
money for doctor bills but never got
results. 1 wrote DR.. Pierce for advice
and have taken the Anuric Tablets,
Golden Medical Discovery, Fayorite
Prescription and Pleasant Pellets, and
am feeling much better; my appetite is
improved also. I can't be thankful
enough TO DR.. Pierce and his medi-
cines and am pleased to recommend
them TO others who are suffering. Am
also thankful for such kind advice. -
MRS. NJ. NJ. BLACK, 174 Calhoun st.
All druggists dispense DR.. Pierce's
medicines.
Consult DR.. Pierce by letter, all cor
reSpondence confidential.
Address DR.. Pierce, Inyalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, n. 7,