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New-York tribune., 1918-11-23
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Ce1 eals

Wheat.-Although the export de-
mand for breadetuffs to feed starving
Europe is still being confined largely
to -four it is apparent that preparations
are being made to ship great quantities
of wheat during the winter. SHIPMENTS
from Western points during the week
have been large, amounting to approx
mately 100000 bushels. or almost
twice as much as the receipts at pri-
mary points. A large percentage of
the shipments have been made from
Lake ports. Sales of flour on Tues
days bids amounted to 1.21S,000 bar
rels. bringing the total for the past
ten days up to about 4,00O, 900 barrels.
torn.--The corn market was rcac-
tlonary under increased selling, and
prices showed net losses for the day
OF &c to 3Ac. Sentiment leaned more
to the Dear side on the theory that the
technical position was weaker and that
after an advance of 10 cents a bushel
the market was entitled to a reaction
Moreover, the trade was disposed TO
place bearish Interpretation on the
signing of the "bone dry bill, and re-
ports from the West that larger num-
Der of permits were being issued for
Shipment of cars of grain led to ex-
pectations of an enlarged movement
The cash demand in the Southwest
was less urgent and the trade was
rather inclined to place more signif-
cance in the talk of competition from
Argentina owing to the fact that ship
ments from there we're much larger
Yes days Previous Year
Xoy ,1D
Corn. No. 3 yellow $1.e5s4 s1.ess4
Chicago:
Noyember ns"ss1l}s ..... 1.2s 2s ~ 49,, a.,
Oats.-The oats market was easier
in sympathy with corn and under more
aggressive selling on the part of com
mission houses, closing with net losses
OF y to 1sc. Receipts were fair and
l. was believed that an increase in the
movement may be expected, as shipping
permits we're being issued more freely.
Exporters were showing a moderate in
terest in oats for prompt shipment, but
the demand as whole was disappoint-
ing.
Yesterdays Previous
r. New York ;. close ose close: oss; Year 5y; ago
Chicago:
November ...... rs .75i2
December ......... .731s .745s .7oIs
Rye.-Market steady
s'days Previous
New York: close close. Year ago.
Cash, No. > West. .$1.75 $1.75
Flour and MeaI-Quotation were:
Yes days Previous
New York: close. close. Year ago.
Flour. Mimi. sp. pat$1o.s5 $1o.s5 st1.5o
Cornmeal. yell. gran 4.25 4.25 475
Rye -four choices s.15@e.75 s.15@e.75 1000
Bran. 100-lb sacks. 1878 1878 1000
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23

The Federal Reserve Bank of New
York has put in force the following
schedule of rediscount rates which ap-
ply to bankers acceptances: Maturities
up to IS days, per cent; 16 to GO
days, inclusive, Az per cent; 81 to 80
days, inclusive, Az per cent
Bank Clearings.-Bank clearings yes
terday in New York and other cities
were:
Exchanges. Balances.
New York .. .s7o5, ,5ss,5e2 se5,51s,2es
Baltimore 49,. 14,3so,993 $3.50, PAS
Boston ~-.~~ 61,879,910 4,118,153
Philadelphia. 99,919,335 23,79O,983
Silver.-London, 4Sa4d unchanged;
New York, 1o1 Nc, unchanged; Mexican
dollars, 771Ac, unchanged.
Sub-Treasury. The banks gained
s1,961 900 from the Sub Treasury on
Thursday.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23
j MCCORMACK. Auction..r.
REGULAR AUCTION SALE
STOCKS AND BOMBS,
BY ADRIAN FL. MULLER & son,
OFFICE. SO WILLIAM ST
WEDNESDAY. NOV. 21, 1918,


at 1890 o'clock. at the
EXCHANGE SALESROOM,
NOS. IA AND 16 NESEY STREET
For Account of Executors
Il shs. Guaranty Trust Co.
$1,000 West Shore r. r. 1st Mtg. "a Bond
2,361
For Account of Whom 1t May Concern
ehs United States Trust Co
20 shs New York Life Insurance and
Trust Co.
$4,000 Manhattan Beach Estates I'd Mtg.
6qe Bonds.
~ shs. Manhattan Beach Estates preid
100 shs. John V. Cockcroft, Inc prsd
~ shs. Hurlhurt Motor Truck c.
common.
100 shs. Federal Utilities. Inc, common.
$500 Third Avenue Ry Refdg Mtg ~
Bond, 1860.
20 shs. United States Trust Co
1856 shs The II. X. II. Silk Co. preferred
2.4l6 shs. The II. K. II. Silk Co. common
500 shs. The H. K. H Silk CO. preferred
1908 shs. The H x. Il. Silk Co cornon
1857 shs The H. x. H. Silk Co preferred
2.923 shs. The II. X H Silk Co common
5000 Deep Well Water Co. 1st Mtg 81
Bonds, 1850. July, 1916. coupon on
so shs. Urban Water Supply Co.
90 shs. B. & r. Ccrpn. Of New jersey
go shs. Hartford Grand Theatre.
so shs. Market & Beaver Realty Co.
200 shs Port Morris Chemical Co.
zoe shs. Max Spiegels Enterprises
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23

State banks with gross resources
of nearly seven billions are now
part of the Federal Reserve system.
This has taken place almost wholly
within the last year. Although the
total number is only 857-that is,
not one-tenth of the total number of
state banks over the country-yet
these 857 banks have full half of
the total resources of all the state
banks This means that almost all
the larger institutions have now be-
come an integral part of a unified
and coherent banking system. And,
this being the case, it is probably
only matter of time when the
great majority of state banks will
also belong. The cohesive power of
the Federal system is now something
beyond all precedent. Where five
years ago our banks represented
something like $4,000 almost unre-
lated units to-day we have by far
the largest united banking system
Of any nation in the world. The sig
nificance Of this toward the possible
return of panics and the utter pros
tration Of business such as came in
'73 and '9S is evident enough. We
ought never again 70 have banking
panic in this country.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23
Suspends Manganese Shipments

The Anaconda Copper Company, it
was reported Yesterday, received word
to suspend shipments of manganese
to the United States Steel Corporation
within week from the time the Ger
man armistice was signed. This auto
matically stopped the company's man.
ganese mining operations at the Emma
mine of the Butte Copper and Zinc
Company. Suspension of manganese
shipments by the Anaconda Company,
however, may prove to be only tenn
porary, it was stated.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23

Chesebrough Dividend Passed
Considerable surprise was expressed
in the financial district yesterday over
the announcement that the Cheese
brough Manufacturing Company had
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23

Nominal.
Below is given the current exchange
value of foreign money in dollars and
cents, together with the intrinsic gold
parity, as calculated by the United
States Mint:
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23
Wealth Markets and Commerce @

3,67s bales. Little Rock quiet, un-
changed at 30.50; sales. 641 bales.
Yesterdays cotton statistics follow:
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23
Coffee, Sugar, Tea and Cotton.
seed Oil


Coffee Market.-The coffee situation
appears to be deadlocked. The food ad-
mlnlstration is anxious that the ex-
change reopen free from restrictions.
but at the same time it proposes to
continue regulations on actual coffee
IN the local spot market Rio rs sold
at l2& c for the spot article and 1t
13l4c in store to arrive. There were
ssles in the cost and freight market
in a large way of Santos As at 1s.4Oe
ard 1860, steamer shipment; Santo.
7-ss at lSc. with Santos 3-4s selling a.
l9%c. Late n the day Santos As were
available at 1870 to zoe. There was
little change in the primary markets.
Rio spots advanced rs reis, Santos un-
changed and futures unchanged to a
decline of SO reis
Cottonseed Oil.~The market was
quiet, with business limited by the con
tinued government restrictions. Do
mestlc demand was slow. owing to the
rrm price and the weakness in other
oils and fats, and while foreign REQUIRE
ments are large shipments arc NOT
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23
Money and Credit

Money rates remained substantially
unchanged yesterday, with call money
rates bringing 8 per cent on mixed col
lateral and SIX per cent on industrial
collateral. Time loans, consisting
chiefly Of renewals, brought per cent.
Ruling rates for money yesterday,
compared with a year ago, were as
follows:
Yesterday Year ago.
Per cent. Per cent.
Call money.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23

Discount Rates.-The following table
gives the current rates of the twelve
Federal Reserve banks on commercial
paper for all~periods up to ninety days:
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23

The Weekend statistics Of the New
York Cotton Exchange follow:
This week. Last year
Week into sight. ....... 386,376 436, sos
INTO sight to date. ....4 1873. 1876 5,037, 1898
General visible supply. .4,266.633 4,f44.732
Visible supply Americans. 1858 3.042. 1872
increase IN general visible 139,757 1929
Increase visible American 85,757 146,283
Spnners' takin-ys for
r, week ..s;:.,... .:... 3oo.61e aa7, 1923
Hpinners takings to date ,oA6,51o 3.624,o77
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23

Rye.-Market steady
Yes days Previous
New York close close. Year ago.
Cash, No. West. .$1.75 $1.75
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23
Consolidated EXCHANGE

UNIT of trade on this exchange. 10 sh,,..,
Transactions ana prices yesterday for n.
more active shares follow: '
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23

all maturities. The local demand ia
small with country banks the principal
buyers
Bank Acceptances.-The bank accept.
nnce market yesterday was without
feature, with rates UNCHANGED.
Thirty Sixty Ninety
Spot de- days days days
livery: Per cent.Per cent. Pc cent
E igible
m m be er
banks. Z. 4M@4Is 43h@4la 43hM4h
Z igi Bile
non-mem-
ber banks.43s@4L4 4S @4Is 4l@43a
Ineligible
bank bills.5N@5 5Ia@s 5H@5
For delivery within thirty days:
Per cent
Eligible member banks. % 42 :
Eligible non-member banks. ... 4sa
Ineligible bank bills 6
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23
Telephone
Hanover 65t4

all maturities. The local demand ia
small, with country banks the principal
buyers
New-York tribune., 1918-11-23

fine money (mixed collateral)
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24
TELLS WHY SOLDIERS CUSS
Preacher Who Made Tour Of Front
investigates Subject and
Reports.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Why do soldiers
swear?
Rev. DR.. Daniel L. Marsh, who
made tour of the fronts while the
war was still In progress asked the
soldiers themselves and here are some
of the reasons given:
Because restraint Is removed.
Because 1T Is a habit acquired in
childhood to which free rein Is given
in military life.
Because 1t is lazy mans way Of
trying to be emphatic.
1t Is the liars attempt to make
people believe that he Is telling the
truth.
1t is the towards way of bolstering
up his courage.
Soldiers think that profuse use Of
profanity will impress their comrades
with the idea that they are full
fiedged~ soldiers that have received
their "third degree"
1t is an egotistical method Of at
tracing attention to themselves.
Jealousy and anger were given as
the causes Of blasphemy; liquor
drinking was given as still another
cause.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24
The latest year in which the human
body makes growth is the twenty-ffth.
IRISH FARMERS MAKE GOOD
Respond Loyalty to the War De.
mand for Big Food Pro-
duction.

Dublin.-The Irish department of
agricultural crop and cattle returns
for 1918 shows that the Irish farmers
responded Loyalty to the call made on
them to produce more food for the
fighting men.
The area put under corn crops of
all kinds was 1,944,925 acres, being
639,074 acres more than In 1916 The
acreage under fax was 141 ,53S, or So
OS4 more than In 1916. In 1916 Ire
land had 59S,97S horses of all kinds.
which In 1918 had risen to 618,S07.
The number of horses used for amuse-
ment and recreation had I'm that
period fallen by 9,579, which shows
that the increase was mainly for ag-
ricultural and industrial purposes.
The total number of cattle fell from
4,970,4 AL in 1916 to 4,863, ,2S2 In 1913.
largely due to the numbers exported
to Great Britain, particularly milch
cows. Poultry also showed a reduc-
tion Of over 100000 in 1918 as com.
pared with 1916.
The figures show that while animal
production fell off considerably the
farmers concentrated, as requested by
the authorities, on the production Of
grain crops and potatoes.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24
YANKEE GUNS PROVE BEST
Long. Range Cannon Used North OF
vsrdun Superior to o>All
Others.

London.-The long-range guns with
which American forces north of Ver-
dun bombarded the important Longuy-
on-Mezieres railway were manned ex-
clusively by United States naval crews
and under direction of a United States
rear admiral. The guns, which fired
the biggest low-trajectory shell ever
hurled across the western front, were
most accurate and aroused the intense
admiration of the French officers. 1t
was not necessary to provide cement
gun emplacements such as the German
were compelled to erect for their pow
erful high trajectory guns. In other
words, the Americans brought a new
powerful weapon into play, which re-
Quired minimum of effort in manipu-
lating, camoufiaging and removing, IL
spotted.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24
LAST THOUGHT is OF WIFE
Dying Yank Requests Wife BE Not
Notified Until After Child
Is Born.

Springfield, MOTOR Gods sake,
captain-my wife; don't let her know
not until after the baby comes"
Sergt. Homer Ballinger, a Spring.
field youth, dying of wounds on a
French battlefield, made this plea to
his commanding officer. Captain Mar.
chant promised; Sergeant Ballinger
smiled and died.
Recently tiny stranger came to
the home Of Mrs. Lucille Ballinger,
bringing new happiness to the cot
tage where the girl bride lives.
Then few days later a letter came
from France:
With eager fingers Mrs. Ballinger
tore open the missive. She read a
few lines and tainted.
Captain Marchant had kept his word
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24
TANKS TIGHTEN CENSORSHIP
Ironclad Rules Clamped on Papers
and Theatsrs at Coblenx.

Coblenz, Dec. 23.--German propa-
ganda and the ter dency to criticize
conditions in the district occupied by
the American forces have been abrupt
ly checked by the establishment of a
censorship by Major General Dickman
upon the newspapers and theaters.
His act was the first indication that
the Americans purposed Tightening
their grip on local AFFAIRS
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24
PORTER ROUTS GOVERNOR
Pullman Employee Apologies When
He Learns Identity OF
Traveller.

st. Louis.-Governor Gardner board
ed Santa Fe sleeping car at Edna,
Mo-, at 2 a. m. and climbed into an up
per berth, as all the lower ones were
taken. Three hours later he was
awakened by a porter.
you'll have to git up now, sah,"
said the porter 'De fellows in de
upper berths has to dress first"
A member of the governors party
tipped off the.porter that 1t was the
governor he had routed. The porter
started on a run for the governors
berth.
"Scuse me, guynah," said the por-
ter, "you can sleep as long as you
want to-"
But by that time the governor was
dressed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24
PLAY AT BEING AMERICANS
In Initiating Yankee Military Po-
lice Activities.

Somewhere In France.-There are
few cities in France that do not have
American M. P.'s. The Yankee patrol,
with his club dangling from his wrist
and the red badge of authority on his
arm has become almost as regular a
thing as the donkey carts and ca
thedrals.
The French street urchins, who are
very proud of the Americans, may be
seen at play initiating the military po-
lice.
Armed with a baton and an IN. p"
insignia attached to the arm they lord
1t over the other children of the "rue,"
establish fantastical restricted dis
tricts," and arrest other youths who
are playing they are "zig-zag"--the
universal French expression for intox-
suxr-~
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24
SIX TRUE BILLS RETURNED
Five Lumber Companies and One Rail-.
way Indicted.

Madison. Wis, Dec. 23.-Six indict.
ments were announced in federal court
here. Five OF the indictments are
against lumber companies in North
ern Wisconsin and the sixth is against
the 800" line.
The specific charge is that the 500"
line furnished rails and equipment to
the lumber companies without cost or
interest charges on the understanding
that all logs would be shipped over
the 800" line.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24

or three times ana returned to the
front number 211,349. Australia is
paying every penny of war expenditure
incurred by its troops.
General Rosenthal said Australians
were more like Americans in habit of
thought, fighting and general attitude
toward life than any other unit-in
France.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24
BRITISH PLAN NAVAL BASE
Pacific Fleet to Have Headquarters at
Esquimalt, Suburb of Vic
toria, B. c.

Victoria, B. C.-England plans a
great naval base at Esquimalt, a SUI
burb of this city. A delegation of i'm
pexial officers is here now to superin-
tend the construction of huge naval
drydocks and naval training college
at that point. 1t is believed large
have it's headquarters at this western
Canadian port.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24
AUTO CRASHES INTO RAILING
Five Persons Killed When Machine
Skids on Bridge.

Atlantic City, N. j., Dec. 23.-Ffve
people were killed when an automo.
bile in which they were riding skidded
on the frostcoyered planks of a bridge
on Meadowbrook boulevard and crash.
ed through the railing.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24
MAKES "NIGHT OWLS
DIG FOR SMOKE FUND

Seattle.-A number Of the reg
ular roomers in the hotel Vir-
ginia here have habit Of COM
Ing In after midnight. The land
lady, Mrs. Clarke, now fines each
one of her roomers who arrives
after IL midnight and turns the
money into the "our boys In
France tobacco fund.-"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24
SKUNKS MOVE IN;
SCHOOL MOVES OUT

Darlington, Wis.-When a
family Of skunks decided to go
to Housekeeping underneath the
village school here teachers and
pupils at the school decided to
decamp. The school children are
enjoying their unexpected vaca-
tion and the skunks are ap-
parently enjoying their new
place of abode.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24
ITALY WON WAR
DESPITE ODDS
Outnumbered, She Brought on
DebacIe by Magnificent
Work.
DREAM OF CENTURY REALIZED
Redemption Of Lost Domains Brought
About by Force of Arms-Sent
Forces Into France, Albania,
Macedonia and Palestine.

Washington.-The Italian troops
were well on their way into Trentino
when the armistice halted the allied
armies on their many battle fronts.
The dream of a century of the Italian
peOple-the redemption of their lost
domains in the north-was being real
lied by the force of arms when the
German-Austrian collapse made it sure
that the Trentino, like Alsace-Lorraine,
would be returned by the peace terms
to the mother race.
Trentino Italian.
The Austrian government in its
latest official census admitted that the
Trentino was Italian by 10000 out of
its 3S0,000 population. The whole dis
trict had retained the Latin culture in
spite of the efforts to Germanize it in
language and customs. Attempts at
rebellion had been put down ruthlessly
by the Austrian masters. Seeds of dis
sension sowed by the Austrians had
caused estrangement between the Ital-
ian Irredentists and the Jugo-Slavs,
whose interests since have proved to
be parallel.
The Italians had fought not only
against superior Austrian forces, but
against the physical difficulties pre-
sented i'm the mountainous districts of
the frontier. In three years of fight
ing under the most difficult conditions
the Italians took from their hereditary
enemies prisoners numbering 4,4S9 of
ficers and 1886 enlisted men. Ital.
ian engineers built $500 kilometers of
road and swung 1,500 kilometers of
cable from cliff to cliff for the trans
portation of troops and munitions.
Italy has called to arms little fewer
than 5,500000 men, of which she has
lost 100000. In recent fighting on
the Austrian front Italy had at her
disposal only "a divisions to oppose
the 10 divisions of the enemy. In ad
dition Italy sent forces into France
Albania, Macedonia and Palestine
which, it is said, were greater than
the French, British and American
forces sent to aid Italy.
Not Prepared for War.
Italy did all this at time when she
was not well prepared for war in her
Industries and natural resources. She
especially lacked coal.
The Trentino with the Italian occu-
patton could not be much more Italian
i'm spirit than under the Austrian rule
Trent, city of 10000 inhabitants.
typically Italian in customs and archi-
lecture. Such is the condition in Riva
on Lake Garda, and other important
towns in the district. The rural dis
tricts, too, are almost completely Ital
ian in language and spirit.
1t is one of the anomalies of history
that such q province could remain SC
long under an alien yoke. 1t was high
ly priced by the Hapsburgs for its
military possibilities, mountain
wedge projecting into Italy, as one
italian writer expressed it, "an enor
nous foot shod with mountains upon
the neck Of Italy"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-24

AND xouNa
Grip and FLU coughs should not
grippe Sold
everywhere
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-11-28
Old story pIsproved.

Most persons know the, story told
of Cleopatra, to illustrate her Luxurious
habits Of living, that she dissolved In
her wine 9. precious pearl. No one
seems vet to have questioned whit
must have been the effect upon the
.hsnk, but scief-tists scoffsat the pos
,sibility Of such solution. The, fact. is
pearls are not i,oluble in wine. The
most powerful vinegar affects them
slowly and never entirely dissolves
shem., for the organic matter remains
behind in the shape Of a spongy mass
that is larger than the original pearl.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-11-28
John Wehri, the Leading Jeweer, Missouri Valley
squiresps psthstIc Search.

h X IL moving GONE quilts IN the cottage
Of Fred Hayden Of Northwest Abbot,
Ne, five little squirrels were spilled
on the d00r, one Of them being killed.
The mother squirrel was quickly on
the, scene, taking one at a; time and
Fastening upstairs With it. The fourth
one she dropped at the foot of the
stairs and rushed back with frantic
haste, thoroughly looking over the con-
tents Of the room for the fifth one. She
even climbed to the. waists of the men
and smelled their hands in her search
for her lost baby. Boston Globe.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-11-28
GOOD Fess Il tho ola + pays.

About 1876 Helvetius came from
Holland to Paris toepractice medicine
/ A drug merchant whom. he had attend
ed gave him as fee packet Of ipe.
cacuanha root. imported from Brazil
Helvetius ernpirically discovered that
the root had the virtue Of healing dys
EMERY. BY curing that disease he 3ac'
cumulated no less than 100. 600 crowns
and, in addition, became q favorite al
\ the court Of Louis XIV. It Is opined
/ In the Medical Record that the old
days We're not asbad as the ultramod
erns paint them. s 81
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-11-28
May Raise Monkeys.

\ Los Angeles and southern California
may become famous as a great mon
keyrraising section, IL thsr hopes of
animal fanclers come true. They, ~
1ieye, that climatic conditions there are
faY9rable for the development OF an
indpstry thatfwill make q specially Of
raising monkeys, parrots and other
;wlld pets that dealers now ind IT. diff
guilt to secure from their regular
sources, because Of war conditions.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-11-28
pailY Theunb

Daily Thought, u
Goodness q the only INVESTMENT that
never falls ~ Heary David Ihoreau. III
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-11-28
Explaining Falling o. leaves.

II a t.NPu'1 s'UHV " 6SNvets
fThe shedding of leaves in autumn
may be due to ephyslolQgt cal drought
The soil contains, sufficient moisture
but the temperature Of the soil may be
too flow to enable the trees to absorb
ct. JUNE DROP Of oranges and many
similar slqaseA may educ | to. similar
causes. q