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New-York tribune., 1918-08-24
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New-York tribune., 1918-08-24

S0rTHMAYD-At Spring Lake. X. j.. on
Wednesday, August Il. Msts Gouvernec''
widow OF Frederick 4. outnn'nyd. IN the
S4th year OF ner age Funeral private
New-York tribune., 1918-08-24


lne German lines iron wounds fecei,eo
in action. Iieutenant Mo % Taylor. j.
VII L. s. Infsntr.'. son oi Moses and kdI'n
Il ',a.i1r
New-York tribune., 1918-08-24
SITUATIONS WANTED MALE

struetio' WORK and infringement; oes.scs ,yasi;!oa
Of reSISoi shility. "i'n opportunity - Advertisements,
Address II. Il. Box slS. Tribune OAce.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Unusually quiet conditions prevailed
IN the foreign exchange market during
the week just ended. SO far as could
be determined from outward observance,
the international exchange made no re-
sponse to the great events occurring
on the battlefront in France. Rates
remained comparatively steady on a
light volume Of business.
Silver shipments continue to be made
to India, where the metal is being en-
ployed as the basis for substantial
credits. against which rupee exchange
is sold in this market. Exchange rates
on Calcutta are steady.
Evidently the plan for stabilizine
Italian exchange is working satisfac-
torily. Lira bills have displayed pro-
nounced strength during the week and
offerings have apparently been we'll
taken.
Exchange rates moved sharply in
favor Of Italy yesterday. lira bills ris-
ing to S.49h for cables, an advance of
more than 35 points from Friday and
the highest level in six months. The
further Improvement in the rate is due
to tho control now exercised over the
Italian exchange market hy tAe Italian
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Copper Manufacturers Stirred

Commenting on the dissatisfaction
created in copper manufacturing cir
cles by the recent advance in the price
for producers, Cooper Gossip" pub
lshed by the National Conduit and
Cable Company, in its current issue
says: "Of special interest and con-
Germ to the trade was the naming by
the price-hxing committee on July of
26 cents a pound for copper. This an
nouncement came as a distinct shock
to manufacturers who had relied on
the previo IS notification made on May
23 that the price of 23@ cents would
remain in force until Angus: IS. With
this decision to build upon, manufac-
turers felt perfectly safe in making
their agreements with customers and
taking orders based on 23aa cent cop
per. Copper and brass manufacturing
industries have been deeply stirred by
this totally unexpected development in
price fixing. The sudden decision to
increase the price before the expira-
ton of the time limit previously set
for the continuance Of the 231a cent
rate has injected serious unsettlement
among interests vitality affected 1t
is uncertain as to the outcome Ct the
protest filed at Washington, but man
ufacturers are satisfied that they have
stlcng case and are confident that
their appeal will receive fair treat
ment,"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Poor Have Borne
A Heavy Burden

But it must be held in mind that
the income and profits taxes of this
year are collected on the basis of
the individual and corporate gains
of last year. The same taxes of
next year will be based on the re-
ceipts Of this year. Thus it is not
final against heavy customs and ex-
else taxes that prices have been ris-
ing, If only they cease to rise. In
come and profits taxes operate ret-
respectively. The new indirect
taxes will affect only prospective
consumption. If, then, the treasury
operations Of next year are so de-
vlsed as to avoid any further dis
turbance Of general prices, there is
no reason why the direct taxation
OF profits and incomes may not be
most productivity supplemented by
lndlrect taxation. The poor must
pay with the rich; and not merely
the luxuries, but also the neces-
sarles will have to be burdened.
There is no way by which part Of
our people can be made to bear the
total burden Of our gigantic task.
The poor have borne their share 80
lar. Let nobody forget it. AS they
nave borne SO they will have to-
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Parlor Car Travel
Cut by High Rates
Passengers Find Ways of Es.
Gaping Maximum Rail-
road Charges

Nopec'al Correspondence to The Trlbune)
CHICAGO, July 2O.-American in
genulty Is now industriously engaged
IN devlslng plans for escaping the max-
mum charges under the new high rail-
ROAD rates. The tax which stamps the
sleeping car as luxury has reduced
me Sleeping car business on a major
by at least 20 per cent. ~
Railroad men who have observed tho
attitude of travellers say. that thev
make little complaint over the advance
or rates to 3 cents a mile, but that
,they resent the extra charge of one
nan cent mile to purchasers of par
lor car and sleeping car privileges in
aooltlon to the Pullman charges.
AS result of the penalty on parlor
car travel, great numbers of people
are starting to learn the virtues of the
day coach. In many cases travellers
between Chicago and New York are
now getting off through trains at Pitts
Durgh and Buffalo, paying 81 at
motel, and taking day trains the next
morning from these cities to their des
tination, thereby saving an average Of
20 =, on a trip. The coach fare from
ohlcago to New York is $29.42. The
eHtra fare Tor the privilege of using
sleepers Is about s., and the sleeper
costs another IS, bringing up the one
way fare to s39.S2. Stopping off cuts
down the extra charges.
Ihe man who feels the economical
urge, yet who is in too much of a
hurry n to follow the foregoing plan, it
IS SAID, stays on the train ali the wav
out leaves Chicago on day coach, and
then buys berth merely for the night
escaping the penalty of taking a
through sleeper and thereby saving ap-
proximately $3.50 on a trip.
Between Chicago and Pacific Coast
po'nes pom % ~ T., mas been figured that by get
t'ng on the trains for as many as three
nights, or waiting until night to buv a
sleeping Car ticket, passengers can save
as much as SIS on the trip.
IN some of the smaller roads parlof
ana sleeping cars have already been
eliminated because of the unWil]ino.
ness of passengers to nav tho add;.
tional charge.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Produce Exchange
Bars Klopstock & Co.
Unwillingness to Conform to
Arbitration Decision
Given as Cause

The board of managers of the New
York Produce Exchange has barred the
firm of Paul Klopstock g. Co., Inc, Of
II Battery. Place, from representation
on the floor of the exchange during
the pleasure of the board" it was an
nounced yesterday. The action fol-
lowed quarrel over a period of eight
months with V. Filopponi, grain ex-
porter to Italy and member Of the ex-
decision was said by officials of the
exchange to be the refusal Of Paul
Klopstock & Co. to abide by the find
ings of the arbitration committee, to
which its dispute had been voluntarily
submitted.
Aside from asserting that he had re-
celved unfair treatment, Paul Klop-
stock, the head of the concern which
bears his name, declined to discuss the
case, saying that he purposed to write
a letter to the board of managers fully
setting forth his attitude.
Mr.. Filopponi, pointing out that In
order to reinstate suspended member
1t was necessary for the board of man
ayers and the member who made the
complaint to consent, declared he
would never agree to have Mr.. Klop-
stocks firm represented on the ex-
change again as long as he remained
u member.
The controversy arose, Mr. Filopponi
said, last November, when he bought
$50 tons of malt from Paul Klopstock
e. Co.. for shipment abroad. Mr.. Fill
opponi charged that the stock delivered
was of an inferior grade, and after
protracted discussion the matter was
referred to the arbitration committee
Of the New York Produce Exchange,
which decided that the Klopstock con,
Germ should take back the malt and re-
place it with better grade. It
took back the malt but, Mr.. Filopponi
charged, never replaced it. Finally.
the two parties, it is said, compromised
on settlement, which the complainant
said he never has received. Thes.
facts were placed before the board of
managers, which barred the Klopstock
firm. Mr.. Filopponi said that he will
immediately start suit in the courts
to recover what he alleges Is due him.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Want 27h Cent Copper

When copper producers meet the
members of the War Industries Board
on August to confer over whether
the present price of rs cents a pound
should be continued after August IS
it is understood that IN important elc-
ment in the trade will urge a further
advance to 271z cents. The current
quotation went into effect on July 2
on the understanding that it woulc re-
main in force at least until the mid
die of August. Copper men now urge
another increase, arguing that the
July raise has not been sufficient to
offset the higher operating costs
caused by the 25 per cent freight rate
increases ordered in June by the gov
ernment, wage advances and larger
refinery charges.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Relevant Comment
panhandle" Wants Bigger Rental

Reports from Philadelphia to the
financial district state that directors of
the panhandle" cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago & St. Louis) may contest the
matter OF rental as provided under the
government control act. Last Wednes-
day the company cut its semi-annual
dividend rate from 2h to per cent at
the suggestion of the railroad admin
istration. 1t is argued by officials Of
the road that the rental allowed by
the Director General is barely above
the s per cent dividend paid last year
and that moreover the company is d.
rected to expend out Of the rental q
considerable sum for improvements.
The Panhandle" is controlled by the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
tobacco Products Dividend in Scrip

Directors of the Tobacco Corporation
yesterday declared the second consecu-
tive quarterly dividend Of $3.50 on the
common stock in interest-bearing
scrip. This policy was begun In April
to conserve the company's cash re-
sources. The scrip will bear 7 per
cent interest from August 1. Francis
NJ. Collier has been elected director
to FIJI the vacancy created by the resie-
nation of Leon Schinasi. MIR. Collier
was one of the founders of the Falk
Tobacco Company. which was acquired
by the Tobacco Products Corporation
tho Latter part Of lxst January.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
@ Wealth Markets and Commerce

authorities working hand in hand with
the Federal Reserve Board.
If you calculate the cost Of tho dol
lar in terms Of foreign money at par
value--that is. If you we're buying dol
lars with pounds, marks or francs-its
value at the close of last week, as
compared with year ago, would be
about as follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

Silver.-Bar silver in London was
4SMd. unchanged; New York, 995ac,
unchanged; Mexican dollars, 77c, un-
changed.
Sub-Treasury. 49, The banks gained
s1,007,117 from the Sub-Treasury yes
terday.
Bank ClearinEs.-Bank clearings in
New York and the other principal cities
yesterday were as follows:
Exchanges. Balances.
New York ..$593,s53,447 $54,6s1 ,427
Boston .......$50,24e,7o4 1865, 1859
Philadelphia. 67,255,564 14,oo6, ,2e7
Bank Acceptances.-Ratc were un-
changed yesterday as follows:
Thirty Sixty Ninety
Spot de- days. days. days.
livery: Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
E igible
m m ber
banks. :. .4h@4 4h@4I4 4A@4A
E igibla
non-mem-
Der banks4}4@41s 47s@4h 49a@4s
] n eligible
bank bills.514@4s4 5A@4s4 5M@4M
For delivery within thirty days:
Per cent.
Eligible member banks ........ 4A
Eligible non-member banks..... 451
Ineligible bank bills.
London Money Market.-LONDON.
July 2o.-Money was steady at tx per
cent. Discount rates were: Short and
three months bills, 8 1882 per cent.
Gold premium at Lisbon remained
10000.
Bank of Germany Statement.-BER-
LIN (via London), July 2o.-The state
ment of the Imperial Bank of Germany
tor the week ending July Is shows the
following changes, in marks:
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

The above rates express the cost Of
foreign money in terms of the Ameri-
can dollar. You buy an English pound
sterling at. say, s4.75A. The intrinsic
parity is $4.869s per pound. Thus you
say either that pounds are at a dis
count or that dollars are at premium,
which is owing to the fact that in Eng
land the demand for dollars with which
to settle accounts in this country is
greater than the demand in this coun-
try for pounds with which to settle ac-
counts in England.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Money and Credit

Large government operations were
reflected in the weekly statement of
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Borrowing Fails
To Check Consumption

And still there is this difference ::
Unless on terms Of an enormous
price imitation or of intolerably high
rates of interest, no great reliance
can be placed on borrowing. The
necessary consent to the drastic re-
striction Of income will not be
given. Consumption cannot be cut
to the quick, acute sacrifice imposed
at every social level the country
over, through an offer Of per cent.
Borrowing that is not imitation Ia a
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

Discount Rates.-The following table
gives the current rates of the twelve
Federal Reserve banks on commercial
paper on all periods up to ninety days:
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

Bank of Germany Statement.-BER-
LIN (via London), July 2o.-The state
ment. of the Imperial Bank of Germany
Tor the week ending July Is shows the
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
FOR gAKEs.

FOR SAIIB OR RENT-6 room c6t- tage. New. All improvements, Bell videre. Inquire New Britain Lumber
 and Coal Go. 9-12-Ad
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

WANTED-Girl over 14 to help with houseWorll. 36 Camp st. 9-12-tf
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
DIR. CLINTON J. HYDE. ARE YOU BOUND FORATIIE SCRAP
 HEAP

Let me save you from the scrap heap!
 Doctor, I am not sick, but I don't feel right" That is what many say to me when they come to see me the first time. And that just expresses it. You are not sick enough to go to bed. You can eat, you can sleep, you can work.
 But you don't work with the vim and zest of former days. Your sleep
 is not restful, and you don't enjoy your food as you once did. And your
 nerves get the best of you ThlngS
 bother you, ruffle you, that you never noticed before. You begin to see dlf~ faculties where there really are none. Trifes worry you, and not haVlnS enough troubles of your own, you borrow some.
 Of course, to a casual observer, you 1 seem the same, because you are try ing to control yourself. And if you l should tell a friend, or go to an in experienced doctor they will tell you l you only imagine things; you should l shake it off. You begin to doubt your 1 self. You sometimes think they are 1 right and try to brace up and be 1 bright and cheerful But then your 1 old feeling will come back With re- l newed vigor. You begin to wonder l if it really is your mind only. And if
 it is so, is it the first step to insan- 1 ity? Anguishing thoughts begin tor 1 turing you; you are trying your best l to fight them down, to appear happy,
 but in vain. You find yourself in ! the grip of an invisible power that
 seems to sap your life blood. And when you feel your strength
 energy and power slipping away from 1 you when you find you can't do jusS tice to your work any longer, then
 you become Respondent and might l even feel tempted to end it all. ! You are very much in the same 1 condition as a delicately constructed
 engine, which has not been cared for | right Put it in the hands of an ex- 1 perienced man and he will soon have | it in fine working order. But tryin g l your own hand at it, or turn it over l to an unskilled person, and it will l soon be fit for the scrap heap.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

WANTED-Competen houseworlz girl.
 No laundry. Mrs. Robert $. Brown.
 6 Forest st. 9-122d~-
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

WANTED-Young ladies to work in
 Food market. Apply Box X6N, Herald Office. 9-1O-3d
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

Have you lost a sum of money? Glasses, Pins and Rings are found in surprising quantities and turned in at the Herald. Your money will surely remain in the finders hands if he does net know who lost if.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
WANTED,

WANTED-By young couple, light housekeeping rooms in private home. Inquire No. ? Parkmore.
 9-10-3dx
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

WANTED-YOung women stenograph- CTS, typists, bookeepers and clerks to register for positions. No charge. Conn. Bus. College, 163 Main st.
 9-1 2-3d
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
HEIP WANTED-MALE.

WANTED-Good Bright Office Boy in one of the local factories. Address P. O. Box No. 34. 9-1O-3d
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

' WANTED-A housekeeper at Hotel ' Beloin. 9-10-tf
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
HELP WANTED-E'EM

WANTED-Two young ladies for clerical work. Pleasant office, short hours. Please state experience if any and salary expected. Box No. 12B,
 Herald. 9-10-6d
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10
Last of British
Indigo Is Sold
Government Had Taken Over
Stock at the Beginning Of
the War in 1914

According to the London Board Of
Trade Journal" the brokers employed
to handle the natural indigo purchases
of the British government now report
that the entire stock has been disposed
of and that payment has been received
for the same.
At the outbreak Of the war it was
felt that, owing to the inevitable short
age OF synthetic indigo there might be
a danger of the supply Of the natural
indigo getting into the hands of very
small group. The British government,
in order to insure, as far as possible,
an equitable distribution Of the availa-
BILE supply Of natural indigo, decided
to purchase practically the entire
available supply and allow it to be
gradually sold to the consumers at a
reasonable price. The amount pur-
chased was 267 tons, at gross cost
of $1,759,725 One hundred tons were
sold to the French government, and
the remainder has been gradually dis
posed of to the domestic trade. both
for home consumption and for export.
The accounts show profit without
allowing for interest on the purchase
price, Of $4,000.
Apparently the object of the govern
ment in taking charge Of tho indiro
stocks has been achieved, as at ali
times during the last three years the
trade is reported to have been able to
obtain supplies of natural indigo at a
fair market price.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10
Colorado Fuels
Payroll Larger
Wage Bill During January
Shows 80 Per Cent
Increase

The extent to which the employees Of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company has
benefited by wage advances during the
last two years was indicated by an in
crease Of 80 per cent in the amount of
the January, 1913, payroll over that
for 1917, with an increase Of only Is
per cent in the number of workers en-
ployed. j. +. Welborn, president of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, makes
this statement in his report covering
December 81. The report was issued as
a result of the change in the COM
pany's fiscal year to correspond with
the calendar year.
Gross earnings for the half year were
S2O,739,O30, compared with O,OO4 1886
for the fiscal year ended June 80, last
than operation, the total net income
was $4,123,S75. After deducting fixed
charges, including bond interest, taxes,
sinking and insurance funds, amounting
to 81 ,445,5S6, there remained surplus
of $685. S9. Charges for equipment
renewal, for depletion of coal, iron ore
and limestone reserves and for de-
probation on buildings, machinery and
equipment amounted to 81 OBJ UP, leav-
ing balance of $1,G47,116. From this
was deducted 1898 ,437 for preferred and
common dividends, the remaining ST.
053,679 being carried to profit and loss
account.
Maximum production at the COM
pany's coal properties, Mr.. Wclborn
stated, in the report, was prevented
during the last quarter of 1917 by the
shortage of railroad cars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10
Harding Will
Meet Bankers at
Rate Conference
Reserve Governors Attend
ance Result of Trust
Companies Opposition

w. P. G. Harding, governor of the
Federal Reserve Board, has notified
members of the Clearing House COM
mittec that he Will be present at the
meeting of the entire association to-
morrow, at which the resolution calling
for limitation of the interest rate on
bank deposits will come up for dis
cussion. Mr.. Harding's decision to at
tend the meeting is the result of the
organized opposition to the plan that
developed at Fridays conference Of
trust company officials.
Walter f. Frew, chairman of the
Clearing House committee, who was
present at that meeting, called his as
sociates to special conference in the
rooms of the association on Pine Street
yesterday and outlined to them in de-
tail the views of the trnst companies
on the committees proposal which has
been drafted into the form Of an
amendment to the constitution.
Although it is expected that Mr..
Harding will urge quick action on the
plan for the stabilizing of interest
rates, it was decided that no vote will
be taken on the amendment at to-mor-
rows meeting. 1t was intimated YES
terday that the amendment in its pres
ont form will probably not be adopted,
but that it will be revised to meet
some Of the objections of the trust
companies. The amendment as it now
stands reads:
"No member of this New York
Clearing Housed association, or bank
or trust company or others clearing
through such members, shall agree to
pay. Or shall pay, directly or indirectly,
on any domestic credit balance or any
certificate of deposit payable on de-
Mand or within thirty days, rate of
interest in excess of per cent less
than The then rate for 90 days redis-
counts at the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York, except that the maximum
rate paid by members shall not in any
case be higher than 3 per cent per
annum"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10

by the urgent demands of the navy
and army. The pressure has been ag-
gravated, particularly by the growing
requirements of the shipyards from
the scarcity of labor and raw material,
had TO be surmounted, and although
the government lent all the assistance
IN their power, manufacturers found
it impossible to keep pace with the
growing demand.
Considerable progress has been
made with the extension Of works, and
many new furnaces have been blown
in, but the demand for iron and steel
was so overwhelming that commercial
business has been practically negligi-
Bile. and exports, except to France and
Italy, have dwindled almost to nothing
The strain on the industry has greatly
favored the introduction of electric
furnaces. AS for copper, the notable
increase in the production of the metal
has not prevented an unprecedented
rise in price and is an illustration
OF the difficulty that exists in satisfy
ing the present abnormal demand
Produce More Dyestufrs
'The outstanding feature of the oil
trade during 1917 has been the great
demand for all petroleum. products
WHitA NANoSo IA lCSS W SledUlIy III
crease. With Russia and Roumania
still out OF the international market
supplies have not increased in the same
ratio as the demand, which has been
enormous, especially for army pur-
poses The shortage has caused new
exploration work to be undertaken in g
very energetic manner in France and
Italy. In the United States there has
been throughout the year q tremendous
movement Of oil prospectors into
Wyoming, which seems to open a new
and important field"
The production of synthetic dye
stutfs in Great Britain, it says, is
three times as large as before the war
and the prices dropped in 1917 In.
creased consumption of cocoa in the
army, it adds, has led to more thar
double the amount of imports of the
product. Swiss chocolate manufacture
ers are handicapped by a shortage Of
cocoa, milk and sugar