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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
VEGETABLES

Demand was only moderate and the gem
eral market showed little change. Quota
no. No"s l. ss5SG G'G I; No, 2. si.25@$, 50. White
PStst9sss Eastern ssbS%Ts' per h,,. S5l,nN0; ].
i Iossi 50 o&s6s; No % 8. %bits gstso; q
Jersey, oId; per -hsmgsr.No; .sg2 go 80;
ss5GisPi sssosi; aSs. RsE 0a &c. sSsst pefsiess
o; No. 2, ss.5Oa4 Lettuce. New York. per
crate, tl.5o@3. Celery. New York: per
basket. s1Q225. Onions. Jersey; per :
bushei basket. 81, a5a1 ,5O do, do. white.
per bushel. hamper sI.75@2; do. per 100
H. bag, s3q3.75.
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FRESH FRUITS

Choice stock sold fairly and values gen
orally were well sustained, as follows:
sbushe bsskst SOs q I75; do. per 'b; BusRe. R
basket. 81. 2562 Peaches. Delaware and
West VIRGINIA. per 0;ba sket carrier. l759
80 Lemons, per hox. $50 10. Oranges.
box s+@5 Grapes. Delaware. per s-basket
carrier 81 % %; do. California. per 4-basket
crate 81 15 "a 80. Pears, California per
box; s1.749+. Pyums, California per 4
HaSGi eFas9 psT North ~
do. per pony crate. Csc q 81; do. do. per fat
Gr4 SSs d SoTe s Ns4tE ss
olina Ridgways, per pony crate, 81: do:
dTate 'swsi 81 75a9 25 Do. belaware % and Nary
land per pony crate, 81 Gi5 so; do. Delaware
and Maryland. per fiat crate. 75cdS1 dc
California Turlock, per standard crate. a.T5
G375: do. California Turlock. per pony
crate. 81: do, California Turlock. per Hat
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DIRECTORY OF ACCOUNTANTS

LAWRENCE +. BROWN 4 co.
1915 REAL ESTATE TRUST BGDc
'QyESTI9ATE g. ADJUST PARTNER Surp
fx,nftrfAIIoN DISPUTED ACCOUNTS
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Philadelphia Stocks

Tota! sales, 1856 shares. compared with
sSt shares yesterday; thus far this week.
~. I6S shares; same period last week. 18.443
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16

The New York Subtreasury gained
S92. 900 from the banks yesterday, max
ing a cash gain since Friday Of $4,-
c1X nNn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16

|ou neuer know
The minute.

when you will need High and
Lew Qustations on securities
q the New York Curb.
Write or Phone
for Booklet
which contains in handy reference
lsrm. High and Low prices for July.
1918. also for the previous months
4 this year. and for the entire year
e 1917.
More than 400 Stocks
are included in this booklet which.
in addition to High and Low prices,
gives dividend rates. par value. cap
ital stock and other data for vest
pocket reference.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16

The output of Calumet and Hecla and
its subsidiaries for July was l1.11S.426
bounds of refined copper. compared with
11,699,212 pounds in June and 11,933,544
in July year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09

being responsible for a certain part
Of the work of reclamation and all OF
1t to be done according to common
plan.
In the spring of this year. again
charting the roads mentioned for
1918. the unimproved route through
the larger towns was found to be as
before.
The lesser route. built by the farm
ers themselves. was being made over
many sections in concrete 1t is now
vital section of highway. numerous
new hotels are built or under way,
the population of the towns shows a
tremendous increase and thousands
of motorists. routed through this bet
ter highway by the blue books, have
virtually forced the construction of
hotels, garages. stores. all of which
are waxing prosperous as a result of
the building of the new road.
The elimination of the railroads as
essential factors in the shipment of
farm products. because of the new
highway, has caused a huge demand
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09

a regular inspection of their brakes.
In fast rail traffic, both with the
steam railroads and electric trains,
the first requisite. says Mr.. Younger.
is the rapidity with which the engine
can stop. This paint is exemplihed by
the exactness with which the New
York city subway trains come to a
dead stop. The engineers in charge of
these trains know to a fraction of a
foot where they must apply their
brakes.
The national brake inspection move
ment also is emphasizing the impor-
lance of a good brake lining, the
kind, for example, that is thermoid
hydraulic compressed and proof
against moisture. gasoline. oil and
dust The government realizes the
Importance of such a brake lining,
since it is used on many of the Amer
lean cars now going to France.
Experts say that a woman driver
should be able to apply the brakes on
the car she is driving as effectively as
a man, regardless Of the strength ex-
erted. A test recently made showed
that a truck driver exerted a pedal
pressure of 400 pounds. Although no
woman driver could exert this amount
of pressure. the experts say she should
be able to stop as quickly as the
truck driver IL the brakes are equip
ped with thermoid hydraulic COM
pressed lining,
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MOTOR DEALER CONDEMNS TALK
OF CRISIS IN US. PRODUCTION

ability of the steel and coal indus
tries to increase their outputs and
the ability of the railroads to trans
port materials.
Undoubtedly the automobile indus
try will voluntarily curtail it's out
put so per cent for the coming year.
No excessive demands will be made
by the government. 1t is realized
here that other industries are needed
besides the war industry. So let
just overlook rumors in the future
and wait for official statements from
men like Mr.. Schwab.
Gasoline Situation.
"one also hears these days much
talk about the gasoline situation.
Here are the latest figures given out
in this city, SO please stop worrying
During 1917 there was 81 per
cent increase in the production of
per day more than in the calenca
rear Of 1916. according to the lat
est figures of the bureau OF mines
The daily increase in gallons over
1916 was 1.S53,306
That the increase il production is
steadily gaining. and has been gain
ing during 1917. is indicated by the
fact that the production OF gasoline
during the last six months OF the year
was much greater than during the
first six months.
THE gasoline production for the en-
tire 1917 year was 2729.1i2.o33 gal
Ions. On basis of 3H5 working days
this represents a daily production OF
s7.47S,630 gallons. In 1916 the daily
production was 5.G25.357 gallons. The
total increase in gasoline products in
1917, as compared with 1916. is over
2. OOn. 100000, the exact figures being
2.05S.ssD,536 gallons. 1t is said that
Tie governments requirements are
only about one-seventh CT the ccun-
try's Production"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING
GOOD BRAKES ON TRUCKS
Danger of Sacrificing Safety to
Speed, According to Motor
Transport Official.

"Pick up" getaway" dash" are
the most familiar terms to the every
day motorist or truck driver, accord
ing to John J. Younger. supervisor of
engineering, motor transport division.
War Department. With demands of
modern day life, motorists have been
giving their entire attention to speed
with no thought of how quickly a
stop can be made.
1t is time to put on the brakes. says
Mr.. Younger. The national brake in
spection movement. which has the in
dorsement Of leading automobilists,
police officials and government ex-
perts, will accomplish much good IL it
does nothing more than call atten-
ton Of motorists to the necessity of
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For Tramps.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle
1t is neat little villa, and stands at
the corner of two roads that fork from
one large town to another, somewhere
in rural England. Everything about
the house is spotlessiy clean. and the
garden is a marvel of trimness. What.
however. especially catches the eye
OF the passerby is let into the red
brick wall that faces the main road,
a fair-sized slate. Over this is daint-
ly painted in clear lettering: This
Slate is for Chalk Messages" You
may wonder at its utility till you sud
denly emember the habits of
trampsi
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railroads as much as possible {
handle freight

railroads as much as possible to
handle freight.
Members reported notable results
during the year. in the STANDARDIZED
ton OF manufactures, eliminating to
a large degree the production and
handling of an excess number Of
parts, but to further this reform the
association appointed special COM
mittee.
1t was announced that more than
one-third of the cars produced by the
large manufacturers are being driven
from factories to dealers, thus releas-
ing much freight car tonnage for other
types of transportation. The policy. IL
was stated, would be extended.
Truck makers held a separate ses-
sion to discuss possible improvements
in construction SO as to shift large
part of the burden of freight carry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09

ing from the railroads to interurban
truck lines. Steps were taken to es-
tabiish throughout the country addi-
tional return-ioad bureaus. such as
now are In operation in thirty-eight5
cities. and to open motor express
routes to facilitate transportation OF
farmers products to market.
Charles Clifton of Buffalo was re-
elected president of the national
chamber
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His Honor's Generous Streak

From the New Haven Register.
Prayed Phil likes 1t around de
holiday season. everybody's so generous.
Booty Bill-Dat SO: dc judge gimme
sixty days las. trip-twice IS much
a c usual.
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WILL AID GOVERNMENT
IN SAVING MATERIALS
National Automobile Chamber Of
Commerce to Cooperate in
Handling Freight.

of Commerce at its annual convention
in New York recently decided to CO.
operate with the government in con-
serving materials and in helping the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
BLUE BOOK AID
TO ROAD BUILDING
Experts Find New Ways and
Better Existing Thorough
fares Everywhere.
TRAFFIC AIDS PROSPERITY

In what measure the vast corps of
scouts, pathhnders and data experts
Of the automobile blue books work
toward good roads development is
known to few of the many thousands
Of motorists who annually tour by
their printed instructions.
Eleven months in the year these
r,en are the Christopher Columbuses
OF touring. They are explorers. seek
ing the best roads. but finding the
bad roads as well, SO that tourists
may know the best way to go from
anywhere to somewhere else. They
BILE road with as much care as though
It were . new boulevard highway.
For them which way the tourist
should not go is as important as what
read IL newest and best. And SO.
while they chart which roads are
finest. they make 1t obvious for the
tourist what roads are expensive In
the operating cost of his car in tire.
fuel and general mechanical EN-
cheney.
Big Towns Unconcerned.
Dariy last summer q party Of these
scouts. marking the route between
TIVE principal cities q hundred miles
apart, found. as in previous years.
thsrs still was no proper highway.
Nut4y, stony dirt road, almost i'm
passlble in wet weather. was the
only available trail.
They spent several days visiting
IN large towns on what should have
bsen the main route. But nothing
eould be done with the boards Of
trade or chambers Of commerce. In
almost every instance the county
powers winked knowingly and said
that there would almost certainly be
Q government post road comm
through here pretty soon" and re-
fused, therefore. to be interested.
even though they admitted the value
Of improved road as q feeder for
produce and provision markets.
The scouts held a council of war.
The big towns were hopeless. The
small towns were not logical and not
sufficiently prosperous to afford the
necessary expense.
Nevertheless, they visited the small
towns and arranged, after some diff
dculty, for q mass meeting Of the
farmers. When the conclave was held
the experts laid the proposition be-
fore them.
Farmers Undertake Job.
I After Q discussion Of three hours
during which hundreds Of questions
improve this road themselves, each
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"a lot of rumor mongers who want
dustry will have to shut up shop by
government order because of the big
ship program and the demand for
steel must have received a severe
shock when they read Charles M.
Schwab's statement the other day."
says Chester H. Warrington, local
Chandler distributor.
1.-THE director general Of our Elmer
gency Fleet Corporation, in announc-
ing so per cent increase in his ship
plans, said: I do not contemplate any
trouble in obtaining the necessary
steel. I believe that production will
increase in shipbuilding was planned,
two disturbing questions are those of
fuel and transportation. Here, low
ever, we are meeting with hearty CO.
operation. and 1 think these questions
will be met and satisfactorily an
swered.'
Has Much Bigger Plan.
-"Those irresponsible individuals
Mr.. Warrington continued. who were
spreading reports from 'unquestioned
authorities even before the big in
increase in ship building was planned.
said that tn esteel, fuel and trans
portation situation would not permit
the completion of the ambitious ship
building program and at the same
time take care of the needs of the
automobile industry at its present
rate of production. Now. here comes
the big boss with the encouraging in
formation that he does not anticipate
serious trouble in going ahead with
a much bigger plan because of the
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for motor trucks Farmers are en-
1oying "a prosperity never before
known in that section.
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Farmers Undertake Job.

After Q discussion Of three hours
during which hundreds Of questions
were answered. the farmers voted TO
imn-ove this road themselves, each
Evening star., 1918-04-22

than historical value. They may
cause some part Of the German people
to realize that they are fighting not a
war Of defense, but a war of aggression,
willed by the kaiser and started by him
in the face Of honest efforts at adjust
ment and peace made by Russia, Eng
land and France.
It is not surprising that the German
government is now about to punish
Lichnowsky, who has been ordered to
trial and who meanwhile is held virtual
" prisoner in his own home in Silesia.
Indeed, it is surprising, on the other
hand, that he has been permitted to
live to be tried, that the government
at Berlin is willing to take any chances
with further publicity. An effort has
been made to discredit him by calling
him a madman and to discredit him be-
fore the German people as one whose
writings are merely the vagaries of a
disturbed mind. knowing the efficicn-
cy Of the German methods, it is to be
expected that L;chnowsky's trial will not
arouse the people, that few revelations
Will be permitted and that these will be
so distorted that they will produce little
effect.
As ambassador to England Prince
Lichuowsky was in position to see
clearly the German responsibility for the
war. He knew what was being done in
the chancelleries of Europe. Perhaps he
has in his memoirs merely expressed
that which many Germans of high po-
sition honestly feel in secret, that the
diplomatic moves following the assassi-
nation Of the Austrian Crown Prince
were mere bluffs on the part Of Ger
many to cover the final preparations for
an attack for which the kaiser's govern
ment had been preparing for years; that
there was no sincere desire to prevent
a conflict involving France; that it was
hoped that England would remain neu-
tral, perhaps to be assai!ed later by an
aggrandized Germany; that Italy would
stand by the triple alliance and that
thus France and her ally Russia would
be conquered in swift campaign.
Lchnowsky's memoirs, it is explained,
we're not designed for the eye of the
world, but were written solely as per
sonal record. They are the outpouring
Of an anguished soul. Without doubt
the very candor Of his comments on
German perfdy, the very truth of his
disclosures, is what arouses the bitter ire
Of Germany today.
Evening star., 1918-04-22
Teamwork and the War.

Secretary Baker will confer this week
with the military committees of Con-
kress, giving them the Lenefit of the in
formation he gathered while in Europe,
and his conclusions based upon it. He
has conferred with the President on the
same subject. Hence the expectation Of
eariy important steps in war matters.
The great point, as all now plainly
bee, is teamwork. To the absence Of that
Is properly ascribed all the delinquen-
eies at present confessed. A better un-
derstanding between Congress and the
executives would have produced very
different results.
1t is never too late to mend. Mend.
ing time is at last at hand &and the
Eork should be thorough. There should
be no halts or halfway measures at this
Gme Of day.
A good deal Of the credit for the i'm
proved situation is due to Senator Cham
berlain. His speech in New York last
Ninter made everybody sit up and take
Police. Some applauded it. Some con-
Evening star., 1918-04-22
The Car-Stop Revolution.

With the skip-stop system in full op-
Grafton certain disadvantages appear
which were not indicated by the initial
plan to adopt certain stopping points in
order to move the street cars more
swiftly over the lines. There has been
not merely an elimination Of stops but
an entire readjustment. Cars are now
stopping in midbdock, on far corners and
On near corners. There is no uniformity.
Cars are crossing streets where formerly
they were always halted to give assured
free passage to fire apparatus. They are
crossing street car tracks without stop
ping. Passengers are being let off, not
at corners invariably, but in the center
cf blocks, with the result that the rule
confning pedestrians to intersections in
crossing the streets becomes in many
places dead letter. Whether these
changes will lead to accidents remains to
be seen. It is certain that there can be no
assurance of free passage ut corners save
where the stopping points occur at such
corners. The shifting of stopping points
from old-established places has also de-
prived the public in many places Of
shelters afforded by store awnings and
vestibules at times Of bad weather.
The stop system as now arranged
should not be regarded as definitely
fixed. but should be changed as expert
ence demands readjustments. Several
such changes are already shown to be
necessary. Every effort should be made
to rcduec the inconvenience to the
public to the minimum, and meanwhile
more ears must be provided,
Evening star., 1918-04-22
Lichnowsky's Revelations

Disclosure Of Prince Lichnowsky's
judgment on the responsibility for the
great war, as comprised in his memoirs
recently published in Europe, is not a
matter of serious moment in this coun.
try or in the allied lands. where pub
lie opinion has long been fixed respect
ing Germany's accountability for the
catastrophe. Every Englishman, French
man, Italian and American not corrupt.
ed by German influence knows perfectly
we'll that Germany precipitated the con-
fiict, at least by permission; that Ger
many was ready and more than willing
to fight, and that she seized the oppor-
tunity afforded by the assassination at
Serajevo and Austria's ultimatum to Ser
bia. Lchnowsky's memoirs, fully con.
firming this belief, have, however, more
Evening star., 1918-04-22
Feeding Belgium.

Suspension of all food shipments to
the allied nations for ten days in order
to send three million bushels of grain to
Belgium is justified only by the dis
tressing situation in that country. Ger
many's devastation Of Belgium has been
DO complete shat the task of feeding the
people of that ruined land falls upon us.
We have discharged this duty faithfully
for three years and half. We must 90
ON to the end, however long may be the
period of the war. Every cargo of grain
That goes forth from here to Belgium
adds to the Indictment against Germany.
There is no blacker chapter in history
than that of the violation and wrecking
Of the little nation whose only offense
consisted of insistence upon her rights
and who dared to resist the lawless
march Of ths Hun as he sought to strike
ut vulnerable part Of France, SUD-
posedly protected by treaty signed by
Germany.
Belgian relief ships have not been al
ways respected by German submarines
heretofore. Many vessels laden with
food for Germany's victims have been
sunk. Perhaps the same fate will meet
the ships that carry the grain now to
feed the starving people. It would be
quite IN character. Nothing is too vile
to be undertaken by the high command
nt Berlin. Belgium has been stripped
pf able-bodied men and even Of stout
women capable Of working in the fields
and factories Of Germany. Deliberately
looted of food, of wealth and Of human
beings, outraged in every conceivable
manner, Belgium now lies helpless save
for the succor given by the American
people.
Who is there In this land who would
mot gladly go at least one day without
food that Belgium might have susie.
aancef
Evening star., 1918-04-22
America, and Foreign Trade.

The National Foreign Trade Council,
| which had been in session at Cincinnati,
adjourned Saturday. Resolutions were
adopted regarding American trade ex-
tensions after the war. In them the
character of the work to be done was
pointed out, and the necessity for con-
certed action urged.
At New Orleans the same day Senator
Lewis of Illinois, in an address to the
! Louisiana State Bar Association, touched
upon the same subject, and discoursed
| upon its Importance.
It is not too soon to be considering
this matter in its general aspect and
bearing. Details, of course, must be left
for arrangement later. Precise postwar
conditions cannot be forecast at this
time. But it Will be Of the utmost mo-
ment to deal with them promptly and
systematically when they present them
selves.
It is easy to see, even now, however,
that when the war closes all the lead
ing trading nations will Immediately
bestir themselves for business, both for
eign and domestic. All will have suf-
fered heavy money losses. All will be
bent on getting on their financial feet
again as soon and as firmly as possible.
As the masters Of war retire, the masters
Of finance and trade will come forward
and dominate the picture; and never be-
fore have such men had greater prob
lens to solve than such men Of this day
will then have. The business genius Of
the world will be tested to the limit.
American aspirations in this regard
are well known, and particularly to those
we are to meet as competitors. Hither-
to VIC have given too little attention
to our foreign trade. We have neglected
to provide ourselves with merchant ma
rine. We have given no attention to the
needs and demands Of peoples with
whom we should have been at pains to
establish intimate trade relations. As a
consequence buC bu61 S1Ao VI OuX LUZ
eign trade has been q reproach to US.
Henceforth, as the purpose runs, all
this is to be remedied. The reproach
is to be removed. We are to have q
merchant marine. Our exporters are to
study foreign markets, and particularly
such as America, by reason of her geo.
graphical position, should dominate as
the supplying nation. We are to ascer-
tain, and if possible meet, the wishes
Of those we seek to make our customers.
It is a colossal order. To ill it will
require hard work constant work, ard
teamwork; and even while the war is
raging it should occupy the attention Of
all who have the time for it and expect
to figure in the shaping and execution of
future trade policies.