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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-06

whereupon the white man would
evidence. Such cases were then al
lotted half an hour and even an hour
each. and without exception resulted
in the acquttal of the prisoner ut the
bar.
Andrea was suddenly aware of
M'sungo's voice Individually addressed
to her though he kept his eyes to the
front and spoke in toneIess mono
Iogue as if he were c0mmuning with
himself. Behold, Psychology on the
job" he said. Watch their faces.
Every native that knows his sentence
to he just. takes it with an apologize
smile; if he looks sullen. the chances
are a hundred to one that he's limo
cent. I've never gone wrong. They
think I'm wonder. Next!"
One case alone that day was appar-
emily interrninable. When at last 1t
was completed M'sungo dropped his
eyes for the first time and sat for n
long while with bowed head; then he
drew erect, looked the prisoner in the
eye and spoke three words. A gray
hue crept into the blacks face as he
turned away. ~ have surrendered him
to the Justice Of his tribe murmured
Msungo. Poor devil :" And Andrea
knew that she had witnessed the pre-
cursor 10 an inevitable sentence of
death.
That night M'sungo was too tired to
talk and excused himself Immediately
after dinner. Andrea read until her
eyes ached and then went to bed Won
dering if she We're feeling only slight
ed or if existence were actually be-
coming monotonous. She shrank from
the latter admission for she knew
that, once made. it would shatter the
longest run of sheer pence of spirit
which she had experienced In her short
but much bored Life. She need not
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-06

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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-06
Tardy Bowels, Inert Liver

They just won't let you put pep"
into your work or play. Sick head
ache comes from retaining waste mat
ter and impurities In the body.
Feel right for anything-make the
liver lively, the bowels function regu-
larry, with DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Smoothly yet positively they produce
results that cleanse the system ard
make the liver and bowels respond to
the demands OF strong, healthy body.
Still 25c.--at all druggists. Try them
tonight.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-06
Cloth From Tree Bark.

The famous "tapa" cloth OF PDiyne-
STA is made from the inner bark Of the
quality ii is bleached to snowy white
ness and fine as muslin.
In tropical Africa the inner bark OF
lcguminOus tree is utilized I'm the
same way. Indeed. 1t is surprising TO
learn how widely tree barks are en-
ployed us material for clothing the
world over. And in the West Indies
grows the ''Iace-bark tree" which
yields delicate tissue so like lace
that many articles Of feminine adorn-
ment are made from 1t.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-06
Aator Title intact.

Lendon.-A bill introduced in the
house of commons under which Wis.,
give up his title, inherited from his
father, the late Viscount (Willism
Waldorf Aston, was defeated by
vote of 169 to Sc.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-06
GET SLOAN'S FOR
YOUR PAIN RELIEF
You don't have to rub it in
to get quick, comfort
ing relief

Once you've tried it on that stir
joint, sore muscle, scia.ic pain, rhe,i-
matte twinge, lame back, you'll find
a warm, soothing relief You never
thought liiiment could produce.
Won't stain the skin, leaves no muss,
wastes no time in applying, sure to
give quick re5ults. A large bottle
means economy. Your own or any
other druggist has it. Get it today.
Csc. Zoe. S1.40.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-06
influenza Epidemic in Spain.

Observation-Disclosures is again epidemic
at Linares, about fifty miles northeast
of Granada, dispatches stating that
there are at present more than two
thousand i'll from the disease in that
city
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-06
italy. kioa to Visit United States.

Rome.-King Victor Emmanuel will
20 to the United States next summer
and also will visit South America, es-
pecially the republics of Brazil, IRA
quay, Argentina, Chile and Peru.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-06
Had Wooden leos,

Artificial arms and legs were, it Is
believed. used in Egypt as early as 700
r. c. They we're made by the priests.
who we're the PHYSICIANS and surgeons
az those days il the land Of the Nile,
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-06
A Orop of Water.

If drop If water could be magni-
fed TO the size of the earth. each o.
its molecules would appear no larger
than a baseball.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-06
A Human Liability.

If human nature would only work AZ
hard for pay as for more pay r. Rostcn
Herald.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Exporters Want Better
Parcel Post Service
Suggestions for Improvement
To Be Laid Before Postal
Authorities To-day

representatives of the American
Manufacturers Association and other
interested organizations will hold a
conference with the postoflice authori-
ties in Washington to-day on the par
eel post situation. Exporters complain
that the service to other parts of the
world has not been satisfactory and
will lay their grievances before the
government officials along with sug
gestlons for improvements deemed
recessary
committee composed Of members of
the export association has been making
a careful study Of the parcel post con-
ditions with this end in view. The eX-
perlences of several firms are cited to
show the difficulties confronting ex-
porters who desire to use the parcels
post for shipping goods to foreign
countries.
One large concern pointed out that
it is more trouble to clear small
package through the postot1ice than it
was to clear whole shipment through
the regular customs. 1t was further
stated by this firm that it was "unwise
and practically prohibitivc to use the
parcels post for shipments from the
United States to the Argentine" Every
package, it seems, is considered as an
individual shiment and papers must be
taken out on each parcel, even though
one shipment might consist of twenty
packages.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11

There was a little more activity yes
terday in the commercial paper mar
ket, with q little more paper coming
in. Most Of the notes are moving at
5A to 5i2 per cent. 1t is hard to quote
a different rate on paper Of different
maturities, for nearly all present bor-
rowing of this sort has been running
for period of six months. Banks
think it possible that threc-month pa
per would command better rate.
The situation between lending banks
and borrowing business firms remains
at deadlock. Business is hesitant and
does not want to borrow much, and
the banks are busy taking care of the
needs of the government. Will rates
go lower when the present Victory
Loan is out of the way? Bankers are
far from unanimous in thinking so.
1t is the opinion of one banker that
business by that time will have de
cided its policy and will have revived.
He thinks the slow pace of current
output will lead to the consumption of
existing stocks, and that may create
a scarcity TO keep prices up. A man
came to him yesterday who wanted to
borrow in order to carry a quantity
of woollen goods, and the banker let
him have all he asked for. because he
figured that the presen. strikes and
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
May Import English Goods
For Export as Clothing

The plan OF shipping English made
fabrics in bond to manufacturers of
clothing in this country, to be made
up into selected models Of mems suits
and coats and sold at retail in Eng
land, probably will be renewed after
a lapse Of two and half years be-
cause of the war. C. A. Wildng,
clothing representative Of Sclfridge &
Co., London, intimated that one of the
reasons for his visit to this country
was the renewing of this arrangement
Accompanying Mr.. Wilding, who will
study trade and merchandising condi-
tions in this country, arc L. A. Fer
gu8on, merchandise manager, and Her
bert J. Clarke, in charge OF store
equipment for the Sclfridge organi-
zation.
Mr. Widing win visit the various
clothing manufacturing centres in this
country, while Mr. Clarke will visit
retail stores and the plants of manu-
facturcrs of store equipment. Mr. Fer
guson will confer with the leading
merchandise men in the retail field
in the United States to obtain first
hand information on merchandising
methods now in vogue here.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Chemicals
Exporters Want Ca.sstit
Soda at LOmer
Price-PhenOl
Plentiful

The manufacturers of heavy indus
trial chemicals complain of the con-
tinued dulness of trade. Light chemi-
Gals, used in the preparation of drugs
and medicines, are fairly active, owing
to the drain exerted on pharmaceutical
stocks by the influenza epidemic in all
parts of the country.
There is a fair export demand for
caustic soda, but the representatives
of foreign buyers are offering cents
for the product, while holders are de-
manding 3l4 cents pound. Phenol is
distinctly weak, with few buyers ap-
pearing in the market and sellers
many An overproduction of the com
modify is said to have resulted from
the increase in facilities for producing
coal tar derivatives in this country.
Benzoic acid used in the manufact-
ure of medicines and dyes, and
benzoate of soda. employed largely
by the canning and preserving
industries. are also weak, offerings
being made as low as $1.40 for
the acid and s1.3O for the soda. The
principal reason for the weakness of
these chemicals is the absence of de-
mand for tulol, which is the basic COM
modify of both of these products.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
.CoI0rs
Paint Manufacturers Are
Well Stocked With
Pigment CoIors-
Trade Quiet

Buying of dry pigment colors, which
include mineral, chemical and chrome
dyes, and which are used for the man
ufacture of paints, printing inks, etc..
according to the leading producer is
at low ebb, but resumption of activi-
ty is expected with a revival of build
ing and construction operations in the
spring.
The paint manufacturers throughout
the country are stocked up with pig
ment colors, and the absence of buying
IS the result of their desire to use up
old stocks before replenishing their
supplies.
The export trade, on the other hand,
is picking up, the largest purchasers
at present being the Latin-American
countries This market was formerly
controlled by the Germans, but with
their elimination from the worlds cx-
port field South America is now turn
ing to American manufacturers for its
supplies. The Far East is also a good
consumer, and even Europe is buying
dry pigment colors in the United
United States. Italy and Spain are
the principal European buyers, while
small orders have come from England
and France
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Metals
Decline in Untitled Steel
Orders indication OF
Dulness in Basic
Industry

The general stagnation in the iron
and steel industry was reflected in the
untitled tonnage statement of the
United States Steel Corporation issued
at nooa yesterday. 1t showed untitled
orders on hand January 81 of 1884, ,268
tons, The lowest total reported since
November 30, 1915, and decrease of
694,S8A tons, compared with bookings
st the close of December. On October
81, the last statement before the arlnis-
tice was signed, the untitled orders
stood at 8.353,293 tons; by the end of
November they had dropped to 1924
663 tons. On January 81, 1913, they
amounted to 9,477, ,853 tons.
Since November 30 the total shrink
age in untitled business has aggregated d
1,440,395 tons. This has been caused
by the cancellation of government con-
tracts and the unwillingness Of con-
sumers of steel to contract for new
business under existing prices.
The untitled orders at the close of
January compare with the record of
l2, 1888, ,0S3 tons reached on April 80,
1917. Considering the Steel Corpora
tons Increased capacity resulting from
the war demand, the present untitled
tonnage IS regarded as unusually small.
Steel manufacturers look for an i'm
provement in buying some time in the
spring, but no one will venture an opin-
len on the extent of the expected pur-
chacae
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Print Prices Cut
'efcaies Also Reduced by Lead.
ing Manufacturers

aes OF confidence in the stability Of
ss ,asSs retards wholesale trade in dry
.s sssos. A number cf mill agents saw
= Icy are confident that quotations are
= rock bottom basis. while others
raaMy admit that conditions arc 100
'1setsied osd TO permit Of clear deductions.
ore OF the largest producers, the
~ ~ u. Borden & Sons, have reduced
1,ses on prints and percales. 35 to
Il 1 ,d per cent below the peak quotations
ss9. out hardly enough time has
sesea 70 enable the trade to Judge
49,. sae effects of the reductions. which
80 more drastic than had been ex-
49, ,sS Prints arc goods that are
10y 70 receive impressed designg and
ssssles are used for children'g
s, also womcn's house dresses.
~ As" prieea apply TO stock goods,
sne. D'''e I" "ltndra"al at any
~ ! 's estimated that limited outputs
sses oownward revisions in prices
sasualiy will make for Improvement
ssss sssuustions. but at the moment busi-
sg1i according to old timers, is as
- ~ ever has been in the history
aiss ss quotations on prints and per
80 80 announced by ". &. D. Borden g.
80 are as foitnu1s.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Trade Competition Stiffens
Japan After South American
Silk and Cotton Markets

American exporters of cotton and
silk goods are meeting increasingly
stiff competition from Japan in South
America, according to an export agent
who represents number of American
firms there.
This agent has in his Office samples
of japanese silks and cotton fabrics
which compare most favorably with
anything produced here and are said to
be about one-third cheaper in price.
Included in the samples is heavy
red fabric which has all the appear
ance and feel of a good American soft
woollen flannel. 1t is made entirely Of
cotton.
"The textile looms of Japan have
increased more than 500 per cent since
1914" said this export agent, land she
has made great strides not only in the
weaving Of cotton and silk, but in the
making Of woollen cloth as we'll. 1t is
my opinion that Japan is going to be
heavy buyer of Australian woods
when the British government starts
its free auctions in a few months. The
haul from Australia to Japan is n
comparatively short one"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Business Money

slowing down of production would
terial.
There is no pressure on the part of
business firms to borrow money. The
pressure is coming from the CONNER
cial paper brokers, who want them to
borrow.
Rates in the acceptance market are
unchanged, and business is very quiet.
There is some talk that Italy and Den
mark may soon arrange to establish
an acceptance credit here similar to
the $50,000,000 credit for Belgium
firms, arrangements for which are now
going ahead Acceptance dealers do
not think that this foreign borrowing
will have any appreciable effect on the
money market here, and expect it to
be readily absorbed 1t is not believed
that France will resort to this sort
of a loan.
A controversy is now on between
out of-town banks and New York in
stltutions over the ruling of the New
York Clearing House Association pro-
vidlng that acceptances of out-of- town
banks sold to New York and payable
out t-of-town are subject to collection
charge Of 1-4O of per cent. 1t is un-
derstood that the controversy is now
in the hands of the Federal Reserve
authorities.
Rates for commercial paper remain
unchanged from Friday and from q
T week ago as follows: Two mouths, 5
to 5h per cent; three months, 5 to 5 y
per cent; four months, to 51a per
cent; five months, to 51s per cent;
six months, to 51a per cent.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Rubber
Sales OF Rubber Goods
for Building and
Industrial Uses
Are SIo,u

Mechanical rubber goods, including
hose for all uses, betting. and various
kinds of rubber packing and tubings.
which are distributed largely through
the hardware trades are selling only in
limited quantities, according to lead
ing manufacturers. Statesmen return
ing from various parts Of the country
say their orders have Scarcely been
large enough to make their trips
worth while.
The principal causes for lack of
business is the inertia in building
operations, in which field the largest
sale for mechanical rubber products
is found. A better market is antici-
pated with a revival of building opera
tions. especially as jobbers are not
carrying large stocks of these goods,
having restricted their purchases dur
ing the last year or so to such guam
titles as were sufficient to fill orders
for immediate deliveries. Hope is
also expressed that large sales viii de-
velop in connection with the needs of
the shipping industry. Many ships,
which have been steadily employed in
carrying troops and supplies for mill
tary purposes, have been unable to
tic up for long needed repairs. With
the resumption of peace schedules
these repairs viii necessarily have to
be made. The large number of newly
built ships have widened tho market
for mechanical rubber products.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Foreign Buyer Finds 1t
Haz'd TO Get Goods Wanted
Agent for Harrod's, Ltd, Big English Merchants,
Says American Manufacturers Must Cater to
Needs of Other Markets to Win Their Trade

facturer who will make the gloves as I
want them.
Another manufacturer in q different
line wanted to know if we couldn't make
payment on our orders when the mer-
chandise was delivered at the docks in
New York. I told him that our usual
method of payment was thirty or forty
days after receipt of the goods, but
this was not agreeable to him, although
l assured him that J. P. Morgan G. Co.
would guarantee our check for $4,000.
600 or more.
"The point I wish to make is that
most American manufacturers know
little or nothing of foreign trade
Until they educate themselves along
this line they are going to find it hard
to do business in other countries than
their own"
Mr.. Ager said that it was the plan of
his company to purchase in America
those things which could be produced
here more cheaply than in England
Musical instruments, labor-saving de-
vices, dress accessories, such as ho.
siery and gloves; electrical apparatus
and mems clothing are the main prod
ucts in which he is interested at the
present time.
"There is no limit to the variety of
products we may buy in the United
States" he said, "for we handle every
thing that is made. Our London store
for instance, will supply doctor who
Will attend mother and babe in child
birth, will supply nurse to care fo1
the mother and child, will supply all the
child's clothes as it grows up, select
schools for it, sell theatre tickets. rail-
way and steamship tickets, supply taxi
cabs for any event, decorate a home for
q wedding, supply the wedding break
fast, furnish home completely. and
finally when the person dies bury him
or her and take over the management
of the estate. So, you see, there isn't
anything that we don't need or can't
use.
"Our cable address is Everything
London and our trademark is a pict
ure of the globe, with the words 'We
supply the world written across it,"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Silk
More SiIk Is Being W orr,
in the Prosperous
Western Farm
Sections

Western retail dealers are buying
dress silks in liberal volume to sup
ply an increasing demand generated by
he prosperity Of the agricultural sec
lions. Stocks in the hands OF Western
dsalers are said to be small. Eastern
dealers, while placing orders for their
regular spring trade, are not buying
IS freely as western merchants. Stocks
Of the cheaper grades of silk in the
bands of Eastern jobbers are said to
be large, but supplies held by manu-
iacturers are small, and if working
hours are made uniform in all of the
states, proposition to this effect hay
ing been put forth, higher prices for
manufactured silks are expected.
American manufacturers continue TO
buy raw silk in the Yokohama market,
this being taken TO indicate expecta-
tons Of steady demand in the United
States and an early settlement Of
labor troubles at the mills The
standard grade Of Japanese raw silk,
according to advices received yester-
day, has advanced 20 yen, the equiva-
lent Of 10 on bale of 1875 pounds.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Heavy Exports of Moving
And Reaping Machines

American moving and reaping ma
chinery is again exported in large
quantities. Orders from France have
been heavier since the signing of the
armistice than in many years, owing
to the desire of the French people to
rehabilitate their fields, which have
Eeen neglected for more than four
years. A prominent manufacturer of
farming implements stated yesterday
that large orders were being received
from Australia, India and other parts
of the United Kingdom, as well as
from South America and Spain.
1t was the opinion of this manufact-
urer that Russia will soon be in the
market for plows, reapers and similar
machinery, and negotiations are even
now being carried on in that country
for future orders Russia is now anxious
to buy, but the completion of transac-
tions is difficult because there is not
alone a lack of cash in Russia, but
American manufacturers are not in
clined to accept payment Of rubles in
settlement of their accounts at this
time.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
" The Tribune's Page O Business News x
Rolling Mills Close
Bar Iron Plants Shut Down for
Lack of Business

Some of the Eastern bar iron rolling
mills are now shut down because of
lack lack Of business and others will be
shut down soon. The present price
quoted by Eastern mills on common
merchant iron is $3.50 per 100 pounds.
I. o. b. Pittsburgh, while the price for
soft steel bars is $2.70 per 100 pounds.
Pittsburgh. With this difference steel
bars are naturally given the preference
wherever they can be used in place of
Bar iron. During the war conditions
were reversed, a great deal of bar iron
being used in place of steel bars be-
cause of the scarcity of the latter.
Western bar iron makers reduced
their price several weeks ago from
$3.50, Pittsburgh, to $3.50, and this was
later cut to $2.70, the steel bar price
Eastern mills claim that the high cost
of labor and materials will not permit
them to make reduction sufficient to
compete with steel bars, and hence they
are making no reduction at all, except
IN few isolated cases
The Western mills are taking adxan-
tage Of the situation and are booking
some business for shipment to the
East on the basis of $3.50, Pittsburgh.
That is they are quoting $3.50, Pitts
burgh, for Eastern shipment and S270,
pittsburgh, for Western shipment.
The freight rate from Pittsburgh to
Chicago is 27 cents per 100 pounds.