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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-28
Councilrnen invited.

Members Of the city council were
yesterday invited by the Central
Trades and Labor council to occupy
special seats at the city auditorium
addresses by leading labor men. In
siuding 01&nn e. Plumb. author Of the
now famous Plumb Nili,'' which pro-
vtdes for the handling Of the railroads
BY the EMPLOYER Other prominent
speakers will b present.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-28
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
MEETS N lURAY

Especial to The Richmond virginian.,
Luray. Va. Aug. 27.--The Sheran-
doah Baptist association, composed
OF churches In Page, Warren, Clarke
and Frederick counties. Virginia. ana
Jefferson and Berkeley counties. Yves,
Virginia, convened today with Main
Street Baptist church. Luray.
The session will last for three days
and almost every phase of the denom-
nations activities will come up for
discussion. A large number of min
listers and delegates are in attendance.
The majesty OF the law will be dis
cussed by DIR. G. ". Mcdaniel, pastor
of the First Baptist church, Rich
mOnd
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-28
Insurance Agents to Meet.

The annual meeting Of the Virginia
Fire insurance Agents association
Will be held IN Richmond on Sep
TENDER tenth. George W. Warren is.
Chairman of the committee on arr
rangements. and will be ready to an
nounce his progr am in day or two.
Arthur L. Richardson. of this city. is
secretary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-28
PORTSMOUTH WANTS
UNION RAILWAY STATION

a delegation OF Portsmouth citizens
appeared before the corporation cons
mission yesterday to present the needs
Of the city for q union railway station,
which petition was taken under con-
siderafion
A delegation from Norfolk county
also appeared before the com nission.
protesting against proposed increase IN
street ear. rates
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-28
CRONKHITE GOES TO
THE PACIFIC COAST

1t was reported in Richmond yes
terday that General Cronkhite had
been transferred to the Pacific coast.
He is now in charge OF the debarka-
ton camp at Hampton Roads. and
was leader OF tke famous Eightieth
division during the war. He is very
popular in Virginia, and his going so
far away will. be regretted by those
who know. him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-28
REV. j. b. HUXLEY COMES 70
HANOVER AVENUE THEHC1

Rev J. b. Hunley. IL KapsAx ity
formerly of Virginia, WIN
sumo charge Of Hanover 1Avg
nue. Christian church on Septa1ab
FIRST He succeeds Rev. George H.
kemper. Rev. Mr.. Hunley has he
engaged in war work. and .h4s bee
recently dischark ed. is.s sass.sss ss
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-28
A. j. Horner.

srster a lingering illness A J. Horn
er, OF chesterfieid county, died at his
home on the Broad Rock road Mon
day Mr. Horner was seventy years
Of age and II survived by his widow
and one son. A. ]. Horner. Jr. The;
funeral was held yesterday afternoon
from the home.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-28
local Movinx Picture.

A Nm OF The excrciscs Incidental TO
.he celebration ot the three hum
rreth anniversary OF the establish
rent az the house Of burgesses. re-
Gently held in the capitol. will be
shown at the Colonial theater tonor-
row and Saturday. Many notabies
wili he seen in the picture, including
Thomas Nelson Page and the gov
e~nor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-28
LAUDER no 'rRE1SENT
CLAIM OF p. o. CLERKS

AZ the result Of meeting of post
once employees. n. N. Lauder was
named to present the claim for higher
IA ,aries for the employees before the
congressional committee within a few
weeks Tho clerks feel that. under the
existing high prices Of the necessaries
Of life, they should be given an In
crease. -. -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-28
Ffye Ncw I1fcntenants.

Major, sherry has named the fol-
icwsng officers as iieutenants in the
police department. the duties to be-
rim on September first:
Police Sergeanta G. c. tJimmie)
Green and L. v. Bryant. Detective
sergeant r. l.. Bryant and Paerolmen
a c. Holt and r. A. Campodonico.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-28
Obituary
MA Lucy b. watkins.

Mrs. Lucy B. Watkins died at her
home, 1903 Decatur street. The fu-
peral will be held from the First Bap-
fist church. Fifteenth and Decatur
streets, today, at 8 p. NJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-28
Thief Gets $500.

Montgomery and company's store.
10 South Fifteenth street. was rob-
bed OF $500 during Tuesday night.
f:esides this amount in currency.
checks amounting to about $500
ere taken Detectives Wiley and
smith are working on the case.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Hundreds of
Infant Industries

The blockade against the Central
powers brought home wildly to Amer
lean industries how they had allowed
themselves to become dependent on
Germany for "key" products. Suddenly
the need to develop these materials
at home challenged the resourceful
ness of the American producer. Dur
ing the four and one-haf years of the
war some 427 infant industries sprang
up in the United States. Many of the
new kinds Of activity came into being
az the result of scientific research.
The Bureau of Standards, in co0pcra-
tion with commercial organizations,
stimulated the movement. Laboratory
porcelain before the war came exclu-
sively from Germany, and experiments
on new products had to lag until the
bureau suggested a formula for max
ing the material in this country. More
over, German clays had for many years
been used in factory cruciblcs, and the
government agency rendered q wide
service in proving by actual testing
that American clay would do equally
Veil. On Austria Hungary, too, Amer
lea long relied for important commod
tiles Until the war satisfactory ar
tificial razor homes were made only in
the land of the Hapsburgs. The sci
entists in the employ Of the govern
ment showed that they could be made
equally we'll in America.
The Bureau of Standards, seeking to
aid industry and not to compete with
it, never manufactures articles for
commercial use after discovering new
processes. It's usual practice, accord
ing to DR.. Stratton, is to go to one sub
stantial concern in the industry af-
fected and attempt to interest it in the
innovation. If the first enterprise APP
preached fails to respond favorably,
another receives an offer of the new
formula.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

suit is that tests can be made very
much cheaper than in ordinary fac
tories, where much more power, human
labor and raw materials have to be
used TO obtain the same results.
Moreover, private laboratories in
large factories have a more specialized
interest than we. They usually work
on particular problems which are i'm
mediately related to present demands
of the factory with which they are as
ISOLATED. We are interested in the
physics and chemistry Of industry, and
experiment freely in every direction.
Primarily, we are able in our small
mills to discover general tendencies;
then our scientific workers, in CO.
operation with industries. often go out
into real factories and specifically ap-
Fly their new knowledge and make it
practical"
The bureau extends a general invita-
ton to industrial men to send their
problems or their, representatives to
Washington and to take full advantage
of the experimental factories. On the
other hand, the bureau Offers to send
It's scientific specialists to factories
anywhere in the country 30 bring their
knowledge and Their methods to aid in
the solution of knotty problems.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Income From
'lnadnissibIe Assets"

Dealers in securities, insurance com
panies, banks, banking associations
loan and trust companies. have tho
privilege under the Senate bin Of
electing to include in net income all
income derived from inadmissible as
sets, in which case no deduction shall
be made from invested capital on ac-
count of such assets. Whether or not
the corporation desires to take advan-
tage Of this privilege of election is
dependent upon the ratio of its mad
MISSILE assets to its total assets. If
the income from its inadmissble assets
is in excess of 10 per cent of the por-
ton of the invested capital which such
corporation would be required to de
duct from its total invested capital, as
above stated, it will be to the advan-
include such income in taxable income,
but to compute its invested capital by
making the proportionate deduction
provided for. If, however, the ratio Of
NliS lHNNll lSSlDlc ASSETS 70 lIt tOld
assets is high it will be to the advan-
tage of the corporation to elect to in
clude all income from inadmissible as
sets in invested capital. No general
rule, however, can be stated and #
the assets of corporation include in
admissible assets the tax should be
computed by both methods before re-
turn is made, in order definitely to
ascertain which is to the best inter-
ests of the corporation. An election
once made by corporation must be
followed in the future, unless permis-
sion to change is granted by the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue.
If part of the income of the corpora
ton consists of profits derived from
the sale or disposition of inadmissible
assets. that proportion of the inadmis
sltle assets which such profits bear to
the total income from such assets shall
be included as admissible assets. SINH
lar treatment shall be made Of mad
missible assets where no deduction is
permitted of interest on indebtedness
incurred in the purchase or continued
to carry such obligations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
To Keep Pace
With the World

The question of bringing science
TO industry Is now very much in the
arr the bureau chief, whose govern
ment career remains uninterrupted aa
political control in Washington changes.
SAID. THE shortage of materials
brings 1t to the fore Abnormal war
conditions made industry seek the helm
OF science in many directions. Where
emoargoes shut off essential raw mate
fiais 1T was necessary to develop sub
stitutes. And, looking forward future
competition in foreign trade with other
great selling nations makes il ,pcpm-
oent upon American industry to do
everything possible in applying science
70 attain greater efficiency and better
quality Of products"
This discussion led TO an inoujrv as
10 no" science can serve industry.
EVERY industry" the Doctor rejoined
has its troubles and It's patent medi-
cine remedies, but industry is fat
learning that the real remedy for all
It's maiadjustments is scientific work.
Specifically, factory makes Ger.
sajn product and finds by trial and
error that Il fails to perform up TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

and for tlme-until rents have gone
up greatly will have d prohibitive
cost.
What, then. about vacant lots and
urban speculative land. movements? 1t
IS obvious that the outlook in the i'm
mediate prospect is not so bright. I'm
provements will advance much earlier
and much more rapidly than ground
values 1t is only new building that
furnishes the demand for more lots.
1t is only when rents have advanced
enough and improvements have ac-
quired prices high enough for new
buildings to pay that the urban mar
ket for vacant property can become
active. Lumber and iron have a long
way to fall-a far longer way than
with the European demand and the do
nestle Shipping demand and the price
control of the steel trust they are
likely to falkland rents and houses
have a long way to rise before new
buildings can become an attractive in
vestment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
A New Kind
OF Conservation

But now that the war has left
America in the dynamic midst of the
whole world fresh attitude toward
industry seems Desirable Humani-
tartan impulses may keep the United
States in the markets of the world
for many months during the adjust
ment Of all countries to a peace basis.
And trade ambitions very likely will
tend permanently to attract American
enterprises to foreign business, now
that the splendid isolation of the ma
ton has been superseded by new
rolicy. Moreover, with the population
at home revealing signs of perpetual
growth, the value of conservation of
resources through mastery of their
scientific use becomes real.
DR.. Samuel w. Strxtton. who since
1901 has been director of the Bureau
Of Standards, believes that the new
Instruments of the bureau will serve
TO make it principal scientific contact
point between government and bust
ness. His long experience at Washing
ton has assured him that business men
Will come to the government with their
and impractical
tories, which they regard as detached
shy" at going to university labora-
scientific troubles, whereas they often
Seated IN his private office in the
centre Of cluster of eight buildings,
winch make the home of the bureau
resemble the campus of university
DR.. stra.ton. in his reserved way. ex-
Planned why he thought the present a
psychological moment for infusing the
scientific spirit into the factories of
the nation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Government Making Science
The Handmaiden of Industry
investigators Are Seeking Learn New Secrets of
Efficient Production i'm Miniature Factories at
the HOME of the Bureau of Standards

expectations. The problem, therefore,
is. first. why the article is defective
and then how to improve its quality.
Frequently, too, the development of
rev processes Of manufacture reaches
the stage when novel materials are
required, sometimes for unprecedented
uses. New materials must continu-
ously be developed to meet fresh needs
and to act as substitutes for other
matter which is becoming scarce. In
cldentally the Bureau Of Standards is
frequently called upon to help at this
point
The war clearly precipitated this
burst of enthusiasm lur bringing sci
enco to industry, but, of course, pc
ginnings were made before the great
conflict. Many of the large industrial
corporations during the last decade
have built hrst-rate laboratories for
themselves. The Bureau Of Standards
was timidly and modestly making a
start before the war but with the
emergency the testing of devices and
Of standards of measurement, quality
and mechanical performance for the
war-making departments of the govern
ment became vital task The per-
sonnet and equipment Of the bureau
grew by leaps and bounds In addi-
ton to its regular appropriations
from Congress, the bureau got tinan-
cial aid from the Presidents special
sund, and the War and Navy depart
ments contributed workers.
"After testing devices for the War
and Navy departments" DR.. Stratton
explained, they were turned over TO
industry for manufacture, and the data
We compiled were made available to
factories which received contracts to
make them. War, at bottom is large
ly a scientific and engineering prob
lem. We hope to make permanent the
vibrant organization. which grew up
under the pressure Of war. and render
to industry service equivalent to that
which we gave the departments of the
government during the conflict"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Invested Capital as Defined
Under New Income Taxation
Important Changes i'm Methods of Computation AZ.
feeling Business Men, Insurance Companies and
Banking Institutions Are Pointed Out by Expert

subject to income tax to the corpora.
ton, are termed "inadmissible asso,s,
and the invested capital, as determines
from the capital and suraius as,ns
making adjustments on account Of in
tangible property. etc, which b.r.
been described above, must be redno.s
or further adjustment made theroso-
as provided in the bill. Different meth
DDS are provided for the treatment -
inadmissible assets under the sen.,.
bill. The general rule set forth is tb..
the invested capital shall be reduooa
by an amount thereof equal to the nor
centage which the amount of inadm;s
sible assets is of the total amount .,
the admissible and inadmissibie assot.
of the corporation during the taxab,s
year. This method of requiring dedpc
ton for inadmissible assets is nor ..
liberal as that prescribed by the repnls.
tons of the Treasury Department for
1917. The regulations for last vsor
provided that deductions should h.
made on account of inadmissible assets-
only where the admissible assets were
less than the amount of the invested
capital as computed in accordance with
the regulations. In such case the in.
vested capital was required to be re-
duced only to an amount equal to the
sum of the admissible assets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Mating Business
" it'll Science

Out of the prospective romance OF
business and science perhaps a new
type of industry may spring into be
ing. In the forty years before the
great matching of physical power and
ideals on the battlefronts of Europe,
two widely divergent types of indus
trial development were exemplihed by
the economic growth of Germany and
the United States. The Teutonic peo-
pie, proverbially thorough-in their
faults VIGOROUSLY so-came to see the
unending contributions that science
could make to industry. The result of
their shrewd perception can be meas
ured by their very striking industrial
growth, which the whole world recog-
nized, though disappearing of the
purposes to which it was devoted.
Meantime, the United States leaped
ahead largely by the sheer energy,
initiative and inventive imagination Of
it's people Picture what results might
flow from Harvesting the creativity
and thoroughness of the scientific
method with the well-known business
genius of American producers.
Such fortuitous cross fertilization
of business and science might possibly
shift the whole approach to the riddles
Ct production. 1t might make new
horizons for men for business.
AS long as American producers found
wealth so plenteous and virginia. that
merely scratching the surface of mate
rails yielded fabulous returns, the
need for more intensive methods of
production perhaps remained academic
Moreover, in the days when supplying
home wants was the almost exclusive
job of the American producer the neces-
sity for analysing industrial questions
into elemental physical problems did
not seem Immediate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Real Estate
Lays Behind

with farm properties the people
directly interested are unspeculative
IN temper, narrow visioned and non
Venturesome. Farm gains run high for
considerable period before rents rise:
and rents may have been high for a
cons iderable period before prices re-
spond. The farmer is so schooled to
good and bad years that he fails to
distinguish good crops from good
prices for his crops, and especially
prices on particular crops from gen.
eral prices on all. In any case. farm
property prices lag behind general
prices and security prices; and once
the advance sets in are likely to con-
tlnue in rise until general reaction
declares itself
Especially does this analysis hold for
war times. Agricultural products have
ruled high and, in the West especially
agricultural margins have been wide
BUT the market for farm properties has
not been active; nor is there vet any
noticeable change in selling prices.
1t is certain then that the prices Of
land Will shortly advance, in general
conformity with the other prices that
nave already advanced Farm profits
wartime profits will shortly be dis
appearing But despite this, and with.
out any further imitation, agricultural
lands are soon to advance.
Tho t,o,l
more complicated question. BUILDING
mas been practically suspended for
TOUR years. House rents have not risen
with other prices, excepting in the war
industries centres. and not greatly
even there. The shift of men into the
camps and the armies has cut into the
demand for houses. The wives and
children have been visiting with the
old folks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Testing
The Sole.

The next addition to the AGGREGATION
Of mills will be paint mill and then
one for the making Of lubricating oils
The process Of development, DR.. STRAIT
ton expects, will continue until every
fundamental industry is represented
The cement mill, which has been sit
uatcd at the Pittsburgh branch Of the
bureau, will be moved to the capital.
The rubber and paper mills are al
ready we'll established.
During the war. apparatus in tho
rubber mill was used to test the wear
ing power of soes for shoes-an emf
nensly practical question. company
of soldiers was added to the experi
mental material and the results Of the
tests on their feet were correlated
with those obtained in the laboratory
The army men were supplied with shoes
for the study-one foot received 81
shoe of leather and the other one of
leather compound. The results of the
human experiment were strikingly
similar to those attained by the me-
chanical eject" in the laboratory. The
directors of the mill concluded that
composition leather wears almost as
well lis good leather and better than
poor. The chief defect revealed was
that the composition leather frequently
broke when the soldiers stepped on
stones or tough sticks. The composi-
tion leather used was a bv-product of
tire making. The trimmings and other
waste of the tires were combined with
cotton. other fbrous material and
some ground leather.
The rubber mill also seemed to veri-
~ the conclusions of some of the tire
makers that glue compounds could be
used to increase the strength of the
rubber and make its manufacture
cheaper particularly in the case of
inner tubes. This new information.
not original in the bureau, is being
commercially used.
One of the chief detectives at pres
cnt OF the paper mill is to show bv
laboratory results that used paper can
be satisfactorily remade for second
use. The made-over paper is used BY
the Btfcau of Standards fer stationery
and for wrapping bundles.
in the Bureau of Standards the
problems OF pure science and those
OF practical industry meet The most
delicate tests of the thickness of a
thread of tungsten 90 on side by side
with experiments in the durability Of
coarse fire hose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Valuation in Case
OF REORGANIZATION

In the case of the reorganization,
consolidation or change Of ownership
of the trade or business after January
!, 1911, the invested capital OF the
predecessors business for the pre-war
period shall be deemed to be the in
vested capital for such period of the
corporation now engaged in the busi-
ress. In the case Of reorganization
consolidation Or change of ownership
Of the business. or of the change of
ownership Of property after March 3,
l917, if so per cent or more of the in
terest or control therein remains in
the same persons. the assets trans
fcrred shall not be allowed a higher
value in determining the invested capt
tai than would have been allowed I'M
der the previous ownership.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Information
For the Asking

Although in cases of this kind the
bureau finds it more fruitful of results
to deal with single producer instead
of with every unit of the industry, its
policy. DR.. Stratton pointed out, is to
make the information and complete
data available to any other firm or cor
poration which on its own initiative
seeks it.
Moreover, if private enterprise
faces a dilemma and is in need of scien-
tifc help, the bureau is ready to offer
its services and to tackle a special
problem that may be Of interest only to
the inquiring concern.
But the main business Of the bureau,
in this phase of it's activity, is to ex-
pertinent with general problems that
affect particular lines of industry as
a whole Its chief interest is not to
Improve a given product of a single
exact methods of conducting the gem
eral processes of manufacturing 1t
desires to ascertain ways of eliniin-
ating waste, of shortening the steps in
producing an article, in setting new in
dustrial standards and determining the
comparative values of materials and
their capacity for performance.
What things can your bureau do
better than the facilities of private
corporations and wherein is its prov
ince unique" DIR. Stratton was asked.