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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-09-19

Francis PeGruZateS
Martha Petruzates
Edith johnson
Arvo Kalmar
Lauri Kalmar
Arthur Simmons
Arthur Lillrose
Gertrude Ericsson
Esther Cronquist
Harold Bent
Signe HENDERSON
Hubert Madison.
The need Of new high school
building to properly accommodate the
growing enrolment is plainly evident.
The first meeting Of the Lincolnian
will be held next Friday evening. All
are welcome to the program.
Dallas Smith was elected manager
of athletics for the year. At the
meeting of the boys it was planned
to make two basket bail courts on
the grounds, so that some practice
can be obtained before the weather
Esforhids further outside playing. Ar
raDgements have been made to secure
the opera house for games this win
ter. With thirty Lone boys in high
school there will be some rivalry for
a place on the team which is to repre-
sent the school, Under Miss Young's
leadership the girls will also have a
basket ball team.
A high school Glee Club with Rev.
Davies as leader was organized Mon
day after school. About twenty re-
NAMED for the meeting and elected
Helen Strong as their president,
Olive Smith as secretary treasurer,
and. Ruth Radcliffe as librarian. An
organization of this kind affords a
splendid opportunity for musical
training and is valuable asset to the
school and the community. 1t is
hoped that many more will take adj
vantage of this rare opportunity
The high school cloak room is being
converted into library. Miss Gene
We've Crabb has qualified for the Ii
brary work during the summer and
will be in charge. This will be con
ferable improvement over the past
arrangement where the books were
kept on the lower floor and were not
readily accessible to the students.
Six new typewriters have been
added to the equipment. About 35
are enrolled in this course.
Last Friday evening the high
school girls enjoyed the initiation Of
the Freshmen girls. After going
thru an unusual program of hair-rais
ing antics, time was spent in dane
ing and other forms of enjoyment.
Premium money taken at the Villas
county fair will aggregate about Sl8.
This money will constitute nucleus
for an. athletic fund. Those who won
prizes are:
Helen Strong, frsts, second
James Bolte, | first, i third
Olive Smith, second
Einar Staffan, third
Laverne Giese, third
Edmund Espeseth, second
Francis Morgan, 2 thirds
Henry Budde, first
Clifford Krieck, 3 seconds
Florence Simmons. tirsts
Jennie Ericsson, 2 seconds
Ida Johnson, third
Olga Heehn, third
Ernest Meihack, l first
Gertrude Walsh, first
Jennie Holms, 1 second.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-27
Cloak Men to Fight
Proposed Employees Tax
Bill in Assembly Would Impose
$40 Payment for Workers
Not Living in New York

One of the first organized protests
against the passage OF the bill to tax
New York employers Of labor resid-
ing In other states will come from the
Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers
Protective Association. The bill, in
sroduced by Assemblyman Flanagan
at Albany, proposes tax of $40
.. month to be paid by employers in
New York State for each cmploye who
resides outside the state Employers
thus would be forced to pay tax on
each member Of their staffs who resides
IN. New Jersey or Connecticut.
Louis Wizard, manager of the trade
association, has issued statement.
which says in part:
We are absolutely against any such
PHI as that. Such bill would mean a
hardship on tho workers, as industry
would say to the nonresident cmployc,
Unless you move to New York City we
VIII have TO get some one clge in your
An influx into New York OF work
ers who now reside in adjoining
states, says Mr.. Wiard, would serve
only to further increase rents in Ncv
New-York tribune., 1919-03-27
Unity in Trade
Matters Is Sought
Government Establishes Co.or-
dinating Committee ON
Foreign Trade

WASHINGTON, March 26.-Acting
Secretary Phillips announced at the
State Department to-day the organiza-
tion of a "coordinating committee on
foreign trade" which will include
representatives Of all the government
tai offices which deal in any way with
foreign trade matters. An order au-
thorizing such a committee was signed
by President Wilson February %, dur
ing his recent visit to Washington
The committee will provide advisory
and supervisory machinery for fur
ther extending and developing the
business interests of the country in
foreign channels. A preliminary meet
ing was attended by representatives of
the state. war, navy, treasury, COM
merce, agriculture, labor and postoffice
departments, the Shipping Board,
War Trade Board, Federal Trade
Commission, Tariff Commission, rail-
road administration and Interstate
Commerce Commission.
A subcommittee on organization
was created, with julius G. Lay. act
ing foreign trade adviser of the De-
partment of State, as chairman. The
work OF organizing sub committees
Tor particular functions was taken up.
Among the urgent questions which
are expected to be considered imme-
diately by the committee are tonnage
ALLEGATIONS and marine freights, cable
and radio facilities, reconstruction
loans, Latin American credits, con-
sortiums for buying in Europe, labor
and immigration. "key" industries
(such as the dye business), and
strategic raw materials.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-27
Rubber
Foreign Business Engages
attention Of Rubber
Goods Manufacturers

Manufacturers Of high grade rubber
goods, particularly mechanical rubber
lines, are now laying plans to take a
more active interest in export bust
ness. Concerns being organized to
handle export trade on large scale
will, it is said, find rubber goods man
ufacturers who formerly did not pay
much attention to business in foreign
countries among their most active
clients. The reason given for this
change is that numerous inquiries have
been received by manufacturers dur
ing the last few months from con-
Germs abroad which are interested in
the more expensive line of goods.
These inquiries, it is said, have been
coming pretty regularly from South
America, France, Sweden, Italy, Spain
and even China
While Germany was never leader
in the sale of mechanical rubber
goods, she was able to secure q good
business in foreign markets because
of her generous credit arrangements.
This business, it is said, is now COM
ing to the American concerns, which
are working on a system, under which
reasonable credit is granted for sixty
or ninety days, with a fiat annual in
terest charge being provided for after
that date
Some manufacturers declare that
heretofore most of the foreign busi-
ness in mechanical rubber goods COW
cred the cheaper grade of material
and that concerns making high grade
lines could not compete on the basis
of price. Inquiries coming in for the
expensive material offers some induce
ment for them to compete for the fors
eign trade, they say.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-27
l',ii's
Squirrel and Stone Mar
ten in Good Den,as,d al
AUCTION Sale

Spirited bi ding developed for sauir.
rel ana Stone inarten yesterday ht ihe
semi=monthl' snle Of tho American m,
Auction Sales Corporation. which 70.
.5ed IN the disposal Of about 5000
squirrel pnlis Rt prices ranging IN Ia
Fl'lb 4 skin. stone martens, Of which
about 400 skins were sold brouahi as
high as $40 each, which ls up to The
present regular market price, In The
hhlshed garment lots put urdcr the
manner there was particular demand
Tor Hudson seal and nutria canes and
coates, with the average Price being
about Sl25. Hudson seal stoles, Apring
and summer wraps sold for $50 and $55'
Most Of the lots offered for sale
found ready buyers, with the demand
covering all the staple furs. Raw rae
coon skins were sold for S43O, while
dressed raccoon brought up to $4. An
assortment of about 1000 Chapal and
Hollander dyed Hudson seal was dis
posed of at prices going as high as
$40 skin. A lot of 900 nutria skins
brought up to $3.50, while the highest
price paid for mink was $40 a skin.
Raw muskrat was sold for $1.40 About
$4,000 WORT of skins and finished
merchandise was sold during the day.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-27
Leather
Importers assert Ocean
Rates on Hides and
Skins Too HigI

That present freight rates on ship
mcnts Of hides and skins from i'm.
portant foreign ports to this country
are too high. was the opinion expressed
yesterday by members of the National
Association of Importers of Hides and
Skins. The importers who attended r.
committee meeting cmphatically de-
clared they do not think that freight
rates should be determined upon the
bulk of the shipments, but that charges
should be based upon the weight Of
the commodity. Under the former
system, it was stated, cxhorbitant
rates would prevail,
The meeting was called chiefly to
consider recommendations covering
freight rates to be made to the Ship
ping Board. Through the Tanners
Council the Shipping Board submitted
to the importers list of ports and
the approximate ocean freight rates
from these points to the United States.
The importers considered these rates
but declined to make any recommen-
dations to the Shipping Board until
they more thoroughly investigated the
situation. In the list submitted the
rates covered both bulk and ton
charges. This was the only point about
which the importers would take any
definite stand aud they were all OPP
posed to The bulk system.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-27
Metals
Sales Of Tin in Small Lots
Stopped by Var
Board

In An endeavor to assist the govern
ment In disposing of it's surplus of tin
the War Industries Board, through g.
n. Armsby, chief in charge of tin, has
requested the American Smelling and
Refining Company and the Williams,
Harvey Corporation not to sell tin in
less than five-ton lots. Both corpora
tions, it is understood, have already
notified the War Industries Board that
they will comply with this request.
The tin committee still has between
four and five thousand tons of tin,
representing the balance of 10000 tons
which were acquired through arrange
ments with the Allied tin executive.
The action Of the War Industries
Board may enable the government to
dispose of its stocks more rapidly,
which might result in lifting the en-
bargo on imports of the metal earlier
than would be possible otherwise. The
demand for pig tin has been improv-
ing during the last two or three weeks.
Demand for copper is in fairly large
volume. Leading sellers have advanced
the price one-eighth to 1914 cents.
London cables report that trading in
copper in that market are moderate.
Stocks of the metal in the hands of
the British government on March /
were reported to be 115,00O, 900 pounds.
an increase of more than $4,000, 900
pounds since the first of this year.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-27
January Silk Imports Less
Than Amount q Year Ago

Imports of manufactured silk into
the United States during the month of
January this year were valued at $1O,-
356,3S7, against 11,6O0843 in the cor
responding month of 1918, the decrease
having been 1917 per cent. Imports
from Japan in January last amounted
to 1,303,915 pounds, valued at $685.
453, compared with 1,720.653 pounds
of the total value of SS,768,257 in
January last year. During january
this year China sent to the United
States only 156,537 pounds of manu-
factured silk valued at $s22067,
against 749,534 pounds, valued at
81 1,963,275, in January, 1918.
Imports Of manufactured silk during
January last were valued at So ,0G9, las,
compared with si,003,126 in January
last year
Exports Of manufactures Of silk from
the United States for the month Of
January last increased 80 per cent over
the like month last year, the outward
shipments in the frat month of this
year having been valued at S2,277, ,253,
compared with $1,264 300 in January,
1918.
Exports of dress goods during Janu-
ary last amounted to 1,220,051 yards,
valued at Sl,204,224, compared with
83d,711 yards, valued at $672,551, in
January last year.
In January Of this year exports of
hosiery, made of artificial silk,
amounted to 174,709 dozen pairs,
valued at 1872, 2,0b9, and comparing with
the export Of 63,667 dozen pairs, worth
S245,079, in the corresponding month
last wear
New-York tribune., 1919-03-27
Western Dealers Buying
Colored Cotton Goods
Sales of Unbleached Goods by
Converters Reported at
Sacrifice

While mill agents booked a rather
large volume of orders for colored cot
ton goods yesterday, the other branches
of the dry goods market were some
what quiet. Gray goods, or unbleached
fabrics, wero i'll light demand and it
was intimatcd that prices were on n
descending scale. Convertcrs, those
VINO take the unblcachcd product to
fnlsh 1T for sale. we're said to have
tnfoWn goods on the market at sac
rilice. AT the lower levels the better
clrcumstanced mills refused 10 take
orders They insisted upon fun prices
when orders were urged upon them,
Some Of the leading mill agents as.
serted that when gray goods, known
as hl-6Os, "S 70 inches vide, were sold
az az w .cchts yard, the present price,
inc mllis stood to lose money. They
insisted that it cost the mills about
1ola cents to manufacture The product
western merchants bought colorcd
goods in liberal way, and buyers in
sisted that the merchandise should be
shIpped without delay. Some of the
mahuiacturcrs of dcnims, Which arc
used to manufacture the lower rradcs
OF workingmen's clothing, reported
that they have booked cnouph orde ~
to keep their mills busy for some
months TO como.
In The bleachcd good1 end Of the
market orders we're fair being mostly
OF the small lot type. except in The
cHac OF standard brand the price
e. =, wllch was reduced OH Monday. The
demand for this was reported as Inv
ing '"pt9v"d. rs 4 rule buyers Of
most Of the bicHchcd products do moi
cnto 10 order beyond their iuuedin,c
neeuh, their attitude being innuenred
W INC steady dceIng In raw oolton
ana thc slightly lower prieo of M
plehrhcd fnbrlea, WholeAnIo doale,e
~ ufy goods stated that their businoae
wiz, inc South ana West made up a
goodly volume, even though indiyidunI
orders were not large.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-27

tries, for instance, already have begun
placing orders for American made tex
tiles. There is no competition in those
countries with English made mcrchan-
disc, because the latter is so much
higher in price than ours. In fact, ON
the present basis we can undersell tex
tiles from any other country In the
world, with the possible exception of
japan.
"Holland 10 anxious TO buy American
goods and as soon as peace terms are
concluded Belgium will buy from us in
large quantities. Contrary to popular
belief, Belgium has the money to pay
for her purchases and the sales to that
country should be large. Poland,
Czecho- Slovakia, Rumania and Serbia
arc in much the same position, but the
question Of financing purchases In
those countries may be II little difficult.
However. financial arrangements can be
made, wo believe, and wc are going
ahead with ouf plans in that direction.
"Gtceec, Turkey aud other portions
of the LeynnL offer great opportunities
for ua. We have II NAN in Athens nov
and probably lie will proceed Into Tur-
key. Those countries ara In desperate
need Of textiles. particularly eottona,
and the United States ls about the ON y
country that can furnish them"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-27
BUSINESS NEWS BUREAU,
Tribune Building
1S4 Nassau Street
Norwegians Seek
Payment for Ships
Taken by u. S.
Owners Negotiating With
Washington for Settle
ment of Claims Totalling
More Than $5O,OOO,OOO

Negotiations now under way in Wash
ington between representatives Of the
Norwegian Shipowners' Association and
the United States Shipping Board are
expected to bring about in the course
Of the next few days a settlement Of
the claims of the Ncrwegians against
the United States government for the
new Norwegian ships appropriated when
this country went into the war. Be-
tween s5O,o0O,ooo and SIS 5,000,0 900 is in
volved.
Emil Stray, head of the Norwegian
Shipping Commission In this country.
who has Offices In New York, has gone
TO Washington to present the case on
behalf of ths Norwegian interests. An
other Norwegian representative Ia on
his way to the United States from
Chtlstinnia to participate In the nego-
tations. Since the ships, many OF them
on the ways partly completed and
others on which construction had
scarcely been begun. were taken over
the Norwegian nterests have not been
compensated and have been compelled
10 borrow heavily from their banks.
Ons Of tho plans dlecussed for max :
lHE FhSntit VI inc HfHbbnh uHB tHH
Norwegian interests, cree the amount
duo them has been determined, Ia 60
have tho gold deposited Ia tho Federnl
Reserve banks OF tho United states 10
the credit Of tho Bauk of Norway. This
would enable tho Bank OF Norway 10
Issue new currency in Norway against
The gold oil deposit In this country.
thus making II poshible for the Nor
wegnn shipowners to pay off their bank
loans.
main point Of contention between
the Norwegian Shipowners Association
and the Shipping Board at Washington
has been with regard to whether the
United States shipping authorities on
taking over the Norwegian ships reaui-
Eitioped the ships or the contracts un-
der which the ships were being con
stfucted.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-27
Wants Wool Stabilized
Baruch Asked to Take Up Mat
ter With Great Britain

WASHINGTON, March 26-To pro-
tect American wool growers until the
present clip has been disposed of, SEN
ator King, Of Utah, to-day asked Ber-
nard Baruch, former chairman of the
War Industries Board, who is now serv-
ing in an advisory capacity with the
American peace commission, to take
up with the British government the
question of temporarily stabilizing
wool prices among the Allied govern
ments.
Great Britain is said to have several
billion pounds of wool available, and
Senator King desires perfection of
some agreement to prevent this wool
from being thrown upon the market at
one time or in such quantities as to
cause depression Of prices.
The War Department last January
agreed to withdraw from the market
all stocks of wool from July / until
November, to enable growers to dispose
of their present clip.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-27
Business Money

life in suggesting new ones. One
broker WHO has just returned from n
trip IN the South finds that Wholesale
groeers and merchants there do not
want to stock up, they are anxious
10 cut down existing stocks, either
because Of uncertainty. or because they
feaf n further decline In prices,
In the bank acceptance market there
was better demand for bills, and
more bills were obtninable. There Is
practically 10 short term paper on
the market, Some short maturites
nre offered, but hardly any fall due
before the day set for the opening of
the Victory Loan campaign. 1t Is be
licycd that the out of town banks
recently Offering funds here will
shortly withdraw them for the spring
Planting. Some have already done so.
The executive committee of the
American Acceptance Council will hold
meeting at the Merchants Associa-
tion on April 3 at p. m, for the
purpose of electng additional mem
bers and revising bylaws in certain
sections.
Fifteen to sixty-day prime trade ac-
ceptances, 505A per cent; sixty to
nine days, 5151s per cent; indorsed
trade acceptances, az per cent, all
maturities
New-York tribune., 1919-03-27

A considerable volume Of paper was
sold out uf town yesterday. There
Is practically no market in New York.
The trading rate Is bla per cent for
-four TO six months matuttles. Nearly
all paper goes al this figure IN hn
easier market, when the prevailing
rats Is In the heighborhood Of ~
or per cent there Is usually range
Of as much ms IL Of ! point between
prime names and names not SO prime,
When rates move higher, this differ
ontial changes from II to a Of per
cent, and often disappears. This is
illogical, because IL certain names must
pay y of per cent extra for the
risk they involve when rates are low
they should do so when they are
higher; but apparently such firms are
unwilling to pay the added toll when
rates are already high. A few names
of exceptional merit and short ma
turity still sell at 81 per cent, but
the volume is almost negligible. One
house reports that out of, say, every
$1,000000 of paper it sells, only about
$4,000 goes at the lower figure.
Although the old reasons given for
the present singular lack of CONNER
cial borrowing are rapidly falling into
disrepute, paper brokers are not pro-
New-York tribune., 1919-03-27
European Countries ANXIOUS
10 Buy American Textiles
Selling Commission Now Looking Over the Field
Reports That u. S. Manufacturers Need Fear
Little Competition From England or France

REPORTS received from the selling
commission Of the Textile Alliance
now travelling abroad indicate that tex
tiles needed in great quantities by
European countries will have to be sup
piled mostly by American manufacture
ers. Neither the English nor French, it
is said, will be in position to com
pete for this business for some time
to come, as production in those coun-
tries as we'll as other parts of Europe
is almost at standstill. England has
the textile machinery TO proceed with
production on large scale, but most Of
it is rendered idle by the labor crises
in the British Isles. The factories Of
France must be rebuilt, and from pres
eht indications considerable time will
clapse before that country will be able
to produce textiles in excess Of home
needs.
"Trom what our men have learned
Of conditions In Europe sinco they have
been abroad" william Bates, secretary
of the alliance, said yesterday, there
juiHtc. while we can't Bell American
textile In Frnheo or England because
Of the pmbargooB which those countries
have lnd down, there Ia n groat oppor.
tunity nwnting us In almost every
other country. The Scandinavian coun-