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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
Stolen Fruit

From Talks to Teachers on Pcvchol-
o"y. by William James GIcnry
lEo't:
''Thcre is n passage in Darwin s
! autobiogrnnhv which has often been
quoted and which. for the snke Of bear
ing on a subject Of habit. 7 must now
quote again. Darwin saws:
p to the age Of thirty or beyond
il poetry of many kinds gave me great
pleasure; ; and even as SChoolboy |
took intense delight in Shakespeare. es-
prcially in the historical plays. I have
also said that pictures formerly gave me
considerable and music very great de-
light. But now for many years I can
not endure to read line of poetry. 7
have tried lately to read Shakespeare
and found it so intolcrably dull that it
nnuscated mo. ! have also almost lost
my taste for pictures or music. .
My mind seems to have becomr kind
OF machine for grinding general laws
out of largo collections Of facts. but
why this should have caused tho atrODhy
Of that part of the brain alone on
! which the higher tastes depend | can
! not conceive If hsd INV
1 life to live over again. ! would have
made rule TO read some poetry and
listen to some music at least once every
week, for perhaps the parts of my
! brain now atrophied would thus have
been kept alive by use. The loss of
these tastes is n loss of happiness and
may possibly be injurious to the intel =
I lrct, and more probably to the moral
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03

The circular
to finance Of today would
large of a
individual
accumulated from the individuals savings of the real selfish
problem.
NO industrial
capital foreign
fund in
bankers this fact be
believe that when working of
fundamentally
pending absorption of securities by the ultimate
Suuio the bCm
will not neceSsac the governments
throwing share
in
and this should
of what be done.
There of tn
that those of who
seriously concerned Of
take the thought by
AID the spread educational
tain's as to the future it will be Influenced
situation enter Importantly and
until Of
be erpadp led
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
GOSSIP OF THE STREET
FOREIGN EXCHANGE ABSORBS
< INTEREST OF LOCAL BANKERS
Market Influenced by Doubt When Gold Standard Can Be
Resumed-Gossip of the Street

THE foreign exchange problem continues absorb the attention of
gresse bankers of this Perhaps tho United states
carries than +. du Tont do Nmours Co.,
bearing problem by him
letter the Leo ggnson Co. shows clearly the
stand by his OF subject;
The letter follows:
Of the 22d could contribute helpful
thought solution of the problem foreign exchange
I'm
general the follow failure right tho foreign
exchange situation sufficiently fundamental factors
be enabled offer
by those with the problems
anticipated
81 said when talking
interested in the purchase Of foreign securities unless could that
the this
might
Of European securities should be attempted until he shown
light what be expected the ultimate solution of
problem from
time to time be the thoughtful investor the
conditions, and while purchase relatively small doubtless
nmeorae exchange
benefit and the offering these small dbt> prices
effect their absorption be positively hfu
of the world ,ro,'p
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BUTTER. EGGS AND CHEESE

ceiDts' % $50 $50 tubs. % H,shrsoorins ss% 5Se Be-
extras IS inssf S.its S.Tts sSSs1he; sec
: EGGs irreEuisr. Reeeipts i1.Ts7 cases;
Fresh-Eathsred sxiras 5Sn sec; gathsTcd
i~ S6c: M = so@ssc: nrsts. 4ia 4sc; sec
onds. 46g tsc; state and nearby hsSnsry t
western whites. sod7lc; Pscinc coast. hs q
63c; western and southern gathered gsitss,
gathered brown end mixed: - M@5Ic; fall !"
prime, 4s95sc; 10 ttssG4Tsi ~! n No: 4 "m %
a aar
CHEESE nrm. Receipts, in.47S boxes.
AZ a s0K G; nat. current make. whites. aver.
age run a06 s0k g.: colared snecisls. B0E n
SiK e; white specials. 2"H @HiAc
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s.,:s; 81 ::;; :: ": Y: THE UNITED STATES OFFERS
Nitro, West Virginia, For Sale


A complete industrial community, embrac-
ing 1877 manufacturing buildings, housing
accommodations for 10000 persons and the
utilities and civic improvements that consti-
tute the convenierces of modern city.
LOCATED 16 miles northwest of Charles
ton, w. Va, on the main line of the Kanawha
and Michigan Railway, and fronting three
miles on the east bank of the Kanawha river,
a navgable stream that affords water COM
muncation with world markets through the
Great Lakes on the north and the Gulf of
Mexico and the Panama Canal on the south:
This is one of the worlds largest SMOKE
LESS POWDER PLANTS, includes many
manufacturing units, all of which may be
converted readily to commercial industries.
The industrial community includes SUI
PHURIC ACID PLANT, with capacity OF
70O tons per "a hours; a NITRIC ACID
PURIFICATfON PLANT. capacity 225 tons;
nitrating, colloiding and drying plants; RE-
FRIGERATING AND ICE PLANTS; box
manufacturing plant; machine shop; thirty
storage buildings; sixteen shipping houses, and
numerous miscellaneous buildings.
The civic community embraces 1900 fur
nished portable houses, rs permanently con-
structed executive residences hotels. board
ing houses, dormitories, clubhouses, general
and special stores, cafeteria, moving picture
houses, a 400-bed hospital erected under the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
LONDON STOCK MARKET
Trading Fairly Brisk and Undertone
Steady-Rubbers Hesitate

London. Sept. 3.-Abandonmppt of
the political strike threat by the coal
miners impaired cheerfulness to senti-
ment on the stock exchange today.
Trading was fairly brisk and the un-
dcrtonc of the markets generally were
steady.
Home rails moved up again, and Ar
gentinc issues also were bought. With
continental selling absent, foreign
bonds were firmer.
The gilt t-edged section also was hard.
Oils were better with Shell Transport
and Trading at S3s.
Hesitation was shown in rubbcrs.
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supervision of the Federal Public Health Serv.
ice, 24-room schoolhouse, police station,
bank and administrative buildings.
The utilities include power plant equip
ped to furnish light and supply motive power.
A transportation system, equipped with steam
and storage battery locomotives, and consist
ing of 18 miles Of permanent, broad-gsuge and
19 miles of narrow-gauge railways, ties the
industrial area together A modern telephone
system provides interplant and residential
communication. Sewerage and water systems
safeguard the health of the community and
provide protection against fire. A pitch-sur-
faced macadam road extends through the
reservation.
Nitro is in the center of a region rich in
natural resources. Surrounding coal fields
supply the highest grade of steam and coking
coal. Natural gas is available from wells
located in the immediate vicinity. A high
grade crude petroleum is produced in this
territory.
Labor skilled in iron, steel, chemical, glass
and kindred industries can be recruited from
sections of West Virginia Immediately sur
rounding Nitro.
The United States recommends that parties
interested in particular units of this project
associate themselves for the purpose Of sub
mitting bid for the entire property. To facili-
tate such bidding, government agents will put
interested parties in touch with each other.
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No chsnas In Refined sugars

Ney York, Sept. 3.-The situation
In refined sugar remains virtually un-
changed, local re6ners, with one excep-
tion. stiil being Withdrawn from the
market. Prices are unchanged at DC.
less 2 per cent for cash, for fnc granu-
lated.
Raws arc unchanged at the fixed price
Of 7 .2Sc for o6 degree eentrifugals.
The United States sugar equalization
haard made no purchases yesterday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
GRAIN AND FLOUR

WHEAT-Receipts ia. sol bushels The
market was quiet The quotations follow:
standard inspection standard p-ices-N0. 1
re- ,sd ,o owintsr, , S2Sg; No: l northern spring;
Wntsr s4rltcEy. SIT %59!e 10 "g red 20 smutty. %
ss@ss T9 ,,nfs, TGd Fa!GsS s?a s"q!ty.
pOratiQns purchases of whes, are based
counts: s, No. w5Sst. &c gndsr No. TO- /; u.
Joe under No. i; No. 5 wheat lac under
No |. For all wheat otherwise conform
but deficient in test weight the discount from
the No. price Will b. Sc per bushe for
iSS. %S.. one sraSns Sss ssSonSS @ wsh
other than deficiency IN test weight will
be bought on its merits. smutty wheat viii
smut but tp no case less than &C PEI
6 6nshcl under the corresponding regular grade.
heretofore, &c per bushcl from the regular
grade. Mixed wheat will be discounted from
GS T,t 10 &c; according to quality and condition
mixed wheat at Philadelphia just t'' as he here.
Iotorr' l. e, &c under the Corresponding
, ., CoRN1RSSetp,s, ,I3S a;, $500 bushels The mar,
In car lots for local trade 70 arrive, as 10
quality and location. at sioSV2.O3 per
OATs-Recepts. 76l24 bushels. Trade
was SLOW and the market ruled weak and
lower. With moderate but ample offerings:
white. s2@ ssc; No ! White. SIasSc, No q
white NJ ,S45 s9aslc: No. I white. 7SG Tac ~,
lbs, in sacks. Trade Was moderate and mil
limits were steadily maintained. The quo
tHtiOns are as follows: To arrive per 1870 lbs
In l4O-lb. jute sacks: Winter straight west
ern new. SiOl0a 40: nearby. new tl0d
lO.2h: Kansas straight new, Sll II %
Kansas short patent. new. S1l 500 11.75
spring short patent: old, tl3a 1880; do
old, ;12 5OT13; do. do. new. sli 5Od II Is
! DO. first clear. old so 25 o 10: do. do new
RYE 'FBouR was quiet and unchanged
! We quote at s.. 30 per bbl.. in sacks
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
THE BUSINESS DOCTOR
What Killed the Chance
A MAN tried to sell me some insur
4 ance Inst week. He didn't.
BY HAROLD WHITEHEAD
Author 1.-THE Flint Duke
Solver Of Business Probems'

| A MAN tried to sell me some insur-
ance last week. He didn't.
/ lie drifted into my Office and opened
the conversation with the remark: 81
want to talk over little business prop
osition with you.-can I?'
/ Taking a seat, he placed his hat on
my desk in such a position that / saw
the inside of It. Now n new hat with
clean lining may look pleasing, but
an old hat that has seen three hot sum
mcrs Is not
! would try to look at the man. but
in minute would find my eyes look
ing at his hat
!ic laid a policy form in front Of me
and emphasized an advantage he had to
offer by pointing to il with a soiled
finger Instead of looking Mt what he
pointed to was attracted to that none
too dainty finger. for behold. the nail of
1t made fitting companion to the
sweat band on his hat
The man represented (or shall say
misrepresentedN a good company. but |
was SO impressed by his lack Of cleanli-
moss that my one desire was to get rid
Of him.
did.
As he left ! reflected how easily he
might have attracted attention to his
policy instead of to his unkempt self.
lie need only have placed his hat on
another chair lit is always bad form
to put your hat on mans deskD to
have kept its shabby and greasy ap-
pearancc out Of my sight. And had he
pointed to that clause in the policy
with his pencil or pen I would not have
observed That his finger nail was in
dccn mourning.
Only trihCs? Of course, tbpy are,
but it's such trihes as these that nut
sand in the gear box of business sue
cess
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
FACILITIES

There is included in the property to be sold
the following: 1900 acres Of land more or
less: a SULPHURIC ACID PLANT in seven
units with a rated capacity Of 100 tons per
twenty-four hours; NITRIC ACID PLANT in
four units designed to deliver 800 tons Of nitric
PLANT of standard pulp mill design in four
units with a capacity of 225 tons per day,
adaptable to the manufacture of wood 90 well
as cotton pulp; Nitrating. Celloiding and pry.
of 900 rated boiler horsepower; water
system with a capacity of 60,000,000 gallons
Der twenty-four hours, including publication
works, sixty miles of distributing system and
appurtenances; sewer, power and lighting
facilities; q plant railway system, including
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
New York Metal Market

New York. Sept. S.--Coppsr-spot and
September. 2lk 122x C; October. 20 o 224 c;
November, 22Ia a23hc: December. 224 @
2S4 G. January. 23g23x C, Market quiet.
Lead-Spot and September, 5.h5 G5.57c; Oc-
tobeT. $50 q &c: November. 685 q &c; Decem-
Der. 5,70g6.o5c Market easy. spelter--East
ST. Louis, spot and September, z 4OfrT 7 B5r;
October. 1851 zoe: November T4Ih q
7,72hei December. 7,52h d777ssei Janu-
ary T.s1e bid. Market Hrmsr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03

| HTul Ot mOutkOmtfy & W. anu ~. II.
/, Perkins has been admitted TO full part
nership.
A committee representing stockhold =
crs Of the Maxwell Motor Company,
! Inc, and Chalmers Motor Corporation,
Of which Harry Brenner Is chairman, 81,
! has issued an announcement of a plan
| for rcadjustment of the two corpora .
! tions, which contemplates merger
/ into one company.
Although there has been official de e
| nial of the report that directors of the
Texas Company were considering n plan
for recapitalization. persistent rumors
continue to circulate through the fnan-
cial district that some holders of large
blocks Of the stock had been sounded
out on such plan. In some quar-
ters it was reported that these hold
ers asked for distribution Of the new
stock IL it was created on the basis Of
more than five shares for each share of
old stock held.
The average price Of twenty active
industrial stocks advanced I 81 per cent
yesterday to 10626. while the twenty
railroads advanced 900 per cent to
81 80.
The Philadelphia Company has shot
its well in Union district, Harrison
countT. w. Va. increasing the daily
production from thirty to sixty barrels.
Other wells are being drilled =
The Federal Reserve Bank of Phila-
delphia in its review of business con
ditions says: "Whilc the volume of bust
ness transacted is very satisfactory, the
business community is disturbed over
the outlook owing to the continuance of
labor agitation and governmental cf-
forts to reduce the cost of living. In
reply to our inquiry regarding labor
troubles and the remedy for their solu =
tion, We were surprised to learn that
actual difficulties were few. Manufac-
turcrs say that labor has been spoiled
by the unusual high wages and bonuses
existing during the war period. They
have saved very little: have bought
I articles to which they were not ac
| customed. and. of course. do not desire
to go back to former conditions"
The New York Subtrcasury gained
$503,00 from the banks yesterday
making cash net gain since Frida,
of S21 ,4S0 900.
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rolling stock; box factory; civic develop
4 ment comprised of houses for 10000 persons;
stores, school, hotel, 4o0-bed hospital, milk
plant, laundry and ice plant
The plant Is located on nsyigable river and
on the lines Of the Kapawhs and Michigan
Railway, and is in the natural gas and coal
belt. There are large stocks Of mechanical
supplies, chemicals and commissary supplies
and a river feet consisting of steamer, der
rick boat, barges, etc.
p INFORMATION CONCERNING THE
PLANT AND FACILITIES and TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE SALE may be obtained
upon application to l. H. Francis, Chairman
Street, Philadelphia, Pa, or to the Officer in
Charge of the Plant at Nitro. w. Va
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
FINANCIAL BRIEFS

There has been admitted to the reg
ular list Of the Philadelphia Stock Ex-
change SEQ, 900 additional common stock
of the General Asphalt Company, issued
10 exchange for $4,000 preferred
stock: S2S5,0OO additional the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company construc-
tiou mortgage per cent sterling stamp
ed dollar bonds, 1913: $4,000 additional
first preferred stock Of American Stores
Company, issued In exchange for a like
amount of first preferred stock of Acme
Tea Company. There has been struck
of the regular list S283 900 Public
Service Corporation of New Jersey gen
cral mortgage . per cent sinking fund
fifty year bonds, purchased for the
sinking fund.
Bank clearings in Pittsburgh last
week were S121 ,00T, PAT, as against
| S113, ,233 .103 during the same week last
year. Exchanges during August were
S;IB7 .2N2. .442. as against S5j4 $50 ,Tj4
in August, 1918.
T.. Puscy Passmore. governor of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia,
is back at his desk after a vacation
spent at Buck Hill Falls in the Poconos.
William II. HUT. deputy governor. Is
on trip to Nova Scotia.
Stock trading in Pittsburgh during
August was the largest of any month
since December. 1916. tho turnover in
the month just closed having been S11,
520 shares, as compared with ,069. =
! 200 in December, 1916. However. min
ing issues made up 705, 725 shares of
tho August total. Exactly half the
trading was in Pittsburgh jerome Cop
per.
The New York Stock Exchange has
received the following applications to
list: The Cleveland and Pittsburgh
Railroad Company. S523 $50 additional
special guaranteed betterment stock
bethlehem Motors Corporation. tempo
rary certificates for 1870 900 shares cap
ital stock without nominal or par value :
Keystope Tire and Rubber Company.
1906, 43O additional common stock.
-
Cross earnings of sos. .503, $40 were
,hown 1, tho ANIMAL report of the Amer
ican Hide and Leather Company for
tho fiscal ycnr ended June 80. This
compared with $40. .1O4 .42S earned in
1918. and $24 .076.S2j in 1917. While
the volume Of business was 2 per cent
less than in 1918. the net earnings were
tbn loroast in the histpry of the pom =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
Propertyo Sold Includes
Units Which Industries

Sealed proposals will be received at the office
of I. H. FRANCIS, CHAIRMAN OF THE
I7lO MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
Pa, until 1900 o'clock noon, September 80,
1919, at which time they will be publicly
United States Government Explosives Plant
"C,". located at Nitro, West Virginia, which
was constructed by the United States for the
manufacture of smokeless powder. Proposals
must be for the purchase, either for cash or
for rart cash and part deferred payments
amply secured and rnust cover all right. title
and interest of the United States in all real
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
EAR SILVER

Commercial bar silver was quoted in
New York today at s1.1s1s an ounce,
4 decline Of Mc, In London, the price
was oid, unchaneed,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
CHICAGO BUTTER ANo EGGS

Chicago. Sept. 8...EUTTERTSscsipts; u
SoL as4c; ssfconds $50 4ehc. g
PEoGs-Rscsipts. ls.soa cases. Ei-rr
miscellaneous. sT@4be.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
FRESH FRUITS
EGETABlES S

Potatoes and onions were in fair request
and steady. Cabbage was lower under more
ltreral OFFERINGS. Quota tions: White pot toes.
E;;t:En 81 seOrS ylrE,9iso S@SbjN9 @bj, 1ol
lower grades. sog aoc white POTATOES, per
| 15e-Ib. sacks. 80. 7S "a 80. Sweet potatnes-
| southern No 1. per hbl.. s4d $50: do. No. ..
ner. bbi.. ,taea.bo; Jersey. per hs skst. 81 q
do. New York. domestic, per ton, S70m 75.
Onions. New Jersey, per basket; 81. 25@ so;
! do, do per bushel-ha mner. 81 JOG2. IS: do.
| per ioO-lb kacke s.. 5O@3.Ta.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03

estate appertaining to this plant and all equip
ment fixtures and personal property thereon
and thereunto belonging, except that title to
certain fixtures and personal property is re-
served to the United States, Information re-
garding which will be furnished prospective
bidders on request. All proposals are to
form of certified check made payable to
the Treasurer of the United States in the
amount of 100000. The United States
reserves the right to reject any or all bids
and to accept that bid which it is deemed
will best serve the interests of the United
States. ....
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03

The publicity given the campaign
against high prices is leading retailers
to conservatism in wholesale purchas-
ing, according to leading dress manu-
facturcrs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03

CHEESE-The market ruled Arm with de-
mand absorbing the limited offerings. The
quotations. New York and Wisconsin whole
milk hats, current make, fancy, 32A a S2h c;
specials higher; New York and WisconHln
whole-milk hAts. current make. fair to good
81 gaze; jobbing sales OF fancy goods 80
Sac.
BUTTER-The market ruled firm and ic
higher. with demand readily absorbing the
limited offerings. The quotations: Solid
packed creamery extras Soc: high scoring
goods. 90 q B2c. the latter for Jobblng sales
extra hrsts 5sc: hrsts. bSh q 56c; seconds,
81 a b3c; sweet creamery, choice and fancy.
0l a 6Sc: do, fair to good, 100000; fancy
brands of prints jobbing at "a a 06c: fRfr
10 choice, h4 a 89c.
EGGS - Fine new-laid eggs were well
cleaned up and ruled firm at the late sd-
vance, The quotations: Free cases. nearby.
SIC. 2e per crate; current receipts that will
grade. 3i5. 80; fair to good Sl4. 40ml5; west
ern. extra frsts 1920 per case; hrsts. SII
@l6.60; arby and western. seconds, Sl3 u
dl41O: inferior lots lower fancy selected
eggs jobbing at 81 a 16ac per dozen.
POULTRY
LIVE was more freely offered aud weaker.
with demand light. Quota tions; Fowls,
fancy hEn RsSyy stocF Sisher do Wit. Ios,. fEs
horns Via eyprssa, 500 sic; spring Chickens
SrgilsIEs IbsEhU5ns sSsSGEskInn:s
chiiss.1Ss sEotls5s 91t LsshOrns yeie,
Sic; White IssSorns. 1siIo1-ssinSSssdL.' wsIsS,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
BUSINESS NOTES

/
The publicity given the campaign
against high prices is leading retailers
to conservatism in wholesale purchas-
ing, according to leading dress manu-
facturcrs.
As leather Is not specifically men,
toned in the new customs tariff Of the
Bahamas, 1t is subject to % per cent
ad valorem duty, according to reports
received by the Tanners Council of
America.
Tabulation by the Credit Clearing
House Of more than 100000 actual
transactions involving close to $780,
400, 900 during August shows that
throughout the country buying was
heavy. Indebtedness has not increased
in proportion to increased purchases.
w. r. Whitlocls, n tire expert. has
been appointed manager of the Fort
Madison plant of the Perfection Tire
and Rubber Company. Mr.. Whitlock
became identified with the tire industry
before the invention of the automobile.
lie was an executive OF manufactur
ing industry that was one Of the largest
producers OF bicycle tires in the country.
Argentina now Is among the eight
largest customers of the United States.
Statistics show that trade between the
two countries during the twelve months
ended June 30 amounted to S304,OO
600. Countries which exceeded Argen-
tina in export and import commerce
with the United States are the British
Isles. Canada, France, Japan, Cuba,
Italy and Belgium.
Importation Of six months supply
of dyes from Germany for American
/ manufacturers will be allowed under
n ruling announced by the war trade
board. Manufacturers have been re-
ouested to file statements with the board
showing the total quantities OF dyes
needed for the six months beginning Oc-
tober 1.
Virtually all restrictions against trade
with Hungary have been lifted by the
war trade board. 1t is announced that
licenses for the export of American
made goods to that country would bt
issued freely on all commodities except
those of a strictly military nature. ant
that imports to the United States would
be virtually unrestricted.