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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-12
Thank You. Juniors

Inc lOllOWlnS juniors sent IN
their letters" and It's sad but
true" that some of them were dupli-
Gates of letters that other Juniors
had sent in before, and some were
so very much like other stories that
they were almost the same story
and SO we were not able to publish
| them.
Just write what is in your own
head and then it can't be like any
one else's story, can it? OF course
not, any more than your head is
like some one else's. It's very
much like the heads of other Ju-
niors, but it is different, that is
what makes, you, you.
We are so sorry that we couldn't
print all of your letters this time.
Don't give up, please, try real soon
again, and you will probably sue
coed much better next time.
Thank you for sending these let
ters, all you Juniors whose names
follow, and let us hear from you
soon again:
Virginia Lonsine, Whitewater, 3B.
Osa May Rowley, Whitewater.
Rosetta Lunis, 5B, Whitewater.
Georgia Keesling, ga, Whitewater.
, Thelma Kelly, ga, Whitewater.
Donald Essenmaker, GA.
Elsie Baker,,
Russell Green, ga, Finley.
Rudolph Drifmeyer, 5B, Finley.
Stella Ebert, "A, Finley.
Rosaire Burt, Finley.
Pansy Wilson, "A, Finley.
Constance Hall, ga.
Mary Schneider, ga, Warner.
Herbert M. Finley.
Vivian Lindsey.
Bertha Landrieth.
! Theresina Portfolio, 5B, Whitewater.
Ralph Cunningham.
Blanche Cotman.
Mary Hodapp, Finley.
Lawrence Daily, Alb, Starr.
Mary Estelle, "a, Starr.
Mary Ruth Decker, ga.
Martha Titus, Alb, Finley.
Mary Wesler.
Carl Rogers, S. Eighth street.
Ruth Lucille Unthank, IA, Starr.
MILFORD H. Nuss, ga, Warner.
Robert Pyle, BIB, Warner.
Elizabeth Holt Warner.
Lilah Van Etten, Warner.
Mildred Bromley, Warner.
Gertrude Peden, 3B, Warner.
Zenobia Linezey, "A, Finley.
Francis Drifmeyer, age II, Finley.
Effie Lamtz, Alb.
Elizabeth Riggs, Alb, Starr.
Yvonne Coates.
Marie Landrieth. ..'
Martha Yedding.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-12
Getting Violets with Daddy

Last spring Daddy and l went
along the river to gather violets.
We dug some up and took them
home with US. l planted them in
our yard and now they are coming
up again and soon will have lot
of violets.
Dad says It will soon be time to
60 down along the river for flowers
again. Like to 90 to the river
with my daddy.
Helen Balling.
LIST grade, St Andrews School
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-12
Hike Column

1t is as if the pine-trees called me
From the ceiled room and silent
books,
To see the dance of woodland
shadows,
And hear the song of April
brooks.
John Greenleaf Whittier.
GIRL SCOUTS TO HIKE.
Next Thursday. the Girl Scouts
will go for hike right after school.
The story is that they will prob
ably carry bundles under their
arms and that those bundles will
be full of weiners and marshmal-
lows. Which sounds interesting to
say the least. We hope to hear
more about it later.
The boys of the Junior classes of
the "Y," with Mr.. Brunson, have
been meeting at the "Y" building
every Saturday afternoon that the
weather is right and going out for
a hike.
The boys of Troop 2 went for a
walk in the woods last Sunday with
Scoutmaster Scoble.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-12
The Quareling
Greyestolkes

OTeyeSIOtReS
At breakfast everything was dull
until Augusta saw in the paper
that the Earl and Countess of Grey
estolke were visiting the Duke of
Sotheringham in America, at his
noted estate, Sotheringham Hall.
When she saw the name in the pa
per, which was rightfully hers, she
paraded up and down the room, and
cried softly out, "The rightful
Countess of Greyestolke shall
come into her own" For you know
she had told her husband of her
origin. She then produced a letter
which she explained that her moth
er had written and given it to her.
1t was signed and sealed in her
mothers hand. She calculated
how she would produce it when
the time came; and give it to the
Greyestolke family solicitor with
it the priceless necklace, which
she possessed, for she knew that
it was hunted by the pretender to
her title.
He had agents out even now
searching for it. Those intruders
were probably some men of his,
whom he had hired.
Had she known that even at that
moment the figure in the hooded.
dark coat was gazing upon them
from the window, she would have
thought differently, and would not
have taken the necklace from its
silver casket, and showed it proud
ly to her husband, and would not
have kissed reverently the won
derful blue diamond Now here's
secret, don't tell it. The dark
man, who is spying upon them, is
the Earl of Greyestolke. You see
| they thought that Ruth, Augustus
mother had been drowned. So
/ Queen Victoria appointed Ruth's
cousin, her nearest relative, the
Earl of Greyestolke. Had the
queen known that Ruth's daughter.
Augusta Hoolbroke, was alive, she
| would have thought more of the
| matter.
Now the Earl wanted this neck
: lace, and paper of testimony, then
Augusta could not prove that she
was the rightful head of the house
of Greyestolke.
The Earl was Augustus cousin.
Albert. Now Albert knew Angus
ta's husband William and it is not
surprising that Albert was de-
! lighted when one night, William in
vited him to a dinner dance, as
/, dinner was over, they soon be-
gan dancing.
They danced for nearly an hour,
Albert made out that he remem-
bered forgotten engagement. The
butler helped him on with his coat
and hat, and he pretended to go,
but instead pulled from behind
stone the coat with the hooded
cape, then he got in an open win
dow and went up the circular stair
case, down the hall till he came
| to a room, his agents had learned.
where Augusta kept the papers
and the necklace. He opened the
door, 1t was a very large room,
paneled, hung with draperies. big
massive backed chairs. But be-
tween two of the largest windows
/ at the end of the room, under a
canope, on small table, lay a
| large silver box. He strobe toward
it; he tried to open it, but it was
| locked. He took a skeleton key
made for boxes, especially jewel
cases. and soon had it open. He
reached in and grasped the neck
lace and papers. 'Now!" he said
in a low voice, Give got them"
But do not be too sure that Lady
Augusta, the Countess Dowager
of Greyestolke cannot claim her
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-12

Mrs. Nettie Harell was the only
woman in the United States with
a government contract to feed
army men. Upon her rested the
responsibility of feeding 5000 SOL
diers at Camp Purdue. She has
often fried 308 eggs at time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-12

Thursday, the Girl Scouts went
for hike right after school. The
story is that they carried bundles
under their arms and that those
bundles were full of weiners and
marshmallows. Which sounds in
.eresting to say the least.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-12

The maple leaf Is the emblem
Of Canada and stands for freedom,
justice and truth. II Is on the
badges OF the Canadian soldiers
and makes them easily recongniz-
able.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-12
Press Agents

These are the names of the Press
Agents that left their names with
their letters" this week: Vale. III.
Roach; Joseph Moore. Clifford
Game: Whitewater. Marguerite
Muckridge; and Finley, Wilbur
Pond.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
American Beet
Sugar Fails to
Earn Dividend
Deficit After Disbursement
of $932,255 Reported;
Poor Crop and Restric-
tons Result in Smaller
Output

A deficit of $e32,255 after payment
OF dividends was disclosed yesterday
IN the annual report of the American
Beet Sugar Company. The report.
winch covered operations for the fiscal
year, ended March 81, 1919, showed a
surplus before dividends of $1,000, ,739,
equivalent, after a disburse sement of
@ooo,oOo on the preferred stock, to 6
per cent on the $15,OO0,00O common
STOCK; In the preceding year the al
ance Tor the common was equal to 1890
per cent.
The past years deficit was made
larger aar by the fact that deduction of
sedera! a. ter taxes. Expenses absorbed
$6,42o,694 of the gross earnings. other
income dropped during the last two
years from $667,897 to $46O.363. Of
the total receipts, $7,471,3S3 was de-
rived from sales of sugar, contrasted
with $12,5S4, 900 in the 1918 fiscal pc
riod ~
The extent to which war time re-
serlct1ons affected the company's bust
ness last year was shown in decline
OF 767,982 in the number of bags of
sugar sold. At the end of the wear
there were still 6,2S6,0OO bags of un-
sold sugar on hand, compared with
100000 bags year ago. Total pro
ductlon in 191S-1919 was 91S,562 bags.
"The almost unprecedented condi-
tions existing in California" the re-
port added, '"due to the failure of the
usual winter rains Of the planting sea-
son of 1917-1918 and other untoward
causes mentioned in last years report,
were SO disastrous as to result in
production of only 44S,1O5 bags at the
Oxnard factory, compared with 1,047,-
994 bags produced there and at Chino
in ,1917-191S. This decrease, 599,2S9
bags, together with net decrease in
Colorado and Nebraska of 16S,693 bags,
records the smallest output for the
company, since the campaign of 1904
large decrease in earnings for the
year."
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Relevant Comment
The DAVIS Market

Transactions in yesterdays two
hour session approximated a million
shares, perhaps the most active Satur-
day session in a number of years.
The outstanding feature was the sharp
reaction in the petroleum shares. There
were extreme declines of AZ points
in Mexican Petroleum, 515 in Royal
Dutch, New York; AZ in Pan-American
Petroleum, 81 in Sinclair Oil and 91A
in Texas Company. Quick recoveries
brought some Of these issues part Of
the way back, but all closed the day
with net declines. There were reac-
tions in other parts of the lists, so
that the general level Of prices of both
railroad and industrial stocks was
lower. Atlantic Gulf and West Indies
suffered q gross setback Of Az points
and recovered 3h, closing with a net
loss of point. In spite Of this there
was notable strength in the motor
group. Studebaker gained 3 points,
Chandler " and General Motors was
active and firm. Other prominent ad-
vances we're the gain of 21s points in
Industrial Alcohol stock and of 1875
points in Bethelem Steel 8 per cent
preferred. The Liberty bond issues
were firm.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
American Capital
In Canada Doubled
Compilation Shows Investment
in Manufacturing Concerns
Is $264,939.502

Special Correspondence
MONTREAL, May 10.-American
capital investment in Canada has
doubled since the war began. Accord
ing to an estimate given in "The None
tary Times" there are 1888 manufact-
uring plants in Canada which are di-
rectly connected with United States
concerns. The average capital is esti-
mated at $682,834, making a total in
vestment of $264,959, 1922. The actual
paid up capital of seventy-six of the
companies was found to be 1885, $50,
and as these companies were fairly
representative of the whole list, the
average for them was considered fair
basis for making the estimate.
A similar list was compiled by ''The
Monetary Times" in January, 1914, the
number of plants being then estimated
at 45O and the total investment $780,
10000, an average of 100000. A con-
siderable number of branches included
IN that list, however, were mere dis
ttributing agencies. The intention has
been to eliminate these entirely from
the present list and include only those
involving the investment of capital in
such fixed forms as manufacturing
premises and machinery.
The list does not represent the in
vestment Of United States capital ex-
clusively, as the lists of shareholders
OF many of the Canadian concerns in
clude a considerable proportion of Ca
nadlans. On the other hand, there are
large number of companies not in
cluded in the list, the shareholders of
which include many citizens Of the
United States.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Money, Credit and EXCHANGE

In spite of the great Victory Loan
operations of the past week and of the
most active stock market in several
years, loans and discounts Of the New
York Clearing House banks increased
oniy oH Ho 81 $4,000. The total is now
So'ozo,162,oo0. The surplus reserve
now stands at S35,122,99O, a falling off
OF $1,621 100. Net demand deposits in
creased S81,536,0O0 to a total of
S4,l2l, $4,000. United States govern
ment deposits with the banks at the end
Oh the week aggregated S21O,755, 900.
compared with 1897 $4,000 in the week
before. "e0A
The Federal Reserve Bank Of New
1ork reported gold in its vault and in
sne gold settlement fund of 1886, 5,627,359
ana redlscounts and advances against
United States government oblipat;ons
of $741 1,711,514. e-0""
| Bank Observation-Disclosures wcra nm
changed yesterday.
Thirty Sixty Ninety
spot de- days. days. days.
livery: Per cent? cent Per Cent
Eligible
member
banks ....4h@4 4M@4h 4a@4M
Eligible Y '/@
non-mem-
bsr banks.4*@4 4a@414 47a@4a
Ineligible
bank bills.5A A@4lA 5I4@4La 5A@4az
Sor delivery within thirty days:
r,.,, Per cent.
Eligible member banks. az
Eligible nom member bapxs. 4H
Ineligible bank bills.
Discount Rates.-The following tahle
gives the current rates of the twelve
Federal Reserve banks on commercial
paper for all periods up to ninety days:
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Finance Economics

Copyright. 1919. New York Tribune Inc.)
Yesterdays break in the oil
shares, with no specific news to
account for it, any more than there
was any specific news to account for
the recent ecstatic upward whirls,
could not be said to have come as a
surprise. Commission house letters
before the opening of the market
were replete with just such warn
ings. "Such a setback comes," said
one, when there are no bears left,
even among the professional ele-
ment." eve expect very heavy
proft-taking to-day in the issues
that have been commanding most
attention." remarked another. "Too
many professional traders have
more stocks than they care to think
about paying for on Monday" 1t
was pointed out that when the first
real selling came along it would
certainly make a reaction on the
same grand scale as the speculation
on the long side. Yet it was note
worthy that with oil shares dropping
right and left, to 10 points, the
whole market did not decline. There
was notable strength in the motor
group.
The fall of 629,887 tons in the
orders on the books of the Steel
Corporation, not announced until
after the close of Saturdays mar
ket, brings the total remaining on
the books to 4,800,685 tons. The
statement may have little market
effect. 1t is overshadowed by the
collapse of the Industrial Boards
plan to stabilize prices.
Some folk in Wall Street NAV
have had their notions a bit logged
when the government on Thursday
reported winter wheat condition
of 1905. They had come to look
at the figure 100 as representing
perfect. How could condition be
better than perfect. What 100
actually represents is normal"
This normal is somewhat fictitious
and does not represent the average.
which for ten years has been only
1914 at this time. 1t is arrived at
IN this way: Most farmers know bv
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
A Satisfactory Reaction

In stock market circles, where it has
been felt that the rise in the oil stocks
has been too rapid for the general good,
yesterdays reaction was viewed with
considerable satisfaction. The violent
break in Sinclair Gulf on the curb
was pointed to as a striking example of
the dangers lurking in too Jealous spec
ulation. The decline in that stock,
which at one time amounted to 20
points, probably precipitated the sell
ing on the "big board" with resultant
pronounced heaviness in Texas Com
pany, Mexican Petroleum and the Royal
Dutch shares. 1t was significant that
the stocks which suffered the sharpest
declines were those that have been bid
up most rapidly during the last week.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Switzerland Gets Fertilizer
From AIsace-I 1orraine

The Journal d'AgricuIture Suisse
announces that the importation Of pot
ssn fertilizer into Switzerland from
nnisacs-i<orraine was recommended in
IlfsDruary. Unless unforeseen difficult
sss turn up, IL will be possible to fur
H5sn l9 swiss farmers With potash fer
u'Szer for the spring planting. The
ssry.ee for the increase OF agricul-
ssras production, which is branch of
sns Federal food bureau, will furnish
ms tsrtIiizsr, as In the past, TO the
lee buyers and users. The announce
ment is " Importance 70 the swiss
sgrleulturaI industry, az this countrv
III nsss large quantities Of foreign fer
na'zsfs and these products have been
x1Inost unattatnabIe during the war
Senusrcs Reports.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Dodging the Tax

Buyers abound, stocks are gobbled
up at any old price, and where the
most danger lies those stocks seem to
be preferred, which have advanced
the most. Such a situation has
naturally been taken advantage of by
those who were wise enough to buy
cheap few months ago, when pessi-
mism prevailed, to sell dear now, when
optimism abounds. This distribution
while enormous has been largely in
the shape of hedging profits by short
sales, rather than actually taking
them, so as to avoid paying the heavy
income taXs thereon-an ingenious
plan which both protects and saves
This selling has had no appreclable
effect SO far, any more than to put
lot of stocks into weaker hands. G. /.
Hudson & Co.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
The Technical Position"

Many stocks have had large ad-
ments should be made with discrimina-
tion. 1t should be remembered that the
stock market has reached point where
the technical position is much weaker
than three months ago. This country
is going to do big business for many
years and our exports must continue
large. But marketwise level has been
reached where one must expect fre-
quent reactions. On the other hand,
we believe that large earnings for some
corporations will ultimately be re-
fected in higher prices for their Sc
curities.-Anderson, Bruins g. Co.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Omaha Railroad Earned $500
A Share ON Stock i'm 1918

The annual report of the Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis g. Omaha Rail-
road Company for the year ended De-
cember 81, 1918, shows net income
after charges and taxes of $2406,180.
equivalent to $500 a share earned on
the $29,81s,945 combined common and
preferred stocks. In 1917 the net in
come was $2,118,5 ,589, or $71O share.
Compensation received by the company
under the government control plan
amounted to $4,934, 7S9. To this
amount other income of $65,581 was
added. making $5,000370 total. Hold
ers Of the preferred stock shared $685.
151 in dividends, while the common
tribution. Surplus after all charges
and expenses was s690.194, or $287 ,592
larger than that for tho preceding year.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Wea1th-Markets- s-Investments

| experience what their fields "ought'
to produce, with the usual method
of farming, normal weather, and no
unusual losses from disease, insects,
and other hurtful influences. The
yield estimated under such favor
able circumstances is higher than
the average, but lower than the
maximum possible yield. The con-
dition which would produce such a
normal yield per acre is 100 per
cent condition.
1t is no secret that the present
railroad "defcit" is deficit not of
the railroads but of the railroad ad-
ministration. and that the taxpayer
and not the railroad stockholder is
suffering by it. Also it is no secret
that it is not deficit at all; even
the railroads are more than earning
expenses. There is merely a differ
ence between the comfortable aver
age earnings of the years 1915.
1916 and 1917 and earnings of the
present year. And the taxpayer is
paying that difference to the rail-
road stockholder.
But you would think, from the
tone of comment on present railway
earnings, that all this was a secret.
Perhaps it is thought that present
earnings indicate similar earnings
when the roads are handed back.
Those who think thus should reflect
upon the indications of business re-
vlval and the results of carrying the
greatest American wheat crop in
history. Further, vast difference
may be effected in cutting down ex-
penses by economies under private
operation. There is now no incen-
tive for economy. If your road
earns more than the government
guarantee, the government will take
1t away; If less, the government
will make it up. Putting the rail-
roads on their own feet would re-
store that direct incentive to econ
omy, that constant supervision.
which probably far exceeds any gain
from the joint use of terminals and
ticket Offices and other facilities.
desirable as it is that such joint use
be continued.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Little Prospect
Ut Early Payments
On St. Paul Stocks
Annual Report Shows Gov.
ernment Far Behind on
Cuarantee-Is Forced to
Borrow to Pay Interest

Ihere Is little hope of early dividend
payments on either the preferred or
common stocks of the Chicago. Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railway, according
to statements by R. M. Calkins. presi-
dent, in the company's annual report for
1913. Net earnings, after all deductions
except interest on floating debt, last
year were $6,241,509. President Calkins
estimates that the surplus was about
$4,9OO,O0O, but this is not available for
distribution to stockholders, as only S..
275,ooO of the government compensation
of $27,946,771 had been received un 70
December 81.
The 1918 net earnings after charges
were equivalent to 5.36 per cent on
the S116,274,900. outstanding preferred
stock, compared with 1856 per cent
earned in 1917. Other income added
S2,477,0o5 to last years Federal rental.
bringing the gross income up to $780,
42S'776. Interest charges, taxes, etc.,
absorbed $24,1s2,267. The 1918 Fed
eral income account compares with the
PASScuIIS year dS IOlIOWS:
OPERATING 4s4 s11a7ss as71 2o2
operating expenses. 122, 1961O5 S5195' '964
Net revenue. 1o,6e8,34s 2s543, ,23s
lakes 6,1S5 935 6517 oto
Operating income. 4,512.414 22.o2e' OPS
The report disclosed that the COM
pany last year was forced to borrow
$l3,857, 900 to meet its interest obliga-
tons. OF this amount $8,50O,O0O was
supplied by the War Finance Corpor-
alton, $857,000 by the railroad admins
ttratlon and $4,500,O00 by New York
banks.
The intimation that dividend dis
bursements will be deferred indefinite
ly is contained in the following state
ment of Mr.. Calkins:
III the amount due from the rail-
road administration to the company.
$21,671 I'll, is not materially changed
by the adjustments which NAV be
made, there will remain balance
of approximately $4,9OO,oOO, which
when received will be available for
working capital, surplus and dividends.
but until these adjustments are made
1t will not be proper for the board
under the provisions of the articles
OF association of the company, to take
action respecting the disposition Of
whatever balance may remain"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Money and Preferred Stocks

The long outlook is for cheaper
money. If money becomes permanent
ly cheaper the price of bonds and of
assured dividend-paying securities
must go higher. This is one reason
why the preferred stocks Of old-estab-
lished industrials, most Of them paying
7 per cent cumulative dividends, seem
SO attractive to buy and hold. Such
stocks do not relatively receive much
attention in bull market. Their rise
does not depend upon the current up
ward movement, which is induced by
competition in buying and hopes of a
quick profit. S. Bache & Co.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Paris Market Firm

PARIS, May 1o.-Prices were Arm
on the Bourse to-day. Three per cent
rentes were quoted at 63 francs 10 CEN
times for cash; exchange on London at
% francs 81 centimes and the s per
cent loan at So francs 25 centimes.
The dollar was quoted at from francs
IA centimes to francs 10 centimes.