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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
CHINA BIDDING
 FOR MAJORITY OF
 AMERICAS SILVER

The silver market has been sensa- tiona1 during the past month. China has been bidding for it insistently and getting practically all of the current production of this country available for export. In 1915, India, which is a, great importer of silver bullion, was nearly cut from supplies by the Ger man sea raiders and in 1906 and 1907 the Indian demands were so large that heavy shipments were made from Chinese stocks, with the result that the latter were much reduced.
 During the last year the balance of trade in favor of China has been larger than ever and the rise of prices has made necessary an. increase of the circulating medium, so that the move ment Of silver from the ports to the interior has been very heavy. The col lapse of Russian currency in the northern part of China has increased the demand fo silver in that quarter.
 With all of our spare silver going across the Pacific, the London market has been in very light supply and easily influenced.
 The coinage rate of our silver dol lar, s1.29 plus per fine ounce has been passed and a few sales made at or slightly above the coinage rate of the subsidiary coins, S1.38 plus, In the last few days, however, buying has been light, and the price dropped off to $1.30.
 The Treasury has authority under the Pittman act to melt a total of 350,00O,000 dollar pieces and dispose of the bullion, and has exercised this authority to the extent of S26O,OOO,- 900. It's plan has been to hold the other $9O.000,O00 for conversion into our own subsidiary coin, as the lat ter was required, but the near ap- proach of the bullion price to the subsidiary coinage rate will induce a change of policy. It would be en- barrassing to have our stock of half dollars, quarters and dimes drawn into the melting pot, and useless to make more of these coins only to be melted.
 Under the circum stances 1t may be thought good policy to. sell some portion of the 90,OO0,000 dollar pieces for the purpose of holding the price of bullion around present figures Increased Demands for Small Coins.
 The demands for China and India are not alone responsible for the rise Of price Silver is the pocket money of the whole world, and the rise of prices everywhere has made a de- mand for more silver coin in circ11- lation. In the United States for the five fiscal years ending with 1914, the purchases of silver bullion for subsidiary coinage amounted to 18.- 226,414 ounces, an average of B. b45,283 ounces per year. In the five years beginning with July l, 1914. it's purchases have been as follows:
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-26

ciOn, como queriendo saber tOdo 10
que nOSotrOs habiamOs hecho por
los hijitos desgraciados de los bra
vos poilus. Y ALI, entire las SOM
brlas ruinas de Arl'as. mi vOz lie
habl0 a aquel descOnocido, acer-
ca de nuestra obra de socorrO por
los enfermos V pOr los huerfanos
nihitos de la nacion martir; obra
que ailn seguiamos realizando.
Con las lagrimas corriend0 por
sus mejillas, aquel hombre me
cogi0 finalmente por ell brazo, y
caminando conmigo unos cuantos
metros, a 10 largo de la calle oscll-
IA y solitaria, me gaio hasta un
edificiO blanco, que simulaba un
esqueleto en- la sombra, y ME di-
io; empujando una puerta:
-Aqul eSta, sonora, ell hotel que
usted busca.
Efectivamente, aquel era el ho-
tel. Saqu6 unas cuantas monedas
Y sc las df. FL me di0 las gra-
cias muy atentamente, y Sc perdi6
entire las tinieblas de la noche.
Luego supe que aquel hombre
era m apache. Pero, para honor
de Francia sea dicho, que 10 mis-
mo sus honrados ciudadanos que
sus apaches, Sc sienten hondamen-
te impresiOnadOs V llenos de gra-
titud. cuando Sc. les habla de 10
que por sus pobrecitos niiios sc
ha hecho, durante la horrorosa he
catombe que hizo trizas el !. coraz6n
de aquel pueblo honrado y valero-
80
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-26

Fstabec;eno consudo exprofeso-Extctas
tai modeno de mayor udad para
las ene5medad cnrabeT con a1es6 M mas eg6aoas pp
ervcioAssenca aculatva de primer ordenCuerpo
Sc adniten tratamnto pago sexo.
pudiendo anddos ss popos medcos por los de So
ssnseialss aiados dos para Ser sso5ss ,,
lares de tard los das sloo"
operacones pcea luz de hidro
e!ecto hdroterapco masaJes ayos * FusurScon etc" pre-
CoNsU1ToR1o
Rafael Cordero, 1922 San Juan, P. r.
objeto elmcntos
los facutatvos guada de dde las de mahana
PERSONAL c1ENT1y1co.
haAsr Director del sanatoro: Dr. Don Julio Banaro
consuta General: sanatoio-Parada 37Hao Rey de tar
Director del Consuloro Don Manuel ouevsdo Baez
Consuta de 5 de la tarde los da Ia
ug C DE- Dom asaa Raias vss I5pes
Consuta: En- Ell Consultoro de 21a tarde los dias aboab
En- Ell Sanatorio paiculares de 10 II de la mahana los Mar
Especia1sta en- ojos Naiz odos Garganta:-D
En- Ell sanato 5A tarde los dias aborabs
Medicos Internos e Sanatoro
Pavis,
Dr.. Don Mario Julia.
cirugla Dental:
r. Noa.
consua oDone, No 10 uazuea col6n
'D''''N raccaptes
tS4Ays14 A. Don yss5 E9tqSf B,.TsoD Fs5DsnqsA
Nicolas Gonzalez
Assnc cuav secundada efcaznente 6 TIias de Carl
dad Nurses tuadas eomea aptitud prach continue lar
soco solo pagan $3.50 al mes e
ME endo aeeho ser ltend cuaquera de ambo establecmen
Presidencia ApartadO 2A1 Tesorsrfa, Apartado 2o.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-26
AGENTE vIAJERO
HABITACIONES

HABITACoNEs. = En- ell
Edifcio Borinquen No. 3-B, Sc
alquila una habitacion c6moda
y ventilada. Sc prefiere una
persona sola o un matrimonio
sin hijos. Advt.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-26
LOS SIsM6LOGOS Y LOS
TEMBLORES. 80.

Aconsejan los primeros para
evitar el peligro del concrete y
ladrillO, comprar una magnifica
casa de MADEIRA, dos plantas, si-
ia en- la Ave. Miramar.
Para informes:-'Los Mucha-
chOs", Sues. de A. MayOl Co.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-05-09
CARING FOR WOODEN
GARMENTS is AN ART
SkiIlfuI Mending Is Means of Pro-
longing Usefulness.
Pressing Will Reduce conspicuousness
and Helps Keep Clothing in Good
condition--Use Moderately
Hot iron.

PREPARED by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Systematic brushing of your clothes
every day will lessen expenditures for
cleaning. Brushing done with a cir
cular motion removes loose dirt, re-
stores the nap and will help remove
shine"
Skillful mending of wool garments
is another means of prolonging their
period of usefulness, say home eco
Monies experts of the department of
agriculture. The success of a mend
depends on maintaining the soft APP
pearance of the surface, duplicating
the weave, and using colors to match
those in the garment.
Darning is practically the only
method that will fulfill all these re-
auirements. If the material is cotton
in one direction and wool in another,
make the darn correspond to the fibers
In the original. Identify the weave
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-05-09

and duplicate it as nearly as possible
Use colors which match, or neutral
tones with specks of color as near the
shade as possible. Use net, tape, or
mending tissue whenever possible for
reinforcement. Press the mended
place and ii will be less conspicuous
Careful pressing not only adds to
the appearance, but helps keep CLOTH
ing In good condition. Pressing OF
clothes can be satisfactorily done az:
home If the characteristics of the finer
are known. The first thing to consider
Is the telling property Of the wood
fiDer and the Importance Of avoiding
any method Of pressing which wfk
cause the garment to shrink and lose
it's soft and fluffy nature. Use a mod
erately hot iron and pressing cloth
wrung as dry as possible. Place tina
cloth on the right side of the garnlemG
and press until the pressing cloth Ess
dry. Remove the cloth, and the sur--
face of the material will look soft an&
fluffy. The wool material will not be,
entirely dry. Turn the. garment ana
press on the wrong side till dry. Tf
pressed on the right side, the nap or,
fuzzy surface is pressed down so tight
ly that the garment is shiny.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-05-09

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
In many sections, both North and
South, the mOther-daughter clubs or
ganized by the United States depart
ricultural colleges are more popular
than organizations in which the women
and girls work separately. It's diff
cult task to stir up much enthusiasm
In children when their parents are not
interested in the proposed work. Few
children succeed in a project about
which the father and mother are in
different, and that is one reason why
the partnership type of club has
proved such a success. Four years ago
Kansas had a membership of 80 doing
mother-daughter work. In 1918, 1855
women and girls in the state were en-
gagged in this branch Of club activity.
Kansas Club Heads List.
The Glenwood Mother-Daughter club
in WyandOtte county, Kansas, which
started four years ago, is perhaps the
state. and has won first state honOrs
for three successive years. In 1916, In
club contest where 33 northern and
western states competed, this club took
first prize.
The change in the social conditions
of the community which has come
about as a result of the GlenwOOd
clubs efforts has been even more re-
markable than the canning records.
One of the farmers in this commu-
nifty who was discouraged with farm
ing advertised his farm for sale. A
few months after the organization of
the her-daughter club the real es-
tate man found buyer who offered
this farmer his price. But things had
changed, and Mr.. Would-Be-City Dwell
err replied: "My farm is not for sale now.
NV family is interested in this mother
daughter club business, and there
would be serious trouble in the family
if | should try to sell out and leave
this community" He did not sell and
he has not since advertised his farm
for sale, for living in the country is
popular in Wyandotte county these
days.
The club started with the motto +:
Lets do something big; let's all make
this canning club the best known in
Kansas and it has lived up to it.
Twenty-Five composed the membership
the first year. In 1913, "A girls and
women in the Glenwood community
belonged to the organization. Nineteen
hundred seventeen was the banner
year as far as quantity Of products
canned is concerned. The 6S members
put up 11,545 quarts of fruits, meats,
vegetables and soups. The output last
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-05-09

year would have exceeded that of 1917
but for the draft. Even with the gar
dens almost failure from lack OF
rain, the Glenwood club put. up $40
quarts of food products with a total
valuation of $4,459.22.
Club lnsures Reforms.
The most noteworthy achievements
of the club, however, are the changes
that have taken place In the comm
nifty at large. Before the club was
started, people living in that vicinity
were wont to remark regarding any
proposed public meeting: mo uses
you can't get anybody out" Witbi2
the short period of one year everybody
began to respond to notice of club
meeting, and the question was: where
are you going to put them ALI"
The country farm bureau four years
ago had only one representative In the
GlenwOOd community. Now practically
every home represented in the club In
represented in the farm bureau.
The different teams meet regularly
to hear demonstrations on canning
worthwhile addresses relating to home
making interests, and to enjoy social
good times. PicnicS are held and CLUB
meetings have become the big events
in the community.
In fact, social conditions there have
changed completely. The country
church was falling into decay four
years ago. Now it is full of vigorous
life and has a well-paid minister with
burning desire to make country life
better in his community. The four or
FIVE schools in the community which,
previous to the clubs organization
had been inadequately equipped and
taught ranked last year among the
best in the country, with the highest
paid teachers and the best buildings
The methods of teaching domestic
science in the schools have been Inn
proved as a result of the clubs infiu-
ence.
A prominent feature Of the club
work has been the exchange or Earns
products. The family which has SUI
plus Of green corn exchanges perhaps
with the one which has an abundance
of cherries or beans. In this way
every home is supplied with the prod
ucts it needs Choice recipes are also
exchanged among the members. !,
Girls in mother-daughter clubs be-
come much interested in home life, and
in learning to do the homely arts In o
better way. The wholesome contest I'm
the work has taken much OF the
drudgery out of home canning, and
the whole family enjoys the productx-
The interests of the community are
tied together by such a club and it's
members learn to know and appreciate
each other better.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-05-09
Fruit VINEGAR.

Save the fruit parings. boil them i'm
just enough water to cover, strain and
set away to ferment, adding a piece OF,
vinegar mother" OF vinegar pyarf.
which you can get from grocer. Ad6
the rinsings from fruit Jars to fsifs
and you will be sure to be supplied
with vinegar.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-05-09
To Others.

Il know / don't play whist well, but
/ only play cards for amusement"
well, your game is certainly anus
ing."-Boston Transcript
New-York tribune., 1919-07-07
Carranza Stops Oil
Drilling Without Permits
Mexican Soldiers Placed on
Guard Over Unfinished
Financial Bureau
Special Correspondence

opecfU Correspondence
TAMPICO, Mexico, July 5.-It is the
expressed opinion in oil circes here
that the Carranza government is about
to make a showdown in the matter of
enforcing the provision of the law re-
quiring that no oil we'll shall be drilled
without an official permit having first
been issued for same. Heretofore the
American and other foreign operators
have ignored this provision of the law,
as they deemed it but a method for
bringing about the naturalization of
the oil producing lands. The deter
mlnation of the government to enforce
the law is shown by the stopping a
few days ago of drilling operations on
three wells where no permits had been
obtained. Detachments of soldiers
we're used to force the drillers to sus-
pend work, and the unfinished wells are
now under military guard.
In view of the fact that the issuing
of drilling permits is entirely at the
option Of the government authorities
such permits may be refused on the
grounds that the oil is a national re-
source, or for whatever other reason
that may come to the mind Of the
official
Another feature Of the oil industry
in the Gulf coast fields of Mexico that
is beginning to attract attention is the
activity of Mexican business and finan-
cial interests in obtaining control OF
oil producing as we'll as undeveloped
properties in tie different fields Sew
eral large native companies have been
organized recently for this purpose.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-07
Wigmakers Profit by
Effects of Inffuenss
Thousands of Persons VIZ,
Have Lost Hair Demand
Artificial Substitute

Wigmakers of Philadelphia have
trebled their business since October.
The supply Of human hair has been
hardly sufficient to meet the added de-
mands OF the trade, they say.
Influenza is given as the reason for
the tremendous increase in wigmak-
ing. Thousands &C persons who were
attacked with this disease have Wis
tied the city wigmakers carrying the
hirsute adornment of happier days
and beseeching the experts to turn
them out something lfelike in the way
OF t:oupee before their friends begin
to make personal remarks about their
resemblance to hard boiled egg.
The loss of hair in Philadelphia has
been appalling" said Anthony Buch.
wigmaker. "The worst of it is that
many persons whose hair had fallen
out could not use it again. II was
lacking in elasticity and life"
"igmakers decline to estimate tho
poundagc of false hair that is daily
garaded on the streets of tho city.f
Philadelphia Bulletin. ~
New-York tribune., 1919-07-07
Simms Oil Getting Busy
First Drillings Will Be Made in
Ranger Field
fin1nctdL BNrc0W
Special Correspondence

FINANCIAL Bureau
Special Correspondence
HOUSTON. Tex, July 6.-Prepara-
tons by the Simms Oil Company, which
was incorporated here with a capital
stock Of s10,ooO,oo0, for the develop
ment Of its large lease holdings are
we'll advanced. it is authoritatively an
nounced. This company is subsidiary
OF the Simms Petroleum Company,
which was recently incorporated under
the laws Of Delaware. The holdings Of
the Texas corporation embrace 424 900
acres of land leases. These properties
are we'll scattered over the Central
and Southwestern parts Of the state.
The first drilling operations will be in
the Ranger field, where it owns proved
acreage. Other wells will be drilled
in the territory lying to the south of
Eastland County, where many wild cat
wells are being put down. E. F. Simms,
OF Houston, who promoted the new
companies, has spent much time in New
York recently.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-07
Bad Weather Put
Check ON Texas
Oil Rigs in June
Derricks, Nevertheless, Rise
Over Producing Fields
Like Forests Overnight;
Carpenters Reap Harvest
Financial Bureau
SDccinj Corrcep0u1cnco


AUSTIN, Tex, July 6.-No influence
Is more retarding to development of
the Central West Texas oil fields than
bad weather. But for the almost inces-
SAINT rains and the consequent muddy
roads that at times were impossible for
trucks and wagons, the month of June
would have shown far greater progress
IN the matter of number of completed
wells and possible increase of produc-
ton than was actually made In order
to remedy the difficulties of heavy haul
ing several million dollars is to be
spent during the next several months
IN the group of counties where oil has
been found in the construction of good
roads.
1t will be surprising if the produc-
ton of the Central West Texas fields
Tor the present month does not show
an increase of at least $4,000 barrels a
month of June. This prediction is
based on the large number of wells
that are now down almost to the pay
sand. This is true of all the producing
fields. and is especially true as to
Ranger, Desdemona, De Leon, German
and breckenridge. In the Burkburnett
field the increase of production during
the next few weeks is not expected to
be large, due to the fact that the
checkered with wells. 1t is regarded
as possible, of course, that new outly-
ing pools may be discovered in that
section which may upset present fore
casts.
Practical operators are apparently
sanguine that the trend of the oil
strata extends northwest from Burk-
burnett, and it is upon this theory that
extensive drilling operations are now
being conducted in the vicinity of
Vernon, Yuanah and other towns situ-
ated along the Fort Worth e. Denver
City Railroad
That there is no decrease in oil
exploration and exploitation, but, on
the contrary a steady increase of the
industry, is shown by the records of
the lumber mills which make a special
ty of cutting derrick timbers. The de-
mand for derricks, cut and framed
ready to set up, is greater than ever
before; the mills are far behind with
their orders, the railroads are con-
gested with these shipments and other
materials that enter into the industry.
1T is assorted that more than 1000
new derricks we're set up during the
month Of June in different parts of
the state, and that the total number
of wells now being drilled or in prep
aratlon for drilling is not less than
5000. Transfers and all classes of
laborers that are necessary in oil de-
velopment operations are rcaping q
golden harvest. 1t often happens that
a company is so anxious to get a we'll
down in the shortest possible time that
1T pays enormous bonuses to it's field
workers. Carpenters from all over
the country have 7ockcd into the diff
1erent fields and are being paid high
Il 81.
in various other kind of construction
work.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-07
Water Made From Dew

The ancient "dew ponds" of England
have their modern counterparts on the
rock of Gibraltar, where drinking wa
ter is obtained by the condensation of
the abundant dew in especially pre-
pared basins.
The primitive process consists in
making hollow in the ground and fill
ing the bottom with dry straw. over
which is placed layer of clay On a
clear night the clay cools very rapidly
and the dew is condensed into water in
the basin.
The pond is improved by putting a
under the straw. At Gibraltar the
present practice is to use wood instead
Of straw and sheet iron instead of clay.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-07
-Markets-InVe eStm entS
castings seldom orm
C Co.
Old Timers Dazed

! -
C Co.
Old Timers Dazed
Old school bankers are not only
amazed, but are alarmed, at the un-
| precedented speculative interest in the
shares Of leading corporations. Com
pared with the low levels prevailing
early in the year there has been an
appreciation in New York Stock Ex-
change values probably in excess of
$4,000, 100000. The question agitating
the minds of financers and many
others is how much higher the stock
market may go before it breaks upon
the rock of some unexpected occur
renee. Wall Street has never expert
enced such protracted bullish activity
and majority of the old stagers in
the financial district are literally" up
in the air."-E. w. Wagner e Co.
New Issues Sell Readily
The public interest in investments
is enormous and new issues are readily
sold. Many very attractive opportuni-
ties of this kind are available, provid-
ing safety with an outlook for improve
ment in market values.-Paine, Webber
C Co.
Keeping On the Alert
AS every one knows to his discom-
future, commodities have risen enor-
mously y and beyond all reason Securi-
ties alone have Jagged behind. Psychol-
ogy, or the public state of mind, has
not little to do with the advance; for
while worldwide scarcity has been the
main lifting power, the law of supply
and demand appears to be temporarily
impaired if not suspended, by a
universal breakdown Of buyers op-
position to high prices. AS long
as buyers will pay, sellers will de-
mand; and nothing short of exhausted
purchasing power on the part of the
public seems likely to stop the present
unreasonlng upward movement in mer-
chandlse. This country is living in a
state of exalted prosperity, the end of
which is not yet seen; and hard III eaded,
practical business men consider it more
advantageous to go with the f1oodtide
Tor the time being, keeping a sharp
lookout for evidences of the returning
ebb.-Hsnry CleaUs 6 Co.
Shifting of Interest
One feature of encouragemen has
been the marked shifting of intere st
to the steel and copper groups. The
steel industry is showing a noticeable
revival, and it is expected that the
forthcoming report of the United
States Steel Corporation will show a
gain IN the amount of untitled orders.
W. J. WeIlman e Co.
Expect Easier Money
The burst of enthusiasm with which
the stock market closed the week is
the result Of realization by the public
that there will be an abundance of
easy money on Monday and thereafter,
until it becomes necessary to finance
the harvesting and marketing of the
crops.-C. /. Hudson C Co.
Not Question of Values
This market long ago ceased to be q
question Of values. 1t is q pure ques-
tion of public psychology--to put it in
more homely phrase, of what there
is left in the strong box, in the stock
ing and in the little old account over
at the First National-The Odd Lot
Review.