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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
BUSINESS NOTES

steel mills of the Chicago district
operate around rs per cent, but new
business is very disappointing.
Tho Lancaster tobacco market 10
uemorallzed in every branch. Packers
nave plenty of old leaf and few buyers,
though a packing was offered last week
rs low AS thirty-two cents a pound. and
II was the fine 1917 goods. too. Some
OF the 1918 crop has been sold, but the
number of acres so far contracted for
II so small that the cut into the huge
crop from $4,000 acres Is not noticeable.
,)f that sold, only a few crops went as
low as ten cents pound, the prices gem
er9lly ranging from twelve to fifteen
cents pound. AS a rule. the growers
ask from eighteen to twenty-five cents
. pound, and some will not even name a
Erice. hoping hoom may lift 1t higher.
Inc reason dealers give why the big
cigar concerns of the country are not
puying this Countys new crop are two
io,u-prices are too stiff and the
tobacco does not measure up to the
standard. 1t Ia too close grained, due
10 having grown in dry season and
| cured too fast.
cable from sydney says that Aus
oGa traiia has an cxportable surplus of 175,
oVo.oOo bushels of old wheat. With half
or ITS new crop available, ii can export
2l6'OOO,oOo bushels.
February corn In Buenos Aires Is
around 81 cents and May at Ga. but con-
ditions for shipping are unfavorable, as
| II Is impossible to load vessels, owing to
labor troubles. Port receipts are heavy.
nut exporters are buying none.
The footwear sales business Of the
| tircstone Tire and Rubber Company is
| rapidly increasing despite its compare
i've youth this branch OF production
Z "a n RNn Il
| half ago The manufacturing divisions
! now accupy six wings of the Akron fac
| tories exclusively, in consequence of the
| fact that the original force of twenty
employees has grown to 700 Footwear
sales for 1918 totaled s2.2t6Ol0, as
compared with $4,000 for 1917. The
manufacture of light footwear was be-
gun In May, 1918 and the present out
put of $500 pair day promises to be
doubled soon.
| At close OF the last week, steel mill
| operations in the Birmingham Ala, dis
| trict were: Ensley Works of Tennessee
Coal. Iron and Railroad Company, 90
per cent; Fairfield plant Of American
steel and Wire Company. 90 per cent
Gulf States Steel. Gadsden. SO per cent
to so per cent. Conners. weyman Hoop
and Cotton Tie Mills, at WoSdlawn and
| Helena, to capacity.
The American Locomotive Company
has just closed orders for sixty-two
! engines for foreign roads. The largest
order is from South African railways
for forty mounta&n-type engines, of
! which twenty will weigh ninety-seven
/ tons and twenty ninety-four tons. An
other order for Pacific type engines
weighing fifty-three tons each, Is from
Cheminese De Ferde province De Santa
J Fe OF Argentina, and a third for two
( nineteen-ton Moguls is for shipment to
! Portuguese East Africa. The forty en-
| gines for South African railways will
| be built at the company's Montreal
plant and'others at its Cooke works.
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Financial Briefs

The New York Stock Exchange, hav-
ing received notice from the Delaware
and Hudsan Company Of the declaration
of the usual quarterly dividend Of S2.25 q
share, payable March 90, to holders OF
record February 2s, provided 'that be-
\ fore said date there shall have been re-
ceIved from the United States Govern.
ment sum sufficient in the opinion OF
4 the President with other available FUNDS
~ nav the same, the committee on Sc
& curities rules that said stock be NOT
| ( quoted ex-dividend on February 2s."
Application has been made to the New
York Stock Exchange to List Burns
Brothers. $1s3.800 additiona! common
stock and Corn Exchange Bank s1co'Voo
additional capital stock.
The New York Stock Exchange has
rtrlcken from the list: Monongahela Riv-
~ Railroad Company first mortgage B
per cent bonds, due February !, 1919 ;
United Kingdom OF Great Britian and
ireland two year 81 per cent secured
lean noteg, due February Ia 1918. and
Unltsd States Mortgages ana Trust Co..
xrof mortgage collateral trust per
can't bonds. series !, due February I,
1915.
Tha New York Stock Exchange has
afr1cEeS- from the liiIt: Norfolk and
5 WcG(ITn Hallway Company convertioIe
| q 81: Z g s.'''l "A
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STATE FOOD BOARD TO QUIT
Administration Probably Will
Cease TO Exist About March |

The food administration In Pennsyl-
vania will cease to exist, probably, by
March l.
Already the organizations that before
the armistice occupied most OF three
floors in the Finance Building have so
condensed their forces that only two
officerooinS are needed.
The Philadelphia food army, with its
5000 women members. has disbanded.
while We are in readiness to reor-
ganize our entire forces within five days,
If necessary explained Colonel G.. y.
Mccain, head of the press news divi-
sion, only four division heads, with a
few stenographers remain at headquar-
ters. The hundreds or other employees
have returned TO their former busi-
nesses."
J. S. Crutchf1eld. vice director of the
state administration, rs In charge Of
food plans at present, The mcst active
department remaining is that of trade
distribution. Il. p. Smith Is directing e
the giving of ffohur, permits and at
tending to regulations concerning -four.
sugar and other foods included in Fed
eral rulings. H. II. Wilcox remains as
head OF county organization and Charles
Il. Hepburn continues In his capacity as
head of the legal department
The food administration began cut
ting down its force of paid employees
early in December, and now virtually
only the "dollar-a a-year" men remain,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
ACCIDENTALLY KILLS MOTHER
Majors Young Son Held for
Homicide i'm New York

New York. Feb. s.-In the ChiIdren's
Court today William Thompson, a
tousied-haired hoy of twelve, is 70 be
arraigned on charge OF accidental
homicide. Late Saturday night, IN his
Inother apartment a revolver with
which he was playing went off ac-
cidentally Ills mother. Mrs. Maud Webb
Thompson, was sitting opposite him. Tho
bullet entered her left breast. She died
within three minutes
The mothers body was shipped to
her home in Worcester. Mass, Sunday,
Tho hope of Mrs Waldo Sessions, the
boys aunt Is that she will be able TO
take the son back TO Worcester tonight,
Major Leslie Thompson, of the 30ath
Infantry. Seventy-siNth Division, the
boys father. Is now in Germany with
the American army Of occupation
The boy often played with his fathers
automatic, tho use of which Major
Thompson had taught him. He had al
ways regarded himself as his mothers
protector since his father went to war.
After the accident the youth notified the
police and called an ambulance by phone.
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Labor Unrest Forces
Quick Russian Plan
Continued from rawe One

Continued from RAGE One
been selected to run factories and
other industries.
1t is reported here that the Soviet
is in complete control Of the strike
movement at Belfast, where a de-
mand has been made for a forty
four-hour week.
In Glasgow a week Of forty hours
is demanded.
The avowed object Of tine reduction
Of time is to afford employment for
returning soldiers and to prevent
large numbers from being out of
work.
The recent traction strike in Paris
indicates that something of the same
sort may be expected in France.
The end of the war came suddenly
and left the Allied Governments
without plans to absorb the vast
army soon to be released.
The general idea here is that pub
lie works should have been planned
to give employment to men not
quickly taken into the various in
dustrics, but the Allied Governments
are not ready to meet the situation
and it is impossible to retain soldiers
under arms long enough to make
plans because of the widespread de-
mand for immediate rehabilitation
The situation has many elements
of gravity because of the high cost
of living.
In Paris, for example, the cost of
subsistence is about twice that in
the big American cities.
The chief argument of the moder-
ate press against Bolshevism is that
it has failed to provide work and
food for the people, but that ar
gument is weakened if, as the re-
suit of rehabilitation and industrial
disturbances incident to the change
from the war to a peace basis in
manufacture, large numbers of men
are without work and food remains
extremely high, even under the old
system.
From now on the social side OF
the after-war question is likely to
hecoms more prominent at the Peace
Conference and the international la
Dor commission is likely to assume
large importance.
The outbreak of social unrest is
helpful to President Wilson because
the radical classes generally look
to his leadership, and its pressure,
being made most effective in Eng
land, is likely to force Lloyd George
more and more in Wilson's direction,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Several Lower Court Findings Reversed
by Higher Tribunal

Decisions with opinions were handed
down by the Supreme Court today in the
following sases:
Stewart, j.:
Mcclure ct al appeal. Fidelity Title and
Trust Company. of Pittsburgh. appellant
&C.. =. Allegheny. Judgment affirmed. Like
Judgment to be entered In both appeals.
Moschzsker, j.:
Rogers vs. Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
way Company &c. T. l. Philadeiphla). Judg-
ment affirmed
Boggs vs Jewel Tea COMPANY C. p. .,
Philadelphia). Judgment OF nonsuit re.
yersed with procedendo.
Simpson. j.:
Randall VS.. Mitchell Motor Car Company,
&C.. p. l. PHILADELPHIA. Judgment affirmed
s. klaroff ct al. vs. Skarloff &C.. p .
PHILADELPHIA. Decree affirmed and appe al
dismissed at costs OF appellant.
Brenuer Va. I.oeb-Nunez Tobacco Com.
many &C.. p. ., Philadelphia Judgment az
lrmed
Reading Company VS. Sphinx &c. p. g. Phil
adephia) }. Judgment reversed and a venire
facias de novo awarded.
McCloskey Jr.. vs.. Marks &C. p. 4.
Phlladelphinl. Judgment affirmed
Heiser VS., Reynolds C.. p. S, Phiiadel-
phia). judgment affirmed.
Toner VS.. r. r. n. Co &C., p g. phla-
dclphia). Judgment affirmed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
GOLF TOURNEY TODAY
Large Entry List Received for St
Valentine PLAY at Pinehurst

Pinehurst. n. C.. Feb. 3--Nearly 200
players will tee off in the qualifying
round of the annual st. Valentine tour
nament which will open on the links to-
day
Rodney Brown. of Brookline is on
hand. j. n. Stearns. Sd. of Nassau, who
holds the seasons record with a recent
70 on the championship course. returned
from the North today. Everett T.. WI.
bar. of Fitchburg, who defeated Norman
Maxwell in tho semifinals OF this event
last year. is another eleventh-hour ar
rival
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
Game Between Hancock
and Midvale Also At
tracts Attention Il
N. Y. SHIP IN LIMELICHT

me Nlctrix Club Of the Americas
,ashetpail League meets st. Coiunba
.nis evening, and unless the west phiI,-
ueiphia hve goes back considerably over
.s W work OF the last few week, ths
Hanlts are certain of anything but :
"aikaway. A defeat would hamper them
seriously in their efforts to win the
second half pennant. In the other game
OF this evening the two tail-enders &. p.
ii. a. and wilbar meet.
Much interest is centcred in the Ham
ooch,midVale contest on Wednesday
evening. Hancock has lost one game
already. but on paper they are the best
club In the circuit. Midvale. despite its
collection OF stars. has never shown any
,hing at ALL and is really working
under hardship. II has never
made more than thirty points, and as
Hancock is heavy scoring combination.
Midvale will have to show up at its best
or else be marked up with defeat No. 4.
New York Ships Good Work
New York ship is the big noise in the
Shipyard League. both as a drawing
card and from a rdaying standpoint.
The Camdenites have caught on with
the fans across the river. and the Cam
den armory on Saturday night resem-
bles the old days Of the Eastern League,
especially In point of numbers in at
tendance and enthusiasm displayed.
Wild Conroy and his collection Of
coming stars has not only gone through
thier league schedule without defeat. hut
in the replay of the disputed game with
the st. Columbia, American League cham
pions. handed Jim Coffey's aggregation
decisive and artistic trimming, score
26-l3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03

Railway Company full paid subscription
receipts for convertible ten-year per
cent bonds due September 1, 1929 to
be traded in "and interest" from jan.
uary %: 1919; and part paid receipts
special meeting Of the board Of
managers of the New York Coffee and
sugar Exchange has been called for
Wednesday at p. m, to elect board
OF coffee arbitrators This meeting will
follow the regular monthly meeting of
the board held at S:15 p. m.
Tho New York Subtreasury lost s4s9,-
600 to the banks on Saturday. making
q cash net loss since Friday Of s2.3o6,-
At the general meeting OF the Bank of
France, held on January 30, the fact was
disclosed that the gold reserve of the
bank, which was 100000 francs at the
beginning of the war. had increased to
nearly 5,600,00o francs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
FAVOR VARSITY TEAMS
Editors of Yale, Princeton and
Harvard Papers Pass Resolutions

New Haven. Conn, Feb. 3.--Harvard
Princeton and Tcle daily news editors
today passed resolutions urging the fol-
lowing features of university sport by
the three in the future: First. varsity
team second, general season athletics ;
third no cuts in varsity squad fourth
all-the -year-round coaches for varsity
teams. and fifth, regulation Of intercol-
legiate athletic exercises This was the
first conference ever held Of the daily
newspapers of the three universitis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
COTTON STRIKE IN INDIA ENDED
Eighty.six Factories Resume.
Operatives Get Pay Increase

Rombsy, India, Feb. 3. - The great
strike which has affected eighty-six cot
ton factories during the last three weeks
has been declared of.
The employers. on the advice of the
governor Of Bombay, granted a 20 per
cent increase in wages and bonus OF
twenty rupees to- the men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
Price of Wheat Upheld by Local Banker


a
for $3.50
177000000 sells
bushel
demand prevail help
which
whereby
economic laws prevail
nations OF Europe and the
make the difference freight
consideration
added could be landed
wheat is the highest
either
article nation
farmers Its
is no" of paper"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
ANDY Kelly in Millrose Games

New York, Feb AT the Miilrose ganes
in Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, Feb
ruary c5, athletic enthusiasts will have the
opportunity OF SEEING Ca plain Andy Kelly.
record holder of the 30o-yard indoor mark
in his first appearance In running togs siucs
he hung up his shoes for the business Hef
war. Kelly received his FIRST comn1i ssisn
wor,: was promoted to a captaincy in the
regular army
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
Miscellaneous
Will Aid Syrian Relief Work

Lieutenant Stanley f. Kerr. son OF
the Rev. Or. J. b. Kerr. OF the Darby
Presbyterian Church, has resigned as
chief OF the chemical service Of the
Walter Reed Hospital. at Washington
and has accepted an appointment with
the American and Syrian relief commit
tee At New. York, He will sail for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
BUSINESS CAREER
OF PETER FLINT
4 Story Of Salesmanship by
Harold Whitehead
(CopyrighO
(Copyright)

Mr: Whitehead UiU ons,Uer your busiress
o".st,ons on buying. selling. advertising on|
tUptotmenf. Ask Dour questions clearly dnG
oipe al the facts. Your correct name aud
1n ~ address must be oireu 10 oil inquiries.
ihose Which are anonymous must be ignored
Anstoers 10 technical questions tciH be sen.
6D mail. Other Questions TtI be nnsVercd
~ this coluna. The most Interesting pvov
lens Of tnGuirerS WiH be Uopen into the
story Of Peter Flint.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
Outside Stock Prices
February ]. 1919

The following table shows the last recorded
sale price and dates OF transactions OF bank
trust company and various local stocks sell
DOM and. in some cases, never dealt in on
the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Quota
tions compiled by Barnes Lofland):
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
CCCXII

MTHEN Kelett left my office yester-
w day he left behind him n check for
$1,000 and a complete release from,me OF
all my interests in Clearvale. .t-.
in return had guaranteed to person
ally call or write to all people who re-
fused 10 make good on their payments.
II any contract was paid up to 80 per
cent OF its value and then Kellett can
celed IT, 1t was to be considered az full
payment so far as was concerned.
The reason for this. as Bruno Duke
explained afterward. was to prevent Kel-
lett collecting the bulk OF the contract
and then canceling so as to leave me
debtor. for I was under guarantee 10 re-
imburse kellett IL he failed to collect
epough TO square up his advance to me.
All payments on Cancelled lots we're to
be credited to the loan No collection
expenses were to be charged against the
account.
Come and have a cup of coffee with
me, friend Peter" said Duke after Kel-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03

TODAY'S BUSINESS EPIGRAM
Confidence is the mdinsspring of
commercial endedpor.
What does this mean TO YOU:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
sIncome before charges ..... s36s. .0he.05 81
More than 1 6-1O times Its bond interest.

1 w.
Utilities Company the
in
which automatically
the o. Of labor
industries which
current
plants supplies
closing
locality
iraxen tduring
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03
GOSSIP OF THE STREET
POSITION OF B. r. Z. AROUSES
DISCUSSION AMONG BANKERS
Local Financier Does Not Think Floating of $4,000,
900 Loan Would Have Been Feasible.
N Gossip of the Street


pEroRrs receivership Rapid
decided capitalize s2ooooo improvements which had
been paid for out of past earnings were not so much of M
financial district Saturday to that effect had been made
in this column days previous
According action
dhaveb at float
sooooooo the had
been assisted by the finance the oo
obligations which July Another draw
men at the time and which had Influenced the public 10
point that financing for such would have been
at cost which would have been virtually prohbitve
Attention called a statement in
companies when the seoto was oon and has added several
more since Such thing he said should not be permitted No one
man can the duties of director for such number Of corpora
tions and do the security holders Justice"
nots surprised
change considering legislation looking holding directors
companies about
their corporations whether uttered officially otherwise There used
to be
retired business men who were the nominal heads of business
These
many large public and sempubc hducary institutions as we'll
business
people believed then they did They curted positions boards
always looked which
He then told Of meeting morning street certain
WHOSE
hurryng meeting
was afraid he would miss another due at He pulled big
with the Jins remark. mot bad mornings graft
They everywhere
used to be found with titles
that dearly loves od quite natural They
lent as the guinea has been obsolete there
Cost Of Var in Working Days
new booklet, THE Worlds War Debt"
ing Of the worlds
he will have contribute during 1920
of the he will the
the debt
Of
Britain contribute ghyfour
Frenchman 1o will have the effect Of making him
another hole his belt However the analogy
all 1t a problem
calling
thinking thinking
Pennsylvania Company of Eason Pa these days
utility companies
wonderful
to Higginson The
operatn
4 charges. ,is8 84Oo5 1871
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-03

Stce, mills of the Chicago district
operate around rs per cent, but new
business is very disappointing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-09
UNSPOILED BY HIGH HONOR
Officers and Men Alike Recognize in
General Pershing Qualities That
Compel Their Affection.

"Why do we swear by Pershirg"
cOuntered a staff officer in Washington
one day in response to question.
"Well. 1 guess it's because he's the
real thing-a regular American, if you
know what mean.
"You can easily figure out the sort
of man he is by the stories they tell
of him. 1 was with him when he was
on his way to Washington to receive
his orders for France. On the way,
we passed through the town in which
he lived when he was boy. On the
station platform was the same old ne
gro porter Pershing had thrown stones
at in his boyhood. The general chatted
with the old man. Afterward I asked
the porter what happened. He said:
"'He done wanted ter know all bout
the folks he ulster know, an when he
was gettin' on the car again he picked
UP pebble as big as my thumb an
hove it at me, jes' like he ulster when
he was an ornery kid"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-09

full extent of existing authority and
that the American consumer need not
be alarmed that there will be mate
rial rise in the price Of that food es-
sential. America could sell more
wheat than she has. but the exports
are being regulated to reserve suffi-
cheney for domestic needs.
The American army stocks Of pork
products In France. more than 60.0O0.-
600 pounds. had been purchased h'
the relief council and should furnisi.
a sufficient supply of fats until ha,
vest for liberated countries.
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Out of Order.

The village was all agOg. Flossie
Flatfeet was marrying William Giles.
The church was crowded. FlosSie,
looking as pale as her. somewhat high
ly colOred countenance would allow,
bore up until the plain band ring was
safely on her finger, and then, over
come, burst into tears.
The villagers were touched. but not
anxious. All girls cry at weddings.
Then suddenly William Giles screwed
up his face and broke into bowls.
Tears poured down his face and
dripped off his whiskers.
whats up? Hush, manr those
nearest him urged. But Giles contin-
ued to howl, and at last hurst out:
LET me be! feel wuss AN 'er
about it !"-London Tis-Bits.
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Russia, Mr., Hoover declared. The
American relief administration has or
gauized the systematic feeding Of the
between 100000 and 1000, 900.
The United States will supply to
Europe -foodstuffs valued roughly at
$500, 100000. Enemy countries and
neutrals will pay cash for what they
receive. II =
The relief authorities are doing
their best to control the effect Of the
large demands on the American mar
ket.. Mr. Hoover said that state
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-09

the supreme economic council said.
Shipping conditions are not salts
factory on account Of strikes In many
countries, and as q result there Is no
question that the entire American
surplus will be absorbed.
"We are at the worst phase of the
European famine that was Inevitable
after the world war;" Mr.. Hoover
said. -
The economic food council Is On top
in the fight against famine. and food
distribution is organized to supply the
affected areas In Europe outside Of
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ment BY him on the possible price Of
wheat had been misinterpreted. He
had said that in view Of the demands
Of the world for food. the removal Of
price control with regard to wheat.
sugar, pork products and cottonseed
products would be dangerous to the
American consumer The control of
the pork was removed, and. Mr. Hoo
yer said. had proved to be a disad-
vantage to the consumer
Mr.. Hoover said he wished to EN-
phasize that the control of the price
OF wheat would be maintained to the