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New-York tribune., 1919-12-30

"What the poets of to-day desire"
Miss Lowell says, ais readers who will
understand. They seek no others "
We agree. The poets of to-day, az
we'll as the cartoonists. sport writer's,
editorial writer's. and reporters OF to-
day, desire readers who understand; ;
and the readers Of to-dav-lke those
of yesterday desire stuff they can
understand
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30

1t is long interview Mr.. Powers
had with Miss Lowell, and with most
OF her uttcrances we disagree. But
we give three cheers and ono cheer
more for her "But what in Kiping
was sincere and honest and personal
and nbundantly justified its reason for
being has become in his imitators n
painful and irritating mannerism.
Robert w. Service and Miss Fox Smith
will never get themselves any more
than weary tribute to the ingenuity
of their limitations"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30
,fEMREn on THE Assoc1ATEp PRESS

NtEaIbffH Ut lfiI H'S'SN7' N I'D I'I1s'''
Tho Associated Press ia exclusively entitled 70 tho
Hse of republication ot all dispatches credited
20 Il not otherwise credited In this paper. and
also the local OF slonta aneous origin published
herein.
All rights OF republication Of all other matter
herein also reserved
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30
Young Love

From 4 A.nsiee's)
OtR arm about me threvH
Is careless as springs Oval
Lilies water turns to wine
Az your gay word and mine.
Who SAID that love must be
A thing of agony?
MARY CAROLYN DAVIES
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30

cone of the hardest battles that the
new poetry has waged has been agains t
the pettincss, the stupidity, and the
ignorance Of the so-caled free press.
There is an incurable desire prevalent
in all American newspapers to make
fun Of everything in season and out"
Here we quarrel. One of the creates t
helps tho new poetry has received is
that given it by the so-callcd free
press, whose gives, take it on the oath
Of one who has worn them for sixteen
years. chafc less than the rigid
shackles OF Miss Lowel's own dog
matism. Now, there is much pettiness
and almost incredible stupidity and
ignorance-in the so-called free press;
but 1t Is the pcttiness, etc, common
to the called human racc-a petit
ness found in musicians, stcamhtters,
landlords. poets. and walters. And
when Miss Lowell speaks of the in
curablc desire in all American news
papers to make fun Of everything in
season and out, we quarrel again.
There is an incurablc desire in Ameri-
can newspapers to take things much
moro seriously than they deserve.
Does Miss Lowell read the ponderous
news from Washington Does she
read the society news? Does she, we
wonder, read the newspapers?
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30
GUAR RANTEE

IUAEEN
ysU can purohase merchandise Advertised In THE
reisuNE with absolute sa.oty-for II dissatsfac
ten results In any esss TIE TRIBUNE guarantees
70 pay your money back upon request. No red tape
Ne quibbIlne We make aood promptly II the
advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30

Owned and published daily BY New York Tribune
inc, . New York corporation. Ogden Reid. Prcsi-
dent: G. vcrnor Rogers. Vice President, Helen
Rokers Reid. Secretary; F. A. suler Treasurer.
Address Tribune Building l5s Nassau Street. New
York Telephone. Bockman 5000
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30
The Coming Tower

II, as somebody has said, metal is
scarce, why does the manufacturing
of keys to valises, travelling bags, and
suitcascs continue? We arc willing
to bet eighteen bag keys to three am
Der cigar holders that tho percentage
Of bag key users Is less than e-tenth
Of 1 per cent. The only men who use
such keys keep personal expense nc
counts and carry change purses.
Mr. James II. Powers has been in
tcrviewing Miss Amy Lowell, and her
views are stated, In tho Evening Post
In what Mr. Powers calls no uncentain
terms. We object. Hor views are
stated in terms of dogmatic assurance,
the dogmatic assurance that, in spite
OF Miss Lowell's expressed contempt
for the newspapers attitude toward
literature, she states with tho same
sense of news--Front Pageanism, if
you like-that has made her, in the
eyes of the newspaper readers she
scorns, a prominent figure in Ameri-
can literaturc-a far more prominent
figure, our dogmaticaly assurant
opinion is, than she deserves to be.
But many of her terms are uncertain.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30

And shall rejoice" lastines Miss
Lowell when the newspaper funny
man is relegated to the limbo of for
gotten things Well, Miss Lowell.
when that day of malicious rejoicing
comes to you, Will you-and if YOU
read this Abacus of Asteism with the
sednlousness your estimate indicates
the allusion Will not be cryptic 10 you
will you do US a slight favor?
"Call Columhua 82Onn
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30

Look she counsels,- and graft
tude dissolves our pettincss. ignorance
and stupidity long enough to force us
to say, "Thanks for the ad. ANY,
"look,' she begs, "at the 'colvums' in
the daily paper. These are not funny
and yet they pass as being So Thev
arc featured in practically every dailv
of size in the country They possess
practically no humor. There is moth
ing funny about them. And to think
that the men who produce them 90 on.
day in and day out. doing the same
thing.
hey are ghasty and pitiful."
1t Is our self-conscious opinion that
Miss Lowell's estimate of "colyums. y
as she calls them, is based on read
ing of this one alone. The portrait is
TOO particular for us to think other.
wise. And SO we should like TO ask
her-for she pluralizes-just whose
coiynms she has been reading Whose
stun possesses practically no humoru
ours is the petty, stupid. and possibly
ignorant idea that Miss Lowell knows
lar less about colyumists and their
work than colyumists do about Miss
Lowell Maxwell Bodenheim, Alfred
kreymborg, Ezra Pound, Witter Bynner
ii. d., Alter Brody, b. G.. Jr.. Archie
Austin Coates, Wallace Stevens. Carl
Sandburg, Edgar Lee Masters, Mark
Iurbeyhii, Henry b. Fuller, Helen
Hoyt, Max Nicholson, Jeanne D'Orge
Lola Ridge, Nina 10y, T. s. Eliot
William Carlos Williams, Stephen
Crane, Emanuel Morgan. and Waltor
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30

Call Columbus 5000"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30

SUBSCRIPTION RATEs--By MAIL. Including
Postage, N THE UNITED STATES AND
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
Grain, Produce
and Live Stock
GRAIN, PRODUCE AND LIVE STOCK

GRAIN, PRODUCE AND LIVE STOCK
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, September s.
Potatoes, white Western Maryland
and Pennsylvania, per 100 pounds, ESQ
a2.75: New Jersey, per 100 pounds,
No 1, 2.50a2.75: do. eastern shore,
Maryland and Virginia, 2.50a2.75; do,
No. 2 and No. 3. all sections, per 100
pounds, 75a1.50. Sweets, yellow
North Carolina. per barrel. 350a4.0O:
do, eastern shore, Maryland and Vir-
ginia, per barrel, 3.75a425; do, ma
tive, per basket, 40a65. Yams-No. 1,
per barrel, 2.75a3.0O.
Vegetables and green fruits: APP
pies = Eastern shore. Maryland, per
barrel. loose. s.50a4oO: do. ordinary,
2boa3.00; do, per basket, 30a60; do,
western Maryland and Pennsylvania,
packed. barrel. 5.00a7.0O; do, per
hamper. 1.25a2.0o. Crab apples, per
basket. 1-0oa2.25. Beans. per bushel.
green, s0a1.6O; stringless, per bushel,
30a1.0O.
Lima beans, per basket. LOO; do.
hulled, per h.. Is. Corn, per doz, 20
a30. Celery, per crate, 4.O0a5.OO. Gu
cumbers. per bu, 1.50a2.25. Egg
plants. per basket. 4oa6o. Plums. per
Lettuce, per basket. 50a125. Onions,
New York and western. per 100 lbs,
4.0Oa4.25; do. Maryland and Penn
sylvania, per 100 lbs, 275a4.OO. Pears,
per basket, 45a1.00: do, Bartlett, per
bu. 2.0Oa3.O0. Peppers, per bask ct,
2oaS0. Squash. native, per basket,
2oaao. Damsons. per h.. Gas. To-
matoes. native, per basket, 75a100;
packing stock. per bu., 1.6oa1.so. Beets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
CORN TRADERS AWAITING
FEDERAL CROP REPORT

CHICAGO. September s. Corn
traders showed a disposition to adopt
a waiting attitude today pending the
issuance of the government crop re-
port this afternoon. Trading was
only of a scattered sort and the mar
ket was easily Influenced. Opening
prices. which ranged from rs de-
cline to Y advance. with September
164 to 1.64A and December 1:32 to
132A. were followed by moderate
general setback and then something
of rally.
Oats held steady with corn. After
opening 4 off to Is advance, includ-
ing December at 1915 to TIA. the
market eased down slightly and then
scored little upturn.
Trade in provisions was nearly at
a standstilL In the absence of any
aggressive support quotations IN
clined to sag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
The Tide Has Turned.

Secretary of the Treasury Glass has
made public the fact that the tide is
flowing the. other way; that after
years of paying out in connection
with the big war and the expenses
thereof, the flow back to the Treas
ury has reached a point of promise,
where there will be less call for as
sistance from the banks and the pub
Mic
The Secretary is cautious and has
not released the brakes, but has an
nounced temporary abandonment of
the semi-monthly Treasury certificate
sale, and promises that it will not be
resumed until October at least.
Two series of tax certificates are
being offered. one issue to mature
March Is, 1920. at AZ per cent annual
interest and one maturing September
Is at AZ per cent, but should it be
necessary between now and March Is
to issue other certificates at a. higher
rate than An per cent the present
issue of Az per cent will be accepted
at par with an adjustment of interest
in exchange therefor.
The Secretary's action marks the
first formal reduction in government
interest from the steadily maintained
AZ per cent rate.
Richmond fell below her quota on
the last certificate issued by about
100000. Washington, as usual, did
her share.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
CROP
FORECASTS ISSUED

Forecasts of crop production of the
country's Important crops. based on
conditions existing September 1. were
announced today by the Department of
Agriculture as follows: Figures in mil
loins, i. e., 100000 omitteD: Winter
wheat, us; spring wheat, 20S; all wheat.
923; corn. 2.S5S; oats, 1.225.
Condition of the crops September 1
was: Spring wheat. ass per cent of
a normal; all wheat: 67.3; corn. 80;
oats, >73.1; barley, 69.2; buckwheat,
sO2; white potatoes, 69.5; sweet po-
tatoes, Sc; tobacco, Ills: flax, sos;
rice, 91.9; sugar beets, 70, and kafirs,
SO per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
STOCK MARKET NERVOUS
SOME STRONG POINTS

NEW YORK, September Sat the
immediate opening a number of in
dustrial stocks showed some strength
and gains were made OF probably z
points on the average. The trading
was confined to the usual group of
leaders-Marine preferred. Mexican
Petroleum. Baldwin and American
Locomotive, Texas Oil and a few
other stocks-with just a shade bet
ter showing in the market for Steel
common.
Conditions were not especially ia
vorable for a bull market. Some ex-
perts believe that short interest is
lacking to give pep to the bull side,
while the coming labor conference in
Washington and the holiday to be
Pershing have acted as check to
trading
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
THE WEATHER.

The District of Columbia. fair, con-
tinued warm tonight and tomorrow;
gentle winds, mostly southwest.
Maryland. fair tonight. warmer In
west portion; tomorrow fair. con-
tinued warm; gentle winds. mostly
southwest.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at
the weather bureau for the twenty
four hours beginning at 2 pm. yester-
day:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4 Pm. 81 !;
pm. S3: ~ midnight, rs; today, 4
am, 70; gam, 50; noon. Sc; pm, 80.
Maximum, SO, at pm. yesterday; mimi
mum, 50, at am. today.
Maximum. So: minimum. Sc.
Barometer-Yesterday, pm, 5000:
pm. 3o.os; ~ midnight. 1910; today.
am. 5000; 8 am, 1910; noon. so.os;
PM, 80 o..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
Up-River Waters.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY w. Va. Septem-
Der S.-The Potomac and Shenandoah
rivers were both" clear this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
Condition of the Water.

Temperature and condition of water
at am: Great Falls-Temperature
IS: condition. 10. Dalecarlia reservoir
Temperature, rs: condition at north
connection. Z; condition at south con-
nection, g. Georgetown distributing
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IS; condition
at infiuent gatehouse, s; condition
at eff1uent gatehouse, ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
Pick the Cheaper Stocks.

Commission houses are giving tips
to customers to ignore the high-priced
industrials and play for a rise in the
lower-priced shares, especially those
in the metal group that are in good
position, mentioning Midvale Steel
Republic Iron and Steel, Copper. etc.
United Retail Stores shares have
recently been purchased by interests.
which say they expect to witness
good rise in the near future. The
Whelan interests are very bullish on
the stock, and brokers declare that
there are many orders for it in the
market slightly under present quo
fafianS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08

Quiet; spring patents. 11.25a12.0o;
spring clears. 9.25a10.25; winter
straights, 10.10a10.40; Kansas
straights, 10.75a11.25.
Pork - Quiet; mess, 52.00a52.5O;
family. 53.00a54.00.
Lard - Quiet; middle west. 2s.2oa
$3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
Bankers Association Meeting.

A call has been issued for a meeting
of the District Bankers Association
at the rooms of the Washington Chap
ter. A. L B., on the evening of the
22d inst At that time action will be
taken on the amendment to the con-
stitution providing for the election of
the officers at the annual convention
Also the matter of inviting the A B. A.
will be acted upon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
RESERVE BOARD
GIVES ITS VIEWS
Goes on Record as Admitting
F., Credit, But Not Currency
Expansion.
THE TIDE HAS TURNED
BY I. A. FLEMING.

The Federal Reserve Board has
again gone on record as rejecting the
theory that currency imitation has
been in any way responsible for the
high cost of living. but does not over
look the fact that credit expansion
has been more or less of a factor.
and ona that still calls for correction
by the increased production and saw
ing and by the investment of savings
IN United States bonds.
Liberal exports and meaSer imports.
creating the so-called favorable bal
ance of trade. in the opinion of the
board is largely contrbutory to the
high cost of living. such a large part
of our food production being sent
abroad. breadstuffs prepared and I'M
prepared furnishing no small part.
Business men understand, and the
Federal Reserve Board is not ignorant
of the fact, that American exports of
manufactured and in process of manu-
featured goods will continue to be ex-
ported in very large amounts if it is
possible to arrange such credits for
the foreign countries as to enable
them to pay for their purchases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
Tide Tables.

Compiled by Unhed States coast and
geodetic survey
Today-Low tide. 80 am. and 2:02
PM; high tide. 7:17 am. and 1888 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 2:1S am. and
2:44 PM; high tide. 500 am. and S:25
p.m..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
Active Firm Market.

Evidently physical valuations have
no terrors for investors in street rail-
way securities; they have not shown
the slightest disposition to sacrifice
their securities because of disagree
ments of few millions one way or
the other.
1t was the most active market the
local stock exchange has witnessed in
some time and prices were not only
held firmly. but they were, in a num-
Der of instances. marked up.
capita. TRACTION stock was active
r. ~" e--+0nts ~ se~ertv-five shares.
which sold at SO and ssh and closed
y itil 90 uIu The pid of railway was
% for the common and So for the pre-
ferred, with SIS asked for the latter; no
sale
Lanston moved up to 70A to II and
Mergenthaler sold at 1909.
Columbia Graphophone moved spar
ingly. only small lots changing hands.
Bonds were firm at 93s for Capt.
tai Traction SIS, 95k for Washington
Gas IS and So for Railway As.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
Look for Tax Decision.

1t is persistently rumored that much
of the sensational strength in the
leading industrials of late was due to
the fact that the street believes that
the Supreme Court will hand down a
decision next month deciding that
stock dividends are not taxable. This.
it is believed, would Immediately be
followed by important stock dividend
declarations.
The outlook is for a trading market
pending the solution of the labor sit
uation with the United States Steel
Corporation. President Wilson has
made two highly significant statements
on the labor situation since Saturday
morning He says that until he knows
what the railroads can earn he cannot
tell what wages they can pay, and I'M
til that matter is settled he does not
know whether it will be necessary to
raise freights.
He also recalls that one of the
greatest of labor difficulties is tina t
some employers have refused to meet
their men and discuss differences.
which is taken by some as hint that
he has invited Judge Gary and his
associates to meet with labor dele
gates.
Market softens Materially.
In the second nour Oh tne oay the
advances were very generally wiped
out. Profits are eagerly sought after
and quickly taken on advances, the
selling breaking the strength.
Steel reacted a point. Crucible Steel
lost points. equipments and oils
dropped back / to 3 points. Telephone
and Telegraph developed marked
heaviness.
The setback was accomplished on
very little trading. At noon the list
rallied again, shippings and oils blaz-
ing the way.
Liberty Bonds.
Prices for liberty bonds at 1880
am. today were: 3ks. 1924: first
AVS, $3.50; second ANS. $3.50; first
AIS. s464: second Ans, $500: third
ANS, 95.06: fourth ANS. 1895; Victory
sAs, 99.4S; Victory Ans, 1882.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
WHOLESALE DRESSED BEEF
PRICES

The following are today's wholesale
market prices for beef cuts as sold by
the Washington market of Swift &
Company:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
Foreign Exchange.

Concerning foreign exchange de-
moralization. the board has this to
say:
The tendency of a declining rate Of
exchange for the currency of any
country is to stimulate exports from
that country and to curtail imports;
a declining rate offers residents of
the country involved a heavy pre-
MUM on the sale of their foreign Sc
curities in countries in whose favor
the exchange rate is running. This
premium is in many countries a more
powerful argument with the private
holder of foreign securities than any
government requisition can be, it
tends to make foreign creditors to
whom money is due in currency of
the debtor country leave the funds on
deposit pending more favorable time
for their transfer to the creditor
country; it stimulates the nationals
of the debtor country to borrow
abroad and remit the proceeds home
for domestic use. as any improvement
in exchange will afford a profit at
the time of repayment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
Restriction Might InJure.

That is the brake on the export
business. and any material restric-
ton. while it might curtail produc-
ton and cause slight reaction in
prices, would be more or less serious
in it's direct and qualifying effects.
1t may be that the needs of Europe
have been overstated. as suggested by
the reserve board. but the chances are
that they have not been grossly over
estimated in the public press.
The reserve board is against gov
eminent loans to the distressed coun-
tries. of Europe, but believes that
private interests, groups of manufac-
the United States should attend to the
financial needs of the situation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
FOURTEEN CARS
IN AUTO RACE
Dare Devil Drivers Will Com
pete Tomorrow on Union
town Speedway

Uniontown, Pa, July 1S.-Four-
teen cars lave been entered in the
Independence Auto Derby for the
midsummer championships to be
run aL the 'Unitown Speedway to-
morrow afternoon. In the list are
tn &C new entries for the Uniontown
track and two popular drivers are
returning to Uniontown after an alb
sence of several races.
Much interest is centered in the
two Aetna cars entered by Karen
Olsen with Benjamin Hill designated
as the driver of one and the driver
of the other not named. The other
new entrant is Toland Nicholson, of
Pittsburgh, who is to pilot a Hud-
son car in the big events.
Ira Vail, the Brooklyn wonder
is coming back to Uniontown this
time with Duesenberg car. Wallis
former appearances here have been
at the wheel of Hudson cars and he
has been uniformly in tough luck
with his car, although he has on
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
LEAGUE STARS SHOW REAL BASEBALL FORM WEST END ENGINE CREW
BIEVER LOSES HIS HEAD
WHEN UMP CALLS STRIKE;
WEST END WINS CONTEST

who quickly become disgusted at the
conduct of the players who persist
in wrangling with the umpire The
sensible batter. unless the decision
be so glaringly wrong as to merit
criticism, bows to the good Judgment
of the umpire and it spoils the temper
of the umpire, the good humor of the
crowd and the glamor of the game to
try to win ball contests except upon
merit. Rivalry becomes keen and
players keyed to a high pitch of in
terest, but to abuse the umpire is as
foolish as it is uncalled for. More
ball players have lost their popularity
and prestige through Grabbing than
for any other cause. The records of
the game in big leagues prove the
truthfulness of this assertion.
Tonight the West End and Motive
Power clubs meet in a postponed bat
tie and tomorrow evening at a
o'clock West End and Highspire come
together. Winters may pitch for
West End tonight, while Don Mertz,
the heavy hitting twirler for Motive
Power, may be on the mound against
him. There will be a great crowd if
the weather is good. The score:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
Bethlehem League Star
May Play With Reading

Reading, Pa, July 1S.-Infelder
Sam Fishburn, of the st. Louis Ma
tionals, may join the Reading In
ternational League club. providing
no other club has beaten Charley
Kelchner, the locals business man
ager, to the wire in mailing the for
mer Bethlehem Steel League star.
Kelchner had a chance last week
to obtain Fishburn, but held off be-
cause st. Louis would not consent
to release Fishburn outright. The
local bosses do not want to load the
team with other clubs property, as
they are looking ahead for next
year. But Kelchner decided Fish
burn would be a big help to the
team, especially at this stage of the
fight A wire was sent to-day to
Frank Hickey, manager of the Car
dinals, asking to send Fishburn on
to Manager Doom at Rochester.