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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-01
HOW TO COMBINE FOR EXPORT
 TRADE UNDER THE WEBB ACT

port corporation, is a vital factor of successful operation under this plan. Its reference library and documentary files are up to date. Its active work Is conducted under several divisions and bureaus, skilled in the details of foreign commerce. Lts organization at home is supplemented by a corps of over z,000 correspondents located in every city and town of commer- cial importance in the world. Its direct and specific services, already utilized by many members of the As sociation, comprise information as to export campaigns, itineraries, for warding, customs duties, trade mark regulations, financing of export ship ments, foreign exchange, foreign buyers, foreign market conditions
 Qncluding special reports) credits, special trade opportunities, original sources of supply of raw materials,
 etc, etc, To all this are added in termittent and regular trade publica-
 tions, letters of introduction, transla- tions of commercial correspondence,
 periodic confidential bulletins, etc, The facilities and organization of the Foreign Trade Department represent an intelligent development covering a period of nearly twenty-five years. To duplicate them on private or
 grouped export account would mean
 long years of effort and more than
 half a million dollars of expenditure. Yet under this plan they automatical- port corporation.
 The form of organization Of the export corporation calls for a perpet- 2 New York: the usual officers; a board of fifteen directors, having general conduct of the business; and an ex- | ecutive committee of five directors. It also contemplates the appointment of | advisory trade group committees to | cooperate with the board of directors touching matters of development and general interest in connection with specific lines of trade.
 Only common stock will be issued l this stock to be non-dividend and non | assessable, and intended solely tc | member may hold more than one l share.
 All trade exploitation expense will | be borne by a special promotion sales fund. This fund Is to be used ex-
  various lines, and Is to be ratably sub-
 scribed by members in proportion tc | their interest in each given line o1 | trade.
 l All cost of operation will be cover. l ed by commissions charged on actua i business done. The percentage vii l vary with the nature of the service performed, but will at all times bt 1 definite, and subject periodically tc | revision on a basis of actual cost. l Each member of the export cor. l poratiOn will have one and only ont ! vote, must be an active member o. | the National Association of Manu lecturers and, at the time of his sub ! scription, must execute a proper l agency agreement with the expor 1 corporation. This agency agree l ment is a necessary factor Of stabil 1 ity Tn the upbuilding of the expor 1 corporations business, and is at ono, | 8 protection to the member and to tn, 1 corporation. Without 1t the corpor i ation cannot accept foreign bushes | with any certainty of filling orders O. l in general of maintaining the prac
 tices and standards which lie at tn
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-01

A concrete plan for the develop ment of foreign trade through the or ganization of export corporations de- signed at once to secure all of the benefits of cooperation permissible under the Webb-Pomerene Act, is announced by the National Associa- ton of Manufacturers, which in Cludes all classes of producers in the United States.
 Following the proved sales principle of the intensive cultivation of a defin- ite field, the plan calls for the or ganization, not of a single world trade corporation, but of separate export corporations, designed to trade n specific territorial markets, as, for example, South America, the Scan- dinavian countries, the Far East, the I1evant, etc, etc, these corporations to be formed as rapidly as circun- stances warrant, until all desirable world markets have been covered. The first export corporation to be formed under the plan described is now in process of grouping for trade in South America It Is meeting with a. very satisfactory response from the Association's members.
 Membership in any or all of these G8DOTI COTpOT4uOnS IS OPol U 4iC14l- bers of the Association, comprising 4,1OO of the largest firms in the country. Under the association's plan the ownership and control of each corporation Is entirely In the hands of It's stockholders, the Associa ton acting purely in an advisory capac- fty where serviceable. The business development, Is therefore, the manu- facturer's own, and It's relationships are direct.
 The export corporation will itself develop trade through permanent and expert representatives acting direct at all important foreign points, their eff forts being under the supervision Of 0 competent and expert staff at home.
 All shipments will be handled by the export corporation, so that the member, having produced his quota of a given order and loaded it, prop erly packed and marked on cars, will be freed from the annoyances of for warding and shipping details.
 The export corporation will more over make proper forwarding con tracts caring for all shipments from cars to destination, and for the neces- sary advances to cover charges therefor, and will likewise perfect ao- vantageous arrangements with ship ping interests and financial institu- tons located both at home and abroad.
 The export corporation will con- duet the business on basis designed solely to cover costs. To that end Its commission charges will be periodic ally reviewed. The net cost to the member, therefore, will inevitably be less than under any other possible form of export undertaking. To this Is added the value of the service avail able through cooperation with the Associations Foreign Trade Depart ment To make this service doubly effective the plan proposes. at the members option, to make surveys ot methods to assist him in developing lis foreign trade. and particularly tC train some member of his staff in telligently to handle export busi- ness.
 The Foreign Trade Department ot the National Association of Manufac- turers the services of which are hereby definitely linked to the ex
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-01
ROLL OF HONOR SENT FR0M TIE
 FIGHTING FRONT

Washington, April 1 - Casualty lists furnished by the commanding general Of the American army and made public today contain 59 names divided as follows: Killed in action, '; died from wounds, 4; died from accident and other causes, IA; died of disease, 15; wounded severely, 4; wounded, degree undetermined, G.; wounded slightly, g.
 There are no Connecticut names in todays lists of dead and wounded.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-01
NEW POSTAL SERVICE.

Unregistered correspondence, such as letters, post cards, printed matter, samples of merchandise and com mercial papers will be accepted fot transmission to Bosnia, Herzegovina, Crova atia-Slovania and Montenegro for dispatch to London for onward transmission, according to announce ments made at the post office today. No provision has been made for par eel post packages to the countries named.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-01
COST IS DOUBLED.

London, April 1.-The cost of 1iv- ing for a workingman's family in England was nearly doubled during g the war, according to a statement is sued by the Ministry of Food. The ministry bases it's estimates upon that of a committee headed by Lord Dunn ner which reported that in 1914 the average weekly expenditure for food for a working class family of six per sons was the equivalent of $6.12. The ministry estimates that the cost has now advanced to S11.81 a week.
 The ministry echoes the statement of Premier Lloyd George forecasting the workingman's cost of living would be reduced about S1 a week this summer.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-01

Among those who have sleeping sickness are two-thirds of the voters when the politicians are putting things over at the primary elections.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-01

Some of these people who complain of the inequalities of wealth are now getting ready to swap off their good Liberty bonds for worthless stock certificates
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-01

To Those Who Love Logic
 The following points are of vital interest to the people of this nation, and will be discussed in greater detail in sep arate advertisements appearing in this paper at intervals until the start of the Victory Liberty Loan:
 l. This nation - your country and mine - has unpaid balance of billions dollars of debt-fOr Victory that enjoying 2. The nation must this debt - if it is to continue to exist nation among the nations of the world
 3. There only ways that the nation the n1Oney-b by the sale of bonds Cor nOtes) and by
 4. Taxes already high and insufficient outstanding obligations 5. Therefore notes Cor bonds must be sold 6. Again there only two that several billions of dollars notes bonds) can be sold = to the banks the people.
 7. they placed with the banks, industry, merce, your business will suffer. The banks would be unable to purchase several billion dol lars of Liberty Bonds and continue to loan money in sufficient quantities and at fair rate the business man. You cannot have your pudding and it,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-01

E O n q F Q d r a Liberty Loan Committee,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-10-31
BACK BAD TODAY?

Backache is usually kidney-ache
and makes you dull, nervous and
tired Use Doan's Kidney Pills for
week kdneys-the remedy recon-
mended by your friends and neigh
bors Ask your neighbor!
j. G. Braxton, blacksmith, Main
street, Scotland Neck, says: q had
dull pains in my back across my
loins and | was sore and stiff, and
could hardly bend to pick up my tools
or materials. | had headaches. dizzy
spells and colds settled on my kidneys,
making my condition worse, Ny kid
neys didn t act properly. either. On
a friend 5 advice I began taking
Doan 5 Kidney Pills. whicll I got at
Whitehead CO. s Drug Store. icy
put my back and kidneys in good
shape Statement given July /,
1914
On June ), 1918, NJ. Braxton said
- can say Doan S Kidney Pills are
just as represented. l have used this
medicine with good results and am
glad to endorse it again
zoe, at all dealers. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfgrs, Buffalo, n. Y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-10-31

per cup of household commodities, such
as sugar, butter, lard, flour, and rice.
Much other useful information is con-
densel upon this card
Copies Of this publication may be OBJ
tanned by writing to the Bureau Of
Standards, Washington, ID. g., and re
questing Miscellaneous Publications.
No. 80, Household Weights and Meas
ureS
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-10-31
HOUSEHOLD WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES

For the benefit Of the housekeeper,
the Bureau Of Standards, Depart ment
of Commerce, has published a card, to
be hung in the kitchen, giving infor-
nation useful in the household. This in
Tents, weights per bushel Of the more
common vegetables and fruits. weights
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-10-31
A Beautiful Woman.

Do you know that beautiful
woman always has a good Digestion
Is your digestion is faulty, eat lightly
Of meats, and take an occasional dose
Of Chamberlain s Tablets to strength
en- your digestion. Price Csc
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-10-31

OLD IRON BOUGHT will paw Il
per hundred for good wrought iron
such as old tires. Bring me your next
load. W. E. Marks 1O-3O-22
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-10-31

statesmen WANTED to solicit or
ders for lubricating oils, greases and
paints. Salary or Commission. Al
dress THE LENNON OIL & PAINT
CO., Cleveland, O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-10
FED CROSS THRU
HOME SERVICE TO
EXPAND IT'S WORK

The home service of the American
Red Cross is to continue and to ex-
pand. This decision has been
reached by the Red Cross after Il
very thorough and searching pro-
cess of stock taking as 10 what
home service has been doing and
cna do.
The investigation shows that
wonderful things have been done
and are still being done by the
home service of the Red Cross
among the families of the soldiers
and sailors of America. And in
many communities where theI G
were no other social service agen-
cies, there is a demand that the
work go on and be extended to all
families in distress. Impressive evil
dence has also been offered on the
desire of the home service sections
themselves to extend to any family
the same kind of neighborly service
and counsel as they had been ex-
tending to the families of Americas
troops.
In many communities the people
have come to realize for the first
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-10
Meetings Help.

Abraham Bowers, immigration
secretary of the Y NJ. c. A. at Chi
cago tells me he had an attendance
of 100000 at garden meetings last
year. See what that means to better
citizenship and gee what possibili-
ties it presents to any employer Of
labor. Let us make the victory gar
den the welding plot for better cit
liens and for better homes. Ask
your bank what it thinks of the
home food producer as a good GUS
toner and a good citizen"
Professor Hemenway said a gar
den book had been prepared for
Siberia by Professor w. c. O'Kane
of the state agricultural college at
Durham, NJ H, and that it would
be sent by the agricultural educa
tional expedition to that country
under the auspices of the Y. M. c.
A The national war garden com
mission will send any one q garden
book who sends a two cent stamp to
pay the postage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-10
ELECTION NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given that on
Tuesday, the fifteenth day of April,
A. D., 1919, in the City of Rock Is
land, in the county Of Rock Island,
state of Illinois. an election will be
held for the purpose of electing
One Mayor,
Four Commissioners,
One Police Magistrate,
also to submit the proposition,
For the adoption Of the provisions
of an act to provide for the appoint
ment Of a Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners in all cities of this
state having a population of not less
than 1000 and not more than 100.-
900, and prescribing the powers and
duties of such board,
And the proposition. as to the an
nexation to the City of Rock Island,
Illinois, of the territory embraced
within the following described
boundaries. to-wit:
Beginning at a point $685. feet
west of the center of section one
III, township seventeen (17) north,
range two west of the fourth P. nj.
Themes south 1927 feet; thence east
32S.25 feet to the center of an alley,
thence south on the center of the
alley 1925 feet to the north line
of a public road; thence south IS
degrees east 1858 feet to the east
line of the southwest quarter of sec
ton one % aforesaid; thence
south 1885 feet to the north line
of twenty-second avenue on the
west side OF Thirtieth street in L.
Mosenfelder's acre addition; thence
west on the north line Of twenty
section avenue 626-5 feet TO the east
line OF Twenty-ninth street: thence
seuth 1922 feet to the south line of
said section III; thence east 626.5
feet to the east line Of the south
west quarter of said section one
III: thence south 1913 feet to the
north line of John Nelson's sub-di-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-10
CARRIES KEY FOR
POSTOFFICE DOOR
ACROSS AND BACK

Bruce Edwards who formerly was
employed in The Argus composing
room, yesterday delivered to Post
master H. P. Simpson, a key to the
employees vestibule of the Rock is
land postoffice.
He carried this key during the en-
tire time he was in army service. II
having Travelled all over France
with him. Edwards, who was tenn
porary substitute clerk at the post
office before entering army ser
vice, overlooked turning in the key
when he left. When he changed
from civilian clothes to army uni
form he kept the key back intending
TO send it by registered mail at the
port of embarkation. But in the ex-
citement of departure, he over
looked it and 1t was not until yes
terday that he personally turned 1t
over to the postmaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-10

time what it means to rally all the
community's forces for well-being.
And they can see no reason why
this should not be continued for all
the people of the community. This
demand from the country at large
constituted the determining factor
in the decision of the Red Cross
officials to continue home service.
In extending the work, the home
service sections throughout the
country will take care that the ser
vice to soldiers and sailors fam
lilies will not be impaired in any
way. The Red Cross is committed
to complete responsibility for the
welfare of these families. In wild
ening it's clientele the Red Cross
home service section will adhere
strictly to its policy of extending
service to family only in response
10 an invitation from it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-10

All the News All the Time
The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-10

Phil Binns says: f"Theres
some compensation in know
ing that you can get coal,
whether you need 1t or not.
Also that the lower the
thermometer the higher the
price of c0al-nOW coal Is
down"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-10
DR.. COFFEE
TREATS EYE, EAR, NOSE AND
THROAT DISEASES ONE
TINE FREE.
Saturday, Monday and Tuesday

People afflicted with eye dis
eases, falling sight, weak eyes,
graduated lids, wild hairs, infia-
nation, ulcers, sore eyes. scums or
growths on the eyes. deafness, loss
of hearing, headaches, ulcers of
the ears, catarrh of the nose, head,
throat and system, cross-eyes, ade-
noids and diseased tons;ls should
consult DIR. w. o. Coffee, the occu-
list and aurist about his special
non-surgical treatment for most OF
the above diseases. He will agree
to straighten any case OF cross
eyes no matter IL they, are born
that way, without chloroform or
ether. He removes adenoids in a
few minutes without an anesthetic
or without serious hemorrhage. He
says catarrh is constitutional
condition and often causes rheu-
matism, neuritis, headaches, stom-
ach troubles and every case is
durable. He especially urges peo-
pie that are growing deaf in one
ear or have head noises just start
ing IN the other to see him and
try his treatment and see if il
will help them. He is curing many
very bad cases. Treats all dis
eases of the eye, ear, nose and
throat. He'll treat any patient
that he thinks he can help one
time free to see how his treat
ment acts. You will be under no
obligation to continue treatment or
pay any money. He has So years
in this specially trea.
ing thousands upon thousands of
cases. This makes it possible for
him to succeed in many cases
where others of less experience
would fail. He is liz his Daven-
port Offices every Saturday, Mon
day and Tuesday from 8 a. m. to
4 p. m. and Saturday night from 7
to S p. m. For further informa-
ton call telephone 1914, DR.. w. o.
Coffee, First National Bank build
ing, Second and Main. Davenport,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-10
ASK WORKERS
GARMENT QUOTA
Refugee Clothing TOtaling 1,500
Pieces Must Be Completed for
Red Cross i'm Two Months.

Five hundred chemises, 500 petit
coats and 500 undershirts are the
articles to be made by the Rock
Island chapter, American Red Cross,
within the next two months.
The chapter is therefore appeal
irg to every parent-teacher organ
ization, to the sewing and social
clubs of the city as well as to indi-
vidual workers to do their part in
bringing comfort to the refugee
children of the war-swept coun-
tries. All the articles to be made
are for children; sizes range from
the tiny undergarments for the 3
year-old tot to those worn by IA
year-old children.
The garment department states
that never has it offered to the
women of Rock Island garments
more simple in construction or cas-
Ter to make. All articles may be
taken home to be returned when
completed.
I'm the used clothing drive" says
tho chapter, nearly all the articles
we're in adult sizes; moreover only
a small proportion were undergar-
ments. Rock Island is therefore
now being asked to meet a need
which it has not previously been
able to relieve"
In the knitting department Of the
chapter the work on children's
sweaters and stockings is progress
ing fairly well, nevertheless, more
knitters are needed. The chapter
fees show that fully 500 local knit
tiers who formerly did good work
Cor the Red Cross have not yet
stepped forward to do their share
on the present quota.
Consequently there is plenty of
work for everyone and a real rea
son why everyone should do some
Of the work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-10

vision in the northwest quarter of
enteen north range two west OF the
fourth P M; thence west on the
north line of said subdivision 1915
feet to the one-eighth section line;
thence north 262S.76 feet to point
l65 feet south Of the north line of
the southwest quarter of said Sec
ton one ID; thence east 1882
feet; thence north 165 feet to the
north line of the southwest quarter
of said section one ~; thence east
32S.25 feet to the place of begin
ming, being situated in the south
west quarter of section one "a and
the northwest quarter Of section
twelve 12), township seventeen
40 north, range two (2l west OF
the fourth P NJ, in the County Of
Rock Island and the State of Illi-
nois.
F1fth-Garage, Ill., Eighth ave-
nue..
Sixth-Evangeiical church. 1870
Twelfth street
Seventh Miller's store, 1900
Twelfth street.
The precinct polling places for
this election will be as follows:
First-Yohs' barber shop, Ais
Fourth avenue.
Second-Christian church. Thir-
tee1th avenue and Sixth street.
Third-900 Third avenue.
Fourth-City barn. 919 Sixth ave-
nue..
Eighth-Court house
Ninth-Church, Fourteenth street
and Sixth avenue.
Tenth-kramer's Store, 919 Four
teen-and-a-half street.
leventh-Ullemeyer drug store,
1901 Fifteenth street
Twelfth-Sala building, 331 Nine
teeDtn street.
Thirteenth - Episcopal church,
Nineteenth street and Sixth avenue.
rteenth-Cassilly's store, 2016
Ninth avenue.
Fifteenth-Hose house, sgt Tween
ty-second street.
acknowledgements grocery, S21
Twentieth street.
standardization 1929 Fifth-and-
a-half avenue.
Eighteenth - Schneider's Drug
store, 200 Seventh avenue.
neteenth-Hastings and Pewe's
store, 1873 Twenty-sixth street.
Twentiath- Seventh avenue
enty-first-631 Thirty-eighth
street.
Twenty-second - Fire station,
1417 Thirtiethsstreet.
Twenty-third-1340 Thirty-eighth
street.
Twenty-feurth Peterson's car
penter shop, Forty-fifth street be-
tween Fifth and Sixth avenues.
Twenty fifth-Longfellow school,
Forty-f1rst street and seventh ave-
nue..
Twenty-sixth - 1900 Fourteenth
avenue.
Twenty-seventh-Cleland Presby-
terrain church, Twenty-first avenue
between Eleventh and Twelfth
streets.
Twenty-eighth-N 6 fire station,
Forty-second avenue and Twelfth
ST. Get.
Twenty-ninth - 1900 Eighteenth
avenue. Paridon's store.
Which election will be open at
seven Cd o'clock in the morning
and continue open until five (5)
O'Clock of that day.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois,
this 25th day of March A. D., 1919.
NJ. T. Rudgren, City Clerk
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-10
KING GEORGE AND
QUEEN MARY SEE
PLAY OF LINCOLN

London, Tuesday. April Shy
the Associated Press.) liking George
and Queen Mary tonight witnessed
John Drinkwater's play Abraham
Lincoln"
The performance was in a small
suburban theater which had never
been visited by royalty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-10
ITALIAN HELD TO BLAME.

Paris, April 10.-An official Serb
ian telegram from Belgrade says
the American and British commits
sions state that the responsibilities
for the Spalato incident rests upon
the Italian naval commander.