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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22
FINISH H JOB

The success of the Victory Liberty
Loan, the fifth government war loan,
will depend largely on the savings Of
the people of the nation.
To insure it's success, we must be-
gin to save NOW-to practice anew
the great lessons of the war, thrift
and economy. Aside from the loss of
respect for ourselves as a nation every
family will be unpleasantly affected,
if the coming loan is not fully sub
scribed. Uncle Sans war exchequer
is compelled to spend money at the
rate of more than three hundred mil
lion dollars a week-to maintain the
army of occupation, to rehabilitate the
wounded, to bring home the victors
and TO carry out the program of re-
construction. He has found peace in
its early stages more expensive than
war.
This money is being borrowed from
the banks of the country, and Uncle
Sam is issuing short-term notes on the
coming Liberty Loan and the Federal
Taxes due March 10. If the banks
~ " SPNNuiAJ pau OdNA, llelT Tt
sources would be gone, and as they
could make no loans, credit operations
would be hampered and business
Stagnate.
How about it? viii we finish our
job-that of paying the war bills, as
our immortal heroes finished theirs of
vanquishing the Hun? They were not
cutters, even when called on to make
the supreme sacrifice. Will we be
cutters, when there is all to gain and
nothing to lose?
A little saving now is all it will
cost, and this saving will mean a
stronger grip on the future. The Vic
tory Liberty Loan will come in the
spring. VIII you be ready to do your
part9
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22
Ideas Worth Fortunes Are
at the Disposal of Those
of Inventive Turn of Mind

A soldier was once tramping along q
country road on his way to rejoin his
unit. Hearing hat his luck vas
rather down, a casual friend put him
up for the night at an inn, and on
parting with him in the morning gave
him some tobacco. To show his graf
itude. the soldier parted with the only
thing he had which he thought would
be of service to his benefactor, the re-
cipe for making bo%otblacking. Out
of that simple recipe was born a great
polish firm.
81 was singing to the mOuthpiece of
a telephone" said Edison. "when the
vibrations of my voice caused a fine
steel point to pierce II of my fingers.
That set me to thinking. If | could
record the motions of the point and
send it over the same surface after
ward, I saw no reason why the thing
should not talk. That's the story"
/ was only an idea, but out of that
simple notion sprGng the monograph.
1t was a passing idea which gave the
world the discovery of galvanic cleo
tricity, so useful in transmitting vo-
cal and written language. Nine. Gal
vani simply happened to notice the
contraction of the muscles of a skinned
frog accidentally touched ut the mo-
ment her husband took Il spark from
an electric machine. That was the
whole thing.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22
TIME TO START
POULTRY RAISING

At no time in the history of the
standardized poultry business has
there been such a favorable %opportuni-
ty for the beginner or small breeder
TO make a good profit from poultry.
There has never been a time when it
would pay so well to keep even a small
flock in the back yard to supply the
family needs.
In conversation with a backyard poul-
tryman, writes a poultry expert, we
learned that from nine hens he had
secured enough eggs during the past
year to supply fresh eggs for the table
use of a family of three, and they had
eggs on the table at least one meal
every day. His feed bill was very
little owing to utilizing the table
scraps, which, made into q mash, made
up a nice part of the daily ration. The
little item of expense, and, as he put
it, 1.-THE expense and trouble are so
little it's just like finding them"
For the poultryman the future never
was brighter. The demand for stock,
eggs and baby chicks is sure to be the
greatest in the history of the business,
and those who have stuck thTelsn the
trying times of the past and those who
will take up thG breeding of standard
bred poultry viii reap a great harvest
during the next few years. The present
prices of market poultry and eggs,
backed up by recent government re-
ports on cold storage holdings, indi-
cate prices will continue to soar higher.
The man who is in the poultry bust
ness, or can get in even with a few
fowls will come out a long way ahead,
even if only a few are kept for his
own family use-to reduce the ad-
Yanced cost of living.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22
Kansas With 11,184,000 Acres
Has 22.3 Per Cent of Winter
Wheat Area of United States

A reporter for the federal depart
ment of agriculture declares that Kan
sas, with 11,1S4 900 acres has 22.2 per
cent OF I'll the winter wheat area of
the United States.
A full crop on this enormous acre
age, which is 13 per cent larger than
the record acreage of last year, would
total 200, 100000 bushels. or more than
one-third of the 500, 304 600 bushels for
the average annual consumption in the
United States, the report says.
Such a production, with a guaran-
teed price of 50 a bushel, would bring
Kansas $500, 000, 900. The December
report stated that the average condi-
ton is 90 per cent.
"Not only is this the largest acre
age of wheat ever sown in a single
state, but it is probably the largest
acreage ever devoted to a single grain
crop of any state" says the report.
1.-THE Texas cotton crop is possibly the
only state crop that yer excelled it
in area"
A campaign for modifying a great
army to harvest the 1919 crop is be-
ing worked out by the Kansas City
office of the director general of the
federal employment service, in charge
of western farm labor. Last year the
federal employment offices supplied
fully half of the 10000 men used in
Kansas and Oklahoma harvest fields.
1t is expected many thousand more
hands will be needed for the 1919
yield. Women, children and business
and professional men responded to the
wheat won't watt call and helped
gather the big war crop.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22
Chinese Use Ancient Method
Of Printing and Engraving

The Chinese follow the primitive
way of printing from engraved wooden
blocks. The matter to be printed is
first written, by means of ink, upon pa
per, which is pasted face downward
upon a block of a pear or plum tree.
After the paper becomes dry it is
rubbed until an inverted impression of
the characters is left. Then the blank
spaces are cut away and the block is
turned over to the printer, who works
by hand. He takes care to ink the
characters equally and to avoid tearing
the impression.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22
MISSING IN ACTION"

All through those days of the
growing casualty lists one feature
of the reports was the number
missing in action"
Many of these victims were
found to be in German prisons.
Some had been wounded. Some,
overcome by weight of numbers,
had been taken prisoners out
right. Many were more dead than
alive.
A lot of folks here at home have
been missing in action without
having done anything at all.
Simply laid down their arms and
surrendered without firing d shot.
None of us can afford to be in
that list.
Every one of us can be on the
list of those present. instead of
missing in action" if we do our
share in the Victory Liberty Loan.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22
Soap Worth Millions Finds
Way Into Sewage in England

-Four hundred thousand IONS of soap
are, it is estimated, used every year in
England, practically all of which finds
It's way into the sewage. If this could
be extracted, the value would be from
100000 900 to $5O,O0O,0OO. The residue
which was left after all the fatty con-
stituents had been drawn would be Of
considerable fertilizer value. Ii would
not clog the soil, would be completely
'terililed and odorless and could be
,tored or used on land without creai
ng Il nuisance.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22

Your government asks you very ear
nestly not to sell your Liberty Bonds
unless you have to- To part with your
Liberty Bonds means giving up your
pledge of patriotism and citizenship,
and handing your responsibilities and
privileges over to. some one else. Lib
erty Bonds will be worth much more
money presently and it Is good bust
ness to hold them.
If you must sell, get the full market
price. Go to d responsible banker
and let him give you Information and
advice. Do not sell to just anyone,
who may not treat you fairly.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22
Over Is Billion, Years War Cost
What the American People Had to Pay in 1915
for Operation Against Germany

It cost the American people about $8, 160,000,000 to run its war
government and make loans to the allies in the past year, according to
computations from treasury reports.
December expenditures above $4,000 10000, the record of the
nations history, sent aggregate war costs to approximately $24,500,
100000.
Of the $8, 100000 laid out of the treasurys Golfers in 1918
probably $4,000, 100000 went for the army and the general military
about $1,0OO,O00O0O for the navy; 1,O0O,O00OOO for the
shipbuilding program; 81, 900, 100000 for other civil government needs,
and $4,150,OOO 900 as loans to Americas brothers in arms.
That the public has paid only about onethrd of the wars expenses,
excluding foreign loans, in taxes in cash and twothrds in loans to be
repaid in another generation is indicated by treasury figures of collections
from various sources.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22
| PIED G E

!. That peace will find me back
I. ing Uncle Sam az strongly as |
!. backed him in the war.
I. That between now and April
+. will lay every possible stone
I. of the groundwork for the Fifth
I. Liberty Loan and leave no act
I. undone which will tend to keep
I. alive and, if possible quicken the
I. consciousness of the nation that
I. Saving and Thrift are Peace es-
I. sentials.
I. That will exact my every
I. effort to stop trafficking in
I. bonds of the first four loans.
I. That will work tooth and
I. nail from now on till the last
I. day of the April drive to over
!. subscribe that Fifth Liberty
I. Loan.
!. That will help finish the job.
/.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22

Was there an item of news concern
ing yourself or your family that did
not get in the last issue of The Pleas
antville Press? If so, it was omitted
because we did not learn of it and
you did not tell US. We want every
legitimate piece of news in this COM
munity, and we ask YOU to tell US
what YOU know.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22
The Victory Liberty Loan.

Now guns 4 rusting,
No more the legions smash,
The weed springs in the dugout,
The battle fire is ash.
SO hats off to the doughboy,
And hats off to the COB,
The Victory Loan is coming.
Let's finish up the job
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22

that come in our
highest and best
moments of think
ing. Moses was
able to construct
a tabernacle of
wondrous design
and perfect adapt
alton to the needs
of Israel because
he had seen a pat
tern of it in the
mount of solitude
with God.
The case of
Moses is not ex-
ceptional. Mental
vision must al
ways precede the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22

WISE AND OTHERWISE

The man who keeps his self.
respect has saved all that mat
ters.
A woman's idea of a real party
is one for which she feels it
necessary to go to an expert to
have her hair dressed.
Next to shopping for herself
here's nothing a woman likes
better than helping another
Yoman to pick out a new gown.
There's n thing about good
work-yOu never have to worry
rbout being able to get away
With it.
Il .l.AaA.L.I IL 4 i Ii. J.Iay.I LI.HI.TL,N
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22

The Pleasantville Press m to
you as an old friend and neighbor,
telling you all the home news while
the large city dailies enter your house
as a stranger.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22

If you have a relative or friend who
is interested in Pleasantville, living
in some other state or community,
send them The Pleasantville Press.
1t will be a pleasing weekly visitor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22

About the most that any good man
nay hope for from: the world is to be
enderly and reVerently forgotten.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22
Liberty Loan Leuity

Bill lived for one thing-just to spend
Couldn't even spare money to lend.
Save? Bill couldn't do it.
And Newell, you knew it.
He died poor and early.-The End.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22
Snow-Shoe Weather

It's days like these that
tell you whether you've
been square with your bat
terry or not.
Ifyou haven't-look out.
Some morning you'll go
out and step on the starter
without even getting a
sign of life.
Better take a hydrometer
test today to be sure that
each cell is at least up to
1.285. If battery charge
is low do not neglect 10
come in.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22
The Pattern in
the Mount
By REV. RUSSELL, D. D., L. L. d.
Professor of Bible Doctrine and
Homiletics
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago

TEXT-See that thou make all things
according to the pattern showed to thee
in the lp3unt.-Heb. SIS.
All the best work of life consists of
carving out the plans and purposes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27
SUPPLY OF STOCKS is SMALL
AND MANY ISSUES SCORE GAINS
Uneasiness Over European Situation Disappears
can Pete Has Widest Advance-Steel and
Other Industrials and Copper Strong

I'll all the
make the situation
resumption of buih operations on
again evidence
much confidence in
a
demonstrated in the
quotations and
this condition general ueases
the beginning
buyers the
which from the opening
situation, the
securities of this stand
prevailing in Europe
Mexican Petroleum. which
movement accompanied by
Gaicia
steadily bought house taking $4,000
and helping the price than point to &% Other
steel ndustria made gains of l point
dividend
of better
Sc a
oil 8 Utah
Many
Industrial Alcohol
including inseed
the Liberty 4l4s
a trading
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27
LEADING OIL STOCKS
IN EVIDENCE ON CURB
Firm Tone to Trading-War
Order Issues Quiet-Mines
Are Active

New York, March 27.--There was
firm tone to the trading on the Broad
Street Curb, generally with Il good de-
mand in evidence again in all the lead
ing oil stocks, including the high-priced
shares
Most interest was attached to the
trading in Sinclair Gulf and sales of
that stock were made at 43A to 441 Y.
Merritt Oil was traded in at % to 294
and Midwest Refining sold at 154 to
155. Commonwealth was steadily held
on a fairly large volume of business
at 4S to 4SH. Marland Oil, eX-dividend,
sold at 77A.
Keystone Tire sold at SO to S234 in
'he early trading and then advanced to
Sias. After a long interval of dull
ness. United Motors became active, SELL
ing at A to 44as.
War order stocks were quiet, with
Wright Martin selling at to Az Sub
marine Boat at 1872 to IA and Aetna
| Explosives at 93s. United States
| Steamship was firm, selling at . to ~
Swift International was traded in at
56Ia to 81 and Libby Mcneil & Libby
! sold at 26ia to ~.
| Mining stocks were active, with large
transactions in a number of these issues
with Seven Metals making a further
| advance. Golden Gate sold at 334 and
az
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

American Ice Company. quarterly of ~
per cent preferred. payable April 20 to
stock OF record April 15.
Middle City Bank sem-annual of per
cent. payable April to stockholders of
record March 20.
Central and South American Telegraph
Company. quarterly of IA per cent paya-
Bile x April II to stock of record April l. ,
Delaware. LaCkawanna and Western Rail
road quar- rterly of per cent. payable April
20 to stock of record April l.
First National Bank; quarterly Of 2h
Inspirati ton Consolidated Copper Company.
qua rterly Of $3.50 a share. payable April
2S to stock of record April II.
Virginia Car olina Chemical Company.
quarterly of per cent on common and :
May to stock of record April 70; preferred
April IL to stock Of record April I.
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania.
quarterly OF IL per cent. payable April Is
to stock of record April ..
Mexican Telegraph Company. quarterly Of
record April 10.
Massa chusetts Gas Companies. quarterly
Of l& per cent on common, payable May
90 stock Of record April 15. Subsidiary com
panies decla red the following quarterly divi-
dends: Boston Consolidated Gas. l& per
Company Ia per cent: citizens Gas Light
Company. III New England Fuel and Trans;
portation Company .: Dominion Coal and
Coke Company; 2; all payable March 20 10
Manufacturers Light and Heat Company,
Of record March 81.
Union Natural Gas Company quarterly OF
2h per cent payable April 10 10 stock OF
| record March 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27

LOCAL MARKET SHOWS BROADER
TENDENCY, BUT BUSINESS IS LIGHT
Storage Battery Yields Slightly and, With Tonopah
Mining, Makes Up Bulk of Business.
William Cramp Strong


fractional The
larger
Electric
the only other issue of nerest-Tonopah Mining
steady unchanged small William
certificates
G. Brill which
midday SSz
Most of
Philadelphia Company while Phade
phia Electric Philadelphia American
the big
Gross
totaled s7767
operating
s424s645 operating
$l84237, against n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27
Bank of England Statement

London, March 27.-The weekly state
Tsn sa OF reserve ses sank % sSand
1904. 600; circulation. f73,649, 900: in,
crease, f1.442.000: bullion, fS4.252. 900 :
Increase, fS58.0Q0 other securities, f79,-
posits. f121 ,759, 900; decrease, 5000 /;
government securities. f56. 6.992, 600 in
crease, f343.000, The proportion of the
banks reserve 10 liabilities is now 1910
per cent. against 1890 per cent last week
and compares with a decline from 1sN
10 l7,22 per cent this week last, year.
Clearinxe through the London banks FOR
week were. ff4e.seo. 900, against f4ss,-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27
LOCAL MEAT MhRKET

The following report OF the fresh meat
trade in Philadelphia is furnished by the
~ Markets. United SUtes Department OF
Agrculture ,. ,,,.
steady TO strong with better feeling: demand
light. ,. ,,,. ,,,.. .,
=" "COWS-Receipts light, market steady at
Sl9 TO 500; demand fairly good.
"VEAI-Receipts liberal. market weak and
duh al Sl4 to s22 demand poor.
PoRK-supPy moderate; market , barely
LAMB-Receipts liberal, supplies increas.
ing market unsettled at s25 to sSl: demand
NNMtjTToN-ReceIptsb below normal. market
unchanged at $40 to S26: demand fairly
good.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27
BUTTER. EGGS AND CHEESE

New York. March IS. - BUTTER - Re-
ceipts; 1l.hO3 tubs. Market firm and un-
settled. Higher scoring 52la 6153c: extras.
Glh @82c: frsts. -59GD60c; seconds, 81 dD
51la c; state dairy. 59@62c; imitat tion cream
cry 400 49c.
EGGs-R Receipts. sO.554 cases. Market
asm agIn Extra 44HS outside extra hrsts; s.
Az c: dirties. No. l.. 4O@4Ihc: No. 2.
ssh q 43c; checks. No. I: 800 89la C; No, 2.
81 a 8sc; gathered whites. 81 q 36c; Pacific
coast whitesi 46@@tIc; AZ western and southern
aeS Ssss snf aodrs s
CHEESE-Receipts. 4911 boxes. Market
unsettled. state whole milk colored. spe-
cials. 32A T332c: fat current make.
whites. 80 q 34c: nat. current make. colored.
average run. 32c. outside: fat current make
whites. average run. 81 n 33H c. twins, cur
rent make. specials. 37@3Sc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27
Selling Budd Company Stock

Brown Bros. & Co, Frazier & Co. and
VIM. a. Read & Co. are offering at 81
and accrued dividend s1.500,000 8 per
cent cumulative preferred stock of the
Edward G.. Budd Manufacturing Com
pany, It Is understood that the stoch
has nearly all been sold The com.
pany, whose plant in this city was 100
per cent devoted to war work, has now
switched over entirely frcm a war to a
peace basis. and is engaged in the manu-
facture of automobile bodies. CONNER
S9,O00,000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27
Coml paper Gov. paper
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York. March 27.-Thc foreign eX-
change market this morning was weak.
Demand sterling was 4.59 and cables
$50; franc checks 5.94, cables 5.92.
Other quotations were:
Lire checks 7.S5, cables 7.S0.
Guilder checks 4Oh, cables 40$s.
Pesetas checks 20,2O. cables 20.30.
Stockholm checks 81 cables 27A
Christiania checks 26, cables 26A.
Copenhagen checks 25ia cables 25#.
No quotations were available in the
early trading for sXty-day and ninety
day sterling bills nor for ruble notes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27
RAILROAD EARNINGS

GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM

Washington, March 27-Increased
freight rates put into effect by the rail-
road administration last year were at
tackled in a complaint filed today with
the Interstate Commerce Commission by
the California Citrus League. making
Director General Hines and several
hundred railroads defendants.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27

New York. March 27.-Produceys of
hot rolled strip, steel are, Announcing
a cut in price of their product amount
ing to sis net ton. The new price is
S3 O5 Pittsburgh. as compared with pre- .
yious price of $3.50. Hot rolled strip
steel makers also. cut the price of their
product January !.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27
Magma Copper Passes Dividend

New York, March 27.-The Magma
Copper Company. at its monthly meet
ing today. passed the dividend on its
stock The previous payment. three
months ago. was fifty cents share II
was stated that this action was taken
connection with the copper situation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27
OLD STYLE
Liverpool Cotton

quiet today with prices easy on the
basis of a decline of II points for
middiing. old contract, at is. 3sd Sales
were 1000 bales Receipts were 21O0
steady in the early dealings. Spot
prices were: American, middling fair,
17.59d good middling, 16.16d; middling.
1880: low middling, 14.33d; good
ordinary, 12.s1d. and ordinary. 12.2sd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27
BANK CLEARINCS

Bank clearngs today compared with cor
| respondings day last two years:
1919 1918 1917
Phila.. $72.373. 40 s55,975. 894 s4T ,OS7 ,8S3
Boston. 445243l0 47.8sS8l3 80. l45. 72O
n York G5S. .64O.012 507. .OsS 7sS 5O7, 444. .007
Baltimore l4.45S,157 1865, 2G2 7.74l 500
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27
Leading futures ranged as follows;
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET

New York, March PA steadier tone
prevailed in the coffee market at the
opening this morning, and first prices
were 4 to 3 points above the previous
close. , =,
There was n fair interest shown in
December contracts. but other months
we're neglected en- the call.
during the early trading, but sentiment
continued nervous and unsettled and
the Volume of business was not large
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-27
PHILADELPHIA-Call. 5M per cen
Reserve Banks Discount Rates

Official discount rates at the twelve
Federal Reserve Banks were as follows:
CThe first column gives the rates for
all periods up to and including fifteen
day maturity to ninety days. The thlrd
and fourth columns are the rates for
redSCountS of collateral loans secured
by government bonds or notes.)
COm'l Daper Gov, paper