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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
URGES M'ADOO
RAILROAD PLAN
r. w. WOOlley Declares Con.
gress Should Write OFF De.
ficit of 96,000,0OO.
WOULD TRY L. S. CONTROL
Says Only Roads and shippers
Go to Hearings and Public
Has No Advocate.
WOULD TRY L. S. CONTROL

BUFFALO. Jan. 25.---1n a speech her.
tonight before several hundred members
OF the University CLUB Robert W Woo.
lev, member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. declared that Congress
should Immediately write off the $lYs.
600. 900 deficit incurred by the Railroad
Administration since the road came IN.
der Federal control, and at the same
time extend the period of control 70 five
years as suggested by former Director.
General McAdoo in II, recommendation
to the Senate Interstate Commerce Com.
mission recently.
THE Federal Control Act" said Mr.
Soolley. provides that the President
may retain the roads for twenty -ore
months following the proclamation -
peace, or turn them back to tlc.r private
owners at any time within that prr..l
Mr.. McAdoo, before retiring >f.om me
post of Director-General requested Cor.
gress TO extend the period Of possible
control to five years following IT,. ,oM-
ing OF peace. and said that II this wers
not done he would recommend TO tas
President that the roads he reiIuqusu"d
at the earliest possible momrat The
storm of conflicting protests resulting
from this state ment is one OF the most
curious by-products Of the war.
With respect 10 the five year pro-
posal Mr. Woolley said
LAS a member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission ] had the honor re-
Gently OF secondng Mr.. McAdoos recon.
mendation and OF filing memorandum
dissenting from the Recommendations 10
Congress made by majority OF my 'ol-
leagues. Not only do | agree with much
of what Mr. McAdoo said in his letter to
Chairman Sims of the House Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
and in his statement to Congress
but go further and say that We
should have "A longer and more ~.
haustive test of Federal control IA o,der
that the rate structure, if | may cal
the thousands of different schemes ~
fixing rates devised by the railroads
acquiesced in by the shippers and an.
proved by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission by such name, may be done
over, If not actually discarded
Il submit that il is illogical laden " N
preferences and uniustifiahle, IN saying
so l do not wish 20 be understood as
critiCising the Interstate Comm5rpr Com.
mission. Congress created that body
and gave il the act to regulate CONE
merCe. with all its provisions and re-
strictions. to administer
My colleagues are as conscientious,
as high minded and as able men as YOU
will find on official bodies OF like i'm
portance and powers IN any country Tie
difficulty is that in the actions bcfor" he
commission under the act TO regulate
commerce only the railroads on the oas
hand and the shippers on tn" other ever
appear. The public has not even dew .
advocate to speak for it. our findings
have 10 he based upon the law and
the facts disclosed i'm the record II 'he
consumer does not enter an appearance
and | confess ! do not see how 10
could in ordinary cases-how can lh
rights be coueid ered ?'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
Cuba's Cane Dilemma.

The continued weakness of the cuba
Cane Sugar stocks has given rise to
rumors, one of which is dissatisfaction
among stockholders In reference to the
financing plan. II Is said that there is
really "A doubt of ratification of the pro-
posed bond issue by the required two
thirds Of the share owners. According
to information obtained from an authori-
tative source, there are at least two
stockholders committees in formation
for the avowed purpose OF defeating the
bond issue Color is lent to the story
by the appeal of the management con-
tained In a circular recently sent out in
which are sought sufficient proxies to IN
sure ratification of the bond issue plan.
What the company will do TO take care
of its floating debt should the stockhold-
ers really turn down the proposal is~"on-
lecture and possibilities are opened up
by the hint that there will be hitch in
the financing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
Dinerence of Opinion.

Everybody in Wall Street is not OF
the same mind with respect to the ben
eft to the market of the removal Of
money restrictions. While there are
many who declare that the elimination
of the money pool will be of incalcula-
BILE benefit. others take the opposite
stand, as witness the following from a
letter sent out by one house: "An I'M
reasonable and unthinking lot of Wall
Street Bolsheviki have by unceasing
agitation succeeded in overturning an
arrangement for money market control
which has saved the Stock Exchange
many an uneasy hour in the last year
or two. No one can overestimate work
done by the money pool "a distinguished
from the money committee but working
in full harmony II has been done with
the result of curtailing otherwise larger
bank profits and with the good OF the
community and nation only at heart"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
The Favorable Side.

While opinion regarding the removal
OF credit restrictions was divided there
were many brokers who held that the
action was favorable and constructive.
one broker may be quoted as saying :
This will mean a good February mar
ket. I do not mean that there will be
necessarily an active bull market, but a
return to more normal conditions is
bound to bring about a more cheerful
feeling in Wall Street. Not only will II
benefit investors, but banking houses
can now resume their credit operations
with better freedom" The cons. nsus of
opinion was that the tests will he the
amount OF public participation and the
course Of money rates. 1t is recognized
that the supply OF money will play a
more important part During the past
few weeks, while brokers aggregate
loans have been held to Il 100000, 900
maximum. there has been large and
oversupply OF money with relatively low
rates as consequence. Bankers point
out. however. that ii Is easy for the
Government 20 shift money from this
centre, at least temporarily.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26

Not alone is the excellent peace pros
pect of rubber stocks responsible for the
recent strength in Kelly Springfield tire.
Wall Street has revived the story, cur
rent about two years ago. to the effect
that stock dividend on this issue is
impending. The buying which has come
into Springfield in the last few
days is declared to be of the very best,
and a good sized short interest is said
to be getting FESTIVE under the continued
absorption of all offerings With respect
to the rumor that "A stock dividend liz
under consideration it will be remem-
bered that about two years ago the same
story went the rounds, and when nothing
more was heard of the matter II was de-
clared that the entrance of the United
States into the war early in 1917 was
RESPONSIBLE for the change In plan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.
Market Opinions.

Predictions that the next important
swing in the market will be upward
characterize market letters issued yes
terday, Int no date Is set for the start
of the movement. j. s. Bache & Co.
say that big capitalists are holding
large amounts of stocks. and because
there is no demand for them are idle,
that industrials are feeling their way
ahead. amt steel and copper are not on
such sound footing as to warrant firm
opinion as to their future. Goodbody &
Co affirm that they have taken bullish
position because $50 many good stocks
are selling at such low prices" Hay
den, Stone az Co. declare that indus
trially the process of adjustment to a
peace basis has made good progress and
"marketwise we believe 1t is still fur
ther along" Maury. Rogers Il Auchn-
Gloss assert that the price of Steel COM
mon shares will have discounted the re-
adjustment process long before the pc
riod of reimbursement is ended. adding
I'VE believe the present price level OF
Steel is low enough now to have APP
proximately discounted this process"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
\ Speculative Orgys

Il do not doubt" the writer continues,
that for few days. given free rein,
Wall Street may go the pace and enjoy
an orgy. but just as certainly, with
needs Of the financial world in reestab-
lishment Of normal foreign exchanges.
and with bi-weekly purchase OF huge
amounts of Treasury certificates by
banks in preparation for the Victory
Loan sixty days hence, will Wall street
be wishing with all its hear; Il could re-
turn to the condition it babe farewell
when it saw the money pool die. with
end of money committee restrictions,
Some people simply can't realize when
they are well off. We must be prepared
for higher rates"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26

The weekly statement Of the Clearing
House banks revealed that wlthdrawa!s
OF United states deposits during the
week aDprcximsted sl25.000,o0 the to-
tai being s2u9,7SS,00O at the close
against s333.469. 600 at the beginning ut
the week. The Withdrawals were met by
a decrease in surplus of slN.5oi,'S 81, that
item standing at $iS, 1870 at yeSter-
DAYS opening The were Responsible
for the S23.2lO. 600 decrease in member
hank reserves with the Federal Reserve
Rank. but that in turn was offset in part
by the shrnkage Of sj2,500,oo in time
and demand deposits combined. The loan
and discount account contracted $751;
34l 900 during the past week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
Export ssoI.47o,7ao Bread.tun..

WAsHINGToN, Jan. @l.--I3r,at,'9rs
constituted thu principal item IN Anlt-.
can exports during 1918. with q value
of ss01.497.730. against a wake Iv 1877
OF $&l .9SS.1l0. Exports Of meat ar.
dairy products combined were valued &.
S9il,2i0,SSS, against $437it?5,g 70 '..
previous year, Cotton products eNrar'. !
in 1918 We're valued a. $6-ilg- 7!n
against S575,303,7s2 in 1917. LNius
Of mineral oil were valued ut S"+i-eo.
444 in 1915, against $252.9lit76 -
1917.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26

WAsHINGToH, Jan. 25.-Railroads p.
Grating through Iowa were ordered W.
the Interstate Commerce Commission -.
day to cease maintaining rates on "a Sac
rietv of commodities moving from South
ern and central sections into that S,,'e
and which exceed tn" aggregate Of i've
terInediate rates maintained over "a
same routes Permission to disregard -
long and short haul clause wa- 70
fused.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE,

There was reaCtionary tendency to
the market at the close yesterday on the
Consolidated Exchange. Steel Common
was in supply and closed at 9lhs. Cop
per issues closed fractionally lower.
Mexican Petroleum was off three points
and Marine preferred was a point lower
Transactions in Liberty loan bonds were
IN fair volume, with prices steady.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26

WAsHINGToN, Jan, 25-The War
Trade Board was advised to-day that
ire French Ministry OF Reconstruction
would consider tavorahly applications L.
import quantities Of iron and steel In
obtaining such import licenses it wa
stated that American firms or their
French agencies would he given the same
consideration as French firms.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
To Consider OIL Cake Export.

WAsHINGToN, Jan. 25.--ApplicatIons
for expectation Of oil cake and cake
meal to Canada, Central and South
America. Mexico, Cuba and the West
Indies will be considered. it was an
nounced to-day by the War Trade Board
after consultation with the Food Adj
minstratiou.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
Paris BOurse Trading,

PARIS Jan. 2J.-Tradiug oa ~.
Bourse was quiet to-day. Thrye re-
cent. rentes were quoted at 81 frl.s
for cash; exchange On London, - f~tr's
9S centimes per cent. loan, ~ t-t.9
80 Centimes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
ELECTIONS AND MEETINGS.
CONSOLIDATED GAS CON-
PANY OF NEW YORK
1870 EAST 18th STREET
January 9Th, 1918

The annual meeting OF the stock.
holders of this Company for the election
OF Trustees to serve during the ensuing
year will be held at this office NOM
DAY. January eth, 1919. Polls will
be open from IL M. to P. M. Trans.
fer books will close Saturday, January
18th. 1919, at IL NJ, and reopen Tues
day. January 28th, 1919.
r. A. CARTER. Secretary
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26

Wheat, 222,1l7 bu.; hour. 1868
bbls, cornmeal. S,6O2 bbs, r,.,.E
bu. beans, 252,l:6 bu. lard .' .r..N
gals.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26

on CITY. Jan, 25.-Credit balances
~; runs. S3,557; average. 66,S79. Ship
ments, ~ ?73: avrrapc. O.e9b.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
BID AND ASKED QUOTATIONS.

New York Stock Exchange closing prices Of
Government and municipal bonds. Accrued
interest is 10 be added to these prices.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BONDS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
CALL MONEY.

CALL LOANS ON ACCEPTANCES,
Prime member bank acceptances 4IA4
TINE LOANS.
Mixed Collateral All IndustrIals
Sixty days. 5.G5i. sixty days. 81. G5L
Ninety days. 54H5L2 Ninety days. 5HGS%
Four mouths. 5i.nf. -Four months 5i.TjE
Five months, 6tn5is Five months. 5hG5&
SIX months. SAa5ig SIX months. 6La6x
COMMERCIAL PAPER
Prime Endorsed Bills Six months ba5L
Receivable. Other Names
Sixty days........ 5d5H Three to six
Ninety days.. 6a5A months ....... BQ6H
ACCEPTANCES,
30 days. 60 days. 20 days
Bid Ask Bid. Ask Bid Ask
Eligible member
banks ..,.,..... A AZ ~ ~ "a
Eligible n O n
member banks. ~ al ~ ~ ~ ~
Ineligible banks
bills ..........., 6h 5iz 3 81 s
CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT
Clearing House exchanges. .59l. s7s.ss7; bal.
ances 1889, s3l; SubTreasury debit hal.
ances, s4.26471 Federal reserve credit bal.
ance. 81 367,403
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.
Boston, par: Chicago, par: ST. Louis .5y9
lbc. discount San Francisco par; Montreal
S2O.62ls per 81. 200 premium; Cincinnati, par
Minneapolis lOc. premium.
SILVER PRICES.
Bar silver in New York H-o1x. I'm.
changed: in London. Gid. unchansed
Mexican dollars. T7lzc. unchanged
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
EARNINGS STATEMENTS


CANADIAN PACIFIC
Third week January. s., 40. mn IT, tE 10
From January l..-........ =. 6s5.Jiu j. ,tf. ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
OIL PRODUCTION

oil man here from Texas has
leases in BGrkburnett field with
200 barrels daily production
and possibilities. due to control
OF extensive acreage of much
larger increase, wishes to get
in touch with parties who can
arrange to send engineer TO
make inspection Immediately
and who are prepared to finance
what appears to be the best
proposition now available In
that held. References ex-
changed. VIII deal with princl-
pals only. OPPORTUNITY,
box 1919 sun.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
FORD CITY COAL AND LIME co.

Wanted at once, to sell direct to con-
sumers 100 tons or more daily OF good
clean Freeport Sean Coal. attractive price
reference exchanged; wire or write FORD
CITY COAL AND LIME CO.. Ford City. Pa.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
Elk DIVIDEND TABLE.


Monday
Albert Pick Observation-Disclosures. az o.,
Barnh1rdt Bros. & Spindler LIST pf la a.
Barrhardt Bros, & SPindler I'd f.lG 81
IN u'los WI s.'' ......... SCI
Lat Bros Corn, extra 81. r.
rcre Marquette prior pf,....,.......lacs
Tuesday
Baltimore 4 Ohio. 90.
Esmond Mills .................. u, ~
philadelphia Warehouse ........... g.:
Royal butch.,,,. s2llL
McdncsdHy--
stewart Warner Speed ............ 90
l'r"o1 Ci"or stores o.. ri,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
FOREIGN BONDS.


Mexico Extern strl - of % '9Sl IS SO
Mexico Extern gold Is Of "a 1884. Az -
Russian 1884 ronte As go ruble den. - 3
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-23
Delightful Taste, Immediate
Relief, Quick Warm Up.

The sensation of the year in the
drug trade is Aspironal, the two,
minute cold and cough reliever, au.
thoritatively guaranteed by the labora.
tories; tested, approved and most
enthusiastically endorsed by the high
est authorities, and proclaimed by
the common people as ten times as
quick and effective as whiskey, rock
and rye, or any other cold and cough
remedy they have ever tried.
All drug stores are now supplied
with the wonderful new elixir, so all
you have to do to get rid of that cold
is to step into the nearest drug store,
hand the clerk half a dollar for bottle
of Aspironal and tell him to servo you
two teaspoonfuls with four teaspoon
fuls Of water in q glass. With your
watch in your hand, take the drink
at one swallow and call for your money
back in two minutes if you cannot
feel your cold fading away like a dream
within the time limit. Don't be bash.
full, for all druggists invite you and
expect you to try it. EvaryLody's
doing it.
When your cold or cough is re-
lieved, take the remainder Of the bottle
home to your wife and babies, for
Aspironal is by far the safest and most
effective, the easiest to take and the
most agreeable cold and cough remedy
for infants and children.-Adv.)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-23

that was bad, not their ability t
prophesy.
Waited for Heavens to Open.
Arrayed in their ascension garments
they all assembled early in the after.
noon of Oct. %, 1874, to wait for the
heavens to open at o'clock. While
they, waited they sang hymns, prayed
and listened, to the loud haranguinG
of the preachers.
After the people had waited till the
day was nearly gone without any sign
that there wouldn't be another day to
follow some OF the women began to
think about housework. At last one of
them decided she would go home and
milk the COWS, returning, If necessary,
to the tabernacle. That broke up the
end of the world meeting.
Since that time, besides the spurts of
prophecy from 1881 to 1885 as to the
end OF the world, there have been
several rather widely known local
prophecies, and one in Missouri in the
late '90s took pretty much the form of
the Seventh Day Adventist celebration.
The negroes throughout the south
have an end of the world gathering
about once a year, when some of them
get in "weavfn' way"
And SO it has gone on down to this
last seventeenth day Of December
when. If the latest prophet had been
right, all prophecies would have ended
and with them all prohteers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-23

Announcement has been made OF
the virtual compromise Of the govern
jment's prosecution Of the Big Five
packers. on the understanding that the
Big Five packers will withdraw from
competition with the wholesale grocers
except IN the matter Of meat and dairy
producta. "
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-23

~ In Norris county, New Jersey,
heavy rains have kept the valley flood
ed. and at Pinebrook farmers are harY-
esting some of their crops from row.
boats.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-23
BETTER THAN s.
WHlSKEY FOR
COLDS and FLU

New Elixir, Called Aspiron-
al, Medicated With --latest
Scientific Remedies, Used
and Endorsed by Euro
pean and American Army
Surgeons to Cut Short a
Cold and Prevent Compi-
cations.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-23

Every Druggist in U. S. In
structed to Refund Price
While You Wait at Count
er If Relief Does Not Come
/ Within Two Minutes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-23
WATCHING FOR THE END.
Continued From Page One.)

that was bad, not their ability to
prophesy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-03
BIG THEATRICAL
MERCER FORMED

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 3.--fUDited
Press t-Formation OF an immense
theatrical merger. with almost un-
limited capital" involving every
high class vaudeville house west Of
Chicago" was announced today by
Morris heyerfield. jr., head Of the
Orpheum circuit.
The merger viii be known as the
Orpheum Circuit Consolidated. IL
will build elaborate new vaudeville
houses wherever they are needed.
and wherever tho size Of the city
warrants one" said Mcyerfield. He
and Martin Beck. OF New York, viii
jointly head the merger.
Every high class vaudeville house
west OF a line between New Orleans
and Chicago. and as far into the
Northwest as Vancouver. II. C.. IN
involved In the merger" said Meyer
field. In a siatement 20 the United
Press.
The circuits merged include the
Cole and Castle circuit with theatres
In Chicago and other cities OF the
Central states; the Celia and Tate
circuit. OF ST. Louis and vicinity; the
Fehr and Singer circuit, centering
about Milwaukee: tho Finn-Himan
corporation and the orpheum circuit
IL means a combination OF so
vaudeville houses.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-03
When the "Masher" Finally
Exited, the Lady Had His
Goat--and His Bulldog, Too

That species OF human anteater
known TO police and public NJ the
mnsher" got into action on Third
ave, near Pantages theatre. Tues
day afternoon.
And then he got out ~ action.
But that's the story. 70 lets start
out from page /.
N Dicky Hays, the Pantages press
agent, had been onto his Job. we
might slip you the name OF the lit.
tie vaudevillian who put the rollers
under the mashcr. but he wasn't and
We can't.
Anyway. after "knockln' 'em off
tho benches" with her act, the little
lady sailed forth into the crisp air
with an air which spelled Hands off.
mashcrsr'
The maAher was frightfully igno-
rant. he couldn't read the little lady's
sign aytall.
But what he lacked In letters. he
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-03

more than made up in that quality
which popularity is referred To as
brass"
In fact. II was later suggested by
the little lady herself that the mash.
er's nursing bottle must have been
filled by mistake with nerve tonic In
his prattling days.
However. the MASTER. armed with
builpup and a classy gas gig at
the curb. lifted a derby from one of
the bestbandolined heads on the
Rialto.
N. there. pretty onei Where art
going2' Rurgled the masher In the
patter Of his breed.
BAN, The steel mesh handbag
registered on the Washers port chop.
Baml BAN, The steel mesh
handbag registered twice IN the same
place. only on the starboard maxil-
larry.
Baml BAN, Bamw The steel
mesh handbag just naturally locked
all over the Washers bandolined
bangs.
The way the little lady went
around and over that masher re-
minded onlookers OF a cooper and q
barrel.
Let IL not go unrecorded chat the
little lady exported biffs only.
Nay; she iitched her barns 70 one
OF the peppiest monoiors ever heard
inside or outside OF theatre.
II must not be supposed that the
pcrfuned snashcr stood still while
the little lady was iadiing iarrups
On the contrary, the wouid-be he
varnp backed up until his pinch
backed coafec brought up against
his automobile.
The little lady was swinging .
nasty right even as the male SOU
bret fooled from there. leaving his
bullpup fiat.
The actorine promptly comman-
deered the buIipup; neither the aasdi-
ence nor the builpup seemed - mind
IT,
The hevsmp may have his bullpup
by calling at tie theatre any after
noon or evening. the little lady said.
before she left the sector.
And would just love to re him
come after the mutt" said the little
lady.
a lot Of husky stage hands have
all the facts" the little lady added.
irrelevantly.