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Constructive Factors.

Two items Of a constructive nature
became known after the closing yester-
day. One was the heavy oversubscription
Cor the $4,000. 900 Swedish Govern
ment bonds. with the books closing last
night and with an extremely wide dis
tribution' assured, and the other the
completion OF the bankers plan for
financing the equipment allocated TO the
railroads by the United States Railroad
Administration. II was noted also that
the $3.50. 900. 900 addition TO the railroad
revolving fund had passed Congress and
awaited the Presidents signature. As
soon as the equipment muddle Is settled
and the railroads receive some OF the
funds due them from the United States
Railroad Administration. both tho equip
ments and rails will improve in invest
ment and speculative favor. Jerome j.
Hannauer, chairman of the bankers
committee on equipment, said yesterday
that the bankers had agreed upon the
fundamentals of the plan to finance the
equipment and that all that needed to
be worked out was the matter OF detail.
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ish trade advices. moved down with the
rest. United States Steel declining ~
to 1881. Pressed Steel Car 4 to 81.
Bethlehem az to Ss&. Crucible s&
to SsA and Cast Iron Pipe 2k 10
3lH.
OF the specialties. Columbia Gas lost
to b+%. Westinghouso Electric ia
to b5%, Corn Products 2H to s4H,
Allis Chalmers common 81 to 4il5.
American Beet Sugar az to ssx.
American Can a. to BASS. American
Ice SecuritieA AZ 70 CIV. United
States Industrial Alcohol CT to $50,
United States Food Products to
TIN and National EnamelinE and
Stamping Az to ia
Marine common was In supply and
vas offered down s& to ASA. Ma
rine preferred fell TO lit and Amari-
can International Corporation about 4
points to l04b.
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Fifth Avenue Bank.

II the listing committee OF the New
York Stock Exchange acts favorably on
the application OF the Fifth Avenue
Bank for permission to list Its shares on
the Exchange. the newly listed securi-
ties win be about the highest priced
shares on the entire list Recent quo
tstions for Fifth Avenue Bank stocii
nave been In the neighborhood OF $4,000
share bid with the stock offered at
$1,000. Prior TO the declaration OF a
dividend by the directors a few days
ago. this stock was quoted around
81, 500 share. At the dividend meet
ing, however. the directors voted the
regular quarterly dividend OF 1875 per
cent and an extra disbursement of S5
per cent. Yesterday the quotation re
ported on Fifth Avenue Bank stock was
$500 bid with the stock offered at
b&.iVQ y share
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Reess Folding Machine Company
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND NO. Al IL


A quarterly dividend Of one per cent. has
been declared, payable July !. 1919. to
stockholders Of record at the close OF busi-
ness June l6. 1919.
FRANCIS A. SHEA. President
KELLY-sPRINGFIELD THE COMPANY
A quarterly dividend OF one dollar ana
nifty cents tS1.So) per share on the Six
Per Cent Preferred Stock OF this Com.
pany has been declared. payable July I,
1918, TO stockholders OF record at the close
OF business June H. 1919.
+. A. SEAMAN, Secretary.
New York. June .. 1919.
Once Of The United Gas Improvement Co.
n. W. Corner Broad and Arch Streets.
Philadelphia. June IL, 1919
The Directors have this day declared a
quarterly dividend of two per cent. (SI. 90
per shars). payable July Is. 1919. to
stockholders OF record at the close of bust
ness June so. 1919. Checks will be mailed
]. w. NORRIS. Treasurer.
CUBA CANE SUGAR CONFORMATION
PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND.
A quarterly dividend OF Sif6 per shars
has this day been declared upon the pre-
fsrred stock of this Corporation for the
quarter ending June soth, 1918, payable
July ist, 1919, to .stoekhoidsrs Of record
- the close OF business June 18th. 1915.
X. y. KRoYER. Treasurer.
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Exports From New York,

Wheat. 4ls.sS2 bu.: barley, 1es,2si
bu.; bacons. 4,519,7a5 lbs. tallow
si3.eoo lbs. grease. 10000 lbs flour
b.as5 bills: lubricating oil, los. 20,
gals, oats. $4,000 bu.: rye, 272'3S,
bu. hams, $50, OeO lbs. lard. l .4s2 "a.
ibs. cheese, $500 lbs. cornmeai, l'27t
bolS cottonseed oil. 200, 900 lbs
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Custom, House Rec.ipt..

Receipts for duties at tho Custom
House YESTERDAY were Ss3S,lle5s, ot
which |lIS,o4634 was for merchandise
from bonded warehouses and S6s5.o7s.32
for recent mpoytAtionA
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United Shoe Machinery Corporation

The Directors OF this Corporation have
declared a dividend OF 1h% on the Pre-
ferred capital stock They have also de-
ciared a dividend Of $3.50 per share on the
Common capital stock. The dividends
on both Preferred and Common stock are
PAYABLE July g., 1919. to stockholders Of
record at the close OF business June IL.
1919.
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where Activity IL Most Notable. e..

Favorable conditions" says Brad.
streets State Of Trade, continue 70 pre-.
vail in wholesale and retail trade gen-
orally. Activity is moro noticeable IN
retail lines especially those supplying
demand for lighter wearing apparel
mems and women's furnishings, mill
merry, hats and shoes, which has beer
further stimulated by warmer weather
From number Of sections reports cor
tinue to come that supplies OF needed
merchandise are light. an indication Of
past conservatism IN ordering. induced
by antictpations Of lowered prices. This
disposition Is apparently less in evj-
dence and orders are given moEe freeiy
Distrtbutivs trade displays freer
tendency and an enlargement in vol
ume. Manufacturers in many sections
are reported as working to capacity
and, In most places. as active In filling
orders Makers and sellers of footwea-
are meeting active demand and leathe-
pr1oss are arm with prospect OF al
vanoes. Building activity is reflected
in An Increased demand for lumber and
other materials. including hardware. The
widespread pressure for housing fac'i-
ties Is emphasized in Bradstreets re-
port on May building. which shows az
increase OF 1l33 per cent in estimated
expenditures over those for the cor
responding month OF last year.
Conditions IN the basic iron and s,ee'
industry are lettering. Buying OF pig
iron Is reported more active in the West
with some inquiry for next years de-
livery and. viewed from Chicago, the
steel situation looks improved A.
birmingham, Ala. an increased demand
Tor iron and steel Is noted, as well as
TOT coal. There has been a reduction
IN the price or pig iron there and
more marked one. amounting 70 s4,5
ton. for basic pig iron IN Penn,yl.
vaniA"
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SOUTH PORTO RICO SUGAR co.

DNIdend scrIp 1sr1imchtes. Series g,
dividend scrip certificates of this Company.
Series ussued on December 3lst, 1919 will
be redeemed on July LIST, 1919. at par and
accrued interest to said date, at the once OF
Messrs. William Schall q Company, IS
william Street, New York City. and that
said certificates will mature and become
payable on said July LIST, 1919. and will
cease to bear interest from and after said
date
BY order Of the Board Of Directors
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order OF ths Board OF Directors.
F. A. DILLINGHAM;. Secretary.
SOUTH PORTO RICO SUGAR co.

Dividend Scrip Certificates, Series b and d.
The Board OF Directors has adopted res
olutions providing for the redemption of
dividend scrip certificates OF this Company.
Series b and d ISSUED on October LIST.
1918. and April LIST, 1919. respectively. on
october LIST, 1919, at par and accrued in
terest: and further providing that any
holder of scrip certificates OF either issue
may, at his option, present the same at
the once Of Messrs William Schau a Com
pany, IS William Street, New York City.
between July LIST, 1919. and October LIST.
1919. for redemption at par and accrued
interest TO date of such presentation
BY order OF the Board Of Directors.
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MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
CALL MONEY.

COMMERCIAL PAPER.
Prime Indored Biiiseix months. ... .Sn0SA
.,,,v S Bee. ~ nsu M. ot he Sam'A
Ninety days.....sN96Nl months .......Sik06k
CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT.
Clearing House exchanges. SssS, 10 40: bal
ances tse.T3s004: Sub-Treasury credit bal.
snces stss.7ts: Federal reserve credit balance.
81. 500 ooe,
DOMESTIC ExCHAN0H.
Boston. par; Chicago. par; st. Louis ~
tic. discount: San Francisco. par; Montreal
t28.l 4H per 1900 premium; Cincinnati, par :
Minneapolis. 1oc. premium.
SILVER PRICES.
Bar Eiver in New York, g. ioA, on f,kc. /;
IN London. SD, on Nd. Mexican deiiSru,
Sc on nc.
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The Reece Button Hole Machine Company

A quarterly dividend OF three per cent.
has been declared. payable July l. 1919, 20
stockholders OF record at the close Of bust
ness June Is. 1919.
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SOUTH PORTO RICO SUGAR co.

May IT, Iy1y.
The Board OF Directors have this day
declared quarterly dividends OF az on the
Preferred Stock and So on the Common
Stock, payable In cash on July !. 1919, to
stockholders of record June ls. 1919.
F. A. DILLINGHAM;, Secretary.
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Retail Distribution Is Heavy.

with wages holding at the war level
and in some cases rising above it retail
distribution continues of notably heavy
| volume. Notwithstanding extreme prices
and reports of growing scarcity of mer-
chandise are becoming more common. To
meet the broadening domestic and for
eign demands some producing interests
have been compelled to resume overtime
| running of mills and factories
in many larger Industrial centres the
chief complaint Is not Of lack OF en-
ployment. but rather OF q shortage Of
skilled labor Supporting the business
revival. which embraces in a greater OF
lesser degree all the leading lines and
extends to every section. il the brilliant
agricultural outlook. as evidenced by the
ofi1cial indication OF a wheat harvest in
excess Of 1880 200. 900 bushels.
"The Governments June estimate OF
wheat production Of 1.236, 900. 900 bushels
has had no parallel in previous expert
enoa. A crop Of that size. IL realized
would run 31s.0o0.00o bushels beyond
last years and 210.oo0,ooo bushels IN
excess Of the famous yield OF 1915.
which was the year of the country's first
1.0o0.o00.oo0 bushel harvest The pres
snt indication for winter wheat is sorc
100000 bushels below that on May
the condition having declined Sc point
during the month, but the $4,000. o0t
bushels forecasted is without preceder'
and the promise for spring wheat is hr'
100000 bushels under the high record
| Of 1918"
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DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST.
SOUTH PORTO RICO SUGAR co.

Dividend Scrip Certificates, Series A.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that the
dividend scrip certificates of this Company.
Series A ISSUED on July LIST, 1870 will be
redeemed on July LIST, 1918. at par and &C
crued interest to said date, at the once OF
W,iI,am street New Yo.4s cityi and thai
said certificates will mature and become
payable on said July LIST, 1919. and will
cease to bear Interest from and after said
date.
BY order Of tn. Board Of Directors.
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The International Button Hole Sewing
Machine Company

QUARTERLY DIVIDEND 81 10
A quarterly dividend OF one per cent has
been declared. payable July /, 1919, TO
of record at the close Of busi-
ness June Is, 1919.
FRANCIS A. SHEA, President.
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BUSINESS TREND
Is STILL FORWARD
Reports Are Of Improvement
Continued in Every Line,
Say Reviews.
RETAILERS MOST ACTIVE
Delay, In Signing Peace Treaty
Is Yet Obstacle to Fullest
Progress Of Trade.
RETAILERS MOST ACTIVE

The trend Of business b stin forward
and improvement continues IN practical.
ly every line. according to weekly trad.
reviews The commercial recovery dur.
ing the last week has been more m
parent and more rapid than at anv tin,s
in the near past The failure OF IN.
Peace Conference to come to a maj ds.
cision and settle all mooted question,
In which business and industry are in.
terested Is feature OF the situation
and acting as q sort OF brake on con.
ditions generally.
Neither labor controversies nor for.
eisn political uncertainties" says Dun,
HepteD, have caused deviation from thu
forward trend of business and the ron
structive elements in the situation
which have undergone no essential veal
ening, foreshadow sustained expansion
Where seasonal influences, as prepor,.
tons for midyear inventoryins, lr1poss
restraint on operations, tho markets
are rather quieter. but nothing suggests
lasting abatement Of activities. Many
more points OF gain than Of loss ara
apparent The commercial recovery has
recently been moro rapid and far reach
ing than seems to be generally realized,
and lifting Of the embargo on gold ex-
ports from this country. followed imme.
diately by shipments of the metal to
South America, 10 another step in tho
elimination Of artificial restrictions and
significant Of monument toward restora.
ton of normal economic conditions
while the vexing delay in the actual
adoption Of the peace treaty remains
an obstacle to a full measure of prog.
ress, less Is heard Of the deferring o.
important commitments on this account
as consumers needs develop more ur-
gency and buyers see more clearly that
further price recessions are unlikely.
The disposition to anticipate future re-
quirements Is spreading In many quar-
tiers.
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BID AND ASKED QUOTATIONS.

Closing prices OF stocks in which there
were no transactions Yesterday:
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oo1is.ssG On fassu oe,s. . saS-a
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Am TAT cit S. Chi Nil 4 st p
S......elA CO p w S.
AnnArbor ist4s 1....,. 9ses
5....56 Chi 4 W Ind IS
Armour as g.. lo34
5.....ss Chl & W Ind Is
A T 4 8 r CIV Is 2......65
1....,76 5.. 64l2
1880 Chile Copper Is
is. .9s4 10. -. l20Ss
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=. NS Virginian Ry IS
StDouis SW IS 90
q. o2Ie Wabash I'd
Seaod AL - 10. .s7lI
1.......T2 West Md Is
o.. 3Oae 2..... .60ls
Seabd A l. adj West Pacific LIST
l.......6l% 1.......S4l4
2.......51 10. "a
Seabd A L ref u West Shore 4,
q. .6Sl2 l., .7oa4
Sinclair on - registered
l.......e97s 2. .7ol2
Harrants Wilson& Co LIST
=. .l40 g.. .l0olI
90 peIlTA TEL Z. x rOoa.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-28
THE AGES OF PRESIDENTS.
Davenport Democrat.)

The point made by the Democrat,
in commenting on the death of MIR,
Roosevelt, that nowadays our Presi-
dents do not live long after they re-
linguish office, is born out by figures
presented by the New York Sun.
That paper points that of the
twenty-five Presidents of the United
States who have died only twelve
reached the age allotted to man by
the psalmist. Only one, John Adams,
reached fourscore and ten, and no
President since John Quincy Adams
has lived TO be eighty years old The
three oldest Presidents were the i'm
successors of Washington,
and IL so happened that from that
great mans death ON December IA,
1899, 10 July 4, lS26-in the admin
istration OF the sixth President
day when both John Adams and
Thomas jefferson expired, the ma
ton was not grieyed by the passing
OF former Chief Executive. There
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-28

as historically unread the masses OF
the people, there is enough Of the old
leaven to raise a modicum of patri-
otto dough around about election days
and the country is not Just ready
yet fora master. having rejected the
man on horseback and retired the
stuffed prophet years and years ago.
such lessons are lost, however,
on ambitious men. Each thinks
he will prove the exception. Mean
while. the rule laid down by Wash
ington, and followed by jefferson and
jackson, will hold fast as long as the
people retain their perspectives of in
tegrity and proportion, their love of
liberty and their appreciation OF the
safe and decorous in public life"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-28
WATCH YOUR TWENTY
DOLLAR BILLS

According TO a Washington report,
dated February 4th, notice has been
sent out by the Treasury Secret Ser
vice that a counterfeit $40 Federal
Reserve note on the New York FEEDER
al Reserve Bank is in circulation.
The portrait of President Cleveland
on this counterfeit is darker in color
than on the genuine bill. The coun.
terfeit also bears the check letter 20"
and plate number 81 with signatures
of w. G. McAdoo and John Burke,
Treasurer of the United States.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-28
MY PARROT.
Edw. Fox Salisbury.
(Our Dumb Animals. }

The short story which follows
contains no fiction, no startling ut
terances of Poor Poll" but it may
give pleasure TO some young readers,
The way the writer acquired Polly
was perhaps somewhat curious. One
day, calling on a Scotch storekeeper
in South Africa to arrange a business
matter, we were told by a colored boy,
Master is busy" and, finding the
busy master somewhat long in com
ing, we strolled about the store. In
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-28
SOME THINGS WORTH KNOWING

Telephone invented in 1861
The value of a ton of silver is S37..
7i0.S4.
Modern needles first came into use
in 1915.
Coaches were first used in England
in 1863.
French Revolution, 1889; Reign OF
Terror, 1898.
One million dollars gold coin
weighs 3.6S5.S pounds avoirdupois.
The first newspaper advertisement
appeared in 1862.
Glass mirrors first made by Nene-
tians in the 18th century. Polished
metal was used before that time.
The largest cavern in the world is
the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
The most extensive park is Deer
Park in Denmark. II contains 1920
acres.
The first iron ore discovered in this
country was found in Virginia in
1715.
jamestown, Va. founded, 1907;
first permanent English settlement in
America.
The largest university is Oxford, in
England. 1t consists of twenty-one
colleges and five halls.
The first illumination with gas was
in Cornwall, England. 1902: in the
United States, at Boston. 1922.
The great wall of China. built 200
b. c.. is 1850 miles in length, 20 feet
high. and 25 feet at the base.
Printing was known in China in the
sixth Century; introduced into Eng
land about 1874; America 1886.
The valley of Death" in the
island of Java. is simply the crater of
an extinct volcano. filled with car
bonic acid gas. II is half mile in
circumference.
The city of Amsterdam, Holland, is
built upon piles driven in the ground.
IL is intersected by numerous canals,
crossed by nearly three hundred
bridges.
The tallest man was John Hale, of
Lancashire, England. who was nine
feet six inches in height. His hand
was seventeen inches long and eight
and one-half inches broad
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-28

during the time l
was lookingforward
to the coming of my
little one that l am
recommending it to
other expe C tan t
mothers. Be fore
taking it, somedays
l suffered with neu-
ralgia SO badly that
l thought / could
not live, but after
Of Lydia E. Pin k
hams v ege table
Compound i was en-
tirely relieved of
neuralgia, l h ad
gained in strength
and was able to go
around and do all
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-28
A BAPTIST DARBY.

An old darkey got up one night in
meeting and said:
Breeders an sisters-you knows
and i knows that l amt been what L
oughter been. Use robbed hen-roosts
an stole hogs an toll lies an got
drunk an slashed folks wi ma razor,
an shot craps an cuss'd an swore;
but / thank de Lord dere's one thing
i amt neber done-I amt neber lost
ma religion"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-28
Miss Artie Brown,
Simmons, Ky.

Jan. 10, 1919.
Miss Artie Brown,
Simmons, Ky
Dear Sister, and all at home:-I
received your letters of December "a
and 25, and was glad to hear from
you, as they were the first mail / had
received since | came to this outfit
am still across the Rhine river,
at town called Wise, eight or ten
miles below Coblenz. This is a nice
country, and far ahead of anything |
saw in France. l worried all the
time | was in France because | could
not speak French. and now what wor-
ries me is l can not speak German.
] do not know when l may get to
come home, but hope it will not be
long. I have certainly seen some
country since ! left home. but now
had just as lief go back and look at
have a lot of tales to tell you when
those old Kentucky hills. will
! come home. You may not believe
all of them. but they will be true.
Has Simmons changed much since
left? Have any new girls moved
into town since left? Guess | will
be on the lookout for new girl when
| get back, as all of my old ones will
have forgotten me. ! was sorry to
hear OF Willis death. II was the
first had heard of it, guess a lot
of news you have written has never
reached me.
Tell every one Hello! for me. and
that ] hope to see them before long
With lots of love from your broth
er,
PRT. CECIL BROWN.
co. 8, 1875 INIT, A. f. F.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-28
A SOLDIERS PRAYER.

Our Boss, who art in Washington,
Wilson be thy name. Our pay days
come with a very small sum and our
clothes won't hold together. Give us
this day our Stun and beans and for
give us our longings for discharges
as we forgive those who keep us from
getting them. Keep us not forever
in Camp Taylor, but deliver us back
TO our homes in Gods country.
Amen"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-28
DON'T STOP.

When some one stops advertising,
Some one stops buying.
When some one stops buying,
Some one stops selling.
When some one stops selling,
Some one stops making,
Some one stops earning.
When every one stops earning,
Everybody stops buying
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-28

was no national mourning from 1850.
when Taylor died, until 1862, a year
which saw the earthly end Of both Ty-
Ter and Van Buren,; and none from
the death Of Cleveland, in 1908 until
the day of Mr.. Roosevelt's death.
Taken according to longevity, the
table of our departed Presidents Of
fers an interesting sequence:
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-28

my homework. My baby when seven
months old weighed 10 pounds and ! feel
better than have for a long time. l
never had any medicine do me SO
much good. Mrs. PEARL MoNyIiAN,
Mitchell, Ind.
Good health during maternity is
most important factor 10 both mother
and child, and many letters have been
received by the Lydia e. Pinl,ham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, telling Of
health restored duringthis trying period
by the use of Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-28

A scald, burn. or severe cut heals
slowly ii neglected. The family that
keeps a bottle Of Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment on hand is always prepared for
such accidents. Price csc, soc and
$1.00 per bottle. Sold by Ohio Co.,
Drug company. IN