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New-York tribune., 1919-08-22

next nine months and 48 cents
thereafter. Somewhat lower wages
were established in smaller COM
mun!ties where it was thought the
cost OF living was lower. These
awards, which were Loyalty accepted
by the companies, not only increased
the hourly rate but greatly reduced
the length of time before which an
employe reached the maximum
amount Of the scale, the former
period on many roads having been
from FIVE to ten years or more. It
was estimated in November, 1918,
that the increase thus made in cleo
trac railway wages by the War Labor
boar5 added an aggregate annual
expense to the electric railway COM
paNieS Of more than 100000, 900.
While the board felt that it did
not have the power to raise rates,
it did strenuously urge an increase
IN rates in the following words,
which were added to practically all
it's electric railway wage awards:
1--WE have recommended to the
President that special Congressional
legislation be enacted to enable
some executive agency of the Fed
cral government to consider the
very perilous financial condition of
this and other electric street rail
ways OF the country and raise fares
in each case in which the circum-
stances require it. We believe it to
be q war necessity justifying Fed
cr@l Interference. Should this be
deemed unvise, however, we urge
upon the local authorities and the
people OF the locality the pressing
need for such an Increase adequate
10 meet the added cost of opera
ton"
Unfortunately, both Congress and
the authorities in most states and
municipalities were }ethargic to this
appeal. Some increases have been
made, bat in most cases they have
not been sufficient, either in num-
ber or amount.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
German Factories :
Alarmed at Drive !
Of Foreign Capital
Americans Reported Trying
10 Buy Daimler Motor and
Bosch Works; Big Lottery
Loan Under Discussion
Mem York Tribune
Specid{ CrbIs Service
lcopyrtght 1919. New Yo-k Trfhune Incl

Special Cnbte Service
(copyrfght. 1919 New York Tribune Inc.)
BERLIN, Aug. 21.-Growing concern
is manifested here over foreign efforts
to buy or secure control of German
manufacturing plants. Such efforts
are said to be especially frequent in
occupied territory. bu they are also
considered likely to extend to the hard
ware manufacturing centres of Solin-
gen and Remsched. According to Ger
man reports, these efforts are being
heartily supported by the occupying
armies.
1t is said that blank Official forms are
being. distributed extensively among
manufacturers by Entente authorities
asking detailed information about
plants, capital, quantities of raw ma
terials on hand, market prospects and
many other points.
The press here has begun to warn
against this movement as dangerous to
Cermany's economic future. The "Boer-
sen Zeitung" urges the manufacturers
to refuse to answer the circulars, be-
cause the treaty does not give the oc-
cupying armies the right to demand
such information.
various reports nave Dccn circufateu
during the week of American efforts
TO buy important German concerns.
The latest concerns mentioned are the
Daimler motor and automobile shops
and the Bosch works at Stuttgart. But
both parties have denied that there
is any truth therein. On the other
hand a widely known Rhenish factory
weaving furniture stuffs is about to
pass into English hands
In connection with the government
bill for authorizing the loan of nine
billion marks, which was passed yester-
day, it is reported here upon good
authority that the borrowing will take
the form of lottery loan. The Cath
olic party is especially pushing that
plan, but comment here is unfavorable,
it beng pointed out that only states
in financial distress resort to lottery
loans and that it would have a bad
effect abroad if revolutionary Ger
many begins financial operations by
resorting to lotteries at once, in view
of the wild gambling wave sweeping
the country. 1t is believed, however,
that lottery loan would prove a
great success where an ordinary loan
might fail.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
V oolIen Mills Doing
Better on Deliveries

Steady deliveries of cloth from the
mills, although as much as two months
behind, lave heartened the manufac-
turers Of clothing so far as the pres
ent fall season is concerned, and have
!essened the demand on jobbers for
srot Merchandise Business among
the jobbers yesterday was seid n be
limited iarg@y 70 sales Of goods to
merchant tailors and to fen sales
= rtenle goods, such rs scrycs. urfn
ish7s wo,ztea- ~ t~;ls. Jabbers
icot upon snca Ns'c,ases hv arparel
manufacturers now rs n indication
that the oute.ne-up .rado Is irving TO
collee. stocks for use next spring.
Relatively few inquiries are re-
ceived for strictly winter goods, al
though there are known to be q de-
cided shortage.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22

ployes," says Mr.. Nigel, "while his
own wife and daughter will frequently
reject the products Of husband and
father in favor Of similar product
mado In another country and bearing
the word imported
"Why will the American woman, after
tho great work that she has done dur
ing the war, give so little thought to
the matter Of supporting our native
industries? If we are to set an ex-
ample In the Americanizaton of our
workmen, let US be thoroughly Amer
lean ourselves"
Other manufacturers of specialties
in fine dress goods declare that during
tho past five years American designers
have not only equalled the beauty Of
French patterns, but have created de-
signs that are far superior to those
of Fronch origin.
Buyers of some of the largest dry
goods firms in the United States have
said that the development of the Amer
lean industry in this field has resulted
In tho manufacture Of silk dress goods
which are not only better in quality
than the imported variety, but as Gre
ntions are more artistic than the
French designs.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
appreciation of American
Products Lacking at Home
Women Are Urged by Silk Goods Manufacturer
TO Support Domestic Industries by Placing
Proper Appraisal ON Merchandise They Make

'EHERE Is feeling among some Of
- the larger manufacturers Of silk
goode that the consumers Of tho
United States are lacking In thor
ough appreciation Of American fabrics.
They hold that majority Of American
women continue to look upon European
dress silks, especially those made in
France as being superior to tho DOM
este product and are urging tho IN
auEuration Of movement to offset
th's belief and bring home to tho
american woman the beauty and value
OF mewhand.se made in this country.
y, A, Nigel, q manufacturer of drcss
SIN goods, in discussing the situation
emphasizes the need for "Americaniza-
aona of The American people"
Mr Migrl states that while strenu-
ous efforts are being made to educate
the mass OF foreign born working
people who have come to this country,
the real Americans are allowed to con-
tnue IN the belief that the manufact-
ored products of the United States are
yee inferior to those from Europe.
Many an American manufacturer Is
spending time, money and energy in
the work of Americanizing his en-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Observation-Disclosures Ra'es
Cause Drop in Export Sales

Although export business in heavy
chemicals has slackened during the
last Few days, owing to unfavorable
exchange rates, domestic buying con-
tinues in good volume. Prices remain
high because of the scarcity of spot
stocks of several important products
Oxalic acid was in active demand
yesterday, especially from corkmakers
textile mills and laundry companies.
The price remained firm at 23 cents
a pound. Bleach was also in general
demand because of its scarcity on the
spot market. Chemical concerns, tex
tile and paper mills and bleacheries
dominated in the buying. The price
for large drums was 2 cents . pound,
while PA cents was asked f. small
drums. Despite the fact that borax
and glacial acetic acid are practically
unobtainable, except on contract for
future delivery, there was no let-up
in the call for these chemicals. Large
export shipments have cleared the
market of borax, while heavy buying
Of rubber goods and glassware have
reduced stocks to a low level.
The arrival from Italy of large
shipment of citric acid has effected a
price drop of 6 cents a pound to SLIP.
With regular shipments from Italy and
Japan expected in the future, it is felt
that the large demands of druggists
and soda water manufacturers will be
readily met at prices much lower than
those of two weeks ago.
The market for caustic soda and
bichromate Of soda remained dull, but
prices showed no tendency to Decline
In fact, manufacturers of bchromate
of soda quoted Is and IS cents a
pound, but business in the spot mar
ket could be done at Ia and Ii Z cents a
pound, depending on quantity. Manu-
facturers stated that their output is
sold two and three months ahead.
There was no snap to the market for
caustic soda. The export demand has
about diSanneared
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Bill to Protect 1
Tungsten Wins
BY arty Vote
House Ballot, III to 1872;
Other War Industries the
Subject of Proposed At
tack or Present Schedules
Ncc York Tri6uns 9
WGshingtos, Bureau

washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.-An old
fashioned Republican protective tariff
bill to protect the tungsten industry
of the United States caused five solid
hours Of heated debate in the House
to-day. With solid ranks Of Repub-
licans arrayed against solid ranks of
Democrats the majority passed the bill
by a strict party vote of III to 1872.
Tungsten is on the free list in the
Underwood tariff. To-day's bill, recon-
mended by the Ways and Means Com
mittee, was one of a series Of measures
to raise various schedules of the ex-
isting tariff in the interest of war in
dustries.'
Tungsten is now imported at a price
of from $S to so a ton. The proposed
levy would allow price on the Ameri-
can product o. from $18 to $40 ton.
The revenue to the government, the
committee estimated, would amount to
S1.S00000 a year.
Chairman Fordncy of the Ways and
Means Committee declared that at pres
ent the American mines are CLOSED and
$500 tungsten miners out 0 work be-
cause OF the importation Of Chinese,
Burmese and South American tungsten
Representative Claude Kitchin, of
North Carolina, ranking Democratic
member Of the committee, charged that
the bill would give the American pro-
ducers a complete monopoly over the
industry in the United States. Charging
that the proposed schedule would raise
the duty on tungsten ore HOO per cent
over what 1t was in the Payne Aldrich
tariff, and on ferro-tungsten 900 per
cent over what it was in that act, Mr..
kitchin offered as amendments the sub
stitution OF the Payne-Aldrich duties
Tor those IN the committee bill. After
this proposition was voted down Mr..
hltchin offered amendments doubling
the duties in the Payne-Aldrich tariff,
but lost again
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Further Wogc
increases Come

When the first Increases granted
by the War Labor Board we're an
nounced they seemed enormous
sums for the railways to pay, but
viewed in the light Of the last nine
months they appear moderate. The
arnistace Was no sooner declared
than the employees on many electric
railway systems began agitating for
still higher wages, the increased cost
of living being given as reason
The demands Of this kind presented
strikes AS result, the following
are some OF the wages paid to mo-
torlncn after one year Of service,
the wages Of the conductors being
usually the same: Cleveland, 60
cents; Boston, 60 cents to the mo-
tor1ncn on the surface cars and 62
cents to the elevated men; Chicago,
IS cents to its surface motormen
and 81 certs to it's elevated opera
tors: Philadelphia, IS cents and 61
cents, respectively. Increases in
other cities and for other classes
Of electric railway labor have been
in like proportion. In other words,
On most OF the larger properties
wages have practically double dur
ing The last five years and are three
times the level of twenty years ago.
In any comparison Of the wages
paid the motormen and conductors
in the electric railway industry and
those paid to the workers in other
industries lhe following facts must
be remembered: The work of a mo-
| torman or conductor is easily
learned by a bright man in two
weeks, the average time of appren-
ticeship, and the man receives pay
while learning. Most companies
have welfare associations, by which
the company contributes to sick and
death benefit funds, gives medical
advice at low rates or without
charge, and assists the men in other
ways Many companies provide old
age pensions. There are opportuni-
ties for motormen to earn more
than the standard hourly rate
through acting as instructors for
new men, operating one-man cars,
etc.
Moreover, many Of the recent
agreements call for an eight-hour
day, with extra nay for overtime,
and as it is very difficult to arrange
schedules to allow very much Of the
work to fall within eight hours,
owing to tha necessity Of taking
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
SIAkS-Troae .Siackcns With
Exodus Of Out-of-To,cn Buyers

Buyers from the Southern and West
crn sections o. the United States, who
have constituted majority of pur-
chasers in the silk goods market for
the past ten days, have made their ex-
odus from the city in such large num-
bcrs that yesterday business was de-
void Of any general activity. Only
scattered and light sales were reported d
and these were made by iobbcrs who
some buyers to seek lower prices. In
this they met with little success.
The dulness is looked upon as sea-
sonable and there are evidences that
the opening Of spring displays during
the first week in September will ma
torially revive purchasing.
Exporters, who have lately had a
nourshjng trade with England, are
apprehensive over the alarming de-
crease in English exchange rates.
They point out that with sterling hav-
ing recently reached a record low fig
ure British firms cannot afford to pay
for American goods and unless ex-
change rises soon they look for ma
terial dropping off of business from
that source.
Manufacturers Of velvet and velour
draperies complained that owing to
tho high cost of European linen used
in the making of their products they
arc having to substitute cotton il
many cases. They are also faced with
The cost of that fabric has so in
creased lately that many local import
ers have stopped buying it altogether,
as they feel that consumers III America
will not pay the high prices.
The lack of communication with
japan whereby local importers could
establish their prices on raw silk held
purchases in the market yesterday to
a low level. Dealers were loath to
make sales without knowledge of mar
ket conditions in Yokohama. There
are many complaints made over the
long delays in cable service with the
Orient as it 10 proving serious
drawback to business here.
The comparative inactivity of the
market during the past week has had
its influence on transactions in thrown
silk. Yesterday there was little de-
mand for it, but this did not concern
dealers, as most Of them have their
immediate delivery were the only ones
made yesterday, and owing to the linn
tied stocks q premium as high as 10
per cent in some cases was charged
The basic silk, organizine, from the
better quality Of which the warp Is
made, was quoted at $3.50 pound, and
tram, used as a filler, for S11.85 a
pound.
Mills are increasing the facilities for
outputs Of thrown silk after January
New machinery is being installed in
many big plants, and dealers are conf
dent that the demand will be unusually
heavy next spring.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Nage Increases
a1ceed $ISO,OOO.OOO

ine board, however, wh,e accept
us the former duty, found it had
~. ~ power to increase rates, these
ue'ng a matter of determination by
80 state or municipal authorities.
.ae board also early declined to
.0n'lder in the establishment Of
'e wages the ability Of the en-
s0yng company to pay. Hearings
".ie neld in great many sections
- tne country Of wage disputes
uca were brought to the attention
- 'ae board, and, as result, wages
:. ss'e greatly increased on most Of
s properties in the country. A
,anoard set in cities Of the first
' was % cents an hour Tor the
three mouths. "a cents for the
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Corset Factories Protected
By New Sales Contract

Some corset manufacturers arc snid
to be providing themselves against ioss
on future contracts by taking orders
with tho price subject to mnrket levels
Mt tho time Of delivery. Tho present
matfet price is said to be inserted in
the sales contract as minimum
Within the last week or two, accord
ing to reports, several manufacturers
have advanced tho price Of corsets 50
are for delivery next yebruaSw
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
FURS-Coming auctions
Expected to attract Buyers

Foreign buyers, in larger numbers
than for years past, are expected to be
present at the coming fur auctions in
St. Louis md New York Reports
rcnching this market indicate tho. Eng
iish, French nrd Scandinavian fur nia--
chants are asreNginr to come here FOR
tho sales. II Ia said that Germany VIA
ho q largo purchaser, although NOT di
rectly represented. Accr rciing 70 re-
cent reports German Curriers' have
commissioned scandinavian merchants
to make purchases for them in Eng
land and the United States.
German fur merchants are seported
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Foreign Bank Statements
Bank Of Germany-BERLIN

DaTK OF 6trIHdIty ENLIN, rug Il.
Tho statement of the Reichshank
made public to-day shows the follow
ing changes, in marks:
Increases Notes, 100000; advances,
7,o54 1000; liabilities, 177,1910oO. De
creases-Coin and bullion, 1.436,00O;
gold, l,3Ss,000; treasury certificates,
121, ,005, 900; bills discounted, 2,135, 363,- :
900; investments, 3,541,o 900; securities,
sl,6S0,000; circulation, 412, 900; de-
posits, 2,o39,SS5.000 Total gold hold
ings, 1,1OS,01O,00O marks.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Leather Cost increases

Anent the high prices for shoes tn
First National Bank OF Boston presen !,
figures TO show that the cost OF mann
featuring various kinds of leathe-
since 1914 has increased rs follows
Upper leather. 440 per cent; sole leath
er, 1913 per cent; Innings, 1875 per cent.
miscellaneous findings, 175 per cent
manufacturing organization and labot
1876 per cent
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22

care of tsrc morning and evening
transportation peaks, the men earn
additional hourly remuneration. A
very marked advantage from an
earning standpoint Of electric rail-
way employment, moreover, is that
it is continuous, day in and day out
and year after year. There are no
slack times or seasons, as in most
manufacturing industries and in
many trades. The electric railway
employe who is on the regular list
can work practically as many days
of the year as he wishes Hence, the
yearly wage for an electric railway
employe is more than that of great
many workingmen who receive a
higher hourly rate.
Electric railway companies hope
that the high wages now being paid
for platform labor will tend to at
tract higher grade of man and
thereby more efficient operation and
a lower accident cost will be had,
but it is too early yet to say whether
this will be the case.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
The News Of Business

are still camoring for acceptanes supply
esle ar behind the demand Dealers report
INTO the
NS "osorpe1ve power is highest shrinking
s u ois offered would be regarded
acVty Bankers supply foreign
cxcnange rates unstablized
country banking institutions continue bid actively
paper ana TO
rate IS 5a but relatively small quantities especially
paper are taken at 5 money
greatly AIDED the commercial paper market
o money rates. however, sened
ana some banking authorities relatively
time after the funds country withdrawn from the New
York call money market finance the movement Of crops
Rates on bankers acceptances quoted as follows:
Thirty Sixty Ninety
hnnLS
81
For delivery within thirty Eligible bank bills are
quoted at 76 bank bills at and in
eligible bank bills cent.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
CencorshiD Abolished

The commercial Cable Company an
nounces that the censorship of mes
sages has been abolished, but that
other conditions Of senders' risk. de-
lay and inability to consider claims or
complaints ara maintained
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
i'm
Electric Rail
Rates Urgent
Editor Says Private Com
nanies Cannot Continue
10 Provide Adequate Ser
vice on 5 or 6 Cent Fare
p,y Doubled in 5 Years
Wages Forced Up to Unpre-
cedentedLevelsby Strikes
and War Labor Board

fNote-Tkis IS tho first of series
y authoritative articles, ac,-itten cs-
s.c;aHy for Tho Tribune BY the
.1;ters of McGrur-HM publications,
a..I;.s With the labor situation and
..fiook IN various insporta7t indas-
t;es--Bssiaess Editor
New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Whos rs
The Liry,is?

So long as the margin between
operating expenses and the fve-cent
fare On the average electric railway
was sufficient to take up increases in
wages, the public as g whole was
rather Indifferent to the rate of
wages paid to electric railway oper-
ators. About the only time that it
gave much thought to the matter
was when there was strike with
interruption to service, and then
practically the only feeling of the
average citizen was one that the
strike should be settled promptly in
some way, it did not make much diff.
ference how. With the growing
recognition by the public and public
service commissions, however, of
the necessity of basing the rate to be
charged on the operating cost and
the actual adoption of service -at-cost
franchises in number of cities, the
situation should take different as
pect. The public should now under
stand that It must pay the bill, di-
rectly, or indirectly, Of excessive
electric railway wages. No better
way has yet been suggested Of
guarding against this danger than
+ providing that wages and rates
should be passed upon by the same
governmental agency. It is the sit
uation brought about by these con-
ditions that is under consideration
now at Washington by the Federal
Electric Railways Commission,
which, it is hoped, will recommend
some plan to deal with the problem.
No doubt the wages paid electric
railway labor five years ago are in
adequate under the conditions Of
the present day. But the margin Of
profit Of the companies with q uni
form fare Of five cents, or even of
six cents, has long been exhausted.
Local transportation has become a
necessity in most communities, but
a private company cannot continue
to supply it at less than cost for any
considerable length of time. Only a
radical revision upward Of the rates
charged by the electric railway COM
panies, with a reduction of the va
rious paving and other special taxes
and imposts, which have been as
sessed upon these properties in the
past and are not properly charge
able to the service which they rem
der, will solve the problem.
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| lnc.)
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-10-03
WILSON'S WORDS
CLEAR UP DOUBT
CALIFORNIA THROWS OVER ITS
LEADER. JOHNSON. AND
RALLIES TO LEAGUE.
WEST GIVES HIN OVATION
Explained Away BY President. and
Former oeuhsers Hasten TO Give
Him Their support

tBy Independent News Bureau form
sriy Nj Clemens News Bareau-)
Aboard President Wilson's Special
TraIn-A continuous ovation along the
Pacific coast and then on his eastward
way back toward the capital was given
TO President Wilson as he came
toward the end OF his month daylons
speaking tour in behalf OF the League
of Nations California, particularly
The delightful city Of Los Angeles. vent
Wild in its enthusiasm for him and his
advocacy Of the League. and It was
in that state. perhaps. that he did his
most successful missionary work
Hiram johnson. California's former
governor. now her United States sena-
tor. and considered by her as the most
likely Republican candidate for the
presidency in 1920. had before the ar
rival Of President Wilson. convinced
a great number OF citizens that the
League as At present formulated was
not a good thing. He had told them
that the United States. because OF II.
would be drawn into every petty
European quarrel: he argued that we
would lose our sovereignty by joining
with the European nations. He had
blamed the president for asserting to
the possession by Japan OF the PENN.
sula OF Shan Tung in China.