The Washington herald., 1920-12-09
Of
Visitors in
Capital
Interviews with Guests
From All Parts of
The United States.
Perfume Maker. optiml.tic.

Perfume Makers Optlmistie.
French manufacturers Of perfumes
now find the United States a for
midabie competitor for both Ameri-
can and foreign trade. according to
c. F. Montgomery. of Chicago, Ill,
who is registered at the Dewey
Hotel.
From the beginning of the war
the perfume industry in this coun-
try has grown by leaps and bounds
until 1t Is now one of the foremost
enterprises" said Mr.. Montgomery.
who represents the Melba Manufac-
turing Company, Of Chicago.
I'VE are now able to equal the
best French product" Mr.. Mont
gomery declared, "and we are also
able to cut the price in half. At the
present time we can manufacture a
high grade Of perfume at $3.50 per
ounce retail. If imported from
France this same product would sell
at from $3.50 to $500.
Aho pcTtuhc anu uTuB DublneSs
in this country is in a very healthy
condition at present and we are
looking forward to better year
still in 1891. A quickening infiu-
ence is also at work in the French
market, due to the progress of re-
construction in war torn countries
which is gradually bringing about
the rehabilitation of pre-war sources
of supply. There was a reduction
Of twenty-five per cent in the price
of French perfumes November 1. The
effect on the domestic market has
been a corresponding decline in
price.
TT is notable that the prices of
perfumes and cosmetics enjoyed
greater stability during the abnor-
NAL war period than most other
manufactured products.
Using. Americans use greater guam
titles of perfumes and cosmetics
every year. We are gradually ex-
tending our selling held to foreign
countries, including Mexico: South
America and the Antipodes."
Hemesteads for Veterans.
Nebraska still has many acres Of
government land available to set
tiers, according to Claude E. Myers,
of Lincoln, Neb., at the Willard
yesterday.
"It Is promising to see the large
number of former soldiers who are
interested in government land" said
Mr.. Myers. "Just before / left I was
standing in the vestibule of the State
House in Lincoln. A crippled lieu
tenant hobbled up. He explained
that he was from Walter Reed Hos
pital in Washington and was inter-
ested in securing information con-
cerning the settlement of govern
ment land. He told me that he had
been delegated by his buddies to in
vestigate conditions in Nebraska and
Wyoming.
He said that many of the crippled
soldiers had heard tales of soldiers
who had taken up government land
on which oil had been struck. He
declared that many of them talked
of little else and he was anxious
to learn what could be done.
II find that many former service
men are misinformed as to their
privileges with respect to the settle
ment of government land. Through
an act recently passed by Congress,
the length of a soldiers service may
apply to the necessary period of res
idence on land which he may take
up under Homestead Settlement Act,
not exceeding two years. Since
three years residence is required by
law. the former soldier or sailor need
reside on the land but one year.
There are still 40.420 acres OF
government land in Cherry County,
Nebraska. There the government
formerly maintained a large number
OF land Offices. All except three
have been abandoned. but stations
are still maintained at Lincoln.
Broken Bow and Alliance"