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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-22
BIG GAIN IN FOREIGN TRADE.
American Exports TO Far East In
creased SO Per Cent in Year.

@CTcdSSu Fer S0nS IN Y ear z
New York, July 22.-The after-tlae-
wan trade Of the United States with
the far east shows astonishing gains
Latest figures indicate that the to-
tai exports to Asia as whole in the
fiscal year 1920. which ended June
30, We're $S04,000,000, against 1884,
100000 in the fiscal year 1919, gain
of 33 per cent In this first peace year
in which we were expecting that Asia
would return to her former habit of
buying from western Europe.
Apparently her habit, developed
during the war, Of trading with the
likely to continue, for this big gain
continues right down to the present
moment the exports to that CONT
nent in the, month Of May, the latest
figures available, showing an In
crease Of 43 per cent over May Of last
year. While a part of these increases
are due to higher valuations, there
has also been very large increase in
quantities of merchandise moved,
both in imports and exports
This disposition of the far east to
buy our manufactures-for more than
three-quarters of our exports to Asia
are manufactures--is fully recipro-
Gated by the United States, which in
creased its imports from Asia SO
per cent during the fiscal year 1920,
our total imports from that grand
division in the year ending June 80,
1920, having been 1880, 900, 900,
against 1891, 000, 900 in the fiscal year
1919.
Our total imports from Asia in the
fiscal year 1920 full peace year
are five times as much in value as in
the fiscal year Immediately preceding
the war, 1914, and our exports to
Asia in 1920 are seven times as much
in value as in the fiscal year 1914
The total trade Of the United States
with Asia In the fiscal year 1920 was
16O,000,00O, as against just $4OO,-
100000 in 1914.
This tremendous increase in the
trade with Asia applies to virtually
all its important trading sections
To Japan our sales in 1920 were $780,
100000, against ISL, 100000 in 1914
nine times as much in the after wal
year as in the pre-war year; to
China the exports in the fiscal year
1920 were s115, 100000, against $685.
100000 in 1914; to India $4,000, 900
against 100000 in 1914, or seven
times as much now as Immediately
preceding the war; to the Dutch East
Indies, s45,000,00O, against slightly
less than s4,G00,G0O in 1914, twelve
times as much in 1920 as in 1914; tc
the Philippines s7o,o00,o00, against
$27 100000 in 1911; to Hongkona
$40 100000 in 1920, against $4,000
900 in 1914; and to Straits Settle.
ments s15,000,00O, against 100000
in 1914.
On the import side, the increase in
the trade by countries is correspond
ingly great, those from Japan aggre.
eating little over $500, 10000
against 100000 in 1914; from
China $225,000,000, against $4,000.
900 in 1914; from India $3.50, 900 900
against $74,00o,000 in 1914; from
Dutch East Indies, s97,00O,000
against s6,0OO,000 in 1914; and from
the Philippines s70,oo0,oOO against
$18,000,000 in the year before the war
Napoleon introduced CONSUMPTION
In Europe
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-22
TIMESREPUBLICAN, MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA. JULY g. 1920

ship Of big elevator corner that
was conspicuous yesterday on the
buying side. The close was nervous.
u to 2A cents net higher, with Sep
TENDER $1.54 to $1.54b and Decem-
Der $780, to $1.39Es.
Oats.
Oats sagged with other grain.
Prices started about unchanged
September 765s, to II, and soon
turned downgrade.
Provisions.
Provisions ruled dull and heavy. in
fluenced by lower quotations on hogs
and grain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-22
CHICAGO Live Stock,

Chicago. July %.
Cattle-Receipts. 10000; best year
lings and handy weight steers
steady; heavies dull; eraser stock
weaker; bulls, Gamers and best heif-
ers steady; other she-stock or.sgy;
calves steady to strong; stockers
firm.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; market full
ly 10 cents lower than yesterdays
average; top 1910; bulk light and
light butchers. 1910 to 1880; bulk
packing COWS, 14.15 to 1440; pigs
quiet; desirable kinds 1850 to 1850.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000; market
slow; western lambs held steady to
higher; native lambs Is to % cents
lower; top native lambs 1850; bulk
400 to 1900; top ewes 500; bulk 100
to 7.50.
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Kansas City Live Stock.

Kansas CITY, July IL.
Cattle-Receipts, 500; market on
beef steers and she-stock steady to
weak; top, 1890; quarantine receipts,
sixty.s seven cars; bulls, almost I'M
saleable at uneven decline: other
classes generally steady; bulk calves,
HOO to ESQ.
Hogs-Receipts 5000; market low
er; top. 1905; bulk heavy and medi-
ums, 1880 to 1000; bulk light, 1910
to 1900.
Sheep-Receipts, $500; market
steady; bulk better grade native
lambs, 400 to 14.5O; bulk culls. ITO
to 1925; few sheep on sale.
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LOWER PRICES IN SOUTHWEST.

Commercial Interests See Down
Grade Ahead For Products.
Kansas City, jury z2-Commercial
and financial interests of the south
west hold to the opinion that the
prices of the products which farmers
and stoclmen of the southwest i'm
port, including manufactures are on
the down grade. Many arguments
are heard among bankers and bust
ness men in Kansas, Oklahoma, Tex
as and other states of the southwest
as to whether the prices of the goods
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-22

the decline in hogs
Chicago car lots--Wheat, IS; corn,
1913; oats. 70.
Kansas City car lots-Wheat, 40;
corn. 8; oats. 10.
Omaha ear lots-Wheat, 70; corn,
81; oats, g.
st. Louis car lots-Wheat, 1879;
corn, "a; oats. "a.
Milwaukee, car lots-Wheat, 5:
corn, %; oats, As.
Minneapolis car lots--Wheat, 1853;
corn, IL; oats, 10.
Duluth car lots-Wheat. 90; corn 2.
RANGE OF PRICES.
Prev.
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Chicago Cash Grain.

Chicago, July %.
Corn-No. 2 mixed, 1861; No. 8
mixed, 1881 @1.54; No. 4 mixed. $50
@1!52; Mo. 6 mixed, $780,, No. yell
low, 1.5S@1.571a; No. yellow, 1.55 "
@1.57; No. 3 yellow. 1856 @1.56; white
1.5S@1.59; No. white, 1853; sample
grade, 1.42@1.4S.
Oats-No. 2 white. 94@9s; No. 3
white, 93@95a; No. white, s7@95;
sample grade, rs.
Wheat-No. / red, 2.S3@2.s5; No. 2
red. 2.s2; No. 8 red, $50: No. hard,
2.s5@2.ss.
Rye-No. 3, 2.261s.
Barley-1.02@1.20.
Timothy seed-9.00@
Glover seed-30. 0O@35.00.
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BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Chicago. July 22.-Hogs took a
drop OF 10 cents today, with receipts
of $4,000. The top was $16.40.
Cattle.
Best young steers found steady
market, and Gamers and best heifers
were steady. Calves Were steadX TO
strong. Stockers remained firm.
Sheep.
The sheep market was slow, but
western lambs were steady to higher.
Natives were Is to % cents lower.
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New York Produce.

New York July %
BntteT-Steady: receipts, S.412
tubs; creamery, higher than extras.
57@571s; extras 80 score 561a; extra
firsts, So to 81 score, ,52k@56; pack
ing stock, current make. No. i. A.
Cheese-Irregular, receipts, 4,cSS
boxes; state and whole milk flats,
current make, white or coIored spe-
Gals, 27@2S; average run, 25@26k;
state and whole milk twins. held,
white or colored specials: current
make, 27@27A; average run $50
26A.
Eggs-Frm: receipts. 1882 cases;
fresh gathered selected, extra firsts,
50h@5211; firsts, 47@49h.
Poultry-Alive steady; old ROSTERS
%; fowls So; turkeys. So; dressed
poultry steady; broilers, 44@46; ex-
press broilers, 40@55; old roosrers
fresh, 24@25.
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Omaha Live Stock.

Omaha, July %.
Hogs = Receipts, 10000; market
low; lighl butcher grades at full de-
cline; bulk 400 to 1900; top 1850.
Cattle-Receipts. 1850; best year
lings strong; top sale 1850; heavy
steers and butcher cattle steady to
easier; stockers and feeders dull!
Sheep = Receipts. 10000; killing
classes steady; feeders, bulk, % cents
higher.
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Rance of Prices.

Range of Prices.
Wheat - December opened at
2.56h; highest. 2.59A; lowest. 2.5+;
closed, 2.59; March, highest. 2.65;
lowest, 2.61: closed, 2.63.
Corn-September opened at 1.52;
highest, 1.40as; lowest, 1877; closed
1.54; December opened at 1.S9h
highest, 1.4o3s; lowest, 1877; closed,
1.39k.
Oats-September opened at 1875;
highest. 77A: lowest 76A: closed.
773&; December opened OF |75ts
highest, 76B; lowest, 10; closed,
1875.
P'ork-July, closed. 27.15; Septem-
Der opened at $500; highest, 2S.7O;
lowest, $500; closed. 1855.
Lard-September opened at 1925:
highest. 1855; lowest. 1925: closed,
1875; October, highest, 1892; lowest,
1870: closed, 1892.
Rfbs--July. closed, 1855; Septem-
Der opened at 1915; highest, 17.c7;
lowest, 1875: closed, 1905.
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Chicago Potatoes.

Chicago, July %.
Potatoes-Weak; receipts Sc cars.
Virginia Cobblers, 9.00@9.75 per
barrel.
Missouri and Kansas Early Ohios.
sacked. 4.75@4.90.
Kentucky Cobblers, sacked, $3.50
600.
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Chicago Produce.

Chicago Prouuco.
Chicago, July %.
Butter-Lower; creamery, 44@55.
Eggs-Higher; receipts, 1886
cases; firsts, 431s @441a: ordinary
firsts, 40@42: at mark, cases included.
42@43h; storage packed extras, 46;
storage packed f1rsts, 46@461s.
/. Poultry.-Alive lower: fowls. 35I
Pork-Nominal.
Broilers-40@46.
Lard--19.05.
Ribs-16.2 to 1925.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-22

The Boston public library Is the
second largest in America.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-22

Australian merino wool Is heavier
than any other.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-22

BEST YOUNG STEERS
FIND STEADY MART

Gamers and Best Hefers Steady
Calves Steady to. Strong, and
Suckers Firm Sheep Market
Slow, But Western Lambs Are
Steady to Higher.
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Sioux Cjty Live Stock.

Sioux City, July %.
Cattte-Receipts, 1850; market,
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Pepper is the product of unripe
berries Of tropical shrub.

Golf was popular in Scotland as
early as the fifteenth century.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-22

Napoleon introduced CONSUMPTION
in Europe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-02
CLOSING OF PURLIC MARKET
Is ASKED IN PETITION

The Board of Aldermen at their
committee session last night had be-
fore them a lengthy petition signed by
many of the merchants of the city
protesting against the continuance of
the farmers market here. The action
taken by these merchants to abolish
the open market is not a new step as
the aldermanic body is petitioned
about once a year regularly by GER
tain merchants who ask that farmers
be excluded from selling in the city.
The general concensgs of opinion last
night, expressed by the city fathers,
seemed to be that the petition would
receive the same action similar COM
munications have been accorded in the
past-disregarded. 1t was said by
one of the aldermen following the
reading of the petition that such ac-
ton instead of decreasing the II. c. of
L. would result in prices going up. 1t
was said that when the farmers could
not get into the city last winter be-
cause of the heavy snowfall potatoes
went up in prices at stores from $1.1O
to 81 per basket. %
The aldermen decided last night
that all business of a legal nature
transacted by that body would neces-
sarily be according to standard time.
Consequently at the Monday nights
meeting of the board, at which time
bids will be received, the meeting
will start at 8 o'clock, daylight saw
ing time, which in reality Is o'clock
standard time, the regular meeting
hour.
Bids on the proposed comfort sta
tion to be erected at New Brunswick
avenue at the corner OF State street.
will be received by the aldermen at
Monday nights meeting. 1t is likely
also that authorization will be made
to advertise for bids for the paving
Of Laurie street at this time.
It was decided last night to have
the aldermanic committee of the whole
together with Mayor Frank Dorsey.
make tour of inspection on Tuesday
Of next week of the proposed site
for the new municipal garage. city
stables and also inspect the orphans
home which was purchased by the
board of aldermen at Fords.
1t is unlikely that the aldermen
will act on their daylight saving Or
dinance at Monday nights meeting as
practically the whole city is now OBJ
serving the new time. The action
will be left in the hands OF the state
legislature, 1t Is said. and whatever
action they take the aldermen Will
undoubtedly duplicate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-02
IMPORTANT PROGRAM
FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS

BIZ The A sSoefdted Press.
WASHINGTON, April "A full and
important program will confront the
council of the league of nations when
1t assemblies in Rome, April 81. In
cluded in the matters scheduled to be
discussed it was learned today are
such questions as the approval of the
temporary organization already effect
ing the secretariat of the league; the
method of financing that body and its
accounting; regulation of admission of
new states; repatriation of German
and Austrian prisoners of war now in
Siberia; traffic in women and children;
disposition Of the work of the Wash
fngton labor conference; adoption Of
rules of procedure and finally the
work of the commission which Is to
draw plans for the organization Of
the international supreme court.
Following the Rome conference the
council will assemble in Brussels to
deal in international finances includ-
ing exchange and other economic mat
ters. America has been invited to par
ticipate but had declined.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-02
PINE TREE PATROL LEADS
SCOUTS IN COCOON HUNT

The Pine Tree Patrol leads by a
wide margin the race after the tus-
sock moth cocoon which commenced
"Wednesday morning. At s o'clock
last night the patrol had gathered
97S cocoons. upholding its record of
having been in the lead the preced-
ing day. The patrol consists of
| Eugene Mullen, Jr., who has gather
ed 33S thus far, A. Nation, William
Ford, Kenneth Lind. N. Higgins, p.
White, V. Boyle and X. O'Hara. The
Black Bear Patrol stands in second
place.
The scouts are extremely enthusiasts
tic about this campaign, and are
chatting at the delay which today's
wet weather is causing. At head
quarters last night the scouts said
that they expected to make a big day
today and go after the enemy with a
vengeance.
The scouts are cautioned not to hold
back the daily reports. with the aim
of making a grand turn in at the
eleventh hour. If this method is used.
one of the important aims-the stimu-
lating of a keen, honest, sportsman
like race, will have been defeated.
This would be far from the true scout
spirit, and so, the members of every
troop are requested to make their re-
ports daily, between the hours of
and o'clock.
In taking an active part In this cam
paign, the scouts will win the graft
tude Of the entire community as well
as doing their share to help the entire
country. The enormous damage done
by the tussock worm, annually, Is ap
palling. The American Forestry AS
ISOLATION is doing wonderful work in
exterminating the many causes of tree
destruction, but it must have the
heartiest kind of cooperation from
many other sources. before 1t can ex-
pect to do the work 1t has set out to
accomplish.
The awards offered by the EVE
MING NEWS to each member of the
winning patrol are enough in them
selves, to warrant hard work on the
part of every scout. The choice be-
tween a 100 mile pedometer and a
magnipole compass is well worth while
to any real scout. and every patrol
has an equal chance of securing the
prizes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-02


In 1906, following the sale of the
Standard plant, Mr.. Hansen, went to
Fords and there started as an individ-
ual the Fords Porcelain Works. The
original factory was small but as busi-
ness increased and the place was found
to be inadequate to meet the demands
additions were made from time to
time. He started with but n few men
employed and gradually increased this
force until today there are 200 men at
work in this one plant. which is known
as Fords Porcelain Works, Plant l.
In 1909, three years after starting
the Fords factory. Mr.. Hansen took
over the Perth Amboy Ceramic Com
pany's plant from the hands of the
receivers. He rebuilt this plant. which
Is located at Lehigh avenue and Stock
ton street, and is now employing about
120 men. this being his first Perth
Amboy plant.
Fire destroyed the Fords plant of
Mr.. Hansen on New Years Day, 1916,
but was Immediately rebuilt, on a
larger. more elaborate and up-to-date
scale than before.
The Standard plant. now the At
lantic Terra Gotta Company, has
been idle at intervals since 1906,
there being some activity there dur
Continued on page 81
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-02
ARREST MAN FOR BIG ROBBERIES
HERE AND in NEW BRUNSWICK
One Trip Enough Says Boy Who
BrdUed Waves In Light Canoe

security and the boat and the 10y
started on the most perilous part of his
voyage
The explorer was making good
headway and was quite successful in
his trip, until the waves soon began
TO get too strong for the canoe, and
In one of the strong waves that came
along, young Gano lost his paddle and
the canoe was nearly overturned
The boy claims not to have been
bothered in the least by losing the
paddle. at least he did not think a
great deal of its loss.
A young boy cannot work the way
Arthur had that day without getting
tired. and this boy proved no excep-
tion to that rule, so he became tired
and prepared for a sleep. An Amer
lean flag in the canoe was picked up
by the exploring youngster with the
idea of using it for u cover. as the
winds were beginning to have their
effect on him.
The American flag proved to be a
safe banner under which to rest. for
when the boy woke up the next
morning he found himself and the
boat upon the beach of what proved
to be Rockaway Point. Although
tired, cold and hungry, the boys ex-
ploring nature lead him on. He vis-
tied bungalow. went through every
room. finally reaching the attic.
Here he picked up revolver and a
razor In q corner. The revolver. he
claims, he covered with his handker-
chief and hid inside his trousers.
Leaving the bungalow he met a
man who invited him TO his house.
wherehe was fed. The man then
directed him to a hotel. whore he
again did some eating, and where he
was found 10y the police. The boy
was taken 10 the police station in
Queens, where Gano claims the re-
volvcr was found. When he was put
into a cell, he used black piece of
chalk to cover up his face and then
used the razor to take 1t off. This is
one of the many peculiar manly
tricks he did while on the trip.
The boy claims the New York
police then got in touch with local
police officers, and a nice man" was
sent after him. Detective Sergeant
John Huff took the boy back to this
city, and found that he was up to
the stunt of ducking the conductor,
along with various other tricks.
once back in this city the boy
stated he would never take another
trip of that kind again. He was re-
turned to his mother brothers and
sisters last night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-02

Arthur Gano, the nine year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert Gano Of
337 Madison avenue was brought back
to this city by Detective Sergeant
John Huff last night The boy with
the wonderful experience is very talk
ative about his trip, but stated today
that he would never go on such a trip
again.
Bent on Drawing the ocean and the
high waves, Gano started for New York
on Tuesday afternoon in a canoe
which II Is claimed he took from the
storehouse on Bayard's beach and
which belongs to Franz Roessler. The
trip which ended at Rockaway Point
the next morning was a perilous one,
and the boy is very lucky to find him.
self at home today.
According to the boys story this
morning when he visited the NEWS
office. he had been planning for some
time to make the trip to New York
to examine the waters between here
and there. On Sunday last he took
a light blue canoe from the storehousc
on the beach. and started TO paddle his
way out into the river. Quick action
on the part of the pilot on the ferry
boat between this city and Totem
Vile probably saved his life for the
ferry boat was brought to a stand
still. ana the boy ordered to get out
of the way. He padded around a
short while in the river, and then
claims to have returned this canoe not
where he secured II, but at a place
where he seen a number of other
boats
He did not visit the storehouse on
the beach again until Tuesday after
noon, when he claims to have taken
out another canoe a green one which
had hole in 1t. according to his story.
He left this canoe on the shore and
took out another one, this one also
green.
Arthur started to paddle out IN his
new canoe. and claims to have stop
ped to fish at one of the lighthouses.
There are three lights along the line.
but he could not tell just which one.
The Great Beds light comes first
about q mile and a half off this city.
then comes the Orchard Shoal Light,
about three miles off Great Kills,
Staten Island. and the big Eoamer
shoal light house is third. The latter
is about half way between Sandy Hook
land Rockaway. and Is right at the
entrance to the Old Atlantic.
Inc boy claims to have tied his
canoe to a ladder of the light mousse.
The big waves soon broke the weak
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-02
COUNTY ROAD PATROL TO START
HIGHWAY REPAIRS IN SHORT Time
Hansen Buys Plant Where He
Started Work IS Cents Hour

Thirty-two years ago there came
to this city from Denmark 4 man
who secured work as a laborer in a
local terra Gotta factory with wages
of fifteen cents an hour. This week
he purchased the same factory in
which he had started as laborer
years ago.
Abel Hansen, owner of the Fords
Porcelain Works plants in Fords and
this city. Is the man referred to
above. his factories being recognized
as the largest wash tray manufactur-
title to what was once the old STAN
dard Terra Gotta Company's plant
now known as the Atlantic Terra
Gotta Company, at $3.50 o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon. Senator Thomas
Brown, representing Mr.. Hansen,
and President Powell. of the Atlantic
Terra Gotta Company, were present,
in addition to Mr.. Hansen, when the
deed passed hands. No time was lost
by the new owner in starting opera
tons as steam was gotten up yester-
day at the new factory, to be known
as Plant No. 8 of the Fords Porcelain
Works.
The newly acquired plant of the
Fords Porcelain Works is situated on
Lehigh avenue and Stanford street.
The price involved in this sale has
not been made public. Owing to the
similarity of the terra Gotta and por-
celain business extensive improve
ments and changes will not be made
necessary at the new plant, Mr.. Han
sen states
The story of Mr.. Hansen's rise is
interesting and reads almost like the
Alger stories which every boy, it
seems some time in his life has de-
voured with visions before him of
reaching the highest pedestals in life.
In 1888 Mr.. Hansen came to this
country from Denmark. and. arriving
in this city, secured job at the Perth
Amboy Terra Gotta plant, later known
as the Atlantic Terra Gotta Company.
His pay as a laborer was fifteen cents
an hour which represented, on basis
of an eight hour day $1.20 per day
or about $35 per month. He remain
ed at that plant, learning the business
from actual experience and observa-
tion as well, until the spring of 1891
when he went to work with the Stan
dard Terra Gotta Company Mr..
Hansen started as a laborer In this
plant and in 1906, when 1t went out
of business and was bought in by
the Atlantic Terra Gotta Company, he
was superintendent of the factory, hav-
Ing been fifteen years in making the
rise from laborer to the highest Of