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Evening star., 1920-01-10
BIG BANK CLEARING
/ REPORTS CONTINUE

Almost every leading center contin-
nes to report the largest bank clear
ings ever recorded for this period.
the total this week at twenty cities
in the United States being s1O.02l.- :
O3S, ,6O9, an increase of 40.5 per cent
over the corresponding week last
year and Of 1913 per cent compared
with two years ago.
Heavy interest and dividend pay
ments, stock market activity and
high commodity prices as well as a
large business in mercantile and in
dustrial channels, are reflected in
very extensive clearings in New York
city. the metropolis reporting gains
of 45S and 89.6 per cent, respectively
over the corresponding weeks in 1913
and 1917.
The aggregate of all cities outside
New York, moreover. is 31.5 per cent
larger than for the week last year
and 62,9 per cent in excess of the
corresponding week two years ago.
Marked expansion is the rule, all
points disclosing Increases over both
1919 and 1918.
Trading Continues Heavy.
Unusually heavy trading continued
on the Washington Stock Exchange
day seen for several years. Fifteen
Potomac Electric Company first mort
gage $1,000 5s were sold at S3H, one
81 900 and one $500 Washington Gas 5s
sold at IS. and one of 81 900 at the same
price, while three 81 900 Potomac Elec
uric 81 900 general IS brought 97k.
one $500 and two $1,000 Capital
Traction SIS sold at 93k. Ten shares of
Washington Railway and Electric
preferred stock sold at 54, three lots
of Lanston Monotype, five of ten
shares. one of twenty shares and one
of eight shares sold at s1h and two
1ive-share lots of Mergenthaler Limo
type sold at 1857. and one five share
lot of the same stock brought 1881.
After call there was one fractional
lot of Columbia Graphophone common
stock sold at so. ten shares of WASH
ington Gas at 49 and two Washington
Gas 5s. one of $500 and one of $1,000,
Sold at SS.
Evening star., 1920-01-10
TRADE CONDITIONS.

NEW YORK, January 10.-Dun's Re-
view of Trade says:
The first full week of the new year.
as was not unexpected. passed with
many Of the features that had made
1919 a notable economic period still con-
spicuously present General price ten
dencies have reflected no departure from
the upward swing which has long been
in progress, Dun's list of wholesale
quotations again disclosing the now IA
milar characteristics, and certain es-
sential commodities that had expert
enced yielding. such as hides, have re-
sponded promptly to the re-entry Of i'm
portant buyers into the markets, or to
other supporting influences. and are now
distinctly firmer.
The fact is. and has been for many
1ncnths. that demands in most primary
channels run beyond available supplies
of the better classes of goods which
are chiefly wanted. and strength in
prices is a logical concomitant of such
a condition. While many consumers are
benefiting from the special retail sales
in some lines, as in textiles, that are
under way throughout the country, yet
few. II any. concrete evidences of perma-
nent change in living costs have made
themselves manifest. however certain 1t
may be that the existing situation can
not last indefinitely
Evening star., 1920-01-10

sylvania, nearby. dozen. 70: eastern
shore Maryland and Virginia. dozen. 20:
western frosts. dozen. 20, West Virginia
dozen, 60; southern. dozen. ss.
Butter. creamery, west separator. eX-
tras, 10a71: do. prints, half pound. ex-
tras, 12a73. do. prints, / pound, extras,
1la12: nearby creamery, extras. 61a6S:
dairy prints. Maryland, Virginia and
PENNSYLVANIA. extras. 4Sa50: store pack
ed, 10: rolls. Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania, extras. iSa5a. do. West Virginia.
extras. 46a IS: do. Ohio, extras. 4Sa4S.
process butter. 51a5g.
Evening star., 1920-01-10

High. Low. Close,
Call Money. 8 6 8
HOURLY SALES OF STOCKS.
IL am. PIG 400 IL M. l66 200
Evening star., 1920-01-10
DAIRY MARKETS.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Md. January 10
ARRIVALS by boat) t).-Poultry, live:
Chickens, young. large. smooth. pound
32a33; do, small to medium, pound
32a33: do, white leshorns, 80; do.
rough and poor, so; old roosters.
pound. 20; do, old hens over pounds;
pound. 32a33: do. small, pound, 80
a31; do, white leghorn hens pouna;
81: ducks. muscovy, young, pound. ~
a33; do. white Pekins. young, pound
smaller. poor, pound, 80; geese. near
Evening star., 1920-01-10
Liberty Bond Prices.

NEW YORK, January 10.-The final
prices today of liberty bonds were:
avs, $3.50; first As, s29S; seconds As,
9l.92; first ANS, 931S; second ANS
e2.4o: third AIS, 94.4o; fourth 4As,
1855; victory sAs. 9s.ss. and victory
4%s. 1884
Evening star., 1920-01-10

by fat. 31a32: turkeys, choice young
hens. pound. 42a43; do. gobblers.
pound, 39a40; do, old toms. pound. 35
ass: do, crooked breast. pound, 32a
Sc; pigeons, old, per pair, 30a35: do,
young, per pair, 30a35; guinea fowl,
young. over 4 pounds each. SO: do.
smaller, each. 3oa4o: do, old. each. 30.
Dressed poultry. turkeys. young. per
pound, 42a45; old toms, 37a3S: chickens,
young, 33a34; do, old and mixed 32a
"a; old roosters, 21a22; ducks, 35a3S
geese. 54a35: capons. 3Sai5
Eggs-Western Maryland and Penn
Evening star., 1920-01-10
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO, January 1O.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 1000 head; compared with a
week ago: Good and best grade beef
steers and she stock little changed: !:
others 25 to 40 cents higher; bulls
steady to strong, veal calves. mostly
rs cents higher; stockers 25 to so
cents higher; feeders, 25 cents higher.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000 head; COM
pared with a week ago: Best fat
lambs and low grade sheep. so to IS
cents higher; others mostly 81 to
$1.25 higher
Hogs-Receipts, 5000 head, weak:
bulk, 14.55a14.8G: top, 1900; heavy,
14.55a14.SO; medium. 14.60a14.S5; light,
Evening star., 1920-01-10

14.60a1490; light light. 14.00a1465;
heavy packing sows. smooth. 14.00a
1875: packing sows, rough, 13.50a
400: pigs, 13.50a14.25.
Evening star., 1920-01-10

When the first census was taken
the area of the United States was
$4,000 square miles, or about one
fourth of the present area. with less
than 80 per cent of that populated
Evening star., 1920-01-10
Washington Stock Exchange.

Washington Gas "a. 81 900 at as. $500 at ss
Capital Traction 5s, $500 at 93h. 81. 900 at
23 y. 81 900 at 931a.
Potomac Electric 1st IS. ZOO at 93M
81 900 at a8S, $1,000 at 93x, 81 600 at cas-
$1,000 ut GA, $1,000 at 93M. 81 600 at 93%,
81 900 at aS%, $1,000 at 33A, 81 600 ut 93N
81 900 at 93as, $1,000 Mt 1855, 81 600 at 1885
81 900 ut aaM, $1,000 at 93A.
:. Potomac Electric general 6s, 81 900 ut 97h
y 900 at 97L, 81 .O0O lt 7H.
Washington Railway and Electric pfd., 10 a.
81.
Lapston Monotype. 10 at Sly, 10 at S1n, 10
at Sli2, 20 at S1A, at sly, 10 at S1a, 10
ut S1H
Merge inhaler, at 13sA, 5 at 1884,, ) at
13S1..
Columbia Graphophone COM, 40 at 80.
After call:
, Washington Gas. $1,000 At So. $500 ut 81.
! Washington Gas 10 at 49,
Bid and Asked Prices
RnMnC
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-10-16
MOTOR INDUSTRY LEAD-
 ING 10 LOWER PRICES

"The reduction in the prices of Stakeholder Cars came as a complete surprise to me-" said Ray Robinson, local distributor of Studebaker Cars, referring to the official announce ment recently made by A. R. Erskine, president of the Studebaker Corpora tiOn.
 "In taking this action The Stude- baker Corporation was the first quan tity producer of quality automobiles to effect reduction in prices of its product. When one stops to consider that Studebaker is the third largest manufacturer of motor cars in the world, and for that matter one of the worlds greatest industrial institu- tions, it's action in the way of price reduction may be accepted as indica- tive of real desire to materially as sst in the lowering of prices of com modities in an effort to bring living conditions back to something more nearly approaching normal basis.
 AS President Erskine has so apt ly remarked, It is highly desirable that the lowering of prices be encour aged at this time and in reducing the prices of it's product, Studebaker is anticipating it's ability to buy raw material at lower prices next year and to increase it's labor efficiency"
 "Without cheapening the quality of it's product in any manner and at the same time maintaining it's present wage scale, it has, in my estimation, taken real courage to announce price reductions.
 Labor, too, is showing a splendid disposition to help in making pos sible for the manufacturer to make these reductions, by its increased ef- ficiency in the shops, and this is factor of greatest importance if we are to bring prices back to a lower level without further loss of time.
 Although wholly unexpected at this time 1 am, nevertheless, gratifi- ed at the turn things have taken and I am happy to be associated with an industry that is leading the way to lower prices, and with manufactur CT possessed of vision broad enough to look ahead to the future"
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-10-16
AMERICAN GOLD MINES FACE SERIOUS CRISIS
 DECLARES M'FADDEN

A Washington dispatch of October 9, quotes Congressman McFadden on the gold bonus bill as follows:
 Representative Louis McFadden, chairman of the committee on Bank ing and Currency of the House of Representatives, and author of the gold bonus bill, in mid-week inter- view was asked the following pertin- ent question relative to the gold sit uation: "Is the United States to con- tinue to ignore the problem of gold prediction, thus permitting the Brit 1sh Empire to gain an unquestioned supremacy"
 Industry Needs EncOura cement
 An estimate of the gold production ot the United States, based on the out put of the first six months of this year, indicates that the production for 1920 will be less than half the amount produced in 1915. In 1915 the United States produced 21.5 per cent of the total worlds gold output, and the British empire 63.7 per cent. In 1919 spthe United States produced but 16.6 per cent of the total worlds gold out put, while the British empire produced in excess of two-thirds.
 Since July \24, 1919, the British empire has been paying an exchange premium as high as 50 per cent to the gold producers of South Africa, where the bulk of the British gold is produc- ed, while in the United States no as sistance has been rendered the gold mining industry.
 This year the contribution of the United States to the gold production of the world probably will be not more than 12 per cent about half of that which it contributed in 1915, while the stimulating effect of the exchange premium probably will increase the quota which the British empire will contributed to 75 per cent.
 Low purchasing Power
 As compared to 1914 the purchas- ing power of the dollar in terms of all commodities in 1919 was AT cents. The gold producers ounce in 1914 had a purchasing power of $2O.67 whereas during 1919 the same ounce could pur- chase in terms of all commodities but $9.7O. Since the price of gold IS fixed by statute at $20.67 an ounce, the gold producer is in the same position as persons who received the same income in 1919 as in 1914 and finds that $2000 income has shrunken iii pur- chasing power to $970.
 ''This is the principal reason for the decline of the gold production of the United States from $101 100000 in 1915 to less than $50,000,000 ths year." said Mir. McFadden.
 "The United States mint sold for in- dustrial consumption during 1919 1 nearly $22,000,00O more gold than was | produced from the mines of the Unit 1 ed States, while this year the drain on the monetary gold stock probably will be $40,O0O,000. The American Bank ers' association passed resolution on Oct. 2, 1919, urging upon the govern ment the necessity for maintaining a sufficient volume to satisfy the indus trial requirements of the arts and trades. To comply with the specifi-
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-10-16

cations of this resolution, the sound ness of which cannot be questioned, I introduced H. R. 13201 on March 23, 1920"
 Excise Tax Necessary
 Since the industrial consumers of gold are the only ones in the country receiving raw material at the pre-war price, while the general increase in all commodities was 112 per cent in 1919, as compared with 1914, it is evident that they are being heavily subsidized. MT. McFadden emphasizes that the imposition of this excess tax merely adjusts the cost and price equation between the producer of new gold and the consumer of gold in the industrial arts, and is free from all monetary entanglements.
 Need of Free Market
 A free gold market is maintained under the provisions of this bill for the reason that the excise tax is col lected on the finished product, as sold and not upon the bullion which is sold to the manufacturers. There is noth- ing in the bill which in any way al ters the number of grains in the standard dollar, the unit of our mone tary system. The bill creates the governmental machinery by which the consumer of gold in the industrial arts may pay more dearly the cost of production for the raw material.
 Greatly Disminished Production
 It is important that the gold mining industry be kept alive for fear that with greatly reduced production there will be difficulty in retaining the gold standard during the popular campaign for credit restriction accompanied by declining prices. The continued de- pletion of the gold stock by excess ex- portation and industrial use will se- riously impair the public confidence in the nations finance and currency un- less a normal gold output is insured.
 Waste Makes Want
 The gold mining industry will be completely shut down unless construc- tive aid is provided without delay, in which event it will take years to de- velop a normal output of gold at very much greater expense. To allow the gold mines, of the United States to cave in and fill with water entails a waste of developed gold resources, which in most critical hour of finan- cial need will cause want. No argu- ment can be made in favor of waste. The time to act is now before the in dustry is shut down.
 The stimulus to the gold producer specified in this bill is equal to the excise tax imposed, and is no greater than the exchange premium paid by Great Britain in the later part of 1919 to the South African producer, whose operating conditions are more favor able than those in the United States.
 Heavy French Tax
 In addition to paying the exchange | discount, which in the case of the | French industrial consumer of gold would amount to 100 per cent more in francs than the price paid before the war, the French government has i'm posed sumptuary tax for the use of gold. in the fabrication of articles (other than money) of 60 francs per nectogram ($3.73 per fine ounce) by law of June 25, 1920. Previous to American gold "A gal 2 irMri | that date the guarantee tax was 37 francs, 50 centimes per hectogram. The French government justifies this tax in a formal document transmitted by the United States bureau of fore ign and domestic commerce, as foi-
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-10-16
Inferential Greatness

Senator Snortsworthy made an impressive speech"
 "A masterly effort"
 While he didn't go so far as to say he wrote the Declaraton of Indenpen- dence, 1 inferred from his remarks that if he had been living IA years ago he might have written it.'-Bir- mingham Age-Herald.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-10-16

lows:
 Moreover this tax, striking as it does luxury goods, or unessential art!- cles, enters into the category of a sumputary tax, the levying of which is admitted by all economists as leg itimate procedure"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Sa~ory Lobster ln Ramekins

Melt two tabiespoonsful of oleo
and when hot add a quarter of Q cup
ful of chopped peeled mushrooms
one tablespoonful of minced carrot.
half a teaspoonful of finely chopped
onion and two tablespoonsfuI Of
mihced celery. Cook until delicately
brown blend in three tablespoons.
ful of flour and add slowly one and a
half cupsful Of strained stock {bouil-
lon cubes and hot water may be
used. Stir constantly until well
thickened and simmer until the vege-
tables are tender. Add one cupful
of faxed lobster meat, sal. and pa
prika to taste, few drops Of kltch-
en- bouquet and a teaspoonful Of
chopped parsley. Bring to the boil
ing point, turn into hreproof rame-
kins and dust with crushed dried
bread crumbs. Dot with bits Of but
ter and brown quickly.
Place under radiant element and
put reflector on top, polished side
down.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

At THE same time we received
this appreciative note we had
q letter from man Who asked in
good faith what brands of grape
juice were free from benzoate and
salicylic acid.
AS matter of fact, none Of the
standard brands of grape juice on
the market contain any such prod
uct, or have done so since 1906
when the food law went into effect
Grape juices are preserved by heat
ing, their natural acid and hermetic
sealing. Nothing is ever added to
them except sugar in some cases
They are wholesome and highly de-
sirous products for home use, both
as beverages and flavorings. The
only danga,.is that they will not be
used enough!
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

the fish head, skin and bones, scant
pint Of cold water, chopped stalk
of celery and the liquor drained from
a pint Of oysters after they have
been scalded in it. Cook for twenty
minutes and strain into the chowder
kettle; add the prepared fish, one
cup of thinly sliced potatoes, one
tcaspoonful of salt and quarter of
teaspoonful of paprika. Cook about
twenty minutes, add the scalded oys-
ters, three broken soda crackers and
a cupful of hot milk thickened with
tablespoonful and a half Of flour
blended with tablespoonful Of melt
ed butter. Stir constantly until the
chowder reboils and serve imme-
diately.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

much less neve-racking to compare
the descriptions in three or four
neat books in your own home than
to study those same descriptions
over the crowded counters Of three
or four separate stores. The pat
terms are just the same, and the
helpful salesgirls behind each coun-
ter will be just as helpful if in
stead of asking, Have you any
thing that will cut to advantage
from four yards of serge for a
MILDLY suit for my little girl?" the
customer inquiries, ''For a fourteen
year-old size which will have to be
let down would you recommend
B5760 or A174O?"
Of course, the sensible shopper
knows the local agencies for the best
patterns: it is seldom that one store
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

They don't go by samples like
dress goods, you know.''
How to Ask for What You Want
Before presenting my latter-day
list as the sequel to the worn little
scrawl quoted as the text for this
article should like to remind my
self of those nightmarish days each
season when l went to look at
suits Approaching the suit de-
partment of store after store. the
same catechism, year after year.
never seemed to teach me efficiency.
hear it occasionally now-that
solemn formula between customer
and salesgirl that seldom varies:
i want to look at suits"
Yes, madam, what size?"
'Oh. 36 or 38-or 18 misses"
"Misses' suits are on the floor
above. III show you our selection.
Any particular color, madam?"
Hiue' l guess, Or, no, brown
perhaps black"
There follows half an hour of
consideration, trying on, rejection
Then the customers voice, slightly
petulant: "But these are all SIS or
$loo suits. can't pay that much.~
This type of customer-even as
you and l-misinterprets the wear
led expression Of the salesgirl as a
slight upon her failure to buy an
expensive suit. AS a matter of fact
1t IS far more often an expression
Of pity for the customer who will
waste her own and others time
over suits beyond her means. Com
pare the unbusinesslike catecbism
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

for Grace"l I we'll remember the
three days it took to complete that
indefinite commission. At present
have a carefully annotated sugges-
ton list for gifts, culled from maga-
zines and ideas seen in stores. This
IS supplemented by a list of gift
rooms and studio shops where the
unusual in gifts may be found. The
best Of jewellers and silversmiths
can usually place their catalogues in
ones hands upon request, and from
catalogue more ideas for gifts in
Jewelry and silverware may be
culled in an shour than can be
glean"3 in days from the dazzling
displays on shop counters. Then. if
one has decided upon a sandwich
plate or pickle fork for Grace.
the moments of the actual selec-
ton and purchase will not be in
terrupted by yearning considera-
tlons of a silver tea set or dia-
mond ring.
On that distant day when I shopped
the electric fashlight distended nv
shopping bag and at last returned
home with me batteryless, after all
Perhaps that was the genesis of nv
shopping reformation, for that eve
ning my More Efficient Fifty Per
Cent showed me the number car
ried on each battery. "If you look
for the Identification number
stamped by the manufacturer upon
almost all standard products and
their parts,' he suggested helpfully,
you can almost always order the
part by description ard number.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Iwo Typical Letters From Our Mail Pouch

(We are al1cays glad to ansover
"q"r'es Of any kind touching on
household equipment, the nature and
quality of trademarked foods, cook
ING difficulties, definite recipes, die
to'y problems, etc. In ,criting a.
'0ayS glre your name and address.
as material for this page is prepared
Jar an odraace, and though ace n,ap
PRINT your letter zoe 'oant you to act
an ansa0or by mail immediatelu.-
The Editor.l
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Halibu. Soume

Boil one pound of halibut in salted
ater to which little lemon juice
I'D slice of onion have been added.
)ook for ten minutes, drain and cool.
lelt two and half tablespoonsful
f oleo, blend in two tab,espoonsful
f -four and add gradually two cups
III of milk. Cook, stirring constant
= until it boils and add half a cup
ul of bread crumbs, the finely faxed
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

NHE other day ] discovered in
desk drawer shoping list
~ Of days before the war. 1t
read
spool silk. look at special waists
adv. Sunday, yds. crepe, get skirt
pattern 9 prs. stockings, 8 yds. lin
ing satin, wedding present for
Grace, new battery for hashlight."
recalled the especially hectic
shopping day which that list had
governed. Beginning with a hur-
ried breakfast, race for the train,
the day had been one blur Of shops,
bargain counters, salesgirls, with
but one pause-for a bite of lunch
con at crowded tearoom. When,
exhausted, had sunk into my seat
on the homebound train, my worn
little list showed only three of the
eight errands crossed off and
sighed to think of another strenuous
day in town" that same week.
Buying a Business, MOI Pastime
At the discovery Of that futile
list ! realized the vast values that
time-the average hours of the aver
age day-took on during and since
the war. With canning and pre-
serving, Red Cross work, Liberty
loan campaigning, competition for
precious hours became so keen that
the most unbusinesslike Of house
wives was forced into some sort Of
routine. "Shopping" was shelved
along with other luXuries Of peace
time. Buying came to be business
rather than pastime, and my semi
weekly day in town. was meta
morphosed into fortnightly excur-
sion in which seven pre-war shop
ping days might have been COM
pressed, with two hours left over
for canteen servicel
| wonder how many other house
wives have had this experience and
how many viii ever return to the
stupid hen-minded oldmethod of rush
ing from store to store in a vague
quest for an ill-defned bargain.
NV shopping list nowadays is not
hastily scribbled on the back of an
old envelope during the trip into
the city. The first draft is made
at intervals during the week and
revised into the ultimate of com
plcteness and conciseness. With the
; Of the floor directories issued
to customers by the larger depart
ment stores and by intelligent study
of advertisements in the daily pa
peas my list becomes a regular time
table. Inquiries by mail for sam
pies or information save more time.