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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-25
Argentine Offer OF Lower
Wheat Bears Ch;cago Marker

CHICAGO, Dec. 25.--Argentine of
sferings to Europe seven cents bushe
cheaper than offerings from the U. s
had a bearish influence Friday on the
home market. Prices closed unsettled
11-4 net lower to "a advance with
March 1.65 to 1868 ia and May 1.6l
Ia TO 1,61 1-2.
Corn finished SIS to rs down and
oats unchanged to IA off. In provi-
sions the outcome varied from 35c de-
cline to zoe advance.
News of the cheapness of Argentine
wheat was being favored with fine
weather and that the yield was of good
quality. Beneficial rains were also re-
ported in India where of late the crop
has been suffering from drought. I'm
der such circumstances, export de-
mand was reduced to a minimum, and
the only actual new foreign purchase
of which there was general knowledge
was of 115,00O bushels for Belgium.
Evening up for the holiday. however,
brought about something of recov-
cry in the last part of the session, all
though sales TO go to store here were
noted.
Corn and oats lacked support except
on declines.
Provisions averaged weaker with
grain despite strength in the holding
market.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-25
SAYS JAPAN NOT TO
SET ARMAMENT PACE

LONDON, Dec. 25.--U. P.)-Japan
has no intention of setting the pace in
the race for armament, Count Hayashi,
ambassador to Britain declared today.
he VIII be pleased to join In discus
sions Of armament reductions, he said.
"Japans policy has always been di-
rected toward maintaining friendly re-
iatlons with the United States and Chi
ma" he added. "An alliance with Brit
ain Is a source of satisfaction to the
entire Japanese nation, but it does not
mean that Japan has any intention Of
setting the pace in armaments The
Japanese naval program is a measure
for defense natural to any island EN-
pire.Y
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-25
DAILY MARKET NEWS, LOCAL AND GENERAL
lnoudng Pendleton Pess ana Aaaooated Press Repers

1 the most part the customary week,
end summary Of conditions in the com.
mercial and Industrial fields.
Although call money was more than
ordinarily plentiful, the rate held at
seven per cent that qoutation apply
ing also to renewals into next week,
Brokers reported virtually no demand
for bills os exchange, but remlttan YES
10 Loi.don. Paris nd other important
ccntcrs cassd "a ,ably.
Actua. lrans arc discounts os the
clearing house /. we'd a decrasss of
$ss. 2jl.a0a. when was contrary 10
general expectations and reserves If
merlhers in the federal reserve hank
Increased about s2l.000,O00. @here
was 81 proportional gain in tota. re-
serves, the excess OF sS0,55s, ,eO0 Aeing
the largest since the middle If Nc
vember
The band market was duh hut
prices tended y ainly higher ..hestv
issues showed ~ rked improvement
The firsi 40 hty ever. reactinw ain g.
one per cs.:. Total sales. a,' value,
ssa,5?5.es0. oil U. S. bonds Nern un.
changed on ran ssr the week
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-25

Retail Trade Shows Signs. .....4...- -.
of Better Condition. 49,. - ... ..,...-.
NEW YORK, Dec .25.-Bradstreets
today says:i
The favorable features of the week
in distributive trade are seasonal in
creases in retail buying. stimulated by
holiday purchases of seasonal goods,
a slightly enlarged distribution Of
heavy wearing apparel. due to colder
weather, with snow north and west
and some belated activity on the part
of jobbers in shipping goods to fill in
broken stocks. Retail trade generally,
however, has not measured up to a
year ago. The trend otherwise has
been toward increased quiet at whole
sale and in industrial lines and a fur
ther extension of the adding circle of
quiet in inustry, accompanied by many
T. ports of wage reductions. Collec-
tic.!; are slower on the whole. Week
" rank clearings sS,37ss.254, 900.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-25
Coarse Grain Quotations
az Seattle Unchanged

SEATTLE. Dec. 25.-City delivery
Feed: Scratch feed $62 per ton;
feed wheat s63; all grain chop s54;
oats $51; sprouting oats $50; rolled
oats $5s: whole corn $51; cracked
corn $53: rolled barley S53; clipped
barley $5S milled feed SAG: bran $39.
Hay-Alfalfa $29 per ton; double
compressed alfalfa ss5: ditto timothy
$40; eastern Washington mixed S2s.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-25
NEW CONFEDERATION on RHINE

MAINZ, Germany, Dec. ga. p
The Echo Du Rhin, which is pub
lished under the direction Of the
French military authorities. in an ed
itorial recommends the support of a
new Rhine confederation under the
Leadership Of Bavaria and catholic
Germany with a prospect Of the in
ciusion Of Austria later. The editorial
concludes: IAN impoverished and sub
dHed Prussia and rich free Ger
many would assure peace and pro-
sperity for France
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-25


NEW YORK. Dec. 25.---rsusiness on
the stock exchange Friday was OF the
usual perfnnctory pre-holiday charac-
ter trading dwindiing steadily after the
first hour and remaining almost mo-
tionless In the later dealings.
Prices were firm. even strong in
spots at the outset but reacted sharp
" before midday. when Replogle Steel
relieved the monotony with perpen-
diculAr decline of 10 points, almost
duplicating Its performance OF last
Tuesday. Later, however, the stock
recovered l-2 points. vanadium
gteei and affiliated issues fell one to
three points shippings one to five.
equipments one to three and motor,
leather. food and tobacco shares one
70 four. Oils also gave way to bear
ish pressure and several of the invest.
racnt rails forfeited one to two pointr
aside from the latter. rallies were
feeble. the market closing with a.
heavy tone. Sales amounted to s0o.-
600 shares,
The days news had little or no re-
lation TO market values. comprising for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-25
nlfference.

"whatg' said Lord colerfdge once
to a puzzled cabman. 'you a London
cabby and don't know where the law
courts are?"
''Ohl the law courts is Il? | know
them: but you said the courts Of
justice! 1.-THE Christian Register
(BostoH). e
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-25
WEAPONS DOUBLE BAIL
FOR PRISONERS IN N. Y.

NEWARK, n. j., Dec. 25.-(A. P.)
Judges. following the precedent set
in New York. decided to fib high bail
in all eases where prisoners are charg-
sd with using or possessing weapons.
Those using revolvers or blackjacks
Will be held in 100000. virtually dou
BILE the amount in usual cases while
$4,000 was fixed in eases where prison
ers are charged with having such
weapons.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-25
Cattle and Hogs Absent
EIora C4rnnnrsr naffIo II

SEATTLE, Dec. 25-Hogs- Receipts
mono. Stronger. Prime $10@ 1850;
smooth heavies s.00@10.00: rough
heayies $7.00@7.50; pigs S.00010.00
Cattle-Receipts none; weak. Prime
steers $500 800: medium to choice
7.01G 500; common to good 5.00@
$50: best cows and heifers 6.25@6.75:
medium to choice 5.00@6.O0: common
to good 3.50@5.O0; bulls 1000 $50;
calves 6.a0@13.00.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-25
Best Wholesale Eggs SIC,
Racf x1utfav. NJ sac

EStz'1 NIsattSS y VHNs 2 q 8
SEATTLE, Dec. 25.-Butter and
eggs: Eggs. select local ranch, white
shells 5sc; pullets so; storage soc.
Butter--City creamery in cubes SIC;
bricks or prints Sac; seconds. in cubes
46c: bricks 47c; country creamery ex-
tras cost to jobbers. in cubes, soc,
storage 47c.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-25
Cattle and Sheep Both
Higher During Week Ending

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 25.-Cattlt
$50. For week: Killing steers general
ly 50@ 75c higher; spots more; fat
cows and heifers 25 a soc higher; can
ners and veals steady to soc higher.
Sheep 900. For week: Sheep steady
00 75c higher.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-25
WRANGFI, IN ERANcp

IouLoN, France, Dec. 25.-(A.P.)
Wrangei' wife of the former anti-boI-
shevik leader in South Russia, arrived
mere today with her family. She will
make her home here.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30

w AIN iii, w EI1DIIVO
We require first-class oxy-acetylene OPP
orators preferably those who have
had experience or steele plate and
tank work. Apply Superintendent,
Welder Produce Co., 915 n. 2Sth st..
city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30

w A N T E D - EXPERT
ENCED CRANE M A N
FOR F Err TILL z E R
PLANT OPERATING 2
lotion CLEVELAND
CRANES. APPLY QUICK
TO E. H. ARMSTRONG,
HOTEL TUTWILER,
BIRMINGHAM, FROM 9
TO II A. M, AND 6 TO 8
P. M.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30

WE need an experienced in
stallment collector; must
know city and ride bicycle
or motorcycle. Apply at
1925 Second Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30

WANTED-AT ONCE SALESMAN FOR
BIRMINGHAM AND VICINITY BY
ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LEADING
MANUFACTURERS: MUST BIZ
READY TO START IMMEDIATELY.
REPLY PROMPTLY, GIVING TELE-
PHONE NUMBER AND STREET AD-
DRESS. ADDRESS D-9s, CARE AGE
HERALD.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30

DETAIL office man wanted fer splendid
position in branch office of large manu-
featuring company; must be able tn
handle general office work. have good
approach and personai ty This position
pays good salary and offers unlimited
future TO right kind OF man 221s JEFF
ferson County Bank bldg.
ACCOUNTANT wanted. We are looking
for an Al accountant. some one who has
had experience in public accounting and
is able to handle real position. Good
salary to man who can qualify 22lS
jefferson County Bank SO
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30

man wanted. Young man VINO
writes neat hand and can use type
writer. Good connection for orisht
young man. 22ls Jefferson County Eank
bldg.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30
FINANCIAL F
MS SfcSS I0lTssP'0R u MITES 81

btSlN t-SS OFEORt CNA II -.
LEASE
EXCEPTIONAL LEASE rRoFo-
srr1oN. IF you ARE TaINK-
ING OF IMPRov1Na ANY
PROPERTY FOR a BUSINESS
LOCATION. THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF AVE. AND 18Th
ST. WOULD MAKE AN ExcEP-
rIoNA1 PROPOSITION. EspE-
c1ALLr FOR DRUG STORE.
GROCERY STORE OR FILLING
STATION. SEE Me FOR AN
EXCEPTIONAL PROPOSITION
LOT 4oxloo JOHN B REID, sTE1-
NER BANK BLDG: PHONES
MAIN STA AND $3.50
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30

WANTED-Boy, 16 to 10
years old, to learn engrav-
ing trade; excellent oppor-
tunity; good working con-
ditions. Apply between 10
and 4 p. M. Engraving De-
partment, Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30
MEN WANTED

to qualify for responsible po-
sition handling foreign and domestic
shipping; salary, $4,000 per year. or
better; experience desirable, but not
necessary if willing to learn. inter
view by appointments only. Phone
Paul D. Baugh Tutwiler Hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30

LOANS
Made to buy, build or improve real es-
tate; to pay OF the mortgage coming
due or to reduce those monthly pay
ments that are getting too heavy
5 No commissions, small expense. Low
rate of interest. Write. call or phone
for literature.
SECURITY SAVINGS AND LOAN CO.
2109 I'd Ave. Birmingham. Ala
Phone NJ SIS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30

8RICKLAYERS WANTED
Seven million brick to lay;
material on job; 6 months
work; open shop; 80 cents
per hour; 10 hours per day.
Room and board 6 to Z 1-2
dollars per week. Write or
wire, our expense, when
to expect you. I. G.
Thompson & Bros, Bib,
Columbus, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30

w ANTED-M achinists, camp blacksmith,
camp cook, lady stenographer, Sloo;
wrapper girls, lady cashier, head baker,
20 construction laborers, colored men
learn trade, shop helpers. Ford truck
driver, cafe cook ox-acetylene welders,
maid 10 travel, mattresses. maids, office
maid, women cooks, pipe, shop laborers
coal miners, track helpers, others. Fro
ducers' Agency. 12l1a ~. 21st st.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30

YOUNG men for railwa ymail clerks,
$40 month: experience unnecessary
For free particulars. examinations
write r. Terry former government
examiner, 1S3 Continental Bldg.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30

Nv A N T E D Il Responsible
man for combined watch
man and time keeper in
large building, Call Main
1888.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30

BILL CLERK wanted Prefer young man
with high school education. Necessary
to be good typist and have some lnowl-
edge of office work. Good connection
for bright, energetic young man. 22ls
Z Jefferson County Bank bldg. IA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-30

J E N ERAL office man
wanted at once; man who
has had several years ex-
perience in general office
work and is capable Of do
ing some cost work for COR
poration. This position
carries fair salary and
good future. Write care
P. O. Box Up.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-08

with violets! And after the chilly
stage tea party, when the harassed
leading lady has to solve her heart $
problem with no more comfort than
one sip from an empty cup, how
truly friendly were we to ring up
the curtain for a steaming tray,
with a kettle sizzling over it's alco-
hol flame, crumpets piled high and
enough French pastry for all the
hungry cast to eat their fill
The custom would acquire particu-
lar charm for transforming COM
panies, doomed to the fare of the
small-town hotel. Imagine the de-
light Of our heroine to find a pail
Of grandmother's homemade cookies
lifted over the footlights to her! The
state Of the drama in small COM
munities might look up considerably
1t actors were assured of real mince
pies in proportion to the splendor Of
their great scenes.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-08
Hard Times in North Dakota

These are disturbing days in all
the farming districts Of the West.
In North Dakota they have culmi-
mated in & grave financial crisis that
has already sent twenty-five banks to
The wall and that is still at it's
height. A prosperous and thrifty
state, containing some of the best
wheat land in the whole country, she
is now hard put and immeasurably
worse off than her neighbors.
unquestionably Townley and his
vast schemes Of farmers soviet
whereof he was the Lenine and
Trotzl<y rolled into one are largely
responsible for this evil situation.
One Of the pet schemes Of the Nom
partisan League WAS the state bank.
1t was the soundest Of all the Town
ley policies--in theory. The lending
of governmental aid TO the farmer in
the shape Of rural credits is a proper
and accepted policy of our national
government. EXpertly and honestly
run and with its resources directed
in the right direction there was no
reason why q state bank should net
be of benefit-certainly it need not
cause ruin or disaster.
But the theory Of government
operated anything and its practice
are two entirely different things, as
the American people have painfully
come to believe. The Bank Of North
Dakota has been in politics from it's
birth. Its resources, including the
funds Of the counties which the law
directed to be deposited with it. have
been used to finance various schemes
On the Townley program. To a large
extent these natural resources of the
local banks have been frozen in these
outside channels. And the farmer
depositor of the local bank has had
1ust so much less local capital avail
able to pull him through the present
crisis.
Other factors have contributed
All credit in North Dakota has been
IN a f1uttery condition, thanks to the
wildcat financing of the Nonparti-
san League, which centered in cer-
tain conspicuous banks. Nor can
any one out there forget that before
Townley became reformer and polit-
lcal savior of his fellow man he
plunged in fax farming like any
wicked operator and failed for a
large amount, stinging every one
round about from the banks to the
laborers. The Fundamental sound
ness of the state is unquestionable.
Until it turns it's face from the
Townley experiments with state So
ciallsm it is likely to have a series of
uncomfortable and costly bumps.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-08
Sabbath Alaruns

Standing amid tre falling letters
of our myriad correspondents who
write US furioMly upon blue laws
past, present and impending, we are
torn between conflicting emotions.
We are impressed by those esti-
mable critics who denounce the
propaganda as Fictitious nonsense
and utterly unrelated, in it's origin
and sponsors, to the friends of pro-
hibltion. They resent the hint that
prohibited rum car in any wise be
compared to compulsory religion. 1t
is the friends of iniquity, pals of the
demon himself, who are pushing this
Sabbath stuff, they declare. Stop
printing it lest you undermine that
bulwark of virtue, the Eighteenth
Amendment!
Close upon their heels come an
other group who hate the blue laws
equally with prohibition and who
urge us to cease firing for a quite
contrary reason. You are giving
these Bowlbyites free publicity; just
so prohibition began; "can" it, or we
perish in world where nothing is
permitted save drouth and death.
From the sophistication Of these
friends and enemies of morality
through law We turn to the great
mass Of our correspondents who are
too angry for fine spun theories of
repercussion and the indirect attack.
These sincere souls sputter and cx-
claim; their letters stand the care
fullest editing-at white heat when
they arrive, they are still fiery red
by the time they are spread upon
this page.
We say we have some sympathy
with all these points Of view. We
have. There is no doubt that it is
largely through the fears and ex-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-08

citement of already excited vets
that the drives against tobacco and
the blue Sunday have achieved their
present notoriety. And just as a
matter of probability and proximity
we should say that blue laws were
still afar off and that immediate
shivers were as unfounded as fears
that we may as a nation become
Mormons or that baseball may be
abandoned for cricket.
But we cannot agree with our cor
respondents who urge silence and
suppression. The Lords Day move
ment is a genuine, heartfelt move
ment. 1t is not the invention of
vets or any demon, and such sup
port as it has comes wholly from
forces that put weight behind pro-
hibition. Its progress is news, it's
propaganda is a fact. So there is
nothing to do but print it's record.
AND judging by the explosions of
our readers it offers q safety valve
of no small therapeutic value To
vent wrath, to get it out into the
open, is half the battle in controlling
it and disinfecting it.
Also, the time to defeat blue laws
Off the American people want to de-
feat them) is now, at their first ap-
pearance upon the horizon. To wait
until half the country has been won
over to such policy makes a hope
less battle, as the prohibition cru
sade showed. We cannot promise
to yield much more ink and paper to
our correspondents upon this topic,
but we shall do our best to keep the
safety valve open and the attitude of
our readers plain beyond the capac-
ity of any legislator to misunder-
stand.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-08
Did a Nation Ever Repentp

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Almost weekly you assert IN
your editorials that Germany. Austria
and the rest are not genuinely repent
ant, and your manner of assertion SEEM
lngly indicates a belief in your mind
that they some day viii be honestly
sorry and seek to make what amends
they can
Has human nature changed Sinca
when do the vanquished, be they indi-
viduals or nations, admit their wrongs
and honestly repent?
Understand me, | don't say they
shouldn't; but does history up TO date.
indicate they do?
Your fine articles on preparedness
apparently indicate that you don't be-
lieve this attitude which you expect
from our late foes, is attainable for
very long time.
CHARLES ". KINGSLEY.
New York, Dec 8, 1920. a
New-York tribune., 1920-12-08
Harding Amid the Oligarchs

In his rather wary farewell re-
marks to the Senate the President
elect avoided marking out any def
mite policy, but he distinctly disclosed
spirit.
He is plainly not one of those who
hold progress comes easiest through
wrangling and quarrelling. He is
not by temperament an extremist
and o-compromiser. Although a
party man, he sees the limitations
of the party's proper functions. So
he adjures his colleagues to join
in making fruitful the remaining
months of the present Administra-
ton. He pleads for "a unanimous
recognition that there are no party
ends to serve, but precious days are
calling for service to our common
country" Very general is this, but
not on this account necessarily un-
welcome.
Senator Harding thinks molasses
is more alluring than vinegar. He
flourishes no ferule. AS navi-
gator he may not discover new CONT
nents, but we may be sure there will
be no wreck when travelling.
Smiles wreathed Senatorial coun-
tenances at his mordantly humorous
references to the alleged Senatorial
ollgarchy as "a bit of highly imagi-
native and harmless fiction" The
wrinkles in the face of Senator
Lodge, not lessened by the strain of
the long struggle to uphold the pre-
negatives of the Senate, smoothed out
at this. AS much as the New Eng
land temperament permits he al
lowed a CLINT Of glee to come to his
eyes. The Democratic Senators, if
offended by the allusion, showed con-
troll as they heard one of the spe-
cialties Of the Cox-Tumulty cam
paign openly derided. 1t did not
mitigate the warmth of their con-
gratulations.
The President-elect is OFF to good,
unnervous start. 1t looks as if the
American people, by a compound of
the intelligence which has served
them so we'll in the past, have again
picked a good one.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-08

penditure under the city budget by
voluntary retrenchment on the part
OF the city departments whose i'm
portunities have been yielded to by
the Board of Estimate and Appor-
tionment. The Hylan policy is one
of economy by self-determination.
Every chief who has clamored for a
bigger allowance is to set UP in his
office a penny-in-the-slot machine,
into which savings are to be dropped
as the days and weeks roll by. The
total, hopefully estimated by the
Mayor at 7 per cent Of the amount
allowed to other branches than the
Board Of Education, is to be turned
over to the schools to meet a deficit
of S25,0Oo,OO0 or $27,o0OO00 not
taken care of in the budget.
1t would have been easier and
simpler for the Board of Estimate
or the Board Of Aldermen to cut
these department allowances per
cent. But the Mayor advised
against it. That IS not the Hylan
way of doing things. In the
Mayors view it is better to give the
department heads their money than
put them on their honor not to get
rid of every last cent of it. Civic
virtue, apparently, is to be fortified
by the spectacle of a noble renuncia-
tion on the part of officials whose
first rule of action heretofore has
been not to give ready cash a chance
to burn holes in their pockets.
There are some who scof at the
great Hylan project for the moral
reclamation of the city's spend
thrifts. Says Comptroller Craig:
Borough presidents and department
heads are spenders, not savers" z"
But man as suspicious as that
might also have surmised that Het-
trick had an ulterior and selfish mo-
tive when he converted the Mayor to
the superior advantages of lime
stone over terra Gotta.