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CHAPTER vII--continued.

TIN not the Red Mask. ! didn't kin
Louie Solomon. And I don't know
where the Blue Moon Is"
The answer was not convincing.
Nothing he could have said Just then
would have been. Whether the jew
believed II. or any part of II, his face
gave no sign. He backed away two
steps and leveled his revolver full at
the Pearlhunter's breast, like a man
about TO pistol another and deliberate
ly planning to make a clean job OF it.
The instant came when the Pearl
hunter believed the grimy finger was
about TO press the trigger and he was
almost In the act Of diving beneath
the muzzle when the Jew motloned to
one OF the others and said something
in Yiddlsh.
The man spoken TO darted away
Through the bushes toward the boat
landing. The Pearlhunter breathed
again.
The man loon r~eappeared, carrying
a piece of rope. One at a time, he
took the ~Pearlhunter's hands. drew
them behind his back. and bound
them securely together. Even then,
80 great was their dread of the man
he was supposed to be. that n OF
them constantly held a gun on him.
With the knife still sticking In the
dead mans breast. they carried him
down 10 the boat, driving the Pearl
hunter before them. There they load
ed them In, the dead and the living,
and rowed back up the river to the
village-the second time that day the
same trip: the same boat; the same
five men Then. a great day opening;
the greatest trade eve made among
pearl fishers along the Wabash In
prospect; now. the day nearly done
the pearl lost n OF the men dead;
another likely soon to be!
What a difference in the CROWD that
met them at the wharf! Again driv-
ing their prisoner before them. the
three grim henchmen carried the dead
man up the hfl to a small plot OF
open ground west Of the Mud Hen and
laid him down upon the grass.
For the second time that day the
village emptied its houses to meet
them. Women came this time-old
women with scared faces: girls with
blooming cheeks; and children. Hard
men that mad drunk to the P~earlhuntA
er barely two hours ago came out of
the Mud Hen and stood staring at him
in guilen silence. Men from the stores
and shops came running. Men that
had neither stores Dor shops strag-
Eled In from every quarter of the viz
lage and 1ostled about in the ever
growing. ominously muttering circle.
Suddenly, and unexpectedly. two of
the kenchmen caught the P~earlhCnter
and held him while the third tied the
red mask over his eyes. Bound as he
was. he had flung them loose In an In
slant and raked the mask of against
h his shoulder. But that q brief mo
ment was enough. The mischief was
done. Women screamed; men NUT
tered and swore: but all shrank back.
widening the circle.
who started It, who said II first,
will never be knou~l. Nobody knows
anw me mob forms-a low humble;
quick nare into frenzy: mild eyes
krown wild; stoiid faces afre; :ap.
BE; a cIamor; reason down, blood
ust up.
aHang 'imi Hang 'im!"
Even The women took up the sry. %
III A .N|
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THE L~YNcHERs.

Synopsis.-Never having known
his father. and living with his
mother on a houseboat on the Wa
bash river, Pearlhunter-the only
name he has-learns from her a
part Of the story of her sad life.
He meets a young girl whom he
mentally christens the Wild Rose.
She eludes him before he can make
her acquaintance. A vacant cabin
on the shore has attracted the at
tention OF the ailing woman, and
they move into TIA Their first meal
Is interrupted by the M~an-in-the-
Fancy-Vest. Pearlhunter strikes
him. Gunplay threatens. The
mother dramatically drives the
intruder away. She says he is the
Other Man." whom she has not
seen for 20 years. They find a red
mask dropped by the Other Man.
That night Pearlhunter finds the
Blue Moon, a great freshwater
pearl. His mother dies without re-
vealins hts fathers name. Pearl
hunter and the Other Man meet In
the village; a pistol fight is mar
rowly averted. Pearlhunter be-
uOfOS hlul 10 nc TIC fkeu NlaSh
criminal. F~earihunter rescues Wild
Rose from the Other Man and
meets Wild Man. her father. He
Is a man of culture, crazed from
conclusion OF the brain, the result
OF an attack by someone wearing
a red mask. Nobody knows his
identity; he is known at the post
office simply al Box %. Pearl
hunter proposes that he sell the
Blue Moon and send for a surgeon
to operate. Wild Rose agrees.
Pearihunter sells the Blue Moon
for 5000 to Louie Solomon. The
Red Mask murders Solomon and
steals the Blue Moon. Pearlhunter
is charged with the crime.
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eANANg DNS 40 " SNSa 1880
was telling us a bully yarn, and for
n brief season we forgot the burdens
laid upon us, which are greater than
we can bear. If you could tell a story.
as well as Honeybug does, I'd fill these
ancestral halls with silvery laughter,
amusing, Mrs. Jamesworthy. You do
tell stories, but they are of a gloomy
and tragic character.
last night, when I came home, you
told a dramatic story to the effect that
you had callers all afternoon, and
hadn't a chance to cook anything for
me, and so / had to eat canned salmon
and soda crackers, and wash them
down with water, and / insist that
when a husband comes home from his
so empty that his watch chain makes a
clanking sound when 1t flaps against
his spine, he should have warm VIC
tuals, something he can with
pleasure and pride. The fact that you
had an invasion of callers is a cheap
excuse.
"My sainted mother never would
have permitted any callers to interfere
with her management of the cook
stove. She realized that her old man
kept the shebang going, and that he
should have the right of way, If any
old hens happened to be in the house
when grub time approached, my moth
er would request them, firmly but re-
s%pectfully, to chase themselves, and If
they didn't like it they could lump it.
work, the hay was always In the
manger for him, and he never had to
wait five minutes for a meal.
"The day before yesterday, when I
came staggering home, faint and
weary from my h%erculean efforts to
make both ends meet, you told mt an
other story. 1t was to the effect that
you had been downtown sizing up a
shipment of new spring hats, just re-
ceived at the millinery foundry, and
lapse of time, and didn't get home in
time to cook anything. But you flashed
a winning smile at me, and said 1t
wouldn't take you ten minutes to warm
up a can of beans, and there was some
cold coffee left from breakfast. and you
had plenty of smoked herrings on
hand.
Doubtless I should have burst forth
into boisterous laughter over this en-
tertaining anecdote, but somehow 1t
didn't appeal to my sense of humor.
l was so busy that day 1 hadn't time
to eat anything at noon, and all the
way home / was hoping you would
have a porterhouse steak about three
inches thick, and a raft of boiled pc.
tatoes, and perhaps a slab of mince
pie as an epilogue.
"rhe day before that, when / came
home as hollow as a bass drum, and
fairly gnashing my teeth with hun
ger, you related a humorous story Il
the effect that your club didn't adjourn
on time that afternoon, and you didn'
get home until late, 80 / would hav'
to get along with a picked-up supper
If I would be patient a few minutes
you said, to make the story seem more
spicy, you would boil an egg for me
and there was cold corn bread in thu
cupboard.
"Such stories, Mrs. Jamesworthy
may seem highly amusing to an limo
cen bystander, and I have no doub
they would make a great hit If writer
up and printed in London Punch, Blu
there is something wrong with m,
sense of humor, or I am at the wron,
end of the stories. Anyhow, ]. can
gurgle owe them as / do over Honey
bugs yarns" J..
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you 90 ali the
laughing t h
your friends, and
do nothing but
m bic and
scowl at home. /
haven't seen you
laugh in the house
in five years, as
you laughed out
there with those
men,"
There's moth
ing in this house
to laugh at" re-
pile James
worth v. "Jim
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II DIFFERENCE

SST SAW you coming up the street
and standing at the gate with
Mr.. Honeybug and Mr.. Playfair," said
Mrs. Jamesworthy. "All three OF you
were laughing so the whole neighbour
hood could hear you. / wonder why
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VINO 10 his ManI" feiieo the SheriH.
the light came back; he raised his
eyes; caught the glitter of a sheriff's
star upon the vest of his rescuer
1t Is marvellous how one brave man.
with the law behind him, can wv n
mob.
'who is this man7" yelled the
sheriff.
A man. whose mouth had beer
mashed by a butt Of the Pearlhunter's
head. clawed the red mask up from
the ground. tramrled and soiled. but
still ~unmistakable. and held 1t high
The sheriff started; glared hard at
the ~Pearlhunter.
AN so It's You they've ropedl" he
growled. Damned II ! hain't a no.
ton to let 'em finish the job"
A snarI ran through the mob They
surred forward. The sheriff drew his
revolver again, and cursed them back.
"Red Mask or red devilw he
stormed, "he's entitled to q trial un-
der the law; and q trial he'll git"
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Halls Catarrh Medicine

Those who are in a run down. condi-
ton will notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh Is a local disease, II is greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Ia a
Tonic and Blood Purifier, and acts through
the blood upon the mucous surfaces OF
the body. thus reducing the Inflammation
and restoring normal conditions.
All druggists. Circulars free.
i. ]. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
Many a man has been kicked out Of
a job and into success.
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Letter Printing Machine.

A new form letter printing machine
cuts paper fed from rolls into the
proper size. uses three colors of Ink
when desired Gnd automatically
changes the m and addresses fol
each letter produced.
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CHAPTER VIII.
Silence That Came Alive.

Silence That Came Alive.
The ~Pearlhunter was not a man to
be long held down. His day was gone /;
but the night remained.
The sheriff was to bring his suppe,
to him. The fact suddenly became
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Be prepared to literally pay your
way; then it doesn't matter how old
you get.
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His Status

"Tbat man is a human snake"
"Why, he is n Of the big copper
kings"
Exactly what / said, only in other
words. He's a copper head"
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The hurt of q burn or a cut stops when
Coles Carbolisalve is applied. 1t heals
quickly Without scars. SOC and 60c by
all sdruggists. For free sample write The
J. w. Cole Co., Rockford, uL-Adv.
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An eminent professor recently said
that It was possible to lengthen ones
life and improve the general health
merely by tiptoeing for . few minutes
every day.
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A thankless work indeed is impos-
ing your moral beliefs on others.
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Set the goal and then nsht az II
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ira kill you, only l haysa's
time"

(To BE c~oNTINUED3
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Check That Cold
Right Away
DR.. Kings New Discovery
soon breaks a cold and
checks a cough

A SUDDEN chill-sneezes-stuffy
"A feeling in the head-and you have
the beginning of a hard cold. Get right
after it, just as soon as the s%niff1es
start, with DR.. Kings New Discovery.
For fifty years a standard remedy for
colds, coughs and grippe.
You will soon notice a change for
the better. Has & convincing, healing
taste that the Riddles like. Good for
croupy coughs. All druggists, 60c
and ST. n a bottle.
The Washington times., 1921-12-08
Mellon Points to the
Prosperity Essentials

Tho Secretary of the Treasury in his annual report just
Issued calls attention the faacy held by legislators
on the subject Of taxation that the rich abe and therefore
should be compelled, to pay.
There three things according the Secretary which
show how essential capital is for the country to be
prosperous. EFIN
We have steadily increasing population, and that means
an increased need of everything that enters into human con-
sumption.
- Our standard of living steadily rises. This is no new
thing always to have been true of people OF
whom know. The luxury of today is necessity 10
provide for these added needs requires more capital
Waste and loss which go all the time must be made
good There is destruction of property by fire and other
casualty Buildings machinery, houses furniture every
thing that makes for his out and dis
appear. Year by year this amounts to vast and
must constantly be made good otherwise the world goes
backward.
Accumulation of this necessary additional capital
from year to year, the Secretary can come about
only through the savings of the people and the amount
which any individual and all to the capital Oh
the nation of increases progressively with the
of his income The larger the income the larger
the possibility of savings because of the larger margin
reasonable living expenditures.
1.-THE nation has wealth other than that owned
by its citizens. All productive wealth is owned by nd
vduals and managed by them &c. when speak of the
wealth of the country we are in fact referring to
the aggregate wealth of the people of the country
Amount held by each individual does vary but statement
Is from the smallest amount in childs savings bank
to the largest fortune.
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Local Stocks.
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Washington Gas SIS featured on the
Washington Stock Exchange at TIE
session today, seven sales. aggregat-
Ing $4,000, being made at 81.
One share of Washington Railway
preferred sold at 81 after which two
ten-sharer sales Of Commercial National
Bank stock were put through. tire
price secured being 1861. Eight
shares OF District National Bank stock
brought 1853.
Following call, Mergenthaler was
traded In to the extent of fourteen
shares. the price being 1871. a frac-
tional drop from that of yesterday.
Call loans were offered at per cent,
with per cent bid.
SALES.
Washington Gas 6's, $50O091. $500
@91. $500 Qs1. $50O091. $500 0s1. 1000
OBJ, $500Q91.
Washington Railway and Electric
preferred. 1Q615a.
Commercial National Bank. 100
1861, 100126M.
District National Bank. 8016S.
After call:
Mergenthaler Linotype. 4012SN, 10
0129H.
Money: Call loans. s and per cent.
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INVESTORS SERVICE

10 yeu have IN investn,ent probIsm
The Times Will BE- glAA 70 Az yoQ
Write No fully, lncloslng stampoe, e.
dressed envelope for reply. and address,
the Financial Edjter.
Has $4,000 U. 8. Certificstes.
w. ST. have at present $4,000
invested In United Stares certificates
Of indebtedness due In March ana
June, 1922.
have the impression that there
will not be any moro of these Ger.
tificates issued and think 1t would
be q good plan to cash In at the
present time and buy corporation
bonds Of bood quality and long term.
Here II another matter entirely out
side Of the above.
What 10 your opinion Of City Of
Wsrsew per cent Improvement
bonds?
Is there a possibility of a profit
in ten years?
Answer-while. Of course, there can
be no doubt concerning the super
lative quality of United States certifi
Gates, the comparative nearness OF the
dates when they will be repaid invites
q favorable opinion of your plan.
Convert this money now into good
corporation bonds that are non-call
able.
Bond yields are slowly but steadily
diminishing and the end apparently ID
not In sight.
We believe that now IL the time tc
act. and suggest these bonds: Penn
sylvania Railroad 6H's, 1886; IllinOii
Central 6h's, 1885; Great Northerr
Railway rs, 1886; State Of Queensland
Is, 1871; Central Steel SIS, 1871: Grapi
Trunk Railway rs, 1910; Canadian
National Railway rs, 1885; Crane
Trunk Railway Of Canada 611's, 1896
New York Telephone Company SIS
le4l. and New York Edison Compan,
6h's. 1871.
The last named bonds are non-re
deemable for fifteen years: New Yorl
Telephone bonds are non-redeemabl'
for ten years. -
The other bonds are non-callablt
until maturity, with exception Of
Grand Trunk rs. which are non-call
able before 1885.
We can conceive of no poorer gam
BILE In foreign bonds than City Of War
saw SIS.
Don't buy!
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Dividends.
Foreign Exchange.

NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-Foreign ex.
change opened steady today with de-
mand sterling unchanged at 4.0Sk.
Francs advanced confines. to 7.57 for
cables and 1855 for checks. Lire yielded
half a point. to 4.32 for cables and 4.31
for checks. Belgian francs rose 8 Gen.
times, to 1928 for cables and 1877 for
checks. Marks were az points higher
at .0051. .." \
Guilders, cables, 3585; checks. $3.50:
Swedish kronen. cables, 24.00: checks.
1896. ,...
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New York Cotton Exchange.

NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-The cotton
market opened steady today with
prices 10 to 20 points higher on buy
ing by trade interests. The Govern
ment ginning figures were slightly
bearish and selling by Liverpool, South
and Wall Street depressed the market
to level about 10 points below the
previous close.
Opening cotton prices follow: De-
cember. 17.43; January, 1925; March.
17.17; May, 1897; July. 1913.
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Chicago Grain Market.

CHICAGO. Dec. 8.-wheat today
opened " to y higeher; corn " to x
up and oats y higher. Provisions In.
active.
Opening.
111k to Y: July, 101h y.
Corn, December. ASH to AZ May.
.53h to Y: July, .5%%.
oats-December. 81; May. .37x to
Y: July. .s8k.
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Governor Harding to Speak.

1.-THE Federal Reserve System and
It's Relation to the General Business
Situation" will be the subject Of an
address which Governor Harding, Of
the Federal Reserve Board. will de-
liver before the Chamber Of Com
merce at the Willard Hotel on De-
cember IL.
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s. K. Express Dividend.

The board Of directors of the South
eastern Express Company, at a meet
ing held in Atlanta, Tuesday, declared
q dividend Of ACT per cent on the out.
standing capital stock out Of the net
income of the company for the eight
months period from May /, 1921, to
December a. 1921.
This is at the rate of Z per cent per
annum. Dividend IL payable on Mon
day, January 2, 1922, to stockholders
of record at close of business on De-
cember 10. 1921.
Announcement was made that the
annual meeting of the stockholders Of
the company will be held in Birming
ham, Ala, on January IS, 1922.
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Texas Sulphur Property.

Texas Company directors are ex.
pected to meet next week to formu-
late the plan for turning over its
sulphur properties to shareholders.
as described in this column two
months ago.
The company first struck sulphur
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Federal Reserve Directors Selected

Frederick A. Delano, director of
the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank,
has been reappointed to that position
for period of three years. accord
ing to announcement made at the
Treasury today. He is a class 6
director.
Charles f. Rieman and Edmund
Strudwick, Of Richmond, have been
reelected for terms of three years
each, the former to class A direc-
torship and the latter to class 3
one.
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.Durant on the Market.

A close friend cpf the former head
of General Motors says that Mr..
Durant, in expressing his views, lis
very optimistic on the security market
in general for the next six months.
predicting much higher prices for the
general list.
He does not look for substantial
Improvement in business generally
during that period. and while very
optimistic over the outlook for bust
ness and profits on some of the large
motor companies. he feels that many
of the other automobile companies will
have hard shedding for some time to
come"
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Pittsburgh Coal Pool.

The strong pool in Pittsburgh Coal
is making every effort possible to get
the issue to q new high record before
letting go.
Everything apparently favors its
operations, as with whispers of coal
shortage" and the setting in of colder
weather. what little outside participa-
ton is evident in the market will be
Inclined to follow the stock.
The increase in dividend" talk,
which has become SO large a part Of
other pool ammunition. Is also hear
in connection with Pittsburgh Coal.
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Liverpool Cotton Market.

LIVERPOOL, Dec. S.-There was a
large demand Tor spot cotton at the
beginning Of business today. Trices
we're steady; sales were 5000 bales.
American mids. fair, 1928; good
mide, 11.53; fully mids, Has; mids,
1918; low mids. s.73; good ordinary.
1888; ordinary. 1928.
Futures opened quiet.
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New York Clearing House.

News YORK, Dec. 8.-Clearirg
house statement: Exchanges, 1881 .
600 900: balances, $58,400.000; Fed
eral reserve bank credit balances,
S44, 900 900.
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WE BUY, SELL AND QUOTE
Listed and Unlisted stocies Bonds |
and Securities OF every Descriptions
that are Marketable. II you want to |
0fENHED n m .4O6 q sc. N. w. |
NA6WEN C W. " arlington, ID. o, |
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John H. wilkins Co. Dividend.

The directors of the John H. VIII
Skins Company. at the monthly meet
Ing held Tuesday, December 8, de,
clared the regular semi-annual divi.
dend of per cent on the common
stock and 4 per cent on all outstand-
ing preferred stock.
The dividends are payable Monday.
January 2, to all stockholders as Of
record December 20. 1921. The stock
transfer books will be closed from De-
cember 20 to January 2. 1922.
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.sVrish Free State May Borrow Here.

Bankers already are thinking about
the possibility 6f the new Irish Free
States borrowing in the American
market, although, Of course, no ac-
ton will be taken until the formal
tiles of it's organization are COM
pleted.
1t is conceded that funds will be
needed until the methods Of pro-
ducing revenue have had an opportu-
nifty to get in action, and it is
thought that the State may borrow
The Washington times., 1921-12-08
Lnew's Move.

II may be significant in connection
with the rumored move in Loew's
that the stock has been the first
to appear on the list after the open
ing the last two days.
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London Stock Exchange.

LONDON, Dec. S.-Prices on the
London Stock Exchange were stronger
today as a result of the Irish settle
ment.
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WIZ Talk On Corporations. !"

Corporations" will be the topic Of
Raymond B. Dickey. member Of the
District bar. in a lecture before the
advanced class of Washington Chap
ter, American Institute Of Banking,
this evening.
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Durant of Indiana.

Durant Motors of Indiana was quite
active on the curb as an important
Hooking party entered the visitors
gallery.
wonder who that Isl" asked one
broker.
why, that's Mr.. Durant of In
diana" he was told.
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Wall Street Gossip

several years ago and has been
quietly developing ever since.
Operations have reached a stage
where the value of the holdings Il
assured and 1t IL planned to formu-
late a new company to operate them,
the stock In WHICH will be turned over
to Texas Company stockholders.
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st. Paul Maturity.

No sensational development is look.
ed for In st. Paul, although the com.
pany Is likely TO experience difficulty
with Its $26.O00,000 maturity next
March.
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May Stores Dividend.

May Stores dividend may be in
creased to a 10 per cent annual rate
next year.