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Diamond PRODUCERS TO
maintain PRESENT PRICES
South African NIine Owners Recent
" Decide on Restricted Out.
put of Gems.
USE ROUGH STONES AS BASIS
Stand OF Mine Owners and London
Syndicate to Prevent Chcapcning
of Stones by Reducing Prices
Backed by Amsterdam Crafts.

JOHANNESBURG, July 9.-Thc
world has tcen put on diamond ra-
ttons to regulate the price of dia-
monds. Soaith Africa mine owners
recently decided on a restricted out
put OF gems. or the limited amount
turned out. the De Bctrs mines will
supply 81 per cent, the Premier mine
Us per cent. and the mines of the
Southwest Protectorate u per cent.
Some of the famous mines have been
closed down. Others are operating on
only part time.
Announcement OF this restricted
output was followed by another from
the London Diamond Syndicate. the
Mines. Ltd, which Is the diamond
trust, that present diamond prices
will be maintained. This ultimatum
applies to rough diamonds. But us
1.-The South African mines supply rs
per cent of all the worlds diamonds,
the price of rough will be reflected in
the price of polished gems.
The stand of the South African
mine owners and the ondon Syndicate
to prevent any cheapcning of dia-
monds by reducing prices has been
backed up by the allied diamond
crafts of Amsterdam the great mar
ket for polished gems. These trades
men and brokers have offered III
nancial help to small dealers to pre-
vent forced sales, and declare they
will do everything in their power TO
keep diamond prices at present levels.
All this means that there is no
prospect of any reduction in diamond
prices in the United states which Oh
tains all its diamonds from these
sources.
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SOUTH CAROLINA SHOWS
BIG INDUSTRIAL INCREASE

WASHINGTON. July e.-South
Carolina's manufactures showed an
increase in value during the five years
1914 to 1919 of 1T4.7 per cent with
total of s3Sl.i53,794 for 1919. the
census bureau announced toda:. OF
that amount s153.467.4lO waa value
added by Manufacture, or the value
or products less the cost of materials.
which showed an increase of o2O.5
per cent over 1914.
Inere were 1905 manufacturing cs-
adjustments in South Carolina. nm
increase of 6.3 per cent. S6.350 p.r.
sons engaged. an increase OF Ill
per cent. s275,S04.5l6 in capita. in
vested. an increase of $40 per cent.
ana F3034.Si3 paid, in salaries ard
wages. an increase of 1914 per cent.
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TRADITIONAL JULY BOOM
SUBSIDIES IN new YORK
Weeks Trading Began Good, but
Fell Short Latcr--U. 5. Rubber
OmitS Dividend.

NEW YORK. July 9.-The securi-
ties market this week gave promise
of traditional July boom, but the
movement subsidized almost as soon
as 1t tegan. amounting TO little
more than temporary rout OF the
shorts.
In other respects the last half of
the year opened with few Indications
of any change from the adverse con-
ditions of the previous six months.
Prospects as affecting the railroads
show Improvement. but steel and
other basic industries continue Mt
low, IL not lower, levels of production.
Omission of the common dividend
on United States Rubber was signiii-
cant. not only because 1t was uneX-
pectcd. but because it drew attention
to the status of other companies, in
Guiding those engaged in mail orders.
agricultural implements and the mo-
tion picture industry.
Further cutting OF wages and prices
by the United States Steel Corpora
ton and its competitors is not cx-
pccted Ey trade authorities to result
In any Immediate demand for cuuip-
ment despite the poor physical state
of the leading transportation systems.
Foremost financial interests, having
the foreign system primarily in mind.
evidently do not look for pronounced
Improvement in domestic conditions
until the final quarter of the year.
Tho money market cvincts almost
steady relaxation. but accommodate
tons are restricted to legitimate en-
terprises.
European exchange at this center
continues to be wholly governed by
London. British rates this week fell
to minimum quotations for almost six
months. presumably as IL result of
the empires unfavorable trade bal
ancc. Slow progress is being made
towards reducing TO fiuidity the cnor-
nous amount Of frozen credits in
Latin America. The more recent col
lapse of rates to those countries.
however indicates that further liuui-
dation or reimbursement may be i'm
pending.
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BUSINESS MORE ACTIVE
IN COTfON GOODS TRADE
10y Associated Press. |

NEW YORK, July c.-WhiIe there
is still very general complaint in
the cotton goods trade. arising from
the lack of profit margin in many
prices now current in primary mar
kets. business has been on II more
active scale since the holiday. Print
ed checks and printed dots are sell
ing freely all over the country and
there has been little or no lct-up in
the calls for ginehams, sheets and
pillow cases, orgGndies and some
other fabrics that have been selling
we'll for some time.
y substantial Improvement has
occurred in the demand for cotton
goods for export. the Far Eastern
markets having bought nearly 10000
bales in the past week or ten days.
ard more orders coming forward for
small lots of colorcd cottons and
prints from South America, Austria
la and some other points. Retailers
and jobbers are still pursuing a
policy of buying goods in small lots
for prompt shipment and it is be-
Ecrcd that stocks OF cotton piece
goods in distributing channels are
generally low.
More active retail sales in cotton
dresses are reported and the volume
OF home dressmaking is greater
than it has been for several years.
rrint cloths. shcctings. and fine con-
,ertiblns have been former, and some
slight advances have occurred in the
former. Bleached cottons have been
quiet. although many goods are
stirl on order.
Curtailment OF production in man.
ufacturinE ccntcrS has been in
creased in consequence OF the un-
satisfactory prices and the labor
disputes in North Carolina have not
been settled.
Prices current in first hands are:
Print cloths, oS-inch, 6ix64s, use:
G4N60s, 3Sc; rs 1-o-inch 64x64s,
& 3-4c: brown sheetings, Southern
standards, Lac; tickinSs. S-ouncc.
lie; denims, e.20s indigo. 15c: staple
ginghams, 12c; dress ginghams, I5c
and Ice; prints, lie.
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GOOD CROPS IN VIRGINIA
CONTINGENT ON RAINFALL

Continued From First Pagc.)
plants and unfavorablc weather are
responsible for the unpromsing pros
poets. However. the crop has been
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RICHMOND T1MEs-DIsPATcH: SUNDAY. JULY 10. 1921

Well worked and fields are unusuull,
clean. so the final yield will depcn,
upon the weather during the mex
six weeks. which is the critica
period in the growth of the plant.
The farmers Intention to raise his
own reed supplies has resulted in an
increase In the corn acreage OF |
FER cent over last year. The increase
IN corn and forage crops is especially
noticeable in the tobacco belt. The
condition of the. crop is only fair,
owing to the difficulty in securing a
stand ana to the long drought. Whcr-
ever there have been showers. tho
crop has made rapid progress The
condition on July was 50 per cent
Of normal compared with IS per cen,
last year and 50 per cent the ten
year average.
The corn acreage for the United
states is estimated to be per cent
larger than last year. and the fore
cast is 1928, 100000 buhcls, compared
with 3.232.000.000 bushels the final
estimate last year and 2,T?S.000. 900
bushels the average production from
1915 to 1912
and threshing has commenced. The
condition of the crop ut the time Of
harvest was as per cent OF normal.
compared with IS per cent last month.
81 per cent last year and 81 per cent
the teh-ycar average. The extremely
OF and dry weather when the grain
vas ripening appears to have injured
the crop very much, and early thrcsh-
ing reports indicate a large percent
age of immature and understood
grains. 1t is estimated that per
cent or l.02S.000 bushels OF the 1920
crop is still on the farms This
compares with $4,000 bushels last
year. The forecast >for the United
States for both winter and spring
wheat is Soa.0OO.O00 bushels. de-
crease of 21,000,0o0 bushels from tho
June forecast. Last year the pro-
the average production for the years
19l5-19 is S31,oOo.OoO bushels.
The peanut acreage is estimated
to he per cent greater than last
year. or $4,000 acres. compared with
$4,000 acres last year. The acreage
planted to the Spanish type. which
last year was not over 20 per cent
Of the total acreage. has been con-
sidcrably reduced. uut the increase
IN the area of the Virginia varieties
more than offsets this decrease The
growth of the plants is somewhat
backward. but an excellent stand was
secured. and fields are unusually clean
and we'll cultivated. The condition
is So per cent of normal. compared
with sc per cent last year and 81
FER cent the tcn-ycar average
Other crops produced in State also
show reduction in acreage. The
white potato crop Is estimated to be
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Markets
continued From Seventh pasco
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO July 9--whcat prices fell
sharply in the closing minutes OF today. :
short session on the Chicago Board OF
Trade and all other grain prices turned
with net losses OF to 3S.c In wheat: &C
TO l:sc in corn and &c to sc in oats. Pro-
visions, dom mated by foreign and do
mestic demand. finished l'ia TO iVc net
Wheat started lower on buliish cst!-
mates M the government crop reports.
but commission house support, cncouraS-
ing scaboard conditions and reports oil Ca
madam black rust led TO eonsidernbie pny
ing. Hot weather reports from North ia +,
kota and the Canadian Northwest formed
"A contributing factor. in the last half
hour. however. the local buyers anit bic,
ding. There was no outs'de buying ana
the whole price structure came down In n
heap. Final prices were at about the low
point OF the day. Reports thar striking
fi.emcn and engineers at local elevators
had accepted the employers terms for
reduced wages had no apprectab!c effect
Corn was generally unsettled. July led
this market because heavy sales To
Montreal resulted in removing hedges on
several hundred thousand busheis. When
TENDER there was some speculative trau-
ing on the difference. Crop reports CON
tinued favorable and the cash situation
steady. .
grains were affected to some extent 70
ward the close by the drOT IN wheat.
Provisions attracted some buyers early on
reports from the yards OF higher hogs
and decreased reccipts In prospect
leading packer. reviewing the past week.
viewpoint and that export demand was
Frightening. just before thu close il was
announced that 100000 pounds OF cash
lard had been sold for export at II cents,
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SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS.
McGuire's University School
Opposite William Byrd Park.

~ private preparatory day school
untes attention
III crowded public schools Efficient
Small classes Individual instruction
college or business Accredited by
eges and technical schools,
equipment The location of tho car
ines) gives the boys the
the school fronts Tuition
The Lower School is open to boys learning o
The hfty-sevcnh session will September Apply
catalogue, with university college ccords,
JOHN p MCGUIRE Principal. Grove Avenue.
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DRY GOODS.
CURB MARKET.
IBy Universal Service. |

TG'5f.-7' By DnlVtTsa1 StfEIV'.I
NEW York. July 9.--Tradlna In the
ac,,rb market was quiet today and most Of
tie trnnsa ctions represented evening Up Of
Naturally. those issues
" bfch were weakest In the last few days
moved higher on covering by some traders,
but tho Improvement was not large and
sfi,e upward movement irregular.
sg"YHefa caibo Oil. Carib Syndicate and Glen
Alden Coal were the most active the LAT =
Tar making the greatest gain. The mar
SEet was not without It's weak SPOTS. which
we're confined mostly to the low-priced
group. Boone OIL was forced to new
y low record.
Silver Hills encountered. heavy selling
orders 1.-THE opening and dropped sew
terai points Dealings In bonds was light,
With mixed small price chsngea.
& n Curb close bid and asked;
Actnt .',.,.,....,f.---i u+@ lzh
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MISCEiI..tSE. uUS MARK ETS.
CALI. MONEY:

slt i8N Universal! SERVICE
Y NEW YORK. July 9-M"ney on call on
tween and 81. per cent during the past
week. as compared with range in tho
previous week OF : and per cent
The time money market was quiet a;
the close OF tha las; week. with loans
made at pcr cent for nincty-day ma
turItios on mixed collateral and g.: ~
cnt on indus,r!sls. Renewals were az
ranged at the same rates.
Il Mercantile papsr rates ruled unchanged
Al 6is per cent FOR the best names and GU
per cent for less highly rated names
Some Glasses OF paper discounted at s.. yer
cent Com IN rcial pa per defna nd was con-
fined largely 10 country banks
- NEW ORLEANS, July a.-kough Vice no
sales. Receipts. 49, sacks. Mil!ers' re-
. Clean rice: Sales. ao5 pockets HONDURAS
at 3SGO; i0i pockets Japan al ia ~ .
$3.50 pockets B!ue Rose az lt.4s'7.
sStCIean rice: Receipts. l0.Sl7 pockets.
81 Bran and polish unchanged
DRY GOODS.
YARNS showed ateadier and ftrmeT ten
8dency today. Knit goods production was
light Raw silk In local public ware
houses was smaller than usual Knit goods
I openIHg for spring probably Will be de-
Sferred until next month
FS3 NAVAL STORES.
;Arm 80; sales. .se: receipts u.s. ship
,ncnts S5s; stock s.ss3. Rosin firm; sales.
s Es3: receipts. I.5Sz: shipments. ~; stock.
sfssSfh: X. 400: NJ. 40: y. 40. VIC. $50
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BOSTON. July 9.-Futurist art
may have place. but il is not on the
front steps. So commended Il woman
house owner here when she discov-
ercd mat tenant had painted the
steps of one of her buildings alter
nat"iy pink and red. Ndjudicato
Herbert ELLIS upheld her. and the ten
the steps any color he plcascs. hut
ant has been notified he may paint
he must use but one shade
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YELLOW
SULPHUR Rim GS
VIRGINIA
IN THE ALI.EGIfAN MES

Charm OF environment Is most at
tractivcly expressed in the homelike
atmosphere surrounding Yellow Sui
phur Springs. Entertaining diver
s!ons. large park, well ventilated
rooms. ELECTRIC LIGHTS through
out. Curative qualities of water of
highest merit--mid and agreeable
apcrient. Moderate rates. Core
spondence solicited
w. L. HAZELwOOD. Propr.
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PRODUCE MARKETS.
cOrrnNSEED OIL

NEW YORK. July 9.-Coitonsecd oil
was higher again through commission
house buying and short covering on tho
strength lin crude and builsh showing In
cotton and lard. Some realizing develop ed
on the advance, hut the Close was iirm,
with July unchanged and later months
8 10 IL points prt higher. Sales. 5000 bar
rels. Tenders So barrels. Prime crude.
200 sales; prime summer yellow spot. SOP I:
July. $40; September. SO: December. 500.
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Mount Elliott
Springs Hotel
~
MOUNT ELLI0Tr. Va.

In the heart OF tho Blue Ridge
Mountains. Will open for guests July
!, 1921. Delightful climate. Five min
cral springs. Numerous amuscmcnts
old Virginia" cooking.
On the main line of the G. &c o. Ry.
For information. write Mrs. !. l..
Porter. Mt. Elliott. Va.
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tBy Universal service,l
rErERsBuBti rEAStr MARKET.
(Repo-ted by RodGers. riummcr Co

July g. 1921
SPANiSH-Farmers stock. Market weak.
CSC To soc per bushel. Old stock Spanish
C1c per bushrl
NlRG INlAS-Farmers stock. MtrSe:
Fancy Jumbos &c 10 7isc per ID.
Prime Jumbos. 5i3c to Gisc Der 10.
Fancy runners. sac to &c per ID.
Extra prime runners. &c to she per 10.
Prime runners SIC TO &c per III.
Smelling stock. 3Lsc to 4i.c Per H.
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Work on Amherst Turnpike.

Complete Work on Amherst Turnpike.
l.YNCHBURG. VA. July 9.-The
and rcsurracing Of the
Amherst turnpike has been compIctcd
nearly to Amherst Courthouse, having
been started here several months ago
The work will be continued to elf
ford. This route is a part of tho
LynclEburg to Alton Road, and was
taken over by the State highway
system eighteen months ago. when it
was i'm dcplorahle condition.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-06
T|AJUANA SWEPT
BY COSTLY FIRE
As FILM BREAKS
accident to Fight Pictures Des-
trOys Ybdrra's Summer Cap-
itdl With Loss of Records.

Tiajuana had a $4,000 fire last
night which burned out the territorial
and municipal offices in the cid Ca
sino, formerly a gambling hall, and
also DESTROYED a residence and three
story hotel which was in the course Of
construc ton.
The fire. which was the nrst since
the revolution" of 1913, when several
structures We're destroyedJ started
from the Dempsey Carpenter fight
films which were being shown in a
theater, part of the large L-shaped
building. The film it is said broke
at 6:3O p. m., when only few people
were in the theater. The operator
tried to extinguish the flames in their
infancy, going some distance to get
an extinguisher, but found it ola and
useless. From that time on the flames
went on with little opposition.
Tiajuana has only small reservoir
used for storage of drinking water, IN
the little Mexican resort town, and the
water pressure from this was so slight
as to render futile the use of water or
the flames.
Part of the old Casino building has
been used for some time as officers
for the municipal government, a court
and rooms for the lawyers. IN it also
were the postoffice and telegraph Of
flee. Recently, on the arrival Of Gov.
Ybarra and his decision to make Tia
juana his summer capital of Lower
California, part of the space was tax
en- for territorial offices.
In the various offices were number
of records. Many of these were saved
by Mexican officials and taken across
the street. 1t was said last night that
it would be impossible to determine
what records had been lost. The opin-
ion was expressed that most Of the I'M
portant papers had been saved.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-06
HUGE SUM SPENT BY
METHODIST CHURCH

CHICAGO, Aug, 5-The total min
isterial support of the Methodist
Episcopal Church for 1920 was $24,-
9S8,323. according to survey made
public today by DR.. c. M. Barton of
the Division Of Appropriations of the
Methodist Committee on Conservation
and Advance. Of this amount, pastors
salaries, including house rent were
$21, ,944,613; the District Superintend-
ents salaries, $1,369 .221; Bishops
salaries, $314,OSO; and for Confer
ence Claimants or for preachers pen
sions, $1,360,409.
For building and improvements. the
church spent $10,655.l79; and on all
Indebtedness, $4,636,796; and for all
current expenses, $11,210.835; total
of $51 ,481, ,133,
Centenary and other apportioned
benevolences for the church were $l6,-
089 ,675; woman's missionary socie-
ties and Childrens' Day Funds, $3,-
073,672; total of $l9, ,l63. .344.
DR.. Barton said that this gives 8
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-06
LIGHT STEERS
IN GOOD DEMAND

Eastern cattle markets are contin-
uing to advance and are now in the
strongest position they have been in
for several months. California mar
kets are holding steady to stranger.
There is an especially good demand
fer light steers, considerable num-
Der of sales being reported at 6 IA
and 6 1-2 cents. The average carcass
weight reported thus far this year is
54 pounds lighter than last year.
Information received from southern
Oregon and Nevada Indicate that
about one-half the usual number OF
cattle will be marketed in southern
Oregon this fall, and that there is
considerable shortage of cattle in
Nevada.
The bulk of beef cattle in central
and southern California has been
marketed. Very few, if any, COM
mission cattle are going onto the
market. Do not ship cattle on com.
mission and do not sell half fat cat.
tie. We expect the market to con,
tinue steady to stronger during the
month of Angus.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-06
NEW MODEL FORD is
NOT CONTEMPLATED

Edgar Brothers, local Ford car deal
ers has received the following te!e-
gram from the company in reference
to the report widely circulated that
the Ford company would shortly put
on the market new model car.
"Our attention has been called to re-
cent newspaper articles to the effect
that is to be a new model Ford car on
the market August 18th, with a change
in design to ventilattng windshield
and one man top. AS we do not con-
template any such chaSkges and there
is no foundation to the rumors circu-
lated in this connection, we have nc
hesitancy in making 8 denial of the
report"
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-06
R R|Sk J A |
TO ESCAPE
DEATH BY
HUNGER
Deportation Preferred by
Chinese LabOrers of Low
er California to Starvation
in Land of No Work.

Rather than risk slow death by
starvation scores Of Chinese laborers
in Lower California are risking arrest
and deportation to China by United
States immigration officers according
to stories brought into the United
States by some of those who have been
arrested after running the line near
Calexico and Mexicali, where il is said
large numbers are crossing at frequent
intervals.
During the height of prosperity in
the Lower California peninsula hum
dreds of Chinese coolies were imported
to work on the big ranch properties
where they receive living wage and
were apparently content with their lot
Now that conditions have changed, due
to the economic readjustmen5 of the
postwar period most of the orientals
are out of work and are barely able to
exist. Only a small percentage of them
are able to obtain employment, and
few of them receive more than few
cents a day, which is hardly sufficient
to feed them, and because OF this cor
dition they are exerting every possible
effort to evade the immigration Of
ficers and work their Way into the
central part of the state Wire they
can find work.
In spite of the fact that conditions
in China are reported to be the worst
in many years, those who cross the line
say they would rather take q chance
on being deported to theIr native land
than to remain in Loves California
under existing conditions.
Some of the more thrifty of th'
Orientals are willing to pay from $3.50
to $500 for being safely delivered in
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacra-
mento or other California cities, it is
said, but most of them have no money
with which to pay for being snug
gled into the interior of the state and
they make the trip unaccompanied by
guide, only to be apprenended by the
officers before they have travelled far
from the border. In most instances
the Chinese are captured IN the vicini-
ty of inland or some other station
along the main arteries of travel from
Imperial Valley where immigration Of
ficers are permanently located. It is
not an infreouent occurrence for Tho
officers to capture large number OF
Chinese taveling together toward Lo;
Angeles. immigration Inspector
Morris and LeClare yesterday took l.
Cinnamon to Los Angeles afte: ar
resting them at inland unaccompariet
by guide or smuggler. They said the,
had crossed the Il e by themselves anC
wanted to get>to one of the northern
cities where they could find work.
Another party of II, under the guit
ance of negro, was intercepted. whel
,, about to cross the line near Calextc
short time ago. Customs officer
who were on watch for liquor and dru
smugglers capture dtwo of the Chimes
but the others escaped into Mexico.
Both the customs and immigratio
departments along the internotiola
boundary are greatly handicapped j
their work because of the small nun
4 ber of officers allowed for the worl
Y The customs house has but two regula
e mounted inspectors whose duty it is I
patrol the border, and with approx