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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-08
Hundreds of SparroWs

The ivy grown walls of the car barns
at Edgewater form the home of hun
dreds of English sparrows. In the
early morning they. make so much
noise with awakening chirpings that
the whole neighborhood resounds with
their twittering music. 1t is a very
sweet and happy sound, too.
Yes, the Duckman cliff roadway
needs repairs in several spots.
Some of the Palisade ladies are so
proud of their new hats made under
the new club plan with a teacher that
they are overjojyed at their success.
In these hard times every little helps,
as the Bronx folk believe when they
started building homes with their own
hands.
Clarence Hunicke is so busy these
days lawyering in New York he can
hardly take his meals in town. His
success has been most unusual.
Little Mary Burdett is growing so
fast you wouldn't know her. And with
it all she is pretty as picture. And
so is her little sister Joan. And her
brother Lester Jr.,-he is fast becOm-
ing a young first baseman.
Fredericks is a picture of
good looks, health and happiness.
When in H. Do You Work?
"A New York Jews clerk asked him
for a raise. The Jew said, "Why do
you want raise? There are 365 days
in the year; you work hours day
and that is 122 days. There are 80
Sundays in year and you get them
off, and that leaves you 70 days. There
are Ia holidays and two Jewish holt
days, which you get, which leaves You
81 days, and take an hour off for lunch
which makes II days, which leaves
you 40 days. You get Saturday after
moons off, which makes 20 days, which
leaves you IA days, and give you two
weeks vacation each year. When in
hell do you work, anyway"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-08
A Sermon on Work

There are those that multiply words
without knowledge but worse than
that are those that multiply words in
order to convey ignorance. Neither
of the two great parties can plead to
be guiltless Of this crime at some time
or other, because success always
draws evil influences that can only
maintain themselves by resorting to
this method. President Harding says !:
"There ought to be work for every
body" This is true but trite. There
is work for everybody because every
body must work to live or else he
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-08
Thoughts Of Today
Solved

Resuming the study of the unem,
ployed workers problem. have stated
that the three eminent professors of
Political Economy ON President Hard
ing's Committee should enlighten the
community by means of the cube root,
the nth power and the fourth dimen-
sion. Because if they cannot speak
with scientific authority, who can?
telephoned to professor of Eco
Monies in a Chinese University and
he suggested that the problem could
be made clear in the following man.
ner:
Man out of job, equals nothing
Man out Of job, plus one dollar
equals one dollar.
Man out of job plus one dollar for
the rest of his life equals one dollar
carried to the nth power.
Multiply by six million the number
of unemployed and the problem is
solved, for they are all put to work
for the rest of their lives.
The advantages of this simple So
luton are self apparent. Employees
delighted with steady work. Employ
ers delighted with lower wages. The
public pleased, for lower wages means
reduced prices (see newspaper ar
ticles). Business men in the skies
over increase in trade. Social dis
content abolished. Those refusing
this solution should be indicted into
tho fourth dimension which is the
spiritual realm.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-08
Child Labor

Sarah Claiborne has written
poem that should make her famous, in
which she describes the happy little
children at work in the factories look
ing out upon the golf links and watch
ing the men at play. Are they not
happier than the poor little children
who are unable to obtain employment
to help pay the rent and feed and
clothe the others? 1t has come about
that the little ones are grievously dis
appointed when their parents are for
hidden to send them to work, even at
seven or eight years of age. The lit
tie tots want to "help MOTHER A fine
comment on our Indifference to cond1-
lions and contempt for ignorant and
poverty stricken people. The remedy
lies in us. We have education, an In
come, leisure to read and vote to
use. We must think correctly, speak
correctly to our neighbors and vote
correctly. But it cannot be done with
out sincere devotion to Justice. If we
neglect this how can we answer
Judge who will declare II was hun
gered and We gave me no meat!
EARSEN I. SOPEN
September 80, 1921.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-08
WATER in DESERT
Australian Bushmen Can In
variably Find 1t.
Trees, Leaves, and Even Animals and
Reptiles Levied On for the
Precious Fluid.

No man who has not mastered the
last subtleties of bushcraft should
penetrate alone the western dry lands
Of Australia. A Canadian woodsman
would find nothing In his experience to
enlighten him. A North American
Indian would Perish Of ignorance. A
BedOuin of the sandy Arabian deserts
would die helpless. Australian BUSH
craft Ia peculiar to itself. 1t concerns
itself less with killing the crawling
desert life for food than with divining
the whereabouts of water in a land
that Ia as dry as a brick in the sun.
In the midcontinental deserts, when
sun and dry winds suck the moisture
from deep in the ground and all the
world runs dry, the aboriginals draw
water from the roots Of small desert
trees by cutting them into short lengths
and letting them drain, drop by drop.
Into q wooden bowl. But there may be
NO water trees or the roots may shrivel
and dry up. What then7
"Ah, WE'LL" said the bushman, "they
do with what they have"
"What have they?" / asked him.
"They lick the dew from the leaves
and grass!" 1t is related by cele-
brated Australian traveller, Baldwin
Spencer, that, having come in a dry
season to a dry clay pan, bordered with
withered shrubs, his company was
amazed by an exhibition of aboriginal
M
ture within miles, and the clay was
baked SO hard that to be penetrated at
all 1t must be broken with a hatchet.
A keen native guide presently dis
serned little tracks on the ground
faintest indications of life, apparently
and, having hacked into the clay
to the depth of about foot, unearthed
q spherical little chamber, about three
inches In diameter, in which lay q
dirty yellow frog. 1t was a water
holding frog and 1t was distended with
. supply sufficient, perhaps, to enable
1t to survive drought for a year and
a half. And the water was pure and
fresh. Being heartily squeezed, these
frogs may yield saving draft to lost
and perishing travellers.
"Find black fellow" said our BUSH
man, "and you'll get water"
"What If the aboriginal is obdurate"
"Ah, well, If he won't TELL" the BUSH
man explained, you rope him by the
neck to your saddle. When he gets
thirsty he'll go to the water right
enough"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-08
Hard Names, All Rlaht.

They were cousins, lived close to
each other. and so were inseparable.
But that didn't prevent "spats." They
were just toddlers and quite too young
to be versed in profane language. One
day in the course of their play they
became furiously angry with each
other and John came running In with
tears of rage rolling down his cheeks.
"Say I'm mad at Jack and i
slapped him an swore at him, too"
"Why, John! What did you say?"
81 called him "a stick, an'-an' a
stone, an a rock, an'-an' a devil and
I'm not goin' never to play with him
any morei"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-08
He Couldn't Wait Forever.

A young fellow who was the crack
South-was unfortunate enough to
have q very dilatory laundress. Ono
evening when he was out for practice
run In his rather airy costume, he
CHANGED to dash past the dusky lady
who at the time was couple Of
weeks in arrears with his washing. He
had scarcely reached home again,
when the bell rang furiously and an
excited voice was waited in from the
porch:
'For de Lawd's sake, won't you all
tell Marse Bob please not to 60 out no
moh till / kin git his clo'es round to
himT
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-08
Who Stands in the Way?

Is it not the land speculatOr who
holds land idle under our wicked and
unjust land laws? They must be
changed if we want to remove the
cause of unemployment.
To do this it is merely necessary to
abolish personal property taxes, then
to abolish taxes upon houses and all
other improvements and increase our
present taxes on land until the whole
of the land value is absorbed. Sur
should be applied to public improve
ments by submission to the ballot, as
is already done in the case Of bond
issues, etc.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-08
Greetings to 1.-THE Snail"

It's curious reflection on the news
paper business that some of the most
cheerful people in the world are news
paper men when they get away from
the office for a good long leave of alb
sence. Our friend, Elwood Lloyd, for
instance, Memphis newspaper man,
veteran journalist and globe-trotter, is
making leisurely tour of year or
so, rumbling round the U. S. A. in a
remarkable home-on-wheels which he
calls 1.-THE Snail" 1t is a big motor
truck which he has had built accord
ing to his own ideas, and with his
family, dogs, books, typewriter, kitch-
en- utensils, corncob pipe, plenty of to-
bacco and endless good humor he is
pursuing the path of least resistance
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-08
Seven Quarts Of Water Fatal.

Some years ago three Englishmen,
on a wager. decided to test their water
drinking powers. The winner swal-
lowed twelve quarts, the second drank
nine quarts, and the third consumed
seven quarts. Soon after their remark
able feat. however. they each died.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-08
Expensive Luxury.

"You ought to have chauffeur.
Can't you afford one?"
81 might afford the chauffeur" re-.
piled Mr.. Chuggins. "But l couldn't
afford the kind of car he'd want to
take his friends out riding in"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-08
Approved the Money.

Irritated Lady-No, it doesn't fit,
and I shall expect the money back.
Mr.. Moses-But, good gracious
Irritated Lady-Your advertise
ments say: Money returned if not
approved.
Mr.. Moses-So they do, ma tear ma
dam, so they do; but your money was
approved-it vas very goot money.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-08
Murderer Held Accountable
September 80, 1921.

Murderer Held Accountable.
The commandment Thou shalt not
kill" has an application not generally
recognized. 1t is this. that moral re-
sponsibility forbids one to kill time
Boston Transcript.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-10-08

must appropriate the result of the
work of other men.
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Broker. Generally Bulli.h.

Technically, the position of stocks
generally appears to be still a strong
one. The short interest is large and
supplies constant support. CLARK.
Childs & Co. I'VE regard the present
time as offering a good opportunity to
buy securities, which. In our opinion, are
beginning to measure up to their real
value"-A. J. johnson & Co. "The stock
market outlook may be characterized as
hopeful. but 1t lacks the element of GER
tainty that belongs to the bond market
at this time"-Hemphill, Noyes & Co.
1--WE see no reason why the market
should advance much further from this
level at the present. Prince & White
ly. There Is still lack of activity on
the Stock Exchange, but sentiment un-
questionably has undergone q material
| change for the better during the last
several days"-Henry Clews Co. I'VE
believe that during the next three months
bonds will sell at materially higher
prices" "-Lage Brothers Co. I'VE
| think it is now time to consider the ad-
visibility Of buying stocks IL they pass
1 the high prices made earlier in Septem-
| ber, but only in case the advance Is ac-
companied by decided increase In ac-
| ty."--McClave & Co. I'VE still main
tain bullish attitude on the general
market. w. e. Hutton & Co. I'm
provement in the outlook for railroads
continues."--J. s. Bache Co.
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
cola Movement smaller.

Tie import movement of gold appears
TO have slowed down somewhat inoia
absorbing the bulk of the gold auctioneo
In the open market in London. Tnat
slower movement will be reflected In
subsequent figures. In the week ended
on September 2s gold exports from Eng
land to the United States approximated
So. 500 900. The French liner Paris as
previously announced. arrived yesterday
with 81 100000 gold for the Guaranty
Trust Company Of New York and
s2,sO4, 900 for the Equitable Trust Com
pany. The former has been advised
that French gold valued at $1,000 900 Is
coming to 1t on the French liner France
In addition to silver valued at SS6, 900
the steamer Bayern, from Hamburg
brought s400, 900 in gold, consigned oy
the German Reichsbank TO those -four
banking concerns in equal amount: the
Eouitable Trust Company, Speyer 4 Co.
Zimmerman & F'orshay and the Inter
national Acceptance Bank. Inc. Tha
rold represented partial payment OF
account of credits extended to the Ger
man Government.
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

There were substantial, well distrib-
uted advances in most Industrial groups
during last weeks trading In securities
in the Consolidated Stock Exchange.
They ranged from 2 to points In ac-
tive speciality, marine, oil and copper
issues, higher prices for copper ana
crude petroleum being the bases Tor
activity and an upward trend In the
shares of the last two groups. Losses
were few and nominal and were con-
fined chiefly to Pan-American oil and
local traction shares. Gains OF S% In
Burns Brothers to 10TH, 81 In Amer
lean Express TO 123%. In Texas Coal
and Oil to 23h, SIS In Houston OIL to
EslA, 2% In Cosden to 28. 4% In Adams
Express to 49%. and as in Anaconda
Copper to 41la were outstanding fea-
lures The steel Issues were about un-
changed, the rails generally lower. and
the express issues buoyant
| General Asphalt rose 2ss TO 53N.
United States Rubber III to SON.
Kelly-springfield 1N to 43%, United
Food An to 13as, Marine preferred VI
to 4SK, Utah Copper IN to 4215. Amer
lean Smelling 2h to 3sh, Inspiration
to 36h, Lehigh Valley 4k to 49s, q
high level for recent months; Wells.
Fargo 70 62h. Texas Co. to s6%
Pacific Oil 3h to ss. Sinclair to 201h
Royal Dutch 1N to 46k, and Trans
continental to sA, while Mexican Petro
lcum yielded 1M to 10ob, Brooklyn
Rapid Transit 1% to rs, and INTERIOR
ough Consolidated preferred tx to %
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Adam. Express Make. New High.

Selling at so yesterday the Adams
Express Company's stock recorded new
high for this year. Rumors persist that
within reasonable time the directors
Of that company may inaugurate q Q
per cent dividend rate on the stock
The per cent. dividends received by
the company on Its s11.904,300 Of the
American Railway Express Company's
stock are equal to s7.14 share on its
own stock. The chief liability OF the
Adams Company Is unsettled loss and
damage claims which probably can be
discharged for not more than $1,000
600. Its bank loans, shown at $500, 200
IN It's last report are understood TO
have been liquidated. In an emergency
Il Ia believed that the company could
borrow up to s7,0Oo.0oo on its holdings
OF the American Railway Express Com
psny's stock.
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Corn Products Renninx.

AS a result Of recent conferences be-
tween Representatives of the Government
and officials Of the Corn Products Re-
flning Company it is believed that that
company viii be granted additional time
in which to dispose Of the National
Starch Companys plants The settle
ment of the Governments suit against
the Corn Products Refining Company
provided for the disposal of that prop
erty before October 1, 1921. Officials
of that company hope that an extension
of time will be given 1t to permit the
sale Of the National Starch Company's
property when conditions are more ia
vorable.
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
senate Railroad investigation.

With the announcement of Senator
Cummins that the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee would soon re-.
sumo its investigation into transporta-
ton affairs. local railroad men believe
that there is strong possibility that the
management of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road may be called to state to the COM
mittee its case in the controversy with
the United States Railroad Labor Board
over methods of electing employees rep
resentatives for the negotiation of new
rules and working conditions. The re-
fusal OF that railroad company to submit
new evidence at hearings under restric-
tions imposed by the board has led many
railroad officials to believe that the
Pennsylvania managers would welcome
the opportunity for full presentation
Of it's side before the Senate committee.
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
TOPICS OF WALL STREET
Few MunicipaI onsrings.

Investment houses. which have been
bidding keenly for municipal securities
issued in the United States and Canada
report that the next few weeks VIII oe
relatively dull in the municipai pono
market. and that this condition VIII %
welcome after the heavy Offering period
which has lust come TO an end. The
largest offerings In the week beginning
on October 8 are $2,Oo0.O00 of the city
of Cleveland's 5ihs and s2,000.o0o o.
the state of Idaho's SIS. During the tol'
lowing week will be offered $2.700,oot
of Dallas county, Tex, 8 lAs. $5,ooo,oV'
of oregon State bonus bonds, not u
exceed 6 per cent, coupon. and Sl,0oo,
600 Of Philadelphia school district 5s.
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Lehigh valley nailroad.

On a turnover Of upwards OF 10000
shares In the short session the stock Of
Lehigh Valley Railroad touched bs a and
closed o.. SO, with a net gain OF points
from the previous day. The stock has
been very active at intervals IN recent
weeks because of expectation that the
plan for the segregation OF the company
coal property from Its railroad noialngs
would be advantageous to the share
holders. The last extension OF time
granted by the Federal Court gave the
company until October for the filing
Of the plan. As no application has been
made for additional time II appears GER
tain that the company has not changed
it, intention to file the plan on that date
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
FINANCIAL NEWS
AND COMMENT
Coppers Lead in Stock Market
Adyance-Bank Reserves
Drop Sharply.


consistent strength In the prices Of the
more active issues, led by the copper
group An advance of 25 cents bar
rel In mid-continent crude petroleum
quotations helped the oils to higher
levels, and whatever week end profit
railroad and steel shares was absorbed.
with nothing more than an occasional
softenins OF prices. A gain OF points
in Lehigh Valley indicated that a specu-
lative following had been built on hopes
Of favorable terms In the company's
coal segregation plan when 1t Is filed
with the Federal court in a few days.
The upturn OF more than a point In
Anaconda, Utah Copper. American
Smelling and Refining Ray Console
dated and Kennecott. with fractional ad-
| vances among other metal shares, re-
nected the increased attention that has
been paid to the copper market for ten
days. The metal Is not moving into con-
but a slight hardening OF prices last
week showed that manufacturers were
adding to their stocks In a more ac-
! tive fashion than they We're during the
summer That market has felt severely
the absence of Germany as buyer
and there IL no sign that that country
will participate on broad scale FOR
| considerable time to come. But the
producing companies have been shap-
ing their output for more than year
to fit demand more sluggish than
was the case before the war, and 1t is
not improbable that IL American elec-
trical goods makers and brass foun-
dries expand operations this winter. the
copper situation will enter stronger
position than It has occupied since th'
armistice.
The reports of 142 railroads for Au
gust present an excellent picture of tn
entire railway result in that month, bu
as the net income Of approximate.
$4,000, 900 was based largely on saw
ings In maintenance and other costs.
comparison with deficit Of $132,500,
coo In August 1920, loses much Of IT
force. The rail reports Of the curren
month win be more to the point a
showing what the autumn business
to bring forth. as they will show NOR
| clearly than did August the effect c
the IL per cent. wage cut Of July, whe
ret operating revenue is compared wit
: September OF last year, month cor
: tanning fewer charges than did Angus
on account of retroactive wage az
counts.
Because Of an unexpectedly large e.
pansion of loans and deposits at IL
;, same time that reserves carried wit
tie Reserve Bank declined sharply. II
New York Clearing House banks Shove
last week a deficit of $10,89S,000 !
reserves Loans were enlarged mo-
titan s55,000,000, process that aide
in growth of s44.s0o.000 in demand d
y posits. 1t looked as though correspon
) ent institutions in other cities al
towns had drawn heavily on their d
posits in New York, coincident with
broadened demand for accommodate
here, possibly connected with new secu
" ity offerings. As the average bal
= statement noted q decline of no mo
than s5,725.OO0 In reserve credits at I
central institution, while the stateme
Of actual condition on Friday show
an expansion of more than $a7,0oo.ot
!. IL was evident that the member ban
rediscounted heavily in the closing da
% of the week
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
naii Maintenance Ratios.

Railroad maintenance in the first seven
months of 1921 was su5normal, II the
carriers be taken as a whole, but show
wide variation in individual cases. In a
general way II may be said that with
few exceptions the roads showing the
largest net earnings for the period have
the lowest maintenance ratios. The
ratios range from 2s.5 per cent. for the
Kansas City Southern to 49.1 per cent
for the Maine Central. The following
table gives the percentage ratios of main
tenance, transportation expenses and
total operating expenses to operating
revenue for several large roads In the
seven months period:
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Ncv Counterfeit % Found.

The local Reserve Bank has notified
member banks OF new counterfeit IS
Reserve note drawn on the Reserve
Bank of Minneapolis. Tho check letter
is c. the plate number 16 and the note
bears the forged signature OF w. @.
McAdoo Secretary Of the Treasury, and
John Burke, Treasurer Of the United
states. 1t is printed on a single piece
OF paper Of poor quality, containing no
silk threads or limitations Of them. The
bank states that the maker Is under
arrest In Salt Lake City and the plates
and materials OF manufacture seized.
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
OPEN MARKET RATES.
SILVER MARKET.
SUGAR.

The raw and refined sugar markets
were without fresh developments yester-
day and few buyers were down, some of
the brokers and reaners sales offices
being closed for the half holiday
The demand for refined sugar has not
been up TO expectations, but an improve
ment is looked for next week.
Outside raw sugars have been pretty
well cleaned up by recent purchases
which leaves Cuba sugars to fill what
ever reflners' requirements will be. The
Cuban price was unchanged at 2ss cents
cost and freight.
The range of prices in yesterday
sugar futures market was as follows
Open. High. Low. Close. Close
May.....A.... 2.n 2.n 2h 2.h 80
The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Crude OIL Price. Advanced.

Tho Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing
Company announced an advance of %
cents to s125 a barrel In mid-Continent
crude oil. Healdton crude advanced 10
cents to 10 cents barrel. The Mag
nolia Petroleum Company advanced the
price of all grades Of Oklahoma crude
oil 25 cents barrel except Healdton,
which Il advanced 10 cents. OIL stocks
were curtailed by the suspension OF
shipments from Mexico.