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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
WHEAT PRICES FELL. NCLOS|NG MINUTES.
 OF SHORT SESSION.
Corn and Oats Both Went Down in Sympathy With Their Ally, >s While
 Provisions Rallied
By Associated Press

Chicago, July 9.-Wheat prices fell sharply in the closing minutes of to- days short session on the board of
 trade. and all other grain prices turned easy in sympathy. The close was weak, with net losses of Sc to 3s4 c in wheat, %c to 1 7sc in corn and
 ss to 9s in oats. Provisions. domi
 mated by foreign and domestic de- mand, finished 174c to 40c net
 higher.
 Wheat started lower on bullish es inmates of the government crop re- ports, but commission house support,
 encouraging seaboard conditions and
 reports of Canadian black rust lea to considerable buying. Hot weather
 reports from North Dakota and the Canadian northwest formed con-
 trbuting factor. In the last half
 hour. however. the local buyers quit
 bidding. There was no outside buy
 ing, and the whole price structure
 came down in a heap. Final prices
 were at about the low point of the
 day. Reports that striking firemen
 and engineers at local elevators had
 accepted the employers terms for re-
 duced wages had no appreciable ef- feet on the market.
 Corn was generally unsettled. July led this market because heavy sales to Montreal resulted in removing hedges on several hundred thousand bushels. When this option was around Pc over September there was some speculative trade on the differ ence. Crop reports continued favor able and the cash situation was steady.
 Oats were dull and followed corn. Both grains were affected to some extent towards the close by the drop in wheat Provisions attracted some buyers early on reports from the yards of higher hogs and decreased receipts in prospect A leading pack CT. reviewing the past week. said 1t had been satisfactory from a trade viewpoint. and that export demand was brightening. Just before the close it was announced that. 1000, 900 pounds of cash lard had been sold for export at II cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
Bar Silver

By Associated Press New York, July 9.-Bar silver, do- nestle. s9Ac; foreign. 61c; Mexican dollars. 46Ac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
SPOT COTTON

New Orleans, July 9.--Spot cotton. quiet and unchanged; sales on the spot, S34 bales; to arrive, 101. Low middling, s.50c; middling, 1l.50c; good middling, 12.5oc. Receipts and stocks later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
 Rv AasocInted preax
PRODUCE By Associated Press

By Associated Press
 New York, July y.-Butter firm; creamery higher than extras S90 ss Ac: creamery extras, Ss Be; cream cry firsts, S61a c SSc. Eggs steady; fresh gathered firsts. SS@S5c Cheese firm: average run, 161i Q17c.
 Chicago, July Shutter un- changed; eggs unchanged Poultry alive unchanged. Note: No butter or egg quotations on Saturday dur ing July and August.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
CASH GRAIN Rx AeeocfateI Prcss

Chicago, July s.-Wheat No. ?. red. S1.21%; No. 2, hard. $l.2S Corn No. 2, mixed. 601a@61a4c; No. }, yellow. 50 % @62c. Oats No. ?, white, s5A O SIC; No. 3, white, S4@S5Ac. Rye No. nominal; barley 56@61c. Timothy. s450@6.75. CAver, s13.oo@1s.oo. Lard. s11.o5; ribs s1o.25@11.2s; pork. nomi- nal.
 St. Louis, July s.--Cash wheat No. 2 red, $11S@1.20; No. 3, $1.15 @1.16; July, $1.14A; September, N.15A.
 Corn, no cash. July, 56hc; oats No. ?, white. s7@s7Ac; No. 3, Ss1sQ SIC; July, S6c; September. S71ac
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stock. a42.155.

stock, 242.155.
 Memphis: Middlins, 10.50c; re- ceipts. S93; shipments, 1,7S0; sales
 150; stock, 247,750.
 Augusta: MiddlinS, 11.50c: re-
 ceipts, 464; shipments. 2,2S6; sales,
 670: stock. 107,674. St. Louis Middling. 10.75c; re- fceipts. 2.66O; shipments. 1,642; sal As. zoo: stock SS,1S1. Atlanta: Middling, 11.35c. Little Rock: Middling, 10.50c; re- ceipts, SO: shipments, T7s; sales 225; stock, 5S.4S0. Dallas. Middling, 1o.70c; sales,
 27ss Montgomery: Middling, 10.5ac. Total today: Receipts, s,025; ship ments. 12,094; stock, 716.190. POTATOES By Associated Press Chicago. July s.-Potatoes firm |;
 Virginia Irish cobblers, s4,25@4.5o
 barrel; Norfolks. $S.50@s.75 barrel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Members New York Cotton Exchange, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, New York Fro duce Exchange. Associated Members Liverpool Cotton Association. Orders so- Iicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery. Special attention and liberal terms given for consignment of spot cotton for delivery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
RICE MARKET h. AannOIafAd Rraaa

New Orleans. July s.z-Kough rice. no sales; receipts, AT sacks. Mill lers' receipts. same. Clean rice sale. BOT pockets, Honduras. at SAG Acc 1o4 pockets, Japan, at 3ssc; $50 pockets. Blue Rose, at lh @3Ac. Clean rice, receipts. 1o,5l7 pockets. Bran and polish unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
NAyAL STORES 2

Savannah, Ga. July S.-Furpentiner firm, 5oc; sales, 2S2; receipts. 5sS; shipments, sbS; stock, S.sSs. Resin. firm; sales, 62S; receipts. 1,562: ship ments. sos. Stock, s6.055. Quote: B. D. E. F. ss.5o: G, ss.b5; H. l. $a.s7h; K. s4; M. $40; N. $47S; Wg. ss.so; Wv. $6.25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
BEARISH PRESSURE GAVE WAY ID RALLY IN STOCK MARKET
fulfilled Orders of the United States Steel Corporation for June Showed a Big
 Decrease
Ny Assnclnted Pres.

New York, July 9.-Stocks were heavy in the first half of roday's brief session under further bearish pressure but rallied brislsly later most losses being cancelled or re- duced to nominal dimensions. Shorts attempted to take advantage of the light attendance of traders, weak ness of foreign exchange and another probable decrease in steel tonnage to dspresn prices.
 Leaders reacted 1 to 2 points and issues of companies whose dividend rrospects are moro or less debatabls registered more extensive declines on comparatively light offerings. Buy ing of rails. especially tho invest ment division. gave impetus to the rebound. although final prices In many instances were inclined to ease.
 Untitled orders of the United states Steel Corporation for June showed N decrease of nearly 3s6, ,o0o tons, reducing bookings to about E,l1S.eoo tons- This Is tho smallest total since April of 1919, and com pares with nearly 11,00o,00o tons year axe.
 Exchange on London fell nearly cents to the pound from yesterdays final quotation. declining to ss.e6k CT the lowest price since January. Continental rates also moved adver- sely. ahowtng losses of 10 to 2s pcintM
 Mid-ysar interest and dividend pay mants and further liquidation of stecks explained an actual reduction of almost S75,00o,000 in clearing house loans and discounts. The ac- tusl cash gain of almost $2<,0oo,000 increased excess reserves to slightly over s84,00o. 900.
 Dealings in bonds, especially Liber- ty fssueA were relatively large with an irregular tone. Speculative rails held firm. but industrials and inter na tionals were mixed. Total sales. par value, t6,875,o0o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
COTTON SEED OH.

New York, July g. Spot cotton. quiet; middling, 12.55c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
HONEY AND EXCHANGE Rv Aaxoefated Press

Nsw York. July s.-Prime mercan- tile paper. 6A @eM per cent; ex- change weak; sterling eo-day bills and comm mercial 6o-day bills on banla. 8.s21A; commercial 6o-day biil2 1e2H; demand, s.6T; cables, ssT&; francs demand. 7.s4; cables, 7.sT: Belgian francs demand, ITO; cables, 7.T2; guilders demand, 32.s3; cables, s242: lire demand, 4,e7: oa- b1eR. A.6S: marks demand, 1.So; ca ble4 1.s1: Greece demand. $50; Swe- den demand. 21.6o; Norway demand, 1a7g: Argentine demand. 2s.76; Bra xf1 dema and, II. Montreal 127-1s DOT cant discount.
 Government bonds easy; railroad bonds steady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
NEW YORK COTTON

By Associated Press ork, July 9.-The cotte
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
Meal and Feedstuff

Meal and Feedstuff si7; No. corn. soc; corn chops sa.1o No. white oats. sac; shorts. $3s: Bran S32; c $. meal. ' ?. C., $s6; hen feed, l0t lbs, $2.25; timothy, $34; choice pea green alfalfa, $a6; Johnson hay. $20: wheat straw. 32b ton. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
We have prepared a circular describing a number of attractive bonds, both long term and short term, and we will be glad to send copies upon request.
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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-04-15
BACK TO SOLID ROCK
is WORD OF DIR. TESS
Must First Recall False Steps TAX
en- In Lurid Years Of
Wilson Regime. -,

Washington, d. c., March IL
Despoilment of capitalistic and labor
profiteers and the elimination of all
wastes is outlined as a part of the
work of the new Congress by Repre-
sentative Simeon D. Fess, chairman
of the National Republican Congress
sional Committee. He says;
ITO safely find true course out OF
our present situation, it will be nee
essary for us to recall the steps by
which we have reached it. In build
ing the war machine, which had to
be done without delay, sound bust
ness methods were abandoned and
economic wisdom was not consulted
We inflated the cost of production
without efficiency in service. To in
vite the maximum product of labor,
we increased the wage scale for Gov
eminent work in shipyards, munition
plants, environments, aviation fields
and all Government work. We push
ed up the cost level by shortening the
basic day, allowing overtime with
increased pay, increased workers to
the piece, transportation allowances
from home to shop, and over $780,
OOO, 900 expenditure for temporary
housing. These numerous items OF
increased cost, all indefinite, gave oc-
casion for the unfortunate cost-plus
contract for all Government work.
"The inevitable profiteering both
by labor and capital invited by these
steps augmented the Government cost
bill which could be met either by
taxation or bonds, or both. The Gov
eminent did not discourage profiteer-
ing by the excess profits tax; on the
other hand, 1t virtually said profiteer
all you wish, the greater the excess
profit you make the greater our in
come from tax.
"The business world has never wit
messed a like period of expenditure
No people ever exprincd such an orgy
of personal as well as governmental
extravaganza. The Government bor-
rowed $50. 200, 900 and distribut-
ed it among the people in the most
lavish manner. Prices advanced
without increase of value. The deal
en- had no concern about his sales,
but rather his purchases. Instead Of
keeping statesmen on the road they
mad to be converted into buyers. The
result was less regard for efficiency
tn service. and the rule was soon es-
tablished to increase the cost and de-
crease the service, until we reached
the level where it would cost three
lines to do the Government work that
was done before the war.
Whatever the form of our taxa
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-04-15
DEVELOPS NEW WHEAT

Luther Burbank, the California
plant wizard" has evolved a new
kind of wheat whose kernels or ber-
ries are exceptionally large and hard,
yielding fine white flour. The new
wheat was produced from a single
original grain of seed and is the re-
suit Of IL years of careful propaga-
ton. The principal advantage claim
ed for 1t is its high content of glu-
ten-14 per cent. Ordinary Califor-
mia wheat tends to yield an excess of
starch and insufficient gluten. For
that reason millers are obliged to
mix 1t with Northern wheat in order
to obtain satisfactory flour for
bread-making.
The new product Is a winter wheat,
like all other varieties grown in Cali
fornia. 1t is an unusually early va
riety, however. maturing earlier than
any of several hundred others that
Burbank has grown. The plants and
the grains are remarkably uniform.
The yield on the experimental plat
last summer was almost so bushels
per acre.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-04-15
NO POLITICS IN
RESERVE SYSTEM
Secretary of Treasury and COmptrol-
Ter To BE Eliminated
From Board.

Washington, d. C. March 9.-Elim-
ination Of the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Comptroller of the
Currency from membership on the
Federal Reserve Board is contemplate
ed by legislation which Representa-
tive l.. T. McFadden, chairman of the
House Committee on Banking and
Currency, will introduce in the spe-
cial session.
This action is the result of high
handed interference with the reserve
system by these two officicls under
the Wilson administration, and is in
tended to prevent it in the future.
McFadden says:
with a view to correcting mis-
takes of the past and to provide
against a recurrence of similar con-
ditions affecting our financial sys-
TEN and credit necessary to finance
industry and commerce, l am sug-
costing an amendment to the Federal
Reserve Act, careful scrutiny and
understanding of which believe will
convince anyone of its soundness. At
the present time the Federal Reserv
Board is composed of seven members,
five of whom are appointed by the
President of the United States by and
with the advice and consent of the
Senate. The remaining two mem
bers are the Secretary of the Treas
ury and the Comptroller of the Cur
rency, who are members ex-officio.
While, therefore, the Federal Reserve
Board is, as pronounced by the At
torney General of the United States,
a separate and independent establish
| ment of the Government and not a
Bureau of the Treasury Department,
it is partly subject to the control or
influence of the Treasury Department
because of the fact that two of it's
members are Treasury officials. In
deed, the Federal Reserve Board has
become little more than Burau Of
the Treasury.
much of the criticism that has
been directed from time to time
against the organization and action
of the Federal Reserve Board is bas-
ed upon the fact that it is not COM
pletely independent of the Trasury
Department influenc, and, in a GER
tain sense, political influence. And the
Federal Reserve Systm should be
free from political influence which is
quite as important as its independ-
ence of domination by financial COM
binations. l am proposing, there
fore to eliminate the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Comptroller of the
Currency from membership in the
Federal Reserve Board and to in
crease the number of appointed mem
bers of that Board from five to sew
en-"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-04-15
TANLAC PROVrG
GLAD SURPRISE
1t Has Entirely Restored Her
Health And She Feels
Like A New Woman
She Says.

81 have taken many medicines and
spent hundreds of dollars looking
for relief, but it was only when
got Tanlac that my troubles disap-
peared," said Mrs. A. Worley, of III
Fifteenth St., Ashland, Ky.
81 had no appetite and my stomach
was in such bad condition that gas
would form, causing a terrible de-
preston around my heart and al
most shutting off my breath.
would become so nauseated that |
could scarcely retain the little | did
eat, and at times | had such awful
headaches and dizzy spells | could
hardly see.
my kidneys bothered me a great
deal and my back panied me so |
couldn't bend over without suffering
agony. / was almost a nervous wreck
and at night sleep was almost i'm
possible.
"Tanlac has certainly proved
glad surprise to me, for it has taken
only two bottles to overcome all my
troubles. My appetite is wonderful
and | never feel a sign of indigestion
or gas. My breathing is free and
easy and / no longer have those aw-
full dizzy spells.
my kidneys don't bother me any
more and my back is entirely free
from pain. Ny nerves are in such
good condition that | don't wake up
during the night, and I'm so much
better in every way simply feel
like a new person"
Tanlac is sold in Hartford by DR..
L. B. Bean; in Beaver Dam by r. T.
Taylor, Jr.; in McHenry by S. ]. Itch
enor, and in Rockport by r. E. Her.
Advertisement. W
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-04-15
MINING IN s. T.. ALASKA

Although gold mining has beer be-
coming increasingly difficult to car
ry on profitably during the last few
years, work on the gold lodes in the
Juneau and Ketchikan districts Of
southeastern Alaska has been con-
tinued. A report by j. B. Mertie Jr..
on the developments in this region in
1919 has Just been published by the
United States Geological Survey, De-
partment of the Interior.
A deposit worked by the Salt Chuck
mine, in the Ketchikan district is
rather interesting because the ore was
at first considered a low-grade cop
per ore but was afterward found to
be more valuable for it's content Of
platinum metals-chiefly palladium
than for its COPPER, so that the
mine is now regarded as palladium
copper mine.
The report contains also some notes
on the gold deposits of Funter Bay.
on Admiralty Island brief account
of the geologic features of the Sal
mon-Unuk River regions, near Port
land Canal, where some gold has been
found; and summary of the results
of water-power Investigations In
southeastern Alaska in 1919.
This report, which is entitled
mining developments and water
power Investigations in southeastern
Alaska" is published as Bulletin ia
B. of the U. S. Geological Survey,
Washington, d. G.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-04-15
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q q 8 TO RI a
HITS IMMIGRATION FRAUDS

Washington, d. c., March.-Rep-
resentative Newton, of Minnesota, has
reported from the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs a statement of
the immigration frauds allowed to
grow up during the Wilson admins
tration. He says:
"These immigrants are coming
from various parts of Europe, but
mostly from Italy and central Europe
where the economic conditions grow
ing out of the war and it's devasta-
ton are extremely bad. Many of
those desiring to come here are
frankly undesirable. While others
can not so be classed, so great is the
desire of both desirable and undesir-
able aliens to come to the United
States that fraud and deception are
being daily resorted to in order to
obtain not only vises but passports
themselves. These cases of fraud
and deception run into the hundreds.
Wise and fee stamps are being coun-
terfeited while consular signatures
are being cleverly initiated and forg-
ed. Even the seals of some of the
governments issuing passports are
being counterfeited. These frauds
are now being attempted on whole
sale scale. In one station in central
Europe the number of false docu-
ments submitted, run from between
5 TO 20 every day"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-04-15
PROF. LANGLEY's BoLOMETER

One of the most marvellous delicate
and sensitive of the many ingenious
instruments used by scientists is the
bolometer, an instrument for detect
ing and measuring minute quantities
of heat. 1t was invented by Prof.
S. T. Langley of the Smithsonian In
stitution at Washington. whose work
contributed much to science ana
whose pioneering investigations IN
the field of aviation went far toward
the successful development OF the
flying machine.
So sensitive is this instrument TO
heat that il will detect and measure
temperature changes as small as
100000, 900 of a degree II Is al
fected even by the slight change OF
temperature produced by bringing
the hand near it. 1t has been OF
great service in measuring the heat
from the sun and other heavenly bo-
dis and it has even measured the com
paratively Insignificant heat OF the
moon. The bolometer has disclosed
the fact that the spectrum o. a beam
of light is not of uniform tempera-
ture although the differences are very
slight. it shows that the dark lines
are relatively cool,
Lantl,y's bolometer consists OF a
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-04-15
TWO NEW CIRCULARS
OUT FOR YOUNGSTERS

Lexington, Ky, April 1.-Two new
circulars for farm boys and girls
have just come off the press at the
College of Agriculture and are ready
for distribution. No. "a contains in
structions for youngsters who will
conduct a SOW and litter project and
No. IS contains similar instructions
for young sheep raisers. Both may
be obtained free by writing the Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, Lexing-
ton.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-04-15
D. S. MOBlLIzIEG
FORCE At HAWAII
Action Is Without Thought
Of Possible Foe Say
Army Chiefs.N

Washington, April 9.-Army chiefs
are insistent that the mobilizing of
reinforcements aggregating 1876 per
cent for the defenses of Hawaii and
nearly 800 per cent for the Panama
Canal Zone is being perfected with
out reference to any other nation as
a probable or possible enemy. But
Il has developed that the War Depart
ment started its plans when it be-
came apparent that negotiations be-
tween American Ambassador Nor
ris and japanese Ambassador Shide-
hara were being attended with little
progress and when jingoism became
rampant in Japan.
There are now 10000 officers and
men at Hawaii and 1000 at Panama.
These forces will be increased to a.
600 at each place.
Staff officers read with interest the
article by Joseph Timmons in the
Hearst newspapers setting forth the
results of his investigation of Japan
csc activities in Hawaii and the for
mer German islands in the North Pa
cific. They pointed out that this ar
ticle confirmed recent dispatches
from Washington, stating that the
Caroline Islands and the Marshall
group were being fortified by Japan
and that the japanese had exacted
pledges Of allegiance from the peo-
pl.
In addition to these developments,
IL was cited that as the island of zap
lies just southwest of the American
outpost at Guam, neither the mill
tary nor the diplomatic relations of
Japan and the United States could
be made any more cordial by Japan's
insistence of her right to fortfy zap.
The sending of reinforcements to
Hawaii and Panama will continue un-
til Congress interferes. There are
no intimations that Congress will in
tervene. however. especially in the
light of news from all quarters as to
the activities of Japan.
The Hawaiian island of Oahu, it
was explained by army strategists, is
the immediate key to the situation.
As they put it, whoever holds Oahu
can hold the islands," None of the
others, however, is important in the
event of war.
1t was admitted that a weakness
has been found in the former theory
as to the safety of Oahu from exter-
nal attack. The defenses at Pearl
Harbor have long been regarded as
impregnable against sea attack. 1t
was also thought that the little hill
or mountain range on the sides OF
the island opposite Pearl Harbor
could not be crossed by any force to
take the Notifications in rear and
flank.
That theory has been exploded, ac-
cording to a report at the War De-
partment, which shows that when the
American Navy held manoeuvres to
determine that point 1t was demon
strated that the hills could be cross
ed. American soldiers crossed them
easily. An attack from that direc-
ton, 1t is admitted, would be fatal to
a land fertilization whose twelve and
fourteen inch guns are fixed to fire
seward. One suggestion, which
probably will be carried out, is that
the reinforcements shall consist OF
mobile artillery for coast defense at
Oahu.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-04-15
NATIONS FIRES COSTLY.

Nearly $500, 100000 damage tC
property has been done in this coun'
try by fires in the past five years
The main causes for these fires, in
the order of their importance, were;
electricity. matches, defective chin
neys and flues, stoves, furnaces, and
lightning.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-04-15

Wheaisitne bridge with a small strip
Of platinum on the back of ono arm,
the other arm being electrically con
uected with a sensitive galvanoneter
When beat rays strike the platinum
strip a current of electricity is de-
veloped. The strength of this current
and consequently the intensity Of the
hoat IRE Indicated by detection. of
the galyanLmoter needle
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-04-15
OPPOSE COWS FOR GERMANY

The Iowa department of the Am
erican Legion has appealed to the
secretary of agriculture to ban a
shipment of 900 South Dakota cows
to Germany. The cows made up a
27-car train to Baltimore, the point
of embarkation. An injunction to
prevent the shipment leaving Sioux
City was denied.