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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-08
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Cory Calvert. Por-
tage. Ind. entertained the LaSalle
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-08

The Lafayette circle was enter
tanned Wednesday afternoon at the
home OF Mrs. j. c.. Hill, 1109 Lin
coin way W. The members respond
ed at the roll call by giving current
events. Needlework was the diver
sion or the afternoon. Mrs w. r.
Hinllle. Portage av., will entertain
the club on Dec. q.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-08

In celebration of her birthday an
niversary. Mrs. L. 5. Davis, 211 W.
Wayne st. was surprised by the mem
beers of her class, and the members
of the Circle of Service of the First
Baptist church. on Tuesday evening.
During the evening several vocal ~
lections were given by Mrs. Julia
A. Rode. accompanied by Mrs. NJ.
Nicols and several readings were
given by Mrs A. Eterline. Lunch
con was served 10 65 guests
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-08

The Friendly club met with Mrs.
Jane Shank. 3O7 Laporte av., Wed
nesday afternoon. Ten members
were present and the afternoon
was spent at needlewOrk. During
the social hour, dainty refresh
ments were served by the hostess.
on Jan. -. Mrs. George Vincent
New Carlisle, Ind, will entertain
the club at an all-day meeting
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-27
TALK OF THE TOWN

/ Regular meeting Of Canton Vintor
| Friday evening, Oct rs.
Il. w. Peck of Cabot was in the
city yesterday on business.
Wade BENJAMIN of Hardwick was in
town yesterday on business.
Philip j. Gobie OF Bellows Falls was
J a visitor in Barre yesterday
| Jack Wallace of Hardwick was visit
i'm friends in the city yesterday.
| n. d. Blanchard of Davenport, O.,
arrived in the city yesterday morn
| ing for short stay.
| DR.. D. G. Jarvis of Orange street
was in Stowe Tuesday to perform an
operation for tonsilitis
George III. Cross of Mortified was
business visitor in the city yester-
day. Mr. Cross has returned recently
from trip through southern New
England.
Miss Quinlan's dancing school every
Thursday, Worthen hall. Children's
class p. m. Social etiquette given
special attention at the above class.
Adult class s p. m.--adv.
All children in the primary depart
ment of the Methodist Sunday school
are invited to a party at the church
Saturday afternoon from ? to 4
o'clock A good attendance is desired.
Regular meeting of the Central La
Dor union of Barre will be held Friday
evening, Oct. 2S, at 1870. in carpenters
hall. Worthen block Election of Off
GERS ana every delegate is requested to
be present. Per order secretary.
There will be celebration of holy
communion in the Church Of the Good
Shepherd on Friday, the festival OF s.
Simon and s. Jude, at a. m. Evening
prayer will be said at 4 p. m. Choir
practice. will be held at $50 P. m.
Coming, a sale of fancywork, etc,
Nov. 4, by the Philathea class of the
Baptist church. In the evening con-
cert, 1.-THE Homemade Choir" viii be
given by ladies Of Montpelier. Be
sure to hear them Friday, Nov. A.
adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-27
TALK OF THE TOWN

l
| Harold Cummings Of st. Johnsbury
was in the city yesterday on business
Mrs. George Thayer and Mrs. Rose
Garrett Of 8 Clark street have gone te
Barnet for few days.
| II. Landers of Boston arrived in the
city yesterday morning for few days
stay in town on business.
A regular meeting of st, John court
c. 0. r., Thursday evening at O'Clock
Installation Of officers and smoke talk
DIR. J. A. Foote, whose home is in
Burlington, has arrived in the city
and is staying temporarily at Hotel
Barre.
Flashlights and batteries, spot lights
and globes will be sold from Landcr's
Cigar Store from this date. G. w
Lander.
Baptist Philatheas. There will be a
work meeting Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Fred Grearson, Nelson
street.
The members and invited friends of
the Brookside Community club will be
entertained at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence LePage on Beckley hill
Friday evening, Oct. 2S. The enter
tainment will consist of dancing, with
light refreshments.
The hearing in probate court in
Montpelier on the will Of the late Dan
iel ID. Royce Of Barre, whose son, Bert
Royce, Of st. Louis is contesting the
document on the ground Of the Tesla
tors mentality at the time it was
drawn, will be resumed on Nov. 4.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. q. LaPoint, in com
pany with Is members of Brooks Re-
lief corps of Montpelier, attended the
district meeting of the W. r. c. at
Stowe Wednesday. The meeting was
well attended. bu. the only Civil war
veterans present were Dr. Foster of
Waterbury Center and Mr.. LaPoint.
Something to dol Keep busy! go to
rs acres of good land less than four
miles from the city on Barre west hill;
20 acres of good tillage; balance pas
ture and wood; wood enough to pay
for the property. Good road right to
the .woodlo.. Price only $1,000; terms,
one half cash Enquire of the ID. A.
Perry Real Estate agency. adv.
I. L. Flint has opened store at
his home at 1919 Summer street. There
is already fine stock Of goods in, and
an attractive sign outside informs the
public that it is the Summer Street
Store Mr.. Flint has had some ex-
perience in mercantile way, having
been one of the now dissolved firm of
Wescott, Flint and Boyce, who ran the
old Eastman store on North Main
street. The room which he is using
was particularly desirable for use as a
store, as it had been formerly used as
a millinery store.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-27
Try This for Indigestion.

Foley Cathartic Tablets are just the
thing for constipation. Their action is
wholesome and thoroughly cleansing,
without gripping, nausea or inconven-
fence. They Danish headache, bilious
ness, bloating, gas, bad breath, coated
tongue and other symptoms Of disor-
dered digestion. Mrs. H. ]. Marchard,
SO Lawrence St., Salem, Mass, writes:
~ used Foley Cathartic Tablets for
constipation with good results. | keep
them in the house. Adv
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-27
st. Elizabeth's Bazaar.

The following program will be Civ
en- at the bazaar of st. Elizabeth's la
dies aid, in Rowland hall, Thursday,
Oct. 81:
Song, selected Edward Hsmel
Laughing chorus ........ 30 voices
Loretta Hamel, acecmpanist
Greeian dancc, Claire Bennett and
Doris Lander
Mrs. Leonard Lander, accompanist
Song, Lonesome, That's All"
Madeline Gladding
Egyptian dance Katherine Mckenna
Miss Betty Brown, accompanist
Concert at s; dancing. 0 to IL. Car
rolls seven piece orchestra. Admission
l0c.--adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-27
BARRE DAILY TIMES
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1921.
The Weather

Fair tonight; warmer in New
Hampshire and Vermont; Friday part
ly cloudy and warmer; probably rain
in northern Vermont, variable winds,
becoming moderate southeast and
south.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Trade Continues
Quiet i'm Chicago
Reserve District
Operations Considerably Be-
low Year Ago; Unemploy-
ment Deterrent Factor;
Rural Sections Are Tight

CHICAGO, April 30-Business in
the Seventh Federal Reserve District
continues hesitant, according to the
May report on business conditions
issued to-day by the Federal Reserve
Bank of Chicago.
Reports from diversified industries
and territories in the district" says the
bulletin, 'while rejecting, as rule.
operations considerably below year
ago, may be characterized as variable
The chief complaints are the limited
market in which to sell the output and
the difficulty encountered in the effort
to reduce manufacturing and distribu-
tion costs. These have contributed to
the uncertainty regarding future de-
mands. The situation is decidedly
spotty, large concerns in the automo-
bile industry, for example, in some in
stances report production equal to or in
excess of the corresponding period last
year, while other equally large lro-
ducers report curtailmeht of 40 per
cent.
Unemployment continues as strong
deterrent factor, says the bank, and re-
ports indicate that savings accounts are
being withdrawn from banks by those
cut Of employment or working on short
hours. Buying is freer in the cities
than in the rural districts.
Reviewing various Industries, the
bank asserts that caution is marked in
manufacturers operations. Improve
ment in building has stimulated call
tor building materials; brick plants,
however, are closed down or working
at small percentage of capacity. Road
building has helped the cement in
dustry. Production of farm imple-
ments has been curtailed and stocks
in the hands of manufacturers are
relatively large. Iron and steel mills
are operating at large reduction from
full capacity and untitled orders tend
to decline. The furniture business is
quiet, although some manufacturers
are operating go per cent.
Unemployment grew larger in March.
Nine hundred and twenty-nine firms in
about thirty-five different industries
reported an average reduction of 1873
per cent in the number Of employed ON
April /, compared to the same date q
year ago, decrease jNpsy roll Of s7.4
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Steel Merger Plans
Reported Progressing

PITTSBURGH, April 30.-Pittsburgh
financiers heard to-day that much
progress has been made in Youngs-
town toward a merger Of the Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube, Trumbull Steel
and Brier Hill Steel companies. Such
a combination has been under consid-
Grafton for years, but recent reduc-
tions in steel prices brought home
to the independents the great need of
owning Joint ore, coal and coke
plants and reducing overhead costs if
the United States Steel Corporation
and other larger concerns were not to
receive the bulk Of the business and
profits Of the industry.
In the Youngstown area working
forces have been kept intact by work
ing different crews every third week.
None of the steel companies mentioned
has borrowed funds recently, but in
one instance. that of the Youngstown
Sheet and Tube. some $5,0000OO Liberty
bonds held in the treasury were sold.
This past week Trumbull Steel stock
has advanced from 20 to 23s Brier
Hill Steel from 1914 to 22A and
Youngstown Sheet and Tube from 5s
to 59h.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Sheet & Tube Nets Small
Surplus for Quarter
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

PITTSBURGH. April 30.-During the
first quarter the Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Company earned its dividend re-
quirements of SITE on preferred and
81 per share on the SOC, 900 ,non-par
value common shares outstanding,
made the customary charge for depre~i
citation mine exhaustion and the like.
and added small sum to surplus,
states an official
The earnings, however, were largely
on carryover business from 1920. and
were earned during the first part Of
the quarter, as March showed .oss.
The company is in comfortable cash
position owing to liquidation of bilis
receivable.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Intensive Methods Increase
Sales in Spite Of Depression
National Cash Register Statesmen Demonstrate
Business Is To BE Had if Gone After in the
Right Way; Results So Far Encouraging

highly efficient sales force. It's train
ing school for salesmen and it's super
rewards for super salesmanship have
been subjects for many treatises.
In the last few months this training
of statesmen, not only of new men but
of the old statesmen who have been
with the company for years, has been
pursued relentlessly. One day week
is devoted to school," and the average
college student has an easy time COM
pared to the N. C. R. salesman with his
lessons" The salesmen are driven
hard, and no idea for increasing sales,
no argument that may have any effect
upon the prospective customer, is al
lowed to pass by. Ideas are drummed
into the heads of the statesmen per-
sistently and relentlessly. This in
tensive training, according to Mr.. Sny-
der, will continue for another month
or longer, if necessary.
More Closely Worked
AS an example of the greater in
tensity in working the sales districts
the New York and Bronx district, for
merly divided into fourteen territories
with salesman and assistants working
in each, has been redivided into twenty
territories and additional statesmen put
on to take care of them.
Self-analysis also has aided the com.
pany in devising new policies that have
led to increased business. For year
the company has been analyzing busi-
nesses of all kinds to determine the
type of cash register best suited to
its purpose. Contrary to first i'm
pressions, the company does not depend
entirely upon the retail trade for its
customers. With this knowledge OF
various kinds of businesses and bust
cess methods, it has been able to ap-
ny many tests to its own business.
Service is the keynote Of any busi-
ness" continued Mr.. Snyder, "and
when we analyze prospects business
we try to find out how we can improve
his service to his customers. We have
done the same thing to ourselves, and
have found many spots in which our
service needed improvement"
One favorable outside influence that
has aided the company in its sales is
the policy of businesses to stop losses,
leaks and other forms of waste which
crept in during the boom period. The
cash register is designed primarily for
this purpose, and the stoppage of waste
has been one Of the strongest selling
arguments the company has put up to
It's customers.
The price Of the company's product
has not been reduced since the depres
sion began. In justice to the company,
however, it is stated that it's prices
were advanced only slightly over those
obtaining in pre-war days. The high
est increase on any one machine, it is
said. amounted to but Is per cent.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Government Insurance for Exporters
Urged to lid Trade With Europe NosU

the Federal government
against European countries
expcrtaon " gooos
meeting here to-day OF nanc
and the Federal
Banking Corporation.
would protect for three
McFadden head large cotton
themselves against insolvency of The
by the during the
suran
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
'Marmon Co. Cuts Price

The Nordyke g. Marmon Company, of
Indianapolis, announced yesterday re-
duction in the price of its six-cylinder
Marmon car from $4,000 to S3,9S5. The
new price becomes effective tomorrow.
+. E. Moskovics, vice-president of the
company, commenting on the price cut,
said: I'VE believe that the spirit of
our reduction is in keeping with the
demands of the American public and in
accord with the spirit of the times.
We do not believe that any company
can sit tight on Its inventories which
were purchased during the period Of
high prices and assist in starting the
prosperity Of this country
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

PHILADELPHIA, April 80. = Tia
local Federal Reserve Banks net cara :
ing's for 1920 were equal to III per
cent of its average capital for the year,
the banks report for 1920, issued TO-
day, says. The net earnings are giyeN
as $9,065,116. The figures compare VITA
80 per cent in 1919 and As per cent ~
1918.
The average daily earning assets or
the bank last year were S233, ,sS7 ,ovos
against $2ls. .08S.000 in 19Iss and this lnt
crease, together with the higher rate
of return on bills rediscounted md buy
purchased. accounted for the jump Nv
the net earnings.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

sas from the jurisdiction of the sov-
ereign state Legislature Of Oklahors !,
AS a matter Of fact, however. had !.
fair share of luck been with Frs,e
Trumbull and his manager the Ksi~
might have been rehabilitated witbo,,.
a receivership, nothwifhstandiny 4
topheavy financial structure and ms
threadbare physical condition. Tss
situation created by the war made tbs
Katy's position. with SO many Of -, Il,
securities held abroad, an imposs;bis
one.
Frank Trumbull's hope when he a..
cepted the management of the road was
that he might work out the salyat;or
Of the property without its coins
through the bankruptcy court. Failins
in this, however, he and the bankine
interests with which he was workins
determined upon a thorough, drast:s
reorganization in which everybody can
cerned would be called upon to face tbe
facts of the case, write off their losscs
then and there and each ACCEPT tbs
burdens and assets that were left. ON
the basis of the actual value of ths
particular property securing their spe-
cifc holdings.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Uniformity Lacking

Similar statements were made by
other department store officials, so it
may be accepted as fairly accurate of
average conditions. Uniformity, how
ever, is lacking either in the sales re-
ported by individual departments with
in store, or by the stores themselves.
For instance, one store is going ahead
of last year in its shoe department,
while another is falling behind. Varia-
tions between departments also are
marked. In the main, however, the de-
partments that have shown good in
crease in the volume of merchandise
sold are the silk, cotton and wooden
goods by the yard, women's apparel, in
general. millinery and shoes. The
mems departments do not show up so
we'll, and business in floor coverings,
except during recent sales when prices
were reduced sharply, house furnish
ings and furniture. has been compara-
lively dull. The absence of adequate
housing, the merchants believe, has cut
down the demand for furniture and
floor coverings.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

per cent and an average reduction In
pay per man of 5.5 per cent.
Wholesale trade is still hesitant, ac-
cording to the bank, sales ranging from
25 to 35 per cent under those of a year
ago. The majority of dry goods, shoe
and grocery wholesalers expect prices
to decline still further. Clothing deal
ers, however, think that prices in their
line are stabilized.
Retail trade continues to improve,
although net sales in March were az
per cent under those of March, 1920. an
Improvement Of 2 per cent over the
February comparison. The first three
months of the year showed a decline
in sales of 81 per cent compared to the
same period q year ago.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

By Merryle Stanley Rukeyser
NM yHERE men Of the market
w place rub shoulders, art is
usually forced into the
background. Yet in the matching Of
ideas and sentiment at Atlantic City
last week by ambassadors Of the
workshop and the counting room,
unusual attention was given to form.
The program Of the ninth annual
convention Of the Chamber Of Com
naerce of the United States was
built along the lines of a symphony.
The main theme was announced in
tho first session and required with
variations in the subsequent meetings.
Tn the public interest, more business
methods in government, less govern
ment mAagenment of business" was
the thought which pervaSed three days
Of addresses and conferences. This
slogan of business tied together ana
gave Conference TO scores of express
sions of opinion on every topic rele-
want to the present state Of the world
Of give and take.
The opening meeting of the Chamber
corresponded roughly to the first
movement of symphony, which, of
course, is essentially combination of
three or four shorter pieces strung to-
gether to make q long one. The second
days sessions on Thursday could be
regarded as the second movement, and
Fridays meetings, the third movement
and the triumphant or tragic finale,
according to the viewpoint of the OBJ
server. The main theme-that of a
businesslike, but ENTHUSIASTICALLY in
cllned government--was developed by
the collective composers who partici-
pated in the discussions through all
the varied talks on taxation, the tariff.
relations between employers and en-
ployee, foreign trade, education, and
Americanization.
Although on paper resembling a
well-recognized art-form the conven-
tion was hardly artistic. The shirt
sleeve orations, with a few notable ex-
ccptionS, lacked the free sweep which
one associates with art, especially
music, the most liberated OF the arts.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

In many cases this has been done.
One merchant has succeeded in bring
ing up the average annual turn-0v in
his mems shoe department to the rate
Of three year, whereas his former
average was around II. This was done
by concentrating on selling shoes and
trimming down his stock through the
elimination of slow selling models. In
other departments the wide range of
sizes, patterns, styles, ETC., has been
considerably contracted. A we'll known
Fifth Avenue store carries less than
half the price range in millinery that
it did year ago
Some sales have been lost, the mer-
chants admit, through the inability of
the store to satisfy customer in her
demand for particular color, style or
size. except where size is essential to
fit, but in the majority of cases the
customers desire can be shifted to the
next closest size, style or color.
For one thing the stores are getting
along with smaller stats than they did
in the boom times. Wages have not
been cut directly, except in isolated
instances, but where old employees
have quit, new help has been engaged
sales person is being pushed to pro-
duce more sales daily, and gradual
improvement in this direction is no.
ticed. This, together with the smaller
stats, has cut down selling expense to
some extent.
In the non-selling end of the busi-
ness similar revisions have been made,
and in the main smaller stats are
taking care of the work just as eff
GENTLY as did the large STATS in boom
times. One prominent New York de-
partment store recently dispensed with
its floor men, or section managers
placing their duties on the shoulders OF
assistant buyers and salespeople. The
experiment is being watched by other
stores with a great deal of interest
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
N ETAIL business in New York,
IN particularly as it affects the

ID EIAlL business IN New York,
IN particularly as it affects the
large department. stores,
presents a greater variety of COM
plexities for the merchant now than
it did during the greater part of last
year when prices were descending
sharply and swiftly.
The price question is the least of the
retailers troubles at present. Prices,
they feel, are fairly we'll stabilized for
the immediate future. but the failure
of general business conditions to reach
stable level has thrown so many new
lights onto the situation that retailing
has become difficult task, surrounded
with great number of hazards and
endless detail that are causing the ex-
ecutiyes Of the big stores to apply
themselves more closely to their jobs
than ever before.
The outstanding feature of the retail
trade at present is the extreme caution
with which the merchants are conduct
ing their merchandising operations. AS
far as possible present purchases are
being made to fit current sales. Ae-
cordlng TO ngures submitted to the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, re-
tail stocks average close to 25 per cent
less than q year ago. In anticipation
of the usual seasonal activity fostered
by the advent of spring, retailers in
creased their stocks during March only
slightly more than 8 per cent over
those they held in February.
During March net sales, in money
value, were close to 6 per cent under
those of year ago.
"It would be difficult to figure out
the units Of merchandise sold, as COM
pared to- last year." said an executive
of department store, "but, accepting
the banks figures that money value of
sales is 81 per cent of that of year
ago, and bearing in mind that prices,
OH an average, are one-third less than
last year, we arrive at the conclusion
that we are selling approximately 25
per cent more merchandise than we did
in the same neriod in 1920r