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Evening star., 1921-03-24

The habitual economies of the
Chinese are so rigid as to give assur-
subscribed for famine relief will be
wasted. 1t is a case in which the
phrase Every little bit helps" can be
taken in absolute seriousness.
Evening star., 1921-03-24

At the present moment OF financial
problems and human responsibility,
the president Of the road must be re.
garded as having the hardest job in
the railway business.
Evening star., 1921-03-24

The University Of Pennsylvania ex-
pected to make a college professor
of Gen. Wood. This will be regarded
by many students of affairs as keeping
him in line for the presidency.
Evening star., 1921-03-24

If all the predictions of political per-
plexity in Germany come true Pres.
tdent Ebert will have difficulty in
avoiding resemblance to an innocent
bystander.
Evening star., 1921-03-24

In order to show that he is not OBJ
stinately unreasonable, Lenin mani
tests willingness to abandon his
theory that soviet Russia can do
business without money.
Evening star., 1921-03-24

Washington's avenues and parks
are putting on the gala array that
befits great center Of world diplo-
macy.
Evening star., 1921-03-24

There are Polish statesmen who
will not be patriotically content until
Poland has succeeded in annexing
Russia.
Evening star., 1921-03-24

An anti-tobacco drive is planned.
All those who sent cigarettes to the
soldiers in France may yet feel them.
selves called upon to apologize.
Evening star., 1921-03-24

A number Of eminent Europeans
continue to devote their study to
means of borrowing money instead Of
arrangements for meeting notes.
Evening star., 1921-03-24
Significant Bfevlties.

II suppose you are prepared to de-
liver some great speeches.
mot long Ones" replied Senator
Sorghum. "One word may decide the
future Of a man in my position
Everything depends on whether you
know just when to say Aye and
when to say NO"
Evening star., 1921-03-24

The prohibition commissioner would
be justified in wondering, at times,
whether the salary Of the Office COM
pensates the hard work.
Evening star., 1921-03-24

japan has averted a great deal Of
trouble in the past by not going into
anything like the number of wars
that were predicted for her.
Evening star., 1921-03-24

The weather man is now hopefully
depended on for a proper preparatory
mood of joyousness for Easter.
Evening star., 1921-03-24
A Theoretical Economist.

Ibid you ever save any money!"
asked Meandering Mike.
"often.' replied Flooding Pete.
Every tme stole . ride On Q freight
train ! saved q whole lot Of fare"
Evening star., 1921-03-24

Upper Silesia has stepped into
prominence as great diplomatic
battle-ground.
Evening star., 1921-03-24
.Iud Tunkins says q. man may show
Industry.

Our efforts we'll redouble
For the glory Of our land
You needn't borrow trouble
II you'll only lend q hand!
Evening star., 1921-03-24
Conservation of Energy.

Hiram said Mrs. Corntossel,
"I'm afraid the ballot for women is
not working out in this settlement the
way it ought to-"
why not?"
We'll, q lot Of US feel that it 'ud
be less trouble to send some OF the
men folks to town to do the votin'
along with the rest Of the errands."
Jud Tunkins says a man may show
wisdom by declining to take all kinds
Of advice, but never by refusing to
listen to it.
Evening star., 1921-03-24

Beading, embroi d cry
and touches of real Filet
and Venise lace adorn
many; others gain dis
tinction through their
trim-htting tailored cuffs
and collars.
Evening star., 1921-03-24

That is their charm
they depict what is new.
slightly modified to give
slcnderizing and pleas
ingly effective lines.
Evening star., 1921-03-24

Spring colors, such as
Honeydew, P orc lain,
Neptune, Rust. Bisque,
Jade, Flesh, White, Gray.
Navy and Black. Sizes 36
to 46.
: >(women's blouse shop, third noor.)
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06

A part of an old hotel-the bar
room and poolroom-at Borden
town. n. J.. has been rented to the
board of education to provide room
for all the pupils OF the city to be
in school on full time.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
PIG IRON TRADES.
STEADILY GROWING
In MOST DISTRICTS
Holders Liquidate in An
ticipatiOn of Lower
Costs.

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 5.-In the
majority of districts the position of
pig iron has improved in the past
fortnight. with distinctly higher
prices being asked and slightly
higher prices being obtained on
such sales as have been made.
The change occurs more by way
OF stocks being depleted than by
way Of actual consumption in
creasing, though there is no doubt
that there has been a little in
erase in consumption in the past
thirty days. The principle under
lying the pig iron market seemed
to be that holders Of stocks wished
to liuuidate, irrespective of orig
inal cost of making the pig iron,
m anticipation Of the lower costs
that would rule when freight rates
governing the cost of assembling
ore, coke, and limestone should be
reduced.
With the delay in the freight
rate reduction. which may possibly
not occur even by next December.
the liquidation of stocks has been
more rapid than necessary ana
consumptive requirements VIII
force the resumption of some
blast furnaces As pig iron cannot
be made. with today's freights. at
nrices recently ruling, the natural
tendency is for the market to re-
cover. While this analysis would
not amply to all districts II does
appIv in a number of cases.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
Germans Preach
And Practice Work Gospel

FRANKFoRT-ON- Sept. s.
-Sermans about work are being de-
lIyered in both of1cial and unoficial
places, and 1t is being driven into
the brains of the German people
that only productive labor can save
the Fatherland from ruin and free
It from the unhappy condition into
which 1t has come through the
events OF the last few years.
Nevertheless. the unemployment
problem remains serious. More
over. in addition to the unemployed.
there are numbers employed both
ty the government and by private
concerns whose labor is redundant.
All departments of the government,
including the railways and the
postal service. are oversupplied with
oficials. The introduction of the
eixht-hour day and the tendency of
salaries TO increase are also matters
Of no little consequence.
This condition will lead to GER
tain ruin unless there is very soon
an entire reorganization. The as
ISOLATION of German engineers has
worked out a program OF recon-
struction along the following lines:
1. The more economical use OF
raw materials.
.. The use of domestic raw ma
terials so far as practicable. and
the sparinE use of imported goods.
J. The extension of the principles
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
Fordney Tariff
Would Deplete
Ties and Poles

Notwithstanding the continued
depletion of wood products in the
United States, and the extreme
shortage of railroad ties, telephone
poles and posts. it is proposed to
place the same restriction on these
commodities entering the country
as were applied in the days of the
Payne -Aldrich tariff when our tim
Der supply was in many cases in
excess of the demand.
Assuming that the 10 per cent ad
valorem duty proposed on railroad
ties is not affected by the American
valuation plan, the increase in the
cost of operations to the RAILROADS
will approach sl5.O00,000 a year il
the Fordney duty is passed. Rail-
road companies are now importina
the greater number Of their tiea
from foreign countries. In 1900 the
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Sault Ste
Marie Railroad was shipping ap-
proximately 10000 ties monthly off
of it's railroad. whereas in 1920 this
carrier was importing on to it's rail-
road about 10000 ties a month. The
Pennsylvania Railroad is forced to
go to South America and other
countries for its ties.
The exploitation of foreign fields
is being practiced by all of the large
American railroads. due to the de-
pletion of timber in this country,
and every provision. such as this
proposed tariff upon wood products.
which tends to increase the cost of
operation of the railroads. only
serves to obstruCt the efforts now
being made to readjust operating
costs and freight charges to a
normal basis.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
GAS BLAST WRECKS
BUILDING; KILLS :

DETROIT. Sept. 5.-Three men
were killed here today when a three
story brick building on Mullet street
was wrecked by gas explosion.
Windows for blocks were shattered.
Five men were arrested. one of
whom conducted a grocery store in
the building. Police claim the build
ing was blown up in order to collect
insurance.
The dead were all asleep n upstairs
rooms.
A gas meter in the cellar had been
disconnected and the pipe leading
from the main to the cellar stopped
UP with a plug.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
~ ono W6ETzelE ezNfERY- fHE
lNouSrnles o. rHE SMALL NIeaIoe
TOWNS sUocyY a LARGE eAer oe
Qua poaEl6A TRACE

As result Of the war, this coun-
tEy has been forced into many new
Industrial and financial activities
that reach out into every foreign
country, activities which affect the
welfare of the smaller communities
nearly as much as they do those
of the larger cities. Manufacturers
in small towns throughout the
United States have become interest
ed in the possibilities of foreign
markets, and they naturally are
looking to their local banks to ad-
wise them regarding their foreign
trade problems both actual and po-
tential. We believe that the time
has come for the interior bank to
realize that the biggest thing it
has to sell is service, and that one
of its greatest opportunities is to
aid in the development of American
foreign trade.
We have learned by recent ex-
perience that the factories of Amer
iea are today so huge and their out
put at full capacity is so great that
the domestic market cannot regu-
larly absorb it. 1t is only by a
constant flow of overseas trade that
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
Local Investors
Absorb Bonds OF
Western States

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Sept. s.
Bond houses of the interior have been
particularly fortunate in their busi-
ness during the summer. In some in
stances where large issues Of county
bonds issued to make special improve
ments. mostly just now the building
Of hard surface roads, the entire is
sues have been sold before the origi-
nal purchasers have been compelled to
pay for the securities. thus netting a
profit with particularly no investment
Statesmen are finding a market for
municipals among the people of the
little towns, as we'll as in the cities,
the desire to avoid taxes impeliing
such investments. Local taxes have
risen materially all through the West;
States have spent more and cities
have gone in for Improvements rapid
ly. Scarcely a bond election fails to
carry these times and it all adds to
the food Of securities placed on the
market
The collapse of score of promo
tions that muIcted investors OF saw
ings, in exchange for stocks that
promised huge dividends. has made
the farmer. who was the victim in
most instances wary. and it will be
some time before he will invest in
speculative stocks. Such investments
as he makes are now in sound bonds
and preferred stocks and to that en-
tent he is. when he can lay aside any,
thing. the winner. At any rate the
clientele of the bond salesman has
materially increased and seems likely
to remain well established
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
Thrift of French
Shown in Buying
Of Bond Issues

NEW YORK. Sept. 5.-Traditional
thrift and inclination to save with
a view to investment are reassertinC
themselves in France, according to
statistics published by the National
Association of French Security
Holders. The most important our
let for French national savings is
the treasury. Then come the indus
trial issues. railroads, and city and
colonial loans
Advices received by the Bankers
Trust Company, of New York. from
its French Information service. fndi-
cate that including the $500. 600, ,oeO
francs in bonds redeemable in two
years issued in June. the amount
of public savings absorbed by the
treasury during the first six months
OF 1921 reached a total of at least
$4,000. 600, 900 francs.
In 1920 the treasury issued $1,000
100000 OF francs worth Of stocks
bonds and certificates
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
BUSINESS BEGINS TO SHOW
IMPROVEMENT, in GENERAL
Some Lines Quite Active, While Others as Yet
Fail to Respond.

BOSTON, Sept. 5.-The question
that is uppermost here is: How
shall we come through the winter:
From all reports one gathers that
the charitable organizations look
for a very strenuous period. What
ever else our decreased exports
may mean. they certainly indicate
a sharp falling off in the activity
of producing agencies in this coun-
try. And we have no means of
knowing how much more this ac-
tivity will decrease.
On the. face OF reports of an in
crease in this, that. and the other
industry, our cities and towns con-
tinue to have a very dull appear
ance. While city streets have per-
haps never been more crowded
with automobiles. ordinary drays
and trucks are about as scarce as
they were in the long years fol-
lowing 1898 Some significance
may be attached. however, TO the
fact that one sees. both in the
cities and on the country highways,
goodly number of big. Iong-dis-
tance vehicles, which are obviously
cutting into railroad earnings.
Trade Reports Vary.
For every pro which ono hears
regarding the situation there is a
con. In one of our great indus
tries, for example, one will hear
that business is good in one town
and bad in another. In this place
a manufacturer will say that his
sales are well up towards normal; /;
in that place a man in the same
line will say that after chasing
around all day he sold six cases
OF goods. only to find on getting
back to his office that five had
been cancelled.
When a bank official was asked
by an intimate friend this week
what his customers were talking
about his answer was. The rotten
condition of business" OF course
a colloquialism of this nature must
not be interpreted too literally. but
in this case it may be construed
as indicating that our captains of
industry do not yet see signs of a
vital Improvement in the situation.
Textiles show Wen.
The most cheerful signs are, per-
haps. in the cotton textile situa-
ton In one of our largest cotton
textile cities there have lately been
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06

we can run full time all the time.
To do less than that means homes
in America in which the breadwin-
ner is out of work.
Increased orders from foreign
countries tend to change the sea-
sonal demands to year round de-
mands. The manufacturer who has
a market for his goods in South
America, for instance. possesses a
great advantage. because the sea-
sons there are exactly the reverse
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06
WESTERN BUSINESS
BETTER AS CROPS
MOVE TO MARKET
Half of Win ter Wheat
Reported Already
Shipped.
ABOUT 500 is SOLD
Producers Disappointed at
Prices and Draw on
.s Banks.

KANSAS CITY. Mo- Sept 6--wTth
the records Indicating that % per
cent Of the wheat crop Of the Middle
West has moved 20 market com
pared with IS pr cent q year ago.
the increased buying power OF the
producer IL evidently responsfbls for
the continuance Of a fair measure of
trade Retail stores are hayfnE .
business that. while by no means
yet normal for this season stfll ~
far better than two months aEo- and
the prospects seem 20 indicate that
we shall see earlier autumn activity
than usual.
The average producer fE- or eourss.
somewhat disappointed and be has
little prospect for profits out OF this
years crops. but he seems able to
maintain his usual coUrse and his
credit remains substantial The
banks are finding u strOnE demand
for loans In somewhat lHrrer units
than usual. as debts are funded and
the customers are trying 20 Eef chs sir
affairs in tangible coudftiSn- n
must be renembered thai the FRO
dUcinR country must live oEt of the
income now in sight until the neKtI
harvest is gathered
The corn crop s smaller chsn
usual and cattle and hogs are bring
ing low prices So there must Be
some conservation Of resources to
meet current expenses Because cf
this IL may b that autumn trade
will be cautious and the Ep~udinE
OF money will be restricted 20 the
most nsedfuI commodities Ger
tainly there in little favorable out
look for sale Of Iururies in the farm
country. Trade is combining itself 10
necessities, and in this direction is
going ahead with a Frightening out
look. Unemployment has not yet
affected the West seriously. but the
demand for help is likely 90 grow
less as winter approaches.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06

of. our own. And so, because the
markets of all the world are great
er and steadier than the markets of
any one country, the American man
ufacturer and merchant must cult
vate the foreign field. and the in
terror bank, in cooperation with
the international bank, must be pre-
pared to offer facilities necessary
for the prompt and efficient han
ding OF foreign trade transactions.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06

of scientific management
4. The education of the workers
to think in terms of national
economy.
Last year the government ap-
pointed a new official to investi gate
the possibilities along these various
lines, but SO far there has been very
little heard about the progress of
his work. For work of TINS sort a
man is needed who does not scorn
theories and new ideas, but who is
also practical and energetic. All
Germany now hopes that it has OBJ
tained such a man in Herr Walter
Rathenau. II he finally succeeds in
his negotiations with France, a vast
Improvement in labor conditions
may be expected.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06

To raise the standards of dancing
and to protect the teaching of the
art. the International Association o,
Masters of Dancing propose that a
national college for dancing teacher.
be established.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-06

larger sales of cloth, and where a
few weeks ago there was a feeling
of uncertainty regarding the win
ter. here is now a confidence that
mills will run until spring without
at least further curtailments. For
certain lines of cotton goods. nota-
bly, those in which the consuming
public has been rigidly economiz-
ing for several years past, there is
now a really strong demand. AS
one manufacturer said this week:
1T takes good deal of industrial
activity to provide for 100000. 900
persons"
Still. the fact remains that the
cotton textile machinery in the
United States Ia very considera BILE
portion of which is in New Eng
land) is much in excess of our do
mestic needs. Heavy exports of
cotton goods are necessary to keep
the mills running at anything like
full capacity, and at the moment
exports are very email. Our foreign
customers are all poor. with no inn
mediate prospect of becoming rich
er. Furthermore. our textile man.
ufactu-ers fear that though foreign
spinners and weavers are at pres
ent in poor shape, their need Of
business is such that we sholl find
them keener competitors from now
on foregn markets than we have
found them in the past.
Liquidation of Wool stocks.
The wool textile situation is not
considered as bright as the cotton
goods situation. The figures re-
garding current sales in the primary
markets are accepted with some
reservation. 1t is said on good au-
thority. however. that considerable
progress has been made in liquidat.
ing stocks of raw wool. How
ever" SAID 1 student OF the situA-
tion, 1T may take three years to
complete the process" in that
case" said a manufacturer, stand
ing by. there will be three new
clips.
A part of an old hotel--the bar
The Dolores star., 1921-03-11
HAD REPUTATION TO SUSTAIN
Farmer Had No Idea Of Allowin
Hired Man to Beat Him in
Gathering Corn.

A Sullivan county farmer hired
man to help him gather his corn las
senson. Now, the farmer had rep1
tntiOn for being an efficient worked
but the hired man was not daunted %
1t. They started out side by side. thi
hired man being advised by the farm
er to keep as close to him as he coulQ
with the row he was gathering.
But 10! the new worker after Few
minutes of keeping up with the farm
er, passed him and soon was several
feet ahead. Franticnlly the farlnei
pulled the ears from the stalks bu'
the new man still kept gaining. liner
all ut once he heard the farmer shout
"Stop," he yelled. stop, If you wan
to work for me. ] never yet lei an.
man who worked for me get aheat
Of me-"
The Dolores star., 1921-03-11
Our Supreme Task.

WI S1p' Ss"S AoNs
Our supreme task is the resumption
of our onward, normal way. Recon-
struction, readjustment, restoration
all these must follow. I would like to
hasten them, to tighten the spirit and
add to the resolution with which we
take up the task. Let me repeat for
our nation, we shall give no people
just cause to make war upon US, we
hold no national prejudices, we enter
tain no spirit Of revenge, we do not
hate, we do not covet. we dream Of
no conquest nor boast of armed
prowess.
If, despite this attitude, war is again
forced upon us, earnestly hope way
may be found which will unity our In
dividual and collective strength and
consecrnte all America. materially and
spiritually, body and soul, to national
The Dolores star., 1921-03-11
SALIENT POINTS IN
THE INAUGURAL

The recorded progre.. of our
republic, materially and spirit
uaily, in itself proves the wis.,
dom of the inherited policy on
non.involvement in old world
Affairs 80. We do not mean
to be entansled. We will accept
no responsibility except as our
own conscience and judgment,
in each instance, may deter
mine.
We want to do our part in
making offensive warfare so
hateful that governments and
peoples who resort to it must
prove the righteousness of their
cause or stand as outlaw, be-
fore the bar of civilization.
We arc ready to a.soeiate
ourselves with the nation, of
the world, great and small, for
conference, for counsel.
If war is again forced upon
U.s. ! earnestly hope . way may
be found which will unity our
individual and collective
strength and eonseer.te all
America, materially and spirit
ually, body and soul, to nation
al defense.
We can reduce the abnormal
expenditure, and we will. We
can strike at war taxation, and
We must.