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Marshal Joffre
Going to Japan

PARIS, Aug 2O.-MarShal Joffre.
commander Of the French armies in
hi first battle OF the Marine viii leave
on a mission TO Japan on September
2 Reports were current a few days
ago that no would visit the United
States upon his return from the Far
East.
-Tribune Classified Ads-
, 1921-08-20
RaiIfvay Clerks
Headquarters In
Cheyenne Again

CHEYENNE. Wye. Aug. 3e,-Chey-
enne has been restored to h stand.
Ing as a headquarters for railway
postal clerks which IL enjoyed prior
to four years ago. when n portion of
the force OF clerks with headquarters
-sre were transferred to Green Iti,.r.
Wye. and Pocatelio. Idaho. ri.Irr
the restoration order 30 clerks will be
added to h number with hcadquir-
tiers here The change. It is estimated.
viii save the postcffice department
Q 100000 a ear and greatly ex-
pedi;c the handling OF mails for Pa
cinc coast points.
, 1921-08-20
CHEYENNE UNDECIDED
ON MUNICIPAL CHOICE

CHEYENNE. Wye. Aug. 2o.-with
its municipal primary election only az
, 1921-08-20
BATTLE IN HILLS IS
STOPPED BY SHERIFF

What might have been a d disastrous
hsht between Bob smith and a Greek
swing the name or George Paderis.
failed 10 m~atcriailze late last night
when Sheriff Nfassc arrived on the
scene uaannounced.
The plans for the fight were quick
~ arrived at in front OF the Man
haitian a when h W got into an
argument concerning automobiles.
Not wishing to have tho embarrass.
of settling the dispute In the
limelght they set out for n road
house some three or four milcs from
the city on the Aicova road.
Nearly 20 carloads OF fans had mr.
to take in the c when Sher-
, 1921-08-20
AID
GIVEN RUSSIA
CONTINUED from Rage IL

government Dispatches from Russia
last June statea that negotiations for
the establishment OF a company to
take over the administrative powers OF
he port OF P~etrograd. were going ON
and that a number OF London bank
ers were interested In h project.
At thRt time It wss said hat the
company would take over control OF all,
factories and workshops In .Petrograd
and that h British might extend.
their operations to other Russian
ports
, 1921-08-20

III Atasscc. accompanied by other Of
hcials. arrived just in time to avoid
trouble.
II Is said that there was enough
fire water ~iistols and hatred to
produce a death dealing anal
, 1921-08-20

month in the future. Cheyenne stH
is very much up in the air regard
ing candidates for the mayOralty and
the two associated city commissioner
ships. Therefore a group OF bust
ness men and ex serviee men has is
a call for a maSs-mceiing next
Thursday night at which candidates
or The three OFFICES win b discusEoi.
, 1921-08-20

Charges hat the mass meeting 20 Is
representative OF An effort to impose
n cut and dried" ticket on the cleo
The New York herald., 1921-08-15
Outlook for steel Trades.

But the factors applying to steel
certainly contain fewer elements work.
ing for a shrinking demand than was
the case a month ago and such fnfor-
nation as Brddstreets report OF 32.5
per cent gain in new building permits
In July over the corresponding month
last year and AZ per cent advance
over June at lat cities forecasts larger
buying OF steel for at least one import
ant purpose, the construction of new
factories. warehouses and dwellings.
The stock market last week demon
strated again the lack OF public buying
power. which was so potent In the re-
action OF the week before. But there
was some reason why buyers should be
cautious and why spectators for the
fall of values should be bold. The ex-
PLANTATION for per cent. call moneys
fortnight ago It was 3I5 per cent.-was
not clear in known bank movements and
heartened the bears. 1t would seem, In
the light of the figures of the consoli-
dated banks, that a reason for rather
tight money at New York was the effort
by interior banks to pay off loans at
Reserve banks. which they did In part.
by drawing down Eastern balances. The
trend OF money rates is plain enough,
although there is likely to be an ir-
regular front to the course of rates.
Another factor tending TO unsettle
speculation in stocks was the much dis
cussed situation OF the Mercantile Bank
OF the Americas. an institution whose
assets had been locked up by the great
decline OF world trade in the last
eighteen months. Happily. the banking
group interested In this bank arranged
for the complete safeguarding of the
banks commitments. a weight which
had been hanging over the market
was removed.
The New York herald., 1921-08-15
LONDON SECURITIES
FURTHER DEPRESSED
Even Gilt Edge Issues Yield
on Light Stock Exchange
Demand.
BREWERIES ARE STRONG
Industrials Stagnant, With
American Issues Flus.
tuating.
BREWERIES ARE STRONG

Special Cable to THE New York HERALD
Copyright, 1891, bv THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London, Aug. IL.
With half OF Great Britain taking>a a
holiday last week was another duh
period in the London stock market as
well as In business here generally. Even
gilt edged securities which hitherto
have withstood depressing tendencies
fell off slightly in the face Of the light
demand and also were influenced by
the unfavorable Government finance
position. as revealed last week in the
low subscriptions for Treasury bonds.
Here American issues fiuctuated Just
as wildly as they did on the American
exchange. Especially was this true OF
Canadian Pacific issues. Japanese loans
were quoted in dollars and were sub
ject to the same influence.
The most important feature next weel,
will be the Standardization of the
British railroads. Although the Scot
tish group Is not influenced prices on
other home rail shares are beginning
to show stimulus. They are generally
considered good buy at present values.
OH the belief that the new regulation
scheme will permit rates which will
assure war time scale Of profits and
remoteness of any labor troubles on the
lines. The present price basis of Brit
ish rails Is on their yielding from 10%
to IL per cent.
Stagnant conditions generally pre-
vailed In the Industrial markets. Ameri-
can Tobacco stocks showed weakness
under American sales.
The breweries showed strength, with
Guinness leading on an annual report of
rs per cent. dividend free from income
tax.
The cut in the price of oil in the United
States was reflected in dullness in the
oil share market here, although the
Shell had a furry on the strength of a
report that this Anglo-Dutch company
had discovered new field in Cali
fornia.
The New York herald., 1921-08-15
FINANCIAL NEWS
AND COMMENT
Retail Purchases Increase,
Adding to Signs Of Business
Improvement.
LOANS STILL GET FEWER
Public's Lack Of Buying Power
Demonstrated Again in
Stock Market.
LOANS STILL GET FEWER

At the threshold OF the autumn period
the country's business contains signs OF
slow but definite Improvement. 1t has
hardly reached the stage where statis-
tics can be used to emphasize general
statements. but comment coming from
several important lines Of trade. In the
West as well as along the Eastern sea-
board, shows that retail purchases of
drygoods. leather goods. building ma
terials and certain other products of
every day use are expanding and whole
salers are finding that stocks have be-
come depleted by gradual absorption
during the last few months of slackened
production.
It Is always risky to put dependence
upon the bank reports OF a single week.
but last weeks Federal Reserve state
ment was remarkable In several par
ticulars. especially in It's broad sugges-
tion that goods are moving in increasing
quantity through domestic channels, re-
sulting in the liquidation OF loans. In
normal years the heaviest demand OF
the agricultural communities upon the
banks begins In the second week OF
August. But this year unusually high
temperatures caused the wheat harvest
to come along at least two weeks earlier
than is ordinarily the case and there
should have been seen before this some
evidences OF an increase of borrowings
and currency issues II there is to be any
in the present season.
The fact of the situation Is that in
stead OF a growth of loans and circula-
tion there has been no check to the
previous consistent contraction Of these
items. Furthermore. in last weeks i'm
provement Of Reserve Bank cash posi-
ton the most extensive gains were re-
corded by banks Of the West and Middle
West
The New York herald., 1921-08-15
Ratio Goes Up in West.

The st. Louis banks ratio of cash
to deposit and note liabilities advanced
from 55.s to 60.5 per cent. the ratio OF
the Chicago institution went from s5.2
to 6s.7 per cent. and that of the bank
at Kansas City from 57.4 to SO per cent.
A product of n fall of deposits. reflect
ing contraction OF loans and an increase
OF reserves. was the payment Of more
than s5.so0,o0o which certain Of the In
terror banks had been borrowing Of
other regional institutions.
The record of July grain shipments.
SURPRISING those OF preceding years for
the same month, indicates very point
edly that the farmer Is turning his
product into cash as rapidly as he can
and the continued Improvement OF
Reserve bank position shows that he Is
paying of his loans to member banks.
A gradually awakening market for
material suggests that the effect of loan
liquidation from this source of demand
for goods hitherto a dead weight on the
market Is being seen In bank statments.
The advance OF wholesale price index
numbers in July, after monthly declines
had been tabulated steadily for moro
than a year. shows that the recession Of
prices and a skimping demand have
finally Joined in making for stability for
the time being.
Business Improvement, however. is not
general. The action Of Industrial stocks
denotes. In fact, that liquidation and re-
adjustment have some distance yet to
go in industries which. either through
excess OF supplies or a fattened foreign
demand, have not gone to the bottom OF
reaction. The steel trade seems to
show that It is rocking in the trough
of depression. prices showing neither a
tendency to go lower nor to advance,
while production maintains nothing
better than the 20 to 35 per cent. Of
capacity reported during last month.
The New York herald., 1921-08-15
wEEK'S RANGE.
BOSTON MFG. STOCKS.

Special Despatch 10 THE NEW YoRK HE,ALD.
BosToN, Aug. 13.-Salcs of manutac-
turing stocks In Boston last week were .
The New York herald., 1921-08-15

WEEK ENDED AUGUST IS. 1921.

1921 1920.
dae................. 105.90S519 1441770851s
The New York herald., 1921-08-15

Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
opyrt0ht, 1921, bv TIE New YoRK HERALD
Evening star., 1921-03-31
ACTION IN BONDS
LACKING IN SNAP

NEW YORK, March 31.-The bond
market today was dull. with very little
feature. Liberty bonds lost part OF
what they had gained earlier in the
week. Belgian Ss were actively traded
in between 973s and 97A. Japanese
ANS were unchanged at SO, and so were
the sterling loan As at 64h. Other for
eign bonds were quoted substantially the
same as yesterday.
The market for corporate bonds was
not Influenced by the expectation OF
easier money conditions or by the pre-
dictions made in various quarters that
another active buying period is soon
to be witnessed, like that Of January.
Although it was well understood
that the poor response to the New
York city bond Offering was due to
the fact that the rate of return on
these bonds had been placed too low
the incident raised a certain amount
o. doubt as to how other new issues
that 1t is planning to bring out in
the near future, will succeed. The
bond market has not yet got over the
extravagances committed in new financ-
ing>two months ago.
Industrial Issues Heavy.
Industrial issues were generally
heavy in sympathy with the action
OF Industrial stocks. Central Leather
5s made a new low for the year at
~. American Smelling SIS. which
have been sagging for some time, got
down another half point to 76N.
Armour 4 Ms were under more or less
pressure down to 79A. American
Telephone convertible 6s. after rally
ing point to 100A. reacted below
par again. Chile Copper 6s were
down nearly a point to 20. Cuban
American SugaE IS were heavily dealt
in between 100h and 1OOZ.
Railway bonds were irregular with
slight declines predominating. Penn
sylvania 6ks were depressed again
level of s6. New York Central Is
for the first time, sold down to par.
New Haven 6s were off to 60, while
the Is of 1856. sold at Al. A good
sized block of Southern Pacific col
lateral As changed hands at 6Sk,
which was slightly better than yes
terday's final.
Evening star., 1921-03-31
Grain, Produce and Live Stock
LOCAL, WHOLESALE MARKET.

LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.
Eggs-strictly fresh. per doz.' "a
southern, 23
Live poultry-Roosters: per le;: b.; = Fl !.
spring, per lb, 50a6o; hens, per h.. 50
keats. young, each. 60a75: ,.,,o,
Dressed poultry Fresh killee
spring chickens, per lb:. S5aou; mems
per h.. IS; ROSTERS. per h., 20; turkeys
per h.. 5Oa58
Pork-Dressed. small. per lb.. 15a16
medium. 1aa14; heavy. 1oa13; live hoes
11A. :,
Live stock-Calves, choice. per ID.
13a14; lambs. choice. per h., 23a25. m,
Green fruits - Apples. per DOL. "'Uea Oe,
! box, 35oa4.50. California lemons. PEI
box, 3.5oa4.5O. California oranges pei
crate, 4.OOa5.00. Florida oranges. PEI
crate. 4:ooa4.75. Grapefruit. per crate
Vegetables-Potatoes, nearby. No. !
per bbl., 1.5oa2.o0; northern. per sack @
i. 6.0oas.oO: No. 3. 2.O0as.0o; yams:, pei
bbl, 350a45O Lettuce, North Carolina
per crate. 1.ooa2.75. Celery, per doz.
Florida celery; sh 10 2'Soay9y ey%sltnss @
per crate, Florida. 4.00a6.oo. Spinach
per bbl. 2.5oa3.OO. Kale. 5oaS per pei
bbl., Peppers, per basket. 4.50a6.5o
Tomatoes, per box, 4.00a6.0 0O. onions,
per sack, 1.25a1.50. Brussels sprop %, o.
per qt, 15a25. Cranberries, 20Oa5 w
Der bbl New cabbage. per crate. 2.o0a
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK, March 31.-The cotton
market opened barely steady at de-
cline of 13 to 16 points, in response 10
lower Liverpool cables and Wall
street, local and southern selling. May
eased off to 1918 and July to 1882
after the call. or about Is to 21 points
lower, but some of the Liverpool ad-
vices were optimistic and trade in
terests were fair buyers on the open
ing decline. Prices rallied a few
points in consequence, with the mar
ket rather irregular and unsettled
during the early trading.
Futures opened barely steady; May
1920; July, 1858; October. 1913; De-
cember, 1885; January. none.
A sharp closing rally in the Eng
lish market failed to promote any
buying of consequence here. and prices
were barely steady around midday
with May selling at 1916 and July al
1874. or about Is to 18 points net
lower.
Evening star., 1921-03-31

based on the possibility of a reduc-
tion. and this bit of the speculative
position was quickly undone TINS
morning when the English bank rate
was reported unchanged. The re-
action in sterling and the other ex-
changes was, howev1-. scarcely
matter of practical Importance.
The fact that call money renewals
were kept at 612 per cent showed
that the slight run-up at last nights S
close was of no consequence what
ever.
In the course Of preparation for the
April l dividend and interest pay
ments quite little shifting around
of loans occurred today.
But where credits were called in
from stool. exchange borrowers they
were casily replaced, and this was
in no way :. factor in the stock mar
ket CT IL Ga=.
Bears Have Advantage.
Traders working on the short side
were able to follow up their advan-
tage of yesterday and bring about a
generally lower opening.
Central Leather stocks responded to
the report that the remaining surplus
shown after the disastrous season of
1920 would be completely wiped out
in the course of absorbing the losses
of the first quarter this year.
Steel shares were under fire on the
Evening star., 1921-03-31

PRICE OF LEAD ADVANCED.
NEW YORK, March 31.-The Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining Company
today advanced the price Of lead from
4.10 to 4.26 -cents- per pound
Evening star., 1921-03-31

idea that they could not possibly &c
up in face Of their first quarters
earning statement. due next month
and that they might be forced down
in the meantime.
Baldwin Locomotive was attacked
| on the ground that II the railway
outlook was uncertain. the outlook
for the equipment companies must
be likewise.
Sugar stocks were weak. not be-
cause Of any developments in their
| trade situation. but simply because
there has been no very decided i'm
provement as yet in the outlook for
the earnings of these companies.
Improvement Follows.
The unsettlement caused by the de-
cline in these and one or two other
parts of the list lasted for the first
parent to bear operators that the
market was not running into any seri-
Gus decline. but was merely having
one of the little downward swings of
a narrow professional speculation.
covering of short contracts set in. BY
tinctly firmer. Motor shares. which
had been among the weakest at the
start, rallied rather more easily than
the average.
Railway shares were dull, but not
weak. They were awaiting with some
White House conference called to con-
slider the railway problem.
Action I'm Rubbers.
The action of United States Rubber
yesterday and again today fitted in
with the latest intimations regarding
the dividend, which are that it is safe
for this quarter at least. Directors
meet to decHe upon the dividend a
week from today.
Fisk Rubber has attracted attention
for the way it has resisted the reac-
ton in other members of the group.
Its comparative steadiness is account
ed for by the improvement in earn
ings. which are reported to have been
very satisfactory since the first of
the year.
American Smelling.
American Smelling preferred, which
had closed yesterday at 71A, broke
down on a few transactions over
points. 1t was not SO much the volume
of selling that counted, as it was the
absence of any desire to buy this
former investment favorite selling as
1T was on better than a 10 per cent
basis. At today's low Smelling pre-
ferred was within less than points
of the bottom reached in the De-
cember smash
The fact that Smelling common as it
opened today was some seven points
attracted attention of traders, who be-
gan selling that stock down too.
During 1920 the company earned
slightly more than it's dividend re-
quirements on both classes of stock
The regular dividend on the common
for the first quarter Of the year was
declared on time.
In the present state of the copper
trade, however, with most of the big
customers of American Smelling shut
ting their mines down altogether.
maintenance of the per cent on
Smelling common would seem to be
rather dubious.
This ought not to affect the dividend
on the preferred, inasmuch as the COM
panS-has a large surplus which it did
not have to weaken during the trying
times of last year.
The absence of support at the pres
ent low prices apparently reflects the
uncertainty due to charges brought
against the present management
quite as much as the uncertain out
look.
Evening star., 1921-03-31
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, March 81 (Special).-
Potatoes. white. per 100 pounds, goa
l.lO; McCormicks, 65a75; cobblers, 80
a!:10; No. 2. 30a40; sweets, per barrel
3.50a5.50. Vans, 3.50a4.0O; No. 2 and
culls, 2.50a3.0O. Green, pearl and wax
bunch. 4a6. Asparagus, per Dozen
3.00a5.OO.
Cabbage. per hamper, Local. rs.
Caulifower. per crate. 2.ooa25o. Gu
cumbers, per box, 4.00a6.O0. Celery
per, per crate; 7 En- 259aa.oo: on Eggplants, per
25. Lettuce. per basket. 1.5oa2.75
Onions, per 100 lbs. 75a1.o0. Peppers,
per crate, 3.50a5.5O. Radishes, per
basket, 1.5Oa2.25. Spinach, per bu.,
4oa6o Peas. per basket, 4.o0a4.5o.
Tomatoes, per crate. 1.5oa5,5o. APP
as.o0; loose. per 100 lbs, 2.oOa2.5o.
Oranges, per box, 300a4.0O.
Grapefruit. per box. 2.5oa4.5O.
Strawberries. per qt., 25a5o.
CHICAGO, March 31.-Wheat prices
today fell to the lowest level which
has been touched this season by the
May and July deliveries. Selling
pressure was general and buying was
only of a sea altered sort Prospects
of big yield of winter wheat had
much to do with emphasizing bear
ish sentiment. Opening prices, which
varied from 2R decline to a advance
with May 1917 to 1.39A and July
1.19% to 1.20, were followed by numer-
GUS fluctuations within the initial
range.
Corn and oats paralleled the action
of wheat and sold at new low record
prices for the season Corn opened
Y to AaH cents off. including May
at 60M to 81. and later sagged a little
more.
Oats displayed relatively greater
weakness than corn, starting n to
v cents down. July a9N to 40 and
afterward descending rapidly.
Provisions were firm owing to
higher quotations on hogs
Subsequently, word of export wheat
buying tended to rally the market
Prices closed unsettled, lA net lower to
" advance. with May 1.3S1a to 1881
and July 1.19k to 1.19A.
On the decline some strong corn in
terests turned to the buying side, but
rallies failed to last. The close was
weak. " to H net lower, with May 60A
to 6O5s
Evening star., 1921-03-31
WQIDENDS DECLARED.
Washington Stock EXCHANGE

SALES.
Capftal Traction-10 at SSk
ssh. S'
Mergenthaler Linotype at 10 ] at 100
AFTER CALL,
Washington Gas $500 at 77h
Washington Gas 7lSs-S5O0 at IOOh
washington Railway 4s-sl. 900 at 59L
r9tomac Electric cons. 5s-S1 900 at S4is
Washington Railway pfd-5 at So at so.
Bid and Asked Prices
Evening star., 1921-03-31
DAIRY MARKET.

BALTIMORE, March 81 (SpeciaD.-
30a40; old, 34a35; winter chickens, Asa
So old roosters, 20; ducks, 32a4O;
pigeons, per pair. 50a55; guinea fowls
each. 50aS5; turkeys. per lb.. 35a50
capons. per h.. 42a53.
Eggs. strictly fresh nearby firsts
loss off per dozen, "a; southern, 20
duck eggs. 80.
Butter, creamery fancy. per lb.. asa
40; prints, 49a51; nearby creamery
45a46; ladies'. 28a30; rolls, 18a22
store packed. 17a1S: dairy prints. 20s
hut
Evening star., 1921-03-31
FOREIGN BONDS.
Quota tions furnished BY W. B. Hibbs & Co.
EGGS HIT NEW Low LEVEL

BALTIMORE, March 31-Eggs
reached the lowest price here since
1912. when they sold for "a cents a
dozen wholesale. Dealers said the
drop was due to the warm weather.
The highest price reached during, this
nine-year period was in January OF
this year. when they were quoted as
high as 81 q dozen retail,
Evening star., 1921-03-31
STOCKS NERVOUS,
STRENGTHAT CLOSE
General Weakness, With
Bears Active-Finding Small
Response Covering Follows.
BY STUART p. WEST.

NEW YORK. March 31.-There was
scarcely anything new in the situa-
ton today to influence financial cal
c,,lations one way or the other.
Very few had seriously believed
that the Bank of England rate would
he reduced at this weeks meeting.
whatever is done later on. Neverthe-
less. some of the buying which put
up sterling exchange yesterday was
Evening star., 1921-03-31

NEW YORK, March 31.-Flour ir-
regular; spring patents. S.50a9. 90 /;
winter straights. 7.45aS.00; Kansas
straights, S.25aS.75.
Lard steady; middle west, 11.S5a
11.95. Other articles unchanged.
Potatoes steady; receipts 81 cars
northern white sacked and bulk, 1.05a
1.20 cwt.
Evening star., 1921-03-31
LIBERTY BOND NOON PRICES.

NEW YORK, March 81. - Liberty
bond prices at noon today were: 3ks
1920; first As. 87.00 bid; second As
87.O6; first ANS. $3.50; second 4As
s7.04; third AIS. 90.14; fourth ANS
AIS 1854
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-09-01

excel both in variety and in quality;
and the management of the fair, aid
ed and directed by our state legisla-
.ture, has assembled an exhibition that
gives the visitor an excellent idea of
the quantity and diversity of our
states products.
"Our fair annually shows growth
and progress and even to the season
ed visitor there is something each
year that is new, interesting and ed
ucational. We count the State Fair
as an important part of our educa-
tional system, because it gives to the
people in every trade and profession
new ideas and information about what
the rest of the state is doing.
s"Our fair, however, has a civic val
ue because it brings together people
from different communities, gives op-
portunity for exchange of ideas, and
helps to make our commonwealth not