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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-05
Naval Stores

I By AssOcfnted Pfess ! Savannah Ga. January 4.-Turpentine
 quiet, 921ac. No sales: receipts, 1S7; ship ments, n; stock, 15,SS9. | Rosin quiet No sales; receipts, 1,o97; shipments, 40: stock. S5,7s1. Quote: R. D. F., F. c, H. I. K, M, N. VIC. wv, N100.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-05
Sugar Market


 New York, January 1.-The local market for raw sugar was more active today and prices were firmer. closing at an advance of Is from the previous night with Cubas quoted at 1 hc cost and freight. equal to S.52c for centrifu- gal. There were sales late last night of $500 bags of San Domingoes to an out port refiner for first half January ship ment. at 4Kc eff, and today local re- finer purchased SS.900 bags of Cubas in port and prompt shipment at 4lsc. cost and freight all equal to 5.52c for cen trifugal.
 There was little better inquiry noted for refined, prompted by the stcadier feeling in the spot market. Prices were unchanged at 7.S0c to Sc for fine granulated.
 The strength in raws led to quite ac- tive buying on sugar futures and clos ing prices showed gains of tO 13 points. Trade and Cuban interests were the principal buyers. and prices at oae time were g to 15 points higher. though there was slight reaction nesr the close under realizing sales. CloSr ing prices follow: January, 4.Seci March. t4.s7c; May. 5.o2c; July. 5.1sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-05
Long Term Bonds

We suggest the desrability of capitalizng present high interest rates by the purchase of well secured long time bonds, and present below number of att tractive issues:
 Approximate Security Due Yield
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON

New Orleans January 1.-The cotton mar ket closed steady at net decline of 70 to 76 points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-05
Port Movement


 New Orleans: Middling, 13.75c; re- ceipts. 4,417; sales, 1,277; stock, 441,S04. Galveston: Middling, 13.50c; receipts, 24,S19; exports, 23.6T; sales, 1,03s; stock, s76, ,S9O Mobile Middling, 1S.25c; receipts. 1,os4; stock, 1852.
 Savannah: Middling, tl6Sc; receipts, 1769 sales, 25; stock, 152, 211. Charleston: Receipts, 269; exports, 1,5oO; stock, 244,242.
 Wilmington: Middling, 1sc; receipts 49; stock, 43,549.
 Texas City: Stock, 2,ST. Norfolk: Middling. 1375c; receipts 2,O43; sales, ss5; stock, S4. 104 Baltimore: Stock, S,6S1 Boston: Middling, 16c; stock, 12,0Oo. Philadelphia: Middling. 15.75c; stock 5,s7s.
 New York: Middling, 15.5oc; receipts, 154; stock, 27,611.
 Minor ports: Stock. 2,4O. Total for day: Receipts, S4,6o4; exports, 4,S77: stock, 1,416,292. Total for week: Receipts. 55,s62; exports, 6, ,s1S
 Total for season: Receipts, 3,5oS,OS4; ex- ports, 2,472,044
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-05
SpOt Coffee
 By Associated Press New York, January 4.-Spot coffee, CSC.
Rice Market By Associated Press

Rice Market
 By Associated Press New Orleans, Januar y4.--Rough rice, no sales; receipts. S.30S sacks; miller receipts, same. Clean rice steady; sales Honduras, 1,03s pockets, 3% @6c; blue rose 3.Sg pockets, 3ss@4lkc. Bran and polish unchanged. Receipts 2,s63.
 Potato Market Chicago, January 4.-Potatoes weak. Northern white, sacked, $1.4O@1.50 cwt; bulk, $1. 1.50@1.6 50 cwt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-05

Hibueras CHonduran) Bluefields; Ikala CBritish), Liverpool; sacandaga. Bremen; Texas 7French), Havre; Wellesleyu Port Barrios.
 Sailed: Nils (Norwegian), Tarara. Peru; Principe De viana (Spanish), Bar celona.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-05
CHICAGO GRAIN QUOTATIONS
Cash Grain By Associated Press

Chicago. January 4.-Cash wheat, No. ? hard. $1.S5@1.S6 No. 1 mixed, s1.S7. Corn, No. mixed, '71Ac; No ? yellow, TIC. Oats, No. ? white, 47ss @6SHc; No. 3 white. 46@471ac. Rye, No. ?, s1.6oA. Barley 69@S5c. Ti- mothy seed, s5.50@6.75. Clover seed, $15@ 22.o0. Pork, nominal; lard, s12.S5 , ribs. $1o.75@12.Oo.
 St. Louis, January 4-Cash wheat, No. red winter, $2.0S; No. 8, $2.02; March, $1.7SA; May, $1.71x. Corn. No. white. 7sc; No. 5, Tic; May. 76c; July, 76h @76%c. Oats. No. 2 white 5oc; No 3. 4S1A @5oc; May, 5oNc: July. 4SAc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-05
Spot Cotton 1v AssOciafed Presa

New Orleans. January 4.-Spot cot ton, steady; quotations revised. Mid- ding, 25 lower. Sales on the spot 479 bales; to arrive, 79S.N Low middling. S.75c; middling, 13.75c; good middling 165Oc; receipts, 4,417; stock. 441,s04
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Interior Movement

Houston: Middling, 1Sc; receipts, 7,ssS; shipments, 41S7; sales, 2,4oo; stock, 36s,S $40.
 Memphis: Middling, 14c; receipts, 2,9N; shipments, 2,1es; sales. 2,15o; stock, 3s1, ,26s.
 Augusta: Middling 13.25c; receipts, 1 ,510; shipments, 1,6SS; sales, 50; stock, 16S, ,194.
 St. Louis: Middling, 14c; receiptsf 2,3e9; shipments. 1,414; stock, 19,S54
 Atlanta: Middling, 13.25c.
 Little Rock: Middling, 14c; receipts, 1.os5; shipments, 345c sales, s4; stock, S2,ssS.
 Dallas: Middling. 12.50c; sales, 2,243.
 Montgomery: Middlng, 1Sc; sales 1 7S5. Total today; Receipts, 15, 7S7; shipments, 10, 339; stock, 995520.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-05
Produce

By Associated Press chicago. January 4.-Butter higher; creamery extras 541kc. Eggs higher; firsts, e4@65c. St. Louis. January 4.--Poultry. springs 24c; turkeys, 43c; others unchanged. Butter and eggs unchanged. Chicago, January 4-Poultry, alive, higher. fowls 2s@2sc; springs. 26c; tur- keys. 40c.
 New York, January 4.-Butter firm; firsts, 44d551ac.
 Eggs unsettled; firsts. 65@66c. Cheese steady: average run. 22Q2oc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-05
Cotton Seed Oil

New York, January 4.-Spot cotton quiet; middling, 15.50c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-05
Hubbard Bros. & Go.

Members New York Cotton Exchange, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, New York Produce Exchange Associated Members Liverpool Cotton Association. Orders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery. Special atten- tion and liberal terms given for consign- ment of spot cotton for delivery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-05

Hogs: Receipts l050o; closing slow ana weak with most of the early advance lost bout 10a15c higher than yesterdays aver
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-05
LOCAL SECURITIES
Bank Stocks

American IT. & Savings Bank 155 166
 B'ham Trust & Says. Co....... 2S5 sos rlrst National Bank. ...-...- So5 S2s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-05
NEW YORK COTTON
 Ikv ssociated Press

New York, January 4-The cotton mar
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK x.-,a;..tasl pr@ss
EAST ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK

TSN lNSSUCI.tltU East St. Louis. January 4.-Cattle: he- { aipts, i4.50O; steers active and Zoc higner { ;i,lity mostly medium .,o
Arizona republican., 1921-07-10

having handled in civilized fashion for the last two three years. Complaint has been made that the people not responding to the call to take out dog censes that only s2 have been applied for this year against about 500 last
 It is much than possible that the city rather than the dog owners blame falling off. has been only casually mentioned that the city had license tags sell No there many dog who have not heard of it at all, whereas last year and the year before it impressed upon them that they must buy their dogs would be taken from them and given to people who would take out licenses.
 That done through the newspapers and through personal notification with the result practically every dog was tagged; the city into a good deal of revenue and dogs were left in or put into the hands of apprecative owners.
 One of the surprises of that system was the demand for dogs. When it made known that the humane officer had dog which needed honie there usually flock of applicants. there did not seem to be enough dogs to meet the demand The situation handled smoothly, decentiy, bu- namely and profitaby. Dogs generally disappeared from the streets for they passed the hands Of people who took care of them.
 In the early days the town used to hiro cur compared with whom the average dog was gentle to go about the streets shooting dogs. little later another hired go about catching dogs and putting them into wagon They were taken to pound where they Were starved .or day and then killed. We think the city wants to go back to that method alike hideous and expensive. It cannot be other than disgraceful to Phoenix. The machinery is necessarily dsgraceful. The dog catcher must be congenital brute Phoenix cannot afford business association with him-in the business of killing dogs
Arizona republican., 1921-07-10
Questions And
 Ansuers

tAny reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Arizona Republican Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Wash ington. D. c. This offer applies strict ly to information. The bureau can- not give advice on legal. medical. and financial matters. It does not at tempt to settle domestic troubles. nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose two cents in stamps for return postage. All re- plies are sent direct to the inquirer)
 a. How much radiun is in com nsereiai use. c. Q. 8.
 A. About six ounces avoirdupois of radium has been isolated and put into commercial use.
 Q. Does an auto tire weigh more after it Is pumped up? ]. Y.
 A. Air has weight, and a tires weight increases according to the amount of air pumped into it.
 a. How long has Tammany Hall been an influence in politics. F. W. w.
 A. The Secret Society Of St. Tam many was organized in 17S9. as a patriotic and social organization, but as early as 179S it identified itself with the Democratic Republicans as opr osed to the Federslists and took an active part in the political cam paign of 1900.
 O. Where does the United States rank in regard to illiteraey? h. ]. B. A Such figures are hard to com
Arizona republican., 1921-07-10

pile. since various countries base them differently. The bureau of census says that probably Denmark. Ger many. the Netherlands. Sweden. Switzerland the United Kingdom and Australia have less fliiferacy than the United States. considering only our white population. while all other countries have a much higher per- centage of iliiteracy.
 c. Are all men who served evsf. seas entitled to additional overseas pay? w. s. R.
 A. All soldiers who served overseas before July II. 1919. are entitled to additional overseas pay
 e. 4 claims there is only an ocean in the old National Museum in Wash sweIl.F B claims there is land swell also. Which |. right? J. l..
 A There is long smooth swell occcurring along coasts where the ocean bed Is not far below the sur face for long distance from the land. This is known as land swell. and though frequently noted in fair weather it is due to deep water dis turbances from high winds.
 O. Who was known as the seourns of England? A. D.
 A Hammer and Scourge of Eng land IS a l4tie TOT s-if Nlllidul NdiiaCe- His biographer. Blind Harry. is SO often contradictory and improbable that his statements regarding Wallace canno. always be relied upon.
 O. Where do the Yshoos come from? L. R. C.
 A. The Yahoos are fictitious char acters in Swifts Gulliver's Travels They are slaves of the Houyhnhnms or horsefolks. and possess the form of both man and horse. They are a satire on the human race.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-10
An Arizona stonehenae

On Salisbury plain the town of Amesbury, Erkiand. there is curious pile several of them of stones in shapes which indicate that they paced there by human hands. These 1t is <szanasea weigh from ten to forty tons. Some of sSc-- appear rough columns ruined edifice. Other rocks of these columns making huge altar still others are piled the top of each a. columns
 Ever since the time of Chaucer writers have been spccaiatins concerning the mystery of stonehenga Somehow the date of the construction is fixed at skcut zsso R- C. There record on which to base F1ch guess. but that near the end of the &rsnzlsksc period
 There many traditions regarding Stonehenge. The earliest is that the stones across son Ireland by the devil Another by Godfrey of Monmouth who associates Merlin the magician of King Arthur's court with the construction. But hess fanciful and varied theories of learned scsez-izts explorers Aubrey 300 years ago Professor Richard H. Norton of Harvard ten years aro~ There have been later Investigations cpVcrdes but all of these from Aubrey down relate r>tkrr to uses made of the pile rather than to it's cszzln-
 There have been found evidences of the mys- txr4es the Druds there. There is proof that ss a place of human sacrifice
 II Is not suggested though by any who have of Stonehenge in 20oo that the rzae might have placed there by the forces of Is universally agreed that it the work
 
 c< human hands. though have seen specu- ntlon the manner in which those huge ronoliths could have been brought to that place. They not ~country rock; they from place by. There is such rock in Ireland and similar rock has been unearthed the ruins of the Greek city Cyrene
 We have Stonehenge of our the town ot Tombstone Between Tombstone and Fairbanks there and of curiousy piled boulders Of ali shapes mostly round though of them or the shape of nearly columns Some of them weigh probably fifty . hundred tons Some piled on,top of others looking though they had been carefully and laboriously placed. Others ap- pear to rest uneasiIy by such only that it strong wind might displace them a human hand could push them off, But they been there for centuries. perhaps thousands of centuries.
 Nor these stones country rock Where they came from nobody knows but tfere mystery as 10 the manner of their coming They rode a glacier from the far north
Arizona republican., 1921-07-10
THE DECLINE. OF MANNERS

afterward on the tablecloth. Our table manners are not always pune tilious but the tendency seems to be toward greater regard for the pro- prieties Of eating.
 As for cleanliness, that is becoming slogan. In this century. society folk do not find it necessary to wear powerful perfumes to conceal the need for a bath. The working mah has no fear of catching cold by ex- posing his body to water. Even inn migrants from countries where cloth ing Is sewed on in thick layers, and remains intact for months, are rapid ly learning through their children in the schools that cleanliness is de- sirabie.
 But if the average citizen has pro- gressed beyond the stage where he gargles his soup and sees no sense in brushing his teeth, he Is not always so enlightened in other matters of common courtesy. He would not think of affronting a friend by visit irl him with a soiled collar on. but he will affront him by talking in a shrill CT resounding voice which as- saults the ear drums of those close to him. He would not say in the u1iGdle of conversation, Here. you don't know as much about this as I do. Let me talk" But he gives the selfseme impression by frequently in- terrupting in the middle of sentence to explain his own valuable thoughts on a subject.
 There is a type of modern man who seems to feel that hrusqueness, or even rudcness. is an outward sign of a heart tf gold. Other business men have cultivated an abrupt, snappy manner with the idea. that it is sign of efficiency. An office is no place for tea drinking manners, they will tell vol.
 But the pendulum is swinging back The business mems magazines that preach efficiency in all it's obviou. and subtle phases are constantly printing articles by successful mer l showing how courtesy is a business asset. Some firms will employ onlJ persons who show signs of tact and courtesy during an interview. A few employment managers go so far as tt
 set traps for the applicant to see i
 he knows what to do in a socia
 emergency.
 Courses in Courtesy
 Employes in large stores and tele
 phone exchanges are given courses il the courtesy due to people wit whom they must talk. If it wer l possible there might logically b courtesy courses for the people wh use the telephone and go shopping. The need for such courses given { ; grown people in employment indi
Arizona republican., 1921-07-10
Gasoline and Freight

When we have to pay the present prices for gaso- line. remember five six years ago when bought 1T gallon, and still farther back when it less because the automobile had not created such demand for it.
 We also hear that other places are being served al smaller price than we have to pay and that maker us sore again and we taking another punch Rockefeller notwithstanding he celebrated his eighty-second birthday day before yesterday
 But there are things about the gasoline beside the priceAof which have not heard maybe have not thought of There. for instance. is the freight rate. We had not heard that 1t costs cents gallon to bring gasoline Oklahoma and cents to transport California Whatever we may think about such rate now, five years ago would have felt that we were using moderate and restrained language if we had called 1t robbery Anyway the freight gasoline like the rate everything else. is twice much as 1t was at that time.
 Starting with cost of cents and adding to it the cost of handling the service stations here is not wide margin between the aggregate and the present selling price From that difference must be subsracted the wholesale price.
 The selling pf.ce of gasoline in Phoenix is 2s to So cents Nine of that is freight. Twenty cents must the cost at refinery. the profit of the dealer and the wastage which is indeterminate item Then there is the state of cent gallon and the other high state and federal taxes
 rba nrice of an article is determined partly by the quantity available and the demand for it. The demand is at least twice great as it was five years .ro probably more than twice great for there are TOW twice as many automobiles in use as there were the Then the tractor which is also great gasoline consumer has been developed almost wholly within the last five years.
 Though the production has been increased it has bv no means kept pace with the demand It will be recalled that 1t was so low two years ago that the oil con.panes for time especially in the Pacific coast eeson nut the automobists rations and otherwise sousht to discourage the of gasoline purely for pleasure
 The producing of gasoline has become farily competitive Beside that exorbitant profit it womb quickly attract the attention of the rrent.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-10
THE FARM OF THE FUTURE
BY DR. FRANK CRANE (Copyright. 1921. by Frank Crane)

There is nothing of so vital importance to coun. try agriculture. It is literally the very source or
 And there is nothing that has been more waste fully and unintelligently developed.
 In age of cooperation 1t has renamed almost entirely field of indvidualisn. The farmer lives 10 himself more than any other man.
 Yet is naturally social animal HIS ln- stincts lead him to groups. Only very small numoer of human beings have the desire to live in isolation
 Touching upon the loneliness of farm life Fro z lessor Lndeman says that it's parallel cannot be found in any previous age. , o..
 'The American farmer" he declares, lis the first in all history to deny his women folk the right to social life Until this country was discovered people had always settled in clans or groups of ten to twenty people as unit When the west was developed the government granted homesteads one-half of mile square only to those who would go out and live on their claims Out of this has grown the present isolation of in breaking 1t up, but in rebeng against 1t and going to the cities the youth of the country are only harng sback to nstinctive cravings for companionshlp.
 Professor John J. Phelan of the Massachusetts Agricultural College is of the opinion that farming will become and more cooperative and that the same all other lines of business together into huge centralized units will in time operate also upon the business of farming.
 all trades and carrying the peak of the load of produc tion gradually the picking marketing and distribution of his crops passing out of his hands to centralized agencies industries Professor Phelan said. As long as food must be grown and cannot be manufac- tured the farm will continue to demand human energy and care but it will no longer always operate m dependent unit"
 One example cited was that of farmer who lives in comfort the year round from ten-acre cherry or chard All the marketing and most of the labor is done by outside organization which in to pick the fruit pack and ship All the farmer does is to care for the orchard occasionally turning the so He is . not permitted to pick cherry. Most of the attempts of centralized farming a big factory scale have been failure in financial turns But that is probably due to the that the right kind of managerial ability has not yet been brought to bear upon the subject Any kind of business can be carried profitaby and more happily by getting together in mutual cooperation than by loose l, individual effort.
 {. In days to the farmers will probably live in towns cities and thus give their families the desired . social requirements.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-10
Bv Frederic J. Aaskin

WASHINGTON, D. C., July S-- Are courtesies between human be- ings to be entirely discarded2" asks one of our readers. Grown people now are informal to the point of rude ness. and children are taught no man. ners at home Is the next generation to grow up altogether au naturel2"
 This is an oft heard lament. It is undeniably true that the average mother no longer sets aside a part of the day to instruct the children in the gentle art Of entering a parlor The parlor, we are told. is on the road to extinction. And with it is going the atmosphere of scraping and lowing which once distinguished hgh society from the gatherings of the hoi polloi.
 How to enter a room pleasingly and the kindred formalities are lost arts. perhaps. We scarcely expect to find them in the modern home. They were outgrowths of court life founded on the caste system and on the fear of those in power. The peasantry had little to do with etiquette, except that it was supposed to show deference to those who called themselves its betters The nobles. higher in the social scale. had a right to wall them selves up within certain barriers of
 
 was so aloof a parsonage that the most elaborate ceremony possible preceded, accompanied, and followed everything he did from putting on his clothes to receiving a gift. That kind of formal etiquette has died out in this country, and it has few mourners.
 But if what is known as common courtesy is on the wane there is more cause for worry. The courtesy that makes the people with whom we come in contact comfortable. and that keeps us from being unpleasant oi offensive to them Is a vital factor o civilization.
 What Constitutes Manners
 Personal cleanliness. good table manners, pleasing tone of voice just consideration for the rights O otf CTS, tact in dealing with people are a few of the points of gardei variety etiquette which lubricate tn machinery of everyday existence These are the things, we believe which people are really thinking c when they talk of the decline o manners
 Some of fthem-cleanlines and tabl manners. especially-are undoubtedl stressed today more than in the past The dandy flourishing his plumed ha al the approach of a lady though | nothing of eating with his knife 0 | his fingers, and wiping his hand