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Evening star., 1921-06-23
TAX-FREE ISSUES
IN GOOD DEMAND

NEW YORK, June 23.-At a late
hour this afternoon s7.500.000 Of the
$4,000 900 Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
yania per cent bonds offered this
morning had been sold. and it was ex-
pected that the subscription books
would be closed either tonight or to-
morrow. This is the second success with
in two days for an offering of low-in-
terest hearing public securities.
Yesterday the City of Chicago
per cent bonds. amounting to $685.
900, were almost all taken before the
day was out. Today's Pennsylvania
issue was very attractive, because of
1t comparatively long term. The bonds
run thirty years and are exempt from
!, all federal income taxes. AS such
they made special appeal to wealthy
toned to get as high as 5 per cent
for their money.
General List Dull.
The general bond list today was
dull and trere were few changes of
consequence. Railway issues. where
they changed at all, were inclined to
shade Off This was true of Erie gen.
of Pennsylvania general SIS, which
were down from 81 q to 81, and Ches-
apeake and Ohio convertible IS, which
dropped a half point to 7s, later rally
ing 70 79A.
Among the industrials a new low
record was reached in Atlantic Fruit
Is. which got down to 40: Chile Cop
per Is were steady at 81 4, despite
the heaviness in copper stocks.
Keuy Springfield IS held at SO and
Goodyear IS were up a fraction in
face OF the weakness in some Of the
rubber and tire stocks.
Liberties Easy.
Liberty bonds were off bit, with
exception of the S1as. which were a
few points higher. Victory Az s were
steady around 9S.40. City Of Paris SIS
continued to be dealt in in large
blocks at 991s. San Paulo IS dropped
a half point to 94k, but Brazil IS were
steady and unchange Mexican gov
ernment SIS ratified to As. Danish, Nor
way, French and Belgian bonds were
the same as yesterday.
Evening star., 1921-06-23
BRITISH RATE REDUCED,

LONDON, June 23.-The Bank of
England today reduced its rate of
discount from g. " per cent to 6 per
cent.
The weekly statement of the Bank
Of England shows the following
changes:
Total reserve decreased .f5, 600: cir
culation decreased f13.000: bullion
decreased 1881; other securities In
creased f1,S47,O00; other deposits de-
creased fs.13s.0oo; public deposits
increased f1,e37 900: notes reserve
increased. $4,000; government Sc
curities decreased 1895, 900.
The proportion of the banks re-
serve ito liability is 1891 per cent;
last Week IL was 1914 per cent.
;. Rate Of discount. 6 per cent
Evening star., 1921-06-23
Grain, Produce and Live Stock

LOCAL WHOLESALE MAHhETs~
Eggs-strictly fresh, per doz.. 2saao;
| average receipts. 27a2S.
Live poultry-Roosters, per ib;. ls;
turkeys. per lb.: 3sa35; chickedns' ~
50; Keats. young. each. 6oa75; chick
ems. winter, per lb.. 35a40.
Dressed poultry-Fresh-kille spring
chickens, per h., 53a5s: hens, per ~.
90: ROSTERS. per h.. %; turkeys, Ssa
40; keats, young. each, 60a75; cnich-
ems winter. per lb., ISAAC.
Pork-Dressed, small. per lb.. IS;
medium, 13a14; heavy. 1oa13; live, sh.
Live stock-Calves, choice, per lb-'
1oA; lambs. choice. per h.. II.
] Green fruits-Apples, per bbl.. 3.ooa
1000: western, per box, 3.50a45
California lemons, per box. 9.00aS5 ~;
California oranges, per crate, 6.ooa
$50; Florida oranges, per crate: 6:0oa
$50; grapefruit, per crate. 5.0Oab So'
es, per crate. 300a4 90: blackberries. per
a4s. assrt' s0as'' FasD0erF'es' per quart ~
Vegetables-Potatoes new. No: 1,
per barrel, 2.75a3.50: yams, per bar
rel. 6.00a7.00: lettuce, nearby. per
crate i9Sa2 90; celery, as ipr per dozen. 1ooa
SO; Romaine lettuce. 1.00a1.5o: Gym
| blings. per crate, f.5oa3.00: spinach,
per barrel, 4.00a5.00; kale, per barrel.
| 75a1.25; peppers, per. crate. 2.50a3. 30:
onions. 1.75a2oo: new cabbage, per
| crate, 2.50a3.00; cucumbers. 1.50a3 90;
eggplant, per crate. 2.00a3.00: tomatoes,
per box, 3.00a6.00: asparagus, per doz..
| l.ooa4.oo; corn, tAdams Early" 2.ooa
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
| CHICAGO, June % Omitted States
| bureau Of markets). - Cattle = Re-
i ceipts, 1900 head; choice yearlings
| and handy weight steers steady;
| others, 5 to 25 lower; early top yearl-
ings. 900; some held higher; bulk.
7.25a8.40; she stock slow. best steady.
| others weak to lower: bulk fat cows
and heifers. 4.50a6.25; Gamers and
| cutters largely. 2.00a3.50; bulls, lO
| to IS lower; bulk bolognas, 4.00a4.25;
veal calves steady; bulk around $50;
| stockers and feeders dull.
| Hogs-Receipts, 41,000 head; Is to
25 lower than yesterdays averages;
heavy and packing mixed off most;
! better grades active, others slow; top
$50; bulk. s.25as50; pigs. 10 to Is
lower; bulk, desirable, S.25as.35.
| Sheep-Receipts. $4,000 head: SLOW
at yesterdays extreme low time: top
native lambs. 1900: bulk. good and
| choice, 11.50a11.75; culls mostly, 500;
| good S2-pound dry fed yearlings. 800;
| best handy native ewes, 4.50; extreme
| heavies around 800.
Evening star., 1921-06-23
EXCHANGE HOLIDAY JULY 2

The governing committee of the
New York Stock Exchange has grant
ed the membership petition for ces-
sation of business Saturday preced-
ing. July a.: The Baltimore Stock
day, as it has been declared a holi-
day in Maryland by governors proc,
lamation.
Evening star., 1921-06-23
Washington Stock EXCHANGE,

SALES.
Washington Gas Js-Sl. 900 at II
Potomac Electric LIST 5S-$l, 600 at IS, 81. .OOD
at IS. ' ~~'0
- Potomac Electric general 6s-s1. 600 at a4h,
81 900 at 94ia, Sl.U0 at 94t. 81 600 at 94 j.,
1000 at 941a. $1,000 at 341.
washington Railway pfd.-10 at 60, 5 at
~; 10 at 10, % at 591s, 23 at 59fs.
Washington Gas Light at 43.
Mersenthaler linotype at 119k, at
119, D at 49,
AFTER CALL
Capital Tracton-l5 at So
Capital Traction 5s-SJOO at ST.
MOney-Call loan, 61aa7 per cent
Evening star., 1921-06-23
PASSES ITS DIVIDEND,

NEW YORK, June 23.-The Virginia
Carolina Chemical Company today
passed its regular quarterly dividend
of 2 per cent on preferred stock, be-
cause of trade conditions.
Evening star., 1921-06-23
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, June 23.-Bar silver
Domestic, 9sA; foreign, 5Sh. Mexi-
LONDON, June 23.-Bar silver,
35hd per ounce. Money. Y per cent.
Discount rates: Short bills, 5 Y per
lcent. Thres-month htlls& sA per cent
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12
The Dye Embargo

1t is agreeable to learn that
President Harding, with that COM
mon sense clearness of vision that
so far has marked his Administra-
ton, will do what he can to secure
continuance of the dye embargo.
a dye embargo issue is not pri-
marlly an economic or business one,
although the new American dye in
dustry is entitled to protection; it
is a matter fundamental to national
defense. We must be able to make
at home the materials essential to
the manufacture of munitions of
war.
1t may be that the Germans, with
their established factories, can pro-
duce more cheaply than we can and
that it would pay us to let them
supply us. But this course is not
safe. Until there is a general, ef-
fective limitation Of gas warfare
we may not dare to have America
unable to produce our own supplies.
This is all there is to the dye
embargo question. Other matters
are dragged into the discussion, but
they are incidental and subordinate.
The history Of the world shows
that wheneveri a new destructive
agency is discovered in warfare it
is seldom abandoned. The knight
IN armor thought meanly of can
non-ln one of Shakespeare's plays
a pacifist spoke to Hotspur of the
shame OF using villainous saltpeter.
But there is no recourse but to do as
others do. AS long as other nations
employ the damnable stuff to smother
men we must be ready to retort in
kind. And the practicable way to
insure fair chance is to put our
dye Industry under the shelter Of
an embargo and q license system.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12
New York, Aug. 8, 1921.
Bathing in Bryant Park

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Two or three weeks ago
passed behind the New York Public
Library and saw the children. bathing
in the fountain pool. The perfectly ter
rible condition Of the water ;:npe'led
me to write the Library the Health
Department and the Park Commits
sioner. The Library replied promptly
that the fountain was park property
being a part Of Bryant Park. Tns
Health Department merely acknow'~
edged my letter, stating the mattss
would be investigated The Park De-
partment has not replied
Passing the fountain today,
found conditions somewhat worse
than before, for to-day no water at sli
was entering the pool. I believe the
children should have every opp"r-
tunity to swim OF play in the water
but playing in the Bryant Park
fountain in its present condition is ao-
solutelv wrong F. ]. Y.
New York, Aug. 9. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12

astic conservationists, but unless
suitable areas are set aside as breed
ing, feeding and resting places for
these birds all other forms of pro-
lection will prove futile. The pres
ent rate at which lakes and marshes
are being drained in all sections of
the country makes immediate action
necessary.
All who are interested in the well
fare of our migratory game and in
sectivorous birds, all who believe in
the -perpetuation of one of our great
est sources Of food supply and all
who believe in the establishment of
public recreation grounds, so that
this country can continue a nation
of healthy, virile men, should in
dorse this bill and urge it's early
passage.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12
The Oregon for Oregon

Oregon wants the Oregon, to be
able to perpetuate the memory Of
one of the most venturesome and
famous voyages ever made by ship
of war. Every one will be pleased
to see the Oregon thus preserved,
instead Of being used as target fod-
der. &
The voyage of the Oregon twenty
three years ago was epocha. The
addition to our Atlantic fleet may
not have been necessary to give Is
the victory over Admiral Cervera,
but it inspired the confidence and
enthusiasm which are always half a
battle. Again, the voyage itself
was an unmatched demonstration of
efficiency. At short notice the ship
started on journey of 1857 miles,
traversing three of the earth's great
zones Of latitude, experiencing ex-
tremes Of climate and the utmost
vicissitudes of sea and air, and made
1t in sixty-six days, including all
stoppages, and showed up at her
goal in readiness for instant action.
1t was an exposition of worth in
builder, captain, navigator, engineer
and all concerned which naval his
tory has not often seen surpassed.
Nor is it to be forgotten that that
voyage was, as an object lesson, one
o. the most potent influences max
ing for the construction of the 18TH
mian canal. Had there been a
waterway at Panama the voyage
would have been only 1900 instead
or 1857 miles, and would have been
measured by at most a couple Of
weeks instead Of as many months.
The American government and the
American people were not blind to
the Significance Of that fact.
The Oregon should be preserved,
and it may well be preserved in the
keeping Of the state whose name it
bears. Of course, Notwithstanding
a suggestion to the contrary, the
United States government should
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12
A Splendid Ticket

The Tribune finds much satisfac-
ticn in the character and caliber Of
the nominees who have been selected
by the coalition forces to oppose
Tammany Hall for the possession Of
the borough and county Offices.
The Republican executive commit
tee and the independent Democrats
who have acted with them in the
composition of the ticket have done
well. These men and women de-
serve the approval Of every honest
hearted and public spirited citizen Of
New York for what they have done
for US. Theirs, we are certain, has
been no easy task. That they were
faithful TO it and the best interests
Of the city is proven iD the quality
OF the candidates. These men and
Miss Helen Varick Boswell, the nom
inee for Register. command not only
respect, but support.
In the nominee for District At
torney, Mr.. John Kirkland Clark,
there is presented to New York a
man who will administer that office
in obedience TO the mandates Of the
law and no other.
Mr. Clark has served with distinc-
tion ~ an Assistant District At
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12
Ouerseas Trade Means Vision
United States Cannot Ignore Experience Of Nations Which Have
Succeeded in Foreign Commerce
Copyright, 1921. New York Tribune Inc.

The English laborer knows that when
one Of his countrymen obtains con-
tract, say for the development of q
*ater power scheme or the building Of a
railroad abrosd, the money put
II for its construction is used as q
credit IN England and he Will obtain
there from employment for himself in
tie creation OF the finished product
at nor'e; this capital is protected
against political adventurous abroad,
and usually repeated orders for the
finished products result from the raw
material backward country sends him
because oi this financial assistance,
which means continuous labor.
He knows the prestige his country
men enjoy abroad and has the inspira-
tion that goes with the success of the
pioneers that represent him worthily
through his backing He knows that
England has always been the leader
that has carried the torch of civiliza-
tion to backward peoples through
HeI 1OIeigH VIdue ell OftS. lie KNOWS
that though capital may have enjoyed
unusual profits at times in backward
lands, through the backing and support
he has given so freely to his country
men abroad, he has in great measure
assisted these backward peoples to a
plane of living and outlook that they
never could have reached without his
assistance.
Our own foreign trade will grow in
spite of drawbacks, but our ultimate
prosperity at home will in a great
measure depend on the intelligent un-
derstanding and support given to our
nationals abroad, N. o. BAGGE.
New York, Aug. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12
Bits Of Good News

Reports from lat cities show
that the building permits for July
aggregated $141 100000, which IL
1926 per cent better than the same
month last year.
Rail net earnings were $14,00O,0 900
larger in June this year than in
June last year. Of 207 railroads
only 72 now have deficits, against SO
III May, and the companies, on an
average, earned at the rate of 81 per
cent on their assumed value
General prices seem to have hit the
bottom-are actually up in many
lines-and the prospect Of further
increase is stimulating buying.
So J. Ogden Armour, who has
made a cheerful statement, has rea-
son for the conviction which he says
ne firmly has reached that the tide
has turned.
Not the least cheering bit of infor-
nation coming to the public is the
rews that President Harding finds
himself so supported in his effort to
cut $550,000,0O0 from Federal taxa
tion that he is considering getting
out his ak for further chopping at
estimates.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12
A Voice From the Andes

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Having just got through reading
your valuable paper of June 20, which
came here in last weeks mail, I want
to thank you for your stand on
Admiral Sims's speech. I am an
American, my ancestry dates back to
1858 in Virginia, and | am a native
Of Maryland. I think it is high time
that good Americans should show all
hyphenates that we are the majority.
and if they don't quit quarreling about
Europe let them leave our country and
make their living where their hearts are.
You can print this, a voice from the
top of the world on the Andes range.
| admire Admiral Sims as one true
American who is not afraid to tell the
world the truth-what all good Ameri-
cans think. We admire him for his
success in the war. am one of
hundreds who were protected on our
way to France in 1918 by his great
naval strategy. w. SCOTT.
Oroya, Peru, July 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12

torney. He knows the office. He is
no political hack, nor a professional
mistit seeking refuge in public Office.
He is an able lawyer; a citizen of
substance moved by a spirit Of true
service. New York, as we have said
before in discussing the require
ments of this, the most important
office next to the Mayoralty, deserves
and should be satisfied with no less
than a man of Mr.. Clark's stamp
for public prosecutor.
Our Endorsement Of Mr.. Clark in
cludes the remainder of the fusion
nominees. Every one of them is de-
serving of election.
Tammany is not smiling as it
smiled week ago to-day, 1t re-
alizes now that it faces the fight Of
it's life.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12
Major Curran s School Plan

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The teachers Of New York City,
IS class, arc delighted at the pros
pect Of working for the fusion ticket.
Senator Lockwood's services to the
cause of public education are we'll I'M
derstood.
wish to call special attention to
Major Curran's plan to permit a ten
mill tax as a maximum to be expended
by an unhampered Board of Education,
free to use the funds raised, subject
only to audit Of the Board of Estimate.
hope The Tribune will familiarize the
public with this plan, which will put
an end to divided responsibility 80
harmful to the schools.
CHARLES S. HARTWELL.
Pomona, N. Y, Aug. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12
The Garne Refuge BiIl

Senator New, Of Indiana recently
introduced a bill in the United States
Senate known as the public shoot
ing ground-game refuge bill. A
similar measure has been introduced
in the House Of Representatives bv
Congressman Dan r. Anthony jr.,
Of Kansas.
Briefly, this bill provides for the
establishment Of shooting grounds
for the public, for refugees for tho
birIs and for sufficient funds to pro-
ter. properly both our migratory
game and insectivorous birds. This
bill does these things without cost
ing the general taxpayer one cent, as
1T further provides that all men who
shoot migratory game birds in the
United States must first take out a
Federal hunting license costing 81.
The money obtained from this
license is to 90 into q separate fund,
known as The migratory bird pro-
lection fund" Approximately one
half is to be used for the purchase
Of lake and marsh areas and the
other half is to be used for the care
and protection Of the birds.
Since ths passage Of Federal leg
'slation pr>iloiting spring shooting
and the sale Of migratory game birds
waterfowl have increased beyond
the expectations Of the most enthusi-
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12
Public Ownership's Failure

Signor Tomasso Tittoni, the dis
Italian statesman who is
one of the lecturers at Williams
town, condemns public ownership
and operation as an economic folly:
municipal, and especially state.
ownership" said Senator Tittoni,
"can never have for it's object simply
economic advantage. People gem
orally expect from government-run
industries the latest improvements
and the best comm odities, little car
ing whether the concern is in a
financial position to pay for them.
Thus every public concern must, in
order to content the people, tend
toward the free distribution of it's
commodities
1t is not thought of what men
ought to do, but what they prevail
ingly do, that must control states
manship. Perfected man may be-
come so socialized in his conduct as
to look to the public welfare first
and be willing to work as hard for
the state as for himself, but he has
not arrived at this state. Until he
does, through the slow process of
education, it may be regarded as a
certainty that public ownership and
operation will mean a higher cost
or a poorer service.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12
Some Ones Else"
To the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | want to congratulate E. P. C.
on having the courage of his or her
opinion. Some ones else" is correct.
and misuse will not make it incorrect.
Some time ago q Harvard graduate
corrected me for using this form, and
when, in my search for light on the
subject, | appealed to Columbia for the
correct form I was told that "some
ones else" was not correct. Mind you,
not that it was obsolete, but that it
was absolutely incorrect and never had
been in use. However, upon further
search, l found some few people who
had not forgotten their English lessons.
| am grateful to f. P. c. for giving the
reason that "somc ones else" is correct.
Nowadays English, correctly spoken,
has the flavor of an old song, it is SO
rare d treat. INTERESTED.
New York, Aug. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12
A Novel Reading Sex
(FYon, TIE Prordence Journal)

Do women read more novels than
men? Probably. They have more
time for such ''literature" But whether
The New York Tribune is justified in
referring to them as the novel-reading
sex is question.
good many men read novels-snd
not only detective novels. A fair pro
portion are love stories, not simply the
hectic problem stories of the present
day, but old-fashioned tales without
any problem" in the modern accepta-
ton Of the word. In the good old
times, when novels customarily ended
in the "happy -evcr-after" fashion.
there were problems enough but the
novelist did not think it necessary to
drag his readers through the slime Of
nauseating det-il for the sake of max.
ing his book sell.
The oldfashioned novel still meets q
hattering reception. There are thou
sands of people who like a wholesome
story that they are not afraid to leave
around the house where the children
can get hold of it. A well-told tale
will find readers, even if it avoids the
long, long trail of marital infidelity
and unhappiness.
There was once an observant man
who said that a magazine called
Love Stories" ought to pay-provided
the stories Were good enough. And
he did not mean love stories of the
twisted and tortured twentieth-centurv
sort He thought that readers of such
magazine might, in public places,
blushingly hide the name on the cover.
but that 1t would have great hosts of
purchasers nevertheless. Very likely.
And It is safe TO say that a consider
able fraction of them would be men.
Since when did women exhibit a
monopoly Of interest In matters of
romance7
New-York tribune., 1921-08-12
South America at Stake
klche't Plum of Commerce" Being
Plucked, but Not by Uncle Sam

ElGhe't sc Plum of Commerce" Being
Plucked, but Not by Uncle Sam
10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Nour editorial on "Our South
American Trade" was great. It's q relief
10 see that somebody realizes what this
country is losing in regard to South
American trade.
Inc fault seems to lie in a lack of
knowledge of the progress and civilian
tlon OF the countries of the southern
continent, also an amazing self-suffi
clency among the manufacturers. The
tact that their ways are as strange to
the Latin Americans as the Latin
americans ways are to them never
seems to occur to them. They make
little or no attempt at understanding
and their representatives knowledge of
the languages Of South America has
been very poor, or nil.
South America was only too willing
to trade with the United States, but
certain carelessness and injustice in
their ardor. 1t is rather eloquent that
to-day an American is not altogether
welcome in the southern republics.
If the American manufacturers would
take the trouble tc learn the ways of
South America and cater to them, as
other nations have done, they would
find it greatly to their advantage.
There are many up-to-date books on
the library shelves that would en-
tighten them somewhat. l suggest that
some OF the skeptical read Eliiott's
Brazil CIR Clayton Sedgwick Cooper's
Understanding South America and The
Brazilians and Their Country. South
America is great, scarcely scratched
continent, with infinite natural re-
sources. 1t is the richest plum of com
merce. PHYLLIS CHAPMAN.
New York, Aug. 10, 1921.