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New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

J0CEo
an the subject at the American Iron
snd Steel Institute meeting on Friday
xhen he declared "the suggestions by
same that there will be less steel
manufactured as result of armament
limitation are unworthy of even pass
ing notice"
Figures on Steel
Perhaps the public has been misled
hv the staggering figures OF expendi-
t,res on war craft. If the money
speat were largely for steel the tom
mage would DO important, but that is
net the case. A battleship costing
tens Of millions OF dollars, authorities
noint out, bears no comparison to q
Messenger liner or s. steel freighter.
Il is an extremely refined piece of
mechanism. The warship is to 81
sreighter what light and refined
limousins is to a steel freight car, the
limousine containing q fraction of q
ton of steel, with much non-ferrous
metal, and costing two or three times
IS much as the freight car containing
twenty tons of steel.
The American steel industry, ac-
eording to recent estimates, has a
capacity OF about 52.500,oo0 tons of
steel ingots 8 year, or about 10000, 900
gross tens of finished rolled steel
Steel men calculate that at the outside
an extensive naval program would in
volve the consumption of q very few
hundred thousand tons Of steel per
year, or less than per cent Of the
productive steel capacity.
The percentage is higher in the case
Rot hIat, J<
and Crucible. The Bethlehem Steel
Cooperation is the lagest merchant
manufacturer OF munitions and builder
Of warships in the United States, but
President Grace says that the COM
psny's entire investment in plants pro-
ducing war material is less than per
cent o. it's total property investment
BethIehenl's S Part
OF 3 total property Investment Of
about 1892 100000 at the close of 1920
was under s21 100000, or less than 10
per cent And only one of the ship
yards is engaged in the building OF
warships Except during the period of
the war the company has not depended
on war material production for its
profits What is true of this company
the leading producer of war material
In the country, is even more true OF
other steel companies.
Willis I. King, president Of the
Jones & Lauglrlin Company, the second
largest independent manufacturer, told
a Tribune representative at the Ameri-
can Iron and Steel Institute gathering
that the products of his company
which went for war purposes in normal
times was less than one-quarter of /
per cent. The same is true of the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
according to James A. Campbell, its
president.
Horace S. Wilkinson, chairman OF
the Crucible Steel Company, said of the
total production of that concern less
than per cent went for war materials
He said that since the war considerable e
progress had been made in converting
plants used for munition making int
producers Of the utensils of peace.
Only one plant of the United States
Steel Corporation, that owned by the
Carnegie Steel Company, at Homestead
Pa, is used for the production of wa,
material, and it is stated that this plan
could be more proftably employed il
the production of commercial steel. II
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Ti,. Makers Busy

Tinplate makers are getting In
creased volume of new business due to
the recent price reductions. American
Sheet and Tinplate Company, Newcastle
mills, starting Sunday night, are oper-
ating in full. TIE numills which were
idle were ordered on The plant will
operate five days week. It is reported
that the company is also planning to
start ten additional mills at Farrell.
Despite reports to the contrary,
merger negotiations have by no means
been abandoned. In fact, in Youngs-
town banking circles it is regarded as
almost assured that there will be a
consolidation of the interests of the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company,
Inland Steel Company and the Steel
and Tube Company of America, the lat
ter two plants located in the Chicago
district. Executive headquarters are
to be established in Youngstown. it is
declared, and Mr.. Campbell is to head
the amalgamation for period Of five
years.
Discussing the merger, an official of
the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Com
pany said: about all that can be said
on the question is, that should any
such combination be made, it will be
based on the mutual interests of such
companies as may be concerned and
Will be made only with a view to
strengthening the competitive position
of these companies, which will eb to
the advantage of their employees"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Crapo Resigns From Acushnet

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NEW BEDFORD, MSS, Nov. To-
After twenty-three years as president
of the Acushnet Mills, William w.
Crapo has resigned. Announcement to
this effect was made at the annual
meeting of the corporation. Mr..
Grape, who Is past inety, is one Of the
leading men in the textile industry,
taking an active interest in several
corporations. He will be succeeded in
the Acushnet Mills Office by Thomas
S. Hathaway.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
HoaU Exchange Works

The members of the consortium meet
each day and allot the exchange for
that particular day. A Greek importer
wishing to buy American dollars must
make application to this consortium
and then wait until it meets and passes
upon his application. Rarely does he
receive the amount asked for In Mr..
Leonard's opinion speculation has not
been checked to any great extent be-
cause Of the consortium.
In many lines, continued Mr.. Leon
ard, Anne erican exporters are running
into stiff competition from the British
and the Germans. The latter have
been active in the Greek markets. quot
ing low prices and Offering long credit
terms which American manufacturers
and exporters apparently cannot meet.
In dry goods the Germans are especial
ly active and have captured a good
portion of the available business.
"The Americans" he said, "are high
ly regarded in Greece and natural sym-
pathy and friendship for them and for
American goods is strong. but the
Greek, like every one else, is Influenced
mainly by price considerations and will
buy in the cheapest market"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Labor Efficiency

Doing a normal business, the only
justification for continuance of ab-
normally high freight rates would be
a continuance of abaormally high ex-
penses. In general, wages per hour
have remained at abnormally high fig
ures, but large reduction in forces
has been found possible. Increased ef-
fciency of labor per man hour has made
this possible. The fiat failure Of the
strike threats, obvious despite the thin
excuses held out as q reason for the
backdown, thanks to the effort Of one
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Strong and Weak Roads
Cleavage Again to Fore
With Return to Normal Competitive
Conditions Differ ence Stands Out;
Many on Upgrade Now

LONG roads, with exceptions spending
"A operating than they taking the dis
inction between the and the roads largely
lost With competitive
of railroad distinction between
striking
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Believe That Improvement in Industry
Generally Will Offset Small Loss
of Covernme mt Naval Steel
Constr uctiOn

GAIST the first hurried
the disarmament Secretary Hughes oud
unfavoraby American are set tho
of such generassimos of
King Wilkinson and others The basic industry believe
se the come from rsncnc s
vord's expenditures for latent -
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
lronmasters Welcome Armament Reduction

feet and less to fears over naval arma-
ment reduction"
Another executive of the Valley
points out that both Bethlehem and
Midvalc Steel have large capacity de-
voted to production and fabricating
OF materials for the navy. Each COM
pany's open hearth capacity now de-
voted to government work would enter
the competition for other steel busi-
ness.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Opportunity in autos

zone of the best opportunities In
Greece for the American exporter lies
in motor cars, trucks and motor buses.
particularly the busses, as the rail-
transportation system in Greece is to-
tally inadequate to the demands. AL
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Bureau of Standards Gives
Formula for Testing Rope

WASHINGTON. Nov. 10.-How strong
is a rope? Tests made at the Bureau
of Standards here have resulted in
answering the question with formula.
For three-strand. regular malta rope,
from one-half TO four and one-haif
inches in diameter, the following COM
putation experts at the bureau state.
will give the breaking load of the rope
The average breaking load in pounds
equals 5000 multiplied by the diameter
of the rope in inches, multiplied by the
diameter Of the rope increased by ono.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
ssec4oI D4spctoh to Tho Tribune


PITTSBURGH, New. 1s.-steel man
ufacturers in the Pittsburgh district
are authority for the statement that
the total quantity of steel going to the
navy represents only II Of l per cent
Of the total steel capacity of the United
States, and that therefore the declara-
tion Of naval holiday and the aban-
donnent of huge building program
for the navy will have so little effect
upon the steel industry as whole as
to be negligible. In addition to this, it
is common knowledge in steel com
munities that steel mills would rather
take orders to roll almost any ma
terial than that intended for the navy
owing to the red tape and minutia of
regulations which surround navy in
spection and supervision. AS leading
steel manufacturer said here to-day
I'VE only take navy stuff when we
cant get anything else"
Steel manufacturers in the Pitts
ourgh district, which includes Youngs-
town, are in hearty accord with the
proposal Of Secretary Hughes to give
the world q ten-year naval holiday and
TO scrap existing battleships, as we'll as
abandon building others now in con-
temptation. They say it will have no
appreciable effect upon the steel in
dustry at this time and believe that in
the end it may result in benehting the
industry through the reduction of
taxes, the release of steel for peace
purposes, the establishment Of more
cordial world relations and consequent
adVancement Of foreign trade for Amer
lean steel products.
with tha exrautior ~ thA creat
srmor plate plant Of the Carnegie Steel
company in Homestead, there are but
lew mills in this district which have
ever rolled any large quantities of
fteeI for the navy. and the tonnage
going into naval construction has never
Deen heavy from this district
Merchant Ship Work
The Jones & Laughlin Steel Com
pany, the leading independent, has at
Emes rolled ship plates, but mostly
ior merchant ships and lighter naval
vessels. The Carbon Steel Company
mas specialized on specially treated
Geek plates for lighter naval craft, and
would undoubtedly be affected by the
eahceilation Of the naval building
program.
The Westinghouse Electric and Manu-
iiacturing Company has at present on
Aand contracts for equipment for the
nayy running into millions of dollars,
ana II Ia reported hers to-day that ali
worK on these contracts has been sum-
n marty stopped pending the outcome OF
tae disarmament conference. The gem
srai understanding here is that no
EXISTING contracts would be nullifed
Nltaout compensation from the govern
,nent for losses sustained. The only
losses not SO provided for would be in
ssquipment and plants designed solely
sor naval construction, which would fall
INTO disuse if the disarmament program
Is adopted.
~ The armor-plate department of the
homestead Steel Works, which holds
s1s worlds record for producing steel
Plates for battlsships, likely will be
used for making other kinds of steel
products In the event the naval holi-
~ proposed by Secretary Hughes be-
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

ready motor bus routes have been es-
tabIlshed around Athens. An exten-
slve road building program is in prog
ress which should aid the expansion
OF this form of transportation. Up
to about six months ago the motor car
business in Greece was good, but has
now suffered along with other trades
IN the general depression"
. ADDED to the uncertainties caused by
nuctuatlng exchange. which makes i'm
porting difficult in Greece. ia the added
obstacle of the exchange consortium.
according to Mr. Leonard. This consor-
tium, which consists of a number of
bankers and two representatives of Che
government was established to control
the exchange situation and endeavor to
eliminate speculation in exchange.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
RailsgGy Buying

The resumption Of railroad pur-
chases he's been going on quietly for
some time and some roads have been
making all the expenditures that were
necessary to bring their road and
equipment up to a normal standard.
Price reductions In materials and in
fuel, In many oases, have been Ear
greater than the general public real
ICES. The desire on the part of manu-
facturers to get orders large enough
60 sustain a skeleton force and mini
mum operation has resulted in price
concessions 70 big buyers like the rail-
roads of q much greater extent than
is shown In the quoted prices of mate
rails, based on what tha average buyer
would have to pay. It has been tho
strong roads only, though, that could
take advantage to the full Of these con-
ditions.
The weak roads have had to con-
tinue forced and uneconomicsl policy
Of scrimping on maintenance and a
complete suspension of work, involv-
ing even In part capital expenditures.
Even in cases, therefore, where,
through the railroad administratio
inability or unwillingness to make ade-
quate expenditures for upksep, the
strong roads had been left in almost
as poor condition as the weak roads,
this companionship in misery has been
terminated and there is the old fanlil-
lar difference between the physical
condition of the two classes of roads.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

Seawed Produces Celatine
Seaweed has lately been found to
produce gelatins Of very high quality.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

member of the labor board, acting not
in his official capacity, but as private
individual, has intensified the tendency
toward increased labor efficiency
among railroad laborers.
This manifestation OF defation has
gone long way, but it is the general
opinion of railroad men that it still
has a considerable distance to 20.
While, therefore, it can be said that it
IS unauestionably fully under wav, net
earnings figures have not begun to re-
fleet it fully, and especially is this
true since the last earnings statements
available are those for September.
When the October figures become
available, they will show for the frss
time an accurate point to point COM
parison between the month in 1921
and the corresponding month OF 1920,
and it is probable that when this nc
curate comparison becomes available
it Will show, even more than the Sep
tember figures showed, how far some
roads-tile strong roads-have gore
toward recovery and how desperate he
situation still is for the weakest roads.
Even September figures, however,
brought out this distinction clearly
For instance, In September the N,w
York Central earned S5.323,00o net,
after taxes and rentals, or at the ats
of over $5o,o0o,o00 net, making allow
ance for seasonal variations in earn
irgs; the New York. New Haven &c
Hartford earned only sse9, 600 net, after
rents, or at the rate of less than S.
100000 year. In the West the same
thing is noticeable. The Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy earned s3,152,000 ret,
after rentals; the Chicago, Milwaukee
& ST. Paul, with more than 1000 adii-
tional mileage, earned s2,382,000
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

Copper Adds TO Life of Steel
A little copper added t. steal ~,
longs its life.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-13

her efforts to maintain her dream,
there is borne upon her the fact that
her husbands n creed is to get
gold. and that his purpose in marry
ing her was TO perpetuate the family
name Of Ridgeway.
Fate Knocks Cyrus, however. when
his heir is born hopelessly deformed.
With no regard for the suffering Of
his wife, he orders the child taken
away, and when Bernice RECEIVERS
from her illness she is told that her
baby died. Through a gossiping SER
want Bernice learns of her husbands
cruelty. In a spirit of hatred Bernice
strips from her the costly clothing,
the Jewels and leaves forever the
house of Ridgeway.
In the squalor of the New York
slums, where no questions are asked,
she seeks to hide her sorrow and
take up life anew. Chance plays into
her hands when Kate Martin, a
neighbor, the mother Of a three
year-old little girl, who bears a strik-
ing resemblance TO Bernice. commits
suicide in her room. As Kate Mar
tin. Bernice through a series of dra-
matte episodes works out her des-
tiny and finds at last the happiness
her mother-heart Graves.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-13
ARREST IS MADE
At JAMESBURG
Nab Man Wanted in Big silk
Robbery--Sa He is Mas
ter Mind

JAMESBURG. Oct. 13-The trail
Of an organized gang of six thieves
led to Jamesburg yesterday when
detectives from police headquarters,
Newark, headed by Borough Mar
shall Gustav Fillhower of this place,
arrested Louis Craporatto as one Of
the master minds of a gang of
thieves that have been a puzzle to
the Newark police for over a year.
Craporatto was taken On the street
as he was returning from his work
as q laborer on the section gang of
the Pennsylvania railroad. He pro-
tested his innocence. but the police
claim that his former apartments at
Newark recently searched revealed
many thousand dollars worth of val
liable silk shirts.
Sergeant of Detectives George
Rass from police headquarters from
Newark, was at Jamesburg and in
company with Detective Michael
Ryan, made an inspection of the
plant of the George w. Helme Com
pany n an effort to arrest an i'm
portant member of the gang, Joseph
Pollazza, but they were unsuccess-
ful.
According to the story told by De-
tective Kaas, Craporatto was the
leading of the gang and
that a brother, ". Craporatto, con-
Quoted the clearing house"
through which all the stolen loot
passed. He conducts a small bakery
as a blind and much stolen silk has
been found stored there the detec-
tive said.
Louis CSraporatto came to James,
burg some months ago from Newark
and secured on the rail
read and his neighbors thought him
y hard working man. Some weeks
ago he purchased a building on
Willow street and intends to convert
same into a dwelling house.
The police say that ". Craporatto
has become very wealthy. He also
was a former Ja~mesburger and con-
Quoted an ice crea parlor where
Anthony Dughi formerly owned.
Further developments are expected
Today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-13
Coming to Ditmas

For the first time since he became
a screen actor Douglas Fairbanks
spent a cold million dollars in order
to make THE Three Musketeers."
which has proven to be the film SEN
sation of the picture world, and
which was adapted by Edward Kno-
block from Alexander Dumas fam
Gus novel, and directed by Fred Nib
10.
Never before in the history of the
motion picture industry was a photo
play produced on so lavish a scale as
was this forthcoming Fairbanks Of
fering. Nearly a hundred thousand
dollars was spent on costumes alone,
and more than half hat amount was
expended in the building of exterior
sets, not counting the ship and the
pier which cost a small fortune be-
sides.
All told, there are one hundred
and sixteen persons in the cast not
counting the extras, and the weekly
payroll for The Three Musketeers"
reached the staggering figure of yer
$4,000 a week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-13
At the Crescent

A story of romantic quality, with
that continental flavor which has
been impaired to most of her stories
by Nine. Elinor Glyn, Is included in
1.-THE Great Moment" In which
Gloria Swanson makes her debut as
a Paramount star. and which will be
shown at the Crescent theatre to-
day.
Monte NJ. Katterjohn, working side
by side with the author. prepared the
screen version of the story which
opens at an orgy in st. Petersburg
when a British a%ristocrat is capti-
waited by and marries a roman from
the plains of Tartary-a Gypsy. The
latter leaves him a daughter. Ma
dine, and in this role Miss Swan
son has one of the greatest of her
ire
The tempestuous nature of mo-
Their is transmitted to the child; the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-13

stage version.
Another thing that will par
ucularly please the regular photo
play fans is the fact that the
picture introduces a new screen
discovery" in Miss Maurine
Powers. What makes her work
the more remarkable is the fact
that ii stands out in such strong
company as Anna @. Nillson.
Julia Swayne Gordon, George Les
see, Mrs. owen Moore, (Kath-
crime Perry, Claude King. Cor
inne Barker and the other famil-
lar members of what Is practically
an all star cast.
AS to the story itself 1t is simple
and powerful. 1t deals with two
girls, WHO typify and represent
all daughters who have grown to
womanhood. The %unfairness and
narrowminded actions of one par
emit drive one girl forth into the
world. The over-indulgence and
careless neglect of another parent
is the cause of the second girls
leaving home. The paths Of the
two girls cross and IL is a junction
that has a far reaching effect
which is worked but in a sequence
of scenes that does not let the in
terest flag for a minute. why
Girls Leave Home is above all,
| one of the cleanest and mos!
thoroughly satisfying entertain
ments the silver sheet has offered
US in some time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-13
At the Strand

"Why Girls Leave Home" the
Warner Bros. production which is
now playing at the Strand theatre
strikes a new note in photoplay
presentation and demonstrates
that a vital lesson may be taught
in a manner most entertaining and
without undue stress Of mawkish
septimentality.
Harry Rapf who produced the
picture and William Nigh who
directed the actual photographing
of the scenes have left but little
of the famous old American melo-
drama from which the picture de-
rived it's title. But in this in
stance the change is all for the
best as the present photoplay
version is entirely free from the
n elodramatic artificiaiity that ne
cessarily was found in the older
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-13

longing for the nomadic life is an
Unborn passion and she takes the
Knight Bayard of history. without
fear and without reproach," as her
ideal. A love story follows vivid.
colorful, prefervid romance. the
story shifting across e and con-
tinents to America and the wilds of
Nevada. Later the scene of the
story is taken up in Washington and
the strict official life OF the capital.
Finally, the lovers find happiness in
the Nevada hills-tasting of heaven
and becoming the equals of the gods.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-13

Above pictures are of Mary Ell
en- McNally, and Clair Bowers, who
are attending the public school psy-
chology class, in Sleveland.
Schools where "prodigies" are
saved from becoming lazy!
Glasses where bright pupils are
given a chance to go ahead as fast
as they can.
New York and Cleveland have
them.
In these schools the youngsters
who are smarter than normal, are
not held back because of age, but
are advanced according to mental
ability.
In Cleveland the prodigy class
at Dennison school has been formed
as an experiment in psychology.
Twenty-Five of the smartest pupils
OF the Cleveland public school are
assembled in one class under . spe-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-13

cial teacher. Her job is to teach
them as fast as they can learn.
In their regular classes these
"prodigies'' didn't have to work to
keep up with their class. Now they
can move ahead as fast as their men
tai ages permit. This does away
with ~laziness," says DIR. Bertha
Luckey director of the school psy-
chology clinics.
Mary Ellen McNally is only 8, but
has shown a mental capacity of IL,
while Clair Bowers, Z. has shown a
mental capacity of IL.
In New York 5000 children have
been graded according to their In
telligence. Mental tests on words,
numbers ingenuity, common sense
and Interpretation of pictures and
fables ARE applied. Then the pupil
goes into the class he is mentally
ut to attend.