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Evening star., 1921-11-29

t Fish.
SEATTLE, November 20 eSpe-
cia) .-omciais figures for the
stocks of canned salmon for
the entire Pacific coast show
on hand $4,000 cases OF reds, ~. .ooe
cases Of king and medium reds, 1,o90,-
months ago there wss On unsold sur
plus Of three million c:scs, Now the
outlook is for q clean.up OF all stocks
before the 1922 season if not an ac-
tual shortage.
Dry Goods.
ST, LOUIS, November 20 fSpeoiaD.-
Wholesale dry goods trade has been
dull in this section for some time on
spot goods. Retailers are holding
down their purchases.
OIL.
FORT WORTH. November 20 tspe.
ciaf1.-On production in the north and
central Texas oil regions has in.
creased in the last week. TINS is the
first time q gain has been reststered
since early fall. The proved territory
Ia these fields has been extended by
new drilling this week.
Coal and Coke.
CONNELLSvILLE, Pa, November
20 (special).--Connellsyille coal and
coke producers are decidedly pessi-
mistic regarding the outlook, due to
the rapidity with which they have
had TO cut prices. Despite this q
production gain is being shown.
THURBER, Tex, November % tspe..
cial).-The Texas Pacific Coal and
;~D> HHn a. n ~
by q strike over the open shop ques-
tions since last April, when miners
went out, has succeeded in opening
one SHAFT here, and is turning out
four cars of coal q day.
Cottons.
FALL RIVER. Mass, November 20
{Special).-The wage agreement be-
tween cotton manufacturers and their
year ago 221s per cent wage reduc-
ton was put into effect. The manu-
facturers so far have given no indi-
cation Of their attitude on wages.
The wage scales of the Carolina mills,
with which the local plants come into
are about IS per oent less
than those obtaining here.
Flour.
KANSAS CITY, November 20 fSpe-
to the absence of de-
mand from Europe for wheat flour.
-four prices are extremely low. First
clear flour sold this week as low as
$3.50 a barrel. In jute sacks offer
ings have been made at below IS.
Fruit.
SAN FRANCISCO, November %
Especially 1.-The old stock Of prunes
has been well cleaned up. and ship
ments are being made regularly OF
new stock. with q strong demand
holding prices firm.
Shoes.
AUBURN. Me-. November - fSpe-
cial).-Shoe manufacturers In south
Evening star., 1921-11-29
SOME TRADE IRREGULARITY
CHARGED TO INVENTORY TINE
Optimistic Viewpoint IN New York Area,
However, Is Sustained by Substantial
Orders Covering Many Lines.

uation. although mills are not buying
any large quantities at present prices.
Evening star., 1921-11-29

been made at good figures. and al.l
though the range Of prices is below
that Of last year. Il b above the aver
aee tor the last few years.
Evening star., 1921-11-29
Shoes.

AUBURN. Me-. November - {Spe-
cial).-Shoe manufacturers In south
ern Maine state that companies which
have reduced wages and bought cheap
leather can sell all the shoes they
can now make. provided they sell at
a close profit. Plants which were
loaded up with stocks Of high priced
leather are either closed or operat-
ing on a part-time basis.
Evening star., 1921-11-29
Msats.

FORT WORTH. November 20 (Spe-
cial,.--Twe thousand packing house
employees are considering today
whether they will accept q propos1d
wage reduction In the yards here.
The wage cuts already have been ac-
cepted by about 2,e00 workmsh.
Evening star., 1921-11-29

SAN FRANCISCO. November 20
(Special).-The old stock of prunes
has been well cleaned up. and ship
ments are being made regularly Of
new stock. with = strong demand
holding prices firm.
Evening star., 1921-11-29

KANSAS CITY, November 20 fSpe-
to the absence of de-
mand from Europe for wheat flour.
-four prices are extremely low. First
clear flour sold this week as low as
$3.50 a barrel. In jute sacks offer
ings have been made at below $3.
Evening star., 1921-11-29

DRy Goods
ST. LOUIS. November 20 fSpeoiaD.--
dry goods trade has been
dull in this section for some time on
spot goods. Retailers are holding
down their purchases.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-03-03

hr needs lni hlg stock nNd hc roa
tunuhly sure ol his crop From
Nl indications Che Nuccc Farmer
b. doing ihis ihls yoar
sooner uf laicr $40 shall rnue
io raising more feed crops md go.
ing "a for PRODUCING iai cattle
There SIS START beg thai 90 some
points m ,his territory lor thc
present however thc farmer S.
making q conservative campaign.
dcpca8lue upon rar2 COTTON as
ht chici crop and doing DIS ut-
u0H tu producing 80 Hpuu m cN.
pcuAc unph price, to be cNpcricd
wiz Justify
Tl ouuli0Oh is Ulf lrum dlsu
og.ug OIL thc business men oaN
follow ihc luc ol descending
prices 0s fhFramrr las prcpalcd
io du ihpe should hc no f.uah
times JhI uil hut o. worry dls'un.
iiul prosperity
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-03-03

With billiard halls pu out OF
business iherc hl been strong
trod iowafd pairunngo oi boxing
and other athletic performances
Iho pass1ec hy iho Tcsas lcaisln-
sure of ihc bin which makes the
peruissiou col surh oyhihitious %
matter OF ucal regulation win hc
welcomed all over ihc state. and
possibly no moro pleasing lhan in
tlis section of TcSas n reflects
public opinion io q degree rather
unusual iu acts of The legislature.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-03-03

~cnelor Fall. uho eoc info fhc
ilanliug cahnel as lhc expert
upou McNicn. ha stated anw
thu' ihcr0 cu Dos no recognition
cot McNieo mii. ihaf nation .holl
have given adequate suHurr
of ihc protection of Iifc and ri9bf
of Americans in thai country
This BIS cNarilg thr attitude of tho
Wilson administration Boira
continuance o' fhN position 70
may have wholesome effect up.
.ou ONrcgous poIicic, Presumably
boz has boon Waiting io learn th,
attitude off ihr Emitted sintc m
dei ihc nou administration Nov
hc knows thai 81 D. which ma,
hc ycry good thing
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-03-03

FARM PROSPECTS coon

FARM PROSPECTS GOOD
The farmer, of Nuwr, county
nro eomius fo ihe ucn COTTON sea-.
son with preparations Cow making
q large crop with confidence fhri
while There vilI NOT hr great pro
fii Doe growing coiiUn inls voa
they mny win fair rciWu for ihoIf.
lahor end investment provided
they 40 all their work With the ut.
MOST rcouoms aud grr favored hy.
an average scusW
Recent rains have put one of thc.
famcrh nroh'cns oui uf sight
fofton s essentially drs-poun
try crop The long ,ap root ol.
the plant WlI' fnd moisture if.
There is rond soHsoH m the.
ground Once iha' moisture has
hcCn deposited bon ihe FORM of rain.
There s nothing to WORRY ahoui
an that scorc no matter how dry
thc ground may become 90 the
surface
With iho question of uud.rly
ing moisture settled ihe farmerI
can give OBJ, attention Co care oil
the crop Now loi us look oycrI
tho situation and scc whore bel
stands
Any person who has driven ovcrI
thi, rouuty rcrcuily Knows that
tro field. have been cleared and'
pui ia unusually good condition
~ SOME spots cotton already has
shown above ground AN Is iu
readiness Cor the MAILING
% is to hc noted Chat ihc farm
e. is going ahead with fan rc.
roguiiiou off conditions he knows
n rs improbable bar cotton viii
bring large price This fam 10
knows that Go soll ui around fi
teen cents for The early crop br
must produce +, iar moro ebcaplN
Than ho did lHst year when 'hc
carly price was around 30 cents
tsp mHN scc thc cultivation 0f ihr
fields hcine done bv amIlies ufh
o. 'hau hircd hapds There are
mAny women ridine fanm maeh-
WDrr
Whom ihc time come, lur pick
h- aud ginning There Win Doe far
Tower prlfr, ihm O ycar ago
Then the farmer started iho sca
Non paying SOL 0 hundred and
ihc ginning charge Wa, in ratio
90 ODE 3ltoui COTTON This vear
labor viii gc' much less. aud $50
will Che gins
The iarae Is making his puus
with nIl consideration of fhc de-.
semdmg price, of foods and 9th.
~ Supplies Co., IS doing bis part
aua ho las reason goo expect thc
merchants io Go theirs llo Is
wc'l satisfied thet $3.50 do ,o
WITH ihose conditions Boo ,iew
un possible f0 oct iuc m toe
ponibllItirs of tho coming season
Iharo hg. been much ialk of acre
age reduction hut Wt doubt ID
There wifi bc amy mmt dcrroasc
H llW amount soft land in cotton
in ihr uciiou Tno reason fm
lht s obvious Thi, IS NOT onl,
ihc beat COTTON territory in TcN
us Which produce. more than ou,
Querier of me Quilted States cot
t,n. hui 70 bass ihc incsiimahle ad
wntaoe OFT producing iis rrop dl
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-03-03
CORRECT Aficatt
INC D. EitlFF
n OWENS
A. NJ FRENCH
Directors

Subscribed ana sworn 90 before mc
thls isi day at March A - iY2i.
lSoen A. A. MACAtANtS.
Notary Public. Success County Tex
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-03-03

Nr grnr- r.. Nilrk ae vice urrai
tieu and etu D Merrimar Hs cashier
uf alid l,ank each uf us. 40 splewuiN
afgplr that the apoVe statement ls tine
10 thN best % nur knnvlohgr and belief
Di1o % CLARK Woe prfsidcni.
T. go j. MEnRiMAN Cashier
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-03-03

No. 10.
Official Statement % thc Financial
Condition II fhc
FIRST STATE BANK or CORPUS
CHRISTI
40 Corpus rhflsfi stttr of rnN1s AZ
fhr ciusu M buHIn. H OH tnH -iaf d.iN "i
TohfnurN 1854 runlishrd 800 the ,o'
Uus Christi Nfih Caller "a u"Hrrapnf
printod ana nuhl. shpd tt corpus rhris-
i state uf Texas on thD 3rd 0ty u'
March 1881
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IrwyfIght lo9i ~ Elgar A ouoau.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-22
THE BURGLARY EPIDEMIC,

For long time there has been what
might be termed an epidemic of burg
laries in this city and community. with
an occasional hoid-up of a character
t' disturb the equanimity of good citi-
zens. especially those who occa-
sionally are compelled TO traverse our.
streets az nights. And the burglars
at times operate in a manner that
really is audacious.
Something should be done to correct
this epidemic OF lawlessness. so de-
structive OF the peace and comfort of
our people. For one thing, burglars
and brutal highwaYmen should be
punished without mercy. Neither class
Of law-breakers is any more deserv-
ing of mercy than are deliberate muir
derers. The burglar or the highway
man Will XIII 10 save himself from in
jury or arrest. and this disposition
makes them murderers at heart.
II these crimes. especially the burg
laries, continue, householders will feel
impelled 20 arm themselves against
daring intruders. and shoot at them
ON sight This. however, is not an as
surfing resort. attended as ii is by the
risk of killing or injuring an innocent
party. But the wish that the remedy
may lle employed occasionally is ir-
repressible. One burglar killed after
forcing his way into house. one
hishwayman shot down in his mur-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-22
JUST FOLKS
|. PRAYER TO THE GOD OF GOLF.
ny Edgar A. Guest,

oh. god of golf. now hear my plea:
Make n fair putter out OF me-
do not ask OF you too much,
Tbe champions sure and certain
touch,
The master stroke--tust teach me now
To get four-foot putt somehow.
Upon the practice green 7 can
Get down my ball with any man.
But when the game grows close and
tense
Somehow l lose all putting sense.
Teach me. / pray thee. then. to stand
AS one whose brain controls the hand
Teach me TO know that never up
ls never TO get In the cupi"
Grant me little sense in this,
To give the ball a chance TO miss:
And when the line describes a curve,
Defend me from faltering nerve.
Let me be bold, as bold as they
Who win my golf balls when | play;
Teach me in every circumstance
At least to give the ball a chance,
And let me hope. as other men.
To hole long one, now and then.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-22
FREIGHT RATES AND WAGES.

A 10 per cent reduction in freight
rates on farm products shows that the
railroads are in earnest In their de-
sire TO help restore the cost of doing
business To a workable basis In
period of world wide and drastic de-
iiation the cost of transportation has
stood out as a striking and disturbing
exception TO the. general trend. Not
only have the high rates been an almost
intolerable burden: their resistance
has been and Is retardlng the whole
process OF business recovery. The
present cut may he hailed. therefore
as an encouraging omen. IL Is
doubly welcome, moreover. as better
kard-pressed farmers in the world
markets FOR their products.
The corollary of. such reductions
must, however. be remembered. This
is corresponding reductions in railroad
wages The carriers already have
made cuts in the rates on many COM
modities, hut It is evident that this
sort of thing cannot go far without
oompensating savings in operating ex-
penses. Railroad earnings are still
materially below the fair return con-
tcmplated by the Transportation Act.
despite serious undermaintenance of
the properties,
The roads have set the machinery
In motion for a 10 per cent reduction
in wages. The Labor Board should
clear the way for consideration of this
cut by-disposing OF pending disputes
with regard 10 working conditions
Action is imperative. The whole
country needs cheaper transportation
New York Evening Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-22
THE WHIPPING POST.

The Sussex Journal OF Georgetown,
in its comment on Every Evenings
editorial reference to the whipping
post, in a recent issue, is not alto
gether correct in it's assertion that
We suggested that II would be well
10 abolish" the institution by law.
We merely tentatively inquired
whether such a course might not be
preferable to almost entirely ignoring
the post in imposing penalties for
various offences.
The efficacy of the whipping post
is a mooted question. but it should
not be ignored as long as the law
calls for the imposition of it's punish
ment. So the question now before
the people is whether it shall be ap-
piled in n practical manner, or the
law virtually set aside.
ihe SusseA journal empha tlcally
upholds the law and urges an effective
application of the lash. 1t would have
less Jail sentences and more whip
pings. "one stroke of the lash" il
says, lis a better deterrent of crime
than one years Imprisonment: and
forty lashes a better deterrent than
twenty-five years in the workhouse
We hope the law will stay on
the statute books Of Delaware"
Here is plain and positive ex-
preston OF approval. But will there
be any use in retaining the law IL
II is not to be availed of?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-22
THE GERMAN REACTION.

German politicians look upon the
American disarmament proposals from
their own standpoint, of course. and
IL is therefore not surprising Ia find
that they regard the proposals as "hy-
pocrisy, lies and dishonesty" One of
the newspa pers cynically remarks that
the limited approval voiced by the dele
gates at Washington was merely to
gain time TO put something over on
each other" And another prophesies
that a ten-year holiday in capital ship
construction will result in a race to
construct fighting submarines and air
ships."
Here is the voice of the old Prussian
spirit. a reflection of the diplomacy
OF deceit and guile which was prac-
ticed habitually by Imperial Germany
up 10 the very eve of the rape of
Belgium. These German spokesmen,
at the moment peace is being de
clared with the United States, reveal
their own attitude of mind toward the
problems the Conference is meefing to
consider, their own utter failure to
comprehend the meaning of open
diplomacy or their purpose to keep
! faith in international dealings.-Phila-
| delphia Ledger.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-22
Is IT CoNsTITuTIONALi

Mr. ILrdlng will presumably sign
the so-callcd antl-beer bill. the con-
f,rencc report on which, already passed
Ivy the House. was adopted by the SEN
ate on Friday by vote OF So to go.
The bill will soon become a law. The
Supreme Court will have TO decide
whether or not certain provisions OF It
are constitutional.
The attack will be made on two main
grounds. First: Is the prohibition of
the medical prescription OF beer or
malt liquors within the terms of the
Eighteenth Amendment? That prohib-
lts the manufacturer sale or trans
portation, and so on, of Intoxicating
liquors "for beverage purposes" Has
Congress the constitutional power un-
der that amendment to prohibit the
manufacture. SALE and so forth. OF in
toxicating liquors for medicinal pur-
poses7 The liberty of the medical pro-
fession \and the health OF the COM
munity are directly concerned in the
answer that the court may make to
this question.
The bill makes Ia the Stanley
amendment and the Constitution only
tit ''h'tN'iPh ''ifti l'ANti' iFNlhfii''N
may not be searched without war
rant. The Fourth Amendment declares
| that the right of the people to be Sc
| cure I'm their persons. houses, papers
and effects against unreasona bile
| searches and seizures shall not be vio-
lated. and no warrants shall issue but
upon probable cause, supported by
| oath or affirmation. and particularly
| describing the place to he searched
and the persons or things to be
seized.
| The bill permits prohibition agents
To search without warrant persons
stores. offices. vehicles. That il, It nj.
lows the Fourth Amendment so far
~ houses are concerned. but disal-
lows II az TO persons and effects. VIII
that disallowance hold water2 Are not
searches and seizures, without war.
rant. of persons and effects, as well
as houses. exactly the unrea sonabl,
searches and seizures from which tn,
Fourth Amendment protects the poo.
pie? Much learning and more heal
have been dlsenga ged from the lonp
controversy I'M the Senate. There i,
nothing more TO say about II until IN,
Supreme Court decides New yorl
Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-22
JOHNS STRUGGLE.
Mrs. Calvert Thompson.

Sometime ago I took my pen
And wrote in joyous way,
John Barleycorn Is dead now,
And has been laid away,
Into the lonely sepulchcr
Where he long deserved 10 go.
Oh may he never more return
To cause us pain and woe.
And then found to my surprise
He'd not been dead at all,
He merely had been planted
To recuperate, that's all.
His abject slaves and servants
Tried 10 carry on the work
That John left when he departed.
And their duties did not shirk.
Sometimes their plans we'll carried,
Sometimes Old Uncle caught EN-,
And discovered they We're planning
To raise old John this autumn.
Old John is still a struggling corpse
While his father. the old devil
Is doing ali that's in his power
To bring son John up TO level.
Now IL you don't want liquor
In your state or i'm your town.
Just shovel earth the harder
. On the corpse 10 keep II down.
Ii is not trivial matter
We are dealing with today,
Human souls hang in the balance;
Let us work TO win the fray.
Hockessin, Nov. 10, 1921.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-22
TAXING AND SPENDING.

II is many years since an American
President In the first year OF his term
has received from members OF his own
party such n rcbuke az was admin
istered to Mr.. Harding by ninety -four
Republican Representatives who voted
with the Democrats for a surtax rate
OF 80 per cent upon incomes above
100000 year. To make the blow
more stunning, the vote was taken
right upon the heels Of the Presidents \
letter pleading for compromise rate
OF 40. per cent.
SO far az the President is personally
concerned his good nature led him
necdlessly to interfere, I'm n free fight
His proper attitude would have been
that OF the lady of the frontier: "Go
II husband! Go II, bearl" Wall street
wanted 32-per-cent rate or lower.
and some such device as a sales tax
to throw the weight of taxation upon
the general community. The agricul-
tural bloc in the Republican party
tossed the burden back upon the
shoulders of the very wealthy.
Or II thinks. or merely pretends.
that 1t did so. For there Is the glim-
meripg OF economic sense I'm Leader
Mondell's statement that the poor will
pay the surtax. All taxation tends to
distribute itself throughout the COM
munity, In which the comparatively
poor are the majority. The idea that
by any device of supertaxing or other
whipping of the economic devil around
the stump this incidence can be avoid
ed Ia pure folly.
Naturally some forms OF taxation are
more scientific than others. But the
differences lie largely in the degree Of
fairness between individuals, cheap
ness and certainty of collection and
the like. No tax can be devised which
is not burden upon the community
All that can reasonably be asked Is
that the burden he lightcned. And the
way TO do that is TO begin at the
spending end OF the process. If Con.
gress will cut down appropriations
there can be lower taxation---a. burden
still, but n lighter one, not unendurn.
BILE. AS long as Congress spends 81.
000. 100000 a year the American peo.
pie must pay $4,000 600 900 n year, ant
every dollar OF II must he earned u,
somebody before the government car
take it.-New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-22
HELP THE RED CROSS.

The Red Cross membership drive In
this city and State will close tomor-
row night. Thus far It has been very
gratifying az TO results, but there Is
need of all the announcement our
people can render by becoming as
sociated with it. So all members
should renew their connection. and
those who are not members will con-
tribute their part to the performance
of splendid work by enrolling their
names on the Red Cross lists.
Our people know the Red Cross and
have confidence in il. Its work dur
ing the war was boon 10 humanity.
and its work In peace Is OF the same
character. And peace has not les
sened the demand for its humane pur-
poses. There is much suffering AT
home and abroad. calling urgently for
its remedial agencies and making
heavy demands upon its resources.
Help along the good work OF the
Red Cross. The dues are only zone
dollar year. No present members
should refrain from continuing in
| good standing, and the more new
members enrolled, the better II will
be. II is an honor to be associated
with the Red Cross.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-22
VuVRCu ATTENDANCE.

In the course of a sermon at En-
worth Methodist Episcopal Church
this city. sunday evening. Rev. r..
nurpcttc short. a former pastor of
that congregation, advocated some
strenuous measures for attracting the
attention and interest of the people
o. a. "a lnrrcly increase the attend
ancc. tie regretted empty spaces In
the auditorium during regular church
surViccs and urged that extra attrac-
tiuns be- provided for the entertain
mont ana interest of people, Among
the drawing features he suggested
we're newspaper advertisements. bill
board announcements. and liberal
resort to the display of instructive
and appropriate motion pictures.
That these recommendation win
b. looked upon by many as radical
ana destructive is very probable. Yet
there IL a strong element OF common
Hvuso IN them. especially IN the rec
ommrndntion that motion pictures be
employed as an accompaniment and
adjunct of church services There
are motion pictures of various kinds,
hat there are many good ones. and of
enunHc the church would not coun-
tcnaucc any other kind.