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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18

ment and 10000 bags of Porto Rieos to an Iout port refiner at the quoted prices.
 The continued strength in the spot market led to renewed buying in raw sugar futures by commission houses and prices at one time showed advances of 4 to points. Near the close there was a partial setback on realizing and trade selling with final prices to 4 points net higher. Trading was again of fair propor- tions. March. 2.24c; May, ..f3c: July, 2.6lc; September, 2.74c.
 There were no changes in refined sugar with fine grsnulated listed at , cents. The undertone was firm owing to advance in the spot mar ket.
 There was sale of one lot of July at s.S5c in refined futures and 20 above last nights close. Final prices were unchanged to 10 points net higher. March and May closed at 550c, and July at 5.75c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
DRY GOODS
Rx RxAssociated Pres.

New York, February 17.-Sheetngs were in better demand on the local market today, sales being made at lower prices principally to the pas manufacturing trade. Print cloths were steady. Finished goods anu silks were quiet. Yarns were lower Burlaps were steady with trade lgn'' Wool goods are moving irregulariS' tweeds. plaid black overcoatinSs anu fancy dress goods doing better than other lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
COTTONSEED OIL.

New York, February 17.-Cotton- seed oil was higher with mixed commission house trade. Buying Twas prompted principally by tho h,,llish showing in lard and cotton, . na firm crude markets. Closing bids uerx 10 to IA points net higher. Sales so 4o,N barrels. Prime crude S.50c hid. nASime summer yellow spot nomi- nal. MIarch. 9.s7c; May. 10.llc; July. 1035c all bid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
MONEY MARKET

New York February i7Cail money steady; high 1 per cent; low per cent; ruling rate 1 per cent; closing bid 3ls per cent; offered at per cent; last loan 1 per cent, call loans a gsinst acceptances 31a per cent: time loans firm; 60 days 4at per cent CT 5 per cent; 90 days "A per cent e per cent. months IA ger cent O 3 per cent Prime mer- eantile paper A. per cent c , per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
INTERIOR MOVEMENT

 Houston Middling, 17.25c; re- ceipts, S,Ss6 shipments. 3,154; sales 7,2O3; stock, 2S4,S15.
 Memphis Middling, 17c; receipts 2,309; shipments, S.SS6; sales, 1,020; stock, 221.36S.
 Augusta: Middling, 16.S1c; re- ceipts, S3O shipments, 400; sales. 1S5i stock, 127,676.
 St. Louis: Middling, IT .25c; re- 1.274; shipments. 1882; sales $50; stock, 2s,991.
 Atlanta: Middling. 17 .15c. Little Rock: Middling. 17c; re ceipts. 1,244; shipments, 75; sales 555; stock, 64.315.
 Dallas: Mddling. 16.7oc; sales 2104.
 Montgomery; Middlng, l6.5oc; sales, 252.
 Total today: Receipts. s,55S; ship r1rnts, S,s47; stock. 726.e65.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
CHICAGO GRAIN By Associated Press
CASH GRAIN By Associated Press

Cbicago. February lI.-W neat No 3. red. st.SSA: No. 1, hard. s1.s2 z c 1.5S. Corn, No. ?. mixed, o7 h q5Sc; No ?, yellow, 57h O 5SAe. Oats, No. 2, white, s9@ 41c No. 3. white, S6G9 3sc. Rye. No. ?, s1.00@1.01A. Bar ley, 55@56c. Timothy seed. s5.o0@ 7.S0. Glover seed. s12.e0G 22.00. Pork, nominal; lard. s11.S5: ribs. s10.754 s11.75.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
SUGAR MARKET
 By Associated Press

New York. February 17.-The raw sugar market continued firm and prices were higher, Cubas being quoted at 23-16c cost and freight. equal to S.79c for centrifugal and Porto Ricos at s.70c There were sales of 2o000 bags of new crop Cubas to operators for March ship
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Hubbard Brcs. & Co.

Members New York Cotton Exchange, N.s Orleans Cotton Exchange, New York Pro- duce Exchange. Associated Irnn.T, Liverpool Cotton Association. Orders ao- iicited for the purchase and aaie ss Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery
 Special attention and liberal s-s.Is given
 for consignment of spot cotto>, tor .s livery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
BY Associated Press

New York. February 17-Copper easy; electrolytic, spot, and futures. 13Q13Ac. Tin easy, spot and nearby. s3025: futures, s30G30.l2, Iron steady. unchanged. Lead steady, spot, s4.7O@4.S0. Zinc quiet. East St. Louis delivery. spot, s450QL55. Anthony, spot, s4.4o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
NAVAL STORES
 Ry Assoc;af.,1 p....

Savannah, Ga, February 17-Tur- pentine, firm, S4%c: sales. 50. ra- ceipts, 55 shipments, 205. stock. 6,l09. Resin, firm: sales 6Ss: receints s42; shipments, 20s: stock. 7s.O5s
 Quote: B, c. D. E. F. c, II. |. s4.oD. X. $40; M. s5.15 N, s5.45 Wg s5.70@ 5.T5. Wv. S6.O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
LONDON MONEY

London, February 17.-Bar. sllVeF' S4Md per ounce. Money 2A per cent. discount rates short and three months bills 3A @1lA peY cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18

mills, 4S,OoO bales, of which Amerl- can 32,o00 stock, 1009,o0O; Amerl- can, 5S0,000 Imports, 64000; Ameri- can, 41,oOo; exports, 1000; American. 2,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
BAR SILVER
By Associated Press

- IlN AssOclated Press
 New York, February 17-Foreign bar silver, 65iac; Mexican dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18

Liverpool, February ll.-Cotton spot moderate business. prices steady; good middling, 1071d; fully middling, 10.36d; middling, 10.o1d; low middlins, 9.O6d; good ordinary, 7.S1d; ordinary 7.06d, sales, 5000 bales, including 6,700 American; no receipts. Futures closed firm. February. 10.04d; March 1009d; May, 10.f0d; July. l0,o6d; September, 9.S3d; October, a.75d. December 9.64d; January. a.59d
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18

SnicdSo. FeDruarN ll.-POta toe s steady; Colorado sacked brown beau ties. $2.2ad 2.S5; Wisconsin sacked round whites, s1.75@L95, mostly lS5; Wisconsin bulk round whites. no sales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18

St. Louis. February 11.--Wheat No. ?. red, s14o@1.4l; No. 3, $1.31 q 1.S5; May. s1.s3is July. s1.17ss. Oats. No. ?. white. Zoe: May. 42a. July. 4sla
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wEIskLy LIXERPoOI.

By Associated Press Liverpool, February 1I.-Weekly cotton Statistics: Total forwarded 10
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
SPOT CoFFEE
METAL MARKET

Ny HbsUciHttu FFess New York, February l7-Coffee: Rio No. z, Sc.
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LIBERTY BONDS Rv Asro-fnTed p.aga
New York. February 17.-Liberty bonds
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK


 Chicago, February 1f.-Cattle: Receipts. 4,0oo; fairly active; generally steady on all classes.
 Top beef steers .............s 800 Top yearlings ......,....... s75 Bulk beef steers ..... 70o0 < no Bulk fat she stock .. l2bp 575 Bulk stockeFs and feeders. 60Op 100 Bulk vealers to packers ... 10.OO810.75 Steady to 10e lower: closed steady to strong with Thursday's average: shippers bought about 5000; hoidoyer rnoderate. Top lso to 1so-lb. hogs slO4O BnIk Bi .....,...,. as591o.s5 Pigs, bulk desirable 100 to
 130 pounders .......... a25A q 40 Some stronger weights ... 95OalO 00 Sheep; Receipts, 5000; fat lambs strong to 25c higher; fat sheep and feeder lambs firm.
 rat ianp top .S15.S5 sulk desirable kinds ..... 14.75a15.75 Good sO-lb. wooded ysarlings Choice 127-lb shorn ewes 100 Top wooded ewes ........ 500 Desirable shearing lambs ... 1875
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PRODUCE

New York. February 11.-Butter steady: creamery higher than extras, sis @3shc; creamery farsts, 33h O S7 lsc. Eggs steady. eli eese firm; average run, 19ia D 2oe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
HUnBARD,s LETTER

New York, February 17.-(Special.) Liverpool again showed strength this morning 2 and advices from that market indicated a much better feel ing than had existed for some time In fact a private dispatch from very responsible house indicated large business pending in Manchester. That this is probably so is confirmed by the decidedly better spot demand re ported by exporters in the south; this demand coming from Liverpool on account of the strike situation in New England, northern spinners have been and still are out of the market but cur advices from our New England offices indicate that the strike will not be of long duration Consequently we face the possibility of buying -ffom English spinners which might be followed by American spinners. as there is d scarcity of contracts iH this market a very sharp advance could easily result While the market has been dull and narrow all day at slightly higher prices, we feel that we have not yet begun to reflect the
 improved situation abroad but its influence can be felt here at any moment.-Hubbard Bros. & Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
SPOT COTTON
 

New Orleans, February 17.-Spot cotton steady and unchanged; sales on the spot 1,05S bales; to arrive S6o. Low middling, l5c; middling, 16.75c; good middling, 17.75c; receipts. 2,239; stock, 2S9,11
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
LIVERPOOL COTTON Rx Associafed Press

New York, February 17.-Spot cot ton steady; middling. lS,10c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-18
POTATOES

Chicago. February 17.-fSoultry alive lower; fowls. s3iSc; springs 24c; roosters. Sc.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON RYl lAssncinfed presA

New Orleans. February 17.-Cotton osed very steady at net advance of IS to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-20
THE sHERIFF's OFFICE

sheriff wyckof puts up a very good defense OF ms Onl0e IL
!. .t.tsment before the Board of Freeholders regarding III a
ms 90 sr nox+ vear. The term "sherif's ofice" has come
naan a multitude Of things IN Mlddlese1 county -
: ~nr.e re tackled on when, in reality, they nave n0'ANe y"
A. NTH the sheriff. office proper. ha
: The ~freeholders must appreciate the sheriffs position n e t Il
II that ont of the $43, 900 which he asks o runnnns L"
pon's ~ y COMING wear. s33, 900 is for salaries that are tAea oS
"a oce which the sheriff has little or no contro' Inv
holders are up against this same proposltlon' II ~ ., ~ mt
- = vol certain appropriations whether they "an'' 10 u D'
~ +hus tbev. in some measure, have lost controi u n0n N11:g.
Take ont the expenses of the Jail and court iNe ~ -
i freabolders are directly responsible, and the requnemen'S -
! sboriff,s office would not be so great after all u" -
.dn;ttea that Sheriff Wyckoff has been giving the county a 'Al
- business administration and when he points out Ii i1.en1Ss
- from his office he makes out a very strong case IN lis o"A
behalf. u+h - sberiff,s office,
! oopntv ial and the court officers expenses be separateu III NV
hrarot 10 q oood one. 1t is more business like and woulo s'0 U'
uson1e detailed knowledge of what the county government
-. low Tn fact the ~freeholders might well do a great deal
rora itemizinp in their budget and financial reports lacAhg on
TO the sheriff's office a great deal OF the county expense .n~s '
M belong there is a case in point. There are other mS'ahce "
county expenditures that might be cleared up IN n s"me "''
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-20
YOUR HANDICAPS

Do you enjoy your meals? Or do you often find eating is
a nuisancef Or, if a housewife, cooking is a pest, boresome,
dreadeds
Frank Nayr, philosopher and seeker of original causes,
makes a suggestion that probably has occurred to you.
Nayr says: cts too bad we cannot take III food hike a
flvver at a filling station for gasoline. Gasoline is, u tne
fivver. what food is to us. And the flivver gets exactly the
right kind of food-also just enough, neither too much nor too
little.
eve humans are eternally eating too much food, or the
wrong kind. It's always a puzzle, what will agree with us.
We feel a craving for corned beef and cabbage or pie or
lobster, but there's uncertainty as to whether 1t will rest
easily after it's down.
ssThe doctors tell us our bodies are machines. When it
comes to taking aboard our fuel, were much inferior TO the
auto"
Scientists say that bodies adapt themselves to environ
ment-that nature makes additions when needed, or takes
awav what il no longer needed. A favorite illustration is the
blind fish Of underground rivers. deprived Of eyes because it
does not need sight. Of the giraffe, which grew a long neck SO
it could reach tender leaves at the tops of trees. -.
Such changes, however, come very slowly. Millions q
years, according to scientists.
In the last Is years, man has changed his ways OF living,
his environment, more than his successors in 20 centuries before
We are developing so rapidly that nature ism keeping up
with us. Hence our machinery for eating and digesting and
nourishing our bodies is inferior to the auto, which We have
created more efficient than our own bodies, human machines.
A queer notion, bizarre yet logical, suggests Itself. AMI
mails grow fur, which protects them efficiently against cold.
Man keeps warm by artificial heat. However,
You're sitting at home, notice the room is cool. Lie on
the floor, you find the air cold. Stand on a ,char ana you
discover plenty of heat up near the ceiling where it doesn't
do you any good. If nature is guiding us, she is responsible
for this system which has something fundamentally wrong
with it. 49,
would be intervention by nature to enable us to keep in the
warm air by living on the ceilings. Couldn't bef Flies do it.
Enthusiastically, our bodies are ont of date. Nature is lag
ging, not changing us as fast as our progress and needs re-
quire.
to remedy the situation by legislating against Mother Ma
mittee. AT that, it would accomplish about as much as most
Of these committees.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-20
MAKE PERTH AMBoY THE TERMINAL

q The proposed bus line from ~Jamesburg through Helmetta,
Spotswood and Old Bridge to South River ought to terminate at
Perth Amboy. The logical route for this line is from Old Bridge
through Runyon to South Amboy and thence across the bridge to
this city. A live Chamber Of Commerce IN Perth Amboy would
BE- working toward that end.
Perth Amboy is not going to get much benefit from q bus
line starting at Jamesburg and running to South River. 1t stands
to reason that persons desiring to reach the shopping centers,
once they get to South River will go to New Brunswick which
is only a short distance away and which can be reached by trolley
from South River without making another change. To come to
Perth Amboy from South River one must not only spend more time
riding, but there is a change of cars at South Amboy in order to
get across the bridge.
But Jamesburg and all the district as far as Hightstown is
! logical feeder to Perth Amboy. This fact is brought out IN the
preliminary report of the city plan experts which has just been
nIaced in the hands of the Board of Aldermen. All that is needed
i onick transportation to develop that territory, but the trans
nortation should lead to Perth Amboy where the Industries are
located and where there are the stores for the women to do their
shopping.
Perth Amboy can never be anything but an industrial COM
rrnitv The city is already built up so closely that realty values
- nrobibitiye for the average laboring man. But within elght
ar len miles of Perth Amboy there is much vacant land that can
he bouebt at very reasonable prices. All that Is neeoeo Is 70
connect that section with Perth Amboy by adequate transporta'
ton facilities.
Here is where a live Chamber Of Commerce would find plenty
a Tba nronosed bus line from Jamesburg shows that condl-
+;ous r ripe. but Perth Amboy, through the md1nerence oI nf
e;tizans and lack of enterprise on the part OF hf ousnhess "en 10
Glowing OPPORTUNITIES to slip by. Through proper co-opera'on
800 tho business interests Of this city and the people nVlhe
= the towns from South Amboy to Hlghtstown' III couu ). 80
- benefited. This city would get the help needed IN the nouS'le
~ ~.ohor+s would get the shoppers, while the towns IN
-.s.;on would he built up and grow and prosper as never oeloi
M secre lies in solving the transportation pfoOiem' MS
aavar no done as long as Perth Amboy maintains hr pFeSeA'
attitude toward civic affairs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-20

@. Do quail hatch young more
than once a year?-W. A. a..
A. The Department of Agricul-
ture says that they do not usually DO
so, but that there are exceptions to
the rule.
@. What will soften rubber that
has hardened with AGES. q.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that rubber which has become hard
ened cannot be restored TO its orig1-
nal condition. The hardening is due
chiefly to oxidation Of the rubber by
the oxygen of the air. New sub
stances. which are not like rubber,
are formed.
O. What is the difference between
a couch and a lounge?-F. J. R.
A. Often in the furniture trade
a couch is distinguished as having
one arm, or raised end, and no
back; a lounge as having M arm
and a back; a sofa, as having two
arms and a back.
O. Does a racoon make a noise
similar to q screech OWLS. B. ii.
A. The Department of Agricul-
ture says that the sound Is not SINH
lar. A racoon growls.
@. Who carried the news of the
Boston Tea Party to New York;
H. c. p. :,
A. Paul Revere participated in 1t
and afterwards carried a report OF
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-20
NEW FERRY CATERS TO AUTOMOBILES

The statement made by the representative OF the neW iHls
company who appeared before the State Board Oh om III 80
N.vioation the other day in regard to privileges at ooulh An'o'
t.ansht ~. som interesting facts regarding the new South AM
hovstaten Island ferry that should make interesting reading li
this ctv and Tottenville. The new boats, 1t seems are 70 % ue.
the Staten Island Rapid Transit which operates n Terry :" ~
th;s e;tv and Tottenvile. The new boats, 1t seems ARE 70 DC o.,
,;oned esnecially for automobile traffic. The entire lower oecA WIN
~ reserved for machines, the passengers cabin being o n NE appel
AN On the lower deck there will be room for SIX INES 0 gag
andthe shore approaches will permit two lines OIL d T 10 ~ ''"'N
At a time.
II is plain that this ferry company is going after the automo-
ble traffic. And well it might when one contemplates the enof
nous traffic over the ferry here IN the Single mont OIL 9uS' aA
.bown n the report of the city plan experts with relation to the
opening Of Fayette street through to Convery place. 1t might ap-
near that this new ferry will relieve much of the congestion here,
but it will be found that with additional facilities the tranic WIN
increase lust that much more. The point for the Staten Island
Rapid Transit to consider, however, is that the ferry offering the
best accommodations will be preferred.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-20

it to New York. This was more than
a yea before his celebrated midnight
ride.
@. What were Lincoln's favorite
hymns?-C. c. M.
A. His f~avorites are said to hase
been: Am I a Soldier of the Crosse;
How Tedious and Tasteless the
Hours; There is a Fountain Filled
with Blood; Alas and Did My Savior
Bleed?
q. Is blood TRANSMISSION . new
ideal. H.
A. The TRANSMISSION Of blood from
the veins of n living animal to
those of another or from those Of a
man or one Of the lower animals into
a man, Is q very old operation. hav
ing been performed in 1892.
@. What Is a Cape foot?-J. J. d.
A. A Cape foot is a South Afri-
can unit of equal to LOBE
English feet.
@. How long have we had travel
ing libraries?-G B. M.
A. Travelling libraries were known
n England as early as 1917, while
the first general American travelling
| libraries supported by public funds
| were authorized by the New York
State legislature in 1892
Q. In the battle of the Alamo
were all the Texans killed.. H.
A. All the Texans were killed in
the Battle of the Alamo except the
commander. William Barrett Travis
and four of his men, who were taken.
prisoners, only to be put to death
later by order of Santa Anna.
@. Was the treadmilI devised an
"a mode of punishment2-D. S.
A. The treadmiu WIS invented BIZ,
Sir William Cubic as a mill to b
operated by man power and waH
later adopted as a means Of punish-s
ment and introduced into the priss.
| ons of England about 1920. It has
been generally abolished.
@. In a second growth forest.
should the trees be thinned or
pruned ?--F. W. c.
A. The Forest Service says that
it would be advisable to thin the
trees to increase their growth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-20

+ WASHINGTON, Dec. 17-It has
often been said that the United
States government is the biggest in
stitutIon in the world. 1t a also
beef said that it is the worst. Inc
first assertion tends to make us
swell with national pride. The sec
ond reduces the swelling.
Both assertions are substantially
true. There can be no doubt
about the size of the business es-
Enlistment conducted by Uncle
Sam, and there have been so many
revelations as to the wasteful and
inefficient manner in which he does
business that nothing of that sort
shocks anybody any more 1t Is Al
the more interesting, accordingly,
to learn that something has actu-
ally been accomplished in the way
of injecting real business methods
into government affairs.
One such step in that direction
was the creation of a Federal Spec
ifications Board with Do s. w.
Stratton head Of the Bureau OF
Standards, as chairman, and now a
second has been taken through the
appointment by the American En-
cheering Standards Committee of a
Standing SOI1IlllIteG vi SOCp0IdILJ
with the Federal Specifications
Board. This will give the govern
ment the best brains and talent at
the command of the 200 industrial
organizations are cooperating in the
work of the American Engineering
Standards Committee.
The members of the committee
who are to work with DR.. STRAIT
tons board are: Chairman A. III.
Hall; assistant treasurer and super
i%nte1dent of Distribution. Central
Union Gas Company, New York;
John A. Capp, chief of testing lab
oratory, General Electric Company.
Schenectady, and Sullivan w.
Jones, chairman of the structural
service committee, American Insti-
| tute of Architects, New York.
In commercial circles it has long
been a m saying that it costs
10 per cen more to do business
with the government than with
other customers. This waste-and
| surely unnecessary expense must lie
so termed-has been due largely to
a lack of uniformity in government
specifications covering articles to be
purchased by various governmental,
agencies and to the fact that the
government specifications were
rarely if ever identical with those
of ordinary commercial concerns.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-20
OLD BRIDGE

Tho dinner of the Methodist
Episcopal church held last night
was a financial The
amount of $22 realized will be used
for Christmas needs Of the Sunday
school children.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Dobson are
out OF town visitors today.
Edward Van Ansdale spent yes
terday in Philadelphia on business.
The town hall is being decorated
for the Old Bridge Athletic Club
dance to be held on Friday night.
Robert Benson Is a New Bruins
wick visitor today.
r. Sermon is a Spotswood visitor
today
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-20
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