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New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

Quate port works in various of the
ports in the South. There is much
valuable land in the lower provinces
which might become available for ex-
ploltatlon II 1t were provided with
sufficient transportation facilities;
those sections now under cultivation
there are entirely dependent on the
railways for the transportation of
their products to the ports Of the CEN
tral cities for reshipment to The mar
kets of the industrial centers and the
nitrate pampas of the North
The continually increasing cost of
railroad transportation makes it de-
sirable for the continued prosperity Of
the agricultural provinces that an ade-
Quate coastwlse shipping service be es-
tablishcd in the entire length Of the
country. In this connection Congress
IS also discussing an arrangement for
the reservation OF coastwise shipping
TO Chilean boats. This latter arrange
ment. however, will provide that like
privileges be granted the vessels OF
foreign nations who have conceded
such rights to Chilean boats.
One OF the principal advantages Of
such an undertaking as the construc-
ton of port works at this time is that
employment viii thereby be given to
many OF the idle Workmcn who. with
their families have been q public charge
since the closing down last summer Of
many of the nitrate works in the north
These people have been great burden
on the public treasury and the govern
ment is very anxious TO devise q means
Of providing them with a rcmunerative
occupation. This bill. as at present
framed. plans for the turning over Of
the completed works to such financial
or engineering corporations as are will
ing to undertake the financing and
prosecution Of the work Of construc-
tlDn
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
City Dwellers Are Moving
Into Farming Sections
938 Families Purchased Farms
in This State Last
Year

The industrial worker. driven out OF
the cities by unemployment, high rent
and failure of his declining wage tc
meet the cost Of living. is moving back
to the farm, according to f. A. Straut
president Of the E. A. Strout Farm
Agency. Statistics compiled by Mr.
Strou: show that 9'8 New York fam
Ines were among the number who
found new homes in the country dur
ing the year, S indicated by the re-
port. There were 80 from New Jersey
end 1l6 from Connecticut, total a.
i.419
Generally speaking. the Eastern
,armer is sticking to the East OF the
1885 farms sold in the three states
last year LILA were bought BY resi-.
dents of those states.
An active demand throughout the
central states Tor Eastern farms is
shown by the fact that 175 farmers
from twelve states ir that section
moved into New York. New Jersey and
OcInectlcut during the year
The Now York market attracted the
'nlrty-onc farmers from the Far West
ern states who moved into this section
curing the year. as we'll as the thirty
Who came up from the South and the
1c1t y-threc from. New England.
But the buyers came from all ovcr--
from thirty states. Pennsylvania sent
l6l, Ohio 40. Michigan 81, Maryland
10, ILLINOIS 80, Indiana 6, Minnesota
~, Wisconsin IS. West Virginia 8
Colorado and California 8.
Vermont gets most of the New York
New Jersey and Connecticut families
who buy farms.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Business Troubles
Receivers in Bankruptcy

The following receivers in bankruptcy
were appointed to-day in the United States
Supreme Court.
bertha Rembaugh for Arion Iron Works
Inc ornamental iron, l44 Southern Boule
ward, The Bronx. with bond of s. 600
George II Williams for Joseph l.. Rosen
Waid. WalAer Co.. trousers, : Astoi
Place with bond Of $4,000
Robert {. Rand for I. S. Feature Ser
ice Inc. advertising. $50 Reade strcet
with bond of $1,000
Susan Branoeis for Joseph Oltsky
David Davidson and Isidor Arbtman, trad
ing as Tho Reliable Dress Goods Store
dresses, 40 Orchard ST with Il bond OF
81 600.
Schedules in Bankruptcy
The following schedules in banhruntcl
were filed to-day in the United states
District Cour'
FAMOUS DRY GOODS GO The schc.
ules Of Leo Biederman. trading as Famous
Lian,iities slo:5le: assets $500.
and Jacob l. Fine. trading as Fine Bros
habcrdashers 200 East rordham Road.
Bronx. show liabilities Of sl5.fl5, and
ZINDLER WAIST co. INC The sched-
u.es of the Iindler Waist Co. Inc. wa
SS West SD 81, show liabilities Of $50.
and assets of S7.39s
OF NJ. Kittenpian. Inc. furs. - Iifth
az, show liabilities of S94,794. and assets
Of $667o
JOSEPH lIANTROW1TI. silks. a25 rifth
az, show liabilities of Sl1S.o77. ana asset \
Of S67.O36.
Petitions in Bankruptcy
MICHAEL BROS An involuntary peti-
ton against Joseph and Julius Michael.
trading as Michael Bros coaks ana suits.
lis West 29th ST. by four creditors
REStA MOTORS. INC.-An Involuntary
petition against Resta Motors. Inc auto
lONINA cANANAGH- volnntarv ne
tttion by LoVina Cavanarh. sa alcswonlan.
200 West ia st. who places her liabilities
ct S4os. and no assets
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Colombia Exchange i'm FURRY
Financial Scare Caused by Paper Issue Bill Brings
Near Panic: Dollar Rate Jumps From 100
TO 118Ptsos i'm Issenty-four Hours

Steel Products Company. the National
City Bank of New York and another
creditor American company were
threatening an appeal to the United
States government in case they did
not receive carly payment Of amounts
owed them.
Recently Il contract has been entered
into by the government with the EOui-
table Trust Company for the coming
at the Philadelphia Mint Of 100000
silver coins of the denomination of so
ocntavos, doubtless for tho purpose of
taking advantage of tho profit Incl
dental to putting them into circulation,
since tho fractional coins in circula-
tion amount to about one-ffth Of the
total circulating medium.
Belgian Mission
Contcmporaneously with the nn7n-
cial straits Of the government. inter
est of a commercial nature is being
periodically manifested by foreign en-
titles, As is attcstcd by the presence
IN Bogota Of commercial mission sent
out by tho Belgian government, CON
sisting of three members besides the
chief of the mission. NJ. Georges ROu
ma. and by the visit to that city Of
sir Archibald Williamson, ono Of the
managing directors of the Lohitos Oil
fields, Ltd British oil company with
interests in Ecuador and Colombia.
The visit of the latter is of possible
significance in connection with claim
Of the Lobitos Oiliiclds. Ltd, to Il pcr-
tion of the lands comprising the con
ccssion originally granted by the Co
lomhian government to Roberto de
Mares and subsequently transferred to
the Tropical OH Company, an Amcri-
c1o h RI
upon alleged private ownership prior to
the date oG the concession granted by
the government, have been the subject
of litigation in the Colombian courts
and are still undecided.
NO Financial Relief
The stringent financial condition Of
the Colombian government is as yet
without relief. iii spite Of the passage
of the Colombian treaty with the
United States. which it was hoped
would strengthen the credit Of the gov
eminent to such an extent as to enable
it to place a loan for an amount sufli-
cicnt to meet its immediate needs.
The tone OF general business condi-
tions remains practically unchanged,
with 4 slight tendency toward improve
ment, which is exhibited. among other
ways. IN increasing amounts OH deposit
in the banks. A further general dc
cline in prices is indicated by a slight
reduction in the price Of coal, the de
mand and rate of production Of which
are fairly constant
The several groups OF railway pro-
moters in Bogota. which have been for
some time attempting to secure con
cesslons from the government. continue
to manifest an active interest and
each one apparently maintains the hope
that its project will be the one finally
favored
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

Special Foreign F,noucioi Correspondence
BOGOTA. Jan. 26. As result of a
financial scare arising from the re
sumption of discussion in the House
of Repre- sentatives of the bill authoriz-
ing tho government to issue 6.o0o.o 900
pesos in paper money. which had been
temporarily suspended as a result OF
the substitution by the government of
another bill authorizing the establish
ment of a government bank Of issue.
the rate of exchange on United States
dollars in Bogota recently rose from
LOG to lis in less than twenty four
hours.
Although the bill authorizing thc
issue Of paper money subsequently
passed the House and was referred
to the Senate the rate of exchange
soon reached its culmination and de
clined almost AS rapidly as it had
risen. falling to II, with promise of
going lower. The movement WAS in
the nature OF panic. and the public.
in spite OF much opposition in the
press. is apparently becoming moro re-
signed to the emission measure, the
success Of which now seems assured.
In addition. the financial public is
considerably disturbed over the posi-
bility OF marked increase in import
duties. bill having been introduced in
the House for that purpose and having
passed the first reading.
New Tariff Bill
The principal increases provided Ivy
the bill are as follows: Alcoholic bcv-
cragcs, tobacco, arms and munitions.
soaps and perfumes so per cent: oils
and greases. 30 per cent: foodstuNS
and condiments. fuels (with the cxccp-
ton of gasolene), mining and agricu-
tural machinery, % per cent: paints
and varnishes. glass and china ware,
hides and leather goods. drugs. cleo
trlcal accessories, explosives. iron and
steel goods, paper and books, 20 per
cent.
Tho earnestness displayed by the
government to find q means Of raising
revenue is doubtless being accentuatcd
by recent occurrences, among which
may be mentioned the mutiny OF a reg
lment stationed at Tunia. which was
only quelled after tho soldiers had bcen
paid their long overdue salaries. The
lepers of the lazaret at Aqua de Dios.
impelled by hunger due to delay in
payment OF quotas due them by the
government, also recently began pill
grimage to Bogota and passed through
several towns before they were finally
induced to return by promises Of
money. which were fulfilled with the
proceeds of 4 loan of 10000 pesos ne
gotiated by the government with local
banks
1t is also significant that in letter
recently addressed by the acting Presi-
dent. General Jorge Holgun, to a
prominent politician in Medelln and
published in the Bogota press, it is
stated that mo country in Christcn-
dom is so hard besct financially as
Colombia, and that the United States
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Architects Ready
TO Stage Annual
Event for Students
Broadway to See Paris Life
at the BeauX-Arts Benefit
Show at the Hotel Aslor
This Week

The Society Of Beaux Arts Archi-
tects has completed plans for its an
nual bali, which will be given Thurs
day night at the Hotel Astor for the
benefit OF students in architecture.
painting and sculpture in the Beaux
Aarts Institute Of Design. Kenneth NJ.
Murchison, chairman, and Dom Bar
ber, W. Lawrence Bottomley, George
S. ChappeN. Howard Greenlcy, Fred
eric c. Hirons, Raymond NJ. Hood,
Harry Allan Jacobs and James Gamble
Rogers, who comprise the executive
committee. announced yesterday that
every detail had been arranged and
the event could be staged immediately.
Some Of the attractions prepared for
the event are a palace Of illusions,r =
an "old- fashioned American bar" by
the Ateier Laloux architects. Henry
Davenport, chief bartender; a "thcater
lntime,' in which Arthur Ware will
produce Partisan revue, and which
holds no more than fifteen persons at
any one time: Paris by gaslight. "
about which its creator. j. II. Freed
lander. refuses to divulge anything but
the name, and two Paris cafes. the
"Tavernc du Pantheon" and the Cafe
des DeuX Magots." which have been
designed and decorated by RAYMOND
Hodd and c. B. Falls particularly for
flrD
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Gen. A. ID. Andrews Heads
Shell.Union Oil Corp.
Board of Directors Chosen for
New Company Which Is TO
Acquire Large Properties

General Avery D. Andrews has been
elected president of the Shel-Union Oil
Corporation. recently incorporated un-
der the laws of Delaware with an au-
thorzed capit, of 10,000,o00 shares of
no par value, to acquire the properties
in this country of the Royal Dutch
Shell group and the Union Oil Com
pany Of Delaware.
The Shell-Union Oil Corporation has
issued in connection with the acquis-
tion Of those properties 100000 shares
OF its stock Of which $780, 900 shares
have been received by the Royal Dutch
Shell interests and 3,340,000 shares by
the Union Oil Company of Delaware
The following have been elected direc-
tors Of the new company
Richard Airey. president Asiatic Pc
troleum Company; F W. Allen, of Lee
Higginson & Co.; w. II. Allen, vice
president Union Oil Company; Mr.
Andrews. who is chairman of the Shell
Company OF California, the Roxana Pc
trolcum Corporation and the Ozark
shire, vice e-prcsident Union Oil Com
pany; Lewis l.. Clarke, president Amer
lean Exchange National Bank; Adrian
Corbett. vice-prcsident Roxana Pc
troleum Corporation.
Bayard Dominick, Of Dominick &
Dominick; Frederick Godbcr, president
Roxana Petroleum Corporation: Charles
Hayden, of Hayden, Stone & Co.; Henry
Lockhart jr.. of the Goodrich -Lockhart
Company; T. W. Phillips jr., T. w
Phillips Gas-Oil Company; S. F. Pryor
chairman executive committee of the
Bennington Arms Company; Charles II
sabin' chairman of the Guaranty Trust
company; u. C. Vaneck. president Of
the Sheel Company of California: S. NJ
Vauclain, president of the Baldwin Lo.
comotivc Works; E. P. Whitcomb, presi-
dent of the Union Natural Gas Com
pany' and W. w. Woods, vicc-prcsidcu
Of the National City Bank.
alexander Fraser has been elected
secretary and treasurer Of thenew con,.
pany.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Government Orders
800 War Barracks
Sold at Auction
Structures at Camp McCel-
Ian Put Up for National
Army To Be Passed On to
Public at Its Own Figure

WAsilNGION, Feb. 1.-THE War
Depsrtmcnt has ordered Charles S
Gerth. head Of Gerth's Realty Exner...
of New Orleans and New York. TO sell
at auction on March ! and 500 mill
tary buildings at Camp Mcclellan. An
niston, Ala Mr.. Gerth was directed re-
Gently to sell 503 houses owned bv the
United States Shipping Board fmer-
gency Fleet Corporation a. Whining
ton, Del. Recently he sold for the GOV
eminent Camp Sherman. Chill;cothe.
Ohio; Camp Roosevelt. Water,own, s
D.; Camp Grant. Rockford, H.: Camp
Funston. Kansas; Camp Gordon. At
larta; the Wilber Wright Flying Field
at Dayton, Ohio: the Nitrate Plan. No
property az Ancor, Ohio, and Neville
Island, in Pittsburgh
Government Prefers Small Bidders
IN announcing details Of the auction
At Camp Mcclellan. Mr.. Gerth said that
the War Department is anxious 10 have
inc general public. small bidders in
other words. make their wants known
when the government property is sold
under the auctionecr's hammer. A spe-
ciai invitation has been extended TO
workers. 20 invest in materials for
MONIES ior their own. and to farmers
to OBTAIN lumber etc, for new farm
cu'uAHGs ana Oinef purposes. The aim
OF the War Department is 20 give
everybody chance. Notices about the
auction sale have been sent to Land
developers. investors. operators, home
builders. house wreckers and all classes
o. dealers in materials throughout the
nation.
Great Supply of Material
included in the sale at Camp Me
Clellan are millions OF feet OF lumber.
thousands Of feet OF wiring and pipnr.
hundreds of doors and windows and y
vast amount of material, for which
tnere IS ready market. Some of the
SUI buildings to be sold contain as hiph
as 10000 feet OF lumber and great
quanilty OF articles adaptable for com
merclal and private use
Thomas a. Shields. engineer for
Gerth's Realty Experts, is now a Camp
Mcclellan completing estimates of the
amount OF materials in the various
hdlldings. Within week catalor
containing list of all the property
TO be offered at auction Will be ready
for distribution.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
British Quit
Cheap Home =
Building g Job
500, ,0OO,0OO a Year g..
Next 90 Years the R;lI'
10000 Buildings Erea,'
ed, 500, 900 Plann.s

Government efforts 10 he,, g.
ng situation have resulted ~ nols-
and abandonment Of the 'aifarc
England While the activitippa oJecs,'n
n the construction Of 70 nm suited
and will result eventually in ,s houses
ny Of 1875 200 it vas found - .aild-
cost was running 50 nigh and ,ra aa' The
ing such burden on tnc peonlo p'ae-
creased rets ad taxatio that tsa H., n m
which originally provided fn~ - s."er'e
strUction Of 800 900 holsee ,,a ~e con-
up, according 10 s. ~ Strans S'Ven
They say that the building ~. Co.
houses ~ Great Britain had fallen lyTsn's .s
rapidly Tor i've years previous ~ - e7
wa IN 1913 the situation becaYo. we
acute tnat the government passaJ = 80
housing bill by which tho cnntrsI rTa ne
e'nment polrd itself 70 make voad sus-
greater part of tne annual and 1rs,,o;y sD s's
"p'e 'oss from the necess3t " Of bu,,JDa- b1,y'a-
at time vhen prices or atsi.Ii'lng
labor we're at TIE peak. and
1900 Towns Have to Paw
Whole to~rs wero planned ..,
we're laid out and public b,ijd,ssr,.e s,.ess
ranged. To meet the exnenses - - a.
venture the government placed nr .as
each Of the ! 900 English nnr,o;o, upoa
ties the sponsibil.sy Of ssuiry brs..
necessary to secure tie capital n I,ss cs--'
out their respective housing mar.
1t was apparen. from III, -. a..
'ncre would he erea. descit e,s.
year. House, wnica before tae ~.
cost $3.50 70 build, nov cost the yov.ra
900, eren With .ao :scoun.s s7d ~
vantages enjoyed by reason a. .r..
VII holesalc opera ions.
Evidently any scheme whic, 49,,
tenplated Inducing tne working ,rss
to pay q weekly rent from -four r. So s.a
times What ne had been accustomed .o
pay could not be carried out.
rice Of Housing Relief
When tho wave q economic -ef.-,
reached Parliament iu 1927 the c,:.l~
operations of hte housing ac. rs-a
brought up for discussion. The deb,,s
disclosed that Il the p.an was carried
through as originally planned tss-a
would De loss 20 the central govs,s.
eminent q more than s10o. o00. 900 psr
year FOR q period o. Sky yesrs t.s.
sum being the difference between none
invested at 5 per cert and the lsv
rents which void have been chs,s.
The only way to NEE. this deficit would
be 20 tax the genera public. alreae-
heavily burdeDed with taxation.
The latest report. dated December
1921, showed houss stima.d ana an.
proved 10000 and completed 10 dat.
1o,10Q. Housing conditions N Enr.
land are better 20 that extent. but .af
cost 20 the government has been eaor.
nous. and in spite Of It's authority ard
It's ability % deal on a Wholesale bs.is
with manufacturers and iabor unions.
Il has not been able 10 enter the build.
ing field with any practical succeM
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
News and Comment of the Real Estate Market
Country Has Fewer
Brick Plants Than
1t Had i'm 1900
E, 400 Cenicrs We're Active
Twenty-Five Years Ago;
United States Can
Boast Of Only 200

A condition exists in the brick indus.
try that does not harbor good for cor
struct1on. Tho source OF supply has
been Increasingly steadily for the las =.
" years until now there is only small
rnrt Of the former brick making CEN
ters in operation.
In 1900 there were 6,4OO brick k-making
plants III this country, according to the
Geological Survey Department of the
United States. Ralph Stoddard, sccrc-
tary-manaEcr Of the Common Brick
Manufacturers Association, at the
br'ck-mnkcrs' convention in St Louis
recently. announced that there were
now 1000 common brick making cstnb-
'ishmcnts in the United States, or 5,40O
plants loss than in loOC.
Mr.. StOddard attributed the great
shr'nkagc in individual plants to tho
FAILURE Of small operators who were not
fnmIl lar with cost Of production or not
capable Of successful merchandising.
l. ne second most important influence is
the consolidation Of plants into larger
corporations, usually resulting in the
abandonment of some inefficient Yards.
he common brick business of the
futurc,' he said, "is to be done by
those concerns who conform to these
tendencies Of highest plant efficiency
and strictly busincss-likc merchandise
ing. This does not mean that tho field
Will be entirely for the so called big
concern. There IS no reason why the
small producer cannot he efficient in
the two important departments of his
BUSINESS 1t is equally true that in
ehlclency VIII wreck tho big fellows
just as it viii the little ones. The
common brick industry is emerging
from mud mixing business and tax
ing its place beside other industries
which believe in organization stand
ardization and efficiency"
Speaking Of conditions in the brick
making industry at the beginning Of
the year. Mr.. Stoddard SAYS: "Dctoils
brought out by the current reports
show that the season is havino IFS
effect on many plants. and the number
closed is greater than it has been since
last spring.
During the month 53,49l.0OO bricl,
we're produced and almost exactly the
same number were shipped from the
plants, leaving the stock on hand only
s.'shtiy reduced from the month pre-
vlous. The orders on the books arc no;
Gulte so heavy as a mont hago, due no
ooubt, to the seasonal conditions.
- Production has practically ceased in
New York and New England on account
or the weather. Stocks on hand in all
secuons of the country are generally
Tess than year ago at this tjnn
There has been little change in the
price, the only tendency being a slirht
reduction III the Atlantic seabosrd
states, those on Tia Great Lakes and
the territory adjoining these to the
west as far as the Dakotas."
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

ton among labor unions, as the tram
ways are publicly owned and operated.
1t is rumored that the Commonwealth
Court of Arbitration and Cancellation
may reduce the basic wage throughout
the commonwealth to Approximately
IA shillings a day
Unemployment has somewhat in
creased, notably in Sydney, where the
number Of men now out Of work. chiefly
IN engineering trades. is estimated at
$4,000. The tolal unemployment Of the
commonwealth is about 10000. The
most serious industrial event OF the
month, probably Of the year. is the
closing in December Of the great steel
works at Newcastle, Of the Broken Hill
proprietary Company. which normally
employ over 5000 men. 1t IS possible
however. that the Newcastle works msv
be reopened at the end Of January
with production reduced to two-thirds :
of the average output.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Seventh Avenue
Corner Rented
For sl,OOO,O0o
Oh dBuilding at 48th Street
Taken by Architect: Mod.
ern Structure Six Stories
High to Take Its Place

John II. Scheier has leased the south
cas-: corner Of Seventh Avenue. and
Forty eisnsa Street rom the Amron
Realty Company. With AT option o,
purchase. tor twea,y-one years at 8
rental aggregatins s1,0Oo.ooo. Henri
Snapido Co. were the brokers IN
the transaction.
The old building vail be demolished
ard six-storv building erected. !:
will have number OF small basement,
street level and flrst floor stores, with
Offices OF each o. the upper floors, and
an illuminated sign or me roof.
Mr.. Scheier leased recently ths
southwest corner OF Seventh Avenu'
and Fortyninth Street. He is in tbs
market for Seventh Avenue realty Is
said Yesterday for the reason taaT
Seventh Avenue parallels Broadrsy
where space is scarce and rents hlgt
Seventh Avenue ne thinks will arrre..
pirate some Of the reputation q
Broadway A. any rate many Brcs'-
way concerns have moved into Sevenia
Avenue since the operation OF the SUD
way under that thoroughfare.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Nuisances Lower Value
Of Property Near Them
4l2d st. Owners and Merchants
Want Stands Removed
From Bryant Park

Property owners and merchants have
learned in the last few years that
nuisances affect adversely the value of
realty close to them. The Forty-second
Street Property Owcnrs and Merchants
Association has had beggars driven
from Forty-second Street, because in
vestigation developed the fact that
they were doing lot of damage to
established trade and disturbed pedcs-
trian travel The association now OBJ
lects to the commercializatio of
Bryant Park. 1t has made representa-
tion on the city authorities against
the soda water, candy and newspaper
stands located within park area. They
are blight to the appearance of the
park and their removal would not in
convenience the public, according to
Edward w. Forrest, secretary of the
association.