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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-28
WEEKLY BUSINESS review PAGE
Southwest Sees Greatest
improvement in Business

There In no section in the United
States, says ihe Exchange Review,
Issued by the Exchange National
bank and the Exchange Trust com
pany OF Tulsa where there has been
a greater general Improvement IN
the business situation during the
first six months Of 1922 than I'm the
southwest. This the Rovlow bases
upon n abatement issued by the
Federal Reserve hank Of Kansas
CITY. In no other geogra phical di-
vision OF the country has improve
mcut I'm business been more pro-
rounced or has better progress been
made toward return 20 normal,
healthy and prosperous conditions
thnu IN the southwest whose basic
Industries OF agriculture, livestock.
petroleum production. metal and
coal mining supply n very large por-
ton OF tbis nations and the worlds
uccesaitBg
The agricultural and livestock In
fcresis. the Review taya. which sur
fered tremendous losscs through the
depreciation Of values Of products
ana animals in 1890 ana 1921 nre
~ NOR" favorable position at this
time than for many months Farm
ers nnd breeders and feeders have
applied themselves onerEetically 20
the task of paving Off Indebtedness
incurred during tho period OF in
flation Immediately following the
war. with favorable prices and an
other big crop I'm sight. they are
reaplng the reward Of patient for
bearance nnd pluck, nre buying
again tho things they need and
once moro arc pillng up deposit nc
counts In the banks
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-28
RAIN LAST or WEEK rs
nc noon TO IAIKMIRS

The heavy rain Friday night and
Saturday morning was n big boon
20 farmers and will mean the sal
walton Of corn ana cotton and what
remains of tho seasons fruit and
vegetables While crops were IN
good condition they were In need
Of moisture and the breaking Of the
long, hot, dry spell insures cOntinu-
ance of the excellent agricultural
situation IN TulEa county through
out this season.
The extremely hot weather has
caused lutl In business. according
10 retailers Of the city. Bradstrcet'a
says this week. wholesale trade is
slow the weekly report saws while
manufacturing IL fairly active.
Fuel oil Is being shipped M fast
as tank cars are available and all
freight movements are stlll slow.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-28
NOTHING COMPANY SHOWS
RIG GROWTH IN 10 YEARS

From tSh 70 success tells the story,
briefly of tho Sand Springs Bottling
company's development In tho last
~ years. The company moved In It's
$4,000 building about six months
ago and IN view Of the fact that the
business has increased 100 per cont
In the last year over the year be-
fore Is maSing plans to enlarge
ngoln this fall
J. y. Branahnn NJ the Sand
Springs Pottling company n presi-
dent Of the state Bottlers' essoc!a-
tion. Discussing the consistent
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-28

when Louis was four years old,
he was taken by his mother TO visit
the Geological Gardens OF Wash
ington. lie expressed great delight
before the monkeys cage, and was
intensely interested in the bears,
tigers. ana other animals.
But II was when they came TO
large stork sieep!ly standing upon
one leg, that the little fellow SEEM
ed most impressed. For a moment
he stood there in silence-then
cried out In n solemn and expectant
little voice, "Stork, here's Louis
againl"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-28
MANY BRICK RESIDENCES
GOING UP IN TULSA NOW.

There are more brick residences
being built here now than ever be-
fore In the history OF Tulsa. This
upon the authority OF AL Male OF the
Mid-Contlnent Brick 81 Tile COM
pany. Maile says that there are 25
per cent more brick buildings go-
ing up now than there have been
In the city's building history.
This is logical reason. therefore.
for the fact that the Mid-Continent's
business has increased 100 per cent
this year over "A corresponding period
for 1921.
THE rail strike has not affected
us at all" said Male. We are not
dependent on the carriers for any
raw materials and practically our
entire product Is sold In the city or
the vicinity. The biggest factor in
our present increase Of business may
be traced to the fact that the buy
ing public OF Tulsa is patronizing
home industry more than ever each
year. This is n radical departure
from habit OF other years, and a de-
cided change In the home CONNER
cial situation, for the better"
Evening star., 1922-04-30
Cites Bearing Of Transportation
On the Industry of Agriculture

essary, especially ct
roads The motor vehicle has extend
ed and broadened the markets to the
farmer and increased the desirabflity
and comfort of farm life, and enabled
the farmer to hold his products on the
farm for a longer time.
1t is found that while electric inter-
urban railways have suffered some
what from the inroads Of the motor
vehicles, the competition has not
been disastrous, except in individual
cases. Interurban electric railways
have a real place IN the communities
they serve.
1t js urged that parcel post charges
should be readjusted to make that
service responsive to the needs of
the agricultural communities 1t is
pointed out that Increased postage
ties on second-c mail matter have
been particularly burdensome upon
publications known as farm papers
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1t is found that railroad trans
portation Is suffering from excess
sive interference of governmental
agencies. and that definite policy
is needed. 1t is thought that regional
offices of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. cooperating with state
commissions, will be desirable for the
adjudication Of questions of regional
application. This will aid less highly
organized industries. 1t is thought
that decentralization will harmonize
federal and state regulating au-
thority.
1t Is urged that in fixing, the level
OF rates and class and commodity
rates greater consideration be given
ITO economic conditions. The several
horizontal advances in recent years,
1t Is said, have disturbed relationships
established by a long period of ad-
justment resulting from the experi-
ence Of many years. It is found. that
a departure from the long and short
haul prohibition is necessary in cer-
tain cases.
It Is urged that the revenue to the
railroads should be suficient to en-.
able them to expand and improve
their facilities, and that. deficits
should never be met by appropria-
tions Of public funds. A progressive
deterioration is found in the railroads
since 1916. While revenues Increased,
Evening star., 1922-04-30
Great Falls Important Link
In Big Superpower Project

feet. The average flow is 1l,soo sec
ond feet.
One OF the most favorable features
of the natural advantage of the val
ley of the river Immediately above
Washington for storage of water, en-
gineers agree, is the fact that. while
the river has a fall of 204 feet from
Point of Rocks, Nd, just above Wash
ington. to tidewater, the fall below
the aqueduct dam at Great Falls,
fourteen miles above the District line.
is Isl feet
A dam at Great Falls the engineers
computed. would provide a combined
storage reservoir and forebay with a
capacity of 100000 900 cubic feet.
the Potomac basin, with other pro-
jeetHd dams. of $4,000. 100000 cubic
feet. The engineers estimated that
with the proposed dam construction.
the fall available for power develop
ment would total 215 feet.
Figures are not yet available Civ
ing the estimated saving of coal
which can be expected to result from
utilization of the water storage ia
velopment of power. but it is agreed
that the saving would run into thou
sands of tons annually. The power
produced could not all be used To-
cally by Washington, and engineers
point out, that the hydro electric
plant located on the Potomac river
project could sell it's power at profit
to users of power or many miles
around the plant.
The market for superpower en-
ergy, according to w. S. Murray of
the geological survey, will be fur
nished by the electric utilities, the in
dustries and the railroads. The esti-
mated requirement for energy sup
piled through the electric utilities for
municipal. private, industrial and rail-
road purposes in 1890 Is 31,000.000,000
kilowatt hours. This energy, he
| adds, could be supplied by co-or-
suggested superpower system. at an
annual cost of $239. 100000 less than
/ the present unco-ordinated power eys-
TENS. This amount represents the
| net saving after the fixed charges on
total capital expenditure have been
deducted.
X X n r
Within the superpower zone, there
are nearly 100000 manufacturing es-
| Establishments, which could save about
| $195, 100000 annually through pur-
chase Of power from the superpower
plants There are also within the zone
| $4,000 miles of railroad measured as
| a single track and OF this total about
$4,000 miles can be prohtably cleo
| trified to use the power developed.
The combined capital investment
necessary for the electric utilities and
| industries within the superpower
zone, engineers estimated. will amount
in 1880 to $1.2S4,564,000 and this total
/: investment would yield annually
above the fixed charges the sum Of
| $42S. 900. 900, or SO per cent on the In
| vestment. -
| The total Of coal saved in 1880, pro-
vided the superpower system were
then in use, is placed by the engineers
at l9,9S4,O0o short tons, Of which
manufacturing industries would save
| the largest portion-20. .626. 600 short
tons-by utilization Of the electric
] energy produced by the string of
| s,iperpower stations stretching along
r-ore than half the Atlantic seaboard,
Evening star., 1922-04-30
REPORT BECK sLAYING.
Military Findings in oklahoms
Reach War Department.

The report of the military board of
inquiry which investigated the shoot
ing to death of Lieut.. Col. Rul W.
Beck, Army air service. in Oklahoma
City, Okla, reached Secretary Weeks
yesterday and was referred to the Judge
advocate general Of the Army, for
consideration.
advocate renerai am u as 70 what tn d,snoste suoke
ton might be made Of the document,
Mr.. Weeks declined to make public
any portion Of the military findings
or to comment on their nature. 1t
has been intimated that the military
report WAS at variance in some re-
homa judicial findings In relation to
Col. Beck's death.
Evening star., 1922-04-30
BY BEN McKELwAY.


IVY YHEN Lampert & Holt. a
\A/ British concern, operating
ships between New York
and the eastern coast Of
South America, threw down the
gauntlet last week and with little or
no warning cut its rates. the chal-
lenge was as quickly taken up by
| the United States Shipping Board. its
| answer being a further reduction.
which brought rates on American
operated vessels below those offered
by the competitor. The resulting
rate war" which promises to develop
nothing more than a skirmish, illus
trates the Shipping Boards present
policy: To keep the American flag
flying on ships which ply in trade
between the United States and South
America, and to bring about. with an
American merchant marine. the closer
commercial relations and friendlier
ties which must result from an eff
ciently maintained system of water
transportation between the two con-
tinents.
All things being equal. the South
American customer is going to buy
from the merchant who can deliver
the goods in the shortest time. and
one Of the handicaps under which
with South America have worked
has been the lack of adequate ship
ping facilities. For years the steamer
lines between the United States and
South America have been only
mediocre. and European lines were
United States to establish. within the
| recent past, the first high-class
steamship service between New York
and the eastern coast of South
America service which maintains
four vessels, of the latest type.
operated by the Munson line.
Foresee Better Trade
As Result Of Line.
! The establishment of this service
is believed by Shipping Board officials
to be the forerunner to better rela-
tions and expanding trade between
the United States and South America.
The Shipping Board construed the at
tempt by Lampert & Holt to under
cut its rates as deliberate attempt
to cripple the American merchant
| marine in it's first attempt at high
service, under the American flag, be-
tween the United States and South
America And while the Shipping
Boards victory may prove an expen-
sive one-for the South American
market is not a fruitful one at pres
emit is a worthwhile victory as a
| proclamation of a policy, the results
| Of which will show in the future.
The Shipping Board Emergency
| Fleet Corporation is extending its
lines to South America, and adding
ships as rapidly as trade conditions
| warrant There are now five distinct
services maintained between this
country and the eastern coast OF
l South America.
Freight and passenger service be-
/! tween New York and Rio de Janeiro
Montevideo and Buenos Aires, oper
ated by the Munson line, now consist:
of four new, first-class cargo and pas
senger steamers. which are making
regular and dependable fortnightiy
trips, greatly reducing previous time
between New York and east coas
Evening star., 1922-04-30
BY EDWARD n. DINGLEY.

It is well known that transporta-
tion Of agricultural products from the
farms and orchards to the markets
is one of the causes contributing to
high prices and the high cost of liv-
Ing, High freight rates have reduced
tho profits of agriculture and forced
the producers and growers OF the
middle and far west to receive for
their commodities less than the cost
Of production. The result has been.
In a large measure, disastrous to ag-
riculture and destructive Of the do
mastic market for. manufactured
goods.
The Joint congressional commission
of agricultural inquiry has made an
exhaustive study of conditions, and
it's report on transportation reveals
a mass of valuable facts and figures
bearing on the relation of transpoTsa-
tion to agriculture and industry. The
inquiry concerning transportation has
had a wider scope and has gone
further than any such Investigation
hitherto made. The investigation re-
0uired the combined efforts OF more
than 1900 persons ana the circula-
The transportation division of the
commission has been busy since Au-
gust /, 1921. gathering data bearing
on the subject Every. organization
and government bureau having any
thinE to do with the subject of trans
portation and it's relation to agricul-
ture and industry has been drawn
upon for assistance and information.
~. + 4 + \
The commission is convinced that
transportation requires constructive
and helpful governmental and public
treatment rather than repressive or
restrictive regulating, and that trans
portation il q vital factor in the re-
adjustment and stabili.ation Of all
business and agriculture.
, It Is found that nothing has 50
marked an effect upon the productive
life Of the country a. tie motor ve-
hicle, and the promotion Of highway
construction and maintenance Il nee
Evening star., 1922-04-30
GENERAL IS RETIRED.
Charles q. Treat Served Army for
Forty Years.

Brig. Gen. Charles G. Treat, former
" in command Of troops in the Phil
ippines and recently on duty with the
Sth Division at San Antonio. Tex. has
just been placed on the retired list
OF the Army after forty years credit
abba service.
He was born In Maine December 30.
Military Academy In June. 1882. from
the Array War College In 1911, and
from the Artillery Schcri In 1858.
Most OF his service In the regular 6s-
tablishment was in the artillery arm.
He reached the grade OF colonel IN
the Field ARTILLERY in May. 1911. and
was made 9 brigadier general IN Oc-
tobef, 1916. - {. B & ~ -
Evening star., 1922-04-30
Increased in a

operating expenses increased in a
larger proportion.
It is the opinion of the commission
that government aid to railroads
Industry should rest on its own
Foundation. The railroads should pay
fair wages and all costs Of operation
and have a fair margin for the attrac-
tion of new capital.
Railroads cannot go on. 1t Is said,
cure new capital. Nor can railroads
afford to pay the increasing taxes,
which in 1911 were $98,626,S48, and In
1920 were $223, 1891, ,201. A rise in in
ferest rates for the railroads results
in higher interest rate for the
curities, it is said, tends to divert
capital from railroad securities.
It is found that the supply Of
locomotives and freight cars is in
adequate, and some central control
and distribution is desirable. The
supply of refrigerator cars is found
to be seriously Inadequate, and the
plan proposed will insure quick trans
nortation, no loss Of time, no loss of
produce. and lower the cost to the
consumer, at the same time giving
more reward to the grower.
The unification and joint operation
of terminal facilities. 1t is said, will
result in economy and better service.
It is urged that permanent joint rail-
road and shippers committees be or
ganized to carry on nationwide
campaign to reduce loss and danger.
CONCERNING the railroad labor situa-
ton, the commission nnds that COM
pensation to railroad employees in-
creased 161 per cent between 1915 and
1920 and los per cent between 1915
and 1921; that, the number Of en-
ployes Increased 384.830 between 1916
and 1920. One governmental body.
controls the, price Of transportation
and another body controls the major
element Of cost of production-that
10, labor. The commission believes
that disagreements as to wages or
working conditions should be settled
by the ordinary process Of adjust-
ment applying to other industries.
merce ie the. iIlterferences Of a eoy-!
ernmentai body 5ustinsd. It h said.
Evening star., 1922-04-30
BY w1xIFRED MALLoN.

HAT women generally are
strongly in favor of the merit
system in the civil service as
opposed to the old and dis
credited theory that ito the victor
belongs the spoils" was clearly DEM
onstrated last week. at the convention
Of the National League of Women
Voters in Baltimore and at the meet
ing called in Washington by the Civil
Service Reform League.
At the Baltimore convention it was
recommended and unanimously voted
that the utmost influence of the
league be exerted in opposition to
any undermining Of the merit system
in our civil service and that support
be given to measures which will
make its operation more efficient"
DO you realize" asked Mrs. Helen
n. Gardener, United States civil serv-
ice commissioner. who presided at the
pan american conference held last
Sunday night, that the civil service
Of the United States is the the, largest
that it Is larger than our Regular
Army and Navy combined? At the
present time there are about 100000
under civil service. and their motto,
adopted in 1888, when the first ma
tional law was passed to take this
is The best shall serve the state
Previous to that the motto had
been, ITO the victor belongs the
spofls,' or, in other words, The busi-
mess Of the government. the welfare
of the nation, the health and civic
60 u rtran
Of your city and mine, was looked
upon as 'spoils' and passed out to the
ward politicians as pay for party
service regardless Of the needs Of
the community or the capacity for
harm of the spokesman they put into
Office" -
tested to approve or permit return
Of the old order. =
/, For the vacancy now existing on
the United States Civil Service Com
mission, Mrs. Helena Hin Weed Of
Norwalk, Conn.,, who is well known
In washington, has been recommended
to President Harding by the entire
congressional delegation from her
state.
The letter suggesting and recon-
rmending her appointment was adj
dressed to the President by Repre-
sentative Schuyler Merritt of the
fourth congressional district. and
concurred In by Senators Brandsgee
and Mclean and Representatives
GlYnn, Fenh. Tilson. and Freeman.
II am sure" wrote Mr.. Merritt, that
II she should be appointed she would
do the administration and herself
great credit In connection with the
work Of the Civil Service Commits
Mrs. Weed. who is q daughter Of
the late Representative e. J. Hill
Of Connecticut, made in 1915 the
firvt Investigation into discrimfna-
tons against women In the civil serv-
lee and prepared the amendment to
the civil service act, which WAS dn-
Sroduced In 1890 In both houses OF
Congress by Representative Smith of
idaho and Senator MeI.e8n Of Com
necticut, which crowded -that nomi-
Evening star., 1922-04-30

DEVELOPMENT and final completion OF
tho so-called superpower plan for link
ing up a series of power stations by
transmission lines to convey power
long distances from the centrai
generating plant, in which Washing
TON will be the southernmost INK Is
expected to bring the capital step
nearer ultimate utilization Of the
water power at Great Falls to fur
nish electric power for Washington
and the surrounding country.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover re-
Gently made it known that the super
power plan, which was developed last
summer by a number of government
and private engineers, working under
the direction of the geological sur
yey. has been made a topic of discus
sion by the cabinet. The suggestion
was made at meetings of the Presi-
dents advisory council that adoption
of the plan and its completion woulo
have two most salutary enects on .ne
business Of the east and with 1t <hat
of the nation.
Mr.. Hoover pointed out that by
adoption and use of the plan for super
power development in the territory
from Portland, Ne, to washington
using as much available hydro-elec-
tric power as can be practically link;
ed M. many millions of tons of coal
will be saved to the nation. Another
advantageous feature of the plan, he
added, would be that it would, in a
measure at least, remove the coal
mining industry from that OF sea-
sSnal industry. with peaks of produc-
tion and low levels Of output, by pro-
vidine q fairly constant market Tor
the great users of mined fuei-the
railroads and the public utilities scat
tered along the nearly a thousand
miles of coast line from Portland to
Washington.
narafiyely little electric current for
ifs size-the reason being lack OF
large manufacturing establishments
near the capital. Government engf-
neers who have made survey OF tne
power resources at Grea. - rams shana anu
and below the falls have estimated
that ultimate development of nearly
i oOO. 900 kilowatt hours daily is pos
sibie through discrimination IN the
vaIiev pr an annual average produc-
ton Of 1870. 600. .0oo- kilowatt hours
AT an investment cost OF $60,00O,oOo.
the time required to complete the
nroiect being placed at three years.
NJ \
Engineers Of the Army who made
a survey Of the available power re-
sources at and near Great Falls more
than a year ago agreed that the pos
abilities Of storage Of power there
are measured only by the financial
.bi1ities Of the men backing the de-
velopment project. In other words,
tha potomac valley has great possi-
bilities as means OF supplying elec-
trio power through hydro-electric de-
velopment. Their report is now in
the hands Of Congress. but no legis-
iation has been passed authorizing a
survey. although an attempt was
made last year to appropriate money
for q survey for q dam site.
Tho drainage area OF the Potomac
river. which rises in West Virginia, IL
placed by the government engineers
At 1880 square miles. and the dow
At Great Falls ranges from the heated
period minimum Of S53 second feet to
the food period OF S4S.000 second
Evening star., 1922-04-30

. HAT women generally are
strongly in favor of the merit
system in the civil service as
opposed to the old and dis