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PEACE PLAN
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ANo1AI4A0Cd AASAA4 ooS OAA~'<
from headquarters for meeting of the
unions policy committee here to-
morrow.
Other union officials declined to re-
veal the whereabouts of Mr. Jewell
since he dropped out of sight last Fri
day. Vague and uncertain rumors said
he had been in the east" Mr.. Scott
said he had heard nothing Of Mr.
JewelPs return here today, adding that
he was not expected for several days
Coupled with the denial of Nj Will
ard that he had not even seen Jewell
was a statement fom Mr.. McGrdth as
sorting that he did not believe the
strike leader had even been IN the
vicinity of Baltimore.
Mr.. McGrath declared that rdmors
of a contemplated meeting of the pol
icy committee Thursday was a part OF
a plot to deceive the shopmen.
Meanwhile federal agents awaited
the return of Mr.. Jewell to formally
serve him with the injunction writ.
F Judge To Be Absent
At the same time Judge Wilkerson
after dismissing contempt proceedings
against three men arrested in Chicago
under the injunction announced he
would be absent from his court until
next Monday, the day set for hearing
on the governments application tc
make the restraining order permanent
Meantime Attorney General Daugh
erty explained at Washington that the
governments injunction would not be
used to abridge personal liberty or tt
interfere with the freedom Of speech
or the press. While house spokesmer
asserted the purpose of the injunction
was not to endanger constitutional
rights but was to prevent interference
with transportation.
Strike conditions generally were re
ported quiet throughout the country
Ten men, all of whom were said b.
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WINCHESTER MARKET

WINCHESTER, Ind, Sept. Cor
rected daily by the Winchester Union
Stockyards company.
Hogs-Receipts three cars: market,
steady to 10c lower; light Workers.,
40 to 100 lbs, $40; mixed, $50 to 220
lbs. 5000; heavy, $50 to $50 lbs,
1910; medium. 22o to24o lbs, $S.75;
heavies, 240 to 800 lbs, $8.500875;
800 lbs. and over, $3.50; pigs, 14o lbs,
IS 40 down; roughs, $3.50 down; stays,
so lbs. dock. $3.50 down.
Calves - Choice, $11@12.oo; COM
mon. $500. -
Sheep-Spring lambs, s100s10.50
culls heavies, s59sS; yearlings IS;
choice sheep So; common to good and
bucks, $102.
CattIe-Good to choice steers, $3.50
ASSOC; fair to good, $607; good to
choice heifers, $5.50@7,50; choice, SO
"a; Gamers and cutters, s1.50@3.0O.
cows, s45o95; lair to good cows, S.
IA.
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PROFITEERS' ACTION
BRINGS COAL RELIEF

COLUMBUS, Ohio. Sept. 6.-Ohio
coal operators are responsible for the
necessity of calling a special session
of the legislature to enact emergency
legislation to prevent profiteering in
COAL according to the proclamation is
sued by Gov. Harry L. Davis, summon
ing the general assembly back to its
halls next Monday.
Determination of some of the OPP
orators to exact from the consumers
rate which can be justified. only by
the argument that the people will pay
it rather than go without fuel" the
proclamation asserts, makes neces-
sary action by the state to prevent
serious jeopardy of the public welfare.
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PRODUCE MARKET

INDIANAPOLIS, Sep. 6. - Eggs
Indianapolis jobbers offer country
shippers for strictly fresh stock, de-
livered at Indianapolis, 26@27c; can
died.
Poultry-Jobbers' buying prices for
heavy folws, zoe; springers, 1922, 200
21c; broilers, under 2 lbs, S22@24c;
Leghorn fowls and springers, 25To
discount roosters and stays, 10@11c;
turkeys, 23@25c; old, zoe; ducks,
4 lbs. and up, 12015e; geese, 10 lbs.
and up, 9012c; squads, II lbs. to the
dozen, $500.
Rutter-Jobbers' buying prices for
packing stock, delivered at 1ndianapo-
lis, 15621c; jobbers selling prices for
creamery butter, fresh prints. 37941c.
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G. G. REDUCES RENT

The need for reducing expenses in
the general offices of the recognized
U. S. Grain Growers has resulted in
the securing of more modest quarters
for the organization at Chicago The
new offices are located in the Garland
building at SO East Washington street,
just a block from the former head
quarters in the Mallers building, and
still in the most expensive office
building section in Chicago. Good
offices cost a lot of money in Chicago,
as witness the saving of STATS per
year by the new move. All other ex-
penses of the Grain Growers have
been cut to the bone, in accordance
with the budget put into action by
the new directory. No announcement
of any plans to actually begin the mar
keting of grain in any market, has yet
been sent out by ]. NJ. Mehl, the new
secretary, nor does the American farm
bureau make any mention whatever
as to such plans, in its News Letter
of August 81. It is not likely that the
new sales company has been able tc
get ready for business, even in mod
est way, but doubtless the able mer
back of the marketing enterprise are
doing all they can to get safely start
ed.
The dairymen in ten states are plan
ming to buy their feeds comparatively
These include the New England, New
York and other eastern states. BE
sides getting the feeds directly frou
the manufacturer to the local eleva
tor or farm bureau, there are two fea
lures of the plan that bid fair II
lures of the plan that bid fair tC
ing" said NJ. D. Lincoln, secretary o
the Ohio farm bureau.
Standard Feed Formulas
THE first of these is that IN al
feed business handled by the co-opera
tives the open formula will be the adop
ed policy For years the feed inter
ests in the country have been putting
out mixed feeds but the formulas hav'
! always been kept secret. Three stand
| ard formulate for the cooperative
have been worked out by agriculture
college scientists in eleven states ant
/ adopted"
Occasionally some one suggests tina
a big farmers strike would clear III
the whole situation, says the edito
of the Prairie Farmer There is
much better way to do it than that
| That is to organize to market on
products in a business way. When w
/ do that there will be no more gIuttet
markets or ruinous prices. We viii
| give the market each day what
wants at a fair price. and no more
| just as any other merchant does
/ Don't say it can't be done. It ha
/ already been done with many CON
/ modities. 1t can be done with all o
them much easier than a successful
farmers strike can be organized"
Modern Farm Methods
| Our civilization rests at the bottom
on the wholesomeness the attractive
ness, and the completeness, as well a
the prosperity of life in the country.
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BRAZIL GIVES WARM
GREETING TO HUGHES:
ESCORTED TO PALACE
(By Associated Press)

RIO JANIERO, Sept. 6.-Guns
doomed from the warships of eight ma
lions when the Z. S. S. Maryland en-
tered the harbor of Rio Janiero yes
terday carrying the American mission
to the Brazilian centennial headed by
Secretary Hughes.
The steamship Pan-America which
brought Mr.. Hughes from New York
overlook the Maryland and the Ne
vada just before arriving at the en-
trance to the harbor where the secre-
tary and his party were transferred
to the Maryland.
Four Brazilian destroyers, taking up
positions on either side of the two
American battleships, escorted them
into the majestic body of. water sur
rounded by towering mountains which
make Rio famous as a beauty spot.
The Maryland anchored in the midst
of an international fleet and ex-
changed salutes. in which the harbor
forts joined. The vessels represented
Great Britain, Japan, Italy, Portugal,
Argentina, Uruguay. Mexico and Bra
I'll.
Vessels Salute
Although the United States has not
recognized the Mexican government,
the gunboat flying the Mexican flag
saluted and the Nevada returned the
salute by order CT the secretary of
state, who told Admiral Jones that
diplomatic technicalities should be
waived since both vessels were in a
friendly harbor.
A delegation of Brazilian officials,
accompanied by American Ambassa-
dor Morgan, visited the Maryland and
welcomed the newcomers. After this
Secretary Hughes and his party board
ed d launch which conveyed them to
the arsenal.
Here were drawn up committees of
Americans who cheered the secretary.
There also was a crowd of Brazilians
and crack regiments of Brazilian ma
rines which saluted which the band
played the "Star-Spangled Banner"
The Hughes party was then driven
to the Guanabara palace, their Off
cial residence.
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Trustees of Reformatory
To INSPECT Buildings

ANDERSON, Ind, Sept. 6.-Trustees
of the Indiana reformatory will meet
near Pendleton Thursday morning, on
the site of the new reformatory, to
inspect the work on the buildings. APP
proximately 1000 feet of foundation
for the main wall, which will be 80
feet high has been completed and that
$50 of the wall has been erected to a
height of eight feet. The foundations
for the power plant and the floors for
the two industrial buildings have been
completed About 800 men are employ
ed in constructing the new institution.
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police to be striking shopmen. were
held at Memphis. Tenn, in connection
with the recent killing of Charles H.
Lanier, non-union shop employe of
the Frisco system.
Two men said by United States mar
shals to be striking shopmen were
arrested at Key West, Fla, on charges
growing out of the Kidnapping and
beating of a yard Waterman.
State militia authorities frightened
their lines about the Parsons, Kas.
strike zone as a precautionary mea-
sure. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
officials reported that a bridge near
Verdemont, Calf, at the mouth Of
Cajon pass north of San Bernardino
had been dynamited.
The Nebraska federation Of labor
adopted resolutions asking for a gem
eral strike of organized labor In the
United States in support of the rail-
way shipments strike.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 6.-Ten
men, all of whom, according to the
police, have made confessions. all Of
whom the authorities said admit being
former striking employees of the Fris-
co railway, today were under arrest
in connection with the fatal shooting
Saturday of Charles N Lanier. non
union Frisco shop employe. The kilt
ing of Lanier was by mistake, accord
! ing to the alleged confessions which
state it was the intention to brighten
| Clarence Stevens, non-union Frisco
shop foreman, who was riding in the
car with Lanier, when ambushed.
The alleged confessions, the police
! declare, bear on the killing of Lanier,
a plot to waylay Stevens, the pulling
of spikes from the Frisco tracks near
Capleville, Tenn, on the night of Aug.
26, with the alleged intention of
wrecking the fast Kansas City-F1orida
/ special, and the Staying of two negro
employees of the Rock Island road at
| Hubert, Ark
/ KEY WEST. Fla, Sept. 6.-PursaI
| Atkinson and Harry Roberts, striking
railroad shopmen, Were arrested by
| the united States marshal TODAY on
/ charges growing out of the recent kid.
mapping and beating of Alfred Brost
yard Waterman for the Florida East
Coast railway here. The federal
authorities came into the case through
! q lVoI4 e1AIlAAS OIQSI granted the rail-
way against interference of its prop
erty or its employees.
JACKSONVILLE Fla, Sept. 6 -
Derailment of the Southern Railway
Royal Palm Limited, northbound for
Cincinnati, just outside the railroad
yards last night, resulted from the
activities of wreckers, local officials
of the Southern announced today
i Several cars of the train left the
rails, but remained upright No one
was injured.
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Wheat
CBy Associated Press1

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept 6.-Wheat
No. red, $1.101h 01.111a; No. red
s1.07@109; other grades as to quail
Ity, $1.0101O6.
Corn-No. 2 white, 66@66hc; No
8 white, 650651ac; No white, $50
641Ac Corn--No 2 yellow. 66h @67c;
No. yellow. 66@661ac! No. yellow
6506515c. Corn-No. 2 mixed, 651 II q
SEC.
Oats-Firm; 35639c.
Rye-Steady; 77078c.
Hay-S13616.50
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(Bv Associated Press)

PITTSBURGH, Pa! Sept. Clogs
Receipts $500; market lower; heav
les $9.4009.50; heavy Workers, $101O
610.25; light Workers $3.50 q 9.75;
pigs, $909.25.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 1900;
top sheep, $3.50, steady; top lambs,
$13; lower.
CaIves-Receipts $50; market lower.
top, $3.50.
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EAST BUFFALO, Sept. 6.-Cattle-
975, steady; calves 100, steady, $500
014.50.
Hogs. POS; 10 to 20 lower; heavy,
s9250965; mixed workers. and pigs,
S9.S0m9S5; roughs, $6.75@700; stays,
$40065.00.
Sheep and Lambs - 400; lambs Is
higher: lambs, $6Q13.
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William Gentry, SO, Is Dead
At Green's Fork Home

GREEN'S FORK, Ind, Sept. 5. -
William Gentry, SO years old, died
Wednesday at his home here. Death
occurred in the home in which he was
born.
Mr.. Gentry is survived by four chill
dren, Milo, Ed, Mrs. Loren Hatfield
and Miss Helen Gentry. Funeral SER
vices will be conducted Friday after
noon at l O'Clock at the home, the
Rev. Walter Stricken officiating.
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BRINGING |
UP
FATHER
BY
hCMANUS
reg. q. g
Pat Oft"
reg q. 8
Pat Oft"

CattIe-Receipts, 800 head; market
slow: good to choice steers, $4,000
1000; good to choice heifers, $1,000
500: good to choice COWS, $450@5-50;
fair to good COWS, $3.50@450; COM
mon cows, s250@3.50; good to choice
bulls, s5.00@6.00; milchers, $35Q75,
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 100;
market active; top, $3.50.
Calves-Receipts, 500 head; market
strong; top, $14.00.
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Vegetables
REALTY TRANSFERS

Squire Bright to Fred c. Roberts
and Verona S., 81; lot 43, ]. Cox addi'
ton city
Fred c. Roberts to Hattie G. Dent
81; lot AZ, J. Cox addition city.
Edgar E. Townsend to William K.
Finch, 81; lots 81, 81, blk. E., Menden,
hall and Coffins' addition city.
]. Clinton Russell to Maude r. Ty
der, ct al, 81; n. w 28-14-1.
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RICHMOND MARKETS
Furnished by Whelan)
BUYING

BUYING
New oats, soc; rye, zoe; corn, CSC;
straw, $500 per ton.
SELLING
OIL meal, per ton, $500. per hun,
dredweight, $2.S5. Tankage, so per
cent, $1,000 per ton; per cwt-, 1855;
Barrel salt, 1925. Standard mid.
dlings, $4,000 per ton; $1.65 per cwt.
Bran, per ton, $4,000; per cwt., s1.35;
Cottonseed meal. per ton. $4,000; per
cwt-, 1915.
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CBy Associated Press)

CHICAGO, Sept. 6.-Butter-Market
higher; creamery extras, SIC; cream
cry firsts, 32@33c.
Egg-Receipts, s,206 cases; mar
ket, unchanged.
Live poultry-Market, unchanged.
Potatoes-Market, weak; receipts,
105 cars; total United States ship
ments, 553; Wisconsin sacked and
bulk cobbIers. 90c@$1.1e cwt; Mime.
sofa sacked Early Ohios, 75c@s1 cwt. !;
sacked Kings, sue cwt-; Idaho sacked
rura1s, $110@1.15 cwt.; Nebraska
sacked Early Ohios, 10000 cwt.; New
Jersey sacked cobblers, $140 cwt-
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TO LOAN AUSTRIA MONEY
(BY associated Press)

tBY AssOCldIeu FIess)
LONDON, Sept. "a group of Lon
don bankers has agreed to offer Aus
tria a loan of between 20,000,000 and
30,0O0,000 pounds, according to the
Daily Express.
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CBy Associated Press

TOLEDO, O., Sept. 6.-Clover Seed
Prime cash, $40; March, $9.87h ;
Oct, 500; Dec, $3.50.
Alsike-Prime cash, 5000; Oct
S9.S5; Dec, $685..
Timothy-Prime cash, $3.50; Oct
$3.50; Dec, $3.50
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CHICAGO, Sept. 6.-Wheat-No. 2
red, $1.o4; No. 2 hard, s101h@102
yellow, 630631z.
oats-No. 2 white, 3615037; No. 8
white. 45046h.
Pork-Nominal
Lard-s1032
Ribs-$9.5001050
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Country butter. 30@35c lb.; eggs,
24025c doz.; hens, 17G18c per ID, de-
pending upon the. buyer. Fryers.
weighing 215 pounds, 18c per lb.; I'M
der 21a lbs, lac per lb.
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Russell H. Minor to John E. Baxter,
81; S. w. 21-14-1.
Hattie G. Dent to Fred c. Roberts
and Verona S., 81; lots, /, 2, 8, Earl
ham Heights.
Henry H. Houseworth to Richard H.
Houseworth, 81; s. half N. W 23-15-13.
Henry H. Houseworth to Walter W.
Houseworth, 81; n E. % and N. W.
27-15-13
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PRODUCE BUYING

Steady; good timothy, $14o0; choice
clover, $1,000; heavy mixed, $1,000.
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CBy Associated Press)

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. 6.-Whole
milk creamery, extra, 33@35c; fancy
dairy, soc.
Egg-Prime firsts. S4c; firsts. ssc;
seconds, &c.
Poultry-Broilers, 23@24c; spring
ers, Ice; hens, 22@23c; turkeys, 35c
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RANGE oE FUTURES

(Markets by Lamson Bros & Co.,
PIP Union National Bank Buildtng)
CHICAGO, Sept. 6. - Following is
the range of futures on Chicago Board
of Ira do today
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FAMILY MARKET BASKET
Er.If$e and Rarriae
Fruits and BEETLES


Apples, 3@5c h.; peaches, 6@8c
III; pineapples, Csc each; lemons, 25
035c doz.; Tip-Top melons, 395c h.,
shipped and homegrown; cantaloupes,
5Q15c each; California Bartlett,
pears, 10c h.; watermelons, 25@35c
each; oranges, 50975c dozen; home
grown grapes, white and purple, sc
ID; damson plums, 10c lb.; rectar
plums, 15c ID; Calf. plums, all kinds,
15c h.; fancy grapes in 21a-lb. bas-
ksts, zoe basket.
Vegetables
Green string beans, sc h.; sweet
potatoes, sc lb.: egg plant, 2O@25c
ID; tomatoes, 8 lbs. for 10c, 65@75c
bushel; cucumbers, 5 and 10c; lima
beans, 15c a ID; potatoes, SC h., 35c
a peck; sweet Spanish onions, cents
each; dry onions, e5@6c h.; peppers,
25c doz; carrots, sc bunch; corn, 15c
@20c a dozen; spinach, 15c ID; let
tuce, 10015c per h.; cauliflower, ESQ
soc b.; celery, two stalks for 15c;
white picking onions, 15e h.; new
white turnips, sc h.; okra, 4Oc Id
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CHICKENS AND PRODUCE

DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. g.
Roosters-12c per pound.
Hens-20c per pound
Fries-24c per pound.
White Leghorxls-Fries, zoe per Id.
Fresh Egsg-29c per dozen.
Butter-381ac a pound.
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LIVE STOCK PRICES

INDIANAPOLIS. Sept 6.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 1000; higher CattIe-Receipts.
1900; steady. Calves-Receipts, 500;
steady. Sheep-Receipts, 1000; un-
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Richmond creameries are paying 80
cents per pound for both butter fat
and sweet cream.
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CLEVELAND, O., Sept. Clogs
Receipts. 5000 head; market weak;
Workers, 1855; mixed, 1855; mediums,
Se65; pigs, $500; roughs, $500; stays,
"a 90
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INDIANAPOLIS HAY

(By Associated Press)
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 6.-Hay-
Easy. unchanged.
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Alleged Murderer of Store
Floorman Is Out On Bail
fBy Associated Press)

KANSAS CITY. Mo.,-~Sept. g.
(Peggy) Beal of Dayton. who shot and
killed Frank Warren Anderson, local
department store floorman on June 8,
then attempted to take her own life is
free on bond today. Mrs. Beal ap-
pealed for arraignment on a charge of
second degree murder in justice court
yesterday and was released on $4,000
bond signed by her attorney, George
Birmingham. Her preliminary trial
was set for Sept. Is.
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LOCAL GRAIN MARKET
LOCAL Hay MARKET

Richmond flour mills are paying CSC
for new No 2 wheat.
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BUTTER QUOTATIONS
The wholesale price of creamery
butter is SEC a pound.
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LIBERTY BONDS

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Fina1 prices
n Liberty bonds TODAY were:
Evening star., 1922-06-15
women IN STORES
MAY HAVE PAY CUT
Merchants Ask Reduction in
Minimum Wage From
$16.5O to $15.25.

A reduction from 1850 to $1525
per week in the minimum wage for
women in mercantile establishments
the stores at a conference at the
District building yesterday afternoon.
The conference committee Is COM
posed Of three delegates from the
employers, three employees and three
representatives of the public. The
members of the minimum wage
board of the District were present as
members of the committee.
Discuss Cost Of Clothes.
After the employers had presented
a petition in support of the reduction
discussed the question of how many
articles of wearing apparel of every
description feminine employe
would have to buy in a year.
In order to arrive at fair mini
mum wage the conference will pre-
pare budget to show what salary
would be necessary to enable the
woman workers to meet everyday ne
cessitfes.
The present wage of $3.50 per
week for the mercantile industry
was fixed by the wage board in 1919.
get adopted at that time and deter
mine what changes in prices have
occurred.
Wage Held Excessive.
In presenting their plea for re-
duction, the committee Of employers
stated that when the present wage
was fixed in 1919 the mercantile In
terests thought it was excessive. but
they accepted it and complied strict
. oil trnv &c nf l.
The petition sets forth that with
one exception, that of North Dakota,
the present minimum wage rate here
is higher than in any other turisdic-
ton.
"The most recent reports Of the De-
partment OF Commerce show that
there has been a 1913 per cent de-
crease in the retail sales in the Dis
trict of Columbia from January l to
April 80. 1922. with no decrease. and
in many cases an increase, in all over
head expenses" reads the petition OF
the employers. "These conditions
have made it increasingly difficult for
the mercantile houses in the Dis
trict of Columbia to continue to COM
ply with the ruling Of the minimum
wage board"
How Figures Are Reached.
In support of their contention that
the cost Of living for an unmarried
female has decreased. the employers
submitted the following comparison
with the budget adopted in 1919:
In 1919-Room and board. 1882;
lunches. s1.6s: clothing, 81, and sun
dries, $40. Total, S1640.
In 1922-Room and board, ss;
lunches. $40; clothing. 81. and sun
dries, $40. Total, $3.50.
At yesterdays conference the arti-
cles of clothing needed by an en-
ploye in the course OF a year were
agreed upon. The conferees will
meet again tomorrow and decide nn
the prices to be paid for such cloth
ing.
Evening star., 1922-06-15
Boys Furnishings

Boys Union Suits-chec
nainsook. with elastic
waist. Sizes "a to "a. O,
SPECIAL ............ y.
Boys Woven Union S,
broken sizes; full ath- A
letic cut. SPECIAL. r.
Boys Woven Stripe Sp'
Blouses; cool for summer w
neat effects. Sizes e to =,
10 years. SPECIAL... y
Boys Socks, ribbed, roll t
in Champagne, Russia Calf
White. Sizes 6 to o1z. >,
SPECIAL ............ y.