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Evening journal., 1922-08-22
AT THE QUEEN.

Callous indeed or absolutely dull
must be the spectator who could wit
ness showing Of Poverty and
Riches at the Queen. and not feel
the aDguishing appeal and tender
truths OF the story that is offered in
this photoplay.
The story Is Of real life itself. con-
trasting, as It were. love against am
bition. II Is a tale OF family life,
simply told, yet replete with drama
as real life is. The acting Of the
all-stsr cast leaves nothing 70 be
desired; and the story shows an ac-
tual progression in the unfolding
OF the characters OF the people in
the photoplay.
At the end Of the story. life has
taught them something. and they
are different people from the young
married folk one met at the begin
ming OF the first reel.
The story is the work OF Leroy
Scott and Is a credit even TO that
famous author.
Leatrice Joy and Richard Dix
handle the chief roles OF the picture,
giving characterizations OF a young
husband and wife, the latter filled
with an overpowering ambition TO
achieve success and unintentionally
neglectful OF the things that mean
for permanent happiness.
Evening journal., 1922-08-22

The nine OF diamonds IN cards Is
called the curse OF Scotland"
Dancing dates back 70 the early
Egyptians who ascribe It to their
god. Thoth.
Evening journal., 1922-08-22
LOVE, HATE. REVENGE
UNITED IN THE TRAP.

Love. hate. revenge, transition
the Wilson Line schedule on these
days.
The evening boats 10 Philadelphia
are also doing excellent work In
furnishing pleasure trips to the peo-
pie Of the city who want a cool and
enjoyable trip and only have the
evening 20 spend.
Evening journal., 1922-08-22
Ns xGaasSe2
"TWINBEDS' IS
FULLOF MIRTH
Wilmington Players Tri-
umph in Revival of Farce
at Garrick
MISS REILLEY WINS
IN LEADING PART

THE GARRlck-The Wilmington
Players IN Twin Beds" a farce in
three acts by Salisbury Field and
Margaret Mayo. Staged by Danny
Raanall
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
Shifting Ambitions

Speaking Of the shifting Of yoeations'
we are reminded Of the new attitude
Of young men entering business The
classification Of industry since the be-
ginning Of the century has wrought a
profound change In the psychology OF
recruits entering the realm OF COM
meree. A generation or two ago. the
young man Of the middle class entered
a business in quest Of experience and
a trade following. with which eventu-
ally he could break away and launeh
hi, own enterprise. Every salesman
In a wholesale house, for example
looked forward 10 the day when he
would have his own business. There is
less Of this to-day. Men, at the thres-
aolG Of their commercial life, are an
tieipating more or less consciously q
whole career as sslsried employees.
They are preparing themselvss for
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
Italian Silk Men
Seek 10 Intensity
Export Business
Will Send Representative to
Toxic 10 Follow Industry
There; Deplore Lack of
Home Shipping Facilities

Special Foreign Fronciai C0vesp0Hdenss
ROME, June l6.-The steamer scry-
ice between Italy ard North and South
America has been much improved late
ly. This is due principally 70 the keen
competition between the two largest
Italian steamship companies the Nav
igazione Generate and Lloyd Sabaudo.
The Conte Rosso. Cesare Battisti and
Giulio Ccsare, which are the latest
large ships built for comfort and speed
arc not inferior to ships Of any other
nation. Before the war the Italian
steamers m the American service did
not 90 over $4,000 tons. The cesare
Battisti has a displacement Of $1,000
tons, and this steamer, which IL an
oil burner, has started regular trips 70
New York, taking Eine days from Ma
Piles and ten days from Genoa.
There is still room for improvements,
however, and the silk manufacturers,
who recently met In the national con-
gress, deplored the fact that they are
unable always 10 ship silk yarn 10 the
United States on Italian steamers and
are obliged, therefore, % turn 20 for
cign steamers, French or English,
thereby losing considerable time. The
freight for a quintal (about 200
pounds) Of silk Z. o. b. Genoa 70 New
York is i25 lire. whereas freight on
mail steamers from Le Hayre do not
reach, even taking into account the
high rate Of exchange, 40 lire a quin-
tai. The railways freight, In this In
stance are, however, 80 high that the
prices for the two routes almost bal
ance, bat should the exchange de.
crease the Genoa route would cost
more.
The congress declared that the COM
petition OF japanese silk, however keen
Il may be, must not discourage Italian
manufacturers, nor allow any doubts
as 10 the future Of the Italian indus
try, which, although during the last
few years IL has decreased It's output,
IL has always maintained first rank
Of quality. Furthermore, IL was de-
cided TO give more importance 20 COM
mercial organization, 10 follow closely
by sending a commercial representa-
tive to Toxic, the course OF the Japa-
nese industry, and Anally to intensity
the expectation 10 the French and
American markets, asking the govern
ment at the same time 10 safeguard
this industry against the excessive
customs duties Of these countries.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
Temporary Expedients

II there should be p shortage ot
freight equipment in the fall, and tnis
, seems highly probable, il will be no
more a. accurate measure Of the con-
oiiion of trade thai las the shortage
n the same periof Of 1920. The con"
cition must Of necessity be treated as
abnormal and therefore temporary IN
both cases. The situation Is one that
VII have 10 be handled with temporary
e1pedients.
However important the solution OF
tais problem may be, II is merely incl
dental TO the question W ,ther the
railroads Of the country a In a po-
sition 20 cope with the inc ased traf-
re that viii come with tbs expected
business revival. There is also the
still broader question whether the
nilroads have sA1t pace with the
growth Of the eouu4Ty during the past
few years. Figures dealing with the
mileage Of single track laid and sban-
coned suggest negative answer to the
atter question.
As far as single track is concerned,
The country's railways have taken q
rep backward. On June 30, 1915. there
we're 259,2ii miles Of single track in
operation. according 70 official figures.
AZ the end Of 1920 an unofficial but
reasonably reliable estimate gave the
Mileage as 25o,s34. Thus in four years
.nd half the railroads abandoned
sS77 miles more than they built. This
..eems, like an alarming condition, but
the seriousness Of loss in main track
mileage is reduced when all the eorre-
hting factors are considered.
IN IA xwQFtkw - onoofa1 afAaTatfNn
Tor instance, that while the mileage
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
BY Merryle Stanley Rukeyser:

the day he resigned from the presi
deney Of the largest bank in the United
States. -. And yet nearly twenty-five
years after ,he former financial editor
OF the Chicago Tribune" who quit
Journalism TO 90 TO Washington al
secretary to Lyman J. Gage. who was
Secretary Of the Treasury under Me-
Kinley. Mr. vanderlip still has an i'm
pul,e 10 write. Since 1919 two books
about Europe have come from his pen
in addition to newspaper and mAga'
zine articles. At the recent Genos
economic conference Mr. Vanderlip re-
verted to type and reported the con-
ference for The World"
During his distinguished career as
viee-president and president OF the
National City Bank for eighteen years
Mr. yanderlip never lost his ability to
think in terms Of headlines. He was
the one banker Of his time who best
OF all could express lueidly complex
questions Of finance and trade in terms
that the layman could grasp. And Mr.
Vanderbilt has stood out also as
man ready TO express his ideas even
when unpalstable. At the crest OF the
post.armistiee inhationary boom OF
1919 Mr. vanderlip returned from a
trip 70 the Old World with gloomy no.
lions about the immediate future OF
Europe and a belief that the bubble
like prosperity at home was temporary
As security prices continued to rise in
response to the popular delusion that
the trees OF prosperity would grow up
10 the heavens. observers with more
defective vision called Mr. Vanderlip a
calamity howler and pessimist
From the perspective Of 1922 the huri-
er, Of stones have little Of which to
b. proud.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
Scaling Dozen Prices

But even with this improvement In
economic Conditions the customer has
10 be baited win the utmost in low
prices and tho best In quality and style
that can be offered
Style has become exceedingly inn
portant and in this there is a develop
ment that has brought about n big
change in merchandising policies.
Staple merchandise IN almost every
line has not moved as freely as nov
city goods, and the retailers are plan
ming. in many cases. % carry smaller
stocks Of the cid line staples that
formerly were bought IN large quanti-
tics twice a yesr. STYLE has been in
lectcd into footwear C0i0rs and new
patterns have been nut into such COM
monplacc and staple articles a. bed
spreads and pillow cases. Even furni-
ture IS showing seasonal changes in
design and finish All these things,
say the merchants. mean that the re-
tailers' purchases Of stock must be
made much nearer the actual time Of
the consumers demand than formerly
was the case. Just how FAR this deyol-
opment will 90 Is a question. In some
Of the Old line staples In which style
has appeared the result has been an
expansion OF demand AZ the same
me-. the merchants say u has multi
piled the retailers problems IN mer-
chandise and has vastly increased his
chances for loss on stock LETT over
when the style changes.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09

With these surface indications Of
prosperity, however, 90 a host Of eS-
plantations which place a different oora-
plexion on retail trade. Some mcr-
chants here maintain that 20 get this
larger volume OF business necess.-
tated the expenditure 81 greater
amount Of money. Many Of the stores
spent more money IN advertising 20 get
more customers into the shops. Also
the margin Of profit in many cases was
decidedly smaller than last year.
Competition in the retail trade y
said one department store executive,
"has become almost unbelieyably keen.
and the indications point 10 a growing
rather than n lesscning. OF this devel-
opment. What the future holds for US
merchants in general Is hard 10 say.
The multiplicity Of sales and the great
drive that stores have oxerted for bust
ness have developed a host Of bargain
hunters. Probably al no time In ,he
history OF retailing has the ultimate
consumer been 80 well informed on
values as he or she is to-day. Reports
from our salcspepople and department
managers indicate that the majority OF
people no longer ray the price asked
for an article without a considerable
amount Of argument on the part Of ihe
salesperson.
"In our store we find that the time
consumed 10 make a sale is growing
longer. indicating that customers are
in n more critical state of mind when
buying than they were even year or
80 AGO"
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
After the Coal Strike

Wbeneyrr the coal strike is drawn In
"a support a line Of reasoning leading
n, 10 the conclusion that severe
,fortare Of freight cars is in prospect
h is fair assumption that the argu-
rsnt Is intended 10 lead no further
,ban the situation that will confront
,be railroads in the immediate future.
ne coal strike Is a temporary con-
I.tion ard its aftermath must be
treated In the same light. IL Is
scarcely conceivable that any one
should expect tho railroads TO tie up
capital in a surplus Of coal cars far in
excess Of the normal demand for them
in order that the country might not
suffer any OF the ill effects OF coal
strikes, which are not Of the railroads
making and not within their power TO
control or prevent.
No ore who has given any serious
thought 20 the situation that may arise
N the fall will question that tempo
nry elut OF coal traffic and some con
pouent interference with the free
movement Of other classes Of freight
70 In prospect.
An idea Of how great this congestion
Il likely 20 be may be gained by taking
he latest figures on car loadings, those
soverirg the week ended June q. Load
lrgs Of revenue freight other than coal
amounted 20 7S0,S96 cars, or per cent
IN excess of the corresponding week
o. 1920. But in this week OF 1922
loadings Of coal were less than half
O. those Of 1920. the decrease totaling
1889 cars. II the normal number OF
cars Of coal had been loaded in the
week ended June "a, 1922, the tota for
all classes Of freight would have been
s7e,395 cars, or about per cent more
than in 1920
Comparison is made here with 1920
, because II was in that year that the
freight carrying capacity Of American
railroads was most severely taxed.
Railway executives and traffic man
ayers have the 1920 results in mind
when they gauge the ability Of the
carriers 70 expand 10 meet future traf-
AZ requirements. President l.. Y.
Loree Of the Delaware and Hudson
Company lated a few days ago that
IN his opinion the railroads are
equipped 70 handle Is per cent more
freight than they actually carried IN
1920. He refers, OF course, to the peak
load carried in the week ended on
October %. 1920, and not TO the week
corresponding 10 the week ended June
u, 1922.
In the week ended October %, 1920,
iOlo96l cars were loaded. Leaving out
Of consideration any increase in the
movement Of freight other than coal
and adding the coal loadings Of the
peak week Of 1920 TO the loadings oil
other goods in the week ended June
"a, 1929. We have a total Of 1,OO9,sSS
cars. While these figures suggest the
situation that may exist next fall they
are not wholly adequate, for two rea-
sons. In the first place, there is no
question that thos viii be a sub
stantal increase IN traffic in manu-
features and foodstuffs before autumn
In the second place. granting settle,
nent Of the coal strike before the END
Of summer, there will be scramble OF
coal dealers in all parts of the country
70 law In their winter suppllcs.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
Chile Expects Big 1922 Deficit
President Reviews Foreign Trade Decrease of 1921
in Message to Congress; Believes Receipts viii
Fall l2l 1868 Pesos Short of Needs 4

Sfscioi Foreign FirGuoidi CorrcspondeHce
SANTIAGO, Chile. June 1.-THE
formal opening Of the regular ses-
sions Of the Chilean Congress was cele-
brated in Santiago on June with Gus
tomary solemnity. The annual mes
sage OF the President was read, which
was interesting in its exposition Of
the country condition during the last
year. both financially and COM
mercially.
The foreign commerce Of Chile with
Europe. the United States and japan
in 1921 in geld pesos Of eighteen Eng
lisb nence. was as follows:
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
nee. was as follows:

These hgures do not lncIude nltrhte'
expectation OF which TO all parts cf the
world amounted TO lS2,75S,629 pesos.
In commenting on the countrys for
e.gn trade with the entire world dur
inc the period referred 70, the Presi'
dent brings out the fact that total
was reached of se5,c55.e42 gold pesos
OF lsd, Of which 3Si ,3O2,5O6 pesos is
represented by importations and +i3'-
7s3,I3s By expectations, figures which
are 7377e,+28 pesos and 3il76s,2j5
pesos, respectively, under those Of
1920. The decrease in importation WAS
distrihntod as follows.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09

l0000,000 pesos The receipts In gold
pesos sor the present year are ea.cu-
lated 40 J9.S32 900. which will create
a surplus Of 408l02l pesos The re-
ceipts m paper pesos nave been put at
pos 6806.ll5. and. adding the surplus In
gold. converted into paper currency, A
total of 2l905s.ls7 paper pesos could
be counted on. Therefore, taking into
consideration these receipts In paper
pesos and the calculated oxpeditures,
a deficit may be expected Of i2l,42G,-
613 pappr pesos"
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09

Of single track was decreasing 1877
miles, yard tracks and sidings were
increasing 4,G0C miles. Sidings and
yard tracks are the facilities that
must be made TO expand in proportion
to the increase in equipment operated
over the main line. They are the
items which President L. F. Loree had
in mind recently when he wrote Secre-
tary Hoover TO the effect that for
every dollar invested in freight cars
three additional dollars must be in
vested in the balance OF the railroad
plant TO maintain an economic equi-
librium of facilities.
Mr.. Loree and Julius Kruttschnitt,
chairman of the executive committee
of the Southern Pacific company, both
of whom were asked to give their views
on the adequacy of existing railroad
facilities TO handle any material in
crease in business, agree that the abil-
ity Of the carriers to keep an abnormal
volume Of freight moving depends TO
great extent on the cooperation of the
shipping public. BY cooperation they
mean not only the use Of their present
private spur track facilities at 100 per
cent of capacity, but also a material
expansion of these private facilities.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
By Way of journalism

The newspaper has not yet solved
the problem Of labor turnover which
All industries have found costly and
undesirable. Each yeai Journalism
loses many Of its best trained men to
b-siness finance and publicity. Tne
,ev.oaper business Is q great one to
have been in. Frank A. vanderlip re-
marked to a group o. reporters for
whom he had q genuine affection on
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
|r.rriers Certain To Be
seriously Taxed by Alb
uorm Il Movements
When Mine Strike Ends
Increase in Other
Freights Expected
RailoHicialBeIiev,ees ,e ,sdt
N, Now Can Handle l5%o
More Than 1920 Peak
ev Harold R. Bunce

;,r tbe railroads kept pace
II vtth the development Of the
Il Il ,.untry during the last few
viii they be able to cope
ye.s,, ,.. 4, traffic caused by and cOinci-
%,ss wv. Nth any substantial business
Soss Sers that may be in prospect These
y. questions which were destined
n arise in time, but which have been
.sv.need on the calendar of press
,ro rroblems by the threat Of a ire
..s,dous movement Of coal following
40 settlement Of the miners strike.
NJ course. there can be no unanimity
.,irjon on a subject Of this nature.
,1 the parties primarily interested
.,re in agreement that business
,,,n was just ahead and that the rail
ads in their present condition would
..,v, UNEQUAL 70 the task Of keeping
,,ise, moving, We would not find some
- tke larger systems ordering new
..,,nment rignt ap 70 the full extent
,ftssir immediate borrowing capacity
- others doing little more than pro-
Ia, for normal replacements.
samuel NJ. FELTON,, president OF the
c,ieago & Great Western Railway, de-
,,ribss the situation with respect 70
,,,lsht ears as really alarming. Incl
5,rtally II is worth noting that all VINO
,s,re lis view seem 20 be Influenced
1, he inadequacy Of coal reserves Tor
,srt winter more than BY any otner
f,e,or. In recent speech Mr. feit0n
..st 80 etded MAY p car loadings, ex-
,,s.ive Of coal. amounted 10 $4,000
.,rs compared with 10000, which in
sivded coal, in the same period OF 1921
vben more than twice as much coal
w.s moving as az present.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09

TN the Business Troubles" column OF
L the newspapers the bankruptcies OF
nations never appear. And yet the
spectacular race OF the German mark
toward zero has led our correspondent
in Berlin to cable his belief that the
Tcuton Republic was likely to declare
itself in a state Of bankruptcy.
Since there are no international
courts authorized to administer the
estates Of bankrupt sovereignties for
the benefit Of creditor nations, 1t is diff
flcult to define national bankruptcy. As
a matter Of fact, the expression in
wolves a loose usage Of language, since
bankruptcy refers TO a condition Of in
dividuals and corpora ions which is
clearly set forth in lry. And yet, in
practice, we are confronted with vsri-
Gus degrees Of insolvency among ma
tions on the Continent that once ruled
the world.
As an academic adventure ii is inter
esting to explore the means by which
Germany could adjudge herself bank
rupt or insolvent. Such declaration
might include cessation Of interest
payments on the internal debt, which
are now being met by prnting-presS
finance, a further expression Of inabil-
ity to meet instalments on repara-
tions, and possibly n public announce
ment that marks outstanding would
never be redeemed. On Saturday, July
s. 1922, the German mark was quoted
as low as .1S% OF a cent, and even at
this depressed figure, the gold cover is
less than the present market value OF
the currency. Nevertheless, IL the Allies
had no claim on Germany's gold she
could readily redeem marks not at 2S.s
cents, the mint parity, but at their cur
rent worth, expressed In gold.
With Germany bordering on insolv-
ency some Of the victors in the late
war, though solvent, are in the posi-
tion Of hsrd-pressed merchants who
have received an extension from their
creditors. To all the Allies who bor-
rowed from the $4,000, 100000 war
fund. the United States Treasury ex-
tended a three years' breathing spell,
during which actual payment Of inter
est has been postponed. Jean Parmen-
tier, representing the French Treasury,
will arrive from overseas in a few days
70 give the Administration at Washing
ton an exhibit Of French finances, pre-
sumably TO reveal why further delay
is desirable.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
The Problem Of Judging
What the Public VIII Buy
Retail Sales Are Gaining the
Difficulties of Merchandising Are
Likewise Increasing

ROBABLY other line Of human epdoayo greater state OF
ux present than the trade profession Of attempting 70 Snt
pate the pubcs Recent reports made 70 various Federal
Reserve banks throughout tho country indicate that April and May we're
good months for the point Of sales Takes who
merchandise during those months
han corresponding months In localities the volume
Of sales value actually larger than year ago. despite TIE
generally prices prevailing this compared TO last
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
Wnit Quality Goods

There are many merchants Who be-
lieye that the so-callcd bargain busi-
ness has been overdone. Merchandise
made 20 sell at extremely low prices,
produced OF the lowest possible grades
OF materials and skimped in workman
ship in order TO bring down the price
has flooded the market. Now, these
merchants assert. there Is evidence Of
the beginning Of a pular reaction
against this low priced, low grade
merchandise. Quality, in other words,
Is becoming a more important con-
s.derl.ioa in merchandising. and less
emphasis ia placed upon price.
Evidence that good quality is COM
ing into stronger demand" said the
head of an exclusive Fifth Avenue re-
tail store is found in the return of
many Of our customers who appar-
emily deserted US for couple OF
years. have talked with some Of
them whom have known personally
for years. They told me that they
thought our prices were too high up
% the present. Probably there was
some foundation FOR this belief, as we
steadily refused 20 lower our stand.
ards OF cuGiitv, and our prices were
hieh in comparison with those Of some
New-York tribune., 1922-07-09

Of ogr competitors. However. it np-
pears that our customers we're not sat
isfcd with lower quality than that 70
which they had been accustomed and
now have come back 10 Us and are
willingly paying the prices We have %
charge FOR our merchandise"
A similar idea was expressed By tho
credit manager for leading speciality
shop which numbers among is clients
some Of the city's wealthiest people.
"Our wealthy customers he said. ARE
beginning 70 buy more. The upturn IN
the stock market hos had reactios
upon their IDEAS Of eSpeditures. Tho
heads Of families whose income WAS
derived from stocks. bonds or profits
from lar~e business ventures undoubt-
edly cautioned their women folk 20
ease up on buying when this income
showed a slump Now that income has
increased and general business pros.
pects are brighter there is less rigid
holding down Of the family oxpondi-
lures Al least that Is what ! gather
from scanning the reports In my de-
par,mcnt. Another thing that indi-
Gates healthier condition g. tho fact
that our wealthy customers arc paying
their bills more promptly than they
did even six months ago"