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New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

II was no, au answer that would pass
muster in scnooi Of political economy.
but far better than that, ii mad be
hind it The experience Of lifetime and
OF observation. We'll, something did
happen aud j. atil happening. and
tac cheer(ulness o. the countryside
is wideaprcad though not Vocifs rous.
Current figures Of general business,
con strUcted solely from statistics which
tell OF increase in the volume Of busi-
ness as compared With periods just
passed, are iEteresting mental eXer-
cises. but they gfve small conception Of
tho real situation,
There is no such thing a. general
business. because buying. selling and
collections are matters purely Of local
;ty and OF weather. Where the roads
are impossible from rain. whore the
farmers have little OF nothing to sell
u"'il another crop is harvested. there
is little or no business and 10 collcc-
tio1s. Where farmers still have prod
ucts 20 market. where fruits and early
vegetables are being shipped. where IN
dUstry IS employed. where lumber IS
being cut. where mines are being op-
Grated where construction and build
ing are in process, there is a moderate
volume Of business gathering SLOW
headuay and creating additional conf
denCe AS il adds 70 Its size and mo-
mentunl.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Fashions for Children
Crown-Up Styles Now Adapted
for kiddics

Fashion and style have becoms as
important IN tho manufacture and
mcrcha ndis ing Of children's apparel as
they arc in inc making and distributing
Of garments for adults. Manufacturers
Of children's clothes. especially those
for girls, maintain 4 fashion connec-
tion with Paris and other European
centers as DO the makers OF the most
elaborate gowns and cloaks for women.
Many of the prevailing fashions in
mems garments arc quickly adapted /,
the needs Of children. The vogue for
tWeeds has invaded the children's gar
ment trade. With the result that manu-
facturers are now turning out top
coats. uresscs and the highly popular
capcs of twoedy ard home uuns for tho
younger generation. Hats 10 match
20 with many Of these dress and cars
costumes.
The shoe trade iS not behind IN ths
style apreal for the youngsters. aa
witness the showing Of Russian boot
for cnildren IN sizes ss small as sizes
One cnterrrisiug manufacturer of chill!
dren's shoes III Brooklyn has brought
out natent leather pump with III,
broad nstep strap fastening with I
buckle. replica in every detail of ono
OF the best selling style, III women .
| shoes.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

The growth of radio merchandising
In department stores has been extreme
lv rapid in the last few months. but.
according to reports. has been much
greater throughout the West than in
Nev York. H. some of the department
stores from $1,000 10 $4,000 worth of
apparatus is being sold every week -
this n spite Of the shortage.
Tie department stores have vel
dlsine proposition for three reasons:
first, because it is the business Of the
stores 10 handle anything for which
thcYe is public demand; second, be
cause Of its advertising value and
third. because It brings more people
into the store and from the additional
customers trade in other departments
= stimulated. For the latter reason
radio departments have been placed on
upper floors and in easements. The
visitor to such a department is forced
TO walh through other parts OF the
store and is likely 20 sec goods dis
played that strike his fancy and lead TO
sales.
Ultimately. when the first bloom OF
The craze has died down, and demand
becomes more steady. tho department
store retailers expect that the high
class sots viii be sold on the install
mont plan, as are Photographs and
pianos at present. SO far the in
stallment basis Of selling apparatus
has not yet appeared.
Another Development that is ex-
rec-ed is The concentration Of demand
or tho higher priced sets. The man
aeer Of ore radio department believes
Wat this Development already is max
'rg itself felt. II have had custom or'
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

VhprpfOro roneerve nvpyy NJ of
power in your ANATOMY Try 10 make
each action mean something. so as 10
keen yo1lr measure of s4renrtb One
Of the best methods +o aco,lire and al
tain this result is wLon Won work do
So i'm a hgnhayard sort Of way. nu, If
can coin such = phrase be svste
maticaNy TRANQUIL. and maintain an or
DERBY supcrv.sior Of YOUR own work. as
well rs nc work oF -oO,. nnnIo,.os
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Salesman n Factor

AAot1er factor IS ne salesman him
sei. 10 carry ithe O cotton goods
they need large pacN.ng case and
nave to carry many different grade
ana samples Io sell ire o. Sill
hose they have : small satcAel. Aght
weight aNd hlgh TaIue- Ia money tne
sac 0t dozen dozen OF silks nore
tnah equsIs NE times ina amount -
COTTON. AND u IS easier 70 sell the
stoFeheeprI- l. Consequently NE sales
men are demanalng the Siih. "lth high
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Shipbuilding Figures for
March Show Sharp Drop
Decrease IL so p. G.. in ? Mos. {;
Few New Vessels Started: Gov.
crnmcnt Is Not a Factor

Seagoing steel vessels under con-
struction or contracted for in American
shipyards on March ! aggregated fit
teen OF 1880 gross tons, compared
With thirty-one Of 255 ,oG0 tons or ianu-
any /, according to aStatement issued
yesterday by the Ammerican Bureau Of
Shipping. 'fhe decline Of more than
so per cent was due TO the completion
Of a number Of ships and the lack Of
new orders River and harbor tonnage
decreased from eigghty five ships Of
36.613 tons to seventy five Of 20,i75
Only one vessel was under constsruc-
ton for the Shipping Board OIL March
!, This VAS q ship Of 10000 tons Of
the SparroWs Point plant Of the Beth
lohcm Shipbuilding Corporation. The
work under way al the individual
plants is shown in tho following table:
Seagoirg Steel Tonnage
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
" orking Tco Shifts

Mercerizing plants Of this section
have been kept busy unirterruptediy
for the last five months and arc now
working two shifts. The New England
strike brought an increase of orders.
Operators of this section are expectin.
this year TO be good one, though cX
travagant profits are not hoped tor
Wages for millworkers have already
been cut 35 to so per cent from the
peak of wartime scales. but still oper
atives are receiving about 80 per c-nt
above 1914 wages The reductions have
been made without strikes or labor
troubles. No other cuts seem to be
contemplated in the near future.
Local hosiery manufacturers and
whole say that the demand for
silk hosiery. especially in the higher
grades. is not as strong as it was. In
the cheaper grades q good market for
silk hosiery still exists. Tho --latest
change in the hosiery demand is toward
the silk. mercerized ljslc hose for sum
mer wear and some silk and wool and
silk and cotton mixed. This demand
has come chiefly from the larger cities
and is not SO strong IN the smaller
towns and rural communities.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Rethlehcn,'e Car Orders

The Bethlehem Shipbuildnc Corpor-
alton snncunccd Yesterday that new
orders on It's books for railroad cars
total $2.7o0 900. These include 35 bss-
gage and passenger cars for the Penn
sglyania Railroad and 10 baggage
coaches for the Central Railroad Of
New Jersey. IN addition the COM
panv is constructing for the Phila DEL
phia {. Reading 40 suburban coaches,
) suburban ard passenger cars, 30
passenger cars, combination cars and
< baggage cars.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

throughout the country.
From tins group small committee
rs chosen which continued its inves-
..-stlors and carried or further confer
snces wth tho Radio Corporation Of
America. the largest urinary source o.
radio apparatus.
Both thc retailers and officials OF the
coronation admit that the radio feld
g so ucw that definite policies OF mer-
cnardls.nG sro stjN impossible. The
radIo vogue has assumed the nature Of
8 "cYaze' Much has been written and
talkec about radio that those in the
bcsiness characterize as bunk" The
public with few exceptions. is not yet
Sufficiently informed on radio. what it
can and what it cannot do. to make
the merchandising OF radio apparatus
conform to we'll defined merchandising
nrincjples
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
African Ostrich Feather Market

The value Of ostrich feathers sold
on the Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Municipal Market during Janusry cN-
ceeded the totals of any month since
September, according to reports re
ceived by tho textile division Of the
Department Of Commerce. During the
month four sales we're held. whites and
femnas being in good demand while
black, and drabs Wre dull.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Silk Shipments From Japan

1Hk shipments from Japan Tor the
perod July ! to the end Of the year
- European countries amounted 70
;4o;@oo bales and to America i59,139
gales. making total of 175,427 bales.
seF the month Of January, 1929, ship
Ments to Europe amounted to 2,341
psies and 10 America 1s,S49 bsles,
m,,sskihs total for the month Of 10
lss bales.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Syrup increases

One of the sidelights in food pro
ductjou IS found in the Increased out
put Of syrup and moissses in this
country, 50 far rs estimates TO that
effect can be depended upon. Sorghum
and cane syrups are about Of equal
volume. with maple syrup in compare
lively small proportion. During the
paSt two winters these long sweeten-
nes,' rs they are known in the South,
have been Of the utmost value, for
along with corn bread they formed the
staple diet Of many workers, both
black and white. to whom the low price
o. cotton made rigid economy a neces-
sitY.
The continued progress in the growth
Of textile manufa aCturing in the South
is one Of the economic phenomena Of
the times 1t is the story Of great
natural advantages. OF proximity TO
raw MATERIAL and the possession Of
hydro electric power, all furnishing an
incentive TO the developn cnt of a de-
pendaole and increasingly efficient
source OF labor from apparently most
unpromising material.
The railroads find them selves facing
a growing demand for lower rates be
cause rates are in many instances a
heavy handicap on business. while on
the other hand the costs Of operation
do not seem to warrant any such re
ductions Alexander the Great started
the fashion Of cutting Gordien knots
that could not otherwise be undone
That seems 80 be the only remedy now
in sioht. and somewhat impatient
public grows more impatient with those
who are unwilling TO bear their share
in the general reductions in wages and
salaries.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
DO Not Interfere

The salesroom is q broad and neces-
sary field for character reading. Can
didly, no two people can be handled
alike. hut to be honest and tactfully
courteous applies to all
If you are in the room with the sales
force do not interfere with them when
showing goods. It is often annoying
both to sales people aud customer, and
to have too many people fussing around
the buyer is chcapening and confusing.
II YOU see that the sale is not progress
ing satisfactorily few words to them or
pleasant attention, either BY emphasiz-
ing some good point of the article that
they we're looking at or getting some
thing moro appropriate, even an affable
little chat, will often help to put peo-
pie in good huror with themselves and
with you. And such tactics nurture
your own personality.
I'm a series Of sir articles. the thtrd
oj whici appears to-dau, Hiss .Secken-
do,f. retired business Wor,dn. form"-
latre tie principles rtick brought her
success IN thA rndrts OF trace. As senior
me1nh of .Seckerdorf Sisters she 7cds
1ceN kroWn nationally ~ the millinery
trade The fourth article mH appear
rcrt Sunday and rIl deal r'th the
odrcrtisiug problem. Others 'cfN follo'c
on subsequer' Sundays. - Financial
Editor
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Local Conditions Predominant
I'm Fixing Trend of Business
Ehere |, Little Concern About the Immediate Future
hu' Tendency Is to Delay Commitments
Until After the Harvest
By Archer Wall Douglas

Chonu (h0Ue >iat<tc SondGrdS Chamber
OF
r country
with the prevailing feeling the that both
agricultural commodities along the
The they could faith
when things the "somcthins always happens'
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Misrepresentation of Wares
a PitfaIl: Sale Must BE
Beneficial TO Buyer and
Seller for Good Business
Courtesy Is Best Policy
Customer Should Be Led TO
Select: Overpcrsuadimg
Is rs Bad as Indifference
Pert HI
Safes Problems
BY Selma \. Scckcndorf

DN Ochnd J. DcCkcndOrt
~ EGARDlNG thc appropriate
IN surroundings for salcsrooms
As dependent upon the jndi-
vidua needs Of val'.ous kinds of
businesses. may say that, above all
things, lat them be busincsslike and
IN accordance with the merchandise
YOU carry. Make them dignitied, not
over-ela borate, and if possible slight
~ different from those of your com
petitors.
Let them be the reflection Of your
own personality, and in harmony not
only with the wares but also with tho
general neighborhood in which YOU do
business. Select the color scheme
which makes the hes; background for
your particular assortment OF goods.
and II possible suggestive Of the finsl
use Tor them. For example. for ladies
underga garments. lounging robes or &C
cessories Of this character, .ae.-
roonl fitted UP As n houdoir would he
very fetching. For costumes. millinery
or Ike businesses the general SUI
roundings should accord with the class
Of merchandise carried
However have some Enclosures. If
possible, to insure greater privacy The
average woman OF refined sensibilities
does not care to take every one INTO
her confidence, nor admit strangers.
even It they are women, 20 oVer-inti-
macy. when in state Of sem;-undre (.
There are y Cood.y number Of women
II business who do not sufficiently
realize this. or course. this sugges-
tioN refers prime paly 20 retail estab-
hshments. but under this head there
may be no doubt suggestive IDEAS
also for the wholesale eetahlis shment
Of this class, especially ii YOU arc apt
10 have huVcrS from the town meet
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
See Textile Trade Shift
To Cotton-Crowing Area
Hosiery Mills Expanding Rapidly III
the South: Many Plants Turn TO
Silk Pr oducls
Special Financial Correspopdcrc,

X HATTANOOGA, Tenn april 81 Is Of gravity of tb'
~ textile industry shifting southwark toward the point Of production
material? the Southern teNlc
this that little by little the producing states
becoming weaving well.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Radio Presents a New
Merchandising Problem
Newness of the Whole Field PrccIudes Definite Poll
ciee; Pyramided Demand Hcightcns
the Chaos

~ public demand fr radio apparatus in excess f cre.en
IN capacity problem has
W injected into the retail field problems came M
radio
Goods Association The department
forth representing hundred stores
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Mutual Benefit

Acquaint your sales force with the
fact that good sale must be good
for the buyc} as we'll as for the seller.
Otherwise il is not good business
deal. Make every effort to sell goods
from the buyers possible viewpoint.
Il is poor policy TO unload undesirable
merchandise on the unsuspecting buyer.
for he is unable to dispose of 1t. or If
his customer does not find il desira-
bic. confidence is lost in YOU and your
wares aud you in turn no doubt viii
lose his future trade.
You may think "W hat can do with
these goods do not want TO keep
them" By ali means endeavor to sell
them; but as lob lot possibly, or. II
at retail, al very low figure; but
never misrepresent them. To be capa
bic Of knowing that the goods you
handle are in every way desirable re-
ou;res careful study and alertness in
keeping in touch with the very latest
needs Of the hour. the last word in
style as we'll as up-to-date business
methods. This makes the Underta ne
q strenuous one. but it does not mean
that you must become fussy ium'ng
temperamental. noisy woman. There
is no need Of any such dem onstrationa
and thcy only stand in your way TO-
ward advanccment. wear on your phys
ical endurance and becloud YOUR mon
tality, which most certainly should re
main clear ii you wish to master The
details making for success
III the various fields where men have
reached the highest attainment YOU
will usually Gnd the head Of the os-
tablshmcnt cool. calm and suave. The
fussy man usually becomes nervous
wreck before he attains tina posltl or
or goes 10 pieces after IT. That 's the
fate Of the woman Of the same tom
permanent, only she has not a ways a'
much physical endurance as the man
L
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Svstpn,aficnilv Trnu0uii

more optimistic, and in this ve:y sc
assertion YOU he!p YOUR own ends
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

~ EGARDiNG thc appropriate
IN surroundings for salcsrooms
as dependent upon the indi-
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-24
Pope Plus Plans
Council During
Coming Jubilee

Rome, Dec. 23.-Pope Plus is con-
sidering the possibility of calling an
ecumenical council in Rome during
1925, the next jubilee year Of the
church. it wa sannounced in the papal
encyclical issued today.
A general meeting of the whole
episcopacy in the center of Catholi-
cism says the encyclical, "would be
most suitable to the coming jubilee
year whence an immense advantage
might come OF the cause of jeace aft
err so long and so profound an up
heaval. But the reassamblage of the
ecumeniaal council at the vatican
would be such a grave event that it
is necessary to wait and pray as did
the pious leader of Gods elect people
until God is a clearer sign of His
wishes" "
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-24
Unions Demand
Investigation Into
National Strike
Try Associated P-essl

Washington, Dec. % Apetltion
asking investigation into the expen-
ditures of railways in coping with
the national strike of shopcraft en-
nIoves has been filed with the inter-
state commerce commission by the
international Association of Machin-
lots it was announced today by W. H.
Johnston. president of that orgam-
zation. Other railway unions partlc-
mating in the strike, which is as
serted to be still in progress on a
number of roads, will join in the pro-
ceedings later.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-24
w. T. Fields Shot to
Death Resisting
Arrest
BYSTANDERS WOUNDED
Coroner Decides Slayer
Shot in Defense of
His Life
lRx Ansoclnted Press,

BlOuntstown, Fla, Dec. %
A sequel to pre-holiday eele-
bratiOn w. I. Fields, a lawyer,
is dead as the result of resisting
r. L. Gamer, chief deputy sher-
iff, according to witnesses at the
the cOroner's inquest. Fields,
according to the testimony,
while under the influence Of
liquor, obtained a gun and fired
indiscriminately, striking pedes-
trians. Gamer. attempted 10
take him home and to wrest the
gun from him. Fields became
enraged, it is said, and attempt
ed to shoot the deputy.
The eoroner's jury exOnerat-
ed Gamer, finding that he shot
in self-defense.
Mr.. Fields was a member of
the last legislature and was de-
feated for denomination in the
June primary.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-24
Music's Charms
at the Auditorium
Sundya Afternoon

The concert planned to be gwen in
the school auditorium this afternoon
at $3.50 promises to be something out
Of the ordinary. The full program as
published Thursday in these columns
will be presented, and will include
the several numbers by pastors of
Palatka. Leader Shearouse has COM
piled a program that will be inter-
esting to all, and the hour will be
well spent by those attending the
entertainment.
An invitation is extended the pub
lie to be present, and it is the desire
of the band and of all participating
in the program that large audience
greet the opening number at $3.50.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-24
Fair Weather
For Christmas
is Predicted

Washington, Dec. 23.-Generally
fair weather for Christmas with the
temperature above normal was prom
ised by the weather bureau tonight,
temperatures for the next two days,
two days the forecast said, will be
"above normal" over most of the
country. Only an indication of cloud
mess for the northern states and
disturbances .in some sections of the
northwest prevented the government
forecaster from promising an unusu-
ally bright and fair Yuletide for the
entire United States.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-24
Elk Organization
May Be Styled as a
Millionaire Club

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Elkdom num-
bers 1,455 lodges with total men,
bership of S12,657 according to the
report of the secretary of the Benev-
olent and Protective Order of Elks,
made public here, and shows the as
sets of subordinate lodges to be in
excess of $5S,OOO,0OO. Last year the
local lodges spent more than $2,OOO,-
900 for charity. A net gain of A.
996 members for the year has been
recorded, and thirty-four new lodges
instituted. Nebraska was the only
state to register a decrease in men,
bership. In 1878 the order showed
a membership of $50 and in 1921 a
membership of 767, ,66l.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-24
ENGINE AND EIGHT
CARS LEAVE. TRACK,
|NJUR|NG Fifteen
Train Running Rapidly
When 1t Hit Broken
Rail

Rocky Mount, N. c., Dec, 23.-Fif-
teen passengers were injured early
today when eight cars, including four
sleepers and engine, of an Atlantic
Coast Line train en- route from Jack
sonville to New York, derailed near
Lucama. Two who were injured were
brought to a hospital here; Others
were attended by physicians at Lu-
CANA.
Officials after investigation ad-
vanced the theory that the wreck was
caused by a broken rail. The fact
that none of two hundred and fifty
passengers was seriously hurt as the
fast-travelng train left the track,
stiuck an erbanGment, and then
bounded back to the roadbed, is said
by officials to be almost miracu-
lous."
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-24
B0RAH-JOHMSON
ALLIANCE. SPLIT
OVER NE VI FIGHT
Idaho Senator Offers a
Plan for Another
Conference
JOHNSON GETS PEEvED
Assails Proposal Because
He and Colleagues
Not Consulted

Washington Dec. 23.-The propos-
al of Senator Borah, republican, Ida
ho, for an economic and disarmament
conference to be called by President
Harding was assailed tonight by Sen
ator, johnson, republican, California,
who said in a public statement that
the plan would "stop into Americas
lap the economic ills of Europe and
reparations nuddle."
Senator Johnson's statement was
the first outward evidence of a
breach. in the ranks of the senate cir
reconcilables" over the Borah pro-
posal now pending as an amendment
to the naval appropriation bill. Sen
ators Borah and Johnson were stead
fast allies throughout the long fight
against the League of Nations, and
on many other questions of foreign
and domestic policy they have acted
together. Others of the ''irreconcil-
able" group here reported tonight to
he opposed to Senator Borah's
amendment which is to ocme before
the senate, when it reassembles next
Wednesday, and Senator Johnson's
public attack was interpreted as
meaning that Senator Borah had
! not consulted with colleagues before
offering the proposal.
Harding's Stand Unknown.
The administrations attitude to-
ward the amendment has not been
disclosed, but senate republican lead
ers are expected to confer with Pres
ident Harding before it comes to a
vote. Senator Watson, republican
Indiana, discussed the amendment
with the president today, but said he
did not learn Mr.. Harding's position
After his white house visit. however
the Indiana senator said he would moi
support the amendment in its present
form but would favor reservations,
declaring against caNcelling Europe'S
debts ot America and also commit
ments under the treaty of Versailles
! The democratic position on the
iplan also is in the making. Most Of
the democrats have been expected tc
give it their support, although some
, thave said privatel ythat they believe
, European conference in this coun
: TRY would be fmpracticable. In other
democratic quarters the Borah plan is
. hailed as an endorsement of the
! democratic position for American co
-loperation in European settlements.
u Prolonged discussion of the Bo
rah and similar amendments is pre-
dicted generally. Senator King, dem
ocrat, Utah, has a conference amend
ment pending, and the bill alread!
contains a house provision request
ing the president to call another ma
val limitation conference to deal witt
small vessels and aircraft not regu
lated by the Washington nava
treaty.