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The Washington times., 1922-08-09
MEXICO URGES COLLECTION
OF CONSUL FEES IN u. S.

The Mexican Embassy has in
structed all Mexican 'consuls In
the United States to enforce the
payment Of consular fees on ship
ments from nonconsular points, the
Department Of Commerce an
nounced today.
The order, which was originally
issued by the Mexican Director
General of Customs under date of
June IL, 1922, provides that mer-
chandise originating at points where
no Mexican consul resides shall payi
the 3 per cent consular fee upon
the original value of the goods, in
creased by the cost OF freight and
charges to the nearest point where
q Mexican consulate Is maintained.
The Washington times., 1922-08-09
CLOSED
.ON EXCHANGE Of
. VICTORY NOTES
Treasury Announces That
Subscriptions to the Exchange
Amount to $50, 900, 900.
By MUNROE ROBERTS.

Copyright. 1924. by Cosmopolitan
- News service.)
NEW YORK. Aug. s.-The Sec
retary OF the Treasury has an.
nounced that the subscription
cent Victory notes for the new Az
"B," 1926, have been closed. Final
reports as to exchange have not
vet been received from the various
Federal Reserve Banks but pre-
lin,inary reports indicate that they
will amount to about s136.00q, 900.
The alIotments on the primary Of.
ferinEs Of notes OF this series
amounted to s345, ,425, 900 and total
allotments will, therefore, be about
s475, 900, 900. The Treasury Depart
ment was flooded with bids for the
new four-year AZ per cent short
term Government bonds and could
have sold over 81 900, ,000, 900 worth
against offerings Of only 100000
900.
Since the beginning Of the Euro.
OF nearly s3,500. .O0O. 900 In bonds out.
standing and listed on the New York
stock exchange, according to the
Dow-Jones estimate. Exclusive OF
United States Government issues
bonds listed on the stock exchanges
on January !, 1879. totaled $685.
s34, 900. against s12.se4, ,233,0 July
90, 1914. The total number OF issues
on January 1. 1872, was 1.1o3
against 1,07s in 1914. The number
OF railroad bonds listed on the ex
change had declined 10 s77 on Janu
ary 1 from 7as eight years ago
The amount Of railroad bond. how
ever, aggregated 1924. .2Ss 900
against ss.1a6. $4,000 In 1914.
Before the war there were ne
bonds outstanding bearing pc,
cent. IN per cent, 81 or 5h pei
cent, On January the 4 per cent
bonds listed on the stock exchange
totalSl ss.32s,21s. 900, on which the
annuhl interest IL s1I3.04s. 900. Ir
1914 there were 6,S46,s80 900 Z pei
cent bonds outstanding with s2i3.
$4,000 annual interest. In eighi
years the arneuntsof 4'per cent bonds
has changed Iitti& =.
q. 49, -
American banking and Legislative
leaders are stiii In negotiation with
the Cuban government in an at
tempt to stabilize the Cuban gov
ernment's currency system and tc
bring its finances back TO normal
The only possible way out Is be
lieved to be through major bond
issue which may amount to as
much as $50, 1000, 900. IL Is believed
that the project can be brought tc
consummation IN o comparatively
short time and that. with the sp
Kproval of our own Government and
the backing of a strong banking
syndicate, the bonds can easily be
absorved in our markets.
There has been Q notable falling
off IN the number Of new bond of
ferings to be brought to the mar
ket this week. Today's new issues
aggregate less than s1,00o.0 900. in
cluding s725.o00 per cent equip
ment trusts OF the Cincinnati Trac
ton Company, maturing seriallo
from 1873 to 1882, and yielding 5h
to sh per cent; $4,000 ~ pei
cent saving bonds Of the village OF
Lynnbrook, N. Y, to yield 4.20 pei
cent; s145.000 sewer bonds of the
town OF Greenburs, n. Y. to yield
AS per cent.
The Washington times., 1922-08-09
NORMAL COFFEE CROP
IN BRAZIL REPORTED

The coffee crop for the year 1929.
20 In the San Paulo, Brasii.A coffee
field, reputed to be the greatest In
the world, has been generally esti-
mated, the Department Of Commerce
announced today, at s.soo.ooo bags of
1872 pounds each.
This u reported TO be an average
crop. One-third OF the crop that
would have been produced was lost,
due to the failure TO recover coffee
trees which suffered In the freeze
of 1918.
The Washington times., 1922-08-09
Bolt Kills Man on Tree.

ELIZABETH, N. j., Aug. s.-High
up in a, tree when a severe storm
broke here yesterday afternoon. Fern
U. Holcomb, of Hiram, Ohio, a young
tree surgeon. was instantly killed
when a bolt of lightning struck him.
Several men at the foot OF The tree
were stunned
The Washington times., 1922-08-09
Foreign Exchange.

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-SterIfng
demand, 4.451. cables, 4.45%. Francs,
demand. S.07h: cables, SOS. Lire,
4.54h: cables. ASS. Marks, .001ats.
Belgian francs, demand. 1924
cables, 7.63. Drachmas. 315 and $50
Swiss francs. 1901 and 1903. Guild.
ers. Ss.73 and 3s.7s Pesetas, 15.5I
and 1888. Sweden kronen, demand
26.10; cables. 26.14. Norway. depand
17.19: cables. 1z.23se Denmark. de
mand, 21.4S: cables, 21.52.
The Washington times., 1922-08-09
U. S. Government Bonds.
Dividend Increase Asked.

The virginian Railway Company
today asked the Interstate Com
merce Commission for authority to
increase the dividend rate on s27,.
s55,o00 of preferred stock from to
8 per cent and to make the rate
cumulative and calculative from
August 1, 1922.
The Washington times., 1922-08-09
Railroad Plea Denied.

The Interstate Commsrce Com.
mission today denied the appiIca.
tion Of the New Orleans. Texas
and Mexico Hallway Company 20
control the Dayton -0ecss Greek
Railroad of Texas by purohass Of
its oasital stock.
The Washington times., 1922-08-09
LONG WILL ABIDE BY
PRIMARY IN MISSOURI

ST. LOUIS. Aug s.-Brecksp-
ridge Long. who was defeatcd for
the Democratic nomination for
United States Senator IN Missouri.
has announced he WIN not contest
the nomination % eenstor Jamee
A. Red. OF ash fer atrecount ef
ballota
The Washington times., 1922-08-09
ADVANCING WASHING
TOMS INTEREST
Federal II ReserveB Board
Sees Better Business
Analyses Position Of American Business at
IS End of Period Of Depression.
By HARRY GUsACK.

The financial situation of business houses show material
Improvement oyer year ago in most lines according to the
Federal Reserve Boards monthly report in which is con-
careful analysis of the experience Of American business
during the period of Industrial DEPRESSION which the board
,thinks Is apparently ended. go $500. s.sE 80 N
The Washington times., 1922-08-09

which are quoted in different IN.
dustIies On the contrary. these
tend In many cases to continue ,un.
changed; IL business houses uni
yersally do not adhere to them. Il
nevertheless is felt that they rep
resent an ideal or standard condi-
ton and as such, exert o whole
some influence. Furthermore, the
shortening of terms. evident during
the period OF prosperity. generally
did not go far enough to supplant
the regular terms. but rather rep.
resented exceptions to them. Ac.
cordingly, the record OF collections
affords a much more accurate In.
dication of the trend of mercantiie
credit conditions.
The Washington times., 1922-08-09
Local Stocks.
SALES.

Washington Gas SIS, s50oas41s,
ssoo@s4h. sl,ooo@s4h, sSoo@s!h,
$500@s41s.
Washington Gas 71s's, $1,000 10s.
Capital Traction SIS, $500@9sK.
Washington r. & e. Genl. s,s.
S1,000@s9%.
Pot. Elec. G.. 4 Ref. rs, $1,000 q
10SA, $1.000@10s.
Capital Traction. ae1ooS. 20
100&.
Washington Gas Light: 25@s6H.
2@56ss, 25@56&. ...
Lanston Monotype, 5@7sH.
After call-Pot. Elec. @. M. q Ref.
rs. $1,000@10s.
Wash. r. q e. Genl. SIS, 5000
'ss&.
Money-call loans, SOS per cent.
The Washington times., 1922-08-09
Short Term Securities.

trurulsned by redmond ~ Gel
Alum. Co. Of Am. rs. 1s25l104 HOAX
Amer. T. q T. SIS, 1922. .llooA IIcoIs
Amer. T. q T. SIS, 1924. .l1oI mlIelx
Amer. Tob. Co. rs. 1915. .to2N 1oz VI
Anaconda Cop. 6's, 1928. .I101 l1o1k
Anaconda Cop. rs, 1929 hoax lloI
Anglican. OIL ms, 1925 .I1e3 hess
Armour q Co. rs, 1890. .lle4& Hos
Atlantic Ref. st's, 1891. .IIosK lIe3is
Bethlehem Steel rs, 1s23l105x hos
Canadian Pacific SIS, 1924I101h l1o1 "
c., c., c. q st. L. SIS, ls2SiI0Ix l1ea
Con, q. Of N. Y. rs, Is22II00H IIoeiI
Con. G. of N. Y. rs, 1s25lIo2 80.
Cop. Exp. "A" SIS. 1924 :. 1o2h l1os
Cop. Exp. "A" SIS, 1926. t103Kl1 hoax
Cudahy Pkg. Co. rs, 1s23I101 hl101A
DUPONT rvs, 1891. .ll07Xjlos
b. +. Goodrich rs, 1925. lo3AlIOS1,
Goodyear T. q r. SIS, 1881 9sx HOOK
Gulf OIL Corp. rs, 1888. .lI04 hoax
Humble o.. q r. rs, 1s23l1OOx 100 ..
Kan. City Term. SIS, 1928 l101 y 101 4
kennecott Cop. rs. 1880. l04I 105is
Libby, Men. q L. rs, 1891 seI s9I,
M.St.P.& S.S.M.6h's, 1s3IlIoaN l1o5G q
N. Y. Cent. 7!s, 1890. ..l1o5KIl0bK "
Sears. r. q Co. rs, 1s23l10a u Ion Y
Southwn Bell rs, 1925. .ll63E llo4
swift q Co. rs, 1925. 10s 102k
swift q Co. Ts, 1891. 1o2 y 1o3 Y
nn. TANK Car 7s, 1880. 103M 104
y; 8. Rub. Co. rs. 1929. 102 y 1925
West. Elec. rs, 1925. .l106 e hoe y
Yves. Ell. q Mfg. rs, Is31tI07E los x
The Washington times., 1922-08-09
Joins Dillon, Reed 4 Co.

Mr.. Irwin Burns, Of this city, who
until the FIRST OF this month was
chief Of the cooperation division Of
the veterans bureau for the state
of Texas. has Joined the sales force
of Dillon, Read q Co.. and will be
attached to the Washington office.
The Washington times., 1922-08-09
Mercantile Credit Conditions.

During the last few years, the
length Of the credit period granted
the buyer by the seller has in.
creased percepubIy. This, however,
u not reflected to a very marked
degree in the regular terms of sale
The Washington times., 1922-08-09
RAIL STOCKS
!. YIELD UNDER .
HARDPREsSURE
Market Irregular in Early
Trading as Result Of
rrofit Taking.
BY w. 8. COUSINS,

.tcopyrisht. Is2s, by cosmopolitsn New
servics) tE
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-28
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-28

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OF LIFE
wal tnd publ hay
Insured shan
abroad rzh o. rid and sans n6ned
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-10
Ripnlinc Rhvrnes
MALIGNED
BY Walt Mason

This world is quite as good place
as l have come across; and, too, the
far famed human race is not total
loss. We have a hopeless lot of
scribes who toll and toll away, to show
all people and all tribes are sunk in
low decay. We have no true respect
for Art, our views a sordid thing:
we'd rather drive spangled cart than
hear tenor sing. Our souls are sunk
in real estate, in fox and other trots;
instead of striving to be great, we
deal in vacant lots. Our homes all
lack artistic charm, and one is like the
rest; we all have clocks that ring
alarm, and bottles in a chest; we all
have hatracks in the hall, our doorbell
whirs and clangs, and on the eastern
parlor wall. "A Yard of Roses" hangs.
And thus we lead our sordid lives in
our aTocious homes, and go to lee
lures with our wives, or read cheap
iowbrow poems. / scarcely know why
this is wrong, or why we are to blame
but highbrow authors, going strong
insist that it's a shame. We're reek.
ing of the commonplace, were gross
as we can be; and yet the bum old
human race is good enough for me.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-10
OH. NEVER MIND TRIVIAL THINGS
BY George Matthew Adams

Life readily carrying useful and
recollection the but counting the read
finished !
One of the why people commonplace
Tuning what areadyia thing of the past
he lives
that which is able to him for better equipment as he strives and
Lord Beaconsed asked what he considered the most
which
His wssuicient unto the day is the evil thereof!
all His placing
little while lie
to
total absence
sustained
supertathwhch the
being
character that
high like lofty peak above its lower fellows
Never mind" And Immediately the
smiles appe a and play is resumed
is o 0 kind leave behind.
Time able to the
deepest and the densest clouds.
helped-that already
things that yet to and to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-10

ion of Great Britain, but there is no
reason to believe that Great Britain
will pay any more attention to Ameri-
can protests than we paid to the Brit
ish protests aginst the tariff. England
protested against an American import
tax; now the United States protests
against a British export tax. Both
protests are doomed to the same re-
ception.
We Must Pay
The Price.
The economic result is that England
will sell less goods in our market and
that if we want British rubber we pay
the price whatever it is. The proverb
ial American spirit of fair play must
say: that's fair enough" but it is
hard to smile when the flivver needs
new tires all around and when the
blowouts come. In such situation
a puncture teaches more about practt
cal politics than a textbook.
Great Britain feels reasonably sure
that the United States must have rub
Der no matter what it costs and shs
is well justified in such an assump
ton. Rubber is essential in so many
manufactures and is so common an ar
ticle of daily use that the people car
not get along without it. Therefore
! the price must be paid and England
will collect.
England feels particularly comfort
able about the rubber export tax be
cause of the debt situation. 1t is al
economic axiom that foreign balance
can be paid only in three ways: il
| gold, in goods and in services. Eng
land is willing to pay us all the go''
she can spare and recently sent owe
$50,000,000 of the yellow metal. Nor
is coming. But she has not enougl
to meet her indebtedness. The mex
form is the goods. She would be YER
glad to ship great quantities of good
to the American market and was pre-
pared to do so when the congress pu
up the tariff barrier and declared tina
we would not accept goods, Paymen
in services is going on constantly
1 that is, British ships are carryin
American goods, British hotels are er
PERTAINING American tourists, an
american ships are obtaining Births
insurance. This is a tedious process
Now while this situation obtains tn
American people at the same tim
are pressing for payment Of the deb
which Great Britain owes. She hash
the gold; We won't take her goods
! payment in services are slow; there
1 fore, some other plan must be found.
There are commodities which tn
United States does not produce bu
which the British Empire does. Ac
cordingly the obvious thing to do i
-. -
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exercise our franchise may be one reason why
many pay so little attention to it. Some of the
European countries, which formerly We're ruled
by petty tyrants, are exulting in their right to
cast ballots in general elections.
All Poland is enthusiastic in anticipation of
the first election there, which is to be held in a
few weeks. The patriotic fervor of the citizens,
correspondents say, can hardly be described
Their newly acquired liberty is a source of patri-
otto pride, which is impelling them to express
their sentiments as freemen in the forthcoming
election. There will be few stay-at-homes at the
elections
If an attempt were made to curtail our right
of suffrage most of us would rise in clamorous
protest yet we fail to exercise the very right
which we acclaim to be an inherent one of free
people. If more of us, year by year, lose our
interest in political issues and permit diminish
ing number of persons to choose our officials, it
will be an easy matter for denagogue or de-
signing boss to acquire control of the govern
ment.
The best safeguard of our freedom is an in
telligent participation at the polls where we will
vote our convictions and have them recorded as
our stated attitude toward the political parties
seeking control of the government administra-
ton.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-10

to raise the prices Of such commodi-
ties The United States must buy
from Great Britain and pay handsome
~. This Is way Of meeting the debt.
This is precisely what is happening
in the case of the rubber tax. We must
have rubber. That is something the
tariff does not keep out. Therefore
Great Britain will pay us in rubber.
She will not pay US great deal of rub
Der for given sum but a little rubber
for given sum. In this way the debt
/ will be cut down.
Similar Reprisals
Are Expected.
The officials at Washington expect
the plan to be extended There ars
other commodities which Great Bri
ktain produces but of which we pro
| duce very little or none at all. Tin is
one of these 1t would not surprise O.
fetal Washington to see Great Britain
raise the price of her tin. To some ex
tent, the price of tea could be raise
although there the production Of ia
pan and China would cut down tn
British monopoly.
The American protective tariff il
built on the theory that the United
States produces practically all the raV
material she needs. That was especia!
/ ly true until rubber became so import
ant an element in modern life. Rub
Der is the most vulnerable point o
attack and that is the spot Great Brit
ain picked out. There are not man.
others to find, but wherever there i
a commodity of which Great Britain
/, has anything like monopoly and tn
United States has lack, the America
people can make up their minds t
pay heavy toll.
What other nations will do in tn
way of reprisals against the America
! tariff has not been divulged as ye
, but there is no doubt that any veal
: ness in the American sources of SUI
/ ply will be taken full advantage o
: Reprisals may be expected only frol
. the manufacturing nations, or the 81
, uation would be more uncomfortabl
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-10
Apathy at the Polls

Reports from all parts of Indiana, and Illinois
well, show that thousands of voters did not
avail themselves of the opportunity to vote last
Tuesday. The absentees were factor in the
ultimate result, whether decisive or not, for their
refusal to vote revealed an apathy which should
not exist "
In Chicago thousands of men and women
could not be induced to go to the polls even when
automobiles were placed at their disposal. In
many counties of Indiana the same Indifference
was noted. ~
The necessity of voting should not go unno-
ticed, for in democracy it is the approved
method of expressing your decision as to gov
ernmental policies and the men who are to carry
them out.
The ease with which we are permitted to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-10
After Dinner Stories

After raking the lawn on a warm
summer morning, old Caesar decided
that it was too hot to keep on, SO
went in search of the woman of the
house who had hired him for. the day.
Mis- Lutte" he said, "Ah done got
a message dat NAH sister out here
in de country had had fall, and dey
wants me to come right away"
That afternoon the woman's hus.
band met old Caesar downtown.
why, Caesar" he said, Il thought
you had to go to see your sister IN
the country"
''Yassuh, yassuh," the old negro
hurriedly assured him; "Ah done
started, sub; vas, sub. Den," he add
ed in a sudden burst of inspiration,
"Ah done got anudder message said
she didn't fall so had. Los Angeles
Times.
You'll have to dive off that tall cliff
and rescue the heroine" pronounced
the movie director
What" calculated the star. why.
there's not two feet of water below!"
Certainly not" returned the di-
rector comfortably. you can't possibly
drown"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-10

for this country. For instance, If Bra.
zii ad the Central American countries
did much manufacturing and felt
themselves injured by the American
tariff on manufactured goods, they
would, in all probability, lay an export
tax on coffee. This would bother the
United States as we raise no coffee.
This, however, is not likely to occur.
1t would not be surprising If Italy
and Spain should raise, by means OF
an export tax, the price of olive oil.
Those countries practically nonopolize
that trade and the United States is ]
great consumer. Italy, France and
Japan. should they see fit, could fo.-
low the same tactics as to silk.
One element which restricts the re-
prisals which the other countries can
afford to make is the general con-
sumption of most of their products
Under the most favored nation treaties
no country could TAX exports to the
United States without taxing exports
to all other countries. The problem,
then, is to find something of which
| the United States is the principal con.
| sumner. Rubber is the most conspicu.
| Gus example. Rubber can be taxed
and the United States will be the only
| country seriously injured.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-10
BE PRETTY! TURN
GRAY HAIR DARK
Try Grandmother's Old Fa-
vorite Recipe of Sage
Tea and Sulphur.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray. Years ago the only way to
get this mixture was to make it at
home, which is mussy and trouble
some Nowadays, by asking at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound" you will get large
bottle of this famous old recipe, i'm
proved by the addition of other in
gradients, at small cost
Don't Stay gray! Try it, No one
can possibly tell you have darkened
your hair, as 1t does it so naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time; by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap-
plication or two. your hair becomes
beautifully dark, glossy and attractive.
advertisement
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-10
By FREDERICK J. HAsk1N

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 10.-Thc
reprisals against the United States
because of the protective tariff act
recently passed by congress, which
were predicted during its tendency,
have begun. Great Britain has struck
the first blow and aimed it at the
American rubber industry.
1t will be recalled that during the
months when the tariff act was pend
ing, British interests protested against
the high rates which would keep Brit
ish products out of the American mar
ket. Delegations of business men
from England appeared before the
ways and means and the finance COM
mittees asking lower rates. Their ap-
peals fell on deaf ears. This amount
ed to a declaration of economic war.
The United States erected tariff
wall to keep British goods out. Now
Great Britain, in retaliation, is striking
back at a very tender spot in the
American industry.
The British have we'll advanced a
plan to make the United States pay
vastly increased price for cruda
rubber. Not pound of rubber grows
on American soil We must import
all the rubber we need for the hun
! dreds of thousands of automobile tires
for electrical apparatus and for the
/ hundred and one other uses to which
this product is put.
The method being employed b.
/ Great Britain is to lay an export tal
on the export of rubber from her po
| sessions which produce this valuable
commodity. Such possessions includ'
the land of Ceylon,f the Straits Set
Elements and the Federated Mala!
States. These are the principal rub
Der producing areas of the world
Brazil produces rubber but becaus'
of difference in quality and especial
| ly because of the manner of condition
ing for export, the American rubbe
industry uses chiefly the product from
the British rubber producing regions
The United States consumes a!
much crude rubber as all the rest o
the world put togther, so any govern
mental action by Great Britain tend
ing to increase its price is a direc
blow at the United States.
The tax must be paid to the govern
ment before the crude rubber can b.
exported. so the price of rubber lait
down in the United States will be sub
stantially higher. 1t is too, early Il
to make any definite estimates, blu
the rubber industry admits that tn,
action of Great Britain will add mill
ions of dollars to the American pub
lies bill for tires as we'll as for tn,
numerous other rubber articles o
every day consumption.
The American rubber industry /
protesting vigorously against the aet