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POTATO MARKET

ST LOUIS, Oct. SO.-Geese, 19c; ducks 1sc; others unchanged. Butter, 49ls sc Eggs, 43c.
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HuBRaRp BROS. & co.

e-sre in receipt of advice from Liverpool { that considerable business seems to be ~pending in Manchester. although there is y,some hesitation in following the extreme Hadvance. The market here early was Mslightly under last nights close. but pro ~ductions of very low temperatures in Ok slahoma and Texas leads to sharp ad- 5svance to almost the highest prices of the
 'sason A moderate amcunt of cotton
 bought by domestic pills. but these
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LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Oct. 30.-Cotton: Spot fair demand; prices easy. Good middling. 17,S0d; fully middling, 17.7Gd; middling, 17.45d low middling. 16.80d good or dinary 16.20d, ordinary. 15.90d. Sales. ceipts, 12,000 bales, including 9,1O0 Ameri- can. Futures closed quiet and steady:
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WOOL AUCTION SALES

DULUTH, Oct 30.-Close, flax: Octo- 'er s2S6; November. s2s6h; December 2.S6%; May. $..36ls
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METAL MARKET

NEW YORK. Oct. 3O.--Copper quiet |; electrolytic. spot and futures. 12h @12tsc.
 Tin steady; spot and nearby s41.s2; fu- lures, $41.50.
 Iron steady; prices unchanged. Lead steady; spot. s6.75. Zinc steady: East St. Louis. spot and nearby, $6.3246.35. Anti mony, spot, $s.50QS60.
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NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH. Ga, oct. 30.-Turpentne steady. 9t1a @91%c; sales, $50; receipts, 5l2; shipments si5; stock, l6.1ss Roan firm sales st9S sSs TscsiPts S4 ship E. F, G, H. l. s4.42h; K, s4.45; M, $4.50; N, S4.s5; w G, $5.20; w w, X, s5,S5.
 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Oct. So.-Tur- pentine quiet, s2hc sales 100; receipts, so9; shipments, TIP; stock. 1S,235 Rosin firm; sales, S43; receipts. 2,759; ship ments, 220; stock, 1s6,7l3. Quote; B to I. s4.45; k, s44712 M. s4.50; N, s4S0Q 4.90 w c, S5.15; " ". $5.35.
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MONEY MARKET

NEW YORK, Oct 3o-CaI money firmer high per cent; low. 4; ruling rate, 5; closing bid, 4; offered at Az last loan, 4; call loans against accept ances. Az. Time loans easy; mixed col lateral 60 to 90 days. 5; to months 5A prime commercial paper, 5Q5A.
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BAR SILVER
FLAX MARKET

NE YORK, Oct. Solar silver, 63% Mexican dollars. 4Siac.
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nrrn.s DAILY GRAIN LETTER

CHICAGO. Ills, Oct. SO.fradlns III III
 Y .,eat was very limited today Market
 ,le,tuatcd oyer d range ot barely 9s to %
 1.verpool failed to reflect our yesterday
 .asiness, opening and closing unchansed'
 ,iinnea polls had lost relatively to Winne-
 pe.se for the last several days ana so lo-
 omy notHing was heard of further pur-
 tases Of Manitobas for domestic mllllhs.
 here was nothing particularly new m yIVusltiugton news. One Washington mes ,se said that it was believed the eNpor-
 lsjien of any quantity of any wheat bo to
 r;ytapy could not be finauccd by the
 ! Al. .fini,nce corporation since the corpora
 aG MAS only authorised 10 make loans approved security and it was believed l;st' Germany could not furnish this Sen thent remains bearsh for the most part I 1t while Canadian pressure seems 10 De
 {, towing more real, there remains alWays 1 DO ,sibility of genuinely effectiVely ,vernmtnt action, it might very well De at the actual importations ol Canaulhh Y i.at will serve to force an early up f ard revision of the tariff.
 it'orn trade was somewhat more actiVe- z le very rough weather was responsible ,or enough buying to bring about a falr :I4vHnce in the forenoon and then later n ports of sharply lower cash prices in Al fred enough selling to force prices to fi W lows for the month.-H. & l. Beer
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POULTRY AND PRODUCE

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Oct 30.-Butter, eggs, potatoes and poultry unchanged.
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STEEL MARKET NEW YORK. Octn 30 .--Steel unchanged
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NEW YORK, Oct. 30.--Directors of the National Enameling company announced a dividend reduction on common stock to $4 annually against S6 previously paid. A quarterly dividend of $1, payable Novem- Der 30, was declared.
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CHICAGO, oct. 30.-Following are to days opening, high, low and closing quo tstions in grain and provisions:
Evening star., 1923-12-09
BEATEN,
OFFICE WRECKED
Rice Growers Feud in Ar
kansas Ends in Mob Foray
on Newspaper.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STUTTGART, Ark, December S.
mob of sixteen unmasked men
invaded the offices OF the Free
Press, weekly newspaper published
here, administered a beating to the
editors, scattered type and metal over
the floor, smashed several windows
In the building and threw the forms.
for this weeks edition of the paper
out of the building
Neither of the editors, r. A. Berry
and his assistant, T. r. Lawson, WAS
seriously injured, although Lawson
was given 4 severe beating. Berry
was struck over the head with n
board, but was not seriously hurt.
Both men We're ordered to leave town
within tWenty-four hours.
The trouble is believed to have been
the outgrowth of series OF articles
which have appeared recently in the
organ of Independent rice growers
and an insurgent faction within the
Rlcc Growers Comparative AsSocia-
ton These articles dealt with yari-
Gus affairs Of the growers organiza-
tions. including the damage suit re-
Gently filed here against oak II.
Rhodes, president ui the Stuttgart
Rice Milling Company, in connection
with the alleged theft OF large guam
titles Of rice from a mill at De Witt.
Feeling has been tense here for
several days. Officers OF the rice
growers organization had petitioned
Circuit Judge q. w. Clark to convene
alleged theft of rice from several
mills.
Evening star., 1923-12-09
Take Radio Af1eld.


Radio equipment for use on land
and sea Is taking its place with the
essential instruments OF precision
used in navigation, surveying and re-
cording of time. Future navigators
and surveyors will no more think OF
going on an exploration trip without
radio set than those of past years
would have gone without compasses
and chronometers. This condition
has. of course, prevailed for several
years in the naval service and to 4
certain extent in the Army, but it Is
now extending to all the scientific
services of the government.
At the bureaus OF the geological
survey and coast and geodetic sur
vey, radio sets are owned by most
OF the engineers and are taken into
the field when conditions permit.
Along with the transit. level. barom-
eter and such engineering instru-
1nents. the radio receiving set, If not
the transmitting set also, is becoming
part OF standard field equipment.
Especially when making explora-
tions in uninhabited country. where
other means of communication are
and scientists will soon carry radio
sets. Recently a group of longitude
surveyors of the coast and geodetic
survey, operating in Alaska, was ra-
dio-equipped, while another field
party from the geological survey
took receiving set down the Colo
rado river. Both parties got excel
lent reception.
In Alaska last summer time sig
nails from Annapolis, received daily
by radio, were used in establishing
exact longitudes; distance did not af-
feet the efficiency of radio. In the
more recent trip through the Grand
Canyon 1t was found that radio
waves carried even to the deepest
lowest levels of the river bed.
Col. c. II. Birdseye of the geologi-
cal survey, who recently returned to
Washington after the successful 450-
mile boat trip down the Colorado. will
shortly refute claims advanced about
year ago that radio waves would
not penetrate the deep cuts in the
carth's surface. The forthcoming an
based upon actual experiments with
special portable three-tube Arm
strong regenerative hook-up used
frequently all the way along the river
bed, even in the canyon at Bright
Angel trail, nearly a mile below the
rim. I'VE got radio messages and
broadcasts every time We hooked up
the set" the leader of the survey
party announced to the writer.
Broadcasts We're received in the
deep reaches of the canyon regularly
from Los Angeles, Salt Lake City,
San Francisco and once from Colo
rado Springs. On two occasions Or
ders from the survey office in Wash
ington were received Static and To-
cal thundershowers interfered some
what with reception. but something
came In every time the receiver was
set up. 1t proved entertaining for the
men, bringing concerts. news. base
ball scores, etc, daily. News of
President Harding's death and the
japanese earthquake came over the
radio.
1t is probable that recommendations
will be made by these modern radio
equipped explorers that government
Evening star., 1923-12-09

fans, however, have reported picking
up this station frequently in the last
month. OOI Us the call Of the Steam
ship taller Be. There are no broad
casting stations in Nova Scotia with
call letters having the slightest
similarity to OOI.
Radio Editor:
Could some radio fan tell me
what station was sending out jazz
music, interspersed with singing?
Turkey in the Straw" was one of
the numbers. The time was about
1850 am, December 3. The station
was still playing at am. when l
tuned out and went to bed.
0. II. L.
Radio Editor:
Could some radio fan tell me
what station was broadcasting q
talk by Rev on the evening
Of December 6 at about 1920
Evening star., 1923-12-09

held parties Of the future going into
places where communication Is lack
irg take radio receiving sets. so that
orders and entertainment can be re-
ceived. When possible. sending sets
VIII, OF course, be carried, but the
necessary power source for trans
mission Is a problem, as generators
can seldom be carried on such trips
as the one through the Grand Canyon.
however, as at sea, II is anticipated
that the safety of life may Influence
the radio equipment for land explora-
tions.
Evening star., 1923-12-09
Five New Broadessters.

Five new broadcasting stations
were licensed last week by the De-
partment of Commerce as follows:
KFLA, Galveston, Tex: WABS, New
ark. y. J.; KFLY, Fargo. N. d.;
WABQ, Haverford, Pa, and WABR,
Toledo, Ohio.
Station WLAQ at Kalamazoo.
Mich. was transferred from class c
to class A
Evening star., 1923-12-09

o'clock? The announcer. when in
PRODUCING the speaker, said it was
the first time that Rev. - had
been In this church. or something
similar to that. At this point some
Evening star., 1923-12-09

1880 o'clock, and the station was
broadcasting the weather report.
The last report, I heard was for
Louisiana. JACK VIVIAN,
123 nth street northeast.
Radio Editor:
am using a standard regenera-
tive detector and a two-stage am
plifer. VIII you please tell me
whether IL was KISS l heard Mon
day night about S:45 o'clock.
eastern standard time? Also If
there is station at Scotland,
Nova Scotia, with the call letters
OOI? i picked IT up about 12:45
am. one Sunday morning, and 1t
was very plain.
WILTON HIXSON. Occoquan. Va.
Station KISS Is located at Long
Beach, Calf. The radio editor has no
way of determining whether this was
the station heard. Washington radio
Evening star., 1923-12-09

Radio Editor:
Please tell me IL station WGAS.
Chicago, or any other station with
similar call letters in Illinois.
broadcast some music about $3.50
pm. eastern standard time, on
Saturday, December /.
If you cannot find out. please
publish the address of WGAS.
CHARLES l.. WATERS,
3700 Patterson street.
There is no broadcasting station In
Chicago with the call letters VEGAS
The only station in that city with
call letters similar to WGAS is
WSAx, operated by the Chicago Ra.
dio Laboratory. The editor has not
been able to learn whether WSAX
was on the air at the time mentioned
by Mr.. Waters.
Evening star., 1923-12-09

No other cathartic- or laxative acts so
pentIy on the liver and bowels as Gas
carets." They never grippe, slcken or
inconvenience you. They positively
and regulate the bowels, re.
Evening star., 1923-12-09
RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS.
Continued from Forty-fourth Paee.)

States naval research laboratory, Belle
vue. ID. c., were used in the tests.
The attention of broadcasters and
listeners-in, who say some of the
waves assigned to stations by the
radio conference are too close, Is
called by naval experts to the fact
that this vessel transmitted on 1,430
meters and received on 1900 meters
on almost adjacent antenna. Regular
radio telegraph messages were used
in the tests
Evening star., 1923-12-09
Radio Editor:

Radio Editor:
Could any fan inform me through
the Radio News column as to the
station second Friday night? The
call / understood the announcer
to say was WMAA. 1t was about
Evening star., 1923-12-09

storing natural, regular movement.
"Cascarets" are harmless and are useo
by millions OF Men, Women and Chill
dren. 1oc boxes, also 25 and SOC sizes
ANY drug store.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-06
EMPLOYE REPRESENTATION
FAVORED BY THE NATIONAL
ECONOMIC LEAGUE nm REPORT

William Filenes Sons Company; F. p.
Cox. general manager. General Elec-
trio Company. Lynn, Mass; James NJ.
Head, former mayor of Nashville,
Tenn: Frederick A. Cleveland of Bos-
the Babson Organization; John Calder.
former industrial relations manager
Swift e Co.; and ]. T. Snow, a prom
inent Boston engineer
A vote was taken three years ago by
the national council of the league on
the question,
Should there be active participation
by employees or representatives of en-
ployes in all problems of management
affecting the worker"
and the answer was an. affirmative one
by IS per cent. of the 500 members
who voted. The present report aimed
to learn what was done in this direc-
ton up to the present time. and the
committee has made an intensive study
of the experience with this question
throughout the country.
The committee finds that the move
ment for representation of employees IN
the discussion and adjustment of work
ing conditions is spreading rapidly.
and that in the majority of cases
where such plans have been tried,
they have been successful in establish
ing better relations. With few ex-
ceptions the plans in operation give
employees advisory powers only, and
that, SAYS the committee. seems to be
the most practicable method of repre-
scntation at present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-06

dollars valuation of furs imported
is that in the country from which
they are sent to the United States
and are therefore exclusive of
the freight and tariff duties, and
also remember that the 100 million
dollars worth reported by the 1921
census is the factory valuation of
the goods, it is quite apparent that
the sums annually paid by the final
consumer will run into the hum
dreds Of millions, and may per-
haps cross the 800 million dollar
line in the calendar year 1923. The
big increase in recent years is due
in part to larger quantities of furs
used and in part to higher prices.
The growth in the use of furs is
illustrated by the fact the U. S.
census reports show that the capi-
tai of the factories engaged in the
production of fur goods increased
from so million dollars in 1914 to
81 millions in 1919. New York and
Chicago are the chief fur markets
of the United States.
Certainly there can be no doubt
of the enormous increase in the
sums paid for furs, since the total
output of the fur factories Of the
country has grown from u
million dollars in 1899 to- 100
millions in 1921, while the value
of the imports has grown from an
average of about Is million dollars
a year prior to the war to 90 millions
in 1920, and about 90 millions in
the fiscal year 1923, which ends
with the month of June.
Where do they come from these
hundreds of millions of dollars
worth of furs used by our people 7
About one-half from our own for
ests and plains and mountains and
about one-half from foreign coun-
tries, chiefly Canada, Russia,
Siberia, China, Great Britain,
France, Germany, the Scandi-
navian countries, Japan, Australia,
New Zealand, Argentina and India,
for fur bearing animals are found
even in the tropical as we'll as the
temperate and frigid areas of the
globe, and we do ransack the globe
for furs, since Our official records
show importations from no less
than IS countries, colonies and
islands. though in a few cases, no.
tably Great Britain and France, a
considerable part of the millions
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-06
fSnecial TO Kennehec LournaN

Especial to Kennebec JournaD
Boston. Aug. 5.-As the result OF
study Of over 1000 plans for improved
relations between employers and en-
ployes, a special committee of The Ma
tional Economic League on "readjust-
ment in industrial relations" recon-
mends that employees should be given
participation in management under GER
tain limitations. and that they should
be given the opportunity to acquire
some financial interest in the estah-
lishments in which they work. The
committee concludes that the term I'm
dustrial democracy" is misleading and
should be abandoned; that employees,
as whole, are not interested in as
Stunning the responsibilities of man
agement; and that, while they should
be given the, opportunity to have a
voice in management on matters affect
ing their immediate welfare. it would
be inadvisable to have them participate
in management on questions of policy,
such as selling, purchasing, finance.
and similar matters. An important
point made by the report is that en-
ployes and executives should be given
more instruction in the economics of
business. as a step to better industrial
relations.
The subcommittee which prepared
the report is made up of the following:
Daniel Bloomfield secretary of the
committee), lawyer and consultant in
industrial relations; Charles w. Eliot,
president emeritus of Harvard Cniver-
sity; Edward A. Filene, president of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-06
LITCHFIELD

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur w. Bowley
and son, Master Frank. Mrs. w. c.
Bowley and George Edwin Banks
went to Lewiston, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Shepard, who
nave been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
eugene Blrinton, returned to their
nome in Marblehead, Mass, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Banks, who have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Newell, returned to Edgewood, r. l.,
Monday.
Mrs. Edith Hartman was a caller
at Eta Gowelrs, Tuesday.
Philip Weston came home from the
Portland hospital. Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Livermore and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-06
THE 8sSUMMER FUR" AND
h THE FUR TRADE In GENERAL

Of dollars worth sent to as are
drawn from foreign countries and
their colonies and re-exported to
the United States, the worlds big.
gest importer and consumer OF
furs. .'.
What are the principal classes OF
animals which supply the furs ute
lized in the United States1 Tho
foxes of the various classes, the
marten family. Russian sable, the
mink, the squirrel. karakul, the
Persian lamb. Australian opossun.
the raccoon, the skunk, the badger,
the otter, while even the domestic
cat is not entirely exempt from the
scramble to obtain material with
which to meet the constantly in.
creasing demand of fashion. Most
of the Summer furs" are supplied
by the foxes, the marten, the
squirrel, the mink and the Russian
sable. A considerable quantity Of
furs are now being used for light
weight wraps and consist almost
entirely of the foreign product,
largely karakul, China kidskins,
Mongolian lambskins, rabbit skins
and ermine.
Is this increasing demand OF
the world for furs materially re.
ducing the number Of fur bearing
animals or likely to do 90 in the
near futuree Not to an extent yet
appreciable, and it seems probable
that any material shortage in the
product from natural sources will
he followed by an enlargement Of
the "fur farming" industry which
has in recent years made limited
contributions to the worlds fur
crop, (which Is now estimated at
probably $50 to 800 million dollars
a year in the form in which it leaves
the hands of the trappers and
hunters, who in the Fall and Win.
ter months ransack the forests and
plains and mountains of the globe
to obtain material with which 10
meet the growing demand from all
parts of the world and especially
that Of the United States.
The art of dressing and dyeing
furs which is now in use in the
United States is superior to that
being practised in other countries.
and there has been no complaint
in any quarter of the use in the
United States of injurious dyes in
preparing f>ss ta1 ste senslWsr.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-06

all commodities. including building ma
terials. declined five per cent in June
compared with May.
The decline in prices of building ma
terials tends to speed up construction
actively through the. country which,
in turn, tends / s.. ID decline in rent
levels.
Clothing prices stand at level SO
per cent above 1913, according to the
governments official investigation.
This is an increase over the wholesale
price level of year ago. Clothing is
the only commodity, with the excep-
ton of furniture. which fails to show
a price decline during the last -
months. Furniture prices arc at exact
ly the same level as year ago, namely
81 per cent higher than the pre-war
price level.
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Qhe United Suites lie world . greatest
\ fu esassnz. Our pesple spend
500, ooe, 900 4 year for furs.
0ae-haf Of the finished product is
prsaueed from furs drawn from
i, ether parb Of The world.

+ The summer fur" which has in
Rhe past half dozen years helped
TO relieve the monotony of the
midsummer period is now in its
most successful season. With the
latest developments in its use,
npon collars of light weight sum-
mer garments and q continuation
of the form in which it had al
ready been utilized the 1923 sea-
son will probably break the rec
ord" of the short period since the
summer fur became q noticeable
feature Of the life Of the American
cities. For it is only about six
years. says the Trade Record Of
The National, City Bank of New
York, since the development of the
fashion and its use is still chiefly
confined to the United States and
ITO the city in which the fashion
originated, Paris.
To what extent this new fashion
of the wearing of furs in mid
summer has participated in the
enormous increase in the sum paid
for furs BY the people of the
United States is difficult to deter
mine with extreme accuracy. Fur
experts, however, express the
opinion that. summer fur" still
forms but a small proportion, per-
haps 1919, of the hundreds Of mill
lions of dollars annually paid for
furs by the people of the United
States, for the sums which our own
people pay for furs do actually
run into the hundreds of millions
The imports Of furs in all forms
in the fiscal year just ended to-
tailed nearly 100 million dollars
against an average of about 2:
millions a year prior to the war
while the outturn of "fur goods
by the factories of the United
States in 1921 was according to q
census report just issued 140 mill
ion dollars. and that of the
dressed furs" 20 millions.
And when we remember that
the nearly one hundred million