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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-18

globe which sent considerable
quantities are the Dutch East In
dies. British Oceania, French Oce-
ania, New Zealand and Australia.
Most Of the 35,000,0O pounds Of
shredded coconut imported in 1921
came from the Dutch East Indies,
while nearly all of the l00.0O0.000
nuts in the natural state came from
the Caribbean Islands or the area.
fronting upon the Caribbean and
Gulf of Mexico. especially Porto
Rico. the British West Indies. Pan.
anna, and Honduras.
While full statistical details of
the importations of 1922 cannot vet
be stated, sufficient information is
at hand to show that the. quanti.
ties. imported in each >of the four
groups. coconuts. Shredded
"copra'. and coconut oil, are in
each case larger in 1922 than in
1921.
The uses to which the $3OO0Oo.
0oO worth of coconut products inn.
ported since the beginning OF the
war have been put are the mann.
facture of food supplies in the;r
various forms. including artificial
butter, also the manufacture Of
glycerin, soaps and many other ar.
ncies OF domestic requirement, The
value OF coconut importations In
the various forms in the 8 yeara
ssnS the beginning Of the war.
$3Oo,OO0,000. is Shines q much a.
IN the 8 years which preceded the
war. And nearly all Of this mate
nal which we import is paid for
in the products OF our farms and
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d minimum of not over Is per cent.
which would mean Z combined
maximum, including normal tax
and surtax. of not over 50 per cent.
1t is not likely that Congress will
adopt the Secretary's recommends.
ton as there are too many MEM
bers who would rather 60 through
the form of ievying high taxes on
large incomes, notwithstanding
convincing evidence that the taxes
ar not paid.
Tax-Exempt Securities
Tax-exempt securities issued by
the Federal and State Governments
and the political sub divisions and
agencies of the latter are the most
outstanding averuc Of escape from
the surtax. according to the Secre-
tary. The debate. in Congress up
on his recommendation that a con-
stitutional amendment to stop fur
ther issue OF these tax-exempt Sc
curities be adopted and submitted
to the states. has indicated that
substantial opposition exists and
that it may not be practicable to
secure ratification by the required
number of States.
Another development of an in.
teresting character is the dehuncia-
ton Of investors who buy the tax
exempt securities. Congressman
Frear in his philippe against tax
dodgers quotes Secretary Mellon
as estimating that $4,000, 100000
has gone into tax-exempt securities
to dodge taxes. What the Secre-
tary actually said was that there
were estimated to be $4,000. 900, 900
OF tax-exempt securities outstand-
ing: OF course. they are all exempt
from taxation. whoever owns them,
because the laws of the land make
them so.
Whatever ones opinion may be
of the policy Of maintaining the
present exemptions. it certainly is
strange situation when citizens
cannot respond to the solicitations
of their own State and Federal
Governments for funds without be-
ing subjected to scorn and denun- j.,
citation. Some Is states have Of
fcred bonds for the purpose of
paying soldiers bonuses, but ac-
cording to this line Of comment
nobody SHOULD have bought them.
There is. nothing clandestine or
irregular about the action of the
investors. nor are they responsible
for the fact that the securities are
tax exempt. The responsibility is
with the legislators who not only
permit the situation to exist in the
case Of the government issues, hut
who go out of their way to create
other tax-exempt issues. like the
Federal Farm Loan bonds, for the
very purpose Of attracting this
class of investors. They must know
that a five per cent bond exempt
from taxation IS much more at
tractive to an investor who is sub
!ect to the high surtaxes than to
an investor who IS not subject to
the surfaces. II is sea: ely con-
sistcnt for congressman who
helped to create the Land Bank
system to dcnounce the purchasers
OF the bonds as public enemies.
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Boston Wholesale Market
Review
For Week Ending January 16, 1928
Dairy and Poultry Products

Butter market about steady with
an unsettled undertone due to lower
prices ii, other markets. Trade has
been fairly active with buyers show
ing more interest. Dealers as a rule
are holding firm, although in some
quarters there is a tendency to shade
prices. Extras: Fresh, 52-52R; stor-
age, sic: northern extras, 5212
53c. Cheese market ruling firm on
all styles with a slight Improvement
in trading. Buyers are showing more
interest and are inclined to anticipate
their need3 somewhat. Demand con-
tinues to be mostly on Held Twins
and Young Americas, with a slow
trade on fresh made goods. Held
Cheese: Twins 27k-2S1sc; Single
Daisies, 29-2S1ac; Young Americas
2S-29c. Egg market a trifle un.
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Boston Produce Market

Boston. Jan. II.
REEF-ChOice whole cattle 146D15.
BUTTER-Extras 52ct 5c!; firsts SO
@51
CHEESE-Firsts 27@27s.
CORN-No 2 yellow 92M93.
EGGS-Nearby hcnnery brown ex-
tras 51M52: white and mixed extras
1880: western extras 47M4S.
FLOUR-Spring patents, 196-lb.
sacks. special short 7S5 q SIS; standard
6S5M765.
HAY-No. 2 timothy 26@265O
Handspring 22@27.
OATS-Forty pounds 60M61.
PORK-Medium backs 2S25M31.
POTATOES-Green Mountain 1861
145 per 100 pounds; sweets 1000 10
per hamper.
SUGAR-American SUGAR Refinery
quotes $50 cents in 100-barrel lots
less per cent. for cash.
VEAL-1c024.
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Radio on Trains

Radio messages were received On
loop aerial set up in the steel coacl-
es of a train en- route between New
York and Chicago, recently. THIS
event. Gays the Popular Mechanics
Magazine, marks an epoch in the de-
velopmcnt of wireless. Hitherto. the
reception of all radio messages N
speeding trains has been accomplish
ed by the aid of outside aerials. or
antennae, strung along on Top of the
coaches. During the trip, an entiIe
45-minute- concert was heard from
Newark. n. j., a ship WIS "picked
up" on Lake Superior, and while ut
distance of 200 miles from Chicago.
the operator successfully tuned in 20
the Great Lakes Naval Station.
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Current Business Conditions
BY ROBERTS r

BY GEORGE e. ROBERTS

lated, the iallacy OF this idea will
be seen. If the compensation Of
all groups could be raised together,
nobody would be benefited, and on
the other hand if compensation is
raised in few industries alone, the
effect will be to curtail employment
in those industries.
The upward tendency of wages
and the prospect OF another coal
strike are features of the 1928 Sit
uation prompting the business man
to operate with caution.
The Industrial Balance
The workers in the textile indus
tries outside of the Southern States
have taken only one general reduc-
ton from the top wages of the
boom period. of 22H per cent, in
December, 1920. They are now
moving for its recovery. The av-
erage hourly wages of all labor in
twcnty-three leading industries
covered by the Investigations of
the National Industrial Conference
Board were lob per cent higher in
September. 1922. than in July. 1914.
On the other hand, the farmers
took an almost perpendicular re-
duction averaging about 50 per cent
from the top level of 1920. from
which they have recovered about
IL per cent. and the average pur-
chasing power of the principal
farm products in October, 1922,
was only 65 per cent of what it was
in 1918.
For organized labor to demand
the re-establ:shnent Of the high.
est wages of the boom period while
buying farm products upon the
present level will be an effort to
perpetrate an unfair advantage and
deprive the farmer of the moderate
gain he has made in the past year.
Report Of Secretary OF the
Treasury
In his annual report to the Speak
err OF the L. Use of Representatives
Secretary Of the Treasury Andrew
W. Mellon reviews the debt-pay-
ing and rcfunding operations BY
which the >hort-dated debt OF about
0O0,000.Q00 existing when he
came into Office has been placed
in more easily handled form.
Prospective Revenues
The Secretary reports current
gains III the revenues promising to
aggregate about S350.000.000. and
on the other hand decreased ex:
pcnditures of about S200,00O,0O0
While the probabilities are that
the deficit anticipated at the begin
ming Of the fiscal year will not be
entirely overcome. the Secretary
does not thiEk it necessary at this
time to ask for additional taxes.
The Secretary estimates that the
total revenue from all the sur,axes
with respect to the business of the
taxable year 1922 will rot exceed
S350,000,0D0. which is only about 10
per cent Of the total ordinary rev.
enues. lie believes that it would
br sound policy. and at the sare
time most helpful TO the general
situation. to reduce the su-taxes TO
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FURNISHED to the kenncbec Journa /
through the courtesy of j. A. Carnage
& Co.. Of Augusta and Naterville.
Washington, Jan. 17-Uruguay
supplied the United States with
$751; 900 pounds of clothing wool in q
period of nine months in which i'm
ports were studied by the Depart
ment Of Commerce.
Uruguays contribution constituted
% percent of all clothing wool i'm
ported by this country during this
period when the total importatons
amounted to 2o.O73,00o pounds
The United States is> one of the
worlds greatest wool importing ma
tons.
The little South American republic
now leads all other wool producing
countries in the competition to sup
ply raw material for clothing the
United States.
Most of the fine clothing wool
worked in the United States is i'm
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Campaign to Save Eycsiuht

A nationwide campaign of rye
conservation is planned by the Eye
Sight Conservation Council of Amer
lea in an effort top prevent blindness
in this country resulting from avoid
able causcs. Cooperation in the
movement has been promised Ivy the
Federal Bureau of Education. the
Bureau of Standards. several uni
vcrsitics. and various civic organiza-
tions.-From the Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
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New York Money Market

New York, Jan. II.
Foreign exchanges easy.
I.651, 60-day bills on banks 4.63 5.16.
France, demand 6.64, cables 6643.
Italy, demand 4.76a, cables 4.II4..
Belgium. demand $40: cables 6;d1;,
Germany, demand &0o5o' cables t,es : ~ 60
Holland, demand 1853. cables 39.62.
Norway, demand 1853.
Sweden. demand $500:
Denmark, demand 1872
Switzerland. demand 1858.
Spain demand 1857.
Greece, demand 1.24.
Poland. demand .0O37.
Czecho-Slovakia, demand 2.77.
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Wages, Prices ard Employment

er, has filed a petition in bankruptcy
In tie United States district court in
Bangor. Secured claims. $1S.779.07:
unsecured, S2G03. Real estate IS
listed at $4,000. OF the secured
claims the largest item is mortgage
Of $4,000 to Louis Niclettc of Lisbon
Centre. The other items are mort
cages on automobiles, live stock. etc.
OF the unsecured claims. there is
fertilizer account of $l369.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-18
New Director Lincoln Worsted CO.

Mr.. Frcder.ck ". Graham, vice
president Of the banking firm of
Barstow, Hill & Co, Boston, has re-
Gently been elected to the hoard of
directors Of the Lincoln Worsted
Company, filling the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Mr. Lcmuel. j.
Coburn.
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Eankruptcv Petition

The following petition in bank
ruptcy has been filed in the United
States district court for the north
ern division in Bangor: Orrin G.
Canty of Bangor farmer. Liabilities,
5000: assets, 500.
Leo l.. Niolctte of Caribou. farm
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When I told him to note haw one OF
the Sikh police would keep watch. ne
replied eagerly: ooh, Sikh. US,
Tuan, 1 have noticed him. He viii
walk up and down, up and Gown,
pccring into the darkness TIL ouSh
fear whereas a Malay u,2f. IS SO
brave he never looks, but even daTo3
to so 10 sleep."-F'rom In Tiger
Haunted Kampongs," by u British
Official, in Asia Magazine,
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tn HE most important feature OF

lT HE most important feature Of
the business recovery during
the past year has been the
Improvement in the prices Of agri-
cultural products, tending to re-
store the normal relationship be-
tween these and the products Of
other industries. The final csti-
mate by the Department of Agri-
culture upon the value of 1922
crops gives them as Sl.800.0O0,000
over the value for the year 1921.
This means so much additional
purchasing power to be expended
among the industries. and they are
all being benefited.
The year ended with the best
holiday trade on record and with
practically full employment for the
available labor supply. The tend
ency to higher wages and prices
shows that the slack has been
taken up and this means that the
situation is nearly as good as it
can be. Some readjustments may
be desirable. but when the indus
tries are operating at capacity or
to the limit of their labor supply
they can do no more. except as
methods may be improved. More
over, when they have reached that
stage, there is danger that addi-
tional pressure will start cycle Of
rising wages and prices. always un-
healthful and temporary. After
every period of either depression
or activity business is likely to
swing past the point of balance in
the other direction. This should
be avoided as far as possible. What
is wanted is stability, permanent
employment. regular wages, and
steady prices.
Aside from the threat of inAa-
ton, and with reservation as to
European conditions, the outlook
for 1923 is excellent. The princi-
pal industries have all the business
II sight they need to have to make
a prosperous year: the only ques-
ton is whether it will remain in
sight If industrial costs move
higher. The margin of profit upon
which employers are working.
~ '"tNSi, 10 very Small. IN most OF
the industries goods cannot be sold
today on replacement basis. Such
profits as there are result from
making up materials bought at
lower prices than are now prevail
ing. This is so because certain in
dustrial costs have been maintained
at a high level after the buying
power Of a portion Of the consum-
ing public has been reduced. Un-
Ger such conditions every increase
in costs must be passed on to con-
sr:1lers. who for the most par. are
the wage-carrers themselves and
the farmers.
Wages, Prices ard Employment
This attitude en- the part Of the
wage-workers is due to the COM
mon habit of thinking Of wages as
wholly a matter between emr1over
and employee, and that the higher
wages are fixed the better for the
employee. Neither assumption is
correct. viewing the interests of
labor as whole. When it is known
tlat wages. prices. consumption
and EMPLOYMENT are all cioselv re.
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Tar and Feathers

Mayor Kramer of Woodlynnc, n.
j. has the right idea. I'VE have
obtained a big tank for melt Ec tan"
said the mayor, land a boun,;tul
supply of feathers. The next man
caught in a hold-up will be tarrtd
and feathered and carried through
the streets as an example 10 the
ity."-Pathfindcr /,
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Malay Wit

Quick to observe. a MALAY docs
not hesitate to sum up situation
in words. AS an instance recall Il
conversation / overheard one niahL
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,V,itfcfiI, .JJ o-1g.
,,, Gail money steady: high 4. low 81,
Iuling rate 4, closing bid 81, offetcd at
= Time loans steady: mixed collatesr ter
oo1SJ DAYS 43@ ~; 4-G months 4a@4a.
I,rine commercial paper 4l@4h.
or, y: ,; government bonds closing: Lib
end Is, $50; first as 1854: ''s second suu
g ~ $50; third 4as. $500: fourth AIS,
SSo'oo, uhcallcd Victory AIS 1O0.S2: u,
>. government As % 81 ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-18

The dycing of rare and costly
Oriental rugs is done almost ex-
clrsvcly by women.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-08-10
Junior Millinery Work Started

Several of the local community
leaders, who attended the County
Wide Clothing Meeting, at Daretown,
on July 10Th, at which time Mrs.
Catherine Griebel gave them instruc-
ton in making a girls hat, have or
gained their local groups and started
work.
Salem group met last Thursday,
August End, at Mrs. John Patrick's,
in Warrington, with a class of ten
girls.
Woodstown group met on Friday,
August 3rd, at Odd Fellows Hall.
with a class of twelve girls. The
leaders in charge we're: Miss Cora
Weatherby, Mrs. Richard Flitcraft and
Mrs. Warren Richman, County Project
Leader.
The Monroeville and Daretown
groups also held meetings IN Friday,
August 3rd, at the homes of their
leaders, Mrs. Eugene MacFarland and
Mrs. w. B. Richman, but definite work
on the millinery project was postponed
until next meeting.
The remaining committees are plan
ming to hold their meetings during
the coming two weeks.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-08-10
.Indge Gary Saws

Prohibition has benefited workers.
Crime and poverty vanishing; opposes
wines and beers.
Prohibition has been Of incalulable
benefit to the workers in American
industry, particularly those in the
steel industry, and their families,
Judge Ebert H. Gary, Chairman of
the Board of the United States Steel
Corporation, declared in a recent in
terview.
Based on observations and reports
from officials of the steel corporation
in plants throughout the country,
Judge Gary's conclusions on the effect
of the Volstead act and the various
State prohibition enforcement laws
furnishing a convincing argument for
the retention of complete prohibition.
According to Judge Gary, the effects
of prohibition, as everybody knows,
despite the admitted violations of law
in the large cities, have included a
decrease in the consumption of in
~toxicating liquors, a decrease in crime
and poverty, an increase in health in
the workers and their families and
their savings deposits.
These advantages to the workers
have been coupled with an improve
ment in the working ability and dis
position of the employees. according to
the Judge. Even without the material
and moral advantages to its employees.
Judge Gary said the steel corporation
would be for prohibition, because it
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-08-10

pleasant to take and well suited to
the delicate stomach. 1t has help
ed thousands of men, women and
children to improve appetite,
strengthen digestion, overcome con-
stipation, tone the torpid liver and
bowels and send purer and health
Ter blood coursing through the
veins. bringing back that delight
full feeling of health, strength and
pep"
Take a delicious teaspoonful after
the next meal. Notice in less than
two days how much better you eat,
sleep and feel. Keep it UP for a
week or 10 days; the cost is only a
trife and you wouldn't trade your
restored health and energy for any
price. Sold under this standing
guarantee in Penns Grove by The
Shur Chemical Co.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-08-10
w. c. T. U. NOTES
Message From Mrs. Boole

Standardization, July 25, 1928
In this Church bristol, st. Mary,
Redcliffe) William Penn, the father of
the William Penn of Pennsylvania, is
buried. In the Church is a beautiful
oak pulpit carved by a Quaker. On
it are the figures of the twelve apos-
ties, supported by twelve angels.
There are very many interesting
things about this Church. The grass
lectern (your scribe is uncertain)
about transcribing this word correctly
was made from the brass pins donated
by the women of the parish. hence the
origin of pin money" We are having
a delightful trip and will get home
about August %, in time for the Ma
tional Convention to be held at Col
umbus, Ohio, September 4-14, 1923.
Yours, Ella A. Boole.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-08-10
COULD DR.. TEACHER MAKE
FA|RER OFFER THAN THIS?

If DIR. Thatcher had come to Penns
Grove and offered to write a pre-
scription that had been thoroughly
tested in cases of indigestion, con-
stipation, lack of nerve energy, i'm
~poverished and impure blood, rheu-
matism and a general rundown con-
dition of the system, could any
thing be fairer than a standing
guarantee to return to you your
money unless you got complete sat
isfaction and relief?
This, in effect. is what the DIR.
Thatcher Laboratories have done in
offering. DR.. TEACHERS celebrated
prescription to those who are liter
ally suffering for the need of a
nourishing, strength-building tonic.
DR.. TEACHERS Liver and Blood
Syrup is an ideal summer tonic,
because it is purely vegetable,
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-08-10
WOODSTOWN

Miss Pauline Washington, of Doyles-
town, Pa, is visiting with relatives in
Woodstown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Flitcraft. of Phil
adelphia, recently visited with his
father, Franklin Flitcraft.
Geo. B. MacAtioner is enjoying a
two weeks vacation at his home in
WOodstown.
The Friends First Day School has
closed for the month of August and
will reopen on September End.
Mrs. William Detroit and daughter,
Phyllis, have returned home from a
months vacation at Wildwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Ware have re-
turned from a pleasant trip to At
lantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Peterson and
daughter, Grace, have been enjoying
a week in Atlantic City.
Mrs. f. S. Fogg, Mrs. Mary Hunt
and Mrs. Frances Fogg returned home
on Sunday, after spending two enjoy
able weeks at Barnegat. They were
Borton and children, Frances and
have since returned to their home.
MISS LUIGI IItIiIldIi, WIN 10 lldlil-
ing as a nurse in Philadelphia, is
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton
Richman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Borton had as
their guests. during the week their
children, Miss Helen Borton, of Wash
ington, D. c., and Roland Borton, of
Union Hill, N. J..
W;I1;oxo Nj WOo+bnr1xy - o1tar+ aip-
ing his grandson, William Bushnell,
of Jenkintown, Pa.
Over a hundred guests were enter
tanned at cards at the Salem Country
Club, last Thursday, upon the invi-
tations of Mrs. L. D. Homer and Mrs.
William French. Enjoyment al not
lacking anywhere during the after
moor and it was not until after six
o'clock that the club became deserted.
Refreshments of chicken salad, cheese
straws,, appetizing sandwiches. coffee.
cantaloupe filled with ice cream, and
nuts were served in a most pleasing
tanner.
The Woman's Club has elected Mrs.
Jesse Lippincott as First Vice Presi-
dent to fill the unexpired term of Mrs.
Chas. B. Grier, who resigned because
Ul Ill HcdlIil. MS 'Nldl Cl@Lh boS
been chosen to fill Mrs. Lippincott's
place on the Advisory Board.
Rev. C. H. Thompson, pastor of the
Baptist Church, and wife are expected
home on the 18th after a six weeks
trip to Stockholm, Sweden, where he
was in attendance at the Worlds Bap-
fist Alliance. -.
Mrs. J. C. Snellbaker made a visit
with Miss Belle Crothers, d~eaconess
of the Union Methodist Church, Will
mington, during the week.
The base ball team will not be
dressed for the occasion with their
fourteen new suits which should put
pep into the boys.
The Board of Education has elected
Miss Vera Hannum, of Lansdowne,
Pa, as art instructor; Miss Ruth Girls
pin for first and second grades at the
Sharptown School and Miss Myrtle Z.
Hill for the South Woodstown School.
The new building at Avis Mill, re-
placing the one destroyed by fire. on
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-08-10
Hon. CLYDE Kelly Coming

Hon. Clyde Kelly, representative
from Pittsburg District, Washington,
D. c., the Western Pennsylvania ora
tor, is booked to speak in Salem, N. j.
September 20, 1928, at the evening
meeting of the Annual Convention of
the Salem County Woman's Christian
Union.
The Salem Demarest Union is to be
the hostess of this Convention and it
goes without saying that with such
h~ostesses everything possible will be