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SHORTS CONTINUE
 TO FURNISH MOST. OF BUYING POWER

NEW YORK, August 7.-Quiet strength agaln characterized today's stock market.
 Short interests continued to fur nish most of the buying power, but commission houses reported a sub stantial increase in odd lot orders from small investors, who favored the seasoned dividend-p paying issues.
 Steels, motors, motor accessories, coppers an1 most of the rails and ether standard shares moved to higher ground despite the sporadic selling of some of the cheap oils, feathers and d few specialties.
 Several favorable earnings reports made their appearance during the day and had a beneficial effect on the sentiment. These included the semi-annual statements of the Otis Steel companies, which showed net operating profits of s1,06S,56O, as against deficit of s229,S61 in the first six months of last year; the Maxwell Motors corporation, which showed net profit of $3,072,532 for six months ended June 30, as com pared with net profits of $2,01S,266 during the entire year 1922, and Mack Truck, Inc, which earned S4,-. O44,4 net, as against $1,57G,632 in the first hals of 1922. In addition, current American Can earnings were reported at the rate of S32 share, and those of James Brothers Tea at SIP a share. Buying of these two stocks was accompanied by rumors of an increase in dividends before the end of the year.
 American Locomotive touched a new top at "A 3-4, but reacted later to T5 1-2 up Is. Baldwin closed l IS higher at IA Is. United States Steel moved up S-4 to SS 7-S, and American Can was pushed up nearly points to S9 3-S. American Car and Foun dry Jumped 3-4 to 160 S-4. Selling of the latter issues was founded on the poor quarterly report of Ameri- can Hide and Leather, which showed a deficit of sls9.154, compared with q deficit of s12,104 in the correspond ing period of last year.
 Strength of the northwestern rails, which had been heavily sold in re- cent weeks, was the feature of trad ing carrier issues. St. Paul common and preferred, Great Northern pre- ferred, Northern Pacific, Union Pa gained 1 IA to 2 points. Erie issues also made good gains on reports of high current earnings,
 Foreign exchanges were again heavy, German marks being quoted at .23 cents a million, an overnight de preciation of more than 30 per cent. Demand sterling dropped half a cent to $4.56, while French francs dropped points to 5.74 cents. Heavi- ness of the exchanges was predicted on reports of an imminent collapse in Germany following disorders in Dresden and other cities.
 Call money held at 4 3-4 per cent all day. Time money business was quiet, but the market presented somewhat firmer undertone with all maturities at 5 IA per cent Com mercial paper was still quoted at per cent for the best named.
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LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL. August 7.--Spot cotton 1T fair demand; prices firm; good middling 15.1 12d; fully middling, Is o2d: middlng nary, 1+.12d; ordinary, 13.s2d. Sales 5000 bales, including $500 American. Re ceipts 1000 bales. no American. Future. Der. 13 26d; December, 12.94d; January .S7d; March. 12.76d; May, 12. 62d.
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CHICAGO STOCK

CHICAGO. August 7.-Armour preferred, 7Sl2 Commonwealth Edison. 127%: Dia- mond Match. no; Libby McNeill. 6A Middlewest Utilities, 42A; Swift & Co.,, 1o1; Swift International, 17h Union Car bide, 54a; Wahl A: Yellow Manufactur- ing B. 241
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NEW YORK, August 7.--Cotton seed oil was bullishly affected by adverse weather and crop news from the south. Shorts active buyers of old crop deliveries. Near months closed 22 to 30 points higher and forward positions to 10 net higher. Sales, 26 500 barrels. Prime crude nom inal; prime summer yellow spot. 975@D 10. 25c; September, 9 7Sc; December s.57c; March, S.79c, all bid.
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ronEICN EXCHANGEs

NEW YORK, August 7.--Foreign ex- changes easy. Quotations in cents: Great Britain denand 4.56, cables 4,56A Go day bills on banks, s4 53h. France. S5.74 and D. "A h. Holland, 39. 36 and 39 4l. Nor way .22. Sweden, 26 55. Denmark, IS 30. Switzerland. 1s.07 Spain, IA. Po- land. .OOo4. Greece, 80. Czecho -Slo- vskia 2.s4 Austria, .ool4. Runssnia, 50i3. Argentina, 3350. Brazil, 10. 12. Montreal. 97%.
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Hubbard Bros. & Go.

Members New York Cotton Exchange. New Orleans Cotton Exchange, New York Produce Exchange, Associated Members Liverpool Cotton Association. Or. ders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery. Special attention and liberal terms given for consignments of spot cot. ton for delivery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-08
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS August 7.--spot cot ton steady, 25 points higher Sales on the spot, BIO; to arrive none. Low middling 2Sc; middling. 24c: good middling, "A. soc. Receipts, 4ss; stock. Ss,s4o.
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MONEY MARK FIT

NEW YORK. August 7.--Cali money steady; high A, low a%, ruling rate 4% closing mid AZ, offered at 5, last loan IA, call loans against acceptances. A Time loans firm; mixed collateral 60-90 days, 5A 4-6 months. A. Prime conner cial paper, bQ5N.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-08
NEuU vnRK

NEW YORK. August 7.-Col J. J. Smuts former president Of the Liver pool Cotton Exchange said before sail ing the Mauretania, that according to crop reports conditions there is going to be actual shortage of cotton in the world. He asserted the recent rise in cotton resulted from too many people being on the short side and trying to cover,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-08

NEW YORK. August 7.--Burlap prices were higher in today's markets. Cotton markets were stronger with more busi- ness reported. Silk prices were firm in Yokohama and concessions were made here. Woolen piece goods were spotty, with raw wool showing price concessions In the lower grades. All textile trades will close Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-08
ToNnoN MONEY

LONDON, August 7.--Bar silver, s1d per ounce. Money, 2M per cent discount rates. short bills. 31s Q3A per cent; three m0nths bills 3k 43 6-16 per cent.
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NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Ga, August 7.-Turpentine form, s7hc. Sales, e2 receipts. 1.l25; shipments, 131; stock. 12.204. Resin firm; l.os3; stock. sS,5so. Quote B to K. s4.s4h 94. 65; M. $4 s5; N. s4.S014. wa, S5 15Q52 25; wv. $6-3o@5.32h.
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NEW YORK,

NEW YORK, August 7.-Otis Steel company reports net profits after charges but before depreciation for the first six months of the current year of sSO9,s1S compared with a loss of S617 225 for the corresponding period in 1922.
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RICE MARKET

NEW ORLEANS. August 7.-Rough rice nominal; sales none; receipts none. Clean rice quiet, sales none receipts, 6,173 pock- cts, Bran and polish unchanged
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BOND MARKET
UNITED STATES BONDS

Readers should note that Liberty bonds are quoted in dollars and thirty seconds of dollars instead of dollars and cents. The fractions are designated by giving the
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W Stock
NEW YORK CURB

NEW YORK, August 7.-Following is the official list of sections on the New York Curb Exchange, giving all stocks and bonds traded in:
 ria al
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NEW YORK BONDS
.lway and Miscellaneous

NEW YORK, August 7.-Followng are today's high, low and closing prices of bonds on the New York Stock Exchange and the total sales of each bond:
 RaIInnN and MiscelIn nenns
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LOCAL SECURITIES
STATE AND MUNICIUAL BONDS

Bid. Ask. Alabama As. 1956 ............ s3 96 Alabama 4hs. 1sS0-S5, 42594.4O basis. City of Birmingham. 4.50Q5.00 oasis. Jefferson county. 4.50@5 basis. Jefferson county warrants 52596.25 basis
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NEW YORK. August 7.-Reports from steel centers indicate the change from the 12-hour day to three shifts of hours each may be put into operation by d number of United States Steel corpora ton subsidiaries as early as next week. The S-hour day is effective in a number of independent plants.
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NJETAI, MARKET

NEW YORK, August 7.-Copper easy; electrolytic, spot and nearby 14%. later l4h Gl4ho. Tin firm; suot and futures, 3s.37c. Iron steady; prices unchanged. Lead firm; spot. $ 6.7O@6.75c. Zinc steady; East St. Louis. spot and nearby delivery, 6.lbc. Anthony spot, 7,7047 soc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-08

The Rio market was 250 reis lower to 15 reis higher. and Santos reported net ad- vance of $50 to HOO reis Brazilian port receipts, 50,000; Jundiahy receipts, S2.O00. Santos reported clearances of 17,100 bags for the United States,
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PORT MOVEMENT

New Orleans: Middlng. 24c; receipts 49s; exports 1,37o; sales, BIO; stock. A. $40.
 Galveston: Middiing. a4.1so; receipts. t,1ls; exports. s2S; sales, 1000; stock, 25.- Mobile: Middlins. a4c: exports. $50; stock, 57s.
 Savannah: Middling, 24. 400; receipts, IS; sales. 27; stock. 11.6o6.
 Wuminston: Middling, as.5oc; receipts, e1; exports. 500; stock, s.443.
 Texas City: Stock, 4.
 Norfolk: Middling. 24. .1ac; receipts 4s; Baltimore: Stock. 71e.
 Boston: Middling. 25c; stock. B,aoo. Philadelphia: Stock. S,Ss3.
 New York: Middling. 2b.16c; exports, 4.s7s; stock. 22,361.
 Minor ports: Stock. 2.s1s.
 Total today: Receipts. 4.7ea; exports. 1928; stock. 1s6.568. noTt. Total |, f9E sE, week; Receipts 1s1ss; 'x- Total for season: Receipts. 1s.ss7; e1- ports. 2s,o17.
 INTERIOR MOVEMENT
 Houston: Middling. 24.4oc; receipts. s,s77: shipments, 1.sss; sales. 1,21e; stock Memphis: Middiing. s4c; receipts. 14; shipments. 4so; sales. 100; stock. 56.9e7. Augusta: Middling., St asc; shipments St. Louis: Middiinx. ss.Goo; receipts. s5; Atlanta: Middling, 24. 25o,
 Little Rock: Middiins, 24.2Se; receipts Dallas: f Middiinx. 2s. soc; sales. s1s. Montgomery: Middling, 24. .1se.
 Total today: Receipts. 3,7s1; shipments. 2.337; stock. 115,734.
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NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, August 7.-FolIowing are today's sales, high low and closing prices 1 of stocks listed on the New York stock ] LNChanEa.
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GRAIN

Birmingham Grain Col No. waite yellow corn. Sl.20912a No. white oats, 67 C 70c. Seven per cent cotton seed meal, S44646 Wheat shorts. $4304s. Bran wheat. sQ40. Corn feed meal, S4ST45. Cotton seed huIles. lb.l00 lb. sacks. S24 326. Cornmeal, S2.24.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-08
Short Market Flashes

NEW YORK, August 7,-Following the lead of the New York Stock Exchange. all security and commodity markets in New York are expected to suspend busi- ness during the period of President Har- dng's funeral service in Washington to- morrow.
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OIL CITY REPORT
COTTON SEED nII.

OIL CITY Pa, August 7.-Credit bal. ances, $2. 75. Runs 61,26s, average 43,2O9 Shipments 1O7.0S7, average 54.2s6.
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FIN NCJAI,

Stock sales, 497,60 shares.
 Twenty industrials averaged S9.55; | net gain, 1.04.
 Twenty railroads averaged 7S.36; net gain, .34.
 High, 1923, 90.65; low, 76.7S.
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FLAX SEED

DULUTH. Minn., August 7.--Closing flax: September, s2. 37 asked; October, $23I bid November, g 2s bid.
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HIDES AND WOOL

 No. Green Salt Hides--Sc. No. 2 Green Salt Iiides--7c. No. l Green Fresh liiues. 6c. No. 2 Green Frrsn Hidcs--5c. No. l Dry Fint tIides---lsc. No. Dry FIInt Eides-l2c. No. l Dry Salt Rides-l2c. No. 2 Dry Sal Hides--llc. Sheep Skins--i5c Cs1. Goat Skins--l0@ sue. Hog Skins--1QW l5c. Horse Hiss-Sl 50. Tallow--4 Q6c. Heeswax-23 Q 25c. Clear Grease Wooi-30 Q 32c. Ginseng--Wild S90l0. Clear Washed Mool-i0142c Bury Wool--lewlSc.
 HAY No. Johnson grass, s24@2s. No. l timothy hay, 330032. Choice alfalfa. 33s040. Johnson grass and alfalfa mixed, s2S 630. Wheat straw. s1S@2O.
 (Standard Fish Company Gray Snapper-Per h.. l4c. Red Snapper--Per lb.. 2lc. Spanish MackeFelPer lsr 22c,
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MEATS

(Swift x Col Silver Leaf Pure Lard--Por lb. 13nc. Jewel Shortening-Per h.. 1Shc. Butter-Per lb., 42c. Premium Skinned Hams--Per h., 2so. Premium Hams, Reguiar--Per h., 26c Pork Loins-Per b.. 10Q22c Bacon--Per h., 2bG S2c. Eggs-Per dozen. canoled a0c
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POULTRY

POULTRY Hens-Large, 2S@ C 24c. Fryers--Large. soc. Broilers--3b q 40c. koosters--l2c. Staks--x0c. Ducks--I 0 O 20c. Geese---lUG. Gulncas-5oc. Turkeys-25c. Eggs--2o e 16c.
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BAR SILVER
DRY Gonns MARKET

NEW YORK, August Bar silve 62&o. Mexican dollars. 477sc.
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EIOIR

MINNEAPOLIS. Min. August Flour Bran, s20 5092l.
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BANK STOCKS
Ala. Nat. Life (par 10) ...... IT
 MIsCEI ITANEoIS STOCkS

Ala. Power Co. per cent pfd.. g;
 Ala. IT., It. & P. common .... 19 2; Amer. Bakeries Co. .........125 14t Avondale Mills common ......65O s5( Avondale Mills pfd. ..........l05 II, Bess. Coal. Iron X Land Co. . 56 Ct Bir. Realty Co. .............135 l5t Bir. w. w. Co.,. per cent pfd. -lOl 10, Elmwood Cemetery Co. ..... 70 sl Fairfield Land Go. ........... 40 el Jefferson County Bank ...... 1! Loveman. Joseph X Loeb pfd. s3 9t Morris Plan Co. ............. s5 10l Nat. Cast Iron Pipe Co. .....l00 IL
 Southeastern Express Go. .... 95 l0t
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LOUISVILLE. Ky, August 7-Cattle: Receipts, 900; slow; heavy steers, ssQ9; beef steers, $50 S,5O; heifers, s59 $50; s6.S0G725. Hogs: Receipts, 1,70O; high er i65 pounds up. ss.15; 12O to 165 pounds. S766; pigs, 120 pounds down, S6.15 throwouts, s5.75 down. sheep; Re ceipts, 600; steady; lambs, S11. .50& 12; ah GD 5.50
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NEW YORK. August 7.--cattle re 2O75: lower. Veals. SSG14 per 100 pounds; culls and little calves. s6@7; sheep and lamb receipts. 7.5Oo; lower Sheep. tS. 50@6 culls, s283; lambs, *S@ '25 H6.; Gglisi Tacsinss ss91 4oo. easier medium weights ss 3569s, 65; pigs and heavy hogs. sS. 109S 25; roughs s5. 50@6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-20

toward them" It re-asserts the magnificent
rationale" It takes occasion to repudiate.
assertions that il has prosecuted any religion.
It proposes that the question Of the limit of
national conference. 1t proposes "a conference
and Brn no Sn to sette the
points of dispute. but also to regulate once
f ana fob M 10 h soyet e and
Great Britain, 1t Is propagandsh sva ,,
relations with Britain. That the British gov
Russo British conference Is very doubtful,
despite the pressure of the pro- Russian labor
Conservative View, I'll the proposal i is bid for
recognition and for an opportunity to o6fus-
ehater Theres D st ess that the
British government will consent to submit the
international conference. But the ulrlmatum
time limit has been extended to allow oppor-
tunity for conversations with krassln.
X IA X
Turkey.-The press announces that a Brit
ish syndicate has acquired from bank. in
Zurich. Switzerland the shares required for
a controlling interest in the Anatolian Rail-
way Company (the Ottoman Railway Com
pany of Anatolia). which shares were formerly
held by the Duetsche Bank Of Berlin but, to
prevent their con1scation by the allies, were
by an elegant and mendacious device of high
finance nomialy transferred to the Zurich
Bank. The Anatolian Railway Company holds
the concession for the railroad from Haidar
Pasha to Konieh. with its branch line from
in operation since 1896 In 1893 1t was
granted for am extension ssns n from th
headwaters Of the Tigris at Diarbekr and
to Bagdad, thence across to the west bank of
the Euphrates and along the river to Basra
the plan of this extension. though holding
good commercial promise was under pressure
ottoman Bagdad Hallway COMPANY was
y
Witch Gr was granted o the concession for rail-
way from Konieh to Aleppo with number
to to he Of
Aleppo contact would be made de with with tn, the
would proceed from AIeppo via Nisibin to
Mosul and thence down the Tigris valley to
man nilitarists on strategical rather than
to Ns sss
osten.' Huge sums have been sunk in the
construction SO far completed With a Little ire, re
between Konieh and Aleppo the section be-
tween Aleppo and Sis bin is only mar ICON. com
Nisibin and Bagdad rails nave been laid for
fore ore the e"e great war the Anatoiian Raiway
Company and the Bagdad Railway compans'
were independent of each other. During the
war the two systems were admir- ano
manent merger / cannot say.
The question of Importance here is whether
the Deutsche Bank acquired a controlling
financial interest in the Bagdad railway and
has transferred the same via the Zurich bank.
along with the controlling financial interest
in The Anatolian railway to the British
syndicate If so, the assertion that the syndi-
"a te has pulled off coup that makes the
chester concessions look like 80 cents is not
without plausibility.
Assuming a stable and sensible government
in Anatolia and consequent grand develop
ment Of the great agricultural and mineral
riches OF that region the Anatolian railway
should pay splendidl,; likewise the konieh-
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Ban on Green Paper
EnvelopesApproved

American business men frequently
run up against some federal. regula-
ton or other which temporarily vexes
governmental infringement upon
their way Of doing business, even
though the matter is generally triv-
ial. They do not realize that often
times this regulation Is for their own
advantage or in the. interests OF
human welfare.
A good illustration OF this has just
been found by the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce and the Post
Office Department, and the explana-
ton has caused the business concerns
to agree most heartily that
the federal regulation should stand. Z
This illustration was with regard
to the use of green paper in win
dow envelopes" which are now ex-
tensively utilized, by American BUSH
ness houses. .s.-,.
A circular, issued last January by
the office OF the third assistant post
master general, says that the sta
tionery used in window envelopes, or
at least that portion upon which the
address appears, must be white or, II
colored; of a very light tint or shade.
The use Of dark-colored stationery is
not permissible"
The rules and regulations division
of the Post Office Department states
that green is. probably the most diff
ficults. color for the mail distributors
to handle under the trying conditions
under which .theyshaye.to work.
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Famous Sequoia
Trees Are Oldest

The way in which the curious world
is flocking to, the tomb of a. long-dead
and forgotten Pharaoh and patterning
modern styles and brick-a-brac after
the articles found in that raided tomb
is causing amusement to nature lovers
who point out that the oldest living
thing is still the embodiment of serene
vigor, in this country, and that the
United States government is preserving
it, free to all tourists.
While the Tower of Babel was still
standing and a hundred years or two
before the birth of Abraham a tiny seed
in the warm soil of a mountain slope on
quite the opposite side OF the world
thrust into the light Of day slender
green spike which was destined, during
to become itself a lofty tower, noble In
form, with. physiogomy almost God
like" pulsating with life to it's topnost
leafiet more than 800 feet above the
ground, and giving fourth babel OF
bird song to the accompaniment Wnich
the summer winds played upon us many
million of tiny leaves. =
So. several of the trees now growing
in hearty maturity in the Sequoia Ma
tional Park were vigorous youngsters
before the pyramids were built on the
EGYPTIAN desert, before Babylon reached
its prime. Hundreds of them were thriv-
ing before the heroic ages of ancient
Greece-while in fact, the rough lndo-
Germanic ancestors of the Greeks were
still swarming from the north. Thousands
were lusty youths through all the ages
of Greek art and Roman wars. Tens or
thousands were fiourishing trees when
Christ was born in Bethlehsm.- So
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tion nor experience the full sense OF
Brightness and righteousness until we
stand forth to the world as a nation
of people unafraid to go to the help
of those who are afflicted.
Protective Measure.
in taking our place in world at
fairs there is a measure of self pro-
lection. We shall be assisting in the
protection of civilization against the
forces of decay and superstition and
destruction. But the supreme COM
pensation will be in the spiritual sat
isfaction of doing right.
Those who have SO loudly cfamored
for isolation have been clever in their
arguments. They have been clever
with the cleverness of those who play
TO win. They have buried their heads
in old documents from which they
have quoted what seemed to suit their
needs On that score ii needs only
to be said that the policies held TO
be wise by the founders of the re-
public amply justify what the heart
of America now desires TO do but
which her politicians refuse to do.
Pious words have cloaked many a
detestable cause, but they were never
used to less credit than in holding
America back from her manifest duty
Before the newly strengthened
group of progressive legislators there
opens a magnificent opportunity. Be-
fore them there is clear duty.
Upon them is a great and solemn OBJ
LEGATION.