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Evening star., 1923-12-14
COTTON REPORT OUT.
Census Announces Figures on No
vember CONSUMPTION.

Cotton consumed during November
to 531,631 running bales of
lint and 4S,069 bales of linters, COM
pared with 541.S25 of lint and 56,12S
of linters In October this year and
579,190 OF lint and 55,12S of linters in
November last year, the census bu-
reau announced today.
Imports during November totaled
1864 bales, compared with 1916 in
October this year and 49,551 in No
vember last year
Exports totaled 770,002 bales, in
cluding 5,097 bales of linters, COM
pared with 7S1,722 bales, including
3,9SS of linters, in October this year,
and S58.337, including 2S27 in Iinters,
in November last year.
Cotton spindles active during No
vember totaled 34,101,452, compared
with 34,37S,662 in October this year
and 34,65S,096 in November last year.
Evening star., 1923-12-14
BY WILLIAM +. HEFFERNAN.
Received by Private v

NEW YORK, December 14.-Heavy
trading in the oil stocks overshadow-
ed everything else on the curb mar
ket today, and these were bid up to
the best prices reached in some time.
Thursdays advance in crude oil
quotations in the Texas territory Were
followed today by an increase of 25
cents a barrel in Pennsylvania crude
in the Bradford district. The belief
prevailed that this is the beginning
of a general upward revision through
out the midcontinent territory.
Pennsylvania oils were the favor
ties, South Penn advancing close to
10 points. The demand for Gulf States
Oil brought the stock up to practical
ly it's top, while Gulf OIL of Pennsyl-
Yania gained point to So.
Evening star., 1923-12-14
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office

Standard Oil stocks generally were
up from a half point to five points.
Special strength appeared in Prairie
OIL and Gas following declaration OF
the regular quarterly dividend of 81.
Standard of Kentucky was another
favorite, getting up 5points to 10b.
and Ohio Oil recorded a gain or Z
points, just under 70.
States kept on and the stock reach
ed a new high at 90. Cities Service
common came off under realizing
sales. but Joined in the upturn later.
Other industrials were again IN
fair demand, National Dairy Products
reaching a fresh tcp at "a. Mesabi
Iron crossed Z for a gain of more
than 2 points from the low OF last
week. The recovery was in response
to the favorable reports from the IRON
and steel centerS.
Evening star., 1923-12-14
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

SAN FRANCISCO, December H.
Only fifteen new oil wells were start
ed in California in the last week COM
pared with eighteen for the previous
week and a weekly average of twen-
seven since the first of the year.
CHICAGO, December 1.-THE mar
ket for building materials is unset
tied owing to the uncertainty of the
outcome of approaching conferences
between employers and workers. New
contracts must be drawn up before
January 1 with teamsters, chauf-
feurs and helpers.
JOPLIN, Mo, December 14.-Pro-
duction of zinc ore in the tri-state
fields for the first forty eight weeks
of this year totaied 100000 tons, the
largest In the history of the district.
BOSTON. December 14.-Trading in
flour here continues dull and unsat-
isfactory, with buyers showing little
anxiety to fill their requirements.
Cnsettlemenksin the wheat markets
has led to predict ton of lower flour
prices. Local prices have shown a
drop Of to 10 cents a barrel.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, December IA
Employees Of the X. X. Laros Silk
totaling $4,000 at Christmas as a
result of the profit-sharing plan of
the company. This will bring the
distribution to employees during the
year to $4,000. The new plant of
the company at Eastonnow Is run
ming full time.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, December IA
Dry goods merchants report that
buyers are showing special interest
in plaid velura a soft-finished fabric
for dresses. retailing at about $3.50
yard. There is also an increased
demand for ginghams. Prices on
these goods, which will be featured
in spring sales, are the lowest in
years.
Evening star., 1923-12-14
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.
WOOL BUYING LIVELY.
Turn for Better Reported in Bos.
ton Market.
Special Dispat tch to The Star.

. BOSTON, December IA scramble
by dealers to obtain western wool
featured today's raw wool markets.
Depicted stocks are the rule in most
Boston houses now, and with Austria
lian rherinos and good territory wools
scarce western growers appear to
stand a good chance of getting their
prices for their heavy holdings, pro-
vided heavyweight business material
ICES as expected. Receipts at Boston
Tnursday were 1,295 bags of domestic
and "a bales of foreign wool.
Evening star., 1923-12-14
HUGE RIVER SHIPMENTS.

PITTSBURGH Pa, December ia
Thirteen barges loaded with thousands
of tons of steel products, representing
the largest movement of steel since
by the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corpora
ton, left here in tow of the steamboat
Warren Elsey for distribution to points
along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
Evening star., 1923-12-14
DRY GOODS PICK UP.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, December 14.-Trad-
ing IN the cotton goods markets
broadened somewhat TODAY as hnvers
began to adjust themselves to the
certainty Of a shortage of the raw
product. Print cloth. prices were
steady at LIN for 64x60 and 12& for
6Sx72. The raw silk market, in
nuenced to some extent perhaps by
the idea that the high prices of cot
ton goods will turn many purchasers
toward silk. halted Its recent decline
and STARTED up. Increases of 10 to 20
cents a pound were named on both
japanese and Chinese grades.
Evening star., 1923-12-14
LOANS BY FARMERS
PASS ALL RECORDS
snec;al Dispatch to The Star,

NEW ORLEANS, December 14.-Ap-
plicatio for farm loans from the
New Orleans Federal Reserve Bank
for November were the largest ever
known. They totaled $5.600,0 900 from
Mississippi and Alabama
OF these applications, 81 totaling ST.
100000 were from this state, S2S for
s2.400,000 were from Mississippi and
10 aggregating s1,600,O00 were from
Alabama.
Evening star., 1923-12-14
TELEPHONE CLERK BUYS
$4,000 EXCHANGE SEAT
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, December 14.-Ben-
jamin Jacobsen, a telephone clerk for
Harris & Fuller, a New York Stock
Exchange house, today bought seat
on the exchange for $4,000. Jacob
sen is the thirtieth floor employe to
buy a membership in the exchange
during the past five years
Evening star., 1923-12-14
PARIS MARKET sPOTTY.

PARIS, December 14.-Prices moved
irregqlarly on the bourse today.
Three per cent rentes. 81 francs 60
centimes. Exchange on London, SO
francs, 20 centimes. Five per cent
loan, 6s francs 20 centimes. The dol
lar was quoted at Is francs S2z CEN
times.
Evening star., 1923-12-14
FIRST WHEAT SOLD.
Argentina's New Crop Brings $1.15
Per BusheI.

BUENoS AIRES, December IL
The first lot of wheat from Argen-
tina's new crop was sold on the grain
exchange yesterday at 13 1-5 pesos
per hundred Kilograms, which Is
equivalent at the current exchange
to $1.15 per bushel.
Evening star., 1923-12-14

NEW YORK. December l4.--Follow-
ing is an official list of bonds and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb Mar
ket today:
Evening star., 1923-12-14
BONDS.
Bid and Asked Prices.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PUBLIC UTILITY

n G. Paper Mfg 8s............ so -.
Riggs Realty 5s !long}....... 321a ID
RIGS Realty 5s (short)........ "a
wash Market Cold Storage 5s.. 93 96
wardman Park Hotel 8s........ ~ 100
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-28

put on a normal basis, and this seems tiations between Paris and Berlin" The serious nature of the general feel ing of popular discomfort and resent ment against food rationing and the like is outlined by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which is convinced that the "real danger from the point of view of Berlin is not in these individual outbreaks, but in the probability that Bavaria, Wurttemberg, Saxony and one or two of the smaller states will sooner or later conceive the idea of separation at the same time, and prob ably also the formation of new con- federation of the south German states. Such move would doubtless be em- barrassing to Berlin. The only thing reasonably certain about the German situation today is that it is pregnant with interesting and sig nificant possibilities and that the best interest of the outside world lies rather with Stresemann than with his enemies"
 It is significant that, in view of the original inclination of the press to criticize France sharply for the occu- patton of the Ruhr, there is little ten dency to blame France for the pres ent crisis, and little, disposition to as- sume the I-told-you-so attitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-28
 VISITING THE WATERWAYS

The tour of the waterways by the senate committee Investigating the entire situation with respect to deeper channels and more extended barge service, aside from the arguments ad- vanced in behalf of expanded appro- priations, is bound to be most enlight- ening to the senators and valuable to waterway projects through centering attention upon them. It is very likely that failure in the past to foster more generous development of these nat ural facilities has been due in large measure to congressional lack of knowledge regarding them. The wa terways have in recent years come into greater prominence, partly through the growing inadequacy of railroads to handle the increasing ton mage, and partly because of new ap- preciation of the waterways influ- ence in keeping transportation rates within bounds.
 Experience has shown that barge lines create more business than they carry, and therefore the railroads, as we'll as the public, must be in some degree the beneficiaries of the water ways. Indeed, through their adapta- bility to the haulage of heavier and grosser types of freight, the barge lines are actually leaving to the rail roads higher class of business, be- cause more remunerative. The for mer railroad practice of holding busi- ness through low rates for long hauls is bound to give way to the more eco homie principle of sending goods over the most direct route. Indeed, the practice has already been greatly mod flied through government influence as manifested in adjusted rates, rec ognition of the smaller ports and reg ulations designed to protect the public against congestion, blockades and car shortages. The distribution of steam ship lines among greater number of ports has likewise been a potent fac tor in breaking up costly and injurious policies instituted formerly by rail roads for their private profit.
 The waterways, being natural routes following the most direct lines to seaboard, are logical mediums of transportation. Their development hastens the corrective processes all along the line, and causes the distri- button of tonnage among the railroads in accordance with the proximity to seaboard of the producing areas they serve. Development of the waterways is becoming more urgent govern ment responsibility, and the journey of the senate committee cannot fail to contribute materially to that end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-28

to avoid any such tints or combina- tions, lest unexpected suspicious should interfere with results. It will thus be seen that diplomacy means something in this scheme; for it is well known that atmosphere has no little to do with success in such mat ters. An important thing is to pre- vent even the semblance of suspicion on the part of possible victims. His tory and experience have demon strated that no sooner does young man take up the notion that he Is sought than he begins to look for reasons, and frequently the conclu- sion is reached that the selection and blending of tints and hues in provid- ing special atmosphere are deliberate, with the desire and purpose to work off some surplus daughters with eco homie or other motives.
 Theories as to selection and com binations of colors in this delicate field of operations are not trust worthy. Each case must be treated as separate proposition to be worked out under its own peculiar conditions and circumstances. Many believe in fate as an invisible influence in these matters. Perhaps they are right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-28
THE WASHINGTON ELM

The efforts to prolong the life of the famous Washington Elm were either undertaken too late, or else were not properly applied, for last summer the tree died, and only the other day 1t split and fell when work men were tugging to break off a partly sawn limb. This elm was fa- nous as the shelter under which George Washington assumed command of the Continental army at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1775. Naturally, it has long been point of historic in- terest and Cambridge has sought to preserve it as one of the attractions of that richly endowed historic center.
 As an incident of the trees crash to the ground was the scramble of spectators for souvenirs. Pieces of twigs, bark and splinters were eagerly collected, and only the presence of policeman prevented an attack upon the trunk itself. If the intention was to prevent souvenir vendors from sell ing bits of this tree to the sentiment tally inclined, the authorities might just as well have saved themselves the trouble. Bits of dead elm are not hard to find, nor are the credulous scarce or unapproachable. The only material needed by the trickster is the p fA fctS scI, Il. any other dead tree, and perhaps even that knowledge is not essential, for the average collector of souvenirs is al- ways convinced against his better judgment anyhow.
 That the Washington Elm could not have lived and flourished for another century is matter of sentimental re- gret. Now that 1t is gone, sentiment will probably suggest monument to mark the spot. What is of chief i'm portance is that the spirit which anil mated Washington still thrives and grows with youthful vigor. The coun- try for which he fought and which he helped so fundamentally to fashion has become the greatest among the nations. The elm was incidental. The purpose that animated the great leader and all his followers was the essential thing, and the human force that grew out of that purpose will be perpetual. The Washington Elm is no more, but the Washington Ideal has continued to develop into more and more robust proportions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-28
coLoRS AND CoURTsHIp

Courtship always carries large measure of interest to young people as bearing upon their possible future. It also keeps parents more or less on the qui vive, because the average mother knows that her son is good enough for any girl, and the average father believes that his daughter is too good for any young man. The Y. W. c. A. of Chicago, realizing that marriage is one of the three great crises of life, is offering girls in the Hoop" district course of lessons in how to attract suitors who may be- come husbands. It consists largely in the study of effects of colors upon courtship. It seems that experts of the Chicago Y. W. c. A. do not ap- prove of red as a scheme, because 1t Is too closely associated with the vamp industry. History records that Bea- trice wore red when the immortal pas sion was excited in Dante, which sug- gests that red is bit too exciting as an influence to lead young man along the route marked out for him. The experts expressed the view that brown is too commonplace, because it suggests the practical, and every body knows that there is little of that sort of thing in courtship. Green is known to be associated with suspicion and jealousy, even the long green. Blue, Heavens own hue, is believed to have nice soothing effect, and does wonders towards coaxing young men to the desired point. Yellow, for some reason, was ignored, especially the bilious shade, while purple got lost in the shuffle because it is becoming to so few.
 Numerous possibilities and sugges- tions arise in this discussion of colors and their potential effects in per suading young men to yield in the pretty little game of mating. One important consideration is to prevent eligibles from suspecting that young ladies or their matchmaking advisors have designs on the unattached. Some colors serve as ambushes, as most young men experienced in the art of courting have learned. It were well
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-28
PITTSBURG PLUS

The fight against the "Pittsburg plus" base for fixing the price If steel assumes growing proportions. The opposition has organized against this practice, and the chances are that it will soon be discontinued. The plan has put and kept Pittsburg in the con- trolling position as regards steel prices, and is as open to objection as price-fixing agreements against which there have been both legislation and legal action.
 One of the interesting items grow ing out of the Pittsburg plus was the refusal of the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant requested in- crease in rail rates on steel, on the ground that such aA increase would automatically increase the price of steel at every point except Pittsburg. because the price at all other points IS the Pittsburg price plus the freight from Pittsburg to those points. Un- doubtedly other awkward situations have developed in associated indus tries as a result of this artificial de- vice, full details of which will be brought out from time to time and with increasing intensity as the fight grows warmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-28
AMBASSADOR KELLOGG

The appointment of Senator Frank B. Kellogg to succeed George w. liar vey at the court of St. James will be regarded by many as distinct gain for American diplomacy abroad, not because MT. Kellogg is diplomat, but because the conduct of MT. Harvey has at no time excited either the pride or the admiration of the American peo- ple. Somewhat of the quality of the new ambassador may be gleaned from his senatorial record during the de- bate on the Versailles treaty and Ar ticle X. MT. Kellogg was leader among the mild reservationists and, had his example been followed, it is quite likely that the treaty would have essentially been accepted and we would occupy a far more command ing position in world affairs. Indeed it is altogether unlikely that MT. Kel- logg's position on the treaty was far removed from that of the majority of the Democratic senators. He was not one or those WHo nouSnI Io FHily oi attack President Wilson. His attitude is further indicated by his warm ap- proval of MT. Harding's plan for a world court, which many, with reason, have regarded as first step in the direction of league membership.
 < It is significant that, during hls career as a lawyer, MT. Kellogg has on several occasions represented the United States government in it's fight against monopolies. For example, he was special counsel for the United States in it's cases against the paper and the Standard Oil trusts. He acted in the same capacity for the h.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-28

warfare ultimately is brought about either through actual false- hoods in diplomatic relations or paft-truths.
 So in the warfare of peace majority of the casualties are the direct result either of bald lying or partial concealment. I often have wondered who conceived the idea that cunning was essential to success. My Presbyterian ances- tors would have asserted that cum ming was gift of the evil one. I like to think myself orthodox, but I am inclining toward the view that cunning is auto-suggestion rather than original sin. In any event, some one conceived the idea that the way to succeed in life was to drive a sharp bargain, and then some one developed the idea by conceiving that the way in which to drive a sharp bargain was to conceal part of the truth from the other fellow. Thus set dement's of these warfares of peace took on the aspects Of a game of cards. in which the prize
 
 most bluffing with the weakest hand.
 Such a system as this inevitably produced doubt and suspicion of the other fellow, and led to the careful concealment of each play er's hand. I may be using a very imperfect illustration to express what have in mind, because my knowledge of poker is limited, but I am told the biggest buffer Is the best player. At any rate, the game has this to recommend it. the players who are bluffed out of their money take their losses like sportsmen and cherish no en- mity nor i'll will toward the one who outbluffed them. Unfortu- nately, however. the worlds af- fairs cannot be conducted by poker rules. In order to lose money at poker a man must have it to lose it, but in playing the game of life man may lose not only the money he has, but the money he must earn In the future; a loser mortgages his property and his services for the days to come.
 Too many contracts of the world are being made and too much of Its work is being done upon bluff. Calmly and deliberately men look over the cards they have in their hands in the hope that they can reach the conclusion that they can make the other fellow throw up his hand and permit them to rake in the profits. They conceal from the other fellow all they know. They are true disci- pies of Talleyrand. They believe that language was invented for the purpose of concealing ideas,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-28

terstate Commerce Commission in it's investigation of the Hartman rail- roads. Again, he served the federal government in its suit to dissolve the merger of the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific railroads. His emi- hence as an attorney is further em- phasized by the fact that he was presi- dent of the American Bar Association for one term.
 It will be a gratifying relief to the American people, and perhaps like wise to the British, to have man of this caliber and record as intermediary between the two nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-28

They would resent even the sug- gestion that they had no right to conceal facts. They contend that business is war, in which all things are lawful. They may not lie; mayhap they tell the truth; but they deem themselves justified in not telling the whole truth. In all other relations except the par <icular one in which they are playing the game they would tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. They pride themselves on their honor and possess keen ideas of justice.
 Where have they gotten this idea that business is game and not life work? It is producing envy, hatred, malice, i'll will. In all the relations of life state of society which is far worse than that of the master and servant is developing. Much as that old re- lationship of master and servant. was to be deplored, there were some good things about 1t, such as friendship and good will and mu- tual helpfulness; yet it was not, of course, what it ought to have been. When God made the king dom of the world and the people therein He created a democracy, albeit one man had to rule for the good of society and another had to serve. Notwithstanding our boasted democracy, our civili- zation is far from perfect. Strife is observable everywhere. Busi- ness seems to be one form of in- tellectual warfare in which hum dreds and thousands are being maimed in body or mind. Bitter ness and prejudice and hatred are growing, I sometimes fear, rather than diminishing.
 Personally, I trace this never ending warfare to the tendency to consider business a game. I do not wonder, in the light of the past, that men are unwilling to submit their differences to pre- sumably disinterested judges, but I feel there are yet enough honest men who would honestly say, in view of all the facts, what ought to be dore-men who do not sit in any of the games. I am still hopeful that they will bring about an armistice, if not a treaty of peace. I repeat that business men are not dishonest. They are merely obsessed with the idea that business is a game in which the ethics of gambling, rather than the moral code. are to be em- ployed. Advisory arbitration will some day terminate this present warfare, which is condemning many persons to lifelong suffer ing.
 Copyright, 1923. by Twenty first
 Century Pressl