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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-15

O. Can you tell whether drinking
water was brought from England for Papy-
rus? r. j. I'll.
A. The English race horse drank the
water while in this country but the hay he
ate was brought from England
q. How do ships obtain bearings from
radio stations? w. NJ. I'll.
A. The radio division of the department
of commerce says that this may be done in
two ways: Radio compass stations are MAIN
tanned by the navy department at various
points along the coast, and ships in the locali-
ty of these stations signal to them asking for
bearings. On the other hand, there may he
directional receiving apparatus aboard ship,
and this apparatus can get bearings from
any coast station Of which it knows the code
letters.
Q. How do cats make a purring sound?
A. l.. I'll.
A. This sound is made by throwing the
vocal cords into vibration measured and res
ulated by the respiration, and this vibration is
strong enough to make the whole larynx
tremble so that it may be felt or seen from
the outside.
@. Is there railroad trestle from Florida
to Havana? M. H.
A. The railroad over the Florida Keys
does not extend to Cuba. 1t runs from the
mainland to the city of Key West, being car
ried across the keys and channels for dis
lance of 100 miles by means of entertainments
and viaducts.
@. Is the German immigration quota full?
| A. ]. B.
| A. The annual quota is 67,6O7. At the
present time 42,093 Germans have been adj
m1tted. The English quota has already been
| exhausted.
@. Has Maine still great pine forests
| E. W.
A. The primeval forests of white pine
| which gave the state the name of Pine Tree
State have nearly all disappeared but the
| ic no TO low
| Spruce forests are the most extensive Hem
| lock, birch, balsam, fir, oak, maple, cedar
yellow pine, beech, Eastwood, elm, ash and
others also found in Maine
! Q. What flag rules Afghanistan? w. G.
| A. Afghanistan is completely independent
1t is ruled by an hereditary prince.
Q. Has Yellowstone Park more geysers
than any other place has? R. N.
! A. In this national park there are more
geysers than in all the rest of the world. II
| also contains boiling springs, mud volcanoes
| petrifed forests a canyon remarkable for
| gorgeous coloring, large lakes, waterfalls
vast wilderness inhabited by deer, elk, bison
| moose, antelope, bear and mountain sheep
| 1t is the greatest wild bird and animal pre-
/ serve in the world.
| @. How much poetry did Chaucer write:
E. T. H.
A. Chaucer left about 5000 lines of verse
O. In yachting, what is meant by the ex
preston 'tacking?" c. F. S.
A. Tacking means changing the course Of
the yacht by shifting the position of its sails;
advancing toward the winds eye.
O. How many clergymen are there in the
| United States? c. S.
A There are about 10, 900 active mem
bers of the profession at present.
| O. Can an inventor devise an improvement
on a patented article, and patent that i'm
provement? J. H. G.
| A. The Patent Office says it is impossible
| 10 ok iO1Dr
| an article which has already been patented
and to take out a patent on his own idea
without the consent of the original patentee
or assignee. -----.--..-
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M FAVORITE STORIES
By Irwin S. Cobb

Speaking of Wallace Twins japanese
Schoolboy," said a San Francisco newspaper
man, reminds me of our cook. NY wife went
into the kitchen one morning and asked our
Jap what we were going to have for break
fast
Hash, my darling he replied very
solemnly.
MY wife explained that he had made a
mistake in his English, but he was perfect
ly positive that he had been taught this
phrase at school. Next day be brought her his
song book and triumphantly showed her this
heading:
Hush, My Darling, Go to Sleep"
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AUUI UOSJ
LITTLE MISS FIXIT,
Care Tri-Weekly Journal,
Atlanta, Georgia.
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

Fear not, for an, Nth thee; be not dis
mayed, for am thy God: will strength
en- thee, yea wW help thee, yea | will
uphold thee Nth the right hand of my
righteousness. Behold, all they that we're
ineenSed against thee shall be ashamed and
COMPOUNDED; they shall be as nothing; and
they that stripe with thee shall perish. For
/, the Lord thy God, wiH hold thy right
hand, saying unto thee, Fear not, / will
help thee. When the poor and needy
seek mater, and there is none, and their
tongue faileth for thirst, /, the Lord, will
hear them; /, the God of Israel, will not
forSake them.-Isaidh 41IO-12, II.
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The IMPROVED Farm Situation

4 MID the deluges of information now
~ pouring from Washington as depart
mental annual reports, the Secretary
Of Agriculture, Hon. Henry c. Wallace,
presents certain facts and views which, be-
cause of the basic Importance Of the sub
iect, command especial attention. We all
depend ultimately on the man behind the
plow. What have been his fortunes and
Universities in the year drawing to a close,
and what are his prospects? To answer
Alright Is to tell large part Of the story
of business attainments and tendencies.
Secretary Wallace finds American farm
conditions of mingled streak, the fat and
lean together; but in the main he deems
them decidedly more favorable than in the
two years preceding. The aggregate farm
income will overtop that of 1922 by, hun
dreds of millions Of dollars. This is ex-
planned partly by expanded acreage and in
creased production. Some three hundred
and forty-one million acres of principal
crops were planted in 1928, gain of four
million over 1922 and three million over
1921; while the yield exceeds the average
for the last ten years by eleven million
tons. Particularly interesting are the fig
ures on the total value Of corn, wheat, oats,
barley, rye, buckwheat, flaxseed, white po-
tatoes, sweet potatoes, hay and cotton.
These eleven crops, according to values on
October 1, are worth six billion nine hun
dred and forty-sevep million dollars this
year, compared with five million seven
hundred and eleven million in 1922, and
five billion two hundred and eighty-nine
million in 1921. 1t appears, moreover,
that the buying power Of farm products as
whole has increased in the course of the
to business as we'll as to agriculture. Cot
ton at the farm is reported by the Secretary
as worth two and a quarter times it's pre-
war value. Poultry and dairy products
also have been markedly profitable, as
many Georgia farms will attest; while sew
eral classes Of vegetables and fruits have
fetched prices much above the general
range. In the country at large, as in Geor-
gia, Investigation usually spells success
But the picture is not all sunshine. De-
spite improvement in the purchasing power
Of farm products, they still are dispropor-
tionatey lower in the price scale than are
other commodities. What the farmer has
to buy is, for the most part, much nearer
the wartime level than what he has to sell
This is attributed by Secretary Wallace to
high industrial wages, high freight charges
and "unfavorable exchange rates with Eu-
ropean countries" in consequence of which
export trade in farm products is restricted
This last condition might we'll have claimed
more comment than the Secretary saw fit to
bestow. In the matter of wool he is careful
to point out that its farm price is now
twice what it was before the World war
an advance which he credits to the pro-
tective tariff. But he is equally careful tC
refrain from discussion of the tariff upon
agricultural markets in general, and in par
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OUIPS AND OUIDDTTIFe

The golfer was just getting ready to drive
Off at the first tee when all of sudden he
paused in his swing and put his hand into
his pocket
After fumbling about for a minute or two
he drew out a handful of Coronas and, ap-
preaching the caddie, he asked
do you smoke, sonny?"
The boys eyes glistened as he noted the
fine cigars and with eager smile he
answered.
Il should just think I do, SIR
I'm that case said the golfer as he
walked away, Il think I'll carry them my
self"
The old farmer was slowly but surely dy-
Ing Lying in an apparently unconscious
state he suddenly opened his eyes and ad-
oTesslng his apcient spouse said: MARY.
that ham smells very good. | almost think
could eat some" Whereat Mary dourly
replied: 'Thee get on with the dying. That
ham is for the funeral"
A young Scotswoman had just lost her
husband. 1t was a sore affiction and the
minister called to condole with her He
found her in the kitchen enjoying bowl of
porridge.
"Ah, Janet" said the good man, Eye have
met sore afflicton indeed. 1t is too bad
too bad!"
aye, that it is. sir" was the reply, land
I greeted (wepty over it all the night. I
just stopped long enough to eat my break
fast, and as soon as I've finished this bowl
of parritch I'm going to begin again."
A whoop-it-up London newspaper publisher
was complaining one afternoaon that the day
had brought forth no news.
We'll" said member of parliament who
happened to be calling, you know the old
adage.'
what old adage?"
"No news is good news"
still" declared the publisher 'it isn't
good enough to call for an extra"
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ABE MARTIN SAYS

Hershey, who's dedicated $50, 600, 900 fer
tn education o. children, bein' born on a
farm, but they don't say when he left tn
farm. Next t. locatin' pilfered Ford, we'd
say tn next hardest thing would be runnin'
down stolen saxophone
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of children that the militarists of other coun-
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THANKSGIVERS AND
FAULT-FINDERS
BY DIR. Frank Crane

tn HERE are two classes of people in the
world: Thanksgivers and Fault find
, 1923-03-04
WHEAT PRICES
WEAKEN AGAIN
Lower Prices Recorded as
Rains Fall in Drought
Stricken Regions.

CHICAGO. March SIN the early
dealings of the wheat market today
wheat prices dropped on the report OF
heavy rains in the winter wheat belt
which have been dry for some time.
The market was also depressed by
opinions which officials of a big grain
company here continued to express
that supplies of wheat were greatly in
excess Of the probable Demand be-
, 1923-03-04
ADVANCE In STOCKS IS
feature OF EXCHANGE TRADING

NEW YORK, March 3.-In spite OF
heavy profit taking at times, prices
continued to soar to new high levels
during the week. Industries aver.
aged higher than at any time since
the spring of 1920 with copper and
domestic oil shares taking the lead.
Publication OF another series Of I'M
usually favorable January earnings
reports failed to elicit much response
from the railroad stocks which moved
irregularly within comparatively mar
row limits. Car loadlngs again
reached record figures for this sea-
son of the year, as has been the case.
with one exception. in the weekly
statistics of the last four months.
Resumption of dividends by the
Anaconda Copper company. doubling
of the Utah Copper dividend and
sales OF copper metal at II cents a
pound, nearly three cents above the
price at the beginning OF the year
and the highest since 1920, furnished
the ground work fer n brisk rise in
the copper issues. nearly all Of which
established new high records. In
creases in the price of zinc and lead
also helped those issues.
California Petroleum was the out.
standing feature in the oil group,
jumping to 991s. a new high record.
as compared with last weeks close
of 90 and s6A. the low price this
year. Fluctuations in this issue In
dictated the presence of a strong pool.
but higher crude oil and the excep-
tlonally favorable earnings reports of
other companies attracted outside in
terest TO the oil group.
Motor accessories. independent
steel. equipment. and tobacco and ex-
press shares also took n prominent
part in the upward swing. Shippings
were the only prominent shares that
failed to make much Roadway. their
, 1923-03-04
Livestock


CHICAGO, March 3.-CUnited States
Department of Agriculture. Hogs
Receipts 1 1000; mostly loo higher:
bulk desirable 100 to 210.pound aver
ages SS.35@s.40; top $s.47; bulk 24O 10
30O-pound butchers SS.15@S.25; few
packing sows s7@7.SO; ommon to
medium pigs s6@7; estimated hold
over $500; heavyweight hogs sS.05 a
S.25; medium Ss.15@s.40; light 1926
@S.45; light light $7.75@s.4O; packing
sows. smooth S7.15a7.50: packing
sows, rough $685. q7.2O; killing pigs
seas.
Cattle-Receipts 500; compared with
week CO.; Beef steers and yearlings
weak to 25c lower; medium grade
yenrl.ngs showing most decline: Kill.
Ing quality beef steers mostly medium
TO good; extreme top matured steers
S10.5O best yearlings in load lots
5000; few S1O.25910.50: better
grades beef cows and medium to good
beef heifers mostly 40@T5c lower
spots off more on medium beef heif-
ers; cutters and bologna bulls
15c to 25c lower; veal calves unevenly
$3.50 TO So lower: lower grades around
steady; weeks bulk prices follow; beef
steers SS99.65; stockers and feeders
S6.25m7.75; fat she stock s4.50@T;
Gamers and cutters ss.15@4.15; veal
calves $9.5O@lO.5O.
Sheep-Receipts 900; maket for
week; fat wooded lambs mostly
steady; some weakness at close
weeks top $3.50; bulk offerings
weighty; sheep steady to strong; best
L. -
, 1923-03-04

I time ono to pay off the road bonds
which they are now so freely issuing.
THE last great industry 10 benefit
from a building boom IS the furniture
industry. After a house is built, new
furniture is always purchased. even
though the family moves from some
other house. Now nearly four-hfths
Of the furniture manufactured in the
United States IS made in his Indus
trial West. I forecast great activity
for this industry during 1928. There
is liable 10 be even n furniture short.
age. Those who contemplate buying
new furniture during 1928 should
make their purchases at once. The
industry is not one that can quickly
expand. II also is very dependent
upon transportation. which is liable
to congestion throughout the year.
Remember that there are fewer miles
OF railroad in country today than
there were ten years ago. Terminals
are becoming more congested every
year and Industries, which. like furai.
ture. are so very dependent upon
the railroads. should count upon this
unfavorable factor. This is also true
OF the paper industry. which is thirty.
ing in this section and which is con
tlnually becoming a greater factor in
its prosperity.
q have said nothing about the
agricultural outlook for this section
because ! shall treat II in detail next
week. when discussing the purely
agricultural states. Suffice TO say,
I found it improving and very much
better than a year ago. The wiser
farmers. however. are going more
into dairying and the raising of mar
ket garden products. Beans, peas.
cabbage. lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes.
fruits, etc. are becoming the most
profitable products. Dairying and
poultry raising alone is bringing
about $500. 600 900 a year into this
section. Because Of the diversity Of
income and the increasing profits, /
feel optimistic as to the farming pos
slbilities within reasonable trucking
distance of good sized cities. When
the farmers of this section get a
broader vision and realize that each
prospers. only as the other prospers.
then they all can prosper. The
great enemy OF the average farmer
is not the natural elements without
himself-but rather those human ele-
ments within himself. Creative nature
has been good to the farmer. but
human nature has been the farmers
greatest obstacle. When the farmers
eliminate jealousy-they will start on
the highway of rosperity-but not
until. The best antidote for Jealousy
is co-operationi yes. a greater spirit
OF cooperation is what all Americans
need today"
General business ms reflected in the
index of the Babsonchart is l per
cent above normal.
, 1923-03-04

laggardness being due to the failure
of the nat to take favorable action
on the ship subsidy bill.
Public interest in the stock market
is still considered a relatively negli-
gible factor. the large bulk of the
trading being in the hands OF pro-
f%essional traders and pools.
The advance in the local federal
reserve ratio to the highest figure
Of the year combined with a reduC
ton of s64. 900. 900 in rediscountei in
the last two weeks. was construed as
confirming unofficial statements that
the real reason for the raising of the
rcdiscount rate vas to lessen the
drain on New York by borrowers
from the interior, where a higher
rate had prevailed. A heavy liquida-
ton of stocks took place earlier in
the week on the theory tina the
higher rate was meant as a warming
to the speculative fraternity in Wall
street.
, 1923-03-04

would be taken by congress. Much
OF the power OF the market to absorb
selling appeared to be due to the gov.
ernments weekly crop report showing
Ill effects from drought In the west
and southwest as well as damage else.
where from cold
Assertions that farm reserves Of
corn would tota, about 200, OOO. 900
bushels less than in general had been
looked for, counted as n further
bull-sh factor in the wheat market,
besides tending to lift prices Of corn
and oats. The estimate. II correct,
meant a reduction OF more than 400.
100000 bushels compared with last
years farm r and Of about
o 10000 900 bushels compared with two
years ago.
Provisions averaged higher with
hog values and as "a OF
some lard buying for Europe, Ger.
many in particular.
, 1923-03-04
farm CREDITS and UNEASINESS
over CROP Send GRAINS HIGHER

CHICAGO. March AS n result
OF tho passage OF the farm credits bill
and uneasiness regarding tho winter
wheat crop higher prices in the wheat
market obtained during the week.
Compared with n week ago. wheat
this morning showed X to Is gain
in value, corn was Is to sc. oats u
10 AN@ and provisions varying
from eve cents decline TO a rise OF
ten cents.
Even though passage OF the farm
credits bill was generally anticipated
by wheat traders the market buiged
TO a noticeable extent after an
nouncement was made that the house
had voted IN favor OF the measure.
This Was tho moro remarkable In
Wow OF tho fact that liberal pront
iaklng sales were Simultaneously be-.
ing made for spectators who had
used foresight as 10 what action
, 1923-03-04

OMAHA, Neb., March 3.-U. S.
Department OF Observation-Disclosures
Receipts 10000; market activeS fully
Sc higher packing sows largely at
500; bulk OF sales S7.95ds.05; top
$500.
Cattie-Receipts $50; par with
week ago: beef steers steady to 25c
lower; she stock steady 10 strong
bulls 25c higher; veals $3.50 to $500
lower. stoelSers and feeders steady to
25c higher; stoclsers and feeder top
$50.
Sheep - Receipts 500; compared
with week ago: lambs 10025o higher;
weeks top SASS; sheep n year
lings 25G5Oc higher; best wethers
5000; eve top $3.50; feeders strong
to Csc higher; top $14.75.
, 1923-03-04

DENVER. Colo. March 3.-Cattie-
Receipts. 1910 head; market steady:
beef steers. s7.OO@s.25; cows and hcif-
ers. SS.5om725; calves, $4.50a11.O0
stockers and feeders. S3.50dS.OO.
Hogs-Receipts. $50 head; market
steady to loo higher; top. $50; bulk.
S7.559S.O0.
Sheep-Receipts $500 head: market
steady to strong; lambs. s12.75@14.OO:
feeder lambs. s12.75@14.2b; ewes. $50
Oils.
, 1923-03-04
STOCK PRICES
STILL SOARING
Upward Trend Continues in
Short Session Trading on
n. Y. Exchange.

NEW YORK, March 3.-The up
ward continued to the end
of today's brief session in spite Of
heavy profit taking particularly in
American Can and the oil issues.
With practically all the issues max
ing gains of from one to three points.
rails held the lead in the upswing, re-
spending to the favorable January
statements. Union Pacific. Canadian
Pacific and the 500" lead the move
ment. S~tromberg. National Lead and
Adams Express were c-onspicuously
strong with pool operations being
continued in a number of specialties.
Sales approximated 700 900 shares.
NEW YORK. March Sin spite OF
the usual weekend profit taking.
prices continued upward at the open.
ing OF the market today. I~ndepend-
ent steel. equipment. food. oils. and
railroad shares were in demand dur.
ing the early trading. Union Pacific
led the advance in rails with n gain
OF IL points and Sloss-Sheffield up ..
and Bethlehem "B." up /. headed tho
steel group. United Drug dropped 3
points and Utah yielded y on realiz.
ing sales.
Increasing interest in the rail
shares was the feature OF the carly
ealings. Baltimore and Ohio ad.
vanced IA points and Canadian Pa.
cihc and SEQ one each while Reading,
New Orleans, Texas n Mexico, st.
Paul preferred. Northern Pacific and
Chicago and Northwestern each ad.
Vanced Y. Express shares continued
their advance Of yesterday. Adams
gaining a point and Wells Fargo
f~ractionally. United States Steel
common soid at 1888. a new high
record for the year. Atlantic Gulf
was pushed up lA. but California
Petroleum dropped 2 points and
T%idewater OH III. North American
fell back Ia. Stromberg Carburetor
and United Retail stores were In
good demand. each gaining a point.
Foreign exchanges opened Arm. de
mand sterling selling at 4.7Oi. and
French francs At $40 cents.
, 1923-03-04
FEDERAL RESERVE REPORT SHOWS
CAIN IN DEBTS OVER YEAR AGO

Bank debts for the week ending February Il, show the customary mid
month recession the total being IS $4,000, compared With So eO3 900 900
for the preceding week. Smaller figures are shown for all h leading cen
particularly heavy reductions being reported FOR New York City. where
the decrease amounted to 1921 900 600. or is per IN and for Pittsburgh
where a decine of SS3O00oOO Of 32 per cent is shown.
As compared with the total for the week ending February Is. 1922
debts for TIL report week how IN increase Of 81 os7 900 1000 o about IA
particularly notable in Detroit where it was 2 per cent. in Los An
gees, where it ws 30 per cent. and in Pittsburgh which eports IN ad.
vance of 81 PEI. cent
Debts to individual accounts we're reported o he federal reserve board
for banks in $50 centers,c 4 which 235a rei included in the summary by feT
eml reserve districts.
Debts of Individual Accounts by Banks in Reporting Centers.
Summary Of Federal Reserve Districts