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GRAIN TENDENCY
IS DOWNWARD.
Fear Of Washington Ac-
ton Scares Off
Buyers

/ CHICAGO. April 14-Grain prices
developed downward tendency today.
With speculative demand lacking in
volume the wheat market closed easy
at the same as Saturdays finish to &c
lower; May, $1.01ss to $1.01ss@&,
and July, 81 O31a to $1.034s., Corn fin
ished SC. to as@1sc down oats a
shade to Nc. off, and provisions at a
shade to 10c advance.
At first the wheat market, here had
an upward slant, owing chiefly to high
err quotations at Liverpool and also to
favorable advices about the reception
given abroad to the Dawes plan. Fine
weather for the seeding and growth Of
the new domestic crop, however, pro-
NOTED a little increase Of selling when
values here showed some gains, then q
setback in prices occurred, and for the
remainder of the day the market gave
evidence of. dearth of buyers; a condition
explained as at least in some degree to
fear OF restrictive legislation at Wash
ington. -
A good sized decrease of the United
States visible supply, of wheat was an
nounced,e but was without any stimu-
lating effect on demand. 1t was pointed
on. that the agrregate stock was yet
much above sthe amount a year ago,
with 8 anadiani supplies looming larger.
Predictions Of increased acreage of corn
planting this 1season led to some scat
tered selling in, the corn market and to
absence Of aggressive support for
values. Shipping inquiry was slow and
the moderate receipts here were more
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NEW .oRLEANs COTTON MARKEr


NEW ORLEANS, April 1.-THE cotton
market was reactionary nearly all day.
but trading was at no time very active.
at S1.osc and July at 2s.15c. or 20 TO 81
points below Saturdays close. October
traded at PATIO right after the opening,
to be the highs of the day. spasmodic
liquidation and some short selling uiti-
mately forced May down to 20. sSc and
July to 2s.z3c, or 12s and 1903 points. re-
was a moderate rally in the late trading,
but the close showed net losses for the
day of - to 11s points on OLD crop
months and 81 to So on net crop posi-
lions. ,.'. ~.
The opening was lower, mainly on un-
favorable Liverpool cables and the report
of the census bureau showing consumption
during March of 1898 bales of lint cot
ton, compared with S24,264 last year. As
the total for last month was about in line
with expectation and the weather map
more rains In the belt and predicting
cloudy weather and showers. the market
developed small rallies during the morn
ing. Cotton goods news was more favor
able and there was reported to be a good
demand for spots from domestic mills in
southern markets
Near the middle of the season the mar
ket turned quite weak. owing to a more
bearish view of the census consump tion
report. particularly the falling off in the
number of active spindlea which was. ac-
cepteu as confirming the reports OF mill
curtaiIment. The main cause of the weak
ness. however. was the decline in the New
York stock market. While all active
months rallied in the afternoon about 20
to 80 points the market had another sink
ing spell in the last half hour of trading,
and. the low points of the day were reach
ed at that time. This decline was due to
of a further break in stocks, The
slight rally in the last few minutes was
OF little consequence.
NEW ORLEANS cOTToR
NEW ORLEANS, AnriI I4--Tha fslIawlna ara
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WASHINGTON. April H.-Grain ex-
ports from the United States last week
were 1,43o,o00 bushels against l.735,ooo
bushels for the previous week.
Totals for the week az compared with
the previous week, made public by the
commerce department today, weres -.
Barley, 100000 bushels. against $4,000
bushels; corn, $4,000 against 100000;
oats. 1000 against 1000; rye. 10000.
against $4,000; wheat $4,000, against
T4s. 600; Canadian grain in transit, z22i,-
600, against 2.3s5. 900: United States and
Canadian wheat flour in transit. 81, 900
barrels, against $4,000 barrels, "
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LIVERPOOL. April 14.-Cotton, spot,
fair demand; prices easier: good middling,
1850; fully middling. 1S.S1d; middling
nary. 16.7sd; ordinary, 1885
Sales. 5000 bales. including $500 Amer
lean; receipts. 5000 bales no American:
futures closed easy.
Closinss: April. 1924: May. 1s.o1d:
July. 1920; October, 1850; December
14.S7d; January. 1870; March, 14.07d.
NEW ORLEANS. April 14-snot oo.
ton quiet, 112 points down. Sales on the
spot. Ill., to arrive. 11s. Low middlinE
2S.6Sc; middling. 3o.3Sc;s good middlinT
S1'SOc; receipts, 2,751; stock, l4s.S4s. .. :
NEW YORK. Cotton: Spot. quiet; mid
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COTTON Seed 0m

NEW YORK. April ll,-Cotton seed oil
advanced to points early today in re-
and higher lard. but turned easy under
commission house liquidation. induced BY
tne preak IN cotton. Closing bids were I
70 points net lower for active months
sales. 800 barrels Prime crude. s.T56e
5000; prime summer yellow, spot. II. one
old; May closed 1o.17c, July 10.5sc: sen.
TENDER no. 76c. October IL 1Oc. ali hih
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NEW YORK, April 14.-Brtter easy re-
ceipts 7914S creamery higher than ex-
tras. sSS 1-40S9hc: creamery extras (s2
score) sS@3Shc; creamery firsts, IS TO 81
score, 96h @37%c; packing stock current
make No. 2, 27@27hc.
Eggs firm. receipts, 2s,T4s. Fresh
csc; do. storage packed. 26M @27lsc.
Cheese irregular, receipts. 1885,
pounds; state whole milk flats, fresh
fancy, 1874 @17hc; do average run lax
to fancy specials. 24925c; do. average
run. 2sQ9lc.
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POULTRY AND PRODUCT

KANSAS cITL. April 1t.-Creamery
butter lie lower; 4z@4ac; packing un-
changed. 21c.
Eggs unchanged. firsts. 2oci selected.
Csc.
Poultry unchanged. hens. ave;
ROSTERS. 14c; broilers. 46Q4sc.
3 Potatoes unchanged, Western whites.
$1.SS@18s.
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FLAX SEED
DULUTH, April 14.-Close flax. At.u
$s.S7la; july s2.32h; September 90 by

" u V-''1 a September, VEL.
CHICAGO. April 14.-wheat: M :,
hard, S197; No. ? hard, Si.o5H @I'o7.
yellow. Soc. NV NO Z
Oats, No; 2 white. DA05oc; No. q
Bye: No. l."S6kc.
Barley, so @ SEC.
Timothy seed, $5.0O@7sO
Clover seed. $16.50@22SO.
Lard, $1oS7
Ribs, $1,000
Bellies. t10.25.
ST; LOUIS: April l4.--cash; wheat No.
Corn: No. 3 white, 7sh @7se: M %
yellow, sac. NO.
!, o ass, No. white. SOH @soMe; No.
S1.o2% 91.o2N. VS jury
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HUBBARD BROS. e co,

MEMBER New York Cotton Exchange.
York Produce Exchange, ASsociate1
Members Liverpool Cotton Association.
Orders salicited for the purchase naa
saIe Of Cotton and Cotton seed on ~
fVeure delivery. Special consignments 81
spot o0ttom; for delivery. r. = ~
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GRAIN AND Provisions


ply of American grain shows the foilowln z
changes in bushels: Wheat decreased IL
$4,000; corn decreased 1857, 900; oats de-
creased $4,000; rye decreased 29S.eOO;
barley decreased 10000. tft
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CHICAGO. April 14.-Butter unchanged,
creamery extras. SIC: standards. S7hc;
extra firsts. sS@Sehc; firsts. 35@Sshe;
seconds. S40s4hc.
Eggs unchanged; receipts 1866 cases.
firsts. 22@22hc; ordinary firsts. 20h o
21c; storage pack extras, 24024 Lac;
storage pack firsts. 23&c.
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LOCAL SECURITIES.

STATE AND MUNICIPAL soHDs
Alabama Spas, 1880 ..s.................. ~ ~
Aianama -, 1875 ...s......'..'...-,'.-' % |
Alabama Highway 4HaS ...........,...... 90 100
CITY Ct elFmlHsham. $50 to $40 pet. kAsis.
jefferson County, AIS to pet. basis. So
Istisrssa County Warrants, 5.25 10 pei.
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company ior the first quarter of 1924
greater than for'the corresponding period
of 1928. ;.
Nashville. chattanooga and st.. Louis
railway earned net income of $1.62sySD5
in 1928. compared with $1.6SO.621 the year
before. -
Class + railroads had 24s,3o1 surplus
freight cars ready for service at the end
or March, an incresae of 36.20S over the
surplus on March %. the American Rail-
way association reports.
William H. Truesdale, president of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western rail-
road sees greater earnings for the road
In 1924. although gross earnings in 1898
were its largest-$SS,236.s73, or $I3,614,629
over 1922. He based his opinion on the
was most promising.
The Appalachian Power company re-
ports gross income OF $S,51s665 for the
year ended March 81, an increase over
the previous fiscal year of more than
100000. Surplus after preferred divi-
blends and depreciation was $232,32h
Preliminary negotiations have been
started between New York bankers ana
officials of Rotterdam for $1,000, 900 loan
to the Dutch CITY,.
NEW YORK. April 14.-on stocks. un-
disturbed for the most part by washing
ton, Investigations, fell today before the
approaching signs Of overproduction in
the industry. Trade reports. pointing to
the high prices Of crude oil, warned of
the danger that they would induce a
plus stocks of petroleum have been shown
by nearly all companies, while drilling ac-
tivity has been spreading unchecked. With
more than 100 new wells started in Okla
homa alone last week, oil experts are
viewing the situation with concern.
Subscriptions to $500 shares of Mar
land Oil stock totaling t1.1ss.oOO have
been made by holders of stock option
warrants which were attached to the COM.
pany's bonds, series and B, several
years ago.
The American Railway Express earned
net income of $2,459,76S in 1929 equiv
alent after taxes and interest toh $40
pared with $2,773.719 or IS share the
year before. Total revenue was 49,
44s761, nearly SS,ooO.ooo more than in
1922.
DRY GOODS
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE break in.
cototn led to a quieter condition in the
price changes were reported. Finished
goods orders were of moderate volume.
the wash fabrics doing better. Silks
for spring and summer were more active.
Raw silk was a shade lower. Burlaps
were in better demand, heavy weights
for spot use being picked up steadily.
for wool goods, principally in the mems
wear division. Jobbers report fair
amount OF business.
NAVAL STORES
SAVANNAH, Ga, April 14.-Turpentine,
iull. s4Ac; sales. none; receipts, 100;
625; stock, 4.10e.
Rosin. firm: sales, 2ss; receipts. 5ss;
shipments, SOL; stock 52,o74.
quote: B. s44o0A45; D. $3.50; e.
1850; F. s4s7h; c. tl.7O; H, t4,72; /. X. |
I4.T5; NJ $3.50; N, sass; W. G. 1876 |
WV, X, $500.
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NEW YORK. April 14.-Live poultry
express, 81 q 35c: brolIers, by express, 20 a
soc; fowls by express 2s@32c; turkeys
40@b0c.
Dressed poultry firm. Chickens, ESQ
5oes fowls. 2s@ ace; old BOOSTERS, 200 27c;
turkeys, 26 @ acc.
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COFFEE

NEW YORK, April 14.-Coffee futures
opened today at decline of 10 to II
points in response to a slightly easier
Brazilian cables. Offerings were light. and
lfter selling at 12.75c. July steadied up
% 1850. while December advanced from
II so a 11.s0c. The close was 8 to 10
points net lower. Sales were estimated
Vt $4,000.
Closing quotations: May 1275c; July,
lc.s0c; September, 12.15c; October, 12O5c
December. 11.sOc; March, 1850
Spot coffee quiet; Rio. 7Ls. I5L @151zc;
Santos As, 1873. 0191ac. Cost and freight
Vt 1890
Rio exchange on London unchanged,
Dollar buying rate, 40 reis higher. Rio
market, 200 to 275 reis lower. Santos I'M
changed TO 100 reis lower. Brazilian port
receipts. $4,000; JUndiahy receipts. %, 900.
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CHICAGO, April 14.-Poultry alive un-
changed; fowls, 23h @251sc: springs, 29c i;
broilers, so q 60c; BOOSTERS, 1sc.
ST. LOUIS, April 14.-Hens, zshc;
springs. soc; 1924 springs. 5sc; turkeys,
2sc; ducks. csc; geese. lac; butter, 3Sc /;
eggs, 21hc.
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CHICAGO. April 14.-Potatoss, trading
slow, market weak; rsceipts. 100 cars;
total United. States shipmenta: Saturday.
s4s; Sunday. 81. Wisconsin lacked ronnd
whites, $1.25 @ !. f5:, bulk, 1890 $50; MIN
nesota and North Dakota sacked Red
River ohios. sl.25@f.45; Idaho sacked
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. April 14.-Foreign ex-
changes firm. quotations in cents: Great
Britain. demand. s4.34ss; cables. $4.S4% ;
Iixty-day bills on banks, $4.32h. France,
demand, 900; cables. GIL, Italy. 4.45h
and 4.46; Belgium, 5.19 and 5.21; Ger
many per trillion, .22; Holland. 37.1S;
Norway, 1875: Sweden, 26s9; Denmark
1850; Switzerland. demand, 1861 Spain,
1851: Greece. $50; Poland .000012 !;
,zecho- Slovakia, 2.96h; Jugo-Slavia
l24h; Austria. .OO14h; Rumania, 521a |;
argentine. 1925; Brazil. 11.3o; Tokyo
IN; Montreal, 90.
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NEW YORK BONDS

NEW YORK, April t4.--FslIswins are teday's
Yefk, Stock Exchange. and the total sales u eaeh
UNITED STATES BONDS
Readers should nsts thst Liberty bonds are quoted
In dei1rs ana thirty seconds Of deihrs instead Of
deiisrs and cents. Tho fractions are dspIntsd BY
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NEW YORK. ,Aps9 14.--Flour, steady:
straishts. $1,000 $50; hard winter
straishts, $3.50 06.o0s Rye, steady; No.
western. Csc fob. New York and 7sc
@sic off New York : "
, Pork: steady; mess, $24.7S@25.2B; fam
Lard. steady; middle west, Sil.s50
Ills. =
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NEW YORK CURB
INDusTRIALs

NEW YORK. April tA.-FsIlswins is .ths official
list Of transactions the New Yerk Curb Exchange,
giving all steeks and bonds traded in:
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NEW YORK. April 14.-can money,
iteay; high. Az; low, AZ: ruling rate,
IA; closing bid, AZ: offered at AZ
asst loan, Az; call loans against accept
Ances, 4; time loans, steady; mixed COL
nteral. 5000 days, Al; As months. "A
R4%; prime commercial paper, Al OAK.
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EXPORTS md IMPORTS

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE total
value of merchandise imports for March
was $4,000 and the value of exports for
the same period was $341, 100000. Mer-
:handise imports for the nine months
Inding March 81 were valued at $2,651.-
1880 and exports at 1924, 26S,974. Gold
exports for March totaled SS17,374 against
imports of $34,322,375. Exports of silver
TOR March totaled S8,355,278 against i'm
lorts of S6,22O.934.
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TOLEDO, Ohio, April 14.--cyiov.r .ksd
prime DID, 1880; new $11 40; October.
tI2,2o. Alsike prime IS 90. Timithy seed.
prime 1915; May, $3.S0.,
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NEW oRLEANa corr

NEW ORLEANS. Aprii I4--Ths believing are
NE sgeaiaa. highest. lewsst ana eloslRB qustatsns
On the New Orleans Cottsn ExehAnaS: =.
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KANSAS CITY. April 1t.-whnat. No
= hard csc o 9L7s; No 2. Si.O7@ I.0s: ~
Corn; No. yellow 20 q 7g1sc: N6.sz
mixed. 7397shc. 4. - - - - $50
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NEW YORK, April 14.-Copper, steady;
spot and futures. 1859. Tin, steady: spot
and nearby $4,000: futures, $3.50.
Iron steady: No. 1 northern, $4,000
$500; No. 2 northern. $1,000 1900: No,
southern. s22.5OQ23.0O.
Lead easy; spot. $S.OO@S26.
Zinc easy; East st. Louis spot and fu-
lures, $6.1$06.15.
Anthony SPOT, $500
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FLOUR

MINNEAPOLIS, April I4,--Flour mn.
changed; family patents, G6.a5 d &, 80 n
barrel Shipments. 40.s2a barneIs. Bran.
$1,000. -
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FORT MOVEMENT

ReesIgts-Wsek. 1881: season, 6,IS0-s5S-
Expsfts-Week. t0,e0I; season, 4,66@, 935.
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DRY GOODS
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Ga. April 14---Turpentine.
dull. SAKE; sales. none; receipts, 100;
shipments. 625; stock, 4.1o6.
Rosin. firm: sales. 23e; receipts. 5ss;
shipments, sol; stock, 52,074.
quote: B. S4.4o@A45; D. $3.50; e.
$3.50; F, S4.s7h; G. $40; H, t4,72; l. X,
SA75; NJ, $3.50; N, sass; W. G. 1915;
WV. X, $500. 80
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BAR SILVER

NEW YORK, Aprn I4.-Bar silver.
A%c; Mexican dollars. 4Ssc.
STEEL
NEW YORK, April 14.-Steel prices
Lob, Pittsburg per 100 pounds; Bluse
tnnealed sheets. sass 1900; galvanized
heets. $4.95, black sheets. $3.75Q3S5;
teel bars, S2.S5.
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NEW YORK, April 14-Net income of
the American Telephone and telegraph
company for the first quarter of 1924
was $21.455,1SS,, more than $l,O00,000
greater than for'the corresponding period
of 1928.
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railway earned net income of $162sSO5
in 1928. compared with $1,6s0.621 the year
before. =
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Class + railroads had 24s,301 surplus
freight cars ready for service at the end
OF March, an incresae of IS, 20S over the
surplus on March 20, the American Rail-
way association reports -
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William H. Truesdale, president of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western rail-
road sees greater earnings for the road
in 1924. although gross earnings in 1898
were its largest-$S8,236.s73,o or $13,614,629
over 1922 He based his opinion on the
was most promising.
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VALE STREET BRIEFS

fetal sales Of stseks, 26I 400 shares. :
TStal sales Of bends. $590OO0
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The Appalachian Power company re-
year ended March 81, an increase over
the. previous fiscal year of more than
100000. Surplus after preferred divi-
blends and depreciation was $2s2,321
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Preliminary negotiations have been
started between New York bankers and
officials of Rotterdam for a $4,000, 900 loan
to the Dutch CITY,.
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The American Railway Express earned
net income OF az'4os;'SS In 1879, equiv
a share on $34,642,OO0 capital stock, COM
pared with $2,773.719 or 50 a share the
year before. Total revenue was 49,
44s.761, nearly 100000 more than in
1922.
Evening star., 1924-05-08

URGE VETO OF TAX
AS ELECTION ISSUE
Coolidge Advisers Believe He
Should Reject Bill and Ask
Support at Polls.
MELLON PLAN APPROVED
Hailed From All Sides When First
Proposed.
MELL0N PLAN APPROVED
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

President Coolidge is being urged
hy some of his advisers to veto the
tax bill and appeal to the country in
the coming elections to give him a
Congress which will support the Mel
Ion plan.
Those who favor an appeal to the
country on the Mellon plan propose
that the % per cent reduction in
taxes on incomes earned during the
year 1928 shall be applied also to the
year 1924, inasmuch as the Congress
elected next November could not bt
called into session until after March
4. 1925.
Apart from his own personality and
capacity as an administrator, there Is
no issue as yet on which the present
administration can go to the country.
The opposition will, of course, have
plenty of basis for attack, but 1t is
not the purpose of the Coolidge ad-
miniStration to wage defensive
campaign. Some concrete proposals
will be necessary in order to ask for
a continuance in power.
Mellon Plan Halted.
The Mellon plan. it was pointed
out was received with a wave OF
almost unanimous support when IT
was first announced. Congress was
flooded with petitions and the edi-
7or-ial opinion of the country seemed
preponderantly in favor Of the Mellon
IDEA. Since that time, however, a
combination of insurgant Republi-
cans and Democrats has operated in
both the House and Senate, not only
Evening star., 1924-05-08

to defeat the Mellon plan but to
add on certain Objectionable fea-
lures such as the opening of all in
come tax returns to public inspection.
Mr.. Coolidge as the leader of the
Republican party has been unable to
command the Republicans to follow
the Mellon plan. His only redress,
1t is contended, IS at the polls where
1t can be decided which brand of
Republicanism the electorate wants,
ana Whether the country wishes to
replace republicans with Democrats.
The whole theory of the Democratic
plan has been that it is bound to be
more popular than the Mellon plan
when fully explained to the voter
The administration is being urged
10 take contrary view, namely, that
the Mellon plan when explained will
have the same support at the polls as
it was given by the editors before it
was apparent that there would be
partisan division.
business Stand Unknown.
Which would business prefer? An
acceptance by the President of the
bill proposed by Congress or a fight
in the campaign to get a Congress
that would be committed to support
the Mellon plan? There is abundant
evidence that the uncertainty over
tax revision has been a factor in ad-
verse business conditions here and
there. The whole situation has been
so confused in Congress that many
business men have not realized that
they would be given a cut of 25 per
cent on their 1923 incomes payable
this year If in addition to that they
knew that incomes received during
the present year would be taxed at
a 25 per cent reduction when paid in
March, 1925, they would be able to
make their plans accordingly. A
fiat 25 per cent reduction would in
Evening star., 1924-05-08
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Always use Aliens Foot-Ease to
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Evening star., 1924-05-08
Rites for W. a. Fitzsimmons.

Funeral services for Ward A Fftz-
simmons, an employe of the State
Department for the past twenty-six
years, who died from cerebra hemor-
rhage at Emergency Hospital. Tues
day night, will be held at the chapel
Of W. r. Speare, undertaken. 1908 H
street, tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock. Interment will be private.
Mr.. Fftzsimmons had worked in his
office in the Department OF State
Tuesday as usual, and is said to have
made no complaint of illness. He is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. William
u. Hutterly of Waterloo, N. Y.
Evening star., 1924-05-08
PLEA OF CITIZENS
TO BE CONSIDERED
Senate Subcommittee viii Weigh
Stand on Change in .Fis-
cal Relations.

Members of the Senate. subcom-
mittee on the District appropriation
bill will watch with keen interest
and give serious consideration to the
attitude of the organizations and citi-
zens of Washington on the proposed
change in fiscal relations between
the United States and District of Co.
lumbia, it was indicated at the Senate
today.
The senators who will have charge
of the District bill are not disclosing
what action they probably will take
on the House bill, which carried the