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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21
COTTON IN NEED OF MORE RAIN
Crop Ranges From Fair To Very Good In
 Alabama

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-Crop and weather conditions In the southern states for the week ended yesterday were summarized by the department of agriculture today, as follows: The temperature averaged above nor nal in most of the cotton belt. Rain fall was of local character, with mois- ture insufficient in many sections, al- though there were Beneficial rains in portions of the Mississippi valley states and good local showers in parts of the western belt.
 Light to moderate rains occurred at about one-half of the reporting sta tions in Texas. Cotton made very good progress where these were sufficient, but elsewhere deterioration was report ed and the late crop is in poor condi- ton, except in the extreme western and northwestern portions.
 Shedding Reported
 There were further complaints of shedding and premature opening in the dry areas. Conditions were considerably improved by generous rains in northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas, while growth was very good to excel lent in Oklahoma, except in the dry south-central and southeastern sections.
 Growth continued slow in Mississippi, with local shedding, while both prog ress and condition range rom fair to very good in Tennessee and Alabama. Only, fair advance was reported from Georgia, though growth was very good in some sections. There were increased reports of shedding and some of pre- mature opening. Cotton was reported as practically at a standstill in South Carolina, with some shedding and only fair fruiting. Little or no progress was noted in southern North Carolina, though conditions were more favorable in the north, where the plants were fruitins nicely. The weather was favor able for cotton in Virginia
 Truck Needs Rain , Truck crops needed rain in most of the south, though sweet potatoes did rather well, except for weak growth in parts of the south Atlantic area and damage by drought in the west gulf section. Tobacco improved in some sections of North Carolina. Sugar cane needs moisture in the extreme lower Mississippi valley, but did well in Florida.
 Condition by states include:
 Alabama; Showers widely scattered; all crops need rain. Progress and con- dition of corn, sweet potatoes and fruit mostly fair to good. Truck and minor crops, poor to good. Progress and con- dition of cotton, mostly fair to very good, opening prematurely locally in south and shedding at scattered places because of dryness. Picking and kin- ming progressing in more southern counties. Weevil damage slight to con- siderable locally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21

pig iron production to q very low point, indeed, for a time when business recession as q whole has been so mild.
 The above facts are mentioned for the reason tha tit Is usually easier to be optimistic when matters have be- they could get very little worse than 1t Is to be cheerful when bad news first breaks.
 Already there are signs of improve. ment in the pig iron industry, which often iS taken as an indication Of gen- sral business activity. Pricep have TO. gently shown some resistance to lower lAveis and producers are reported to be no longer willing to book large forward SorderS At present prices. This ls An encouraging indication that, WhiLe iras proveEnent may De slow, manufacturers feel t t the worst has been expert encsd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21

TTgEzE fact that the production of pig
 iron during July. at A,7s4,sss gross
 tons, represents decline of hp- proximately 12 per cent fro mthe June output Is of far less importance than two other facts One of these is that the curtafiment of output was not near ly as severe as during June. The other is that further declines of any magni- tude cannot occur without lowering the industry into depths connpArabie only to the depression Of .ie21.
 It has been 90 months since tne pis iron industry, has produced less than it did last month. That thirtieth month back was February, 1922, just after the rise from the low level of 1891 output had commenced, For three months dur ing 1921 the output had fallen below a million tons. A decline further during August, should 1t occur. would reduce
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21
CAGL MONEY

] NEW YORK, Aug 20.-CalI money, steady: High, per centJ low, per cent; ruling rate, per cent, closing bid; per centI offered at 2A per cent last loan, 2 per cent; call foans against acceptancesg 1B per cent; time loans, easy; mixed collateral, 60-s0 days, 2h@ 2% per eentl 4-e months, S@8A per cent; prime commercial paper, 3@8M per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21
Markets At Glance

NEW YORK. Aug. 2o--Stooks, irree- ular; United States Steel common high est In five years. Bonds, steady; Ca- madam issues advance. Foreign ex- changes, lower; sterling continues to decline. Cotton, firm; better spot de- mand. Sugar, advanced; firm spot de- mand. Coffee, higher; unfavorable crop news.
 CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-wheat, lower; larger crop estimates. Corn, heavy. fears of Argentine competition. Cattle. active and higher; broad demand. Hogs, steady to strong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21

fat native lambs, s13.7B@14; few Ge city butchers at $14.25; sorting mod crate; eulls, mostly $s@s.50; bulk range lambs, S14014.25: top, $14.25; sheep, dull, mostly 26c lower; good range ewes to Killers, $7; feeder lambs, steady; early sales of medium weights, $12.75;, some held around $13.2S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21

and the presence in Los Angeles Of Elisha Walker, a director of ths 6m- pany and a partner in the 1islls of Blair & Co.,, it's bankers, is widelY con strued as an indication that in ocrtart developments are pending; but ,c date Wall, street has been kept in tat d4re concerning them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21


 NEW YORK, kug. 20.--Cotton flrmsd today on cables and covering to sVen-tap for the governnnent. report. The buyers Included some of the recent proninAnt sellers, while the contracts were ap- parsntly furnished by the south and west. The weekly weather report was regarded as mostly Favorable, but aIi the cotton states have their unsatis- factory spots. The Texas detail for yesterday showed no rain. but she eee- tions unrelfeye6 from the drought seem to be making no complaint. While crop ideaa are mostly 13,000,O00 bales or over for the final count, it is doubtful ff the goyernmeni indication as Of I,, ASsuSs 7S as, as w Sna dn @ ss soSa Tn Ii, Mf may go to 2650c or oyer for October under the same influence that caused the strength today.--Joh ohn Y. Clark 6 co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21

tioned weAyils ip eight states this ssil- ing was well absorbed. The short in terest remains uhwieldy and higher erntaent report on; Saturday. .-E Henner q Beane to Kahn C Viksin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21
 LOCAL DATA

For the s4 hours ending at ' ?. h.. August 20 1s5t: Ht6hest ternpeRAture ...........S.- SC I1eWast tempetAture ........... I6 Mean temperature ...........s..... 66 Normal tefnperature ....... fs Deficiency in tempefature since Jan-
 uary ............s...,.... 4se R9lnlAtt s..s...-.. s....s..... Q Tetfl rainfall since January 1 ss.lS Deficiency in rainfall since Jan
 Relative humidity, [ Q. m .s...... i3
 noon .'.f.''..a...'..... Dry thsfmcTaaser.' a a'ia''....... m .... 2t
 f2 noon ...l..,....,... 9S D. m. SB wet therrnometer, (. m. ....... q
 noon ...... '..........s...*. Ie
 p. n. ................s... T5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21

HoRsEs AND MULES EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.. Aug. 20.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21
MARKET FLASHES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2o.-Cotton seed received at mills, excluding reshipments from August 1, 1923. to July l, 1924, totaled 3,S20,64s tons, as compared with Si246,eOT tons for the same period the previous year. Cotton seed crushed amounted to s,3o4,454 tons, against B. 241 ,567 tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21
ALL STREET BRIEFS

Activity in General American Tank Car stocks today was accompanied by run1ors that one of the big railroad equipment manufacturers might take over the company. It was said in banking quarters, however, that so far as known here no negotiations of that Kind were in progress. Several propo- sitions have been made to the Gen eral American Tank Car company in the last few years, since it's business has expanded into a general railroad equipment industry. Formerly engaged solely in making and leasing tank cars, the company now manufactures all kinds of railroad freight equipment and Is well booked up with orders to the end of the year.
 Removal of the British import duty on low-priced American motor cars will stimulate gasoline prices in England, Sir James Currie, director of the Brit ish- Mexican Petroleum company, said on his arrival today, predicting also an increase in Europe of more than 20 per cent Annually. T. Coleman Dupont, am other returning travellers, expressed op- timism regarding business in the autumn. He said he though nothing could stop the tremendous business ac- tivity here.
 Common stockholders of Pure oil companies have increased $40, ,475,5S2 in cash dividends since incorporation of the company in 1914, according to off, ciaI figures, an average of $29.14, or 11e.5 per cent share. Dividends have been paid regularly on preferred and common stocks since organization. In addition, S5,562,s75 has been paid in stock dividends.
 A committee of bankers, headed by Harold Stanley, president of the Guar anty company of New York, has called upon holders of Wilson & Co. ten- year convertible sinking fund per cent and 7h per cent gold bonds to deposit their bonds with the Guaranty Trust company and the Chase National bank under a deposit agreement now in course of preparation. It is im- portant that this be done, the an- nouncement said, in order that the committee may represent the bond holders effectively in negotiations with other creditors and with stockholders with a view to readjusting the com pany's financial structure.
 Wall street Is filled with rumors con- corning the Pan-American Petroleum and Transportation company, of which Edward L, Doheny is the head. Re. ports that MT. Doheny was to retire and that control of the company was to pass to the Standard oil company of California were denied by Mir. Doheny. The latest report is that Royal Dutch interests are going to obtain a large interest in Pan-American, Cosden, Phil lips, Petroleum and Sinclair, Recent activity of the Pan-Ameriean stocks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21
LIVE STOCK

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aug. 2o.--cattle; Recsipts.- 5000; calves, 2,0Oo. Slow: Desirable hand9-weight fed steers and ycarlings, steady other besk steers, weak; bulk fed ste6rs and yearlings, $I.76@s.TB; sheep stock and bulls, steady; beef cowa, $304.60; canners and cutters, e2@2.Tes bologna bulls, ss.50@ {; calves, strong Co Soc higher; practical top vsaie, 30; stocltefs and feeders, steady to strong; bulk, $4.7B@T6o; stock COWS and heiSer6 steady.
 Hogs; Neceipta, f,B00. Mostly 6e to 100 higher than Tuesdays average; bulk Of sC0t stock pigs. steady, ST.2537.5S.
 Sheep: Receipts, 5000. Lambs, about steady; better grades, mostly $1S@13.s5; sheep, soc to 75c lower; Colorado e"es' SO'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21

HZ r
 NEW YORK, Aug .20.--Ths stock market is gaining in popularity. Each day we have evidence of this. The buy ing movement has now attained q mo- menttla that is likely to result in more violent fluctuations than heretofore. ! Today, American Can was the center of attraction, but t ts getting to level where some of the active traders may find t to their interest to select some other issue or Issues where the oppor- tunities are greater and less chance Of q violent setback. The public ifterest in the stock market has increased dtars ing the past few Weeks, but has not yet reached that stage where we would be permitted to speak oe oYsF-sxssusion. During the last few days it has beeii very noticeable that the rail issuss have been Co a great extent neglected It ia more than likely that in Ithe nsar fsi- ture the rails will again take their place inthe marAet.--John F. Clark a Co.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 2o.--cat- tie; Receipts. iB0. Market steady, Heavy steers. $7@7.6oi beef steers, S5.6o 96i heifers, se@S.60i cows, s6@e; feed ers, So.oO@ @6.b0i stcelEeres $s,60@6. tES z
 Hogs: Recetpts, 1000. Market stsady, Medium and heavy hogs, S1016 doRhl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21

LoU1sv1LxEc. .aiIy., Aug. 20.--Cattle, Receipts, 900. Slow; Heavy steers, Se Qe.e0j beef steefa. es0s.26; heifSrs, $50 2 cogss ss@s.sO; feederss $6@7; stock
 Hogai Receiptss 1900. Steady to ,1Oc htghers ae6 sounds. up, S10.25; 120 to 1e5 pounds, Set pies, 9e e.z0; throwouts,
 Sheep: Reesipts. 1900. Steady: Top lambs. 41Si choice. $13.6O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21
STOCK LETTERS

NEW YORK. Aug. 2os-Pries move nnents were less unifor1nly upward in the early afternoon, and during the last hour heavy proflt-tAixing checked the upward course Of prices. Active stocks closed generally below the days best levels, but reeessions were mostly con- fined to small fractions. Nickel Piate was one exception and sold off to 1oT1k. q drop of q points from it's recent high, Allied Cheniical. Eennecctt Copper and St. Paul were also somewhat reActtcH- srys but 1n ths InduaEriaI list opsratic for the rise went ahead in many sis. sues, American Can, Waite Mot6fs American Locomotive, United Stateh Steel and several other stocks sold at new high record levels for 1924.
 Equipment stocks were stimulated by an article in the Iran Age calling At. tention to the improved railroad de- mand. General Motors was heavily traded in, and it Is felt that the recent removal of the English tariff against autonobilee will act as . stifnulant to automobile export business. New mar ket activity was also apparent in the oils, and it is quite likely that the upward trend may from now on be more apparent in this group. as the opinion prevails that the better gared of dividend-paying petroleum stocks are decidedly underprtced as compared with fhe1balance< of the liat.--Fenner q Beane to Kahn & Virgin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.--InereAslns re-. ports of insect damage by reliable pep- pie served to further tender the nerves of tAe bears today, and short covering resulted. Large western selling for a tiTas caused a setback, but when the details of the government report naar-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-21

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-14

Anbergris

Slowly but surely tho chemical
laboratory Of man oyerhauis tho
great laboratory Of nature. Long
since. synthetic chemistry. notably
in its development OF the coal.tar
products. has produced not only dyes
and flayors. but scents as well.
Now tho chemists are on the verge
Of producing ambergris. or a substi.
tute that will do as well. Ambergris
is used in manufacturing the moro
expensive perfumes. 1t is a sub
stance sometimes secreted in the In
testlnes Of sperm whales when they
are diseased, and ci,gorged by the
whole. Fortunate sailors sometimes
find floating at sea masses OF light.
solid. Opaque. ash-colored substance
somewhat like marble in appearances.
This substance is fragrant when
heated, and melts like a kind OF resin.
one find OF any magnitude Of such
treasure.trove at sea was enough 10
make any sailors fortune. Amberk
girls has been worth more than ~
weight In gold One large find OF
more than 900 pounds. near Aus.
tralla, sold for $4,000.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-14
Only One Answer Will Do

MIR FITZGERALD, president of the city council who
1f1 told his fellow eouneimen that there wasn't any
mystery In the Skagt and that "he could answer any
Skagit question within AS hours" has given his
to the 20 Skagit questions put TO him by The Star
These answers undoubtedly obtained from the RESPONSE
bic heads OF the Skagt work. bear out The Stars conten
ton that in the interest of public ownership there should
be an investigation Of Skag procedure and expenditure
to see Just what the city is building the Skagt and
how.
Mr. Htzgerads replies show that he is among the folks
who figure on proceeding at with the construction
of additional units of the Skagt development
More extensions must be built say these folks TO give
efficiency to that part of the project already completed
This will cost mions-$5 100000 for the perma-
Gorge DAM SS0000O0 for the Ruby DAM and other
expense bringing the total cost of the completed Gorge
plants up 10 S30,000,000.
Who would do the job? Engineer Uhden, of course
SO closey the progressive units doveaied nicely
does unit lean upon and blend with what has gone
before that it would be Illogical TO that Mr. Uhden
would be pulled off his engineering horse in mdstream
and the job given to another
Seattle will not plunge into this new expenditure of
millions without precaution
1t wants to know, first, exactly what happened with
the $1000000 it already has paid into the Skag project
1t wants to know why cost of the first unit has mount
ed so far above the engineers estimates
1t wants to know the why of the long delay.
1t wants to discover whether those in charge Of the
Skagit fully competent and capable before it turns
over to them more millions to spend.
Ii doesn't want councimans word for it, IL doesn't
want Uhdens word the word of anyone who has fig
ured directly in the Skagt Job
The only report that will satisfy Seattle what has
been going is the report of unbiased dsnterested
committee of outside men, capable of getting at and
digesting both the engineering and the financial facts
wen known medium the
In the cabinet at Washington
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-14

secret. u Is done ia a corner.
II Is all covered up.
II n starchnmhrr. third degree
work. u Is not just II - not
safe our tax records should 10
open 20 inspection 10 everyone
l hope Mr.. Jeffers plea for
Investigation Of tho Sinclair in.
como Tax record viii lead 70 such
a change "a tho law that every
citizen may know as be may ia
an other fields of taxation Just
what his fellows pay.
The present plan. II Il has not
already led 20 corruption. cannot
fail 70 do 80 eventually. II forms
an infaillhlo recipe for tho pro.
duction Of corruption. II repro.
aents an anomaly in free govern
ment. II ought 70 br changed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-14
Frieda's Follies

SHE WAS the hope Of tho family
YOU KNOW what they are in
Hollywood
THEY simply expect every dl.
rector
TO JUMP at n chance TO screen
them.
THIS ONE had made tho usual
futile
ROUNDS Of the studios
] MET her tho other day trying 10
get In
A sLAP-STTCK comedy.
THIS would.be Laslsy, Goodwin
Warner,
STAR, asks,
do YOU think tho experience Of
comedy
WOULD be successful thing to
try?"
] WISH you could have seen tho
look
IN MY eye MS antwcred: as
- AM certain You would put
THE stick in slap.stlsk."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-14
Star Chamber Taxation

MIR. JEFFERs Of Alabama In.
Nl sists that tho income tax
record Of Mr. Sinclair. tho no.
torioua oil magnate of Teapot
Dome fame. be investigated. Ho
asserts thai there y a lltplo ar,
ference % 5000. 600 between Tho
truth and the return AZ accepted
In Mr. Melons treasury depart
meni. and that the discrepancy II
In Mr sincinirs favor.
don't know how SIR. LETTERS
knows this don't know how
anyone knows any such thing.
Tho income tax law keeps 80
cret tho income tax returns OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-14
BY HERBERT QUICK

everyone except men like scna.
tor coursns. and his would 10
secret had be not made gecrn.
tnry Mellon angry Then tho
secretary told about IL But
Couzens has no way os knowing
what Mellou's income tax a.
You pay what the collector Of
internal revenue demands. and
after you have Lost all track Or
things In a year OF 70. they call
Gu you FOR more and you pay
that: but you can't know VIVA,
your feilow.taxpayarp pay.
There Is no board Of income
tax equalization. It's All done IN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-14
SMART FELLOWS

Tho great commercial interests
are always smarter than the gov
eminent We do not always read
these reports lof the naval consult.
Ing board Of the United statesl. but
SIR. Doheny and Mr.. Sinclair al
ways read them. They got the benc-
~ Of the fact that this great board
Of experts had determined that the
oil supply within our own borders
would be exhausted in - years and
they got busy to get possession OF
these oil fields naval rcscrve) and
they have succeeded very admirably
for the time being. Senator Cope.
land DA New York
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-14
A wELL,woN PRIZE

Claude Kitchen lay on the floor
OF the front porch a barefoot IL
yearold boy one summer morning
with his feet upon tho house wall
and multiplied five figures by five
figures by mental vision and no
hand work and gave the correct
product and won HIS fathers watch.
which he wore thru life.---Repre.
sentative Ward al North caroEha.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-14
By sfEcR baAley

IT'S Leap Year now. oh. Lady Mine
4 q wish you were. wish you wcrel
And "Will you bs my vaicntine7F
Is not question, I aver.
which l should ask Of you; nay, nay,
The thing should SO the other way.
IT'S Leap Year now. and opino
II Is your turn 10 beg and plead.
With "wlll you be my valentine7'
To which ought TO give no herd:
you've mover needed plea OF mine
Nor said you'd BIO my yalcntincl
IT'S Leap Year now: your turn 10 cry
4 'oh, won't you be my vaicntlne7~
And 'twould be only fair were |
To turn away and give no sign:
Blu, should you ask me. must state.
You wouldn't havo too long TO walt
IT'S Leap Year now, but know this.
You viii not follow out that line;
You win not aay. "oh. give me bliss.
| pritheo be my Valentine"
II should walt that word from you
I'D wait and wait my whole lIfe thru.
VET nm proud who once was mock
4 put II thus. II would be thine:
It's Leap Yenr now. your turn to spsak-.
But will be your Valentine
Whether you nak or not. my dear.
This ycar--or any other year."
Copyright 1924. The Seattle Star,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-14
We're He Alive Today

CPEAKING to his military aide, time, Pres-
- dent Theodore Roosevelt said.
Il have betrayed the people yet, and don't pro-
pose to do by default"
1t lofty sentiment and the great American lived
by it. More than that, he emphasized it in his family
and out.
If he were alive today he would be aroused to wrath
and by the knowledge that his name is coupled
with the failure of his high teaching to penetrate in
instances, beyond the skin.
the foreign press teapot replacing
gre American emblem
or
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-14
What Folks
Are Saying

NJ. ID. Campbell. Kirkville, Mo: '1f
matters 70 wrong In our country 1t ia
because men will not study tho vital
questions that are submitted TO them.
and vote their conscientious 1udg.
ment"
John ID. PEW. city councillor, Kan.
sas City; ANY system OF transpor.
tntion that falls to realize the people
VIII not put up with discomforts Ia
a failure before 1t begins. The fact
is. there shouldn't BIO any strap.hang.
et.o