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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28

NEW YORK, March. :27.-Reports. .Iof improved conditions in the business iof the Wrginia-C Carolina Chemical com pany have reached New York bankers, indicating better prospects for bond recetvership. It is not expected. how. ever. interest on the bonds win be paid
 before fall.
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7 ST. LOUIS. Mo-, March 27-poiiItrv.
 butter and eggs unchanged.{
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LIVE eTOCK

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 27.-Cat- tle--R Receipts; 150. Steady. Heavy steers, $750@a,25; beef steers, $T@s.25; heifers. s6.25@7.5o; cows, $5.25@s.5o feeders, $4 9s.5oS stoclers, &2.50@5. s
 Hogs-Recetpts. 1000. All grades 20c higher; 200 pounds and over, $7.95@ 16.50;sc 130 to 165 pounds, $7.20a pigs, $4.90Q5.65; throwouts, $590 down.
 Sheep-Nominai. Fat sheep, $617; choice lambs, $1o@12.
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MARKET FLASHES

TsssI esles sf keads today were siz.s5e.eo0. eeH serse vith $io.sZe00o prsslsas day and $i<sii .0t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28

NEW YORK, March 27.-The daily ayerages gross crude oil production of the United states decreased ,4.9oo, bar rels, for the. week ended March 22. to- taling 1906 $50 barrels, according to the weekly summary of the American Pe- troieum Institute. The daily average production east of the Rocky noun tains was 1,251,S50 barrels. an increase of 3600. California production was 645, 800 barrels, . decrease of $500.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
BOOM AND SLUMP YIELD ID CONTROL
Washington Report Of Check On 1922 Expansion Is Basis
 Of New Formula

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The pres snt times are good times. better than normally good times. They are not, however, boom times. but are nearer boom times than slump times. They are little better times than we ought to have, because good times tend toward boom times, which are bad because the reaction of a slump almost is certain to follow them. There are tendencies at work. how ever, which prevent the development: of boom times. The business conn munity consciously Is putting on the brake to prevent the development of boom times.
 This is . new act of intsllig igence and understanding on the part of those engaged in business, an act of stupendous importance. It is due to study of business tendencies. flows and eDbs toward booms and slumps. . study which deliberately has been sponsored by the govern ment and aided by the commercial world. The business world just now is arriving at point where it be- lieves that it can consciously con- trol its booms and slumps. It Is at this moment controlling them.
 Freight Business 4 Test.
 The first step in this task Is to de-
 
 accuracy just what are the tenden- cies. In measuring the present times there are, for instance. certain off, Cial, governmental facts upon which to base judgment. For example:
 In the week that followed Decora- tion day at the beginning of last summer moro than a million freight cars were loaded in the United States. It was the first time in the history of the nation that more than a mill lion cars had been loaded in a single week. It established a new measure of the business of the nation. We were doing a million n-freight-car-a- week business. Establishing the rec- ord was not In itself a thing so very Remarkable, but that which followed was. For an unbroken 2S weeks the monthly average of business was more than a million cars 8 week. Not until the middle of November did freight drop below the million-a- week mark, and then only slightly. Today it is crowding the million mark very closely. what falling off
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be 11s In 1921, when there were hard times, that production fell to 64. In 1922 1t started low but climbed as high as 120 before the, end of the around in the hundred and thirties and hundred and fortiNs and even has touched the hundred and fifties.
 Practical Government Service.
 Cooper was climbed steadily from 3s in 1921 to 125 toward the end of 1923. The figures on these fundamental products are indications of the ten- dencies of the times. One of them might be subjected to influences pecu- liar to 1t and might merely indicate conditions of prosperity or the re- verse with relation to itself, but many fundametal materials all pointing in the same direction become quite com elusive. The figures with relation to base judgment. The wider the basis of fact the surer the Judgment. The government now has the figures on some 70 basic commodities composing A per cent of the production of the nation. The tendencies in these 70 are pretty likely to be the tendencies of the whole. There are definite fig ures on mineral production which in clude 90 per cent or that production. Virtually all the figures on crops are available Three-fourths of the build ing activities of the nation are re- ported. Export and import figures are available, figures on price levels, em- ployment, advertising, amusements.
 The government is compiling all these figures and is publishing them while they are yet fresh in a monthly Survey of "urrent Business" It is an effort to render practical service to the business community. A knowl- edge of how these figures might be used to indicate the tendencies of the times has grown with their de- velopment. Their usefulness in that connection has increased steadily as the study has widened and as the business community has learned how the better to use them.
 When Herbert Hoover conducte
 the Presidents unemployment con- ference in 1921 and supplemented 1t by studies by a committee on which were represented such research agen- cies as the Russell Sage foundation the Carnegie foundation. the National Research council, the Federated American Engineering societies, the American Economic association, a new world of fact was developed. Unemployment was due largely tc booms and slumps in business. To
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there is being due to the normal slowing down of winter.
 The government knows how many

there is being due to tho normal slowing down of winter.
 The government knows how many cars are loaded each week. It knows how many have been loaded each week for a decade back. If anybody wants to know whether business is good or bad, he can look at the fig ures on cars loaded. Unprecedented quantities of freight-are now being 1921, when times were bad, the cars loaded each week were 100000 less. Tho number of cars loaded is one good indication of the tendencies of the times.
 o o o
 Here is another: How much money have people in the bank? If they ahe hard up, if times are bad. if they are out of work, they will not, of course, have as much as if times are good. The reports on deposits come in to the clearing houses. The statisticians work them out They know how many money there is. They figure out how much each man has in the bank. He becomes the average depositor. They know how much the average depositor had in the bank in 1919 which was a year of fair prosperity. They make that the luueX uuInDers lUV. IT tH6 ue- positor had more man that in 1920 he is set down as 110 or 120, depend- ing on the percentage of his deposits above those of 1919. If he has less they figure him down into the pine- ties or eighties or wherever he be- longs.
 Generally people have moro money in the bank now than they had in 1913. In the Philadelphia district they have about $40 where they had $100 in 1919. In the Boston district they have about $115. In the Minnesota dis trict they have been hit by the de- cline in wheat prices and have but s90 where they had $100. Out on the Pacific coast, where prosperity seems on a rampage everybody who had $10O in 1919 now has about S1S5. The gen. eral tendency is toward a material increase in bank deposits.
 There are certain materials that are regarded as Fundamental in industry and the production of which conse- quently is taken as furnishing a measure of prosperity. Pig iron, for instance. This iron in the crude form is fundamental. It goes into many in. dustries. If you take the production of crude iron in 1913 as 100. the meas ure of its production in 1920 would
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tion methods. It is the time when the smart fellow gets buBy. ThA public should como to know this. When ft does there viii bs | rush of activity whenever slumps show their heads and that rush immediately win cure tho ma1ady. s-7. There are tive notable .fi9ures in the past who have found the truth of these fundamental principles and have profited by that knowledge. Ed ward H. Hartman. the road builder.
 always pushed construction in slack times. Materials were cheaper. labor more abundant. He built railroads
 more cheaply than other men. An- drew Carnegie elways stopped all de- velopment work when boon. times appeared. On one occasion there was a great boom in coke oven construc- ton. Everybody In the Pjttsburg area was at 1t. Everybody but Car negie. Some one asked him why he was not establishing coke ovens. lie answered that he would walt for the slump and buy 1t half price those that these other people were build-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06

atan6 It. as ws wore tn desD w0eSr. \ minute aftsrwaFds casns ansther beng and great thudding under the stern. I looked over the eide and saw biz shark with his hsaA and mouth in ribbons. He must have gone for feed off the propelien It killed him. He simply rolled round and round like a corkscrew and went straight down till out of sight.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
Rare Stsardiness

Rare SturdineSs
 Jewett has 6.inch-deep frame, extra cross.braced and weighing 184 lbs.-a superb foundation for long life. Paige Timken axles. All steel universal joints, with sealed in fabrication. Jewett weighs 280S lbs. liar more than Flight" sizes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
In, All the World
 No Car Like This
Tie ideal combination roony comfort and convenient su srxcon4vondd po1erannazing Prioed

THE New Jewett Six is the final
 \ type of car for the average mo- torist. Most people want a car of roomy comfort for their average ioad-of convenient size that light ems the drivers task in trafic-A car so sturdy repair bills are rare- and powered to give satisfying per. formance-bis six performance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
Big Six Power

You are amazed when you lift Jewett's hood. Instead of an ordi- nary size motor, Jewetts motor nearly fills fhe hood! It's c SIX-full 50 horsepower. High pressure oiled, like the Paige and other high est quality cars. Jewett's cylinders are 3A x 5 inches-249 cubic inches piston displacement-20% to 40% more power than Eight" sixes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06

Fruit growers of California se- cured the passage of a law prohibit ing the Importation of the flyino fox" a species of fruit-eating bat. even for exhibition purposes in geo- logical gardens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06

Highest point on . new railway. being built in Africa coincides with the crossing of the equator and the grass along its sides in this. the very heart of the tropics, is often covered by frost.
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Thrilling Performance , There's thrill in the New Jcwett's performance. Passes most any car on any hill. Like the strong man handling the weight, compared with the weaker-Jewett's powerful c. cylinder motor easily handles this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
Easy Handling

All women Ike the New Jewees because 1t steers with Anser.touch guidance. That's due to ball-bear. ine steering spindles. While driving. let Jewett's clutch in quickly to prove its smoofhness. Gear chang ing is effortless, rarely . "miss" or clash. Shift from high to second a4 30 miles an hourg
 In all the world no car hke thls. No other Car offers you Jewett's combination of roomyscOmfort and convenient size, sturdy constuo. ton. wonderful power, amazing performance at Jewett's moderate price. Wen lbe glad to lot you drive this car. Call us any time. aps-~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
Quick Geeaway

VA ~1Swy
 See the weak horse struggling te start . load-thsn watch the strone horse walk easily away with itl Jewett's most power for weight ae- counts for it's extraordinary Quick- foofedness. In set-away, Jewett's so horsepower gives ycu every ad- vantase. Picks up iromS to 2S miles an hour In 7 sscondsl In hish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
Traffic Advantages

Traffic Advantages
 The New Jewett Six manipulates ably in traffic. Turns around in a 42-foot street; parks in a 16A-foot space at the curb; easily enters your garage from | 14-foot alley or driveway. Think of the advantages of car that handles SO conveniently and still has the ample passenger room you'll find in all Jewetts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06

ing.r One of the secrets upon which these men based their fortunes Is just now being given to the public and applied to the stabilixation Of the business of the nation, to the eltrnt- natdon of booms and slumps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06

sturdy 260Slb. car. Jswets climbs hard hills slowly, in hish, where other cars stall or shift. Jewett picks up on hills. Drive 1t from 2 to 60 miles an hour, or more, in high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
F CONST|PATED,
 SICK, BILIOUS Harmless Laxative for the Liver and Bowels

Feel fine! No griping or incon- venience follows a gentle liver and powell cleansing with "Cascarets." Sick Headache. Biliousness. Gases. Indigestion, and all such distress by morning. For Men, Women and Children-1oc boxes. also 25 and 5oc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
SHARK DREAMED M
 BATTLE WITH LAUNCH
Attempt To Bite or Propeller Re
 su1fs Tn Death Of Biz Fish

-sUvA, Fiji IslAnds. Jan. 5.-tBy Associatsd Press. )--An attack on a Iaunch by giant shark is described by Arthur Robinson.
 He said heswas en route from LAu- toJra to Yasawas, in FIJI waters. when his small launch struck heavily against something.
 T first thought we had hit . reef" he related, but could not under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06

MEXICAN PRESIDENT his from the a the land CenSe A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
Roomy Comfort

Roomy Comfort
 FRONT SRAT REAR SEAT
 Lsf room WiAsh Les roem WidtA
 inehss iHshss isehss inches Broufham 70 Two-1SK 44 46k Sedan 80 N 46 46k Tourins 42 A 4S 46A Roadster 4l 46
 Few cars have more body room than Jewett-and those. are far higher priced. Jewett's rear seat is comfortable for three. Many own CTS carry six-with three in front.
Evening star., 1924-09-07
TEST OIL WELL BEING
DRILLED IN ALDEMAS
While Industry Watching Nature
as All Big Companies
Have Leases.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALDAMAS, Mexico, September G.
After several years of negotiations
for leases and perfecting of titles,
arrangements finally have been made
for exploring the Aldamas district
for oil. The first test well is now
being drilled on land under lease to
the Coursen- Matches interests. No
part of Mexico has attracted more
attention for its production poSSi-
bilitieS on the part of oil men than
the region around Aldamas, extend
ing from the Rio Grande on the north
to point within about so miles of
Monterey and having a width of to
40 miles. The prospective oil field
is believed to be continuation of the
producing area in the Lower Rio
Grande border region of Texas, south
and east of Laredo.
The Aldamas structure has been
described by nearly a score of geol-
ogists as being much larger and
more probably oil bearing than any
other structure known. 1t is referred
to as the famous Aldamas struc-
turc," and on it practically every big
oil interest in Mexico or the United
States has acreage. and many of them
will start drilling soon. Standard
Oil. Mexican Petroleum. Corona,
Dutch Shell, Akwi, Sinclair. Tide
water, International and others all
have acreage.
One geologist has described the
structure in Il private report as being
40 miles east of the Cerralvo Noun
tans and with the more favorable
about miles in width. 1t is excep-
tionally we'll defined The central
part of the structure is % miles from
the Rio Grande.
Evening star., 1924-09-07
PASTOR |NvOKES
NEW SLANDER LAW
Has Drummer Arrested and
Fined Under Act by Recent
Kentucky Assembly.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
HAZARD, Ky. September 6.-ken- |
1ucky's new law against slander and !
gossip has just been invoked here for !
the first time since it was passed by |
The last general assembly. S. 5. /
Bishop Of this mountain town, a !
travelling salesman, was fined $50 be- !
cause, it was charged. he had SIAN |
dered the Rev. +. X. Pike of Hazard, |
one of the most active ministers OF |
the Methodist Church in Kentucky. |
llshop Las appealed to the States |
highest court and will test the validity !
of the new measure.
Hehop, 1t Is alleged, read in Il i
Hazard paper some weeks ago that
the Rev. Mr.. Pike had declared from
the pulpit he had seen United States |
Senator A. OWSley Stanley drunk on
4 train. Bishop was alleged to have |
remarked to crowd of men that he
"wUndered whether it was worse to
get drunk or to take a mans wife
a:vay from him., declaring, it is
canned. that the Rev. Mr.. Pike had
been guilty of such an act. The Rev. !
Mr.. Pike. hearing of the remark,
asked Bishop to retract the state
ment. and Bishop refused.
The charges followed. 1t was set
out that meetings, which were con-
Quoted 20 years ago at Hazel
Green. Ky, by Mr.. Pike had given
rise to the gossip. At the court hear
ing, the woman in question was pres
ent with her husband, and both took
the witness stand and denied the
story. The woman declared she had
been sanctfied Christian for 80
years and, so far as she knew, Mr..
Pike was as pure man as ever lived.
She had led the singing at meetings
conducted by Mr.. Pike. The woman's
name was kept from the public.
Bishops defense was that he had
repeated the gossip simply as a
rumor. The States witnesses de-
ciared however. that he had repeated
it as a fact. The jury fined Bishop
after a short deliberation.
The kentucky anti-slander law
reads:
ANY person who shall wilfully,
knowingly or maliciously repeat or
communicate to any person or per
sons false rumor or repeat a rumor
of a SlanderouS harmful nature,
which may be detrimental to the
character or standing of such other
person or persons, whether such per
son is a private. citizen, an officer.
or candidate for office. shall he
deemed guilty of misdemeanor ard
upon conviction shall be fined not
less than $40, nor more than 81 900.
or Imprisonment not less than 10
days. nor more than 80 days, or both,
so fined and imprisoned for each
offenSe."
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Ireland to Have Radio.

DUBLIN, September 6.-Ireland's
first radio broadcasting station is to
he opened in Belfast next month by
the Duke of Abercorn, governor gen
eral of northern Ireland. There are
many radio enthusiasts in Ireland
but so far they have had to depend
on the British and continental sta
tiODS.
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Fall Dresses of
Faille and
Bengaline at
$25 and $29. Is

The two models sketched OF the materials have
mentioned, but there also sn1art-lookng
Rosanara Crepes jacquard patterns these new Fall
models Coat dresses many variations; that have
contrasting color that reaches from the neck
lire the hem. It has the effect OF a dress
OF another color. Circular peated apron fronts and
little side scarfs with frnged tassel furnish
of variation from the prcdonlinating styles
Color combnatons-navy and penny brown, black and
rust and brown and tan-are very popular
There are misses and womens sizes from which
select.
kanns-Second Floor.
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Wool Crepe Frocks
For Girls, $l2.95
Ideal for School Wear

Pretty Wool Crepe Frocks. trimmed with hand drawn
work down the front made in side peated style, with
broidcrcd collar and cuffs. Sizes s to a.
Others al S595 to SI695.
Evening star., 1924-09-07

Regular 25c linen handkerchiefs white with
plain colored borders, a few i'll woven striped 70
patterns. Sheer quality ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. o
All linen embroidered novelty handkerchies 5c
seconds of 25c quality. Each.
Regular 15c solid color handkerchies finished
with IA inch spoke hens. These in bright 10o
colors. real bargain At Observation-Disclosures. A"O
In this collection plain white handkerchiefs with
cord bordcrs solid coors with II and "a inch hens. white
with coored solid bordcrs These n.
extraordinarily special At ........................ ~
Kanns-Street Floor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-22

operations prevail in the iron mills,
axle plants, and silk industries.
Surplus OF Labor In East-North-
Central States.
In the Chicago district there is still
apparent surplus of labor. In the
East st. Louis industrial district of
the same state there is an overflow
number of workers in practically all
industries. Steel, and allied industries
are continuing to work only on part
time and with reduced forces. In
Springfield, and Cairo, common labor
bears the brunt of the suffering.
The Hoosier state Of Indiana finds
practically all Of it's industrial plants
operating below normal. The India
napolis furniture manufacturing and
automobile industries are hard hit by
unemployment. In the Detroit manu-.
featuring industries unemployment
continues in all manufacturing indus
tries which are operating at a maxi.
mum of seventy percent. In the
Flint district of the same state there
is great surplus of labor in the au
tomobile industry. Machinists and
wood workers and common labor are
jobless in the Kalamazoo district.
The building industry Of Wisconsin
is showing strong signs of slackening
In the Milwaukee Industrial district
the surplus of skilled and unskilled
labor continues. In Ohio large
number of coal miners are still out
of work. With the exception Of the
textile, clothing, and food industries
all plants are operating on part time
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-22
Hat Workers Get
Wage Advance in
Boss Agreement

NEW YORK. Sept. 21.-Wages of
week workers in the Ladies' Hat
Frame Workers Union, Local so. are
advanced from one to five dollars thru
an agreement just signed with the
Hat Frame Manufacturers Associa-
ton. The agreement provides for
hiring thru the union, for the S-hour
day. with four hours on Saturday and
seven annual holidays with pay. A
maximum of eight hours overtime is
fixed, with pay for week workers at
time and one-half. No more than two
hours overtime is permitted in any
one night and all Saturday afternoon
overtime is interdicted except on Ger.
tain Saturday afternoons agreed upon
between the union and the manufac.
turers in conference at the beginning
of each season. Workers discharged
can appeal to a representative Of the
employers association and a repre-.
sentative Of the union and IL these
two fail TO agree there is further ap.
peal to board of adjustment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-22

in the Cleveland district. The build
ing, machine, and machine-tool trades,
are operating on part time in the Gin
cinnati district. In Columbus, sew
eral blast furnaces are closed and
most departments in the steel plants
are working with reduced forces.
North-central States Still in Slump.
Though the demand for building
trades workers in Minnesota has in
creased slightly last month, there is
still a surplus of workmen in this
line. Harvest labor demands are tenn.
porarily proving a source of relief.
Missouri shows no increase in the de
mand for common and skilled labor
Building operations in this state are
slackening with the consequent sur.
plus of skilled mechanics. Some OF
Iowa's cereal and -four mills are
closed. The demand for harvest labor
in this state is practically over.
In Kansas City, Kansas, the local
supply of common and skilled labor
is more than sufficient to meet the de
mand. There is reported a surplus Of
building trades workers and machin
lists in North Dakota. There is an
oversupply of common labor in South
Dakota. Nebraska is especially hare
hit by the influx of men from the
North West harvest fields Omaha il
now confronted with a surplus o.
common labor.
South-Atlantic District Shows No
Signs Of Increased Activity.
Several leather plants are closed il
Delaware. The hosiery, jute cordage