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The Washington times., 1924-09-13
Bank cIearings

The maintenance Of bank clear
ings in heavy volume is shown by
this weeks aggregate, Of SI,195.-
$4,000 at leading cities Of the
United States. This amount is 1875
per cent larger than that reported
to Dun's Review a year ago, there
being a gain of 1926 per cent at
New York city and one Of 1.2 per
cent at the outside centers. The
New York city clearings-$4,4 1885,
000. 000-form more than so per cent
of this weeks total. Increases and
decreases we're about equally divided
at the outside cities. the largest
gains being 20.5 per cent at Balti-
more, 1913 per cent at Dallas, 1876
per cent at Omaha. and 1i.9 per
cent at Atlanta. For September TO
date, the averages Of daily bank
clearings for all cities included in
the statement is 21.2 per cent above
the average for a similar period Of
last year.
Average daily bank clearings for
September to date and for proceed
ing months are compared herewith
for three wears
The Washington times., 1924-09-13
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NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Transac-
tons in the stock market in the
short session today dwindl,sd to an
extremely small volume. The
market barely moved in the first
hour and trading was confined to q
limited number of the active oil,
industrial and railroad stocks, wiTil
sales representing only the week.
end evening-up Of professional
traders.
Despite the unfavorable devotion.
ments in the oil industry this week.
there was little disposition on the
part Of the bears to push the OH
stocks aggressively as they did yes
terday, and slight ,recoveries took
place in prices Of stocks which de.
clined freely on Friday. No con-
spicuous strength was displayed In
any stocks, though Marland, Cos
den, Phillips, and Sinclair sold in
fair volume above the previous
close, in the first hour. STANDARD
Oil stocks declined fractionaIly on
light trading.
Another slight gain in industrial
production and distribution was re.
ported in the weekend business re-
views of Dun's and Bradstreet's q,
VAAASH AIN SPSSA0A CAApIldSIS on. IQS
larger distribution Of commodities
evidenced by the large increase in
car loadings. Foreign exchange
was practically unchanged, though
sterling showed an advance of a
half cent. Grain markets wera
weak. with wheat and corn down on
an average Of 2 cents a bushel at
the opening.
Norfolk and Western was aKain
the outstanding feature of the rails.
adva ncing more than a point at the
opening and continuing to lead the
activity in the railroad group.
Buying of this stock is attribute /
t" interests close to the PennsyI.
vania railroad.
Among industrials, the motors
and sugar stocks made the beet
records. Studebaker sold up to 3S%
on reports that the MANAGEMENT
contemplated adding materially 70
Its working forces in order 20 turn
out sufficient cars Of its fifteen
new models" to meet the demands
II distributors. Maxwell Motors $40
stock was also active and higher.
Cuba Cane preferred sold above &c
today, completing a 3-point gain for
the week; American Sugar Refining
ma American Sugar also reflected
che growing firmness in the raw
and refined sugar market. Coppers
were unsteady, public utilities nm
usually inactive, equipment stocks
firm
The Washington times., 1924-09-13
Liberty Bonds

the first increase reported since
lest February, but sharp competi-
tiWn for business has brought
further price cutting in some in
stances. Recent advances in pig
iron. moreover. are being held with
difficulty in some districts where
demand has fallen off.
Dry Goods Movement Larger.
The more favorable situation
recently developed m dry goods
markets has contiI. ned. with retail
demands quickening in many of
the larger cities. This Is a seasonal
trend with the -eopening of the
schools. but 1t is significant that
some Western jobbers report the
best distribution In two years.
Curtailment Of textile production,
moreover. has been checked. al
though resumption OF work is slow
because Of the disinclination of
buyers to make normal forward
commitments. In different in.
stances, mills have shown a will.
ingnes to accept losses to move
stocks, and many Of the goods now
going into consumption were pur-
chased at low prices.
The Washington times., 1924-09-13
Short Term Securities

Furnished by w B. Hlbb. q Coz
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-04
CHILD LAROR ANKNpMENT

Another constitutional amendment IS no longer B TRHnWtR possibility It IS the amendment w&lGh Wwuld empower congress to emRr1 mREiWma1 ehTld- labor laws. As mBmY rewRmheTr the supreme court recently decided that congress has no constitutional BwthgTTtF to impose snch laws Many Dem0cratS opposed the amendment heGawse they regard it as an infringement of state sovereignty, JUst Rs the supreme evDwRT decided Some Republicans opposed Ut because they per- haps thOught Ut EreIm16cIal tO the indus trial districts they UeFrVsgnH- However that may be- tt ls PrObRSle that the legIs- lRtures wiIl rRrIfY the amendment
 The whole trDwSle lHes nm the failure of the several states T@ enact and en- force BdequBte lBws regulating child labor. AlRhBmB BlreA@y has such laws, and 80 wlll mot he intimately affected. Some other EtarFss, h@wEver, have neg lerted thls ObvIORs 6wHy- Had they not suffered such msEIF6t of s1uGh am Impor- tant obllgRtl0m Rs chll@ welfare, there would be mo OctzBsl0m ftWu the proposed amendment And vet tbP amendment it. self arrives t0o lBiF 10 be of serious i'm fluenue, for the enlightenment is rap idly spreading BuDDmg the legislatures and each year sees thR chII@rem better protected sgaimst Intus1rT8l exploitation Perhaps by the 1Iune ewugress gets around to the task @f ex#rclSTmg the au- thoritY proposed Im 1he amendment there will he no DcrRs50m fgr federal IegisIa- tion. Ht is hoped thH1 swch wiII be the rRsp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-04
Do Schools Waste?
By JOHN CARLYLE

Mark Thomsen former president of the Cleveland board of education. is a man who has had unusual experience in dealing with schools. school teachers and the law govern ing the taxes for school purposes. He has just made some very serious charges.
 There is nothing that demands your more intense interest than your schools. Turn these charges over in your mind. Do they apply to YOUR schools in this state? Thom1 sen says:
 That the public is not getting as much for money spent for education as it is en- titled to.
 That teachers are not sufficiently we'll trained,
 That the compulsory school age of 16 that obtains in some states is crowding high schools with pupils who are not fitted for high school training and who would be bet ter off if employed outside.
 That too much time is wasted in long summer vacations He urges the opening of school plants 300 days out of the year.
 That the schools have assumed too much of the moral training that properly belongs to the home.
 That there is grave danger in extending the school age downward. The kindergarten operates in some instances as a nursery, re- lieving mothers of a. responsibility they ought to assume.
 But Mir. Thomsen is friendly critic. He admits that at the worst schools give tax payers more for their money than any other institution.
 The fact that we get lot of value for our money should not blind us. however, to the possibility of organizing our resources in such way as to do and get great deal more.
 These charges have great value. They are commended to the consideration of the board of education in this and every community.
 We pay a great deal more for teachers. We have right to expect great deal more
 Not many years ago elementary teachers in large cities were paid about $500 a year. l Today the minimum is nearer $1,200.
 High school teachers who used to be paid from S1 POO to S2000 now receive all the way up to S4O00. Some receive more Life is short and school houses are idle too much of the time Schools must be given the ben eft of the most adequate and intelligent kind of organization
 Their contribution to civilization is su- preme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-04
Forum Of The People
How Jasper. Alabama, Develops
Inc Editor of The Age-Herald:

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 Jasper is an old town. having been a post office for something like 8 hundred years However. not until the building of the St Louis & San Francisco Railroad through this territory thirty-five years ago did the town take on any form of activity. This road was completed from Memphis to Birmingham in 1887. At that time we had one passenger train q day. each way: now we have seven The next road built through this territory was the Southern then came the Illinois Central. and finally the Mobile & Ohio.
 In the old days speakers at our town meetings, and our meetings in the county would refer to Jasper as "a little city nest ling among the hills of Walker county" This slogan has been changed to "hustling among the hills of Walker county" Jasper makes the open challenge that we have the finest court house. the finest government building, the finest Masonic temple, the finest church buildings. the best stores, the best banks, and the best hotels of any town in the country in the five-thousand class of population
 Jasner is the county seat of Walker coun- ty, one of the richest counties in the state in natural resources. and these resources are being rapidly developed. Walker county ranks fourth in the state in tax values and in the spirit of enterprise of her citizens is not excelled by any county in any state. Our citizens are kind. considerate and attentive to the stranger within our gates Either long or short visit here will demonstrate the truth of this statement. We are making great progress along the lines of civic i'm movement under the careful guidance of our officers. Crime has been reduced to a min mum in this district.
 J. H. CRAWFORD, Mayor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-04
Brief Nature Studies
By ,. OTIS SWIFT

T have read with much interest your spring news and as usual am delighted with them and give them away to my friends" writes a New York botanist, but please let me say word of caution about transplanting any wild flowers, blood-root, for instance. They all hate manure, and a leaf or mulch mould is their only natural protection.
 If these can be had in a city yard. well and good. But most city yards are so full of lime and plaster and bricks that the lov- CTS of the sour soils perish in a little time from their uncongenial surroundings Then most of the city yards are hot and dry, and woodland blossoms want shade and moisture This is a point that should be made in grow ing all native plants. You know what Rus kin said about garden plants
 The wild garden, in a shady corner near the house, is a delight in spring and sum mer But one should not be attempted un- less one is willing to make the effort to give the lovely denizens of the wild their natural soil. Otherwise the lovesome spot becomes a slave-pen where one after another of Ma lures little folk wither and die.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-04
FRISCO TrES-N WITH WARRIOR

How the rB1lrDR1s may cooperate with the Warrnpr hErge hmes to tFhefr mutual advantage 1s amG6cBEe9 zmew by the rate schedules 0m cpF1Dm recemt1y putt into ef- feet by the Frisco 1Hmes4 This c0ttom moves Wver the Frisco from northern and eastern Mississippi P0amts to Cor 6pwR, thsmps ls taken by barve to sea board, ito he tr8mSsmppe@ either at Mo- bile or New Orleans, Evem if the port destimRtium is New Orleans a saving IS sRid ito be effec1ea by tine new schedules. The Frisco also TkHIs @6fzhms a tonnage that might otherwise esraPe it, SO en- largIng Its competitive opportunity Un- d0ubtedly Wthsr uslRrwads serving the cotton- -proaUcIng dfEs1r5eTS might advan,- tRge themselves by B slmIIar p0liey- The permamence of thR harge HHmes IS as- sUred and the rRiRrynR@s may a$ we'll ar range their ET:scTIcss s@ ss to tIe-fm with this indispensable une@Hwm of traHspor- tation for bulIky commodities Under the new Frisco arrangement it IS predicted that the rRI1r0R6- Hhe FubBhc. the barge hnes and the sgFAp@rr at Mobile will 1vy,r,fIt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-04
successor to MT. Coolidge. if plain

successor to MT. Coolidge, if plain speaking is in order.
 The presidents promise of effort to bring congress to the enactment of any legislation is, in view of his record in that direction. somewhat diverting. If the president meant to achieve any defi- nite statutes there was no time like the period just passed when the congress was torn into factions and needed a leader, if ever it did. But Mir. Coolidge exercised no true leadership. He issued many dogmatic statements and sought to impress the congress with the execu- tive. authority, but congress failed visibly to be impressed. Indeed, in many cases, congress proceeded exactly as if the president had not spoken. Therefore, MT. Coolidge's profession of intention as to future legislation may be taken with much salt. It looks very much as if the people would have to select somebody else for that important function.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-04
THE HoUSE-FLY"S RETURN

@hRt@veT the wnmTEr may have done to the bD1l weEvln- iii certainly has not nirnInlshea 4hIs cTHYSs suEply of the conn mon hDRse-fGy. PsrhRps the word house fly ls B nnlxmDmer- fGr the pest has no business nm penwBeTs hbIseHe NOT yet i'm restaurants Dr ElBees where food IS pre- pared. Yet there they are as big as life and far more threatening tham they are big. It 1s Hrws that markets and restau- rants are beHmE screened and otherwise made tD oDnnr1Y wuHEh Hhs cTty ordinances, but, strangely emwmElh- the fines do not take fhe h1mt- They hamg around the entrances and ED inn with the guests, even th0ugh they 4re mot invited to the party
 Tt lunks 4hsrefcre ss If Cme of two things w7Dul1 hBue tD he dome before the city cam ErDpsrIy s#y that it has full flIled its EsuIbhc responsibility i'm this matter FTthFr the fines must be bred up 1nbo B superIrr s4rsIm that cam be tRnEht ftp stay @uH1@Crs- 0r else theIr breeding -ElRnes mnms4 he abolished. For some re8sDm tIhere has beem am official hesitRt1nm ito bBmIsh fIy-hreeGnmG places. Certainly Iii wwmH1 cost less to do this than nj does ito ssrresm 8m@ provide other prptertlDm BgBImEsH fines. Indeed. the word Fr0tscfHDm nm thiEs connection IS iIl-Bdxised, for wherp there are flies there IS mo Erwfee1n@m- FlIes cam go wherever peUple cam gw4 And they dO4
 Although the hea8th administration of this city has beem eff1clemt and entitled tD high FrBase- 4here 6s yet work to be done. before the task cam be called conn plste- Among the mD0s4 important of these un80me thImgS IS the abClishment of the breeding places of the fTies. No matter how cBrefuHEy the flyTs contact with humanity 6s guAr5e@ against. there wlll stlll be sDmR cDmtaet and the com sepnsnt danger tlD healHh as D@mg as fines are allowed ito ErrU8wce nm zueh unlimited u1RntIties- Nobody 5emles that flies should be extsrrnHmRte@ why not go ahout iii muwg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-04
Buffers
sE Dm- FRANK CRANE

Un sach end of a railway coach are buff nsnS. when in coupling and switching, one eBr rS thrust against another. it is the buffers uEhRH uECsiwe tine shock Without these use full dEvines freight trains would speedily be poundsft u0 pieces, -and passenger coaches wUudd be iarkRd SO as certainly to destroy the e0nnHaur and possibly imperi1 the lives of ths arVupRmns.
 1f a man were simply machine made of r1nd somss he would soon be broken: fortu- uaIralE alH his bone works are surrounded by e'Isshinus of flesh
 Bssirtas this. the bones themselves never come i'm eunnaet one with another; at the DhitnuS is the sEmoNiaI f1uidr and cartilARes cushion ulfe vertehrae
 Wiam a man makes q machine he must be Gnreful not to allow metal to play di- ueetlF upon mataI- else friction will be pro- dhI@ed and the mechanism be ruined.
 PeoPlR m their dealings with each other maetd B1ifens. lubricants and shock absorhArs
 In iz welI to have finn principles. They arc the homes of th8 soul. A man without them WIZ venF RuuperiE call a iellyfish, a wretchAd mvsnugbrHue- But all around the sides and slrd$ of cum finm- unEieIding principles should te cushions of faet.
 nu is a good thing to have a belief that is hlk@ Grandte- but it is still better to have it wuHpBed in courtesy and self control have known Christians whose religion w8E Hrgnl- but it was bare iron cutting and wuUndinG.. sharp cornered, and monstrous aaId t@ the tauch.
 A H.8w much more effect they would have hRS if tihs iron of their unyialding convic- uIEns wene paddaf with the moss of love and eaTsned wfnh the velvet of an agreeable mBnmarn
 | ! aave known Socialists. insurgents, sin giHTRxaus and neformers of all types who se@Im to think this old world can be induced tE am axe to change. They have a fierce seanm df all compromise. they fear to lower tine stEndard- they want no namby-pamby w1Es mar soft speeches.
 1. G0nfesE [ like such folka. enjoy q rEad haher and a deep red talksr. But how nmnrih mGug they would accomplish if they wUJTlm Iearm the art of using buffers! How mngh Iass they would cut their own knuckles if they would wear at least the regulation HnizF-filsltt gIswes when they go slugging ?,
 LRt us SHY no apology for cowardice nor hFpurriaE,. f8wning nor double-dealing, but TFt GR nevgrtheIess remember that human so- GIIFuY maeas aIl as much as an automobile naetis spGingE as much as a carriage and naalIa Buffars as much as q Pullman sleeper.
 Th4re are certain shock-absorber souls. Ggd RTasH am They deIicately maneuver uD pneEsmn familE jars, they side e-track threat smesf collisions in the church. lodge or union, rlhaV know the Grt of keeping ueighhors from aIl4sIifng and altogether they arrange so that h1mm saciafy shah not get g hot box. They anu 1ita Rmaumatie tines of progress.
 ~B1sassd aUe the peace-makers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-04
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM

We saw him last in those almost forgotten days before the war Women did not smoke cigarettes in public. If they did the other women talked about them. Skirts were long, dusty and draggled tails. Corsets were frank ly regarded as defensive armor. Feminine conversation consisted of:
 He said to me" or
 II heard she said or
 My Dear! Bid you hear about-'
 Pop Lodge was what you might call a conservative man even in those days. Now and then he took lady to the show, or drank a cup of tea or permitted himself to be dined in moderation at the home of a friend, but he was definitely not a lady man. Then he disappeared into the Far East When he came back not long ago, he hadi changed. He danced, he liked to talk to the girls, he sent them flowers, he bought expensive clothes
 Well, what of it?" asked Pop. T like the modern woman
 We told him that some of the current au- thorities say the modern woman is pretty tough. She smokes cigarettes everywhere that men smoke them. She parks her corset at dances if she has corset, which not many of her have had for years. She totes her own flask and reads high-brow literature about complexes and rights and wrongs. She has opinions and expresses them.
 "Authorities-some authorities-say that the modern woman is too free,' we told Pop Yet we find you bobbing around ecstatically in the wake of some of these painted Ne- nuses We always thought you venerated dignity and home sweet home and the silent smile
 Pop Lodge said that he did not venerate those qualities to which we referred. He said they bored him. The reason why he had not been lady's man, he said, was that he could not think of things to say the old style woman could understand. He likes the up.to-daters
 "They are such good company" said he "The ladies of before the war no doubt made good mothers But I am not looking for a mother
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-04
My Son

l like 10 near your laugh. my son, As on your gallant steed You gallop round the nursry floor On some bold pirate deed. Your rosy cheeks and tousled hair Belle those battle cries, And deeds of blood or thoughts of hate Fit not your dancing eyes. Your comrades follow trustingly, And fight through thick and thin, No lord of war had men more true Than yours of wood and tin. To you the world seems made for joy, For one long round of fun, l envy you your lack of years And cares not vet begun. My hobby horse has long since gone; The soldiers marched away; And "Toots." the clown, and Mugs" the dog Kidnapped my laugh so gay. My youth and laugh have I nJ more, All boyish glee is done. And yet joy despite my cares To hear your laugh, my sen.
 Kansas City Star,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-04
COOLIDGE ON TAX REFORM

In signing the tax measure President Coolidge truly observes that the law pro- vides for tax reduction but not for tax reform. If the president means, how ever, that the people are to infer that the Mellon plan, which he so unreserv- edly commended, was in line with tax reform he is much in error. There is no essential difference between the Mel lon schedules and the schedules adopted by congress except that the Mellon schedules gave most relief in the upper brackets, while the plan adopted gives the relief to those who really feel the tax burden. Those with large incomes pay out. of their surplus, but those of small incomes pay out of their living. There is no evading that distinction.
 Mir. Coolidge also says that the meas ure adopted was influenced by politics and not by economics. Perhaps that is true. But if the president means us to infer that the Mellon plan was not in fluenced by politics, then the people fail to perceive the distinction. It is prob able that the Mellon plan was influenced not only by politics but also by tender soIicitude for great wealth, as the plan ises to do all he can at the next session to bring about real reform in taxation. To that promise the people give hearty approval. provided, and this is a matter for serious thought, the president really understands what sort of reform is needed. Indeed, there is great likeli- hood that the people are in a mood to entrust that duty to another executive,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-04
MEXICAN REBELLION ENDS

The Mexican rFlhelIEnur which held such B prominent FrUs11igm inn the news of few weeks ago, has 4Inn@st been for gotten by the Amerram people And yet 1he final ucmflic1 bsrweem federal and rebel troops did m@t erUuTe until last Monday, when NiIlB Hfum0ea capital of the state of TBhBsr0~ and regarded as the last rebel stronghold feTI before the regular forces ThWs Es composed q sit uzrion that Bt one rHmne threateued the au- thnrItE of President 0hregwm and of con- Etituted gDrFrmnnRu1 1m MexIc@- The fall of Villa MeTTmotsB may wFIl be taken to represent somethimE m9re than the end of rebFllious effQTu u@ Cverthruw the Mexican r'egIms- Iii may be interpreted as marking the end of 1he theory of re- belliom i'm thBt myuch harassed country.
 It IS sigmiflcRm1 that~ nm ttiss rebellion. the UnIted StBtss @eparre& somewhat from its cold BI0Dfmsss and acted with both promytnsss and intelligence I'm stead of letIrg FVRm1s rUm theIr course, Rs formerly, DUr government forbade the export or sale of arms to the rebels
 and genErDTsly RcceaE@ to the request
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-04

of ths re, ,gnized Mexican government for n1unitio1s. With the arms we sold him, 0brego1 was able to equip an army and to proceel to the police protection of his country. Deprived of the arms they were formerly able to get of us, the rebels were 4Srced backwards step by step until finally there remained no margin of Mexican territory under their control. The supremacy, not of Obre- gon, but of law and order and govern ment in Mexico, is thus established for all time. The attitude of the United States may be given due credit for this result.