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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-22

Navy Blue Rubberized Sateen Rain
capes with attached hoods in sizes for the
8 to II year olds. Very low priced for
clearance.
Second Floor.
Evening star., 1926-10-30
GOOD SIGNS NUMEROUS.
Some Slowing Down in Trade Is
Noted. However, by Dun's.

NEW YORK, October 80 P.-Dun's
SAYS: Several occurrences or the
week have been of special significance.
The estimate Of a record cotton crop,
the notably favorable financial state
ments of two bg industrial Corpo-
rations, the reporting Of unprecedent-
edly heavy freight car loadlngs, the
raising of it's dividend rate by one OF
the leading railroad systems. the
stabilization of Belgium's currency,
and the floating of a large loan by
that country have been distinguishing
features, with an important bearing
on the economic situation. The re-
markable earnings Of the foremost
companies in the steel and automobile
trades reflect the exceptional activity
which has prevailed in those fields
this year. while the increase in the
Pennsylvania Railroads dividend,
placing it on the highest basis in
nearly two decades, is another proof
of commercial prosperity. These par
ticular phases, supplemented and sup
ported by some other evidences of
progress, have had stimulating eff
feet upon sentiment, notwithstanding
that business has recently developed
more irregularity, with indications of
a slowing down in some quarters
Weekly bank clearings were, $8,S67,-
$4,000
Evening star., 1926-10-30

world has long adjusted itself to the
American tariff policy.
The question for the future, more
than for the immediate present, is
whether America can collect it's pub
lie and private debts from the rest
OF the world as long as 1t makes pay
ment in merchandise difficult by means
or the tariff. Foreign debts can be
paid only through the export Of goods
and services, of gold and of securi-
ties. Thus far. in the last decade.
America has collected some two bill
mons OF gold, and tens of billions in
securities. There is a limit to the
amount Of gold that can be sent and
to the quantity Of securities that can
be digested. In the last analysis,
goods and services will have to settle
the debts.
In the field Of services the oppor-
tunities given to American tourists to
view foreign historical relics and
works of art constitute an important
factor,
Evening star., 1926-10-30

mand from the automobile trade
being compensated for in other
lines. The price of pig iron has
been marked up. This is attributed
to the advance in Pennsylvania coal
prices owing to the British mine
strike. Railroad maintenance ex-
penditures for 1927 are estimated at
$750,000,000 by Pennsylvania Railroad
officials.
Building Projects Drop.
There has been a slight drop in the
number Of new construction projects
planned, but actual building is pro-
ceeding at a swift pace. Unskilled
Ing to completion of harvesting in the
West, but the workers are being alb
sorbed by lumber camps, highway
projects and other lines. Building
activity has been aided by q slightly
lower price trend in some materials
and stability in others. In lumber,
production and new business remain
about the same.
The non-ferrous metals have shown
no renewal Of strength, although
silver and tin have advanced slightly.
The curtailment Of British demand
and restriction Of domestic purchases
III uOpSS VI iOWeT PRICES nave DC0u
factors in the situation. Mine activity
has increased surplus stocks Of
copper.
Determination Of the British gov
ernment to restrict rubber shipments
to so per cent of production has put
an end to talk of lower tire prices, al
though the actual effect on prices of
crude rubber in this country cannot
yet be told.
Sugar Market Irregular.
The sugar market has been ir.
regular owing to conflicting reports
of damage to Cuban stocks and cane
fields, but it is now believed not over
20 per cent of the cane in the storm
swept districts has been affected. In
termountain beet sugar manufacture
ers have cut prices 10 cents 100
pounds to meet lower eastern and
western raw rates.
Lower cotton, while it has hurt the
grower, has served to stimulate tex
tile activity. Woolen mills also are
mere heavily engaged than for long
time, with cloth demand Of excellent
proportions. One large mill Is re-
ported to have bought sufficient raw
cotton for three years this week.
Evening star., 1926-10-30
ERIE IS REPORTED
/ OUT OF MERGER
c. & o. Opposition to Nickel
Plate Plan Believed Cleared
. by Van SWeringens.
By the Associated Press.

oy inc ASSOCIATED EresS.
NEW YORK, October 30.-The Van
Sweringen brothers of Cleveland are
reported to have met opposition to
their proposed Nickel Plate Railroad
merger by dropping the Erie from
their plans.
The two former newsboys, who are
planning a trunk line to compete with
the Pennsylvania, New York Central
and Baltimore and Ohio, now plan to
serve Newport News only as a port
and leave New York out Of their cal
culations. the New York Times says
today
Opposition by minority stockholders
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
to their original plan, which was a
primary cause Of its rejection by the
Interstate Commerce Commission, has
been overcome, the paper declares,
and the proposed merger probably
will go before the commission un-
opposed in its present form.
Commercial interests in Norfolk and
Newport News feared that traffic to
Newport News would be diverted to
New York under the original plan.
The new combination would make
Newport News the only tidewater
clearance, however, and 1t will be de-
Veloped as port, the Times says.
thus meeting the opposition Of these
interests.
The Chesapeake and Ohio minority
is declared to have accepted an offer
OF a guarantee of So share in div
idends and a. half share of new Nickel
Plate for each share of c. & O. They
refused an offer of SIS and a half share
Of new Nickel Plate in July. Earn
tngs Of the c. & O. were above $21 a
share last year.
The system contemplated by o. p.
and M. J. Van Sweringen would tap
the rich Detroit area by means Of the
Pere Marquette lines and the bitumin-
Gus coal fields of West Virginia and
Kentucky via the c. & o. and the
Hooking Valley.
The Times suggests that the Erie
may supply a necessary link in an
other system contemplated by l.. +.
Loree, president of the Delaware and
Evening star., 1926-10-30
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
STILL IS PROMISING
Trade Is Here for Those Who
Go After 1t It Is Borne Out
by Big Firms.
BY j, C. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 30.-The busi-
ness is there for those who go after
it. That is the conclusion reached by
the far-sighted business men Of the
country.
This conclusion has been borne out
by the announcement of General Mo-
tors this week that sales for three
quarters Of 1925 have exceeded those
for any previous full year and by
the advance in the dividend rate Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. Favor
able earnings are by no means con-
fined to those companies or to the
railroad and automobile industries. All
those firms which fished for business
with the right bait are obtaining cor
responding results.
The most effective bait, they say,
has been a combination of high values
and low prices. Railroad earnings
have 'tE1proved, not because Of higher
rates, but because of lower costs. For
example, the Boston and Maine road
has succeeded in speeding up car
movement by 27 per cent in the, last
few years, and similar gains have been
made In train car miles by each of
the progressive carriers.
Auto Sales Smaller.
Automobile sales in general have
been slightly smaller this month than
in September. Some makers expect
still further curtailment up to the
time of the New York automobi
show, but the drop will be far less
than when the vogue for closed
cars was in it's infancy. The busi-
ness will be upheld by recent price
reductions and by speeding up of
output on new models beginning
about December Is. The agricul-
tural situation, on the other hand is
an adverse factor in motor car dis
tr1bution at present.
Steel companies continue to book
satisfactory orders, the drop in de-
Evening star., 1926-10-30
THE BUSINESS OF GETTING
AHEAD
High Cost of White Collars.

The wife Of a successful New York
delicatessen dealer thought that his
vocation was a little less than elevat
| ing. She felt that his calling was
somewhat commOn-certainly one
devoid Of social prestige and dignity
He shared her viewpoint, and sold
out his small chain of stores. With
| the proceeds, he entered the silk bust
| ness, in which he had no experience.
The result was failure. Having sought
| in vain to succeed in a more genteel
| business, he returned to the vending
Of sausages and cheeses. He had a
special genius for making attractive
sandwiches and for placing goodies
attractively before his customers.
Now he owns two Of the largest and
most successful delicatessen stores in
the world. His simple shops have eX-
panded into grand Establishments, with
restaurants in the rear. He is an out.
standing success in his field.
Perhaps the moral of his experience
is. Shoemaker, stick to your last"
False Pride Liability.
False pride frequently leads men
and women into blind alleys in the
business world.
In England, for example, during
the great unemployment period, there
has been shortage Of maids TOR do
mestic service. Young women who
could not find work in the depressed
factories remained idle rather than
lower their social standing by becom-
ing servants. Perhaps the individual
is not to be blamed for this. The prob
lem is to raise the despised vocations
to the dignity Of honest and self-re-
Specting labor.
In this country vollnp men and
women Of good families will willingly
take less as office boys and bank
clerks than they could earn as wait
ers, for example. The indignities as
sociated with the serving classes
should be effaced. One way to raise
the standing Of the waiter would be
to abolish the tipping system, which.
Of necessity, makes him CRATER.
Under the present catch'as-catch-can
than dishwaShers.
Some Put on Airs.
There is coming to be great dis
parity between the social prestige and
salary attaching to particular jobs.
The white collar classes put on more
airs than mechanics, but are fire.
quently not nearly so literally remun-
Grated for their work. The restrictions
on immigration have reduced the sup
ply Of men and women available in
the United States for manual labor,
and has accordingly boosted wage
scales. Mechanics and common labor
ers are much better paid as compared
to clerks than was the case before
the war. Men who install lighting fix
lures in new buildings in New York,
for example, earn $3.50 a week in busy
seasons-r1ore than vice presidents OF
banks in smaller cities.
Yet man is not an economic ma
chine. He does not move freely to
the locality and industry where his
services command the highest price.
Sentiment Is a factor in the selection
of work. The human equation can
never be eliminated. but the white col
Jared man in an underpatd position
might we'll ask himself whether the
premium he is paying in reduced In
come for the gentility OF his job Is
worth the price.
The individual who Is not making
as much as he believes himself cap
able Of has perhaps been inexpert In
selling his services.
Evening star., 1926-10-30
ASSETS ARE LARGER.

NEW YORK, October 80 P).-Total
value Of assets Of the Public Service
Corporation Of New Jersey has
crossed half q billion dollars for a
new high record, the increase being
due to large expenditures for additions
and extensions to plants and equip
ment necessitated by the steady in
crease in demand for gas and electric
power and light. These expenditures
in the last three years exceeded $105.-
600, 900. Total assets of the parent
and operating companies on July 81
were valued at $513,403,922, against
$3.50, ,389,315 at the close of 1925.
Evening star., 1926-10-30

ferred stocks is put at s379, 800. 900,
leaving $3.747,5o0.000 as the market
value of the common stocks. Listed
common stocks of the Standard Oil
group total 34,443,259 shares, with a
market value computed at $1.729. 9.O00,-
900, compared with 72,151,362 shares
for Independent companies and a
market value of $2,01S,5 900.
Evening star., 1926-10-30

more Association OF Commerce. The
board adopted resolutions backing the
stand Of the export and import bureau
OF the association in the matter and
will advocate the change when the
proposal comes before the next session
Of Congress.
Evening star., 1926-10-30
VALUE OF OIL STOCKS.

NEW YORK, October 80 R-
Total market value of all oil stocks
listed on the New York Stock Ex-
change is calculated at $4.126.SOO.OOO
as of October 26 by Prince &
Whitley. OF this amount the market
value of all listed oil company pre-
Evening star., 1926-10-30
Candy Industry Ranks Sixth,

From the Progressive Grocer Magazine.
America is developing a tremendous
sweet tooth. The candy industry is
now sixth in size. 'The child with the
penny" Is the great American candy
buyer and the foundation of the in
duStry
Evening star., 1926-10-30
CALUMET & HECLA.

NEW YORK, October 80 @.-
Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Copper
Co. reports profit Of $277,993 for the
nine months this year in contrast to
loss of $512.161 in the corresponding
period of 1925.
Evening star., 1926-10-30
SHIP PLAN Is o. KID.

BALTIMORE, October 80 (SpeciaD.-
The movement looking to placing the
United States Shipping Board vessels
under private ownership is approved
by the board of directors of the Balti-
Evening star., 1926-10-30
STEEL SCRAP HIGHER.

NEW YORK, October 80 R.-
Higher quotations for heavy melting
steel scrap are reported from the
Chicago district, new prices varying
from $13 to $13.25 a ton.
The Washington times., 1926-02-03
DATA GIVEN By
AUTO MAKERS

Since its yincepsion in 1908 the
various automobile manufacturing
divisions OF General Motors Cor.
poration have built more than ~
500, 900 cars. statisticians estimate
72.5 per cent Of this total product,
or 3,464.576 cars are now in use.
The National Automobile Cham.
Der of Commerce figures that eacn
car III use travels an average Of n
miles day. On this basis General
Motors cars now in the hands OF
users are travelling 72,766s O96 miles.
every day It Is difficult to con-
ceive such figures except BY com
parison. However. the distance be-
tween the earth and the sun, esti-
mated at between 02,OOOsOOO ana
SO, 0O0, 900 miles, could be covered
for the round trip with several mil
lion miles to spare in the mileage
covered by General Motors cars
every three days.
AT this rate travel around the.
universe becomes comparatively
simple. theoretically. For instance,
4 trfn from the sun to Mercury and
back again could be made in q day,
as the distance is $4,000 900 miles.
Mars could be reached from the
sun In two days, and Neptune,
3, 791 zoo, 900 miles from the sum-.
could be reached lin less than 40
aays-or In about the time 1t used
to take to get from the Atlantic to-
the Pacific
Put another way, if all the Gen
eral Motors cars now running were
TO pass q given point at the rate
OF one second. II would take 40
days for all Of them to so by.
The Washington times., 1926-02-03
OLDs PRESENTS
NEW COUPE

with the addition of a multi
purpose coupe and a de luxe road
ster, display for the first time At
the washington automobile show,
four STANDARD and five de luxe
types make up the 1926 Oldsmo-
bile line of six-cylinder cars.
The nine body types mounted On
the standard OldsmobiIe six-cylinder
chassis are touring. de luxe tour
ing. four-door sedan, four-door de
luxe sedan, coach, de luxe coach,
all for five passengers, and coupe.
de luxe coupe and de luxe roadster.
Beauty of line and refinement ~
finish and appointments are feN
lures of all body types. Durable
Duco OF high luster In fWO-color
combinations is used for the ex-
terror finish. Real leather only is
used for the upholstery of the open
models. and heavy cord plush
which combines beauty and excep-
tional wearing qualities is the in
terror finish Of the closed cars.
The new coupe is finished in
Dagestan blue Duco with a white
stripe following bead molding
that runs along both sides OF the
poiy from radiator TO the back of
the rear deck. The top has black
fabrikotd over the metal sheathing
and has landau side bows. The
body Is designed and built by
Fisher, as are all OIdsmobile closed
bodies.
The rear deck of the coupe is
high and symmetrical. giving the
upper structure a low, racy appear
ance and providing an exceptionally
large luggage compartment. Almost
the entire top of the rear deck
opens as a hinged door, forming
an opening into this compartment
sufficiently large to accommodate
a trunk. A smaller door at the
side also gives access to the bag.
gage space.
Youthful fIeetness characterizes
the new deluxe four passenger road.
%)ter, both in lines and finish. The
lower portion OF the body is sea
fog gray Duco extending upward to
an ivory striped black molding
which runs from radiator shell to
the back of the body. The portion
above this molding, including the
top of the rear deck and saddle
across the hood, is ocean blue Duco.
The top is khaki. Spanish leather
in q pleasing gray tone is used for
upholstery
The rear deck opens forming a
drop seat compartment. The seat
is 38 inches wide and both seat and
seat back are spring cushioned. The
interior Of tia. compartment Is
finished the same as the front, in.
GLIDING floor carpet and side up
hoIcfoTxy ATnoTv NfnYn Ay-Y.o n crcY11 a nj
The Washington times., 1926-02-03

/ The company u the only one II,
the industry which has made 1000,
900 sliding.gear transmission cars
and the Only manufacturer Of this
tyne to attain hair million pro-
duction during i single year.
The latter figure exceeded by
co 900 cars the previous record
Chevrolet production Tor one year,
which many automotive experts ez
pected never again would ":
reached.
Attempting to keep pace with a.
uersisteflt untitled order list during
1925. the company month alter
month increased its tentative pro-
auction schedules and then pro
ceeded to surpass even those aug
mented schedules.
Only s,9s7 Baby Grand models
were built during 1918. the first
year OF Chevrolet operation. To-Day
that number OF cars would repre-
sent less than three days output.
The original plant ct Flint would
be dwarfed by the huge buildings
OF the present organization. The
company now occupies 167 buildings
with d floor space OF approximately
The Washington times., 1926-02-03

Those two facts are illustrative OF
what the public has come to expect
in an automobile. It must have
ability to stand up under any and
all conditions. and each year make
new performance records.
During the past year some Of the
records made by Oldsmobile have
been tabulated by officials Of Olds
Motor Works. These performances
were not made by special cars but
by stock Oldsnobiles in the hands
of the owners or dealers.
As comparable to the locomotive
that failed to make q 500 mile run;
d stock Oldsmo bile touring car re-
Gently was driven continuously 5000
miles in one week by Snow and
Tufts Auto Company, Oldsmobile
dealers at Phoenix, Artz. The
engine was not allowed to stop once
during the entire 5000 miles. This
is believed to constitute q nonstop
record for automobiles.
OutIasts Driver
A similar run was made late last
winter when Smiles Marrow
drove an Oldsmobile over snow
covered roads for III hours 69h
minutes. setting an endurance re.
cord for one driver. The car was
kept moving constantly, even when
taking on gasoline and oil, and It
Travelled a DISTANCE Of 3.55S miles.
The car was ready to continue
when Marrow stopped.
In IL months time, during which
ia. G. Gale, Of the Motor Wheel
CORPORATION, of Lansing Mich. lived
IN his OIdsmobile sedan. he drove
3. total distance OF more than $4,000
miles. visitin@ almost every State.
Canada and Mexico in the course
of his business travels
This fall an Oldsmob1e touring
car broke all previous stock car
records both on Pixies Peak and
the Lookout Mountain Bear Creek
canon runs. These two routes are
considered the supreme road tests
for automobiles to be found ary-
where In this country. They EN-
brace steep grades, hair pin turns
and dangerous descents, calling for
utmost in acceleration, power con-
troll, and positive braking.
Astounding Feats.
During seven months Of 1925 the
Pennsylvania Rubber Company
drove an Oldsmobile 44,02S miles.
testing tires, at a total cost Of
43 cents per mile. Many tires
have been worn out. but the car
is still performing.
In Brazil they staged 1000 kilo-
meter drive in high gear in which
an Oldsmobile duplicated, over the
rough roads and mountains from
Sac Paulo to Araraquara, the Odds
mobile feat performed year pre-
The Washington times., 1926-02-03

where, has back of 1t this skill and
equipment!
A service research bureau, where
repairs are noted and analysed, Is
maintained to make the car still
more foplproof.
Az service manual Is supplied
every dealer and kept up to date
regularly with the latest engineering
suggestions on practical. economical
and special repairs and adjustments.
A service school is maintained at
South Bend, where mechanics Tor
any dealer may come and without
charge learn the functioning Of
every part of the car, so his work
may be performed intelligently.
Large stores or spare parts are
kept at all branch offices, and at
each branch is an expert and an
assistant who visit dealers to keep
their service stations up to the
minute. =
A Jack of-all- trades has no bust
ness fussing around an automobile,
he never gets a. chance. in a Stude-
baker service station.
The Washington times., 1926-02-03

v.ous by 9Cannon-Balr Baker IN
this country, when he drove from
New York to Los Angeles IN high
gear.
Recently '.Dick' Penhallow, Of
the University. Of Hawaiia and
champion sprinter Of those islands,
thought he could beat an ANTONIO.
bile in d 10O-yard dash, both start
ing from q standing start. lie
was nosed out at the tape by the
Oldsmobile
These are but a few of the feats
performed during the year by stock
Ofdsmob. les featss that prove the
wonderful endurance and power Of
the universal medium Of trans
portation. the automobile.
The Washington times., 1926-02-03
WINS IN
SOVIET TESTS

The Buick car, In competition
with lis American and foreign
makes in recent automobile tests
held in Russia under the auspices
of the Soviet government, won the
grand prize for general excellence
over the field. according to cable.
grams RECEIVED by the General
Motors Company
Buick won the state. or FIRST
prize, for all-around good qualities
and first prizes in. its class for en-.
CINE performance, for endurance
and for capabillty. The cables said
that Buick won four Of the five
prizes in it's class.
The passenger car trials were
held over 5000 miles of very poor
roads between Leningrad and TiflIs,
which furnished severe test for
the competitive cars.
The Washington times., 1926-02-03
RrcKENBAcKER SEVEN II ssEssGER sEDAN
One Chevrolet Made
Every II Seconds
Nv ..BENNY'' OURIsn1AN
President ourisman- Chevrolet Sales

The Chevrolet Motor Company tremendous 1925 production
completed every II seconds Of each working day
emphasized position outstanding leadership among manu-
facturers of three speed transmission automobiles
The high points among the records established Dy the
company during the year the building q the tWo
onth Chevrolet and the achievement 1925 production
ii excess OF 100000 cars and trucks