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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-05-01

United States Marshall J. H. Ham
mons and staff OF deputies on March Is
opened the spigots of the Weidemann
brewery, Newport, KY, and began drain
ing the huge stock of beer stored in the
brewery. The beer was drained into the
sewer, thence into the Licking river 1t
took several days to empty the huge tanks
containing in all $500 barrels, or 10000
gallons.
In addition to destroying the beer
which was done on order of Federal
Judge A. M. Cochran, the entire brew
cry was padlocked for one year. The
staff of deputies used 10000 nails and
several hundred locks to close the plant.
The drastic action was taken following
the trial on charges of violating the pro-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-05-01

drink bill last year was 800 million
pounds. Furthermore, he credited (by
the unanimous testimony of all observ-
ersO prohibition in the United States as
'one of the most powerful causes of its
commercial prosperity
Evidently prohibition is impressing
the British people who are willing to look
a fact in the fact, because the movement
is gaining ground in various ways, al
though rather slowly
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-05-01
DRUNKENNESS NOT so COMMON
English People Are Taking Notice of Eff
fects of Our Dry Law

American Issue correspondent living
in England, in a recent letter says:
"The drink question is not nearly so
serious here, at least in the country where
l live, as it was some years ago. Gener-
ally the young men are sober, but drunk
enness is still here. Not long ago Sir Ar
thur Balfour delivered an address to the
Manchester Statistical Society. In this
address he said that the British National
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-05-01

opposed to the saloon. We also assume
that you are opposed to illicit liquor
sales resulting in scenes such as depicted
by your artist in cartoons two and three.
Can you point to any group of night
clubs, cabarets or bling pigs with record
like that?
Do you believe the Chicago Tribune
editorial is overdrawn? If not do you
think that liquor today is claiming as
many youthful drinkers as it did
in those days described by the Chi
cago Tribune? But lear In mind that it
was booze in both those days and these
days-booze, the thing that you are ask
ing be returned-that claimed these
youthful victims And have you or your
organization ever exerted an ounce of in
Auence to send these sellers of illicit liq-
uor to the penitentiary where they be-
long?
Your letterhead proves two things,
that booze is bad when illegally sold, and
that it is just as bad when legally sold;
but it utterly fails to prove or even sug-
gest how it can be made respectable and
harmless when sold under whatever
scheme you fellows have, (and which you
have thus far refused to reveal to the
public,) of selling it when the Eight
eenth Amendment is nullihed
We have taken the liberty of printing
your letter in full because we wish to let
the friends of prohibition read your tes-
timony that prohibition prohibits. l re-
fer to the paragraph where you state
that in these days the only liquor you
can get is poisonous stuff, unfit to drink,
and therefore an illicit beverage.
Wouldn't it be the part of patriotism
and good sense to let the poisonous stuff
alone? The bootlegger would soon go
out of business if he had no patrons.
We read with great deal of interest
the editorial on the silk worms jag. Does
your organization contemplate putting on
a national campaign for the return of
booze on the ground that an alcoholic diet
makes silkworms more Industrious? You
suggest that if alcohol is good for silk
worms, why isn't it good for the toi1ers
who work in our mills? We wish to re-
mind you, sir, that there are thousands of
women in this country today who, in the
old saloon days never coveted silk gar
ments, but only decent clothing, and
could not have it because the wages of the
household were spent over the bar, but
who, today, are properly clothed and fed
and participating in this universal pros
perity which is distinguishing America
above all nations of the world.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-05-01
CANADA To BE ALL WET
Predictions Made That Dominion
Will Soon Be Entirely Back in
Wet Column

According to an Ottawa, Ontario, AS
sociated Press dispatch of April 7, there
is possibility that by 1923 there will be
but one remaining dry province in the
Dominion of Canada. The possibility
came from the passage of motion in
the New Brunswick legislature of an in
PRODUCTION of bill which would put that
province i'll the list of those who have
abandoned prohibition for government
control legislation.
Premier J. D. Stewart of Prince Ed
ward Isle also minated that he would
contest the general election campaign
this year on a wet platform. Inclusion of
the province of New Brunswick and the
Prince Edward Island would leave only
one of the nine provinces in the domn-
ion adhering to prohibition-Noya SEQ
tia
Quebec was the first province to adopt
the government control system, continues
the dispatch about six years ago. and was
soon followed by British Columbia, Man
itoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and more
recently Ontario. In every instance but
one the proposal was submitted by the
voters in the form of referendum. The
exception was Ontario where Premier
Howard G.. Ferguson made it an election
issue last year.
This Associated Press Dispatch paints
perhaps a gloomy picture for the drys,
but we on this side OF the border will do
well to remember that the drys of Canada
have not given up the fight Prohibition
never had chance in Canada except for
a brief period under wartime prohibition,
for the reason that the dry provinces were
in reality not dry The dominion gov
eminent had control of the manufacture
and transportation of Intoxicating liquor.
Ontario, for instance, which was prob
ably the driest of the provinces, was COM
PEELED by dominion law to tolerate brew
cries The product of these breweres was
not supposed TO be sold within the prov
ince, but by a system known as short-cir-
cutting, orders were taken from outside
the province and liquor, by circultous
route eventually found its way back into
the province. This same situation pre-
vailed in practically all the provinces,
making law enforcement much more diff
ficult than it would otherwise have been.
Many drys became discouraged and yield
ed to the temptation to derive revenue
from the sale of liquor. 1t is doubtful II
the good people of Canada will long toll
crate the liquor traffic 1t is to be hoped
when they next try prohibition it will be
on the dominion-wide scale.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-05-01

Years ago vets opposed temperance.
Now they claim to uphold temperance,
but oppose the prohibition Of that which
the majority has Outlawed.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-05-01

An exchange suggests that as the drys
use the camel as symbol, vets should
adopt the blind pig.
The Washington times., 1927-12-10
RESERVE TOPIC
Of SPEAKER
BY RICHARD HATTON

The Federal Reserve System was
the interesting subject OF this weeks
lecture to the class in banking fun
damentals Of the Washington Chap
ter. American Institute of Banking.
The instructor in this subject. Eliot
H. Thomson, of the Washington
Loan and Trust Company, IL
especially well qualified to analize
the working of the system and he
was able to summarize an important
and voluminous subject in excep-
tionally clear and concise manner.
The defects of the national bank
ing system under the Act Of 1863
were contrasted by DIR. Thomson
with the many improvements
brought about by the Act of 1918
establishing the Federal Reserve
System. Particular attention was
drawn to the GENERALIZATION Of re.
serves, the elasticity Of the cur.
rency and the provision for q dis
count market sufficient to meet
the needs Of the financial world
as now provided by the Federal
Reserve System.
The collection Of checks at par
was pointed out as an outstanding
achievement Of the system, of ad-
vantage to both banks and busi-
ness. Mr.. Thomson also showed
that the gold settlement fund main
tained by the Federal Reserve banks
at Washington now obviates the
movement Of gold from one section
Of the country to another and also
provides means for the settlement
of balances due banks through the
clearing house each day. In Wash.
ington, as In many other cities, bank
runners no longer have to carry
large sums Of money through the
streets for settlements between
banks and deposits thereby can
now be effected in different parts
OF the country by the simple means
OF telegraphic advices through the
Federal Reserve banks. These fac.
tors have brought about a saving
in transportation charges and Of
interest on money In transit amount
ing. 1t is estimated, to a sum ex.
ceeding $50, ,000, 900 yearly.
The instructor dwelt upon the
fact that experience developed safe
and sound practices in banking
which were crystallized by legisla.
tion into q system which has
proven sound through the severe
tests Of the last 13 years. He pre-
dictedi however, that the rapid
development Of transportation ia.
cllties and intercommunication be.
tween countries would develop still
further Improvement in the present
system, which has already been
shown 70 be the best the world
has ever known.
The Washington times., 1927-12-10
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-Hogs-Re.
ceipts, 5000; market steady. Top,
$3.50; bulk. $7.75@s.90; heavyweight,
$s.30@s.90; mediumweight, $4,000
$50: lightweight, $8.00@s.65; light
lights, $7.5O@s.50: packing sows,
$7.26@s.25; pigs. $7.25@S.15; hold.
overs, 1000.
Cattle - Receipts, 500; market
steady. Calves Receipts, 100: mar.
ket steady. Beef steers: Good and
choice. $16.50@1S.00; common and
medium, $s.50@15.5O; yearlings,
$S.60@1s.00. Butcher cattle: Heifers'
$500 1900; cows, $6.00@10.5O; bulls,
$500 $500; calves, $12.0OMl5.00:
feeder steers, $s.5O@11.25; stocker
steers. $7.50@10.25: stocker cows and
heifers. $5.00@S.50. Western range
cattle: Beef steers, $s.5O@l5.00;
cows and heifers, $6.00@l1.5O.
Sheep = Receipts. 5000; market
steady. Medium and choice lambs.
yl3.50@14.25; culls and common,
SlO.60@12.50; yearlings, $9.50@11.S5:
common and choice ewes, $4.0007.0 90;
feeder lambs, $13.00@l4.OO.
The Washington times., 1927-12-10
TIMELY TIPS

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Times and Herald classified
adOsrtisins sections.
The Washington times., 1927-12-10
'NObOdy's Business If
He Beat Mother.in-Law

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1o.-Ar.
rested on charges Of beating his
mother.in-law with a blackjack, John
Mann told police who questioned
him that It was none Of their
business and refused to give a
reason for the alleged attack.
According to the story told by
the woman, Mrs. Anna Kandrayi.
she found Mann attempting to open
a trunk in the bedroom of her
home.
When she tried to stop him he
beat her over the head with a
blackjack. she said. Her cries
brought her husband and the in.
truder ran downstairs and escaped
through the front door.
The Washington times., 1927-12-10

INsIST-On the delivery Of your
Times or Herald every day. II
you do not get your Herald by
Z q. M, The Times by 5 D. m.,
or The Sunday Herald by s
q. M, call Main $3.50. Delivery
is guaranteed and your copy
win be sent you Immediately
from The Times Company Office
by special messenger.
The Washington times., 1927-12-10
STEEL, MOTORS
LEAD GAINS
By w. 8. COUSINS

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The bril.
liant performances of the industrial
stocks and specialties near the close
of Fridays market stimulated spec.
ulative buying and short-covering
today, and prices moved forward
confidently in the first period. Lead.
ershtp OF this move remained with
the steel, motor and speciality stocks,
with United States Steel forging
ahead tmpressively in active trad.
Ing.
The % per cent increase in bank
clearings reported by Dun's agency
was q welcome relief from the un-
favorable accumulation of business
and industrial reports of the week.
The same agency reported q good
Increase in holiday retail trade in
all sections of the country. Promi.
nent business men commented fav.
orably on general business prospects,
and Wall Street predicted an in.
crease In the forward bookings of
the United States Steel Corporation
to be shown in the monthly official
report at noon.
Nash, Packard, Hudson, Hupp and
Chrysler led a spirited rise in the
motor stocks. Kelly Springfield,
Stewart Warner and other motor.
accessory stocks Joined the move.
ment, to the accompaniment of re-
ports of heavy commitments by the
automobile manufacturers of 1928
delivery.
In the steel group, American Steel
foundries completed a 10-point ad-
vance since Fridays final period
and United States Steel at 144
showed a 6.point recovery from
yesterdays low price.
The Texas Sulphur stocks, Greene
Cananea, the newly discovered
Mystery" stock, Colorado Fuel,
Congoleum, and the Mercantile
stocks resumed their aggressive for.
ward movement, and in some cases
established the peak prices Of the
week.
The Washington times., 1927-12-10
Wealthy College Youth
Joins Parents In Death

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1O.--A. G.
Duncombe. %. graduate Of Stanford,
was dead here today. suicide. His
body was discovered in his apart
ment. a revolver by his side. Dun
combe apparently had been making
a Christmas shopping list.
The youth, whose father died in
Denver several years ago, and
whose mother died at Pasadena re-
Gently, was said to have been left
comfortable fortune.
The Washington times., 1927-12-10
INCOME SHEET
WINS PRAISE
By EDWIN J. mAPP

Copyright, 1897, by N. Z. American. Ine.l
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-one Of
the tangible results Of the Ameri-
can Petroleum Institute meeting
in Chicago was the adoption Of q
standard income account state.
ment. Last year the institute
adopted q uniform balance sheet
which is already in use by 10
major companies and which is ex-
pected to be in use by others in
the statements at the end Of the
present year.
Without doubt the standard in-
come statement will likewise be
widely and before long universally
adopted. Adoption can be has.
tened by the New York Stock
Exchange. Already the stock ex.
change, in passing on the listing
Of an oil security, asks the ap-
plicant whether he has adopted
the American Petroleum Institute
balance sheet, and If not, why
not. Similar pressure will prob
ably be exerted on behalf of the
standard income statement.
Its feature il that it prescribes
depreciation, depletion and in.
tangible development costs as
operating charges, to be deducted
The Washington times., 1927-12-10
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-Grains opened
steady to a shade higher today, with
wheat unchanged to &c lower
corn unchanged to &c higher, and
oats u to &c higher. Opening
grain quotations were:
Wheat-December, $1.2Sx; March,
S1.32h; May, $1.33% @1.34.
Corn-December, S8@8Shc: March
92A @921kc; May, 95h @S5xc.
Oats-December, SIC; March, none
May, 56Ac.
The Washington times., 1927-12-10

A Bureau message
will be broadcast on
Monday, December 18th,
and 26th through the
courtesy of Station
WMAL.
The Washington times., 1927-12-10
ATEST NEWS AND QUOTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS

before arriving at net operating
income. At the present time.
quarterly and semiannuaI states.
ments do not mean much In the
case Of companies which disre-
gard these costs during the year
and only take. them up at the
end In adjustment Of surplus on
the balance sheet.
The Washington times., 1927-12-10
When John Doe
Makes His Mark

ON THE DOTTED LINE, he is presumed to have
read everything that lies above it. So that if mis-
understanding as to the terms of the agreement later
arises he is simply shown the contract on which his
signature is written agreeing to all the terms COM
tanned therein. And John Doe has to take his medi-
cine, for he rarely has comeback after that.
Anyone can make representations and promises that
glib and persuasive but the words written above
your signature the ones that count Therefore if
salesman should say to you, Il promise you this" or
Il guarantee you that" you'd better check up on him
to see whether he's fooling or not Read over the
contract-it will tell
Again, you'll be safer if you also check up on what
the salesman does not say-for many people have
gone far as to sign away deed of trust on their
homes without being told or without realizing what
they were doing.
When you were taught to write you were also taught
to read.
"READ BEFORE YOU SIGN
The Washington times., 1927-12-10
CLEARING HOUSE REPORT

NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-CIearing
House statement:
Exchanges, 81 ,149, ,O00, 900; balances
SlOl .OOO, 900; Federal Reserve Banks
credit balance. $92. 600. 900
The Washington times., 1927-12-10

You are sure to want to buy another
car when you zee the bargains now
being offered through the Classified
Automobile columns.
The Washington times., 1927-12-10

The appearance Of this ad-
vertisement in these columns
is evidence that this publica-
tion co-operates with and sup
ports the Better Business
Bureau for your protection.
The Washington times., 1927-12-10
RAIL PURCHASE SOUGHT

Authority for the purchase OF
the Fairbrook branch Of the Penn
sylvania Railway. running from
Tyrone to Fairbrook, Pa, was
asked today Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission by the Belle.
fonte Central Railway. The Penn
sylvania Railway recently requested
permission to abandon the Fair
brook branch Of the road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-23
RAIL AND FOREIGN
BONDS ARE STRONG
Undertone Good in General
List, But Two Groups Con-
sumo Leadership.
BY GEORGE 4. HUGHES.


NEW YORK. February %. -- The
bond market was definitely strong to-
day, although most of the activity APP
peared in the convertible rails and
in the foreign issues. The market did
not suffer from a diversion of interest
to stocks. as might have been expect
ed. and while there is still good deal
of work TO be done in permanently
placing the flood of new offerings
since the first of the year, progress in
that direction is good.
Erie convertible ID" Is again were
the feature of the speculative rails.
They opened for one block of S100, 900
par value at 80, which was new
high record for all time, and changed
hands subsequently in almost equally
large lots just below that figure, final
ly reaching 90 again and then cross
ing it. This strength was, of course.
a reflection of the demand for Erie
common. into which the bonds are
convertible.
Chicago & Alton 3i2s and ST.
Louis-San Francisco income IS were
other rails favored in the buying
Delaware & Hudson convertible IS
went up with the stock. Information
al Great Northern adjustments opened
down, but rallied later.
There were two leaders in the for
eign group. One of them was Is
Railroad Is and the other was Brazil
6i2s The French railroad bonds
started in at 90. compared with the
preceding close of 9S5s. and ran up
a half point, transactions being in
large volume. There was no explana :
ton of this sudden development Of
interest in this one issue. For mos {
of the time other French rails wei.
only moderately stimulated. The
buying in Brazil 6hs was similar to
that of last week and in some quar-
tiers was thought to forecast the new
Brazil loan. Brazil rs were just az
strong as the Gas, but not so active
Otherwise. foreign bonds were firm
but with little price change.
The feature among domestic in
dustrials was Granboy Mining, rs. az
at one time between and points
Warner Sugar obligations extended
their gains of Monday. Manhattan
Railways As did better in the local
traction list. There were only slight
losses in the oil bonds, notwith =
standing the unfavorable trade stu
alton.
Reduction of the call money rate
to 33i per cent at midday stimulated
some interest in high grade invest
ment issues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-23
WHEAT HAS SETBACK
ON FOREIGN REPORTS
Weakness in Corn Also Is a Bear.
ish Factor in Today's Dealings.
Oats Also Down.
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, February %. - With
Liverpool quotations lower than due
and with predictions current that sup.
plies arriving in Europe will exceed
requirements, wheat suffered an early
setback today. Weakness of corn
tended also to depress wheat. Starting
Il to &c off. wheat showed but little
power to rally. Corn, oats and provi-
slons went sharply downgrade, corn
opening 1za3sc to sc lower and con-
tinued to decline.
Heavy shipments of wheat report
ed as being made by Argentina and
Australia acted as much more than
counterbalance at times today for
assertions that pressure of Southern
Hemisphere wheat had already been
discounted Trade gossip meanwhile
continued to lean to the view that
President Coolidge would veto the
McNary- Haugen bill and was accom-
panied by talk that such action would
affect the market neither one way
nor another, except to facilitate
trading based on supply and demand
conditions.
Decided weakness shown by corn
today was simultaneous with general
commission house selling. May broke
TO within Il cent a bushel of the
low price record for the season. Re-
ceipts here today were estimated at
5z5 cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-23
WOOL PRICES STEADY.

BOSTON, February % (SpeciaD.-
Prices were steady on the Boston wool
market today. despite the diminished
volume OF trading this week. The
slowing down in the wool business is
attributed to the uncertainty existing
in the goods market. with mills cover
ing only their immediate needs. Fine
territory is quoted at 1.10a1.12, French
cpmbing at l.05a1 0S. half-blood at 100
al .02, three-eighths blood at 90a93 and
dIarter-blood at S0aS2 clean basis.
Fine Ohio delaines and half blood
woods are held at 45a46 grease basis,
With Missouri and Michigan staple
quoted at Q to cents lower. Quarter
blood Ohio wool is held at 44a45.