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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05

City. He is a certified public account
ant and has taken many courses in the
local Institute of Banking.
Will Exercise Victor Option.
Speyer and Co. and J. and w. Selig-
man & Co. are preparing to exercise
the option they hold on a controlling
interest in the Victor Talking Machine
Company. This option, obtained from
Eldredge r. Johnson, founder ana
president of. the company, covers a
substantial majority of the company $
capital stock and provides that an OF
fer be made on the same basis to MI
nority stockholders.
The transfer of the company from
the status of a closed corporation TO
that of publicly owned organization
will, therefore, be accomplished with
out the formation of a new corporate
unit, and the company whose securi-
ties are shortly to be offered to the
public will be the identical company
founded rs years ago.
Insurance Directors Named.
The annual meeting Of stockhold-
ers of the Firemen's Insurance Co. of
Washington and Georgetown was
held yesterday and resulted in the
election of the following directors:
John w. Brawner, Bruce +. Clark,
Willard T. Dixon, Parke A. Galleher,
William NJ. Hoffman, ]. Logan Hop
kins, Albert w. Howard. Charles Fl.
Kindle, Harry NJ. Packard, John Fl.
Snyder, Schuyler S. Symons, Albert
w. Walker and James M. Woodward.
William M. Hoffman, the president.
reported a very prosperous year. He
was reelected. Albert w. Howard
was elected vice president and secre
tary and James NJ. Fitzpatrick, jr.,
assistant secretary.
Mortgage Company Meeting.
At the annual meeting of the Ma
tional Mortgage and Investment Cor
poration, held yesterday, Jacob S.
Gruver, Gen. Willard A. Holbrook
and Hugh A. Thrift were elected
members of the board of directors.
The other members are James A.
Bailey, Provost Boyce, Col. M. c..
Buckley, G.. S. Taylor Burke, Apple
ton P. Clark, Fred T. Dubois. H.
Rozier Dulany, II. Prescott Galley,
Frank j. Hughes, Harry A. Kite, Will
liam o. Pierson, George f. Walker,
William d. West, Clarence F. Don
ohue and James II. Preston.
President Frank J. Hughes reported
an excellent business year. His re-
port showed that the corporation
paid ins1926. in addition to the regu-
five dividends on the common shares,
five dividends on the common shares
and that it increased the surplus from
$40. 310.90, as Of December 81, 1925,
to $638, 1854, as of December 81,
1926.
The 1926 financial statement sub
mitted at yesterdays meeting follows:
AGcFTc
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CLEVELAND. January (SpeciaD.--
Pickands, Mather & Co. managers of
the Inter-Lake Steamship Co., which
operates the second largest fleet on the
Great Lakes. had tie best year of it's
history i'm 1926. shipping from 81 iron
mines ISL ,511 tons of ore.
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DRY GOODS QUIET.

NEW YORK. January 5 (SpeciaD.-
Cotton goods markets were quiet to-
day. with prices Il shade weaker
Print cloths were quoted at 6&c for
34x60s and 7as for 6SXi2s, the latter
deduction of fsc. Raw silks were quiet
CGa unchanged in price.
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POTATO MARKET FIRM.

CHICAGO, January R.-Pota-
toes-Receipts, 60 cars; on track. zoe
total United States shipments, Tia:
and trading moderate: mar.
ket firm; Wisconsin sacked round
whites, 2.35a2.50; mostly 2.40a2 AZ:
bulk. 2.40a2.50; Idaho sacked russets'
2.75a3.00; mostly 2.S0a290.
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Washington Stock Exchanu

SALES.
Capital Tcac. 5s~s1. 900 at 100. S3nt
Capital Tract. Colo at 1o3&. 10
Potomac E1ec pfd-5 at 1O7H.
Liberty Natl Bank at 206H
Riggs Natl Bank-10 at 453.
AFTER CALL.
City & Suburban 5s-S1 900 at 90
Georgetown Gas 6s-S500 at 9Sa
Liberty Natl Bank-1O az 206.
Money-Call loans. and per cent
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COKE PRICES HIGHER.

NEW YORK, January s R).-
Prices of spot standard furnace coke
are up 90 cents a ton in the Pitts
l,urgh district, now ranging from 1915
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FREIGHT TRAFFIC GAINS.

NEW YORK, January LP)-~
Freight traffic on the Chicago Great
Western in 1925 increased to 348,851
carloads from 327 ,259 in 1925.
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SILVER QUOTATIONS,

NEW YORK, January 5 OP.-Bal
silver 53%; Mexican dollars. 40ss.
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Becomes Resident Partner.

Stein Brothers & Boyce, Baltimore
investment banking firm, announces
that William W. Mackall, jr., has
become resident partner of this con-
Germ in Washington. Mr. Mackall
mas been connected with the Wash
lngton office for the past five years
ana VIII continue as manager The
other members Of the firm are Julian
s. Stein. c. p. Boyce, Henry c. Evans
and William T. Childs.
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SH0RT-TFRM SECURITIES.
tReported by j. & w. seligman & c.

Adirond. p. & 1t. Co. es.1oco io3x onS'
Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. Is 1898 A9SS ASSssS.
Anaconda Copper 6s 1920. 1O1 Y I02i,
Associated Oil de 1915, 1O2 X 1O2 a
baltimore & Ohio IS 1899. 1O2 q f02 !,
Bell Tel. Co Canada 5s 1855 1Ol a 10l -
Can Nor. Ry. G.. AZ 1885 orr 9S
Central of Georgia 6s 1929. 1O2 IO2ss
Chi, Mil. & st. Paul 6s 1894 103% I04 4,
City of Lyon 6s 1884 g32 "a
Cofumb G. & E. 1st 5s 1927 q9k 1905
Goodyear T. & r. 5s 1928. 97b 9S
Great Northern rs 1885 113A ia,
Gull Oil Go. Pa. 8 las 1923. 100h 49,
Hershey Choc. Co. 51a $ 1910 i0I e To-,
Humble Oil 5las 1882 1928 102 y
Mass Gas. Co. 5las 1916. 103& l03%
Morris & Co. 7iSs 1880. 102N 1854
NJ Y Airbrake list 6s 1928 1Ol 4 102
New York Tel. 6s 1941 1857 lOS7s
OREGON Short Line As 1893. 9SL OS12
pure ui'1 oil Co. 6hs ia33.... 1024s io3A
Sinclair G, Oil p. G. 6s 1923. 100M 101
Sou. Pac. r.. r. @. As 1920. 9Sa 9SA
swift & CO. IS 1aSa. Ss% go
Union Oil Co. Calf IS 1885. 9SA 99A
United 1t, & T. 2, 6hs 1928 cox 1907
q. s. Rubber As 1923 1919 1ocN
o. $. Smelling Co. 8 = 3 1898 10I - 10.
Cen. Ry. s hs 1927 100 100 "a
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Fifth District Bank Report.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
mond reports that the total volume of
credit in this territory is under last
years figures on the same date. The
decrease in demand for Reserve bank
credit in the fifth district has been
chiefly in the banks of the larger
cities. Banks in agricultural sections
also have liquidated their indebted
ness more rapidly than might have
been expected under the existing low
prices for cotton and dark tobacco,
says the Richmond report.
Other Financial Notes.
Representative Frank r, Reid.
president of the Great Northern In
surance Co, of this city, is in Chicago
on business in connection with the
newly established branch in that city.
Application Is to be made to list
both the Barber & Ross bonds and the
new common stock on the Washing
ton Stock Exchange. The common
is being offered at $3.50 per share,
the directors having expressed their
intention of paying $3.50 per share
annually on this stock
S. w. Straus & Co. are Offering an
issue of $4.000,00O first mortgage
to 16 year, Il per cent serial coupon
gold bonds of the Adams Franklin
Building Corp, secured by the 16-
story Adams Franklin Building, Chi,
cago, Ill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05

An extensive electrical development
Is under way in Singapore.
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TWELVE RESERVE BANKS ALMOST
DOUBLE EARNINGS DURING 1926
Net Profits This Year $1e,61O,0O0 Against
$9,450,OO0 in 1925-Trading Is Light on
Washington Stock Exchange

City. He is a certified public account
ant and has taken many courses in the
local Institute of Banking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Received by Private to The Star Office
Abrahm&Straus

Abrahm&Straus.
Adams EXP 60.
Adv Rumley.
Adv Rumley pr.
Ahumada (t60c).
Ajax Rubber
AJAX Rubber rts
Allied Al, Chem 90.
Al All. Am Cable(7).
Allied III Cm pfG).
Allis Chain ts).
ANAL Leather
Amerada e..
Am Agricul Chm
Am Bank N (ts).
| Am Beet Sugar.
Am Bosch
Am Br Bow El(2)
Am Can (2).
Am Can pr t7).
; Am Car&Fdy(6)
Am c & F Pc %.
Am Drug.
Am Express (6).
Am & For Pow.
Am&Fo Pc nf az
Am Hide & Lea
Am Hide & L Of.
Am Ho P(2.40).
Am Ice (t1o)...
Am Ice pf (6).
Am Internatl.
Am La FIR %.
Am Locomot (s)
Am Loco pr %.
Am Mach & Fdy.
Am Metals "a.
Am Pc & 1t (T1)
Am Radiator(5).
Am Republic
Am Salty r (t3)
Am Ship & Com
Am Smelling go
Am S & R pf %.
Am ST. Fdys (3).
Am Sugar 81.
Am Sugar pr (7)
Am Sumatra
Am Tel & Ca(5).
Am Tel & Tel(9) !
Am Tobacco 81
Am Tobacco B g
Am Tobac of (6)
Am Wa Wo c1.2O
Am w w 1st (7).
Am WOODEN go.
Am Wool pf "a.
Am Zinc pr.
Anaconda o..
Archer-Dan (3).
ArmourDei pf(7)
Armour Of Ill(Al
Armour of Ill(B)
Artloom 80.
Asso Dry G(2h)
Asso D G 1st(6). !
Atchison 3D.. !
Atchison pf (5).
All Birm & At.
Atlaat c L (t10) 2
Att Coast L rts.
Att Gulf & WI.
Att Gulf&WI pr.
Atlas Powdr(f5l
Austin Nichols.
Atlantic Reflng. ]
Baldwin l. o.. !
BALTIC & o (t6 " ]
BALTIC & Oh. pf(4)
Bang & Ar (3).
Barnsdall A (2).
Bayuk Cigar.
Bedding Bros(3).
Bethlehem Steel.
Beth Stl pr CD. ]
Blooming dale.
Bon Ami az.
Booth Fisheries.
Botany A o..
Briggs Mfg (S).
Bkln-Edison go. !
Blkn-Mn TT (4).
Bkln I'm G(t11l.
Brown Shoe 90.
Brown Sh pr Cd. ]
Brunswick Balk.
Brunswick Ter.
Burroughs Ga. ]
Bush Terminal.
Bush Ter de Cd.
Bush Trim pf(7). ]
Butte Cop (50c).
Butte&S Super cd.
Butterick (m2l.
Dyer & Co.
By-Products CD.
Calf Packg(4)..
Calf Petrol(2).
Calumet & Ar(6)
Calumet&Ht1h)
Can Dry (c2 A).
Can Pacific (10). !
Case Threshing. ]
Central Alloy(2)
Cent Leather.
Cent Leather pr.
Cent Leathr ctfs
CentLea pf Gifts.
Century Rib NJ.
Cerro dePas(t5).
Certain-Teed(4).
Chand-Cleve -.
Chandler pft2h)
Ches & Ohio (ti2 ]
Chi & Alton. 49,.
Chi & Alton pr.
Chi Great West.
Chi CIR West pr.
Chi Mil&StP.
Chi Mil&StP pr.
M&StP cfs....
Chi & Nwn (4)..
Chi & NV pf(7.. ]
Chi Pneu T t6(. ]
Chi r / & Pac.
CRI& P (6).
CRI& P pf Cd. ]
Childs (t2.40).
Chile Cop e IL D..
Christie B (1.2o)
Chrysler Corp(3)
Chrysler pfA(s). ]
Ciuett Peab (s).
Coca-Cola o.. ]
Collins & Aik(4.
Col Fuel & Iron.
Colo Sou list (4.
Col Gas new (6).
Col Gas rts. .....
Col GEE pr A(6) ]
Col Carbon (4)..
Com Credit ID.
Com CT pf B 90
Com Solv B 80. Z
Congoleum N.
Congress Cgr(O
Con Cigars o.
Consol Distribut
Consol Gas (5). J
ConRRCuba pr q
Consol Textile. :.
Cont Bakg A 90.
Cont Baking B..
Cont Bak pr go.
Cont Can (t6)...
Cont Insur 3d.. J
Cont Mot (soc)..
- Dr0f7f*2M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
LAND BANK BONDS
Quoted by Alex. Brown & Sons: Closing,
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.

(Reported by j. & W. seligman & Co.,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-26

mott . member Of the United States
Coast Guard. helped to capture 4
rum snuggler. an American, and
appropriated part Of the runners
cargo. Reports from Nassau said
Nestle admitted being on the Coast
Guard vessel. II was said that part
Of the liquor was found in NestIe's
possession.
A full Investigation of the case
has been ordered by the State De-
partment and the Coast Guard.
Nestle ii former American pro-
hibition agent. He was arrested In
small boat off BimiEli. where he
fled from Savannah. Ga.
British authorities reported that
the capture was made within three
miles of the shore. off Gun Key,
- concentration point for the rum
runners.
The coast guard declared that the
rum runner WAS captured five miles
off shore and therefore outside 81
the territorial waters OF the island.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-26
KING BEN FACES.
TRIAL GRUA


BENTON HARBOR. Mich. Sept.
Is. With the fate OF King Ben.
janin PurnelI and his House Of
David at stake, opposing lawyers
today entered the crucial stage Of
their battle Ia the States dissoIu.
ton suit against the cult.
w J. Barnard, chief defense
counsel, and George 3. Nichols,
special assistant attorney general.
were to open the final round Of
their long fight before Judge Louis
II. Fead.
Closing arguments are expected
to require at least three days.
The decision viii probably take
one of three courses. first, that
the cult II innocent: second, that
It Is guilty and therefore should
be dissolved as q public nuisance,
third that only BENJAMIN and not
any OF his followers are guilty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-26
Free Class in French
At Washington Salon

Camplying with the request Of
many applicants. arrangements have
been made by the Washington
Salon for i free tuition class for
beginners In French, registration N
which Is to be- held at the salons
French school, 1906 Eighteenth st.
m. W.. At tbs o'clock this evening.
This school has been In operation
for IL years and has an enrolment
of more than $50 students. Many
of the applicants are young men
and women preparing for consular
and diplomatic service and secre-
tarial work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-26
ApvEaTlsEMENT

sales of carcass beef ii Washington. DC.
for week ending Saturday, September
"a, 1877, on shipments sold ont. ranged
from 1870 cents TO 1900 cents per pound
and averaged 14.9z cents per pound
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-26

According to James j. Davis,
Secretary of Labor. new type On
inventive genius must be enlisted
TO devise industries and occupations
for the working man rendered job
less BY the development OF modern
machines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-26
AS PIRATE
IN RUM CHASE

Charles III. Nestle. an American,
faces charges Of piracy on the high
seas because Of alleged participa
ton In the capture OF a rum runner.
the State Department has been in.
formed BY the consul at Nassau. in
the British Bahamas.
Al magistrate has been sent to
Nestle by the governor Of the islands
to give him i hearing on the
charges.
It il alleged that Nestle, though
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-26

Learn 10 call on the fiFuaa and In
divIduals listed today On next 60 the
last page I'm the "Who's Whnr columns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21

lender without higgling or partial
cancellation.
One leading financier. who has made
a careful study of reparations and
interallied debts, thinks the time has
come to sell in this market German
railroad and other obligations, which
the allies received under the Dawes
plan. This arrangement would enable
the allies to discount the benefits of
reparations, and might facilitate their
financial reconstruction.
The declining return on domestic
bonds has made the American investor
more eager to acquire foreign obliga-
lions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
17,910,258-BALE COTTON
CROP IN 1926 REPORTED

Tho 1925 cotton crop, the largest
eveT grown, was placed at I7,91O.258
b0o'pound bales today in the Census
Bureaus final ginning report.
Since the Department of Agricul-
lures 1nal estimate of 1858 600
eoopound~ bales was made last Decem.
Der there had been much uncertainty
a. % the amount Of the crop which
would be picked. The low price of
cotton and the scarcity Of labor. II
was thought, would influence many
farmers to leave the low grades of
cotton unpicked in the fields.
Since that time the price has shown
an increase. however, and the amount
OF unpicked cotton therefore is nrob.
ably smaller than 1t would have been.
the apparent amount being around
7o19oo bales. as shown by the Agri.
cultures estimate and the ginnings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
TOBACCO QUOTATIONS.,

BALTIMORE. March 81 (SpeciaD.-
with receipts of ISL hogsheads and
sales OF "a hogsheads last week the
Maryland leaf tobacco market is only
fairly active. as is usual at this time
OF the year. This compares with sales
Of % hogsheads and receipts of n
hogsheads the previous week. and
leaves a stock in State tobacco ware.
houses OF 1908 hogsheads of leaf to.
paccc and 744 hogsheads of ground
leaves. quotations today for Mary.
land lear tobacco per 100 pounds: In
Serfcr and frosted, firm leaf. 3ag,
sound common and greenish. Gaia.
good common, 15a24; medium, 25a84
good to fine red. 35a51; fancy, So,
seconds, common TO medium, 6a2O
seconds, good to fine, 2Ia40: upper
country air cured, lass; ground leaves
nominal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
GRAIN MARKETERS
USING TWO PLANS
Conversion Into Live Stock
and Selling Futures Adopt
ed by the Farmers.
BY j. G. ROYLE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. March 21.-It is the
live stock industry that is drumming
up trade in the great agricultural com
munities which represent a twelve
billion-dollar annual buying power
The position of the grain growers, the
cotton planters, the orchardists, vine
Sardists and beet growers might oe
better. but the live stock, dairy ano
poultry ends of agriculture nave oeer
the rnainstays of the farmers position
and are keeping his financial position
and buying power intact.
The corn belt undoubtedly is the
section most in need of improvement
But growers of corn are finding it pos
Sible to market hogs, cattle, sheep and
poultry at q profit and to make cheap
feed yield adequate returns in dairy
products. The production of hogs in
1927 is likely to fall well below the
1926 level. Fewer cattle are likely to
be marketed than a year ago. Corn
Is cheap, but meat is high, and the
corn belt farmer is learning to trans
late corn into meat and poultry and
eggs and milk and butter.
Steers Bringing Record Price.
Texas steers, started on grass and
given q good start since water and
grass have been abundant, are bring
ing record prices in the corn belt
where they will be finished on grain
for the Spring and Summer markets.
They viii yield twice as much for
the corn expended on them as could
be realized from cash sales of that
grain.
Many farmers are taking advantage
OF the opportunity to protect them
selves on the future range of prices
in corn offered by the grain futures
market. This is accomplished by
hedges" which have been a factor
IN the cotton industry for years. AT
present the cash corn market is over
loaded. There are today more than
23,000,000 bushels Of corn in Chicago
elevators and over 100000 bushels
on track, without a place to put it.
Vessel space for only about 1000 ,0oG
bushels has been chartered in prep
aration for the opening of navigation
on the Great Lakes, as there is nc
storage space available at Eastern
lake ports If it should be shipped
But II the farmer wants to realize
on his cash corn he can sell hedge
on July corn now, hold his grain In
the crib until July and realize a profit
OF between 10 and Is cents a bushel
over the sum he could obtain for it
II he sold 1t outright now on an over.
loaded market
Corn Promises to Be Low.
Corn farmers undoubtedly could
benefit by a curtailment of acreage,
but most farmers are concerned with
their own problems only, and curtail-
ment is usually left for some one else
TO do. For this reason cash corn
promises to remain relatively low all
season.
Progress in Investigation admitted.
~ has been slower in farming than
has the adoption Of modern methods
In other industries. Experts declare
this fs the reason why prices of farm
products today are 11.2 per cent low.
er than a year ago, while bonds are
O. per cent higher and stocks have
risen ON the average 10 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21

large size, 4.0oa4.50; medium size, 800
a350.
String beans--Supplies moderate;
demand moderate, market slightly
weaker; Florida, 7s-bushel hampers,
green, mostly ordinary TO fair quality
and condition, 2.50a300: mostly
around 2.75.
Tomatoes-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market weak; originals,
Florida, skies. ripes and turning
wrapped, best fancy count, 3.50a4 90;
choice count. 2.50a3.00; some ripe
slightly soft fancy and choice count,
1.50a2 so; repacked; too few sales to
establish market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
STEEL MILLS ACTIVE.
Make Biggest Gains of All Indus
tries In Baltimore Area,

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, March 21.-Steel
mills continue to make bigger gains
than any Of the other industries here,
according to the monthly report of
the Association of Commerce.
The Sparrows Point plant of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation is op.
Grating on a 100 per cent schedule,
and the indications are that this rate
will be maintained for some time.
Orders for the most part are for small
amounts, but they are being placed
in satisfactory number, and in the
aggregate assume important proper
lions. Prices, however, are compare
lively low, and the margin of profit
is not what it should be, say manu-
factllrerg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
ROCK ISLAND EARNINGS.

NEW YORK, March 81 CP).--
February net operating income of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific is ex-
pected to be about $500, 900 larger
than in February last year. Based on
the showing to date. results for
March probably will show a similar
gain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
THE BUSINESS OF GETTING
AHEAD.
subordinating Social Dates.

Business managers cannot punch
the time clock.
Occa sionally executives get into
critical situations which must be
promptly untangled even If they have
to remain up all night.
Professional men are frequently in
the same boat. A lawyer cannot re-
spect the eight-hour day rule if he
must complete a brief for the next
day.
Secretaries and assistants to such
men must be ready to conform to
such Irregularities when an unusual
squirt of work Is necessary.
Clerks in a brokerage office fire.
quently have to work late into the
night when big markets swamp the
resources of the financial districts.
Accordingly, when men and women
apply for bookkeeping and clerical
jobs in brokerage offices and ask what
the hours are, the stock reply is that
you quit whenever you finish the
days work.
Stayed on the Job.
The other day a professional man
was called upon to prepare a layman's
digest of a lawyers brief, which was
to be sent to the newspapers the next
morning simultaneously with the
opening Oh IL ldWSull. ne HAL WOulN
have preferred not to have worked
that day because his son was under
going an operation for appendicitis.
But the job was important. and had
to be completed that day. Accordingly
he stayed on the job, accompanied by
his male secretary.
At dinner time the principal gave
his assistant some instructions, but
the latter said II must be leaving
now; have a dinner engagement.
The secretary deserted his employer
in a crisis because of social commit
ments.
In view of the extraordinary cir
cumstances an individual really inter
ested in his work would have can
celed his social engagement and
stayed on.
An employer appreciates a worker
who will accommodate himself to alb
normal business situations and who
will stay on the job in an emergency
irrespective of other plans. A reason
able employer will not ask an employee
to do so frequently, but there are oc.
casions when loyal subservience Of
outside interests Is essential.
The secretary who left to keep his
dinner engagement Is made of routine
stuff and he probably will never adj
vance far. His present employer will
always have mental reservations to-
ward him.
Valuable I'm Organization.
An officer worker who will play ball
and step in to do the necessaries, no
matter what may arise, is valuable,
and his place IN his organization is
secure.
On the other hand, the type who
insists that his activities be narrowly
confined to the work he was spe-
officially employed to do-as many
short sighted individuals dds block
ing his own advancement. When
executives are picked from the ranks
the men and women who are chosen
are those who identify themselves with
the needs of the business, whatever
they may be, rather than the ones
who are more or less antagonistic and
ever vigilant that their technical
rights are not abridged.
There are, of course, many un-
reasonable employers who exploit their
assistants and who are inconsiderate
of their legitimate needs and require
ments. In such cases it is good bust
ness for the worker to wait for a good
opportunity to change bosses.