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Evening star., 1928-04-23
:H|GH-GRADE BOND
LIST SLOUGHS OFF
Convertible Issues and New
York fractions Active in
Rising Market.
ny CHARLES T. SPEARE.

&Re''isl Dispatch 80 The Star
NEW YORK, April 2S.-The tend
encieS of the bond market today were
about as they have been since 1t ee-
came apparent that higher money rates
vere inevitable in order TO check the
speculation In stocks.
There was an active market for a
number of the industrial convertible
bonds, higher prices for the local trac-
stons, contraction in the trading of
the ST. Paul adjustments and only
moderate changes I'm the foreign dollar
Group. The most significant develop
naent was the gradual slipping off IN
the prices for high-grade railroad and
public utility issues,
The first mortgage per cent bonds
OF the standard railroads have re-
nccted flrmer money rates more than
any others AT today's low quota
tions most OF them were from , to
s points below the high range of the
year. Instead OF selling between a 4.l0
anc 1 per cent basis they are now
yielding about one eighth more than
they did in January. The 4'9 per cent
and sS4 per cent second mortgage rails
have also lost ground. though not quite
% much as the 4 per cent issues.
The public utility and the industrial
4l2 per cent securities are l to Z
points lower with larger supply in
the market at present than the trad
ing element has been willing to take up.
A number of the Az per cent public
utilities that failed to meet the New
York State legal requirements have re-
acted quite sharply. among them those
os the Alabama Power and New York
Power g. Light companies
In anticipation of a decision this
week in the local traction fare case, all
ot the 1nterborough. New. York Rail-
Uavs and Third Avenue issues advanced
today. Anaconda and Andes Copper Is
were each UP about a point u. S Rub
ber SIS and TBS gained fractionally.
Hudson Coal SIS rose Z and there were
other induStrials in which fractional
gains took place,
Speculative rails were ouieter and
rather heavy. SeaboaTd Air Line ad-
iuStmentS we're at one time of ll2
points. St Paul adjustments had TO
contend with considerable profit-taking.
Since they were listed they moved up
from STA TO about so in transactions
OF approximately $50 900 000 The
amount Of the gain in them is proving
tempting 10 some of the original buy
ers
The French elections had little effect
on French securities although they
were highly satisfactory TO bankers
here The new Great Britain As were
heavy. selling below 90. Italian indus
trials with warrants attached and Ital-
ian government and municipal bonds
moved I'D early in the day. Greek, Bra
Tiiian and some of the German issues
we're lower
Evening star., 1928-04-23
POTATO MARKET DULL.

CHICAGO. April % up Omitted States
Department of Agriculture) Potatoes
Receipts. 20l cars; on track. 3l7: total
United States shipments Saturday,
/ .039. Canada, II: Sunday, As, Canada,
27 cars: demand and movement slow.
market dull on new and old stock. New
stock, Texas sacked Bliss triumphs, $50
ASSOC. Old stock Wisconsin sacked
round whites, i.90a2 90: Minnesota
sacked round whites, l.50al.7 Idaho
sacked russet Burbanks, i.s5a2 .05: COM
mercial. l.55a1.7 10.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
AUTO OUTPUT GAINS.
March Production in U. 8. Tops
Same Period Last Year.

March production OF automooiles IN
the limited States exceeded that OF the
same month last year. Cars manutac-
tured numbered 412 1926, while IN March.
1927, the output was 394.443 inc
month was the second this year IN
which last years output figures were cX-
ceeded, the Commerce Department re-
ports noted. February motor production
was 323. .5l4 cars.
Canadian production failed to come
ND to the progress on this side the Dor
der The Dominion reported completion
of 74T8 passenger cars and 2,246 trucks
in March, as against 1928 passenger
cars and 3,527 trucks in March, 1927
Evening star., 1928-04-23
HIDE AND LEATHER LOSES.

NEW YORK. April 23 OF).--Ameri-
can Hide e. Leather 70. reports total
net loss OF 1891 .625 for the first quar-
ter against profit of S15l23 for the
first quarter last year An operating
loss OF si53.7 709 for the quarter resulted
largely from filling forward contracts
made previous to the change IN man
agement last January.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
BIG SHEEP BUSINESS.

MAGALLANES Lpl.-The hills ol
Punta Arenas. Southern Chile. give
pasture 10 more than so sheep for every
number 2,3li 900, while the population
OF this southernmost peopled country
OF the world is $4,000 Wool is the
principal money crop. but lamb and
sheepskins are exported In quantities.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
WASHING BY MACHINE.

About 75 per cent of the $i,34a,000
worth OF domestic washing machines ex-
ported from the United States last
year found use In Canada. The 1913
machines exported represent only about
2 per cent OF production, but shipments
are said 10 be steadily increasing with
Africa and Asia the only markets show
ing no Improvement,
Evening star., 1928-04-23
MORE HARMONIOUS SOLD.

81 UT"pdART H1, Germany export
ed more harmonious last year than IN
10" ut they brought less money The
Black Forest region center Of the indus
try, shipped out SD,66l 400 aA compared
With 40,749,000 IN l02h, but received
only I4,6t3,000 marks as against lh,~
sOi 900 The accordion export bust,
ness fell OF.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
Money and Prices

The commodity price level again ad-
vanced substantially last week and Is
nov at the highest point touched since
eariy In November. 1926. A slow but
steady advance has taken place since
last July when the low point of the year
was reached Since then the rise in
the price level has amounted to almost
3 per cent.
Fluctuations In the general wholesale
price level and in the purchasing power
OF the dollar are given below for vari-
Gus periods The average for the year
1925 is the base used
Evening star., 1928-04-23

NEW YORK. April % tP.--Flour
steady: Spring patents. 7.s5aS25; soft
Winter straights, 7.S5a635 hard Winter
straights, 765a8.00. Rye steady: No. 2
Western. l43i2 fob New York and
l.4la, elf. export Pork steady.
mess. 81 so; family, 80 50a34.50 Lard
easier. Middle West. l2.15ai2,25. Tai
low steady. special loose. as: extra.
az
Evening star., 1928-04-23
PRICES ON PARIS BoURsE.

PARIS, April % CfC.--Prices we're
firm on the Bourse today. Three per
cent rentes. SO francs 30 centimes; 5
per cent loan. 88 francs so centimes;
exchange on London, 124 francs CEN
times. The dollar was quoted at rs
francs 40H centimes.
Evening star., 1928-04-23

Gable advices from London report
that the index OF wholesale commodity
prices In England as computed by
Crump followed the movement of
American prices by advancing to 956
last week as compared with 9A.7 a week
ago and 94,8 year ago.
Italian prices weakened fractionally
to ISL. as compared with 752 the week
preceding and $50 a year ago
iConvFfght IGaR
Evening star., 1928-04-23
New Bond Issues

NEW YORK, April ~ lSpeeiai) A
new issue oi sb,D00,O0O Agricultural
Mortgage Bank lHepublic 0t Colombia
guaranteed 20eyear per cent sinking
fund gold bonds maturing April ID,
l04e and priced at 9aHs, 10 Yield about
6.bD per cent II being marketed today
by w A Hartman NJ Go, and Kqni.
tsbls Trust Co
Evening star., 1928-04-23
Washington Stock Exchange
SATES

washington Gas SIS "A"-Sl00 at lo4
$500 Mt lO4I. $500 at I057k.
Potomac Electric &c pfd.Li0 at Ii3 q
Potonar Electric 5lass pfd.-l at lo8 a
10 at I0e14. 30 at l08i2, 10 at lo8 a
washington Gas Lights at 9l34. al
als4. S at stss. 10 al 81 Il. 10 at 81 =,
washington Rwy. a. Elec. pfd.-lo at
1929
Riggs National Bank--lo at 5ll, at
Sill
Merchants Transfer &, Storage pfd.--S
at IOS
Mergenthaler Linorype-i0 at lOlA, 10
at lGf =. 10 AZ i0l =.
San!iary Grocery Co. pfd.-3o at 10.
AFTER CALL
Potomac Electric sss pfd.--l al ii3i2.
Merchants Bshk az Trust Co.'S st $50.
AnscoStia a. Potomac r. r. 5s--si 900
at 100.
Barber & Ross 6las-$l 600 at .esia
National Bank OF Washington--20 at
3I0. 2 at 3o9
Potomac Electric So pfd-5 at 113i2,
10 at i13lz. a. 49,,
wardman Park Hotel 5'2s-S2.o0o al
a7i1.
washington Rwy. & Electric 4s-sl.5oo
al 93as
washington Gas Light-40 at 90.
Chevy Chase Dairy pfd.-6 at iOs.
UNLISTED DEPT.
Chapin Sacks 81 pfd.-l0 at ios,
Mouey-Caii loans. S and 6 per cent
Evening star., 1928-04-23
NO PEANUTS, NO PAY.

DAKAR lA1. Shortage OF the peanut
crop In Bengalese Africa Is expected To
affect adversely the o0untry's purchhs~
ing power this year. Excessive rains
caused extensive losses In the crop
through mold and the shortage IL esti-
mated at 800 900 tons.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
BUYING POWER GAINS.
Value of Farmers Dollar Again
Shows an Increase.

Shows an increase.
The purchasing power of farm prod
ucts advanced again. thus carrying for
ward a steady increase OF several
months duration.
Hogs, lambs. beef and corn made sub
stantial gains in price in the agricul-
tural group While these important
items produced by the farms advanced,
there was only small increase in the
price level of non-agricultural goods,
The farm dollar will now buy nearly
II per cent more in non-agricultural
products than 1t would average 10 pur-
chase during the basic year. 1925. The
dollar of the city dweller and factory
worker. which is largely expended for
farm products. has not had any such
rise
Index numbers of farm purchasing
power and of agricultural and non-agri-
cultural prices for various periods are
given in the following table, in which
the average for 1926 represents 100:
Evening star., 1928-04-23
LUDLUM EARNINGS UP.

NEW YORK, April % Cp.-Ludlum
Steel Co. earned $l.03 a share in the
first quarter, against Al cents share
In the previous corresponding period
and 81 81 for the full year 1927
Evening star., 1928-04-23
EXTRA DIVIDEND.

NEW YORK, April % Up.-Club
Aluminium Utensils Co. declared an ex-
ira dividend Of IS cents, payable May
IS, to stock of record May 5. Sales
and profits for the first quarter we're
largest in the company's history.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
CIGARETTES REDUCED,

NEW YORK, April % CD.-The price
list OF leading brands of blended
cigarettes has been reduced TO 36 a
thousand, with usual discounts, by the
three leading cigarette manufacturers.
Evening star., 1928-04-23

Many children have sn0cnmbed dur"
lnR mn epidemic nf meningitis NJ the
brain that has prevailed In the fallolrn
district VI Australia,
Evening star., 1928-04-23

ffanefiS value nt common stock $50 40
Eafninsh.
sIn ". avs lu1i lnah lnaa fnaT
son uih, i.i shares
rreapnt ulViiieud rate. VI .tiil
Dividends phld iH recent vearA
bln0FT SA 90 W Thgh SHm sasa
mHi..tends hasn heea nald continuously
slnre in0a,
suuHtArt,
i4rahe Ahnn nella tat ~ iines the Vaiue
~ lts properties, Ihe average sto,k up the
tsnlia,iAe s'giie i"t ! " tnles lhu value at It's
nfnitufiieh,
lifaks Ahae sells for " "a limhs It's annual
HalninKn Fhs attIaHa siork uu tbs eN
ahange aslls for ihla limes lta annual
earnings
Brake Shoe ~ ~ vii raturn Ia lhs 10.
tHktni 10 iltf rent The average atui'h un
ihf nAntanEa frlnrns neT reAl
tGnHEuii Fnnf banker ~ hnknf fnt tHr
fhef lhItifHlalian 40 ~ values haek ~ Tits
stnsh !
Aeeanboot this iar future reference
Evening star., 1928-04-23

Tow f'os 'c1 'es1 T5G So 30cr
fApr'26l fApr@6( Mares
The volume of trading in common
industrials last week totaled nearly
81. 300. 900 900. though less than during
either of the two preceding weeks. The
average daily value of trading was
$235. 100, 900.
The average daily volume of trading
for the preceding week was S256, 700 900.
and for the corresponding week a year
ago was Sll6.500000.
fCopyriKht 199s.)
Evening star., 1928-04-23
Company Earnings

NEW YORK. April q tA'). Earnings
per share OF leading corporations re-
porting during the week we're
Evening star., 1928-04-23
PER SHARE ANALYSIS.
Property Value of Each share.


Ilee. Hi 1877 fef share
l0tHi " per share ,,.,.. AlAU3
. tlainis ahead of runiman3
Preferred stock ,.,..,....gil7 ~
current ntliAatiuns, etc 49,. anh
- ~ 70
Evening star., 1928-04-23
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
PUBLIC rriLlTi
NtscELT.abYOrs

Fssfses Boss laf s54s *t.~ bN'4
F8Eessaus FERNS i5suy ~ ih@
Ety. f88asa Fi8ts > s&e sff' -
n 4, PaBeF Mfz ~ 80 -
Fs# 1osBs staa& L@ Z t'e@
Ea-h Nsf ibs - -
H4h fssF y tH1 gfFs
ksksssss.s.a #4s 81 d -4-..
Evening star., 1928-04-23
PRODUCE EXCHANGE.

Iconvrigbt Io.sl
Evening star., 1928-04-23
UNLISTED DEPT.

Chapin Sacks 81 pfd.-l0 at los.
MoneY-Caii loans, S and 6 per cent.
The Washington times., 1928-01-12
To Punish False Information
AS to Crime in Washington

Representative Zlan the author Of brief bill before
Congress to make unlawful for person or persons to
wfuy or knowingly give send cause to be sent or 70
make false fictitious report to the police Of the commission
81 any crime within the District Of Columbia.
Vicators Of the would conviction be liable TO
fine Of not less than than $00 or to imprisonment
not exceeding thirty days or to BOTH
The enforcement of such law would not be as easy as
might seem but existence the statutes Of the DBrct
t deter and bnsybodies from rushing TO
policemen and making charges that often have no more basis
than street or neghborhood gossip might also deter those
who do have knowledge Of crimes from reporting 20 poc
authorities $3.50
After an it would seem be the business Of police
authorities to investigate charges before making raids or
Policemen supposed to have sense q
ana to discriminate between gossip and probable facts
Unquegtionab policemen act too hastily upon DUBIOUS
information received by In other instances though
failure promptly permits bad criminals TO escape
Policemen o Washington and Of all other cities are the
recipients o all varieties Of information fictitious and truthful
some of it is deliberately false intended to bring humiliation
and disgrace to others.
M Zhlman, 5. proposed law would punish those who
IsWillfuIly and knowingly give false reports
IN the great majority Of cases the mforners are just
Neddnr gossip and wish to be Of service TO the police
department and the laws Of the city They are not
malicious
sample Of false reports the current while the
scat burglar active in the Cleveland Park section
Reports went al the city and are still believed By large
numbers Of people, that the police didn't arrest the
burglar he the Of distinguished Senator or
the relative Of Cabinet officer or high officer IN the
Army.
The Washington times., 1928-01-12
AIR IN A TIRE
by Garrett p. Serviss-

AR automobile tire mounted the rim filled with
% y pounds. WHY'D. F. A, Newark.
EGAgsE air has weight and its weight with
- density When You say the tire filled with 50 pounds
:s tire increased normal IT. pounds per square
men 70 5O pounds per square inch.
quarter per cubic foot But its weight depends its density
the 81 density Or IN
already said about lat pounds per square INCH at
when the increased pounds per square inch by
ag y INTO the tire in order to keep strongly inflated the
u weighs 81 times as much as before.
under the compression pounds weighed 45 per cubic
1901 instead one ounce and quarter Since there is
Now when debated the tire you found its weight half
pound less than when it inflated pounds pressure
nearly two cubic feet ~ ~ 'Ap"''S OF @ MINATED 0re was
Many greatly surprised when told that the
air has weight any difficulty in undrstsndne
must have weight but only because they have thought
Cou Inc number Of interesting things that
The has weight material substance composed
slightly condensed sweep 1 hand SeeSGI S
it could resist if it no mass / e. no weight When
meteor flying at speed Of 20 80 miles into
the atmosphere from outside is burned of this
When you draw your you weigh more in proportion to
Sinhes In 20 feet long high there are
81 miles the air weight is halved - " "s OIL ABOUT
pulls quantity such as cubic cf fooe gnSy t
. p the ST pressure Of the air. usually called
pressure about 4 pounds per square inch Il
As earth the top q the atmosphere many our heads
:sssIS. in, it1 %; much q. one
tons Bot that remember is spread square mile Of
atmospheric pressure balloons ar. able 70 rise
EvsryAng ~ fact ID balloon air. and strives 10 M
III bss succeeds only IN slightly decreasing the weigh Of
TAn'' a lhs baaly inward wv '''" ~ 0~"
The Washington times., 1928-01-12
Everything Getting Bigger
Biggest Of All, the People, SOME Day

Bigger mergers combinations ana industrial units aro
developing eYerywhere Ia Europe nations unite control
steel coal oil outside competition railroads
combine and will continue combining future day may sse
all railroads under management the telephones
management Of directors transport
the voices another the bodies of human beings.
IA recent plan would combine power companies III six
American Philadelphia New York Boston, Buffalo,
Trenton and Newark biion-dolar power control for
start.
I'm England ID hoped that Harvesting THE tide at the
mouth Of the severn win supply power for The SIX biggest
cities il England
The bigger the combination the better One biz
is easier to watch than hundred small ones the people
haven't brains enough concern they wouldn't
have brains enough to watch and control hundred
And proof that competition unnecessary and ii wastefu
for which future ages will thank John u. Rockefeller II
valuable to the people Some day far away on fair basis
Of purchase the people viii say IL you gentlemen can own
and manage entire public necessities for us can own and
manage them for ourselves" And they win do II.
The Washington times., 1928-01-12
DEMOCRACY
BY DR.. Frank Crane

EAN NGE Of St Paus recently said that government Of
b by and for the people is clap trap.
1T doubtless lis. But government Of by and Tor king
i oIgarchy such thing is worse clap trap.
AS all kinds
accusation Of being clap trap
getting anything done Immediately Is concerned the
dictator such Is accomplished BY Mussolnl and Primo
de Rivera, to be the best.
"a efficient Of government
IS the only where the majority rule
only form under which people allowed to make
mistakes.
The only improve to bump nose stub
and learn from your defeats
Foolish unstable the they remain the best
basis and slowly built
dsccs has much more promise Of long life than absolutis
the worlds history.
Altogether efficiency democracy can
easily rid Of bad rulers although it efficient in pick
ing good ones always.
The question overlooked is what government
is people organized accomplish
to gain advantage another combined people,
organized to advance the interests of
The American government good because the individuals
who compose it well Off The Russian government bad
one because the individual people are bad off,
it would keep upon individual
the combined individuals nation
clearly Of the problem.
The question after all is not what better nation
what Is better for the people compose
(Ccpyr1ght Mcclure Newspaper Syndcatel
The Washington times., 1928-01-12
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. c. A. L. Reed

by LII ~ As IL hSSO-
nID yoL ever stop to think
- that you have no right to
have a cold, or. for that matter,
any other infectious, or Catch
ing, disease that You can avoid?
It is simply natural law that
when you have q cold you are
liable to give it to some one else.
That means that you invade the
right Of some one else to enjoy
the blessings OF good health. OF
course, the thing works both ways.
You have thu same right to pro.
lection. There is just where
colds become ethical problems.
Until the community as q whole
realizes its duty in the matter of
refraining from spreading colds,
1t will remain hopeless PROPOSE.
ton to try and avoid being in
fected. That is, as far as the ex-
citing causes are concerned, we
are more or less helpless. We
cannot keep the germs away from
our noses and threats, and when
they get there our attempts to
destroy them with antiseptics and
chemicals, which stimulate secre.
ton. are generally disappointing.
You do your part when you OH
serve the natural law that the
predisposing causes of colds are
any factors which tend to lower
your local or the general resist.
ance to disease.
In the membranes OF your nose,
L.
first attacked. your resistance
may be upset in a number Of
ways. Among these the chief are
faulty ventilation and faulty heat
ing. In ideal conditions out.of-
doors the head is cool, the feet
warm and the. membrane of the
nose pale and taut. In a badly
ventilated room the head is sur
rounded by warm, damp, stale
air, the feet are chilled by draught
blowing over cold floor, and the
nasal membrane Is swollen, con-
gested and covered with a thick
secretion. it puts on pressure.
and IL the airway Of the nose is
Inadequate. the swollen membrane
may obstruct it.. All these condi.
tons, in both summer and winter,
especially predispose to colds and
fiu, and to avoid them, accord.
ing to Leonard Hill, we need rad
liant heat, warm floor and the
movement of cool air. He advo.
Gates the open fire or A gas fire
with open flue, and considers hot
pipes an invention of the Evil
One.
Your local immunity, however.
Is increased by the possession of
healthy tonsils, by having ade-
nolos removed and the airway
Kept open, and by cultivatins the
hao1t of nose breathing.
About the special factors which
make for general immunity we.
unfortunately, know very little.
We do know, however, that gen.
eral good health means general
protection.
We know also that catarrhal.
diseases have a wavelike ebb and
iiow ana are commonest In winter
and spring. We know that Ger.
tain people hardly ever get ca.
tarrh. We know that some seem
10 have period nf immunity
after an attack. We know thai
others are lefi more liable IN n
sIter an attack than they were
The Washington times., 1928-01-12
TOY MODEL OF D. G. BRIDGE

A CROSS the Potomac, the Ar
"A lington Memorial Bridge is
being pushed to completion, and
the end of next year will prob
ably see a 2,13S-foot roadway join.
ing Washington with the South.
This bridge. the most notable mon
ument built by the nation in re.
cent years, bears witness to the
successful application of an en-.
tirely new principle in bridge
design.
Before the first foundation had
been laid, the engineers watched a
flat celluloid model of one of the
bridges arches twist out of shape
under a microscope. That view
saved the Government about $25..
900, writes Alden r. Arma gnac In
Popular Science Monthly for Feb.
ruary.
To tell the engineers how great
structures viii bend and twist
under whatever loads they may
The Washington times., 1928-01-12
By ELSIE ROBINSON

EXPECT A LOT OF CREDIT
FOR THE WAY THEY ACT BUT
i THINK THEY'RE JUST SHOW
ING OFF. CRAS HING IN
WHERE THEY AMT INVITED,
TRYING TO SHOW HOW
MUCH SMARTER THEY ARE
THAN YOU ARE. KIND OF
CASHING IN ON YOUR MIS-
FORTUNE.
II like regular people who do
fool things and go whining around
like everyone else and get mad
once in q while and bust you in
the nose. These people who keep
their emotions in cold storage for
fear they'll get into trouble, give
me pain in the neck.
I'D RATHER BE DEAD
THAN GO PUSSY-FOOTING
THROUGH LIFE.'
Clara Olsen said that to me.
I'm going out to buy nice,
green wreath and decorate that
girl.
The Washington times., 1928-01-12

bear, Prof. George e. Beggs. Of
the Department OF Civil Engineer
ing at Princeton University, i'm
vented the ingenious system OF
toy-size models which, quickly
cut from sheet celluloid, reveal III
a few minutes what might re-
quire months, or be utterly I'M.
possible. to calculate with figures.
The greatest railroad bridge in
Switzerland-the huge, rigid
Grand Fey Viaduct near Fribourg
was designed from q celluloid
model that cost exactly IS. With
a similar model. Prof. Beggs
showed the engineers OF the Ar.
lington Memorial Bridge that, in
considering Il flexible. they had
not taken advantage OF the added
stiffening strength given by tie
superstructure. Cutting down
their materials only a part Of the
amount his model indicated. they
saved $4,000.