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CHICAGO 1--we STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, August CP) UNITED
States Department Of Agriculture) -
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000 head, including
! 900 direct; market active to 10 to 20
cents higher; packing sows steady TO
10 Ncents higher; l70-2i0 pounds, lisa
500: top. $40; 220-310 pounds, 6.3Ea
7.85: pigs, 6.25a7.2s; packing sovs,
light, good and choice, 140-16O pounds,
7.2Sa7.9o; light weight, 10000 pounds,
7.T6ae10; medium weight, 20o-250
pounds, 7.35aBi0; heavy weight, $50
$50 pounds, SS5aT.60; packing scws,
medium and good, 2T5a50O pounds,
4.50a6.00: slaughter pigs, good and
choice. lO0-1S0 pounds, 6.25aT25.
Cattie--Receipts, $4,000 head: calves.
2,00o; strictly granted steers and year.
lings steady on early rounds; yearling
steers, up to 9.35; yearlings, e75; sew
e.25; some held, higher: market slow
on in-between grade offerings and
grassers: most early bids on grass cows
and heifers quarter lower; bulk
steady 10 veal and vealers about so
cents on. Slaughter cattle and vealers.
steers, good and choice, 60o-9O0 pounds,
e.25ae so; s0o-1, 100 pounds, s.0oa9 so:
l,i0o-l,so0 pounds, 7.S0a925; 1900
l.Soo pounds, I.2Sa9.l0; common and
AA1C0AAAaas oSN~AsatN Ru4kluS, 1s0UA1. oO.
Heifers. good and choice 550-S5O
pounds, 7.0oae.25; common and medi-
UNI, 225a7.00; COWS. good and choice,
4.00a6.75; common and medium, S.00a
100; low cutter and cutter, 2.00a3 90;
Bulls (yearlings excluded) good and
choice tbeef1, 4.25a5. 90: cutter to me-
dunn, S.00a4.75; vealers milk fed good
and choice, s.50alo.00; medium, 6.5Oa
$50; cuii and common, s.00a6.50: stock
er and feeder cattle; steers good and
choice, 50o-l.050 pounds, 5.75a7 90;
common and medium. 3.75a5.7 rs.
Sheep-io,00o head; slow, mostly
steady; choice native lanabs scarce; few
get 7.1s to city butchers; less desirable
kind, 6.75a7.50 to packeFs: rangers uu-
sold; bulk, iT5a3.0O: lambs, 80 pounds
down, good and choice, 6TSa7. as medi-
UNI. A.O0a6.T5; all weights common.
3.SOaS.0 90; ewes, 90-i6o pounds medium
to choice, i.F5a3.25: ali weights Gull
and common. .Tsa2.25; feeding lambs,
00-76 pounds good and choice, 5.O0aS Is.
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CURB SHARESS|NK
TO LOWER LEVELS
Pivotal Issues Sell of on
Rearisn Trade Reports.
Utilities Drop.
By JOHN A. GROVE.

mnecial DISPATCH to The star.
NEW YORK, August 5.--Faced with
q budget Of unfavorable news, such
e 4 decline in car loadinss, increased
oil output, pessimistic steel trade re-
views and weakness of sterling ex-
change, the Curb Exchange moved
lower today.
Electric, Bond g. Share was down
about q half point, but Cities Service
most of the time showed . gain OF
" point, Cleveland Illuminating Elec-
trio on 4 string of sales lost " points.
Following the softness in the pound
nfkrlfn1 here. offerings Of British Sc
eEIrities Increased and lowered quota
fIong resulted. This was true IN the
forenoon Of such issues as Wooiworth
Tkd. 4 common, Ford Motor Ltd, IT'LL
ities Power g. Light common, Brazilian
Traction and Phillip Morris.
; American &c Foreign Power warrants,
after opening higher. lost all OF tnsir
early gain and more, Montreal Light,
Heat. a. Power lost a third of Its adj
vance OF the preceding session and
other Canadian utilities turned down.
ward at midday.
Parke Davis exhibited greater activity
than usual following the calling of q
special shareholders' meeting for August
"a at Detroit for the purpose Of voting
"a the acquisition of the Bay Co. Mead
,Iohnson ras the softest spot in the
food specialties. Singer Manufacturing
Co. with decline Of rs points, pro-
vided the widest movement IN the
hiaher-priced industrials in the flrst
few hours. Meanwhile Aluminium Co.
Of America moved within . range OF
several points. -.
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Grain Market
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. August 5.--Fresh down.
ward swings Of grain prices today
paralleled collapse Of the Liverpool
wheat market to o new low record for
the season. The Liverpool closing
quotation on October delivery Of wheat,
5SA cents, was within Y cent Of the
average price Of English-grown cash
wheat for the year 1891, an average
uneuualed since. World economic con.
ditions were regarded by trade author
itfes here as chiefly responsible. There
was no evidence Of any new North
American wheat export business today.
No. 2 yellow hard wheat sold in
Chicago today at As cents bushel, out
doing previous all-time ofIlcial bottom
quotations for regular contract grade
cash wheat in Chicago. Most of the
cash wheat business here In contract
grades. however, consists Of No. 2 red
and No. hard, which today were quoted
fractionally higher than yesterdays
record low, 473z cents.
Chicago wheat future deliveries closed
nervous. y toll cents lower than yes
terday's finish: corn. "a to liz down,
and oats also = to ~ on Provisions
rallied with hog values and closed un.
changed to IL cRuts higher.
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competition, the railroads to-day af1.
and are likely to continue for many
years to come. the backbone Of the
transportation system Of the Nation.
wage Cuts.
Criticism leyeled By one Of the labor
leaders OF the United States against
John D. Rockefeller. IT.. IN connectscn
with his apparent sanction Of q wage
cut by the Colorado Fuel 4 Iron Co.
IS untustified. On economic grounds.
reduction In wages, diSagreeah1e though
1t may be. Is not only desirable, but
imperative, when all or nearly all other
items which enter into the cost Of pro-
auction and distribution are being dras-
tically cut down. This particular labor
leader probably Is enough Of q student
Of economies TO know that when com.
modities and the cost Of living 20 down
sharply, lowering Of wages and salaries.
II applied within reason, are, In the
end, helpful to business and labor g
well.
Nitrate Agreement Possible.
A solution In the not distant future
OF the difncuities besetting the nitrate
industry Is looked for BY those who
ought 10 know. 8. r. Grggenhenn. 4
leading figure In the industry, Is opti-
mistic over the outlook for an agreement
being reached In the near future be-
tween the synthetic and natural pros
ducers, which should prove benefieial 70
both. The breaking up Of the confer
ence yesterday does not dampen Mr..
Guggenheim's enthusiasm. He also ex-
presses the view that the Chilean pro-
ducers, represented by the Chilean Ma
tional Co, and financed largely by
American capital, should in any event
be able to meet competition from the
artificial or synthetic producers.
Improvement IN the nitrate industry
would permit Of somewhat more optf-
mistic attitude toward Chile, whose we'll
being depends almost entirely upon two
products. nitrate and copper, the mar
ket in both Of which Is 81 present not
especially satisfactory.
British Credit Rating Hlxh.
The credit Of Great Britain still ranks
among the highest in the worlds
financial centers. The relative ease with
which credit OF $3.50, 0O0, 900 was
established the other day bears testi-
mony to this contention. The strength
IN British government securities y
Although It is generally believed that
the credit win not be made use Of, 1t .
Of interest 10 learn that the Standard
OIL Co. or New Jersey IL reported 70
have expressed Q desire TO purchase
whatever British bills may be offered IA
the American market in connection
with the above credit, Of which the
share OF the United States was
$125, 900 900.
Foreign Agriculture.
Agriculture In the United States
might possibly derive consolation from
the fact that the farmers lot IN other
countries is. not much better. In
Bulgaria, one Of the Balkan kingdoms,
In whose bonds and banks American
investors are interested, the government
Is finding It necessary to extend aid 70
the harassed farmer. The new crop 10
to be purchased at fixed prices by the
government. which viii pay 10 per cent
In cash, and the remainder IN bonds.
The latter will be accepted In payment
Of government taxes.
(copyright, 1881, By the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
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New York Cotton

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, August 5.-Pressure on the
corn market continued again today, the
principal selling coming from European
sources, and prices made new low rec
ords for the year. ending with loss Of
10 to 10 points.
As October approached the Scent
level, short covering created more re-
sistance and 10-point rally at one
time steadied the market. Weakness in
securities toward the closs left the list
only O few points from the bottom.
Spots were reduced Is points to 8 cents,
Cotton raflaa;
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the country. Those holding such views
overlook the fact that more than ST., $780,
600, 900 of American money Is invested
abroad, exclusive of, so-called political
debts, and that Americas productive
machinery has been constructed on such
a scale that an outlet is essential IL Amer
lea is to prosper. Unless such markets are
found, unemployment is bound to remain
and even increase,
Events abroad clearly indicate what
one may expect from armies of men and
women out of work. 1t is only because
the average american still has a certain
reservoir to fall back on in time of stress
that he does not emulate the methods
adopted by the European or Latin Ameri-
can. Such reservoirs, however, are not
inexhaustible. But neither do depressions
last forever
Cooperation among those charged
with the guidance of the destinies of
nations can do much to hasten the end
of depressionS and the revival of business
A uk0Y,aahiln Sales
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INCREASE IN EXPORTS
OF GRAIN IS REPORTED

~ the Associated Press.
Exports Of grain from the United
States in the week ending August !
totaled 5.59l 900 bushels, as compared
with 2,784.0o0 in the preceding week
and 4,Il6,000 in the correspondents
week of 1880.
Wheat exports reported to the Da-
partrnent Of Commerce were A.79O, 900
bushels during the week Of August /.
weak; barley $50 600, against 205 900;
corn, 100000, against $4,000; oats,
5000, against 1000. No exports Of rye
were reported for either week.
Canadian grains IN transit cleared
from United States Atlantic ports
totaled 550, 900 bushels, against 563. 900.
while exports Of North American wheat
flour totaled $4,000 barrels, against
$4,000.
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DRIVE ON PUBLIC
EXPENSES BEGINS
North Dakota Bankers lnsti-
tute Movement to Cut
Down Costs.
by C. UPHAM.


I 1t looks as ! IL something may really
be done at last about reduction Of
public expenditures through cutting
down the number Of local units Of
government. The bankers of North
Dakota have instituted movement
which is certain to spread to other
States.
At the convention of the North
Dakota State Bankers Association In
Fargo resolutions were approved calling
upon the next session of the Legisla-
ture to increase the size and reduce
the number of counties In the State.
1t Is believed that q considerable saving
could be effected by this means.
In Iowa the proposal has been made
that three lines be drawn across the
State from east to west and three lines
from north 10 south, dividing the state
into 16 counties, TO replace the 90 which
now exact toll from the taxpayers.
Cost 81 Government.
There has been much talk IN every
part Of the country about the mounting
cost Of administering local units OF
government and the multiplicity Of
them, but little has actually been done
about the situation. A few proposals
70 combine county with city govern
nlent have been given consideration
here ard there, but In nearly every case
siags Of petty jealousy have prevented
the mergers.
II practical business men and bankers
get behind proposals Of this sort. see
that bills are actually introduced into
the Legislatures Of the various States
and enlist the support OF other trade and
civic bodies there may be 3 definite i'm
provement in the local government situ-
alton
Gov Roosevelt told the institute Of
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Everybody's Business
COOPERATION Among Financial Departments of
Various Nations Held Necessary to Revival Of
Trade-U. S. Needs Foreign Markets.
BY DIR. MAX wINKLER.

AZ
NEW YORK August 5-Those who do not early solution
of Europe problems attempting associate Americas economic
life from that Of the rest of the world.
1t Is held that United States
sents only about 10 cent of Americas total productivity Conse
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ever, that the reduction Win be tenn
porary only.
Plea for Railroads.
Unless the railroads are permitted to
earn enough to attract private capital
and eiIlent personnel, they will not
be able to supply good service. This is
part Of statement made by Silas II
Strawn, chairman of the board of
Montgomery Ward q Co., advocating a
rise in railroad freight rates, for which
the carriers have applied. Mr. strawn
adds that. in spite OF other FORMS of
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would surprising General Motors continue
the dividend rate begin with the
fair margin addition retail of automobiles
appreciate increase.
Churchill general sales Buick
division in commenting the increase in the registration of Buick
this
Of the most encouraging features not for the automobile
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Construction Of the British suhmaxinn
fprpoise 10 70 ne started at once.
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RIGHTS. Expire.
u y Westvaco. Sept I IL h
doIlAra
dividend tParty
PAYABLE Payable rock sAdjustmens
Dividend Plus stock Plus 81 Stock n Plus
~ In stock Plus lo% In u Plus
n Plus - IN stock Paid
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Ion Prospect Improves.
The prospect of betterment in the oil
industry Is stronger at present than it
has been for many months, In the
opinion Of. e. q. Schubert, president OF
the Standard Oil Co. Of Indiana. In
commenting upon the reduction in the
dividend from . 50 annual basis to 81
Mr. Schubert states that action was
prompted by the desire to maintain a
strong current position during the
present period Of adjustment in the
industry. He expresses the hope, how
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET s:: 4. :s ::: s s

Note-An stocks are sold IN one hundred share lots
excepting those designated te letter tSos (25es)s
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SILVER QUOTATIONS.
NEW YORK. August 5 0F9.-Bar I'll.
yer steady, V higher at 2eA.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
WOMAN To SEEK
PRESIDENCY.

Announcing her intention to
run as Democratic candidate in
the 1892 presidential election,
Lady Louise Montague, Of New
York, member of a prominent
Virginia family, today declared
she would open her headquarters
next week at 735 Thirteenth st.
N. w.
Lady Montague, who declares
that she represents the ariSto-
cratic southern Protestant Demo
Gratis will launch her campaign
February Is in a broadcast from
VOL. Then, she says, she will
tour the country and make CAM
paign speeches in all the states.
She says she was sent to the
Democratic national convention
at Houston, Tex, in 1928, as an
alternate" and has the support
of the solid South" and West.
Lady Montague is a grand
daughter of Sir Christopher Mon
tague, who settled in Berkley
county, Va. so years ago. She
says she is descended from Drogo
de Montague, who came to En-
gland with William the Conqueror.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
c. Of {. GROUPS
BACK CHANGES
Staff Photo

Plans to coordinate the work
of numerous committees of the
Washington Chamber of Com
merce as outlined yesterday at a
meeting of the bureau Of civic
and. Federal affairs of the organi-
zation received the enthusiastic
support of chairmen and mem
hers of IA subordinate groups.
The session was the first to be
held under the new bureau and
five-year expansion program Of
the association and was IN charge
of Charles w. Darr. At the Janu-
try meeting of the entire cham
ter to be held at the Mayflower
Hotel next Tuesday night, the
aims and objectives for 1881 will
be stressed.
Provision must be made for ex-
pansion of the public library syS-
tenn of Washington, DR.. Arthur
Deerin Call, chairman of that
committee said.
Other major group meetings are
to be held before the monthly
meeting.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
BUILDING N { N
RE-QRGAN|ZE

Decision to "scrap" the existing
setup and to reorganize the
Building Trades Employers Asso,
citation was reached yesterday at
a meeting Of the cooperative COM
mittee.
DOwd Is Head
Charles Dowd was elected presi,
dent of the new body, Emil
Schmidt is to serve as vice presi-
dent, Louis Otto as treasurer, and
Thomas Grant as temporary secre-
tary. .-.
I. Rules which will be presented
to the membership January 20
are to be drafted by j.. H. Ford,
of the Steel Erectors Association,
and Emil Schmidt, of the Iron
Contractors Association.
Meetings Are Held
Yesterdays gathering culmi-
mated a series of meetings which
had been called by James F.
Murtaugh, chairman of the CO.
operative committee.
Representatives of the builders
attended a '"Buy in Washington"
council meeting at the Willard
Hotel yesterday and offered to
cooperate, expressing apprecia-
tion for the results alFeady
realized,
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
CADET TUTORS
MAY Be GUT
Times Staff Photo

Military instructors in the uni
versities and high schools of
Washington furnished from the
Army retired personnel, may be
eliminated if the War Depart
ment appropriation bill is passed
in it's present form by Congress.
Four retired Army officers are
assigned to the following schools
here: Howard University, Arling-
ton County High School, Alexan-
dria High School, and st. Johns
College.
These assignments no longer
will be made under the economy
program that the War Depart
ment has adopted and the House
Appropriations Committee has
approved. 1t is understood that
the local and Virginia schools
will be among the first to have
this service curtailed if the slash
goes through.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
i. 5. WORKERS
OPEN PARLEY

Seeking to protect Government
workers from the impending
sabotage" of the WEIGH Act
salary program in Congress, the
executive council of the Fedora
tio11 Of Federal Employees today
opened a conference here which
may have far-reaching effects.
The council is meeting as the
pay increase fight is approaching
q crisis in the House and Senate
and in advance of the presenJa-
tion of the report on the Federal
field service, prepared by the
Personnel Classification Board to
Congress.
Members Are Listed
Members of the council, in
addition to President Luther c.
Steward and Miss Gertrude Nc
Nally, secretary-treasurer, are:
National vice presidents, John
Fitzgerald Of New York; L. E.
Bentley, of New Orleans; L. r.
Whitney, of Milwaukee; Charles
L. Wiegand, of Baltimore; j. P.
Thompson. of San Francisco;
Thomas w. Gould, of Cleveland; !;
M. j. Hines, of Leavenworth,
KanS.; w. P. Taylor, of Tucson,
Ariz.; j. W. Ross, of Norfolk, Va,
and j. D. Could, of New York.
HOage Is Chosen
Earle R. Hoage, president of
the Colorado State Federation of
Labor and former city treasurer
of Denver, has been made West
ern representative of the Fedora
ton, it was announced today.
A drive for the five-day week
for Federal employees will be in
itiated at the conference, and
other progressive legislation will
be discussed. The parley will
continue until Saturday.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
CITIZENS FIGHT
SPECIAL TAXES
FOR STREETS
District Groups Protest Bill
For Assessments for I'm
provements; Approval Likely

Despite vigorous objections of
Washington citizens to the prin-
ciple of special assessments FOR
street improvements, Congress IS
preparing to enact a substitute
for the Boland law. ~
While the substitute, prepared
by the District Commissioners, at
tempts to iron out inequities and
injusticeS of the Borland law, it
adheres to the principal of that
law, namely that owners Of abut-
ting property should pay a share
of the cost of improving streets.
Citizens Oppose Measure
Every citizens association repre-
sentative who appeared before the
Senate District Committee yester-
day at a hearing, opposed the
special street assessments. Never
theless, Senator Arthur Capper,
chairman of the committee, today
is preparing to expedite passage
Of the Borland substitute.
It is understood that the House
committee will be ready at the
proper time favorably to report
the same measure, it having also
held a hearing yesterday.
Action is Doubtful
Although both of the commit
tees are expected to make favor
able reports on the measure, the
prospect of action by the Senate
and House at the present session
is not quite so bright.
Owing to the legislative jam, it
is possible that action on the bill
may be blocked for this Congress.
1t will take at least two weeks
for the Senate committee to pre-
pare it's report, and this will
leave scarcely a month of the
present Congress in which to OBJ
tain action.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
FALL At PARTY.
PROVES FATAL
To YOUTH
William Horgan, Jr., Dies
In Mystery Fall. Out Of
Window in Office Building

William Horgan, jr., 26, died
early today at Emergency Hos
pital as the result of injuries
received in a fall from the fourth
floor of the American Building.
1917 F st. N. W., into an alley!
in rear of the building a few
hours earlier. s i.
Young Horgan, according to
police, attended party on the
second floor of the building and
late last night went to the fifth
floor after he had had an argu-
ment with attendants at the
affair.
Body Is Found
His body was discovered by E.
C. H. McDermon, a watchman,
on the grating at the foot of the
building. When he attempted to-
lift Horgan, he found a large
quantity of blood on the injured
mans clothing.
Sylvester Williams, of 210 Fl
st. S. W., night watchman at
the building, said that he took
young Horgan and several friends
in the elevator to the second
floor of the building where they
entered an office. Later, he said.
he heard the party quarreling
among themselves and an at
tempt was made to make young
Horgan go home. The youth re-
fused and a little later went to
the fifth floor.
Sees Party Leave
Mr.. Williams said that the last
he saw of the party was when o
companion walked down to the
street floor carrying Horgan's
hat. He said that he did not
again see Horgan, but went out
on F Street to seek a policeman
to stop the noise in the office.
Young Horgan was identified by
his two uncles, DrS. Joseph and
Edmund Horgan of this city. His
father is William Horgan, with
whom he lived at 1925 Thirty.
eighth st. N. w.
Window Is Open
Police who investigated the case
found a window in a vacant office
O. the fourth floor open. This was
directly above the spot where the
youth was found and was the
only open window on that side OF
the building.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
COLOred Composers
Enter Music Tests

The fourth annual contest in
musical compositions for colored
composers has been opened this
year by the son of its originator,
Rodman Wanamaker of Philadel-
phia, it was learned yesterday.
The prizes this year will amount
to $1,000 and will be divided into
four classes-songs, dances, spirit
uals and symphonic work. The
contest will close July is.
wellington Adams, Washington
composer, carried off the highest
honor last year.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
Bootleggers Use Porous
Bottles to Boost Trade

his way-occasionally taking a nip,
perhaps the bottle becomes
empty very much more rapidly
than it should.
The reason is that. the little
pores in the bottle exude liquor
so rapidly that if the bottle is
held up for a minute, a steady drip
develops. In about an hours time
a bottle will completely empty.
Is Not Popular
It's a great racket, but it is
hardly likely that miniature drink
ing will become as popular as
miniature golf-even though it's
possible for each to have a hole
in-one club.