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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
 Methodist

GRACE M. E. CHUftCH Rev John W. Dodson. pastor. Preaching 10:30 a. m. and p, n Morning sermon topic: "The Un known Prophet of Judah"
 Evening p. m. Song service. Epworth league D. m. Miss Pomona Madison. leader. Sunday school at noon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
Episcopal
TRINITY CHURCH

 Prospect street just off the Green
 Rev Henry Baldwin Todd, II, rec tor.
 Fourth Lords day in Lent (mid- Lent Sunday.
 Corporate communion of the men and boys, the Altar Guild. Servers Guild and Fellowship and also the Confirmation classes of 1909, 1912 1915, 1920, 1924. 1927 at 7:3O a. m / Church school at 9:30 a. m.
 Holy Eucharist and sermon a, 11:O0 a. m.
 Subject: "A Tremendous Cues. |tion.''
 Choral Evensong and sermon a $500 D. m.
 Preacher: The Rev Thomas JohI shannon. rector, Immanuel church. Ansonia, Conn.
 Tuesday-servers' Guild at 7:so p. m.
 Wednesday, Eucharist and meditation at 10:00 a. m.: Saint Eliza abeth's G uild at 2:3O p. m: evening service in Trinity church at |8:0O p. m.; preacher: Rev Hamilton H. Kellogg. rector, St James church, Danbury. Conn. Thursday--Holy Eucharist at 7:30 la. m. Luncheon for business people from 11:00 a., m.-2:00 ?. m. in the lparish house. The Missionary society lat 2:30 D. m. Friday-Children's service and in- structior at 400 a. m. Choir re- hearsal at 7:30 D. m.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
FOREIGN TRADE
SLUNPS HARD

American trade with all prin-
cipal countries declined sharply
during the. first half of 1881,
both in exports and imports, the
Commerce Department announced
today.
During June, with minor ex-
ceptions. all showed a decline as
compared with the same month
last year and with May.
Total exports amounted to
$1,316,200,0OO, a decrease of $685.
100000, while imports totaled ST.
1O7, 100000, a decrease of $685.
100000.
Exports to Europe amounted to
$636,077, 900, a decline of $315,-
100000; North America, $346, $780,
900, a drop of $235 ,000,0O0 South
America, $94,984.000, a decrease
of 91,OOO,OOO; Asia S185 ,936, 900,
decline of $63,00O,O0O; with
smaller volume of shipments to
Oceania and Africa, both of which
showed large decreases.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
ARMOUR SALARY
CUT NEARS

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-Armour &
Co. has cut salaries of all en-
ployes in lower brackets per
cent and of those in higher
brackets 10 per cent, effective
August 10, This is part of the
company's 1881 economy pro
gram.
Employees on wage basis alone
are exempt from the cut. This
latter group accounts for the
larger percentage of total en-
ployes, who are regularly en-
ployed 40 hours week through
out the year.
Armour has concentrated on
reducing its costs of operations at
every possible point in an effort
to offset some of the loss in
profits due to lower selling
prices Of it's products.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
CAR LOADS DROP
FOR WEEK

Loading of revenue freight for
the week ended July Is totaled
741,752 cars, a decrease Of 15,803
cars, or 2 per cent below the pre-
ceding week, the American Rail
way Association announced yes
terday.
This was also 177,549 cars, or
1872 per cent below the same
week in 1880, and 36O,801, or 32.6
per cent below 1929.
Miscellaneous freight loading
totaled 278,796 cars. 7,145, or "a
per cent below the preceding
week, 76,131, or 21.4 per cent be-
low 1880 and 149,981, or $40 per
cent below 1929.
Grain and grain products filled
51,961 cars, 1856, or 1875 per
cent below the preceding, week,
1866, or 17.7 per cent below
1880. and 1886, or 80 per cent
below 1929.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
STEEL AND iron
OUTLOOK DULL

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 0.N.SD.
A decline in pig iron production
to the lowest ebb since 1921 has
followed disappointing revelations
of iron and steel company re-
ports for the second quarter,
according to the weekly Iron Age
summary, to be released tomor-
row.
with half of the country's
automobile capacity idle, Ensley
and Pittsburgh rail mills shut
down and virtually no branch
of the steel industry showing any
Improvement aside from tempo
rary fluctuations characteristic of
a low rate of activity. the out
look for August can hardly be
called encouraging, the summary
said.
Pig iron production in July
was 1,643,22O tons, or 47,201 tons
a day, compared with 1,638,627
tons, or 54,621 tons a day in
June. Both total output and
daily average were the lowest for
any month since November, 1921.
The daily rate compares with
53,732 tons for last December,
the previous low for this depres-
sion. Output for the first seven
months of the year, at 1869. .593
tons, is the smallest January.
July total since 1921, when TO-
292,721 tons was produced,
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
FUTURE COTTON
SETS NEW Low

NEW YORK, Aug. G.N.sD
New season lows we're established
in future contracts on the New
York Cotton Exchange during
the forenoon trading today on
lower than due Liverpool Gables,
and an easier stock market.
The market was IA to II points
lower at first call, refusing to
respond fully to the weakness at
Liverpool where prices for Ameri-
can Cotton were $3.50 a bale
lower than expected. Trading
was heavy and mixed. Large
volume selling came from Liver
pool and the continent. There
was some hedge selling in dis
tant months. Professional trad
ers sold. Spinners fixed prices
in fair quantities on the decline,
and there was some active short
covering for over next Satur-
days Government report. Wall
Street interests bought, while
Japanese interests took up Of
ferings in March.
At midday October sold at
8.07, off 16; December at $50,
off 16; January at $40, off Is;
March at $50, off 10; May at
S.75. off 10, and July at 8.85,
off 81.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Wages Maintained
Ru Food Industry

Wages and salaries in the
food manufacturing industry have
been kept up to normal by Sd
of the 81 companies reporting
in a survey conducted by the
Associated Grocery Manufacturers
of America.
Among the seven manufac'
turers who made reductions, four
made only minor cuts ranging
from 5 to TO- per cent, and one
concern reduced only the pay
of executives.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
BOND PRICES LOWER

NEW YORK. Aug. S GN.s) j..
The bond market was again forced
to lower price levels today. as a
continuation of pressure against
the rail list, and sympathetic
selling influenced by the reaction
ary tone in stocks occasioned
general unsettlement, in most sec
tions of the list.
In the domestic list, Shell Union
Oils IS WV, sold off sharply to ST
for a new loss of more than 5
points. Shell Pipe Line IS sagged
2 points to 88, with declines Of
similar proportions registered in
companies likewise revealing
sharply curtailed earnings.
U. S. Government obligations
were dull and generally changed.
The Liberty First 4As were
quoted at 1895. the Fouth 414s
at 104.23, the Treasury 4As at
112.12, the Treasury 33ss of AT at
l02.24, and Treasury 31ss at
lOl.l4.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Crude Feldspdr Use
In 1880 ShOUs DrO1

The crude feldspar sold or used
by producers in the United States
in 1880 amounted to about ILL.,
788 long tons, valued at $1.066,-
636, or 1921 a ton, as announced
by the United States Bureau of
Mines, which has collected statis-
tics in cooperation with the
Geological Surveys of New York,
North Carolina, South Dakota
and Virginia.
These figures show a decrease
of 13 per cent in quantity and 16
per cent in total value in COM
parison with 1929.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Profit Rise ShOWn
By Western DARN

Western Dairy Products Com
pany and Western Dairy Products,
Inc, report for six months ended
June 80, 1881, net profit of
$7l7.921 after depreciation, in
terest and Federal taxes, but
before subsidiary dividends, com
pairing with $4,000 in first half
of 1890.
Net profit for quarter ended
June 80, 1881. amounted to $512,-
489 before subsidiary dividends,
comparing with $2O5, ,432 in pre-
ceding quarter and $374,982 in
June quarter of previous year.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05

Board points out that this is not
a true picture.
According to census figures
only one half of l per cent of
the manufacturing establish
ments in the United States en-
play over 1000 wage-earners;
only IA per cent employ over
500, and only 3.4 per cent employ
more than ESQ,
A still more surprising situa-
ton is revealed by the figures re-
lating to the number of wage
earners employed by those groups
Of plants. The one-half of per
cent employing over 1000 wage
earners employ in the aggre-
gate nearly one quarter Of the
total number Of wageearners in
manufacturing industry. Never
the less, plants that employ 500
or fewer workers employ collec-
lively 619 per cent of the total.
Small Units Prevail
If an even more strict inter
probation is placed on the ques-
ton of what constitutes small
plant and establishments that
employ not more than 100 work
ers are considered. it is found
that 67.2 per cent of manufactur-
ing establishments fall within
this group and that the 28.8 per
cent of wage-earners employed by
them constitute a larger number
than the 24.1 per cent employed
by the large establishments with
more than 1000 workers.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
| L0WER LEVELS
ON CURB MART

NEW YORK, Aug. S 0.NSD.-
The curb market continued to
give ground in today's session,
with persistent selling of the utili-
ties and scattered miscellaneous
issues making for moderately
lower price levels all along the
line.
The utility group was forced to
meet the heaviest thrusts of bear
ish professionals. North Ameri-
can Light and Power, a recent
pacesetter on the upside, took the
position of leadership on the de-
cline today in dipping to 1914 for
a loss of IA points.
Electric Bond and Share showed
a loss of a point at 36A, while
declines of generally less than a
point we're sustained in American
and foreign power warrants,
American Light and Traction,
American Superpower, Associated
Gas and Electric A. Brazil Trac-
ton, Middle West Utilities, United
Gas and United Light and Power.
Cities Service broke through to
duplicate its bear market low at
9A, but sufficient support was
forthcoming at this level to
maintain this price. Oils were
dull, and moderately lower, with
Vacuum off "a at 1874, and
Standard OF Indiana off IS at %.
Mead johnson was a weak fea-
ture in the speciality list, slump
ing AZ points to 76h, before re-,
covering somewhat. Aluminium
lost 2 points at 115. Parker Rust
proof was off approximately a
point at 86hs, while nominal losses
were sustained by Ford, Ltd, and
WoolWorth. Ltd.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Silk Imports ShOW
Seven Months Gain

Raw silk imports during the
first seven months of 1881 were
1.27 per cent higher than dur
ing the same period of 1880, the
Silk Association of America, Inc,
reports. Deliveries to mills
showed an increase of 9.3 per
cent, while stocks at ware
houses on July 81 we're. 29,921
bales, compared with 35,565
bales on July 81, 1890.
Imports of raw silk during July
were 37,315 bales, as compared
with 46,825 bales during the pre-
vious month and 47,063 bales dur
ing July, 1890.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
j. s. ANDFRANCE
POOL To AID
ENGLAND
Quarter Billion Gold Loan Is
Feature of Commercial
Developments Last Week
BY LEWIS HANEY
Director New York University, Bureau
of Business Research i.

of Business Research d.
While domestic affairs received
more attention last week, there
was really no essential change.
The most important developments
came in the shape of progress
toward relief for the strained
credit conditions in England and
Germany.
Try as hard as we may, the fact
remains that business conditions
here are deeply involved with for
eign affairs.
Gold Pool Aids Britain
The outstanding point is the es-
tablishment of joint credit to
England made by France and the
New York Federal Reserve Bank.
The amount is $250,000,000, and
financial authorities are hopeful
that this will stop the drain on
English gold.
The Arrangement virtually pools
the resources of our Reserve syS-
tenn and of the French banks with
those of the Bank of England.
To the extent of the $250GG0. 900,
the huge gold reserves Of the first
two countries are put at the dis
posal of England, which country
has been rapidly losing gold
Incidentally this will help Ger
many, for there can be no doubt
that part of strain in England
has been on German account.
The proposal to sell Germany
part of our accumulated wheat
and cotton is probably Of little
importance. ut may make us
better understand the alleged
Russian "dumping").
Mainly Matter of Credit
But aside from reducing un-
certainties. such a move would
not help appreciably. 1t would
be merely taking the stuff out
of one pocket and putting it in
another. What Germany buys
now she won't buy later.
The main point is that it would
be extending more. credit to Ger
many. To the extent that she
can use cotton, this might help
her industries. Our wheat she
does not want
Most of the domestic business
news continues unfavorable.
Probably the most discouraging
indication is the renewed decline
in prices.
But it can be SAID that the bad
news is being taken with COM
posure.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Stocks on London
Change DEPRESSED

LONDON, Aug. 5 GN.S)
Stock prices were depressed on
the London Stock Exchange to-
day due to the sharp fall in the
price of pound sterling on the
foreign exchange market.
Sterling dropped from a closing
price of $4.85 1882 of yesterday
to $4.S43s at noon today, but
later rallied when Paris interests
started a heavy buying movement
in sterling. g..........
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
PACT AIDS JOBS
On BUILDING
IN D. {.
Employers Association Wins
Pledge Work Won't Halt in
Disputes on Jurisdiction

There will be no more stop
pages of work on construction
jobs in Washington because of
jurisdictional disputes between
union labor organizations, under
the terms of an agreement be-
tween the Building Trades EN-
ployers' Association, Inc, and the
washington Building Trades Coun-
Gil, announced in a bulletin by
Charles j. Columbus, secretary
of the employer group.
Heretofore owners and archi-
tects frequently have suffered de-
lays while unions have threshed
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Tobacco Company
EQrninaS GrOUinQ
Gold Pool Aids Britain

Withdrawals Of cigarettes for
consumption in the first half
year slightly exceeded those of the
similar period of 1880. and the
prospect is for a full year show
ing on par with the 1880 rec
ord
With this expected volume of
sales, full year 1881 earnings of
the major companies undoubtedly
will exceed those of 1880 by a
sizeable amount, the Standard
Statistics Company reported to-
day. This will be largely influ-
enced by the 7 per cent increase
in the wholesale price of cigar
cites,
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Fisher Price Index
At NeU 1891 LOD

Prof. Irving Fishers index of
commodity prices for the week
ended August l, is 69.3, 4 new
low for the year and compared
with 69.5 a week ago and 7O.6
a month ago. The index is based
on 100 as the average for 1925.
The 1881 high of 78.5 was
reached in the week ended Janu-
airy 3. The 1880 high was 93.7
and the low, 70.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Canadian LOadings
Decline in Week

Local loadings on Canadian
railroads during week ended July
Is totaled 46,802 cars, against
47,966 in the preceding week and
59,423 a year ago, being a decline
of 21.2 per cent from the 1880
periods
Receipts from connections
totaled 22,042 cars, against 22,311
in the preceding week and 29,082
year ago, a decline of 24.2 per
cent from 1880.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Heavy Export Gain
In German Films

The most favorable trade bal
ance in years, with exports five
times as large as imports, is
shown by German motion picture
film statistics. the Commerce De-
partment was advised yesterday.
Film exports from Germany in
the past year amounted to $780,.
600 and imports $720.000. leaving
a favorable balance of $2.88O, 900.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
CELLOPHANE PRICES CUT

Du Pont Cellophane Co. has
made a further reduction of ap-
proximately 10 per cent in the
prices of both plain and moisture
proof cellophane effective August
/, 1881. The price on plain has
been reduced to As cents a pound
from so cents and moisture
proof to 10 cents from rs cents.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Aug. 5 GN.SD,
Hogs: 10000; market, 1Oc higher
Top, So; bulk, $5.7567.90; heavy
$5.50@7; medium, $7.4O68; light
weight, $750@8: light lights
$7.25@7.85; packing sows, $40
$50; pigs, $5@7.50; holdovers
5000.
Cattle-14,OOO; Csc lower. Calves
1000; steady. Beef steers: Good
and choice, $75068.75; common
and medium, $6@7.50; yearlings
$8@9.25. Butcher cattle: Heifers,
$500; cows, $305.5O,
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Washing Machine
Sales UD In Quarter

Sales of members of the Amer
ican washing Machine Manufac-
turers Association for the first
half of 1881 amounted to 341,025
units as against 293,560 units in
the preceding six months and
319,229 units in the first half of
1880.
Members of the association &C,
count for more than 30 per cent
of the total output,
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
GRAINS OPEN LOW

CHICAGO. Aug. S G.N.S0.
Wheat started "a to 1bc lower
today with all deliveries selling at
new lows on the crop. Septem-
her sold at a new all-time low of
481ac.
Around noon prices were "a to
7sc down with the market show
ing little disposition to rally.
Corn opened "a to 3sc lower,
with all deliveries selling in
sympathy with wheat. Oats and
rye were easy.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
IRON ORE SHIPMENTS

Iron ore shipments from up
per lake ports in July totaled
4,956,061 tons against 8,586,649
tons in July, 1880. Shipments
for the season to August / to-
tailed 10.709,320 tons compared
with 24,324,222 in the same pc
rtod last year.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
BONDS AUTHORIZED

The North Plains and Santa
Fe railroad yesterday was author.
lied by the Interstate Commerce
Commission to issue one first
mortgage 6 per cent gold bond
which will be delivered to the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
system,
The Washington times., 1931-08-05

out disputes, but now work will
continue while boards of awards
dispose of such contests.
Recent decisions of these boards
place the responsibility for set
ting angles, bucks and sills about
elevator enclosures upon the iron
workers, and order that setting
tile for field drains shall be under
supervision of plumbers.
The Employers Association re-
quests that members and friends
report promptly any cases where
abuses exist on construction
work here. The regular board
meeting for this month has been
postponed until SEPTEMBER 3.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
SMALL FACTORY
STILL BIC j. g.
EMPLOYER
More Than Three-fifths OF
All Wage Farmers Work in
Units of Less Than 500 Men

The people of the world. in
cluding many Americans. have
come to visualize the industrial
organization of the United States
as an aggregation of tremend.
Gus plants, turning out every day
in the year thousands Of motor
vehicles, train loads of soap. mil
lions of hams, thousands of
miles of wires. and other prod
ucts in similar scale.
World Is Misled
The current issue of the
monthly service letter of the Ma
tional Industrial Conference
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
N. Y. Stock Transfer
STAMP Sales LOUer

New York State agents for the
sale of stock transfer stamps
have reported sales during July
of $1,116,591, compared with ST.
699,137 in June and $1,645,339 in
July, 1890.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
News of Cheer
To Business

Housewives buying many
more washing machines.
Earnings of tobacco COM
panies reported growing.
Profits increased over half
by Western Dairy Company.
Food industry maintains
wages and jobs.
Imports show Americans
buying more silk.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
High Low Close
Domestic

Treas AS 1947-52. .Lll2 12112 12.112 II
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The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Financial Ne1us Stocks Bonds Commodities and Comment
New York Bond Market
United states |
Fractions represent 52nds
mn fusdgs I'M 1-S2

United states High Low Close
Liberty 34s 1932-47I1O2 14I102 14I1O2 IA
Lib lat 4Ls 32-47..t1036 103 5 1925
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Treas 4As 1947-52. .l1l2 12112 12L112 II
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-24
Lions Club Gives
Canned Goods for Relief
Each Member Donates Can Of Fruit
to Help Out the Needy-Given
at Last Meeting.

Ever since its organization last fall
the various meetings of the Lions club
have proven so entertaining that there
is no difficulty in inducing the mem
bership to turn out. A large number
Of Lions are always present and this
was likewise true at the meeting held
Monday evening at the Turner Tavern,
where a fine dinner was served to a
jolly crowd On this occasion H. c.
Bolyard of this city and Bert Bealey
Of the Yak district were guests Of
the club.
The Monday night meeting was a
short one and not much business was
transacted aside from listening to re-
ports by Harold Miller and Lloyd Will
hanson on plans being made for the
ladies' night to be held some time in
January, date to be announced later
AS each Lion came to the meeting
Monday night he brought with him
can of fruit, which was to be turned
over to the Libby relief committee to
help out this committee in its laudable
work, Some rs to 30 cans Of fruit were
thus donated
The closing feature of the entertain
ment was the visit of Santa Claus in
the person of r. E. Russell who, ii is
said, makes most efficient Kriss
Kringle. The recipients of his gifts
seemed to be highly pleased with them,
as the opening of each package was
the signal for peals of laughter.