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Comments.

BALTMOREReceding the
1887 PERIOD
Wholesale orders mostly for
unchanged lowered March factory employment
IT from 1887
CH1cAGo-Furher layofs the continued downend
Of industrial producion working
anticipated month
despite Of
1887 week Steel rate start at 331 81
CLEVEAND-oves point Of present recession believed have
automobile
Tire
decline lowered retail sales 10 to B cent from 1887 wholesale volume
of nearly Is
DETROIT-DoWn per cent pre-
preceding retail sales fell 2 behind the 1887 total Demand
electrical appliances
position better Wholesale remained
to 60563 units from 81 02, and 1879 900 last
KANSAS CITYPostEaster retail about Is to 20
curtaied widening
ton to stocks low slowed orders wholesalers srank
10 20 from last automobile assembly plant
laid off about 1000 employees and the other has daily output
rom
LoUIsvILE-Bulding April
but factories industries about Is to 80
cent less than Retail sales off the Easter total and IL
to IS under last Houeunngs still moved suggh
whisky
in total of 81.
PITTSBURGH sales thus far in 1888
averaged Is under the April
all roll
wholesalers larger orders
New business finished Disappointing Monday will be
off to % Fuel market still unsettled
LOUISAe the week retail sales
1887 declines II
Wholesale still incentive make merchants buy ahead
Wholesale 25 to
smaller little factory operations
unchanged Steel rate 1868 cent off 81 points
YOUNGSTOWN-In of seaonable weather and the
promotions retail sales sumped about 2 cent for the
the IL last years Reduced
points from previous Monday suspension
three active furnaces set the steel rate back 10 ~ per cent
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weeks ended April %, were of rs
per cent; IL weeks. off 6.6 per cent.
Falconbridge Nickel Mines. Ltd
March quarter common share earnings
were cents, against 10 cents.
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelling Co..
Ltd-March quarter common share
earning before depletion were IS
cents.
American News Co.-Declared rs
cents dividend, payable May l6 to
holders of record May 9. On March
Is, 1898, similar payment was made.
Associates Investment Co-March
quarter common share earnings were
Sl.7l, against S235.
Diamond Match Co.-Declared three
quarterly cash dividends of Is cents
share each and stock dividend OF
one-tenth of share of American
Match Corp. on Diamond Match Co.
common stock. First cash dividend
and the stock dividend will be paid
June l to holders of record May 10,
1885, Two remaining cash dividends
will be disbursed September l and
L
gust 10 and November 10. 1888, re-
spectively. Directors also declared an
additional dividend of so cents share
on participating preferred stock. pay
able June to holders of record May
10. 1888.
International Silver Co-March
deficit was sl2l,se6, against net in
come of s163,72S.
Parke, Davis g. Co-March quarter
common share earnings we're Al cents,
against So cents.
Randall Co-Directors of company
passed quarterly dividend on 81 class
A participating preferred stock, last
payment
Consolidated Steel Corp Ltd-Con-
tract for supplying ring seal gates-for
Grand Coulee Dam and Seminole Dam
has been awarded to this company by
Government on its bid of Sl,089,937.
Standard Oil Co., Indiana-Presi-
dent said March, quarter profits of
company showed a moderate decline
under like 1897 period.
Baldwin Locomotive Works-Com-
mon share earnings, II months ended
March 81, were IL cents.
Boston g. Maine Railroad-March
quarter deficit was 81 l,588,054, against
net income of $495,703.
International Railways of Central
America-Declared S125 dividend on
5 per cent preferred stock, payable
May l6 to holders Of record May 9. On
February Is, 1888, similar disburss-
ment was made on preferred. After
this payment arrears will total $26.25
share as of May IS, 1898.
Maine Central Railroad-March
quarter deficit was $141,57S, against
net income of $2l2,60
st. Louis Southwestern Railway
March quarter deficit was s488,123,
against deficit Of s219,542.
Virginian Railway Co.-March quar-
ter common share earnings were s2.33,
against $3.50,
Kayser Gulius) g. Co.-Directors Of
company took no action on dividend on
common stock. last payment on which
was 25 cents share on February IS,
1898.
Duquesne Light Co.-Preferred
share earnings, II months ended Feb
ruary %. were $35.75, against S3605
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.

CHICAGO. April 30 LR9 Omitted States
department OF Aericulture.--The cattle
and hog markets were nominal in the
too small to test values The late trade,
however. carried weak undertone and
the hog trade expected increasing supplies
next week; Lambs held steady
=, HOES lS' 5000. including $500 directs;
225-pound average to. shipper. s.25; ship
week ago hogs, go pounds down, ss-sS
lower: heavier butchers 1925 OF; pack
Cattle, 300; calves none: compared Fri
day last week: Strictly good, Choice and
prime steers and long yesrlinRs. strong
70 o+,25 Is higher: heavies up most. due to
weishty steers. ios5 iisht ao eteers io4o 49H
l.535-pound averages. 1895; few year
grade steers. 25 lower at 500 down; some
rseppiacsment 3 81 competition; with killers at
steer run; good and choice fed heifers
weak to 25 lower; other grades fully 25
lower; beef cows of most: bulls. o5 on
heifers. a1O; well-finished heavy heifers
scarce: cutter cows closed at 500 down;
s. sausage bulls at $50 down; vealers at
Sheep. 5000. including 5000 directs;
Compared Friday last week Fat Wooled
lambs mostly 5000 higher; clipped Offer
ings. 1920 up: sheep strong to 25 higher:
o se at a4o G os deek s5C xea s
averages around 89-91 pounds; weeks top
wooled lambs 100 paid late: bulk. s35-
g; top clipped lambs: 90: bulk. 7.25-
ehoc. sacrn tSp eWes ntness go
cluded at outside: scattered lots good to
cnolce Wooled ewes, 6.76 down.
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WHEAT DEPRESSED
|. BY CROP OUTLOOK
May Reports Are Expected
to Indicate Record
Winter Yield.
BY JOHN p. BOUGHAN.
Associated Press Market Editor,

CHICAGO, April 30.-Trade visions
that May crop reports will indicate
an all-time record yield OF winter
wheat are doing much Just now TO
pull prices down.
Soaking rains over large sections
came in time to be included in Chi
cago statisticians' estimates scheduled
for issuance May g. AS a result, most
traders express confidence decided
crop improvement will be shown rela-
tive to month previous and that un-
equaled big acreage counted on for
harvest will prove another vital factor.
Losses from black rust in Texas
and orange rust in Oklahoma are gen.
orally expected here to be small owing
to the advanced condition Of plants.
Chicago Prices Down.
Compared to one week ago. the Chi
cago wheat market this morning was
27s-5 cents bushel lower, corn
cent to rs down, oats Is -23s off, rye
showing 2l2-4as cents drop and pro-
visions setback of Is to As cents.
Foremost specialists here say that
not in years has the May l outlook
for the American wheat crop, winter
and spring. been so auspicious as at
present. The indicated May l pros
pect Is expected to average approxl-
mately 100,000000 bushels over the
corresponding estimates in 1881, when
record output was achieved. Not
Withstanding it is long time yet till
harvest, belief has become widespread
few more good rains in the Southwest
will assure the 1888 winter crop reach
ing proportions never before witnessed.
Benefited by Moisture.
United States spring wheat as well
as winter, is reported as having been
highly benefited by recent moisture.
This appears especially the case IN
Northern North Dakota, where dust
storms were almost a daily occurrence
the preceding week. Owing to ex-
tensive use of Thatcher wheat, a va
rlety which last year gave a wonderful
demonstration Of resistance to black
rust. the trade here anticipates but
slight losses this season from rust at
tacking the spring crop, particularly
in the Red River Valley, where
Thatcher seeded acreage is the largest.
Corn. rye and oats are responsive
to wheat market doWnturns. despite
the largest corn export clearances in
many years. Big receipts Of corn
largely nullify export effects.
Provisions show results Of expected
increase Of May and June arrivals Of
hogs.
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CORPORATION
REPORTS
CORPORATION REPORTS,


NEW YORK, April 30-The follow
ing is todays summary of corporation
news prepared by Standard Statistics
Co., Inc, New York.
Electric Auto-Lite Co. - March
quarter deficit was s32,242, against
net income of sl,228,l35.
Arundel Corp-March quarter COM
mon share earnings were AZ cents.
against AZ cents.
Otis Elevator Co-March quarter
common share earnings were 35 cents,
against so cents.
Wood GAR Industries, Inc.-Com-
pany announced a proflt-sharing plan
for employees under which they will
receive additional compensation equiv
alent to 20 per cent of all dividends
declared.
Westvaco Chlorine Products Corp
March quarter common share earn
ings were 80 cents. against "A cents.
Pittsburgh Coal Co-March quarter
deficit was s76s,175, against net in
come of S201,727.
Crosley Radio Corp-March quarter
deficit was S25,774, against deficit of
S3l $50. after S250,000 flood loss in
like 1887 period.
Square D Co.-March quarter COM
mon share earnings were 10 cents,
against 81 cents.
Hecker Products Corp.-Common
share earnings, nine months ended
March 81, were "a cents, against n
cents.
Kellogg Co.-The 1887 common
share earnings were sl71, against
S2.55.
National Distillers Products Corp
March quarter common share earnings
were II cents, against 70 cents.
Artloom Corp.-Declared SITS divi-
dend on per cent preferred stock on
account of arrears, payable June l
to holders of record May Is. After
this payment arrears will total s525
share.
Haywood Wakefield Co. - March
quarter deficit was S1O4,725. against
net income of $10l,664 Shipments
billed by company in quarter ended
March 81, were 81 per cent less than
in same 1887 period, and orders re-
ceived were 38 per cent lower. Presi-
dent does not expect first half of
operations to be profitable.
Dresser Is. r. Manufacturing Co.
Glass B share earning, IL months end
ed March 81, were sl.29. against $1.71.
Lunkenheimer Co.-Declared IS
cents common dividend, payable May
IA. to holders of. record May 4. On
February Is. 1888, dividend OF 37la
cents a share was paid on this issue.
Butler Bros.-March quarter deficit
was s380,502, against net income of
s265, 5,468.
National Tea Co.-Deficit, quarter
ended March rs, was s207 7,O96, against
net income of $109.829 in quarter
ended March q, 1887.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.-Sales, four
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36-point decline since April last year.
Prices Of farm products as group
have dropped 2S per cent during the
past year, but are II per cent above
the low point in February and March
1898.
The bureau reported that prices Of
meat animals and livestock products
declined less than prices Of crops from
April Is. 1887, to mid-April this year.
Dairy products Lost 10 points In the
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DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED

NEW YORK. April 3O-Dividends de-
ciared--prepared by the Standard Sta
tistics Co.:
Deferred.
Lehigh Coal e. Navieation
No Action Taken.
Durham Hosiery Mills SO pfd A.
Passed.
Commonwealth Life Insurance (Ky).
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Trade Reports at a Glance
By the Associated Press.


YORK. April 3o-Tablod business reported by
bbng
retail manufacturing industry
compared with the corresponding period last
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YELLOW TRUCK SALES
AND PROFITS DECLINE
Special Dispatch to The STAR.

Special Dispatch to The STAR
PONTIAC. Mich, April 30.-Net
sales of Yellow Truck g. Coach Manu-
featuring Co., for the quarter ended
March 81. 1888. were s13,465,032. The
consolidated net profit for the quarter
ended March 81, 1888. amounted to
sll7,575, after deducting provision
for depreciation of s264.335 for plants
and equipment and provision for Fed
eral taxes on income of $4,000.
The above compares with net sales
OF s17,737,543 and net profit of s456,-
753 for the quarter ended March 81 ,
1887.
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FARM PRODUCTS INDEX
LOWEST IN FOUR YEARS

The lowest farm products price in
dex in nearly four years-94 per cent
of pre-war as of April 15-was re-
ported today by the Bureau Of Agri-
cultural Economics.
A 2-point decline for the month
since March Is was reported and .
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NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
RUBBER FUTURES.
NEW YORK, April 30 tP.-Iny.s,nent
Bankers Conference Inc

NEW YORK, April 30 tP,.-Crude. rr'r.
Sa Ss5 iq'uTss sosed - to s o"eT 81
IL "a September ] As: December / t..
6s; smoked ribbed, spot, 1l.25n. n-Nor1.
ira1
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index during the period, poultry prod
ucts II and meat animals 16 points.
Prices of truck crops were 10 points
lower in the index in mid-April than
a year earlier, but grains had lost u
points, cotton and cottonseed were
down 46 points and fruits down "a
points. Average prices received for
apples In mid-April were reported the
lowest Of record for ths mouth.
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INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK. April 30 1P,.-Inyestment
Bankers Conference, Inc:
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EE - AEnRE IE:.IYINGA

much Is written and with which so
much is done these days, turn up
IN new form-ss insulation. There
Is new insulative wool made OF the
shredded bark OF redwood trees.
|, Although the bark. when 1t Is on
the trees. is tough and hard. after
1t has gone through 4 manufacture
ing process 1t is As light and fleecy
an insulation as you could wish, and
has. besides, natural residence in
herent in this wood. 1t is said this
residence accounts for a remarkable
staying power" so that. installed in
walls, the wool does not settle toward
the bottom of the wall. The fibers
are wiry and by their own pressure
against the sides OF the walls man.
age to keep their position.
Redwood bark does not readily
support combustion. has a high re-
sistance to moisture. Is odorless in
itself and won't pick up odors, Is
naturally distasteful to rodents and
insects. and has An inherent anti
septic quality which discourages the
existence of fungi Sounds very help
full, for an insulation material
doesn't it?
The new insulation is placed between
ceiling 1oists or packed into the walls
easily, being simple to tuck into cracks
and irregular spaces. The makers
OF the wool give all the credit to
nature for the insulative qualities
but take credit themselves for the
light. heecy texture OF the finished
product.
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STRUCTURAL GLASS
effective IN HOME
Picture Windows Dramatise
Outdoor View in Addition to
Expanding Interior.

Novel application of structural glass
have greatly stmplified the task OF re-
decorating living rooms, kitchens and
bathrooms. Although tested and i'm
proved by more than two decades OF
experience. it is kept ever new by
modern tricks in the art OF glass
making. and can bring 1899 charm
to an old home just as = new Parisian n
bonnet adds charm and beauty to
milady.
Most popular. perhaps. Of all up
to-the-minute uses for glass in the
home is in the so-called picture win
dows," which medium priced homes
as well AS palatial estates can afford
to employ. Picture windows" make
an outside view actually part OF 4
house by framing 1t in the walls.
A wide variety Of frames and place
ment treatment present themselves to
the interior decorator. but one thing
must be kept in mind-the glass for
picture windows" should be Of the
best grade possible within the budget.
Evening star., 1938-10-01
BY DOROTHY DUCAS and ELIZA
BETH GORDON.

bElH GOHDON.
~ NE of the commonest queries
We f1nd in our mail sack,
about almost every product
~ made to 60 into homes, is !:
How do you take care OF 1t after it
is IMP" And strangely, linoleum, one
Of the most familiar things In the
house. is of chief concern to our corre-
spondents.
OF course every one knows you can
wash linoleum with mild soap and
water, but this is only a small part of
the maintenance problem in connec-
ton with this reliable floor covering.
After it is washed. rinsed and thor
onghly dried linoleum should be
waxed. It's what kind of wax to use
that sometimes puzzles us.
Manufacturers of linoleum are
agreed upon the type OF wax to be
used on their product, and who should
know better what is good for it than
those who make the material? A self.
polishing WAX it is. the kind that can
be busted daily with a dry mop and
not only will the dust be removed but
the luster on the wax film will be
frightened as well.
We have found one OF these WAKES
Uhere are many which does wonders
toward making the floors of YOUR
kitchen and bathroom or the lino-
leumed tops of your kitchen work
spaces gleam protectively. If your
lmoleum is not new and has not been
~axed for some time, wash it thor
ougnly with nom -alkai soap, rinse
ana dry 1t, then put on two coats of
SeH-pollShlng wax, allowing the first
coat to dry thoroughly before apply-
ing the second. After that you will
nave to put on only one coat every
lew weeks, depending on the use the
surface gets. II your linoleum is new
the surface probably has this kind of
wax finish on it already, so the one
coat system will be sufficient to keep
1t bright for a long time without
washing
Inc wax is most simply applied
with lambs wool applicator, but it
can be done with cheesecloth or even
with Whitewash brush, like paint.
HERMOSTATS come into prom
1nence as soon as the weather
sends us scurrying to turn on the
heat for the first coolish davs. Are
you satisfied with yours? II not
there are new thermostats on the
market.
One we've been hearing about re-
Gently is made up OF a large fat
olmetal sensitive element mounted in
horizontal case which is so well
supplied with openings that the nor
mai vertical current OF air down a
wall reaches the entire expanse of
the element. The lowers, or OPEN
lnRs, are on all sides of the case
creating full circula ton. The ther-
mostat not only will report the blasts
OF air 1t feels from one direction
but will turn your heart on or of
because it has felt the air current
from any direction. That's important
The whole device is small. GOOD
looking. neat, and can be installed
IN any system using a wall-type con.
troll.
HOSE wonderful trees of California
the redwoods-about which so
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EASEMENTS DRESS UP

The basement OF 4 home is receiv-
ing more attention now than ever
before. In years past it was only A
place for waste materials and broken
furniture. with the furnace providing
virtually the only reason for its exist
ence
Today the basement ia becoming
one OF the most popular rooms in a
nome, due to alterations which
amount to the addition OF a room. A
''r'lmpus room for the children, ar
entertainment center for the young
folks. or a recreational place for the
entire family are now feasible in the
basement through the judicious Use
OF modernization,
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preferably highly polished clear plate
glass which allows perfect visibility
Of the outside view. II q peach or
blue colored window Is installed, added
beauty is obtained by the delicate tint
Of the glass. while at night the win
dow becomes = colored mirror adding
to the apparent spaciousness OF the
room and rejecting 4 soft glow from
interior lights.
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Red. White. Blue Bedroom

A well-liehted bedroom was made
charming by the simple combina ton
NJ red. blue and white. The walls were
painted restful shade OF delft blue.
the woodwork white and the bed
niche. which contained the windows.
WAS draped with white. looped- ba ok
e''rtalnA White. straight hung cur
fa'ns were used at the windows and
the twin mahogany beds we're COW
cred by dark red and white striped
spreads Of taffeta with gathered side
Valances. The remainder of the fur
nlture was also in MAHOGANY finish
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stacked. it IA important that the sur
face on which they are stacked be
level and that each screen bA placed
squarely on the one below 1t. Inn
proper storage may damage the wire
cloth or warp the frames.
II screens and window sills have
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OF the country. After making neces-
sary repairs. screens should be stored
IN such way that the frames will
not be warped.
In order to prevent warping,
screens should either be stood up in
racks or be laid nat. II they are
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not already been numbered. this IL
recommended so that when the
screens are put in use in the spring
they may be easily sorted and placed
In their proper openings. Small dupli-
cate brass number tags may be OBJ
tanned for this purpose.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15
The Little Men
(NeW York World Telegraph

(New York World Telegraph
 Many of them want the government to let them alone. Many others want the government to lend them loan. And the little business who met at Washington started off in confusion of tongues that must have been from all accounts very funny indeed
 But we don't feel much like laughing.
 A conference arranged this was, with many of its participants selected at random from among people who had written letters to the Presi- dent, was bound to include a good many panacea peddlers
 And so quite a few little men showed up with long speeches in their pockets and firm determina- ton to be heard rather than to listen The confer ence was told that the country's problems could be solved by driving Satan out; by getting President Roosevelt to promise that he won't seek third term or by establishing government school for inventors or by repeating million laws and passing new ones; or by printing money to lend
 But for every little who is sure that he has the solution for everything there dozens and scores who have gone to Washington, paying their own way because they are puzzled and worried and afraid, and because they earnestly want help each other and the country find way out
 They are hardware merchants and lumber dealers and garment makers, and druggists and insurance men, and restaurant owners and machinery manu- facturers, and filling station operators, and dry cleaners and printers. They the people who own the small stores and factories and mills of America : who struggle to meet pay rolls and pay taxes and with luck, make little profit
 They have found themselves and their businesses affected more and more by what government does They have had to contend with higher taxes and new taxes and multiplicity of records to keep and forms to fill out They have seen big business growing bigger and labor demanding higher wages and shorter hours And now, after it seemed that better times were here at last they have watched recession wipe out most of their gains and threaten them with dis astrous losses
 They aren't in full agreement as to what is the matter. But what group is in full agreement? They Well where is unanimity any plan?
 Most of them, fear, returned from Washington disappointed, Some of them say the conference was failure-that they might better have stayed at home and saved their money But they'll go home deter mined to pitch in and keep things running as best they can no matter what the President and the gov- ernment do.
 Mo- we can't see much to laugh at in the confer ence of little business men. But we can see a great deal to admire