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Evening star., 1948-12-18

and usher In some form of American authori.
tartan regime
Danger in Eliminating Competition.
am convinced that 1t would be a great
mistake If Congress were to enact statute
which would facilitate each member of every
industry in simultaneously following the bas-
ing point system-oh strictly as individuals.
In common sense as we'll as in law. when
leading members of an industry at the same
time and with mutual knowledge follow a
course which inevitably eliminates price COM
petition the presumption is that they act un-
der mutual purpose to that end. That pre-
sumption should not be abrogated.
It is likely that the prospective losses to
uneconomically located concerns as the re-
suit of the cement decision have been over
mittee. But 1t is improbable that a system
50 highly artificial can be abolished without
damage to some over whom it has held an
umbrella at the public expense.
The public interest is paramount. American
Industry could not go forward with many Of
is liEes eliminating price competition through
;asing point systems while other lines remain
subject to prosecution for other forms of COM
oination pursued for the same ends.
The Congress might about as we'll repeal the
antitrust laws as to facilitate basing point
systems.
The Trade Policies Committee, the Congress,
industry and even the consuming public, I be-
lieve, are coming to realize the crucial turn
ing point we have reached in the course OF our
free institutions. EUGENE w. BURR.
Evening star., 1948-12-01
Fairbanks Film

The Institute of Contemporary
Arts will present the Douglas Fair
banks Robin Hood" as the next
offering in its film series at the
Institute Auditorium, 1922 New
York Avenue, Friday at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1948-12-01

loveliness what Ingrid Bergman is
to shining womanhood and a
couple of hours In the formers
living presence Is one of the few
honest values In today's economy.
Her cause, in this case finding an
equally liberal male to end her
flagrantly illogical loneliness, is one
Of the most satisfying to which
you ever lent your enthusiasm. II
there are better actresses, 1t could
make absolutely no difference to
any one except possibly the better
actresses.
In a word, Miss Carroll Is Broad
ways sweetheart. Broadway never
had better taste.
The foundation upon which Miss
Carroll builds so pleasantly Is the
character of a pretty liberal Con-
gresswoman who comes back for
commencement to her old school.
She has acquired glowing pres
tige In the years between, first a.
a by-line writer in Spain, China,
and more dramatic war zones, and
more lately as a fighter for liberal
causes in the South Wing OF the
Capitol in Washington.
Freedom, the one spelled with
the capital letter. has been too
much her love to let her dwell too
intently upon more personally
profitable affection.
This June week is to change all
that for Agatha Reed, Democrat,
Pennsylvania. Old grad softness,
one of the rare endearing Affections
of mankind, seizes her. Even be-
fore the audience is aware Of it.,
she is being gnawed by the old
emptiness for her one-time history
prof, now president Of the college,
to whom she played sacrificial
heifer and was expelled those 20
years ago, when she was 10, mind
you.
They are older now and more
reserved but the emotion is still
there and commencement is barely
begun before their troth is plighted.
All these years. she tells the prexy,
played by Conrad Nagel, she has
acted on the energy and inspira-
ton of the liberalism she learned
from him at Good Hope in Massa-
chusetts. What she does not know
Is that he has recanted on that
very idealism, that he now fires
Evening star., 1948-12-01
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
ond Time of Showing

Ambassador-"Fighter Squadron"
/, $40, $40, 7:25 and $40 pm.
Capitol - Three Godfather"
10:45 am, 1870, 4:20, 7:10 and II
pm. Stage shows: 12::45, 3:35, 6:2(
and 9:10 pm.
Columbia-"Road House; u:4t
am, lao. $40, 5:45. 7:45 and 9:4s
pm.
Dupont-'La Traviata":: l, 2:40
4:25, sos, 7:55 and 9:45 pm.
Hippodrome-"My Man Godfrey;
2:15, 4:05, 6, 7:5O and 9:40 pm.
Keith's-"A Song Is Born; 11:2s
am, 1:25, $50, 5:35, TAO and 9:4s
pm.
Little-"Hamlet";; 2:s0 and $50
pm.
Metropolitan-"June Bride; 11:1t
am, lis, 500, 5:25, 7:35 and Gas
pm.
National-"Red Shoes; 2:3o and
$50 pm.
Palace-"The Three Musketeers"
11:15 am, 1850, 4:25, 7 and $50 pm
Pix-"Bel Ami; $40, 7 and 1920
pm.
Playhouse - "Hamlet" 2:30 and
$3.50 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts
Continuous from 1915 am.
Warner-"Fighting Squadron; II
am, 1880, 3:25, $40, TAO and 9:5s
pm.
Evening star., 1948-12-01

professors who depart from texC-
ual teaching, that he prizes new
buildings above academic freedom.
that he takes orders from a trustees
chairman who probably regarded
Calvin Coolidge as dangerous.
Naturally, she learns this, largely
through a controversy over whether
she may show a peace film OF her
own production to the bright-eyed
young of her own school.
1t is crushing intelligence, but
not so crushing as. it must have
been save for the presence OF a
Life photographer. He and the
Congresswoman have been through
the same wars together. have taken
on the same theological shape, and
are obviously made for each other
as soon as the prexy muffs his
second chance to marry Agatha
Reed.
In her demonstration that what
this country needs Is 434 Agatha
Reeds in the lower House Of Con-
gress, Miss Carroll does more for
her brand Of political idealism than
the whole population Of Washing
ton since 1888. She is cool, serene
and sure in the ultimate Of her
philosophy and she crusades, in
love or politics, with srace and in
teiligence She is charmingly at
ease in the mad ritual of COM
mencement. and spans the 20 years
from expulsion to queenly welcome
with a continuity as shapely as
that Of a rainbow. She is the
girl now that. she was then. and
the girl then she is now, and any
one who asks more than that OF
character is unreasonable.
Sam Wanamaker. who plays that
ingratiatingly mutinous Life pho
tographer, and who also directed
Goodbye, My Fancy" has done an
expert job of detecting comic rich
ness in the commencement setting
of Mrs. Kanin's play. He makes a
funny business of everything from
the seniors intensity about life to
the mishaps that can overtake ell
derly sex hygiene instructors at fac
ulty "teas." His direction assures
that old grads who do not go back
will henceforth know what they
missed-and probably be grateful.
Beyond Miss Carroll, Nagel and
Wanamaker, the happiness Of
Goodbye, My Fancy" is enriched
by the presence of Miss Shirley
Booth, one of the funniest women
anywhere. and Bethel Leslie. who
might be a Miss Carroll some day.
Their practice of human virtues
an frailties makes one forget how
often Mrs. Kanin's play pauses to
preach.
Evening star., 1948-12-01
-22 s.THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. G.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER I. isA.
Theater Finds a Sweetheart
In Cinema's Miss Carroll
By Jay Cormody
oromo Editor Of The Stor

There liberalism that is highly marketable IN the
Package aracvy which to say IN the person
People
flock from in the size droves and the
Riches first substantial will come to
Evening star., 1948-12-01
Aristophanes Play
Will Open Friday
AtCatholic L.

Catholic University will offer Its
first production Of a Greek COM
edy, the rarely performed master
piece, "The Birds" starting Friday
night. Written by Aristophanes,
who is regarded as the father of all
western comedy and whose slap
stick tricks and devices have been
initiated ever since, THE Birds" is
one of the great Utopian satires.
1t represents Aristophanes' light
hearted but pointed attack on the
stupidities and corruptions Of his
day.
Walter Kerr, who is directing the
show, has made a new acting edi-
ton for this production, rendering
the usual stilted translations into
easy and colloquial idiom, and
stressing the theatrical values with
which Aristophanes studded his
play. Spectacle, dance, song, and
colorful costumes are all part of
the Greek comic tradition, and
have been retained in the new ver-
sion.
John Garvey has done an original
musical score for the play and its
dances, and Thomas Bohen Jrs has
designated and executed an array of
new costumes. The principal COM
edy roles are played by John Eas-
ley apd Louis Camuti, while the
principal dancing role is filled by
Joan Lea Walsh. Others i'm
portantly cast include Frank Nc
Mutt, Frank Dolan, Jill Leahy
Philip Bosco, Robert Kirby, Rom
ME Peters, James Langan, and
some 80 additional players.
An elaborate mountain-top set
ting has been designed and lighted
by James Waring. Choruses have
been coached by DR.. Josephine Nc
Garry Callan.
The Birds" after its December
8 opening, will continue through
Saturday, December 18, emitting
Sunday night performances.
Evening star., 1948-12-01

you in quantity such as only Broad
way can give them and if you don't
live happily ever afterward, you at
least had the makings for a while.
These are the sort Of thoughts
that come to a man sitting IN a
state of relaxed amusement in
the Morosco theater where Good
bye, My Fancy" Is one Of Broad
ways newest hits.
The comedy is the literary work
Of Fay Kanin. one of the prolific
Kanins, but its basic charm lies be-
yond Mrs. Kanin in the altogether
winning portrait Of Madeleine Car
roll as the Congresswoman heroine.
Miss Carroll, making her first
Broadway appearance, is to sheer
Evening star., 1948-12-01

George I, King Of England for
three years, could neither speak
nor write the English language.
Evening star., 1948-12-01
To Present Alice

The Children's Theater Of Wash
ingotn will perform alice in Won
derland" December 3 and 10 at
BIS pm. and December 4 and II
at 2:30 pm. in the Roosevelt High
School auditorium.
Tickets for this second play Of
the current season are on sale at
the Snow Concert Bureau.
Evening star., 1948-12-01
A1unnae Show

An Alumnae Show featuring
Howard Williams and his Orchestra
will be given in the Mckinley High
School auditorium, tomorrow and
Friday nights at $50.
Purpose Of the show, which will
include an all-alumnae cast Of IS
performers, is to raise an initial
fund to establish an alumnae asso-
citation at the school.
Evening star., 1948-12-01
Red Shoes Stays

1.-The Red Shoes" will continue
at the National. Theater through
Thursday, December 18. Reserved
seats for all performances through
that date are, now on sale at the
box Office.
The j. Arthur Rank Technicolor
ballet drama has proved a popu-
lar and hardy favorite, with many
patrons coming for second and
third time.
Evening star., 1948-12-01
Theater Art Show

Beginning Saturday. the lounge
of the Trans-Lux theater will be
transformed into an art salon. On
that day, the theater will inaugu-
rate a policy of monthly exhibits Of
paintings by Washington artists.
The first showing, to run through
December, will include works by
Ethel Robertson Gath, Glare Fon-
tanini, Richard Lahey, and Andrea
Pietro Zerega.
Evening star., 1948-12-01
Columbia's Analyst
Tabs Singers Work
BY the Assoeiated Press

HOLLYWOOD.
That zany statistician at Colum-
bia Studios has been poking his
adding machine again. Now he
comes up with this deathless data:
Larry Parks, in rehearsals for
"Jolson Sings Again" has warbled
the equivalent of 81 complete per-
formances of an opera the length of
Madame Butterfly"
Parks sang an average of 200 81
bar choruses each day, or 6,400 bars,
for eight weeks. That makes 307,-
900 bars.
The score of Madame Butterfly
Is about 5000 bars in length. so
Larry vocalized slightly more than
81 performances of the opera-if
anybody cares. AS for the statis-
tician. he headed for the nearest
bar, and when last seen had lost
count completely.
Evening star., 1948-12-01

ADJUSTMENTS
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-10
Nevyhazujte starry TUX!

SvetOvy nedostatek oleju a
tukd je stale jeste citelny, a
department zemedelstvi zada
proto vsechny Americany,
zvlaste hospodyne, ably i NADIA
lie odpadkovy TUX slevali do
plechovek a odevzdavali ma
patficna m1sta. zeny v domac-
nostech mali zasluhu ma doda-
nj vice neil 78 procent vseho
stareho tuku. casio slychaj1,
jak dGlezite jest, ably uposle-
chilly urednfch pokynI pri sbi-
rani tukG, a obcas sc snad pro-
to zamysli mad tim, kdo S mimi
.sdfl1 odpovednost pTi provade-
nj programu hospodaTen1 Cd
padky.
" tonic pT1pade je to came
rican Fat Salvage Committee,
|vybor, zr1zeny soukromym pr1-
myslem v cervnu 1912, kdy sc
S programem setTeni tuky "a
pocalo. Az do te dolby byl pro-
gram T1zen jedn1m z oddelen1
.Rady valecne produkce, a uni
neny vybor byl zr1zen prave
"a tim 1celem, ably soukromy
prdmysl mohl 1cinneji koope-
rovati s vladou. Vybor, ktery
vedl propagacnf akci Cd roku
1912, cinf tax i dnes; uvefej-
nuje RUNE ohlasky, dodava
plakaty ainformacni material,
zfskava kooperaci tisku, roz-
hlasu a pod. Jeho personal
PRAGUE ruku v ruce S persona
lem pf1slusneho oddelenf de-
partmentu zem6delstvf, a SOU
casne i s temi, kteTf sbirajf TUX
We velkem. Vybor ovsem ne
ma prime 1casti ma sberu; o
ten Sc staraji obchodnf firmy,
ktere TUX cist1 a dodavaji pru-
myslovym spotfebovatelnm.
Department zemedelstvi, je-
hoz odpovednostf je pozorova-
tt stav narodnich zasob potra-
vim, sleduje velmi pozorne i ST.
tuaci ma trhu olejn a tukn6 -
We Spojenych Statech i v jinych
zem1ch sveta. Ma proto sku-
tecny zajem ma sberu odpad-
kovych tukG. Jednou "a cas-
vyda vyhlasku O ddlezitosti
sbernf akce, a jedno z jeho Cd
delen1, Produkcn1 a trhova ad-
ministrace, snazi Sc prostred-
nictv1m svych statnich a okres-
mich vybord zajistiti dobry W.
sledek teto akce. Jina odde-
lenf Department. poskytujf in
formace O staVu ma trhu oleji
a tuky a 0 vysledc1ch sbern1
akce.
z tohoto by Sc zdalo, re jde
o akci dosti komplikovanou. A
to jsme zde uvedli jenom par
kolecek toho sloziteho, pri tom
vsak hladce fungujiciho stro-
je, kterym Sc starry TUX dosta-
va do prGmyslu, kde mfrnf ne
dostatky normaln1 dodavky.
Jakous takous predstavu uci-
nine 81 jiz z nekolika cfslic
.statistiky poslednlch sesti let:I
cd srpna 1912 do ledna 19481
sebraly jedine americke hos
podyne 670 milionG liber tu-!
ku! Lonskeho roku odevzda-
ly ia miliond, tedy skoro de-
set milionG kazdeho meslce.
Department zemedelstvi dou-
"a, re Americane osvedcf sve
.lastenectv1 a soucit S trpicim
svetem neustavaj1c1 kooperacf
v tonic smeru.
Common Council for American
Unity. |
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-10

Can you keep on the sup" side of
life's see-saw? The bumps come when
you are on the "down" side and they
aren't funny. For most of these bumps
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less you cushion the shock. Millions
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Bonds-the Payroll Savings Plan where
you work or, if self-employed, the
Bond-a-Month Plan where you bank.
us. Treasury Department
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-10
PFedbszne ornament zabav.


= V nedeli, 10. zaff pofada
Sdruzenf Deln. Spolk1 Vylet
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- 7. listopadu = Sokolska
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- 4. proslnce - Okrskoye
Zavody v Sokolovne.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-10
Ste nikdo pred MIN nedokazal

Ste nikdo pred MIN nedokazal.
Je mu 20 let a pouzl zvlast Sc
stro.jeneho potapecskeho oble-
ku, do ktereho mu byl tlacen
kyslik sm1seny S HELEN.
Dosavadnfm drzitelem rekor
du byl 28lety americky pota-
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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-10
Obchodnf atase &. S. r. "
Londvne odstoupil.

Londyn. - Dne 3. zafi KRAFT
ce pred smrtf presidenta Bene-
Sc oznamil Ladislav Kratky,
obchodnf atase. G. S. R.. svoji
resignaci. NovinafGm sdelil,
re Sc mu nelibf politicke zmeny
v jeho vlasti. Zaroven podal
zadost anglicke Wade O dovo-
lenf znstati v Anglii.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-10
SpOrtOvn1 Hlfdka.
KRfZKOVE ZAPASY
" COLISEUM.
BIG TRIPLE EVENT


Pro prriistf 1tery, dine IA. "a
Fl Mr.. Ed Contos pofadate.
krfzkovych zapasd v Coliseum
pripravil velice zajlmavy pro
gram.
TRI ZAPASY
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jsou ma dobu l porazky.
V nasledujicfch 2 zapasech
ktere urceny jsou ma dobu 80
minut aneb 1 porazky ucinkuj1
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Reading, Pa. vs.. Tony Verdi,
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VS.. Harry Milos, 2O5 ID.
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KIDD sc chce mile pobaviti
necht dostavi Sc v 1tery vecer
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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-10

Nejposlednsjsi Sokolovy OAR
kove Balicky do c. S. r.

c. 81
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a ID. Bile Rye $3.50
c. 100
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6 ID. 8 OF. Bile Rye
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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-10

w. Bollard Sc spustil v Loeb
Fyne We Skotsku do hloubky
|535 stop pod hladinou, coz je-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-23
Steel Official
Likes TIL Policy

Philadelphia (LPA)-The Taft
Hartley laws interferences with
the right of foremen to organize
won high praise from c. M. White,
president of the Republic Steel
Corp, last week.
Addressing the Natl Association
Of Foremen, which is sharp con-
trast to the Foremen's Assn of
America is pro-employer, White
said:
"The Taft Hartley law, plus a
labor board which is fair and judi
cious in its decisions, has liberated
foremen and workmen from con-
slant government Intervention, and
spells out the rights of foremen
and the rights of men clearly and
distinctly and Enthusiastically"
Taft-Hartley, n fact, denies
NLRB protection to foremen's bar
gaining rights, and bars them from
belonging to rank-and-file organ
izations.
White also asserted that govern
ment support of farm prices, not
industry profits and production re-
striction, is responsible for the
high cost of living.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-23
Union Plans Drive
For Pension Funds

Akron (LPA)-Existing pension
programs in the rubber industry
are inadequate on two counts. They
don't pay enough to retired work
ers, and workers have no choice in
the administration of the plans.
Those are the conclusions of a
special committee of the United
Rubber Workers headed by Vice
President H. R. Lloyd, which is
scheduled to report on the unions
pension demands to the URW Ex-
ecutive Board in February.
"Our committee feels" Lloyd
said, "that rubber companies, in
view of their record profits and
tremendous financial serves,
should bear the costs of pension
plans that would assure retired
workers a decent livelihood. 1t is
our opinion that the workers, thru
their union, should have a share in
the administration of pen ST o n
plans"
The committee is consulting with
the United Steelworkers and Unit
ed Auto Workers about their eXper-
in negotiating pension pro-
grams.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-23
Progress In Move
For ReaffiIiation

Washington, D. c. QLNS). =
Reaffiliation of the powerful In
ternational Association Of Machin-
lists with the American Federation
of Labor appears "very hopeful, F"
AFL President William Green said
following an exploratory" confer
ence here between committees re-
presenting the two organizations.
Progress was reported at the g.
member conference, which will
meet again in Chicago early in
January.
The machinists left the AFL sew
eral years ago over a jurisdictional
dispute with the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners.
The AFL committee urged the
machinists to return and settle
their dispute "on the inside" as
other unions have done.
"There is a manifest desire on
the part of both sides to end the
disassociation of the machinists,"
said Green. "That much has been
accomplished"
Reaffiliation of the lam would
add 665,000 members to the AFL.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-23
Ask Price Pattern
For Congressman

Washington OPA) = In the
midst of all the talk of raising top
government salaries, i in c u d i n g
those of congressman, a good sug-
gestion has come from Ben Marsh,
veteran head Of the Peoples Lobby.
Marsh says that "the salaries of
members of Congress should be
cut unless it cuts living costs"
"Unless Congress can turn back
prices it isn't worth what it costs" F"
Washington's veteran progressive
gadfly thinks.
"No one begrudges Congressman
a fair salary if they deliver the
goods, but merely wringing hands
and cussing out the NAM isn't de-
livery" he points out.
Marsh explains that the Con-
gressmen will have to use their
heads, because neither of the major
parties platforms provide adequ-
ate guides to initiation control leg
islation. And they'll have plenty of
trouble too, Marsh believes, be-
cause 1898 members of the House
and II members of the Senate are
college graduates, and economics
in most American colleges are de-
signed to increase endowment
funds and contributions"
But, the Peoples Lobby execu-
tive admits, "a real man can live
down four misspent college years."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-23
Union Fights Bell
Co. Rate Increase

Baltimore (LPA) = Vice Presi-
dent John w. Crull of the Com
munications Workers of America,
who has headed the 30,000-mem-
Der unions study of AT&T rates,
conferred this week in Baltimore
with Maryland Attorney General
Hall Hammond. He offered to put
at the states disposal all of
CWA's material on Bell Systems
financial position in Maryland.
This is the first time that CWA
has intervened against its princi-
pal employer, AT&T, in a rate
case. CWA President Joseph Beirne
said that the union will continue to
do so wherever the facts justify op-
position to the company's demands.
"There is no overall need for
the kind of increases being asked
for by Bell System companies"
Beirne declared. He explained that
the telephone companies are Grid
ing the crest of initiation, and try
ing to get as much money from
the public as they can for expan-
sion." =
In its recent demand for a $780,
100000 nationwide rate increase
early this month AT&T pleaded
that it can't raise capital unless it
has it's way about rates. But last
week when it put $150,000,000
worth of bonds on the market in
New York they were oyersubscrib-
ed on the first day.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-23
Cut Production
To Keep Up Prices

Washington (LPA) - Sandwich
ed between union witnesses, who
had facts and figures to prove that
the textile industry is cutting pro-
duction to keep prices up, indus
try spokesmen looked pretty silly
last week with their feeble protests
that they weren't doing any such
thing.
At the Congressional hearings
on business profits, one Of the SEN
ators confronted Donald Montgo-
merry, witness for United Auto
Workers-CIO, with figures pre-
sented earlier in the week by tex
tile merchants refuting charges
made earlier by CIO witness Stan
ley Ruttenberg.
Montgomery, who doesn't limit
himself to automobiles, gave the
Senator the following revealing
figures: In the shoe industry, the
production index has gone down
from 142 in June 1916 to 116 in
the first nine months Of this year,
while the price index went up
from 130 to 100. In cotton goods,
production went down from 164 in
November 1916 to 140 in the first
nine months Of this year, while
prices went up from IT'S to 212.
Wooden goods completed the pic
ture with production going from
184 in September 1916 to 167 in
the first nine months Of this year
Cts even lower now and prices
soaring from ia to 146.