Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 15, 1924, Page 7

Radio Now Lusty EILABOR MOURNS ‘PRIGES. MAIL SERVIC Of All Industry in America) P} LATE LEADER BY 4. O. ROYLE Gepyright 1934, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Dec, i<hetie te ay is the infant prodigy of Ameri- san industry. It has usurped the place held in the public interest sys- ceasively by the automobile, the maot-on picture and the airplane, men today,are more in- terested in radio and its future than fm any business problem outside their own personal interests, They are wondering how this new indus- try will weave its way into the na- tion's commercial fabric and what changes in the pattern will result. ‘They are expecting what se new industry will do to them, how it Wil affect markets for skilled labor, ané for raw and finished materials es it used, how it will be financed end what effect it will have on the credit structure, They want to tow how much of the nation's buying power it will absorb and if it ‘will create a new buying power to compensate, Colin B. Kennedy of &t. Louis, one ef the pioneers of the industry who ‘was manufacturing and marketing Tecelv-ng apparatus before the de- velopment of DeForest, Armstrong and Hazeltine inventions led to the Ppepular development boom in radio, said today that there were symp- toms of newness in radio visible to- day just as formerly these some symptoms appeared in lines now etaid and substantial. Newness was no crime, he added, and the only cure for it was time, “Perhaps not much time will be required to season rad'o as was Becessary with some older indus- tries," he continued. “A new in- @ustry born into our complex econ- omic organization has to crowd into three or four years a process of growth which in lines like the mak- ing of steel have covered hundreds of years. Naturally there is some overlapping of stages of develop- ment. “In radio for example there are receiving sets now to be bought wh'ch would be fine examples of the handicraft which distinguished the industrial middle ages, and there SPEEDED Ala Al CHICAGO). At the offices ffices of the ‘Chis. cago & Northwestern rail- way it was announced the inauguration of improved and rapid mail service be- Ghicago and ,Cozper, 5 oraigpatereigy = Li Wright, "Tromes beduade, Witla fea eae all o besides their duties of planning for the funeral, have received and es- corted through the funeral car al- most 100,000 person since the cof tin left the undertaking parlors in The women of the party, the secre- | taries to the officials, have been con- stantly on duty. Miss Mathilda May of New York, Mr, Gompers’ nurse, and Miss Florence ©. Thorne, his secretary, have taken ‘to themselves the care and arrangement of the flowers, which growing in volume . | at every station, filled the compart ment where the body lay, covered che casket and finally were hung from the ceiling and on the wal's. At high noon and in the dead of night, the floral tributes, expressing che sentiments of the workers, both id low, came forth in an un- ending stream. One of the largest of- ferings came Jate last night from the Sedalia, Missouri, Federation. A congressman sent a design of roses, which arrived quite late and were still fresh on the great bronze ee ‘ip as the first tints of Missouri's jawn touched the eastern skies. There were three outstanding in- cldents on the trip northward, which Central Se Conponaeies Royalty. American ‘Tob@ece s\-+--eere= American Water Works ~0r.- American Woojen --- Anaconda, Copper fore than otherwise would been the case, "We have had to build up our own y YORK, Deo. 3 Dec. 15-—surtening prices and reports of ex- in both wholesale and reta'I z woerereresenn=) 04 : i i i, i i } i ‘We cannot and do not pull skilled men away from other to absort them {mmediately. Repeatedly we have ‘seen in the growth of our business a large in; crease in working force followed by & temporary decrease in production since old skilled men were ocecupied training unskilled ones. therefore is not going to upset the ™market for skilled labor in other in- It simply hag broadened the feld of opportunity to a young man willing to work and make him- self w skilled artisan, “Something like this is happening tin merkets for raw and finished » Raglo does not absorb enough of such materials in com. parison to tota)] consumption to pro- duce any embarrassing results. adding to the number of « fferent markets it'is adding to the breadth, variety and stability of thise mar- Frants : Baldwin ochenotive errr erer sere Baltimore and Ohi os SF + Bit; rm = i] ° 3 i th o'clock each morning to be on Northwestern trains num: and 613 and arriving in Cas- : ii Bi New York Ol!.-------- 3.50 i 8 i F rT z | E all! yi at 3 FF eg j i ! Far j a F i Casper a through Pullman > 25 #3 Crucib’e Steel --epeee---eeee~ Cuba ‘Cane Sugar pf, --—-.-- Davison Chem. ~speererere-e Du Pont de Nemours! ~...---- selling ex-dividend, juoted considerably below re- Some of these Salt Creek Cons. -.. New York Ol! .-.. Mutual -.--—.,---—--- 8. O. Indiana -—____.. comfort to passengers mov- ing to points on the Northwestern 3} ine, Dick Lever, Lone freight and passenger agent for the company, announces that officials of the com: pany are constantly considering and Putting Into effect plans for the tm provement in its majl and passenger aervice in and out of Casper. a =| ALARM BOXES BROKEN INTO The threat of drastic action to cope with the -youthful vandals have been breaking out the im fire alarm boxes by whole. mates in Sneed basen die cent» high’ levels. sues, including Ameriqan Radiator, more than made up the dividends, and under this influence the upward gained momentum as trading progressed. General Bak- Ing jumped five points, United States. Realty ‘four points, - United States | © Cast Iron Pipe moved up 3%. Gains of one to three points were by United States Rubber, r Worthing: ton Pump, Houston and Baltimore :andr-Ohio preferred and Foreign exchanges Famous Players ex Gl¥; -wewey General Arphalt -.... Seaaeiencael Jenerul Electric . Jeneral Motors .. Jreat Northern pfd. Gulf Btates Steel ex atv. Houston Ol] .--.c-wqr--eeeeee Hudson Motors ex, div....... Sr Central ----~~-2eeyere tnt. Hervester -..-...-..~--- ‘nt. Mer. Marine pf. .... (nvinciblé Ol! ~-_,-.eec---. Xelly Springfield —.. Kennecott Copper Bh Mae, 38 Lehigh Valley s--------—_+_. Louisville and Nasbville’_—.. “Meck” Truck ex div. 5. Marland Oil .-.<,-~-.. Maxwell Motors A --.-+-s-.~ Mex. Seaboard Ol! Mo., Kan. & Texas -. wreereeeee Missour Pacific pfd. Montgomery Ward ~...-2--.< National Biscuit National Lead “As to buying power, I wonder how much radio has already added to that buying power by dissemina- tion of market information, speed ing up interchange of staple goods and reducing speculative losses and LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, 15.~-Hogs—Re- oetpts, 199,000; better grades of 200- pound averages up around 35c low- er; others unevenly 25. to 600° low, hearts of Mr. mort. One was the little band which played a soft dirge at Austin, Texas, in the quiet of the night. This was the firat stop out of San Antonio, A Uttel group of faithtul followers huddled at the step of the funeral car as the muted tones seemed to envelop the dead and garess him as he slipped by on his way home. Then there was the Indian chief- tain, in tribal blanket and stalwart mein, who uttered che Indlan pray- er for the dead at a little station juat over the Texas. border in Okla- homa. He stood over the coffin, look- ing down into the face of the man he did not know, asking the Great Chiet above to be kind to the white There are two possibilities radio I hope will be guarded against. One is the proneness to regard ra- in -the' experimental The basic principles of ra- dio communication have been thor- oughly explored and the job now 's one of gradual steady progress made by standardizing the best of what we already know. “The other warning is this: .Do not let us fall.into the error of making radio a toy. necessity to try and artificially stim ulate the “market for ! by contin- ually stirring up a hue and cry for something new, er; top, $9.85; bulk desirab'e Pound averages and up. $9.00 and above; 160 to 190-pound averages nrostly $8.00@8.75; pigs,. Taostly 25e Pere Marquette. opened steady. = - - ~; Week-end: reports of expanding operations in the steel industry and ‘00g |increased . merchandising sales in. @ the - western --agricultural stimulated the demand for stocks which was particularly impressive among. the -high priced Investment issues. Pool operations were resumed with vigor In a number of special- tles following Saturday's temporary saws, 10 to 18c fower; bul, heavy weight hogs, medium $8.50@9.75; En, Ah 15 Packing hogs, smooth, packing hogs, Slaughter pigs, $5.75@7. 00. Cattle—Recelpts, 29,000; #3 partment had another fruitless run 5 a. m. to the corner of fifth burst of strength. Atchison touched 120, the highest .price in.15 years, in,| speculative expectation that the reg: ular divigend wauld be increase¢ chief in the happy hunting ground. Then, every early in the morning, camo two old Irish women at St. Charles, Mo., 30 miles out of warmed up and short fed run; she stock in lbera] supply; choice year- Ungs and handy weight excepted; and Park, where» false alarm had been turned in at Box 45. Even if fict'tious alarms are not New York Central ~~. N. ¥. N. H, and Hartford Yorfolk and Western ~_.--.-. Industrial Conditions Are Normal in State This Year Industrial and employment con- @'tions in Wyoming are normal for this season according to the Den- Ver office of the Department. of la- dor, While thére has recently been releases of a cons.derable number of Principally outofdoor séasonal workers for the winter period, there does not exist a serious amount of unemployment, as many have se sured temporary work in the coal mines, on live stock feeding and corn husking, and many others have lett for southern border states to work in the cotton industry and other lnes. Normal activity and employment continues in most all industrial plants, Ol! field produc: tion and development operations in the Salt Creek fields continues ac- tive, but with a large labor turn- over. Indications, however, are that within thirty days develop. ment work act-vities in the fields will be reduced about 50 per cent during the winter months, Bullding and general construction is showing the usual winter slackening with ro- sultant affect on “workers in the byfiding trades, and the large pro- grams of municipal paving in sev- eral of the cities and towns have cegsed for the winter, Highway comstruction is practically over for this season. Rallway shop employ- ment has been reduced to the usual winter echedule—shops at Cheyenne now running 40 hours per week. The suger beet harvest has been fin. ished; severa) hundred workers will continue to be afforded employment in the sugar manufacturing plants until on or about January jst, 1925, Cheyenne—The usual annual re- lease of the major portion of season- al out-of-doors workers has recent ly been made, affecting principally common labor, which has-been in © main engaged for several months the main engaged for several ménths past on municipal tmprove. ment construction and raflway maintenance-of-way work. ~ Indus: trial plants not affected by climatic conditions, continue steady opera. tions. Building moderately act've, but shows a slight let-up, which condition will likely obtain through- out winter months, Rebuilding of ® government airplane hangar, ro: city in November totaled 339,000 Dosht. compared with 337,000 last shipments are heavy. eg number of mills will close down in January for lack of rough rice. a Dry Goods. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 15.—Whole- sale dry goods dealers report an in: creased demand for winter mer: echandise es the result of: cold weather. Orders for novelties and ,Doliday goods have increased por: eeptibly and collections are excel- Tent. Cotton, HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 15.-—-Pick: Ing of cotton in Texas ts nearing completion. The last official est mate is for a yield of 4,470,000.» the largest crop on record with exception of that of 1912, The crop 1s valued at $600,000,000, NEW eae, Dec. 15.—Dis: tribution of clean rice through this trade, very slow; tendency weak to unevenly lower; bidding 25c oy mars under Friday in instances; yeerlings; upward to $14.50; ies foynaal at that price; best big weight steers early, $9.75; bulk steer rin of quality and condition to sell at wnee 1.80% 2.81 eoee_ O E8H B 4% 05% 04) North American ...-----c09e- Northern Peeific .——~~---- Pacific Ol ex div. ----.---— Pan American Petroleum B .. Philade‘phia & ‘Rdg. C. & I, Phillips Pet. ex div. -.--, Pure Ol! --.-~. Reading -~.----.... next month or the stockholders per- mitted to subscribe..for additional stock, now held in. the treasury, a‘ Jersey Central soared more than 12 points.to 267, U. S. Cast Iron Pipe extended its gains to 6% and. General Electric, West Penn Power, Federal Light and Traction U. S. Realty preferred and Atlantic Refining sold 3% to 5 points above quotations. Cal’ Louls. Daylight had not yet opened the eyes of most of the party on board when these two old women knocked at the door of the funeral car, They had no flowers. rough hands held only coarse hand- » as thoy Viewed the re- the man they called ‘Sam.” Miss Thorne told how often heard Mr, Gompers tell of the impression made on him when, as a bey, he viewed the dead face of Lin- coln. His friends held the thought ‘that the laboring people of New York should be given opportunity to see thelr dead leader a last time and for thig reason it was thought he shoy'd Je in state in New York from ‘Wednesday afternoon to Thursday Sent gupta by fire, is under Building mechanics suff. The extensive 1924 municipal paving program, consisting of ap- proximately “116 blocks“ of streets has been’ completed, thereby caus- ing the reléase of a considerable number of workers, most of whom have returned: to -Omaha-and other near’ points for the’ winter. to a lessoning-of freight-transporta- tion in the movement of agr cultural Products, the local rallway shops have made a 20 per cent reduction in shop forces—the shops now work- ing 40 hours per week. feeding and corn husking.i{n out lying agricultural dustricts {s afford~ ing considerable agricultural labor steady employment. Casper—Curtallment to a consid; erable extent, as ‘s.the case at this season of year, in bullding, public amprovements and other out-of-door pursuits, has caused the ‘usual sur- plus, though moderate, of workers. Some of the released seasonal werk- ers can secure. temporary odd jobs, while others have or are leaving for states further level of fat steers prices attracting export buying; 1,200 to .or one averages late last coure #ome buying on int expected today: canners most: pas 40 early; few fat weighty cows * $6:00; bulls, relatively scarce: and think the box is out of order. Anyons who sees boys tampering slarm boxes {s urgently re- erate ta ls ne at once to police ROTARIANS ARES SS PRAISED FOR CIVIC GROWTH Former Resident, Rev. George Clark, Much Impressed by Casper. “I want to commend you for the wonderful city you have had a part @ |'n building. You reflect a fine vision Im the churches and schools that you Riba | have built and it should be a source bisnaal 7 much satisfaction and pride to you,’ ald the Rev, George Cl former Rotarian of Pendleton, Ore. Row # resident of this city, in a most illuminating address before the weekly Rotary meeting today, Mr. Clark's message carried a wealth of inspiration and was listened to in: Rep. Iron and Bteel ....-.-- Saturday's final money renewed at 3% per cent. ~With high priced shares continu: ing to forge ahead in a remarkable of popular. indus Normal in the manner, buying trials became more early afternoon. especially United hich went up to 119 ‘ump, Tidewater Oil, onal Cloak, and Suft. buck and National” Lead were added to ‘the list’of advances run- ‘| ning from 3.to 4 points. The closing’ was strong. Profit tak!ng made its appearance in the Pnited States iy a point from the top ana Phillips Jones broke six points, but the general list, held firm. a Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, Dec. exchanges steady. cents: Great Britain demand 4,69 1.16; cables 4.69 5-16; 50 day bills on France demand Italy, demand Slora Sheff Mteel-----wrwnes 3outhern Pacific Saeatameneead Southern Raliway, » "38 to B0c lower; garly offerings around Standard Oil? of Of MOT ee ‘ew $8.75 and better. Shortly after 9 a. m. the casket was transferred to the and Ohio official car number 98 on arby track. Representatives of the Centra’ trades and labor unton' of St. Louis acted as pall bearert.. \y Hundreds of men, women and child- ren in the train shed. bared heads as the casket passed by. A mail truck was piled high with the floral offerings to which had been added large pleces from the Or- der of Railway Telegraphers, Central trades and labor union, the building trades council, local labor bodies. After the casket had been placed in the cay, the public. was permitted to go aboard and tile and file past, CASKET COACH IS MODERN IN APPOINTMENTS In an atempt to bre to break away from the former style of hearses, Gay, prominent local mortician, has Put inte active use a new casket ebach, which will supplant the ono formerly used by the Shaffer Gay sompany, Built on a Cadillac che: fis, the new vehicle is the last word in casket conveyances. erously upholstered throughout and the floor is of polished walnut. Mahogany flower rack is provided ‘rectly above the space to be oc- cupied by tho coffin, Mechanically the car is as near Perfect as a body company can make it. Perfectly balanced through- and strongly constructed, it is absolutely nojseless. Four wheel brakes and the famous Cadillac Motor compl funereal vehicle. has already occup'ed the principal position in five Casper funerals. a Oil Field Schools Will Be Inspected A number of the achocis in the field may be place? o the standard list of Wyoming gram- el schools as the result of a two- tour of inspection by Mrs. erine A. Morton, state super- pl sey of public ‘natruction, who pla Casper this morning, Merton, accompanied by guperinteneent A. A. Slade, Miss May Hamilton, county super'nten- dent, May Robertson and Miss Mabel T. Thompson of the Casper echools, will leave for the oil fields this af. ternoon, returning tomorrow even- She will make a thorough in- spection ef equ'pment and methods to ascertain if they measure up to The: anhaeh. set for approved rural Studebaker --.---.---------4- Texas Co. ~-..~5.--. Texas and Pacific ...-.-----. Tobacco Products: ~~... Transcontinental Off Union Pacific United Drug ~. U.S. Cast Iron Pipe =- ‘eerer eee U. S. Ind. Alcohol ~~~ U. 8..Rubber ..... natives and fed western: 16.00; early top, $ higher; fall shorn Tam 1» $14.00; sheep, steady: handy weight ewes, $3. 00@8.. 38; strong. Bulk, higher. . 90; Montana, on track $1.66 $1.65@1.81; December §1, Corn, number 8 yellow $1.3101.24. Oats, number 8 "108%, Rye, mmber tL at ‘84%, Flax, number 1, $ CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—Whest, v Ser 2 red $1.74%; number 3 hard 1.66%. Corn, ast, pb Shihan 23; number 2 yellow oh imnee 3 Tie Hone i ic. xy a 2, $2.86, 5,85 eeThess. ae peir . DENVER, Dec. 15,—Hogs: Re Qelpts 2,200; mostly 10 fo 2c lower Blainer kind off mor Paid for choice “210 t Weights; few loads good to choice 190 to 240 pound weights $9.15 ‘to $9.35; medium to good $8. riot 10; Mght Mghts mostly $7.25; ows $7.50 to $7.75; odd lots 8 stock Sor re 2,200; calves 300; best vealers 25 to Wabash pid. A Westinghouse Willys Overland Woolworth -. south for the All industrial plants, {n- cluding ,the. three large oi! refiner: jes, continue fnill- time operations, except one of the ref neries, which has laid off temporarily about 3:per. cont of its plant force, due ta over- supply of crude oll, Oil field oper, ations and new developm nearby districts continue active, but with indications soon for a moder- Danks 466 536. 5.86%; cables 5.37, 4:30%;;-cables 4.31%. Belgium de: mand-4,.96%; cables: 4.97. . Germany demand Holland 40.26; Nor- ; Denmark ‘way 15.10; Sweden 26.98; De 17.46; Switzeriand 19.36; Spain 34.31: fed 769 pound heifers $7.00; gras: 78; ditto grass Cows $3.60 to w loads $5.50 to $6.00; $9.00; cannerg and bologna bulls early fales stockers and Renate 2,700; part of run ane load choice 94 pound fat lambs steady at 14.50; nothing else gold early. Butter and Eggs 0014%> "Rumania. ‘Argentina | ‘38,87; eee ah 50; Tokio $44; Mon- eae lf Buildng under way -in- steara.held ‘above a large high school structure, ore than sufficient resident’! tradesmen to supply demands, street paving program for this. year practically finished. railway shops continues enlightening message given the Rotarians was from Mrs. Katherine A. Morton, state superin- tendent of s@hoole, Who {a here on an inspection tour of rural schools in e this ride ‘i Mrs, Mersas ns the wonderful progress Wyoming was making along edu- ational lines and particularly com: ity for its atrides, Superintendent of Pe eta AOA Ginte was in charge of the program | UIBERTA NEW YORK, Dec, 15, Hock Springe—Employment coa) mining, the principal industry in this community, has increased considerably during the past thirty days, most of the mines. now run. ning on a five-day week sched! OMAHA, Neb:, Dec, 15.—Hogs— cae ¥F,9004 slow; bette; _Brades clasts: iasteerg inaies «2 creased demands are available io. Due to winter weather, em: on out-6f-door purauits a nment lairplene! hanger, re} haa. aldckeped cons derably. ~ Commodity Trade News 8, 0, Ind. .—~--srevere S. 0. Kan. ---ccccewere + meeeeeerrere S19 8. 0. Ni Fe ceceperpeve 9, 0. OD10 ~eveeweneweye 847 §. O. Ohio Pld. revenyer Swan and Finch ..-. Adams’ Funeral Service Tuesday ———— Pany triends of Mrs. Elle F. » pioneer ay tribute to her mam eee at 3 o'clock at serv, it. Mark's cathedral. The ak Bid Pro: om of the bors of prosdaret\: 7/500; ted steers slow; steady to weak: alg bulk §6@8 butehor cannere end cutters 10@150 lowers veale and bulls steady to weak; packs ere and Seeders ay Steady; bulk 3 O03: 46 months, 8%; prime com: nea ,Peber, ee The new hearse PITTSBURGH Pa., Coal production te declining in all the ‘local fields from a high point of 56 per cent a little more than a Combination rai} and river mines in this section have dropped to 82 per cent of capacity end commercial mines 40 per cent. fur. Philip ae + Tw Jam) sre A thai bulk fed. ido we enh dui ee Bundy, 28, ween falr to peer Sc@tter te Wisconsin’ bulk pei whl Minnesota sacked Red fair to ordinary, 91.10 PIONEER OF UTAH DEAD SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Des, 15. Dr, Seymour B.-Young, 87, pioneer and about 80 years ago. nationally known-as.a physician and surgeon, died “here today, Textiles. MANCHTSTER, N, H., Dec, 16.- The personal efficiency of the aver- age mill worker in this center ts fe- ported by executives to. hare, been Goubled tn the Weavers are now operating 30 ma- chines.’ Only a short time ago the average was 12. BYTOR ernnngprspereonrestrer rs 8 h esvives last lant @rom lowe. Bho and Mra. Weldner Surviving relatives. ee a LATE TO CLASSIFY ther brief cane, ai rd Return to 206 ieshainger aod, Deg, 15, — Conper 14hoi futures 14% firm) number 1, northern. §23.50@2 Number 2 northern Number 2 southern $20@20.50. Leeda firm, spot $9.28; Zino firm, Last Bt. Laws spot and futures $7.05, Anti: money spot $14.12, 15.—Ordors for lumber to be shipped by picked up at. mills hero. three hundred cars were shipped the week of December. 5, has been-on @ rising market, up $3 to $4 Der thousand feet. There has been an increased inquiry for railroad timbera and ties. t and nearby 14%o. Tin firms Standard ‘ON (indtunas, 60%. Mutual, 11%, Balt Creek, 344, Do IT Now Be Fb ene make appointment hotographs, Credel} ater St., Gowartaie CHRISTMAS know about the Sho; Open evenings until Xmas. Metro: PO-SCOpe’ Teglaate defore you invest! politan Store, z.