Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1921, Page 33

Romance Seen-in Commerce French: Tewlbr Engeged in Russian Border Traffic Sleeps. in Peasant’s : Hutand Goes to Bed With Revolver, © = BuatStill Is Hopeful. | ' L * BY LOUIS LEVINE. : By Cable t6 The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copy: t, 1921, PBERLIN\. Germany, November 5.— How (rade is carried on with soviet Russia was described to the writer today by @ representative of & French importing and exporting firm in a story of comimercial operations @s romantic if not as wild as those'in the days of the merchant adventur- ors i On the frontier between Latvia and Russia the Latvian government has designated seven points where trade with Russia may be carried on-le- gally. At each point and located on & square mile of ground is the cus- ‘tomshouse. and clustering about it are half a dosen stores. ‘To carry on trade at these stores & license from the government is nec- essary. The government issues li- censes only to native-born Letts, ex- pressly denying the privilege to for- €igners and to Jews, even though the latter are Latvian citizens. About fifty licenseés have been issued. The Frenchman dGes business through an agreement with a Lett holding a li- cense. Method of Making Sales. “It is a good business” said the Frenchman: “The profit is large, for we do not have to pay any duties. Our trade is regarded as transit trade and our merchandise arrives duty free at Riga, where we keep shops. Every week we ship stuff to a store on the frontier. Pwery time we make a sale we.fill out a blank stating the nature of the commodity, the quality and the quantity sold. The blank is signed by both the buyer-and the seller. A customs official then gives & permit to send the goods out with- out the payment of duties.” “Whom do you trade with?” the 'fldr asked. ““Our busipess is with the Russian co-operatives. Delegates from Mos- raw leather, bristles, flax and also| gold, and we sell them wheat, cotton | goods, small machinery made in Ger- i many -and the United States, per-| fumes, sardines and %0 on. “It is mostly bartering and ex- changing of goods.: I fix the price according to what I think the articles are worth. The Lettish government takes away whatever gold we get, glving us paper rubles, which we ex- change for French and other money. The government prohibits us from ac- cepting soviet rubles, but that is an unnecessary ‘precaution. We opened the stores on October 1 and have al A 3 _ . > This Tea Wagon Special, $12.75 “Yes, there is trading with private . {ndividuals. ' Within & few feet trom g 5 e frontier are stores run by Letts 3 L] ;Lt:t ‘h'leo ‘3?.‘2':‘"1'}':‘{?. ‘;torl:: n‘e:::;’:; Ladm’ WY!‘I’IS ¥ A most convenient article that is.needed in 5 e : : v s every well furnished home. Equipped with remov- from acrods the Russian line come to D“k, Specml. Nl : e . able glass tray; mounted on. rubber-tired wheelss buy. On the Latvian side trade is ; : . 2 z 3 3 Tegal; on the anvslm Side it 1s 1= Carefully constructed and nicely finished, .with nicely finished in walnut, mahogany or s gold- legal. The co-operatives coming to choice of oak or mahogany finish. : - Y en oak. g us have the permission of the soviet £ 5 Eovernment to do so. The individuals frequenting the littie frontier stores ‘ have no right to carry goods into Russia, and if they were caught by Russian officials the goods would be conflscated. However, they manage to get by for the most part. They drive up at night, get the goo drive quickly mcross the line hide ghe goods and then pass -between the frontier and Moscow. That is how you are able to buy French per- fumes, American canned milk and Swiss cheese in Moscow markets and stores.” “How do you like this line of 2 Rugs, Carpets, Linoleums, Stoves, Heaters, Blanketé, Comforts, Curtains, Portieres, Etc. work? “It s hard in some ways to sleep in @ peasant hut and go to bed armed % with a revolver, but who knows what i Z 7S (Liberal Terms—No Interest Charges) may happen in the night? Still, it is =~ P * in ‘the night? Sull, it is Proclaimed a supreme, special value by all who have seen them; interesting to aell a unsfi.llsblll& bkt Decorated Bedroomn Suite $ ,Sg ln‘a ree a s well worth 375 more than our sale price, The upholstery in Tuxuri- eht otherwise be unsalable, 1 am S = , | ous; spring edges; deep spring backs. It's a massive suite of fine making connectlons that will be use; (Easy Terms) Sale Price, . construction covered with a beautiful tapestry. Paris to tell the firm to expand the A most attractive suite at (his special price. - Comprises a grace- This 3-Piece Overstuffed Suite ¢ 1 78 cow and various local co-operatives come fo our stores and -bring-hides, 'Czarist Gold Worth $3,250,000 Among Shipments Sent to U.S. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By Cable to Thp(:p(;;’;‘l:: [ Dally News. PARIS, France, November 5.—Despite the American prohibition against the importation of bolshevist gold a carge of 100 cases of bullion worth $3.250.- 000 from the czarist gold reserve re- ceniiy left Havre for New York. This is one of the last of such shipments by which Lenin has transformed al- most the entire czarist treasure chief- 1y into dollars or dollar credits with which to finance foreign purchases and maintain mission abroad to nour- ish propaganda. % Though this gold movement has been known its technique and extent have not hitherto been realized. My information, which has been collected from both bolshevist and non-bol- shevist commercial sources. may be accepted as_thoroughly trustworthy. Lenin, who has no use for gold in his monetary system, planned to sell all btain goods for rebuilding Rus- sia’s ecnomic plant. He chose to buy doilars because they are the steadiest currency, and his policy was favored Ly the fact that the United States had been seeking to obtain increased gold reserves fo cover ‘its currency. Tie American Prohibition, inst. re- civing gold rubles or gold of Rus-} an origin wag evaded by selling the rubles to forelgn sofll Ml $ transformed It elther into 4 Swedish coln or pgre" bullion. ‘Thas the gold entering UnH Stat siows a non-Russlan “certifieate of origin. The American officials u: doubtedly suspect the truth, but a unable to prove it.. Gold Flows Inte United States. “Early in 1920 Lenin secured. the guaranty of the Swedish courts that this gold deposited in Stockholm baniks would not be confiscated, and hene Slockhlflfi became the door thréugh which the gold flowed in { batches of several tons to:middlemen in various countriés, who made a handsome profit by melting and ship- ping it to the United States. Curious- 1y, France, despite the prohibition against the import of Russian money, has been one of the chief avenues for its distribution. It is explaimed that the government, seeing that it was impossible to prevent the dispersion of the Russian treasury gold. wished 10 secure for Frenchmen a share of the profits from this transaction, and heénce. under a special license per- mitted the importation of gold for re- export within three months. It is probable that practically all the gold which has been flowing so plentitully into the United States is of, Russian origin, for the reason that thé other European countries are tenaciously clinging to their gold to support their shaky currencies, and Lenin is deliberately offering his gold at a trifie under the market price. My information is that the Ameri- can importations of gold. in. 1920 ‘were: From England, $174,000,000; from Sweden, $83,000,000, and from France, $32,000,000. Importation 'in the first half of 1921: From England, $143,000,000; from France, ¥136,000,000; from Sweden, $54 000,000, and from Holland, $17,000,000. * The total from France in the first nine months of business before others come. Well, ful semi-vanity Dressing Table, & good-size Dresser with large mir- 1 shall have a good rest in Paris. ror, double Beu and Chifforette.” The finish is the new popular French gray with artistic decorations. Carload of Living Room Suites —bought at a great price concessiofi from the factory. These suites have just arrived, and will furnish a fit- ting climax to this most successful sale. Every style is represented—panel suites, cane suites, and overstuffed suites—all three pieces. The czar’s gold reserve was originally K 4,500,000,000 francs ($900,000,000). It B .::\.:NN‘ON Prlces Range From $65 to 3450 XX - s Xy | > AKX & i il 0 passed intact to the boisheviki and was XXX then captured by Admiral Kolchak, TN Bl i 2 Any Suite Will Be Delivered to Your Home on who spent $80,000,000. ]t was about - .- 5 §800,000,000 when -it was recgptured by the bolsheviki, but now it’is almost exhausted. However, the bolsheviki still possess gold from two sources: First, the production af the Ural mines, which in the past four - years have this year were $216,000.000. Impor- tations from other countries bring the ‘total up to $794,000,000. Czar's Reserve, §900,000,000. . This C. Panel Livi Pleasing Payment Terms v siinil b (Use Your Credit) Sale Price, ’1 2 9 An attractive suite comprising Wing Fireside Chair, Sofa and yielded $24.000,000, according to bolshe- large Armchair. Frames are in carefully polished mahogany finish, information indicates that the total Openachcrll Account anid Sl el hge Darh bilasices: 56 the guaranteed wishbone fabric spring, and reversible combination S > K' h C b‘ % Mattress. . cience Aitchen Cabinets verishly collecting bids on commodities \ - ¢ in many countries, but these are gath- ; - > The Greatest Savers of vist statisti second, the confiscation . { fitted with cane. The spring seats are upholstered with b A o Jewelry fromn private individuals. The Brass Bed, Spring and Mattre88$3 3.75 utbersy velour. . » eautitai gold remaining to the bolsheviki is about $10,000,000. Handsome’ribbon-finish Brass Bed with 2-inch posts; strong disposition of his commercial missions, Lenin is now pushing the second phase ;M and lnm‘ledl ltn London. 'Tllel‘% o 5 a permanent soviet commercial agen! I L bo d M 8 pumiiens vier commersi ey Time, Labor and Money visited by a political agent. @ o The commercial agent is described i o AR o See the Domestic Science Cabinets in Qur Window. flgures on this aro Kept secret. Recent = . Headquarters for Domestic Having thus secured credits abroad of his campaign. His agents are fe- ||} Excel in construction, finish and equipment. a8 8- Amerigan citigen and hig pres- ence Is winked at by the government. l-!:fl:o:‘n:r:n Jargo_kalancesix the and affers cash payments. has-had mlcg correspondence with Frenich fitnis, but.Has secured féw. % 4 eur;t.u:‘sl ba;aua"“ g‘o‘rmnny gienenlly ) { A % under] 8. uss! importations are . Alroady considerable. M. . Krassin's . 3 . Porcelain-Top figures “for the first eight months of l E x i the present year show importations A i > H g from England valued/at $20,000,000; or TS : ¥ K’ ' ( "H E N about & quarter of the pre-war avef- ! ! | - . age, allowing for the higher prices. * 1 i England had 30, Germany 1§ and the i United States 16 per cent of the total. = N Redoubling Thelr Efforts. r g D . = Cotemporaneously the bolsheviki 7 - Sale Price are -redoubling their efforts to grant forelgn concessions on advantageous 3 ; ‘37 50 terms. try to force corporations . BNy, D B 1% various gations to bid against.each This Easy Chair " L) giner. One of the ehief causes of the S & 'oreigners’ esitation has been the s . = . . . natutal fear that the concessions Sale Price, $24.75 A splendid cabinet equipped would be valueless if the soviets were 3 < + with snow-white, sl;‘dmg pot s ’21 00 g 5 overthrown. Has automatic® adjustable lain top; as metal o uartered oak: wi T am informed that the newly organ- e itomatic” adeatle - Coal Heater, $9.75 et b;n'.a:(l,emplgg M ut aidseware; - An artistic Table and Mirror golden finish: iaree boverd Ized: “Deutschland-New York corpora- finished frame with spring seat A splendid heater—eflicient, Mo oo 8 Shers that will_a2dd greatly to_the s JaTRY norvied tion” has eliminated this risk by the and back covered with brown ‘good looking and economical. cluding swinging glass sugar container; luzury of the entrance hall; Plate mirror and Uft-lid seat; simple method of buying from penni- imitation leather. A chair that A very special price for this is constructed of solid oak, in golden nicely finished in mahogany and three double-prong bronze coat less Russign refugees at a trifling will give you real comfort. sterling value. finish., in a design that is very pleasing. hooks. price stocks and bonds of the factories B Z for which they are obtaining a co cession. from the soviets, - thus pro- tecting themselves both ways. These factorles are the famous Putiloff iron and steel mills, the Koltchke metal factories and the thread factories of Neva and Petrograd. The corporation bas acquired practically all the stock. and the preliminary agreement with the soviets is considered satisfactory. One_typical condition is that the thread must be sold at 35 per cent under the: world market price. It is belleved. that other.corporations will attempt to use this method. Another method is that of the French Com- pagnie Generale. des Telegraphes du Nora which has just concluded with the soviets an extension for twenty- five years of its concession originally granted by the czar's government. Console Table and - : Mirror, Sale Price, Hall Rack, $18.75 . DOCUMENTS DATING FROM REIGNS OF ROMAN RULERS IN COLLECTION , : > By the Associated Press. ANN ARBOR, Mich., November 5.— ‘What is described as one of the most important collections of ancient docu- ments yet discovered, consisting of more than 100 legal papers dating. from the reigns of the Romén em: perors, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius, 'has been brought here, by Prof. Francis W.'Kelsey of, the University of Michigan. Prof. Kelsey spent some time in Egypt in Search of records. The collection is held to be important because it reveals the life of the “people- during the-early Christian era._~ . The earliest record is dated 7 A.D. sey constitute & part of the files of a record - office in or near Tebtunis, Egypt, and were discovered’ four months ago. ' They are written-on rus and are chiefly in Greek, a 'ew being Demotic. They are b lieved to have been covered with sand soon after the. record office fell and with few 'exceptions- are pre- served perfectly. o i Earllest Record, 7 A. D. The earliest record is dated.7 A. D. and bears the signature of a woman who agreed not to bring clal gainst her brothers. Another record, of the same-period, is a conttact of comimon law marrieg ¥ - ‘With the other records .are . <on- tracts of sale covering both personal and real property,- including lands, vineyards and houses.. There also are leases, agreements regarding loans, a contract of indemnity, re- ceipts. for wages, 8 receipt for dow- eg.'ouf:-dgx ”'tdfi “al::. to publie (offic! tax, ulfp .docpments . re-, Jating’ to_transfe: g owl:neuho of O nac 1 hmo{.;g{;mo;;‘li - s o Tecord Is’ In’ the forim of & seven feet long and ides. It is said to b or séroll of the kind mentlone;i in the |H = »save'\> $ 1 00 on T’lis H ahdsome S uite Cane Fireside Cllair Windsor T’lis‘ C"i’ ; orobe Bible, particularly in the Book of RIS o S Shittacts Genuine Walnut or Mahogany Finish—On Display in Window Sale Frice, $49.50 Chair, $6.95 Sale Price,$19.75 other is a registry of the contracts, R l l S 5 s ° l f : M d $ 5 the cane fitted frame in a pattern ~ back to 1777. It is com- Has large wardrobe section, hat :2:‘::%“?31- ‘:\fe!::i':;groclmfidsx{s' the : eg u ar y 3 33 . P ecia or lvion ay ’ 23 of the Queen Anhe period. May {‘l’:t'lzh';e:gd‘;“::; an ar. :ompartment, desk compartment-and ~ ‘Deciphering Is Next Task. A suite of particularly high-grade construction and. finishi—not a cheap imitation. This is a be had with striped blue velour or has carefully polished ma- - "‘."“l‘ fid““‘]';- ‘}‘b.“’l:‘ of solid oak Between ten and fifteen years will suite that will give.oné a lifetime of service. .There will be no poor yeneers pulling off, nor an handsome tapestry upholstering. hogany finish. with fine golden finish. be required to decipher all of the, insufficient finish wearing through. The design is “different”; it has individuality characteristic of ; records and to" explain them in their © _the high-grade. Comprises a large Dresser, semi-Vanity Dresser, roomy Chifforette - and bow-end relation to Roman history, according Bed. May be had in‘either genuine walmut or mahogany finish. to.Prof. Kelsey. The university pro- z i fessor declared there could be o question as to the authenticity of the records. S : Another collection brought to the ]| \ : $ 9x9, $13.95 university. by professor. includes g Gty S i B 5 g 9x12, $15.95 a_papyrus’ book of twelve leaves in 5 : . which are written the :incantations a1l 3 = < 9x10.6, $14.85 7.6x9, $1045 :1“4 lor'fllnlu :rnd lltly a ml-l;r magi- e ¥ ——————— - S, N f) % ° 3 lan. ere ¢ charms and curses R [l - 5 - ! 1ge 1 . for . various ' occasions, one.being a s U B | ———r— : Py ,lt m, love charm. _In the prayers fiod‘m;: A1 | 4 === f Red Seal (SIIJ I ! perfections an| s are invol as well as t . — i pagan deities of Egypt. : LT WA / 9x10.6, $11.95 7.6x9," $9.75 - : | . A 9x9, $10.75 6x9, COUNCILORS ELECTED. = I ; 1 - e : : . Hondurss and Gustemats. - ||| .l - Peter Grogan & Sons Co. By the Associated Press. 5 % 3 gl \ 5 : : Frivs i ) SAN SALVADOR; R. S., November : 83N f 5 o = 4—Councilors of the Federation of LI % 5 D i y 2 ) ) 5 Central American Republics, in whose ST i i ‘ = . hands wil .rest the administration.| Ly . y pAs i ¥, s y Y of the mew combination formed. by : 3 Sy e A ) hive hec clocied By he (arse comn: 0-Piece W. i L A : ' T 74 v the three coun- ° ‘ : 2ty g K s s AR tries. They are: Franci: 1 i ¥ 4 RS {SeE R L . T 2 B Eatodngme | This 10-Piece Walnut 817-823 Seventh St., N.W. R ] e e e el T 2 « DF.. nchi, A ‘high- 5 £ : u " buy ed o R s bor ' Guatemala, Salvador Sandoval, fne A with shaded panels. Note' the 'large - China ablis une 24, I 92 1 alternate. Butfot with. m Server and Extension Table; -ive Side ; Chai Lstablishe: June ; & R/ . The three cauntries.also,have. eloct- ed fifteen deputies and ffteen .sub. Somkins 1on stitutes to the central assembly, the Jegislative branch. of the ernment. 2