Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1922, Page 5

EXPERTS OUTLINE - TRADE OBSTACLES National Chamber of Com- . merce Told of Evils Prior ¢ to Studying Cure. Numerous obstacles standing in the Wway of a normal resumption of do- mestic and foreign trade are outlinedl in a report prepared from investiga- tions of the experts of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and’ which will be presented tomor- + TOw for the consideration of the dele- gates to the tenth annual convention of the organization. This meeting will have for its object the mapping out of a national commercial policy to bring about a return of normal , trade conditions, and it will be ex- pected to devise ways and means of surmounting the obstacles which the report asserts stands in the way of the complete resumption of trade in- tercourse and its accompanying pros- perity. One of the foremost obstacles which has stood in the way of normal trade ‘conditions, the report points out, is political instability, which has pre- vented those abroad with good credit even from getting goods, and where they have obtained the goods the prices have been increased by the high insurance rates covering “pojiti- cal risk.” Unsettled conditions be- tween capital and labor also have served to retard resumption of normal conditions, the report says, and among other obstacles it specifically names the following: Slowness of adminis- trative and legislative branches of governments in providing for rebuild- ng the devastated regions, uncer- tainty due to inflated prices, lack of international commercial arbitration facilities, inflated freight rates and other transportation obstacles, specu- lating and overstocking, liquidation of Army stocks both here and abroad and government interference with business. Prepared to Ald Study. The report was prepared for the pur- pose of giving the delegates an insight _into the causes as viewed from various "angles in all parts of the world by ex- perts, and to furnish a basis for devel- oping plans for removing these obstacles. “The rate of exchange has not been " the sole obstacle to the restoration of commerce,” the report points out. “Even if the rate of exchange in some of the countries remained comparatively strong, and, even if the economic re- sources of the country remained sub- astantially, unimpaired political instabill- ty, large-scale strikes and the hreak- down of law and order, could introduce an element of political instability, and accompanying lack of security for busi- ness, proving a distinct obstacle to the restoration. of business. In_ some in- stances the lack of assured political stability has prevented merchants in Europe, whose credit standing was otherwise good, from getting needed raw materials from' abroad, and in other cases the cost of materials and supplies obtained was enhanced by charges for actual insurance coverage against the political risk. “One.obstacle to trade has been the unsettled relations of capital and la- bor. Obviously, strikes affecting such vital industries as the coal industry and the transport industries choke the progress of reconstruction. Diffi- culties incidental to the appiication of the eight-hour day in commerce and industry- have played a part. P for this Machine and RECORDS | b -FREE!!! antly surprised at how are not old Agents for Kim| Pianos Since 1872 KIMBALL PIANOS TERMS!! MAY TRY DRY AGENTS CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL " SEARCH OF DWELLIN Speclal Dispateh to The Star. > ! BALTIMORE, May 15.—Otis An- gevine and Riciiard T. Burlasque, former prohibition agents, who at- tempted to raid the home of Frank A. Lutz, near Knoxville, Fred- erick county, on the morning of April 23, and who were driven away after a pistol battle, may be brought to trial in this city on charges growing out of the affair. They will be tried if sufficient evidence, is procured against them, it was learned this morn- ing. s!:'nltefl States ‘District Attorney Robert R. Carmen will interview witnesses from Frederick Monday morning, and if the case against the men appears strong enough he will asks warrants for their arrest. At present, it Is said, they are being held in Washington on another charge. If charges are brought against them here they will be accused of conspiracy * té violate the law against searching a private dwell- ing without a search warrant and unlawfully ' detaining Lutz and Charles E. Meyer, who was Wwith Lutz when the battle was fought. Wage controversies, wage inflation and low production of workers have limited output, made for high prices and generally interfered with trade. Rebullding Too Slow. “Slowness in rebuilding and in bringing back into operation produc- tion equipment in the devastated regions has been another factor in hindering the production of wealth ! on which credit and the exchange of goods could have been based. This delay has, in part, been attributable to the slowness of the legislative and administrative branches of govern- ments, in part to the hesitancy and lack of organization of the producers and in part to the inadequacy of credit facilities and to inflated values. After the collapse from the delirium of high prices in 1920, the uncertainty as to the future course of prices in deflation has been another factor. Business abhors uncertainty and price uncertainty is the sharpest kind of obstacle to trade. Much of the infla- tion in prices in international trade has been worked out. “In going through the process of deflation, and in a time of sharp fluctuations in the rates of exchange, and of tariff rates changed without notice, cancellations, rejections of shipments, and refusal tao adjust claims in dispute have marked in- ternational commercial transactions. < T T 'lflphlc services and of international postal service are things which have been studied. “A distinctly mercantile obstacle to the restoration of a steady flow of trade has been the existence of mer- chandise speculation and the conse- quent overstocking of markets. Some of our merchants poured, goods into certain European centers in 1919 and 1920 in anticipation of markets that did not materialize. During the past eighteen months or 80 in a good @any lines the excess stocks have been gradually worked out, so that relief is in sight. S Army Stocks Flood Market. “Another mercantile obstacle: to trade In many lines has been the liquidation of accumulated war stocks. The sale of enormous. stocks of miscellaneous merchandise by the United States and European armies in Europe. have flooded the market with a good many commodities. “Another class of obstacles has consisted of-embargoes imposed by governments and customs duties hav, ing the effect of import embargoes. Just as we have had our emergency terift and are going through the process of general revision of the tariff, so the European countries have' had their emergency tariff measures. which in'some instances have ‘vielded nothing to the United States in respect to their protective or exclusive character. Unquestion- ably the maintenance of governmen- tal control over and interference With business has proved a real obstacle to the restoration of business. “Another obstacle is the mzinte- nance of a complicated, inefficient. Ted-taped system of passport ~ontrol bearing on commercial travelers. Much valuable time is consumed in endeavoring to comply with the petty requirements of numerous petty functionaries intrusted with systems of passport visas and passport con- trol, which should be eliminated in time of peace.” WILL GET ‘DECENT COFFIN’ Convict’s Appeal Answered by Na- tional Selected Morticians. The appeal of a convict in a western penitentiary now serving a life sentence, and who s near death from pulmonary tuberculosis, to the Prisoners’ Relief So- ciety for a “decent coffin” to be buried in, has been granted and arrangements are being made to bring about a Chris- tian burial in the penitentiary for the prisoner. Upon receipt of the man’s letter, E. E. Dudding, president of the society, gave it out to the press, through which me- dium it came to the attention of the National Selected Mortis cians of the United States, who have instructed a In some quarters the absence of an international mechanism for the fn- vestigation and settlement of com- mercial disputes has been viewed as a distinct obstacle to the restora- tion of trade. “Much of the Infiation in ocean freight Tates, which for a time made the costs of merchandise so high as to stop trade, has been worked out. { Inadequacy of railroad transporta- tion remains as one of the agute ob- stacles. The average businéss man has_become accustomed to thinking of Russia as outside the picture of commercial transactions. Russia is an outstanding example of the effect of the breakdown of railroad trans- portation in interfering with the flow of commerce. The pilferage tisks, and other incidental Tisks to the handling of merchandise in transportation, loom up alongside the delay and physical shortage. 5 Communications Inadequate. “The inadequacy and delay In com- | munications continue to be a factor in interfering with the smooth flow of business. The extension and improve- ment of cable, wireless and tele- -KIMBALL PHONOGRAPHS At Factory Prices | 25 Pho’nogr;aph RECORDS given | ' >FREE!l=x To introduce Kimball Phonographs the W. W. Kimball Co. (makers of the famous Kimball Pianos and Organs) has authorized its agents in various localities to sell a limited allotment of machines at factory prices with 25 new standard records free. Our allotment is 235, and these are all we will be per- mitted to sell at these exceptional sale prices. > BEAUTIFUL CONSOLE MODEL TERMS!! ]xound in his pockets. Washington undertaker to forward the coffin to the prison. STRANGER FOUND DEAD. Dies in Barn From Ruptured Blood Vessel. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., May 15—A stranger who was given employment several days ago by F. H. Lam, farmer and fruit grower, near Stephens City, was founq dead in the barn, where he had been sleeping. He had an ulcerated limb, and, doctors who made an_examination” said a blood vessel had been ruptured, caus- ing the man to bleed to death during the night. He told Mr. Lam his name was Clark Owens. He appeared to be about fifty-five years old. A Phila- delphia street address that could not be deciphered and 32 cents were His body was interred in a graveyard at Stephens City, under directions of the overseer of the poor there. Only THE *EVENING STAR, 235 Mat:hirno;s for " DISTRICT N This is thé number the KIMBALL COM< PANY * has allotted We will arrange the payments, monthly or weekly—as you wish—and you will be pleas- —WE LEAVE IT UP TO YOU. Don’t be misled—because we give away, FREE, these records. They style or damaged. SELECTIONS—SELECT THEM YOURSELF. T.P.CULLEY 1327 G St. N.W. - for this district—SO YOU HAD BETTER HURRY, AS THIS SENSATIONAL OF~ FERING WILL “MAKE THEM GO QUICKLY. * low you can make them ALL FIRST-CLASS RECORDS—ALL NEW. and Son AND' PLAYERS AT GREAT REDUCTION NAV TOENTEND " SCOPE OF RADI 00mmunica_tion on Subma- rines to Reach 500 Miles. Other Striking Improvements The Navy Department has pur- chased equipment to extend the rad- io communication scope of sixty sub- marines from fifty to 500 miles, with savings In engineering maintenance funds made by engineering personnel afloat, it was learned today. The ex- tent of the economies in use of en- gineering supplies on the active ships and the steadily increasing de- gree to which the engineering forces on the ships are making their own repairs afloat, it was said at the de- partment, has been astonishing and reflects the zeal with which the en- tire .zervice has thrown itself into the task of bettering the Navy by its own direct efforts. Crulsing Radius Enlarged. Another project now in progress in the department with funds made avallable by the work of the oflicers and men in the engine Toom forces of the fighting ships, it was added, would make a material increase in the .cruising radius of the battle- ship ~fleet, with resulting large an- nual savings in feel consumption. New evaporators for the ships al- ready have been contracted for with engineering savings and when 4n- stalled, largely by the work of the men afloat, will give the ships more and purer fresh water supplies and and will cut down the annual fuel Summer Suits that Combine Comfort and Class g o6 B WASHINGTON, NEW YORK SCHOOLS TO TEACH INTEGRITY UNDER NEW PROGRAM NEW YORK, May 15.—“Integrity” will soon be taight in New York yschools. It may not be included .in the curriculum as a special study, but every teacher will be ordered to Keep it in mind with everything he or she teaches, Conferences have been held by su- perintendents and other offiglals of the education system with a View to introducing plain honesty to the stu- dents. More meetings are to follow, but aiready a system has been evolved which, it is expected, will be followed in detall In all the schools. Associate Supt. Clarence E. Meleney is in charge of the program which is being worked out. He sald this week that training in old-fashioned ethics for students is proving a higger need every day. If it is necessary, he said, “integrity” will be taught as a special course. but he believed it could be studied better in all courses which the students take. —_— e bill of the fleet by hundreds of thou- sands of dollars. In fllustration of the gain in mili- |tary power to the battleship fleet the change will make, it was stated that the cruising radius of the fleet depends upon the fuel consumption of the ship that takes the greatest quantity of fuel oil to cover and give distance. With new equipment it is estimated that this ship will show an_increase of 10 per cent in steaming ability and the power of distant operation of the fleet as a whole be increased just that much. Many Other Savings. The engine room forces have accom- plished the savings {n countless ways, it was said, piling up the surplus dotiar by dollar without/decreasing but rather distinetly increasing the efficiency of cach ship, A gallon of lubricating oil saved here and there, repairs made by engine room crews rather than yending ships to the yards and countless other The question of what to wear this summer is ‘swiftly answered by the P-B stock of summer clothing—an endless array of fabrics and styles _;hat\ make the selection of summer clothes ex- ceedingly easy. And no matter how tall, or short, or stout you are, your size is here. D..C. MONDAY. MAY 15. R SRRl from which | sang'at f thi o e e Pagio aipmont and. the new | congerts and ut aing gy accc?| DIES IN PULLMAN BERTH. evaporators were purchased. t Central igh School on T L The fleet, as & whole, it was sald by officers whose business it is to check up on such details, is much nearer the ideal degree of self-maintenance in the engineering department. than it was a few months ago. WOMAN WORKERS TO MEET Store Employes Invited to Confer- ‘ence on Wage Question. All women employed in the stores of the -city are urged by the Minimum ‘Wage Board to attend a’mass meeting in the boardroom of the District build- ing Friday night to discuss the pay question. ‘The wage board last week announced that It had voted to reconsider the minimum wage of $16.50 a week in 1919 for the mercantile industry. Two of the employes’ .representatives in the conference at which the $16.50 rate was fixed cannot serve this time, and it will be necessary for the workers to nomi- nxfll: two others at the meeting Friday night. —_— MISS CRAIG TO SING. Will Assist Y. W. C. A. in Concert at First Congregational Church. Miss Netta Gralg, soprano soloist of the Ingram Memorial Church, will sist the Y. W. C. A. Glee Club in its spring concert, which is to be given tomorrow night at 7:30 at the Kirst Congregational Church, when she will sing three groups of songs. Sfce its organization in October of last year the Y. W. C. A. Glee Club has increased in size and proficiency of work. Under the direction of Mis Esther Linkins, with Miss Helen Nash a8 accompanist, the club has given or taken part in twelve differ- ent concerts specializing in its own progtams, at the various hospitals for Wounded ex-service men. It also P-B Palm Beach Suits....cce0ee....$15 P-B Mohair Suits............$18 to $25 Tropical Worsteds...........$20 to $35 P-B Gab ardines...... ..$25 A'and $35 P-B Flannel Suits. . ......$22.50 and $25 Silk and Poplin Suits.......$25 and $35 Separate Sport Coats. .........$15 to $20 Flannel Trousers ...........$7.50 to $12 P-B Service, always interested, always courteous, always helpful, makes the selec- tion of hot-weather suits a prepty cool prop- , .° osition. Dadily, 8 to 5§:30 t both of which places the highly commended for its e i8 to be no admission charge corcert tomorrow evening, but & silver offering will be taken at the door at the close of the evening. The public Is invited. —_— WILL HOLD PICNIC SUPPER. A plenlc supper will featurs the an- nual meeting of the Monday Event Club, which will be held at the Tndue trial Home School thi o'clock. club way work. ‘Ther: at ti Raleigh, N. C., has erected a beau- tiful memorial fountain in memory of woman _volunteer served In influenza epidemic in 1918, Cool Light afternoon at 5:30 dead. Special! Madras Union Suits $1.35 Comfortable Of fine quality madras, striped or checked. We spe- cialize in giving our patrons an exact underwear fit—the reason why so many men are outfitted on the inside by us. This union suit at $1.35 is a splendid value—and comes just at the right time. Special! Balloon Cloth Shirts $.95 Lustrous The ideal hot- weather shirt. Launders like a linen handkerchief—the more you tub them the better they look. Possess the softness of silk and have a reputation for long life that would make an octo- genarian blush. Colors: White and tan. Summer Neckwear of Commodious Long-wearing Henry Ishman of Elizabeth, N. J., Found Dead as Train Stops Here. Henry H. Ishman, seventy-four years old, en route to his home in Elizabeth, N. J., from Miaml, Fla., accompanied by his niece, Mrs. Helen Glassford, was found dead in a berth in a Pullman car at Union station shortly after the arrival of the train this morning. Mr. Ishman had been in Florida for his health and was returning home. is sald he did not seem ill on the train yesterday and, his niece was surprised this morning when told that he was Coroner Nevitt viewed the body at Union station and gave a certificate of nurses who | death from natural causes. was taken to Elizabeth this afternoon. ROM _THE AVENUE AT TH 3 Imported Foulard, $1 _ Handsome and handmade. Blue and white dots over varied colored back- grounds. Their quality is exceptional. The Avenue at Ninth Daily, 8 to 5:30 . .