Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1922, Page 15

CHAOTIC CONDITION [N JAPAN'S LABOR Wages Higher, Living Costs Unchanged .. 1 Goods Pro- duced Unsatisfactory. EMPLOYERS ARE BULLIED Strikes Called for_ Intimidation and Most Preposterous Terms Are Exacted by Workers. By the Associated Press. YOKOHAMA, Japan, June 22.— While Japan's trade for 1921 had not been as bad as anticipated, 1. Bickart, chairman of the Yokohama and Tokio Foreign Board of Trade, said in his annual a he said, “con- lues have oc- declie tn cut in the majority ut in Japan the exact cont heen scen—wages in many instances are higher than ever, and no declin- ing tendency can be observed in the vost of living while the goods pro- Aly of unsatisfactory tend duced are gen conditions c and there ettied system undes harged: h the can be dis workers are getting things much as they wish and strikes are called for the purpose of intimidating employ-1 ers and exacting the most preposter- ous terms. §ilk Market Manipulated. “Another adverse condition is the spirit of gambling, which has to a considerable extent been encouraged by the ultra rotectionist policy pur- sued by the government, and seri- sly interferes with the transaction legitimate bu The manipu- tion of the r arket is a striking insta of What is possible when the government decide the p of any article is to tained on an artificial I \d demand is not permit- govern regulation of ¥ trade of the country y falling ports amounted to 1 £ the w than ! r cent. Yokohama Figures Lead. the trade figures yen, 48 per cent of J 1 yen less than 1 imports, 520,400, ven, or 32 per cent of the total for 3919 yen less than 1920. trade balance exhibited ustoms returns & thus 361,- n for the whole of Japan. ma shows a trade surplus of prising. In this J experience of other coun maintenance of prices in this co coupled with a still large purchasing ounts for the excess of Imports “It is worthy of notice that the greatest falling off is In the export of manufactured .And ‘semi-manuf. nmxl soads, Twenty-Five Samples Sold in Paris | Expected to Bring Orders for 500 More Machines. 0 Daily News. By Cable t The Star and Chi % 17.—A great ion of Eu- rope is about to be Twenty-five | sample Am n taxis were sold in Paris last w If they give satis- faction it wi John D. this city. eplace all the snub-nosed, cars | p which n I3 with brilliant Ame W have worked think we cal out plans by compete with s despite the n automeo- Y e knows that Re- nault and Citroen, the automobile manufacturers who now get most of | the taxi trade here, will spare no ef-' fort to check him. These men have proved themselves to be among the best and most resourceful business men in France. If they think it necessary they may , persuade the French government to‘raise the cus- toms duties on American machinefy to a prohibitive level. If successful in Paris, American cabs will be intro- duced in other European cities. KILLED IN RAIL WRECK. it Dining Car Cook Dies, Passengers Hurt as Coaches Ditched. —Five coache: e train No. running between Savannah and Jack- sonville, turned turtle at 5:30 o’clock this morning, one mile south of Cox, Ga. A negro dining car cook was killed and several ‘passengers in- Jured. The train struck a broken rail and five of the cars were tossed into the ditch. The engine remained on the track with two cars. A first-edition copy of Bunyan's “pilgrim's Progres printed in 1678, has been sold at auction in London for more than $10.000. Twelfth treet B iress that the outlook was; ind wikes have been dras- | o} c % | economic laws of supply and demand AMERICAN TAXI INVASION | OF EUROPE IS PREDICTED . acreuse | SWEDEN TO HOLD DRY i PLEBISCITE ON AUG. 27 | Retent. tof ‘.mll prohibitionists are quoting gov- . ernment statis DYING HAWAIIAN RACE TO BE RESTORED, SAYS COLONIZATION EXPERT By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, T. H., June 20.—Ha- waii's great human experimentw— colonization of lands on the Island of Molokal by Hawailans and part Hawalians, in an _endeavor to re- habilitate the dying race—has every chance of success, in the opinion of Dr. Elwood Mead, dean of the college of agriculture of the University of California and head of the California state land devel- opment board, expressed after Dr. Mead had made a survey of the lands available. Dr. Mead was brought to Hawall by the homes commission, which is charged with carrying on the proj- ect under the congressional act providing for the experiment, in order that the committee might have the benefit of his advice and experience gained from coloniza- tion projects in California. Dr. Mead's main criticism of the plans of the commission was that the land allotted to each settler— twenty acres—would be too large, as it has been ascertained in Cali- fornia that a family without capi- tal resources could not cultivate successfully more than from three to eleven acres of irrigated land. } Gov. Wallace R. Farrington, ex- officio chairman of the homes : commission, pointed out that the rehabilitation law provides a mini- mum of twenty acres for each homesteader, and that an amend- ment by Congress would be neces- sary before farms of lesser area could be allotted. The commission announced that three families will be placed on the lands in August, and four more lots would be ready for occupancy in September. A total of twenty- two lots will comprise the first rehabilitation settlement, and the remainder are expected to be,occu- pied before the end of the year. JAPAN BANKS CURB LOANS ON RAW SILK Destruction of Export Business Feared in High Cost Being Charged for Cocoons. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, June 19.—Considerable comment has been evoked regarding the attitude adopted by the Bank of Japan, which advised the bankers | throughout the country to withhold accommodation to the raw silk manu- rers who may be induced to buy the new season’'s cocoons at their extraordinarily high price. The reason advanced by the Bank of Japan is that if the cocoons are bought at their prevailing high cost |raw silk produced therefrom must be isold at such a high price that the export trade would decline. There- |fore the bank belleves it advisable | that the price of cocoons should be brought down to a more reasonable level for the sake of national eco- nomics. | _The attitude assumed by the Bank of Japan, however, is resented by many cocoon producers; Sanjl Muto, president of the Manegafuchl Spin- ning Co., acting as their spokesman, | sives his views of the subject in the pr Mr. Muto characterizes the attitude taken by the bank as un- led for and Intended to upset the | “In 1920, when economic circles were faced with a panic,” says Mr. Muto, “the cocoon producers were | obliged to resort to sacrifice sales. thereby sustaining heavy losses. It| is true that the silk manufacturers | | were also put to considerable diffi- culty, but in their case the govern- | ment came to the rescue and their | lifficulties were materfally lessened {by the establishment of the lmperial | Raw Silk Co., which undertook to buy {up the stock at fixed prices. The cocoon producers, however, had no redress and were the principal sufferers at the time, The consequence was that 1d of cocoons last year showed as against the previous year, and this year's yield Is likely to show a decrease of 10 per cent on 1921." —_— | Anti-Prohibitionists ‘Waging Cam- paign on Strength of Gov- ernment Statistics. By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, June 28.—Sweden's rohibitlon campaign, now at itsj has become largely a battlei atistics. While the “dry” forces point with pride to the fact that they won a victory in the riksdag when | that body voted to hold a consultative | plebiscite of the “wet” and “dry” is- ue on August 27 of this vear, the cs and the reports of medical authorities. The reports of the government dis- trict physicians scattered all over the country are now being received by h Medical Board, which re- nt on record against total prohibition. Virtually all of the phy- sicians report that drunkenness ap pears to be decreasing In their re-| spective districts, and that in many | parts of the country home-brewing is declining. The Royal Soclal Board's latest re- | port shows that during the first quar- ter of this year inebriety showed a further decline, there being only 5,285 cases of drunkenness reported throughout Sweden. The report sets forth _also that during 1921 Norway ! and Finland, both prohibition coun- | were more wet in spots than! with her liquor-rationing | Thus during 1921 Sweden's reports showed "between 7.000 and 8,000 cases of drunkenness, while prohibition Norway, with about half of Sweden's population, had an average of nearly 9.000 cases of ine-! briety offenses during each quarter. —_— Even the French chamber of depu- ties has its traditional ghost, is known as the “yellow man. apparition is rather shadowy, but has been described a very tall, thin man, whose face is curiously yellow. He is said to have appeared before ! the death of Gambetta and also be- fore the tragic end of President Car- net. The last appearance was shortly | before the outbreak of the great war. | Special Prices in Our Repairing and Remodeling Department during July lechlgan Navy: Beans, perbb. .. . . . . . Y, Pt., tall, per doz: .. .39c No Storage Charge on Furs ] An =conomical time to have your furs made a la mode. Spe- cial Prices to give steady em- ployment to our skilled fur operators. fl.We specialize in Re-styling ur Coats into the newest ef- fecfs. Phone Main 1647 AKS FUR CO. One Family Management for 30 Years 610 Twelfth Street THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1922.° TopNotch - N ITA g | L l Oleomargarine , 22Yc CERY CO . 12c | Rogers’ Evaporated Milk, tallcan . . . . 8c| Sanitary Macaroni, Spaghetti or Noodles, 3 pkgs., 25¢ 12¢ | French’s Dry Mustard, percan . . . . . . . . % 20c | Re Umberto Olive Oil- 1c 19¢. 29c 17¢ 16¢ (3 4 | White House Vinegar, in jugs; pint, 12c; quart . 121/zc Clothespins, per carton of 24 . . . . . . Tc 2215¢ | Cotton Gloves, per pair . . . . . . . 12Y%¢ 10c | Bee Brand Insect Powder, smallcan . . . . . . 9¢ 12¢ Post Toasties, perpkg. . . . . . . . . . Shredded Wheat, per pkg. . . . . . . . . Pillsbury’s Wheat Cereal, perpkg. . . . . . . Cheese, Fancy Wisconsin, per Ib. Sl Cocoa, Walter Baker’s, 1.5 Ib., 9c' 1/2 lb is Cocoa, Hershey’s, 1-5 Ib., 8¢; 12 Ib., 15¢; 1 lb. e Chocolate, Walter Baker’s, 1-5 Ib., 8¢; l/z Ib. . Cocoanut, Dromedary, 18 1b., 9c; 14 lb Argo Corn Starch, per pkg. . . . : Sardines, Domestic, Oil or Mustard, small can . Silver Label No. 2 Peas, percan . . . . Peter Pan No. 2 Peas, per can . . . Campbell’s Soups, per can . . . . . . . Tomatoes, No. 2 Can, 10c; No. 3 Can s Sanitary BUTTER 45¢ glass, 12¢; Y5-pt. tin, 30c; 1-pt. tin, 53¢; 1-gt. tin, $1 Queen Olives, quart jar . . . . . . . Hires Root Beer Extract . . . . . 19¢ Ice Cream Salt, 10db. bag . . . . . . . 15¢ Premier Salad Dressing, small bot., 15¢; large bot., 37¢ 19c 15¢ | Paraffine Tex Wax, per Ib. carton . . . . Sanitary EGGS 33¢ Peanut Butter Our New Store Park Lane, Va. Will Be Opened Thursday, July 20th SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK One Dozen in One-Pound Cartons. Carton>. .. v v vvevgines Fruit Jars W i}::" 9c besaase % | CURTICE BROS. JAMS 1502 Jar 19¢ | 5% 19 Jelly Glasses e ;(5): 1-lb. pails......... Vs Pt., squat, per doz. .35¢ SANITARY CATSUP Small Botte 8¢ Grape Juice Maso;,, ?:doFings .6c N Boule.’ i %Z:{é?e' . 25C e Tops | WAXED LUNCH PAPER, 12rais 25¢ | i %5 ason, perdoz. . ..... Welch’s Glass, per doz. . . . ... .15¢ Our Regular Stock, Count, Etc. Quart bottle. .. 59c OTATOES—10 1ss. ror 28¢c—15 Ls. For 3¢ Another Big CRACKER WEEK at Our Stores Two (2) Carloads of Fresh Packed Goods Just Received A short time ago we held a “Cracker week” at our stores and it proved such a success that we made ar- rangements with ‘the NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY to supply us with a quantity of package goods to celebrate the return of these varieties to a “DIME.” We selected six varieties (as illustrated) for this sale. To make shipments of our requirements it was necessary to use two freight cars, fully loaded, a total of 83,298 Ten (10) Cent Packages National Biscuit Company Cakes Butter Thin Biscuit Graham Crackers Ten Cents Per Package 8 B Social Tea Biscuit Cheese Sandwich Ten Cents Per Package Ten Cents Per Package Coconut Taffy Bar Ten Cents Per Package l.om Doone Short Bread The above is a photograph of two cars taken on arrival, fully loaded with delicious biscuits fresh from the Ten Cents Per Package ovens, especially haked for this: sale.