Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1923, Page 23

S —r—— fo—— o PLANS TO MEASURE - MALE WAIST LINES; Accurate “Cen#us”_Prdpbsgd as Means of Guarant}éeing Suits That Fit.. BY J. C. ROYLE! Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. % NEW. YORK, September 26.—A comprehensive and accurate census ,©f the male walst lines and other measurements in the United States Is under. . gerious consideration today. This has grown out of discussions at the meeting of the Natlonal Associa- : tion of Retall Clothiers in Chicagd as {10 methods .by which_cost of altes tions in readymade clothing may bé ¥held down. Composite measurements. of _the American ‘do not apply to-individual clothing buyers as well as they used to. Army training ‘and prohibition have altered the outline of many. That means more work for the fitter. Prices for men's suits have Increased and the buying public_has exhibited a distinct antipathy toward paying any higher figures. How to Get Sult That Fita The question, therefore, of how. to have suits that fit without additiorat expense- either ‘to the buyer or re- | tailer i8.agitating the minds of cloth- ing men all the way from Maine to California. . A division ‘of the country into zones for the_purposs -of obtaining more accuraté measurements, suggestad by Frederick Guth of Seattle, has met Wwith considerable favor. “Hmatic conditions and-modes of living have an effect on' physique,” Mr. Guth-said today. “For eéxample, .men in the porthwest have smaller Waists and “broader 'shoulders than men in the south ‘and east. The Weather fs cooler out west,”One must keep moving to keep comfortable. Then, too, it is harder to get beer and hard liquor. There has been more noticeable shrinkage of the beer tummy in the west than elsewhere. And our ‘clothes must be cut accord- ingly.” Variance fn Spectfications. As indicating the necessity er for | Qifferent specifications for di ent #ectlons, Mr. Guth: said that when he | Tequested a’ Rochester manufacturer | to send him smaller vésts, as all those ehipped him had to be taken in, the manufacturer replied that a merchant from Philadelphia had just written demanding larger vests, as all his had to be'let out. . Under the Guth' plan the country would be divided into three or four zones. In each zone the dealers would unite to collect as complete figures as postible on men's measurements, especially as to waist line and length of trousers. These would be fur- nished manufacturers, who would use the composite figures of each section in making clothing faf that section. Making the Customers Pay. Dedlers are watching closely the ex-’ periment tried by several large stores of making customers pay for altera- tions. Mack Gordon, one of the direc- tors of the Stein Block' Company of Buffalo, declared. he Was not prepared to state unqualifiediy that men's w stores should charge their custome for a part of the cost of “busheling. but that a lowering of the cost of distribution would result if a portion of this overliead could’ be absorbed. A large part of this ‘expense, he added, wds due to poar salésmanship. The education of galesmen is another problem which has been taken up by the national association and its individ- ual member: A school for clothing salesmen will be started in Chicago this winter and if successfyl similar schools . will be established in other reta!l cen- ters Overneliing Condémned. Manufacturers are joining heartily. in condemnation of. the policy. of oversell- ing retall merchants. “Overstocking means .cut prices and | fire sales in order to get rid of surptus,” a{d Sol Sehioss of Indianapolts, first vice | resident of the. Retailers’. Assoctation. | “Buying only the amount you can rea- sonably sell is the first way of cutting | down overhead expense. And it is only | By cutting down overhead in every pos- 'sible way that we can take up the slack n the clothing trade which s now working such a hardship on both mer- 'chant and consumer.” 1t was estimated today that merchants |1n general throughout the country are | ordering about 60 to'65 per cent of thelr !requirements for next spring in ad- SEABOARD OPPOSES RAILROAD LEASE| | Clinchfield Able-to Operate Alone, Officials Say, and Should So Remain, In behalf of the Seaboard Air Line, wwhich is opposing the attempt of the | Louleville’ and Nashville and’ the At- {lantic Coast Line to acquire by lease jcontrol of the Carolina, Clinchfield imnd Ohlo system, testimony was given !today. betore the Interstate Commerce Commission- tp show fhat the Clinch: field system was able, financially:and materially, t6 operate successtully ‘alone: J. 3. Campion, trafic minager of \the Clinchfield, agreed with sugges- ! tions of counsel that his rallroad was |2 fn_a most modern fashion tol P §1a the hoavy vojume of traffio:in Jarge unite and that regonstruction and rebuilding of .its line was not . mecessary. on any extended scale. J. M. Parr, a former president of the Seaboard, declared the Clinchfteld i~ cas advantageously located and-in- Gicated the raad should elther: be.op- | | erated indéependently or.kept as & joint facility serving all connecting rail- Toads on @ cqual.basis. -He added that there was ‘no necessity ( the Louisville and.Nashville to . control the Clinchfield as a Means of rarket- ing Kentucky coal. ' SEE $5,000,000 ORDERS - FOR WEARING APPAREL Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘ SAN FRANCISCO, -September 26 Tt is - expected | that approximatel $5.000,000 Worth of drders :for men’ and women's clothing, shoes and millinery will b placed - here before the end- of ‘this wések by the 4.000 buyers attending San . Francisco' eighth annual fall. sales: ofterings. [ED | American Tel. & Telga. 43, NEW YORK CURB Recelved by Private Wire © BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN. Special Dispateh to The Btar, _ : NEW YORK, September 26.—Irregu- \Jar price moventents In the oil group, a somewhat firmer tone in Industrials and steadiness {n the mining. sectipn were the chardoteristics of the early dealings on thé curb market ' toda; No important . changen ogcurred in the forenoon, however, and stocks ‘appeared to be following thé course ‘| of those on thc big board. Prairle Pipe Liné and Prairfe Ol and Gas, selling ex the §2 dividend, opened unchanged, but the former subse- e —— fo - _Quently Tegained half the smeunt Wwhich camé. off the stock. Standard of Indtana was unchanged .most of the time, while the Kentucky :stock Tofe half a point. Hartman Corpera- tion righta were sdmitted and were dealt in around 3%. The new gold dust stock drop fractionally .as the result of profit-taking sales, but- Tae Up almost:thres polnts trom where it had sold two days ago. A decline of angther point fa 28 took place fn Durant of Delaware, while> others of -the motors were neglected. Continental Mines made its appearance for the first time this | week at a fractional revession, while the new Crown King held firm around recently prevalling quotations. SRR el ey NEW YORK, September 26. ol lowing is an official Iist of bonds and Stocks dealt in on the New York Curb Market today: Bales in, BONDS, thousands, 0N 1en. A Alum 78 “riew “'33.. 1 18_Atn Cot OII 8a. 98 1 Am- Ga 94! T Anaconds 6y Low. Close. 108~ 108 1o 1 ufi | * 5 Baaver Products 9 Beti Sieel 1o 1 Cent BSteel 6 Chareoal Co 1 Gt Berv: Tn C 1 8o Grapn & © Cuba 3 Deere & Co T%4s... 10 Detroit City Gas 0s. . Dun Tire ‘& Rob Ta Fed Land Dank Ss Federal Sugar @n. 33 Fiehér Rody 6a ‘26, Fisher Body 6s ‘23, Gen Agphult’ Ex Grand Trunk " 8% Hood Ruhber T4 Morris & Co 7%s.. Nat Leather Bs..... la_Elgc Gs.... Pub Serv ot N I 7e Pub_Sery EI' Pow. 86 heff 6s Liiee Bwitt & Co Bs i1, 01% Tafon Pacific 5 w i 0935 United O Prod 8s.. 825 Valtorine Oil Ti.... 108% $ Grt Argtn e w 1 27 King of Nether 5 Mexfean Gove 3 Swikk Govt 5i4e 1 Swiss Gost Ba. 10 U'S of Mexieo 100 Anglo Am_ O . 200 Atlantic Lobon . 38 Borne Sery: *130 Buckeye P L ... 100 Continental Of1-hew 280 Crescent P L. 4311 P L 100 Imp OU o TR VL R T g% 9 3 136 i35 138 » 181 i fl% 1‘*% 1527 153° 98 | §0:fou States. O 1 Purman Ofl 42 Wilcox Ol & G INDUSTRIALS. 15% 4 s 20 1 101 1 10 3 It 26 9 ,10 30 ey T ¥ S ] r Danlels Midland tiantic Fruit w | irtt-Am Tob Con. ‘kiyn City R Gent Teréan .. Teresa pid nd Auto .. W Coal. P T . § 3 X 5 ES 2w m: 1 2 1 3 7 il [ 3 7 2 1 o8 1 18 L 7 a 2 Gillette'8 R 7 Glen Alden 12 Gola” e o, 5 224 - _Co. pf - B8 Hartman Oo Rts wi . - 9 Hazt Cqrp new.w, | ;Hfldmn Co ptd . roge 2 Rresge fd 0. 04, 1 MO e pr 95 ° 5 Mesabl Iron ... 5 1 Naf: 8up Co of Del 05% 1 N } Tel ‘Co ptd... 1001, rk-Tilford /... 28 -n;l Mot . 5.{ o g Rl D C&lnew...... 12 rngheld” Tody Co ‘17 Shed Sttt Rah o 51 Bwilt & Co . 100! Tecbnicat Prod . .. 2 ba el Caay 1 Unit’ Shoe Maph (‘o 1 Universal Pipe w 1. 1 Univer Pipe pf wi 1 Yel Tanl Gorp XY 2 2 Alsgka_ Brit-Colo. 2 Ang ‘Ath - of & Af. 1 30, A 1 1 1 d ns* a1 0. Cop Minw pew x Sitver 10 Cresson. Gold & Dolores. Enper. ka' Croasth 120 Fortuna Mines .... e T 5 Goldfie] gl:. . 43 Goldfleld Ju. 3 80 Hardene) ‘o8 £ ™ 1 Howe Sound ,.: 2% 40 Independence ‘Lead. :flo l‘;nn.hfllnlluin arah Mines ¢ 60 Nationsl * Tin. . ew. Cornelin 28 87 4%, 1203 3 65 Ind P'L . 8200 Inter'l Pef 1275 Magnolia Pet 65 N Y Transft - 50 Northern P L . 88 ° 1 1 i S 23233 s 104 i By A % 200 20| 385, 40 8 78 ATY . 48% . INDEPENDENT OIL STOCKS. “ia bundreds. g i ; 2 Carlb Fynd 3% 1 Citles Sepr! 1304 K Cities. Service 66’ 31,000 Citles Serv C herip. 70° $6,000 Cit Berv scrip.... 80 101 Creole Bynd °,. 20 Engineers’ Pet . 2 Gien “Rock Ofl & Guit Oil of Pa 10 Hudson_Ofl . & Humphreys 2 Kirby Pet 2 Lafayette 1 Livingston. Pet.. 32 Marland ... 2k oAl 2 SAE. REF 3 Mountain Prod 28 Mutual Oll wtE ofs. 4 New RBradfd Off wi 3N Y Of 3 Omar Oil P b 3 LenSanBBas B FEFR FESRS Washington Stock Exchange. . $1,000 at 94..$1.000 at 94. 1,000 'at 94, $5.000 at 94, 1000 2t 94, $300 84 Clty and Suburban 5s—$1,000 at 80, §1,000 “r::A P. Telephone 50—$1.000 At 6%, $1.000 at 9614 : Capital Traction—2 at 9% Tigzs, Nat. Bank Righte—2 at 4%, 2 at . AFTER- CALL. 1 Washington Gas Light—2 at 48%, 2 at 48%., Money—Call loans, 5 ind 6 per cent. BONDS, Bid and Asket Prices. . PUBLIC UTILITY. | | L Tel. & Telga. 4 AmTe & Tl cnl: te Am, Tel. & Tel. conv. G Anncostin & Potomac Abacostia & Poto “F ¢ pound toda 7 New Dom Co 1 New Jersey Zine. 10 N Y “Poreupine. 100 Nev Silver Horn * 20 Nixon Nevads . 3 Nipisa o 182 dhlo Cop -, 2 1 Premier Gold §ifn.. ~ 3 Ray Hercoles Ine.. . 10 Red Hill Florence.. . 10 San Toy . & 22222202 Gold 20 Stewart Miges 1 Teck Hughes . 1 Tano Belmont ... 10 Tonppah Divide ', .. 3 Tonopah Min .. . 8 United Eagters ... i3 . 3 P Lakh el o i The new Hartmin Corporatfon aepi- tal stock of no par value was admit- ted ‘to trading on the curb exchange toddy-and changed hands most of the time Just above 40." . * *Seldom has there been a time when there. has . ‘been. such unanimity in brokerage letters as there is at pres- ent. Almost all are bearish, although they take the precaution to. hedge by saying that technical conditions ma: bring about a temporary rally. Old- time traders, remembering what has happened im the past, are beginning 1o say ‘that this universal bearishness shauld make for cautfon in' operations on’the short side. On the two previous days the stock market . had gone down, while the forelgn exchanges were golng (up. Today these movements were partial- 1y reversed., French and Belglan francs came ‘down quite sharply. - Following the .advance of 15 péint Tuesdsy in refined sugar quotations, Arbuckle Brothers announced a fur- ther increase 'of 10 points to 9¢ & International- Paper . Company dé- elared regular guarterly 13 per cent preferred dfvidénds payable Oc- & P. Telephone Os. .. & ¥ Telephove o Va. Bs. pital Traction R. R. Ds. City & Suburban Georgetown Gas 1at 5. an R. R. Potomat Eiec. st Sae ioa - Potor Pot; Eiec. Pow. 1 Wash., Alex. & Wash., Alex. & i £t »y . l‘ol’umbl .iMB s excesding $2,000,000 were made Bl he Brst. twa days. . Buyars hane Fepresent more than 1200 citles: and towns-in elght stte o . Because ' o re 4(;3",,1“ vinyardists are makin every -effort .o -move. their :-grape quickly.- Shipments now. eastward at-the rate of 1,600.car day. This has greated-a shoriage refrigerator.-cars and closeby- ship- ments are being carried in ordinary box cars. lR“lm.d ,ow als ’::2; hortage of refrigerator.. oa Shect ‘eastern shipments -betere the Elose of the season. two w. TODAY'S METAL MARKET. NEW YORK. ‘September “36.-Co) er, quiet: -electrolytic, utures, 13%al3%. Tin, and nearby, 4187; Iron, easier; No. .1 XNo. 2, northern, 25 22.00a26.00. Lead, 7.10. Zinc, quiet n mnearby, «Spot, 7.40a7.50, i e moving{- 1to $96,260 on outstanding common. tober 15, stock record, October 5. Pittsburgh Utilities Corporation de- clared initial semi-annusl dividend of $1 on common. In addition there wiil be distributed an'extra dividend which ‘will amount in the aggregate There was also declared initial semi~ annual dividend of 3% per cent on preferred and an extra 2% per cent on_preferred. : adstreet’s visible supply: states et nakes the total. AmOUnE - ot | whieat in the United States, east and west of the Rockies, 72,285,000 bush- els, against 38,287.000 a vear ago. In Canada 17,953,000 bushels, -against 32,816,060 last year. United | Drug Company declared regylar: quarterly 1% per cént com- rhon dividend, payable .December;1 to stock- of record November' 15. Paige Detroit Motor Car Company, September 30, will announce ‘a’ new five-passenger Jewett brougham, ' to sell for-$1,325 facto " American Ice Company ' declared regylar ‘quarterly dividend of 1%¥on eog'mon and 1% on preferred. - - < RAIL MERGING FAVORED. Hesrings Develop Sentiment . ‘for Consideration of Roads. Bpeclal Dispateh. fo The Btar. & BOSTON, September 26,—The hear- ings, being held here this week before three members of the Interstate Com-. missiol seem to, have .de- oVerwhelming sentiment | :of “congolidating the tail- "England~into-one sys: erging them - with' iliatd, . president of “the trunk lines. T Daaiel. W 7" | Baltimora 'and. Ohjo railréad; .h FISE INSURANCE. * ‘Amefican_Fire Insurance n ‘Fire Insurasce ™~ nd | D. Jentirely new ai h mfin by suggesting that he” ‘{only favored “an- all-New -England railroad system, but would include The Boston and. Albiny in th 0 dn New York-Cehtrals - B woud. denand. put puiia s Sorte steady:- good - mid; 715.63;_ord n“:fy 1533, 000 bales, including - - vlt«!;l‘pltl., one. . Futn 5 Sep 21557 Dacember, 36; March, 15.16; Ma; .|1s relatively easy. jbeen made in the field of piant breed- 4 Mammoth has a great capacity for ie Into the - - GREAT GAINS MADE | INTOBACGD OUTPUT Department of ~ Agricultufe . Has Been Remarkable “‘Help to Growers in U. S. - In the last twenty-five or thirty years & noticeable change has been brought about in the tobacco-grow- Ing industry, largely due to the effort made by careful investigators at a Bumber of experiment stations and in the United States Department of Agriculture. The yleld per acre, in- stead of going downhill, is néw on the upgrade, and it is probable that the adoption of the new methods and improved' varieties, and the more careful ‘selection of types for -dif- ferent solls, that tobacco production Jean be greatly increased without the déyelopment of any new' areas or ex- tension’ of ‘acreage In the old on Every one used to think that the fermentation of tobacto In the our- ing process’ was caused by bacterin, Just as §s the fermentation-of apple Juice In the manufacture of cider nd vipegar, but they found out that n the case of tabacco bacteria had nothing to do with it. . It was foun that' the leaves of fobacto contal certain chemical compounds known 83 enzymes, which, under certdin conditions of molisture and: tempera- ture, produce fermentation. This' dis- coyery has led to great improvements in the curing of the leaf. Tests were ‘made to find out the limiting tem- perature of the pile of tobacco, and now it is possible by the use of the thermometer to control the curing and greatly to increase the percent- | age of high-grade tobacco.. i Big Saving i New Curing Method. More exact curing methods ‘are now used in all the principal tobacco- growing districts. In the northern districts, where-1t was -thought’ to be necessary to cure tobacto 1n’cades, it was found that bulk curing could bé carrted on just as It was In the southern districts, The adoption of this method, since the limitations of temperature.and moisture have beert understood, has saved the-investors many. millions of .dollars. Another discovery Is that -of the steam sterilization of tobacco -beds, efore this tobacco {nnovation was hought of the grower sometimes had Breat difficulty in growing.plants for transplanting. into the -field. . They would become diseased in .the bed. with resulting large losses. Weeds also. caused much trouble . to. .the Young plants. Now the caretul tobac- co_grower eliminates both of these difficulties by golng over the bed with a “Steam _sterilizer, which kills the weed .secds and destroys the- diBease organisms which would attack young.plants. As a result, the. pro- duction of good healthy young plants Diseases Difficult Problent.: M diseases attacked th plant 6nly during the early-stages of its growth in the bed_ the..tobacco growes would have an éasy :time, :in- deed, but there are many other dis- eases which ravage the plants in the flelds. One of the most destructive of these {8 the one known ds mosaic, which interested and puzfled plant pathologists for a long time: They have nmow found out that It {s a specific infection, that a vertatn ‘def- inite germ causes the trouble. In ad- dition to this, they learned that i sects are a factor in carrying it from plant to plant. Following the discovery other investigators learned that the éame disease, or at least a similar one. attacks othér agricultural plants —the potato, for Instance. dn the south the growers haye-suf. feved.a great deal through lqsses pro- | duced By a wilt which. hgs' been | pemed the Granville tobaceo wilt. e Department of Agriculture worked out a rotation eystem which | has greatly raduced the. los No cure has been found for the disease, but the farmer now knows how to keep out of its path. . In reglions of thin, light sall, tobac- €o fafmers have jong talked.abeyt-a supposed disease which they called Usand drown™ a_ very ' expressive name: which, however, did not tell the truth. By adding a smal} amount of magnesia to the fertilizer i is possible to make up for that taken out by the leaching of rain. It is:mow o longer necessary for tobacco fatm- | S5 to surter loss from “sand drown.” ey have to do is to change plants rations slightly : oy Great Advance in Breeding. ;. Some of the greatest advances have ing. One articularly . interostin variety has e een devéloped by the department. Tt 1s now . known se Maryland Mammoth, and the wérd mammoth .describes’ its nding ¢haracteristic. Most tobacco-varieties cannot. be fed tgo heavily without danger. that a plant with a ‘large, coarse-textured leaf will be produced. The heavy leaf brings a low price, which usually more than offsets the increase in ' yield. The Maryland growth. It can be fed heavily with fertilizers and will pay good returns for them, while at the same time it produces’a leaf of excellent quality. | Tobaeco-breeding work - has pro @uced valuable results in other sec- tions. In the burley districts the grawers formerly discarded: their to- bacco ground after one or two years because of the destructive effect of black root rot. to which burley tobac- co.was particularly susceptible; Tests Tun op & large number of . plants brought oGt . the fact that some .of them were resistant -to the diseasa, @and now resistant varieties make -ft possible for these tobacco growers to continue growing burley- tobacco. on their fields year atfer year. > - In the districts where :tobacco is cured without artificial heat,there:ls occaslonally & great loss b of bad curing, which, of course, makes it impossible to get the maximum price for the leaf. " Since more than half 9 the tobaco produced in this coun: try is oured without artificial heat, bad weather is a big factor in:de. termining swhether there. will be a. profit or loss. Experiments -carried on by the depirtment have shewn that a certatm amount of heat ubed. at the eritical time will make it possible 1o cure the tobacco just as it would be cured if the most favorable Weather conditions existed from start to finish, 60,000,000,000 Clgarettes a Yeémr. ' The -increase in _the popularity’ of the . vigarette, “which is ‘npw being produced at :5').;'7“ of, about 60,00 000,000 annually. in thiscountry, as ‘compared with 5,500,00 01 in 1305, bas resulted in-the change In the de- and: for difterent types of tobavoo: Inrthe €arolinas and’ Virginid, whete a large part of ‘this tobacca ‘ia pro- duced, government experimenters found® it possible to get a more de- sirable leaf for this purpose not by changing the type of varfety, but by e dlfcation of the harvesting mieth ods. - - ‘Horse-drawn dusting machines aiso Ha&ve been developed, with resulting saving -of labor in addition to practi- eflly eliminating damage formerly cgused by the horn worm. A rough stimate 14 that' this ‘oné discovery saves the tobacco growers practically a miljion dollars a year. s Tnsect Dgmage Also Redueced, . ‘In northern Florida and southern Georgia the bud worm caused much damage, and’ in ‘the early days this Was poisoned with a mixturé of green and corn meal, but when sopn. after application there t damage to the plant. Now of load is used slong . ™ “w great success, an 15 Satimated that by its use the grow. in this limited locality save us s $100,000 each year. # bacco - beetle “whigh js- very estructive to 'storéd and’ manufac- red: tobaceo, s now controlled. by rumigation, aiprocess worked out’ by H ! COMMODITY. NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY' PORTLAND, Oreg., S¢ptemher 26.— A local flour mill has just arranged to furnish the government with 5,000 barrels of flour to cover the October ‘needs of troops in California, . NEW BEDFORD, Mass, September 26.—Improvement in the New Eng- land textile situation was further sub- atantiated today by the announcement by the Sharp Manufacturing Company that work would be expanded to full schedule at once, following receipt of many new yarn orders. DETROIT, ‘September - 26.—Nearly all local optametrists and opticlans have advanced prices of lenses and frames 20 to 25 per cent, because of increased’ wholesale costs. Plain lenses that formerly :sold whole: at $4 per ten pair advanced to $5. Plain toric lenses have advanced from 37.60 to 39 for ten pair and com- pound lenses irom 38 o $12, that form, Fiy wholesaied at $1.50 now 3 e those which cost $2,50 have'advanced to $3.25. & ST. PAUL, September 2 facturers of fur' t\rmem. naws and other apparel reported to- day that their business was runping 15 per cent ahead of last year, KANSAS CITY, general Increase | 1jne next mon September 26.—A n the price of gaso- th was predicted today by .representatives of refining com- panies here. Theéy declare that the urplus gasoline will soon be exhaust- ed, and look: for an advance in crude ofl prices. NEW ORLEANS, September 26. /An acute shortage of sugar has de- veloped, refiners’being unable to-un- load wships ‘because of the marine strike. Al refineries here are closed except one because of lack of raw Sugar. Sugar has been advanced half cént a pound to 9.15 .cents, but 9% is being freely pald for immediate delivery. HOUSTON, Septémber 26 —Prices bia for cotion seed here Have a :cn;o s?m“x’ 35 -bwn in !!he last veek. 8 now bringing farmer: $40. to $45 a ton. o ST.\ LOUIS, September 26.—The sHoes made and distributed here fn 1928 will amount to from $175,000,000 10 $180,000,000, according to an_esti- mate ‘made today by the McElroy Sloan Shoe Company. PITTSBURGH, September 26.—Steel Consumption continues heav, Pig iron stocks are being used up by con- sumers and prices are unchanged, with Bessemer at $26.50 basic, mal leable and foundry at $25 valley. DELRIO, Tex., September 26.—Short fall wool on the range is selling at about 25 cents a pound in the grease. Shearing. 1s now proceeding actively. The Texas . (fall crop. of four to eix months wool {s expected to total 3,- 000,000. pounds. About 1,600,000 pounds of .the spring clip remained unmar- -} keted Septemher 1 . ) LANCASTER, Pa.. September 2 Tobacco of the-1923 crop is in good demand here at 25, cents a_pound for wrappers .and 8. cents, for fillers. Frosts have warned growers to cut wherever possible to get their crops out of danger. SUBSCRIBE $36.000 FOR MILK STATION 300 Frederick Farmers Sign - Notes for Washington " Plants. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., September 6.—] Casting thelr lof with the fortunes of | the Maryland and Virginia Milk Pro- ducers’ Assdclation in ‘the milk war which 15 ‘centering in Washington, 300 farmers last evening signed notes aggregiting $38,000 toward a fund of $250,000 for the purchase and opera- tion of a co-operative milk distribu- Jtion station in Washington. At the same time meetings were held throughout West Virginia, where the association has local organizatigns: Officers stated this morning that the .full $230,000 fund would be raised within the next féw days and that there was no doubt that (ke absociation’s project would be put into effect October 1, ae scheduled. Collateral Security. The: Frederick county which will be used as collateral se curity. The plan is to pay off the notes gradually. from the proceeds of the new. plant. The association. offi- cers sald, will pay off the indebted ness from. the profits which are now realized by the distributors, without | raising the price of milk to the ¢on- sumers or reducing the income of the producers. ‘The 300 farmers in attendance at the Eathering - represented about 88 per cent-of the total dally milk produc- tion of Frederiok county, When the association’s plan goes Into effect, October 1, It is estimated that at least 12,000 gallons of milk from this coun- ty will be handied through the dairy- on. es were delivered at the local meeting .by Manager O. A. Jamlson, ‘Washington:: 'W. C. Sharr,- county agent, Montgomery county: John G. Thompsen, . vice president,” Loudoun dounty, Va.; Emory L. Coblentsz, Fred- erick, Md,, welfare director, and John McGill, farm agent -of - Frederick county. H WEEK MARKS DROP "IN POTATO PRICE Bythe Amociated Press, . CHICAGO, Septamber 26.—Increased supplfes and‘an increased crop esti: mate combined with wirmer weather have sént potato prices downward trom 25 to 50 ¢ents a hundred pounds 1n' ‘most ‘terminal markets and- much stock I8 going-into storsge as the-dig- Eing e the Tall SroD. ProEressce. o cording to' the bureau of £conomies in a review toda: In 1921 the hedviest-movement of potatoes ook place in -the second week of October, 12,000 catloads was reached. The high ‘'point,’in' 1932 was the last week o September, when 8,000 .cars were ship | ped.- The week under ‘review showsd. 420 cars;a& 15 per cent Increase ove: the previous week. 53 - JAPAN’S. ARMY: HA By the Aseoclatéd Press. 3 " TOKIO. Seéptember 26.—The- Japa- nege army, estimates its 108s as a re- sult of the earthquake ‘at 150,000,000 [ yen, including damages.to the arsenal, Clothing. provisions and sanitary. de- partments. < The goverament . is taking revent any form of teering. Bighteen ‘public markets have. bedg opened In Yokohama where every- thing -is_sold at edst price. - RD HIT teps to Maryland,” Virginia and | fund was | raised by members signing notes. | ac agricultural when & -peak- of ! Money to' ' Joseph L. Weller Seeh b £ 5w “When"" Y Property Placod 0 First Mortgage Note Have thought what tay hage ver z:lhu'ulaeul‘:t"‘n‘fl T 'an ye avest other than mortgage tes whére you are -lnxuu.u Qfl::d against loss of principal or interest and receive your inceme the da 13" the “arestment. Beld USURY ALLEGED IN LOANS| T0 ?ETROLEU“ COMPANY | LOS ANGELES, September 2. Four stockholders of the Globe Pe- troleum Corporation yesterday filed in the superior court suits involving about §750,000, and directed against ! the corporation and six of its fifteen | Z directors; It was charged the six di- rectors had lent various sums to the| corporation for drilling operations | with the understanding they were to be repaid in but that the agree- ment later was changed so that they! were to:be repaid In ofl stock—worth two and one-haif times the loans. The plaintiffs charge this alleged constituted usury - and 1llegal. 'POTATOES VERY WEAK. CHICAGO, September 26.—Potatoes receipts, 157 cars; total es shipments, 1,305 cars; Minnesota and North Dakota sacke and bulk Red river Ohio: aded, 70280 cwt.. do. s Ohios, partly graded, 65875 cwt.; Wis- consin cked and bulk round whites, No. 1, 1.15a1.25 cwt.; Minnesota sack- ed and bulk round wbites, partly graded, 1.0041.10 cwt. ~—on household furaiture negotiated in 24 hours, Wot to exceed § at 8 per cent interest. All we ask is a savings Seconnt. BENEFICIAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSN. % 2313 14th 8¢, N.W., near Fla. Ave. 25 - MONEY TO LOAN On Improvea D. C. Property at Prevalling Rates of Intereat. See Mr. Field. & Middleton, Inc. REALTORS. Hedges Full_particulars * apply 3ir. 0'Donnell, Loan . 36, CHAS.'D. SAGER v D24 14th St. N.W, Il 1334 H St. N.W._ Franklin 9503 H First Mortgage Loans Lowest Rates Interest and Commission. Prompt Actiom Fisher & Com| Thomas J. i 788 15th_Stree: pany, Inc. Recelpts, Manufactarers’ /ccounts, Short-Term First Secona Mortgages or Approved Col- Interal. American Finance Corporation Commereial National Bank Bld, In Convenient Denominations For. -Investors ~ Interest 6%2% N Fifteenth Strect Main 688 PR First Trust Notes . NET- PER CENT Offering a $4,000 issue divided into notes of $250 each, well secured on Woashington property. Address Box 80-H- Star Office 8 _ Investing for Safety : HE F. H. Smith Company deter- mines the safety of its loans by a definite system of safeguards ap- plied by men of long expriencé and expert judgment in making real estate loans. R °E;pgria:|“e? Our Safeguarded First Mortgage Bonds appeal to- investors who. de- mand safety above all else. B.F. SAUL CO. Gy Our current offerings bear 647 and 7% interest. To these advan- tages we have added the convenience - of an Investmnt Savings Plan that’ puts our First Mortgage Investments - within the reach of all investors.. EQUITABLE! Co-Operative Building Association Organized 1879 434 YEAR COMPLETED Call, write or phone Main 6464 TODAY for. full information. e F.H‘.SMITH Co. ounded 1873 FIRST MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS SMITH BUILDING 815 FIFTEENTH ST. seeee.. 91,207,381 Saving That Leads to Great Accomplishment —Make up your mind to join the Equi- table and save srstematically. Sabscription for the 85th Issue of Stock Eelng Recelved Shares, $2.50 Per Month EQUITABLE BUILDING 915 F St. N.W. 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