Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1923, Page 24

PROPOSALS FTBLD PROPOSALS 1 triplicate will be re. ved at the office of Comstructiug Quarter. Room 1304 Munitions building, Wash- ing! D. €., until 11 a.m. /4nd then opened for clearing. {gpataing “extonsion 1o fying feld feld, D, C. Plans and specificatios obtalned upon application to adove ‘ofllro : e FIELD PROPOSALS in tripilc Te- ceived ut the office of Constructing Quartei master, Room 1304 Munitions building, Wash- Ington, D. C., until 11:30 a.m. October 10, 623, and then opened for heating equipment, eogineer hangars at Bolling Field. P! d Lon to above office. STORAGE, 3 FOR eerfully CLEAN, DRY and planos. Estimate venlent location. W n MOV PHONES: ¢ UNION STORAGE PHONE NORTH 104 ice e 2 705-9 Fla. \ZJ N. w. SEPARATE ROOMS, §1 Moxx Local and Long-Distance MOVING. By Careful Men. Rates Reasonable. PACKING BY EXPERTS. Goods insured $8.000 while in our long-distance vans. REMEMBER! You Can Always Take Advantage of Connection Rates With U RED BALL TRANSIT CO. National Household Movers. 4 Woodward Bldg. Main 2162, LET US MOVE YOUR FUR- niture; unlimited facilities, low- est rates; always open. Phone Main 1005, District Express C MOVING ya STORAGE KRIEG'S{»XPRESS PACKING SHIPPING i saia 2008 B NW. TRANSFER & STORAG LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE MOVERS mooern FIREPROOF suiLDING WE CRATE, PACK AND SH! PHONE NORTH 3343 313 YOU STREET N. W STEAMSHIPS. Large Ocean Liner. Lioyd's rating| class, 100AL Cul sine unexcelled Large decks, spa lounge, smoking room. Special round-trip| rate, good unti) the last of Oc BY SEA From Baltimore, Md., to Charleston, S.C., and Miami, Fla. Next Sallings Oct. 12 and 28. Baltimore & Carolins §. 8, Co., Balto., M4 Str. Charles Macalester For Mount Vernon, 85¢ (Admission to Grounds Extra) At 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. ——— COMPLETE OCEAN STEAMSHIP SERVICE ports, Liverpool, Quee. Standard of service in keep- ing with the magnificence of Olym- pic, Homerlo world’s largest ahip, Jajes Regular express wmerviece. RED STAR—To Antwerp, calling Plymouth and Cherbour; Weekly saillngs of fou shi, headed by the distinguished Lap- land and the mew Belgenland, ICAN LINE—To Hamburg. vice egularity, dependa- bility, comfort and convenience. InternationalMercantileMarineCo. Washington office, 1208 F St. m. R. M. HICKS, Manager. — The Ideal Autumn Resort Virginia Beach Never Too Cool Just Refreshing and Invigorating Hotels and Cottages Open All Year Dally Service From Washington To OId Point Comfort and Norfolk New York-Boston by Sea City Ticket Office Woodward Bullding 731 15th St. N.W. NORFOLK & WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT CO. FLORIDA \ BY SEA . BALTIMORE JACKSONVILLE Fare trom Washington via rail to Balti- S BiH Meals tncluded. tickets good to return until Tuesdny, Friday, 8 P.M. Try the New ALLEGHANY Automobiles ind. Closed cars ac- cepted ouly on N. 8. “Alleghany erchants and Miners TRANSPORTATION COMPANY 1403 New York Ave. N.W., Wash. S. S. REDUCED RATES CALLAO VALPARAISO $250 tnightly sailings thru the Pa Opportunity_for_stoposers amo n mers Tixury of private yacht. Al outside roows. Unexcelled cufsine and setvice. Reduced Rate Tours. Apply local agent or write for booklet GRACE LINE | 10 Hanover Square, New York RUBBER OUTLODK PUZZLES DEALERS Tire Firms Doing Very Little Buying—Lively Carpet De- mand—Moving Day. BY J. C. ROYLE. Special Dispatch to The Star, NEW YORK. October l.—Rubber dealers all over the world have their ears to the ground listening to the swish of automobile tires and the thud of rubber heels. They are wait- ing to see what course business in general in the United States will pursue before committing themselves definitely to a course of action, be- Meving that continued business pros- perity would mean advancing prices. Trading ine rubber has been fairly | brisk in this market, but it gives cvery indication of speculative ac- tivity rather than of buying by manufacturers. ' Tire makers, so far as can be learn- { ed. are not in the market. They are | busily engaged in a strenuous effort | to dispose of inventory stocks. Esti- | mates by employment bureaus place the number of unemployed at Akron at 14,000, although some of the smaller rubber companies have in- creased their outputs slightly. Tire Stocks Being Reduced, There are continued rumors in rub ber circles t some of the large companies which have depended al- most entirely on the sale of tires for their main revenues are preparing to diversify their lines. However, the stocks of tires In the hands of manu- facturers are steadily being reduced Dealers assert that the first real volume of manufacturers’ buying that makes its appearance probably will shoot rubber prices trom present leve They watching | y, therefore, the reception ac { corded to new automobile models the output of the motor-car factories. | I The present volume of trading in | rubber. rently, is largely confined jto technical commitments hy specu- {lators. Those who are well financed and convinced of the future trend of | | business are buying spot rubber, while | jothers holding supplies of spot and finding the expense of carrying them oxcessive are selling spot and buying future Rubber Shipments May Grow. There is every possibility that the supply of rubber permitted to be ex- ported under the Stevenson plan from the British East Indles will be in- creased 5 per cent November 1, ac {cording to Fred B. Peterson. promi- {nent local dealer identificd with large Indlan interests. The amount for export is automatically increased per cent whenever the price in Lon- don over a period of three months {averages more than 15 pence, or about 231-5 cents per pound, at ates of exchange. the first two years of this Mr. Peterson the required average and there was every indication that the level would be maintained above 15 pence. Carpet Buying Brisk. Formal opening of the spring floor coverings_ took place today. with the auctlon of rugs and carpets by Alex- ander Smith & Sons. Over one thou- |sand buyers were in attendance and the volume of trading was large. Linoleums have received equal atten- tion in the last few days and an ex- {ceedingly active season among the floor covering manufacturers teems | ured. Blue. taupe and tan appar- | ently predominate in the color lines! of carpets and rugs, liminary showings. Fall among the retail houses being ulated by the semi-annual moy {the flat and apartment dwellers, | chich was in full swing today. | Moving fes Swamped. | Van owners and moving and stor- age compunies were swamped with business in all of the larger centers and many who sought new quarters will have to walt from three days to a week before their belongings can Dbe transterred. Approximately 100,- 000 New York familics folded their tents and stole away to new addresses today. | Rents showed no general signs of a decrease here, the only drops being recorded in locallties where new apartment houses were available, and somothing hud to be done to coun- { teract the desire to move into a new { building. Prices in the newer stru res were firmly maintained. satsficd ou to J producing materia rehabilitation of the elves the quarter, satisfled with cres s in Japan, although the details of the loan which it is proposed to place in this country have not yet been announced. There has been no hesitancy among lumber, flour, steel or electrical equipment men in speeding up in an B&lllon of the expect business. veral large concerns have sent experts to Japan to advise in the reconstruc- tion program. NUS JOHNSON URGES NEW RESERVE BOARD| the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 1.—A federal jreserve board composed of a manu- | facturer, a wholesale dealer, a reailer, !a farmer and representative of or- {ganized labor, was advocated last night by Senator Magnus Johnson of iMinnesota, as a “medtum whereby a {government of all the people might |temper the power and profit seeking of its most powerful class to the welfare of all classes of the coun- jtry.” The farmer-senator spoke be- | fore the progressive labor forum in {Carnegie Hall. He characterized the Federal Re- | {serve Board as black with the crime } |of eflation perpetrated against 98 ! |per cent of the people on behalf of { {the financial 2 per cent. He criticized ! {the Agriculture Department as being | | “loaded up with meat packers, cuuon‘ 3 MAG { b speculators, grain dealers and Stan idard Ofl educators” opposed govern- /ment ownership of the railroads un- {til there was more public Interest to watch nonpolitical management, and discussed forelgn polici | he felt were being used by 3 i political parties to dlstract attention {from “bad domestfo policies.” | Recognition of the Russian ‘soviet |government as a trade measure was Senator Johnson, {who said he believed peace could be {promoted by well-conceived treaties, although he doubted the wisdom of {engaging in “crusades to make the ! world safe for democrac: SOUTHWEST NEAR TRADE ; BOOM OF WAR TIMES? 0 i 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. FORT WORTH, October 1.—Pros- ecte for a better cotton crop and irising prices have strengthened the {confidence of southwestern business {men to such an extent that buying by. merchants has reached propor- tions almost equal to those of the boom periods of 1919 and 1920. tail trade has increased correspond- ingly. Collections and buying were better in September than in any month for three years. Comme: fallures were checked, and there w: a steady retirement of old debts. Wholesale dry goods firms report a igain of 10 per cent over September. 1922, and wholesale drug houses as. sort’ sales were 12 per cent higher | iin September than In August. | 1 | - i FISHER'S PRICE INDEX. NEW 'HAVEN, Oonn. October 1 (Special) —Last week’s prices aver- aged 150 per cent -of pre-war level. The purchasing power of the dollar was 64.6 pre-war cents average for September 156 per cent and 64.4 pre- war cents; quarterly average 154 per cent and €4.9 pre-war cents. Irving Fisher, Yale economist. THE COMMODITY NEWS . WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY PHILADELPHIA, October 1.— Or- ders for winter-weight underwear have increased under the stimulus of higher prices for cotton yarns. Some mills making spring-weight men" underwear have withdrawn from the market. Women's garments are in smaller demand. Plants on the aver- age are working at 70 per cent of capacity. Mill stocks are light and labor plentiful. 5 ST. LOUIS, October 1.—The possibil- ity that the state will build its own cement plant to make road building material is being considered. Recent bics named $2.40 a barrel as the price to the state, which is the same charged contractors for smal lots. State requirements call for 40,000 bar. rels a year and the highway commis- sion contends it should be.able to buy this amount at $1.50 to $2 a barrel. BOSTON, October 1.—The National India Rubber Company, a subsidiary of the United States Rubber Company, will reduce operations In its wire di- vision to a thirty-two hour week.| Similar reductions in other depart-| ments are contemplated. Overlarge inventories of manufactured goods. particularly rubber-coated wire, are responsible. HOUSTON, October 1.--Late corn | bas been benefited considerably by re- | cent raing, but some complaints have heen received that the rains have | caused some corn to sprout and rot in the fields, ST. PAUL, October 1.—The slump in the movement of automobiles and ac- cessories, which was apparent from the volume of freight tmffic on the northwestern roads, has been over- come, and trade now is brisk in those products. DETROIT, October 1.—There is a growing difference in the amount of equipment which goes with the 1924 model cars. The big question with most of the companies is to produce a | car that will permit their dealers to | make money, as the used car and deal- | er situation 'is regarded as the key to | the industry. { KAN October 1.—The Ford Motor Company will double the capacity of its assembling plant here | by the addition of unother large build- | ing and remodeling of the present | plant. Daily output of 300 cars and trucks will be inereased to 600. The | improvements will doubls the number | of men now employed and fncrease the annual pay roli to $2,690,000. ATLANTA, October 1.—Sweet pota- toes are about the only product, ex- cept sirup, being canned here, as prac- tically all the other fruit and vege- table crops are exhausted. The yam yield is very heavy, and a good por- tion is being dehydrated for shipment. SEEK CHEAPER GAS. Bay State Firms Studying New | AS CITY, Special Processes. e = Two plans looking toward the duction of Gas Light Company. One process by which oxygen is separated from the air. The other plan, which would make possible cheaper gas through additional revenue, is the manufacture of ammonium sulphate, a by-product which can be used for fertilizing purposes. The Jeftries-Norton Company has developed the oxygen separation process. E. H. Bauer, general man- ager of the Worcester Gas Light Com- pany, has advocated a trial of it plan. Associated with Jeffries ngland the orton Company is the N s PINDLER 607 12th. M. 2704 ALL AND DELIVER | LEAN AND PRESS Men’s Suits, 95¢ STORES: TAKE ON MORE HELP FOR FALL TRADE Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, October 1.—Sales at retail in this section for September ran well ahead of those for the corre- sponding périod of last year. The re- turn to work of the anthracite miners aided business in the anthracite re- glons, but the long-continued trolley strike in New Jersey was a check to shopping in the New Jersey citles. Outside merchants still are purchas- ing only when requirements necesgi- tate it, but this is a resalt of better transportation conditions than pessi- mism as to fall trade. Retail stores here are beginning to take on additional employes for the WE are making a specialty of Certain- teed paint because it makes real friends for us. See our complete line before painting. Buy it at Paint Headquarters and holiday trade, and some stores report difficulty in securing workers. Bullding materials are more easily obtainable now and the volume of liding trades workers is adequat BUSINESS AT GLANCE. ST, LOUIS, October 1 (Special).— Customs receipts at this port have in- creased 50 per cent in the last year. ‘This is attributed in part to the t- er use by importers in this section of the local office in preference to dis- tant customs offices. The principal in- creases in imports have been in toys, dlamonds, antiques, cutlery, Japanese textiles and cotton goods. PHILADELPHIA, October 1 clal).—~The increase in the EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER I, 10%. on real estate anfl personal property here ‘in 1924 is expected to more than' $200,000,000. The" Octobsr esti- mate the increase at $191,000,000. MINNEAPOLIS, October 1 (Spécial), —Arrangements have been completed whereby the uew $2,000,0 buses terminal here will be opened for use Degcember 1. COTTON MILLS TO MERGE. - ATLANTA, Ga., October 1.—Plans for the merging of the Lanett Cot- toh Mills with the West Point Man facturing Company, Gu., have just n capitalisation of the ‘est _ Point’| Company will be increased to $7,200, YOU get an idea of how much surface Ceszam-teed paint covers to the gallon when you find that only two gallons are required for two good coats on a poul- try house like this (16'x32'). Less than $4 will buy the paint. The smaller buildings are often overlooked at painting time, but without paint they rot and warp just as quickly and in proportion are as costly to replace. We can save you money on Certain-teed paint. Each color sells for what it costs to make plus a fair profit. On your smaller buildings you can use the less expensive colors and at a considerable saving. House Paint Barn, B No. 437 Brown gal. 8 Roof Paint No, 461 Red GEO. F. MUTH & CO. 710 13th St. N.W., Washington, D. C. Buy Certain-teed Paints and Varnishes From These Merchants Fred M. Haas, 2006 R. I. Ave. N.E, | ‘Washington, D. C. dney L. Hechinger Co., 6th and C Sts. S.W.; Camp Meigs, | J. W. Loveless, 19 Florida Ave. N.W S. Posin & Co.. Capitol Heights. Athey & Harrison, Laurel, Md. The Robey Pharmacy, 200 Upshur | St. N.W. | Walter J. Donahue, 1201 N. J. Ave. | . P. Kuttner, 1841 1st St. N.W. M. Goldstein, 905 H St. N. E. Simon Weaver, 3213 Mt. Pleasant St. N. G. P. Bickford, Berwyn, Md. J. W. O'Brien, Laurel, Md. W. E. Perry, Bethesda, Md. Rainier Hardware Co., Mt Mt Rainier, Md. Ulle Bros., Beltsville, Md. M. M. Walker, Washington Grove, | District Hardware Co., 5519 Illinois ' Ave. N.W, Sorrell & Luria, 4915 Ga. Ave. N. P. F. Gordon, Cedar Ave. and Car- roll St., Takoma Park, D. C. | A. L. Johnson, Branchville, Md. and those other VITAL gasoline qualities OU can easily measure the high motive power of “Standard,” the balanced gasoline,with the proper apparatus. But it would be hard to estimate its great moral force in eliminating those harsh, cruel words usuallyaddressed to a slow-starting motor. “Standard” users have forgotten what slow starting means. If your engine is right, your switch on, and the chqke out for a moment, “Standard” gives you instant start- ing, because it’s balanced, which means. that it has exactly the right proportion of low, quick-catching This balanced gasoline also gives you the snappy power for pick-ups, the hard-pulling power for hills and the lean-mixture power for long mileage that have made “Standard” the regular choice of hundreds of thousands. Test it out and see for yourself—next time you fill up. STANDARD OIL COMPANY 1] (New Jetsey) STANDARD Keeping Your Estate Intact S Executor and Trustee, this Bank will conserve every dollar of your estate for the persons you provide for in your will. Your estate will be kept separate f all other estates and from our own usetnl..om All the protective strength and all the ag- gressive resource of the Bank will be per- manently at the service of your propertv and your dear ones. Trust Department Federal-American National W. T, Galllher, Joka Poole, Ifiw‘m‘ . 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