New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1918, Page 9

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1918, ses’ association was held this aft- | presented Dby Dorman, superintendent of pon. Reports were s Ella kes, and by the nur: ¢hich Louise C. Hart is chairman. | C. F. Chase presented the finan- report for the past year. committee, Report of Treasurer. [he report of Mrs. Chase, treasurer he association, follows: eceipts—Balance on hand, Decem- 1917, $348.47; subscriptions for vear, $2,468; lthe year, $1,154.21; rec; Life moneys refunded, $6.70. Total | nurses’ collection ived from Fopolitan Insurance Co., Nurses' salar{es for $3,945; ; liability insurance, $12; printing, pge and advertising, $116.50; tele- he, $47.45; supplies and pus, $102.05. Total $4,32 ance on hand Dec. 5, $760.33. pnergency fund of $3,051.44 is in- d, as follows: Burritt Savings , $1,442.54; Savings Bank of New hin, $1,608.90. Report on Nurses’ Work. e report of Miss Dorman, super- pdent of Nurses was as follows: aving been here so short a tima aving had so many changes in vorking force, we have very little indeed to report. ghere were vacations with substi- to help out, and when we were v hoping to settle down with a hanent staff and work out plans flevelopment, the epidemic came put all plans out of commission nitely. fe are just getting to the point where we are considering what onths, nurses’ carfares, miscel- in N, ¥, the mater- iss Heath Studying iss Heath now at ! center in Yark observing methods carrying on a dis- delivery and maternity service ope that here as in the larwer ! this may include prenatal care. octor has made the request that ke the uri s anc t various symptoms. Some doc- |, i1l undoubtedly prefer to watch | ses_themselves; but there are | ger number of women who are | onscientious and do not report o doctor's office. These cases 1 be watched and if untoward oms occur they should be made M that importance of medical at- at regular intervals. Boston a flve years' experiment lhade. One thousand five hundr gwélve womea received pre- care. There was not a single during pregnancy—and but ht confinement—in the last threa two miscarriages. The first year were sixty threatened eclamp- he last year only two. The ia- eath rate was greatly reduced— bout one-half as great wherao is Ne of prenatal care was given as where it ! Advice to Mothers, | “Prenatal care means visiting the patient every ten da getting This« tory of past pregnancies, noting any swelling of the feet and legs (vari- v cose veins) persistent vomiting, re- e | peated headaches, dizziness or blur- | red vision, puffiness of face and | port Shows 800 Subnormal 5ites™censtimation” and reperting | | same to doctor; keeping patient in Ghlldl‘&fl iu Gl[y [\constant touch with the physician. “Mast of our prenatal work has % come from the Metropolitan agents. | The company_recognizes the value ot he annual meeting of the Visiting | this work and pays for two visits. | Many of the women reported have | been in the habit of employing a midwife, One case that I saw after delivery by a midwife wauld con- vince the most ekeptical that we should get in touch with these cases before delivery, and get them if pos- sible under the care of a doctor. This case was one of complete lacer- ation and intense suffering. Accord- ing to reports fram the family the midwife made but one visit, charged as much or more than a doctor and nurse, and now unless the woman goes to the hospital for an operation at an expense she cannot afford, she will be an invalid the rest of her life. We cannot do anything for these wo- men except to advise them calling a ! doctor as we do not work with mid« wives. “There are many things these pros- pective mothers need advice about, the kind of food and the amount of exercise, clothing, care of the skin and teeth, fresh air and ventilation, sleep. The care of the breasts, the place of confinement, supplies, the baby’s clothing, how to conserve her strength for the health of the baby, and for the phyvsical strain of labor and nursin “Everything is donme to render maternal nursing possible, and there- by reduce infant mortality. Healthy, strong mother is able to nurse her baby and a nursed baby means an« other strong healthy citizen. To pro- tect the baby we must first protect the mother. “If the mother is not prepared for her confinement it is quite likely to mean inability to nurse the baby: which means a weakened child, en- | dangered by disease, an expense to | the family and often to the com- | munity. These babies sooner or later come to the milk station, and with much care and supervision they are carried through the critical first two years., It is a very important e bt ! part of our work to look after these hursing 1s just temporary. relier. | ables. Dr. Robinson has very kindiy ish to do it for the comfort we | ELYER his services on _W ednesday 3, We feel the thing that counts | MOTNINEs when a clinic is held and e long run is the ir advises about feeding. ive in the familie Help For the Babies. - ing to make healthier children, “The babies are weighed and if i ‘Efi?flfiv:—;flmr‘“umg ino'tizens | there is not sufficient gain the diet is ol el coming Le:f:r‘i‘l‘lfig Influ- | regulated. We are trying to break \ably nio persen has Suc‘h fno away from the custom _of providing tunities for influence in a com- | [OXWUlas at - the station: rather om. " ty as a visiting nurse; but if she teaching the mothers themselves to an calls and two or three of them | PePAT® the milk at home. The very Inaternity cases or influenza | PeSt milk is provided and the mothers e thore are Several in the family | 2T¢ Supervised in the homes. If it is and she is spending from thirty | 2eCessary to provide artificlal feed- tes to one hour on the road he. | INE for successive babies the nurse's * her different calls, she cannot | time is not taken for these formulas i very much time instructing the | @5 the mother already knows how to y about diet for different ages; | Sterilize and prepare the food and foesn’t stop to inquire about the | her instructions in the care of the | the children go to bed. She | first baby may prevent his successive 't even have time to find out | brothers and sisters suffering from physical condition of each one | colia, diarrhea, malnutrition, e children or what preventive ‘When our maternity cases are rrective work needs to be done. | closed the babies are turned over to ives a few instructions about | the Baby Welfare nurse, and she is to al cleanliness, fresh air, and | follow these cases, try to get them to re of the patient, and rushes | clinics, and with Dr. Robinson’s help the next case. Her work has | and advise keep them well. If they almost entirely with the indivi- | and advice keep them well If they who was sick, and it should be | works with him watching the baby the entire family. and reporting weights and conditions. 800 Subnormal Children. So far it has been the sick babies that hat is not the kind of work we | have come to the clinics, and natural- to do. We want to have a suffi- | v these are the ones reported to u: number of nurses so we can | but as I have said before the im- some time trying to improve | portant work is the preventive work. general heallth and the living | We want to get hold of the well tions of these families. There | bables and keep them well. & large number (nearly $00) “One other opening seemed to be brmal children in New Britain at | waiting for just the right nurse, and eighing and measuring contest. | we feel sure we have sccured the ‘e want to take care of those | right person in Miss Ronejko. We én and bring them as nearly asl were unable to reach Polish people, ble to normal conditions. But | and it seemed absolutely necessary to important even than the care of | get some one who understood their pdor little waifs is the preven- | traditions and customs and preju- vork we should be doing so that | dices as well as their language. Miss weighing and measuring contest | Ronejko came with the sole aim and place in New Britain five years | ambition to help her people and al- | there will not be 800 sub-| most immediately the children were | al ehildren (even allowing for | rushing after her crying “The Polish creased population) needing fol- | nyrse, the Polish nurse,” and peopts | ip Work. were asking her to come into their e want to have time at least| pomes where there was sickness, ana 8 week to meet and discuss our | goctors were demanding more tima | B Mnes: of work and make | than the 24 hours-would allow. Wa | for improvng and developing ' gisoovered that ‘she was gotng out | bu.se that means a larger for Rt 3 foed. nights where thc_ cases were urgent, ore scems to be three principa) | 21 she was starting in at a pace that along which we should develop. would soon gnd in a breakdown. Thai is the attendance of a nurse at| PeOPle go directly to her because she L rios, Sevoral of the doctors have | understands them. When we start her $6a & desire o Have.a! - | out in the morning with four calls on h they could call upon,\ 1 her list we never know how many sha bping to be able to comply with | May report at noon. We are certainly need at any time of day or! gratified that the experiment has been when the doctors should call. | so well received, that we have re will probably include some pre- | ceived a nurse who has won the confi work and much post natal | dence of the Polish people. Since the epidemic we have secured a Polish helper who goes with Miss Ronejiko and does the many things which do not require the actual nurse's training. Other Needs. S “There are other needs that we feel the visiting nurses should supply here. The people have been sending to our office during the epidemic for helpers, ractical nurses, for undergraduate d graduate nurses. Other Necessary Work. “We feel that they should be able to call at our office and secure rot only visiting nurses, but any kind of nursing service, This will include an hourly nursing service. Many people feel that the visiting nurse is for iha poor, and we feel that her time should be given where people cannot secure other help and where hygiene and public health should be taught. “She should not spend more than an hour with one patient, but we hope to have an hourly nurse on call to the people Who need someone an hour or two hours and can pay for the service | by the hour. “These are a few of the things we have outlined, and one month from now we hope to have very definite plans to presént. There is still another line which we think will be a tery great benefit and that we hope may be really started before the next meeting, but I am not free to discuss that at present, as it involves co-op: ation with other agencies. I am sury you will all be anxious to know if tt plan materializes, and at our uext meeting we shall be able to tell you all about it.” Report of President. A. M J. Sloper, president of the | association, read a report, which fol- lows: “As you have seen from the reports already given, the past year has been marked by many changes in the nurs- ing staff. There have been changes also in the officers. Mrs. Hedley P. Carter has left New Britain and the association has lost one of its most enthusiastic and loyal workers. Mr Carter, as president, directed the a: sociation for four years. Miss Kath- arine Wilbor’s resignation as secret: was also accepted with deep regre Miss Wilbor left New Britain to serve in a military hospital. There are other changes, however, in the passing year that we can speak of without regret for we feel they are steps toward a better service to the community. “Some years- ago the Milk Station and Child Welfare work were starvted by the Visiting Nurse association and remained under its guidance for some time. Then, there grew up the con- viction that this line of work would develop more rapidly if separated from the Visiting Nurse association and managed by an organization of its own. The experiment was tried for three yvears, but in June of this year the child welfare work came asain under the management of the Vistiing Nurse association. We believe that duplication of effort can be avoided and we look with confidence for a vigorous development in this most es- sential work. May we remind all sup- porters of the Milk Station or of the Visiting Nurse association, or of both, that subscriptions for the new year will be solicited by the Visiting Nurse enza cases. icken families and 37 chronic Nurses® Committee Report. The report of Lovise C. Hart, chair- man of the nurses’ committee lows: “The personnel of our nursing staff has undergone several changes dur- Ing the past year and owing to war conditions, the work of the Visiting Nurses' association has been some- times embar d by the lack of availoble nurses. “Miss Sarah Hamrick, who, head nu for nearly four years, had faithfu served the association, left us the first of June, and until her place could be filled, Miss Heath di- rected the work of the nurses. “Miss Nellie Johnson left us in the spring to be married. She had given us a year of cheerful and efficient service and we were sorry to lose her. ““Miss Ella Dorman is a graduate of Sibley Memorial Hospital and the In- structive District Nursing Association of Boston. She came to us in Au- gust directly from the Massachusetts Eyve and Kar Infirmary. Miss Dor- man has taken up the work as su- perintendent of nurses with a spirit of enthusiasm which has inspired us all, and under her leadership the as- sociatlon hopes to extend the scope of its work and serve the community with greater efficiency during the coming year. “It has been our good fortune to add a Polish speaking nurse to our staff. Miss Ramejko had only just begun her work among our Polish people when the epidemic of influ- enza came upon us, and she suddenly found the doors of many stricken homes in the northern section of the city gratefully open to her. The rapidly increasing demands of her own people made it necessary for Miss Ramejko to have an assistant, and we were fortunate in securing Miss Symanowski, whose fitness for the place was well demonstrated during the epidemic, when she came forward as a volunteer helper. “Mrs. Agnes Leonard who began work with us in the fall as a district nurse, is now at the head of the Child Welfare Branch of the association, and her experience at the Boston Floating hospital makes her work in association only, but that they need to be liberal enough to cover the ex- penses of the Milk Station also? Thanks to Helpers. “We gratefully -acknowledge our indebtedness to the following ladies who furnished cars and frequently drove them themselves. Vote thanks to: Mrs. F. S. Chamberlain, Mrs. D. O. Rogers, Mrs. Philo Kalish, Mis Elsie Gamerdinger, Mrs. Charl Ericson, Mrs. Robert Browa, Mrs. William Booth, Mrs. C. F. Frisbie, Mrs. John Cariton, Mrs. ‘W. C. Hun- gerford, Mrs. Herbert Swift, Mrs. Frank Traut, Mrs. Wachter, Mis Grace Swain, Mrs. N. P. Coole; E., B. Stone, Mrs. R. J. Vance, Mabelle Crawford, Miss Emily drews, Mrs. G. P. Hart, Mrs. Charles Upson, Mrs. Robert Frisbie, M Louis Young, Mrs. A. J. Sloper, Mr: W. E Atwood. “This last list does not include all those who as generously helped the nurses’ committee of thé emergency relief board, for on October 18, the Visiting Nurse association ceased to operate as such and the motor service was then rendered through the Red Cross motor corps, of which Mrs. Ar- thur Kimball is chairman. Not only did the Visiting Nurse association render great service to the city by bravely combating the influence du ing the earlier stages of the epidemic, but later when all nursing work was placed in the hands of one commit- tee, the association had not only office quarters and experienced public health nurses to offer to the nurse committee but also methods of work ing so that with 24 hours’ notice the whole city was divided into districts and every reported case visited by trained nurses. Need Nurses’ Endowment. “Now let us look to the future— What are our needs? First, a great- )y increased membership and the moral support of the commuaity. The Visiting Nurse association is an agency that is doing construction work to make New Britain a better and safer place to live in and it should have the sympathetic help of every person in - New Britain who cares for the spublic welfare of his city We need endowments for aurses, 'We are each year adding to our staff. Is it too much to hope for that someday soon someone will provide a permanent way of supporting one or more of our nurses? “Lastly we need a Iord cabriolet and cheap garage. All of us who have carried nurses about realize the long distances to be covered on foot be- cause of the lack of branch trolley lines. Be as skillful as one may in the use of back fences and alleys there are long stretches to cover and a re- sulting waste of time and strength. Who will make us a Christmas present? New Quarters Opened. “In the spring of 1916 the directors of the Boys’ Club fitted up most satisfactory office for the Visiting Nurses in the Boys' Club building at the corner of East Main and Centre streets. At the same time basement rooms were built over and furnished for the milk station. Nothing was denied either organization by the Boys’' Club directors—but the severe winter of 1917 proved that the milk station quarters were not suitable for baby clinic work. This last spring the Boys" Club directors with characteristic generosity and con- sideration entirely renovated the house at 52 Centre street and placed it unconditionally at the service of the Visiting Nurse Association. We are greatly indebted and sincerely grateful to the directors of the Boy Club for their untiring efforts please us. “Our splendid office facilities were a great convenience in the recent epi- demic. On October 4th the influenza cases were so many that the yisiting nurses were heavily taxed to meet the demands made upon them. By the 7th, the only possible way to make the very necessary cases was by bor- rowing automobiles, and from the Tth to the 18th friends of the association were lending ten to twelve cars a day for half day service. With this aid, five nurses were caring for 199 influ to this department very valuable. “Miss dgnes Matson, a graduate of Middlesex General hospital, has just begun work with us. Miss Heath and Miss Feeney, through their several years of nursing, are known and loved throughout the city, and there is nothing finer than the unselfish and sdevoted way is which they have carried on their work during the past year. The appeal or the Red Cross for nurses met with a quick response from them, but the character of their work placed them in the Special Service class, leaving them to continue their public healtn nursing until needed by the govern- Our present nursing staff is as Superintendent, Miss Ella child welfare department, Mrs. Leonard: nurses, Miss Heath, Miss Feeney, Miss Ronejko and Miss ‘Watson, “A review of the past year shows that in order to take care of the work it has been necessary to employ substi- tute nurses and at present the need of another regular nurse is seriously felt.” TWO LOCAL MEN T0 BE ORDAINED AS PRIESTS (Continued from First Page) James Roche of 76 Bassett street. Like Mr. Wilson, he too has been in St. Thomas’ Seminary, Hartford, for the past month in the capacity of prefect, which position he has been filling white waiting for a date to be set for his ordination into the priesthood. Tt is probable that he will sing his first high mass after his ordination in St. Joseph's church, December 22, as he was a member of that parish before taking up hig studies for the priesthood. Mr. Roche is a graduate of the New Bri- tain High school. 1911, and Holy Cross college. TUpon completion of his studies at Holy Cross, he went to St. Barnard's Seminary Rochester and studied there until assigned to St. Thomas’ Seminary as prefect. A large number of local people are planning to attend the ordinations. in | GLASS SUCCEEDS McADOO Virginia Representative Takes Office as Secretary of Treasury on Decem- ber 16, Replacing McAdoo, Washington, Dec. 4.—Representa- tive Carter Glass, of Virginia, was nominated today by President Wilson to be secretary of the treasury. Mr. Glass will go into office on De- cember 16 under an asreement with Secretary McAdoo, whose resignation was accepted by the president to take effect upon the appointment and qual- ification of his successor. DEATHS AND FUNERALS Salvatore Puzzo. Funeral for Puzzo, who instantly killed in an elevator accident at the Russell & Er- win factory Monday morning, were held this morning with a funeral mass at 9 o'clock from St. Mary’'s church. Interment was in St. Mary's new cemetery. serv Mrs. John Waitkevicz. Mrs. John Waitkevicz, wife of John Waitkevicz, a well-known local cafe proprietor, died at her home, 21 Union street, last night. Death W due to pneumonia, The deceased was about 35 vears of age and besides her husband is survived by four children. The funeral will be held Friday morn- ing from Andrew's Lutheran church, Rev. Edward Grikis officiat- ing. Burial will be in St. Mary’s new cemetery. fol- | Financial s e A et (o { MARKET IS STRONG, INDUSTRIALS GAIN | Closing Is Firm—Sales Approx mate 500,000 Shares Stocks made a rather indifferent response at the opening of today's trading to action of the money com- mittee in restoring margins to the 20 per cent, rate. Initial prices were ir- regular, steels, coppers, equipments and motors recording fractional re- cesslons, but the list soon steadied on | a moderate inquiry for rails and ship- | pings, also specialties, including to- bacco and sugar issues. Liberty ; Fourth 4 1-4’s were active at the new low record of 96.14. Pools were active in specialties, to- | baccos being favored at gains of 11-2 1 to 4 points, Oils and Malting Pfa also advanced 1 to 3 1-2 points, Ro: Dutch proving an exception at three-point decline. Gains were larg Iy relinquished later when rails, stee and coppers fell back, U. S. Steel be- ing under special pressurc at a de- cline of 13-8. Marine Pfd. rose two 1- a points but yielded to the heaviness of other leaders, Sentiment was advers ly influenced by further reverses Liberty Bonds, the Fourth dropping to 95.96. Wall Street Close—Tobaccos, oils and utilitie made additional gains later, iadustrials also improving. The closing was firm. Sales approximat- ed 500,000 shares. in 41-4's New York Stock Exchange cquota- tlons furnished by Richter & Co.. members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Dec. High Am Beet Sugar 5814 Alaska Gold .. 47 Am Agrical Chem 1013 Am Car & TFdy Co 84% Am Ice S 4215 Am Can Am Can pfd Locomotive Smelting Sugar 1918. Close 58 434 101% 841, 421 451 964 5, Low 1% 4% 1011 83% 41 45% 9634 623 9614 63 . 843 111% Tobacco 198 % Tel & Tel L1043 Anaconda Copper. AT 8 Fe Ry Co Baldwin Loco Beth Steel B Canadian Pacific Sentral Leather Ches & Ohio Chino Copper Chi Mil & St Paul 47 Cons Gas Crucible Steel . Distillers Sec Hrielumnl s Erie 1st pfd ... General Electric Goodrich Rubber . Great Nor pfd Gt Nor Ore Cetfs Inspiration Tnterborough Interboro p Kennecott Lack Steel Lehigh Valley Mex Petrol National Lead Ny G Hudson Nev Cons ... NYNHG&H Jorthern Pacific. . Norfolk & West Penn R R Peoples Gas Ray Cons Reading e Rep I & S com ... Southern Pacific Southern Railway Studebaker Texas Oil Third Ave Union Pacific Utah Copper U S Rubber Co ... U S Steel ..... U S Steel pfd Westinghovse Western Union Willys Dverland 79 el R R 35 % 971 ° a it} 102% 307 51 18 @ =100t Gt e 13 515} 43 % 8914 189 26% 26 43 NO COURTS, NO HELP Roduction in Business Police in Cut of Youngstown Off Railroad’s Source of Labor Supply. Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. 20.—When influenza. descended upon the nation, vaudeville actors, lecturers and others whose work was interrupted promptly found other means of utilizing their time. One entire company of actors went to work in a munitions plant, handling pig iron. Clergymen and school teachers found jobs for the time being in shipyards, and a few were reluctant to come out when the “flu”” had flown. High school boys were among those who made themselves decidedly use- ful during their enforced vacations. One unusual development occurred in Youngstown, O., which complicated labor troubles somewhat, It has been the custom of railroads there to re- -ruit labor in the police courts, where the railroad representatives would of- fer delinquents an opportunity to work out their fines. The closing of saloons and the general absence of opportunity to commit misdemeanors as a result of the shut-down cut off this source of labor supply, and the railroads had considerable diffi- culty finding men for their jobs. 10 INCHES OF SNOW. Bangor, Maine, Dec. 5.—Ten inches | Popular Party Believes in Playing | The A 483 | president of the association. 1% 1 g of snow fell in this section last night and today tying up all but two of the street car lines until noon. | RICHTER & CO. MEMBERS NEW %OREK STOCK EXCHANGE 31 WEST MAIN STREET ......... NEW BRITAIN, CONN. TEL. 2040 AMERICAN HARDWARE LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK NORTH & JUDD NILES. BEMENT, POND STANLEY WORKS BOUGHT AND SOLD GOODWIN BEACH & CO. Room 410 National Bank Bullding, Telephone 2120, E. F. MCENROE, Manager. LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK Bought and Sold JAPANESE MINISTRY VERY DEMOCRATIC Up to the Press Tokio Oct. —(Correspondence of sociated Press)—The new pop- ular party miaistry which is govern- ing Japan democratic in its atti- tude and is especially friendly to- wards the press. Premier Hara and the entire cabinet entertained a hun- dred Japanese journalists aad a num- ber of foreign newspaper men at luncheon at his official residence and a week later the cabinet accepted an invitation to lunchean tendered by the International Press association. Mr. O’'Hara, who man, started his career as a newspa- per reporter and was at one time managing director of an Osaka newspaper. Speaking before the International Press Association Mr. Hara sald all kinds of important problems were awaiting settlement but in carrying out the measures required by the new | age he would first address himself to | the journalists for their generous sup- port and thelr frank assistance. Ho added: “Without the assistance of the press no government can prosper.”’ The note of the new order of things | was sounded by Motosada Zumoto, the He said that all sorts of intellectual and spirit- ual forces were at work in the worlad, and no one knew where they would lead to. He continued: ‘“After war the relations between nations will have a greater international signifi- cance. Japan will hav her national existence, but will be brought into closer and closer contact with the world of nations. It is at this impor- tant stage that the new cabinet comes into office, and we bid them welcome.” ‘While in France, in the diplomatic service, Mr. Hara learned French, which language he still speaks fluently. {WILL SOLVE NEGRO PROBLEM Dr. George E. Haynes Returns From Trip Through South in Interest of Better Racial Conditions. ‘Washington, Nov. 29.—Dr. George Haynes, director of Negro econo- mics of the Department of Labor, has just completed a trip through southern states where he has aiding in the organization mittees to promote closer co-opera- tion between the races and to stimu- late among the negros in particular a spirit of co-operation that will show the value of their daily work to the nation. Negro workers’ advisory tees have been organized in a number of states, and in some plac the or- ganization has proceeded as far as city and county units. White men and negros serve together on these committees, and splendid results meeting local problems of labor shortage have already been obtained. Among the meetings held those at Ocala and Lakeland, Florida, were largely attended by white residents of those places. It was necessary to hold some of the meetings in the open air because of the spread of influenza, and these were attended by many white persons who came in automo- biles. been WHO IS STANLEY SMITH? A telegram addressed to Mrs. Anna Smith of 219 Washington street has been received by the Western Union company informing her that Stanley Smith, infantry, was seriously wound- ed in action. No Smith can be found at that address and Stanley Smith is not known in this city, so far as the | is a self-made | | ever, the | own | the | of com- | ARcHT T Steel and Pig Iron Markets| The Iron Age y Another week af buying to satisf: long-restrained wants finds the ste: trade still skeptical of the ability of such demand to cope with the situa~ tion soon to be met. The fact is that with the armistice more than thre weeks old the steel mills of the coun- try are still engaged to a large exteat on war work. Cancellations of o der swhich would not have been reached by the mills for some weeks or months have naturally brought na shock, and the real test is yet ta come. Sentment in favor government control of iron and steel prices after December 31 has steadi- ly diminished, and the conference be- tween the steel manufacturers’ com- mittee and the war industries board at Washington December 11 promises to be the end of the chapter on price fixing. Preparatory to the finale, a general meeting of iron and steel maaufacturers is called for December 9 in New York Actual export business put through is not what would be expected from the amount of inquiry. British ex- port prices announced last week from $15 to $20 per ton above of prices here for heavy products, that the basis of current o transactions in New York, while hig er than that fixed at Washington, still below the European level. Hc real internatonal competitian is et a factor. British vanized for export have sald about as against a fixed of at Pittsburgh. The run of replenishing variols lines keep, bars. More plate the general trade, aad promises to increase, now have an accumulated supply will last for four to six months. mand for structural stecl light. Pig and iron production again fell off in November, being 3, ,074 tons or 111,802 tons a day, against 3,486,- 941 tons in October, or 112,482 tons day. Coke shortage due to influ- enza caused several furnaces to bank last week. On Dec. 1 the 360 fur- naces in blast had a daily capacity of 111,330 tons, against 113,600 tons a day for 866 furnac active one month previous. A good deal is heard of pig iron negotiations for export, but little has been done as yet here are reported sales by an Bastern stecl company of 33,000 tons of Bessemer to broad. Our London cable re- vives the report of import 1,000,000 tons of American basic iron of coatinuing ial not sheets 6.50c., Lt price le this supply shipyards that De- very is a es iron plans to ! to England next year. commit- | in | | after | in view of this vear's decline There now little disposition on sither side of the pig iron market certainly less on the buying than on _to make contracts in the ahsence of a time of delivery is stipulating that Government price the last official pri all apply. That contract now appears more on ded that it was regarded one month ago. The prospect of further Gov ernment cancellations involving secondary contracts for steel and machinery points to some ing up months of acu iron scarcity. i 2 The weakness in scrap is more in evidence, though on a restricted movement, and there tling in the ferror where 70 per cen below $240. Some activity in feature n the Centrs oun, town mills have taken on considerable business to replace, shell steel. Lake Superior iron ore shipments for the season are Ovel he total movement by water is 61,1 2 to or 1,342,169 fons less than in 1917, A greater falling off v looked for in pig € p iron productior Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. A STRON RE LIABLE CORFORATION organized and qualified through years of ‘efficie_:m, trustworthy service, to act as Conservator, Guardian, txecutor or Administrator. Surplus and Profits $1,000,000 Capital $750,000. Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. HARTFORD, ONN. M. H. WHAPLES, Pres’t.