The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 16, 1923, Page 24

: scat 08ct ah PAGE 24 || SEATTLE BUSINESS BUSINESS ON GOOD BASIS . | ma lions Continue Good, | Says Report | ed according ; S ith Caution . peed With Caut “The time has come,” the walrus said, “to talk of ny things.” And so the business world talks of ec and business cycles and federal reserv how-long-will-it-keep-up, Everybody admits that times are good. The weathermen of business unite in forecasting a good half year, They are divided in opinion as to the last half, Certain factors may intervene to swing the pen- dulum; but it seems to be agreed t the biggest factor is our own human nature. If we are satisfied with normal growth, normal prosperity and normal profits, we can keep them in- definitely. But if we try to grab it all in a few months—blooey ! In plain English, the message of the moment is this: Go ahead—but keep your feet on the ground! ts and prices rates and jess conditions in the Un! gontinue favor tion received by the de it of commerce. The record on for Jauary was by far dest for an: r Period of 1920. Figures so far for February indicat tien of this activity Ny heavy sales by re show a continued demand for Dy consumers. This heavy de for commodtiths has resulted price increases, especially in Materials. Cotton has passed the it mark and js 3 cents a pound than a month ago. A weight of iron and steel prices Bands $43.81 per ton, compared $41.41 a month ago. Copper at just jer 17 cents, Production is remaining | iF At about 10,100,000 tons of i & week. Bui ‘and the production of bu’ fals continues at except levels for t) tim the con WALL STI NEW YORK, Mareh adjustment of the toward Saturday's ¢ feT JOURNAL FINANCIAL REVIEW Thursday's reaction was looked upon a: market's p nin prepare for higher are has Ww at th ated slative leaders s of the me were atill ne I Daldwin, but Individua pments, Coaden advan than & point to §l% ven, 19% debaker, 124% American Ui, 7 up %; Unie cific, ulsville & special dev an-American dropped me idea: Haldwin#ldoy, « 107%, off ta: Mi uthern. Rallway, 34M, u 1p Me; Kelly-Springtield, 81%, off 1%; Utah, Mereasing shortage ir the s Of Mabor, both skilled and un Beems to be one of the limit factors in the production situ and is resulting in increased at some points. {f 3% rates increased, giving an Of 5% per cent on 60- to 90- Paper, compared with 4% per| Exporters to Attend « 63 Sinclair, 36% 93% n-American aah Foreign Money Status Theredsy's Quotations Purvished by Lem & Uryen * 810 Becond Ave, Heattle Normal value ipase Sterling its Canadian 0.0049 « sNor ay krone {Danish krone Greek drachma us 19.20 mee) ‘Traders viewed the probable Ger- man offer from widely differ- Food demand for rhed Nashville, Present valve 14.07% | Parsley. ole ote tm | Pot THE FORESTFIRES SEEBIGLOCAL Business Is Booming PROVE COSTLY BOOK BINDERY |U. S. Spends Big Money to|Lowman & Hanford Enter-/Roger W. Babson Survey Finds Progress Protect Trees if fire y forent tal of 1 0a uare miles, « of th which otection er than the r Alnaoe 1 the pr thrown fn includin Saar basin ar of Luxembourg measure. To maintain vaat terri | three-quarters of « | annually rding to Chief Forester Sherman The fire fighter | ber, or one man for eve miles, and thelr pay $75 to $150 the month, artes being In th eat in the Northw During the pa | ber of f main has ran |The most co when our forest than $3,00 | are tand ten yea ced from ¥ fir ar w VEGRTANL Artichokes Per | Meets—Lowal Mirvssele prow Cabbage—c |Carrets—Imp. dow |Contifiewer—Gel., Celerr—Cal., pee erate Corumbers—Cal, hothouse, Garlie—Per Lettuce—Imp,. par Onions Cal brown Loe, ¢% Ite Pert Local, white, dow Peppers oes per Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers SEATTLE Finance, Produce over | tee ow exter compr res. 4n area connid: | ing publ Loreal elpa fc protection over thts | me ry costs Uncle fam about million dollars Amwintant in num 80 » quar averages from | Th the lowest ral East and the high aka the num ‘est fires on the public do 6,600 to 7,400. in 1 “| Local Markets 2.0002 ne 4G 06% ima Gems, trey. graded. 10.0 Loacl, 40 Netahagas Ver sack 26.40 cte Sptnach-.Per © 4 ots haveh—Mardien Tomatoes — Mex Yornips—cw, é | rhe Ss ent angles. Some believed its ac- coptance would prove a stimulant Fe trade advantages of Se.|to the demand for grain, while others Band the Pacific Northwest wilr| Neld, {hat remo wares [Presented to the prominent export-| Wheat was unchan, fmporters of the country by | Sly higher at the Hausman, who was chosen | {ii'to "fatlow: the rally by the foreign trade de-| were for general precipitat fe before the 10th national for-| | Corn ranged fractionally lower on iayade convention, to be held in| May deliveries to fractionally higher EOrieans in May. ‘Twelve of the | from wus Arccnting trac tee new nb of the chamber will attend | crop there would not be ready for ‘s ing. lahipment before the last of April Haman, who is president of the |*Oat,'ang' rye reacted. ta the flue- ‘8. Bush & Co., Inc., will discuss | tuations of the other grains Scoast problems in foreign | showed no Individual feature tirply higher cific Northwest in overcoming ed by exporters, pack. ‘and import obstacles. with Eastern connec im Pigott, Clancy M. Lewis f, C, Dawson were appointed a to arrange for the attend- a large group of foreign trade tes from this city at the na- convention. elal car will be chartered for which will be increased at Portland and San Francisco. Angeles the car will be M @ special train carrying the Coast delegates to New Or- | Muctuating sharply thruout the sea- sate ce National Convention Ship News Tides in Seattle rRIDAY 1 SATURDAY MARC “ } MARCH IT First Nigh Tide Viewt High Tide rh lca eal Fri pent Piet Lew Tide iret Law Tide ieescas’ miss Shas | Wasted seize ds fo iecond Law ‘Ties 110937 pom. u ® ft. Weather Bureau Report TATOOMH IMLAND, March 16-8 A. 3 —Daromister falling; cloudy; wind south, J tx saites am hour, Inward bound, terse | Mitent liner, probably the etr Ibukisan | Mary, at € @ m.: threemast moterenip, two white bands on stack, at 6:20 a. m. Passed out, steamer of the leon Itne, at Ga. m.; str Forest King, at 6:20 8. m.; el Gritfay towing barge Meary Villard. atta. m. ft. Tide 19 ft ‘Tharsday's Quotations Ratter—11 Gite th. Rgar—2 0340 doa. 31@ 320 Th, Heas—1$ ¢ t2c ib. . oy Chicago Board of Trade ‘Thareday's Quotations Wheat— Open High Low me SL18% B1.58 % 115 Lu oe | Arrivals and Departures ARKIVED—March 15—S8tr Harbara C cinco via Potnt W motorship Maja alpqraleo via ports, at 1X Maxter from Han Pedro, | Maren 14-—Str Dinteldisk from iam | via ports, at > m. SAILED—Mareh 15 Jeon for Anchor California str Mora ata m Str Admiral Wat How for Ma at 1h @ om; ate City of London via ports, at 6:15 Oraster Mall for Heward B. Cy at 4:40 Brookdale for ‘a thwestern and ty Industrials, 105. 73, up .07. field declared quarterly | of 1% per cent on preferred Payable April 2, stock of rec- rch 26, dings in week ended March é 917,896; increase 124,481 Be same week of 1922, and best| bk this year. ws vote to close New York ‘exchange Good Friday, March up 49; Cash Wheat CRICAGC Mareh 15.—Cash No. 2 hard, $1 sited Denver Live Stock ‘Thareday's Quotations Catlle—Rocet 499. Market 7.1 Steers, 48 7 cows and: heifers, | $3,506. ra and feeders, $4.50) Market 19 @1s0} bulk, $808.10. | ferson, 2 pts. 1,400. Market 10@15¢) Lambe, $12.500 wen, $61 $ 0 13. * Montauk fo 1p. m, a Alaska Vessels itg—March 14—Ratle id, lle & Nashville declared a dividend of 62% per cent on $72,000,000. it and fron prices still moving} Output is large. Freight-| dings continue at high rate. e showing made’by Amert- | Refining in its annual re-| the street an idea of the/| ty which {s accruing to sugar Vessels in Port at Seattle Smith Cove Terminal—Pier A—#tr Willie A. Higeina, barce Wm. Nottingbam. Pier Be=ftr Prostdent Jackson. Bell Street T inal i Bh Ie Heather, achr Spokane Grand Trunk Pacific Terminal—str milral Watron, Pier 14—Htr Maine, Pler 11—Motorsiilp Apex. Pier 2—Htr Victoria, atr Oduna, meda. Pier A~Motorahtp Challambra. : Admiral Kvans , ate Admiral Rodman Pacitié Const Coal Bunkers—Str Owego, tug Eeuador, | Pacific Coast Engineering Works—v. & pping Hoard Moorings—Atr teo- | 6, G. Halda. v. #. nium, ste Anna B. Moree, tr Sitvernd atr ¢ K tr Delight, atr Wer | Hartland, atr Weat Inon, str Walling- ford. Connecticut Street Terminal Gray, str Willpolo, Atiantlé Street Terminal—Schr Camano, Stacy Bireet Terminal—U. &, ©. B Dell: wood, U. 8. C, 8. Hurnside, Spokane Street Terminal—Btr Dinteldifi, Todd Dryqocks—Mtr H. VF. Alex Hoxer, etr Commercial Traveler, str Lubrico, barge J. D. Peters, achr John A. Zaporn Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co.—str Patterson. Harbor Island Dock & Warehouse (Fish- er's)—Mtr Hanley. | Nettinton's Mitt Colman Creosote Baxter, Went Heaitle Training Station—v, Logie Xo. 67. Mefternan'a Drydock—-Motorahip Oregon, U, B.G, &. Burveyor, sehr Wawon: Aluska Bloamablp Mooringe—Str Iedon- do, wir Valdex higher, feeders, Butter—Extran, 45 %40 45e Ib. Kexs—ixtras, th; prime firets, nL T. i extra pullete, 4 puilets, 20%¢ doz. is, fancy, 250 1b. N. Y. sae and Coffee ‘Thursday’s Quotations 1 Segar—BStoady. Raw, i refined, | gratiulated, 1909.20 | epot. 13% @1T%e Ib.7 165% @15%e Ib. Vet's Foreign Exchange vEW YORK, March 15.—Foreign ex change epened tereguier, Demand’ ster- Dp. * Business Changes | i2%).02."faicntwoinorive 188), marks, 20,619 to the dollar | Pictorial Roview” in establishedin | foie" (xchange, cloved. Irregular to. | offices at 492-43 Henry building. wee ° & Dickinson will move thetr | ® office force to the Henry bulld-| | S and they will take additional | ‘at 426-7-8-9 Henry building. Aa. 16 Western Pacific has applied ‘Buthority to issue $5,500,000 of ‘Per cent equipment trust certifi- ites proceeds apPlied tor acqui- | 8 of 2,000 refrigerator cars, 100! cars, 20 baggage cars, 20 ger cars and six locomotives. str Ala- Str Robin anion, $0.0824; | to the dotiar. | day. | Ste Ure, $0.0482 ing, § mark Clearings . | Balances | al Estate Men | 987 O17 coer 169%, 164.51 Portland + 5,409, 987, Clearings . Balances Hear About Port | Works—Str Itorace X orge -F. Cotterill addressed the Real Estate association Ir meeting Thursday on the commission's plan to purchase skinner & Eddy tract. Cotterill ed the belief that the voters Wd support the purchase. Port is one of Seattle's great. said Cotterill, “and ould be fully developed ‘acoma | Total transaction %- 8. 8. Power Men Dine in Honor of Terrell A dinner, in honor of C. ¥. Terrell, recently promoted from the position of superintendent of transportation in Seattle for the Puget Sound Power & Light Co, to that of superintendent } | of light and power for the same com- pany, was held at the Arctic club ‘Thursday night, Mr. Terrell waa prevented with a silver service and a golf bag by the 75 officials and employes of the com. pany who were present. Joseph Hallenthal succeeds Terrell here, Rallway barge Ce bkin James ‘Tutt, sehr whalers Btar Nos. 1, 3, 3. eee tr Caw itiam Gi W. Cline, ate ¢ 8a. mp wte | j Pedro vin #an Vrancinco, 4 a. m.j ate Kaga Maru from Henttle, gt 6m, mj atr Santa Rowa from Hoattle, at & a. my H, Cm-March 16—Arrived, Jan Inventor from Shanghal vin incited, at 8 my ty In-March 16—Arriy F Thos, Beal from. 6a. m., atr West Niger from San Franoiaco, at 7 a, m, Aniied, att Minnototan for Hoston orks, mt m. Francinco—March 14 19 from Henttia, ro Mariiula from Seattle vin Por At 7 p.m. Balled, ate Kudurce Atte Vint Portland, at midnighte mt Porter for Benttle, at 6p, Mm. ate Maint se account” I4 a bookkeep- uditing terra. _ It fy the account in which are en- ered all {tems of doubtful value, of h, thru lack of detail, clerical warity or other reason, cannot ported regularly until such time ean bo finally adjusted and Hr actual yalue determined. Claim Invention of New Deisel Engine | COPENHAGEN, Match 16,—'The shipbuilding firm of Burmeister & | for Heattle, at 6p. mi str Youhidn Ma Wan anvounde they have built a now! Nt tiniatn. for Weallio vik Rorintag| type of Dolwel engine, declared to| rtrd A, Moffett for Pomt have double the power of others its wise, It develops power from each end of tho cylinder, Arr tia Ww. | RESERVE BANK SERIES - “| The conchiding installment of the article by Arthur Rt. Truax [on “The Vederal Keserve Bunk’ h It—Arrived, motor rom Hoatties atr Jacob Lt woh Goll Luckenbach from | Apotee— Lemons Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers Arkanaae w Davanas— he, Copeanute Money re Oranges Pineapple—cuban. per case Tangerinesfiand. box | NUTS Almonds Peanuts 1. x. be per &, DAIRY | | matter Af | Mite DAIRY Pricee ts Retait Le reamery, cubes * a ite shell ook triplets Prices Paid Whelesale Dealers PRODUCTS Prices Paid to shippers Propvocrs Dealers POULTRY AND MEATS Prices Paid by Wholesale Dealers to Xhippers Batt w bricks dry picked Geosm—-Live, fat. 8 1018 Tha... Fancy a. p. $15 tbs. O16, tive, per To 180-200 Mm Dmcks—Drensed, per th. | Hens—Dreased, ‘heavy | Pressed. thghe Live, heavy, Tt. | _ Live, Went, "tm Pryere—Per Th. es Geese—Dreated, par Tb, Turkeye—Pancy, dressed. Live, fancy, tb. «+--+ [Belgian Hares | Dretved. per 1... | tex, dreesed, th. |Hogs-—-Pancy blook |Veal--Fancy, light ... Med. dressed LIVE STOCK: Quotations | Cattie— | Prime atears Medium to choi Feeders . Prime cow Chotee co Fair to | Ganners Prima ight « Amooth heavy Rough hi Prime lamba ull lamba Yearling ‘Wethers, Ewes Went «os FLOUR AND 8U! Wholesale Prices Flour—Biends, locals, 49's, bb1, Blends, local, balow . Art, local, 49's, bbl. bal 5 ne, per owt... Beet, per owt. MAY, GKALN AND 16 Darley —W Rolled and groun Clipped, 100 Corn—Whole 4 Cracked and food |Onie—Whole, toed, 1007 Rolled and round, 7 Sprouting, 100's Wheat ned feed, 12 All-Grain Chop—n0'n . Chick Feed —100 AY) Chick Mash—100's with B, Mf, Growing Feed—100'n ... Growing Mash—100'n, no 1, Af, Yige Mnsh—100" Me Beratch Feed—10 Whent—Mixed food, 80 Cocoanut Meal... Cottonseed Meat Linneed Oil Alta Koyn Bean Mei ang Meat ‘ | Hone--Granulated Charcont-tlardwood no i) Viah Me | Gelb 10.2510, 8.00@ 9, cents above POULTRY AND MEATS Prices Pald Wholesale Dealers 78 145 50 13 Fy 7.00 62.00 6100 87.00 5.00 26.00 104.00 4.00 2 of ity good its! S| pany w 2 STAR ’ tains Business Men 0 mit ot t . of 1 tnapection t fac raday y printing of the mmerce p of | The nd t Lowman | Ha | Vi | chines box tn many ma n of used Amor monotype machin Mis individual type the letters being the the producti mont the autom: iy, regulated th paper» | by pla ee | me | Miller r to ere are 16 in 8 president Lotel capital tr and am | 000 the lov | The Lowman @ Hanford tkrowth of a little job shop by the 40 yearn 2 and J. D. and tnoorg it ty ¢ and tt A mod inting entablinhed late Clar nee Hanford ¢ Mr, Ha 1 man joined foreen eof t ng plant is nK aturday, March open a new rets Third ave, m in the growth the 5 SELL STOCK TO. STOCKHOLDERS |Schwab Explains “Reload- ing” Stock Scheme BY EDWARD A. SCHWAB NEW YORK, March 16-7 ing good bad the com I wtore at 1514 onformity to dulged in to the ext et in-on the grou te, to ‘HOTELS WILL ~ means of » and infer sion that the encen that @ ay anization Umate FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1923. Estate, Building EASTLOOKS — T0 SEATTLE Encourage New Industriegfy Says Corbin should be giad Shipping, Real in the Southern States | in All Lin LAKE WALES, Fla, Mareh | ¢ 16—During the past two weeks | t Koger W. Bab has been |b traveling thru the South con fs also very enthust tinuing his study of business con | ¢ to the commercial future of | ¢ ditions, He is now in Florida and ¢ South, Ort today releases # ment on ditions. n Very bullish on the & pull,” says Mr become t in Ame become the otton states buy the means a mood to will have tt kn ta Loca! business me Wie they are located nays C Corbin of the Bush & Lane F bas just returned from a trip thru the East “All along my trip,” said Corbin, kept telling that orthwest was consist here, Rabson sta second o beth in nage teularty wrest tor entered and This record ts par-| “people gratifying in view of the| pa, {fort which the city has made)» 0 one severe business de ite port fa i sail " ot the rest of MBER AND pressions. (Hat attache | the 1 ORESTATION ‘A number of thing n the | found tt ted m: we ton- uth for Babson cleared re me the » Kreatent . a 4 ities may agricultural tate. the bast gre The Bouth has all country periodically this to and downs, real natural fuel cen be true. att certain of big vps the ping fa needa tx mm that inde makes things ¢ South ts fast ge Every Southern Southern state . fact Hithe them ave the rést companies are” undertaking of the country suffers at times, “We have been taught to be =| “This only one item that re lieve that lumbering is anly of | fects the way people think of Be femporary benefit to a section; | strig and its adjacent territory. batibis need not be so, If these |. oo ce our climate, and let experiments in reforesting are | THY rida ge pe memger rigs thelr intentions to come and look successful, Inmber and pulp wilt , 1 be permanent products. of the Fels; someats wt Se F ene tourists here, and 6eattle South.” ny wid make most of its oppor tunities. . . dex of the Babson chart is run trials that nd more ¢ mething’ which | Moreover, the sion. every the lumber “The South is waking up and the North and West must look or they will some day be out classed both Indust nd agri Ht urally lus ov | m a time when better chance The only thing we more factories, and man are looking our way. The 1p to us } “Other cities seem to be giving encouragement to prospec: i indus than we do. If this is the case, is the time us to get bus: wa. Seatt 1 a S per cent lio ¢, ills were built In the f the finest mill in Georgia, t ore need ts *, of thes over, the workers mills are a splendid group res Americans of wh ell be proud SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES ARE DIVERSIFIED “Hut the industrial & dependent upon dptte and steel plants plants, mills and kinds are now f New fa the tn m we @ sr . new Airplane Views JAPAN PREFERS AMERICAN MACHINERY competition in heavy hinery sold in Japan has} 4, oy Cormunias! now for ~ ELLENSBURG LOSES FIGHT Charges Against Swift Are Dismissed uth ts not ron of al wot tly ht ay in Ala orgia, Consider- Latin pear- min bound by ease in rasiroad fr tes are springing up every n Loutatana, € linas and Mirsisstppl ing its stratogic American export trade ar nens to the « of populat the United Sta uth report from A. Butts, Japanese prefer the American product with its dependa- bility as to deliveries and quality. A | representative of one of the leading American manufacturers states that ax no difficulty in securing or-| rs for American products with a 10 per cent premium over the cost of | ticle manufactured in pea ba xa, Trade ation fi consumers w industria WASHINGTON, March 16.—The department of agriculture today ruled that there was no evidence to fswuance of « complaint nst Swift & Co., Chicago pack ‘ ers, an requested by the Ellensburg 80 °f | Produce company and other cream imports of heavy electrical ma- | CHa or Ine atate of Washington, Japan are from the | hese firms charged Swift & Co. | were discriminating in the purchase | of buttertat Originally the concerns applied to \the federal trade commission, but waning is up a na about per cen nto FUSE BOXES IN DWELLANGS dern way of | i & on | the | that body turned tt over to the agri | bullding homes, states that the in-/ cultural department for investiga alling electricians are beginning to | tion, | recognize the advisability of placing |” The petitioners charged Swift & i the cotton crop as al the fuse boxes in more convenient lo-| co, was paying four cents @ pound will bring the growers 60| cations than in the cellar or the attic. | more. for butterfat in Seattle than cent more money than iaxt| For this purpose panel boards are|in Portiand, thus discriminating be- This means not only a gain in| Often Jocated “beneath, first floor | tween the two markets. purchas power, but aj sairs or in the rear of main hall-| ‘The packers and stockyards admin. pombe py pe The| ways. tatraber sonore coeepeberia investigation of Washington a! other Northwestern states. The Se attle and Portland quotations for Colombia is favorably situated for | putterfat were found to differ due trade with the United States and | to the fact that Seattle's prices were buys most of its cereals and cereal | quoted on a delivered basis, while products from this country. Our] those of Portland were eountry sta- de in flour with Colombia 1s | tion prices. The examiners found 5 ly Increasing. Thus far there | that. when shipping and handling feiee, tg | DAS been practically no market for | costs were added to the Portland nh Bullding | Cer than American goods. | quotations, the delivery price there | was found to be closely comparable to Seattle prices, and that the price of butterfat delivered at Portland higher than the Portland prices for print butter. | Puts & Calls > $40 to $125 controls 100 shares of note aKe COTTON AND COMMERCE Figuri or 60 per year notual marked ment OUR TRADE WITH COLOMBIA CO-OPERATE prominent architect ed the Am Angelos, was n-John &. Ice, which oper or. ‘Tacoma n act represdntative ‘din the nego. been carried on. the closest best interests hotel, the May Use Replies to Tell of Northwest The Northwest Products commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce, at | its meeting Thurs¢ indorsed a plan to have all Washington apples wrapped in wrappers bearing the imprint of the Pacific Northwest tee ited Cesc ma Ne A Btoeke tee It was pointed out that this could |@hange. No further tisk. Move of be done at a nominal cost; and |5 points from option plonialyen7ue would be a big factor in advertising | opportunity to take $500 profit; 3, i seg ee ny ‘Of the | #200, etc. Write for free circular. country. UR. Parker & Co., 50 Broad St., N. in southern perate the new Mitchell h personal 1 have in with the M of new community id Mitehell. “Our atm | th the ambitions of thone Stattlo hotel, to Northwest.” Interested in the the whole ritory Y¥. it bought old stock in the open market jat from $2 to $5 a share and resold [it to stockholders at $40 per are fon the claim thnt be lsposed of in killing at $50. The swindiers’ $28 a share. The company was not bettered financially, but the |stockholders’ confidence, And the “reloaded” stockholders last all, or ally all, of the money they had |AID TOURIST AUTO TRAVEL | The Seattle Chamber of Commerce | voted Thursday to give financial as-| | sistance, in connection with similar |r-gantzations in, other cities, to tho \ | | ft could soo: A syndicate profit was nea lost Yellowstone Trail association. The funds so given will be devoted to the care and direction of the increased | tourist traffic anticipated over that | trail this summer as a result of the | national advertising of the Pacific! Northwest, in national publicatior and n orn | H , general manager of the association, has written that the Yellowstone ‘Trail from Minneapolis | West to the coast i tn the best con- dition it has ever been, and that | motor travel over it should avera 150 miles per day with an average car, Lumt olf r shipments from thwest show an increase of | per cent in over 1921, ac-| cording to figu mptled by the} | Pacific lumbe tion bureau, ‘The ntlal water! | power in 58,905,000 | ho power, of which 8,647,000, or Jonewixth of the nation's total, 1s jwithin the state of Washington the Pa-| inape maximum — pe of the U, 8 Amount of papor money circulated | in Russia has reached the point} where tho ciphers In the sum begin to bo mainly ornamental, The minister of finance places the total At 4,800,000,000,000,000 rubles, which! is well nigh unpronounceable, and yet this bunch could be wiped my with $40,000,000. With a view to the encouragement | Jof home industry the government of Chile has decided to place an order |for 2,000 steel railway cara to be built within the country, according to n cablo from Assistant rade Commissionor Wmbry, What’s Your Ambition? Men who are earning no more than yourself are buying their own homes, seizing business opportu- nities and making profitable investments. The systematic accumulation of money in a bank account makes all of these possible. Moreover, it is a good investment in itself. 7 The man who fails to save does none of these things. Why not start your account today? THE SECOND AVENUE at COLUMBIA