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Corn Averages r Good, but W heat Yield Is Short Grain Hard Hit by Black Rust in Two Sections of State —Spud Crop Is Ready. By Arro< intfd PrfRR. Lincoln, Aug. 5.—Corn prospects are good, wheat yields are disap pointing and spring grain is slightly below epectatlon, it is stated in the Nebraska crop report issued by the division of crop and livestock esti mates of the United States bureau of agricultural economics. With a fc^ry few exceptions, the corn prospects are good throughout the state, the report says. "Most of the crop has tusseled out and with sufficient rain during the next three weeks, the crop wifi be large. While some of the fields are quite weedy and a certain pet ventage of the crop quite late, the average condition is satisfactory. “The winter w heat crop whi-h has been so uncertain since it was planted finally ended in a disappoint ment with low yields and much badly shrunken grain. Two weeks before harvest the crop appeared very good and had sufficient straw for twice the yield that is being obtained. "While black stem rust has done serious damage throughout the west ern half and northern Nebraska, this is not the only factor. There is a liace of black stem rust in the south eastern quarter, but the yields are low due to shrunken grain and partly filled heads. One of the causes ad vanced was the sudden change front cool, wet weather to dry weather and high temperatures. • "The spring grain crops were re duced somewhat also. Spring wheat in western Nebraska which was so promising was severely injured by black stem rust. Oats are good in southern Nebraska, but the crop is not normal in northeastern Nebraska. "The harvest of wild hay is on and yields are very satisfactory. The sec ond crop of alfalfa .-jnd other tame hay made good yields. Pastures are in good condition but more moisture would be beneficial. "The early Kearney potato crop is leady for harvest hut the movement lias been light to dale? Cantaloupe growing in Scotts Bluff county seems to be a successful venture. The apple crop is not up to previous expecta tions. Sugar beets are fairly good but cannot recover completely from the serious Injury from frost Inst spring which resulted in thin stands. Railroads to Send Boys and Girls to Stock Meet Lincoln, Aug. 5.—Nineteen county champion* of Nebraska will be sent by the Chicago * Northwestern rail way to the second Boys and Girls club congress held in connection with the International Livestock exposi tion, December 1 to 8, at Chicago. The winners will be decided by a committee of the extension service of the agricultural college of the Uni versity of Nebraska. Counties eligible in the contest are: Dawes. Holt, Madison, Cuming. | Thurston, Dakota, Seward, Lancaster, Adams, Clay, Fillmore and Thayer. Three hundred representative* from various sections of the country- will be sent to the exposition. -- —— Nemaha County Fanner* Are Holding Wheat Crop Special Dl«patrh to The Omaha Bee. Auburn, Neb.. Aug. 5.—The farmers have nearly finished threshing in this part of the state, and while the yields have jumped from five bushels to 30 to the acre, little of the grain is going to market, except where some renter or farmer is forced to sell because of room. There is considerable com plaint heard among the farmers about the low price of wheat, but others re mark that they will not sell until they can get cost of production out of their crop. Picnic for Cattlemen Special Dispatch tn The Omaha Bca. Wahoo, Neb., Aug. 5.—The annual picnic of the Nebraska Holstein Friesian association will be held here August 1*. A full day’s program has been arranged* Farmers Union Notes Horace—An all day picnic was he d her® August 2 by the Farmers Union. \ ( rowd estimated st 1.000 persons at tended. Sports began at 10 in 'he morn nr. and there was something doing every minute until m'dnlght.. H R. Stein t art of felar Kapida win the principal speaker. Speeches were also made bv ■Hen I. Peters. manager of the Farmers Union In.sur tU'♦» company of Omaha, and Rev. Mr. Alexander of Greeley. Mason City—The annual picnic of the Fuater County Farmers Union was held in connection with the harvest home f*-n UvhI on August 2. the second dav of the three day celebration C. If. Withev, man ager of the Farmer* Union Rive Stock commission in Omaha, was the Farmer* t .don speaker Ho appeared on the gen eral program in th® forenoon. Following the speaking program In th* afternoon, a special Farmer* Union meeting was held which whs In the nature of a tound-table discussion of farmers problems and co operation Mr. Whitney hail with him motion pictures of the activities of the J.\e stock • otiimlaslon. New Members Irgeil. Lynch A resolution urging th® Firm era union lor-aln In this county to put forth vigorous efforts to revive and in 11 ease their membership was adopted by the convention of th® Boyd County Farm ers union held here Another resolution urged the heartiest co-operation to make the county fair a success A proposal for a county mutual hail insurance as sooiatlon was made by Crist Anderson for consideration by th® locals and for further consideration by county conven tion. Profit at Blue Spring* Blue Rprings—A consolidated *•' profit of 1.100 was mad® in the yeai ending Jon. ;l(> bv the stoie aid elevator opera t d here by the Farmers I n.on Co opera-* upon? 'riie combined volume of business was 9I4I.42&08, an increase pt* v!ou year of $10,110 oper ating fxp'nsea In the "tote were held, down to 9pej cent of sales, a figure much under the average for refill stores. n l> Klepplnger haa been manager of the store since .Tun® 1, and M Witxen burg has been manager of th* elevator since March I. tills year Business I* Excellent. Fairfield —The mid year audit of ’ he Farmers Union < ‘o-Operative association of this plac®, which operates an elevator and handles livestock. < oal and ware house commodities, shows the business i® lie In excellent financial condition. tin a paid tip • a pita I of $l4.2L’i>. th® present v orth of the buglness is |1 $,212.94. wht< h puts the stork considerably above par In the flrat sir months of thla year the association did a vnlurna of business amounting lo $l?5.291 0u, about $1 000 more than in th® corresponding period t^«t vear Hen llatl la succeeding •' J. 'farrls mb manager. Tay III* Blenrls Etery Year Red Cloud —Heven years without a Ins* j paving Hto'k dividends every year and) o addition pa'rmiHg dividends every *«•*? but one la ’he record nf the Farm j era t nlon rtssoolat... of thla place, which lias »• store ®n«l • levator Resets* end | "in plu* amount to $9 .lift end behind *ech t|0 *ha** of sln«k are net assets of TUI In ’b® seven month* ending .1 I> * i th® corn bin*<1 volum* of the store and • Itvgt or • m I14MMX ■ on which t ha I i oMsnlidated net profit was I" $»7 4” Th'* \oltiioe was fi*,ftoo less than in the it ml i Is. per,ml last ar. do., to ibUiUiilig S •JiiARti amount ot wuiat, i President Coolidge an Experienced Farmer* ItncU to the farm movement seems to have engulfed President Coolidge in its grasp, for here he is shown above driving a hay wagon on his father's farm at Plymouth, \f. _______ With the County Agents Douglas County. Omaha—Douglas county is afflict ed by a weed pest in the form of the small-flowered morning glory, better known in some localities as "Creeping Charlie." The weed is persistent in its growth and is very difficult to eradicate. In the places where it has become numerous the growing of small grain is very difficult, if not impossible. Two Douglas county flocks are ac credited with records among the 10 highest in the state for the month of May, according to the report of the Nebraska Accredited Farm Flocks. Mrs. William Flynn's S. C. R. 1. Red flock produced an average of 22.7 eggs per bird and Mrs. W. E. Dick inson's White Leghorn flock produced an average of 22.1 eggs 'per bird. , Saunders County. Wahoo—The Saundera county farm tour, postponed from June. wi*x h* held August 9 and 1(- 'Hip schedule will be thp samp as publish' d for June and in cludes addresses at Wahoo and Ashland by FT 1. Keefe of the Nebraska Farm Bureau fedpration Fillmore County. Geneva—Morethan 50 men were placed on farm* by t-i. ‘-xtenaion .Igent during the month of July, according to an a r. nnunerment made by th° Fillmorp county farm bureau The mk t ' baa placed 4 harvest laborers during the season Farm era of the county are urg'd to rnak« use of the services of the extension agent in ■•curing thejr help I.anraHtpr County. Lincoln—Dawson county, which has not been rep resented u »he agricultural ex hibition at th** state fair h- re for a num ber of years, will have a number of exhib its entered this year, it h*s been an nounced Pi*->inctn reporting exhibits are Grant. Platte. Lexington, Coyote. Ringgold. Cozad and Fairview Dawson County. Lexington—The calf and pig dub mem bers of Dawson county are gptting in structions on the judging of horses, cattle. sheet) pr-.t ho«'S .< ‘j ";.ft «.f t h'* regular work. The clubs, which are composed of 47 boys and :: girl? will meet August 15 for a judging contest when teams from the different clubs will 1*a picked These teams will compete at the county fair the last week in August and the best individual judges will compose, a team to !*• taken to th« state fair to represent Dawson county. r ' of i he i afeterla plan for feeding threshers has been tried out recently on h faun in Dawson county with ronald erahle success. Food was placed on a l"njt table near the door opening into the kitchen end the men served themselves on •paper platen, going out into ih" yard to eat i’ The i wn« p'“d*Mn«» b<»th 1«> the firmer'a wife, who had much less work to no. and to th* men wnu appre ciated the npiiortunitv of eating In a cool place under t h .» trees. A large number of herds of hog.* have I contrac ted cholera in Uawnon county dur ing the last three week-. The farm bu reau is urging farmers to vaccinate their herds before* the disease reac hes them. Washington County. Blair —Miss Mary Borreson of the Col lege of Agriculture was In Washington county la*' week in the interests of the tJIrls Clothing club*. Three meeting* were held, and four conferences with lead ers. There are seven girls* clubs In Wash ington county, all of which have demon stration teams and they will all exhibit work at the state and county fair*. The gaiden web worm ts making its appearance in the alfalfa field* in Wash ington county Many fields appeared to be Infected almost over night. Cuming County. West Point —The Cuming County Farm bureau ha* supplied serum for the \a - '.rating of nearly K.OOO hog* this year Many 'uining county farmers irs doing iheir own vaccinating S.-iv:ird County. Seward—A letter r<cei ed here from the Johnson count ft m bureau, at Buf falo Wyo . tell* of a Hah* Hepw»mber 8 '<> 10 of approximately '.‘.tout head of feeder cattle The owner* will d*al di re* » with the buyer* and the rattle when sold will be delivered to the railroad at' Buffalo or held for delivery at a later date. Interesting and profitable information is expected to he obtained this season •omerning t ii ** comparative value of Kan red unci Turkey red w h»*at The Seward county agent ha* 'alked with a number of fc.rni»rs regarding the com parison of the two w neats as to how th-> went through the winter and which1 had done th«* »>e*t in the spring although nothing definite can he told until the wheat has been threshed In some cases the Kanred wheat seem* to go through •he wlntei better than th*» Turkey red. but does not do ao well when It start* growing. In other cases the reverse wa* true. Madison County. Battle 1 ’reek—Sudan gins- a* s hog pasture is growing in popularity in Madi son county. The -iiouth Platte ountry ta u*ing muc'h more sudan for pastur ing this year for hoih hogs and cattle The lowi experiment station reports that sudan ' omparea favorably with alfalfa. hv» acre to acre it will not produce quite a* much pork. Burgess Bedtime Stories _i By THORNTON \\. IH RGESS. Mistake are made hv one and all The b tf end ifreM. the and an;a. — ■ > I Mot her Nature Nanny .Make* a Funny Mistake. Farmer Brown's Bo\ had gone to the cornfield to see how the corn was coming on. lie had visited ali parts of it. and finally got around to where i!ie old scarecrow stood. He stopped right in front of it. ‘ This thing is of no use any longer.” said he. ‘I don't believe It was of much use, anyway. Blacky the Crow is too smart to he fooled for long by anything of tins kind. Anyway, the corn has been too big this long time for Blacky to bother with it, and so this old scarecrow has been Wholly useless. I ought to have taken it down long ago. I suppose I “This thing is of no u«e an% longer," | said lie. may aa well do It now a* later." Farmer Brown’* Boy didn't know it, but all the time a pair of sharp little eye* were watching him from that old acareorow. Those eye* be longed to Danny Mendow Mouse. Il»» had heard Farmer Brown’* Bov talk ing to himself, and, of course, he had at once peeped out to sen what it was all shout. He couldn't understand what Farmer Brown's Boy was say ing. which was Just a* well. Could lie have understood, Danny would have been much more upset than he was at finding Fanner Brown'* Boy' so near. Nanny Meadow Mouse was not at home. Nanny wa* over on the Oreen Meadow*. She had seen and heard nothing of Farmer Brown's Boy. But presently *h* did hear Bowser the Hound sniffing about in the glass Bowser had gone down to the cornfield with his master, arid as »* hi* way was now sniffing about to see w'baf he could find, lie had gone over where Nanny wh* Nanny’* 4)r*t t ho tight was to get back to her horn* In the old *< are rrow. She didn't know who it wa* that wn* sniffing about In the grit**, rml she dhiu t wait to find out. She turned and a« ninperrd straight for lorn* <s ftsi as her *hort leg* could the her Between the tow* of com 4Ud.gut foi Uiul acwieuow aha ran. Up the nearest trouser leg on the in side she climbed. It wasn't until she was more than half way up that she discovered that something was wrong. That wasn't the trousers leg she had been in the habit of climbing. No, sir. that wasn't the trousers leg she had been in the habit of climbing. She discovered it when strange and star tling thing began to happen. What she had supposed was that srare ciow suddenly came to life. It be gan to move quickly, and there was a sudden and startled exclamation. Then something struck her and held her firmly Nanny squeaked with fright, hut theie was nothing she could do. Of course you have guessed that Nanny had mistaken Farmer Brow n's Boy for that old scarecrow. It was a funny mistake, but It didn’t seem funny to Nanny. Of course, It had startled Farmer Brown’s Boy, hut In a moment he guessed what had hap pened. When he had felt* Nanny go ing up his trousers leg he had clapped his hand down quickly. The moment he felt her under that hand he knew that he had a Mouse. Then he tnnk cate not to hold her too tightly. lie had caught her just above his knee. lie held her with one hand, while with the other he rolled up that trousers leg until he was able to get tier In the other hand and take her out All the time he was chuckling. Of course Nanny tried lr bile, but Farmer Browns Boy held her in such a way that she couldn’t She thought then that this was in be th« end of her. (Copyright 1 ** a > , The nexl stoi \ : ’'Farmer Brown's Boy 'ihar ged lbs Mind " Hail Fills. Thresh™ and Plants Field of IX heat Special ninpateh t« The Omaha Bee. Wvmore Neb., Aug >».—The hail atorm of July 1 not only cut the 70 acre field of heavy ripe wheat belong ing to Rudolph lluaa. five milea aoutheaet of here, but It threahed every In-tot ami drove the wheat ared all Into the ground at the same time. A railway Iraiu aet fire to (lie de\aa tated eiublile a few davs later, dean lug the field, l.eter ralna came, ami today lluaa haa a pretty gieeu field of fall wheat growing. t'attle are pasturing on it Farmers say It will stool too fast and grow rank and be no good for a crop because It le at a tied too early. lluaa Intends to pl^w the enfite field this fall and re sow II to wheat. "Wrhh Worms” Follow Path of Hailstorm iNrar \\morr R|»PpImI IlUpatrh to Th* Otlt«H* Ben. Uymorp, NpI> . Aug f» I* ha* now Iippii found that nmn trouble haa I>p not th#» farmor* of Wvmoro «ntl Harripaton, who lost ao heavily In th* hailstorm of .Inly I Small Ki#**n wot liny i nll**d "wpbb worm*. hav* « ninp in tti#* path followed hy tha ball a nil hip Pitting all alfalfa and pa* t ill e«. No fpwrrr Ilian 80,000 hi* killed tn bull fight* In Spain *vpiy > ear. | ) Results of Milk Tests Are Shown Cow Owned by Hildebrand ( S. D.) Brother? Leads in Butterfat Production. Brookings. S. D., Aug. 5—One hun dred and twenty-five cow* produced more then 4ft pounds of butterfat each among the 1.440 cows tested in 104 herds of the four South Dakota testing associations in June, accord ing to Horace M. Jones, extension dairy specialist of State college. Of the 104 herd-1. 64 averaged more than 25 pounds butterfat for the month, he said. ' The greatest amount of butterfat was produced by Juno, a Guernsey cow owned by Hildebrand brothers of Waubay, and she also returned the greatest income over cost of feed," Mr. Jones said. "Juno produced 67.573 pounds of butterfat valued at 124.33. The charges against her for feed were $1 for pasture and. as.she was given no grain, she netted her owner $23.33. Her test w-as 6.3 per cent. “Twenty-four cows produced more Ilian 50 pounds of butterfat during the month recorded Five of these rows produced above 60 pounds: Dot. owned by Kd Spilde of Hetland ranked sec ond to Juno by producing 65,439 pounds of biitterfftt. The third rank ing cow was Belle, owned by Albert Brandriot of Watertown. Her record shows 63.494 pounds for the month. "Besides these cows producing heavily of butterfat, six record* ehow cows producing a little more than 60 pounds each during June. Twenty five herds averaged more than 30 pounds of butterfat in the 30 days, the herd of 14 cows owned by Albert Brandriot. Watertown, averaging 42,146 pounds. Work in the four cow testing associations is making progress each month. the owners show ing much interest in keeping up averages and making out their rec ords. Wild Animals Received Tenderly at Sarstedt It I SttAtiilnl Pres*. Sarstedt. Prussia Aug I.—Saretedt is too small a tow n to boast a aoo of its own and yet there is a rontinuaJty changing collection here of wild ani mals bound to and from all part* of the world The explanation lie" in the fa- t that this is the site of one of Germany's leading veterinary clinics. The actual clearinghouse for Ger man importers and exporters of wild beasts is at Alfeld. not far away. Ani mals assembled from virtually every section of the globe are given an op portunity tnere to rest up sfter their voyage before being sent on to the United State* and other far away des tlnation*. Some of th* traveler* con tract alltiienta or dlseaaes through a change of climate or otherwise, and the Karstedt hospital 1* called upon to treat them. Gaa has been adopted as s means of dealing with various types of »kin disease. It Is administered In cham bers. but naturally In *uch s way that thf« sick animal* head I* not exposed to the fumes Sixteen large camel* weie brought here recently because their hair was falling out as a result of the long trip to Alfeld from the native haunts In Kgypt. Twine a week these huge, bulky patients ha\e to stand for an hour in Individual box-llke gas cham bers with only their heads snd necks protruding The long neck* ere ban daged in collars from top to bottom, with felt plugging up all apertures through which gas might leave the chambers It is n comical sight, this row of 1* huts, each with-a solemn, blinking hood sticking out in front of it and each camel, with bis bandaged neck, looking very much like a sore throat victim. To complete the cure takes abrilt 3A days. France Seems Crowded With Nath os of Morocco Paris, A tig. R.—Mahammeri ben Ahmed. an Irascible Moroccan of Ar ^enteuil, a suburb of Paris. shot ami severely wounded a former sweetheart the nthei day and then made his escape. His description sent through • nit France, and no less than seven Moro« cant, responding to the name of Mohgmiped ben Ahmed and corr* sponding to til* description of ihe wanted man. ''••m* at rested Not on® of them, however, wus the fugitive. Inquiries at the ministry of the In terlor brought the statement that there are 13.12‘J Mahommed ben Ahmeds in Fran* e Thousand I’orson* V hit Fronoli Museum Daily Paris Sue "• Approximately 1.000 persons dully visit the Louvre, France’s national museum according to average ngures Just compiled for the is i • \ months of I*•1 ! Dining tiial time tiie entrance receipts weir ixt.3h3 francs, shout *v oon During the same time visitors to ths PsUi'f of Versatile* avetsaed 600 daily ami paid id i0-#IO7 Xiama. Every Main Road in (louiity Is on Paving Program \l End of ^ ear 80 Miles Will Hate Been Paved or Pajing Will Be in Programs. County commissioners, with federal and state aid. have nearly fl .000,000 to expend for the paving of rural highways. When the J3.000.000 paving bonds were voted on in 1919. the law pro vided that not more than Jl,000,000 co‘uld be spent in any one year. To date the county has spent about one-third of the bonds and has built or has under construction more than 8Q miles of paving. Dink County Roads. When this year's paving program is completed, every main road in the county will be paved and four of the main overland trails will be linked with county roads. With Jl.000,0*". or the remainder to be spent, county commissioners are dally receiving requests for the paving of various roads. A petition was received Friday to pave the Florence or low river road, that encircles Pries lake. This road, the petitioners say, is one of the most picturesque in the state. The petition, with a number of oth ers, was filed until a later day. Pave Center Street. The commissioners have had in mind to pave Center street ail the way west from Waterloo to the county line, and also roads in the southern and northern part of the county. “We are satified with the present pavement we have laid,’’ said Com missioners McDonald and Unltt. “We must be extremely careful to see that only roads that are well traveled are paved." The commissioners stated that they were always glad to get suggestions from taxpayers relative to the pav ing of various roads. England to Raise Big Wheat Crops Great Britain Best Wheat Country in World. Ex pert Declare?. Br i«t*«l PfMi. London, Aug 5.—The popular no Hon that England ie played out a* a w heat producing country ie all wrong, according the Professor Biffen of Cambridge university. His admirers here say that he knows more about wheat than anybody in this country, and gome maintain that he is the greatest authority on the subject in the world. He addressed the Bedfordshire Chamber of Agriculture on wheat the other day. He told its meml>ers that "in a very short time English wheat growing is going to come into its own." There would then, he said, he money made out of wheat raised by British farmeis despite the vast crops of wheat grown in other parts of the globe. In America, h» said, the population was growing more rapidly than the wheat area and in course of time there would no longer lie a huge surplus to send to this country or anywhere else, "England," declared Professor Biffen, "Is easily the best wheat pro ducing country in the world with its average of 32 bushels to the a«rt, whereas the average for the work. is only s trifle orer 12 bushels to the acre." Berlin Seeks Method to Tax I s<* of Foreign Words B* A »*«»«• Pff*l Beilin, Aug. S—Casting about for things to tax—so that Berlin a de pleted exchequer msv he replenished —’the Argus eyes of the municipal re reiver have fallen upon a host of shop signs which have sprung up along the streets since pre war dai s, It Is not the signs themselves he wants to aaseis, nor their newness, but the foreign words used in them. Thus he thinks if any Berlin hos telry prefers to be known ss a ho tel." instead of priding Itself on being just a plain German "Oastwlrt," it should pay for the privilege of o^ fending good German eyes by Its ad \ertisement In this way In a foreign language. The same view pievaila as lo firms whose doors are crowned with "coiffeur." "modes." "res tauiant " or the like. Even an enter prising chap from overseas who hung out the shingle. "American Dentist, would he hit. Particularly nggrarat inR to dyed in-the wool Germans has i been the tendency to label a ' Fuenf I'hr Tee." as s "Pice O'clock Tea espec lally since aui'h a matinee luxui y is patronised largely by foreigners anyway. There la scarcely a menu in Beilin which does not list limn and boldly without any attempt to give its German equivalent, blit it |s not yet known whether the watchdog of the city treasury would also try to ex tend his proposed tax to menus—or eien to the word "menu" itself. The tax has not yet reached more than the talking and invent Igating siagc. Its adoption ia considered like Iv. however, for sentiment in favor of such » step has increased greatly since i similar measure was adopted at Milan. Italv. Supdfii'n Paper Money Ma\ Be Uurtli More Ilian (»ol«l Stoc kholm. Aug. 5—When the dol lar began to rl*e in London recently, the Kwediah State bank continued to aeit .loll,it « in ol der to keep the Swed ish crown on par with the American currency, but the dollar went up to 1.753 front 3 74. The State bank at the beginning of thla year had a port* folio of foreign currency amounting to 180,000,000 crowns, but thla baa now been reduced 83.000,000 According to the eiperta. the hank would be in a position if parliament rejeci* the proposal for a further postponement of a return to a gold footing, of seeing its paper notes higher ip \alue than the coireapond tng nun 1>et of ciowps in gold. The print** of Wale* u» planning to s*leit Canada In September lie in* tanda to aptnd enma of h s I lifts oil his rajich in AJlcita. The Business Barometer ~ ' 9 This Week's k Outlook in Commerce, Finance, Agriculture ami Industry Based on Current Developments. It. I'HKOIIORK H. PRICK. Mitor, Commerce *n«l Hn«nc#, New \ork. President Harding's death was entire-; ly unexpected Early in the week his condition caused apprehension bu» his recovery seemed assured on Thursday morning and the news of hia passing published on Friday morning was a great surprise. The whole nation is bereaved for Mr Harding was a likable man a hoae humanity and broad sympathies had greatly endeared him to the American people. Jt i< however, unlikely that his sud den death will have ary effect upon business He is the sixth president who has died in office and the constitution provides so fully for such emergencies that the^e can be no disarrangement of the machinery of government As to Mr. Coolidge, aii that can now be said is that the business rnen of the ■country contemplate his succession with confidence and that his record justifies a belief in his conservatism and good t»en»c As governor of Massachusetts he showed himself to be strong and courageous uin, *arefull of his words but * Igorous In action and no one doubta that as president he will give us a satis factory administration. Turn to Europe. Therefore the "mind of the market” m again turning toward Europe where the situation ''seems'' to be grow ing moi e chaotic. The word '‘scent"" ia used sd- j vlsedly because no one can say In how fa> the published utterances of European statesmen are designed to *f fee* senti ment rather than to describe fa ts It is therefore quite possible that the gravity of the situation has been exaggerated. But read literally the cablea from Ivondon Indicate that Great Britain will] aoon part company with France and Belgium In her negot iat Iona with Ger many; that Italy is likely to follow the British lead and that a practical disso lution of the entente alliance will follow. As the otherw.se unwarranted pessim ism which some Americans is chief ly due to the fear of a political debacle in Europe a careful study of the facts and possibilities overseas is in order. War la Improbable. In such a study the first question that suggests itself is: Can war in the lm - , mediate or proximate future be the re sult of a break between Great Britain and France ? To this question nearly c eryone will answer no. The British do not intend to fight. Th«y are courageous but they are al«o sane Germany has neither arms nor the means for making them and the financial condition of France is such that she could no; raise the money to pay for a war even If the men to fight It were obtainable, which is doubt ful Admitting the utter Improbability cf war. the next two questions that suggest themselves are How else ran a way be found out of the present European Impaase and. If such a way out is not speedily found what will be the effect upon American business ? Answering the second question first It may be said that conditions in Europe are already so had that they cannot get much worse and rhaf sine#* It is Impos sible for the economic level to fall be low r.ero. we have not much to fear from a prolongation of the present uncertainty. We have Aai*. Africa. South America Holland. Scandinavia. Spain. Switzerland. Italy and the whole of the British em pire to trade with, and even If France and Germany neist upon committing commercial sul'ide. we shall not lose much for our business with them i* al ready dwindling and their competitor# will speedily take their place. It Is in the answer to this second ques tion tfcst ’lie way b which the present mpave w.:: be ended Is indicated That way Is the way that will be opened by fhe pressure of economic compulsion The German mark ia already worthless and on# of the cone#QU#nce§ tha» th# German people are starving because ’heir money win buy nothing Th# inevitable result will be % change of government In Germany either by revolution or other wise and *n offer to settle that France #:11 have to a^ept. If ahe refuae* any reasonable propose! the franc which is already worth lee* than at any time previously will speedily follow ihe German mark to nothingness and leave th* French people It* a corre spondingly parlous condition financially, f.urope Reetrnfriia Vltislness. Thle somewhat extended examination of European conditions and eventnaijtlea has been attempted because it Is chiefly by the fear of what may happen abroad that American enterprl*# and business are restrained today Excepr for the president's death and the slight inter ruption that It may cause the domestic outlook Is about as Impeccable as It ever gets *o be Of th* flrxt essential to prosperity, bank credit, we are aeaured an abundance by a federal reserve ratio which stood at 77 3 per rent last Thursday. Railroad earnings are excellent and the traffic at Indicated by th# car loadings ia the larg est on record The retail stores nearly ail report a gain in sales and the increase in th# mall order business ;n phenomenal. Seasonal fluctuations in the commodity market* ha\e been recorded but condi tions are entirely normal and cotton haa advanced sharply on a government re port that was much below what has been expected. Even wheat he« Teen firmer and corn ha* advanced. Hut despite a th:a mtr- | chanta are hyper cautious and investors a*-** stared because the* fear that some thing that will destroy American pros-i perlly may happen in Europe When we consider what happened In j Europe from 1914 to 1919 and ts eff-ct upon this country this feir would seem to be unwarranted. it is the hope of allaying this fear and reinspiring the faith In ourselves anil civilization that has made us prosperous in the past that i the foregoing has been written. Our gov ernment is functioning perfectly in the emergency caused by the dea’h of belo'■ e<i 'hief magistrate Our economic position is entirely sound and the will to develop the opportunities it offer* is the only thing needed to assure national prosperity and happiness Trad# R#xl#w. Figures ate for last week, the previous es#k and last year Bank 'lear.nga (Brads* reefs), in thou sands I8.624.E22. 16.197.946 17.079.984. Business failures. 126. 377. 352. Security prices. New York Stock Ex change *7.3 per celt, 79.2 p#r cent, 79.6 per cent. Twenty Industrials, 188 20, 191 06, 196.81. Twenty railroads 177 28. 180 00. 189 65. Forty bonds l*b 91, 167 16, 190 61. Commodity prices: Wheat. September delivery, Chicago, 97 '*0. 96*c, 11.06V*. Corn. September delivery, Chicago, 77c, 77 He. 61c. Pork ribs. September delivery. Chicago, 18 10. 18 40 110 30. Beef, good dressed steers. Chicago. 116 00. 116.60. 114 50. Sugar refined, New York, 7.90c 8 ioc. 6 90c Coffe*. Rio No. 7. New York, 10*4C. n\t. 9 12-16' Cotton middling. New York, 23 65c, 23 55c. 2170c Print cloth* New York. 6%c.<4Vfcc. 654c Wool, domeaic average. New York. 71.47c. 79 30c. 73 98' Silk. No 1 Sinahlu, New York, 17 55, 17.80 17 20. f v, „ , Rubber, crude plantation. New York. 27 27v#c. 14V*c . Hn*i pa<‘kinr No. t. 16c. lt-c. *9c Iron, No. I, Philadelphia. 26 56c. 26.56c. 29 76c S'*e| b: >ts. Pittsburgh. 42 30c. 42.50c. ?.S __ New York Bonds New t'ork. Aug b - 7sO»e** exceeded rain* r the trading in bonds on th* New York s ock exchange during the past week Industrial Hem withstood the fluctuating spe*-ulatlve influence to a C r e a * c degree than did other portion* nt the list and quite a number In that al viaion ended the week at higher prices Bond offering* for th* wee^. tota.ed $:,6. ’I'l.ciO'j. nearly three time# the amount of the previous week The figure was the h'ghest of any v eek s.nce July 4. but the increase was earcely indicative of a revival of new business because one •tern in last week's offerings was the $20 000.000. i per cent. I year Petes of the Swiss government Long ten ttnss :ng still Is absent from the market. No Noticeable Weokneea. While pr’cei were reactionary on S«t u'lia . *he first day nf trading after the death of President Harding, there wa* no noticeable weakness A!! active United States go*, ernn »i? bond* showed de* lines on the week !,.-*«•* ranging from 1-* to near!. J-. * point. Foretgr government Issue* were further depressed r»n the gloom;, outlook abroad, some of the Frencn r*onda falling off a* math a* 4 poirt*. Mexican s«ue* also were heavy and South American bonds recorded sympathetic declines Public ( tilltles Gain. While a majority of the Industrial liens soM off on the week, i m* of »b* public ut'llty company mortgage* and a few ape. laltie* r*g ■•ered gain* of * point or more Mddle western and northwest ern railroad mortgage* reflected the sell ing pressure exerted against these stocks and closed »ornewhat lower on the week Numerous other railroad issue* improv*d ■lightly Bonds called .r. August, in advance of I i as mi i r I with $154.$25.20© in July and $tt,Tf$,$$$ In August last > ea r t.’hief offerirgp for the week were I P 0<V Oort 3 year 5 per . ent go’d notes of the government of >w itzerland si pr 1 •< i n \ie!d * l»er er. • J. ’*;..©©•-> : 3 ear. * pe• ent go.ilv b,>r..l , of the In crata’e Public key. |. e comt>*nv at 51'* to ' teM f TO pej t«f. • a - d S V'C'.rtOO 9 yea*, 4 V* te- ..ent improvement "o- « of the Philippine government a* 57 to ' eld 4 7© rer cent. China, with a total iru of mot* than 2.090,000.000 acre* of land, has ipproxjmately S12.900.000 acres under ■ulttvation. This cultivated acreage s divided into 43.000 000 acres of Ket lands, used chiefly for rice produc tion; 16J.00O.n00 acre* of dry lands, snd 16.000.000 acre* of gardens and fruit orchards. ; Philadelphia Raises Money for Historical Exposition Philadelphia, Aug, 5 —One million dollars has so far been subscribed to ward the Sesqui Centennial exposi tion to celebrate the 130th anniver sary of the birth of American inde pendence here in 1926. Fifteen million dollars is estimated as necessary to make the project a success. An appropriation of $5,000, 000 is expected to be asked from the srtate legislature, while this city will be asked to contribute another mil lion. Popular subscriptions are to oe utilized In raising the remainder. The exposition has been consist ently opposed by a large group of manufacturers, headed by Samuel M Vauclaln. president of the Baldwin Locomotive works. AJ1 public gambling halls hate been ordered closed in Portugal. U. S. Ready to Call Arms Conference, Iowan Declares Representative Burton Sa>i ^ t Nation Will Make Mo\e When Assured of Some Measure of Success. International News Serrirt. tendon, Aug. 5.—The United States is prepared to call a confer ence of world powers to discuss limi ation of land armament* whenever there is any indication that such a conference will meet success. Repre sentative Theodore K. Burton, of Iowa, declared in an interview. "If there is any hope it would be possible to reach a favorable con clusion, the United States undoubt edly would call a conference,” said Congressman Burton. "It 1* evident, however, that the causes of animosi ties must be removed before we can do away with armies and navies. "The Washington conference went so far as to stop all preparations for aggressive naval warfare, but It was known from the start from the op position of certain countries, it could not accomplish anything toward re duction of land forces.” President Harding was responsible for the Washington conference, but as his successor, President Coolidge haa announced his determination to carry out his predecessor's policies, it is accepted for granted that he would move immediately for a A** armament conference if there were signs it would succeed. Although declaring he did not s*e how the United States can render any effective assistance in solving Europe's economic and political problems “until the feeling of re venge is cooled.” Representative Bur ton expressed belief that If Euro pean nations ask the Lnited States to join* in a commissin to determine Germany's capacity to pay repara tions, the request would be complied with. Mining Engineers Will Hold Meeting in Canada New Tork. Aug. 5.—Mining engi neers from this and other countries will make their summer pilgrimage next month to the ijeart of Canada s mineral riches. The 128th meeting of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, it is an nounced here, will be held August 20 to SI !rt Ontario and Quebec. With the co-operation of the min isters of mines of theBe two prov inces and of the members of the Canadian and American Institutes of Mining and Metallurgical Engineer', the vast mineral wealth of this region will be placed on exhibition. The program Includes visits to leading mines and technical sessions, at which prominent engineers from many sec tions of the country will describe the developing problems of mining lr.i metallurgy. Petroleum and gas will be among the principal genera! subjects of the technical sessions, which are to be held in Montreal China has more than 59.900 909 farmers, who, with their families, comprise 80 to SO per cent of the to tal population, lurvlvlng. 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