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DAVIS SPEARS AT A CONVENTION OF INDUSTRIAL WOMEN — " n All Classes of Women Repre sented at Washington Con ference Thursday TVe are here today In the Interest ot the eight and a .half million women of America who march in the ranks of the nation's wage earners. It is with pro found satisfaction that I see gathered here the representatives of, American womanhood from nearly every walk Of life—industrial, social, and oivlc—to mnsider the problems of women in-In dustry. For serious problems confront U5 in relation to the women who have taken their place in the industrial life of our nation, and since these problems are peculiar to womanhood it is^eml nmjly fitting that the womanhood of the nation should lend its advice and aii! in meeting them. These problems are many and varied. They are growing more diverse and more pressing as, the whole course of our economic life becomes further eom heated. The fact, as revealed by the recent census, that of 572 occupations ’Isted by the federal enumerators, only ;ifailed to show the employment of women, calls for serious consideration. In almost all lines of endeavor women are at work side by side with men, sharing the same conditions, conform ing to the same standards, and turn ing out the same product. In many of these occupations women, by superior tdaptabllity, by particular fitness, have won preference over men as workers. It is significant that during the decade between' 1910 and 1920 'the number of women employed in ouri strictly indus trial plants, in the manufacturing and mechanical factories, increased by 100, 000. Under tne pressure oi tne aemana for increased production during the war period, women were forced i*ito industry at a greatly Increased rate. The conditions of the reconstruction period have continued the demand for their employment. There Is no evad ing the fact that the women are in in dustry to stay. The duty devolves upon the whole people to see to it that their employment Is safeguarded so that the general welfare of the nation may not suffer. I trust, with all my heart, that the day may never return when we shall -see, as the people of my native town in Wales have seen, a woman at work in the steel-rolling mill, stand ing before the giant rolls In the seeth ing heat and dust, wrestling with 100 or 200 pounds of iron. That sight Is only about half a century gone in the iron ana steel Industry abroad, but I trust It will never again return. I am confident that we can keep on our way toward giving to all of our women the higher, better, nobler things of .life. For our country can be only as good as its women. The nation of the fu ture can be no better than its moth ers. Today njore than oneAfifth of the women of the United States arc employed in gainful occupations.. More than one-tenth of the married, women of the nation are so employed.1 These figures demonstrate clearly the need for thorough consideration of the problems which confront these mothers and potential mothers of our citizens of the future, tipon the right solution of these problems depend? our very ex istence as a nation. For I say to you that the spectacle of American niothers torn from their children while they strive in the toll and turmoil of industry to earn a live lihood for themselves and their little ones is an indictment of our moderte civilization, a shame that cries tjp heaven for vengeance, & menace to the whole structure of our national life. True it s that the mother who goe3 down into the valley of the shadow of death to bring her babe Into the world will dally traverse that dread valley to preserve the life of her loved ones. But our civilization today ought to permit no American mother who has babes to care for to exhaust herself in labor at bench or loom, yearning all the while for the little ones she has 1aiun.; tuvii -• the questionable care of strnmge hands. The mother that drags her weary body hnreeward after a' night of toil In in dustry, to begin a day of toil In the home for the service of her babes, is sapping not alone her own life but the life of our whole people. Her unselfish devotion is wrecking her for service to the future of the nation. I say here and now, and I shall stand unequivo rally on this proposition: Takd out of industry these mothers who have babes TO care for. The community owes it to itself to preserve these women for their greater service to humanity, their service as mothers, because the babe at home needs the love and tender care of the mother to1 develop it. Not all the wealth thev can wrest from reluctant industry will equal in importance to the nation the strong and sturdy citi zens of the future that these women can foster by their tender care. No greater task confronts us than this TO can do no greater service to hu manity and the future of the nation Than to stir American public opinion that this evil shall vanish oncaand lor all from American industrial life. An economic structure which is anywhere based upon the labor In Industry of the mothers of the nation is false and sooner or later it will come crashing down about our heads. If In this con ference we can do this one thing, 1 we can each and every one of us go hence filled with the determination to stamp out the need tor the industrial exploitation of the mother whose babes need care, we will, have accomplished much. • Women in industry form a new con dltion of our life. Throughout long ages men have struggled in the reia (ion of employer and employe. Tne made worker through years Of etiorc has clearly defined his position, has definitely established his standard 01 wages and working conditions. In many cases he is organised to maintain the rights and privileges he has won as a worker. Women In industry arc largely without the protection which has come to the male worker through the traditions of his craft and the long years of precedent which surrpund his rrnploymfnt. 'Women have demon strated that they are entitled to ea^ft* T>nv for equal work in Industry, but In many cases it has bee1' found aifti «.ult to establish even this simple: stan dard. ./ '\v * ■ This problem is a problem for tlie whole people. No great forward step in our industrial relations can be tak «n without the co-operation of the trreat body of thinking" mfh kh:4 Tpo ■T.en of the country, who in views ■ :'?n of the country, who in theli* views »f national questions make «p th* . , _ v’; , Experts Are Checking Up On State’s Wealth in Power _ CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 13.—Water power development In North Carolina will be materially stimulated by stud ies which the state geological and eco nomic survey, in conjunction with the university’s school of engineering, has begun and which it plans to carry steadily forward to completion. The state of North Carolina is today doing more investigating of water powers than all the rest of the south together. This fact led the state to make not long ago a request that the United States government's southern headquarters for this same work,* be moved to Atlanta from Asheville. The logic of the situation was so plain that the government complied. A survey of Surry ant* Wilkes coun ties, just published, is the opening gun in a campaign which will not be ended until all the power possibilities of the state are put down in black and white, with complete facts about stream flow, drainage areas, storage capacities, and the physical and financial difficulties involved in the flooding of farm lands, the relocation of railroads and high ways, and, in some cases, the en croachment upon towns and villages. The author of the Surry and Wilkes report is Thorndike Saville, hydraulic engineer in the school of engineering. He is working under State Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt and in co-operation with the United States government, i the state department of labor and printing, county authorities, and man ufacturers. His assistants in measur ing stream flows and gathering other data bearing upon the problem are en gineering students in the university. They use the summer vacation period for the work, and it is through this that many of them earn sufficient money to continue their education. INext among Lae nu«iiaiv« power studies comes the investigation of the Deep river during the coming summer. Manufacturers along that stream have offered to bear half the expense of this, and the state geologi cal survey will bear the rest. About 5,000 horsepower has already been de veloped here, but there is much more— nobody yet knows how much—capable of immediate economic development. County investigations depend upon the desire of local authorities to co operate. If the commissioners are willing to put up part of the necessary funds, as they did in Surry and Wilkes, the geological survey will go ahead with the investigations. The survey's own resources will not provide for all the studies that, in the interest of the industrial advance of North Carolina, should bi made. And of course the benefits resulting from power utiliza tion are largely local. ■ Excepting only New York, which tops the list because of Niagara, North Carolina has more potential water power than any other state east of the Mississippi. Checking carefully the re ports of the United States geological survey, the state's exeprts figure that tfie "maximum potential water power-’’ is S75.000 horse power, and the ''max imum power with storage" is 2,000,000. The modifying phrase, “with storage, is very important, storage not only requires great amounts of money when all interests are favorable; out In many places it may mean a physical transformation of the country that will be unwelcome to railroad companies, farm owners and perhaps populations of counties and municipalities. To learn just what developments are economically feasible, as well as pos sible from the standpoint. of the hy draulic engineer, is the purpose of the extensive surveys that are now in progress. The water power now in use in North Carolina amounts to 360,000 horsepower. This year there will be added through the Southern. Power company's Installation on the Catawba river, 80,000, making a total of 440,000. This will not nearly meet the demand for power by the state’s growiiig man ufacturing enterprises. "In a number of Instances’—the quo tation is from Mr. Saville’s pamphlet. The Water Power Situation in North Carolina—"large Industries have been kept away from the state during the past year because the hydro-electric companies could furnish them no power. The same hydro-electric com panies ohtain large amounts of power from installations in South Carolina We do not know at present the exact facts concerning any of these matters To plan intelligently for the future in dustrial needs of the state, we must have this information.”_ Tne ngurea ** .- ‘ in the state are impressive and the layman is apt to get the idea that power companies and manufacturers rfiay get all the “juice" they need, to Se end of time, if they will only keep on string dams across the streams and installing turbines beneath the falling water. But one finds out from the ex perts of the geological survey that the state’s water power resources are bj no means inexhaustible. _ “ft is f-lly to assert that North Car olina possesses sufficient undeveloped water power to meet the needs of in dustry for the next BO years, or for anv definite period in the future. Ex Dressed in terms of potential power, this may be true, but a large proper tion of that power canot be economi cally developed under conditions which now or are likely to exist n the near future For the period in advance with which we are concerned, coal 01 other 'fuel must continue to play an important part as auxiliary to many water' power developments in the 8''Total flow of streams in cubic feet, total fall within certain distances these facts have practical meaning , in relation to other facts. Often ^considerable portion of the total fall powerful force called public opinion it is with these thoughts) in view that vou have gathered together to consider the problems of the woman in indus try Through your sympathetic under standing of these questions wve may lok to the enlightenment of the whole 3°?nneed not impress upon you that these problems are more than mere matters of industrial technique, or of “dustrlal efficiency. They are prob ems essentially human, which mfcst be met and solved from the human view point For whatever position woman may occupy industrially her great ser vice to humanity, to the nation, is in her caapeity as a mother. We must .ee to it that we do not sacrifice moth arhod upon the altar Of greed for In inetrlal ‘ production-. We must keep sfer in mind, no matter, where lniln lustry we find hei*. the words of the •>oe'" "a mother is a mother still, - The holiest thin* all**" ■ . ; v ... ; - 'O • . of a. stream can not be utilized by power developments, and many good power sites are so remote from pres ent industrial centers that the cost of transmission prohibits their develop ment Furthermore, much potential power in North Carolina is on small streams where development is not eco nomical under the present conditions of power generation and power mar ket. In the next ten years, the value' of power will make economic develop ment possible on many small streams how not available. Therefore, in the studies of the geological survey there are listed many smaller powers that are described as potential. The horsepower available at sites suitable for economical construction, are not under the control of any of the larger power companies; is put at “probably 250,000.” Available undevel7 oped pewers remain on the Hiwassee, Nottely, French Broad, Deep and Cape Fear in central North Carolina. Surry county, according to the re port just published, has sites where continuous 24-hour power may be de veloped to the extent of 10,000 horse power, which is equivalent to 24,000 horsepower for ten hours a day. Dur ing six months of heavier rainfall, there can be developed about 7,000 "secondary" horsepower on a 24-hour basis, or. 15,000 for ten hours a day. For Wilkes county the figures are 17,000 horsepower continuous or 40,000 for ten hours a day, with 3,000 “sec ondary” horsepower continuous, or 7,200 ten hours a day. The best undeveloped power in Surry is at Bean Shoals on the Yadkin, be tween Boyd^i and Shoals stations on the Southern railroad. There are two good dam sites west of Boyden. The chief drawback to development here is the North Wllkesboro branch of the Southern, running parallel to the river. If the railroad were relocatedfi a dam from 60 to 100 feet high could be built. It is estimated that the Matthews dam on the Ararat river, 4,000 contin uous horsepower can be developed through the construction of a 72-foot dam. This site is about three miles from the Southern railroad station at Siloam. ] in Jrixui. xVluuiititiri tnuie ncta OCCU «■» - itation for an installation, at Hiatt’s dam,, to furnish power to the town. The present report says, however, that "this site is^ so high up on the river that the height of a dam would he lim ited to about 20 feet. Otherwise the railroad would be flooded above Ararat station. Not more than 500 minimum 12-hour horsepower could be developed here without auxiliary power to carry the plant over periods of low water.' In Wilkes county, says the Savilie report, "so’ far as developments on the 'Yadkin in the near future are concern ed, much the best opportunity is af forded at sites above North Wiikqs boro. Hens';,'boo, a railroad parallels the stream, but for some years this road ha^ not been in operation, and the cost of either baying the right of way or of relocation should not be exces sive." The utilization of possible sites between North Wilkesboro and Elkin would necessitate relocation of the Southern railroad’s line along the stream,- and "this would not prove at present an economical development." About 9.000 24-horsepower can be de veloped in the county, it is calculated, without flooding existing railroads. Since most industries operate on a 10 hour or 12-hour basis, actual installa tions are * rarely made for continuous 24-hour power.” It is probable that it is feasible to install between 25,000 and 35,000 horsepower on streams In Wilkes county, of which between 12,■■ 000 and 16,000 horsepower would not interfere with existing railroads.” BACK COMBS Back combs are again featured in the new coiffures—that is the plain sort we used to see before the Spanish comb bfecame so much the vogue. The most elegant ones are those of plain tortoise shell, the more elaborate ones come in colored composition and with carving and Jewels. GENERAL METTS HERE Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts was in the city yesterday on business, returning last night to Raleigh. TAFFETA AGAIN. The black taffeta frock with white collars and cuffs, the most universally becoming of all types, is to be a fash ionable uniform of the spring. TAR HEEL FACTORIES FAST DEVELOPING Commissioner Shipman’s Report For the Year Shows t Trend of Boom. RALEIGH, Jan. 13.—(By Associated Press.)—A "marked development” ^as been shown in miscellaneous factories of North Carolina since 1912, an in crease of 250 per cent being registered in capital invested, value of plants 259 per cent, and an advance of 74 per cent in yearly output, according to an annual report of L. Shipman, com missioner of labor and printing, made public tonight. In the group of miscellaneous fac tories are those not included in cot ton, woolen, silk and knitting mills or furniture plants. The number of returns contained in Mr. Shipman’s re port is 1,948, showing the large num ber of such factories in the state and indicating a variety of products. “North Carolina establishments,” the report reads, "manufacture bags and begging, baskets, bedroom fixtures, beds and beddings, boats, boxes and box shooks, brooms, building materials, cheese, chemicals, clothing, coffins and caskets, concrete products, confections, cooper’s materials, cotton mill supplies, cottonseed products, elevators, fertili zers, flour and grist mill products, gloves, grist mills, laces, leather, med icines, mirrors, monuments, organs, paper, pottery, turpentine, vehicles and parts, violins, washboards, wheelbar rows,’ wood pulp, and many other ne cessities not here enumerated. On the whole, conditions may be said to repre sent a stable progress, showing the importance and rapid growth of manu factures within the state. * "The reports show marked develop ment in the manufactures of the state for the ten year period 1912-1922. To a large extent its manufacturing in dustries depend upon the products of its soil, and North Carolina is im mensely rich in tho quantity and vari ety of raw materials. “Amount of capital invested and au thorized in 1912 was 344,673,813; in 1922, $156,304,616—an increase of 230 nor rpnt. "The value of plants reported in 1912 was $20,235,998; reports for 1922 show this to he $149,368,416 an In crease of 259 per cent. "Yearly output for 1912 was $86,030, 562; for 1922. $149,368,476—an advance of 74 per cent. "Establishments reporting; show 40, 714 persons employed, of which num ber 36,426 are men, 41,120 are women and 169 children. • - "Payro’l- 1912, $1,086,760; In 1922, $32,997,672—an increase of 198 per ‘\righest averagre dally Wage paid men. $4.64; lowest, $1.70. Highest dally average paid women, $2.83; low constitute a day’s work; week,' 60' est $1.66. Wages are paid weekly, semi-monthly and monthly. Ten hours hours. - ' ' ■ ■' “Many classes of power generators are used In plant operations, from the large steam boiler to the small elec tric motor. Total horsepower reported employed, 144,489. Mr. Shipman’s report on this group of factories will be included In his an nual report on all industries of the state. XO MORE SKIDDING IN THE HOJ*E One of the principal objections to the use of small rugs in homes where hard wood floors are laid is the tendency of the rugs to slip under the weight of a person walking on them, and thereby become the cause of possible Injuries. An entirely new idea designed to ob viate slipping of rugs has recently been tried out with results that have been highly gratifying. It is based on the well known clinging qualities of rubber and as adopted consists of a mat or base of a net-like fabric made of cotton or other fibres combined with rubber and intended to be attaohed to the under side of the rug by sewing loosely. The makers of this device rec ommend thqA it be laid on the under side of the rug and trimmed about an inch inside the edge all around and then sewed fast. A rug so treated will not slip, but will gailn in stability and resilience, thereby Increasing its life.—Dry Goods Economist. COSTUME SUPS The newest costume slips are of plain crepe de chine wit}i plain panel fronts and backs and with pleated side sections. They are hefnstitohed about the hem and the top. BERLIN NEWS LETTER By Cable to the Associated Press BERLIN, Jan. 13.—(By The Asso ciated Press).—Only former Crown Frederick William, of all the eX emperor’s family has welcomed the Princess Hermine into the Hohenzol lern circle without making a wry face about it. Members of the family still in Ger | many' apparently are not much Inclined to take orders from the Hohenzbllerns in Holland. Former Crown Princess Cecilie did not And it convenient to travel to IJporn to attend the wedding of her exiled father-in-law, writing instead a note explaining that she would always respect Wilhelm’s new wife. - Her action hurt the. woodchonper of Doom, for he replied that Cecile must do more than respect Princess Her mine.. she must obey her. The word "obey," however, is unpopular in the new Germany and the Germans no longer take kindly to'it. And so there are many indications that the deposed monarch’s orders will not be heeded even in family circles. Cecile is half Russian and is highly independent. She is mOTe popular in Germany than any of the Hohenzollerns. No scandal has ever attached to her name and Ger mans. regardless of ,party affiliations, admire her and her four sons and two daughters. ' . . There are many reasons wny the for mer king of Prussia does not wish this llt*le family group to pass out of his control. In Getting up the Hohonzol lern estate many interesting legal tan gles are arising.. By their abdication the former emperor and crown prince may have forfeited their right t6 the imperial estates* together with the >' ' - right to claim tne crown snouia tne empire ever be restored. A commis sion engaged by the Prussian diet is at present endeavoring to decide what shall be done with the new palace at Potsdam, the former emperors palace in Berlin, and the great wooded estates about Potsdam and other parts of Prussia which belonged to Wilhelm. Ceclle’s eldest son, 16 years old Prince William, is believed by many lawyers to be the logical heir to the properties and also to be in direct line for the throne should Germany return to k monarchical government. The daugh ter of the Grand Duchess Anatasla of Russia, Cecile, was the 'duohess of Mecklenburg before her marriage. She is tall and stately blonde, of great charm and intelligence', and has for years been a great popular favorite. Since the disappearance of the mon archy she lives quietly in a small vil lage near' Potsdam with her children, most o^ whom attend school in the city. In announcing the establishment of two charity funds in her old home dis trict, Princess Hermine, wife of the former emperor, designates herself for the first time in Germany as "empress.” She has sent 300.000 marks to the Mi lesian branch of the National Associa tion of Women for founding the "Bin press Hermine fund.” to bo used in building a hospital at Breslau tof pa tients of the middle class. Hermine also has donated a fixed sum yearly to establish the Empress Hermins welfare fund, which will aid organisations that, care for needy in valids, students and members of the middle class* ’ < "'V' PARIS NEWS LETTER --- By Cable to the . Associated Press -■ • PARIS, Jan. IS.—(By Associated Press.)—Premier Polhcare is very much absorbed in his job. He. rises early and rtires late, and between times does a day’s work as strenuous in point of hours at least, as that of any lowly laborer. The premier is at his desk early in the morning. When he leaves, it around 9 o’clock in the evening, his day is not done, for he must give at leaBt a few minutes to the newspaper correspondents who invariably way lay him as he departs. M. Poincare reads more of the rou tine telegrams that reach the foreign office from diplomatic representatives abroad than did any of his predecess ors. Consequently, he has a better grip on diplomatic affairs generally than the average foreign minister. The premier writes all his speeches In his own handwriting. The volumin ous replies he made to the British rep arations plans at the recent conference were prepared by him between the first and second sessions and it is still a mystery at the Qual d’Orsay how he found the time to do it. i The premier’s reputation for being | rather abrupt and cross at times is attributed to his intense absorption in his work. However, there are mo ments when he delimits in relaxing, and then he is as Jovial and humanly sympathetic as a man could be. This | side of his character is more frequently shown when he meets the representa tives of the, foreign press than on any other occasion. Poincare considers j himself a journalist, as do many other i Frenchmen who have written for pub | licatlon from time to time and he meets I the newspaper men much as though he were one of them, often speaking with a frankness and freedom somewhat | surprising in a minister. He trusts the correspondents implicitly in spite of the fact that on at least two ocoasions his confidence has been accidentally betrayed, with the result that confi dential statements have been attributed to him within quotation marks. The premier has said more than once that he is looking forward to the time when he can once more take up a jour nalistic pen. Few writers have said harsher things about the Germans than their own poet, Heine, who spent the latter half of his life in Paris and who is buried in Montmartre cemetery. For many years his admirers in Ger many took care his grave was properly cared for and made arrangements with a Paris florist for regular supplies of flowers for the poet’s last resting place. During the war this custom was dis continued, but recently its sponsors at tempted to revive it. They warned the flower dealer that owing to the difficul ties of exchange regular payments might not be forthcoming. To this message the florist replied. “Keep your money. I never ceased to decorate Heine’s tomb during the war. I have continued and shall continue to do sj.' If your money returns to normal, you can repay me; If not your poet shall nevertheless receive his boquet regu larly." Gaston Bonnier, the great Frenoh botanist, who death was recorded this week, was an examiner at the Sor bonrte for the bachelor of arts degree. He had three stook questions which he i invariably put to every candidate com ing before him for oral examination, being convinced that they were an ex cellent test of the candidate’s knowl-i edge. The questions were never va-! ried and the candidates were of course primed in advance with suitable an swers learned by heart. M. Bonnier once changed the order of his interro gations, and his candidate replied in the order he had learned the answers. The examiner smiled at the surprising result, but passed the candidate. Memories of days when a special dinner, including wines and liquors, without limit, could be had for two francs are revived with the announce ment of the death of “Motner Adele,” predecessor of the'present proprietor at Tapin Agile. She later opened a restaurant in a two-room wooden hut in Mont Marte, where the younger lit erary set of Paris held a weekly Sat urday dinner. Adele’s customers were friends and the chance comer received a cool wel come. The proprietress recalled anec dotes of ■ Georges Clemenceau, former mayor of Mont Martre, and Stephen Pichon, who later became foreign min ister. Both were members of A. A. A. A., or “Association Ancies Amts An gele” or the "Association of the Old Friends of Adele.” Enforcing Prohibition To Be Calvary Topic In another column will .be found a striking cut illustrating the subject of the sermon at Calvary Baptist church tonight. It represents father, mother and child using a battering ram, knocking the "T” out of “Can’t." It says “The Family Can Do It.” This cut will be used for a series of ser mons each Sunday evening, and an ad vertisement containing this cut will; appear each week in the advertising columns of the Star. .The special sub ject to be treated tonight is, "Enforc ing Prohibition.” The subject of the sermon at the morning hour will be, "But he Lied Unto Him.” While the pastor is preach ing to the junior church, the deacons will conduct the devotional service in the church auditorium. The Sunday school meets at 9:45 a. m., and all the B; T. P. U.’s meet at 7 p. m. A hearty welcome awaits all visitors.. CAROLINA TOBACCO CROP IS A BUMPER Total Estimated Value Will Run in Excess of $81,000,000 This Year. RALEIGH, Jan. 18_(By Associated Press.)—"With 186,000,000 pounds . of tobacco sola by the North Carolina auc tion warehouses, 57,000,000 by the To bacco Growers’ Co-operative associa tion and 10,000,000, on Virginia aiid South Carolina markets, in excess of imports, there is 262,000,000 pounds sold to date, or exactly last year's pro duction. Then if the co-operatives get 14,000,000 pounds more and the inde pendents 25,000,000, whioh seems rea sonable, the production will be 291, 000.000 pounds, whioh at 28 cents will show a total value of over 281,000,000.” This statement was made tonight by Frank Parker, statistician of the North Carolina and United States de partments of agriculture, In making pub'lc his report on Deoembe- tobacco sales and the first report received by his department from the Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative association, which showed the organ’zatlon had handled up to and including December 20, 1922, 56,771,454 pounds of tobacco in this state. “The season's producers’ sales, as reported to the department of agricul ture to January 1, 1923, by the auction sales waiehouses,” he said “amount to 184,425.329 pounds. This, with the receipts of the co-operative, amounts to 241,195,783 pounds disposed of by producers in this state to January 1. “If the government estimate of 305, 900.000 pounds is correct for the crop protection, the above amount is 78.6 per cent of the crop and leaves 65, 703.000 pounds yet in the farmers’ hands. “Producers* sales during December amounted to 18,147,000 pounds at an average of 28 cents per pound. This is 4.5 per cent higher than in Decem ber 1921, and 11 C6nts higher than the December 1920 price. “The average price ,of sales during this season to December 31 was about 227.72 per 100 pounds, influenced heav ily by the August and September low prices. ' The resales were only 7 per cent of the 20,000,000 pounds total sales," he stated. RYE CROP DECREASES IN JAPAN TOKIO, Dec. 21.—According to In vestigations made by the agriculture and commerce office, this year’s rye crop In Japan aggregated 21,628,856 koku. Compared with the crop of last year it shows sC decrease of about’ 35, 000 koku. FOR AFTERNOON The gored, circular skirt of plain satin, velvet or serge, is frequently added to a blouso of matelasse, em broidery or brocade to make the smartest of afternoon gowns. V Dodge Brothers motor CAR Winter never fails to bring this car renewed praise. It is because the starting system and carburetor seem to be almost immune from cold weather troubles. The response is prompt, even on the coldest mornings. The cord tires, with their safety tread, are also particularly desirable in winter. They not only act as a safeguard against skidding, but greatly reduce the possi bility of having to change tires under disagreeable weather conditions. \ - * * Close fitting curtains, which open with the doors, enable the owner to drive hi comfort the whole year round. The Price Is $980.00 DeHvered MacMILLAN & MARSHBURN 112 North Second St. ' Phone 52
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