TTS ASHZ7ILLT! CLiZnTT2.KS73 '
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Q SSSBEHSSSSSffl
People's Department ; Store
IT PAYS TO TRADE HEjRE""
SPECIAL SELLING OF HOUSE DRESSES '
23 stylus of house dresses, real $1.50 values at '.'. 98c
SHOES .
Women's Tan Russian Goodyear welt pumps, $3.00 value
, for , $1.98
Women's Patent Calf, 2 strap Sandals, valuft $3.50, spe-
. c;ial .....$2.48
Children's shoos, two strap Sandals in kid nndbox calf, sizes
; 8 1-2 to 11 1-2 and'12 to 2 at.'. . . .. ... 1 ; . .:98c
.AS WE ADVERTISE WE SELL
People's Department Store
a
B
B
B
&
B
B
B
paying the strikebreakers whom you
have brought 'here to take our places
more than twice as much as we asked
you to pay us? And If these men
contlnuo to work for the company,
will not the company continue to pay
them more than we axk? Do th
people of Ashevllle think that these
new men brought here, who have nc
interest in Ashevllle, Its people, or its
welfare and prosperity, are entitled
to better pay than. the men who have
the last several years some of them
for fifteen years served the company
faithfully and -to the best of theit
ability.
AVe have attempted to answer tin
questions put to us in the said edito
rial.. We haw tried to give a fail
presentation . of our side of this un
fortunate controversy. And we be
lieve that the people of Ashevllle ii
they have not hitherto seen, will now
see that wo are 'right In our conten
tions and are asking no more than wt
are Justly entitled to from the com
pany. .'' .. :.;r,
, The great success of the company Is
to say the least, largely owing to the
patronage, of the public and to oui
work; Is It fair to the public and tc
us for the company, without glvinn
any reasons therefor whatever, to ar
bitrarily refuse ,to arbitrate our dif
fernces. -
! Z. C. FISHER,
T. C. ANDERS,
P. W. WOLFE,
, II. E. THOMPSON,
J. R. DRAKE,
B. N1. INGLE, '-.'. v
E. W. BEACHAM,
J. J. FENDER,
H. F. FRADY.
tti ' Authorized Committee.
1
18
WILSON HAS A PLAN
FOR 1914 CAMPAIGN
IS H
BY MEN ON STRIKE
Ogden, Utah V 25,580
Des Mofrfcs, Ia..Y. . .86,368
Helena, Mont. . . ... 12,615
(Continued from page 1)
Pittsfleld, Mont. . . .
Pittsburgh, Kan; .
Haverhill, Mass. . , .
Renssalaer, N. Y. . i .
Bartonville, 111 , . , .
Greenville, S. C,
32,121
14,755
44,115
10,711
$75
22 to 27
23 to 28
30 to 36
23 to 281
25 to 20
23 to 271
27 flat
22 to 29
per' month.
I which would practically mean on a
street railway employes in various! 10 hour working day, 25 cents per
cities of the, nation, most of them in
population about the same, as Ashe
vllle and many of them with a much
less population:
Table of Wages Paid Street Railway
Employes,
City.
Population.
Shreveport, La. . ,
Colorado Springs ,
E, Liverpool. O. .
Galveston. Tex .
Beaver Valley. Piv. ,
IMcDonaldvllle, Pa.
New. Castle, Pa. . . ,
Port' Huron. Mich.
Wheeling... W. Va..
Ypsllunti. Mich. ..
PoftsvUle. Pa
Mcriuian. Conn....,
Home. N. Y.. i . . . .
" i melda. N. Y
.28,015
.29,078
.20.387
.36.981
.36.280.
.18.863
.41.641
lr 599
.27.2 "
.20.497
.10.000 ,
.15.243
U (193
.88.523:
15 J70
34 874
27 178
,22.012
20 -'28
34 C70
.17.528
32 463
Glenn Fulls. N.
.Saratoga. N. Y
East') l P i f
Sharon. Pa. .
Roanoke. Va. .
Elmira, N. Y-. .
Mtumwo. la. . .
Hutltf Pa
Jnllot. 111. .....
Alton. Pu
t'hclsea. Mam. ,
Mohtpeller. Vt.
TuuiiCojif touKB. -...34.259
Salem. Mass 43.697 '
Wakefield. Mae.i ..11 .AH . '
Sieubcnviile. O. ...22.391
Qulncy, Mass. . 32,642
Norwich, Conn. ...20.367
Danbury, Conn. .. .20,234
Gloucester, Mass. ..24,398
Nophuu, X. H.. ... .26,005
Stcubenvlllc, O. . . .22,391
Davenport, la., ... .43,028
St. Joseph, Mo ..77,403
Albln, Mich ..12,706
Hyde Park, Mass.. ,15,507
Kites, O.
F.lyrla. O. ,14.825
ltutte, Mont. ......39,165
Boise, igaho 17, 858
McAlester, Oklo, . ; t2',294
Wages
per hour.
cents.
21 to 26
25 to 30
23 to 29
20 to 26
22 to 23
27 flat
26 to 28'.
to 28
t,o 27' J
to 80
to 25.
to 271
24 to 26J
24 to 26
27 flat . ,,
27 Hat :.;
22,, to.25'
25 to 27
18 to 23
17 to 23
20 to 26
20 to 24
21 to 29
22 to 26
23 to 26
21 to 23
ESVto tr, i
23 to 26
23 to 26
21 to 25
23 to 26
23 to 26
20 to 24
23 to 271
23 to 27
23 to 29
21 to 26
20 to 25
26 to 28
23 to 27
26 to 28
22 to 30
28 to 45
24 to 80
22 ' to 26
hour. We wish this as a correction to
statement In the paper.
We would state that the Weaver
vlllo line, entering the city of Ashe
vllle, N. C, is receiving 20 to 25 cents
per hour. ' This Was also omitted In
the statement of the company yester
day. ; ... ' ' , .
We will concede for argument that
the other cities he mentioned are
correct as we have no data at hand
-showing to the contrary, but believe
we will be able to within a few daya
It . will not be for the company to
Bay thnt the-be are western and north
ern cities for ' wo would respectfully
nsk is there any good reason why a
Jriotorman and conductor, performing
the samo work and during the simej
hours, should be puid any lean than
are the, men of the- west and In the
north? The cost of living In Ashe-j
vllle If no less than in any of the cities
named in the above list i
-.The. management .. of. the company'
names seveial cities of North. Caro-j
Una, In which the wage scale is not ay :
high as It is In Ashevllle. Tn answer I
lo this we Hay Itrst, that: II is iimna
torinl w-hot tho wago scale la In theso
other cities, and because the men iiro
poorly paid there,.. Is no reun why
they should be poorly paid in Aslio
ville: and secondly, that tho state
ments furnished to the corporation
Commission of the state of North Car.
n!!na, by. the companies named in the
management's statement, show that
the net earnings or profits of the com
panies in these cities compare ve'
unfavorably with the profits, of the
local company and In some of the
cities, the companies were operating
without any net earnings, but at a
loss. In. their street railway depart
ment the Ashevllle Power and Light
company made net earnings for tlrn
yenr ending March 81, 1912, amount
ing to $140,640, and their profits have
satisfactorily Increased for Uie last
year as any other company in tho
cities ' named In the management's
statement, with one possible -exception.
...
We call attention to the fact that
the cost of living in Ashevllle has in
creased at least 40 per cent within the
last, seven years. and that the wages of
the street car men in the city of Ashe
vllle have been Increased only , Hi
cent per hour in the seven years men
tioned. The management of the company
take the position that they cannot af
ford to pay an increase ' of wages.
According to their sworn statement
made to the corporation commission,
they can pay all interest, and main
tenance charges and taxes and pay
the increase requested by their em
ployes and still pay more than 8 per
cent clear of taxes, on their invest
ment. Is this request unfair? If they
answer the queries put to them in the
said editorial, we would like for them
to answer this question, "Are you not
EVER WATCHFUL
A Little Cure Slav Save Many Ashe
villi' Haulers Future Trouble. '
' Watch the kidney secretions.
Bee that they have the amber huo
ot health;
The discharge not excessive or in
frequent; .
Contain no "brick-dust like" sedi
ment. .; ; f , . .
Doun's Kidney Pills are especially
for weak kidneys.
Let an' Ashevllle citizen tell you
how they work.
.1. C. Williams, 62 Woodtin street,
Ashevllle, N. C, aayB; "The action of
my kidneys was irregular and the kid
ney secretions were unnatural. ..My
back bothered me and at night I was
restless, Mornings, when I got up, I
felt all worn out. . I heard" about
Poan's Kidney Pills and Retting a sup
ply at Smith's drug store, used them.
They put a stop to the trouble and
made me feel fine."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. ' Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
"-,-'.' (By Associated Press) .:
Wasington, , - April 30.- President
Wilson, according to democratic house
leaders, had proposed, a co-operative
plan for conducting the congressional
campaign, of 191,4) so as to have the
national and congressional democratic
committee work together.
A new chairman to succeed
Representative Lloyd of Missouri, Is
tof.be selected and he is expected to
bev Representative Ben Johnson of
Kentucky, f. Represent! ve Finley of
South Carollha, who was a candidate,
has withdrawn. The committee will
meet soon, fdr re-organlsation.' -
HEAD TAX IN FLORIDA
Fliciiit
Stock, Bonds, Cotton,
Chain, Jfrbvisiona, Honey
How. "YorK, New Or
: leans, Chicago and For
eign Market Newt.
By Associated Press.
WALL STREET GOSSIP.
New York, April 30. News from
abroad was loss depressing than yes
terday and the improvement in senti
ment there caused advances on the
principal bourses. .
Special Influences hampered the ad
vance in certain stocks. Including
Southern Pacific, which was depressed
by the adverse decision of the Oregon
California land grant cases. The steel
earnings were disappointing to trad
ers, but the stock was carried up by
vhe demand from shorts. The rise
was not effective In stimulating ac
tivity on the long side of the market
and stocks soon began to sag, a num
ber of low priced shares touching new
low figures on the reaction.
Bonds were heavy.
New York, April 30. Prices of
stocks at the opening today were in
fluenced by the rise . in London and
most of the International shares ad
vanced. Southern Pacific was the
chief exception, opening off 1 14 at
96 4, a new lpw figure. Canadian Pa
cific, rose t and Union. Pacific a
point
Athough the advance brought out
some stocks that Were waiting a fav
orable market,, the list on the main
held well. . .
Tomorrow Specials
&itin Petticoats at .......... ... $1.39
Taffeta Bilk Petticoats. ....... ............ . .$2.39
Messalirlc Hilk'Pctticoats: rr-rrrTTTTrr.-T$l.S8
Colored Satin Evening Slippers $2.50
New Spring Neckwear .
New Parasols . : . :
Children's Parasols"';; .'.
.. .- .25c &" 50c
. . .08c to $2.98
. . 33c to $1.25
New Gloves and Hosiery
Children's Straw Hats , . .$1;48-
Wash Petticoats ...... ... . , .". " .48c
Straw Sailors, r.r:?rr. T. ". . . .". .... .... . 506775c, 98c.
We Sell Euster Brown Hosiery
Brand New Scheme to Make State's
Employers- Pay May Be In
troduced There.
' By Associated Press. .
I Tampa, Fla., April 30. A "head
tax" is proposed in the state revenue
measure to be placed before the legis
lature. Representative Goldstein who
has the measure in charge, proposes
to have the state place a tax of 25
cents per man oa cigar factories em
ploying more thari ten cigar makers.
It is estimated about 20,000 cigar
makers are employed in the factories
at Tampa and Key West. The pro
posed tax is a new departure in Flor
ida revenue raising legislation and
will be fought. .
NEW YORK COTTON;
Now York, April 30. The cotton
market opened barley steady at a de
llne of from 2 to 8 points on easier
cables than due, unfavorable Euro
pean political advices and a favorable
weather map. July and later deliver
ies made new low ground for the
movement on the call, but there was
heavy covering at the decline. Prices
rallied 2 or 3 points from the lowest
shortly after the- call. May was re la
tively firm, selling up to last night's
closing figures on a little further cov
ering by scattered shorts. .
The official forecasts were for fair
weather throughout the entire belt
tonight and tomorrow, but the mar
ket continued to Improve during the
middle of the morning until prices
had recovered to practically the clo?
ing gures of last night Houses with
Southern connections continued sell
ing and when the' demand from shorts
slackened prices again sagged oft
with the active positions about 4 to
7 points lower at midday.
Spot quiet; middling uplands, 11.80
nominal.
Popo Goes to Audience ltooiu.
four years, nnd will doubtless increase
this year. And it is a fact that the . States.
local company transports nearly twice Remember the name-
as many pnssengers hi the course of n I tnkjo no other.
Doan's and
.fi.'aIJ.i;
' (By Associated Press)
Rome, April .10. Pope Plus X., for
the first time since his recent illnoss,
descended today fr6m his apartment
to the floor below, whore he generally
holds audiences. Those who accom
panied his holiness- said that his re
covery was complete!-'
Mrs. David M. Wells of Hendcrson
vllle recently underwent a serious op
eration at the Meriwether hospital,
but is reported to be doing well.
Arrivals at the Battery Park hotel:
Mrs. Ralph Brown and daughter, Mlea
Norma M. Brown, or Aberdeen, 8. D.;
Mrs. Kramer of New York; Mrs. B. W.
Robinson of Akron, O.; Mr. and Mrs.
H. N. Crowsell of HouBton, Tex.; Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Qulri of New York;
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Abbott of Char
lotte; James A. W. Wheatley of Baltl
more; A. S. Iyer of New York; W. D.
Gardiner of Toledo; J. B. Young of
Birmingham. '. I
. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.
: Chicago,; April 30,-r-Hogs. .receipts
80,000; higher, bulk of sales S.3S
8.50: licht 8.40O8.70; mixeed'-SSP
8.60; heavy 8.00O8.4B; rough 8.00
8.16; pigs 6.30ig8.66. , , ; 'k
Cattle, receipts 10,B00; steady
beeves 7.208.90; Texas steers 6.70JS,
7.7G:: stockers and feeders 6.00(S8.00
enws .and heifers ;' 3.908. 16; calves
6 2r.iao.2.ri. : . ' , . .. ,., , ;,
9hoel). receipts 14,000; strong to 10c
higher; native 5.90 7.25; yearlings
6.40I&7.95; lambs, native, 6.50 &8:85,
LIVERPOOL COTTON-
Liverpool, April 30.-r-Cotton spot,
moderate business done; prices easier,
Middling fair. 7.12: good middling,
8.78: .middling. 6.58; low .middling,
n.44: good ordinary. 6.10; ordinary
r. 78. .''"
Sales 7000 bales, Including 500 for
sneculat on and export and 6400 Amer-
len: receipts 7000. Including 200
American.
, Futures opened easier, closed quiet
and steady.
May
May-June . . . ,
June-July .,-....(
July-August
August-September ... .
Sbntember-iOctober 'w .-
, 6.28H
. 6.28H
. 8.27
. 6.24
, 6.14V4
.- 6.02
Vtober-November
. JS.93
X3i
V
Rfl AJESTIC
flit AT RE
THURSDAlY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Li
ASMEVILtC, N.C. f
Purest
Rumford Baking Powder
December-January . . . . . .. .. . 6.92
January-February ... ........ B.91V4
February-March . 6.92
March-April ... . . . . . . 5.98
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.
Chicago, April 30. Reports . from
Kansas placing the probable wheat
crop at 129,520,000 bushels,, lowered Atchison
values hero. At the start , there was a Atlantic. Coast Unc
. , NEW YORK STOCK LIST.
" ' Close.
Amalgamated Copper ........ flH
Amer. Eeet Sugar' . i" .".1 J . i . . 28
Amer. Cotton Oil 4SW
Amer. Smelt,. Sc Refining : 66
Amer. Sugar Refining ........111
Amer. Tel. & Tel i. ..... . 138 n
Anaconda mining Co4 36 VI
98
net loss of 'A ,tq May
opened Ua) to M down at 91 ,
dropped to 91 and reacted to open4-
ing figures. . July began, tt ft to
off at 91 to 92, dropped to H
and went back to S2. .
Influential buying steadied ' corn.
July opened unchanged fb' higher
at 65 and held within that range.
Commission house . buying firmed
oats. July started a shade to s
up at 844 to and held' steady.
Provisions unchanged to 10c higher,
demand being good , and prices .fur
ther aided by .improvement ; at the
yards.' " '
July first prices Wcrer Pork 13.62
66; lard 10.8714; ribs 11.00.
Milling demand lifted wheat. May
closed steady at 92 H, a net loss of a
shade. .July finished firm Vi up
at 92 .-
' Decrease in offerings helped corn.
Closed nervous with July at 56 a
net gain of 94.
firm;
CHICAGO PROVISIONS
.Chicago, April- 20. Butter,
creamery 2680. '
; Eggs firm; receipts 24,763 cases;
stock on hand decreased 19,219 cases
during last week. At mark, cases
Included, 17 18; fresh, 18; ordinary,
rets, 17; firsts, 19
Potatoes unchanged; receipts 30
cars; Michigan 42 46; Minnesota, 35
43; Wisconsin, 40645. .
.Poultry, live steady; chickens, and
spring, 16.
Cheese lower, daisies, 14 SH4 ;
twins, ,18 ; ' young Americans
and long horns, 13 (094. ' . '
120 Mi
9714'
87 94
-
128 S
105
Baltimore, & Ohio . .
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. . ,
Canadian PaclfitS T . i . . ; .
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago & Northwestern.,
Chicago.' Mil. & St Paul. .
Colorado Fuel & Iron 31
Colorado' & Southern. ........ , 28U
Delaware & Hurinon .......... 156.
Denver & ,Rlo Grande, . ....... 184
Erie ... 87i
General Tlectrlc ..... 13Ti
Great Northern pfd. . ...... ... 125 -,
Great Northern Ore ctfs ..U.i 31;
Illinois Central '..-... 114 ;
lntprboroueh.Met'. ... ......... 14 y,
Interborough-Mef." pfd ........ 49 '
Inter Harvester ; . i . . . , 190 ft
Louisville & NaShMIlC. ... . . , ; . 11 9 J
Missouri Pacific .-. . , . . . .. IS i
Mo., Kans. & Tex.. .......... . 32 ',
Iehigh Valley ...183 '
Nat'ional Lead ''..." '4 8 91 i
New York Central ...4. ...... 101 :
Norfolk ft Western 104 '
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania ... ... .
People's Gas .........
Pullman Palace Car . , .
F.eadfng ., ... ......
Rock bland Co
Rock Island Co., pfd..,
Southern Pacific ......
Southern Railway: . . . . .
Union Pacific . . . . .... .
United States Steel ....
United States Steel pfd.
Wabash ... ... ......
Western Union i .' . . :
SEEING IS BELIEVING
11 l 4, m-
The Musical Comedy
Success
7. J. 4. ' ,. .'
- - ArwTiiurv
Tn li'.'i'lin" comivlv rule
M.owcr I'.i'Hli K
"LOWER BERH 13"
Original east and in'oducHou tbat played this" oomedy
200 nijrht at Whitney Opera IIou.se, Chicago. Special carload
'.. , of scenery. . ti ' ;j H ,i-. ' r, :'
Company headed by the minstrel King
' - - ' ATJ.TTITTP. DF.MMITTO ''. ,
BUTTER AND EGGS
New York, April 30. Butler
steady; receipts 7840 tubs.
.Cheese steady; receipts 3,459 baxes;
state whole milk, held white or col
ored specials 1,7 K. i .'
Eggs firm; receipts 33,402 cases;
fresh athered checks, 12W16.
PO PUL'AR: PRtGEiS
: MATiNEES .
10 arid 20 Cents
i . . NIGHTS
15, 25 and 35 Cts.
, CASH GRAIN1 PRICKS.
1 Chicago, April 30. No. 2 wheat red
1.04 H iff 1.07 No. 2 hard 934j95;
No. 1 northern S3 ft ft 94 tt; No. 2
noithern 9H4W9314; No. t spring 92
J3; velvet chaff 88tf94; durum 95($
99. ', . . . ' . , :
Corn, No. 2, 66V4f58; No. 2 white
514 59; No. 2 yellow 56 94 57 U.
Oats No. X white 37 ) standard
3H. "
Rye, No.' J, is:
liarlcV, 46tff 70.' " ' .' - ;
Timothy, 1.89 m 8.66.
Clover, 17.4)0 (rlt.. ' - "
Pork. 19.47 m - ,
Lard, 16.95. - '
Jtlbs, 11.12 94', -" -' '"' ' ' '" .;
1 THE LONDON MARKETfO '
London, April 30. The stock mar
ket opened weak today, ' but dealers
wre Inclined to vlow the Haiku n out
look optimistically and they advanced
prices around noon. ' " '
American securities opened stnndy
and about unchanged. Canadian Pa
cific gained 194 point"ori Berlin buy
ing and the rest of tha list from 1 to
1VV on covering during the foreroon.
Ths market declined, but some Fhnrwi
hardened on light support In the Imp
trading. Tho closing was undecided
113
$Uk
109
16814'
168 94 '
1H
, .
'94'
1394
146
68.
107
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QUOTATIONS, f
Onen. Close, u
CHICAGO GRAIN
WHEAT
May ...''..
July . . . t .
September , .,....
CORN
May . . . ... . . .
July .
Septemlwr t . . , 1 . . .
OATS
May .'. . .
July
Sen tern her
MESS PORK per bttl.i-
May ... ...
July .19.!V 19.60
Septemlwr 19.40 19.40 1
LARD per 106 lbs. ' ' v 1
May . W.Vfl ' lO.H' '!
July .... ... ...... ;.t.794 16.87 94"
Septnmber ... ..... .16.16 r 16.15 '.-,'
SHORT RIBS per 100 lbs. V C
May . 11.2714 tt.88 - i
July .... ....11.66 , 11.06 '
Septembor .J. ..!. .10.66 10.65 .
114
0194
9194
65
6594
.n
8494
34 V4
S414
92 5
92 94
' ' ' ?
' 66 V
68 V4 .
36
10.47 '!
1
N01ICE:
Matinee Thnrfday will begin at 4 o'clock and daily thereaf
ter at -3:30 p. .m -r ;s ' " ..v-1 '. ' '" ,';. ;." . :..
NEW YORK MONEY. ,
New York, April 80.-?-Prime mer
cantile paper tH per cent.
Sterling exchange steady, with ac
tual business In bankers' bills at
4.83.50 for 60 day bills and at 4.86.85
for demand.
Commercial bills 4.83.
Har silver 1094. "'
Mexican dollars 48. ' '
Government bonds steady; rallrnad
bonds heavy.
Mney en can stesdy IHff3H per
eent; ruling rsts J; closing bid
offered It !fl,
Time loiins slronK, 60 snd 00 days 4
per celll ; f. L x IllMill 4''..'
. NEW YORK COTTON FUTURKt4.'f
,. Open. Close,
January :'. .' . . .' . . , 10.84 T0.87ST 8
March .'. 16.00 10.t1
May ............. XI. 10 11.34 W 38
.lune. . '11.11040'
July . . . 11.10 . 11.89 tjb 40
August ... ;.. 11. n il.l8ftll'
Pentember ... .... 10.87 "10.9Bft'T
Oclohr 10.64 ' 16.I7M 86
December . ... ....U,t, 160 9?
Daniels to Visit Xvy Yrls.
, ' f By Awdclfcled Press')' ' "
Wairhlrgton.. April , SO. Hecretsfy
Panlela 'icgnn s two weeks trip to In
clude ntflrlnl vlslls to South Atlantic
"ivy .yards.' The first 'stop will be nt
W'!n, ?. hre 'a bahnuet Win tin
r'ven, In h; honor tomorrow nKhi.
ills Itinerary for ths remainder of th
trlp'ls as follows:' 'Raleigh, N. ..
May 2 snd J; Nrw'orlesnK,' Msy R;
Pensacnls, May 6; Jsckmnvlll, Mv
7: Key West, May 6; Charleston, H. ".,
May 9 snd 10; Port Royal, 8. C Iv
tentlnn Barracks May 11; Itali lcli,
May 12.
Atti M-Zollc Iko'Mnn a lnw.
Vy A;"rtHti-d I'rf-"-'.
" Flt Iike C-liv
Attell, nf Knft 1 r
of Stockton fnni
draw at M uri - !
the tii.i ti-r i f i I
ri hi ti il .
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