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STATE OF MAINE
BtmONfi DEPARTMENT •
Dealers and SBtesna Registered under Provisions of Blue
it*. Sk* Law, March 30,1931.
\ mortaatton Mortgage Cg...
Augusta. Trust Oo..
Augusta AmoMmuit'A AdmUiiag Co.
v'aker, Ayliag & Young ..
A. C. Furbish . .
C. H. Williams
F. M. Strout .
■lar Harbor Bar Icing & Trust Co.
Karatow, Hill A Co. .
»ath National Bank
Bath Trust Co.
Beyer & Small
Edward L». Clark
Lewis C. Shaw .
Philip H. Morton
» • • • a • • •
Thomas H. Quin can non
Keith Ryan ..
John J. Ryan, Jr., ....
Maud F. Barker, .. . _..
Lynne T. Rand ..
Greely Sturdivant
ickmore, A H. & Co.
Raymond A. Chandler ...
Biddeford A Saco Water Co. .
Bird, Maynard S. & Co.
Ansel Tucker ..,
Lei and G. Means ..
Edward J. Heitier.
Carl C. Rarctaer .
Liake, Barrowo A Brown, Inc.
Walter B. Hilton .
hodgeft, Hart & Co., Inc...
Edward B. White .
Blodgett & Co.
Harold D. Gilbert .
Model 1 & Co.
Clifford U Russell .
ifonbright & Co...
Harold P. Marsh . .
Carl K. Ross .
'■randon, Gordon A Waddell.
Edward 1,. Robinson.
Bronson, Theodore L. &. Co. ..
Brooks. P. tv. A Co., Jne. . ..
Fred F. Ames.
Brown, Merle S..
Burgess, Lang A Co.
Guy L. Rainsfor'l .......
Burr. George H. A Co.
Marcus H. Vero.
M. E. Grant.
Rylleshy, H. M. A Co.
Richard Toas .
W. A. Knight .
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1322 Oliver Bldg., Pittaburg, Pa. •
Augusta, Maine.
Augusta, Maine. .^rXA
I jJSySw
.50 Congress 8t„ Boston, Maas. Sgft
.Box 944, Portland, Maine.
. Box 898, Worcester, Maas.
.72 West St.. Portland, Maine, t,!#-:*
. Bar Harbor, Maine. ’t»i
. 68 Devonshire St., Boston, Maas. »
.Bath, Maine.
. Bath, Maine.
.208 Middle St, Portland. Marne.
. Portland, Maine.
. Portland, Maine.
.Portland, Maine.
. Portland, Maine.
. 225 Water St., Augusta, Maine.
. 225 Water St., Augusta, -Maine.
.225 Water St., Augusta, Maine.
. Pearl Bldg., Bangor, Maine. >;->
. R. F. D. No. 4, Portland, Maine. »;;■
.111 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
.11 Wllljam St.. Portland, Maine,
. Biddeford, Maine.
. Union Mutual Bldg., Portland, Maine.
.Portland, Maine.
. Portland, Maine.
. Rockland, Maine.
. Saco, Maine. .
.41 Hammond St., Bangor, Maine.
. 41 Hammond St., Bangor, Maine.
.115 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
. 60 State St., Boston, Mass.
. 60 State St., Boston, Mass.
. Farmington, Maine.
. 10 Weybossett St., Providence, R. I.
.10 Weybossett St., Providence, R. I.
. Shawmut Bk. Bldg., Boston, Mass.
.15 State St., Bangor, Maine.
.191 Middle St., Fortipnd. Maine. '
. 89 Liberty St., New York, N. Y.
. Box 772. Portland, Maine.
.10 Wall St., New York, N. Y. ±
.115 Broadway. New York, N. Y. .<
.60 State St.. Boston, Mass.
.41 Exchange St., Portland, Maine.
. Sears Bldg., Boston, Mass.
. 46 Leighton St., Bangor, Maine.
.120 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
.Masonic Bldg.. Portland. Maine.
. Portland, Maine.
. 208 So. LaSalle St„ Chicago, 111.
. 396 Congress St., Portland, Maine.
. 36 Elm St.. Auburn, Maine.
(Camden Savings Bank ft Trust
Corrigan * Callahan .
Casco Mercantile Trust Co.
Chandler, Wilbor * Co.
Norman Allard .
Chapman National Bank ......
Chase & Co.
Clark, John T.
Cochrane. Harper & Co.
Nahum M. Wing.
Coffin ft Burr, Inc.
Theodore K. Thurston .
Chas. S. Pettengill .
Reginald K. Smith ..
Harold T. Goss .
Albert T. Arrnitage .
Columbia Investment Co.
Compton. William K. Co. . ..
Conant, A. B. &• Co.
Edgar J. Driscoll .
Harley K. Williams .
Roger W. Conant .
Converse Rubber Shoe Co.
Josiah Steward .
Curtis & Sanger .
N. Gorham Nickerson, Jr., .
Cummings. John W.
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Co.. . . Roekport, Maine.
.169 Lisbon St., Lewiston, Maine.
.19ft Middle St., Portland, Maine.
.185 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass.
...... Brookline, Mass.
.Middle St.. Portland, Maine.
.1!) Congress St., Boston, Mass.
.Bangor, Maine.
.6U State St., Boston. Mass.
.40 Wildwood Ave.. Arlington, Maes.
.tin state St.. Boston, Mass.
.Portland, Maine.
.Augusta, Maine.
.Portland, Maine.
.Houlton, Maine.
...... 26 Putnam St.. Danvers, Mass.
.Bangor, Maine.
.14 Wall St., New York. N. Y.
.95 Milk St., Boston, Mass.
.95 Milk St., Boston, Mass.
...... 95 Milft St.. Boston, Mass.
.14 llolton St„ West Medford, Mass.
.Malden, Mass.
.Bangor. Maine.
.B3 Congress St.. Boston, Mass.
.02 1’rospect Ave., Wollaston. Mass.
.Bath, Maine.
Damon ft Bolles Co.
Day, R. L. & Co..
Carl G. Freese .
Dennison, C. K. & Co. . ..
Theodore X. Canney . .
Doherty. Henry L. & Co. .
Harold Gerrish .
Vernon E. Rand.
Bert M. Harding .....
S. A. Dahlgren.
Joseph P. Rand .
Dudley, Edwin C.
Durell, A. B. ft Co., Inc. ..
Howard R. Corter . .
Norton V. Llrinell ....
De Pyro Laboratories, inc.
50 State St., Boston, Mass.
35 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
Framingham, Mass.
07 Milk St.. Boston, Mass.
Dorchester, Mass.
00 Wall St., New York, N. Y.
Box 804, Portland, Maine.
Pixfield, Maine.
37 Elm St., Waterville. Maine
Washington St„ Bath, Maine.
Dexter, Maine.
Augusta, Maine.
15 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
Fidelity Bldg., Portland, Maine.
Fidelity Bldg., Portland. Maine.
11 Exchange St., Portland. Maine.
Eastern Securities Co., Ltd. .
F. J. Breman ..
A. Murray Vaughan .
Eastern Trust & Banking Co.
Eddy, E. J. & Co., Inc.
.Edie, Sweet & Richards, Jnc.
J. Ernest Shennett .......
Benjamin P. Beers .
E. A. Hanson .
Edmunds Bros.
Elliot, Alonzo & Co., Inc.
Equitable Trust Co. of N. Y
George W. Allen . ..-cr,
Hstabroolc & Co.
Ashmcad White .,.
Eastman Service, Inc.
Robert B. Carney .
St. John, N. B.
St. John, N. B.
St. John, N. B.
2 Slate St., Bangor, Maine.
IS Asylum St., Hartford, Conn.
155 Devonshire SI., Boston, Mass.
189 Devonshire St., Boston. Mass,
is ft Devonshire St.. Boston, Mass.
178 Middle St., Portland, Maine.
5o State St., Boston. Mass.
20 Amherst St., Manchester, N. H.
37 Wall St., New York, N. Y.
37 Wall St., New York, N. Y.
15 State St., Boston. Mass.
169 Broadwuy, 'Bangor, Mace.
Portland, Maine.
Auburn, Maine.
Fairfield Savings Bank & Trust Co.. . .
Farlee, J. S. & Co.
Fernald, Geo. A. & Co.
Freeman J. Scott.
Fidelity Trust Co.
Wm. M. MacLeod .
Vernon W. Kimball .
First Auburn Trust 'Co.
First National Bank .
First National Bank .
First National Bank .
(J. W. M. Nash, Cherry field, Me.)
First National Bank .
First National Corporation .
Abram W. French .
Flagg, Chas. F.*.
Fletcher. Edward J...
Forest City Trust Co.
Frontier Trust Co...
First National Bank...
Harold M. Pierce ...
Fairfield, Maine.
66 Broadway, New York. X. \ .
19 Milk St., Boston, Mass.
Fidelity Bldg., Portland. Maine.
467 Congress St., Portland, 'Maine.
407 Congress St., Portland, Maine.
467 Congress St., Portland, Maine.
Auburn. Maine.
Bath, Maine.
Houlton. Maine.
Petersburg, N. D.
Brunswick, Maine.
30 Federal St., Boston, Mas.^.
Newton, Mass.
102 Exchange St., Portland, Maine.
85 Exchange St., Portland, Maine.
Portland, Maine.
Fort Fairfield, Maine?
Bangor, Maine.
Bangor, Maine.
Carnage, J. A. & Co...IVatervllle, Maine.
Richard D. Bull .Waterville, Maine.
Gilman. Chas. H. & Co., Inc.Portland, Maine.
Richard M. Allen .Columbia Falls, Maine.
Ebon E. Mastcrman ...Jay, Maine.
Wallace L. Cook .-.81 Grant* St.. Portland, Maine.
Gerald E. Leeds .Bangor, Maine.
Ervin C. Sinnett .84 Grant St., Portland, Maine.
Wm. E. Gilman...9 Orkney St., Portland, Maine.
Gove Motor Co...Blddcford, Maine. %
Maynard S. Dean . 455 Congress St., Portland, Maine.
'Graham, Parsons & Co. ..a. 435 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Alticn S. Hiehborn ..14 Chapel St., Augusta, Maine.
Grant, R. M. & Co.'...S5 Devonshire St., Boston, Maes.
R. M. Brown ...’.Winthrop, Maine.
Gxay, Jesse A.ISO Digit St., Portland, Maine.
Guaranty Company of N. Y.140 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
Charles'Edward Files .Fidelity Trust Bldg., Portland, Maine.
Guilford Trust Co.Guilford, Maine.
Halse>*. Stuart A- Co..
G. E. Barnekov....
J. K. Barnekov ..
Hamlin, E. XT. <*t Co, ............,
W. Cameron Johnston .............
Hammons, W. S. ft Co..
John W. Oakley ..
Chas. W. Lovejoy .
Harold K. Lord .
Hancock County Farmers' Union
Grain ft. Supply Co.
Harlow. A. C...
Richard A. Harlow ...
Harris, Forbes & Co., Inc..-..-........
Philip H. James....
Hatch, L. .Tudson .................... .....
Hayden. Stone ft Co.
Win. H. Porter ... «»—■,.'« ....,,
Chester R. Knowles ....
v Arthur P. Smith .......
Arthur C. Raymond „.
A. If. Nichols .......w.'.y,....•
Halt & Co....
Lester R. Packard ..
Hooper. Kimball & Williams, Inc.
Arthur C. Fowler.
Homblower & Weeks ..
Earle S. Thompson ... ............
W. Ernest Leighton ..,..vm... .
Roscoe C. Wentworth
Hotchkln & Co., ......•— . ...«
Hunt, Ellis & Co. ..... . .. n..,
Howard McDougall ........ .r.....
Hardman, W. A. & Co., Inc....MM.
L. XI, Little * «
209 So. LaSalle St., Chicago, 111.
10 Post office Square, Boston, Mass.
10 Post Office Square, Boston, Mass.
148 State St., Boston. Mass.
Portland, Maine. R. F. D. No. 4.
120 Exchange St., Portland, Maine.
59 West St., Portland, Maine.
49 Congress St., Rumford, Maine.
Sanford, Maine.
Ellsworth, Maine.
552 Masonic Bldg., Portland, Maine.
552 Masonic Bldg.. Portland, Maine.
35 Federal St., Boston, Mass.
35 Federal St., Boston, Mass. ,..
2 Kennedy St.. Augusta, Maine. J#;.
87 Milk St., Boston, Mass. .■)&*
ISO Middle St., Portland, Maine,
ISO Middle St., Portland, Maine. ■?',
180 Middle St., Portland, Maine.
87 Milk St., Boston, Mass. ,
Searsport, Maine.
200 Devonshire St, Boston, Mass.
200 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass.
35 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
35 Congress St„ Boston, MaBB.
60 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
78 Exchange St., Portland, Maine.
78 Exchange St., Portland, Maine.
78 Exchange St., Portland, Maine.
53 State St., Boston, Mass. n.
27 State St., Boston, Mass.
216 Middle St.. Portland, Maine. W
25 Broad St„ New York City. t
Boston, Mass.
Jackson-& Curtis'vasswaaa:*-... .. .. 19 Congress - St, Boston, Mass.
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Kennebec Navigation .. Bath, Maine. ■ v*. ;»,?**!'
Kennebec Trust Co....-v-A.iiv.-...Waterville, Maine.
Kenney ft Greenwood .. . 335 Water St., Auguata, Maine.
Kidder, Peabody & Co. .115 Devonshire St.. Boston. Masr'.
Kimball. Wm. o. ft Co. .w— —....8 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
KJneo Trust Co. «.«••..Dover, Maine.
Keecb, F. B. ft Wall st. New York, N. Y.
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Leach, A, B-.ft-Co.
Chas. S. Erswell ..
»■ Win. F. Porter .. ».'.w. .-v,
Albert A. Richard* •
Seat Higglnson & Co.
Harry A. Rounds... .
Howard M. Frederick ..
M. DeShon „..,lWiW, . .i.
_ . George ft Co.
F. F. Noyes -c,
f.
I Dswtston Trust Co. ___
...209 Washington St.. Boston, Mass.
• •. 117 1-2 Main St., Brunswick, Main*.
...117 1-2 Main St., Brunswick. Maine.
.. 209 Washington St., Boston, Mass.
.. 44 State St., Boston, Mass.
... Portland, Maine.
...Westbrook, Maine.
...Portland, Maine.
...40 Court St., Boston, Mass.
.. .9 Getchell St., WatervlUS, Maine.
».. 46 Lisbon St., Lewiston, Maine.
-...21 Storer St., Portland, Maine.
Liberty National Bank ....
Llaraan, F. J. & Co.
Longley, John F. Sons, Inc.
Harry Lord .
Lowell, F. H.
Loco, Ernest & Co.
Maine Trust & Banking Co.
Maine Grocery Co.
Manufacturers’ National Bank ...
Merchants' Trust & Banking Co. .
Merrill, Oldham A Co.
Walter E. Smart .
Philip H. Tlrrell .
Merrill Trust Co...
F. A. Morrison .
Arthur Smith .
Robert B. Holmes .
Moseley, F. S. & Co.
Samuel W. Lc-wis .
George B. Barstow .
Joseph C. Barstow .
Mann, C.. A. Co.
Earl 'R. Mann .
Lewis N. Mann .
Delia G. Mann .
F. F. Prince .
.. S3 Main St., Ellsworth. Maine.
.. 61 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
..Plymouth, Maine (R. F. D. Detroit).
..Central St., Bangor, Maine.
.. Calais, Maine.
..24 Milk St., Boston, Mass.
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.. Gardiner, Maine.
..5, Plum St„ Portland, Maine.
.. Lewiston. Maine.'
..Presque Isle. Maine.
.. 35 Congress St.. Boston, Mass.
.,24 Orkney St., Portland, Maine.
.. 225 Main St.. Reading, Mass.
.. Bangor, Maine. ,
.. Bangor. Maine.
.. Bangor, Maine.
.. Ellsworth, Maine.
.. 50 Congress St., Roston, Mass.
.. Brookline, Mass.
.. Gardiner, Maine.
.. Gardiner, Maine.
.. 505 Fifth Ave.. New York, N. Y.
.. Bucksport. Maine.
.. Bangor, Maine.
.. Bangor, Maine.
.. Auburn, Maine.
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Nason, H. L. & Co.■ ... $5 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass.
National City Co.in State St.. Boston. Mass.
Chester H. Pease. 396 Congress St., Portland, Maine.
Seward W. Marsh.396 Congress St., Portland, Maine.
Philip C. Keith.396 Congress St., Portland, Maine.
Chas. H. Hubbard.15 State St., Bangor, Maine.
Wm. R..-Murphy .15 State St.. Bangor. Maine.
National School tof Accountancy .17X Middle St., Portland. Maine.
G. W. Robbins .17s Middle St.. Portland, Maine.
Warner Brooks .45 A. Spring St., Portland. Maine.
Anthony F. Arau .Congress Sq. Hotel, Portland, Maine.
North National Bank .Rockland. Maine.
Old Colony Trust Co. ..
Old Town Trust Co. . .
Otis & Company ..
(Boston Office—45
.17 Court St.. Boston, Mass.
.Old Town, Maine.
.216 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
Milk Street).
Paine, Webber & Co.
Parle C. Rundlette ....
K H. Gabbi .
Parker, C. D. & Co., Inc.
Warren is. Currier .
Parkinson & Purr .
H. E. Bruyere .
Payson, H. M. & Co.
Philip M. Payson .
Walter M. Lovejoy.
Fred T. Ela .
Bussell W. Davis.
Stanley H. Patten .
Abel J. Parent .
Peoples National Bank (The)
Perry. Arthur & Co.
Loren A, Littlelield . ...
Perkins, l'hos., Inc.
Harry M. Bates'.
James D. Hibbs^.
Pond Company ..
Walter P. Lemke.
Harry Levy .
Poitland National Bunk ....
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. ■ S2 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass.
. . Danforth St., Portland, Milne.
... Portland, Maine.
..67 Milk St., Boston, Mass.
..67 Milk St.. Boston, Mass.
. . 5S State St.. Boston, Mass.
. . 53 State St., Boston, Mass.
. . 93 Exchange St.. Portland, Maine.
.. 93 Exchange St., Portland, Maine.
.. 93 Exchange St., Portland, Maine.
.. Fryeburg, Maine.
.. Freeport, Maine.
/. ■ 17 Thomas St.. Portland, Maine.
..Island l’oud, Vermont.
.. Waterville, Maine.
. . 19 Milk St.. Boston. Mass.
.. Danvers. Mass,
..15 State St., Boston. Mass.
.. 36 Pearl St.. Hartford, Conn.
. . 36 Pearl St., Hartford, Conn.
..Ill Devonshire St., Boston, Mass.
. . Lisbon Falls, Maine.
..112 Park St., Portland, Maine.
. . Portland, Maine.
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Bead. Win. A. & Co. . .ft ....
Eugene F. O'Brien .
Richard L. Henderson .
Richardson, Hill & Co.
Jasper B. Cousens .
Sabine W. Wood .
John H. Frederick.
Arthur Ashworth .
Win. D. Ireland . .
John D. Barron .
-Wajter T. Burns .»
Henry N. Mann.
Kockland National Bank.
Rollins, E. H. & Sons .
Fred M. Swan .
Charles W. Leonard .
Harold K. Rounds .
.Richard I*. Boothby .
Vernon H. Tooker .
F. \V. Winder .
John H. Brown .
John N. Carroll.
Robinson, J. M. &. Sons.
George Ross .
R. W. MoFadgen .
H. G. D. Ellis .
...19 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
...19 Congress St.. Boston, Mass.
... 19 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
. .. 50 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
...195 Parkview Ave., Bangor, Maine.
».-21 Grove St., Bangor, Maine.
. . . 372 Hammond St., Bangor. Maine.
...15 McKinley St., Bangor, Maine.
...34 Taylor S'., Portland. Maine.
... 25 Morning St., Portland, Maine.
...99 Pine Si., Portland, Maine.
...Ill Woodfords St., Portland, Maine.
.. . Rockland, Maine.
...200 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass.
. .. 206, Masonic Bldg., Portland, Maine.
. .\ 20“ Masonic Bldg.. Portland, Maine.
. . . 538 Main St„ Lewiston, Maine.
. . Lewiston, Maine.
. . . 206 Masonic Bldg., Portland, Maine.
. . First Nat'l Bank Bldg., Bangor. Me.
... Greenville, Maine.
. . . Burlington. Vt.
.. . Box 1060, St. John, -V B.
.. . Moncton. N. B.
. . . Fredericton, NT. B.
... St. John, N. B.
Sanford National Bank
Sanford Trust Co.
Saunders, Hutson B.
Seasongood & Mayer .
E. B. Lewis .
Spencer, Trask & Co.
Warren A. T. Hunt
Walter W. Duffett. Jr.
Spitzer. Rorick & Co,
I,. L’Hoest .
Squibb. E. R. A- Sons .......
Frank R. Gleason
Stacy & Braun ..
Stone & Webster, Inc.
Straus, S. W. & Co.
Wilder W. Perry .
Leon E. Jones . ..
Sutro & Kimbley .
Ivan C. Prince .
.Sanford. Maine.
. Sanford, Maine.
.92 Exchange St.. Portland, Maine.
..Ingalls Bldg.. Cincinnati, Ohio.
..17 Willow St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
. . at • • . 50 Congress St.. Boston, Mass.
. 2li2 Masonic- Bldg.. Portland, Maine.
50 Congress St.i Boston, Mass.
..1524 Equitable Bldg., New York, N. Y.
.New York City.
.SO Beckman St.. New York, N. Y.
.13 Arlington St., Haverhill, Mass.
.5 Nassau St,, New York. N. Y.
117 Milk St.. Boston. Mass.
....Shawmut Nat’l Bank Bldg., Boston,
Mass.
.Camden, Maine.
..S3 Summitt Ave. Winthrop, Mass.
.06 Broadway, New York. N. Y.
.157 Harriet^ St., So. Portland, Maine.
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Timberlake & Co.SO Exchange St., Portland, Maine.
Leon Leighton. Jr. IIS William St., Portland, Maine.
Leon Leighton .SO Exchange St,, Portland, Maine.
Tucker, Anthony & Co.53 State St.. Boston, Mass.
Charles J. Gould .Plymouth, N. H.
Tubbs, W. F. & Co. Norway, Maine.
Tyler, L. C. & Sons Co.. Inc.Bangor. Maine.
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Union Safe Deposit & Trust Co..
Mark A. Means .
United States Trufct Co.
Union Trust Co.
Wm. F. Campbell .
Portland. Maine.
396 Congress SI.. Portland. Maine,
176 Middle St.. Portland, Maine.
Ellsworth. Maine.
Olierryfleld, Maine.
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Wengren. Elmer L.57 Exchange St.. Portland, Maine.
West. George F. & Son .. - 120 Exchange St., Portland, Maine.
North M. West.* . . 79 Main St.. Kennebunk, Maine.
White & Whittum ...165 Main St.. Lewiston, Maine.
Wise, Hobbs i'c Arnold .15 Congress St.. Boston, Mass.
Ralph L. Wiggin .S3 Spring St., Rockland, Maine.
Wrenn Bros. & Co..53 State St., Boston, Mass.
Samuel A. Anderson.Fidelity Bldg.. Portland, Maine.
Woodbury, E. P. & Co., Inc.1SS Main St., Burlington, Vt.
apr2dlt
Germany Must Pay
in Full, Attitude
of American Govt.
Washington, ?Vpr. 1.—Rumors • via
London of conversations between
Germany and the United States as to
reparation payments brought an au
thoritative statement from adminis
tration officials today that the atti
tude of the United States toward
Germany is that she must accept her
responsibility for the war and pay
her obligations to the fullest extent
she is able.
The London advices from Berlin
say it was understood Germany had j
made certain proposals to the United
States regarding reparations pay-!
nients, including a suggestion that
she assume liability for part of the I
debts of the allied powers to the
Utitcd States. There was no Coniir
matlon of .the receipt of any such
proposal. although Commissioner
Dresel at Berlin, has reported on
conversations with German officials in
Which the reparations question came
up. The nature of these conversa
tions was not disclosed.
In connection with the subject,
however, occasion was taken to make
perfectly clear the general attitude
of the new administration toward all
matters involved In the controversy
between the allied powers and Ger
many which led to occupation of ad
ditional Germany territory. The pol
icy of this government was summed
up in the terse assertion that Ger
many must accept full responsibility
for the war and pay her liabilities to
the full extent of her ability.
Veteran Steamboat
Man Dies at Portland
Portland, Me., Apr. 1.—Capt. Hfenry
L. Thompson, for the past 12 years
federal steamboat inspector for this
district, died here today, aged CO
years. Capt. Thompson served as a
naval lieutenant in the Spanish war
and as lieutenant commander on the
steamship Westerdyke, engaged in
carrying supplies to Europe in the
World war. having been awarded a
naval cross for distinguished ser
j vice.
He resumed his duties as steam
I boat inspector after the signing of
the armistice. He was a native of
i e
New Bedford, Maas. A widow sur
vives.
N. E. FARMERS
(Continued from Page One)
field, district field agent of the Bu
reau of Crop estimates of the Fed
eral Department of Agriculture.
While they have experienced heavy
reductions in prices of many of their
products, potatoes, onions, hay. and
others and expect these lower prices
to continue, they take courage from
the fact that there has been a drop
in the price of grain and seeds and
that labor in most cases is plentiful
at wages averaging one third less
than was paid last year. Prices of
farm tools and machinery, however,
show little change. •
The open winter, favorable for out
door work and livestock, and the
unusually early opening of favorable
spring weather are important con
ditions giving hope and tone to the
farmer, according to many reports
Mr. Sanders lifts received. For the
dairy farmer the open winter and
other factors have had the effect of
creating a surplus In the milk supply
but prices of dairy products general
ly have held up well.
E. It. Thomson, president of the
federal land bank of Springfield in a
letter to Mr. Sanders, reviewing con
ditions from the standpoint of the
bank said:
“Although New England farms in
common with all others^ engaged in
agriculture this year have suffered
from the severe decline in farm
prices they have not felt this loss
nearly as badly as farmers in a one
crop region. Most of our New Eng
land farmers have a diversified
business and on the whole they are
in a good sound position today. In
terest collections as indicated on the
thousands of loans made through the
federal land bank have been excel
lent. Even out of $000,000 in Aroos
took county, Maine, a district which
hus suffered severely from the low
price of potatoes this past spring,
there is only one interest payment
of $292 which is a single day over
due.” ,
In general the reports received Indi
cate that the crop acreage this year
will be about the same as last year's
with some decrease possible. Nearly
all crops of 1920 were produced at top
notch cost, and prices of potatoes, hay
■and some other products are so low
that farmers say they are quite uncer
tain as t owhat they should plant and
how much this year. '
Potato (rowers and dealers in
Aroostook county, Maine, are divided
in opinion upon the 1921 plant, but a
majority believe the acreage will
equal if not exceed that of last year.
A heavy carry-over of 1920 sweet
corn and uncertainty as to future
prices are causing canners to defer
contracting their 1921 acreage at prices
demanded by the farmers and a much
smaller acreage in that crop now seems
likely.* A good apple crop is expected.
The season for maple sugar in New
Hampshire, Vermont and western
Massachusetts has been somewhat un
satisfactory and prices of sugar and
syrup are down so much from last
year that fewer trees haev been tapped.
Peach prospects have been consid
ered excellent a’though some uncer
tainty was felt at the time the reports
were sent as to the effect of the re
cent cold snap on the budding trees.
The acreage of tobacco as well as
of Connecticut valley onions is ex
pected to decrease somewhat, perhaps
6 to 8 per cent., according to reports.
The hay acreage is considered likely to
gain slightly, notwithstanding that the
open winter and hard frosts lately have
been bad for meadows and pastures.”
"What farmers want most,” con
clude# Mr.’Sanders. "is the estimate of
a new and equitable balance in prices
of their products compared with prices
of what they must buy. They feel that
prices of tools and machinery are so
high as to be prohibitive while fertil
izer prices arc yet higher than they
should be. Retail prices of many oth
er supplies they buy remain dispro
portionately high. Team work on the
part of all lines of business is needed
to smooth out their difficulties.”
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committee appointed by the Governor
were not particularly anxious to have
this bill passed. The same results
could be secured .by assessing the
tax on the same basis as that of 1920
| was assessed. It was not the method
| to be adopted which was of moment,
! but the result to be attained.
The situation, Mr. Pattangall said. |
was so acute that there was a justi- !
filiation for bringing this matter be- 1
, fore the committee at this time. Dis- ,
cussing the possibility of meeting the j
situation by an increase of freight j
rates he said that he could not think I
of a greater disaster to the industries \
of Maine. The Maine Central hoped ]
i to effect a saving of $3,300,000 in op- :
l orating and general expenses this'
| year. Although the labor board at ]
l Chicago was at work on the problem \
j no very Immediate relief could be ex- j
Ipected in wage reduction. The Maine ;
i railroads now pay a larger franchise i
: tax than those of any other eastern !
; State. The estimated tax on the
j Maine Central this year, unless relief
; was granted, outside that assessed
I upon bonds, would be, estimated, ]
j $1,335,000. He believed that the tax- ■
i at ion committee would see tht injus- |
; lice of this.
Apply the tax paid by the Maine !
Central to other Industries. The j
road has paid a gross earning tax i
since 1911 of 5 1-2 per cent. In 1909 j
the tax was fixed at 5 per cent., but'
the Maine Central was showing dif- ;
ferently then. A difference was j
shown between its gross and net
earnlgs of about 24 per cent., so the
Taxation committee said it would
take part of that and made the tax
accordingly and thought that limit
i safe. The Maine Central was then
so prosperous that it was decreasing
rates. Then came 1911, a hard year
and as an emergency act the I.egis- j
j iaturo made the tax 5 1-2 per cent.. I
which down to 1917 the road could]
| stand. Now the conditions have!
; changed.
iu.it iax to omer industries
and see if it can he justified. I(
know a paper mill putting out daily I
SO tons of paper at $100 a ton. If j
taxed as the railroad it would pay \
$182,000. A country store turning;
over $50,000 a year, would be taxed ;
$2750. It has been said that a sales;
tax would be a good way, hut a sales |
j tax is on gross receipts, and no one !
! has suggested taxing that over 2 per j
| cent, and most only 1 per cent.
! The railroad tax is not a property
i tax but a franchise tax. The prcp
| erty remained for other taxation,
; Just as any property. Tho stock !s
j exempt; the property pays $193,000
i tax. All the property of the Maine
j Central and allied roads is about
! $12,00Q,000 and if we should apply
the franchise tax rate as a property i
tax you would get better than an 8j
per cent. tax. And if applied to the
five-sixth that is in Maine, it would
be over 9 per cent
The Maine Central in 1917, with!
its stock at par, paid $539,000 in
taxes and today, with its stock worth
but 40 per cent., is paying $972,000.
It may be that a feeling of antag
onism has arisen and that we don’t
care what becomes of the railroad
but we can’t say that of our indus
tries and the road depends absolute
ly on what it gets from those indus
tries for business. We must then
see that we do not tax the railroad
too high, for then it comes back as
a tax on ourselves.
It’s been said that one way for the
railroad to get the needed money is
from the wages. The Maine Central
cannot change the wages of a single
employee except of the 58 in the exe
cutive department, nor its rates, be
cause the Federal Labor Board fixes
the wages and the Interstate Com
merce commission fixes the rates.
That is a federal law. I think my
self that ' inequalities exist in the
wage matter, but that they will be
straightened out.
But if you take from the men the
$1,500,000 the Maine Central must
haxe next year, no one would say “it
must all come out of you, at a time
when the State is taking more in
taxes from the road than ever before.
Unless you change the law, you are
increasing the railroad taxes. It
has been said that the railroad asked
a rebate of taxes. The Maine Cen
tral paid last year $795,000 and un-!
less you change the law it will pay
$275,000 more than that next year.
Is there any excuse for further bur
dening the railroads?
Some have said that it Is purely a
plan to depress the stock so the road
can then buy it in. A Washington
dispatch three days ago sold that
Vice President Coolidge and Sec.
Weeks had called President Hard
in’s attention to the desperate situa
tion of the New England railroads
and the President had called the
cabinet and the Interstate Commerce
Commission and Labor Board to
gether to discuss the matter. Is that
depressing the stock? The emer
gency has been so great and so im
portant that whether or not it at
tracts the attention of this Legisla-'
ture it has attraced he attention of
the President of the United States
and h4 is going into the matter.
Coming back to the first proposi
tion, you’ve got a big industry in
the railroads in Maine, which with
agriculture is the great underlying
industry—and you’ve got it on its
knees. We are not like the cotton
mill and other industries, for we
cant’ go out of business, neither can
we control our income or our outgo.
The income is controlled by the In
terstate Commerce Commission and
the outgo by the Labor Board and
taxes.
The State of Maine wants to# be
in a position where it can say to the
big business men we have done our
part toward relieving the situation;
to the stockholders that wo have
done our best to make the stock val
uable and to the employes you
should meet the situation fairly and
be able to say “we’ve done our part."
It has been said: “Oh, let the
road go into the hands of a receiver."
No receiver will take money out of
his own pocket to run the road and
it costs just the same to run it one
way as another. The Bangor &
Aroostook is the only road in Maine
that is paying expenses and at that
is not earning what it should.
I feel that this committee will look
at this matter fairly, just as though
it had come in earlier.
You will find men who will say that
they could run the Maine Centrul and
mukt' it pay. There is always some
one who can do things a little better
than anyone else.
I want to say right here that I
was much gratified by the words
spoken of the Maine railroads at the
recent committee hearings in Boston.
Some of the great business men who
sharply criticised the Boston & Muine
and the New Haven, said that the
Maine railroads are most economical
ly and efficiently run.
I don’t think it is generally known
that the Maine Central has never put
out a single share of stock except for
cash. It is and always has been a
bona fide business proposition. It is
in a position today where ft asks—
not for much—but just as you and
I would go to our local assessors and
ask for taxation relief. The Maine
Central has paid well in taxes, don’t
increase the burden.
A sixth of the Maine Central’s lines
were located in New Hampshire and
Vermont, Mr. Pattangall stated, and
the total, tax which it paid on those
States was $(12,000. Taxed on the
same basis in .Maine their State tax
would be about $300,000. Outside of
California no State taxed railroads
higher than Maine. So long as the
roads of Maine were prosperous he
did not object. He did think that to
assess the same tax on gross earnings
when tile road was operating at a
loss that was assessed when it was
earning a surplus of 21 per cent, could
not be justified.
An increase of a mill in the State
tax would cost Algusta $ll,000f but
a five per cent, freight raise would
cost the city many times that.
There was a great d«?a4 to this prob
lem. One of the problems was whe
ther the railroads could he run under
private control and the most of the
people of Maine liab been brought up
to believe that business was best con
ducted by business men. There was
one thing that must be borne in mind:
if the railroads were forced into gov
ernment ownership there would be no
railroad tax for the State %t all, be
cause they couldn’t tax railroad prop
erty.
It must bo remembered that this
was Maine, not Massachusetts or
Rhode Island. This, said he, is a
great undeveloped State and we need
the things of a pioneer State. Maine
needs nfore, not less railroads. Maine
had always helped lailroads. Hut for
the help extended by Aroostook coun
ty there would be no railrbad there
and the same was true of Washing
ton ccunty.
Questioned by Rep. Winter of Au
burn. Mr. Pattangall said that from
his investigations he could not re
gard the Maine Central as a prosper
ous road Rt the end of 1920, as it
showed a deficit.
"Under the constitution." said Mr.
Winter, “ail property is to be taxed
the same?”
"That depends,” was the reply,
"upon the kind of property. You
don’t assess a franchise tax the way
you dc a property tax. I'll ask you
if you would lax savings bank de
posits at the same rate of your local
property tax?"
“Certainly not."
‘f didn’t think you would," com
mented Mr. Rattangail.
Rep. Winter then inquired if Mr.
X’attungall. in view' of the fact that
the average local tax rate in Maine
had advanced 87 per cent, he did not
think the railroad could stand the
advance, and was told that there was
a different way or looking at it. If a
piece of property had decreased in
value it would be taxed at a lower
valuation, which was a different
proposition.
Asked concerning the value of the
property of the Maine Central, Jdr.
I^ttangall said that he had never had
much experience valuing stations, but
he knew that steel and ties had in
creased in value, "but." said he, "rail
road valuations are not determined
that way; they are determined by the
earning power of the road. If 1 had
the choice of a run between Bangor
and Machias and one between New
York and Philadelphia, I’d take the
New ^ ork-Philadelphia road, even
though the value of the steel and
ties was the same, because it would
earn more."
Again he explained that insolvency
was not a matter of surpluses, for the
bankruptcy laws provided that when
a man couldn’t pay his bills he Could
go into bankruptcy. No tax was as
sessed upon valuation; it was u{pon
market value. Later he assured Mr.
Winter that the Maine Central sur
plus which he was referring to was
not in cash where it could be taken
right out. but rather a difficult thing
to be made available.—
Judge Renj. F. Cleaves, also a
member of the special committee, in
vited the members of the taxation
committee to take advantage of the
services of the chief accountant of
the public utilities commission in
Bludying those accounts which had
been referred to.
fhe reason why we felt that we
must present some measure to you
was that at our hearings andjthrough
conversations with many people came
i variety of suggestions as to what to
So for relief of the roads. It in the
industries and agriculture that must
pay the 10 per cent, increase In rates
that is asked. Labor said that all
the burden shouldn't rest on them, al
though it is to be seen that some ad
justment will be made. We think
we the State should take a hand and
help play the game.
We present our measure to you but
we of course report finally to the
Governor and in due time the Inter
state Commerce Commission will
take up the matter. That court is al
ways in session and so is the Labor
Board and some kind of an adjust
ment will surely be made, although
no one knows what it will be in dol
lars and cents.
Congress will soon be in session, in
10 days, but you will probably have
adjourned. Congress will probably
ask what Maine has done for relief
and our committee and the Governor
might have to answer ‘•nothing.”
Therefore we could not leave the sit
uation and the Governor without pre
senting some measure to you. The
other courts will be in Session; this
one will have adjourned. It was our
solemn duty to present all the facts
in our possession to you, that you
may do with them as you see fit.
Ex-Governor William T. Cobb said
that didn’t qualify as a witness as
representing the Maine Central, al
though a director: nor as represent
ing labor, although connected with a
concern that employed many men.
He had been connected for years with
various business enterprises and
would qualify as an ordinary bus
iness man, a citizen of the State of
Maine. He thought such men had just
as much right to so appear as any
one.
He said the idea has been spread
that the Maine Central was not be
ing managed well, and asserted that
it was being honestly and efficiently
handled, the management doing every
thing possible for the road and the
business interests of the State. It is
not fair to discuss the road in that
criticising manner. Every act of the
Maine Central is as open as a book
to any and all who have the right to
inspect.
I’ve been toid that one cause of the
prejudice against the road was its
propaganda in the newspapers. Why
did we do that? I am a director and
a member of the committee having in
charge this Legislative matter. The
Maine Central didn't think it right to
have the old system of lobbying. It
has not had a man under pay in Au
gusta all this winter. The only way
to do was to state the situation in
the newspapers in a decent, honeot
way. I don’t believe the railroads are
getting a lair deal. If the Legislature
believes what the roads say, it should
give some kind of relief.
Now, do the railroads need or do
they not need relief? If they do
tilery are only open the avenues men
tioned here. We ought, I think, get*
part of the relief from the State of
Maine. If^we do not, gentlemen, you
will see the road going into receiver’s
hands or into government control. Is
it wise to let that situation exist?
I’ve often heard the question “Why
doesn’t Maine get ahead?” There
seerns to be a feeling against the
management of every corporation in
Maine, as though they .were dishon
est. It' that keeps on, the corpora
tion will be leaving Maine and there
are no inducements to get others
here.
This is the most serious situation
that, has ever confronted the people
of Maine and the Maine Legislature
should give some kind of relief to the
railroads. I know of no better pur
pose for which money may be raised
than for the railroads that have done
and are doing so much for the wel
fare of the State.
Norman L. Bassett of Augusta, a di
rector of the Boston & Maine, said he
endorsed al! that had been said. The
Boston & Maine situation is that the
deficit is increasing and now, instead
of the $1,000,000 a month that was giv
en at the other hearing, it is nearer
$1,225,000 a month. The road’s fixed
charges annually amount to about
$6,500,000. If we had no relief and de
pended on saving just in the econo
mies on coal, etc., the best we could
do would be to just about pay the
fixed charges. So we felt that it was
right to come to this committee and
ask the Legislature to afford some re
lief. The- 5 1-2 p$r cent, tax is a hea
vy burden. The road with its 2304
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bill. He told the committee that he
introduced a bill in the Legislature of
1903 prohibiting the sale and manu
facture of cider as he considered this
one of the greatest curses of the
State. The measure passed the House
and was defeated in the Senate be
cause the Republican leaders said that
such a measure would lose 20.000 votes
for the Republican party. He advo
cated giving the people of Maine the
same opportunity offered the people
of New Hampshire and other states
to secure liquor for medicinal purpos
es upon prescriptions of reputable
physicians. lie expressed confidence
that Maine physicians would not per
mit of any violation of the law.
Thomas E. McDonald of Portland,
who spoke in favor of the bill, said
that his first vote in Michigan was
cast for prohibition. Ho did not drinlr
liquor and he personally did not think
that liquor was good for medicinal
purposes, but many people thought
that physicians should prescribe li
quor for medicine.
“I don’t have to have liquor when T
go fishing,” sid Mr. McDonald.
"I believe that the sentiment for thp
prohibitory law would be strengthened
if there was a method by which li
quor could be procured for medicinal
go fishing,” said Mr. McDonald.
Rep Rounds of Portland favored
the bill. He said that therg was a
prohibition candidate for mayor of
Portland whose daughter was ill and
the physician ordered liquor. The li
quor was procured but the man who
furnished it was breaking the law.
Thomas Leigh of Augusta said that
the bill did not involve the sale of li
quor illegally. He believed that there
should be a way whereby a person
could legally buy liquor for medicinal
purposes.
This committee would not recom
mend a law to the Legislature which
would bring about the improper use
of liquor,” said Mr. Leigh. “If the
Volstead act is applicable to the u#lon
in permitting the sale of liquor for a
legitimate purpose, why should It not
apply to Maine?
Chairman Thompson of the commit
tees read letters from Rep. Phillips
of Bar Harbor, who introduced the
bill, and Mayor Charles B. Clarke of
Portland, in favor of the measure.
Mayor Clarke said that at one time
he was unable tg procure liquor to be
used under the direction of the Port
land Board of Health because of the
Maine law.
miles of line, pays about *1,259,000 in
taxes and on the 101 miles In Maine
pays the State *278,000.
fc He said that as a\director he had
Been the Boston & Maine go through
a receiver’s hands, seen the reorgan
ization and when the financial situa
tion was cleared sp it did seem as
though daylight was ahead. Presi
dent Hustus had said that it was go
ing to be better and easier to run the
road. But now he had seen all that
disappear and things were growing
worse.
He and Director J. Sumner Cook are
residents of Maine and believe in her
future. He was opposed to govern
ment control and wanted the Maine
Central. Boston & Maine and Ban
gor & Aroostook to keep on as the>
have been and hoped that when he is
asked again at his directors’ meeting
“What has Maine done?” that he can
tell that ‘‘my State has come to the
i rescue.”
[ Former Attorney General Guy H.
Sturgis of Portland appeared in be
half of the Bangor & Aroostook. He
said that road’s situation was not so
serious as the Maine Central and Bos
ton & Maine, but it was not now op
erating up- to its fixed charges, hav.
ing gone behind over *60,000 in the
last three months. Last month, with
the biggest business in the road’s his
tory, the surplus over the fixed charg
es was just *56.
He explained the recent dividend
paid by the Bangor & Aroostook by
saying that it was not earned, but
came from a fund that had accumu
lated during the days of prosyritv,
when something was laid away for
emergency, just as cash is “tucked
away in the stocking for a rainy day.”
The reason why the dividend was
declared was that the credit of the
road’s bonds might be maintained.
Iiep. Winter of Auburn spoke, brief
ly, in opposition'to the bill. He also
filed with the committee a copy of
the stenographic report of the first
railroad tax hearing held during this
session. In the course of his remarks
Mr. Winter said that but three of the
steam roads of Maine were represent
ed at this hearing.
He was asked by Leonard Pierce of
Portland what proportion of the *1.
500,000 railroad tax paid in 1920 those
three roads paid. Rep. Winter gave
the items as follows: B. & A., *23:,
000: B. & M., *272,000: and M. C„ *790,
000, which made a total of *1,304,000.
Rufus S. Webb of Yarmouth also
opposed the bill and charged that op
erating expenses of the Maine Cen
tral had beeif “jacked up” in order to
show the $600,000 deficit in the months
of January dnd February.
He also said that the money of that
road which was set aside for depreci
ation was invested in outside securi
stie# which were a constant drain on
the treasury of the road.
In closing he said that the Maine
Central had been caught in its own
net: that the method of taxing on
gross earnings had been devised by
the attorneys of the road but that it
had now reached a proportion which
had never been anticipated.
i y
Drys Up in Maine ./ j
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[permitting the selling of liquor on $
physicians’ prescriptions and had
'found them decidedly unsatisfactory
in all the states where the method I
prevails. He said that in Wisconsin 3
one physician has issued 1800 pre
scriptions an/J in Maryland a case has
been found where a prescription had
been issued in the name of a woman
Who had been dead four years.
Mrs. Althea O. Quimby of North
Turner. State president of the W. C. ’ i
T. U., addressed the committee in op
position to the bill. Mrs. Quimby
stated that the W. C. T. U., which has
fought the liquor interests for many; J
years, stands ready to support any’
measure that will strengthen and
make better the prohibitory law, buti |
was decidedly opposed to this bill,
which she characterized as a “wet”
measure designed to promote the sale
of liquor and make possible the dis
pensing of beer at soda fountains.
*• "If this law is enacted," said Mrs.
Quimby. “it will make Mains the 10th,
State permitted to manufacture and
sell beer and liquors.” She quoted
the Maine Pharmaceutical Associa
tion as opposed to such legislation
and named many influential members
of the medical profession and many
of the foremost medical societies a«
stating that alcohol has no standing
as a medicine.
jiiu WJUUUU1.V jaw, saiu aaro. • j
Quimby, "was never so popular as It
is today. We can have ail the bene
fits of the Volstead latv at present
without any of the pernicious effects
and X appeal to this committee in
the naifie of the mothers of Maine |
and of the children for whom we are
all responsible to report unfavorably
upon this measure.”
Rep. Harry L. Cram of Portland
said that at the request of the Wom
en's Christian Temperance Union of
Portland he wished to protest agrainst
the bill. He said further that he
agreed with Director Perkins on the
probable effect of the passage of this
act and he did not think that the
measure was called for under the ex
isting conditions.
Rev. Mr. Owen called on Sheriff
King F. Graham of Cumberland coun
ty to register his protest against the
bill.
"This bill aims to wipe out the
Maine law and I <fo not believe that j
the people of the State favor that t J
idea, especially with the women now
having a vote,” said Sheriff Graham.
"I do not believe that now is the }
time to take any backward step in
tlie matter of enforcement. X believe
that some druggists xvould violate
this law if it is passed, in fact, I am
satisfied that a number of druggists
in Cumberland county are dispens
ing alcohol illegally, and there is no
way to place a check on them.”
Sheriff Wilbur C. Oliver of Saga- '
dahoc county told the committee that,
he wanted to go on record as against
the bill. »
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one per cenl. cut in tile price of win
dow glass, effective tomorrow, was
announced here tonight by officials of
the .American Window Glass Com
pany.
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