L&tcess Prolite * Tax Is Baneful, Colver Asserts Member of Federal Trade Commission Advises Dry Good-s !Men to Start Agi? tation Against the Levy ?Vbeut 200 representatives of large dry goods wholesalers from all parts of the country yesterday vociferously agplaaded William B. Colver, member " of the Federal Trade Commission, when w? condemned the Federal excess pronta ?ax ?nd alluded to it as '*oi.e of the ???cornerstones of the present unhealthy i and intolerable price structure in this counts-' Mr, Colver was the principal ?-gi.eai.eV at the sixteenth annual con ?'"? veaticn of the National Wholesale firy Goods Association. of " ge went ? ''?'? to explain that the ex? cess profits tax was not designed as a Avenue measure, but es a profits equul 9* jeer ander o fferent costs of produc? tion dun:-.-, the war. when prices of ?certain commodities were fixed by the ?????vernmer.i. He advised the dry goods Mffaen to ?' " up agitation against the wmtsx and " ' form their representatives ;" :n Washington of its baneful fea ~: ?> tares. Tax Passed On The tas ;< passed en and multiplied, ~'- he said, until about four or five dollars is taken out o.:' some one's pocket for overy dollar reaching the public ?** treasury. ar. Colver elaborated ?n the topic ... o' "work and save." setting forth as ?M principal reason for this advice c ir presi . credit expansion, currency .? expansion, inability of Europe to * produce wealth at present to pay her ,leb:s soon, possibility of overproduc nere because of our lessening: ex? ports and the flow of gold to South series * " Orient. ?Tho artificial price structure," he diclared hemently, "must come down. Orerstimulated wages, overcapitaliza ??> ,-?on of expectations and false factors i: costs m ist come out if this country v* ?j? to have its sails properly reefed and Its hatci.es battered down to meet the ? orm. " hich has followed every great a it that the world has ever seen." .!??, Colver opened his address by < ?plaining the functions of the Federal Trade Commission and re? viewed its activities during the four and a half years of its existence. "Our bureau is the friend and servant of business," he said, "not the Supreme Com. of business as it often has been called." President F. A. Patrick, of F. A. ;? Patrick ?r Co.. Duluth, Minn., sounded the keynote of the convention by allud- ; ii ; ' pr sent market in commodi? ties as "critical" and urging the greatest caution in buying and selling policies. He attacked speculators iji piece goods ,. , and charged then* with unduly raising prices and keeping goods out of legiti? mate trad? . thereby helping :o force a shortage. He alluded to ?he "day of reckoning" for high prices, : but said thai no man could foresee now just when it was c ruing. Thinks Crest is Here Arthu h, president of M. E. Smith ( ompaoVj Omaha, Neb., said that rr.ost jobbers agreed that the crest of pri?es had been reached. ''It is high me," ? ? ?aid, "ter us to pull in our ils, make our commitments close to :.on';>- and neither buy nor ."ell far into ? ra were advised to "play strong" illy advertised goods which ? ed them and their customers, the , to make good profits, but to .-?'." or. such goods on which profit was relatively small. Com i."ts of too small profits by the fixed pr:.cr on some goods, he said, the subjects of? ma?ny, .complaints - ? ? i lers. ; sabflity of paying traveling a basis of profits made >. percentage of gross sales, -alary, was discussed by iamts Wilson, of Clawson & Wilson >mim?y, !'a,T :ie.. X. Y. 'ther addresses were made by W. M. , Howse; of Wichita, Kan.; F.. B. tichmond, Ya.; E. J. Tit Pa.; Bentley P. N'eff, I, . "?-?:: . and James M. Easter, Itimor Md:, all members of the K.atixm. Fund for I'ropaganda A rcj ?? the sip port of an advertising ar.d I - d ?:- cted to teach ageS of buying kn t goods,j instead of directly Mm the ? innfacturersi was unani ? .pected that I to carry on this - ? by subscription SBMMIg The association i:-'-o ?ppr, - : a n solution calling upon ? i ike immediate action ?J the eatj and the league ?f res Cooper, Coate & ny, Los An lent, was the coming year, a i , r>ry ~"'??>e?s Com] ?.. lected first V, i ?son. of r:-'.-.'ai-,, second --i;;- ?? ary- reasurer rhc :u, A. Fernley "? '? ? : of Philadelphia. V? |*Rice Says Only $40,000 P Orders Interested H?m ;, Broker \er-uscd of Theft of 8721 '-'???? Believe* Some Oerk May Hav<- Retained Cheek f-eo*" Rice, broker and ' ._ ' ? . -y in his de- ' i '', '"' ;>n.i on a charge '. ! Z*tl : },o never ?;*\k ' ? ' \ a ordei ? involv , ;:. W; Hartman, ? - Bice of the ^?tU ?f $7 that softie ? received -e* ? Hartman de ??' "' .rr lie ? , the head of his cor H|?*5ft6d?i . there had been ^*??11 forrn<>rJy of "Every **?'*.'' ai White's assistant .-.'!rr'. former rnan ?* .-"p* >t the j I" '?- salarie?, and at v,?'. '' :' Mr. M?ll?nrton ,ES?*? mp?oy^s of his ?'?ifT?".'-' ''' ?'?t<:fti%azit heretofore %?**4 ' .-? .. ,, r,, distributed ?5j? ??et?, accord o9 to their tal t?Jj*i2xl>'* '?'?'' that he had decided on ??Ll'' ': ,:- "rnploytii ;= ilvi'tnlUs l****?T . ,r-u'r,,%l ?" ?ncreMinif bu?i [ ? ?' .. ",'?* permiiftent 1 tilo?" wb? . ? " ' mtiloy "V?K- * ,. &j /,,, be tiigibl? to ?hat?.. Business Troubles LOCAL banks are ?till adhering to their policy of restricting loans on com? mercial paper to regular customers and the outside supply is being taken care of by the country oanks. Although offerings are limited the rates hold firmly at 6 per cent. In the bankers' acceptance market some bills are reported to be moving to the interior, with the local demand adversely affected by the high call money rates. COTTONS?.Jobbers Undecided on Buying Policies Jobbers of dry goods from other cities now in the New York marked ap? parently have not decided upon definite buying policies regarding cotton fab? rics. They talk much of the possibility that the high prices asked by mill Agents and other large distributors of goods for new supplies will not be paid by the consuming public when they are offered over the retail coun? ters. A few of these jobbers are taking everything they can get on which de? livery is promised before next July. Only a few are willing to place orders for delivery beyond that date. Some of the leading sellers are ad? vising these jobbers to buy sparingly at present, although they are not hand? ing out pessimism by any means. They concede that prices are too high for comfort, but argue that there is an actual shortage of goods now, prospects of a lessened production for some months to come. SILKS?Soaring Price$ Responsible for Dulness Skyrocketing prices in the raw silk and finished goods market are blamed tor the dull state of the trade at pres? ent. Raw silk yesterday advanced, upon cables of higher prices in Japan, to 15.50 a pound for Sinshiu, No. 1, and other grades in proportion. The price the day previous was '20 cents less. Even importers believe that the present prices are too high, but sec no imme? diate relief. Manufacturers who are preparing plans for their coming production of fall troods are forced to change their cost figures to keep pace with the ris? ing raw Bilk market. New offering of goods will be delayed as long as possi? ble because of this rising tendency in raw fibres., say the large producers. Most of the big mills are prepared to operate conservatively and are show? ing no disposition to go after business now. They are satisfied with the pres? ent dull market, they say. The only sufferers at present, it seems, are the great numbers of small jobbers who operate on the quick turn-over basis and who have laid in heavy stocks in expectation of a new buying wave. K LEATHER?Beifer Market For American Gloves Expected American made gloves will be sold in large quantities this spring and summer if the expectations of manu? facturers and dealers are realized. The market is said to be almost bare of imported stocks, as the French out? put has been only about sufficient-to supply their home trade. A few nov? elty gloves imported from France are selling at a premium and correspond? ing styles in American makes are ex-1 pected to prove popular among the i women in the coming seasons. When the gloves that have been ' designed for the spring and summer I trades by American 'producers appear on the counters in a few weeks the ! display, the dealers say, will be highly j attractive. Gloves for evening wear] are to be offered in pleasing variety. ! All styles will be sold at higher prices than m former years owing to the big advance paid by the manufacturers for kidskins, chamois and other materials ! used in making gloves for the coming i season, and the nigher wages paid to ; workers for making them. JEWELRY?Price of Clocks le Again Advanced An advance of from 10 to 30 per cent ? on the price of clocks was announced yesterday by several of the large American clock-manufacturing compa-i nies. The increase of 10 per cent was ; made on the cheap one-day clocks, while the advance of 30 per cent ap-; plies to the more expensive mantel ? clocks. The new schedule takes effect] immediately. This action, according to the manu- j facture?, was made necessary by the' ?high cost of materials and the large ; expense incurred in breaking in n?w i ?hands at their factories, together with \ the heavy costs of building homes for ? their workers in Connecticut. The manufacturers assert that they ?are months* behind on deliveries. Or der* for mantel clocks received three ? months ago still are unfilled, while de- ; liveries on alarm clocks are a full year . behind schedule. One of the real roa- | sons for the piling up of orders, ac- j cording to the manufacturers, is the ? shortage of ty>ols. Owing to the scar- j city of first-class toolmakers, imple- . menta used in the manufacturing of ?locks are hard to obtain and factories j are compelled to make the best of the iold tools. Buyers - 4 Buvcrs are Invited to register in this column by telephoning Beekman 8243 between 10 a. m. and 7 p. m. FairfhUd Servie? AKRON, Ohio--Federman Dept. Store; P R. Raffel, coats suits; 116th West Thir ty-secon?! Street; A Fantl. AI.BAXT?Star Outfitting Co.; J. Cohn, men's clothing and furlnlshings: Alcazar. ATLANTA?S. E. McConnell St Son; Owen McConnell, dry goods, notions, sta? tionery; Albert. ATLANTA?Th? Olson Co.: J. Kahn, mer.'s shoes; 15 E. 28th Street; Walllcli. ATLANTA?The National Straw Wor'.:*; A. Kaufman, braids, straws; 621 Broad ?TLANTA?J. B. High Co.; Mr. Con?ff, hou3"? furnishing?, china, toys; -6 Vf. 32cl Street. BALTIMORE-Slumber? Bros.; A. Blum berg, hosiery and underwear; 43 Leonard Street. BALTIMORE?Goidenberg Bros.; H. Weiss, upholstery, rugs, linoleums, oil clorhp; lle.-ald Snuare. BALTIMORE?J. E. Hurst Co.; A. C. Wilson, underwear, knit goods, shirts; 1170 Broadway, room 5?3. BALTIMORE?Phillips Bros. St Co.: H. D. Phillips, domestics,-dress goods, blan? ket?, prints, ginghams, white goods; Mc Alj.in. R ALTIM ORE?Stuart Keith ft Co.; S. B. Field, mfrs. of overalls, drawers, work shirts: 286 Church Street. BALTIMORE?Carme! ft Goodman; S. F. Goodman, mirs. of middy blouses, middy emits; 1183 Broadway: Wallick. BALTIMORE?Joel Gutman ft Co.; Miss T ? Stiebe!, muslin underwear; 200 Fifth Avenue; Room 516. BALTIMORE?The Leader; 8. TV. Cohen, ready-to-wear ; Aberdeen. RANGOR. Me?A. L. Freece; M. Doyle. ready to wear; 1270 Broadway; 8. C. Marra?. B?NGHAMTON, N. Y.--J. L. Morgan Co .: C. 8. Blls?, shirt?, tnhlrt waist r>, ho i?ed esses, srlovca. mittens, varr.f: Grand. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.?Hirsch Millinery Co.; Mr?. Anne Carney and Mr?. W. N. Kritsky, millinery; Park Avenue. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.?Lovers.an. Joseph ft Loeb; M. V. Joseph, representing: 116 W??t Thirl y-seoond Street, Room 1410. BLUEFIELP. W. Va-? AngrlstSameth Co.; Mr. Angrist, Miss Rose Artfrist, ready to wear; I 133 Broadway: H. C. Lyon. BOSTON?R. H. White ft Co.: H. Henohey, millinery; 470 Fourth Avenu?, 7th floor. BOSTON?Smith Taylor Co.: A. J. St. Onge, n;frs. ladles'apron?, children's romp? er-, apron?; 200 Fifth Avenu?, R?om ?lO. BOSTON?Superior M?linery Co.; P. Ginsberg, millinery, etc.: Gregorian. BOLTUN. N. C,?J. W. BrlnkUy Co.; J. v. Brinkler. dry goods and general mir Chandlse; Grand. BOSTON?J. Kaplan Co.: J. Kaplan, clothing; Grand. BOSTON?IT. Boorstem. women's wear; Perinsyl vanla. BOSTON ?Chandler ft Co.; F. R. Cross ley, cotton and woolen pice? foods; 230 Fifth Avenue. BOSTON?B. Goldman ft Co.; Edward Goldman, furs; Breslln. BOSTON?Brown. Purrell Co.; F. J. Lynch, muslin underwear, waists, petti? coats; Breslin. BOSTON?>L Appel, dry goods; Aber? deen. BOSTON?J. Epstein ft Co.; J. Epstein, woolens; WSillck. BOSTON?E. T. Slattery ft Co.; Misa M. A. Walsh, waists; 25 West Thirty-tfeird Street. BCFFALO?William Hengerer Co.; Mr. Benxow, toy?, baby carriage?, trunk?, sportt&g goods; 2 West Thirty-seventh Street; Associated Dry Ooods Corporation. BUFFALO?H. A Meldrum Co.; A. H. ?>n'.j(<.< ?kU, millinery; 404 Fourth Arenue; .lay Co. BCKUNGTON, Iowa?Strauss Bros.; J. J. .-??ii'infi, clothing, tailoring: Bristol. CAMBEN. N. J.?Baker-Flick Co.; John A. Flick, merchandise- manager: Albert. CAMBR?N, Tex. -W. Kawarnsky, ready to wear; 1183 Broadway; Sheaman ft Gold mM; ? ANTON, Ohio?Klein ft Hnffelman Co.; C. 3. Schaub, carpels, draperies; Imperial. CHARLESTON, H. C.?J. Traub. women's ?wear: Herald K'iuart;. CHICAGO?Mandel Broa; A. M. Mark?, hosiery, underwear, gloves, J. Drslfua?, liiiHement hosiery, underwear; 13 Bast Twenty-second Street. CHICAGO?-Carson, Pirl? ft Scott; D. C. Thompson, men's. women'?, children'? ?h-?"?: 404 Fourth Avenue. CHICAGO?-Hart, Schaffner ft Mara; Max Hart, mfrs. clothing; 200 Fifth Ave " CHICAGO?8. T. Cv>rydon Co.; 8. T. Coryrton, ?tress goods, ready to wear, r? tlon?, furnishing goods; 1133 Broadway; Breslln. CHICAGO?Lornri Miller A Co., dry goods, jtrneral merchandise; F. A. Koeh !-r, ?ecretary-treasurer; Breslin. >?*:>?, 'A. R. Smith, representing, 8T7 Broadway. t/:>8 ANGELES?J. TV. Robinson Co.; Mis? Johnson, dresses: Miss Snyder, chil? dren'? dresse?, Mis? Pedroarlna, Juvenile wear; Mis? Wallac?, kimonos, n?gligeas, house dresses; Mr. Barnes, uj>hoiHi?>ry. Mian Usher, drugs, perfume?; 303 Fifth Avenue. LOUISVILLE. Ky.?Stewart Dry Good? Co.; L. T. VV?athorsbse. men's, boys' fur? nishing?; 3 TV??t Thirty-iieventh Street, Associated Dry Good? Corporation. MA?ON, Ok.?Dannenberg Co.; R. Nuss baum. dry good?; 11S3 Broadway. MACON, O?-Royal Shoo Stur?. L. J. ! Blum, ?hoe?; Imperial. I MACON, Gfc? Dannenborg Co.; R. Nu?? j b?um, wholesale dry good?; 113a Broad MARION, Ohio?Uhler, Phillip? Co.; J. ! B. Phillip?, ready to wear; 44 East Tweu i ty-third Street; Rothschild. MATHRW0. Va.~Wol.ie * Foster; Mr. Wolff? ?nd Mr. Foster, general merchan? dise; U*- Broadway; Jacob Mittenthai Co. MEMPHIS, Tenn.?B. Low?n?t?ln Bro?., tue. 1 O. F. Wood?, notton?, toilet good?, lac?? and arnbroiderle?, glove?; 220 Fifth Avenue. MIAMI, Fla.?Nathan Goldman; Nathan Goldmari, ready to wear, millinery. 1123 Broadway. MIAMI, Fia.?N. Goldman A- Co.; N. |Goldman, ready to woar. millinery; il'il Broadway. Grand.. MINNEAPOLIS?H. Sweet ft Co.; Harry Sweet, caps, woolens; Astor. MONTREAL?Plniler ft Co.; J. Pinaler, upholstery; Wallick. MONTREAL?P. Rablnovltch ft Co.; P. Rablnovltch, furs: Wallick. MONTREAL. Canada?S. Yarashefsky, jewelry; Broadway Central. MONTREAL. Canada?S3. Goldberg Co.; S. Goldberg, general merchandise; Broad? way Central. MONTREAL?National Garment Co.; A. Kellner, silk and cotton dresses; 39 West Thirty-second Street. MOUNT PLEASANT. Pa.?J. Jacob?, general merchandise; Albert. MOUNT OLIVE. N. C?I. Peel?, general merchandise; Alcazar. MUNCIE. Ind.?E. H. Bath Co.; Mr. Bath, ready to wear, hosiery, gloves; 6 West Thirty-secdnd Street. NASHVILLE. Tenn.?Danlel-BrUcoe Co.; J. C. Briscoe, domestic?; 73 Leonard Street. NAVASOTA, Tex.?R. A- Patout Co.; R. A. Patout, men's clothing and furnish? ings, dry goods, shoes, millinery; 1150 Broadway. NEW HAVEN, Conn.?Busbaum Co.: P. Buxbaum, piece goods; Wallick. NEW HAVEN. Conn.?F. A. Corbin, tailor; Colllngwood. NEW ORLEANS?Marks-Isaacs Co.; B. Isaac.t, millinery; 1150 Broadway; Baer St Lillenthal. NORFOLK, Va.?Garfteld Co.; F, Gar field, dry goods and notions; Pennsylvania. NORFOLK, Va.?Watt, Rettew ft Clay; S. G. Lackey, cotton and woolen piece goods: 23 East Twenty-sixth Street. NORFOLK, Va.?Watts, Rewtew ft Clay; S. G. Lockey, wash goods; 23 East Twenty sixth Street, room 810. OAKLAND, Calif.?W. J. Harris Co.; W. J. Harris, general merchandise; Penn? sylvania. OAKLAND, Calif.?H. C. Capwell Co. Miss ?. Chapman, corsets; 116 Weal Thirty-second Street. OAKLAND, Calif.?H. C. Capwell Co. Miss E. Capwell, waists, house dresses IIS West Thirty-second Street. OGDEN. Utah?K. H. Wright A Sons Miss M. Conroy, ready to wear; 404 Fourtl Avenue; Jay Co. OMAHA, Neb.?Byrne ft Hammer Dr; Goods Co.; T. C. Byrne, domestics; Van I Webster, blankets, outings; 43 Leonar. Street, room 410. PENSACOLA, Fla.?Th? John Whit Store; Thomas P. White, men's furnish ings, hats; Woodstock. PHILADELPHIA?George Kelly Store B. B?rnett, dry goods, carpets, cloakt AnsonTa. PHILADELPHIA? Liverlght. Greenwal & Co. ; II. Nathan, mfrs. boys' clothing Wallick. PHILADELPHIA?Rosefeldt's; P. Ros< feldt. millinery; Marlborougn. PHILADELPHIA?Ulman Bros; B. i Ulman. mfro. skirts; 1270 Broadway, PHILADELPHIA?Btrawbrldge & Clot! ier; F. P. Walsh, houeefurniahlng?; 11? Broadway. PITTSBURGH?M. Rosenblum Co.; :\ Rosenblum, furs; Breslin. PITTSBURGH?Kaufman'? Dept. Stor. A. B. Kuehn, cloaks, suits, dresses; A. ( Moffatt, hosiery, leather goods, glove; P. Paley, drugs, toilet goods; E. Cohe: representing; Miss N. Glblan, waist?; M Hacke, silks; 1261 Broadway. PITTSBURGH?I. S. Harris Co.; 1 Shubire. dresses; Bristol. PITTSBURGH?>I. Home Co.; J. Martt linens, white goods, handkerchiefs; 2 Fifth Avenus. ' PITTSBURGH?M. Roth, men'? furnia: ings. shoes; Longacre. PORTLAND, Ore?Meier ft Frank, Mi E. Bell, cloaks, suits, skirts, dresses; 2 Fifth Avenue. 18th floor. PORTLAND, Me.?Porteouf, Mitchell Braun; O. A. Moore jr., upholstery gooe books; 432 Fourth Avenue; D. G. Union. PORTLAND, Ore.?Meier & Frank; 3? Hirhch. coat?, sulla; 213 Fifth Avenue. POUGHKBEPSIE, N. T. ? Luckey, PI? Co.; Miss M. a. tsates. ready to wear; 2 Fifth Avenue. ? PROVIDENCE, R. I.--B. Fink, upho! tery goods, etc.; Longacre. PROVIDENCE?Hhcpard Co.; E. Bixby, silverware; 220 Fifth Aveni Marl borough. PROVIDENCE ? Gladding Dry Goo .'..., .1. Gladding, dry gouds and carpe Broadway Central. HEADING, Pa.?S. J. Kotzen Co.: S. Kutzen, dry poods; Broadway Central ROANOKE, Vs.?S. H. Helronimus C H. D. Gray, dry goods etc.; care U Broadway. ROCHESTER, N. S".?Shulman Co.: Shuhiian, men's clothing; Breslln. SAU UN AW, Mich.?Bernhard Co.; Bernhard, sil'.is, velvets, etc.; Marlborou, ST. MARY'S. Ohio?Victor Bros.; 1 Victor, ciothlng and furnishing goo Breslin. SA.V FRANCISCO?Raphaal-Welll C Mrs. Stone, basement millinery; 18 E 'J'wentv-slxth .Street. SAN FRANCISCO?Hale Bros.; Miss Lenahan, laces, embroideries, neckwc handkerchief?; 50 Union Square. SAN FRANCISCO?The Emporium: J Milburn, petticoat?, bathing suits, wc en's cloaks, suits, waists, dresses, fi misses' cloaks, suits: "?5 Fifth Aver 8th floor SAN FRANCISCO?I. Magnin ft ( Misa L. Burnap, negligees; 461 Fot Avenue. SAN FRANCISCO ?Livingston Br Mis? fCrlsmsn. waists, sweaters; Mtss dros, suits, coats: 303 Fifth Avenue. SAN KRANCISCO ? Cooper, Coate Casey; A. H Smith, representing; Broadway. SCHENECTADT ? Reliable Coopera Furniture Corp.: H. A. Gordon, furnitt Hermitage. SEATTLE?Western Dry Goods Co.; *B:cit.bartb, notions; CO AYnrtli Street SEATTLE?Qottsteln Company : Gottsteln, furniture; Wallick. SEATTLE, Wash.?Seattle D. G. Co. G. Morse, general mdse. ; U. B. Bur col ton piece good?; Miss Pfuhd, glo umbrellas; Miss .VI. Brown, infants' w corsets, n?glig?es; *'.<\ Fourth Avenue SELMA, aIh. ? Lilienthal Mercantile : ?; nisch, clothing, shoos: Prnnsylva SNTDBR, Tex?The tjuallty Shop; ;:. Mathews, ladles' coot.?, suits, dresses, ?hoes, slippers; Pennsylvania. SPOKANE, Wash. ?Spokane D. G. E. II. Seagle, wholesale silks, dress colored piece goods; Miss I. Mctcalf, \va petticoats, sweater?; R. C. Petarnon, fants', children's, junior's wear; E. I? 1er, loen's clothing, i.ten's furnishing? T. Gillette, notions, tancy goods, t goodl ; 440 Fourth Avenue. SPRINGFIELD, Mass.?W. E. Kim furniture; Albert. SPRINGFIELD, Mass.- -Forbes ft 1 lace; C. B. Hitchcock, furniture, floof erins-?: 230 Fifth Avenu". SPRINGFIELD, Mo.?Reps Dry G Co.; 1... W. it?!??, notions, hosiery, ur ???-ear: 4 4 Bast Twenty-third Street. SPRINGFIELD, Mo.?Rfpo Dry G Co.; Mr. Atte>rbury, fobs w;..?.'n siUrts. . skirt?, voile and silk dresses; 1133 Bt way: Fellow? Buying Co, .- I LOUIS?Rice, Stlx Dry Goods W. V. Eaton, shirting, shirts, overall* Broadway, room ?03, BT. LOUIS?-Htlx. Baer * Fuller; C. Schultz, fur?; 11 t? Wert Thlrty-s? Street, roam 1410. ST. LOUIS Hrolrta- Bros. Jobbing J. Ilralda, dry goods, notions, statio: Breslln. ST. LOUIS?-Famous ft Rarr; II Kleine, linens, white goods; A. D. II domestics, wash goods, 37 West Tw sixth Street: M. Sostman. ST. LOUIS?Abo Manhelmer & Co.; Manhelmer, shoes, shoe ?upplles; Broadway, room 311. ST. MARY'S. Ohio?Field, Schltc r'o., A. .1. Graweri, cotton and W piece sonde, etc.; care 1133 Broadwa ST. PAUL?Emporium Mercantile L. A. KppfU, hofiery: \V. Jaeger, r suina.il ve: 97 Grand Street. STATES VILLE. N\ C?Wallace Co.; II. Wallace, dry goods, notions; lin. STBUBENV1LLB, OJiIo?The Hub A nal han. serge dresses; ,',7 West T\.? sixth Street. STOCKTON, Caf.?The Wender, Miss N Balkwlll, underwear; Hi Thlrtj second Street; A. Fantl. ST. PAUI?Schuneman & Evans; Barnard, men's, boys' clothlr.g; W. men's furnishing goods, umbrellas, sola 20 Fifth Avenue; Brostell. SYRACUSE?J. I. Kurzwell, woi misses' garments; Imperial. ?SYRACUSE. N. *Y.?J, Weinh? Sons; Or. J. Wclnhelnior. furniture. Hn. TEXARKANA, Ark.-Sand berger A fiund berger and Mir. A. Sandl representing; 1182 Broadway; J.tcol tenthal Co. TOLEDO, Ohio?W. L, Mllner. Co. H. Rodefer, housedreBses, aprons; lemon, merchandi?.) manager; 118 , Thlrtj -second Street; A. Fantl. I TUPELO, MlM.?R. W Heed Co.; Itrod. dry goods and clothing; P? ; i-nnl?. TOPBKA, Kan?Crosby Bros.' D. Co ; Mrs. S, M. Hostctter, milliner; ? Alpin. TORONTO- if. Ell!?, (?welry: P.r TROY, N. Y.?G. V. S. (Ju8ckenl j Co.; J. TT Dudley, glove?, handker I'srl< A\etiue VAN WEHT. Ohio?Van Wert ( ; M fg. Co.; C. S. Fergus, mfrs. o jacket?; Imperial. WASHINGTON?S, Katin & Kon? ; A. Hagan, ready to wear; -iS'i Fourt ! nue. WESTF1E1.D. Mas?.?.!. Tucker . ? .1. and O. J Tucker, tailoring good? I lin WICHITA FALB. Tex.?Ander?oi W, Anderson, general md?e. ; 1100 j way, fourth floor. W?LKES-BARRE, Fa.?Levy Br T. Levy, dry goods, notion?, fur i good?, Pennsylvania. W1NHT?'N-SALFM. N C?8. Jewelry; Pennsylvania. WINSTON-8 ALBM, N. C.?Groa 8. Grossman, clothing: Pennsylvanli WOONSOCKET, R. I.?Begin Bro T. Ouerln, general md??.. Imperial. Buyers Coming PHILADELPHIA?Jame? B. Glllt B Davl?, ?ults, coat?, dre??es. children's wear, Infant?' wear, und McAlpln: ?Xp??t?d January 20. I OTTAWA, Canada ?A. J. 1'reetn j Mis? S F Wo.dway. Mis? B. H I Miss IV Uttigrose, milliner?: Penns ajcptOted January 1?. Misplaced Comma In Tax Law Robs State of Millions -? ? 4,000 Corporations in Other i Commonwealths Escape j Levy 1919 Legislature! Intended Them to Pay i _ All because somebody put a comma i m the wrong: place in an amendment to the corporation taxing law, adopted ! by the 1919 Legislature, about 4,000 j concerns, incorporated in other states ! | and doing business here, escaped pay I ment of several millions in taxes last I year. The State Tax Board yesterday I decided to call on the foreign corpora? tions to pay the 1919 taxes, but lawyers expressed doubt the decree could be I enforced. A law enacted in 1917 exempted do-, mestic manufacturing and mercantile: I corporations from the local property I i tax. In an effort to cover foreign con ? cerns, four amendments were drawn, i Paragraphs to be omitted were brack- ' I eted, but after the adoption of the ? amendments it was found that in one I of them the brackets had been lost i and the paragraph from the old law was a part of the amended law. As a result of this error and the I misplacing of a comma in another amendment, foreign corporations were exempted J rom a tax which it was in? tended they should pay. "The purpose of the law," said N. M. Powell, an attorney at 51 Chambers Street, who as a member of the Mills Committee, drafted the statute, "has I been defeated. It is a good example | of what too many amendments will do, i ! for in the series of amendments the ' ? idea was lost sight of. Also, it is a I freat commentary on our legislative ! raftmanship on matters of great ' I importance. In spite of the action of i ? the Tax Board, it is doubtful whether ! under the law foreign corporations are subject to the tax assessment." ? ? Business Troubles Receivers in Bankruptcy f?,?ef*iwe7 _? banj?j-uptey appointed in the Lnlted States District Court veoter d?y were a? follows: DAVID BERGER?Judge John C. Knox '. appointed Samuel Hershen?tein receiver for David Berger under a bond of $1,000. Satisfied Judgments The flr?t name i? that of the debtor, the ?econd that of th# creditor and date when Judgment wae filed. In New York County *? i Ir.terborough Rapid Transit Co. ?Z. T. Thompson; April 28, 1919 . $3,664.95 Same?M. MeNar.iara; Oct. 23, 1919 . 100.00 1 Same?II. Kronenblatt et al: No!.. 24. 1S?10 .?. 700.00 Same?S. Brlcltner; March 81, 1 1&19 . S.131.3. . : Duncan. Henry .S.?Wm. C. R*\ - nolds. Inc; Feb. 14. 1618. 167.79 Sam??Packard ..eme Garage. Inc.; Jan. 27. 1917. 1.5.41 1 Terry & Trench Co.?M. Lvles; Dec. -4, 1313 . 36S.S0 Same?R. D. Lylas; March 10.' lf'16 .;. 8.652.70 . Eygul. Albert?K. Meid?; Dec. 4. ' 1018 :. 242.20 Relchman, 'William, and Samuel Newman?C. L. Harding et ai: Jan. 14, 13.0 . 4.914.26 ' Tauberman, Irving A.?W, rfaie ltowlta; Dec. 13, 1013 < vacate-1 ?...15 1 Donnelly, Wra. F.? London A Lancashire Firo Ins. Co., Ltd.: Oat. 22, 1917. 277.13 Bluebird Packing Co., Inc.?Seg i gem?an Bros., Inc.: Jan. ?. 1?20 (vacated) . 20.37?.7;', : William Gordon Corp.?J, McMil ? Ian; .?op'.. 22. 1919 (vacated).. S.659.70 ; Cabot, llolbruok, and Rollins Corp.?M. T. Gartiand. Nov. 11, HU?? . 16,94?.13 : Briton, Busch N.?J. H. Meyer: j Jan. 6. 1920 . 12..95 Van Steel, Gerald?J. S. Mc Donough: Jan. 26. 191- . 164.47 ? Knnmel, Louis, Samuel and Mor? ris?I. H. Cohen; Jan. 7, 1916. 1.026.33 i Ktmmel, Morris?United Cigar Stores; May 7, 1910. 1.300.15 i Blackburn, O. B.?H. O. Abbott. Nov. 28 1919. 602.00 i Weinstein, Philip, and Leopold Einhorn?People, ?fee; March 6. j 3 919 ?vacated!. 1.000.00 In Bronx County ; Van Cacteel. Gerald?J. S. Mc Donough; Jan. 21. 1916. .154.47 ?Same?tfauic ; July 20, 1915. 27 7: Judgments Filed 'Die following Judgments were filed yes ' terday, the first nar.o being that of the debtor: In New Vork Coonty i Appel. Charles H.?New England Woolen and Dress Goods Mills, ; Inc. $642.20 : Ashley Ste*l Building Co.?-Pa ahelsky Bros., Inc. 203.00 : Blakeman. Charles Tl.?.T. V. Galima . 200.03 . Beunstocli, Adolph?M. P. Welch 343.10 . Briskln, Benjamin?3. Algase... 670.50 Brandts, Henry A., and William r. Brandis (Brandis ?-. Sons Mfg. Co.)?T. O. Medinger. . . . 1,696.58 Belov, Harry?J. Laako: costs... 108.96 ! Corkedate, Joseph?J. Plndlay. . 5r'6.06 Coleman, Jair.ee J.?Jumes Muir * Sons Co.: costs. 110.45 Cohn, David M., and Bertha Cohn ? P.. Rubin .?.. 6S3.42 Claflln, John?8. D. Brighton.. 11,666.33 ; Cragln, Franklin P., Harry B. Quid: et al?Caldwell & Co... 606.39 E:.port and Domestic Buyers Corporation ? Seew?rts Bros. Pottle Co., Inc. 311.41 Falkln?ham, Perclval H.?Export American Products, Inc. 1,065.20 ' IS? me? Same . "75.29 Oalaif, Abraham and Irving? Nassau Finance Co. 1,5.8.80 ' Gallo, Michael?Leon Hirsch, Inc 324.20 , Gqfdberg, Joseph?M. Dux ; cost? 118.69 ' Horowltr, Abraham?S. Sltaman 141.62 ! Interborough Rapid Transit Co.? P, .1. PlerSoh; coets. 120.35 Koutro?, Gust?P. Koutros . 637.70 Lighthouse, Charles P.?W. Kob ?er . 555.45 ? L. II. Acton Si Co.: Inc.?Swedish Trading Co. 3,754.60 I Ltebowit-, Abraham?J. Morgen weck . 1.724.64 Mellor, Sarah P.?East River Savings Institution . 656.71 Mandel, Barnett?Southern Rice Sales Co.. costs. 109.53 Manhl-, Ida?North River Insur? ance Co. 1,809.98 Maurice, Pauline, guardian?C. C. Collie; costs . 109.21 Mulholland. Joseph?C. & L. Lunch Company, Inc , cost." ? ? ? J 10.76 New York Railways Company? P. Meeth?r . 3,000.00 Page, William?Lotos Garage Company. Inc. . f. 134.58 Prltehard, Ellen II.?C. P. Belling 832.10 Prot-haskiiy Bros. & Co., Inc.? William Prochaskay and Abra? ham Romaine ? Union Pearl Works . 166.40 Bo we. Otis E.. and Eugene J. Callahan?North r-nu Bank-. 1,234.35 Rosenwasaer, Philip J.?O. Hein berg . 545.(?5 Schmidt, Celia S. and Harry Wol kott?City of Now York. 187.70 Shapiro, Adolph?J. Cohen . 69?.6" Sommer. Jacob?M. Brown . 161.22 Sehechter. Louis, and Sidney?!.. Felnberfx . 338.03 Shaw. Arthur?W. Hampder. ... 280.45 Hlonne, T O'Conor Jr.?J. J. Grif? fin . 395.45 Sakal. Solem R. no?v at night anu on Saturday ; warmer Sat- ? urday. New Jersey and Delaware?Increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer Friday, prob- ? ably snow at night; Saturday rain or snow ? and warmer. Eastern Pennsylvania?Increasing cloudi- ? ness and slightly warmer Friday, probably ! snow by night; Saturday, snow in north. . snow or rain in south, warmer Going On To-day ? American Museum of Natural History; ad- [ mission free. Metropolitan Museum of Art; admission : American Museum of Safety; admission free. Van Cortlandt Park Museum; admission ! free. The Aquarium; admission free. ?Zoological Park; admission free. Luncheon of the Thirty-fourth Street Board of Trade. McAlpin Annex. Illustrated lecture by Ettore Cadorin, on "The Art of Italy's Newly Redeemed Countries." Academy of Music, Brook? lyn, -t p. m. Social Day, Theater Assembly. Hotel Astor, - t.. m. Meeting of ahe New Yorkers. Hotel Asior. Editorial conferer.ee of tl-.e New Tork . Business Publications Association, Hotel : Astor. I p. m. Ilah-arsals of the New York Euphony . Society, 4 p. m., and the National Opera Club, 10 a. m.. Waldorf-Astoria. : Meeting of Knickerbocker Chapter, I). A. P.., Waldorf-Astoria, 2 p. m, '? Meeting of the International Association of Carmen* Makers, Waltlort-Astorta. all day. * Meeting of fine stationery manufacturers, | Waldorf-Astoria, lu a. m. ! Meeting of the Principals' Club. Waldorf Astoria. 4 ?i m, < Ad-dress by Maurice Maeterlinck, Carnegie i la!!. Il" a. m. ! Meeting of the Awelma. Biltmore Hotel, 2 p. m. Dinner of the Bridge Builders and Struc? tura! Society. Hotel BUtmore. ; Meeting of the New Yorlt State Bar As? sociation, Bar Association Building, 43 West Forty-fourth Street, 9:30 a. m. Mi eting of the Uroad?vay Association, Hotel McAlpin, ! p. m. Meeting of the Women's Forum, Hotel Biltmore. 10:46 a. m. NIGHT i Meeting of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 226 West Fifty eighth Street. S:3u p. m. Meeting of the Army Transport Post. American L". m. Dance of the British Great War Veterans ... America, Waldorf-Astorin. 8:30 p. . m.\ ! Address, by Mayer C. Goldman, on Toe Need for a Public Defendei In Criminal Cases," New Era Club, 274 East Broad ?raj , 8:15 p. m, Friday Evening Musicale. Commodore, 8:30 p. m. _, . , : Dinner and dance of the Women s National Automobile Club of America, Waldorf-| Astoria, 7 p. m. _,.,,, ?Bal!. St. Vincente Hospital. Waldorf Astoria. 8 p. in. Lecture, by Professor LeRoy Arnold, on "The New Romanticism " Academy o, Music, Brooklyn, 8.lu p. m. Dance of the Drama Comedy Cub. Astor, ;* p. m. Ds.nce of the Epsilon Phi Alumna?, Astor. 1 Dinner of the Homeopathic Medical So- ; clety, Artor, 7 p. m\ BOARD OF EDUCATION LECTCBKS Manhattan ' "Education and Socict; ," by Frederic!; Schlelter, Wadleigh H. S.. l?5tn Street ::?ar Seventh Avenue. ??I-ligh Cost or Living and Inflation.'' by Professor James Walter Crook, P. S. ?'.', 22S East Fifty-seventh Street. "In Old Virginia.'' by Thomas E. Potter ton, P. S. ?6, Eighty-eighth Street near First Avenue; Illustrated. ' "The Everyday Chinaman," by Sydney Neville Ussher, P. S. 132. Is2d Street and Wadsworth Avenue; Illustrated. "Alaska To-day,' by Frederick L. Peder son, P. H. 17, City Island; illustrated. ' Sonata for Violin and Piano." by Arthur Rowe Pollock, P. S. 20, Anthony and Tremont avenues. The Bronx; Illustrated. Shipping News HIGH WATER AM PM Sandy Hook. 4:19 Governor's Island. -l 52 5:14 Hol! Gate . 6:C4 7:29 ARRIVED YF.8TERDAT Vessel Port Departure : Lapland.Southampton .Ian. ? ?ibao.Santiago .Jan. 9 I Fort Hamilton . .. .Bermuda.Jan. 12 ? Jos. J. Cuneo.Port Antonio .Jan. S Kaaembe.Oran.Dec.29 INCOMING STEAMSHIP? Bu,?r?re. Bluet-eld*. Il, n duras (Nor), Port Barrl>>3 via Beli?e. Stann Cfeek and Livingston; Kenneboc, Pro-' ??reso; Lake Callicoon, Cuban ports via Santo Domingo und San Pedro de Ma corla; Sau Giuseppe iltal?, Cenoa via Nor? folk. NEWPORT NEWS, Jan 15. ? Arrived: St.rs Bavlngton, Galveston; Lake Larga Boston; SHnta Caterlno (ltal), Savannah; Lake Conesus, Hosion; Cook, Philadel? phia. Sailed: Strs Lake Annette, Neu vitas Independence, Rotterdam; Luke Conesus, Boston; Amsteldljk (Du). Rot terdom; British Marquis (Br), Port Ar thur. NORFOLK. Jan 15.--Arrived : Str? Mont magny (Br). Vancouver. Edgewood, Sa? vannah, Lakeside Bridge, Wilmington; Betsey Bell. Alexandria, Va. Sailed- Strs Lake Tucock; London via PHiladelphia; Lake Frumet, Newport News; Muntmagny I (Fr),' Queenstov.u ; Sewlckiey, Newport Vf?.= : Admiral Wain wrlght. Havana; ?Mombasa? (Br;. Glasgow; Nordfarar (Dan), Copenhagen; Molaaxo (Itali. I.*g I horn; Edgewood, Havre; Lakeside Bridge, Liverpool; sehr Ros? Mary, St Georges. PORT ARTHUR, Tex. Jan 1C?Arrived: Strs J E O'Neill, Philadelphia: El Cano Uta!). Liverpool. Sailed: Strs Georgia, Norfolk: Eocene, with barge, New York; Earlscourt (Nor). Bordeaux. PORT EADS, Jan 16?Arrived: Strs Antilliatl ' Ulr.1, Liverpool: Chinampa. Tampico; Ellis (Nor), Tela; El Monte, New York; Kewanee, Cuba; Manzanillo, Alexlco, Sheridan (Br.-. Oulfport; sehr Paul E Thurlow, Buenos Ayres. Sailed: Strs Cadiz (Span), Cadiz and Barcelona via Havana; Cartage, Bocas del Toro via Cristobal and Havana; Juneau, Progreso: Korean Prince (Br), New York; Lake Crescent, Cuban ports via Curacao, Sann? Domingo and Went Indian port?; Loul ville Bridge, Galveston; Luciline (Br), j Port de Bone and Marseilles \i_ Newport N.wb; Mugunkook, Oporto ond Lisbon PORT TAMPA, Fia. Jun 15?Sailed: Str? Goodspeed, Baltimore. Miami, Key West. O T Waring, Havana; barge Conneaut, Port Arthur, in tow s?r Gulf of Mexico. PORTLAND. Me, Jan 15?Sailed: S'rs Covena, Norfolk; Like C;M.r,<.iitKburs. Nor-; folk; Tosaco 146, New York. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan IS?Arrived: -???- Lurllne, Honolulu; 11 ?nan Maru, New v,,,.. an i Balboa. Saile I: Strs East ' Wind, New ?ork; Crown of Castile, Gias KO'.v. SAVANNAH, '"?a. Jan 13?Arrived: Str? City of Savannah. New York; Ks?-x, Phil? adelphia ,and s^li"-.i Jacksonville). Sailed y,r city of Columbus. Boston; bark Albert 15 - ?!",-,?. Nyborg: sehr Florence How Hi vana , si hr C Maud i la: .; : Fun '? ' ST IOHN, N B, Jan 15 -Arrived: Str Empress of France (Br), Liverpool. ' spen (Swed), Gothenburg. TAMP.\, Fla, Jan 16?Arrived; St Lake Fartstell, New York. Sailed: Str Lynch burg, New York; P.la (Swed), Stoc via Philadc Iphi i Foreign Port? AVONMOUTH, Jan 14?Sailed: Sir Sa gadahoc, Ne w York. BAH?A BLANCA. Jan 12?Arrived: S:r Santa Rosa, New York via Rio de Janeiro BAH?A. Jan 10?Arrived: Str Anacortes, Port Arthur \ :a Pensacola a:;.i St Thomas f.,r Buenos Ayre?. Sailed: Sir L'berara (Bra::), from Santo? for New Yorh CALLAO, .ian 14?Arrived: :;,r Centau r':."=. Portland, Ore, via Astoria and ^nn Francisco for Ya.para?so. CARDIFF, Jan 14?Sailed: Str Navarino (Br) New York. FAYAL, Jau 14?balled: Sir Corapeak, Norfolk COWEY. Jan 14?Sailed: Str Pequot, from Bremen for Savannah. GRANOEMOUTH, .Ian 14?Arrived: Str Co i.oi plai t, Port Arthur via Norfolk. LIVERPOOL, Jan 14?Sailed: Str? Per? sian Prince (Br), New York; Wauconda, Boston. PORTSMOUTH, Jan 14- Arrived: SU War Pun.lit CBr.i, P.,rt Arthur. RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 10?Arrived: Chebaullp, New York for Santo?. Sailed 10th, ?tr? Crosahlll (Br) (fron. Rio Grand and Santos). New York; Hawaii Maru (,:-tp) New Orleans; Jeannette Skinner (from'New Orleans), Barcelona. SANTOS, Jan 10.Arrive.;: Sirs North Pol?. New York via Barbados and Rto de Janeiro; 12tb. Bronte 'En, New York via i ?;; rr,. Pernambuco arrd Rio ?' Jai ro Thespia (Br), New Tork via Pernambuco. SINGAPORE, Jan 8?Arrived: St! igh Prln ?? (Br), New ?ork via Sabang. Tocopilla. J_r. 14?Sailed: Str Mystic, Calen. VALPARAISO, Jan 14?Arrived: Santa Ana. New York ?a Balboa and Callao. Buys J. H. Flagler Home Waller C Teagle Purchases Greenwich Residence rORTCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 13.? Walter C. Teagle, of New York, presi? dent of the Standard Oil Company, has ! purchased the palatial residence of John H. Flagler, in North Street, Greenwich, Conn. The property con? sists of forty acres. It is sa'id the price paid was between $300,000 and $400,000. The Flagler residence, xvhich has not ! been occupied since the death of Mrs. ; Alice M. Flagler a year ago, is of Span? ish mission type. There are outbuild i ings, including a gueat cottage, super ; intendent's house, greenhouses and j garages. One part of the land can be i easily converted into a lake. j Twenty acres adjoining1 the Flagler ' estate, belonging to George M. Mead, it is reported, also have been pur? chased by Mr. Teagle. Clothing Prices Must Be Reduced* Says Palmer Aid ?? ? ~ Something Wrong, He Tell* Retailers, and Asserts Fair Adjustment Would Lower Costs by 25 Per Cent CHICAGO, Jan. 15.- Members of th* National Association of Retail Cloth? iers were told to-day by Howard Figg, special assistant to Attorney General Palmer in lighting the high cost of living, that prices would have to co:v-.o down. The present level and any in? crease could not be absorbed by tho public, he said. "While I am not predicting thas clothing prices are going down within the next six months. I repeat that th?y should go down. There is something wrung somewhere, just where I cannot s1?J\ I will add this, that the govern? ment is determined to lind out iuat where the trouble is. "At the present rate of Increase a suit, of clothes will soon be out 01' reach of the average per*t>n. Prices to? day make it impossible for many to buy a suit. If prices don't go down the people will pe unable to purchase and industries will become idle." Notice was served on the clothier? by Mr. Figg that profiteering must stop. Mr. Figg predicted a decrease of 25 per cent in the eoat of clothing if all business agencies from *hec? and cotton raisers to retailers would cooperate with the government. Resolutions looking to the prosecu tion of "illegitimate jro-betweens" who buy up special makes of clothes and resell them at exorbitant prices to the retailers were presented to the association. Mr. F:r;(f requested that the presi dent of the nation?] association of retail clothiers appoint three member? to m?ei with members from the CJotlt ir.g Manufacturer?" Association, the Amalgamated Garment Workers, I u Textile Association, -he Spinners an ; Wool Growers and the Department <>? Justice, to the end that this oint con; miitee might determine the intrinsic value of clothing and a ust percental? of remuneration. Says High Prices Will Wreck U. S. Prosperity Trade Board Official Abo At? tacks E\rc>.. Profits Tax a* Contributing (lause William B. Colver, a member of the Federal Trade Commission, declared yesterday in an address at th< fin?! session of ti-.e National Wholaaah ; Drygoods Association, at the Waidor*' ?Roof Garden, that present commodity prices must cojne down. If they d ?' ; not fall of their own accord, h , they would be forced down bv worn! conditions at the cost of America., prosperity. As insurance ?gaine* fuci. |u catastrophe, he said, the product i 01 of essentials mu?l he speeded up and iii. consumption of non-essen tisis re |(iuccd. The excess prolits tux ??a-- . contributing cause to high price?, he said. "The evccibS profits tHX." he assert led, "never v.'a.r designed to be Hue : never was a revenue measure. At the ? time that the government ? ?? prices it found that th.- cosi of pro auction in different mine-, mill* ui.'l factories covered a very wid? rangt ! But since a certain quai I ,-. givei commodity was imperative!; n< price was fixed high enough to brinu out the needed production froart the ihigrh-copt producer*. This ir?*'' ahnoi mal a'td undue profits to low cost pro ' ducer?. and the excess profits t?x wa? intended ??* an equaliser t<> bring these undue proiits back t?. th<- public treas ury. Prices are no lonjrer fixed by the government, i.nd. therefore, the si reason for the existence of the exc?s-, profits tax ha^ disappeared." ? Realty Man Get* Year Term Secretary (xmvictefl < rvc- Ac? ceptance of $2 Filing Fee John L. Rasse I, secretar: Dai lington Realty miel Surety Compan) of Brooklyn, v.-as convicted of pctt? ceny yesterday In Special 6s Bronx County, M>d sentenced to * yeat in the penitentiary. His offense ?Sated of the acceptance of a %Z filing fee for a deed to '.wo lots, bough* fron, a rea! estate concern with wl ich was coi.nectr'd by Alfred Baetge, of L'265 GleaBori Avenue, Bi nx, al? though, i- was alleged. Ra 'nut the concern c? a ? ? ! title to the property. His conviction : am vestigation of the casi ? Comra ittec o raxation, to Baetge complained ?art May. The ? fjuiry made by the committee disclosed it is a!le?jc.J, twenty-six - ;her Navy Orders -?< iwi 7T-~h*f .? r. V.. I Arr.rrir.a*. Legation, Pek?n, i'liir.?. Beaumont Lt ol ! C. '-? id Brigade. Do : linicai Rep . Following ( ? lo Witnt cd, Va. : Brown. W. V : I.amt?. 1. I . Sanderson. L. H. M. : Stephen?. R. L, Weaver. i?t Lt 3. H . I ?, V? Pear on, . I Lt B? hon i al ?? Is ra'ged. Banker', ?d Lt S. M., iri?e gun? ner (permanent i Burton Qaarteraaater Cler ?. A I? i'a ,ir." harm, I , Pearl Harb r, I. H Charsha, Mannt G'.->?? i., I? Quar? tier. Va Tallxit. Cart. E.. to Parr,* I?land. South CaroHna. Trasl?. Sd Lt A. J . to Parn- Kland. South Carolina. BayliB. ?d i-t. C. I).. to recruitinir off?tre. Spokane, Wa*h. Henlin. Id Lt A. 8., to (niter! State?. Adams. 2.1 Lt H J., re^isratien ar.-i-i te<. Paul, lid Lt H. to 8t JulienV. Cre?... Vtf Howell. Cd Lt- C. A.. di-.miM.ed Keenan. Marin? Gunner E. J.. to Pearl Har? bor. T. H. Matthew?, Lt. Col. H . to ?>an francisco, a* depot fiuarternia?t?-r Spotta. Cant. G. W.. to '.'d Bntrad?-. Dointn i,-an Republic. Hin?. Cap'. O. C , to Charleston, B. C. ** depot qua!Urir.a?ter. Kewton. 1st Lt D 1> . honor?blj iH chaire" I Schwartaman. l*t Lt E G. to l>-*.i?u." u to? Marine Corpi Wasniasrton.