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THR 81TN. THURSDAY. DECEMRF.R 1915.
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DEMANDS THAT U.S.
HAKE ITS MUNITIONS
Ppi Tn von per Lewis M Labor
Otonp" Fljfkt on dm and
Powripf .Mtikrrs.
MARKS BITTEH RPEKCII
WAIMINOTOM, I'd-. I
gun In the Bh( III. it
by thJ "fcibof frroup"
fores th ft (1 Optlotl if
. Th opening I
ll tn be ttui'le
ii ConiftM to
n policy under
ikhiiii tit Oovmmni will i mid nil its
battleships find ninnufncture It muni
tion of war was fired In fh House
to-' I ly ivlien Ib'pn eiit..t. ve Ternnff
or ItlllMJa charged tint the munition
maker were haV) contributor to sorl- I
tie oiirai'lsed '.o further Ibc m ofi
pri-i'.iri itnrH. j
.Mr Tatannar crltlclaed ratlffd army!
and n.'i vni officers for having accepted I
Mtployment with rdrpohstlon engaged i
in making miniition, Intimating that!
gttrtl relations were linp0pf and III
Mating thal they ahem Id be srohtbltd
by Ih ttovernmenti Ha advocated th
ggnatna Hon of Hovafiimeni awnad mu
nition plants, making tha argtintont thai
it would practical!) ba lihpoaalbla for
tha ITnltad Btataa adequately lo ex
pand ita mllttaYy aatabHahnianta a- bng
h it had to nay tin high prloaa rx.n te.i
tar audi pradui ts bj prlvata corpora
UMIf
Tiu' apaahar charged thai the muni
tion luakera operated under .1 commu
nity of inUraat sie'elli himI that all
wr Httxlou 10 1 ,0 unit tha Hovern-
rrjenf t egtraordinari aapandlturaa for
tua i amy and nav
tarrrmrlif Willi rliinn.
In tha eonraa of bla ipeech Mr. Tav-anioM-
rafarrad to an agreement allagad
to hava iiwn mada by tha ilu Pont
Pdwde Company to auppl) it? product
10 Hcrmany. 14.- charged that In thl
agtraamani th.- Delaware oorporatton
ivwi pledgeil to imparl to Oarmany any
aatrgia that might coma into it po
aaaalon relative to tha ictanca of powdar
making.
At the same time. aoaoTdlng to Mr.
Ifevannar, tin; du Pont had, ralatlona
with tho United Btataa whlob give the
romp;,tiy tho banafll of am aaorat
knowladga that Amaiioaa naval otmers
fnivhT hava a to powdar proceeaes
Mr, Tavenner aald tha agraamani with
naanuuiy wan algned by a man who la
now alttlng in the ITnltad Btataa sen
it'. meaning Senator du Pont of Iele
ware. member of the Pomniifp on Mil
iary Affalra and former chairman of the
committee,
Mr. Tavennac wai call ad to order n-
Hpealt.-r flail; for referring to the Ian
hior .11 violation t Houaa rule.
Mr. Tavannar then withdrew hlg re
ntal U concerning Banator iu Pont
enrc in IIAIrrn.
The sneaker referr-d to Major-ilen.
Oharlaa W Humphray aa an oflloar of
the ilu Pont Powder Company anil to
t!:e eon rtlon of Rear Admiral Brown
non with tii.- tnternational Nlokal I'om
Mtiy. Dtacusalng Rear Admiral
thrown..!!- relatluna With the so-called
"nickel truat" Mr, Tavenner atd ha
malnt.i: I In home in Washington,
whi r., he is no douie of more value
to the International NldKal fnaiuiwur
through hia gpntaet with naval orn-
ciala than he yroulr) be any ila else."
Mr. Tavenner chargad that the "war
magnataa" were n , g "mUllOM and
liillliona" out of the trouble In Kurope.
"It l not to the jnteri'nt of thene
men that the war ahall be bn'Uht to
a .jerly floe." he gald. "It 1 not to
their Interest that tha United ritatea
ehall not become Involved in the Eu
ropean war. but t'lat I' ':.ill i.erome In
volved. The more nrftj the more proflta,
"To the war tniKt b u ki ra paaea would
actually le a calamltj War la un
profltabla to aU aava the war trading
tnongera. Why not make war unprollt
ab!e even to ihein by taking al! profit
out of war and praparatlon f' r arar
Congrea can do ! . mil) by manufac
turing all of Its own munition and
ghtpg "
AERONAUTIC BOARD REPORTS.
Proiii.iu lead Reantla al ear's
Mud to i uiiuri .
T AaHiNOToN. Deo. 15. The flrHt re
port of tin' aeronautli 1 advisory bonnl
ngaatad In the last Congress was for
warded to tha House to-day by President
Wilson.
The report, wtUch b.'iirs the signature
of lien iSenraa T. Boiiven, chairman,
shows that tlie board haa rolle'-ttd a
mass of solan tlflo data It says In part:
"The Importance of air crafl to tha
Army and Navy Departments In view of
the utilization of ettch i raft in the pres
ent war In Rurope ll so aiddant that no
furih-r comment is necessary, it is
atrongly racommertjad that ndequato fa
otlltlea be provided to conduct the Im
portant oxperlniantgl work naceaaayy for
the efflotant daejelopmant of both
ggmichea on Mronautical llnaa."
YUAN FORMALLY ACCEPTS.
Takliiu rtt d, Sii ii in rittrlot-1
lni In KtM M Other'.
PSKlKj Dr. If.. Yuan Shih-K'.ii
formally fcOceptoMl th offer of tho lm
percii crown of ctvlnv Tbt toUovloi
Pit hitit MUal uiaiulaii VII Uwiltll here to
"Thi iirtfiir: 11 Pa Yuan t 'hlna'ii
ifmporary PievrHsiMfit)i r ; :i - nUnf Mm
Nati"ti.il OUlWIU H irt-ritat.ve COft
Vent it-!-, has numiTMd itX rM0l uiiv
I ttlwiiM nft rtfUM U10U rM)UMt anj
han litftitti prtMianttd the pftoptt'i offtr
tut pt.t RM ftll thtt to aHcenJ the
thrt'iir. it thouM bi undrrvtood that
) patnolltiin In ua tt'fnn ah t li.it f
aaiv othMtf. Hut now 1 1 . olttMra1 d
fnanrt prtMltMl afnt Iht-ii fxpett-i-tion
h kt'n that It In Impoittttilt fur un
to llUUN MVHelf anil llu PMMlli4
tillt v will eh Iiuh to VJ Upon tuy
ihoulfltrt.
"Still in lnin(r Ulfl roUIMWtlOn tor
jrnat t ) i i n Mid M bTMM i mjlttor aa
thu. nunMoui hnportttni co itdifsitoM
ppx'Mt I heiTwelvrt. T;n-i-"r while
(vuidlng dHntorittMi thU thins hould
not bt- dona tuuttUy Thtw ;t t herbj
rdrd that all tha MlnUtrttffl ami tie-
prirttm-ni shall UMicrnhh LMViQltg thv:n
ilVM and nUalll ilulailetl pt ji.t ral inn.".
mt whMI coui4)!ftt-j thai th'.-t i"; pre-,
-iit '1 for exerm 01:. Tni ptltlo1 re
tlVd a re onion Aled at th HUM 06
pa rt men t,"
CANADIAN CABINET SHAKEUP.
lr lllehsril MRS Units lis
llrlilsli i iiln iii Ma 's I'reiiiler.
SloMTajUb, Rac. IB sir Rlohard
MoUrlde, Premier of UrljUah Columbia,
raalgned toda; because of a dlaisgree.
men! with the Cansdlan Uovarnaaani mi
railway and SUbmrlll policies. He had
held the pOt iWelVe yeais
W. J. Bowser will succeed sir itlch
aril bflth as Premier Hid leader of the
Coniervallva party, lie has Uaeg m
torne -i ii i eral f.ir man)' years.
Hlr Itivhard will nan fur London
in a tew iiiy in beooms Agent-UeneraJ
fur British i ' .n.i.ii
REPUBLICAN
WAR POURS GOLDEN
STREAM INTO MINT
.S12,-J2.fi00 Camp Into New
York Ansy Offlrp Alone in
Four Months.
$$0,000,000 FROM FAR FAST
WAaHIKOTOWi Iev IS, Complete,
data as to the movements of gold to
and from the Cnlted Slates M the crltl-1
cal day following the outbreak of the
BttTOpaan war and In the later period
In which Kurope ihas becBtue debtor to
us, are given In the annual report of
lilrector of the Mint Wonlley, mad pub
lie to-day.
Tha Director announces that since
July I. 1914, the volume of business
haa Increased so steadily and rapidly
that the records show the total value
of the deposits at the New York As
say office for the first four month
of the y.ar 1!'15 to be 1 12,214.0,
nearly as much as the total deposit for
the entile fiscal year 190. which here
tofore has Is-en the banner year for the
New York Assay Office.
DlrOOtOf Woolley characterise the fis
cal year 1 .' 1 ". as the most eventful tn
the history of the mint eervtoe. Tha
mint at San Francisco, h eays. re
ceived bIWeil April 1 and November I,
191a. more tnan tr.n. 000.000 In foreign
Kuld com ami bullion from Australia,
.lapati and China, aa compraed with
4.I4t,O40 during th calendar year
mu.
Vary Utile of the foreign gold received
has been In tine tiars. according to the
report, but the major portion haii been In
cin. chiefly British sovereigns and Jap
Miicse yen. The prompt melt.ng and
storing of this coin presented problems
i ailing for extraordinary energy and
sunn ingenuity says Mr WootUy.
The Director nf the Mint point out
that since July, litis, there has been an
unprecedented demand for subs.dlary
ruin. In preparation for this demand
ho purchased 4, 1175. 000 ounces of silver
In July. 1I1S, the slock of the metal on
hand at that time being very low.
The total BOlnag of the C.overnment
for the Il-'-al year amounted to $4S.
nvfi 4.-,y ,.f which S4".r.S LSI was gold.
It.tSt.OSI Bllvar, ll.TUTT nickel and
I4K1.331 h-.mxe.
The Ph ladelphla mint In the paat
fscal year executed more coinage for
foreign otmntrlaa than In any prevloua
year In the lnstltu' Ion's history. The
output of the l'h la lelphla mint In-
cluded nts.or.o ptacaa, I0,TI,4S4) silver
Pieces and 11,014,100 nickel pieces for
Culm ; Bold pieces and IsS.SBS sll-
.r pieces for Costa RgBg, -.500,000 sil
ver p.erea for Ecuador and 9,201.000
nickel pieces for (Salvador. TWs mint at
Hni Krancleco coined for the Philippine
Islands. 1.970,000 silver pieces ana
hronie pieces.
The selgnnrage on I'nited Btate
coinage executed totalled 13, 678.564.
PERU RATIFIES SEW COINAGE.
I'ercrntage of Bllver 4o rer
Money Heelrtrled.
I. IMA, Dec. IS. The new coinage re
cently passed by the Peruvian Congress
has been put Into effect by a decree Is
sued by the ilovernment to-day. The
law provide Government coinage of
:no.000 soles, or 1100.000. each month
in fractional silver coins and also per
mits the making of oolne for use a
money by private pereona at a small
(harce for colnsge.
The percentage of silver to paper
money Is restricted and provision la
made for proeoutlon of any attempt
to exchange paper for silver at a pre
mium on the coinage.
a, g. Mclaughlin in race.
Hrnukli ii llenmi rallc lub Head
Mny liet Postmneteralslp.
Word reaehed Brooklyn yesterday
from Washington that Alonro a. Mc-
l.auKhllti. president of the Democratic
Club. under consideration for the
t,..stmaHtershli, which 1 temporarily
filled ly ex-Henator Walter C. Burton.
Mr McLaughlin's name has been pre
sented to rreHirtent Wilson, but It Is not
.xp.eted that the appointment will be
irgtda until he return from hla honey
moon Mr. M.T.auKhlln has long been active
In Democratic politics and In the late
campaign era un aspirant for the Su
preme t'nurt rumination, which went to
t'ongresman Kltsgerald.
A Christmas
With No Gifts-
no tokens of the day, no remem
braflCM from friends, barely enough
fixxl to sustain life, no winter cloth
ing, and the constant threat of a
"disposse-vs."
Left to themselves, such will be
this Christmas in some J.ooo homes
known to us most of them with
little children where recent death
nr sickness cause the distress which
winter now makes acute.
Will you join us to bring a little
C.hriMnms brightness to these
homes ,
See. I yonr sift to OROROK BI.AODRN,
Tieaursr, It.ioro 311. ma E 2-nd Rtreet.
NEW YORK ASSOCIATION FOR IM
PROVING THE CONDITION
OF THE POOR
CORNELIUS N. BLISS. Jr.. President.
AND DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IN CONGRESS
HBiH gElB!sl34r-&ll gaaaagLigaaaa
t mm M W
By FRANK
MAY JAM THROUGH
WAR TAX BILL TO-DAY I
Republicans to Protest Meas
ure Extending Special Ker
en tie Another Year.
Wabhinoton, Dec IS. Plans have
hen perfected by the Democratic, leaders
of the House to ptsss the Administration
bill to-morrow whloh extends the life of
the emergency war revenue act from
December SI next to January 1, 1917.
Many Democrat have grumbled over the
proposal to centlnue tho war taxes, but
Indication are that the measure will be
pasasd by a comfortable majority. A
report on tha blTT. filed In behalf of the
Way and Means Committee to-day by
Democratlo Leader Kltehln, says In sub
atance that a revenues from all sources
have fallen off tu a result of the war
It la Important that there be no sua
pension of . 'Elections under the revenue
act.
"At the time the law was enacted It
waa thought that the war In Kurope
probably would not be tT long, r duration
than January l, 191B, and that there
would be no necessity for additional
taxation beyond that date, but the end
of the war la etui beyond sight and the
Treasury will need the additional reve
nue contemplated by tho extern um of the
act," uys th report.
"During the fiscal year tndeil June SO,
1914, total Imports amounted to J l . s a a . -92M67,
aa compared with SI. 617. Its, -740
for tha fiscal year 1910. thus Indi
cating a falling off In Import of $J2J.
7u5,917. During the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1114, Imports from the Huro
pean countries now at war Vwnuunted
to 17611.000,000. The Importation from
these same countries ilurlng th tlscal
year 1915 fell to 16011,000,000, a decrease
Of 1262, 00,000.
"It la pointed out that lomnarina the
two period Internal revenue receipts
dropped more than , 000.000 and that
the postal service now registers a deficit
of 110,000,000, against a surplus a year
ago.
"It Is therefore evident," suys the re
port, "that some form of additional tax
ation la necessary to take care of the
loaa from customs and Internal receipts
and postal revenues."
The Republican report on the bill.
which la to ba prepared by Representa
tive roroney or mcnigan. ranking mi
nority member on the Way and Means
Committee, will be submitted to the
House to-morrow. Tills report will make
a protest against the measure and charge
that revenues have declined not on ac
count of the war, but because of the
failure of Democratic tax lawa to realise
tha expectation of their framera. The
Republicans will make no attempt to
defeat tha Administration MIL which
probably will be paased by the House
MM a4J4srsuju to-morrow sight.
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WINC.
NEED OF $120,000 MAY
DELAY BIG NAYY PLAN
Unless Congress Orants Fundi)
for Draughtsmen, Building:
Won't Begin Until 1917.
Washington, Pec. IS. Vnless Con
gress appropriates an additional sum
of $120,000 for draughtsmen in the navy
none of the warships propnat-d tn the
Administration's naval building pro
gramme can be started before April,
1917. If the appropriation Is granted
the Navy fiepnrtment will be In a posi
tion to let contracts within six week
after Congress paggag the programme.
The situation lias been put up to
Chairman Pltlgerald of the House Ap
propriations Committee by Acting Secre
tary of the Navy Roosevelt. It was
learned this afternoon. According to Mr.
Roosevelt, Hie $120,000 asked for will
provide for sixty tu seventy additional
draughtsmen, or an Increase of 33 per
cent. With tho present force lie said
plans for the big dreadnoughts rould
not be completed In less than eighteen
months.
In this connection it wun learned that
except for additional corridor watchmen
and doorkeepers and an order closing
all but one of the entrances to the
building after 6 o'clock on week day
and all day on holidays, rlecretary Dan
iel ha taken no etepa for the better
protection of warship plans or other
naval secrets.
AlthouKht the Navy Department lias
never recovered the stolen plans of the
battleship rennsylvalila, the drawings In'
the draughting room are still kept mor
or less exposed, no vault having been
provided for the.r safekeeping. Tha
particular drawings of the 1'ennsylvanla
that disappeared related to a sec re I de
vice of gundie control, on which navy
experts had been working for some time.
They disappeared from th" building on
the day that I'res dent Wilson was In
augurated, but whether they were stolen
or burned up with some rubbish never
ha been found out by the department.
The fire control device subsequently In
stalled on the renneylvanala wus made
from duplicate copies of the missing
plana.
At p:esent the draughting i 'in la
at work on plan for typee of vessels
which It Is thought Congress will t
certain to approve. But as Hecretary
Daniels himself has not definitely de
termined un the type of dreadnought
to be bu.lt, the plans for these vessel
will not be started until after the naval
building bill Is passed. The general
board ha urged the adoption of a type
larger than any aver before constructed
In the world and calling for a tonnage
of 16,000 tons
fill, ooo for !. of "ealp.
Th Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court In Brooklyn has unanimously af
firmed tlie award of $31,000 to Mary
Hynea, 17 years old. of S4S Court atreet,
In tha Supreme Court In Nassau county
In her suit against Cook, Cobb a Co.
The girl' hair was caught In some ma
chinery ajtd her scalp waa completely
torn from her heed.
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WODLDDRIYE ODT
DRINK BY HYPNOTISM
lr. Quaokenboa Says Moro
Wont on Tinliilip. lint Poor
Turn tn Movies.
CIGARETTES A MENACE
VVasiiinhton, Pec IS. Or. John H.
Quackeiibos. a profOr emeritus of Co
lumbia T iilverslly, who hl been using
hypnotism In the practice of medicine for
years, told the American society for the
Study of Alcohol and Other Narcotics
at It forty-fifth annual meeting to
night that drlnkliiK among tue well to do
Is continually on the Increase, but Is de
creasing among tho poorer clasael,
Pr. Quat'kenbos said that three times
the amount of our national debt I about
$3,nOO,OOO.OOU) annually at spent In this
country on alcoholic drinks anil toon. co.
The tobacco baMt lie maintained to lie as
bad as the drink habit, and said that the
Intemperate uie of tobacco explain TS
per cent, of all alcoholic cases.
The cure, as laid down by Dr. Uuacken-
bos. is a dynamic susgaatlon the victim
should lie hypnotised, and while in this
state an appeal made lo his gubi'on-s-
ioub mind, his subliminal aalf, his su
perior spiritual paraonallty. Plut k. pull,
push, Belf-reltarsce can thus ba Imparted
.I sutfii lent degree to keep the sufferer
away from alcohol or tobacco for tha
rest of his Ufa, ho said Out of 1.200
cases of alcoholism which Dr. Quacaen-
b.ia says lie l as handlni by this method
.it leaf-t SO per cent, were s:iv.-d.
"The drink habit la growing, especially
among our woman." ha told the gather
ing. "from shop maid to the pampered
dames of OClty, The punch bowl Ha
ute at functions . cocktail i and high
balls are everywhere -u dress parade,
tlirls representing sood families, con
spicuously made up. arc not misfllmt.
Debutantes, not necessarily of the fast
set, unblu.diincly insert a right to drink
wine und smog .igarettes at lutabeoiie
and lov.es, at lilch priced cafe and In
tha corridors of hotels; and not a few
Of this das, a well as young married
women, have been brought to my ofllow
In u state of Intoxication, Such has
become the VOgU.
"The unobtrusive young lady of the
past general.. .n Is giving place to
a coarse, boisterous. Immodestly nulred
bon vlvant. controlled by unworthy Im
pulses and wholly unlit to fulfil her
function In the home as a chancier
former, a wife and a mother.
"With the great mass of working
tieopte in the cities the habit of drink
1e netleeahly on th war.", and saloon
keepers who have lone absorlted a gen
erous fraction of the laborers" hard
earned wage fear for the future of
their nefarious business. The moving
picture show Is a great adversary of
the saloon. A man may be entertained
there with Ills family an hour or two
for less money than lie would spend In
the card rooms that figure at the rear
of every bur.
"As a rule women who drink are more
unreasonable than men, and more us
orpttble to tho dictation of alternating
phases.
"The real danger In smokine; consist
largely In the habit of Inhalation"
Dr. Qtisckenbos told of the poisons
In tobacco smoke, and said that the
worst of all 1 furf uraldehyda. found
In Inferior alcoholic drinks, and aald
to e fifty times as poisonous jts al
cohol. Thl occurs In the smoke of
cheap cigarettes, he said, and, according
to rf4rent experiments, the amok of a
single Virginia cigarette I likely to
contain a much furfuraldehyde a two
ounce of whiskey.
MANCHESTER A BANKRUPT.
Duke. Ill In I'arl. Smym He Want
tn Pay All Hie DafeSti
Special Caf.; mj-c '. fo Tu Si.v
Lsindon, Dec. t5. The Duke of Man
chester, eon In-law of tho Into BlMfM
Zimmerman of ClnOlnnatii was adjudged
a bankrupt to-day. The plan which It
was promised last week would be pre
sented to the creditors w s not ready.
Ills counsel asked for u further adjourn
ment, but tho OOUrt refused and ap
pointed K. B, Balaman as trustee of the
Duks's estate.
Tho 1 'like is confined to his room In
I'arl. It w.is announced that ho was
desirous of paying his debts In full
arhen arrangements hava been completed
and the Duke had Kre.it objection lo
being adjudged u bankrupt Do thinks,
according to his representatives, that
his personal effect will bo a valuable
asset.
The meeting was closed after Mr
Kalaman remarked that any application
against the adjudication could be made
before the bankruptcy court.
The Duke's liabilities were returned
it about $U7S,000, with assets of about
i.ouo.
5 BATTLESHIPS NEED CREWS.
isn't Take Pari In Mssirsrm
Because of I.seU of Men.
Noaroi.g, Va , Ien. 1 &. It I an
nounced In navul circle that the battle
ships Vermont and New Hampshire will
not go to Cuba with tlie Atlantic Heel In
January to participate In winter
mianceuvrea. These two shlpe are short
several hundrnl nu.i of having their
regular crew complement.
The Vermont, unable to obtain u full
crew, has been tied up Vtt the navy yard
for some tine. I'oaters urging young
men to join the Vermont ure potted In
conspiciniuN places In Norfolk and
Portsmouth, but have not caused many
enlistments.
The battleship Kansas, Connecticut
and Minnesota may not be available m
go with tha fleet because of shortage In
craw. Tint would leave only th bat
tleship Louisiana tn tha fourth division
It la probable th Georgia and Nebraska
will be added to thl division.
YEAR'S FARM YIELD
TOPS TEN BILLION
Wheat and Corn Are Worth
$2,680,161,000, Cotton
$602,393,000.
MANY NEW RECORDS SET
Washinotom, Deo. IB. The final es
timate of crop values by the Department
of Agriculture ahowa that thl year'a
principal farm crope were worth !(,((.
778,000, on a basis of December 1 price.
Thl compares with S4.7.S2'.0" lat
year. t4.(f,4T.OOO In 1911 and I4.TS7.
471.000 In 112.
With the wheat crop Tln
billion bushel mark for the flrat time In
the nation's history, eorn production
renehlng a S.000,000,000 truah. total for
t he seeond time, and record crop of oats,
bnrluy, rye, eweet potato, hay and rice,
tho yenr ha beon an extraordinary one.
The value of om of th crops la tlss
lurgest ever recorded.
The value of each crop, baaed on Ita
farm pries December 1, with hut year a
VBlue, Is announced a follows:
I'rop
f'orn
Wtnfr uhest
nr, ii.
l,TSM(t. ll.T.J.070.000
Hprtng nhrst..
All wheat
(ts
Harlsy
Rye
Buck hnat ...
K:xen
Mir
folates
i putstoss
Itsy
Tobaeca
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930.JO:.0(Hl
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122.tlS.00O
4I.21S.OOO
12.40S.OOO
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?4.21..00O
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10.,. I02.U00
17.01 1.000
12.St2.OO0
11.140 000
11. 141,000
101. SOS, 000
41.211,000
71V.U4I.000
101,411,040
4211,124.000
30.441,000
121,104,001)
4C.0S1.000
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602.111.000
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Var's Total f 10,000,000,000.
other farm product, Including minor
crops and animals and .inlmul products
will bring th; year total to about 110,
UOO.VOO.OOO. Further detail of the report how :
Corn production, ,OC4,53u,000 bushels,
against ..67. .804. 000 last year. Acre
yield, IS.S bushels, against liS.S last
year. December 1 farm price. 67.6
cents a bushel, against 64.4 last year.
Winter wheal', production. 655.04S.OOO
bushels, against 6S4.ii!!1 .000 last year.
Aero yield. 16.2 bushels, against 10
last eur. I'rloe. 9i cent a bushel,
against 9S. 6 last year.
.Spring wheat production, 3.'.6, 406.000
bushels, against i06.01!7.0u0 last year.
Acre yield, 18.3 bushels, against 11.1
laet year. Trice, 86.6 cent a buhtl.
against s 6 last year.
All wheat production. 1,011.505.000
bushels, against 8!M.')17,000 last year.
A to yield, 16.0 bushels, against 16
last year. I'rlce, 93 cent a bushel,
against Its. 6 last year.
Oats production, l,604,3i3,0u0 bushel,
against l,141,0go,00u last year. Acre
vi. Id 37.6 bushels, agulnel 3H 7 last year.
Price, 36.1 cent a buhcl, agalnlt 43.6
last year.
Harley production. .37.009,000 busheis,
HKiunst 194.963.000 lag. yir. Acre yield,
IS hushes, againat .5.8 laet year. Drs-e,
51.7 cents a buahcl, uulnet 64.3 last
year
lie production. 49,190,000 bushels,
saral'nst 4f.77S.00O last yeyjv Acre yield.
IT.S bushels, agatrtst 16.8 last year.
I'rloe. 83.9 cent it Oueliel, against 86.5
last year.
Prices Hauge Higher.
Buckwheat production. 1S.TIS.000
buahela, .'uirul 10,111,000 last year.
Acre yield. 19.6 bushels, against -1.3 laet
year. I'rloe, 78.7 cent.-, agalu.it 76.1 last
year.
FluJUiewd production, 13.845,000 bushels
against 16.559,000 last year. Acre yield.
10 1 bushels, against 8.3 last y-ear. Price,
11.74, against 11. .6 last year.
Il'.ce production. .8.945.10" bushels.
aRa.iist :'3, 619.000 las' ' i r Acre yield.
36.1 buahrls. 14.1 last year.
Price, 90 6 cents, ugalnst 92 4 last year
Potato production, 359,103,000 bushels,
aalnst 405.921,000 laet year. Acre yield
li5 5 bushel, against 109.5 last year
Price, 61.6 cents, against 4 9 laet yea-.
Sweet potato production. TOilSS.oA)
bushels, against 56,674,000 last year
Acre yield, 103 3 bushels, against 93 ,1
last yvar. Price, 62 cents, against 73
last year.
Hay production. 85.525,000 tons,
against 70,071.000 laat year. Acre yield,
1.08 ton, against 1.43 last year. Price.
110 70, againat til. 12 last year
Tobacco production. 1.080.587.000
p. unds. araltist 1.034. 670, 000 last year
A. to yield, 775.1 pounds. oralnst S 4 5.7
pounds Lust year. Price, 9.1 cents, agalnsn.
9 8 cents last year.
Cotton production, 11,161.000 ttalea of
600 pound pros, excluding Unter.
nalnt It, 135,000 last jrear. Aero yield,
172 5 pounds, mralnat 209.2 last year.
Price, 11.3 cents a pound, against (18
cetv's last year.
Sncar Mt nrodnoMort. 6.463.000 tons,
sralnst . 462.000 lst Acre yield. 10 4
tons, mrnl-et 10 4 last year Price, IB 54
ton. against; 15 54 ln.t year.
PROMINENT RITONS
IN WAR PROFIT SUIT
H. ii. Bnrford Should Divide
Motor Tmek Commission,
Says Warwick Wright.
Difference between two prominent
Bngllahman over the division of the com
missions on an order from the Husslan
Government for $6,000,000 worth of mo.
tor trucks resulted In the filing in the
Supreme Court yesterday of a suit for
an accounting against Henry Q, Itur
ford of Hurford Co., of 8 Bridge at reel,
by Warwick Wright.
WrlRht is head of the Sheffield sim
plex Company, a motor car company, of
Sheffield, lhigland. which ha been taken
over by the Kngllsh Government for
neroplane manufacture 11 was the
second man In Kngland to take up riv
ing. The Kngllsh War Office sent him
to France last spring lo bring about co
ordination between the English and
French flying suuadron. Hurford Is
head of a prominent ICngllsh rinii of
wbi.-h a former Kngllsh Hecretary of
State for War and other high Ungllsh
otuctaiH ore menineis.
The complaint, drawn by John J. Jor
dan of 115 Broadway, allege that prior
to February 1 last Wright arranged
with the Morton Truck and Tractor Com.
pany of llarrlsburg. Pa., snd having a
New York office at 110 Broadway, to act
as its agent In obtaining contract for
trucks. On the dute mentioned Wright
offered Hurford half of all the commis
sion to he paid on the motor truck If he
could obtain war order. It It ulleired
Unit through the Influence of Hurford
and his firm with member of the com
missions who were buying war tiippllet
lor the Allies ths Kuselan Government
ordered about $0,000,000 worth of truck,
chiefly armored, on which the commis
sions would amount to about $100,000.
Wright arrived here recently from
Ftagland and finding that payments had
been made to Hurford. he demanded hla
share of the commissions He uwa
thai Burfond refused to nay him and In
view of the fact thul Burford had ar
ranged lo sail for Kngland last Tuesday
Wright instructed hla attorney lo bring
suit, und notified the Morton company
that the company would be hold re.
sponsible If any payments wer md to
Burford before the ault I decided.
The doubters
Columbus waa doubted when he steered west
ward, Galileo was gaoled when he said the earth
was round, and a lot of people said the Equitable
Building would not be a success.
Columbus made good, Galileo was right, and
the Equitable rent roll has silenced the prophets.
Look the Equitable proposition,
over and you will know why.
Equitable Building Corporation
120 Broadway
DIRECT TAX DUE TO
ERROR. SAYS TRAVIS
Comptroller Admits factMM
In State Heveniie Was Not
Foreseen.
CASK SI HPI.I S IN 15)17
Anas NT, Dec. 16. Mugeuo .M. Travis,
.State Comptroller, does not share the
expectancy of t.iov. Whitman that the
state is on the vergo of a heavy dire t
tax. approxi muting I H.ooO.nOO. This wis
ninde plain to-night when the Comptroller
sent a communication to the QOVCTUOr
ami legislative leaders forecasting tho
possibility of the State being relieved ol
a direct tax.
In hie letter Comptroller Travi says
that "only a small dir.- t tax will be
necessary next yenr and that perhaps
sis'h ii tax may be entirely avoided." In
thu advising the liovcrnor and other
Hlate official he Is obeying the pro
vision of the Slate llnanoe law which re
quires him 10 furnish snob Information
tu those responsible for the State's
finance.
Ths lea-lslatlv leaders will look upon
the Travis statement as a much rosier
OUtlOOk than the one glcn recently by
the Governor.
Core'.ludttig a talmlation of figure".
Oornptrollar Travla says that the eMti-
matnl deficiency for September 31). 1917.
based On existing laws, is $2,351.80!,
but adds that with the favorable action
of the Ijegtslature thvre should ! a sur
plus In the State treasury on Septemlsr
30. 1917. of 14.298.193.
(.overnor I Silent.
fjov, Whitman did not discuss th
statoinetit to-night, but pixihably will do
so in a day or two.
In his report Comptroller Travis sa.
"It is estimated that the aggregate ex
penditure fur the tlscal year ending
I Semember 30. 1917, wi.l exceed the
revenue for the same period by about
$7,000,000, if tha revenue from raoom
j mendatlons ure taken Into consideration;
but, in addition to the revenues, there
! will be available a cash surplus at the
I beginning of that fiaoal year of probably
II :. 208. 709. 79.
"nil oaati aurplus, rei-'iititig from th
operations of the treasury durmg the
present iiw-il year, is accounted for
principally by the transfer to the gen
eral fund of IS.St4.000 from the pro
ceeds of can:,l bonds In rcnnhiirsA ths
general fund for expenditures prior to
' . . v. ,ic "ui.ii.. VJ
the unexpected Increase in revenues' from
tock transfer stamps due to extraordi
nary icoriditi ml caused by the Kuropean
war. and by the large Increase In rev
enue from tho secured debt tax law,
due partly to changes in the law, but
m ire Sgpoolally to the attempt of the
Tax CommlaalOn Of New Vork city to
Increase th personal property assess
ments, which led a large number of
person to obtain exemptions under
the secured debt tax law.
"It is apparent that the condition of !
the State treasury Ht the close of the
present tlscal year will be much more
favorable than was anticipated by the
official of the state, including the
Comptroller, at the close of the last
legislative session, when the amount of
the direct tax for tills year was fixed. I
Tlie estimate made at that time of the I
probable revenues of the Stats took into
KOOtUlt every condition that could he'
foreseen, and the Chang for the better !
which hue taken place Is due to f actors i
In the financial situation which we I
would not hixve DO 11 Justltled in I
fuming lo be possible." i
Mr. Travis also says: 1
"White this Is merely a tentative 1
financial programme, subject to revision i
by the Governor and the Legislature,
the experience of this office convinces
me that It Is a feasible and practicable I
plan and I earnestly commend it to I
your thoughtful consideration. It indl- i
ate that It will be possible to have I
the cash surplus and the direct revenues
mest nearly all. and perhaps all. of the 1
requirements up to October 1 . 191 7. there- I
by requiring only u small direct tax
next year and posthly avoiding such a
tax entirely. There Is no need of em
phasizing the desirability of escaping I
tlie Imposition of such a general tax. I
Sold
Nowhmrm
Ehe
Mil Order Filled
Send for Catalog
864
M .vi. KTilXJBi-aTu71 f.i..jrii.Yl t7 r
especially at thl time, when the Kedsts
Government Is preparing to obtain ,
dltlonal revenue by new forms ol tnxa
tlon.
In a table embodied In the reKirt M,
Travl estimate the deficiency on si.
tan bar 30, 1917, based on agisting uu
lit $2.351,8011.87. tit add-, however. :t
it be assumed that the revenue measure,
adopted li another part of thl ri.nrt
will meet with favorable a. t...ji of 11
Leg.slaturo of 1916 the probable adi.
tlonal revenues rifoilt Ing therrfr.im ,os
estimated as follows: BgcUM tn. J3,;
000; transfers ttnharltafica taxi, ll,
000,000; secured debt tar. ' ,
total. 16,650,000."
Estimated Snriilna f4MIMM,
Deducting tho estimated deflclana
from this total, tho estimate. 1 aurplus OS
September 30, 1917. Is 14,291,193 I
The report continue:
"The transfer tux law. if amended bv
restoring- the provisions It contained
the law of 1911 relative to th.- FststN
of non-residents, with a furth.t amerd
ment clarifying tb definition of a re.i.
dent nd a non-resident and reducing ths
number of exemptions, even While re
taining the present graded rates of tax
ation, would Increase the State rvenu
from thl tax by an amount eatlmafe
nt $2,000,000 annually, to which 12,500.
"10 can be added by adopting the tM
of taxation recommended by this nfii -t
last year. Tlie full amount of InefeM
however, would not be realised in the
first year of its operation.
"Had these provision been In the l.i
during the year 19 two non-rtaldctil
. estate alone would hav paid .. tai
I i.ttial to about one-fifth of the direct
or .-. non. nun, while, n the l.m i.oi
stands, these estate, pay nothing, .
though the Tax Bureau is kept bus I
large portion of tha time attend - ., the
matters arising there. n.
"Bogus t to iduoatlonal and ch n
bla Institutions In other States an m
exempt from taxation, at I a......
Clitlosllng the exemntions of baqun 0
such Institutions within our on Rials
it seems reasor ablc that a tax should 04
collected on the amounts bequea .1
to Institution not situated wit .r
boundaries."
Woman ( rnleiiarlaii Drops lieml
Mr. Kmily UayheW Ost,.,rr,r. i cefl
tensrlan, died of heart dlseasi sterilay
it rhe home of hg- (laughter, Mrs VI' "f
C Smith. 660 K.iKt 16IH, ,. TV
Bronx. She was bom In Bpei
N. Y. April :'9. 18ir,. Iter paterrsi
grandfather was Thomas Ma: . ,
first Oovernor ..f Martha's V . .-'
She leave iwo daughters, three grai 1
ohIMren and tlx great.granJ
For
Chrittmns
Plashers
Mead
"He h
unagpaetc
dont th
and si
most nai!is thng
He h.j HN'.trn t
utory abc'-'. lovt tK;
ii a. fawintin ii
love itrll ' ' '
rrvralei! to u? C4f
ttin nir.-i and womf
tint vr woi.irl I pc
to know more sl it
Their Jijrtn tt .! '
novel'.st'i cham. !
alike iftstistibli
Bo hn I ran1' '
SI.) net.
by
COMPTON
MACKENZIE
Author of
"Youths
Kwounter."
"Sinister
Street."
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