pnttan or collnaiao by the department at agrtcnitnr l

I speak from In making tbe

from fie bejn.minc. ooi

parpone or desire

nor Been from tie bejlnn belief ammo; tlicse in i dling will be aecesmmrj

tatnly It taww was coni Mow! people are wearing rtietr oM lustlHed, an any other rlotbes this year, btit the more fortnnntc shnuiit remember the Belgirns. J P on ^ lB-'jnnntion to be . "Polnioes are going up." according to ( b news lieaiiiine whirh Is as eniightHlIng as saying '•water is wet.'

tCigHisiricHi. At last aretranrs the squash pie advance was being maintnineil on all

fronts.

Sews that there Is no shortage of tee cream may be depressing to some men

with gmaU; children.

TTffjnmsTTfZCyarsy ttcet urn r.'ratanezy 3gAj*c< wju bsve/tt rȣ carra# auzutesj * - *

on tie esciaagw •nts to twelv centa jyitiml We keep a seeof markets showing file **-

qnomaons and tie quo tall ores of tatnre us. Till" ‘awerage’ spot quotation am' rrr qBOtattons of Sew Tort daring the

K and Sew Orieanrf exciangaa Sn -Me law and the derignafion af f the ■eeretary at agricuitars in making op .HfferentUia on ami j« middling, are:

People along the German border «r« beginning to rcaUae that a t gun has two ends.

Adverting ta epidemics. German Jankers are mitering from ahoaOny pain* aronnd the heart. As soon as a man achieve* fame, some former friend digs np a boyhood photograph.

Tie army also Is teaching young men that they do not to wait until tin raving night to b

Spanish tmmrara is bad enough, i is betta-r ttoan <«ern Qa»t being a neutral disease.

Quality Grocer a ta to ftva n

F. a SHARP

HOBDELi Faettoi Die k

lMs UK which is | Vila spot market I sboaid like to b So that effect.

W. ScOdt Tanr F«a» W«iti Is all Iti Bnocra

requinvl fur eomady pie*. American fuMiiimil player* in are showing all their old skill ll mg the Hlniieuburs line

lietmunf.

Onnoualy during dm last tow qiu.iaUona have been out at aonnal relation spot TJutatiom*—and press or to dtscnunt the trade value of ml cotton “In the third place, the have been advancing Cor four years ant at aO

um price* are not ont of line with , staple conunodittna. For instance, on July I. riie average pries of wheat to the farmer 7*l» cents; on September I. IBIS, under gnveramunt control, it was tOS—an incrouw of UJ7 per cant. On tbe same ■!■»— the prteto of cotton wen 12.* and X-.2 cents—an increase at IdD par rent.

The average tocrease a | been so great, but the

products f except those rngaistod under war pow «r*j has been oa groat or grsater. One at the •niiet intnnwtlng '-neper!noun is found In tbs price at cotton giMidiL I quote from Bradstrevta.

Wholesale Pricsa of Gotten

ssri.-:

■s.'- %:• •Sk 1 '

Tanks rroMaed the channel < Cuunl du Nord <01 Ihe bart> of cankH. Priibuhly tile H.nt>u hriy hoj “l tnUi you *«" now 1 were In aee Bril ink tanks dying Have you noticed that Jjist a

“Her* are increases of from ‘JSI to 38 “In the fourth place, it developed a ago that there 1* rnlhur a scant uupf ton of the gradti r middling of t-lncS Inch staple, ami an abundance of I on the one bund and extra staple (such as AriZiinu. '.leorgiu and Florida Sea Island) on the other Tbe Kurupean couutrius were in ihe market for the small supply of middling and the cperuiauini were contracting for it. while the producer* of low gmile and ertra-stapie cottons found few buyers. The eotton market was out of >i!nf. H~- ernl months ogn the department of agriraiturn ftirsasw rtiia prerisr sttnation and urged Ida modiBiallou of war giHMls »pm-tncatlojis in order to Im-mami consumption of low-grade cottuna. but II (nkea a limit time to raadjuat oommercial unit mnnotoctiiring custumii. bemuse ail man are prone in maintain habits, and spin aura are averse In lai-urrlng trouble or reducing profits. “But when ihe new crop began to coma to market the wnr Induntnea iHiard deemed 11 necesanrj tu tsk» some action tor adjustment. “OtaiKnan Haruch of the war Indnstrim board did me ihe honor u> crmsalt me. In thu absence of Mas-rntsry Houatnu. ubout the detsiia of the | plan U« had derided to adopt by ivinaturning a | nMBOtttae of niiiniry and u —madttMi of lilstrtbntlon. FVir a quarter of a ■cucary I bare given ] more or bass study to the —-tiuomic aspecia of ootannot recoil a ttms Injured by thu 1 shout cKtnn supgig and «

* “As to market nflnaneBs. nothing bos been *u hnrmil of late as toe attitude of a few men from splti! of riiitlnnnn 1 of purpoae. that thu enntwnpladnn of the war industries board was to cause a price to be 9xed. and who nMumuil tlt&t If a prim were flxed It nimid be lower than the* market crier. Market i|iirt[iiTi nstnraiiy have made the most of such a .tau* of mind. Another hurtful Influence lias been UM effort In wane quarter* to magnify the cost at producing citron. In this connection, there that when toe Using a ccnudderatiun sonic professed spokesmen .if the producers sought to have the cotton pries ttxed at 25 cents, though ihe mnrket st that time was CTSiaklwbiy baiew 35 cents. Three uu-u Use* created the impreaslon that the itwuth desired s unwilling to have

perurniariy tr< the fad tost the surnlus of low-grade cotton held by the farmers. I take it that the omnunee on cotton Ustrlbmlan has a much bigger iirobient-sitead of it than merely to take care that farmers shall And a marke* far their product. The tack of a market tor birr-grads tying up a large part «f the narton’s renourcwi. la crippling prospective pure-Uuaers of Liberty lauMhi and otherwise retarding tbs eoonimdc life of the country. That t perfectly goal piudm-i should thus be placed muter ihe ban and its money riJue retired from rirentatioa. la anendurable. Even If the surplus low-grade cotton •no* pervona who aimd Uny the farmer^ present •-rop. ami If they nul their Hunkers hwr~ tfarir eapltal ttad up in a product which Utc# rannnt in rum. they will be unubls ta buy the nelutn this year. Su whether the farm. [ Hk a surplus of low-grade crur-ia j* net at i Unpnrtn&ce, and it appears lilat anyone who In the way of getting this noiton into drtort- an enemy to the tormer. ir- ! respective of the attitude that be may assume/* I

CLEANING and CC2UNG 1 154-lM N. Itoteenih a* PHILADELPHL^

DTTERkHWATtO*. “Tim went armttai on a friendly visit man who lias vt.timised yon la his “Tea. fta st learn suing to 40

often been tbs case. 1

* l>ren dime i Him se!Hah.

All suih tocrw* murt hr dtscount.-d in trtrty appraising the situs don. Inleatlunatly or not. Covernor 1 S«w Tort Journni of Comtbe iMpai I'll relation Co This whole problem, fhs Colled State* drpartmem of agrt.-uilnre wnffirees the provialuns of tha Colled Htariw ••'rttun futures net. except those pnrtl.uu which relate to the cniU<tlun of taxes on i-onrrai-ts, and three portiuna are enforoed by the treasury department. The department of agriculture, however, dues not 'eutubllKll dlfferenClaie' tor grades of .-nttui: other llmu middling, aa ■me might infer from rending .iovertuir'* i/omeris artlcie. Tbe suction 5 contract, which la the contract used <»n ton two MSt-hange*. Is n •bssls middling' contrni-l. ikiTtuu of grade* other tii:in middling may lie duilvarad. and the iliffen-ni-i-s or. .it off middling si which such gradus are dull verad are determined by the dlftorenre prevailing In spat marker* I—Igneu-rl fur I hat purpuae by rhe secretary of agrhmltpro under the terms

of the act

“This department has no authority to nay what dUtorencss shall be quoted by ton spot markets. In Burt, toe M«w Tart sad Mew Orirenr exchanges tot their qnuuuiona direct from die spat msr-

8AKE THlNt S«ro Stopped lldihlng awhile tn look over ILnm burning. 'This gtvua me s gium-c iniu the toiure,* tu re.imrted to a friend. “It look. «, Uk( . German retreat.''

IN THE FUTURE.

tim« cuolng when wre will ready |

and reuugnhor toe 1

There is

enjoy their

‘What time Is tl “When «« luok lo'cad Holder used

OR 5 LOCK STEP, MAVSE. Hubble Funny, ain’t iff DwHuy—Go .«i and hura it oni. Hobble—Why they nail it a wedding march when if* really a two-step.

What an Owner Cannot do vfowsLa. lata Sh« CX6NTSACT0H » «nploy». Yea am eag« * bat you caanot dma&Jj* *poU or hia point <rf wf*But what an Owner DO ia to sfitact, m “5 place, a Contactor wbo an astablishad rwpuati® far intagrity, efBcinncy ^

Edward B. Arnett Building Canatruction Bell Telephone Ccnn« t;a!l6 SEA WT-E CITY. N. J.

william a. M***£* r Notary Public

THE TROtlRLT- '' : '**ue awuy from toe rsglMer. my dw - “Why ou t ( sit here to w»

it Wart Promptly UM West Jersey