Business in 1922 Discussion of Conditions by the National Bank of Com merce, New York Conditions in the United States today indicate that the year. 1922 as a whole will be more satisfac tory, to business, than the year just ended. Our forecast is that profits will depend more on. economy of operation than on expansion of vol ume. With the many f^vorabje factors now operating, business men should not fear to make plans for the hew year, but they should plan wiTh care and conservatism, and with constant effort toward reduction of costs. Financial improvement con tinues. Progress has been made in reduction of excess stocks of man ufactured goods. Accumulations of raw materials have been reduced. The rate of production in the ma jor industries has shown little change'/ during the closing weeks <5tf the year. Losses in some lines have been offset by gains in others, the net result being that the gains over the low level of the earlier months of * 921 have been held. Rank nur Position. The last twelve months have wit nessed; great' progress toward stable ftnancial conditions in business. Combined gold reserves of the twelve, federal reserve hanks have increased by more than 40 per cent, while discounts for member banks have dropped 56 per cent, and fed eral reserve notes in actual circula tion have declined 2S per cent. The federal reserve system once more proves to be a system designed, to vare for increases, and decreases in the volume of c edit, with the re quisite elasticity to do>this easily. Th?"beUermer\t in the position of member banks. while not so spiking, is nevertheless satisfac tory. Notwithstanding the consistent improvement in financial condi tions, VfC.overy in manufacture and trade has been slow. Unemploy ment in-the chief countries shows bttle decline from the high point reached early in the year, and it may well reach new'high figures d uring. January and February, when normally thjere is an increase i.i the number of those out of work la XOrfh America and Europe. Manufactured goods continue to ^io^e slowly and uncertainly into the channels of consumption. ~ The Raw >Iaterial Problem. In last analysis, the business of the world rests on a physical, , not a -financial foundation. Failure of balance between world-wide supply c* and effective demand for phy sical goods forced the violent read iiistment of the last two years; a readjustment which will not be complete until this physical balance *a_s again been established. ..The wool situation illustrates particularly well the various s fac tors which have prevented a return to normal, .conditions. It has con tinued to accumulate, partly be "wiuse^entral Europe ha's not been able . to. purchase in the ? expected amounts, partly because an rni port act part of the wool supply is a by product, and partly because the bJ??ding up of flocks is so slow a process that flock-masters reduce Ihernt only when they have given up hope: of profits. . :With curtailment of production and increased demandS copper sioeks are showing reduction. The abort American and Egyptian cot zon cropSy|ha,ve served to. bring the world's cotton supply approximate ly .to a prewar normal. Stocks of hides and skins are large in many countries but are moving more fj?e2;a00.000 bushels, is carry irtg over 281.000,000 bus'els fron the record crop of 1920. There is .%Iso an accumulation in other less weB-known commodities. This accumulation of physical goods is nor a misfortune, it as sures to the world a supply of cheap food .and clothing, and real pros perity has never rested on any oth er bas?sr ~Brrt producers of raw ma terials constitute much more than half of the buying power cf the worlds and the conclusion is in oviiaf?ie that the entire economic atruc$ire will gradually adjust it self to the raw material market. Disarnjaraeiit and TUc Economic Outlook. : The' essential step toward recov ery is?removal of the burden of ex penditures for war. The countries which are wasting their money and effort on armaments are those whose markets must absorb the worlcCs excess of raw materials, and Pjay for it with manufactures. The*terrific burden of war debts andT Reparation for war is clearly show? by data recently prepared by the federal reserve hoard. The boart?staics that in J920, of a total net ifoblie expenditure by Great Erita'n~oT~?l,l45.9L'S.no<'. ?,?>..> per cent, _y,erc for public debt charges and 25.5 percent, were for national defense; by'France, of a total of 52.18?.217.000 francs. per cent werelfor public debt charges, and 50.7 per cent, were for national de fense, in 1919, Italy's total public expenditures were S2,150.100,000 lire, of which S.4 per cent, were for public debt charges, and S3.9 per Cent, for national defense. German expenditures in 1920 were ?1.470, ?70,00.0 marks. 14.5 per cent being for ptiMio debt charges, and 6".2 per cvnt. for national defense. Expenditures for the payment of interest an0.000,000 in j a single ye^r is equivalent to. thej ; prewar value of the exports of wool j I from both Argentina and Australia} I for nearly three years. - m ?? ? IUci-sov Barvwahl Deplores Xanow ? " Jpr, Bojern?.. . -,? "The antagonistic attitude and 'criticism offered, by Xew York aud Chicago physicians to the. work of; Dr. Adolf Lorenz, the eminent I Austrian surgeon, in behalf of the i crippled children of America, is not only regrettable, but deplor- j able," declared Dr. C. L. Bare-. wakl,. mayor of Davenport, today.) The mayor spoke With considerable ! ? feeling ?s he said the above. "The attitude of these physicians/ t: inhuman and. un-American," con- ^ United Dr. Barewald. "The physi- j cian, of all professions, should be i broad-minded and liberal. But I j am sorry to say that only too often < they reveal themselves to the. con-j trary." Continuing, Dr. Barewald said: "The standing of Dr. Lorenz as j one of the world's greatest sur- J geons is indisputable. His visit to America at this time is a, humani-; tarian move, and not pecuniary. | This is proven in the fact that in i Xew York he is treating some of 1 [ the poorest, children in the metro- | poiis. For this work he does hot! . ' ? ? i receive a penny. And everyone i knows it takes just as long a time] to toeatt A I'dor child as it does the i rich. But Dy. Lorenz is not cater- i iug to the wealthy. He is serving) humanity and serving it with a big, j generous heart that recognizes no distinct ion in race, creed or station j in life- .He is the type of man for ; whom I have the highest respect! and admiration, "I am pleased ty observe that j Health Commissioner Copeland off Xew York City is a strong cham- i pion and defender of Dr. Lorenz, f After being invited to come to this country, he certainly is entitled to the respect and courtesy of all loyal Americans. We American doc tors may know a great deal about medicine, and surgery, but it is the height of folly to assume that we know it aB- ' "Dr. Lorenz has made a life study of joint diseases and is a recognized world authority in this particular i line. During the world war he has' had wonderful opportunities for, observation and, the application, of advanced surgery. It is but natur al, therefore, that he comes^to this country with new ideas and new experiences not enjoyed by the average "American doctor, j "Instead of criticising and ob-1 j stfucting his work, how much more I I humane and generous it would be j j for all of us to extend to him the ! warm hand of welcome and good i fellowship and endeavor to profit I ourselves through his knowledge and ability.. Undoubtedly in cer ; tain branches of surgery American ! physicians are more skilled than j Dr. Lorenz,, but in his particular! ; line we. must admit his master-' ship. I ? "T he day, and., age of. bigotry, \ jealousy and selfishness should be ? put in the discard. .Let the newer ; and brighter light and faith per- j meate the whole world."?Daven-j port Democrat and Leader, Dec. 5?. J 1921. * ? ? The Lowly Corncob. Th?j corncob is coming into its! own.. Once upon a day it was good \ for fuel, and *ome of the finest ex- i amples . of it were used to make j corncob pipes!. But today that has j changed. It is to prove an import- i ant factor, in helping the United i States dye industry compete with! j the German. Recent analyses and I experiments show that the lowly j corncob contains 10 per cent, of ; ! high grade furfural. Furfural, at j I the beginning of the war, came only I from Germany and is used in j connection with coal tar dyes. [ Chemists have also discovered that a good paste, which can be j j used in the manufacture of fibre' j boards for walls, can be made from j ! corncobs. Flower Turns 'Night Into Day. One of the strangest flowers, and j one that is not often seen, because ! it only blossoms aLer night has ! fallen, and then withers before dawn comes, is the cercus. Except I [ at the time "if blooms, this plant, i i which is one of .tie few that turn : ! night into day. is not at ail attray- i five in appearance. What you see j j is nothing more tlian a leafless, dis j tori cd tangle of discolored and re- I I pellent vegetable fibres, j But when this unpromising mass ' I of roots does break into blossom, 1 it throws out tlowers as beautiful! as they are deliriously scented. The bud begins to unfold a little after; I dusk, and in. an hour or two it has | ; grown tu a large flower several feet l in circumference, which at m:1 { night is brawn and orange and whffe, and fills the air with a heavy ; tropical scent like a compound of fresh fragipanni. roses, and tiger, lilies. An nour or so before dawn the Mowers begin to fade, and be fore breakfast the plant is again an apparently withered heap. j Children, who are among the greatest users of public libraries, are borrowing books of biography, natural history, and travel almost as often as they choose fiction. 9> ? ?-? In the obi days the bull pen was j something else, but now it is the one used to write political speeches. - ? ? ? There is no relationship between junkers and junkmen. The former | sow and the bitter harvest. i Cats and Dogs. Swift is said to have originated the saying. 1'Raici.ng eats and dogs." in an old verse at least, so some say. But there is a 1st? another version. In Northern Mythology. Odin, the God of Storm, is said to have pos sessed a dog. This was a sign of wind. Cats, as is well known, are more or less affected by rainy weather. Thus, when rain falls pussy gets frisky. Consequently, in talking of it "raining eats and dogs." which, literally, is of course absurd, the significant meaning is: Wet weath er (as far as "cats" are concerned) and. howling winds (which- the "dogs" denote), or "rains and winds." While on the subject of eats and dogs, it is interesting to know that there is said to have existed at one time a species of "meow-less" fe lines. They could not. we are told, give nightly concerts on the tiles if they tried! St?h dumb eats would be welcome pets in our households today! ??Sun ot a Gun" Where did the expression "son of a gun" originate? According to one authority, John Bellenden Kcr, in his "Essay on the Archaeology of* Our Popular Phrases." published in 1S2?, de rives; the saying from the Dutch, as follows: "En saen af er gaen." Phis translated means: "There: soon gone off again."' The mean ing derived from this is a slippery customer, one who never stays long in the same place, soon off again, and thus an unsteady person. the above the true derivation ef the expression, which really sounds more American than Eng lish, or Dutch? A Strong Siphon ?"Good morning. .Mr. Kyetop." said the waiter. "I hc w m> IMPROVED FARM MACHINERY NEEDEP Chicago, Dec. 29.?Wayne Dins more,, secretary of the horse asso ciation of America, told the Ameri can Society of Engineers that farm experts failed to increase the ef ficiency of farm motive power and that it should be popularized. He said that with improved machinery one man should till a hundred and fifty acres. CHRISTIAN IDEALS , THE ONLY HOPE Chicago. Dec. 2$.?Miss Made line Southard told the Internation al Purity Conference that adequate sex instruction should be given the youth of the country, but said that knowledge alone failed to supply the motive to insure people taking the right road. She said primitive desire wax followed except Avhere Christian ideals were instilled. Only thing more useless than a man round the house on a holiday is two men. We trust the paragraphers will soon appoint delegates for a con ference on the limitation of puns on Hughes. One boy tries to amount to some thing, and another is the sole heir of a r^rh relative. How t?oes an executive spend his time when he isn't telling some de partment head to use his own judg ment ? Perhaps peace will endure for ever. It is enduring a sufficient number of other things to get in practice. A little reflection concerning the 2ost of battleships will show you why they are called the "high" seas. The best aids to plea>??::t thoughts in the early morning are a (dear conscience and the smell of buck wheat cakes. "What has business lost?" asks a headline. Well, for one thing, it appears to have lost the homing instinct. When the merchant looks over his books, it is hard for him to be lieve that man is made of dust. Dust settles. A prominent divine says God still loves the world. There is no doubt of it. Who/n the Lord loveth. He chasteneth. The nut crop may be light, as reported, but we observe no de crease in tin- number who think Europe will pay us what she owes. A Japanese deb-gate says he wishes to "spike" oujj language well enough to span the distance be tween races. "Spik and span" is a good motto. A physician says most of the ills we sutler could be avoided by keep ing our shoulders square. The rest could be avoided by keeping our condtn t that way. Snarl: To growl: also to en tangle. A cause of war: also a r< - suit. The Powers begin with a capital apd continue to function by reason of it. The next thing, they will be tell ing us that Pat in Gaelic is spelled Pi hhahhi. Business won't he sound while diplomatic promises are merely that and nothing more. The race vvas begun with a float ing rili. Now it must begin all over with a floating debt. The difference between "import ant" and "impotent" is about ten thousand dollars a year. The world is safe for democracy, but if you are making ten thousand a year you are still free to talk About the "common" people. ! Birmingham Lawyer Whipped by Mob j Birmingham. Dec. 2 9.--The po I lice authorities are unable to fmd ! any clue of the masked mob who j lured W. B. Tumlin. a lawyer, to ; Red Mountain and hogged him be ! cause he refused to remarry his di ! vorced wife. \ Fire Truck Hits Prince Bourbon New York. Dee. 29. ? Prince I j Louis De Bourbon, who claims to i be a hall" brother et' King Alfonso I of Spain, was strack by a tire truck ; ; and seriously injured today. He is ! here to promote trade with the I ! Balkan states. ; Wage Reduction j Proposed ?; j Peru. Ind.. Dec. 29-, ? Joseph j j Flintcraft has confessed to killing j i his wife and burying her body be- ; ; m ath his house; the police state, i I He said he was angered because' j his wife did not return home Sat- j urday night. It.develops that she; j is a nurse and could not leave her ! patient. Her body was found with j the hands tied and head crushed. j Hughes Confer With Harding j Washington, Dec. 20.?Secretary | I of State Hughes today held a long ; conference with President .Harding j presumably over the recent de- i J velopments in the arms conference. | -? ? - . j j Brutal Mtirdsr in Indiana i j Nashville. Tenn., Dec. 29. ?A ' general wage reduction for all em- 1 ; ployes of the Nashville, Chattanoo- j Kga and St. Louis railway is propos- I I ed in a letter from President Cole to the employes. Drunkenness in Chicago | _ Chicago. Dec. 29.?The annual ! report of the municipal courts of ! Chicago showed that drunkenness | increased last year. Fifty-one j thousand, three hundred persons j were arranged for intoxication dur- j ing 1921. against thirty-two thou-"; sand, three hundred and five in j 1920. The report was followed j by. city council adopting a resoiu- [ tion demanding that congress and | state legislature authorize the man- ; ufacture and sale of wholesome i beers and light wines^ -??* - Wliats in a Name? T'ne scholars had stumbled I through their share of the reading | lessons, and at last it came to little \ {Barry's turn. He got on quite well j until he came to the word heir- ', loom. The teacher noticing his difficul- 1 ty helped him. and then asked: ? And do you know the meaning , of this word?" . j Harry shook his head. ?'It means something that is \ handed down from father to son? j (in oth< r words, a relic." i *'Oh." said Harry", with a grin, j j "that's the funniest name I've ever j j heard for a pair of trousers."?Lon j don Ideas. - Held His Breath For Ten Minutes, j M. De Lalyman. the Frenchman i j who is said to he able to remain un- j { der water long enough to, shave j j himself, peel and eat a potato, and j I drink wine, appears to have i I brought the art of breath-control to i I ... : , a hue point. I j How long he remains under the ( J water is not stated, but if he stays J ? there longer than ,ten 'minutes hei { has certainly broken the breath j holding record. j That belongs?or belonged?to a; (student of the Medical School of California University, who, in July, I 11915. voluntarily held his breathe for 1? minutes, 10 seconds, j He was under observation the; j whole time. His breathing organs j I were connected with a kymograph, i I which would have recorded the! ! slightest inspiration. j The best way to lie when sleepin; ; is on the right side. j Visitors to Italy who travel on j ; Sunday have to. ]>ay a special tax. ! - i Australia has raised $50.000,00! for the assistance of her ex-sol- j diers. Remains of a Sun Temple at Ave-, bury. England, are stud to be older I than Stonehenge itself. j Bach British family, it is esti-; i mated, nays on an average $15 a! I week in government taxes. Foot-binding which resulted in] i women having f. et so small as to!: be practically useless, has been dis-l I continued in enlightened China. j I The King of Spain is the first.: ; monarch to own a private aero- ! 1 plane. .': I The shkworm moth has been cul- ; tivated for more than 4.f the! greatest factors in bringing about i diseases of the mind. Aeroplanes with a cruising ra- ; Idius <>f 3:000 miles, and abb- t<> car- < ry \1 tons of explosives, are being] designed. Nettles have been made into sub stitutes for cotton and other ma terials, paper, gas mantles, and dyes. An ounce of contention calls for . a pound of cure. !, Riddled With Bullets Man Taken From Jail by Key West Mob Key West. Fla.. De<\ 2?:.?Manuel Head, who. barricaded in the cupola of a house last night stood oft' a mob oi' armed Key Wesi Citi zens after he had shot and killed William Decker, was taken from i the county jail this morning by an other crowd and riddled with, bul- j ?viJ- j Marines lrom Key West navy, yard guarded thee ounty jail last ' night after Head's capture until the mob. which formed after DeCk-j i-r's murder broke up. They gav?- : way shortly after 2 o'clock to dep.- j uties who patrolled outside thej jail. Word that the marines had' been relieved was passed about and j the crowd gathered again. Ap- ? poaching the jail, one of the lead- j era called for Sheriff Curry and i when he opened the door a dozen] men forced their way in. overpow- j eleu htm and the jailor, obtained; the keys to Head's cell and made: for their victim. Head was shot j twice before being taken away. He | ,vas then placed in an automobile I and taken far out on a county ! road near old Fort Martello and1 there strung to a telephone pole. I Twenty-two bullet wounds were found in the body when it was cut ; down this mornin-;. The Decker funeral was eon- , ducted today, services being held in the Elks Temple and St. Paul's; Cathedral. Members of the Elks' and Rotary club, followed by Girl j and Boy Scouts in uniform, led the ! procession to the cemetery. i o ? ? Delight I Hi Party Given by Mrs. Bradley. - Quite a delightful dance party j was given Tuesday evening at the ; home of Mrs. Gordom Bradley on ' Washington street, at which were, most pleasantly entertained about | fifteen young couples. The entire front portion of the house was j thrown together by the opening of; the folding doors and thus was made ample floor space for the! dancing. Music for the occasion was furnished by the "Gamecock. Five Jazz Orchestra." A delight-! ful refreshment course and fruit j punch was served during thej evening. A*ll the young folks pres- ! eat are indebted to Mrs. Bradley j for a most plesaantly spent even- j ing. i Among those present were Misses! Emma Pinekney. Evelyn Caudle,! Sadie Mints. Mae Blanding, Mollie j Bowman. Reha Spann, Xell Spann, Columbia; Davis, Columbia; Fran ces Heller. Montana: Alice Bynum, Emma Reynolds, Vermelle Pitts. Augusta Rembert. Columbia: Ethel I Harper and Miss Heindrick and i Messrs. James Bradley. Nelson j Bradley. Pinekney Bradley, Law- ' rence Brunson, Henry Spann. Jas. I Pitts, Hormon Myers, Leland My- | ers, George Bultman, Marion My- j ers, Harold Moise, Alva Solomons, ' Joe Watson. Atlanta; H. Grieff, Hil- : hard Folsom, R. H. Rembert, Dr. j Weinberg. Dr. Archie China, Mrs. China. Miss Louise China, Miss j Kathryn Carroll, Mrs. Pinekney and Mrs. Abbott. Barber Invented the First Organ. More than two thousand years ago a barber in Alexandria discov ered that in moving his mirror air was forced through the tubes which were common in mirrors at that time. This caused a curious musical sound to be emitted. So struck was he by this peculi arity that he set about making an instrument which was the founda tion of the modern organ. After several experiments he made a water-flute, in which ait was forced by bellows through an inverted cone which led to flutes controlled by a keyboard, the pres- j sure being kept uniform by water. , After a thousand years a rival j instrument made its appearance. I This was of a similar pattern, but. instead of water, weights regu- j lated the pressure. In fj? 1 an organ was erected at Winchester, England. ? It had twenty-six bellows and ten pipes 1 to each key. The two men who I sat at the keyboard "blew and j sweated enormously." Later, a firm of organ makers in | Germany succeeded in erecting the | first really big instrument. The primary stops did not differ very much from those of to-day. al though various novelties were in troduced. Among the innovations were the J nightingale and cuckoo stops, while j others represented cock-crowing j and goat-bleating. Though these j novelties have now fallen into dis use, an organ with one of these j nightingale stops is still to be seen j in Rome. It was not until the nineteeth | century that the problem of the j regulation of air pressures was J solved by introduction of the hy- i draulic blower. Amongst the largest organs in I the world are the Haarlem. Hoi- j land, instrument, which possesses sixty stops and 8.000 pipes; the Al bert Hall. London, organ, with 12". Stops: the organ in St. George's j Hall. Liverpool, with 110 stops; one ? at St. Louis. Australia, which boasts ? 150 stops: and one in Sydney. Aus- i tralia. Town Hall with 12G stops. j , . . i The greatest enemy < 1 good isn t I evil, but neutrality. As a rule, the "ex" in expenses stands for extravagance. The French under arms inspire less awe than the French overhead. Land is makes it clear iha' ittrh j isn't the only one who can soak | 'em. The speed cups always "e< i : greatly encouraged when the judge! says "Fine." Fortunately, win n the amateur j hunter tires at a rabbit the shot! seldom pentrates Iiis companion f above the knee. Another thine, the Senat" needs is a bumper to safeguard Torn ( Watson s feelings. The health of Charles W. Morse! seems to get worse- every time In takes something. Make Changes , ,. \j[ Greenville Business Men Announce Im portant Connection* Greenville. De.-. 2S.?Business '?Inniges affecting men widely known hi textile circles were an nounced hero today. On January 1, the Mill Stocks and Bonds Brokerage firm of Mills & Manning will will be dis solved and will be succeeded by the firm of Mills Lewis. Vivian M. Manning retires from the firm to become manager uf a new supply department of Norris Brothers' Mill Suppy Manufacturers, here, and a director in the firm. Thomas L. Lewis, now manager of the stocks and bonds department of Parrish. (haver & Si)rings, will be come associated with Henry T. .Mills, stock broker here since 190?, in the firm of Mills & Lewis. Norris Brothers' officials have just announced an increase in cap italization from $20.01.000 to $000. U.Uft. They plan to expand the man ufacturing plant here and to make improvements in their foreign sup ply department. They will be able when these changes are made, to completely supply textile mills from their Greenville plant. A Cheap Buy A Xantucket fisherman has been made happy as the result of an auction recently held by the United Mates Gover?iiueiic on tne abandon ment of the Surfside life saving sta tion, one of the oldest on the Mas sachusetts coast. A practically un used and well cared for surf boat that cost $730. when new a few years ago. was knocked down to him for $15. How Japanese Handle a Bad Boy /'?Spare the rod and spoil the child** is an old adage, but they seem to have a different principle to work on in Japan. Yoshio Mark ino in his autobiography writes as follows: "Whenever I was naughty they ! never smacked me. but they al I ways brought a looking-glass in ! front of my crying face. I hated to ! see my own face so ugly with the j tear-marks, and I immediately be j gan to laugh. Very often when I wanted to cry a little longer I used j to scream. "Oh. don't show me the l glass for a few moments." "I was never scolded severely, j They always told me, 'You are a [ very nice boy. but just at this I moment some evil is trying to dwell in you. How pity the evil is mak I ing you a bad boy and giving some ! trouble to your dear parents!' And II began to feel so .sorry for them. ' and I used to cling to their necks J and say. "The evil is gone long time j ago. I am your favorite boy." -He's in Again, Officer!*' I Izzy is at it again! If you lived l in New York City you would know : about Izzy by this time. His full j name?but by the,way. he never gets full?is Izzy Einstein. He is the demon prohibition officer. He disguises himself as a trombone one day?and perhaps as a hot dog the next?but he generally re turns with the bacon. His latest (when this was written) was disguising himself and two companions as milk wagon j drivers. They wandered into nine i different saloons in one section of ! New York City and called for milk ! punches?just to be true to their j calling. When the. bartenders told j them they could not make up the j milk punches, but could give them I a little of the real stuff?straight? j they fell. ?-. } As soon as service was made and payment accepted the bartenders fell. Nineteen of them were gath ered in on the one raid. -.? ? o -? Reduced Passenger Kates. ? On January L 1922. passengers [and'' shippers will realize, a very [ substantial reduction in the amount j paid for freight and passenger transportation on account of the removal of the tax on transporta tion effective on that date. Under the provisions of the new revenue law it is estimated that the elimination of this tax will result in a saving to passengers and shippers using the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road of approximately $2,20.0,0.00.00 annually. This estimate covers a saving to passengers of $1,100,000. 00 and to shippers of freight of $1, 100.000.00 based on freight and passenger revenues for the current year. Instructions have been issued to agents and others concerned pro viding that no tax on freight or passenger transportation furnish ed on or after January 1, 1922. will be charged. Tickets for trans portation may be purchased at any time during the remainder of the present year without the payment of any tax provided the transpor tation service is not performed un til 1922. The assessing and collection of this transportation tax for the gov ernment has required each railroad to act as a government tax collec tor and to make a strict accounting ( for all the money collected and turned over to the government. No benefit whatsoever has accrued to the railroad companies from the j collection of this tax. -??- ! Another Candidate For Meanest Man Charged with using the mails to ; defraud. Martin Gross, of the j Bronx, New Vorfc City, is awaiting trial in the Federal Courts. Com plaints received by police and pos- ; tal authorities from relatives and ; friends of soldiei-s killed in the war i caused an investigation and the arrest of Gr< >ss. The complaints alleged thac fid lowing the publication of the list of the soldier dead small C. ?? F>. i packages v < re sent to the dead soldier s address. Thv charge col- j beted v>;is $2.03. When opened they were found to contain a strap j black ribbon with a medal ? n j which v.:is inscribed; "In Memory of - ." Tin- value of the medals j was about ten cents. The ?_.