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A tco-cent posta stamp should alieaye be ineloved, Addreas 1 lnterest all inquiries to the ‘Syatem 2 Finanesat Fitor Jeo Weat bird St., New York, yiring full name and exact street address.’ Anonymous co will inn Speci munications Must Wages Be Readjusted? by Theodore Williams ASS micirr have been expected, with a | 2% scasonal—or is it a permanent? slackening of trade {declines in certain commodities and the in various branches. | shrinking of profits here and there, much |talk of possible readjustments of wages | has been heard of late. Rates of com- | pensation for manual work are now the highest in this country’s history. Can our industries continue to make the present disbursements for labor service? Some who believe that existing wage rates cannot be maintained argue about as follows: The rehabilitation of Europe |which the settlement of the repara question is likely to promote, if not fully effect, would result. in greatly industrial and commerciz tivities that part of the globe. While this is ‘highly desirable, and will ultix benefit. the world, it might create at Hleast a temporarily serious problem for | the United States. f produ }tion of manufactured goods over the involve. severer competition for turers than they have known Products of other lands would jon increased in Tnerease would our manu | for years. |be imported in greater volume than ever The foreign manufacturer would |have the advantage of cheaper labor than Jis the rule in the United Si could afford to sell his output here, for he could make money on it despite our high tariff. ‘The superior efficiency of American labor and the enlarging use of | mi aan hardly as yet offset foreign cheap labor, and so reduction of wages ppears to be certain. | 'To this it is answered that wage reduc- in | before. chinery Htions may be necessary in some indus- tries, but no general move in that dire tion seems likel, It is to be hoped that the process, if resorted to at all, will not be summary or overdone. It should be | gradual and not undertaken except needs |must. Both capital and labor might {well take a reasonable attitude on the | subject and come to agreement without strikes or lockouts. | Reasonable readjustments of wages would naturally enable the corporations affected to profitably produce commodi- ties that could be sold at lower prices, and this might tend to stabilize business. Stabilization of business, of course, makes less doubtful the outlook for securities id places both investors and speculators in a better position. Answers to Inquiries On While it might be prudent to vise purchase Dayton Power & Lig cent. bonds and Weste fy further by tak bonds pa time to time ». Puarrevinir, Wis Gas & Fuel nsiderably below par, have a fair rating umpany is a subsidiary of the Cities Service ( whieh is bi You can buy the be ' " are greatly to be preferred te | 2 per cents, The railroad reports but an official of the road not | Was uo intention to resume interr The latter are nut so w sing ago said that the 313 per cents, The Wabig y is still new »u-Contact Bay G J untried. There Whether this compa: yet be foreseen. Ever prise . 1 this company”s ste Hine beh You bad bet an establi Cutexco, Tu. fe to be pretty . seemin ore risky Prior lien of earnings in 1923 a Aunany, N.Y. ept forwa on its prefer 31,400,000 the pr cumulative since J to maintain its ing earned Tec J with a loss « Th stock is 4 i, Brooxtys, N. Co. 13 one of the ‘strongest. pu y country. ‘The dividend of 9 per (8100 which it is paying ix aot guarant Whether it shal or not depends on the future earnings « the corporation, but the outlook is so bright that the a high premium over par regarded ale purchase. y than the r ardous As the net Co. have been runt he company is under sife pure New Yous, May 24, 1 Free Booklets for Investors Tu an illustrated booklet, “Half a Century of Invest ment Safety in the Nation's Capital,” the P. H. Smith Co, Smith Building, Washington. D.C. pre : message to the public about getting 615 per cent. or me on first mortgage investments in the Wash n has become an important ater a this company has been established for fifty-one y I particulars regard: pportunities offered. in vestors can be obtained by sending to th booklet No. 24-0. ars the Bache il fina Reciew has been buy good booklet vy James M. Leopold & Co pembers of the New York Stock Exchange ed in 1884. A copy of this booklet will be mailed by the firm to any applicant There is a cor lerable vari the rates of in allowable in different States uene rates of intere fs. In Florida the rate is so hi that be 3 per cent, sare id pe Such bond: by the G. + Bo Mortgage Co., 206 Miller Bldg, M bonds are sal protections. For details regarding them, investors ma send to the Miller Bond and Mortgage Co. for a folder “Invest by the Map,” and a cireul: Tibing a good per cent. first mortgage bond ‘ery year glib. salesmen unto oo public #1,000,000,000 of worthless stocks. Yet oo ‘ly obtained, could prevent all this ss—I Invest, ¢ of the booklets de protect i It is issued by ‘ bon Bldg., 30 It tells the did not dX These security and by other y-second street, of one who learned the nm F paving as bigh as 7 per well safeguarded and purchasable on partial paymen ‘The booklet will be sent to any applicant with ap inve ment recommendation. comicbooks.com