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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1922
Page
5
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Foreign exchange markets ease amid Germany reparations talks and Mexican bonds retreat. New York stocks show uneven opening with American Sugar advancing while rails, steels, and motors drift marginally. Prospects of easier money support early activity as domestic conditions improve yet market sentiment turns cautious.
Chicago wheat eased Friday as traders weighed government crop projections showing a yield about 60 million bushels above last year. Corn rallied with mixed oats while pork and lard held steady amid cautious trading. Cattle receipts at Chicago were strong with steady to higher bids for certain classes and hog prices easing from earlier highs. Turpentine and rosin markets in Savannah showed firm to higher quotes with wide price ranges across grades.
Market summaries show butter and eggs mixed with small gains in some dairy categories while others hold. Sugar and grain futures drift, with Liberty bonds and money markets reflecting steady to easy conditions amid overall trading calm.
Executive committees of six railway crafts unions from the three divisions plan a June 24 meeting in Chicago to map strategy for the shopmen strike ballot returnable July 1. A three-day ballot process seeks a two-thirds vote to walk out, with $60 million in new pay rates at stake and a possible national strike. The plan includes urging President Harding on wage adequacy and standard of living concerns amid layoffs and wage cuts across the industry.
Chicago reports rail wage cut rumors focus on clerical staff. About 81,000 telegraphers and 220,000 clerks, 22,000 signalmen, and 80,000 ship and truck handlers stand to be affected by a third reduction after $110 million already shaved from wages. Board members gave no direct statement, but predictions run that clerical cuts would be smaller than shopmen’s. Strike fears mix with talk of rail service continuity if others strike.
Judge George Hillyer, speaking to Atlanta Law School graduates, blamed progressives for delayed Prohibition enforcement. He argued the system’s delays and trivial disputes over technicalities foster crime and neglect victims’ rights, urging punishment of the guilty as remedy.
Athens business man bound over to state courts on a misdemeanor charge after a police court disorderly conduct case. Bond set at 100 dollars. case to be heard at next session. Fragmentary text notes women entering near eastern work and mentions three countries.
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