Show F J wade a well known banker of st louis hits the nail on the head and speaks volumes of good sense when he makes tile the short comment when we see a man cutting down on ills his advertising we cut down on his credit it also shows what soon happens to the man who cuts out advertising altogether the indians say that they want to ket ketchum ellum gun shoo tuni germans but no croasum big water why not turn tho t ho I 1 AV W over to them we have been asked of what use the kaiser would be if everyone who would like to could get a shot at him it is a difficult question but it may be that he would be of more use to the world than at present as lie he would be filled so full of metal that lie he could be sold as pig iron an eastern exchange has suggested that red cross dividends of corporations to be distributed to stockholders be marked with a red cross in order to discourage the inevitable slacker from depositing the amount to his individual credit the suggestion is a good one and some such scheme should be adopted regardless of the complaint of brokers that many clients carry their stock in the names of brokerage houses it should not be much of a problem to work out such details as are necessary to cover special exigencies |