Show by L L STEVENSON A the annual meetings of the I 1 great corporations many of which are held at this time of year there are always present holders of a few blocks of shares and in many instances holders of only one share each with various proxy holders casting thousands of votes their voice in the proceedings means nothing yet they turn out in num bers often they are as fully cog nazant of the affairs of the company as the officers themselves and al ways they are given due considers con sidera tion by the officers and board mem bers some of course come t to 0 make as much trouble as possible others even though they are decidedly in the minority are generally inter ested with still others it is a di div v arsion retired from actual busi ness they buy a few shares here and there and attending the meet ings gives them something to do a feeling at least that they are still taking part in the business of the country it s a leap from the financial cen ter up to columbus circle and from business to soap box orators but last night I 1 happened to stop long enough to hear a ragged whiskered individual declare that business of all kinds was iniquitous so far as I 1 could learn he didn dian t have any remedy f for or existing conditions though he was sure that they should be changed what I 1 started to say 1 however was that at columbus cir cle there are traffic signs direct ling vehicles to right and left curiously the groups seem to divide with those signs those who support the government standing near the right signs and the reds a and n d bothers others moving over to the left consistent observers hold that it always is that way so it must be by choice and not mere chance addicts of marijuana cigarettes 1 I reefers I 1 good butts or in harlem mary warn ers are having trouble in obtain mg ing supplies the cigarettes dead ly in their effects formerly sold at a dime each or three for a quart er with a heavy hemy broadway demand the price now is 50 cents each and many peddlers have retired not only because of difficulty in obtaining stocks but because the government has taken a hand in the matter along with the police narcotic squad dealers and peddlers have been retired for periods ranging from a year up there are said to be 15 narcotic addicts in new york city how many are mary warner addicts is not known but prior to this fall reports have it lt that the use of them was spreading behind the acute acut shortage is months of activity on the part of the narcotic squad aided by the sanitary division of the works ress administration marijuana is a mexican weed but it grows any where so it was extensively cul in open spaces in queens brooklyn and the bronx As the plants grow four feet high they are easy to spot whenever encountered the men rooted them up it is estimated that they destroyed in all halt half a million pounds with a retail value of about 9 harold sherman told me about an incident on forty fourth street near the city club A pedestrian stopped at a stand and bought a big red apple stepping to the curb he took just one bite when the apple was yanked from his hand looking behind him he saw it being re deuced to pulp in the mouth of the istead steed of a mounted policeman ar rest that horse I 1 he shouted he s a thiefs thief the officer explained that the 4 arse was so accustomed to apple isitt he looked on an apple in a t ilgian s hand as his own property I 1 I 1 withdraw the charge said the loser regarding the horse intently ab hb s having such a good time with that apple he s welcome to it 0 the proprietor of one of those little neighborhood shops that seem to be open at all hours of the day and night was faced with a problem a 10 per cent increase in rent As that would just about take the profits out of the business much floor walking ensued finally he reached the answer he bought the building and raised all rents except his own 0 bell syndicate Syndi cite ce |