Show prom froal our correspondent at washington Wash Malon b D C tho ilio sock bank the postmaster general is urging higher lates latea of ant interest reat for postal savings bank deposits in hi the hopes that he may call greater sums from hiding in cracked bowls chests and other ret retreats reals knan as the sock bank shorelines shoreline of the nation As each of the countries has always ol offered alfere fere as the reason tor for its navy the length of shore liuo line which it would be called upon to defend in case of war the shore lines of the various countries and their possessions si ons will be of interest nt erest great britain miles united states japan france 11 italy germany russia russa argentine arg geli thir republic 2418 beig belgum um 71 brazil central america 2890 chile 2890 china denmark greece 1716 hollard Holhi Holl avd pd 17 sll mexico noway norway 2353 portugal 4 spain sweden 1458 PoUl leal Macli lne runa hard boid bic than thirty senators signed a i round robin in which they agreed tu tn remain in the senate day and night to force through t the e tax bill these senators were nere all re Dubli calls who had become weary of the he prolonged ged fight on oil tho the bill the self starter on the senate Tau machine chine seems to be rathe unreliable and most of ta t 1 e dinic icv appears to be due to the tact fact th it provide t harding refuses to use tle te hand crank which his rodeck as s r mr thought was the poper device evice 1 senators who cou counted cited on oil pressure pies sure from the aci ministration to force through i beir party Pen suros are discouraged cou raged by the per persistence istance with which president harding keeps his hands off thereby cl clinging nging to his belief that the cie pre silent should not run congress tho the burden on the eve of tho disarmament conference one hears strangely little about war and its effects upon the human race but there is no end of talk about taxes tax es and the constantly increasing cost of armaments the united states assumes that it can call burnish men enough to whip any enemy and possibly great britain has similar notions japan apparently might try it too ton but no one talks about the blood and slaughter I 1 of it all the question of costs seems the only thing that is to be considered taxes apparently have become the white mans a ns burden mir chiefs chief are arc conspicuous the ships are coming into poi tand it is noticeable that the war 1 chiefs of the world are landing and hastening on to washington for tho the purpose of engaging m the affairs of the disarmament conference quito generally these heroes of the recent war are regarded as toes foes of the limitation armament though many of them no doubt possess frie friendly rIdly points of jacw view nevertheless they are arc tile the visitors who v ho ire are toasted at big denois and applauded by those tho ze who are sitting on the picket lines watching international democracy conn cate war making machinery prices price in III september little change in ill the general level of wholesale prices s in ill r rs compared with the preceding month is indicated by information gathered by tho the department of 1 libor alo through the bureau of labor ita statistics 0 ing largely to tho the sharp alvance a in law cotton form products increased over J 3 per cert cent t in average price while articles in tho the cloths claths and cl aling group increased 43 1 per cent chem cheni i icalas and drugs also showed a small increase in ili all other groups of commodities modi ties except that of metals and metal products prices in an september averaged lower than in ili au august the decrease was most pronounced in the case of foodstuffs where prices were 4 per cent below those these of the previous m month nth fuel and lighting materials were 2 per cent cheaper building materials were 21 per cent cheaper and house furnishing farni shing goods were 3 per cent cheapen than in august retail net ill pi alices ices in september the retail food index issued by the united states department of labor through the bureau of labor statistics shows that there was a decrease of 11 per cent in the retail cost of food to the average family in ili september as compared with august during tho month closing september 15 thirty of the forty three articles on which monthly prices are secured decreased in price these articles were cabbage potatoes leg of lamb raisins sirloin steak staak round steak ham granulated sugar rib roast bacon hens canned salmon flour corn meal cornflakes corn flakes bananas chuck roast plato plate beef pork chops flesh milk butter lard bread rolled oats baked lie beans ins and oranges L i eleven articles increased increase in ili price y 4 luring during the month these articles were onions strictly fresh eggs canned tomatoes navy beans rice nut margarine crisco canned corn canned peas and prunes prices remained unchanged for evaporated mf milk 1 k a and n I 1 C cheese h beg se |