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^mmtm^mmm June Business Letter of State Bank of Evanston Mori and more each month the country is adjusting itself to the un- natural conditions forced upon it by the war in Europe. At the outset it vtts freely predicted that the war was Quite likely to end In six months or ft year, but unless something most un- expected and practically impossible takes place, It may be accepted aa a fact that hostilities will drag on for many months to come. Therefore, the people of this country are adjust- ing themselves to carry on their in- dividual affairs to the heat of their ability and to accept the indefinite continuance of the war as an un- pleasant but unavoidable matter. Business conditions in general con- tinue satisfactory and our trade half ance increases wonderfully. Our ex- ports for March were over $299,000, 000, the highest point ever reached in the history of the country, while the excess of exports over Imports for the month was $141,000,000. A year ago .the trade balance in our favor for March was a little lose than $5,000,000. The balance of trade in favor of the United States for the nine months of the fiscal year begin- ning July, 1914, la nearly $720,000,-I 000. While, of course, these figures do not absolutely represent entire net gain, as Imports show a distinct fall- ing off, yet they well indicate the im- mense amount of new money and credit that la coming Into this coun- â- Ha dends, the Industrials contributed $22,- 000.000 and the steam railroads $20,- 000.000, both of these totals showing a falling off from May of last year. Interest payments, however, more than made up the difference. Life Insurance Figures. The aggregate ot Jife insurance busi- ness transacted In the United States during 1914 reached a grand total of 621,881.8*2,888. An. a protection for this enormous amount of Insurance In force the various companies held assets on Jan. 1, 1915, aggregating $4,934,9G6,538, an Increase for the year of over $276,000,000. The sur- plus. Including capital stock and (ill amounts set aside for future distribu- tion, approximated $662,000,000. Pre- mium payments during the year amounted to $742,548,000, and- Income from other sources amounted to $278,- 000,000. During the year the various companies paid out to policy holders and beneficiaries over $607,600,000, the largest amount ever distributed in a single year. Over and above this payment the companies set aside from their Income $278,000,000. try. The Value of American Credit A credit in America la a very de- sirable talng at the present time and the American dollar is at a substan- tial premium in practically all of the International exchanges. A foreign resident who can place $1,000 to his credit in New York can get the fol- lowing for it: In Montreal, $1,005; in London, $1,016.17; In Paris, $1,- 022.26; in Rotterdam, $1,051.67; in Moscow, $1,077.60; in 'Zurich, $1,094.- 84; in , Rome, $1,118.40; in Berlin, $1,120.9$. Every foreign nation, whether at war or neutral, would rather hare a credit in New York than anywhere else. The financial center of tins world is now admitted- ly in New York, and whether It re- mains there after the war depends on Whether credits will hereafter be figured in dollars instead of pound sterling. Our travelers abroad in peace time spend $150,000,000 or more yearly, and this item alone would have a .strong Influence on holding for New York the financial advantage Which war has forced Lon- don to put atdde tor the time being. The Income Tax. i'reui.,inary estimates received .at the treasury department indicate that the individual and corporation in- come tax this year will not only, come up to the original estimate ot $80,000,- 000, but will probably exceed that sum It is understood that the year will show a much larger number of individual taxablea than last year, when about 857,000 people paid. The tax is due at the end of June and the internal revenue department has is- sued a strong statement to the effect that every step possible will be taken to hunt down all persons suspected of tax dodging. Immigrants and Their Money jome interesting figures have b*«u i iued recently regarding the number of people of foreign birth living in thi« country and the amount of money which they remit to their na- tive landB in normal times. The largest number of foreign-born Amer- icans come from Germany and, ac- cording to the census of 1010, there «ore in this country in that year 8 282,618 Germans, whose remit tances through money orders and other sources aggregated $9,000,000; Ireland was represented by 4,504,360 people and England, Scotland and Wales by 3,231,052. The remittances of these 7,786,412 natives of. the luted Kingdom aggregated $35,000,- 000. Austria-Hungary supplied -the next largest number of new Amer- icano, amounting to 2,701,786 , and their remittances aggregated $65,600.- 000; Russia was represented by 2,541,- 649 people, whose remittances amounted to $33,600,000; Italy. 2,098,- 360 people, with remittances of $55,- 600,000; France, 292,389 people, send- ing remittances) aggregating $4,000.* ooo Altogether there were in the The Great Russians THE LAKE f HOSE MEWS, FRIDAY, JUKE 4, If U. . . ' : â-  up - 'J "' 1.. -mmmm 'mfm^ummm' Tie State of Forward March â€". Ban Francisco to the geographical center or the United States; Washing- ton is the legislative center; Chicago is the center of amariran opportunity. And when we say Chicago we speak of United Statee at the time of the 1910 census 32,243,382. or 85.1 per cent of the entire white population, o! foreign i a rentage, and their remittances reached a grand total of clone upon }250,000,dOO, of which $100,000,000 was sent through postofnee money orders Counterfeit $5 Mil. Hie treasury department has Issued a warning regarding the circulation of a counterfeit $5 silver certificate. Every handler off. money should guard carefully against accepting any $5 bills of this kind. The bill i* of the series of 1838; check letter. "D"; face number, 1728; back number. 1048; Carml A. Thompson, treasurer of the Tnited States; serial number, M-10361122. In a general way the forgery la a poor one and should not deceive a careful handler of money. Dividend Payments. During the month of May there was Paid to the investors of the United The Great Russians are the first of Slavonic peoples, and the history of their rise la the history of the growth of the mighty Slavonic empire. There are Little Russians, White Russians, Red Russians, Cossacks, and scores of widely varying peoples within the con- fines of the Muscovite realm, but Great Russia la the cradle of real Russians and the source of Russian progress and greatness. Of this kennel people of the vast modern nation, a bulletin Issued by the National Geographic so- ciety at Washington says: Moat enduring'of Empires. "Before all other Slavonic peoples, those of Great Russia have succeeded In building the most powerful, the most enduring and the most promising of empires. Great Russia compre- hends that part of the empire which is bounded by the Polar seas upon the north, by the Ural mountains upon the east, Novgorod and Kursk upon the south, and the Polish and Baltic prov- inces upon the west. Within these confines has grown np the power that, today, has brought Into being the mightiest of all empires welded be- hind one unbroken border. "The nucleus of Great Russia In- cluded a narrow region, with Kursk, Smolensk, Novgorod, Vologda, Nijni Novgorod and Tambov as its boun- daries. Muscow Is the heart ot this region, the Inspiration In the develop- ment of the dominant Russian. From this central region, growing outwards, the Russian people have developed •lowly, but steadily, through centuries; much as in the case of the Individual of the north and In strong contra-dis- tinction to the nations of the south, they have come to their prime late. Today Russia has reached a majority that is filled with unbounded promise. Touch of Tartar Blood. "The Great Russian has a touch ot Finnish and of Tartar blood, the one making him a little more phlegmatic a little tougher than his other Sla- vonic brothers, and the other giving him a quality of thrift, making him a better housekeeper, than la the free- handed Pole, Little Russian and Serv- ian. The Finns at one time lived all along the Volga valley, while the Tar- tars several times Inundated Muscovy during Russian Infancy. "Great Russia numbers about one- third of the empire's people. With the exception of Petrograd and Odessa, It Includes the more important, more progressive cities of Russia, and all of the cities whose histories are Russian history, such aa Rostov the Great, Tver, Moscow, Yaroalav, Vladimir and Tula. Throughout this land long and bitter winters reign, forcing the peo- ple to remain Inactive several months each year. During these cold months, the Russian peasant and his family spend the time huddled around the great stoves, or. in very cold weather, resting on top of them. The Average Peasant Home. "The peasant home In Great Russia A Yankee Is always a Yankee; a Southerner has Southland bred in the bone; the West In a Westerner out- crops above all else. Illinois Is the United States In es- sence. Search American art. totters, science, banking or commerce .and at the top, or rubbing elbows with the leaders, you will find luminous ex- amples of the prowess of the sons and daughters of Illinois. When the cities of the Bast had arrived at maturity, Chicago was scarcely more than a frontier stock- ago. That Chicago should rise on the site she occupies waa commercially in- evitable. That Chicago should become the fourth city In the world during the lire of a middle-aged man (dating from the time when Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over the lamp in 1871) was destiny. That Chicago will become the foremost city of this country is more than probable. How soon and how cer- tainly la only a' question of how quick- ly and energetically her captains of Industry out to full use the tools of modern enterprise that our times have created, of how slow or quick her com* petitors in nearby statee are to grasp these same tool» and appropriate an advantage that once gained will be difficult to wrest away. Nature used a lavish hand in endow- ing Illinois. Her farm values per acre are the highest of any state. Her oil fields are second. Her coal field third Her manufactures are exceeded only by those of New York and Pennsyl vnnla. Her commercial advantage, be- cause of Chicago's position as a die tributlng center, is the greatest in America. This is the star of her des- tiny. Chicago 1b first in meats and second in steel. It Is this country's foremost lumber market. It leads the nation in grain. In everything that men and women wear and eat. In the imple- ments for tilling the soil and gathering harvests, In materials for building, in all the factors that make for the great- est civilisation In the world's history, Chicago is a conspicuous leader. Within twenty-four hours ot Chicago reside 85 per cent of the nation's en- tire population. If the thirty-eight leading railroads that center In Chicago could serve them, half the populace of the United States might assemble there by a night's ride. The Chicago Association of Com- merce Is a notable example of efficient, aggressive cooperation ot a trade organisation continuously working in the Interests of Its city. It has in- stituted a package-car freight service that minimises time and distance. Chi- cago package freight can beat New York to points like Savannah, Ga., by twenty-four hours. Chicago makes three times aa much furniture as Grand Rapids, but the pub- lic at large has heard very little of Chicago furniture. Chicago meats are known through- out the world. But what of the per- fectly splendid lines of pickles, pre- serves and condiments these same packers prepare? One concern pro- duces something like four thousand What an Irresistible force this will be are " % master mark. Institutional of the right scope Is made Chicago possesses two rreat whole- sale and manufacturing grocery hmtiM Some of their various brands are well known withln a big radius of Chicago. A standardisation of labels plus pub- licity will give all their lines. Including Imported de luxe groceries, a tremen- dous impetus. The lack off a master label coupled to unified departmental advertising ef- fort la also the sadly lacking assesHsl In Chicago's two great wholesale dry goods organizations. The best-known line of women's hosiery to this country Is controlled and advertised by aa eastern whole- sale house. Where Is the Chicago Jobber, in spired by Chicago's distributing advan- tage, who will capitalize and national ize a trade-marked line of men's hats and cape or women's suits or mil- linery ? Where is your "I Will" slogan, Chicago? Illinois boasts the great harvester Industries. These corporations have done tremendous work In Increasing the wealth of this nation. Because they have not fully acquainted the great public with the enormous bene- factions that they aa a national insti- tution have achieved for America, the acid of public criticism has eaten Into their national good will Chicago has two Off the largest wall paper mills in the United States, Would you know what brand of wall paper to ask for? Do you know the name of any firm whose wall papers have a reputation tor fastness of color â€"up-to-dateness of design? Illinoisans and Cbicagoans are aware of their commercial advan- tages. Opportunities have come so tost, fields of extension have opened out so readily that these middle west em business houses have plucked hy the handstul here, there, everywhere, like a child of a daisy patch. Pros- perity has been abundant. Now they are confronted with the great problem of financing- Many of these biggest concerns are at present so far extend- ed that they cannot accept more op- portunities till they digest what they have undertaken. When digestion Improves, trade con- ditions will improve. Men with ex- perience will then more quickly obey' the beckoning fingers of Opportunity which seem forever inviting the bold- ness of Illinois and Chicago enter- I rise. But Opportunity is also hull- ing the merchants or St. Louis, Kansas City, Duiuth, St. Paul. Minne- apolis, Detroit, Toledo, Omaha. Cleve- land and other vlgotcus industrial cities. While not so strategically located as Chicago, their merchants and manu- facturers, by trade-marking and ad- vertising and progressive selling methods can largely overcome the handicap ot Chicago's birthright. m Chicago is one of the greatest ad- vertising centers in the world. On her streets sre daily aeen some of the foremost men engaged in thin work; tepresentatives of magazines and newspapers, bill posting and specialty men, agents or advertising directors lines, including such unrelated items of many of America's foremost con- as soap, sandpaper and music strings- cerns. simple ceremonies. The feasts, on the other hand, last several days, and. In the years before the war, they were enlivened with quantities of vodka, Instead ot rice, the Russian showers the bride and groom with hops. By the rules of the Orthodox church, a man may marry three times, but no more, and a widow may make a second venture. There are few beautiful peas- ant girls In Great Russia. Good looks in a woman there are more a matter of deep chests, muscular arms, and powerful shoulders than one of beauty of face." Children Have Pet Jackdaw. At Llangyllln (Wales) workhouse there Is a pet Jackdaw. It accom- panies the children from the work- house to and from school regularly, perching on a tree within sight ot the door while they are at lessons, and immediately they are out again files over them on the return Journey. On Sundays he accompanies the children to Sunday school in quite another di- rection. _. â- = •LUC DAYS. We all have days Aa the years go by There's nothing right From morn till night. And we're full of trouble and woe. We can see no use Off trying hard To accomplish tato or that. Every effort is vain. And we always complain That our hopes hare fallen flat When the bright days come, Aa they always do. How much brighter they always are When we stop and think * , That without the blue We could not see a star. â€"By Jlmmeny. Why It la Hard to Save Money. The hardest thing In the world la self-control, and the saving of money means the exercising of self-control in all directions at once. That la what makes saving so hard for most of us.â€"Piatt. =2 Aasw to W-tight of Advice. -I wonder why it is.- said tJacte irhaa, "that advice never seems real esnvtacte* unless de man dat gives it talks slow wlf a deep bass voice. - Evidently Built to Last. What is believed to be the oldest in- habited residence to the world to a mansion in Germany that was bulk Jn 700. The Amusing Part off It. Uugt^atrstherctdT^es^toatt P.SB WOW' WpW A ^Bmm W9 HpOVlMS SIM'1;' dicnMtad »*»â- Â«* MseondeeeeaaioB la salt*" toff any kind of a funny Classified Advertisements WILMETTE. 1*40 am csarged at Aa foUovisa rates TELEPHON Waal Ads is the Like Shore Real Estate *'•- All Other CUsaificatiosi. b cesti Off Miaimum Price. 15 cents. No aivertisemest charged for nuaaBatoumsmi t% cests per Use. » u AND FOUND waukee Only a "Risf-Off." "Auntie, did you ever gat a pro* possl?" "Once, dear. A gentleman asked me to marry him over the tela* phone, but he had the wrong number." â€"Louisville Courier-Journal. â- SV ETHOS. G.W1NDES Candidate lor Re-election for Judge of Circuit Court Judge Windss is one of the moat able Jurists evsr sitting in the Circuit Court of Cook County. He is a man of the highest least kncwledge. He should be return*! to office. L A88E88MENT NOTICE. VIHag of WHmstteâ€"Special Assess- ment No. 114. States $127,302,801 In interest snd table. dividends as compared with $124,402.- 801 during May of test year. Dividend a Payments were somewhat to excess of $47,500,080, aad Interest paymenta ap- proximated |73JssJII. Off the dlvl- Then and New. The old-fashioned woman's Idea of resting was to change her work. She ^t down to darn stockists ^ad rest, or she got her Bible lesson or nursed her baby or knit winter aoeka while she rested, nesting waa getting oflt her feet. Today a woman has to buy herself 20 kimonos and caps and go off to an expensive sanatorium and have a trained nurae give her the milk cure, to rest up.â€"El Paso (Tex.) Herald. consists usually of only one room, fif- teen feet square, built with bunks around its walla, with, perhaps, a small loft overhead and a shallow eel' lar storeroom. The Great Russian vil- lage is generally two long lines of these simple homes facing each other across a broad street. Hermetically sealed against the stinging winter weather, the Russian heme In winter tends to make its indwellers stogy, for fresh air only finds admission with the opening and dosing of the doer. The life off the Great Russian peas- ant is something far more simple than that Of the poorest of America's farm- ers. Sour cabbage, black bread aad cucumbers are the staples of his table. Sour cabbage, put up la casks, slightly â- sited and fermented, is the first thought of the hungry Great Russian peasant. This sour cabbage, cooked in soun. with black bread, forms many and many a meal of the Russian family. Meat, except during the har- vest festivals. Is rare at the moujik's Worry and Nervous System. Inasmuch aa worry is primarily a disease of the mind, and since every portion of the body is Intimately con- nected with every other part of a net- work of nervous tissue of great com- plexity, we naturally Jaeel|v .for... the causes of these manifestations, first of all. In the nervous system. TICK 18 HEREBY GIVEN to all peMbns interested that the President ana Board of Trustees ot the Village of Wilmette. in the. County of Cook and State of Illinois, havin^lhdered that a special aaseqsjbentjbe luvtod tor the following in the Village County. Illinol with asphaltlc improving the (28) feet of th Avenue from the Street Street Into! outer the file ot log i Cook meat PACKAGE LBFX AT THE Electric ajutnon at Sun- road, Whmffjka, Sunday morn- ing, May 30. eCkailcd keepsake. Reward. Plsas^SoSty G. B. Du- Brock, 378 Hawthorne tone, Win? netka. . ltc RED and erencea, s. lie PENT CHAUFFEUR WO Ilke^hnftlon; willingfto^-go-'any where; 3y*JUMexpejsJefl?e; can fur- nish Al refejfcujj^ A. C. Scott, 4622 Win>tot^av., CllacaKo. Phone »r 8529. ^^aw ftp JNIVBRSITY GIRL OP 21, lved in Europe for tw^yearB, and vshjLsnaaks Frtmstfand Ger man fiuemhjtogpjlle*iike a position in a fainil^sHs^ch one or both At the unjnmges nienllaued. For fur- formation, adar1ftsjfcj2136 Ivl ., Berwyn, 111. Irlffdcltp FOR SALE FOR SALEâ€"USED PIANOS TA-vKN In trade on our fine line of pianos and jiayers; our prices are lower thajrbhlcago^ltv d*Jp»A\.........$ 20.00 ht. ejgnf ,\\........ flo.oo keringrlfc..1.1....v.. 85.00 ferling ....ffV^......... noo° Leland. Lyon VHealy........125.00 $650.00 player, 2 months old, left with us to sell.......... 205.00 Organ....................... 6.00 Edison phonograph (French lan- guage outfit).............. 25.00 Other bjsjfains. Patterson Bros., 1G22 aslfman-av., Evanston. ltc FOR SAL* â€" USED AND NEW washinjr machines, electric, hand, jventh e ww^lneynr Fourth er with tlu/roadway of treet.s amfalleys, to the t said Central Avenue. the same being on of the Village Clerk and said Village hav- the County Court of Illinois, for an assess- costs of said Improvement. lectric new. elect! an. new, electril We do all repair!! $10.00 88.00 76.00 free; payments. Patterson Bros., 1622 Sherman av. ltc painted; at r, 2738 W. R. BvOV. Phone 4536. or itmette 288. V*f \L ltc FOR SALE â€"SEWING MACHINES taken In trade en our New Hoi Wheelejar* wil 8lngs_ try t^"Ul'lT ) .......4U£v,......... 18.SS Wilcox k Glbbs.......... 18.00 Two Singers (drop head), latest models, floor samples........ 28.50 Patterson Bros., 1622 Sberman-av. Ite FOR RENT-ROOMS 4 gentlem VanDeusen's 1170. >Viu t ble. Over a Wilmette ssSTssafsxssW FIR ~e Company ot LI Insunj orld, Insujjajf dw goods, rentaTJ>w A. Wight agents. Phone 203, SURAKCE RANCEâ€"ROYAL INSUR MISCELLANEOUS HNG JOHN WELTI fornllsaanwfor Insurances*: repre- sented by^k^^gajflnirk in 1802. About tjueefjsw^ss^iatbet. Bnd Iss- Sept. 2^Ha^jie got Eoo himself from that Classified Busii Fens That Old Good Service. For two years Thackeray did all his writing with one pea. which also served htm for writing two novels. Oliver Wendell Holmes used a gold pointed pea tor over thirty years, dur which period heArroto over 12. ore* to a remartable worker, aad ahjo physique. " ar" DsjWflUUat BuVeWrJ *wTb*OsjP* Tae Saves Socks From Shine. ,. Up-to-date bootblacks have addptoi a celluloid sheet which fits over the top of an oxford, protecting the hosiery of the patron from being soiled by the polish. Its spring top keeps It clamped about the ankle, aad aa It can be wiped off with a cloth It la easy al- ways to heap It clean. iqans* » â-  â- â- â-  i â- ! sssnssjasl â€"â€"mmmmm*. First in Raaurrection. fa seme districts off India the east- ern parts of cemeteries are regarded aa the most desirable. The choice Is based oa the belief that the dead In the eastern section win be the first to leap from then* graves, brush the dust from their bones their readiness to Of the Its better than an even hat that the man who rush as hy your oi room window every morning at 5:30 with his auto muffler cut oat would block the aisle with his feet If ha were to a street car. xsm&M*