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+ e bee bros m | PVE éfiffi;‘:‘“:‘. ' 5 fl: PAGE TWO & a great measure the appearance and I:Itmosphgre of rich exclusiveness which pervades thd most beautiful homes and estates on the north shore iglue to the air of privacy effected by the fence surrounding them. ‘~ The American Wire Fence Com has installed many miles of pgnpanentlyififl{mfi;l Deserve Fence Protection and protective chainâ€"link fence in this local» ity. &?r factory at Libertyville is splendidly equipped to furnish and erect fence for your home with advantages in both cost and imâ€" mediate service. ‘ Phone or write to either our factory or our Chicago office. _ ~ American Wire Fence Company 7 South Dearborn Street, Chicago > PbonfCenlnl?BOl Factory: Libertyville, IIL. Good Homes SPRINGE Corner of St. Johns and Park Avenue _ Open and closed cars now on display â€" Do not fail to come in and see them Over 12 million satisfied Ford owners on the road are in demand now, with all the facâ€" tolr'zes working overtime and new facâ€" tories springing up everywhere. We make smokestacks, ventilators, and piping of all dimensions, for many purposes, of any sheet metal desired. All work in tin, iron and other sheet metals guaranteed by us. Get our figures. HENRY G. WINTER 48 North First Street GOOD SMOKESTACKS â€"The Year U. 8. INVESTMENTS |.â€" _â€" IN: FOREIGN LANDS Now Total Nine and Oneâ€"Half _ Total American investments in forâ€" eign countries . now total nine and ofieâ€"half billion dollars according to the Finance and Investme:z divigsion of the Department of Commerce. This total does not include the twelve ‘bilâ€" lions which the foreign giemment owg the government of t United: States, which would bring lthe total to over twenty billions. Nes MB APVCER WEOBIIOT AIITCIIEE During the first six mopt‘)s of this year foreign ‘securities in |\the sum of $51,000,000 were 'oflereh to the people of the United States |as an inâ€" vestment. During the ’samelpetiod no foreign loans. were offered | in .Great Britain, which has recentl adopted a restrictive policy in regaid to forâ€" eign loans, because of the British reâ€" turn to the gold standard. | > The total American investmentg in Europe is now three times| as great as it was before the World War, it is said, and the total is sqtadily-in- creasing. ho , [++ The American total of: fi:reign inâ€" vestments, not including the governâ€" ment war loans is distributed as folâ€" lows, according to the figures: | Government guaranteeg obligaâ€" tions: Canada and New H‘oun?’md'. $1,125,000,000; Latin Americl. 915,â€" 000,000; Europe, $l,665,000§000; ‘Asia and ‘Oceania, $442,000,000; ‘tptal. $4,â€" 147,000,000. _ _ | Industrial securities and direct inâ€" vestments: Canada and New Fopndâ€" land, $1,420,000,000; Latin America, $3,225,000,000; Europe,‘ $450,000,000; Asia and Oceania, $280,000,000; total $5,875,000,000. | + FORD NOW HAS BIG . | PLANT IN MEXICO THE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS, ‘ These figures give a total of both classes of foreign investmebtn of $9,â€" 522,000,000. m ougfilfah 4 Assembles Therein Cars To Be . . Sold In That Country; Other Countries . _ The Ford Motor company of Mexico has been organized in Mexico City and is now turning out assembled Ford cars and trucks for distribution in that territory. In all its essential details, the Mexican plant is similar to Ford plants in other fo: counâ€" ties at present only. assembly duction has begun and e faciliâ€" tise‘ at present only permit assembly of chassis, additional pment is now being installed. includes enameling : ovens and facilities for building bodies. $s p ont! Billions of Dollarp, Report Says _ s and trucks for distribution erritory. In all its essential the Mexican plant is similar plants in other fo: counâ€" resent only . pe assembly has begun and faciliâ€" resent only permit assembly sis, additional pment is ig : ovens and facilities en R &PER (I ‘s Sensation NCORPORATED) / KB | ‘ f : | The Ford Motor company plant is Mexico‘s first automobile factory and ‘its operation is regarded as much a show place of the city as an industrial enterprise by the citizens and Mexiâ€" can government officials. The plant is housed in a twoâ€"story building of 48,000 square feet of floor space which has been |remodeled to conform with: Ford standards of: production, General offices of the company gre loâ€" cated in the building. ~ _ E The company now has> 18 foreign and associated companies. Others, in addition to Mexico City, eqta%}ished this year are at Pernambuco, Brazil, and Yokohama, Japan. 1e 54 FARM CONDITIONS decidedly optimistic in paintitrxg the picture of farm: conditions in the United States for the year 1925. The statement says that promise is good for the recovery in all branches of the . livestock industry. . Hogs. are nearly double the price of a year ago and heavy steers and lanibs are highâ€" er.‘ Truck crops too are said to. be coming in for a sharé of recovery this year. , § The statement continues: / "Early estimates suggest a potaâ€" toâ€" production of only about 3.1 bushâ€" *els per capita, which would be on a par. with the shortage years, 1911 and 1919: Onions, cabbage,> melons ‘and peaches have been selling at two or three times last year‘s prices and seemingly have a brick fall market ahead. ( ; Agriculture Department Makes Optimistic Report forâ€" +A Present Year > _ "Raing last month helped hay and late oat crops. Corn is making ears now and looks good as a whole. .A fair spring. wheat crop seems assurâ€" ed, despite considerable hot weather damage and some rust in the Red River valley. Winter wheat was a disappointment but apparently has thrashed out about as much grain as make good much of the deficiency. Cotton has lost ground in the western belt by reason of drought, but indiâ€" eations still point to a: sizeable total The department‘s general index of purchasing power of farm products in terms of nonagricultural commoâ€" dities remains at a level of 90, comâ€" pared with a‘five year preâ€"war level taken as 100. > > . ~ 1 goâ€"getters but goâ€"toâ€"sleepers seem to be more common.. : The Department of Agriculture is "Fruit is not so plentiful in eastern MUCH IMPROVED ~ Telephone Higfiland,Park 164 > f ILLINOIS =« PRESS WANT ADS BRING RESULTS â€" & Sus t ht PROTECTION NOT COST | _ REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE 18 South First Street _ Phone Highland Park 17 When You Buy Insurance | l..esfiflunleehtadaypersl,ooooflmurmce SON â€" Less than 5 cents a day for $5000 $# of Insurance â€" £<>4 â€" THINK OF IT! sNRY K. 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