Notes

The attempt by several politicians to make the rise in sugar prices a national issue failed to interest the public, and sugar reports have sought their way back from the headlines to their usual small space on the financial page of the newspapers.

Secretary Hoover, after consulting fully with the American Construction Council, approved its program for delaying the rush of speculative building, with its mounting costs.

Both in the East and the Middle West a considerable slackening of business has been evident, due both tc seasonal factors and to unfavorable weather conditions. Nevertheless, the opinion is everywhere expressed that merchants have not overstocked as they did in 1920, and that no violent movements in prices are to be anticipated.

The long-heralded arrival of the Thirty Club of London, an association of British advertising men, occurred with all appropriate ceremonies. Mayor Hylan presented them with the freedom of New York, tactfully pointing out, however, that his city was larger and much better adminis-istered than London.

One genuine proof of the improved character of the Curb Market since it abandoned the open sidewalks and went under a roof about a year ago, is the more severe regulation exercised by its officers over the way its member firms conduct their business.