Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1922, Page 26

- . \ x - THURSDAY, MARCH ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. C. NORTHERN OHIO STEEL PLANTS | ARE RE-EMPLOYING MEN FAST : 2, 1992, * FINANCIAL. <h; Grain, Produce and Live Stock! GRAIN AND PROVISIONS LOCAL WHOLESALE PRICES. G[s EAmElIN BALTIMORE, March 2 (Special —| Tggs—Strictly fresh, selected/ per ALt'ES’ WAR DEB.I. Potatoes, whl}& 100 1b: . | dozen, 31 verage receipts, 28a29; south 2 'sax.oo;fi:z‘;:s;mzflafl-fl - poultry—Roosters, per 1b., 1 J. H. Tregoe Says America Would Get the Money Back a Thousandfold. V: > hick: 124.50; No. 22.00 bbl.: bu., e s e Cancellation of the allied war debt per 1b., 33a36; keats, youpg, a60; fowls, 26a27. poultry — Fresh - killed hickens, per 1b., 82a35: hens, | With the understanding that the for- eign nations affected will get their o7y “houses in order,” was strongly urged per crate, 5.00alyy y gy Sew Y. = 6.00. _ Grapefrult, 3.30a4.50, Florida Y J- H. Tregoe of New York, secr nges, 4.50a6.00. TOBACCO DIVIDENDS. NEW YORK. March 2—Weyman- uton has declared a quarterly div of 3 per cent on its common ock, which puts it on a 12 per cent sis, in contrast to a previous rate 10 per cent. The George W. Helme s declared a regular quarterly divi- nd of 21 per cent on its common ock and per cent on_its Bfeferred stock, payable on April 1 its” stock of record on March 15. e Universal Leaf Tobacco has de- red an al quarterly dividend 3 per cent on its common stock | d one of 2 per cent on its preferred ufock. payable on April 1 to its stock dt record on March are running ahead of production, al-|thp Birmimgham district for Pacific though the latter now is about 85 per | coast ports. The Jacob Luckenback cent of capacity. This is an increase |now en route to the Pacific with a of 10 per cent in the last few weeks. |similar cargo. These sailings, it is believed, mark the advent of increased shipping between Mobile and New Orleans and the Pacific. DETROIT, March 2 (Special).—The first city distributing branch of the Michigan Farm Bureau will be opened here April 1. Plans calf for bringing the produce of the state farmers directly to the consumer. -It is hoped this will give the farmer a higher price and the city consumer a some- what lower price. Butter, eggs, poul- try, fruits, vegetables, dressed hogs and veal will be handled. CHICAGO, March 2 (Special).—One of. the large dry good firms here, dis- turbed because less buyers than usual from Texas are in the market, is sending a circular to its customers in the Lone Star state. This com munication is headed “Texas specials and lays stress op items of spring merchandise which can be shipped at once. N Leather. NEW YORK, March 2 (Special).—A slightly better demand for leather from shoe manufacturers has been in evidence this week. Prices have not fallen materially, but there is evi- gence of standing on sizable transac- ons. | turk Buying Power of Farmers Reported as Live Stock. . ST. PAUL, March 2 (Special).— Cheap corn bought before the recent advance in agricultural products and fed to hogs in this section now is re- turning good profits, as the prices of live stock have advanced strongly in this market. . Improved Materially — Industrial crate, 1.7522.50; celery, dozen, 80al.2 crate cucumbers, crat 3.00a8.0 horsera 1.0021.25, Lettuce, basket, 1 100 Ibs., ' 6.00a8,00; oysterplants, bunch, bu., 75a90; peas peppers, crate, 3. 2.00a5.50; squash, tomatoes, crate, basket, 35240, Apples, packed, 5.006. 2.2524.00 Sales Increase—Elsewhere. Pork—Dressed, small, per b, 12% al3; heavy, 5all. Live stock—Calves, choice, per lb., lambs, choice, per 1b., 12a13; live &, per ib., 11% Green fruits—Apples, per bbl per. bu. basket, 2.5 ern, per box, 2.75a4.50. Ci nia lemons, per box, 6.00a6.50. California orange: No. BY GUY T. ROCKWE] gnow. which followed ast week, has brought additional joy Special Dispatch to The Star. pecial D J to thd wheat belt. The farmers are CLEVELAND, March 2.—Re-employ- | 27 ‘miles Casw: whertnn ohme oo ment of old warkers on a large scale | ago they were extremely discouraged | is reported from the various steel com- ?:firu;:g 3«’1; thle drought. 'l‘h":l re{‘lef pany plants of northern Ohlo. =Sheet | poen Felectod In trade here. XWhen mill operations have now aclxn’fl 3| the present cold spell, probably the per cent of capacity, which is last of tite winter, ends, spring trade the rains of Wool. WHEELING, W. Va., March 2 (Spe- clal).—The wool growers in the northern part of this state have de- cided to pool their wool hereafter with the O] crate, 2.5025.00; ., 28; roosters, per lb., 20; tur- ber? Ib., 35ad5; keats, young, amEorines, 3.50a | tary-treasurer of the National Ass { ciation of € Men, at the mic 2 ples, cranberrie heaviest production e it ] ! 3.00240.00; grapefruit, box etables—Potatoe 0. 1, Periwinter “Ia i . e o open with a rush. . .00; grap . box, tables 4 No. 1. winter “ladies’ nite” entertainment of :)fr:\ Nt Waeren 1::»‘:31;;:";\‘:-‘;’1' to re- Ll Oy eicuation isteasior with {PUBLIC DEBT INCREASES o e !i"f?fif,‘," {the Washington Association of Cred.: 2 Y Sy Z|an overabundance of loanable funds , strap, 2. . Lettuce, | : ‘ turn to 100 per cent capacity OPeTa- | available for legitimate business pur- |, ATLANTA, Ga., March $90,000,000 IN FEBRUARY |at. ‘“0aso. R . Doma seMpitanad Min (St hefies cioy Lint pistnies Mr. Tregoe said that if this is do: {America will get her money back a thousandfold. and will stand among the nations of the world as with g heart.” He said further that in the days of Washington, when the nations of {world were not so closely connected i by cable and ships. America could __{tord to isolate Ferself. but that now 'old | she cannot stand alone, but must pii- ticipate in the affairs of the world Selling Krices at Noon. Wheat—! uotation; 4515 No. The strike in the New “ngland cotton mills has had little e1. t on the cot- ton textile plants of the south except for a sudden rush experienced by print cloth manufacturers ®near Greenville, S. C. None of the mills in this state has as yet cut production, although there has been talk of cur- tailment. poses at rates lower than last vy The banking situation in this section now is stronger than at jany time since the beginning of the Var. prevailed The open hearth works of the Car- negie Steel Company are working at 6612 per cent, while the United Alloy | Stecl Company has just taken back a | thqusand mn* which has erabled it to I bring production to 60 per cent. Clev {land’s large paint plants report rea- | sonable increases in production. Industrial sales of the Glidden Com- pany for the first six weeks of this ar were 88 per cent better than in The Sherwin Williams Company s just closed a large contract with the state of Georgia for chemicals with which to combat the pink boil .00a3.50. .00a9.00. Cucum- | Eggplants, per crate, per box, Flor- | 0a4.50 per | per at. Pep- 0054.00. Kale, 1. 24.00. Spinach, per bbl Onions, per 100-1b. Cabbage, 2 bers, 3.00a6,00. Tomatoes, 50. B prouts, ers, per crate, o. 1 red winter, spot 2 red winter, red winter, garlic {Is Largely Accounted for by :(ssu-l ance of $601,600,000 in { Treasury Notes. a natic operations continue to records. In this city alone permits for the first two months of this year totaled $2.842,650, the larg-! est sum’ever recorded here for such a period. With the approach of spring and open pasturage milk prices have jtaken a tumble, grade A raw and grade A pasteurized dropping to 12 cents a quart. Coal sales have been| stimulated by threats of a strike and Corn—Cob corn, old.. yellow 70 per barrel; contract corn. 4 corn, spot, 693 per bushel track corn, vellow, No. 3, dom or bette per bushel. Oats—White, bushel; No. An increase of more than $90,000.000 {in the public debt during February {was announced today by the Treas- ury. On February 28 the total debt stood at $23,478,667,789, as compared with $23,388,644,236 on January 31 Automobile Tops. DETROIT, March 2 (Special).—The Athol Manufactyring Company, mak- ers of fabric for auto tops, has in- creased production, and now is oper- 48a4K1; per bushel. {05 per bushel spot, 111 pe per DAIRY MARKETS MORE, March ‘ BALT! pBultry 35; expor weevil. : L L d ating on a twenty-four-hour-a-da S nscare b e ey e s, 26 tol Saward P, Bailey >hiladelph i, S‘X Motor truck orders are increasing, I‘e‘fi“‘“{" cold weather. Many indus, | schedule. ¥ 3 erh} m(r:eusrfi in :{l‘nv‘ 1m \\;m_ |ll£,ll:)_ Re ;:.‘;L;mu.a l‘:‘ et 2 %0, Edward P. Bailey of Philadelpt | and these are coming mainly from the | tFial plants ‘are puiting in reserve BLITS jaccounted for, oflicials explained, by NP R e 1d ' chairman of the bankruptcy commi and mixed hay traw- N 0.1 wh nominal, 10.00a11 CHICAGO, March 2—Wheat aver aged lower in price today during the early transaction Downturns in quotations at Liverpool tended to reaken the market here, and so. too, did_reports that British milling re- quirements appeared to be filled up temporarily Bulls howev still | contended ~ that world importing countries are short of actual require ments more than 100,000,000 bushel Obening prices, which varied from un changed f cent lower, wita May 1.43% to 1.43%, and Jul 203 “were followed by a moder market firm. the issuance of approximately $601,- nominal, 1 000,000 in Treasury notes during the month, while government securities retired during February approximated $511,000,000. However, oflicials be. lieved that the continued quarterly {reduction in the public debt would £0 on during March, when install- ments of income and profits taxes are due. Ordinary exp {ernment during coal supplies. Washington Coal Output About 70 Per Cent of Normal BY PAUL C. HEDRICK. !tee of the National Credit Men, a delegation from which ers, 16a17; duck poor and thin, 20 I Buinea fowl, cach, 30460, {app d poultry-—Turkeis. pound. 38 | Senate Judiciar old toms, 3 poorly dressed | regarding am: thin, 30; young chickens, 28| bankruy pons, 36a4%; . Rice. NEW YORK, March 2 (Special).— Better export buying is in evidence in the rice market.” Shipments of orien- tal rice to this country are being held up by strikes in oriental ports. oil. ORANGE, Tex.. March 2 (Special). —The production of this field was in- jcreased this week by the bringing in jOf & new 15,000-barrel well near the Big Humble well. | cities, although reports indicate the | buying power of the Ohio farmers has | improved materially. Furniture deal- | ers report satisfactory sales through- out this territory |Farmers All Smiles Over e . eclal Dispateh to The Star, | Heavy Snow and Rains pshl\T;l:Fr:‘ ()lnrchmZ.—(‘oul produc- " _ 3 tion in Washington, where most mines | BY DICK SMITH. are run on the open shop basis, is Special Dispateh to The Star. mm abo"; ;""ver c-enltlur "'oyr;"')u and, CANSAS CITY, M: will reach full capacity within sixty KANSAS Iy S March days, according to dealers here. Op- erators declare there will be no strike in this district except possibly in rail- road-owned mines. e " 08 ciivetanp WARRINGTON MOTOR CAR COMPANY Service Statior Salesroom: 1315-17 Cedar Court 1800 14th St Bot. 15th and Ith Telephone North 9860. CHANDLER MOTOR CAR CO. CLEVELAND nationa! briefly about act and the idmen spoke the » was presente | by the artet from the {non M. E. Church, N L. Pennington led ymmunity singin ssident of the | ided. Blowing Somebody Good. nt failures of w the wditures of the gov- ebruary aggregated $152,000,000. as ~omparcd with $351.- 000,000 during the same month last vear, while crdinary receipts for the month approximated $175.000,000, a against $248,000,000 in February of 1921. Publ rolls, airy prints, al organization —Heavy HAMMOND, Shipment o March 2 (8 y strawberr ial). has ebt expenditures during the COTTON MARK Wholesales grocery and dry goods|just commenced from this i ate s ; Euck i 5 3 s | jus o Section, | month 100,000, | ate setback all round, and then by al NEW YORK, Mare Ay open- { campaign nst buc trade continues active and lumber|The movement is small as yet, bUi|apainst abmut 1o000000 1n Febeians | Fally that in Some ¢ IEht1Y | ing decime of 13 to 16 porat.in the | bringing business to con production at the northwest coast|promises to increase steadily. s iabove vesterda finish. : o | tiv -fashioned hou: sy h 2 ool {a year ago, while public debt receipts | cotton market today was due mills is only 12 per cent below nor- 612000000 un v g \ Corn’and oats were governed chiefly iw al. In mal. There has b t lous s ruary were A ! dichiief tion and scattered selliug pro- P AR nufacturing | ..., SAN, FRANCISCO, March 2 (Spe- | February of last year. BB the o i e ter advices. Ac-|ers are now looking for the safes these instruments are having difficul- | S/2)-—The prune market is firm,! e Al et Bl s »on showed net losses |houses to which they may transfe: { their | firm. A member of ¢ the ol t in Wa stree aper, remarked ti most of these new accounts are jones. The average lar; arently as had th S v, {along to be in sel < with the Prune Association and other strong holders inclined to hold back stock, believing the demand will im- prove. selling but there for trade | Orleans which s of sev points be fore the end of the first hour. Futures opened barely stead 7.13; October, 16 : January, 16.20. Decreane in C. & P. Income. —Local trad-| The net income for the Chesay disposition to ac-!ang Potomae Telephone on the crop and{japuary showed a te cables attributed | non et NI coounts. among points, with M: .10, ng down, more, ty filling orders. Several retail stores have been opened to handle such equipment and leading department and furniture stores also are making it a feature. The Alaska salmon packers have completed the purchase of supplies for the coming season. Forty per cent of the southeastern Alaska can- neries will operate at about half the usual rate of production. There re- main unsold in Washington and Ore. Zon only about 750,000 cases of chums Oats started unchanged to May 413%, and declined a littl but later scored a trifiing gain Scattered selling on the part of commission houses sent provisions {downward in price, notwithstanding lan upturn in the v Potatoes weaker; receipt. total S. S. shipment, 499 sacked, round whites, 1.80x 1daho sacked russets, Idaho sacked netted fei Minnesota round white nd Jul considerable at 1 bu sn Coal and Coke. 1051, CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. March 2 P e, - (Sp “The upward trend of both coul and coke is more promounced and the outlook for general wesumption is very favorable. One broker has just placed an order for 400 cars of coal. Pittsburgh steam coal is quoted at First Aid for Income Tax What a useful thing in any business is a National Columnar Book! 4 < Wiscon: SLOOO ut 99, Janston Moiotspe—0 at at 7 2, howed it cept the fizur acreage, but priv 30 at AFTER CALL. sales from previous ‘This is a loose leaf binder with sheets %?‘d Dl;ks from last v ?‘r'::mfl)afi\-n $1 ll) kllo; iéi]sl-\ngf.mn_“r;._ :nir,lgl'_q‘, “im‘ .‘\\"w ;:m.n‘ 'l‘(m:w y and Electric m'_s':'i,:;:‘ssa‘:{fffl; {a; gnlvl ity poor condi- lm,';;dl’xlx 1 \'\j;?‘)‘o‘nlot{)‘;l’)\':""‘“u-c.-mh‘,r_ according tc report = ese ures compare th 3, | & c] y s .35 to .45. v acel 00 v oL 5 - e Sma L ate e in-{ P i with o *ub! ruled to record income tax figures, expenses, cases left over at the heginning of | product coke is selling at $1.45 to §2. | g ytlington Kailway and Electric com Reports 'that Italy _was -bu ed acreage. They also reported { ¥, that company with the Publ Furtice coke idurum wheat at New York and calling the Tt 1921. selling at $3 t 3.25, pey— 5 spinners’ in Englisn | e e 2,865 sales statistics, or for any use where figures WA foundrs ranges {rom 51 o] Moo CM! Ot e per ceat Iaria sales of Canadian wheat had | mcrke and while (ading here wax | fhe %6 fof JEMUATS was $9350, = . $4.25. h een ,made yesterday to Europe compa et the market ruled | yos s s Ly are to be grouped in parallel columns. Commodity Reports r Bid and Asked Prices. {5 i/ Material advance in the wheat | steads i Slling opilo| P18 The mate o metnro cemnt B : 8 : LD T TG arket th : | 1510, or oints from the early | . See the National binders and columnar From Various Sections | cicaco, s ol PURLIOUTILNY. | [Dackerdoday, ang aithough fres | o and * polce et nigher 1% . Something between p 3 AGO. March 2 (Special).—The b 1A i v P 6 i »rted that the March notices is x - sheets at any good stationery store. raaben. Santa T¢ road is reported ‘to have B e 106 ana dais 3% o 120510 | g Vesterday amdunted to 38,000] T he tofal income. the telephone o1 CE T 3t = place an order for 10,000 tons of ol e 4 ating revenues for “« o = ”» NEW ORLEANS. March 2 (Special). s wi o igns of a rev 1 in. Europ: 1843 025 The Right Book to Write In The promised reduction of freight | (ompuns “‘T”:fi"“,,;;‘gct,‘:“,.n""“;'fl{: imand brought about a_good advanc IRPOOL. March 3—Cotton— |SS3500251. from which o jates 1a stimulating the production of | said to have placed a large R jlater: Mol eary l;rlyl“li-"w;“:fir- ool Sontnn demand; prices steady. | deducted. Other deductions umber mills in_the southern pine |y i € .| faile sore middii 0.42: fuily middiing. | pax o o bk bR Pinelwith the same concern. The Bur- less transient manne 5 Y middling, | 2Xes of $28, 8 hea {taken off to arrive at the operating h; as ordered income of $93,86 It is believed spring will linrton see a great resumption of building | nnie’ from 500 antomobile ¥ In later dealings the corn ordina P oot ter 3 rn rdinar the 1ct that throughout the country. Shipments | which is also making 500 stock cars | Georgetown Gas 1s o unpsde belof by the 1 including | Among the expense items is one o s alo mAking. 0 Metropolitan It 1t 5 the movement of corn from rura pts, 11,000 {116,105 for operators’ wages, 1i % . " Potomac sources appeared to be ng off in , including American. Fu-ijaroeet single expense item for th STEUBENVILLE. Ohio, March 2| Potomac volume and that export busin closed™ ver! March. | month. (Special).—The Carnegie Steel Com- | Lotomac oo b underyay ot the seah October, | During the month of January tl pany has increased operations at its | por. Ei B et N ¥, 9.44. peake and Potomac added 1o x&nf-:_J::\:xcxg:‘ |:)I;mils. which is now gx,'-.,.._, SR AEK ANt -(:»" W ORL Mans = special ac(‘ol:inl $12 .r“‘l for n;" ona 75 sis. usli.) Onen hle turn in English politics was | construction and new facilitics for = | subscribe: otton market st prices in the but after de- lon the opening tod: lelines of 7 to 15 points the market | commenced to do better on a pi ate | bureau report on total ginnings for | i 1 LONDON, March 2 (Special).—Im- provement in inquirfes for pig -iron in England is becoming more appar- ent, and has been aided by sale of several thousand tons to Germany. hinkton 1.201 will F ce Building. At a meeting of the Realty Finan and Investment Company. a new cor poration organized to assist in meet- Loose Leaf and Bound Books NATIONAL BLANK BOOK COMPANY, 18 Eiversile, HOLYOEE, MASS. wy. B Buying, following th inquiries, the season just_ended, which placed | % o S e —+ = finished products, the English and Ewe o onE sustabout et ""”',f,'; “,‘,':m,,,m,ns i Wuiae topecalinns | n ke I d enough level to put Scotch manufacturers have revived ! 1 their o}d agreement and have ceased c STOCKS. spring_clear: 26.50; prices to a S cnaneediie ing, the following officers were elect 2 Ry PUBLICS s straights, 7.: Lard, eas e : e cemer. | ed vesterday: W. Gilbert Deng, presi- et e e Rnesicanobett enti Toigs s _ldle west, 5. Other artieles | Bo el e A e 0 ar we- | dent: Dale S. Venables, vice president Dital Traction i; | unchanged. Felind Harry T. Boswell, secretars- Fish. ashington Gaw March, 16.72; | treasurer. rLolkand Wi Those connected with the concern lare Thomas R. Asquith, of the real jestate firm of C. W. Simpson Com- 'W YORK. March 2 (Special).—Pa- cific const canners here now declare the market for canned tuna fish is in . com 38: . and Elee. pfd NATIONAL B2 "|CRUDE 0IL PRODUCTION EBONITE is a heavy oil - improved condition, with spot stocks ipany; Henry T. Boswell, American and lubricates better than practically cleaned up on. blue-fin INU.S.GROWS STEADILY | cnicaco tive stock manker. |X onal Banic: W. Gilbert Dent, pres- i tuna. Fishermen are demanding $175 i S March 2 (United States |ident of Gardiner & Dent. realtors: 3 grea‘;?&er’i‘:&a;ta::::“:: a ton for their catches. and the | Commerce { A { Howara Duckett, counsel’ L. Morgur or canners are declining so far to meet | Dis! b Weekly Official Summar; hows | ceipt 9.000 head: beef | Johnson. buflder; Phillip M. Julien rotected by a film of oil % |that price. Adjustment is expected | pagigy ™ | Z BT | Stromg: top, 53¢ buik, 70a8.50: fat { architeci; Dr. George A. Kingstat. op 13 A Y - | before the packing season starts. Liberty Increase of 400 Barrels in Esti- |cows and heifc strong to higher; | tician orge T. Parker. presids : that insures long life. Try & S Lincoln i ners, cutters, bulls, stockers and | Federal Underwriters; Winfield Pres- it toda You'll notice Oynters. National Metropolitan mated Daily Output. veal calves, slow.|ton. builder, Graeme T. Smallwood ¥ % BALTIMORE, March 2 (Special).— | Sacox o= = k I bulk fat realtor; Henry T. Tallmadge of W the results. N et el el NEW YORK,March 2.—An increase of 2% bologna bulls, mostly 4.254 i D. Campbell Company; Dule S. Ven- (WALL STREET FAILURES REACHING FIFTY MARK ! . March 2.—The list o 1l street brokerage house k!allur rk tod ated F nkruptey opened Iphonse ion T'rust ‘w over 11. Vi 3 4 £ v bles of Philip T. Hall, Inec,, and R because of _unfavorable packing TRUST COMPANT. 00 barrels in the estimated daily av i . ; ~ pables of Philip T. .1 weather in this district, along the | American Sccurity and Trust 5 | 2ge cruce oil production of the United | Hogs Receipts, 00 head: slow, | ert S. Wright, fiscal agent B lower Atlantic and on the gulf. Fac- | Continental Trust .. 9 | States for the week ended February zp | MOstly 3 to 10 higher than vester- ) 3 tories are behind with their orders shown in the weekly summary of {day big packers holding Prices have advanced, Baltimore | {2 FEeases American Petroleum In The i back: top. Washington Loan and Trust e A 9.803 Stead ve- be! 51 - : 1 daily avers it s 1.4 bulk. 10.80a11.15: ¥ steady to 1 five-ounce being quoted at $1.30 fac: SAVINGS BANK, 3 age production was 1,41 D e s (It's Shredded Oil) For Transmissions and Differentials tory. > ¥ Commerce and Saviags for a major district wos that of about | pounder: 7,000 barrels daily in Oklahom: district changes were con slight. Noten : slow: | ¥ best shorn | W 12.50; no choice Wooled lambs | climbed toward the fifty ma rly; wooled ewe top, earl Scott & Stump, a Consol change house, went into b shortly after the market jand a short time lat a MOBILE, Ala., March 2 (Speeial).— | Merchanty oo toa-ioon The Florence Luckenback now is|Secentn Strees loading a cargo of iron pipe fromll:uinn Savings . U. S. Savings . | Washington Mex FIRE INSURANCE. Production of the north Louisiana production, reacied 0 barrels daily, a small gain. i i i { i ’ U barrels.. The largest increase shown American .. 240 There were no chan; i z s o Fi a % ges in crude oil = Deschamps, successor to Fricdman | antagion o™ prices of the major districts auring the [ DRY GOODS FAIRLY FIRM. | Markelson & Co. an “outside” house. Clecoan, 'pasl weck. _Mid-Continent Crude 15 | i With a large branch in Montreal, @n- quoted at $2 nounced an assignment for the bene! 1 of creditor: Friedman, Markelson & Co. recentls suspended operations and the three partners were arrested on charges of Iv: a barrel, Pen: {crude at § a_barrel a Coast Crude $1.25 a barrel. _Imports of petroleum at the principal ; United States ports for the week totalel | tional Uni Early Raw Cotton Trading Gives Little Support. YORK, March 2 I TITLE INSURANCE. Columbia_Title Real Estate Title NEW (Special). — Columbia G 2,720,500 barrels, a daily average of 2 “— jgrand larceny preferred by Deschamp: Columbia _Graphophoue ptd 10 | 388,643 barrels, compar-d with 3,108,870 | Dry goods continued to exhibit a fair- | \who also instituted civil action to D. C. Pajer Mfg. C barrels, a daily average of 413,124 bar- iy firm tendency today in spite of the | recover $16.000. Merchants’ Transfer Mergenthaler Jinotype 0ld Duteh ket col Old Dutch Market pfc Lanston Monotspe Becurijy Storage . { Washfhgton Market - WALKING CANES FOR WOMEN. ; is well known L ere he had brokerag under the name of Deschamp Fred Beauv: co-respondent Stillman divor: se, was said been in his employ there as office man. The Scott & ump firm, wi | has been in business about five y for the preceding weck. { Significant features of Thited States geological survey report of petro- leum production in January. the sum- mary says further, were the record- g of the daily average domestic pro duction of 1,397,626 barrels, the high ever reported, and an increase of 11. 000 barrdls in domestic ang Mexican {Jack of support offered by early trad- |, Peschamps ling«in raw cotton. There is an un- doubted demand for the natrower | print cloth constructions and some of these goods are not in large suppl Prices were maintained around phe § and 9 cent levels for southern/3s inch 64x60s and 39-inch 6% the Try Them Here With Your Own Fingers SUNDSTRAND has but 10 keys—one for each numeral; that's all there are, that's all are' needed. Arranged in a logical, Natural Way for three-finger touch method operation. Try the keys above with your own hands. 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We have STEELCASE Safes in models and sizes to meet every requirement — whatever yours may be. ; “ OFFICE FURNITURE —found where business succeeds 712 13th St. N.W. “Main 1086 NEW YORK, March 2.—Women's} sport suits for spring have revived the walking cane, which is to be had in a number of novelty effects. Gen-| erally speaking, there are two types in favor. .One is the straight, long {shape and the other the so-called P.| W., or Prince of Wales. Ebony, mal- acca, pimento and apple wood are some of the woods used. Leather 100ps, plain and braided, are found on the straight canes, the handles of| which are made of leather, bakelite or silver. The color trend is pronounced and includes purple and bright green. A most excellent means for self-de- fense from attack by either man or beast is seen in some of the sticks that are more pretentious as to size and weight. | change, heavy oil stocks held in the United States, as compared with December 31, 1921. Im- ports into the United States in Junuary averaged 422,474 barrels dai With the exception of kerosene, stocks of the principal petroleum products at the end of 1921 showed a substantial in- crease over December 31, 1920. Gas and fuel oil stocks were higher by 49 000,000 gallons than at the end of 1920. gasoline by 124,000,000 gallons and lubricating oil by 56,000,000 gallon: while kerosene stocks were lower by 52,000,000 gallons. A significAnt feature, however, Is that the indicated domest gasoline consumption in 1921 increased slightly over $ per cent. Gas and fuel oil consumption increased 5% per cent. Consumption of lubricating oil decreased 13 per cent and kerosene 11 per cent. An official estimate places present jfuel oil requirements of the United States Shipping Board vessels at 20.000,- 000 barrels: annually. Shipping Board vessels in 1921 consumed 16,900,000 bar- rels, of which 13,150,000 barrels were Mexican fuel oil and 3,750,000 barrels domestic. The United States Navy consumed ap- proximately 7,200,000 barrels of fuel oil in 1921, compared with 6,714,000 barrels in 1920. —_— FOREIGN EXCHANGE. (Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.) Selling checks—dollar values at noon today London . 42 Budapest . Pari Prague Brussels Warsaw Berlin Copenhage: Rome Clrristiania Madri Stockhiolm Zurich Amsterdam " Atlienn Belgrade Vienna Montreal By the Associated NEW YORK, March 2.—Foreign ex- Great Britain demand, 4.41%; cables, 4.42; sixty-day bills on banks, 4.38%. France, demand, 9‘0 cables, 9.10%. Italy, demand, 580 5.30%. Belgium, demand, cables, 8.62. Germany, de- cables, 41%.- Holland, de- cables, 38.25. Norw. . Sweden, demand, 26.. 21.15." %wilzcl‘; bt , demand, 19.5 lemand, I‘S’A.Odn. Greece, demand, 4.62. Poland, demand, .02. Czechoslovakia, demand, Argentine, demand, 37.25. Bra- emand, 13.87. Montreal, !7*. spectively, but the trading in those cloths was not particularly brisk. I Sheetings were bought in some guar tities with some mail orders from jobbers 4n_evidence. Sateens were inactive, but there is some demand for wash goods. | "The raw silk market was confined |1argely to sales of two and three bale | lots of cracks for filling-in purposes. i Prices were” weak and lower. In finished goods, broad silks were in- lactive. Some pongees and shantungs were sold. i : PARIS BOURSE HEAVY. PARIS, March 2. —Prices were heavy on the bourse today. Three per icent rentes, 57 francs 20 centimes. Ex- change on London, 48 francs 40 cen- { times. Five per cent loan, 78 francs !95 centimes. The dollar was quoted at 10 francs 93 TO GIVE WORK TO 1,000. CHICAGO, March 2.—It is announced by the Inland Steel Company at East | Chicago that nearly a thousand ad- ! gjtional.men will be employed at that | plant when operations are increased ! March 6. On that date it is planned | to extend the operations in the struc- «tural steel department of plant No. 2 + and the manufacture of standard steel rails will be resumed. The Inland is operating at 60 per cent capacity now. e PREDICTION FOR WHITE. NEW YORK, March 2—Right in the face of all the predictions that have been made of a big season for sports millinery in high colors, a prominent member_ of the trade voices a pre- tion that the coming of the out- door season will bring with it the biggest vogue for white hats that has been seen for a long tim Whether the prophecy will be fulfilled or not, it is a fact that there is a noticeable and growing sale of all- white hats in th's market at the present time. Also to back it up are the reports of the popularity of white things at the winter resorts. With the white vogue, it is further pre- dicted, will come a big demand for all-fabric hats. had branch offic in l'hiladrlphx'. Hagerstown, Md.: Cumberland, Md i Chambersburg, Pa. a., and | Coatesville, Pa. An involuntar: jruptey, without | bilities {M. E stock brokers. | One more brokerage house went to petition in bank- n estimate of lia was filed again . De Aguera, Broadway the wall today. when it was an- nounced from the rostrum of the Cor solidated Stock Exchange that the {firm of { suspended. | ott & Stump had been . {EARNED $21,288,348 NET. i Standard Oil of Indiana Shows Enormous Surplus in Statement. ! CHICAGO. March »—The Stand { Oil Company of Indiana earned S2 | 288,348 net during 1921, accordinz | {the annual statement. made public {after a meeting of the board of di- |rectors today. The gross earninzs were approximately $2.000.000 geeal- | er. the difference being used for fed- | eral taxes and similar items. The surplus earnings in the com- pany's reserve fund now amount to 1$92.227,261, about $5.602.224 beink iadded 'to the fund last r. The {balance of the earnings were paid {out in cash dividends of approxi- mately $15.686,123 to stockholders during the yeal CLOTHING OBDERS REVISED. NEW YORK, March 2.—The inevi- table reaction to haphazard buying is beginning to manifest itself “amons summer clothing manufacturers. Can- cellations and revisions of orders are growing in frequency and size as buy- ers return to their territories und view the situation from the viewpoint of actual demand. The craze for tweeds in particular has brought much popu- lar-priced merchandise on the marki with the result that retailers caterinz to an exclusive trade find themselves without a selling point for those goods. Manufacturers and retailers generaliy. however, hold to.the hope that many cahceled orders will be renewed whex warmer weather sets in. .