Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1922, Page 24

RETAILERS FROM MANY STATES . BUY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY - - Commercial Travelers in Chicago Area 5 Report Increased Demand From Coun- : try Customers—Other Sections. MARSHALL. * Special Dispatch to The Star. ! been double those taken in the cor- |r(;sbnmllng period of last year. be 5 L { ufacturers indicate that w CHICAGO, March $.—Business Is 80 | and sport shoes of fancy design will distinctly better in nearly every line'be popular se in the middle west that it is difficult | Summer, to explain the sudden falling off in hite shoes | and Manufacture of cigars here seems | to have fallen oft in cory parison with | have | the produ ion in 1920, but the num- ceased stacking up in preparation for | ber of cigarettes made here has in- creased materially. ed in strenucus efforts by tigar min- ufacturers to This has result- § manufacturers be- ing apparently confident that be of short,chesp .1 Jobbers in All Lines Feel Stimulus of Spring Trade BY L V. SHANNON. el Dispateh to The tisfactory | zar from factories here. H than sixty to ninety days’ supply on hand, and consumers believe the price will be lower. buying week lers from many states | ket for dry goods and The majority are immediate del wre receiving encour from their men on the | They attribute better demand ! it in the price of | here and ret 8.—Job- feeling the ! employes this{ Lynn Manufacturers’ Association has | well. in over porting a profit timulus of spring busined goods jobber: & For the first tim aging report increased 5 per cent over the pre- ns £00ds and notions and | clare. € in drugs and food prml-‘ grain and hogs. o ‘in_this section’ from s increasing output, EOT| Seing in dey :1_Corporation has blown in two more biast furnaces i Gary and South Chicago, company and ents now are operating at 60 pe Railroads are buying track material and car orders are nu- United States St Wholesalers . country stricts are c aiming gains in busi- of from 10 to 20 per cent. buy conserva- ¥, but their stocks are low and ributers anticipate a stead. E con- tinued demand from Whole- low and in need of constant rep Slow Advance Regarded More Encouraging Sign BY FRANK D. McLAL Spevial Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELI'HIA, ness is sho and srowing from week ed_for to show | Th ion of freight ction of addi-| been importance a factor in export it one of the most this country. The cold weather in the last week as injured the Spring crop of vege- is section and shipments’ be three weeks later than was}iS to growers about half a million dollars. Commodity Reports From Various Sections, residences continue add to_the ing a gradual improve- but this slow growth is regarded | important ir Bank clearings ing and th airly sure ba- rometer of trade and industry, as this is not a speculative center. Demand for steel substantially in certain line anticipated. pleking up stocking up with bituminous coal, but none has sufficient reserve sup- domestic requirements for anthracite will be very light and the market for hard coal continues to the present mild weather. Shoe production in this district has per cent greater Ly Shipments have in- ereased and the orders booked have ) 1 CLEVELAND, March § (Speciall.— 5uf gt intervals it Is good. ery quiet, owing | Textile mills of this section are be- ing kept busy by demand for women's wear for Easter. . March 8 (Special). | duction Indicates the year's output Aren’t you about tired of battery troubles? BATTERIES THE LONG-LIFE BATTERY FOR YOUR CAR Visit the nearuj(’ Exide Service Station ' o - ; VIRGINIA = MARYLAND - - IN WASHINGTON Louis M. Stallings, 560 New Jér- wey Ave, N.W. Stillwell Garage, 515 S5th St. S.E. Battery Shop, 1000 N.E. Bartram, 1204 New Hamp- Ettenger Battery " Service, 1417 Irving St. N.W, Willis B. Robinson, 24 13th Si. THE EVENING STAR, —The big egst Texas orchirds es-|wili be near the record. Tin plate caped damage from the recent storm | is obtainable at $4.60. Bar plates and thece promises to be a heavy|and shapes are purchasable at §1.40, yield of fruit and vegetables, especial- | although Jones & Laughlin have ad- ly tomatoes. vanced prices to $1.50. Sheet bars are quotable at $29. Hot strip ranges from $1.80.to $2, with cold rolled at $3.50. The sheet market 18 especially strong. .Woel BOSTON, March 8 (Special).—Prices for raw’ wool continue steady al- though the market is comparatively dull. New England mills are show- ing a steady falling off in production during the last few weeks. Lumber. , CHICAGO, March 8 (Special).—Lum- Rice. BEAUMONT, Tex., March 8 (Spe- clal).—American Rice Growers' As- sociation has sold large quantities of rough rice of the, Loulsiana and | Texas crops in the last two weeks Smmount’ of southern pine has ‘bean|and the old Texas crop Is now about 150ld at new quofations, the mew list| cleaned up, except in this and Hous- does not seem to have had a reurd-l““‘ sections. ing effect on inquiry ! Kitchen Utenatls. ST. LOUIS, March 8 (Special).— Manufacturers of kitchen utensils, both aluminum and enamel, have in- creased production in the last few weeks from 20 per cent of normal to 50 per gent. [ Canned Goods. SAN FRANCISCO, March 8 (Special). —Canners already are in the field contracting for this year's crop of tomatoes. They are offering growers ber here generally is firm with a tendency to advance. While no great Noten. PITTSBURGH, March 8 (Special).— Construction of lorge bufldings in jthis section is steadily increasing. The Mellon National Bank has let |the Exchange National Bank is pre- paring plans for a new home. A de- partment store is erecting a $1,800,000 laaaition and the West Penn Hospital is constructing a_ $500,000 dormitory. | Outside the city limits proper house { bullding is going on steadily. About $3,000,000 worth of school buildings are under construction and this will be doubled shortly. CHICAGO, March 8 (Special).—Car loadings on the Illinois Central rail- road have been very heavy in the last thirty days. There is a large quan- in_the San Francisco Bay distrigt 1$15 a ton for the best of their crops. jGood 1and will produce from fifteen .to twenty tons an acre. Shoes. March 8 (Special).— ge zgreement be- manfifacturers and April 1. The l LYNN, Mas: The present w tween the shoe expires jtion for a possible strike, but other commodities are moving freely, as agreed not to sign any future agree- ments which do not provide for a reduction in wages of 20 per cent. If the unions do not agree to this the mills will be operated on an opén-shop basis, manufacturers de- —_— COTTON MARKETS. W YORK, March 8—The cotton market showéd renewed steadiness at the opening today owing to con- tinued reports of improved British E i trade conditions and reiterated com- Flour. I plaints of delayed farm work in the MINNEAPOLIS, March 8 (Spe-|South. There was scattered local sell- clal).—Flour miils here report de-|ins and some selling of October be- creased flour sales, but other milling |lieved to be for Japanese accounts, but ‘ Produets are in fair demand. the offerings were quite readily taken Tie, jat the opening advance of 6 to 16 |points and active months sola about 12 to 18 points net higher shortly af- v selling at 18.08 oL Mex., March 8 (Spe- cial).—The 37,000-barrel refinery of ., Corona Petroleum, at Chijol, Vera Cruz, has been put in commission. plant is the largest in Mexico. Wages in Tamplco fleld have been reduced from 25 to 50 per cent in comparison Wwith last year. TAMPICO, ter the call, with M and July at 17.37. Futures opened steady, March, 18.30: May. 18.08; July, 17.35; October, 16.72; December, 16.53. LIVERPOOL, Spot ! moderate; prices firmer: good mid- dling, 11.16: fully middling, 10.81 middling, 10.56; low middling, 9.6 {good ordinary,’ 8.81; ordinary, 8.3 to Coal. PITTSBURGH, March 8 (Special).— Coal market is firm, with some op-|Saleg. 7,000 “bale erators quoting $1.15 as the mini- | American. Receipts, 7,000 bales. in- mum for mine run, but steam fuellcluding 1,000 American. Futures available at $1.50. By-product|closed steady. March, 10.30; May. coal is quoted at $1.85 to $2 at the;10.22; July,” 10.11: October, 9.7 mine, while gas coal from non-union | December, 9.56; January, 9.48. is selling at $1.90 to $2. NEW ORLEANS, March 8.—Prices were raised 14 to 19 points in the first half hour of trading in cotton today by buying aroused by a better Liverpool market than due. The con- | mines Ratsin; SAN FRANCISCO, March 8 (Spe- cial).—The raisin movement is slow- er at present than holders desire, | but demand on the whole is fair section of the belt and continued rather low temperagures over the belt generally were also regarded as buying features. May was sent to 16.92. Futures opened quiet and March, 16.84; May, 16.82; July, October, 16.00; December, 15.80. Steel. PITTSBURGH, March 8 (Special).— . steady. The present rate of tin plate pro- | 16.59; Why lessen your pleasure in motoring by putting up with battery troubles, when they are not necessary? Particularly, when a trouble- some battery costs more than a good one. It is literally true that the least expensive ‘battery is the best one you can buy. If there is any doubt in your mind about this, ask people who have Exides in their cars how long their batteries last, and if they get in trouble. You will find plenty of people to ask, for more cars leave the manufacturers’ hands WASHINGTON, D. & contract for a $3,000,000 edifice and | { tity of coal being moved in prepara- . No. nominal; No. 3, no quotation. 18.00221.00 for good to choice timothy and mixed hay; market firm. {Uncertainty continued as to whether the government report this afternoon on farm reserve stocks of wheat would prove bullish_or bearish. iwhich. varied from % iwith May 1.40 to 1.41% and July 1.183, | to 1.19, was followed by slight addi- tional declines. March 8. — Cotton— | in good demand, but business including ' 6,500 | with lower, May 62 to 63%, the corn mar- ket receded a started unchanged to % lower, May 41% to 41%, and then underwent an {aaditional sag. depressed by a drop in quotations at Liverpool. i tinued drought in the northwestern | g ! total United States shipments, cars; 1.65a1.75 s round whites, 1.50a1.70 cwt.; sota sacked Red rivers. mostly ewt. owt. bullish market later. articles unchanged. equipped with Exides than with any other battery. Exide was the original starting and lighting battery for automobiles, just as it has been the pioneer in other industries since there was such a thing as a storage battery. You will find Exide Batteries in service for many years " still doing active duty. Don’t put up with battery troubles when there is an Exide made for every car, at a_ near-by Exide Service Station. RS EXIDE SERVICE STATION Factory Branch 1823-33 L Street N.W. Whatever make of battery is in your car, you can be confident of skiliul repair _ work, fair prices, and re- sponsible advice atthe near- est Exide Service Station. BATTERIES STATION 4 € Culpeper, Puirfax Motor Co., Iic. ‘ Pvedericknburg. J. P. Rowe, Jr. King George; King George Mo- * tor Cos. Leexhurg, Lambert Motor C Mitehelis, Harvey Cnrpenter Uprerville, Confello_ & Luciun Woarcenton, Exige Battery Serv- fee Stagon © A 7 Ednor, Bond Brothers indinn Head, Roland J. Caypenter Leonardtown, Leomardtown Ym- o Grain, Produce and Live Stock GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. LOCAL WHOLESALE PRICES. pBALTIMORE, March # (Speclal).—-| EgEs—Surietly fresh, selected, por otatoes, white, 100 pounds, 1.65a2. Cozen,” 24; av i 23; - No. 2, 7521.00; ‘150 pounds, 3.0083.25i | o 25 e P e e s WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1922. f No. 2, 1.75a2.00; sweets and yams, barrel, 3.00a4.50, 2, 1.7522.00;) Live poultry—Roosters, per 1b., 18; bushel, 1.40a1.75; No. 2, 50a75; beans, | turkeys, per 1Ib., 40a45; chickens, hamper, 2.50a4.00; beets, bunch, 537! spring, per 1b., 35a3s; keats, youns, cabbage, hamper, 1.00a1.25; CArrots. | oop “roagn. porey ~u bunch, 4a6; caulifigwer, crate, 1.50a 375; celery. doscn, 75a1.20; crate Z80| Dressed poultry — Frosh - killea 23.50; cucumbers, crate, 5.00a8.00;|spring chickens, to eggplants, crate,. 2.50a5.50; horse- one, Decolb,, (a5aA0; Shens, radish, bushel 4.00a4.50; kale, barrel, | Ve b 30a32; roosters, per Ib., 20; tur- 1.2581.40. keys, per b, 35a45; keats, youns, wl‘;elmce. basket, a.sgu.s onions, | each, 60. pounds, 6.00a8.50; No. 2, Pork—] 2 ‘. oysterplants, bunch, 8u9; neavy A Small. periTh, La1Bis; ushel, 35a45; peas, amper, Live stock—Ca A peppers, crate, 2.50a4.50; 10%a11; " lambe, enes CES:CTL P barrel, 3.00a4.50; ‘squash, crate. 4.50a | live hogs, per ib. 11312 2 7 5.50; fomatoes, crate, 1.50a4.00; tur-| Green fruits—Apples, per bbl, 5.00 nips, basket, 30a35. .. [81150; per bLu. basket, 2.50a3.25; Apples, packed, barrel, 5.0029.00; No. | western, per box, 5a4.50. Cali- 2, 5.0026.50; bushel, 1.50a2.75: boX | fornia 'lemons, per box, . apples, 2.26a4.00; cranberries, barrel, | California oranges, per. crate, 25.00240.00; grapefruit, box, 2.7583.60; | 650. Grapefruit, = 3.50n4.00. Florida oranges, box, 5.0026.00; tangerines,{cranges, b.5046.5 = e 2 0o 00 Rt wrarE iRy (A UREL oo o us8y. . Tangerines, ;A0 40a50: Vegetables—Potatoes, No. 1, per Selling Prices at Noon. bbl, 3.50a: per sack, 3.50a3.90. Sweets, 2.50a4.00. Lettuce, southers, Wheat—No, 1 red winter, spot, no;Der crate, 2.00a5.00. Romaine lettuce, A N ot 3% winter spot,|1.20a2.00." Cymblings, per crate, 3.00 1.44%; No. 2 red winter, garlicky,|ad.00. ~Spinach, per bbl, 2.00a5.50. ; Onlons, per 100-1b. sack, 8.0029.00, Cab- 1.43. | bage, new, per cw a3.00. Cucum- Corn—Cob corn, old, yellow, quoted 3.60a3.65 per barrel; contract corn, | bers, 3.00a6.00. Eggplants, per crate, spot, 68%: No. 4 corn, spot, 66% per Tomatoes, per box, Flor- bushel; track corn, vellow, No. 3, do- 50a1.25. Beans, 2.50a4.00 _per mestic or better, ©5_per bushel Sprouts, 25u35'per_ QL. 3.0025.00, Kale, 1. Oats—White, No. 2, 48 per bushel;| No. 3, 47 per biishel. | Rye—-Nearby, 5a1.05 per bushr!: 2 western export, spot, LI12%, DAIRY MARKETS. BALTIMORE, March 8§ (Spe Poultry—Live. .itoms, 35 t,| young chickens, 33a38; poor and stag- 1).— turkeys, 1b., 35a45; old Hay—Receipts, 67 tons; range is Straw — No. 1 rye, nomin L, 15. . 1 0 32a32; ducks, native and nearby southern, 21; duck ege mery nearb; ; rolls, y prints, 20a March The openini A e % to 1% lower: | eges, 50; go tter—Cre: it store pa mpat] T Corn and oats declined in sympathy . Drocess, 27 wheat. _After opening J to % ! little more. Oats standard eiptk, ordinary firsts, 19a: miscellaneous, 203 1. . —_— CHICAGO LIV STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, March 8 (United States sacked round whites, j bureau of markets). — Cattle — Re- Minnesota sacked ]l('lp('l §,000 head: beef steers active, Ainnest Iy steady; top beef steers, 9.40; 2.00 1.70a1.80 he stock and v, strong to higher: bulls stock- Provisions as well as grain were Potatoes—Weak: receipts. 61 cars 836 Wisconsin cw Idaho sacked rurals, Predictions that the government re- | % ';;:‘1 R cteads port as to corn reserves would b TR o et the corn e was firm at tended to rally The clo: lighter weights act e and 4 % others slow: big_packers 1 to 3% net gain, with May 64 to 643 | 4P, tHOR0: Lot 1140 on 170 to 150 WHEAT— Open. High. Low. pound averig 10.90a11. Digs 143 18 steady to bulk desirable 1% 118% 100 to 120 pounders, 10.00al ; some stronger weights up to 10.50. S heer Z 00 head: open- 653 ing generally steady: fat lambs to e city butchers early, 16.00: p s, 434 ; fall shorn Texas lambs, 13.00a Colorado wooled vearlings, 14.25; fat ewes, 8.00 good YORK, March 8.—Produce ézny- nine-pound shearing lambs, 14.0 EW certain what's there. have the greatest confidence. father’s time. : ‘is as good as the chassis. LIGHT-SIX 5-Pass,, 112° W.B,, 40 H.P. $ 875 1045 1045 1375 1750 ST 7 thin and crooked breasts, 30; | !in part reflected t i money, { drop i STOCK MARKET Show Heaviness—Rails Are Slow. changes, especially the tions in specialties. Electric Storage Battery, American Car and American Beet Sugar soon ned 1 to 21 points. Consolidatea Gas also made up the greater part oi yesterday's sethuck. Oils were the only active shares to show marked heavings on renewed pres- sure against General Asphalt and Mexi- can Petroleum. A new bigh record for victory 4% notes, at 100.46, featured the early bond market. Equipments Are Strong. American Car increased its g points during the morning and equipments, especlally Lima otive L tobacco: displayed gr Call money opened at 414 per cent. Market Iznores Break. The security market midst of coniiicting influenc 1s it has right along, At was unfavorable its attention upon what wa In consequenc vere br and the ten rable fay further s fear which changes ments of the last few months Washington might be undone the Senate action on the treaties. howed similar industrial reports, with ing drafts upon profit rpluses—as in the case gar Refining and Fisk today. It dwelt, however, upon the easy. position as in rates for new loans to 4 per cent, and especially stressed the turn came last summer. Sterling Drafts Down. Sterling drafts were down almost 10 cents in the pound from their ex- 5 The decline in ch and Ttalian currencies was proportionate- ly sharp. Undoubtedly two incidents i s of the upon the downward movement. Your satisfaction with a Sedan de- pends largely upon construction you'll never see. Since you can't see it, you want to be all the more And the chances are you'll buy from the manufacturer in whom you Studebaker’s reputationfor fine coach work was established in your grand- This LIGHT-SIX Sedan body is built complete in Studebaker plants and last, without rattles or squeaks, as longas the chassis—and that'slonger than the average life of many other cars. There's nothing flimsy about MODELS AND PRICES 5-Pass., 119° W.B,, 50 H.P. Roadster (4-Pass.) Coupe (4-Pass.) . Sedan The _most important was the word {combination that weuld * block { four-power treaty. FIRM T0 STRONG: Oils the Only Active Shares to NEW YORK, March 8.—Shorts were disposed to extend their commitments at the opening of today’s stock market on the further heaviness of foreign ex- British rate. ‘They became more cautious, however, as pools resumed their bullish opera- | the ilower with to 4 other Locomo- Pullman it ignored ak in the foreign | 1 this | at the accomplish- at | by It callousness to the their inventory write-offs and their and | of | ed fractional Rubber, which submitted their figures instanced by the weekly reviews of the iron trade jours which were the most op-| timistic printed any time since the | Congres treme high of a week ago, touching | ay had a bearing | Representative minority was negotiating with the re- publican irreconcilables to fOrmmz o The other was the statement by the German treasury head that the economic conference at Genga would accomplish nothing with ed States absent. These de- velopments intensified the desire of the speculative following—by all in- dications an_extremely large one—to ave what they could of their hand- some profits as these stood & week ago. TRADING IN BONDS * CINTNUES AGTE W YORK, March 8.—Some of Suropean bonds were adversely affected by the further reaction in foreign exchange during the first half of today’s session. United King- doms of 1922 lost 1% points, the 1929 issue falling 1%: Mexican 4s and Os lost 1% and 1 point, respectively, and Swedish s also reacted. Tokio &8 rose 1 point and French government 738 and §s were Strong. Domestic issues, rails as well as industrials and utilities, were de- cidedly confusing. Peoples’ Gas bs fell 2 points and Wilson Company €s and P Oil were fractionally some of the secondary Southern Pacific southwestern rails. convertible 58, Peo; and Eastern incomes, Armour 4%s, Morris 4%.s and Paeific Telephone were 1 to 1 points higher. The course of the market was gen- erally upward and, with one impor- No. 1 wheat, tangled, 11.00; N g £ g . g 5 3 4 xeeption, unfavorable outside nominal, 10.00211.50. 0la hens, 30a31; small and | ness on further price adv: e iy over GHICAGO, March 5—New setbacks | White leghorns, 28a30; old roosters, Chicago district. 5 3 CAG arch 8.—New se 8 17a18: ducks, 28436 @ 430: pi- | _ Utilities d pressure, Fwin € ) ot 3 in the price of wheat here resulted |17al8; duc : 28a36; geese, 20a30; Pi- | .ty e 1% and Dublic ?m‘fnf‘:‘l:-:h"(‘:;;)‘flro\:lnpd fifi‘.r». early today from fresh declines in |geons, pair, 35a40; guinea fowl, each | ser It tie 155 4 hitop arpingd 198 quot:u(';ns: at L|XQI1H')01, Announce 70. Dressed poultry—Turkeys; 1b “Hn[a i o'ls . "-‘mlm"‘ % 1t was noteworthy ment that an order from a4 E536 e 2 Mexican p i 5 et el AN of Canadian wheat | 3$245; 0ld toms, 35a36; poorly dress-{ o0 at_the bonds of industrial com- g been filled was without any ap- | ed and thin, 30; young chickens, 342 | Atlantic il umntes onicn seatectay AnG fo087 parent influence as a counterbalance. | 35: o1a, 30a3 d roosters, 17a18 point. e et past, were practically un- . The American s. frected by bad ne | Sugar 65 were an_example. moved in the | but it o disre- | Cane Sug: and They kept around their final quota- tion of the preceding day and Cuba another point. Moreover, k Rubber N8 were in Qemand at a_point advance and the rubber and tire issues were particu- 1y ac . Goodyear §8 1 and Kelly Springfield 8s both gain- 18 APPOINTMENTS LEGAL. Attorney General Says Smoot and Burton May Serve Debt Board. The right of Senator Smoot of Utah and Representative Burton of Ohto. republicans, to sit on the allied debt refunding commissionn while retain- ing their seats in Congress was up- held by Attorney General Daugheriy in an opinion prepared for President Harding and transmitted by the lat- ter today to the Senate. Mr. Daugherty. in his opinion, which had been requested by the Senate, stated that constitutional prohibition ainst appointment of members of to civil offices created while they served in Congress should not be given an le” ; “In my judgment.” the opinion added. appointment of Senator Smoot and Burton does not -of- fend article 1, section 6, of the Con- from Washington that the democratic ! stitution.” floor are hung with It will disappointed. £. o. b. Factories SPECIAL-SIX .$1200 1475 1425 1475 2150 2350 | "COMMERCIAL AUTO & SUPPLY CO. Joseph McReynolds, President 819 14th Street N.W. Telephones Main 519 or Franklin 3075 thisbody. It hasa sturdy frame-work of selected ash, the best lumber for the purpose that can be bought. Eight stout ash pillars, running from to roof, insure strength and rigidity which means freedom from body rattles. joints of the steel panels of the outer surface are perfectly welded. Doors t precision—open freely and close with a sound of finality. Windows open without binding, yet are so firmly set that they are rattle-proof. And unless you choose a Sedan with the quietness and flexibility of the LIGHT-SIX motor you will be BIG-SIX 7-Pass., 126* W.B,, 60 H.P. permanent The .$1500 1785