Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1923, Page 27

GERMANY REPORT - NEW TRE PRES Z)bpartMent of Commerce 3-- Reviews Rubber Trade = All Over World. Germap domestic tire prices are MOw practically on the world market Dlane. Prices were placed on a gold basis on August 12, and were In- Oreased 25 per cent Eeptember 1 Retail prices on October 1 were as follows (conversion of gold marks at 4.20 gold marks to the dollar.) 750 100" 315%105 820x120 . The unsattled conditions of tha market still prevent any attempts to introduce American tires, Consul Cor- nelius Ferris informs the Department 0f Commerce. Closing Out Fabric Tires, The prices of Barnet Glass Bquare Tread and Boomerans fabric tires have been reduced, ard the company i cleaFing stocks of these tires with the intention of concentrating on the Ipanufacture of cord tires only, Trade ~ommissioner Sanger reports to the Department of Commeree. Products Scnt to United States. Austria and Germany are exporting considerable quantities of manufac- tured herd rubber products to the fted Htates, uccording to P. L. T'almerton. chief of the rubber diyi- slon. Small quantities of such goods ilso- rei 1 America from England, France < ‘anada. Large quantities of all rubber low shoss are fmported from Japan for sale to the lower class Japanese and Chinexe. The shocs, made in imita- American manutacturers have been | in it into roducing of “are In ass 55 are n most cuses e retail price is from n, RAISIN GROWERS SEEK MARKETS IN CHINA FRESNO, Calif., November 32.~—THe criental market Is now being devel- oped BY raisin growers’ assoclations to provide a wider yearly outlet for the ralsin crop of California. secord- g to the manager. He also sald the d the most impors ot ralsin users anager. “They uantities be- We began this market, r we have more than export to Japan, and our i China is beginning to said the m are_buying in smal ause they-ilke sw! Ntnese trade, we il a nd box and Inciude in X enveiopes or little paper s with the- brand stamped on and the dealer sells as many as he th = for the fe ver has to sp per in these which the ROOF PAINTS fies criticism. you need Polishing Brush. for Tray Bottoms, for HUGH PAINTS, OILS, GLASS 1334 N. Y. Ave. {Your Thanksgiving Dance —can’t be the big success you're hoping it to- prove unless the floor, for one thing, de- To put it in best condition, Old English Floor Wax And to apply that with greatest; ease, vou also require an Old English Weighted Both arc ‘obtainable here —also all other dependable Painting Sup- plies—at SPECIALLY LOW PRICES. Glass Cut to Order for Xmas Table Togs, SLIGHT DECREASE . IN OIL PRODUCTION Weekly Figures Show Drop of 14, 450 Barrels—Imports Also Are Lower. IN APPLE MARKET Prices Lowest Ever Known in West—Few Sales ‘Above: $1 -Per Box, B7 the Aseoclated Press, NEW YORK, November 22.—The daily average .gross crude oil pro- duction of the United BStates de- cressed 14,460 barrels for the week ending Nevember 17, totaling 2,224,- 800 barrels, according to .the weekly summery of the American Petroleum Institute. The dally average produc- tion east of the Rocky mountains was 1,458,300 barrels, a decrease of 17.080. ‘Californis production was 766,000 barrels, an increase of 2,600, S PRI mneris of PULTOICHR | bos and very good truit rels, compared with 271,420 for the | &t that price. Fifty c Previous week. = Dally aversge re. | est price which has e ceipts of- California ofl at Auantic|Portland market. Even at that low and Gulf Coast ports were 175,286 | Agure it seems almost impossible to o Sk 11 ' s for the | MOYe more than a small proportion eevinae Ty A Deseels ® | of the fruit. ow wpples are velling | above 31 & box. HAIL KILLS 7 PER CENT OF CROPS IN MONTANA HELENA, Mont., November 22.— During the period from 1916 to 192 . insurance companies have Rlld s 4.500 on hail losses In fontana and the State Hall Insur- ance Department hag pald out more than $1.000,000, according to figures complled Ly E. K. Bowman, state hail mmissioner. : ayments, Mr. Bowman said, represent only & emall part of the actual damage bec art of the actu s (nsured each Speeial Dispatch to The Etgr, PORTLAND; November 22.—~Further depression in the apple market here ult of an' avalanche 47 Shoe Factorie; Now on Reduced Schedules Bpecial Dispatch to The Stay. BOSTON, Novemhor 27%.—Evidence of the slowing down in industry in ment is estimated to equal the value of one year's crop, or if the sdjustments madc by hail insurance firms and the state rep- nted the actual damage, it would ' n_ that Montana farmers suffer annual loss of approximately 7 per cent of the © of their crops. FOREIGN TRADE NOTES. ' The exportation of potatoes from France has been again prohibited. Such prohibition was established by - | deeree of July 12, 1919, but was re- | laxed on September 2, 1922, - | The Turkish government has given ' permiseion to the ofMiclaly at Smyrna to {nvite bids for the instaliation of a telephone service, according to a dis- | patch from the office of Trade Com- missioner Julian Glilespie at Constun- | tinople. Firms which had covered their enipments by marine insurance for & period of from ten to thirty days aftor arrival of cargo will be ablc to collect in full for recent earthquake und fire losses in Yokohama and i Toklo, whereas those who had placed reliance on fire insurance policles will earthquuke | cisuse, which specifically omits Fro- | tect'siin case of fire resulting from | earthquak i | ‘WOULD INCREASE STOCK. OVER, November 22.—A cer. tificate of fncrease in the capita’ stock of the Sinclair Crude Oil Pur- charing Comvany of Tulsa, Okla. from $50,000000 to $65.000,000 was filed yesterdsy at the State Depart- | men AUTO ENAMELS contagious. Hun- dreds of people who SAVED last week, yesterday and today are talking of the wonderful BAR- GAINS at “THE NATIONAL.” Here are some of them. Read them. .And then remember that the store is full to overflowing with such as these. FREE A Beautiful Boudoir Lamp «With Every $25 Purchase An Attractive Bridge Lamp With Every $50 Purchase With Every $100 Purchase We Will Give FREE Your Choice of 26-Piece Set of ‘Wm. A. Rogers - Plated Silver - ‘42-Piece ‘Set of . Dinnerware - A 4-Piece Sheffield-Plate - Silver Service Set Autos, Windows, etc. REILLY CO. Phone Main 1703 . Farrow, General Agt. Rock Island Lines 1211 Chestnut Bt. Philadel| *Upe | ; THE EYENING ' STAR, SERIOUS DECLINE 25 N WASHINGTON, o shoe ‘Indust; the poorest showing with thirty-sev- én plants working st pormal and orty-three at Jess thsn normal. In otton manufseture, thirty-two Plants are vor\nng on normal time &nd an equal number have curtgiled operations, whils the ratio in woolen end worsted fuctories |8 twenty-four nerms) and sevonteen below pormal ‘The foundries, machine shops and plants making electrical ‘and textily machinery have more plants working tull time than are on short schedules. Larger Advanoes Are Allowed on Cotton Spacial Dispatch to The Htar, ATLANTA, November 22.—All banks heve been notifled by the Ge a Cotton re’ Co-operative Asso- ciation (o accept members” drufts for mdvances up 10 20 cents per pound on staple deljvered to the association un. t11 further notice. Members who pre- viously bad drawn the old advanee of 15 cents & pound have been mailed checks for the additional 5 cents just suthorized. i The associstion is holding thoy- sands of bales on which member, have not asked advances, and the eociation =ti)l has in its warehouses the bulk of ibe to it to sell. — ‘WOMEN DRIVE EGGS DOWN. CHICAGO, November 22 (Special), —An egg boycott by housewives h. sent prices down slightly. Quof tions now range from 46 10 60 cent; & dozen. spot cotton intrusted Continuing the Big Event--- The Furniture D, C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER. :|CREDITORS PAID-UP ' . 929 iy 1923. CORN SHUCKS HELP GIRL-THROUGH SCHOOL ! Corn ghucks are helping pay the | way of & Montgomery county, Al colored giri through Tuskeges Nor- mal snd Jndustris} Ipstitute, gecord- | ing to a repert to the United States Departmept of Agricuiture. This sev- enteen-yesr-old gir), Georgia Bharp, hae slways 1ived on & remote tenant farm wii¢h she and her mother work, | doing most of the plowing them- selves.s: Gevr“{- IN'RECORD TIME| Full’ Settlemen}. ju. Benkruptoy Case in Less Than Two Months By the Assoctated Press. “ NEW YORK, November 22.—Die- rhlr“a! the receiver for Robert P. Murshall & Co., Wall etreet brokerage house, yesterday, after full settlement of all Creditors’ claims hed been ap- | proved. constityted what s seld to ® a precedent in the handling of re- | ceivership proceedings sgulust Wall street firms. Lesy than two months after an in- voluntary petition in bunkrur(cy WS filed sgainst the company all clalms waere settied on the basis of 100 cents to the dollar, without loss to any creditor or customer. The brokerage house was forced into the bankruptcy court on Septem- ber 25 lust, after « sharp decline in i!cmdu Tea stoek, in which it special- zod. Tearned from the | home demonstration sgent of . the county how io twjet corn shueks and weawe (J‘gln into chair bottoms, baud #nd bate, ’ he esttended, through the efforts) of the home-dembnstrgtion agent, & #hort course for bovs and girte ut | Tuskeggpe. Institute, Tiding for the first time-om 2 raliway train. Throu new twists aod weaves of the shucks | which she Jearned in the short course she has heen Bble to secure & num- ber ‘of orders for her work and thus add to her school fund. TAX REDUCTION VIEWS. The Hardware Age comments. as follows upon Secretary Mellon's pro- | posed tax rrdu;unr‘;: B |, “The tax reduction propos: o TRAFFIC RECORDS SMASHED. |, 0e o e oy t0 be e Principal railroads of the United|garded by & majority in the hard-| Btates received and loaded 41624855 curs with frejght In the first ten months of thix year, breaking all records, according to reports received | by the Association of Rallway Exe: utives. “In the corresponding period of 1922 car loudings totaled 35,220,144 cars, and in 1321 totsjed 3,86 cars. ware trude as one of the most favor- | able factors for the creation of buste ness confidence that has beep intro- G fito trade dlscuésions for some time. If a tax reduction is passed by Congress many hardware merchants believe that it will muke possible lower costs and gonsequently larger buying.” : o ain Event of A Decade Phonograph Cabinet Model Our enthusiasm .is ' long Extension seats. i ' Ninth Anniversary Sale Price Mahogany-Finish T : Davenport Table & 9.5 Studebaker purchasers - are buying known performance—am- ple pmvne!:-‘,i stnmina,mt’ upkeep ependability, things that have always distinguished the Stude- baker product. : Joseph McReynolds Selling satisfactory traneportation in Washington far 38 years Commercial Auto and Supply Co. 14th Street at R Soecinl! Mahogany-finish Nut o i 89¢ Store Hours: 8 AM. to 6 P.M. Floor Lamps Many at less, with mahogany sticks and beautiful silk shades in assorted colors. e do 8 i = HERE'S THE NATIONAL'S SPECIAL TEN-PIECE BEDROOM’ OUTFIT, consisting of Dresser with Mirror, Enamel Metal Bed, Chiffonier, Chair, Rocker, Spring, Special Mattress, two Pillows and Room Size Rug. Ninth Anniversary Sale price Easy Credit Terms Golden Oak Chifforobe “ 214 | —— "y Easy Terms THIS TEN-PIECE WALNUT VENEER DINING ROOM SUITE is a wonderful bargain! Ob- Table, Enclosed Server, China Cabinet, Buffet and six beautiful Chairs with genuine leather Ninth Anniversary Sale price, Easy Terms Golden Oak Buifet T Easy Terms White $69.75 HANDSOME OVERSTUFFED LIVING ROOM SUITE, as pictured,. comprising Settee, Chair $1 19.75 and Rocker; upholstered in. good grade of tapestry.” Ninth Anniver- sary Sale price.... ar * Chest 5102 al Range 195 .