Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1924, Page 25

WOULD GUT COSTS OF RUNNING AUTOS Engineers Seek to Reduce Weight and Also Conserve 0il and Gasoline. BY J. €. ROYLE. cial Dispateh to The Star. YORK, September 2—Changes tiking place in the engineering. mechanical practices of industry are directed toward a car complete in each detail which shall be more eco- to run. as are the e in obiles in the years. responsible engineers nected with the industry do not iesitate to predict greater changes Pendia g The fight and to war rd Motor Company s of cast weighing cach, now is installing nes steel pistons weighing but tv o and & half pounds. Many of patented alloys of steel and other receiving close attention subjected to numerous w o for aluminum and nadium are being tried in @ score of experimental plant Little Car Stirs Engineers. It has in the auto- mobile fen a maxim industry that automobiles certain weight added cost to ate of $1 for cvery additional put inte them. Whether the has changed in recent days or or climination of it 18 consideration. A car in- Kast which has a of only 63 inches and s than 1000 pounds is re- lot of quict attention on of prominent engineers. is placed near the rear come who have viewed 1t t is a kind of cross be- motgr eycle and @ Ford, e in’it a possible solution \lic congestion in the citics. ey point eut that its short wheel would materially to road for that it would upy much less parking space than ordinary ¢ ind that 1t would dily be mancuvered n h a ne Apacity vehicles, Congestion Hurts Sales. sfacturers freely <tion of tr: a effect th auton Some that th A ma yassenger on les of | biles have become busses instead ars trom their up their commer- but | wiv irely extremely rare, daily drive number of had @ tendency to pro- | lives of the old cars and purchuses of new models| nin the | lighter vehic Sngineers now arc undoubtedly will cut il umption for the owner and.| ¢ is hoped. will conduce to greater | and freedom from accidents. operation ix being given attent official with which | rimenting soline and | safety Sufety concentrated ty and State at p 1 that stion if d is rec- sible to avoid | Iy low rate | maintained, but that fely operated at a fairly of speed if the brakes are cffective and the driyers competent. | « Brakes Demanded. und Philadelphia and | n Westehester County, N are being stopped by off they can show a certific brakes have been d and are not defective. New York State is con- ducting a campaign to eliminate competent drivers by mont of the requirements extren rists ar te that their Federal Government now } expending millions of dollars provem. (s {sewerage ials unless | SUGAR BUYING SLOW. Retail Dealers Look for Lower Prices Later. | Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 2.—Sugar { refiners in Baltimore and other places are carrying large stocks of granu- |lated sugar. which are not moving any too freely at present levels, ac- cording to a report issued here by the Federal Sugar Refining Co. As a result, ors are not buying beyond their immediate needs and do not feel warranted in paying some of the prices quoted for raw sugar. The Cuban drought has been brok- e and heavy rains have made the prospect for the new crop more fav- orable. The rain has alternated with { hot sunshine, and under these condi< tions the c: e I8 increasing in ton- nage. Cuba’s total sugar production date amounts to 4051, SOUTH S SPENDING BIE SUMS ON ROADS North Carolina Plans Further | Outlay of $35,000,000. August Busy Month. to i Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md, September 2. Building activity in the 16 Southern States maintained its fast pace in August and even exceeded the high level established during the preced- ing month, according to a survey just «n‘vinnlvlcd by the Manufacturers’ Rec- ord. Road and street paving holds first place in municipal improvements. New contracts now being awarded provide for the construction of hun- dreds of miles of new highways and streets. North Caroling, which has set the pace for the entire South in the construction of good roads, even now is planning an additional $35, 000,000 bond issue for its good roads program, bringing the total State funds provided for such work to $100.000,000. The rapid industrial building and commercial expansion in the towns and cities of the South has taxed to capacity the sewer, water, electric light, gas and similar facilities af- forded. So today municipalities are in sew- er and water extensions, incinerators and kindred improvements. The pow- er companies also are adding greatly to their facilities to care for the in- creased needs of industry and busi- ness I'rom all sections of the South come reports of sustained construction ae tivity: industrial prospects are bright- er than for many months; the crop outlook ncouraging, and mer- chants generally are preparing for business in good volume this ¥Fall. L $20,500,000 OUTLAY PLANNED IN BALTIMORE Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE. September 2.—Loans totaling $ 0.000 for public im ts have been authorized by council, and will be sub- to the voters this Fall. The which will no doubt be ap- is he ¢ ted loans, proved, are: Ten million dollars for the exten- tion of the sanitary and storm-water system. seven million dollars for paving, bridges, and the elimination of steam railroad grade crossings, wo million dollars for a municipal office building. PLAN WAR ON CEDAR RUST. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., September 2 (Special).—Fruit growers and dis- tributors of Berkeley County have orzanized an association for the dis- of common production ana marketing problems and have started conducting investi mine what effect ability of foreign- and rezd 1 aceidents ting in e invest ations to deter- illiteracy and in- orn residents to ish have on rallic courts shing data fur been started to for those who been de State t in a son have license in on licenses hoped o aceo national ass highwa ments which will act as a clearing house for notice tions of the trafh resuited in can such It is through heads tain State this ation depart- sort of of infrac- laws which have llation of licenses, d_distribute descriptions, photo- ®raphs and fingerprints of drivers Whose licenses have been taken from them CLOTH MILLS REOPEN. West Virginia Company Has Been Remodeling Plant. MARTINSEL Illli 2.~ The mannfacturi en. reope Star. W. Vi, September ment Compan ds fof won a two-week to and re- after Wepensio rirs it Mills, Ine manu- been ope exception early in July schedul full bricf ant has With the pengion sus- INDEX. September 2 FISHER'S PRICE FIW HAV (Special).— Last azell 117 4-10 ¢ wat level. The thesdallar was 67 Conn week's prices aver- Nt of the pre- rehasing power of 8-10 | re-war cents, Avarage for August was 147710 per cent and 210 pr ent Bips index nuiber, 156 6-10; aver- age; 155 9-10. Irving Fisher reports. BUYS IRON IN INDIA. YANCHBURG, Va. September (Special) —The Lynchburg Foundrs Co here has purchased 2,000 tons of pig! iron in India, shipment being made through Norfolk and delivery Ioie at $2 a ton less than the Ameri- cun price. The shipment was bouzht 0 try as a mixture with domestic iron WILL BUILD PAPER MILL. LYNCHBURG, Va.. September 2 (Special).—The trustees of the Home for Homeless Boys. located in Alle- mhany County. have sold 85 acres to the Hollingsworth and Bose Company, a Masdsachusetts corporation, the pur- chakers to deve'op it in connection with the building of a paper plant near Covington. The company rgs water power for electric rent development and in forjthe property will giv clegtric current to the h cur- excnange perpetual me. s PRICES STEADY. Potatoes POTATO CHICAGO. steady on » & on white stock: receipts, 125 cars; tal United 613 cars: Sunday, 41; Monday, 4%. Minnesota bulk ecarly Ohlos, 80a95: Missouri sacked Irish cobblers, 1.15a L ed Irigh cobblers, w Jersey sacked Irish cob- -00; Utah sacked rurals 1.65. to- today announced | The | time | : trifle stronger | holding monthly meetings. The | Browers at present are concentrating on a campaign to eradicate ceaar rust in the county orchards and will {vo-operite With an agent of the State icu tural commissioner. who has remised to send an expert here uring the Fall to supervise the sther | plish | September Spe- | cial).—Bishop & Babcock, makers of oda fountains, has made a gradual increase in earnings and the show- ing is regarded as creditable for this year. COMMODITY NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY DETROIT, September 2 Motor Company { reopen until opportunity i —The Ford of Canada will not September 8, using the presented by the short week to accumulate a larger bank of orders. The plant has been running four days a week tember 2.—The Reo Company now is producing and trucks a month, em- men two-thirds time. 1lcs have been on the increase, with 1y brisk demand in late Au- Reo bus business is mak- ains, LANS tor E September 2.—The Au- gust Oriental raw silk imports through this port amounted to 20,450 I bales, valued at approximately $16,- 300,000. One shipment, sent August 11, established a new record of 73 hours and 55 minutes betwceen Seattle and New York. PHILADELPHIA, September 2. {Sales during August to clear the shelves of shoe dealers of summer stocks brought many serviceable summer shoes on the market with prices as low as 50 cents and $1 a pair. { HAVERHILL, Mass., September The shoe industry *hére may be tied up by refusal of the soleleather work- ers to accept a 15 per cent decrease in wages proposed by employers. BUFFALO, September 2.—The Ni- agara Steel and Wire Company, which makes 90 per cent of the hairpin | wire sold east of the Mississippi, is working its Stroudsburg, Pa. plant night and day to fill demand. So far this month the company has shipped 111,240,000 feet of wire. : SACRAMENTO, September 2.—Open- ing prices for California aimonds are expected to be slightly higher than for the 1923 grop. The crop is estl- mated at 9,200 tons, or 61 per cent of normal. ATHENS, G; September 2. —Spec tacular demonstrations of “dusting’ cotton fields with calcium arsenate | from airplanes, to kill boll weevils, are drawing planters in thousands from all sections of the South, but conservative cotton men anticipate more practical results from the ex- | periments of the chemical warfare | service of the Army. HARTFORD, Conn., September 2. | The Bigelow Hartford Carpet Com- pany’'s special order department fis working full time against orders for carpets for new, hotels and theaters. THE EVEN ADVANCE IN PRICE OF BACON LIKELY Hog Receipts Expected to Drop During Rest of Year. Beef Uncertain. 1923, inclusive, would be reflected in an enormous increase in the output of pork, since hogs furnished the most profitable method for marketing corn. It has become evident, how- ever, that hog production has caught and passed corn production, and the raising of hogs is on the decrease. This became apparent with the pig crop of last Fall, which was about 7 per cent under that of the preceding year. The report of the Rural Mail Carrier Survey showed the Spring pig crop fell off about 20 per cent. Smaller Receipts Likely. Since marketings for many years are limited chiefly by the size of the pig crops of the preceding Spring and Fall, the_outlook for the next months points to much smaller receipts at markets than have been shipped in the last 12 months. Some experts fix this decrease as high as 20 per cent. With the corn crop showing a de- crcase and the pig crop lower, the pro- portion of corn to hogs in the next annual period seemingly would be about the same as last rowere it not for the amount of soft corn likely to result from late planting and un- favorable weather during the growing seagon. Soft corn docs not put fat on hogs like hard corn, and thereforc a very considerable reduction in the average weight of hogs marketed would not be surprising. Higher prices arc forecast Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, Scptember meri- cans who are instructed to “bring home the bacon” during the remainder of this year probably will have to dig deeper into their pockets for it than they did last Fall. Hog prices are up sharply, and this is taken as indicating that the record-breaking receipts of 1923 and the first half of 1924 are at an end. Shipments to market from now until New Year are expected to be much lighter than in 1923 It was inevitable record-breakig crops FREE Three - piece Console Set—with purchase of $25.00. Wrought-iron Bridge Lamp—with purchase of $50.00. the four 1920 to that from 0 for pork by meat experts, but they are not so certain, they say, that this will result in a higher gross income from the sale of hogs. One expert estimates gross receipts for hogs from July, 1924, to July, 1925, at $875,000,000. The receipts for the year ending July, 1924, were $860,- 000,000, or an increase of 2 per cent to the farmer. Beet Prices Uncertain. ‘When it comes to cattle and sheep and the prices which must be paid for the sirloin steak and the succuient lamb chop many of the price factors are conflicting. There have been per- sistent rumors that many herds from the range country will be. forced on the market, but this is not supported by Government figures on live-stock population on the ranches or by as- sessors’ reports and dipping records. Severe . drought has affected some Western ranges and the certainty of high feed prices next winter may cause liquidation from these areas. In other sections. pasture condi- tions are very favorable and Texas is well stocked with young stuff. Meat men, however, express the bellef about the same number of cattle will arrive at stock yards in the next year as in the last. The amount of Soft corn may encourage feeding this Fall, but the advance in grain prices and barrenness of some ranges will prob- ably reduce the demand for stockers Store Hours—8§ G__STAR, WASHIN’GTON. D. C. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1924 and feeders, which in turn will make smaller the number of well fattened cattle. v The natural reflection from this would be higher price for choice cuts, and the higher prices and smaller Aupplies of pork would tend to in- crease the demand for the commoner grades. There is no threat of over- Production in the sheep industry, ai- though high lamb prices Pave pre- vailed since 1922. But fully as many Jambs may be expected on the market in the next 12 montns as were received in the past year. There in an active demand for breeding stock developing among corn beit farmers, and this will tend to benefit Western sheep men with a surplus of ewes, B In general, it is the conclusion that the meat situation for the coming year will be moderately encouraging for the producers, but the reduceg poundage marketed and the higher level of prices may be expected to have an equally strong effect on the consumer’s pocketbook, but in the opposite direction. Farmer A—That city chap that bought Stone’s place is purty green, 1 hear. Tarmer B.—Green? Why, he tried to borrow my churn to make some apple butter. AM. to 6 P.M. HOTEL CONTRACT LET. Virginia Company Will Erect the New Shenandoah. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., September 2 (Special) —The contract for build- ing the Shenandoah, Martinsburg's new community-owned $400,000 hotel, will be awarded to the King Lumber Co. of Charlottesville, Va., it is an- nounced here. The Virginia company was the lowest bidder under an origi- nal contract, but those in charge de- clined to award the contract, alleging that all bids were too high. Since the first canvass the archi- tects and consulting engineers in New York have revised the plans and eliminated some features, it is stated, which will bring the cost of con- struction down to slightly more than $300,000. . GETS GOOD CAR CONTRACT. NEW YORK, September I.—The Richmond Carworks has received a contract from the Chesapeake and Ohlo for equipping 1,000 70-ton cars with new bodies. The road's recent order for 10.000 tons of steel rails has been divided equally between the Inland Steel Co. and Illinois Steel Co. GASOLINE PRICES ARE NOW UNDER INQUIRY Charges in Massachusetts Higher Than Elsewhere—Profits Reports Requested. Speeial Dispatch to The Star. . BOSTON, September 2.—The Massa- chusetts Commission on the Necessi- ties of Life has asked a hundred oil dealers why gasoline is higher in Massachusetts than elsewhere and why it is retailing at only 2 cents lower than last Spring, when whole- sale prices have dropped 4 cents. They request a report on costs and profits. The strikers at the Waltham Watch Company plant have offered to sub- mit their wage demands to arbitra- tion, but the company demands that the men return to work before this is done. 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