Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1925, Page 21

PRIGES ARE STEAD AT CENTER MARKET First Norfolk Cantaloupes Arrive—Improvement in Nearby Vegetables. A decided improvement in the qual- 1ty of vegetables from nearby farms, due to the several and much needed showers, is reported by dealers, Potatoes are being received in lim ited quantities, most of the stock from nearby farms being small. There s only a light demand report- ed, but the market continues steady. Irish cobblers from the eastern shore of Virginia are quoted at 6.00 and 6.25. a few bringing as much as 6.50, while those from the Norfolk section are quoted at 5.75 and 6.00. Norfolk cantaloupes have reached the local market. Prices are lower than usual, due to heavy receipts from North Carolina and the West. * Some of the poorer stock today sold as low as 1.00, the cholcest bringing | Today’s Wholesale Prices. tter—Fancy, tub, 48; prints, 51;! store packed, 23a30. | . selected, candled, 32 | 25; geese, 12a15; dres: Spring chickens, I 46: small, 40 0; geese, 15. ., %3%al0; lambs, hogs, 15. . 17a18; veal, 15; Spring | hoge, 213 loins, 35a 37, shoulders, 20a 30a32: smoked shoulders, 20. Fruit and Vegetable Rev Today's market report on fruits and vegetables (compiled by the Market News Service Bureau of Agricultural Economics) says Cantaloupes—Supplies heavy; de- hams, mand light, market dull; Arizona, Salmen Tints, best, : 2542.50; jumbos, 458, 2.50a2.7a; poor dition, ~both low as 1.00; fate, 125 and 15s, 60a75; North Caro- lina, Ridgeway section, Salmon Tints, standards, 27s, 368 and 463, best, mostly 2.00; poorer, wide range, quality and condition, low as 1.00 Peache pplies moderate; ~ de mand moderate, market steady; r gia, sixes, Elbertas, large size, X 3.00; medium size, 2.50a2.75; bushel baskets, Hibertas, large size, mostly 3.00; few 5: poorer, low as 2.50; North C: sixes, size, 3.00 . medium size, 250: few 2.75; ordinary quality and condition, 1.50a2.00; South Carolina, bushel baskets, Belles and Ilbertas, large size, 2.75a3.00 ia, sixes, Carmans, size, 1.75a2.00; few 2.25 Watermelons Cheaper, Potatoes—Supplies moderate: de- narvket steady; Virginia, cloth-top stave barr Irish Cobblebs No. 1, 6.25a fair condition, 26.00; Virginia, Norfalk section, cloth-top stave bar- | rels, Irish Cobblers, medium size, 4.00. Watermelons—Supplies liberal; de- mand light, market weak; sales di- rect to retailers; Georgia and South Carolina, Thurmond Grays and Tom Watsons, average, 65a75; 26-28-1b. average, 50a60 each Lettu light; demand light, market steady; New York doz. crates, Big Boston type, 1.50; some poor condition, lower. Apples—Supplies moderate; de- mand good for large, light for small | stock, market about steady; Delaware and Virginia, bushel I S parent and Williams, large stze, 2.00a | 2.25; Transparents, small to medium | sise, 1.25a1.75; few law as 1.00 | Cucumber Market Dull. Peas-—Supplies light; demand mod- erate, market firm; New York, bushel baskets, Telephones, .oui 2.75 Cucumbers — Supplies moderate; demand light, market dull; Maryland | and Delawsare, bushel hampers. fancy, 1 Lima moderate demand slightly weaker Shore tushel hampers FARMERS’ INCOMES LARGEST SINCE 1921 Gain of $118 Per Capita Largely Due to Higher Wheat | and Hog Values. | By the Associated Press ! Farmers received u gross income of $12,136,000,000 for the year ended June 30. which, the Department of Agriculture estimated today was more than they had taken during any vear since 1921 The income was $548,000,000 great er than last vear and was attributed | almost wholly to the increassd value | of grain and meat anlmals, particu larly wheat and hogs Expenses on Increase. The cost of production last vear was placed at §0.486,000,000, or nearly 2 per cent greater than the $6,363. nated for the vear before. ease in gross income over the fiscn! yvear 1924 was fixed at T per cent Returns from grains were esti- | mated at_ $1,984,000,000, compared with $1,393,000,000 for the preceding year; from meat animals, $2,851,000, 000, compared with $2,167,000,000; fruits and vegetables, $1.370,000,000, compared with $1,526,000,000: eotton and cottonseed, $1,690,000,000, com pared with $1,808,000,000, and dairy and poultry products, $3,284,000,000, compared with $8,315,000,000. Gets Larger Returns. The average net income per oper- ator, including all farmers, tenants and ‘owners, was estimated by the de- partment at $876 for the year, com- pared with $764 for the year before. This covered the return on the farm- ers’ equity in his property as well as the earnings for the labor of himself and family for the year, the depart- ment said. Deducting 4.5 per cent as interest on capital invested, the farmer’s return was $649, compared with $331 for the year before. The average wage of hired farm labor was $569 LEATHER COMPANIES ARE DOING BETTER NEW YORK, July 22 (®).—Im. proved business of the Central Leather Co. resulted in net profit of $1,000,196 for the first half of 1925, equal to $3 a share on the preferred, in contrast to a deficit of $1,114,385 in the corre- sponding period last year. Net profits of American Hide and Leather for the half vear was $305,- 113, equal to §2.43 a share on the pre- ferred, against $237.156, or $1.89, in the same period of 1924. . BUTLER DIVIDEND VOTED. CHICAGO, July 22 (®.—Butler Brothers today declared a regular quarterly dividend of 3% per cent, ua\ab!e Augwst 15 to record of ,nuy ! | Special Dispatén to The § \FLORIDA LAND BOOM |each month ahead of the correspend- $26,500,000 Melon Starts Discussion In Utility Circles By the Associated Preas. NEW YORKY July 322.—Utility circles in the financial jet are discussing proposed plans of tho St. Regls Paper Co. to cut a §28,- 500,000 melon in the ferm of dis- tributions of the company's large holdings in the Power Corporation of New York, consisting of 266,425 of the 578,698 shares of common stock. Power Corporation's com- mon_stock ently was Increased s, giving St. Regis r 293,085 shares with a current market value of ‘!C 500,000 BUILDING GOES ON AT REGORD PACE Half-Year Figures Fail to Show Any Check—Many Booms in Progress. BY J. C. ROYLE, NEW YORK, July The United States is its own best customer since Americans at sent have both the willingness te buy and ability to pay. It is for that reason that the present tremendous volume of building con. structien is having a marked favorable influence on other industries. There is every reason to believe from the work now in progress and the plans already decided on that the last half of 1925 will bring the total expended in build- ing for the whole year close to $6,000,000,000. No Check Apparent. There has been no apparent check to building. The first half of this year showed a gain over the carrespond- ing period of 1924 of 3 per cent and an increase over 1923 of 13 per cent. Part of the heaviest gains were piled up in June and this month so far is ex- ceeding all expectations. Building in New York City has been heavy, al- though not up to the totals of last vear. Undoubtedly the shortage in many eclasses of edifices here has been made up. But in most other sections the improvement has been marked. In some 375 cities thepvalue of con- struction so far this year is placed well above §2,400,000,000. This does not take in the thousands of smaller communities and work dgne on the farms. The activity in the Southern States® has been specially marked. Florida construction is meving at an unprecedented pace in the hope of completing hotels and residences in time for the Winter rush of 1625-26. | Both skilled and unpskilled labor is weing drawn frone all parts of the ountry to meet the demand, Many Different Booms. The Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Louisiana also is experiencing a r markable real estate boom and th are strong indications that the vol.| ume of tourist travel in that sectlon | this Winter will necessitate tremen: | dous eonstruction programs. The in creases are not confined to the South, | however, although Hollywood, Miami, Key West and other cities in Florida showed increases in the last six| months as compared with last year of | 100 to 800 per cent. Ohio, New York, Arkansas, Illinols, Kentucky, Mis- | souri, California Washington and | Oregon have cities which made re. markable pr Experts agre® that one reason why | building has®net been checked is that | building material producers and mak- | ers of furnishings und equipment have Dbeen wise enough not to rush prices up to what the traffic would bear. Building materials are firmer than a month ago, but no broad increase has been made generally in brick, cement, steel, lumber, limestone, oil or paint prices i HELPS SHIPPING FIRM Merchants & Miners Earnings Running Well Ahead of Last Year's Returns, Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE. July —Earnings of the Merchants and Miners Trans- portation Co. during the first half of 1925 have been running consistently ing periods last year. The annual dividend requirements of $8 a share on capital steck were more than covered during the first six menths. With net earnings increasing in‘the same proportion as has been realfzed so far_ this year. the steam- ship company has prospects of earn. ing considerably more than the $17.31 a share reported on the capital stock for 1924, The company’s revenues have been henefited frgm the Florida boom by the establisfment several months ago of a service,between Philadelphia and Miami DIVIDEND NOW 10 PER CENT, NEW YORK, July P).—The Marconi Co. has declared & final div- idend of 5 per cent on the erdinary making the total 10 per cent 4 ‘l-l‘ lll ‘0‘! Hakpiot oo, uu’he. “quart 9125, THE TANGLEFQGOT COMPANY Graad Rapids, Mig —.fi A Delicious Lunch for Only a Few Cents at Any One of Our Sanitary Soda Fountains! 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