Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1926, Page 29

TIRE FIRMS, PLIGHT NOT SATISFACTORY Public Holding 0ff—Good Part of Outturn Going Into Stock. BY J. C. ROYLI Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK. March 17.—The situ tion of the tire manufacturers ix any thing but satisfactory, despite declar: Hoover t the ap et agains “tion of rubber pro Auetion by Gry tlan wus proving Sircesstul. That was the stand taken «: . prominent men in the industry toda tious by Se tories are pacity. Sules so far Dot been up to expeciation. The publte ix holding off and a zood part of the outturn of the factories is go g Into stock acietary Hoover pointed out here that «rude rubber had dropped 50 gec cent. and - that there had aulso an i recent cut in the price of tires. Munufacturers say these thin h: not helped them. The tifes, they sav. has emburru dealers and caused the holding retafl sales. The dealer Toath to buy while they their racks which and which they had to clear out order to 1k ¢ for new st The public. 2 the drop in crude ri his been 1 ther cuts, while went up 30 to 60 per « r advanced, they have couse down 10 to 12 per cent. The weither been a factor since the normul placement demand of the Spri been delaved by cold weather. Manufacturers now admit thes to gauge the market accurately stocked up s on crude rubber at around 80 nd, or high above the pres and that consequently they ing this hizheost rubber which re having sellin he smaller com- pantes are in better shape in this re. zard than the large concerns, since they did not stock so heaviiy when rubber was high strong up o1 been | wl tires in | them 1mo: m s re. has | iled They gure now are 1 into tires trouble in insdic cut, the muny L] the dealer another had recovered from the first one. Makers are stressing the cost of raw materials other than rubber. About S to 10 pounds of rubber goes into a tires. so that 4 reduction in crude rub- " per cent, the high of vor 1d mean only a saving of $1 to %5 on each tire. Raw cotton is low, grades are In sharp demand and have not followed the price trends of the ordinary grades downward so sharply. The campaixn to conserve rubber and use reclaimed rubber, sponsored by the Departinent of Com- merce, has not proved entirely satis- factory to tire manufactureis. Secre- tary Hoover usserts that there has been i« lessened demand for new rub- ber goods and manufacturers say this hus hurt their sales. Denics Reclaiming Rubber. One tire company has bull by the horns and advertises that there .« no reclaimed rubber in its lines. It states that putting reclaimed rubber into tires is lke putting shody Into high-grade woolen suits. Intimations have been heard that a further cut in tire prices would re- sult in the use of cheaper materials, and since manuacturers are not likely to take Such a step, the situa- | tion favers a stability of the present | price range. The manufacturers have little to complain of so far as demand for tires for original equipment is co cerned. Production has been heav all year at the automobile factories. It still is heavy, although the larger manufacturers have now reached a pace where outturn is ahead of sales to the ultimate consumers. How- ever, the regular Spring demand is calculated to carry off this surplus stock and still leave production at a high rate. BALTIMORE TROLLEYS GAIN IN PASSENGERS Impression of Inroads of Autos on Street Cars Not Fully Borne Out by Facts. but Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 17.—The seneral impression that private auto- mobiles have cut heavily into street railway traffic in Baltimore and else- where is not fully borne out by the facts here. Automobiles, of course, have made sizeable inroads into the earning power of street railway companfes, hut analysls of figures indicates that the effect in large-cities has not been nearly so great as was of the interesting in this respect. The average number of passengers, as shown in a recent traffic count in Baltimore, is 17 passengers per automobile. The average number of passengers in 50 automobiles would not more than fill a single street car, vet if a pedestrian saw a line of 50 automobiles carrylng off passen- gors destined for the street cars he Would be under the impression that the company was losing all of its business, when it would be losing only one car load. The company through the -cent fare charged 5 cents r 1917. The present a per cent in- ympany’s gross n The same num- W n 71z-cent fare 55,405, 4,000, in 1925, therefore show that. despite automo- bile traftic, the company gained sub- stantially in the number of pussen- gers in the eight years of greatest -ompetition. €OTtPi evident, then, that gross earn- ings have shown a most surprising stability in the face of the very rapid increase of automobiles. B. C. HOLMES IS ELECTED TEXAS COMPANY HEAD NEW YORK, March 17 (#).—B. C. Holines, discoverer of the gasoline - | #oing to 33134 a pound. shoulders to | of | 1L ty special | taken the ! PORK GOES HIGHER INCENTER MARKET | Eggs Are Lower, With Other Prices Mostly Unchanged. Poultry Dear. Pork tovk @ jump at the wholesale houses of Center Market today, loins 3 and fresh hams to 33. This i represnts an icrease of 3 cents for conts for shoulders and about tresh huws. . The high tone of the market con tnued. supplics being good, buying steady and the eneral mmrket firm. Prices tuday as follows: Today’s Wholesale Prices. | Butter~kancy 1 49450; tub. Lggs —Aveiure receipt ed, hennery, 28a30. Poultry. op, I Spring chic owls, ol | wins, 1 ocent were one-pound prints, | ai kens, 8. duci ‘k—Lalves, choice, 14: me- 3; thin, 1 167 lainb, 18 v pork, he; Thadate: | shi 434 | s it and Vegetable Review. Today's arket and vegelable. MOTRel News vicultural Abp e report on (rui (compiled by rvice Bureau of A suys: fuir colur . 1 Staymuns, No. 1 Yurks, 2% inches up, 4.75 boxes, Washington, medium to e, extru fanc. .25 extru tancy, Winesaps and Newtowns, 3.00: fanc 250: bushel buskets, New inch Baldwins, 1.50a1.75 busiel hamipers, New Jeisey, No. 1, Laymans, 24 inches up. bruised, .65 [ al.ou. Aspuragu Virgini: 0 supplies on market. | Cabbage—supplies moderate; demand { moderate, murket steady; new stock, Texas, barrel, crates, flat and round type, 4.60a4.75: old stock, too few sales { to establish market. Celery—Supplies moderate; demand | moderate. Flori- . 10-inc a4.15; market fairly steady h crates, 36 doz., 4.00a 3 Suppiies moderate; demund moderate, market slightly stronger: California, Imperial {iceberg type, 4 d doz., 3.70u4.00; e 3 « demand stronger: Supplivs Potato Market Steady. Potatoes—Supplies moderate: N Spinach—Supplies heavy: moderate, market steady lina, cloth-top veneer ba Savoy ‘Texas, bushel baskets, s .00a1.10. Cauliflower—Supplies moderate; de- mand moderate, market Hrm: Cali- fornia, crates, mostly 4.25, few low as 50; Oregon, pon- crates, Broccoll, 25, few low as 2.00. ‘Tomatoes—xsuy, moderate: de- mand ‘moderate, murket fairly steady; Mexico, repacked. ripe, wrapped, choice count, 8.00a8.50: fancy count, 9.00a9.50; originals, lugs, boxes, ripes, wrapped, 4.50a5.00; few fancy, 5.50; Cuba, 3-pan cartons, repacked, run- ning small, ripes, wrapped, choice count, 2.85. Carrots—Supplies moderate: de- mand moderate, market steady; Texas; bushel basket, 1.75a2.00, mostly 2.00. Beets—Supplies very light; no job- bing sales reported. Peas—Supplies light; demand mod- erate, market firm; Mexico crates, mostly 7.00, few 7.50; Florida 7-bushel hampers, 3.50. String _beans—Supplies light; de- mand moderate, market steady: Florida 7s-bushel hampers, green. 8.00a10.00, mostly 8.0049.00; wax, 6.50a7.00. Peppers—Supplies light demand moderate, market strong; Cuba: peo- per crates, green, fancy, 7.50a8.00; choice, 5.00a5.50. Eggplant—Supplies light; demand moderate, market steady; Cuba; pep- per crates, fancy stock, 6.00a6.50. kStmwberrlu—No supplies on mar- et. I COMMODITY NEWS i WIRED STAR FROM | ENTIRE COUNTRY NEW ORLEANS, March 17— Southern Pine Assoclation mills cut production 8.1 per cent last week to 67,800,000 feet. New business totaled 71,500,000 feet and shipments, 64,800, t‘mfl. Untilled orders total 300,000,000 eet. SACRAMENTO—State Forester M. B. Pratt estimates that 79 per cent of California timber remains uncut, in- cluding 217,000,000,000 feet of pine and 76,000,000,000 feet of redwood. demand i, inches up, 5.00u |} Delicious, | £ THE JEEF, We CERTAINLY EOOLED OR THAT I'm THe ITRONGEST LITTLE MAN IN THE WORLD THAT 100 POUND BAR BeLL Hi3 cYes PoPPeD ovT o® WS HeAD: He THOUGHT T WAS YOU: BUT You GOTTA TRAIN TODAY As I SPRAINED MY ANKLE! MUTT YCSTERDAY. HE DOeIN'T | \YOU THAT JEF® Wit KAOW I'M YOUR TWIN BROTHER. | WIN EASY AS Ple WHen AAD WHEN He SAW Mme HANDLE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, 'l MUTT AND JEFF—To Say Mutt Is Puzzled Is Putting It Mildly. BUT T WANT You TO 3¢6 HiM HANDLE THAT (00 Pound BAR BGLL Like 1T WAS NSTHING, SAW HIM RASE (T OVGR H'S HEAD TWo HUNDRED TiMmeE BitL, T™M TGLLING He EIEHTS KID CLUTTS ) 1T'S ReMARKABLGE WHAT onE week's TRAINING HAS Donve FOR HiM! come AND WATCH HiM AWFULLY Busy, MUTTS == WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1926. 1L €. Pleher. Trade 7N Pat. Off) CREERI0, BATTLING | /NSt 36 GOOD! DoN'T BE JGFE: How THEY MUTT, HELP ME CoMING TODAY? J/LIFT THIS 100 PounD BAR BELL ReALLY iy AT He's A BEAR CAT: RS A NG E SILLY, MUTT LIET THAT DARN THING MUTT, T WLD Yov T WAS TCRRIBLY Busy! ‘T Tl‘l?c Adog v P rancess Tron et -kovl SYNOPSIS, € an orphaie by G Wi hequesths he Hitary Fraser Y 1 Rty enas. M . relieves | o i Sister iflaiy 1s greatly i to o aboat Cella. A Jor pronoses 1o ber, but ¥, 1n_desperi- £ 1 order tuat | with “propriety | 1ent until Al ars AL w80 W rung Bussian s she refuses o t | he of | leads 1 % musi it S Hilary h It Colia haco; Wwactivity of the life she 2 he meets @ you o O'Shea, who s’ g r in Yesterday's St INSTALLMENT XXVII. A Delightful Morning. ELIA'S lips at parted Hilary and she incredu- ou don't meun At of the Middle ' she ventured at last, h timidity %, 1 do,” replied Hllary, still in a tone of gloom. Then he giuve himself a sort of shake, His . nervous shoulders looked very broad in the white c:in : in K here. Celia.” he suid in an other volce, “the fuct is, I'm rather slek of writing 1 suppose it's natu rul—I've been at the thing so long - {but I'll soon have done with it, as 1| ftold you. When it's finished I've lots | of things 1 want to talk over with | you——things that will interest you, I think.” . He smiled at her 1d somehow his smile ulso seemed new. Perhaps it was his rumpled hair which made his vession seemed chunged. - ifferent sorts of things from any we've ever discussed before.” he added, still smiling. “Ill be glad,” suld Celin His_rumpled hair gave. him tunniest, boyish look. i “Good?" he exclaimed again. “And it you don’t mind. I'll go get a r and rubdown before lunch- | | the Celia started “Just & minute, please.” she said, “Whut I came for was to tell you I wouldn't be here for luncheon, raic ©'Shea is going to take n the aquarium at the Battery, we'll lunch there.” “Padriac O'Shea,” thoughtfully. He his saber and mask. back to her he said: “You und O'Shea have grown to be great friends, haven't you?” “Qh, great friends!" said Celia. Ts he really interesting?" “Oh, very interesting!" said Celia again. Hilary stood musing a second or (wo. What he was thinking t 1+ good musiclin doesn’t ne make a good husband—rather other way around, in fact. He must | inquire specially about O'Shea. “I was wondering,” he said in ex- planation, as he looked up to find Cella observing him with some curi- OIIA)'. “whether I would have lunch. eon here at the house or at my club.” _ gave her another smile. 4 see, it's rather lonely lunch- ing without you.” ‘s:lf you mind—" began Celia quickly, but a little shadow had come over her face. “My dear child,” “don’'t be stupid. vou've found such an original wi of spending Sunday nd 1 like young O'Shea very much myself. A happy outing and buon appetito to you both!" Celia and Padraic spent a delightful morning and afternoon together. His | comments on the different fish and the grimaces he made in imitation of the grotesque ones were very droll and brought forth her rare laugh several times. He loved to catch these glimpses of her even, childish teeth and to see the way her tongue c\llrll!d when she laughed, like a little cat's. repeated Hilary was hunging up As he came | " he reassured her. I'm delighted to Padraie that it was _ PITTSBURGH—A contract involv- und out, of course, by this ing over $3,000,000 has been received m:': ;.':f fl?ung for fairy tales, 8o he by the Koppers Co. of Pittsburgh | jnvented for her a delightfully ridic- for 49 by-product coke ovens to be| yjous vet pretty lexend of why the furnished to the Central Steel Co. of | geyil fish hecame a devil fish and the Massillon, Ohio, and 43, to be furnish: | yngel fish an angel fish. She listened ed by Republic Iron & Steel Co. of | i perfect absorption while he was tell- Youngstown. ing this, and when he had finished she DETROIT—The Paige-Detroit Motor | 581d_seriously: Car Co. has.scheduled 20,934 Jewetrs| ‘You ought to write it down. T am and 24,090 Palge cars, or & total of | Sure it would be printed. That about §0024 for the: vt siv: moreral o the greedy old public letter writer who 1926. This is 5910 more than the | used to fake all the lovers' gold for combined producti > | writing their love letters, and so was e etine vom lomgf Doth models | iy nea tnto a living ink pot with lots FORT —— of clutchhlxh atms—1 dar: sure Ilh:}' "ORT WORTH.—West Te: would publish that—and the angel who oil production last week ’:v‘;&“”' was in love with a mermald and tried 164,395 burrels, a gain of 4,106 a day | to convert her to Christianity, but be- over the previous week. came a worshiper of the old sea god . A" Lir instead—and go was turned into a CHICAGO.—A firm tone has de- | fish—told in the way you told me; it veloped in most packing house lines | would be charming in a book—do write the past week. Beef trade picked up, | it down.” with prices more firm. Fresh pork| But Padraic only shook his ripply continued on a good basis, with trade | hair and sald that all he could write volume holding up. Smoked meats | down was notes of music, and as she had a somewhat better demand at|didn't care for them, he sometimes steady prices. (hought he wouldn’t even do that any GASTONIA, 8. C—A million cotton | BOFe., Whereat Celia looked so dis cracking process which bears his name, was ewected president of the Texas Co. sesterday. He succeeds Amos L. Beatty, who was made chair- man of the board to replace E. C. Luf- kin, who resigned recently. Mr. Holmes has been with the Texas Co. since its incorporation in 1902. - Paris Prices Irregular. PARIS, March 17 (®).—Prices moved irregularly on the bourse to- day. Three per cent rentes, 47 francs 65_centimes. Five per cent loan, 56 francs 55 centimes. The dollar was quoted at 27 francs 94 centimes. spindles will be idle in this district from Saturday noon to Tuesday morn- ing for the next few weeks, because of lack of demand for finished prod- uets. AUSTIN.—Recent rains have great- Iy benefited Texas range conditions, and grass cattle from south Texas, in a good state of fat, will start moving to market shortly. DULUTH.—One thousand tons of steel fence posts, manufactured at the Minnesota Steel Co. plant here, have been sold for shipment to Brazil, South America. There has been a steady growth in demand for steel posts from the Minnesota subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation. m tressed and even mortified that he had to explain he was only teasing her. “It’s very strange,” he said in con- clusion. “You say you have no under- standing of music or art, and yet you have the most beautiful taste of any one I ever knew.” “How do you mean?” asked much pleased, yet at a loss. “Why, take your clothes for exam- ple—each gown you wear is loveller and more unusual than the other— perfect symphonies every time. Some women slip up in their dress occasion- ally; you never do—-"' “‘But it's——" began Celia, then she stopped. She had been going to say, “But it's Hilary who designs them,” and what stopped her was an unfore- seen reluctance to mention Hilary or Celia, ied Wile | S RS = SRR, Amelie Rives vatent 0w Hiluvy's taste, hers, that pleased him 50 much. 1 < what it hesi e | 1're a supphied ted. “Perh: v~ or be wu » you'll wake uy ced up--to tind ¥ tist and have u wonderful gift | ! up at once, then,” | | suid Celia wistiuily. i “I'd like to waken you,” said Pad-| raic, and she thought the lgpk with which he said (his was rather odd. They b luncheon at the little Vrian o cafeieria it was pled in deference to that great Amer. ica which has invented this funny hy. brid word for its own use—b didn’t like the famous dish of mutton “DON'T YOU EVER LOOK LONGER LOV he Iy tasted ingly at all times. y wine she only | cooked in leave: meat, and ate s Of the heavy Syri took a sip or tw was much concerned ‘T don't see how you i xe to ex- | 1st, and to exist so splendidly, too, on the next to nothing that you eat—at least, when you lunch with me,” he protested. “It's because 1 assimilate what said Celia gravely, and was ) xee Padra L nd laugh lik . what is there <o fun he asked, smiling ASKED HE. Jand that | marringe of convent-nce pathy, bul again at a loss. that Padra 3 her wits 1ot the least of his cha As she had said on didn’t lke I Padra cued without it m hurting or offending Nothing - nothing he wur mred, tears ot mirth standing on his thick eyelashes. “ItU's only that trifles you're so divinely literal and and " he began laughing softly again, L w w0 quaintly with those mysterions ex of yours.” | Here he hecame quite sober. “You huve the i Melusine—if you wo poor mortal louk into then arthent at a time wmehow 1- 1 can't,” ax already looking | in | s eyes, d let a more than ° WC are accreditcd Exide Dealers nity and carry a complete stock of said Cela, | away from ever look longer than a | 1l at what you love?" asked he, nd his tons 5 well as his expression was id this time. he things that T love back at me,” murmured ' this he began to laugh again “Da you love only things?" an't look . and at he then | W. A. BOBB Oth and H Sts. 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