Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1926, Page 29

POULTRY LOWER INGEVTERMARKET Increased Demand in Al Lines Is Reported by Wholesale Men. g, another of several de- ince the close of the season, ‘when prices creases ‘hristma ed prices have resulted in d demand. Dealers are unable to understand why so many poultry raisers held their stock until te in the season, it is stated, when prices almost certainly would drop. Spring broiler prices also have aken a drop this week, 50 and 55 being the prices quoted this morning, Plymouth Rock brollers being quoted at 50. Roosters, recently quoted at 22, advanced 1 cent. Good demands for meats and poul- try continue. There also is an in- «reasing demand for green vegetables. No changes were announced in the butter and egg market, and fruitsare also in demand. Market Prices Today. Butter—Fancy 1-pound prints, 46a 47: tub, 46; store packed, 80. Eggs—Fresh selected, 29a31; hen- nery, 32a34; current receipts, 28a29. Poultry, alive—Turkeys, 35; Spring broilers, 50a55; Plymouth Rock boril- ¢« ers, 11 to 2 pounds, 55a60; smaller, * 40a45; White Leghorns, 40a45; Win- ter chickens, 3 pounds and over, 40a 45; fowls, 33; roosters, 23; ducks, keats, young, 80a 35; keats, old, 50a60. k—Calves, choice, 12: me- thin, 7a8; hogs, heavy and medlum, 183; light, choice, 13; lambs, 16a17. Meats—RBeef, 16al7; lamb, 29a3i veal, 20a23; dressed pork, heavy, 1 pork loins, 34a: Western, 30a3: hams, 30a32; shoulders, 22a23. Fruit and Vegetable Review. report on fruits shed by the Mar- eau of Agricul- Today's market and vegetables (fur Yet News Service B tural Economics) say Apples—Supplies moderate; demand moderate, market steady: barrels, Marvland and Virginia, Winesaps, \ 213 in., 5.50a6.00, few higher; A 21 in few low as 4.00: A 2 in. ewtowns, 5.50a6.00, f .50, Washington, medium To arge size, extra fancy Winesaps, 2.75 23.00, mostly 2.75; fancy Romes, Asparagus—Supplies light; demand moderate, market slightly stronger; South Carolina, dozen-bunch crates, very large size, 6.00; large size, 4.50. (i ipplies liberal; demand dull: South Carolina, 11%-bu ampers, 1.00a 50; few or- ion low as .50a Yellow Boxes: 1.50. Supplies moderate; demand moderate, market steady; Arizona and California; Northern district, crates, lceberg type, 4-5 dozen, 4.00a4.25; North Carolina, 5-peck hampers, big Boston_type, best, mostly 2.00a2.50; few, 2.75; some small size, soft, 1.00a 150, Onions—Supplies moderate; demand light, market weaker; Texas, standard tes, Yellow Bermudas, . No. 1, 265; few low ai Potato Market Weaker. Potatoes—Supplies moderate; dee mand moderate, market slightly weak- old_stock, Michigan, 130-pound Russet Rurals, U. S ead barrels Spaulding Rose, U. S. No. 1, 10.50211.00. 3 Spinach — Homegrowns supplying the market. i Strawberries—Supplies light; de- mand moderate, market steady; Flori- da, pony refrigerators, 40a45 per , auart; North Carolina, 32-quart crates. Missionarys, wide range quality and condition,” 8.00a12.00; mostly 10.00a 11.00 per crate. Tomatoes—Supplies moderate; de- mand good and market firm for good stock; Florida, 6s, ripes and turning, \Wrapped, fancy count, 6.00a7.00; choice -unt, 5.0026.00. string be .and moderate, «tronger; Florid: green, % Carrots—Supp moderate, market sushel baskets g Beets—Supplies light; demand mod- crate, market steady; Texas. bushel baskets, mostly 2.50; Virginia, Nor- folk section, hotbed stock, 10all per bunch. Peas—Supplies moderate; demand moderate, market fairly steady; Ari- zona, bushel hampers, Telephones, 4.50 247 jouth Carolina, bushel hampers, 1 Laxtons, mostly 3.50; small pod varie- ties, 2.50a3.00. Cucumbers—Supplies moderate; de- mand light, market steady; Illinois, hothouse stock, 2-dozen cartons, dou- hle extras, 3 extra fancy, 3.00: poorer, mixed, 2.00. WOOL MARKET STRONGER. pecial Diepatch to The Star. BOSTON. April 29.—Prices at the London sales this week, which were from par to 5 per cent above the last sales for medium and fine crossbreds and 5 per cent lower for low cross- breds, have tended to strengthen the hands of some dealers here and en- courage the holding of wool for a bet- ter market. Some fine territory wool is moving at $1.15, with half bloods at $1, clean basis. Double A pulled wonls are moving at $1. and supers at $1.05 —Supplies light; de- market _slightly -bushel hampers, demand Texas, light: teady: if ing to the Pacific North- w:thi":sflu.hnnmwu least one way to Seattle or Tacomaon the ‘Olym the electrified Chicago, & St. Paul This is the m:‘mvm will Write, phone or call on owr Trawel Teere for il deterls omd help tn Planning your tvip neral .M. &SLP. Ry 1369 Fipance Blds. Phones Rittenhouse ;| buyers of these bonds. ;| the conservative nature of legal bonds. Summer Gasoline Use Is Expected to Top All Records iy the Associsted Press. NEW YORK, April 29.—Gaso- line consumption this year is ex- pected in oil trade circies to total between ,000,000 and 325,000,000 barrels, a new high record for all time. In the first two months of the vear, ordinarily the smallest, near- ly 40,600,000 barrels were con- sumed, or about 4,000,000 above sprevious conservative estimates. With only about 44,000.000 bar- rels in storage on March 1. and present refining capacity scarcely able to keep up with the antici- pated demand at the present vrice, it is generally expected that stor- age stocks will be heavily drawn upon during the Summer. EARNINGS DECREASE. Quarterly Profits of Maryland and Pennsylvania Smaller. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 20.—An in- crease In net operating income of $5.698 over 1925 is shown in the March earnings statement of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Co. For the first quarter, however, net operating income is $8.872 below the total for the first three months last year. Operating revenue for the quarter totaled $212,643, a figure $11,992 below the corresponding period last year. Net operating revenuye was $64,865 or $12,633 below last year's total for the first three months. Net rallway operating income was $42,433 for the quarter. For March, operating revenue was $84,896, an increase of $7,570. Net operating revenue for the month was $31,060, an Increase of $6,226 over March, 1925, Net railway operating income was $21,421. EVERYMAN’S INVESTMENTS BY GEORGE T. HUGHES. FLUCTUATIONS IN BOND VALUES THE EVENING CENTRAL CEMENT PLANT IDEA GROWS Shortage of Building Labor Boon to Contractors in Unexpected Way. BY J. C. ROYLE. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, April 29.—The tre- mendous volume of building now in progress, which is far greater than at this time last year, has forced the de- velopment of new labor and cost sav- ing devices hitherto unknown in the | bullding trades. The shortage of laborers in some sec- Itions, as well as the high scale of wages paid, is leading to the employ- ment of machinery to replace man- | power. The latest development of this char- acter is the establishment of central concrete-mixing plants. Freshly made concrete, ready for the forms, unhar- dened and plastic, may now be ordered over the talephone much the same way as lumber, nails or other build- ing materials, and dellvered as promptly. The business of making and selling concrete is a new development, but already it 18 in successful operation in 22 cities. Construction men say it is too early to determine what it eventu- ally may mean to the bullding world, but indications are that better build- ings will result from more careful measuring and mixing methods in use at the commercial plants. Poor Quality Concrete. A low quality of concrete sometimes results from carelessness or lack of knowledge in mixing. For example, the adadition of a pint too much of water is held by experts to be equiva- lent to taking two or three pounds of cement from each sack. Sometimes too much mixing water is used be- cause ‘“‘wet” concrete is easler to place in forms than “dry” or stiff concrete, Concrete from the central mixing plants frequently is hauled 14 to 15 miles before it is placed. The mixture must be stiff to haul it without injury and it is believed this tendency to- ward the “dry" mixtures will tend to Continuing the discussion of bonds which fall into the class of legal in. vestments, there are two important points about the prices these bonds bring In the market. The first is that the quotation is normally higher than v |2 bond of equal safety, but not legal. That is to say, the fact that the sav- 5|ings banks are forced to buy legal bonds in itself advances the price. The individual investor who wishes to buy securities of this grade finds himself in competition with financial institutions and is hereby compelled to accept a lower return than he would get elsewhere, other things be. ing equal. Just now railway bonds. legal investments for saving banks in ew York State, sell on a 4.50 to a .75 per cent basis. In part this high price is due to the high degree of safety, but in part it is also due to the restrictions imposed by law upon the institutions which are the principal The second point is, that admitting stabllity in_market price does not necessarily follow. This ought to be self-evident to any one who remem- bers the fluctuations in Libertys dur- ing the past five years. If a longer period is taken, say a quarter of a century, price fluctuations in high- grade bonds are even more striking. Take for instance a West Shore 4, secured by first mortgage on the West Shore Railroad from Weehawken to Buffalo and guaranteed principal and | interest by the New York Central. ! making it an investment in the first| rank of corporation obligations. In| 1906 West Shore 4s sold as high as 107%; in 1920 they sold as low as 64, or a difference of 433% points. Now the bond was just as safe, as far as the regular payment of interest is concerned, in 1920 as‘in 1906. The ex- planation for the difference in price lies entirely in the fact that when the bond sold above par money rates were very low and when it sold down to 64 money rates were very high. There is no way of avoiding these fluctuations in the market valuation of one’s holdings as long as bonds ‘of distant maturity are bought. Banks protect themselves by always having | proportion of their investments in | short-trem securities, for which the variation of price is much smaller, the shorter the term the less the va riation. Observe that all this ha nothing to do with the safety of the investment. N N Y { iy il | | f Il g i LI H £ L ! i A v O\ \%‘\"‘\t\\’g\\\ OFFLERS Make Your Auto Trips and Picnics More Enjoyable This Season With Summer Sausage A new product—original with us and most ideal for making appe sandwiches which KEEP FRESH AND TASTY in the hottest weather. cuts of pork and beef—thoroughly smoked At Your Grocer, Chain Stores or Our Stands in the Center Market and Convention Hall Market create a higher quality of construc- tion. The effect of too much water was strongly shown in connection with a job in one of the Southern clties. In an effort to make the stiff con- crete from a central mixing plant easier to handle. the contractors added water just before the mixture was placed. A committee of engi- neers found that after four weeks the concrete to which water had been added withstood a pressure of 1,140 pounds to the square inch, while the concrete used as delivered withstood a pressure of 3,800 pounds. Cuts Contractor's Expenses. Il Lngineers say that the use of the central mixing plant will obviate the expense and delay of moving portable mixers from job to job and relieve the contractor of cost of maintaining mix- ing machinery at all. Accurate de- vices for measuring sand, cement, stone and water are not usually avail- able on small portable plants. The central plants are utilizing inundators which measure the required amount of mixing water after taking into consid- eration the moisture in the sand. Through such equipment the central plant is able to turn out a uniform product of any desired quality day after day. The use of the central mixing plant, | engineers say, is economical up to the point _where trucking costs reach a high figure. The territory which can be servel from each central plant is limited, therefore. For paving work, it is available, but for some highway projects the trucking costs make fts cost prohibitive. None of the plants now in operation are operated by cement companies. Some are owned by contractors who mix their own concrete, as well as sell it to outsiders, and some are operated by building supply dealers. The cement plants of the country are maintaining a tremendous output and stocks are fairly heavy, but the prospect that the first half of 1926 will exceed any other similar perlod in his. in the volume of building and construction has kept prices stable. The same is true of crushed stone, slag, gravel and sand. The steel mills are feeling the demand for reinforcing steel, as weil as for struc- tural shapes. Near Bingeni, in Germany, is a road famous echo which will tost sound to and fro no less than 70 times. tizing Made from the over good ol’ hickory logs. ~Insist On LOFFLER’'S A. LOFFLER PROVISION W77 Benning, D. C. STAR, WASHINGTON. WEATHER HURTS MARKET. Extremes of Freezing and Warm Temperatures Are Felts Extremes of freezing temperature: and very warm weather within a few days had some effect on fruit and vegetable markets during the week ended April 24. Trading was not brisk and prices of leading products declined. Values ‘tf new potatoes showed the most marked change downward. Ship- ments of old potatoes suddenly drop- ped to a very low volume. Nearly 1,000 cars of lettuce moved during the week, chiefly from Arizona, Cali- fornia and South Carolina. Much of the southern California lettuce was of ordinary quality; prices declined near- ly everywhere. Asparagus shipments still were twice as heavy as last season. South Carolina was rivaling California as to columne, and Georgia, Oregon and Washington were active. Markets held fairly firm. Tomato prices were about steady, with Florida and Mexico furnishing the supply City spinach markets were unsettled; practically all arrivals were from Virginia and Maryland. Texas is closing with a record of 4,200 cars of spinach-—1,000 more than last season. Orange and apple shipments were still twice as heavy as a year ago, but potatoes and grapefruit filled only half as many cars. Total for 23 products decreased to 11! FRENCH REVENUES FALL. NEW YORK, April 29 (#).—French government revenues from all sources for March, except receipts of the postal administration, aggregated 2. 123,908,700 francs, the lowest figure since the beginning of the year, the Bankers' Trust Co. of New York re- ports. This is attributed to the fact that payment of arrears on income tax and other taxes had been effected in the two preceding months, which yielded 2,279,841,600 francs in Feb- ruary and 4,000,639,900 francs in Jan- uary. EARNINGS SHOW GAIN. NEW YORK, April 29 (®).—Net in come of American Bosch Magneto for the first quarter of 1926 rose to $188,908 after depreciation and inter- est, but before Federal taxes, equal to 67 cents a share, compared with $76.632, or 556 cents a share, in the first quarter of 19: Don't use inferior oil. Get the best. Demand Autocrat. Beware of Substitutes, At Good Dealers Everywhere. A ready-to-eat cereals With a marvelous flavor. Contains bran. Helps prevent constipation. Brings health and zest. Your grocer has o PEP THE PEPPY BRAN FOOD A T R T v N AN i § o HTHIHIEN choicest Ak / W N, CO0., Inc., s} D. ©, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1926, Woodward X Lothrop DOWN STAIRS STORE Friday Remnant Day Remnant Day Merchandise is not returnable or exchangeable; not sent C. O. D. or on approval; phone or mail orders not accept Women’s and Misses’ Apparel and Accessories—Radically Reduced Not an article offered that is not really desirable; reduced or specially priced mostly on account of broken size range. Women’s—Misses’ Frocks—Greatly Reduced were ~ Now Greenl §750 | $5 i $7 $5 $4.75 $5.95 5 Jersey Frocks, light weight. tan, copen. Sizes 40 to 46 3 Printed Crepe Frocks, in black and white and : Sizes 42, 44 and 46............ 8 Flat Crepe and Crepe de Chine Fri copen, cocoa. Sizes 18, 36, 38, 40 and 42. 8 Flat Crepe Afternoon Frocks, slightly s tan. Sizes 16, 18, 36 and 38. 2 Silk Faille Frocks, slightly s 38 and 40... MAgE . 25 Tub Silk Frocks, special p grounds. Sizes 16 to 20 and 36 to 44 10 Printed Silk Frocks, in several styles. - 9.75 colors. Sizes 16 to 20, 36 to 44.. ... | $9. Two Important Coat Sales—Friday ! ! 10 Twill and Tweed Coats, dress and sports styles. Lined with satin | de chygne and novelty crepe. Straightline styles, trimmed with fur F”d‘l ‘Tailored straightline styles. $12.50 $5.65 or tailored. Colors—Navy, rust, and tweed mixtures. Sizes 14to 40. 10 Two-piece Sports Dresses, light shades. Of Spring-weight wool- ial and-rayon material. Sizes 14 to 38 p S spefll Smocks and Aprons—Reduced 15 Bungalow Aprons, reduced for clearance. Popular high shades— popular styles. Broken size range ST : Wlere More sizes, and popular‘.w‘"e More 4 Chambray Smocks, in small, medium and large (;:{)Xors. Buy several for laler]nt;\d?... i il i | 7 Hoover Aprons, some of which have become slightly soiled from display. Broken sizes s e T i MESOR SRS < . P Hosiery—Priced for Savings | 300 pairs Lace Ciox_Silk Hose, IRREGULARS OF & GRADE. Lisle| | tops and feet. New shades—opal, nude, French nude, buff, grain.Special dawn, atmosphere, silver, gun metal, white. Sizes 8% t0 10 . . 100 ‘pairs Silk Mixed Hose, in full range of the new Spring shades.lo . Perfect quality. Mock seams. Sizes 8% to 10...... . Special Underwear—Greatly Underpriced 50 Rayon Slips. new shipment of good Spring shades. 1 Also some Milosheen Slips, Sizes 36 to 12 Handmade Porto Rican Costume Slips, f‘rired\!’or imm:}diatc clearance i e il 5 60 Knit Vests, bodice or built-up shoulders. Very specially priced. . Sizes 36 o 44 .. g 4 Special | 83 pieces of Muslin Underwear, including Gowns, Bloomers and Cos- | tume Slips. Reduced for clearance. Were More | 51 Sateen Bloomers, with double elastic Sizes 27 and 29 < 68¢c 85¢ 85¢ $1.25 55¢ y flounces. Spechl in sizes 36, 38, 40 and 2 150 $1.65 90¢ 15¢ 35¢ Peach, fiesh, blue, nile. | s 65¢ Friday 31 Sale—Towels, Curtains $1 $1 $1 g DOWN STAIRS STORE MEN—Remarkable Savings on Furnishings and 2-Pants Suits There should be crowds taking advantage of these great savings—so an early inspection of these offerings is advisable. Article No. 100 Part-linen Tea Towels, ready for immediate use. . Very specially priced : e .6 for 100 Linen-finished Tea Towels. very soft and absorbent qual- ity. Very special ... % & for 100 Pillowcases, 100 Turkish Towels, plain white, of soft and absorbent qual- ity. Unusual at .. for 100 Turkish Towels, of a handy size for bathing day use. Very special at 5 Were $1.95 and §2 $1.75 and § $2.83 Description Sizes Imported English broadcloth, rep cords, rayon-striped mad- ras and union madras. 14017 34 to 50 38 excepted 36 to 48 English broadcloth, soisette. Less than %5 price. Irregulars, some-soiled. Fruit of the loom included. Irregulars. Plain pure silk hose are included. 9% to 1134 65¢, 73¢ Higher grade. Silks, rayons and silk mixtures, rayon- striped madras and English broadcloth. 14 to 165 Low and Short and long points. 10 | All-wool Suits, in good-look- ing styles and patterns. 34, 35, 36 $33 DOWN STAIRS STORE Boys’ Wear—Priced for Clearance Article No. Description Sizes Irregulars of $1 grade. Fast 75 Sports and high neck models. Now 65¢ 75¢ Were 6 to 16 7 to 16 Blouses Special Knickers - Sailor Pants Boys' Knickers, good-looking patterns and colors. Special 82 Long White Sailor Pants. Of regulation white navy drill.| 51018 15 Special Caps for dress and sports ‘ @ wear. Dark colors. 64 to 6% 50c Special DOWN STAIRS STORE 100 Jap Rag 200 Sheets, 81x%0 and 72x90 sizes, of good qualit bleached seamless muslin. cffect on wearing qualities. bleached muslin 200 yards Japanese and Wash and Ready Crepe 200 yards Scrim and Marquisette, plain and fancy weaves, in white and cream. Special .........c0.c0e. L8 60 Pairs Novelty Coff Fabric Gloves 50c pair Very Speclally Priced. Flaring and turn-back styles, in shades of gray, tan and mode. Sizes 6% to 8. Linen Handkerchiefs, 10c 200, very specially priced. In white, with satin stripes, for ‘women. Handkerchiefs, 2 for 15¢ 200 Women's Novelty Handker- chiefs at a_very low price for clearance—Friday. DOWN STAIRS STORE Final Clearance— 175 Spring - Hats, %1% Were $295 $395 $495 Sports Hats—Tailored Hats—Dress Hats — Silk Hats — Straw Hats — Hair Braids—Felt Hats and Embroidered Hats ‘These styles are reduced ior quick clearance—Friday only at this price. DOWXN STAIRS STORE 300 Pairs Women’s Low Shoes Maker’s s l .95 Closeout Sale Black Satin Pumps and Oxfords. These shoes are well made and are regularly a good deal more than $1.98. Sizes 3to 7 in combined lot. DOWN STAIRS STORE Silk Special 100 yards White Ail-silk Shantung. at this inviting low price—Friday i or yard Srh 400 yards All-silk Plain-colored and Printed Pongee, very K spe price, yard ....... AR 200 yards Glace Taffeta. in monotone and changeable colors. Very special, yard.... DOWN STAIRS STORE $1.35 and Bedwear ) heav, Mill runs, but this has no Special Special 4 for S vards, 150 Pairs Children’s Tan Oxfords, $2.95 Close-out of broken sizes. Shoes have welt soles that make for longer wear. Sizes 8%; to 10, 11! to 2. 78 pieces Children's Odd Lots of Underwear and Hose, reduced to.. {4: piebtl:s Girls’ ;ndf lnf?nts' Vearables, reduced for clear- ¢ ance, each ........ ceeeeiees zsc g ieces lnfains; and Girls’ othing, including Girls’ RINCRNENIS- 0.t aine oo 58c j Giéls'f\\'oo]len Dresses, re- uced for clearance. \Were $595. Now .v.c.cvvocse 82-75 DOWN STAIRS STORE 50 Wrought Iron Bridge Lamps $]1.95 Complete with Shade, of parchment paper. Finished with touches of bronze. MIRRORS, polychrome design frame, 12x18-inch size, very specially sl priced Friday at .......... .. i FERN STANDS, of wrought iron, COM- PLETE with 12-inch copper sl 65 bowl. Special value at ' ! Popular BED LAMPS, new shipment. colors of rose, blue and gold. om- plete with cord and socket. Very sl special value for Friday .o BOUDOIR LAMPS, with metal bases, finished with metal frame for shade with rayon insert. Colors of blue, sl rose and gold. Special at DOWN STAIRS STORE ugs, 24x36 Inches, Speci, 50c Reversible Rugs, with mixed- centers. Plain and crowfoot borders. Splendid assortment of colors. Gold Seal Congoleum Rugs—Reduced (Floor Samples) (10) 6x9 Rugs, $5.65 (6) 9x9 Rugs, $9.65 1f perfect would be $8. If perfect would be $12.50. (10) 9x10.6 Rugs, $10.65 1f perfect would be $14.50. W f/‘ 0981-2 Philadelphis, Pa. O Mo Pl ity | 7 o 100 Yards 27-Inch. Velvet Carpet, $1 Ygrd; Was $1.50 DOWN STAIRS STORE N j.’.i;] 4 A