Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1926, Page 29

PACKERS STORING - James Believed Biggest Holder of MOTOR INDUSTRY same competition as at present, from Chevrolet and other low-priced cars, since 1913. But automotive engineers connected with prominent companies, who have sized up the Ford situation Then, too, in the next few days several of the so-called “bug” cars, patterned after the European types originated by Renault, Peugeot and others, will be put on the American other station of the concern, even the width of the continent away. This particular scheme is backed and the cars are built by a subsidiary of the great company, which is sec- of working days lost by the striking workmen 300. The wage loss estimate was based on this estinaic of time loss. LABOR STRIKES COSTLY. Total of $105,000 Lost in Wages simply in reference to their own prob- lems, declare he now is facing a serious situation from the used car market They declare that kord owners in many instans have become sufhi- ciently acquainted with principles of automotive mechanics to understand, repair and keep in condition their own cars, and that instead of buying new Fords, they are buying and personally putting in shape used six-cylinder cars | any ponsible driver may rent a of well known makes which now are | car on a mileage basis at any center to be had at a price parity with the |in the and either return i ord product: i in Maryland in Year. '1 Special Dispatch to The Star | WOOL I EOVES & | Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, June 11.—A total of | " BOSTON, June 11 erles that the delay was due to the | 00 In wages was lost by striking 'provement continued in evidence to. number of units sold to other “drive- | Workmen during the lubor strikes in|day in the wool marker. Medin and it-yourself” concerns. | M uryland Jast v according to Com- | 1gw.grade Ohio wool =old fur future de | missioner of Labor and Statistics J)r.’“\'er in small amounts. Half-bioor | J. Knox Insle | territory moved in fair quantit o = LEAD PRICE RAISED. | Dr. Insley stated that the three|price change was recorded. NEW YORK, June 11 wr.—Tnel;llmf“',':‘_flflfre‘«;llfg H,w; carpenters’ union, . : : trades organizations and em American Smelting and Refining Co.|pioyes of the Western Maryland Rail today advanced the price of lead from | ro: | 7.80 to 8 cents per pound. market to compete in the low-priced field. ond only to Ford in the automobile manufacture field. Dealers in cars| of other manufacture have recently told customers clamoring for deliv- Railroad Shares NEW YORK, June 11 (Special). —The country’s largest individual holder of railroad stocks. according to Wall Street belief, is Arthur Curtiss James, who yesterday re- vealed that in the last two vears Le quietly had bought a dominat- ing interest in the Western Pacific Railroad. For many years Mr. James has been a director and vice president of the immensely wealthy Phelps Dodge Corporation, whose interest is primarily in the copper industry. In addition to Western Pacific, he the largest shareholder in Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific | and Great Northern, and, through Drive-Yourself Move. Announcement of the incorporation of a new $30,000,000 enterprise to finance and back “drive-yourself” compunies extending to a chain tem throughout the country, also marks a new factor in automobile les competition. The idea is that BUTTER AND EGGS Heavy Losses Last Season‘ Did Not Deter Them This Spring. 1S TIGHTENING UP Intensive Sales Methods Be- ing Used to Market Great Auto Output. Moderate fin exports to Kurope amou pounds for the period June 1 to § cluding 2,158,100 pounds of Austral wool, someé Cape wool and a | caland wool Woaodward & Lothrop DOWN STAIRS STORE Store closes tomorrow at 4 o'clock. Georgette and Printed Chiffon Frocks nated that the total number BY J. C. ROYLE. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORE, June tion in the automobile slowly, but surely tightening up. This does mot indicate a price war; it means intensive sales methods of the most up-to-date sort. It does not in- |dlcate approach of the saturation point; on the contrary. it means ex- pansion in production by some of the strongest elements in the trade. Heavy losses on storuge eggs last meason have mnot deterred packers from putting away the usual quanti ties of the hennery product this sea. son. Last vear, it is stated, eggs | were stored at a price as high as 35 cents, while the high price this sea- son is reported at 33 cent Continued cool weathes 11.- cago, Burlington and Quincy. enavrea| TWO BOND ISSUES SOLD e e BY STATE OF MARYLAND away | The wenson not much longer than | = | "One of the leaders of this great in- usual, however, = becuuse f;‘uf‘l‘,'lflm-ns. Forbes & Co. and Alex|dusiry has repeatedly pointed out weather delayed the starting of the | that sales of new cars have varied N?n"f i A Brown & Sons Successful Bidders. only about 5 per cent above or below Packers have started storing Good Price Received the average level during 1924, 1 ter for next season. and the large | . Received. |4nd 1926, Yet some companies have quantities taken from the market has | Special Dispatch to The Star | increased production and sales enor- been reflected in prices in the New| BALTIMORE. June 11.—The State|mously. This could have been done f Maryland yesterday sold two issues | of bonds bearing 41; per cent interest | York and Chicago markets the past only at the expense of competitors. fourh sy, prined having: incoelsed Today the slight sag from the high % of a cent each day. | and received what investment bankers | points of production and sales estab Local dealers say the advance in|considered w good price, although it |lished earlier this year are seasonal the two big butter centers has not | \ag less than the price paid for two |and individual rather than general. affected the market here. It is not|issues of the same amounts and parts | virm Cuts Pric anticipated that prices will 8o hIReT | of the same lonns Romtey o0 Jarts | IR T ooy d- | 1925 | In one price field, a certain com here in the very near future. accor ing_to dealers, : | The price received by the $ pany has cut prices, increased out es continue high. and | (e securities ut net cost put. reduced costs and speeded sales efforts so that in the language of com petitors “it is getting the business zes of prices in the Poul- | und the successtul bids vere reported today. | ander Brown & Sons of | In higher and lower price flelds, other {lines are doing the same thing. But i 1 dvanced 3 cents Flagiio the price of roosters advanced e e e A drop in the price of old keats was B ' 5 2 zail e 2 e V4% | and the Equitable Tru or each gain there is a loss some reported, the demand for them Deing | mare jointly bid 103536 | where among competit exceptionally slot ! At the moment the talk of the in | dustry is concentrated on the fact hat the sales and output of the Ford highest of the bids. B Market Prices Today. & Co. and Eldre Jew Yori Butter—Fancy. one-pound prints, | An¢ Jenkins. Whedvee & Poe of Balti-| M {iR 2% Ul s this vear. There 4847 tub. 45ad. AL 08 The lowest | ;51 heen more than a little gossip ¢ Eggs—Fresh. selected. Sla32 o s peh was made by the| g% "in Ford prices. Whether thes merv, 33a34: current receipts, both of New Yoy, Shd Guaranty Co..| gyories have basis in fact or mot, the Poultry, alive—Turkeys, rott & Soms, Banavith Robert Gar-|nnygin of profit on each Ford car | broflers, 40ad5: Plymouth Sl | produced is acknowledged in the trade broilers. 11 to 2 pounds. 48: smaller. {10 provide an ample margin on which {0 use the price knife. - B white Leghorns, 33a3 BUY GLASS PLANT. : | “This margin of profit has been Special Dis ch Star. e e _|steadily reduced since around 1913 as | BALTIMORI, June 11.—Local finan- ' ;" patter of Ford policy, but the in- | cial interests have acquired the busi- (yease in production has been fi«is and plant of the Glass Casket | gteadily headed the other way through orporation of Altoona, Pa. To take | out most of this period. The improved | over the property and business, themethods developed in the last five | Logan Valley G Co. of Altoona has | vears have stretched the profit mar- | been incorporated here, with common | gins wider and it doubtful if the and preferred stock to the amount of | net profit on each Ford car produced $300,000. Officers of the new corpora-at present is less than $24 to $2 tion include Charles T. Kais: | When that sum is multiplied by Ford dent; Grafton T. Maynard. si- | production, which represents almost | dent, and J. D. Marchant, secretary that of the total of the factories of |and treasurer, all of Baltimore. The the United States, it readily can be new company will manufacture milk | seen that the road over the hill to the | bottles, etc. The stock issue has been | poorhouse for Mr. Ford is likely to be | taken by Spever & Co.. Lers. of a long one New York, it was said The Ford Co. has had almost the Regular Lines of Goods In addition to special purchases, it is our constant aim to carry in the Down Stairs Store complete lines of regular goods in every section. The prices must average as low or lower than elsewhere. New Shipment—=800 Pairs Miller Sheer Chiffon Summer Silk Hose New, Soft, Fluttering Fashion Creations — and So Reasonably Priced $16:50 Nothing smarter—or practical—for Summer wear than cool, lightsome Frocks of Georgettes or softly-printed Chiffons. In freshingly cool pastel shades and soft or more ate for slight chs is more All the New re- Summer Shades 1z hen- 0a31 vivid prints Splendid Hose—and very especially_at this ver shades : Flesh. atmosphere, champagne. banana French nude, moonlight. dove gray, neutral mauve, vellow, black a. Women's and Misses” Sizes Really lovely styles—the most Summer-like and fashionable you will find at this price. we be- lieve. Jabots, Ties, Kick Pleats, Lace I mings and many other little notes impart new chic to these Frocks. s 11 Live stock—Calve medium. 10a11: thin, 6 and medium, 13%2: 1i lambs, 17. Meats—Beef. 17als; veal, 20a22: dressed 19; pork loins. 35a36: #2: hams, 36: shoulders, 24a hams, 33a35: fresh shoulde: Fruit and Vegetable Review. Today’s market report on fruits and vegetables (compiled by the Market | News Service Bureau of Agricultural Tconomics) sa Cantaloupes —Supplies moderate: de- mand good for mood stock. market stheady: California, Imverial Valley, Salmon Tints, standards. 45s. 3.257 | 3 435, 3.50a3.75: jumbos, 26s,” 3.25a3 andards and_jumbo | flats. 9= and 125 mostly. I 25: few higher, fair quality, some soft Tints, standard 2.00a3.00; | Jumbos, 43s. 2.502 54s, 1.00a1 i Lettuce—Western _supplies moderate, market firm: Call Corthern district, crates Tce-| berg type. 5 dozen, few sales, 5.00. | Onions—Suppiles moderate; demand | 1ght, market s, standard crates, _ Yellow, States No. 1, quality and _con nia. standard _crates mudas, United States N 205 hogs, heaty | it, choice, 15; Tamb, A DOWN STAIRS STORE Linen Frocks, $5.95 Wash Linen Frocks. \! pink and blue trimn Voile Frocks in dainty pastels both linen and voile. Beach Robes, $5.95 You must have one—they're v be very popular this Summer stripes in high shades. Copen. orchid. and pink on white. Made of gent Handmade Slips, $1.95 Beautiful Handmade Costume Slips, dai and cool for wear under Summer irocks. Fine qual- ity. Hip hems—strap shoulders. Sizes 36 to 44 Girdles and Corsets, $1 New materials. Finely made styies, all with four elastic hose supporters. All fresh. new chandise offered tomorrow for the first Sizes 24 to 32. DOWN STAIRS STORE G Crepe de‘ Chine and Flat Crepe Frocks, $16.50 The style successes irom Paris—the most popular and FFashion-right Frocks—just received. And the colors smart styles from Fifth Avenue—all these vou find those lovely soft pastels, the vivid prints—bright <martly and accurately interpreted in this selection of reds, greens. are all here. All sizes 14 to 52, DOWN STAIRS STORE The New Extra Large Hat Is Fashion’s Favorite for Now Milan Sketched Leghorn Sketched $4.95 $2.95 new a3.0f Recently received—a large and fashion- ible assemblage of the new, smart styles for Summer wear time Yellow . 1, few sales, | Large Leghorn Large Felts 5. - ‘Peaches—Too few sales to establish | Large Milans Potatoes—0ld stock; supplies light, | too few sales to establish market: New Supplles moderate; demand mod- | market weaker: North and| e e U Outfit Yourself and S| Gummer Apparel and Practically crates, Gandy's and Chesapeakes, 5_00} 26.00: small varieties, 4.90a5.00. Watermelo! upplies de. OWH I erms. mand light, market steady: : l:! rect to retailers, Florida, Tom a\]\,?;:; That’s what you do! You pay for your pur- chase out of your income in convenient weekly or monthly payments that meet with your individual means. Added to that you have the finest selec- tion of smart clothing for all the family to choose from. Come NOW! Dented crowns, draped crown, poke shapes, ribbon trims, velvet trims, sports hats with vagabond chic in felts and crushable straws, DOWN STATRS STOR Offered Tomorrow— Richelieu Pearl ToiletSets, *6 Three-piece (brush, comb and long-handled mirror) Toilet Sets—of Richelieu (Manufac- tured) Pearl. White on amber color; rose on amber and blue on amber. Special, set, $6. South alat barrel gons, 26-28 pound average, 30.34 pound average, 1. Tomato Market Firm. Tomatoes—Supplies moderate: de- | mand moderate: market firm for good | stock: ¥ X vipes and turl ing. wrapped, fancy count. best mosti 3.50a4.00: choice count, best mostl 00: few high as 3.50; poorer, and choice count, 1.50a fours pin wrapped, bes poorer low as ). i Cabbage—Supplies liberal: demand | moderate; market fairly steady; Vir- ginia, Norfolk section, cloth-top bar- rels pointed type, 2.50; 1%-bushel hampers, 1.26a1.50; home-growns, bar- rels pointed type, 2.00a2.25; new, 2.50. Asparagus—Supplies moderats mand moderate; market steady; Dela- ware, crates per dozen bunches, small medium size, 3.00a3.50; Patent lcather, black satin, blonde kid, gray kid, tan calf and white kid. Purchase your Summer foot- wear at this low price—you'll be agreeably surprised at the styles and workmanship—for $4.50. One Straps, Smart Theo Tie Pumps, Step-in Pl i DO iay: Diitig: Redex Cedar Mothproof Storage Bags 26x54 inches, 2 for 25¢ Low, medium and high heels. DOWN STAIRS STORE Purchase several pairs at this price and you save considerable. All sizes in lot, 3} to 8. DOWN STAIRS STORE All-Wool One-Piece Bathing Suits $2.95 to $4.95 All Sizes 34 to 16 The popular one-piece California style suit, in plain colors and combi nations, some with bo der stripes. upplies limite ; market firm; home-grown, bar- rels Telephones, 7.00a8.00; small-pod varieties, 6.00. 1,500 Crisp, New Wash Summer Frocks ‘All Colors Fast TRIMMINGS: Smocking, pleats, contrasting materials, white collars and cuffs, em- broidery, buttons, ribbons, shirring, organdy and ruffles. Sizes 6 to 14 Years MATERIALS: Pongee, broadcloth, plain and printed voiles, tissue and plain ging- hams, dimities and chambrays. mand moderate; market steady; South 4 <hel hampers green, or- dinary quality and condition, 1.5082.00; North Carolina ia, Norfolk sectlon, bushel hampers green, 2.50a 3.00, mostly around 6-peck | hampers, 3.00a3.50. Squash—Supplies moderate; demand | moderate; market steadv; North and | South Carolina, bushel hampers white, | mostly 1.50. | Cucumbers—Supplies moderats mand moderate; market steady: ginia, Norfolk section, hotbed stock, %-bushel hampers fancy, 1.00a1.50, mostly 1.50. Blackberries—Supplies liberal; de- mand limited; market dull; North | Carolina, 32-quart crates best, 4.50a 5.00; poorer low as 3.00. Corn — Supplies _liberal: good; market steady; Texas, baskets, 2.50a2.75. Smashing Store-wide Reductions Guaranteed Savings of 15 to 15! See These Values! Women’s & Misses’ Men’s All-Wool I: demand bushel In navy, black, red, jockey, and Kelly green. Bathing Shoes, 88c to $1.25. Bathing Caps, 15c to 75c. Bathing Belts, 20c to 50c. Children's All-wool Bathing Suits, $1.95 to $2.95. Sizes 2 to 16 years. DOWN STAIRS STORE orange, peacock PUBLIC UTILITIES. NEW YORK, June 11 (®).—Earn- ings reports of various public utilities reflact the healthy condition of the industry. Gross earnings of the Southwestern Power and Light for the vear ended April 30 increased to | $14,301,146, from $13,017,996 the vear before, with balance of $6,948,492, aft- er taxes, but before interest and de- preciation, against $6,236,140. Adi- rondack Power and Light had bal- ance of §1,476,124, after taxes, charges and depreciation for the year ended May 31, agalnst $784,140 the preceding vear. Gross gained about Dresses | Suits and Topcoats Worth - double. 57.95 sl 322.50 Fine fabrics All colors and sizes and eailoriag, New, smart, chic. Fine fabrics Others to $35 Others to $49.50 and $2.95 Cinderella, Lucette and other famous makes of Girls’ Summer Frocks in delightfully new styles that appeal to the young lady who delights in fresh, clean, fashionable frocks. Very attractive values. DOWN STAIRS STORE MEN—Hanes’ Athletic Union Suits creep up your leg. Closed crotches that stay closed; double strength elastic web backs. All sizes 34 to 50. Women’s & Misses’ Summer Summer Silks Allsilk Flat Crepe and Printed Crepe de Chine. Wide range of colors, in- cluding blue and white polka dots. Tomorrow— $1.65 Rayon Sports Satin, in re- freshing pastel shad also black and white. Splendid value, yard— $1.18 DOWN STAIRS STORE Allsilk Radium {s about as cool and dainty for Summer frocks, under- wear, slips as vou can find. And this is priced— $1.50 Allsilk Colored Pongee, cool and dainty for Sum- mer. Priced, $1.18 Boys’ Fine Sl Consists of Coat, Others to $39.50 Others to $19.50 vear ended April 30, available for NEW YORK, J 11 (#).—Ohi . o v friction-free, full-length knees that won't 4-Pc. Sui COATS c. Suits Attractive Vest, Longies and 1,000,000. Northern States Power Girl" Colu- '34 95 Gil'l" Drfi.'e‘ ‘l 95 dividends and reserves. Leather Co. omitted the quarterly For $ 950 Durable quality. 37,95 shades and colors. Longies. reports balance of $6.603,050 for the _ e - | . . Fine Checked Nainsook—cool and dura- $ DIVIDEND OMITTED. ! S >, ble. Armholes that do not curl or rip; dividend of per cent on the first preferred due at this time. DRY GOODS ACTIVE. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, June 11.—Cotton goods markets were somewhat more active today, but at unchanged price levels. Print cloths were quoted at 7% cent for 64x60s and 8'42 cents for 68x7: Raw silks came down from 10 te 1 cents & pound ina heavy market, Broadcloth Shirts, $1 in white, tan and blue. Collar-attached and neckband style. Sizes 14 to 17. Full cut and well made. Men’s Pajamas, $2 English Broadcloth and Cool Fruit of the Leom Pajamas in x:puhr styles. Fruit of the Loom in white. Sizes 34 to 48. DOWN STAIRS STORE 500 shirts,