Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1926, Page 29

- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 25 1926. COTTON|S STEADY | &0, purs emsageol COTTON HOPPERS due to the fact that so few squares are present. Furthermore | the hopper damage has not only caused the loss of squar but has produced a high percentage of deform ed plants. \ “On the other hand, once the cotton | the direct observation of this labor- atory,” he continued. Several Species Involvell. “The fact that there are several species involved, some of which have not been associated with this damage previously, makes it very difficult to vils, COMMODITY NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY ~ WEST SETTO MOV ON COAL SHIPMENTS LARGE FRUIT CROP Neither Roads Nor Shippers| . Taking Chances on Short- i age of Cars. BY J. C. ROY Spectal Dispatch to The Star NEW YORK, June ui.—Neither the railroads nor the shippers cf the West are taking chances on a. possible car shortage this season. A plan has been worked out in California where by a cenuul administrative body in San Francisco will allocate all re- frigerator cars to the fruit-growing districts of California from August 1 until the end of the shipping season. Representatives will be stationed in eight principal shipping centers throughout the state to appralse the needs of the growers and to help reg: ulate movements for return of empty cars. The heavy zrape movement last vear caused a shortage which spelled loss to somee grape growers, and shipments this season probably will ba well in excess of those of 1925. Tmiproving Equipment. The movement last vear totaled 4689 trainloads of perishable fruits and vegotables, and would have been larger if cars had been available at the peak of the movement late in September. Hundreds of new orchards and vineyards have come into bear- vear, and the rallroads have ensing and improving their consequerice. “ruit Expre: the Union Pacifc and roads, has added to the 33,328 The Santa r in added another The number of cars in use grapes are ripe, if placed . would fill 1,200 miles of jointly ated by Southern P 5.041 it had Fe. which wee adequate last yvear and ice pla have heen put in the hest of condition. The Santa Fe has added a $900,000 plant in Arizona The first formal trial of car refrig means of silica gel, a refin developed by the Davison will be held at Balti Tee supplie Independent of Ice. Refrig v« utilizing this agent, which is used for dehydratio of air, Heating and cinimed that f refrigeration ave & plants Notwithstanding the prohibition t was the grapes. chiefly of the variet i ised the rail- o 71,184 car Rrapes e carried t season and there is a non since Co. It is this method of Lighting cars usin independent ads loads of California tendency shipmen later shipments in past have brought the better re- : As a4 vesult last Fall the move- hed 1,600 carioads a day periods it is essen- of perishables to find will be built by the Safety Cag | from | growers to hold back | | the least congested markets and move | crops promptly those centers. For this reason little likelihood that efrigerators shipped through the ma Canal will be able to relieve rail carriers of an appreciable portion of the crops. Ship could not be diverted to other destina- tlons en rou their [ con Value of Crops. The fruit of California last vear were valued at $216,000.000 and indications are that this figure will be exceeded this vear. The vineyards accounted for $40.136.000, of which £22.910.000 can from wine grapes, $8.450,000 from raisin grapes : 776000 from the table var Faually careful plans are being made by the carriers to handle the perishables of Georgia, the Ozark glon, Michigan and the other fr producing sections. In the North-Central States fruits have suf- fered somewhat from frosts, but the qualit expected to be excellent. I3 nneries in California are perating on full time and is coming on well in the Pacific Northwest. N. & W. ORDERS RAILS. ORK. June 25 (#).—An or. 060 tons of rails is reported 1 ed Ly the Norfolk 500 tons went to the Uni ates Steel Corpora- tion und thg balance to Bethlehem Steel. FAIRBANKS C0. PROFIT. NEW YORK, June 25 (#).—Net profit of the Fairbanks Co. for the first four months this year rose to $101,324 after interest, depreciation and Federal taxes, compared with $77 - 663 {n the same period last year. This fs equal to $10.13 a share on the 8 per cent cumulative first preferred on which accumulations amount to about 10 per cent, ugainst $7.76 a share a vear ago. Garren’s Music Store 907 H Street N.E. Is a Star Branch The object of these East | the | | running about 13,000 carloads ahead DETROIT, June The Packard Motor Co. has closed its plant for | annual inventory and will reopen July | 6. During this lay-off many Packard employes will be given vacations with | pay. The workers entitled to this privilege this year number 2,000 ex- clusive of office foj CUMBERLAND.—The third unit of the West Penn Power Co. on the Cheat River will go imto operation within a week. Two units now are functioning. The capacity of complete_plant, including four units, will be 60,000 kilowatts, NEW ORLEANS.—It is reported here that the Pan-American Oil Co. is rapidly transferring its activities from Mexico to Venezuela and that its exports from the Venezuelan fields now are running 17,000 barrels or more a day. This output will be doubled in the near future. PORTLAND.-—~There has been a record output of cherries in Oregon this season instead of an expected shortage. This is causing canners to refuse fruit which had not been con- tracted for. FORT WORTH.—The eighth month's wool clip of Texas is now moving more freely. stimulated by purchases of heavy poundage by Hallowell, Jones & Donald and Studley & Emery of Boston. The price, however, is hang- ing around 30 to 31 cents, with only the better clips commanding higher prices, B A . REVENUES DECREASE. May Earnings of Maryland and Pennsylvania Road Drop. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, June 25.—Total op- erating revenues of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad for May were $81,370.61. a decrease of $271.16, com- pared yith the corresponding month a year ago. The ratio of operating expenses to total revenues was 70.56 per cent, or 7.77 per cent less than in May, 1925 For the five months ended May_31 total _operating revenue was $3 028.15, a decrease of $12,208.38 com pared with a_vear ago. Operating ex- penses of $262,341.93 were $8.186.61 less than in the corresponding period | in 1923, The operating ratio was 69.40 per cent, or .09 per cent higher than in 1925, . C. & N. W. EARNINGS JUMP. NEW YORK. June 25 (#).—Earn- ings of the Chicago and North- western Railway in May were larger than the same month last year, en- abling the road to maintain its sub- stantial lead for the first ive months of 1926 over the same period of 19 Figures made public by Fred W rgent. president, show net operat- $2.082.683 for May. a vear ago. and this vear, $6,703,171 9 in theé same period traffic June ainst five month: ageinst 5 of 192 in is Freight of June last vear. | low yester | the offerings BUYS PIG IRON. | NEW YORK, June 25 (®).—Amer- | ican Radiator ("o, has hought 60060 | tons of pig iror INTRADING TODAY Market Shows Irregular Price Changes During the Early Dealings. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 25. futures opened steady. October, 16.67; December, 16.67; Jan- uary, 16.38; March, 16.58. The market opened steady today at & decline of 3 to 8 points, and showed rather ir- regular fluctuations in early trading. It was estimated that notices repre- senting about 3,100 bales were issued against July contracts and July broke to 17.87 right after the call, a new de- cline of 20 points. Later months sold about 10 to 18 points net lower in sympathy with the near month weak- ness, but the decline brought in cover- ing and there appeared to be good demand for the July contracts. July rallied to 18.02, or within b points of yesterday's closing quota- tions, and later deliveries recovered a few points on covering promoted by reports of heavy rains in some parts of Texas and reiterated complaints of insect activity. Cotton July, 17.95; w Orleans Quotations. NEW ORLEANS, June 25 (#).— Cotton futures opened steady; Janu- ary, 16.23 bid: March, 16.356 asked; July, 17.25; October, 16.32; December, 16.25. The market was frregular to- day, with first trades in July five points down and in new-crop months five points up. Today was the first notice day for July deliveries, with 0 bales being fssued here, while in New York the notices called for 3,100, Although the number of no tices were small, the market sagged owing to lack of support and good weather in the belt, July trading down to 17.15, October to 16.20 and Decem- ber to 16.1 r eight to 15 points be- lose. At these levels ppeared to, have been absorbed and prices rallied two to six | points from the lows. REPORT SOON ON MERGER. Atchison Seeking to Acquire New Mexico Central Railroad. A report on the application of the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe Rall road to acquire control of the New Mexico Central, a 116-mile line from Santa Fe to Torrance, N. Mex., will be forthcoming within the next two weeks, according to indications today at the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. The Atchison promises to pay $700,000 for the outstanding stock and to lease the line. A hearing on the application was held Wednesday, when Elmer West lake, commerce attorney for the Atchi- son, submitted evidence to show the consolidatlon was in the public inter- est, und that it would result in sub- stantial operation economies. The New Mexico Utilities Commission has indi- cated its approval of the proposed ac quisition, | I b Yards at Hampton Roads Banked and 20 Ships Are Awaiting for Fuel for England. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., June 2 eral embargo on all coal movement over its lines to Newport News has been put into effect by the Chesapeake and Ohlo Railway because of the serious congestion at its terminals due to the heavy movement of high volatile coal to the British Empire. Approximately 200,000 tons of coal was on hand there today to be loaded, with 20 ships awalting cargoes, and twice as many more en route there for service. Approximately 4,000 cars of coal are banked up at the Newport News ter- minals and in every available foot of track space that could be used to store them. Coal movements have been stopped for a short period only. and the congestion can be relieved and other freight movements can go forward at its regular rate, it was —A gen 1d. ‘The British government recently contracted for 1,000,000 tons of high volatile coal to move through Hamp- ton Roads. The Chesapeake and Ohio serves the high volatile coal flelds largely, and is handling the bulk of the business. Already the movement of the coal to British ports, as after- math of the British strike, has caused the coal dumpings at Hampton Roads to take a tremendous jump. Up to midnight Wednesday the Newport News plers had dumped 677,893 tons of coal this month. The present contract represents one of the biggest single movements through this port since the World War. RESIGNS FROM BANK. NEW YORK, June 25 (#).—James 1. 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TALLULAH, pects for a bumper cotton crop in the South this year are endangered by in sects known as hoppers, which have caused serious damage in almost every part of the belt. The semiarid sections of West Texas and Oklahoma are the only districts where these pests have not been seen recently, re- ports received by the United States Bureau of Entomology laboratory here indicate. No accurate estimate of the hopper losses already caused is avall: able. ““Some flelds have been infested for some time and in fact some of these flelds have reached the point where the insect actually left them in search of food,” an official of the laboratory declared today. “The general bulk of the acreage, however, has just become infested within a comparatively few days and it is in this younger cotton particularly that the insects are now doing the greatest damage through the territory which has come under generations that eggs now being lald may or may not attack cotton. tions which could possibly be imagined with these insects leaving the cotton in the near future still be a serious problem.” teports received at the laboratory indicate been destroyed to a large extent in the | — infested fields, and in some instances this extended termed the middle crop. it will be necessary for many planters | to start making a crop at a late date, and the problem of boll weevil control will be made much more serious. “Numerous fields,” said the expert, | “are showing a seriously centage of squares punctured by wee- | anticipate how long they will remain in the fleld. Observations in Texas in past seasons have shown wide varia tion in the amount of damage. is a chance that any of these species may time and devote other plants. On the other hand, there is no reason for assuming that this There leave the cotton fields at their attention any to Furthermore, the later will develop from occur. Under the best condi- will production that the cotton crop has to what high per MANAGEMENT Raltimore Havre de Grace Wilmington . Philadelphia From Gray Line Offic Penna. Ave.. W. of 14th — M d AM. daily. " (Standard” time. is ordinarily | As a result| plants are free of hoppers, square pro- duction should proceed rapidly, due to the fact that the plants have obtained a larger growth, and will thus have| branches available for rapid fruiting Under these circumstances it is, of course, impossible for this laboratory to give positive advice with reference | to control of these insects. 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