Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1926, Page 32

BUYING HEAVIER INGENTER MARKET Cooler Weather Spurs Sales. { Rain Expected to Help Late Fruits. Cooler weather this morning was a means of bringing an increased num- ber of buyers to the wholesale mar-! ket. Buvers seldom take hold. espe- clally of meats and poultry, during heated periods, according to dealers. but increased trade invariahly comes when the thermometer takes a drop. Meats and poultry present a much more attractive appearance when the weather gets cooler and puts retailers in the humor for buying. It also serves to increase the retail trade. Last night's rain is expected to help late fruits and vegetables that remain ungathered, more especially —green vegetables such as spinach, Kale, cab bage and turnips. ; Growers still have tomatoes ripen ing on the viles, but the quantity is not great. Soon the green vezetables will be gathered and put indoors to ripen, growers not wanting to chance an early frost ruining their late cro Consumers already are purchasing green tomatoes for pickling purposes or to put aside to ripen. it is reported. prices of such stock being reported reasonable. Dealers report a plenti- ful supply of late green vegetables and expect prices will continue cheap until frost appears. Today's Wholesale Prices. Butter—Fancy, 1-pound prints, 51 tub, 49a50; store packed, 35. Eggs—: ch selected, 42: henner 45; current receipts, 40. storage. 36. -, alive—Turkeys, 35: Spring white Leghorns, 24a roosters, 20, duc , 15: keats, young. 3 Dressed—Turke) young, 80; old. 34a40. J voung 80a 842; broilers, 33a35; keats, 90; old, 40a50. Meats—Beef, 15a10: veal, 26a30; fresh ham. 30a 22a24; loins, 34a35; smoked moked shoulder: 23. stock—Calves, choice, 1412; medium, 11a12; thin, 7a8; lambs, 14. * Fruit and Vegetable Review. day's market report on fruits and ek "compled by the Market Bureau of Agricultural Economics, says ‘Apples—Supplies _liberal: light, market steady: ington, medium to la fancy Delicious, 3 3.50; Jonathans. fancy Jonathan: ation extra-fancy Bananas.. 2.002250 Maryland and Virginia. inch Grimes and 23-inch 125: 21, inches up Jonathan: Zinch Deliclous, 2.00a2.> rleties, medium to large sizes. fair quality; some small sizes, mostly 50 Cabbage—Supplies moderate; de mand light. market steady; New YVork, bulk per ton, domestic round tvpe. mostly 25.00. Pennsylvania, bulk per ton, Danish type, mostly 0. Celery—Supplies 1 aem market dull: New crates mostly 2.00 3 me ordinary quality lower pplies light; ket about steady: climax baskets 75a80: California, crates seedless, 1.00; mostly shoulders, hams, 34a demand a mostly and_fancy Bushel No. Winter baskets, nand light. two-third Michigan, -quart Concords, 1.50, some pplies moderate; de . market steady: New t crates Big Boston a1.50: Califor and Colo rado, crates Iceberg type. four-five dozen, best mostly 4.50; Colerado, some poor quality and condition. 2.50a3.50. Onions—Supplies _ light: demand light, market dull; Michigan and In- 100-pound sacks yellows. U. . ' 1.9022.00; New York, 100-pound yellows, U. 8. No. 1, mestly eaches—Supplies liberal: demand moderate, market dull: New York. bushel baskets, Elbertas, mostly 1.50a 1.65; few hest. 1.75. some ordinary quality and condition Rochesters, poor quality, 1.00al.25. Pea upplies light. de erate, market steady bushel baskets. Bartletts, : condition : some ripe, 2.00. Potatoes—Supplies moderate mand moderate. market fairly s Maine, 150-pound sacks, blers, 8. No. 1. 4.00ad.15 ! . 1a0- pound sacks, Russet rur . No. 1, 4.1584.25. weet Potatoes- -Supplies light: de mand light. market steady: North Carolina and Virginia, Kast Shore, cloth top stave barrels, Yellows, No. 1, few sales, mostly 3.00. Corn—Supplies moderate: demand moderate. market steady: homegrown, sacked, per doZen. sugar corn, con siderable. ordina quality and condi tion, 10a2%; mostly around 20. Tomatoes—Supplies moderate; de- mand moderate. market fairly steady: homegrown, half bushel hampers, 1.00 21.50, mostly 1.25. String Beans—sSupplies demand light, market steady; grown, bushel haskets, 1.00a1.%; MORE STOCK HANDLED. ha 1.30a de. moderate; home- Report of Union Yards in Balti- more Shows Increases. Special Diepatch to The Star BALTIMORE, October . For the first time in several months the monthly report of the Union Stock Yards of Baltimore shows general gains in the amount of live stuck hapdled. Receipts of cars here show- ed'a gain of 222 for September. as compared with the corresponding month of 1925, and an increase of 17 cars in the number shipped. The greatest gain was in the num ber of hogs received. total for the month being 77,464, an increase of 11.520. Following are the figures for the month: Receipts ¥ 23, 44591 hogs, Shipments—Cattle. hogs, 11,620; INTEREST IN ERIE SHARES. NEW YORK. October 6§ (@) Firmness of Erie Railroad shares in recent stock market trading, and at times when other securities were be ing offered freely on declining prices. has attracted ention in Wall Street, strengthening belief that the road’s stockholders will be offered better terms in the \an Sweringen merger than heretofore anticipated The strong following the shares have had during weak spells in the stock =rkn. has increased t a statement would be made pub- lo before the end of the month. . ANOTHER EXTRA DIVIDEND. NEW YORK. October & (#).—The Borden Co. has declared another extra dividend of cents a share on the common stock and the regular quar- terly of §1. whirh was done in the preceding quarter. Both are pay able December 1 to holders of record November 15. BUICK SETS RECORD. NEW YORK, October § (#).—Buick Motor Car Co. set a new production isberd for September with 29,102 cars. confidence | MEN AND MONEY By M. S. Rukeyser (Copyright. 1926.) Furope is somewhat hysterical, or at_least” emotional, over-the looming economiq menace of America. There ‘s only one way for the Old World, to meet the competition of the New World. Making faces, signing treaties or building up armaments will not avall. The salvation of Fu- rdpe lies in adapting the American commercial spirit and technigue of and opportunities. As a Nation, America will not con- quer Europe, and it has no desire to. After the armistice America, as one of the principal victors, eschewed the frults of vietory, declining the oppor: tunity to annex territory or receive tribute in the form of reparations. American economic ideas, however, are likely in the long run to conquer the old-fashioned notions overseas. Prophecy ,is hazardous, but. it. = merely reporting the fact to observe that American methods are already catching a foothold. The inatallment plan is spreading rapidly on the con tinent, particularly in France and Germany. The idea of widening mar- kets through lowering costs through mass production is also being grasped: When 1 was recently in london 1 was informed by bankers ‘and eco- nomists that, after the settlement of the coal strike, British employers will jaunch a new program for the mod: ernization of Industry and industrial Methods. For years progressive em ployers have vecognized that they cannot flourish without the introduc- tion of labor-saving machinery. and new technical methods. Labor unions overseas have fought the substitution of machinery for human effort. which the trades unions in this country have welcomed as a trend which heightens the earning power of workers. Be fore taking the new steps employers in England, anticipating a general strike, waited for a showdown with re believe that after labor. Empio: the coal strike labor lezders will be- :ome more tractable. Employers Equally Reactionary. It would be a mistake. however, to hold the unions wholly or even mainly responsible for the backward trade policies. European employers have been equally reactionary. They were inclined to support the fallacy that the way lo prosperity was by sweating labor, overlooking what! Henry Ford has taught other Ameri- can employers, namely. that working- men are not only producers, but also constitute the rank and file of the consuming market. Large scale pro- duction is not practicable unless high wages are widely diffused throughout ‘he population. British employers sve beginning to sense this lesson in the abstract, but each individual is inclined to think the doctrine is good for the other fellow, but not for himself, In * England and the continent prosperity would be helped by adapt- | ing to a moderate degree the alleged extravagance or higher standard of living that prevails in America. As long as the effective wants of the the average man oversees are small, prosperity will be thwarted and un- employed individuals will menace the national economy. A rising standard of living cr a larger demand for the output of goods and turns the wasted hours of the unemp’oyed productive hours. EXxcessive extrav agance is a great danger, but under- consumption is also disturbing. Over the long pull, American pros- periey could rest on firmer founda- tions if other countries adopted our conceptions of proper living stand- ards. For, in the present scheme of inequality among nations, our foreign trade is perpetually challenged by the lower prices made possible by underpay to lahorers in competing countries. Broadly speaking, we can undersell the rest of the world in commodities in which skill in mass production and capitak and land are important factors of cost, but our prices are higher for goods in which human labor is the principal item of cost. Expression of Fears. The widespread references in the Furopean press and in speeches by Europeans to the dangers in connec- tion with the strength of America are | to a larze extent the expressions of | fea based on an inferiority | complex. If there is peace in Furope during the next decade, we are likely 1o see an intensive making over « Furopean factory technique, commer- cial methods and even adverti Merely to copy the American sy: would be futile, because blind imita- tion is always a second-rate procedure. Moreover, conditions vary on the two continents, and institutions to succeed [must be in consonance with the peculiar economic, political and racal habits of the country. Furthermore: though American methods have prov- ed successful, they are far from per- fect. As a matter of fact, we all know that they are in a transitional | stage—and are fast changing. In world affairs we Americans face the perils of the strong. We are sfedred and hated, but our methods are admired. For self-preservation, ‘e need to retain our spirit of ad venture, #ur willingness to experi- ment. our enterprize in uniting the laboratory of pure science with the executive chairs of the business office. We need above all to treat labor fair- |1v and to cultivate the era of gaod feeling between employers and work- ingmen. Foreign countries are wait- ing for us to slip, and it is the job of American business leadership to keep | performance on the present high level of efficiency—to continue to wage in ceseant warfare against economic waste. In foreign relations we Americans want to see other nations strengthened and restored. ‘That is the only view- point that a humane people can sup port. Moreover. selfishly. we shall profit as exporters and as creditors from a return of prosperity among ~ur customers and borrowers overseas. | America is a menace oniy to the sur- vival of archaic ideas in industry against the practice of sweating labor, against the economy of being penny wise and pound foolish T have recently returned from a sur- vey of business and financial condi- | tions in 10 European countries, and, the foregoing is based on first-hand information. { | THE BUSINESS OF GETTING AHEAD ! . How to Pick a Good Employer. | | Pure accident helps to determine . | the course of history but. in plan- | i ning your personal future yveu are |2 gambler indeed if you are willing to_depend upon chance. The wise individual budgets his time and has a more or less definite schedule as to where he espects to {he in 5. 10 and 20 vears. There is | frequently need of “revision in the | {light of changed circumstances, but { the man or woman leading a plan- | less life is like driftwood, subject to laN the hardships of life and with few of the benefits of prosperity. There is colossal social waste in the manner in which boys and girls just out of schools drift aimlessly | |into their first jobs. A strav tip | concerning an opening, the accident | of reading a want ad, or the circum- | stance that a friend is emploved in the same establishment frequently start young Americans on their business careers. The wholly unfit are soon weeded out. but many versa- tle individuals stay o places where they ecan get by, but where they are not in position to utilize their best talents. To the engineering mind, this placing of square hyman pegs in round ¥oles is tragic. waste. mass production to°its own conditions | g THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6 To the individual involved, this mal- adjustment deprives him of the real thrill of effort along creative lines and it may also serlously retard his ultimate progress in business. American System Is New. This Amerlean system of letting chance pick your vocation Is mew. in_Europe the son was inclined to follow the footsteps of his father. Here fathers encoutage their sons to try_something different. J The milkman . complains at the | hardship of rising at 3 in the morn- ing and wishes to relieve his son of the burden. The old-timeactor deplores night vork. The veteran reporter laments that a lifetime of effort has brought him nowhere. o The banker regrets that if he is strict with would-be horrowers .they call him a tightwad. and if he is lax his stockholders and depositors char- acterize him as unsound. The tagk of picking jobs is just com- ing to be recognized as a matter of erucal_importance. I Az ginning to apply scientific methods to place the individual in work for which he is best fitte Well informed-employers are recog- nizing the value of vocational guid- ance and are themselves seeking. to help place men and women at work where they can best utilize their capacities. In the Brooklyn Edison Co., for example, if an employe does not merit promotion in six months he is shifted to another job. Likewise, in the Ford Motor Co. a foreman may discharge & worker only from his ow department. Then the central employ ment office places him in another de- partment, where he gets another op- portunity to prove his worth. Schools Should Probe Subject. The schools of the country should glve more attention to vocational guldance. To graduating classes lec- tures on the apportunities and prob- lems in different trades and profes- slons should he given. Moreover, it would be helpful if each school. espe- cially in the larger cities, could have on the faculty one instructor trained in vocational psychology, who would We are just be- he qualified to Advise each student Woodward & Lothrop ‘l Baby Yards Special $9'50 To give Baby many happy hours in perfect safety This specially built vard as to his own apparant fitness for varfous types of activity. The employer asks for references and scrutinizes each applicant with great care. Young Americans start- ing out upon their business ca- reers should delicately and diplo- matically, but none the less thor- oughly, investigate their prospective employer, learning of hix attitude toward labor and of his policy of promotions and willingness to help ambitious youngsters to advance. It its well also to determine whether he pays at least the market rate for services rendered, whether he picks executives from the ranks and whether he offers opportunities for study and self-advancement while one is working. The policy of an employer toward profit-sharing and participation of workers in the actual government of the business and to- ward vacations are further factors to_consider. The Arizona Cotton Association re- ceritly _has heen recrniting labor in I 'Porte Rico for emigration to Arizona. COTTON PRICE ALARMS FERTILIZER MAKERS Plan to Reduce Acreage in South Next Season Would Materially Affect Baltimore Factories. Special Dispatch tosThe Star. BALTIMORE, October 6.—Leaders | of the fertilizer jindustry in Baltimore are considerabl disturbed over the low price of cofton and the threat of producers to reduce the acreage next vear. Carrying ‘out of such a program affect the consump- The outlook, was favorable at the beginning of /1926. The indications were that cansumption fertilizer for the vear 'would exceed the 1925 volume by 1N per cent. Instead, there has been a aomparative shrinkage of 10 per cent, wr 25 per cent below es- timates. Business men other than fertilizer | manufacturers here also are watching ' THE SHOW BOAT, by Edna Ferber, $2 From the gilded age of 1870 to the present time. Of Superior has Quality- five rows of colored beads to amuse Baby as well as keep him out of mischief. vards are finished with a floor to prevent soiling kiddies’ clothes. and at The blue the Other yards, $4.50 to $15‘ Baby Furniture Section. Fourth floor. Special Prices For Bath the cotton situation with more than ordinary interest. Low prices for the fleecy staple mean curtailment of the purchasing power of the South. and this would exert an unfavorable in- fluence upon all branches of trade. However, the South is not dependent upon cotton to the extent it was a few vears ago. Crops are more di- versified now and Dixie has expand- ed tremendously industrially. Still cotton furnishes the railroads with an enormous traffic and an important drop in the volume would seriously affect the earning power of the car- riers in that part,of the country. EMPLOYES SELL STOCK. NEW YORK, October 6 (#).—FEm- ployes of the Public Service Corpora- tion of New Jersey sold 7.593 shares. 300 par value. of new & per cent_cumulative preferred stock in the first two days of the popular ownership campaign now in progr to dispose of 50.000 shares. This ex- ceeded by 2.602 shares the total re. ported for the first twe days of the previous eampaign. Book Section, Fifth Floor. The vision of a heavily dining Steak Set plays an impor- tant part. ticular sterling stainless most attractive price. and Kitchen HARDWARE SALES GOOD. Brisk Movement of Staples Appar- ent, According to Summary. NEW YORK, October 6 (Special). Hardware sales were generally satis- factory during the past week, and fow important prices changes were report- ed by market ohservers in the im- portant hardware market centers, A good movement of staples is ap- parent,” Hardware Age in its weekly hardware market summary will may tomorrow, “while advance orders on Winter merchandise are accumulating in more satiefactory volume “The outlook for the balance of 1926 | i« encouraging. Jobbers and retailers | report that sales equal those for the | same period last vear. Retail huel { ness is following the weather closels | Unseasonable days have retardel | sales while bright. sunshiny day | have substantially helped business “Collections, hampered by nunfavor |able crop conditions in certain see | tions, are on the whole satisfactory.” R Steak Sets Special $4 .50 coming of Fall brings a loaded table on which the We offer this par- Set, with silver handles 2-picce and blades, steel at a Pie Knives, $1.25 uses Ster! To match the Carving Set above. ling silver handle and pol- ished steel blade. Silverware Section, First floor. This speéial. offering brings to housewives high-grade Towels and fI‘owelgng at special low prices—prices that offer very definite savings. Pure Linen Huck Towels, 50c each Heavy L Linen Tea Toweling, 10 yards, $2.45 Ret-Rac Semi- Circular Ru $7.50 These famous Ret-Rag Rugs are not built to fit a price, but to satisfy a demand an attractive, durable that will and retain its beauty. size is 21x32 inches. gS for rug launder perfectly The Other Ret-Rag Rugs in various sizes and shapes $6.75 to $16.75 Rug Section. Fifth floor. Swiss Point and Duchess Lace Curtains $5 to $32.50 pair Our own direct importations, these Curtains offer all th Swiss Point and Duchess Lace Cur- A choice of ivory, beige and tains. two-tone effects. Curtain Section, Sixth floer. Turkish Size 18x32—\With damask borders inen Huck Towels, $7-50 dozen Size 18x34—Hemstitched borders An extra heavy grade Bath Towels, 22%x44, 35¢ each All-white Towels of good weight Turkish Bath Towels, 24x43, 75¢ each With colored borders 75¢ Fringedand Lace Ruffled Filet Curtains $7‘50 and $ 10 pair fl‘hese beautiful Window Hang- ings will bring an air of quaint charm and daintiness to vour “Home for this and the Winter season. 's\\'cst patterns in Filet Nets, Novelty Nets, Casement Nets, real Filets, Luster Laces and. others — at these prices, they are values that no one can afford to overlook. at is new in colors. L) Velour Portieres $2475 pair There is no hanging for doors that gives just the same air of dignified tuxury that makes Velour Portieres so desirable. A full assortment of 10yds$245 A tremendous quantity but the prices are so low that you should choose early. Linen Section, Second floor. 50¢ Make Your Own Moving Pictures Complete Set $147-50 Now being demonstrated This price includes every- thing needed to take and show your own moving pic- tures—a camera, a projector, two cases and a roll of film— all made by the Eastman Kodak Company. Motion picture films taken with these cameras, if pur- chased here, will be devel- oped free of charge. . Camera Section, First floor. 3-Piece Fiber Suite, .Special, $72-50 A timely value for the Sun Porch or Living Room The colorful cretonne upholstery of this suite makes is particularly adaptable to use in the sun parlor or liv- ing room—it combines the lively, cheery feeling of Summer with a cozy, comfortable feeling that will do much to lighten the chilly “indoor” months to come: The suite includes a davenport, chair and rocker. Priced singly—The Chair and Rock- er of the above suite are $16.75 each. Wicker Furniture Sectien. Sixth floor. Fiber Chairs . at the special or Rockers, in another design and three different finishes— parchment; Arabian or moonlight— price, $16.75,