Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1927, Page 13

FISH ARE SCARCE IN MARKET TODAY Storms Make Fresh Marin Product High—Oyster De- mand Helghtened rms everywhere make scarce and high. Such was the ir formation imparted at Municipal Fisl Market morning. Frozen fis from the Northwest were as plentifu \d cheap as usaal. des veported d there W city arcity of fresh-caught means of increa demand ysters, the storm not having inte « yupted oystermen to any considerabl extent, and receipts being about no! mal. Select ovsters were this morning. while standards sold & 2. There were very few rockfish o hand this morning, and dealers quotes A price of cents for them. Crabmeat was among the product reported scarce and high. Sma quantities of the meat are being ceived from Hampton, Va., ers about the Gulf of Mexico sending larger shipments. fish was quoted at $? ar Lobsters Are Scarce. Very few lobsters a local dealers. They are quoted cents a pound in Boston. reported, making the price Rere tc high to handle in any c quantities. Cold weather has not egg market, prices continuing reported the past few days, for current receipts being cent Dealers say weather conditions wil not interfere with the egg market ur less there should be an exceptionally the long spell of severe weather in West. Prices of most substantially the same ported yesterday Today’s Wholesale Prices. Butter—Fresh, 1-pound print: tub, 54a55; store packed. 30. Eggs—Fresh, selected, 25a26; nery, 28: current receipts, 23 Poult: ive—Turkeys, 40 ens, 40; white Leghorns, 24a2 30; roosters, 20: ducks, 20a25; young, 6 Dressed—Turkeys, 45: old toms, fowls, 24a30; capons, fancy, hea smaller, 30a32; fow! 60a70; old, 25a30 chickens, 38a40. Meats—Beef, 17a17l3; veal, lambs, 28a30; fresh hams, shoulders, 21a22: loins, 28: hams, 28a30; smoked shoulde Live stock—Calves, choice, 1513 medium, 11a13; thin, 7a8; lambs, 13. Fruit and Vegetable Revie: commodities those 56 26a2 smoke fresh fish <h of oysters for while pack: being offered dealers siderable | affected the at those | top price | wer e chick- fowls, keats, 40: 23a26: | e y h 1 i a ' ) n ! d | s 1 | | el 0 11 . v ® d | s, 18a20. | Today’s market report on fruit and | vegetables, compiled by News Service Bureau of Agricultura Economics, Apples—Supplies moderate, market steady; Pennsylvania, No. 1, 2% inches Stay- mans, 3.00; Virginia, S 2% inches up, 2.50a2. $3.00; No. 1, Yarkfi. boxes, Northw liberal: tern, 3.00. Cabbage — Supplies moderate; mand nmderme market steady: South ' Carolina, pointed type, 1.2 2531 Flor. -bushel hampers, pointed type, and con: Val.75, ion ordinary quality low as 1.00; Texas, barre] de- new 115-bushel | the Market | 1 demand | barrels, | i ) foor: it an | 213 inches, 2.00a medium to large sizes, extra fancy Winesaps, | | | 2 1 tes, approximately 100 pound. net, round type, 3.25a3.50. Celery—Supplies limite moderate, market steady:; inch crates, 2.75a3.00, poorer, 2 demand orida, 10- 25a 2.50: California, crates, 5.50a5.75, few 6.00. Lettuce—Supplies moderate; demand moderate, market steady: crates, * 23.00. Onions—Supplies moderate; ‘alifornia, Iceberg type, 45 dozen, 2.75 de mand moderate, market steady; Ohio, 100-pound sacks, yellows, U. medium to large sizes, 2.75a3. ot er low at 2.50. Potatoes Fairly Steady. Potatoes—Supplies moderate; Michigan, 150-pound sack: Rurals, U. No. 1, 3.60a3.7: 20-pound sacks, . 8. No. 1, 3.00a3.25. Spinach—Supplies light: moderate, market stronge: rolina, eloth-top barrel: 5a3.00, few 3.25: section, ¢loth-top barrels, Sa. fair quality and condition, 2,00 Strawberries—Supplies light; deman mand moderate, market firm; Florida, pony refrigerators, Missionar; 40, few low as 35 per quart. String beans—Supplies light; mand moderate, market steady ida, 74-bushel hampers, green, ally good quality and condition, 6.00. Tomatoes—Supplies moderate, market steady ripes and turning, wrapped, count, 4.00; Cul wrapped, fancy count, 2.00a2.50. CURTISS AEB.OPI.ANE PROFIT. NEW YORK, March 3 (#).—Bus light: chof ness of the Curtiss Aeroplane & Mo- showed marked ding year, from | tor Co., Inc., improveme: net profit _ri for 192 over the pre ing to $413.316 $150,149. This was equal to $7.97 share on the preferred and 97 cents share on the common, against $5.95 share on the preferred in 1925. vear's sales were $3,667.556, double those of the year before. nearl PERE MARQUETTE TRAFFIC March 3 (#).— Pere up Marque February moved to loads, against year. . LEAD PRICE UP. YORK, March 3 American Smelting & Refining Co @ay advanced the pric 1.55 to 7.65 cents per pound DIVIDENDS. NEW Pav- Stock ar Do O Do, C1 B Do, pf ain Sales B TL &Pl Scockckoo o 20 ol Bis *oooc | cocece ap p Shattuck Gal'tous L vt Gen Bak pi Holme G W Do. pf. ... Lenigh Val Do. pf orittard ¥ Do e Manhtn Mountn ccCcotor cococcocctecon oo;c de- mand moderate, market fairly steady: Russet Matne, Green Mountains, | , South Savoy type, Virginia, Norfolk demand Florida, 6s, repacked, 3s, ripes, wunt, 2.50a3.00; choice The | ,874 in February last | P).—The to- of lead from | e pupcpopa ot b o= ittt d e a ,,l af y | ot d 15| Mar.15 | | sales in NEW YORK CURB MARKET Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office Sales in INDUSTRIALS ungreds 1) '3 Albha Por Cem n 2 2 Alm Co'n 31 Am Arch ol & Fl m Hawaiian § Prano, u) v I”.. Ve pi Wt P n'efa. 3 5 Bemberter "ot wi 1064 I Bancitay Corp 111 1 Barnsdall w deb rts 4Bliss E W n ) 20 Blyn Shoes Tiie A Blackst Val G&E lm.l 10 Bohn Alum Bord Co ris Wi tlulotd Co hn-Hall Mary PCn Coal “onkol Dairy P 3 Consol G Balt 1 TCon G N Y n wi G N Y nopfd 4 Consol Laund 3 Corgrove Meehan i Courtlaylds. 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AR LT # 800 ol i 1 Soutnw, Beli "ptd 1 Spald ro 13 " Shind 8o Sron T gtern Bros B vic Swift Intl Thatche 3 Trans Lux Art § fi\(« 1 K §01 Lamp . g S| Lamp A i Art Thea Cir Biscuit B 1 Coal vte & 3 § & nm Sew Ma. MIN Whit Sales in hundreds. 10 Ariz 9 Cons Cop. 3 30 Cortez Silver 20 Golden State. 4 Mason Val. . Newmont \lvmn J_Zine! nlnml 46 20 Ohm Cop. 10 Red Warrior 10 San Toy 20 Spearhead Gold 2 Tono Belmont 10 Tonopal 3 West End Consol 3 Yuk Atlas T't cfs S NDEPENDENT OIL in hundreds, 56 Am Con Oilfids 27 Am Maracaibo © { Ankio_Pers 1 STOCKS Carih Syn_eth dp arib Synd It Serv n “reole Synd rown Cent. Péte: Darby Pete 1 Darby Pete v 13 Gibson Oil Cor 2Gill O pf ¥te ulf Oil of Pa 10 Leonard Oil 4 LoneSta 1 Magdal exico Ohio I Mex Panuco 14 Mount, Prog '3 Nat kuel Gix New Bradford O & Pandem Oil » Quintan 0 &G n diey Pet n (e 4 5 STANDARD OIL ISSUES in it 400 Ang Am Oil “hesebr'gh M (e 1300 Humbie O 1400 Im O of Ca 250 Ind P L 1400 Tnt Pet C Lid 200 Nat Transit 700 Ohio Oil 4300 Prairie 0 & G 1 450 Prainie P 1 400 South Penn 01 63005 0 Ind 2008 O Kansas 3008 O Ky.. 5008 O N'J 408 0 Ohio i0S O Ohio 1900 Vacuum Oil wi 340 118 100 BONDS pid thourands WAllied Pk 8s 5 2 Alum 7e n 33 105 114 Alum_Co “Am’ b4 100 TAm Gas & El G 1021, 31 Am Pow & Lt 62 10048 GAm Scatng Be 10435 128Am W P U n wi 8413 X Aniconda Gs A 1 Appal 15 A%0 G & < | Dolumbia % | East 322535 i, ‘Nor bs B o aper G \'V"L* Wi b 1. 78104 28 Nor Am ! No Sta P M Glgal I1NoS P M GlaC] 5 Ohio Po 3% Ona Ed B A 118 53 00ty S 10115 091) 9515 H 5 008 107 T Pub S B 9% B9 i Pire Oi1 G1gs [ Richa il 3 > Schulte 16 Schulte Soivay Amer 5 13 Wabash R'C 51 10 War Br Pic (11ys. 10815 1081 10 West Pow 5lgs A 97% ¥ 074 Sales in FOR BONDS sands. Antioqua_ 78 € Batavia Pt Bolivia 7s ol 081 > < Too' Tietz ¢ 71481107 Low Aust 716 1001y Misg Mill Ma 78107 19 Montecatini - 7s. . 100 Montevideo 68 A Mor Bl Chile 68 4 4 Muni - Medellin 88 104 15 13 Munt Medel) Y herland ts 100, 46101 " Stin Hugo 4 Stn Hugo T Swiss Govt ‘s Thys I & § 69 Un' Elee Ser t W B7 1 W 618 dividend Washmgton Stock Exchange | SALES i Lm\—m at 0% 5 Rwy. & FElec. pld.—10 at pfd —50 at 81y, Georgrtown hington t ’\vlmvgn 01 cond q;u Mtge. & Invest AFTER CALL. Cabital Traction Co.—50 at 107% 1032, 10 at 107 14 wiional Mige. & Inv, ofd—70 at 84 hington Rwy <. gen. 65—$5.000 fonil Bank of Washington—10 at 290, ®lon Gas Light—1 at Monev—Call loans 5 and 6 Mr cent Bid and Asked Prices. BONDS. BUBLIC UTILITY 50 at | at | Anicostia & Pot Ana. & Pot. guar. Ba. & b Telephone 6% Georgetows Potom: Balt. & Annap. B, Washington' Gas be.. Wash. Gas 68 series A Wash. Gas 6s series B Wash. Rwy. & Elec. 4 | Wash. Rwy. & Elec. gen. ds. MISCELLANEOU & Ross Gls.. it Farms Dairy 6% hase Club 5igs..." | aper Co. Mfe. 6s | Pot_Joint Stock L'd B ‘Be Waih. Mkt, Cold Storage b Wardman Park Hotel 6%s... STOCKS. | PUBLIC UTILITY American Tel. & Telga.. Cabital® Traction.... Washington Gas rfolk & Wash. Steamboat, Potomac i Wash. Rwy. & Elec. com ... 160 0o & 101 4 ot . INDAIRY FARMING Wash' Rwy. & Elec. pfd NATIONAL BANK Capital.. National | Commercial deral-Ame; | Liverty ol iationa1 Metropoltiss Riggs . | Secon | National Bank of Washington i TRUST COMPANY. | American Security & Trust Continental Trust . Merchants tional Savings & | Unio t rus ]\\a~l nston’ Lian & 1 &AVI\(..% BANEK PROFITS ARE GOOD Butter, Milk and Cheese Pro- ducers Finding Broader Markets Now. BY J. . ROYLE. Special Dispateh to The Star NEW YORK. March 3 farmers are the most prosperous of the agriculturists of this country to- v. They occupy a strong technical position. but they are not free from mpetition by any means, and that fact is being impressed on them g by their bankers and business -The dairy milk and cheese produc- broader and better bal- than ever before, but foreign producers have seen the oppor- tunity as well and even the present tarift walls have not sufficed to keep them out. The mar, s are findin, anced marke: 1 ine manufacturers of this country contend, according to R. H ams,” president of Best Food: Inc., that margarine is in no sense a substitute for butter and never hopes to be, since it is a distinct entity in it- self and a scientific food achievement ‘Warned of Competit The butter men. notwithstanding this declaration that competition does not exist, have been constantly warned not (o allow the price of butter fat to advance to a point where buyer resis ance to butter prices will develop and rchases will be diverted to mar: strides have been arine production in the Production _in A1 by pounds, making the total 24 pounds, which represented the output of 61 factories. Margarine men de- clare that the Institute of Margarine Manufacturers in Washington, found- ed seven yvears ago. has overcome prejudice against the product and made it one of the > food indus- tries of the country. There has been a marked decrease in the number of milk cows on the farms, so that a drop in butter or| cheese prices over an extended period | is not apparently in prospect, al-| though there has been an increase in heifer calves bheing kept for milk ! i rtment of Agriculture | the number of milk cows and | heifers two vears old and )00 as compared with The number of s between one and two years old being kept for milk production is about 321,000, a gain of 21,000 since | last February | Article. the most impor- articles of food competition in this as str as in the | The s of this | country eat about four pounds of cheese each every year The State of Wisconsin is respon- 1 sible for some of the more important 1odern developments in cheese mak- ing, but Canadian producers have | been quick to take advantage of these | discoveries and are becoming in-| creasingly dangerous competitors. A half-billion-dollar campaign to | emphasize the purity and nutritive qualities and advantages of evapo- ed milk has been authorized by the | Evaporated Milk Association, and | this organization also is engaged in| agtive research. made in | Cheese Important Cheese is it of the 17 America, and is equally > of butter o NEW FINANCING U2, NEW YORK, March 3 (#).—-N corporate financing in Februar | compiled at $583,781,700 by the Jour- na! of Commerce, an increase of §: 119,700 over February and a | gain of $198,413,200 over . v this | year. New railroad offerings during | the month totaled $134,372,000, in con- | trast to only $8,126,000 in Febr: last year. i MIDLAND STEEL PROFITS. W _ YORK. March 3 (®). \'nht of Midland Steel Products Co. | for 1926, was $1,748,612. . Profit and loss surplus was $3.224,995. Net cur- rent assets of $6,030,190 was an in- I crease of $637,749 over the year before | Bank of Bethesda | Commerce & Savings.. Washington, .. ... | Security Savings & Coin.. Seventh Street | United States. | Washington Niecl anics’ Union. ITLE IN: a Title . te Title” ... ot Md. com MISCELL AD-EOLS Barher & Ross com. D C. Paper ofd . Fedvral Storage ptd Federal American com. ¥ i e Colum) Real I Title tnv deral Amcrican pfd ton “Monotype . . | ; Trans. & Storage 1 s & Stor. pr. e er Linotype . Mue. & linv v . obles “Drug Stores pf urity Storage shingto ke Meo tze. oum. “arbedd othrop bfd.” . 1051 FOREIGN EXCHANGE. ‘Quoratiine furnished oy W B Hibbe & Nominal s.mn'eh:'?k: cold value + today $4.8065 s4Ro ' %a i vound L dollar . franc. Brussels tranc drachma Deseta . \ erown anest crown | brasne "erown Warsaw _zloty | Copenhagen. crown (Osfo. crown....... | Stocknaim TREASURY CERTIFICATES. (ReortedbvJ & W Selieman & Co.) | oo L | Rate—Maturity Bid i s ine . 0T . 1001-32 100 . 100 100 1. © 100 20-32 100 31-32 DRY GOODS ACTIVE. W YORK, March 3 (Special).— on goods markets were fairly active today, with prices steady. Print cloths were unchanged at 7c_for t4x60s and 7%c for 68x72s. Raw silks advanced 5 to 15 cents a pound under a broadening demand. o Bahamas have a sponge short. 00014 iR The 0000144 | ’mpml\ dropped to 48, 143,341 | = 1 out THURSDAY, FEDERAL LAND BANK BONDS ‘Quoted by Alex. Brown & Sons. Closing.) Bid_ Asked TR 00 . 00 2232550055220 ErEETEES S L RARARARRES DA 338 |CITIES S SERVICE BREAK | BRINGS TRADING HALT Shares Drop Nearly 10 Points on Curb—Doherty's Illness Ad- vanced Selling Reason. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 3.—Heavy liquidation fn the common stock of Cities Service Co. on the New York Curb Market today, in which the shares dropped nearly 10 points, ne- cessitated temporary suspension of trading in the issue in order to over come the confusion. The large volume of selling orders which reached the floor was accom- panied by reports of the serjous ill- ness of Henry L. Doherty, president of the company. 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J , MARCH 3, 1 <2 COTTONISLOWER 'European Buyers Reported 1921. INTODAY'S TRADING Hesitating at the Higher Level of Prices. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 3.—The cotton market opened unchanged to 6 points higher today with near months rela- tively firm on covering. but soon eased under Southern selling and realizing, the latter belng promoted by the rela- tively easy showing of Liverpool. May sold off from 14.54 to 14.45 and October from 14.81 to 14.74 by the end of the first hour, the general list ruling about 8 to 5 points net lower. No special news factor was particular- | ly emphasized in explanation of the decline, but the extent of the recent advance, appeared to have created re- actionary sentiment. It was reported European buyers were showing signs of hesitation at the higher level of prices. Private cables reported hedge selling and London selling in Liverpool, but houses with Liverpool connections were among the early buyers here. New Orleans Market. NEW ORLEANS, La., —Cotton prices today regained 3 or 4 points from pening losses of 1 to 6 points only to face another down ward journey. On the decline 4 to 6 points were lost, with March trading at 14.39, May, 14.46, and July, 14.67. Hedge selling and short selling based on the better weather' in the belt caused the losses POTATO MARKET FIRM. CHICAGO, March 3 (®)—Potatoes Receipts, 7 Tcars; on track, 229; total United States shipments, 708; demand Kood on russets, market firm: demand v on round whites, market stea consin sacked round whites, 1 80, mostly 1.85; Idaho sacked rus. 2.8023.00, mostly 2.90 - — NEW YORK MARKETS. W YORK. March 3 (®).—Rye No. 2 Western, 1.15 ork, and 1.14%% c. | t futures opened barel tic, May, 1.43. Other unchanged. articles WILL SPEND $20,000,000. COLUMBIA, S. C., March 3 clal)—The General Gas and Eleetric Corporation of New York will spend $20,000,000 in the development of a 200,000-horsepower hydro-electric plant on the Saluda River near here. 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