Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1927, Page 12

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12 HOT WEATHERHITS Decreased Demand for Food- | stuffs Noted—Prices Are About the Same. ture is affecting busi- 1 market. It aiready ecreased demands for especially meats, and | fraits and | Rising tempe! ness in the loc has resulted in stuffs, a ased demands for vegetables. ¢ ; Supplies of vegetables this morning were not heavy, according to deale! e great enough to supply de Increased receipts of home- and Southern tomatoes were ‘e, and there was an abun- dant supply of offered the trade. Dealers had ctive supplies of green corn to offer, the price depend- ing upon size and condition ot the favorite vegetahle, Liberal ppi honeydews and h te supply of wate ted, the four Family being in fai Trices v substa Iy same as prices quoted yosterday. Today's Wholesale Prices. Buiter— one- pmm.x y-ume :d cantaloupes, rd & mod melons were re. ¥ zood demand. the 43 Poultry i , fresh killed 20a32; fres 17a18; loins, 27; smoked shoulders, ° Ives, choice, 12; 8210; thin, 7a$; Spring 1 Fruit and Vegetable Review. Today's market report on fruits and vegetables compiled by the Market , Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Cantaloupes mand good, market firm stock; California, Imperial salmon tints, standards, b ‘2! moxtl\ o 2. g liberal; de-| Valle oft, 1 st mostly s of Eastern stocl moderate, New Yo 2 21.00; mostly 80a | Lettuce—Suppi liberal: demand slightly weaker; big Boston type, demand fair, nia, Watsonvi berg type, 4 Onions — Supplies light, market dull; ard crates yvellow le section, dozen, 5.00 light Californi: sermudas, demand | ches—Supplies moderat mand_good, market firm: Georgia, | bushel baskets Elbertas and 6: arge to very rge size mostly 3.00; few 3.25; North| arolina and Georgia, bushel baskets Belles, large to very large size, mostly 3.00. Potato Market Weaker. Potatoes—Supplies liberal mand moderate, market = weaker; North Carolina and Vir Norfolk section and East cloth-top stave barrel Cobbler: No. 1, 3.50a3. ‘Watermelons—Supplies d(’ moderate; EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT NACHMAN'’S BIG JULY SALE Profit Entirely Disregarded—Merchandise Must Be Sold 409 Now Reduced From Plain Ticket Price Our regular $450 Living Room during July Suites, Sale. . Our regular $350 Living Room Suites, during July Sale. Our regular $300 Li Suites, during J: uly Sale. Our regular $250 Living Room Suites, during J uly Sale. Our regular 3200 Living Room Suites, during July Every Artic Undergoes This Price Reduction N2% 84 E St. N W~ N. W. Store Closes All Day Saturday During July and August fruits of the melon | * | ear for good | | quiet. demand good, market firm; prices bulk, age 4 | age, s Cucumbe: per car, Excells, 30-poung aver- ; Dixle Bells, 34-pound aver- ghtly decayed, 460. WESTWARD [}UTT[]N‘ demand Yor! 2.9 - light; market steady; New 1 baskets, Telephones, I.;\!.-nfl 5. Drought in Texas and Okla-| homa Has Severe Effect on Plantings. BY “J. C. ROYLE. YORK, July 13.—The move cotton Westwird, followin Greeley's advice, abruptly halted covering ahout 4,000,000 acres in nd |m|lh\\l t Texas and 1,000, Oklahoma, | “ ason | e e i o iscourager of putting | m“ land into cotto | "he Texas and Oklahoma territory d for some time a most decided | ce over the older cotton ¢ One man could cultivate s, the cost of fert |hn soil wa liberal: demand i steady; ‘ 00, ‘ Supplies liberal; ~ de- }y and light for shipped stock: Ten- | nessee, 45, ripes and turning wrapped | few | ount, NEW ment ¢ | Horace m i has acted a and Loss Is Just About Retraced. the ¢ the plants were cither ithered with sleds. inter, ces little more than uth |mHle whole | The therefore, was in haif b By the Associated Pr e NEW YORK, July 13.—The cotton | grought, however, which was market opens steady today at a de- | 5 points, active months | selling about 4 to 6 points net lower | {in the first few minutes, under liqui- | i lower Liverpool | of a fairly from the | X - mont eline of 2 to E tions favorable report Weather weekly Bureau. and Jan- i On Improved Real Estate in t hour Octol $0 with v crop positions hout net changed to 3 points higher. The rally from the early decline ed prices up |v) 17.84 for Octo-| ber, or about 6 to 7 points net mmmrl . for the new crop positions, but a fa- | vorable interpretation of the weekly | {report of the Weather Bureau | | brought in more selling. Prices re- \:\(lml to 10 or 12 points from the | best, but there was covering and | commission house huying on the de- | e, and the midday market w with_October holding stead round 17.77, or at about yeste }.mmg quotation. New Orleans Market. ¥ ORL July 13 (P) nding unfavorable the cotton market opened un- | ed to 2 points down. Prices soon | ull'v(l on scattered showers in the | and -map_indications of further | ture, October trading to 17.74 and ‘ | December to 17.98,. or 12 to 13 poin | above the lows ahd 7 to 8 1bove | At the end of the | :t hor the market was steady and | near the wm ; Are You a the un- Apartment 1321 Connecticut Ave. Not- | Liverpool | JOHN JOY QON.“ President WAl P Assets. . w, B & A. NOT FOR SALE. BALTIMORE, July 13 (Speciall.— Herbert A. ner, president of the | Consolidated ¢ lectric Light & | { Power Co., \'\hl(‘h through a subsidi- | v owns a major of the stock of the Washington, Baltimore & Annap- | ctric Railroad, yesterday put | quietus on a report to the effect that th railroad may be sold to el(hr»r‘ the Baltimore Ohio or the Pennsyl- ‘Wagner said that the‘ \\nshmmon. Baltimore & Annapolis road is not for sale at any price, |Intend to keep and develop the road, | and have no thought of selling it to any other line for the present at| " Mr. Wagner declared. or are you consistent? The successful way to save is by doin regularly—systematically in words. Ask of ematic savers and he’ll late money. Start today. Woman house painters are in de- mand in London this season. Our regular $450 Suites, during July Suites, Bale. i .o oi Sale. .. Our Suites, Sale. .. Our Suites, Sale. .. Our Suites, Sale. .. Our Suites, Sale. .. $270 $270 Our regulax $350 Dining Room Suites, during July $210 Sale....... 5 Our re:ulnr $3301Dining Room uites, during July $180 Sale....... Our regular $250 Dining Room Suites, during July $150 $210 iving Room $180 Our regular $200 Dining Room Suites, during July $120 Sale. $120 le in the Store E. Store Open All Day Saturday Until 9 o’Clock ot Night fures. Tt The New York Life Insurance Compnny Offers to Make First Mortgage Loan | == B5Y%% Apply IRANDALL; l-l. rHAGNER: &' COMPANY MORTGAGE /LOAN CORRESPONDENT Equitable Co-Operative Building Assn. Surplus. . Sulmnpllom for the 93rd Issue of Stock Bemg Received Systematic Saver? Do you just save now and then— other one of our hundreds vou how our plan helps to accumu- 915 F St, "ZZgz Wiz i 2k Our regular during July regular $350 Bedroom during July regular $300 §edroom during July 180 regular $250 Bedroom during July regular $200 Bedroom during July 30 Months to Pay If You Need the Accommodation TURE CO. - 8% Pa. Ave. SE oughly broken until June 15. Plant- |ings were late in many flelds and Government records show the average from planting to maturity is to s. This will make the crop 1 place it in danger of frost section both wet and dry inting to maturity s 'his ake’ the 2d place it in danger of ection hoth wet and 1y last some ye; eved by some g to curtail creage. The drought, floods have combined to hol and weevils down_the 192 gener: ffer mate Fhe reage figures as July 1 showed 4 000 acres un- cultive ion, or a drop of 6,047,000 s, In addition 2 surely be l 0 not report on this additional. ment until September 8, and will give final figures December 8. 1t is possible th vested may hv’ a The - 10 pounds to the acre. erop of 13,800,000 bales in round fig- | [ v«\vhl be noted, however, | that the vield is seldom very close to | | the Last year it was 181 pornds per acre, the highest in many A yield of the indicated over, would not be sufficient | sed consumptive needs r and to provide a normal t the acreage har- small as 40,000,000, feld is 1 would mean ures of the consumption of the District of Columbia and Nearby Suburbs in Montgomery County, Md,, for 3, 5 or 10 year terms on your Office Building Business Property Telepone Main 9700 LTER S. PRATT, Jr., Sr-rretnrv 4ith YEAR l()\ll‘l TED 11 SHARES $2.50 PER MONTH nost g it tell 2 2 /////////% NN § $450 Bedroom $270 $210 $150 $120 Jint and linters shortly to be Issued by Secretary Hester of the New Or- leans Cotton Exchange, the recognized authority, are believed likely to show n absorption of somewhere around 17,250,000 bales, or 2,000,000 bales more than last yvear. This would mean the need of approximately 15, 000,000 bales of lint from the new crop. The check which last vear's low s gave to cotton expansion in ifornia was reflected sharply in the to acreage report, which showed 000 acres under cultivation, as compared with 167,000 a year ago. The average yield, however, was 317 pounds per acre, and the quality was excellent. High land agiielabor costs vere discouraging fac ny sections the wet June gave the boll weevil an excellent start, and the need for insecticides has been widely felt in the Southeast. But near- Iy 70 per cent of the crop now is pro- duced west of the Mississippl River. Only 23 bales of Sea Island cotton were produced in the last year, and world, Ohio den LOANS on RESIDENCES APARTMENT HOUSES BUSINESS PROPERTIES In Washington or Nearby Maryland, in Large or Smelt amounts at 5Y%% WM. H. SAUNDERS CO., INC. 1433 K St. NW. Main 1016-17 Loan Correspondent Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company FIRST TRUST NOTES We have on hand a few notes bearing interest at 6% % Secured on the best District of Columbia Northwest Property Denominations $100 — $2,000 William S. Phillips & Co. Incorporated 1516 K Street N.W. Phone Main 4600 flavor you J Made by Larus & Bro. Co. at Richmond, Vas the Tobacco Capital of the World this grade, once known all over the has practically disappeared from the market. BUYS LOCOMOTIVES. BALTIMORE, July 13 (Special).— Two new electric locomotives have been received by the Baltimore & Railroad Electric Co., number used for hauling trains over the Belt Line from Camden Station to Waverly. These locomotive: are put at the head of trains at Cam- Station, and freight through the tunnel over the Belt Line to Waverly, up a heavy | to for an issue BONDS ARE AWARDED. County, \lt] Maryland County Securities Sold to 'I'"I’“fi ‘;"‘ Highest Bidders. e BALTIMORE, July 13 (Speciall— Commissioners of Anne Arundel! cyieaco, County yesterday awarded to a group | Recepits, of Baltimore bankers c d n( tmvl . Baker, Watts & Ca,, > Co. a of $300,000 serial bonds n! The bonds mature seris to 1945, and bear interest at the rate of 413 per cent. Proceeds will be used improve public roads. Hambleton & Co. and the Baltimore General the the to 15 from increasing which pull both passengers Baby doctors recommend Sunshine Arrowroot B as early as the sixth month because: They melt so quickly in baby’s mouth, danger of choking is avoided. > & Babies sensitive to eggs need not fear Sunshine Arrowroot. Arrowroot is the most easily digested of all starches, well worth saying u whenever you want. ARROWRO OT LOOSE-WILES BISCUIT CO. You may forget the name (Yorktown) . - you may forget the price (15¢ for twenty) . - but you can’t forget the flavor .. down through the years it will go - . one of life’s rare delights. YbRKTOWN CIGARETTES 20 for 15¢ Trust Co. were the succe 41 per cent hond ly from The pric ul bidders Howard ma- July 1, 1928, to was 10215, of $200,000 POTATO TRADE STEADY. , July 13 (®).—Potatoes— o ntrack, S!LVEB QUOTATIONS July 13 (#).—Bar sil- follars, 4 /”/\/i&\\\t

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