Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1927, Page 13

" PRIGES UNCHANGED INMARKET TODAY {Turkey Receipts Continue Light—Butter and Eggs limited; demand moderate, market stead; York, 100-pound sacks, yello: . 8. No. 1, medium size. 1.50 : to large size, 1.60a - pound sacks, vel 1 7521.85. Potatoes—Suppties moderate mand moderate, market steady; and Pennsylvan 150-pound round whites, around 3.25 sacks, Russet Ru 340; mostly 3.35a3 ound sacks, Rurals, Onions—Supplies Sweet Potatoes Dull. THE EVENING TROUBLE IN TRADE IN BAKING POWDER' ‘| Trade Commission Probes Situation—Burns Agency Involved in Case. STAR, WASHINGTON, AY, NO also served-to bring the espisonage | producer of baking powder, sald ‘to- activities of the Burns Detective Agency again into prominence. The latter fact was brought out when Danie R. Forbes of counsel for the Calumet Co., put Paul Reigard of counsel for the Royal Baking Pow- der Co. on the stand. Mr. Reigard admitted on questioning that the Burns agency had heen hired to place operatives in the guise of employes in the plants and offices of the Calu- met Co., that these operatives re- ported to the sales promotion man- ager of the Royal company, and that the information thus gathered was used by Government attorneys in se- lecting witnesses and examining them day the case had cost his concern $200,000 and that it had cost the Gove ernment many times as much, since 300 witnesses had been examined and 10,000 pages of testimony taken. Ifforts to secure the submission of the controversy to arbitration and to draw up a code of trade ethics which the entire industry would follow had failed, nx had a proposal by an execu- tive of his company to match any sum up to 300,000 to he used to educate the housewives in the proper method of using baking powder and to stop atiacks between members of the ade. Use Too Much Powder. o 6 5, ER 18, 1927.' “As they used to say about the muatard_manufacturers,” he added, “the profit is in what is left on the plate.” The Calumet executive defended thé use.of white of egg, saying that 8 out of the 10 large manufacturers used it and that the question has been submitted to many State courts and its use has been upheld. He con- cluded by saying that in the 59 years | the industry had been in existence, it had always heen disrupted by inter- nal dissensions. RECEIVERS ARE NAMED FOR WELTE COMPANY JOINT SHELLING OF SWAN " POINT IS AGREED UPON Virginia’s Part in Project to Be Laid Before Legislature in January. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 18.—The oyster bars at Swan Point, in the Potomae River, have been tentatively sclected as the site for joint reshelling by Maryland and Virginia, it was an- nounced by Swepson Earle, State con- servation commissioner. ~~EXCHANGES TO MERGE:+ 3 San Francisco Stock and IoI Body to Buy Other Institution. SAN FRANCISCO, November 13 (#). —The San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange has accepted the proposal of the San Francisco Stock Exchange 0 purchase the building and name-df the latter institution for about $300,008 in a consolidation plan. Exchange officials sald a few matters {n connec: tion with the deal remained to &g ironed out. The plan is to be taken before the Virginia Legislature in January for its approval, Mr. Earle added. “Commissioner Harry Houston of the Bureau of Fisherfes of Virginia and T have decided on Swan Point as the logical place for the co-operative | reshelling,” he said. | “It the Virginia T. Another Epionage Case. light from ivities of the K. K. Bell, vice president of the ‘alumet Co., testitied at the hearing the trouble with the Industr a8 not that consumers did not enough haking powder, but that t v [used too much. Hle declared his con ce turned out 50,000,000 pounds a e, o o oratiol rosults of its esplonage, it |year, which was more than RS ol e S whs "TFP’J‘"-’? were used by the Govern- | supply all the haking powder used by |ing ol vl it o | housewives all over the world. Thix ' )¢ raconstrtic- provea: the wotk will be X ; | amount, however, is only one-third of | tion now read the com. | The Swan Point rock e | fo ade Commission. | the amount actually bought and used | pany to (e CEOE el s calling upon (he by | vives e P [ I e WG Sa lell WK RO and others to testify | 1l added that this was due to fail- | ciittine oye SO0ToE 1 acies ] ]\ to the extent [ ure to use the commaodity properly. | pec The bars, he explained, are 5 mil 4; il the mames or | e sald his company used every ef- | bilities of los ) G e Siivies (80 GIOVed. | fort to wet Houbewives 10 ReNteleE nas| Mol | [0 the MinRen tdinined, A Ar Gy on the complaint have [ of baking powder to one smoothed- | sorbed n | Maryland water | heen held all the way from Des Moines | off teaspoonful to a cup of flour, but |and its six subsid rk {o New York and from New Orleans |that the consumers went on the|Philadelphia and Palm Beach, after to Minneapolis. An official of the | theory that if one spoonful was good, |those companies had paid off their ob- | New York Cit Chlumat Co., the largest individual' two were better. ligations to a current monthly basis. |secutive terms. Sweet potatoes—Supplies moderate: light, market dull; E: cloth-top barre! NEW YORK, November 18 (#).— Equity receivers were appointed yes- terday for the Welte Co., Inc., makers of the Welte-Mignon piano and organ, at the company’s own request. This testimony has ca another angle on the a ency, for that demand | shore ¥ Still Are Firm. BY J. (. ROYLE. . | Special Dispatch to The Star NEW YORK, November 18. dispute which has flourished for vears in the baking powder industry ' industry which produces a com nd used by e Turkey receipts for the Thar #ng holiday trade continue ligh ers repgried turkeys being re glyPimples Nature's warning—helpnatureclear your complexionand paint. roses in your pale, sallow cheeks. Truly wonderful results follow thorough colon cleansing. Take —NATURE'S REMEDY—to regulate and strengthen your eliminative organs. Then watch the transformation. Try instead of mere laxatives. Only 25c. Mild, safe, purely vegetable= TO-NIGHT TOMORROW ALRIGHT All 240 Washington Druggists jonage of the Supplies liberal the defendants, e, markot about st that dressed sto hampers, green, f land and yound type, 1 mar ve 8 Mon- | 75: e ax 200 South € mroning, only | ved. It is proha irby Ma mand moder Flovid: lature ap- n next year. e among the ) v would enab] tuidate all its obliga ts of the company. w »f the hoard of d ard, examiner mani imi on' the Government 1| clear today when th + | complaint to the Fede rigison against the Calumet 1 | Powder Co. was This heari condition, hecame = of the “om king | o demand neluded based on charges by and the 0. was mean that stock will fa better. No change in prices today, live turkeys stil 45 cents i 0 cents mand light, may come to- | Jugs, ripes, v best mostly . n to poor quality and condition H o supplies of fish, | 2.50; Ohio, 10-pound boxes, hothouse | marine products to | stock, medium size, 1.75a2.00; few high t prices quoted ves arge size, 1.26a1.75; small size, | and ege market ; few hig 00. | no change er—Supplies moderate; de- | market slightly weaker: | | won nd California, crates. a | 50; Long Islan crates, 3.00a 1king Powder Co. | Jacques Co., that the Calumet Aisparaging the goods of competi “| and using white of egg in its produs T the ¥ In the last 125 vears no mayor of demand | has served thres con [ , pep supply terday continued prices reported s Wholesale Prices. und % | CONSTRUCTION HEAVIER. | : NEW YORK, November 18 (®).— || | The money va ng con- || t t ighout the | | first of the vear || of the s:\moi the tes well ahead | period of 1926, showing a gain of more | than $230.0 Awards were | 4 ol 00, Engineering Meats, fresh 25 hams 1a strip bacon, 15; lambs, 13. and Vegetable Review, Today’s market report on fruit and d by the ) au of Agricultural DENNIS BRONZE WEATHERSTRIP SAVES 15 COAL BILLS moderate; de. 2 Easily lnshllefi Without Removing Window Sash No muss, no troubls, no skill needed. Strip and directions come in handy sets. Ham- mer and shears only tools used, SELF ADJUSTING Patented “S” fold gives double spring actlon. Stops cold alr leaks. Makes snug weather. proof seal conforming 10 all warping, shi ago and_expansion of sash and doors. sale by Hardware and Lumber Dealers, 1f decler caw't supply you write direct to W. J. DENNIS & COMPANY 2110-20 W. Lake St. Chicago, Ill. Romes Virginia, : bushel basl classified Grimes erally good qua United Stz 21, inches up ed Yorks, Virginia un- inches up gen-| but | es No 215 Supplies moderate, de- mand light, market dull; New York, sacked, per hundredweight, Danish type, 1.00a1.15. | Celery—Supplies moderate, m: two-thirds er: Lettuce—Supp! light, demand | moderate, market steady; California, erates, i type, 45 dozen, 4.50a4.7 rink- demand | For New York, | $250.00 in Cash Prizes. What do you suggest as the most effective secondary line to our slogan? Something less than eight words which will supple- ment, reinforce or elaborate oh the idea contained in our main slogan. First Prize—$100; Second Prize—$50; Third Prize—$25; and Fourth through Eighteenth Prize inclusive, equal awards of Five Dollars each. and-pictire tour through Homes Modern Bakery, telling something of its history, products, quality of ingredients, equipment and personnel. Look for these advertisements and the helpful information they will contain. Put your thinking cap on and win the First Prize of One Hundred Dollars! Or Second Prize of Fifty Dollars—or some one of the Twenty-one Cash Awards! Not over seven words, remember. Many good slogans have less, such as—“Hasn’t Scratched Yet"—“Ask the Man Who Owns One”—*It’'s Toasted”—and numerous other ex- amples you will doubtless recall. The Judges of this contest are being carefully selected and their names will be given when announcement is made of the winners. The decisions of the Board of Judges will be guided prin- cipally by appropriateness, originality and neatness. As soon as you have deter-, mined upon a suggestion which you believe has merit, mail or bring it to our CONTEST DEPARE- MENT, 107 F St. N.W. Until you do, study our Sunday Post and Tuesday- Thursday Star advertise- ments carefully for some helpful suggestion. HIS CONTEST is open to all residents of Greater Washington—the District of Columbia and adja- cent Maryland and Virginia. There’s no need to be a customer of our bakery in order to compete, nor is there any special blank to be obtained and filled in. Write your suggestion on any convenient sheet of paper, with your name and home address in the lower right-hand corner—then see that it gets to our Contest Department, by mail or otherwise. We have made the rules and requirements as simple as possible. And the contest of short duration. You will not have long to wait to know the results of your effort, as’ this contest ends at midnight, DECEMBER 10th, and the awards will be announced and distributed DECEMBER 19th — providing the prize- winners with extra money in time for Christmas shopping if so desired. Every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, beginning November 20, a series of ad- vertisements in the Tuesday and Thursday Star and the Sunday Post papers will give helpful information in "your quest for a prize-winning slo- gan or idea. These, in a HOLMES MODERN BAKERY Serving Bread, Cake and Pies Direct to Your Door for Over 30 Years . 107 F Street N.W. Telephone: Main 4537 RULES Of Contest Are Simple and Overcoats Tailored at Fashion Park —represent the finest in men’s gar- menture produced in America. 1. Contest is open to all resi- dents of Washington and nearby Maryland and Virgina suburbs, except employees of Holmes & Son and their families. Essaying styles that are not onmly original—but interpreting fashion to its most effective modes—designing pat- terns; dictating weaves; and featuring a degree of craftsmanship incomparable and unrivaled. 2. Slogans should not exceed seven words and must be written or lettered clearly (by pen, pencil or typewriter), on any kind of paper with your full name and residence address in the lower right-hand corner. FROM HOLMES’ TO YOUR HOME Mince Pumpkin Pies Order Now for Thanksgiving Such is the exclusive character and the excellent types that we are showing 50 Exceptional Values The SuilS‘ are in exceptional worsteds; of effective patterns — and the famous Fashion Park tailoring that puts expression in style and permanence into shape. The Overcoa's—i:re single and double- breasted; with regular or Raglan shoulders. Modeled on lines of Fashion Park creation and executed with Fashion Park tailoring. and 3. No contestant may submit more than one slogan, but dif- ferent members of the same family may compete. Large, luscious handmade Pies— with generous fillings and finest butter crust —worthy of our pride. Phone Your Order! 4. All suggestions should be ad- dressed to “HOLMES & SON, CONTEST DEPT,, 107 F Street N.W., Washington, D. C.” OHOH-HOHOHOOHOHOHO O OHOHIHO 2H 5. Contest closes December 10, at midnight. 6. In determining the awards, the Board of Judges will be in- fluenced by appropriateness, originality and neatness. 7. In case of tie, the full award will be given to each. 8 Announcement of the win- ners, and the names of the judges will be published in THE STAR, December 19th. Your size in Fashion Park Clothes means accurate fit — with individualized details. The Mode—TF at Eleventh