Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1928, Page 13

Soft Crabs Scarce, Vege- table Supply Continues Plentiful in District. An active demand for sea food was reported oy dealers at Municipal Fish Market this morning, retallers and con- sumers looking ahead for supplies for Priday. Cooler weather has resulted in the fish appearing more attractive and n a better condition. There was a decided scarcity of soft erabs this morning, according to re- ports, but it is expected that shipments will be received in time for tomorrow morning’s trade. Hard crabs were plen- tiful at $2.50 a barrel, and the genera! run of crabmeat was quoted at 40 cents. Pine specimens of rockfish. fresh from lower Potomac waters, were offered at 20 and 25 cents a pound. Included among the offerings was a fairly large number of small bluefish that sold at 18 cents. Norfolk spots were 15. butter. fish 20, Boston mackerel 25 and flound- ers 15 cents a pound. Haddock, the cheapest fish offered. were quoted at 7 cents, the fillet of the fish selling at 20 cents. Cod and pol- Jock were quoted at 10 cents and trout. As to size, were quoted at 10, 15 and 20 cents. Standard oysters were offered at $2.25 and selects at $2.50 a gallon. Shell stock from the lower Polomac sold at $1.50 a bushel, Norfolk stock selling at $7 a barrel. Displays of fruits continue to at- tract attention of buyers, fancy fruits from distant sections being in demand. ‘There were fairly large quantities of vegetables offered the retail trade along the country line this morning, prices being about the same as prices quoted yesterday. Meat. poultry, butter and egg prices continued unchanged. Today's Wholesale Prices. Butter—One-pound prints, 48!5a4915; tub, 471,a4815: store packed, 30a32. Fggs—Fresh, selected, 40a42; hen- nery. 48a50: current receipts, 33a40; storage, 35a36. Poultry, alive—Turkeys, 30a35: fowls, 28. Spring chickens, large, 33a34: me- dium, 32a33; small, 32a33: Leghorns, 28a30; roosters, 19a20; keats, young, 68280 = keys, 40a- 45: fowls, large, 33a35: amall, 30a32; Spring chickens, large, 38a40: medium, 38a40: small, 38; Leghorns, 37; capons, small, 30a35; ducks, 29a30; keats, young. 80a1.00. Meats, fresh killed—Beef, 22a27; veal, 25a26: lamb, 26a29: pork loin, 26a2i fresh hams, 25a26: fresh shoulders, 24; smoked hams, 27a28: smoked shoulders, 21a22; bacon, 22a24: lard, 151;. 1 Live stock—Calves, 16a16';; 4al5. Fruit and Vegetable Review. ‘The daily market report on fruits and vegetables, compiled by the Market News Service Bureau of Agricultural Economics, says: Apples—Supplies liberal; demand light, market steady; barrels, no sales reported: boxes, Washington combina- tion, extra fancy and fancy Winter Bananas, medium to large size, 2.35; bushel baskets, Maryland and Virginia, U. 8. No. 1, 21 inches up, Grimes, 1.25a1.50; various varieties, 1.00a1.25; unclassified, various varieties, 214 inches lambs, moderate, market about steady: type, 1.6022.50; Celery—Supplies moderate; demand moderate, market steady; New York, 2-3 crates, best, 2.00a2.25; ordinary quality and condition, best, 2.00a2.25: ordinary quality and condition, low as 1.00; Michigan, highballs, 75290. Grapes—Supplies of Western stock | | liberal; demand moderate, market | | slightly weaker; California, lugs, Flame | Tokays, 1.25a1.40; Malagas and Red Mt .15a1.25; Black Cornichons, E .15; Zinfandels. 1.15a1.25; All- cante Bouschets, 1.25a1.35: Muscats, 75a80. Eastern stock—Supplies moder- | ate: demand moderate, market dull; Delaware, 12-quart climax baskets Con- cords, 57'3a65, mostly 60: New York, { 2-quart climex baskets Niagaras and Delawares, 18a19: Concords, 20a21. Lettuce—Supplies of Western stock moderate: demand light, market about steady: California, crates Iceberg type, 4-5 dozen, mostly 5.00, few higher; Colorado, crates Iceberg type, 4-5 dozen, 4.00a4.50; New York, 2-dozen crates Big Boston type, 1.00a1.25, few higher, Onjons—Supplies moderate; demand | light, market steady; Michigan and In- | diana, 100-pound sacks Yellows, U. 8. | No. 1. medium to large size, few sales, | mostly 4.00; New York, 100-pound sacks Yellows, U. S. No. 1, 3.50; Utah, 100~ pound sacks Valencia type, U. 8, No. 1, | .50. | Peaches—Supplies _light; demand | light, market steady: New York. bushel baskets, Elbertas. U. 8. No. 1, 1.75a2.25; | mostly around 2.00. | Pears—Supplies light; demand light, | | market steady: New York, bushel bas- | kets seckels, No. 1, 2.2582.50; few, 2.75. | | Washington, boxes, Bartletts, faney, | | medium to large size, 3.25a3.50. | Potato Prices. | Potatoes—Supplies moderate; demand light, market about steady; Pennsyl- vania, 150-pound sacks, round whites, U. S. No. 1, 2.00a2.15; East Shore, Vir- ginia, 150-pound secks, cobblers, U. 8. | No. 1, 2.15; cloth-top stave barrels, | cobblers, U. 8. No. 1, 2.25. | Sweet potatoes—Supplies moderate; | demand slow, market dull; East Shore, Vflrglnoll, cloth-top barrels yellows, No. | Carrots — Supplies light; demand light, market slightly weaker: Colorado, | Western lettuce crates, 3.50a3.75. | Beets—Supplies light: demand light, market dull; Colorado, Western lettuce crates bunched, 3.503.75. Cantaloupes—S8upplies light; demand slow, market dull; Colorado, standard flats, 12s, pink mea K flats, 15s, pink meats. 60: laneous melons—Supplies mand moderate, market steady; Cali- fornia, Persian melons, pony crates, 1.5021.75; standard crates, 2.00a2.25; jumbo crates, 2.2522.50; mostly 2.50. Quinces—Supplies limited: demand slow, market steady; New York, bushel | baskets, 2.00a2.25. Esoonii ot ] SEEKS BANK CHARTER. NEW YORK, October 4 (#).—S. W.| Straus & Co. has applied for a national | pank charter here. While no definite | announcement was made, it is reported other banks are under consideration in cities where the company now has of- | fices. The Straus National Bank & | Trust Co. was recently opened in-Chi- | cago, with & eapital of $1,000,000. The | company has specialized in real estate mortgage bonds for a generation. COPPER TRADING QUIET. NEW YORK, October 4 (#).—Trading in copper last week was the quietest in two months, Engineering and Mining Journal reports. Copper, lead and zinc prices are virtually unchanged, while ! Vir- ginia, barrel crates, approximately 100 pounds net, flat type, 2.50a2.65; New York, 80-pound sacks, domestic, round mostly 2.50. up. 60a75; U. 8. No. 1, 21, inches up, Belicious, 1.50a2.00: -mostly 1.75a2.00. Cabbage—Supplies moderate; demand silver and tin are somewhat higher. September copper sales of 500,000,000 pounds established a new record. Established 1805 e ARMSTRONG - 12th and G Streets N.W. (Entrance 1202 G St.) Founded in 1805—123 years ago—the firm of Armstrong Cator Company has been recognized as a leader in millinery fashions for decades—it has during this entire period of time sold only to retail dealers throughout the country. Due. to a change in the buying method of the .retail stores—this “time-honored institution has changed its mer- chandising policy from wholesaling to dealers to selling to the public at wholesale prices, Tremendous savings are thus assured. We manufacture much of otr millinery and sell direct to the public, eliminating entirely the retail dealers’ profit. We do not employ sales- people, nor do we make deliveries—and we sell for cash only. The savings brought about by the elimination of these costly practices are earned by the public. “Our Prices Tell the Story™ Every item is marked in plain figures—come in and look around—you will not be urged to buy. MILLINERY Tysical Prices and Savings! Usual Retail Our Prices Prices $3.00 $2.25 $5.00 $3.00 $6.00 $4.00 $7.50 $4.75 RY (Typical Prices and Savings) Tudor Full Fashioned Hosiery « « « Thread Silk Chiffon Weight ; Pointed Heel, semi-service weight. ., Pointed Heel, chiffon weight : Dcuble Pointed Heel, chiffon weight ..$2.50 Bemberg Full-Fashioned $1.00 Two Nationally Known Brands Pesp Girl Hosiery Char Ming Hosiery Prices $1.25 $1.18 $1.35 $1.85 85¢ ewesave . ..$1.50 $1.95 70c 70c e ARMSTRONG CATOR c.. 12th and G Streets N.W. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1928.° WILL AID BUSINESS Rate Reduction Seen as Projects Are Stimulated by Raise in Levels. BY 1. C. ROYLE. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, October 4.—The water levels of the Great Lakes have risen two feet and still are rising. That fact not only has spurred navigation on those great inland waterways, but has removed decided objections to the de- velopment of the lakes-to-the-gulf chan- nels for handling water-borne freight. Moreover, it has agitated farmers. business men and manufacturers until the question of who has helped and who has hindered progress on the vaterways promises to develop as many political and personal battles as “Who won the war?"” Two years ago the levels of the lakes were dangerously low and navigation in many lake ports was impaired. Now thess waters have risen above their former marks, As a result work is go- ing ahead without opposition on the last links on dredging operations which will insure a 9-foot channel from the lower end of Lake Michigan at Chi- cago to the Gulf of Mexico. Locks Nearly Complete. ‘The locks along this tremendous waterway are now almost ready for use and with normal progress only a year or two should separate Chicago and every other lake port from a direct water outlet to the South and the sea. The opening this week of a great sewage disposal plant at Chicago has emphasized the improvement noted above, since it will still further con- serve the waters. Government forces have put under way the initial moves in the program of flood control of the Mississippi River. Out of the $325.000,000 authorized for expenditure, $100,000,000, it is under- stood, will be devoted to making and maintaining a fixed channel in the Mississippi. This will obviate shipping delays during times of either flood or slack water. In addition, the Federal barge line. operating on the Mississippl and the Warrior Rivers. has increased its capi- talization by $10,000.000 under authority of the Dennison bill passed at the last session of Congress. A fair share of this money is believed to be earmarked for use for the opening of the Ilinois — RELIEF FROM CURSE OF CONSTIPATION A Battle Creek physician says, “Constipation 1is responsible for more misery than any other cause.” But immediate relief has been A tablet called Rexall Or- derlies has been discovered. This tablet attracts water from the sys- tem into the lazy, dry, evacuating bowel called the colon. The water loosens the dry food waste and causes a gentle, thorough, natural movement without for & habit or ever increasing the dose. Stop suffering from constipation. Chew Rexall Orderlie at night Next day bright. Get 2¢ for 25c to- day at the nearest Rexall or Liggett Drug Store.—Advertisement. tound, River. Within a year and a half the 9-foot channel is expected to reach Peoria, and by 1930 or 1931 it is ex- pected to reach Chicago. Effect on Rates. Work is getting under way on the Illinois at Beardstown and before the close of 1929 the last lock will be com- pleted on the Ohio between Pittsburgh and its mouth. The development of the Missouri River is in progress and the opening of the St. Croix River is expected to follow. These hold tre- mendous possibilities for the movement of commodities. A manufacturer on the lakes or east or west of them does not need a fleet of barges or to be located on the river bank to take advantage of rates that will put his goods on the dock at New Orleans by rail and water 20 per cent cheaper than the all-rail tariffs, ac- cording to E. T. Harris, chairman of the waterways committee of the Iilinois Manufacturers’ Association. “Nearly every line of manufactured product in Illinois already is sent by water to New Orleans” he added. “Most of these shipments go to St. Louls by rail and thence by barge line. Prelght rates on these barges are 15 per cent lower than by the all-rail route and extend as far East as Indianapolis and north as far as the Twin Cities.” Mid-Continent Petroleum. NEW YORK, October 4 (#).—At the | directors’ meeting of the Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation October 10, the earnings statement for the third quarter is expected to show a larger net than the $3,248,666 for the first half of the year. PARIS BOURSE PRICES, PARIS, October 4 (#).—Prices ad- vanced on the Bourse today. Three per cent rentes, 65 francs; 5 per cent loan, 92 francs 95 centimes. Exchange on London, 124 francs 2'5 centimes. The dollar was quoted at 25 francs 58'; centimes. —— U. 8. TREASURY RECEIPTS. ‘Treasury receipts for October 2 were $6,341,427.85: expenditures, $13,532,- 842.36. balance, $202.614,266.60. READJUSTMENT NEEDED IN PRICES, SAYS RASKOB By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 4.—John J. Raskob, Democratic national chairman and prominent Stock Market operator, in denying any activity in the present “bull market,” declared today that security prices have so far outrun their demonstrative values that a “material readjustment is necessary” before they will again be attractive for investment. This opinion of the former chairman of the finance committee of General Motors Corporation is in sharp con- trast to optimistic views he has held for some time previously. “Newspaper statements and gossip which have accredited recent spectac- ular advances in certain securities to my activity in the Stock Market.” he sald, “are entirely without foundation for two very good reasons. “In the first place, since I have taken this position as Democratic na- tlom\lmcl'nlrn'durl‘:l I have not been near my office and have not purchased an: stock whatsoever. 5 i n the second place, it is my opinion ll_‘l:‘:td:;,cur!a g}ceslmve Aolhr out- onstrated values, earning power and dividend returns that a :m}’grm is necessary before they attractive to the prudent - The course of the bond market is a good indication of where the investor stands in relation to pres- ent security prices. Dividend returns are low and money rates are high,” ! ey B. & 0. EARNINGS. BALTIMORE, October 4, ( 1), —The Baltimore 4: Ohio Rs.lplfg:d with & net operating income so far this year within $3.000,000 of last year's level, lepec'.' 1928 net operat- lflgz’mcume will at least equal that of Earnings so far, it is claimed, point to $10 a share, against $9.43 in 1927, New Utility Financing. NEW YORK, October 4 (#).—New public utility financing includes 39,000 shares Green Mountain Power Corpora- tion of Vermont $6 cumulative preferred stock, no par value. Open at 8:30 AM. Eue:! Business Da! Friendly Counsel CUS’I‘OMERS of standing at “Co- lumbia” are always free to bring their requirements to the personal atten- tion of our officers. 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