Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1932, Page 13

PRODUCE MARKETS DECLINE SLIGHTLY Cash Grain, Cheese, Pota- toes and Mill Feeds Resist Downward Trend. Several farm products showed re- sistance to the slightly declining trend of commodity markets in early Decem- ber, according to the United States De- | partment of Agriculture. Potato prices | were irregular and continued to gain Cash grain, d at fairly steady made recovery at| ise of indications of poor Winter crop prospects in Western sec- tions. Cheese advanced slightly at New | York after preceding gains in pro- g sections. Choice lightweight cat- in good dem2nd and selling while most kinds of live stock rmmrl in the ma because of | r pts and poor demand. But- eggs and poultry all d t some extent owing partly to the usual dull market period between Thanks- giving and the year-end holidays. Mo vegetables meet slow demand. Onions | and cabbage have lost part of the No-| vember price advance. The butter markets developed a ¢ in the month and all points, There k of 1 cent at the r markets not the ex- itter at any of firm mar- to 512 reces r in_ the point. ver Bets prices had a cents per pound, cions. Prics larce 35 cer 29 cent the prod Chica, uv Prices paid to ad advanced in line with | sale prices and this has been an| incentive to increase feeding. | Fresh cheese markets ruled steady to firm and s in most markets were | gher in line with higher | Most dealers Npressec} 8 costs, increasing confidence in expectation another advance in Wisconsin primary markets. This advance, however, did | not materialize, due principally to thc\ easier trend in butter markets. { Egg Pricos Decline. | - Bastern egg markets have declined about 8 cents per dozen on Pacific Coast ana nearby Eastern whites. The decline | on Middle Western mixed colors has not been so great, ranging from about 415 | cents on the lower grades to about 6 cents on the top grades. Retail pnces #s yet have not shown much change. Prices on fresh-killed dressed IDWH have dropped 2 cents with supplies | clearing slowly. The demand for tur- | Keys continues quiet, particularly for | carlots and very little trading is re- ported. Paying prices at country pack- | ing plants at the present time are very | low but operators are unwilling to make | any coniracts for Christmas deliver: on-the basis of current prices. _Consid- | erable uncertainty exists with regard to | the probable market trend during L“.. next few weeks Tn Chissgo trading, cattle prices | showed irreguler trends in early De- cember. Th: lower gredes of heavy | steers and all grad stuff ge- | clined to tle most other rkurm and gredes, particu- larly llght end heifers including | d o little. The hog pped by the lovest vear and by | Deciings in hoot prices,. haweyer, moderate. . After advancing to a new peak for the sea- | o son the ma-ket for fat lambs. crumbled, | losing the not gains’ made since the middle of November. Demand for beef on wholesale mas- kets continued marrow, the boef trede! being adverselv influenced by liberal | supplies of pork. cuts, which weére avail- | able at the lowest prices since the early | 90s, and by a continued relatively low | market for poultry of all kinds, cheap | turkey having had a depressing influ- ence on the beef trade throughout the heliday season. Inguiries for wool were more numer-‘ ous and more bids were reported on | the Boston market than for some tlme‘ previous. More offers were refused, however, than accepted, as many of the large holders mainteined an un- yielding_sttitude toward pressure for | Jower prices. Some Feeds Lower. Demand for millfeeds remained slow and prices receded, especially at East ern and Central Western market: Weakness s wheat and coarse grains tended to Testrict trade in wheat feeds | generally. Cottonseed meal prices lost | further ground. Demand for coltonseed meal in Atlanta showed some improve- ment, particularly from the E: Glu- ten feed prices were unchangsd. Hom- iny feed continued a sharp upirend: Linseed and soy bean meal were un- changed to slightly lower Prices of timothy and clover hay main unchanged at the principal mar kets and the light offerings are about equal to trade ne Some increase in arrivals was T ed at New York. The _Pittsh was _firm. Alfalfa markets ranged from slightly stronger on ade hay at a few points to st ever medium and Jower grad: was quoted. Further do(vno)auun in domestic Winter wheat, particularly in Western Kansas and Nebraska, and less favor- able prospects in Argentina were cipally responsible for the firmness tk first four days of December. Corn re- ith demand very dull for 5. Cats and bar- markets offerings light and inquiry Rye and flax wer higher but receipts were light and trad- ing was of small volume. The Chicago_carlot potato market was weaker on Northern Round Whites s per 100 pounds higher in East- Sweet potato Barrels from cents to $2 on York cabbag points but Celery York shi arkets. was ints at but I \I\(n\ Collections Improve. CHICAGO, December 6 (#) —Depart- me d In Augus : tions was 24.8 | ber it had Exchange Calls Holidays. NEW YORK, Dece day, December sember 31, exchan dion to the vacations to be December 26 and January 2. observed Brand Whitlock Better. CANNES. France, December 6 #) —Brand Whitlock of Toledo, author and former ambassador to Belgium, was considerably improved yesterday and his physician expressed the hope that he would be able to leave his bed| shortly. S Whitlock has been suffering from | @ serious attack of shingles. For several yurs the former Toledo mayor has been making his home here, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DEC 'EMBER 6, 1932. Washington Produce Butter—One-pound prints (93 score), 7, tub, 26; one-pound prints (92 score), 26; tub, 25; one-pound prints (90 score), 25; tub, 24. Eggs—Hennery, whites, 32a35; current receipts, 30a32; Government graded | extras, 36; standards, 35; mediums, 30. Poultry, alive—Turkeys, old toms, 10a12; old hens, 12a13; young toms, 14; young hens, 16; No. 2's, 9a10; chickens, Plymouth Rocks, 4 pounds and over, 14al5; 4 pounds and under, 12a13; mixed colored chickens and Leghorns, 9a12; hens. 4 pounds and over, 14a15: capons, 7 pounds and over, 20a22; small capons and roasting chickens, 15al6; | keats, old, 20a25; young, 25a35; roosters, Ta8. Poultry, dressed—Old toms, 13a14; old hens, 14216; young toms, 17a20; young hens, 18a20; No. 2's, 11al3; chickens, Plymouth Rocks, 4 pounds and over. 16a17; 4 pouncs and under, | capons, 7 pounds and over, mixed colcred chickens and Legharns, 14a16; small capons and roasting chickens, 16a18; roosters, 10a12 Meats—Beef, 11: veal, 11; lamb, 14; pork loins, 10; fresh hams, 10; smoked hams, 12'%; strip bacon, 13; lard, 7 compound, 7. Live stock—Hogs, light, 3.50a3.70; me- | dium, 3.50a3.70; pigs. 3.00a3.70; roughs, 2.00a2.75; calves, 3.0026.00; lambs, 3.00 26.00. Game—Rabbits, per dozen, 150a1.80. Fruits—Apples, bushel, 50a1.50; fancy box stock, 1.50a2.25; pears, bushel, 1.50a 2.00: fancy box stack, 1.75a2.25; seckels, 2.0022.50; grapes, Concords, 3-pound baskets, 11al2; emperors, 1.25; corn- nichons, 1.25; muscatels, 1.00; Thomp- son seedless, 2.25a2.50; Malaga, 1.50 juice grapes, 70a85; honeydews, 2.00a ; alligator pears, b 1503.00; pineapple mas melons, 2.00: casabas, 2.25; oranges, | Florida, 2.75a3.75; California, 3.0004.50; Satsumas, 3.50a4.00; grapefruit, 3.00a ; iemons, 4.50a6.00; persimmons, 1.25 limes, per 100, 2.00; cranberries, '50 persimmons, 2-peck bes "0(?1'0(“—]00 -pound sacks, Maine, | ; New York, 1.15; Idaho baker. y , 60a75; white 3.50; peas, 3.00a3.50: celery cumbers, 1:25a3.00; lettuce, Ice 3.00; New York, 1.00; salsify, per dozen bunches, 75; turnips, 60a75; CabbafE, 0a75; mushrooms, 75; tomatoes, Cali- fornia, 30-pound lugs, 1 2.00; r¢ packs 1.75a2.00; parsnips, bushel, 1.2: okra, 1.5082.00; squash, 1.50a2.50; cel~ ery, New York, 125a1.50; California, 2.00a2.25; eggplant, 1.7522.00; beets, per 100 bunches, 3.50a4.00; carrots, per 100 | bunches, 3.50a4.00; bushel baskets, 7 1.00; kale, 40a50; spinach, 25a75; arti- chokes, 325&3 50; caulifiower, 1.75a2.50. U. 5. HELD LACKING IN SUPER-HIGHWAYS Extra-Width Roads Greatly Needed in Many Sections, National Association Declares. By the Associated Press. The American Road Builders' Associa- tion declares that the United States is still concerned primarily with a stage | of highway development that falls far short of the super-highway classifica- tion. In a study of extra-width highway. in | State systems, just completed, T. H.| Cutler, president of the association, said that analysis of these figures, which show only 3,790 miles of road having more than two-lane width in the 48| State systems, indicates the sound wis- dom . with which highway funds are | being allocated to a balanced program. “With but slightly more than 1 per | cent. of the more than 3,000,000 miles of road in' the country of greater than two-lane dimensions,” he said, “it is | obvious that State highway cflicials have followed .an - economically sound policy of widening. It is equally clear that widening is one of the next great steps in the total program of making the road fit traffic requirements.” The breakdown of the study made from the United States Bureau of Pub- lic_Roads reveals that of the extra- width highway comprised in State high- way systems, only 1,385 miles are of the four-lane dimensions. It is this type | { which the general definition regards as the beginning of the super highway. |EARLY ACTION IS DUE ON SILVER CONFERENCE By the Associated Press, Quick action on an international sil-| ver conference may result from a con- ference of President-elect Roosevelt and | Senator Key Pittman, Democrat, Ne- vada, who, with others, discussed poli- cies of the new administration at Warm Springs, Ga., last week. Pitiman is an authority on silver and is the author of the Pittman law, together with another silver measure | now pending before Congress. Added weight is given his pleas on the grounds of priority, he having been | a member of the Senate since 1912, being ranked only by Fletcher of Flor- ida, Smith of South Carolina, Swanson of Virginia and Ashurst of Arizona. He also is in line for president pro tem- pore of that body. BIG GAINS RETAINED IN RAYON SHIPMENTS NEW YORK, December 6 (/).—] vember witnessed a continuation of the high rate of rayon shipments which b x.u in mid-August, says the current issue the Textile Organon, put Tubize " Chatillon. G rporation. ticns toward the hewever, were that December pu wili decline somewhat : normal, to bring down 0il Reorganization NEW YORK, Decemb Jones & Co. said today tk the reorganization of tr Co. have about been pe its sponsors hoped to ship of the company 1, althcugh many still remained. Exchange Gives $40,000 NEW YORK, December 6 (4) varning Comm: e of the v naounced tk ibuted $40,000 to th= gency unemployment It is a very comfort- able feeling to know that your surplus funds are profitably employed —such as will be the case with an investment in our 6% First Mort- gages. May be purchased in amounts from $250 up. B. F. SAUL CO. National 2100 925 15th St. N.W. the month, | relief POWER IS DRAWN FROM ATMOSPHERE Motor at New York Show! Hints Vast Possibilities for Industry. Special Dispatch to The Star. | NEW YORK, December 6.—A mo.or, which is said to draw its power {rom the | surrounding atmosphere, is one of the many new and important products |shown by 300 manufacturers of power and mechanical equipment at the Na- | ticnal Power Show, Which is in session {here {od: and for the remainder of the we ‘The motor, & therodynamic device, approaches perpetual motion in that it | uses no external supply of power, as did | Claude’s sea-water thermal power plant expe:in d with near Santiago, Cuba, 1a few years ago at a cost of some mil- licns of dc | This vecuum-vapor power plant uti \lizes the difference in temperature gen- erally existing between the indication lof an ordinary thermometer and that of a “wet bulb” thermometer, the bulb of which is kept wet by, a wick dipping into water. The vapor turbine plant consists of a boiler, in which steam is generated by he heat of the surrounding atmos- a nozzle through which this jets upon the buckets of a tus- wheel mounted on jeweled bear nd a condenser cooled by a wet- te returns to s in a mercury | hhr Te | definitely moist. the turbine wheel will spin_in- so long as the wick is kept This poy t put forward as a rival to eam turk oil en- {gines or water wheels, and no stock |is offered for sale. The company mak- ing it is an old Philadelphia steam specialty manufacturer, which has ex- hibited it to direct thought to the fact that there are unsuspected scientific possibilities lying all about and await- ing c study by alert inventors and development by progressive indus- trialists. The keynote of the power show is that there is still almost unlimited op- portunity for change and improvement in_the world of cngineering. “Smoke is a positive evidence of lost dollars and centd” Thus Col. Elliott H. Whitlock of Stevens Institute of | Technology, New York, prefaced his re- n explaining two of the most sting machines dealing with at- moepheric. pollution, One” an - auio- matic air filter, charts the smoke, which, when compared with a standard scale,'shows the shade of smoke and | permits the calculation of dirt in cubic miles The other machine, the only one of |its kind in the world, is an automatic | wind recorder. Taking the shade of !mn and the data given by the wind| recorder, it is possible to mezsure where | | the dirt on a given locality has boen blown from and thus to go after the | offender. J Smoke Reduced. E l { Stevens Institute has statlons in this | ity ng with Hudson County, y, the institute, through the co- { operation of the railroads across the | Hudson from New York City, has great- ly reduced the volume of dirt in Man- | hattan. The carriers through abating | | smoke have usefully burned up their fuel, thus saving on coal bills. | Of interest to motorists is a new bridge decking or open steel flooring for bridges. This flooring, weighing 16 pounds to the square foot, is not only {light, ‘but safe. An aufomobile tjre | covers three of its evenly spaced run- | | ners, which, acting like rails, prevent <1dc skidding and lessen, forward skid- | ng because the crimp waves in the | decking act like brakes on & car. The | flooring is especially suitable in North- | ern climates because ice cannot stay on it, being knocked through the open lattic v passing machines. Coincident with this show is the {annual convention of the American So- |ciety of Mechanical Engineers. About 2,000 are attending this meeting. (Copyright, 1932.) | Japan to Get Scrap Iron. BALTIMORE, December 6 (Special) —The Japanese steamer Yahiko Maru is docked at the yards of the Boston Metal & Iron Co., loading scrap iron for delivery in Japan. Her cargo will | embrace scrap steel from merchant and United States Government vy sels. Checse and Coal Traded. Further trade by barter was an- nounced by the Commerce Department, | which reporied an agreemc ¢ |(‘H‘vr"1‘ the Soviet and Swiss cheese makers for | | the exchange of Swiss cheess for Soviet gasoline and anthracite coal. | Queen Mary was an early Christmas ‘;huppfir at the recent toy fair in Lon- fon. Wouldn’t Yc;u Like to Burn DUSTLESS do we by Dustless Coal? Well, the fact is this— WOODSON'S Po- cahontas coal is thoroughly chemi- cally treated at the mine absolutely preventing dusting. Burning this coal having a cleaner and health- ier home. mean means DUSTLESS PCCAHONTAS COAL $1()‘50 Per Ton STOVE AND EGG SIZES Will not clog the flue—burns thoroughly and evenly — prac- tically smokeless—guaranteed. Phone now—we're open till UNION PACIFIC LINKED TO PENNSY STOCK SALE NEW YORK, December 6 ().—The | Evening Post yesterday stated it hfld: been informed in usually reliable quar- | ters that the Union Pacific Railroad C had acquired a block of 100,000 shar of Pennsylvania Railroad stock. Union Pacific, which at times has een likened to ‘an investment as well as railroad company, because of its large heldings of railroad securities, was reported to have made some important recent changes in its investment ac- count. While ownership of 100,000 shares of Pennsylvania stock would not give Union Pacific any great voice in the management of the latter, the west- ern road would nevertheless rank as one of Pennsy’s larger stockholders. The stock interest would undoubtedly lead to closer relations in the operation of the two trunk systems, the Post said. Author’s Condition Improved. rI!OII\;WDOD December 6 (P)— hard Halliburton, the travel author, reported in an improved condition under treatment for influenza. TRUCK OPERATORS TO FACE PROBLEMS Expected to Result in United Program at Detroit. By the Associated Press. State officlals and _operators of motor trucks will meet in Detroit January 17- 18 for a thorough study of reciprocal regulatory statutes in an effort to re- | move some of the numerous obstacles to | full and unrestricted movement of motor freight over the highways of the United States. > ‘The meeting is peculiarly timed. With 44 State Legislatures scheduled to meet in 1933, what it sees as a particularly acute situation confronts the motor | freight transportation group. The pros- pect of non-uniform and unduly re- | | strictive legislation, with each State | | continuing to pursue an individual branch of the automotive industry to | Uncertain Prospects in State Laws |5 a virtual standstill, those connected with it contend. It is pointed out that operators and potential buyers of such equipment are naturally unwilling to make investments that may result fn the legal obsolesence of equipment almost as soon as it is laced. in service. Manufacturers are unable, iy, to get into serious production. mt of compdrative in- activity apparently stretch ahead until the Legislatures have spoken. REPORT REVEALS GAIN IN BUSINESS FAILURES NEW YORK, December+6 (#)—R. G. Dun & Co: says that 467 business fail- ures occured in the United States last week, as compared with 460 in the pre- vious week and 550 for the corfespond- | ing period of 1931. Some rise in the | closing weeks of .the year is customa: the agency points out. The improv ment over a year ago' was mainly in| the East and South, the latter section making “an_exceptionally good show- against the preceding weeks this year. The Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co. GOLD PRODUCTION MOUNTS |N CANADA More Activity That at Amny Time Since 1028 and ‘829 Rush Brings Great Benefits: Special Dispatch to the Star, OTTAWA, . Canada, December 6.— Not since the hectic days of 1928 and 1929 has there been' such activity in Canadian gold flelds as that this yéar. | The value of production this year is expected to pags $60,000,000, - In 1929 | it reached $40,000,000. Even at $60,000,00 the estimated 1932 figures does not &epresent the actual | return to producers in view the gov- | ernment embargo prohibiting the ex-| port of gold without permissiop. The | government accordingly makes up the | difference in_exchange, as the value of | AL‘:L night at the hospital where he is | course, is such as to brmgthisimponant‘mg not only against last. year, but|gold is fixed according to New .York prices. This would mean adding nearly ' $7,000,000 to the actual production value, Indication of what gold production means to Canada is shown in figures f Northern Ontario. In the Porcupine and Kirkland Lake mu production within the last 25 has reached $411623,000. withalvidends at $129.- 111,000. The present: output of the Porcupine_section is about $21,000,000 a year. Dividends for 1932 are esti- mated at about $6,000,000. In Quebec gold production has ine creased in value from $35,000 in 1925 to an estimated value of $9,000,000 for 1932, (Copyright, 1932.) Coal Output Drops. NEW YORK, December 6 () — Thanksgiving holiday caused a fallin g off in bituminous coal prodiction in the week ended November 26, but out- put continued to run above last year. Output for the week was 6,543,000 net tons against 7,792,000 tons in the pre- | ceding week and 6,430,000 in the same week last year. Anthracite output in the week ended November 26 was 976, 000 tons against 1,080,000 in the pre- ceding week and 643,000 in the same period last year. Entrance, 909 F St. A Gift for the HOME 2 is a gift for everybody Rayon Damask Boudoir Chair $5.50 Choice of terns of covers, valance. severa rayon spring Genuine Mahogan: Walnut Drum Table $2.95 Choice of mahog walnut wood. design. sign. veneer on A Special Value Martha 59.95 Authentic sign, ample drawer Coloni; Fo XS design. e Payments ¥ A Buy Now f or Deferred Coal—Fuel Oil 1202 Monroe St. N.E. North 0177 damask seat Full size authentic Duncan phyfe de- Washington Sewing Cabinet storage and space. Genuine Walnut Veneer. 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