The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 31, 1921, Page 4

SPRINGTIME REVIVAL STEEL IS ON Warehouse Stocks Are Be- ing Used, Bringing Fac- tory Activity Nearer ; BY ALBERT APPLE ‘The Stark Rolling Mill Co., large Ohio stee? corporation, bas started up 28 of its 22 mills on full time. Bome steel jobbers conser this the Deginning of an anticipated spring time revival in the iron and steel tn dustry. Best opinion ts that recov- ery to normal will be gradual ‘The industry now is producing at 65 per cent of capacity U. & Steel Corporation, with @hough unfilled orders on Its books to keep it busy five months, ts run ning top speed and breaking records. Independent mills are quiet, pulling the average output down. WAREHOUSE STOCKS LOW In nearly every industry except copper, enormous warehouse stocks are being used up. This brings Manufacturing revival nearer. Btocks of finished steel products . Pig tron stored at foundries is so low that resales, Which have been the backbone of the “market, have practically ceased. “Nation-wide reports this week show fewer men out of work. Many back to the farms. Some Mmemsloyed are being absorbed by ‘the textile industry, which ts picking ‘Up decidedly “Practically all textile mills in the Rhode Island and Fall River districts started up full time, also sev @ral hundred Carolina mills, They ‘fare optimistic about orders keeping ‘up. RATE OF PRICE DECLINES 8 PER CENT A MONTH reserve board's figures show that wholesale commozity last May were 172 per cent er than 1912. Rate of decline been § per cent a month. ists believe that this rate @f decline will continue until April, the new price level may be > sey at about 65 per cent above 1913 prices. % Farm prices and some metals al have reached that point of de-| and apparently are at bed RetaN prices eventually will tine| ‘ep in proportion to wholesale price) Business fofures continued high, Dut were 29 less than the previous Week when they totaled 514. South- ern states led with 180 failures, West 20, East 150, Pacific states 45 INTS ARE DROPPING SOME CITIES EAST housing corporation In New Conn., ent rents $5 a month. are dropping fastest In De Akron, Elkhart, ing and Flint, Mich. Bank clearings for the whole ry averaged oneeighth leas @ year ago. St. Louis district _ had greatest decrease, Boston next. Wheat exports slumped but corn exports increased to 577,928 bushels compared with 118,142 same week 1920. Pennsytvania crnde ofl dropped 25 eents a barrel, to $5.50. Total drop from its 1920 high is now 60 cents. ‘Wildcat well drified in at E! Dorado, Ark., reported flowing 30,000 barrels New York con tinued, wholesale prices averaging about 50 per cent less than peak prices of 1920. | | Public Markets WESTLAKE ‘ Stalls 16-17, 2 Ts. dried peas, 2c; No. 49-1. sack Snow Flake four, 25, Webbs Hest Kver coffee, a 28-11, lamb stew, loc; pot roast, Pound steak, 2c." Stall 105, 2 cans | - Peas, 25e; large can peaches, 20¢ The, Stall 192, dried apples, Powder, 26<. patent four, $2.26. SANITARY a Stal 109, & ths. pure American cane - @ugar, 67e; Borden's or Carnation milk, 2 cans 230; fresh milk, 9¢ at Stalia 36, No. 10 pall Cottolene, $1.65; coffer, 44c, $1.29, $1.95; 1 Tm. G 1 Olymple pan: White Navy Snider's catsup, 290. ELONOMY Btall 26, fine beet sugar, # Ma bho Dest cane sugar, 8 The. 670; 6 bare Crystal 15e Morton's salt, 100; 2 oad rice, 26c; 20¢ can sugar QUEEN CITY Stall 50, 2 tail o milk, 190; beat cane @uger, 4 Ths. 230; best fresh butter, 4c B., 2 ts. 5c; 49-. sack flour, $2.37; full cream cheese, 240 t.; ; 3 cans salmon, 260; 3 cans Dutch ser, 25e; 2 The. fancy dried ptun: Bhe; Zhe pork and beans, ibe. Stall 49, met hand made chocolates, 6c t.; mut brittle, 20¢ Mm. in PIKE PI be Royal White soap, 450 beans, 26¢; can Blue Ribbon milk, 100; cocom, ibe Ib; 2 Ibs. Ghirardelil's 527—Pot roaat, 106 + prime rolled rib 2 lbs. pure lard, 406; roast, 2 ibe 1s%e Ib.; best fresh creamery butter, 90c. CORNER ‘allfornia rice, be Th. tea, 66c Ib.; 8 Ibe. 25; big botties Stall 18—Fancy Yellow Label Lipto California lima beans, eateup, 2 for 250; 10 b snepenegenee k pony, sc. Stalin 94-96 © 20 ib; bacon, 20c Ib.; pork roast, PF Stal 14—Balmon, 200 I, 2 skinned soles, 15: Fiver smeits, 2 1 butter, 440 Ib.; full ¢ eane sugar, 4 Ibs. 23c, BON BOOSTS HOME PRODUCTS Falling in line with the Chamber of Commerce “Northwest products” campaign, the Bon Marche is featur ing and advertising only locally made goods this week. Goods manufac 2 Ibe. ‘260; 10 Ibs. f day. One of the chief attractions of the week is the fashion show, which fg being held Monday, ‘Tuesday and ‘Wednésday afternoons on the second floor. ne i my SEEK CHANGE ON KATE Because of information that rail- read trunk lines east of Chicago Ind, and}? 5 tbe. Jap rice, | 6 Ibe. large white | tured in Seattle are on display Mon-| Ship News| Tides in Seattle national Paper 61%, up & THE Factories Opening | Boost Motor Stock t motor fac~ pr point from Saturday's immediately went to This Raldwin Loco- International Paper waa up % at Included aldwin 90%, up jorthern Pacifi yragey bh -- NEW YORK, Jan, %1.—Resumption of activity In Detr pag yd apoven ag tories galvanited motor stocks into activity today, Th ed edbonge eee yt. || the feature of the early trade in the New York stock exchangs, Spetenaeaanay ttl Virst Low Tide |! tieally the entire department reaponding to the reports of the business First High Tid 1am, TI ft |/ revival. The general lat was affected. 10:26 mm, 11.6 ft] ferond Migh nite | A block of Chandler was taken at 73%, up @ Second Low Tide | coond Low le || close. tudebaker opened up & at 59 and almost te B® wm. 21h BP Ba | 59%; Studebaker directors were to meet today for dividend action. . © | was a further urge to traders in those shares | STORM WARNING |] United States Steel war off % at 83, on opening sales A southeast storm warning was || motive od at 90%, up %, but lowt the gain within @ few min | ordered diaplayed 9:40 am. Mon: | | afoxioan Petroleum was off 4 at 168 ay. A storm of decided chara 61%. Rails wore inactive | ter ts ¢ par Sitka, Als | The atock market irregular, Opening quotations Warnir ordered displayed | | United States Steel 83, Sinclair 24%, unchanged; [at an? cific seaport sta. || American Sugar 4, off \; Studebaker 59, up % | mule Monday afternc Monday || Pan-American § Mi Mexiqan Petrotet night and probably Tuesday & Fopndry 1254 Chicago Liv THUREK LINES START SERVICE) Carriers of three new steamship) en1caao, Jan, Mt) lines will make their first trips to | €7.000 head) market 1 Puget Sound during the month of | ult of 7 Regular service between Seattle | #560 and Baltimore will be established | | Cattie--Mecelpts, 18,000 head by the Atlantic, Guif & Pacific Steamship Co. The ste ra West haven, Cape Romair dd Cape Henry will load here for Atlantic ports during the month | The first motorship of the Curtis Line of Portland wil! load at Seattle | San Francisco Produce jfor Australiay in February FRANCINCO, Jan. 31.—Dutter—| The third new service is that of 4440 per Ib; prime firste, | the Williams Steamship company e cntinirnin Cita Beak Sle peel jwhich will ply between the Pacific | jand Atlantic coasts. | SHIP BOARD SHIPS COMING | Shipping board steamers Cross} N. Y, Coffee and Sugar Keys and City of Spokane ar NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—fogar—Ras Jacheduled to arrive in Seattle dur-| 449 per Ib: granulated. 7 We por tm jing the first half of February.| 5 og igo per i | | They are in the service of the Pa - - ja Meemehip Ca Portland Market Status i ld PORTLAND, Jan. Si—Cat Re GRACE LINER COMING *! 1.599 head: “market steady te Steamer Santa Inez, operated by | a T.G6T head; market te larace & Co, is due in Seattle 4 February 2. She will load for the 69 head; market to West coast of South America, eee A TOTAL OF 28 ARRIVALS and eon 33 sailings is Seattie’s lineup for next month, according to present indica tions. ae: | re 0. 8. K. LINER ARABIA MARU | ter | will grapple EL t bay mud with her) Str Mo. } anchors on February 4. Her sister = mi ship, the Arizona Maru, is due o the 15th. STEAMER of the Isthmian sailing February 2 eee AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN LINE send the steamer Texan out on ruary 1 and the Arizonian on February 23. INVENTOR, ig ready for Reported by Wireless an Government | Jamonry Mtr Admiral Rodman cam Cape Mano, 20 at tte wi Fe th bewnd coe ON FEBRUARY 3 THE STAM | ER WEST COYOTE, of the Buro pean-Pacific service, will leave Seat. | Ue for Buropean pe o. Weather Bureau Report TATOOSH ISLAND, Jan. 31.—4 A Rapidly falling barometer; reining, wind 25 miles an hour, Passed out: A steamer at 5:20 a m. Janvary 16-4 A. M—Ralntng; wind south, 40 miles an hour. Passed In: Str Se" Francisco for Rea , ot Sam Pramciaco at 8p) mj a Ramiral Seniey at 2% amer at Gots) Mahy ot 5%. m5 & ard Arrow, Orient for Seattle, £ © milew atr Oly of Spo- from Beakt tip ms 5 M.—Ratnin te Passed in: Str Rosalie Ma. | {om Meatti at # p. mi str City of Reat-| hikan for Heattle, leaving Ketch-| pm. 7 January 29—T P. M.—Rainine: wing | Han Ot § pm east, 5@ miles an hour. Passed out: | ea: ] " m.; str Richmond ¢ i Se MAL hase ontaine sh VT) | Vessels in Port at Seattle a= | Smith Cove terminal—@tr Tenpatean! ae | ere z Pier bate Ranta Ana, str Alameda. Arrivals and Departures) iii + terminsi 08 0G Algowauin | Arrived Ping A—Btr Adm doodrien. FE end = ar K oe oe Pier C—@tr President, atr Admiral Rehley . Ps ton! bunkers—we Ht. kon Ocean 1 #. couver, B. C., Behley from Tacom: Rodman om eoring works —Mtr Hire from |, from from nnectiont at terminal Bteamahip ate Vietoria. ate moorings Tosemita, Alaska Sur Gkag- Str Tran. ean terminal—ate Ds I-08 Le ermina leum dock—t#tr Yorba Lin Diego via San Pedro and fan Fran: At 12:15 p mj str Texan from Post via New York tobal, fan Pedro and San Francisco at 1:10 « m. ¢ | Todd drydocks—Str Forest King, str Wont Jappa, ate West Cayota schr Colum bia. | Puget Sound Prides & Dredging worke— yi Rain Salled January %1—Atr President for fan Pe- dro via Victoria, B. ©. is Abitia, Abnoba, Aby- | January 20—#tr Admiral ma at #:30 p. m. © Rup Sebley for str Prince Ge Contna, Supomt at 10-05 } hae Cosian, | Endymion, | Alaskan Vessels yeeent ti, Kitan, | 8 C & G # Lydonta, | ote Wae | wona, U & Surveyor. | ary 4, at § p,m. Str City rt Union, Lmurka, L fernan dock—t str Jefferson, ste Ketchikan, Vessels in Other Ports . ineecsott saritaw from sonitis' via Vor anevien’ |Gets Sentence of Queen fr «| 60 Days for Dope |Btr Queen fre at seneon Walter Hare was in the county Jay, following a plea of ‘0 dope chargea before Federal > Neterer, Hare was sentenced }to 60 days. 4 out January 20 y for Keattle at § p. m. Mailed January 21—Str Katori Maru for Seattle at 1 a m. str 1 Bi. Loveje | This photograph from Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake, will be the bl 1» 167%, off %; American Car K weerKolumn of Kwaint and: | Komic K isses! Home Brewer's Salutation Leaves Him Stretched on Cellar Floor SPOKANE, Nulty | i ), asked William, “ “Lk KISS AMON HAMILTON, January 31: Str Rosa-|Capt. Iarmilton came Didn't their honeym« KISS: NEW cob Roth she never Roth swore! Now waiting for warm mpell. have Jan, 1.—WiMiam Mo made sonle homebrew, His told the po Phey found MeNulty cellar out © “Did your you beat wife after wd taken @ nip?! the police nuthin',” said ter innod eee MISSING Ont, Jan 2 of Camp Borden. started out with his bridg in airplane for Nashville, Tenn Ran our of gar Filled up tank Propeller broke Mad it fixed Ready to start Then cold wave an time to kiss on Don, UNDER ORDERS YORK, Jan, 3i—Mre, Ja wed a judge a bump. “It's part of Ja cob's nightly pro gram to bean me on the bead,” said she And the judge gested that Roth swear that he would kiss his wife every day take another drink. KISS BY SURPRISE EUGENE, ¢ ing it KISS AT LONDON KISS F =4) My | € Jan told a Willesden magistrate her hus-! B Ire, Jan, 31.—Justices ¢ in this vicinity have ak ways kinwed the bride, When Alice J. O'Neill was elected Justice, folks wondered what would hap pen to her firnt bridegroom, The victim, W. Ogden, of Portland, Ore, tooled ‘em all by |mrabbing the justice's hand and kis» TOO HIGH cost a1 A young wife band refused to kiss her because she would not sign the following agreement “Not to enter ] tr neighbor [homes not ~_) peak anyone on the street her fee mother Puyallup, | before the latter is dead.” PRICED AT $58 CHICAGO, Jan. 31—Hixty kisses, $3,500 That's what It cost Au relius C. Turpin to! plant 60 smacks on the lips of Miaw Virginia Foster, all within an hour's tima, Five different kinds of ice have been produ than water, four of ther heavier Utah, shows what probably real buffalo hunt in the history of the United States. The great, wild _ Biave refused to join with Western beasts are being shot down just as they were in the old days when range bison roamed lines on the Paci export and import 4 to ic Coast, the Seattle Cham Der of Commerce is preparing to co-| | Operate with Pacific Coast ports in g pressure to bear for a im the situation, 4 - - the western plains. en There were+230 of the doomed animals—descendants of a herd taken to the island years ago and left to run wild because they could not escape. so savage they began killing off blooded cattle taken to the island by the Buffalo Island Livestock Co. So the company decided to get rid of them by selling permits to hunt them at $200 a head. Efforts of humane societies to halt the plan failed. They became | SEATTLE sug} not} STAR GREEN STUFF DON'TLOAN TO | LOST AT SEA) CHINA, HE SAYS Goes Overboard in Storm; Eggs Take Drop minus a shipment of expected green ptuff Monday, when the steamer AYimiral Sebley docked and reported that it had been washed overboard during a #torm at Another boat was due Monday afternoon, Lettuce Is the only perishable stuff on the market that is overstocked. A shipment of peanuts was recel ed Saturday, ‘They are quoted at 8 » 8% Eggn took a 4< ‘The quotations are 46 egnts for fresh ranch ees, and 40 cents for pMicts Thin ix the lowest they have been for some time, The street w nea. Prices Paid Whoteeate Dealers for Vegetabire and Fruit Carrots Per eack ° Cauliflower—@al, per en Fiate . Colery-—Local, per aon California, per erate . Cocumbers Walla Walla hot- per erate Seese Aoor, per doa « longs Peas Cal Green Peppers Cal » ver Florida, per Mb Horseradiah Der M™. ..« "e@ LeckeLoml, Ber DUBER sore e+ Lettace— California ° 20008 o © , per dom bunches . ® t Turaipe- Local | B Weer . | Teme ~Virginis, per hamper . } FRUITS Apoleo— % Wash... Local cooking .. Dried, per 26-™ myrne esse Fruit Florida, per ease TH0@ Comb, per erate v.. Peare A Persimmane Per bow | Pineapples Pomegranates Ver bow ” " 3 Japanere ” | Minerte— Per at * Cal Pea Virginia Keystone, | ~t- , * Perane—— Per ™ DAIRY PRODUCTS | Prices Paid te Shippers Nutterfat . Kese-Vreeh ranch Vutlete nyt | Milken ewe DAIRY PRODUCTS i} Prices Paid Whetesaie Batter—Local creamery Viriek A Kea Fresh ranch . Pullete . .. ute “a k Swine Wash triplets POULTRY +e 1200@11.89 10,00011 hooe 86 + 2 00@ 11.00 | | Rough heavy . Pin e Rit el T00@ 7.26 m to choice own and heifers HAY, GRAIN AND FEED Wholeenle Price Per Ton, City Prir- Rarley — Whole ov eevececene in) Mixed Feed Meni Veed Wheat Coroanut Meal Cotton Seed Meal Fish Meal Crystal Grits L P Molasses Dairy Feed Shell Meal—Cal . Oyster “ Soya Bean Meal |Four—rer bot PARK ©O. DECLARES DIVIDEND With an accumulated profit re- serve of $43,996, which Includes net earnings of $21,204 during 1920, th Rainier-National Park Co, will de clare a 10 per cent stock dividend as of December 1, 1920, according to Da- vid Whitcomb, ita president. The | cross receipts for 1920 amounted to $50,000, ‘There were 14,384 patrons ASKS STATE TO BACK HUMPHREY Dr, F. A. LaViolette, president of the Washington state Chamber of commerce, wired to the Washington delegation in congres# Monday, in dorsing the candi y of Will B |Humphrey, of Seattle, for member ship on the U. 8, shipping board, * he wired, should be regarded as a matter which the entire state should support, ag It will benefit the | Whole state ar in federal court His trial will occur in March, ———. | BANK CLEAR Seatde Clearings . . | Balances | $ which retafled six months ago at | STORE HOURS: 9 TO 5:30 Chinaman Declares It Only Prolongs Civil War | An appeal to bankers and others axking them not to loan money to the Chinese government at the pres ent time, is made by 0 Mon president of the Chinese Naw | valint party, now In Seattle, Me cause of “good quality for less.” ui “Loans to Peking will only pro long civil war in China and help to kil our people,” says Kuo. “Ph lenfl no money now.” PLACED ON SALE TUESDAY went When the p military strife ERS Ec=| $6 New Silk Dresses wee pew only harm for China 1) _ ME WHOLESALE PRICES ON CUT, SELL, THEN BUY, HIS REMEDY Business Man’s Answer to Slack Commerce AS THIS SALE PRICE OF $22.50 —8 Styles in Taffeta. —6 Styles in Charmeuse. —8 Styles in Canton Crepe. — “Cut NEW YORK, Jan Beli! That's the Prices! Then buy! way to revive business?’ Merchants, take that trom ./1/ —The styles are the season’s newest. ertean Whaieeale Corporation of /1/ ——-Black, Taupe, Copenhagen, Gray, York with $5,000,000 to mena tor || Brown, Navy—with many bright touches Thin i» the psychological mo-|{| Of color in the trimmings. to quicken industry,” snyw —Sizes 16 to 40. "The public has been outraged by high prices. “Merchants, jobbers and manu facturers must realize the public has & correct sense of value.” BUSINESS MAN'S ANSWER TO SLACK COMMERCE The American Wholesale Corpor on handles every commodity ex Further Reduced to Kats reports It cleaned tts shetves Business will get into full “mo » Prices prevail generally" be ways |t/ —FORMERLY SELLING AT $34.50 AND ens be unloads the supplies he |f| $45.00. took in at abnormal prices he is [| go hound to lowe more and more. ‘| —Welour, Bolivia and Suedene. Every gar~ argticet pp. mw products pave 1 ment lined throughout with novelty silks, and prices must come down in pro trimmed with large fur collar. portion. “Exact pre-war prices I believe wil} never become a reality, But there will be a universal cut to an irreducible mintmum, “Shoes now selling for $10 and/ S12 will be wold at $5 and $6. ‘Clothing, too, is coming down further. ee “A suit of ready-made variety ca —A good range of sizes and colors. For the purpose of establishing a/ Revival of building stricter budget system in. Seattle a Seattle is expected by new budget bill, applying to cities of the first and second class and ap-| proved Saturday by the bureau of taxation of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, will be presented to the state legislature, Foreign Exchange | <. Jan. %1.—Foreigen ex- lenange opened tosay with demand ot ing at 62.55%. » tire & marks 16 and Canadian dollars 8940 More than 40,000 marriages were performed in California last year, tive committee announced $90 will soon go over the counter| that @ reduction in at $35 with a good profit to the! merchant bimself. “T’ am buying now at prices which will enable reductions of this kind. “Business t not paral: It has merely stagnated from “want of exercise. Normal prices will Bring back its health.” recent 20 per cent wages is cited as costs. SEND TRAIN OF SALMON With more than 1,000.000 one-| pound cans of saimon, packed In lo- cal and Alaskan canneries, the first solid trainioad of canned salmon sent from Seattle in more than a year will move out of this city week over the Northern Pacific Rail ment. . way lines The shipmet i. 2. — che te CM. Masato bas Loans to Peking NOW will prolong Civil War in Todd, Inc China. Please lend no money to Kill Our People, KUO MIN TANG (The Chinese Nationalist Party) | COURTING A WIDOW | Don't imagine that you can avoid | a courting stunt by paying attention | to @ widow. She'll expect as much | fuss and “ootay.wootey” slush ax a 4 Tw Jash. 16-year-old maiden.—Cincinnati En- ’ 114%; Twelfth Avenue, Seattle, W quirer. ! 810 Second Avenue Special Bonus Service for War Veterans The Washington Mutual Savings Bank at 810 Second Avenue (Seat- tle National Bank Building) has been designated by the State Auditor as a downtown office to receive WAR VETERANS’ BONUS APPLICA- TIONS. A corps of experts will be in charge. Those who wish to take adyan- , tage of this service, should bring— (1) Some responsible person who can make an affivadit that you were a resident of this state when entering service. (2) Draft Board Number. (3) Discharge Papers. We invest all funds left with us in the highest grade securities only. This is why we have over Three Million Dollars invested in United States Government and other of the highest grade bonds which money can buy. This is why also our Board of Trustees has voted to purchase a QUARTER OF A MILLION Dollars worth of Bonds to be issued by the State of Wash- ington in connection with the Soldiers’ Bonus. One Dollar will open an account in the Oldest and Largest Strictly Savings Institution in the Pacific Northwest—namely, the Washington Mutual Savings Bank Established 31 Years, Resources Over $13,000,000, OFFICERS RAYMOND R. FRAZIPR, President WALTER J. WARD, Assistant WILLIAM THAANUM, Vice President Secretary ROLLIN SANFORD, Vice President HARRY SHELTON, Assistant WILLIS 8. DARROW, Secretary Secretary FRAME NEW BUDGET BILL BUILDING REVIVAL EX! FRASER-PATERSON Co, | Special Price Basement —A shopping place of keen interest be- MANY OF THEM WERE AS MUCH | High Grade Coats Builders’ association, whose will be effective February 1 cause to the decrease im building German City and all other Foreign | Bonds may be bought at the |national Bond Company, 680 | Buca go. Spot delivery. —Advertioe-