The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 27, 1921, Page 12

BILLION IS || Tides in Seattle | Marne | Nie aa aim, @4 tle aw ee tt First High Tide | Piet Migh Tide jt ew oe te | #100 ort | Seoond Tide | Keeond Low Tide Jaca m, 04 tel ata p. mle ot Second High Tide | Seqond High Tide [P44 p.m, 108 LOL Bm, 106 He | eee W. J. Lauck Outlines Plan} SS'sMsaniy Admirat sentey wi by Which He Says Rail- | bereatter sail trom Seattle for — fornia on Wednesday instead roads Can Save Big SUM | rucaday, it ts announced by the Pa cifie Steamship Co, Both the Ad miral Schley and the Admiral Dewey os eeaggehageaeten 9 will add Vancouver, B. C., to their CHICAGO, April Detaile of ports of 601 how organized labor believes rail| ele roads of the United States can save) DISCHARGE PEANUT CARGO Over one billion dollars in expendt-| Discharging 48,000 out of 0.090) tures annually were de 4 by W, | Sacks of shelled peanuts, the Osaka Jett Lauck, American Federation of | Shosen Kaisha's Amazon Maru taj Labor economist, today in a sta busy at Pier 8. The shipment ts sald Ment to tho United States railroad la-| to be the largest one of shelled pea bor board } ver received he It came Lauck appeared as a witness for| from Straits Settlements, China and/ Failroad unions in their fight to pre: | Philippine Island ports veductiol ot wages asked by » f tires: “i x DUT LINER COMING - The Holland-American liner Mger B Comrant. dyk is scheduled to arrive here Pri ESTED tay from British Columbia ports te “Highest efficiency in railroad ad-| TAY, fram British & Ministration will be obtained thru 4) 2. ror North Europe porte national unified control or regional eee control, which will utilise all CSS) Gay vee STATE COMES FIRST ing poetic as bogged of competing Word that the steamship Silver Claims,” Lauck said Stat 1 e went W He quoted former Director Genera Ker cae A dh agrel been received by William G. McAdoo to show that Admiral line. Both vessels are there is no question but that great) 10 0 to the Wenatchee. The economies are possible under unified | 200" S wih he Gativened’ $6:the Management in _ ae ard bee + | Pacific amship Co, May 15. and) comprehensive nationa am SUE the he ne State May 26, it is an tranporting products with minimum | [he 6 | apples and aher st effort in the shortest line from point) eiihd a ee taggested pooling of repair KENNECOTT FINISHES CARGO ack 5 of repa “gets fat oe shops, elimination of circuitous The new st motorahip Kenne fead routes, unification of terminals, |) a + eonsolidation of ticket offices, unt be operated by Deisel en gines, is completing her cargo at! yey olin Versal mileage tickets, standardisa. Ac eabaae ore oats eee MST ay fion of equipment, maintenance of | 10°". leaving on her first voyage! Cor he uniform freight classifications, main-| 7°"), ioe eccawtal service of the + tenance of common time tables Pe) Alaska Steamship Co ig tween important points, high demur iy tage : : Fage rates and utilimtion of water! KaTORA MARU DUE FRIDAY | ry Je routes for relief of crowded rail lines. Nippon Yusen K Pooling of locomotives and c fre | Maru, with a capacity list of paauen-| | Port — “ase Was recommended to meet trafic | cers and freight, is due in Seattle ay 100 ongestion. He said this would Ye Friday morning, according to late/""Lard : Untied Retail Whore.” impossible under private contro : ta. May oer 8 | United Mtatee Rubber 7 Lauck charged failure to adopt eco- 7 chance ar ik ay ose 8.3 8.89 | United Mates Steel ibe nomic devices, to standardize locomo- BRINGS LIME CARGO May om 9m) 8te tives, overdevelopment of motive) youn a gull cargo of lime and hy-|Juiy ch, ee os ee wena: -.-.- power in respect to other facilities. | 4016 for discharge here, the Pacific e . inefficient freight handling at terml-/ 1 iii. Co.'s 1,200ton steel steamer, als, labor turnover waste, preventa-| Ty Kingsley, in scheduled to arrive ble loss and damage. poor accounting 4+ Take Union dock from Vancouver. and other alleged extravagances cost/ GC about May 1. ‘The steamer | the railroads $963,500,000 annually usually plies between Vancouver, B. SAYS TERMINALS C. and San Francisco. BEHIND TIMES eee ‘Engine terminals and shops are BRING SURVIVORS SOUTH from 10 to 30 years behind the times.| Passengers and crew of the aux. |, Ors! rendering them about 50 per cent ef: | (ary schooner Kamchatka, stranded ; wing the ¢ ficient," the witness charged at Pirate cove, Alaska, fc “The ‘permanent way’ of railroads) nurning of the ship several days ago, —classification yards, roadbeds, pas* | wil) be brought south inimediately ing sidings, coaling and water facill- | according to arrangements made by tes, bridges, signal equipment and |the Hibbard-Swenson Co. eommunication—has been so neglect ee CODFISH SCHOONER COMES son of Anacortes, was towed here Tuesday night by the tug Arab. while calling for a big outlay in cash, eee woud het millions in savings to rail CONFER ON SEA STRIKE foads each year, Lauck said. National officers of the Marine _Lack of proper signal systems) Engineers’ Beneficial association and Means slow handling of trains, ac-| Admiral W. 8. Benson, chairman of cording to Lauck. He characterized /the U. §. shipping beard, were to the system of kading and transfer-| confer in New York Wednesday to t ‘Ting of freight and baggage as “priml:| avert the threatened strike of marine }. 7 tive.” Jn engineers on American ships in pro- “ —_ H% 13% Freight cars moved an average Of | tost against wage reductions, effec: 12% 12% 26.1 miles per day in 1917, In com-|tive May 1. Foreign Exchange } 38 masta to 24.9 miles in 1920, Lauck eee ‘ NEW YORK, Apri 11-—Voreign | Hamburg om . e e m4 wit a wipe aid. An increase of two tons per| BOOZE BOATS AUCTIONED | fracss, to Tire. marks, |Letpsig te es (ar in the load carried was noted in| two poate and an auto brought! $0018; Canadian dollars, 12; kro- | Monten 4 HS the same period. There was also an/ $14.736 at United Staten marshal's |" "8578 pa om er Aa aaa a Increase of {.6 per cent in 1917 to 7| auction Wednesday morning . ase per cent in 1920 of the number of un-| The scow Jitney was bought by} S@m Francisco Produce [jipines firvi- ike ue werviceable freight cars. Nick Barbare for $14,601. The launch Sax FRANCISCO O, April 21. — Hutter sepeness emond 4s & $ “Freight cass traveling Jed “|Enterprise was bought by Robert) « » ob flate, fancy, tte th. ted Kimedom be tett ms ed two-thirds of the time and were| Campbell Bros. for $75. Capt. E.| Base Bat No. i dirtion, | United Ki bGm 1992.. 86y of thelr ca-| Harrigan, of the United States trans | 2+ doz: « 11 '¢ dou; un | United Kinagom bie, 1998 s dorstaed Bs port servi; paid $110 for a Ford truck. Deputy Marshal Tom Waters wielded the hammer. Scientific train control, standardiz- ° ed car loadings and economic schedul | Weather Basi. Report ing were recommended as remedies. TATOOS ISLAND, Apri $1. “Sadly inadequate and out of date barometer car and ive repair shops are an hour. 1100 Passed out mt. the of low efficiency in| finiey, at 11:10 pm; af Phyilia, at Maintenance of equipment,” the wit-|¢.39 « m. ness testified. eee Lauck said $100,000 annual walaries| Arrivals and Departures for executives was too much Arrived According to Lauck’s information $5,022.500,000 is the estimated capt-| fal outlay of railroads necessary for) improvements in 1921, 1922 and 1923. from Roston via and fan Francisco, ™ 9 pm; sehr Fanny Du-| of Liliico tug Arab He estimated a saving of $1,200,450. motorahip Keonecott from Tacoma, 000 would result from the economic ; Ughtship Umatilia from sea pm: #tr Admiral Dewey from expenditure of this capital under uni-| 200” piegn via dan Pedro and Ban brow fied control. cisco, 1:39 p.m. car veneteesnperetejeat Balled April 27-17 8 C G Algonquin for Rer- ing sea, 10:20 a m.; atr Lyman Stewart | for Oleum, donde tor Southeastern Alaska atr Jefter- son for Houtheastern Al oa m. April 2 Admiral Watson for Anch: % | 8 astern 10:20 p ral Dewey for couver via T 6:55 p. m.; bark W. Curtis for Lockanock, 5:20 p. WASHINGTON, April 27—Oppos-| sehr J. W. Cline for Calino, 6 p.m: mtr Westham for British Columbia porta, 2:20 ing the sales tax on the ground that po m.; ship Benj oF. Packard for Nusha- it imposes a huge and unnecessary | gak, 11 a. m burden upon the consufning public Rie oe that is certain to inflate values fur Alaskan Vessels ther and to decrease purchasing pow-| petersurg—April 26—Sailed, er to the injury of all legitimate in ; hbound, $:30 p. m. @ustry, the committee of manufac hikan—April 26—Hailed, str North turers and merchants on federal taxa. | “°*'*T™ Dorthbound, #00 pm tion, with more than 25,000 members : @mong the most substantial and Vessels in Other Ports Seputadle’ business firms of the coun.| . Rotterdam—April 23—falled, str Noor- | Gry, has opened headquarters gin | “iiraevonu April 24—Arrived, ate Went Washington and commenced a vigor. | Jenaup m Seattle @us campaign against the adoption of | ,Fiiadelphia April 26-—Balted, ate the Smoot bill. Ten eae pet 80—davinet; car ieee The committee of manufacturers | ace X.@axter from Boattle nd merchants contends that while|, Hilo—April 26—S#ail the tax will raise only approximately |). "Wrancinn Rov t6-—Arived $1,000,000,000 of revenue for the gov-|stateaman. froin Honttle, Bal ernment, it will impose a burden of | Qu achr Spokane atr wr n, for Seattle, at noon. at least $8,000,000,000 upon the * 2:2 American people which will check Reported by Wireless New York and then dropped ¢ at SiN, and The Crucib Asphalt, 6 | American Woolen, 7%, off te: sharply durin GRAIN MARKET rene ed higher on the Chicago Board of Trade today and later declined, due » repor Krain be $1.27, and closed I\e lower y Wheat opened at $1.06, up ‘ec, and closed off Say ‘scorn’ opened up Se at 69% t ahead of the a ike higher at 65%ec. up cloamd down Le May oats were up Seo at the open- f 37 ee eed off ic. July |ipgumrial alcohol ing t |Chicago Board of Trade! cott, said to be the largest veesel of Purnished by 1. 1. Manning & Co's Pri- Wheat Open ftleh Low of % liner Katora ie CHICAGO, Apr tt 1 red, $1 Furnished by 1. 1. Manning @ Co.'s Pri- | core Fitth Ne Preparing for a codfish cruise in! saiea, $7.9 Northern waters, the schooner Fan- | packin ny Dutard, owned by J. H. Mathe |"€ colpts, 14 Market Rramtbal | unchanged Denver Live Stock Market 500. Market steady. Steers, $6@7; cows and hel $ kore and feed ors, 8 05 DP. | nigher lower, Lami Caitaee’ F ind Utopia; ; Keal Name's Coteeo|Q,§, Gy OF C, FOR str City} in the balay only ones aval at the Presbyterian church. Because | se¢king to destroy labor unions, as jof the tendency of the congregation claimed by the American Feeration to sit In the back of the church, the | of Labor. ‘rear pews are roped off and are not; Defres declared for reduction of |given out until all others without hands has been awarded a| ciple of a protective three-years’ art scholarship. He ts} Development of American foreign and discourage the volume of manu U. 8. Naval Communications facturing and trade just as increased! Apri 26—-Mtr Wallingford, Beattie for failroad rates actually reduced the in-| Portiand, 49 miles north Columbia river, come of the transportation com-|f >. im; air Hiiriage, Seattle panies. They declare that it is un. | RMA), )00) uniles fr Sewead: Hoter just, unscientific and fatally pod®! burg tor Jun wal erabure. from Be Montana r Yoko a pom ohama for Heat- 8p. m.; ate . 1,026 miles business policy to charge the public | ™.: str We $8,000,000,000 to colect one-eighth of that gum for the zi ested RATES MAY AID SEATTLE: The interstate commerce commis ‘ sion’s decision in the Columbia Basin) Wessels in Port at Seattle rate cane applies to this territory |Great Northern Terminal—Str Toyama! Land Han new principles of rate-making which | Mari. may possibly be invoked to Seattle's | fir” ina” arminal et a near advantage, 8. J. Wettrick, attorney |” sent ail aes id of the ricen Can Co. Dock—@chr Azales. Seattle Chamber of Commerce, said tae None Cie aan Tuesday night. “Portland has achiev ard Pricey 4 nothing except to disrupt the es tablished adjustment of rates,” he de 1A ype. gage 2, ny Du Htr Jefferson, wir Latouche, mo- torship Kennecott, Pier C— Str Went Isieta, United Alaska Steamet Puget & Amen Yard Hoffernan Dx hip News| V. Y. Market Rallies After Bearish Start NEW YORK, April 2 puncement from official sources in Parts that France will reject the erman reparat ffer today was re flected a downwa y ine Lal industrials on the the way from « “all the way from #4 to 86. at 86 Crucible was off bile to hiehem “I was off 1% at 69% tock Kxe eolbn es point te from the prev pened. with United States Kalle we Opening quotations included: Reading, 71%, off \%: Southern Pacific, \ United States Rubber, 74%, off iy) Genebal Motora 13%, off Pacific 117, off * Opening quotati included Central Leather, 26%, off %; United States Food P SIN, off 2) United States Real off % meric Sugar, #8 off % Northe ‘4, off Me: Sinclair, 274. off Me: Republic 1). off We; Studebaker, & off fe Mar canayivania ih. unchanged. fi: Atlantic Gu NEW YORK, April 27—Priees on the New York Stock Exchange rallied early trading, followinig @ reactionary opening among hint. motioally all the ind Mexican Petroleum p to the closing price of Tuesday, and Gen. eral Asphalt Vaulted three points to 10%. Steels firmed, republic sold) above 64 hiehom went to gboye 0 N. Y. Stock aitiemian Internat oe HICAGO, April Bomatre i Orains open { heavy reine in the Provisions were lower May wheat, opened up Me at d lower at 69. July corn and cloned orn opened 4 clos ned up 4 yer at 8c and September oats ec and closed Inapiration Missourt Paettie (Wednesday's Quotations) o-Amer, Petroleum vote Wire, Metler Hotel Dullding. eeeees = acifiec Cash Wheat linternational Nickel. rok Rapid Trawsit Cash wheat No ~o—- + No. 2 red, 81266 @1.87 Li Roadi (Teseday's Quetations) Fernished by 1. DB. Chicago Car Lots (Teesday's Quotations) te Wire, Netler Motel Hailding. rete” mecen ‘Coot. mora ete |Piret 848 ? Firat ae ‘ ° teas nasa Mecond te LR RE RE OP ESTIMATED TOMUAROW Third . Wheat, 30 care: corn, #9 care; oats, 6% peurth ruth +& fore — 000. Market stenay : ‘Ruamian 5a, 1902 stock, $5. 76@875; 1 csian bis, 1996 * Kussian 60, 1 NEW YORK. April tT.fugar, weaker Portland Market Status | Railroad Securities PORTLAND, April 27. —Cattle—Re- unchanged Hoge—Receipts, 622 Market very inchanged. Receipts, 1,022. Market steady, 3 Halt. & Obte Gold ée. mm Bien! Ref. Se 26m 1. e eese FEE DENY April 27.—Cattle — Receipt UP. Ret. és aP be & P. Conv. 4s... Penn. Cony. 4%e Poon. Gen. (4s a © & 0. Conv. be O. & L. Ret. 4a... on Mneep— Re: CHICAGO, April 27. spoon as much as they want in West Side parks this summer. Gustave |Thoma, chief of park police, says #0 |“Hundteds of nice fellows and girls who p! rte oo > = place to go when they want to dis ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., April 27. play affection,” says Thoma, BY RALPH F. COUCH n marriage have no other The Chamber of Commerce of the United States is working to estab. lish the “open shop” in American Baldheaded Row in __[ industry, Joseph H. etrees, Chica ko lawyer, declared today in open Church Is Shunned | in, the ninth annual convention ot GOSHE: Y., April 27.-Seats|that organization, of which he ts ded rows are now the| president. ble for worshipern| Defrees declared for reduction of 6 gone.| Wages of railway workers; approved the propoml for legislation to force arbitration of industrial disputes; Artist Minus Hands _[praisea the Kansas industrial court ag “an Interesting experiment,” and Given Scholarship hinted that the country's business LONDON, April 27.—A boy born|men may want to abandon the prin rift. the son of a London county hall] trade may be hampered by too high messenger, Many of his paintings|a tariff, which would cause other have attracted public attention. RRA ARAMA Pier A—Str Admiral Rodman. nations to discriminate against us, he said. According to Defrees, high freight B8tr Apokane. } rates are mainly responsible for the Union Pacific Terminal—Str Belbeck, str | Cconomic depression, but it must yet Onioan be determine a , Pacific Coast Coal Runkers—Dar edi Cpa Wao fhe’ raion Gen well, atr Redondo, ghtahip t pe lowered, ton Shipping Hoard Moorings-| Within five months, America’s ex- Htr Westward Ho, str Icontum, atr Yo-} port trade haa been cut nearly half, i eae tf a ing—-Str Vietorte, | President John McHugh, of the Moe- sta Ana, chanics and Metals National bank, chr Wawona. |of New York, declared in an address Mark Gey before the chamber, He said long- Martiand, ate| term c its to foreign buyers is the Forest King, achr Admiral Mayo, 'U | only way to solve the problem 6 Buri S oriage & Dredging Co.—ste| There ‘is clove relationship, he IF pete said, between the slump in foreign tr Roorevelt trade and unemployment o + k—Btr_ Ketchikan cu tatty tr Skagway, here, “variously estimated to involve Mtimson Mill Co, Dock—Btr Tkomasa sel yt * Tkomasen! trom 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 able-bodied Btream—BGhip Oriental, men.” SEATTLE STAR BUTTER DROPS 2 CENTS HERE Heavy Local Supply and California Mart, Reason Butter was 2 cents lower day, due to weaknems in the Califor: nia stock and @ heavy production ‘The local cream supply has #0 in creased that the Seattle butter mar ket will be wholly independent from other markets within two weeks quotations Wednesday, with the 2 cents chopped off, were |37 cents @ pound on the cubes and 28 cents a pound for bricks. decrease an yet noted. Wednesday on account Prices were steady. California i» practically supplying which in the reason for the shortage price of that bage was half a ceht higher Wednes day at 4 cents a pound ‘There was a good supply of local radishes which were selling at 20 cents a dozeh bunches ranged from $5.75 & cane, Low Angeles strawberrie & car will be divided betw Portland, are due VEGETABLES Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers |. areen, dos bunches om bunches | Peppers Fria. per mm Petaters New Carnet Fy | Radio iacal, doe bunches lawal outdoor Arkansas, per hamper . Paid Wheiseale Dealers Local cooking Basenes ier Vige Dried, per i630. box Grepe Vreit —Fierida, per case By rr Vane Pread ranch ‘by local dairies. ; DAIP.Y PRODUCTS Friese Paid Wholesale Deniers Local ereamery 37 lines of the Southern Pacific, Prices aid Wholesalers Mediam heavy Medium to chotee GRAIN AND FEED City Wheirsale Prices, Whole yellow, Tost, sacks 100. th oncks , 100-. ancks. 120-1. sacks 100-1. sacks 100-1, sacks” Seratch Feed Molaanse Dairy Feed j Mixed feed, 80-1, sacks. Bastern oyster Woeatern oyster Mixed Hay—No. Timothy Hay—No, av eee Dean Miller | Heads Electric Combine Miller of the col lege of business administration of the University of Washington, named head secretary Dean Stephen I and manager Electrical § of electrical rthwest states, vice league, a combine interests covering five & business expert and educator, granted a year's = ‘wence from the university. leave of ab- [One Man Runs a Railroad Gas’ Car Solves Problems | | | | Wichita & Northwestern, one of his roads, and a picture of one of the gasoline passenger cars he operates over it. HUTCHINSON, Kan. April 27.—] line, 100 miles in length, runs from 0. P. Byers finds romance in rall-| Pratt, Kan. thru Larned to La roadn. Crosse, with a branch line to Kins- After having aided in constructing | ley. It connects up three transcon- two roads that are now transconti-|tinental Ines, the Missouri Pacific, hental lines actows the prairies and| the Santa Fe and the Rock Island. after having built three railroads| Outside of the aid furnished by himself into undeveloped regions,| towns in voting bonds, by the sale | * snye |of terminal bonds tn towns and by pushing the raiis out 20 feet at a| the right of w time, when the engine moves up—| the road himself. He personally su- ‘Often I have looked at it in a| pervised all construction work on it sort of awe and paid to myelf:| NOW HE'S BUILDING There stands locomotive where! ANOTHER LINE one never stood before.’ | He is now building the Kansas & “This conquering of the wild; this|Oxiahorma railroad, from Forgan, extending of railroads into territory | Okla, to a connection in Colorado, where rafiroads are vitally need by the same method. It will connect is to me the greatest of romances.” | up many isolated counties in three ELPED BUILD THE OLD states, KANSAS PACIFIC “Farmers in these counties Inst There have been other oneman| summer had to haul their grain by railroad builders. Put Byers is the | wagon 70 miles to a rafirosd,” says greatest of them all, Byers, “That's why I'm building the Back tn 1878, when the govern. | new line.” ment was trying to connect up with] Byers thinks he has solved the railroads its chain of forts in the In-| problem of maintaining passenger dian country, Byers helped construct | service over lines ordinarily un- the first railroad built in Kansas—| profitable. He uses the gasoline mo- | the Kansas Pacific, now the Kansas | tor car—thus beating Henry Ford to division of the Union Pacific. Later | the idea, He builds them in his own he aided in the construction of many | shops at Pratt, Kan., not only for | his own raiWeads but for other short Looking abovt him, Byers found | lines. These cars, seating 22 pas- that lack of transportation was re.| sengers, can be operated for 15 cents tarding the development of many/a mile. A trailer is attached for rections of Kansas, Farmers often | hauling baggage. | were compelled to haul thelr crops) The gasoline car was the outcome by wagon a hundred miles or more | of “The ost,” the first passenger to the nearest railroad. car that Byers operated on the A. & “They need railroads.” sald Byers.|N. “The Ghost" was made by put And he set about to make raflroads | ting two handcars together, connect- pomni dle. ing up & gas engine to run it, and The Anthony & Northern railroad | installing sidelong wooden benches ia a product of Byers alone. The for passengers ayers has financed Benson Advises Wage Cut in Shipping Work WASHINGTON, April 27. jbosed by Admiral Benson today to wage cut of not jess than 15 per coat! seamen and ship owners who met a elimination of overtime was al here to adjust differences which threaten a teup of shipping on "Public Markets | ie Cas tao ins Sindh cles im sisacaesnslip aie QUEEN crry for the open shop on American ves- MtaNe 8-9, large pkgs. Qual Qnakt sels, continuation of the sea service (corn Makes) -m pall Piake} DUfeau which the men want elimi- White, 8% pears vr Del| nated, and for the strict observance petra py lng iy ge te | Which, the shipping owners are Stall 66, § the fine mugar, 68c; new mild | Urged.’ should be given a liberal in- best fresh ranch | terpretation, mall white bea: : é aie Wah! hye” SRM! ghite beers. | Following Benson's statement, the pansy planta, S00 do daisies, Tée dox | men and owners, with members of ECONOMY the shipping board present, began a Btall 26, fine beet sugar, © Ts te . Sah Amsattena “Gane & ta too | Miscussion of their case. It was ex Staile 7-$-9, 260 can sardines, Ise; te] pected that an attempt would be an palmon, S8e; corn, peas or tomat made by the owners, who announced 10e can, Stall 40, shredded cocoan 35 hing & This too cottey tie see tea | & 35 per cent wage cut, to bring in peanuts, 2 fhe! he; pop corn, 3 It the department of labor as the prin- cipal conciliator, 1-2-8, bolling beef, 10¢ This will be opposed by the men. Me dow t .; lamp c mean hea Gem} Benson explained that wages of Nut 1 1, 3 Ihe. S00; best | seamen had been raised during the i 10 mee! ces - a war to meet high prices ‘American cane ugar, #| “The new economic conditions and Ta. T0c, Stall 79%, pure fresh milk, ie | the changes in living costs call for Stall = '. 3 Doda) gens, bears | reductions in wages at least as great peaches OF apricot pec: Lux, 100 PRE: Tag the recent drop in the cost of liv: pkg. Stall 62, 2 the new seeded raisins, | ing, which reflects the return of the boxes matches, 250; Campbell's | dollar toward its normal value,” Ben- 10¢ can; & Ihe, tapioca or sago, full cream « Stall 17, bent 10c roll toilet paper, s7e. son said. CORNER Benson then recalled that last Stall 10%, best fresh churned butter, ate] February the shipping board and eee aero shes tha tinuttst: 2¢] owners had invited the seamen to bottle vinegar, 19c; 2 tbe nut|Make voluntary wage concessions. margarine, 660; § Tha. bem ‘cane wugar,|'The men made no concessions, he 6kc; fresh ranch eggs, 290 dos. Stall 14. | gaid red King salmon, 266 ™.; ling cod, 10¢ " 1b.; Finnan haddie, 20¢ tb.; halibut, 2 Speaking of demands for prefer. Tha She. if ence of union men on American ves WEOTLARS Benson said: et cane sumer, $9.60 sack th 40 tack State tt.| “The shipping board, as a govern: beat 188 ed butter, 450 T; 2 Ts | mental institution, must stand for | Nucoa. , 10 can. stall 192, 2] that quality in its relations e Tha. bulk cocoa, re baking pow : y be to thi \|| government which is guaranteed to der, 260 Mb.; corn starch, 10¢ pkg. 8 105, tomatoes, 100 can; 4 Ibe. navy beans, Levery citizen by the constitution of the; 6 Ihe, crackell Fr be. e United States,” wrackenl Tip. 2 the United States Stal 42, lamb stew, fe t.; bolling alto peot, 106 0, “‘minoed se] SAN FRANCTEC me shes, § bun ; celery, 10e.' stat] Men and ship owners of the Pacific 49, butter cream ‘cheese, aac] coast today were trimming sails for eee ee a sae eet teeat ioc mn | a storm and at the same time pre Ider lamb, 100 Tt Chatter. | dicting fair weather. fs raco tracks, 2c The seamen have promised to AN TTARY in. too, gut | Strike on May 1 if the ship owners Cane sugar, 4 Ths por 100-1 ‘Al White soap, ¢| attempt to place in effect proposed 2 ; tall ean ttt whe t wage reductions, They profess a be Bi wales TAR: | Hef, however, that wages will not be 10 tha, cane sugar, | Cut 280; 2 cane string The ship owners declare that if the 2 cane Garde 4 peas | men strike, they will be able to oper: yes large exah | ate at least enough vessels to handle 5 able soup, large oval dines in jomato sauce, Loa, traffic by hiring new crews, | O. P. Byers, one-man railroad builder, a map of the! you are on ‘the front.’| the sale of lots in new towns along | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1921. + SEATTLE MEETS © ITS “JAM LA 80 Auto Loads Journey to Berry Country “An unqualified succem.” That was the verdict Wednestay f f the 200 Beattie business men whe returned last night from a tour of |the Sumner and Puyallup vallegy berry section, under the auspicep ef | tle bureau of the Chamber of Commeres, Bighty automobiles of the caravan carried the party, led by the cap W. H. Paulbamus, who has bee ling figure in the development the berry industry in this set |The visitors were feted in 8 |and Puyallup. ‘They inspected thel Bae new sixstory $375,000 jam plant, T | which will eventually have an @r ¥ |nual output valued at $20,000,000, land returned to Beattle at 330 | Huge brass kettles and conta! were being fitted to place in the new jam plant, and bere and thi the floor and walls were marked t the installation of other fixtures, mere une of which could only be con Jectured. For here jam making will be care ried on on @ scale not before known On the Coast Not a single will be lost from the emptying 3 A sugar mack to the squeezing, di ing and clarifying of the berries, to be done on the most scientific and sanitary lines, insaring @ ceam wholesome product. Paulhamus, in speaking of the growth of the plant, said that the work of marketing this fruit in the valley began in an organized way 18 years ago, with a capital of $2,700, Last year the valley produced and. wold between five and six millions of, dollars’ worth of fruits. Normally,” said Pauthamus, employ from 1,000 to 1,500 peop the year around, but in the fruit picking season the number runs eight and 10 thousand. They in many instances, the wives children of Seattle laboring men have come to look forward ty season for their outing and portunity to earn a lttle money.” Paulhamus gave an Interesting count of the manner in which new plant was designed and pli in order that it might be the jeffictent possible. ACQUIRE GRAIN WAREHO More than 100 grain ho | have been taken under control | the Northern Grain and Wat | Co., with offices in the Arctic ing, according to the terms of a the Greater F lease. The warehouses, which are cated in Washington, Oregon Idaho, were formerly controlled the Centennial Mills Co., Grain Co. and Pacific Coast B Co., all of Seattle. PENNSY REDUCES DIVID PHILADELPHIA, April 27. Pennsylvania railroad today. clared a quarterly dividend of | per cent. The railway has paid str per of yearly since 1900 with the tion of 1907, when seven per was paid. ‘ The present decreased q is payable May 31 on etock ord of May 2 BANK CLEARINGS Clearings .... Balances . | Clearings . | Balances . | Clearings | Balances . en. TWo THINGS TO REMEMBER— TUE with ALEXIS LUCE COMING SUNDAY Mat. Sunday at 3:15 P. ME. r Ht MIER PRESENTAT! OF ERNEST WILKES’ Lal EST DRAMATIC OFFERING— “Nan’sAtonement” NOTE! oe guests of Mr. Wilkes Sunday matinee at 3115 p. m. WILKES THEATRE PANTAGES Matinees 2:30 ts 7 and Now Playing 4 “YES, MY DEAR” Jones & Jonex; Fern, Biglew Kings Gray & Anskiny A Pantagescope, “Velvet Finge: Admission: HOWARD HALL As Abraham Lincoln D HOsrORD . 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