The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 9, 1921, Page 2

now comes a new era of prosperity for Seattle— MANUFACTURING _—to keep the home fires burning —keep our own factory wheels turning —not made in so and so—but “MADE IN SEATTLE” —fostering our own home indus- tries—with the thousands and thousands of Seattle’s heme-loving citizens standing squarely back of the many old and new deserving enterprises — making for us a Seattle that is already great, still greater! “MADE IN SEATTLE” sponsored by Seattle Federation of Women’s Clubs —“Your purchases of ‘MADE IN SEATTLE’ products are bound to be of great benefit, affecting every manufacturing reyes | in the city, bring- ing to the manufacturers a spirit of co-operation and confidence, extend- ing into the homes and promoting prosperity, teaching a great lesson of self help and community.enterprise. For these reasons the Seattle Feder- ation of Women’s Clubs stands squarely back of our own deserving. President Seattle Federation of Women's Clubs. MADE IN SEATTLE | . - — rocker— $67.50 chair— = $32.75 ’ $31.75 this fine 3-piece suite: special priced— to select from; loose pillow seats in all on coil springs; THE SKHATTLE ieces res! deep padded back and arms; comfy steel spring pore Je seats; length of davenport, 78 inches; aaa es pictured; bey rice, three Pieces complete, $191.50; special for this MADE-I SEATTLE week, here’s MADE IN SEATTLE _—upholstered in fine quality floral pattern tapes several patterns $ | 3 2 —the greatest mattress value we have ever offered. PURE NEW OOTTON — FULL 45 POUNDS WEIGHT 9 —fancy art ticking—imperial roll «© edge — round corners —an_ exceptional oe Opportunity for this MADE-IN-SEATTLE week, SPECIAL $9.85. SEE THIS MATTRESS MADE IN OUR WINDOW FOURTH FLOOR a ms Zs MADE IN SEATTLE $14.75 + regular price $21— —these attractive pieces of fiber reed furniture are finished in rich nut brown color; upholstered in a new attractive pattern of floral cretonnes, loose pillow seats resting on coil springs; exactly as pictured; regu- lar price, each, $21—; spe- cial for this MADE-IN- SEATTLE week, chair or rocker, $14.75. the way to a cozy, comfortable home is made possible by these remarkable credit terms: | —on purchase —on of furniture first weekly of furaiture «= first weekly } amounting te payment payment amounting to payment payment $5— $7.50 $50— $75— $15— $20— $100— $10—- $2— $30— $4.50 $125— $1250 $2.25... $50— $7.50 STANDARD FURNITURE Co. SEATTLE L. SCHOENFELD & SONS TACOMA SECOND AVE. AT PINE ST. FOUNDED 1864 L, SCHOENFELD & SONS $2.50 $3— STAR FOR EARLY PROSPERITY The Star’s ‘Weekly Review of Natienwide Business Conditions BY ALBERT APPLE One year ago this week, wholesale prices broke and business depression began, A poll of the more optimistic bank- | ers and manufacturers dinclones 4 growing belief that business has reached low-water mark and is now on the up-grade, because— ONE—Previous busineas depres sions have always run thelr course in from nine to 11 montha. TWO—The stock market apparent ly is on ® definite tho very slow up ward movement, which began April 4. THREE —Pradstreet reporta, for the country over, “a faster pace in output of shoes, leather, bituminous coal, crude petroleum, attomobiles and tires; a decrease in the number of idle cars and reports of better loadings on the railways generally; and an improved tone in iron and wtoel.” EXTREME PESSIMISTS SEE SEVERAL BAD YEARS Some Standard Ol) executives think readjustment will pot be completed year. Extreme pessimists believe | that business for several years will be from the tug. like the teeth of a maw, with accumu lated demand for necessities occasion ally bringing revival for several montha Average, however, would not be far below normal Standard Ol! of in the Middie W Bim’ cuts coming in East. Gasoline in Chicago wholesaling at 20 cents @ gallon, lowest in four years, Flood of gold, pouring into the United States, ewamps New York as my office, tho it can handle $15,000. 000 a day. Since most countries have export embargo on gold, the flood ts believed to have ite origin in Nussia. Will make money canter. Nunsber of commercial failures on Jown grade, but total Uabilities still tend upward. Rrritinh consols, before the war con. sidered barometer of securities prices, are on up grade, but lowest since 1797 TRADE TABLOIDS FROM MANY PARTS Pennsylvania and Virginia foun. try tron in spotted casas advances to $27 a ton. Makers trying to con- vines backward buyers that bottom prices have been reached. Business in better shape around) Los Angeles than anywhere else. Lumber outlook brighter on Pacific coast. a fourth of Great Lakes freighters will work this season, 146 operating out of Toledo now laid up ¢ially women's wear. Steel industry at 40 per cent ca pacity. Revived auto industry stim- ulates finished steel sales, particu: larly sheets Number of employed in New York state, national barometer, now only 17 per cent lens than year ago. Aver. age wage down 12 per cent. Crude ofl production greatest in history. March output exoreded Oo- tober, 1920, previous high record. Japan: Silk industry improves cotton trade gets worse. Revival of building awaits lower costs, Prices so far have fallen averngo of only a fifth, mys C. 8. Taylor, financial editor of the Arch itectural Forum and Builders’ Jour. nal. Sales of nation’s 27 leading depart. ment stores only 5 per cent lem than year ago, despite lower prices. In- dicates vast pentup public purchas ing power. In last six years, world's produc tion of cotton has been so low that. compared with pre-war normal, a whole year’s production has been lost. New Furniture Store to Be Erected Here Grunbaum Bros, pioneer furni- ture dealers of Seattle, announce that they have just completed ar. rangements for the leasing of a cor. ner at Sixth ave. and Pine st, for a period of 25 years. The considera- tion in placed at $350,000, Tho building, to be erected with a frontage of 180 feet and a depth of | § 110 feet, will be of Class A fireproof construction, with four stories and a basement. It is expected that the new structure will be ready for oc cunpancy by next spring. OPEN NEW POWER UNITS Within two months the city of Seattio will open two more electrical power units, costing more than 1$1,000,000 each, besides opening a |amaller hydroelectric power unit, preliminary to the development of the Skagit power plant. EGYPT ORDERS LUMBER VANCOUVER, B. C, May 9.— Exypt has just placed one of the largest orders for manufactured lumber ever secured by British Col umbia. Qablegrams have been re- ceived by Vancouver banks confirm ing the purchase of 24,000,000 fect of railway ties which was placed by an Alexandria firm, acting as agent for the government of Egypt. One-third of the order will be rushed forward before June 1 by two special steam ers of the Canadian government. CANADIAN BACON HOG PRINCE ALBERT, Sask., May 9. —Canadian farmers were heartened by the recent pronouncement of Chi- cago packers that a strong market tendency has developed since the war toward the bacon type of hog. This type has been distinctly the Canadian hog for the last 60 years. On the other hand, the lard hog ts the most widely bred in the United States, PROTEST RAILROAD TARIFF Formal protest against the tariff recently filed by the Pacific North- west railroads, making new rates in Western Washington, has been sent by Seattle manufacturers and ship- pees to the state department of pub lic works at Olympia and the inter: slate commerce commission, 3 REASONS \Motors, Steels, Tires 'Dro | bw yor New York pat N. Ma ¥ S.—-Motor stock Pier the drop today. Pierce-Arrow wa» of baker showed @ lows of 1% when it oj a | fractionally lower pening The unchanged @t 1 New Haven, 17% otf Mi New York ¢ |Gulf 42%, off % up %) Asphal entral, 71%, « American Wo: fie len, other portions per Tt © outside offerings lan Pacific ran up to 11h, tand B. & O. got above 41 Motors continued to work up. ferred » at 75%, Viere stockholders som The t quarter were to be included tn 100. A reported slackening of o: stocks took the lead in & We in n. 100, pany showing $13.60 refe py P t 764 up 2 Pleree-A figur the deficit, 1t would amount to around ort of the American Y. Opening # dropped sharply at the opening of ween there were reflected in other and the big deficit announced by| rket Saturday were responsible for ftw # Of opening at Btude pened at 66%. Crucible was % down olla were fairl 64%. Other o 4; Contral Leather, 98%. a up %; Atlantic Neading, 76%, off off 4; Southern ady with Mextean uotations in- 4. unche inclair Oil, 4. unchange Vanadium Steel, 8 unchanged Kalle held up fairly well, while) f6 Call money was lending at 6%) per cent Northern Pacific advanced 35% and the pre- uned even preferred dividends for the Arrow | orn © lat- that If th riers also figured in the the 4 with The former got rred was up to expectations. Ship News| || Tides in Seattle MONDAY MAY ® | First Migh Tide .¢ 44h am, ILO TL) Pinwt High Tide | First Lew Tide |2.28 8 ms 114 ft 166 am. ‘ Seoend 1 ° nm ; Kacond High Tide Second 660 pm, LT Mh 139 p oe 8 NO WIND; TOWED TO SEA The Pacific ooan was so pacific Thureday night that the tug Lillico No, 20 had to tow the schooner Fan ny Dutard 42 miles to wea to find a ‘for another five months or even a! breeze to fill the schooner’s sails, & menage received The usual tow is four to eight miles weet of Tatoosh island. | CUTTERS GO NORTH | ‘The United Staten coast guard cut- | ter Bothwell, now taking on supplies according to Indiana has cut at Bremerton, will join the two other ) | gasoline three to four cents a gallon | vensels In the Bering sea patrol thin | [oP oo) Wier: week, bringing the patrol to full strength. eee WHEATLAND ARRIVES The steamship Wheatland Mon tana, Capt. M. M. Jensen, arrived An port from the Orient Thursday, after making a round trip voyage to the Orient, including « call at Singapore, in only five days longer than the fegular schedule requires for @ voy- age of a whip of ber type to Manila and return. o- SILVER STATE QUALIFIES With high officials of the Admiral line aboard, the new United States shipping beard steamship Silver State had a most successful sea trial trip off Newport News, according to loa received here. oe GOVERNOR MATE CLEARED | At @ hearing before the United States steamboat inspectors, Ernest Kellenberger, second mate of the steamship Governor, charged with blame for the accident that resulted in total loss of the veanel, was ac quitted. Third Mate Arne Hage and |Capt. H. H. Marden, pilot, are yet to be tried. CAPTAIN SUES ENGINEER Charging that he has lost hia post aa captain of the steamship Weet Jessup, operated by Struthers & Dix- on, becanes of conspiracy by the Ma- rine Engineers’ Beneficial association No, 34, Seattle, and W. B. Jackling, its business manager, Capt. E. M. Storrs filed a complaint in the U. 8. district court Saturday afternoon. | Unlawful conspiracy on the part of Jackling and the engineers’ assoda tion ts alleged. cee Equipped to make the trip between Seabeck and Brennan in 25 minutes, the pew ferry boat Pioneer waa laun¢hed Saturday afternoon, There | fx space for 1§ automobiles. Mra. Bersie Lee Henderson will be pilot) of the veasel, ee U. 8 & Vicksburg, Washington State Nautical school training ship, until the school was abolished by the last state legislature, will be taken from Lake Washington to New Lon don, Conn., it is announced. eee Wenther Bureau Report TATOOSH Q8LAND, May @—5 A. M— Falling barometers ind. west, five miles an hour. . Uses Raturn, 16 p mM; ate Julian Lack bach, ¢ m™, otf Heary Groves, 7 he Arrivals and Departures Arrived May %—Str Artigas from Portland, Me, eon May *&—#tr Chilliwak from tah Colurnbia porta, 11 p. m.; Sehley from Sam Diego, 7 p. mi; George from Prince Rupert, {str Texan from Boston, 9:10 Raned %—Str Admiral Rehley for Van . BC. 5 str Chil Aritinn ports, 5:20 a m. May 3—8tr P ee for Prince Ru- | pert, 11:20 p. m. Alaskan Vessels u-—-May §—Salled, str Northwest atibound, 1 6. tn, rd—Maey &—Sailed, etr Admiral . southbound, 10 a m. eves Vessels in Other Ports Hongkong—May 6—Bailed, str Protest- laun for Seattle New York-—May polo from Seattle. Raitimore—May T—Bailed, str Clement C. Morse for Seattle, Ban Pedro Voyawer for Watso arrived, str Wwill- fan Franc’ Obioan from tle, 6 @. an; yacht Ka- tedna from & 10 p.m. Sailed, | revenue cutter for Seattle, at noon, str Willaolo for Beattle, 6 a. m. eee Vessels in Port at Seattle Smith Cove TerminalPier A, atr Wheat land Montana; Pier B, str Katori Marv Northern Terminal Str Toyama Grand Trunk Pacific Torminal—Str City ‘of Soattie. Pier 6—Str Tippecanoe | Pier 6 -ftr Weat Jappa. Pier 2—8tr Val F Alameda, atr Jef- ferson. Pier A--fitr Admiral Rodman, str Ad- miral Dewey. Pier B—Str Spokai Beattle Shipbuildi | Motorship sAnv Union Pacific Terminal—8tr Texan, United States Shipping Board Moortnge— rw str Ioosium, str Yo- atr Admiral Schley, & Dry Dock Co.— n, . Dock—ftr Rat mahip Mooring--Str Victoria, etr Ba Ana. 8 8 Burnside. pinal—@tr Colin H. hip Libby Maine. ka West Hartland, str Santa Alle H. B, Lovejoy, sehr Admiral M t Bound Bridge & Dredging Co.— | r Patterson, Amos Yard—Str Roosevelt, Heffernan Dock—Str Ketontl e do’ Rolcom Canal 1 Va, Friday, ¥ our Ad. | May —Galled, wtr Steel |» a. | Raw, $4 MARKET LAR prices of the GRAIN IS tered selling market to open rallies were enerally lower, but ie in mont lines be- were irregular. 4 at $1.40, off 1%e, and fell off Le at the close. wheat opened unchanged at $1.14 and closed off wo May corn 59%e and clowed u was we at the heptember off Ke. b 63 n opened at closed %c higher M aT pe jat off 4e an Jat the clone | | Cash Wheat CTHICAGO, May §—Cash wheat—Mo. 1 S147 @148; No. 2 red, $147; No. 2 MONDAY, MAY 9, 1921. STRAWBERRIES SCARCE HER Otherwise Market Is Wel Supplied ‘The Seattle wholesale produce mar- ket was well supplied with seasona ble produce Monday. Only straw. berries were scarce. A car of the berries quickly sold out at $4 to $4.25 & crate. One car each of Crystal Waz onions, new Garnet potatoes, cabbage and tomatoes was among Monday's arrivals. Sacramento lettuce was easier at nome houses at $3 to $3.26 @ crate. Cabbage was half a cent higher Monday at 4% cents a pound. Green peas were selling at 18 to 2§ cents a pound. ‘The butter market was steady at 36 cents a pound for city creamery bricks. The e market continued weak Monday, tho the demand had slightly increased. All dairy quotations were wtendy. oe th a Artichokes Car, Asparagus Peete as Local, per each . Cacumbers—Loe, hothouse, 6% Garlic—-Per To ... Lettare—e Poppers— Fi 33 bseeasdenssessssssss = ee Arkansas, per hamper Tomators— Mexican tor Chicago Board of Trade Pimms? (Monday's Furnished by 1. Hatler Hotel Building Wheat— Opes High lew Close May $140 Sek 9126 BLE July 116 146 LA Lda Corn May 6 8% “9 Jyly i662 62 Bept... tis “a” ae Onte— May... .00 26% 38% July 28% 2% | t Oe i |. Pork May Pe ke m4 ; Nominal Nominal oo oer 19.00 9.95 Nominal | Chicag | Wernished by Corn Oats. N. Y, Stock Exchange Femuiet by to 2 a Ca Butler Meted Btock— 0 w Atehinon.... a a3 a 0% 138) 1 | 2% 8M 1% Tl%e 0 Amer. Tet, & Tel. 107% | Anaconda... as alt. & Onio Kennecott | Lackawanna... Meaican Petroleat New Haven...... rthern Pacttic. Amer, Petroleum lerce- Arrow " tee Prani | Rea |e Repu! | Rock Texas Pacific Tobacco Produc | Unton OU of Dex Union Pacific ‘ Retail Btores | United Stat n 1 Rapid Transit 1 Total stock sales, ° Quotations) | B. Manning & Co. case Vige—Dried, per 26-T. box secsashss es Spor Wheat— feed, 125- Al-Grein ‘Chap—29-18. picks Chick Feed—100-1. sacks .... Chick Mash . ee Growing mash, 100-T. skx. Fourth «Me.. Fifth 3%s. —Arrived, atr | ‘ ipts, 19,000, Market steady. P1140; ewon, $7,107.20, 23 4e doz dersized pullets, 200 Ib. Denver Live Stock Market | DENVER, May ‘attle—Receipta, teers, $6.7567; } stocKers an 1 Market 15@ 250 + $7.55 @ 8,25, Market steady. os, $5.5006.35; { Lambs, apring 1 | N. Y. Coffee and Sugar | NEW YORK, May 0.-—Sugar, quiet. ‘T0489; granulated, 30@ 6.50. 7 Rio, spot, 6e Ib; No. ¢ Coffee Santos, §% @ Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, May 9.—Foreign change opened sii¢htly lower today. | Sterling, $3.98, off \; france, $0.0520 lire, marks, 80.0146; Canadian “umber Co,—Schr Philip- | pine, Lake Union—Schr Levi W. Ontrander. ® Winslow Marine Rallway-—Rarkentine Anne Comyn, barge Griffwon, barge Meury Villard, sur Monticelia 40.0604 01 Kkromen, $0.1790. cen wore: Sterling, $2 97% ; c 15%; Lire, $0,0501: marks, 0.014544; Canadian dollars, $0.9012, Portland Market Status PORTLAND, May 9.—-Cattle—Roeceipts, Market 25@50c higher. Rest stee! canners, $304.50; calves, $8@11 Receipts, 256 ixed, igs, $8.50 9.7 Sheep—Recetpts, 1 He lamba, $7 @ 7.5 6; 50 bulls, $8.50) Market ston ‘Ket st cull lambs, $5 50; wothers, $4 KKe—300 dom Cheese—25e 1b. “BANK CLEARI Portland Clearings .... . + 4,713,872.00 Balances ..... ..... 793,494.00 Clearings + 2,037,763,00 Balances . + 1,050,187.00 Clearings 535,794.94 Balances . seers 24,780.00 A Seattle Clearings .... .....$4,657,527.74 Balances . + 1,361,018.28 —_—— enoneentiirrierrenet te aa : ri There are about 10,000 automobiles in use in Japan de ’ 98.18; Reavis $8 g ss OS