The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 11, 1921, Page 7

PAGE FREDERICK & ‘NELSON | FIFTH AVENUF AND PINE STREET MONDAY, JULY 11, 1921. THE SEATTLE STAR HIT FARM PRODUCTS: _ PROFITEER Congressional Inquiry to} Discover Men Making Huge Gains ‘New York Exchange © Is Heavy at Opening KK lgher at @64. Heavy Hing sent that stock down to 64%, off 1M t 73%, and Mexican Petroloum lost \ at 03 Ing prices includ 4 Pruit, 108, }to find the men who are making vis | profits ot foodstufts. } Wearing apparel will. also be traced from the cotton fields and sheep ranges to the buyer's back. | Agriculture, members of the com: | mittee contend, is in a state of dim | tress that economic conditions do not justify, Somebody is getting @ large part of the farmer's share of) the profits and the consumer le pay ing unduly high prices, they declare ‘The investigation will go into: 1, Cause of the present condition of agriculture. | 2 Cause of difference between prices on farm products paid to pro | ducer and ultimate cost to consumer. 3 Comparative condition of indus tries other than agriculture, includ-| ing relative prices of commodities, 4, Banking and financial re sources and credits and marketing, transportation facilities, After taking testimony of repre sentatives of the various farm orgal- izations, Chairman Anderson indi cated today that the committee | would make trips to the centers of | distribution for first-hand informa. tion. Seattle TURSDAY SUNK Ut iret Low Tide 4b. 8 Virwt 10.58 & me | Become Low ‘Tid oie pom. 4 | | Recond Migh Tide | poe Dom. 124 hl te ee pm. 3211 ft eee PENN STATERS TO CELEBRATE Former Pennsylvania residents from all parta of Washington will t gather at Pier B to visit the liner Keystone State, sister ship of the Wenatehee, on July 27, Included in the day's program will be a dance, « buffet luncheon on board the boat, and the reading of a mossage to!) Unite Pennsylvanians from the governor yp | of, their state July 1 tock ning tow DOWMSTAIRS STORE| arkot wae heavy at the ope te Pr First High Tide | 2:28 am, AT ft Second Low Tide 21e & m, 26 Second High Tide Kaila were quict Awphalt J 10%, off % For Tuesday, an Offering of 300 Girls’ Tub Frocks Special 50c NE-YEAR-OLDS and girls of fourteen share equally in the savings presented at this price, on Dresses of Plain, Checked and Plaid Percale Black and White Checked Cotton Suitings Lace-and-embroidery-trimmed Lawn White Linene —made in several very smart styles, two as pictured. Sizes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12 and 14 years. Special Tuesday, 50¢. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Collar and Vest Sets To Smarten Sports Jackets and Sweaters 50c to $1.00 Frilly affairs of white net and Valenciennes lace, 50c set. ] White Net and fine lace jf are used in other Collar and Vest Sets at 65c. " Collar and Vest Sets of deep cream allover lace, — or allover lace in combi- — nation with Venise and Valenciennes lace, $1.00. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE + lephone, 104, unchang F thruout the firat by arted sell points In class, When 4d to near Saturday's clone the last half hour because « mn back the whole lat re Many trandactions were made in cash dur of the premiums A single block of 1,400 shares pared with clone of 83%. On #69. Industrial Alcohol and Pan of United Naldwin 23%, up 1% WASHINGTON, July 11.— Con Brees started on the trail of the farm products profiteer today when the agricultural! inquiry was opened By a joint committee of the house senate ‘With sweeping authority to go Into the bighways and byways along the route from the farm to the din pail, the committee has set out I nehanged Gul 75, up %i United States Mexican Petroloum, 9% 7%, off 2%; Cana eee BANKRUPTCY TO PROSPERITY The Patterson-MacDonald Ship. building Co, was transformed from a! bankrupt concern to one of the most successful of wooden shipbuilding concerns in the country when the corporation was awarded $1,028, 458.66 in ship claims against the Aus trailian commonwealth government pea eee | NEW LINER ARRIVES The new steamship Luckenbach : arrived in port Saturday and docked 3 | at the Hanford st, terminal to load 7 outward, She will take one of the heaviest cargo offerings to Atlantic ports ever loaded Jn one ship when she finally clears for the East coast eee NEW LINER MANUKAI COMES On her maiden trip from San Fran. cisco, the handsome new steamship Manukai arrived here Saturday night, She is docked at the Union Pacific wharf, where she is exciting considerable interest amor local mariners, Sugar, 68%, Southern Paci MELON MARKET = NOW STRONGER | First Sugar Pears Appear at $2 for 4 Baskets ous Players, 48, off U. G. MOORE won the uniform demonstration contest held by the ock Exchange thome) 2 Co's Prt Dallding. 1 gi Underwood Typewriter Co, Saturday. WW iD | ‘The watermelon market was | stronger Monday at 3 to 3% cents |@ pound, the latter price being |asked for fancy melons, It has been reported that the Imperial val ley district in about cleaned up and is thru shipping watermelons, due to the extreme heat, and that a | more central point, Dinuba, is now | | starting shipments, | The first sugar pears of the sea | fon were on the street wholesaling | at $2 for a 4-basket crate. Duchess! | apples, packed in peach boxes, were | on sale at $1.25 a box. New cook- Untrimmed Summer Hats in "ais. in regular apni’ boxe At Reduced Prices ee $3.50 and $4.95 berries, loganberrie: 4 ta | ‘ ieee ee ae VERY Untrimmed Summer Hat re- maining in stock is,involved in this dis- | loupes. | New Garnet potatoes were quoted |) posal—arranged for easy choosing, in two lots as follows: 3 cents a pound and California Whites at 2% cents. ' shortage of green peas caused the market to be firm ag a higher Prices—11 cents a pound. 80 HATS AT $3.50 —Hemp and Batavia Hats, also combinations of. porcupine and basket-weave straws, in high colors for sports wear, also black, navy, brown and gray. 4 | The price of 35 cents a doxen for 29% | fresh ranch eggs was general Mon- “ day. A few jobbers stated that HATS AT $4.95 ~—Large Drooping-brim Hats for midsummer wear, in soft straws, offering choice of Jade, 4% | @ke* will be drawn upon from the coolers within a week or two if the| Pheasant, Black, Navy and Pink. ~THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE DS \} Vid Clearing ee Weather Bureau Report TATOSH ISLAND, July it—# A. M Rarometer rising; cloudy, wihd south, 14 a You Save. puts you on the first rung of the ladder that leads to independence. And every addition“ to your Savings takes you one step nearer the objective of every worthy Citizen— the Happiness that comes with independence. Southern Railway. |Btrombere.. Mudebdaker 7% Union Oli of Deleware 15% 120 0 L cong “ July 10—Str Prince Rupert for Prince | Rupert, 1146 p.m; atr Kffingham for str Taithybiue for. July Behr tson A. West for Ban Ped: m; chr Vancouver for Callae, eee Alaskan Vessels Skagway—July 10—Salled, str Spokane, southbound, 6:4 price should make another advance | of 2 or 3 cents. There were no changes on the butter mart, with quotations steady | Crosse | &t 38 cents a pound for local cream: #436 ery bricks and 37 cents for the cubes, New Belts For Wear With Sweaters and Frocks — 25c to $1.25 RAIDED black and © white effects, novel open-work cuttings and patent leather motifs on — white are a few of the de- © VEGETABLES Prices Paid Wholesale Deniers wexpheedd “vee Reans-K. Wash. green, per tug Samson from Balled, motoraniy Asdrea F. Lackenbach for Geattie; Aemizal Gotiey, tee Genstie, 8 pm. Astoria—July 10—Salled. str Iris for Seattian. Arrived, otr Mambro from Seat- iam Me Lace-boot Silk Stockings At 89¢ Pair A VERY low price for thread-silk Stockings of this quality—with lace-boot effect. Strength- ened with hemmed lisle garter top and reinforced heel, toe and sole. Black and Cordovan. Sizes 8¥, to 10. The pair,-89¢. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Vessels in Port at Seattle B, or Fushime Fler 4—Str Aémiral Rodman Union Pacifle Terminal—str Depera, str | Hritish ‘Manukal Britian o & Bh Beard Moortngs—str : : Bastern tr Deirosa. str Icon! \. toe ] am, str Westward Ho, sir Anna grt oree. Hanford Street Terminal—tte Lewis Lackenback. LJ jane Street Terminal@tr Retief Waterway Dock & W: ‘Weat Ison. Todd Dry Docke—ftr ate We- | Munic hatches, str Weat Jester, schr Admiral Munich Mayo. | Prankfort Puget Bound Bridge & Dredging Co.—dtr | Japanese . ‘Patterson. Fi Ames Yard—@tr Roosevelt. iapanese lat 4% Japanese tod Heffernan Doek—Str Valdes Btream—Ship Chiliicothe, battleship Ida- ne For over 20 years this Strong Savings and Loan : Women’s and Children’s “Sample” Knit Underwear 15c and 25c AT 15¢ GARMENT—360 Women’s White Knit Vests in Swiss-ribbed and fine-ribbed weaves— several styles and assorted sizes—and all season- able summer weight. AT 25¢ GARMENT—204 Sample Garments for women and children, principally Vests, with a few knit waists included—exceptionally low- priced. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE ‘4s Paria - s 4 te United Kingdom 6 a, Vaited Kingdom 69s, eve 1989... iat... . Railroad Securities oe Carramte—Ted, per crati Dates—Per case - Wige—Presh, per box X Aluminum Percolators Special $3.95 and $4.45 EATURED Tuesday, 93 Aluminum Stove-Per- colators, offering choice of three good patterns, one as pictured. Well- finished through- out, with interior (parts easily taken apart and cleaned. Sizes from 4-cup to 10- cup capacity. Special $3.95 and $4.45. —Housewares Section, THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE way be, . L. 48 oors, stocker steers, $1.78@7.25 stocker cows and heifers. $2.5005.60 18,000. y Lambs, ‘a P Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers Almonds—- Per see @ ™ ‘ Economy Jars bpecial $1.25 Dozen IGHLY favored for two reasons are Economy Jars—they have large opening to take fruits whole, and they seal with cap and clamp in- stead of rubber ring. Quarts or Pints, special Tuesday, , * Keystone, Tt 12 fi ne ooees Ore 08% Pecans—Per ererrse a0 DAIRY PRODUCTS Prices Paid te Shippers Butterfat— A grade, Seattle NGTH Continued San Francisco Produce Today's Quotations BDutter—xtras, 410 Ib: prime fireta, 27 ihe Ib.; seconds, 27 '%o Ib, tras, 3946 dow; fi 1 dirtt GRAIN MARKET GAINS STRE { CHICAGO, July 1 |peasimiatic crop reports lgrain and provisions qu the Board of Trade ow some strength today, The adyances were only slight.and a few of | tions showed fractional . bt peratures over the we Fresh ranch more moderate, but there was ver eyes little rain in the Northwestern wheat belt or in the Southwestern corn- growing region. xport demand was fairly heavy. The volume of trade was light. Provisions were irregular. July whe $1.18 and clo: . opened off le July corn op and closed up opened up %e at 59i%c, and cloded up ee. July oats opened No. left here on or before Saturday July 16th., will earn Dividends from July ist. fob Beattie supply. . ¥. 0. B condensary, ewt Portland Market Status Today's Quotations Cattle—Receipts, 1937. Market Choice a good ateers, $5.2668 heifers, $6.50@ steady. fair to he $1.25 dozen. _ pre powNSTAIRS STORE 2.75; triplets Wisconsin cream brick k Swi ‘Wash. triplets mew mctuaes, wa, OITY'S BUDGET ea = ESTIMATES CUT Hens Live, under @ My :| That city officials are determined 14\to slash: expenses for the coming year waa indicated Monday in the ALL READY FOR [Ci Gots #57895 BUYERS’ WEEK |= sss sess All set for Buyers’ Week at the| Proportion of June tax collections Bell st. terminal, July 25 to 30!| the sum of $920,810.14 Seattle re Plans for the ninth annual mer-|celved $577,835.35, the state $336,- Hloge—Receip lower, Pr medium mixed, $10.25@ 10. ed at mber Keo ; ie William A. Gaines, county tream © eptem be | Live, 4 Ibe. and up .. Keptember corn | | Live, 4 the sad up... Live, per Tb i Turkeys—Live, per tT. Reigian Haree—Live, POUL Rr 18 Me 23 6 Me at 85% mber oats id closed u SAVINGS™°LOAN Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, July 11.—Forsign ex- change opened lower today included france $0.0128. Quotations Starling, $3.63%, off 3 points $0.0777; lire, $0.0605; marks, N. Y. Sugar and Coffee Tv granulated, 8 Caffee—No. 7 Rio, spot 4 Santos, en eee Cash Wheat CHICAGO, July 11.—Cash wheat 1 red, $1.18% O1.19% 5 2 red, $1.18@ 119%; NO. 3 red, $1.18@1184: No. hard, $1.18%@1.20%; No. @b1.16%. 0% @6%e Ib; No. No ASSOCIATION | WHERE PIKE CROSSES THIRD | sRerenmeemeusnenercresnerepam) | Clearing, .... | Clearings .... | Balances ..,.. . 539,985.00 48,971.00 MAT) 50 ca «(Moi Furnished by 2 July 3 hard, $Li6 Sept Wheat Op 5 118 Corn— 40 1% 45% Chicago Bo Cont. Esta 123 140 100 ED TOMORROW rs; corn. '® Quotations) Manning & Co. Ave. on High Low 119% 62% 60% 6 18% minal .Nominal 116% 130 care Ueyr 108 "7 outa, ard of Trade Clowe + $118 $120% 81.17% $1.19 Li8K 61% 69% 35% a8 18.40 18,67 WAT 11.42 10.8 41.03 Prices Pald Wholesale Dealers Dacks—Dressed, per Tb, . Hens—Drensed, ‘per tb. Geese—Dressed, por Th. : Turkeys—Dressed, per Tb. . MEAT Quotations at Stockyards 8 Primes . Rough | olty delivery ....... | HAY, GRAIN AND FEED’ City Wholesate Prices, Per Ton Corn—Whole yellow, 120-M, sackne 39,00 ed ‘ ts Rolled, #0- Ground, 100-1b, sacks . Clipped, 100-1. packs . Osts--Whole, feed, Roled, 70-Ib, sucka « a6 three department 29@ (34 filed with the finance committee. 4.15. Koy budget estimates The estimates filed are $184,051 less ™ | tusan the funds demanded last year The fire department cut its budget 03,026, the health department $69,- 0 and the harbor department $11,- 695. Ground, 80-t, sacks Sprouting, 100-T. sack Wheat Rect 9 All-Grain Chick Fee yoo | competition, it was announced Mon: | Publish a limited list of exceptional chants’ convention for the North. west were made public Saturday by the committee in charge. Monday, July 25, will be given )over to the arrival and registration of the guests, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will cover the inspec- tion of exhibits, and include ad- dresses by prominent business men. Friday and Saturday will be sight. seeing and private business trans- action days for the visitors, } SEEK “EXCEPTIONAL” RATES Eastern railroads have agreed to Join transcontinental .lines, in filing applications with the interstate com- mefee commission for permisison to rates to the Pacific Coast on com. modities especially subject to ocean di | Bewch | Alfalfa tray: i |Mixed Hay—No. 1 by No, 1 perrererereernrtrer 182.87, and cities and towns in King: county the remainder, $ Of the amount paid to the state of Washington, $135,908 is for poll tax collections. The treasurer reports that to date 136,142 poll taxes have been collected in King county, ® total of $680,710, PROTEST OUTSIDE CONTRACTS: Protest against the action of Se- attle contractors in subletting con- ‘tracts to outside firms when local houses had submitted equally low bids was voiced at a joint meeting of the Sash & Door Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ association held Friday night, Denver Live Stock Today's Quotations Cattle—Receipts, 2,000, Su Market 25@360 Dulk, $8.76: Marki 10.80; owen