The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 18, 1921, Page 18

os $ 7 ee PAGE 18 BUSINESS IS SHOWN Steady Gain in All Trades Indicated in Survey Made byT The Star ECIDED “improvement in| general business condi- tions is shown by the follow- ing reports, covering the more important basic indus- ~ tries. These reports were re- ceived by The Seattle Star im a national survey of the trend of business. WOOL Oct. New England ating at 9 Per cent of capacity, after months of depression. | Massachusetts, which makes four of American woolen goods, is ing 105 workers to every 100 ago. Wool consumption by New England is nearly as big as during the in the latter part of 1919, and the industry is close to capacity, says Federal Reserve bank of Boston ‘Spring outlook excellent " CLOTHING YORK, Oct. 18.—Boom in Ww England textile mills is reflected 4 of men's clothing manufac to the norma! operation of 40 a year. stocks of men's garments ed low all over the country en, however, have started a buyers’ strike, and condition of n’s wear industry is very poor. STEE | PITTSBURG, Oct. 1€—In last two fs, 15,000 steel workers in this ct have returned to steady em- mt. At Homestead and Brad- the U. S, Stee! Corporation is 75 per cent of its normal four days a week and expects ‘on full time soon ivy railroad orders for st are on the books. « thtening out of railroad fi- _ SOFT COAL FAIR | WHEELING, W. Va., Oct.1§.—Pro- tion by bituminous coal mines has off somewhat in last fortnight. i} output of all American mines this year about 90,000,000 tons samé period of 1920. Trade in coal is gaining steadily, as fac- reopen. Buying by consumers |” FREIGHT HHINGTON, Oct. 18.—Amount ght handled by riilroads is ily increasing. Eight cars of are being hauled for every ears moved during the corre- period of 1919. it gains in car loadings lately been in merchandise, coal and ous freight. are getting out of the HARD COAL READING, Pa, Oct. 18.—No dan- of a hard coal shortage this win- fer, Prices are apt to decline fur- in next 45 days. production of anthracite coa! all American mines was 1,790,000 in week ended September 2 Was 676,000 tons more than in week a year ago, when a strike it many collieries had suspended But anthracite output ‘gaining steadily. SILK | WEW YORK, Oct. 18.—Silk indus- ey ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. - steel. + which was first to have hard is on road to complete recov- Fy. Manufacturers say this season equal any pre-war year. Short te boomed stocking end of silk try. Raw silk that sold for $18 pound in wartime now is $7. EXPORTS Exports America $55,000,000 greater in ‘August than in July. Imports de “Greatest shrinkage in foreign ‘trade lately has been in iron and Grain exports tremendous, es- ‘pecially corn and wheat. Tonnage of exports is steadily. SOUTHERN CROPS MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct, 13.—High- ef cotton prices are sweeping busi- Mess depression aside ali thru the South. gaining Many Southern bankers and cot © ton interests predict a cotton famine Next spring. That's improbable, due to big carry-ovér from the last crop. _ But it’s possible, provided planters __ hold their crops for high prices. Crops of feed and food are so big this year in the South that average Southern farmer can get by _ dor months without marketing his | cotton. FURNITURE GAINS GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 18. —Furniture factories here are run- ning 75 to 80 per cent capacity. Or- ders from road men indicate this production rate will hold up until January, when new furniture season opens. Furniture manufacturers more op- timistic than for many months, AUTO OUTPUT UPWARD | DETROIT, Oct. 18.—Ford factories continug running at city. Other makery are from 60 per cent normal. Recent price reductions, tated by Ford cut, orders. preelpl have stimulated Detroit, now making 28 out of ev try 60 autos produced in the coun. try, still hag 173,000 unemployed. CORN DES MOINES, Oct. 18.—Low price | of corn this year «will be partly _ €ounterbalanced by the big yield, es- Ymated now at 3,100,000,000 bushels, “ Bwainst 2,446,988,000 bushels In 1913. Farmers probably will average 25 to 28 cents a bushel for their corn ¢rop. Exports huge. WHEAT CHICAGO, Oct, 18.—Wheat is now being exported from the United States at a rate which, If sustained for a year, would take every bushel | of the total crop. September 1 wheat exports passed | lead bushels a week. Govern- ‘s September forecast 1s for a the | ‘Ship News Tides in Seattle TURSDAY \\$ WEDNESDAY | « Mite | First iret Pe | ‘ 4 First low Tide, secon High Tide my lie ft rr First Low Tide Leek a om, 4 Second High Th ADMIRAL SCH ou LE CHANGED been in the sailing dates of effective at once | Changes ha ma Admiral The leaves at noon Monday Yor California ports, instead of her regular sailing date, Wednes faay. The Admiral Farragut will salt | Wednesday instead of Thursday by the dry docking | schedule Line amers Admiral Schley change was ma jot the steamer Qu TATO Rarome rain Passed ty Arrivals aad Departures Arrived wind str Oot. 4 King from & Liverpoot Det, 1—Str Prince Rupert, B.C. via str Cricket for Ta Balboa, Havre and London, at Rupert for Prince ports, at lids p.m coma, at noon Cordova—Oct western, southbound, at Ketohixan—Oct meda, northbound, . Vessels in Other Ports Antwerp—Oct. 12—Sailed, str Kinder dijk for Seattle. Bingapore--Oct. 12— ius from Seat Hongkong: Jessup from Seattle Boston —Oct field from Seattle. Arrived, str Weat (Arrived, str West Arrived, ete Spring Arrived, str Bast Homoiulu——Oct. wa from Seattice Arrived, tr tr Bpectator 1$-—Sailed, pm. . ate Mollere for Seattle, at 7 ee Ala-!} F Balled, str Eastern \'Farmers’ Bank at Lind Closes Doors OLYMPIA, Oct, 18.—The Farmers’ » bank at Lind, Adams county ‘ax closed yesterday at the request 96, fv Hirect Inability to collect pei 1 riya © the September due to poor crops, is state te AaNote liabilities, $62,874 surplus, wait Adams county within @ tate bank is the second usxpend busine Othello 8 August vas k w months, lhavias closed in N. Y. Stock ‘Exchange Reet Bugar ar & Way Inter jam er Langing | Centra! Le c. M. & Bt 1 | Pennayly Reading Replogic Repadlic tron @ Stee Rock Island North: | ? on K sales, 610,400 sharen eee Liberty Bonds heme) Total sto: Third 44e Fourth ¢4# ‘oday's Quotations Cattle—Receipts, £000. Market t or. Steers, $5@6; cows and heifers, $6; catve er, San Francisco south ef the Co- lumbia river at # p. m.; str Ban Diego. from Beattie at # p. m.; str Everett, San Francieto for Seattle, 600 miles from San Fran hs miles from Seattle a str Musiclan, Seattle for San Fri 546 mation front Gem Frapctnes at ® Btect Voyager, Kobe for Meattle, iat. 41-45 , Jong. 159.29 W., at 8 p.m. $s Vessels in Port at Seattle Smith Cove Terminai—Pier A—S8tr Kiso Mare Bell Street Terminal—v. Algonquin. Grand Trunk Pacific Terminal—Str City of Seattle Pier 14—8tr Ful Pier 1 tr Culburs Pler 6—S8tr Barrymo: Pier b—S8tr West Ivan, str Hattie Luck- enbach. Pier 2-—Str Latouche. Valder, str Spokane. BR. C. Bear, str Jefferson, str k—Motorship Wakena. rd Moorings—Str De- ir Laabriee, Ki Beattie Hoipbuliding & Drydock-—U- & La &. T. Snohomish, Connecticut Street Terminal—Str North- umberland. East Waterway Dock & Warehouse Co.— Str Ketchikan, Todd's Drydocks—Ship Chillicothe, btkns Forest Pride, Forest Friend, Forest Dream, str Admiral Watston, str Key-| stone State, Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co.—str Patterson, Ames Yard—Str Roosevelt. West Beattie Training Mtation—U. P. No. 57 Ocean Termmal—Str Cape in, Winslow Marine Rallway—Str Griffdu, str Griffco, atr Providencia, str Morn-| ing Star, barges Coquitlam City, Henry Villard, Doasias Opens New Clean-Up Campaign) Suit was filed Monday by the pros. | ecuting attorney to close an alleged | disorderly house at 924% Main st. The action is based on the red light | abatement laws and marks a step in| a new clean-up campaign in Seattle. | John Howard Haisch is owner of the house, which is occupied by May ingaman and her husband. jafter lying in ’ Hoge—Keceipts higher. Top. Ree lower, Tait feeders, 160 San Francis Produce 8, S00 Ib flats, 340 Ib. Wie dow; extra pullets, te doa; undersiaed pullets, Ie doz. ore IN. Y. Sugar and Coffee “OMMCID: 4 Santon, MN Gta hee in Tong Man Arrested on Murder Charge SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17.—Ne Lun, Hip Sing tong member, was arrested today for the alleged mur der of Hoo Sing, president of thi Hop Sings, in San Jone Wednesda; night. Hoo nished and a head. No Sing was the man who fur the two tong» with revolverr, price of $10,000 was on his Two Ex-Convicts. Accused of Theft Johnny Green and Frank Graham, ex-convicta, were charged with bur- slary Monday in an information filed in superior court, \They are accused of stealing jewelry from the home of L. C, Stone, 6721 19th ave, N. W and are anid ‘te have ¢ confessed. “Dead” Girl Sits Up in Her Coffin TUNIS, Oct, 17—Albertina Fien- za, Wyearold daughter of a rich Italian merchant, was declared dead a state of coma for a Just as the funeral services beginning she sat up in her She will recover. week were coffin Rumanian Queen PARIS, Oct. 17.—Following the re- visit of Queen Marie of nia to this country, several rench financial and commercial leaders have gone to Bucharest to assist in setting up new Rumanian industries and winter wheat, lowest since 1917, but about the same as in 1913. Wheat crop apparently is going to bring a better price than grain trad. ts expected a few months ago. LUMBER 8T. PAUL, Minn, Oct, 18.—Fol- lowing a slack summer, sales of Northwest and Pacific coast lumbe' in his district are gradually impro' jing. No boom has started in lumber, but milis report steady tho slow |progress toward normal. This is re- flected by recent stit@ning of whole- sale lumber prices, which now aver. jase 35 per cent below war peaks, j Export outlook bad, European | Markets glutted with American lum- | ber. SHOES BOSTON, Oct. 18 New hoot and shoe factories |60 per cent capacity dress shoes at 80 per cent Orders are small, for merchants are buying glose to the ket. C eral situation unchanged since March. Makers will attempt to stimulate men's buying by new styles * CHEAPER MEA CHICAGO, Oet. 18.—Chicago pack ‘ers’ wholesale prices on meats and ; hides in many lines are lower than |before the war. Beet ia 47 per cent lower than a year ago, Retail butchers report public a hin thruout country ts for cheaper England with women's re Tausanot barbs of pring a ules | SAVE MONEY= | TACOMA SAFTY - SPEE DAILY, 9, 11 0. m.,1, 8, 6,7 | Special Sun. Trip. 7 a m., 9 SOc for One Ticket 80c for Two Tickets VICTORIA. BC } PORT ANGELES - STRAIT POINTS DAILY AT MIDNIGUT (Doeg not go to Victoria on trip lehving Seattle Sat. Night) SAN JUAN ISLAND POINTS rupning i BELLINGHAM - ANACORTES PORT TOWNSEND RAIL CONNECTION AND MILL PORTS HOOD CANAL POINTS NEAH BAY & WaY PORTS Business Getter’ Ru-/ SEATTLE NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS For the convenience of our customers in the paying of bills, we have made arrangements with the Ameri- cafi Express Company whereby our bills may be paid at any office or sub-agency of the Express Company, as listed below, on and after October 20, 1921, We request that you make note of the station most convenient for the payment of your future bills, unless you prefer to pay same by check or at our office. Sub-Agents of the American Express Company, Seattle, Wash. 1—Weed's Pharmacy, 2601 Jackson St oI. MH. Closson, 122 Occidental 4—Cherry Street F and Battery ¢ Drug Company, N. W. and Market St rug Store N. Firat and Nene Commere Southwick Co,, ond and Pike St 19—Woedcock’s Pharmacy, 604 Pike St, 14—Firet MIN Pharmacy, 901 Madison Bt 16—Frederick & Nein Fifth and Pine St 17—Varstt ney, bolt University Way 180 reial Co. o! 101 ¥ 19—Westiake Pharmacy, 2001 Weatlake 20—Powell Pharm 1835 Broadway Way 22—Shaw's nier Ave 23—Miasion Pharmacy, 19th Ave. N. and FE. 2-0. GL Groce: Ti 'stur ave, N. Ww 25—De Puydt Grocery, 1905 10th Ave. W 27—Orlental Eapress Company, 503 Main Bt 30—Merey Stationery « Firet Ave 32—F, Buty & Co.. 601 Jackson 8t 34—Sears, Roebuck & 2465 Utah St. 35—Hon Marche, econd and Pike. ae 9 Ballard Ave 3h—Bartel! D Sto 4. ryt) Dallard Ave PUGET SOU? Aloha. | 210—Lincoln’ Phar » | 172 4oth Bt 43—Theodore Fu 4250 Leary Ave 44—Sunnyat rmacy, 0 Meridian Ave | 51—Fremont Dru 3433 Com Fremon 83—Grérumeod Pharmacy, 10th Ave 601 Kantlake Ave | S8—Nartell Drag Store No. Second and U 6s—Pacific Pharmacy, 142) 65th st Ave SS —Interbay ney. ) Grand Blvd. 90—'The None Marche, 3330 Third Ave, W. M. Lilly Co. Lear Ww 100—Riverside 1701 O5—Chas. Hanford St rug Company, WV. Spokane St 103—Seattle Drug pany, 1401 23g A American Bank, 600 Main St 107—York Pharmacy, 3401 Rainier Ave Bros., Grocers, ith Ave. &. W Grocer, ve. at 53rd St Rainier Ave 101—American Express Co., S04 Third Ave ND POWER & LIGHT COMPANY. a] PALACE HIP & Talk of the Town aa do Swan NS INTRODUCING A Wrestling Match under water between a 9 ft Alligator and a Man Onty Act oF irs Kip in the world Prue Divinc Contest Wed. Eve.- ale § Cash Prizes given to who cone the nearest to mitsting the swans in the glass tank. LEAVE YOUR MANE AT THE BOX OFFICE, DAY, 18, 1921. WRIGLE “After Every Meal’ Everywh All over the world people use this goody for its OCTOBER WRIGLEYS DOUBLEMINT, Everybody does. Nothing strikes #se ioner camper like crisp, brown PANCAKES frying-pan size. With FISHER’S PANCAKE FLOUR sou don’t have to tinker with the batter. You just add water from the nearest spring and there’s a big bowlful of perfect batter ready—enough for the hungriest campful of campers. We mix sweet, powdered milk and corn sugar right in with the choice buck- wheat, wheat, corn and rice. That saves you adding milk and sugar and makes the fluftiest, richest flavored pancakes you ever tasted. Be sure FISHER'S PANCAKE FLOUR oes into the next camp commissary. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR IT FISHER FLOURING MILLS COMPANY SEATTLE TACOMA PORTLAND MT, VERNON BELLINGHAM Just add water its ready PAN CAKE FLOUR