The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 13, 1923, Page 12

SEA TTLE STAR KS FINANCE WOOL MARKET s Laid for Heavy Wool Shipments Here I am in business for myse is Service. My one; a generous customer him my best goods. If my product should fall fective, strive to remedy AN agreement with Seattle banks Qasist in financing the marketing winter fee: of the Washington Wool Grow association F. Sears, secretary of the asso f sheep of mem the has been made by money. Mr. Sears announced that t Hsmment at Yakima of a lic ‘Warehouse system w Handling of 2,000,000 pounds of @nnually and will be avail m ‘all woo! growers in the state. The ; 4 n Ag arrangements and favor ble freight rates to the East via Seattle and water shipments will end to make this city a principal Jwool shipping point and finan iter of the wool interest “The wool industry in this epresents an investment of about $25,009,000," said Mr. Sears, “We ip about $5,000,000 worth of the lambs produced in this coun. every year and market about } 4000 pounds of wool, which Ms considerable business for the tate.” WALL STREBT The Serttle port commission NEW YORK, Feb Mffered the wool growers facilities at the — ed day the port at reasonable rates. The ca no doubt had Offered space in its Whatcom | evident every day that gaye. warehouse for sorting, grading) ti", ‘Ssers 3° by te ete de scouring wool for shipment to|“"Gpening prices included: Ind Bast coast and Europe. 5 up 1 OGAL LIVIN : COST AVERAGE : Beattie i an average city from the a 1 m i ‘ Btandpoint of the cost of foodstuffs, , "Rccording to figures complied by the and statistical department (of the Chamber of Commerce business for me. My business may suffer is a good one, it will always on. For my business is MI state JOURNAL strial Reading uiher wa York Central, 9645 rices modities are downward. ing ‘and the pure My Business If, The commodity I sell chief customer The Boss may be a pleasant custome or a long as he has contracted for my output, I will deliver I will listen to my customer's complaint and defects ; when I am able te deliver him a good bargain for his I shall always seek to improve the quality of my product by study, observation, and attention to busi- ness; for I know that better quality customer may fail; but so long as my product I cannot lose my job or be fired; for so long as I am able to deliver service, my business shall go right receives a y Demand Is Active and ; List Opens us in apite of F ne and a adent ate , Suburbanites Old traders argue that u trend in securities would not be true to Traveling Expense. Railroad Fares, Meal Allowance, From is The Bos: , or a tough one. But so Home. including the tight Absence Traveling ¢ on entire amount expended for meals below standard or be de- from home, trip ts sing while aw and I shall be glad scaagaase abet on business, On a Journey for other than budinexs purposes, railroad fares are personal expenses and the cost of meals and lodging Therefore living ex- pennes not de ductible. If a salesman is not reimbursed by hin employer for his traveling ex pen on a commis won ba they are means better ey: from general depression; if employe in with no expense allowance ay be If he and is repaid his expennes, he she have a market. deducted roms income. . traveling ms in his return am) of repay A recetving a walary and an all s for meain and lodging ald include the allowance in groms me, from which may be deducted ont of meals and lodgin xpennen an are onary in the con Stronger REVIEW fu ixiness” may be de ranging from ~ pay Mal m, or t hire v sir mer A taxpayer claiming such deduc tlons must attach to his fn return. a statement me tax showing the na iene ane ture of the business In which en- nerican Sugar ‘4 waged, number of days away from notive, 1264, v hame t of bustnens, and the Baldwin total amount of expenses Incident to travel Istand, 46; 1 on acee who ex business are not permitted te It bel Sheffield, 1 © Bte ® : from their é Made a ne wheat, sugar and other com aging’ power of the dollar tends der such conditions a downward tradition. the cont of transportation personal expense, Out of 43 items listed, Seattle cost i@re less than the average for the States in 18, more than the m¥erage in 19, and approximately the pave in six" SAYS REPORT} | The most notable comparisons are A marked recovery from the de- Hthose of bacon, in which the local | pression of 1920-1921, and a decid Meest ts 20 per cent above average, | improvement in industrial conditio! and bananas, in which {t is less than | generally is indicated in the annual | ®t 6:30 p. m. }e 4 of average price. report of E. IL. du Pont de Nemours es & Co, Warning of a new counterfeit $10} The company’s net sales in 1922) bank of San Francisco. In| dustrial sales by the parent comp p the counterfeit paper, ink lines have | were $60,400,000, as against $51.5 t i) Been used to imitate the silk fiber of |000 tn 1 1 is par the genuine. The chief distinguish-| tially indicative of impr img feature isthe portrait of Jack-| view of the lower unit p: cstiad which is particularly poor. 192 compared with 1921 is increase wement ice level and the DECLINE OVER, | Banking Institute tute of Banking wi pay tual Savings bank, will speak on the alifornia bank act ie BM has been sent out by the Federal | amounted to $71,954,000, of which In- | ~~ restricted zm) |Says Firat rea Is Will Hold Forum Improving in Value , future of First ave The forum of the expressed by Bert G. Owen the Henry C. Ewing Co. The paving and under ‘together n of pay American Inatl- | was i meet in the L. aeada already completed onstruction,” sald Owen, n the projected exten to Marginal wa, done much toward Insuring a etable pwth of re: Smith Building restaurant Friday E. B. Cox, of the Washington Mu-| values on F As an tn ” of this fa cently negotiated neveral 1 Firat a ty, whi at ave. we re ee loans » would les of explosives due to he coal strike volume of manufacture ear led to the re-employ MARY f r and its subsldi A cigarette that’s mild and yet lets you know you're smoking. A cigarette that’s blended to give ydu every bit of the tobacco’s fine flavor. A cigarette that tastes right all day long whether you smoke three or twenty. A cigarette that satisfies. If this.is what you want in a cigarette, try Chester- field. hesterfie CIGARETTES Of finest Turkish and Domestic tobaccos—blended hy udgerr & Myexs Tonacco Co, \ iedoune Tax Paste Insurance Men Will Meet ~ - + Two of the speakers at Wednesday's insurance congress here. ' men from all t are ex one temple Bighth Hert Smith Robe of Smith, cou r G. G, Wenway of the ontral Late, will t The Carnegie Rev, M nounce In | Brown wi Behe Matthews tion and the will Mayor addr pro make Farmers Start Fight weloome, Other speakers will 4 clude C,H. Twins, pres Life Un George M. Jacobs, dent of the oattle M. 8. ‘ox, head riment in of commerce at the Uni mity of Was! to Kill Big Packing Merger |Government Officials WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 of the merger. In the meantime, both the legtelat- tve and executive branches of the| government were preparing for ac-| tlon to break up the contemplated meat monopoly, Department of agriculture offictals were preparing to bring the Armour company {nto court on two counts; first, for violation of the anti-trust law, and, second, for contempt of a District of Columbla supreme cou | deoree forbidding one packer to ab | j sorb another. | | 1m the [the packers j closely by ate ag renate, the movements of were being watched the members of the sen- ulture com Packers’ represen: ain a defiant attitude contem National Farmers’ Jadopted a resolution saying that i members “oppose the mer ff of any great packing {nterests which wouid | have a tendency to eliminate compe | Union has» | comm Also Preparing to | Take Action to Break Meat Monopoly the terminal markets for secretary of the 1 of Fw za tie oday that hie organtea: | tion opposes the proposed merger. “Our groups,” said Lyman, “be Neve that the ArmourMorria merger is directly contrary to the terms of the consent decree handed down by | the supremo court of the District of | Columbia, in which they were toid not to combine or to limit competl- tion. “Farmers don't believe Armour’s Argument that great efficiency and economy will result from the merg- er.” he maid. “It has been clearly brought out in congressional hear ngs that during the last few the independent, packers shown ¢ years emailer have manlves ab pre y, while the Big FL she Jona and have they've grown topheavy We contend wion should Jurisdict trade commission bh There ts mue am farmers for putt trol back Into the ha: commission.” shown the The tit sentiment K the co! on OV a shown vy can do. LOCAL MARKETS COLD FORCES | "QUIET MARKET | All Commodities Remain at) Old Prices The Seattle fruit and produce mar. ket was unchanged Tuesday. In-| creased movement on lettuce, spin [ach and cauliflower, ax was reported | Monday, still held sway. Nearly all Other commodities were at a stand. still, due to cold weather, Prices} were steady on everything. * | Following Monday's advance in ere | prices, the local market steadied up| at the new quotation. Prices now| stand at 31 cents on white.shelled standards, 30 cents on mixed colors and 26 cents for pullets. unchanged, VEGETABLES Prices Paid Wholesale 1 Artichokes-Per dox *y Beete—Local, pe Cabbage—Por Ib. rotk—Imp., 0% Cnnliflower-—Cat ; lery—Cal., per erate nenmbers—Loo, hothou Garlio—Per th. Lettues—Por crate Onions—Co}., TH. « Apanian, per tb. cpenests Parsley. da. ing. bunches, Peppere—Por tb... “6@ Potntoes—Local, white, t.. 01M @ 01% Yakima Gems, thoy, weaded 20,004 25,00 La, yamn, por basket 2.75 Cal, yaina, per Th... \ On% Sweets, per th. 09% @ 03% Radishes—Local, dos. bunches 15 Rutabagas—Per wack . 1,00@1.25 Spinach—Por orate. 4.00 Aproute—Hrusaels, per t. 16 Squash—Hubbard per Tb. .. 01% Tomatoos—Moxicin lug, repack 9,003.60, Turnips—imp., dos biinchor 46 FRUITS Prices Pald Wholesale Denlers Apples— Delicloun, box Butter was 1,50@2 1.606 2.26 i 11 11.16@ 2.00 e tern, per box, 4.00 Daten—Dromodary, a6-pke. box, Iden, por Th. s.. Fresh Cal, 70 4-07 PB I-OK cceeesns rape Fruit—-Fiorid Honey-—Comb, por cane Lemone—Per box . Oranges—Por box cies sees wimmons-—4-anket orate . eupple--Cuban, per caso Local hothoure, tb. Por orate NUTS Prices Pald wholesale 1 Almonde—No VIVE cccernsces 1X, La per thy: Mf Mrasll—Por 6.50@7.00 OKW 10 6.00 Pee Per th Mixed Nuts—Per th Walnate—Cal, No. i Budded, per Mr. DAIRY PRODUCTS Prices Vaid to Shippers Batterfat— A erade, Se Bae Mi P Mile F. ©. per th tle delivery seh, white shell, 28 2.00 2.60 £.0.b. Seat condensary 3 DAIRY PRODUCTS Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers Butter—Looal creamery, Brick .. ‘ ‘ bo Fresh ranch, white shell. 31 ed COLOER ye yeee eens 70 2 aupply Cheese Or, triplets .....4. wi in cream brick... Block Rwiks h. triplete ok triplets POULTRY AND TS Prices Pald by Wholesale Dealers to Shippers Live, 2 Tbs, and over dressed . Brollers—1 to *. Fryers and Roasters— ne—Llve, fat, TM. ney d. p,, Id. —4% Tha and dium, live, 1% to Nght, 2 to 3 Ducks Faney, tve, fat, # to 10 the, rented... Oe. 4% The and up Turkeys—Fancy a, py S16 bi Roosters—Old, live, por 1. .... Hox Chotea, Meavy, Vent— Fancy, Weht Med, fight aed Fancy, heavy, 160-200 the. POL Y AND ME Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers Ducks— Dressed, per Mh. ; 2 Hens—Dressed, eavy ’ 28 Drewned, light ... +20 Live, heavy, th, Live, Heht, Th, Fryers. Per th i Geese—-Dreneed, por Ib. Turkoye—Fanoy, drone Live, fancy, TW. Meht fanoy Quotations at Stockyards Cattlo— Prime ateera .. it Medium to choloe 0 Falr to good . ay Teodora 40048 Prime co bow Gand own and sh 480 ap Fatr to good 5 400g Canners Vouhe cane BOO® von Tho Bulle ‘htoe Hogi Prime Weht .o Bmooth heavy °o a 2.200 9. 100 1.40 cubes 4a) Ship News Scores Are Coming to City Tides in Seattle TURSDAY WEPNEADAY ven. 1 “ iret High Tige High 4:20 et Piet Low “ Vide hewnd High Tide 4 law Tide “Marine In on the Shipper hae merce at the American ating out o! ott balt from the p fishermen bay can ¢ W.G. G. Benway (at left) and Herbert Elles Smith.\% Weather Bureau Report TATOOMM IKLAND, Yet A 19: AM f resembling j str Gothic # . at noon. ta porte, at 11:48 p. ick for Ban wr Depere for Val p Mar sth im ter for Ran Alaska Vessels Keward—Feb, 10-—Ralled, str A Petersty Ratied, atr kane, 4:20 p,m. . ther Ports str Florence m. 11 Arrived. © from Beatle, Amoy fi Btr Str Nome City for Beattle, tr W. R Chamberlain for Prince for Arrived, str Tev- Everett. Feb. 11—Halled, atr for Beattle. Feb, 10—Balled, jexander for Reattle, Feb, 7—Halled, tr Marn for Beattie. Phitadelphin—Peb, 10—Arrived, str Luekenbdach from Reattle. New York-—Feb, 10—Arrived, str Geo. | Allen from Seattle. | Ruenon Alres—Peb. $—Salled, str West Katan for Seattle. see Toyooka Str Prest- Higgins, str Heiith Cove Terminal—Pier A. ent Madison, air Wille A “Terminal—Btr vu. 8 8 Str Ad- Her Wakeens. Atr Victoria, str Oduna, str Jez- of the trade | & Shipping Board Moorings—Str Tco- nium, str Anna &, Moree, str Silver ado, str Crome Keys, str Delight, str Wallingford, str West Ison, str West Hartiand, str Lubrico, Connectieut Btreet Terminal—echr Sophi Christenson tlantic Btreet Terminal—Schr Camano. U. 8. C, 8, Dell- & Burnstde, Street Terminal—Str Kinderdtsk, Todd Drydocke—Str Boxer, str Fulton, atr HF. Alexander, and Dredging Co.— ard & Terminal—Str Gritfan. Mill—Str Nika, schr Rose Ma: Amon 8! Nettleton honey Heffernan's Drydock—-Btr Roosevelt, mo- torship Oregon, Rough heary . $.00@ 7.35 Sheep— Prime lambs Wee £00 12.00 Feeders : £:10,00@ 11.00 Cull lamba... 8.00 Yearlings 2.00 Feeders... 8.50 Wethers, light 5.50 Heavy .... 50 Ewen ois 5@ 5.60 Culla “a 00@ 3.60 FLOUR AND SUGAR Wholesale Prices | Moar—Famtly pat, 49" | Hiwe Stem bakers’, 9: | Hard wheat, baker AIN AND F Hay—Wholesale, f. City Delivery, Wholesale, Per Ton Barley Whole feod, 100's | Rolled and ground, 80's-100's . Clipped, 100! «06.6.4. Corn--Whole, yellow, 120%"... racked and feed meal, 160° Oats—Whole, food, 100's ....., Rolled and ground, 10's-80' , Sprouting, 100's 4 Wheat—Kecleaned feed, 126%" AMl-Grain Chop-—s0'8 Chick Feed. 00's Chick Mi 100) Growing Feed Growing Mash —100's, Ege Mash—100'9, 1) Kerateh Feed—10) | Wheat—Aixed te | Coconnat Meal Cottonseed Meal | Litneed O11 Meal | Alfalfa Meat Soya Bean Meal with B. M., 100" a No BM Limestone | Granite | Meat Scrape—Haatern ... Shell—Hastorn oyster .. Weatorn oyster s.sseces Bank ‘of Washington Plan Is Proposed | A state-owned "Bank of Washing- ton" {s proposed by the Washington State Council of Carpenters. The bank would be established along the | lines of a similar Institution in North for all public funds. Fagie | for 0 SMOOT OKEKS BRITISH DEBT Present Agreement Should Be Ratified, He Says BY JOHN CARSON a the British f money This ts the bone of contention in the United & , where some ic to the ag because means @ lons of money waye tt berty bonds do provide for 4% per cent,” sald Smoot, “But we have figure that Liberty bonds are tax- able. Wo pay 4% per cent, but we take much of that back in taxes, ngrems can do ie to ratify this settlement at once. Talk of an Inquiry into the plan is only « o best thing ¢ r delay,” t maid the American commis- red everything that Great ip He said the com- 1, for Inst insisted that Great Britain should reduce the doles sho is paying to her unemployed and that nome of that money be turned to paying the United States debt “The settlement 1s far better than hope for,” he continued. “It will do more for stabilization of the world than anything else we could do now. Lows money on it? The United | States is not going to lone anything. We are going to et $18,000,000,000. “Then there 1s some objection that wo are paying 4% per cent,” he con- tinued. “That ts now, while this | agreement extends over 62 years. Be- | fore the war, Great Britain borrowed money for 50 years at less than 2 per jcent and we did also. We are not going to lone a thing.” Public Markets best cane wumer, 620 nges, 100, 4te, be Con; artichok for the; new pens, |10e T.; & ite To. Stall 47, Tes |Garden strawberry and raapberry’ pre- erven, 230 T.; home mate mayonnaise, | 400 Btall nirardelli's choco- late, tte 4 boxes Bearch- 8 Naptha soap, 206 a. the. Stall 8, 9 The. nut margarine, €50; pullet exes, 296, standards, 126. Atala 81-33, erab meat, Te T.; shrimp m je Tb, Stall 46 Instant Port size 150 new pack shrimp, 6-00. can 18; Nuts, 20 pke: good Ibe. Stalls 127-129, pe |6-r. pall, the; loganberry jam, the fancy Grape aree ftall 18, Creme Oli soap, Ta 4 bare tho; Bnider’s catsup, the; chil! sauce, 24¢; Lenox soap, 40, 6 bars 8c Btall 2, amb roast, Be; veal roast, 12ie; lamb chops, 3 The. 260; veal chops, 2 Ibs. 260. Btalle 102-110, 2 eans Del Monte tomatoes, S0¢; Rut margarine, 2 The, 460; 2 Tbe, seedless raising, 290; 49-T, sack patent flour, | $1.69. 96. Pike st. beef stew, lam chops, 12%e; pot roast, $c; Eastern sugar cured bacon, 26e; sirloin steak, 16¢, FIKE PLACE Stall 17, & Tbe. best cane sugar, @2¢; le brown sugar, Sie. Stall 81, fancy | creamery t, 4c: New York cheese, 360; peanut butter, 1 13, prun 2 Mba. 150: cottes, ; matches, boxes 200; cocoa, 2 Ths, ihe. Stall 36, fresh smeite, 100 7.; salmon, lhe: tender- }loin of sole, 266 Tm. Bt Boston jeteamed brown bread, potate and |Yegetable combina | pure coco 4-1. pail 3 Japple Jelly, lke Tb.; chicken tamales, 26¢. Biall 65, Se and up: India qt; mustard Del Monte jc} graham Kellogg's bran, 200; wack $1.95, ECONOMY 4 the Dest cane sug 1 36, no prunes, 1 Maid seeded oF corn, 40e T.; home made sandwich 490 t.; Roy peanut butter, Stall 40, chocolate, 260 T.; black Tb.; pop corn, 2 Tha. 16c; pea- Sc. Stall 20, Yakima Gems, cauliflower, 250 and 30¢ dos.; lée Tb, Stall 39, butter, sharp Tb. can hew head; | pack to! mery Maid seedless raisins, 260; | werck’s cocoa, 1-1, can 360. WESTLAKE Stall 195, 2 bars Maxine Elliott # 160; 2 large bara Ivory, soa) can Rogers baking powder, | 160 T,; blackberries, 120 can; jam, 8 cans dhe. Stall 129%, 2G¢ comb honey, 28 44-1. can real Scotch marmalade, 90 |bulk strawberry jam, 300 Ib; Premier New York sharp cheese, 45c; Jack cheese, coffee, 3 Ths. $1. Stall 180, No, noake flour, 65e; No. 10 Baker Girl flour, akima money, 350; Old acum packed coffee, 400; 3-1, box P, C, B. graliams, 450; roll tissue tollet paper, 60; &-Ib. anit, 160. Stalls 14-15, short ri $0} ‘steer pot roast, So; liver, 2 Tbs. pork ateak, 2 tba. 3 war cured bacon, 260; salt pork, 20c, Stalls 16-17, 4 bare Creme Ot! soap, 25c; Wool soap flakes, So; Swift's white soap, 7 bara i5e; black pepper ns 160; Swift's Pride washing powder, 4 tbs. macaroni, O21, xcratoh feed, $2.35; cracked corn, $2.35 egg mash, $2.60; Gold Bond flour, | $1.86; Westlake Special flour, $1.85; Cen- tonnial Beat flour, $1.90; '"400" hard Seattle Man Heads Retail Secretaries Harold N. Moore, assistant secre- tary of the Chamber of Commerce,, |hag been elected president of the National rotarie jin New | Moore, who is also secretary of |the retail trade bureau and the industrial department of the Cham-, |ber of Commerce, addressed the con: |vention on relating to re tall shopping. now in annual convention York, roblems: The steamship Zenon of the Com ol pagniy Generale Transatlantique 1s jdue to arrive at Seattle February |25 with a cargo including 100 tons jof glass. | At Seattle the Zenon will load | 100,000 feet of lumber for Havre and 60 measurement tons of doors Bilbao, Spain, She will stop at Bellingham to load cargo con signed to Mexico and South Amer lean ports, replacing with beans and coffee for Europe. Cuts Off Finger. Bitten by’ Cat PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. 18 Foaring infection in a finger which 9,50 Pakota, and would be tho depositary | his cat had bitten, Theodore Kelly ehopped it ff with a hatchet, Association of Retail Sec: ” sri sn Sano: