The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 23, 1923, Page 16

VAGE 16 LATTLE SEATTLE BUSINESS—Finance, Produce, Shipping, Real Estate, Building |~~ BONDMARKETON A SOUND BASIS (2: Rail Securities Have Good | pg(aicu. Prospects, Says Moody | ; Ai STAK AY, FEBRUARY Co-Operation (EDITORIAL) Ratification of the British debt agreement is now up to the president. The making of the agreement gave business an added stimulus, its confirmation will give that stimulus substance. Why? Because two powerful business men, J. Bull and Uncle Sam, got together, talked over a difficult busi ness situation, gave ear to each other's side of it, and Faria tn nae adjusted it in a spirit of fair-minded co-operation. There is nothing now in sight to Such an action is bound to inspire general business || stop the improvement in the bond confidence in everybody with whom they deal, and this martes Be ape in L _—_— confidence is passed on down the line thru the business || '** '* Ukely. Optimism ¢ a ings appear world js. It iw fair te There is a thought there for the so-called business man near : this yar whou : “ , || about 3 per cent by way of reco’ we ped business consists in getting the best of the ee pod, rob cp Se, | other fellow, Offer for Clearance 300 's Weekly Review of Pinan ite current issue, = Bing back the good old pies SUITS | Prices Slightly Lower (iss##2 == kes of Golontal Days M n Youn Men's and Hi h Schools | momentous history was made over tables riot : New York Exchange "=." “iy the, Hncat, cookery, all earning power of railroad t v (1 lrg z = graced by the finest cookery, all the LL STREBT Jot NCIAL REVIEW machin > aes. 4 Mothers in the land could bake the most NEV t Levant dha tn 2 vba ee Ploeg p iy wonderful cakes and pies you ever could ank ri re-discount t SON [ ‘ daria pinehituary tte palit «x woll:| & on imagine! No wonder the Nation throve , m the rates Of mg Tat the nreviaaa oe 4 shipments of building materials ‘ and grew to greatness! I} Guilt Staten 8 : - ide : Mave been Snowing Setue et 44 to 81 The wholesome richness of those pas- ® nin, but: th y come later. American La cont “i tries has never been surpassed—UNTIL Calit Loum . er 9 r trade activity go to A For CENTENNIAL PASTRY FLOUR and about “Large current bul permits shadow a r constru: m in appears highly satisfactory esd ge ge brea: Ae apd is on the market! delicate in texture and blend, selected for king choice this latest CED NNIAL prod- The quality of these suits makes them the . a Pacific, 9 Anh ae ‘ ‘ ating boom in| a i ine i} 2 i ¢ t val ver offered a sg } ; uct is a credit to that enviable reputation ene Sekt 26:75 a ; 13 Ve for flour that is JUST A LITTLE at so low a price........... — LOCAL MARKETS a ; Wi BETTER. Flufty, especially ground and i] “y HH 2. sifted to a velvety smoothness, CEN- garm own New York Ip News Am } Ye TENNIAL PASTRY FLOUR eliminates hed ee Dae. one | 1 | ' , WG the waste of baking failures, and gives b ne 1 Frices Fald Whelesale Dealers | ; in Seattle you pies and cakes e Browning-King tailoring and styled in the hevieteal per sat: theus ae 3 were dni Colonial times. season’s very latest models for Men, Busi- i tn. doa bunches rey Boys. Sizes 33 to 50 chest measure and sizes for Stouts, Longs and Stubs, n better than they SATURDAY y he) Famous Colonial recipes on the package invite you to 4ry them with 4 new blend for baking perfect Made 5 7 ~ ‘ ry Recond Low Tide || bY the CENTENNIAL SOFT COOKIES i | Manufac pelcmndnalbod |b Cream 1 cup of butter and 1% cups sugar, then add 2 eggs, 3 tableepoonfuls of milk, 1 teaspoonful ing pow PASTRY workshops, assuring you the high-grade VEGETABLES . : sequal 4 ReetsLocal, per sack ness Men, College Men and High School Dressed, taht : uw heavy. ®. . . a Live, light, Tm . rere—Per Tb. “gay Geese Dressed, per’ To ad ms white, Turkeys—Vancy. creased ¢ . Yakima Gems, fey, er Live, fancy, seen Famous All Overcoats Reduced wisss®80 28 alae F: Sf een | ae p |: Every one of our winter overcoats at sharp reduc- — . the day to take on @ cargo of : eee tions. It will pay you to buy now for next year r ‘ . land w o tie to « at these prices. Mill, Gompan ee OS, y Ps 2 > ~—q@ayr™, Founded in America’s Centennial Year */Million Tons Disappear Into Secret Cache [BRITAIN LEADS |" 2tzetiuna rom, Tex) | - ‘ 1,031,081 tons—represents nearly 42| It will not escape notice that with *| WASHINGTON, Feb. 21—Are the IN NEW S H J P S per cent of the total. The output of | the exception of the United Kingdom, iss |SUgar gamblers hoarding tremendous |") 1 Lioyd's Register of | {® other shipbuilding countries was|Germany's output greatly exceeded |quantities of sugnr waiting for the| A ed doya's Register of! 15 toows: Germany, § that of at other country, it being |highest prices the consumer will ping during the year 1922 there France, 184,509 tons; Holland, 16: more than three times greater thar Flour—Family pat., eae y? It hed in the world 852 ves- 122 tons; United States, 119,138 tons; ' France, the new. runner-up. Hive Stem ee Hard wh 20 || 9:20 Second Low Tide | m i - aa Irs. bunches » of sugar, and then cut in rounds ) her toad ne will then sail < »|from here to San Francisco at mid. teeenss! night Friday 2 1o@n ss ms eT LTO 200 . per box. 400) , Md-pke. box. MYSTERY VEILS SUGAR SUPPLY Where Your Dollar Does Its Duty Browning King & Co. Second Ave. at University Arcade Square ea Mento. Bmooth heavy ~Fiorida, box Honey—Comb, per care Lemons—Per box ... | Persimmons—(-basket erate | Pineapple—Cudan, per care Khudarb—tocal hotho New Bartell Store = Natama@pt Rushes Alterations | NUTS HALL COLLEGE HAS NEW HOME) ,,cusnes Alterations | pu: ru Whsinale Deaan The Hall Business college will|/in the new Bartell store No. 9, at ‘Bhortly leave the Lippy building for ceed vee! Root lee onagealabn Pr S 2 o| Plumbers, plasterers and sign paint-| Mixed %i Per b ree re ae nel Sra are Oli ont tha, fob af the earas Walmute-Cal. Xo. i, pert third location in five years, each| time. Now fixtures and show-cases| vided. per tm. 2 33 move being into larger and’ better| ®Fe being made, and the street win- | DAIRY PRODUCTS - e rlees Paid to Shippers earters.. The new rooms will ac ly and entrances are belng remod-| 44, 1 mmeode eled. ri : ard jae oe rooms in| Alterations will b ecompleted early | res a y. stely | { March, according to R. B. Doane,| MI the new location will be completely P 101,177 tons; Japan, 83,419 One million tonsa of sugar went into some mysterious channel or cache last year. About four mil tons of sugar were bought and went 1 2 into trade or “were consumed" in E tncloeed jase; |manager. The store continues 010g | see owe abs theattin os -* ‘ 1921. During 1922, more than five De catena fon Sd center tata: | business meanwhile. Ty OB, ecateamey Serre million tone were “consumed,” that facilities Silt a other Senturen, DAIRY PRODUCTS ix, bought and sold into the lines of “Theoretical training {s only a| work {s drilling our students in natter ite Pald Wholesale Dealers mana gare aitetion at iy cp small part of our work,” said Mrs.| business discipline. With this in| Batter—Local byt rsedal | aos crease sumption” of 25 pe Barley—Whoie feed, 1 Rolled and ground, Clipped, 1900's Corm—W hole L. G. Hall, secretary of the college. “The task of putting graduates in touch with opportunities of the right kind is one of our most important duties. | view, we have a time clock which | every student ts required to punch on coming in and going out, and this record of their attendance is mailed each month to the parent or | Cracked and fe Oni ent. Sugar consumption has in- reased year by year but at no time has the increase been 25 per cent. Where did It go? y To increase suspicion that there st - jhas been hoarding and gambling in| ‘Another important part of our! guardian. sugar, government experts show that in February of last year, sugar was down about 1.81 cents a pound, the lowest prico in many years. Now sugar has jumped and jumped until it is quoted at more than 4 and § cents a pound, An increase of 1 cent a pound on sugar last year meant a profit to Live, light, 3 to 3% Ti ‘ z tho sugar dealers of $112,040,676, The Fancy dry picked 1 cent above Sugar consumers had to pay it. An Itve, increase of 3 cents a pound meant a charge on the consumer of moro GENERAL BUSINESS activities | than $00,000,000, for tho United States, ag reflected! ‘The sugar consumer probably will by the index of the Babsonchart, con-| pay the entire new tralf¢ duty of Unues to held at 3 per cent above! 1.76 conts a pound. Last fall the emergency tariff bill had a duty or tax of 1.60 cents a pound. The Ford- Rey bill increased it to 1.76 centu a pound. Two days after the Fordney bill passed, wugur increased in price by just tho difference in the two tariff bills or by 16 cents on each 100 pounds. Work Rushing on Dexter Horton Bldg. In spito of the recent snow, work on the new Dexter Horton butlding {x progressing rapidly, A double shift of workmen haa been put on to hasten completion. The bullding will be 14 floors high, and will cost about $2,600,000, ‘When the new Dexter Horton build. ing is completed, the old New York block will be gone and a great commercial landmark will be taken away. Many old-timers have ofticed in the old building, and most bust INI ~ ness men have transacted business an i thero. ‘They will view tho passing of hV@ WOKS tho building like the passing of a g ay friend, Rubber Trust Hits American Consumer WASHINGTON, Feb, 22.—Amert- can rubber consumers are threat ened with disaster as a result of the Price control of the world’s rubber supply by the British rubber trust, Secretary Hoover told the house ap- Propriations committeo, {t was ro vealed today, An appropriation of $500,000 to be used in an Investigation to develop & crude rubber supply for the United States and “bust” the British rubbor trust was carried in the third de. ficloney bill favorably reported to the house today, OPPORTUNITY Star Want Adg H Growing Peed— | Growing Mash Ege Mash—100's, ferntch Feed——100's Wheat—Mixed teed, 80's 3 TS Prices Fald by Wholesale Dealers to Shippers Dacks—Live, 2 ta. and over ., Brotlers—1 to 2 Tbs. ee Fancy 4. p., Hens—4% Toe and Medium, live, 2% to 44 The... “np: 3” Big Blow is over with. It kept us stepping a couple of days, but then— Geose—Live, fat, § to 10 Fancy dressed ... Belgian Hares—1\% Ts. and Dressed ....... Turkeys—Fancy 4. You Never Think of a bank as the most human of institutions, do you? To the scores of people who have phoned or writ- ten their thanks and ap- preciation, we beg to say? “We're not entitled to any thanks for being on the job—‘tnat’s what we're here for.” When we started business more than twenty years ago we promised to give GOOD service—and natur- ally -our ability to give service has increased as we have grown. The fact that during twenty years of SERVICH GIVING we have grown to be one of the largest fuel dealers on the Coast does not exempt us now, in event of any little diffi- culty like a storm—so Wellington ROSLYN Steam QUEEN Egg Lump WILKESON Steam PEERLESS Utah What other institution deals so closely with the dreams, ambitions and confidence of human beings? Every dream, every ambition must have a solid financial foundation for its realization. We are here to help make the ambitions of this community come true. Cord-a-Load Wood ieee bed and the bath tub, does anyone in 4+ your house have to wait for water to heat? Dur- ing the daily morning scramble to work or to school, when every moment spent in dressing means just that much less time to enjoy breakfast, is there un- necessary delay on account of old, inadequate meth- ods of heating water? Why deny your home and your family the comfort and luaury of hot water—all the time—as it’s necded—when 4 down puta a modern gas water heater in the house? $18.00 CASH Or $20.00 at $2.00 Down and $2,00 Per Month ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT AT THESE SPECIAL PRICES Come in at once, or phone for information, ACT TopAYt And save money! SEATTLE LIGHTING CO. THE GAS COMPANY 1308 Fourth Ave, Southeast Corner Second Avenue at Columbia Organized Over Forty Years Ago, We're really not entitled to any thanks, This business ig founded on SERVICE, and no matter what may come—storms or strikes, fires or floods—you are entitled to receive service from Monks & Mil- ler, Inc., and we want you to look for and demand seryie der any and all conditions, “Every day, in every way,” The Seattle National is pulling for a greater Seattle— The True Seattle Spirit, GArfld 5027 Fifty Reliable Dealers, always ready to help us render fuel service Main 6767