The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 24, 1923, Page 17

BUSINESS—Finance, Produce, Agriculture, NEW PACKING PLANT READY | Foresees Big Future for Hog Raising in Washington The new packing plant of the As. Soclated Packing Co., Gently organized in Seattle, will be | | sin operations next week, t© an announcement made by I. W. Ringer, president company. The plant is loca B. Marginal way on a tract ae The building, which completed, covers a ground space of | 100 by 150 feet, and, ment, represents an $50,000. according hureday of th investment of Tho new plant will deal exclusively | im pork products, featuring bam, bacon and lard, Everything tn the plant ts up to date, including a complete lard refining outfit. A fea ture of the company’s output will be the fact that nothing but corn-fed hogs will be used. | Ringer is an enthustastic advocate Of hog raising tn the state of Wash ington, “Hogs are bound to follow the datry cow here stated Thursday, The climatic conditions are ideal for stock | raising in Western Washington, While large ar the Eastern part ef the state are as well adapted to the raising of corn as they are to the} Paising of wheat. “Every year $50,000,000 goes out + side the state for pork and pork} products, when therd is no valid rea-| von why, ultimately at least, any Money at all should go out. Asa matter of fact, hogs and cows go well| together, for much of the separated milk is now being wasted that mig! Just as well be fed to hogs. “The whole situation hangs on the fact that farmers have not as yet dis- covered that they can make more| raising corn in Washington to be fed | to hogs in Washington than they can by raising wheat to go, in the main, outside the state. And this ts true not merely in years when wheat is bringing an abnarmally low price, but holds good equally well as a general prbposition | BUSINESS CO0D THRUQUT, STATE Manufacturers Report Gain in Volume of Trade | Substantial increases in business} done by manufacturers of the state| are shown in a report by C. M.| Lewis, secretary of the Manufactur-| ers’ association of Washington, whose statement follows: | “Following a recent survey of bust. ness among the members of the Manufacturers’ association thruout the state, it developed that quite a large percentage of the members showed a very material increase in business during 1922 as compared to 1921. These increases varied from| 17 per cent to 500 percent. Only| seven firms out of the total member ship of the association asked for a revision downwafd of their dues, tn-| dicating a decrease in business in 1922, as compared with 1921 Reports from a number of firms} indicate that they did as much busi. ness in the first three months of 1923 as they did during all of 1922, and certain spring months were record| 2 months in some industries, having| the largest month's business on rec- | ord.” FREIGHT LINE) OLYMPIA, Aug. 24.—Seeking to} establish a motor freight line be tween Vancouver, B. C., and Port land, with side hauls to Aberdeen, a) certificate of public convenience was} requested in an application filed} with the department of public works today. ‘The petitioners are F. M. Cook, William H. Nelson and F. J. Rear. don, all of Seattle. The applicants | declare they intend to establish direct | freight service between the two terminal points over the Pacific high- way, with short hauls as well be- tween all PORES, along the thorofare. Financial Flashes From James Macfariane & Co, 811 Second Ave. ‘Twenty industrial stocks 92.13, a deacreaso of .05; 20 rall stocks aver. age 78.76, a decrease of .55. New York Air Brake in sevén| months ended July 31 reports net profits of $1,722,910; July shipments | appraximated $700,000. Domestic production of Ford Mo- tor for week ended August 11, was 47,444 cars and trucks, 1 tractors and 201 Lincoln cars. Crude oi] production for the week ended August 18, averaged 2,250,450) barrels daily in the United States, as| against 2,261,250 barrels in the prey: fous week. It {9 understood that the detailed statement of B. & O. will show how general has been the improvement in B, & O. position from a financial, as well as operating standpoint. Bank of England rate unchanged at 4 per cent Block of 1,500 Piggly Wisely Btores sells at auction for $1 a share, Baldwin Locomotive says there is no truth in the various reports cir: culated as to pending developments affecting the company. No change in present capitalization is contem- plated either thru stock dividend or splitting up of shares thru issues of no par stock. TRADE TERMS OVER THE COUNTER Becurities are said to have an “over the counter market” when transi tions are made directly between brokers and traders, and not in the exchange. The expression js similar, to that of “outside market.” The cent in los, that’s why people are phoning thelr Want Ada to fon which was re-| ed on| of five] a just | with its equip:| sausage, | |the trend of th | ished | with | Hogs—Receipts, WALL STE YORK, Aug ening of the at nal gains were ac ther industrials AIng prices Included Southern Pacitle, off 4 Ame a% GRAIN CLOSES LOW IN CHICAGO ::: CHIC. Aug closed fractional ot showed NEw the of Pract and Mot k mar red by Sinelatr, Baldwin, 23 BO board market trade today, The an uneasy feeling thruout the session, local status of re and due to anxtety among Jers regarding the lations between France England. Good buying in Sep tember wheat by big short interests made that grain break away from | market, and {t fin Mo higher, December) closed eo lower and May Ser was unchanged. ber corn featured the day's trading in o in all qua from the outset, and prices gained only slightly on occasional rallies. It finished 1c lower. December and May corn followed on the downturn, Ke lower. was little trading tn oats The finish wag at even figures for September and fractionally for the deferred deliveries. Provisions closed higher, grains, A disposition sto sell was apparent lower in hogs. se. Chicago Board of Trade|® Thursday's Quotations 1.00% $1.00 LOG 10am 110% LO Sept Dee May Sept. Dee. May |Sepe Dee May Lara— Bept Ribe— Sept 31.00% 100% a1 Nat Se TK 4 1» 40% 425 Chicago Car Lots Tharsday Quotath Furnished by Logan Liverpool Grain Thursday's Quotations t— "Open “High Lew _ Close TM Be TKd Se FXG Oat @ @ Set d teen te bya Cash Wheat AGO, Aug. 23 ah fo. 3 red, $1.0 No. 2 red, $1.01 4 @1.094 $1.03% @ 1.06; No. 3 hard, . spring, $1.004 Portland Produce Thursday's Quotations jutter—ii Gite Ib Egas—Selling price, 20@37c doz. ‘ Neewe—30¢ 51° 1b. Hens—13@ lic Ib. cHIc ¢ 1,03 hard, _ foreign Exchange 23.—Forelgn to the. Gallas, ” foreign higher. . up 4 exchange Sterling, demand, 4 france, $0.0559%, Hire,” $0.0430%4; Belat 4. up’ $9.0006; marks 454 to the dollar, up, 546.454. Denver Live Stock ‘Thursday's Quotations Cattle—Receipts, 600. Market stead Theef steers, $6@8. cows and Helfers, $3.60@6; calves, $4@8,.50; stockers and feeders, $4@7.75. 1,300, Steady $8.75; bulk, $$.50@ 1,200, feeders, $11@12 San Francisco Produce Thursday's Quotations tras, 43c 1b.; prime firsts, clo $4.55 $0.00 lower. 8.70. Sheep—Receipta, Lambs, 12@12. awes, 357.26 Top, Rutter—| Eane—Extras, 45¢ dor. 43c doz; extra pullets, 36¢ doz; undersized pullets, 26440 doz. Cheese—California flats, fancy, 28c 1 . N. Y. Sugar and Coffee Thursday's Quotations Sugar—Quict. Raw, $5.81; ler; granulated, $7.50, Coffee—No. 7 Rio, on apot. No. 4 Santos, 14@15e lb. see Foreign Money Status Tharsday’s Quotations Furnished by Logan & Bryan 810 Second Ave., Seattle Normal Value Present valve $4.55 o7% cts cts 446 cts refined, 10%e Ib.; erling . Canadian ench franc Belgian franc wise fran Italian lira, erman mark Swedish krona ‘orway krone ‘Danish krone. . reek drachma Austrian crown, ,001454c Holland florin. . 39.3 Rumanian Spanish pereta 7. Liberty Bonds ‘Thursday's Quotations Farnished by Logan & Bryan #10 Second Ave., Seattle Beries— High Low First 3%0 100.04 100.01 First 4s .. . eee Second 4s. First 439 Second 4%o Third 440 Fourth VLE Now 4%a 19.30 cts 19:30 ct 19:30 et 19.30 et 82 ct a0 ct 6.80 cts. $0 cts 00 cts... 20 cts, 0 cla. Dota... 60 ct 14.30% cta 00002 +16.33 cts Car Loadings Show Decline for Week NEW YORK, Aug. 24.--Car load- ings for the week ending August 11 was 973,163, a decrease of 69,968 from the previous week. The Amori- n Rajlway association attributes the big decline to national mourning for ex-President Harding, Rail ‘Buying Will Reach Large Total NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—Iron Age announced today that buying of rally for 1924 delivery already aggregates 450,000 tons, and that Indications are that the contracts yet to come will bring the total in 1926 wp to approxly mately | 700,000 tons, aes" Pope rae market | inter extra firsts, | 1.10% | | to ho Steady. 26.60 cts | 18.64 cts | 1.75 cts | oT JOURNA Irregularit et today Baldwin Grain prices | jin | Am WENANCIAL I characterized the « but there are few General Motors, American 1 ker, 1064 ton Pacific, 1 oview Mat an at Ame ‘an jeneral up & Live oP Texas off aH Noo Stock Market Quotations ed by Low Weriie Secend A Ale medi Aja tlon Rubber Allied Chemicat Alla Chali Beet ugar lower on the Chi: | Am, Brake shoe Am. Can do pref. Am, Cotton Oli do pref. Am. Drug Bynd Am. Hide & Leather Am. lee Am. Int Corp Am. Locomotive Am. Hafety Am. Smelter Am. am. Sumatra Sugar pret. Stool Fdy Tel. & Tel Tobacco com. pref. w Water Works Am. | Atehiaon Austin Nieh ine Whent | Pamous P | Miavale Knite win Locomotive Canadian Pacific M. @ a P do pref. al Leather do pret. andier Motors Chicago, BR. 1. & Pao hile Copper Colorado Fuel Col. Graphophone do pref. mp. Tad. Cons. Ch Ree je Bteal uba Cane Sugar aban-Am. Sugar. Cuban Dom. Bugar Detroit Edison Dupont de N Deli 103 137 106 Stor, Battery 16 « erie do int pref. do and pref do pref, Inter. Comb. Harvest Int. Rap. Trans Inter, Nickel Iron Products Iniand O11 Keyntone Lehigh Valley Locomotive Ine. Lorillard Wites Bis, &N Mack Truck Marland Of . Macy, RH Mallison, H. Tt Manhattan Shirt Maxwell ifo, A io B Mex. # do etfs Middia 6 Board Olt... oa O11 MK. & T.. 0 pref. Missour! do pref. Mpls, & St Mont. Ward Moon Motors Pacific . Louls.. | Mother Lode Coal Mullins Body National Biscult Enamel & 8 fonal Lead . Y. Central w Haven North Am. 7 Northern Pacific N Air Brake. do A... 5 Y.04W ve Tex. & Mex., va, Ry, Mex. 2d pref. 18,08 cts | Otis Steot Owens Bottle Orpheum Cireutt Pacific Ott Packard Motors Pan. Am. com do “n* Penn. Seaboard Stee | Pere Marquotte ... Pennsylvania Philadelphia Co. Phillips Petroleum Pierce Arrow « do pref. Pierce O11 Pgh, & W, Va SPECT E SE SFR FE FESR FRESE a & liryen heattle low on Clow “ “ oN a Pr tf 108 ‘ ” 4 a 25% 6 19% eee 103% on Fee Re RRS RSE +s is “oN 15% | FeSE EF * Foreign Securities ‘Thursday's Quotations Fornished by Logan & Bryan 810 Becond Ave., Btockn— Russian 5 Russian 6ibs, Russian 649, ‘ench 6a, 1931, French 4a, 1917. French fa, 1920. British 1927, British 4s. Britieh Belgium Restor, Belgium Premium . Japanese 4a. 5 Japanese int dign. Jppanene 2nd 4 United Kingdom, United Kingdor Italian 68 , Seattle Clearings | Balances so... se. ] Portland | Clearings Balances . | Tacoma Total transactio: « $5,835,501.59 » 6,731,596 Beattie Bid 9 10 41% 344, 50 96y a” 83 Ba 1? + 8 bait 92% Why Asked i 14 114 4, 53 ORY keg 85% 36% 40” 92% 137 1,901,165.64 54 1,778,918,00 if | | | | | | | 2,505,000.00 | 4/ * \« Local Markets TABLES ‘uid Wholesale Dealers made to With a few Prices (The pet re tall . seasonal exceptions, prices to produ Joan be figured by deducting the | transportation to” Seattle mately 18% for hauling, st |! 5 cont.) Heane Ver tb Heets dom. by | Local, new, per «i Cabbage—Cai,, per | Local, erate, 24h Carrote—Local, per don ack uliflower Le given aret alors by whol of nl and appr age and eel 061@ .07 New nebes ek tb rate, Yellow bantam bere Loe Per tb. Local, Per suck Jom ie Celery Cora 1 hothouse rites Lettuce Onions per erate 1 kreen bunches 26 400 04g .08 07 .08 per tb. rt, 16.00@18.00 13.00@ 15.00 O14@ 025 bunches Per sack al, per box hethou 9001 1.00@1.18 1.0091.60 36 FRU 1 2.00 ‘1.00@1-80 10%@ oth 2,00@3.25 | 01% cherries Cocoanute—Ver dos ie Dates—Dromedary, 3¢-pka, bx Fige—Dried, Cal, 70 4-08 pies Gooseberrien— Per Tb Grape Frait—Cal Malaga, . lug mb, per cases... ed, per Tb Huckleberrles—-Ver tb Lemons—Fancy | Chates | Oranges. Peaches Raspberries | Pineapple | Plume Strawberries | Wetermetan email lus” veoh OG 8.60 r box 1 00004.76 r_crate Per crate. Por crate L16e 1.108 L26@1.18 2.00 03% Kverbearing . Per NUTS Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers Back Lot La, per 02h@ Almonds—t. x Fancy budded, per 1. DAIRY PRODUCTS Frices Paid to Shippers Dot ertat— white shell PRODUCTS Dealers cubes, DAIRY Weonsin ereain brick» jock Swine Wash. triplets Tillamook triplets, 30 ola. 0 POULTRY AND ME * Prices Pald by Wholesale Dealers to Shippers Seleion w reo—4 me and up. | Turkeys joy a. p. young Rooste ‘Old, live, per tm, Hoge— POULTRY AND MEATS light ive, heavy, tb... Live, iieh Brollers—Ur Geese—Dr | Turkeys. Live, | Belgian ne ‘ancy, dressed ...... 40@ fancy, Tb. Hares—1 20@ 6 Ne Me. 09@ 112 ne. ntry dressed, Tb, ‘ancy block ... ‘ancy, light Heavy, coaree .., Medium, dressed... 1. LIVE STOCK Quotations at Stockyards Cattle Prima steers . Medium to good Prime cows and helfers Caly ; Bulls 1.26@ 8.00 6.750 1.26 6.009 6.60 00.10.00 3.006 4.00 4.500 9.60 0 8.50 60g 7.60 00 9.00 Smooth heavy... 7 Tough heavy .., P . | Sheep— Prime lambs Common to choice . Yoarlings .. 50@10.00 7.000 9.60 6.50@ 6.60 + 1609 6.60 FLOUR AND SUGAR Wholesalo Prices Local blends... Sugar—Canoe, per owt. Boat, per ewt qaseeves HAY, GRAIN AND FE Alfalfa Hay—First srade Straw .. Corn—Whoie, yellow, eked ahd teed races Darley—Whole feed, 100'n Rolled and ground, $0's-100's . Onts—Whole foed, 100's Rolled and ground, 70 Sprouting, 100's Wheat—Rocteaned feed, Mixed food, 80's All-Grain, Chop—s0's Chick Feed—100's Chick BM, 3 Growing Egg Mash—100 Serateh Feed. Cocoanut Mi Cottonseed } Linseed O11 Meal Hoya Bean Menl- Flour. 1 5 8. ED 20,00 16.00 44.00 46.00 37.00 «49.00 4.00 6.00 4,00 00 24.00 + A700 63.00 65.00 +60.00 51,00 50.00 +5900 59.00 -66,00 +55.00 +90.00 +57,00 +62.00 -67.00 «87.00 18.00 25,00 102.00 26,00 +22.00 100, Granulated—100'" Charcoal (hardwood)—b0's . Fish Meal—foo'n Grit—Limestone, 100° Granito—100'" Meat Scraps—Enatern, 100's . Shell—Bastern oyster, 10's ; torn oyster, 1006's \OILS AND LEADS (Local Market) ‘Turpentine—In drume Segallon cans nseed Oll—Raw, in barre kallon cans Bolled, in barrels Begallon cana... White Lead—100-™. kom G-gallon cans Salesmanship to Be Topic of Address “Saleamanship ag a Service” was to be the topic of Dr. Charles J, Rockwell, Carnegie institute, In a noon address before the members’ council of the Chamber of Commerce, Keldaxs / iz 39! Angelen and 4 Mi | dent $.00@ 8.00) Shipping, Real | | A e ‘TRUCK OWNERS | Labor Situation Better Roger Babson Declares New Eight- Hour D: Day Policy in Steel Mills| Express Co. Picks City for WILL ORGANIZE wit Further Motor Trans- portation in State In effort check what termed by truck owners to be a tion-wide offensive of the ri to block the advance of |portation, articles of for the ‘Truck Own Washington were being prepared in Seattle Friday by 1, H. Palmer, manager and general counsel of the | truckmen. ‘Tho papers will be filed at Olym. pia early next week, Palmer clared. ‘Tho purposes of the n organization, aa set forth in at, are give collective attention legislative, business and problems affecting the operation of motor an to in ni Iroads" otor trans: Incorporation *' League of taxation ownership and | trucks: “To proper nance ways, promote and encourage the construction and mainte of public streets and hig further just and reasonable regulatic pertaining to the use thereof, promote and and progresa of motor ah any oth other thing with d ineldental and purposes herein ted and not prohibited by law." Palmer maid tho league taking an active part in state pollt- foal affairs | ‘The tncorporators are F. |mon, of F. §. Harmon }ma, president; Charles F Montana Transfer ¢ Spokane; |J. Crawford, Yakima Transfer Storage Co., Yakima; F Foster, Hoquiam; C. C. Dafis, Whatcom County Datrymen's association, Blake D, Mills, Cascade Coal Co, Jattle, vice presidents. A. T. Truax, cs fer First tional bank, Seattle, is treasurer; |L, Ging Seattle, necretary, and the following are trustees: W. H. Baxter, Baxter Transfer Co, Beattle; Deah C, McLean, Mo Lean Moving and Storage Co., Ta oma; H. T. Fowled, Co., Everett; B. Ht. ton Creamery and Produ ».; Wal ter Eyres, Eyres Transfer Co., Seat Henry A. Kyer, Augustine & Seattle; fam Hunter, Sam Hunter Co., Seattle; T. M. Ringer, Pacific Meat Co., le, and Roy rJ. Hutson, Occidental Fuel Co, § attle, n in the state of t transy ington and business oy carry on r any in connection |the objects 8. Co, Har. and ban, tle Kyer, Savy City Should Beattle could get a big sharo of the $30,000,000" to $40,000,000 an. nual trade now enjoyed by Los San Francisco with Hawatian islands if sho went jafter it, Frank C. Atherton, prest- of the Honolulu Cagmber of Commerce, a visitor here, declares, “We buy lumber, gr fresh vegetables and other products from | the Pacific Coast,” he said. |i¥ no reason why Seattle should |not have part of this tradd. The city has an equal chance and shoul go after it.” the Tides in Seattle FRIDAY SATURDAY AUG, 24 | AUG. 25 First High Tide | First High Tide 2:16 A. m., 10.2 ft.] 3:08 a. m., 10.2 ft First Lew Tide | First Low Tide 9:14. a, m, —0.4 ft. | 9:68 a. m | Second High Tide | Second Ht 4:20 p.m, 114 ft 6 p.m, Second Low Tidp | Second Low Tide 2:55 p.m, BS ft 29 p, m., 6.0 ft . . Weather Bureau Report TATOOSH ISLAND, Avg, 24.—8 A.M Ferometer tising, clowdy, wind sguth, @ miles an hour,” Passed’ out—A_ two: fasted steamer, black stack, at 6 @. 1; ate Eastern Gale, during the night. cee Arrivals and Departures ARRIVED—Aug. 24—Str Dorothy Alex- aiaer trom San Diego, via Ban Pedro and Rodman from Southeastern Alaska, at Sa. : me City. from Tacoma, F Admiral Far- Sverett, Helling- at 4:30 p. m. Btr Katrina Luck- Jeans, via Belling- San Pedro, Balboa m.; atr President BAILED—Aug. 24 enbach for New ¢ ham, San Francisco and Mobile, at 4:30 a. McKinley for Tacoma, at & a. m.; str Cordova for Bouthwestern Alaska, vin |Southeastern Alaska, at 9:20 . m. Aug. 22—Str Admiral Sebree for Southeast- ern Alaska, at 11 p. m.j atr Admiral Farragut for Ban Pedro, via San Fran- cinco, at midnight; str Nome Cit fan Pedro, via Mukilteo, at 6 p. m.; U, 8. .N. T, Chaumont for Tacoma, at 2:30 p. m.j str Ipswich for New York, via Bellingham, San Francisco, San Pedro, Balboa and Philadelphia, at 6:30 p. n str Oduna for Southwestern Alaska, via Boutheastom Alaska, at 9 p. m. Alaska Vessels Juneau, Aug. 2%.—Sallod, str Queen, pouthbound, at midnight. see Vessels in Port at Seattle on Ba: k—Btr Brookdate, fear ote. Rgrminall-Str Bldriden, ate | Ohtoan, atr Yomei Maru, Maru Pier 11-B- Owen Pier 7—Mtr Anvil Pler 2—Str Northwestern, atr Redondo, Pier B—Mtr Challamba. Diag D—Str Dorothy Aloxander. Ted Btaten Shipping Board Moortngs— tr Anna EB. Morse, str West Nilua, otr Went Jenter ‘Atlantic Street Terminal—Str Steel Ex- porter, Btac Watton. Milwaukee Ocean Terminal—Str Admiral Rodman, atr Northwontern Miller, Nanford Street Terminal—Destroyers Noa, 262, 306, 320, 921, $22, 323. General Petroleum Dock—str ‘Dame do Fourviers, Todd Drydocks—Btr bktn Poreat Priond. Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co.— Atr Patterson, Nettleton’s Mill Heffornan'a Drydock~ Memnon, atr Rainier. Atimeon's Mill—Str J. C. Kirkpatrick, Atream (Huoy 7)—fitr Madiyon, Stream——U, 8. B. Toxas, U, A. A. Tennea- noo, U. 8 & Melville, U. & B. Oklae homa, royers Nos, 301, 802, $03, 804, 07, 408 Winslow © Marina Ratiway-— achr Betsy Ross, beo Coquitlam U. 8. C. G, Partridge, atr wr Cordova, Street Terminal—S8tr Admiral Notre Mandasan Maru, Tigo Henry Villard, Bark Gratin, str te nehr ‘city, Donna KV, whalers Perhaps you can trade your car, for tho first payment on a home, Many people have | been ablo to do arate a fe 2+ tere sag the | to protect | to} intends | al Be. | Na-| P.| Pacific Grocery | Bremer: | | Get Hawaiian Trade) Ship News, ate Ibukieaa | Will Be G LLESLEY HILLS, Mass, Aug. 24.— Roger W. Babson, when today asked as to what has been the leading devel- opment in the labor situation during the last few weeks, im. mediately replied, “The Bteel cor. poration’s change of attitude rela- tive to the 12 hour day.” Mr Babson's com is as follows: the manufacture of an industry,” ex. [plained Mr, Babson, “the workers in certain portions of the plant have had a 12-hour day, The r | son for this pus, The fur- |n fn a steel plant must be kept in constant at a white h 1 be shut down | like the in a shoo fac | tory or we Working hours | were the first steel plant was built than they are to. day, Consequently as there are 24 hours in a day, the shifts were wt at 12 boura each “After a recent investigation the mills. reported that they | would continue on this schedule in “|spite of the fact that hours in jother industries had been short. ened. ‘This brought down a storm of criticism and protest from both working men and the | publ BABSON | | plete statement “Ever since |steel became ‘ ration op cannot furnaces len mill. longer when steel arly this month Judge Gary an- nounced that the steel corporation had reversed {ts policy, and this week one or more of the furnaces start on an elght-hour basis. It is | Interesting to note that in the an- nouncement made on August 2nd, Mr. Gary gave the credit to Prest- |dent Harding, who had urged him |s0 earnestly to make this change, | WILL TEST MEN'S EFFICIENCY “Tho event is of more than pass- ing Interest, because {t will serve 8 @ great labor test, and the re | sults will be carefully watched by | both employers and labor leaders. | President Harding and Secretary of Labor Davis told Mr. Gary, the president of the United States Steel corporation, that he would get bet- ter results per hour on an eight- | | “Of course, no one expects the | men to do in eight hours what they | did {m 12, but thelr efficiency per ur should increaso if the eight hour day will do what {s claimed for it. Careful tests will be made and the results will be studied with creat interest. It is sincerely hoped that labor will make good Jn its claim that the shorter hours def- general | hour basis than on a 12-hour bats | yreat Test |initely increase tt | "Meanwhile wa constantly taking place The Delaware & Hudson h granted ah increase of hour to two thousand shopmer the New ¥ entral and certain + roads have granted various in creases. The railroad labor board in still holding that private’ contract work, such as the Western Maryland and certain other roads are doing, 4 in Violation of the law, and that the » output per go inere on the roads. 2 cents ¢ Erio railroad 1 Mable for suits for| recovery of reduced pay ‘On the other hand,” the president of the Locomotive, Firemen and En ginemen’s union, # hat the gov ernment has al itself with the railroads in seeking the open shop. All of this means that the railroad labor board ts granting some in d is refusing others, which hy condition, WAGE INCREASES PASSED PEAK The general feel that wage increases have passed their peak for this period and that the labor situation 1s tmproving. tainly the railroads are getting very much better results in the repair of | their locomotives and cars than they have had for years. Moreover, they jare continuing to prosper and are ding about one million cars a | week, which {s an unusually high ts however, to reports indicate that, not- withstanding Mr. Gary's new policy, |the new monthly statement issued | by the United States department of | labor will show a decrease in employ- ment for August, compared with | |Juno and July, there has been an increase in em- |ployment for the fifty industries | which the labor department compiles and this situation has been largely | responsible for the labor difficulties of tho past few months, “A turn in the tide, however, ts now taking place. This already ap- plies to cotton mills, woolen mills, steel plants, and is beginning to apply | to the building industry. | REASONS FOR SUBNORMAL BUSINESS “The Babsonchart of business! conditions stands today at 91 per | Cent below normal, ‘This is due to| | many causes, such as the foreign] | situation, ‘the condition of the far- mers of the West, and the ex- traordinary expense of doing busi- ness, “Another factor which {!s causing trouble in certain sections is the overproduction of petroleum. This |is becoming a very serious prob- lem and prices of crude petroleum |and gasoline are subject to severe | pressure. “Just what the ultimate come will be is unknown, still feel my prophecy of a year Jingo that gagolino will sell at |cents a gallon, of the country, will yet come true.” out- “There) NEW CALLS FOR BIDS The following news calls for bids, compiled by the National Surety Co., were anngunced by C. B. White, Se- attle manager of the company: County commissioners, Seattle, bids 10 a. m. September 10, four miles paving, Maple valley road. County commissioners, Seattle, bids 0 a. m, September 10, grading and | gravelling one mile C. | road. State highway commission, Olym- pla, bids 10 a. m. September 11, steel bridge across Cedar river at Renton, | King county, Sunset highway bridge across Hamilton creek, North Bank highway, Skamania county; grading and surfacing 99-100 mile In- land Empire highway, Whitman and Garfield counties; two reinforced concreto bridges Ocean Bauch high- way, Lewis county; surfacing with crushed rock 11 6-10 miles Central Washington highway, Franklin coun- ty; paving one mile Ocean Beach highway, Cowlitz county; five miles resurfacing with crushed rock, Sun- set highway, Kittitas county, City council, Spokane, bids August street paving. L, B. Schrager, Mt. Vernon, Padilla bay diking district, bids 12 noon, August 25, diking and reclaiming. Oregon state highway commission, Portland, bids.2 p, m. August 27, con- struction drafhage tunnel, Columbia river highway, Clatsop county; re- surfacing 15 110 miles Columbia river highway, Morrow county; grad- ing and surfacing 7 9-100 miles Uma- tilla county; surfacing 12 60-100 miles Columbia river highway, Wasco county; pavement repair, Washing: ton and Yamhill counties; bridges over Richreal creek, Polk county, Eyans creek, Jackson county, Wal- lowa river, Wallowa county. Fred A. Miller, county clerk, Clack- amas county, Oregon City, Ore., bids 10 a, m, September 8, two paving projects, Wesloy Vandercook, chief engineer, Longview, bids 8 p, m., September 1, two trunk sewer projects, C. B. Bagley, board of public works, Seatlo, bids 10 a, m,, August 31, North Broadway, paving; Ma- drona aye, paving; North and West 77th st., paving; Mead st., sowera and sido sewers; Hanford st., paving; Wil- son ave,, paving. Building Permits | =) $Y Washington Bakery Corporation, 1825 Main at, frame plant addition, $3,000, Port of Seattle, Bell St. dock, frame dock, repair damage, $50,000. Port of Seattle, Bell Bt. dock, frame dock addition, $30,000. HM, W, MoIntonh, 4263 10th aye, N, By framo residence, 49x31, $3,800, Livesley & Molhart, 8008 17th NW. framo realdence, 26x24, $1,600, 231 49th’ ave, Ny frame $1,000, 2 'W. 28x28, $2,600, W. 79th at,, framo rea $4,000. Wentworth, 1722 N, 46th, frame B2x26, $3,509, Shapman, $015 1 97th, 44: 0 Stat, frame res! Mylrolo & residence, framo C. Chittenden | ‘UNEMPLOYMENT Jobs Being Offered in Wide Variety of Work Increased volume of employment offered, especially in agrigultural jwork progressing in Central and |Eastern Washington in harvesting, with wages averaging from $4 to $6 per day with boqrd and lodging, is re- ported by J. H. Shields, manager of the City-Federal employment office. Mr. Shields’ report follows in part: “In building trades channels of ac- tivity a considerable volume of build- ing construction continues in prog- ress, with new projects starting weekly. Office buildings, apartments, residences, are included, with much jalteration and repair work in prog- ress, affording employment in vol- ume to building trades mechanics, concrete workers and building labor- ers. The demand for, and supply of this labor is generally equal at this time, with minor fluctuations. “Due to prevailing continuance of local activities in great volume, the consequent call for labor has been very héavy at the public employment office, particularly from warehouses, steel mills, shipbuilding drydocks, flour mills, meat packing and coal firms, and from many other indus. trial plants."* GAS CO. WILL CHANGE RATES The Seattle Lighting Co. will inaugurate a new service for Awellings heated exclusively with gas, effective September 21, the Chamber of Commerce was advised Thursday by tho public works at Olympia. | | gas used for any purpose, when gas is the only fuel used for house heating. In such cases the rate will be: 600 cu, ft. or less, 850 gross, 75c¢ not. Next 1,500 cu. ft, per M, $1.60 gross, $1.50 net. Next 2,000 cu. ft, per M., $1.40 gross, $1.30 net. Next 6,000 cu. ft. gross, 70c net. All over 10,000 cu, Wo gross, 70o net, There is a discount provision of 10 cents on bills for less than 1,000 cu, ft; and 10 cents per ‘thousand ou. ft. on bills for that amount of more, but the discount shall not exceod $1, Irrespective of the amount of the bill, If not protest is reeelved from interested parties before September 21 the new rate and service will automatically become operative on that date, per M,, 80¢ ft, per M. Copper Market in Better Condition NEW YORK, Aug. 24—The cop: wher market is fiym, with domestic Estate, Building ° a’ For many months | but 1) 15| in many sections NOW ON DECLINE. A dwelling house rate {s made to| consumers, which is available for all) SPOKANE GETS REPAIR SHOPS Extensive Work sPOK Western Fri Aug. 24.—Plans of the Express company for the erection of shops at Hillyard to cost $200,000 and employ 300 skilled announced Friday by officials of the company and the older company with which it is af- fillated, the Fruit Growers’ Expre Co., and the Great Northern Rall- A pa heuded by Ralph Budd, president of the Great North- was in Spokane and inspected the new mechanies were w Jers, sites for ard. 1 to begin construction g an weather per- work in the hope new shops ready for of the 1924 fruit crop rthwest. The West- ern Fruit Express is a company re- cently or ed. After September 1 it will handle all the perishable freight of the C Northern, To- r with the Fruit Growers’ Exe . It controls approximately 26,- two pro shops in Hill It is plann soon next #p d rush the of having the the movemen of the Pacific pe geth pre -|000 first-class refrigerator cars, | “It is impossible at this time to ane nounce the site, altho it is virtually agreed upon,” said E. J. Roth, gener- Jal manager of both the Western ult Express and the Fruit Grow- jers’ Express, at the Davenport hotel |last night. “We can only say that it will be in Hillyard. We must de- vote all our energies this fall to mov- ing the big Pacific Northwestern ap- | ple crop and we can not hope to start on the new plant before spring. At the same time we are hopeful that it |can be ready for the 1924 crop. | _“It will be separate from the Great |Northern shops at Hillyard and will use none of the mechanical equip- ment. We will build a planing mill, |blacksmith shop, machine shop and other buildings necessary to keep our cars in shape. Ultimately we plan to build refrigerator cara at the Hill- |yard plant. All our own cars and all those of the Fruit Growers’ Expreas jcoming into this territory will be |handled at the Hillyard shops when they need repairs.” Henry B. Spenceh is president of both the Western Fruit Express ana |the Fruit Growers’ express comp: 4-. | !es, and is the son of Samuel Spencer, |who was for many years president |NEW PUBLIC MARKET OPEN Seattle's public market system re- formal opening Friday of the Farm- ers’ Public Market, located at West- lake, Seventh and Virginia. A new concrete two-story building with basement has been erected upon this location and contding all e lat- est improvements in conveniences for market buyers. An innovation consisting of a free garage in the basement of the building will be open for patrons of the market. Its entrance will be on Seventh ave. Clem R. LeMaster, the general manager of the enterprise, maintains that the new building is one of the finest and most complete institutions: of its kind on the Pacific coast. He |asserts that service and courtesy will be the motto of the new enter — prise and promises the best that the makes affords at the lowest possible price. ‘SILK CARGOES ARE RECORD attle during the month of August — will be a record for the year if the present rate is continued until the ~ end of the month, it is estimated. Already $40,000,000 worth of the product has been landed here and shipped East. Tho steamship Yokohama Maru the Nippon Yuset Kaisha service due in port Sunday with a $4,000,001 cargo, the last consignment of thr month. Other shipments that wen unloaded here during August an Philovtetes, 12 cars, $4,000,000; Tyn |dareus, 10 cars, $3,500,000; Presiden Madison, 20 cars, $7,000,000; Pres: dent McKinley, 24 cars, $3,000,009 Arizona Maru, 10 cars, $3,500,000 Manila Maru, 12 cars, $4,000,001 Kaga Maru, 14 cars, $4,500,000, an. Toyooka Maru, 6 cars, $2,000,000, Germany May Force cae Sale of Securitie: BERLIN, Aug. 24.—Finance M ister Helferding, in a statement ye terday, announced that —anot! monetary depreciation means tir death of Germany, ‘The situatiot has reached its extreme Imit, } said. ‘The railway deficit for t year 1s 450,000,000,000 marks, whi tho deficit on the peace treaty | also many billions, The finan’ minister declared he intended + produce money by forcing peop’ to sell foreign currency and for industry to sell stocks. By t] means he hopes to obtain the nec sary gold basis for German ey rency. BUILDING BOOMS Bullding booms are reported {7 South Africa and Australia, In J» hannesburg, there are propositioy on hand including a new building fr son Mansions, a 5-story building contain 44 apartments, and a ne~ shop for Cuthbert's, who are whol have a new method of buildin: proof. It fs a combination of asbe- tos and cement. The base ts fibrous asbestos rock impregnated with slow setting Portland cemen.t The boa)’ {s built up in layers, tho fibres cro: ing each other until the whole is o7 homogenous mass of great strengt and toughness, and export sales in good volume _ Metal is no longer offered at J cents delivery; domestic delivered } 14%. One large producer has ten porarily withdrawn from the may, ket and fs refusing to quote on elthe, “ popper pe wine ceived a marked addition with the | Silk shipments passing thru Se © ] the South African Party club, Davi salo and retail shoo dealers, Th