The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 18, 1923, Page 14

PAGE 14 GIVE FIGURES ON ALL CROPS Corn Gains and V Wheat Loses Over Last Year WASHINGTON, Deo, 18,—Tho de- partment of agriculture yesterday announced {ts preliminary estimates ‘of the total production and value of the principal crops raised in tho United States in 1923 and revised estimates of 1922 crops as follows: Corn, 1923—3,054,895,000 bushels; valued at $2,222,013,000, 1922—-2,. 906,020,000 bushels; valued at $1,910, 775,000, Winter wheat, 1923-—-572,340,000 bushels, valued at $543,825,000, 1922 586,878,000 bushels, valued at $614,- 399,000, Spring wheat, 1923—213,401,000 bushels, valued at $181,676,000. 1922 280,720,000 bushels, valued at $259, 013,000. All wheat, 192 $7,741,000 bush- els, valued at $725,601,000. 1922, $67,698,000 bushels, valued at $$73,- 422,000. Oats, 1923—1,299,824,000 valued at $539,253,000, 1922—~ $03,000 bushels, valued at $478, 048. 000. Barley, 1923-——198,185,000 bushels, valued at $106,955,000, 068,000 bushels, valued at $95,560,000, Rye, 1923—63,023,000 bushels, val- ued at $40,804,000, 1922—103,362,000 bushels, valued at $70,841,000, All hay, 1923—106,626,000 tons, val- ued at $1,390,967,000. 1922—112,013,- 000 tons, valued at $1,319,277 Sugar beets, 1923—6,893,400 tons, valued at $49,890,000, 1922—5,183,- 000 tons, valued at $41,016,000, COMPANY HAS XMAS PARTY Santa Claus arrives early for 700 children in the big family represent- ed by the Seattle division of the Puget Sound Power & Light Co. Tuesday night at the Masonic Temple bushels; they and their elders will meet him) in the person of President A. W Leonard, surrounded by nine trees twinkling with lights, and great bags of presents with an individual gift, name and all, ster. For days officials of the company, headed by Capt. Norwood W. Broc ett, and assisted by Mrs. Brockett, have been purchasing gifts, while the Srrangements, decorations and light ing of the trees is in charge of R. . Clark, sales manager, who with long experience both here and in th East, has each year produced a dif- ferent and more elaborate evergreen and {luminating effect. The company’s“band is to give a concert, and later it will play for dancing. Fulyy 2,000 people are ex pected at the big party. Foreign Trade The United States bureau of for- eign and domestic commerce has re- feived the fotlowing inquiries trom foreign firms who wish to represent American manufacturers in their re- Spective fields. Ful} information will be giver to American firms on appli- cation to 8. H. Bladock, district man. ager of the bureau, Lowman building, Seattle: Chile (8571), cotton goods. Denmark (8501), apples fresh; (8579) flour. France (8577), canned meats; fats for manufacture of cooking fats; fats for soap making. Ttaly (8565), milk powder in cans, Latvia (8506), rye, wheat N@wfoundiand (8505), calenda jorway (8573), dried fruits, apples, h and dri South Africa (8510), Douglas fir. The Seattle Ki Wednesday noon in the Hotel Gow man. It will be the club's Christmas mecting, and gifts will be distributed to all members attending. Officers elected at the annual meeting last ‘week will be instal Financial Flashes From James Macfarlane & Oo. S11 Second Ave. $$$ $$ ir Average price for 40 leading bon 86.81, an increase of .04; trial stocks av ge 95, of .30; 20 rail stocks an increase of Production of bituminous coal for 11 months ended November was 505,547,000 tons vs. 361, 654,000 in 1922. Orders from car continue to be p! ery ers for e¢ British gold exports last week were $968,506, of which $590,000 went to the United Stai Westinghouse show earnings of requirements. Freight cars were handled more expeditioously during Octo. her, peak traffic month, than any month of the year. c ts already on file w iy all/Willys Overland t distributors and dealers duction for next exceed 300,000 mand Reports of the steel industry from Pittsburg say mills predict, with much show of confidence, that steel production will begin to swing upward again after the turn of the year. w York Central sented their applica to issue $21,510,620 ¢ Brokers look for still higher prices in steel, motor and other shares, and contend that if poli ies do not eut too much of a figure, the year 1924 will supply general encouragement It is understood has sect Gener mon twice year will cars to fill pro. have te the de. offi ed control of proxi for each young: | F. W. West, pieneer Washington Mutual Savings Bank. SHUT-INS TO SEE XMAS WINDOWS Plans for Sight- -Seeing Auto| Trip Being Completed |"“window-shopping" night for Seat- |tle’s shut-tns and others who are un- able to see the plays in the windows of the ¢ many attract! town stores. ed to b mob! Plans are belng com. ng them for a tour of the st down !h auto- ts be sing | Those who will be gathe | unique Christmas party members of Dr sh! Smilers,” | club, ney home is over, t community after pment, candy donat ¢ Imperial Co, be distr 4 Mayor Brown has appointed a cltt- jzens’ commit Major Malcolm P. Andruss, general chalr- man; J. G, Fenton. airman of auto mobiles, to be assisted by W. McKa Ralph Hall . airman of en. |tertainment, assigted by Mrs. EB. J. | Brown, Mrs. Harry Ault and Major | Paul Edwards. Major Thomas Beeman, chatgnan| of the commun! stmas tree, as. a by W aines and Morey Wi Dr. Frank Lo Ing the guests, CA pitl.2 George H. Gu it urer, with headquarte ave £696 The fl ) in’ this where, boxes of mas tree follows: airman of list- and Mrs. bureau Commerce } mt 1 money on dres the ts, and Mayor Brow who can to enjoy MILLER TALK | TO CREDIT MEN Forty ber members of the sia ne th of the S association were cothly meeti Association of Credit Men day ing in the Gowman Loren Grinstead attle at e a talk on lien laws. ration between men ‘and the Seattle Merchants’ ciation was discussed b: president, and J. A. T of the Merchants 1 musical program was given by Credit Men's Glee club, assisted by Miss Lillian Oats of the Cornish School of Music. redit | American Products Favored i in Italy c t pmmerce utomobile 1 eet Gold Mines Have Record Lites Building Permits } Former Officer Is real) estate man, who was elected) to the vice presidency of the} Friday night ts to be Christmas| ndy | WEST ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT Fills Vacancy in Washington Mutual Savings Bank WAL NEW YORK, the mtook exohar ure the rlaht of dixpoaltion of th could be conaide Prices ame demand. and Openin Atherioan’ American La 57%, off Tallway, 1694 LSM, off 4, 1. W, West, tho ploneer real os tate man, and sentor member of the firm of West & Whooler, was elected first vice president of the Washing: ton Mutual Savings bank dt a spe clal meoting of the board of trusteos yesterday afternoon, Mr, West suc: coeds William Thaanum, whose death occurred early in the present month, Willis 8. Darrow, who became a vice president of the bank last month, was clocted trustes to fill the vacancy caused by Mr, Thaanum's death, Commenting on the election of Mr. West to the first vice presidonoy, Mr. Raymond Frasier, president, sald: “Mr, Weat has been a momber of our board of trustees and of the executive committes of the board for | 1950 a six years, During all that Ume he} 19.60 ctw... Span has attended the dally meetings of . the executive committee and assist. * ed us in making all investments, Foreign large and small, Parcied “Ho has been tdentified with our work during the period of our great: est growth and has helped direct the investment of more than $50,000, 000, From tho standpoint of experi. enco and ability I consider Mr, West the best equipped man In Seattle to take the place of chief assistant and adviser in the conduct of our big | and rapidly growing business | place #o long and so ably filled by | | Wiliam Thaanum." Mr. West will take charge of hia new office on the first of the coming year and will be at the bank to meet his many hours regularly after that date, Mr. West camo to Seattle from | Indiana tn 1888 and engaged in the | real estate business, After tho great | | fire of the following year, 1889, he! gertes— erected a “tent office’ on the ground | Firat 2%e [now occupied by the Washington | Firet 2, | Mutual Savings bank, of which hel iinet aie. now, 34 years later, becomes a senior ond 4 In 1903 Mr, West and George | Third 4 # Wheeler organized the firm of |hourth 4\ New (Mas at & Wheeler, with offices In the ‘ ion block, later moving to the! Colman buliding in 1905, where they dd until in which year / they removed aborate of-| fices planned for them in the Marion |¢ building. Other ton Mutual Savi dition to Messrs: | Darrow, are: BP. G Furnished -Btorl Cann “Bren Hele Swin 19,80 ta, 10.90 ots 19,80 ¢ Dani, Gree! Auat | 16,00 ota 20.90 © 40.20 | French 4 French 6s, 19 Britieh 84, 1927 Lirtiah Ga, 1929. . Britian Vi “the | Belgium Restor. Pelgium Premiu Japanese 4a Japanese tat 414: Japaneas 2d 41s Italian be. Monda: Washing. |} bank, in ad Went and manager Condon, trustees Ames, Public Doo. 18. an Woolen, ome «Italian -Bwediah «Norway krone . Holland | Dritian Ret. 48... United Kinkdom, United Kingdom . friends during banking} rales se STH Blocks we nO DY way In the hou tm question had t rod, served an the a plentiful t prices Btudebaker, 106, up Wi ee Foreign Money Status Monday's Quotations a0 toca A deat Vrowent Value oe SHOE ony 628% ctw 4.62 ote ing. dian . eh franc n france a franc, . Hira, krona i#h krone... k drachma . tra: own florin anian tet jah Pose’ oe Securities + Quotations hed by Logan & Hrvan Beattie Avked 1 be m cases TOM Hessen d oa * i929 101 29% | . Liberty Bonds * Quotations Porvished by Logan @ tiryan #10 Becond Ay » Beattie igh Low o 99.28 - 8 99.09 2 98.16 99,19 98.13 99.17 Chicago Car Lots Quotations Rata. Lr iT) : Markets SANITARY of Law, FB Walter aith & 6 preaident Great Northern Railway; Ivar Jan son, physictan and surgeon; William A. Poters, of Peters & Powell, Inw- yers; Rollin Sanford, vice president; %. E. Vilas, investments; David Whitcomb, capitalist; Eugene B. Favre, Spokane; 1. 0, Janeck, | Yakima. Ship News: Tides in Seattle TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY DEC. Us | DEC, 19 : First High Tide | Fire Migh Tide ||! Bal a. ma 93 ft.) 8 mi, 10,1 ft.||Foaet. 3 Piest Low Tide | First Lew Tide nate Wa im, 64 lett am, €8 ft. || Second High Tide Second High Tide 18 p.m. 1.3 ft.) 148 pm, 10 ft “Second Low Tide | Second Low Tide [4:25 p.m, 1.4 ft} 9.00 p.m, 6.7 tt Arrivals and Departures Arrived Str Ruth Unty tate £4-36687 Finley, | 3 Palmolive Co., ref beat butte y butter, 470, 3 apecial Toe 31.40 2 Stall 36, 8 stall 20, Xma Vessels in Port at Seattle "1.0%" " Weat Himr ern Termina a om. 4/9 Mary, Wapama. stad, aglo No, |British In WAS HI D Apex. | of Marine Rallwa Ella A Schra Botsy | Bri fopuie One . Meteor and Alumna; bktns Ani harles F. Croker; barg City and Grifteon, are Fired On in n Home | ype PORTLAND, firm Dec, 1 ¢ find wh ‘tired ot f deputy Wilt b ea berry, #3: marmalade, 220 he Stall 2 tha, $1.05; cream the 9 chem LACK dustries Report Improvement from October tho preparations to lye be made before Ahe Mellon tax program | whow th American i I bi; Uni Off er American Can, oft we Chandler, 65, Ty a 1 os developed, however, when corn | 109% | turned strong. | | for practically the entire sension, ral- METAL SALES - NEAR NORMAL November Proves Year's Best Month for Copper NANCIADL IO VIEW unuettiod In the early dealings on) the soldier bonus meats However, the thought that the final taining influen ady tone f the re early, with good nt advance. are aw neering YORK, Dee, 16. and Mining Journal-Preas, in its current issue sald: “Metal sales for lant have assumed about normal propor: tions, and prices are mubstantially unchanged from those which ruled Ja week ugo, Copper and zinc are In vivant, 4 n Pacific 100% United States Bool, WHEAT CLOSES 9614; Maldwin, the week free supply,’ but Jead continues xearce, both here and in ‘the Middle | Weat, with prompt supplies com | manding large premiums, Tho same fon holds in London News Bullish; All Grains Are |"aties holds In tondon. Higher at Ending the same conditions as last with ne establinhed price levels, The |atatiouion for the month of Novem CHICAGO, Dec. 17-—Grains closed | ber are regarded ay more favorable higher on the Chicago bonrd of trade | than was ex od. It is waid in (oday wellinformed circles that domestic liveries were 128,000,000 pounds and foreign shipments 96,000,000 pounds, making a total of 224,000,- 000 pounds, the highest record thin year, the next highest being In March, when 208,000,000 pounds was cloned at the top notch of the day. | snipped generally bullish, "Production in N Corn closed at the high mark of|Amerfoa during N the day following a bulge at the} @* 214,000,000 pounds, the stocks | close. A rush of shorts into the mar.|thus being decreased by 10,000,000 | ket took other buyers with them and/ Pounds, Stocks of refined copper pricea, after ruling near the bottom |Sre now probaly about pounds, which in consid |than two month 4 supply." ‘SEATTLE MARKETS Chicago Board of Trad VEGETABLES Prices Vaid Wholesale Dealers Mondny's Quotations (The prices given are those made to re Open Heh — Lo’ tall dealers by wholeasiers, With a few $1.03% 85.06% $1.03 asonal exceptions, y to producers + LON 1.08% ean be figured by deducting the cost of erty 1.06% Iransportation te Beatile and approx. mately 15% for, hauling, storage and 70% 70% |Aelling ’ £4 18% | Artichokes. "aN Neets—-New mush week, Realising developed on the numer ous bulges that featured trading In wheat today and served to hold prices in cheek, but nevertheless prices News wa hyand South ember Sq given ably lens | Hea nharply. Oats closed Irregular. Some firm- Provisions, after a higher opening, moet realizing sales and closed gener ally lower. 20% Per G08 soserse dex, bunches: Local, few, per mack « < 2% | Brsels Sprenis—Per ‘tb Ag 18 “a a : 1% ria al, per doz . ° a per enck A 1.35 Caulitiower—Per ‘crate Celery—Lacal, per « -1,5001,65 . 6 LaseL se ° 3.06 1.60G1,15 9 22% NF 2.00 i24@ 18 1.000 1.28 rh.909 18.00 anches grees, per don. Parsley—Lor., don. ire Parsnipe—Per sack 68, |B Peppers—Cal., be Potators— Local bunches . per’ Be San Francisco Produce be, Monday's Quotations Radishes—Lo. Rotabagas— Per Sptnach—Loeal Sqnash t Sweet Potatoes. | Tomatore—Lug | Parnip, Ney: Bene ond Coffee Monday's Quotations Sagar——Iay, $7.47; refined, easier od, 49. Coltee 4 Santos, Butter de 1b Fees Fxtre. 27 soOLes Cheese FRUITS Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers Apples—Delictous +L TSO 228 Bpltzendergs é Jonat frano: Rio, 14% O18 Foreign Exchange NEW YORK. Dee. 11-—¥ 19% 020 : he . * 1601.00 é ‘ i%@ 12 1 . 4s 6.00@ 18.50 . 4.00 soos.te TH9280 $04.78 Wo 1, 4004.59 2.7502.25 1251.60 Prices Paid Whe! Sack Le Almonds—t. X. L., per Veanute—Va, Pecans Mixed Nuts Walnuts I Jurnbo, per t, Fancy budded, per T. DAIRY PRODUC TS Prices Paid Shippers Denver Live Stock Bottertat Monday's Quotations A grade, Beattle delivery Cattle—r tes Seatth ty PRODUCTS id Wholesale Dealers supply Cheese- Portland Produce Monday's Quotations Butter—4264 Kese—Deying price, 3604 @ pric, 1004 cuene : Hese—1¢ AND MEATS BANK CLEARINGS Seattle Clearings $4,1408 Balances 3 Portland Tacoma the 00 2,942,00 POULTRY AND MEATS " Prices Vald Wholesale Dealers Dacks—J 1, per 230 Hens—Dressed, heavy u1¢ Hides and Woo! I taht Baying Prices, ¥. 0. 1. Seattle Live, light. th den $ Brollers—Dreased, per To 230 Turkeys—Mancy Live, fancy, ib. Belgian Ha Live Dressed cS dreaved, Ib. Hogs—I blook Veal—Faney, Meht Heavy, coarse LALVG Quotaii per te. Cows STOCK stockyal Cattle Prime steors 30 0 6 Cotted ¢ t + 160 las Sheep p $1.00@ 2.00 Tractor Wins Over Old Mother Nature FLOUR AND SUGAK O86 9.65 FEED HAY, GRAIN Alfaifa Hay—Fi Straw Corn | cr AND ho Engl | 262,000,000 | CALL MEETING | OF FRUIT MEN} Better cooperation between fruit canners and growers is the object of a meeting ealled by Pauiha mus, president of th lup and |Sumner Fruit Gro ation. Paulhamuy yeate do r to 11 compan hington, suggestin 4 com of the cannera meet with @ committee of the growers, to go into discussion of the fruit in- It is pointed out that the frult in- dustry has not been prospering dur- ing the past few years, due very \iargely to a Inck of price standard ization, An attempt will be made to | stabilize prices to be pald to growers and to establish a standard quallty }in the raising of raw Drodiie te RESERVE RATIO DROPS A POINT Banks Report Gains in All| Earning Assets made | all ch amounting to bills, $31,000,000 pu: d in Increanes in ses of earning discounted in ac. | ceptances open mar- t, and $5,600,000 in United States | sovernment securities, of $14 note together with i reane 260,900 in federal re- circulation and of $36, bilities, federal renerve board's statement of federal reserve | #erve 00 in deposit are | |shown in the wegkly consolidated condition of th banks at the el | December 13, redu¢ [the reserve ra se of business on 1923. Cash reserves Jon of $4,000,000 and jo declined from 764 3 per cent three En | Show jto 7 ) Tt iand arger tern and the Cleve- and Richmond banks report holdings of bills discounted, York showing an inc 9,400,000, Boston an incrense of $12,400,000, and Cleveland and Phil- adelphia increasey of $9,900,000 “1.50@ 1.78 | n of $5,10 ed creased by $363 States 300,000 1,400,000 by i 600 by certi es of in | Increases in federal note circula- & to $11,900,600, 100,000 and $3,300,000, resp are reported by the Cleveland, Phila delphia and San Francisco banks, and a combined increase of $2,500,- 000 by hmon¢ janta, Minneap- olis and Kansa y A Gecline of $4,900,000 wn for Yc ves decreased by nk © of $11,200,000, 00,000, Boston a de- San Francis. ine of ago shows an incre SLUMBER EXPORT SHOWS BIG GAIN Increase 47 Per Cent Over | Figures for Last Year WASMINGTON, Dec. total Octe he lumber di- ent of months end: depart the ten outhern ds peed of 185, hardwood, this yanks and scant- the month 00 feet, Dou 25 | Wheat Mixed All-Grain Chi Chick Feed Chick 1B, M, Mash Growing Feed Kee Mash * Scratch Feed ut Meth ottonseed Meal 1 Oll Ment ‘entern rn | $15,700,000 in| aso of | and |c the New| $2,500,-| BUSINESS STILL FEELS POLITICS | Awaits Settlement of Bonus, | Tax and Freight Questions | Moody's Weekly Review of Finan cial Conditions in its current tesue nye in part Bualnens still walts more or jens upon polities. ‘The British labor party now holds about 185 seats out jot the total membership of 615, while the atrength of the conservative ty In reduced to 260. Whether the consequences will include an ex. odus of British capital remains to be he courngeous conservatism of President Coolidge and the popular. ity of the tax-cutting program repres sent the good in our political sittia. tions Meanwhile the bad fs repre. sented by the almost unavoldable ad. herence of creasmen to bonus promises, and by the fas with which even the administration: looks upon proposed reductions in agricultural freight rates, “Technically the stock market ty acting well. The average prices of |wtocks have gone higher than at any time wince early June, and there is & somewhat better supply of invest. jment funds. Interest rates are de- jclining, and the large year-end dis- bursements are beginning to be a ‘actor in the security markets, | “The reduction in the Chicago & | Northwestern dividend {s perhaps | take n @ little too seriously. The road | is doing a good gross business, and |its heaviest expenses have been for |maintenance—which served to {m- | prove the value of the property, It is hardly without precedent for rail- road earnings to look bad at timés when freight rates are under political attack.” SEND OUT FOOD ‘PRODUCT LISTS Tho first ste of Seattle food | products manufacturers, prepared by the Exehange club and the Pa- ific Northwest Products committee of the Chamber of Commerce hays been sent out as enclosures with the bills of the city water depart- ment. Distribution to the entire roster of 65,000 water users of Seat- tle will be complete by Dece: ber 20 > Lists of manufacturers of cloth z nd furniture and household cessories will be similarly distributed during the following months, and following that a list of Seattle trade marks will be sent out. | | | Transportationers | Have Musical Day | James Hamilton Howe of the S: attle School of Music, presented a musical program at the meeting of the Transportation club Monday, the meeting haying been arranged as “music day.” L, F, Jones presided | as chairman of the day. | | New Corporations OLYMPIA, Deo. 18.—The following ar- ticles of Incorporation have been filed ta the office of the secretary of state lees Lausdry, Yakima, $45,000. , C. J. Thurston, C, A. Hodel Joreph R. O'Donnoghue. Eckmann-Locke Hardware Co. Yat! hanging name to Locke Hardw onomy Heater Co,, Seattle, $35,000, W. C. “Auld, rokerage & Land Co., Bea J. B. Alexander and B. W nd Brick & Tile Co., Bhattle, 000 to $60,000. $10, Alssolution. Seattle, Hillyard, $10,000. |, Donald Morissey and Timber Co., Seattle, Archer, J. L, Rawls and Theatres corporation, Se- J. 0, Barrows and J. W. ttle, $5,000, Northern Timber Products company, oiis, Minn., $60,000, Louls H. Harry Clegg and Oscar W. Bow> Power of attorney to E. C. Wether- kane, Wash over Logging Harold W Aberdeen, nd W. Dy any, ameron n-Hoover Investment compan: 0 Harold W. Cameron Pacoma, $11,500. Anders ©. Berg and Ingwal f gage as wholesale and alers in & tent Holding company, Spo- H. A. Ammann and Carl gnal company, Seattle, In- from $15,000 to $39,000. 5 Increase Paul W. Soff MacKinn H. Sayer, eet. ‘To ac ove the san igs thereon, ber ¢ ¥, $10,000, Ht, ler and A. HL irant & Co. Inc., Seattle, rge D. Grant, George Hunts- 1 Karl F. Hass, To carry on eneral industrial, manu- Jobbing and retail dtict @ ng, wholesale, & Miaa ogon, A ferson, @. Ww. Ht ton Lumber com- deen, $600,000, &% Anderson, A. W. Abel and H. N. Ane te | Ask yourself that ques- j 4 | tion and then consider | || that our modern electric | | Safe Deposit Equipment | offers you the last word | | in protection at a very | small cost. ATTLE NATIONAL PANN ietik RICH fant Polig depart invest! which ‘vacan’ Ww. 5 house believe by bu Wa the in| to be during annoul Stat other Yo > » the ci rest 3 small which cording for SOL with ¥ In $500 wi of not Jeremi