The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 26, 1923, Page 14

- AUTOS LEAD IN FOREIGN TRADE Stand First in. Exports of Manufactured Products WASHINGTON, Dec, 26,—-Exports of automobiles and parts from the ‘United States stand first among all Manufactured products shipped from ‘this country, says M. H. Hoepll, act ing chief of the automotive division ‘of the department of commerce, They are now exceeded only by five other commodities, none of which Is classed as “manufactures."" The government figures for the foreign trade of the United States during the fiscal year 1922-1923 show *that “automobiles and parts” occupy sixth place among all the commod- ties exported, being exceeded only by the following: Cotton, unmanufac tured; mineral oils, refined; wheat, tobacco leaf, and coal, In the export table they are considerably in ad- Vance of the other leading manufac. tured products, including cotton eloth, which holds ninth place; tron and steel, which is 16th, and agricul- tural machinery, which ts 19t, ‘The total value of the automobiles | and parts exported in 1922-1923 was $132,035,000, representing an Increase ‘of 467 per cent over the pre-war aver: age for 1919-1914, and an Increase of 72 per cont over 1921-1922. JAPAN INVITES TOURIST TRADE Bhambers of Commerce p Seattle Chamber yan today is even more Interest. the tourist than ever before, presidents of the Chamber of e in Kyoto and Kobe have letters to the Seattle Chamber nmerce urging it to encourage it travel to the Flowery King- | The communication says there is a misconception of the extent of the Gamage in the minds of many prospec- tive tourists, and adds: “It is certainly true that those Places which met with the earth- NOTE; Ralph F, Couch, econo- mist and statistloian, with ac cess to government reports and figures, has worked up for The Star a careful study of financial and industrial conditlons in the United States at the close of 1923, This is the third of ten articles, In which he traces the high spots In the business year, BY RALPH F, COUCH WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Demand| for tron and steol this year has been the greatest ever known, Production, reported officially by the U. 8. department of commerce for the first nine months of 1923, was| as follo Steel ingots, 3,746,000 monthly, Pig iron, 3,452,000 long tons per month, These data represent average monthly output and were compiled | after painstaking study by experts of the commerce department. Both represent record production, Previous to the current year, pro- duction of steel castings reached a peak in 1917 when output averaged 3,634,933 long tons a month. Pig tron production reached a peak in 1916 when output averaged 3,253,280 tons a month, Both of these records have been broken this year, that of plir tron by 6 per cent and that of steel ingots by 3 per cent, ‘The iron and steel Industry {s gen- long tons erally regarded as a barometer of all! other lines of manufacturing enter: prise, When steel production rises, business men in all lines feel confl- dence and assume that conditions generally will be good, on a plane, as regards production, which 1s far above that of the pro- war period, In 1913, production of plg Iron averaged about 2,500,000 tons | monthly or nearly one-third less than | at prem Output of steel Ingots was about the same, | Then came the opening of the| world war and a sudden foreign de: | mand for products manufactured from iron and steel. ‘The tnduatry expanded its manufacturing facili. | ties and its finances, The United | States got into the war and further expansion occurred, The depression followed. Planta closed down, Bul: | ness men wondered how tho plant | extensions of the war period could | ever again be used. A member of the cabinet predicted | that the demand for steel would In: ) crease to a point far beyond that of | the war pediod. This wan during de- | preasion. Steel men laughed. They | said this government official was a visionary despite the fact that his home was In one of the nation’s big: | gent steel centers, | ‘The prediction made by this mem. | ber of the cabinet is now being | proved true, From the standpoint of production, 1923 has been the} steel Industry's biggest year, | ‘The iron and steel Industry now ts { N GIVES POULTRY ~ PROFIT RECORD | Size and Quality Important | | Factors, Says Expert | | hae | MILLER | Farm Management Specialist, Exten- | | sion Service of Washington quake suffered badly, and might be} State College More or less disagreeable to sight: | The amount of money a farmer seers for the time being: but Kyoto, | makes depends upon certain well de- for instance, the most charming | fined influences. Of price, individual sight-seeing center, far-famed for her |ly the farmer has little control, but, scenes, as well as artistic beauties,| other than price, the two points— Sink eith': supe ° temples size and quality of business are most | tation campaign on behalf of | nection. fascinating shops, remains as peace- ful as ever, with her worthy nelgh- bors, Nara, Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya, ete. rs “Please tell your people, especially | Important. | Nine hundred farmers kept poultry |records under the direction of the jextension service last year. One| hundred and twenty-nine were tabu-| HOLD MEETING Commerce ‘Chambers Will | Help Plan Big Ad Campaign RAILROADS TO Representatives of many cities In the Pacific Northwest will gather at| Spokane January 3 to passenger chiefs of the Great North ern, Northern Pacific and Bur ton tem which are conducting 4 big national advertising and exp! meet with this The following traffic managers will be present: A. J. Dickinson, St. Paul, of the Great Northern; A intending tourists to Japan, about | lated and summarized. These records |B. Smith, St. Paul, of the Northern | the perfectty calm state of affairs | Show the importance of high produc. | Pacific, and P. 8. Prevailing in the country, and we|!0g hens and enough of them to/of the Burlington. These men have | shall spare no pains in affording them all conveniences in order to make their visit as enjoyable as pos. | Show the influence of size of bual-| three-year period and the 1924 spe sible in every respect.” | make poultry keeping worth while, | | Where records were tabulated to| | ness on labor income, the flocks aver- aging 80 hens made their owners’ F k | labor incomes average $79.28 for the | 4 eight and a half months the records es were kept. All feed cost, depreciation PAVING BLOCKS Seattle Man Advocates Use of Wood for Streets features that previously existed in the use of wooden blocks for paving, has been patented by W. H. Hollen- beck, formerly of Portland. Mr. Hol- lenbeck for some months past has been a resident of Seattle, and is Planning to exploit his invention here. He was for eight years super- intendent of construction for the General Electric company. ‘The new block, if it comes into general use, would be the means of utilizing a large amount of waste material in lumber mills, as it can be made from short ends of logs that are ordinarily useless. Douglas fir is one of the woods that is best adapted to its use. “The difficulty with wooden pav- ing blocks heretofore,” Hollenbeck said this morning, “has been that the wood blocks have not been adequate- ly protected from water, and have been mostly laid on sand, no method having been employed to fasten the blocks together. This permits the blocks to shift and ultimately to de- cay. “Under my patent, the block is laid on concrete. They are locked so that they cannot be moved in any direc. tion, neither forward nor backward, up nor down. The use of the fille that goes between the blocks, to- gether with the concrete base, gives Practically complete protection from the ravages of water. “The advantages of wooden blocks for paving, either on streets or floors, ig that they form a more resilient surface that does not radiate heat or cold as do other surfaces. Machin- ery can be attached to wood block floors without special preparation, and without damage to the floors When properly laid the wood block paving is practically wear-proof.” The Hollenbeck block is cut in on all four sides to give space to a filler that is used to hold the blocks to. gether and prevent water from get ting into the space between the blocks. Perpendicular grooves are put in the biock to lock the blocks | from shifting, the filler having an} asphalt base. According to Hollen- beck, the blocks can be manufac tured, outside of the cost of the lum ber, for about three-quarters of a cent each. {Meetings | The Seattle Real Estate association will meet Thursday at 12:15 p. m. in the Butler hotel banquet room. W. A. Irwin will speak on the outlook for real estate and Seattle in 1924, WOOL PRODUCTION Seattle's trade territory produces $58,000,000 pounds of wool annually Afrangements have been made whereby Seattle is to take rank as of the birds, depreciation of buildings | Buatice, Chicago, general supervision over the million. | dollar appropriation made for the clal advertising fund will be approx: | {mately $835,000—the same amount that was spent last year | Plans to coordinate the commu-| nity campaigns with the larger and | general ones of the railroads will be | and equipment and all costs other discussed and the railroad people | than labor charges werp included in| |the figures. | Where flocks averaged 250 hens |the labor income for the timo was! [Seoecing The avernge of 675 hens| |shows the average labor income of | $522.54. The highest labor incomes | were on farms having over 600 hens, | | but merely having a large number of | | hens is no indication of high profits. | A large number of poor laying hens jlose money very rapidly. The rec- jords show that 9 per cent of the | poultrymen did not make feed cost, | | counting nothing for labor. | | Measuring the same records for | number of eggs laid, where the flocks | averaged 140 eggs per year, the labor | | Income per hen was 62 cents. Where | | the average lay was 117 eggs the in-| |come per hen was $1.05 and a few| of the highest producers, averaging 206 eggs per hen, made a labor in come of $1.19 per hen | It seems peculiar that nearly all | the losses occur where the number | |of hens are under 220 and the egg |Iay is between 165 and 18%. Few larger flocks lost money, but many| had very low incomes. |} In order to make money in any business, close attention must be given to the many details of the busi. ness, In most businesses this calls |for accurate accounts. In Washing. | ton some 2,000 poultrymen are keep. ing poultry records in books. Poul-| trymen recognize the fact that the |number of hens must be large enough to make the business worth | while and that high egg lay is an other vital point ‘SAYS CEMENT | STOOD SHOCK| H. M. Hadley, district engineer for the Portland Cement association, has| Just returned to Seattle after a three months’ trip in Japan. He was sent} |to investigate the results of earth-| | quake shocks on concrete structure and states that they stood the severe | test remarkably well. He brought home many photographs of the dev-| astated area, and has many more| that will be sent from Japan later. | Metal Market Has NEW YORK, Dec. 26 gineering and Mining Journal-Press in‘its current issue The non-ferrous metal marke have been quiet all week, a condition that is likely to continue until after the holidays. Sales have by no means been non-existent, but ro pronounced buying movement is present or in im mediate prospect. Copper and zinc are slightly weaker, but lead con-| |tinues its phenomenal strength, with | near-by supplies virtually unobtain.| ble. the chief center for wool, fnutton | jand hides produced in the Pacific Northwest: Publicly.owned | termin Jals store the hides and wool, keep |the meat refrigerated let the farmers’ marketing system sell at advantageous times. | Had Inactive Week|, The En-| |! wired they would welcome sugges. tions as to how the campaign could be made more effective. Cities in Montana, Idaho and Washington, Oregon and Wyoming, will be represented. Harold Crary, director of the publicity department of the Chamber of Commerce, will represent the Seattle organization. Ship News Tides in Seattle | WEDNESDAY THURSDAY DEC, 26 DEO, 27 First Low Tide First Low Tide 12:21 aro, —0.8 ft. | 12:69 a.m.,—0.3 ft | First High Tide | Pirt High Tide 7:32 &. m., 12.7 ft. | 9:09 a om. 12.8 ft Kecond Lew Tide | Kecond Low Tide 1:16 pm, 6.8 ft | Second High Tide | 5:56 p.m, 10.0 ft es ft Tide 96 ft | Arrivals and Departures | Arrived—Dec. 26.—ftr Margaret Dollar from Port iakeley, at 7:25 a. m. 26—Str John ©. Kirkp Angelen, at 2:45 p.m fan Francisco, at 2:30 garet Dollar from Alexander from Han Diego via port 246 am Balled — Dee Str Dorothy Alexan der for Tacoma, at 6 for Ban Francieco, Ate Margaret Dollar for Port Diake ley, at 3 p, m Alaska Vessels ec. 24 — Ate Victoria, Port President McKinley, Brad: fitrs Boston Maru at Seattle Atrs 41 Street Terminal: ther, U. #. 1. B. Trunk Pacific Terminal—Stre Ad iral Rogers, Admiral Rodman. Pier 118. Pler 7 Pler 4 Pie Btr Ow Northwestern ing Worke—U. &. Connecticut Atreet ‘Terminal—Motorship Frank Lynch, U. 8. 8, Pioneer, str Dis. coverer, Margaret Doll e—Hehr. Ruby, ma Anvil ‘Terminal—U, 8. C. G. Bure Iowan, BB. Waterway Stren West Jap; eral Petrol pany—Stre Sachsen Hefternan’s Dry Dock—U. 8. ©, 8, 1, atr Rainier, attie Training Station—Ragi Dell. Went # ream (off mith Cove)—Str Madinon, Insiow Marine Mallway—Schra Betay Ross, Camano, Ella A., Sophie Chris tenaen, Meteor and Alumna Anne Comyn and Charles F. Croker; barges Coquitiam City and Griftson Lake Union Dry Dock—Ms Apex Port Blakeley—S8tr Oduna | ae Err A [Building Permits |) | 52%, while n taking @ large number of structural steel « THE SRATT Se ES New York Stock Marke oD JOUTN A cheerful Can, Which sold off lant 11% up at 100%, open Hothlohem Steel opened unchanged at (Staton Steel wa haw thin, together with general tmproy mainiain the earnings and jnaure dond, ‘The rally were irregular, Opening prices inchided: Gan 60%, Up Ms Haldwin, 126% Induatrial Aloohol, 66%, : Now 51M; Texas Company, 434 Can, 104%, up Lt; Bludet King Alfonso of Spain with Dictator Primo de Rivera in background and (right) King Victor Emmanuel of Italy|? overshadowed by Mussolini. BY MILTON BRONNER LONDON, Dec ht Mussolini purr Italy tator Primo de Rivera Spain, the United States wi to step along to retain its American trade. And the activities of these two powers behind the thrones may also have a great effect on the Amer fean immigration situation Recently the king of ain vt ited the king of Italy. But Alfons and Victor Emmanuel were merely window dressing. Musolini, tho former socialist blackam! and} Rivera, the aristocratic were tho real goods. No countries in the & greater interest in than Italy and Spain All the South Amor Brazil, colonies. a feoling for the mot Alsnipat Bou! merica te for thelr culture But even more import has been the immigration of Ital who are expec werful in the Argentine, Italy must have {mm} Public Markets . tb t ons ™ CORNER AREYOUR PAPERS SAFE | Ask yourself that ques- | tion and then consider | | that our modern eleciric | Safe Deposit Equipment || offers you the last word i in protection at a very IL small cost. ~ ; ay and tho initial quotations were « cording ging of from M4 to a full p a continuance of th United Staten Steel, 06%, up %) Consolidated up Ms EW TRADE RIVALS OF U. s. general.) . LE STAR THE STAR’S PAGE OF NEWS FOR BUSINESS MEN 1923 Was Biggest Year in Production of Steel Greatest Demand Ever Known Follows Dark Post-War Outlook He Makes Employes Save AL WINANCIAL, apirit prevailed « ~ | Len Per Cent of Salaries Compulsory Thrift Plan Adopted by Kansas Power Company openin rally Nig Int and more the dividend declaration, woek aft advanced to Hethiehom niracts ptly and nes, whould help to $5 annual divi- 51%, but MH auoted At 99% ulekly BILENE, Kas, Dec, 18.—Saye or met out! Thin is the boiled down substance ‘roducts, 71%. UP 1: / of a unique thrift plan for employes 2354, up ue hy) \\| operating under supervinion of Cley- 1 Marland. §8%, up %. son L, Brown, head of the Unitea - - Light, Power & Telephone Co., here, He compela his workers to save nt |least 10 per cent of thelr wages in |mfely charted {nvestmenta that bring an equitable cash return, During the first year of the plan's inauguration, employes of Brown's companies salted away moro than 225,000 of their wages, dintributed over a variety of reliable stocks, in- cluding a 60 per cent voluntary in- ventment of the total in their own employing Industries, Brown adopted the system after re- search proved that large numbers of his workers were losing in efficiency because they were In debt or spent more than they earned. ‘To counteract this evil, the position of savings director was established in the plants, and now no employe can continue drawing his salary unless he presents bonda fide evidence that he has naved at least 10 per cent of tho previous week's wages, Under the new ruling, sums applied toward getting out of debt count as savings, So does money applied as a sinking fund against the principal of 4 debt on a home, Sums invested in motor cars, phonographs and hope chests, or any- thing else which brings no cash re- turn, are not recognized, As originator of the scheme, Brown | has accomplished much in the way of jthrift himself, When just off the| farm, in the early 90's, he inherited | jan old water mill near the city, and merged {t with ement in other ‘Toba Haven, Cleyson L. Brown crepit Nght system into a modern marvel of efficiency. Since that time most everything Brown touched has turned to gold, jand today he is counted as one of Ablleno's then de-| the wealthiest citizens of Kansas. SEATTLE M VEGETABLE ARKETS Common to choice Prices Vaid Wholesuie Dealers Yearlings . 8 given are those made to| Wethers Kwes ere. With a fow os to producers F 6 FLOUR AND SUGAR Flour—Local blends .. «70 Family patente 6.40 | Sugar—Cane, per owt, .. 9.60 1% Beet, per cwt 9.40 GRALN AND FEED v8.00 16.00 Leelee +AD00 39.00 yellow, 4 feed meal ole fe Rolled and er she is} Otherwise Cauliflower—Per crate very Colery—Looal, per crate én 41.00 y weur! No, ole feed, 42.00 Tena nda of her sturdy | Ccumbers- i Rolled and grou rie na used to come to the United Wheat—Recleaned feed, 1 42.00 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBE! R 26, 1928, LUMBER TRADE® IS HOLDING UP Prices Are Expected to In- crease After First of Year Altho retallers and consumers aro in the midst of thelr Inventories there 1s a substantial demand for Southern pine and hardwoods, while that for softwoods other than pine fs increasing, says the American Lumberman, of Chicago. Much of this call continues to be for mixed cars for immediate shipment, due to the low stocks generally in re- tallers’ hands and the unusually heavy volume of building made pos- sible by mild weather in most sec- tions of the country; but a growing percentage is for straight ca: stock purposes, to be delivered the first of the year. Transit cars are in big der but few are offered, wholesalers re- porting that the recent strong de- mand for them has almost com~ pletely cleaned out their lists, Tho market shows a strong undertone, Prices so far have advanced only moderately, but are expected to in- crease materially after the turn of the year. Besides a brisk spring trade in bullding grades, there are indications that much railroad and car material business will be placed soon, a8 well as substantial orders for other industrial and export items, A revival of demand from the oil fields, for timbers and general build- ing material, appears imminent on account of the brighter outlook for the oll industry. The mills, holding only light stocks, are making no |concesstons nor resorting to other | methods of forcing lumber on the |market, but show every confidence |in the future. | The Douglas fir situation Is little changed. Export demand has shown a temporary decrease since Decem- jber 1, but bookings. from domestic {cargo markets hold up to the re- {cent level. Local trade remains heavy, and while the Middle West- ern rail trade shows little actual quickening, this market is produc- | tive of @ good deal more inquiry, indicating an early expansion in de- lands Prospects for railroad and car material orders are bright some of this business is al being figured on. | tion of upper grade slash grain | boards and dimension, which recent- lly have been offered by some milis | at concessions, prices on coast lum- | ber hold up firmly. | Hardwood trade remains unusu- ally good for thjs late season, with | most important consumers buying steadily. Dry hardwood stocks are very low, especially in the North, jand prices are firm, with no nota- ble changes during the last 30 days. Alfalfa Meal—10 Bone Meal—100 Granulated—100 | Charcoal (hardwood: 62.00 | Grit—Limestone, 100's . Granite, 100 ixed feed, #0's.... 2.00! States. But the tmmigration laws alvoras Chop—t's ..... 0.0. aoe of the United Staten have seriously | cal green, per dow ‘i Chick Feed—100' ......) £00 laffected this Parsiey—Loc., dos. ire. bunches .26@ .20 | Chick B. M. Mash—100's -56.00 Parenips—ier eck . 1 | Growing Feed—100's . + 61.00 Therefore Mussolint {9 turning his Coal, Se ae 1240 15 | Eee Mash—100'9 ++ 47.00 eyes toward South America | Potators— | Beratch Feed—100's . 147.00 " | Loeai white: 1.00@ 1.25 |Cocoanat Meal—100's + 39.00 TO PUSH Netted Gem: 26.00 25.09 | Cottonseed Meal—100's . 59.00 TRADE Radiahes 25 | Linseed Oll Menl—100's . ‘ " . | Kotabagns 1.25016 ye Kean Meal—i0o's ... 57.00 Italy and Spain think both can | goinsck "60 98 ate so trade tn silk | Sauash jand woolen goods tn South Amer- jon. They will push their wines | Turnipe—per sack. and oils. FRUITS | Being Latins and undorstanding | Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers the Latin temperament they think | 4p! wi they can eliminate the Americana,| 3 the En ans to ® con Per tb in a nutshell, is the New | Coccsnute—Per dos Bae - Cranberries—Per box . situation. But in the Ol |Site but . both Spain and Italy expect | Grape Fratt—Cal. algn and take a most active | gus "per crate olitics, Both resent the | Heney—Comb, per care fi inance in the|. Strained, per t i ‘patie Muckleberries—Per 1 nt | Lemons—Fancy link and Rhy ra are the men behind the thrones In Italy and Spain, and | Pears—Per box th xpect to accomplish théelr ew |e Per erate aims by trade agreements, military | NUTS v conventio t | Prices Pald Wholesale Dealers and naval conventions and hard, | then Note jactive work | Almond X. Ley per M. ..., 200 2] ats —— Peanuts per ie a | China, per ty ; aT) J tresh peanut butter, 190, 3 Te. 66a. Stat | Pecane—-Per 1 a 26 ] 12, small can milk, bo; 10-1, sack pastry | Mixed Nute—Per tb ‘ 20 3c special on | Walnate—Cal, No. 1, por Ib... 25 coftee,| Diamond brand, per tb. a ee se. | Jumbo, budded, per Mm 1 chotce| Fency budded. per th. eT) % 600 DAIRY PRODUCTS Prices Paid Shippers Bautterfat— . Seattle delivery Fresh ranch, white shel colors | And speaking of aristocrat. ham + Judge William Reid of Essex, 26 £.0,b, Beattie suppiy 2.00 ondenenry 35) of Carmargo, Ill. | DAIRY PRODUCTS | Beeesarte i a Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers Dutter—Local creamery, cubes 50 >ped ot hb, white shell. Al ° " 2 ton tripl Tillamook triplet POULTRY AND M of the : Prices Paid Shippers Brollies Z ai Cnpens—Live fal, per ib iy} Any home wi cy 4. p. 20 Hene—<4% Ibe. and up 32 dium, live, 9% to 4\4 Ibe. 22 Light, 2 to 4% Ibe 16 Goese—Live, tat, 9 to 19 Tbe. is paancy dremed 20 alan *—4 Tha and up.. 140 18 eters tne ap, Soane NS Ht Gas Heater ooatere—Old, hve, 12 rf Hogs—Cholce Nght rT Progressive real estate 100 tha. $2.60; | Cholce heavy, 150-300 Ibe. 10 , ve te heir 124, Yakima POULTRY AND ME: men have taken th cue from hundreds of ied owners in That is why so many spring build- ices Paid Wh , Dresed, light Live, heavy Live, Hight, 1 ‘ing j Beollere-<Dressed, ver. 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