TIIE OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1919.
21
POTATOES STROM
AT SHIPPING POINTS
Steady Advances in All West
ern Markets.
OREGON FARMERS GET $1.50
harp Rise in Southern Idaho Dis
trictsGood Increase in Ship
V menu From All Sections.
A ear .meh of Ortin and Wuhlnc'.oa
potatoes arrlrsd on the market. There u
(air local tialti with Jobbers quotlns"
be but OrasoD Burbanka and WaaMnaton
ratted Cuu at 12. food ersde at LU
1.3 aad poorar as low as $1.33.
thirteen eara of Orecon potatoes wra ra
veled shipped, three eseh to Los Ane:et
a is Stockton two to acraaent and on
mm h to Gal.aatoeu Garbar. Reddlac San
T pjiciaco and salens.
nnalateat adrancas have been made at
all shlpplnc points tba past weak with the
mat notable In southern Idaho. where
JC (fasts have jumped from 1.33 per cwt. to
11.73 cash to a-rowera. In Colorado tea in
crease averased SSe to ll.&oal.&u. la Ore
tea and Waahlnrton the .rowers a-o re
tetvln $l.SO per cwt. for No. 1 stock. The
market has been more stable In the middle
west and Is practically at a standstill In
If sine, where Groan Ifoontatn stock la
sooted at 11.331)1.63 per cwt. f- a. h.. the
Sams aa a week SCO. The prices have not
advanced much In the consnmtnc markets
and shlpplnc districts Ilka Minnesota and
Wisconsin, located close to Chicago, have
felt little of the Impulse beyond an
creased demand. Idaho (rowers arc taking
advantage of the Incroasa and have rolled
13 cars the past week.
The shipments of the country totaled
1.139 cars, a sharp Increase, from the 2S91
cars of last week and area (renter than
the beary week before with 3225 care.
"Washington shipped 130 cars. California 63,
Oregon 33 and Nevada St. Nlnety-serea cars
were Imported from Canada. The beginning
f the movement of the new crop rom the
south started with two cars from r 'or! da.
bat la offset by exportatlons rom New York
to both Sooth America and Aft.ca.
W. CBLAIS HAVF, STRONGER TONE
Laval Market Is Ulsher. With Advances
East and Sooth.
Grain prices moved op sharply en the
local board la response to advances at
Chicago and San Francisco. Barley bids
were ralsrd SOcAtl for feed and S3 9 73
cents for brewing. At San Francisco Way
barley sold at t-4Sa against 2.5T!i bid
aad 3-40 asked on Tuesday.
Bulk oats bids at the exchange were
Drutd SOcfftl.30. bat sacked oata were un
changed. Offers for corn were advanced
Ocl.
Weather conditions la the middle west,
aa wired from Chicago: "Winnipeg, part
cloudy. ; Minneapolis, littls rain. 3;
. rmtnth. clear, fine; Chicago, clear, cool:
. Kaaaaa City, raining. 41 ; Omaha. little rain
last night, ell; Ohio valley, clear, cold. Fore
cast: Generally unsettled and warmer.
Quantities en corn allocated la the United
Kingdom are still of vary meager propor
tions and the demand continues unsatts.
fled. 6tocks remsln light. Argentlns mar
kets remain unchanged, with the undertone
easier, owing to the favorable results being
obtained from the new crop. Oats sup
plies In the United Kingdom are fair. De
' snand Is not active and business has dwin
dled. The volume of clearances from Argen
tina la considered disappointing and de
spite the Increased offerings at lower prices,
exporters In that country do not appeal
aaxloae to take hold.
San Francisco receipts from Oregon for
March were: Wheat and flour none; from
Washington Jheat etle; flour O4.01S
sola Recent foreign Imports Include 8S07
hales hemp. 2000 bags Ice, 15 sacks f.our;
from Australia, S00 tone .beat,
Taeema recelpta In March were: 971 cars
wheat, cars eats, 1 cars barley, 1 car
corn and T3 cars hay.
t ermine i recelpta la cars, were reported
ay me siercoaara Exchange aa followa
Whea
Tort!and. Wed.. 6
Tear ago...... 3
V-esoa to date.6JT
Year ago 36H0
Taroma. Tuee.. 13
Tear ago It
reasoi to date.4t)T1
ear ago . . . 4 -' 1 f
Seattle. Tne.
ear ago .... ....
Paaeoa to date-5fVU
Tear ago ii:7
CCBB BCTTER MARKET DRAGGING
Burnt Storks) for the Say Show kfatertaj
and Chicago. Southern California sacked
small whites also advanced 23 50c. closing
at $6 08 23 to growers and ranging $7,30 9
7.73 In leading terminal marketa. California
llmaa advanced to So&0(i6.73. cash to grow
srs, and ranged firm In consuming mar
kets' st $7.5093.30. Colorado plntos ran red
firm at $4 per cwt. In bulk to growers and
continued nearly steady In the consuming
marketa
Asparagus From Walla Walla.
The first Walla Walla asparagus reached
the street yesterdsy and was put on sale
at $2 3 2.30 a box. Marysvllle asparagus
also made its appearance and was quoted
at as a pyramid. California flat 'white held
at 12 6 13c a pound.
Bank Clearings.
Bank elesr!ngs of the northwestern cities
yesterday were as follows:
Clearings. Balances.
Portland $4,871,084 32.37T
Seattle ,70.417 tX'3.5' .'S
T.coma 535.479 44.316
Spokane 1.747.4l4 508,30(1
PORTLAXD MARKET QtOTATlON'S
Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc
Merchants' Exchange, noon session:
Oats April.
No. 2 white feed 330.00
Barley
Standard feed 30 30
Standard "A" S1.50
Eastern oata and com In bulk:
Oats
No. 3 white 47.00
as-pound clipped white 48.30
Corn
No. 3 yellow 61.00
.No. a mixed 0 M
buyers mm PRICES
MARKET HERE 15 CENTS LOWER
BUT HIGHER EAST.
May.
$30.00
B0 30
61.00
47.00
4U.30
Cattle and Sbeep Are Firm and Un
changed Day's Run
Is Small.
There was a light run of stock at the
yards yesterday and trading waa not very
active. Cattle and sheep continued firm,
but hogs were reported weak, though the
eastern hog marketa were strong and high
er. The best price on hogs bid by local
buyers was $18.33 or 13 cents under the
previous top. and the bulk of sales during
the day were at this price.
Receipts were 41 cattle, S calves. 042 hoga
and 10 sheep. The day'a sales were as
follows:
60.50
50.00
WHEAT Government baala. $2.20 per bu.
FLOUR Patents. $11.43 delivered. $11.30
at mill; bakers'. fll.150U.3O! whols wheat.
$10.23010.40: graham. $10.03910.20.
MILLFEEO Mill run. f. o. b. mill, carlota
$33 per ton; mixed cars. 18.30; ton lots or
over, $40; less than tons, $41; rolled barley,
$329M: rolled oata, $56937; ground barley,
$528 34.
CORN Whole, ton, ISSOoT; cracked. $07
9
HAT Buying prices, f. e. b. Portland:
Eastern Oregon timothy. $30 9 33 per ton
9 cows...
1 cow. . ..
2 cows. ..
8 cows. ..
1 cow
1 cow. . ..
1 cow. . ..
1 cow. . ..
1 cow. ...
8 bulls...
1 bull....
1 bull....
2 bulls...
1 bull....
8 bulls...
10 steers..
Wt. Price.
970$ v.00!
12S0 7.501
:o
810
TOO
830
1540
V0
1010
1216
1700
1340
4H3
2000
1105
878
6 00:
8 00;
7.001
11.00
5 steers. .
1 steer. . ,
2 steers.
1 steer...
1 steer...
7 hogs.
Wt Price.
674 $ 6.73
1020 8.50
13 0o;21 hogs.
20
890
1130
180
222
156
105
320
467
202
183
225
105
190
12.00
.00
8.50
18.90
18.T5
18.00
17.00
17.85
16.85
18.85
17 75
18.7
17.00
18.85
alfalfa. $-'5tt 23.50;
clover, $26427.
valley grain hay. V.
Barley Flour Oata Hav
1 2 13
4 3 6 14
US SIM 618 24
8 8;. 1306 ISO.
.... .... a
.... 3 5
"i .... 14.1 HO.-,
SO .... It? 1442
.... -- .... ....
"fi 1033 "ni6 i.iir
144S D; 2S12
in. caovrauer marxet was ejniet with
a tew saies oi axtraa at 6s and 3a cents.
There waa some outside Inquiry, but little
actual selling was reported. Prints were
steady at unchanged prices. Local receipts
oa Tuesday were reported by the Bureau of
jtaraota aa zollows:
Origin Pounds,
orweos .............. ....... 8 7'l
s.nin.ion ,
California ............................ 1.747
rtml 11.444
rireei si ocas were large, amounting to
4j3 cubes and 176 boxes, or about 13.000
pounds more than on the preceding day
Storage stocks st Portland were 34 pounds,
732 pounds going In Tuesday. Seattle stor
age stocks are 313U pounds.
Local cheese recelpta Tuesday were 2070
Pounds from Oregon and SO pounds from
v aahtngton.
EXPORT FIXrB ALREADY GROCXD
MUlfeeel Bnpplr May Not Be Increased! aa
Resolt e Geiwinenl Order.
The tone of the mtlrfeed market was weak
yesterday, because of the placing of the
large government flour order, but millers
point out that a considerable part of the
flour sold has already been ground and
the mlllfeed gone rnto consumption. There
Is alas reason to believe California wtn soon
come Into the market for a large supply of
feed. and. therefore, sellers are not Inclined
to make concessions at this time.
The government floor order Is figured at
about 85.000 tona Some of the miners. It is
said, were taken unawares and sold more to
the corporation than they Intended. It was
not anticipated the government would ac
cept S3 per cent of the bids, ae In the pre
vious month It took only 23 per cent.
EgfJ Beevlpts Largest ta nreiea.
. Receipts of eggs are steadily gaining, ar
rvals on Tuesday amounting to J342 cases.
There was slso a large Increase In floor
stocks yesterday, totalling S4O0 eases, against
7780 case, en Tuesday and 2476 rssse on
Monday. The market, however. Is holding
firm and cask Payers are still paying 41
cents delivered. Portland storage holdings
bow amount te 437S cases, a carload or mirs
going In Tuesday. Seattle storages hold
$103 oases. Local receipts oa Tuesday were:
Orttixt Express. Freight.
Oregon a) 4-g
Washington ................ 21 3
Dairy mad Country Produce.
BUTTER Cubes, extrss. 6Se;58o per lb
prints, parenment wrappers, extra, box lota.
ttOtsglc; canoua. filuoJc: ball boxes,
more; less thai half coxes, lc more; butter.
fat. No. 1. 62ay6dc per pound, station.
EGtiS Oregon ranch, case count. 41c
candled. 42c; selects, 44c
CMt-t-St Tillamook, f. e. b. Tillamook
Triplets. 34c; Young Americas. U5c; Coos am
Curry, f. 0. b. Myrtla Point, triplets. 31 tee
Young Americas. 42 fee; longhorns. 12 fee.
POULTBY Hens. &3034o; roosters, 210
stsgs, 20c; ducks, geeae end live turkeys.
nominal; dressed turkeys,- 43c
V EAL Fancy, 21 fee per pound.
I'OHa. x-ancy, 23u per pound.
Fruits aad Vegetables.
Loral Jobbing Quotations'
FRUITS Oranges. navels. $4.309(.50
lemons. 34.250 6 per box: bananas, SfetsM
per pound; apples, $24.50 per box; grape-
trult. J 3000.30.
vtc.tTAULl-.c5 cabbage, $7.3093.00 per
100 pounds; lettuce. $2.5095.00 per crate
peppers. 45c per pound: ce.ery, SUCS12 pet
crate; srtlc&okea $1.65; cauliflower. $1.75
V 2.00; squaah. 3 fee per pound; beets, 32.50
per tack: carrots, s..uutf-.-J per saca
turnips. $2.0oa2.50 per sack; cucumbers.
$2.25 per dosen; tomatoes, $4.25 per box
spinach. $1.25 per box; peas, l,20c per lb.
rhubarb. $2,500.23 per box; asparagus, 12 fe
It l.,e ner pound.
roiAloto urtson tturoinu oesi, Lia
4r2; Ysklmaa. $l.i5te2: sweets, sfec
UlLCf Oregon, joooing price, ao."Ufe.au
per sack.
Staple Groceries.
Local lobbing quotations:
bL'tiAR Sack basis: Fruit and berry.
$9.53; beau $US2; extra C, $0.15; powdered
In barrels. $10.25, cubes in barrela, $10.43.
NUTS Walnuts. 2i if o5c; Braxll nuts. JJc
filberts. 2ilc; almonds, 243oc; peanuts, 13c
bALI HaK-grouud. loos, $13.90 per ton
30s. $17.25 per ton; dairy, $J3 per ton.
K ICE Unbrokeu. tl.llc per pound.
BEANS Buying price large whitea and
Mexican reds 4c per pound.
Cos FEE Roaster. In drums. Z3Q40O.
Provisions.
Local lobbing quotauons:
HAMS All sixes, choice. SI 939c; stand
ard. 37fe9J8c; skinned. 35c; picnic. 25c,
cottase roil. 33c
LARD Tierce baala, aoc; compound, 23 feo.
IjHi SALT Short, clear backs, 27fc33o
nlatea. 23 0 25c: exports, 30c
BACUft eancy, ouvoc. stanuaru. utr
46c; choice. 83940c
Hops. Mohair, Etc
HOPS Oregon. 1018 crop. S8940O pet
pound: 1013 contracta, 80 6 35O per pound.
xiotlAin ut cup, -wo w w, per poune.
TALLOW No. L 3c per pound; aso. 3 4c
per pound; grease, Ao. 1. 3c; Ac 2. 3c per
pound.
CaaCAHa uauk uiq. 100 per pound.
Hides sad Pelts.
HIDES No. 1 salt-cured hides, 30 pounds
and up, 13c; No. 1 parl-cureu hides, St
pounds snd up, 11 fee; No. 1 green hides, at
pounds and up, 10c; No. 1 salt-cured bu.la
$0 pounds snd up, loc; No. 1 part-cursd
bulls, 5U pounds snd up, 8fec; No. 1 green
bisils. 50 pounda and up. lc Tbe price 00
No. 2 hidea la lc per pound less thsn for No.
1 of same kind. No. 1 calfskins up to It
pounds. 8uc; No. 2 calfskins up to 13 pounus,
2oc; No. 1 kfp, 13 to oU pounds, lbc; No.
kip. 15 to 3u pounds, 16c; dry flint hides,
7 pounds and up, 27c: dry flint call, under 7
pounds, 21c; dry salt hidea 7 pounus and up.
22c; dry salt cair. under 7 pounda, 82c
ury cull hld'.a, halt price; dry fliut staga 01
bulla, 18c; dry salt stars or bulla. 12c; do
cull stags or bulls, halt price; dry horse
bides, eccordlng to slxe snd take-off. $1.50
to $2.50 each, salted horse hides, $3 to $3.
PELTS Dry long-wool pells, per pound.
20c; salted long-wvol pets. $1.&OU2L50 each
arj snort-haired goat skins, each, 33c to 7ao
SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MAEKEl
Price Current ea Eggs, Trrrtablee, Freak
Fruits, Etc, at Bay City.
BAN FRANCISCO, April 2. Eggs Fresh
extras, 46fec: fresh extra pullets. 44fec
Cheese .New firsts, .9 fee; Oregon a'oung
Americas, oc
Poultry Hens, lsrge, 36r37c; smalt, 37
t J9c; roosters, young. 4of 5uc; old. 24 f 23c.
broilers, ooiiuc; iryera. v4sc; turkeys.
unquoted; geose. 29'i31c; pigeons, $2.2303
uoxeu: squaoe, ouqooc pound.
Vegetables Asparagus, 4f5e per pound
celery. $496 crate of four and five dosen
summer squash, $2.oUV3 per crate; tomatoes.
j.it4j crate or oox; x.os Angelea lettuce,
S J. 30 2. 7 3 crate, iced; $1.75te2 umced.
niuonfiii., i , - . potatoes, per cental.
Deltas, choice,. $1.75x42: Oregon Burbanks,
$.T-.ou; new, 4c pouna: sweet, av5.5u
onions. Ice house. $3.75il4 cental; green
$L25; river. $1.75u2: rhubarb, $L752.23
box; cau,tlloer, large, tstctrsi dosen; green
peas. St? 7c pound: mushrooms. 13 j tine box.
according to aiae; cucumbers, v a. 30 box.
hot house; spinach, 30c v 1 crate: early flat
cabbage. I1U1..U per loo pounds; Florid
string beans, 40W30C pound; csrrots. $238
si sack; oeets. :sz.u saca; turnips, ye!
low. 32.25v2.50 sack: white. 1 1 1 M -x
sack; garlic 30975c pound.
Fruit Lemons. 3094 box; wrapped navel
oranges. 94..H' a v.u per Box; tangerinea and
manuartnes, $o.300 4 In half boxes: fane
grapefruit, S3 j 3.50 box; bananas, 6fea7fec
pound; plnespplea, $2t3 dosen: 3lexlcan
limes, crate; applea, Newtown Pippins,
$4u3.25; Oregon Spitxenberg. $3.253.30;
pears. Winter Xellis, $3 S 4. cold storage;
Loquats, 12fet?13c pound; strawberries, un.
quoted.
Keceipts riour. itwi quarters; barley,
'46 centals; beans, 3464 sacks: potatoes.
10.273 sacks: onions, 400 sacks: hay, 258
tons; hides. 532; wine. ,0.000 gallons.
Wool Sells Higher at Eoadon.
LONDON. April 2. Ten thousand, three
hundred bales of wool were sold at auction
here today. The attendance waa larae and
there waa a strong demand. Good merinos
and fine croaa-breds were 10 per cent and
other gradea from unchanged to 3 per cent
over the government minimum price. All
the allies except America mere buyers.
..1014
S23
Totals
A 'Tv soma ta Beaa Marketa.
Although the beaa market In Oregon Is
H'eless. values have strengthened elsewhere,
with many advances of 23C5te per cwt.
Michlgaa white stock. kaad-pcked basis,
adveaced ISs.lOe. ranging $39 per cwt..
cash to groeers. Eaelara hand-picked
Backed white pea Beene strengthened te a
range of $7 9 7.73 In consuming msrketa.
1 elighuy la New York. Philadelphia
Metal Market.
NEW YORK, April 2. Copper and Iron.
unchanged.
Lead, steady, spot ana April. S.ZO03.S5c
Spelter, steady. East SU Louis delivery.
spot and April. 6.10t) 6.25c
Cotton Market.
VT-W TORK. April S. Spot cotton, aulet.
Middling. 23.65c
' New York Sugar Market.
NEW TORE. April 2. Sugar, unchanged.
Dulutk Unaeeel Market,
DULUTH. April 2- Linseed. $3.78.
PORK, 25crVEAL, 21c.
We pay those prices for top-quality
meats. We can use larrce and Inferior
quality at less. We never charge com
mission. Frank L. Smith Meat Co, 228
Aider at, PorU&n-J. Or. dv.
10.501 6 hoes
10.00 7 bogs...
0.00 2 hogs...
7.25 7 hogs...
8.00,33 hogs...
7.001 2 hogs....
9.5053 hogs...
7.25:14 hogs....
.25j330 hogs. ..
Prices quoted at the local yards follow
Cattle
Best steers $18.00914.60
uooo to choice steers 11. 50f 12.30
Medium to good stoers 10.00tlL00
Fair to good steers ............ 9.0010.00
Common to fair steers 8.00 9 8.00
Choics cows snd beifers 10.50W 12.23
oww to choice cows, heifers... v.oooio.ot
Idedlum to good cows, heifers.. 7.009 8.00
Fair to medium cows, heifers.. 5.O0G1 6.00
i-anners a.oux. e.titf
Bulls 6.00U 8.50
Calves 9.50913.30
Etoekers and feeders 7.00010.00
rlogi
Prime mixed 18.75918.85
Meals Alfalfa,
quoted.
nominal; eocoasut, un-
Medlum mixed
Kough heavies ........
Pigs
Sheep
Prime Ismbs
Fair to medium lambs
Vearllngs
Wethers
Ewes
Prln
18.50 'a 18.73
1 75dl7.50
16.50917.30
16.00917.00
14.00 915.00
11.00 J 12.00
9.ooio.ue
6.50 41 IU.3S
mixed 18.75918.83
ORIGINS OF LIVESTOCK
LOADED
Shipments In the leading Markets of the
Pacific Northwest.
State origins of livestock loaded April 1,
1919:
For Portland-
Idaho
Oregon . .........
Cattle. Horses.Mxd.
Caivea.Bogs.Sh'p.Mulea.St'k
2
Total Portland.. 10 2 ... ...
One week ago.... 7 8 ... ...
Four weeks aco.. R 1 ... ...
One year ago. 8 2 2 1
Loaded for all American markets
Totals April 1....23SI 17t0 751 20S
One week ago.... 2213 2O09 600 243
Four weeks ago...2010 1766 f35 " 224
One year ago 2933 1930 678 163
547
E74
404
478
Chicago Livestock Market.
CHICAGO. April 2. (United States Bu
reau of 3Iurketa.) Hoes Recelpta i7.ouu.
market strong, mostly 5 cents higher than
yesterdiy's average. Top, $20.15; bulk of
sales trJ.SS'u 20.1o; heavy weight. r.' t3j
20.15: medium weight, $19.80920.15; light.
weight. $19.35 02O.U3; light light, $18
19.65: sows. $17.75:8 19.60; pigs, ill VIS. -a.
Cattle Receipts 6000. Good and choice
beef steers and she stock steady; bulls slow
lower: calves 23 cents higher; feeders
stesdy. Hesvy beef steers. $11.50920.40;
light beef steers, $10918.50; butcher cows
and heifers, $7.40'j 15.50; canners and cut
ters. $5.6510; veal calves. 13 4J lo.io ;
Blocker and feeder steers, $8.25913.50.
Sheep Receipts 8000, market mostly 25
cents higher. Prime Colorado fed wooled
lambs, $20.50; prime shorn lambs, $17.50;
shorn ewes, $12.75; lambs. 84 pounds, $18.50
20.50 ; 85 pounds or better, $18920.40;
culls. $1418; ewes, medium and good.
$12.25 & 15.50; culls and common, $6 12.25.
Omaha Livestock Market.
OMAHA, April 2. Hogs Receipts 14 500,
10 to 2o cents higher. Heavy. $19.704$20:
mixed. $19.80 19.75; light. $19t 19.80; pigs,
$12'il7.5o; bulk of sales. $19.50 19.80.
Cattle Receipts 4POO. steady to strong;
Native steers, $13.504t 18.50; cows and heif
ers, $7.50 914.25; western steers, $l04j)16.50;
Texas steers, xotfio.&u: range cows ana
heifers. $7312.30; canners, $506.50; Block
ers snd feeders. $6.50J15.50; calves. $8014.
Sheep Receipts 5800, 10 to 15 cents hlgb
Culls. Tall; wethers. $154 17; ewes.
$12914.50; lambs. $1920.23: feeder lamba,
$1118.50; yearlings. $16918.
Seattle Livestock Market.
SEATTLE. April 2. Hogs Receipts 874.
Steady to strong. Prime, $19.25 919.40: me
dium to choice, $18.8." j 19.10; rough heavies,
$18.75&17.40; piss, $16.73918.40.
Cattle rteceipts, ill, steauy. xieat steers,
1.50&14.50; medium to choice steers.
$10.50OU: common to good steers, $70
10; best cows and Hellers. sa?pi.:: common to
good cows and helfera, $5 0 7.50; bulla, $60
10; calves. $7eri3.
IS
BULGE DUE TO BAN ON EXPORTS
OF WHEAT AXD FLOUR.
COAST AM) EASTERN DAISY PRODUCE
.Butter Market Condition at Leading Dis
tribution Points.
Eastern and San Francisco trade re
ports received by wire yesterday at the
local office of the bureau of markets:
Chicago. Some activity developed on this
market late yesterday afternoon and this
morning there was a satisfactory buying In
terest to again advance the quotations lttc,
some sales being recorded later In the day
as high as 64c. Receipts appear to be still
too light to operate this market on a basts
of prices much lower than those at present
in force. However, dealers are not buying
much beyond their immeaiate needs, and a
slight undercurrent ot nervousness is sill,
noted. There was confidence in some quar
ters that cars or centralized wou.d bring
He over the quotation, but no sa.es were
ceported at this figure up to the aomsnu
New York. Only a fair amount of
wholesale trading took place today, due lu
part to a limited amount of s rocks and in
active local demand. With a sensitive feel
ing prevailing the market was steady j to
firm with regular trade only taking sup
plies for their current needs. Prices re
mained unchanged on all scoras with a
strong demand, for 89-90 score butter, ot
which there Is a small supply available. Re
ceipts of 0633 tubs were moderate, storage
holdings were practically unchangea ana
suppiies on dealers floors this morning
showed a reduction of about 3000 tubs. l2
score 66 c.
San Francisco. Trading still continued
active and prices are about He higher to
day. The butter market is firm but set
tled and some dealers feel that a further
advance may take place tomorrow. Salei
of two or more carloads of butter are re
ported to have been confirmed and .re now
being loaded for shipment to outside point
Th iuddIt of butter is fast Increasing but
the demand Just now is quite sufficient
to take care of the heavy receipts, 0 score
57c
BARNES SAYS WHEAT SCARCITY ACUTE
STEEL AGAIN RESCUES PAR
MAEIXES, SPECIALTIES AXD
COPPERS ADVANCE SHARPLY.
from Ar-
Seasons for Placing; Embargo oa Shipments
to Neutrals.
NEW TORK, April 2. In his statement
last nleht diacnsalne the condition of til
American grain market and the Intention of
the food administration grain corporation
to hm Its influence in bringing about
reduction of wheat and flour prices to the
government buying level. Julius Barnes,
head of th. corporation, said that, although
the country had a surplus of coarse grains.
the wheat scarcity was so acute tnsi an
embarco had been Disced on export to neu
trals. Mr. Barnes said that, beginning next
week, the corporation would buy rye, barley
and corn flours for relief shipments to Eu
rope. Mr. Barnes said:
"We havo advised the neutral govern
ments that America will be unable to fur.
nlth anv morn wheat Or Wheat IlOUr U
them; that thev are free to Duy omcr
grains In our market, but must seek wheat
In other markets.'
Mr. Barnes aald that, beginning next
week, the grain corporation will buy lor
shlnment to liberated, countries which need
relief rve Hour, corn iiour ana oan.y
end .,-111 thereby reduce Its current pur
r-hues ot wheat flour. He said further
that If these measure failed to keep the
price of wheat flour at a reasonable level
Import restrictions would be relaxed to per
mit the united states to impon
gentina, Australia and Canada.
Government to Sell Potatoes.
YAKIMA. Wash., April 2. (Special
Yakima potato producers and dealers isai
night stated that they feared the war de
partment's invitation for bids upon more
than 6.000,000 pounds of potatoes held in
storage at ill warenouses in .rioua .
of this state would have a disastrous effect
upon the market, which recently advanced
here to $30 per ton, after going as low as
118 for No. 1 stock. The government holdr
ings Include l.fiOO.000 pounds in the Hellle-
nen Lumber company warenou.o
similar quantities In Seattle and h-verett.
Lesser quantities are neio ai omer
The bids are to be made to the deputy sons
supply officer of the war department in
Portland on Tnursaay
Money, Kxcbange, Etc
Ngw YORK. April 2. Mercantile paper.
unchanged. , t
Sterling 60-day Dins, .aoi goiHuv,-
60-day bills on banks. 4.57Vi: commerce
60-day bills, (4.5R6; demand, 4.6l: cab les,
S4.62. Francs, demand, 6.05: cables, o-O.
Gullders. unchanged. Lire, aemanu, t.-w,
cables, 7.10.
Mexican dollars, uncnangea.
Time loans steady, unchanged.
Call money easier; high. 5 per cent; low,
y. per cent; ruling rate, 4 per cent; clos-
nt bid. per cent; - ' -
cent; last loan, 4 per-cent.
LONDON, April 2. Bar silver, 4t) 8-16d
per ounce. Money and discount. uni;u.6
Price Jumps 7 Yi Cents Bushel
Chicago Strength of Barley
and Rye Are Factors.
at
CHICAGO. April 2. Com shot skyward In
price today, 7H cents a busheL Impelled
hlefly by snnouncement that owing to
scarcity of wheat, the united States food
administration would purchase Instead for
liberated countries of Europs corn flour
nd other substitutes and that neutral coun-
ries buying in the United States would be
debarred from acquiring wheat or wheat
flour. Trading In com was on a big seals
and there was a nervous close at 4Hc to
6Sc net advance with May tl.STH to (1.S7I4
nd July J1.11H to gl.46. Oata gained
Vsc to 2T6e and provisions SOc to gL
the face of a general rush for owner-
hip of corn, holrh-rs refnsed to sell until
II high price records for the present crop
had been far exceeded. The extreme ad-
ance was In the May delivery, although
unng tne rirst psrt or tne day the Sep
tember option had shown relatively the
most strength. Big price Increases on i
nd barley were decided sdditlonal bullish
factors. These grains were hoisted not only
by export demand, bat as a result of the
municipal election In Chicago. The elec
tion outcome was by many trades regarded
as a blow to prohibition and as likely, there
fore, to enlarge the domeatlc demand for
barley and rye.
Oats jumped with corn and other eereala
Upturns In provisions were stopped only
by the maximum limit. Reasons for the
bulge ley in the strength of corn and hoga
Leaning luiures ranged aa xouows:
CORN.
Open High. Low. Close.
Jl.SiH 1.S24 1.07
1-1 4 li 1.46 i 1,41 1 1.45
OATS.
(ISli . .1514 .67?
64 .66 .65 .6614
MESS PORK.
47.30 47.30 47.30 47.S0
.....44.55 44.SS 44.5S 44.35
LARD.
2.9 29 80 2S.S0 2S.S0
-B.-3 2S.35 23.24 2s.35
SHORT RIBS.
Coffee Futures React.
Tfirf A nrl 1 -' A n aDentnff advance
of 4 to 15 points was checked by scattered
realising snd a little selling for trade ac
count In the market for coffee futures here
today. Reactions followed wnn uecemuer
selling off from 14.0'Jc to is.auc in me laie
trading on reports of a slightly easier tone
in Braxll. July reacted from 14.63c to 14.51c
mt May was relatively tirm owing io i
teadiness of the spot market, with the close
net 5 points higher to 14 points tower on
he general llet. May. lo.aoc: Juiy. .jt,
September. 14.1Gc: October. 14.0. c; uecemoer.
13.fiSc; January. to.oc; aiarcn.
Spot coltee, steaay; tuo is, ioth;, o,,n.w
4s, 21c
Hop Acreage Is Increased.
ETJGENE, Or., April 2. (Special.) En
couraged by the high price of hops at tne
present time, Jonn Beavey. one ul f'-
neer growers of Lane county, .is setting out
an additional 4U-acre tract, manm
fwmm nn hia nlaca near sorlnzrieia. Many
of the growers in Lane county grubbed their
ops up during tne past tew years aim wn,i
nma nave rerrenea ineir
ave planted the grouna to oernes uo e
.,, of a aood price for their crops
I vear. instead of taking chances on the
t hop market.
r".atem Eggs and Cheese.
NEW YORK. April 2. Eggs and poultry,
firm and unchanged.
Cheese, steady, unchanged.
CHICAGO, April 2. Eggs, lower; receipts
31.759 cases. Firsts, 3Sa39Hc; ordinary
firsts, 3Sa38Hc; at mark, cases included,
38 039c; atorago-packed firsts, 1&41c
Poultry, alive, higher, springs, J3c; fowls.
37c
Strength of British Exchange Factor
in Market's Improvement.
Trading Is Professional.
NEW YORK, April 2. Regardless of the
fact that many substantial gains were made
and . fairly well sustained, trading on 'the
Stock Exchange today was the most psr
functory and least Interesting of any session
in several weeks. The volume of trading
kept pace with recent moderately large aver
ages. Steels and equipments, as a whole, were
strong. United States Steel scoring an ex
treme advance of 1 to par, but yielding
fractionally at the end with other leaders.
Including the Investment rails.
Shippings, oils, coppers and the distilling
ana toou snares commanded greater atten
tion, however, at gross advances of 1 to 4
points, moderate impairment resulting on
selling for profits. Numerous secondary
specialties, such as chemicar and paper is
sues, also American Woolen and Hide &
Leather preferred were firm to strong, but
motors and other subsidiaries reacted 1 tc
points under moderate pressure. Sales
amounted to 865,000 shares.
For the first time since the "un-pegglng"
of rates, the market for exchange on Lon
don was distinctly strong, Italian remit
tances also steadying, but francs eased
again.
Foreign bonds were quiet but steady. Lib
erty issues varied slightly and domestic
rates snd utilities hardened. Total sales,
par value, aggregated $4,150,000. Old
United States bonds were unchanged oa call.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Last
Sales. High. Low. Sale.
800 75 ii 75 75 V
9,800 52 51!4 Blit
U0 90 4 90 90 4
1,200 titii 65Xi 6i
8,100 70 69, 70
1,500 125 k 124 125
1,300 105 104 vs 105 "4
11.600 t2tt 62 is
Am Beet Sugar.
American Can..
Am Car & Fdry
American Loco.
Am Sm A Refg.
Am Sugar Keig.
Am Tel & Tel. .
Anaconda Cop..
Aicmson
A G W I S S L 27,900
Bait & Ohio ... 700
Bethlehem B . . 30,600
B & S Cooner
Calif Petrol ... 1,900
Canadian Pacif. 400
Central Leather 10.000
Ches A Ohio . .. 500
Chi M & St P.. 900
Chi A N W ....
CBUP ctfs. 1.300
Chlno Conner .. 6.300
Colo Fu & Iron 200
Corn Prod Relg 35.000
cruciDie meet.. 2,000
Cuba Cane Sug. 6,000
Distill Securities
Kne
General Electric
General Motors.
Gt Nor pfd ... .
Gt Nor Ore ctfs
Illinois Central
Inspir Copper .. 23.100
nt M M via .. 4,.oo
Inter Nickel ... 6.300
Inter Paper .... 10.100
K C Southern . .
Kennecott Cop..
Louis & Nash . .
Maxwell Motors.
Mexican Petrol
Miami Conner..
Missouri Pacific
Nevada Copper.
N Y Central ...
N Y N H A H..
Norf A West ..
Northern Paclf.
Pacific Mall ...
Pennsylvania ..
Pittsburg Coal. .
Ray Consol Cop.
Reading
Rep Ir & Steel. .
Sh.it Ariz Coo..
Southern Pacif. 14.100
Southern Ry . .. z.ouu
Studehaker Cor. 7.200
Texas Co 3.B0O
Union Pacific .. 1.700
U S Ind Alcohol 29.100
U S Steel 15o,TOO
b,2o0
300
300
8.100
3.000
1,300
122
4STs
71
160
T7H
58
38 14
36 V4
41H
BO
67 '
23
64
16-i
157
171
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41
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26
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119
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70
25 "
159
75
58
38
24 14
35
41
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66 !i
23
63 !i
16
156
170
93
41
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113
26
45
121
4S
70
23
25
159
76
58
38
95
7,900 32 32
32.500
1,400
2.000
500
1.200
2.300
300
700
1,000
l.soo
4.600
1,300
3,300
do pfd
Ttah Copper . . .
Westing Electric
;no
6.800
i.990
iss
24
24
1
75
93
34
44
49
20 'i
St
S3
12
102".
21
65
212H
24
151
100
114S
75-4
46
23
16
74
92 '4
34
44
4 8 4,
20
83
81
101
28
64
210
128
148
9S
114
75
46
41
58
6
23
63
1U
156
170
93
41
99
51
114
26
46
18
32
113
36
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24
24
16
75
29
105
92
34
44
48
20 u
83
83
12
101
2S
61
212
129
14S
99
114
75
46
$38,000
ASTO
MUNICIPAL
TO YIELD
IA
BONDS
5
EXEMPT FROM ALL FEDERAL INCOME TAXES.
Astoria, Orefron. the county seat of Clatsop county,
located at the mouth of the Columbia river, is one of the
oldest established communities on the Pacific coast; is
the third city In size in the state of Oregon and one of
the principal seaports between San Francisco and Puget
Sound.
Astoria Is a well-built, progressive, modern city of
growing; commercial importance, containing four sub
stantial banking " institutions with total resources ap
proximating $5,000,000; a varied line of progressive mer
cantile, industrial and, shipping concerns; well - payad
and well-lighted streets, electric railway lines; fine pub
lic docks and other Improvements. Approximately
(1, 000, 000 has been expended by the community in en
larging and extending public docks, harbor improvements
and terminal facilities. Astoria Is the regular port-of-call
for a number of deep-seagoing and coastwise steam
chip lines. , .
We recommend these bonds as a very safe and deslr- ,
able investment.
ASK ABOUT Ol'R PARTIAL PAYMENT PLAN.
Burglar and Fireproof Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent,
Call or Write fur oar
Descriptive Booklet Called
INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
MORRIS BROTHERS, Inc.
THE PREMIER MUNICIPAL BOND HOUSE,
309-11 Stark Street, Between Fifth and Sixth. Ground Floor.
Telephone! Broadway 2151. Established Over 25 Years,
Bid.
BONDS.
U S ref 2s reg..,9SIPa con
do coupon . . . -
U S 3s reg S9
do coupon . . .
U S 4s reg.... '105
do coupon
Atch Gen 4s . . . 82
D & R G ref 5s.48
NYC deb 6s... 97
N P 4 82
N P 3s 58 '
Pac T & T 5s..l
4s 94
TI P 4s 86
TJ S Steel 5s.... 100
S P cv 5s 101
Anglo-Fr Ss 97
U S Lib 3'n...99.0R
do 1st cv 4s. .94 80
do 2d 4s 93.54
do 1st cv 4s. 94.80
do 2d cv 4s.93.54
do 3d 4s 95.48
do 4th 4s.. .93.51
LIBERTY BONDS
YOU CANNOT DO BETTER Y'OU MAY DO WORSE
Wednesday, April 2, we paid' the following prices for Liberty Bonds, which
were the closing New York prices, plus interest:
3Vjs 1st 4s 4s 1st 4 3 2d 414s 3d4s 4th 4lis
100.13 95.78. 95.05 96.08 85.21 95.65 95.46
When buying Liberty Bonds we deduct from the above prices 37 cents
on a $50 Bond and 2.50 on a $1000 Bond. When selling we charge the New
York market price, plus accrued interest.
Burslnr and Fireproof Snfe Deposit Boxen for Bent
ASK ABOUT OIR PARTIAL, PAYMENT PLAN
MORRIS BROTHERS, Inc.
309-11 STARK STREET, BET. 5TI1 AND 6TII STREETS
Telephones Broadway -151 Established Over 25 Years
Bid.
Mining Stocks at Boston.
BOSTON. April 2. Closing quotations
Allouez
40
12
.407
Old Dora . 35
Osceola 51
Quincy 09
Sunerior ........ 5
14 Sup & Boston. .2 3-16
43 Shannon 2
84 Utah Con .
3Winona ...
26 Wolverine .
4 Granby Con
57 pSreene Can
11 I
7
90
17
674
43
ay
uiy
ay
uiy
May
uiy
ay
uiy
May
uiy
25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00
Cash prices were:
Corn No. 3 yellow, 1.59 91.62 ; No.
yellow, 11-67 1-59; No. 5 yellow. L55
1.56.
Oats No, t white, 66 0 674e; standard.
67 6 c.
Bye o. 2. Sl.TOCEl.ll.
Barley 11.051.13.
Timothy i V 10.J0.
Clover- Nominai.
Pork Nominal.
I.ard 2S 80.
Ribs 2d.S0tf 27.50.
Minneapolis Grabs Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. April 2. Flour. un
changed. Barley. 84c1.03. Flax. (3.760
0.
Grain at San Fvsuseiseo.
SAN FRANCISCO. April S. Flour, flt.55.
Grsln Wheat. 2u: oata, rea leea. 12.05
2.20; corn. California yellow, 12.2002.50;
barley. No. 1 feed. 12.27 02.82.
Hay Wheat or wneat and oat. 177019:
me oat. 118020: barley, 112-915; al-
falla, S15018; barley straw, 60080c bale.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND. April 2. Maximum tempera
ture, 70 degrees; minimum temperature. 48
d,rr,M Hiver reading. 8 A. M.. 8.0 feet
change In last 24 hours, 0.5 foot rise. Total
rainfall (5 P. M. to 5 P. M.), none; total
rainfall since September 1. 1918. 34.64
Inches; normal rainfall since September 1,
36.93 inches: deficiency of rainfall since Sep.
tember 1. 101S, 2.34 Inches. Sunrise. 6:49
A. M.; sunset, 7:41 P. M. ; total sunshine, 12
hours 11 minutes; possible sunshine 12
hours 52 minutes. Moonrise. 7:40 A. M.;
mooneet. 10:33 P. M. Barometer (.reduced
sea level). 5 P. M.. 29.99 Inches; relative
humidity at noon, oo per cent.
THE WEATHER.
STATIONS.
Baker
Boise .......
Boston ......
Calgary .....
Chicago .....
Denver ......
Des Moines. .
Eureka
Galveston
Helena
tJuneau
Kanxaa City.
Los Angeles..
Marshfield ..
Med ford
Minneapolis .
New Orleans..
New York.
North Head...
North YsklmaJ
Phoenix ..
Pocatello .
Portland .
Roseburg -
Sacramento
St. Louis .
Salt Lake .
San Diego .
San Francisco
Seattle
Sitka .-
Spokane ...
T" fjm a ...
Tatoosh Island
tValdea
Walla Walla..:
Washington
Winnipeg
Wind
64:0.00. .IE
70 0.00 ..E
40 0.00 . . NW
5S O.00I. . NE
52 0.00!10!sW
560. 01 10-NE
44:0.16i..SW
54 O.OOl. .IN
60 eOlO.OOlMiSE
36' 58 0.00..E
jot-s:u.
48 0.42 . . S
6S 0.OOS10 SW
62:0.001. .IN W
72 0.001. . X
44 0.10 12'?E
66:0.00 . .iSE
44 0.0O;26;nW
SW
.. X
..INW
. .SW
::ne
..!sb
16 SE
52 0. 001
74 O.OOl
860. 00
620.001
700. 00
44 72 0.OO
50 76 0.001
40! 600.00
421 62'0.00l. . NW
62 0.O0 . .iS
62 0.0O112 W
o;o.oo . .w
46 0.flo!.....
64'0. nol. .IW
461 60 0.00 . .IN
461 560. no.. IW
30:40 0.0S!. .1. ..
48 6S!0.00 . .IW
401
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Cloudy
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Cloudy
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Rain
Clear-Rain
ICloudy .
clear
Pt. cloudy
IClear
Cloudy
IClear
Clear
Cloudy
PL cloudy
Clear
Cloudy
Clear
Clear
Clear
Cloudy
(.ear
Pt. cloudy
Clear
ICloudy
Rain
Cloudy
Cloudy
PL cloudy
Rain
Cloudy
Ariz Com .
Calu & Aril...
Cain & Hecla..
Centennial
Cop Range ....
East t5utte
Franklin
Isle . Royale
Lake Copper ..
Mohawk
North Bntte ..
. Naval Stores.
SAVANNAH. Ga April 2. Turpentine,
firm: 70 cents: sales, five barrels: receipts.
24 barrels: shipments, 20 barrels: stock.
ISfihQ barrels.
Rosin, nominal; sales, none; receipts, 168
barrels: shipments. 30 barrels; stock, 62,709
barrels. Quote: B, 113.10: L ana r si.i.i.i;
K, 113:2: G, 113.25: H, 13.30; I. $13.65;
K. $15.75: M. 116.25; N. WG. 116.30; WW.
11R75.
We own and .olffer
a select list of
Municipal Bonds
To yield
5.50 to 6.25
Corporation Bonds
To yield
6.25 to 7
Particulars on application
LUM BERN. ENS
Trust Company
CAPITAL 1SS SURPLUS 100.000
Usiksraieni Bids. Portlaaa.Ora,
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
.124 44 0.O0 . . NWClur
420.0O. .INWICIoudy
1A. M. today. P. M. report of preceding day.
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Fair; gentle winds,
mostly westerly.
Oregon sna v Bsningxon rair; genne
winds, mostly westerly.
alDW-A-iiu vjc.i,ifs aseteoToiogist.
STEAMERS
The Dalles and Way Points.
Sailings, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, 10 x. M.
DALLES COLUMBIA LINE
Ash St. Dock. Broadway 3454
' STEAMERS DIRECT TO
San Francisco
Los Angeles, San Diego
FRIDAY, 2:30 P. M.
For information, etci. call San Fran
cisco. Portland & Loa Angeles Steam
ship Co., M. Bollam, Agent, 122 Third St.
Main 26.
HONOLULU
Suva, Now Zealand, Australia
mmn mmikm. rqt&l mail like
Lax est, newest, best-equipped steamer.
For fares snd sailing apply Can. Pac. Kail
wajr 55 Third Portland, or tiene.ai
EXPERT TRAFFIC SERVICE
To firms who do not maintain individual traffic managers,
our service offers exceptional advantages.
Oregon-Pacific Company
Wilcox Building, Portland, Oregon
Phone Main 4565
Geo. Powell, E. F. McDaneld,
President . Vice-President
Export, Import and Domestic
Freight Forwarders
Custom House Brokers Marine Insurance
Traffic Managers-Pool Cars, LCL Freight
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-' Coat, $3,612.
Value csf year's coupons, $2O0
of more thea 5H-
Paid in six different months.
Attractive yield it held to maturity.
Dim Csstnl Secarea Slit, 1934
Oka, Keck Islaaa k Pacific Ry.
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Extcasiea 1934
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