TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN", PORTLAND, FEBRUARY -12, -' 1923 ' WATERFRONT MEN ISE OFFICERS taieTaxFacfr YouSIiould Ioy 'UTEOBISEJSSOfJ Northwest Employers' Union Meets in Portland. CAPTAIN BAIRD PRESIDENT Yice-Proidents From Different Ports Are Elected by 30 Delegates Present. Captain Jamei Baird of Vancouver, - B- C, president of th. Victoria & VtBcoaver Stevedoring company, wM , elected president of the Northwest Waterfront Employes' union yester day afternoon at the annual meeting , of the waterfront employers, which was held here In the Multnomah hotel Kour vice-presidents were elected, each from a different port of the - Pacific northwest. V. A. Cartwright. assistant manager of the Columbia Pacifjc Shipping company and presi dent of the Portland Stevedoring company, was chosen as the vice president for Portland: J. A. Rankin, manager of the Hammond Lumber company, vice-president from A toria; A. M. Ingersoil. of the Pacific Stevedoring company. Tacoma, vice- president from the Puget sound dis trict, and A. M. Dollar, of the Robert Xoliar steamship company. Vancou ver, from the British Columbia ports. Problem. Are Diacoaweel. The election of officers constituted the only business actually transacted by the employers in their convention - heVe. The lime of the session was occupied in discussion of the prob- - iems peculiar to the waterfront and common to the north Pacific district. Krskine Wood. Portland attorney. gave the principal address of the aft ernoon session when he explained the lecal aspects of industrial insurance. 30 Delegates A (lead. The session at the Multnomah hotel started yesterday morning and was adjourned for lunch. Karly in the afternoon the employers tackled their programme again and at & P. M took a second adjournment to meet at I. 1- after dinner. About 30 dele sates attended from the various northwest ports. O. S. Swenson. wsec . , retary of the waterfront employers' , union or Portland, who made all ar- langements tor tac meeting, was confined to his home by an attack of Brip. No. 14. THE revenue act of 1821 author izes the commissioner of inter nal revenue and his assistants, whose duty it is to s? that the law la properly complied with, to examine all books, papers and memoranda bearing upon an Income-tax retuiyi. and to examine under oath persons tae.rjr.gr Information In the premises. A new provision of law is that no taxpayer shall be subject to unneces sary examinations, and ' only one Inspection of the taxpayer's books of accounts shall be made for each tax able year unless the taxpayer re quests otherwise, or unless the com missioner, after ivestigation, notifies the taxpayer In writing that an ad ditional inspection is necessary. The act provides that in the ab sence of fraud, or miscalculation, the decision of the commissioner upon any claim presented under or author ised by internal-revenue laws shall not be subject of review by any other administrative officer, employe, or agent of the United States. Written Agreements Binding. Except upon a showing of fraud or malfeasance, an agreement in writ ing between the taxpayer and the commissioner as to the amount of taxes due is final and conclusive, and therefore binding upon both par ties. The act provides that no suit or proceeding for the recovery of any tax or penalty alleged to have been erroneously or illegally assessed or collected shall be begun before six months from the date of filing (un- j less the commissioner renders a de-' clsion thereon within that time) nor after the expiration of five years from the date of payment of such tax or penalty. It isjirovided also that the amount of income, excess profits, and war profits taxes due for the year 1921 and succeeding years shall be deter mined and assessed by the commis sioner within four years after the return was filed, and the amounts due for prior years within five years after the return was filed unless the commissioner and the taxpayer con sent in writing to a later determina tion, assessment and collection. Ex cept in the case of a false or fraudu lent return or failure to file a re quired return no suit or proceeding for the collection of such taxes shall be entered after the expiration of five years from the date the return was filed or became due. This pro vision does not affect proceedings be gun at the time of the passage of the revenue act of 1921. November 23. 1921. The act provides that under cer tain conditions interest at the rate of one-half per cent a month shall be paid upon claims for abatement and refund of taxes erroneously col lected from the date of payment of the tax to the date of allowance of the claim. Taxpayers are no longer invited to submit such claim. but upon audit of the return they will receive "a certificate of overassess ment and a check in correction of the error, or if an assessment is out standing against the taxpayer for income or excess profits taxes, .the" overpayment is applied as a credit and the balance immediately refunded. Only 30 Cars Remain Unsold in Oregon Growers' Hands. 10 SHIPPED DURING WEEK Markets Stronger and Advancing in All Sections Typical Short Crop Season. TACOMA 1IAFOKTS LRU) SOlND trade During October Increases Steadily Over Seattle. TACOMA. Wash. Feb. 11. (Spe ciai. &H11 holding her place as the chief export point of the customs dis trict of Washington. Tacoma showed foreign transactions for October amounting to S7S. with .Seattle, her nt-xt nearest port, exporting 13. 19.23 worth of poods. Por several months, according to the report of Collector llartson. Tacoma has led in . mi upon tranc from this district. On top of the business shown In this report, export trade for Tacoma showed a gain over September amounting to $strt.454. That Tacoma still holds her lead in exports Is the subject of congratula- tion by local marine men. who point to the fact that Collector llartson'a report shows the substantial condi- tiorrs of Tacoma as a manufacturing city and shipping point for this sec X tion. The report of Harbormaster W. m rtowianu on local traae snows con- - ditions steadily Improving, which ' aaauti well, be states, for a worth- while business this year. In imports Tacoma showed a slight faliing off for October from the pre " vlous month and collections were not vaiue In October of ft 18.399. and col lections f 3 7.:!X9ti. However, collec tions and imports for Seattle also bow a corresponding decrease. The total export trade for this v entire customs district is valued at S.4i4.3SI. with Imports at ,9t.40o and collections 1186. 040.04. The principal exports of interest to Tacoma consist of lumber from this district, amounting to 41. Tel. 000 feet. valued at I4.S.t13; floor. ;26.i49 bar- . rels. valued at ll.259.iOS. and wheat, 1.779.54 4 bushels, valued at 2,062.0 LOU Ot'tKATOKS BEXEFITTED within the limit of the time in which work is to bedone. Shipping board officials recalled the statement made yesterday for the board on highest auhority that the contract for reconditioning ttve big former German vessel would be let Wednesday to the lowest of the pri vate bidders who recently submitted offers, unless, prohibited by congress. RATE REDUCTIONS ANNOUNCED American-Hawaiian Lane Reduces Its Intercoaslal Tariffs. Further freight rate reductions on commodities moving by water from Pacific to Atlantic coast points were announced yesterday by the Columbia t acific Shipping- company, local agents for the American-Hawaiian inter coastal service. The principal items affected are leather, casein, clothing and dried fish. Leather will be carried in any quantity at 95 cents the 100 pounds, the former rate being 11.10. Cotton clothing will be carried for $1.25 in carload quantities, the former rate being 12. The carload rate on casein, or milk curd, in boxes, will be 50 cents, instead of 65 oents. Lried fish in boxes, not heretofore mentioned in intercoastal tariffs, wili be transported at 90 cents tho 100 pounds in carload amounts, fl.40 being the less than carload rate. The rload minimum has been lowered from tiO.000 to 40.004 pounds on barium sulphite. Ixg RaTt Course Blocked. The usual route of log rafts around the west sideof Swan island in the Willamette river has been closed tem porarily by the dredging operations f the port of Portland, and river steamers will be obliged to take "to the main ship channel around the east side of the island. The dredge Tualatin ha-s moved into position to start filling the site of the new union railroad terminal and has extended her floating pipe line from a point near the island to the mainland on the west side. placed on Fort Stevens'and Flavel wharves and a bell on the northeastern end of the Astoria .municipal dock. 'With these change, the fog horn on Desdemona sands, which has not been of any use for years, could be discontinued and the light changed to an unwatched acetylene light aa this light If only used for the pilots to anchor In storey weather. That another lighted beacon be placed directly opposite Lower Sands beacon, on the southerly side of the channel. If this beacon is placed, tho Tansy Point range heretofore requested will not be required. Storms on Pacific Moderate. Storms -which have been raging I over the Pacific ocean had moderated yesterday, according to daily wireless reports received by the Columbia Pacific Shipping company. With only one vessel in port here, tne coium- bia-Pacific yesterday had nine steam ers on the high seas, scattered over the Pacific oeean from Portland to Yokohama and from Manila to Vladi vostok, and was thus in a position to obtain a comprehensive report of Pacific ocean weather. Navigation Aids Changed. A number of changes in the aids to navigation in the lower Columbia river are asked of the lighthouse bureau in a petition made public by Captain T. J. Macgenn, master of the steamer Rose City. The changes asked are: That another gas buoy be placed at Clatsop spit about midway between gaa buoys Ko. S and 12. and that the main range, which rear light Is near Fort Co lumbia, ba changed to a position further to th. aouthwi-at. which will be a great ssistance during the winter months wben he atmospheric conditions are such as to render navigation extremely difficult, par ticularly during rainy weather. The rear light In Its present position ia about twice the distance from the turning point that it should be. That a mechanical fog horn or bell be i'uku Maru TaCes Out Lumber. A full'cargo of lumber left Portland for the orient yesterday on the steamer Fuku Maru of the Tamashita line. Another will go out today in the Canadian steamer City or Victoria, under charter to the Pacific Export Lumber company. Besides these steam ers, four others were loading cargoes of lumber here yesterday for the orient. All of this lumber will go to Japan and Shanghai Marine Notes. Th shipping board tank steamer Dil worth left down in ballast from the Shell dock at 9 o'clock yesterday morning after discharging, a cargo of fuel oil here for the use of shipping board steamers. Tho .Tava-Pacific line steamer Tjileboet will be due here tomorrow from ear. Fran cisco and will dork at terminal o. 4 to start loading for the far east. The steamer Bandai Maru. of the Tam ashita Steamship company, is due to leave San Franciaco today for Portland, fehe will load lumber here for Japan. The- Toyo Kisen Kaisha steamer Rakuyo Maru will go down the river at nuon to day from terminal No. 4 with part cargo from Portland for South Aanerican west coast oorts. She has a large list of j paMsengers and considerable freight from Japaneso ports and Honolulu lor bourn America. . The Norwegian steamer Paclfico, da, today from South America with a small shipment of nitrate to discharge here, will dock at Albers dock No. 1, according to instructions Isaued yesterday by the Gen- J eral Steamship corporation. Mills of Willaiua Harbor District Arc Operating Full Time. RAYMOND. Wash.. Feb. 11. (Spe :cial.) The Willapa Harbor Traffic association ia composed principally of . manufacturers and loggers. Its office i located In a large room adjacent r. to the commercial club room in th city. K. C. Richmond Is secretary and manager of the r asocial ion. Speak ing for the association, he said that ' the order of the department f public works made la the recent log hearing at Oivmpia should result in. an annual caring to operators 1n the Willap harbor district of 175.000. He also - said that the log supply is short, but improving. The month of February finds all lumber mills operating full time ex cept the Hart-Wood and the Hsnify mllis. It is said that the Hart-Wood Interests will operate their mill ex clusively in the fir cargo trade and ""hiandle their rail and spruce cut through their Quinault mill. The Columbia Rox et Lumber. Ray ' Trsond. Siler and Willapa mills during the month of February will supply a cargo of Japanese squares placed through the Douglas Fir Export & Exploitation company, as well as - large number of Californian, New York and Australian cargoes. Bookings of orders at the Raymond Veneer company and Pacific Fruit Package company plants indicate im proved conditions and an optimistic outlook in the, industries. Most of the shingle mills are active and oper ating oa full time, with good pros pect. REPAIR OP LINER IX DOI RT Attempt to Win Navy-Yard Job for Boston May Be Futile. , WASHINGTON', p. C. Feb. 11. Supporters of 'the move to obtain for t Boston navy yard the job of con ditioning the g.ant liner Leviathan won in the senate today, but state ment made afterward by shipping board officials indicated that the vic tory might be of no avail. The senate adopted an amendment, spcrhaored by Senator Lodge, to the independent officers appropriation bill providing that unless the presi dent should direct otherwt&e no money appropriated by the bill for the shipping board ehould be used for rectniiiUon:ng any government eacl unle.-e navy tarda had been eiven an opportunity to present an eat. male aa to the cost of such Ksark Port Calendar. Tne winter shipping season for Oregon onions is drawing; to a close. Tea cars were shipped out this wee it, leaving only 30 cars unsold in growers' hands. Since the opening of the season over 875 cars have been moved out. The market is in strong position and Oregon growers are receiving 46.50 per hundred. The ship ping demand h general, but is strongest In this territory. 60 me of the local job bers are asking as high as $8 for the best quality. The .eastern markets are firm with 1 light supply on hand. Shipments are run ning about one-third lighter than during the first half of February last year. Total shipments from all states this season have been about 19,000 cars as against 25,000 cars in the same period last season. Jobbing prices in the east are nearly eight times as high as a year ago. East ern yellow globes range from S3 to $8.25, with a top of $S.SO at Boston. Middle western g:obes sold at 7 at Chicago and red varieties 50 cents higher than yellows, The highest shipping point price was in the Connecticut valley, where the f. o. b quo tation was 18.25. The special features of the main crop onion market season throughout the coun try Included a light yield with scarcity of large-sized stock and a strongly upward trend of price. In general it -is a typical short-crop season resembling that of 1919 and earlier seasons w The season's esttmatea production of 21, 000 cars of main-crop onions is about the same as the estimated production in 1919, when 22,000 cars were' produced and about the same as the average of the three short- crop seasons of 1915, 1916 and 1919. To the end of December, 1921, shipments from leading shipping sections were about 11,000 cars, compared with 13,500 to the end of December, 1019, a year similar in short age of production. In the 1919-20 season about 3000 car lots moved from January to tne end of the crop season. Such fig ures as are available would indicate a similar volume of movement for the re mainder of the present season. Stocks available for shipment the first weetc or November, according to reports compiled by the United States department of agriculture, were 6388 cars located in commercial storage in 20 states. From November 5 to January 14 shipments were about 3100 cars, leaving some 2200 cars to come from commercial storage from the middle of January to the end of the season, compared - with about 5000 cars which were shipped during the correspond ing period of three months last season. About four-fifths of the stock In com mercial storage was located in New York, Ohio and Massachusetts. Shipments from commercial storage no doubt will be sup plement a by considerable stock from farm s.orage thus Increasing to a mod erate extent the amount estimated as available for car lot shipments. QUOTATIONS OS DAIRY PRODUCTS on Batter. Cheese Ftmer Pscifico OorKina Rolph.. Tji.eboet B-nowa M 3 .. .t lahwah... Deico t'oid Harbor.... Artxonan Kred Luckenbach. . . Mobile Manual Maru Japan Kriu us. ....... Kotartan lrbty .......... Naroia Admiral Rodman. Oh loan Blue Triangle. .... VLntta Admiral Evans... Ni i Nieln ...... Lewis Luc It en bach Selma City Son or ............ ll.tu.o Edna tel - Navigator... liorjistan , Manchester Spin'r. Wc-frt Nomentuin Doe. .Feb. V .Kib. 13 .Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Te Arrive at Portland. From Pn Frn . . . . . . n PfJro. . . .San Fran. . . . ..San Fran.... ..San Fran Fb. 14 ,.MoMf Fb. 14 ..Itoston Fb. 14 New Tork....Feb. 14 ...Feb. 14 ...Ff-b. 1 S .Vancouver ...Feb. 13 .Buenos Aires. Fb. 15 .Seattle Feb. 15 . Kurotnj Fb. 15 .S:,n Fran Feb. 15 . New York. . . .Feb- 13 . boston Feb. 14 North China. .Feb. 1 ban Diego. ...Feb. 17 Orient .Feb. 17 New York... .Feb. 17 Seattle Feb. 18 Europe ...... Feb. 18 New York. ...Feb. 18 tMn Fran Feb. 2' New York.... Feb. 20 Vancouver ...Feb. 20 Ctrays Harbor..Feb. 20 Shanghai . . . .Feb. 20 Yoshitia Maru x a. Japan Feb. 21 A. 1 Kent ..-3un Fran Feb 21 Kentuv-kian New York. . . . Feb. 24 Wall. A. Litckenbach.Nw York ... .Feb. 25 Eiilorado . .New Orleans. . Feb. 25 uiiv.o Tacomi ..... .Feb. 25 Stl Et porter Baltimore ....Feb.M Yoko Mara ...Japan Feb. "2A Yuri MarU .-..WiJlaDa Feb. 27 City of Lincoln.. ...Seattle Feb. 27 Ondono Maru Jaian Feb. 2 To Depart irons Portland. (MS.).. Maru Stesme Babtnda Kakuyo Ohloan Eastern Sailor .. Honowa (MR). Admiral Bodmin. rr Date. San Diego. ... Feb. 12 S. America. . . Feb. 3 2 New York. ...Feb. 13 North China. Feb. 13 San Pedro ...Feb. 15 San Fran Feb. 15 Fre.i'k Luckenbach..New Orleans. .Feb. 17 Vtnita vChiea Feb. 17 liria Luckenbach. . . New York. ...Feb. 17 Admiral Evans ....San Dirge. . . . Feb. 1 Arisonan fc-urop .Feb. 1 V. Luckenbach ....New York . . . . Feb. 25 fcentucauaa . w 1 or. ... &, .a Vessels In Port. Steamer Berth. Avalon Wetport. Bbinda M.S.) Terminal No. 4. . . 1 erminai ro. 4. ...Terminal No. 4. ..Terminal No. 1. . .PreacotL ..Couch-street dock. ...S. P. siding. .. Pentnsu.a milt Wells (sch).Pftcif;c Co: bankers. ... truiunii -q. 1 Current Price Ruling sod JEggs. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11. Butte: Extra, 46 Sc; prime firsts, 35c. Errs Extras, 32 V c; extra pullets. 21' He; undersized. No. 1, 27c. Cheese California flat fancy, 26c noung America. lancv. zc. NEW YORK, Jeb. 11. Butter Steady. Eggs Firm; fresh gathered firsts, 41 &43c. Cheese Firm. CHICAGO. Feb. 11. Butter Lower: creamery extras. 363AH; firtf. 8133c; seconds. ?t;30c, standards, 33 c. .ggs Unchanged; receipts. 0J&0 cases. New York Poultry Market. NEW YORK. Feb. 11. Live poultry, no- quotations; aressea, sieaay; prices; un changed. Dried rni.t at New York. NEW YORK. Feb. 11. Evaporated ap ples scarce. Prunes steady. Peaches firm and quiet. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Feb. 11. Maximum tem perature. 31 degrees; minimum. 34 degree Hiver reading, 8 A. M., 5.5 feet; change in last 24 hours. O A foot rise. Total rainfall (.'. P. M. to 5 P. M . 0.24 inches; total rainfall since September 1. 1921, 23.68 Inches: normal ramfall since September September 1. 1921, 28.17 inches; deficiency of raiiifaJl since September 1. 1921. 4.43 lnchea Sunrise. T:21 A. M. ; sunset, 5:30 P. M. Total sunshine February 11, 1 hour 40 minutes; poHHible sunsnine. 10 hours 9 minutes. Moonnse. 5:39 P. M. ; moonset, 3:45 A. M. Barometer (reduced to sea level) at 5 P. M., 30 04 inches. Relative humidity at 5 A. M.. 91 pf r cent; a noon, S3 per cent; at 4 P. M.. fc9 per cent. r S -e Wind. I 1 5 I 3 5" 3 STATIONS. 2? 2 Wsstssf. m ?i? ? r r i : : 1 llarvev dock .. Terminal No. . ..Drydock. Oak -st. dock. ..Terminal No. 4. Mlnuian-Pauasea mllL c.tv of Victoria. Clyde Maru (Taster 111 Davenprt Daisy Matthews.. Eastern Sailor.... He. nan JMSru . . John W. 1 h i. n Oration Fir Katiuyo Mru Reuce (ntpi ....... Tniatie .sent".... r.urunhimt. Jiaru. . (.'daunted lacb)-. Carries passengers. Trans-Pacific BfalL Clomg time for the trans-Pacific mails t the Portland main poatoffice io as fol lows (one hour eariier at station U, 22 Owk street): For Japan, China and Philippine islands, February 17. H :30 P. -VIT per SLeamer Pine Tree State from Seattle. Af:r departure of aleamr Makura from Seat t e r ebruary 1 1 , 11; ail for Australia and New Zealand should be forwarded via San Francisco, lor rn.amdr of month of February. Baker Boise Boston Calgary ... Chicago Denver Dm Moines. Eureka .... Galveston Helena Juneaut Kansas City. los Angeles. Mamhfield.. Bedford Minneapolis New Orleans: New Yark . North Head Phoenix Pocstello Portland .. Rose burg .. Sacramento St. Louis... Salt Lake... SanaJico. . . S. fr rancisco. Seattle- Sitkat Spokane .... Tacoma .... Tatoosh Isd. Valriest Walla Wallal W ahingtoa Winnipeg . Yakima. ...I 2H 0.04! S2j 34O.04..:w 2S 42 0.02 . .iS !-24;-10 O.OO . . j 2f; 2S 0.tK 32 NE 40 36 O.O0 20 N 12l 23 O.OO 12 E . J 4S 0.0 12 SW 62 72 O.OO 14 SB -14!. . . O.OO;. .1 . . !14 O.OO . .! 2A 31 O.OO . . IE -Cloudy mM..4 wsw IClear . .! 44 0.3i . .,s Cloudy 2f 420.6.V..'W Snow 6! 2 O.tHt 24 NE Snow .!SW fCiourfy tjt. cloudy it iouiy (fear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Oiou1y ft. cloudy 54! 7 O.OO . . SW 34f 42 0.04 12 XV 82i 42 0. li 22 SW 5f o ft 00 ;w -'' - u.av -4 .w 1 snow 341 39 0.241. .S (Rain 44 U.OH: . . is 42! 500. OO . .8 3! 42 0.00 . . E 0J 32 0.46 10 W 46 Co O.O"! . . TV 42! 52 0.00 11 W 34 4O.01..iS . . ;2 0.00'. .t. . 30. 32-0.0 I2;?W PL cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt. cloudy Ratn Clear Cloudy v :ear (Cloudy lear Cloudy 42 0.01' ";SW ICloud 34; 40 0.44 24 3W Rain . .110 0.00,. .1 32' 4rtO.4i..'S Cloudy 36) ftrfO-Otti.XE Clear r-26' -S O.OO... I iCloudv 40 O.Pr . . !SW iCIear day. U. today. P. M. report of preceding FORECASTS. nd .vicinity Unsettled, prob occasional ratn ; southerly Portland ably with wtnda Ores-ns) and Washington L'nsettled. probably rain west and snow flurries east portion, moderate southerly winds A IX GRADES OF WHEAT IN DEMAND o Free Selling Movement by Holders. Coarse Grains Firm. The demand for wheat was strong yes terday, but from all reports selling was not free. Offers for club wheat rancred from $1.18 to $1.19, coast, and for the best milling varieties bids were $1.33 to $1.36. At the Merchant's Exchange soft white and club bids were advanced 1 cent and the other grades were unchanged. There will be no session of the local board Monday. The Liverpool wheat market opened firm, M to Id higher and closed d lower. Buenos Aires wheat closed unchanged to 1 cent higher. B. W. Snow reported: "In my whole experience I have never known such gen eral agreement among observers as to the extra fancy, medium to very large, brought $2. 75 S 3.10, averaging $3.11; fancy medium to very large, $2.65 3. 10, averaging $2.79; New towns, extra fancy, medium to large. $2.75 3.10; averaging $2. S3, and fancy. medium o very large, t2.753, averaging $2.S7. Oregon apples sold on the New York auction as follows: 160O boxes New towns. extra fancy, large to very large, S3.15 3.55, few high as $3.90; medium $2.90 3.05, fancy large to very large, $2.70 2. So. 1850 boxes Spitsenbergs, extra fancy, large to very large, $3.55 3-75; small to medium. $3.10$ 3.45; fancy large to very large, $3.10 3.35 ; medium, $2. SO 3. 10 ; small to very small. 42.45. 1S55 boxes Ortleys. extra fancy, all sizes, $2.93 3.30; fancy medium to large, $2.753.10; small. $2.5o; C grade, medium to large, $2.60 283. 755 boxes Staymens. extra fancy, large to very large, $2.953.0o; small to medium. $2.50 2.85; medium, $2.452.65; small to very small, $2.10 2.30. 4495 boxes New towns, extra fancy, large to very large. $2.953.25; medium, $2.75 2.S5; small to very small, $2. 25 3? 2, GO; fancy, very small to medium. $2.75(33.05: small. $2.40 2.60 combination, extra fancy and fancy, all sizes, $2.603. 1510 boxes Spitsenbergs. extra fancy, large to very large. $3,450 3.60, small to medium, $2.95 3.25 ; few high as $3.45. 735 boxes Winesaps. extra fancy, large to very large, $33.10; few at $3.20. HIGHER FLOCK MARKET IS LIKELY Prices Will Be Raised If Wheat Continues to Advance. The recent advances in flour have had a stimulating effect on the local demand. There is sf-Iso more Inquiry from export sources, but no foreign business has de veloped yet. The market closed strong en family and bakers grades of flour, and while no ac-4 tion was taken toward raising prices at the opening of the week, it Is certain that if wheat prices continue to advance, there will be an elevation of flour quotations within the next few days. An advance of $1 a ton In millrun and middlings was announced as effective Mon day morning. NO SURPLUS OF EGGS J.OCAIXY Shipping Orders Light, but Heme Demand Is Active. Egg buyers reported it easier to obtain supplies yesterday and were not offering over 28 cents for current receipts. Resales were at 2627 cents. Most of the dealers look for a lower market in the coming week. There was less inquiry In the ship ping line, but local consumption was heavy enough to prevent 'any accumulation. Butter was firm, with an active demand for cubes at 3536 cents. Poultry was steady at generally un changed prices. Country dressed veal was weak at 15 cents. Pork was quoted at 14 cents and was jrery scarce. World's record broken American Ships Set New Record YOUR ships have broken all records from the Orient to Seattle. The S. S. Pine Tree State made the run between Yokohama and Seattle in 8 days and 1 92 hours. Her four sister ships are just as fast. You should write for the Government's booklet tell ing about these great new ships your ships which mark a new era in travel to the Orient. In erery detail of their luxuriom appointments these 21,000 ton oil-burners display the faultless taste and infinite care which strike the keynote of the superior service on board. The expert and willing staff of officers and crew, unsurpassed cuisine and varied facilities for diversion will delight the seasoned traveler. Long idle hours on shaded decks, breezes fresh with the tang of the salt sea, ideal relaxation awaits you on your ships. Tit mtttmmtiatUni and iMilhti mddrttt jtur luml The Admiral Line 17 Stmt Strtst X. C. Smith Sldg, h'nm Ttrk City Seatilt, Wish, Managing tfierators for , . U. S. SHIPPING BOARD Write for Booklet Your Government wishes the name of every prospective traveler. If you are considering an ocean voyage anyviere send the information blank Kf-tv no matter when you intend to go. You vji1 receive without cost the Government booklet of authentic travel information description t of the U.S. Government ships and literature telling ef things to see in foreign lands. You xviil ha under no obligations. If you yourself cannot take an ocean tript clip the information blank anyway and ask some friends who may go to send it in. INFORMATION BLANK To V. S. ShtDptntf Board Information Office Washington, D.C, A. BM Pleue -end without obligation the U. S. Gov. ern mem Uooklet, giving travel factt and aio infor mation regarding the U. S. Government thipa. I am considering a trip to The Orient to Eirope Q to Sontb America fj. I would travel iat ciaa O id d Going alone -Q with family with others Q. I hive definitely decided to go 1 am merely considering the trip Q. If I go date will be hnut My fittmt My Builntjs r Prtfssshn , , Mr Strut .r it. F. D. Ttuin Stu Information Office 130 BM Washington, D. C. Ban far Clearing's. Bank clearings ot the northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: OlpariniTs. Balances. Portland $4,777,421 $ 806.304 Srattle 4.537.343 B61.65S Th nnirtn. tra.Tisa?tioriR. ......... 2.409,9 Spokane transactions 3,374,906 5ann ciearmes or .foriiana, seauie ana Tacoma for the past week and correspond ing weeks in former years were: Portland. Seattle. Tacoma. 1922. .. .fJ8,2-22,9U2 $28,100,099 $13.371.947 1!21.... 21', 632.836 20,507,940 . 2.507.154 lf20. , . . 32,066,320 36.9S9.514 4,800.083 1019.'... 26.243.977 28,411,222 4.210.140 1918.... 19.87S.165 24.398,494 3.775,479 1917. . . . 13.379,362 16,753,497 2,397,854 1916.... 11,538,166 13,211,874 2,264,356 1915. .. . 12,000,834 12.500.059 2,117,082 1H14.... 12,298,950 11,799.970 2,129,451 1913 10,841.925 11,651,277 2,336,169 1912.... 9,172.504 9.02S.8S3 3,658,193 1111. . . . 0,312,525 0.451.600 3,577,652 Total transactions. linseed Oil Advances. An advance of 7 cents a gallon In linseed oil was announced yesterday. Raw- oil in barrels is quoted at $1.02 and in cases at 1.17: Boiled oil ia listed at 91.04 in bar rels and $1.19 in cases. .' Bankers Acceptances. Quotations on bankers' acceptances fol low: . Days so co o Prime elig-ible members, pet. ... 4 4 4 Prime non-members, per cent. . 4 4 PORTLAND MARKET Grain, Hour, Feed. Merchants' Exchange. QUOTATIONS . Etc noon session: Bid- Feb. March Wheat Hard -white $ 1.18 $ 1.18 Soft white 1.18 1.38 White club fc. . 1.18 US Hard winter 1.17 1.17 Northern spring 1.14 1.14 Red Walla 1.11 1.11 Oats No. 2 white feed 29.50 30.00 No. 2 (rray 28.00 2S.00 Corn No. 2 E. T. shipment 26.00 26.00 No. 3 E. Y. shipment 26.00 26.0O FLOUR Familv natenta. S7.AO ner bbL critical position of the Kansas crop in ths whole wheat, $6.60; graham, $6.40; bakers' 16 ... 13 1 2 5 9 l.M 1613 640 1284 192 541 372 1617 "i "'i 93 1032 114 593 47 059 03 682 1 5 ... 6 157 1591 35 1223 181 261 311 .10&3 western third of the state. There is still a chance for Improvement, but perfect weather conditions will be needed to nurse a plant of such weak vitality. An eastern exporter had a cable from Argentine Indicating that there was an ex portable surplus of 155,000,000 to 100,000, 000 bushels of corn. The crop is excellent and prospects for a crop as large as last year. San Francisco Stocks of grain In warehouses and on wharves on February 1: Wheat, 13,739 tons versus 25,000 tons. Bar ley, 40,305 tons versus 39,172 tons last year. Oats, 105 tons versus 54D tons. Corn, 193 versus 275 tons. Bran. 26ft tons versus 10 tons. Beans, 135.374 sacks versus 155,046 sacks. Receipts during January: Wheat, 1716 tons; barley, 5235 tons; oats, 1449 tons; corn, 1034 tons; bran, 1149 tons; hay. 3726 tons; beans, 40,567 sacks. Terminal receipts, in cars, were reported by the Merchant's Exchange as follows: - Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hav Portland, Sat.. li ear airo 44 Seafton to date. 22588 Year ago 11233 Tacoma. Frt Year as:o it Season to date. 8103 Year ago S33 .Seattle. Friday 30 Year aero Season to date. 6364 Year ago 3OJ POTATOES UNCHANGED BUT SLOW No Shipping Orders Are Reported in Local Market. The potato market was slow at the close of the week. Former prices were quoted for the country and city trade, but no ship ping business of any kind was announced. In the eastern markets the decline which t in the middle of January has con tinued with further losses of 510 "cents In producing district. Eastern sacked round whites sold at $1.95 1.98 per 100 pounds and northern stock at $1.501.75. Maine green mountains in bulk ruled $1.56 and growers In Idaho and Colorado re ceived 90 cents to $1 per 100 pounds for sacked rurals. In consuming markets the decline has been less marked. Eastern sacked stock at $2.25 2.23 sold only 10c below the season's high point. Maine sacked green mountains held steady in Boston at $2.15 2,25, Northern round whites dropped 10c in Chicago closing at $1.631.80. Shipments Increased more than 200 cars with a total of 3458 for the week. Maine, the leading state sent 1007 and New York 546 cars. The movement for the season to date is 165.864 compared with 147,362 cars last season. RED APPLES IN LIMITED SUPPLY AU Grades Firm in Local Market Oregon Fruit oa Eastern A actions. A!l grades of apples were in demand and the local market was firm at tho close of tho week at the prices already quoted, Tho supply of red apples is limited. The recently advanced prices are main tained at shipping points. Wenatchee sold Winesaps, 10 per cent, 5-tier, extra fancy $2.35 2.40 and fancy at $2.152.25; also White Pea rmains, extra fancy, 175s and larger at $1.602. Yakima sold extra fancy Winesaps. 234s at $1.4091.45, 175s to 234s at $1.85 I. iMJ. 163s and larger at .35, fancy at $2.10 and choice at S-2. t tho Boston auction, Oregon Rome hard wheat. $7.70: bakers' bluestem uat ents, $7; valley soft wheat, $6.05; straights, M1LLPEBD Price f. o. b. mill: Mill run. ton lots, $25; mixed cars, $24. straight cars, $25 per ton; middlings, 30; rolled barley. $343S; rolled oaU, $37; scratch ieed, 4 per ton. . CORN White. $32; cracked, $34 ton. HA Y Buying price f. o. b. Portland : Alfalfa, $13.5014 per ton; cheat. $10.50 11; oat and vetch. 14.50; clover, $11; val ley timotpy. 514IJ210: eastern Oregon tim winy. owxi. Ialry and Country Produce. BUTTER Cubes, extras. 35&36n nr ih parchment wrapped, box lots. 41c: cartons. 42c Butterfat, buying prices: No. 1 grade, 37c, delivered Portland. EOOS Buying price, 2,5 26c dozen, case count: Jobbing prices, case count, 26li27c; candled ranch. 29& 30c; association, selects. o-u, nasuumiwii, urscs, ouc; association, pullets, 28c. cheese Tillamook triplets, price to Jobbers, f. o. b. Tillamook, 26c; Young Americas, 27c pound. POULTRY Hens, 1724c; springs, 22c; ducks, 222Sc; geese. 20c; turkeys, live nominal, dressed, 38-&40c. PORK Fancy 14c per pound. " VEAIi Fancy, 15c per pound. Fruits and Vegetables. Local jobbing quotations: FRUITS Navel oranires 4 7r.rr?R r-rt lemons, $6.50&8.OO; grapefruit. $4.257.50 oifc per pound; apples, $1.353.25 per box, cranberries, eastern, $18 per barrel. POTATOES regon, $1.75 2 per 100 pounds. Yakima, $22.50 per 100 pounds; sweet potatoes. 5 hi 5 c per pound ; Nancy Hall, $2.50 per crate. ONIONS Yellow, $7.&08 per cental. VEGETABLES Cabbage. 3 5c pound ; lettuce. $4,7545 crate; carrots. $12 aMi-av, eui I pci iMjujiu ; green peppers, 45c per pound; beets. $2.00 2.50 per sack; celery, $1.502.50 doz.; cauliflower, $2.25i2 3.25 per crate; squash. 4c; sprouts. 2021c, parsnips, $1.50 & 2.50 per sack : tomatoes. $5ft 5.50 per lug; artichokes. $l.S5&2 per uozen; cucumoers, i.iu(gf ,7i dozen; rhubarb, Jo(&20c per pound. Staple jrrorria. . Local jobbing quotations: SUGAR (sack basis) Cane, granulated, 6c pound; beet. 5.70c per pound. NUTS Walnuts, new crop, 23&36c per pound; Brazil nuts, 23c; almonds, 27c; peanuts, 11 14c per pound. RICE Blue Rose, 6c per pound ; Japan style. 6Mc per pound. COFFEE Roasted, bulk, in drums, 18$ 35 4 c per pound. SALT Granulated, bales. $3.254.05; half ground, ton, 50s, $17; 100s, $16. . HONEY Comb, new crop, $5.50 5.75 per case. DRIED FRUITS Dates, 18 25c per pound; figs, 1.403.50 per box; apples, 15c pound; peaches, 16c; apricots, 23c; prunes, 10 13c BEANS Small white, 6c; large white, 4Hc; pink, 6c; bayo, 6c; red, 6c; lima, S&c pound. Hides, Hops, Etc. HIDES Salt hides, 6c; salt bulls, 5c;. green bulls lc less; salt calf, 12c; salt kip, 8c; salt horse hides, $12 each; dry horse hides, 50c&$l each; dry hides, 10c; dry cull hides, half price. PELTS Dry pelts, 13c (long wool): dry short wool pelts, half price; salt pelts, 50c $1 each; dry goat skins, 10c (long hair); shearings and short wool skins at vaiue. TALLOW No. 1, 4c; No. 2, 3o per pound. CASCARA BARK 6c pound delivered, Portland. OREGON GRAPE Grape root, 6c per pound. H O PS 1921 crop, 162 20c pound. WOOL Eastern Oregon, 15 30 Sic per pound; valley wool, medium, 18 20c; quarter blood, 15 17c; low quarter blood, 1416c; braid, l214c; matted, 910c, Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO, Feb. 11. (U. S. Bureau of Markets.) Cattle Receipts 500. Compared with a week ago: Beef steers fully steady, low priced cows, canners and cutters about 15o higher; others unchanged; bulls 25c lower; good and choice handyweight veal calves steady; light calves around 50c off; Blockers and feeders mostly 25c higher. Hogs Receipts 8000. Active, strong to 10c higher than Friday's average, mostly 10c higher; shippers bought about 2500; good clearances; top $10.25; bulk lights $10.1010.25;-bulk others $9.6010; pigs slow, mostly 25o to 50c lower; bulk de sirable $9 9.50. Sheep Receipts 4OO0. Today's receipts nearly all packers direct; compared with J weeK ago, iax ana iceaer jarnus ;mic io 5c higher; best kinds gaming most; fat sheep and yearlings 25c to 50c higher. Kansas City Livestock Market. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Feb. 11. (U. S. Bureau of Markets. ) Cattle Receipts 350. For week, beef steers steady to 25c higher; top $8 ; she-stock strong ; can ners, cutters and bulls steady; calves av eraging 50c lower; better grades stock ers and feeders strong to 25c higher; .-.trier erades weak to 25c lower: stock cows and heifers strong to 25c higher. Hogs Receipts 500. Generally G10c higher; one load to shippers $9.70; bnlk good and choice 220 225-pound weights MOHAIR Long staple, 20c; short staple, 15c pound. GRAIN BAGS Carlots, 7Uu coast. Provisions. Local jobbing quotations: HAMS All sizes, 232c; skinned, 26 35c; picnics, 18lSc; cottage roll, 24c. BACON Fancy, 32 42c; choice, 26 30c; standard, 22(g) 24c. LARD Pure, tierces, 14o pound; com pressed, tierces, 13c. DRY SALT Backs, lS21c; plates, 15c Oils. LINSEED OIL Raw, In barrels, $1.02; 5-gallon cans, $1.17; boiled, in barrels, $1.04; 5-gallon cans, $1.19. LINSEED OIL Raw, in barrels, 05c; 5-gallon cans, $1.10; boiled, in barrels, 07c; 5-gallon cans, $1.12. TURPENTINE In drums, $1.15; 5-gallon Cans, $1.30. WHITE LBAD 100-pound kegs, 12c per pound. GASOLINE Tank wagons and Iron bar rels, 26c; cases, 38c. - LIVESTOCK MARKET HAS FIRM TONE No Arrivals t Local Yards at Close of the Week.. The livestock market closed Inactive with no arrivals .at the local yards. The tone of the market was firm for all classes of good stock. Prices quoted at the Portland Union stockyards were as follows Cattle i-rices. Choice steers ......$ 7.00 U 7.75 Medium to good steers b.-'o) i.w Fair to medium steers Common to fair steers....... Choice feeders Fair to good feeders Choice cows and heifers Medium to good cows, heifers Fair to medium cows, heifers Common cows Bulls Choice dairy calves Prime light calves Medium light calves Heavy calves Hogs Prima MtrUt Smooth heavy, zuu to ow ids. Smooth heavy, 300 lbs. up... Rough heavy ... Fat pigs Feeder pigs Stags, subject to dockage... Sheep East-of-mountain lambs .... Best valley iambs I... Cull lambs Fair to erood Eastern Oregon feeders Light yearlings Heavy yearlings Light .wethers Heavy wethers Ewes 5.75 6.25 4.75 5.75 5.00 5.30 . 4.50 5.00 5. 75 6.23 5.00 (qi , 5.75 4.25 u.OO 2.25 &) 3.15 3.50 5.50 11.0012.00 10.00 11.00 7.0010.00 5.50 7.o) 10.5010.75 8.25 .25 6.00 8.75 10.2510.50 10.H)10.25 5.00 7.00 9.7510.50 8.23 9.25 4.73 6.25 6.75 S.25 7.00 8.00 7.50 8.00 6.50i 7.50 6.50 7.50 ' 4.50 6.50 3.00 6.00 $9.609.65; 265-pounders $9.25; bulk of sales $9.259.65. Sheep Receipts. For week, sheep strong to 25C -higher; lambs 5065c higher; top $13.80; feeding lambs 2550o higher. Sioux City Livestock Market. SIOUX CITY, la., Feb. 11. Cattle Re ceipts 400. Market steady, compared to a week ago; butcher stock steady; stockers and feeders steady to strong; steers 15c to 65c lower; bulls 50c lower; warmed-ups, $4.75 6.50; fat cows and heifers, $4 6.50; canners, $23.75; veals, $49; feed ers, $5 7; calves, $4.507.15; feeding cows and heifers, $3.50; stockers, $5 7. Hoga Receipts 5500. Market steady to weak; lights, $9.40 9.50; mixed, $8.25 0; heavy packers, $7.2-5 7.75; bulk of sales, $99.50. Sheep Receipts none. - Market, com pared to a week ago, lambs 25c to 50c higher; aged sheep, 25c to 00o lower; western lambs, $13.75 : native lambs, $13.50; butchers, $9 9.35; ewes, $7. Omaha Livestock Market. OMAHA, Feb. li. (U. S. Bureau of Markets.) Hogs Receipts 6000. Slow, uneven, mostly steady to 10c lower; clos ing about 15c lower; top $9.75; buik $9 9.50. Cattle Receipts 300. Compared with a week ago; Beef steers generally steady; she-stock strong to 25c higher; bulls around JeS'c. lower; veals mostly 50c lower; stockers and feeders 1025c higher. Sheep Receipts none. Compared with a week ago, lambs and yearlings 25c higher; sheep 25c lower; feeders 25 50c higher. Seattle Livestock Market. SEATTLE, Feb. 11. Hogs and cattle steady. No receipts, no price change. wore In somewhat Thero was a fair goods. more liberal supply. . demand for storage Deficit In Legal Reserves. NEW YORK, Feb. 11. The actual con dition of the clearing house banks and trust companies for the weolc shows a deficit of $1,862,890 below legal require ments. This is a decrease of $18,515,360 from last "weel Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Feb. 11. Cotton, spot quift. Middling. 17.60c. fvC"fdl.i, 5fS' Mil Eastern Butter Market Unsettled. . CHICAGO. Feb. 11. (United States Bu reau of Markets. )--UnsettIed conditions with markets unbalanced and working at cross purposes was the notable feature of the butter markets during the week end ing February 11. All marl-ets opened un settled but the price tendency on - the eastern markets was loweV while at Chi cago it was higher. As a result prices at Chicago all week were relatively the highest. - Among the important factors contribut ing to the difference between the markets were the heavier receipts at New York and further arrivals of foreign butter. At the close of the weekhe markets ap peared to be working toward a more nor mal position. Fine butter was well cleaned up. Medium and undergrades Me wlferlc to I South America 1 onfUS.QovzmmentShips Fastest Time to Riode Janeiro, Montevideo and Buenos Aires. Finest ships American service American food American comforts. Sail ings from Pier 3, Hoboken. Aeolus.. Feb. Z, Mar. 30 Huron Feb. 18, Apr. 13 American Legion.. Mar. 2, Apr. 27 Southern Cross Mar. 16 For descriptive booklet, address Mtsason SteamsMpUnes 67 Wall St., New York City Manaffinff Operators for LU. S. SHIPPING BOARD, Passenger and Freight Service to California Throuith Sailing;, to San Franciaco, 1.08 Angrelea aid San Diea-o. Leave Municipal Dock No. 2, 4 f. M. SS. Admiral Evans - Feb. 18 SS. Senator Feb. 25 SS. Admiral Evans - Mar. 4 And Every Saturday Thereafter. Local Service to MARSH FIELD, EUHRKA AND SAN FHANC1SCO Admiral Rodman - Feb. 15 Every 14 Dayg Thereafter. Fast Trans-Pacific Passen ger and Freight Service Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, xlon&konir and Manila Calling from Seattle. SS. Pine Tree State, Feb. 18 SS. Wenatchee - - - Mar. 4 Bay State Mar. 18 For full information apply to 101 Third St., Corner Stark Phone Bdnry. 6481. ilfaifafliWiWtiiiirM'' WESTBOUND From From Portland, Me. Boston. BRUSH Feb. 13 Feb. 15 LEHIGH Feb. 28 . Mar. 1 WEST ISLETA Mar. 13 Mar. IS pace under refrigeration. her Information Apply to (Regular service between Portland, Maine; Philadelphia, Boston, New York and Los Angreles, San Francisco, Portland, Oregon; Seattle and Tacoma via the Panama canal.) North Atlantic and western &. . lo.'s 88uu-ton steel vessels. tAai itu ij i From Portland, Or. BirK TRIANGLE.. Feb. 17 T) K E RFI ELD Feb. S3 AKTIGAS Mar. 13 Cargo s For Furt 101 Third Street. THE ADMIRAL LINE, Pacific Coaxt Ag-ents. Phone Broadway 5481.J m Prom Phila. ifm Feb. 20 ;IM Mar. 7 ;! i Mar. 21 tJsj ( mi OREGON-PACIFIC COMPANY AGENTS FOR TOYO KISEN KAISHA- AND JOINT SERVICE OP HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE AND ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY 'Sailing for Japan, China and West Coast Sooth America and Vnlted Kingdom and European Ports, GENERAL FREIGHT AND PASSENGER OFFICE 203 Wilcox Bldg. Bdwy. 4529 Portland, Or. SAM FRANCES TO THE ORIENT ortUS. (government The Sunshine Belt Sailings from San Francisco To Honolulu. Yokohama. Kobe, Shanghai, Manila, and Hone Kong. Hoosier Stata .Mar. 4 Golden State Alar. 25 Empire State .Apr, 19 antT every tU days thereafter. For descriptive booklet, address PACIFIC MAIL S.S.C0L fi08 California St., San Francisco. Cat. 60S S. Spring St., Lob Angeles, Cal. 10 Hanover Square, New York City Managing Operators for MJ. S. SHIPPING BOARDS CLARK'S CRUISES by C. P.R. STEAMERS Clark's 3rd Cruise, January S3. 1923 ROUND THE WORLD Superb SS "EMPRESS of FRANCE" 18481 Gross Tons, Specially Chartered 4 MONTHS CRUISE, $1000 and up Inoluding Hotels, Fees, Drives. Guides, at. Clark's 19th Cruise, February 3 thb MEDITERRANEAN Sumptuoaa SS "EMPRESS of SCOTLAND" 25000 Gross Tons, Specially Chartered 65 DAYS CRUISE, $600 and up Including Hotels, Fees, Drives, Guidea, era. 19 days Etfypt.Paleetine, Spain, Italy, Grseee.eco. Europe atop-overa allowed on both oruiaes. Eurot and Pasitan Play PartltM, 1400 vp Frank C. Clark. Timea Building. New York. HONOLULU Prom Seattle. S. S. Lnrline (13,000 tons) Feb. 25th. Cabin Bates. $90 and SI 00. MATSON NAVIGATION CO. Seattle. And All Authorized Ticket Offices). AUSTRALIA Honolulu, Suva, New Zalapd. The Palatial Passenger Steamer M. S. NIAGARA K. M. MS. MAKURA 20.000 Tom. 13.500 Tout, bail From Tanrower, B. C. For rates and sailing apply Can. Pau Railway. 55 Third St., Portland, or Cana dlaii-Australian Royal Mail Line. 741 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C, ASTORIA and WAY POINTS , Steamer Service. Lvs. Dally (Except Saturday) 7:30 P. M, BpinaicL Bleeping Acconunoaationc Connections Made for All North, and South Beach Points. Fare $1.85 Each ' Way, S Round Trip, Aider-ot. Dock. Broadway 6345. The Harkin Transportation Co. f