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, THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,' APRIL. 19, 1&08.
15
PACKERS CANNOT BUILD .
UP LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY
BY PAYING LOW PRICES
mimmmRL world
CONDITIONS IN nOPS IN
; EVERY SECTION IS JUST
LIKE THAT IN OREGON
Latest Market Reviews
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With the Trade
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SMALL HEM!
FOR BIG HEY
Salmon Catch Shows De
crease Each YearPre
ent Opening a Failure.
Rv'TTvinan H. Cohen.
' As during recant seasons, the opening
. of the spring-summer nlmon run In tbe
Columbia river nae resulted in raiiure to
all concerned,
. The catch to date has been Terr Hfht
In feet, fishers say It la one of the
lightest they have ever known. Thla
forcibly brings forth the query, "Whet
haa beooroe of all the aalmonT" or "How
can we aave the Industry from being;
exterminated altogetherr
Fishermen . and packers are every
where crying to aave the lnduatry from
aure ruin by abolishing tha methods
which would play havoc with tha aup-
Fiiea. riowever, mere la a wiae air
erenoe of opinion aa to what oonatl-
tutea tna real troume. in any event,
the catch la getting smaller and smaller
each year.
While the decrease In the amount of
Tien peaked in recent year a baa been
aomewnat ox an ODject lesson, tna real
decrease In the supply haa not been
ahown In that Una. It la la tha fresh
fish marketa that tha big ahortage haa
been moat eaxlly noticeable, and for that
reason freah flab plicae 'have recently
been the highest In yeara.
It la more easy to obtain fleh for can
ning than for the freeh trade, becauee
xne cannero can arrord to pay the beat
f rioea. Tben. too, moat of them-own
heir own flatting tear and simply em
pioy tne men at ao raucn a risn to bring
toe supplies to uiem.
The freah flah marketa however, moat
take the flah that the cannerymen can
not use. or elaa pay a higher price, Thla
they seldom do, hecause the cannera and
eold-atoraga operators Invariably aee to
rx toat iney-wemseives get tna duik oi
u auppuea caugnt.
With all thla money being paid "out
tor tha protection of the flah bv Ore
's011 people, tbe people of the state are
eToroed to pay tha hlgheat price for aome-
'uisf tne-tneve oaen paying to develop.
RECOGNIZE OUR BOARD.
Pacific Northwest Shippers Are Join
. tna Better Bids for Wheat.
Leas than three weeks In existence,
the Portland board of trade baa already
fceen recognised by shippers throughout
rlhe Pacific- northwest Tbe dally calla
lof tha board are well attended bv grain
tuyere and oommlaalon merchants.
During the past week wheat prices
fceld firm, with a better demand. Little
rwheat la being offered bv the few large
producere who at preaent control moat
of tha supplies.
Mlllfeeds were firmer during the week
WOOL UNPOPULAR IN
' SUMMER, OF COURSE
s a-"- mmmmm
a Are woolens going out of style e
e entirely T" That's tbe Idea that
d manufacturers are trying to give e)
e sheep men who are about to sell . )
e their wooL Practicklly little bua-
4'lneas has , thus far resulted In
e tha local wool market because of "a
e tha difference of opinion be- 4
w , tween buyers and sellers regard- e
a Ing what price should rule. The
4 former, need ,the wool and bava e
money to buy It, ' while the let- e
ter have ths wool and money e
with which to bold It awhile e
e If the market does not meet e
w their rlear a ,
From Farm Hand to $3Qp,000 Is Story of Northwest . ;
MBajBaia9JBHBMaHBIBJBjap
IT- -r yasaissa-isw sy fty gtjwywy
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berry. Ml: dry aranalated. 1.41: XXX
granulated, .1S eont. A., 6.41; extra!
a., e.vvi goiaen u.. i., yeuow,
lt.71: beet granulated, It.ii: bar-
rela, lie; half barrela, tOo; boxea, ilo
bavance on aack eaalav
(Above prloea axe days aat aaab
quotarlona)
wujnili i aa per erata.
frOra-KKWFaokae uranda 111.11 0
IB i -
At,T CoareeHalf around, 100a
ll.lv per ton: 10s, 114 00: tebla alry
0a,.ll.0: liOa lis 7s, olea 1.I0;
imoorxea uverpooi, avs. iiti.aa: ia.
na Mrreta, sa
Iverpool lumf
roca. 111. t:
love. Ill 00.
(Above Drioea anoly to aalea of leaa
than car lota Car Iota at special price
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R-COXEn NATIONAL XANKr
WALLA WALLA,
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JO N E S - S COTT COM PAN Y.?
Story of Henry Vincent by Check.
imponea uverpoot, eva,
111.00: 4a 11 to; extra fin
ta and 10a. 14.60 tfl.10; lJ
ooa, 111 pvr to; 1Mb
subject to flurtuetloaa.)
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. aHtto; new uneana naaa. t:
AJax. Ic; Creole, IKo. ...
UJKAJXSj BE
Hla name Henry Vincent
Home Walla Walla.
Occupation wbeatgrower.
wealth About 1100.000.
Formerly Farmhand, 110 month.
By Hyman 1L Cohan.
From the poattlon of a poorly paid
farm laborer with hla total capital II
yeara ago hla hand a, Henry Vincent of
Walla Walla haa ruthleasly broken the
old saving that there are no more oo-portonltk-a
for wealth-making In tha
Pacific north wee t
Hrnry Vincent today
one af tha
mall hlta 14.11: lerrelwhaat Vlnn nt th nnmii PountrV w
i I . n Mtr IK R w. t t . I . - J a I i.
rtui i-9.mwt wium, rf.o.1. ivn, ttii ooum noi Riwayi wnii cun:K "i
Umaa. ll.tl; Mexican reds. 4 He. bank fo- an amount equal to six Ilg-
rjim reanuia, -lumoa, c per tm;
Vlralnia. (at per lb: roasted. e
see lb; Japaneae. flJiOIHc; reacted. I He
p4 lb; walnut a Caltforala, la -er In;
pine auta, lao per id: nicaory
lOo per lb: bra all nuta. lie per 1
berta. lie per lb; fancy pacaoa. HQ
per lb: almonds, lao.
Steele, na aafl rrorlatoae.
DKKHHED laXATB front street-
Hogs, fancy, lo lb; ordinary, 7 7 He;
large, id to; vau, axua, ta per
lb; ordinary, I Ho per lb: heavy,
7lo per lb: mutton, fancy, lie per lb.;
urea and have It duly honored. About
II yeara ago he was employed on a
farm In the foothllla of Walla Walla
at hard labor with wagea paid ovary 30
days at ths rate of about II a week
and found. Today he haa one of the
largeat wheat ranchea In tha country
and hla farm la Ukewlae one of tha
beat paying onaa that can be found.
All told thla avaeon Mr. Vlnoent'a
ranch produced nearly' 1190,000 worth
of wheat In fact, he sold about that
amount. In a single tranaactlon be
dlspoeed of 11.741 buahala of wheat
to a Walla Walla firm and that day
caahed a check for llt.ltl.7l in payment
for hla grain. At another time ha eold
wheat to the value of 141,000.
. Hla ranch Is located at Lee, Wash
ington, Inalde Walla Walla county.
However, hla wealth la accumulating ao
faat that be no longer can epend the
In terse t on it while realdlng on tha
place, so haa moved his family to Walla
walla, where hla funda can be more
-thoroughly enjoyed.
Arter oeing employed on tna rootnma
ranoh for aeveral yeara tha financier
to come, saved sufficient money from
bis small salary to purchase a black
ami th ehop at Walla Walla That waa
is yeara ago. eigmng tor tne rancu
again he purchased a email place by
peylng a email sum down. His ortg
nal place haa been added to many
times until now he la one of tha dom
inating Interests of the Paclfio coaat
wheat inauatry.
STUPID TRADE TRY TO SAVE
STIM M1PT Fllfil ISH HOP?
in viwun imiiiii kllULIUII. IIUI If
Business at a Minimum Dur- Growers Abroad Hare Same
ing: the Four Days of the Troubles aa HereIn- -
WeekLittle Change.
(Vetted Frees Leeied Wire.)
dustry Does Not Pay. ,
Hop growera are still badly muddled
1 SHEEP PRICES
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nAMo, BALUiv, a. it;. t-oriian.i p lnihFia U11U AIUVIUUCIB Ui
Not View Conditions the
(local) name, 10 to 11 lba.. 14 He per lb.;
4 to it iDa. io per id.; it to it iDa,
14c: breakfaat bacon. .4ttf2Io per
lb; picnlca 10o per lb; cottage roll, lie
lb; regular uhort cleare amoked,JlH
per lb; unamoked, 10Ho per lb; 'clear
backa, unemoked, lOHc, a molted, 11 He;
union Dutua, is to uo to; unamoaed,
llo par lb: amoked. lto per lb: clear
bellies, unamoked, ISo per lb; amokeU,
14o per lb; ahouldera, llo per lb;
pickled long U.S. VOo -acb,
LOCAL LARD Kettle leaf. 10a UVe
per id; a, lltao er id; w-id tina, is Ho
Same Way at Present.
and hlsher nrlcea are In effect hncsuaa
of the larrer demand than buddIv. 1 1
per ID; ateam rendered, 10s, 114ic per
id: e.
POKTLANb LIVESTOCK RUN.
Hoga. Cattle. Sheep.
Paat week 101
1807 SSI
106 121
1905 I0
481
170
4IS
465
111!
1317
11tA.it near 1 1 rmmnnunH Ilia I Rw Tfvm o n TJT CrkYtn
ia erase ?fj w arB vvuifvuMW VSB, j J iuimi sa
IliO per lb. Portlsnd Union Btockvsrda. Atirll II.
Oata and barlv remain firm at ore-1 J'laH Kock cod. 12He lb; flounders,!,. ... . ' ...
vtnti. m.x.rivn.' ' I da ner lb: halibut. 8c Der lb: striked 11 muiu!., i
" ' i ii.- - ... 'it. : r. I uroducre wnv tne Deckers sre not int.
ueM, 1 vu ur iv, i l in i j , iiu ijbi , u . mi- i r . , - . . , .
7 i.ir.i. n- iv.. .rn i.llnim ta huv their sheen this vesr in
FROHT STREET REVIEWS. , "herrlna. Be i Tn, .C Pii of the fact thit supplies have
PT ".-hrlmpi,. 10c per the "Port woum M duly
scarcely oe niaaen no
on the wane, uauai-
t weeka before thla
1. U. I . u.n
f."" !.. com'n tx a"y.- i;.,".UT?r T wW'0p,r,.'";,,,.-DJ e v.s"out n o the counl.; and af e,
a :n nsrasnsi sarin nrnep nnn itfv v m a in avaJtavat . . waeavss vvu. i-nu a as tisus. i . -
imrwm ..in.w thl- w..ic f.t hlvnnt Il.e O1.50 doaen; ahad. 10c. handing out a Hayajia or two. procbeo
anowino or auuneaa tne marxet modi, w . . ., .T , .'..
.k-m lion. 11.10: par 100-lb aack. ta 00. Olvm
j-reseea veai ana nogs are rirm m;.: !t Vli. .' V :," . vV
With BUDDllea rather llrht durln the ls.OOnfs.6; fc-ajle. canned, 0o can: 17
week, the market looka.llke It could .?n; " in abeu. !.. per bun-
bhat Mmtiim nr th WMvir'- rinins-a is: Dercn. ao per id: lomcoo. 110 oer id:
. ... . . " lodalera He Der lb.: fresh mackerel ta . .Jne racl can
in Various Unes or TratlO. I n.r lb: crflh. &a ner das.n: -lu-,. p01Uly is It written
Enre held firm all week but the trade feon. " Ho per ib; black baaa. lOo per i5a .mon,.h.. L "J3
at
kat. With aeareely any arrlvala In tha
varaa to apeaa or, cruring the paat week,
packera talked of an overaupply. To
tell the truth tbey did have a aome
what better aupply In their pena tban
uauai dui tnia waa contract aiurr; Tur
chaaed aoma time ago and brought In
during the week, solely to affect con
dltlona here. - Tha east la atlll ahort of
cattle and It may be barely possible
mat tnia scneme cannot do puiiaa
through to success.
A year ago for the past week hore
were. weak, with a loaa 60c, but cattle
and aheep wm firm at unchanged
valuea.
Official yard prices:
Hose Beat atuff. 16 .5. 4.11: etock-
era and China fata, $1.75 1.00; block.
D.r .uo.
Cattle Select eaatern Ore ton steers.
15.16; fancy, 15.00; medium, $4.50(94.71;
best cows. M.eOAS.JI; bulls. 11.60 O
1.00; stage. IS. 1004.00.
Sheep Beat wethers, ift.7ips.oo;
aprlng lambs weighing 71 pounds. $1.60
J) g.oo; ewea, ie.oot..oo: mixed, ll..o
.60: yearilnga. If fat. 15.76 01.00:
ahearllngs, $5.(70 6.60.
5,
0
POUNDS
LESS WOOL CLIPPED
eaaed veal and hogi are firm PxrPr.?,llf": lxlS il J" la0'
supplies rather light during the M-00w.&j fs;le, canned 0o
-f-h. m.-ir-i. --.. iiv I doaen; eaatern In abelL 11.71 i
iund .0 .nrt ll7i -,,n Per bo i. $1.40; and they are wondering what It la all
IET,$Z -03 .uIiearthrnd,1 TU
to talk buslneaa In the aheep line. Gon
erallv sneaKtna;. the handier oz tne tiav
anas hna a contract for the aheep In
hla pocket when he- departs.
This year practically no contracting
haa been reported among aheep men
these flrures.
Annie market Is holding
ppflee of medium grade small
plenty of cheap stock and a f
or extra fancy that . rulea around
,. ... onpsu-Pnr. i-n . mtm-A.rA are very light becaune of tha continued
Trlth' n2??5o sa? i r -fi 52- scarcity during the past aeaaon. Wool
lall. There Ufcc i esai. ic, L B. slaal, 8 He. was 80' hl h fhftt tiep men csrcj
r'Hr '"P; OUBirD, Rhi.. wi rk,. cared to part, with any of their band-.
fiy v- win incy mat rules around I rvn auim. wm, R..dntl v thtt nurkorit an nlavlnir
J ka nn ix Iwii.r Whit. . idui iiii., Jii ldentiy tno pacKers sre piayinK
...1 . . I waiting game and tney reel it wu,
gallon for tha week. Head Light .. J 2 Ho
Piatv in general la ecaroe and high n-ocene
orlcea are atlll tha rule. I Special W. W.. 14
Oregon aeparag ua la coming In small c.lalne Z8 o
lots but good supllea are expected tbe Kxtra Star . 21 o
eomlnir weelr. OutaMe stuff rinnnl I Qasollne
compare with It. I Iron Bbla
18 o
lSHo
21 o
It 0
Local rhuharh has alreadv unatohl 1 V. M. and P. Naohtha ...12Ho
tne market away rrom the wan a Walla I ea crown uaaoune.
.l&Ho
and California product beoauaa of lta Motor Gaaollne l6Ho
superior oualitr. M par cent Gasoline ... o
Locn.1 caullffnwar continues n Iaa I No. 1 Endue Distillate.. So 11
liberal a supply and prices range from . "K.N2LN II deg., cases, llo per gal
25c to II a doaen. .VJ",L.f.Pr taj,
helD their side of the market aulte ma
terinlly If they do' not get in too much
of a hurry to piirchaae. In any event
sheep owners aro iot losing their peace
or mind, for they have offered out
few sheep thus far. although the shear
Ing season is well i on everywhere.
Kit embs . a Bad Blow.
Evidently the packers are now going
to force things a wee Dlt luat to aee
7 Ho how the aheep men are going to aot.
Caasa
19Vc
22HO
22H0
They have therefore sent out word that
Front street sells at the following
lambs are not quite up to the proper
en odis sac per gat. quality and tnererore the price nas oeen
i.iuan iiiuiu ow in ir iu,icui i per iuu nounas ior ine ween.
frteea. Thoae paid shippers are lees woM.by 9 Per There was Just a sprinkling of sheep
sgular commissions: I LINSEED OIL Raw, bbls 49c; cases In the yards during the week the move-
I ft., . l . .S .v.i .. -
DnhL Tlon aiid Kiv. .aes big u. goi
I nri or 1MI ,H I Inn. 1 . a
FLOTJK Eastern Ore r on natenta. I WhlTir I mi) Tn i.n. m, it.
whole wheat. $4.40; rye, COs, $5.50; bales I 10 lb lots. c per Ib; leaa lots. IHe.
S. , . W1RJ NAILS Preaent basis at 12 II.
nai mwunn once nmotny, I r
Willamette vail . fane II I r nnlln. I n-r-.- . . .---, .
ery. SILitOil: eastern Oregon. Ill TilJli JArAINJlbli WAl.
i, mu.u. iivi.i; ciwver, iivoii;
ment being but rractlonally increased
over the handful bf arrivals this time
a year afro. In all the past week 77
head came In the yards, compared with
617 a year ago, 1.118 two yeara ago, and
3,3-7 ror tne same period in ivud.
Hogs Getting Close to Limit.
The hog market la getting very close
'rain, ( ); cheat. 4); alfalfa, tilt I n . to the price limit for the seaaon, ac
tio. v I Rule for a Mass Meeting to Protest cording to present Indications. During
CHITTIM BARK 44Un I iti-i irf I the week the price made a further ad
i ainuiii jjLinuci- xnjLfrs. i . . ,a. ... . ,
Bnw, mitts anlfv I w i vsiur l jvc, puiiiiia "ic top uvuro
SlSTga man SOtUHy. I Th T--.n-,a ,M,nln- IAm k.l. -c ..IX. v..
SSwTP ?nXa cy' C8JldI'1. 17 He I sometimes a directness of application than last week and compared quite
CHEESE Full cream flats ic.. h nh n.i. k i i-.ii-i.. l 1.1.. - T -
?5i i-?" l-13i?.0 ib:.70u,n" Amert-f fh me eplrU which prompta a which is nov putting in appearance
iR California, loung Japaneaa cltlsen to build the front door seems to be the regular spring affair
Americas, 16c; flats, 140 lb. I of hla house so low thut a noSRlhla Ac.a n-f inrii-o thof -,.-u- n
.Y Mixed nhlnV.n. ii w..r-ia. A..1H v. n.',,ii. . TL-..f-
. , .! ; v. ' b, .":"" " """" I nogs in ini ierriiury are sny utmr
Aii5cM undl 0f PiS", 0,1 hls back leaa" th9 than they have been in recent sea-
ciy in an sons. For the week. 1,091 hogs arrived,
constitute a compared with 638 in 1907, 12J in 10,
Kuv-r and sub in jauo. At tne ciose or tne
week the market was firm.
per lb. higher. "v .utnttoB l a?, was" daVreed in 'Japan, "P"--
ope. Wool sad mass. (with the Idea that the common people There la scarcely room for denial at
UUUiU au UUUB fcvaoitor lu Bum. I Liiia uui, iuai iwu bvicib unva vuilis
almost tneir own way in tne catue mar-,
POULTRY Mixed chlcVen..
ito id; iancy nena,
tv jidhb, i((fioc ounaie oi piunaar on nia oacK leaas
roosters, old, 10c; fryers, $4.80 8. doe; Japanese offioial to .pacify in
proiiera. 1443)6: creeae. old. netn ih. I Am,rn.nn- h viii n.tit.i
; VSx tBi.",.iwr 10 araaaed, crime, ao tnat tna unruly may
IB 20c lb; equabs, $2.60 doaen; pigeons, when he transgresses.
LJ6 dozen; dressed poultry, llHo A short time ago a new holiday.
tinpa laor cmn ir. ,-i ... could sad along all together to some
Ml-neT 4Hc- med?um to SrlmS' JSl Park hold wwrctoes 'n glorlncatlon
,K li4h- 1JM r?nJ? f& JZ. ot th wh,cn Japan noml-
eontr'actl 1908 8IU ?t H10 lDi nally a free government. But the reat-
WOOILi!o-il.t?; h. hi- Politicians of Toklo. ever on the
wool isou Willamette valley, 1214 alert to atir up trouble, planned a mon-
W I .... . I. ll,l., -1. .
Hf!00: ;rote.t agaln'ar tfe .la?min7 fr
asp- ?r.n ic Tim. T--BiJLi, taxation, instead of to giv.
85?? i?.reen'-l0.I.e8;! calves, green. f0P . 00natit uti on. '
New. Tork. April 18. There haa been
a little Increase in activity In the wool
market, recently, and some authorities
estimate that as much as 5,000,000
pounds nave Changed in the past week.
The new clip now gives every indics
tlon of falling slightly ahort of last
year. Western wool raisers have, gen
erally speaking, ' felt panic conditions
but slightly, and when aaked to aell at
I and cents per poundj under a year
ago It la a question If eastern dealers
will not meet a flat refusal. There has
been some discussion of an effort to
make Philadelphia ths wool center of
tne country, put wool leadership nas al
ways oeen in Boston.
HOGS MOVE FIVE HIGHER.
Chicago. April 18. Hogs. 8.000: cat
tie, 100; sheep,. 4,000. Hogs are strong,
K r hlrh.i. than .-H w T ..-
4,900. Mixed. 15.60 5. 6;' heavy, $5.6.
05.10; rough, 1 6.40 6.6b; light, $5.60
6.90: oattle ami sheep steady.
Kansas City. April' ll.vrHoa-B. I.E0O:
cattle, 00; sheep, 10,000, ;
Omaha, Apt.ll 18. Hogi, 8,000; eattlt,
tOO: sheen, nothlnfer. : . "
MAY WHEAT HAS
VERYGOOD DAY
Option Develops Great
Strength During Day and
Forces Others Up.
i
Item Tork RsvpK, Statement.
New Tork. April llBank statement
Increase.
Reserve ...,...$ .7J1,760
Reserve, leaa TT. 8 4.712.126
Loans 8.817.100
Specie . 62.100
Legal tenders 2,197.900
Deposlta 10,089.000
Circulation 19,600
Decrease.
Whea the Huckster Is Zealous.
From the f?t. Louis Globe-Democrat.
"I never Buy anything from a huck
ster who makes a great outcry about
his stuff or seems very anxious to
sell," says a South End housekeeper,
'for the chances are 10 to one that there
s something the matter with whatever
he has to sell.
"when two mes with one wagon come
tin the street roarina, 'annoola' ho thev
can b heard for four or five blocks, I
know that some cold storage man baa a
blar stock on hand lust about to snoll
snd that the hucksters know that con
dition of the apples as well aa the eold
storage man, hence tneir seal sad en
ergy to get na or tneir stook.7
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Open. Close April II. Gain.
May ....!. IH 12 H
July ....I4 llti ISH
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Chicago, April II. Generally It waa
conceded that over moat of the dry
winter wheat territory' there had been
rain enouah to allay the fear of croo
failure In the threatened dlatrtcta, and
If the rain alnce Thuraday ahould be re
peated at moderate Intervale tbe crop
had an excellent chance of coming out
In good ahape. The only matter likely
to anect may wneat Deananiy waa some
Inoreaae In northweatern receipts, and
thsse were still sufficiently Insignifi
cant to impress tbe trade tha other way.
May wheat developed great etreneth
as the seaaion progressed, and It com
municated Its spirit to the othess. July
and September at ths close were He
nigner tnan on Thursday, Mir and
14c higher. There were no foreign ex
changee open, but Budapest, which re
ported April wheat up 4c a buahel
and October 2 He higher. Broomhall re
ported a firm feeling at Liverpool on
tne euro, ano sd advance aaked for car
goea.
Very little change occurred In early
rrlcea of corn compared with what
hey were at the close Thursday. Lead
ing longs were buyers In a moderate
way at tne immediate opening. Trading
was rather moderate, with a firm un
dertone on sccount of small acceptances
by the countrv offera sent last Thurs
day. The market during the last half
nour developed some weakness, more
particularly ror July and September.
Sample market waa easier, at from
xnuradaya prices to. Ho lower.
Rain that would bring along In good
shape the recently sown oats had a
weakening Influence on tha market for
that commodity at the start, while May
no JUiy soon recovered it was dirierent
with September with many aellere. Ar
gentina nas Degun snipping Its oats sur
plus, the quantity put afloat this week
for Europe and the United States
amounting to 616,000 bushels.
Firmness was imparted to ths trade
In provisions by the smallness of the
nog movement in tne west and strength
In the market at the yards, where pigs
were brlnglnr 16c over nrlces n-lrl
Thursday.
Cash sales:
Wheat Na 2 winter red. 924
No 2 hard, 91Hcll.00; No. 8 hard,
89S99c; No. 2 spring. 94CM1.0J.
Corn NO. 8. 41fi6n: Vn nrhlta,
!6f2H6?HcS ye"0W' "Hc; No!
r2,ct?N?- 8Jwn'te. W-e: No. 4 white,
6053c; standard. 4752c.
Range by Downlng-Hopklns Co.:
Open. High. Low. Close.
WHEAT.
New Tork, April 18. Four very atu- as to what's what In their Industry, and
pid days, with business at a minimum I wmie some additional acreage has beee,
and price changes narrow and tndeel-1 plowed up In the state dating the pest
oh the slock exchange. Prospect of the growera baa been to wait and aee what
Easter holiday protracted thla year over 7omn:?" i" EES. 23
an.unuaually long interval, haa no recent date regarding the plight of the
doubt had something to do with re- f-ngiiah grower la therefore of aaaoH
.-., .. . Interest:
... - - .- - --, . ins MiMi Mmninu am in, hat, in. s
l.!-.mn. inn fi?rt uS? S.t. M""1 1b l house of oom
very new and deep-aeated perplexity I mnn -., i . .u
over ths financial outlook. Develop-1 t irow.r. In'V.A. .hn.i In .n
ments id ths business situation during ne,t, convincing manner how everybody .
the week, while conflicting, have concerned In tbe business has beea los
dded to rather than diminished the un- I in. r. -. t n . ... ,
certainty regarding the future. . . Thev said that this waa almaa. an. '
On that avia h n .i riwirla Af f n, Imn I tl.1 jk - . - ... 7
- - -. - 7.1. w . I ""'r - i nm iioouuig oi uie noma ,
trade are a little better, although fewer market with American surplus supplies,
rlants are workina now than in tha best I ami thev aaa .mnh.n-.fi-, !-.
daya of the March recovery, more are imoualy that the only remedy waa a '
In preparation than a fortnight ago. I duty on foreirn lmnnrtntlnn.
A atlll more striking sign of depres- Ths hard facts and figures given by
alon is shown hi the persiatent fall In Colonel J. r Hannvb.ll &n - irant
cotton pricea. which have touched dur- hop grower, conatltuted an overwhelm
ing tne week a new low record ror tne I ing argument for tariff reform.
aeaaon. I colonel Honeyball gave evidence tin -
With all due allowance for the alow- I behalf of the Eaat Kent chamber of ag
only 42,000
neaa with which trade recovery ia wont I rlculture.
to follow a panle, the question often I "While there are now
asked nowadaya ia: What la It that la I acres under bops, against 71,781 In
really holding business in cneckT All 1171." he said, "there la no corresnond-
are anxicua to know If further weak-1 Ing diminution in the Importation of "
neaa Is to be axperlenoed In the eom- I foreign grown hope . They averaged for '
fnerrlsl anil flnsniMsl struotura I the 10 yeara 117)1 to HIT I04.t nwta.
In the oourae of events, however, a year, and for the 10 years 1891 to 1907 -
since November there Is abundant proof 192,171 owta., or only 4 per cent leaa
that our banking system and our trade "What alarms the planters Is that
conditions were, even previous to the while the English crops for 1901 and
panic, essentially sound. Bank sua- 107 were two of the smallest ever,
pensions In number were considerable, flown In succession 248,000 cwta. and
put tne most oonspiouous raiiea insu-i ". rwi;iiT-x me pnwe
tution resumed ao quickly mat it e mwi nave Deen aa-.
were comfortably In exceaa of lUblll- "I put the causes for the low prloea
.! 1 M 1 1.. - I- . V. - I MS TOllOWS! '
li r m. ha ri v-pii in. iBtiui mm .1. iu uiw - . , .... . .
gate have, of oourae, been large, but "American competition. In sending
telatlve to the trade volume they are . nre. or havlne- In readiness to . -
very much smaller than for the period "?a,"uri"" iun"s ar, any iavpr-
0f igtj able time, thus crushing out the English
Tha preaent altuatlon In the country 'ndiJ"tr'r- , . . . . v
trade may be beat deacribed as a state Xen,ral depreaslon of the home trade
of stable equilibrium, lha underpin- of Jl5L".COiUntry v . v v '
1. .- nei.n 1. "Moat brewery bnalneaaes bava been
where felt .fiat tha worst of the de- eonverted Into limited, companies, which.
oresalon la behind us.
T J 1 1 U -. ... I
A i in I'unwvnii mil 11 1. iiu ,uuu 1111 - 1 , . .
nulse will be found until the ereslden- .Jff1"" rMe-
tlal nominations In June and July are -.i-V 7L VTrA wi?h-it
over with. The root of the uncertainty USSSJ LJKJ?, tow4 wlll,owt
have not the capital to buy hops for a
year's consumption In advance. Hence
dragging trade.
"Cold atorage, which enables bops In
In every presidential year la that busi
ness lntereata are fearful of radical
changea and innovations In policies of
much deterioration."
Waa 2abor Has beet,
Colonel Honeyball quoted statistics
government. They must be assured In showing what an enormous proportion
the first place that one at least of the of the cost of producing hops goes to la- '
two principal candidates will bs a man bor.
who understands this sentiment and "T grew 101 acres of hops In 1901
will respect: secondly, that the candl-1 and 91 acrea of hooa In 1907. Tha coat .
date of this type will In all probability I in 1905 waa about 180 per acre, and In
be tne one elected. rnere ia no naai-iisoT naany t.i. These are tbe sums
tatlon In saving, after careful lnaulry. I a pent In labor: ' 1906.
that the financial community aa a Pay to pickers 11,786
whole Is much more cheerful on these Pay to pole pullers.... 167
matters than It was three months ago. Pay to driers..., 98
In other words, aa to the final result Pay to owners of vans. 222
year
next November, our leadlnr bankers are! Manual labor during the
not seriously afraid. What tney do
apprehend from the experience of the
past is ths characteristic chills of the
pi-e-eiection campaign, witn tne' un
1907.
I 108
IT
7.
1.05T
11,141
ark to
ncrease
e bengals
f i ... . , iur vuuaiiiuiiun.
aipa, eo b. Buus, green sail, The poUce authorities remembered the
.1 - 5 . T. . . ., . , , I
varee nays oi sireei ngnung mm iui-
4
a7
IHA-He lb.
BKl-EPBKINS Bhrtng, iJffl tool lowed the announcement of the Ports
ISS5f u.Tti Wt. 'L.melUIS' I mouth peace treaty In the fall of 1905.
1 rf-i.WT - "w on that occasion all the uproar was
' TirTnw Tiiim -ii... ftarted by.the barring of the gates to
w eTj iiiiii. " ' nioiya para oy ponce oroer, ana witnin
Is.0., ,??,"s..r.l,-,, , I three hours the house of the home mln-
!; SS; " if' 8.".T V0":.c;po",,--i?? Meter, across the street, was burned, an
$8.60; valley. $4.45; graham, u. $4.11; people were being aut down In the iron
Trults and Tegetablea. I avenue facing the park by the aworda
POTATOES -Select, 75c selling; buy m?,unaa genaarmes.
Ing. Willamette valley, 45o; eastern 4 With all these ctroumstsnees In mind
Multnomah and Clackamas. M"U6o per Jhe, Police authorities posted the fol
cwt; sweets, 84c; seed stock, !?wln? notice In prominent places about
t o. b Portland, American Wonders! the city on the day timt the mass meet-
it F-arlv Rnu. 11:' new damuim Kn I Ing was to be neid.
. . . . . w- " " 1 I.XT MM. 1. 1 '
ONIONS Jobbing price, beat Ore
gon, $4.25(8)4.50; seconds. $4; Texas,
IX.YB per dv ID cram; gaxiic, so 10.
APPLESSelect, $3; fancy, 12.2. 0
t.60; , choice, $2.00; ordinary. $1.25)
1.60. - - .
FRESH FRUITS Orane-es. I2.2E(9
2.76; bananas 6Ho per lb crated, n;
lemons, ixoa-ae pox; grspevruit, si.ego
1:60- pineapples, $40 dos; tangcrtnea
$1.25 a box; strawberries, $22.26 per
IE box crate, - . - -
VJ.GETABLES Turnips, ntw, COO
10c sack; carrots, lOo per- sack; beeta
- C6t76o per aack; paranlpa, Ocll ; cab
bage. $1.601.60: tomatoes. California,
$2.26; Florida. $3.754.00; beans. 1$H
16c; cauliflower, Oregon, 40c $1 dos;
' peas. I7e; horseradish, 7H 8o lb;
artichokes, 75c dos; green folons, 40a
- dos; peppers, bell, 25c; Chile, lie lb:
Jiothouae lettuce, :$LOO1.50 box; head
ettuce, 66o 6H; cucumbers, hothouse,
California, 11.75 dox; radishes 16c doa
bunches; rhubarb,' Oregon,. 46o lb;
celery. $4.503i:76 crate; cranberriee,
eastern, v $9.00 10.80; sprouts, IHo lb;
asparagus,. Oregon, i $0 9900 per dos
bunches- California. I 7c lb; aplnaoh.
I00o box i
,.',t..'.".: . Owetauvm,'-a.i.v ',.? '
STJQAR-eCallfornta A Hawailm Re
Unery -Cube, $6.80; powdered, $5.65;
'No arms shall be 'oarrled bv those
who attend the mcntlng.
"No kerosene oil or n,tches shall be
carried.
"No electrlo car shall oe burnt.
"The diet buildings shall not be de
stroyed oy nre.
"No members of the diet who sup
ported the tax Increase bills shall be
assaulted."
Happily the police prohibitions speci
fying whet should, constitute something
more than a nuisance had their effect
There was no riot.
II ' - ''V
Flowers or Rico. '.
.From the Cleveland Leader.
In the neighborhood - of Shanghai an
Knrllsh sailor on his way. to tha for-
elgnere' burial ground to lay a wreath
en the grave or a former comrade met
an Intelligent-looking native carrying a
pot of rice. . . .' a .
"Hello. John!" he hallel "where are
jrou goin with that 'ere V , - ,
: "I takse put on glave glave of my
flien'," said the Chinaman.. ,
"Hoi hoi" laughed the' sailor, "and
when do you expect your friend to come
up and eat it?"' . -
John was silent a moment and then
replied. "All time saroee your f Ilea' come
up ana iroeuee your uowers,- , '
.'
"SAVING r THE ' ERIC"
---rrom the New Tork Tf orld,
May
July
May
July
May
July
May
July
$4
93'
)H
86
CORN.
67H
63
OATS.
62
43
MESS PORtC
Hll I11 "OS
.1342 1347 1387
in
it
48
I6H HH
3 63 2
48
43
1310
1345
BEST BUTTER DROPS
IN FRISCO MARKET
(Hearst Nwa by Longest Leased wire.)
va1rranc,"eo' AD,rfI 18 The receipts
?i-,U.tti'Ler2 fTy lar"e and extras and
firsts declined .Ho per pound. Creamer
ies closed steady and packing stock
iriu. y cnange i0 cases of extra
18.461
Thns In 1901 fI4 6a ner aera waa
pleasant reflection they are likely to spent locally, and In 1907 28 lis. - !
. . i (j iua vi,..ii wi uc ur-u ii,
growing hops give employment In some
I part of the empire Thua:
"Soft soap, Chlswlck: coal. Wales and
Notts: wire, iron districts: tuts, rrown .
In India, manufactured In Dundee; yarn, '
tjeyioni quaaaia, grown in Jamaica, i.
chipped In England: many machines
and engines, all made In England; dry
IngplAnt, Belfast. -"We
cannot maintain our present aere- ;
age of 42,000 unless tbe Industry, le pro
tected. . i, . ' ' - . ' !
"Every 1,000 acres lost means 129,009
have upon the security market
TRADE REGULATIONS
DISCUSSED
BOARD
fVlTilTTlissinTl MfTl WOIlld I e"" wages to British work people,
tVUIUliaaiUU OUCU TTUU1,U .-j ,uMt the following remedies:
AfAvr Xattr TJiilao. in Hvinnf I i1) A
Interests Together.
'(it X dutv of 40s per hundredweight
on foreign hops with a preference of 15
per cent ius a nunoreaweignt to me '
colonies. . . -1
"(2) The marking of bales of forelgw
and eolontal hops, as English growers h
are compelled to do under the bop pre- '
There was a well attended meeting of I ventlon of frauds act. 1868.
Front street commission men and the .. til A, pure beer aot, and tne proniw-
dairy lntereata on the floor, of the
board Of trade yesterday afternoon at S I who also spoke on behalf of the Eaat
o'clock for the purpose of dUcussvng MV.fSw n. vi,,. f,..
rules and regulations governing theLThA5,du.,trJ' VFl'.h
dairy and produce business. The dis- ?" or-u oh - iv 10, ... .
va?uabl. ."tlo'nT and F 'wssTo It 'is the fear of foreign hops coming ,
ideed bv evervbodv resent t"t the to England that keeps prTcee down more '
IpWot'oSSSS whlcf the dsil W ths actual importations."
meetings on the floor of the board of . Xnoorate Tax X-oesee.
trade has brought about, will result In ".George Arnold, an East Peckham
rv much better understanding among grower, gave evidence on behalf of the '
the Front street merchants. Every- Tnnbrldge Wells Farmers club:
body d resent at the meeting conceded "Hon rrowara are aDolvina- for relief.
the fact that present conditions weeJ from Income tax under schedule B. - The -not
satisfactory, but on the other band I national exchequer will lose In this way
everv one also realised that a thorough I about 600 from two villages alone.
and free discussion of the present draw- f "Our crop last year cost 4 9s Id per
backs through ther board or trade was hundredweight to produee and place on
bound to readjust matters along proper the London market. The average price .
llnee. for hops thla year-does not exceed it
The meeting resolved that each Indl- 16s. so that It Is easy to understand our .,
vldual member In attendance should loss." '
discuss during the coming week, the Mr. Arnold then put In s- leble show- ,
various suggestions made during this Ing the loss to the hop growers ot the
meeting, with hie business friends In country durinap the laet three years. The ,
the different lines and then report back figures show the cost of producing and
on Monday, April IT. at I p. m.. when the average selling price of that crop
another meeting of the produce and yielded:
dairy interests will be held to further 1907.
discuss the rulee submitted, with a 44.988 aeree at 141. ..........11,982,000
view of final adoption. 174,1291 cwt at 12 lis.......... 1.047.561
As one of the leading Front street . . : , , , .
merchants expressed It at the meeting. Net loss.............. 1 884,439
"What we produce merchants moatly , leoa. i - ' -'
n..lH, unify ani4 entinAVAtinn tKara la WV9m
no better medium through which we I acres at I4S. ;.. ...... ..1.009,04$ ,
egga sola at I M iur iinun an
dosen at 22o. The only change in cheese
was a decline of He per pound for New
Tork storage. On 'change 60 new Young
Americas sold at 13 Ho per pound. Hew
steady , ; Young American
Los Angeles strawberries arrived In
fine condition, and readily eold at ad
"C!.P,ref" hve been the
most attractive feature of the market,
and buyera yeaterday increased their or-S-t
J t -nPlLt.h' two daya' requlrempnts.
JiS ISauI n,d M11nJa varieties
fi". "2liinep- APPi8 now sell only
Ki-,i.p-M1i,tr way- Th,!, market was
fairly active for seasonable fruits
v.?S '"l'e about out of first
hands. Bermuda seed iin..
Texas were reduced in price. Austral
Ian were firmly held. Lompoc pota-
w.r- .T-fT.rr5r rne ut other kinds
k.!. 1-. Asparagus did better
tra. local and shipping demand. There
i;iT.pori!lof 92 urates of Mexican
tomatoes. Tna s-nrtoral
pea. was $L25eL75 per Sk.r' '
- The Stump Market, ' ; "
From the" Atlanta Conalltutlon. '
"Whats that feller'tveiitn' an
thar In the field?" - ' , " ' "7
"He's cornered the market In stumps
an' ben tryin' . to rent 'em to candl
dates." . i 1
can obtain It than through the boasj of i.8 cwU. at 14 16s UT.01I
The rules discussed covered rearula-1 Net loss. f 142.02
Hons to govern the purchase and eale'of ; 1908. , ,
butter, c1m.. eggs PfJtnf. rlt and 48 a87 acW(B t 143. ........... lf,10B,5l
vegetablea. The "ajflcatlon of but- 696.941 cwta, at 1 4s 1.831,074
ter. of cheese and of eggs, the provision
for the Inspection Of eggs, cheese and -.-. i... t T.cn
:.... ,i, i-ih . l " i'.i
"u . " ', T. ., . i . . 7" . . Total toss in tnree years tj,soo,74.
An Invitation wlU - Be extended to The -committee then adjourned , until
all the commission and dairy Interests Tuesday. At the rate of three witnesses ,
to attend the meeting on Monday. week it muat le many months before
Arnj . F; juusm irom j tna committee pubiisnea its report,
. . . ...' .,(. ,k . ... ,
S ,n.ifv".v.w f irro1 1." WEEEX South Cttroltaa Cork Two,
In view of the erroneous Impression From the Torkville Enquirer,
that the board of trade of PqrtlanoV There is a cork tree in Fairfield coun-
Oregon, was to occupy quarters in the tv. The Enquirer had never Jeard of
Board of Trade building on Fourth and such a thing In this state before, but
Oak streets, the office of the board of the tree is certainly there and it is a
trade wish It to tie known, that the whopper, three feet through,
permanent quarters' for the next five W; W. Blair of Blalrvllle brought Into
years at least, by lease, will be on the the Enquirer office a epecmen from the
around floor of the new Commercial cork tree, a section -of. bark severs
riub building. Rooms 7 and 8 with en- Inches long and an Inch and a ha if
trance-j on Fifth'etreet. have been fitted through. It looks like good commercials
up with blackboards and all other on- cork. Mr. Blair said that from the bt
venlences for the transaction of busi- Information he could get toe-tree was
ness on the floor of the exchange. set out shout 1850 or a-few rears be-
'n,, hV mil M"1 finiMjTlii",
he organisation has neither of ftrli.
Iy or unofficially any interest in or
connecilor. with the building on Fourth
ad Oak streets. Aa an association. the
board of trace "was organised 1894 ss
the Portland board of trade and has
been incorporated on February- 28 of
this year as the board of trade of Port.
ano, uregonv.:--. v,i':-.-v-v-.
. ! HI. I ni M l I- ) 1 . l','
Fashtohs in "Balloons, -'y
Pear-shaped balloons are .the fashion
in Belgium, the point Is upward. - the
base oi tne paiioon is spnencat. it is
claimed that balloons of thla ahape
pierce the air vertlcally vrith far great
er speed than-i the ordinary . spherical
balloon. Conaequently they are stead
ier. ' Also the upper pointed end pre
vents the accumulation of moisture nr
snow, on the surface, which frequently
weighs a baloon down and destroys its
power to rise.
. .. v. man
The bark has been stripped from the
tree from time to time for quite a rlU
tance up. The tree is an, evergreen and
very beautiful. ; . M -- ' - -
of
FREE!
Blrdaeye Map and Photo Arbum
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the" city; dtsirlct and Its great mirf
Also toposruphlcal- map rf Kva I i
freat mm'r?n -mt ii n- pn.q i - i
1.6o,0tio.ouu. 'l' he l,''"t srxl mt -curat
flteratur. of Nv l ever r
liahi-.l. AV full IllfO I HHit.i'1,1 f.-.r :
the t'ns"li ""l": of -Vf!j ik :..
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