WHEAT CROP LESS THAN
FINAL REPORT OF NORTHVKT WHEAT
CROP IS 66,000,000 BUSHELS, THE
GREATEST GROWN IN THE THREE "STATES
Last Btfnrcy of the Yield GItcs a Total Below That Expected Pre
vious to Harvest Owing to the Failures of the Spring Planting
to Mature Properly; Greatest Demand in History Is the Outlook
for This and Also the -Coming Season's Yield.
1 "
FINAL WHEAT CROP REPORT
-Bushels-
im
1911
Oregon . . . ,
Washington
Idaho .....
1, 000. 000
S9.000.000
11,000,000
17.SOO.000
14.000,000
19,000.000
Total
6.000,000 61,400.000
By Hyman II. Cohen.
Final survey of the 1914 wheat crop
f tb - thre states of the Pacific
northwest rives a total crop of 66,
100,000 bushels, or 5.000,000 bushels
nore than the crop of a year ago.
"While these figures are disappoint
ing as compared with pre-harvest es
timates of 71,000,000 bushels for the
three states, the output is still the
greatest that the Pacific northwest
rruin fields -hare ever produced.
What happened to the spring wheat
trop of the Pacific northwest, was in
t measure true of the same planting
in all parts of the United States. An
xtended period of dry weather, break
log ail previous records in this re-
fard, was responsible for cutting down
he total yield at least 7,000,000 bu
shels,, because even the large totals
f the first estimate were conserva
tive at the time of making, them.
The greatest loss from the expected
total was shown in the Btv Bend and
Palouse sections, which produce by
far the largest percentage of the wheat
of the three states. The loss In Whit
man county. Wash., alone, from first
estimates was fully 8.000,000 bushels
enrl in nraptlcallv everv section some
loss was forced or wherever spring
wheat was planted.
Oregon suffered less in proportion
to its total acreage than did Washing
ton because the bulk of the spring
wheat planting was in the latter state.
In some sections of the Palouse and
Big Bend the spring wheat crop
i 1
Brief Eeviews of
r ront street .Trade
During Last Week
Egg Market Generally Steady With
Scant Arrivals; Chickens
Are Quoted Lower.
Egg market was generally steady
during the week, with little supply
' available , her in fresh stock. More
withdrawals from Btorage resulted.
Price of chickens showed a bad
break during the week, witfr a great
Mrrtimu llLMnn or lunM Mnra h!rlr.
ens came forward during1 the week
than for a similar period in many
months.
Country killed meats and veals es-
rectally were weak in the Front street
rade during the week; extremely low
values resulting in the latter with
neavy supplies.
Apple trade is showing an Improved
volume with increased supplies local
ly, but prices generally are holding
low with $1.26 as the extreme mark.
Trading in the bop market was ex
tremely quiet during the week. In
some quarters lower prices resulted.
Butter market was held steady all
wtk with supply and demand just
about equal at this time.
. j k. .v inwnci lieu Ail in EL! I WCOK
with further liberal importations from
Idaho and Washington. Local sup
plies are now being offered slightly
. more freely.
Outside onions continue the prin
cipal article in the local market, be
cause of the low price that California
" stock is offered at and the holding
fby home producers for hla-her values.
JOBBING PRICES OP PORTLAND
Tbete prlrwi are those at which wholesaler
' sell to rtHr, except otherwise stated:
BUTTEB Nominal Willamette Taller eream
ery. cubes, selling price. 82c; s'ate prints,
3HS35c; ranch butter, l&lazc; city cream-
fCTTia FAT No. 1, Portland, delivery,
KGOB Nearby freshly gathered. 86 can.
died, local, extras, white. 84c; case count,
balns f. o. b. Portland. , SOc. 7
Live poixtry Hens, i2Wc; brone, isc:
enks, Pokln. 1315c: colored, 10es tarkera.
IHgJlOc; dressed, ( ), pigeons. 8131.2S:
qnalis. f2.ies2.40 loaen; eeese. 10c.
eream twins and triplets. 17c; Yoana- tmer
lca, 18c
Fruit aad YamtahUa.
. FKESB , r SUIT Orangea. 12.80QS.00: ba-
Saiui., iu., icaiuuB, U.UU(S.UU: UOH
1.00 Der 100: arraoefrnlr. rallfmi a ikoI
f.Mi piaeaiipiea. ic; peucnee, 0O4X76C; canta.
j. - w , vmm
: mp, ijcihii.u; waiermetona, wweal.00:
casaba. l.O0 crate; peara, TScliiliiO.
earrecs Sl-M: paranlpe. $11.25 sack, eabl
. Katarai atl fat 1 erf 1 7X tomarnaa RAOan..
V w .. v.s. wunr: BT1 SI Si El
4KJwHc; bcd tottuco, 75c (Sown; cwy, 506
T5 dosen; egg pUnt. 5c; cauliflower gt.s
- 4VfJao; rrQcta artichoke, 00c 1.00 down:
- air inns ni rsi n srr 7 t nimiirihsM . kAikMU a
"V7" " aeVV. s-WWV. WC-
Mck; evetUDOen, eastvrn S bbL, fcscal, 30
box.
Af PLKS 0Ocgi.zj box, according to quaU
ltT
OltlONS Local,
618: Callfnml.
81.00;
...11. 1 T W I., 'WV. tV
POTATO E8 felling price. Extra ebotce.
e.au per rauiu, aweeia, ei.WQ2.uw.
Hope, Wool aad Hides.
HOPS Baying price, choice, UUe; prhee
16V4CJ medium to prime, 15Q18e.
CHiTTIM OB CA8CARA BASK Car lots.
we ivrnw i w amis - si a sv.si,
MOHAIR 1914 27M27 He.
WOOU Nominal, 114 clip; Willamette Til
ler eoaree Colswold. 17c: medium Shrop
shire, 18 tte; choice fancy lota, lo20c IbT:
aastarn Oregon, 14ffl20c; . according to ahrlok-
HIDCS Dry hides. 25c lb.; green. 12c;
salted hides. 13c: bulla. - rreen ..it i-
klpa. 1314c; calree. dry. 25c; ealf skins
saltan or green.. ia&wo; green hides, le lees
tbaa aalted; sheep pelu. salted, sbeariaga.
TALLOWr-No. 1, 4544Xe; K.
grease. 8i44e.
Meats, Flah and Frevisloaa.
X 9
DRESSED MKATS Selling price Ooontry
- suna, n"i. auH, ivmiuc; oraiaary, iuc;
roash and heavy, tto; fancy eeala. loials m.
dlnary, 10c; poor, 738c; goats, 8Q4e; spring
lambs, 10&
. HAMS,. BACON, ETC Ham a, lHQ2le;
Dicnics. 144c: cottaae. 2c. -
kiCATS-Packiiic Uooee Steers, No. 1 ateck,
i Uttci cows. No. 1 stock. Ufce: ewes. 10c;
- wethers, llttc: lambs, 12Ve; pork loioa, 20c;
. OV8TEkiS-01yrapla, per gallon, 83.75
- la shell, 81.7602.00 per 100; rasor da ma!
L.IM r,,ril. MOfl. "jr
FIE II Dressed flonnders, 7e; Chinook aal
- icon, SOS; allver aide, Oc; perch, 84180 lb.:
, looatere. 89e lb.; aUrer smelt, 8c; salmoa
, srooi, isc
LA BO Tierces. 11; enraponnd, tlercea.
: . CftABS Large, ( ); medltua," ( )
t a 'i S.I I I JTJ 1 1 sji , .
gDOAR Cube,, 7.t; powde
or berry, 6T.80? beet. 8T-10;
87.80; D yellow. 80.00. (Abov
oreoeriea.
dered, $TJB& fruit
): dry a-ranolated.
(Above ocotatlona are
.BO'Oays net caao.i . ,-s
. RICE Japan atfle. No. 1. 6He&c; New
Urwans. peaa, lajte: reote, oc.
HONEY New. 83.254i3.50 net case.
: BBANS Small , white, . 6Hc: Urge white,
6jc: pink, 64c. lima. 8c; bayoo, 6c; red.
KALT-Cearse, half ' grounds, lQOs,' 810 per
ton; ous, sumo; laote aairy, ova, sin; los,
fjCO; bsXas, extra fine barrels, 2a,
turned out so poorly that it was not
were tne total crn all winter slant.
lug much higher figures would have
been shown because winter wheat suf
fered practically no damage from the
dry season because there was in most
sections plenty of moisture to mature
we crop. a -
The failure of tbe wheat eron to
bold up its early promise at Pacific
northwest DOints rives still neater
promise to the price. With an export-
ing oem&na mat is aireaay greater
thaaver before and with a likelihood
that (It will be still greater, nothing
dui extreme nign prices may Oe ex
peetedXf or wheat.
Official estimate of the world's
wheat crop as given by the Interna
tional Institute of Agriculture at
Rome, showing a total of 7.2 Der cent
smaller than a year ago, is sensation
al ana indicates cieariy tnat tnere is
going to be an extraordinary demand
and shortage throughout the world
thiH KHSLHCin.
The fact that all leading workfs
experts are at present figuring upon
the greatest wheat shortage In the
world for next season is a sufficient
sign to show what the trade in wheat
may expect during the remainder of
the present season and during next
year. With the leading wheat pro
ducers of the world at war and with
no indication that the trouble can be
settled for some time even at the best,
it is more than likely that only a very
small - per cent of the usual- winter
planting will be shown. As the winter
wheat crop Is far the greatest in area
ana proauces on tne average more tu
sneis to the acre than spring plant
ing, the extent of the world's shortage
for the coming season can easily be
realized.
Leading world's exporting Interests
see these conditions and are making
unusually strenuous efforts to secure
all of this year's crop they can get.
Wheat Market Has
Good Tone During
Trading -of Week
Local Situation Quite Good Al
though Tidewater Is Not as
Good as Country. '
With a smaller amount of! wheat
available for export than had general,
ly been anticipated by the trade and
with an enormous call from' abroad.
the wheat market here held; rather
well during the last week.
There were . slight momentary
fluctuations in tne price, but general
ly speaking the situation has re
mained unlformally good all through
tne weeK.
Further chartering of shins In ad
dltlon to the big list of vessels for
merly : secured for this year's loading
here, gave, the cash wheat market
mucn strengtn at tfwcuic nortnwest
points. While the situation at tide
water could scarcely be called quite
as firm as during tne previous week,
Country business was exceptionally
good, with Duyera eager Didders even
at an advance in the price.
country interests nave oeen quite
free sellers of wheat at Pacific
Northwest points recently, but some
are asking more money. This is true
principally of the larger farming
operators. -
inquiry ror oats continues to come
from Europe, but thus far no actual
business has been confirmed at Pacific
Northwest points. The awarding of
the government contract gave the
market some strength.
Barley market has been almost
stagnant during the week with lower
prices generally quoted.
Considerable sales- of flour have
been made to eastern and far south
ern points recently, although this is
denied by some milling interests.
Oriental trade is at a standstill, with
no special change in the situation
from recent weeks.
There has been a very midden ad
vance in the price of alfalfa hay and
toaay s values are easily 81 a ton
higher than a week ago. This is due
to the very short crops and the ex
pectations that with rains now on in
tne interiors a very large per cent or
the last cutting will be ruined. The
situation is .further strengthened by
the fact that there was an unusually
early demand for hay for feeding this
season, operations starting ruiiy six
weeks earlier than, usual. It is be
lieved' in some Quarters that for the
first time in history feeders along the
Bbaniko branch will be compelled to
Import hay. A large per cent of the
crop there was ruined by grasshop
pers.
CLOVER SEED No. 1. recleaned,
ISo; ordinary. 11 V4 12c pound: alsike.
iic pouno-
FLOUR Selling crice: Patent.
I5.405.80; Willamette valley. 85.40;
local Strairht. 84.00a4.6ff: arnnrt.
straight. $4.0004.20; cutoff $4.20: bak
ers', $5.00 6.40. J
Hay New crop, producers price:
Willamette - valley timothy, fancy.
112.60; eastern Oregon-Idaho fancy
timothy. 815.00(315.60: alfalfa., liss.v
vetch and oaU, $9.00 10.00: clover, $8
4er iuo.
ukain bags no. l Calcutta, $8.25
uiuasj SMrcBaats Exchange bid prices:
WHiAT.
Bat IM. Tirara. Wed, Tees. Hon.
Bloeatesa
61.02 . 81.03 81.06 81JB 80.OM6 81-03
Forty told
98
3TH
97 '
4
JBO
Club
.44
94 M
Bed Resell tv
.00 .80
.90 .
Bedflfs
.90 H .tl
JO 0 SI M
OATS.
No. 1 feed
826.00 $250 $28.00 $25.00 $28 JS $228
No. 1 feed
820.50 $21-00 $22.00 $20.00 $21 M $2LB0
Brewing
$22.00 $22.00 $22.50 $22.00 822JSO $22.50
Brar
$23.00 $23.00 $23.50 $28.50 $2X23 $23.25
WWlt - . - ...
$24 JO $24.00 $24.50 $25.00 ' $24JB , $24.00
5s and 10s, $5.2534.00; tamp rock, $2.50 per
too. "
Painta aad OQs,
LIKSEED OIL Raw. bbia.. 7e' per
seiue Doueo, ooim., ouo; raw,
boiled, ease a,74c aaJL; lots ( 259 gaUans, le
taes; oil cake meal, $44 per tosw
WHITB LEAD Too tots. Te par lb.! 000
IB. lots, T per lb.; less lets. So per lb.
OIL MEAL Carload lot. $34.
TLEPKNTLNK La eases, etc; tanks, flOe
per gallon.
COAL OIL Water white ear drama,
troa barrels, 10c
Sheep Raising Pays., '
- Morton. Wash. ' Best. 26. SnrTth
Bros, have made their fourth and last
shipment of sheep this year, the last
snipment numoering , . 160 beavdr and
consigned to Seattle The remainder
or their herd will be taken to winter
quarters on tne lower Columbia river.
The driving of these sheep from nas
ture near Lewis to Morton and - the
loading of them here for market has
shown one Industry that can be made
to nay dim in eastern uertna ceonty.
Edited by Hyman IL. Cohen.
THE RESERVISTS!
HAY BRINGS CREAM CHECKS
Redfleld. Wash.. Sept. 86. Barns In
all sections are well stocked with
.various kinds of hay .'for the winter.
or two seasons tnere has Deen a
tendency to store away aa large a sup
ply as possible. This practice has re
sulted in increased creamery checks.
The quantity of cream is growing
each month. The usual supply of corn
will be ready for the silo this year.
The hot days in July brought the crop
out- at a rapid rate, reaching maturity
earlier than usual.
Recent reports from prune orchards
located principally in the billy dis
tricts show the; actual yield to be
somewhat larger than was estimated
MORE CONFIDENCE IN WOOL
Boston, Mass., Sept. 26. More con
fidence prevails in the wool trade. The
week's sales totaled about 3,000,000
pounds and values have been only a
trifle lower. It is expected that there
will be a good market for the little
domestic stock left unsold since the
threatened flood of new clip wools at
very low prices is so remote as to have
little bearing on the situation now.
Manufacturers are unwilling to change
from domestic to foreign grades. Cur
tailment of the amount of fine merino
EGGS SHOULD
The United States department of
agriculture advises the farmer who
specializes in marketing eggs to 'mar
ket his product frequently. The
farmer often makes use of an egg
case in which to keep ' his eggs and
carry them to market. Sometimes he
owns the case and sometimes - it is
furnished by the storekeeper. Often
the case is one noiaing so aozen eggs,
and as there is a tendency to wait
until the case is filled, which takes
considerable time with the average-
sized flock, before taking it to market,
the quality of some of the eggs will
have - suffered at)Dreciably. Fifteen
dozen size cases are also used for this
purpose and are mucn preierstDie, as
tney encourage rrequeni marxeung.
Another factor which influences the
frequency of marketing is the dis
tance of tbe farm from tbe village
or country store. The greater the
BREADSTUFFS
The usual monthly bulletin showing
exports of domestic breadstuff s, cot
tonseed oil, food animals, meat and
dairy products, cotton and mineral
oils, from the principal customs dis
Exports by Groups.
Breadstuff s, dollars .....
Cottonseed oil,' pounds
Cottonseed oil. dollars . . .
M
Cattle, hoars and-sheeD. dollars .,
Meat and dairy products, dollars ......
Cotton, bales
cotton, pounds
Cotton,, dollars
Mineral oils, gallons . . . .
...,.....
Mineral oil, aouars ...f.....
Total, dollars
Chicago Wheat Is j
Down With Severe
Weakness Abroad
Closing Prices) Yesterday 114 to
196c Down; Liverpool and ;
London Off.. : i.
Chicaro. Sent.' 26. Final prices for
wheat are 1 Vic lower for December and
lc for May. Most of the break came
at the opening. . After a moderate
rally on some resting orders and a lit
tle buying by wire houses, there was
a second 'dip in prices to $1.0801.16.
The break was started by the sharp
drop '4 of .2 Vie to 2 c- In Liverpool.
Thirty minutes after 1 low prices were
quoted the market-was up lc to $1.09
116 and then a little ' reaction on-
final - trades. . Northwest - messages
claimed a depression because of hedg
ing sales. - On the other band, Kansas
City reported only 20 per cent as much
wneat orrerea irom xirst nanas as a
week ago, farmers obtaining only 80c
to 86o at local stations. Primary re
ceipts for the week, while heavy, were
much short of the i week .. previous.
Clearances of wheat and flour for the
day were 1,355,000 bushels. The trade
had all .sorts of reports about export
sales by - Chicago houses and at the
close there was an unconfirmed report
of 600,000 bushels at the gulf. -
This proved to be a good fighting
market in corn for the day, as prices
were off o or more for the morning
to 69V&C for December and 72o for
May, and had a later rally to 70c "and
?2V72c the closing figures. Local
receipts dropped to 67 cars. ,. Sample
markets quoted lc to 1 Vie lower.
Shipping sales -were 70.000 bushels.
i Bear loaders wtn tiatniBg. , pessV
EXPECTED. PRICE
. :
V ; -. . . '
earlier in the year. The fruit Is large
and of an exceptionally good quality.
Tbe opinion among growers seems to
be that a high price will prevail.
This section has completed a suc
cessful harvest, despite tha decrease
in the season's yield. Oats, wheat and
barley, the principal grain crops, in
these districts, were up to the stand
ard in yield, and also in quality.
Oats, especially, on some ranches
around Rldgefield yielded extraordi
nary, and almost 95 bushels of oats
of fine quality was threshed per acre.
Wheat also yielded heavy, but not as
heavy as last year. The 74 day dry
spell Is given as the cause, .of the de
crease. to be offered In the next Xjondon sale
has had a steadying influence on the
local market.
Sales during the week were mostly
of domestic goods at slight conces
sions. Both grease and scoured are a
shade lower, although in some grades
there has been no change. Arrivals of
foreign wool were the smallest for
sum totaling 669,426 pounds. Do
mestic receipts -were 1,466,664 pounds.
Shipments were larger than receipts,
totaling 4,462,811 , pounds." : -
NOT BE HELD
distance, the less often are the trips
made, and consequently the less con
venient it la to market, eggs fre
quently. The department has made investi
gations on 90 Kansas farms to dis
cover how the distance from market
Influences the frequency of market
ing eggs. Twenty-six of the farmers
sent their eggs twice a week to mar
ket, 61 sent them once a week, and 3
only once in two weeks. The follow
ing table gives the average distances
that these different farmers were from
market. It shows how important a
reasonably near market is to the
farmer who hopes to make a success
of selling eggs.
Twice weekly Number of farms,
26; average distance, 2.48 miles.
Weekly number of farms. $1;
average distance, 4.12 miles.
Ones in two weeks Number of
farms, 8; average distance. 8.6 miles
GO ABROAD
tricts of the United States has "been
Completed by the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce, department of
commerce. It shows exports as fol
lows: August
1918
1914
.. 28,686.604
.. 6,446.506
428.803
61.413
... 11,889.947
. . 257.168
..136.953.928
.. 16,618,559
..181.624,512,
.. 12.390,878
29,539.131
6,230,097
404,296
58,334
8,527,659
21,210
10,916,718
1.806,117
145.557.792
7,837,291
.......
69.966,214 47,672.728
btlity of Improvement ln the crop to
2.700.000.000 bushels because of fine
weather all this month. They were
also trotting out the Argentine sur
plus as a depressing feature. The
market showed good' support at the
close. .
Local bull leaders . In oat mad a
good fight against some early selling
by a big cash house and the unloading
of a line for a local trader. Export
nouses were active all day and tha
market bad a little rally from the low
pokii to HHWHitc ior uecemberand
62 062 Vic for May at the close.
Shinning sales were 170.00ft rinha.l
Export business Is not known.
Range of Chlcaero trricMi fnrnttfiol
by Overbeck & 'Cook, Co- 216-217
Board of Trade building:
wu&ax. -
Mosfa ' "1 " Open. Hlga tow. Clese.
Sept., .... ..... .....f ...... 10614 v
Dec ............ 109 - KVi ' 1011 108
say 1154 1144 115 HMk B
COSN.
Sept. .. ' 76 T8 T5 76V1 B
Dee. ........... V04 70
May Tx-jJ 78
70 A
72 724 B
OATS. ' i
T 47 -f 4n:'-'.-4WB
49 49 48 49 B
- ezv as fiz
POBK. .
s -';"' at "
.JS87 1990 2S7S
" "f lABXk.
tV62 055' 850
1T2S. B
953
100
...1005 1007 1002
B
BXB&
Sept.
Oct. : "mm..
Jan....
... J1S7 ,1150 1137 1190 . B
....1050 1060 " 1045 ' 1000
DenTer Cattle - Slsaidy;! fj
Tenver. Colo. Bent 26.- CatUe 200
Market steady. Steers. $6.6007.70;
cows ana ueixers. sa.vuiepe.eu; stocxers
ana reeaers, .oea6; calves. $7.50
- Hosre None. Market lower.
6heep-900. Market steady, - LajaJja);
Sept. 1 1 1 1 , i
Dee. ....
May ....
Bep8. m mm -
Jan. .......
SMALL STOCKS OF :
FLOUR HELD IN CHINA
IS
American , Vice Consul General Say
Outlook la for Good Movement
From Pacific Coast in October;
Compete With Australian Staff.
By A. EL Carlton.
U. S. Vic Consul General Hongkong;
' China.
The significant feature of the flour
market in Hongkong, during the first
six months of this year is the extreme
ly low supply in godown on June 80.
amounting to only 800,000 bags 4
pounds gross weight) with half a mil
lion afloat. Toward the end of Sep
tember the visible .stocks will bo re
duced very low, and it will not be until
early In October that flour will move
in greater abundance from the Pacific
coast to Hongkong. In 1911 the visi
ble supply at the end of the first six
months was estimated at 1,230,000
bags, with 1,270,000 bags afloat The
total imports up to me ena or last
months were 2,543.815 bags 2.216,210
American and 327,605 Canadian flour.
The position this year contrasted with
frevlous years Is best evidenced by
he following table, showinsr imoorts
into Hongkong during tbe first six
months of the years named, with other
factors:
Bags.
1910
,.1,588,000
, . 260,000
,.1,838,000
, . 850,000
OUTLOOK
GOOD
Bags.
1911.
2,434,600
176.000
2,599,600
450,000
Six months Imports...
Add stock Jan. i
Total
Less stock on June 30.
Six months consumption. . 988.000
Hit
Tha flenrna for 1910 are surprising
accounted, for by the abnormal imports
The decrease, therefore, of the 1814
imports from those of 1913 amounts
to 168,000 bags. From another source
these figures have been obtained: 1914,
2,687,786 bags; 1813. Z,eae,uxe, or
shortage of 108,228 bags.
The Business Limited. Small Stocks.
.The Canadian exporters have in
creased their shipments over 100,000
bags for the same period. Prices have
declined since the beginning of . the
Oecimeu since vxio ubkuuiiui I
year and, aitnougn tne racmc
rates on wheat and flour have ad
vanced, there has been no reflection on
local conditions. Excessive stocks, the
low price of the Chinese paper cur
rency, and falling exchange combined
to make business almost impossible.
During the past four months there has
been practically no demand, either for
the reason that the Chinese consumers
did not have the means to buy with
or else they were satisfied to fail back
on rice their staple food. It is esti
mated that, roughly, 12 to 15 cents
Mexican or, say, 6 to 7 cents gold have
been lost per bag for the period un
der review, an actual loss on working
the trade of approximately $175,000
f old. The .reason, no doubt, lies in the
act that excessive purchases were
made, necessitating forced sales.
The stock on June SO was less than
it has been all through the year, and
with only comparatively small lots
coming forward the available supply to
the end of September is about 1,126,000
bags, or about equal to three month s
supply. It would seem, therefore, that
the Hongkong market would be in a
receptive condition for shipments from
Tf1fii coast as soon as the new
crop is available. The Canadian flour
has not been able to compete with the
toumS"aii from out the country were not quite sofav- ln southern state, may Issue $169.
fJiv.10 X.?r.it S orable to. shippers during the week. ... ooa. ,n ,- middle west mar
the seaboard, which do not apply to I
interior mills. The hard wheat flour I
which Canada produces suffers great
ly from dampness. An encouraging
feature ox tne itour situation is ioai
American flour has again found its
way into tne straits settlements,
where for a number of years Austral
ian flour has dominated tne mar net,
APPLE PICKING STARTED
Walla Walla, Wash., Sept, 28. Ap
ple picking ln the Walla Walla fruit
belt has opened on a small scale, and
there have been some shipments of
the earlier varieties during the past
week. The quality of the fruit is
above the average. The trees are ln
the best of condition, due to the
heavy rains of earjy ln the month and
the care that was given to spraying
operations during the season.
Late varieties of apples are said
to be of unusual quality, even for this
fruit belt, and the growers are ex
pecting good prices, although the quo
tations at this time are not what they
have been in past years at the cor
responding season. Pears and peach
es are waning on the local market, and
other fruits of the late summer va
riety are beginning to be scarce.
Grapes are at their height, and many
are shipped dally from this city.
POTATO CROP IS NOMINAL
', Walla Walla, Wash, Sept. 26. The
potato harvest ln the Walla Walla val
ley will hardly justify the name, ac
cording to loeal gardeners, for the rea
son that the yield .will hardly supply
tbe home demand, and the prices may
be out of sight. The tubers now are
selling for 62 or better per hundred.
with no prospect of a decrease. Blight
bad much to do witn tne short crop,
and those growers who lost heavily
durlnar the Dast two seasons when the
quotations were away oown naa lit
tle or no acreage tnis year.
Fall Wheat Operations.
Walla Walla. Wash.. Sent. 2s. Nov
that the 1814 wneat crop has success
fully been harvested ' and garnered
into the warehouses, the farmers are
preparing their ' summer fallowed
ground for fall seeding operations,
which will start within the next few
days. Fall plowing is the general rule
in tnis section just now, and it is said
tne grouna never was in better condi
tlnn
The heavy rains of two weeks aaro
were iust what the farmers had rn
hoping for, and went a long way to
ward hurrying fall work on the ranch
es. Mime rain zeii nere Friday and
yesterday, but not in as great propor-
ua mm auno( tne previous weea.
Wheat .Growers Hold.
Walla Walla." Wash.. SeDt. 28. Lo
cally the wheat market has not been
active. A few farmers who were ln
neea or reaay money nave turned i
nortion of their holdinara. but h wn.
eravt uies simnif wavt growers 18 to
hold their product until the quotations
move- upward. The variation in prices
for the past week has not been marked
and the buyers seem in no hurry to
get possession of the wheat now in
me warenouses.
SMALLER -GERMAN CROP
e By George BroomhaO.
4 , Liverpool. Sept. 26- Reports
received here from Germany
f state the wheat harvest . was?
eV ; below .' AXTMieratlona uiil : a
: supplies are scarce. Z can-1
A : tf -hV k l ' T
"M v . mm. hi., uin mm may awj
; tual scarcity, as this country
grows nearly : .enough for It
p X months ' consumption. - The
story of the new crop will be
different owing to scarcity of
e labor.
as -
Jocroaa Want Ada tolas
IS GCDOD
MUTTON
SITUATION
IS M STRONG IN
N.
-1 J !'
Trend of the Trade Unlformally
Good; Cattle Show Lower Range
With 'Local Supplies liberal;
Swine Trade la Showing Weak.
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN.
Week ending: Hogs Cattle Calves Sheep
Hi '
tsepu ze 4ui i7U ao
Sept. 18 ......8588! 189$ 68
Sept. 12....... 49$ 163 67
Sept. 5 ....... 2944 853 67
August -20 2828 1488 40
Tear ago 2368: 1634 21
2 years ago.. .264 1872 116
8 years ago ... 810 1657 SIS
8866
51 f ,
tils
11718 !
?ai
Mutton continued the only line of
livestock that. Is selling on a firm
basis in the North Portland yards at
this time. WhUe total' receipts
Showed a decrease . of moment from
last week, they were still greater than
during tne preceding six days and 1
compare favorably j with normal arriv-
als here. -
Some extra fancy lambs sold In the
yards during the week at 26.25 or a
'."TA ?""JSSi hJ?.h ffl1 5
PORTLAND YARDS
was not advanced above the $6 mark u, beyond a safe point or a reasoaa
because killers are holding back such .ble value. There has been no such
Bags.
1912.
$.041,000
1,000.000
4.041,000
1,400.000
Bags.
1918.
2,712,000
. t 800,000
8,512,000
1.230.000
Bags.
1914.
2,544.000
50,000
'$,494,000
800,000-
AA
2.641,000 2.282.000 2.694.009
In comparison with the others, but are
of North China flour into Canton.
Vi o-Vi t Sfct Ytim eim& tl,. .nllM . i.
ton and lamb trade continued in a very
excellent position during the week.
General mutton rsLnare
Best yearlings .........
Old wethers .... 2 .... .
Best ewes ,
6 250 6.85
43 5 44. 7 5
Best east mountain lambs
6.00 6.25 !
6.65 5.85
valley light young lambs
1 D ' J s)inu iui
IDS
B.vvwe.ov
e4 ZZZ: zlrVL
during the week was only fair. There
was weaknesa however, on all sides,
Killers sat rigid on the price lid here
and in the east although the strong-
""i Prr,ur ?.aiifl Srice .7" .1BtV;
,b!rel.f.or"dfcniiuSl"
in any of the leading stockyards of
tne country during tne weex. xowaro
the closing the market drifted between
$8.1608.25 for tops.
Swine market conditions to the east
were weaker with prices sharply under
last week's level although the runs
there were by no means heavy.
General nog market range:
Best light $8.1508.28
Medium light ............. 8.10
nr.Rnnh27"4 tSoSf Sa uPon tne security of state, county and
Rough andt he;V 00 , municipal bonds, similar securities and
Lower prices were forced for cattle-commercial paper.
In the North Portland market during A report issued by the comptroller
the week. There was a heavier run to of the currency on August 20. 1914,
start with and with most killers hold- showed only $164,086,000 of such cur
ing a surplus, there was little dlspo- rcnc7 naJI DMn lMUed In this emer
sition among buyers to compete for . h t . , Rge fl0ft
offeringa . Best steers sold around $7 CT and that W87.86 6,000 aUll re
or a quarter below the previous high, mains available for use In the discre
mark, tion of the secretary of the treasury.
Cattle market conditions througn-
General cattle market range:
Selected steers $7.00 0 7.18
Good to prime ......-.... .86i7.00
Good to choice 6.5006.75
Ordinary to fair ; 6.75 6.00
Fancy cows 6.00
Good to prime 6.75(6.80
uruinary o.zauf o.ov
Selected calves 8.00 8.25
Fancy bull J'522f 21 thl emergency act is very much great
Ordinary s4.oo4.25 . th th -meant needed to care for
Chicago Hogs Are Lower.
Chlcaro. SentJ 26. Hoes 5000.
Market weak, 6c lower, Light, $8.50
OD.uo: mixeo, b.uug9.uu; neavy,
$7.708.75: rough, $7.70 7.86. ,
uaiue zvu. Aaaraei steaay.
Sheep 8000. Market weak.
Kansas City . Cattle Firm.
Kansas City. Sept. 26 Hogs 2500.
Market weak. Tops, $8.90.
Cattle 100. Marxet strong
Sheep None. Market steady.
Omaha Bogs Lower.
South Omaha, j Sept. 2$. Cattle
none.
Hogs 2700. Mar set slow to ioc
lower. Bulk of sales, $8.06 8J 5. Top,
8.30.
Sheep None.
i
San I Francisco Grain Market.
San .Francisco. Sept, 26. Barley
calls:
6ept 25. Sept. 26
Close. Onen. Close.
December 1.16 1.14 Va 1.13 Vi
May ri.22Va B 1.13 1.22
Ask Larger Limit '
For Parcel Post
sXembers of Chicago's Brarket Comznis -
adan Want ion 2onna ta
slelp Bafifnoe Cost of Xdvlag.
Chicago. Septi 28. The efforts of
che Chicago market commission to
solve the high cost of living problem
by recourse to the parcel post resulted
ln an appeal being sent to Washington
to have the weight limit increased to
100 pounds. At present the limit is 50.
The Investigations of the commis-
sioners have disclosed many obstacles
ln the way of the direct producer-to-
consumer plan, : and not the least of
these is the stupidity of some rural
postmasters. Farmers, it is said, must
be weaned from the "shoe box" method
of shipment.
Boy, 14, Euns Big
Farm.m Michigan
Thomas Oolhaae Graduates ; fromiPlT fruit to the east in larger quan-
eb.i..i wrtthJ w wk'n-
. -JTTI -
saaglur an so Aero 'arm. ,
Port Huron. M3ch Sept. 26. At Em-
mett lives Thomas Culhane, 14-year-
old son of MrsJ Nora Culhane. whose
, l. . m t - M .1
husband died while th boy was an in
fant. The youth's achievement lies
ln th fact that; at his age he Is not
only managing an 80 acre farm, but
has Just graduated with high honors
from school, having successfully mas
tared th studies. .4 '
While other farmer hoys bar been
able to study daring many Idle! hours,
young Culhane has had the working of
his farm on his shoulders. - -j 1
Stanford Professor to Join French.
Stanford ' University, CsJL. Sept, 26Y
Robert Edouard Penissier, instruct
or in the Romanic language depart
ment of Stanford, has left fori France
to fight for his country.. He is a re
servist, but bad not been called to the
colors. . The university - has srranted
Mb sv ycr laar t ahsenoa,
LOCAL BUSINESS NEWS
National Association of Credit Men Issued Mess
age of Assurance to Business Interests Re- .
garding Future! Trade Status;
NEW CURRENCY ACT IS GIVEN PRAISE
Tha National Association of Credit 1
Men has sent a message of assurance
to business men generally that Is rath
er optimistic In its nature as regards
the future, of business. Receivers and
grantors of credit, or. In the terms of
commerce, debtors and creditors, are
giving serious thought to present trade
conditions. With a view to helping
them avoid unwarranted and alarming
conclusions, after consultation with
'authorities' in Washington and ether
cities, this communication has been
Prepared, a v-
It Is natural to compare signs and
tendencies now prevalent in out com-
1807 and Just prior thereto. It is ob
vious, however, that the present situa-
tlon in our financial and credit re la
tinna i. An m . n. nn
v. v,i.v. Am-
"". I- ,on,
rif ,on 195T
1 he strain or
tory of every s
The strain of 1907 repeated the hls-
w M . I l H 41 .
in our nation's commerce by following
. MHnii r.e nwi.. -r4 ..t..un
and the Inflation of certain commodi-
1907, therefore, one of the fundamental
causes of strain or panic Is not to be
reckoned with in the present situation.
Stocks of merchandise generally
have been below normal for several
years: commercial Indebtedness has
also averaged low. The security market
has been stagnant and we have no
large amount of undigested securities
to take care of. Therefore, evenness
of merchandise production, dlstribu-
jtion and Indebtedness aad slow moving
securities offer a barren field for that
I ranid contraction which Induce alarm.
tVUt Dd PnIc'
Sxaarg-eaow OBCTvaer As Aid.
In 190.7 we had no means of Issuing
emergency currency. As alarm spread
thrnnarhont th wiiitr frt n, imun
panied by the boarding of money, and
soonmucb. of what was needed
for the ordinary dally exchanges had
disappeared. To meet the situation
certificates representing merely prom-
lses to pay were resorted to and passed
current In some communiUes until eon.
fldence was restored and money
mraea m yam bsbw cnannms.
I There can be no repetition of that
j situation for under the terms of the
Aldricb-Vreeland act. approved May 80.
Vans ""i JlT kJ -tKm taZi rZ.
. liot- atnendedby th Federal re-
serve act and the act of August 4, 1914,
there can he Issued $1,44161.000 of
currency through National Currency
uv4.Him. h numtan triraof
of this available remainder, banks
r" ' m i.iiwin. k.v. k ....
Issue $301,491,000: banks in the west-
em states may issue 7o,o,ww, ana
'banks ln the Pacific states may Issue
823,870,000.
. imuii1&
aty of sCoasy ATanaWsw
n is ooviuug m ue buivuiii tUi -
rencv available under the provisions of
our ordinary dally commercial ex-
changes, including the harvesting and
Mother Love Wins
Over Girl's Shame
Kansas City Toor Womsa Gets Back
Baby She Let Go Boon After It Was
Bora.
Kansas City, Sept. 28. Mother love
triumphed over fear of tho "eyes of
the world" when a 17-yemr-old girl,
through the Free Legal Aid Bureau,
got back the baby she had given away
three months ago
"Guess who's got yon now, she cried
over and over again as she held her
cooing, blue-eyed baby girl fast In her
arms in the office of Dr. Hasbrouck
Delamater, assistant health commis
sioner. Dr. Delamater and Miss Anna
Donahue, of the Free Legal Aid bu
reau, helped her get the baby back
from its foster parents in aa lows
town.
"We will give you $2000 if you will
let us keep the child." said the foster
! parents, when they brought tbe baby
to Kansas City.
1 - "I don't want anything but my baby.
. the girl cried. "See, she knows me ai-
I ready, and that Pm her own mother.
Tbe girl, who Uvea. In a small Kan-
! sas town, went to Miss Donahue sev-
eral days ago and told her story,
i "I want you to help me get my
baby back," she said. "It was born
here ln a maternity sanitarium about
three months ago, and they adopted It
out when it was only a few days old.
and I was so in I scarcely knew what
, I was doing when I signed the papers.
! "When I went home tne boy and 1
eloped and were married. Then we
wanted the baby. Borne one told me
that you might be able to get tt for
i.me because I was not of age when X
signed the paper.'
7-
C0LORAD0 SHIPS FRUIT
Denver. Col Sept. 26 With more
than 200 carloads a day leaving the
stats now, Colorado has begun ship-
titles than at any time in its history.
Railroad officials have called .for 12,-
00o cars to move the crop of peaches.
apples, cantaloupes, pears and plums.
, The apple crop will approximate 4,'
i 500,000 bushel a valued at approxl
1 A AAA AAA ; mmrTm. V -...v -
mataly $4,000,000, while th peach crop
also is a record Breaker.
In the per capita wusuuipOun f
tobacco Holland leads th world, with
Belgium second , and th United States
third. ' . :- ---
TBAXa'rORTATIOH
fails frew Arasworth 4Vfx. PorfUod. S a.
Sept. 8. 10. 15. 20, 25 30. rrelcbt and ticket
etflee lower Aioaworth dock. Portland ft Coes
Bar n. a. Iiaa. L. H. Keattag Ages. Pbes
Steams
movement of crops and the payment
of wages to Industrial workers., ...
As concerns the gold stock of tha
nation and we cannot minimise the -Importance
of a proper metal base for
our currency and credits while tbe la
terruption to international trade has ,
created some perplexing situations and
brought forward some vexatious ques
tions relating to the movement of gold
ln the payment of international trade .
balances, the United States possesses .
at present the largest stock, of gold o
any nation of the world. It has not
appreciably diminished since the out- ,
break of the war, and the broad pow-
ers granted to the Federal reserve
board by the Federal reserve not will .
without doubt, enable that body Of cav ,
pable, conservative men to maintain an .
adequate reserve of gold as a basis tor
ur currency and credits.
The closing of the stock exchanges .
and the elimination of an Immediate
market hers for our securities held
abroad waa very timely and we have -every
reason to believe, based upon
unimpeachable information, that these
exchanges will remain closed so long v
as our gold stock may be menaced by
threatened selling orders from abroad.
To offset our debts abroad for
merchandise and securities purchased
by us. there Is at present a movement .
of grain, canned goods, coal and other.
commodities to Europe.
Cooperation Zs Xaaded.
Tbe United States government has
come out ln open advocacy of cooper
ative marketing organisations. Impress'
lng the necessity for fruit growers to
support them if they wish to secure
a profitable distribution of the apple
crop ln a big production year like 1914.
In the last Agricultural Outlook pub
lished by the department concerted no
tion by the growers through coopera
tive associations is urged. The apple
situation in the United States this sea
son is reviewed, and the assertion la
made that tbe problem of distributing
the nation's apple crop Is more complex
than it was ln 1912, owing to the un
certainties and restrictions created" by
tbe European war, although the 1914
crop is not as large as It was then.
Bank Clearings Decrease.
Another unfavorable banking state
ment was issued by the Portland clear
lng bouse this week when the total
clearings showed a decrease of $2,776.
078.02 compared with a similar period
ln 1913. As compared with the clear
ings of several years 'ago the last
week's statement was favorable.
Will Study Xw.
l- Regular weekly meetings and din
ners will be held by tbe Portland asso
ciation of credit men during the pres
ent season. It is the aim of officials
in charge to hold a series of law
studies during tbe meetings to aid tha
credit men in their work. The first
meeting and luncheon held recently
was a signal success.
Would X'Teserve Xfroduets.
: M. C Brassier plans putting in a
plant in or near AshUnd for the dry
ing of fruits and vegetables by the
new patent process of evaporating by
steam the water from berries without
breaking the cells. The cells are por
ous, and, when ready for use, placing
them ln water soon fills them as they
were when fresh. Mr. Bressler has
Investigated the $20,000 plan started
this spring at Salem In which a friend
of his is Interested and he goes there
again soon for further Investigation,
lie believes a two-funnel plant carry
lng 15 fruit cars of trays, holding
about five bushels to the car, would
meet the first demands.
Belief Money for
Jews in Palestine
American Committee Torwardg f35noO ;
, to Prevent Starvation, as a Be salt of
VI a TMAassi Was
; New York. Sept. 26 Acting on tha .
iwviuiiicuusuuh ui AjnusHiuiur : w-
Turkey, Henry Morgentbau, the Am
erican Jewish committee has for
warded $25,000 to Palestine to be -used
for the relief of Jews la that country'
who are suffering privations on ac
count of the war.
The people were threatened with
starvation before the American com
mittee took action. Those affected v
were the old orthodox Jews, who go to.
tbe Holy Land to pass their last days
and who are supported by relatives la
other countries.. Besides the $25,60 .
appropriated by tbe committee, Jacob
H. Schlff donated $12,600 aad the Zion
ist organization $12,600 more.
The.Uat "VyhoopecQ
Pnt in Quarantine
2Trw Jersey Xealth Office Isolate
abiik h at. ...1 rri n A tim.
ntui if-wywif vms-s
Summit. N. J., Sept. 26. A eat withv
whooping cough has been found In the.
North Summit section by Health Of
ficer Thomas J. Duf field, and has hoest
put under quarantine with several chil
dren of a family where the d I sea as
"lata. " ...
Tbe cat whoops aad makes all the
other noises that usually accompany
the disease. Tbe health of fleer learned
that the children bad . been playing;
with the animal.
T1 ,.t. Iiivi hn . mmi W . U '
Sweden, Scotland and Germany for th
manufacture of steel ' said to be equal
to crucible steel ln Quality by an open
hearth, process.
Overbeck
1 Stocks, BoncU v
Cotton, Grain, Etc.
DIRECT PRIVATE
WIRES TO ALL
: EXCHANGES
Members Chicago Board of Trade
Correspondents of Logan Byran
. - Cnieago. New York.
l-a3.7 Board of Trad BnlldtBC,
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