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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 114.
WHEAT PRICE SITUATION IS STRONGEST OF SEASON
GENERAL BUSINESS NEWS
Edited by Hyman H. Cohen.
BIG INTERESTS IN AN
EFFORT TO CHECK THE
IT LAW IS
POTATO SUPPLIES ARE
LOW PRICED SWINE
Marked Declining Tendancy Seen in Prices of
Hops, Some Choice Gootls Going as
Low as 10 to 11 tents.
ATTEND!
NECESSITY HERE TO
NOW BELIEVED TO BE
ADEQUATE FOR WANTS
DUE TO FINANCIAL
TREND OF COUNTRY
IN WHEAT
IT
MEXICAN FIELD OFFERS MANY CHANCES
STRINGB
RISE
PRICE
P OTE
EG
MEN
BLHling , Concerns Do Not Take
Kindly to Strength In Situation;
Are Keally Buying While Talk
ing All tiie Time of Selling.
Cold Storage Stock and Imported
Eggs Should Be Sold for What
Thej Are; General Public En
titled to Know the Quality.
Wheat market prices here have held
remarkably steady during the Inactiv
ity, of the week. Only a small amount
of business passed at interior point
owing to the congested condition of the
tidewater trade but what wneat was
purchased brought practically the same
prices as ruled a week ago.
- The recent government report show
lng a smaller amount of wheat In the
United titates than first reports would
Indicate, was a most hopetul sign for
the future price, although even with
out this the situation is very good.
All doubt that eastern wheat prices
are being Influenced to very consid
erable extent bv the biar buyers who
are quietly gathering a big line of
grain while openly appearing on the
selling side, has passed. The real
position of the wheat trade of the
world is today better than at any time
to date this season.
The fact that Argentina has a much
smaller acreage in wheat this season
and that throughout the world a gen
ersl shortage is shown, is proof quite
sufficient that the present price of
wheat is low In comparison with what
It should be. Whether the market price
throughout the world is ultimately
worked higher, depends upon just how
strong the big interests are. At the
present time they aro rigidly opposing
every upward swing of values by open
ly selling short.
With European nations in the mar
ket for practically every barrel of
flour that the United States is will
ing to offer for immediate delivery,
there seems to be no reason why the
price of wheat should not be higher
than even the present high value. The
only excuse for the present price seems
to be that the big millers of the world
are Inclined to secure their supplies
as cheaply as possible and are using
every power within their means to
force prices down.
Europe has been a very persistent
buyer of oats at middle west and At
lantic seaboard points during the last
few weeks. Business has been re
ported here hut none are willing to
confirm the rumors. In any event the
extensive withdrawals of both oats and
Viurifv from the territory east of the
llockles is likely to have an indirect
effect upon the situation in the
liflc northwest.
CLOVER HEF.V No. 1, uncleaned,
He; ordinary 11V44J12C pound; alslke,
lip rirtii nrf
FLO UK Selling price: Patent,
15.40ffn5.iso: Willamette valley, .5.48
local htralght, $4.004.G0; export.
straight. $4.OO4.20; cutoff. 4.20;
buyerK, $").00&'5.40.
may New crop, producers price
Wlllamete valley timothy, fancy,
$12.60; eastern OreRon-Idaho
timothy. 15.0015.50; alfalfa,
vetch and oats, 9.004j, 10.00;
18 Pr ton.
GRAIN BAGS Nominal; No.
cuts, 8.!25 4j8.60.
WHEAT.
8t. 1 Krl. Thur. Wed. Tuc
Bid prices.
lllUMtPUl -
1.()1j l,00 1.00 fl.00 1.02
Vurtvfolil-
.US '4 .
fancy
$13.50;
clover,
1 Cal-
Moo.
08
.1.0 .00
.. ..94V4
IU1 Ruxaiau
.00 .HI
Kerl Klfe
.W .01
No. 1 feed
$-21.00
No. 1 feed -$10.00
$111.00
Krewtng
$21.00 $21.00
.05
.88
84 H
.87
.00 .80
OATS.
.98
.05
.88
.80
.87
.03
Necessity for a very stringent law
Which will compel sellers of eggs,
whether wholesale or retail, to plainly
mark each package from which they
are sold, whether the stock is fresh
or has been retained in storage, la
plain in the market at this time.
Every season at this period, cold
storage operators as well as those that
import foreign supplies, market their
eggs by forcing artificially high val
ues for the fresh product. If it was
possible to clean up offerings of fresh
stock at the higher prices quoted there
would be no room for alarm among
producers, but such is not the fact.
Seemingly it is the plan of the Ice
house interests and manipulators to
force the price of the fresh product to
such a hikh figure that general con
sumptive demand will be curtailed
to a consiaexaoie extent. xnis will
therefore force the general public to
purchase the cold storage goods and
leave tne noerai supplies of iresa
stock to remain in stock so long that
they can no longer be considered per
fectly fresh.
if cold storage eggs and Imported
stock were marked plainly so that
every consumer could know whether
he was getting fresh eggs or some
thing that might possibly have been
in storage for perhaps six or nine
months,' there would be no room for
complaint, rne public Is entitled to
purchase what it wants whether cold
storage or fresh offerings but it i.
generally admitted in the trade that
during the cold storage selling season
the average buyer of these Koods is
deceived into believing that he is get
ting a zresn article at a lower price
than the regular market.
This is a matter of utmost import
ance. It rests with the farmers them
selves whether they want to protect
their home industry from such prac
tices or not. The various granges
should bring this matter quicklv to
the attention of lawmakers from
their respective districts. This ap
plies not only to Oregon bat to prac
tically all other states.
Such a law would protect not only
the buyer of eggs as well as th pro
ducer but It would protect tiie hon
est grocer who would not stoop to
crooked means to deceive his custom
ers.
Early Sellers Are
Buyers of Wheat
Latej1 in Session
Chicago, Oct. 10. There was a big
market in wheat considering the short
Saturday session and some natural
evening-op In preparation for the
Monday holiday. For the third day in
succession the local trade began by
taking the selling side in following
some pressure on that side of the mar
ket from La. Salle street leading
houses. Each time the local trade in
following this lead has been In the
market wrong and obliged to buy the
wneat Dae it on strong swells. Tne
While Some Sections of the Pacific
Coast Show Shortage, Others
Have Big Crop; Yakima Trying
to Undersell Other Districts.
The outlook for potato prices is not
nearly as hopeful at this time as had
been anticipated earlier in the season.
The crop along the coast is somewhat
heavier than expected and the east
and middlewest all have good cropn
which will make importations from
otner sections either unnecessary al
together or else cut them down to an
insignificant amount.
Oregon has a small crop off early
potatoes this season but the outlook
is much more hopeful for the late
planting since the recent rains.
Idaho has a very large crop this
season especially In the irrigated sec
tions and the same is true of watered
districts of Washington. The result
is mat tnere Is not likelv to be nv
auoruige or potatoes along the coast
this season, although some sections
have much smaller crops than normal
r uuttu prices at tnis time are very
favorable for the producer although
some concessions have been mads
since generally offerings started from
home sections. Yakima Is trying to
""unu uhj rrai ui me nortnwest in
the potato market at this time and is
offering to deliver stock of superior
quality to most districts cheaper than
ordinary offerings of home sections
are available.
CHEESE MEN AIDED BY
THE WAR IN EUROPE
Department of Agriculture Urges American Producers to Take Pull
Advantage of the Situation; Can Make as Good Qual
ity as Any Other Place In the World.
American cheese makers are being
urged by the United States department
of agriculture to take advantage of
the present excellent opportunity to
establish a reputation for their prod
ucts that will outlive the present dis
turbance in international commerce.
European cheeses have long been pop
ular in this country, and it is a pop
ular belief that they can not be
equaled by the domestic product. For
eaxmple, in the last fiscal year ended
June 30 a total of 63,784,313 pounds
of cheese were imported into this
country. It is not yet possible to say
to what etxent this trade will be in
terfered with by the war, but it is
certain that the, Imports for the cur
rent year will be much less than" they
have been in the cast
There la no reason why some of this
deficiency can not be made good at
horn If the farmers will furnish tho
milk. Already American cheeses have
been made which rank, in the opinion
of experts, fully as high as foreign
cheeses of the same class. The popu
lar preference for the imported prod
ucts, however, has hitherto nrevonroii
these cheeses from selling on their
new feature in the trade todav ms S.' r on tueir
.87 persistent and heavy buvlmr of n. nim". n competition wita jsuro-
cemoer Dy Drosers acting tor a leader
88 1 in the provision trade, presumably In
ciose toucn wim continental interests
Brtn-
$23.00
Hliorta-
$24.00
$24.50 $24.50 $23.50 $25.50
BARLEY.
$10.00 $19.00 $t0.00 $10.00
$21.00 $21.50 $21.50 $21.00
M1LL3TL r KS.
in need of wheat. This buying gave
an early bulge to Sl.09.. the second
I swell to $1.10 and was responsible for
me rinai strong upturn to $1.10. be
I cause It was rumored that the wheat
Dougnt by una interest was for L,a
Salle street account. The trade also
pean produce.
Some American Sqochim.
One of the most striking tnstnn-.
of this Is limiburger cheese. In qual
ity and price American cheese of the
umourger type long ago drove its for
eign rival out of the market. Prac
tically no foreign limburger has been
Imported into this country for many
"jo, many consumers. however.
Market at All Points Has Shown
Heavy Losses Recently- Small
Supplies Fail to Check Declining
Prices of Week.
Dhring the last week or so perhaps i off. Thejiranberry growing en forta
20,000 bales of hops have been sold in Inlet hag g always been profitable, but.
the Willamette valley out of a crop
976 161 6990
1S53 121 6931
1733 30 6151
1393 8865
1593 57 5137
989 31 8763
1035 28 6654
41G 28 6229
$2!.00 $23.00 $23.U0
$24.00 $23:00 $23.00 $23.50. $23.00
$21.00 $33.00 I drawn Into the war and the early mes
sages conrrmea tne absolute closing
of the Dardanelles to all shipping.
English buyers are anxious over the
JOBMNG PRICES OP PORTLAND sharp falling off in Canadian re
ceipts.
air strengtn was noted in corn
Alio iraue tusu i i -i . -. . . r. - . " w ,
had rumors In regard to Turkey being tV, , )?J if1" tHey were
a the early mes- r - i f"oc-. 1"erB 18 no
Tnee prlcet are those C which wholesalers
acll to retailers, except aa otherwise atated:
BUTT Kit Nominal Willamette Talley cream
ery, cnbee. eelllog price, azc; a: a la prints.
rally at the close. Because of dark-
$2 vis Kc; rancn butter, lSuJOc; city cream- I ness only 49 cars corn were Inspected
err, arc. i tor mis iraae. ine sample mantel
BUT 1 EU rAl a t, loruana aeuTery. was c lower. A Wet map was the
84c. I best supporting feature when top
EGGS earby, rresmy gainerea. mjoc pricea were made.
naleu. Uxal, eitraa white, J3c; case Pinal nricea far oAtu mm Ur nnripr
Friday. Local receipts were much
lighter at 121 cars grading select.
Cash oats showed heaviness from the
start, quoted lc lower. This caused
some selling pressure m rutures. Tne
market had a little recovery from the
low point with corn.
Provisions trade featuro dnrlng the
roorninsr was exceptionally active buy
ing of November stun, presumably
cuuQt. bnylnc f- o. b. rortland. 30c; eastern.
L1VK I'OI. LTll Y Hens. 13V4C; brouera.
i2Qiac; duck", i'ekln. lMJlac; colored, 10Q
; luraeya. isuiuv; arwea, v , pnwui,
bl.23: sniiaba. S2.2otil2.40 do..: Keeae, 10c.
lEEfK .Nominal. fren itreaon. lancr ran
cream tvrlua and triplets. lBVc; Xuong Amer
ica. 1714c.
rrait ana verataoiea.
nanaa. 4 c ID., lemons, io.wiiid.uo; limes.
11.00 Der loo. cruoelrult, $4.60u(i per case;
plueapplea, 7c pound; peacnea, 4Uigduc; cania-
luUL.ea. i.icdlti.i.i. watermelons, vucafi.uu;
caaabaa, $1.00 crate; prara, 70c(ifl.0U.
Al'l'LES 00c4i$l."5 box, according to qnal
It.
V EU al A lil.ta lurnips, i d; own, r.iu;
eartota. Sl.S; paramos. S1U1.2& Back, cab
bage, $1; tomatoes, ?l lug; green onions.
UIU1M per uoxvu uuncnes, peppen, oen.
iAKU,' h0M4 lettuce if tlozer. . ilarv rrii&a
sls ifn,'u- rma rlnut 7c: cauliflower. 85ct I Dee,
$1.23 -doz.; Kreucb ut tubok.es, 65(j:U0e dots. ; May
trlng Deans, oaic; cucuuiuers, uououse, uc, i
outdoor. 2u2:c dott u: areen corn. 7501.00 I iw
ack; cranberrtes. euMern, 3 bbl . local, $3.S0 I May
twi : Deaa. wc : iitrotiu. douou. i
ONIONS lcul, ity;i.; caniornia, i.w;iTW
Mar
reason at all why they should not now i
know that the American product inex
actly as good as the foreign. More-
""., luai some oi tne more ex
pensive types of highly flavored
foreign cheeses are not likely to reach
early. The market had break to 66 c domestic ii4,h,, r k ana l?r
and 699ic, an hour later. wlthtZTlr.SI':
should remain a good one long after
the present conditions have been rem
edied; for once the consumer becomes
accustomed to the Amri can nriH n r i
he is not likely to abandon Tt for "a
eipeusive ioreign one whicn i&
no more satisfactory.
American Quality Good.
Much the same is true af r1iiai
of the kind popularly describe n.
Swisa Cheese of this variety is made
exactly as well at home as abroad. In
tuC ii La Tjue, American makers
have been confronted by several dif-
utuiues, out government investiga
tions have solved many of these prob
ing oi iNovemuec atuii., iiresumauiy l j . , . "r
vvTinr KattiraTTv Jnnn.rV nmdtioti lems ,M it is DOW possible for ex
. i nerr Phna m . l- t. . .
was helped by tne strengtn m the " " ":vri"r VI XT awlsa
other months. January pork sold at l 2? k"" hi Quality.
1 lea with snmA cnproco rpu:
' , " n, j . X ills
iciy nas suiiertja more, however
Bur of Chicago prices fnrnlsbcd fiW . nwevef'
gree as to hold that market when com
petition returns. Thousrh more npr-
ishable than Cheddar. "Swiss, and some
ouuer varieties, mis snouia not prove
to be a serious obstacle to increaslne
the output, for camembert of the best
quaniy always commands a good price
Substitutes for Pancy Poreira Cheeses
In addition to camambert there are
a number of other fancy foreign
cheeses which are popular here and
which could doubtless be imitated
successiuuy Dy American cheese mak
ers after a little exnerimenta.1 work
Among these varieties are edam. eoth
da, parmesan, roquefort, stilton and
gorgonzola. Although there seems
to be no reason why such cheeses
Should not be -made In th TTnirorl
States, they do not, in the opinion of
experts, offer at the present time the
most promising field for American
cheese makers. For the present at
least It would probably be better for
them to encourage the demand for
standard types, such as Cheddar.
towiss, limburger, pineapple, etc The
neio ior cneaaar is particularly prom
ising because of the fact that th fla
vor of this cheese, while alwavs rllH.
tinetlve, can, nevertheless, be made to1
vary widely. This variation enables
It to act as a substitute for a number
or otner varieties, in short, the ex
perts in the department of "agricul
ture are confident that with care and
foresight at the present time the
American producers will do much to
place American cheeses bn a perma
nent equality with the Europea" va
rieties that sweep away a prejudice
that has held back the Industry in
uie past.
Publlo Sfhonld Be Educated.
Ag long as the general public be
lieves that the Imported product is
necessarily the best, the tendency on
the part of the American manufactur
er is inevitably to turn out gooos mat
will sell because of their low price, not
because of their high quality.
The best way to remedy this con
dition of affairs and to make friends
for domestic cheeses of foreign type
is for American makers to label their
products frankly as American goods.
This will give the consumers an op
portunity to compare, our best home
made products with the imrjortpd ar
ticle. The result will be the removal
of a long-standing prejudice and art
added incentive for manufacturers to
improve tne quality or tlieir products
it is tnoug&t that this can be done
and the price still kept below that
necessarily demanded for mvrtiui
cheese. But any temporary advantage
6o"u u y ureserit situation an
Ljiot be maintained unless An,r
cbeese makers work for quality of
their products. -Eventually they will
again be obliged to compete with Eu
ropeans who for generations have
looked upon cheese making as a fine
Hop Sales Heavy
With Low Prices
During Past Week
Offerings of hops at Willamette val
ley points continue very heavy. Trad
ing is still heavy, but prices are again
showing a reduction with best offer
ings quoted generally at 11c a pound.
The bulk of the sales are reported
from 9c to 10c a pound.
rracticaiiy all or tne Dusmess con
tinues for domestic account, the Frank
S. Johnson company of this city alone
purchasing 1000 bales for American
interests during the week.
Considerable selling of hops short
was reported during the week at even
lower prices than now shown, and it
is expected that further efforts will
be made to rorce values lower.
BIG ACREAGE EXPECTED
Walla Walla, Wash Oct. 10. Pall
seeding is the all absorbing topio
among the wheat growers of the
Walla Walla valley at this time, and
they are taking advantage of the Ideal
weather conditions now prevailing
to tret their seed Into the ground. In
all parts of the valley this work is
progressing satisfactorily, and it is
expected win be completed long be
fore the ground becomes too wet or
too frosty. The showers of the past
week have added to the already fa
vorable condition or tne soil, ana
wheat men express themselves aa
well satisfied,
Fall plowing will be taken up as
Jan.
POT ATOK& Sellinc orice. Extra choice.
fl.Ooai-23 cental; aweeta. $2.00.
Hops, weol and Hides.
HOPS Buytua price, choice. 12c: prime.
lCfcillc; medium to prime, 8Vic; medlnm. OcJ Oct.
pound. I Jan.
CUITTIU OH CA8CAHA BiKh Car lota, ;
c: less man car wis, c. i n.t
iiOUAlll 1W14 2-.27V4e. ' I .
ley coarse t'otawold, 17Viic: medlnm Snroo-
Board of Trade building
WHEAT.
MonQ Open. HI eh.
109J4 110V4
115 115X,
CORN.
67 67
00 69
OATS.
47 47
ftl 51
PORK.
1880 1900
LARD.
985 1005
987 995
RIBS.
109
114
69
CSoee.
HO B
116 B(
67 A
69 A
kinds. Camambert is rl
ly and reaches the consumer within
a month of manufacture. Thin is
therefore, an ODoortunitv tv,o
American maker, freed from compe
tition, to sell his article and by the
fuller opportunity to work his factory
w,ijiiovi jjLiB iijeuiua to EUCn a Oe-
Denrer Hogs $7.85.
Denrer, Colo., Oct. 10 Cattle, 70O; mar
ket steady; a teem, $6.007.75; cows and
ucuera, j.wo.o.su; stocKers and feed era.
$5.75(37.60; calres, $7.00010.00,
Hogs, 100; market 10c higher; en load,
Pheep, 1400; market steady; lamb. C8.60l
T.25; ewes, $9.0O4.75.
47
50
47 A
60 B
1880 1897
' WOOL MARKET SECURES AID
080
987
837
980
lone
993
1085
980
A
Boston, Mass., Oct 10 "Embargo'
seems to be the key word of the local
wool trade following the cabled an
nouncement of the new policy of re-
.Vne CROP OF APPLES stricted exports by the British govern-
fe.
HlUKB vtj nidea
25c lb.: areen. 12c:
salted bldea, 13c; bulla,' green salt, 9c;
klpa, lattice; calres. dry, jc; calf akina
aalted or green, lstitoc; green nidea. lr lee a
tban aalted; abeep lella, aalted, abearlnga.
lUtaxsc; atj. iuc.
TAlXOVl Ko. 1. 4V4244c; No. 2. 4Q
le; gee. aysttftc.
Mmu, aiah and Proriaioaa.
MtAlS Selling brlce Countr
ment. Much excitement was noted in
a canvass of the trade with a general
Walla Walla. Wash October 10. mar kin ar no of prices by holders of
With the harvest of commercial ap- wool. Sentiment now is in marked
pies at its height, the orchardists of contrast to that which prevailed last
montn wnen tne exceedingly low quo
tations were cabled from Australia to
this market.
The eeneral opinion is that England
Increased the value of the wool unsold
the- Walla Walla valley are finding
plenty to keep them engaged, and
every available workman is being: em
ployed to handle the enormous yield
as quickly as possible. In the new
killed; uogs, fancy, lotailuujc; ordinary, 9 c; I orchards that came into bearing this
rough and beaTy, 9o; laucj teal, 12lac; I year for the first time the harvest is
viuiu.i,, (uiu, o(ttc; auriag proving a bountirui one, ana the qual-
mTIih uirnM kti' m ,,,, ty or tne irun is excellent. Tne
kiiskitn b"iu JHuSed growers state that the output from
Ki! I4ct"'tt?i7c. the valley proper will be larger than
aai k. a i.'t.ricKini nnniM .Toata tv - a. I aiiui u ill J t"'- uui . j auuv-u
12c: cowa. No. l atock. lie: on in-- k I better. Local prices are firm, aver-
r, llc; lamba, lie; pork luins, 19c: areaaed I aginr from 7ac to $1 per box fori Raising' of embargoes on export
"V.Li.i-ni - i I cnolce graaes ana pacis, aua export i grain shipments and increased actlv
ciiuwv vmm, fu.uv iitwn : eastern.
.K.M at 7?iti1'i Ull ur II... , '
V;(U'V tjw; cuareru oyate'ra. par gauou. POTATO MARKET LOWER her of surplus" freight cars belonging
a. i W ........ I.. lt j 1
in this market to a considerable extent
and that nothing can now prevent the
cleaning up of this market on a high
price basis. Just how much this in
creased value amounts to i
but at least a cent a pound for grease
wool is sriven as a conservative n
This will undoubtedly be increased as
available lots are distributed provided
the embargo continues.
It is suggested that the embargo is
an effort to protect the manufacturers
who have taken contracts to mairo
army goods and have found it diffi
cult to get the necessary wool except
at a ruinous advance in prices.
Portland livestock Sua.
Week ending. Hogs Cattle Calves Sheep
Uct, 10 543
Oct, S 4950
Sept. 26 4604
Sept. 18 25S0
Sept. 12 4931
Year ago 3S67
2 years ago.. 2700
3 years ago. . 1044
The extreme weakness of the swine
trade at all American centers is at
tracting the attention of producers
and packers alike. Were the weakness
confined only to the home territory
there might be something wTonsr with
the trade here but such is not te fact.
While receipts of hogs generally
through the United States are smaller
than during previous years there is
much weakness at most stockyard
centers and lower prices hava been
quoted almost every day recently.
There have been many explanations
of this tendency to lower the p.ice of
swine eenerallv through the united
States, but all seem to fall short of
exniainincr the matter without t ;eiud
ice except that which applies to the
general financial structure or tne
country
With - long-time money generally
available, killers have been unable to
operate as extensively as in former
seasons. Then again tne demand ror
provisions is smaller than usual and
stock of hand despite the smaller pack
compares favorably with other years.
Local Market Affected.
Locally the market has been affected
by this fact. While It is true thai
values here have been bumped rather
severely and generally more than at
other centers, the fact remains that
the blame is Rot altoghetber upon tne
shoulders of the killers. The demand
for products in the retail markets is
said to be the smallest for many yearn.
The public is buying cheaper meats
and for that reason is inclined to al
low the better class offerings to re
main on tne sneii. Tnis is directly on
posite the tendency of the trade afew
years ago wnen it was nign impossible
to sell anything except the very best.
Now there is a tendency to buying
only that product which can be ob
tained for the least money.
" General hog market.
Best light - $7.407.45
Medium light 7.30
Good and heavy 7.00 7.15
Rough and heavy 6.00 7.00
Cattle reeling Pair.
The situation In the cattle market
snowed a fractional improvement dur
ing the week. There was an advance
of a dime in the price of steers which
sent tops to $7 in the yards during the
weejr. is. in era were ratner eauei bid
ders for steers during the week. While
their holdings of cows are rather lib
eral and a surplus is Indicated at most
packing places, there has been a dearth
of steer offerings and this has forced
killers into the market whenever the
latter were available. Whenever good
stuff has been presented recently the
market has responded.
Cattle market conditions throughout
itne countrv are crenerallv nf a ntl
I factory nature. There were generally
soon as the seeding operations are S'i,huul?"a. , al e,1 ,pol1l8
comnletd. and even now in some s?uth Omaha showing $10.50 for top
comDleted. and even now in some
parts of the valley is under way, es
pecially on farms where the owner
is contemplating tne sowing or spring
grain. It is said the acreage sown
to fan grain will be larger this year
than last, principally because all
weather conditions "broke" for fall
grain daring the 1914 season.
Baa Francisco Grain Market.
8a yrmnciwo, Oct. 10. Barley eaThr:
Oct. ft. Oct. 10.
Closed. Opes. Clm.
December -Ji.ll (1-11 $1-13 B
May B 1-22 B 1.22 B
Chicago Hogs Are Higher.
Chicago, Oct. 10. Hon, 5500; market 5e
r.'i.a;.;
arner: nnxeo. ii.wsr
.30; rough, $7.107.70; light, $7.03S-3Q.
hirher;
8.30: r
Cattle, 50O; market ateady,
gheep, low; market alow.
neaTj. $7.PO
Kansas City Hogs Higher.
Kansas City. Mix. Oct. lO. Hoea. 000:
market 6 to lOc hlrber; top. (3A,
Cattle. 100O; market wraK.
Cheep, none; market atrong.
Omaha Hogs Higher.
Socrfk Omaha. Neb.. Oct. 10. Cattle, none.
Hoga, 2S.00O; market 5e higher; tmlk, $7.35
7.60; tops, fi-aa.
Sheep, nona.
Bullet Holes Count
Little With Some
FEWER CARS ARE NOW IDLE
solid DKk, $3.60&3
k'lBH Ureaad tlouudera. 7c; Chinook aai
aon, Ha) allver aide, 6c; perch, aaSc lb
lobsters, C&c lb.; ailrer smelt, 8c; aalmoa
trout. 18c
Us BI Tierces, llc; compound, tierces.
Ci
to railroads reporting to the Ameri
can Railway association.
Tne box car surplus decreased ap-
Tff.n. TOTotlo TCach ftft in T,
lma potatoes, thrown on the market Proximately 19,000 cars, practically all
here, have caused a tumble of 25 in states west of the Mississippi, where
uins t .f. ., j,. , . i cents per nunurea younua m uie in iun, i wo uiv,-..... - .A i " -
ttABS Lsrge, $1.30. medium. $1.00 dos. I cT ,m f.i. n vhMt has bxn of liberal volume.
crA .vm levmrm than VfiSTrnsv I ACUVIUS xiuiii itwus ica-uauk b"
xne marKet opened yesteraay at i j "
Oroosriss.
UOaR Cobe. $7.U; powdered. $7.30; fruit
r baxry, $7.ao; beet, $.8d; dry granolated.
tl.06; 1 yellow, $o.J6. t Above iaotatlona are
0 dajra net cah.)
BICsV Japan atjle. No. 1. 6j5)c; New
HONjkV New, it.Z&ktH.M) per case.
B1CAN6 Bui all white. Vic: Urge white,
Sc; pink, 6c; llnias, be; bsjoo, 8c, red,
IV4C.
aaXT Cosrae, half grounds, 100s, $10 per
ion; sua, tiv.o; isoia amtrj, oua, sis; lus,
tHMl bsles. $2.25; extrs fine barrels. 2s.
6 and los, $d.kux.uo; lamp ruck, $li.aw per
raiata and Oils.
UNSEED Oil itaw, bbla., ,c pet iral.( I Oi
MM. Mhv, We; raw. eases, 72e; Sam
direction and surplus box cars are be
ing drawn from all available points.
The coal movement accounts for a
B0 per cent reduction in the Surplus in
coal producing states centering along
the Ohio river. r
The total shortage of freight cars on
September 15 was only 2059. The short
age on September 1 was reported at
1198 cars. A year ago it was 21,594.
A few points in the grain region
report a scarcity of cars.wbut wants
generally have been supplied within a
few days after orders were placed with
railroad agents.
One Kan Ehot Three Times Before He
Gave T7p and Xft Els Company for
he Sear.
London, Oct. 10. Ixrrd Kitchener
walked into one of the hospitals here
the other day to visit the wounded
soldiers returned from the front. He
stopped by one man's bed.
"Where were you hurt, my man be
asked.
"Sabre cat. sir," said th chap trader
covers, trying to salute. "On my leg,
air."
"Sorry." said Kitchner. "Hurry up
and get well."
The nurse spoke up:
"He has a ballet hole through bis
shoulder, sir," said she. "He didn't
say anything about that."
"Quite right," said Kitchener. "A
bullet doesn't amount to much. I car
ried one myself for three years."
A bullet doesn't amount to much in
this war, either. Broadly speaking, it
either kills the man or puts him on the
invalid list for a rather short time.
The same thing has been reported fn
every modern war. The slender, high
power bullet of today may not even
take a man out of the firing line.
"I know of one man," said am army
surgeon, "who has hit three times in
six days. Bach bullet cut through the
flesh of an arm, and he just tied up
the hole and kept up with his company.
He took part in every subsequent en
gagement until a ball passed through
the bone of his leg. Then he had to go
to the rear."
"Amputation V
"Not at all. The bullet drilled a
clean hole through his leg bone. He
should be hack on the firing line In
another month."
(U0 per hundred and shortly dropped
to $26. This morning the prices
were weak at the new quotation, and
bid fair to go to close around the
dollar mark before night.
NAME STAMPED ON APPLES
boOed, ease s,74c gal; lots of 250 gallons, le
less: ofl eaks meal, f 44 ner ton.
WHITE LBAD Ton lots. 7fec per lb.; 600
lb. lots, per less lots, sc per in.
' TuarsnrxuLifr a
per ga-Uoa.
It remained for C A Whitemore. of
this cityv who owns an apple' orchard
at Hood River, to develop a syBtem
62c; tanks, 0c I by which apples destined for a certain
.,,,4 I trade ccom oe perzectiy stamped wixn
tarn same jum jmjasr snr sufj
wording . desired. A rubber stamp is
prepared with the wording desired and
a certain grade of ink used that will
Brookings Won't Close.
Marshfield, Ot, Oct. 9. The rumor
spread here recently regarding suspen
sion of work at Brookings Is denied
today in a telephone message from the
seat of activity, and the management
states there has been no Intention nor
order to suspend. On the contrary, the
work is going ahead, the mill .will
.""""i?" operate as soon as ready and the build
for specially stamped apples from lead-1 lnS " the town will go on Wltnout
las; hotfla along 4n oaat. - lintaxroptuan.
steers most of the week-
General cattle market range
Selected Bteers $6.90 0 7.00
Good to prime 6 70 6. 80
Good to choice 6.50fi6.60
Ordinary to fair 6.76 & 6.00
Fair cows eno
Good to prime 5.76 580
Ordinary 6.2S5.60
selected calves 8.00$
ancy bulls 4.50'3i4.73
Ordinary 4.004.25
an. hit, on saarxst Good.
While there was an increase in the
amount of mutton available for the
general trade at North Portland dur
ing the week, the situation was rather
strong and prices were maintained
around the fisrurea nnntrd rw.nti v
Killers are somewhat more particular
regarding the lambs they are now tak
ing on. Unless the quality is A 1 the
price is shaded fractionally. This in
itself would Indicate a lessening of
strength in that line, although for ex
tra fine offerings $6 was still being,
offered and paid during the week. :
Mutton market was weak and strong
by turns during the week's trade at
eastern stockyard centers. The net
changes, however, were toward frac
tionally lower figures
General mutton market:
Best yearlings $5.4005.50
Old wethers 5.25 0 5.35
Best ewes 4.35 4. 5C
Best east mountain lambs.. 5.0O(Q6.Ol)
valley light young lambs.. 6.65$r5.86
Heavy spring lambs 5.10 5.60
German Army Has
25 Corps in War
Twenty-four of These Are for Actlv
Service; One Is Guard Corps at
Berlin,
Berlin, Oct. 10. The German army
at the beginning of the war consisted
of 25 army corps. Each of these is
allotted a certain district except the
Guard corps, which is stationed in and
around Berlin. Within the army corps
districts also are fifty brigades of
cavalry. The cavalry division of the
Guard corps is quartered in Berlin.
About 12 divisions of the cavalry
has been formed, it is believed, since
the war. The remainder of the cav
alry has been distributed among the
army corps. Each cavalry division
consists of three brigades, each of two
regiments of four squadrons. A di
vision, therefore, musters 24 squad
rons, or 3600 horsemen, besides horse
artillery and other auxiliaries. - The
army corps consists of a cavalry brig
ade of eight squadrons, two Infantry
divisions or the line, each of four
regiments of three battalions. An army
corps musters, therefore, 24 battalions.
fc
Water and Liquor at Aurora.'
Aurora, Or.. Oct. 10. This city is
enlarging the .capacity of the water
system oy putting down another large
well, tne present one having proved
inadequate. During the construction of
the well, which has necessitated the
sinking of outer and inner circular
walls of brick and cement, the city
nas Deen obliged to use river water.
wnicn ail water users have been cau
tioned to boil. The new supply will
offer 60.000 or $0,000 gallons y?r day
of fine spring water.
The city council has passed the ordi
nance requiring all saloons to close at
midnight. .During the closed hours It
is forbidden that any person or per
sons except those actually employed in
conducting the business remain in the
saloon. Another ordinance relating to
the liquor business was considered but
was postponed for two weeks. . This
proposed ordinance was upon the mat
ter of a "black list." it being proposed
to black list all habitual drunkards, a
proposal favored by the liquor men
i themselves. .
that is conservatively estimated at
present around 130.000 bales. Some
estimates are 6000 bales more and oth
ers an equal amount less. With the
exception of a few lots of extra fancy
hops which were purchased very early
by English Interests from short sellers
the business was confined entirely to
the domestic trade.
Hop prices have shown a wonderful
declining tendency during recent days
and saes of choice goods have been
made down to 10llc a pound, al
though in isolated Instances -as high
as 1212c was paid during the Week
by some dealers who needed certain
crops for which there was considerable
competition.
Market Is Drargea Lower.
During the week the price of hops
was dragged considerably lower than
It has been heretofore. At the closing
of the week there were reports that
as high as 12c a pound had been paid
for hops of quality that bad sold at
1 to 14c advance during the previous
,4 houra Those that were buying for
current orders were not offering above
11c a pound for the best crops avail
able. This fact would indicate that
the previous purchases at 120124c
were really short sales covering.
There have been' various views giv
en regarding the cause of this sharp
loss in. hop market values. Generally
speaking the loss is attributed direct
ly to the fact that the world's finan
cial markets are demoralized and
money for future stocks was hard to
obtain even by the larger operators.
This fact is indicated to some extent
by the refusal of some of the largei
brewers In the country to make their
customary purchases for the entire
coming season.
Some Blame Elections.
In some quarters of the hop trade
there is a tendency to blame the com
ing elections wherein It will be decid
ed whether certain large states of th
country will vote prohibition. This
view is shared only by a few dealers.
The fact that even though prohibition
does carry, the states voting It will
not become dry for about a year, seems
to have been lost sight of by those in- I
si sting that the prohibition rumpus
is the entire cause of the weakening
and lowering of hop values. The prob
able inability of the English trade to
absorb Its own growth of hops this
season, not alone taking the customary
big supplies from the United States,
is one very big contributing cause to
the present weakness. It is generally
the foreign trade that boosts the-market
for the better quality hops, indi
rectly affecting the price of the cheap
er quality.
Oregon Brick to Be TMd.
Oregon brick will be used to face
the new Tacoma General hospital, a
contract to that effect having recently
been let to the Pacific Face Brick
company. The success of the local
company in securing recognition in
other states is being applauded by
home industry interests. The contract
was secured on quality.
Mexicans Want Clothes.
Writing from Mazatlan, Mexico,
Vice-Consul A. Gordon Brown fur
nishes points to clothing manufactur
ers In the United States who are dis
posed to put their goods In the markets
of that country. He says:
"In the large Mexican cities there is
considerable sale of American ready
made clothing, and it is surprising that
no merchant In Mazatlan, a city of 20,
000, handles this line. A demand would
develop for such garments if they were
introduced. It is difficult to get any
kind of a presentable suit here for less
than $25, United States currency. Tailor-made
clothing is worn by everybody,
except the poorer people.
"Clothing such as can be bought tn
the United States for $15. and at clos
ing out sales as low as $10 a' suit is un
known in the Mazatlan district. If
"V t cava ww s ss wee v vaaw mr -mm
like other farm crops, it is apparent
that there) will at times be fall urea
rioux iari'z Boar. . ,. :. :'
Willie .inly established but a short
time after nearly & half century of agi
tation, th. Astoria Flouring Mills baa
already .proven a success, according to r
the management. Work . of grinding
wheat for flour to ship to the Atlantis
coast is. Being earned oa day ana nignt
at the ru$w mill. According to E. W.
smitn, or, tne mining company, it is tne
expectation of the management to dou
ble the cipacity of the plant after the
Celilo caflai Is ready for operation. Thia ,
would give 1000 barrels capacity daily. .
Xiumbe WQl BMomia
Resumption of work at the Oregon ,
Lumber Company is reported after a
shutdowg4for several weeks while re
pairs were being made, a new turnine ;
was installed in the powerhouse which,
furnishes the electric power by which .
the big, plant Is operated.
Cattle t or Portland.
Cattle-from the Sliver Lake country
in southeastern Oregon are coming to
Portland for the first time. Hereto--
fore shipments have always been made
to the California markets, but stren
ous wor on the part of the Bend bus
iness Interests, together with the fact
that buyers from Portland were sent
in that direction, diverted the ship
ments j this city.
Handle" factory Kay Start.
Much interest is centered at New
berg lif he plans being made to re
sume operations of the handle factory
at that jplaca, after an extended period
of ldlenf sa. It is stated that the pres
ent owner has named a price which he
Is wllURff to sell at and Floyd Bilyeu
and associates out to make the
purchak.!!
togging; Wages Bedaoed.
At t) logging camps of Chaa. K.
Spauldigg Logging Company, the fol
lowing Notice of reduced wages have
been ported:
Owiofi to the serious depression, of
business ' in general and especially in
the lumfer market, the Chaa. K. Epauld.
Ing Lojfelng Company have decided to
make ia? reduction in wages, covering
their entire operations, as follows:
All iethployes receiving over 20 cent
bour or1 leas, 6 per cent.
All 'employes receiving erer zq cut
per bo'qtr; 10 per cent.
On account of State Compensation
Tax, at? employes now receiving salar
ies. In nhe future, will be put upon
hourly gime and receive pay for time
workeqjonly.
We ilegret very much that condi
tions compel us to persue this , course
and trust that out employes will re
ceive same in the proper spirit, with
the aastiranoe on our part that as soon
as conditions will justify, the normal
scale be resumed.
AMERICAN WINNING
PROMOTION BY HIS
IN FIGHTS
SOISM
Private Made Commissioned
Ofpcer in Belgian Army in
ajpfiort Time.
Antverp, Oct- 1 0 . AnyrH can s are
playiag no small part In this great war
of th tmtions. One of these. Lieuten
ant (lute private) Strauss, son of a
wealtjhr ii American of Belgian origin,
has r&en from a private to a com
missioned officer for bis feats during
the fesM weeks of the war.
Private Strauss, whose skill as aa
suits were offered here at retail at $16 amateur; automobiliat and airman
to $25 In competition with tailor-made have ! urnd him fame on two con U
..mn thv wmim find a ood maT- enta;f was given charge of an ar-
ket. The well-to-do Mexicans wear the moredjautomobile when be volunteered
- .--i i .. n. n 1 1 r . . . . i lur atsnca wim .am seinan arm v.
laiesi aijica, aim cn s-, . - - 7
reaay-ui&uc buu ia, unv, i z , - . -
American
neckwear, hosiery, etc, are already be- I
iner 80ldvhere.
"Only lightweight clothes would be
wanted."
Lumber Belling Agency.
From 'Spokane comes word that the
foundation is being laid by Inland a.m-
a message to the beleaguered Belgians
at Liege. He made the trip on a bicy
cle, fftn bis return Journey be erw
countered a car ' containing four Ger
man IfefXicera He disposed of them
all wlrji a Winchester rifle from cover.
Corporal Strauss next took a atlrrins:
part ;,!t j raids with his armored car.
plre lumbermen for the formation soon I With brave band of Belgians they
of a large selling agency to nandia harassed and killed several large
western white pine in eastern territory I parties) of Uhlans, one time climbing
from the Mississippi to the Atianuo i into ttess and sniping the enemy from
seaboard. the aright, another time charging
Plans for the organization : of this them'1 frith bayonet.
agency have so far matured that Edgar I PerKaps Strauss' meet thrilling ad
Dalzell, one of the best known middle I ventufia was when the car was ordered
western lumbermen, has spent several to recnaoiter a position to ascertain
weeks in conference with heads of man-1 wneiner; uermaa masked guns were
ufacturinsr concerns in this territory
dlscussinsr preliminary details,
In all probability Dalzell will neao.
the selling agency when organized. He
in a. Minneapolis man. with a wide
ranRe of experience in the sales busi
ness, and is known to practically every
user of white Pine in the eastern states.
The purpose of the selling agency le to
avoid a duplication of sales depart
ments in eastern territory.
Coos Cranberry Crop XJgat.
The cranberry crop of the Coos Bay
section is reported unusually light this
conceded there. The guns were dis
covers but the German Infantry
openedj tl'a. With dashing courage
and V;Ul Strauss leaped from hie car
with front tire punctured and one cyl
inder smashed. While under a heavy
fire, '& i which four bullets struck the
radiator, Strauss suoceded la finding
a new, Wheel to the machine and actu
ally i'eecaped -unwounded. For this
gallant ; deed the American obtained
his cSnimlssion. '
uegtenant Strauss said. "We owed
our escape to the fact that the Oer-
mans'iestred to Keep us in ignorance
season; in fact, the year proved airaost of ir gun positions. But the fat
a failure, so far as production Is con- I was 4 Tready in the fire, and as wi had
cerned. On the McFarland marsh there j discorjbred that they were disguised s
was produced not more tnan 40 Dusneia, 1 utile jiayncaa we soon put them out
while usually that six acre marsh has of actton on our return to the-f ray."-
produced 1200 or more bushels. The
McFarland marsh nas ror years oeen
nroducinr lance crops, and never before
was there a failure. On the Lyons
marsh a small crop was yielded, while
on the Plnkerton marsh there was not
more than a quarter of a crop . taken
Los
C. Afai
cide ;$gr
lUAAbl'tmXATION
Coos Bay Line
STEAMSHIP BREAKWATER
Rails from Alnswortk dock. Portland, g a m..
Every Toesasy. freight and ticket office
lower Alaewortb dock. V. k. C B. 8. 8. Line.
L. U. Keating. Aseut. Pbone Male 2000. .
2382. City ticket otQee, (to 81 it street. C
W. Btlflsar. Agsst. Phones alsraksU S00.
a-i2i.
Laa Anrales end Sea Dies
STEAMSHIPS YALE and HARVARD
Railroad or arrr steamer to 6sa FYsaeisae.
the Exposition City. Largest, fastest and tbe
OKLI strictly nrst-eisss passenger amps ee
the coast, averse speeo. za nua as boot.
Coat. $3,000,000 earn. .
BAB rjLsJf CISCO, POSTZAVS LOS
AKOEX.ES b. B, OO.
Xrsak Beilaoa, A
XU lfeJra Street. Mais
ffjjWse Commits Snicld. .
Angeles, Uct. 10. Mrs. Mabel
Amtin, 37, a nurse, committed eul-
swallowing morphine.
flOverbeck
& Cooke Co
Til '
IS !
Stocks, Bond -
Cotton, Grain, Etc.
DIRECT PRIVATE
liS iittnDre Tn ait .
EXCHANGES
rs Chicago Board of Trade
ndents of Loran A Br ran
Chicago, New York, .
SlS-aiT Board of Trade jmUalac.
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