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THE OREGON 'SUNDAY JOURNAL." "PORTLAND,.' SUNDAY MORNING; ' OCTOBER 7, 1917. 15 SPECULATORS WOULD FOOL THE, FARM ERS COARSE GRAINS ARE; BIDS ARE ADVANCED Both Oats and Barley Show Excel- lent Tone During Week 0n- gestlon of drain- Due to Forced . Sales Without a Carrying Charge Steadiness and strength-was shown 'generally In the market for coarse grains on the Portland Merchant Ex change. In both oatgi and barley the - situation was rather favorable with price advances for both cereals during the week. Purine the week the pries of oats ' at Portland climbed 11.7b per ton over the quotation available he at the cloning of laat week. barley quotations at one time fhowMl an advance of $1 a ton but lost thin, the trend of the trade then remaining about steady hre but ad ditional strength, was shown in the country. Wheat receipts at Portland and at Other Pacific Northwest terminals are now so heavy that the trade is un able to take care of the offerings, a large per cent of the offerings are in bulk, and the lacillties ror bundling this stock are small at all points, fcome comolaint Is being made In view of the congestion of wheat sup plies at terminals mat tne govern ment nractlcally forces the farmer to market his crop at once while there re no facilities to receive- the grain. It the miller purchases the grain he la allowed a carrying charge en, the amount invested but the farmer ran receive only one price during the en Mr season. - Mlilstuff prices are weakening rapidly with general resumption of 1 grinding operations along Uie coast Saver declines In price for the Im mediate future are forecast by lead inr mllMnr Interests. Hay market continues to -show strength la all lines with demand keeping a pace ahead of arrivals. Tf IIKAT new frnti. bluestem. 12 05; fartr- foM. j.t; pink, 82.01; Busalsa, I1J9, tide water track mini. ITT 111 D 1 Llr. n.lMi B (l.nt S 1 A OA. fl . Ijriiin. ,,V . A, M... .IW.AW, II It lamette ralley. in. HQ; local strslg-t. $9.40si V.MO; bskera' lncal. $10.WM$lo 2; Montana print. 8ll.O0Qlf.ii0; export. 37.50; whole wat, 3l0.40r graUam, $10.20; rye floor, 10. TS per bsrrel. HAY Buying price, new crop, Willamette timothy. tuiCr. 1 24. (X 1(3 25 .00 par too: Kasttr Oreaou-Washington fanr timothy I -: al falfa. IM.WtniM.W: .valler vetch. 122 00(8 23.(i0: cbeat. S22.002t3.Oil: clnfer. 122.00. ORAtN BACKS Nominal. No. 1 Calcutta, 18c to ear Ma; lc. amount higher. MILLSTCrrS Helling price: lira a. $30; brta. mieiiiinga, a-tiw per ton,, ROI.LKD OATHPer ton. $5.1.00. HOl.I.KD HAHLKY ret ton. l.tt.OOfl OT.OO. touN Whole. ass.Oo: cracawt. $4.00 toa. Merchants Kirnsnge October nma: Merchant Excbanx'October bids: OATS Week Sat. rrt. Thnra. Wed. Tuei. worn ago. 1W17 1S1S -1917 : Feed . 6000 2823 6075 40.V) 5000 430 4800 UARLKY. reed COIM 8300 6000 100 ... Krewlns CUO 01 6200 B230 ... 5000 4900 6000 6250 6300 5150 No eeaalon .Wertnr-d.iy. , ku tares were quoted: OATS November BARLEY NaVember feed .. Bid. 600x1 .... Bono .... 6XM Koeesiber brewing ............. Eastern oats sad com. In belk: OATS October No. 3 white October B0 lb. clipped, white,.. November No. 3 . Kember clipped COBN January No, 8 yellow . January No. 3 mixed lfehmery yellow febrnary mixed ..... 4300 .... 444)0 ...V. 4300 4600 ..... 6200 ...I.. 61TS 6123 Grain Is Lower; Hog Products in Chicago Are Up By Joseph F. Prit chard Chicago. .r Oct 6. (I. N. &.) Ths grain markets on the Board-of Trade were lower, under somelncrease'in the selling pressure, while hog products were up sharply in price. There was a week-end evenlng-up in grain, with the longs securing profits by selling corn and oats and shorts In the lead as buyers. Losses were shown of 4c in corn, and Mifc in oats. There were advances of 62 H 76c for pork, for lard, and 3Sfl'tHc for ribs. Rant of Cblcaio price faralehed by tke United Free: Opes. High. Lew. Close. CORN December list 119H 11BK 118 January 11SV4 1" lay IIS 116H US 115 - OATS . October .4 December. U October .. January . October . , November January . October . Jaouary . 69 V4 68 ei i 4500 473 2482 2408 23SJ 2787 2400 60 &SVa eitt. u PORK .4480 4.-500 404-1 4t5T2 LARD 24 m) 2483 S4T 407 2373 - 2399 RIBS f740 2T87 2473 S403 a4 4490 4420- 2400 24115 2375 2738 8470 GOOD ADVANCES SCORED IN COTTON MART TRADE New Yert, Oct. 6. (I. N. 8.) The cotton market opened firm taday wltb adeascea of from 11 to 23 point. Trading was actire aad aeatiiaent in general waa balllaa. Tbe eloea waa -barely teady at a net adrance t 11 to 18 point. ' Bang et New York cotton prices farntabed tOTrbeek Couka Co., 210-217 Board vt irtaa Bunaing: Open. Hlh. Low.. Close January Sono 257ti 2530 2533 March... ; 2.V43 278 2540 2542 Mar 2-"0 280 2551 255S Jo). .. 25AS 2Wi 255S 2552 October ........ 2HO 240 2003 207 December ... 2540 2590 2540 25.' New York npot market, 2750 Liverpool cotton closed. . . POTATOES ALONG THE COAST , Saa Traacisee Market , San Franclaco, Oct. 6. (U. P.) Onions Brown or yellow. S2t2.16 for good stock. Nee potatoea (par pound) 2Htf3 cents ea tbe street. ' , - Mr. Wormy Apple Outcast;; Can Not Be Sold in Matkets v m State Horticultural - officials m Etaasasjiry and Wlndle want to make this plain:. ' W . "it is unlawful tinder" the state ruling, to. offer far sal- any wormy apple and ' such a mj fruit! will not he, allowed -for sals notwithstanding the many at reports that growers have been . m m iven, permisslpn to make such m -saieev wormy apples can be m a . sold only to ths by-product fac Hr ' torles such as make vinegar and "' applS UtUr. 4 .,:;,. ,m k r' ' ' . " ? ' . ' -- .; V m POTATO IS STILL BIG WW. AS TO THE FUTURE Trade Has Been a Moat Agreeable Surprise to Growers to Pate, but None Can Foresee What Is Going to Happen Later In the Season. There ta Bo denying the fact that the Dotato market to data this season has been most surprising. Just what is in store ror tne growers and tne price tney will be able to command tor their offerings is just as uncertain as a market could possibly be. Just at this time the huge call for potatoes by the government is having lt effect upon Pacific Northwest values. The Initial government call Is for 10.ee0.000 pounds of tubers with z carioaa ox onions ror navor. bus for furnishing these supplies will be received at camp iewis ana opened October 16. There were various conditions to have caused the surprising market re cently shown for potatoes not only in tne Pacilio Northwest, but in tne mid dle west and in the east and south west. There is not the slightest doubt that the government figures on pota toes have been far too optimistic, giv ing the trade the impression that the croD is much greater than it Is really turning out to oe. idu applies to ma eastern and middle west where the bulk of the oot&toes are grown. Not only has the potato crop of the country in general proven to be some what smaller than the trade had been led to believe, but the crop was very late in maturing. Another factor of importance In creating . abnormally high prices for potatoes recently was the tact tnat growers saw such extreme profits made in the holding of potatoes by speculative interests last season, that they decided to do some of this spec ulating on their own account this year. This naturally means -that potato growers all over the country are show ing much less Inclination to sell than under normal conditions; a condition which again tends to eievate price, at least temporary. Despite this holding tendency and the fact that the markets of the coun try are stil securing inadequate sup plies of potatoes, there has been .noted during the last week, a decidedly weak er tone in practically all the large potato consuming centers of the coun try. About a half dozen or so car loads of potatoes were shipped from Uregon to Arizona and Texas recently, but this trade has been stopped be cause both Idaho and Colorado are un derselling Oregon shippers in the Lone Star state. The freight rate also fa vors both of this state's competitors. There has been a fair demand for po tatoes from Southern California, but the price there would not admit of any thing over 11.25 cer cental being; Dald to growers here and leave a profit of any sort for the shipper. This price was too low to secure the potatoes during the week. Logged-Off Land ' Wanted for Sheep By Eastern Buyer - Charles Coooev." wool commissioner Of Oregon has received a letter from Clvde A. Mann, general secretary oi th National Sheep and "Wool Bureau of America, with offices in Chicago, asking for a list of smre available logged-off lands in Oregon or Wash ins-ton for sheen range. lie nas a genueman, a Denser, wno intends to go into the sheep business; for, as he said, "besides being a good paying Investment and one that will continue, it will also greatly assist the nation tn carrying on a successful war, as well as help make the United States self-supporting," and as converting our vast areas of logged-off lands, ac much of it now lying waste, itfto good interesting-bearing sheep ranches, will be a great advantage to our state. SMALL DIFFERENCE SHOWN IN CANADIAN FLOUR PRICE The large milling companies of western Canada have agreed on a price for -flour and also on certain changes in the matter of delivery. The millers state that as no price for flour nas been fixed in Canada and as the price for wheat is,identical in both th Unit ed States and Canada, they have made their prices as nearly in accord with the American prices as possible. The cash price in car lots for Royal House hold. Vive Roses and Purity per barrel of 196 pounds, or two 98-pound sacks. ranges, according xo lerrnory, xruiu $10.80 in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia to JU.05 in Vancou ver Island. ..... Toronto -Quotations ror ManitoDa flour, in jute bags, are S11.60 for first patents, ill for second patents, and 610.60 ror ' strong oaxera. unwno 1IVUI, niULOli ...x.v. U.UQ v quoted at $10.20 in bags, on track at Toronto. BUTTERFAT WILL BE 02 CENTS MONDAY HERE The price of hutterfat will be ad vanced to 52c a pound hy Portland creameries Monday morning. This Is in reality a rise or ic a pouno, al though the last quotation was 49o. It has been discovered that the cream eries were actually paying 2c a pound above printed quotations for some time, this fact just becoming public. Tha nricA of fio a nound means that tne cream snipper win receive ui quotation, less the freight to Portland. The price of butter may go up later. . BANK STATEMENT OF COAST Pert! ana" Banks This week. Tear aare. Clearings- Honda ....$ 8,Ke.0M.3 $ 2.809,429.10 .... 8,170,36. 2.684.813.30 .... 8. 4S2.34l.42 2. t2. 200.03 .... S.T1&.46.4 tSA4.6d5.65 Ttiesdav .... Wednesday . -jnnrsaar rT!dny .... 2.071.4O2.eS 2.40S.BOT.B0 2.S96.262.10 " 2,869,273.62 Saturday ... Week .t20,l!8.020.83 l,4e,D04.43 pekaae Sanaa ' Clearlnrs $ 1,244,180.00 Baiaacea 203,811.00 AMERICAN LIVESTOCK PRICES ' Chios Boca. 819.60 Chics roy 111.. Of. . (1. N. 8.) Bogs-. Receipts. 4000. Blow, 6e lower. Mixed and butchara. S17.SOSZ19.S0: good bearr. 817.00a 1S.80; rongk heavy, 817.90ril8.lo: nght. 817.80 sib.su: pigs, .ikii.o; ouix, sia.ouazn'-M. Cattle Becelnta. 4000. Steadr. Beeves. t7.20llT.flS; cow and heifers 83.13fJ12.40; stoekers and feeders, 86.25110; Texaas, S6.a&aiS.0O; calves. t9.Boai8.28. Sheep Receipts. 6000. Steady. Native sad western, s9.xois; lamoa, s1a.aoQis.90.. New York . Bond JIarket Bid. 86 ' -90 Atcbisea General 4s Betbelem etteel Bef. 5s .......... Cent, Pacific 1st 4a C B. . Q. Coi. 4 .......... St. Pan! Genl. 4V4 Chicago N. W. GeaU 4a L. . N. Uni. 4s New Tork Ry. 6s Northern Pse. P. L. 4s .......... Reading Geni. 4s I'nlon Par. First 4s IJ. 8. Steel ps , ......!S.... Unkm Pae. rtrst 4a ............ Sor.thern Pec Conv. 5a ..i. ....... Cont hern Pac, Con v. 4s .......... Peana. Conv. 4a Peons First 4a ...... ...... Chea. as Okie Ceav.Ss 80 MARKET Ask. 92 ' 14 801 94 95 H S6H SO 90 88 90 83 24 83 844 nl 8H SOVk 1004 101 100 -iooh S3t4 934 1H 2 CATTLE PRODUCERS TO HAVE GOOD CALL FOR A LONG PERIOD All Indications Point to Prosperity for livestock Men- of America W1U Take Mnf Tears for World's Supply to Become Normal. That there is nothing but prosperity ahead of the livestock producer as a result Of war conditions is indicated on all sides. George IX Mokel, writing to The journal, says This is an epoch or history malting period in tne cattle business. There are no big herds roving at large as of yore. The little farmer must provide . uwi tame, ana ji is ms little mite we must rely upon. , It is a matter of general knowledge that Europa is sacrificing meat ani mals At ILT1 linhMrit nf fa .a reports Showinr that tha ahnrtar rf cattle alone in central Kurope is in th iicignuuiuoou oi 2i,uuv,vg nead Deiow normal, sixty per cent of the .bast breeding stock there is and has ben lauffhtirprt We formerly looked to Ewrops for our breeding cattle. The inroads of the war have completely reversed that' con dition, leaving America and Australia the two sources of suddIv of mit-h stock, It will take Kurope years to replenish it. Livestock raising is very profitable, even with feed high. witn iivesiocK it win be many years before the industry in the countries at war can be rehabilitated. In the meantime, while the demand for breed ing stock will be abnormally erreat. so also will be the demand for meat, in suring ior tne American iarmer steady market for years tn come. i r.rm.. whs tan frt k will not yield to the temptation of the present high price of cattle and thin his herds too freely for meat pur poses, but will increase year by year both in quality and. quantity. Only Big Acreage Saves Total North American Crops J.J141 rrffttfF JLlaVSl aTA nUwe.il . - w- ""B" yiOUtCU t,W t r f i naaa aa weu as in th . " wuuviiva irom SnOWine VprV IAv0r. In.,.. . V. - - . j. 1"?. - - - ' " Accorainz to th ornlimlnnrv mates of the census and statistics of fice for the end of August, 1917, the VfP??iafLwbeat CF wlll amount to 249,164.700 bushels from 14,755,800 f?1-!?8" w'h average yield per aero of ib.s bushels as compared with 17 bushels in. 1916 and 29 busheia m 1916. This represents an increase of 19.851,700 touhela or S per cent over the crdp of 1916. The; total yield of , oats in 1917 Is estimated at 399,843.000 bushels from 12,952,000 acres harvested, as com pared' With 365.553.000 bushel, from 10,178,000 acres in 1816. The yield per acre of the harvested area (after de duction for areas not ripened Into grain; ror au uanaaa le sa.is bushels as compared with 36.91 bushels in 1916 and 45.84 bushels in 1915. The estimate for rye is 4,194,950 ousaeis 1 rum aii.siu acres as com' pared with 2.967.400 bushels frnm 148 . 620 acres in 1916, the yield per acre being nearly 20 bushels in both years. The estimate for barley is 69,318,400 Dusueis irom z.jtz.zuu acres as against 42,647,000 bushels from 1,703,700 acres In 1916. The total yield of flax seed is placed at 10,067,500 bushels from 1.242,000 acres as compared with 7, 316,300 bushels from 622,000 acres har vested in 1916, the average yield per acre being S.ll bushel's in 1917 and 11 bushels in 1916. At tne end of August the condition of field crops for Canada expressed in percentage of a Standard representing a full crop was as follows. Spring wheat 73, oats 76, barley 75, rye 82, peas 76, beans 81, buckwheat 85, mixed grains 83. flax 63, corn for husking 73, potatoes 77, turnips 84, mangolds, etc., fc3, alfalfa 87, corn for fodder 81, sugar beets 89, pa.ture 87, and hay and clover 95. Wool Market Good -In Boston; Values Show Firm Feeling Boston. Oct. 6.--Offerings and de mand for territory wools are of a healthy character, with the call lead ing toward three-eighths and quarter blood. - Three-eighths blood wools have been sold freely in the" grease on the basis of 70c for Montana, 680 for Wyoming, 68 70c tor Soda Springs, and 8506Tc for Idaho. Scoured values for the trade in all oases are approxi mately 81.40(311.60. Bales in tne original oaas in cnoice moderate amounts continue at 88 70c for Montana, and at 64 70c for in ferior, ilne clothing wools have changed hands at 6062c for Arlsona, 60 62c for Idaho, and 64W65c for Montana, the scoured cost of this grade Deing estimated si.odi.Yb. Fine, auiola territory now Is auotea on the scoured, basis at, $1.80 1.8i, half-blood staple at $1.70 & 1.76, three eighths blood staple at $1.45 1.60, quarter-blood staple at $1.25 1.35, tins clothing at $ 1.65 1.7 5, line medium clothing at v $1.551.60, 12 months Texas at $1.681.7S, and eight months Texas at 11.65 1.6o. Keceipta for the week were! do mestic, 4,640,863 pounds; foreign, 1,218,625 pounds. Eastern Grain Markets Chicago Cash Vorn. No. 2 mixed. 81.93: yel low. $1.96; oata, No. 3 white. 60V: standard otla, Vic premium at seaboard, demand for oata very alow. St. Louls-cora closed. Deeemoer ll.lTU: JiST, $1.13; oata, December, 58 Via; May, 61ie. Minneapolis oats cioaea. December, dsc. Wlnnlnea . Oata ' closed. October. 6744e: May, 7Vse. Dulatb Flax elosed. October. $3.13: De- cen.ber, $3.0Sy: November, $3. 14a. Kansas City Corn closed, December, $1.13; Oats, May, 81 c. Mlnneapoui) cssn oats. ro. 8 wnite, OYVsW 8e; barley, $1.10J18; ey. $121.83i flsx. $3.14. . Duluth Cash oata, 67 fit MM ; rye, $142; berley, $1.106tl.sa; flax, $3.143.1S. - Winnipeg Cash oats. No. 2 white, 64 et trv feed. 64e; No. 1 feed. 63c; No. 2, 62,c. Swedish Control Grain Consumption To bring about economy in thei? use, the Swedish government has, by royal degree, requisitioned the supplies of wheat, rye, barley, eats, mixed grain, vetches peas, beans and sugar peets witnin m Kingdom. American Minister Ira N. Morris reports from Stockholm thaU the order applies to all stocks xrom a previous harvest on hand September 1 and to the harvest of 1917 as soon as eut. .The decree re mains in force until April SO, 191$. New York Bank Statement New York, Oct. 6. (1. N. S.)Bask state KKt: , Average Loans, increased. $65,544,000;- de mand, deposits, increased, $30,698,000; time aeioaiia mcreaaeo, twn.iw; reserve increase. 816,805,980. - Actual Loans Inereased. im.09S.00ft: d. mind deposits, decreased. $i3,5$2,00O; tlnsa I.W....J MAM fUXj. creasea, ss.w1.44u. ONION MARKET HAS MANIPULATEtt LOOK v MANY SPECULATORS Hare Big Stocks of California Stock on Hand and Would Have Oregon Hold While Profits Are TakenCar Shortage a Factor. Manipulation of the onion market of the Pacific coast is indicated by California interests who are trying to "save their skin" by inducing north west ' growers to hold their supplies for higher prices, whils themselves making every desperate effort to get from under their high priced pur chases. It seems to be the same old. story about the California speculative in terests who trv eacn. . season ana sometimes succeed in hoodwinking tne uregon onion growers to noia their supplies while the Callforniana skim the cream off the market. Last vear the onion marKet acted Just contrary to what ' the California manipulators had expected. They felt that they bad put the price about as high as they possibly could by specu lative Doosta ana were unloading ana takinar their nrofits at every turn, in stead of the market roinir down as ther had tnen expected, u actually flew hisrher and the Drices they ex pected to be higher, afterwards proved to De cneap. inis waa causea soieiy by the enormous demand last year from trie east and the fact that Ore gon growers made tne real money then was not caused bv any desire of the California sDeculators to aid tnem. in lact, tbe Houtnern ouyers tnougni they were going to. get these supplies lor tneir own price. Now tnis season caiirornia nas an enormous croD or onions. Only a Small per cent of it has thus far been marketed. The river docks, the river banks and the storage places along the Sacramento and San Joaquin are filled to overflowing with supplies. Cars for shipment to other centers re not avallaDie in more , man nominal nnnlv. - A verv laree ner cent or tne California crop 4s still on the farms and- cannot be moved for some time. This reauv means inet jai norma, must keep its onion crop for a longer period than norma because it cannot rind transporiaiion 10 tne maraei annn It means that unless artificial means are secured the price now will drop rapidly and late in the season when this stock begins to show signs at ftnnilaa:. will drop still Iurtner. This seems to ' be the reason why California buyers are so keenly anx ious to have Oregon growers noia their nntana until thev eet from under Tt mls-ht be a charity act toward Cal ifornia bnt may prove fatal to the local industry. JOBBING PRICES IK PORTLAND Tfaesa prices tre those at which wholesaler sell to retailers, except oinerwise eiaiea Dairy Frodaee BUTTE H Creamery, trtata in paraffin rinun. extra, esc: prime nrata. 46c flrata, 44fte; cubes, lo leas; carutoa, lc ad. tajice. BUTTERfaT Pwrtui&a daJvery, Ne. tut-ttk Selling price: rreah Oregon fancy full crean triplets, zie;. leuni - America 28i. Price to Jobbers, fiate, Z3e; X'ouds A in erica. 2Sc. f. o. b. 1 ereais brick, 83(9 34c; Hcaburger, ksaef brick MiHm, a(t37e. KGQo Seliiot price: case count. 45c per dosea; buyluf price. 44c per doses; aelllng priee, candled, 474c; selected candled. G2(& 53c: atorage. 46c. uvu 1'oLLiar Bens, bear Piraoonrb Bocks, 18c per lb.; ordlBary chickens, 16c pet lb.; stags. 12 e per lb.; broilers, 10O2ue uer.lo. ; liirej. per .0.; oreaea. 62.00 per doaen; geeae. lie, 10c; fekia dock a. valine. lHU.Ve 10.: icaian a Indian Bunuera, old duefcu. J V, " . , lb.: plxeoiia. J 1-25 per doaen. Treaa miu ana vsgetasias rSESH SKUll Oraugea, 4-ov13.7S box: bananas, be par lb.; lenwss, i0.&Ci7.OO Call tornla grapattuit, 2wia.S0; Florida, ( ); cantaloupe, atanUard, $1.73 per crate; water, melons, sl.004jil.00 per cental; peaches, Ore gon, 700c per box; plunsa, 60S5e crate; casabaa. 1S42c per lb.; pears, $2 per box; fresh figs, $l(Sli5 per box. BERRifcS blackberries, 1.001.28t geose berriea. &ti6c per lb.; huckleberries. i2e ""aPPLSS LoeaU $1.0033.50, according u anality. ONIONS Walla Walla, $1.60; Oregon, $Z25 fll.BO. POTATOES Selling price, . table stock, local, $1.73. Bujiug pries, ordinary thiul Ding. $1,2041.50; sweet potatoes, $3.50. VKUKTAttWiei Turnijw. 1.75.o sack: carrou. $1.I52.00 sack; beets. $2.00 per sack; parsnips. Sl-85 per sack; CHboaga, local. l4Q2c lb.; green onions, 20c doa. bunches; peppers, 6c lb,; bead lettuce, 75c Sua. bunches; celery, 65Q73C doa.; artichokes. 0cl.l0 cucumbers, 2ZGlO&e doa.; taautoes. Oregon, 404350c box; egg flant, Se per lb.; string beans. 23e per lb.; rhubarb, 2e lb. 1 peaala pax lb.; canlit lower, Oregon, $1.25L76 doaen. D BESS Eli MiiATa belling price, country kUled best noss. ltz(a22e lb.; ordlaary. 19 juc per lb.; best vasi, lajise per Ib.i erdT sarr veals, 1415e per lb.; rougk beam an lie per lb.; guau, 4g6c per U.; lambs, leS 17c per lb.: mutton. 12fil3c per IbJitmS. 7e per lb. ' BUOk.Kl MEATS Hama, 29Q34e per lb breakfast baooa, SS914&C; picnics, 2Sei eok! Uge roil, SWc; abort dears. aa3le; Uregon LaKD Kattla rendered. tierces, 7a Ih.: atandard. 26c: lard comnoun apouud, 20s. per WHisaa --wjmpia, giuua, S3.aU; caanad. eaatern. 55e Ir can. $6.50 per doaen; eaatcrsil ta shell. $1.0 per 100; eastern ostexa. JZ salloo, solid pack, $2.75. riSH Ureases (knindera, 6c; Chinook sal aaoa. 16c; '"luUiea.; '12c: perch, 7J8o: aolea. 7e; salmon .trout. 18c; lb.; halibut. 16c IbT: black cod, Su; herring, c lb.: raaor ciama! ( 1 doaen; hai-d sUell. ae lb.. S2.75 tiui crabs, $1.72.5U per dozen. ' Oraoaxtea SUGAR Cube. $o.5: powdered. $86; froj. or berry, $b.00; L JeW $7.o7 7raa0lated. W. eet. $S. extra C, $7.0o; golden C?lMi HON Bx New. $a.00tt3.2a per caa. KICB-Jkpaa style. No. 1. 7i; New Or leans bead. 10; bine rose, S-tie. SALT Cosx, half ground. 100a, $Uj( n ton; 60a, $14J(M; table dairy. 50a. 418.00; 10S $11.50; tales, $2415; fancy tbe a4 aalrT: $24.00; lump rock, $20.00 per Urn. REAN8 Nominal. Small white large white, 14 fce; ptak. 104o: liwaa. 13 bsjous. lottcs red. I0c. "e Baps, weal and HUss -HOPS Nominal, bartus urica lma z5421e per lb.; contraeta, 39a41e. WOOL Wuiamelte vailer. warse rv.u 66c per ib.; auediuai Kuropahlra, ooe umt tT- murs oaiiea. .us. aua nu. iai.. 1... iks. "in ane grea i H - w a. ana green calf, up to 15 lbs.. 22c; green bidea. 23 it. . Ih, .A 't ' Ik. IH.. . . . 1 . and op. ldc; green staga. oO lb, and an. llc- drr flmt bides, 28c: dry. t lint calf, up to f lbs,, 80c; dry salt bidea. 23ci dry horse bide-' borsetiair. - tan. wci norsenair. mane. 1 Sc ary long wool Belts. 42c; dry nort wool pelf 26z30c; salted steep selts, long wool. m.eu 4.o04iS.O0; salted iamb pelta, each, tljujii SJbO: salted short wool palta, each. i.&0frJ2 Ck7- Aiy sheep abearllnasi, each. loOOc; aaited TALLOW No. 1. 11c; Ao.(2, Se? grease, 7c per lb. - CH1TTIM OR CASCARA BABE Bayktg pa gAJV. pw w ivi , i7 pu 'asa - MOHAIB 1917, 65c per Ib. ken. Vainta. Oils ROPE SisaL derk, 23c; white, 2e per ID.; sisnanro mauia. mc LINSEED OIL Haw, bbls.. $1,30 per gal. Ion: kettle Dotieov. ddis.. i.S2: raw. tax,. $1.40; boiled, cases, $1.42 per gallon; lots ot 200 gallons lea. COAL OlI Water white, ia drums sad troe barrels. 10 per gallon. - WHITE LKAD Toe lots, 14 per Jb. 1 BOO 10., l'C - TTJBPiJNTTsV-Tana 62c. cases, 72c; 10 Me lots, le Mae. DAIRY PRODUCE ON THE COAST .,.-,, - i . ... ; t - . - . ' -: ' San Franciaea Karkst San rraneisco, Cai., Oct. . U. P. Bntter Kxtras, oe; prime nrata, ae. .pgs Extra, 50c; extra firsts, 49c: extra Bullets, 42Ve; extra nrts pnlleU. 42e, Cheese Cauromia tiats, Iai faacy 22c; firsts. 20 Vic. HEAVY TONE SHOWN - FOR STOCKS: CLOS E OF MARKET IS WEAK Slight Advances Scored at Opening of New York Trade, bat Earljr Dip W as Forced and List Reacts Steel Moves Slightly. New Tsrk. Oct .(!. N. S.) Th stock market closed heavy today, gov ernment bonds unchanged, railroad and other bonds weak. Total gales of stocks today were 234,300 share; bonds 11,- 846,600. Total sales of stocks for ths week were 3,746,90a shares; bonds $20,. 1S9.&00. Slight, advances : at the opening of the stock market today were followed py recessions on a selling wave. U. S. Bteel opened 108 but declined to 108. and Bethlehem Steel B yielded to 86 from 17 at the start, Baldwin opened at 2 and then fell to 1. The raUroad and copper shares held steady. Tne market was weak in the lata trading with many issues declining sharply. U. 9. Steel, after rallying to 168, dropped to 1C4, and Bethlehem Steel B sold off one point to 86 Vi- i. j uroppea to lew.-. Ran re of New Toelr Rbvk IrMiinn neloaa furnisned by Overbeck Cooke Co.. 210-21? lK8t-HiKriMM Irl Hlehl liw Clnae Alaska Gold Allls Chalmers, c. .... American ueet Sugar.. American Can. c..' 45 14 1 43 44H Aav Car Foundry, c... Am. LDcomotiTe, c... Anv Smelter, c Am. Sugar, c Am. Tel. Jb Tel Am. Woolen, e Anaconda Mining Co.. an-own, c Atchison, pfd Baldwin, Locoraotlre.. 63 'A Bkltlmore a Ohio. e. . Bethlehem Kteel "R". nroouya Hapkl Transit OS MDtte Huuerior 28H California Petrolenm,' c. Canadian Pacific 15VS loo central Leather, e.-. . . CheaaDeaka a Ohio .. 84 64 Chicago & at. J; At. st r. Chi. Jr NW.. c... 51 103 Chino Copper Colorado F. & I., c Consolidated Gas 49 42 Vi 82 Corn Prodacts, e. Crucible Steel, e DlatUlers Erie, e General Electric ...v Goodrich Rubber .. Gt. Nor., Ore Lands... Gt. Northern, pfd Greene Can , Illinois Centra Icdoatrial Alcohol ..... Inspiration , . . . . Kennecott Copper Kan. City Southern, ., Kelly Springfield ...... Lackawanna Steel .... Lthigb Valley Louie-Tille Nashville.. Maxwell Motors, c Jlexlcaa Petroleum .... kllaml Copper Midrale Steel Mo., Kan. a Texes, . , Vilseourl Pacific , Nevada Consolidated,. New Haven ;l. New York Air Brake. ii i2 204 82 60 69. 119 lis 93 33, 60 48V 29 2SH 20 29 zu 20 118 11 Ntw xork- Central. 7H 75 N Y ., ,Qnt Jc, WeaternJl08JlOS - ., . i, viau Norfolk a western. e. Northern Pacific Pacific Mali , . Pennsylvania Ry. ..... Pretsed Steel Car, e,. . Ray Cona. Copper Railway Steel Springs.. Beading, e hep. Iron a Steel, c. 108J UM 108 W SO 62 61 69?4 24 83 80 26 Bock island ........ Bears, Roebuck Co.. Sbcttnck Studebeker. e Sloss Sheffield . . Sftcthern Psctfle - ... . Southern Railway, c. Tt-xas Oil Texas Pacific Ttlrd Aveniie Union Pacific, e ?, 43 81 27 81 28 91 27 10a ia 149 127 127 United States Rnbbey, el 67 108 90 25 &7 United states Steel,' c. Utah Copper Virginia Chemical, e... Weatinghouse Electxic. Willys Overland Woolworth t... 107 ss '44 25 Total sales for the day were 234.2O0 shares. Butterfat Price Is Raised Here; Rise To 52 Cts. Monday It has just been discovered that for some time past local creamery interests have actually been paying 2o a pound more ror Dutteriax tnan tne printed quotations. This means that Instead of tne late price on iso. l sour Deing 49e a nound. 61 was actually being paid by Portland creameries, less the amount oi ireigm or express cnarge 10 this city. It has therefore been discovered how some of the creameries have adver tised that they are paying a premium of 1& above the market, wlren 2c above the printed basis haanMen paid by all Portland houses. on juonoav morning tne city cream eries will advance their quotations on butterfat lc a pound. This means they will actually pay oze a pound to tne cream shipper, less the carrying charges to this City. -While no mention has as yet been made of any advance for butter, ltl generally understood that a further advance in the price will soon be forced to pay lor the greater cost or tne raw- material. POTATO LIKE CRAWFISH 1 feill&J2L. J:J&1 i'jllLi I Potato srown tn garden of I F. to I F. Otto,; 463 Jarrett street, and foreman of The Journal engraving de partment, went in for war gardening along with other patriotic citizens.- On a recent morning he went orth to harvest the results of his efforts. All went well .until a certain hill waa un earthed revealing novf ewer than nine Edited by Hyman H. Cohen SWINE RON GIVES A LIBERAL SURPLUS TO IT Offerings at North Portland Dor- lng the Week Cause Weakness . ,T , . - I In Values After Initial Sharp I nin- nthr r.lnvi TTavorabltv I PORTLAND LIVESTOCK BtJJf Hogs. ft21 Cattle. Calves. Bh ieep. This week .... 2520 162 8715 170 8400 1W 1930 157 ZiM . 39 9W 84 1291 27 976 , 161 2143 Last week ... 2970 340 SMS 4470 I Previous week 3000 1 Month ago ... snisi 1 ear ago 4271 Two Tears -ecu. . 4WH Three year ago.. . V)3 roar years ago.... oJ4 Va. k,... Ih ,a k t-A I aet at wortn i-ortiana ma-meir reci upon tne price, iouu receipn ia i 1 11 a L aivision ui inv jarua uuruia iu ei?? h- VJSttf i? " while fhel-wai six days were si 60 to 76c advance in nogs at tne open- i lng of the week, despite the unusually I heavy run for Monday, still there con- J 1 , , .r - i VL ! j;:.g.r imvuja " o.?" . r".'-..":".". with one load at the extreme point and several loads at 11 8.25 ft 1 8.35. The I market on Tuesday began to show signs of dizziness, for the big packers itvr requirements taken care or, naturally tKy were not disposed to take hold of additional supplies and pay extreme- prices, cesiaes aaaing to tnsr cost'Dy high priced feeding until the swine Wr.!l?Tf el'-.UA.- aMa .,., Outside packers failed to support the market after Monday; in faot, de- spite the talk of sellers at some other points, these same packers refused to take hold here at any price, thereby Indicating that they needed nothing immediately It was nothing but a mere exhibi- tlon of sunnlv and demand and ther) mm KILLERS is nothing in the wind to indicate that chased' by the Lumbermens Trust com the market will not open up steady at . . delivered Friday least during the coming week. General hoe market range: Prime light $17.65017.75 Prims heavy 17.5017.65 I Pigs 15.50 17.00 Rough heavy 16.60 16.75 Cattle Trade Zs Steady Cattle market offerings during the week showed a moderate volume, but so much stuff came forward during the previous ix days that no scarcity of offerings was indicated in the nAr"5Ln?h"aat:..'. '..ir 1; ,k.V:i v;,A ,nM .inff .old riirht tin to tha top notch and even ordinary quality was selling higher than its propor- tinnat A Worth. l?n 11 XU?J! quality stuff from the southern state continue in thia direction. In fact. Portland is still being made the dump- lng ground lor cattle tnat jajiiorma uu 3 xiut want or i;itiiiui. ur. General cattle market range h!est beer steers Good beef steers Best beef cows Ordinary to good cows Best heifers 7.0008.00 4.0006.50 Bulls Calves Stoekers and feeder eteers. 5.0009.60 4.00 07.25 Mnttoa Situation Strong All through ' the mutton" and lamb trade strength was continued in the North Portland yards for the week. Very little stuff came forward, total receipts for the period being but 2168 hnrl. frnnnAmil with 41 T ft Iftet irnpk head, compared 'with 4470 last week and 4996 head for this same week a year ago. Movement of sheep and lambs to- W 4 Ha AAA AA nFa.tl.Atlu On the same extensive scale noted for a number of weeks. Practically all the eood stuff is going east, little of it being available for the western trade because of the seeming impossi- bllity of inducing the public to . pay the price for real good stuff. rpp lambs are nellinsr here around 11 tn a nominal way but that is the extreme price avaiiaDie. General sheen and lamb range: VaHevlabs5" $ll 751 28 TwrlTngl. . ii llEi! IS Wethers - 11.00 011.60 Ewes 8,000 9.50 Fall Wheat Begins To Shoot Upward Near Walla Walla TTT 11a TTV 11 TTT- a. Ia ST . ar A ' I farther progress with fall seeding has been made during tbe past, week, owing to ideal weatner conditions, and, witn continuation of the weather as predict- 7?L AIVLJ1 w.c """" ln some sections of the vallev fall- 7.6008.75 4.757.60 4.0006.75 sown grain already, is showing shoots, resources and food supply. Kabbit and every possible effort Is being made j raising requires very little space, re- ana every possiuie euon is Deing roaae to get large quantities of grain in the ground before freezing weather. The acreage of the valley next year will b. eonsiderablv larger than this year, owing to the government's ad- vance price regulation. Xew York Metal Market New York. Oct. s. (I. N. 8.) Metal prieee; Copper rnark-t U nnchanged. Spelter rn!et. Prompt. SHQ8X. Best oi this year. $es. a-t -m.r . o nt new iors rcugar uiu vuuee New York. Oct. . (V. P. ) Coffee Spot. No. 7 Klo. 8Vjc: No. 4 Pantos. 0c 8agar Centrifugal, holiday. Otto bears grotesque : resemblance crawTlsn.- .v :. - potatoes of grotesque shapes, when the one reproduced above we- uneov- erea uiw was convincea mat pernaps vne rsiBcsmauon ueory M W cients was the real stuff and that one-time crawriisn, in reiurnmg 10 lire in the vegetable kingdom just had to preserve the form if not the substance of Us former crustacean self. FINANCE, TIMBER, ; INDUSTRY REVIEWED .Xlu Frodnctioa ; TJader Koiuial, Sawmill protluction continued approxi mately 7$ per cent of normal accord ing to the weekly, trade barometer cf the West Coast Lumbermen's associ ation covering, operations at 117 of tha moct representative mills in Ore eon and Washington. Ths amount of lumber manufactured at these 1$7 mills amounted to 67.776,01$ test or an average of 484,707 feet per mill. New business taken oa by the mills totaled 67,502.168 feet, whieh waa approxi mately 38.34 per 'cent below norma Production and 15.16 per cent below actual production. Of the news or- AtTa , taken, vbusines. from transcon- ttnentai points totaled 16 J 1- carloads 1 .... . ... t ,A . D . AAA A . . . . - cal orders continue in fair volume with a total of 7,354,09$ feet. Tbe coastwise domestic trade yielded 4,813,08$ feet and "the export trad 4,710,000 feet. Shipments for the Week totaled 84.221,925 feet, which wai 1 8-97 per cat below normal produc SA4S I tlon and 2d per cent below actual pr 6990 1 due tlon. Transcontinental shipments -y i-i,rl to ..hir-yarda and other western Oregon and Western Washington oon- atruction, and industries, amounted to e.864.020 feat. Ths domesUo Wast w ucuver amounveu ,vo ,wi feet and the export clearances, SJU.- 064 feet. In the eastern rail trade. Mw business exceeded tbe delivery ot AM ohll e-n H nrta hw M IA fur -ant u lnS a balance of unshipped obligations in that department of 8682 carloads. The unshipped obligation of the 127 mln la reported to bs 872.4S0.506 feet of which -942,050.300 fset is for rail . , , , ' . : delivery,' 76,447,810 fset ; for domestic cargo delivery and 54,982,696 feet for export delivery, operations continue on a fairly satisfactory basis, with some accumulation of lumber to fill . , , .. ., out the lowland badly broken stoscs now held in mill hands, and it is also reported that ths labor situation is becoming decidedly easier. . Whatcom Stead Bonds Delivered,- The $218,000 issue of Whatcom county, Wh 6 ner cent road bonds. Pur- and will be distributed to subscribers this week. The bonds were all sold before, the end of August. These are serial bonds, maturing in from one o 11 years and were issued in denomina tions of $500 and $1000. Enocmrasre Early Subscriptions. To I encourage early subscription for the Liberty loan, the Lumbermens Trust I comDanv has announced that it will receive advance payment in full for I anv amount of bonds. Issuing its 4 Der cent interim certificates therefor. I Subscribers Will thus receive their full I interest return from the day on which I . V ,.Knnim mllll 1 m tf. fund, from drifttngrlnto other Chan- ! Although no publicity has been 1 riven by the trust company to sub- I scriptlons in small amounts, they are i already pouring in. It la proposed No Table Cloths in , German Hotels Now Isok of 1.1x1 ext and Cotton TabriceTelt Only Ome Vowel a Say Fearmltte Bedclothes Unwashed for Seven Bays. Berlin, Oct. 6. The lack of linen and cotton fabrics caused by the war Is ' making itsalfy, felt more disagreeably i from weekb week and threatens the cleanliness of the German nation. All hotels and restaurants have now been lorbidden to use taoie cioins ana nap- I klna- or ta furnish more than one towel per day td any guest. Bed .hAAt- tiIlow eases, ete.. must be used at least seven days before they are I changed aftd Washed, even II the bed I during this period is used by differerft I guests. I t-k . VA..i..ti v,in .mAim.., ft October 16 no permits for the purchase of underclothing will be Issued to persons who own more than 1 three shirts and two sets of under wear. The manufacture and sale ei night shirts and pajamaa are to be stopped entirely. Rabbit Culture Is Urged as Food Plan San t-Tancisco uct. sA-ASvery I small boy in California ought to be i encouraged to raise some raooiia. I This is the suggestion of one way 0 helping to meet the nat8sn'a meat pro. hem which has come to the state coun- cil of defense from the committee on raising requires very 1UIK porU university of Cal f" mMt - . T f Agrtculture. It is Callf oral Col- polnted out tnat mere is room enougn in tne naca yard of the ordinary city home. I it is suggested tnat taose wno de sire information on t this subject can get it by writing ths editor-in-chief of I the division of publications. United states department of agriculture, and L.klng for a. COpy ot farmers buUstlB I NO. 496 Food Exchange to Care for Surplus San Francisco, Oct, . The state council or aeienss is taxing steps have established in an cities ana towns of California a "garden market" or "food exchange- as a means Utuixing surplus garaeo prooace grown by California home gardeners. It is pointed out that such a market! "'. ne imYT- would, enable home gardeners who have grown a surplus of one food product to exchange It Witn om V a.- liAfna ' a-aManasi rra as and who has a surplus in some other product. 2000 Fish Dealers To Take Out License ; San Francises. Oct. 8. Six- hun dred and ten of the 2000 fish dealers l in Califoraia, coming nnder the pro visions - of the new state - fish aet, have,, secured their licenses to con tinue in business, and it is expected that within a few weeks every dealer will have been licensed. I iiC9nBe9 i misdemeanor puniahable by a ftae ef 1300, imprisonment in .the county jail, , Or both. ; The licenses I range from 119 to $808. i , pirwsy stiyT K"$ngD I K Tk. Ort. .m. P l-lta, J. I York. BOc; demand. terling. 478.50. Elgld Butter Market Eigia. in., oet. a (U. p. Ban-, esie by the trust company to .enter en V , 1 scriptlons In such manner as to make j reasonably certain f full allotment, f. federal sold Xfota JUserve. Indi cating the substantial basis on which ' the federal reserve notes are opera- 5 lng, the report of the federal reaerv . ';. board from Washington . Saturday on '.. !' condition ot the 11 regional banks for ' h the week ending September 28, shows . 1 that $689,43.000 of the currency waa, ! in circulation on security of $565 . ; ! 239.000 of gold and $204,467,000 of. f paper. The total federal reserve notes outstanding amounted to $754,088,000. f Ail the banks reported additional is- sues of notes during the week, which t -, may indicate that the mobilization ef gold ia the federal reserve. vaults, as , requested by SecreUry of the" Tress- , 'i urv . MeAdoo. is- proceeding rapidly. . I The sold -reserve against federal r , Serys notes in actual circulation was 80.8 per cent of the note totals, as compared with a percentage of "105.5 a year ago. The federal reserve act requires a rrrlnlmum gold reserve of but 40 per cent. Tandarlip StiU Head of Baakv New Tork financial sources are busy deny lng that Frank A. Vanderllp. who has been president of the National City bank since 1801. has resigned. Mr. Vanderllp recently went to Washing- , ton, D, C, to assist the secretary ot the treasury during the war. He has been made chairman of the war saving certificate committee, which will handle the details of floating the I $2,000,000,000 war savings certificate issue, recanuy lumanica oy. gress. A statement recently issued by the bank says that Mr. Vanderllp ia aMli at Its head in every sense and -will return to New Tork as soon as his t services m Washington are no . longer required. -r Money to Se Close George M. Rey- . nolds. resident of .the Continental and Commercial National bank ot Chi cago, and - former president ot the . American Bankers' association, who is known to all of the Portland bankers, on returning home from the .annual meeting ot the association at Atlantlo City recently, made an interesting statement with regard to the money situation. lie said: "I can see little Indication of any improvement tn thaw money market. Money will bs close for some time, and Interest rates will . continue high. Tbe commercial - de mand is very large, the agricultural . requirements are great, and alt this, coming at a time when the Liberty loan campaign IS vender way, con tributes to a close money market Tha New Tork situation is more tense than that elsewhere for the ' reason , that they have the call money market to consider. The fact that few of the big New Tork bankers attended the convention was probably' due to the New Tork situation requiring their attention at home. The attitude of the treasury department in inviting Mr. Vanderllp's assistance in handling the government's financial program indi cates a closer cooperation between the . treasury department and bankers gen erally. . Big Gray Seagull Is Friendly WitK GrapplerH. Brady; A sea gull . is numbered H among the friends and acquain Hw m , : i ; m 4 ' 4S J tances of Hugh Brady, muni 1 . , t m cipal grappler and member of the harbor patrol. Every year for ths past three a large gray sea gull, less timorous than its brethren, has visited ths harbor patrol boat' house at the foot of Stark 4 street. The gull perches on the window ot tbe boathouse and gives forth a peculiar ge gaw noise. ' ' m "In sea gull, that meant, e "dimme somethln' to eat " says Brady, who is now quite an 4 authority on sea gulls. Brady hasn't seen his friend as yet this year, but IS looking i$ for him to show up most any m time. --r "He'll be here before long," said Brady. "I'll stake my bottom dollar on that. He gen m orally comes around after the t storms set in. We've been friends for three years. He's 4 knows me and I know him. X m can tell htm from all ths rest of the gulls, for he is a big fellow 4 with gray feathers and is as.' smart as you make 'em. 1 How ; w does he know met Well, 1 save' m htm all the crumbs I get and Jr m It gobbling 'em up is a sign, m ha certainly likes 'erhv toe." - ' m - 4k New Refrigerator ;t Cars Are Fine Ones San Francisco, Oct. aWThlrtyflva new refrigerator cars, said by .fruit men to the best manufactured la the United States, have arrived' here, eon- signed to tha Paelfio Fruit Express. They are the first cf 1800, which wMf arrive here at tha rate of frorn ivs to Z5 daily. Til AAA WftllAl. IA FA MaAa t . " ww. w, " A..M I p. w MMW. M. . cago and Ifadieon, . Wis., .will be pot I into service as fast as ther arrive b to i me rruii and vegetable, growers of the i state, thus solving ths transportatlod I problem. ' , :-- oil - n . i . s. , , . . u---;pi: I HowlBf' Kits fOl 'Marin A 7- 1 " . . i ' (league has Issued an appeal to women I of the country to make $$00 rhusslfs' for tti marine-, tralninsr foe- Bra.! te I - w rV17 T b t9T9 ln to tions of the Navy league. "Hussifs is the marine s way of saying "houaa wlves." It means -a sewing kit. - $ClifC . Cia.i.. OaJI '"-' a?lUW8 UUHOJ CrQUoz), Gni Etc. PIRECT PRIVATE WIRES TO ALL f V I T V f Uember Chicago Board sf Trade ' Correspondents of Xgan Bryan is y- Chicago,. ii.Jttk,y-:-,. tOMlT t ade Butidlag. " . v