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Tht OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Biomlng, February 10, 1 932 PAGE SEVEN MINIMUM WAGE IS OF IHTEREST HERE Cannery men say Scale is Discriminatory; men Hold Advantage While Salem cannerymen have taken no part In brlnKln about the special conference to be held in Portland. March 7 under di rection of the state welfare com mission to readjust minimum wa?e for women employed in can neries, packers here will be vitally Interested In the outcome. Women employes in canneries received minimum wage of 27 cents an hour in 1931. Cannery men declared that this scale was discriminatory against women, for reason that men could be em ployed at a lesser wage under ex isting conditions, with some can nerymen declaring they could em ploy men for 20 cents an hour. Salem canneries paid men around SO cents an'hour la&t year. and there was no move to reduce that salary. A few boys received less. Blight Reduction Moan Illg Having With an average of from 900 to 1000 women employed in local canneries, and fully double that number at the peak season, a re duct Ion of the minimum would mean considerable to the packers. This saving could, one packer pointed out, be used to advantage In competition with canned goods offered by producers farther east. where the minimum wage scale is much lower. In New York, the minimum wage for women is IS cents an hour; and in Wisconsin and Minnesota, 20 and 22 cents an tour. Salem canners have not discuss ed the minimum wage matters as a unit, nor have they considered employment of men to replace the women crews, it is said. However, hould the welfare commission see fit to reduce the minimum wage, there is no question but that lo cal packers will welcome the change. This would avert any consideration of replacing the hundreds of women with man help. riece Wage Has Same Limitations A piece-wage, instead of hour wage, prevails at the canneries here, but the minimum is un changed, as the minimum ruling requires that at least 50 per cent of the piece workers make the minimum wage. At the welfare commission bearing March 7, another problem will be brought up, thTa having to do with the so-called bonus ftystem in berry, vegetable and hop field.?. Reports received by the welfare commission indicated that the present system of holding back from pickers as much a3 one-half a cent per pound on their pickings nntil the end of the season had worked- a hardship on many of the workers. Only pickers who re main through the entire season receive this bonus. The conference will be attend ed by members of the state wel fare commission, C. H. Gram, State labor commissioner; three representatives of employers, three representatives of labor, and - three persons representing 'the public. Gram announced that all per sons interested in the two prob lems to come before the commis sion, were invited to attend. TREND DOWNWARD ON ALL GRAIN . BUTTERFAT ADVANCES CENT HERE Feed use not so Great As Estimated, is Conclusion CHICAGO, Feb. 9. (AP) All grains showed a decided down ward trend today, largely as a re sult of New York slock -market setbacks. Adding to pressure on wheat was a report from the United States department of agriculture showing that domestic disappear ance of that grain for the 1931-32 season was 14,000,000 bushels smaller than the prevlouseason, indicating that feed use of wheat had been greatly overestimated by most traders. A continuing bear ish factor was government figures pointing to almost a billion bush els of wheat available for ship ment or carryover in the four principal export countries previ ous to the end of the present rop year, June 30 next. Wheat closed nervous un der yesterday's finish, corn down, oats off. Today's closing quotations: Wheat: March.. .54: May, 57,4-i4: July. .57-Ta: Septem ber. .58 Corn: March, .34 ?i; May, 37T4-.38; July, .40-:40V8; Sep tember, .41. Oats: May. .2 4i-H: July, .34; September, .24 General Markets PORTLAND. Ore., Fab. 9 (AP) rrodace exchange, net prices. Butter: ex- traa, 23; itandards, 23; prime firm. 33: firsts, 22. Eggs: fresli extras, 16; fresh mediums, 11. Portland Grain Salem Markets Grade B. raw 4 milk, co-op pool price $1.71 per hundred. Factory milk, fl.OO. Butterfat, aweet, 24c. Butterfat, sour, 22c. FBXJIT AND VEGETABLES Price paid to grower tr Salem buyer. February 9 Radicles, dot. Ooloni, dos. Onions, sack. No. Is Cabbage Potatoes, ewt. Green Poppers, lb. Apples, bu. ; Hothouse encumbers. Celery, crate. Calif. . Turnips, dox. dot. .8.00 to 1.25 om CO 20 60 EGGS Baying Prices Extras (Standards -. Mediums Buymi Price Roosters, o'd i Light bens , HeaTies, hens . Medium btns Springers Boilers .. .1.85 .4.50 85 .11 ..13 .11 GRAIN AND HAI Buying Price Wheat, western White, bu. Bhxley, ton, top Uats, ton, top .OS ..OS -H. -1 13 .11-.1S Top 22 Cents on Sour And 34 on Sweet; Hogs Higher Butterfat adranced a cent yes terday for a new top locally of 22 cents on sout and 24 cents on sweet. Hogs were quoted at 14.60 for top grades. Dressed hogs were down a half cent, to $8 a hundred. Although northwest apples are reported moving in greater rol uma than in weeks, the movement has found .no reflection in local buying prices. Mora apples are be ing shipped to Great Britain now. as that country'a 10 per cent tar iff becomes effective March 1. Several large ocean carriers. loaded with apples, left Pugat Sound and Portland posts last week for Europe. However, these shipments and others which will come before March 1 will not make for great ly Improved buying, it is predict ed. Yellow Newtowns are the only variety showing strength now. Hay: buying pric Oats and vetch, ton Clover Alfalfa, Tsltey. 2x1 cutting Eastern Oregon , , ,. . Common Top grade Lambs Hogs, top .Hogs, first cut Steer Cow HOP MEAT Baying PrtoM 58 55 22.00 22.00 ..10.00 .10:00 14.00 .10.00 .18.50 .11 to 12 V4 PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 9 (AP) Open High Low Close May 6 69 58 v4 68 & July 584 584 53 58 Kept. 58 4 58 4 55 4 64" Cash grain; Big Bend bin out era 71; soft white, western white, hard winter, northern spring, western red G7Vs, Oats: No. 2 white IJi.OO. Corn: No. 2 E. Y. 828.30. Millrun standard 118.00. Portland Livestock PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. D f APt Cattla 60; calres 10; steady. nteers, oou woo it , good. 5.50-0.00: snediom, 4.50-5.50; common, 8.00 4.50; 90O-U00 lbs., ood, 6.50-6.00; medium. 4.50 5.50; common, 8.00-4.50: 1100-1300 lbs., good. 8.25-5.75; medium. 8.50-5.25; heifers, 550-850 lbs., good, 5.00-5. 50; me diom, 4.00-5.00; common. 2.75-4.00; rows, good, 4.00-4.50; common aud me dium, 2.75-4.00; low cutter and cutter, 1.00-2.75; bulls, yearlings excluded, goed and choice, beef, 3.25-3.73; cutter, common and medium, 2.00-3.25; Tellers, milk fed, good and choice. T. 50-3. 50; medium, 6.00-7.50; cull and common, 4.00-6.00: calve. 250-500 lbs., good and choice. 6. 00-7. 50, corac-.un and medium, 4.00-8.00. Hogs 650; steady. Light lights, 110-1C0 1',-s., good and choice, 4. 00-4. 93; lightweights, 160-180 lbs., good and choic. 4 75 5.85; 180-200 lbs., good and choice, 4.75-4.85; medium weight. 200-220 lbs., good and choice. 4.00-4.35; 220-230 lbs., good and choice, 3.75-4 95; heavyweight, 250-290 lbs.. good and choice, S. 50-4.50; 290-350 lbs. good and choice. 3.35-4.00; packing tows, 273-300 lbs., medium and good, S. 25-4. 00 feeder an dstocker pigs, 70-180 lbs., good and choice, 8. 50-4.2.. Sheep GO, steady- Lambg, PO lbs., down, good and choice, 4.75-5.25; medium. 3.75-4.75; all weights common. 2.50 3.75; yearling wethers, 90- 110 lbs., medium to choice, 2.75-3.50; ewes, 120 lb., medium to choice, 'J.oo- 2,50; 120-I.jU los., medium to enoice. 1.50-2.00; a. I wg.-,tj. cur. to common, 1.00-1.50. STEADY SHIPWIENT Heifers Dressed veal -Pressed bogs 4.00 4.60 4.85 .05 to 05 H 01 to .08 04 to 014 10 08 Coarse Medium . Lambs wool. .11 .1 .11 MOHAIB Old Kid MUTT Peppermint oil, lb aomln1 ..nominal .1.00 to 1.1 GERMAN "SMITHS" LEAD MTTtt'ATTKEE. Wis. ( AP) The Schmidts, the Schmlta ana th Sehmitts not the Smiths lead In Milwaukee, at least in the telephone directory. JOl DENSMH JR. INJURED SCIO. Feb. 9. John Densmore Jr., was quite seriously injured while working at the Scio Mill & Elevator company Saturday after noon. An x-ray failed to show any broken bones but he was injured internally. The accident occurred when he slipped and fell, with 800 pounds of grain on a carrier lana in on his chest. ' Miss Doris Weddle left recently to enter the Northwestern achool of commerce in Portland. Misa Weddle was formerly employed by the Borden Milk company at Al bany, as bookkeeper. Miss Mabel Bradshaw of Al bany is making her home with Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Weddle of the Scio Mutual Telephone company. Miss Bradshaw is helping with the housework and learning to be a FIRST GAM HE II BUTTER PRICE All but top Score up one Cent; fat Also Rises, Eggs Unchanged PORTLAND. Feb. .(AP) First betterment In the price of butter at Portland for some time; in fact the initial change for an extended period, was shown dur ing the week's initial session of the produce exchange. Cubes were sent lo higher with the exception of top score, which was unchang ed ror 4he session. The fact that top score butter was unchanged appeared a reflection of the com plaints of the trade regarding the lack of enforcement of the grad ing and branding law here. , Butterfat showed an advance of lc pound effective today. The new delivered price in Portland Is 2c pound with country stations showing a spread of 19 to 21c pound. There was no late Improvement In the local make but receipts from the country increased some what. Market for eggs was without change for the day. Receipts are increasing generally and storage operations are under way at most points along the coast, although the input is as yet nominal. First storage of the season was begun today. Extremely slow trading tone Is reflected for dressed turkeys. Practically all leading distributors have their needed supplies and are practically out of the market. Extreme top selling price to re tailers is 19-20c pound. While country stations are buy ing chickens at the low prices now being generally listed, sales In Portland are generally about lc pound above the price named for light hens. Heavy hens not gen erally above 16c pound. telephone operator. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Haller of Fos ter spent the week end with Mrs Haller'a mother, Mrs. Vilas Phil iPPi. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Westen house of Junction City visited home folks over the week end. NEW GOVERNOR TAKES HELM I 4-t i t --- y!T it&i- ir,tU';M''''' ...m aur " jajwmWwv.. j'OiejsjaK woeiesa-ss. ww-fc -t muv n m rr . r - 'I ' j11 9 "" "'. ,-""or s ff ' n ? i k-t&fl. t - t I ,,.;. JANUARY RALLY IS JBOUTjlPED OUT Dull Decline Puts Average Below Minimum, Rails, Utilities Above "Hand raised aloft, Sennett (Mike) Conner, newly-elected Governor of Mississippi, is shown as he took the oath of office as State Chief Executive. Photo shows the scene outside the State Capitol in Jack son, Miss., at Governor Conner's inauguration. The Governor is at the extreme left, while his predecessor in office, former Governor Theodore G. Bilbo, is seen at right, ready to congratulate his successor. New C. E. Officers At Turner Seated; Delzells Are Hosts TURNER. Feb. 9 The newly elected Christian Endeavor offi cers of the Christian church are: president, Louis Fowler; vice pre sident, Herbert Brlggs; secretary, Lillian P&terson; treasurer, Lloyd F. Br It tell; chairmen of commit tees are: prayer meeting, Margar et Robertson; Lookout, Jack Schiller; social, Josephine Gil strap; publicity. Helen Witxel, who Is the retiring president. An na Johnson Is pianist. The new officers took their places at the Sunday night ser vice. The local society Is planning special Washington day exercises. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Deliell en tertained with a recent party for the Christian Endeavor, and for Mrs. Deltel's young people's Sun day school class of the Christian church. Mrs. Shively Hears Of Hood River Cold WACONDA, Feb. 9. In a let ter received by Mrs. Tom Shively from a daughter, Mrs. Hallie Cud gel of Hood River, mention was made of the extreme cold there re cently. February S It was three degrees below zero and a foot of snow covered the ground. Mrs. Gudgel assisted here with the care of her mother. Mrs. Shively. during the latter's illness. Mrs. Shively is improving In health and is now able to do most of her own work. NEW YORK. Feb. 9 (AP) The last trace of the January ral ly all bm .faded from the Etock market today. It was a very dull session, but the snail paced decline was suf ficient to send the Standard Sta tistics-Associated Pre composite to the new bear market low of 69.8. two tenths of a point under the January 5 minimum. Railroad and utility groups held above the old lows. Indus trials however,, went through the resistance level established slight ly more than a month ago when Wall street was hoping that the first quarter of 1922 would bring much greater improvement in piv otal industries than has appeared. Many net losses were fractional, in a few cases' did they exceed a point. Transactions totaled only 1.156.221 shares. U. S. Steel with an unfilled ton nage statement coming tomorrow. refused to exert itself, either dur ing a spell of desultory short cov ering in the forenoon or during the subsequent decline. It closed 1 lower. American Telephone, Consolidated Gas, Dupont, Case, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Santa Fe and Allied Chemical closed 1 to 1 5-8 off. Bethlehem, General Electrie, American Can, North American and Westinghouse gave up frac tions. American Tobacco B and National Biscuit firmed. Auburn's break below 100 for a net loss of 8 was one of the day's few high spots. A few large blocks of Gen eral Motors changed hands la the afternoon. 1 AT STUDY CLASS LIBERTY. Feb. 9 The study class in World Peace met for its second meeting Monday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Westenhouse, with 19 present. AH people of the community are urged to attend the next meet ing to be held Monday night at the Westenhouse home. MICKEY MOUSE "In the Spotlight IS SHRINE HOSPITAL WEST STAYTON. Feb. 9 Thomas Sprlnklee, eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Sprink le, was operated on this week at the Shriner'j hospital for his right leg which has been crip pled since he was a small baby. A plaster cast has been applied to hts right leg. By WALT DISNEY 82 O1 TaC V"ejMtt- - .vtfi L.OO' 4 Portland Produce OF FRUIT IS ME The Reid Murdock and com pany cannery here Is making con sistent fchipments of fruit in re cent weeks, and before next sea son is open present Indications are hat all Dacked goods "will be vjretty well cleared out. - . . . . Last week, six carioaus oi pears, prunes, blackberries and strawberries were shipped out, three of these to Chicago. Mon day another carload of fruit went to Chicago and two more cars are being loaded now. Those on the tracks now will go to San Fran cisco. Buying for the 1932 pack has not opened and will not do so for another six weeks or two months, according to the local manager, ft. A. Yocum. MOVES UP o I o I IS ', 1, 1 r o 2 N f. - P03TLAKD, Ore.. Feb. (AP Butter: prints. 92 scor or better, 2 1 27c ; standards i-'-Cc carton. Esjs: Pacific pialtry producers' e!l nz prices: freh eitrav, 15c; standards. 15c: mediums. 14c. Country meats: skiing price to re tailers: country killed r.ojs, best botch ers under 100 lbs , 6-7c: realers, 80 to 130 lba., 11-le; lambs. 10Vs-Hc: heary ewes, -5c;- cancer cows, 4c; fcn'.ls, 6 6Hc lb. Mohair: rmina!. buvinj pri'-e, 1931 clip, long hair, 10c; kid. 15c lb. Nuts: Oregon wilmits, 15-lc: pea nuts, 12c lb.; Brasilj. 12-14c; almonds, 1516c; filbsrts. 20-2Jc; pe-ar.s, 20c lb. t'aseara bark: buying price, 1931 peel, 8c lb. Hops: aomhil, 10-llc; 1931, 1C 12"ic lb. Butterfat: dira.'t to si-ippersr st'tiOn, lc. Portland deiiver;-- pru-cs, lc. Live poultry: n"t tnyicg price: licaTy licnii. colored, 4'-j lb" , cp, 1415c; do me mo 10-llc; lier.t, 3-9c; broilers, 16c; olored roastTS, ever 2 lba., 11c; spring. 4c; old roosterc 8c; ducki, Pekm, 15c; gefe, 11c; caponj, isc. tr.ion: selling price to r.-ta.crs: ure- gon. 4..r0-4.7a cental. l'otatoas: local, sy?-i.i3; fariaaie, 1.25; Deschutes. $1.25-1.35; eastern Washington, 75c-$1.15. Wool: 1931 crop nominal; Wiuarnetta vallty, it-iJ'nC. eastern vregou, h-im pound. Hay: nnring price irom pronnrer: ai- alfa, $11-13; cloer, 510-12; Willamette alley timothy, 15; eastern Oregon timothy, SlB.aO; oats ana Tetcn, fi-- .50. lressd poultry: sf-Uing price to retail ers: tnrkeys, tier.s. -U -JC; Jour. iir.i. 3-a0c; old tonn. 15c. Fruits, Vegetables ! t w Ft a A With the appointment of Secre tary nf th Treasnrr Andrew W. Mellon to be Ambassador to Great Britain, Ogden L. Mills (above), ef New York, who is at present IlnfW .9rrftarr of the 1 reaaury sarin mnvi un a steD into the post vacated by Mr. Mellon. Mills, is irinaitrioi -rr.prt at International a-.n.,f. mrA nt to finance bis mbidinc hobby Is the reyal end ancient sranre ef ftolf. THIMBLE THEATRE Starring Popeye Now Showing "Growing Iains By SEGAR VeS.THEN, MY ORDERS. PUD6 thai wE-eveo SfWLOfc-ROS THE. CxNl fWO THEtA SHIV. HKM TO W0RW s firrit Britain rifhti rttenred. C ma.KirFrtiircSradice. Inc. BOS. THOUGHT VO rJtTTER TEU.V00 JTrtt WHHnOOKlrV SfMUOR POPPED "TFUGGiER- FWIHT OH THE 0fW rNrO.HE;S OUT he ? y V0O OUGHT TO COME OUT WJ SEE THE KN,W-I IrATWO TO BUST HIM UP OCrOKc REPORT TO MEU)HN VOU'RE THROUGH UJITHHIM MKT MUCHY5MMX? HUH-I I COME rROW " I WELL. BLOW ME A g IHTrWVTEOlH SlVJEiGHtOO SOMETIME WHEW ) '? OOWfi-HE KCH J g unLESHRiMPV1,0 I vf (jets GRowqy hit: j g PORTLAND. Ore, Feb. 9 (AP Oranges: California, navals wrapped, S3.10-3.25; place pack. $2 2.10. Tanger- nes: Florida. S2.75 per orange cox. Orapofruit: California, $2.5013.75: tlor- da S3.25-3.75 case, demons: iiiiioraii, $4.50-5.25. Limes: 5 dozen cartons, $3.25. Bananas: buncoes, e; nana. nc lb. Grapes: Almeria, 7e K. Uranbernea: nnrihwut SI bushel box. rait era. $7.50 half barrel. Rhubarb: hothonse. fancy. $1.10; choice. 80c-85e lj-lb. x. i'-hi.- local, sc id. : new crop, mu fmi iKr lb. Potatoes: local. Oe- $1.25; Parkdale. $1.35; Deschntes, $1.25 1 l'.- ti-n Waintngton. lic l.23. Onions: selling price to retailers: wa gon. $4.ou-.i; ceniai. tucuunren, v hone. $1.75-2.50 doaen. n;..rti? local S1.50 orange l ox California 40s; $3.50; Texas 20s, Si.WJ w r.lATT: California, ai.so aoxen: k.rt iri 1 1 .2 -1 .5 1) : vainorBias. J oten bunches. Mushrooms: hothouse, 60e lb. reppers: bell, Florida, ise. P: Mexican. lo-iuc. oweei vvim l-alifornta. a-sc io-; i" II IS t.uihel crate. .auiiiiowei niTMirial. $1.60 crate. Tematoea : hot- aoos.. extra fancy. $2.75; fancy. $2.65; j.. ift-lh. box: Mexican, 14 15-4.25 lng. tottnee: Sacramento $1 crate; Imperial, j.ov-s.sj. Mrs. Scheiman Said Better; BirtK Told RI-ERVIEW. Feb. 9. A baby rlauehter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Justus Parker February S at the Lebanon hospital. The baby has been named Patricia Ann. Mrs, Parker was Agnes Kuipers before her marriage. Mrs. Anna Scheiman, who has been critically iU for the past two weeks, is considerably improyed. 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