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Thm OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Tuesday Morning, December 17. IS 43
Stock Leaders
on Mart
Closing Quotations
Drop
Slight Pressure Backs
Market as Sentiment
Turns for Worst
NEW YORK, Dec.
The itock market backed down
under relatiyely light pressure to
day aa Wall street peculatire
sentiment took a turn for the
worse.
Leading Industrials, with steels
In front, were the principal suf
ferers. Losses of fractions to
around S points were fairly well
distributed at the elose. A few
mnior recoyerles were In eyidence
at the final gong.
The Associated Press average
of CO Issues was off .4 of a point,
largest drop for this composite
since November 27. On the other
hand, transfers amounted to 159,
870 shares compared with 961,
450 last Friday when trends
pointed upward.
In addition to a little more
year-end tax selling, traders in
clined to lighten accounts in the
wake of the president's statement
at Warm Springs that he would
return there next March "If the
world survives." Considered a bit
ominous also, marketwlse, was
the warning of Defense Commis
sioner Knudsen to the machine
tool industry that "if you could
see as I do from the inside the
terrible urgency of the situation"
a quick speedup of production
would get under way.
All of this led financial quar
ters to the thought that some
emergency was confronting the
country that was not generally
known. Under the circumstances,
brokers said, a little bearlshness
was logical.
There were several new 1940
lows recorded, among which was
Reynolds Tobacco "B,"
Prominent on the slide were
TJS Steel, Bethlehem, Chrysler,
Eastman Kodak, US Gypsum,
Sears Roebuck, American Tele
phone, Union Carbide, Westing
bouse, Dow Chemical, General
Electric, American Smelting, US
Rubber and International Harvester.
Farmers to Talk
Rodent Control
WOODBURN There will be a
meeting for the new rodent con
trol district tonight at the Union
school.
Boundaries for the new district
have been established from the
point where Butte creek enters
Pudding river along Butte creek
to Monitor, from Monitor south
along the Meridian road to, the
Ablqua, then down the Abiqua to
PuBdlngtlver and down Pudding
river to Butte creek.
This district Includes Harmony,
Hazel Dell, Monitor, Grassy Pond,
McKee and Union districts.
NEW YORK,
AI Chem k. Dye..l64
American Can 87
Al-Chalmers 35
Am Car. & Fdy.. 30
Am Rd Std Sn. 6
Am Roll Mills.. 15
Am Smelt & Ref 44
Am Tel A Tel..166
Amerl Tobac B- 69
Aviation Corp.- 4
Am Wa Works- 6
Am Zinc L & S.. 7
Anaconda 26
Armour III 4
Atchison 17
Bald Loco 17
Bendix Aviation 33
Beth Steel 87
Boeing Airplane 17
Borden 18
Borge Warner 20
Calif Pack 19
Callahan Z-L 1
Calumet Hec 6
Canada Dry 12
Canadian Paclfi 3
Caterpil Trac 50
Celanese 27
Chesa tc Ohio 42
Chrysler 75
Col Gas & Elec 4
Com'l Solvent 10
Consold Aircraft 26
Consol Edison.... 22
Consol Oil 5
Confl Can 37
Corn Products 42
Crown Zellerb 15
Curtlss Wright..
Dec. lfxgn- Today's dosing' Quotations:
Du Pont 164HPhelpa Dodge
Eastman Kodk 134 K Phillips Petrol-
Doug Aircraft.... 78
i El Pow ft Lt
Gen Electric
V Gen Foods
Gen Motors .,
Goodrich
Great Northrn.
k Greyhound
Illinois Central-
Insp Copper
hi Interna Harvest
Interna NickeL.
Inter P ft Pulp..
M Inter Tel ft Tel
Vt Johns Manvllle..
Kennecott
Lib-O-Ford
Lockheed
Loew'a
M Montgom Ward
Nash Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
4 Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat Lead
NY Central
N Am Aviation
.North Am Co
Northern Pacific
Ohio on
Otis Steel .
Paclf Am Fish-
Pac Gas ft Elec
Pac Tel ft Tel.
Packard Motor
Pan-Am Airways
Param
J C Penney
Vi Penna RR
4 Proe ft Gamble
83 H Pub Serv NJ
36 ft Pullman .
50 Radio .
134Renub Steel
27 Richfield Oil 1
10 Safeway Stores-
7 Sears Roebuck
12 Shell Union
SSHSocony Vacuum
23 74 Sou Cal Edison
69 Sou Pacific
2 14 S perry Corp
61 Stand Brands
354 Stand
42 Stand
28 Stand
33 Stone
Oil Cal .
Oil Ind
Oil NJ .
Webster.
37 Studebaker
4 Sunshine Mining
17 Texas Corp
13 Trans-Amerl
23 Union Carbide
17 Union Oil Calif
13 Union
16 United
16 United
6 United
6 United
10 United
8 US
28 US
Pacific...
Airline-
Aircraft.
Corp
Drue .....
Fruit
Rubber
Rubber Pfd
125 US Steel
3 Vanadium Steel
15 Warner Pict
10 Western Union
85 Westghse Elec-102
22 Wool worth 32
26
4
22
8
42
77
11
8
25
7
39
6
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25
33
7
7
8
39
4
70
12
76
15
43
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69
23
87
68
33
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Salem Market Quotations
(Buying PtIcm)
Ths price blow snppUsd tj a local
trocar ar indicate of ths daily market
prices paid to growers by Balem buysrs
but are not guaranteed by The States
man: VEGETABLES
Beet, do.
Brnssal sprouts
Cabbage. 4b
Carrot
Carrot, balk, orange box
Cauliflower
Celery, whit ,
Celery, green
Celery heart, dos.
Garlic, lb.
Lettuce, '
Union, SO lb
Onion, boiling, 10 lb.
Onion, green, dry
Parsnips, balk, ornsge box
Potatoes, 100 lbs., Po. l
60 lbs.. No. a
Radishes, dos.
Rutabagas, bulk, orange box
Spinach, box
Turnios. dos.
Turnips, bulk, orange box
.SO
1.00
.03
.80
.75
1.20
1.35
1.50
.00
.20
3.75
1.10
.15
.25
1.50
1.80
.45
.80
1.00
1.00
.40
1.00
OSAIN. HAT AND SEEDS
Wheat, No. 1. recleaned, bn .75
Oat. No. 1 21.00 to 22.00
Feed barley, ton 22.00
CloTer hay, ton 9.00
Alfalfa hy, ton 13 to 14.00
Egg mash. No. 1 grade, 80 lb. bag 180
Dairy feed, 80-lb. bag 1.85
Hen scratch feed 180
Craeked rorn 1.85
EGGS AND POULTRY
(Buying Price of Anaresen')
Grade A la rite, dos.
Grade A medium, doi
Grade B large, doz.
Pallets, doz.
Colored hen ,
Colored fry
Whit Leghorn, hesry
White Leghorn fry
Old roosters
.08 to
.24
.22
.22
.18
.12
.15
.09
.13
05
(Baying Price of Marlon Creamery)
Grade A large, dos...
Grade A raedinas, doz.
Grade B lsrge, dos
Pallets, doz .
Colored hens smder 5 lbs.
Colored hens ore A lbs.
Colored fryer
Colored ben
HOPS
(Baying Price)
.24
.22
.18
.10
.13
.12
.13
.18
1940
.20 to .34
Quotations at Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. 16. (AP)
Produce exehance: Butter Extra 34 He;
tacdard 34c; prim tint 33e; tint
aoe. ,
Butterfat First quality, maximum .36
f 1 per cent acidity, delivered Portland.
86 H -tie lb.; premium quality (maximum
of .35 at 1 per cent acidity), 87-38e lb.;
valley routes and country point 2 less,
or 85c; second quality 2e under first,
r 34Va-85c
Egg Portland Produce Exchange
Buying price: Large extra 24e; large
tandard, 24c; medium extras 23c; me
dium standards, 22c; small extra, 21c;
mall standard 17c
Cheese Selling price to Portland r
tailer: Tillamook triplet 31 lb.; loaf
32c lb. Triplet to wholesaler 19 lb.;
loaf, 20e lb., f.o.b. Tillamook.
Portland Produce
PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. 16. (AP)
Country meat Selling price to retailer:
Country killed hogs, best butchers, 135
140 lbs., 8 8e; vealers, fancy 13-14e;
ligitt-thin, 1012c; heavy 9-lle; lambs,
spring, 144-15e; ewes, 6-8e; good cut
ter cows, 8-8e; tanner cow. .7-8e;
bull, lOVa-lle.
Live piultry Buying price: No. 1
grade Leghorn broilers, 1H-2 lb., lie;
fryers under 8 lbs., 14c; fryers, 2V4 to
4 ibs, 14c; roasters over 4 lb., 15e;
Leghorn hen over 8H lb., 12e; Leghorn
kens under 8 lbs., 10c; colored hens
er S lbs, 14e; colored hen 4 to 5
lbs.. 15c Old roottert 5a lb.
Dressed turkey Buying price: New
crop hens 81H-22e; toms, 1V-17 lb.;
Dressed, turkeys Nominal a e 1 1 1 a g
prices: Bens 23V 24c; torn 18-19e lb.
Takimaa 80c.
Onion Oregon Dangers, 1.00-1.10 ;
Potatoes Deschutes, No. 1. 1.10-1.35;
Takima, 1.10-1.15 cwt.; Klamath 1.15
1.25 cental.
Hay Selling price to retailer: Alfal
fa Ka 1, 14.35 ton; oat-retch 10.00 ton;
clover 10.00 ton; Timothy, eastern Ore-
?on 17.00 ton; valley Timothy 14.00
5 00 ton, Portland.
Wool 1940 eastern Oregon range 80
3e; crossbred, S4-85e; Willamette valley
12 months, 84-35c
Domestic flour Selling price, city de
livery, 1 to 35 bbl. lot: Family patent.
419. 6.00-6 80; bakers' hard wheat net
4.60-5.70; bakers' blaestem 5:20-5.60;
blended hard wheat floor 5.50-5.60;-soft
wheat 4.70-4.75; graham 48s, 4.80; whole
wheat 49. 4.45 bbl.
Mohair 1940, 13 month 10 lb.
Caieara 1940 peel 8e lb.
Bop Oregon 1940, seedless, 80 lb.;
seed, 23 25e lb.
Portland Grain
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dee. 18 (AP)
Wheat: Open High Low Close
De-ember 75 Vs 75fe 75 75
Cask Grain: Oats. No. S. 88-lb. white.
3500. Barley. No. 3. 45-lb. BW, 34.00.
Corn, No. 3,. ET shipment, 38.00, Flax,
Mo. 1. 161.
Cash Wheat (Bid) :
Soft whit 73; western white 73; white
club 74; western red 74. Hard, red win
ter: ordinary 7SVa; 11 per cent 76; 13
per cent 61; IS per cent 88; 14 per eent
5.
Hard white-Baart: 13 per cent T; 13
per eent CI.
Today's Car Keeeipts: Wheat 31; bar
ley 4; flsmr 35; cons 14; oata 3; hay 3;
aaillfeem 6,
: Portland LiTdtock : "
PORTLAND, Ore, Deo. 16. (AP)
' (TJ8DA) Hog: SalaU SaOO, total
4550: market aouv.
Barrow and t, . - '
do cood-oa, 140-160 Tbewt
fOM-ta, aov-sev id
d gw4-h 180-300 lb
35
6.75
.S5
A B.I 5
4.55
0 6.55
5 4.55
2 6.SS
4.75
5.S0
4.00(3 coo
do good-ch 300-330 lbs 6.85
da eood en. zzu-3u ids. s. is
d good-ch, 240-370 lb
T coder piga,
maJkau. f 0-120 lb .
.- - n.T.tla tan A mta l&OOt ealvea
do com, 600-900
Cows, cd, all weights
do med, all weights
do cut-coin, all weights
do canner, all weights
Bulls (ylgs. exelud.). beef,
- good, all weights
do sausage, gd, all wts
do medium, all wti
do cut-corn, all wts
Vealera, gd rh, all wts.
do eom-med, all wts.
do culls, all wts.
Sheep: Salable and total
slow.
Lambs, gd-choice
do medium and good
do common
Ewes (shorn), good-choice-do
common and medium-
5.75(
6.25 i
4.75 0
3.75
3.00
7.00
6.75
6.50
4.75
3.75
6.75 7.25
6.50 7.00
6.00 6.50
4.50 6.00
8.00 9.50
6.00 8.00
4.00(5 6.00
3000; market
7.75 8.25
7.25 7.50
6.25 7.00
8.75 4.50
8.00 8.75
Wool in Boston
BOSTOX, Dee. 16 (AP) (TJSDA)
Only few scattered Inquiries were be
ing received for wool in the Boston mar
ket today. A small quantity of combing
quarter-blood territory wools was sold
at 80 to 88 cents, scoured basis. Some
spot country-packed three-eighths and
quarter-blood bright fleece wools was
old at 45 eeats, in the grease. Most
bid were around 42 to 43 cents, in the
grease, but the only offerings available
at these prices were scattered carload
lota available for shipment from country
points.
Stocks and
Bonds
December 16
STOCK AVERAGES
Compiled by The Associated Press
80 15
Iadua Bail
Net change D .0 D .8
Ifoaday 62.7 15.9
Previea dy 63.8 16.2
Month ago 64.7 17.3
Year ago 73.5 20 ff
1940 high r 74.3 S-0 5
1940 low 52.8 18.0
15
cm
D .2
34.5
34.7
35 9
39.1
40.6
30.9
BOND AVERAGES
20
Rails
Net change D .1
Monday 61.3
Previous day- 61.8
Month ago 60.1
Year ago 58.1
190 high 61.8
1940 low 48.8
o
10
Indus
D .1
105.5
105.6
105.4
101.4
105.0
98.9
10
Ctll
D .1
100.2
100.8
100.3
95.7
100.7
90.3
60
Stocks
D .4
43 8
44.2
45.5
50.8
52.2
37.0
10
Forgn
A .8
30.6
38.3
38.7
49.4
53.5
85.1
Down!
With Old Debts
Op!
With Ctam CrvdU
Moay to
E.0ALT
At Low
Rates
Ut Us Hslp You Fly fhm
Banner of Saccsss v
Si2i3 Fi&sicco Co.
3U Slate Phon 8281
Lie; 8-213 M-222
Batterfat, No. 1, 80c; No.
2, 84c; premium 87c.
A grade print 87 Mc; 11
grade 80 He; quarters 88M.
LIVXSTOCX
(Buying prices for No. 1 stock, based on
conditions and sale reported np to 4 p.m. )
1940 spring lamb 8.25
Tearling lambs , ,, 6.00 to 6.60
Ewes 3.00 to 8.60
Hog, top, 160-220 lb 6.25
Sow 8.75 to 4.25
Beef cows 6.00
Bulls 8.75 to 6.25
Heifers
Dairy type cows
Live veal .
Dressed veal, lb.
6.60 to 6.50
4.25 to 6.00
8.00
.13
2 Cent Drop Is
Felt by Futures
Wheat Contracts Hit Lowest
Level Since November;
Flour Reduced Some
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 6-(P)-Wheat
futures prices dropped almost two
cents a bushel today, May and
July contracts, the latter repre
senting the new 1941 crop, touch
ing the lowest level since No
vember 7. December wheat, In
which trading will cease Satur
day, was the lowest since Novem
ber 27.
Pit - brokers blamed selling
largely on the favorable domestic
crop situation, reports of increased
marketings at some points, con
tinued dull mill and floor trade
and the lower trend of securi
ties. Wheat closed at or near the
session's low, point, 1-1 cents
lower than "Saturday, December
87-, May 83-, July 78-
July wheat fell to a level almost
30 cents lower than a year ago,
when the market was advancing
due to the poorest winter wheat
crop condition on record as well
as bullish implications of the war.
Recent private reports stressed the
good condition of the 1941 crop
and since then further beneficial
snows have been received, capped
by depositing of a heavy protec
tive blanket over many districts
the last few days. The official
government report on acreage and
condition will be released Friday.
Flour prices were reduced In
some areas but there were no late
reports of any unusual business.
Vaccinations Given
At Brooks Clinic
BROOKS Vaccinations for
smallpox and diptheria were given
at the health clinic held in the
Methodist church recently.
Dr. Gussie Niles was assisted by
Mrs. Harry Bosch and Mrs. Wil
liam Cottew. Districts Included
were Labish Center, Buena Crest,
Waconda, Lake Labish and
Brooks.
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