y, September 14, 1920
Capital Journal
owers Set Prune Prices
(Continued
30-40 60-50
from page one)
differential..
jl r.rnwera
basis
, .... imv.
prices "
.....i hand-
Turk
I cort to job
jelivereii in
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14c
13c
14c
14C
lttc
2c
60-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
lc c c y4c c
12M,c llc
lltoc 10c 9c . 8c 7c
12c 10c 9c 7c 614c
12c 11C
lHc lHc lc lc H4c
2c 2c 2c 2c 2c
1 prune:
I8V4C 16tc 1414c 12e HYiC 9c
of the association were not sold at above prices the
of the association- would get for their prunes the actual
n line 4 above less approximately 10 for association led above, the association's prit.ea
pie which will illustrate the nreH
ent condition. It was said by one 1
or. our sales representatives that
you could not sell a buyer a twen
ty dollar gold piece for five dol
lars because he would not be able
to borrow the five dollars with
which to pay for it. While the
above statement is far fetched it
illustrates the condition very well
General
"It was deemed by the associa
tion at the present time as not
phychologlcally right for nomlng
opening prices. However, during
the month of September and the
flfst half of October wholesalers
have their salesmen out selling the
retail trade on dried fruits for fu
ture delivery and in order to get
Oregon prunes quoted to the retail
trade it was deemed advisable to
name the prices no walthough con
ditions were unfavorable. As stat-
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arreting expense, which makes the price to the grower about
30-40 50-50 60-60 60-70 70-80
j i5Ho iHAe 1114c 914c 814c
Arj,.,.ti,.i 17c
V w.,lb- lifiSlS.
1 . ,1 : f fQHQiit tn 1 1 lint? zi Elves hv-luhi sennit.
v nir --v . - .. -
80-90 90-100
7c 514c
15'14c 13c 1114c lOHc 914c 914c
,.19!4c 1714 c 1414c 12&C 10c 9c 8
boxing cort and freight (lines 5 and b) to obtain actual cost j association expects to get -its share
were cut by the independent pack
ers as soon as they were named
and the association was "forced to
meet this decline. Prices have since
been cut some more and are now
one cent under the association'-j
opening prices and one and a
fourth cents on 40-5 0s. Owing to
the several declines, buyers (are
not in a buying mood. When the
buyers, however, begin to buy, the
.iifnrnin prunes to
in N. Y. 2ac au'Hu ii-au 74 -74v;
nnanine m-ires unaaveriisea nana.
fn I'll it .v-" " w'" '
. . iev,c 15c iz,c nc iuc
H unaio j ii-
(liiferenuai wine gjve uuiua.1 acinus-
18c 16c 13c llc -1014c
12 c 1214c
9c
814 c
cox-
cost, etc c
2014c 1714c 1514c 13c 1214c 13c
sooner hau me
prices been named to the
. ,,t MtiaHnl4
r pound by inaepenaenc
forcing the association to
its price, aince inai imiw
declines have been mauc
ont npr norma un-
. association's opening pric-
Tuesday were cut another
of a cent by one of the
this price cutting has not
any amount of sales but has
into the buyers a feeling
V...C. neat
evelopments.
little inside information on
the association opening
......... 1 . . . . l wniiUl hp inter-
in connection wlth the
prices. About three weeks
California Prune associa-
ljnounced its opening prices
Oasis as Kiveii duuvc, xiivivr
1 1 rt tlior
had been asking such stlfi
practically stop bus-
entirely and the trade was
. , il. I ...... ,
showing an advance on the
slues which are going to be
eiy ;.liiv;i. inin jca,
but the prices on the
hand are lower on the
r Bl.L'K man mi yxzai n viuv.
; at which prices last year s
California crop this sea-
still estimated at between
je fact that a heavy propor
It the California crop was
proportion 01 us crop, nuw-
tnp husinevs wiiipn nas dmq
nuinmai owing tu me un-
financial conditions which
mi in tup eiiKi mul u 11
the present time have not so
to me iar signteci policy 01
is significant that the ad-
were entirely sold cat on
rut H:iv Thuv Vinvp nnntnpr
however, which they d3
JlVartlca ami i at I I Wll-O
unsold under that branu
they are offering at pres
Export Conditions
date there has been praetic-
prunes. This is due to the
ifrom France on a basis f. o.
which is equivalent delivered
u DOUnrlfl urh pi Qffo,. fiv-
freight, and reducing the
ton, to American -weierhts.
are calculated nn the basis.
-. -ui.ii Mt.i Ltni ui iiuu,
average of $14.33 Der
pound boxes, or equivalent
.iijv uunv uasis wnen
vv a. regular uasis
...v,, 1 1 1 (lilt's Hl-D Gn il jn tn,
prunes has been materially affect
ed and also the fact that enorm
ous profits were figured on prices
made on Oregon prunes there
still remaining some two weeks
ago in eastern markets somewhere
between four and five million
pounds of unsold Oregon pruneB
out of last year's crop. There has
been some movement in these
nrnnes. however, since that date
and the quantity is being gradual
ly reduced and will be probably
cleaned up before the new crop
arrives. In the meantime the
price of sugar has broken and this
should have a favorable influence
upon sales this season.
Canned Goods Situation
"Owing to the extremely heavy
costs of all the commodities which
enter into the production of can
ned fruits there has been a cur
tailment o nthe part of canneries
of their anticipated pack of can
ned goods. This lias also been true
of the house wife who has been
unwilling to pay the extreme high
price asked for fresh fruits and
the high price asked for sugar,
with the result that home canning
has been very much diminished
in the past season. This, of course,
will have the effect of diverting
part of the normal consumption
of canned goods into dried fruits,
but will not take place until the
supplies of canned goods begin '0
get low which will probably be
after the first of the year.
Oregon Crops and Saks
"A careful investigation and
summary of sales made up to the
time of opening prices of the Ore
gon Growers' Cooperative associa
tion indicated that there has been
not to exceed between four and
five percent of the expeciea uity
to sixty million pounds of prunes
in Oregon for this year's crop sold.
Prospects for the Oregon crop are
estimated lower than at our last
ritirnr nn Auaust 9 at which time
the packers have been estimating
as high as eighty million poundj.
These estimates now have been gen
erally reduced to anywhere from
forty five to sixty million pounds,
for Oregon and Clarke county.
Wash. Since the rain started a few
days ago there has arisen a fear
on the part of the growers that
the rain would be followed by se
vere cracking and brown rot of
the prunes. That this is likely to
be the case unless the weather
changes soon is shown by the fact
that in a number of orchards
cracking has already begun and
while- the damage so far is not
heavy It will increase as the
prunes approach maturity. It
,tP. mnr take much brown rot or
I cracking to reduce the crop on
I siderably as it was shown last sea
son.
Financial Conditions
"The key to the whole present
situation lies In the condition rf
finances in the east. For two
months past there has been prac
tically no buying done except from
hand" to mouth by the wholesalers
in the larger centers and by most
of the wholesalers in the smaller
districts. This has been due to the
fact that wholesalers have been
cut severely on their credit and
would not be able to pay for goods
on arrival if they did not adopt
this attitude. Regaroiess u
neetive nroflts wholesalers
Joints inintr this attitude
where in order to be able to oper
tp thPtr husiness within their line
tnem us
of the business. It has already got
ten some busines, and owing to the
fact that it has probably the btst
selling organization of any dried
fruit packers in the northwest it
will be able to take care of Its
members as well as the Independ
ent growers are being taken care
of. If the present crop was under
such control that it could be sold
HOW and then as the trade needs
the fruit from time to time dur
ing the next eight or nine months
a very much better control of the
market could be had and condi
tions would remain firm to the
better satisfaction of not only the
growers but also the trade."
B'J'
MEgj K, Jill' iflj
MM l!' mm JmS
S&bL H H ' Spin
Prunes Not Hurt
But Sunshine Is
Need of Growers
Reports from Mrlon nd Polk
county prune growers indicate
that prune orchards of both coun
ties have in a large measure, es
caped serious damage from the
recent rains. This is accounted for
by the fact that the fruit Is just
beginning to ripen.
In a few orchards, cracking was
reported Tuesday, but not to a
sufficient extent to affect the crop
if promised good weather prevails.
A bulletin issued Tuesday by the
Oregon Grower' .association re
ports slight injuries and forecasts
heavy losses from clacking and
brown rot, unless sunny weather
prevails during the remainder of
I the ftfiflwin
Max Gehlhar, Polk county grow
er, reports that his county prune
orchards are In excellent condi
tion. A similar report has been re
ceived from th h. R. LeFurgy or
chards near Monmouth. The LeFur
gy holdings are among the larg
est In the state and visitors re
port that a very heavy yield is ex
pected. Many growers are expressing
concern as to the ultimate effect
of continued rains, the less opti
mistic predicting a fifty per cent
loss.
J Suit has been filed in the circuit
, court of Klamath county to re
strain the county court and state
I highway commission from cori
jstructlngr the Klamath Fall.s-.Me:
rill road.
German Admits
Strike Em
trict that the walkout had ended
was made public today. At meet- "
lngs called by the men last night
majorities were reported in favor
of returning to their former poe)N
Hons.
Grunau's announcement that at
Sunday night's meeting the mien
had decided to continue on strike
by a fhajority of 300 was followed
bv charges on the part of tbe
strikers of "bribery, trickery, stul'
ted ballot boxes and intimidation."
Jellyfish sometimes attain i di
ameter of two feet.
May Keefe and Ruth Graft in
"Frivolities of 1920"
Oregon News
Potrland. A brand new automo
bile disc wheel is being put on thj
market by Wilkinson Brothers, a
local firm. The advantage of the
Portland product is that it can be
adapted to any wheel, a quality not
possessed by these being made In
the east.
Portland. Portland's export
trade in the fiscal year ending June
30 amounted to $42,812,-891. This
city outranked Ivilmington, f. C,
Charleston, S. C. and Los Angeles.
Portland. The King's Products
company of Portland has made ap
plication for permission to increase
its capital stock heavily. It plans
to take over the branch house of
The Dalles, organized in 1914, and
the one at Salem, organized in !
1017.
I San Francisco, Sept. 13. The
Portland. Manufacturing con- i throat affection from which Gov-
cerns in Portland increased 14 per ' ernor James M. Cox of Ohio is Buf.
cent in number during the past five j 'eng has necessitated the cancel-
years, according to reports prepar- ''"ion or an or his outdoor speeches
ed by the United States census bu
reau. ,
Portland. -Business of the Road
Builders' Equipment company has
increased to such an extent that
the firm is erecting a new ware
house at the Kenton industrial cen
ter. It has enlarged its capital siocr
to $50?000.
Portland. The Columbia river
salmon pack this season totalled
600,000 cases.
Explosion On
Jap Cruiser Is
Fatal To Five
Tokio, Sept. 14. Lieutenant Ha
mada and four members of the
crew of the Japanese battle cruis
er Haruna were instantly killed
when a shell being placed'in one
of the heavy guns prematurely ex
ploded off Hokokado today. One
petty officer and nine sailors
were fatally injured, while two
others were slightly wounded
Vice Admiral Prince
Wfl s aboard the warship when the
explosion took place but escaped
injury. It is understood the dam
age was confined to one of the
turrets of the ship.
MacSwiney no
Worse Declares
Prison Doctors
London, Sept. 14. Terrenco
MacSwiney, lord r.-.j.yor of Cork,
was appreciably weaker this morn
ing as a result of his hunger strike
which he is continuing in Brixton,
says a bulletin issued by the Irish
self determination league. It states
MacSwiney had a very bad night
but he was still conscious and his
mind was active. Toaay is the thir
ty third day of his hunger, strike,
Renorts to the hnmo nffi,'a fn.
prison physicians who are attend-1 "lKea alon the way- Incidentally,
ing the lord mayor did not airre 1 Mr- Cobb ,ost 20 PU"ds of his
ininn-i welkin.
Mr. Cobb said today that he be
lieved a diminutive species of jgrizz
ly found in the Seven Devils coun
try in Idaho and the dwart bear
of the Fort Rock lava flows are
identical and are the last surviv
ors of the sun bear, a species for
merly found over a large territory
in the lava flows of California
and Oregon. He is eager to get
specimens of the tiny grizzly and
hopes that the attention of th;
Smithsonian Institute may be suf
ficiently aroused to start a more
scientific investigation of the sub
ject than he has been able to
make.
Cobb Believes
"Lava Bear" of
Extinct Race
Bend, Or., Sept. 14. That the
lava Ijear, provlnclally known as
the "sand lapper" inhabiting the
lava flow In the Fort. Rock coun
try, may prove to be the sun beai-,
believed for the last 100 yeais to
be extinct, -was the theory advanc
by Irvin S. Cobb today on his re
turn to Send after a week's trip
to the south, in the course of
which the humorist has hunted
bear and deer and fished In all the
the
wnn the bulletin issued by
league. They reported there was
virtually no change in MacSwiney's
condition and that he had passed
a restful night.
Cox Cancells
Outside Dates
in California and the substitution in
their place of indoor addresses, ac
cording to an announcement by the
western department of the Demo
cratic national committee here to
day. Information regarding the change
was received here yesterday by
United states Senator Key Pittman
of Nevada, western director.
The Automobile Dealers' associ
ation of Hood River Is starting a
movement to erect a testimonial
arch or shaft at some point on the
Columbia river highway in honor
of S. Benson, chairman of the state
highway commission..
Posting Hnnil Si.:ns
Division engineers of the state
highway department' have been in-
l structed to use more diligence in
the posting of detour Tigris on pub
lic highways according to a letter
received by Governor dcott from
R. A. Booth, memb;r of the state
highway commission. Booth ex
presses the hope hat this source
of much complaint en the part of
tourists will now be eliminated.
JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY
are
every-
the
p.iit allowed
ft.art . .. . v.i nminff VeaTS
- coincide with the above i cover me . v.,.
and it n, . n 40 ner ceni oi m
s a maximum ha!., n ; normal credit at the banks.
Port sales could be made ! will be readily seen that under
f nn.Cf.nt .m: i l .lrtii mat 'A n I f S Ml "1" "
r-vuvwt uuuuiiionH oi ex- tucrte -
improve an imnJ,.mt nnor throughout the whole Lnltea
u no n u. it . . -...,.1 I'-iivn m i '
-imru in me exnort tins- . siaiew mm
i kova nnt heen more i,..
Sugar Conditions I dozen buyers who have been i in-
acennnt .v.- 1 .-p m the prune quotations
nc in 0, . . pot been active. -
.-ufiai prices during tne anu mvrac T,.m,
"r the sale of Oregon i To give you an ewsB"""
there
half
Lithuanian Request Honored.
Paris, Sept. 13. The French for
eign office announced today that
the allies have acceded to the re
cent request of the Lithuanian gov
ernment that they send representa
tives to the conference between
Lithuaniana nd Polish delegates to
consider the boundary dispute. The
conference will be held soon.
When she cries, you'll cry. When she smiles, you'll smile.
When she gasps you'll gasp. When she clutches for help,
you'll grip your chair, and when she screams, you'll probably
be put out. But come anyhow, and see Norma Talamadge as
Fushimi jennie Malone in "A Daughter Of Two World's." It's a
picture !
Today and Tomorow Ye Liberty
Thursday "LAW OF THE YUKON" IT'S BIG
JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY
Dandruff
was killing
my Hair
cIkere no waste to
Grape'Nuts
and more burjf ul than ever.
Wildroot LHjoid sSJuh
Wildroot tun in"
and H Jtmku smar. for
WtLDROOT
l rTfEW5ArrFED HAIR TONIC
i Per sale hen under a
inono-iaih guarvniet,
" Daniel J. Fry, druggist.
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q the comfort and performance f I I
of thb great ear-aa a ride wfl JJ
-.l-Mv eonriace von. Let u
' M-jLajjmJ wB V 7 demonstration. KS
Perfect Skmm ; Utji.t. tr-. 12-
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Wjjr Wm hppns thmt comes H rooea lor tri rndnlU. , f
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While bankers have generally tightened up on loans,
they recognize the value of the Tractor on the farm,
and are generally open to assist the progressive farmer
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