Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-03

Flowing and planting for winter wheat has progressed satisfactorily
 It is estimated that probably 80 per cent of winter. wheat acreage has
 been ployed. Farmers have been
 busy blowing. and sowing, and this seems to have had a deterrent effect on the movement to market, which is a again reported to be light for this time of the year. The wheat acreage
 of Missouri is estin5ated to be 136 per cent of that of 19I6i Further efforts are beng made tosincrease this acre, kage in order to Ming it up to the acre sge proposed by the federal author. ities. sssf sss Y F Preliminary estimates on the oats crop are for yield Fer acre large1y in excess of the 1tkn-year average in Illinois, Indiana sAnd Missouri, with the total produEti materially above that of 1916.s N
 F. The corn croh Sfhss date is prac- tically safe sfroll1s hlfisef damage. The forecast for. the 4sa9iT harvest from ! October 1, cor.ditidnsis slightly small Fer than the foreca from the Sep. tember sTsanditi9 eSesnt. that of ' Missouri wh3ah s6Wss m Increase. The estimatNA h9Mewer. afa we'll above the 1S. 1raiyest, and the five year average.* Flpsts which have oc- cured in the cSrs Sbeltt did not do any material laf&age. ;s
 The condition sbf the tobacco scrop in Kentucky and Teanessee appears to be highly atsfactoTy. i The Oc- 1 tober 1 condftBh h b6Tn states is con
 siderably higher tAan ithe ten-year av- Ierage, and ths forecast from the Oc- ltober 1 condition. appreximates the 1916 harvest, which was materially | abovG- tie five-yeAr average. f. Daring the last two weeks Mains fhave revived pastures, and livestocK 1 is looking we'll. Fodder crops.in gen
 cral, especially alfalfa. have yielded ] satisfactory harvasts :in spite of the 1, increased acreage of corn and wheat. l Apple picking and shipment to mar ] ket is proceeding ranidly. prices be ing considerably higher than year l ago.
 Labor Situation.
 The labor situation is causing some I concern. The coal situation in St.
 Louis and other large cities may cas-
 iiy become acute unless early settle
 ment of the strikes in the Illinois 1 field is made. The s' arcity of labor | may be said to be general, farmers.
 manufacturers, and even retailers, re
 porting difficulty in obtaining and 1 keeping a supply of suitable labor. Index figures on the cost of living
 show little change during the last two
 weeks. ss@sr
 | Postal receipts for September show ] slight increases as compared to Sep
 tembs.' of last year.
 l Building permits again show a
 slight decrease in Little Rock, a large
 decrease in Louisville, a slight in
 crease in Memphis, and in St. Louis,
 a decrease of nearly .5Q per cent this 1 September as compared to the same
 month of 1916 It would appear that
 little improvement in,the building sit
 nation can be expected until materi-
 als decrease in price and labor be- comes more plentiful.
 The. second Liberty loan is sengas- ing the attention of, bond houses;
 hence the bond business is. quiet. | Commercial paper rates have. ad-
 vanced again, ruling rates now rang
 ing from Ss4 to per cent. Banks in
 large cities are entirely out of the market. while demand from the coun- try banks is widely scattered and for
 notes of small denominations. Bank
 rates to customers show little l e"oiiS~. E '~s. tis !. -5@t