The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-10

pardize the business of the cotton
and grain grower OF the interior Just
as acutely as 1t does that OF the man
ufacturer on the seaboard. In build
ing up the country's foreign trade
to the advantage OF every section OF
the country, we are handicapped in
n vital way by having ocean carriers
under the control of competing ma
tons.
Leather and Shoes.
The past thirty days has been
period of extreme dizziness in shoes,
as well as in leather and hides. II
Is the between-season period in shoes,
and the factories which for several
months past have been running at
capacity, have begun to slow down
on account of lack of sufficient
new business to counterbalance the
orders completed. Shoe manufactur-
ing, having sufficient supplies OF
leather to carry them through the
present run and being very uncer-
tain as to what the coming season
will bring forth, are not keenly in
terested in leather, and tanners In
turn have gagged their purchases of
hides by the demand for the finished
material The dullness has produced
no decided weakness in hides, and as
! deliveries on old orders for leather
: absorb practically all that is becom-
| ing available, the tanners are not
oyersupplied, and have firm price
] ideas. The new German submarine
campaign is having its effect on the
export demand for leather, but as
! an influence on prices, II Is offset by
expectations that the United States
government will be free buyer Of
shoes and leather in the event that
| the break between this country and
! Germany Is followed by an actual
declaration OF war. The loss OF ex-
port business in leather would not
be important II there is large gov
eminent demand; II would be merely
n change Of customs. The export de
mand naturally has contributed lib
orally to the high cost of leather and
of shoes. but not to the same extent
as has the cutting off by the war OF
a considerable part of the foreigI
supply of hides and skins usually
available for American tanners. Since
IL Is probable that there will be lit
tie or no relief in this direction dur
ing the war, II Is of interest to note
, what This country is doing in the mat
ter of becoming Independent OF for
oign hide supplies. as is DISCLOSED
. b. statistics of animals on the farms
- On January |, 1917, there were 40,
F., $4,000 head Of cattle other thar
r milch cows on the farms of tn
: United States, MS compared with 80,
f, $50, 900 head year before, an in
= crease OF 1,21S,000 head. There wa
, an increase of $4,000 head in tn
/, number of milch cows between Janu
[ AIRY /, 1915, and January /, 1917
4 the figures being 21,603,0OO, an
e. 21,99S,0O0 respectively. Farm hold
1 mgs of horses on January |. thi
5 year, were 2O,77O,0O0 head, as CON
n pared with 20,77S,OO0 year before
o High prices OF VOL and lambs seeI
I to have failed as an incentive
r. sheep husbandry, for there were o
n tho farms at the beginning of thi
y. year only 47,777,OOO head, or 1,432
d 600 less than on the same date la:
{ year. This showing, while in mea'
T. Iure gratifying, offers little or no ell
I enlargement that the country is al
l. preaching the time when II can e.
O along with smaller foreign supple
@ Cotton Goods.
C The reaction in print cloth prize
st In two months. and extreme drop
o from So cents 10 ga cents onSs
l. inch a. Y COS, stimulated some pu