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Evening star., 1919-08-30
Grain, Produce
ard Live Stock

! BALTIMORE, Md. August 3o.-Po-
tatoes. western Maryland and Penn
; sylvania. No. /. per 100 pounds. 2:75a
800; eastern shore Maryland and Vir-
ginia, No. l, per 100 pounds. 2.75a3.00:
F, all sections, No. .. per 100 pounds
| 1.5oa1.75; No. 3. per 100 pounds 75a
| LOO: York river. No. l, per barrel. 4.50
! Assoc: No. ., 2.50a3.00; eastern shore
=, No. /, 450a5.00 No. >. 2.50a3.00; No.
3. all sections, 1.75a2.00. Sweets. new,
North Carolina. No. ]. per barrel. 400
! a4.50; eastern shore Maryland and
Virginia. No. /. per barrel, 400a4.50.
Yams. all sections. 3.0Oa3.5O. Sweets
and yams, No. ., per barrel, 1.75a2.5o:
Vegetables and green fruits-Beans,
; stringIess. per bushel. 75a1.10: lima.
basket, 14Oa1.60. Beets. per 100
bunch. 2.00a3.00. Cabbage, native. per
| 100. 3.00aS.00. Carrots, per 100 bunch
2.00a3.00. Celery, per crate, 4.00a5.00
Corn. native. per doz. 15a25. Cucum-
bers. per basket. 50a75. Eggplant, ma
tive per basket. 6Oa70. Onions. Mary
land and Pennsylvania. per 100 lbs,
3.00a3 SO; all sections, per bushel
basket, 1.75a1.90. Peppers, native, per
/ l,
basket. 1.00a1.15; packing stock, per
bushel, 1.70a1.S0.
Apples-Large. smooth. No. /. per
bbl, 3.50a4.O0: do, ordinary mixed
No. 2. 2.50a3.0O:' western Maryland
and Pennsylvania. packed. No. |. per
bbl.. 5.00a6.00; per hamper. 1.50a2. 90.
Cantaloupes-Eastern shore Mary
land and Virginia, standard. per crate.
75a1.25; do. native. per basket, 5Oa
75. Damsons, per pound. g.
onh Lt,S Srnr oh
and Virginia. per box. l.0Oa1.5 do,
per crate, 1.O0a1.75; do, per basket, 75a
1.25; do. native, 65a1.25.
Pears-Bartlett, nearby. per basket,
GOAL 25: do. per bushel basket. 2.0Oa
basket. 45a1.0o.
Piums-Per pound, 3laa4ls
Watermelons-Anne Arundel selects.
per 100, 25.00a30.00; do, MARYLAND.
Virginia and Delaware selects. per 100,
25.00a30.o0: do. all sections. primes,
per 100, S.00a12.
Arrivals by boat: Poultry. live
Chickens spring. TX pounds and over,
a6: do. spring. to lll pounds, 35; do.
White Leghorns, springers. 35a36: old
hens. over pounds. 33aS4; do. small,
32a33: do. White Leghorn hens 32a33
Whlte Pekins. young, 2Sa29; do. pud-
die, 27a2S; do, smaller. poor, 25a26;
old ducks, 25a26. Pigeons, old. pair,
25a3O; do, young, pair. 25a30. Guinea
fowl. young, each. 75aS0; do, smaller.
each, 50a60.
Eggs-Western Maryland, Pennsyi-
vania, nearby, dozen, 40; eastern shore
Maryland and Virginia. dozen, 40;
western (Ohio). dozen. 4S: West Vir-
ginla, dozen. As; southern North
Carolina). dozen. AZ. loss off.
Butter-Creamery west separator.
extras, 57a5S; do. prints, half-pound
extras, 59a60; do. prints. one-pound
extras. 5sa59; nearby creamery extras
54a55i dairy print Maryland and
pennsylvania and Virginia extras. 46
a4S; store packed firsts, as; rolls,
Maryland and Pennsylvania extras AZ
AIS; do, West Virginia extras. 45a47.
do. Ohio extras. 45a47: process butter,
53a54.
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Differs From Lloyd George.

Let us not take for granted that
our superior efficiency will necessar-
lily offset lower production cost
abroad. the statement of Lloyd
George TO the contrary notwithSta nd
ing. Europe. of course, wants our raw
material because she is compelled 10
have ii for her re-eXport trade 1t is
we'll to remember, however. that Ger
many. through Holland and the Scan
dinavian countries. is in a position
TO Counteract to some extent the eX-
change handicap on her imports A
large number of drafts are being
drawn on these neutral countries os-
tenSibly for the account of merchants
in those countries. but il is strongly
suspected that large part of the
shipments is being diverted to Ger
man sources-Corn Exchange Bank
of Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
RIOTING CEASES AFTER
STRlKEDREAKERS DEPART

RICHMOND. Ind, August 30--Fol-
lowing departure of strikebreakers
from the plant of the Malleable Cast
ing Company, rioting stopped early
yesterday.
Although Mayor Zimmerman had
asked Gov. J. =. Goodrich for state
troops and the governor had ordered
the local company held in readiness
for duty the police were able to dis
perse the crowds after the strike
breakers promised to leave. About
sixty strikebreakers were escorted
from the plant TO the railroad station
this morning by the police.
The strike OF the molders at the
plant practically had been settled. ac-
cording to labor leaders. when strike
breakers appeared from Chicago and
Cincinnati
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THE WEATHER.

The District of Columbia Maryland
and Virginia. unsettled tonight and
tomorrow proba bly, occasional show
ers; not much change in temperature;
gentle to moderate south to south
west winds.
West Virginia. showers and thun-
derstorms probable tonight and to-
morrow.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings OF
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-fouI
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Yeste rday. pm. 70
8 pm. IA IL midnight. ~; today. 4
am. 10: S am. 20; noon, "A. Maxi
mum, 81, at 3:20 pm. yesterday; mini
mum, 10. at 5 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. 81; minimum, 81.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4 pm. 1910;
Sp.m., 1905; 12 midnight, 1904; today
am, 29.97; s am. 23.95; noon, 1896.
Tide Tables.
Compiled by United States coast
and geodetic survey
Today-Low tide. 6:34 am. and 6:4s
pm; high tide, 1914 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 7:21 am. and
1888 pm; high tide, 1888 am. and
1856 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 6:33 am; sun sets
TAB pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 6:3f am; sun
sets. 7:42 pm.
Moon rises, 11:31 am; sets. 1906
pm
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY. w. Va. August
3O-The Potomac and Shenandoah
rivers were both clear this morning.
Weather in Various Cities.
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IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN
IN CONDITIONS OF TRADE

NEW YORK. August 30.-Brad
streets today says:
There are more cross currents IN
the general trade. industrial and
labor situation, but. unlike recent
previous weeks. some of these cur
rents are in the direction of i'm
provement The Presidents stand on
the subject of railway wages. the
evidences elected of popular sup
port of his action, the access of what
might be termed sober second
thought among labor men and some
really definite reductions in prices OF
foods at wholesale. have made for
slightly more optimistic feelings as
whole.
These developments are not, all OF
them what might be termed full
formed as yet, and there is enough
labor unrest. coupled with some very
serious strikes. to cloud the situa-
ton but it is felt in some lines that
while possible countrywide steel
works strike impends. the outlook is
not so disturbed as il was one or
more weeks ago. Weekly bank
clearings. s7065. $50 000.'
Evening star., 1919-08-30
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
ARE MORE HOPEFUL
Henry Clews Admits That the Flu.
ture Depends Very Largely on
the Attitude of Labor.
From Henry Clews' weekly letter.

From Henry Clewk' weekly letter.
ing. are hopeful. Should labor settle
down to d more normal attitude i'm
provement may be expected for the
reason that many enterprises and en-
largements are still pigeonholed,
awaiting more stable conditions The
American harvest is progressing, and
while our yield of wheat is below
early expectations, it is much above
the average and will be highly profit
able in the aggregate.
The corn crop will also be large at
very high prices
! Cotton is a short crop, but good
surplus is left from last year and
growers of this staple are also max
ing good money: As whole the
farming classes are exceptionally
PROSPEROUS. So. too. are the industrial
cost-of-living question, which is
chiefly felt in the cities, seems to be
near the apex, and a turn downward
should not be far distant.
A Slow Process.
Agitation in the press and govern
ment activities. though certainly pre-
venting profiteering. are not much of
a success thus far in lowering prices,
which can be accomplished only by
persistently increasing the product.
The latter will be a slow process, for
no government. however powerful.
can permanently defy the laws of
nature. especially that of supply and
demand.
T,he monetary situation is fairly sat
isfactory, though the loss in bank re-
serves last week produced tempo
rary furry in rates. The position of
government finances is steadily i'm
proving. owing to the large curtail-
ment Of expenditure. In this direc-
tion there is room for much further
progress. and it is just as urgent for
the government to economic as for
individuals, since excessive taxation
is still sapping the life Of business.
Evening star., 1919-08-30

Charles s. Colwen president of the
Corn Exchange Bank, Philadelphia,
says:
Increasing wages and the adding of
abnormal profits must stop soon, even
though the whole world is tired and
is slow about getting back to real
work. Contracting for goods to be
delivered far in the future at any old
price the seller names seems rather
foolish when the prices are so high
that they are becoming top-heavy.
'pyramiding is dangerous. This
applies to capital and labor alike.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
Big Consumption at Present.

consumption is today breaking all
earlier records. There has been more
or less shifting of demand from one
thlnS TO another, and this has caused
more or less complaint and hardship.
But. by and large. more business is
done than we ever did before the
war.
There is not going to be any dimi-
mutton in purchasing power of our
own 100000 900 people.
The world must come to us for un-
precedented amounts of our products.
We may not sell a great deal to Eng
land. France or Germany. or other
countries, for rehabilitation purposes;
nor. II we are wise, shall we devote
our principal efforts to securing busi-
ness of this kind. Our great manufac-
turers and exporters are wise enough
to see that these purely reconstruc-
ton orders would be temporary,
whereas we can firmly intrench our
selves in Latin America, in the far
east and in other markets which will
prove permanent. Germany used to be
one of our chief competitors in for
eign markets; she will be out of the
running for some time"
Evening star., 1919-08-30
Relating the Markets. Local. National and International
THEODORE n. VAIL SEES
GREAT BUSINESS BOOM
Believes America Is Entering
Upon Long Period of I'm
precedented Prosperity.

Theodore n. Vail is quoted by B. c.
Forbes In the American Magazine, in
part. as follows:
I'VE are entering, | believe. the
greatest period of business prosperity
America has ever known
The business boom has been delay
ed partly because of widespread ex-
pectalon that there would be col
lapse in prices. l do not for a moment
think anything of the kind will occur.
VIII go even further: I do not think
~ would be a good thing to have a
eoilapse IN prices. There are certain
inequalities in wages and salaries
Which should be adjusted "a good
many cases upward--but on the
whole. the people are better off and
tappier ,t under high wages and prices
'i1n .dt unoer low wages and prices. r.
we don't need lower prices now
because the argument that we had to
I,oinpete with pooly paid European
aoor no longer holds good. Wages in
european countries have advanced
p.0portionately more than here.
faf TOO much fuss is made by busi-
ness men about high wages now rul-
ts' me amount of wages paid is not
the great, big dominant factor in in
uustIy or business The predominant,
.Ie determining. factor is the amount
VI production per unit of labor effort.
IL Is far more important to get la
Dor interested so that it will put forth
lhteiilgent. enthusiastic effort than il
is TO get labor to accept lower pay.
PRODUCTION per worker today taking
labor as a whole. is intellectually
greater than twenty years ago, thanks
TO invention and introduction of all
kinds of labor-sa wing machinery
hoe +
shortly will boom. chiefly because
buyers everywhere have been follow
ing hand-to-mouth policy. Ameri-
ca shelves. as well as the world 8
sheiVes, are bare of goods. Consump-
tlon of merchandise in the United
states today is greater than ever be-
fore. and soon will become greater
still
Evening star., 1919-08-30
Under Four Dollars for Pound.

1t is predicted that our exchange VIII
60 under four dollars to the pound ster-
ling in the autumn. Naturally coiul-
tions favor the revival of discussion ol
the advantages of dearer money mere
Public anger at the natlona! eNtIaEa
sance is probably responsible for the
drastic changes suggested at the treas
sury
The crux of the situation however
is labor, and ii is doubtful whether
Lloyd George has the courage 20
tackle that aspect OF the sltuatioh'
PM the DreYnier. ever sensitive to
popular cIamor. may conceivably bow
TO the opposite extreme OF drastlc
econmy which is at any rate taiheo
about if not actually contemplated.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
REFINED sUGAR MARkEr.

NEW YORK, August sO.-Refined
sugar closed the week steady, with
some refiners willing to take business
for September delivery. The whole
situation has been relieved by in
creased arrivals, and il is believed
that the balance still to come forward
from the Cuban crop viii probably
supply domestic requirements. pro-
vided exports are prohibited as seems
likely. Fine granulated unchanged at
8 cents. .l-.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
On the Money Market.

The reason for the exceptional ac-
tivity in that kind of stock at the
present junctUre is perhaps not so
obvious
Whether and to what extent the
money market is designed TO tighten
this coming autumn is no doubt de-
batable. but there can he no dispute
of the fact that if Wall street were
TO be confronted with money
squeeze these highly speculative
stocks would feel the effect of il more
than others would. 1t is those stock s
whose position in the market after q
violent rise is particularly dependent
on the facilities of the money market.
In that regard. however it is the
teaching of stock exchange expert
ence that an extremely speculative
movement of the sort is rarely visited
with apprehensions about curtailment
of its financial facilities
Doubts over the attitude of labor in
given standard industry or over
impending Legislation on the control
check speculation and limit advances
where the scope of all such possibili-
ties can be definitely measured.
But stock whose actual situation
or outlook is only vaguely known. of
which il is supposed that an over
night incident of nature or of Iegis-
lation or of court DEGREES may sud-
denly enrich the holder. and whose
actual prospects are only vaguely
known gives play to the ina gination
which is not provided by the others.
So far regards even the standard
Investment shares, however. the de-
velopments of this week, notably in
the field of labor, have been distinctly
reassuring. An element of sober in
tenigence which has not existed in
European labor circles has come into
pretty plain sight. and it has brought
into united action along conservative
lines the government and the union
officials.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
"MADONNA AND CHILD"
MASTERPIECE, STOLEN

BOLOGNA. Italy, Thursday, Au-
gust 2S.-Fr. Francia's MASTER
piece, "The Madonna and: Child"
has been stolen from the Accade-
mia di Belle Arti, and colored
photograph has been substituted
for it. The photograph was past
ed in the frame to conceal the
theft. This masterpiece dates back
to the fifteenth century.
The police suspect some visitors
at the gallery last Sunday and have
. their names.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
General Tractors a New One.

General Tractors which first ap-
peared on the curb yesterday, started
at s4, but met offerings in large
volume and dropped to ga. Columbia
GraphophOne was in fairly good de-
mand, ranging from Asa to 4715.
a new feature appeared in the min
ing market in the development of
strength in the silver shares. which
were bought on the advance of the
silver market in London market. and
he outlook for favorable adjustment
Of the labor situation in the Tonopah
fields.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
Approve Wilson's Manifesto.

President Wilson's manifesto on
railway wages commanded instant ap
nrovaI and admiration here and was
promptly made the text of an appeal
that our government act similarly
Fortunately, there are some signs tnat
labor itself is beginning to recognize
its present fools paradise and the
mischievous doctrines of the agita- :
tors. Unless production is increased
semi-starvation is regarded in some
quarters as possible.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
Liverpool Cotton Figures.

LIVERPOOL. August 29.-The fol-
lowing are the weekly cotton. statis-
tics: Quantity afioat. all kinds. 100000
bales; quantity af1oat, American, 169,-
coo bales.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
LONDON MONEY MARkEr.

LONDON, August 30.-Bar silver.
SD per ounce: money, 3k per cent
Discount rates. short bills, 3 7-16a3h
per cent; three month bills. 9-I6a
33s per cent.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
New York Exchanges Closed.

NEW YORK, August 3O.-All New
York exchanges were closed today
Evening star., 1919-08-30
July R. R. EARNINGS
UNSAT|SF ACT0RY
Many Big Roads Show Heavy
Operating Losses.
Few Gains.

The following are July earnings.
with January to July 81 earnings IN
COMPARISON with the same period
year ago In July and seven months
earnings last three figures are
omitted:
Evening star., 1919-08-30
Bar Silver Quotations.
Must Stop Soon.

NEW YORK. August 30.-Bar sill
yer. 1.0S1.. Mexican dollars. s4ss.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
The Future of Railways.

1t is possible that the dominant in
fuence of the very near future will
he that question of paramount i'm
portance. the provision by legisla =
tion for the future of the railways.
The current report that the Senate
committees railway plan Will be
made public within a week is not
surprising AS matters stand. Con-
gress has only the four months up to
December 81 to IegiSlate on the mat
ter. The Senate committee has had
the problem longest in hand: ii heard
all the necessary testimony months
before the House committee began TO
most competent and experienced lead
ership for such problems. Whatever
plan of railway readjustment it sub
rnitS Will be at least the nucleus of
, the coming discussion
Doubtless it may be a storm center
for many of the known ideas of the
Senate committees leaders are as far
thought Plumb plans" of the past
few weeks. We are likely to hear
from this committee good deal more
about private administration and
governmental assurance of earnings
large enough to give the properties
the standing which they need than
about handing over control to the
railway employees for their own pc
culiar benefit. All this may bring the
discussion back to a sane and profit
able basis; even the author of the
Plumb plan" has admitted to friends
in labor union circles that Congress
is strangely unresponsive to his sim
pie solution of the TRANSPORTATION
problem
But We have Yet to learn the attitude
of the general public-which will sefrIe
the matter
Evening star., 1919-08-30
WHOLESALE BEEF PRICES.

The following are yesterdays whole
sale market prices for beef cuts as
sold by the Washington market Of
Swift & Co
Evening star., 1919-08-30
Slightly Lower Food Prices.

1t may be we'll to note here that the
first weeks results of the agitation
for lower prices were slight. the
weekly food price index (Bradstreet' 50
declining only / per cent. Some prod
ucts fell heavily for while. Cotton
futures at one time were off $50 per
bale. but regained some of this loss.
December corn fell off 30 cents. hut
actual spot corn declined much less
and the poor government crop report
of August 8 caused sharp rallies.
Whether for this cause or because
drastic regulation was not feared,
every staple dealt in on the Chica go
Board Of Trade on August rose in
price. The fall of prices earlier in
the week and the railroad embargo
on freight due to the strike of shop
men also caused farmers to withhold
crop and animal shipments.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
Oils May Move Sensationally.

II would be quite in line with stock
market precedent circumstances being
what they are. for the price of Mex
lean Petroleum to rise excitedly if the
Senate should ratify the treaty. or for
Royal Dutch to break news of a
great victory by the Russian bolshe-
wiki The market for these stocks is
the easiest channel through which
Wall streets emotions can find eX-
preston
Evening star., 1919-08-30
Sober Tone Inevitable.

In view of the happenings al Wash
ington and the unfavorable crop re-
port. il was inevitable that more
sober tone should develop in specu-
lative lines. that some uncomfortable
hours should befall the stock market,
that liquidation of many accounts
should occur and that much of the
recent gain in security prices-par-
ticularly in industrials-- should be
sacrificed.
Foreign exchange was very weak
and new low levels were reached in
sterling and francs. Wholesale COM
modify prices. moved to the highest
levels ever known. Call money rates
rose sharply Time money became
scareer and higher A strike of ship
ping workers for time caused con-
gestion in, export trade. Building and
street. car workers struck in large
numbers. and in at least two great
cities serious race riots emphas sized
the appearance of another disturbing g
factor in the process of national re
construction.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
MARKET VAGAR|ES
=. VIEWED BY EXPERT
Possibilities of Various Hap
penings Are Considered
With Reference to List.
RAIL LEGISLATION TALK
From the New York Evening Post
Financial Bureau

NEW YORK, August 30.-The stock
exchanges and most of the commercial
markets of the country were closed
today for special holiday and Will
remain closed until Tuesday
Nobody can have failed 10 observe
that when disquieting news regarding
railway labor came TO hand it was
the industrial shares of the highly
speculative type which were weakest.
and that when that situation seemed
to have suddenly improved 1t was the
speculative industrials which ad-
yanced
This may have seemed odd to some
observers.
II meant nothing more. however,
than that Wall street was really dI-
r-cting its speculative energies al
most wholly 10 these huctuating in
dustrial stocks. Their rise or fall did
not necessarily Indicate any better
ment of their earning prospects or
intrinsic value. but the cheerful or
respondent mood of the moment in
f.l cir IL
Evening star., 1919-08-30
Shipbuilding Firm.

American Shipbuilding was in sup
ply for a time selling at 81. but sud-
denly improved and advanced yes
terday TO 80.
Madison Tire a newcomer on the
curb ranged from As TO 81. New York
Shipbuilding was exceptionally heavy,
declining from 81 to Sc. Submarine
Boat was also heavy, selling from is
to 142,-
The Savold issues failed to recover
much of the losses sustained in the
preceding week, Savold Tire ranging
from 43 TO 80, and Ohio Savold from
SO to "a.
Independent Oil stock followed the
course of the petroleum group on the
stock exchange closely. Sinclair Con-
solidated ranged from 55 3s to SO, and
Sinclair Gulf from 553l to SO. both
stocks reacting from the highest
range. Home Oil was in good demand
with trading at l1si to 19A. Midwest
Refining had the widest range, being
traded in at 1853 TO 40.