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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-10
prices ARE FLUCTUAT|NC
RAPIDLY FOR RETAILERS
Special Report on Trade Conditions
Made for The Tincs-Dispatch
by II. G. Dunn X Co.
SOME TRADERS YET WAITING
On the Whole, business in ami
About This City and Throughout
Virginia Is Good-Work Of Read
justmcnt Going On.

r. G. Dun & Co.'S special review,
made for The Times Dispatch is as
follows:
stall dealers continue waiting AZ
.-,udc and purchases are mostly for
current requirements. this being more
especially the case with smaller con-
Germs. This policy seems generally
Warranted by price rcccssionS in 4
large numbe" OF staples. but has also
caused some 1ulincss In lines where
there Is no genuine cause for declines.
General business conditions. however,
arc fundcmentally healthy and the sit
uatton is no, wiihou; encouraging tea !
lures. Collections ~ ,loSt iines; are
good. although slightly retarded re
ysntiy, in some instances through
TO normal department stores are
placing orders somewhat more freely.
reductions in many staples. Whole-
sale EroccrS sa: tho mid winter has
caused a diminished demand for peas,
beans. canned vegetables, eie., and the
gradual price declines have brought
The monetary volume OF business trans
acted 10 a lower level. but the bulk
mai. The market on coffee, -four anu
SUGAR is firm, as Is canned and dried
Scedsmen say trade With farmers =
good, but that the retail merchants are
placing only small orders, Prices are
lower than for this season last year
and If present spring weather con-
tinues. early artivity is expected
Dealers in agriculture! implements say
business transacted during January
and February is ahead OF .n4i 10! iEe
same period OF i9lS in both tonnage
4 few slight rcceSsions. but prices are
generally firm, and sharp'y ahead Ior
\ "a la &
poets for a good year arc encouras-
irc. sales q. hardware &: who!es2-s
Tor February weEe sig My of @7d
paints. oils and glass prices z.e 6:-i.
and. while trade is still! below 7e--'a.
there arc indications O. early :=7:oNa-
inent.
rrices OF plumbing SUPPLIES z@re -:
'alien Off as uuca as expected @16
clines are looked Ter and caad,::oas
While uncertain. are thouSat Sc-.e : -;
more encouraging Demand :: ~ao-e-
rather dull. and there has beer down
Uard revision OF prices @: nun cc-
Of articles. this hcins ss2eela!i; ;.ue
Tires are also light. and efforts are be-
ing made 10 maintain present prices
until juno !, when guarantees Of man
The local leather marke: is strong
and some advances have been noted
since the armistice. Retailers are buy
volume or business is up TO normal.
.ud see no prospect for decrease IA
prices. Retailers arc not placing usual
shoe orders. on account OF looking for
lower prices. but manufacturers see
no possibility of any reduction during
the next six months.
Dry goods At Wholesale is very dull,
trade being off 20 10 % per cent. Prices
still show weak tendency and early
resumption of active business is not
expected.
building operations arc below those
OF pre-war times, but permits for Feb
ruary are more than double those for
ne corresponding month last year, TO-
falling :3oo.lI4
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Trade and Traffic
on Cary Street
Steady Weeks Business.
Many Farmers Selling
From Wagons.

The wholesale produce men and the
commission merchants along Cary and
Thirteenth Streets recorded another
fairly good business season last week.
TO the demand. and inasmuch as they
did not run over IN many lines. goods
moved with. that steady and profitable
Street folks
There were executions to this rule,
OF course. For instance. dried beans
and peas continue to be d drug on the
market. and the wholesa lcrs lind ii
hard to sell them. even at the reduced
almost total Disappearance of demand
FOR this valuable Zoe d. but the fact is
the people seem - nave quit eating
beans.
Potatoes also were on the drag. All
OF the Irish potatoes new being han
growth, and a great many are coming
TO town in farmers wagons from near
by farms. Some Of these farmers are
but the most of them are selling 10
the consumers direct from the wagon.
or al least are trying TO do so. bu, are
finding that the supply is greatly in
excess OF the demand. rho result is
thu. potatoes T,is 81. have zone aTa$ en- in
e the o1 ha not noW IS the
time for them TO buy potatoes in large
quantities if they. have the facilities
get them direct from the grove, right
now al prices that Will 1ot prevail Later
on when the farmer gets nus;- with his
crop and stays Off the market.
Eggs were very plentiful "a. the
week. and the New York buy..i being
practically on the market on account
OF the strike in the New York harbor,
the price Went down again, Hen fruit
sold towards the last OF the week down
TO IS cents and some large sales were
made at 81.
Poultry was in just good enough sup
ply 10 meet the demand and prices held
were active 1T SO 20 81 cents per pound.
Apples and oranges were scarce, and
Other fruits were unchanged. Vcge-
tables were rather scarce and prices
were we'll maintained
Without giving any reason for the
faith that was !p them the Cary Street
folks aYowcd that they were expecting
heavier receipts of all manner OF coun-
IS produce this week. especially poui-
I-y AND CESS
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SHOES AND LEATHER
strike in New York Reduces Output OF
WOmcns Fine Footwear and viii
.tfcct Prices.

The reports from the hide and leather
centers, which have bearing. on the
domestic packer hides nave lately been
dull and animated by turns. and last
week was one OF the quiet weeks. SUCH
activity as has recently existed has
been chiefly due TO the prolonged strike
in Eucnos Aires. which has 50 com
plc,ely tied up shipping 10 and from
that port as TO materially influence con
ditions here. With delayed arrivals
from the River Plate, tanners who de-
pend largely on Argentina hides have
Dcen foTced 10 purchase other kinds 70
have sold February hides, which are
among the. poorest in quality of the
year, at prices they could not have OBJ
tained had taa!nrs not hecn obliged
10 enter the. market at this time. IN
leather, thcr6 is no conspicuosiy large
business, and the strike III BROOKLYN
shoe factories has lcssencd the demand
for high grade upper feathers. For
every day the strike continues in
Brooklyn plants. il is estimated that
output OF women's fine footwear is re-
dgced 80. 900 pai-Y
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Another month mas elapsed without
bringing a rcSum Dtion OF confident and
vigorous iron and steel buying. and pig
iron OUTPUT. for the fifth consecutive
month, discloses reduction From u.s.
942 tons last September. the daily rate
has fallen. by successive stages. to
necessary 10 go back nearly year to
find co low igurp. The number OF
ac:tNe furnaces. moreover. has rcceded
stsfdiiy and was, according 10 trade
Sfatistlcs, down - 3CC on March ! or
IL less than on February / and 81 less
than on January Yet stocks Of iron
1T the furnaces, notwithstanding the
diminishcd production, are estimated TO
have increased last month SO per cent
of price shading persist, and the Iron
Age remarks that sta bilized prices arc
regarded az the need" and that .'pro
ducers arc, II anything. more out
spoken in the expectation that labor
REIMBURSEMENT Will be necessarily long
dciaycd''
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IN THE TEXTILE WORLD
While Conditions Arc Uneven Good
Collections and Other Evidences
OF stability Arc Noted.
.ncYen conditions

Uneven conditions In textile lines
continue, but good collections are an
elcmcnct of strength, and the liquida
signs OF strain than might have been
expected. reports Dun's Agency. White
the revision Of values IA first hands has
been marked II has not brought the
shock or disturbance that usually ac-
companies radical rcadjustment in
The basis OF merchandising. Mainte-
reflected in advices from various cen
1erS. the best reports coming from
the agricultural regions. but retailers
are not no" disposed 10 anticipate their
wants very far ahead and jobbcrs are
exercising much care in entering upon
forward obligations II is this Si,ua
lion which IS hampcrinS recovery in
producing channels, where idleneSs Is
steadily increasing. Yet Indications CT
Il gradually rcNiNinc domestic dcma nd
appear in some quarters. while a better
inuuiry tor many hne cotton@ has come
from Mexico,
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supports Family by Home Canning.

nc SAFE OF hcr canned fruits and
vegetables has enabled a woman u!
Albcmarlc County 10 feed and CLOTH,
her eight children the last TWO wears
When war was declared her eldest son
chiiStco III ihc navy. In few months
the mother was left 10 wrcstlc with
me problem Of providing three meals
1t day FOR the eight younger brothers
ana SISTERS. About this time the home
dcin stration agent OF tho United
states Department OF Agriculture and
the State Agricultural College wa.
,caHh'hG the women in that locality
how TO can. With a garden which
c@u!d raise plenty OF fruit and veg.
eetables and with Wild fruit 20 be had
.or me picking, the mother of ten de-
cided therein lay the solution OF her
problem. Results have proved thai
ncr judgment was right. Thousands of
cans or iruit and vegetables have been
put up and sold from this country
nome. One lot the home Demonstration,
agent hclpcd her sell brought SioJ
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BIG BANKING INTERESTS
WILL FINANCE RAILROADS

Foremost banking interests are cN
temporary relief OF the railroads
Such support. it is believed. will be
given in generous measure. but there
* little probability Of the formation
o. a huge money pool
Interest in the Industrial situation
convcrSed around the conferences be
tween steel and iron producers and
representatives of the department OF
Commerce for the Sterilization OF that
industry. Despite the sanguine views
o, Industrial executives, there is a fast :
growing conviction in trade circles
that further price reductions are i'm
mincnt regardless OF wage schedules.
That the country is doing a very
large and profitable general business
and that money is reasonably free for
constructive purposes is evidenced by
the enormous bank clcarinGs and the
comparatively easy rates for time and
call funds.
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Equal suffrage in Farm nur.

. NJ HIOTc than Two Thirds OF Inc
states the farm bureaus now include
women a We'll as men in iheir mon
oerahip- BOYS and girls also have
tlon rs consequence women arc
taxing an Increased interest in com
munity work. Communities and IN.
Teans which have the benefit OF femi.
nine as well IS masculine judemcn,
on farm questions have a basis for :.
broader viewpoint than do those com.
posed OF men only. The men arc s,id
nncsr'lly 10 approve Of having the
bureaus open 10 their sisters and
wives, and in many ;nst,nrns ~
.c"h! 20 BIC even more cnthusias,ir
man thc.r wives arc about women
Joining.
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MAKE FARM FEED FAMILY.
ADVICE TO SOUTHeRNERS
Have Good Garden. Hogs, Plenty OF
Grain aud Other ThinEs
TO Emit.

Tas government is still: urging the
:co2cco and cotton growers Of the
20 the end tina; their tobacco and cot
;.ol may. indeed. be money crops and
i mas recently gotten out Farmers
Bulletin lQlJ' on that subject.
In this bulletin Uncle Sam simply
breaches the hog and hominy doc
iriae," which The Times Dispatch has
past.
To reduce the traditional discrcp-
ancy between the family food produc-
tobacco or Cotton farm and to DE- de- :
vclop self suiiiciency OF homegrown
rations and nccessitates radical
Soans N lne r0ppnG Iystem Of
portunity for the ali-tobacco or all
cotton man TO rid himself permanently
of the bonds of the advance credit syS-
importation of his bean, bacon and
bread supplies from the Northern and
Western states at prices often I'M
reasonable, consequently no middlemcn
protits.
Southern farmers are urged TO raise
more vegetables and fruits on their
long. growing season and plenty CT
rainfall, gardening in this region is Al,
easy and certain means Of decreasing
group o. thirty-iive town families
which became interested in vegetable
raising as a means OF self-def tense
dluSl HIS !lNlES costs, IalSco an
average OF approximately $50 worth OF
food per family On gardens ranging in
size from 500 TO 4o9 square yards The
average cash outlay tor these gardens
was: Labor, $l.5i: seeds, Si.5l, and
fertilizer, !" cents, total cos. OF
1881.
He recently ra ised for his IL mily of four
persons eleven kinds OF vegetables, to
the value OF S9l.2u, at cash outlay OF
81 for prepare ton and 81 for seeds An
other man grew $50 worth OF veGet-
a hl II
an expense OF $40. For;y-two quarts
Of this produce was canned, while S26
worth WAS sold the balancc being con-
sumed BY the family.
lSut don't stop at ihc garden Grow
ample corn. wheat, hay, etc, 10 feed the
family, all the stock and all the
chickens.
The Agricultural Department figures
out that the family food average the
thlrd OF an acre Of Irish potatoes Il
half acre OF sweet potatoes. two-thirdS
OF an acre OF other vcgcta pies. and one
half an acre OF fruit. In addition 10
the garden and orchard:
One hog equivalent 20 l3S pounds O:
pork for each adult,
SUFFICIENT eggs and poultry for home
use from thirty to tiity fowls.
one acre of corn Tor meal
Three acres Of wheat for -four.
SEup and sugar tor family use from
"ne-halt acre Of sugar cane or surs-
ham.
Two COWS 10 provide milk, butter
a"d cottage cheese.
Enough grain, hay and pasturagc
$hould be grown for all tho live stock
including Two or more work animals
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tootroI the CodIinE Moth

LANDING the trunks and larger limbo
OF apple trees with strips OF cloth ha.
oeen pract'eed extensively Tor the con
tro! OF the codling moth. Thi. ,n.,bad
CONSISTS Of Fastening Il band Of cIoIh
around the trunk. from which The
loose bark has been removed. Usu.iIv
oand made from burlap, folded 10
,hrs 'n'cHnesses four TO eight inches
vide is used The cooling moth
iarVae, or worms, crowl beneath IN.
band 10 form their cocoons and .ho,,iI
DC destroyed BY hand ~ Intervals .,
zen days throughout tho scaaon.
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CHANGE. IN LAW CPSETS
COTTON MARKET FOR TIME

NEW ORLEANS. March 9.-The sud
den change IN the law governing future
in the cotton market last week, and
it resulted in a great deal OF con
fusion and uncertainty, although At
the end of the week the ring wore
and traders expressing themselves as
being confident that this week would
see ii more normal market with the
amendment to tho cotton futures act
two forms OF contract were necessary.
il order TO carry out liquidation under
the old law and execute orders under
the new.
The market was suspended Wcdncs-
day in order 20 allow the machinery
Of the exchange to be altered. but the
trading was resumed as usual Thurs
day. and Saturday tho market was in
full swing againJ with prices showing
Il strong upward tendency, indicating
shat tho trade considered tho new con-
although ono spot element which CON
sidcred only the low grade discounts
Oh spots. claimed the old contracts
were worth more than new.
MORE ATTENTION DUE
WEATHER CONDITIONS
ing, old contracts alone considered,
were advances OF IL 20 1914 points.
At the highest prices OH the closing
session old May contracts traded UP
a aq 5 s;.ae ~"''0 inc ne" ''"''A' ''0'
During the week just ended the trade
lad little opportunity TO weigh purely
market influences. but this week it is
paid to spot market and weather con-
Citions. The belt still is suffering
from excessive moisture, and should
the rains continue into this week the
fcctcd by them IL seems TO be tho
general opinion the old contracts VIII
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be shortly liquidatcd down 10 Il point
where they will command less alton
,ion than the now contracts which
would allow new contracts to doml-
nate the market. Att the same time
tho attitude OF old contract longs. who
arc supposed to want cotton for their
contracts. points to interesting posi-
OiliticS in the old murket
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-10

iCommcrciaI faiIurcs last week In Inc
United states, as reported by r. g.
Dun Co were l3I. against 1876 the
preceding week. and 2i1 the corrt.
spending week last year. or failures
last week in the United States. 44 were
in the East. 80 South, &c West and -
in the Pacific States, and GO reported
liabilities of $4,000 or more, against ~
the week before
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STOCK MARKET SHOWS
CONFIDENCE IN FUTURE
Pronounced Activity Hcightcns In
preston That Country Dis
counts Grave Problems.
INDUSTRIES AT NEW LEVELS
Senate Filibnstcr Proves Only Rough
Spot in General Price Advance.
Money appears to BE Reasonably
Free and Plentiful.
nv .Associatcd press1

NEW YORK. March 9.---Pronounced
expansion OF activity OH the stock cN-
change last week and attendant de-
relcpments heightened the impression
prevalent In speculative quarters ii
not elsewhere. that the country has
discounted many OF the grave problems
winch rioudcd the financial horizon in
the first months of the postwar
period
Average prices in the Industrial
division and various spccialtics more
or less identified with that varied
group not only rose to highest levels
so far ihis year but in several note
worthy instances actual new maxi
NUNS were made.
The advance was almost unintcr-
rupted. the only hal; being occasioned
by the Senate tiibuster. Defeat Of the
general deficiency bill caused modcr-
ate rcrersals among rails, which were
fMllN retrieved lutcr.
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Jeffries Announcc. C.ndid.c

= state senator William N. Jcnries,
aJr.. OF Chase City. announced here
yesterday that ne would be candl.
soste 20 succeed himself in the General
Assembly from the twenty-ffth sena-
tor!al district comprising the counties
OF MecElcnbure and Brunswick
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Deaths.

ALLEN: -D,ed. at thc RESIDENCE Of her
:NmGlin COUNTY. Va. March .; 1919, of
pneumonia following influenza. Mrs. Margn.
ret Iiaryl" Alien, widow of late John !.
Allen. Of Amelia County. Va. She Ia sur
yiNcd by her iathc! and mother. Major and
Mrs William o. liarvie. ana following
and Arn$S,eai I. iIarvie. and Miss otcii;,
Garland ltarr.'. OF Amelia County. aud
william } iIaryic: Of Huntington, ". Va,
Funeral viii take place from tho I'rcsby.
terrain Church Amelia Courthouse. Va,
Monday morning. March TO- at 10 o'clock.
cKEERf.--Dicd suhdcniy. e. the Residence
Street. SUNDAY. March .. at u o'clock A. 81
Francis Parker Houston infant daughter OF
Frank !. aud Ami" lie" Crcery. aged seven
months aud five days.
Tho funeral wti take place from tho
above residence Monday. March 10. at :
o'clock T. Al. On account OF The Illness of
the mother. Friends ana acuuuintanccs in.
.ited 20 attend Burial at MI Calvary
Cemetery.
IioRp-pied. SUNDAY. March O. 1919. at .
\: Nj. ~ the residence Of her husba nd
Highland Springs, Mahal Il. wife OF j. H.
Hord, aged fftE- seven years
Funeral from the above residence this
MONDAY afternoon at o'clock. Inter
mcnt in lakewood.
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Every car thoroughly eve-hzuied - haunE
passed the Inspection OF our. service sra-
term OF s4uuractory service You owe 70
yourself the inspection OF our used car dc,
where.
1919 OAKLAND
FiS ;r paI s. nS used by careful driver.
1919 CHALMERS
.as Sis ~is ';:
new car. at biz reduction IN price.
1917 CHALMERS
ana 1ss.sssa TASs s1s.n eh.a's'
1917 MAXWELL
10 b, n 5s,d scAaaes
1917 MAXWELL
Rosds:er. oysrhaSled and repaint.d, Gevd
laIs MAXWELL
Ko cad ,I R;spainted and overhsuled. IN
1917 OVERLAND
rl: sns' and mechanical condition Price
OVERLAND
In good condition. Price. ;:7s.
LININGER- ALSoP CO., INC,
Used Car Department.
So: West Broad Street
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Kf tsIsr EEsT EEks s s EEsu1lr AND RI
Willis III Es5aHr. GOOD CONDITIONS
ovF n aS3D e e9ABf4lgS: HrrASrrD
Ot evERHAu fIfEh5S SS5 nEPA Ei$NfTSnnbSoss
rGtH sFPtS SsHza II Eg Il
eFsSsot 4gs f EAss s sH4s ,ss HfHH
eEz zsH 81 tSgs f2ag
oS5stE r., shE ELRs }E Ess Eo eosB
rJSS 5 h'rF tipSSSxSS$Sns ror nn cAF
TRUCKS.
FEDERAL :.ToN WITH BODY.
MATWELh oNE;To$ WITH CAB. RE-
GOOD CONDITION.
HF FEsFE6 9 &Sb e o yfp eSABlr,s5
RF KuNHiNo ' c5S8iri 9TH BOOT, GOOD
AT E1Ass 2dSS2%roPP DELIVERY; FIRST
De e9E E aNHn2N % WITH p ssP5 ASp
FORD DELIVERY
MOTOR EXCHANGE.
SIC WEST BROAD STREET
W. c. BOYD. ,.an.scr.
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STCTz !;PASSENGER-Fastcs ard bes,
car In Virginia. Bargain to quick buyer
Ierminal Moto. Co.. N:a:a and Cary
THIS wEEK's USED car BARGAINS
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Buyers should he Particular.

ENtraragant advertising Of this
sort is misleading 20 the amateur and
FARMER. on whom many OF tho hatch
cries depend entirely for their bust
nc should be taught TO inquire for
themselves whether tho companies
with which they intend 10 do bust
ness really own or operate breeding
stock or incubators.
Dealers, niddlemcn, have no respon-
a!biiity yet many Of them raise more
money on their transactions than those
VINO produce the chicks. in Justice to
the farmer, who needs considerable
education on poultry affairs. and in
Jnsticn TO hatchcrics who turn out good
stock and who must. therefore. receive
fair prices for their chicks. these un-
sgrupu!ous methods should be stopped.
ihe only way TO do this is TO instruc,
customers TO be more discriminating
chch them to look for assurances be-
iorc they place their orders"
fouitfy Is side line on most farms.
No doubt IT will always be so. There
lofc, us management must be kept
simple. What could be easier than
pacing an order with a hatchery for
INC hcHNory Of 30 many chicks OF
. phrtIculhr variety at a given date?
NJ! mat the farmer has to do Is 10
start hs hroodcr. attend it for n mont tn
OF until tho chicks are old enough to
20 without artificial heat, and the bulk
OF INC p6hliT? work Is done for tho
Economy and convcnicncc-those arc
re icaturcs which have made the baby
ch!cE Industry such huge success In
comparatively short time
Chick Trade In Europe.
~ J" interesting 10 note that pla ms
tre under way for establishing the
"nhY c"icN trade in France. Arrange
tnchts nave been madc TO introduce
aiDcr.Ci1 lncubuttn- and
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Automobiles for Sale.

E4RGAlES-see Us for the best bargain:
In used cars. We specialize on them
X. +. kAeh!cr. MADISON $50.