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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
NE W HIGH RECORD
MADE FOR STEERS
DURING THE WEEK
agitation Fails to Lower the
Prices UniformIy-Effect
UnmiStakabIe.

Despite price agitation cash corn
sold a. $210. best steers touched
sI9s5-a new high record-and
hogs advanced beyond $4,000 during
the early week Nevertheless. the
general price trend has been down
ward Stocks and cotton fell off and
the markets remain heSitant. Farm
produce and dairy products ascent.
Cotton goods and yarns and non
ferrous metals showed declines. The
disposition has heen 10 shade prices.
and TO avoid marking goods up
where no decline occurs.
Farmers Hold Wheat.
In some quarters II is said the
farmers are Withholding new wheat
against a price advance above the
minimum Figures do not substan-
tiate this view. Total receipts from
The farm and stocks in mills and
elevators July % much exceeded
last year, when the new wheat
EaCvement was unusually heavy. The
prospect OF a later storage charge
n axes II less desirable 10 market
wheat at once.
~ new wheat is withheld. the an
swer may be found I'm the federal
grain standards. which reduce much
OF IL to No. 2 and lower grades, fol-
which the sale price may even be a.
low as S1.15 per bushel. Some we'll
informed observers assert the new
crop will average $3.50. as contrast
ed with the S2.05 average named by
julius Barnes The reduction in
grade is due mainly 20 shrivelled
kcI nels. which nevertheless make
good -four and will probably be sold
10 the consumer on the basis OF
50 90 wheat There has been some
agitation in favor OF removing the
wheat guarantee The price would
Iise 10 $500, certain grain men pre-
DICT
Farmer Is Conservative.
The plan for naturalization OF
the railroads is not likely TO gain
support from the rural districts. with
the possible exception Of North Da-
kota. The farmer is landowner
and employer, and hence conser-
vative. He will incline more toward
the business mans view. Back IN
the nineties. the farmer supported
government ownership. Private own
ers Disseminated against him gross
y in matter OF rates. Now that Is
changed. But whatever his feeling
toward the Plumb plan. his Opposi-
ton TO a railroad strike would be
pronounced Already the Indiana
Federation OF Farmers associations
suggests the ACCESSIBILITY Of holding
back farm products in the event Of
a general strike.
AnSTt high prices for foodstuffs.
With may regard as the main sup
porting pillar OF the entire high
price structure. IL is worthy Of note
that EXPORTS OF foodstuffs for the
fiscal year ended June so increased
nearly 1900. OOO.O or 81 per cent
over the preceding year constitut-
Ing slightly more than One-third Of
al experts. DR.. AlOnzo Taylor. chief
. OF surveys OF the American relief ad-
mintstratiOn, declares that American
food exports affected prices i'm this
country little. representing surplus.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
MARKETS
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. Ill, Aug. 10
HOGS+Receipts. 5000; market
steady, lower; butchers. $3.50 n
81. 90: packing. $500 @1s.25; lights,
sl75O@21.0O; pigs, $4,000 17.75;
roughs. s16.50@17.25.
CATTLE-Receipts 5000; mar
ket, uneven and lower; beef. 1915 a
1925; butcher stock. $500 1850;
Gamers and cutters, 1928 a 9.75;
stockers and feeders, $7.5Oqs.75;
COWS. s7.25@14.50: calves, $4,000
21.00.
SHEEP-Receipts, $500; market
slightly higher; wool lambs. $1,000 q
1925: ewes, $3006975.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
Review of the Week
Activities in Various Markets
STOCKS.

Trading was dull and the market
distinctly bearish throughout the
week. Sales totaled only 1000
Tuesday and Friday. Prices huctu-
ated. breaks succeeding rallies
Ever-recurring liquidation kept
prices down. Publication participa-
tion was very much less marked
than during recent months and the
market was largely dominated BY
professionals. New factors were
conspicuously absent with no great
trouble experienced from tightness
or insta bility Of call money, bur fac
tors hitherto prevailing. such as lab
or trouble price agitation, and for
eign exchange. were operative.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
FOREIGN TRADE
Canada S Position

So great has the American trade
balance against Canada become
that the Canadian dollar now
stands at a discount of 4 p points
as compared with tho American
dollar.
In 1916 Canada bought s435. 900. =
600 worth of goods here. Vhile in
1918 the dominion bought $751;
000. 000-an so percent increase.
Exports increased only from s14O.-
000.00 TO $411000,0O0. Closer
trade relations between the two
countries which shall encourage
Americans to buy more Canadian
goods must be the outcome.
Meantime. another self-govern-
ing colony of the United Kingdom
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
COTTON.

Persistent weakness marked the
cotton market. which has moved
downward TO the neighborhood OF
30. as against the recent high level
around So Cotton shared the weak
ness in all leading markets impaired
by the labor situation and especial
ly by nationwide price agitation
which seems likely TO result in
stringent measures. The probable
ity that Germany Will not be able
to negotiate credit until the treaty
has been ratified. and fear of unset
Element in the goods market, cou-
Piled with no alarming weather re-
ports. gave the bears free hand.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-BUTTER-
Creamery extras. 521zc: standards.
51la n 51%c; firsts. 491z a sec; sec
onds, 4SG49c.
EGGS - Ordinaries, 361 a 371ac
firsts. IL a 32c.
CHEESE - Twins, 29h 3112c;
Americas. 33a331ac.
POULTR Y-Fowls, 29c; ducks.
CSC; geese, zoe; springs, 32@ 33c;
turkeys. csc.
POTATOES-Cars. 30: Minnesotas
per 100 pounds, $3.5O@3.75; Jersey
Cobbler, $3.50.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17

-Australia-resen the Webb act.
passed by congress TO permit COM
bination Of American firms in ex-
port corporations for the expansion
of foreign trade. alleging that
American monopolies will crush
domestic manufacture
Closer trade relations. looking
toward the exchange of goods
which each can produce TO the best
advantage. must likewise be the
outcome here.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
LIVESTOCK.

The live stock market has been
unsettled as "A result of the price
agitation. Hogs tended upward and
passed well beyond $23. showing
more strength than was prevalent
in other leading markets. Light re-
ceipts. which many think will CON
unue through August and Septem-
Der. favored the advance. Prime
steers reached new high. as did
best veals other grades declined
sharply prior 10 the mid week.
Western range cattle arrived in less
numbers. owing chiefly TO railroad
conditions. a widening spread in
prices for cattle and hogs may fol-
low the high price inquiry. Settle
ment Of the packing house strike
removed one disturbing factor.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
WOOL.

Values remained very firm in the
wool market at the mid-week. des-
pite unsettling conditions OF the
moment Trade has been less than
heretofore. as manufacturers have
covered their requirements in raw
wool TO considerable extent.
Americans are now permitted 10
eomDete in bidding at the London
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
PRopUCE NIARKEr.

PRODUCE Marley.
Corrected today by the Brotherhood
grocery. $50 " Main ST.
BUTTER AND EGGS-Creamery but
ter, paying 57c pouE.3, selling CSC pound ;
country butter paying Oc pound selling
&c pound eggs. paying 46c dozen. sell
Ing 52c dozen.
FRUI-S AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
California naval oranges. 60c per dozen ;
lemons. Sc dozen; bananas. 1Oc pound !;
Virginia potatoes, $500 bu.; new cab.
bage. selling &c pound.
" co.'s a ooc.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
METALS.

Recent developments have tend
ed to increase optimism in the iron
and steel trade. Ingot production
gained 800. 900 tons during July,
the Steel corporations untitled or
ders advanced 6S5, 900 tons, and the
outlook favors placing 100000 tons
of rails with the railroads soon.
Labor difficulties have interviewed
TO curtail or menace production,
but ore piles along side the fur
naces are thought sufficient TO re-
lieve any shortage which the strike
Of ore handlers might cause, and
the shopmen's return to work has
united the railroads. The scrap
market is losing ground.
Price shading, especially by spec
ulators and dealers, featured the
non ferrous metals as a result of
labor unrest and the brotherhoods'
proposal. The market has been
quiet.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
Local Markets


Corrected Daily ~ re Wesley Milies
Flour s1d iced Co.. 4R0 = MicLiERnD
NEW HAY-Paylng $50 TO 500; selling
s3C TO $50
s4KA" -Paying - TO sI7 selling TSs
q hat0
OATS-Paying soc, selling so TO 95c
SHELL CORN-Paying $40; selling
500 TO 500
EAk GOKN-Psying s1.4O; selling
81 80 10 500.
TIMOTHY SELL Tayirg 50 per bu 4;
selling N5.5C
CLOVER SEED-PayiLy So bu.: sell
Ing SO bu.
ALSNkE CLOVER 90.
ALFALFA tMontana grown $500
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
SEEDS,
Corrected Daily w Warner Bros.' See,
ff..As

Corrected Daily W Warner Bros' Seed
store. E20 =. Michigan 50.
COW PEAS-S45 80 to s.. 80
JAPANESE MILHEr-- 20 So so.
RED CLOVER-$25 to SIS
TINiOTHl-S6.O0 to 500.
RED Iur-S3.UO
SOY BEANS-J TO So.
SOUDAN GRASS-$30 per hundred
SPELT%-$4.O 90 cwt
WINTER OF HAIRY BETCH-SI5.OO
per busheL
80 s.,fWERS-25c 10.
ALSIkE-S2J00 TO $500.
DLl,E GRASS-S5.15
WHITE CLOEER-S3. 10 70 S35
SWEET CLONEa-x1S.0c.
MAMMOTH CL0VER-S26 TO $50.
ALFALE Assoc.
rIELD fEAS-S3.J0 to $3.50.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17

The Book Shop suggests that YOU
order your copy OF the new Harold
Bell Wright book at once. on sale
Aug. 21 The Book Shop, 124 5.
Michigan ST. 1851
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
uInFs Am rAIIou

fCOrre~ted today by =. w Lippman zIs
~. Main ST.
Hides. 25q35c; calfskins, 40G70c
Rendered tallow. safe ID; beeswax
30C pound.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
Trend Of the Markets
StOckS-Grain-LiUestock-Cot

colonial auctions June mill con-
sumption totaled 100000 pounds.
twice the February figure.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
GRAIN AND FEED.

JKAIN hNE FEfD.
corrected DALI by o w. Barren, Star
Milis ESdrnrlt~ ~
SHELL CORN-Paying N65
OATS--Paying 15c, selling 10 TO 00c
bRA N-Setling -. % nundred
MIDDLINGS Selling $500 hundred.
CHOPPED FEED-Sellins, $3.25 per
49,
SCRATCH FEED-Sel S425 PEE
cNt.
WHEAT-Paying S2.14.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
PEPPERMINT OIL.
PIED,fONT I.EANl1T ON,

Better, cheaper than Olive oil at
The Coffee Ranch, 7027-III
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17

Corrected Daily by Major Bros, q. lie
gan ST. Mlshawaka.)
HEAN1 FAT SGEEWS-Fair to good
lGd11c: prime, 12d14c
HOGS-13OGI50 lbs. zoe; 1J0d17,
lbs, 20i2c; 200 up, pie.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17
POULTRY AND MEATS

Corrected Daily By Jimmie's Market
les r. Jefferson Blvd.s
BEEF--Roast, $4,000; boiling, zoe.
LARD-Paying i0c. selling 45c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27
AGE IS NO BAR ID BEING AN AVIATOR Real Qualifications, Good Eyesight and Sound
 Heart
By A,.uciai.d Prs.

London, March 20.-The fact that only young men capable of passing severe physical tests were accepted for aviation work during the war has caused the be- lief that flying as a sport will be barred to persons past the prime of youth. That is mistake, according to British experts who say that for ordinary peace-time fly ing there should be no age limit. The only qualifications they set are good eyesight and sound heart.
 Flying an airplane, it is pointed out, is much simpler and far less nerve-rack- ing than driving an automobile or sailing a yacht Any man who has lived a decent open-air life, especially if he has played games and hunted, will find that learning to fly, even at the age of 50, is quite an easy business, experts say. A modern airplane will virtually fly itself, and the controls are so arranged that man, even on his first trip, it is argued, does the right thing instinctively.
 In the early days of the war fully 50 per cent of English airmen were over 30 years old. As the art of aerial warfare developed the pilot had to prove himself proficient in bombing, wireless telegraphy, formation flying, cloud navigation and the numerous stunts that became essen- tial for the air fighter. This was the phase of war flying that called for iron nerve and fear blindness, eliminating all aspirants except the young.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27

planet shining from a point in Taurus, well to the west of the stars which marks the tips of the horns of the Bull. It is tEen 63 times as bright as q first magni- tude star. In it's rapid eastward motion it will emerge from Taurus and pass al most entirely across Gemini. and during this time it's brightness will increase to 73 times that of first magnitude star. For three months to come the planet will continue to grow brighter, so that by August ', when it attains it's greatest brilliancy, it will be no less than 120 times as bright as a star or the first mag nitude.
 On May 2 the planet will pass to the east of the interesting double star at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27

onds, while, could observations be made from the position c, the duration would here be no less than 6 minutes 50 sec onds-very nearly the longest time pos sfble in any eclipse. On the Atlantic coasts of South America and of Africa the duration is more than minutes That of the total eclipse visible in the United States last year was but min utes seconds on the extreme western coat and less than 1 minute in east Florida. The present eclipse is thus seen to be an unusually important one. ana expeditions to observe it have been or ganzed. principally from the South American observatortes. Two expedi- tions will. however, be sent from Eng land in which much interest is centered. as these will devote their time entirely to the detection and measurement of possible displacements of stars near the edge of the sun. This eclipse occurs in region of the sky which is very rich in bright stars. If the weather is favor able it is hoped that not only the new theory of relativeity but also the alter native theory of Thompson, according to each of which a star should be seen displaced when it's ray of light passes near a large mass such SIS that of the sun. may be definitely tested by ob- servation One of the English stations is to be located in northern Brazil and the other on small island in the Gulf of Guinea,
 ERIC DOOLITTLE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27
Natural Law and Prayer

The progress of physical science is mak- ing 1t vastly caster than ever before to believe in God Two generations ago re- ligious men were fearful regarding the progress of scientific knowledge. Their fears were groundless. The long distance telephone and the wireless telegraph make
 it easy to believe in the unseen God and in invisible forces. l can stand in New York and talk to my brother man in Chicago without the violation of natural law, but in harmony herewith. Who dare say that I cannot kneel in my room and talk to God? Heaven is nearer to me than Chicago. Perhaps prayer is as per fectly in harmony with natural law as is the telephone A generation ago it would have been affirmed that it was contrary to all natural law to say we could talk to men 1000 miles away It was contrary to the natural laws we then
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27

M, the planet then being two and one half degrees north of the star ct may be mentioned that the components ot thls double star show fine contrast ot color in a moderately large telescope, the brighter star being yellowish and the ninth magnitude companion deep pluc.) And on May 25, at : p. m., there will oc- cur one of the most interesting plane tary conjunctions of the year, when Venus will pass just ? degrees north ot the planet Jupiter. The observer Will see the two bright worlds drawing con tirually nearer together until this ume' Jupiter will then be 19 times and Venus 73 times as bright as a iirst-magnltude star, so that the smaller world IS by Tar the more conspicuous. The two objects when nearest together will form beau tiful object for study in small tele- scope.
 The reader may remember the very close approach of Venus and the moon on April ? when the planet was seen but one degree south of the beautitul crescent moon. A similar conjunctlor will occur on the evening of May t but Venus will then be three degrees
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27

the earth and the sun, and a very im-
 portant total eclipse of the suns light will occur Unfortunately, however, nothing of the phenomenon will be Yis- ible from the United States. M
 The shadow of the moon will first strike the turning earth at A, Figure 2, at hours 90 minutes seconds a: m., sweeping then across South America, the Southern Atlantic ocean and South Africa, and finally leaving the earth at B at 10 hours 47 minutes 24 seconds a. m Any observer within the path AB will see the Night of the sun completely
 plotted out. To those north of this path, but below the line MN the black circle Of the moon will hide but a DOT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27
BoIsheyism in Europe
V. R. savic in the Yale Review.

V. R. Savic in the Yale Review
 What are the chances of bolshevism in southeastern Europe? Like any other social phenomena, bolshevism is d com pound product, and its chances are very different in the different countries here under discussion.
 There are grounds for bolshevism in Bohemia inasmuch as Bohemia, being manufacturing country, has proletariat Furthermore, the land was very unequal ly divided. large landowners being con spicuous featureain Bohemia as well as ir Slovakia. On the other hand, Czecho- Slovaksa has very able and patriotic lead CTS, who have already announced sound social and, economic reforms. The ex- propriation of large estates is one of the first reforms, and it certainly will meet very insignificant opposition. The landlords in Bohemia are mostly Ger man and sSlovakia MaUyar aristocrats. Bolshevism there may be checked by psychological forces also Since 1t comes | from Germany, the Czechs will repudlate. ! it because everything German is repellent 1 to them. If 1t should come by way or l Russia, the chances for bolshevism would
 be greater. But good hope can be enter tained on account of the fact that the Czecho- Slovak regiments in Russia have thus far resisted the disease
 ! Hungary was the land of political cor truption, large arstocratic estates and economic jneQualltleS. BOlSneNlSm may 1 find there an easy field. The collapse of | the former political system and the bur den which must accompany national defeat are, of course, natural allies of bolshevism. Rumana in many ways re- | sembled Hungary. She also was coun- 1 try where political corruption was ram I pant and democracy unknown Only 1 quick, sincere and far-reaching reforms ] can ameliorate conditions and check the disease. For all that, Roumania IS in better position than Hungary, since she l mas escaped a national defeat. But she 1 is worse off than Czecho-Slovakia, in 1 that the big landowners are not foreign l CTS and their opposition to economic re- | forms will be stronger than anything Ill l Czecho- Sovakia or even in Hungary. l JLgoslavia, Bulgaria and Greece will of- ] fer no easy ground for bolshevism, the social and economic conditions there be- l ing unfavorable to it. Bulgaria and Jugo- slavia are the lands of peasant democ- racy and small holders. They have no proletariat worth speaking of. Greece 1 resembles them as she also has no fac
 1 tories. She is country of fishermen, small landowners and tradesmen Her
 1 ca pitalistic class is recruited from among
 l ship owners and merchants in foreign
 countries. She enjoys a democratic con
 stitution and the satisfaction of her na-
 | t:onal aspirations will initiate against
 l bolshevism. As for Albania, the country
 ] is still so undeveloped politically, socially
 and economically that bolshevism there
 would be as impossible as in Europe of
 ] the middle ages
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27
THE STARRY SKIES IN MAY

First and most brilliant of all is the beau tiful Venus, which now shines very conspicuously in the western heavens and whose eastward and upward motion is so very rapid that one can actually de- tect it's change of position from only very few evenings of observation.
 On the first of the month this world does not set until a little after 10 D. m., and by May S1 it sets fully half an hour later, although it will not reach it's great est distance east of the sun until the morning of July .; so that all through the coming months it will be our beauti- full evening star.
 Or May 1 the observer will see the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27

Figure 3. A drawing of the planet Jupiter; showing one of the satellites which has just passed off the disc ot the planet, and the black shadow of this satellite still on the ball.
 north of the moon. while on the evening of June 1, when our satellite Will agalf pass Venus, the two objects Will De separated by no less than six and one half degrees. This change in distance
 is principally caused by the northward motion of Venus among the stars. iti greatest northerly position this month. being no less than 251a degrees which is ? degrees farther above the celestial equator than the highest position ever reached by our sun.
 THE PLANETS IN MAY
 Mercury will reach it's greatest dis tance west of the sun on May 6, at 5 a m.. when it may be seen shining in the dawn d little to the north Of the east point of the horizon for about to minutes before sunrise. This swlftiy moving planet will again enter the eve hing sky on June H. but it will not at- tain it's greatest distance east of the sun until July IS.
 Mars sets but eight minutes after sun set on May i: the sun passes to the east of it on May g. and it then enters the morning sky; the distance between the two bodies increases so slowly, however, that even by May 3l the planet rises but 21 minutes before sunrise. It VIII therefore be wholly invisible throughout the month.
 Jupiter is moving slowly eastward ana southward in the constellation Gemlnl and is still in excellent position for oo- servation On May ?, at hours Sl mn utes h. m, the possessor of small teie- scope will see the second moon begin transit across the planets disc at lc hours IS minutes of the same evening, moon will have completed its transit while at II hours 15 minutes the second moon will have completed tis transit and will emerge from the disc of tht planet Similarly, on May s, at poura sl minutes seconds, he will see the third moon disappear into the shadow of the planet and at Il hours Il mn utes 42 seconds he will see the first moon slowly emerge from the shadow, this satellite having been invisible to him un- til this time. Other phenomena of the satellites may be observed on May C g. n. 15, l6, l9, 23, A and 2. Saturn is moving slowly eastward and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27

northward a little to the right of Reg ulus. The planet is still in excellent position for observation, but the rings are slowly closing as we approach their plane. Just as Venus will draw near to, and ultimately pass, Jupiter, so the very bright planet will pass Saturn. their time pf conjunction occurring on July 2, when the two objects will be exceedingly close together. And similarly, Jupiter will in time pass to the east of Saturn, but the two objects move so very slowly that this will not occur until early in the year 1921.
 During the forenoon of Thursday, May %, the moon will pass directly between