Evening star., 1921-06-30

ment by new vessels.
! Wool.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 3o.-While
there are still heavy stocks Of wool on
| hand. the new clip is moving slowly
and the situation shows Improvement.
Growers have refused 16 cents a
pound for their wool here.
GREAT FALLS. Mont. June 30-Half
million pounds of this years Mon
| tana wool clip have been sold here in
or trif1e more.
FRESNO. Calf, June 30.-Two Of
the largest lumber mills in this dis
trict have closed down because Of
slow market conditions. The date of
! resumption is uncertain. 1t is esti-
! mated that but IS per cent of the
, white pine mills on the Pacific coast
are in operation.
NEW ORLEANS, June 30.-Practi-
| cally all demand for lumber from
southern mills in this section is COM
ing from domestic sources. and orders
are up to normal.
Produce.
NEW YORK, June 3o.-Eight new
growers associations are now in
process Of organization. They will
influence the following crops: New
gon fruit. New York potatoes. South
Dakota potatoes. Alabama sweet DO
tatoes and kentucky tobacco.
PHILADELPHIA, June 3o.-White
potatoes command from $225 to $2.75
bushel in barrel lots in this mar
ket: Peas are selling at 1925 per
basket. due to curtailment of the
crop by drought.
Dairy Products.
MINNEAPOLIS, June 30.-Demand
for ice cream is only moderate here.
despite the hot weather. Ice cream
ure to reduce prices and retailers
return the compliment
PHILADELPHIA. June 3o-Sup-
plies Of butter here are kept we'll
cleaned up and the market Is firm
at 81 to 80 cents a pound for high
grade. New rules for classifying
eggs put into effect this week pro-
good size. averaging forty-eight
pounds net per thirty dozen. Eggs
are quoted at 81 cents and western
firsts at 80 cents a dozen by the case.
CHICAGO. June 30.-Patrons of ex-
elusive shops again are demanding
SILK shirts. This demand is especially
marked in custom-mad garments.
Shirtmakers are enjoying excellent
business in gray and corn-colored
twill silk materials
Hay.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, June 30
Dry weather prevailing over the eight
northeastern states Is vitality affect
ing the hay crop.
NEW YORK. June 3o.-1mporters
and manufacturers Of genuine ma
hogany throughout the country have
announced intention to form an as
soclation to educate the public
against substitutes now used under
the name of mahogany finish"
NEW YORK. June a0-The quantity
OF Manila hemp, which has come
from the provinces so far this year
is nearly two hundred and fifty thou
sand bales short of the 1920 receipts.
Receipts this week are expected to
reach $4,000 bales. The local market
showed no activity.
ST. PAUL. June 3o.-The public is
ouylnS the cheaper grades of meat
In this section and this has resulted
IN reduction in price of the better
cuts. Packers report activity in the
cold meat division.
Notes.
BALTIMORE, June 30.-Belgian steel
oiliets are being offered here, duty
pounds: This compares with a mini
mum OF $35 at Pittsburgh for a gross
on OF 2.240 pounds of domestic prod
tct. Prices such as these, 1t is said
ere, are sure to get the seaboard
business OF non-integrated steel ROLL
tbs competition to international and
seni-finished makers is becoming ex-
ceeiingly narrow.
NEW YORK. June 3o.-The New
forS and New Jersey tunnel commits
:ions have agreed on the site for the
: ttnnd under the Hudson river. and
| esch has appropriated $373.33S for
| pTchase of the land. Ground will
| oe broken for the Jersey shafts Au-
! gus Work on this great enter
PITS, II expected to furnish employ
a
lnnuUce on the market for steel,
lunpe. cement and other materials.
NEW YORK, June 30.-Current de-
| mand or silk and fiber silk hosiery
and NAT hose for immediate delivery
| now raj exceeds the supply and or
ders are now being allotted by dis
trloutors The demand has reached
properties greater than the most
sanguine members of the trade ex-
pected. Mnufacturers are unable in |
many case, to accept further orders |
for dellNer within the next sixty |
days. The closing of some of the |
hosiery mill: because of labor trou-
bles had tstinct bearing on the |
! shortage: Prctically all mills pro-
! ducing silk an fiber goods are run
, ming at capaciv
NEW YORK.Iune 30.-Within the |
| next few weeh there will be a. |
heavy movement of grain from the !
| River Plate to- Europe, and the |
United States Sipping Board has
! taken measures ! capture a good
portion of this TO, American ships !
! Five regular cayo services to |
Europe and Scandi9vian ports have !
companies have bee authorized to |
| place ships allocated.o them on the !
berth for those pors direct from !!
River Plate ports. In ntome instances |
these vessels will reqrn. to South
America via New York
CLEVELAND. June i30.-Judging
from bank clearings, busness for the !
first six months of 1921 hs compared !
favorably with the simil$ period of |
1919 The total for the first six !;
months this year is estimated |