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Evening star., 1921-07-16
Grain. Produce and Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MANlkBr.

LOCAL wHOLESALE MARh@T.
Eggs-Strictly fresh, per doz.. 30aS1;
average receipts. 80.
Live poultry-Roosters. per H.; ~
turkeys. per lb.. asas5: chickens
spring. per lb.. 3sa42: hens. per 10.
30a31: keats, young. each. 60a75: cnicK-
ems. winter. per lb.. 80.
Dressed poultry-Fresh-kille sprint
81; roosters. per h.. 22; turkeys. sss
ems. winter. per lb.. 35a+0.
Pork-Dressed. small. per lb., ID
Live stock-Calves. choice. per h.
sh: lambs. choice. per lb.. 11a12; live
hogs. 10h.
Green fruits-Apples. per Dbl. 3.ooa
1000: western, per box. S:boa4. ~ %
California lemons. per box. 10; ooa W W
California oranges. per crate, o.ooao.oV
81 apefruit. per crate. 6.0oaS. 90; peaches
per crate. 2.25a350; blackberries. pei
quart. 15a30: raspberries. per quart 2sa
so; cantaloupes. 2.o0a4.0o.
vegetablee-Potato new. No. l.
per barrel. 250a4.oo: lettuce. nearby. pei
crate. 75a1.2s; New York lettuce. PEI
crate, 75al:75; celery. per doz.. 1Sa
1.25; Romaine lettuce, 1.0Oa1.5o: Gym
tlings, per crate. 75a1.oo: spinach
per barrel. 3.0Oa4.5o: kale, per barrel
peas. nearby. per barrel. 6.ooa12.o0
onions. 1.25al.75: cabbage, per crate
g O0a3.00: cucumbers. 1.60a2.50: egg
plant. per crate. 3.00a3.50: tomatoes. pei
box, 1.50a4.50; asparagus, per doZ., J. OOs
800: corn. 15a50 per dozen: beans, 700a
1000 per barrel.
Evening star., 1921-07-16
CROP CONDITIONS SWEEP
GRAIN PRICES UPWARD

CHICAGO, July 16.-Precarious crop
conditions on both sides of the Allan
tic have swept the wheat market
wildly upward this week. Prices this
morning, compared with a week ago.
were higher by SA to 12& a bushel.
At the same time. corn showed an ad-
vance Of X to ~. oats 3h to 3s and
provisions SO to LOT. Sharp curtail-
ment of supplies of new wheat were
indicated by reported severe out
breaks of black rust in the spring
crop belt south as well as north of the
Canadian boundary. Moreover, it was
said that owing to excessive heat
many Thousand acres in that region
would not yield as much as five BUSH
els an acre. With Great Britain,
France and other important European
countries drought stricken. and with
no exports looked for from Russia.
prices jumped in a single session
nearly cents. ..
Fields in North Dakota which a
fortnight ago seemed free of black
rust were reported as having since
become badly infected. and in sur
cording to current advices heat dam
age was beyond repair by rains and
cooler weather which had intervened.
AS an immediate result, September
and December deliveries here reached
the highest prices yet this season.
July, however. Jagged owing to stor-
age difhculties. rendered acute by la
Dor trouble at elevators.
Rains In the corn belt eased the
corn market somewhat. Oats were
f1rmer In response to crop damage re-
ports.
Provisions ascended with hogs and
grain.
Evening star., 1921-07-16
TRADE REPORTS SHOW
INDUSTRY IS QUIETER

NEW YORK. July 16.-Weekly trade
reviews indicate quiet state Of
trade. owing to heat and vacation in
fiuences. with distant buying eau
tious. pending crop and price develop
ments
Bradstreet's. reporting a wholesale
index price of $2.93 for articles Of
food. the highest since April. says,
in part:
Trade. except in light summer wear
lines of dry goods. has been held down
is. if anything. a shade qui ieter than
heretofore, but the trend Of collec-
tions has been a trif1e more prompt
and crop reports are rather better.
while industry is dull as whole.
1t is well to note that all manufac-
tirely PROSTATE. The June building
report shows that that industry is
not by any means dead, the value Of
construction permitted for in June
being not far below that of April.
well above June a year ago. and. in
fact. the fifth largest monthly total
on record. Despite this. however.
lumber trade reports are Of rather
dun conditions at leading points of
production"
Germ progress in some lines. and cur
rent adjustments Of one kind or an
other are regarded as shaping the
way for the anticipated revival. With
prices and wages still undergoing re-
vision, more natural conditions are
being steadily restored, and benefits
will ultimately accrue from the
transition. Supporting this conclusion
is the experience of the textile trade.
which was one Of the first to react
from the wartime imitation and
which is now improving gradually
after protracted liquidation"
Evening star., 1921-07-16
TRADE STATUS BELATED TURN
FACTOR IN BUYING APATHY
Neither Money Market Nor Harvest Yield
Uppermost In Financial Calculations.
Industrial Reports Fair.

being turned in so many different in
dustries will gradually restore con-
fiGence among business men. and that
when it gets nearer the fall season
the time when business usually starts
up-this will show in general re-
sumption Of buying.
Fall in Sterling.
The new low record for the year in
sterling exchange Is scarcely surpris-
ing. now that it is known that Ger
many is again heavy buyer of dol
lar exchange. partly to set up credit
for the purchase Of American sup
plies. and partly to prepare for the
third installmnet of the indemnity.
due at the close Of August. How
much further these operations are
likely to carry sterling and conti-
mental rates down is a very puZzling
question.
Germany has the option Of paying
the reparations money in any cur
rency she chooses. but she prefers to
pay in dollars, because their value is
so much more stable than that of the
rest. On the other hand. the more
the English pound and the French
franc go down. the less dollar ex-
change they will buy. an1 /: would
seem that they must sooner or later
reach the point where conversion into
dollars will be restricted because Of
the severe concessions which the
holders of European currency would
be forced to make.
Copyright, 1a21.)
Evening star., 1921-07-16
ROD AND REEL.

Norfolk spots, trout, hardheads and
white perch have been very much IN
evidence at Benedict. Md. The fish
were rather slow in appearing In the
waters of the Patuxent this season.
Sharks in the river were blamed for
the late arrival Of the fish. accord
ing to Benedict boatmen, while
another suggestion was that food
was not plentiful.
Trying his luck for small mouth
bass in the waters Of the Shenandoah
river near castlemans Ferry. Va, a
few days ago. the village barber.
using only ordinary paraphernalia-
landed q string of seventeen game
sters The fish came in such rapid
succession that the angler could not
take the time between strikes to take
a smoke. One of the fish weighed
moro than Ave pounds.
Bass Ashermen are anticipating
great sport the coming fall. There
has been SO much muddy water the
past two seasons that but few bass
were taken from the river. With
clearing water, following the hot
weather. sportsmen say the sport
should be the best it has been in
years
Frequent rains the past two weeks
greatly interfered with the SpoFtsmen
to land rockfsh in nearby waters.
Some Of the more enthusiastic ones
tried their luck in the muddy water
for Mississippi catfish and made big
catches. Anglers who went to Great
Falls were particularly successful
Salt water sportsmeA are enjoying
trips to numerous places on the
Chesapeake bay and tributaries. Re
norts indicate that there has been a
decided Improvement in the sport at
Annapolis, Chesapeake Beach. Plum
Point. Solomons Island, Piney Point
and Rock Point.
Recent hot weather forced scores
Of anglers to the water at night and
many who participated in such sport
for the first time are doubling If they
will do any more fishing in the bright
sunlight Sportsmen say the small
fish and toady fish do not trouble
them much at night.
Evening star., 1921-07-16
STOCK TRADING MEAGER;
PRESSURE ALL THE Week

NEW YORK. July 16.-Business on
the stock exchange this week dwindled
perceptibly, the greater portion of the
meager transactions being of an OBJ
viously professional and bearish charac-
ter.
Steady pressure was again directed
against numerous industrials and spe-
cfalttes, notably steels. equipments. mo-
tors, shippings and food shares. with re-
suItant reactions of two to ten points.
Much of the selling was traceable to
discouraging news respecting steel pro-
duction and general conditions in that
industry. as indicated by the unfavor-
able showing of the Lackawanna COM
pany for the years second quarter.
Authorities reported better prospects
in the textile and motor trades. but
those shares evinced little, if any. resil-
tency. Secretary Melons proposed fund
ing plan of the railways seemed to have
lost much of its force, many issues,
especially coalers. lacking support.
Promise of midyear monetary ease
was only partially fulfilled. Much Of the
weeks call money was placed at per
cent, but tardy borrowers were forced
to pay 61a per cent. With liberty bonds
as collateral. some time loans were made
at . fraction under per cent.
Adverse foreign trade balances by
England and other European countries
contributed measureably to recurrent
unsattlement in foreign exchange. The
British rate again reacted to the years
minimum quotation and continental bills
were sympathetical heavy.
Evening star., 1921-07-16
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. July 16-Rather more
favorable week end reviews of the
cotton goods trade and the week end
statistics, indicating better volume
Of distribution, caused some buying
at the opening Of the cotton market
this morning and first prices were
steady at an advance of 4 to 9 points
Houses with Wall street connections
were moderate buyers. but there was
some southern selling and prices
eased after the call under scattered
realization for over the week end.
Futures opened steady; July, 1887;
October. 1895; December, 1888; Janu-
ary, 1889; March. 1853.
NEW ORLEANS. July 16.-Too
much rain in the Atlantics and a con-
tinued large export movement gave
the cotton market a good tone today,
and in the first hour Of trading prices
were advanced Is to II points, Octo-
ber rising to 1883.
Futures opened dull; July, 11.66;
October. 1912: December, 1875; Janu-
ary, 1898: March. 1900.
The market closed very steady at a
net advance of 13 to % points; July,
11.90; October. 1858; December, 1888;
January, 1899; March, 1920.
Spot cotton steady, quotations re-
vised; middling unchanged; sales on
the spot, 64S bales; to arrive, $50; low
,middling. 1913: middling, 11.SS; good
middling. 1888.
Evening star., 1921-07-16
IN BONDS
WAS FAIRLY ACTIVE

NEW YORK. July 16.-Compared
with the stagnation on the stock ex-
change. trading in bonds this morn
ing was fairly active. Price changes
were trifling, however. and, if any
thing, realizing sales by dealers were
more of an influence than fresh buy
ing. In the railway list. the more
active issues, like Great Northern Is,
Burlington collateral ehs. the new
Canadian Northern 61as and Pennsyl-
vania SIS were all the same as last
might; EKs.r. ,v.s . . .,,a =, o,,,.v,,,. =,
Nashville Is. sellers fifteen days at
1041 ". which was one-half point above
the last regular transaction and well
up to the high record.
New York Central debenture 6s,
which have been in demand for sew
eral days. were slightly higher at 90e.
Denver & Rio Grande refunding 5s,
at 42%, were up a fraction, while Bal
timore & Ohio refunding 5s were
slightly lower. Armour AVS were off
fractionally at 20. Central Leather is
sold at 80, as against yesterdays high
| of 80.
United States Rubber first and re-
| funding So. at TN. were down a hal
point from the high of the week
There was a sale of Pacific Telephone
IS at 81. Traction bonds were slight.
| ly easier.
Province Of Ontario issues are dowr
| somewhat from a week ago. losing q
part Of the gain during the seven days
ending July 9.
Evening star., 1921-07-16
STOCKS IRREGULAR;
| CLOSING IS STEADY
Dealings at Lowest Volume
of the Year Even for
Short Week.
BY STUART p. WEST.

NEW YORK. July 16.-For all the
business done today the stock ex-
change might just as well have been
closed. 1t was the prevailing dull spell
at its extreme. intensified by the Gus
tomary inertia Of a midsummer half
holiday. During the greater part Of the
time prices were almost stationary.
There were one or two exceptions.
such as Atlantic Gulf. in which there
was rather active selling. But ever,
in stocks which had been pressed
downward most persistently in the
course of the week there were no signs
Of further pressure.
The steel shares were steady, includ-
ing Bethlehem b, which faced quite q
test In the announcement that work
ing forces had been cut down at the
Fore River plant, owing to the falling
OF in government contracts. Inasmuch
as 1t has been the shipbuilding part
Of the business that has been keeping
Bethlehem busier than the other in
dependent steel companies this was
decidedly unfaVorable news for Beth
lehem stocks.
Here and there desultory short COW
ering caused some hardening Of prices
but there was not enough business
doing for the days market to be con-
sldered as OF any importance at all
Trading in the foreign exchanges was
almost equally insignificant. German
marks kept steady. while sterling wen,
lower. Some realizing sales appeared
In the cotton market. but the forward
tendency was not checked.
Rail Shares Heavy.
Rail shares stopped going down thi.
morning. but showed no disposition
to rally: The reason for the decline
OF the last few days in this group
Is mainly technical one. To be sure
when spectators are offering them
down they talk about the insufficien i.
cy of the 12 12 per cent wage cut ant
the poor traffic outlook for the cur.
rent six months. But this Is simply
an excuse for bear operations, which
are really founded upon the fact thai
the advice to buy the rails has been
altogether too general and has re-
suited in building up a rather weak
speculative account. Particularly IL
this true of the low-priced nom -divi-
dend payers.
One of the coal trade journals says
that the week just closed brought one
of the dullest markets the coal in.
dustry has experienced-consumers
bins are either filled or they will moi
buy. The falling off in output con.
tinues. with more mines closed II
almost every field. The West Vir.
ginia fields fell of another 10 pei
cent. and the average output Is now
less than 40 per cent.
Both the United States Steel Cor.
poration and Republic Steel will give
out their quarterly reports later ir
the month. and both are expected &c
be bad.
Evening star., 1921-07-16
AUGUST FUR SALES LIGHT.

anxiety is felt in the fur trade re-
garding the usual retail fur sales in
August. Reports from many retail
centers indicate that fewer stores
than usual will hold fur sales this
August. A large part of the trade
believes that it will be difficult to in
duce women to purchase furs in Au-
gust under the inducement that they
will be higher laler in the season.
Some wholesalers of fur garments
are advising their customers TO pass
up the August fur sales and TO with
hold their initial offerings to the pub
lie until September or October. Pur-
chasing SO far has been light.
Evening star., 1921-07-16
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. July Is (SpeciaD:-
Potatoes. new, per barrel, 1.00a3. 80:
per bushel. 4oa1.10. Beans. per bushel.
1ooa1.so: Beets. per bunch; ..sat. 2at: Cab aor
bunch. 2ha5. Celery. per dozen. 1.0Oa
$50. Corn. per dozen. 15a40. Cucum-
| bers per basket. 65a75. Eggplant. per
basket. 1.50a1.75. Lima beans. bushel,
3.ooa3.50 Lettuce. per basket, !:2bal7S
Onions, per 100 pounds. 1.25a1.b0. Peas.
per bushel 325a3.5o. Peppers. per
| basket. 75a1.00. Squash. per basket. IS
a40
Tomatoes. per basket. 75a20o. Ap-
pies. per barrel. 2.60a6.00: per hamper.
IS: Cantaloupes. native. per basket
| 1.5oa1.75. Currants. per quart, 14a1s.
Huckleberries. per quart. 2oa2s'
| Peaches. per crate, 1.6oa3.es. Pine
apples. per crate. 3.ooaS.5o. Raspber-
| ries. per quart. 25a30. Watermelons.
| each. 25aS5
| CHICAGO, July 16-Opening at
about Yesterdays closing figures to-
| days wheat market was easy at the
| start. out soon developed activity.
July started 1904 to 1.31. September
at 1874 20 1873 and December. 1854
to 1877. There were rapid price nuc.
| tuations. resulting from local traders
buying Of July and selling Of Septem-
Der at &c difference. with similar deal
ings in September and December. Mar
ket news included cooler weather over
the grain belt and further reports of
black rust in Manitoba.
Corn was fairly strong at the start
and maintained this position through
out the first hour Opening prices
| were virtually unchanged from yes
terday's close, with July. 63b. Sep
tember. 81 to 62A. and December, 81
resting orders at around 63 for Sep
tember. but commission house buying
Offset this and the option advanced
to S4h.
Oats shared corn's strength. The
start was even with yesterdays finals.
September being 41k to AS.
Provisions were higher on the con-
tinued bulge in hog prices at the
yards. Best grades of hogs today
were the highest in more than three
months Pork and lard were up Is to
25 on change. and ribs started IN
higher.
DAIRY MARKETS.
BALTIMORE. July 1s (speciaD:-
Chickens-Alive. springers. lb.. 34a40:
white leghorns. 30a35: old hens. 27a3l !;
old roosters. 1S. Ducks. 22a2S: spring
ducks. 2SaS2. Pigeons pair. 35a4O.
Eggs-Loss of. native and nearby
firsts. 80: southern. IS.
Butter-Creamery. fancy. h.. 41a42:
prints. 42a44: nearby creamery. 37a
3S: ladies, 2Sa30: rolls. 26a29: dairy
prints. 27a2s: process butter. 3oas2.
NEW YORK. July 1e.-Butter-
Steady; receipts. s.349 tubs. Creamery.
higher than extras, 42a42h; creamery
extras coz score) 41a41h; creamery
hrsts. (sS to 81 score) 3sa40h; pack
Ing stock. current make No. 2. 81.
Eggs-Weak; receipts. 17.453 cases.
Fresh gathered. extra firsts. 35a37.
| do. frsts. 31a34: state. Pennsylvania
and nearby western hennery whites.
! frsts to extras. 43a52: do, browns,
| extras. 41a43; do. gathered browns
and mixed colors. frsts to extras,
S2a3s; refrigerator frsts. 33a35.
Cheese-Steady; receipts. 3.S79 box
es; state. whole milk flats. fresh spe-
cials. c0a201s. do. average run, 1SE
a19&: state whole milk twins. spe-
cials, 20a2Oh; do, average run. 1871
a19%.
Live poultry steady and unchanged.
Dressed poultry steady. Old roosters,
16a22; turkeys. 29a55.
Evening star., 1921-07-16
CoUNTRY's CROP OUTLOOK.

CHICAGO. July 16.-The crop re-
port of the American Steel and Wire
Company says:
Reports from our representatives
in the field indicate there has not
been much change in the crop condi-
tfon of the country in the last week.
Unseasonably high temperatures have
continued all over the country, while
small grains are ripening too rapidly
This win result in somewhat shrfv-
eled wheat berries and in light oats.
The wheat harvest Is progressing rap
idly all over the country. Predictions
on the hay crop are being substan-
tfated in that the crop will be light.
The cotton situation has not i'm
proved. for boil weevils are doing Sc
rious damage. Potatoes are still look
ing fair to good all over the country.
Corn at the present writing is further
advanced than ever. and the outlook
is for a tremendous crop. The fruit
crop, taken as a whole, will probably
not amount to much over SO per cent.
Evening star., 1921-07-16
SECRECY ON FUTURES.

NEW YORK. July 1s.-Steps were
taken by the New York Coffee and
tion hereafter Of the total sales on
the exchange Of coffee and sugar
futures. although these figures have
been published for years.
Newspapers are warned that they
must stop the practice of taking the
figures from the boards on which they
are posted. according to instructions
from the board of managers.
Evening star., 1921-07-16
RECORD FOR OREGON COW.

PORTLAND. Ore. July 16.-Mc.
Arthur & Stauf of Rickreall, Ore,
have been notified that their cow
Norena of Ashwood. has established
a new world record for monthly but
terfat production by cows of the Jer-
sey breed. This animal produced
1886 pounds Of butterfat. The pre-
vious record was 110.76 pounds, held
by the Steers-Alberta II, a Connecti-
cut COW. The recent test was the
first to which Norena Ashwood has
been subjected since she reached ma
turitY
Evening star., 1921-07-16
OUTLOOK FOR WHEAT.

CHICAGO. July 16.-"General COM
plant Of disappointing yield and quail
ity," says the Modern Miller, comes
from the soft winter wheat states.
Many helds that looked good just be-
sore maturing are shown by the
threshing returns to be poor. Crop in
these states will not be much larger
than last year. Complaints from the
southwest are more scattered. Ne
braSka advices are more favorable
Heat caused further deterioration in
spring wheat, and much of it did not
NIL properly. while there is consider
able complaint of blight. Rust re-
ports are more numerous"
Evening star., 1921-07-16
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK. July 16.-Prime mer-
camille paper, 6A a6h. Exchange ir.
regular. Sterling sixty-day bills and
commercial sixty-day bills on banks
3.57h; commercial sixty-day bills
3.57X; demand, 3.s2; cables. 3.S2N
francs, demand. 7.s0: cables, 7.S1; Bel
gian, demand. 7.62; cables. 1853: gull
ders, demand. 31.72; cables, Sits; lire
demand. 4.51; cables. 4.52: marks. de-
mand. 1.32; cables, 1.33: Greece, de-
mand, 5.45; Sweden, demand, BLOT;
Norway. demand. 1888: Argentina. de-
mand, 29.O10: Brazilian, demand, 1850.
Montreal. 12% per cent discount
Government and railroad bonds steady.
Evening star., 1921-07-16
REFUSES TO EV|CT WOMAN
Brotherhood of Navy Proves
Stronger Than the Law.

NEW YORK. July 16.-The brother
hood Of the Navy proved stronger
than the law when a deputy city mar
shall refused to evict from her home
in Brooklyn the widow Of John Jacob
Nowaki. a steward who lost his life
when the transport Lincoln was tor
pedoed in 1918.
When the deputy. John Hagen. Al
peared with his assistants, Mrs. Nova
XII her three children clinging to her
skirts. cried out that II her sailor
husband had not been killed in the
war she would not be forced from her
home.
Hagen asked his name and learned.
why, he was my buddy, and as
square a COB as ever lived" he as
Sc rted. Here's where I quit"
His assistants followed suit.
Evening star., 1921-07-16
LANsToN GETS SPLIT VERDICT

WILMINGTON, Del. July 16.-The
Lanston Monotype Machine Company
Of Philadelphia won partial vic
tory over the Pittsburgh Type
Foundry Company. in q suit charging
infringement by the Pittsburgh con-
Germ.
The court held that the claim for
tasting patents and for process are
falid and have been infringed by the
defendant, while the claim for the
product and for q shearing mechan-
ism are not infringed.
Evening star., 1921-07-16
FIR MILLS OUTPUT DOWN,

SEATTLE. July 1S.-Representative
fir mills in Washington and Oregon
cut 45.264.15S feet of lumber last
week. or 81 per cent under normal
and accepted new orders for 37.467.239
feet, of which 100000 is to move
intercoastal and $4,000 is in for ex-
port. Placements by rail for eastern
trade were 1,022 cars, 10000 feet to
the car.