Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-29

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usctien.Ma u per. cent lAr9er
u1a1 = ~ 3 mills ASes opof-
at,nss 9 " per cent ofscapadty.
S.; Elour snipmentS = February from
Anospoils . DuiutA cclnbtned
sws ~. u nan N anuary
- ~ moIS tnAn. N eoru-
- eso..M polss enlp-
IeS,.neus 1pS-rac cent =
S1naS w..n snuarS Ine COM
Sess ~ ~ - ~ e rs we're nnen
80 - -. =
Live Stool
Field reports concerning the con.
dition OF live stock are Ill favorable.
and South Dakota and Montana are
described as excellent Receipts in
February for all kinds OF live stock
at,the South st. Paul stockyards were
fully IL per Ger less than in January,
and the number of head, was s per
cent greater than in February q year
ary were but 50 per cent Of January,
and-only IS per cent Jof February a
year ago. The total shipments in
February show the same decrease as
compared with January, but were
Adopt 20 per cent larger than In Feb
ruasy. q year ago: Shipments Of feed
ers IN February were about equal to
those in January, although only two
tnlrds OF the movement IN February
q year ago.
National supplies Of meats in cold
: were req during March
case Of nork. while hcef ren.inaS
practically unchanged. Cold storage
stocks 10 compared with q year ago
are less by about one-half in the case
of beef and down z per cent In the
case of pork.
Inmher.
Reports from a selected list Of
manntacturers nay retailers indicate
RractIcaiy uncnangea conoitlone IN
tne retal! lumneE DusIness: Manulac
.uress report iunoer IN
- * PCT cent more than IN
~ 20 yer cent Tess tnan q year aso.
rr. 80. stu Sas On nanu are siisn.iy
snes.eI ma lnon.n 9 ahu tuLly
~ per cent larse1 man q YEN aeo
HI.pA!.1 we.e ue..er iM reulualy
ia IN January. put only one-thira
yeaI aso. n eIa; repole saA ~
anu s.ochs PFactlcally IAN ~
hnt rs c ana ahe' VIII 1n =.
1iy, uue sa4ee are aDvu' ene-naiL o.
thar q vear arn' Three -c,,ar.
tiers of the manufacturers and two
thirds of the retailers report rcduc-
tions in prices. The volume of orders
received and filed appears to have
declined to about Is per cent Of what
they were q year ago at this time.
Met. c.s...... ~
" o"s'o
eopper pI1oacllon ~ feorua.y va W..
hnt # vas Ak ner crnt helnw r nro.
duction In February =. wear aro. the
decline being greatest for the Mon
comn NJ nies = -''N"
Retail Trade.
The volume of retail trade in Feb
ruary, 1921, as measured in dollars
and cents. declined Z per cent from
the February. 1920, figure, Cumula-
tive sales from January l., 1921, to
February 20. are nearly II per cent
less than during the same period in
1920. stocks on hand at the end of
February, 1921, were % per cent be-
low the stocks Of goods a year ago
measured by their. cost price, but had
increased 4:per cent since the end OF
January, The turnover Of reporting
stores declined somewhat during the
month.
Tana>.d ~, and Osl c.Ia
"" ~ ~ ~
AS minneapolis IS the largest man
utacturing center for linseed OIL n
OIL cake in the United states, figures
nave been secured from the MIME
apolis chamber OF commerce, show.
ing an increase IN shipments OF 1870
over January, n OF 42Tc over Feb
ruAry 4 year ago.
Building Operations.
c~on+.rn,a+.d nro,ects IN tho n,ne
l. rre.t ritias n tth;s district
a. s,-ad ~, +ha MN, har of narr,it
.nd fhe;r vs1uation sed IN Feh-
r"srv rsd With Ianu.rv m.
i~ncrsas GO IN the numhar ~ nern,it
u,aa ~ ra- car+. ana IN ~vsimatior
1so ,ar oant urh.n ~riaons arc
mada win q vesr 30 hnvsvar IL an
naars 49, +ho ;ncra.ae ~ +ha nunhar
rf narr,its was h,,t a nar oant and that
thara was dscrease :, tntaI vdi1as
to- - mo.a 49, . n.. e.nt IN rtev
~ ~ .,trhtI 1880 nr;.s. nr.,,.ii.
- i.s.,i ,o,,,ra ~ h,iIdins
ran-..an+ad .hu these nsrmita nroha hiS
~ ia 800 ia IN Fehr,,arv = vsay
"as -aata.t ~,,eeaas.s ~,
80. III s'eGH.ssS. !. = T.
Rps. ~. M HS;.so,, "a 81 p.ui
All 49, a.hthiteS aadecI;ne a. con,
-. 49,. "a. ".s4s = -. snaa,t 20 rssna
M ptsso m'' ma M;nnaeno,1s ~
mt1S1 SHn LII aaaIws;s ~
opon ST. ~: amoi, ;noraas ~ T.
n y sppea.s 81 n,;+h Iens,or.,
fePruary, as comparea WIN January