Evening star., 1922-11-06
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

SAN ANTONIO, November O.
Thanksgiving dinners in Texas will
be somewhat short of turkey this
year according to a statement by the
state department of markets and
dications are that the turkey crop
will be shorter this year than last
due to heavy losses among young
fiocks and unfavorable weather con-
ditions.
NEW ORLEANS, November g.
for the largest fur catch ever taken
in this section. The demand for
traps Is SO great today that mer-
chants who handle them are liable
to supply it. One dealer alone has
reported the sale of 100000 traps.
ST. PAUL, November 6.-Lumber
sales throughout the northwest today
are averaging twenty-five per cent
in excess of those for similar period
last year.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. November g.
A number of oil and gas test wells
are being drilled in Jackson county,
Mo. within a few miles of Kansas
City. These are the first deep tests
attempted in this section. Shallow
wells with small production have
have been brought in from time to
time for number of years.
PHILADELPHIA, November g.
The cigar business is exceptionally
active here. One local manufacturer
has acquired three additional facto-
ries to increase production on favor
lite brands, orders for which are run
ming far ahead of deliveries
SPOKANE. November 6.-Eastern
Washington farmers who have diver
sified their crops have been able to
make up for the slump in apple prices
by the increased sums they are secur-
ing for hay. Baled alfalfa hay is
selling today at $14 a ton and timothy
at SIS. Market indications point to
even higher price levels.
CLEVELAND, November 6.-Many
motor car manufacturers in this sec
tion arc now in a maximum schedule.
One maker of a high priced car is
operating on ten-thousand-car.a
year basis. and is booked with firm
orders until January l. Ninety per
cent of the present business is on
closed cars. manufacturers are ship
ping many cars by express because
freight transportation Is delayed. The
number of drive-awayS is unusually
heavy.
ATLANTA, November 6.-Radio in
stallatfons are being made in Atlanta
at the rate of 1900 month. These
installations have been encouraged
by better static conditions. Anticipa-
tion of the popularity of radio sets
for Christmas gifts has created a
sharp demand for this line of mer-
chandise.
PHILADELPHIA, November g.
firm today, with stocks of finished
leather decreasing. 1ndustrials acttv-
ity is expected in the demand for belt
ing leather and manufacturers of
shoes are busy.
ATLANTA, November 6.-Toy and
doll sales are SO per cent heavier to.
day than they were this time last
year The Christmas demand Tor
crockery, cut-glass. jewelry and drug
sundries Is not far behind.
DETROIT, November 6.-The Michi..
gan beet sugar crop Is of unusual
quality. The beet output is about 80
per cent of normal. but the crop mas
q sugar content of over Is per cent
and cooler weather has matured the
beets in nice shape.
PORTLAND, Ore. November "a
further advance Of 20 cents q barrel
has been forced in the prices Of all
grades of foreign and domestic Hour
BY local millers. The premium now
being paid for wheat of milling
grades was assigned as the cause to-
day.
PITTSBURGH, November 6.-The
wholesale grocery trade is having
difficulty in making deliveries, owing
to transportation conditions. Retail
! ers are buying treaty tndays