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PIANOS Real bargains in regular and
player pianos. New and used C.. A.
BraWn Piano Co.. Depot Square,
Gardiner
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-25
GRAIN PRICES
ARE HIGHER

CHICAGO, April sl-stsrms and
another cold wave caused prices TO
advance on the board 81 trade today.
SIX 20 rs inches OF snow was Fps
ported covering the wheat fields IN
Canada and some portions % tho
Northwest. holding up work. IA.
pcris predicted Europe would be IN
the market heavily during The next
six months The report Of Secretary
Nohirr 81 the Kansas department OF
agriculture showed wheat Ia the
Eastern section la excellent ccndi-
tion. bi1 poor In tho West. due 10
lack OF moisture and high winds.
Corn met with good cash demand
and offerings were light Receipts
at all primary markets showed con-
adorable falling off The strength
m wheat an unfavorabia conditions
In many sections Of tho corn belt for
nprina work. with tho iiEht move.
mcnts from tho farms caused most
OF tho buyinE,
Oats also was influenced by the
prospects 81 late seeding. Offerings
were light with pastures In the
Northwest covered with snow. feed
srs are going 20 need moro grain,
Provisions were higher with tho
prospects o. = better European de-
mand.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-25
Shipping, Real Estate, Building
Building Trades
Sign NeW Wage Scales
Wage Increases Made in Many Cities Besides
Seattle

The approach Of N. Msy period
finds the following outstanding fea.
lures In the building trades Bltuh.
ton turnout the country. New
wage scales being signed mp on the
basis OF substantial increases: prac-
tieally n 100 per cent employment
OF labor. the bonus system stun gen.
eralIy existent and likely 10 con.
tinue. and a general tendency 10
adjust differences In such q way an
not 10 disturb the progress Of build.
ing activities. according e a general
building labor survey just completed
| by 3. W. Straus 4 Co.
'-rhs necessity Of practical reel.
proeity and cooperation between
employers and employees IL now 80
apparent 20 MI concerned that a
ndlcal stand on the part Of either
sids does not a. thls time seem
likely" tho survey continues. AN
analysis OF tho now wage adjust.
rlents whioh have recently been
made IN various cities shows that
labor IN inclined 20 fully compen.
aate itself In keeping with tho great
demand for II and tho increased
cost Of living, and that builders
are endeayoring 20 hold the unions
within bounds which will not make
future construction probibltiye on
the score OF cost.
TN Chicago negotiations have
been completed which may insure
peace for soms time between work.
uen and employers. tho Chicago
Building Trades council having sign.
ID a thrceyear agreement with the
building Construction Employers as.
sociation. with tho Lands award as
tho basis for all disputes. Brick.
layers bave signed an agreement OF
ii.23 por hour which practically sets
tho now ecale for other skilled work.
srs In the Chicago district IAndis
award carpenters now receiving 81
an hour VIII rvcelys ti.iB after
May 81. Carpenters not working
under the lands award have served
notice that they want ii.as an hour.
and u lie reported that contractors
generlly viii pay that scale.
Similar increases asked by s,ruc.
tural iron workers, plumbers. plaster.
srs and steam filters viii probably
be granted The painters who want
an increase from ss cents AN hour 20
fi,sG have already signed an agree.
nncni with employers making saiur.
day . holiday. Tho tito layers
unions Giraproofersl have signed a
new agreement with tho Fireproof.
srs association. granting them IS
cents an hour Increase. or li.2Th per
hour rate.
"in Minneapolis a new scaio sffec.
tive Juno / grants n 10 per cent in.
crease 10 all skilled labor. which ap.
plies 20 - other Minnesota cities. In
Louisville carpenters havo signed
for an increase: in Duluth contract.
ors have decided 20 grant an increase
TO most trades. effective Juno /.
ranging from 10 20 i:is per cent.
In Atlanta. Ga. and Columbus,
Ohio. increases have been granted.
ard in Buffalo brlcklayrru arc re.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-25
FOREIGN TRADE
DELEGATES co
Seattle Men Leave for New
Orleans Convention

The Pacific coast VIII become the
chief ,hcater Of evcnta" This state.
ment. made by william II. Seward
In 1853. IL revived by tho Pacific
coast delegation TO the 10th national
foreign trade convention at New or.
lcans. beginning May .. for which
the Seattle delegation left this morn.
ing. That tho convention viii de-
vote the afternoon OF May TO Pa.
cific coast problems is considered
as n beginning OF the fulfillmcnt OF
Stewards prophecy.
Tho delegates from Seattle left for
Los Angeles nj s o'clock this morn.
ing. They win be Joined en- route
by delegates from Tacoma. Portland.
Astoria and California cities. FROM
Los Angeles all OF the delegates
viii 80 TO New Orleans on PA.
cifio Coast Special"
Leaving Seattle this morning were
Clancy III. LOWS. secretary OF tho
Manufacturers association or Wash.
ington; William Pigott. president OF
the Pacific foreign trade council.
John o. Hausman, president OF Geo.
s. Bush & Co.: w. C. Dawson, pres.
ident OF W. C. Dawson s Co.; Jo-
soph A. swalwell. president of the
Trnion NJ,.tlonai hank. q II Hoyeil
president or the Seaboard National
bank: Il. J. Kooers, OF the import
and export department of the North.
ern Pacific railroad. and r. B.
Wright. president OF the Everett
Fruit Products Co.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-25
BUSINESS is
NOT UNS0UND
Even Farmer Is Improving,
Says Report

With tho very large purchase pro.
posed by the railroads. with iron out.
put Gong the index OF general trade
activity at positively record figures.
with capital free for investment pur.
poses In UNUSUAL amount, credit gen.
orally good, labor In full and over.
flowing employment. with every
blast furnace in the Plttsburg district
blowing for the first time in years;
with all these signs Of high business
activity. swinging in full sight. pres.
ent prosperity must be accepted as
on actual fact. says the yacho Re.
view.
II industrial costs and the general
plane OF prices could be locked fast
at their present level. tho period Of
prosperity could be maintained In.
definitely. But labor costs and farm
prices are far apart. and even wild.
ening, and there Is corner in labor
which may lead TO greater and great
or demands until high prices paralyze
the whole movement.
But even the farmer IN doing bet.
ter. Armour & Co. says Despite all
that has been said about the poverty
Of the farmer and the necessity Of
financial aid for him, he Is in better
position than he has been for several
years. He is buying. Mall.order.
house reports, farm implement manu-.
facturers' reports. and country
bank clearings. all show that he not
only is buying. but has bought. and
his buying has extended a little be-
yond necessity"
The political influences, both here
and in Europe, arc adverse. but for
the present we are going ahead on
our own self.contained favorable
bases. II business growth. with rea.
sonable profits, Is TO extend beyond
the year, continuation OF tho bull
market will show II.
But the investor must not neglect
the fact that some Industries are al.
ready at the peak OF the movement.
Others have probably much further
10 30, but the most capcful discrimi.
nation is necessary Some observers.
whose conclusions are entitled 10 at.
teEtion. believe that Improvement IN
business zig definitely in jts upward
swing and that the era Of prosperity
viii continue for an indefinite and
lengthy period"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-25
AID CLUB HOLDS
BASEBALL DAY
Indians as Guests Promise
Big Baseball Year
IIot dorl

HOT cog
That. taken either an an sincuia-
ton Of approval or merely as nm
article OF food. "a descriptive OF the
Tuesday ''naAebail Day" lunch OF the
Seattle Advertising club.
'1lot dogs" pop. leo cream bars.
near beer and kindred baseball edl
bios were on tho bill OF fare, while
the walls were deeked cut with all
the usual baseball billboard literature
Hushson's Jazz Hounds, cardboard
halocs proclaiming tho wenatchee
Apple blossom Festival. and a silver
tongued delegates from wenaichee
who told about tho festival. baseball
and modern inventions. were other
features that led the meeting away
from tho attitude OF tolemnity.
The Indians were az the lunch in
a body. and were each presented by
Manager Harry Wolyerton. Short
talks were made by Charlie T.ookard.
president - tho ses..stiiss hal! club.
Wade C''Red') Killifer. itn secretary:
Frank Ripe. Jim Boldt. Thos. J.
Stevens. treasurer. and Alfred Put
nam. secretary OF the San Francisco
club. and others
Tho oraiory was supplied by Jack
Sullivan. vice president OF the Sc
attic club, who told about the united
effort Of the team and the manage
ment 10 give Seattle ono OF tho best
ball teams In the West.
These wore only a few OF the fea-
tures OF one Of the most interesting
meetings the Advertising club has
held since It's new policy was inau.
gurated.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-25
BUSINESS men
NOT EFFICIENT
londoner Says England Has
Better System

American. business houses are
greatly overmanncd. according 10
Kenneth purward. = well known
clothing manufacturer OF London.
who has heen visiting Seattle rs tho
guest OF Chester W. King. president
OF King brothers.
Fewer men do the same amount
OF work In England" said Dur.
warl Tho trouble with the Amer.
lean business man IL that 10 IL
continually letting himself be In.
terrupied by conferences and calls.
Many times l have found executives
with their morning mail still un.
finished In the rniddke OF the after.
noon. all because no has permitted
people to interrupt his regular
morning routine work.
In England We use a different
system. When reach my Office I
got 10 my mail at once. When that
Is finished. so over the previous
days reports and attend 10 other
routine work. During all this time
no Interruptions arc permitted. The
result + that by II or 1870 my
routine work Is done and my mind
Is FREQ and my time Is available fos
other things.
People often ask how the Eng.
lishman find time for all their rrcra.
alton. We take our whos or partial
afternoon of for golf and other
outdoor exercises and the American
wonders how we do II. The anawar
Is. In part, that our system OF
business operation eliminates so
much waste that Is permitted by thu
American system.
Another answer might be that
our recreation heeps us In good
physical condition. When we so TO
cur offices wo are feeling III and
all keyed up for the days work.
In other words. We arc In n high
state Of personal efficiency. Amer.
lean business men could we'll afford
TO play mere
Durward mads nj. present trim
largely to play golf. he said. There
are two places I liks to play goif. =
he explained. Del Monte and So.
attic. II wns ever compelled TO
live outside Of London. there IL no
place would willingly live except
the Pacific coast, and there Is no
place where would willingly spend
my summers except Seattle"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-25
Vessels in Port at Seattle

Smith covo Torminal--Pisr A.--Str Crnri
Keys. str President Mckinley. stl
Tsurushina Msru. Pier B--atr shid-
zuoka Maru. Anchorage Ship OrIan,
tai. ship Bsnj. y. Packard. barge Gu,
=. Goss.
Bell street Tsrminai--Str Santa FiavIa
str 9hslakoff.
Great Northern Tsrminsl--str Tokiwi
Maru.
Grand Trunk Pacific Tsrmlnai--str "A.
nnira1 Evans. str Queen.
pier 1<--Btr Phlioctotes.
pier f1-B--str oweRo.
pier Str Port Angeles.
pier 2--str Alameda.
pior str n. J. Lucksnbach
pier B--Btr Admiral Nicholson.
Pier D--5tr II. II. Alexander, ctr Admira
Rodman.
Seattle Shipbuilding q Drydock Co.
Power ship Boxer.
u. 4. Shipping Board Moorinns--str leo.
mum. str Anna 70. Morse. rtr silyorado
str West Hartland. str Delight.
Atlantic Street Termlnai--sohr Mlnda-
mao.
King q VINCE Motorshlp Ruby. motor.
ship Anvil.
East waterway Dock a Warehouse Go. -
Htr Stuart Dollar
Todd Drydocks--str snaadahoc. nti
Remus, Bohr g. f. Holmes
Puget Sound Bridge A. Dredging Co.
Btr Patterson,
Hnrbor Island Dock A. Warehouse tFjsh.
or's)--atr Nevada
Drummond Lightcrngs .co.--str ri ci.
cuta.
Amos Terminal Co..-gchr Henry Wilson
str rnn Juan.
Nettieton'r Mili---Bktn MakawsIi,
Heffernans Drydock- -Motorship Oregon
Stream Buoy No 7---Hhlp Abner coburn
bRre ". u. Flint
Puget souad Lumber D. Box co.--str n
Eiabcto.
Winslow Marine RBllway--Htr Caesar
bark Belfast. barge coquitlam City
wbaiora .Btar Nos. 1. 2, ., blstn Jamot
Tut
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-25
Meetings

The semi-monthly meeting OF Sc
attic Purchasing Agents association
win be held Thursday. April 20. at
noon. at the Arctic club.
A feature Of the meeting win BE- a
send off, to w. y. Donaldson, who
viii 20 to Cleveland. Ohio. to attend
the eighth annual convention Of the
National Association Of Purchasing
Agents as a delegate OF the Seattle
association. Donaldson has been
nominated vice president of the as
ISOLATION and has the support Of sew
eral other Coast associations. He
plans to boost Seattle and the North
west and hopes to get some OF the
delegates to come to the Northwest
for their vacation.
The Seattle Real Estate associa.
ton will meet Thursday. at the Ho.
tel Butler, at 1915. The Seattle
Chamber OF commrece chorus viii
be present and supply the music.
Other interesting features are plan.
ned.
John W. Roberts win address the
Engineers club at a noon luncheon
Thursday. He will speak on the sub
ject OF taxation in King county as
affected by municipal and publicly
owned enterprises.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-25
Arrivals and Departures

AEHftED--ApriI it--sur Admiral Rod
uian from Port Angeles. at a. nj str
shidzuoks Aaru from Tacoma via Van
couSer, y. O.. At f:ss .. M. str PhiIoa-
tsfss from Manila via ports, at 1850 a.
m. str City OF Spokane from Tacoma. at
10 a. m. April zs--Str y. J. LiIcksnbaeh
from Mobile via ports. ~ ii.it q. m. sif
Queen from Southxesterp via Southeast
ern Aiasks, at $50 .. M str Port An
galss from Richmond Beach. at t.50 D.
M. str Toklwa Aaru from Kobe Via
Yokohama. at 10 q. IN.
sAfIED--Aprii 1f--str Moerdijk for
Tacoma. at a. m. str Paul Lucksn.
bach for New Yofi. via ports at Z a m. +.
.ir Nevada FOR Hull via Tacoma. Port
land. Fan Pedro and Balboa, az q. m.
April 2s-str Kasfu Aatu for Kobe via
Coos Hay and Yokohama. at 1915 .. M.
str PanRmsn for New York via ports ~
$3.50 D. M: str Hhksta Mnru for k6be via
Vancouver. d. G.. and Yokohama. ct Sis
.. ~. str Horace Y. Baxter for Han
Pedro via San Frsncisco. At 7,s0 .. M
str Point Jobos for Tacoma. at I p. m.
str Yoseu Maru for Kobe via Yokohama.
at i2;sb y. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-25
Financial Flashes
From James MacfarIane q Co
sIl Second Ave.
Twenty industrlals i0s.Ta, on

Twenty industrlais iOs.T3, off 81,
rails ss.s7. off rs.
Central Leather quarter ending
March 81. deficit reported OF 1890
eT7 after taxes. etc. versus deficit
u s23o.2f7 previous year.
Kansas City Southern earnings in
March were si.ss5.sl3, increase
si34.754.
Colorado Fuel quarter ended
March 81. reported surplus Of 1881.
ia versus deficit Of s4si.2ss in
same period 1927.
Invincibie on year ended Decern.
Der 81. reports net income of $685..
soz. versus deficit OF s3o7.3s in
1921.
q. 8. Steel. thru the Illinois Steel
has advanced its price for bars,
shapes and plates. 50 ton. Altho
no announcement OF this action has
been made or contemplated, tho In,
formation IL received from unques.
tionabie sources.
Csrro De Pasco year ended De.
cember 81. including subsidiaries
shows surplus Of sf.5s4.7s2 after ex
penses. taxes. interest. but before
depreciation and depletion, versus
s2.404.ss9 In 1921.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-25
New Issues

The Midwest Joint Stock Land bank
In Edwardsville, H.. with the approx
nj OF the Federal Farm Loan board,
has changed Its nnine 10 Illinois
Midwest Joint Stock Land bank.
This bank. operating In Illinois and
Missouri. has sold TO Halsey. Stuart
& Co.. an issue OF s75o.0oo Joint
Stock Land bank per cent bonds.
which are being offered at i03 and
interest to yield over &rs per cent TO
optional date. April 1, 1888. and per
cent thereafter to maturity. April /.
1853.
These bonds are obligations OF the
Illinois Midwest Joint Stock Land
bank and are secured by either first
mortgages on farm lands or United
States government bonds or ccrtifI-
Gates OF Indebtedness deposited MS coll
lateral. The liability of the banks
shareholders is double the amount Of
their stock. These bonds are exempt
from federal, state, municipal and To-
cal taxation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-25
TRAFFIC men
IN SEATTLE
Western Convention Begins
Here Thursday

Retail traffic experts from the
whole Pacific coast are arriving In
Seatti. 20 attend the second annual
Western Traffic Conference conven.
lion TO be held at the Hotel Gowrnan
Thursday and Friday.
The conference was formed IN the
fall OF 1899 in order that retail deal.
crs might be able to present united
case In traffic problems before the
Interstate commerce commission.
While this was the original incentive
for the formation of tho association.
il was soon merged into the larger
object OF benefiting traffic mon by
the exchange of ideas and discussion
Of traffic problems.
Thursdays program win be as fol.
lows:
s.fs--ReTistration at headquarters at
Hotel Gowmau.
io;oo-openinE address by Chairman II.
n. Moore, second vice president
Western Traffic Conference.
-''co-operation." an address on the
value of personal contact between
shipper and carrier" by w, A..Baker.
traffic manager Ailcr a Frank. Port
land.
io;s5--"Fast Freight Express Package
Car Service" by Herbert McEwen.
manager Acme Fast Freight Express
service. San Francisco.
II :is--''fnsurRnce and Its various
Phases" by II. Browning. Broadway
Department store. Los Angeles
is:ls-Luneh, at which time Nathan
Eekstoin. president OF sehwabachor
Bros aud chairman transportation
bureau OF chamber OF commerce. viii
speak on ''Ecksteln's Theory
i;so--''Procedure Before I. c. c. on
Formal and Informal Complaints"
by A. T. White. president Western
Traffic Conference. traffic manager
The Emporium. San Francisco.
o--'"rranacontinental Rate situation .
by s. T. wottricls. transportation at
torney. Seattle chamber of commerce.
s:s0-'"rraffio Situation In lntcrcostai
Trade as Seon by Steamship Lines"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-25

eciving ;i,25 an hour. which includes
a bonus OF i2h cents. In st. Louis.
brioklayers are demanding il.5O an
hour and painters have signed W for
;i05 until May /. when ths scale win
80 TO iLi7h. In Detroit some trades
have been increased 20 per cent. IN
k1nfas City. common labor II paid
uB high az 7s cents an hour.
In many important Southern cities
a shortage Of labor u reported and
my new wage scales are based upon
this situation. In Oklahoma City
steam filters threaten 10 strike un.
less they are granted $40 a day. In
Boston. increases have been allowed
for 1924 with further increases in
1924; In Atlantic City all trades not
still under contract have been grant.
"a increases. IN the Pittsburg district
increases have been granted from 10
10 IS cents an hour for skilled me.
chanios. and laborers are receiving
COO with an increase Of 10 cents after
July L
"In San Francisco there is a
shortage OF labor. and contractors are
nearly all paying moro than ths
scale; In Nashville, Tenn, the labor
kituation Is reported easier with five
cuts in wages and two increases ef.
fectivs May ]. In Omaha. Neb.. five
trades have signed agreements and
the building crafts strike Is believed
10 be nearing settlement; the car
psnters have returned 10 work al
;i.i0 an hour. an increase Of 10 cents.
Other crafts have also received in.
croaHss.
IN Erie. Pa. contracts have been
ngned giving increases 10 car car
pentsrs and tile settlers and some
other trades: in Richmond. Ind, new
scales have been signed covering two
years with brtcklayers at $40 an
hour. AZ Shreveport, la. bricklay-
ors have signed at ii.50 an hour: in
Portland. Ore. where labor has been
stable for long time, general in
crease OF 10 per cent is now asked
but In senttle. Wash. the present
scales viii probably be continued for
Elk months. In 81 Paul. MINI. In
creases win probably become effective
June /: in Albany. y. Y. few In.
crteses will become effective May !.
in Toledo. many bonuses are being
paid skilled mechanics. while COM
mon labor has been advanced from
loo 90 tic an hour.
''Eariy settlement Of the situation
in New York IL anticipated. Despite
the prompt refusal OF employers &c
meet all the new demands OF the
unions. Il Is not now believed. that
any serious strikes viii occur. Brick.
layers now receiving 81 TO $40 above
the $40 daily scale win. Il Is believed
continue 20 enjoy bonuses Many
new scales have been signed up or
an increased hasiR ard bonuses vii
continue In many crafts
Reports indicate that the common
labor rate for the nation. as applied
TO pick and shovel men In construc.
ton operations. Is placed at SOC al
hour as against $ec for the preceding
month"