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The Bozeman courier., 1927-01-14

told yOu-of that same month, wbea+
went down IL cents. ] am, goinO. -
ask some of these men who held tha;r
wheat in 1920 if it did not 20 dou,n
to 81 cents from $2-that. is. fron,
SLIT at election, or 1925 earlier :,
the fall? Does supply and demand
do those things? Not at all, gentle
ment. It is the gamblers and specn.
lators of our present market in Chi
cago and Minneapolis.
Market Own Commodities
''Now, then, if you please, how are
you going to remedy these things ?
There is only one way you can stop a
man from doing business, and that
is to take the business from him
You cannot stop his doing business
if you continue to partonize him. Is
that not so? All right. Then let
us quit dealing in futures, and Quit
trading with the board of trade
spectators and market our own COM
modities.
Market them just the same as
they market them, and we will eniov
some of the advantages they eniov.
They do not cut any figure with our
marketing our own stuff. We have
had organizations here for us that
have sold more wheat than any one
man in this house has sold in his
whole lifetime. And that without
ever hedging on the board of trade.
"This matter of hedging is a mat.
ter of speculation. This wheat i.
sold on the average of from 20 Il
25 times. Our corn crop in 1920 wa.
sold Sc times. This is paper wheat
not real wheat.
''These problems are the farmers
problems, gentlemen. You can no
get any other class of society to hell
you out so long as you are not try
ing to help yourself. A man said T.
me not long ago, .."The prices of in
dustry are too high. Labor is to-
high. That is the reason the farmc
can not make any money" That /
not true-in my way of looking at Il
No; the farmers commodities are to
low. Let the other businesses gC
Pay no attention to them. Look t
your own business. Sit at a roun
table instead of at a square ons
Organize so you can shift with then
Let the price go on up. Let the cell
ing be the limit. That is my methoC
Do not tear anybody down. Bull
yourself up.
''If you destroy the businesses c
industry and labor, what happens
Right then and there you make a
overproduction by decreasing til
consumption. You can not sell tn
commodities you have raised. Ho
many men here were through Il
years from 1896 to 1904? Then v
experienced one of the greatest pal
| les that ever hit this country.
went through it. Here are a lot
| fellows who went through it. YC
could not sell your own stuff at ar
price. sold potatoes for 10 cents
sack, and delivered them. That
what tearing down does to you. I
= not figure those things. Figure /
build yourself up. Place yourself {
. an equality with industries and yC
do not care. You are sitting at
round table then. You do not ca
The Bozeman courier., 1927-01-14

"Right at that point want to say
that since I have been born the CO.
operative marketing movement is the
only thing / have ever seen started
bv the American farmer that big
business ever noticed. The Farmers
Alliance; Political Alliance-all Of
those things never has attracted the
least bit Of attention Of big business.
The third year of the operation Of
the Montana Wheat Growers, the
Minneapolis Grain Dealers organiza-
ton appropriated s250,000 to send
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-13

D. of A.)-Hogs 1000. market around
steady with Fridays average; top $40
on 240-250 pounds; desirable 180-225
pounds 89O-935; one load 800 pound
butchers 935; light lights up to 8.75;
odd lots packing sows 100000.
Cattle 5000; calves 500; compared
with a week ago; choice grades beef
steers and yearlings steady. other
grades unchanged; slaughter heifers
generally Csc higher; other she stock
steady. to strong; bulls strong to 15c
higher; vealerS and calves SOC to 81
higher stockers and feeders steady to
easier; top for week; choice yearlings
1880; good heavy steers 1850. good
medium weights 1900; vealers 1850;
bulk of beef steers and yearlings 900
14.75; plain grassers around $50; bulk
stockers and feeders 8.50-1100.
Sheep none; for week, lambs steady
to 15c higher; sheep steady; top
lambs 140o; bulk natives and westerns
13.5O-13.75; shorn offerings H.50
1850; top ewes 6.25; others 565-600;
choice light weight yearling wethers
1925; top feeding lambs 1880; most
sales 1300-13.25.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-13

NEW YORK, Nov. Y R-zSpirited
buying in the stock market today car
ried the general level of prices up
ward. Some weekend profit taking in
the last hour of the half day session
checked the advance somewhat, but
nevertheless many of the leading is
sues closed to 8 points or more above
yesterdays final figures, some of them
at their peaks for the day.
Considerable optimism prevaile d
among operators for the advance as
buying orders came in from the out
side, inspired BY such favorable de-
velopments as President Sloan's op-
tinlistic forecast of next years Cen
eral Motors earnings, stiffening steel
prices and the increase in untitled or
ders of the u S. Steel corporation.
Easy money continued to be a factor,
emphasized by the ready reception
given various new issues in the bond
field.
Prospects of good business was again
reflected by bloyancy of mercantile
issues, such as Montgomery Ward,
Wo0lworth, Sears Roebuck, Munsing-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-13
BY BIosser

wear and Arnold Constable, all OF
which reached their highest prices OF
the year.
Such leading issues as u. S. Steel
and General Motors were in brisk de-
nand, the former closing at its days
highest, but motors fell back a little
in the final dealings. Leadership
furnished by steel common was instru-
mental in running up several import
ant shares into high territory, includ-
ing international Harvester, which
sold as high as 242 before reacting to
arounds 2391a. ~
The last half hour was featured by
strength of some Of the carriers, not
ably Atchison, and Delaware and Hud-
son, which attained their best prices
of the day in that period. New York
Central advanced more than point,
closing around 164 Buoyance of these
issues was reflected also by sharp ad-
vances in American Railway Express
and Adams Express, both of which
sold at their best prices of the year.
Some of the specialties provided
much interest: American Can COM
mon and preferred, Corn Products.
Burrough Adding Machine, and Mathie-
sen Alkali established a new maximum
figure and Colorado Fuel, Crucible,
Pierce Arrow preferred and Shattuck
were among the issues which gained
2 or points or more DUPONT, slim
ulated by expectation that the COM
pany's share Of the General Motors
extra dividend will be passed on the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-13

shareholders Monday, had an extreme
jump or more than four points to 800,
closing a point below that figure
Selling of corn futures following the
reopening of the Chicago board Of
trade after the Arn1istice day recess
featured the commodity markets. The
price was forced down alnost.3 cents
a bushel, but in a smart recovery at
the Sebb, part of the loss was made
up. The early selling was predicated
by indications of an increased yield IN
the governments forecast of Thurs
day Wheat advanced almost 2 cents
a bushel on bullish, construction plac-
ed on the Canadian crop estimate.
Cotton prices were quoted steady at
4 to 20 points higher, coffee was slight
ly lower. and sugar, futures a shade
better than the previous closing fig
ures.
Strength of sterling, which reached
$4S7 1-16, the highest since 1914, was
the outstanding feature of the foreign
exchange market. Dutch guilders, at
40.3219 cents, were at the highest level
since 1919. Other changes were negli-
gible.
The weekly statement of clearing
house banks and trust companies re-
vealed excess reserve of $685., AGO, a
decrease of $2,177, $50 from the week
before. Actual conditions this day Of
clearing house members showed mix
ed changes, loans, discounts, invest
ments, ETC., decreased $5,718,00o, re-
serve in federal reserve banks OF men,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-13

exchange collapsed to new low level
for the year.
Two of the most significant de-
velopments of the week having bear
ing on the stock market were the
stiffening of steel prices following soon
after the surprisingly large increase in
the untitled orders of the United
States Steel corporation, and the
declaration of an extra cash dividend
Of $3.50 on the new common stock of
General Motors corporation, which
also was placed on a regular annual
basis OF SIS, equivalent to $40 on the
old, which paid So with occasional
extras
Wall street was of the opinion that
consumers of steel would place large
orders for future delivery when they
became convinced that the recent de-
clining trend of commodity prices had
been definitely checked. Likewise the
generous cash extra on General Motors
was construed as an indication that
Ford competition was not feared by
other leading manufacturers. Declines
in commodity prices were offset by the
fact that the aggregate value of lead
ing crops was we'll above that of last
year. Ease of credit conditions was
by the heavy over-sub-
scription of new bond offerings par
ticularly the treasury issue.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-13
COTTON MARKET

NEW YORK, Nov. IL lPJ-Reactions
from an opening advance were fol-
lowed by renewed steadiness in the
cotton market today on covering COM
bined with trade buying and commits
sion house demand, promoted by low
temperatures in the southwest and re-
ports Of steady spot situation.
January sold up from 1874 to 20.01
and closed at 100; the general market
closing steady at net advances of 4
to 20 points,
Spot steady; middling 2O.SO. Close:
January, 19,94-95. Sc.
March, 20,13-16.
May, 2025-SO.
July, 2O15-20.
December, 1989-91.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-13
WEEKS REVIEW
FINDS WALL ST.
STILL cheerful.

NEW YORK, Nov. IL PD-Important
financial and trade developments fol-
lowed each other in quick succession
this week and left Wall street in a
cheerful frame of mind. A further
recovery in the stock market wiped
out more than half of the ground
lost in the recent sharp reaction, and
sent scores of individual issues to new
peak prices for the year Cotton broke
sharply on the publication of an Qn-
expectedly large government crop esti-
mate, then made partial recovery.
Sterling exchange .advag[Sed to the
highest level Since 1914, Dutch guilders
the highest since 1919, and japanese
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-13
GRAIN MARKET

CHICAGO, Nov IL up = Wheat
prices went up with a rush today, and
the corn market came down equally
fast. Canadas government and fresh
word of damage by rust in Argentina
lifted wheat washington official crop
figures were the ruling force in the
corn trade.
Closing quotations on wheat were
firm. &c to 2isc net higher, with corn
"a to 29sc. off, oats A-2$c to &c
Continued on Page SeVen)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-13
TREND
CONTINUES Up /.
ON NY. MARKET
stock market averages:

Total stock sales s7S,1OO shares
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-13
METAL QUOTATIONS

The average daily quotations for
copper, silver and New York lead as
'arried by the Engineering and Mining
journal for the week ending Nov.
10, are as follows: Copper, 1914; Sill
yer, 57.1O; N. Y. Lead, 625.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-13

ber banks $2,991,OOO and net demand
deposits $3,633,OO0.
Reserve in own vaults gained $685.
900, reserve in depositaries $613,0OO,
time deposits $11,743,000 and cash in
own vaults $1,807,000.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-13

KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK
KANSAS CITY, Nov. IL Gu. S
Evening star., 1927-11-29
Not Only Pretty-But Very Yarn

Wonderfully warm robes-n color, too. You
may choose from maize, copenA rose red in the
wool robes-the corduroy include cherry, beauty,
orchid, fuchsia, copen and wisteria A most de-
sirable gift! Sizes So to n.
Third Fioor-Iansburgh
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Second FIoor--Lansburgh & Bro.
Evening star., 1927-11-29

(Skctch c. A smart little
car, SO inches long-equipped
with springs, bumper, head
lights, horn and gear shifts.
Scooters, SIPS. Sidewalk
Scooters, with steel footboard
and rubber tired disc wheels.
Evening star., 1927-11-29
These Goats Warmly
Furred- Sale Priced j,
Actual 500 and sos
Values in a Compre-
hensire rOup at
$48

We enthusiastic about their smartness of ylesthe ex-
celence of quatyther splendid workmanship and fursa we
will be when them Duveenas, duvboom,
suede broadcoh and needeweaves richly trimmed with wo
skunk, Manchuan wolf squirrel fox, oposum and baby lynx
Flares cascade effects baby tucks and other smart style
details add their charm Sizes IA TO- SO Al and 4OH
to 4S13
secondr Floor -ansbu Bro.
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Owl AndirOns
$3.50

A delightful gift Two The smart hammered
solemn owls of black effect-of burnt antique
enamel whose ewes shine brass. l41a inches high.
in the freight! Sketched. Swedish finish.
BRONZE FINISH SPARK GUARD. 3 fold skeched S695
BLACK ENAMEL. FINISH ANDIRONS. $3.50 pr.
BALL TOP BLACK ENAMEL FINISH ANDIRONS, $3.50
BLACK ENAMEL. FINISHED FIRE SETS. consist OF
shovel and poker. S4'5
BLACK ENAMEL FINISH FIRE SET consists OF
shovel poker, and stand hold all $3.50
BLACK ENAMEL FINISH FIRE SET, ball top. Shovel,
tongs poker and rack hold all So1O
BURNT ANTIQUE BRASS FIRE SET, Swedish finish
designs. Rack, shovel poker brush and tongs,
Sketcheu
SOLID Bp-.SS COAL IODS. S.....................SS .SSl3
HAMMERED BRASS COAL HODS. ............... .$lS.15
BRASS FIRE CRATES, burnt antique brass Swedish
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FIRE CRATE burnt antique brass "A inch. Swedish
hniSh
FIRE CRATE. black finish 22-nch length. $3.50
ELECTRIC PORTABLE CRATE 24inch length. Looks
like real coal fire sie
31x31 BLACK WIRE SPARK GUARD, with brass
Aft. TENDERS, burnt antique brass. Swedish fin
$l9oO S.250
Floor-Iansburgh q Hro
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Fashions Horizon
Silks and VeIuets in
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The mode one-and these clever rocks follow the
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STYLES and emphasize good taste One and two
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bned with georgee for daytime Iaeta satin and gcor
oe for evening Afternoon rocksOrma frocks for dinner
in straghine and boufan effects All charmingy femi-
nine" Misses and women's sizes.
Evening star., 1927-11-29

Second F10or--Lansburgh g. Bro.
Evening star., 1927-11-29

Not by just word-not by just car,
pressing your greeting in gift form" Ther
tractive suggestions in this group--suggest'
Evening star., 1927-11-29

(Sketch A)-A sturdy
Speed Bike with blue
enameled frame. Nickel
plated steering post, ad-
Unstable handle bars and
saddle.
Evening star., 1927-11-29

Cunning little socks in ever
so many attractive colors. This
is our. own Importation
Street FIoor-Lansburgh & Bro.
Evening star., 1927-11-29

Fourth F1oor-,Al.ansburEh & Bro.
Evening star., 1927-11-29

White French Linen
Handkerchiefs hand
rolled hens and coiored
l1ard-drawn threads.
Evening star., 1927-11-29
Deluxe Scooter
$5.75

(Sketch E.) Splendid side
walk Scooters with 12-inch
disc wheels. IA inch non-skid
tires and roller bearings.
Evening star., 1927-11-29
Disc Wheel Pedal
Cars, $1.95

Well constructed, speedy
pedal cars with disc or wire
wheels and rubber pedals.
Evening star., 1927-11-29
Sidewalk ScOOters
$2.o5

Sketch d. Disc wheels
with IA Inch non-skid tires.
Rubber covered footboard
and foot brake, A most at
tractive gift!
Evening star., 1927-11-29
A Timely Gift Thought
Give Something
for the Fireplace
Brass AndirOns
S8.75 Pr.

The smart hammered
effect-of burnt antique
brass. Az inches high.
Swedish finish.
Evening star., 1927-11-29
Tubular Framed
Velocipedes, $7.05

Fall.bearing Velocipedes with
adjustable saddle and handle
bars. For both boys and girls.
Tubular Frame VelOcipedes,
S7.95. Plain bearing, heavy
rubber tires; adjustable seat
and handle bars.
Evening star., 1927-11-29

A delightful gift. Two
solemn owls of black
enamel whose eyes shine
in the freight! Sketched.
Evening star., 1927-06-29
THE EVENING STORY

Fred. was happier than she. But ther
Lucy had never had a romance before
she met the man she married.
II kept you waiting, Lucy; I'll de
the Dishes" Mira said.
Lucy hurried to change her dress
for the first show began at Z. They
were gone by the time Mira had the
dishwater in the pan.
The telephone bell rang and Mira
went to answer it. A familiar voice
| doomed in her ear, the voice of
! Horace Lasher. who had that day
bought another piece of property OF
! Todd & Son. Horace already owned a
string Of tenements, but this purchase
consisted Of large house with a
! porte coChere and garden. He had
| said something to her that made her
/ think he had her in mind as a possible
mistress for the big house His wife
had been dead a year and it was sa id
he was looking for another.
I'D like to come mp and see YOU
/ this evening Mira" he said.
! Mira hcsitated. though imperc eptibly.
! If she let Horace come he would
understand naturally that she was
willing to accept his attentions. And
she wasn't willing, especially tonight
with this memory of Will trailing her
with peculiar insistence
I'm sorry. Mr.. Lasher," she began,
''but-''
| I'D like to come. Mira
! She tried to think of an excuse. She
had none. save that invariable one
that she did not want him. He sensed
! the meaning of her family uttered
objection.
"All right, If YOU don't want me. .
He laughed coolly. III go over and
see Mrs. ePters ! guess" He hung up.
Mira stood very still, her face
burning. Mrs. Peters was the lively
widow whose house Todd & Son had
just sold She had gone to board
with a friend. 1t was the end of
Horace Lasher as far as Mira was
concerned. fIe would never be able
to get away from Mrs. Peters. She
wondered if she were a fool. Lucy
would call her so. No need longer to
toll in that dincy office, wearing out
what was left of her youth. And she
was not particularly happy with Fred
and Lucy She had given up all this
for a mere memory.
She moved over to the table and
bent over the broken hyacinth. It's
perfume came up into her face. She
CUulu SHuL IeI eyes anu Sec lIIdL
flower plot of her mothers and Will
Kelly, who hadn't come back.
Again a bell rang. the doorhell this
time Mira went into the cold little
hall and opened the door. A man
stood there with something done up
in paper held within his arm.
"Does Fred Peck live here?" he
asked, peering through thick glasses.
Mira went white. In spite of the
glasses and all the other changes in
his appearance, she was sure that her
memory had come to life.
He couldn't believe it was she-just
at first.
"My sight is so poor" he said. HAS
been ever since / came out of the big
fus. I got laid out, you know. That's
why / didn't come back. II wasn't
sure. Mira, you'd want to see such
wreck as I was"
LAS if that would make any differ
ence." Mira said rosily. She had taken
the parcel he gave her and found that
it contained pot of pink hyacinths.
Evening star., 1927-06-29

ooh. Will, you remembered" she
| breathed.
"Oh, yes, I remembered. But I'd
never have had the courage to come
here tonight II it wasn't for a little
thing that occurred soon after dark.
| | was walking alone when / ran into
woman and knocked something she
was carrying out of her hands. l
smelled hyacinths and-and it all
rushed over me irresistibly. said to
myself, I'll go and see her before
leave town, anyway You see, Mira,
though I'd got your address from old
Mrs. Horton back home and had come
here on purpose to see you, I'd given
up the idea and was going away with
out letting you get a glimpse of me.
II hated to have you see me like
this. But the smell of those posies-
well. ! thought about it a while, then
I got my offering, and here l am"
Mira laughed tenderly.
You poor boy! 1t was I you banged
against, my pink hyacinths you shat
tered. And neither of us knew the
other. Though there was something
i'm the sound of your I'm very sorry
I've been thinking
about YOU ever since l reached home. ;"
A happy pair sat by the gas log
talking when Lucy and Fred returned.
"Why. William Kelly, Where did
YOU come from?" Lucy screamed.
And what are you doing here?'
ASK Mira" Will answered. Mira
has generously consented to share my
Evening star., 1927-06-29
Pot of Posies.


n n IRA MESTON emerged from
nH the office of Todd & Son
V realtors, just as the O'Clock
4 i whistle was blowing. She
was tired, depressed and un
eXpectant. Lights were on. and the
street, banked with new snow, was
singularly attractive. Bat Mira was
in a hurry to get home. 1t was the
night her sister Lucy went to the
movies with her husband, and Mira
was supposed to appear at the very
instant the biscuits were ready to he
taken from the oven. When she reach.
ed the other side Mira found herself
facing the window of the towns one
florist shop. 1t was radiant with pot
ted hvacinths in full bloom. She
paused involuntarily
Spring beckoned from the window.
and Mira, the weary, paused for a
clearer look. She loved hyaCinths so
deeply that she would not have hest
tated to sell both loaves of bread, as
a great philosopher advised. to buy
far of that fragrant beauty. Hya-
cinths meant more to her than the
mere fact that they were lovely flow
ers; they embodied a memory. a
romance, a wistful association. Long
ago she had stood beside n row of
hyacinths in her mothers tiny flower
plot and said good-by to the one man
she had ever cared about. He had
promised to come back-but he never
had, and she had ceased to look for
him. Her mother had died and she
and Lucy had gone TO a big town to
cara their living. Lucy had married
and Mira lived with her.
She could not resist the hyacinths,
In, n
the palest pink ones. A high wind
met her as she returned TO the street
Plugging her parcel, she tucked her
cold chin into her fur collar and
forged along. As she turned her own
familiar corner she collided with a
man. The shock of the impact Jared
the pot from her arm and it fell with
a crash.
I'm very sorry" the man ex,
claimed. and STOPPING down he gath
cred up the wreck.
1T was my fault" Mira returned,
taking the parcel from him. From 1t
arose the fragrance of rerishipg
beauty.
At that instant the wind caught the
mans hat from his head. He sprang
after it and Mira sped on, anxious to
save her own hat from similar fate.
You are 10 minutes late,' Lucy
said as her sister entered. Lucy was
stout and rosy and practical, direct
contrast to the slim, pretty and
shadowy-eyed Mira.
81 stopped to buy posy, but here
is all that there is left of it, Mira
said. opening the parcel. Il had an
accident with it,
She took off her things and sat
down to supper. She was not hungry.
The pink hyacinth bloom rescued by
Lucy leaned from a tiny vase in the
center of the table and reproached her
with its ruined loveliness. 1t was
only a little thing that had happened.
but, added to a great deal else. it
imposed upon Mira an unsupportable
weight. She thought of VIII Kelly as
she had not thought of him in months.
She thought of herself getting old
and getting nowhere. Even Lucy,
welded to the dull and unattractive
Evening star., 1927-06-29

illness he had fought for several
months.
Mr.. Van Vechten, a brother Of Carl
Van Vechten, the author, was presi.
dent of the State Bank of Chicago
and a former executive of the Cont
mental and Commercial National Bank
and it's successor, the Commercial Ma
tional Bank.
Starting his career as a newspaper
writer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after
public school education there and in
Minneapolis. Mr.. Van Vechten turned
in 1880 to banking.
He gained his initial experience as
a clerk in the banking house of G. F.
Van Vechten of Cedar Rapids. He
was married in 1887 to Fannie May
nard of Tama. Iowa. His widow and
his daughter Duane survive.
Evening star., 1927-06-29

Different sizes and
shapes from which to
choose-all have pure ster-
ilized bristles securely set
in attractive handles. Get
a new brush for each
member of the family
while this price is effec-
tive.
Evening star., 1927-06-29

life. She's a fool. isn't she, Lucy?
Even though I can" his voice broke
between a laugh and sob. support
her in the style to which she has
been accustomed as the jokes say"
Lucy put her hand on his shoulder.
Her eyes misted.
"No, Mira isn't bit of a fool I'd
do the same thing myself" she said
Unexpectedly.
THE END.
Copyright. 1927