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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-24
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, April 24.-Pota-
toes, white, 100 pounds, 80a1.25; new
potatoes, bushel. 100a1.75; yams, bar
rel, 2.00a3.25; sweet potatoes, barrel,
2.00a3.75; asparagus, dozen, 1.25a4.00;
beets, crate, 2.75a3.00; cabbage, hamper,
60a1.25; carrots, crate, 2.25a3.25; celery,
crate, 1.25a2.75; cucumberS, bushel,
2.00a4.00; eggplant, crate. 1.75a325;
kale, bushel, 20a40; lettuce, basket, 1.5oa
ESQ; onions, 100, 75a1 90; peas, bushel,
1.50a2.50; peppers, crate, 2.5Oa5 so;
radishes, bushel, 50a1 so; squash, crate
1.50a2.50; spinach, bushel, 30a85; to-
matoes, crate, 200a6.00; apples, bushel
75a2.00; grapefruit, box, 2.00a3.25;
oranges, box, 2.25a4.00; Strawberries,
quart, 8a20.
Dairy Market.
Eggs-Receipts, 1.141 cases: native
and nearby, firsts, free cases, dozen,
27h: current receipts, 2oa22.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery,
pound, 45a48; prints, 49a50: blocks, IS
a50: ladies, 35a39; store packed, 32a33:
rolls. 33a35; dairy prints, 33a34; process
butter, 42a43.
43a50: Leghorns, 35a45; young chick
ems, 42a45; thin and poor, 25a28: old
hens, Sass; Leghorns, 27a29; ducks, 20
a28: guinea fowl, each, 50al.10; pigeons,
pair, 35a40.
Hay and Grain Prices.
Wheat-No. red Winter, garlicky
spot, 1873: April delivery, 1923.
Corn-No. 2 export, April delivery, no
quotations; No. 2 yellow domestic, spot,
1.07a1 ,08;; cob corn, 600 barrel.
Oats-No. white, domestic, spot,
60a601z; No. white, domestic, spot,
58a581s.
Rye-Nearby, 1.l0a1.15.
Hay receipts none. While hay is ar
irving here In limited quantities only,
it is more than ample for the demand,
which is being supplied mostly by truck
from nearby points. few carloads be-
ing received. There Is not enough BUSH
ness passing to establish prices on the
various kinds on merit at a range of
12o0al6.o0 per ton Of timothy or clover
hay.
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, April "a up Omitted
States Department of Agriculture) -
Hogs-Receipts, 10000 head, including
1000 direct; market mostly steady to 10
cents lower; top. 11.60, largely 11.30a
11.55 market for desirable 10000 pound
weights: butchers, medium to choice.
25O-300 pounds, 1110a11.50: 200-250
pounds. l1.15a1160; 10000 pounds,
1100a11.60;< 130-160 pounds. 10.40a
1160: packing sows. 10.15a10.75: pigs,
medium to choice, 98-130 pounds, 9.50a
11.25.
Cattle-Receipts. $500 head; calves, re-
ceipts, 1000 head; strictly good and
choice fed steers and yearlings fully
steady, others slow; she stock, weak to
IS cents lower; top, 14.85. Slaughter
1900 pounds, 1365a1485; 1,100-1 800
pounds, 1365a1490; 950a1, 100 pounds,
13.75a15.OO; common and medium, $50
pounds up. 10 50al3.75; fed yearlings,
good and choice, 750-950 pounds, 13.75a
1900.
Heifers, good and choice, $50 pounds
down, 1300a1485; common and me-
dunn, 950a1300. Cows, good and
choice. 9.75a1200; common and me-
dunn, S50a975: low cutter and cutter,
6.75a8.50. Bulls, good and choice
(beef), 1o.25a11.50; cutter to medium,
8.50a10.25. Vealers (milk-fed), good
and choice, 13.5oa17.00; medium, II GOA
1880; Gull and common, 8.00a1100.
Stocker and feeder steers, good and
choice Call weights). 12.50a13.50; COM
mon and medium. 10.00a12.50.
Sheep-Receipts. 5000 head. Fat
lambs strong to Is higher; best clip
pers to outsiders, 1925; bulk Of run,
15.5oa16.15; best wool skins held at
1850. Sheep steady. Lambs, good and
choice, 80 pounds down, 15.25a16.25;
medium, 14.65a15.50; Gull and common,
11.25a14.65; medium to choice, 90 to
100 pounds, 1425a16.00. Ewes, medium
to choice, $50 pounds down, 8.00al0.50;
Gull and common, 3.00a8.25.
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ADVANCE IN CURB
SHARES CONTINUES
Tighter Money Slows Up o.
erations, HoWever-Some
Gains Are Shown.
BY HARRY III. BECKER.

Special Dispatch to The Star. =
NEW YORK, April 24.-Firmer money
acted as a brake on bullish enthusiasm
on the Curb Exchange today and led to
considerable irregularity in the price
movement, although the important
changes were still on the side of adj
vance.
A few utilities, industrial specialties
and merchandising shares stood out In
bold contrast to the confused action OF
the general list.
Most prominent on the up side were
stocks like American Rolling Mills
among the industrials; United Gas I'M
provement among the utilities, Aviation
Corporation of America and Sikorsky
in the aeronautical section and j. j.
Newberry among the chain store stocks.
Specific developments in the news ex-
planned the buying in each instance.
Advances Scored.
There was evidence of revived inter-
est in Memphis Natural Gas, based on
knowledge that important plans are
under consideration. Strength of Amer
lean Rolling Mills was influenced by the
expected transfer of the stock to the
big board tomorrow.
Hiram Walker also made a sharp adj
vance in response to the three-for-one
split-up and offering of additional stock
at SIS a share in the ratio of one for
three owned. Demand for Newberry
followed declaration of SO per cent
-tock dividend and proposed sale of one
share of new common at 500 a share
for each 10 outstanding. Another OPP
timiStic official statement pushed Celan-
csc into higher ground, with the grant
ing of patents covering the production
NJ nf
viScosity furnishing additional stimulus.
Activity in the aviation group was
concentrated on Sikorsky, which re-
sponded vigorously to estimates that
current orders were the greatest in the
history Of the company. Aviation Cor
poration moved up sharply and better
demand was witnessed early in the day
for Fokker and Consolidated Aircraft.
although their advances were confined
to small sized transactions.
Oil Stocks Dull.
Oil stocks turned dull, awaiting de-
velopmentS at the conference of eXecu-
tives of the American Petroleum Insti-
tute. Early strength in Humble, Vacuum
and Imperial of Canada was modified
by profit-taking. Interest in United
Gas was reawakened by the placing of
a S2,750,000 contract for the construc-
ton of the 1l0-mile 16-inch pipe line
from the Refugio Gas Fields to San
Antonio and Austin, Tex. The line will
have daily capacity of 100000 cubic
feet, most of which has already been
contracted for. Cities Service stocks
were inclined to sag in the face of the
record-breaking earnings reported for
1928.
Elsewhere in the general list Western
Air Express, I. Miller & Sons, Sidney
Blumenthal and Sentry Safety Control
made new highs on small advances.
Other active and strong specialties in
cluded United States Foil B." Grigsby
Grunow and Haygart. Perryman Elec-
trio Co., a new listing sold almost 10
points above the public offering price
On the other hand, Ford stocks suffered
Setbacks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-24
COTTON is, STEADY
IN OPENING SALES
Market Scores Advance in Re
spouse to Higher Liverpool
Gables.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 24.--Cotton opened
steady today at an advance of to II
points in response to higher Liverpool
cables. Further near-month liquidation
was readily absorbed by covering of
trade or speculative shorts. May sold up
to 1885 on the call, or 10 points net
higher.
December advanced to 1916 in the
first few minutes, but met considerable
selling, and prices eased Off several
points from the best by the end Of the
first half hour.
The weekly report Of the Weather
Bureau was commented upon as about
a stand-off. While weather in the South
seemed somewhat unsettled, 1t was gen.
orally referred to as favorable. Liver
pool cables said that scattering liqui-
dalton there had been absorbed by Lon
don and continental buying and report
ed slight improvement in demand for
cotton cloths from the home trade and
China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-24
GRAIN PRICES GAIN
IN EARLY TRADING
Reports Of Large Export Bust
mess Are Cause Of
Advance.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 24-Helped by
Liverpool wheat quotations, much high
err than due, and by talk of big export
business overnight, all grain prices
here scored sharp advances today
Purchasing of wheat was of broad
general character, with offerings light
Opening u to "a higher, Chicago
wheat later showed additional gain
Corn started q to Ia up, and subse-
quently rose higher. Provisions held
about steady.
In addition to sharp unlocked for up
turns in wheat values at Liverpool and
assertions of continued export North
American business on large scale,
friends of higher prices for wheat
found buying incentive in advices of
delayed seeding of the Spring wheat
crop northwest. In particular, North
Dakota and Montana seeding was re-
ported as being backward.
Special notice also was taken OF word
that new export business in North
American wheat today included consid-
cradle No. 2 domestic hard Winter
wheat and also quantities Of durum. A
good deal of talk, too, was current that
the future delivery wheat market here
had been heavily oyersold Of late, and
that rallies were to be expected.
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Business Notes

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 24.-The Ameri-
can Manufacturers Foreign Credit
Insurance Exchange has compiled a
digest of opinions of Latin American
importers on social and political reac-
tions in their countries to the good
will tour of President Hoover. The re-
port, characterized as a true cross
section of Latin American opinion, is
to be forwarded to Government officials
in Washington.
Directors of the Garment Retailers
of America have appointed a commit
tee to report on smuggling and UNDER
valuation of ready-to-wear imports.
Edwin I. Dibrell, executive vice presi-
dent and director of the Celanese Cor
that company. He would make no COM
ment On his future plans, beyond the
statement that they would be an
nounced soon.
The annual Spring fur auction of
Frederick HUH g. Co. realized $4,-
$4,000.
Manufacturers of upholstery fabrics
have been invited to attend trade
conference in Philadelphia on May 9
under the, auspices of the Federal Trade
Commission. Its purpose viii be to
formulate trade practice rules govern
ing nisbranding, false invoicing, design
piracy, minimum standards of fabric
construction and arbitration.
The Telautograph Corporation has
applied for permission to list 1880
additional no-par common shares on
the New York Stock Exchange.
Pure Oil Co. has sold its producing
leases in the Hendrick Pool Winkler
County, Tex, to the Lion Oil Refining
Co. The price was not divulged.
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was considered low, it covered the $3.50
common dividend by a good margin
The stock at IS is selling at 16 times
1928 earnings and yields 3.8 per cent.
The company has bitten raised the divi-
dend as earnings seemed to justify.
Endicott johnson.
Endicott Johnsons sales are about
two-thirds of those of International.
The company has been noted for its
model factories and tanneries, most Of
which are located in New York State,
and for its employees profit-sharing
plan. According to this plan, after the
preferred stock has been taken care of
and per cent has been paid on the
common the remaining profits are
shared equally between common stock
holders and employees.
Although Endicott Johnson's profits
have not increased in the past seven
years. earnings have been fairly well
stabilized at high enough level. aver
aging 1882. so that the SIS dividend
Is easily covered.
Like other shoe manufacturing COM
panies, earnings are affected by leather
prices and when leather, prices fell In
1927 earnings dropped from $8.78 to
S646 last year. At 70, the present yield
is SO per cent The stock does not fluc-
tuate so widely as most shoe manufac-
turing stocks, largely because the earn
ings are somewhat limited by the profit
sharing plan.
Brown Shoe.
A third large shoe manufacturer is
the Brown Shoe Co., whose activities
are confined to the Middle West, prin-
cipally Missouri and Illinois. The pres
ent company is an outgrowth of a
business established SO years ago. and.
although somewhat smaller than In
ternational and Endicott Johnson, 1t
has followed the trend of the industry
in its steady expansion into all phases
of shoe manufacturing.
The company's earnings have shown
a gradual upward movement during
the past six years, although they have
fluctuated considerably. The dividend
on the preferred has been earned by a
wide margin and the common dividend
has also been amply earned. Earnings
have averaged $467 on the common.
which pays S250. Last year. when
earnings of all shoe companies de-
clined somewhat from the previous
years levels, Browns earnings dropped
from 1924 to $3.50. At A, the $3.50
dividend is showing a yield Of 81 per
cent.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-24

will be TO make American investors
doubly cautious about putting money
into British industrial enterprise.
Among my own acquaintance I know
that this feeling has come to exist
toward British securities. 1t may pass
away in time If there are no further
spread of American financial power.
Regardless Of what may happen in
the future, however, it can be said that
American bankers regard the incident
as passing phase end one that holds
no special significance for America in
the long rum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-24
FIRM INSTALLS FAST
QUOTATION SERVICE
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April "a. - The first
automatic electric quotation board in
America will be installed in the offices
of the international brokerage firm, De
Sainte-Phalle & Co.
1t will be operated from an electric
keyboard, and changes in the price OF
any security will be registered instantly
The same firm will adopt several other
mechanical improvements, including a
system of loud speakers extending into
all rooms for the purpose of broadcast
ing important information to all execu-
tives without delay s ~.
Electric belt conveyors will carry
orders quotations and instructions from
the automatic boards to the cable and
wire room, where operators will trans
NIT them to various parts of the coun-
try or to Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-24
U. S. BANKERS IGNORE
ISSUE WITH BRITAIN
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April "a R).-one Of
the best known banking authorities In
New York said that American indus
trial and financial interests foresaw no
important change in Anglo American
economic cooperation arising from the
British General Electric's attempt to bar
Americans from new stock issue.
"The only important result" he said,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-24
Washington Ticker

BY the Associated Press.
Tariff discussion, in and out of Con-
greSs, is now throwing into strong light
the fact that preparing import duty
schedules designed to maintain or ad-
vance the price Of American-grown
crops at home is no such simple task
today as in 1922, when the F'ordney
protective bill was written, or il the
even earlier days of Mckinley and
Dingley. Then, corn for tariff purposes
was just corn, and nothing more. A
imports of foreign corn-which is the
present law-waS deemed sufficient ex-
preston of protective tariff principle in
the matter
But today-and spokesman of farm
organizations are emphatic in repre-
senting the necessity-it is being
pointed out to Congress that corn con-
verified by one industrial process is al
cohol; by another it is starch; by a
third it is oil; by fourth it is a sugar
Effective protection of the farm price
Of American corn is construed to mean
a careful following, through all its in
dustrial utilization of the product, and
application of tariff schedules that will
protect the domestic price of all its i'm
portant and very numerous derivatives.
"Our brief to the House WAYS and
means committee enumerated 500 items
of commodities in common use derived
from agricultural products upon which
tariff schedules are asked" declared
Chester R. Gray, Washington repre-
sentative of the American Farm Bu-
reau Federation. UNLESS the import of
these materials all of which are pro-
duced directly from agricultural prod
uce. is effectively restrained, the simple
imposition of protective duty on the
primary article itself fails of effect This
is the first tariff bill preparation in
which the interests of agriculture have
been actively and completely followed
through the avenues of utilization, but
unless it is done the protective tariff
isn't much use to the farmer
This principle. of following prod
uct through all the fields of its utiliza-
ton has been applied in former tariff
measures only as to manufactured prod
ucts. This year it Is going to be put
into practice for the benefit of agricul-
ture"
Representative Hull, Republican, Illi-
nois, of whom Mr.. Gray remarked that
anything he works out on the agri-
cultural tariff is apt to be sound" pre-
pared careful representation of what
the schedules aim at for the enlighten-
ment of his colleagues. He calculated
that q tariff on corn straight only
helped a market for 100000 bushels,
this much of supply being in direct
competition with foreign produced
straight corn. But he estimated that
125,000,000 bushels of corn, or rather
its equivalent, is marketed in the deriva-
tive forms, and susceptible of protection
by tariff schedules.
The Hull estimate tabulates this field
for protective tariff legislation in the
light of corn necessities as follows:
LACQUER industry ...... 10000, 900 bushels
Alcohol .......a...... 38,000,000 bushels
Tapioca and saeo starch. 100000 bushels
OH cake and oil meal -. l7,000,0 900 bushels
Sesame oil. 100000 bushels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-24

SILVER QUOTATIONS.
NEW YORK. April "a Op).-Bar sill
yer, 55B; Mexican dollars, Ala.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-24
BY KENNETH S. VAN sTRuM.

NEW YORK, April 24-The leading
shoe manufacturing stocks have UNDER
gone sudden changes Of fortune within
the last two years. In 1927 the price of
leather rose, increasing the shoe COM
panies' profits. In 1928, however, de-
Ginning leather prices caused drop in
earnings and stock prices fell, although
the general trend of the market was
upward.
International Shoe.
The International Shoe Co. in late
years has carried forward an extensive
program of lateral expansion into all
phases of the industry, which has made
it the largest shoe manufacturer in the
world. 1t operates about 81 shoe fac
tories and also tanneries and supply de-
partments in Missouri, Illinois and New
Hampshire. In controlling all phases Of
shoe manufacturing. international has
obtained uniform Quality and economy,
two accomplishments the industry has
long been striving for.
IN spite of owning tanneries and
otherwise spreading out within the in
dustry the company has not been en-
tirely able to offset the effect Of fiuc-
tuating leather prices on profits. In
ternational's unit volume Of sales has
grown steadily, but the fluctuating price
of leather has made profits uncertain,
During the past two years leather prices
have fluctuated more than usual.
In 1922 International's earnings on
the present stock were $2.40 a share.
With minor variations they rose to d
peak of $4.55 in 1927, only to fall back
to $4.03 last year because OF the I'M
satisfactory inventory condition. How
ever. current reports that sales and
profits are running a1ead of last year
indicate that conditions are improving.
Although last years earning of $4.03
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-24
Stock Split-up Planned.

NEW YORK, April "a H).-Stock-
holders of the Borden Co. have been
called to meet May % to vote on in
creasing the capital stock to 100000
600, or 5000, 900 shares of S25 par value.
The present capitalization is 100000
600 in $50 par stock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-24
ROND ISSUE PLANNED.

The City of Frederick, Md, will open
sealed bids on May Is on new issue
of $250,000 AZ per cent water works
and improvement bonds, maturing Sc
rally on June !, 1881 to 1859.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-24
PARIS BoURsE PRICES.

PARIS, April "a R).-Price changes
were irregular on the Borse today.
Three per cent rentes, "A francs 20
confines. Five per cent loan, 80 francs
95 confines.
Exchange on London, 1874 francs 10
centimes. The dollar vas quoted at IS
francs 58% centimes.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-18
WESLEY

The infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry HOMELAND died at the
Memorial hospital at Plentywood
Tuesday, from pneumonia. Mrs. Hove
land is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. P. Weller of Westby. Friends in
! Westby extend sympathy TO the Hove
land family in their loss of loved
one.
A parcel shower was given Dora
Enger at the church parlors on Thurs
day afternoon. Many beautiful and
useful gifts were presented Miss Eng
er. The decorations were carried out
in cupids and a dainty lunch was
served by Mesdames A. T. Olson, H.
Hansen, o. Nesten and A. Lillethun.
The afternoon was much enjoyed by
all present.
A large number of neighbors and
friends gathered at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Nelson of Danville
Monday evening TO help celebrate
Mr.. Nelson's 10th birthday. The self
invited guests brought well-filled bas-
kets and took full possession of ar
ranging the entertainment for the ev-
ening and serving delicious lunch.
Mr.. Stewart of Plentywood was a
business caller in Westby Monday.
DR.. Budd of Ambrose made some
professional calls here Sunday.
Nels Nelson returned from Kalis.
pell Thursday.
Stanley Johnson, one of our higl
school instructors, spent a few day:
In Ambrose last week, returning Mon
day.
Elmer Hultgren and son Howard
We're county seat visitors Wednesday
Fred Helm took his daughter Doro
thy to Ambrose last week to consul
DR.. Budd as the little girl was suf
fering from serious throat trouble
After spending few days at the hos
pltal they returned home with Doro
thy feeling fine.
Rueben Hultgren drove to Grenor:
Wednesday.
A quiet wedding took place Sunda,
afternoon at the home of Mr.. ant
Mrs. I. Thoen; when their daughte
Phyllis was united IN marriage Il
Avery Hammer by Rev. Dordahl
May their matrimonial voyage b
long and happy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-18
CLAIMS FOR GAS
TAX REFUNDS SENT
TO WRONG OFFICE

Helena.-M Many farmers are expert
encing delay in obtaining gasoline tax
refunds because they send their APP
plicaiton to the state board of exam
iners instead of the state board OF
equalization, w. L. Fitzsimmons, chief
clerk of the board of examiners, said
yesterday.
"The newspapers have said the ap-
plication to the state should be sent
to the board of examiners first"
Fitzsimmons said. This is erroneous
They 90 to the board of equalization
first. About one-third of the appll-
cations come to this office and we are
put to the trouble of sending them tc
the board of equalization where they
should have been sent in the frs
place.
"This accounts for part of the dc
Law in obtaining quick action on re
fund payments.
Rep. Elmer johnson of Valley co1n
tv has introduced a bill in the mouse
of representatives, proposing that
house committee investigate undue de
Law in payment of refund claims