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The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Woshinoton Produce Markets

crates, individually washed and pre-
cooled, S2.25@25O; few, $2.75.
Lettuce--One Arizona arrived; &
broken and 9 unbroken cars on track.
Supplies liberal: demand moderate; mar
ket steady. Western crates, Iceberg
type. dozen, Arizona. $3.50 @2.75; Cali
fornia, fair to ordinary condition $3.50
62.50.
OniOns-No carlot arrivals; 1 unbroken
car on track Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate; market steady, 5O-pound
sacks, U. S. No. /: Michigan and New
York, Yellows: 75Gs5c; Utah, Valencias'
3 inches and larger, $1.10@1.16.
Peas-No carlot arrivals; broken and
1 unbroken cars on track. Supplies mod
crate; demand moderate; market steady.
Bushel hampers: California, Telephones,
small size, best, $50; fair condition.
S1.25.
Splnach-No carlot arrivals; broken
car on track. Supplies moderate; de,
baskets: Texas 75c; Virginia, 60@65
Sweet POtatOeS-No carlot arrivals: no
cars on track Supplies moderate; de-
mand light; market steady. North Caro-
partly graded, 75@S5c; few best, 9Oc
@$1; Maryland. Anne Arundel county,
bushel hampers, Jersey type. U. 5. NO.
l, 9Oc @$1.
TOmatOes-No carlot arrivals; no cars
on track. Truck receipts moderate;
dull. Florida, wide range in condi-
ton, lug boxes, green, ripes and turning,
wrapped, SKI and larger, 75c q$1.50,
according to condition.
Mixed Vegetables-One Texas arrived;
4 broken and l unbroken cars on track.
Lima BeanS-Supples light; demand
light; market steady. Cuba, bushel ham
pers. fair condition, $2.5O@3; few best,
$3.50.
Snap Beans-One Florida arrived:
broken car on track. Supplies moderate;
demand moderate; market steady. Flor
ida, bushel hampers, green, flat type,
$1.25
Squash-supplies moderate; demand
light; market steady: Florida; 40 0ushei tne
higher, yellow, $2.25@25O.
PepperS-Supplies light; demand light;
market steady Florida, IL bushel
crates, fancy. $3.25@3.50.
Eggplant-Supples moderate; demand
slow; market steady. Florida, l u bushel
crates. $1.5O@2.OO.
Okra-PractiCally no demand: practi-
cally no supplies on the market.
Oranges-No carlot arrivals no cars
on track. Florida, boxes, $3.50 800, as
to grade and size.
Grapefruit - 2 Florida. Texas arrived:
broken and 8 unbroken cars on track.
Florida, boxes. $2.OO@2.25. as to grade
Tangerines-Florida, As bushel boxes,
$1.25@1.50.
LemOns-California, boxes. &4a5. as
to grade and size.
observation-disclosures, crates, $262.25.
Kale - Virginia, bushel baskets. 55
q 40c.
COIlards - Virginia, bushel baskets.
35 @40C.
Hanover Salad-Virginia, bushel bas-
kets, soc.
Turnip Greens-Virginia, bushel bas-
kets. soc.
Brussels Sprouts - California, drums,
$2@2.25.
Cranberries New Jersey, A-barrel
boxes. $4.25@4.5O.
Turnips-Georgia. crates, $1.75.
Strawberries - Florida, open crates,
25c per pint.
Romaine-Florida, IL bushel ham
pers. 81.
Pears - Oregon and Washington,
boxes. D'Anjou. $2.75; Bose, $3.50.
RadisheS-South Carolina, bushel bas-
kets, very few sales. 81.
PersimmOns-Califor boxes. $1.75.
Mushrooms - Maryland, 3-pound bas-
kets cmS1
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
30 PERMITS SUSPENDED

shire Ave. N. W., SIS.
Garry S. Crockett, Maryland, SIS.
William E. Bryant, Maryland,
IS.
Joseph A. Hulse, 3o07 Chan
ming st. N. E., IS.
Carl R. Meinenger, 5425 Con-
neCticut Ave. N. W., IS.
Serverine G. Loeffler, jr., 3l09
Nichols Ave. N. E., S..
Jack r. Pieri, 1l73 Abbey PL
N. E., IS.
Sandy D. Johnson, 1855 Rock
Greek Ford Road, SIS.
Ernest ]. Pirrone, GIT 1 St.
N. w., IS,
George w. Porter, 5000 Con-
necticut Ave. N. W., IS.
George w. Dorr, 35l8 Thirty
Fifth st. N. W., IS.
Edward R. Roberts, 1908 Nc
Kinley St. N. W., SIS.
Harvey c. Farwell, Maryland,
$5.
Franklin c. German, Virginia,
so.
Louis R. Kengla, 1928 Davis
st. N. W., IS.
Bertha M. Lanehart, 1921 Bel
mont st. N. W., SIS.
Lalla w. Shea, 2540 MaSsachu-
sets Ave. N. W., SIS.
Howard V. Hitoffler, Maryland,
IS.
Charles Reed, AIS East Cap
itol St., IS.
Russell D. Proud, SOTO Thayer
st. N. E., IS.
Margaret B. Weigel, 1920 Six
teenth st. N. w., SIS.
Samuel Clark, 3114 Legation
st. N. w., IS.
Calvin S. Philabaum, Ills Eu-
cid st. N. w., SIS.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
COTTON PRICES
IMPROVED

NEW YORK, Dec. 80 Q.N.sJ
Firming after yesterdays sharp
decline, cotton held steady in
early trading today, above the
previous closing level.
Mixed Liverpool cables and
quietness in foreign markets al
lowed domestic prices to recover
stability. With the trade furnish
ing active support, the staple held
firm at levels slightly above yes
terday's close.
Sales by foreign interests fell
off, locals and the south supplying
the bulk of the staple. There was
some liquidation by the coopera-
tives and continued hedging in the
distant months. Continental and
far eastern sources bought. Liver
pool took some cotton, and the
trade was an active buyer OF all
months.
January sold at 12:40 up 4,
March 1886 up !, May 1928 up
3, July 1919 up !, october 1882
up 3, December 1875 up 2.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
WHEAT LOSSES
TURN T0GA|NS

CHICAGO, Dec. 80 UN.s).
Wheat developed a firmer tone
after an easy start today, early
losses of u to 34c being converted
into gains. May rallied to $1.35B
to show a gain of 5sc after yield
ing 34c to $1.33B.
May corn gained / 1sc to $1.072s
to equal its highest price in. the
last seven years.
Around midsession wheat was
unchanged to Ac up, corn 1s to
34c up, oats "a to 3sc up and rye
Y to 1c up.
Winnipeg wheat was firm and
this factor tended to influence
some buying of wheat here. Liver
pool developed rallying tendency
in late dealings after an easy sell
off of as much as 2A pence.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Army Orders

Army orders of the week include the
following:
Appointments
John L. Dewitt appointed major gen.
eral with rank from December II; re-
lieved command Fort Stotsenburg, P. l.;
to command Philippine Division, Fort
William Mckinley.
Col. George Grunert, cavalry, ap-
pointed brigadier general with rank from
November IL to command Fort Stotsen-
burg.
Col. Walter c. Short, infantry, ap-
pointed brigadier general with rank
from December l.
Campbell B. Hodges, infantry, G. S.
c., same.
OTHER ORDERS
Brigadier General
Alfred T. Smith relieved command
Philippine Division, Fort William MCKin-
ley, P. l.. to command General Philip
pines Department for assignment.
Captain
Howard NJ Turner, A. c.. Randolph
Field, to Boiling Field, D. c.
First Lieutenant
Jesse Auton, March Field, to Boiling
Field D, c,
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Money Markets

NEW YORK, Dec 30 G.N.s).--Bank-
ers' acceptance market remained quiet,
with rates 4 per cent to 3-16 per cent
for 80, so and 80 days, 5-16 to 4 per
cent for 100 days. and g to 5-16 per
cent for $50 and 180 days.
Commercial paper market was mod
erately active, with rate unchanged at
Il to 1 per cent.
Time money was offered at IL per
cent for maturities up to six months,
unchanged.
Call money renewed at / per cent.
unchanged
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Dec. 80 Hogs
$4,000; steady. Holdovers, 1000. Top,
iO45; medium $1O@1O.4O; light, 500
1910; light lights, $95O@10.2O; packing
0ows, $9.25@1O; pigs, $7.5OQ9.75.
Cattle-9, 5000: steady. Calves. 1900;
steady. Beef steers. good and choice,
STOOLS; common and medium, $7@1O;
yearlings. $9@13. Butcher cattle:
Heifers. $5@11.5O; cows, $4.25 so;
bulls. S45O07 calves, $5@12; feeder
steers. $4.5O@S.5O; stocker steers, $3.50
as: stocker cows and heifers, S4.5Oq
675.
common, $6 506s.5O; Yearlings, $6Qs;
feeders, &5@S; ewes, $2.5044.5o.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
COAL YIELD UP
BUT COSTS
ARE HIGH

The bituminous coal industry
has made progress during 1885
but continues to be beSet by high
labor costs and high transportation
costs on the one hand, and de
pressed prices and losing market:
and unbridled competition Of OF
and gas on the other, the Nationa
Coal Association, through j. D
Battle, executive secretary, re
ported today in review OF 1885
Production, in response to in
creased industrial activity, has reg
istered substantial gains. The
total for the year is, roundly, 43O,
600, 900 tons-60, 100000 tons aheac
of 1885, the review said, adding
mine workers have prOfited
with wages at near the highest
peak in history, up virtually 100
per cent as compared with 1882,
and with more men working and
more time worked than in any
year since 1880. All of this has
meant an additional $3.50, ,OOO,O 900
this year in the pay envelopes Of
the mine workers.
FACES COMPETITION
competitive conditions both
within the industry and with
other fuels in the open market
have operated to maintain coal
prices below the level of profit
able operation for the industry
as q whole.
"The railroads have continued
to maintain freight rates on coal
at the predepresSiOn schedules,
plus temporary extra and back
breaking Surcharge rate on coal.
The railroads have continued to
collect more for hauling coal
than the producers have re-
ceived for their output at the
mines. More than 50 per cent
of the delivered price Of bitum-
inOuS coal in carload lots has
represented freight charges"
The industry's long uphill fight
for lowered freight rates appear:
to be diminishing year by year
despite the fact that coal ha.
many elements of superiority ovel
competing fuels and coal reserves
are sufficient to supply the ma
tion's entire fuel and energy needs
for years to come. the report said
Below Boom Year
It was pointed out that bitum
inous coal production in 1886. large
as it has been as compared with
that of the immediate past, i.
nevertheless more than 100, 900, ,0O(
tons below 1929, whereas the out
put Of electricity and the produc
ton of crude oil and natural gas
this past year are ahead Of tina
of 1929 or of any other year.
With higher prices for Goa
precluded by economic and com
petitive factors beyond control
the alternative, if the industry il
to go forward and prosper, must
necessarily be lowered costs both
in production and in tranSporta
ton, the survey declared, adding:
Reference has already been
made to the effects of the in
dustry to obtain lower trans
pOrtatiOn costs through the
dOwnward revision of rail
freights. With respect to pro-
duction costs, the dominant
factor is the wages of mine
labor.
"The present wage agreement
with the United Mine Workers
of America was negotiated in
1885 and expires March 81, 1886.
The present agreement pre-
ScribeS 35-hOur week-five
Seven-hOur days, and a basic
day wage of $3.50 in the North,
and $50 in the South. No other
major industry is currently
limited to a 35-hOur week."
n
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
New York Wool

NEW YORK. Dec. 80 S.).-wool,
quiet Domestic fleece. unwashed, Ohio
and Pennsylvania. 41@ soc; domestic,
pulled secured basis, CSC a 81. OF; domes-
tic. Texas, clean basis, S1c@$1.05; do
mestic, territory, clean basis, 7Sc q $1.07.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Treasury Statement

International News Service
Treasury balance, December %,
1881 1854, ,674.24; internal revenue,
$13, 3,808,786.78; customs receipts,
$35, ,569, ,646.68.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30

"I rented my room to the very
first person whc came. from my
Double Quick Want Ads" says
Mrs. David Latitte.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
CLOSE TO BILLION
SPENT ON SPORTS
The Index of New York Trust
Gives Interesting Statistics
on Annual Expenditures.

Speclal Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK. June 30.-The Amer
ican people spend close upon 1000
100000 a year on sports the Index
of the New York Trust Co. states
in an article in its current issue on
sports as an industry. 1t is estimated
that the annual cost of all sporting
and athletic goods aggregates $780,
900 900, and such expenditures Of sport
enthusiasts as country club dues and
fees some 5000 100000, while the sum
of the estimated 256,O00,o 900 paid ad-
missions for all sporting events Is at
least SIPS, 100000.
Although fishing, billiards and bowl.
ing. ping pong and trapshooting, each
with more than 100000 followers, are
said to be the most popular sports,
the Index singles out golf as the
most expensive of those with a large
mass following
1t estimates that the annual out
lay of golfers in equipment, club dues
and caddy fees amounts to about IS
per cent of the total national sport
bill. Foot ball is said to follow golf
from the expense angle, with tennis,
bowling, fishing and hunting, bicycling,
due to the large number of devotees,
also representing heavy annual out
lays.
Figures mentioned herein are neces-
sarily inconclusive, the general totals
are rough approximations" the Index
concludes. Nevertheless, they indi.
cate clearly that the American peo-
pie every year spend q vast sum
on sports"
Evening star., 1936-06-30
CONSUMERS TURN
TODURABLE GOODS
Demand for Products Other
Than Necessities Is
Shown by Report.
BY FREDERICK GARDNER,

Widening consumer demand for
goods other than immediate necessi-
ties of life was portrayed today in a
Commerce Department report on
wholesale trade in May.
Freer spending for home equip
ment, jewelry, automotive supplies,
hardware and electrical goods put
in gains over the same month last
year.
Trade analysts saw in these trends
further evidence of expansion in mass
buying power and loosening of the
consumers purse strings for purchases
deferred during depression years.
The biggest recent gains in whole
sale distribution, it was noted, had
been in lines which usually are hit
hardest by depression as purchases of
durable goods are postponed until the
times improve.
Building Revival Cited.
Revival of new home construction
was seen as one Of the most power
full forces promoting demand for So
called consumers durable goods"
In the May survey of wholesale
trade, compiled by the Commerce De-
partment in cooperation with the Ma
tional Association of Credit Men,
plumbing and heating equipment sup
plies topped the list with an increase
of 1854 per cent.
Sales Of lumber and building ma
terial were up 1926 per cent. electrical
goods 29.4, jewelry and optical goods
POT, automotive supplies 1873. hard
ware 1872 and furniture and house
furnishings IT'S per cent.
Food Sales Decline.
At the other end, sales of groceries
and foods were off % per cent. cloth
ing and furnishings were down 7.8 and
footwear sales dropped 29.4 per cent.
Percentagewise, gains in the durable
goods groups, particularly building sup
plies, were accentuated by the low level
of business before the upturn began
last Summer. In value, it was noted,
food sale comparisons were influenced
by somewhat lower prices this year.
Nevertheless, the showing was re-
garded by some analysts as a striking
exhibit Of the return of consumer buy
ing to more normal channels.
The survey was based on returns
from l.223 wholesalers in 19 classifica-
tiops of business.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
MACHINERY TRADE
FACES RECESSION
Seasonal SIackening, With
Political Uncertainties,
to Be Influences.
Spe cial Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, June 30.-Machinery
makers face combination of seasonal
slackness and political uncertainty
that is likely to modify the normal
need for replacement during July
and August, says American Machinist.
Should swing toward Landon
set in it would no doubt create a
feeling of confidence that would be
materially expressed in an increase
in orders. Otherwise. resumption of
the upswing is likely to be put off
until September. June reports showed
many localities maintaining recent
levels while others have already felt
a slight falling of.
New England found June business
good, even better than May Price
increases contributed to the best
month since 1929 in the New York
district. Business here is on a high
level, with no evidence of Summer
dullness. Both orders and inquiries
are holding up well in Philadelphia,
with no sign of hesitancy as yet. Buy
ers there were apparently not dis
couraged by the jubilance of con-
vention delegates.
Pittsburgh, too, finds activity salts
factory, with inquiries and orders for
individual machines in fair volume.
Good business is anticipated through
out the Summer, despite John Lewis
efforts to unioniZe the steel mills.
Domestic orders have fallen off -
Cincinnati, a condition somewhat off
set by a good volume of foreign sales.
Prospects are for a quiet Summer, but
with volume much above that of last
year. Employers are sincerely hoping
that labor troubles will not spread.
Cleveland finds business only fair,
although one or two concerns have
noticed an increase in the past 10 days.
The Plain Dealer carries a number of
large ads offering work for skilled men.
Prospects continue bright in Toledo,
with current orders good and no in
terruption as yet in sight. A down.
ward movement, discernible in Detroit,
is expected to last through August.
Tool shops are enjoying a healthy
business, however.
Chicago reports a static condition,
with orders in allegiance. but slow to
be released. Good skilled labor is also
q problem here
Evening star., 1936-06-30

tive business recovery on this side.
This sort of reasoning, however, did
not appeal to the rank and file of the
spectators, who felt sure that the
fall Of the franc would spell a re-
newal of the decline here.
Toward the end Of the six months
1t became evident that fears of re-
patriation of French capital were not
we'll founded. In the first place, out
right devaluation, the fixing of new
gold parity for the franc, was seen
to be very improbable. There was
q possibility of gold embargo and
Of severe exchange restrictions.
When the new French cabinet un-
der Premier Blum took Office it was
seen that the political and social pro-
gram alone would deter the return of
French funds, while in the background
always there was the menace of a
European war. 1t began to be plain,
even to the most nervous of our
traders, that there was no real threat
to the American price structure from
a withdrawal of foreign capital under
the circumstances.
New Deal Worries Street.
Another cause of worry to Wall
Street has been the workings of the
New Deal and the horrific possibility
that it will have an extension of life
after next November. Bitter COM
plant has been raised against various
legislative reforms and the admins
tration thereof and much of it has
been justified.
Then, too, we are in the midst of
a bitter political campaign, tradi-
tionally unsettling to business. 1t
would seem that great courage was
required to buy stocks under the cir
cumstances and yet stocks have been
Evening star., 1936-06-30
DAILY OIL OUTPUT
GAINS 1871 BARRELS
Oklahoma and East Texas Both
Show Larger Production
Averages in Week,

Hy the Associated Press.
TULSA, Okla, June 30.-Daily
gross crude oil production in the
United States increased 1871 barrels
to a daily output of 1858, ,72S barrels
during the week ending June 81, the
Oil and Gas Journal reported today.
Oklahoma reported an increase of
10,975 barrels for a total of 555, 1925
barrels daily. East Texas daily pro-
duction was 445, ,097 barrels, an in
crease of 947 barrels over the previous
week.
In the total State of Texas there
was an increase of 1855 barrels. for
total of 1,170,059 A 1,661-barrel
daily increase in Louisiana brought
that States production to 222,723
barrels daily.
California produced $4,000 barrels
daily, q decrease Of 1850, while in
Kansas a decrease of BITS barrels
brought production to 146,o barrels
daily.
Eastern fields, including Michigan,
showed gain of 1881 barrels daily
to total of 146,831 barrels.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
STEEL PROSPECTS
CL0UDED BY STRIFE
Labor Warfare May Cause
Revision in Present Trend
of Industry.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. June 30-With the
mighty steel industry throwing down
the gauntlet to the equally strong
organized labor unions, the financial
sector buzzes with conjectures re-
garding the outcome of the threat
ened conflict.
The current rate Of steel production
Is around the best level since 1880 and.
unless unforeseen happenings inter-
rupt, the mills are expected to main
tain satisfactory activities until well
into next month.
At the same time, 1t is realized that
strikes are possible before the turn of
the third quarter so that the position
OF the steel makers later this year is
now considered somewhat problemat-
ical
Current demand was said to be only
partly due to increased prices on some
products which go into effect july /.
1t was thought probable that as much
tonnage for stocking purposes will be
shipped In the coming month as in
June.
August, aside from the possibility of
labor complications, is likely to show
a sizeable let-down in output due to
the stoppage of automobile plants in
preparation for new models. and to
probable tapering off of railroad de-
mand.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Brokers' Comment

NEW YORK, June 3o.-Most of to.
days stock market commentators were
fairly optimistic.
Frazier Jelke & Co.-The market
still lacks vigor, but it is noticeable
that volume dries up when selling ap-
pears.
Shields & Co.-With a week end
holiday ahead there is little chance
Of renewal Of aggressive leadership.
Lamborn, Hutchins a. Co.-The OUT
look continues for a decidedly selec-
tive market.
Thomson & McKinnon-The man.
ner in which the list. withstood selling
in the steels was a source Of comfort
to those long Of stocks.
Hornblower e. Weeks-We would
expect the current correction TO be
completed by midweek at the latest.
Weingarten & Co.-The recovery
tide Is strong enough, we believe, to
overcome handicapping factors.
Redmond & Co.-Selectivity con-
tinues to be the keynote.
Cohen, Wachsman & WassalI-The
action of the market reflects a lack
of interest rather than any urgent
desire to liquidate.
Abbott, Proctor & Paine-The trend.
we believe, remains upward.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Drive to Increase
Crude Oil Prices
Wins Cooperation
Wholesale Price Of Catfls at Chicago
Based Upon Prime Steers 1000 TO i.500 Lbs
BIZ the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 30.-The Wig
orous campaign being walked by in
dependent petroleum producers for
higher crude oil prices had benefited
by larger measure Of cooperation
than at one time was thought pos
sible.
Latest advices to Eastern oil cir
cles is that Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas
and New Mexico producers are cut
ting production allowable in July ap-
proXimately S per cent below the
United States Bureau of Mines recon-
mendations in concerted effort to
reduce stocks.
Added weight has been given the
move by unconfirmed gossip that some
of the major companies are tacitly
in favor of higher postings and the
belief in well-informed quarters that
demand throughout the Summer will
exceed even the liberal forecasts that
have been made.