davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Profits Of Department
Stores Expected 10
Gain in Last Half
Volume Coins, Lower
Expenses Cited by
Poor's Review
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, July 10.-Earnings Of
department stores are expected to
improve in response to volume gains,
reduced operating expenses and
lower cost inventories, according to
new analysis made by Poor's In
dustry and Investment Surveys.
The prospect that business condi-
tions will register improvement dur
ing the last half of 1889 indicates
that retail trade volume and earn
ings will record gains over 1888 re-
suits. Industrial activity, factory
employment and pay rolls are ex-
pected to hold above last years lev
els, and consumer purchasing power
should be well maintained. Stim-
illus should continue to be provided
by large Federal expenditures for
recovery and relief, and liberal farm
benefit payments.
Total department store sales in
May were 13 per cent larger than in
May of 1885, states the analysis.
In a large measure this was due
to the fact that May, 1888, sales rep
resented the low point of last years
precipitous decline. Although the
gain in sales during May, 1899, was
the sharpest for any month this
year, the trend of sales in that month
was not up to the average seasonal
performance.
Continuing the favorable trend
of recent weeks, department store
sales for 265 stores located in all sec
tions Of the country registered gain
OF 10 per cent in the week ended
June, 10, 1899, as compared with VOL
ume in the corresponding week a
year ago. Dallas was the only Fed
eral Reserve district registering a
decline during this week, all other
districts reporting gains ranging
from l per cent to 20 per cent. The
important New York districts sales
gain in that week was S per cent.
as compared with increases of per
cent and 6 per cent, respectively,
during the two preceding weeks.
Nationwide department store
sales for the month of June are ex-
pected to make very favorable
year-to-year comparison, partly be-
cause June, 1888, was a relatively
poor month, and also because record
vacation business is indicated this
year. June sales of summer apparel
and sporting goods promise to be
especially heavy"
Evening star., 1939-07-10
High Marketing Costs
Blamed for Farm
Price Disparity
Distribution Expenses
Alone Exceed RetoiI
Prices of 1910
By the Associated Press.

BLACKSBURG, Va, July TO-
Even If American cattle raisers had
given away their beef In 1923 1t
would have cost city consumers
nearly cent pound more than in
1910.
The reason, says DR.. H. N. Young,
agricultural economist at Virginia
Tech, Is that distribution costs ad-
vanced so rapidly that the average
cost of distributing beef in 1898 was
10 per cent higher than the retail
price itself was in 1910.
That's just one illustration among
many which DR.. Young, head of the
v. P. I. department of agricultural
economics and rural sociology, cites
to prove his contention that sharply
increased marketing costs and not
overproduction, are chiefly respon-
sible for the disparity between agri-
cultural and industrial prices.
Passed to Consumers.
"The evidence seems to indicate, :"
he says, that the increased costs
OF distribution are passed on to some
extent to consumers in the form of
higher retail prices and to a much
larger extent to producers in the
form of lower prices for raw ma
terials.
That increased costs of market
ing' including taxes, may be abb
sorbed by the various distributing
agencies or passed on entirely to
consumers would seem to be nothing
short of fantastic dream. The
only way that this could be done
would be through a rigid control
OF both supply and demand. That
both these controls may be brought
about and be made to occur at the
same time seems highly improb-
able.
In the meantime farmers and
other producers of raw materials are
likely to find it increasingly difncult
to obtain favorable prices for the
products of their labor in the face
OF ever-mounting costs of distribu-
ton"
Structure Unbalanced.
AS result of our rapidly shift
ing price level over a 25-year period,
the economist says, we have an un-
balanced price structure; the level
OF prices at which farmers sell is
now about 10 per cent below the
19l0-l4 average, and that at which
they buy, more than 20 per cent
above the pre-war average. Wage
rates of hired men are about one
fifth above the level Of before the
war and direct taxes are about go
per cent higher than they were
in 1904.
1T Is natural" in DR.. Young's
opinion, that the farmer should
feel depressed"
He rejects as untrue the oft-made
statement that the SO per cent de-
cline which occurred in farm prices
from 1928 to 1882 was due to a
phenomenal increase in farm pro-
duction. Official statistics of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture indicate that the volume of
agricultural production during that
period declined per cent. The
per capita decline was more than
that.
After tracing the relationship of
farm and retail prices and market
ing costs through the ups and downs
OF the pre-depression period, DR..
Young asserts that "in 1882 the
prices paid to farmers for food was
36 per cent below the pre-war aver.
age, while city consumers were pay
ing 9 per cent more for this same
food. This difference cannot be
explained on the basis of supply
and demand. The only possible ex-
planation is to be found in the sys-
tenn Of distribution.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Auto Factory Sales
Climb ; Per Cent
During June
322,670 TotoI Exceeds
Same Month of 1888
By 70 Per Cent
,eciAl Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July 10-Automobile
factory sales in June rose per cent
over May to an estimated total Of
322, $40, which is 10 per cent greater
than the figure for June, 1888.
On this basis the Automobile Man
ufacturers' Association reports a to-
tai for the first half year of 2,045, ,723
passenger cars and trucks. This
represents an advance of 81 per cent
from the like period last year, when
factory sales totaled 1905, SOL.
During the five months ending
with May, the automobile manufac-
tyrers sold 1,723,053 motor vehicles.
a gain of 81 per cent over the like
period in 1888. OF this total $780,
378 or 80 per cent, were passenger
cars. The May factory sales repre-
sented 18 per cent of the five-month
total.
1,496, ,191 Sold in U. s.
OF the five months production, q
total Of 1,496, ,l9l, or almost 81 per
cent, went into the domestic market
and 1897 were sold at retail.
Sales to the domestic market were
73 per cent ahead of last year in
the five months as a whole.
Domestic sales in May were u per
cent below April, which was the same
percentage decline as last year. Re-
tail sales increased per cent from
April to May this year, however,
whereas last year they declined by
like percentage.
Retail sales of passenger cars,
which increased per cent from
April to May, totaled 1,164,149 units
during the first five months this
year, representing a gain of almost
43 per cent over last year. Com
merc1al vehicle sales at retail gained
about rs per cent in the same period.
Inventories Curbed.
So closely was production geared
to retail demand that in the first
five months, sales to the domestic
market exceeded retail sales by only
1888 units. During April dealers
sold more than 5000 units in excess
OF cars sold by the factories to them,
while during May they sold almost
$4,000 more cars than they bought
from the factories, thus holding field
inventories close to the line of de-
mand.
Foreign markets absorbed 43,2l3
units in May, decline of per cent
from April, a definite improvement,
compared with the per cent de-
cline last year. In the five months
ending with May, a total of 226,862
units were absorbed by the foreign
trade. Sixty-four per cent were pas
senger cars and 36 per cent trucks,
or about the same division of dis
tribution between passenger and
commercial vehicles as last year.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
| Shipments Gain
Is Revealed by
III. S. Steel
By the ASgociated Press.

NEW YORK, July 10.-Shipments
of finished steel products by U. S.
Steel Corp. subsidiaries in June to-
tailed 733,433 tons, an increase of
l0,268 tons over May and 255, 1915
more than June last year.
Total shipments for the first half
OF the year amounted to 1893 ,266
tons, compared with 3,010,354 in the
first half of 1898.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
New Industries Added

BALTIMORE, July 10 (SpeciaD -
-Four new industries were acquired
for Baltimore during June and six
others planned expansions, accord
ing to the Industrial Bureau of the
Baltimore Association of Commerce.
The new plants and additions rep
resent plant investment of s225 900
and they will give work to 135 addi-
tional employees.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Loan Study Reveals
Efforts of Banks
By the Associated Press,


NEW YORK, July 10.-About Is
per cent of the commercial indus
trial and agricultural loans of
weekly reporting Federal Reserve
member banks in 101 cities are long,
term loans for periods of year or
more, according to recent study by
the Federal Reserve Board.
The survey, reported in the July
bulletin of the Reserve Board, found
that about $1,000, 100000 of the $3,-
900,000,000 commercial, industrial
and agricultural loans outstanding
through these institutions on April
10. 1899, fell in this category.
About 70 per cent of the dollar
amount of these loans was originally
made for periods of three years or
more, indicating the extent to which
banks have attempted to satisfy
credit needs in this field.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Failures TotuI Drops

NEW YORK, July 10 P.-Busi-
ness failures in the United States
during the f1ve-day week ended July
6 dropped to 162, due largely to
the Fourth of July holiday, Dun &
Bradstreet reported today. This COM
pared with 233 in the preceding
week and 1913 year ago, also hoi-
day week.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Foreign Markets

LONDON. July 10 UP.-Stock market
prices were well maintained today. helped
ments British funds inched up and
trans-Atlantics moved evenly. Silver issues
mets wefs bSt base metals seneralIy @ K held their
ground. Most industrials were quiet at
Sligbtlv higher levels
PHRIS.-Bourse activity broadened to-
day and prices responded to more insistent
demand. Domestic shares. closed near the
best for the day and gold stocks, were up
fractionally International stocks were
irregular. Rentes ended Is to 55 centimes
ahead.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Value of Listed Bonds
Drops During June
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 10.-The market
value of 1889 bond issues listed in
the New York Stock Exchange
dropped to $48,570,781,615 as of June
80 from $4S, ,920, 1868, ,566 for 1888
issues at the end of May. Par value
totaled $52,751,311,452, against $52,-
CAT ,221,728 month earlier. Average
value per $1,000 bond was $920.80,
compared with 1929 10.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Crude Oil Prices

TULSA, July 10 OP,-Base crude oil
| prices Midcontinent area-Illnois, 81 05;
Oklahoma kansas, gravity scale, Soc to
Sl,10' North. North Central and West
Central Texas, gravity scale, 71c to ST 0;3
East Texas, 81 10; West Texas, gravity
scale. 53c to 95c; North louisiana Ar
Mountain area-Salt Creek, Wyo., gravity
scale. soc to S1.I0.
Eastern area-Pennsylvania grade Brad
ford -Alleehany), 5000; same grade in
Southwest Pennsylvania lines, 81 65; same
grade in Eureka lines, 81 So: same sraoe in
Buckeye lines. 81 So; Corning, 81 02.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Reichsbonk Statement

statement, as Of July Tin thousands OF
yeichsmarks): Notes in circulation. s,531.-
100 decrease, 100000 Gold. $500; in
crease. $500. Other bills of exchange and
checks, 7.77s, 500: decrease. $50. 100 AL. Al
vances, $1,000; increase, $500. Ratio
OF gold and foreign currency to notes O.0O
per cent. Rate of discount, per cent,
Evening star., 1939-07-10
$50 Tons of Lead Sold

NEW YORK, July 10 lP).-St.
Joseph Lead Co. reported 1926 tons
of Southeast Missouri pig lead sold
Friday at s470 per 100 pounds, East
st. Louis; $50 tons at s4.9o. New
York, and rs tons at the New York
average.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
| |$7,703,575 Net
Is Reported by
General Tire
By the Associated Press.

AKRON, July 10.-The General
Tire and Rubber Co. reported to-
day for the six months ended May
81 net profit of $l,103,575, equal to
$1.96 a common share. This COM
pared with profit of $10S,153, or S
cents share. in the six months
ended in May, 1888.
Evening star., 1939-07-10

Bankers Conference. Inc. which states
they do not necessarily reflect actual
transactions or firm bids or offers but
should indicate approximate prices. and,
unless otherwise indicated. are as quoted
by the sponsors or issuers.
'Asterisk indicates mot quoted by spon-
Oors or iSsuers.'
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Acid Output Coins

The Commerce Department re-
ported production of sulphuric acid
by fertilizer manufacturers during
May totaled 155.902 tons, compared
with 145,689 in April and 1877, ,764 in
May, 1888.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Rubber Futures

NEW YORK. July 10 (P.-Crude rubber
futures opened UNCHANGED to 6 points lower
July, 16.30-31: September. 16.32-33: De.
Oember, 16.36-3S.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Steel Quotations

NEW YORK. July 10 R.-eteel
prices per 100 pounds. fob. Pitts.
burgh: Hot rolled sheets. base price,
200. Galvanized sheets. $50. Steel
bars, 2.16
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Investing Companies

NEW YORK, July 10 LP.-Investment
Bankers Conference Inc:
moon Quotation)
Evening star., 1939-07-10
RrpoRT sssiF's Or rP'ss5isi cosb1Ffos n + or
The City Bank of Wash;nstor

In the District Of Columbia, at the clo,s
Of business on June 30. 1899. published
in response to call made by Comptroller
Revised Statutes -
Evening star., 1939-07-10

e directors.
sworn to and subscribed before me this
9TH day of July. 1889
tSeaID JAMES F. NEAL
Notary Phi
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-01-05

In noting the driest months. vol
Will find some years will have sew
eral months with no precipitation
1t will also be found that the wet
test year does not always produce
the best crops, relative to wheat,
Neither will the wettest growing
season. The better crop yields rel
alive to wheat will be found where
sufficient moisture has come dur.
ing the months of April, May and
June. The best example for this
is the year 1924, which was rath-
er wet year with wet growing sea-
son, exclusive of April, May and
June. The year 1929 was the driest
year with rather wet growing sea-
son, especially April, May and June.
The year of 1916 was the wettest
year with a wet growing season, in
Guiding the months of April, May
and June. p.
1t will be found by average that
Nov. is the wettest month, followed
IN order by Dec, Jan, Feb. and
Mar, with July and August aver
aging the driest months.
November 1926 was the wettest
month since records have been kept
and ten different years with no pre-
cipitation in the month of july.
making 1t average the driest.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-01-05
Records Show Horse Heaven Gets
500 More Rain Than Valley
IS q sustaining member.

Horse Heaven wheat farmers av.
erage eight and half inches Of
rainfall annually, it has been de-
termined from records kept on the
II. D. Clodfelter farm for twenty
Two years past. This amount is about
Fifty percent more than the records
Tor the valley show for the same
period.
A month by month record has
been compiled by Gilbert Clodfelter
from data collected by his father
during that period. The table will
make interesting reading for many
local residents and it is herewith
reproduced, together with the in
formation relative to the records for
the period.
Record Of precipitation on H. D.
Clodfelter farm, located approx
mately IL miles southwest of Ken
newick, about half way east and
west on the north line of Section
"a. township 8, range %, E. w. M.
Records vary according to location
as found II one studies the state
record report.
Records were started April 20,
1915. thus the month Of April is not
complete, nor the year 1915, and
are not used in computing the av-
erage found.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-01-05

MT. and Mrs. Joe Schaller a,
visiting this week at Salem, orego,
81 Mrs. Harry Dillon and her faith
: Ter, j. E. Jones, of Kennewick wer
Portland visitors Tuesday and Wed
nesday
Mrs. Ford Hutton, who has bee,
visiting at the home of her sister
Mrs. H. Woods, in Yakima for tn,
past two weeks, returned to Rich.
land Monday.
Milo McClendon returned TO Sc.
attic Friday after having spent the
holidays visiting his mother. Mrs
M. McClendon.
Mrs. w. Fuller and son left Sat-
urday for the coast.
MIR. and Mrs. Lewis Sloan and
family returned Sunday from Troy.
Montana. where they had spent the
holidays.
Mrs. Delbert Avery OF Pasco Wis
tied Monday at the home of her
mother, Mrs. NJ. McClendon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vic Nelson spent
Sunday and Monday in Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Armstrong
who spent the holidays in Portland
and Salem have returned home
while in Portland they celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
on January LIST at the home of their
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Peddicord left |
Saturday for Portland after having
spent the holidays visiting at the
home ct their son, Edwin Peddi-
cord.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Mclaughlin re-
turned to Walla Walla Tuesday aft.
y having spent the holidays visiting
It the @. N. Mclaughlin and Raw
Rose homes.
The members Of the Cleaners
lass enjoyed q party Tuesday eve.
ling at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
ienry Hartung, there being thirty
nembers present. /.
Miss Francile Fletcher returned
D Vancouver Monday, after having
pent the holidays at the home Of
er parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. II.
fletcher. Miss Fletcher IS q teach
: In the Vancouver schools.
Miss Myrtle Barnett returned to
.ettle Falls Monday to resume her
uties as teacher in the schools
here
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-01-05
PICKED UP
AROUND TOWN

According to DR.. Stone. a pooe
wife Is one who knows more thar
her husband, but doesn't let hin,
suspect it.
Men have their troubles the same
as women. but they have far less
to say about them.
- - =
Marriage would bring more
happiness" comments Judge WINK
enwerder 'ff 1t didn't bring In SO
many bills and poor relations"
= y -
Have you noticed that folks seem
TO be paying less attention to those
end-of-the-world phopheciesp Nav
De It's because we don't care.
- - =
Nothing seems to cheer the NV
erage fellow when he's In trouble %
declares Smitty "as much as know
Ing that the other fellow Is In
too"
= = =
Margaret Hawkins says the best
way to save money is to be SO busy |
earning 1t you don't have time to
spend 1t.
= = -
"A wise woman" says Ethel Rec
'rds will take her husband with
her on shopping tour. He is ash.
med to kick about the price in pub
lc."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-01-05
Richland Friends
Honor J. J. Miller
on goth Birthday

R1CELAND-On Saturday, De,
81, Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Miller he'll
open house, the occasion being M,
Miller's Goth birthday. There wer
about twenty-five of Mr.. Miller,
friends and neighbors in to see hin
and wish him many happy returns
of the day.
| He was showered with cards anc
kilograms from friends far anc
near, some coming as far as New
York and Vermont.
Mr.. Miller was born at Fort Ann
New York, December 81, 1848. In
the early COS while yet q boy Mr.,
Miller came to Minnesota with his
father and two brothers. He was
there at the outbreak of the In
dian war and thrilling experiences
Will never be forgotten. His father
being an old sailor, Mr.. Miller has
seen many Of the old war vessels of
1862 and 65.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller came to Rich
land in 1921 and have made their
nome here since. The Richland
community joins in wishing Mr..
Miller many more happy birthdays.
Mrs. Earle Jones attended her
study club Wednesday afternoon at
the home Of Mrs. Paul >spreen In
Kennewick.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. T. Kron accom-
panied by Art Long and Simon Carl
son spent Wednesday in Yakima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Sloppy and
family have been visiting at the
home Of Mrs. Sloppy,s father, Gus |
Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. Van Scheele and
Two children Of Bellingham visited
Sunday and Monday at the home of
Mrs. F. Lewis. Mrs. Van Scheele
Will be remembered as Marie Lou.
Who made her home with Mrs. Lewis
'or two years while attending Rich
and high school.
Irene Luelloff returned to Pull.
nan Sunday, after having spent the
holidays at the home of her parents.
MI. and Mrs. Harlon Burger had .
IS their New Years day dinner
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-01-05

guests, Miss Freda Arnold of Pa
co, Brainard and Austin MURRAY.
Father bosch of Kennewick w
a Tuesday night supper guest
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geor,
Gress.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Murray spe,
Sunday and Monday visiting in We
natchee at the home of their daugt
!. ter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mr.
Donald West.
Thad Grosscup jr. returned to Sc
attic Monday to resume his studio
at the University of Washington.
| MIR. and Mrs. r. B. Dighton re
turned Sunday from Washougal an,
Portland, where they had spent tn,
holidays. Ben Dighton remained il
Portland for q longer visit.
! The Richland basketball boys will
play White Bluffs at White Bluffs
tonight for their third conference
game of the season.
Last Saturday several of the has
ketbau boys with their coach Mr..
Whitehead attended the game at
Kennewick between Lewis and Clark
High and Kennewick.
George Conley returned We'd
nesday from the Veterans hospital
at Walla Walla.
Marie johnson and son Dale. who
nave been visiting at the home of
Mrs. Bremmer in Republic for the
past two months, spent the holidays
at the home Of her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Pete Hanson.
Carl johnson of Nelson, b. G. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Melgren and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Melgren of
Grandview were house guests this
week at the Tom Kaas home.
Marie johnson and son accom-
panied Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Billing
ton to Castle Rock, where she will
visit for few weeks.
Letha Hutgreen, who is working
1t Selah, spent the holidays at the
home Of her father.
Mrs. Bremmer and children of
Republic were house guests thisj
week at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Pete Hanson.
Ford Wesley
Rtchland friends received word /
his week Of the marriage Of Miss
.ois Ford Saturday at Portland to
larry Wesley. Mr.. Wesley Is q |,
eacher in one Of the Portland
choolS.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-01-05

Mr. and Mrs. Doc Gorden of
Richland, MIR. and Mrs. Bowers of
Finley and Mr.. and Mrs. Bob
Christensen enjoyed New Years din
ner at the F. L. Lewis home on the
River Road. It was also the we'd
ding anniversary Of MIR. and Mrs.
Lewis.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-01-05

Save Sales Slips from this Silvea
Certificate Store
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-01-05

scenes ike this are not unfamiliar these days Wasngtons
hunting season breaks into full swing From his cabin t,
hunter looks syward to o300oot Mt Goode in the Lake
Inean region This picture released through eoobeyuton of
Washington State Progress Commissions and Wasnoton Mems,
paper Publishers Association. of uheh this ne,uspoper
is sustaining member, 557s.2' /
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-01-05
Ford-WeSley

Richland friends received word
this week Of the marriage Of Miss
Lois Ford Saturday at Portland to
Harry Wesley. Mr.. Wesley Is q
teacher in one Of the Portland
schools.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-03-31
SOCIETY TO
SPONSOR PLAY APR. 5

A very entertaining play in one act
"If I Be His Disciple" will be pres
ented in the Sunday School room Of
Bethany M. P. Church Wednesday
night, April 9Th. This is by Elliot
Field and will be sponsored by the
Missionary Society.
The cast is as follows: Mrs. Henry
De Peyster Norris, A Society Matron,
Delmar Russell; Dorothy Dalton, her
niece, about twenty-one, Dorothy
Slant; Blanche Carew, missionary
about twenty-five, Vivian Goodwin;
Mrs. Jones, dressmaker, Louise Hen
derson; Mrs. Calkins, a Church mem
Der, Betty Lester; Peggy Morgan, a
mountain girl, Norma Lee Vane; Mar
tina, a maid, Ann Talton.
Members and friends of the church
are invited to attend.