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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK, June 28-U.D-Pro-
duce markets:
Potatoes: dollars per 100 lbs.
unless otherwise indicateO new
crops-easier California Long
Whites No. 1, 4.OO-.50; No. 1B 3.25-
so; North Carolina Cobbler No. /,
2.75-3.00; Eastern Shore Cobbler
No. l, 2.35-3.25; No. 1B 0O-.25;
New Jersey Cobbler No. Ia 2.25.
Sweet potatoes: Bushels bas-
kets) steady. New Jersey, Jersey
type No. l, 4.25-.55; New Jersey,
Jersey Type IL basket 2.30; New
Jersey processed No /, 4.55.
Live poultry: Wholesalers maxi
mum selling prices firm. Geese
%. 5-32.5; turkeys young 37.9-41.9;
ole 35.9-39.9; roosters old 22.5-26.5;
sales 25; ducks 26.5-2s.5; rabbits
all varieties 1898; fowls 27.5-31 S;
sales 31.5; chickens sales colored
36.0; stays 22.5-26.5; capons under
8 lbs 32.8-36.S; 6 lbs and over 1868
4o.3; pigeons pair 50; broilers
32.8-36.8.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, June 2S-P)-
Cotton futures declined here Fri
day under long realizing and week.
end covering operations. Closing
prices were steady 20 to 95 cents
a bale lower.
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RAIL BOND GAINS
OF RAGGED TREND
Timid Support Slants Some
Issues Off From 1916
Low Figures

NEW YORK, June 28-P)-Tim-
id support slanted rail issues a lit
tie further away from the 1946 low
in a steady bond market Friday.
The advance was ragged, however,
and many of the carriers either
held unchanged Or receded frac-
tionally. Gains ranged to around
a point. Turnover of $3,213.0O0 was
the smallest in three weeks and
compared with $3,972,O00 Thurs
day..
The market appeared to have
entered another waiting period
while the carriers and the Inter
state Commerce commission
thrashed out the problem of the
size of permanent increase IN
freight rates. Railroads were re-
Gently granted a temporary boost
which most transportation men
termed too small.
Issues traded at higher levels
included Santa Fe As at 1876 81,
Baltimore g. Ohio convertioles at
73, Central of Georgia 5 1-2s at
q 3-4, Chicago & Alton 3s at 81
7-S. st. Paul convertibles at "a IA,
Rock Island refunding As at 81 IA,
Hudson & Manhattan refunding SIS
at II IL, and Missouri Pacific con-
vertibles at 81 IL.
Several New Haven issues struck
against the trend for sizable losses.
The 1-2's of AT dropped 3-4 10
SIS 1-2 and the 1-2's of '56 lost z
IA at SIS 3-4. Issues of Northern
Pacific, Lehigh Valley, and Chesa-
peake & Ohio declined narrowly.
In the foreign dollar list Helslng-
fors 6 1-2,' approached par with a
2-point gain at SO Latin-Amerlcan
issues tended upward.
U. S. governments improved IN
the over-the-counter market, the
Dec. 2 1-a's of '67-'72 moving up
3-32ds to 1o3 1892 bid. The same
issue sold in the Stock Exchange
at l03 1882 for loss of 1-52.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
RICHMOND LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, June 28-(P)-
Observation-Disclosures steady at
ceiling; good and choice barrows
and gifts 12o-33o lbs and up $14.eO
(FlaD; 10o-12o lbs $l3.40: good
sows all weights s14.15; good stags
$1415
cattle-Receipts all slaughter
classes extremely light; market
nominal: steers were we'll cleared
early this week at fully steady
prices, with good to choice offer
ings mostly $17.5O-1S.00; good
grade steers $16.5O-17.50; medium
Sl5.50-16.50 and common down to
$l4.5o and below; good cows sold
largely $1200-13. so, common and
medium $1000-12.00; Gamers and
cutters $7.50-9.50; a few good
heavy bulls $12.00-14.0O; medium
S10.oo-12.00, common mostly $500,
1000; vealers closing fully steady
at $17.00-17.5o for most good kinds,
some choice higher; medium
$15.00-16.00, common $10.00-l3.Oo;
spring lambs about steady. mos
sales $500 down.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
COTTON
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, June 28-(P)-Cot-
ton futures moved over wide
range in nervous trading Friday
pending final action on the price
control bill.
The erratic price movement ex-
perienced since Thursdays ses-
sion, however, was confined to a
short spell in early trading Fri
day when an accumulation of mill
buying oredrs hit a temporary
vacuum in offerin.a. Prices spurted
to gains of $1.60 a bale and ther
quickly to losses of $1.35 bale
on commission house and New Or
leans profit taking. Thereafter,
the market moved up to close I'M
changed to As cents a bale higher.
Private crop reports indicated
the cotton belt made good prog
ress in practically all parts during
the past week. While weevil infes-
tation is heavy in some areas,
farmers were reported holding the
insects il check through the gener-
Gus use of poison.
Mill buying of spot cotton slack
ened in the Atlanta area but there
was a broader demand for the new
crop shipment in the Memphis
area.
Futures closed unchanged to As
cents a bale higher.
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STOCK AVERAGES
Compiled by The Associated Press
JUNE 2S-
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Steel Advances Convert
Market To Gamers Side

2 So at $5S. Southern Railway
added at $62, Southern Pacific
II 3-s at S67.37, Bethlehem / l.
at SIP, Chrysler 1 IL at $128.25
Sperry SO at $3.50 Tin the face
of a cut dividend), and Electric
Power & Light 1 IA at $2S.
Among Losers
Equitable office building yielded
3-4 at $2.25, Santa Fe l IL a
s116, Allied Chemical l at $203
schenley l at s86 and Norfolk &
Western 2 at $265.
Improved were U. S. Steel, Re
public Steel, General Motors, U
S. Rubber, Sears Roebuck, Mont
gomery Ward, ]. I. Case, Dougles
Aircraft, American Telephone,
United Corp, and Anaconda, West
inghouse, Philip Morris and Union
Carbide. Casualties included Good
rich, United Aircraft, Consolida TED
Edison, Kennecott, American Can.
General Electric, N. Y. Central,
PENNSYLVANIA, Great Northern,
Baltimore & Ohio and Standard
Oil ND.
Bonds Steady
Bonds were steady. Cotton turn
ed erratic and ended unchanged to
up As cents bale. At Chicago
oats were unchanged to off 2 cents
a bushel and other grains at cell
ingS.
Ahead in the Curb were Unex-
celled Chemical, Howard Stores,
Pepperell, Pantepec, American
Gas, and United Gas. Backward
were Brown-F -Forman Distillers and
Cities Service. Turnover here was
400, 900 shares, the same as Thurs
day.
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GRAIN
CASH GRAIN

NEW YORK, June 28-(P)-Cash
wheat strong: No. l dark northern
spring CIF NY 2.17 1-6n, No. l
Northern Manitoba FOB NY 1.79
I'm.
Corn strong: No. 2 yellow CIF'
NY 1853 San, No. yellow CIF NY
1852 San.
Rye strong: No. 2 American FOB
NY (carlots) l TIN, No. western
CIF NY Ton.
Oats strong: No. 2 white CIF NY
1.04 5-8n.
Barley strong; No. 2 domestic
CIF NY 1.48 I'm.
N-Nominal.
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DRY GOODS

NEW YORK, June 2S-(P,- The
cotton textile market was at a
standstill Friday as the textile in.
dustry awaited final action or
price control. Washington advises
indicated that under the new dis
trlbution control for the third quar-
ter there may be included a 100
per cent set aside on pocketing and
sllesla twill to afford more ma
terial for the mems apparel indus
try.
Wool goods were quiet with the
annual mill shutdown approaching.
Rayon goods moved in routine
way against regular alloca tions.
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NEW ORLEANS MIDDLING

NEW ORLEANS, June 28-(P)-
The average price of middling IS
16-inch cotton at ten designated
Southern spot markets Friday was
IS cents a bale higher at 30.97
cents a pound, new seasonal high.
Average for the past 80 market
days was 29.15 cents. Middling
7-S-inch average was 1884 cents.
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NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Ca, June 2s-(P-
Turpentine 83 IL, offering and
sales none, receipts 81, shipments
3l3, stocks 2,029; rosin offerings
and sales none, receipts As, ship
ments none, stock 6,766.
Quote rosin prices UNCHANGED
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-29
CHICAGO POTATOES

CHICAGO, June 28-(P-USDA)
Potatoes: Arrivals 81: on track
174; total U. S. shipments 1878.
Supplies moderate; demand
slow; market about steady for best
stock. California Long Whites, U.
S. No. 1, 3.5O-3.75; Missouri Cob
blers generally good quality un-
washed, 2.2O-2.35; washed, 2.75:
Kansas Cobb1ers, generally good
quality unwashed, 2.25; washed
$2.75.
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Light Selling Pressure Acts
AS Restrainer In
Early Hours
MARKETS AT A GLANCE

MARKETS Al "A OLhA>OI
NEW YORK, June 2S-(P) =
stocks-Irregular; steels extend
ally. H..
Cotton-Erratic; mill buying
New Orleans profit taking.
Chicago:
Oats-Lower; hedging pressure
Hogs-Steady and active; tor
SASS ceiling. ..--- ..--- ..-- :.
Cattle-Weak to recent sharp de-
cline; top s1S ceiling.
NEW YORK, June 2S-(P)-The
stock market Friday acted Bit
tired after Thursdays upswing
but steels eventually converted
early losses into advances, as
sorted specials exhibited strength
and plus signs of fractions to two
or more points predominated at
the close.
Light selling was a restraining
influence from the start and many
rails and industrials were in the
losing ranks when the final gong
sounded.
Volume Dwindles
Dealings quickened at intervals
but volume for the full proceedings
dwindled to 100000 shares COM
pared with 100000 the day before.
Customers were somewhat eau
tious because of the coming long
weekend, belief that an oversolo
condition may have been technical
ly corrected and the desire to await
outcome of the Congressional price
control debate. Another batch OF
cheering dividends, coupled with
splitup plans, buoyed individual,
favorites. Steels, while finishing
under the best, still were propped
by expanding production and ex-
pectations of price increases.
Averages Up
The Associated Press 6o-stock
average was up i of point at
1872. The market lacked breadth,
Only e44 issues registering. one Of
the smallest aggregates of the post
severtl months. OF these, 479 rose
and 297 fell.
Broadest jumper was Hazel
Atlas Glass, up 19 points at SITS on
cdd-lot sales of 800 shares follow
iag a 5-for-1 split proposal. Di
rectors also voted a split for Mel
vile Shoe and this issue was up
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NEW ORLEANS SPOTS

NEW ORLEANS, June 2s-(Py-
Spot cotton closed steady SO cents
bale higher Friday. Sales 437,
low middling 25.70, lniddling 3O.95,
good middling 31,35, receipts 500,
stock 210,639
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CHARLOTTE SPOTS

+ CHARLOTTE, June 28-(R -
Spot cotton 5000.
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RALEIGH POULTRY

RALEIGH, June 28-(P)-(NC
DA-Poultry and egg markets
steady to firm. U. S. Grade A,
large, AZ. Broilers and fryers
3O.9.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29

electric current IN 1913 than they,
would have had 10 pay II they were
buying from the Tennessee Valley
Authority system That's ONE Bill
LION te> MILLION dollars
The nations total power bill for the
year was $S,356a5i3 65. Ii everyone
had been getting juice at IVA rates
the bill would have been only Sl.7is.
i2.55.-or the Sl.6os All >1s less.
Stake In Valley Fight
In other words. the utilities have a
stake Of l.inS MILLION DOLLARS
annually the amount of excess
charges IN seeing that there Is no
MA. eva. AVA and other valley
authorities which would spread low
cost electricity over America. making
IL impossible for them to charge eN-
orhltant power rates.
\ stately state table OF excess
charges. or possible savings at IVA
rates. Is carried below this article
This table shows that in nine states
within or partially within the Missouri
Valley, savings of sl52.15s.9ls could
have been made at IVA rates.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29
CONSUMERS UNION BRANDS new 0PA
Law PASSED BY CONGRESS As ONE
L~EcALIzIne ~bLAckmARkETINc

on farm products unless the Score.
tary of Agriculture certifies every
month that they are in short supply.
And the three-man decontrol board can
lift ceilings on all products. thus
leaving OPA with no authority on the
vital issue of decontrol.
Special price raising amendments
kept in the bin by the committee will
skyrocket the prices of cotton and
WOODEN goods. Ceilings will have to re.
fleet the cost of cotton and wool or
their parity price whichever is high
err plus average production costs plus
peak 1871 profit margins. These
amendments Will bring very large
price increases. And the price rises
will be stimulated by the abolition Of
the Maximum Average Price Resula-
ton which formerly required manu-
facturers to turn ont al least a mini
mum amount of low and medium
priced clothing.
The Senate-IIouse Conference bin Is
IA phony. II cannot stop further inila-
tionary price increases. In fact. The bill
is expressly designed 10 promote in
ilation. \. Quilted OpA is left in the bin
10 conceal the betrayal Of the peoples
interests ny congress. i,cprp rntatives
tons deienses against initiation. hop-
that the people will blame OPA for
the initiation THAT col under way July
lst and which Will continue legally il
the Senate-Ilouse conference bill goe,
on the statute books.
AS We 90 to press ,Jlly end ap
peasement circles in The adminislra-
lion are pressing he president to ac-
cept the Senate-liouse conference bin
as the best compromise that could
be Won al the present time. BREAD &
BUTTER disagrees emphatically with
this evaluation Of the bin.
Not Compromise But Seli-Out
The bill is not a compromise. II is
At best. it Will simply slow down the
inllationary spiral that got under way
on July LIST. The politicians who sold
out the peoples interests hope that
the milalionary chain reaction they so
rtcklessly sci off won't lead To Il alta
strophic explosion until after the elec.
tons III November II the people re-
elect them To office. and then the cx-
plosion occurs. they will put The blame
for initiation on OpA. or even on the
PEOPLE for bidding UP prices.
The people should know right now
that their living standards are in
grave peril. The battle against infla-
ton has been lost. All that the people
can rely upon are their own efforts.
They must organize buyers strikes in
every community and pledge To pur-
chase only essentials. They must de-
monstrate against iniiationary prices,
whether or not they are on the statute
books.
Consumers must develop such a
campaign against Initiation and its in
st%igators that long before the Novem-
Der elections the representatives and
senators who destroyed price control
will learn what ii means 10 incur the
wrath Of the people. Consumers
Union Bread & Butter
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29

III other words the Power Trust is
fighting m MA TO protect its priyi-
l,se of charging the people Of Miss
ouri Valley states more than sl5n.ou0.
aa0 annually NOR, for power han they
might buy it for from a great public
power system
These fienres prepared annually BY
the Federal Power Commission for
Representative John Rankin OF Miss
l>sippi. We're put In the Congressional
record luly - by the M~ississippiau.
who halls from Tupclo. Miss. first
town 10 get IVA power and as a r.
suit enjoying the nations lowest plnc-
tricity rates In Tupelo and through
ont the Tennessee Valley. because
present rates retire cost Of distribution
systems costs are gong even lower.
In areas served by private utilities.
however. the rate payers never can
hope to have capital costs retired and
lower rates They are stuck forever
unless they free themselves through
public power systems National
Union Farmer
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29

Official Count for
Democratic Candidates
Total democratic vote for senator,
90 1892. for congress tall candldates)
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29
DEMOCRACY AT WORK?

S3.103 for Il. II. Commissioner, G9.321
zone candidatoj for clerk of court GS.-
307, tone candidate. 1t is a noticeable
fact that republican candidates for
II. Il. Commissioner pollod 1.l55 votes
more than did the party's aspirants to
the senate; while democratic candi-
dates for that position polled 24,G11
fewer votes than were east for sena-
tor.
OF the 1892 ballots cast for sen
ator on the democratic ballot. It would
be interesting to know how many were
marked for no other candidates. and
how many were cast by republicans.
Wen never know that. of course.
We, here in Montana. are proud of
the excellent type of our citizenry. and
justly 50. yet the results Of this re-
cent primary election evidences one
certain fact. many of them do not take
the interest they should III choosing
those who make and execute our laws.
That more than 10000 who were en-
'ii'u " Nott ulu not no SO. Whatever
the reason. reflects a lack Of interest
that is deplorablc. for their RESPONSE
bllity was never greater. II is true
that the political responsibility Of
many Of us is far beyond our political
education. and the dcmngogic teach
ings OF INSCRIPTIONS. self-seeking poll
tlcians often confuse and mislead us.
There are many who do not know
what to believe or what to disbelieve
and in their confusion they do nothing.
The voters of this country lcXcept in
some Southern states) possess nm.
limited power and can make their GOV.
eminent whatever they choose to
make il, and in these perilous times
II IS dangerous to either neglect or
refuse to exercise that power and. ac-
cording to their best Judgment. 1t is a
free country, and there is no punish
ment for those who Shirk their duty by
not participating in the election Of
those who make and enforce the laws
but such persons have no right to
cuss either unsuitable officials. or
those who mistakenly put them in Of
flee, when had they exercised their
rights and performed their duty a diff
fercnt set of persons might have been
elected
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29

The Senate-House Conference com
mittee, after ~inexcusable delays. fin.
ally agreed on a mock price control
bill. First a sham battle was fought
between senate and house c%onferees,
then they approved an alleged com
promise that will actually legalize IN
flation. The only real concession made
to the people was the retention of rent
control. But on every other basic issue
the Conference committee voted for in
llation.
The Conference committees bill eX-
empted livestock, milk. grain, cotton
seed, soybeans and their edible pro-
duets from price control until August
10th. At that time ceilings are to be
restored on these items unless the
three-man d%econtrol board established
by the bill decides that these essen
tial foods should remain free Of con
trolls.
Spectators are therefore free to
gouge the public as much as they like
until August 10th. Even if the decon-
tioL ~ a. bt IitH1Vltu iHtO IL
storing controls. it is most unlikely
that an emasculated OPA can do any
thing more than agree to price levels
above the June both ceilings.
The public will be told that the new
ceilings represent Il considerable roll
back from the prices that prevailed
during the price holiday. But the new
ceilings will actually legalize most of
the intlationary advances that took
place after the old price control law
expired.
Black Market Prices LOCALIZED
The enemies of price control will
therefore have achieved their goal of
lcgalizing black market prices. And
then they will %brazenly claim that they
back from the speculative peaks
reached during the price holiday.
The Conference committee also
agreed on a 'cost-plus" formula for
manufactured goods that will result in
major price advances and an impos-
sible administrative task for what is
left Of OPA. The agency will not only
have to recompute all ceilings OF
manufactured goods according to the
higher profit formula. hut 1t will have
no discretion about refusing requests
for new price advances unless the pro-
Queer was already covering average
production costs and making a "rea-
sonable profit Confronted with a
hopeless administrative burden, OPA
will simply have to abandon any pre-
tense Of controlling the bulk Of manu-
featured products. And this so-called
"selective' price control will amount
to disorderly decontrol.
Price increases resulting from the
application Of the new cost-plus for
mnla will be passed on to consumers
since cost absorption was left out OF
the Conference Committee bill. Dis
tributor's ceilings under the bill will
have to reflect the margins that pre-
vailed on March 81. 1916.
Sort Supply Qualification
To make matters worse. OPA will
not be able to maintain price ceilings
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29
BY 4. II. MANSON

Cold. hard facts, even when backed
up by indisputahle figures. make dull
reading for most people, yet a factual
analysis Of the official count Of bal
lots cast al the primary election held
III Montana July l6. 1916. should GER
tainly be Of interest to many. In
round numbers, I'll 600 Montana citi-
zcns were eligible to vote at that
election. and. taking the highest vote
cast, that for L. S. Senator, 121.SS9 eX-
mately 10000 did not. In other words
AZ out OF every 100 Montana voters. for
some reason or another, stayed away
from the polls.
Only three candidates were to be
nominated by each party to be voted
on by all of the electorate in Novem-
railroad and public service commits
sioner and one clerk of the supreme
court. Party candidates were also
nominated for election in each of the
states two congressional districts.
A Strange Manner or Voting
Total republican vote for U. S. sen
ator was 1857 tall candidates. for
congressman 36.3l2 tall c~andidates)
for r. Il. commissioner 35.i12, (all
candidates. for clerk of supreme
court. 1920, tonly | candidate).
These figures show that 1855 repub-
leans voted for congressional candid
ates who did NOT vote the head of
their ticket for senator. They further
show that l,l55 republicans were more
interested in who should be nominated
for II. X. commissioner than for sen
ator. OF the 3i.3l2 republicans who
voted. it seems to this analyst that
2.355 of them were either dissatisfied
with both the men who offered them
selves as candidates for senator, or
did what he has known Others to do.
tried to vote both party primary bal
lots. If that happened, did they at
tempt TO vote for {: democratic can
didate for senator. and if so. which
one? Anyway, it looks funny. Or does
it?
official Count for
Democratic Candidates
Total democratic vote for senator,
1882. for congress tall candldates)
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29
Trust Charges In'45
Exceed IVA Rates By
SIG Billions
Missouri Basin States OVERHEAD $50 Million,
lnOnc ear: Consumers Paid Cost of Two
T\A, I'm Il Year of Excessive Cost,

IL anyone wonders why the power companies are paving
enormous sums TO prevent the expansion of public power. Il
glance at a Federal Power Commission study OF electricity costs
in 1915 in the |. :, compared To IVA rates. gives a quick
answer.
American rate payers forkcd out 5. 6os, Ill, sos more for
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29
WORKERS TO
COLLECT $4,000 TO
AID italian PEOPLE

New York, y. Y.-tCNSl-Members
of the Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers, many of them OF Italian parent
age, have volunteered to collect $500
900 toward the establishment OF co.
operatively-run clothing factories in
Italy. according TO the union head
quarters here. Embarrassing is pro-
ceeding satisfactorily. and the opera
tions will begin as soon as enough
money is available for a first unit.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29

under II settlement approved by the
third circuit court OF appeals. The
Workers members OF Branch 10. Read
ing, Pa. will average about 1850 each
from The Berkshire Knitting Mills as
Il result of a strike IN 1896.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29
Hosiery Workers Get Half A
Million For The Old Sock

Philadelphia Up Five hundred
members of the American Federation
of Hosiery Workers .CIO) will share
in a half million dollars back pay