Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 288, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1921 — Page 8

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COPPERS FEATURE EARLYBUSINESS General List Shows Advances —Little Change in Rails. NEW YORK, April 12.—The copper stocks featured a quiet opening of the stock market today, making further advances after yesterday’s upturns of from fractions to over 1 Dolnt. Utah rose 1% points to 50%. Anaconda at 35% and American Smelting at 88% both showed gainß of 1 point. Inspiration and Chino showed fractional improvement. The remainder of the list also showed an Improved tone. Sears-Roebuck rose 1 point to 75% and Mexican Petroleum nnde an equal advance to 140%. Steel common was fractionally higher at 81 and Crucible rose % of a point to 84. General Asphalt, Atlantic Gulf and Central Leather advanced fractionally. The rails showed little change. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —April 12— Th* early news from Europe was fairly good. In England the conditions were more encouraging. In this country the business situation Is rather mixed. The Improvement that was noticeable last month has not become as general as was anticipated. In banking there Is further Improvement. The status of the various reserve banks Show gradual liquidation. A disturbing element is still the poor State of the steel and Iron Industry. The continued falling off In the steel tonpage may result in the near future in the revision of prices, which the public has been anticipating for some time, and It Is just possible that the companies hive been waiting for the completion of the contracts based on the higher prices. Stock market Monday morning was fairly steady Atlantic Gulf. Studebaker and United States Rubber standing out prominently, but there were some noteable exceptions. Weakness was apparent In Linseed, American Sumatra and some of the rails. Northern Pacific was again under pressure and Pennsylvania established anew low. The railroad situation locks discouraging, but the situation Is not hopeless, and it is still likely that the present administration will be able to accomplish something that will save the roads from bankruptcy. It is possible that we may have a little Irregularity, but we see no reason for apprehension and the market is In excellent condition to respond to any Improvement. TWENTY STOCKS AVERAGE. NEW YORK, April 12.—Twenty industrial stocks averaged 76.13, up .42 per cent. Twenty active rails averaged C 9.35, off .17 per cent. CLEARING HOrSE STATEMENT. NEW TORK, April 11—Exchanges, J39fi.224.167; balances, $64,500,363; Federal Reserve credit balances, $02,003,105. Money and Exchange Indianapolis baak clearings Monday were $2,591,000, against $2,229,000 a week ago. NEW TORK, April 12— Foreign exchange opened weak today. Demand sterling was %c lower at $3.92. Francs were 4 centimes lower at 7.10 c for cables and 7.09 c for checks. Lire were 2% joints lower at 4.58 c for cables and 4.5.0 for checks. Guilder cables were 34.65 c; checks, 34.63 e. Belgian cables were 7.40 c. checks. 7.39 c. Swedish kronen cables were 23.70 c; checks, 23.65 c. German marks were 1.62 c. NEW YORK CALL MONEY. NEW TORK, April It.—Money—Call money ruled 7 per cent; high, 7 per cent; low. 7 per cent. Time rates steady, all 6%<57 per cent. Time mercantile paper steady. Sterling exchange was steady, with bnsiness in bankers' bill at $3.91% for demand.

MOTOR SECURITIES. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —April 12— —Opening—- * Bid. A c k. Briscoe „ 17 19 Chalmers com 1 1% Packard com 10% 11 Pack rj pfd 73 79 Chevrolet 10(1 400 P ericas 23 25 Continental Motors com 6% 6% Continental Motors pfd Sit 94 Mnpp com 14Vi 14% Hupp pfd 88 92 Ru Motor Car 21 Vi 22 Elpin Motors 5% 6% GraAt Motors 33% Ford of Canada 272 279 United Motors 35 65 National Motors 7 10 Federal Truck 19 21 False Motors 21 23 Republic Truck 19 21 ACTIVE OIE STOCKS. (By THOMSON & McKINNON.) • —April 12— Bid. Ask. Anglo-American Oil 16% 17% Atlantic Lobos 20 22 Bome-Scrym--er 360 290 Buckeye Pipe Line 82% 83% Chesebrough Mfg. Cons 190 200 Chesebrough Mfg. Cons. Pfd.loo 103 Continental Oil, Colorado.. .123 129 Cosden Oil and Gas 5% 6 Crescent Pipe Line 29 31 Cumberland Pipe Line 135 143 Elk Basin Pete 6% 8% Eureka Pipe Line 95 9S Galena-Signal Oil, Pref 93 99 Galena-Signal Oil, Com. 42 44 Illinois Pipe Line 174 177 Indiana Pipe Line 84 83 Merritt Oil 11% 12 Midwest Oil 1% 2% Midwest Rfg 139 141 National Transit 26% 27% New York Transit 143 147 Northern Pipe Line 92 97 Ohio Oil 234 237 Penn Mex 30 33 Prairie Oil and Gas 475 485 Prairie Pipe Line .•..195 200 Sapnlpa Refg 4% 4% Solar Refining 395 410 Southern Pipe Line 100 103 South Penn Oil 227 232 . , iVun Pipe Lines.. 68 72 Standard Oil Cos. of Cal 74% 75% Standard Oil Cos. of Ind. ... 60% 70 Standard Oil Cos. of Kan. ..620 630 Standard Oil Cos. of Ky. ...410 415 Standard Oil Cos. ot Net). .. .613 530 Standard Oil Cos. of N. Y. ...335 340 Standard Oil Cos. of Ohio 380 390 Swan & Finch 40 50 Union Tank Line I<>3 107 Vacnum Oil 295 300 Washington Oil 28 32 NEW YORK CURB. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —April 11— —Closing— Bid. Ask. Curtis Aero com 3 4 Curtis Aero pfd 10 20 Texas Chief 17 20 First Nat. Copper % 1% Goldefiid Con 7 8 Havana Tobacco 1 1% Havana Tobacco pfd 1 2 Central Teresa 3 4 Jumbo Extension 4 6 Internat. Petroleum 13% 15% Nlpissing 7 7% Indian Pkg 1% 2% Royal Baking Powder 113 116 Royal Baking Powder pfd .. 80 84 Standard Motors 6% 7% Salt Creek SO 35 Tonopah Extension 1% 17-16 Tonopah Mining 1% 1% United P S new 1% i% C. S. Light and Heat 1% i% U. S. Light and Heat pfd.... 1 2 Wright Aero 4 6 World Film 1-16 3-16 Yukon Gold Mine Cos 1 1% Jerome 4 6 New Cornelia 11 13 United Verde 23 25 Sequoyah % 5-16 Omar Oil 2% 2% Rep Tire % 1% Noble Oil 7-16 % CHICAGO STOCKS. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —April 11—* Open. High. Low. Close. Armour Leather 12% .Armour pfd.... 89% Libby 10% 10% 10 10% Mont. 'tVsrd ...17% 18 17% 18 Natl. Leather... 7% 7% 7% 7% Sears Roebuck. 73% 76 73% 74% Swift & Cos 99% 99% 98% 96% Swift Inter 24 24 23% 24

N. Y. Stock Prices —April 11— Prev. High. Low. Close, close. Adv.-Rum. pfd.. 50 51 50 50 Allied Chem.... 43% 43% 43% 43 Allis Chalmers. 30% 30% 56% 46 Am. Agricul.... 49% 49% 49% Am. Car & Fdy.l23 123 123 Am. Car 28% 28% 28% Am. H & L com. 9 9 9 8% Am. H& L pfd. 44% 43% 43% 42 Am. Drug 6 6 6 6% Am. In. Corn... 42% 41% 42% 41% Am. Linseed.... 47 44 46% Am. Loco 86 85% 85% 85% Am. Sm. & Ref. 87% 36% 37% 37% Am. Sugar Ref. 90 % 89 90 90 Am. S. Tob. Cos. 74% 72 73 74 Am. Steel Fdy. 29% 29% 29% 29% Am. Tel. & Te 1.105% 105% 105% 105% Am. Tobacco...ll4 113% 114 Am. W001en.... 73 72% 72% 71% Atl. Coast Line 79 79 79 80 Ana. Min. C 0... 37%. 37 87% 36% Atchison 79% 79 79% 79% Atl. Gulf & W.I. 37% 35% 36% 36 Baldwin Loco.. 88 86 % 86% 87% B. & 0 33% 33% 83% 33% Beth. Steel <B). 56% 65% 55% 55% California Pete. 44% 43% 44% Can. Pac. Ry... 113% 113 113 112% Cent. Leather... 35 3'.% 84% 83% Chandler Mot.. 80% 79% 79% 79 C. & 0 58% 58 58 % 58 C-, M. & St. P.. 24% 24% 24% 24% C.k & St-P.pfd. 37% 37 37 37% Chi. &N. W.... 61% 61% 61% 62 C„ R I. & P... 25% 25 25 24% C.R.L&P.6<Terfd. 60% 60% 60% 60% C.R.l.&P.7Ccpfd. 71% 71% <l% ..... Chili Copper.... 10% 10% 10% 10% Chino Copper .. 22% 21% 22% 21% Coca Cola 23 22 % 23 22% Col. F. & 1 29% 29% 29% .... Columbia Gas . 59% 69% 69% 59% Columbia Graph 6% 6% 0% 6% Consol. Gas . • 82% 82% 82% .... Con. Candy Cos.. 1% 1% 1% 1% Corn Prod 73% 72% 72% 72% Crucible Steel .. 85% 88% 83% 85% Cuban Am. Su. . 23% 23 23% 22% Cuba Cane Su. .21 20 20% 20% Dome Mines ... 17% 17 17% .... Endicott 62% 61 62% 60% Erie 12% 12 12% 11% Erie Ist, pfd. .. 18% 18 18% 17% Famous Players 72 70 % 70% 70 Fisk Rub. Cos. . 15% 15% 15% 15% Gen. Asphalt ... 62 60% 61 C()% Gen. Elec 136 134% 135% 134 Gen. Motors .... 13% 13% 13% 13% Goodrich 38% 87% 38 37Vi Gt. Nor., pfd. .. C 9% 68% 69 69% Gt. Nor. Ore ... 29% 20% 29% 29% Hupp Motors ... 14% 14% 14% 111. Central 87% 87% 87% 87 Insp. Cop 33% 32% 33% 32% Interboro Corp.. 4% 4% 4% 4% Interboro. pfd. 13% 13% 13% .... Inter. Harvester 87% 86 87 85% Inter. Nickel ... 15% 14% 14% 14% Inter. Paper .... 57 56% 56% 67 Invincible Oil .20 19% 20 19% K. C. Southern . 25% 25 25 24% Kelly-S. Tire ... 40% 40% 40% 40 Kennecott Cop. .39 IS% 39 18% Lack. Steel 52% 61% 51% 53 Lee Tire 25% 25% 25% Loews, Inc 19% 18% 19 Marine Corn 14 13% 13% 13% Marine Tfd 60% 50 56% 50% Max. Motor Com.. 5% 3% 5% 6% Max. Mot. 2d pfd,. 7% 7 7 Mex. Petroleum..*l4o% 139 139% L 39% Miami Copper ... 18 l s 18% l t '% 18% Mid. States 0i1... 13% 13 33% 13 Midvale Steel ... 26% 25% 26% 25% Mis. Pac. Ity. pfd. 56% 36% 36% 36 Nev. Con. Copper. 11 10% 11 10% N. T. Central ... 68% 67% 67-% C3 New Haven 16 16% 10% .... Northern Pacific.. 74% 72% 73% 74% Ok. Prod. & Re. Cos 3% 3% 3% 3% Pacific Oil 36% 36% 36% 30 Pan-Am. Petroleum 69% (*% 68% os% Penna. Ry 82% 32% 32 % 33 People's Gas 43 4! 43 42 Pierce-Arrom 33% 32% 32% 32 Pierce Oil C0m.... 10% 10% 10% 10% Pittsburgh Coal . 69% 55% 59% 59% Pressed Steel Car.. 96 86 80 .... Pullman Pal Car. 104% 104% P*4% Pure Oil 33 33 82% Kay Copper 12% 12% 12% 12% Reading 08% 67% 67% 68 Rt-p. Iron A; Steel 05% 02• g 62% 04% Royal D. of N. Y. 60% 60 0% 68% Sears-Rocbuck .- • 75% 73% 74% 15% Sinclair 28% 23% 23% 28 Slos.-Shef.S.&l.. 43% 43% 43% .. .. South. Pacific.. 74% 73% '*•>'& 73% Southern Ry 20 20 20 20‘ s Sta. Oil, X. J .149 149 149 Sr.L.A.-S.F.coin... 20% 2t>% 20% 20% Stromberg Curb. 36 36 36 36 Studebaker 77% 76% 77% 74% Ten. Copper 7% 7% 7% 7% Texas Cos 41 40% 40 40% Tob. Products.. 47% 47 47% 4 7 Transctl 0re.... 10% 10 lu 10 Union Oil 20 19% 19% 20% Union Pacific.. .115% 115 1.1.> Unit. Ret. Strs.. 49% 49% 49% 48% U. S. F<l. Corp. 21% 21% • •••• Unit. Fruit C0.1t14% 103 104% 103% U. S. Indus. Ale 66% 66% 66% .. . U. S. Rubber... 73% 72% 73% 72% I'. S. Steel 91% 80‘‘s 90% 81 V. S. Steel pfd.no 110 110 110 Utah Copper.... 5.0% 49 50% 48% Vanadium Steel. 29% 29% 29% ..... Yir.-Ccr. Chem.. 30% 30% 30% 29% IVabaßh 7 7 7 ..... White Ore 15% 15% 15% l->% Western Union.. 91% 91 91% 91 White Motors... 40 39% 4040 Willys-Overland. 8% 8 8% 8 Wilson & Co— 4040 40 • Wrthngtn Pump 47% 47% 47% v 7% NEW YORK LIBERTY BONDS. —April 11— I’rev. High. Low. Close. Close. L. B. 3%s 90.14 90.00 90.00 90.01 L. B. Ist 4s 87 40 87.50 L. B. 2d 4s ... 87.44 87.38 87.44 87.60 L. B. Ist 4%5. 87.54 87.50 87 70 87.70 L. B. 2d 4%5. 87.60 87.50 87.54 87.56 L. B. 3d 4%s . 90.80 90.60 00 60 90.78 L. B. 4th 4%s 87.76 87.60 87.60 87.64 Virtorv 3%s . 97.76 97.58 97.50 Victory 4%s . 97.C0 97.58 97.58 97.58 NEW YORK WOOL MARKET. NEW YORK, April 12 —The wool market was practically steady Monday. hTe stme prices that have prevailed for the past two weeks were maintained throughout trade. Domestic fleece, XX Ohio, was quoted at 22®44c per lb; domestic pulled, scoured basis. 18<fj72c; and Texas domestic, scoured basis, 40<g82e. NEW YORK RAW SUGARS. NEW YORK, April 12.—Raw sugars were unsettled Monday, with Cubas quoted at 5 BSc per pound, duty paid, and Porto Ricos selling at 5.17 c per pound, delivered. NEW YORK HIDE MARKET. NEW YORK, April 12.—Hides were very quiet here on the market Monday. There has been a gradual decrease in the prices during tiie week until today native steer hides brought 8c per lb., while branded steer hides sold at 7c. NEW YORK PETROLEUM. NEW YRK, pril 12. —Petroleum was about steady Monday, with Pennsylvania crude petroleum quoted at $3 per barrel, the price that has been maintained for the last three weeks or more. NEW YORK REFINED SUGAR. NEW YORK, April 12. —There was a dull tone to trade on tue refined sugar market Mondayq. Fine granulated was quoted at 7.73<&80 a pound.

In the Cotton Market NEW YORK, April 12.—A demand from Wall street and Liverpool interests steadily absorbed offerings at the opening of the cotton market here today. First prices were 5 points lower to 6 points higher. Buying by spot houses in the first fifteen minute’s caused an advance of about 10 points above the initial level. LIVERPOOL, April 12.—There was a moderate demand for spot cotton at the opening today. Prices were easier and with sales close to 5,000 bales. American middlings fair, 10.62d; good middlings, 8.72d; fully middlings, 8.07d; middlings, 7.42d; low middlings, 6.37d; good ordinary, 4.37d. Futures opened quiet today. CLEVELAND PRODUCE, CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 12.—ButterExtra in tubs, 52%@58c; prints, 53%© 54c; extra firsts. 51%@52e; firsts, 50%% 51c; seconds. 354/39r; packing stock. 124/ 17c; fancy dairy, 27@32c. Eggs—Fresh gathered Northern extras. 28%c; extra firsts, 27%c; Ohio firsts, new cases, 26%c; old cases. 26c; western firsts, new cases, 25%c. Poultry—Live heavy fowls, 32©. 34c; roosters, 22 (g 23 c; spring chickens, 32 ©33c. WHOLESALE BEEF PRICES. The following are today’s wholesale prices for beef cats as sold by the Indianapolis markets: Ribs—No. 2,26 c; No. 3,22 c. Loins— No. 2,25 c; No. 3,21 e. Rounds—No. 2, 22c; No. 3,17 c. Chucks—No. 2,12 c; No. 3. 10c J Plates—No. 2. 10q; No. 3,9 c.

HOG VALUES FULLY $1 LOWER Cattle Prices Hold Firm— Calves Down sl. RANGE OF HOG PRICES. Good Good Good April Mixed. Heavy. Light. 6. $9.25® 9.75 $8.75® 9.25 $9,750X0,09 7. 9.26® 9.65 E.76® 9.25 9.75® 9.85 8. 9.00® 9.25 8.50® 9.00 9.50® 9.75 9. 9.25® 9.50 8.76® 9.25 9.760110.00 11. 9.000 9.25 8.50® 8.75 9.60® 9.76 12. 7.75® 8.25 7.60® 7.75 8.50® 8.75 Losses of 75 cents to $1 were sustained In hog values at the opening of the local live stock exchange today, due to large receipts hero and weakness In other markets of the country. Practically nil grades were fully sl, but there were a few sales during the first few minutes of the market that were only 75 cebts loVter. There were several different schedules ss to weights in operation In the purchase of hogs by various buyers, but all showed big declines in prices. Avery few light hogs brought $9, the top of the market, while the bulk of that grade sold at [email protected]. Mixed stuff brought [email protected], while heavies sold at $8.£'>(38.75. Hogs weighing over 300 lbs. generally brought [email protected]. Pigs sold at the price of the loads, while roughs brought $6.50(37.69. Receipts for the day approximated 12,000 fresh hogs and close to 1,100 stale hogs left over from the market of the day before. Klngan & Cos. today bought close to G.OOO of the receipts and it was thought that the purchases of other buyers would run close to 4.000, which would leave approximately 3,000 hogs on the market for Wednesday’s trade. The bulk of the sales wag [email protected]. Cattle prices were steady to strong, with receipts close to 700 cattle and a fair demand by practically all buyers. There was a fair number of good cattle among the receipts. lVlth the largest run of calves of the year, prices of veal declined fully sl. The bulk of the choice calves SBiS9, while there wore a few odd sales at $9.50, which was the top price paid. Good calves brought s7@B, wille mediums brought any price that would be paid, generally ss@7. There was but little demand for other grades. Commission men stated thnt not near all of the calves had been sold at a late hour in the forenoon. There were no sheep and lambs on the market. HOGS. Best light hogs, 100 to £OO lbs average 8 50(3 8 75 200 to 300 lbs 7 Over 300 lbs 7.00@ 7.50 Sows 6.00@ 6.50 Stags C.OOtf 6.00 Best pigs, under 140 lbs 8 00% 9.00 Bulk of sales B.CO@ 5.75 CATTLE. Prime cornfed steers. 1.000 lbs and up 8.50@ 9.50 Good to choice steers, 1,200 to 1.300 lbs 7.50(3 8.50 Good to choice steers, 1,100 to 1.200 lbs 7.00@ 8.00 Medium steers, ( 1,000 ro 1,100 lbs 6.50(3 7.75 Common to medium steers, 800 to 1,000 lbs 5 00Q 600 —Heifers and Cows — ! Good to choice heifers 7 00@ 8.75 Medium heifers s.so'<t 6.00 Common to medium heifers.. 4 50@ 530 Good to choice cows 5.00% 6.3.) Fair to medium cows 4.00% 6.00 Cutters 3.00% 4.23 Canners £.00%' £.50 —Bulls— Good to choice butcher bulls. 5 00% 6.00 Bologna bulls 4.75'-i 5.25 Light common bulls 3.50% 4 5.) —Calves— Choice veals B.oo@ 900 Good veals 7 50'<l 8.00 Medium calves H.oo@ 7.00 Lightweight veals .. 3 oo.t 550 Common heavyweight calves. 3.00@ 5.00 —Stockers and Feeders—j Good to cuolce steers, under SOO lbs 6.75® 7.75 Medium cows 4 50® 4.75 1 Good cows 4.7 0<<l 5.25 (Good heifers s.o<)@ fi.oo Medium to good heifers 4 siKq 5.50 Good milkers [email protected] Stock calves, 250 to 450 lbs.. 4.50@ 7.50

Other Livestock CHICAGO, April 12—Hogs—Receipts. 28 000; market 25cj40e lower; bulk, $7.65 (§8.75; butchers, $7,650/810; packers, $6 75©7.50; ltgbis, $8 854/9.25: roughs. $0.5(14/6.75. Cattle—Receipts, 8.009; market steady; beeves, $7,254X9.40; butchers, $5,254/9; canners and cutters, $2 254/4 50; Stockers and feeders, $64/8.50; cows. $l5O 47 7.75; calves, $6,504/9. Sheep—Receipts. 19.000; market steady; lambs, $7,754/ 10.25; ewes, $24/6 73. CINCINNATI, April 12.—Hogs—Receipts, 3.500; market 25 @ 50c lower; heavy hogs, SB4/8.75; mixed and mediums. $9; lights ami pigs, $9.50; roughs, $6 50; stags, $4.25(ff4.50. Cattle—Receipts, 600; market generally steady; bulls weak; calves, $lO. Sheep and lambs—Receipts, 100; market generally steady. CLEVELAND, April 12. Hogs Re celpts, 1,500; market steady: yorkers, $940; heavnes, $825: pigs, $10; roughs, $7; stags, $5.. Cattle Receipts, 200; market steady. Sheep and lambs —Receipts, 500; market steady; top, $9. Calves—Receipts, 200; market 50c lower; top, $10.50. EAST ST. LOUIS, April 12.—CattleReceipts, 3,300; market, steady; native beef steers. SB4/8.50: yearling beef steers and heifers, $.84/9.25; cows, SO4/7.25; Stockers and feeders, $5.504/7.50; calves, SB4/9; tanners and cutters, $2.504/4. Hogs Receipts, 14.000; market. 35@50c lower; mixed and butchers, $8,354/9; good heavies, SB4/8.40; rough heavies, $6.25(96.75; lights. $94/9 25; pigs. $9,104/9.25; bulk of sales, $8,754/9. Sheep Receipts, 1,600; market, lower; ewes, $3,504/0; lambs, $8,254/9; runners and cutters, $1.50424. PITTSBURGH, April 11.—Cuttle— Receipts 80 cars; market slow; choice. $9.50 ©9.75; good, $9,254/9.50; fair, $7,504/ 8.50; veal calves, $11.50© 12. Sheep aud lambs—Receipts, 26 double decks; market steady ; prime wethers, $5 754/6; good, $54/5.60; mixed fair, $44/4.75; spring lambs, $94/9.50. Hogs—Receipts, 60 double decks; market lower; prime heavies, $8 504/8.75 • medium, $9 7.)© 10; heavy yorkers, s9*s© 10; light yorkers, $9,734/10; pigs, $9,734/10; roughs, $64/7; stags, $44/4.50. EAST BCBBALO, N. Y., April 11.— Cattle—Receipts, 3,500; market slow, 25c to 75c lower; shipping steers. $8.254/9.50; butcher grades. SB4/8.75; heifers, $5.50© 7.75; con#, $24/7; bulls, $4,254/6; milch cows (springers), $40©130. Calves--Re-ceipts, 4,003; market active and steady; bulls to choice, $4,504/11. Sheep and lambs—Receipts, S2,(KM); market active and steady; choice lambs. $ 10.25@ 10.75; cults to fair, $74/10; yearlings. $0.50©7.50; sheep. $34/6.73. Hogs Receipts, 20 000; market active, 25©50c lower; yoikers. $9,754/10.25; pigs. $10,734/11; mixed, $9.50 4/9.75; heavies, $94/9.50; roughs, $74/8; stags, $64/0.50. WHOLESALE FEED PRICES. Ton. Cwt. Acme Bran $31.00 $1 60 Acme Feed 32.00 1.63 Acme Midds 34.00 1.75 Acme Dairy Feed 40.06 2.05 E-Z-Dairy Feed 30.50 1.55 Acme H. & M 24.50 1.23 Acme Stock Feed 24.50 1.25 Craokexl Corn 30.75 1.60 Acme Chick Feed 39,00 2.00 Acme Scratch 36.00 1.85 E-Z-Scratch 34.00 1.75 Acme Drv Mash 41.00, 2.10 Acme Hog Feed 39.00 2.05 Ground Barley 39.25 2.00 Ground Oats 32.25 1.63 Homlick, Yellow 26.00 1,30 Rolley Barley 39.25 2.00 Alfalfa Meal 38.00 1.95 Cottonseed Meal 36.50 1.85 LiDseed Oil Meal 48.00 2.45 Acme Chick Mash 45.00 2.30 Acme Red Dog 44.00 2.25 FLOUR AND FEED. E-Z-Bake bakers’ flour in 98-lb cotton bags $8.70 Corn mea) In 100-lb cotton bags.... 1.95 CHICAGO PRODUCE. CHICAGO, April 12.—Butter—Creamery extras. 46%c; creamery firsts, 44c; firsts. 404i43c; seconds, 82@38c. Eggs—Ordinaries, 20®21c; firsts, 24c. CheeseTwins. 24%c; young Americas, 26c. Live poultry—Fowls, 32c; ducks, 36c; geese, IGS/JSo; spring chickens, 34c; turkeys, 40c; roosters, 19c. Potatoes—Receipts, 48 cars; Wisconsin and Minnesota, 80© 96c; new Florida No. 1, $8; No. 2, $6.75.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1921.

GRAIN PRICES FORCED DOWN General Rush to Sell Caused Wheat Declines. CHICAGO, April 12.—A general rush to sell forced wheat prices down to stop orders at the opening. First trades showed declines of %@l%c for May and %@l%c for July. General selling featured the opening In corn, which was %@%c lower for May, %@%c off for July and %@%c down for September. Oats opened %@%o off, with general selling and lack of support. Provisions started lower In sympathy with grains and lower hogs. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) Wheat—Freezing temperatures over on the Chicago board of trade Monday wheat belt have apparently done no harm, as evidenced not only by a total absence of any demand for new crop futures rrom producing section, but shown also by free offerings of old wheat from the country. Economy conditions have again been displayed by total absence of any demand for future purposes. There has been some buying by export houses against reported business of 400,000 bushels, but beyond this It has been difficult to point to any Important demand. The milling demand Is evidently slow, as was suggested by the fact that Interior nulls are reported as consigning wheat to terminal markets. Offerings of old wheat from the Southwest to the seaboard were reported quite free, bidders reducing their premiums from 1 to 3 cents The movement of wheat to Southwestern markets is almost a large as Immediately after the harvest, thereby naturally carrying the Idea that reserves on the farm are still large. There is nothing In sight at the moment to suggest a change in the trend of values, In fact, further liquidation of farm reserves Is probable. Corn and Oats —There Is relative strength In coarse grains for the reason that the country is not selling Its surplus. Receipts are light everywhere, but, ns noted heretofore, this Is. not effective because the accumulations in terminal markets, built up from previous movements, are not being subjected to any noteworthy demand. Conditions, at the moment, point to dragging tendency. Provisions—The movement of hogs was larger than expected. Liquidation of products attended this condition. New business from abroad does not develop. Lower hogs are expected again tomorrow.

CHICAGO GRAIN. —April 11— WHEAT — Open. High. Low. Close. Mav 1.34% 1.34% 1,28 1.28% Julv 1.13% 1.13% 1.10% 1.10% CORN— May 60% 60% 67% 58 July 63% 64% 61% 61% Sept 66% 66% 64 64% OATS— May 87% 35% 36% 37 July 311% 39 % 88 3b% Sept 40% 41 38% 39;* PORK— Mav 15.70 16.00 14.44 15.62 July 16.75 16.35 15.90 15.90 LARD— May 10.05 10.12 995 0.97 July 10.50 10.65 10.35 10.37 RIBS—.Mav 9 20 9 22 8.00 8.90 July 9.55 9.62 9.30 9.30 RYE— Mav 1.30% 1.80% 125% 123% July 1.03% 1.04 1.00% 1.00% CHICAGO CASH GRAIN. CHICAGO. April 11—Wheat—No. 1 red. sl.3s%'ij 1 16; No. 2 red, *1.37; No I hard winter. $1.42% ; No. 2 hard winter, $1 41 9(1.42; No. 1 northern spring. $1.52%; No. 2 northern spring, $1.35% ; No. 3 spring, $1,121. Corn—No. l white, not quoted; No. £ white, 60c; No. 2 yellow (old), Co%c: No 3 white, 86G57c; No. 3 yellow, 65%<§58%c; No. 4 yellow, $3%056c da to- No. 1 white, 38%(<j390; No. 2 white, 38%@38%c; No. 3 white, 37@ 57 %c. TOLEDO CASH GRAIN. TOLEDO, April ll.—Wheat—Cash and May, $1 40; July, $1.15%. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 61%62c. Oats—No. £ white, 42% -H43%<\ Rye—No. 2, $1 35 Barley—No. 2. 70c. Cloverseed—Cush (1920). sl2.7iT; April, $10.20; October, $9.25. Timothy— Gash (1918 and 1919i, $2.66; cash (1920), April and May, $2.75: September. $3.13. Aisike—Cash (new), $14.15. PRIMARY MARKETS. (By Thomson & McKinnon.) —April 12— Wheat Corn Oats Chicago 38.000 235.000 12LOCK) Milwaukee ... 4.000 17.000 11,000 Minneapolis . 204.(Xi0 4.000 Duluth 37.000 14.000 St. Louis 90 000 64,000 64.000 Toledo 8.000 9,000 6,000 Detroit 10.000 4.000 10.0(H) Kansas City.. 169 000 18.000 3.000 Omaha 40.0(H) 17,000 Indianapolis.. 5,000 45,000 68 000 Totals 606.000 413.000 297.000 Year ago... 332 000 269,000 284,000 • —Shipments— Wheat Corn Oats Chicago 113,009 77.000 229,000 Milwaukee .. 1.000 193,000 19.000 Minneapolis 185.000 20,000 44,000 IMiluth 17.0(H) St. Louis 53,000 55.000 88.0(H) Toledo 10 000 5,000 6.000 Kansas City.. 257.000 23.000 5,000 Omaha 59.000 45.000 32,000 Indianapolis. 4,000 13.000 20,000 Totals 699.000 431.000 443 000 Year ago... 191.0(H) 57.000 141,000 —Clearances — Dorn. W. New York 205.000 Philadelphia 32,000 Baltimore 48.000 Total 280.0(H) Year ago 87,000 INDIANAPOLIS CASH GRAIN. liiils for car lots <*f grain and ha.v at the call of the Indianapolis Board of Trade were; Wheat—No sales. Corn Easy; No. 3 white, 54@56c; No. 4 white, 52©55c; No. 3 yellow, 53@55%e; No. 4 yellow, 51@54%c; No. 3 mixed, 53055 c. Oats—Easy; No. 2 white, BS@39c; No. 3 white, 37(@38c. Hay Weak; No. 1 timothy, $20.50@21; No. 2 timothy, [email protected]; No. light clover mixed,, $19.50<g<20; No. 1 clover hay, sl7 @lB. —lnspections Wheat —No. 2 red, 2 ears ; No. 3 red, 3 car; No. 5 red, 2 cars. Total, 5 cars. Corn —No. 2 white, 5 cars; No. 3 white, 4 cars; No. 6 white, 1 car; No. -2 yellow, 2 cars; No. 3 yellow. 3 cars; No. 4 yellow, 8 ears; No. 3 mixed. 3 cars; No. 4 mixed, 1 ear. Total, 29 cars. Oats —No. 2 white, 9 cars. Total, 9 cars. Hay—No. 2 timothy, 1 car. Total, 1 car. HAY MARKET. The following are the Indianapolis prices for hay by the wagon load: Hay—Loose timothy, new. '20@22; mixe dhay, new, $17.50(0619; baled, $19@21. Oats—Bushel, new, 43@45c. Corn —New, 63@05c per bushel. WAGON WHEAT PRICES. IndiannpoHs flour mills and elevators today are paying $1.25 a bushel for No. I red winter wheat, $t.22 for No. 2 red winter wheat, and $1.19 for No. 3 red winter wheat. INDIANAPOLIS PRODUCE. Eggs—Fresh, loss off. 20@22e. Poultry— Fowls, 26c; broilers, 1%@2 lbs, 45c; cocks. 16c; stags, 16c; old tom turkeys, 80c; young hen turkeys. 35c; young tom turkeys. 35c; cull thin turkeys not wanted; capons, 7 lbs and up. 42c; ducks, 4 lbs. and up, 22c; ducks, under 4 lbs., 20c; geese, 10 lbs. and up, 16c; sqjjabs, II lbs. to dozen, $6, guineas. 9-ll> size, per dozen, $6. Butter —Buyers are paying 47@48c per lb. for creamery butter, delivered In Indianapolis. Butterfat —Buyers are paying 44c- per It. for butterfat, delivered in Indianapolis. Ordinarily we consume about thirty ounces of oxygen daily, requiring about twelve ounces of caibon to replace the waste, the equivalent of three pounds of bread. Thirty years ago Los Angeles had a population of only 50,395, now it supplies nearly that number cf movie actors The motor of jthe average racing car Is between fifty t* sixty horse power.

Local Stock Exchange —April 12— Bid. Ask. Ind. Ry. & Light Cos. com... 55 Ind. Ry. & Light Cos. pfd Indpls. & N. W. pfd 75 Indplg. & S. E. pfd 75 Indpls. St. Ry 50 66 T. H„ T. & I- Cos., pfd 80 T. H., I. & E. com 1% 3% T. H., I. & E. pfd 6 12 City Service, com 235 240 City Service, pfd 60% 67% U. T. of Ind. com U. T. of Ind. pfd U. T. of Ind. 2d pfd 2 Advanee-Rumley Cos., com.. 11 Advanee-Rumley Cos., pfd... 47 ... Am. Central Life 235 ... Am. Creosoting Cos. pfd 91 ... Belt. R. R.. com 64 Belt R. R pfd 43 Century Bldg. Cos. pfd 91 Citizens Gas Cos 29 34 Dodge Mfg. Cos. pfd 91% ... Home Brewing 49 59 Indiana Hotel com 60 Indiana Hotel pfd 90 Indiana Pipe Line 82 80 Ind. Natl. Life Ins. Cos 4% ... Ind. Title Guaranty 59 63 Indpls. Abattoir pfd 50 Ind Dig. Gas i 42% 50 “Indpls Tel. Cos. com 1 Indpls. Tel. Cos. pfd 89 Mer. Pub. Utl. Cos. pfd 40 Nat. Motor Car Cos. pfd 7 10 Pub. Bav. Ins. Cos 2% ... Baugh Fertilizer Cos. pfd. ... 39 ... Stan. Oil Cos. of Ind 69 73 Sterling Fire Ing. Cos 7% 9% Van Camp Hdw. pfd 62% ... Van Camp Pack., pfd 90 100 Van Gamp Prods, lgt pfd 100 Van Camp Prods. 2d pfd. 100 Vandnlta Coal Cos. com 3% Vandnlla Cos. pfd 4 8 Wabash Railway, pfd ... Wabash Railway, com BONDS. Broad Ripple 6g 60 ... Citizens St. Ry. Cos 69 73 Ind. Coke & Gos 6g 100 Ind. Creek Coal & Min. Cos 100 Indpls. Col. & So. 5a 88 indpls. & Martinsville 5g... 64 64 Indpls. & North 5s 42% 46 Indpls, & N. W. 5s 61 57 Indpls S & S E 5s 66 70 Indpls. & S. E. 5s 45 Indpls. gt. Ry 4s 59 62 Indpls. T. & T. 5s 70 75 Kokomo. M. Sc W. 5s 74 77 'l. H., I. & E. Bs 40 U T of Ind 6s 51 58 Indiana Hotel 2d e* 92 Citizens Gag Cos 73% 78% Indpls. Gag Ob 72 79 Indpls. L. & H. 5s 75 80 Indpls Water 5s 86 91 Indpig Water 4%g 68% 75 Mer II & L 6s 87 92 New Tel, Ist 5a 94 ... Now Tel. L. D. 5s 93% ... South. Ind. Power 6s 100 LIBERTY BONDS. Liberty first 3%s 90.04 90.24 Liberty first 4s 87.30 Liberty second 4s 87.34 Liberty first 4%a $7 36 87.76 Liberty second 4%s 87 42 87.6£ Liberty third 4%s 90.56 90.76 Liberty fourth 4%s 87.56 87.76 Victory Loan 3%* 97.48 97.68 Victory Loan 4%s 97.48 97.6$

On Commission Row TODAY’S PRICES. Apple—Missouri Jonathans, per bbl, SS; tuucy Illinois Jonathans, per bbl, $8; extra fancy Grimes Golden, per bbl, *s@(; extin fancy Winesaps, per bbl, $7; Bell Flowers, per bbl, 5; Spy*, per bbl, 6; Baldwins. per bbl, $ [email protected];; Rome Beauties, per bbl, s3@7; fancy Starks, per bbl, 6; A Grade Kings, per bbl, $3; Spitzenburgs per bbl, $6; Ren Davis, per bbl, $4."0@5. Beans Michigan navy, in bags. per lb, 4%®50; Colorado l’intos, In bags, per Id, SVti'V: California limas, In bags, p-r lb. 7@Bc; red kidneys. In bigs, per lb, 104J10%c; California pink chill, la bags, per lb, 7@So. Beets —Fancy new. per do* bunche*. $1; fancy home grown, per bu, sl.23<@ 1 50. Cabbage—Fancy Texas, new. per lb, 3 1 -c; hcmeg'own, fancy, old. per lb, l%e; faney Mobile, 100 lb crate. $3.30. varrois—Fancy, home grown, per Du, 85c. Cauliflower—Fancy California, per crate, $2.23. Grapefruit Extra fancy Florldas, all brands, per box, s3@7. Kale—Fancy Kentucky, per ssck, $1.50; fancy homo-grown, per bbl. $2.25. ie-mons- Eitra fancy California*, 300* to 360 c, per box, [email protected]. Lettuce—Fancy hothouse leaf, per lb, 18c; fancy hothouse leaf, in barrel lots, per lb, 16-: fancy California Icebergs, per crate. $3.50. Unions Fancy Indiana yellow, red or white, per 100 ib. $123; fancy Spanish, per bu basket. $150; fancy Texas, per crate, $2.50. Oranges—Califomlag, all grades, per box. s4©3. I’argley—Fancy large, per doz. sl. i’eppers—Fancy, small basket, sl. Pieplant Fancy hotne-grown, per bunch, $1.10; outdoor, per doz. 00c. Potatoes—Fancy Michigan and Wisconsin round whites, per 150 lb bag. $2; 5 or 19 bag lots, per bag, $1,90; fancy lowa Gems, per 150-lt> bag, $2.50. Radishes--Long red, per doz, 35c; button. home grown, per doz, 35c. Rice —Fancy head, per lb, 8c; Prolific head, per lb, 0c; fancy Blue Rose, por lb, sc. Bhallots—Fancy, per doz, 60c. Spinach—Fancy, per bu basket, $2. Strawberries—Fancy Louisiana, 24-pt crates, per crute. $4 75. Sweet Potatoes —Fancy Eastern Jersey, per hamper. S2(T(!3; fancy Indiana Jerspvs, per hainner, $2.75. Tomatoes—Fancy ripe. 6-lb basket, $1.50; fancy ripe, 0-basket ernte, per ernte, s7@B. Turnips Fancy washed, per bu, $1.50; per crate, $2. Asparagus—Fancy Georgia, green, per bunch. 60c. Beans —Fancy Florida, green or wax, per hamper, $4.50. Pcag—Fancy Mississippi, per hamper, $3.50. Green Onions —Home grown, per doz., 15c; largo bunches. 50c. New Potatoes—Fancy Florida Rose, per bbl, $9; per 1-3 bbl. $3.50. Bananas—Extra fancy high grade fruit, 50 to 00 per bunch, per lb, s%c. Pineapples—Fancy Cuban, 365, crate, $7; 425. crate. $6, Seed Potatoes —Fancy Maine Cobblers, per 150-lb sack, $3.75; fancy Rural Chios, por 120-lb sack, $3; funcy Early lioso, per 150-lb sack. $3. Onion Rets—Fancy white, per 2-bu sack, $2.50; fancy yellow, per 2-bu sack, $1.75. Seed Pweet Potatoes—Fancy Eastern yellow Jerseys, per hamper, $2.50; fancy hidigna yellow Jerseys, per hamper, $2. Indian Maids in Fight for Millions MUSKOGEE, Okla., April 12.—An oil fortune worth millions, with accrued royalties totaling $1,500,000, is still under litigation here after an eight-year fight by heirs of Barney Thlecco, late Creek Indian tribal chief. Two pretty Indian maldems, both claiming to be direct heiresses to the huge fortune, are waging bitter fights In court for the estate. Attorneys for Martha Jackson, already granted $1,600,000 of the estate, are fighting to win the remainder of the fortune and to prevent Mary Baley, another Cyeek maiden, from sharing. Mary claims she Is the only living heir of Chief Thleeco, who died in 1899. Three years after his death the Government gave ills estate a great allotment of ground in the Oklahoma Reservation. Mexican Merchants Against Prohibition MEXICO CITY, April 12. —The National Chamber of Commerce of Chihuahua has protested to the Confederated Chambers of Commerce of Mexico City against a prohibition bill now before the state Legislature in Chihuahua. A majority ot the merchants, it is said, are against the measure, which, they declare, will mean ruin to many of them. “Reasonable legislation” as a solution of the liquor problem is advocated, but the proposed law is said to be too drastic.

Weather The following table shows the state of the weather at 7 a. m., April 12, as observed by U. 8. Weather Bureaus: Station. Bar. Temp. Weath. Indianapolis, 1nd...80.23 40 PtCldy Atlanta, Ga 80 30 46 Clear Amari'lo, Texas... 29.72 42 PtCldy Bismarck. N. D.... 30 06 32 Clear Boston. Mass 30.06 42 Cloudy Chicago. HI 30.08 44 PtCldy Cincinnati, 0hi0... 80.28 42 Clear Cleveland, 0hi0.... 80.24 42 Clear Denver. Colo 29.70 50 PtCldy Dodge City, Kas... 29 72 48 Cloudy Helena, \10nt.,.,.. 29 96 42 PtCldy Jacksonville, Fla.. 30.28 50 Clear Kansas City. M 0... 29 88 50 Clear Louisville. Ky 30.28 42 Clear Little Rock, Ark... 3018 46 PtCldy Los Angeles, Cal... 80 18 50 Clear Mobile, Ala 80 28 50 Clear New Orleans, 1,a... 80.26 54 Clear New York, N. Y 80.16 42 Clear Norfolk, Va 80.28 44 Clear Oklahoma City 29 92 50 Clear Omaha, Neb 2980 50 Clear Philadelphia. Pa... 30.22 44 Clear Pittsburgh. Pa 80.28 40 Clear Portland. Ore 30.02 52 Rain Rapid City, S. D... 29.94 42 Cloudy Roseburg, Ore 30.08 50 Rain San Antonio. Tex.. 30.04 52 Cloudy Ran Francisco, Cal. 80.22 50 Clear St. Louis, Mo 80.10 44 Cloudy St. Paul, Minn 29.52 44 PtCldy Tampa. Fla 30.28 56 Clear Washington, D. C. 30 28 42 Clear WEATHER CONDITIONS. Light precipitation was reported during the past twenty-four hours in the Pacific States and along the New England coast. Generally fair weather prevails In the remaining portions of the eonntry. Temperatures are rising over practically the entire country and are now above normal In all sections except the South Atlantic and East Gnlf States, where readings below the seasonal average were reported. Frosts were reported this morning in the Ohio and Tennessee valleys. INDIANA HIGHWAYS. Improved highways are In fair to good condition, hot dtrt and unimproved roads are rongh, with frenuent muddy stretches. Conditions ore better In the northern and centra! portions of the State than tn the southern. Heavy precipitation and high streams put many highways in poor condition in many southern counties. X. G. SHIPMAN, Temporarily in Charge. Carries Snake Inside Church; Panic Ensues FT. WAYNE, Ain., April 12.—Wiley Reese, who curried a live snake to church with him and was charged with disturbing religious worship, was released by the non-jury division of the De Kalb County court when he pleaded that the reptile was taken as a part of a religious rite In which he believed. Judge Steele decided the matter involved the defendant's conscience arid religious convictions, therefore the court was forced to release him. The worshippers had fled at the appearance of the snake. Marriage Licenses Edward Kicile, 1438 S. Meridian t 24 Rosamond Van Ness, 19 E. 22d st... 22 Joseph Becker, 2118 Stntlon st 21 Genevieve Welch, 1902 Lexington av.. 22 William Sterrett, 1346 N. Senate av... 21 Mary Whltslt, 12 Forrest st 19 Curtis Ferrell, Wiboral, 111 25 Ruby Kluser, Hoopeston, 111 21 Walter Lux, Elllston, S. D 29 Florence Oswald, Oldenburg. 1nd.... 29 Edwin Wilkin, Noblesville, Ind 28 Margaret Beebe, Washington H0te1.... 28 Lawrence Burnett, 511 W. Ray st 22 Elizabeth Reddick, 2040 S. Meridian st. 20 Benjamin Cockrll, 021 E. 13th st 25 Helen I’ottinger, Lewisville, ind 25 Walter Gras-, 1254 W. 26th st, 29 Hazel ftice, 464 Massachusetts ave 25 John McDamon, Indianapolis 25 Ramella Green, SOI Maxwell st 25 Charles Hovious, 1914 Orange st 21 Murguret Feldtiuan, 17 E. Carson st.. 21

Births William and Nellie Hankins. 519 N. Traub ave., girt. W illlam aud Agnes Lee, 2215 Ashland ave . boy. Ralph and Maude Stamm, 116 W. Pleasant Ki n drive, girl. Wallace and Edna Ivlssell, 2109 S. Meridian st., girl. Vernon aud Eva Lefeber, 930 Spruce st,. boy. Friii and Carollno Morris, 1536 Olive st., boy. Ernest and Geneva Dixon, St. Vincent's hospital, boy. l'aul and Veronica Beaman, St. Vincent s hospital, hoy. Albert aml Ueaso Cole, St. Vincent's hospital, girl. l’asquale and Flora Gammlerl, St. Vincent's hospital, boy. Willis and Grace Lockwood. 4000 Cornelius ave., girl. Roy and May Millay, 2710 Adams st., girl. Willis and Clara Kirk, 1108 E. Thirteenth st., boy. Angelo and Itegena Grdrong, 965 W. Pearl st., girl. Clarence aud Tennle Freeland, 210 S. Oriental st., boy. Richard and Mible Jones, 2573 Baltimore ave., girl. James and Margaret Hyde. 1053 Hoabrook st., boy. Charles and Elizabeth Coley, 514 S. Missouri st., girl. Ralph and Rose Cantor, 2341 Pearson ate., boy. Claude nnd Bessie Booth, 2029 Bellefoni:line st., boy. William aud Cecil Hodges, ClarkBlakeslee hospital, boy. James and Maud Boss, Clark-Blakeslee hospital, girl. Robert and Margaret TUford, 227S S. Pennsylvania st., girl. Oscar and Grace Kortepeter, 406 E. Raymond st., girl. Harland and Elizabeth. Crouch, 1218 N. Mount, boy. Benjamin and Louise Slckbert, 417 W. Thirty-Ninth st., girl. Elton and Florida Ray, 5961 Oak ave., girl. Ralph and Ester Kemp, 5S S. Rural st., boy. Deaths Minnie L. Dalryruple, 68 136 Collier. Lobar pneumonia. Amelia P. Show, 36, Central Hospital for Insane. Acute Maniacal Delirium. Louise Woernor, 12 days, 107 West Southern. Premature Birth. Lucile Woerner, 14 days, 107 West Southern. Premature Birth. Dallas G. Bilhee, 52, Joseph Eastman Hospital. Obstruction of bowels. John Conroy, 1716 North Alabama street. Arterlo-Sehlerosie. George F. Kohnle, 49, 3925 East Washington street. Tuberculosis of Intestines. Mable Dell Yerkes, 49, Deaconess Hospital. Acute Septicaemia. Jessie E. liiese, 54, 1221 Cornell. Cirrhosis of Liver. Guy Tratford, 51, City Hospital. Deabetis Mellitus. Joanna Dewey, 75, 2526 East Tenth street. Cerebral Hemmorrhage. Robert William Koehler, 14, Methodist Hospital. Acute Tetanus. Mary R. White. 58 3455 West l Michigan street. Acute Castro-enteritis. Charles J. Hoover, 4*, 312 East Tenth street. Asphyxiation by gas. Addle Baron. 52, 332 North Hamilton. Strangulation Dy hanging. Mrs. Alice Sherrod, Go, Robert W. Long Hospital. Carcinoma. Albert G. Adkins, 39, 920 South West. Cerebral Hemorrhage. Margaret Irene Lovett. 11 months, 621 Birch avenue. Tubercular Monlngltls. Mary Florence McKlnstray, 62 Methodist Hospital. Myocarditis.

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BUYING PUBLIC HESITATES, SAY BUSINESS MEN Customers Take on Attitude of Independence and Wait Price Decline. PROBLEM HARD TO SOLVE By FREDERIC J. HAS KIN. WASHINGTON, D. C—For five year* the customer has been amillng appealingly at the girl or the man behind the counter, hoping to get a little attention from that proud being. Now the smile ha* migrated. The sales-person is the supplicating one, and the customer has once more assumed his proper attitude of arrogant Independence. We are now In a transition period. Pictorlally speaking, the merchant la sliding down a steep hill toward lower prices, trying desperately to make a gradual descent. Meanwhile, the public stands afar off, meditatively considering how long R will be before he hits bot(pm. We could go further and describe the storm of unemployment which Is about to break over the unsuspecting thinker’s head If h hesitates too long, and numerous other details, but the analogy grows complicated. The point Is that the buyer has changed In character from an eagerly reckless customer to a very cautious one who demands to be shown. This change In the attitude of the buying public has been noted by the editors of a number of trade Journals. It Is further substantiated by the merchants themselves. All of them seem to be taking trouble to please customers. And many are Increasing their overhead expenses for service, at a time when every possible economy Is being practiced In store management. This last is brought out by an inquiry Just made by the domestic distribution department of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Dodd, the head of the department, sent questionnaires to merchants all over the country In order to find out how they are meeting the proposition of declining prices. In the 1,650 answers received, he learned that very few shopkeepers are making any evta In service. Rest rooms, quick delivery service, credit. Instructions In fancy work und other attractions are to be continued and In many cases new ones added. These are the usual methods of making a store attractive, but Mr. Dodd has a new suggestion for the same purpose of interesting buyers. It Is that merchants should take the public into their confidence and make plain the why and wherefore of the middleman, overhead expense, bargain sales afid price levels. Some other branches of industry and business long ago saw the wisdom of showing the people exactly how they worked. It was figured, for Instance, that If telephone patrons knew how connections were mndo and recognized the human element In a telephone system, there would be fewer hasty. Irascible complaints—and there were.

PUBLICITY FOR STOKE METHODS. Now, Mr. Dodd explains, people are demanding to know how costs are fixed and why prices have been doubled or trebled between producer and consumer. They want to know why the cost of living. which rose 98 per cent between 1914 and 1920, should have fallen so far only 20 per cent. The public is asking why prices do not come down faster and who is getting the profits If the merchant is losing money, as he says he Is. And It Is partly because these questions are not being answered, or are answered so confusingly by different people, that the bewildered buyer settles down to see If prices will not reach the desired normalcy before he has to buy. All of these trouble* of the merchant, and his opportunities for profiteering as well, should be thoroughly explained to the public, Mr. Dodd believes. This would make for greater honesty toward the customer, nnd a more reasonable attitude toward the merchant. The instability of markets is so confusing to the buyer now that a little of Mr. Dodd's open diplomacy would be welcomed by many of the ultimate consumers. His questionnaire sheds some rays of light on the retailer's side of the problem, so we mention some of the conclusions drawn for the 1,650 answers. The obstacle to lower prices and stability most frequently mentioned In the questionnaire* was railroad rates. Transportation was pronounced so high as to discourage shipments of good, and it was further claimed that present Tailroad fares make the expenses of traveling salesmen extremely heavy. Both of these items help to account for the price of a piece of goods by the time it reaches a shop counter. The merchants who complained about transportation costs urged that the railroads should lose no time In cutting wages and rates, so that in turn merchandise could ba cut more rapidly. The questionnaire answers also bewailed the hotel rates which help to make the traveling salesman so expensive aj item of overhead. Some felt that the hotels should fall into Unas and begin to lower prices In proportion to the gradual decrease In the cost of living. SITUATION DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. Regarding the extent of their own retrenchments, the merchants expressed varying sentiments. Many explained that wages of salesgirls could not be lowered to a great extent because their wagt* were not raised in comparison with those In industry. The majority of store owners compiled with requests for more pay. in part at least, by grunting a bonus, with the definite understanding that this bonus was to be given only through the emergency period of war prices. Many of these bonuses are now stopped. Some merchants reported partial re-

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tfurtions la sragea. A number cxplatsaA,in their questionnaire* that they called' their employe* together and told theca * that It wasn’t a question of profit* any i longer but of being able to stay In bun* \ ness at all. Other* again have not made; wage reductions because they felt that; their employes could not manage on leiiß until living co*t dropped further. LongJ er hours, an Insistence on greater effl cieney were being tried by some Instead of wage reductions. One line where new tactics are being developed is in credit deals between the wholesaler and the retailer. Long credit on shipments of goods Is a satisfactory policy when prices are on the rise. Then, no matter how long the merchant takes to sell the goods there Is no danger of his getting less for them than at the time he bought them, and so the wholesaler waits on him. But when prices decline, the stock bought today from a wholesaler for sl2 may be offered at $lO next month. So the retailer buys less at a time and keeps his stock moving. From now on, Mr. Dodd prophesies, merchants must get used to doing business on a declining price basis Instead of on the ascending basis of the last few years. “We are experiencing,” he says, “similar conditions to those that, followed the Civil War. For thirty year*) prices slowly fell and a whole generation of dealers conducting business on that basis of slowly declining prices. “This recurring situation has practically stopped buying during the last few months. People stopped buying In defiance when prices became ridiculously high. But the buyers’ strike, so called, now Is largely a subconscious revolt. People are frightened Into economy by unemployment scares and by wage reductions, and then, too, they are still using the things they bought during the rising price scramble. Now they are beginning to wear out the extra shoes and suits they bought so anxiously, and they are expected to begin to buy, cautiously, but at a more normal rate.” Says Men Stick to the Old Night Shirt CHICAGO, April 12.—1n musical comedies and magazine advertisements you find your fancy striped pajamas, but In real life men nro clinging to the old fashion night shirt. At least that's (the opinion of F. H. Layland, Chicago haberdasher. “Not only the Jazzy old boys, but gay young frlskers are keen for the comforts of the roomy night shirt that covers up your feet,” said Layland. “Snappy, up-to-the-minute styles in public, but comfort In the bed room—that is the policy.” James A. Patton, wheat king, was quated the day as saying: “Damn pajamas!” His traveling bag had been stolen. It contained a night shirt. A friend offered pajamas. This Jail Needs Experienced Yeggi ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio, April 12.— 1 Sheriff Richard T. Lynch would like to iave a kind-hearted safe-cracker do something that would entitle him to admission to the Belmont County Jail. Lynch and his deputies seized a safe In Lansing while raiding a resort for evidence of alleged violation of the liquor laws. Mike Kusic, owner, refused to open the safe, saying he had forgotten the combination. The officers brought the safe to the county Jail. Kusic's attorneys udvied him to refuse to open the safe. The officers are awaiting the arrival of someone who will do It for them, sc that they can determine whether any booze Is stored In the strong box.

U. S. S. Colorado Is Launched at Camder CAMDEN, N. J., April 12 —The Un te< States battleship Colorado, just launchei at the plant of her builders, the Xev< York Shipbuilding Corporation here, ii one of four sister ships, the construe tion of which was authorized by Congress in 1916. The keel of the Colorado was laid In May. 1919, and the launching took placet twenty-one months latoc. The overall length of the new dreadnoughts Is 624 feet 6 inches and its full load displacement about 33.600 tons. Propulsion will be by four electricallj driven propellors, each thirteen and onehalf feet In diameter, the propelling machinery being of the. same general type as that of the battleship New Mexico. Trade Between U. S. and Mexico Growing MEXICO CITY. April 12.—Trade between the United States and Mexico during 1921 should amount to $430,000,000, ns against $390,000,000 in 1920, according to an estimate given out by \Y. T. Saunders. secretary of the American Chamber of Commerce. lie recently returned from a tour of the United States. Mr. Saunders says Mexico needs capital particularly to develop the sugar industry and for irrigation works.

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