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GRAIN PRICES Furnished by E. W. WAGNER &CO, - 212 Union National Bank Building. CHICAGO, OcL 7. The big roar from Governor Allen ot Kansas, has lost most of its effect. There is h fair amount of easy wheat news and the Chicago corn supplies are large. So far there has been no big rush to buy ; wheat, corn or oats for investment and the buying seems to be for turns. - Canadian wheat is again pressing the United Spates, and the denial of a 1 wool embargo shows Canadian wheat import agreement will continue. Eastern Europe is shipping more grain than expected. Minneapolis mills sold ahead. We expect bulges in all grains but leading news somewhat soft. Over night a mild bulge might answer the various factors. A meeting of wool and cotton growers is due in a few days; this may support things. RANGE OF FUTURES v Furnished by E. W. WAGNER A CO.. 212 Union National Bank Building. CHICAGO. Oct. 7. Following is the range of futures on Chicago Board of Trade today:

Open High Low Close Wheat Dec. 1.99 2.0414 1-97 1.99 Mar. ....1.96 2.00 1.94 1.95ya Rye Dec. ....1.59 159 1.57 1-58 Corn Oct 90 .9214 .88 -90 Dec 86 .88 .85 .86 May 90 .91 .89 Vi -90 Oats Dec 56 .56 -54 .55 May 60 .60 -59 .60 Pork Oct ...21.50 21.80 Lard Jan. ...17.12 17.17 Ribs Oct ...15.60 15.60

(By Associated Press) CINCINNATI. O., Oct. 7. WheatNo. 2 red, $2.2702.28; No. 3 red, $2.242.25; other grades as to quality, $1.852.23. Corn No. 2 white, $1.04; No. 3 white, $1.021.03; No. 4 white, $1.011.02. Corn No. 2 yellow. $1.011.02; No. 3 yellow, $1.001.01; No. 4 yellow, 98c$1.00. Corn No. 2 mixed, 99c $1.00. (By Associated Press) TOLEDO, O., Oct. 7. Cloverseed Prime cash, $14.50; Jan.. $15.20; Feb. $15.30; March, $15.15; Oct., $15.00; Dec, $15.10. Alsike Prime Cash, $17.25; March, $17.75; Oct., $17.75; Dec, $17.75. Timothy 1918. $3.25; 1919. $3.25; March, $3,55; Oct., $3.30; Dec. $3.40. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Oct. 7 Wheat No. 2 red, $2.162.18; No. 3 red, $2.14; No. 1 hard, $2.06240. Corn No. 2 mixed, 9092; No. 2 yellow, 9294. Oats No. 2 white, 5455; No. 3 white, 53c. Rye No. 2, $1.641.65. Pork Nominal; ribs, $15.5017.50; lard, $5 J.55. LIVE STOCK PRICES INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 7. Hogs Receipts, 6.000; higher. Cattle Receipts, 500; steady. Calves Receipts, 700; steady. Sheep Receipts, 800; strong. Hogs Mixed loads, 160 lbs., $15.50 (516.00; top price heavies. $16.35; most sales, all weights, $16.00 16.23; good mixed. 160 lbs. and up. $15.So 16.25; assorted. 170 to 190 lbs.. $16.00 xl6.25; assorted. 200 to 225 lbs.. $16 (fi!6.25: uniform. 225 lbs. up. $16.2o 16.35; fat hogs, weighing down to 140 lbs., $lo15.r,0: fat back pigs, under 140 lbs., $1515.50; light pigs and sows, according to quality, $16.60; most good sows, $14."0 down; sales on truck market. $16 16.25: best heavy hogs a year ago, $15'.65; best light hogs, a year ago. $15.60; bulk of sales a year ago, $15.00. Cattle Killing steers, best Inns yearlings, $17.00; 1.300 lbs. up. $16.50 7f$17.0O; good to choice, 1,250 lbs. up, $15.5016.50; common to medium, 1250 lbs. up, ?13.5015.00; good to choice. 1.000 to 1.200 lbs., $14 15.50: common to medium, 1.000 to! 1.400 lbs., $10.50 ft 13.00; good to choice, 1,000 to 1.100 lbs., $13,001? $14.00; common to medium, 1.000 to 1,100 lbs., $9fT10.50; good to best, under 1,000 lbs., $9.50 12.00; poor to fair, under 1,000 lbs., $79; good to best yearlings, $1215. Heifers Good to best. 800 lbs. up. $10(ffl3.00; common to medium, under 800 lbs.. $8.00 $9.00; good to best, under 800 lbs., $9.00 $11.00; poor to fair, under 1.000 lbs.. $10.00 12.00: good to choice, under 1.000 lbs., $11.75 $13.75; common to medium, under 600 lbs., $6.00$8.00. Cows Good to best, 1.050 lbs. up. $7.00 $8.00; common to medium, 1050 lbs. up, $5.00$5.50; choice. i;rider 1.050 lbs., $7.50 3.50; poor to good cutters, under 1,050 lbs.. $4.25 $4.75; poor to good canners, $7$8. 4.50. Bulls Good to best. 1300 lbs. up. $6.50 7.50; good to choice under 1,300 pounds, $17$19: fair to medium, under 1,300 lbs., $6.00 6.50; common to good bolognas, $5.006.00. Calves Good to choice veals under 200 lbs.. $1820; good bolognas, $6 00; good to choice heavy calves. $9.0011.00; , common to medium, heavy calves. $5.008.00; common to medium veals, under 200 lbs., $11.00 14.00. k Rtockers and Feeder Cattle Good

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to choice steers, 800 lbs. up, $9.50 10.50; common to fair steers, 800 lbs. up, $7.509.00. Good to Choice Steers Under 800 lbs., $8.509.50; common to fair steers under 800 lbs. up, $7.008.00; medium to good heifer3, $6.00 7.50; medium to good cows, $5.506.50; good to choice steers, under 800 lbs., $8.50$9.50; common to fair steers,) unaei sou 10s., ? .uuii' s.uu; siock calves, 250 to 400 lbs., $7.0010.00. Native Sheep and Lambs Good to choice to wether sheep, $4.00 4.50; good to choice ewe sheep, $4.004.50; common to medium sheep, selected ewes and wether lambs, $10.5011; bucks, per 100 lbs., $3.004.00; good to choice lambs, $1010.50; common to medium lambs, $8.009.50. DAYTON MARKET Corrected by McLean & Company, Dayton, O. Bell Phone, East 28, Home 81235. DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 7. Hogs Receipts, four cars; market 25c higher; choice heavies, $16.00; butchers and packers. $16.00; heavy Yorkers, $15.50 16.00; light Yorkers, $15.00 15.50; choice fat sows, $12.0012.50; common to fair sows, $11.00 12.00; pigs, $12.0013.00; stags $7.009.00. Cattle Market steady; fair to good shippers, $12.0014.00; good to choice choice heifers, $10.C012.00; fair to good heifers, $7.00 (.or) 9.00; fair to good fat cows, $7.008.00; bologna cows, bulls, $3.005.00; butcher bulls, $7.00 8.50; bologna bulls, $7.00 ' 8.00; calves, $1517. Sheep Market steady; lambs, $8.00 11D0. (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI. O.. Oct. 7. Receipts Cattle, 1,000 Hogs, 3.500; Sheep, 1,500. Puttie Market slnw and Kteariv! XUIV.UC710 SICCiO, ip'uu III fii.vu 14.00; fair to good, $8.00 11.00; common to fair, $5.008.00. Heifers, good to choice, $9.00 11.00; fair to good, $7.00 9.00; common to fair, $4.50 7.00. Cows, good to choice, 8.00 9.00; fair to good, $6.00 8.00; cutters, $4.005.00; canners, $3.003.75; stock steers, $6.0010.50; stock heiiers, $5.007.00; tock cows, $5.00 6.00. Bologna, $6.50S; fat bulls, $8 9.00; milch cows, $40 to $150. Calves, good, $18.00 18.50; common and large, $6.00 12.00. Hogs Market, 25 cents higher; heavies, $16.2516.50; good to choice packers and butchers, $16.25 16.50; medium, $15.50 16.00; stags, $8.00 2 10.50; common to choice heavy fat sows, $9 14.25; light shippers, 15.2-V. pigs, 110 pounds and less, $10.00 12.75. Sheep Weak and lower; good to choice lights, $4.505.50; fair to good, $3.004.50; common to fair, $1.00 2.50; bucks, $2.005.00. Lambs 50 cents lower;; good o choice $12.0013.00; seconds, $9.00 10.50; fair to good, $11.0012.00; skips, $6.00 8.00. (By Associated Press) PITTSBURG, Oct. 7. Hogs Receipts. 1,500; market, higher; heavies, $1C.7517.00; heavy Yorkers, $16.75 17.00; light Yorkers, $16.CO16.25; pigs, $15.7o16.00. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 700; market, steady; top sheep, $8.00; top lambs, $14.25. Calves Receipts, 50; Market, steady; top, $20.00. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Oct. 7 (U. S. Bureau of Markets) Cattle Receipts 12.000; steers, active and stronger to 25c j higher; good and fairly choice kinds strongest; average quality good; several loads steers and yearlings, $17.50 1S.35; $18.40 bid and refused; good steers mostly $15.50 17.00; bulk grassy kind, $9.5015.00; butcher cows, 25c higher; bulk, $5.5010.50; heifers, sharply higher; bologna bulls, strong, $6.006.75; choice veal calves, slow. $17.0017.50; grassy calves,

?6.0011.50; desirable stockers andfeea, per ion. w.uu; per cwu, d.o.

feeders stronger; receipts western, 1,000; market steady to higher. Hogs Receipts 18,000; mostly 15 to 25c higher than yesterday; spots lower; top, $16.00; bulk and light butchers, $15.30$15.90; bulk packing sows, $14.0014.35. Sheep Receipts 24,000; fat sheep and lambs opening steady; top native lambs, $12.60; bulk, $11.50 12.00; top ewes, $5.75; bulk, $5.00$5.50; no early sales of western or feeders. (By Associated Press) BUFFALO. N. Y., Oct. 7. CattleReceipts, 350; slow. Pigs Receipts, 100; steady. $6$20. Hoss Receipts 1,600; 60"5 cents higher; others, 25 cents higher; heavy mixed and Yorkers. $16.7516.85; light ditto, $16 16.75; pigs, $16; roughs, $13.50; stags, $8 10. Sheep and lambs Rtcelpts, 1,000; steady, unchanged. PRODUCE MARKET (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 7. ButterFresh prints, 6062c a lb.; packing stock, 33 35c. Eggs 57c a dozen. Poultry Large broilers, 33 cents; springs, 262Sc; turkeys, 3237c; duck. 20c; young geese, 23c; squabs, per dozen, 11 lbs. to dozen, $6; roosters, 17c; fowls, 28c; under four lbs., 26c; geese, 18c; springs, 28c. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, . Oct. 7. Butter Market lower; creamery firsts, 4360c. Eggs Receipts, 7,059 cases; .market high-

RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND

er; lowest, El54c; firsts, 5758c. Live Poultry Market unsettled; fowls, 24c; springs, 27c; turkeys, 45c. Potatoes Slightly stronger; receipts, 53 cars; Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin Round Whites, $2 $2.15; Minnesota and Dakota Early Ohios, $2$2.05; Idaho Rural, sacks, $2.00. (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, Oct. 7 Butter fat, steady. Eggs Steady, firm; prime firsts, 61c; firsts, 59c; seconds, 52c. Poultry Higher; springers, 35c; hens, 36c; turkeys, 45c. NEW YORK STOCKS. (Markets by E. W. Wagner & 212 Union Bank Bldg.) Co., NEW YORK, Oct. 7. Open. American Can 33 Am. Smelting 62 Anaconda 52 Baldwin Locomotive ....111 Bethlehem Steel, B. 69 Chesapeake & Ohio 67 Chino Copper 27 General Motors 19 Goodrich Tires 50 Mexiean Petroleum 186 Pennsylvania 43 Reading 99 Republic Iron & Steel ... 76 Sinclair Oil 32 Stromberg Carburetor . . 70 Studebaker 58 Union Pacific 127 IT. S. Rubber 78 Close. 32 61 53 113 64 68 27 18 50 188 43 98 76 32 70 57 127 79 87 62 U. S. Steel 87 Utah Copper 62 LIBERTY BONDS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 7. Prices on Liberty bonds today were: 3 91.64 First 4, bid 89.00 Second 4 ! 88.80 First 4 89 "0 Second 4V4 89.14 Third 4 . 90.40 Fourth 4 89.04 Victory 3 96.50 Victory 4 96.54 LOCAL HAY MARKET. Steady; No. 1 timothy, $25; Clover, $22.00. BUTTER QUOTATIONS The wholesale price for creamery butter is 61c a pound. Butter fata delivered in Richmond bring 56c a pound. (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 7. Hay, weak; No. 1 timothy, $27.0027.50; No. 2 timothy, $26.0026.50; No. 1 clover, $24.0024.50. FRUIT & VEGETABLES Beets, 8c bunch, 2 for 15c; leaf lettuce, 20c lb.; onions, 8c lb; parsley, 150 bunch; green mangoes 3 for 10c; gar lie 65c lb.; new cabbage, 5c lb.; sweet potatoes, 10c lb.; cucumbers, 15c; ripe tomatoes, 5c lb.; green beans, 15c lb.; turnips, 10 cents per pound.; carrots, 8c lb.; 2 lbs., 15c; egg plant, 20c and 25c each; new potatoes, 4c lb.; 50c peck; green corn, home grown, 30c dozen; cauliflower, 30c lb.; celery, 10c bunch; Lima beans, 25c lb. FRUITS. Bananas, 20c pound; lemons, 30c a dozen; oranges, 75c dozen; canteloupes, 10c and 12c each; fresh peaches 10c per lb., 3 for 25c; fresh plums, 15c lb.; California plums, 30c pound; Maiden Blush apples, 10c lb.; honey dew melons, 50c each; Bartlelt pears, 2 lbs. for 25c; white grapes, 40c lb.; Tokay grapes, 40c lb.; Nectarines, 30c lb.; grapefruit, 20c each. PRODUCE BUYING Country butter, 50c pound; eggs, 60c dozen; old chickens, 27c pound. LOCAJL GRAIN MARKET Richmond flour mills are paying $2.00 for No. 2. LOCAL QUOTATIONS (Furnished by Whelan) BUYING Oats, 50c; rye, $1.50; straw, per ton, $10.00; corn, $1.00 per bushel. SELLING Cottonseed meal, a ton, $70.00; per cwt., $3.75; Gil meal, per ton, $77 60, cwt., $4.00 ; Tankage 50 per cent, $105 per ton, cwt., $5.35; Tankage 60 per i cent, $118 per ten; cwt., $6.00; Dairy Circuit Court The attention of the circuit court today was taken up with hearing evidence in the divorce suit of Gregg versus Gregg, Judge Sparks, of Rush county was officiating as special judge in the absence of Judge Bond, who was absent because of the serious illness of his mother. Halbert R. Chouning. of Connersville, and Lona Fritler, of Richmond, were granted a marriage license by the county clerk Thursday. Alleged Widow Robber Indicted by Grand Jury WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 7. Vernon A. Caller was indicted today by a federal grand jury. He is charged with writing to the next of kin of members of the A. E. F. that relatives believed dead really had deserted and were in hiding. He asked money, it is charged, to get these men suitable clothes and send them home. Mothers who had been notified that their sons were killed, wives who had received word that they were widows, are said to have been his special victims. It was through Mrs. J. B. Bryan of Downers Grove, 111., that the case came to the attention of the officials here. Letters regarding her son, gassed and wounded in France, led her to send money. Using the mails to defrau is the charge in the indictment.

SUN - TELEGRAM, RICHMOND,

. WONT AJMV ONE BETTER TO EAT AT HIGHER PRICE THAN STARVE FARMERS 1 t 7. The "Farmers CHICAGO. Oct Marketing-Committee of Seventeen," recently appointed by the American !

Farm Bureau federation, issued aibut no hand. To the next question statement last night warning the pub-J "is there a man in the room who wiil lie of the ruts and bumps in the road ; sow a greater acreage to wheat this

that leads back to pre-war conditions. The committee is working to eliminate speculation in foodstuffs. Witn reference to the recent smash

In the grain market," the statement 1 wheat and two said but for their rotasays, "we desire to sound a note of tion they wouldn't touch wheat this profound warning lest in our zeal to year with a 10-foot pole. It was agreed 'get back to normal' we deliberately that Jackson township would show a

invite other ills more serious than these from which we now suffer for to buy bread and meat at a rather high price is better than not to be able to buy enough of them at any price. Contrary to the popular opinion in

the cities, farmers did not, as a class, ; George Skinner, living six miles north make money out of the war period. On of town on tne Arba pike, says he i.? the contrary, during a large portion, going to measure off a section of the of that period they actually lost money I corn fieid SOtith of his house and reboth in the production of grain and cor(5 the results. He says he has some live stock. If any one doubts this 90 DUShei corn and possibly it will run statement, let him consult the income 10o to the acre, and he is going to tax returns of the last several years. meaEure the prduct to prove it.

1 narnmro t n a rapniBr wa. in Tin Tin r. i ticularly happv frame of mind when the recent raids on the grain market began." Wheat Cost $2.77 to Produce. The committee points to the fact that it is estimated that it costs the growers $2.77 to produce a bushel of wheat this year, and adds "when this . production cost is compared to the unfair price which manipulators of the grain market have brought about i aunng recent aays. one can easny. imagine how the farmer feels about j it." "Furthermore." continues the statement," hundreds of country elevators are at this moment filled with wheat purchased on the high markets of a month or six weeks ago, and because of the car shortage it was impossible to get this wheat to market. It is no o-raccoratinn tr. av that if the nrPS-. nt nrioft rf wheat ia maintained the working capital of many of these elevators will be swept completely away,

Hit Grain Speculators. uione 0 vr"-s 111 mn.nj m,nui.ro, Yet despite these distressing con-' little wonder that farmers should hesiditions an ex-president of the Chicago ! tate in their wheat operations. Wheat Board of Trade was quoted by the t has broken 54 cents a bushel inside press some days ago as having boasted of three weeks. Corn has broken from that the various boards of trade de-'$l.S0 to 91V2 cents within 10 days, sorveri a ?rPRt deal of credit for hav-ifor the cash article, and that's a stun-

In? broueht down the hieh 'ost of living because they had forced down the price of grain. And to all such gentle-

men we desire merely to say, roujai ine iow on iuua, num iu.u may be able to so manipulate your point a rally set in. boards of trade and thus force a loss) One Silo Ring, running into millions against thej with the filling of Omar Crowe's wheat producers of the United States Sji0 on Thursday one silo ring in Centhis year. But if the farmer is so ter township will go out of business, hard hit financially that next year Tnjs rmg included silos on the and the year thereafter he will be un- i Reidston place, the Charles Thomas able to keep food production up to theifarrni te George D. Harris farm, the nation's requirements, and if thereby ; Howard Harris acres, also on the the cost of bread is forced much high-, farms Qf Bent George, Perry Schadle,

er, the consuming public will realize that it traded off its birthright for a mess of pottage.'" The committee also refers to the statement recently made by Herbert Hoover that on the basis of the market price of wheat two weeks ago, the farmer only received 3 cents out of 12 cents which the consumer pays for a loaf of bread. "The public can draw its own conclusion as to whether or not the wheat grower is a profiteer." the statement said. The statement turns to the empty feed lots all over the country, and says the farmer is tired of producing hogs and cattle at a loss. Farm Sale Calendar Friday, October 8 W. A. Cortner and Sons, registered Duroc sale at Cortner farm, near Greensfork. Fifty head to go. C. A. Leverton's sale of registered Chester White hogs, spring and fall gilts and males, five miles east of Milton and 2'4 miles south of Hiser's Station, at Eastlawn farm. Lunch precedes the sale. Monday-, October 11. O. H. Thompson, on the place known as the J. W. Turner farm, three i miles north of Richmond, on the Middleboro pike, general closing out sale of live stock, fine poultry, implements, etc., at 10 o'clock. Tuesday, October 12. Enoch Maze, 1V4 miles south cf Brownsville, 4 miles west of Liberty, 8 miles east of Connersville. Duroc Catalogue sale ,at 1 p. m. Roy Sanderson, 1 mile southwest of Williamsburg, the old Bond 90-acre farm; live stock, grain and all equipment, at 12:30 o'clock. G. W. Engle. mile south of Crete, on the George Engle farm, general farm sale at 10 o'clock. Frank E. Blose, administrator of the estate of John V. Blose, 1 mile N. E. of Whitewater; 10.30 a. m. Thursday, October 14 Jones and Pike's sale of Big Type Polands at Hawthorn Farm, Centerville. Lunch precedes sale. Friday, Oct. 15. Mrs. C. Zwissler and son, on farm known as Conrad Zwissler Farm, 1 mile south of Richmond on Boston Pike; closing-out sale. Saturday, October 23. Fulghum and Sanborn, registered Big-Type Poland China Hogs, at the Walter B. Fulghum farm, just west of Earlham on the National road, at 12:30 p. m, Lunch served before sale. Tuesday, October 26. D. R. Funk, at Riverdale farm, 7 miles northeast of Richmond; mules. cows and hogs, at 12: 303

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WtRE THE ONtt OisE the WHX DO XOU HEf. VtE ots The Farm - - - By WILLIAM At a farm federation meeting the i other night we asked two questions, ! 1 : . : 1 a A rr .v.n f ,i-r III VlllUg I BUUW Ul UOUUS. 1U 111C liini, question "is there a man in the room who thinks he can show 100 bushels of corn to the acre," a shout went up, year than last, a single hand was raised, this man stating that he intended to add five acres. On the contrary, seven men said they would sow less s-hortage of wheat next year, and we j doubt that any township in the county will equal its 1919 sowing this year. 100 Bushel Corn Crop. Now, getting back to the 100 bushel corn crop proposition, there is at least one man in Wayne who has hopes. ITIWVI1 . , III... LU Be Sown. Farmers who have completed sowing wheat are not so numerous as might be supposed. We haven't run fntA 1 dnirlA man YA'hn ctartert his drill until Oct. 1. and many of them j have most nf their wheat still to DUt I T than half nf n f,- nrrp seed ' bpd had Deen sown at Reidston up to ' Wednesday night. T.inriifiv Mnrean ia i pianning to sow 40-acres but has only t Qf -t ' thp ground' po far rjke aTlv ra . 0 ha h.p nn5 nf a -ilo crew for two weeks, and is not yet quite through. The delay in sowing ! this vear will tend to cut the wheat : acreage materially and for this reason. The price of wheat has been shot to pieces since Sept. 20. most of the break happening within past 10 days. Cash Wheat Below $2. Wltn CaSU Wneai DeiOW IOT me first time since Aprjl, 191, and witn December wheat at a low of $1.86 on j Tuesday, Oct. 5, the date on which it ning fact to contemplate. Taking the top, since the trading market opened in July, wheat bad declined 90 cents t ciairborne King and Fulghum and Sanborn, the latter silo being fined on Wnocov A nart nf tho same crew

threshed Morgan La Motte's clover. FniPs wuld take one membership at on Wednesday afternoon. From 15 to ! the general expense, and if ten town20 men, with two corn binders and a ships should do this the farmers number of wagons and teams, make up would have official representation in

an efficient silo crew. j Farmers who are not members of; the federation are now to get a pressIne invitation to join. The idea is to make each township 100 per cent, and the work of bringing in the new members begins on Oct. 11. FARM DISCRIMINATION DENIED BY HOUSTON WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 7 That agriculture is being discriminated against in the matter of credits was j Houston Wednesday in reply to the criticisms of various groups of producers. Secretary Houston made public two letters written by persons who had complained because they believed proper financial assistance was not being given by the government authorities in the handling of agricultural products. Secretary Houston expresses the belief that the banks of the country will succeed in financing the, crop move ments and in taking care of industrial

needs, although not without difficulty. great, the commissioner said. He Favors Orderly Marketing. 1 added, however, that it had failed with "I need scarcely say. to you th;it I j respect to alcohol, withdrawal of am in favor of every legitimate effort which could not be suspended because to promote the orderly marketing ofiof its use for industrial purposes.

all commodities," said Secretary Hous -

ton in one of the letters. "I have j the order probably would be withlabored many years to stimulate legiti-j drawn soon, but he declined to indimate effort to aid co-operative enter- j cate the date or to give details of the prises on the part of farmers, but only ! bureau's plans which brought about

for better production but also for bet ter marketing of crops and for the more satisfying financing of them. "Referring to the suggestion that the treasury at this time deposit money in banks in certain sections of the country in order to ease the credit situation, I can only say this is not feasible. The treasury has no money to deposit, for such a purpose and could in no event make deposit's in the circumstances except to meet government requirements." Cannot Aid Price Boosting. Relative to Secretary Houston's previous statement that the government "could not be a party to an undertaking on the part of any sort of producers to hold their commodities artificially for speculative purposes to secure war prices or higher war prices," he said in one of his letters. "This statement seems to be to contain Buch an obvious truth that there is no room for debate."

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ACINI (TELL HER LEFT HER PiPE the piano: and Farmer R. SANBORN FARMER FEDERATION FINISHES PLANS FOR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE By WILLIAM R. SANBORN Plans for the launching of the federation membership drive, beginning Oct. 11, were completed by directors and officers at the courthouse Wedinesday night. The official board met with J. L. Dolan, county agent, who provided subscription blanks, posters and other literature to be used ia the coming campaign. Township representatives submitted their various plans for making a mop-up. Each township will be divided into four or more districts, the committees in charge of the individual districts will have the names of every non-member they are to see, and this -provides against lost motion. This is to be no long-drawn-out affair. It is expected that most of the committees will see all their men before 12 o'clock. Three-Year Memberships Sentiment was divided as to the (feasibility of insisting on three-year memoersmp signatures, .every 111a.11 present was willing to go the threelimit for himself, but it was a Muesuuu of how the new members lok at that proposition. As one man Put t he could see no reason wny anyone snouia oDject to me three-year term, inasmuch as the dues are payable annually, and in case of removal within the state a transfer eara win De issuea, ana 11 oiusiue 01 Indiana, the membership will be cancelled and a card issued to"lntroduce the member, wherever he may locate, Shipping Livestock Direct President Theo. Davis, of Greensfork, briefly reviewed the work of the federation and its accomplishments in the brief time in which it has been on the job. He stated that livestock 1 may now be shipped in care of the j federation at Indianapolis, and that the man in charge of the marketing would see that it had due care and was not culled unfairly. For thi3 service a charge of 4 cents per head is made on cattle and one cent on hegs and sheep. From these collections the' pay for the agent is deducted. It was also stated that the yards had been induced to make a liberal cut in their hay charges and that corn was next to be reduced at the instance of the federation. About C. of C. Memberships It was stated that the farmers had been invited to have representation in the newly organized chamber of commerce, ten members entitling to one voting director in the latter organization. Inasmuch as the dues are $25 yearly, it was thought best to dis cuss this in the townships, it being "luu6"i nivtij. iuai iur ul A 1 - 1. 1 1 1 il A. 1 A. the new body. The sentiment of the meeting was that the farmers should j be affiliated. 1 Drive Will Run 15 Days It must not be inferred that the drive is to be completed in one day; it will run 15 days, each township having its own date for work, and in each case a meeting will be held ou the night preceding the canvass. This is to insure the presence of one or more speakers who will make the cir cuit, if convenient; and if 'not, then some other good talker and enthusi ast will fill in. This will assure each township some outside help in stiri ring Luuiga up. trohlbltS Withdrawal Of Whisky in Bond (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 In an ef i fort to check illegal liquor sales, Pro hibition Commissioner Kramer has or dered withdrawal of whisky from bond temporarily suspended in New York and parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The effect of the order on illicit sales of whisky has been undeniably j The commissioner indicated tha the suspension of withdrawals Secrecy has surrounded the refusal of prohibition agents in the communi ties affected to approve applications i for withdrawals from bond. Prohibition agents were instructed only to hold in abeyance all such applications. Farm Federation v ; i INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Oct. 7. Word has just been received by officers of the Indiana Federation of Farmers' associations from the Washington office of the American Farm Bureau Federation to the effect that arrangements have been completed whereby it will be possible for the organization in this state to place in the hands of a selected representative In each county every morning, a 'summarized report of the market conditions of the leading farm products for the previous

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If the marketing service plan Is accepted by enough states it will become operative on Oct. 1 for a three months' trial. The advisability of Its continuance permanently will depend' upon the interest shown and the evidence of the usefulness of the service. It has been suggestd that local dis- , tribution of the reports may be done ' entirely over the telephone in re; sponse to Inquiries or by the use of

otner mimeographed copies sent out on the rural mail deliveries. J. R. Howard, president of the American Farm Bureau federation, has notified officers of the federation in this state that an important meeting of the nternational Joint Commission appointed1 by Canada and the United States to take up the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes problem of providing deeper canals and waterways for ocean liners, is to be held at the Chamber of Commerce in New York on Oct. 18 and 19. Announcement is made that the first one hundred percent district in the state to either put on a membership drive under the uniform plan system or contract for such a drive is the Seventh district. J. W. Raub of Ellettsville, is the district director, the counties bein Vigo, Clay, Owen, Sullivan, Monroe, Lawrence, Martin, Daviess, Greene and Knox. An Intensive membership campaign throughout Indiana is being urged by the state officers, and it is hoped that every county in the federation will assist in the movement which is expect- . . . . . eu 10 put me organization beyond the hundred thousand membership mark, day. The need of such a marketing service has long been felt by the Hoosier farmers, and steps are to be taken immediately by officers of the state 1 ieaerauon to take cart in the co-od-erative plan. The Bureau of Markets of the national organization has agreed to furnish at each point to which it has a leased wire a daily telegraphic market report. This is to be sent between 3 and 4 o'clock each afternoon, Washington time, and will be mimeographed , immediately upon receipts at these distributing points. Indiana Is especially fortunate in this respect as the farmers are in a position to be served from either Chicago or Cincinnati, whichever city is the closer or having the better rail connections for early service. In most cases the mimeographed sheets will be ready to catch the 5 o'clock trains and In all cases the 6 o'clock trains, and should be in the hands of the various county representatives, according to the tentative plans, early the following morning. The method of distributing these market reports is a matter which would be left to the county representative to work out. PAVILION FOR STOCK MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY WAYNE BREEDERS A committee from the Wayne County Breeders' association was appointed Tuesday night, at a meeting in Centerville to go over plans with a committee from the civic organizations in Richmond for the establishment of a pavilion for stock shows and salt, barns, in or near Richmond. These committees will be ready within the next two weeks to report their recommendations. L. C. Palmer, of Williamsburg, Clvde Leverton of Centerville, and L. E. Klnsey, of Greensfork. are to represent the Breeders' association; R. G. Leeds. Clem McConaha and C. F. Ferling. the Young Men's Business Club; E. G Crawford. Kiwanis Club; Walter Fulghum, Chamber of Commerce, and Arthur Curme, Rotary Club. Name Is Changed. At the meeting Tuesday night the constitution and by-laws of the organization were carefully gone over and accepted. It was finally decided that it should be known as the Wayne Courfty Breeders' association, changing from the Wayne County Swine Breeders' association, and have for its purpose the promotion of raising pure bred stock in Wayne county, hold an annual exhibit for breeders of Wayne and adjacent counties, and arrange exhibits of local stock at outside shows. Membership in the organization is restricted to individuals and firms interested in pure bred stock in Wayne county and adjacent counties. The headquarters were definitely located at Centerville. The question as to whether the stock shows should be held in connection with the Fall Festival next year planned by the Young Men's Business club brought much discussion. This matter was left to the discretion of the committee. COMMISSION HANDS DOWN ITS FINDINGS ON LIBERTY PETITION The pupllc service commission of Indiana, in an order entered Oct. 2 referring to the petition of the Liberty Lighfc and Power company for authority to increase rates for electric service in the towns of Boston, West College Corner, Liberty and adjacent rural districts, has made the following findings: A valuation of $113,246 was placed on the property of the company. Rates were set on a schedule graduating from 12 cents net and 13 cents gross to 10 cents net and 11 cents gross, with a monthly minimum charge of $1 net and $1.10 gross, net rates to be charged if bills are paid in 10 days. Power Rates Announced. Rates for power Primary or readiness to serve charge $1.25 net and $1.35 gross per month per H. P. plus Kcnndarv or enerev chare of 5 cents net and 5 cents gross per K. W. H. jer month for all energy. Rural service rates Primary charge $1.50 net and $1.65. gross per K. W. connected, plus a secondary or energy charge of' 10 cents net and 11 cents gross per K. W. per month for all Street Lighting Ordered to charge at Boston, Liberty and West College Corner $3.30 per month for each 100 c. p. street light. The rates are estimated to yield a return of 7 percent. Three daughters of B. F. Wood, president of an cil company in Muskogee, Okla., are insured from kidnapping for $5,000 each. It is said to be the first kidnaping, policy ever Issued In thia country. - . . ,