Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 87, 19 February 1921 — Page 7
MARKETS
GRAIN PRICES Furnished by E. W. WAGNER & CO., 212 Union National Bank BuildinaCHICAGO. Feb. 19. News runs in favor of the buyer. Wheat and corn sales for export have been liberal at 800,000 wheat and one-half million corn. Cold in Nebraska and eastern Kansas is somewhat . unfavorable to crop as there is no snow covering. We favor purchases for a Monday bulge. RANGE OF FUTURES Furnished by E. W. WAGNER & CO., 212 Union National Bank Building. CHICAGO, Feb. 19. Following is the range of futures on Chicago board of trade today:
Open High Low Close Wheat Mar 1.67 1.70 1.66 1.70Vi May ....1.57 1.60 1.57 1.60 V4 Rye May ....1.4Hi 1.44 1.42 1.44 Corn May 69 .71 .69 -70 July 714 .72 .71 .72 Oats May 45 .45 .44 .45 July .... .45 .46 .45!i .46 Pork May ...21.10 ..... 20.95 Lard May ...12.05 ..... 12.02 Ribs May ...11.25 11.20
(By Associated Press) CINCINNATI. Feb. 19. Wheat No. 2 red. $1.95 1.96; No. 3 red, $1.91 fi 193; other-grades as to quality, $1.83 1.90. Corn No. 2 white, 71 72c; No. 3 white, 70 71c; No. 4 white, 6S 69c. Corn No. 2 yellow, 7172c; No. 3 yellow, 70 71c; No. 4 yellow, 79Sc. Corn.No. 2 mixed. 7071c. Oats. 4749c; rye, $1.541.55; hay, 1623c. (By Associated Tress) TOLEDO, O., Feb. 19. Clover seed Prime cash, 1920, $10.75; Feb., $10.75; March, $10.75; April, $9.50; Oct., $9.65. Alsike Prime cash, 1920. $15.50; March. $13. Timothy Prime cash, 1920. $3; 1918. $2.80; 1919, $2.90; Feb., $3; March, $3; April, $3; May, $3; June, $3.30. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Feb. 19. Wheat No. 1 red, $1.94; No. 1 hard. $1.76. CornNo. 3 mixed, 66; No. 3 yellow, 66 66 . Oats No. 2 white, 45 46; No. 3 white, 44 45; pork, nominal; libs, $10.6211.37; lard, $11.42. LIVE STOCK PRICES (By Associated Press) I "PI AN APOLI S. Feb. 19. Mors Ttcceipts. 6.00(t: lowr. Cuttle Receipts, :;i)0; unchanged. Calves Receipts, 400; lii slier. Stieep lteceipts, 100; unchanged. Hob. ' Top price, under 200 lbs.. $10 00 Most sale, all weight 9 00 9 75 Mixed and assorted, ltSO to 225 lbs 9 25 10 00 Mixd and asosrted, 223 to 275 lbs 9 00 9 23 Mixed and assorted, 275. lbs. up 8 50 9 00 l'at back pigs, under 140 lbs 9 00 down tnher grood pigs, largely . . 9 00 down S')ivs, according to quality 6 OOHv 7 25 Most good sows ti 75it 7 00 Kales in truck market.... 8 5010 00 i:est heavy hogs a year a (jo 15 1" Hest light pigs a year ago 15 50 Most sales of hogs a ear ago H 25 3? 13 50 Cat lie. KILLING STEE11SGood to choice, 1,250 lbs. up 8 00(g 9 00 Common to medium, 1,250 lbs. up 7 2a s 00 Good to choice, 1,100 to 1,200 lbs 7 25 8 00 Common to medium, 1,100 to 1,200 lbs C 50 7 25 Good to choice, 1,000 to 1,100 lbs 7 00j 7 50 Common to medium, 1,000 to 1.100 lbs ti 25 7 00 Good lo best, under 1,000 lbs C OOSj) 6 75 Poor to medium, under 1,000 lbs 5 00j 6 00 Good to best yearlings... 1 00y 7 75 HtClKEKti Good to best ( 00(8 S SO Good to best under 800 lbs ti Oot) 8 75 Common to medium, 800 lbs 5 00 9v 6 00 Common to medium, under 800 lbs 4 50 (jv 6 00 cuvvs Good to bett, 1.050 lbs. up 5 00 ti 00 common lo medium, 1,050 lbs. up 4 50 5 00 Good to choice, under 1,050 lbs 4 30 5 00 Common to medium, unaer 1 050 lbs l'oor to good cutters .... I'.ior to good canners .... BCLLta Good to best, 1,300 lbs. up uood to choice under l,3uu lbs l'uir to medium, under 1,300 lbs Common to good bologna C.vLV KS Good to choice veals, under 200 lbs Common to medium veals. 4 00 4 GO :; oo' :i ; - ou y J jo 00( u 5(J 1 5 25-ii C uo 4 50 Qi 5 00 4 -j!j 0 00 ii oou oo under 200 lbs 8 00Q10 00 Good to choice heavy calves 0 to Co 7 00 Common to medium heavy calves :: 00(ti: 6 00 iiTOCKKKS t I'KKUl.NG CiVliLtO Good to choice steers, 800 lbs. and up i joy 7 00 Common to lair utters, S00 lbs. up 5 50 & ti 23 Good to choice steers, under 800 lbs 6 OOccp 6 75 Common to tair steers, under S00 lbs 5 00 Op 5 50 Medium to good heifersiN 5 00. ui 5 &o Medium to good cows . . . . siOik calves, 250 to 400 i uo w i 50 lbs t 00 1 00 Native Sbcen and L.auiba. Good to choice light sheep$ 3 oo G 25 Uood to choice heavy sheep 2 5t 2 75 Common to medium sheep l uo$p 2 00 Selected handy weight lambs 7 00 7 50 Other good lambs 6 00 ip 6 60 Common to medium lambs 4 OOCu) 5 50 Jiucks, per hundred 2 00ij 2 50 DAYTON MARKET Home Phone, 81235. Corrected by McLean & Company, Dayton, O. Bell Phone, East 28. Sheep Market, steady; $3 4. DAYTON, O., Feb. 19. Hogs Receipts, three cars; market, steady; choice heavies, butchers and packers, $9.50; heavy Yorkers, $9.50; light Yorkers, $9.50; choice fat sows, $7 7.50; common to fair, $6.507; pigs, 8S7 9: stags, $45. Cattle Market, 6teady; fair to good shippers, $7S7.50; good to choice butchers, $7 7.50; fair to medium butchers, $6.507; good to fat cows, $45; bologna bulls. $55.50; butcher bulls, $6 7.50; bologna cows, $2.50 If 3.50. Calves, $10 12. Lambs $810. (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 19. Receipts Cattle 250; hogs 3,500. Cattle Market steady; butchers' steers, good to choice, $7 8.50; fair to good, $6g-7; common to fair, $4
$6; heifers, good to choice. $6.50 8; fair to good. $5.506.50; common to ,
I air. $3.505.50; cows, good to choice, i56; fair to good, $4.503; cutters. .s.ovnji.ou; canners, tz.buqgi i.zit; stocic steers. $5 7.50; stock heifers. $4 $5; stock cows, $3.50 4.50; bulls, steady; bologna, $56; fat bulls, $6 IG.75; milch cows $30100; calves, Blow, Eteady, extra $1213; fair to good, $812; common and large, $500 8.00. Hogs Strong; heavies. $8.759.50; good to choice packers and butchers, $10(ffil0.25; medium $10.25; stags. $5 $5.75; common to choice heavy fat sows, $67; light shippers. $10.50 $10.75 pigs, 110 pounds and less, $8.00 10.00. Sheep Steady; fair to good $2.50 4.00; common to fair, $1(S'2; lambs, steady good to choice, $89; seconds, $77.50: fair to good, $7.50 8.50; skips, $56. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Feb. 19. (U. S. Bureau of Markets) Cattle 1,000; compared with a week ago: Beef steers, 50c to 75c higher; good to choice she stock,) 25c to 50c higher; others grades steady; canners and cutters, 25c to 50c lower; bulls steady; calves, 25c lower; stockers and feeders, 50c toj 75c higher; spots showing more adVaUCe. jHogs 10,000; lights mostly 10c low er; others steady to strong with yes terday's average; good clearance top, $9.75; bulk, 200 lbs. down, $9 40 9.65; bulk, 220 lbs. tip, $S.909.25; pigs, 10c to 15c higher; bulk desirable. 100 to 120-lb. pigs, mostly $9.25 9.50. Sheep 6,000; mostly direct; compared with a week ago: Fat lambs and yearlings, 25c to 50c higher; fat sheep 50c to $1 higher; feeder lambs, 20c to 50c lower. (By Associated Press) PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 19 HogsReceipts 2,000; market lower; heavies $9.00 9.25; heavy Yorkers, light Yorkers and pigs, $10.6510.75. Sheep and Lambs Receipts 200; market steady; top sheep, $5.50; top lambs, $9.25. Calves Receipts 75; market is steady; top, $14.50. (By Associated Press) EAST BUFFALO, Feb. 19. CattleReceipts, 325; dull. Calves Receipts, 200; steady; $5, 15.50. Hogs Receipts, 2,000; 2550c higher; heavv, $9.2510.25; mixed, $ 10.25 10.75: Yorkers, $10.7511; light ditto and pigs, $10.75; roughs. $77.25; stags, $5(&6. Shpep and Lambs Receipts, 2,200; 2550c higher; lambs, $6fj) $9.75; yearlings, $.").50fr7; wethers, $5.50'? 5.75; ewes, 2ri 5; mixed sheep, $5 5.50. PRODUCE MARKET (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 19 Butter Fres-h prints, 4550c; extra, ' 65c; packing stock, 15c. Eggs 28 30c a dozen. Fowls 27280; springs 27 cents: roosters, 16ft,17c; turkeys, 35c; old toms, 37c; yofing toms, 4042c; capons, 38 42c; hens, 40 42c; squabs, 11 lbs. to the dozen, $7; rabbits. $2.50 tf2.75 per dozen; geese, 20 ' 23c; spring ducks, 251t26c; squabs, 16 20c. (The Joe Frank Company, 923 Xenia Avenue, Bell, East 2819, Home 3485.) DAYTON. Feb. 19. Poultry Alive. I navini? OIH hpn? fSp lh rtitplr ona 20c lb.; roosters, 15c !b. ; young chickens 24c lb.; turkeys 45c lb.; old toms 30c lb.; ducks, 26c lb.; geese, 25c lb. Eggs Fresh, paying, 28c dozen. Butter Creamery, paying 43c lb. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Feb. 19. Butter Market, higher; creamery firsts, 47V2Eggs: Receipts, 16,778 cases; market, lower; lowest, 30S31; firsts, 34. Live poultry Market, unchanged. Potatoes firm; receipts, 39 cars; northern, white sacked, $1.10(a 1.15 cwt.; bulk. $1.05(jJ1.10. (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, Feb. 19 Butter Fat! Steady. Eggs Prime firsts, C6c; firsts, 35c; seconds, 33c. PoultrySpringers, 50c; hens, 29c; turkeys, 35c NEW YORK STOCKS t By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 19. American Can Close. . 29-s . 4258 . ZS . 821,4 . 89 . 57 V2 . 36y8 . 60 . 273 22Va . 94 U . 24 j Am. smelting ! Anaconda I Atchison 1 Baldwin Locomotive ! Bethlehem Steel, b i Central Leather Chesapeake & Ohio C. R. I. & Pacific Chino Copper Crucible Steel Cuba Cane Sugar General Motors 14 Goodrich Tires 38 Mexican Petroleum 158 New York Central 72 Pennsylvania 40'8 Reading 76V4 Republic Iron & Steel 67 Sinclair Oil 24 Southern Pacific 78U Southern Railroad 21 Studebaker 60 Union Pacific 1204 U. S. Rubber 69 58 U. S. Steel 83 Utah Copper 52 LIBERTY BONDS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Final prices ond Liberty bonds today were: 2z $91.22 First 4 87.26 Second 4 (bid) 86.80 First AY 87.3S Second 4'i 86.76 Third 41; 90.04 Fourth 44 - 87.00 Victory 3 97.38 Victory 4 97.40 LOCAL HAY MARKET Steady; No. 1 timothy, $18; clover, $17.00 heavy mixed. $17.00. (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 19. Hay No. 1 timothy, $21.5022; No. 2 timothy, $2121.50; No. 1 clover, weak; $1819. BUTTER QUOTATIONS The wholesale price for creamery butter is 45 cents a pound. Butter fats delivered in Richmond bring 36 cents a pound.
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND
FRUIT and VEGETABLES Leaf lettuce, 40 csta lb.; bead lettuce, 40 cents ic.: onion, 6 cents lb.; Bermuda onions, in cents lo.: parBley. 15 cents a bunch; garlic, 50 cents lb.; cabbage. 5 cents lb.: sweet potatoes. 10 cents lb.; green mangoes, 8 cents; uc!fmDe1K, ao c?mac "r h , f ceM9 lb : carrots 8 cents lb, 2 lbs. cauliflower, 25 cents lb.: celery, 15 cents bunclr; Brussel sprouts, 50 cents quart: domestic endive, 30 centa lb.; parsnips, S cents lb.; pumpkins, 15, 20 and 25 cents; oyster plant, 2 for 25 cents; radishes, 5 cents' bunch; kahl, 15 cents lb.; shallotts, 10 cents bunch; beets, 5 cents lb; 'artichokes, 35 cents each; green beans, 35 cents lb.; wax beans, 35 cents lb. FRUITS Bananas, 15 cents pound: lemons. 30 cents doz.; oranges, 29 cents doz.; Navel oranges, 60 cents doz.; grapefruit, 10 and 20c; cocoanuts, 20c each; Btrawberries, $1.00 quart; cranberries, 23 cents lb.; English walnuts, 45 and 55 cents lb; chestnuts, 50 cents lb.; black walnuts, 5 cents lb.; pineapples, 30c each; apples, 5 to 10c lb, $1.25 to 3 bushel: tangerines, 45c dozen. PRODUCE BUYING Country butter. 40 cents lb.; eggs. 28 cents a dozen; chickens, 25 cents a pound. LOCAL GRAIN MARKET Richmond flour mills are paylns $1.75 for No. 2. LOCAL QUOTATIONS (Furnished by YVnelan) m I VI Mr. Oats, 40c; rye, $1."5; straw, per ton fSSnn monr rm-n CTl.r. Viiiehol $8.00; new corn, 57c per bushel, sckuinu. i Cottonseed meal, ton $43.50; per ewt., $2.25. Oil meal, per ton, $50; per cwt., $2.60. Tankage, 50 percent, $55 per ton; per cwt., $2.85. Tankage, 60 per cent, $60 per ton; per cwt., $3.15. Wonder feed, per ton, $38; per cwt, $2.00. Barrel salt, $3.75. Bran, $36.50 per ton; $1.90 per cwt. Middlings, $38 per ton; $2.00 per cwt REALTY TRANSFERS Clem A. Gaar to Jerome Shurley, $1, Ind., one-half of lots 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 4, 46, P. V. Washburn's addition, City. Lawrence M. Faucett to Robert G. Hodgin and Ruby E., $1, lot 1, E. A. Jewell's addition, City. AIn.ir A'l lo r.. 1 ...... l" Q "WTS 1 r t n a I hi cw t uuain u Jauicj .J. . 1)1. o. J-.. o, J., . Marion P. Tutrow to Hattie L.
OLCCir, fx, (Jl. ATI. J., o. ly, , ,nj. OUt Leon P. Jones to John Eckel andif
iyf.na, 94vu, lots id, 14, J. tai nicu a addition, City. William S. Green to Delphia Green, $1, lot 78, A. Moffitt's addition; City. Absolum Case to Cash Bennett, $1; lot 1, M. Parry's sub.. City. Meek and Hamilton ft al to William Griffin, $1, pt. lot 10, Poe and Lyndes addition; City, Sandford Reddish et al to Sarah Griffin, $1, pt. lot 10, Poe and Lynde's addition; City. James R. Jones to Lora P. Fosler, $1 ; pt. lot 10, W. Manley's addition, City. HAGERSTOWN DEFEATS MOORELAND QUINTET HAGERSTOWN, Feb. 19 Hagerstown high school basketball team defeated the Mooreland high school five on the local floor Friday night by the score of 57-19. The visitors were outclassed in all a field goal in the entire second half, departments of the game, not getting The first half ended 21-16. Root was the scoring star of -the game, scoring 15 points. Murray and Daughty also scored 12 points each. Reece was the heavy scorer for the visitors, making 11 points. The lineups and scores follow: Hagerstown, 57 Mooreland, 19 Leavell F Jester Root F. Wichterman . . . . C . Murray G. Teetor G. Reece Haynes Barrett . Bales Substitutions May for Teetor, Daughty for Leavell, Manifol for Bar rett. Field Goals Leavell, 4; Root, 6; Murray, 6; Teetor, 1; Doughty,6; Wichterman, 2; Jester, 1; Reece, 3; Bales. 3. Foul Goals Root .1- Wichlprman 4. Reece 5. Referee Chew, of Spiceland. Former Local Woman Buried at Eaton Word has been received here of the death of Miss Kate Hambide, of! Eaton, O., who formerly lived in Richmond for many years. She died suddenly while on a visit at the home of her brother near Lafayette. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at life home of her niece, Mrs. Anna Kline, of Eaton, O. Farm Sale Calendar Tuesday, Feb. 22. E. W. Hensley, 1 mile Richmond on Chester Pike north of Big annual sale of live stock; 10 a. m. Wednesday, Feb. 23. Big Pure Bred Percheron sale at Coliseum, Richmond. C. W. Bundy, IY2 miles southwest of Dublin. Thursday, Feb. 24. Warren D. Judy in J. C. Stephen's farm, east of West Manchester. General sale, 10 a. m. Tuesday, March 1 W. L. Magaw, ZY2 miles south of Richmond on Liberty pike; general farm sale. Thursday, March 3. John Wadlren, Jr., administrator of estate of Chester Fowble, deceased, 1 mile west of West Manchester, 1 miles east of Eldorado. Administrator's sale, stock, etc. Friday, March 4. Frank A. Williams; livestock sale; 2Yt miles west of Fountain City; at 10 a. m. A. G. Ersa, on the Nafe Lainott farm, two and three-quarter miles southwest of Centerville. General farm sale. SLAUGHTER OF MEXICANS THREATENED BY POSTERS FORT WORTH, Tex., Feb. 19. Notices threatening death to all Mexicans in west Texas oil fields were posted last night at Eastland, according to word received here. Goldfish are"15atives of China, where it has long been the practice to keep them in vases for the amusement of Chinese hidies. '
SUN - TELEGRAM, RICHMOND,
NO MAN CAN WORK ON
Some of the feminine workers on the farm of Miss BelL One of the large poultry farms in England, that owned by Miss Bell at Welwyn, Hertz, is operated entirely by women, no men being allowed on the payroll. She believes girls can perform all the tasks involved in the work.
i Steps Outlined in
of National Marketing Agency
CHICAGO, Feb. 19 A national grain marketing association, controlled by farmers and operating terminal warehouses, export and finance departments and maintaining branch Bales agencies at the various terminal markets, is provided for in the grain marketing plan adopted by the Farmers' Grain Marketing Committee of j Seventeen at Kansas City recently and - , ,. ij to the farmers! nf i Yin tlr.,1,1 The details ,of the plan are now being worked ganization plan A sub-committee of seven was appointed to perfect organization plans and to call a meeting of all grain marketing organizations to consider the proposed plan. The committee hopes to have the new marketing system in operation in time to handle a substantial part of the 1921 crop. The first step will be to organize a grain growers' national co-operative sales agency this agency to be a nonstock, non-profit company, and each individual farmer is to be a member of this company whether he lives in Ohio or Kansas and whether he is a member of the farm bureau or the farmers' union. To Organize Communities. The second step will be to organize the grain growers in communities, the same as Illinois has already organized farmers' elevators. The growers oi" grain in a community will effect an agreement to sell their grain to thoiri local elevator company and the local company will contract with the national agency to handle their grain. Each individual will have the privilege of consigning his grain to be sold or placed in a pool. This means
. The next step will be a meet ng 1 r' V V-, r ., u,6au" PMirosoniatt. f on i m localities where there are none and representatives of all farmers or-! . ... , .
b to discuss and adopt the , companjes wh,ch are not now
that two svstems will be tried out Posing or nis grain rests vmui ine first, the farmers own company will g rower. He may consign his grain to sell grain as it is now sold second, i the ,ocal co-operative elevator for exthere will be a pool, which means theic,,,sive pa,e through the national grain will be stored and sold when itisales agency, or he may vote to pool can be disposed of to the best advant-ln,s -rain and Provid for lts sale age. In either case, the grain is go-Phrongh the national sales agency.
' ing to market through the farmers' 'own machinery. Controls Many Factors. The national sales agency will con trol the following through the ownership of the voting stock: A Terminal agencies, which means branch offices to handle the grain for each natural grain district. Wherever possible, use will be made of all farmers co-operative machinery, such as now exists. Efforts will be made to open boards of trade to farmers' cooperative agencies desiring to operate through seats on the exchange. B Warehouse Corporations for storage facilities. It will be necessary to provide government licensed warehouses from which warehouse re-
ceipts will be issued and u;ed as a. ! department, by maintaining us own basis of credit. ' sales agencies on the grain exchanges Form Finance Body. I an1 y handling its own exportable C A Finance Corporation is con-j surplus, the new grain marketing ortemplated in order to provide farmer ganization can, in the opinion of the controlled credit facilities so that thr-1 committee, stabilize prices and pre-
countrv elevator mav finn.nee the moving of the grain in an orderly fashion. The capital stock to the finance corporation will be subscribed when growers are asked to sign up their membership in the National Sales Agency. The finance corpora tion is. designed or.lv to supplement exist ing financial machinery. D An Export Corporation will bo organized with proper facilities for marketing the surplus in foreign coun tries. E Service Departments such as transportation, legal, statistical and : olhers, necessary to furnish accurate! information on local, regional, nation-1 al and world-wide conditions whicii aff( ct the grain trade. The membership subscriptions of grain growers will provide the nation al sales agency with initial working
The rarm ana The Farmer By William R. Sanborn
A report from Helena estimates that there are 2,100,000 pounds of potatoes going to waste on western Montana farms for lack of a market. The Montana railroad commission has appealed to the railroads to cut the freight rate from the present "average" of 76 cents per hundred to 46 cents, to give these potatoes a normal outlet to the natural market centers. When you discover that you can buy good potatoes in car lots at Chicago today at from one cent to one and one-quarter cents per pound and remember that the Montana farmer has to pay three-fourths of a cent per pound and up to $1.10 per hundred weight to reach middle eastern towns and cities, you at once realize that to ship western Montana potatoes to the east means to donate them to the car riers, who could sell them for part of the freight charges
This reminds us of a few recenttors than were found on Ohio farms.
IND., SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 1921.
THIS POULTRY FARM Formation capital necessary to secure facilities for immediate handling of grain consignments. Later, the running expenses of the National Sales Agency will be secured by assessing a handling charge on the grain marketed through its offices. Use Local Elevators. Local co-operative elevators companics, composed of growers and or ganized on a patronage dividend basis are to be asked to contract with the national sales agency for the sale of the grain of its members.. Local cocompanies on a co-operative basis. To Permit Re-Organization. However, a reasonable period of time may be given to local elevator companies to make such necessary changes in their present form of organization as would meet the requirements for doing business through the national sales agency. A contract between the growers and the local farmers co-operative elevator company or the local co-operative association would be solicited, providing for the exclusive sale of the grower-members' grain through the rales facilities of the national sales agency. As an alternative, a contract with the growers could be solicited, providing for the pooling locally of the grower-members' grain, and its sale through the national sales agency. Choice is With Grower. The contracts also will contain provisions authorizing two or more companies to pool their grain, when approved by at least 75 per cent of the members of each company. It should be clearly understood that the option of the method of dis ; uuuum-.'- Ill'- til liri a ,iiill uiai nriing committee of seventeen believed iT"nr lm opnonai raeinoa woma provide the acid test for the pooling vstem and would eventually lead to a furvival of the fittest as between the methods. Will Stabilize Prices. By handling a large volume of grain through their own sales agencies, the fanners hope to check and finally eliminate the speculation and unfair practices by which the terminal grain markets have been manipulated, to their disadvantage. By maintaining a steady flow of grain to the markets throughout the year, by financing the grain movement, with elevator receipts handled by its own finance i vent tne great aany. weewiy aim s,ea ional fluctuations, thit are so great a hardship to both producer and consumer. It. is not the desire of the committee to form a grain "trust", according to the committee. It points out the im- ! and by handling its own exportable j surplus, the new gmin marketing organization can. in the opinion of the i committee, stabalize prices and pre vent the great dailv. weekly and sea sonal fluctuations, that are so great a hardship to both producer and consumer. It is not the desire of the committee to form a grain "trust." according to ine commiuee. it. points out m: nu possibility of unfair, prize fixing by farmers, since unduly high prices quickly defeat themselves by encour aging over production. transactions in South Dakota corn at Chicago. During the worst of the re cent slump a few cars of this xorn barely netted growers 15 cents per bushel. You are correct. Corn was 1 worth more in the farm Ftove in "that. blizzard-swept area than in a Chicago elevator. Farm Trucks and Tractors A farm truck and tractor census taken in Ohio in January showed that there were 4,660 trucks in use in 1920, as against 2,229 in 1919. The tractor census was compared with 1918, when but 4,729 tractors were operated by farmers, against 8,213 In 1920. This shows an increase of 3,584 tractors in two years, and of 2,431 trucks in 12 months. The October, 1920, estimate of the number of tractors on Indiana farms, according to the state crop reporting I census, was 14,643 or 6,330 more trac
Wayne county's share of these machines is placed at 236. As to Indiana farm trucks, the number is given as 16,625, against but 4,660 In Ohio, or almost 12,0u0 trucks over the Ohio farm quota as given by the National Stockman and Fanner. ' In addition to Indiana's supply of farm trucks are 13,061 trailers, which for many uses take the place of a farm truck. Cabbage, Potatoes, Apples Reports from the eastern consuming markets tell of - the finest winter type cabbage selling in the cities at from $12 to $16 per ton. and at $S to $9 per ton at the country loading stations where grown. At the same time new Florida cabbage, in 1-bushel
hampers, is pnng x.o J P i in New York. Just as with potatoes, cabbage is almost being given away, compared to its cost one year ago. Apples at wholesale are cheaper this month than in any February in several years. Cold storage Baldwins iand Greenings are selling in city markets at $4 to $5 per barrel, while New i orK imperials ana extra lsucjr w mt--saps are steady in New York at $3.50 to $4. Potatoes are going out freely at $1 per hundred pounds at western New York loading stations and at as low as 85 cents at northern Wisconsin and Minnesota stations for ordi nary white stock. Producers Complaining Growers are complaining that near ly everything which grew out of the ground in 1920 is now at or below the cost of production. And in this prob ably are correct! Fruit growers are sharers in the losses caused by falling prices and the high cost of labor, has kets, boxes and barrels last year. In many instances these costs and those relating to delivery at loading points I and the increased freight charges re suited In total loss of the crop, except for the little sold locally, used in the home or picked up by car owners touring in quest of fruit. Grape Growers Prosper The one notable exception in this slashing of prices and discontent of producers is found in the grape dis tricts. The demand for .grapes for home-made wine and grape juice throughout the east, and the pressure for raisins in California, largely for anti-prohibition uses, has brought prosperity to grape growers everywhere. They realized the highest prices, in our recollection, last year, being able virtually to name their own figures on most bountiful crops. Got 1,500 Members in a Day During Farmers Week at Columbus O.. January 31-February 4, a bunch of live wires left Columbus on Thursday night for a one-day membership cam paign in Marion county. The party was led by George L. Cooley, state farm bureau organizer, and 100 solicit ors went into action on Friday morn ing. The field had been so well subdivided that when the clans gathered at the hotel at Marion Friday night a total of 1,500 members, procured that day, was reported. At $10 per year this represented a contribution of $15,000 to co-operative work in the state. GREEN BUG, HESSIAN FLY, CAUSE ANXIETY, WHEAT PRICE RAISE CHICAGO, Feb. 19. -Notwithstanding that returning wintry conditions promise to ward off crop damage by green bugs and Hessian fly, the wheat market this week has failed to free itself entirely from the effect of misgivings. Compared with a week ago, wheat prices this morning showed 2 to 4 cents advance, with corn up 1 cents, oats 1 to 1 cents, and provisions. 5 to 40 cents. Anxiety as to the safety of the wheat crop reached a climax when one of the leading field experts of the country went on record a saying ! the situation needed careful watching is tne insect pests wnicn were tnreatcning a disaster had appeared a month earlier than usual and had already multiplied to an extraordinary extent. Green bugs in greater or less quantity were reported as infesting the wheat all the way from Texas as far north as Illinois. Corn and oats displayed independent strength as a result of liberal export sales of corn, and owing to assertions that oats were scarce in the east. Provisions were firmer fn Tine with hogs and grain. NEW YORK, Feb. 19 Trading in :trifL' a nnri horwl sx t Vi is woolf uu n ttended bv a series of irregular selling movements and enforced liquidation, the reaction keeping pace With further unsettled conditions in the linanciul, industrial and commercial markets." Losses were most severe in the shipping, oil and motor issues, but gradually extended to steels and railway equipments as well as numerous shares of no definite character Call money was again offered as low as six per cent on the exchange and a fraction under that quotation in the open market, but time funds held firm ' and the attitude of the federal reserve i board gave little hope of immediate relaxation for, such accommodations. ! International credits, as expressed 1 in terms of foreign exchange, were ! extremely unsettled. gfflESGEO ' The Bread They All Ask For ! ej BREAD g gf H The Delightful Loaf Made by ZWISSLER'S BOSTON STORE Only One Price
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PREBLE LEGISLATOR WOULD SAVE FARMER UNJUST TAXATION NEW PARIS, O., Feb. 19. A constitutional amendment which will forever protect farm land from bearing an unjust fraction of the state taxation is offered by Harry Dv Silver Preble county legislator, according to Harry Brayy, of this city, who made a special trip to the state capital to in vestigate-1 the' report sent out by Representative Cnester that Silver s new recommendation meant classification of property for taxation purposes. Silver is advocating a proposition to limit state 'taxes on land to not more' than 15 mills on the dollar of actual value," said Bragg, -who spent practically a whole day listening to a session of the committee considering this legislation. This, according to Silver, would prevent excessive taxes from being levied on farm land which, because it can not pay as high returns on Its market value as can the city property., can not stand as high taxes. Meets City Requirements At the same time the way is left open for the cities to Increase their taxes to meet greater expenses than the farm communities have. Rural communities may also increase their taxes by local vote, if they specify the time, amount and purpose, but the state will not be able to levy taxes on farm land greater than one and a half per cent of the actual value in money." Bragg explained this amendment at the meeting at Eaton of all the farm organizations of the county at the Eaton courthouse Thursday afternoon, and the meeting sent a warm telegram of endorsement to the "cornstalk brigade." As reported in Thursday's Palladium, Silver presented this proposition to the taxation committee of nine appointed by Gov. Davis, on which committee Bradfute, Tabor and Dyer represent the farming interests, with three representatives each for business and general interests. Chester was Invited by the governor to state his objections at this time also, but disregarded the invitationFREE GIFTS OF CORN FOR STARVING EUROPE TO START FEB. 22 CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 19. The first collection of gift corn for the starving countires of Europe wilL be made on Washington's birthday, Feb. 22, according to the announcement of Illinois Agricultural association headquarters. . The county farm bureaus have been asked to make their plans for the col lection and loading of corn on that day. The Illinois Agricultural association is hoping to get definite shipping instructions from the American Farm Bureau federation soon so that farm bureau can be notified. Details of the plan as outlined by the A. F. B. F. are as follows: The farmers will haul their gift-corn to their local elevators, where it will be shelled and loaded into cars. In practically all cases, local elevatorwill shell and load the corn free o; charge as their part of the projert. which is to be kept purely an a gift basis all along the line. If a car can not be completely filled at one station, it will be picked up and sent on to the next one. The county agents will arrange all details of transportation in the counties, acting under the direction of the state farm bureau fed eration. Loaded cars will be routed directly to the nearest of several dessignated mills which will grind the corn into meal, corn flour and other .porn products. These mills are acting under instructions from the Hoover committee and in that capacity will pay all freight charges. After grinding, they will forward the corn products under Mr. Hoover's instructions to the nearest sea port, from which they will be shipped abroad. The American Farm Bureau federation states that it is practically assured that railroads will furnish their equipment free of charge. Howard Jackson, vice-president of the United States Grain corporation has been appointed transportation director by Di rector Carl S. Vrooman. m India last year Llt2 person ere killed by tigers. ; niniinununntHimiiniiiiniiunuiitniiHimuiHiimnnwiiiHiiiiiHimiiaiunui : ! j 1 1 POLAR BEAR FLOUR Is King Ask Your Grocer OMER G. WHELAN j 1 Distributor I "u",,,uw,,u"un,m,im,,,m'",,,,,,imu,wt,ifmm,Min,n,MtiH,m,ui.J VIGRAN'C Ladies' ShopO For Better Values The Best Place ta Trade After All " erman TRACY'S Specials Always on Sale : -For Eye Glasses Properly r Fitted Clara M. Sweitzer, ' Optometrist 1002 Main St. Richmond Save Money oh Furniture iatVrj .--1 .; J Weiss Furniture Store I 605-13 Main St. . mmm .,,!
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