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No. 8 (VOL. 1)

BIG ROW AMONG
BEAN JOBBERS

QUARRELING OVER THE “SWAG”
THEY-SECURE BY HOLDING
UP THE BEAN GROWERS.

Positive Proof That the Bean Jobbers’
Association Have an Understand-
lng and Control Prices—Have

Always Claimed That They
Were Co-operating With
the Bean Growers.

Is it possible for you, this bright De-
cember day, to remember the day you
plowed the ﬁeld for beans in the early
spring? Wonder if you can remember
the day the planting was done; the
many times you cultivated the ﬁeld;
the harvesting; the threshing—and of
driving to town and turning over the
result of all of your hard work to the
local dealer? You ought to close your
eyes; think over the whole transac-
tion, and then read about the Bean
Jobbers’ Association.

This association, its membership
made up of the bean jobbers of Michi-
gan—the fellows who buy your beans
——have a gentleman’s agreement”
which governs the manner in which
they shall handle the “business end of
your business.” Not a trust; not a
combination—~Great Scott. no! Merely
an understanding. It’s a race for the
profits which ought to go into your
own pockets. It used to be a race
where every bean buyer had to look
out for himself and the “devil" took
the hindermost. In those days the far-
mer had a chance once in a while to
get the beneﬁt of a competitive mar—
ket—but not so in these latter days.
"Every little bean dealer now has no
price of his own. To be a good fel-
low, and remain in good standing in
the association, he must pay only the
price the other fellow pays.

But one of the big “bucks” jumped
the enclosure. He was naughty, very
naughty. And a meeting of the loyal
band was quietly called to be held at
Lansing, where it was proposed to
shear the big “buck” right where the
wrinkles were thickest. Listen to the
report:

“As the result of a quiet meeting of
the Michigan Bean Jobbers’ Associa—
tion, recently held in this city, one of
the biggest commercial warfares in
the recent history of the state has been
inaugurated. Interests representing
millions of dollars have been drawn
into the affair, and it is expected
that a number of other wealthy men
and corporations will be involved be-
fore the matter at issue is settled.

“The row was started over an al-
leged attempt on the part of C. G.
Edgar, the Detroit sugar king, of the
W. H. Edgar & Son Co., to control
the bean crop of Michigan. Mr. Edgar
saw the possibilities of the bean busi-
ness about three years ago, and got
into it by paying $50,000.

“For that sum he purchased the con-
trolling interest in S. M. Isbell & Co.,
of Jackson, the biggest bean jobbers of
Michigan. There are about 300 bean
jobbers owning or operating elevators
in Michigan, and the Isbell business
amounted to more than that of scores
of the smaller fellows put together.
The Michigan crop amounts to more

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SEPTEMBER—4The frost is going to kill the corn that We saved from drought

and flood.

we are face to face with a great calamity.

Act lV. next week.)

Not ripe enough to cut and no one to cut it.

I tell you,
(“The Drama of 1912",

 

 

Saginaw Going Oil Crazy

 

At Least $100,000 Has Been Spent in Making Tests and Building
De ricks—A Good Time to Look Out for Speculators.

ECEMBER will see a big increase
D in the development of the oil
land leases in Saginaw county,
while operations in the city will be
much more restricted and conﬁned to
the derricks that have been erected.
The Saginaw Valley Development Com-
pany will, 011 Monday, commence to
drill in Buena Vista township on the
easterly edge of the city. This will
be the ﬁrst well to be sunk in the
county districts, and will be followed
rapidly by others by this and other
companies, notably the Michigan Gas
& Oil Company.

For some time therc have been ru-
mors among the oil prospectors that
extensive operations. overshadowing
any of the past 01' present projected
plans. were to be made. .

Although the president, ofﬁcers and
stockholders of the Saginaw Valley
Company are not saying much. they
announced some time ago that in the.
near future they would be ready to
announce plans that would make
“quite a story.” These men are among
the wealthiest in Saginaw. It is stated
this company will eventually develop

a. plan that will overshadow anything.

attempted in the past.
The Valley company erected one

more derrick this week. It now has
ﬁve in operation.

It is stated that at least $100,000 has
been spent in Saginaw county for oil
leases, surveys, derricks, machinery,
drilling and blowing the wells. Oil
men say this will reach several hun-
dred thousand dollars more before the
winter is through.

It is a good time right now for the
people living in the vicinity of Sagi—
naw to look out for speculators. More
money has been lost in oil lands than
was ever taken out of them. Farmers,
too, should be very careful about giv-
ing leases. \Ve would advise the farm-
ers to get together and employ an at~
iorney and determine upon a lease
that wouldn’t give the oil company all
the rights, privileges and profits.

The Treasury Department last week
announced that a parcels post agree-
ment, has been entered into between
the United States and Hungary where-
by parlmges with no limit in value
will be accepted for transportation by
post. it is noted however, that park-
ag es of 0101' $100 in value, must be
anompanied by a (eititicd consular
invoice or bond given therefor.

 

following

Butter

 

LAST MINUTE QUOTATIONS.
At the time of going to press, the wires bring us the
“last minute” quotations:
Wheat, No. 1 White (large mills paying) ........ $1.05
Wheat, No. 2 Red (large mills paying) .........

Oats, Standard .............................. .36

Hay (best market today, New York), at ........ 22.00
Potatoes (best market today, Philadelphia) at. .

Poultry .................

1.06

.64

 

 

and neighbors.

runny/mag, /m a.» 1 , '__

50 WEEKS
OR MORE

TAKE 101111 CHOICE
PAY 011 FREEZE

DETROIT COAL DEALERS SET THE
PRICE ON HARD COAL AT
TWELVE'DOLLARS

And, After Raking the Last Embers
From the Poor Man’s Hearth,
Claim That it is Impossible
For Them To Get Coal.

At the very time when the coal deal-
ers of Detroit were claiming that they
could not get coal; when they were
selling only to regular customers, and
small amounts at exorbitant prices.
one hundred thousand tons of coal was
being held back in the railroad yards
of Detroit and vicinity. Some facts
brought to light by the committee ap-
pointed to investigate conditions are
given herewith:

“This coal was loaded in cars, some
bearing printed cards with the word
‘Hold,’ others marked with chalk or
white paint. ‘Hold!’ What for?

"In some places, in order to save the
demurrage, the coal was dumped on
the ground.

“In one place the detectives found
veritable mountain of hard coal esti-
mated to be at least 10,000 tons.

“On one occasion the detectives lo-
cated a string of 200 cars loaded with
almost 10,000 tons of hard coal and
which had been standing for a long
time.

"In all directions there werecar—
loads of hard coal.

“While people were clamoring and
almost begging for hard coal the
tracks were congested with cars and
cars of the precious load.

"The coal dealers were
while the price went soaring.

“Hard coal had already reached $9
per ton.

“The detectives talked to some of
the leading dealers. One of them
said: ‘I couldn’t sell a pound of coal
to my brother.’ He referred to the
ironclad agreement.

“The work of the detectives and the
calling of the grand jury seemed to
interfere with the plans. The tags
were removed from the cars, cars
were moved to the yards and the price
dropped back to $8. Advertisements
actually offering coal for sale began
to appear in the local papers. The ofﬁ-
cers have a fairly good idea who the
parties are behind this alleged com-
bias.

"The
volved.

‘holding,’

smaller dealers are not in-

They were the victims as
much as the general public. And
when this matter once reaches the
grand jury it is almost certain that
somebody will be indicted ”

When it is understood that perhaps
60 per cent of the coal supply of the
state comes through the dealers and
mine agents located in the city of De-
troit, you get some‘idea of the effect
this “hold up” has on the people of the
entire state. In many instances the
small-town dealers were unable to get
coal without paying tribute to the high-
waymen who had headed off the sup‘
ply; in other places the local dealers
worked with the “higher-ups” and par-
celed out their scant supply at exor-
bitant prices. We have long known
that the coal dealers of Michigan, Ohio

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DO IT TODAY, PLEASE.

 


 

2 .
THE MARKET

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING

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HAY

We simply must establish some
P line of defense that we are go-

ing to stick to in the disposition
of our hay holdings. The situation,
while we do not contend it is critical,
still, it certainly does suggest that we
must do more than the ordinary, this
year, in the way of systematizing our
disposition, or else an unsatisfactory
market condition will continue to ex-
ist, and it is possible that it might
become more unsatisfactory than we
are at the moment experiencing. 'There
is abSOlutely no question but what
there is a general tendency for a bet
ter feeling to gradually exist on these
better qualities of hay. We can not
expect that anything of a spirited na—
ture is going to develop in a moment’s
time, but by viewing the situation
from all outside market standards we
can gradually see that the receipts
of this good quality hay continue to be
very light. We also notice that there
is a tendency for a little premium in
the way of offerings on these given
qualities. If it results that we only
have a normal amount of good quality
bay for disposition this season, or if
it should develop that we have even
a decrease in actual No. 1 stuff, then
it would certainly warrant our setting
our stakes, forming our lines of de-
fense, our course of action. and carry
it out. The time of hit and miss mar»
keting is just as surely gone as it, is
gone in any other lines of trade. We
are living in an age when this hit and
miss way of doing things will not get
us desired‘ results. It will not get
you results. as a producer, any more
than it will get any‘one else results,
in any other line of trade. If the
above looks feasible and shows to
have a foundation, then why not get
right down to brass tacks, form a
concrete example and 'work this hay
game out to a ﬁnish. If you have
nice bright all timothy hay, which
certainly would be No. l, or if you
have nice br'ght qualities of light
mixed or even all clover hay, why not
set our stakes higher than the present
conditions show and hold back our
stuff and either get it, or at least make
a ﬁght for it. We contend that you will
get it, based on the suppositions as
above shown. You certainly will not get
it ifyou do not makeatry for it, and
make a ﬁght for it, and also system-
atize the disposition of your crop.
Summed up, that, means you. who have
strictly high qualities of hay, are to
hold. You, who have the common
qualities of hay. will gradually make
disposition as best you can. That.
does not sound encouraging for you
who have the lower qualities of hay.
neither will it be possible for us to
give you any real encouragement any
time during the season, and if the
boys who have this high quality stuff.
do not act, as above, the situation will
be very much discouraging, and the
result also.

 

 

HAY—MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES.

Zone No. 1 Michigan ......... $12.50
Zone No. 2 Michigan ......... 13.50
Zone No. 3 Michigan ......... 14.50
Zone No. 4 Michigan ......... 14.50
Zone No. 5 Michigan ......... 14.50
Zone No. 0 Michigan ......... 14.50
Zone. No. 7 Michigan ......... 15.00

NOTE—The prices given are on a
basis of No. 1 Timothy hay in the
different Michigan freight zones.
This gives you the price that Michi—
gan dealers should be able to pay
for this commodity. f. o. 1). their sta—
tions, under existing market condi—
tions.

 

 

 

DETROIT—VVe are forced to advise
that our Detroit market is glutted With
common qualities o‘f-vhay at the pree-
ent time. We do not think there has
been any one given period during the
present season in which as much car
service has been accruing and paid,
as during the last week. It was ab-

solutely impossible to place the enor-

SITUATION VIEWED FROM THE INSIDE

take a chance at the markets.
weather man.
will pay. Get on your “Slickers”

a:
l 2

market at profitable prices. No.
fed.
hour” proposition.
lower but we would take a chance.

 

OUR MARKET SIGNALS

HE Weather Man taken his observations; gets his reports from other

stations and “guesses the weather.”
our reports from other stations and with these as a basis we are going to
We will not hit it every time; neither does the
But if we keep just a few farmers from getting “soaked" it
and watch the signals:

M. P. E.

No. l—Good, substantial demand and present conditions favor steady
2—«Market clearing up and better price!
predicted. No. 3—Market very quiet; has every appearance of being over-
No. 4—No proﬁt at ruling prices.
No. 5—Better keep in port.

W'e take our observations, have

If you can hold, this‘is an “eleventh
Storm on. Prices may go

 

 

mous amount of low qualities of hay
that came on this market in a prompt
manner. For your general informa-
tion it is very easy, indeed, to over-
load this market, especially, with hay
not well up to standard in quality.
It is a small market, and a certain
percentage of it is taken care of by
loose hay from farmers' wagons hauled
in, therefore, it is easily possible to
overload this market very readily and
at any given time. Even with the
congestion that now exists, nice bright
cars of No. l timothy or very light
mixed, having the color, are going at
quotations and above; while low qual-
ities of hay do mighty well to bringr
quotations and in most cases are sold
well under.

 

HAY—DETROIT MARKET.

No. 1 Timothy ................ $17.00

No. 2 Timothy ................ 15.00
Light mixed .................. 15.00
No. 1 mixed .................. 14.00
Rye Straw .................... 11.00
\"heat and Oat Straw ........ 1.0.00

 

PITTSBURGH—The Pittsburgh mar-
ket certainly bears us out in our gen—
eral information concerning hay, re-
ferring directly to the actual amount
of No. l hay for disposition and also
the amount of receipts of the same
on outside markets. The demand on
this market for No. l hay is excellent:
strictly No. l qualities are very scarce:
No. l clover and No. l clover mixed
are arriving very sparingly and not
nearly sufﬁcient, to meet the demand.
The lower qualities of hay are hard
to make disposition of at anything
like satisfactory prices.

 

HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET.

No. 1 ’I‘itnothy hay ........... $17.50

No. 2 Timothy hay ........... 10.00
No. 1 Light mixed hay ...... 10.50
No. 1 Clover mixed hay ....... 10.50
No. 1 Out straw ............... 10.25
No. 1 Clover hay ............. 10.00

Fine prairie packing hay ..... 11.50
No. 1 Rye straw ............. 11.."
No. 1 Wheat straw ........... 10.50

 

(‘lN(TlNNATi#TheI‘c was an in-
crease in receipts on this market of
all kinds of hay. The demand seemed
equal to the occasion, taking hold of
all receipts at last week’s quotations.
leneral values were not essentially
changed. Fancy cars of either straight
timothy hay or very light mixed sold
at a premium. All clover hay was
in larger supply, with the quality only
common. Straw remains firm at quo—
tations.

have been light. As a whole, the sit-
uation has been about normal, the
demand has been good and taken care
of receipts in nice shape. There was
a fair supply of rye straw with good
demand. Oat and wheat straw was
scarce, and, accordingly, being looked
after.

 

HAY—CHICAGO MARKET.
(‘hoicc 'I‘im'othy ............... $19.00
No. 1 Timothy ................ 18.00
No. 2 Timothy ................ 16.00
Light Clover Mixed ........... 16.00
No. 2 Mixed hay .............. 13.00
No. 3 Timothy ............... 13.00
Clover ....................... 13.00
'l‘hreshed Timothy ........... 10.00
Marsh feeding hay .......... 11.00
Packing ..................... 8.00
(‘hoice Alfalfa ................ 19.50
No. 1 Alfalfa ................. 18.50
Rye .......................... 9.50
Oats ........................ 7.50
“'heat ....................... 6.50

 

 

 

BOSTON—There is no particular
change to report on the Boston mar;-
ket. There is one feature which may
have a tendency to help the situation.
and that is the increased demand for
export use, but we can not see any
substantial relief for the Boston sit-
uation in general. We anticipate that
the receipts will be heavy enough at
any given time so that it will be al-
most impossible to increase quotations.
We also think that this market will
have well up to a glutted condition
of common qualities of hay through-
out the season.

 

 

 

HAY—BOSTON MARKET.
Large. Small
bales. bales.

Hay. choice ........... $22.00 $22.00

Hay, No. 1 ............ 21.00 21.00

Hay, N0. 2 ............ 20.00 19.00

Hay. No. 3 ............ 10.00 15.00

Hay, clover ........... 18.00 17.00

Hay, clover mixed ..... 18.00 17.00

Ilny. stock ............ 15.00 15.00

Long: rye straw ....... 17.00

Tangled rye straw. . . . 12.00 12.00

Oat straw ............ 11.00 11.00

NOTE—Large bales weigh from

200 to 250 pounds; medium bales

from 80 to 100 pounds.

 

NEW YORK—“While it, is impossible
to make much of any change in quo-
tations on this market, still, it is
thoroughly evident, that the receipts
of strictly No. l hay have been very
light during the past week. Any ship-
ments of this character have been
selling at above quotations. There
continue to be heavy receipts of com-
mon qualities of hay. Along with the
Boston situation a little relief is in
sight by virtue of export trade.
POTATOES

 

HAY—CINCINNATI MARKET.

'l‘imotihy No. 1 ............... $18.75
’I‘imothy Standard ............ 17.75
Timothy No. 2 ............... 17.00
Timothy No. 3 ............... 14.50
(‘iover Mixed, No. 1 ........... 17,00
(‘lover Mixed. No. 2 ........... 10.00

("lover Pure, No. 1 ............ 17.50
Clover Pure. No. 2 ............

 

 

Straw, wheat ................ 9.00
Straw, oats .................. 9.00
Straw, rye .................... 10.00

 

CHICAGO—This market continues
to maintain a very healthy situation,
as based on general conditions else-—
where. Some days this last week re-
ceipts have been heavy, while others

 

HAY—NEW YORK MARKET.
New Hay: Large Small
’l‘imothy'—- bales, bales,
(‘hoice. per ton. per ton.
No. 1 ............... $22.50 $22.00
No. 2 ............... 21.50 20.50
No. 3 ............... 19.00 18.00
Shipping ............. 17.00 10.00
[inht Clover Nlixed. . . . 20.00 20.00
No. i (‘lovcr Mixed. . . . 20.00 18.00
No. 2 Clover Mixed. . . . 10.00 15.00
No. 1 Clover ........... 18.00 17.00
No. 2 Clover ........... 10.00
Straw—
No. 1 Rye ............. 17.00
No, 2 Itye ............. 10.00
No. 1 ()at ............. 11.50 11.00
No. 1 Wheat .......... 11.50
NOTE—Large, bales \vcigh from
200 to 250 pounds; medium bales
from 80 to 100 pounds.

 

POTATOES

We are pleased to be able to

hoist Flag No. 1 on potatoes

again this week. There is abso-
lutely no question of the situation be-
ing in a healthy state at the present
time. We admit that there is nothing
particularly spirited about the tone
to the market. We are also willing
to admit that it would be quite possi-
ble, at any given time, to make a
change on any given outside market
center; this by virtue of heavier re-
ceipts. This would go to prove that,
although the situation is healthy, that
it is up to us, as producers, and sub-
sequently, as distributors, to move
the stock we now have on hand in
the proper manner in order to main-
tain and establish a continuance of
its present healthy condition. Over-
feeding would at once make a Change
in the situation. There is very lit-
tle question about that, but still, we
feel that if the stock we still hold
back is placed on the market in a
proper manner, that we can not only
maintain present conditions but show
an increase in price available. If
the advice we continue to receive re-
garding the rotting condition is good
authority, we will certainly experi-
ence a change for the better in the
way of price on our stock actually in
shape to go forward. This is a fea-
ture, of course, that only time will
prove out.

 

 

 

POTATOES—MICHIGAN ZONE

PR | C ES.
Zone. No, 2 Michigan .......... .40
Zone No. 4 Michigan .......... .42
Zone No. 5 Michigan .......... .40
Zone No. 0 Michigan .......... .41
Zone No. 7 Michigan .......... .43

NOTE—From present market con-
ditions, local dealers in the freight
zones should pay you the price
quoted above for No. 1 stock dc-
livered at their stations. These
prices can be increased by taking
advantage. of special carlot offers.

 

 

 

DETROIT—Owing to the very mild
weather and good road conditions,
the Detroit: market has ‘been well
taken care. of by farmers living adja-
cent to the city; not entirely taken
care of by them, of course, but this
market was comparatively well ﬁlled
up some weeks ago. A great many p0—
tatoes were put in store at that time.
No one is particularly in need at the
present time. The only trade needing
attention is what we term “Floating
Trade" or trade which equips itself
in a hand-to-mouth way. Our market,
here is far from satisfactory; almost
impossible to sell bulk stock at any
price, sack stock selling way below
other markets.

 

POTATOES—DETROIT MARKET.

liulk from car, per bu. . .. .40 to .50
*Sacked from car, per bu... .58
*Sacks must be even weight, 150
pounds.
l’rice quoted includes cost of sack,
about 101/2c each,

 

 

 

CHICAGO—The demand on the Chi—
cago market early in the week was
very satisfactory; quite a little ac-
tivity shown, but later in the week
there was a lull and all trades were
affected accordingly. The situation
has balanced up and as a result of
the Week’s trade, shows this market
to be about on a normal basis with
one week ago. “’63 do not feel it
conservative to express anything of
a better nature existing. This market
is having a struggle to any more than
maintain a, normal market level on
this commodity.

 

POTATOES—CHICAGO MARKET.

Bulk from car, per bu. . . . .45 to .52
*Sacked from car, per bu., .50 to .50
*Sacks must be even Weight, 150
pounds.
Price quoted includes cost of sack,
about 10%;0 each. .

 

 

 

 

 


 

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CINCINNATI—The offerings on this
market are not very large, neither is
the demand very brisk. The situation
balances up, as steady, at quotations.
Buyers are only taking hold of offer-
ings to accommodate their immediate
needs. This does not speak well for
this market or any other. It estab-
lishes a disposition of uncertainty as
to the future expectancy that this
commodity will assume.

 

POTATOES—CINCINNATI
MARKET.

Bulk from ear, per bu. . . . .50 to .60
*Sacked from ear, per bu. . .55 to .65
*Sacks must be even weight, 150

pounds.
Price quoted includes cost of suck.
about 10%;c each.

quotations shown.

 

 

 

PITTSBURGH—There is nothing at
all promising to give out on the situa-
tion existing here. This market has
been glutted with shipments of all
kinds of perishable goods for the laét
month. We feel that by virtue of this
gluttedl condition, that some given
commodities have not had the usual at—
tention. As it refers to potatoes. it
would establish the ultimate fact that
this market either had been more than
taken care of previously, or else, there
was a general demand lacking. Of
course, we know that when certain
other lines of produce are in a glut-
ted condition and selling at sacriﬁcing
prices, that certain classes of trade
will divert their attentions to them
and follow it up by consuming them.
About this, there is absolutely no ques-
tion. Whether the above is the cause
or not, this market is only on a nor-
mal basis, doing well to maintain quo-
tations and keep in line with general
conditions. -

 

POTATOES—PITTSBURGH
MARKET.

Bulk from our, per bu. . . . .55 to .60
*Sneked from cur, per bu. . .60 to .65
*Sncks must be even Weight, 150
pounds.
Price quoted includes cost of suck,
nbout 101/2c each.

 

 

 

NORFOLK—There continues to be
a good fair demand all over the Vir—
ginia ﬁeld. This market, of course,
settles on a sympathetic basis with all
others. The establishment of a certain
standard by other markets is the basis
on which this market settles at all
times. From a Michigan standpoint,
we are not, as yet, able to make ship—
ments to this market to any particu-
lar advantage. in some cases, of
course, shipments can be made. but in
a general way, it is so far practically
impossible.

 

POTATOES—NORFOLK MARKET

Bulk from cur, per bu. . .. .50 to .55
"i=qu-kcd from car, per bu. . .63

*Saeks must be even weight, 150
pounds,

l'rice quoted includes cost of suck.
about lip/3c each.

WHEAT

 

 

 

 

 

\ We are going to change the Flag
I on wheat a little this week be—
cause the situation abroad is
gradually working around to somerkind
of a settlement, or, at least, it is so
conceded. Buyers are secure in this
opinion to the extent that they are
already showing a tendency to form
a real basis, or a real foundation, on
this commodity, which has been lack«

 

WHEAT—DETROIT MARKET.

No. 1. “’hite ................ $1.05
No. 2 Red- ................... 1.06
Speculative Prices.

*I)eeember delivery ......... $1.053»;
*Muy deliVery ............... 1.11

*'l‘he prices given for December
and May delivery represent the fu-
ture delivery prices. This infor-
mation merely gives you the future
basis of this comimodity as ﬁgured
by these who speculate on future
prospects.

 

 

 

ing for some time. Traders the latter

part of the past week have showed a.

disposition to grab up this wheat at
he moment a dis-
position of this kind becomes evident,
it will have its given tendency in in
tluencing the situation in general and
have its required, and from our stand-
point, desired effect. There is no ques-
tion but what wheat has been to an
unwarranted level. We could not ex—
pect from the unsettled situation that
has existed that large handlers would
handle it in any other manner, than
conservative. The disposition they
have shown establishes the opinion
we have entertained on this commod-
ity from the inception of the break in
the same. This wheat must go higher.

 

WHEAT—CHICAGO MARKET.

No. 2 Red .................... $1.01
Speculative Prices.
*December delivery ............ .84
*Muy delivery ................. .90

*The prices given for December
and May delivery represent the fu-
ture delivery prices. This informa—
tion merely gives you the future
basis of this commodity as ﬁgured
by those who speculate on future

’7' .‘..

 

BEANS—ADETROIT MARKET.

White, hand-picked basis ...... 2.30
lied Kidney .................. 2.30
MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES.
Zone No. 2, Michigan. . . . . ..... 2.20
Zone No. 3, Michigan .......... 2.25

Zones 4, 5, 6 and 7, Michigan. . 2.‘
NOTE—“'e give you above the
prices that Michigan dealers should
be able to pay you for beans, hand—
picked basis, in the different freight
zones of Michigan. The Pink Sheet
has set the price for beans, hand-
picked basis. at the average Michi-

 

gan points, at $2.50 per bushel.

OATS

 

 

 

 

prospects.

 

 

 

BEANS

 

 

 

We think you had better stay
I right in port for at least an-

other weekﬁspend your time
iixing up your craft so that when We
want to launch out, it will be in proper
shape. There is absolutely no ques-
tion about the necessity on your part,
as a producer, and as a holder of this
commodity, to study the situation and
make disposition in the very best
possible maner; that is what each and
everyone of you are looking forward
to. The main element that you would
like to establish ﬁrst is, that of a cer-
tain basis of safety on which you could
depend. You will appreciate, of course,
that it is practically impossible to
give a deﬁnite understanding of just
what safety means and at just what
point the same should. be ﬁxed, as
refers to the disposition of this com-
modity or any other. We can only
study the situation~watch the maneu-
vers of the troops on the ﬁeld and
form our conclusions. We know one
thing mighty well, from a common
sense, commercial sense, or dollars
and cents standpoint, that if you con—
tinue to rush your beans on the mar-
ket, that the tendency will be to de-
press the same. We believe from the
understanding we have gained, from
a study of the situation, from all an-
gles, that We can just as well set our
stakes around $2.10 to the producer on
a hand picked basis. and by the proper
manipulation and disposition, be able
to get it. liut, rather than set our
stakes at any particular limit at the
present time we wish to work with
you from an educational standpoint
of what, the situation actually means
and what we can hope to expect if
handled properly, and whether we can
actually help conditions if we act so
and so or not. If we can help con-
ditions, the question comes up, how
much? It. has been proven, that if
we continue to dump our stuff on the
market, that we are going to show an
immediate decline and depression,
therefore, the fact is established that
we must discontinue that practice. lf
you have good, bright, dry stock, we
can see no reason for alarm what-
ever. If you want to join the army
that is ﬁghting for better conditions,
hold back for another week with the
rest of us. If the bean dealers would
understand what we, as producers,
were doing. they would naturally form
some kind of a rebuttal or source of
attack to break up our game. The
natural thing for them to do, is to
lower the price. That has proven
by actual experience the best way in
which to weaken a holder. Watch out
for this—let them drop the price all
they wiSh—you hang on to your beans.

 

think it is time right now for
us to get spunky enough so that we
are going to start a ﬁght regarding
the situation that exists on this com-
modity. We have fussed along with
the same and had no particular inter-
est in it, letting results develop them-
selves as they would, without any as-
sistance on our part, long enough.
If we are ready now to give this com-
modity any attention, let’s form some
line of attack on the opposition and
some line of defense for our own sake
and go ahead and work it out. The
situation is gradually cleaning up to
some kind of a basis. By this we
mean, that the poorer qualities of oats
have been Well disposed of. This gives
us a good clean commodity on which
to work. We are in position now to
make the situation the best possible.
Let’s hold up for a week or two and
think the situation over. study it from
all angles and determine what is best
to do.

We think it safe to raise Flag
I No. 5 on oats this week. We

 

OATS—DETROIT MARKET.

Standard
N o. 3 \Vhite ..................
No. 4 \Vhite ..................
N o. 2 Nlixed ..................
No. 3 Mixed ..................

 

 

CINCINNATI—There was a contin-
ued scarcity of the better grades of
good white oats on this market. This
in turn, causnig a good fair tone to
the situation. Retail dealers and feed—
ers in general were scrambling for re-
ceipts of high quality stock; lower
qualities were no more than steady.

 

OATS———CINCINNATI MARKET.

Stu ndn rd .................... 37
No. 3 “'hite ................. .351/2
No. 4 \Vhite ................. .34
No. 2 Mixed ................. .35

No. 3 iVIixed ................. .3452

 

 

PITTSBURGlF—The Pittsburgh mar-
ket remains quiet again this week.
The receipts are not heavy, the trou-
ble seeming to rest with the demand.
A demand feature entirely is having
its result on the situation here exist-
mg.

 

OATS—PITTSBURGH MARKET.

St 1: ndu rd ................... .30
No. 3 “'llite ................. .35
N o. 4 \Vhite ................. .33 ‘A;
N o. '2. Mixed ................. .32

No. 3 lilixed ................. .31

CLOVER SEED

 

 

 

 

 

D'» We are able to report a continu-

j ance of the very healthy and
satisfactory conditions existing
on all kinds of clover seeds. The tone
to the situation is really sharp at all
times. The receipts at no given time
since harvest have been in excess or
in fact anywhere up to the demand
on the same. The large handlers are
willing, and in fact, anxious at all
times to receive liberal receipts which

 

CLOVER SEED—DETROIT

MARKET.
June $1100
Mnlnlnoih .................... 11.00
Alsike ....................... 13.00
'l‘imothy Seed ................ 2.10

 

 

.3.

they are, more than glad: to own at
present quotations. There is nothing
in sight at the present time warrant-
ing a depression or even modifying
the present most healthy situation we
are experiencing. It is true, that on
timothy seed there is a very heavy
supply and on which the markets re-
main low but steady.

CORN

We are going to switch back to

Flag No. 3 this week, because

every indication seems to point
to an overfed condition of the market.
We do not feel real ﬁrm in this belief,
however, because we really do not be-
lieve there is a very heavy run of corn
at the present time. We are rather of
the opinion that it is because of a lack
of demand, rather than liberal receipts
that is affecting the situation and
showing our present quotations and
establishing our present market level.
We all know that we have had very
mild weather conditions so far this
fall. It has been impossible to do any
feeding to speak of and to advantage
up to the present time. This, combined
with the conditions on oats and on bay
has, we think, forced the present mar-
ket on us, as a result We are a
little afraid that it will develop that
we have a very heavy corn crop to
make disposition of this year; that, in
turn, it may be almost impossible to
advance quotation up to our last year’s
level, but we do not believe that with
proper manipulation and disposition,
that we should see this commodity go
any lower than it now shows.

 

 

 

 

CORN—DETROIT MARKET.
white ..................
white. ..................
white ..................
yellow .................
yellow ................. .50
yellow .................

No. Inixed ..................

No. mixed .................. .49
No. 4 lnixed ..................

CORN—CINCINNATI MARKET.
No. 2 white ..................
No. 3 white .................. “50%;
No. 4 white .................. .49
No. 2 yellow .................
No. 3 yellow ................. .491/1
No. 4 yellow ................. .48
.\o. 2 mixed ..................
No. it mixed .................. .481/2
No. 4 mixed .................. .47

coﬁTv—PITTSBURG MARKET.
.\o. 2 white ..................
No. 3 white ..................
At). 4 white ..................

No.
N o.
N o.
N o.
N o.
N o.

Ii-‘w'l;

v

:-‘t¢.y.:,;1

l\o. 2 yellow ................. .63
No. 2: yellow ................. .02
No. 4 yellow .................

No. 2 n '01! .................. .62
No. 3 ln‘ix‘ed .................. .01

.V o. 4 Inixed ..................

APPLES

DTT We believe we have every right

 

 

 

 

 

to raise Flag No. 1 on apples

this week. We believe on basis
of conditions as shown on this and
all other outside markets, that the
tone to the situation is not only hold-
ing on its former level, but gradually
showing a disposition toward im-
provement. There is a keen demand
and what we might term almost unlim-
ited demand for apples this year. The
same would develop as being the re-
sult of the price current up to the pres-
ent time. We are going to have a.
very heavy consumption—about that
feature there is little question. We
feel that the amount of apples still
back in storage will be taken care of
at not only present quotations, but at
an advance. We believe that the situa—
tion will gradually improve. We have
come to the conclusion as based on the
disposition of the trade at all points.
If you are holding apples at the pres-
ent time, you should take into consid-
eration, varieties, their proper time of
disposition, etc. Don’t try to hold
them too long past their general dis-
position period.

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EDITORIAL.

“ ONTleLLED MAlexETING?" Never; it can't be accom—
plished. \V rong again, neighbor; the word “can’t” has no
place in the farmer’s vocabulary. Let’s drop the “t” and then

make vigorous use of all the word suggests.

If you had said that ”controlled marketing would never solve
the problem, I would have agreed with you. But as an emergency

measure, as “first aid to a weak and sluggish mar—

CARRYING kct," you will find it is the very best remedy you

WATER can apply.
FOR THE Sometimes we have an “over—supply" of a
ELEPHANT’S given commodity. . I use the word “sometimes”
\ BA TH advisedly, because in these latter days supply and
/ demand are running quite a close race. However,
we Wlll agree, that with a surplus, controlled mar—
keting merely puts off the evil day.

But we don’t have to deal with a big surplus in any given comA
modity this year~~government crop reports to the contrary, not
withstanding. You can put the “Pink Sheet" on record right now~
if low prices obtain for the next six months on any of the stable farm
products it will be because the market is overfcd.

Wish you would always think of the market as 21 big, hydra—
headed, many—armed, and thousand-legged animal. .-\nd a big. hun—
gry animal, too. lle's always looking for something to eat. If left
alone for six months he would starve.

 

 

H

Don't be afraid, he's chained down all right. And it isn’t strange
that you never saw him. The iiiiddle—men keep the animal inside
the tent; you never know whether he is hungry, or has feasted on
the good things you have brought into town until he has a torpid
liver.

You simply bring the farm products to the market place, like the
little boy who carries water to the circus elephants. The only dif-
ference lies in the fact that the boy gets inside the tent and sees the
elephant you never get inside the market tent.

The General Market animal isn’t so large as you have pictured
him. The real market animal that you feed is kept within the borders
of three or four states.

 

Suppose, instead of one boy, a hunched boys 11 c1e c1111 1103; ed to
bring water to the’ elephant? he natui :1l 1esult would follow——
good spring water would be so plentiful that Mr. Elephant could take
a bath in it.

For four weeks the “l’ink Sheet” has been laying its plans to con-
trol the poultry market in Michigan. livery year farmers lose thou«
sands of dollars at Thanksgiving time, because they send in more
poultry than the big market animal can eat.

For the ﬁrst time in years the Thanksgiving 111arket held firm
during the entire week. The day after Thanksgiving the demand
for poultry to feed the Big Animal took even the crumbs. That‘s
what we call “controlled 111arketing.”

Michigan is the bean growing state of the union. Michigan bean
growers can absolutely control the bean situation. llut they don’t do
it. Some one of the bean jobber “spielcrs” come out from the tent
where the big Market Animal is kept, and cry, “lle sleepcth; away
with your beans."

And the farmers hurry in with more beans to feed the animal. On
they come, beans, beans, beans. Just as if the animal would only

live for a day. Why, bless you, that big market animal must live
the whole of next year‘on the beans you raised this year.

Same rule applies with any other commodity.

If the nine thou-

sand farmers who mad the “Pink Sheet” would remember this big

animal;

and fully appreciate the fact that he can be, and is often,

overfed—we would keep the brute hungry enough so that he would
be willing to pay a proﬁtable price for his bean soup, at least.

Let’s try it out, brothers.
find them.

If there’s a surplus of beans, we can’t
And even if there is a surplus,

’twould be better to ﬁnd

them next April than right now, when every farmer has beans to sell.
Don’t carry more water to the elephant than he can drink, unless
you want to contribute your mite of hard work and muscle, to give

the brute a bath.

 

 

POOR OLEO AND ITS TROUBLES.

DEPUTY State Dairy and Food
A Inspector, Mr. James W. Helme,

of Adrian, has but lately ven-
tured with renewed energy into the
crusade against the near-butter inter-
ests, and early arrests will be made
of a few bold dealers in Detroit who
have attempted to outwit the pure
food law.

Mr. Hehne alleges he purchased
oleomargarine tor butter, and declares
analysis by an expert showed it to be
oleomargarine. Mr. Helme’s last sam-
ple was obtained at the store Nov. 13,
he says, when he left a receipt of the
state dairy and food department for it.

“Several Detroit grocers who adver—
tised considerably some time ago were
in the habit of inserting deceptive ad-
vertisements in the local newspapers,”
said Mr. Helme Friday. “Our depart-
ment had a suit pending against one
of them for alleged Violation of the
pure food laws. I called on the vari~
ous dealers and pointed out their mis-
takes, and all, with the exception of
the man being sued, decided to stop
that kind of advertising.

“In order to ‘get at’ the dealer who
refused to quit, I appealed to the busi-
ness departments of newspapers. All
made the dealer modify his advertis—
ing matter, eliminating objectionable
features.

“I shall endeavor to have the next
legislature pass a law against decep-
tive advertising of food products.”

BIC ROW AMONG BEAN jOBBERS

Continued from Page One

than 0,000,000 bushels annually; its
value is about $12,000,000, and the job—
bcrs probably retain $1,000,000 to $2,-
000,000 as their commission for
marketing the l'armers’ crops all over
the United States

“.K P. Kimball, for years associated

with the bean trade of Michigan and
a stockholder of the Isbell company,
became ~ vice-president and general
manager of that concern. As such he
joined the Michigan Bean Jobbers’ As-
sociation, which is an effective organ-
ization with a membership of 260. The
Detroit man was placed on the execu-
tive board. This year, it is declared,
it was learned that he was laying his
plans to control the jobbing trade of
the state, which is 75 per cent of the
trade in beans in the United States. If
he succeeds, more than $300,000 of the
commissions now being paid will be
diverted to the sale grocers and to the
lsbell company.

“The association is said to have se—
cured the co-operation of the Saginaw
Milling Company, which is backed by
the Eddys, millionaire lumbermen, who
are building the ﬁnest bean elevator at
Saginaw. The building has immense
storage capacity and will cost $125,000.
The Eddys are ready to try conclu-
sions with Edgar, and the Michigan
Bean Jobbers’ Association has thrown
down the gauntlet as a result of the
Eddy support by refusing to permit
Edgar to buy beans.”

All ready, board the merry-go-round,
Mr. Farmer. Plant the beans, culti-
vate, worry and work; harvest, thresh
and sell. Then the dealers ring the
bell, off goes the machine, and the
bean jobbers quarrel over the swag.
Some day you will wake up, Mr. Bean
Grower. In the meantime, ride the
“merry-go—round” the bean jobbers
have arranged for your especial pleas-
ure and proﬁt.

 

"The P111]; Sheet" [is a hummer——

; a paper with a good stiff “punch"—

‘ a kind of knock—out for the local

fellows. ll‘ishing it the success it
deserves, I am, W. J. Smaﬁeld.

 

 

them and as (ZTUJI had :1

divisions among them.

total separation.

Aesop’s Fables With Present Day Applications.

t'ed together.
mind to make one of them his prey; but,
although he could easily have subdued any one of them singly, yet he
was afraid to attack the whole alliance, and therefore contented himself
for the present, with keeping at a distance.
attempt, was to be made- upon them so long as this combination held,
he took occasion by whispers and hints to fomcnt jealouslcs and raise
’l‘h‘ls stratagem succeeded so well that the bull's

OU 1L BUlrl S which had entered into a very strict friendship, kept
F always mar one another and

grew cold and reserved toward one another
The lion had now
and devoured every bull of them, one after the other.

The lion often saw

.-\t last, perceiving that no

and this ﬁnally ended in 31
obtained his ends, and he seized

in many parts of h’liclligan today. The middleman realizes that so

long as the farmer is working alone, he is master of the situation.
When the tarniei's lay their plans to form an alliance; to join their 1”.
sources and journey together, then the middlemen lions get together
and try as best they c2111 to foment jealonsies and raise divisions among
them. The inent for a cream gathering station, by whispers and hints
will cause the farmers to suspect the 1112111111, 1r; the elevator man in
town will, through relatives and friends sngw s1 that all is not exactly
right and square in the management, of the farmers elevator; price:
pro-arranged by the lions will ho paid for products for a limited time,
and thus the idea will become prevalent that the business of the farmer-’
company is not conducted econonn'cally and honestly. In fact, the”
gentlemen, who have long feasted on the proﬁts that belong to the
farmer, will adopt any plan or method through which they can ﬁnally
succeed in getting the farmers to grow cold and reserved toward each
other. When this is accomplished, it is not long before there is a total
separation. When the lion middlemen have obtained this end, they are
in a position where they can seize the farmers one by one and devour
the profits as of old.

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THE MARKET SITUATION
VIEWED FROM THE INSIDE

Continued from Page Three

APPLES—GENERAL MARKET.
Fancy, per barrel ........ 2. 00 to 3. ()0
Ordinary, per barrel ...... 1. 00 to 2. 00

ONIONS

You simply must get in port on
these onions. There is abso-
lutely no other way in God’s
world that you can establish any
kind of a market on this com-
modity. You simply must change
your tactics. You absolutely must
store these onions or hold them back

 

 

 

 

 

 

.3 in some way, or you will continue to

have a demoralizing condition existing
on practically every outlet for this
commodity. Right at the moment
there is not a market in the United
States that is anywhere near satisfac-
tory. Every solitary market center is
either already demoralized or else it
is topheavy and ready to fall. Espe-
cially is this true on red onions at all
terminals in bulk and on red onions
even in sacks at most market termi-
nals. Yellow onions of nice bright dry
character are moving in a con-
servative way at fairly satisfactory
The situation on yellows
is much better than on reds. Your only
game to play, is to hold back these
onions and take up with our “Service
Bureau” the proper manner in which
to make disposition. On 90 per cent
of the outside terminals today common
qualities of red onions in bulk will not
bmig‘yover 120 to 150 per bushel.

 

‘ r

H ONIONS.
Detroit.
Yellow Globe, sucked, per cwt.. . .80
Red Globe, sucked, per cwt ......
Yellow Globe, bulk, per cwt.. . . . .50

Red Globe, bulk, per cwt .......

Cincinnati.
Yellow Globe, sucked, per curt“ . .80
Red Globe, sacked. per cwt. ..... .60
Yellow Globe, bulk, per cwt.. . . . .60
Red Globe, bulk, per cwt .......
Pittsburg.
Yellow Globe, sacked, per cwt.. . .
lied Globe, sacked, per cwt ...... .60
Yellow Globe, bulk, per cwt.. . . . .60

Red Globe, bulk, per cwt.

 

 

actually believe that we will see a very
good and healthy situation existing on
this commodity in thirty to sixty days
time. We must appreciate that cab-
bage are of a very bulky nature; that
it is almost impossible to accommo-
date them with storage at outside mar-
ket centers, therefore the disposition
of this given commodity is of a mo-
mentary nature. In other words, buy-
ers are taking them as their immedi-
ate demand requires. That being the
ease, the storage feature and the dis-
position is entirely up to you as a pro-
ducer. You simply must put these
cabbages on the market—feed the
same on basis of appetite produced.

 

POULTRY -,

 

 

 

CABBAGE

 

 

We do not suppose there was

ever a period when the cabbage

situation was in a more demor-
alized condition than it is right now,
and has been for the last week. It is
absolutely impossible to make disposi-
tion of a car of cabbage on any mar-
ket in the United States today unless
it is simply fancy in every way. If
there is the least thing wrong with it
in the way of condition, or otherwise,
that given car of cabbage either can
not be sold at any price, or if it can,
will not bring the carrying charges to
A number of cars
of cabbage last week on the Cincinnati

land Pittsburgh market sold for less

money than the carrying charges on
the same. That means, not even bring-
ing the freight charges. Regardless
of what makes this condition, there is
absolutely nothing you can do but to
'hold you cabbage at the present time.
If your local dealer wishes to specu—

"late on the situation and offers you a

price, which you think is conservative,
meets with your expectancy as based
on the situation that you know exists,
let him have the goods. We do not
feel that the present situation that
exists, regardless of its demoralized
condition, proves that we are going to
continue to experience the same. We

,As far as the situation exists at

the moment, we could raise Flag

No. 1 on poultry. We are rais-
ing Flag No. 5 for just this one rea-
son: that we wish to continue to show
these handlers of poultry in the city
that we, as producers, can feed the
market on this given commodity in
such a manner as will warrant and
force a condition satisfactory to our-
selves to exist. We showed the hand—
lers of poultry on the Detroit market
this last week, or at Thanksgiving
time, that we had the situation in our
own hands; that we had the goods and
that we were now in position to regu-
late the supply so that the demand
would have to regulate itself to it. We
have shown them that we have turned
the tables, that instead of our ﬁtting
in with whatever kind of a demand
they were willing to create, they had
to ﬁt in with our supply instead. To
you, as a reader of this “Pink Sheet,”
we wish to congratulate you on having
stood by us, with our advice and sug-
gestions as to the marketing of this
given commodity. The Detroit market
experienced one of the smoothest and
most satisfactory conditions that it
has experienced in years, during the
present Thanksgiving period. All ship-
ments that came to this market were
taken care of in a most satisfactory
manner. The market was void of that
high tension or spirited nature, and it
was also void of that cutthroat and

sacriﬁce sales condition that has
always in the past existed. In place
of these two extremes, we, through

your help, created a good, clean, sub-
stantial and conserVative basis
throughout the entire period. If any-
one experie'nced an unsatisfactory
trade, receiving an unsatisfactory

 

BUTTER

For your information, all quota-
D tions shown on butter for the

State of Michigan is based on
Elgin, Illinois. If everyone at the
present time were using straight dairy
butters or straight creamery butters,
it would be practically impossible to
supply the demand. The actual supply
at the present time is below the de-
mand existing on this given commo-
dity. The only reason we do not ex-
perience a practically prohibitive price
to the average consumer on this com-
modity, is by virtue of the substitutes
that are being manufactured at the
present time to take its place. It is
surprising the small percentage of peo—
ple who are actually buying good
straight creamery or dairy butter in
large cities today. Even with the
large amount of substitute butter be-
ing manufactured, they are able to get
a price about so close to the genuine.
With the genuine below in supply of
what the demand actually suggests,
you can readily appreciate that it is
impossible to anticipate anything but
a very high and spirited tone to the
situation existing throughout the sea—
son.

 

 

 

 

BUTTER —- GENERAL MARKET.
(reamtry No.1, per pound.
Fancy Duir), per pound ......... i

EGGS

. :y
l: 5.!

 

 

 

 

We would naturally expect that

with a continuation of so mild

weather conditions, that we
would see a little indication of its re—
ﬂection on the price possible to ob—
tain, by Virtue of the naturally heavy
receipts we could expect. It is true
that receipts of strictly fresh stock
are comparatively heavy, but there
seems to be an unlimited demand. We
know that it is absolutely impossible‘
for strictly fresh receipts to come
anywhere near ﬁlling the demand, that
a very large percentage of consump-
tion is based on storage stock. This
being the true condition, you can rest
assured that storage people will hold
their storage stock well up to fresh
receipts and in no case will they
weaken, because the situation is alto-
gether too healthy#tone to the mar-
ket too keen—foundation for future
expectancy too secure.

 

POULTRY—DETROIT MARKET.

No. 1 Turkeys .......... .18 to .20
No. 2 ’l‘urkeys .......... .14 to .16
No. 1 Spring Uhickens.. .12 to .13
No 2 Spring Chickens.. .10 to .11
No 1 Fowls ............ .10 to .11
No. 2 Fowls ............ to .09
No. 1 Geese ............ .12 to .14
No. 1 Ducks ............ .15 to .16

Note.-—-A wire from any of. our
readers will brlnr.r last moment quo-
tations. Use cure in making ship—
ments and be sure the consignee is
financially responsible.

POULTRY — CHICAGO MARKET.

No. I Turkeys ................ .16
No. 2 'l‘urkcys ................. 13
No. '1 Spring Chickens ......... .12
No. 2 Spring Chickens ......... .10
No. 1 li‘owis ................... .II
No. 2 Fowls .................... 08
No. 1 Geese ................... .12
No. 1 Ducks .................... l3
Notc.—-.-\ wire froln any of our

readers will bring Inst Ininutc quo-
tations. Use cure. in making ship-
lnents and be sure the consignee is
financially responsible.

 

 

 

price, it would suggest an unfair deal»
ing. You had better hold your poultry
right back this coming week. Don’t
sell one. The Christmas trade is just
as good as Thanksgiving and the trade
through the balance of the winter
season is going to be highly satisfac-
tory if we continue to regulate the dis-
position.

 

 

 

 

 

EGGS—GENERAL MARKET.
Large 14‘ re sh .................. 'i2
chdium 14 r1 sh ................ 2H

CATTLE.
CHICAC O~The market has cer-

tainly taken an upward turn, and good.
prime beef demanded from 231: to 40c
per hundred higher than the week
previous. Nearly one-half of the sup-
ply of cattle that arrived were show
stock, the International Fat Stock
Show opening" on Saturday last, while
the, beef steer trade lacked the good

 

CATTLE—CHICAGO STOCK
YARDS.
licef steers, good to

prinu- heavy ......... l0.l0 to 11.25
lieef steers, Incdium to

good ................ 7.35 to 9.60

Beef steers, counnon to
fnir.................5.6011)7.35
Rangers .............. 4.15 to 7. 75

lieef cows. common to
selected ............. 4.75 to 9.00

li‘ut heifers, good to
choice ............... 5.25 to 7.25
Feeders ............... 4.15 to 7.75
(.‘unncrs und cutters. . . . 2.00 to 4. 50
50

A

Good to prilnc vcnls. . . . 9.5010 1 ).

 

 

 

CABBAGE —— GENERAL
MARKET.

Danish, per ton on track. .No market
Domestic, per ton, track. .No market

 

Your paper is just what the
farmers need. I can get more sub-
scriptions—A. H. Van Voorheis, R.
F. D. No. 1, Plymouth, Mich,

 

 

edge of Wednesday's session and spots
in the market for good heavy cattle
were lowur. Butcher stock held ﬁrm
at the best prices of the week and
bulls sold at the highest levels of the

 

season. Calf trade showed no change
and the stocker and feeder market
held ﬁrm. Two single fancy heavy
steers, culled from show cattle, sold
at $11.50; the best car loadu offered as
high as $8@9, respectively, and an odd
fancy bull up to $8. Expectancy is for
a liberal.run Monday. Friday’s ar-
rivals were about 7,000 head, which
was 11,000 head less than for the
previous Monday.

DETROIT—The local receipts of cat-
tle for last week were 2,570, as against
2,883 for the previous Week. Friday's
market opened with a light run in all
grades and trade was very active at
Thursday‘s prices.

 

 

 

CATTLE—DETROIT STOCK
YARDS.

lleef steers, good to prime

heavy ................ 7. 50 to 8.00
Beef ste e rs, medium to

good ................. 6. 50 to 6.75
Beef steers, c ommon to

fair .................. 5.50 to 6.00
1' cariing‘s .............. 6.50 to 8.00
Rangers ................ 3.75 to 4.25
licef cows, comnlon to

selected .............. 4.50 to 4.75
Heifers, selec ted ........ 6. 50 to 7.00
Stock stee rs ............ 5. 25 to 5.50
Feeders ................ o. 25 to 6. 00
(‘unncrs and c uttc rs . . .300 to 1.150
Good to prime venls ..... 0.00 to 10. 00
liulls ................... 4.50 to 7.00

 

BlTFl<‘Al.O——The week closed with a
slow and dull trade and prices meas-
uredly steady. The bulk of medium
grades came in from Canada, but these
unexpected arrivals had no effect on
the market for the better class of cat-
tle. There was a splendid demand for
feeding steers. There was a general
cxpe<tation of a good run this week.
the light run 01 last week being ac-
counted for by its being Thanksgiving
week. Most sellers are looking for-
ward to a steady market. On Friday
the trade advanced a dollar on calves,
but dropped back again Saturday to
Wednesday's 1e\el. Best veaIs ranged
from $1( J (50 to $11 fair to good from

 

$0 to $10.
Representative sales:
No. Ave. Price.
11 steers ...... 870 $6.50
1 cow ........ 1,020 5.00
l cow ........ l 140 5.00
3 cows ....... 1,083 5.00
l cow ........ 1,080 4.50
1 bull .. 970 4.50
(5 heifers (3130 4.50
l cow ........ 930 4.00
l cow ........ 1,060 3.50
CATTLE—BUFFALO STOCK
YARDS.
Beef steers. good to
heavy ............... 0 to 9.00
Beef steers, medium to
good.....,..........8.50(o 8.75
llcet‘ steers, colnlnon to
fuir ................. 7.50 to 7.75
Yenriings ............. 7.75 to 8.00
Rangers ............... 5.75 to 6.25
lieef cows, common to
selected ............. 3.75 to 4.00
l<‘nt heifers, good to
choice .............. 7J00 to 7.50
Heifers, selected ....... 7.50 to 8.00
Stock steers ........... 5.75 to 6.25
Feeders ............... 5.40 to 5.65
(‘nnners nnd cutters. . . . 3.25 to 3.75
Good to prime venls. . . .10.50 to 11.00
llulls .................. 4.50 to 4.75

 

 

 

HOGS.

ClllCACOACliicago shows a 3c ad-
vance over prices of a week ago. A
3.01100, higher start in the market de-
veloped into a bad finish, with most
of the early advance lost. Speculators
and shippers were good buyers at the
start, while packers held off until late,
when they dictated the course of
values. While trade ﬁnished topheavy,
only 2,000 remained in the pens. Re—
ceipts at 28,000 were beyond expecta~
tions, but arrivals included 5,000 billed
direct to packers from Sioux City, St.
Paul and other markets. A load of
heavy sold to a speculator early at
$7.95, but they later sold at $7.90.
Packing droves averaging 190@265 lbs.
cost $7.63@7.74. Quality was fair, with
pigs and light plentiful. Quotations
follow:

Average price of hogs at Chicago,
$7.73, against $7.69 Wednesday. $7.70
a week ago, $7.77 a month ago, $6.26

 


a year ago, $7.25 two years ago, $8.16
three years ago and $5.72 four years
ago. .

 

HOGS—CH ICAGO STOCK YARDS.

Bulk of sales ............ 7.00 to 7.85
Common to good mixed. . .7.75 to 7.90
Fair to medium “'eight. . .7.70 to 7.85

Lightweights ............ 7.40 to 7.60
Selected 200—300—lb.

packers ............... 7.70 to 7.80
Stags, 80 lbs. deckage. . . .7.75 to 8.25
Pigs ..................... 0.00 to 7.35

 

DETROIT-wAt this market the last
day of the week’s business showed a
5c upward tendency after a depressing
reek. ln the hog department prices
were 5c higher than on Thursday.
Everybody in the hog deal this week
was very much dissatisfied at the way
they were used by the big packers.
\VtttlllCStl‘ily they bid $7.40 for tops;
Thursday, $7.50 and Friday $7.55 was
the limit for anything 011 sale.

 

HOGS—DETROIT MARKET.

Fair to ehoiee butchers. . .7.45 to 7.55

Lightweighls ............ 7.25 to 7.40
"oars. according to

weight ................ 2.75 to 3.00
Pigs .................. One-third oﬂ’
Stags ................... 7.00 to 7.25

Aloha—Dressed pork. “‘hen “’enth-
er “'iil permit shipnlent, ﬁnds good
delnand in Detroit Inarket.

 

lillFl“Al.O~The Buffalo hog main
ket at this writing is steady
and firm. Buyers could ﬁnd
no complaint with the quality

of arrivals during the last part of
the week, and packers bought freely.
There is a splendid demand just at
the present time from eastern buyers,
and a steady market for the week is
looked for. A week ago packers‘
weights sold generally at $7.7361780,
and pigs and lights ended mostly at
$7.700/7.73. A year ago the bulk of
the mixed grades sold at $6.30, with
pics selling from $5.70 to $5.85.

 

HOGS—BUFFALO STOCK YARDS

(‘omnlon to good nlixed. . .750 to 7.90
Fair to lnediuln weight. . .750 to 7.90
liightWeights ............ 7.15 to 7.7

lt‘aue)’ shippers .......... 7.9010 8.00
Stags ................... 5.50 to 0.50
l‘igs .................... 5.75 to 6.00

 

 

SHEEP AND LAMBS.
l)ICTlt()I'I‘—4ln the sheep section the

stock was from fairly good to poor.
Not many good ones were noticed,
and for the few that appeared a $7

rate was paid. However, the general
market. at close, was We to 15c higher
than Thursday. .

 

SHEEP —- DETROIT STOCK

YARDS.
Lambs. good to ehoiee. . . .6.75 to 7.00
do fair to good ........ 6.50to 0.75
Yearling lambs, choice. . . .ti.25 100.50
.‘vlixed sheep .............Z .25 to 3.50
(‘ull sheep ...............3.25 to 3.35

 

Clllt‘AtltkeAt this market sheep af-
rivals w etc may generous. Buyers
had a generous post—holiday run 01‘25 —
04m sheep and lambs from which to
make their purchase. Demand was
of good breadth. especially for lambs,
and that branch of the trade opened
strong to higher than \\'ednesday and
at. the best. prices of the week. Some
of the bloom was off before the tin-
ish, but choice lambs sold well through—
out. Sheep trade was from steady to
We lower. Many lambs sold 500
higher than a. week ago but matured
muttons. unless choice, have lost, their
week's early gain. I'iest lambs sold
at, $3.75, the bulk of fat classes from
$7.25 to $7.63; good fat wethers were
secured ‘at $I.»10 and not, many ewes
passed $4. Quotations follow:

\

 

SHEEP _._ CHICAGO STOCK

YARDS.
liainbs. good to choice. . . .7.50 to 7.75
do fair to good ........ 0.75 to 7.40
do cull and common. . 4.5010050
Yearling lambs. choiee. . . .4.50 to 5.25
do call to fair ........ 3.50 to 4.50

“'eihers. ehoiee .......... 4.25 to 4.75
Mixed sheep ............. 3.75 to 4.00
Ewes. choice handy

“'eight .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.00 to 3.70
do choice heavy ..... ,3?50,t2 3.60
(full sheep ............ ’. . .-.ilﬂ “13.00

Ii lleH ................... 2.50 to 3.00

 

 

 

- BUFFALO —— Practically an un-
changed market on lambs, sheep rul-
ing steady to possibly a shade lower.
the weakness being noted on heavier
ewes. Supply ﬁgured 15 cars of fresh
and ﬁve loads of holdovers and qual-
ity generally was rather inferior, a
good deal of sorting being necessary
again today. In the lamb division
were included four loads of westerns,
two of which were well ﬁnished and
the remaining two lacking the desired
ﬁnish. Top lambs sold mostly from
7.60 7.75 today, with two loads of
westerns bringing $7.60, buyers show-
ing discrimination against these on
account of their skins. Culls, at un-
changed prices, ranged from $6.25
down, skips bringing from around
$450615 generally.

Sheep were quoted by most au—
thorities as generally steady, though
some sellers were inclined to quote
prices on some of the heavier grades
a shade lower. Large buyers of sheep
paid from $7.50@7.75 generally for the
handy weight ewes and buying a few
odd bunches up to $4. Very choice
ones; heavy fat kinds being quoted by
some sellers from $3.50@3.60 gener-
ally, cull sheep selling from $3 down.

The extreme top for lambs today
was against a $7.15 top a week ago.
a $7.60 top two weeks ago, a $6.75 t0p
a year ago and a $6.35 top two years
ago. A week ago the majority of the
top lambs sold at $7 with culls mov-
l1 g from $6 down and a year ago the
bulk of the tops sold from $6.50 to
$6.65, while culls ranged from $5.50
down.

 

SHEEP -— BUFFALO STOCK
YARDS.
llanlbs, good to choice. . . .7.35 to 7.75
do fair to good ........ 7.00 to 7.35
do cull and common. . .4.50 to 0.25

J!

Yearling lambs, choice. . .5.40 to 0.3.
do eull to fair. . . . . . . . .3..‘s‘5 104.2.
“'eihers, ehoiee .......... 4.25 to 4.0.

v‘ v‘

Ewes, choice handy

weight ................ 4.00 to 4.10
(‘uil sheep ............... 2.25 to 3.25
llueks ................... 2.75 to 3.50

 

 

 

COAL AND FLOUR.

On account of a few days warm
weather in November it has brought
about a slight reaction in prices. There
seems little chalice that there will be
any let-up in the consumption of steam
coal; therefore, when cold weather
does come the supply of coal avail-
able l'or domestic purposes will not
increase but diminish.

The reports on the car situation are
not. encouraging. The railroads are
only giving from 15 to 25 per cent of
cars, and it is for this reason that
the coal situation continues in bad
condition.

The hard coal situation is just a
little easier, but on account of the
demand being equivalent, to the sup-
ply there has been no change, in prices,

Soft Coal. l«‘_0.l~l.

Kind of Coal. Mines.
Hocking- lump ................... $2.20
Cambridge lump ................. 2.20
(flambridge “.3 —lump .............. 1.80
\Vcst Virginia Splint lump ...... 2.20
\Vhite Ash bloek ................ 2.20
Kentucky 4—inch lump ........... 2.50
Kentucky rtx2—ineh e "g .......... 2.40

Harrisburg 6—inch lump .......... ".40

l"oeahontas lump and egg; ........ 2.00
Pocahontas mine run ............ 2.00
Michigan Domestic 4—inch lump 2.05
Anthracite egg stove or nut 5.50
Note: Quotations on anthracite coal
is based on gross tons.
Flour.
“l'llend”——'I‘liis flour is especially
adapted for all round purposes, used

as either a bread or pastry flour, put,
up in barrels containing 2001bs. $5.30.

“Patent” flour is a purely Springr
wheat flour. On account of the scar-
city of winter wheat there is more of
a demand for spring wheat flour. It
is put. up in barrels containing 200
lbs. at $4.70.

Either brands of flour can be put
up in 50-lb. towel sacks at the same
price.

The above prices are for leSs than
car load‘ shipments, F. O. B. Detroit.
Special prices can be made on mixed
car load shipments containing ﬂour,
bran, middlings or prepared feeds.

Those interested can write our Bu-
reau for information.

A FRUIT DEALERS’
' COMBINATION

California Fruit 'Growers Being Held
Up, It Is Claimed, by the United
Fruit Auction Co.

gate manymatters in which the

citizens of Detroit are inter-
ested, have unearthed some unexpect-
ed leads which are liable to have
something to do in unraveling the
problem of the high cost of living. The
California fruit growers are the com-
plainants in this case, but we presume
that the Michigan fruit growers have
to go through the same channels when
they want to dispose of their fruits in
the city.

It has developed that the United
Fruit AuctiOn Company has a “cinch”
on the selling proposition in Detroit,
and that it is impossible for any one
outside to dispose of a carload of fruit
without placing the car in the alleged
auction pool. The capitalization of
the company is $10,000, and during the
twelve months it is claimed that they
have paid 400 per cent in dividends

A California grower, who brings a
car of oranges into the local markets,
can ﬁnd no buyers in the open market
as nearly all are stockholders in the
auction company. No proﬁt would
come in dividends on purchases out-
side the auction sales, and 400 per
cent dividend a year is worth while.
This same grower would not place his
cars at the disposal of the auction
fruit company, he said, as he wants
the privilege of knowing what he is
to get for his goods and if there is a
better market elsewhere he does not
want to be prevented from shipping.

One shipper asserted to the jurors
that should he place a car of deciduous
fruit containing 1,200 packages, with
the auction concern, it would mean
that he would be taxed at the rate of
ﬁve cents a package, or $60 terminal
charges, besides 13-4 per cent of the
selling price, which, he said, would
average $24, a total of $85 on the car.

If the buyers at the auction should
not bid a price which would leave him
a proﬁt, and he bid the car in, he
would still have his fruit but be out
$84. Should he withdraw it from
auction, to be put up the next day,

THE frand jury called to investi-

there might still be no bidders, as he
told the jury that bidders at the auc-
tion are not encouraged to buy a. pro-
duct which has been withdrawn the
day before.

 

DEMAND FOR HORSES B-RISK.

LTHOUGH automobiles are com-
A ing to be used more and more,
horses are still on the increase:
There are more in the United States
now than ever before.
years previous to the last census, the
number of horses increased in this
country over 1,566,000, being a gain
of 8.6 per cent. It is estimated that
there are now 20,000,000 horses in the
United States worth fully $200,000,000.
The main point with the horsr
seems to be his reliability. He i
ever dependable in industry and at
fords pleasure not obtainable through
any other medium. A true horse lovel
could not be convinced that an auu
ride will give him as much joy as
trip in the saddle. He will pass up
motor race for a. horse race any day'
Taking all things to account the horse
still stands well up in our ﬁeld of in-.
dustry and as a medium of pleasure

r

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EGGS AT FIVE CENTS APIECE.

It is predicted that eggs will retail
at ﬁve cents apiece before next spring.
Such being the case there are apt to
be many eggless breakfasts this win-
ter. But the man who keeps chickens
can be ahead of the game. Proper
feeding and care of the laying hens
means plenty of eggs during the win
ter months. The average farm hen,
however, will not share in this idea
as she certainly has no inducement to
lay. She is, generally speaking, an
object of pity, coming last in atten-
tion of all live creatures on the farm.
If it be green stuff and comfort dur-
ing summer that causes hens to lay, a
near substitute of such feeding during
winter will produce similar results,
and is doing it where followed. Treat
cows as carelessly and what is the re-
sult? No butter; and the same is true
of the hen—no attention, no eggs.

 

I think the pink sheet is a dandy '

and will accomplish good results-

Send me ten samples and keep
right on sawing wood—ROM. A.
(.‘lelland, (lumber, Mich. — I

 

 

1 VERY BUSINESS PABMEB
I: should know the freight rate

from his Shipping station to
the leading market centers. With
this key you are in a. position to
know whether your local dealer is
giving you a square deal or not.
Below we gin you the “Business
Farming Zone Map of Michigan.”
You will notice that in connection
with the map we give you the ap-
proximate rate per hundred pounds
for shipments by freight to the
markets named on most of the
products of your farm. These rates
will vary a. little at different Points,
therefore we advise you to go to
your local railway agent and get
the rates from him. He is obliged
by law to give you the rates, and

with these rates and the “Pink
Sheet” you are secure.
Zone 1—Sault Ste. Marie.
New York City .......... .32
Pittsburgh .............. .281/é
Cincinnati .............. .29
Chicago ................. .22
Detroit ................. .22
Zone Z—Kalkaska.
New York City .......... .341/2
Pittsburgh .............. .22
Cincinnati .............. .191/2
Chicago ................. .16
Detroit ................. .14
Zone 3—Bay City.
New York City .......... 27179
Pittsburgh .............. .17
Cincinnati ............... .16
Chicago ................. .13
Detroit .................. .10
Zone 4—Greenvi11e.
New York City .......... .29
. r’ittsburgs .............. 17%
.incinnati ............... .16
Chicago ................. .13
Detroit ................. .11
Zone 5—Sandusky.
New York City ......... .2755
Pittsburgh ............. . .22

 

Michigan Er_eight Zones

  

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MICHIGAN 9/

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)g” \.\ APPROXIMATE
FREIGHT w... \\ RATES TO
ZONES / " LEADING

T ' ‘BMARKETS

‘ (SEE
TABLE
BELOW)

 

 

 

Cincinnati ............... .18
Chicago ................. .15
Detroit ................. .13
Zone 6——Vlcksburg.
New York City .......... .29
Pittsburgs .............. .17
Cincinnati .............. .15
Chicago ................. .10’7é
Detroit ................. .11
Zone 7—Pontiao.
New York City ........... .2715
Pittsburgh .............. .17
Cincinnati ............... .15
Chicago ................. .13
Detroit ................. 06%

 

 

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TWINE WAREHOUSE
'BURNED BY GONVIGTS

IS SECURED FROM

 

CONFESSION

RINGLEADER WILL BE TRIED
FOR THE CRIME.

l FOUR PRISONERS AND THE

 

facture Enough Binder Twine To
Supply the Needs of the Farmers

LNarden Simpson Says He Will Manu-
w

Hi of Michigan—Prisoners Have

yo Been Subdued and Every-

st!) thing Runing Smoothly.

in, HE FARMERS of Michigan are
E mightily interested in affairs at
01! Jackson prison, and will be glad

coo know that the detectives have at
~ th ast found a clue to the burning of the
Stﬁinder twine warehouse which oc—
tOIurred some weeks ago.
eil'ession of the plot to burn the ware-
iS rouse and all of the prison buildings,
Ciias been obtained from four of the
teconvicts, and it will not be long before
e‘the ringleader will be tried for the of-
Illt‘ense.
C] ,It will be remembered that about
S‘two weeks ago four of the prisoners
‘ I' were quietly and quickly taken from
1 Jackson to Detroit, where they have
I been detained for some time.
’ four prisoners who made the confes—

A full con-

The

sion are: James Butler, Isador Huff-

1 man, Melvin Kelley and John Crum.
. According to their confessions, the ﬁre

was actually set by Davison, a Jew
known by the prisoners as “The
The confessions agreed
in all essential details and are believed
to form a complete case against Da-
vison.

The carrying out of the plot to burn
the sisal warehouse, according to the
‘onvicts, was simple and easy. They
:ay that Davison, who was a ring-
eader in the disturbances, secured
\i candle from the hallmaster’s office
where he found it standing on a

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window sill. This he hid for several
days, and ﬁnally lit it and left it in the
warehouse, just before the convicts
were locked up for the night, leaving
it to burn down and start the ﬁre in
the inﬂammable sisal an hour later.

The burning of the sisal warehouse,
while it was the only one of the
many plots in Jackson prison to reach
success, was far from being the most
serious of Warden Simpson’s regime.
The list of troubles have included the
smuggling in of dynamite in pursuance
of an alleged scheme to blow up the
prison and liberate the convicts, the
smuggling of cocaine and other dope
to the convicts an attempt to burn the
cannery, which came within a very
narrow margin of success, and a series
of riots, the most serious of which oc-
curred in the dining-room in early Sep—
tember, and resulted in the calling out
of state troops to overawe the unruly
prisoners.

In an interview with Warden Simp-
son yesterday, he said that they had
ﬁnally reached the bottom of the
whole trouble and that the discipline
in the prison was better than ever
before. The four men who made the
confessions have been taken to Ionia
and Marquette prisons, and the ring—
leader will be tried in Jackson county

Asked with reference to the supply
of binder twine, the warden said: “We
had at the time of the ﬁre a large
amount of sisal on the way from
Yucatan. This has been received, and
we shall be able to make all the binder
twine that the farmers of Michigan
will be able to use during the coming
year. I have had the prisoners clean
up the burned building; the brick has
been saved and we shall begin at once
to erect a larger and better warehouse.
The work will all be done by the pris—
oners and will be completed by the
time we need it for storage.”

Warden Simpson is to be congratu-
lated upon the manner in which he has
handled the Jackson prison troubles.
No one man in a thousand would have
stood by and fought the rebellious prisv
oners to a ﬁnish.

 

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‘GLEANER FARMERS’ ELEVATOR
32 AT ELWELL.

pany of Detroit is completing

 

 

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ITHE Burroughs Construction Com-

the erection of a new elevator at

— Elwell. The location for the new en-

'terprise is on the north side of the

Pere Marquette railway, where the
new company has purchased a two—
acre plot.

The Elwell Gleaner-Farmer Eleva-
tor Company is the name of the organ—
ization that is backing the new eleva—
tor. The history of this organization
properly'goes back a number of years,
beginning with the gigantic strides in
advancement made by the farmers of
the community of Elwell some years
ago.

For years the farming community
tributary to the village of Elwell has
been fast increasing in wealth. Bet—
ter farming conditions and the pro-
gressiveness of the farmers has
caused that farming section of this
county to make great advancements in
prosperity and wealth. Today, Elwell,
though a village of small proportions,
is the center of a great mass of wealth.
The surrounding community of that
village is supporting an institution
there, the Bank of Elwell, that stands

‘ with the best similar institutions in

this state.
From time to time during the past

1 number of years, the need of an eleva—
I tor at Elwell has been a topic of dis-
r cussion among the farmers of that see-
. c tion.
lIYear that any strong move was made.
f, in this direction and this was an out-
e growth of a meeting with Grant Slo-
C,ium, of Detroit, one of the leading
ct I‘rleaners of Michigan.

It was not until April 3 of this

The organization which is building the

—:levator is composed of 200 of the

eading farmers of the northwestern
lart of the county, which number sub-
llcribed $10,000 At a recent meeting

—.:he following men were selected as di-

ectors; James Gargett, A. D. Rabie,
William Schiff, A. W. Miller and John

Rockafellow. This board elected for
president, James Gargett; vice-presi—
dent, A. D. Rabie; secretary and treas—
urer, William Schiff. An insight into
the great interest and enthusiasm that
is back of this institution is seen in
the minutes of a meeting held along in
May. At this meetng there were pres—
ent 157 farmers. The stockholders rc—
side within a nine-mile radius of
Elwell.

The main building of the elevator
will be, when completed, 80 feet long,
30 feet wide, and 50 feet in height.
Only the most modern equipment is to
be installed. A particular feature of
the equipment, and one which no ele-
vator in central Michigan has, is a
dump. The grain is emptied into the
dump, which does away with bags and
shoveling. The capacity of the ele—
vator will be 12,000 bushels.

TAKE YOUR CHOICE PAY OR FREEZE

Continued from Page One
and Indiana were in a combination, but,
this is the first time that the people
have deﬁnite proof that the coal deal-
ers’ combination is made up of as
cunning a lot of pirates as ever scut—
tled a ship.

As usual, the cause for the coal
shortage was ﬁrst laid at the door of
the mine owners and then to the rail—
ways. Any subterfuge was adopted
to cover up the real condition. Per—
haps we can overlook the action of the
sugar trust when it boosts the price;
or the tobacco trust, when the price of
the weed goes soaring—but when it,
comes to putting the people in cold
storage for six months in this rigorous
climate, in order to add a few extra
dollars to the local coal robbers’ hoard,
it is time to call a halt.

 

Peter Morrison. in the Elk Rapids
section, harvested enough beans from
19 acres to bring him in an even $1,000
after having saved 40 bushels for seed.
His yield per acre was at the rate of
29.75 bushels.

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING

IT’S THE PRICE NOT THE SIZE OF
THE CROP.

T is not how big a crop you raise,
I but how much you get for it, that

counts in dollars and cents. Many
farmers have learned how to produce
two ears of corn, two potatoes, two
bolls of cotton, two tons of alfalfa
where only one grew before, but few
have learned to get the net proﬁt to
which they are justly entitled.

That which is raised in your section
in abundance and cannot be sold at a
profit is scarce in another section and
the price asked for what is to be had
is almost prohibitive.

The great problem at this time is to
bring the supply and the demand to-
gether in an economical, practical way.
Up to this time it has been done by
middlemen almost exclusively. The
farmer raised all the necessaries of
life—did all the hard work—and then
turned them over to another set of
people to market them—the easy work.
And strange to say, the farmers have
always permitted this other set of peo-
ple to make the prices and state the
terms on which the stuff would be
handled.

In order for us to realize what we
should for farm products two things
are necessary. The ﬁrst is to know
where the supply is and how much it
is. The second is to know where the
demand is and how much it is.

That is, there must be one place
where all the supply is known and
where all the demand is known. \Vhen
we accomplish this. then it will be an
easy matter to direct the supply to
the demand.

To bring this about there must be
concert of action. Farmers must
learn to work with and for each other.
We must get rid of that little petty
suspicion that makes us afraid to trust
our neighbor. We must know that
which beneﬁts us must beneﬁt him,
and that which beneﬁts him will bene—
ﬁt us; otherwise any seeming benefit
is only temporary and may be lost
any day. We must look to and work
for a permanent, lasting beneﬁt if We
would prosper and feel secure in our
prosperity. The idea that there is not
enough good things to go around and
that we must deprive our neighbor of
his share in order that we may have
enough, is growing obsolete, and in its
stead is coming the better idea that if
we would prosper we must do what
we can to aid our neighbor to prosper.
too. The day for selﬁsh isolation has
passed. It is time for us all to take
a higher and more advanced step.
Some may not believe this, but if you
will do a little hard thinking you will.

25 MICHIGAN HUNTERS KILLED.

Ninety—two persons were killed and
fifty—one injured during the hunting
season that closed November 30. last
year the dead numbered one hundred
and the injured thirty—seven.

The list of accidents in Michigan
is appalling. twenty—six persons having
been killed and eighteen injured.
Wisconsin contributed thirteen to the
list of dead.

Following is the list of deaths by
states:

Illinois. 8; Indiana. 2; Iowa, 2; Kan~
sas, 1; Maine. :1; Massachusetts, 4;
Michigan, 26; Minnesota. 8; New York,
10; Ohio. 1; Pennsylvania, 12; Volt
mont, 1; Wisconsin, 3; Alaska, 1.

'A glance at the causes of accident.
shows:

Killed: Shot by companions. :15; shot,
themselves, 30; mistaken for deer, 11;
shot by unknown hunters, 7.

Injured: Shot by companions, 29;
shot themselves. 12; shot by un-

known hunters, 3.

 

I have no bricks to throw. but
wish to say that I think you are
doing great work. and I am, sure
the farmers appreciate your efforts
in their bchaif. I think we have
got to ﬁght this thing to a ﬁnish
or be ﬁnished in the ﬁght. Wishing
you success in the fight, I am, F.
A. I/Veiglow. Leslie. Mich... R. F, D.
No. 1,.

 

 

 

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For 1906 to 1910, inclusive, the num—
ber of births in Michigan was 310,832,
while the deaths numbered only 186,—
631. For these ﬁve years there was
little difference, as will be shown by
the following ﬁgures:

Births—1906, 58,599; 1907, 59,029;
1908, 64,772; 1909, 64,333; 1910, 64,109

Deaths~—1906, 37,033; 1907, 36,701;
1908, 36,671; 1909, 36,313; 1910, 39,913.

HOW CHICAGO DOES THINGS.

Health Department Will Ask for One
Warrant Today.

Hundreds of unsuspecting Chicago—

ans have been eating horse meat re-

 

cently, according to investigators of
the city health department. Assistant,
Health Commissioner Koehler an

nounced last night that today he would
ask for a warrant for the arrest of
.loseph Sleichert, a sausage manufac-
turer at 1619 Center avenue.

The health department investigators
say they have evidcnce that Sleichert
has been selling horse meat from a
slaughter-house near Ilerwyn. They
also assert that other sausage—makers
have employed horse meat in prepar—
ing their product for market.

It is reported that most of the sans;
age with horse 111‘th as an inL’reIlient
has been sold To saloons for use on
free lunch counters.

A TREE HUNTER.

F. N. Myer, botanist and explorer
of the Department of Agriculture, has
left for a thrceyear trip through the
wildest, and least known regions of
Asia in search of trees and fruits that
will stzlnd dry weather of certain parts
of the l'nited Statcs. such as the sandy
stretches of the southwest and the
cold, wind swept plains of the I‘laktr

tas. He will visit the interior of
China, Siberia. Turkestan and other
far away lands. .\lr. Myer returncd
two months ago from a similar trip

which lasted two years.

Mr. Myer is one of the most fearless
and persistent explorers in the gov-
ernment service. II. S. \\'o_ulum, of
New York. who traveled 30 000 miles
a. few years ago in search of a bug
and ﬁnally found it. run him :1. close
secondswVashington Post.

Why TIIIS “Pilllt SIICCI”
IS WﬂlIlf

Before wecould complete the press run on

 

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“pink paper" in Detroit, congested freights
hold up shipment coming.

Perhaps you like the white bestw—you

mihgt give me your opinion on a post card.

 

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