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ONE CENT PER CQPY ( on MORE

UNITED STATES
FILES BUTTER SUITS

DISSOLUTION DF ELGIN
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Ceritrallzers' Organization and Elgin
Board of Trade Under Fire,
Charged With Pri¢e~'

Fixing.

     
 
   
    

 
 
  
  

District Attorney Wilkerson, whose
headduarters are in Chicago has ar-
ranged with government ofﬁcials in
the capital to break up the Elgin
Butter Board and the American Assn.
Creamery Butter Manufacturers, and
that suit has been ﬁled against the

 

  
   

_ mWel 1am safe inwnaidng that Michi- .
.I’rlt" mam mellpresont timewhas more
' :II' ; easement. shatks’iltlianlany other . ,.
., f . ./ ‘ ,. ' state’ icn: the; Union: A more than I
.1; ,1 , I’rﬁiizperwcemt; increase 111 the values I‘
during 'the past four; years, has,

    

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' ‘. I , Eggﬁgg Uliisugfaﬁ a SW3??? 0f ll? organizations, demanding their disso-
,~ 5 9 er oars 011in e lution.

, _ state irnepairablerininry and at the , The American Assn. CreameryBut-
, ,‘ ' 1,2,2, same time ruining ﬁnancially “WHOM" , i' ter Manufacturers is composed of the
' / j‘. . 9% WM have .b'esn ﬂOCkiﬂg- t0 Mlth'. ' centralizedvcreamery butter manufac-
%hsz::§hgngf thelrolﬁ’lpesl di -’ ' turers and embraces concerns like

~ . " '3 mm 0 n “a the Fox River Butter (10., the Blue

‘1 ”I gﬁﬁﬂgfsiswggg $2.;9 $$8;?dkt£hciglt _ Valley Creamery Co., the Beatrice

. ’ -.v , . . , , ~ Creamery (30., S. P. Wadley & 'o..
//'f \' they» Moms-What;«far1n_' 'landsI'sinI-the ~;' and others. The government claims
' :_ ﬁtme'arfe‘Wo‘nh- ITIhesex-tellows have 3, that these concerns are organized for
' , the maneyutoipaynfoi- Willi-Tamra“, A the purpose of controlling the price
. -. while the dealers get a good'bigimke -- of butter, and they are being sued in

    
 

Connection with the Elgin butter
board, which the government believes

        
 

on in most instances,- it Ir rxtrue that .
the I“Were hai’e sold their farms back . . I

    
     
     
       
 

‘ .' , home; at. a. big price and ‘thﬁl‘e' ' is also controlled by the centralizers
A1 ‘ , form can" hos-Sibly ‘afford to make , ' and is used by them to establish the
.. the» sharks 3. dontribntion..1t isjthe market throughout the country.

5‘ . dioraigners 'and ‘the poor class tofrfarm: There are between forty and fifty

    
 

yore. that are being imposed» upon by
the. Unscrupulousrland sharks; No mat-
ter~what city’onwillage you» visit, you
Willi ﬁnd. numerous dealers’ signs and
they make a special'featureIOf selling
terms. uITheii-I' usualEImO’de “of-:proce-
i dure’eis to» take optio'nsyu'on' all the
' , farmsgin alvicinity atzainertain price.
. the option extending perhaps over a
‘ year, or more if they can pOSSibly-i get
They‘ list the Ifarrns add from
ten" to- -1thirty dollars per acre to the

concerns included in the association.
and they are in the aggregate the
largest handlers of butter in- the
United States, as well as probably the
most important speculators. The gov-
ernment aims through their dissolu-
tion to put an end to so—calleil manipu-
18.11011 01' the market

The Elgin Board of Trade was 01-
ganized in 1872 and charte1ed un‘rde
the laws of Illinois in 1879. In 1896
the quotation committee was organ-
ized. Previous to this date.price-of

    
     
   
   
   
   
   
 
  

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When your friend sent you that Christmas Present he never thought about
the express charges. Next time suggest that he keep the package and send
you the Express Charges in ,cold cash. Cheer up. we are going to have Parcel:

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I”, How MUCH Do YOU FEED

How many know what it ‘costs to
wintér a horse? Not many, but it is

over a feed and never touch the 1esl
unless starved to it Weigh the hay

price set by. the Ifarmers and then go
after their victims- . . ' .
Oven the nor-them and western

not hard. to come pretty close to it,
without Weighing the deed every day,
aﬁil keeping track oi? every minute

fed a few times when things are not
rushing and from these occasional
weighings compute the winter’s feed-

butter was quoted between the ﬁgures
of the thsee highest sales.

v Eggsugiﬁisglzﬁlymgéiy ﬁgﬁdisglgggseélsagi 'spent in caring for the horses. If ing. Do the same with the grain. 'Undel‘ the arrangement adoptedf in
. . 1 - I ' ‘ ‘- 1896, a uotat'on committee of we
settlers. have lﬂst'lhell‘ﬂll In an effort may IS good and sWeet the horses The results are liable to be surpris members? two 1013 Whom are usually

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tolmake at -living~:on the farms: they

. haveIpurchased‘ 1.1 exhorbitantlprices. .

AI-story 5comes 'to‘ us. from Bay City
that (inﬂux-illustrates the manner? in
which these agents who are 110 less
than highwaymen; conduct their busi~
ness: 5

. “Mrs Jacob Gettler tells- the Bay

1' City police a tale of her dealings with
awland shark at Twining WhiCh, if

triue, Will land some of these fellows.

ought to eat up every spear of it.
An awful waste comes from feeding
too much good-hay. The horses pick

J

ing and may lead to ﬁguring on cheap~
ening the cost of feeding in some
way, It will be Well worth while.

 

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. " LAST MINUTE QUOTATIONS.

At the time of going to press, the wires bring us the
following “last minute” Quotations:

producers, two dealers and one broker
is elected. The board convenes each
Monday and acts as a primary market.
A call board is maintained, 011 which
the receipts of the New York market
are ﬁrst announced. Producers then
place their supply before the board
and offerings are made.

The bill is signed by Attorney Gen-
eral Wickersham. James A. Fowler.
assistant to the attorney general;

«151' h 3%"; $0.323. husband and 1...: . Wheat NO- 1 White (large mills paying) ...... $1 OilI 2 Uﬁiiﬁ‘éoéiﬁissﬁﬁiéﬁeé“Uigﬁféﬁﬁitﬁf,
. qagtsll‘felofﬁggiiigicgkgiuggorgtﬁesthewlﬁ) Wheat No. 2 Red (large mills paying) ........ 1. 09% $331“ C: $311011 81ndt Cilaries t1; DI:-

\ Xﬁﬁegigaggfrgtgrgfesmﬁﬁn‘f Oats, Standard . . . .. . . ..... . . . . ............. .37 togieg- gegegal. ass1s an S 0 e a
mﬂytﬁgmﬁligligtsggilgﬁm Rye. . ,. . p. ,. . . ., . . . ., . . . . . .A ................ .62 two? 02.133.112.111: dif§fugﬁieilfhéli 1,
111;:Efyanggﬁecolgrfgysgigpgghlﬁ“; A BCanS ............................. 2. 20. Zgilgnéi‘hgegeigriﬁﬁfiifgnggggiggg
northMichiganfarmfor $3,000.“ They Hay (best market today, New York) at ........ 21. 50 ifﬁsgféggga‘iéiieig 1531:. @3235 (1:1:

  
    

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, . mandi'n that the El in me be usei
$2..Jegﬁégﬁoeggﬁggﬁffoﬁ 3:: 12:3: Potatoes (best market 'today, Philadelphia) at- -58 as a birds in makiig 2013mm 1-3.
A The GFOD failure this yea1,liowever. Butter . -." -.,§ . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . ............ ~ .34 “$3,589; $1233?bﬁﬂﬁﬂgﬁgﬁgﬁ 2;
151%. them, back and he says.- although . , ; ‘~ ;~ _ £1 1 " to the actual price at which butter is

e was elven six years in which to . gs... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .32 being sOld ..

 

 

  

 
  
   

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The price of butter ﬁxed on the El.—
gin exchange, the government main;
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1.213111%} "’

rn Would see an 1111 ‘
1121:; market We have the l

cited-fer weather conditions of a

good cold, snappy nature, :Which We

. ....all appreciate is conducive under nat‘
. .1‘1ral conditions of a better feeling. ,~
Now that we are being v.isited with .
some of.
you may Wonder why it is that we‘

a. good cold snappy spell,

are not experiencing. the long-looked-
fer advance in hay valuations. You

will please appreciate that juSt be— :.

fore holiday season, or the ﬁrst of
the year, market conditiOns along all
lines assume a very much easier
tone. No receiver of hay. is buying
more than enough to accommodate his
immediate requirements. All appreci-

ate that on the ﬁrst of January an in-'

ventory will be taken and accordingly

the less amount of stock-they have on -

hand, the less trouble they will have
in taking the same. This curtails the
movement of practically all 00mmodi-
ties at this particular period, each sea-
son. Therefore, we can not expect
anything but the conditions which are
facing us at the moment. Regardless

of weather conditions or conditions

that would naturally confront us, the
holiday season would have its regular
effect. We are forced to appreciate
that the hay situation is in a serious
way. We appreciate more and more
as the weeks go by that it is absolute-
ly necessary that most prompt and
conservative action be taken on your
part that this given crop can be put
on the market in the best possible
manner.
more hay back in the producers’ hands
for disposition than we were able to
appreciate from the start. The feature
of the very small percentage of nice

quality hay still remains an asset to

those who have it for disposition. It
is simply. a question of proper distri-
bution of the entire crop, and also the
manner in which those having the bet—
ter qualities manipulate the situation.
We have asked you continuously, who
have the prime qualities of hay to hold
back. demanding a premium for your
offerings, doing this to help out the
situation in general so that those haw
ing the more common qualities could
make disposition of them to advan-
tage, and also to reﬂect back on your—
selves with an advance in prices pos
sible to obtain. There is always a
time when good stuff is wanted. There
is never any danger, practically speak-
ing, in holding high quality stock, es-
pecially if this true when the price of
hay is below normal, based 011 the last
ﬁve years. The tone to the situation
is very easy this week, and in a good
many instances markets are over-
crowded. The outlook is not .any too
good when a condition of this kind
exists, with the car situation as we
absolutely know it is over the state.

 

HAY—MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES.

1 Michigan .......... $11.50
12.50
13.50
13.50
13.50

Zone No.
Zone, . 2 Michigan ..........
Zone . 3 Michigan ..........
Zone . 4 Michigan ..........
Zone . 5 Michigan ..........
Zone . 6 Michigan. . . . . . . . .‘. 13.50
Zone . 7 Michigan .......... 14.00

NOTE—The price. given are. on a
basis at No.1 Timothy hay in the
diﬂerent Michigan freight zones.
This gives you the price that Michi-
gan dealerh should be able to pay
for this commodity. 1.0. 0. their star
tionl, under Existing market condi—
tions.

We are aware that there is

 

 

 

DETROITwThe conditions on the
Detroit market made a very quick and
abrupt turn from the rep01t giveh you
in our last issue.
road leading into this city must have
had some cars in transit. The result

_of Our this Week’s condition 011 this

éma'rket goes to prove that every side-

: ' track in this city is crowded with hay: “

Apparently every .

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shipments The market is gintted and

demoralized There is not: only a red ”'
duction in actua: prices possible to ‘
’ obtain of from $1 to $2 per ten, but it’ .
is very hard to ceme an’ywmere ~11 ar

moving stocks on hand siren at t 1's
severe out. 0111‘ market here is in a.
very bad way. The receipts or No.

mixed, are very limited. Ninety- live
pe1 cent at least of the shipments that
have come into this market have been

' of No.2 and No, 3 qualities, some

grading below this.

 

HAY-«DETROIT MARKET.
N0. 1 Timothy. . . . .‘.. . .- . . . $10.00
No. 2 Timothy. . .1 ............. 14.00
Light mixed ...... 1 .......... 14.00
No. 1 mixed. . ............. 13.00
RYe Straw ..... ~ ............. . 11. 00
Wheat and Out Straw. . . ..... 10.00

 

 

 

PITTSBURGH~The tone to. the
situation has eased noticeably. There
has been quite some change in the
situation generally on this market. The
dema1{d has eased off by virtue, we ex-
pect, of holiday season so close at
(hand. The market is experiencing a
limited demand and a reduction of
prices in order to make it an induce-
ment for buyers to take hold. It is an
up- hill ﬁght to make satisfactory sales
on this market. 1

 

HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET.
No. 1 Timothy Hay ........... $16.50

No. 2 ‘imothy Hay ........... 15.50
No. 1 Light Mixed Hay ....... 15.50
No. 1 Clover Mixed Hay ...... .. 15.50
No. 1 Out straw ............... 10.25
No.1 Ciov er Hay ............. 15.50’
Fine Prairie Packing Hay. . 11.00
No. 1 Rye straw ............. 11.50
No.1 Wheat straw ........... 10.50

 

 

(j) INCINNATIWReceipts on the (‘in—
ciunati market were not as heavy as
last week However, it Was impos:
siblelto advance natural conditions
over our repert as shown one week
ago. -We feel, however, that this mar:
ket has done remarkably Well to hold
conditions on last week’s basis. We

also appreciate that if receipts had'

been on a normal basis, or on basis of
last week’s receipts, that without
question we would have realizedthe
regular effect that the country at large
has shown. Welcan not feel that this
market holds out any more induce-
ments than any other, although just
at the moment conditions there may
seem‘ the least bit brighter.

 

HAY—CINCINNATI MARKET.

Timothy N0. 1 ................ $16.75
Timothy, Standard
Timothy ‘No. 2 ............... ‘.
Timothy No. 8 ........... ' .....
Clover Mixed, No. 1 ......... . .
Clover Mixed, No. 2 ...........
Clover Pure, N0. 1. . .. .........
Clover Pure, No. 2
' St’I'IWI
Straw,
Straw,

14.50

 

 

 

CHICAGO—~Arrivals Of high-class

hay continues to go below the actual

demand. This market centiuues to’
lead all others in good Conditions eXist-
ing. From the inception of the sea.
son this market has not experienced
what we Would naturally term a glut-‘_
ted condition The receipts o2t last
week were a. little beav arm h

of the former, mi

31' - : .
timothy, or even nice, bright clover No' 51 Timothy. '

’ ~;Light woven-maxed. .: 3‘5

~. heavy receipts an

 

Choice mm.
'No'. 2 Timothy-1....

.No 2 Miiéd Ray“ “is
'No. 3 Timothy ..........
gllfyje'r 1i ‘ - ‘
reshe Timoth‘
Malt-h feeding Igor

Pick . 1 '1 - 1 ,
'Uho'ice'rﬁiléaltju

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BOSTON-Bosto has experienced
practically all of

the same have run low in quality. This

market for the ﬁrst time this year has

been ferried to wince under the heavy
receipts oi low-quality hay. It has
been impOssible to take care of the
same, even with reduced Quotations

This market wenld appear on about a ’

normal basis were they not unfortus
mate in having an excess of lOw-quality.
stuff. If the same Were balanced as
we would naturally expect it, this mar-
ket would move along about as before

. There is no real change in market con-
' ditions to rep01t.
will bring about the same price as last
' week. _ ~._

No.1 quality of hay

 

"HAvs—sosroi‘u MARKET.

‘ Latte Small
lei." ‘fgbal'es.

00~ ~.$22.00
21.00

19.00

Hay,

Hay.

Hay,

Hay.

Hay.

Hay, clover mixed ...... .
Hay. stock. . .' .r ..... . '. . . '
Long rye~ straw.
Tangled rye straw.
Oat straw ._ . . .

NOTE—Largo bales watch from'
200 to 250 pounds,' medium bales,
from 80 to 100 pounds.

 

 

 

NEW YORK-We can not help but

note the manner in which the 1ail~
roads are handling the movement of

‘ hay, that the situation of New York

City has to be watched most carefully
or it will become in a glutted condi-
tiou This city, possibly more than
most any terminal market, is watched
by the railroad carriers more closely
than any other. One road or anothei
has been embargoed practically every

moment since the inception of the hay.

season—dist one and then‘ aucther.

The principal roads having desirable"
deliveries for this market are Erie,

 

HAY—NEW YORK MARKsn

-Now Hay: Latte 1» Smhli
Timothy-— bales. baled.
. Choice. per tend. per ton.
~,No. 1. ”$23100 3-21.50
No.21. 205072050
No. 3. . . 181004
Shipping . ‘ '
~ Liz‘ht lover Mixed
1N0; 1 lover Mixed.
.{No..‘.. Ciov :- Mixed
' o. . ...'

20.00
.‘ 13.00

 

 

. degree 0;

15.09, .1:

. , 111111:
diced conserning the keeplnaﬁg

~ Of this commodity.

ate that when the tra

. manner that they will handle the

' tun
tion very much differently thamif the
Were all assured that potatoes 1111' int
2. dollar would keep as 111' Minor years.
Being 'afvaid of £11932»ng
trade has shifted on ﬁne.
mouth basis, Simpiyig'ta 111g care 01’
their; needs 13er ~day to day-nevar
putting any iii store. You can it once
appreciate the handica this has on,
the entire. situation row the pro-
duc‘er’ s or the .shiper’s standpoint on
any dimerent commodity. There is
never that good, keen demand for an

~- article to put in store because the‘
trade has settled on a basis at taking . ; ~-

their chances from day to day When ,
ever the Situation shows any increase .

in receipts the tendency is to talks ad- ,

vantage at once, while under natural
Conditions they would take hold freely
and put in store and absorb quickly,
in that manner, all receipts in sight;
The potato, situation;- £10311 all angles: is
keep-i every one guessing this year;
We appreciate how you" tool; as a pm-
ducer‘, with your potatohs on hand for
disposition \and the- market showing
as it dees. The trade should feel very
much better over shipments arriving
after the ﬁrst of the Year than they
did ‘on the earlier shipments, because
they will appreciate that .if the pots: -
toes have kept 1.111111 this time that
they certainly should keep a redumd
length of time longer.-
we look for/a little relief to“ come to'» .
us It is impossible to tell with any
accuracy. whatever, .1 the

amount 0‘ potatoes back for disposi‘

,tion, also the amount the. are going

to be in shape for- movement when-.5

they are inspected We expect “hat a

good manywill be disappoints

ts or 90051ny in ca"

5. at t e moment the potato
' almighty .

Plenty of receipts,
puts the big crimp

~ Over the stat edit
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.'-.«-'. L1131:1101“ 101,511 each.

 

 

 

Yj'There is practically no

whateuermn the Detroit mar-

.WT

dented

kQ
by business for t or last week.Du1‘1ng
this period “it his been practibally 1111-?

oss115lé to di‘dw the attention of the .-

”ads to this line There is 110 per!
7‘ tieular 10% etc the situauon, no relief
grin sight '6 trade naturally has some
, stuck on hand. Movement f1‘oh1.farm-i

3:5 ers’. wagons “continue to be heaVy and

continue to be placed :on the market
"' in any manner whatever to get rid of
As long as this condition eXist's, it

“2 ' will be' impossible to raise the stand

We ”hope,‘ however, that after
the first of the year condigons maxy
Li'ndprdve somewhat Very much ..will

depend on weather and road. condi- -

Btions Pctatoes .are“ .now being
.‘brqmght into this market on wagons,
"4.0 miles. Yen can appreciatethat this
{conditions enlisting: As long as it is

apt :up, sea especially with 1130 1‘
Err ,‘lia'sis existing, it Will- be impossi

to‘ ﬁgure on reitef of an authentic '5

32'nattire \' , ».

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POTATO BB-DETROIT MA RKET.

Bulk tron our, pen-11m. . .. :40 to .45 .
“Sacked groin our, pet bu; 1. .5010 .551 .
‘Sudck’n Inn-t be e‘veB weight. 15G
'mn

Price quoted IncludeI cost of Iuck.

 

 

 

f3 CHICAGO—~With a deerease ' of
‘ about 33 per cent in u‘eceipts the Chi-
case! market is unable to show any
better markst, or better féeli g exist.
ing. ThoSe‘ pt you who understand the
Chicago situetion' appreciate that it
has been a very hard season.- Prac-

tics-Hy speaking, it has not been a. sat-
'isfacwry conditiOn to the shipper from ‘

its very inception There has been no
.g~-tlme [When this market has been in‘
line “with most places: This is nat-

ural, (this season, by virtue of the

' lamount- (“if Wisconstn and Minnesota
stock This m‘hrket, mug so favorable

‘ to both Michigan WiscOnsin and Min- -

nesota, is 3111133117:th {very heavy ,re-
ceiptss It is the.
ll‘dire'cti‘on, thereforelit is natural to.

,exiiect that the Situation would be {as
3 Shown this season, unless gotrerned by
the. shippers in the way (5131 movement

 

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‘ ll eyes My beemturned to 1101i 1 '

“one feature has a great inﬂuence on " 5'

‘ one week ago.-

enter of ﬁre from '

not think it is; it would appear and
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seasonable period.

-. We
Messrs about the same as
:qdotatmns, but we are

on 1st Qwee

 

POTATQ‘EMlT‘rssuneI-l

I]. . (“MARKE , ..
.Bulk’.fro I. car. peas bu. ..' .50 to .55
*Sa'cked ro‘m out. per-.1111 ,. 2.55 to .60

*chku must be even wemht. 150

""-pml_ndI. 3

J‘ Price quOted includeI 039“ of snack,
about 10%(9 each. . . '

 

 

 

much afraid that the Situation is really -
easier than quOtatiOns show. We ex.—

' pect Sthatf'if receipts Were heavy the

market would Show its effect at. once
with «reduced prices.

 

POTATOES-SNORFOLK MARKET
Bulk' from cars, per bu. .. . . . .45 to .55
*Sacked from car, per 1111. .50 to .60
teeckI must he even Weight, 150
pounds.
Price noted includes cost or sack,
about 1 $1213 each.

WHEAT

Regardless of the cause, we
have experienCed a littl ad-
vance in wheat quotations over
e have been con-
stantly advising that the situation
from all angles was shaping itself so
1that some decided and Substantial re-
sult would be the outcome. Up to
the ‘presant time therehas been no
real basis on Which to found any pros-
‘pects of a market It has been a
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WHEAT—DETROIT MARKET.
No. ‘1 Whit e4... ......... ..$1.08l';{
N0. 2 RﬁdzAg‘ V 1-09”

Speculative Prices.
*Decennhcr delivery. ‘ .31. 091/2
.‘May delivery . 1.131/2

"lute pricu clveI for December
and May delivery represent the tu-
wture delivery pribel.. This infor-
m u‘tioI merely ‘12:. you the future
bAIia‘ of till co odity as ﬁgured
‘ by those Niko speculate on tuture
”proIpe'ctIp - .

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changes one, way and the other, to
make one short and the other long.
We would naturally; expect something
of s mechanical. nature ‘just at this
season, e same as With all other
commodi has. we. think the present
advance, just at this time, means Very
much 1:.0' the 'Situation in general

hope it is not based on sonic ﬂimWsy
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' showing.

‘ about it.

' little nauseating.
situation as we have advised, them is

Last week we had- the blues.
This week, we will go in port

.and try to forget th1s commo-’

dity, being in hopes that after the ﬁrst
of the year conditions will improve,
fromlnatural causes. The weather
condition which we are now eXperi-
encing is one great asset to the mave-
ment of this commodity. Nothing is
more stimulating to a good, sharp de-
mand than go‘od, sharp weather at a
Notice the daily
pap.ers~—you will see that beans have
made a little advance during the last
week; This has a little inﬂuence,
something from a basic
standpoint, but we do not care so moon
The general situation and
its natural inﬂuence on results is the
big thing 'that interests you as :1 pro-
ducer and should go to bring about
results looked for. instead of anything
else. We know the demand that has
been created for beans. We know

'.,that they are of 21 commercial nature.
have placed themselves on the com-

aud have an actual
and decided demand substantially
created. Not too many beans have
been raised this year to expect :1 re-
duotion of prices as a result. The
Situation is healthy enough. There
isn’t anything particular the matter
with the bean situation this season.
The patient was all right. coming
along ﬁne. You simply gum-3.111111 an
overdose of medicine. which was a
If you handle the

mercial market,

no question but what you will see the
market: thermometer gradually rise
back to its former level. Every dealer
in the state of Michigan feels most se—
cure in the. general outcome of this
commodity. None of the dealers over
the state have been dumping their
beans ou the market during this de-
pressed condition. Every bean that
has gone forward were beans that
were sold in advance of this decline.
\Vllcn the market dropped, they com-

5' " situation is 0.11.

"be is Benson, and yu .
:.a”. cdésirsble prise, and a. set
one; would We sell .qn to. T.

Jilit past that you have beans. There “
s no: sense for worry.

 

..‘Zone No. 2, Michigan ......... -. 2.15

BEANS—HDETROIT' MARKET. .
Whit, hand-picked basis. . . .'.. 32.20
Red_id}1ey .......2.30

MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES.

‘ane No. 8, Michigan ......... ’. 2.20
Zones 4, 5, 6 ﬁnd 7. Michigan. . 2.25.

NOTE—We give you above the.
prices that Miskito] dealers Ibo-aid
be able to pay you (or beans, hand-
picked bash, in the different freight
loneI of Michi‘uu. The Pink Sheet
hII net the price for hen-I, hund-
piclted basis. It the average Michi-
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The only thing toreport on the
[j oat situation is a continuation of

a healthy feeling. There is no
question but what a foundation has
been established. There is an outlook
for this commodity comparatively
bright. We are now in shape so that.
we can ﬁgure with a certain degree of
expectancy and assurance, which up
to about one week ago was practically
impossible. The condition of the crop,
its movement, etc, were all prime fac-
tors in the establishment of a. basis on
which to form its future possibilities.
In practically every direction the tone
to the situation keeps getting just a
little brighter, so that we feel there
is no cause for worry over the general
outcome of the same.

 

OATS—DETROIT MARKET.

.37
.36

Standard

No. :1 white ............... '. .
No.1 \Vhlte

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in quotations to repmt over last week.
Receipts continued heavy sufﬁciently
ample to take care of requirements

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" VERY BUSINESS EARLIER
h should know the freight rate
from his shipping station to
the leading market centerI. With
this key you are in a position to
know whether your local dealer is
giving you a. square deal or not.
Below we give you the “Business
rarmin Zone Map of Michigan."
You wi 1 notice that in connection
with the map we givo you the ap-
roximate rate per hundred pounds
i301: shipments by freight to the
markets named on mOIt of the
products of your farm.'1'hoso rat”
will vary a little at different points.
therefore we advise you to go to
your local railway agent and got
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 l—Ssult Ste. Marie.
New York City ..........
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit

Zone 2—Kalkaska.
New Yor'k City ..........
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit

3~Bay City.

ew York City. ....... ..
Pittsburgh . . . .. -
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit

Zone Weenvlne.

1 New York City”

Pittsburgs

Ci'ncmnati . . .
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E'. D I T O R T A L.
CHRleM AS WEEK. Yes, and the last. M'eek of the
lets foroet buying and séllintr,’ proﬁt and losS
. work and wary—«£01 just one week Let’s forget troubles
and’sorrows: w1ongs, fancied and real; morat1tude——-anythntor and
eveiything that wiTl in any way cause us to
merlook. the fact 'that "This is
week: yes. and the last week of the old year?
Let’s not move a wheel this week toward
the market place. Leave the hay in the mow
leave the beans in the bags, keep the oats and
wheat in the granary; give the animals that
you expected to kill a. week’s respite; spare for a week that tree

lllS 18
old year.

THEY’RE

TAKING YOUR

. MEASURE
THIS WEEK '

which you intended to fell to make into ﬁre woodw—and just remem— ‘

her that “This is Christmas week; yes, and the last week of the
old year.’ i 1 ' ‘

You can keep busy this week, very busy—*and remember, the
busiest people are always the happiest people. Of course we have
children Who. me ungrateful neighbors Iw11o are unlikeable, and
troubles galore. .lfhings don’ t always go right: money is close, the
crops are poor and—éwell what of it: “This is Christmas week ;' yes,
and the last week of the old year

Start out by makingr every persOn under the home 1oof happy.

ll you 310 in the habit of being ‘ grouchy” surprise the family by
being: happy and liglit— —hearted this week. True, that won’t keep you
busy for a whole M eek right in your own, home; so journey up the
highWay and jOin‘ that neighbor of yours in a “Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year.”
. Clhen oive those faithful work horses an extra feed at hiOh noon
each (lav: 1e“ ard the patient butter makers with a little extra care.
Patch up the shed that shelters the sheep-e-yes, turn your attention
for a time to the needs of the animals of the ﬁeld over which you
have been an en dominion. From the least unto the greatest; they
look unto you as their lord and master. 2'

Re a kind andggenerous master this week. Poor dumb animals
to be sure; but they give unto you their service while living ;they
yield up their lives at your command that you and your brothers
may be fed and clothed. Can vou count upon your tWo hands the
blessinps \ou enjoy that are furnished by your animal friends?

I Target yourself this week brother. We are mighty important.
fellows all right: but let sI see how the old world will jov alonfr for
just one Week, while we turn our attention to making others happy.

True, it is, that we have been helping old nature pull down the sun
at night and boost her up in the morning—~but just for the sake of
others, let’s see how thing (rs will w01k, while we are busy with LI T-
TLE things—just for a week, you know.

If} Let’ 5 try the plan fo1 a week anyway. And on Saturday we ll
journey back to the wood lot. and watch Nature as she Shifts the
scenery in staging the last tableaux, f01 the closing scenes of
Christmas week '

And me thinks as you Stand silently in the after— glow, you will ’

realize that, after all life is just about what we make it That we.
have. labored hoped and searched anywhere, everywliere, for hapi
piness - '

. While the treasure we so much desired, rested securely in the.
shadoWS which we had allowed in our hearts.

it because “like begets l1ke”;,we didn’t let the sunlight in.

Christmas ,

And“ we didn’t ﬁndh’. -

him “1,1512%leer ,.
=momma than .: II
Emitting museums

Ehat aromas hard- waxing in and
11911191111611th Tt Its .allég I ' .
nhelped' Gettler. 0t).

seashell Msivtobllstf-home =' = I, I, .
property “This fall, when 111a pay 15% @535“
mentsxeoniqmot be mane; settle'n. said- Isliih, hﬁ’ 3196513," = h" ~_
the mertga-geb 10111 111m at Gould nqt «miably be 6w. axis-1mm MM '
take a. bunch cheer-mus and that lp‘i‘b not. netualw‘mﬂﬁ I
th'er' would: have. to. get: out.) Jacob -? , . I “1““. . '
Gettler. says he came to this city-10' g _ _ ,W’BW
get work in coder to bny. the children .va . .. ’2- 11111 The _ wDiT-i YEW»
.Iclothing- . 5 ' I' Wthﬁw ‘
; “During his ahsenee Joseph sold ‘ ' '

jthe peas and received $37 with Which

:C

the mother bought the children clbtlii L,
;— gan‘d came to'tliis city {to 50m“ her“
hiigslband; The family have biie‘ri in
this clfy‘ less than a Week and since.
then have run out of funds. Foerwo
whole days the children, little. tots;
have suffered from hunger and cold.
The father secured a. job and Worked
but one day when he was arrested.
Another brother of Jacob Gettler came II
f1 om Germany: but two days ago

,ﬁt‘eiitGSE 15.. .
1139. bu her great: 155 I'.
with *3li mail that.

IBoard usually 1) . I
that the Elgtn . " " .
.1 2 la 1 V .
.“It, therefor ,{ZI ' ndeclaiesa.
”the {price ﬂpie d by . the Egln Board
should. fall below, ythe réa'l economl
price Qf utter, as ﬁxed by the law .15:
supply a d demand the prongs
"lug from the corresponding drop ;n r
the. contract prices goes t6 the latgé
centralizers on every opund 0f14hu tor
whit: has, been .purc nsea in a ,
on the E glnpmce, ”.\. .

U S. FILES BUTTER SUITS
(Continued front Pag’e’ 0m)-
tains is not the result of free and
open competition regulated by. aetiial
bona ﬁde sales under the law or sun- ‘
ply and demand The price comniltteé
of the board i's‘ dominated and con} '
trolled, it is alleged, by large butter
manufactories, known as c‘entralizers,~
and by cold Storage concerns; “This
committee, the pe ‘tton, adds, “has
~. , \

Herbert Armstrong the Winner

ASTI week we offered a qu51‘ier for
the first correct solution of Farmer
Kohler’s problem. Heres the rea-
DIY-
l armet Kohler received 65c per bushel.
fer his beans, $13 00 for the lot
Out of the _ 20 bushels, the elevatorI I
man secured 7260 pounds or 12% bushels -.
of hand picked beans ' I
“These beans were "Worth $2. 20 .per'
bushel, therefore the elevator man real—.z..
ized item the transaction, $27. 86
Farmer KoIhler received $13. 00 lo: the .
bushels of beans
The elevator man made 3314. 86.

' IIF.R'1:‘ 's THE RESUL’L‘

Farmer Kohler received $1. 86 less for his 20
bushels of beans than the elevator man made on _I . _
handling the beans, and he had the cull beans—whow
‘ pay for the picking. i' " ﬁ2.-.m -“ .

‘ The ﬁrst. correct selution of the problem was Q1};- =
received from Herbert Armstrong, of Perry.
Michigan. ' . .. I i‘ ,, 1-. :1

a ,1.._

. 3e?”
I noun.
haVe Illa il’tofne expel innfcfje With your elevator‘mam Elsewhere”

ﬁgures“ it? 111.11 no.1..uss: ydttir. tamer mt tasttia‘EeJé .iilistﬁlﬁi’i’?ii',,
let h1an~42so¢send along your problems: - 3 , .. = "

Professor Square Root is wery anxrous‘forprob
nientber,.ave pay a. inane; apiece for everY 0:16 us

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'FJL";1."‘UL '1“, 'l- 'n 'l~' "UL EMU”

, 11' 11'
Monuments,

mile conﬁned
13 medals, -""

‘iother birds durlncr the winter of 1912

”asset's... «1W. 1'. '
311. st irme‘llite irrel-

mmtion of ‘

' nah notidlsihrbahests. All

:p otogmphmanstrhe m; the.r

h oommttteei :rhy1MarcnoilL' -._-2 1.11.- .~
he committeedoonsists or. defterson
utierwpmmdent 63 the. Michigan A11»

‘*'l'—L-‘ ’4'

TED om AT LAST

HE;_4

:.‘.‘-‘4 Mg?”

'2Equal 1$uffragetm Miphigan Defeated -

2,; 'g by Sgt/en Hundred and
‘i' '..-sﬂ $qu Vhtos“. U» W

Cruse. latest; naturn‘s: show that equal
Aum'ra'ge 11‘... Michigan. was lost {by 76.9

by them. sevenntoﬁ nine thousand; later

’ returns .reddced the majority to about '

' ' 211:2 ,
Dali’s questlon or Ill as
e evator Itlan to take hts seat ” I

1 . We call Illinois a great defuy State,
~ . yet she does not produce enough. but
tﬁe; ;th her own people. It. the state
- ﬁfWﬁi} (hosed to the butter shipped iii
.lfxoni neighboring states; the people
301? all beef.- cities, outside of Chicago,
“-plué 260;QQO of her “ﬁrst populatibnl
turodld ré deprived of butter for than}
. bread.- Does that touch our pride eon
_ ithe"butter'ed side? ‘ 3" ‘ -"‘”
0st farmers, whinsbxof theta. are not
;really farmers at all, but miners,

’9 ting the fertility of the-soil and sel inng

at {of little more” thinr’the ‘cogt' orf' min.
' ng’)‘. , , _ .’:"_.;..-/: ,1 3:1}

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' -. '=T0' Gut Farmer: Friends. ;,. , '.' .

2 Numerous induiries ‘h‘avle beénf‘re.
e'ei'ved' at thi O'ﬂié’e‘ concerning 'the
;sreliabllity or certai'ﬁ' tcompanles of
the city of Detroit which were do-L
'{lng business ixhder' the title2‘ ‘Farmers’
gElevatOr Goﬁipa-n'y" or “F'a'r‘rners Proéﬁ’
’duce Company ” ..

With a letter of ineuiry. 1ece1ved
' ~ 117 tn Mt. ti. F‘. Stimson, of Freeland
M, chigap was a four-page. circular
out out to Farmers Elevator
empan'y 'of. Detroit Michi' an, w ﬂch

' " .2 contained the tollowlng in (inmate

Dionne

Rnferences .We refer.” to. £he
Michlgan

swings Bank and the

' 1 Farmer as. reg'atds our responslbmty 2

and mariner or, doing business .
.. we {advise our inguirers to secure
their' mforrnaitiou direct from (these
references _2Q11r 1nvestigation 31.119313.
mpany is 1101; a .iarrner’s
mﬁ‘anY' “that its business is 'coni
ducted the sam'e' as any other stock,‘
company. We will not insert! the
'ad‘rertis'ring' of any person, ﬁrm. or.
’orati n2 styling itself a rl‘anmers

2 pail ‘nlesss we are . satisit
that» the, 31.91321? ﬁt “the aésddiatipp’ is
hither wholly o 't ' ..'

defeat thé'l 5men£lmeiutm
.several parts or th’é‘fsbhte showed that

lcareless, butu'tt
‘ .gen e511], theil‘adiesl‘ Waght it would

'- the voters“

.ibe' Qiz'e
“Whether it is amiss to rewsubmm the
y'questiun this sprtng The breweries

3600 and it took the oﬂicialweount to
:Rec‘ounts in

iithe election law had been .violated in

2‘ numerous instances;- and( prov-ed that
the? ofﬁcers in charge had violated

Etheir oaths
éiihods were so

via???“ been cIiminally

in

;be a solutely useless to carry the 1e-

count to her ‘ - .. .
The saloon element did not expect

the measure- to‘ cai‘ry; as a conse-

quit/ends they depended upon the last
few" days t'oﬁ' accomplish' then work.
Their money“ was epent freely, but
they? could not stem the tide and
there isi‘no questiiin in the‘ mind of
any beneﬁt person but that equal Suﬁ
irage" earned in .Miohrga'n by a g00d
some. majority ..

' The questibn‘ of woman's suffrage
was‘ taken up in' 1874-, ’ When the legis-
laiture subsumed 'thé' amendment to
The result showed 40 7-74
for and 135 957 against the adoption
of the atdé'n'dm'ent. T’he' manipulated
result (if the recent vote shoWed 2'47.
376‘ for the amendment and 248l311
Against it _.,.,

There is n0 doubt" but that the in-
coming legisltiture ’w-ill be willing to
gratiﬁa request no refer the amend
nien't again to the people' but the
ladies real-12s that the ﬁght "must he
made all over agal'nﬁ and that the op-
Do itiqn will ”he more hitter than ever
It is Question in out; grinds

ithe saloonkeepers and all of their
edupes will be ‘;a igtw work to defeat
the amendme .df it is re- submitted

‘in the. spring. "The whole bunch 1e-

‘ali'zés that. .if. it is deieated a second

time. it will be .a. decade .before it
can be agamsubnuttegi with any hope
of success We advise the ladies
tg continue, their organizatmn keep
up the agitation in a Sane se sible
Wen.- gels ample ﬂuids to early? on their
ﬁght, 2 (1 submit the pt’gpositidn at

the ee ction to. be. held two years. ;
@3931'im- .

71m show at WORKING

(The amt returns showed that _
suﬁmge had been carried 1111 the. state

"all "Esthetll‘ ' I

2 ctivm‘ous Bi ' 2
2.23 Best may on
(ii? iii d8” "

3.’ F r essay showing greatest deWI- 2

edge from personal observation of life
and" abits of ”our common birds '.

4 To school or person making most
,successful- effort in feeding quail or

.1913. . 1.2.Q

5 For sch'obl or person doiu<r mose.
efﬁcient work in protecting birt'ls dun
111g summer of 1912.

l

d. For school or pe1so11 building and - 2.
used

protecting most successfully
bird houses. .
For the two best photomaphs Or

sets of photographs, taken in any paxt

_ of the state of a wild bird or birds.

‘2 “COST OF RAISING POTATOES.‘

Uncle Sa'm Gets the Totals After

:' Three Years of Figuring.

it is to be hoped that undel the
'ineoming‘ administration the affai1s
of the Department of Agriculture will
be so conducted that a. 1epo1t (1111 be
gotten out within the lifetime of tho
av'eragemortal. While the ﬁgures

' sent out may. not amount to mucl1.it

would really be an iuuox-utiou to haw
stitch statements as are published 1110-
sented in time so that. they will be
,of_.s;ome service. The United States'
Crop Report just issued givessouw
stat-latics 0211 the (0st of raising po-
t'atoes:

The data. is for the year WW), and
was estimated from reports by 400!)
correspondents; It includes amounts
expended, labor and averages for the
United States, on fertilize-rs, prepar-
ation of land, seed, planting, culti—
vating, gathering, yield per acre, cost
per bushel. Value of moduct and other
factors of greater or lees cconOmic
signiﬁcance.

Some of the datwis at considerable
.vulue in view of the prosmt agitation
regarding fanner’ s mices and the llivrh
cost of living The aVeIase yield in
:bushels per acre for the whole country
was 118 Ianging frOm 8:4 in the south
Central states to 137 in the ﬁn west-
ern and north-Atlantic si.ates..respec—
tiyely. Unfortunately for scientiﬁc pur-
poses there, seems to be no rclation
between yield and cost of production.

The average cost, including the
rental value of the land, was 24.1;
'centsa bushel; but the highest cost

-_ that; Parasite Produce Buyers . 2
V sending Ton or Twenty-five cents

I: you were one 51 the loyal

54y ‘ 2.
e aplugging sun '* ﬁrnrmmnmho? helped found. this .

weekly Market and Crop Reporter
iﬁ'ﬁihe face of the combln‘ ‘oppo-
sitttph of the Market Gathbh rs anti

. tgi strain on a full FIFTY. WEEKS
SUBSCRIPTION » ,.

VI A's}: as a Portland Favor:

gthat you' send the balance in our-
’ rency, or stamps ih an early” man.
Rerhember' every issue of the little
“pink- sheet”'is going to‘ grew Vet'-
ter, more practical. And when you
tend in the balance. be. sure to still.

' '2 a neighbor or ﬁre to tom With you

by sending for a full year or trill
subscription. Right _now. is whgnf
we need your help most and to
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of production, 10.4 cents occuned in
the south-central- state's,» where the
yield was lOWest and the lowest cost

'of production. 21.1 rents. Was in the

north-central states east of the Mis-
sissippi 1* ver, where the yield aver—
aged 115 bu.‘ to the acre. coming very
near to the average of 118 bu. far the
United States. On the other hand, the
value of potatoes per bushel ranged
from 46c in the north—central states
8211‘le of the Mississippi river, to 71(-
iu the south—central states.

FARMERS WILL HAVE BEAN
ELEVATOR.

The farmers of Gratiot county are
enthusiastic over a plan to build a
large beau elevator at Alma. Steps
have already been taken to secure
stock, and it is intended to operate
vthe company along cooperative lines.

The farmers of Michigan grow 70
per cent of all the White beans pro-
duced in the United States, and there
is no reason why they should not
have something: to say about prices.
Just a, sum-{OSHOH to the *Gratiot
county farmers: Why don’t you or-
panize youx bean 9191 1t01 company
as one plant among a dozen 01 111019.

' located in different: parts of the state

and have the Whole output sold
through one central agency? It is only
through a. combination of this kind.
which will reduce expenses and at
the same time give the selling'

.asency a greater volume of business.

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as the “salesman” of every Michigan farm factory. '

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:1211 stamps, money orders or currency, foi-
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~the situation holds out

oArs~cmcmaA°rt .MARKs‘t
mohair! = . .. .
,No‘. 8 whit te . ‘ . ,
No.4 While. . .-. . . . . ..... “A.
jNo. 2 died ........... .’_ .....
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g} \ PITTSBURGHQ—There is no ‘partiou:
'lar change to report. Arri'valswere

just about sufﬁcient to meet the de-‘
mand. All offerings were taken care
of by buyers on a good, staple basis

‘ There was no tendency en the pail; 0f
the trade to reduce quotations. Every-
thing was snapped up iin a satisfac~

tory. manner.

 

OATS—PITTSBURGH MARKET.
Standard 37%

.3015
No. 4 White ................. div/é
No. 2 Mixed .................
No. 3 Minted .................

l
1

CLOVER SEED

\ There continues to be some lit-
tle trading on clovei’seed from
‘ the producer clear through to
the large receiver. Tax time has a
tendency to draw our attention to
whatever commodities are on hand,
that will bringr the returns needed. The
seed situation .remains in a healthy
condition. This is based on the feel-
ing of large buyers that the future to
many pros-
pects. If this were not their concep-
tion of the resultant situation, we
would not see our present: healthy con—
itions manifested. There is every
reason to look forward to a continua-
tion' of good long and satisfactory
prices 011 seed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOVER SEED—DETROIT
MARKET.

June ............... ' .......... $11. 30
Mammoth .
Alsike

 

 

 

 

 

reason why we
any other ﬂag
this commod-
the price as

\\"o see no
N should raise
~- but No.1 on
ity. We appreciate
well as you. but, at. the same time
the conditions from all angles are
healthy. The trade is taking care of
this commodity just as fast as you
could hope. Never up to the present
time has more corn gone on the mar—
ket than this season. We have an
exceptionally heavy crop for disposi-

 

CORN—DETROIT MARKET.

No. 2 white ..................

No. 3 white ..................

No. 4 white ..................

No. 2 yellow .................

No. 3 yellow ................ .50
No. 4 yellow .................
‘ No. 2 mixed ..................

No. 3 mixed ................. .49
No. 4 mixed ..................

CORN—dCINCINNATI MARKET.
No. 2 white ..................
No. 3 white ............... . . .
N0, 4 White ....... Q ..........
No. 2 yellow ..... -. ...........
N0. 3 yellow ................. «48%
No. 4 yellow ................. .47 c
No. 2 mixed ..................
No. 3 mixed .................. .48%
‘No. 4 mixed .................. .47

com-PITTSBURG MARKET.»
No. 2‘whﬂe‘ ............ 1.......
, No. 3 white .................. '.
=;.__No.4wlilte ......... .-./....‘...=
no. 2 yelltnv ............. >. . . .
No. 3' yellow ........ -. ...... ;. ,
'N‘l

“52% ~
.5134.

 

 

‘ ~ “ 5 1.1
.............. .311.
,

ted ........ h.‘-‘_..q--- .3‘ 7 6...;

 

 

 

 

_- i.

- cellars.

to exist on apple's.

manner in Which the large storers
handle the situation. If at any time
Or for any reason they should break

We can look for nothing from
now on but a sterage sitdatloii,_';.
. ’The‘ market m
‘ lines will be governed greatly by the

in on their holdings, forcing them out.

to the trade, we would at once see a‘
depressed condition facing us.
apple situation must be handled just
exactly right,
a healthy level of prices.
other hand, we can see no reason
whatever why the apple situation
should not maintain itself on" its pres-
ent basis or do more than that and
show an increase in value of 25 per
cent. We have maintained for some
time that an advance should be forth-
coming, and we still maintain that the
same is possible and shOuld be the
actual result providedthe sltuationis
handled in the proper manner There
are worlds of apples in store, not only
in storage plants but also in local
The trade is being worked
ha1d and constantly to take hold. The
consumption of apples is very heavy.
If the storers of apples are half as

game as the producers have shoWn

themselves to be, the apple situation
will be satisfactory.

APPLES—GENERAL MARKET.
Fancy, per barrel ........ 2.00 to 3.00
Ordinary. per barrel. . . . 1.00 to 2.00

1

ONIONS

 

 

 

 

' - Yellow Globe. dink
' R G

 

 

We can give you-just a little
hope this week by. virtue of
just a little clean up in condi-
tions existing in some outside mar-
kets, but at the some time this feel-
ing 'is so slight, the relief likewse,
that there is no real relief to the

for another week and hope that some- ‘

situation in general as affects you.
We know of one Virginia market dur-
ing the last week which would' not
take two cars of nice bright red
stock at any price, not only would
not buy them at any price, but re-
fused to take them in to be handled
on a commissiom‘basis. Those two
cars of onions are now unloaded in
warehouse waiting for development of
conditions Every marked practical-
ly speaking, 1! not looking for re-
ceipts—much rather they would not
show up. The market from the start
has' been crowded.
by the abundant crop and its hazar-
dous nature. Thirty days. of Weather

 

ONIONS;

Detroit-

.Yellow Globe, lucked, per cwt..
\Red Globe. sacked. per cwt.. . . .
Yellow 6101112,!) ulk‘, per cwt.. . .,
Bell Globe, bulk, per cwt... . ‘
o _ = .
' = ' Cincinnati. ', ‘
Yellow Globe, sacked, per cwt. .,
Red Globe. sacked. per cwt.‘ ..... 3.‘
Yellow Globe, bulk, we: cwt ‘

Pitts
10“, ﬁﬂcrkedl.

 

 

 

This Was forced.

Red Globe, 51115.net cwt,‘. . . .

The”~

in order to maintain'
On the "

. 1

‘. This has =11ad
market accordingly- The larg e stor-
ers of eggs on the New Ydrkg, Phlla-l
dolphia, and Chicago markets have

maintained a very serious attitude
toward their true position and accord-j

 

this will be” the will outed
nevertheless, 1.1. “19.1; as,’ the pres‘
is concerned,- there is absolute
use whittew’er to give {yourc
situation any attention ﬂea.
simply"time thfoan awa

no escape £01" it.

hers :o'f holders

obliged to feed their, cabbage instead =

of making other disposition. "Others

are turning the same into 1112.11.11 im- '

mediate disposition has to, be made,
an avenue of escape will haye to be
furnished by yourself at home.

CAEEAGE —- GENERiAlII.
MARKET.

Danish. per "ion or front. N'ormket
Bomb-silo. per ton. m. .N'o mm

 

 

 

BUTTER

There is wally no change what-
ever to give 011 the butter sit—
nation. It has remained lust

 

 

 

D

about steady at last weeks Quota— ,~

tions and on basis of this week’s con-
dition.
that butter is high—~11 not top- heavy,

it is up where the situation is some- 1 -
what dangerous from a price stand-

point. As pointed out in last week’s
issue if the sellers of butter are not
careful they will put the same to‘ a
level where it Will be top-heavy and
where the consumer or regular pm»

You will appreciate please -

“ position

chaser will bolt We believe the pic. _

ducers oi butter on the present basis
Should. be satisﬁed. .We believe the
consumer is satisﬁed with present
market leVels We believe that it
Would be possible under the present
healthy conditions of the situation to
put butter to a higher. Lovel than is
now shown, but whether it would be
practical! and result in a real advan-
tage is questionable.

BUTTER —— GE‘NERAK MARKET.
Creamery No. 1, per pound. . .30
Funny Dairy. per pound. . .v . _. . .. .34

 

 

 

a "EGGS"

There has been a curtailing of

y ..

.‘1

 

 

 

since the cold snap visibed us.
an inﬂuence on" the

111eg have made some strenuous

steps to relieve the situation that»
they felt was: bontronting them From‘
8 ppm

your standpotn

receipts of strictly fresh stock ‘

1

,5 7 buoyancy than hr the
pot beef were from 10@150 higher. still

.nding .ol “the
that the gene
situation «fro

nation. .
tone of the poultry

gjtnow tmtil spring shOuld be is atistar

torr—no reasou .for its being 111;
wise New. Year's market is us a
as good, a market as we have Q

will- meet with ready sale and
very satisfactory basis; =. .

POULTRY—D‘ETROIT MARKET. f. ?
N.1 key ...-.....:.-...1‘8-to .211 =-
113. 01:31:“..5‘36 ..... "aldto 2.163;}
.No. '1 spring ("jimmy-(-4211. .18.“.
g .3 spring c1135 .10 to 1.11 .- ’

..... .12 toy

2 F0311“: ...... .
1 Geo-eu- . . =.'

lDu'eks‘ .......... ‘-
; POULTRY~GHICNGQ MNRKET . .- .,
”No. 1 Tor-gen. . . .=.=.... .. no -, Q '..~=:~
.' No. '1 5’?!» Ohm. f
3N0. 3 8 ring Chicken-f .
go. 1 ow}: =. ‘1‘

0.2 w ..... ‘v , .'. ‘ -

 

q.-

‘HNo.1Ducka./:....I

reader: will bring Mat minute on» .
“than. The care in making Ihlp-
picnic and be sure the- consignee is
ﬁnancially responsible. . .~ _ ‘

LlllE STOCK

, Cattle—bChicago._ . ~ 1
Trade at uweek’s cloe showed more.
gust week. Sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

mixed lower. than ten days ago prices.

'- nReceipts of cattle were not large“ .5
tact; just about What the tréde

could
'nicely. digest. Packers an "
were not slow in falling into 1111 ~
present low levels and their, Keen
activity kept a good, outlet 991111 I
the bulk at 01111111135,

1.11.:

carrns—hmcmo erect:

 

 

30:15.45- wire from ﬁn! 0a our,


 

" 0.?5’to ,-

(vi-z. .0

...‘<.'.

h' 4 4
eff; teem common t'ov 444%

cows,
'loieotea, s. s .,‘. .
lilo-Hers a'eie'cte'a
steers

lB‘é'édm ' '
Gunners-,4 and cutters

Wealu.‘ . .
.1. “4.60

.1010!) t0'- 11.50
to 5.0409

 

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. ‘ Cattle—Buffalo. 1

' Sunni indications of winter Weather
at this point Was eXpected to help
,4 “£341 11 prices onto their feet again; but

L out M8 or a‘ few feeble efferts of 3
Lfew,0f the better grades the trade re- r

mained' dull; Prices Were regarded as
41er 40@5'0c_ loWer 011‘ most grades
4?,- and only the fanby grades survived the
adé'cline. The veal tra'd'e Was spirited
throughout, a Very notiCeable decr8358
"in 3rrivals causing the stable-3881131
tion and good to choice vealers' pass;
1113 along readily at from -$11@12. 50.

Indact 1.1418178 was rpom 13,041; more 3r:-

. 3'1""

 

44.11:,

' CATTLE—~BUF‘FALO STOCK
,7 YARDS.

',i

“'44

Beef steep-d, good to _.
.4,1 hen” . . . . H . 8.540 'to
. ﬂee! ulcer... medium to
. I" B'Wd'

B488! “can. condition to \-

8.50 to

ca... nnnnn ‘00-.1“

,...444...0,.,4.4. ..,-'~,...

7.60“;

Yemen-x- i‘ﬂtb'
4, , eet cow's, common to '5'
~ "~ i. selected ..;.. 7- '. 5.50 to
' " Fat heifers, '

- , choice . .
’ ,4 :. Heifer-i, selected
' 1; Stock stem . . , . 0.00 to
towers 0010
would cutter-q. . . .. 4.00“:

this prime wills. . . .11.00 tel '60
'11 3.50117 4.00“!

7»

80‘0'3' . ., .
' 7.25
4,75
0.25
5.00

6
. 4.00,, to

oyl'o

 

:.-,- ...............

,4.25»-‘

 

Howie-Chicago.

' l

Were Well represented ,and this wit

V
4‘ _

' ' ' Condition,

800 , -'

At this point eastern shippers ag'aln '
114-311 active part inlthre hmg trade.’

,i'ng largely 5@lOc higher/than 'on

eds/y, and Wednesday “previous to'*' "'

WYenrlip'

 

', found an active demand and

" . least 250.;

 

 

 

" Hogs-«tauﬂalm

5 - 8r: prices tinder moderate arr."
r1vals prevaliéd throughout; sthe clos- .
f'fii-ng day- of, the past Week fReceip‘ts'. ' "

tor the. day We're 6 400, head as against
9‘760'0 head, the corresponding day of
week'- previews Eocal packer

a £a4rl'y' ,gbo’d: outside demand the 111317-

7 .ket opened acme,,and besit grades

Were adianced from 5@;,l_00. The big
'8'Ird of the day’s deal went over the

4 883183 at‘ about $7 60 -while a few
854.4.7337-811. cosmonedv'samples went at pri-

vate' schedules at tram $760@7 8'0.
Yorkers of the heel; g'rades stood up
and were Counted 41111.81 around $7. 65
but the bulk of, sales rested near the
$7. 6404 mark W81: (mote. .

 

Hoes—.sUFFALo S'TOCK YARDS
Com-son to 300.1 mixed. .7135 tome

Far ‘10 mdiﬂ'ﬂ Weight .7.40 to 7.50
nightwehhts ,. . .735 to 7.50
Fan‘e‘y shippers . ,,. ”7.00 to 7. 90

) 4Siag‘l' _ . . . ."f. . . .5350 to 6.2-)
7.35 to 7. 40

1.4”,

_ Sheepwchicagb.
The; week’s close of. business showed
activity among the sheep. The lamb
'market wasrgood in the morning but
r'dropped oft; slightly 438 the day Wore
away. Early sales of prime tat west-
ern l he were made at $8.15, with
native going 3t 58 less. Dakota weth-
one were in slow demand due to po'or
4 tradi the passover at
”around $5. 25. As 81131.3 pick~out was
noticed for» the iancy trade at prices
above regular quotations, and no one
knows just exactly Where these premi-
unis lauded but probably not on the
fanm' ,\
5 ' e ‘ 7 ' .
34H EEP '—-- CH'mAGO LSTGOK
\ , YARDS 4
4 41.337173877700719 to 81701077.. 0.16 to 8.00'
00,431":- to, good. . . . .-. . . 10.25 to 7.50,
do, tommon...~2.50!o$26
4 ﬁlm!)- 81.011717. . :3550‘to 0.75
, do. {no uh........ 250103.25
, gﬁzeﬁeghoﬁe ._. z .1 . 4315010525
Ewes. mug; hhy . . . . . 2.”t'o8.50
. . . 325.10 4.45.

weig ti" .347. .
we 9 «'8; he. ....i....sruo 7.35
lane—en ”2.2 103.25

 

 

 

410 3.50

 

(rinse of week’s businbss,’ Packers? held'4,,.4 '4 ' '

’rb'acklaxi amassed their]. droves 3151's

,ight re ession, yet the 881181131 tone. "

at close showed a "sli' ght advance
10 the line and, a 'to'p‘ 5440‘; $7142 181‘
44c3'14's, heavy ho4gs. The. receipts

 

 

Those interested can 'write our Bu-

 

Chicago packers contemplate the
expenditure of a million dollars or-
more, for the establishment of a deep4

‘ water harbor in San Francisw bay

d4 an, unchanm

' condition as regards 'slieép. Receipts

showed a slight increase over that of

' ’3 week ago, but in the lamb yards

the supply .Was hardly up to the de-
mand. While prices are yet IOWer
than a week ago, yet” the weeks close
noted a substantial advance over the
IOWer levels a few days previous 01?!
ferihgs in the yearling
made up of Small bunches and QUO'»

' tations on each as these were allowed .

to .stand,.t0'p being $6.50. Cull. lambs
values
on .these showed an advance of at
best selling from $7(n>7;25

 

l

SHEEP— BUFFALO STOCK
YARos

anbs,‘ good to choice. . . 3.50 to 8.60
' do, fair tn good ........ 7.25 to 8.00
do, cull nnd common. .6.00to7.00
Yearling lambs, choice. . 13.00 to 6.50
do, cull to fall- ......... 4.50106.00
' Weihers, choice 4.75 to 5.25
4E4wes, choice handy
'4w81g111
Cull sheep

4.25 to 4.50
2.00 to 3. 00
" .50 to 3. 00

 

 

 

The car shortage has been slight-
ly relieved on ac<ount of the release
of cars from €101) movements and
from moving coal to lake shippin:r
docks. The mild tempeiuture duling
the past two weeks has given the is
taller a chance to catch up on back
orders and get a small supply of an-
thracite and soft coal on hand, which
willtake care 01' the orders now rush-
ing in on account of colder weather.

The movement of anthracite is a
little freer than a few weeks ago. it
will be impossible for the mines to
actually catch up on the orders before
March 1, but believe all consumers
will have very little tioublc in getting
coal if ordeied in small quantities at
a time.

The prices on coal are practically

' the same with the exception of Michiv

gan coal which has advanced from

251‘: to 50c 21 ton.
Soft Coal.

Kind of Coal.
Hocking lump
Cambridge lump
Cambridge iii-lump
West Virginia Splint lump
White Ash block ,,
Kentucky 4—incl1'lump ...........
Kentucky lix2-inch eg‘g‘
Harrisburg 6 inch lump ..........
Pocahontas lump and egg ........
Pocahontas mine 11m
Michigan Domestic 1— inch lump
Anthracite egg stove or nut ..

Note: Quotations on anthracite
is .based on gross tons

coal

FLOUR AND FEED.

Owing to the holiday season, ship-
ments on ﬂour and feed have some-
what relaxed, and the prices remain
the same, HOWever, we believe a re-
action will take place after the ﬁrst
of the year which will stimulate the
trade and will undoubtedly result in
a slight advance in prices.

Price

Kind. per bbl.
“Blend” ﬂour . ................. $ 5.30
spring patent ,. ................ 4. 70

Per ton
Coarse corn meal .............. 23.30
Cracked corn 25.50
Chop feed ..... . 21,00
[Coarse Middlings ........... 1. . .. 23.50
Fine middlings .............. 4. . 26.50
81133 (standard) ............... 22.50

The above prices are f o. b De-
“trait, Mich

Cotton seed meal- delivered to anv
pain taking a Detroit rate at $30. 50
per "ton in car lots not less than 20
fall's / .—

' cempany.

line, were , .

{fourteen miles from San Francisco.

A tract of 3 000 acres of land along
the bay is the property of the Western

~ Meat- company. It is being looked upon

as desirable as building sites for fac-
torie's; A number of Chicago packers
are stockholders in the Western Meat
The plan is to' deepen the
halrbor and thereby afford shipping
facilities. . , ‘ '

“Tw'o plans are under considera-
tion,” said Thomas E.. Wilson, vice;
president of Morris & Co, “One is
the building of a pier from the shore
to the deeper water and the other
is the building (if canals and slips
into ,the land. Louis Swift isamong
the Chicago stockholders of the-com-
pany interested inthe project,"

VINEGAR ACT VIOLATED IN DE-

TROIT, ’TIS SAID.

The state dairy and food department
has discovered many violations of the '
vinegar act in Detroit oi: late. The
law provides that vinegar is of two
kinds, cider and distilled. It further
provides receptacles holding vinegar
must be labeled to Show the kind of
vinegar they contain.

The law also prohibits the adulter-
ation of vlneyat The addition of
chemicals is requiied to make distilled
vinegar and the question has arisen
whether this is a violation of the law,
The ofﬁcials also ﬁnd in many cases
that, the two kinds of vinegar are
mixed and sold as cider vinegar. The
attorney general will be asked to de-
cide the questions.

The
the farmer
the coming"

time for
work of
all plans
results

\vintcr-scnson is the
to study out 1110
season. Make
with great care; much better
may be realized Ilinn you have yet
attained. if you go at: it right. It is
your business to 3'0 at it right. Brain
may save brown as well as money.
Plan to save and utilize the energy
that is lost, and wasted eveiy year.

land
apples.
cherries,
gooseber-

this broad
sufﬁcient,

plums.
currants,

farm in
produce
peaches. pears,
quinces, apricots.
ries, strawberries, raspberries, black-
berries und grapes for the family
needs The z,ardcn should also pro—
ducc its full quota of ﬁne vegetables

0111' country schools may be im~
proved by paying" better wages to
teachers, by providing better school—
bnildings, grounds and equipment, and
by introducingr more hand-work, more ‘
agricultural and domestic science, and
less of algebra and the dead lan-
guages.

livery
should

Potatoes make a ﬁrst-classhog feed
when cooked. Some good authority
recently stated that four pounds of
cooked “spuds” equalled a pound of
grain. A little grain should be
added—raw, not cooked; ‘35 the pota-
toes lack proper “balance.”

Good farming shows in little things
sometimes—~31 nicely-painted wagon,
for' instance, and you can paint it.
yourself. A good brush, some good
paint and a careful man will do won-
days, in a little while with a rusty
wagon. ,.

In selecting seed it is always im-

' portant to bear in' mind that a plump.

heavy kernel will produce a strongeiw
plan't and nourish it better than a '
shrunken, light one, or one that has
size without prepdrticinatte weight;
WA..—

Some f'arin's Would “Size up” rather

small 11!, measured by net proﬁts 111-4

stead 0415,3ch . ..

 


    

    
  
 

  

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1.: (154‘s ' _

    
  
 
     
   
  
    
  

g'intertere but .very- little;-
1.: business of the -eXpr.ess companies;
"but it is going; to prove 10:110. the
,opening wedge which will.
ﬂew years, give us real parcels post

- have existed in

V'dealers reported score, with

  

 

Within- .a

service. Not only did the proposed
law have the Opposition of the ex-
press companies and. the penny wise

and pound foolish local dealers, but.
the great .railroad compames hawe'
shown V'-'..e1yI.plainly that they would
.rather'. deal with the express com-

panies than with Uncle Sam.
As a result of objections by the

. railroads to cairying :the heavier mails

that will be occasioned by the parCels
post congress will undertake Ia com-

. p'lete readjustment of the- .I’compensa-

tion now giV‘en the roads
ernment fer this seivice; . .

'The railroads 'will not refuse to
carry parcels weighing more than
four pounds. the piesent limit under

1y . the go v-

their COl’ltlat ts. While threats of such

refusal haVe been made iesponsible
railroad heads haVe assured the guy-
ernment that the parcels post busi-
ness will be handled by the Carriers
without regard to- its wil-umc while the
question of compensation is under
consideration. "

The plea for increased compensa-
tion was presented to Chairman Moon
of the house postoiﬁce committee :1
few days ago by a delegation of rail-
road men representing the American
Association of Railroads.

Among them were Ralph F’cters,
president of the Long; Island railroad,
and chairman of the association (50.1114
mittee on railroads: E. .l. Pearson,
first vice—president of the
Pacific; E. G. Buckland,
ident of the New Haven; Charles A.
VVickershamI president of the Wes»
tern Railroad of Alabama; George T.
Nicholson, ﬁrst vice-president of the
Santa Fe; W. W. Baldwin, vice—presi-
dent of the Burlington; C. F_. Daly,
vice-president. of the New York Cen-
tral, and W. A. Worthington. assistant
director of operation of the [lariiman
lines

The delegation stated that the rail-
roads are losing $25,000,000 21 year on
the present basis of eompensation for
carrying the mails instead of being
paid $9.000,000 toomuch, as Second
Assistant Postmaster General Stew-
art Contends.

The railroad men said this loss
Would be increased when they are
required to handle the parcel post
business, with packages running 11p
to eleven pounds in Weight. They
asked that a new weighing of the
mails be ordered after the parcel post
goes into eifect and that increased
compensation. be alloWed.

It is probable the rcweighing of the
mails after the parcel post; gets into
full opeiation will be ordered for the
purpose ol deteimining the compensa-
tion due the railroads.

Vice-pres-

‘The 1011on 111;;r item lrom- the
“‘Packer," published at Chicago, will
give readers of, the “Pink Sheet" an
idea of market conditions as they

Detroit during the

past four 'Weeks. Here is absolute

evidence of: the feasibility of feeding.r '

the market: _
“But little change tookplace in'the
poultry, butt-er and egg: market here
thisi‘week.‘ All kinds of poultry were
steady with but few ﬂuctuationsin
price.» There was an ample supply
with the ~ exception of . turkeys, . which:
Vindica-V

Missouri .

“Here 3 the Proof of the Pudding”

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have the personal 1611001010ng And leave
felt the pinch: IJBesvides; themVarexbhe
ﬁgures of- Bradstreet). I? '1 11 . : .IVﬁ-li am

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«tables :Tliese Reports 0. through“ Ipon'Ver, hareseetediasemeceearr ‘
is period of 26 years& whic Show the . Aetense. ~—-H0.ustonI Chronicle‘s
. r I i 0111:1055 lg ‘ ~ Huh {girl 1“- K
"' .-Mr~:1,."Ltlytyllwglf—‘H'
Irritwsnom 107 T0 3001320 CENT hers ﬂirt
' "I l“ " 1W“! '1 ' o' 3vV'I. 1' compel tﬁe h

Pittsbttrg 'Grocers only Wh‘nf 3' Fair
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The committee on f00d supplies pf:-

t‘ie‘ Pittsburgh chamber of commerCe
is making an
high cost of living. Early
cemb’er theyIseInt,'out letters to the
retail gracers'Iin, Pittsburgh, asking
for
when a conference would be "held.
The retailers did not take kindly to
the suggestion on the part of the
board of commerce and 105s than one
per cent attended the meeting or re-
plied to-"t’he' communication. The
only leport 1ece'iVed at the confer-
ence
Produce ~‘Trade ASsocmtion,‘ which
was read by‘Chaiiman Franzen '

Nlr Fran‘zell stated that the Com'~

mittee had made their inVestIlgatlon'

and found that retail' grocers "were
charging fiom 107 to 450 per ('1th
proﬁt on new 1y all lines ofIf'ruits and
produce brindled.‘ ‘ They toe}; the re-
tail prices 011 tour staple commodié
ties consisting of apples potatoes,
cabbage and 05110113: 011‘ these four
commodities they found that‘ retail"
ers were charging from 110 to 300'
per cent Some of the. .few retail gro-
cer s attending showed Considerable in-

difference and claimed it was Inécesr

sary to haVe large margins of proﬁt
on food stuffs because of the fre-
quent total losses. Ité was suggested
to the grocels that they ought to I'g'ive
discounts to the customers who pay.
cash for their Supplies and to those
who buy in large quantities The
grocers asserted that I this theory
would not work, because of the nu-
merous competitors in the business.
The giocers who adopted this plan
haVe asserted that they Would lose all
except the cash customers and even
they would not be well satisﬁed. Qne
grocer even asserted that it was good
policy to give credit, under some Cir:
cumstances, even to personswhoit
was known would not pay. .SIuch loss--
es in his business, he .Istated,,.1ie
charged to “advertising.” The .gro-I

of somewhat light leceipts for
Owing to the

item
the Christmas trg‘ade
small offerings prices 'I advanced
Slightly 011 turkeys IImaking‘ them
quotable at 200 1'01 fanny dry picked
dressed stock Springs were steady
at 130 to Me for live stock and others
were quotable as follows: Hens 120
to 130; No 2 hens, 90; old roosters;
90 to 100; live turkeys;--1801to 200;
ducks;17c to 180‘, geese, 180 tome.

“Butter was :ﬁzm *with nnChangVenl

I-Vprices. Extras were quoted at 36c
and dealers reported a good "de-~

Bland." , ' ‘ '1‘." IV .V /. 5“,? I‘

investigation of the"
in De-.

information"and setting a" date-

was one from"the Pittsburgh.

' est customer

{for the losseKVmaldecf‘by‘the 'dishonu. "
They claimed it was
impassible' to, notnkeep 1.011 ,. glazing
credit, and {it the goiter would not'

gives customer credit, another would.
consequently they-V were “up against
it."

The committee tpok no action and

‘ will. 1191115991116: meeting and ”con-

tinue theiie inyestigation. Some :of
the membehst of the committee exv
pressed the ..opinion that the. con~
sinners need to he 51111651611 in the
methods or grooers,.as-, the latter Will
not likely: adopt; more businesslike
methods without considerable pres»
sure .

I:_1I- ”v ." I-,’.'IIIIII'.--"?;IV' IVILII'III'~'I|-’
VcREAMERYI PLANT GOES DIR
§MOKE.,-II II . I.

Qheuﬁrst (lathe. week the plant: of
the Yale Creamery Company,- located
at Yale, Sb‘. Clair county;" Wa’s- entirely
destroyed by fire.
1111161151 5,5, 000,0 with insurance to
cover half the amount While . e‘
origin of the ﬁre Ihas not, been (1 ﬁ-

nitely determined it is thought to

have started from a defective electi 1c
light wire. The only Water protection

ai‘forded'HWa-s from the‘Wells‘ near the .

creamery and this supp-1y "s'oon' gave

out. and‘ there was noleffective means .

of ﬁghting the ﬁre. " T1153 ‘fradité! build-
ing Was entirely destroyed; the boiler
and; eingitieiIIl being IthIe only ‘IItIlIrin‘gsI
seved '

This was not a co- operative Ip’lant
The stockholders were James Walhice,
E. F. see, Haiv‘ey Drake'- and J. .AtI
Rapply." If’ the farmers living near
Yale are Wise iii-their day and gen:
eration, they will organize a co- oper-
ative creamery to take the place of.
the stock company-:- V' ’a' .

SMALL ADVERTISMENTS

lL-L {be inserted under .35 bedding
. 'with' ﬁrst 11116110101111: la‘yed"R as
shown for TWO CENTSV (505%
or will be' run four timer ‘ln’ “M‘I‘CHI%AN
BRUSIN'ESS‘ FARMING” “and undo? the
, same- heading one month in “THE
' CLEANER" for tend. r0281!“ per WoIr‘dr ' .'

“1.1513150. .00.]. :'.f

f 11.95 Flori 8!}. PW on, Imus . j
50 acres.“ sple‘n’di‘d lo-

FARM FllR SALE 3.. .1 mu...- 1..

Manton, a railroad, down or? 1,0002% population,
high school.chi11'ches, Creamery and‘ other
advantages. :MailI delivered, near {neighbors
and school. 7- -room trams house. 30x30, Iclap-
bounded and in geod condition; ‘Ig'ood cellar.
'11w 0 log barns and 0::ther :bulldihssiV Never-
tailing spring 0: good warmilned to build:
ings,‘ andc be ’used to {rig to ‘garden 106
good. bearicng. apple trust: 40 were: in ﬁelds.-
instance in pa 0110;191:111?! tlmber; tor: home
use. ' oli'i is g 00 grayel d sandy loaniI. will
produce: alfalfa potaxogs, hero. $610100»
15011.! large a p c errylo rd P we
for (139011 slide. ”32%“ Address ownIerV, 105115
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>deay questions that farmers .f 1
have been asking and'ﬁrl'd' ' ' :62 ' I
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..~=-TO BE ANSWERED B’Y -
ETHIS IINEI‘IWI ”BOOK 11 3‘ ' "
11112 is Mr.V:Slocume earnest .: '1
Ir'desme that ev ngle c'o . .
I'ldf thé' first ediﬁzp of his 113% 2 .. I '
V. book should; go int0;’ a fanmw ' '
er shapes Who has by actual ' '
'I'I demonstration prover:V that .
i: he believes in the principles“
' Business Farming as .. ~
taught-.1n his two publica- V
tions. . " 7 .
Thus, ways ’ copy of the
new book will go to a Bus-
iness Farmer who. has proven-
"his personal interest by' iii-.I , .. . I.
, 111:5.0ducing this weekly rate ‘I '
' ' “ten farmers’ hands Who, has? I
perhaps-- neveIIrIIVV seer} 3"COPY. i- II: .
before' , V :'I";" '3 ' ':
311031.111 turn cansecurcm ' .
copy :ﬁy‘ sending in ten of "i ' . V
their friends names"and"so' - .l':
is goes.i- f u ‘1:
REMEMBER 'rHIs 0F-g Vq'
FER IS' TO WEEK SUB: '
SCRIBERS if you. are .0..- ' “I:
Trial Subscriber and 115‘???" ‘ ~ 1’
Sent in 100 or 250, Send Mn N
“the: balance to. makes: full .
50¢ with ur remittance of ..~'.
51‘. for the Ten Subscribers.

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powwow 111.011.0110: 13mm I l . _
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