
apartment of agri- '

upheld the. report.

mm Committee Which

national government to es- .-

a throw or other effective
the study of the problem
-3' and “far the distribu-
.ntormauon as to conditions
and ratiohal methods of

7 Agriculture Houston,
that the wording be changed
Morsement of congress in es3

A We and Spillman is chair- ,

e bureau.

chairman of- the rose-
committee. “It is a. matter of

of , dollars. Nothing can be-
.edif jWe go about this in a

- way. It is well hpown

_» ’of taking the products of the
g maths ultimate consumer is un-
' and the methods

Economic and eﬂicient

' entv..'impertance ‘in.’ reducing
and raioing‘ the Standard of

‘ ' ‘ from the ﬁrst appropriation.
“e conteren'ce', however refused to
3 ' the wording.

as in int effort to get the

‘ legislation.

state to obtain, if possible,

action by the states. The

"governments also. will be Mkod
* committees for legislation

marketing, and. reduce ex;

W More and cori-

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mama's VIEW or THE PROPOSED TARIFF BILL

 

 

Last Moment- Market Flashes

HE LAST MINUTE before going to press. we secure quotations
on the several commodities from the principal market centers. A
detailed statement covering conditions, our predictions and special

. advice, will be found with each commodity on the following pages. The

 

 

very latest quotations are:

Wheat, No. 1 White (large mills paying) . . . .$1.10
Wheat, No. 2 Red (large mills paying)... . . 1.11
0ats,Standard........................ .. .38
Rye .601/2

'Beans’ .-2.00

Hay (best market today, New York), at. . .. .20.00
Potatoes (best market today, Pittsburgh), at. .48
But , .32
Poultry .18
Dressed Hogs (Detroit Market)............ .101/2

3 Y way of explanation the prises quoted: “Large Mills are paying”

cocoon-concoctv‘noooOIoelclve-OIOIO

 

 

refers to the prices paid 1.0. b., mills for the quality quoted. We
, give you the “best market today” merely to show you what prices
could be. secured for commodities quoted if some were on track at mar-
Rots nomad. Those quotations, carefully considered, give you the drift
of the market. 1.. .~

 

 

MICHIGAN HOUSE
ASKS PR'OTEGlltHl;

DIFFERENCES 0F OPrNION CON?
TINUE TO PREVAIL ON EF'é '
FECTS OF FREE WOOL
AND SUGAR

The proposed schedule in the new
tariff bill which will put sugar on tile .
free list at the end of three years is
being stubbornly fought in congress;
eSpecially by the Louisiana repre-
sehtatives. Chairman Underwood;
however, vigorously defended the
proposed rates. In his speech to the
united party in support of the bill as
presented, and he emphatically as-
serted that the sugar adjustment sug-
gested by President Wilson was a.
most equitable one.

“We will concede,” said Mr. Under-
wood, agreeing with some of theop-
ponents of the bill, “that imm’eMe
free sugar would put the domestic
planter out of business. But we as-
sert also that free sugar in three .
years will destroy no legitimate in-
dustry.

“Those who have invested their
money in sugar lands and have plant-
ed crops will have a chance under the
plan of revision to pay their bills
and adjust themselves to new con-
ditions.” ~

Write alimony wn‘n thmponentm".
of free sugar and the thing which.
takes away the force of their argu-
ments,” says Congressman Hardwick;
of Georgia, who led the ﬁght for free
sugar in the democrat house caucus,
“is that sugar tariff exponents are
not able to make a case when they
stick to the truth. I think President
Wilson is largely right in his belief
that the beet sugar business will not
be driven out by free sugar. In one
or two cases it is likely that a factory
will have to close, but it will not be
because of free sugar, but because it
has been established in the wrong 10‘
cality. Such factories, I believe,
would fail anyway, free sugar or no
free sugar.

“But the point I make about pre-
varication on the part of the sugar
duty advocates applies to various in-
dividuals and to newspapers; and in
this I have in mind some of the pa-
pers in Michigan. The statement
these people and papers are fond of
making is that the sugar trust is in
favor of free sugar.

The fact is that the trust does not
want free sugar, and there is no-test-i-
mony of any person connected with
the trust, either before my committee
or before the ways and means com-
mittee of either house of congress, to
support the claim that the trust ever
was in favor of free sugar.

“The advocates of a. high duty on
sugar will have to ﬁnd, some other
line of argument if they expect to
make any impression on the situa‘
tion. They cannot make one with a
claim which cannot be substantiat
ed.”

In direct contradiction of this "43
resolution was passed in our state
senate last week calling on the 811-.
ministration to protect our sugar and
other industries.

The published schedules of the pro-
posed Democratic tariff. served as
basis for the resolution. In diocuss-

{Continued on Patricia)"

 

 


 

_ t? we are on a comparatively

asls so far as the present pos-
ﬁfe"s are concerned In practi-
every direction traﬁio is being
”with but very little handicap.

In face of this conditon and the green
ﬁelds from which came our last sea-
8011’8 hay crop and also the fact of
the season of the year, we have visit-
ing us a pronounced advance in prac-
tically all qualities of hay. More pro-

trounced is this adVance on the better
nausea.

can be

The present situation shows us that
there 18 usually an opportune time
when position of our commodities
ado to very good advantage,

j and this in face of what is generally
3 conceded as a. hazardous situation.

Not many expected that we would
see even our present advanced posi-

, tion of the hay market. The majority

/

- of dealers scoffed at the idea of hay

showing any improvement whatever.
The handling of the crop by them
goes to show that they were not tak-
ing this position from any other than

their true conception of possibilities,

but the outcome has gone to show
that they were mistaken in the possi-
bilities of the better classes of hay

‘ ' with reference to sales strength.

91.;

We believe the present situation
goes to show that we were well. lined
up on the possibilities of this season’s
crop from our very ﬁrst issue back in
October. With such a small percent-
age of high class hay as everything
proved was the case, we could hardly
look for anything but a situation
such as is now visiting us to become
in evidence. More truly and assured-
ly would this be the case wtih any as‘
'sets to the situation coming up such
as the ﬂooded situation, had roads
condition, etc.

Now that we have our present im-

provement with us there seems little

excuse for our not being able to at
least maintain this advance and pos-

, sibly to still further the advancement.

The percentage of high class hay
back is of a very small percentage in-
deed. There still remains a large
percentage of low grade hay; in fact
a percentage large enough so that not
all of it can go on the market. To

,this fate We must regulate ourselves.

We still have May, June and July as
three good feeding months for high-
class hay; not only this but the feed-
ers of hay during these months are of
a. high class nature, trade which will
pay a premium to get the goods, but
quality they must have.

It looks to us to be most conserva-
tive to expect that we can at least

‘maintain ourselves from now on.

Bad roads are still in evidence in
many sections of the state; added to
this we have seeding time facing us.
There will be but a very small per-
centage of hay drawn to market until
after seeding. From now until that
time the markets will have a chance
to clean up and become in an urgent
position so that when we are ready to
ﬁnally dispose of the remainder of
our crop we will have a very healthy
and well toned market on which to
place it.

We have undergone a serious handi-
cap all through this year. Now that
we are in position to take advantage
of circumstances, we as editors of

. this sheet, hope our readers will avail

‘ ‘ LZoIe No. 1

mass situation has now abat- '

oaths: Man takes his obs
, itationl’and

our reports, frbm at or stations. and
, take a chance at the markets.
‘ the weather man.

D] x.
No.

market at

1{Irrolitable prices. No.
predicted.

hour" proposition. No-
lower but we would take a chance;

 

or!
asses 111‘s weather»
We 11

l—Gcod, substantial demand and present candltions favor steady"

8——-M arket very Quiet; has every a. pearance of bein
fed. No. 4-—No proﬁt at ruling prices.
s—Bett or keep in port. storm on.

Market clearing up and better pglces

ver-
old. thl e is an ‘-“e, ev'enth
Prices may

I: you can

 

 

themSelves of it. The generalsitua-
tion today is very healthy in most

'eVery direction, an urgent call is .be-

ing made for high class stuff.- Those

of you who have this kind of hay ‘can'

make a good hard ﬁght. Only‘a very
small percentage of you will be able

"to make disposition of your low grade

hays. ‘
Hay—Detroit.

The Detroit market has been prac-
tically freed ‘of its glutted condition.
We are now experiencing a tone to
the situation, in keeping with general
conditions on the outside. The-tracks
in most every direction are b'ared on
any particular holdings. The advance
from a general angle is about $1.00
per ton; this affects the better quali-
ties of hay more particularly. Any
thing below nice quality mixed and
straight/two Timothy does not show
much of an advance. It is certainly
very much easier to do business on
the Detroit market, from a. sales
standpoint.

HAY—DETROIT MARKET.
No. 1 Timothy. ............... $14.60
No. 2 Timothy ............... 12.50
No. 8 Timothy ............. . . . .9.00
Light mixed .................. 12.50
No. 1 mixed ...... ‘ 1 ............

No. 2 mixed; . . . . . .
Rye Straw . '
Wheat and Out Straw .......... 800

“The ‘pink sheet’ ﬁlls a long felt

want.”—John Donaher, Sterling,

Michigan.
Hay—Pittsburgh.

The embargoed condition is allow-
ing the Pittsburgh market to get ‘very
well cleaned up. On practically all
characters of hay is this the true sit-
uation at the present time. The tone
to the market is generally improved,
with quotations on most qualities
about $1.00 up.

 

 

 

 

HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET.

No. 1 Timothy hny ........... $10.00
No. 2 Timothy hay ............ 14.00
No. 8 Timothy ......... . 10.00
No. 1 Light mixed hay ....... 13.00
No. 1 Clover mixed hay ........ 12.50
No. 1 Clover hay ............. 12.00
Fine Prairie Packing Hay. . . . 10.00
No. 1 Out straw. . . . . . . . 1 9.00
No. 1 Bro straw. . .

 

 

No. 1Whent shown”... .. . 9.00

 

“I do not want to be without your
paper;1't is the best I ever saw. May
it soon be 1n every home in Amer-
1'ca.”-—-Dlan R1chards, Reed City,
Michigan.

Hay—Chicago.

Light receipts have placed the Chi.
cago market in a very urgent posi-
tion. Practically :all jreceipts are
snapped up very quickly «with quota
tions being advanced around $1.00 to
$1. 50 on straight high—class Timothy
hays and 50c. to $1. 00 on common
qualities of hay.

 

HAY—MICHIGAN ZONE PRICIO.

Zone
Michigan: I . I . '

Michigan. ....I:I.I
Mlchlgm.........

,Mlchlgan. 12.20

" price- ven are en a
01 N0. ”1 Timot 7 In! In the

as you the .110. that Kim:-
M “3‘31“;333’
exlmhi {night ‘ '

 

. , Pa ckln: . .
‘ Choice ‘A‘ltaltn. . . . . .

 

HAY—CHICAGO MARKET.

Choice Timothy .............. $18.00
No. 1 Timothy ............... 17.00
No. 2 Timothy ........... .. ..... 15.00
Light Clover mixed ........... 14.00
No.2Mixedhay....... . ...,

No. 8 Tlmothy........

Clover . ,
Thmhed Timothy ...........
Marsh feeding hay. ..........

111.1

 

 

Hay—Boston.

In keeping with the curtailment of 7
the

'Boston market has been likeWise ate
‘ footed, and shows,

movement in every direction,

according-1y, an
advance in quOtations. We do not
think, however, that’the ‘real ‘ future

has been in evidence on the New

England marketpas on the southern
and western markets; The general

advance since about’two Weeksago,‘

is around $1.00 per ton)

 

HAY—BOSTON MARKET.
' ' Small
bales.

HaY, choice . . . . .

Hay, No, 1

Hay, No: 2 .....

Hay, No. 8. . . .

Hay, clover. . . . . . .

Hay, ’clover mixed. . . .

Hay, .tock............
Long rye straw. . . . .'.
Tangled rye um“. . ...

0“ “I." eeoe’eeeeeeee 11o”

NOTE—Large bele- welsh .
200 to, 800 pounds; medium
from 80 to 100 pounds.

 

 

 

”I think the pink sheet’ is a good
-l1'ttle paper..”—-H E. Restrqw, Fos-
tor1a,M1ch1gan, R-z.

Hay—New York.
While it is true that the New York
market has been affected by virtue
of bad road conditions in the country

and ﬂooded conditions on the out»

side; still there is not quite the ad-
vance in evidence all along the line
that we would naturally expect. The
reason of this is becauso of the regu-

lator that the New. York market con-.

stantly placescn itself. This is ~--by
virtue of embargoing itself whenever
the local situation warrants. This
keeps the market in a well regulated
position, almost constantly. Receipts
are only normal.

HAY—NEW YORK MARKET.

New Buy: Largo Inn-ll
Tlmothy— hues, bales.
Choice. per ten. per ton.
No. 1 ................. $20.00 $19.00
. 17.00
14.00
14.00
17.00
16.60
10.00
13.50

 

14.00
17.00
16.60
.16.00

Shipping

Light Clover Mixed. .

No. 1 OloVetr Mixed. .

No. 1 Glover. . . . .....

No. 2 Clover Mixed.

No. 2 Clover ..........

' Straw-—

No. 1 Rye-...”...n-n

N.e,n’.etlltilollﬂﬁt 1

No. 1 “teenage-o‘er..-

No. 1 Wheat....,.....
NOTE—Large belo- weigh

200 to 860 pound-.1 medium

from 80 to 150 pounds.

11.00

from
bele-

 

 

 

f‘I do not wish to be without the
‘pmk sheet.’ ”—James Shoemaker,
Imlay City, Michigan.

10111011

 

 

 

 

The development of the potato
market from week to week
begins to demonstrate to us

B

that we have some ﬁght on , our

hands in even maintaining
present standard of levels.‘ This
market has been running along

without any material change for alr‘

most 60 days; in fast We oculd go), 7

‘ back tarther than this and 8110111 I)
a very shghmhm béi ‘

. _ "‘0 .
the conditions, or

modiﬁer oi possi

I end, the new pots.

south It the own

,mo‘st favorable for thy ..
for instance, combine

day, old potatoes was go
nothing on the other “
percentage of. potatoes
farmers’ hands should b‘

the condition or the same 11:9
much poOr than natural,

then have a. very much
‘ sult to look forward to.

ation, but naturally, ﬁguring 0’
thing being ot a. conservative

and running along on what '

term a natural basis, we ca, 2
for these old_potatoes to make »,

order to maintain even our p g
standard of levels.

We have just passed through
ﬂooded situation in which many
kets were handicapped through
bargoes, etc. road conditions in
country have been almost impass

have .a. situatiOn today which? ;,
better than steady. The mark

ahardly any direction has he.
‘tone to it.

In some direc , ,
market is up a. cent or two, but ‘ ’
a general standpoint the potato
ket has made but very little ch

We do not wish to paint a’ 11.,
picture at this time but We do wild}?
you to be conservative over the In a
possibilities, then when you have got-
ten in a. conservative mood we want
you to study the necessary manner. in
which you must handle the balance at
this crop to get the best possiblq res.
sults out of it. We have been hanging

entire season, and we do not beliefs,
there is any other manner in Gods
world in which you can show an im
provement other than through this-
source.

We wish to advise all farmer ware
house operators to watch the Texas
early potato situation very careful
because if there should be any d 1
age through wet or dry weather t
the crop it will have its immediate
effect on the possibilities or 0111?
Michigan crop as a result. ‘ ..

 

POTATOES—MICHIGAN ZONI
PRICEO. -

2 Michigan. . . .
4 Michigan. . . . .
5 Mich-18:11.. . .
8 Michigan: . . .
7 Michigan. . .

NOTE—From present max-he «the
“tion, local dealer. In the m1 .
nor-es should pay you the [ride
quoted lbOVe tor No. 1 that led;
llvered It their stations. The“
price. an be Increased by “his:

N 0.
No.
No.

Zone
Zone
Zone
Zone N0-
Zone No.

 

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“I think the little pm}; .1.» .1
just what we need and hope it wil "
continue on.”——Fred Tidy, Mouton

- M 1ch1gan

Petatoee—Detrolt. ,
Nothing warrants advanced
tions on the Detroit mar
week. The situation here tr
no

 

 


 

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INHAIJ SIX:
‘ '19s» the Chicago market.
7 mtle’ W1th a little shoW. of real

' at this Writing. Light

     
 

11 'lg...0ause temporary advance.

 

    

humour, per bu. .48 to .48
d from car. not 1111.. .45 tom

 
 
    
 

have not been heavy/v»
Warrant any particular-
1;. ‘ situation one way or _

here 115$ been no roeal .
. . 1 neg
.Tdays’the situation tightened up

a hardly belieVe it con-T
or. three days in succes-

’ l:

1113 W111 be of a sympathetic

 

 
  
  
    
    
    
  
   
  
  
   
  
    
  
 
  
  
  
   
  

 

Lam well pleased with the paper.
ink it a great help to the farmer.”
Stone, Hersey, Michigan.

-. Potatoes—Cincinnati.
he entire Ohio situation is very
'uch easier at the moment. For 3.
ya during the ﬂooded situation
je market tightened up—the result
' 3 that many shipments of potatoes
£13 rented toward Cincinnati,
é cland, etc, with the result that
by of these cars are experiencing
epression even in face of the situa~
dilating at: some through points.
vaincihnati market is compara-
sly ‘63..” at the moment. Same
. .ti‘o'n could be said of the Cleve-
1111 market and in fact all surround-
’ pOints. They were looked to, as
4;

 

 

Ythe ﬂood, good points; but 1 the
same was oVerdone ’
POTATOlI—CINCINNATI
,9 .. MARKET.
nglk from car. per bu ..... . .46 to .48
Q! _ naked from car. per bu. . .47 to .52

insets you bo om well“. 150

oo'g‘otedh. Includes cost of soot.
95.9111 19 c ouch.

 

 

 

i "I would not be without the pink
sheet’ for anything. ’.—Chas Wil-
. Hams, Mancelona, Michigan, R-3.
f Potatoes—Pittsburgh.
The situation last week was just a
ittle tightened up on‘ account of the
6oded situation, affecting all potato
, fhipmen’ts. We do not believe today,
that it is safe to quote the Pitts
burgh market as any better than

 
 
 

  

in; 81111111111. 519.16 52th};- with the,
but 311 has looking for lower
potatoes tastead of higher-eyou can
appreciate there is going to be some
tight to make them pay more money.

 

 

POTATOES~PITTSBURG
. . MARKET ,
13qu from car. no: bu. . . .4510 .48
Sacked from car, per 1111.. .48 “.53

 

 

 

‘ “Please ﬁnd enclosed 50; to keep "
the ‘pink sheet’ coming my way, just. .
ﬁlls the bill, '1 what we have wanted
for a long t1me.”——John M cKmdry,
79nd: Michigan .~,

WHEAT

The wheat situation is showing
a bearish outlook which causes
a slight decline in prices. This
condition is somewhat stimulated on
account of foreign reports that are
coming in, showing that the next sea-
son’s yield is to be the biggest on
record for some time. The reports
coming in from Missouri, Kansas and
Bermuda show that the yield will be»
larger this year than ever before

With all these reports bearing on the

 

 

 

 

' ‘general market situatiOn, has a ten-

dency to,make all bidders hesitate

WHEAT—DETROIT MARKET.

 

No. 1 White .................. $1.10
No. 2 Red ......... . ...... 1.11
Speculatlvo Prlcoo..

July delivery ................ 933/.
*Muy delivery ................. 1.11

"the prices given for December
and May delivery represent thori-
taro delivery prices. This Infor-
motion merely givos you tho Suture
boots of this commodity 9o Ill!“ .
by those v‘vho spocnloto on tutu-o
prospects.

 

 

before buying wheat at an advanced
quotation. We do not believe we
need be alarmed at all on account of
government reports now coming in,
showing a prospective large yield of
wheat- because theSe reports very
often ﬂuctuate before the crop is har-
vested, which will undoubtedly devel-
op that the market on wheat will re-
main the same for at least 30 days.
Sales made for future delivery are-
from 60. to 70. under the present
closing price.

 

wHEA'r—ci-ucmo MARKET.

No. 2 Red .................... $1. 04 .
Speculatlvo Prlces.
*July delivery ............... 90:54.
*May delivery ................ 92
*The .prlce given tox- July

and Hay delivery represent tho 1...
tux-o delivery prices. This informs-
tlo- merely gives you tho toturo
basis of this commodity on lured
by thooo who speculoto on tntlro
prospecto.

 

 

. 9 ‘“ at" at} 1':
2 with good sacked stockf .

 

 

 

”in: this
. making its gradual climb from
$1. 80 to $2. 00 ﬂat. This little rise in;

beau temperature means something.

to the state of Michigan and to the
handlers of beans as well. It not
only means everything from a mon-
etary standpoint but it demon-
strates to us as raiser of beans that
the handlers of beans in the state of

, Michigan can absolutely control the

situation at any and all times.

They made a mistake all right
enough in-the fore part of the season
in the manner in which dispositic’m
was made of holdings,

doubt very much if the same did not

show a decided proﬁt and advantage

to them. As earlier demonstrated,

the early run of beans were handled

at a proﬁt in many cases 50 cents per
bushel. As the season advanced the
natural trend of the market was to
sag just a little.

In view of this condition the mar-
keters of beans were very careful as
to the quality of stock they placed on
the sales that they already effected.
This had a tendency to draw out of
stere the very best quality of beans
on hand and leave in store a very
common run. Later the second call
from the trade was ﬁlled up with this
common run of stuff, and also with
earlier winter beans, which were in

many cases damp. The result of the .

combination was that in many direc-
tions the conditiOn of these beans on
arrival was far below expectations.
From a quality standpoint receivers
were obliged to reject them. This
caused an unsettled condition, and a
real depression to visit. the entire
bean situation.

It was then that the real tie-up to
the bean situation became in evi-
dence. This was the only reason.
We did- not have too many beans; we
haven’t too many beans today; there
isn’t over 20 to 25 per cent of beans
back today to take care of the trade
from now until new beans. Without
question there will be a time before
new beans when the tone to the situ-
ation will be very keen; when a real
and spirited call will be made.

We cannot help but feel that the
average producer of beans over the
state was very much alarmed when
beans went down to $1.80. We tried
in every way possible to stimulate
you through the medium of this pa-
per by giving you the actual situation
that existed and what the result from
the natural standpoint ought to be.
We do not pretend to know what the
outcome is going to be in all these
cases, but we can at all times under-
stand the general trend of the situa—
tion from a large angle. From the
same angle that the regular handlers
of beans form their basis of opera-
tion.

The present situation proves that

. genre that this 1315-on
; .fcome, not only because of the

. su pose- you have been Watch- ,
market thermometer ,.

but at the-
' same time in dollars and cents, we

 

  
 
  

  
  
  
   
 
 
 
   
 
   
   
   
   
  
   
    
     
    
   
  
    

voters over the states had a ”very
eral amount of beans on hand. M
cent’s advance in the market; .
so much proﬁt to them, ab 11 .
or beans and as a great monies,

improve the general situation to their
own good This they haVe been” ..
doing and you as producers can reap-...
your percentage of the reward if You.
stay by the game and regulate the

7 dispOsition of your beans as is pose!»
ble. Good stock is going to make a
further advance, damp and hazard-
ous stock should be’ marketed to the ,
best advantage possible and at the“:
earliest moment.

I EANFDITROIT MARKET.
W'hlte hand-picked basis ....... $2.00

 

Red Kidney .......... 2.00
MICHIGAN ZONE PRICIIa

Zone No. 2 Michigan” ...... ACLSO

Zone No. 3 Michigan ..... .. ”3.11.90

Zones 4, 5, 6 and 7 MIchigan..1.90

NOTE—We clvo you obovo no '
prices that Mlchlson (colors sic-ll
be able to pay you for bonus. hood-
plcked bulo. In the Illoront froth .
zones at Michigan. Tho Pink Shoot
has not the pﬂco (or hoops, hood-
picked hosts. at tho ovomo liohi-‘
son points, at $2.40 per bushel.

 

 

 

“I like the paper very much. I
think that every farmer had ought to
take it and read it..”-—A K. Born,
Bangor, Michigan. 1

OATS

The oat market looks good as
sales far exceed the demand in

all the large markets. This
may be accounted for on account of
recent ﬂoods which has handicapped
the railroads in making deliveriem-f
also the bad roads, which has pre-
vented the farmers from hauling the
oats to the elevators. The Detroit
market is ﬁrm and in good demand;
the receipts are light.

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N0. 3 white ............ . ...... .37
No. 4 White ..... . . . . ....... .
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“I think your paper the best mar—
ket paper published for the beneﬁt of
the farmers.’ ——Clarence Cook, Kala—
mazoo, Michigan, R—vIl

CINCINNATI—~Railroads are be-
ginning to make deliveries, but on ac-
count of the scarcity of cats on the
Cincinnati market sales have been

made very easily, and the general
condition points out that the demand
is more than equal to the supply. We
expect that the Cincinnati market will
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steady, based on about two weeks by proper regulation or by holding up 0...“qu Six
‘~ MICHIGAN FREIGHT ZONES r
m w Jim-1 ‘w
. Irina.
N order to keep in touch with the Pittsburgh, for instance, show that Nt. Zone s—Bay City. “‘
, market conditions you should know 1 Timothy hay is worth 816. 00 per ton. New York City 27%
-tho freight rate from your shipping The freight being 84. 40, would show that Pittsburgh ' " ' "Z '17 .
’ - . station to tho leading market cen- the dealers in Tuecola county should pay Cincinnati """"""""" AK '16 ’
"ﬁrs. It you have the freight rate you $11. 60 per ton, less handling charge. The Chicago . '13 M|EH|EAN WITH
ﬂ. have the key which places you in a. 110- minimum weight of a car of hay is Detroit ::: '10 APPROXIMATE
‘ -' noon to know whether your local dealer 20,000 pounds; the minimum Weight of a. """"""""""" ' FREIEH
“in giving you the market price for your car of potatoes is 80,000 pounds; the . Zone 4—Greenville. T """ ...... RATES TO
products1 101' not.1 In conpﬁctlﬁx: 111’“: 11313315111111 Wlelght 01 a c1111 gt batch; is New York City ................ .29“ ZONES LEADING
1.1113 artco we gvo you a 0 8a , poun‘ s: and you w ave 0 pay Pittsburgh .................... .17 ‘ ‘ ~- -
5 Farmer Zone Map You Will for that number of pounds in each car. Cincinnati ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .13 .... ~ M ‘1“ MARKETS
. tioo that this map 18 divided into so be sure and ship a. full carioad. The Chicago .. .................... .13 —"
.nm Insight 10116:. Your farm 1- locat- rates elven cover hay. potatoes and Detroit ....................... .11 ““0"“ - ~-' (SEE
#111 one of these zonel. and. by refer— beans only; all kinds of grains take a TACL‘E ,
‘ to the table given below you will different rate. We will be glad to tur- Zone 5—Sandusk3h ”a ....
‘~pproxlmately what it coats for car- 1113!; yen with full information with ret- New York City ---------------- 37% j BELOW) -
.ihipments to the different market erenco to the maximum and minimum Pittsburgh ------- ‘ -------- 33 '~ - ~- . 1....
The rate given is per 100 car-lots. or you can get this information Cincinnati ............ . ........ .18. .
and it ohould be remembered trom your loco.) agent Chicago ................... .15 M Ms“
5.” m. m "h“. approximate ratese , Detroit . ...................... .13
, will. of course, differ a little from Zone I—Sault Ste. Marlo. . Zone s—Vicksburg. . ”a u...
mint! in the ""131 ”0“". New York City - ....... . ........ .32 New York City .......... .19 ..
, . Ms via-able that 1°“ ”cu“ Pittsbuuh “ . .2855 ittsburgh . ....... ...... .11 ..
”‘ r stat! scent 1111132115? 8131111111111 . . - .go inclnnati ..... ..... .. .15 ""‘
’F case - - 2 Chico. o .............. . ..... .1035
.1. $31-$35: Detroit 3 Dotrolgt ........... . .. .11 "‘ '"' w“ ‘M
, . , . ; Zone T—rontioc. .. ...... __
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é"231,1; "pinkasheew has' no creed,- nor party. 9183’s no favorite: 411d, blowsdh
135111;; friend no:- enemy, if they would swerve it from the single path which it“
aid. for itself to solve the greatest problem that confrontsT the farmer today, THAT
m1 0‘!“ HTS CROP FOR A GREATER PROFIT i 1‘:
if; The market reports are written directly to serve the ﬂutters of Wm, :11: 3°
mist them1n receiving at their own local market the prices which, 1511611111 ”theirs. 7. . p
4‘ MCEIGAN BUSINESS FARMING maintains a Service Monument, under. m_
.mp1 ind experienced direction of men, whose duty it into aid our readers in- I!” ,_
" art zof this state to secure fair prices. and good markets andxif the loci! buyer will >
1:th meet these conditions to aid, if possible, in the disposing. of his produce on a ‘ftvor- ,
fable market. - . .l'ﬂlﬂﬂl ~
~‘ -. 1 In the unpretentious little “pink sheet" which you hold in your hands, the fennel“
- or Michigan will ﬁnd a militant strong- arm, ready and anxious at all times to defend ‘
their rights and to right their wrongs wherever and whenever they; be found. No inde-
, pendent farmer or group of organized farmers in this state need helit‘ate to call apt-11111111
' publication, at any time, if it can be of assistance to them _ .
: ‘33" ;MI'GHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, let it be clearly understood, W IO
single organization, be it Gleaners, Grangers, Farmers’ Clubs Society of Equity 01'
, whatever its creed or 111111.11 does, hOWever, stand for orgamzed farming, beelu‘se in
this way only do we believe the farmers of Michigan can come into their own. ‘

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EDITORIAL.

F the long—continued discussion of the high cost of living has
[accomplished nothing else, it has brought out, sometimes in a
most amusino fashion the ignorance of city folks and city news—

paper editors concerning things agricultural. _

-A national weekly recently blamed the high meat prices to tWO
things— ——the slaughter of calves under one year
old, and the love of our people for good roast beef.
Forbid the slaughter of calves and tell the public
th at it must learn to like 1nutton—.—are the “thor—

REDUCING
MEA T
PRICES.

- our contempmatv. “’6: are very much afra1d that
the question of high— priced meat cannot be disposed of so easily,
‘even by these ‘thoroughly practical” remedies.

Farmers are not chieﬂy concerned with cheap meat or cheap
food products of any kind fo1 the beneﬁt of city folks or city editors.
Their main effort is devoted to making their farm work a ﬁnancial
success. They haven’ t the time 1101 theb money to follow their calling
for the mere philanthlopic object of providing the nation with
flee meals.

We are willing to grant that many farmers may slaughter their
. calves at too early ‘an age. lut, as a rule, there is method in their
' madness. It is an individual business problem with each of them,
as to whether it is better to sell veal at so much per pound, or to
_ wait a year and sell beef at so much, and stand the expense of the
' intervening feed bill. The particular solution of the question will
be followed according to the shrewdness of the stockraiser and the
feed conditions amid which he ﬁnds himself.

It is a simple example in arithmetic to say that if eight million
calves averaging seventy pounds each were permitted to develOp into
steers weighing seven hundred pounds each, we would have ten times
It is just as simple
to ﬁgure that the additional meat so secured would feed so many
thousands of people for such a length of time The simplicity of
these examples is equaled only by the simplicity of the writer, who
purges them as cogent reasons. for a man changing his business
A, methods. The only question the producer will ask himself is, which
;:is‘ the more economical plan to pursue, and we may be sure his
1 answer will not in any way be governgd by the two arithmetical
examples we have quoted.
And the other solution offered is just as rid-leulous If the
pee“ 1e desire to eat beef, who 15 going to take upon himself the task

eding them mutton.

w] until the animals were {creed to eat feed that was unpalatable

,6 them, but human ‘bemgsare not so passive as cows 5’ -'

H

We have heard of farmers starving their

tion A thrtvmg and proﬁtable 1ndustry
desire. It can be choked only by a lack o
demand of its products And a controlled

trolled demand, _ , ' ‘ .

elsewhere, when, by a recent report it is

thousands of our ovfm farmers have sol;-
gone to Canada. It’s a common human fading, this
the pastures are greener elsewhere ‘ '

brings contempt for them and the 311W
farmers in other places often look I) 1;“
ow Why, the opportunities man ’
on Our own farms are so. big we. can
being so near. That’s one reason We an
opportunities other have, so much better“

It’s a bad plan to get the habrt of despising things
It’s a common complaint, though, and just as contagious
measles We don’t appreciafe our home placlef half in.”
the best cure for the man 1001(ng for bigger thing
go away for a little while In time he’ll go back
place will look mighty good to him. ~ ' ‘

So friends, don’ t blame your boy for his restlessness
vou get restless yourself, don’t be impulsive and Sell you 111:1:

. WHY.
1* BLAME
THE BOY?

oughly plactical’ cures for the situation, urged by Take a little tl'lp, and When yOu come back, if you V6 Clone

the square thing by your farm, there’s no place on God’ 5 e311 .
will look greener and prettier than the house and ﬁelds thatimak
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MICHIGAN HOW
ASKS PROTECTION
(Continued from Page @119) "
ing the prODOSIiflon Senator Smith
pointed to the Democratic tariff pro»
posal as an evidence of the adminis-
tration’s determination to apply the
ideas of- free trade

The resolution sets forth that there
is an investment 01? $12, 000, 000 in the
beet sugar factories a! Michigan and
that $7, 000, 000 is annually paid out to
the faruiers and to labor through the
beet sugar industry. It sets! forth
that the industry has materially in-.
creased farm values

It sets forth, too, that there are up-
ward of 2,,500 000 sheep in Michigan,
with a value of some $10, 000, 000, and
then resolves that the president and
congress be urged by the legislature
not to take on nor reduce the team
on- sugar and wool because of the
heavy blow such action will mean to
the farmers and the people .at large.
. The attitude of the Bay City manu:
facturers is well expressed"! by Car- ‘
man N. Smith of the Givosso Sugar

mpany.

“The tamlf bill promised by the
Democratic congress Would reduce.
the duty on sugar from all 101195331 7 , ;
countries, except Cuba to $1.25 ﬁrm. ,
hundred pounds and on sugar from
Clubs. to 51(00 per hundmd' 90m ~'
Inasmuch as practically

Vdréd, it would seriously .
domestic sugar: .ithry 0? hit?

per hundred pounds-

“The provision in them"
law placing sugar on the files '
the end of three years seal hf”
of every sugar factory in ~
States. If this law should.

panics would be seriou

the sugar companies W6

any extensions: or “i ,
there Would be‘ no dovelox'mua~ _
business, and all sugar co
would be ﬁorced to prepare;
dent-1.1g their business at th
three years ‘ ‘

country would be tin the
the eastern reﬁners of raw-.-

pleased no; .-.__ mam
art, «Michigan R~1,1BQ '

 

 


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there

d"

7 $6

two deer , . _,
..Wmcll harm ,.—l assert? provides, haw-

"05’ um suspension is Ms
' sﬂ__r6ble“attention from the mem- '

Buster “In Michiganrmay new kill
each season ‘ ‘ .

The mi Wining
priation of. 8200,1000 to establish a’ vo-
cational training. school was defeated

l in committee. 'l’lieMQOOO bill for a

tuberculosis hospital at the Univer—
sity was also Billed *hi cemmittee.

The Wwymamd‘Means committee of
the house has refused to increase the
tax .for the support of the Agricul-

that if?“ tubal college from one-tenth to one-

the state with ﬁfths: semill.
W for ts
the paace,
torthe state
.- he somewhere

W it loathe
says that

such a. hook 1t~ -
on «death .should WQ

Co .to make axood

-_of our laWs
ourselves? '

Guy Miller of ﬁetroit
some sound advice
them to simplify their ,

Fiona sonuAsDE'D

_ With arrangement

James F. Cox, of Chic,

looted an to Wednesday
eerrf’o‘rwmed to his sec- .

..Burba, who Will see

is distributed among

. .. suffering

' ' donations

have been mettle daring

Week as listed below,
. centinue to receive and

here any amounts our read-

and
dis-

send for the destitute in

acknowledged

‘ Alfred Shaman,
xMich . . . .......

Reed City, Mich”
Cliﬂérd, Mzich

n, Mich”
Yale; Mich.
Graad Ledge,

$25

Arbor Gleaners,
Mich” ‘

ﬂharlotte, Mich.
Charlotte,

Mich... .'

5-.22 fr 2
1.00

5 00

59
1.00
1.00

.50

1.0;;

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0

~C. E Baker,

«Ea-r1

Apparently they would
pectin to have the college come beg-
gins each year for its appropriations
when than girlie it the necessary
lands tor its work. Remember this,
Mr. F’aornor, when your representa-
hives come home telling you what
they have done to: the farmers!
.1! \ *

They expect the Michigan Agricul-
tural college to keep pace With the
other agricultural colleges in the
country but they wish to keep vita af‘
gfairs in polities so that it may be
used occasionally by the votengetters.
This is ordinary poawnut politics and
not worthy of real representatives of

the‘best inbéreéts of the state

Nashville, Mien. 1.00

Park Pease,_,Nashville, Mich. .25

Arthur-HydeNashvue, Mich. .50

J. F. Radebaugh, Charlotte,
Mich” .50

S N. Main, Nashville, Mich. . .50
NZ. McConnell, Ohamtte,

W. Pc Tinker, Charlotte, Mich.
W. H. Dodgson, Charlotte,
‘ Ehrlich;

Boyd, Vermontville, Mich..
Bert Brundige, Vermontville,
, Mich”

.50

B. A. Spragne, Vermontville,
Mich“
Verne
rmch. "
A. 0.3'Barland, Charlotte, ..Mich.

John -18.. Tyler, Vermont‘ville,

hr.
Eugene Powers,
Mic-h“
Aalbert Gottne'll,
Mach.
Grenshine, Vermontville,
Mich .......................
Frank Tompson, Vermontvllle,

iconsfljlutos the best Crap weather.

satin-es. .

:r‘for more precipitation and higher temperatures.
Count ono to three days Moanller for west of that line and as much later far
roast or It, In proportion to distance from that meridian which runs ~north

through St. Louis.

for an appro— _

'~ May toMperaIure will average about normal.
Poi many years for the month and place, and normal temperatures and! min
May will bring a drouth to large sections! ,
of this continent. Most rain in northeastern states, cast Gulf coast and sooth-u a
.or'n plains .states, immediately cast of Rockies. Not as good crop weather as ' "
Dangerous storms May 21 to June 3. ‘
. walleye week centering on May 9 and in eastern sections 18 to 3?.

In April.

Most! rain in great central

In above chart the treble line represents normal proclpltatlon and temper-

Washington, D. 0;, April 199—Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance

to cross continent April 19 to 23,

warm wave 18 to 22, cool wave, 21 to
25. The forces will be again increas-
ing .atthe time of this storm crosses
the continent and as the storm forces
willbe greater than usual all shduld
be on the watch .for them; but we
are not expecting it to be of great
force .-'as compared with those of re-
cent dates.

The dangerous storms usually occur

’in the southeast quarter of the low

or storm center, and if you watch
the elements and the wind which,
when the storm center gets within a
day of your longitude,,blows a little
to, the right of the storm center, you
canr'clesely determine when the storm
will reach you. These bulletins Sel-
dom miss the date, When the storm
Will pass your locality, more than twen-
ty-four hours. When the Wind comes
from some eastern point you may
know the sterm center is westward
and moving eastward. Tornadoes oc-
cur infthe southeast quarter of the
low :or storm center and move north-
eastward. They also occur near the
time when the temperatures are
highest.

Everyone should learn to know the
easily understood conditions that pre-
vail just before an important weather

 

 

Fred J. Cass,

Mich. ‘

Wm. Gehman,

Mich.

S. C. "Sanders, Vermontville,

Mich.. .50
‘R. E. Smith and D. J. Cohoon,

Mt. Pleasant, Mich ......... 2.00
W. J. Goodell, Elba, Mich ...... .50
Mr. and Mrs. E. McCormick,

Potterville, Mi-ch..

Mrs. Edith Park, Coopersville,

Mich.

Barber Colborn, Morrice, Mich.

......... $334.27

Vermontville,

3.00

1.00
2.00

“Our hoopla like» the mm ‘pink
cheer om much and oaythot it
has“ them all." am Name Hut-
chm, almond, Mich.

WWW 9-17

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, ,pz'rRoar. mot-1.. M... N° 206813

. Formmnnnouor

._t

As temperatures and precipitation lines rise pmbabllltloa will increase

Dates are for Meridian '90.

event 01‘ Change in the weather; 7A”,
hog, a. bird, a goose knows thatmuch, ;
A stuffy, oppressive atmosphere indi- ,

cates a storm not far away and that
condition always prevails just before
the tornado strikes. Before the 'crop-
growing season is ended we will hear
of more dangerous and destructive
storms and these bulletins will not
hesitate to make the best forecasts
of them that are now, possible.

Next disturbance will reach Paciﬁc

coast about April 25, cross Paciﬁc ‘

slope by close of 26, great central val-
leys 27 to 29,
Warm wave will cross Paciﬁc slope

about April 25, great central valleys '

27, eastern sections 29. ‘Cbol wave
will cross Paciﬁc slope about April
28, great central valleys 30, eastern
sections May 1.

This will be very
preceding disturbance.
weather, high winds near the center
of the low and a gale as the high or
cool wave comes in. It will not be a
very great storm, but the force will
be such that all should be careﬁul.
It will probably enter the continent
through the state of Washington, its
center go as far south in the great
central valleys as parallel 40 and then
pass up through eastern Canada.

Temperatures will average above
normal from April 18 to May 3 and
rain of that period Will average below

normal for the continent but‘ in a“

few small sections excessive rains
will fall. That is always the result
when severe storms cross the con-
tinent.

Severe storms are expected near
May 10 and from May 21 to 30. More
particulars later. Our danger signals
were out March 31 to April 7. On
March 31 a tornado struck New York
state, April 3 another hit Missouri,
April 4 and 5 severe storms fram Illi-
nois to eastern provinces of Canada.
Forecasts for March rain placed the
general average below, but results
show a. little above, normal. That
limited sections would have excessiVe
rains proved good.
to bring out many dry spots, prob-ably
too dry for growing crops.

Lansing to Have Public Market.

At the recent election in Lansing it
was voted by a majority of over 2, 000
to establish a public market. Lans-

ing is now a city of over 40,000 Pbpu- ,

lation and has been without an ade-

quate place for the exchange of farm- '

products. The new market will be

constructed at once and will

doubtedly be ready for business inrsix

months.

ishing agricultural county, and ems

new market should prove to bomn

unqualiﬁed success. .
Right now is the time" for:

ers to interest themselves in _

nor in which this new p

is to be conducted. If alt is!

..morely .aubthor place; where.

eastern sections 30. -

May is expected .

Normal means the average

much‘ like the: i. . .
Very warm-..‘.¥"!“

.. un—"”" "

Ingham County is a hellf-

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. think the ‘pink sheet’ is all‘
right, and you can improve it as'
me); as you like, but it comes pretty
hand'as it is.’ --Bert Smith, Mer-

. rill, ichigan, R-I.

PITTSBURGH—The
market is showing a little weakness
and bidders are somewhat slow in
"buying, and arrivals are coming for-
-‘-._Ward more frequently.
;- this situation is only temporary and
, that there will be a demand for oats
, that will equal the supply.

‘, oATc—Pt'rﬂwnon- MARKET.
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“We like the ‘pink sheet.”’—Spen-

I ' cer G Thurston, Kalkaska, Michigan,
. Gen. Delivery.

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on the seed situation. The ad«

vance prices of last week were
maintained through this week. Ow-
ing to the season of the year there is
a heavy demand for clover seed and
this will naturally keep up the price.
We cannot look for any change in the
seed prices and the conditions in
general would point to a slight de—
cline.

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MARKET.

,June. prime ...... $12.00

Mammoth. prime . . . .
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‘Everyone that gets the pink
sheet’ says it is O. K .”—Ed Haysmes,
Sheridan, Michigan, No. 2.

APPLES

We cannot report any real

change in the market situation

because fancy apples are selling
about the same as they were last
week. It must be appreciated, how-
ever, at this season of the year that
a great many pitted apples are com-
ing in on the market, all varieties and
all grades, therefore sell at all prices.
Storage apples are cleaning up fairly
well and ban; a nice appearance
when placed on the market We can-
not anticipate any change in price for
the balance of the season.

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"I think this is the best farm
paper that I have ever seen and for
my part I could not do without it.”
—-F. W. McCrary, Hope, Michigan.

CORN

f 4 During the past week or
ten days the corn has
‘ , been in the hands of the

large elevators, who have been boost-

ing up the price considerably. The

hish- price of corn has not particularly

J'b‘éneﬂted the producer but the com-

sniper is the one that suffered on ac.

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“I think the. 'pink sheet’ is all
right. We take seven. papers; when
they come in the house "we all try
.. to get the pink sheaf ﬁrst iii-G. H.
Hudson, Famell, Michigan, No. 3. .

 

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“I like the ‘pink sheet’ oery'much
and wouldn’t do without, but I have
been so busy that I have neglected
but I don’t want to miss a single
copy and I wish you all kinds of
luck.”——Geo. Weese, Kingsley, Mich.

BUTTER

 

 

 

 

At thiS'seas-on of the year the
receipts of butter start to in-

crease, therefore, the price will.
have a tendency to drop in proportion .

to the receipts. There is a good de-
mand for butter, and it is being sold
quite readily at satisfactory prices.
There has been a decline in the mar-
ket on all grades of butter about 2c.
per pound.

 

BUTTER -- GENERAL MARKET.

Creamery No. 1, per pound.... .34

 

 

Fancy Dairy, per pound ........ .32

 

“Enclosed ﬁnd balance to pay for
subscription to rpink sheet.’ I could
not, or rather would hate to do with-
out it.”-—]. H. Leathers, Fountain,
Michigan, R~L

1113

 

 

 

 

April is the month for storing
eggs, thereﬁore the market is
cleaned up every day. Prices
are ranging about 10. higher than

last week.

 

EGGS—HGENERAL MARKET.

Large fresh

IOOAQOOOIl-looe

 

 

Medium fresh

 

“Please send me the ipink- sheet’
as long as it lasts. I don’t really
know how much I paid you on it,
but when I have worked through
that just drop me a hint and I will
try and ﬁnd another 500. I «don’t
want to miss the ‘pink sheet," it
is certainly ‘there with the goods.’
Here’s hoping you may accomplish
all that you attempt.”—-M. L. O'um-
mings, Big Rapids, Mich, R, 1,

POULTRY

 

 

Cattle—ﬂetrojt.
Owing to a tendency toWard falling

oil. of receipts, the cattle market at ~

the Detroit yards is inclined to be a

little stronger, but the prospects are
for a steady market at the prices

quoted. Top steers have been rang-

-ing near the $9 mark, with primes

varying around $8 50. Generally speak-
ing the situation has not changed
much and will remain stable under
average shipping conditions. Good

steers are quoted at $8. 20@8. 40 tidy
butchers, $8@8. 20; fair $7@7. 50; com-.

mon, $6@7; common to good fat cows,
$4@7. 50; common to good fat bulls,
$5. 50@7. 50; heifers, $4. 50@8;
cows and springers, $5-0@75; veal
calves, $10@10.75; heavy and thin
calves, $7@8. . " , '

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CATTLE-95730” STOCK

, YARDS. -.
Beetet‘eers, good to prime

heavy ..... . . . ....... $8. 25 to $9.00
Ieet steers. medium to

good 7.50m
Beet steers. common to

fair .......... . . . . . . 7.00 to
lee! cows, common to

selected . . . . . ........ 4.50 to
Heifers. selected
Stock steer. ....... . . .. 5.00 to 0.00
Feeders . 0.50 to
Gunners and Cutters. . . 3.50 to

Good to prime venis. . 5.00 to 10.50
Bull 1.

7.50
6.40

 

 

...' . 10.00 to 111,00

 

 

 

 

fowls and spring chickens. The-
demand is far exceeding the
supply and anyone who has poultry
to sell will do well by getting them
on the market at this time of the

D There is an active demand for

year.

. There is very little demand an:
1 live geese, tducks «, k
'.;t _ .

“I enclose stamps for remainder
of my subscription to Michigan
Business Farming, which 1s all right.”
—W. 0. Root, Cass City, Michigan.

Cattle—Chicago.

Bad condition of feed yards is given
as one of the contributing causes to
the increased receipts of cattle during
the week. A decline in prices has
been the natural result With sellers
it has been a case of trying hard
to avoid big cuts “which were pre-
vented by strong, healthy demands
from packers and shippers. In the
early part of the week breaks of 10@
15c were common, compared with last
week’s prices, and there were some
cuts of 15@200, while bulk of business
was lower than a week ago by 10@
250.

Some unevenness has characterized
the trade with bulk of prices lower
than declines of last week. Still with
the supply over the actual, needs of
the market, there is a tendency for
prices to strengthen as the week ad-
vances and traders are not disposed
to quote prices worse than those of
last week’s decline.

Inasmuch as the biggest portion of
the steers came from feed yards a
long Way off, it is ﬁgured by the kill-
ers that he ‘very "generous receipts

would be here later. Thus it has been. _
"more or less good policy 0.11.. their _ ,-

part to swell the
in .,

'. steer trading at $7

fresh ,

. 5.00 to 7.00 ,

conditions imxirov
A big showing of. cod
made, though the . -

es ._
crate. Few made 16.9 09'
$9.10, against $9.20 for

: last week.

Bulk of strictly good tab

to 1,450 lb. steers sold

or $8.25@8.75,a11d with
$8. 50@8 75 there were

lb and heavier kinds
were not in strong favor,
dier stuff made relatively;

handy worsens 21. secs

was 9. decent quota of 113
up killers at $7. 7 7,90 - 1‘
0 and lo

packers took a few little (1‘
steers, such as feeder men» ‘

82, 2511 in the same period 3. yo
and continuance of muddy feed
over the country will doubtle‘

considerably swelled receiptsfla 91‘ ﬁt. ‘ I
the remaining days of the m . 7

.CATTLe—cHIcAeoT . , ,
YARDS. .

lee! steers. good I;
prime heavy ”88.40
lee! steers. medium to
good
lee! steers. common to
tai r . .......... , . . . .
lee! cows. common to
selected
Fat heifers.
choice
Gunners and cutters.
Good to prime veals.

3.25 to»

cool to .

. 5165 to
3.40 to
5.50 to‘ . r,
5.5019 ; ’

 

 

“I think the ‘pink sheet’ is al , .
and I :wish every farmer in Michigd
had i . -—Roy C. Bachelor, .N ,
Lothrop, Michigan. .

Cattle—Buffalo.

Cattle receipts at Buffalo M0;
were 135 cars or 3,375 head, in p .
ing around 15 to 20 loads of ski-pp... ..
steers, quite a few handy; weigh
butchering steers, good proportion
females and light receipts of bulls
stockers and feeders and fresh co 3*
and springers. Market ruled a di
lower on good weight steers, Chiba
having the liberal supply of 30,’
and eastern oréler buyers playing?
Buffalo marks against the leading
western market. At the decli"
trade was active and these grade“
were bought early, tops ranging «frat?
$9. 00 to $9.05 Handy weight dutehf
ing steers remained about shady
best handys bringing up to $8.65, wit
a load of yearlings, steers and; heifer
mixed, fetching up to $8. 85. "a'ﬂi
was a class of half fat, comm0'_
kinds of steers, not suitable. for f
ers, by reason of a lack of q
and with not enough fat to hit
many buyers, that sold a dime to 1
lower. Fat cows and better kind
heifers sold full steady. income"
best fat cows and heifers pri

 


.. “I". 61111051111 some of 111mm,:
. ‘M cdﬁpames are oﬂerit’rg- coal-j

cents: per ton under circu-

51155165, butrthe champs. are these 3

cit ~ll mks» up the difference in
es. luster on.»

condition will naturally de-

.to the fact that no one is buy-

hnnd'coal this? month—they are

_ ‘ 3, y clowning up their coal- bins for

'wpose of stocking up with fresh

7 F. o s.
Mines.

., Vlhpril sort cm Prices.
11d.- of. Coal,

gﬁgcklug 3 inch rescreened lump. $1 75

‘ng 134411511 screened lump. 1. 60
4 inch special lump ........ 1. 75
_ lid-inch special. lump. . . . 1. 60
"Pomeroy 2114111211 lump .......... 1. 65
Cambridge 1176.- inch. lump ....... 1.60

The show grades of coal take a

”Hocking. freight rate.

":Virginia special 10-inch block. .81. 50
'Reculess White Ash 4-inch block. 1 75
"Virginia Logan 4- inch block ..... 1.65
Yqu'on 3ench splint ............. 1.55

131111011; egg; ...................... 1.50

,Theraboye coal: takes» a Virginia or

Kentucky rate, or 25 centswo'verrH‘ock-
'ing.
' Michigan 4inch lump ........... $2. 75
Michigan 3'- inch lump ........... 2. 65
Average freight rate to Michigan
. points, 70 cents per ton.
. . P'o'cohontas lump or egg ........ 1.85
‘; Pocahontas stove ............... 1.65
Freight late, 45 cents over Hock-
ing rate.
Anthracite Coal.

. Chestnut hard coal, gr. tons...$5.85
Equivalent to net tons ......... 5.25
Egg. and stove size, 25 cents 1888.
The. above- prices are f. o. b. Buf-

radon

WWAVNT CANNING. FACTORIES.

' Efforts are being made by the com-
mercial clubs of Peteskey and North-

, _ port to land canning factories for the

season of 1913. The agricultural lands
surrounding both these places are be-
' . 111g taken up far the growing of fruit
and. vegetables that admit of being
canned at a proﬁt. Acreage is being
scoured at Traverse City and North-
gort for a salting station for cucum-
ers.

bushel,

this your p
Craps avoyagsd 38.9 per

than on Mike «15.53 011111241],

lower 1111111111 19911; 1812'
than 11119095131113: you

as. Home
of prices increased three-tenths or 1

per cent during March, against an

* average increase of 2.1 per. cent dur- ..

1113. March. of the past ﬁve years. ..
Corn April 1 averaged .53. 7 cents 8.

against 71.1 last year, 49.7

the year before and BM in 1910;

wheat 79.1 cents,,m 925 83.8,.2TGE

and $1. 04. 5 the three preceding years;

oats 48.,5 against 92. 3, 6921 and ..597
cents; rye 62.9, against 85.1, 75.4 ami
76.6 cents, potatoes 50, 3 against
1 17.1 55.5 and 474; Cotton 11.8,-

against 10.1 13.9 and 14.1 cents a 31,:

pound, and butter 27.-,6 against 26.1,
22. 6 and 25.8 cents.

On hogs, beef, veal, sheep and
lambs, prices were better than on
April 1 in 1912 and 1911, but in the
cases of hogs, sheep and lambs, not
up to the averages for 1910. Hogs
on April 1 averaged 7. 62 a hundred
pounds; beef cattle, $5. 88; veal
calves, $7.49; sheep, $4.97, and lambs,
$6.56. '

“Wears very much pleased with "
your little paper.”-M'rs. Charles
Miesmer’, Pt. Huron, Mich.

FAIR TO” SPE‘N’D 3400:0110.
At the recent meeting of the Michi-

gan State Fair association, held in-

Detroit, the management decided to
otter $100,000 in premiums in order to
make this summer’s meet the great-
est ever held in: Detroit.

More than $60,000 of this money.

will be devoted .to premiums for the
educational end of. the fair alone. This
grant will enable General Managei
Dickinson to carry out his ideas, anent
the fact that the Michigan State fair
should teach its patlons a great deal,
as well as amuse them.

The premium and business com
mittees backed Mr. Dickins0n in the
contention that more premiums should
be devoted to educating both the tiller
of the soil and the city bread man
alike.

There are handsome inducementstr
the growers in every line to excel.

 

W111 YOU add just one
name this Week?

The “Pink Sheet” asks YOU to help this week by adding Just ONE
NAME to the rapidly growing list of real business farmers here in
Michigan who appreciate what this littlepaper can mean to them when

IT GROWS UP!

. IF YOU ARE ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER, ask just one of your
“farmer friends to use the coupon below—rshow him what YOU LIKE
i'ABDUT" THE PAPER—tell him every farmer of the 10,000 who receive
:It now every week HAVE PAID JUST WHAT YOU ASK HIM TO
:2.PA*Y—no more or no leach—just a penny-anxlssue, FIFTY CENTS FOR

5A FULL YEAR!

IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY A SUB‘S’CRIBER, then for goodness“
take place your name on this list of the REAL BUSINESS FARMERS-
OF MICHIGAN. The coupon below is a personal Invitation for you to

5 John. H“

‘ I ﬁvﬂ‘ _?1_-~ _ ﬂ _"M M"

.mcchN BUSINESS FARMING, DETROIT, M'IC‘H.

Dear'Slrs: | enclose'wc for your paper for one year.

I

'Tdhio‘I-oouoo-na.

paint or conﬁscatio’m
the -sppaak_er‘x, domestic wool stowage
i6“ , _

‘01 Bay City," Treasurer John Mom
of; Romeo;- ’11: F. Mouton, '01! Bay City
L Freeman, oi! Flint: 101111 1113111110

Dickinson", of Detroit.

. “I think cosmetic should take ..

Michigan Business Farmino.”e~E
R. Leonard, St. Louis, Mich ,—

110 OBT OF- EVERY 1,000 FPOGS
DIE OF CFI'OLERA1'

Of the losses to livestock during
the past your that. sustained 01110113
swine was the héai‘iﬁkt, and hog ch01-
era was probably the cause of 90 per
cent of the loss, according- to the dev-
partment of agriculture.

The monetary loss in swine thede-

' partment places at approximately $66 -

417, 000. Tire losses of. cattle and
sheep during the year were not
so heavy as the year previous, while
the losses of farm horses and mules

, was not quite 0110 per Cent greater

than the preceding year;

“Losses "of swine from disease were
unusually heavy,” - says the depart-
ment in a. statement issued today,

.“being 110.1.per thousand, as com-

pared with 89.2 the preceding year
and 54.9 the average per thousand of
the past 10 years. Theloss of 110.1
per thousand, if applied to the esti-
mated number and value of hogs on
January 1, would indicate a. total loss
of approximately 6,736,000 head.”
The losses of cattle from disease
during the pastryear are ”estimated to
be 20. 5 per thousand head, as com-
pared With 21. 6 for the preceding
year. The losses of sheep are placed
at 246 per thousand, as against 26 6
for 1911, and the losses of berries and
mules are estimated to beabout 22.6
per thousand, as against 21.9 per
thousand for the preceding 12 months.

“I think the paper is ﬁne and
just what every farmer should
haoe”———L. F. Hostetler, North Lib-
erty, Ind.

/ MICHIGAN S‘HEE’PM‘EN FIGHTING

FREE WOOL.

Charging that the free trade wool
schedule announced by the Democrats
as a part of their tariﬁ nglslet'lon
would bring about a. destruction of
theﬂocks in Michigan, and the elim-
ination of the wool trade inlthe State,
the Michigan W001 Dealers, at their
annual meeting entered formal pro-

test against the establishment of. a '
__and appointed a 3

free trade policy,
committee to dmft'fresolutiOns which
are to be {orwarded to Michigan mem-
bers in congress. '

Various speakers declared the 1301113
ocratio poticy was geing. beyond {that
of tariff reduction and approached a
Awarding to

Fred Postal and Genera-1 Manager

of markets, for which

,vided last year; and
study the "was; 54W
111g 0!! form produc -‘ .

secretary Hons

" the Work should ~

cepted an offer'f

cation board, who

with the department 7
mute farm demonstmtion., orig,
likewise in the problems.“

"organization service? -.- .,

“It is evident," said; “the '
in a statement, “that mack
only one aspect oi the” great
of rural organization centre ﬂ
nation.1n the interest.

._ other phases should be
the some time. Home

partment of agriculture
agencies charged with. the. ..
ment of agriculture have given.
ary attention to problems. of 1‘:
tion The time is at hand! it) 131
tention to rural organihations’

“I ﬁnd that the Michigan.-

' for of any of my papcr’s.
good work go on. —-E.
H-bnor, Michigan

EATON To HAVE memes, .
CULTURAL conmr.

arrangements for another
contest among the boys on

the moVemcnt, and the 13' . I .3.
the exhibit will be the IE.
years,- as students in nedrl

'trict ‘wﬂl compete for varied

Boys. between the ages :01 .1
years are eligible to commit is
com and potato 111911113 0 " ,

 


 

 

 

 

e ntyeﬁt/e cents
little paper for
f the year.’ ’—«Mrs. -
rse City, Michigan. ,

urgest run of the sea- _»
ithstanding the heavy”

is. were only a [quarter

eels sold at $10.00;
as ranged from $8. 50@$9. 50,

decks of light calves, going

few out, moving from $8. 00@
oily culls ranged from $8.00
smiths spread on, feds was

 

:Ca‘lf Quotations.
s. choice to extra. .99.;5@$10.00

 

 

,; as 'I_ felt lost without the.
\."”,—-—;Fred _ Prefer, Gladwin,

. Hogs—Detroit. 1.
3038 have not been as strong as we
wish

ad running slightly over. Mediums,
' 9.70, heavy yorkers, $9. 70; light
$9. 70; pig's, $9. 70; roughs,

stage, $7@7. 50

,. Fiir to choice butchers ........ $9.30
“Lixktvveight I .................. 9.90

an. according to

’/ ‘gt u...-...........3.oot.:.25

m. G'Ioooso-Ioaaoo-oolc-tu" 9o:

 

 

«.‘fI- think the ‘pink sheet’ is just
hat; the farmers need to help
hem in marketing their rproduce.
albeit will never be discontinued.”

*Lyle Gray, Wheeler, Michigan.

Hogs—Chicago.

IIcgs are ﬁrmer, starting cut Mon-
y with a ﬁve- cent advance on last
89‘11.‘tur(l‘11.y’s prices.
light-weights were slow sellers and
was were generally steady. Other
kinds were strong, and the butcher-
sights showed the most strength.
11 after kind were in good demand
been cleared at the prices.
3 Ba go between light and heavy
‘ghts grew still narower today
ign, ’etghts topped the market at
55,, ut many lots sold at $9. 20 and

8 recently. Packers did
but later were good

pigs 99 'ZO@$9. 75.

Benj. Johnson \

Hock-Buffalo

Eighty— two cars of hogs at Buffalo
Monday, 15 109.813 less than for the 1

same day a week ago and ten cars

. more then for the like day a year ago.
, Trade Was a little slow but prices.
. were steady. With last week’s close.
"best packers grades selling generally
’ on a ‘39. 65 basis. few light mixed go-
hing to order buyers at $9. 70, best
'yorkers $9. 65@9. 70, and lights and
. Roughs $8. 65, stage,
$7. 00@9800. Prospects appear to be

favorable for the fbalanbe of the week.
Light hogs are bringing the top prices

'now. on account of eastern- killers

buying these rather freely for fresh
meat trade and in addition, supply of

light hogs has been rather light, in
- comparison to total receipts.

 

HOGs—BUFFALO STOCK YARDS

Extreme heavies 280 lap. 89. 50@89. 65
Heavies 240 to 280 960@ 9.65
Mediums 220 to 240 ..... @ 9.65
Mediums 190 to 220 ..... 9.65
MIXed 180 to 220.
Yorkers 150 to 170 ......
Do light 130 to 150. 9.75
Pigs 120 down .......... . 9.75
State hogs . . . . 9.70
Heavy ends . 9.60
' 8.75

8.00

9.70

 

 

here being little tendency ’

 

“I think the ‘pink sheet’ is all
right. ”—Henry Brodberg, Reed City,
Michigan.

Sheep and Lambs—Detroit.

Receipts have fallen off quite a little
during the past week, as was the case
with other live- stock shipments. The
market, «however, continues steady
with a little inclination to vary toward
slightly lower prices. Best wool lambs,
$9@9. 25; fair wool lambs, $8. 50@8. 75;
light to common wool lambs, $7@8. 25;
yearlings, $8@8. 25; fair to good
clipped sheep, $6. 50@7; clips, culls
and common, $4@5. 05

 

SHEEP —- DETROIT STOCK
YARDS.

Lamb!» good to choice. $9.00 to $9.2
Do fair to good 6.10 to 8.60
Year ing lambs. choice. 7.75 to 8.25
Mixe sheep ........... 6. 00 to 6. 75
Gull sheep 2 ............ 4.50 to 5.80

 

 

 

“I think your paper is a good
paper for the money.”—Roy Sager,
Six Lakes.

Sheep and Lambs—Chicago.
Trade has been slow and uneven

from the beginning of the week and 1

sellers have fought hard against tak-
ing lower prices without succeeding
in checking a. decline. Outside com-
petition has been poor and local pack-
ers have been able to do practically

as they pleased; Eastern trades were .

reported weak and lower, so that
local traders were up against a hard
proposition.

Shorn offerings were more numer-
ous in this division than the wooledl
arrivals, but fbrmer lots sold to fairly
good advantage, as many buyers pre«
ferred the “clippers,” probably becauso
such lots were in best ﬂesh. General
quality was good and prime lots were
not uncommon, but practically noth-

ring suitable for feeder buyers have

arrived, which was unfortunate, as
call for aged and yearling stock! from
the country was as small as possible.
Packers were not forced to extend
themselves to any extent, as their or-
de'rs were limited and the lack of a
broader outlet made it an easy matter

"“ibr them to get what. they needed.

Some very'desi-rab lo 131“” Western
h _ 1

9.70 '

. getting

» standing

"d'someryearling . eWes made

averaging less than 803 lbs.
. , . .. , _ . Woo-led ye'arlings, such as sold last
. week at $8.00, were held around $7. 75 '
-‘mohigah Business Farmmg is a
god? little paper" 1

Wethers were quotable upward of
$7 25 and ewes as high as $7 00.

IH ESP -- CHICAGO STOCK
" ’ WYARDI ‘

Lambs, good to choice.. $8.50 to 68.75

Do fair to good” ”to 8.40
' Do cull to Common .. 5.00 to 600
Yearling- lamhs. choice. . 7.25 to 8.00
, Do cull to fair.-6....... 50to 7.15_
Wethe'rs. choice 6.40 to 7.25
EweI, choice handy '

welsh t .. ........... . 4.85 to 6.50

no choice heavy... . 6.00 to 6.50
Cull Iheep . ............ 3.75 to 4.75
{Rm .‘II..IQII.IOIII ‘ﬁto 6.00

 

 

 

 

“I think a great deal of the little
‘pink sheet.’ ”———R. L. Reeder, Vik-
eryville, Mich.

Sheep and Lambs—Buffalo.

Slow trade on sheep and lambs at
Buffalo Monday. Receipts were 65
cars or 13,000 head. Lambs went off
10 to 15 cents, while sheep were
about Steady with last week’s close.
Two loads of very choice wool lambs
brought $9.35 but generally speaking,
top handy kinds were hard to place
zit-$9.25, several decks of very desir-
able lambs selling from $9.00@‘$9.15,
with throwouts from $8.75 down. Few
very choice shorn lambs made $8.10
@8815 but the bulk moved moved at
$8.00, some choice ones," that were a
little weighty, selling at $7.85, cull to
fair clipped lambs ranging from $5.50
@9750. Best wool wether sheep,
$7.50@$7.75, one deck of very choice
handy $7.85 and top unshorn ewes
quotable from $7.00@$7.50. Top
clipped wethers $6.75@$7.00 and
shorn ewes $6 00@$6. 50. Choice
handy wool yearlings quotable up to
$8. 50, with shorn yearlings from $7. 50
down. Trade at Buffalo Monday was
very slow, being sort of a peddling
deal and it will require a very light
supply for the balance of the week to
maintain steady prices. The season
is near at hand for the disappearance
of the wool stuff, as the weather is
considerably, warmer and
clipped stuff will undoubtedly come in
larger proportion. This week wool
stuff sold to as good advantage, how—
ever, as clipped stuff.

 

IHEEP— BUFFALO STOCK
YARDS.

Lambs, good to choice. .89.15@$9.

Do fair to good. -. ..... 8.85@ g

9.

a
o

H In
I‘

ecu (”~73

Do cull and common. 8.2562)
Do weighty and heavy. 8.85@
-Do skips 7. 00@

Yearling wethers, choice 8.00@
Do cull to fair ........ 6.00@
Do ewes, choice. ., ..... 7. 00@

Wcthers, choice

Mixed sheep

. E wed-01101012

. “qweig’ht

" Do choice heavy .......

_ Cull. sheep

x. Bucks

Quotations—Wool Stock.
Clipped Stock.

Lambs choice to extra. .

Do cull to fair ........ 5
\Veihers

39000.00
sssevs

7.60

Cull sheep

 

7. 4o@' 7.85 "

 

 

do without the
M cLaith,

‘pink
Shelby,

"Can’t
sheet.’ ”r-Geo.
Michigan.

Wool.

We are very much disappointed in
not beirfg able to give you some real
monetary talk on the Wool situation,
this week, but it is quite impossible
based on the unsettled situation
which still confronts us. We are all
aware of the reason of the unsettled
situation It would take some
little time for the Whole Wool
situation to have gotten an a basis
‘Where we can work with some under-

We cannot expect that the
hand-1

Q h , as sin held“ '
, weal harvest. The only thi
' do, at the moment, is to was

the outcome of the wool tarii!

this, or to giVe any reﬂection '
ever on po.litics—-we will not“

Michigan, because thereof. We nah-
not feel that there is any call What
ever for a reduction of the press

wool level. It would be suicidal on
the part of the w001 handlers to at.
low a reduction in the present stand '-
ard. They Cannot make any mo :,
off wool, unless they get it. ‘ Ifth'ey'.
reduce wool below its present stand-
ard, they will simply demoralize the";
entire wool business, from a growers-g
standpoint When they do that they»,

have lost their possibilities of a. proﬁt ‘ ”
‘from its handling. _
for these people to regulate a stand-'5 L

It is just as easy}-

ard of levels on a free trade basis,
as on any other.
state of organization far in advance.
of ‘Grover Cleveland’s time, when we "
experienced cheap wool. We believe.

those interested and- accountable.
to a certain extent, for wool,
values at that time will not al-'
low its re-occurrence. We do 'not
think there is any call for it;
we do not think we will experience it.
We shall expect this wool to start in
at about 180. and gradually work up
to about 25c. We are guessing at
this; we absolutely have no inside
knowledge of the future. Please con-
sider it accordingly.

“We like the ‘pink sheet’ very
much.”-——Mr. B. E. Wyllys, Read-
ing, Michigan. R 49.

FLOUR AND FEED.

There is very little change in the
flour and feed situation since last
week, although the market On wheat
is slightly on a decline.
tion continues, it will no doubt, at-
feet prices on ﬂour and feed to a cer-
tain extent. The demand for feed
has been fairly good and there has
been no change in prices. The mar-
ket on ﬂour is normal with a. very
little variation in the market. .
Price

Kind. per bbl.
“Blend” ﬂour, %-paper sacks..$ 5.25
Spring patent ............. 4.50
Toweling sacks or wood barrels

200 higher. -

,, Perton.
Coarse corn meal ..... . ..... 24.60
Cracked corn ........ . ...... 25.00
Chop feed .. 21.00
Coarse middlings . .
Fine middlings
Bran (standard)

The above prices are t. o. D. De-
troit, Mich, 011 car lot shipments.

Tankage, averaging 60 per cent

protein, $41 per ton f. o. b., Chicago. ~ “

“We just couldn’t get along with-
out our ‘pink sheet.’ ”—Louis Siles-
ky, Grand Blanc, Mich.

COAL.

There is very little to report on the
coal situation this week. Recent
ﬂoods haVe temporarily strengthened.
the market on account of the supply
being limited. Most all the mines
in the Hocking ﬁeld were somewhat
demoralized on account of ﬂoods and
will take some time to make repairs-

Lake shipments are beginning to
start and we believe this will have a.
tendency to strengthen the market to" (.-
some extent. You will appreciate?

that at this time of the year, whole. ' I
.salers and: jobbers are giving most or

their time and attention to steam.
trade. The majority of domestic cool '
buyers do not appreciate the necdsr
sity and money saving there is by?
placing their contracts early in the“?
season and being sure of a supply of
coal for the entire year; at the same
time getting a better grade of card.
A meat mahy operatoielr min g a

 

We are today in'a; -

If the situa- "

