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Packers Start World-
-‘ I. , t1 Wide Meat War

_ 0,111 ‘
. sacriﬁced before supremacy in the meat
““trade. is established.
tween 1111111 pack'crs with almost limit—
less wealth behind them, and has devel—
oped into a three— cornered one. The
principals are:

Packers of Chicago, Kansas City and
Omaha

zPackers of Australia and Argentine.

Business men and laroe r1.n111 owners

  

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farmer anthem cc of his wool? .
11113908 1, ~ rsold His wool for
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SOME BUILﬂING ROADS

Among the no‘st important bills passed'

,"by the last I isIaturewas the 91112 prm
vidin‘g' for 11111111110115; based on horse
power, the revenue from which will go
into the State highway fund for the
building of trunk line hi‘g’hWa‘ys.

All roads built on the trunk line plan
will be entitled to double aWard. In
cases where three or more miles are
built by" the county, the state will pay

If the expenses of erecting bridges,

d all bridges and culVerts are to be
designed by the highway department.
Old state reward roads on the trunk
lines are to be entitled to one- -half ad»
ditional s fate reward i kept in good
and such roads widened or re-
surfaced will be entitled to additional
reward to bring the total to an amount
equal to the double reward for new
roads All must be inspected and ap—
proved by the highway commissioner.

The trunk line roads Innst be kept. 111
repair to entitle any county to the double

award for additional road. Provision is”:

made for the establishment of trunk line
highway districts by contiguous coun-
ties, and the highway commissioner is
thorized to survey the trunk line
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In 1911' he

XE Were a- blesing 1n dis~"-
'le ﬁgere will not be so many. .
early. less £Euit, the-
vil'y burdened 331'?

   

2),; ‘

' \

_- {0111:1111me a't-
,striv‘irxg.to sortie all the people with equal
~ justice and Mitigation and it is very

‘ 112111 (Special pri\;ilege.w

,‘u‘ritil the situatiOn gets adjusted to the
new order of things. you Will be satis-

Poultry ....... .17
[Broders,.....'......‘.,...........,....... ..... .. .33
Eris}; /, .20

  

. ' ' of Los Angeles and other big cities west
‘9“ m (if the Rockies.
n goods, ' The war started with the invasion of
. €56 goods the ,London market by A111cri1‘an pack—
t cheaper than you ers, who sentimmcnse supplies from
‘aﬁﬁc 'j‘he saving to their Argentine houses. This cut heav-
ily into the Australian packers, who rc«
taliated by shipping steamer loads of
dressed beef to California, undensclling
the American price from three to fifteen
cents a pound.

.The Californians, in turn, believe they
can take from the packers all the cattle
of the far western plains, by reason of
cheaper lrcig'hts.

 

   

"‘. woo grown in our state
And your dry goods
thing are byt; two of the hun-
articles on Which the farmers

.“zl‘t is" my ”Serious conviction. that our
WaslpngtOn is honestly

 

NO FEF TO FIX]!
IN YOUR COUNTY
Fishermen are still confused o\'11 the

 

 

ggs'hbgg ﬁ§&k£&°p:eh:¥licﬁgChagg action of the 1991. atuic‘ rcl 1111c to
16111113 yfearm me'ﬁ, earnest 1n the sportsmeus licenses, :1 result of the
Entire mite mg?” til/1'86 to the Whole passage. of the huntei’ s license bill.
399% , 3311311 6d,; 13. the rich Those who go outside the county 111
De ’i “gray, Q y 3131! t which they live must pay a $1 license
corporation mmbpo‘hes‘ to V , 1'1 ’fee. No license is required to hunt 111

the same county in which you live

No lish‘erman's license bill was passed
so fax as Michigan lishcrmcn are con—
cemled. Persons who come from out—
side. the state to ﬁsh in Michipan 11 '111‘15
inust 11:11 :1 liccnsc ice, but this does not
apply to Michigan lishcrmen hshing in
the waters of this state.

The confusion b' is become so gcncrul

LVIIL HAVE AN ORCHARD that 11121111 local lis‘bcrmtn rcadino in :1
{OI/BRING 10w ACRES Detioit paper that men person who
Sutton’s Bay.———A. A. Yasch, of Lin- went outside his county to ugh would
coin, Neb, and Suttons Bay, aspires to be forced to 9211 $3 :1 day license fee.
be the greatest fruit grower in Leelanau had decided not to do much 1131111151 this
county. He has inst completed the set- years. Rut that story is not 11".u1 1t
ting of 7,000 fruit; trees and now has a was a confusion of the uon—rcsidcut
total of 35000 tiees in his three orch— lisherman's license, 1111‘ hunter's liccnsc

"‘11: you will have patience to wait .

lied your affairs are in the hapds of men
in Washington who have your best 1n~
terest at heart.”

’_ ards. He purposes to continue making and perhaps somc lo1‘:1l acts. lVlorc-rn'cr,
settings until he has a total of 50,000 the acts, wllntcyc‘r they are, will hardly
trees with an orchard area of about" cut much ligurc this year since they will
1,000 acres. “— not go into effect until August 15.

 

Last Moment Market Flashes

 

 

HE'LAST MINUTE before going to press, we secure quotations
on the several commodities fromthe principal market centers A
detailed litatemen‘t covering conditions, 0111 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. 091
Wheat; No. 2 Red “(large mills paying) ........ 1.101

Oats, Standard . . . . . ................ .421
Rye ............... .64
Beans . ................ 2.15
Hay (best market today, New York), at ...... .21.00
,Potatoes (best market today, Pittsburglﬁaatn .55

Butter .28

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

  

   

 

Chicago-—A world— wide meat war is'
Millions of dollars will probably be i

The hght is be—'

 

,7 SP3 .- " ‘1’0' thh have been looking for higher potato prices. we
01!“ Ni" M107? W“! W continue steady this week but it is wise to
twat?“ was ilt' tha.|3tie¢._ riﬂcontmuance of todays price: 'is not .at all

 

 

    

50¢ PER YEAR (TEEEE‘l-lsf

Sugar Men Again ~'
011 the Carpet

President Wilson Expected to Oppose
Any Congressman Voting on
Bill Affecting Business in
Which He is Finan—
' cially Interested.‘

The hunt for an evil “lobby" in con—
gress took on a new and sensational

' tlurn when the senate began issuing subs

poeuas £01 (10 m1‘n,all of whom are
said to be idcntined with the suoar in—
tercsts.

A flock of sergeants at arms started
out to summon 1111‘ witnesses for next
week, by which 111111: the investigators
will have finished taking testimony of
senators and plunw into an examina—
lion of 1111‘ so called ‘loblnists. ’ '

it is gcncrally assumed lic'cI ‘ that
l'residcnt \Vilson furnished the ﬂames
of those about to b1‘ subpoenaed. Frank
C. l.o\\1c1'j.', known in lcgislatiyc circles
here as 1111‘ “lrce sugar man," and sec~
1'1‘t:11'y of 1111‘ sowidllcd ubol1sale gro-
cers committc; llcni'y (i 1)\n;'11d one
of the beet sugar inch. and ll1on1as (i.
l’ahncr :11'1‘ zuuong 1hos1‘ ‘foi 111111111 sum—
mons have bccn issucd.

This n1‘w form of :1l‘l'z1irs many be—
lieve "onc of H11: suggcslions" Presi—
1l‘1nt \\'il son 111:1‘111 :11 his 1‘9111‘111 confer-
cu1c 111th ll1:1ir:1nln (lurm: 111 111111 Scu— .
(11111 lx’c‘,cd 111 1111‘ inwstlgalion commit—
tee and many 111 1111‘ pr1s1111111s lricnds
predict it will be Mr. \Vilson’s answer
to lhc lcsliniony 111‘ 111:1ny senators 111211

is

tbcy 11:11'1‘. seen no 1‘1'il. insidious lobby-
ists in lashinglon 111111 know of no
attempts to inllucncc congrcsmncn un-
propcrly against lbc l'ndcru‘ood bill.
The right ol :11 1111121 six, and in all
probability two or 1l11'1‘1‘ 111111'1‘ United
51:111‘5 senators to \‘1111‘ on 1111‘ 1.11111 bill

is lilicly lo 111‘ 1_'l1:1ll1‘n;.1'1‘1l.

'l‘llc six and probably 111111'1.‘ St’llilllll‘h‘
whose \‘otcs arc to bc challenged :11'11,
thosc who 211111111 1111‘1' are ﬁnancially
intc‘l'cslcd in connnodilics :11'1‘1‘111‘1'1 by
tarill lcgislulion. l'udcr 1111‘ 1'ul1‘s of
1111‘ scnzllc no 1111‘111111‘1' of that body is

supposcd 1:» 11.1111: any personal ﬁnancial
inlcrcsl that may in any way be affected
by pending lt‘}.;l>l.’lll1111. I1 is :1 rule
which 111‘\'1‘1' bur; bun ilzxokcd or cvcn
suggcslcd in conncclion will] 1:11'ill‘ legiswf‘
1:11pm. .

Disclosures 1l1:11 l’rcsidcnl Wilson is
1111111111 lllc 1l1‘l1,‘1':111n;1lion to but sena—
tors from voting has 1‘1'1-z111‘1l :1 stir about
1111‘ capitol. \\‘l11‘n 1111‘ plans are fully
111:11111'1‘11 11nd 111:11l1‘ public it is believed

1111‘ country will be 11111‘1'1‘s11‘1l equally
with lllc‘. sclllllul‘s‘ :ll‘l'1‘1‘l1‘1l.

'l‘wo scual’ors 11:11'1‘ admitted under
1121111 they are llllt’l't'nll‘ll ﬁnancially in
1111‘ tariff legislation. Scnzltor Catron
of New Mexico told of lumber and
mining i1'111‘1'1‘sts. l’1'1‘ss1‘11 by Scnalor
l<.1‘1‘d of Missouri, 1111‘111111‘1' of the in—
vestigating committcc. to furnish 111‘»

tailed information, (Hilton said that his
royalties from his 11111111134 interest, yi—
lﬂally affected by the metal Schedules 1111
tl‘11 twill bill, netted him approxinmlcly
$1000 :1 month

Senator "inane, lii'st' witness today,
said he was a physician and had no
interest in anything allcclcd by the
t;11'.iff '

“'Ihat handsome man back there by
1111‘ wall was veiy much Worried about

wool,’ "’ hesaid. pointing to a listener
The “handsome man ’said his-name was "
S. W. McClure, secretary of the '

tional Wool (wro’wers asSocia'tion. He
probably will take the stand whetl sea-
ators have ﬁnished.

lane said he did not consider men
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This “pmksheet” has
friend not. enemy, if {h

‘ from e 311311;. Rwlnchit
119a: £5.01»: «1m
fronts the far
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The ma: Jib'i-is' are virit't’ena"

serve the

at com. I

HAT 'OF A‘liiIsf.‘
Cpﬁitoa ._,

direefl Q:
ex; of Michigan,.-a1ld to asSist ;
p - : them in receiving at their own; local market“
vi ' the prices which should be theirs i

 

Subscription price, 50 cents a your.

 

,. A wise legislature at Lansmg
this year passed a 13W, whereby

beginning with the ﬁrst of the
new year, every owner of an
automobile in Michigan Will be

assessed ﬁfty cents per horse‘

power, A. L. A. M. rating, for the

- privilege of going out and “burn—

ing up the road.”

Now, as we look at it, .there is
a nice little “joker” in this new
bill that will cause a wide smile
to spread over the face of the
owner when he comes to face this
”terrible tax.”

“1.\ L. A. M. rating" looks i11-
nocent enough or harsh enough,
as you choose to take it, and as
it was probably explained before
the legislatures as a “simple and
direct means, adopted by the
automobile engineers of America,
to set a standard whereby the
horse-power of an internal—com-
bustion motor might be rated,”
we" cannot blame the wise solons
for accepting it, bait, hook and
all 9

\nd it is undoubtedly an hon—
est rating, but heie is the auto—
ists‘ “3111ile:”——if~he has, say,
purchased a “Boomerang thirty”
and figured from the ﬁrst news of
the bill that he would be required
to pay three long—green V_-spots
to tie the 1914 number tags to
his auto, he cannot help but be
pleased (though pe1haps humil—
iated) when he finds that his
“thirty”: delivers only this horse—
power id the catalog, and he is

. assessed nine dollars for an “18

horse—power A. L. A. M. rating.”

Automobiles in Michigan have
in the past been taxed as.personal
property and at the full appraised
valuation. It was little wonder

that the largercities in the state.

raised a loud howl at the ﬁrst
news of the bill ,and fairly
shreiked when it was noised
about that the governor had
“signed the bill by mistake.”

In Detroit, for ' instance,

yearly incOme of which the city

' 5‘ sand dollars

will be deprived is said to be
something over a hundred thou—
per 2151111111,. 7, “With

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Detroit, Saturday. June 7- 1-913 .

 

. effect of its use on the roa. as»

determined by tests and _eXpé1:1

ments, thus we would automaticir’-

   

ally curtail the use of atyit'oniolme

non skid treads and of narroww

tires on heavily loadéd angan’.
We would give those who" used

the road the‘most preference as

to rate, citizens of the state or
vehicles ' carrying state
tags would come nextandithosé
from other states

will prove.

In the rapid disintegration 0if

good roads lies our biggest prob-
lem of today. 4

To keep them in good condi-
tion for all time to corne- is pos-

sible as well as good economy, .,

but it requires the same constant
attention, constant repair, that is

given the railroad’s right of way,

and this system requires an ex—
penditure in proportion to the‘use
given the road. ‘

If there
will meet the needs and the de—
mand which Michigan, in c6i11—
mom with every other state. in the
Union, faces today, we are open
to conviction and would be glad
to give it our support; ‘

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LllVCOLN’S‘ NEXT BIG FIGHT 7

 

At a recent temperance meeting
VVashingéon, D. C., one of the speakers
was J. B. Merwiri, introduced as “the
personal friend of Abraham Lincoln.”
Major Merwin dined with Lincoln the
day the latter was. assassinated, and he
stated that during the conversation the

president said to him': a _
"Meer, since as far back as 1842 I
have .waged two ﬁghts, one against.

. slavery and the other against the liquor;
aainst}

trafﬁc. We haVe won the tighta
slave1y and after reconstruction the next

great question will be the overthrow (3ng Will gay 3 d ii

the liquor trafﬁc And you know, Mer-

win, that my purse and my. heart and

my inﬂuence and all that Ihave' and a
that I am will .;go intorthat worklfﬂ -:

 

  

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buc-ket (gr/goth” ‘ , f1. . _, ..

license

is another plan that

' Canada'ﬂ.
would pay the maximum fee?
lhis feature is important as 85-;
tabulation on any well— kbpt high;
way of out— of—the— state vehicle‘s

’i’jth De t‘ b
dutyion Wheat {T6111 25 l;
bristle}; 9n Earle trom.
cents per bushe 01.481101111111151;
pe’arled or hulléd. barley from‘: 2 t9 1
cent per pound; 0n buckWhoat. from
15 cents to 8 cents per- bushel of
pounds. ' ‘

  

It also reduces the tailft on maga: " "
rout from; 11/2 cents 15.31.3151 11911,
pound; butter and substitutes there- ,

for, from 6 cents .to 3 cents per
pound; cheese and subStjtutes there-
for, from 32 to 20 per cent ad y’al-
orem; beans, 45 cents to 25 cents per
bushel; beets,1‘rom 25 to. 10 per cent;

sugar beets, from 10 to 5 per cent-w

pickles, 40 to 25 per cent;- eggst

5 to 2 cents per pound; honey, 1mm

20 to 10 cents per, gallon: peas from
25 cents to 15 celi'ts 'p'er 111131151 of; 69'
pounds

Fruits are also aﬂeeted:

peaches, quinces. cherries, and pears

are reduced from 35 to 10 Cents per ,

bushel; berries, from 11439111: to 1% eent
per quart; cranberries. from 25 to 10
per cent ad valorem; ﬁgs, from 21/
Cents per pound to 2 cents per pound;
plums, pnme‘s', and prunellas, from 2
cents a pound t0-.; 1 cent a pound;

raisins, from 21,5 cents to 2 cents a .,

pound; olives, from 25 cents per gal-
1011 to 15 cents per gallon; lemons,
from 69:3) 24 per cent;1_lmes,trom
85 to ‘42 per cent; oranges, troni 70 to
40 per cent; grapefruit, shaddocks and
pomelos, from 38 to 20 per cent; pine-
apples, 1mm 16 to 12 per cent; 1m
poultry. from 13 to 5% per cent and

' vinegar from 33 to 17 per. cent Nuts... are .
pf all kinds 11180 are materially rer DOM forgét {hot th

- Mead.“ ~ -- , 41

The farmer Will enter into compo ,
tition With foreign 1111?, which has.
been reduced from $4 to $2 per ton,

and With foretg'n sth, reduced tram

$150151) 50 cents a ton Horses and“;

9119'

48 _,

beetl
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Apples, ‘

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as . 5
lack o nowlédgé, 11': g-l‘qck "
applying ivhat. we ah'éadiyi“
of us form up to the ‘
edge of forming. ‘ ‘ ‘
After all, {hold is littld‘dtfé . ' 4
tween successful alfalfa gromng rind the.
succel’sful growing 6f 0 ms '
couldn’t get my plowing ' (File last
fall and 1-0 Inf behind new; «~‘We We!
heard that before; and tire; .j'zity is you
can’t catch up when you who suck aﬂx. -.
llage can be mad e from @2er31 all
kinda of farm forage, and how good.
“1.1m

  

  
 

swine.- “

Warm days this month 1:51;” a {ace
timé to apply rooﬁng; 1‘! Weeds goaﬁ‘e.
warm 121113111131r the 10919135115
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22‘ Igan 1potatoes 7*
‘attendancg 1:

' ' ~The Westtghrgan-

has been formed.-
of Grand Haven? .,
' dM Hoffman
Th1s‘x
for its slogan

treasurer

to , .-. L211; Share

ayi‘ ._ .
association
M

'-——A creamery’is the 116.2: '
‘ p ‘ ifor '
been,

" toy“

Cipal business-
tomﬂomote '.
htghway by;

is pro-'. .

'71“): @1558“ the market.

" W017

on .
of, old

’ " but there is: '
the hay Sheds at sta?
e , and southern?
' back- looking for ,

are

er hay not. Now I wish

16¢" Send out a doable header
‘this hay situation and stop the ,

(fighters tellihg at: $6 a ton, and my
for it, yOn will do them some
0d. As I Said, the buyers tell the

:4 armers there is good prospects else-

;wlliore. and a short crop ‘here would

1631.139, that effects the hay here will

ﬂ’ect it elsewhere “in the same lati~
etude y own opinion is it is the
Cold weather and so much east wind
:--_—-R B Moore, Yale, Mich.

ti-e tréble line represents normal precipitation and temperatures As
text lines rise probabilities will increase for more precipita—

Dates are for Meridian 90.
‘nl’ld _as much later for east of it, in proportion to distance
north through St Louis.

5 whirl:

Count one to three days

warmer than usual along parallel 40 and about normal
normal rainfall within 200 miles of Burlington, Iowa,
' ind. eastern provinces, southern Alabama and mid-

Dry 3111 southwest, including Texas.
states. Severe storms June 3 to 10. Most rain

..,.

Dry' in Ohio

the weeks centering on ‘June 2 and 29, and in

“entering on May 30 and June 7.

~W shaggion’ D.~";'C.} June «1 ast
builetrii - forecasts “of disturb-
_... rose conﬁdent June 4 to 8,
warmrwaye a511,: 2,1;le Wave 6 to 10.
From rrtea ntéritl in 90 eastward
Vdisturbaneel wil cause- severe

ith“ ' probability of heavy

cents?” on the gulf
' Tilt , “Weather will
prevail antithesis! of, th Clow, 0r storm
center, afSrlt crosseyeontment Dan—
ger6us storms are expected in great
”central valleys during the ﬁve days
centering on June 7 4591118 showers
'5? western mtlonsrdwmg the Eve
days" centering on inﬁré‘27 _ ' .

Whalepsome s’ectiensnnll: get good
shooters lipst halfwoiﬂmro others of
urge extent- will harm’s. deﬁCIency of

'9 “‘33" ‘uoE damage wheat

,. ,, any: .‘great extent but
whereth f drout‘h strilres oats: £1rst
of: fit will lie/e. serious mat—

,terLer that crop; We fare ,of opinion

that farmers should not Sell gram at
this time; ‘Th' 'W

7:.de n6t' go pea
1311 1113th3 this
'll‘jl be Mist by

" ld Egret ’for emerg-

Chis slope
f valleys

' re

' ' ch “Paulie.

Warn-1' ,,
about .
fl east

'mcridian 90 and particularly on the
Paciﬁc coast, but the forces of the
preceding storm wil lbc greatest east
of meridian 90.

It is worthy of note that our pre—
diction of dangerous storms for the
ﬁve days centering on May 10 proved
to be correct and for those of 23 to 31
the U. S. Weather Bureau reported
a'great increase in/thc forces 'on
May 27.

Our No. 3 pamphlet, further cx~
‘plaining the forces of nature. causes
of great storms and weather changes,
is now ready for distribution and will
be mailed free to all subscribers to
the papers in which these bulletins are
published. Enclose stamp and ad—
dr rss Foster’s \Vcathcr Bureau,

ashington, D C

Our greatest’VVcst lndia hurricancs
occur in August and Scptembm , as a
general rule, but sometimes they come.
in July or October For 1913 we are
expecting the principal hurricanes in
July and October. We a1e studying
these great storms caxcfully and a lit—
tle later will give all the details we
can. _ But we are not yet prepared to
deﬁnitely locate them as to time and
place. Of course, it is well known
that they organize east of t e Carib—
bean sea and near 30 of n01th lati—
tude, move westward through the
Caribbean sea turn north and then
~northeastward'\yhile in the Gulf of
Mexico and pas sup the Atlantic oﬁ‘
our eastern coast Their movements
are comparatively slow and they usu—
ally require 10 to 15 days to pass OVCI
the route mentioned Sometimes they
uplass inland and have been knovvn to

- 0 great damage, in the Misissippi

valley. While they are in the Gulf
., of Mexic'o a cool wave usually de-

' » velops in the Canadian middle north—

est that. has been known to cause
{rests in midsummer.

The same 5-

and New Zea-
all oI the niejata
from these countﬁee are sold in Eng- .-
land and Europe-J" The American mar? ,

. 11151; has not been? open to them be-
cause of the duties and also became

'ot the enormous homo production.

The United States produces bacon
and hams valued at $222, 000 000, con-ﬂ '
sumes $196, 000, 000 worth, and eXports " ~ = ~

the remainder. Its imports last year

. were only $650, 000.

The production of beef, veal, mut- ‘~
ton, lamb, and pork in the United ,. -
States in 1910, the latest ﬁgures avail-

able, were valued at $569, 000, 000, of ‘ " .

which $8, 000, 000 worth were exported
The imports amounted to..$2, 000, 000.
and there was consumed a value of
$554, 000, 000.

The beef trust has had its ey
the Argentine and Australian mar etsn,
and if conditions there are the same
as they were a year 'ago apparently
little hope of relief from the present
high prices may be expected.“

The meat merchants are placed by '

the Wilson-Underwood bill in an ex«
cellent position to whipsaw the pro-
ducers and consumers

They will be able to say to the farm-
ers that they cannot pay as high
prices for cattle in the future because
of the competition of foreign meats.
They can say to the consumer that the
cost of traDSportation of fresh meats
from South America and Australasia
is so heavy that they are unable to
reduce prices. The fact that the Demo-
crats refuse to grant free cattle means
there will be no importation of such
animals from Australia and Argentina
and probably no importation to speak
of from Mexico.

It you don’t like the Under-
wood tariff bill, write a personal
letter to your senators and con-
gressmen telling them what you
don't like about it. Members
of the United States Senate are
anxious to know the wishes of
their constituents. If enough
pooplo whoso interests will be
disastrously affected by the pas-
sage of tho Underwood bill in
its present form will write such
letters the bill will be speedily
amended. Write your letter to«
day, and get your neighbors and
friends to write similar letters.

_.- v, ,A -1. L--A

81'1'115 ['1' XP/ C/SSHOR] {1615

[rinsinngl hcrc \\'i ll bc :1 shortage in
the general fund of the state treasury
of $1,000,000 by the cud of the year if

the various state institutions draw out

the. full amount of their appropriations,

:ucoxdinq to .\uditor~Gen(1al Fuller. If
this prediction conus ll‘ll( it will mean
th 11 the bozud of state auditors will
again how to bonou money in order to
pay the 511 mes of statc unploycs. This
action was necessary four years ago.

ORCHARD 5Q UIBS.

7'10.) ounces of hellcbarc—a gallon of
water-—
Sprayed over currant worms,
_ their slaughter.
Thinning fl‘lllt saves energy and earn:
money. [he energy saved it the tree 9.
The money earned is yours
The most effective way to correct wrong .
practices in orcharding is through an
appeal to the community sense. C0—
operatlon (ounls.
One of the most common causes of Poor
success 1'11 orchardiug is lack of an effec—
line system of undergdmiulug. ,
Ideal thinning consists 1'11 removing' the ,
fruit wholly frOm Some spurs and’ lean-
ing it on other: This insures uniform
yearly crop production. ~ .
If shaggy bark accumulates on the trees, 1...“
scrape it of. A box~ scraper bought at”

ends in

p the hardware store does the mark ﬁne.
Kelos‘eue emulsion rpmy much diluted
Lime— 97*

will keep down the green aphis.:
sulphur is better but tioublesome to ap-

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Bay City ——Deputy State
. Commissioner Frank Rogers is making
’ the trip from Bay City through Midland
' county on a trip of inspection for the
purpose of laying out a state trunk line
highWay to the west, starting at Bay City

"wand running to Clare via Midi land and

' Cole man

lh'e laying out of this road is pre—-

'liminaiy work in connection with the
se1ies of trunk line highways planned
under the 11111 passed by the recent. legis-
‘lﬂllll‘t'. and this new route will be the
second of the ones selected and having
Bay City as its terminal, the Huron
Shore road to the nolth having already
been inspected by Mr Rogers.
\s in the. case of the Huron Shore
. r0: 1d llay county 5 system of good ioads
'iurnishes the most important link in this
mule. to the west, the Midland stone
road runing from Bay City to“ within 13.
mile of the Midland county line.
The proposed route. across Midland

county will take in Midland City and-

then 11*ork to the 111‘11‘thwest until Cole—
man is reached. There are no macadam—
ized roads on any of the route after
leaving; Hay county. excepting one con—
structid through the city of Midland,
but the highways are all fairly well kept
up and the cost of building the trunk
line will not he as great as if a new
route \\‘t‘l‘C to he laid out.

The Midland delegation will accom—
pany Mr. Rogers to (‘olcmzln and at that
point he is expected to he met by repre—
sentative business men of Clare county.

 

CIT/[ES MUST NOT

POL/-(l'l‘li RIVERS

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l.nnsinn‘.~—’l‘he permanent injunction

granted by the supreme court restrain~
mg the city of (Fraud Rapids from

emptying~ its: sewage into the Grand river
promises to he :1 matter of much interest
to other cities of the state, according to
persons 11l1o have examined the opinion.

The report is :1 voluminous one writ—
ten h). justice Stone and in one place
l-he says:

“The city of (lrand thids in empty-
ingr its sewage into the Grand river
creates :1. nuisance to the public for the
riparian proprietors below the city. '
continuance for creation of that nuis—
ance may he properly restrained by 111-
junction ainl the 11111Huey-general is the
proper complainant."

 

'i‘ilti‘lll/‘lth. Til/.5 HOOPS
()l1’ LOO/1' FOR

 

lvllll‘iS owncrs of stave Silos tighten
the hoops as the warm spring weather
prourrsses, their silos may be ruined,
partially or completely. Loose hoops

not only allow the stuves to warp, thus
nudging the walls no longer air tight,
but the whole silo may be veakened

to such an extent that a high wind will
cause, it to collapse. A stave silo once
down or twisted out of shape can
scarcely ever be restored.

 

IT'S .\7()/.§/§/./f.\‘.\'
Ii’OOS‘TliRS NON”

 

W'ushington. *— Cockawloodlwdoo-less
roosters, guaranteed absolutely. sound—
' less and which will solve the problem of
light sleeping.r city dwellers annoyed
early mornings by the neighbors' loudlv
crowing cocks are now the subject of
eperiment by experts of the department
of agriculturg.

A correspondent who discovered the
process of eliminating the cock’s crow
set the experts at work, A simple and
painless operation of cutting one of the
rodste’rs vocal cords does the trick, he
says

 

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At each point there is a diﬁerent
leap to be solved. The Qeeana ‘
people are trying tci arrange for. a
route to market for their fruits,<
Northport innit growers want bett

prices as do the Grand Rapids growers;
The Kewadin fruit men ha-Ve found ‘
good markets in the upper peninsula of " ‘

Michigan and now desire better trans—
portat-iorr facilities. The Hart and Grand
Rapids fruit growers are largely com

cerned in the marketing of .‘péache's,x

while the Northport growers have cher-
ries and apples to sell and the Kewadin
fellows principally apples.

Last year the fruit growers about Fen—,3

ville organized a sealing association and
enjoyed considerab success,

carload lots sold to grocers who f0r~
merly bought fruit from Chicago dis—
tributors.
association did was to provide. for a

system of grading and packing‘directly ,

under its control. Experts employed by
the association settled the grade Which
their fruit, when packed, was to be rated
at. These growers are bound by‘ an
ironclad contract which ties them to—
gether in such a manner that violations
of the. rules as to packiugare almost im—

possible a’nd discovery means a heavy'

line.

Each of the new associations williprce
vide a more.or less elaborate grading
and packing system with competent in—
spectors so that the \Vestern Michigan
fruit will be found to be more uniform
in quality this season that ever before.

Sugar Men Again
' On the Carpet

 

(Continued from Page One)

who called on him “lobbyists.”
thought they were “looking after their
own interests. He knew of no lobby;
but said he belieVed money was being
used to try to convince people that bad
effects would follow the tariFf bill

Senator Newlands had some farming
interests in California, Nevada, Mary—
land and District of Columbia.

Senator Norris, Republican, said he
owned two wheat farms in Nebraska.~

"In a general way I assume there is
and has been a lobby here,” said he.
“Front-“the fact that'I received daily
circulars on the subject I assume there
is a lobby here for and against free
sugar.’ 1

“i am inteiested in the lumber busi— * ‘

ness, farming, paper- making and several
other things that might be. mentioned,”

said Senator Isaac Stephenson, Repub— _
“I have

li1can, 11 hen he took the stand.
adv. ziys been in favor of free lumber.

“11'1 regard to money being Used here

l know nothing of that,’ concluded Sen—
ntor Stephenson. “and I have never met
anyone w om I considere'd'a lO‘bbyist.”

Senator ippitt of Rhode' 'Island,.suc-
cessor of Nelson W. Aldrich, ‘was ques—
tioned in detail conCer-ning his textile 111+
terests. Questioned by Senator. Reed,
Senator Lipitt said theré
ing some $6,000,000 worth of stock. in
the Manvil lle Cotton €11.01 which he
and his family owned from one—bait
to two— thirds,” -

He tuither testiﬁed that two years ago

the stock of the company was worth
$120 a share, but that now it- was worth
but $50 a share.
mittee that this shrinkage was due to
the proposed Democratic tariff bill .

The explanation of this caution by the -
committee}. is that Schators catro and

Lippitt are two whose rig‘n

.tered- in regard to the presence of an
h.

Apples‘
were introduced into new markets and _7

One of the ﬁrst things the.

-,were being entertained in this‘

. He

was outstand-w

He informed the com- 1

 
   
   
  
   
  
  
  
 

 

    
 
  

    

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most mmdibus and 1111111111111 1111111311
poséib‘l’e“ was'. the practice of ﬂatteri

senators by having- legislators out to,

(dinners, to theaters and on motor car

rides. ingratiatin‘g the“ host with the. dis:

tingiuished guests.” \

Pointing. to the. sworn tegtimony of
Edward Hines, lumber ma ate, before
the Lorimer election mvegilgation that
he entertained senatOrs‘ at a local hotel

at dinners at a time when the lumber ‘

schedule in the Payne—Aldrich bill was

1 before the senate, Senator Kenyon de—

clared it was his belief that senatdrs
‘insidi-—
ous‘” Wily at present

He also denounced ex— —senators foy
capitalizing their privilege of the ﬂoor

.-: by using it to lobby

SenatOr Hughes, of New Jersey, and
Senator James, 0f Kentucky, both Dem—.

1' ocrats, told the investigators for the

ﬁrst time of the tribulatiopfof majority

members of the ﬁnance committee With 1.1
the many persons who had? ﬂocked to"?

1 ,4 Which in ink was/written thri- net

The senatbreirplamed e beware " the-119;.

    
  
    
    
     
 
  
   
 
  

     

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tributors 031$. liVe poultry I gar ti
“sand teding” of chickens wh'
in an elevenl days’ accumu ’
000 live chickens at the Jerse
Hoboken steak yards has be

F iffy-31x cars 1111 of 11111"in
d

lief. 1'11 the residents "0 the,
neighborhood as wen as ' ' -' , ‘ 7 1:1
The strike was br byﬁt ’ " ’ 3.. 1,
small butcher show ‘ ‘ ' ééh
chickens direct fro m
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g1 ,Imi. We give youthe prices
' nd and can generally get

Mndmgresent conditions; favor steady

 

11%.;-
aﬁﬂlset tepbrts give you

‘5

”arguing Up and better prices
rysppearance or halo oyst-
queen hold. this is an "e eventh
Storm on. Price: my 30

 

"$2116 market
op qualities.

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”Ifjﬂgne
1 a

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3' ﬁcgganu .......... 13. 00
am.- .......... 1280
No.51ﬂichigan.‘ 12.40
loam-No. 6". Michigan”; ......... 12'80
. No, 7 Michigan..f..f' ....... 14.45

.3 TBS-The: prices quoted are for No.
‘ othy 11': “if" different “freight zones
Thfrgwes you'th rice dealers should be
‘s’bh'r'to nay surf: commodity f. o. b.,
that: station; under existing market con-

their. 1111251211125"-
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W ‘Hnndllng chﬁg’e not included.

 

DETROIT—There is Ibut little

I ' it" change 111 market conditions with us

.10 future? passmﬁties
’I lisIhed. 1, his‘ 1 f assets

‘ " ndpoint :is “being
,me to hold down.

11. The othéi; liabil- , ~

I. standpomt, as sellers, is

theroverlslupp‘lyﬁthis seéson of com— ‘

Mon? 011131: at iii-

' k-few a. during seedy-g I- “:

Michi 2311, have

time when the abOVe»

mowment wasegnot mctual ieﬁect. As
we have dem‘mistmted to you from

on the Detrorf market. On anything

he eit2b- ’ excepting tOp qualities, the situation

is 111 the buyers’ iav‘or A good car
of hay will sell rIc-adily at quotations,

-but there is a very wide range of

, truth in a crowdedI ”14.0;

the very inception of the season, the ._'I

matter of pottstbdmes from, a selling‘
standpoint was vested ei‘i‘t'irely m the
manner of disposmon of the crop be—‘z
fore you. It was demonstrated that
we had more common qualities of
hay than the market this 36350.11 would
constants: that only 5% of this .given
crop was Of No. l or a close cIOunter—
feit quality/ The general reasoning

of that combination would show any ,,

man that the only way in the world
to protect or improve market coIndi~
tions’ for the em in general, Was
though a most careful and well reg-
ulsted manner of dﬁposnion of the
different grades of hay before us. It
demonstrates“ concluswel that With
«any kind or ax. ow '01: la

famine. that g:

he No I or. top guit‘i‘itires’ of” hay -

would constantly be looked upon with
favor and correspondingly ,haye
den-Cy at least to draw a price,
Would be considered of a. premium(

"You have done 11101111 I rf' Qty Well this
I bﬁgn‘e y it. -

season with thecondition

3' ans" 'I

value between top grades and grades
“Blow: Y ,

 

$15.00
.....,..;. 12.50

 

Isccm wcll supplied.

 

 

PITTSBURGH —-.z'— Receipts have
shown a Slight increase for the past
week, but are not considered of a
heavy nature. However, the demand
'seems unusually sIOw and diiﬁculty is
noticeable. in maintaining prites The
market is really of a draggy nature;
poor %nd low grades of hay are ex—
tremely hard to place.

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’HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET.

No. I Timothy hay
No: 2 Timothy hay
,ﬁo. 1: Timothy

0 ght d 11.1ny ‘ 13.00
No. 1 Clover gifted hay. :..;.....’.. 13.00
1130. 1PC19yerphay~ﬂnuu .‘ 7
me Jame ackin Ha '
No.01 Oat straw ‘ y.
No.1R’yIc 11¢me ..... .2
LIN”. 1: th‘tI aq3wf 2 -I‘.‘.‘.'I.'.p

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kl?” past ”week; unfairorable
eatllier3 onditrons have me. e it not
1 yxmpOSSII lfe-fo se

(,1

‘We have raised No 3 becauSe pota-
t’Oes have certainly made a decided
change since our last week’s issue,

 

‘ .IHAY-Q-Cl-II‘CIAGO MARKET.
I Choice Timothy . . . .............. l .
No. 1 Timothy $1; g3
7N0. 2 Timothy 13 00
Light Clover .Mixed................ 13.00

*I\Threshed Timothy ................
Marsh feeding hay ................
Packing

 

 

 

BOS'TON—~Rcceipts for the past
week show 179 cars of hay, six cars
of straw, with seven cars of buy used
for export. The c«_)rr1“spon(ling week
last year shows 229 cars of hay, six
of straw, with 29 cars of bay for ex—
port.
of hay less this year than last. Only
top qualities of bay are selling at all
>wcll; anything of a common naturc
is facing a dragg‘y condition.

 

HAY—BOSTON MARKET.

Large Small
ha 7 . bales.
$2050
2 2000
1100
ILOO
1500
'li00
1&00

choice
No. l

Hay.
.Hay,
Hay.
Hay,
Hay,
Hay, clover

Hay, stock 89‘ .

Long rye 'straw ............. 22.00
'Tangled rye straw ......... 12¢00
Oat straw, .

, NOTE—Large bales weigh from
250 pounds; medium bales from 80
pounds.

1200
ILOO

200 to
to 150

This results in showing 50 cars »—

 

 

 

NEW YORK—Tho New York
market shows 21 tendency to ease off.
This effects the wbolc line from top
to bottom. Buyers are of‘a holding
off nature; local distributing clianncls
This condition
naturally kccps lllC market in tho
buyers’ favor. Everyone seems i11—
clincd to view 1111: possibility of re—
ccipts for lune as bcing of :1 vcry
heavy nature. Tbcy look for :1 chance
to take advantage. of conditions at a
time like this.

'HAY—NEW YORK MARKET.

New Hay: Large Small
Timothy— bales, bales,
Choice. per ton. per ton.

.................... $21.00 $20.00

18 00 18.00

16.00 1550

Light Clover mixed ........ 18.00 17.00
No.1 Clover mixed ........ 1700 16.00
No. l Clover 15.00
No. 2 Clover mixed 13.50

 

Straw—
No. 1 Rye
No. 2 RYe
No. 1 Oat
Nor’l Wheat
‘ NOTE—Large bales weigh from 200 to
250 pounds; medium bales from 80 to 150

POTATOES

1L00

 

een too must: :.
., 1 ' , are timing. tow ,
111 have faced for «44110th .
, goes phow how quickly the 1
market situatum .-yv.ill espond to the

I reg‘ulato‘r set on the: ﬂow of com—~

modities to it. We had a very bright ‘

possibility before us for the fixture of
our old potato c1‘dp.ThIe’re was no I
question about it, but the trouble

was that a great many of our- large

handlers of potatoes had taken ad
vantage of the situation by picking

'up enough to ﬁll their local store—

houses so that when this keen ad~
vance came they were in a pOSitioIIn.

to take advantage of it They picked

up these potatoes around 30 to 350
per bushel in most cases This al—
lowed them to get a good long proﬁt
on their speculative movement by
unloading their storehouses and tak—
int) on new purchases as they were
offered. The trade on the outside
was ovcrsupplicd: instead of moving
just enough cars to take care of the!
sales that could be effected before
they started they took a chance on
the nizukct situation that might exist
when their cars arrive on the given
market. llie condition today shows
that they took an overchance and
oxcrsupplicd the market. Regardless
of how spiiitc 11a situation is or how
badly a person wants a commodity
today, when you have that channel
ﬁlled. you have placed that.giv’en
(lmuncl out of tlu lace and if you
no to it tomoriow, the only way that
3011 can cticct a triule with that given .7
channel, is through the medium of
conccssiou.

There is the situation in a nutshell
wsbows you just cxactly what you_
can do by properly bundling the reg—
ulator. it is ccrlziinly a shame to
have so lumdlcd the situation as to'
have p luccd it in its present condition,
(ll)5()llll(ly no scnsc to it and it goes "
to dcmonstratc that the local dealer
does not care one snap abotu bring—
ing on :1 condition of this kind as
long as bc can get a good big re—
ward while it is'coiuing. Enough
moucy “as made during this recent
quick 2111 \"111(1 111111115711 the Speculative
action on put of 1111‘. large dealeis so
that lllL‘ll whole year’s business has
bccn 1)l(>l0Cl((l It is probably safe
to state that more money was made
in two wccks time than wasmade
all the rcst of 1111‘. year.» That is
rcnlly ubcrc the money is made in
tlu 1iotato business.

Our arlvicc would be to keep‘thesc
potatoes inrwing‘ until they get down
to around a 301: level. They cannot
bc hold up lunch longer. The pro—
ducer cannot cut much of :1 figure in”
rcgulating conditions now. There lS‘
not (‘nougb in the producers’ hands
to accomplish it lit is the dealer
who can chrvc conditions,
only.

 

POTATOESu—MICHIGAN ZONE
PRICES.

Michigan .............. S .40
Michigan .............. .42
Michigan ..............
Michigan ..............
‘ichigan ..............

The prices shown are what potatoes will
net shipper in the different zo‘.nes
will enable you to compare with
dealer’s price and determine what action
you will take as to disposition.

Zone
Zone
Zone
Zone
Zone

 

 

 

 

 

We have no Flag that just ex—

usras effecting this commodity.

‘buteitv
marl: t is. of a very Quiet. mature.

deny shows the situation before

does not demonstrate that the

 

market
etc., in

DETROlT—The Detroit
has advanced, sidestepped,

keeping with the tune played by the

Big Band. The situation at the mo—
ment is of a somewhat conservative
nature; buyers are beginning to' be
just a little alarmed as to the real
outcome. .

 

POTATOES—DETROIT Mas; 7.

Bulk fromII car, per. bu. . .I. . . . I. . . 0’60 ,.
*Sacked from car, per bu. ~. . . . _. , “
'Sacks mus be even weight 250 lbs.; .‘

Price quote Includes cost of 511015.211) “1‘
10%c each -

 

 

 

 

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he knows what the situation Warrants.

 

 

 

 

ucertamly exjpenenced some real action
the last week; the market at one time

everythmg going spirited and alinost.._
_ tenchmg a little better than 806,1vith',,-
mgd; three or four days and the sit-

tuition is just the reverse. The market
at this point is of a very conservative
and indeﬁnite nature. We can lookﬁ
for trading to be from a band‘to"
mouth nature fOr a few days at least

 

POTATOES—PITTSBURGH
B 11: f MAEKET
Syckednixihn‘ia‘c’aguperubui... . I . ‘ .:$ 253%; .5:

~ 1

 

 

 

WHEAT

About the best real dope for
the average producer to con-
sider is the apparent stability
that a given commodity assumes. The
length of time that it is able to as—

 

 

 

WHEAT—DETRO IT MARKET.

No. 1 Wheat ................... $1.09X
No. Z'Red ...................... 1.10’2

Speculative PricesQ ..
July delivery .................... 93%
September delivery .............. ,93V4

*The .prices given for December and
May delivery represent the future delivery
prices. This information merely gives
you the future basis of this commodity as
ﬁgured by those who speculate on future
prospects

 

 

 

sume a certain standard of levels
shows much as to" its real strength.
We look upon the market..- around
$1.05 to $110 as being of a popular
nature made popular by virtue of
long establishment

 

WHEAT—CHICAGO MARKET.

No.2 Red ...................... $1.051/2
Speculative Prices.

*July delivery ................... .907/

September delivery ”90

*The price given for July and May de
liveryhepresent the future delivery prices.
This information merely gives you the
future basis of this commodity as ﬁgured
by those who speculate on future pros-

BEANS

The bean situation during the
.jpast week has made but very
7" little change; to be fair to the
situation from every angle. think we
should state that the tradeon the
outside has been .just a little bearish
on the present. standard f piicc. This
means that they have ﬂown a ten—
dency to hold back. \Ne notice in
practically all of our daily periodicals
that the bean market is easy. Some
call it sluggish slow demand and
otherwise. A certain percentage of
this we expect is true, but at the same
time, the sales of beaiis to the outside
market have been held right up to the
standard established when the [top-
notch was reached. That means that
the jobber of beans to the outside
market has not declined his price——
holding it right up to this top— 1—10tch
level and obtaining what busineSs was
possible on that standard. That shows
youLas an individual, how the big
fellow handles the regulator of the
,1 commercial situation before him. The
;~"large handler of beans today thinks

 

 

 

 

 

this is established they simply

PITTSBURGH .7 Pittsburgh has "

  

for thisrponnnodit‘ ..

hands ,. _ e3: _'

There is 119‘ . ’uestmn ' 1

but what thesg1 gagen hen lei-s,
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producer does not take advantage

the market level-“so eStablished 11an

work it out to his oWn 1nd1~v1dual
beneﬁt. This goes further and dem-

onstrates that the individual produeer ,.
must becbme of an organized nature '- ‘

so that they have the strength vested
in organization or they are very liable

never to effect the real beneﬁt to 3 .
themselves as an individual that the

real situation would and does war
rant

The bean situation is going to be
at a high level from now on; there
is very little question about it. _YOu
who have beans for disposition have
every right to ﬁght along on these
lines.
you Will have to say that fate was.
against you; if you win, you; will

  
    
 
    
 
  
 
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
    
 
    
  
    
  
   
 

 

 

 

 

 

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credit it to system. That is the .‘way

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BEANS—DETROIT MARKETS

White, hand~ pick” basis. .' . . . . . . /. . $2.25 .

Red Kidney .............. ' ......... 35
MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES.

Zone No.2 Michigan. .~. ....... C . -. . 2.11

Zone No.3 Michigan ...... . ....... 2.12

Zone No. 4 Michigan. -.214

The above values represent what deal-
ers are obtaining it): beans, f. o. b your
station, in zones shown. This is on basis

,of hand-picked beans. ' ,.

...........

A.

The oat situation does not show

us any real changes from week

to week, simply continues to
demonstrate its conservatively [healthy
condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATS—~DETRO IT MARKET

 

 

Standard ................ . . . .$ 1421/?)
No.3 White ...... ......... 241%
No. 4 White ........ . ............. 1
No, 2 Mixed ........... W
No. 3 Mixed . ........... '. . . . :15 . , ._

l ‘1
CINCINNATI‘There was very ‘

little animation to the situation on
all grades and while the offerings were
somewhat small, they easily ﬁlled the
apparent wants
was noted to the market in general

 

 

 

 

 

PITT SBURGH—The market shows
up strong in sympathy with westéi‘n
market conditibns“
good, with the rece1pts light

 

,‘IiNo: 3 Mixed

amps-«1'1...

 

 

 

A rather undertone 7 ‘

OATS-é—CINCINNATI MARKET .:
Standard .. L5 .42;
No.3 White ‘. .411
No. 4 White .3.91»_.
No. 2 Mixed 3.40--
No. 3 Mixed . “93-9.

The demand 35 -

  
   
   
     
 
    
   
 
  
   
   
  
 
    
  
  
   
  
    
  
   
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
    
       
  
   
 
  
  

eaSily ﬁgure out.
fieial to the Jarge 313.1111 er; and
other thihg‘,3 they are 5m '
‘-=tiCalIy thewsame per cent on heir
tta‘des from day to day on t" .
*when it Was at 36c. 11 ,. ..- -
hind this, they have reduced the rice 1'
on the butter going into store 91; pe P
lb.- This will mean simply million
of dollars to them during the month
of May and June. Proﬁt can be imeas
need from both ends of this trade. The
ﬁrst natural roﬁt' we consider 13.11111
margin Of §1ffererme between What
a commodity Co'sts us and what “we
sell 1t for. The business mar; has . 3
another proﬁt and that is ma 6 by ‘
manipulating cenditions so that he _hveal ”egg r_ C1351.
buys a commodity for a certain mar- .5. 9‘“ agamst

 

111a
show the has _,
actually made, '

gin of differences between what it is , it ‘
really worth and What he pays it for, "I
so at this time, you can appreciate l
that the big fellow is getting ﬁve: " j"

a

.. proﬁts on each pound of you} butter
and it is mighty questionable whether
you are getting one . ._. , 3 -..~

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BUTTER—nGENERAL MARKET”

Ciearpery No 1,1191 lb........'....15- .47
,Fancy Dairy, per 15-. ...‘..~. . , '_‘.27__§_'

 

 

 

 

' 5- ” ee chws’ '
' Hatters shunted "

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~There is practically :i ‘. ange
whatever in the egg situation
. during thepast Wee We? c'on-

sular the tone to the market of a very
“healthy nature; everything promising-,_-- _, ,
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_ their «apply direct
. shippers " -'
Wednesday shows. native sheep,
5%tu 25c" lower-—Wester.n but a little
changed shorn lambs steady to 10¢
off; springs were unchanged heavy
ewes ahd bucks néglectedt 2A clear-
mice. is very much def-Zlayed

    
   
   
 

 

   
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
   
   
  
 
 
   
 
   
   
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
  

 

7.108.118 from Man-
” a: Wee-k ago. Pig's
Show-111g ato1 of am. The clbsing,
' lues the highest 0‘ the month. Some‘ ‘

    

 

 

 

 

Woﬁeﬁn’gs reared-led $8 85 . Thursday ﬁnds m0st sheep and
. - .f 1 .- - . " lambs steady; some weak to 10c low-
: . er- Ewes and bucks 50 to 75c lower
"HQGS—CHICAGO STOCK than last wee’ks ﬁnish Wethers and
: : . YARDS . ” most lambs 25c dOWn from last Fri- 5;
diii'n and. butcheréiijiiﬁsg 2893' 23/ (13de day ﬁnds Sheep andlarribs steady xi
ﬂagged heavy packing 8. .25@@8. .37 to a ittle weaker. 'An early cleagzgice ‘
-- ------------ 840 3-57 was, effected. Ewes and bucks to
35%?“ ’ﬁﬁiﬁafg’mg’ﬂ‘ff?‘ 228% 333 75c down from last week’s ﬁnish. Most
’ lambs, wethers and 'yearlings are off
- - . HogséBuﬁalo. 25c,1n some cases even more

 

 

The week closes on Saturday with
heavy ewes down 75c, others drop
laround 50c; the demand very,indif-

’” Buifalo had a liberal supply for the
dpenmg day of the week, 110 cms or

 

. “171,600 head and It was generally 21 fcrent. W'e’thers and yearlings oﬁc
~, ‘ eels -S’téady market with the close of last around 25c such lots were not very
5113151111 El CL Week pract1cally. all grades selling at plentiful. Lambs show a 40 to’ 50c

S900 Western markets were lower.
However, buyers here bought liberal-
1y, demand coming from both local
packers and eastern order buyers and

decline, most kinds going 25c lower.

 

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.5 YARDS
a good. Clearance was CHCCth at the Lambs, choice to extra ........ $7. 25@$7 SO
, close. General opinion is that thew Lambs fair to good ---------- 650@ 7.00
, _ wil_..lnot be too many hogs marketed Igzgll’isngc‘ﬂmfge °°mm°n ----- ggg 3%?
”jar W’lthlh the next two weeks and That Yearling: cull 1615113123232 4Ioo@ 5225
juo@- 550 , a fairly satisfactory trade may be Wethers, choice ............. 5.50@ 6.00
,. ' looked for. But notwithstanding, gﬁﬁlrggze? pr‘me ------------ 3-338 2-33
some of the buyers are of thelopinion Bucks. . .,.‘IIIiTIIiZIiIIZIiII 3Zoo@ 5250

that hogs by the liberal packing sea— Basxs bemg “Shorn.”

 

5011" time will fall far short of nine
cents, some predictions being made
for the seven cent'porker before the
snow flies again.

Sheep and Lambs—Buffalo.

Sheep and lamb trade Monday was
none too good. Receipts were fairly "5

   

 

 

      
 
        
       
    
   
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
   
  
  
  
 
  
   
 
   
   
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J. liberal for this time of year—45 cars
1. of fresh and 8 loads or holdovers,
5?? HOGS_B$§§%IS‘O STOCK 10,600 head and market on both
9., Extreme heavres 280 up ...... $8 90@$9. 00 511861) 3.11.31, 13“le was SIOW’ with
:3; Heavies. 240 to 230 ,,,,,,,,,, 90@9 . prices lb@25 cents lower. Best spring
5?... : l‘lgediums 220 to 340 --------- 895@ 900 lambs brought $8.75@$9.00, while
‘ mffi‘éiniho‘iﬂ 53018231112: 31.32% 338 tovw yearling lambs ranged from
.Yoners, 150216170 ........... 8.95 9.00 $7.()0(.w$7.25 as to sort, welg‘ht and
b2? P d0 12150d to 150 ----------- 2-3: 3-38 quality. Throwout yearling lambs
‘ .1235. .°nds°w.‘.‘:::::::::::::: 875% 8.90 $650 down- Jest . wcther sheep
Roughs ................. . 7..75@785 brought $6.00, but It took a very
\ Stags .................... 6.50@ 7.25 ChUlCC kind to fetch around $5.75,
'1 some gery desirable sheep, mostly
—- Sheep and Lamb/S_Detroit, wetheis sellinw at $5 65. vae5 $5.00
Receipts for the week show 1,689 ((185.25 generally hme-V ones mostly
against 2,063 of last. Last week we 83.00 and cull sheep 314.00 down.
showed the receipts as .997 against
2,939 the week previous. That showed SHEEP—Bygggé‘o STOCK
. a reduction of 1,000 head last week L b h‘ t t $7 00@$7 25
' ' , , . ,,' , ._ am 3. c 01cc 0 ex ra ...... , .
g values ,t0p a.nd thls WLL1(,Sh.OWS up “1th a “(.1le do fair to good....;.... 6.60@ 6,90
.: . tron of 374 This makes a combined do cups and common _ 400@ 5.50
.PLiﬁht , decrease in two weeks time of about Ydol, Weighty and heavy - 2;: (75.28
ac mg caring, c 01ce ............ . V; ‘
and selected 1400 head but 5““ we can'mt Show do cull to fair ........ 4.00@ 6.00
Shipping, sales over $7-50 f9? t0!) lulﬁhs. This Wethers .................. 5.65@ 600
135@.19561b Simply goes to demonstrate that the Mlxed Sheep ------ - -------- 5-40@ 560
' 1°88: 3 sheep and 18919911139011. is facing a gﬁfs'sfi‘éﬁ“..::::::::::::::: 3:35.813?»
{; most conservative posmon_ on the Bucks ______________________ 3_oo@ 4.25
2 , : Bagol market. They are r‘ally havmg about '
33,5@8.. 77; 8 “@353 88 the hardest struggle of anything in the COAL.

‘livestock line to maintain themselves.

:40@_8. 80: 8.60@8_ 85
’ If a reduction 01,1400 head will not

The coal situation in itself is prac-
tically the same as last week. The

   

. - Wm,” M—
9 $710@2.§5 87 05 7.55

.5 @600 5753605 make possible any advance in prices

possible to obtain, what could we ex-

‘ pect had‘ the market received ,. 1,400
head excess. As a fellow says, “That
don’t ﬁgure just right.”

  
    
   
  
  
 
  
   

 

 

 

SHEEP—DETROIT STOCK
YARDS.
~Lambs, good to choice ........ $7.35@$7.50
. LambS, fair to good .......... 5. 75@ 6. 75
" Mixed sheep ................ 4 50 5. 25
q 2338! {be avgrage h. Cull sheep .................. 2.00 300
181%ny are?" '
- ' Sheep and Lambs—Chicago

-— TTop prices .and the range fox bulk of sales

61 sheep and lambs:

, pSheep I ambs~~.-
We'ek ._... 86-0 iii 85 ‘00‘@5 75 $7 T078 $6. 40@7. 50

, Prev pine” 6.25 s 50"@6. 00 8 so 6 50@7. so

_ Wt}: 6180 6.15@6 50 885 7.25@§.80

, 6:605 5,35@6 00". 925 750121

s eep and lamb Supply- opens

Monday with a very liberal nun;

dull iron} the Start; szt

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numerous, ﬁnding a

 

railroad conditions in the way of car
shortage, are beginning to work in
and in a few cases mines have been
handicapped in making prompt ship—
ments.

Last week the Baltimore and Ohio
Railioad Companies sent out letters
to all coal companies, operating on
their lines, asking them to take im—
mediate action in the way of moving
all the coal they possibly Can during
the summer season and avoid the car
shortage this fall and winter, which
is sure to come. - >

Most all buyers have been able to
get practically all the coal they want,
although the prices have made a stiff
advance. This condition has been
morganoticable on all the best grades
of c
feréht grades of coal on the market:

that can be bought at an attractive

price, but 111 the long run, the e601

will costinore when you ﬁgure heat

units, than the Other grades of; coal.
Nearly all the NEW River- and Pota—

 

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‘11 and should a strike dc'v I ",4‘itI'1
gréatly Affect tlyz Supply of coal. ’
L115 reported ever a thousand miners. .-

‘ . it their work last Thursday and 1111-
day, owmg to labor diSputes
Thor demand for Anthracite coal is
"gctically the Same as it was last
1 year :at this time In some eases the

Source of- supply Of different grades oIfI

‘. coal is not equal to the demand Many
\o 6f the operators haye Sold their entire
1 supply of coal Ifor western shipments
'_ at this time, while others have a cer-

t-ai'n amount of contracted business
ill have to take care of up

that they
to September lst, after that time. the
eastern trade will take care of a large
amount of anthracite coal, thus cut—

ting off shipments to western points. "

Dealers in the west are now storing
all the coal that they can get hold of

“Pink sheet” readers must awaken
to the {act that Conditions have n1a~
terially changed during the past ﬁve
years; more coal is being consumed

every year. thercim'e. conditions are I

going to get worse. There is no onc
in a better position than the farmer
today to store coal chausc he only
needs to store an amount that will
~supply him for the winter and will
mean only a small investment. The
returns on this investment will
amount to more than the interest on
the same amount of money would. in
Wm; or three years, at the same time
.you will get a better prepared coal.
Kind of (1121]. l‘ (I) B. Minc5
lloLking 3111(11 rcscrecned lump. $175
Hocking 1‘? inch screened lump. 160
Ohio 4 inch 51 1ecial lump
()hio l’/21-lllCll special lump
l’omexoy '2‘, §~iuch lump
( amhridee l'. 3 inch lump ....... 11.60
The above grades of coal take a
Hockim;f1LightrI.11L'
Virginia spccial 10-inch bl ock.. $.150
l’ccr-hss White .'5\ h 4 inch block. 1.75
Virginia Logan 4 inch block 1.70
Yukon ’y~'i11Lli split .............. 1.55
Yukon Lg}; ................ I. .. 1.50
lhe abmyc Coal takes a Virginia or
1\LI’ll1lLl~.) rate or 25ccnts over llocle
. insg.
I Michigan 4— inLh lump ........... $2.75
HiLlng m 3— inch lump ....... 1 2.65
Average freight rate to Michigan
points. 70 cents per ton.
l’ocahunt: 1s lump or L 1g
l’ ocahontas stove .
Freight rate, 45 cents over llock-
i111;r rate.
Anthracite Coal.

(‘hcstnut hard coal gr. tons. $..6.05
lquivalcnt to rid tons .......... 545
lugs; and stove sizes, 25 CtlllS lLss.

lllt prices are f. o. 11. Buffalo.

FLOUR AND FEED.

\Vc cannot report any change in the
ﬂour and feed situation this week.
Sales are being made by the larger
mills at prices that will correspond
to quotations given in last weeks
Pink Sheet.

,. Price.

Kind— per bbl.
“Blend" flour, I/é-paper sacks. . .$ 5.25
Spring patent ................. 4.50
Toweling sacks or wood barrels

205 higher. Per ton.
Coarse corn meal .............. $25.00
Cracked corn ............... . .. 26.50
Chop feed .................... 22.00
Coarse middlings .............. 22.00
Fine. middlings ................ 24.50
Bran (standard) , 21.00
-The abo've prices are i. o. 1). Detroit,
Mich, On car lot'shipments.

 

ing less than 51

. 'cpstingdmgre that" W

tee grae as luxu’ 1e
45 per cent rate will

worth $22,000 or lEss Iith su committee
tie

Iﬁclas‘sed as nece.

The

1:, ' an . .
sub—committee headed by Senator John- I

son; which has the sundries schedule
under consideration, is studying the sit‘~"
uation /

The UnderWood bill proposes a rate
Vof 10 per cent on raw’ furs“ One brief“

ﬁled with the committee by Joseph Ul-1~‘I*JQ. "”1
man of New York; stated that a duty, ~'

no matter how small, on raw furs
would completely destroy an: interna—
tional trade which the United States fur
merchants have built 1113.17.11 skins are
free in all foreign countries, except Rus‘
sia, which has a very sinall speciﬁc
duty by Weight. The United States prov
(hues few skins.

It is reported the
Lonsidcring the income tax has about
decided to amend the bill so far as to
oixe'genuinc mutual life insurance Com—
"panics exemption. (hi the companies
uould rest the burdLn of the proof as

to whether they Would be entitled to ex-~ .

eruption as c11tirILl_\ mutual

SENATE MAY BLOCK .SUNIDRIY
CIVIL BILL.

Vigorous 01 position is being planned
in the senate against the clause. in

the sundry civil- bill which exempts:
labor unions and fanners‘ organi‘za-J

iions from prosecution under the ant.
trust act. Many telegrams and let-
ters are said to have been received
by senators urging on the contest“
Senator Martin chairman of the
ciomm ttee on Appropriations, has an—
nounced that the. bill will be called
up for action soon The bill has al-
ready been icpmted to the senate
practic: My .15 it came from the house
and as it was vetoed by Priesident
Tali; last session. 7 '

SAYS SHIAWASSIEE KOADS ARE
NOT UP TO STANDARD.
Frank F. Rogers.
state highway commissioner, has read
the Shinwassee county road commis-
sioners a, lecture. He told them that
Shiawassee would receWe no more

state reward unless it built better “'

roads. He said “1%? those already
built did not come up to speciﬁca-
tions, and that there Would have to
be a change if the county expected
further assistance from the state,

The. present highway commissioner!

has heretofore called attention to the
state reward roads built by Shiawas=
see as being ﬁne examples of road
building. I

USE OF RAPER TWINE.

Michigan .woolgrowers will be inter-
ested in the result of experiments be—
ing conducted abroad with the object
of securing a. tie for ﬂeeces to over-
come the accidental introduction of
jute ﬁbre in the wool.‘ The bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce has

just received -a report from the inter— '

national committee representing the
wool trade in Great Britain, Australia,
France and Germany. The report
enumerates several new wool packs
exhibited in London last summer, but
says no recommendations will be 111de
until these packs have been tested .pby'
Shipments of Wool from the colonies

to Europe this seam... The commutes . »
says it has been much immesseé/wlth ‘ '

. the possibilities or paner twine sub
mitten, but that until- further tests ,

have been made Will 1111: malts recon;
ui‘endathn, . . .

sub—committeev

newly-elected «.

44

a\wl ,on the ma 1ketIiI,..bobb1n 1 I

anything heavy Eree. for 2 still I

Valuable Kitchen Se‘t.

WNI apprec1ate this

'«Ncﬁt Idea Bake‘T'xns bye macaw
fw’ith booklet “Some Facts About Cake i' _, .

 

 

 

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TEN 'BANNER “PINKI
SHEET” COUNTIES

(Week ending May 31St)

l-r—SANILAC . .41‘_9‘II
2—-—SaIinnIavv '. . . 3‘39
_ 3—préer ‘. ..g./, . {312 i
4—Montcalm‘ 303 'I
Sis-eEaton .I . . .f.. 306‘
6—isabe11a . -. 288
,7—-St. Clair 275
8w—0Sc.eola . 274
9-—-Gratiot . .. . 259
102-Tusc‘ola 253.

 

 

 

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This is more than a mere con-
test. It is to prove where the
liVest business ,farmers. of Michi-
gan reside'. :Evcry‘gO'od pinkgsheet
booster KNOWS THATaEVERY

NEW NAME ADDED To 011.12}.
MAILING LIST FROM 11:18 1

NEIGHBORHOOD MEANS A
NAIL DRIVEN IN THE COF-

FIN QF THE DISHONEST

 

T-ke hﬁttle In); {matron—~-
the TEN BANNER 1‘
SHEET" CGUNTIES 1,5,,- "

(the folks up EatéIii way better .
get busy this week),e‘1‘uscnlat was
{creed to the tail-end“ while Si-I

Clair jumped up to math place: "

Other countiesmot gs yEt aiming

I‘the lucky ten are climbing at a

r

rate that may make some bf those I.
now hanging 911 by an- eyelash ’41 ., 1.,

jealous! ,

MARKET GAMELER AND Hrs; ;'

ILK! - -- ..
HELP Us TO MAKE THE
COMING WEEK A ROCKER!-

EVERY NAME YOU ADD ,_
HELPS YOU, YOUR COW

TY AND YOUR PINK-SHEET!

-I-AND THE EARLIER Yell:
INTRODUCE THIS PAPER Tb
wILL THANK You FOR 1T1

 

 

MICHIGAN RESINESS FARMING, 95 WEST FORT sax,
DETROIT, men

Dear Saw—In enclose ﬁfby cents (50c) (or'withm .,. .. .
I will Sandi: yen 59c), fer which start the “p1nk~shect”1eom§ng?

year,

 

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