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Union College [Cow Is Leader on Honor Roll More Than Seven Pounds of Butterfat Produced in f ■■■ Two Days During • i First Month. V*■- _______ Lincoln—Miss Sarah Netherland de i Kol, owned by Union college of Col- ! lege 4 lew’, led the mature cow class | and all classes of the Nebraska dairy i cow honor, roll for February with < n production of 7.002 pounds of but- : terfat in two days during her first month. Second and third places were taken by Varsity Derby Delta and Varsity Derby Kmpress with produc tions of G.4 pounds and 4.984 pounds of butterfat, respectively. Both of these animals were bred and are owned by the University of Nebraska. Aaggi^ Paul Johanna, belonging to WooSIawn dairy, ranked fourth with a production of 4.096 and fifth place was won by Kcjbroc Vest, owned by Kilpatrick brothers of Beatrice, with ■i production of 4.513 pounds of fat. Dot Pontaic t'olnntha topped the j senior 4-ycar-olds with a production of 4.7S7 pounds of butterfat in her third month. She is owned by II. L. Severe of Palmyra. Beauty Girl Gerbcn de Becky, owned by the Uni versity of Nebraska substation at North Platte, with a production of 4.576 pounds won second place in this class. Woodlawn Dairy took ' third place with Polly Mercedes who produced 4.495 pounds of but L lerfat in her third month. University Cow I,cads. The junior 4-ycar-olds were led by Varsity Derby Bather, owned by ! [ the University of Nebraska with a production of 5.404 pounds of butter !fat. Ufijena Hillside Ho Ifni Mer i edes. belonging to Woodlawn dairy : took secund place by producing 5.087 ’ pounds, Piebe Pontiac Kilbroc, owned by Kilpatrick brothers of Beatrice ranked third with a produc tion of 4.294 pounds, and she was > closely followed by two tows belong- ; ing to Jf. L. Severe, May Lincoln Pontiac Colantha and Lottie Pontiac who produced 4.137 pounds and i 4.124 pounds of butterfat, respective ly, thus winning fourth and fifth place in this cla-s. Varsity Pontiac Karmine, bred and j f> owned by tlie University of Nebraska topped the senior 3-year-olds with a production of 1.656 pounds of but terfat in her third month. K. P. Iv. Tilda, owned by Woodlawn dairy was second with a production of 4.37a pounds of fit. Third and fourth places were taken by Varsity Piebe Quintelle who produced 4.411 pounds of fat and Varsity Piebe Queen, with 4 216 pounds, both belonging to the Uni versity of Nebraska. Kilbroc Blos som, owned by Kilpatrick Brothers tanked next with a production of 3.829 tiounds of butterfat and she was very closely followed by Peauth Pontiac Klaver owned by Miller and Paine's i dairy of Lincoln, with a production , of 3.802 pounds of fat. umy two r.ninru. There were only two entries in the i Junior 3 year-oM class. The first was N. P. Sogis fierben de Becky, owned by the University of Nebraska substation at North Platte, who pro duced 4,850 pounds of butterfat and the second was Rosalie Ormsby I.in coln, by the "Walthill Holstein Co., , with a production of 3.845 pounds of tat In her ninth month. Among the senior 3 year-olds the first three places went to cows own rd by Union college of College View with productions as follows; C. K. U. A. I,ede De Rol. 4.928 pounds butter fat; C. K. 8. A. Abbekerk Nora. 4.724 pounds butterfat: C. K. S. A. T.dy Ab be berk Nora. 3.911 pounds butterfat.1' Pleasant Valley Mathilda. McKinley, belonging to Miller and Paine's dairy of I.incoln ranked fourth with a pro duction of 3.097 pounds of fat. The Junior 2-year-old was t lie ; | largest class on the honor roll this month, having eight entries. Union College McKinley Sogis led the class with a production of 3.908 pounds of butterfat, Nancy Serben l.yons be longing to the Nebraska School of Agriculture at Curtis was second with a production of 3.561 pounds of fat in ( her fourth month. Third place w is taken by K. P. K. Bello Huntress owned by WAodlawn dairy, with a production of 3.396 pounds. Varsity j Picbe Kismet belonging to the Univer sity of Nebraska ranked fourth oy producing 3.283 pounds and she was closely followed by Regina Sylvia Waldrof with a production of 3.265 pounds, and owned by the Woodlawn dairy. Altogether, there were 34 oowh that wop the distinction of a place ( on the honor roll for February. Fines ApprcpatiiiR $3,.v00 Imposed in Federal Court Special IHupatrh to The Omaha lire. Creston, la.. April 1. — Fines ag-j1 gregating $3,500, were impound during i the past week by Federal Judge Mar*; tin J. Wade during the April term 1 f’t th® linked States district court on violators of prohibition and other fed eral laws. # The largest of the fines were $1,000 each against John McAuley and A1 vin Crw of C region* charged on two counts with violations of the na tional prohibition laws. Walter Jones was fined $300 when be entered a plea of guilty to violating the federal injunction issued during the recent railroad strike. Boy and Girl Clubs Progressing in Scientific Problems of Rural Life and Farming Achievement 1— llall county boys learning the food points in judging a row. 2— lanimcr Kdson, Red Cloud, slate 'hanipion in 1922. :t—llarry Knabe. Neliawka, and the tig with which he started club work. In the background nppear some of he trophies he lias won. 1—Kmile C'arcoske, Ord, slate chant don in 1922. 5—.V cooking club in action. “How can you tell If a hen has jep?" a professor recently asked a ive group of Nebraska boy and girl ■luh members assembled at the State \gricultural college. “When her eyes stick out like shoe buttons,“ came like a flash from a ad, who showed clearly that he was eady to defend his statement. East year club work was being done n 68 counties of the state. The most iffective way to carry on club work s to organize a standard club In a •■immunity. A local leader is selected tnd the boys and girls meet and have i kind of miniature legislative sex ilon with parliamentary practice 'lien they Compare their experiences. I'hey also have contests In demon ■tration and judging. They plan an •xliibit of their project. Every month he extension department of the agri 'cultural college furnishes them with j valuable information. A standard 411 club must have five i members working on the same project. It must also have a definite j program of work for the year, six | regular meetings during the year, an I annual local exhibit, a public demon ' stration. a judging contest, a public achievement day, and finally 60 per cent of the members must complete the project. All Rural Life Their Field. The 6,000 club members in Ne braska believe and maintain that it is possible to "make the best better.” These young efficiency experts are not confining themselves to Biddy's problems. They are interested in every phase of rural life and their horizon is broadening as to the pos sibility of making each little com munity a better place in which to live. The State Agricultural college through its extension service is going to every rural community of the state that is willing to receive the message that scientific agriculture is worth while. The club workers deal with the I young people w ho w ill not have the j advantages of a high school edite i tion and will remain in the com l muni ties in which they live as farm ! ers or as farmer's wives. The different club projects take up everything from good housekeeping to expert dairying. The boys and girls are taught the methods which will make farming more profitable. They learn by doing. Best (an Be Made Better. In the 4 H club work the extension department, of the college co-operates with the United States Department of Agriculture under the provisions of the cooperative agricultural act of 1914, known as the Smith-Lever bill. During 1922 these thousands of girls and boys all over the stale from the sand-hills In the west to the ap pie orchards on the Missouri were engaged in demonstrating that it is possible to make the best better. They not only showed that it was possible, but that it was profitable. In 691 standard clubs. 3,267 en thusiastic members completed their projects. The average income above cost of production was $15.43 per member. Many won prizes snd rib bons at local fairs and at the state fair in Lincoln. The club worker finds that self complacent ignorance Is often the greatest obstacle, often It is a ca-c of having to educate the parents be fore any successful work can be ac complished. In those parts of tha state where nature Is more or less untrustworthy, tho parents are as a rule most eager In encouraging the organization of clubs. They have j come to realize that scientific meth- | ods are safe. In the rooms occupied by the 4-H club organizers at the State Agrt- | cultural college the communities fa- j vorable to club work can be seen at a glance. Dome-headed tacks of j various colors show the exact loca- i Don of hundreds of clubs where boys and girls are busy building a greater state and nation. Boone county, for ! Instance, is simply doited with green tacks as if Ireland had quit fighting and settled down In that county. Western State lagging. Miss Wilkins told the story of those green tacks. Bach one repre sents a "hot lunch project," in which the children actually do the measur ing of foods and when all Is over i they have a real meat together. The club work is something in j which red blooded men and w-omen have a chance to use their best ef forts. The supply of tacks is un limited. Most of the slate is still tackles*. The state club leader. B. I. ^'risble, and bis corps of field workers are always glad to stick a ta' k into some new community. These 4 II tacks show, in a measure, the advance of scientific agriculture In ] opposition with the idea of planting potatoes by the moon. Farmers’ Union Notes "Collection* are easier nowr than they iave been at any titna slnca tha big lump in tho fall of 1923," said H. C. •1' Pherson. head of tha accounting de partment and credit man of tha Farmers 'nlon State exchange. "There has he*n noticeable easing up since th» middle f February. We are also receiving more ash orders now. and the orders are run iing larger in size." "When asked what he thought was he reason for this condition, Mr. Mc ’hr raon replied that it looked to him h* hough farmers had b^en practicing igid economy for the last two year* and laying their debts, for government statin lea do not indicate more than a slight mprdvement in the ratio between prices f farm product* and price* of goods hat farmer* must buy. Recovering From Mump. I-orenzo—A very gratifying recovery rom loss* * sustained on wheat two year* go is being made by the Farmer* Fnloti o-Opcrative association of this pla^e. n the eight months from May 31, 1322, o January 21, 1323, the association made net profit of f8.39l.73 on a turnover f $7rt.r»h*» kr In addition to grain, the ••oclatlon handle* coal, flour and oil. 'Mi 75.930 bushel* of wheat atored in >maha at th* time of the slump In the utter part of 1920, the association last bout $10,909. Stephen Deavcra i* min iger. bating* In (•roeerie*. float wick — .\feiui<-s «»f f'leasant Ridge oral of the Farmer*’ union purchased 67*;.4; worth of goods, rnoatly groceries, o-operat ivcly through the io<aI In tha A»r 1922. according to a report made o a recent meeting bv Pater Jensen, er ret ary. Mr. Jenaen estimated that the ivrrage saving on goods purchased In his v ay w«a 23 per cent lie feel* that his Is one way tha farmers ran help he diaparitly between price* of farm >rodu*'ts and prices of goods that farm ■rs buy. A number of new member* have oined the local since the first of the car. Irtemri Mannger Retire*. Rlue Spring- Wtl)4am f’raig. for 21 car* member of the farmers' elevator i'i" has retired on account of ill health, ii all of hi* 21 ye*ra of service, he ms >ff duty only h few davs, mostly while ittending conventions. When the Farm* *ra t nion t!o-< tperatlve company took ►vtr the elevator * few years ago. they ook Mr. t’ralg wdth It, and counted him • ne of ihc best asset* of tha business, d. Witzenburg. president of the com »any, 1* temporarily In charge of the levator.. This company also operates a reperal store and ship* livestock In ron lection with the elevator. In the eight nonths ending February 28, general store ah-s amounted to $19,744.33. the ginln urnover was $61,371.28, and llvastork ales tots! oil $27,324 92. In this period, he elevator showed a small net profit, ind tha store made a profit of about 11,790. Agricultural Society Is Assured ill t urning County hperlal Iti patch to The Omaha Her. West Point, Noli., April 1.—The ^liming County Agricultural society will b« organized anme time in April. \ committee appointed by tha presl lent of the Community club was suc ■ossful In aeruring the necessary num )cr of aupportars. Mrs. Barone Thanks TanlacFor30Lb. Gain St Joseph Lady Declares It Fully Restored Health and Strength After Flu Had Almost Wrecked Her Stomach and Nerves ' “X could ptalke Tanlnc *11 day long knit ktlll not Mprea* half my grab lude, becauae till* medicine built no U pthlrty pound* and I never felt lad ter," la th* grateful ktktcment of Mr* laiulna Barone, *04 North fourth •tract, St. Joaeph, Mo. "Tha flu left me in k terribly run down condition, my atomgch all up sat, attd I ana jo weak I couldn't du • , my housework. If I ate hearty I soon realized my mistake because the pains from gas bloating, sourness anil heart palpitation kept me miserable for hours. Headaches and dizziness made by head whirl, my nerves wouldn't let me Bleep, and T lost weight and grew thinner and paler. "The Tanlac treatment rid me rtf all the effects of the flu. my Indlges I lion, nervousness and weakness all disappeared, the color returned to iiiv fare, and t am strong and happy and , well. I have good reasons to pralnc Tanlac, and never miss a chance to clo so," Tanlac Is mfor sale by all good druggists. Accept no substitute lover 37,000,000 bottles sold—Advtr , tisemtiit. --- ---- With the County Agents Bt A •floriated Prana. A wwlng specialist from tho exten sion service will be in Douglas county the third week in April to conduct h four-day dress construction school. The school will be held at a centrally lo» | <*ated place and will be fore delegates, j two woen for each community, whore dress form and sowing rr»-i I chine attachments or short cuts in i sewing work have been completed. a< | cording to County Agent E. G. Max well. The following communities have had ‘dress form demonstrations and have completed the followup requirements of 10 forfs made; Valley precinct, Elkhorn, Waterloo, North Chicago precinct* Elkhorn precinct, Douglas and Union. The communities Valley and Elkhorn have completed the sew ing machine attachment requirements. Dress form demonstrations are be ing planned for South Chicago prr clnct, Millard precinct and McArdle precinct in preparation for the dress construction school. DAWSON COUNTY. Lexington—>81* hundred pound* of picric ! add, the war explosive that the govem I rnent la giving away for the rout of pack ! ing and freight, haa been ahlpped Into i Dtwaon rouijfy for agricultural purposes, ■«y« t.'ognty Agent A. FI Ha^ht. Truman IMenton. from the college of agriculture, will gee a demonstration in th« uae of ’his explosive April 4 He will show how , t0 us*. |t In blowing stump*. making ' ditches and blasting alkali holes. Florence Atwood, nutrltlory specialist, from the college of agriculture, met with Ringgold precinct women during th** w«* k and gave an Interesting talk on the dlf : ft rent classes of food and wh> ea< h wee | needed |n the body. Greater us** of vari ety in vegetables, fruits »nd inllk in the ! diet was emphasized. RAUNDKKS COUNTY. Wahoo—Statistic* taken from Ihe 1122 I census show that of 1,166 strea in Saun ders county, only IV. or 16 6 per cent, are registered. There are 921 sire* not registered, or 13.2 per cent Maunders county doee not compare very favorably with other cnuntle* In this respect, says County Agent Walter F Roberts Fight countie* have more registered thsn n«»t registered elres. Of the eastern counties ' surrounding Maunders, the per cent of i registered elr«>* le n» follows: Podge. 29.4 per cent; Rutler. 2.>2 per cent; Reward, 27 per rent; Lancaster, 27.9 per cent; j fees, 27.4 p**r rent; Harpy. 19 2 per cent; j Douglas, 30.9 per cent; Washington, 21.2 per cent. Rounders county registered sires valued st 962 per head and the nonreg , titered s|re* st 934 per head In the Agrl j cultural Statistics for Nebraska for 1922 WASHINGTON COUNTY. Blair—Bad toed* did not prevent the first two orchard meetings scheduled in Washington county for last w’eek, accord ; tog to County Agent fan A 4 Mean Prof Moppert, who owns 130 acre* of orchard j and ha* worked with orchard men for many years, via llgtened to attentively. | II# at*t«d that one of the biggest trou ! Idea with farm fruit trees Is that they *re not pruned until too late .lust a* Ith children, he explained, th» training of s train should begin from the start Than It is that the best and strongest • ranches ran be picked, so as to out I line a well shaped tree ’I o remove competition has been learned by many large Industries ami businesses I to be s most effective way of Insuring profits, be said. It Is also the main blew In pruning trees. Where there are too many branches. too much fruit Is started, and the tree uaea up Its energy In pro. during seed, rather then Juicy fruit This, he said. Is also tnie of grape vines The normal vine should he 40 to 90 buds This insures shout 60 bunches of grapes to the v Ins. which le all that the normal vine will ripen Into good quality Juicy grapes The old epur system has beau discarded by nearly all the commer cial vineyard*. The new system Is to hava one main trunk, keeping down the amount of old vuiotl «* much e* possible j ( eually a new trunk is developed every I four or five > ears The reason la that much plant food j le wasted In forcing Its way through the 1 -cumulation of (Nit wood Thru four or five branches are left, with about 16 or 12 buds to ihe branch This allow* the sunlight to do lie beat work It make# It fsaler work lo prune the vine alao. and makes It easier to estimate how many hud* have be«n left on the vine DAKOTA (01 NT\ Dtkul. llti—lk* twill •! produtll.u i ft ---lj reforda kept by tha Pakota fountjr farm bureau during the part jenr present a numbe r of interest lug* features. O'ordlng to C. H T<»ung. county ag*nt Ber*u-<* of the wide variation in the charges to , bo made against the uea of the laud, due to different system* of renting and dif- ' fsrrnt land values, the figures w«ed In clude all items except rents or such chargee as are gen. rally made against tha nee of »h« land when farmed by tha owner. All labor la reckoned by tha j hour. A man Is charged against tha - .op a* "0 cents per hour, horbe labor at IJ r<-nls per hour an 1 tractor at ll .0 l*r hour. On this has!*, it was found that the low- t <-**l per j»<-re on tha re- ords kept In f* 12, tha highest I? 2* In other word* the firmer having tha lower r os*. produc'd one and one-half seres of oats for a little less than It coat the higher man to produce one sere. Tha yields ranged from ZU to 4 1 bushels per a^re Both of tho*e were Missouri river bottom farms The lowest yield w a* produced by the farmer having the high est per a-re cost. The lowest out per bushel was 17 cents, which w*g made on a yield of 1* bush* Is per acre, tha high est. 44 4 <ente Ijibor charges are th# sauna for corn »i for os’s Where corn was hired husked, the actual price paid and board vm charged against the crop and record* kept on the number of hor*a hours em ployed tor this work. No charge for harvesting whs made for corn hogged off <>nly one co-operator reported haring husked by himself bis en*tre crop. The re* ords kept show an average of 112 man hours, 24 74 horse hours and .1 trac tor hours to prod nr a an acre of corn. FRONTIER COUNTY. Stockpile—Four hog sanitation meet tngs ware held in Frontier county.. Mr T'ossen of the agricultural college showed pictures and discussed plana for th* ex termination of hog worms The preven tion plan, he said la to keep the little pigs from get ting the worm eggs. The individual hog houses should b* scattered about on clean ground In this way th-* pigs got started without getting the worm rggp Another way • * to shut them up In a floored pen After th-y are four or ft vs weeks old they should b# moved to Clran pasture* Denby Pays Official (.alls at Port Au Prince, Haiti R> I nJ.WM.1 On Board U. S. 8. llenderaon. Port Au Prince. Haiti. April 1.—Secretary Denby and the congressional party, en route homeward from the naval maneuvers In the I’aclflc, arrived hero today, and made a round of official calls. After receiving Major Oenernl nun sell, American high commissioner, on lH>ard the Henderson, Secretary i Denby and member, of the party ] went ashore. Tho secretary first paid j a visit to the president of Haiti at! tho natlonnl palace. The entire party I went then to Camp Jtunncll, where! Easter service, were held and an ad I dress was made by Secretary Denhy. | Midland College. Mias Mary K. Markley, ae*retary for women students r»f the board of educa tion of th* Fulled T.utheran church, who i vlalled Midland college for * f* w «1*<a. gave a talk to th*' Student ln>dy in chapel. Th* summer school catalog* hav* been received from the print'i utid an no" being mailed out tr» all tho** Interested In attending th*’ summer session. Tli# girls of Feat hall had a happy eur prlao Thursday evening, when they die covered threo piece# of furniture hod been added to the parlor The lerg* , leather davenport waa given by th* : hoard of trustees, an 1 the chair and j heavy rocker to g»» with the davenport were given by the Women'* Faculty club. Th# third number on th# Midland col lage artists' enure* w a* given In (’Inn* nion'e hall Tuesday. The concert, given by Silvio Sclent I* pianlal, was excellent. A lari* audience attended President J. F. Krueger gave h'a 11 lust rated lecture on the ObereTmner gad raealon play Monday *» the Haleru I.uth- J eran church of Fremont Th* Faster vacation began Thui'dev i and will i "inlittle tlhMl Tu lg K I many of In* studrni* spent Ihls rt ■ '*•* at tntlr homes Weekly luiiliirrs Hu«inesa fadurea for tl»e went. ending March number :»* 0, which mittpareo with ATI laet week, lift in the Ilk* week of lift, 114 In |t?l, lift in lift and It In till. The Farmer’s Wife Cleaning Stoves—Once each week coal and wood stove* should be cleaned Inside In order to save heat and fuel. The soot should he brush'd from the bottom of the lids and all clinging ashes removed: the fluea. cs pectally those under and on top of the oven, should also be cleaned reg ularly. Wick cleaners can be ob tained for cleaning tho wicks of oit 1 stoves. If this is done dally the flame will not get yellow and smoke up your kettles. If you don't care to black your stove while it is in use I in winter, apply some kerosene or I lubricating ol with a soft, thick i polishing cloth. This does not give any shine to the stove surface, but It k'eps the top clean and free from 1 rust. Save your clothe* by applying these rules, suggested by Azalea Lin field, extension specialist In clothing at State college: Have hangers for all dresses and coats and use them every day. Keep the hooks, snaps and button* sewed on. Rework worn buttonholes; watch the plackets for ripped stitching*: straighten a skirt hem when It begin* to sag; use ad justable collar and cuffa which may be freshened frequently: save your dresses • from aoll by using a thin lining tacked In the waists; they may be removed often and washed. Mend rips and tears immediately. Banana Sherbet—Boll one pint each of sugar ami water to minutes; silr hot into the beaten whites of 2 eggs, then add 1-2 cup lemon juice and rqgahed pulp of six bananas. Strain, cool and freeze. Rice dainty—One cup cooked rice, 1-4 cup cooked fruit, one cup pow dered sugar, 1 cup cream. Mix rice, fruit, sugar together, then fold In whipped cream and serve; garnish with fruit. Cut glass keeps the original luster and sparkle if washed in soap suds to which ammonia is added. Tho in side of a vase can tie washed easily if some bird shot or a few buttons and soapy water nr# placed Inside. Shake gently and the scum, or sisln, Is removed quickly. Gills | Ills heme, ths sret ef ssrth supremely hlsst, A desrer. sweeter spot then stt the rest —Montfemsry. I know l tn only a row but then. I'm entitled to more than a dirty pen. And what I tin want in the line of ; feed? I don't crave much, but I surely ! need a sizable bunch of alfalfa hay. corn sll.igc and oats at least twice a day. Aryl water I like with ths chill well bn>ken. I'd have said this be fore could 1 only have spoken. I know I'm only a cow, but then, Just think of the many occasions when I pulled you through a finan cial pinch, I'm an earner of wealth, now that's a cinch, If I am the one Hist ought to say It; the grocery bill, I always pay It. Mo give ms a place In the barn that's warm, and keep me sheltered from winter's storm. I \ |r bl good pi of it n to those who care. My boss nmy not b«> a millionaire, but nevertheless, you've got to yield, he la one of those men they call "well headed '' I know 1 m only a cow but then, money I t* made ami can do It agani, Market and Financial News of the Day The Business Barometer This Week's Outlook in Commerce, Finance, Agriculture and Industry Based on Current Developments. By THRODOUF II. I’RIFF. Commerce and Finance, New York. At tha commencement of last week the speculative markets wero quite weak but, when it became known that the federal maerv© conference In Washington would idjourn without making any pronounce ments or taking any actlbn looking to ward an advance in the rediscount rate, there was a hesitant recovery In the more mercurial stocka and commodities. It ia, however, plain that speculators hav* been cowed by the fear that the [>ower of the federal reserve system would be used to curb their activities, and, while there are some who r'-s'-nt *u« h estralnt, there la no denying the po icn^y of its influence. We mav, there fore, take it for granted that there w4J be no recurreneA of what used to be ’'ailed a *‘hoom" in the immediate future. Meantime, it is to be observed that th* 'hief effect of the advance in the monoy market, which followed the action of the banks In raising the rediscount rate from l to 4 per cent, has been to reduce the i-alue of farm product* and government bonds without checking the upward ten ancy of wages or of the rAa nufactured irtlcles whoae coat 1s increased by the higher wages paid. Thus cotton, wheat, corn and I.ibcrty bond* are all substantially below the highest prices of the year, while iron, iteel and copper are at the top and wages continue to advance. Bilge* Are Advanced. Following the lead of the American Woolen company the Arnoskeag company advanced operatives* wages J2>i per cent, *nd as these two companies are respec tively the largest woolen end cotton ufacturers in the United Mate*, if not In thu world, their action ia practically a guarantee of’ higher wages throughout the textile trade. Many other New England mills, includ ing the Pacific, have followed suit and in the south a 10 per cent advance in wages has already bron ordered at sev eral points In North and South Carolina. Including Wadesboro, N. C., and Gaffney and Spartanburg. S. r*. In the steel industry a general advance ir. pay is expected when Judge Gary g ts back from Europe, if not sooner, and in many other lines employers have been compelled to pay more or lose their hands. Alluding to these opposing price ten dencies. Herbert Myrick, editor of Farm and Home, has been moved to write to the secretary of the treasury as follows "Wages in many lines hav© been ad vanced. Price* have been Jacked up of what farmers have to buy; there ha* bee© no corresponding advance in price* for what farmer* have to sel!. Capltat and labor in other Industries are shooting up, regardless of agriculture. "If farmers are to pay for what they buy, price# high enough to support exiet ng values in other line#, it will be neces lary for the farmer to receive an average iet price at hi* farm of I- a buthel for wheat, 11.60 for corn. II for potatoes. 75 -ents a pound for butter. 10 cents a quart for milk and other produce in proportion; that ia to say. the farmer must receive ibout twlc# current prices. Do not deflate the farmer while inflating the other fel low." Permanency Questioned. It is this disparity between the farmer** •arnings and his cost of living that ia leading many to doubt whether a pros perity that is so on# sided can be perma nent. Fundamentally the economic disorgani sation of Europe is the cause of the low prices at which many of our agricultural products are selling and as there seems »o be but little hope of an early Improve ment In condition* abroad 1! la futile to expect an increased demand from that quarter. For this reason, caution continues to be advisable, although nearly all the oracles of business are optimistic as to the future. Mont of them are agreed that the impetus of our present activity will carry well into the autumn and some insist that it will be two or three years before any serious reaction occurs. But the stock market does not reflect the confidence that the economic dlagtiosti « Ian* express. It has ceased to advance .ind activity is generally at the expense of values. Even the railroad stocks are dull despite the enormous traffic and in creased earnings that are reported The market for both taxable and tax exempt bonds Is also easier and while some attempt to explain the weakness upon the theory that a portion of the capi tal that was Invested in bonds ia now being released for commercial use. it Is evident that the Investment demand Is for some reason less eager than it was. Orders Are Small. It is, however, to be admitted that ss one gets away from the environs of Wall street business seems to be good. Travel ing salesmen report an excellent demand, but for comparatively small lota of goods. Frequent reorders are a consequence, for no one seems disposed to stock heavily at present priceh This Is a good feature ; for it Indicates that there has been little or no speculation or anticipatory buying. 1 The steel Industry and the motor factories are both running up to capacity and th« I demand for automobiles is apparently in satiable. Building materials are slightly ! lower as Mr. Hoover's suggestion that the government should postpone all unneces sary construction ia apparently being hc-ded by many individuals who were planning to build on their own account. New York Is meantime importing bricks tron Holland and while coal from Eng land is being unloaded at Boston, Amerl. can coal is being shipped from Newport News and Norfolk to Italy. These anomalies of commerce Indi cate the economic malad 1 uaipteent of the world which is a result ^>f the war. futil it is corrected and the waste that ; 1* causes can be prevented, business is i likely to be ''spotted*’—good here and bad | there. To Cuba, for instance, the much j discussed advance in sugar has brought renewed prosperity and speculation is again ho rife there that the long-dls I »ance telephone wires between Havana and , Nrw York arc severely overtaxed riurlnr i *he hours that the New York Coffee I and Sugar exchange is open. Farm Strike Expected. From England a general strike of : farm laborers lb reported, which may, pe haps, amount for the consideration *c. (orded the socialistic measures recently introduced in parliament. In China political conditions seem to be growing worse rather than better, and i great demoralisation is reported from ! eome of the province*. Things in Mex | loo are. however, on the mend and as i the Obregon government becomes more ! stable. It is becoming more construe | the. France is "ending an additional fb.ObO [ troops into the Ruhr and the resistance of Germany appears to be growing more j stubborn and more fallen. iff a way out i of the resulting impasse could be found ’ the effect upon the world s business would be electrical, but while two of the world's greatest nations are clinched as are Fran*-* and Germany at present, there cannot be much hope of an economic revival in Europe, nor can the T'nited State* ex P«ct to be entirely Immune from the re sulting paralysis. Trade Review Knd of End of la*f v.^fk pr* i »e?k .»•*. . »ir Bark Clearings (Bradatreets) in thou Mndn . ... !*.«".*?* IT Hi "IT 9* H8.344 Ruainesa failures . .. .. 7fft 1TI ^ M* Federal Reserve ratio . !»*'• 7i7% iT*% Security Prices. S. Y. Stock Exchange— 20 Industrials . lf‘" 4 ’ ** ** 20 Railroads . . *T ** ** 40 *•-** 40 Bonds .... 15 .8 84 70 8t.2» Commodity Prices— Wh*at, May delivery, Chicago. 11-1* S 1 22 S 1-35V4 Corn. Mar delivery. Chicago.rf 74 * I4** Tork, ribs May delivery Chicago...* 1**5 Re#f. gd. dresaed steers, Chicago. 14 . U 1 12 75 Sugar, refined. New Tork . *fc*« ***** **525 Coffee, Rio No. 7. New York. *11’* •H'i •** Cotton, middling. New York . --8*» •**•'* .1*15 Print cloths. New Tork . •*"** "*’♦ ••* Wool, Domestic average New York ... k 74 k -4 Silk. No 1 FinshUi, New York .... * ** * ** Rubber, erode, planta. New York... 4 *"** -J41"* Hides, pack N« 1 New York . .... 1 *’4 .14’* Iron. No 2. Philadelphia.. Steel Billets Pittsburgh. 45 00 45 00 7* *0 Financial Rt iwoadan wall. By 1 niTer«al Nrn iff! New York, April 1.—With the com pletion of the first quarter's business, he street looks to the stock market o reflect the favorable earnings for ndustrial corporations that will ap pear this month. These figures are expected to in iuca many corporations to increase j their disbursements to shareholders ahile others will probably begin oi* resume distributions to shareholders. In most instances the business done [luring the three months’ period will [irnbably establish new high records. The statements will illustrate the prosperous condition of American in dustry and should direct the securities representing the most prosperous In dustries. (•and Hdkinrai R<r«rtfd With a large abort Internet exist'.ng. and moat of ih» f<*ar relative to possible Immediate advances in the rediscount rate iiKlipatH, the general stock market would seem to be In a position to respond 0 the good business reported from ail [>art* of the country. The moat important development looked for in the immediate future t* a resump tion of stock market activity in the there* of the steal companies .^teei com mon will, according to present plans, be come a leader. Money llaadnl I pnard. The passing of the federal reserve board neeting without announcement of any ad - an» ea in rediscount rateg by any of the 12 individual federal resene banks did Much to eliminate much of th* apprehen sion existing as to the possibility of the ’ederal reserve system putting the btakea >n business expansion. Money rontiuues to be headed upward, rhe rail rate wrill probably remain firm it present levels for two or three dais. • wing to the April 1 disbursements of in- i erest and dividends, which are heaviest j or any month except January and July. The greater demands of general busl ie*s for funds is Imparting ease to ih« 1 ond market Average price# for bonds i ast wa#H declined to the lowest point , egi-hed aince September 21, li22. the peak f the last rise. The average u now near- ! y i points under last year's high. Rank Clearings Hank clearings In the United Plates for or the weekn ending March 2*. reported iy telegraph to Hradstreet’e Journal. New j fork, aggregate 9*.*71.71*.000. agalnet #7,- I 44.CAB.000 last week and f«.l94,394X»0O in j hla week last year Canadian clearings ggregate 9201.402.000. as against 9221. R4 000 last week and 9213,172.000 in this reek last year Following are the r«- J urns for thta week nnd loot. with ret sntapee of change ah** n this week as ompared with line weak last > ar. March j*. March 21 lew York 94.04 Vni,0.000 |4.41 t.ooo.ooo bt.agt* . .. 4*0.999,000 M7.RR0.S00 'hiladelphla 44 4,ooo,o#« 4t9.noo.oon i toe ton 40 004,000 4 41,000,000 an Francieo , 142,40#,### 141,900,000 i Kansas Cltj • * 04 134. h* troll .... 1 * 474.400 I4t.99R.04IO os Angels* ... ltl.474.Ott 131,944,00# leveland . t9.117.ono 110490,000 1 inn ea polls .... 41.143.000 70.0»2.000 Inclnnatl .... 49.994.oso 90.442.00# law Orleans ., 91.440.000 97.9?t.#«o tuffalo . 4 1.459.000 4T.43a.000 iota ha . . 41.471.mw* 4T.99t.0O4 laattle . ..... #4.0*4.000 40.3ie.000 *nrtland. Ora. . 90,494.000 33.**9.000 III waukee .... KT.*04.000 1.1.917.000 »enver .. ..... T*.244 000 l2.R7S.0OO ►alias . 14.400.000 99,177,40* .oulavttle ..... “*.014 000 3J, 144,000 ' ►klaliom# ... ri.TTV 000 ' 4.3,;,one H Paul .... 12.t73.4i04 It. 72 9,ooc ndianapntia I •» *; 4 n«*fl 1* - 'n|umbits ... 14.4at.00* tl«'. ,**o takland 12.19, On# l'.90.*,On - alt bake City 13.*3«.04t 13.'t«*.0o« ttchlta • *11 4*4 # **j no M dues ... s 134,000 IS* 1 j. non Hour t'Hy ... * 941 one R.Ofyeao » Joseph . ... 138* 000 4.12*.400 ’lllabutgh , . 142.942.000 14T.40t.OOo loltlmnre ... Rl.«|*o#0 It,“ft.non • t*ark, N J 1*1*1000 1«.3*t non S'HUU l’. • •lillitvMfV Food Index Slightly Lower —_ I Bradstree*'* Food Index Number, based on the wholesale prices per pound of 11 ; article* used for f«»od i* I* 3*. cnmpar- j ing with I* 4 0 las? week and *." 1» for t ho wttK erding March 1*22. Thia week's number shows a loss of three tenths of 1 per cent from last week, but a pain of * 2 per cent over the lika week j of last year. In reased—Wheat red corn, corn f our, tapioca potatoes, nee. b<e%es. h^*s. linseed oil, pi* iron, basic; steel bars, steel scrap, ‘ Trade Review Hr K. nrv A «o Th« mj-l-l-sn pecurrfnc of c<”'1 *t dlff-ri-nt point, I hi. wook toinporatliy rho- krd nprlnK r»t«ll tr.d- ond th * l» » normally <jal*t porlod In «om- yholmio branchon. Notable activity, however, con t inn* e at many manufacturing plant*, with practically full opiffatlous In varloult Instant *■ and March Honing with high record outputs. It is significant of the pronounced industrial revival that the leading Interest is now running at better than a 90 per cent r-tte, against about 63 per cent a year ago, and that the number of pig iron furnaces at woric Is Increasing s’-adHy. Pressure of de mand in this quarter has recently slack ened hut only after a buying movement on which requirements were covered for several month* ahead, and not a few con tracts are now being deferred because of fillers' disinclination to commit them selves beyond the end of th* half year. Doubts regarding future producing cot’s, due to t ho wage phase, tend to limit third-quarter business, or prevent it alto gether, snd actual wage advances in tho textile field have caused sain question* tng as to their probable ultima?® influ ence on prices and consumption M htl© the general purchasing power lias been materially enhanced, the rise of prices in primary markets is yet to be fully passed on to the retail counters, and it is not Hear now to what extent, if «n>. tea change will affect the final distribution of goods. With elements of uncertain*y present, the policy in conservative chan nels remains one of caution, and more * being heard of efforts to discourage ape ulative excesses. Firmer Money Market. Recent weeks have brought a perreptib * tightening of the local money market. A. t> per cent rate for call loans has b^a nam'd on several occasions during the last fortnight and the firmer tendency hao extended to other accommodation, with &>a per cent quoted for the fix*d maturi ties. Prevailing rates are above those of a year ago, yet the larger demands of t o present period make this a natural condi tion. Discussion of possible increases in rediscount rates led to a statement by the federal reserve board this week that rumors with respect to Its intentions were unfounded, but the matter was a ato* ic market factor for a Urn*. Irregular prme movements have continued in the latter quarter, with an early decline followed by a rally as specu'ative short commitment* were covered. The feature in commodity markets was the continued yielding of cotton prices, and Dun’s list of wholesale quotations shows an ex^-ss of declines for the first week this year. Steel .Mills Sold Ahead. No check to the forward movement in the iron and steel industry has been ex pected or witnessed. Demand for I rori has abated in ail markets, but only al most consumers have secured protection against second-quartrr requirements, and practically all of the larger steel pro ducers are sold ahead to July 1. The volume of business large as it is. would be still larger If all manufacturers were disposed to accept order* f«r the third quarter, many sellers are disinclined to make commitments extending beyond the end of the half ye»r. the question of wax* advances entering i-harply into calcula tions Meantime, the rise of prices con tinues, and premiums for early deliveries have been more frequent. Most of the advances in publish'd quota’Ions thin week appear in finished products, only one grade of pig iron showing an increas*. Textile Mage Advance*. A prominent feature in th*- t- xti> in dustry has been the rising trend of wage* at ls-ge producing centers Following the late increases at woolen mills, announce ment was made this week of a 1-S per cent advance at some New England cot ton plants, and about 75.000 worker- ha a been aff*= r*d bv the recent revisions. Th**e * hang's in wages largely reflect the unusual activity in production and the limited supply of skilled ope-atlre*. th* labor shortage m N*w Eng nd having become more pronounced. In the sou»h, moreover, a boom is cn in mill construc ?'on. while there is a good deal of over time running at different eMabn§hm»r’*. With th- upward trend of w -g'». wht* h may be tarried still further, higher pri'-a in the rets.! f'.-Ui are foreshadowed, ar.d there is not a little doubt as to the prob able effect of the advances, when they occur, on consumption d-mand. Hide Trading Quiet. After the active bosine** of the preced ing fortnight. It is not surpri*ing that de mand for domestic hide# ha* abated, M Limited transactions w«-rs the rule V** week, ar.d tanners declined to pay any higher prices for pr*e*nt season inferior take-off. follow-up sal** being at last quotations. Depressed conditions *t?ll pre vail m country hidee. with no sustained buying by leather producers, and the sit uation in calfskin* *s irregular. A a was to be expected, with the rrmplt’ oc of Easter orders for shoe*, trading in bc’i^ sole and upper leather ha.-c s’ackened. th-.a being a between *e**on period. Most tan ners of sole ’.eather, howeeer. are, holding firm, irhi's the strength of offai s «n* diminished. Transportation drawbacks, meantime, cause delays in the movement of raw materials and finished products. Pit*fcburgh. w.re nails, copper, lead ard yellow pine. 1*1 reused—Flour, w':*at, spring. c.= •, hams, ehort ribs. taiioe, bu?- r sugar, raw; coffee, cotton s*ed oil fgK-, hop*. Pacific, hops. New York: cottwc, rrint cloths, gray goods. ha>. s!c*1 mrap, Chi-'ago:; cast iron, Chicago; c ^ , • . spelter and rubber. &art 'em Right 1 CtooJ ihicks deserve a good start in life, heed them right and your chicks will make that sturdy, quick growth which means early market k or lacing maturity and quick profits. Successful poultrvmen everywhere have proven that the ngnt jtta. tor the hrst three to six weeks is Pratts Buttermilk Baby Chick Food This “original baby food for baby chicks” is f sweet and pure,appetizing,correctly balanced and mechanically predigested. It supplies in theproper quantities every food clement required for health and growth including the high grade buttermilk, rich in lactic acid. Follow up this good start by giving them Pratts Buttermilk Grew ing Mash. If your d*«ler can't supply you, writ# PRATT FOOD CO, Philadelphia. Pa. We Want to Do What ^ is Right and Fair Any of our friends aid customers w II surely w el fomo this fiank statement on our part. At the present time we are carrying n peak load on Monday. Tuet .lay and Wednesday. \\ ill you help in in our effort Allow t!ie dm or to call regularly and return it I'hur.day, Friday and Saturday. We're remodeling our plant and doubling our c.v parity We can give you more attention and please you better if you try this plan. ■ « HA rney 0784