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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1923)
Dearth of Corn Pickers Is Blow to Bumper Crop Huskers Paid 6-Cent Average in State—Able to Supply Only Tenth of Hand* Needed. By Associate* Press. Lincoln, Oct. 28.—Husking of Ne braska's corn crop, which has pre viously been estimated at about 265, O00.000 bushels, or the second largest in the state's history, has been start ed in nearly all parts of the stale during the week just past. The op ening of this corn harvest season is accompanied by an acute shortage of pickers, not only In Nebraska, but in nearby states and to a certain ex tent over the entire corn belt, accord ing to reports at the office of Charles H. Boles, federal employment officer for the state. Mr. Boles stated his office had been able to supply only about 10 per cent of the demand for cornliuskers so far, and that he saw no means of im proving this situation in the near future. County agents, individual farmers and the county farm bureaus In the state have been notifying the federal employment office here of the number of corn harvesters they need and calls are on fde there from the lollowing places, for the number listed: Holdrege. 223: Fremont. 200: Mc Cook, 100: Walton, 30: Seward, 30; Syracuse, 20: Osceoln, 18; Geneva, S: I-aneast. r, 35. There Is little controversy in Ne braska over wages to be paid to the 1 ushers, it was said. Farmers in a. fee counties, after holding mass meetings to discuss the subject or ,-fter talking with their county _,trus, have agreed not to pay more than 6 cents per bushel to the corn pickers. "This Is about the average wage paid over Nebraska." said J. H. Bro !:aw, director of the state agricultural extension service. Mr. Brokaw stated ihat In some cases farmers were only paying 3 cents per bushel and that some farmers had gone as high as 7 cents and in some cases 8 cents 0 get the much desired faim help. Mr. Boles declared that B cents was the price that most farmers who applied to him for help wefe offer ing to pay. He expressed the opinion ■hat if the report was true that corn buskers were asking 10 per cent of the market price of corn for their labor, new corn selling at about B0 , ents on the market now would net them about 6 cents per bushel—the average wage offered by the farm ers. "But as a general rule farmers pay by the bushel and not with a percentage of the market price as 1 wage basis," Mr. Brokaw and Mr. Boles agreed. "Reports coming to this office indi ate the Nebraska crops are gen , ’ ally in good shape, with little of It town and most ears large and of ,od quality.” Mr. Boles said. "This , ould indicate that good buskers, if ve could get them, would be able to pick 100 bushels dally, thereby making about $6." he added. "Of course, many pickers will be able to gather much more corn in a day. depending upon how long they are in the field, the picker's speed in shucking and the quality of the corn. I would esti mate that most corn pickers in Ne 1-iaska will earn between *6 and *8 a day." he concluded. The 6-cent wage offered corn imakers includes hoard, and In most cases, room, it was said. In cases '.-here board and room are not fur nished the picker, the farmer gen erally adds from 1 to 2 cents to the wage paid. Mr. Boles said. Some Nebraska farmers are paying their cornhuskers set amounts for husk og certain whole fields, according to the federal employment officer. Battle Creek Farmers Pay 6 Cents to Huskers Rattle < reek, Neb.. Oct. 28.—A meeting of the farmer* and corn buskers of this community was held in Battle Creek to discuss the matter i.i corn husking wage*. The meeting was called, not with the purpose of establishing any arbitrary wage, hut to ascertain what was the wage that whs tieing paid and what might be ( tiered as a,good wage. Many of the farmers present had already hited 1 c-ln and the average of their rate was around ti cent*. Some pay more, some lese, depending on the yield of Hie corn and the use of an elevator for unloading. The corn of this vicinity, conform ing to Nebraska standard*, is very good Ond field on the Henry Praue uer farm southwest of town Is pro ducing about 100 bushels to ths acre. One husker has picked 140, 142 and 1411 bushel* In three successive days out of this field A conservative es timate has placed the average yield ;,t SO hushels. With the exception of : ome rot and mold, caused by heavy rain* late in the season, the corn is of good quality. Nelson Community Is Graveling its Highways Nelson, Neb.. Oct. 28—The fourth ,.f a series of "gravel days" was held here. Twenty-five teams and wagons and as many trucks were donated for use In hauling sand, gravel and rock. Two car loads of sand were •nil In by the Rock Island to he uaed on crossings. Altogether there have been about four miles of road sanded through this community co ..peratlon. The women served din ner each day. More of this sort of work Is to lie done from time to time. The road leading to the cemetery Is the next to have attention, and much outside help Is expected at that time, as the Interested parties are scattered tar and wide. Sunday School Convention. Tftcumsth, N«b.. Oct. 28. The . lorty-aeeotid convention of the John son County Sunday School ae.ocin tlon will he helil at Crab Orchard. ’ ovember 10 and 11. Worker* of : fate reputation. together with a Johnson county delegation, will he , n the program. Hop Injures Farmer. Tecumseh, Neb.. Oct. 28.— \\ llllam Jeffery, a farmer living In the weHt . rn part of the county, was endeav oring to catch a h«< The hog knocked Mr. Jeffery over and he fell heavily to the ground, breaking un nnkl^ and dislocating Uls knee. Farmer Finds Bones of Indian Victim Plainview, Xeb.. Oct. 28.—H. W. Hopkins, farmer near Xeligh, while plowing in his field, unearthed a bone of a human leg which so excited his curiosity that he got a spade, and after a little digging found the skull and nearly all the other bones of the body. It was thought that the bonee were those of a person who had been burled In the shallow grave at leaat 50 years ago. The skull had a hole two inches long on the top, which indicated that the person probably hail been killed with a tomahawk by Indians. Mr. Hopkins says that this is the fourth skeleton he lias uncovered on his farm during the last few days and all were in shallow graves. Johnson County to Apply for Federal Road Funds Teeumseh, . Neb.. Oct. 28.—At a special meeting of the board of coun ty commissioners of Johnson county, the board resolved to ask that the next federal and state state aid high way building in Johnson county should be nine miles of road running through Sterling precinct and into Helena precinct. This road, now in bad, condition, begins at the Gage county line and runs nine miles east, passing the town of Sterling on the north and ending three miles north of St. Mary. While the road at this point runs east and west, it is a part of the pro posed north and south highway through Johnson county, coming in front the south from Pawnee City, passing through Tecunvseh, St. Mary, Adants anti to Lincoln. It is pro posed to maintain a patrolman on this section of the proposed new road. Engineer Green of the state depart ment of roads was 'present, and he was of the opinion that funds are now available, and that work on this road may Boon be started. Farmers and Townspeople Finish Alexander Road PUinvJew, Neb., Oct. 28.—At a cost of $850 in money and donated work estimated at $400. workmen have com pleted the road construction work on the Alexander grade south of here. Business men of PlalnvJew subscribed *400 and the county furnished *450, which resulted In a spirit of friend ly co-operation between the business men and the farmers who donated the services of themselves and their teams to complete the work. Annual Meeting of Feeders at Lincoln, Oct. 30 Summer and Winter Feeding of Cattle and Hogs to Be Demonstrated. Lincoln. Oct. 23.—The annual feed ers' meeting, which is held each fall at the Nebraska University Agricul tural college here, has been called lor October 30, Prof. H. J. Gramlich, chairmai of the animal husbandry department of (he college, announced. The animal husbandry department has arranged for a program of out jf-town and local speakers and is preparing for a large attendance. The summer experiments in cattle and hog feeding will close, just prior to the meeting, it was said at the college and results of these tests will be available to those attending the meeting. Winter experiments in cattle, hogs and sheep feeding are scheduled to start during (his week and immedi ately after the meeting Prof. Gram lich announced. In announcing the meeting. Prof. Gramlich said: “Feeders who attend the meeting will see the results of an experiment in summer cattle feeding, in which one lot was fed shelled corn and alfalfa hay in a dry lot, one lot re ceived shelled corn and Sudan grass pasture and one lot got shelled corn and sweet clover pasture. These cat tle have been on feed for 140 days. They will also see two ♦xperiments of hog feeding. The first one is a comparison of shelled corn and tank age oil a dry lot, shelled corn and tankage on alfalfa pasture and shelled corn and alfalfa pasture. The hogs will have been on feed 130 days. The second experiment is the test of the value of wheat as a hog feed. One lot leceived soaked, ground wheat and tankage; another, shelled corn and tankage; a third lot were fed cracked wheat and tankage and lot four, whole wheat and tankage. "Another feeding comparison of calves, yearlings. 2-year-olds and 3 year-olds. similar to the ones run at the college during the la=t two winters, will be conducted this win ter. A hog-feeding experiment to be run this winter will test the comparative feeding values of white and yellow corn and alfalfa and tankage. With the County Agents (Jeneva—Hog cholera has heen prevalent In Fillmore county for six weeks, (‘ounty Extension Agent I,. \V. Thompson states, adding a recommend* tlon thst all hog raisers In the county vaccinate th dr swine. Lexington—Farmers near here who • prayed their apples last spring are sell ing apples and have all they aeed for their own use. while those who did not spray th*- fruit have found yields small and applet wormy, according to Oounty Extension Agent A. It. Hecht of this county. Farmers Exchange Test. Wahoo -The county extension service in Saunders county plant! to publish next week, an “exhung** list" through which farmer* of the ■ ounty may sell or trade anything they wish to market. Walker's Island—Hog cholera has be come prevalent in this locality, and * fewr small herdh have been lost, according to Dakota County Extension Agent C. Ft. Young, who says that farmers and hog raisers who Mtill haVe healthy herd* are vaccinating them quite extensively. Wahoo—Explaining the various prize* offered for corn and oata displays at the international grsin and hay show, at Chicago, th* first w**k in December. County Extension Agent F. Robwis offers to enter grain for farmer* or this county. ... Watch Livestock. Lincoln—Farmers ’hould, not ge‘ so bury picking corn that they neglect their livestock, says a statement from the of fh-e . f iho state agricullu al extension s-jrvfce here November is * critical n -nth in th'! growth of cattle coming off grass and of your poultry being s.-nt ii'to the confinement of the poultry house, th* statement gay*. “A little car* In feed ing. In controlling lice and in fixing no shelter* for ihe cattle, hogs and chickens before cold weather begins, is * ‘glitch in time. " the statement says. Blair—In making public a !i»t of de finition* of various breeds ' of livestock County Extension Agent .1 A. routs of Washing:on county, sa s that the county is one of great livestock industry f’rging better breeding of livestock, he says rhn’ “the first step in this direc tion »* th* use of better sires The ex tension ngent defines “purebred." "thoroughbred. ' ''standardbreda.’' “cross bred’ ’and “grade,’ ay mg that terms are j “often misquoted." ( orn Not Normal West Point—±lt hough frost held off much lor gar than expected, the first kill ing frost not coming itt- this county ur.tll last week, corn has not ripened normally, it is said here. The com kern *is appeal to hav* matured well enough and . r»» drying well, as a rule, but n large percentage of corn appear* to have co’.s that will noi hold the corn ail winter and provide good s**d in the spring, according to farmers in the county. Oothenburg -For the ron\enl*nc* of mothers, childrens clothing demonstra tions staged by representatives of th* state agricultural extension service home economic* division, were put on at vari ous points In th* county during the week. The meetings open to both women on farms and those In the towns of the rountv. were presided over bv leaders delegated from those who attended the extension service schoola for sewing and clothing making. ferine Breeden* Meet. Red Cloud—Swine breeder* of Webeter rountv are a-heduled to mtat at the courthoune here October HO. to dlacusa the arrangement of sale* for the joining year Kvery awine breeder In the county ha* been invited to attend. Omaha—It ia expected that *» leant a dozen Dougin* countv poultry miner* will be added to th** Ilaf of thoae co-opemt '.ng with the *iHtn agricultural extension service in ita *<<-redlted flock* project this year, the Hat now' including 12 poul try ralnera The project, which oi>»nn November 1. call* for nt least 6ft pro ducing bird*, which art »o ne fed for egg production Record* tit the project are kept, and If at the end of the year the flock ha* averngecl 16 erga per hen. It ia out on the accredited Hat. If oak Teat Flata. T.exlngton—<!orn. planted laat spring for acted type teata and damonatratlon*. will be huakad at Oillan. Coyote. Platt# and neat heie anme time next week, it wa« announced at the county agent* office here The dernonat ration# deal with • omparlaon of arnooth and rough corn The corn. after being huakefl. la weighed Dakota City—A "ropa club’ la being organized *t the Hale arhool neat here.] It was announced The rope ♦ lob will study knot*, the making of haltera and other u*a of tope on the farm, according to the announcement. The teacher of the Hale school will lead the club. Waftoo—Although a few men were se cured laat week for corn picking, the demand In ftaundera county still exceed# the supply, (bounty Kxtenaion Agent U F. Roberta, who has bean trying to ob tain help for the farmer* of the county, declares. The county agent. In co operation with the co inty farm bureau. I# keeping In touch with labor agencies In Mrnoin nnd Omaha In an eff<»i t lo locate men to work af corn busking In Haundera county. He *ald that “there aeems to be a sborl ,.gc of labor throughout the whole corn belt and ’ • may not he able to aupply all the help needed.” Hut l>«ln Overton Kwriner* of naufton counts* hiivo auraarJ t«» buy another car of dairy • ■own and K. Ii. I/uik of thla < lty laff .*»rl thtft week for wluroiinin, where lift •.111 buy the »'owh for the farmera. A ■ lalry egparl la m< coinpno) tng Mr. Long I’hl* la the fifth car of ditlt S cow* the iiawaon county farmara h»» • bought on ihl*i coopt rat I v# buna. Stockvilie -Tha North Hiai 1own**bli> of ai count) i *« bfteri organt*fta to • iage a one ilav corn ihow on November la tt wa* niinotinred hei^ A bo* aocial .rill be give,, in the tonnahtp action! hot nr on N’n\ int er •» to miae the »>a**a *ur> fund* to ioiniut-1 tha corn aho'v aid .<» offer pM inlmrix Tho *h«< »' "'III ba h frtt fait, open to all vom raiaaia ol tot county. It was announced. "The only obligation to be assumed by exhibitors and visitors is that they bring their picnic dinners and enjoy the day with neigh bora." says the proclamation of the com mittee In charge of the show. Hoy Boons Mueeess. West Point—A ton and a half of aov beans, brought to this county last spring for seed purposes, have brought gnoU re suits, according to Incomplete reports, county extension agent K. C. Fouta de clares. advises the farmers to visit olher farms where iho beans w«r# sown and where hogs havo been turned into corn and soy bean field* and "se* how the combination is working out." McCook.—Hog cholera Is not under confpleta control n« yet In Red Willow county. F N Gooding, the county agent, reports, adding, however, that "in several communities it *e»*ina fairly quiet now" Mr. Gooding said that in some localities there were no hogs left. He urged farm, ers of the county to vaccinate their swipe or to have them vaccinated and to avoid "bargain serums’* for their vac cinating work. Tecumseh—Farmers are urged by the county farm bureau in this county to •top slow wastes of their iand by con trolling aoil erosion. Attention Is railed to federal and state farmers' bulletins on this subject and to the information that ran be obtained from th» farm bureau office and from places where rotated crops, terraces and brush dam* have been used to si<»p the washing away of ths surface soli. Women to Meet. Red Cloud —All women* cl\jb* of the county have been mivtsd to send iwo deSegHten to the second annua) meeting of the representatives of.women's clubs, called for November 9. at the courthouss here, to work out the extension service program foi the coming year. Officers are to be elected and a delegate to the home economics meeting in conjunction with the organised agriculture meeting in January. will be selected, it was an nounced. The Webster count) girls dera stratlon t*‘»m will give their clothing demonstration as a feature of the pro gram. according to the announcement. Wahoo—The accredited farm flock poultry project, of the agriculture exten sion ***rv1 f e v ill be started in this coun ty. November 1. and will continue through the year, according to the county agent. Poultry owners who take up the project, keep feed and egg record* Which are gathered by the state extension eery he from all over the state. Three poultry raisers in ttaiindrri county are finishing h year's work In the accredited flock proj ect this month. Hair) fow Tests. Utnuhai—The third month of testing In the Houglss g.ounly Co-Operative Tow Testing association, Ju*t completed, shows that II cows produced over 10 pounds of butter fat during the month. M-rn bera have been feeding additional grain and more attention Is being paid to bal ancing the rations for increased milk pro duction according »o County Extension Agent Maxwell. The average price re celved for the milk during the month was i: 40 per hundred weight, hs stated. Bloomfield— At » mill meeting of farnc ere here early thla week It Waa agreed that thoee present would not pey more than 6 mil per buahel for picking corn. Thla amount la to he In addition to board, It wa.i mid. It waa aatlmeted at 'he meeting 'hat under thla acala a. good corn hueker could make about 16 or »« a day and that It would coat 16 to It rente per buahel for the farmer to market hla crop. Farnam—"Any farmer that blda up the a agf * (or corn plrkeia over H . enta per l.uahel la doing an Injuatl. e to hla neigh lore dcclarea County F.xtenelon Agenl W (1 i ampbell The agent »a» told of hove one farmer he|fe ruahed to town when he heard there waa a corn picker hero who wanted work, but would not hire the man when he aaked a wage of g renta per buahel for hla work l.abor wanta all It can get,' Mr. Campbell aal'l "but the farmer ought to have i« thing left for hla work and they ill do an I hla farmer did. The eatenalon agent aald he believed "plenty of halp wnui<1 rom* * II111 • l*t«r Corn Aaerugea AO Huahala. Rad Flnud—Farinera In *h‘» vlcljlt’ otfmata ’hat tha crop of wlU »vjr %kh about to buahala par acra In labour county, and that ft r*nt* par buahal will b* the a vara r* pay for corn hunker*. (Jentva—Flllmoro county farmara ara a, all started on f hair corn picking an»l tha rlamand for outalda halp la thcraaalng «lSly. It was aald at tha county farm bureau of f loo hara ttaica* nttari"d by moat farmer* In tha county ara b nr • • anta par buahH. It »»» ■*»d. Tha * rop In Fillmore county la generally good, farm bureau officers aald. Lincoln—Now la tha time to i*t tha pocket gopher that i* making tha n*w mound* in tha alfalfa ftalda In "«» f'.J of root* and food for th* win tar. til* Hgrtrult ur.»I axtenalon MwrvIe« «fflet*!• *f«io Poisoned carrots. parsnips. awaat potatoes or r»lain*, dropped Into tha run* way*, will kin I h* paste. It waa aald. I rgaa Vieelatllan. «t*nti use fount}- Kxtanelon Agent na f.i,na i - ported to fanner* of the county that Hr van E». of thestat* agricultural collage. In an addraaa before tha recant county etaanalon agents meeting at un coin, eta * ad that only on* aavanth of in* hoga in Nebraska ware vaccinated against img cholera and that •only when 'he oth*r elx-eevonth* ore ao treated will nog chelwra •••*■•• to he n rnenai * to Ih* in* duatry Otoe rount' hue been suffer ing from Hie outbreak that ha a »*U evrceolriK over i h«* "tale »mJ 'be'* la no apparent decrease of i ha dieaaa* to date, Ml Ha Long reported. l»lncoin —Announcement haa been made ai the *t*t« tgrleulf tirul college here of a reduction of fare for membera *»i*n«l lug the meat I n a of the second national H.v* and tillin' • lub congress. to be held In t'hlcag", V#vimb*r no to Pacanfl be- ? Thla an tuigameiif la »4l>l u» ap l»ly to almost tvary railroad lu lh« touu* try, The Business Barometer * ^ _ This Week's Outlook in Commerce, Finance, Agriculture and Industry Based on Current Developments. % By THEODORE H. TRICE. Editor. Commerce and Finance, NewUrk. The steadiness of the American markets In the face of the news received from Europe last week furnishes striking evi dence of the inherent soundness of our domestic condition. Press reports and private advices agree in predicting that the breakup of the German republic will make it impossible for France to collect more than a tithe of the reparations it claim". _ , . Cabling from London to the New York Evening Post J. A. Spender say*: No one lit this moment is thinking any more of reparations Plainly there Is nothing to be recovered from Germany in exist ing lirvumstancea and If it breaks t o pieces nothing Will ever be recovered The urgent question now 1" whether it wJi be kept from chaos and conflict which will have disastrous results for all K'lTh“* mirket for foreign exchange has reflected the apprehension thus expressed, for the franc dropped “> &• Tuesday, and sterling sold at M.47 * tne same day. at which figure It was lower than It had been since November. 1* — Franca l nshle »o Ph> Here and abroad It is generally believed that France will l>e unable to W »" debts if it falls to collect anything from Germany and that ther?h!J 'franc be the further depredation of the franc and a brief period of inflation foUowed by the Inevitable collapse. This would mean that Great Britain and the United States would have to writs off what France owes them. , To this country the loss would serious, but to Great Britain It wouiu be a great hardship. Therefore 1* not surprising that private cables from wdl informed English bankers *"d"V"rchant« Insist that the British government »•« «» compelled lo yield to the demande d the labor pariy and resort lo moderate ln flat tun by Issuing a large l0^n proceeds will be need to eoiplo> the u employed In the construction of public works such as roads s*nd dock". L«ra Beaveibrook. who Is saM to he'hemost powerful man In England at .pr-"e7'-, ’* in favor of this policy and It Is bdng actively urged by the newspapers under hi It' °muvl mean sowing the wind ard reaping the whirlwind In the end. Thete are? however, many who believe, that h Is wise to resort to the anaesthetic of inflation when the pain ...h0' aJ2 ,.an comes unendurable and if fcng»"* ’}" put its Idle hands at work they T.v»> he kept out of some forms of I’E ' ^h. in chief that would be worse than the nation to which the conservatism are ao much opposed. Outlook 1« hrarr. Rut whatever the denouement may oe u”,"' pi am that .he financial outlook overseas grave and prior to 19 14 iia reaction upon America would have b*«*n disturbing. That i only * fleet .her© has been ro restrain apeTulatlve acU' ly with out depressing prices Is particularly r na«nrinir wh*n th© pessimism generated K “h«‘wW?ly .dvirtlsed dullness on the stock exchange Is taken Into consider *'Prices there ha-.-* moved but little- and the changes have been without jdjrnlfl cawce though the bond market has lin “ed .me what and new Issues brought out under good ausptc-s h»ve 'r'»di^ absorbed As an exampla an °Norlni "r H6.otlo.fiOO bonds on a cAnaolldatlon Swedish match factories was almost In Tran sac!*Ions like this Involving th. .*j port of American '‘P1*1 goods are an antitoxin that will iimku thl* country immune to the ®c0"‘1’m'C4 order that exists In Europe. The bank ers who handle shrnt are therefore per forming u real public service as are lb oth-r hanking concerns who tan »* ranged the large credits with whuh the foreigners who have exported our col to ■ have been financed- . Thesis ( re-lit", which have not been nn. vert lied are ln effect revolving - red.ts which run into hundreds of Thev partially explsin our "linin'5 abilltv to »eil our roods to an tfnm Furoue and we will probabl\ on PhlPDln? a" long as such credit, aft available and are repaid as the in.rch.n 3 la* fman-ed roes into consumption. For this reason we need not fear the-"disor ganization abroad if the people there ran be kept at work and markets can be found for what they produce or fabri cate. With political tranquility this will be possible. . ,, . The liberals among the English atatea men see this and are willing to accept inflation a* the lesser of two evila. If it is resorted to there will probably be a revival of British trade for a time, by which we will be indirectly benefited. Home Trade Satisfactory. Meantime our home trade is entirely satisfactory. There are tome who insist that after the holidays it will be smaller, but neither the marketa nor the statistic* sustain their predictions. The price changes recorded arc neither important nor significant. Wheat la a shade higher. Torn is a shade lower and cotton has reached and passed 30 cents upon the fear that the cron esti mate to be issued November 2 will indi cate a sensational reduction in t lie pro ductive expectancy. On the mathematical relationship of the prospective crop and consumption very much higher prices for cotton may be logical, but the trees never grow to the skies and the psychological, fji'tur should not be Ignored. It has and it may again Interfere with the law' of sup ply and demand. The same generalization mav apply to wool and woolen goods. Higher prices, are statistically Indicated, but retail dealers say that buyers of all sorts of dry goods are commencing to consider coat very carefully. Business oil r.\ en Keel. As to most other commodities, there Is nothing new to say. Business seems to be on an e\en keel. Sentiment would b« Improved by a settlement of the disorder in Europe, but in an economic sense this couAtry has become so seif contained that the essentials of our domestic pros perity arc no longer much affected by conditions abroad. This view is confirmed by the weekly statement of the federal reserve svstem. which shows a gam of $11,000,000 In the gold held and a reserve ratio of 76.8. In so far as our supplies of credit and cash are concerned, our position is Invulner able and It i.s not aurprising to hear that the dollar ia rapidly becoming the pre ferred medium of exchange all over the world .... In Europe the paper dollar Is preferred to the gold dollar, because all the for eign governments prohibit the export of gold It Is estimated that about $700.. 000.000 In American paper dollars are now in dn ulation outside the United States, anil as the foreign currencies be come worthless th« demand for dollars is increased. As long a* this condition persists we sre not likely to lose gold and »he . monetary ease which prevails here seems likely to continue Indefinitely. Trade Review. Figures are for last week, th* previous ween and last year. Hank Clearings < Bradst r*ets) In thou sand* $$,940,6*7. $6,753,743. $7.7*7.482. Businesa failures 3*7. 351. 372. Federal Reserve ratio. 76.8 per cent. 75 3 per cent. 77.6 per cent. Security Prices, New York Stock Ex Twenty !ndu< trials. $*6 43. $*7 46. $9* 00. Twenty railroads. $77.7*. $78.42. $91 43. Fortv bonds. 1*6 27. $*9.63. Commodity pricer: Wheat December delivery. Chicago, $1 07. $ 1.0 3 V. • $1 14S Corl. December delivery. Chicago, TS^c, 7$%c, 67 >c. Pork, ribs October delivery# Chicago. $9 67. $9 40. $10 50. Beef, good dressed steers. Chicago. $17 00. $16 50. *16.00 Sugar, refined. New York,' 9 10c, 9.15c, 6.90c. Coffee Rio No. 7. New York, llHe, HHc. l0l4r. Cotton, middling New York. *lc. L9 Sc, 24c. . Print cloths. New York, 7V«c 7*4c, <,*r Wool, domestic averare, New York, 74 2«o 74 28c. 74 0<o Silk, No 1 Slnahiu, New York. *8 -’5. *9.35. I* 25. Rubber, crud#*. plantation. New York, 258# c. 269|C, :2Vic. Hides, pack. No. I. New York. 15c. l.>c, 23c. Iron. No. 2. Philadelphia. $26 76. $26.76. $231 4 St*-#d billets, Pittsburgh. $42 56. $42 50, $40 on. (Copyright. 1 923.1 | Omaha Produce Omaha, Oct. IT. BUTTER. Creamery—Local Jobbing prlca to rotall hrn. ext r as, 48c; extras In 60-lb tuba, 47c: standards. 47c; firsts. 45c. Dairy—Buyers ar*» paying lie for best table butter in rolls for tubs: 220 34c fur commun packing stock. I'or best sweet, unsaltecl butler somo buyers are bidding 38c. BUTTERFAT. For No. 1 cream local buyer# are pay ing 39c at country stations. 46c delivered Omaha. FRESH MILK 12.40 per cwt for fresh milk testing I I delivered on dairy piutform Omaha. EGOS Delivered Omaha, in new cases: Fancy whites. 31c; "elects. 33035c. small and dirty. 24025c; tracks. 200 21c Jobbing price to retaliate; U. 8. specials. 42< : V. S. extras, 27 038c: No. I small 21ft 30c; checks. 23024c; storage selects. POULTRY. Llvo— Heavy ben«. I*0i9c; light heria, 140 16c; Leghorns about 2c less; springs, 16 0 17c lb . broilers 14 lbs. under, 200 22c, Leghorn broilers and springs, 120 15r; roosters. 10r; spring ducks, fat and full feathered. 12 0 15c jb.; old ducks, fat and full feathered. 10012c: geese. 10c; pigeon*. $1.0* per dozen : no culls, sick or crippled poultry wanted. Jobbing prices of dressed poultry t# re tailers: Springs. 220 23c: broilers. 35c: hens 23028c: rooatsers. 17011c spring duck* 3ne. Fr*»ren stocks Ducks. 2*0 25c. turkey*. 25040c: geese. 20025c. BEEF CLT8 Wholesale prices of oeef cuta effective today are as follows: No. 1 riba. 2»c; No. 2. 22c; No. t, 16c; No 1 munds, lfc; No. 2. 16c; N<>. 3, 10 40. No. 1 loins. 34c; No. 2. 2*<•; No. I. he. 104c; No. 1 chucks 15c; No. 2, 114c; No 3. 9r. No. i plates, fcc; No. 2. < 4c: No. 8. 6 4 c. FRESH F18H Omaha Jobbers are selling at about the following price* f. o. b. Omaha. r anry 'ahlte fish. 28. ; lake trout. i'8c; fancy ill ver salmon. 22c: pink salmon. 17c: halibut. 3'Jr; northern bullheads. Jumbo, 20c; cat flih. regular run, 18c: channel, northern. 500 12c; Alaska Red Chinook salmon. 21c; yellow pike. fane*. :6c. pickerel, lfo; fillet of haddock. 25c; black cod mbio fish, steak, 20c: smelts, 2*c; flound ers. 18c: crapples. 20026c; red enapper. 27r; fresh oyeter^ jjjcr^mllon. II 000 4.15 Local Jobbers are "tiling American cheese, fancy grad*, as follows: Single daisies, Jkr; double daisies. 28c; Young Americas, 29.; longhorns. 2*4c: square prints, iOr, brick. 284c; Swiss, domestic. 48c; block, 81c; Imported. 80c; imported Roquefort, 88c; New York white. 14c. FRUITS. Jobbing prices Grapefruit—Florida, fancy, par bos, 14.50. 1*1* of Pines fancy, 83.71. Cranberries—KX>-1 b. barrels. Ill ft; 80 lb boxes. |6 50 Oranges—California Valencias, fancy, per bo*. 15 0007.00; choice. 14.6006.Of Bananas—Per pound, 10c. lemons—California, fanev. oer boa. 17 6008 60; choice, per box. 17 0008 00. Quince#—California 40-lb. boa, |l 60. Pears—Washington De Anloua, boa. 18 76; Michigan Ketfere. basket. 81.00; Colorado. 82.0002.SO; Winter Neill#, bask et. 82 40. Grape#—Michigan concords, per baa. ket, 8-lb. groes. 87c; California muscat, about 24 lba. net. 81.76; Tokays, a boat 24 Ibe. net, 82.1603 80; Emperor, kega, 16.00. Avocado#—(Alligator peara). per d#aea, 18.00. Apples—Iowa and Missouri Jonathans, fanev, barrels, 86.0004.60; Colorsdo Jona than". box. $2.2602.60; Grimes Golden, per per box. $1760 2 00; Idaho Klr.r David banket. $1.60. Delicious. extra fancy, per box. $2.2603 60; Washington JotiRthsns. • xtra fancy, box. $2 50; Winter Banana. * hole#, bos. $1.76; Hpltsenburger. choice. hn». 1 VEOBTABf.KK Jobbing price# Squash—Hubbard, l© par lb Roofs—Turn I pa anil parsnip*. PW markat basket, 40®?5o; treats and car rots, per markat basket, 90c; rutabagas, la sacks, 2c, leas than a*, ke, 2Vv Calory— Idaho, par dosen, according to alse. 910002.00: Michigan, per dor.. 75c Peppers—Green Mango. per markat basket. 90010c; red Mango, market. Potatoes—Nebraska. Ohloa. par hundred pounds, 91.10; Minnesota Onloa, 11.50, Idaho whites. t«4c par lb. Onion#—Washington rellow. in sacks, per lb.. 4c: Iowa rad sack, 4c: whites, in sacks, Be par 'b : Spanish, par crate. 15.7$: whit* pickling, per mirket basket. II.ft) Tomatoes—Per market basket, market 19-lb. Cllmai basket, 91.00. Henna Wi* or green, per hamper, * battue*—Head. i>*r#crata, 16.04; per dosen, 91.$0; leaf, BOr. Kg* plant—Ptr doaen. 11.29 Cabbage—Wlgconatn. *6-$0 lb lot*. net lb, 5*4©; In crates. 5c; 2,000 lb. lota, 1H» Celery cabbage, 10c- pat lb. Hetcrt Pot at oea—Southern, fancr. 90-lb hanipere, $1 90. barrel. 14 5009 00; Jersey, hampers *2.50 Cauliflower— Colorado, per irate, IS head*. $2 80; per pound. 19c. Parelej 11 ■ • nu hi I CU* umbers Hothoua*. per dosen. 12 00 0 2 $o. riwr.n skkjm Field Heed -Omaha and Council Bluff* jobbing prices, round lota per 100 lb#., at Of 1< of fair average qunlit). fob Omaha or Council Bluff* Alfalfa. 921.00 0 22 00. rod clover. 928 00919 00; timothy. |; Si) iff a no ; sweet clover. 1)4.00016 00. prices subject to • hang* without notice. . HAY. Prlcee at which Omaha dealer* at* sail ing In carlo!*. f o h. Omaha I nland Prairie i 11 t M* u 16 50; No '4. |l 1.00912 0t- No. 8, Iton-o son Midland Prairie No. 1. 11X000 14 00; No 2. $10 00012 00, No. $4 00 07.00 l.owland l»i nit le— No. 1. 99.00010.10 No. 2. 94 0007.00 Kurkin* Hay—95.0007.0° Alfalfa • fholc*. 9?rOOttS.7 0° Nr. t. ItO.OO OJI.mO ; standard 91 $.00 0 .'0 no ; No. 1 II *0(10 IT. 00; No .1 110 00015.00. FKCll Omsk* mills sun jobbeia art Minus their product* In c*rlo*d lot* at th* fol lowing price* f. o. b. Omaha: Wheat feed*. Immediate delivery: Bran— $27 $0: brown shorts. $30.00: gray rhorts, $31.50; middlings. $33.u0- reddog. $34 ou alfnlfa meal, choice, $26.60; No. 1 $26.90: linseed meal. 3$ per cent. 152 60: cotton aeed meal. 43 per cent. $60.00; hominy f**ed. white or yellow. $35.00; buttermilk, condensed, 10-bbl. rota. 3 46c par lb.; flake buttermilk, 500 to 1,600-ib* . Ic per lb: tggshell, dried and ground. 100-lb. bags, $.'j.QO per ton: digest*, feed lng tankage. €0 per cent. l€0.00 per ton. FLOUR. Flr»t patent. In t$-!b. bnra. $6 3006 per bbl ; fancy clear. In 45-lb. bags. 16.20 per bbl. White or j allow corneal, per cwt , $2.2." Quotations are for round lote. f. o. b Oniahn. iriDB.S. VUTTOX. TALLOW. Price* printed below are on th* baaf* of hu/era’ weights and selection*, delivered Omaha: Hide*—Strictly abort haired hld*a. No 1. 7*<4e: No 2. $V4c. long-haired hide*. 6c and 4c ere-*n hide*. SSc and 4»4r bulla. 6c and 4c: branded hid**. 6c; gfu.’ hide*. $c: calf. 10c and **•* .: kip. 4e and *Hc: deacons. 40c each: glut akin*. 4c per lb.: hors- hide*. 13 60 and $2 60 each ponies and glue*. $1.50 eg«h: colt* IJr each: hog skins. 15c each: dry akin*. No 1 12c per lb : dry salted 9c per lb.: dry flue. 6c per lb. Wool—Pelts, $1 35 for full w^oled skins; •prlng lamb*. 400 40c. arcordirr to tize and length of wool: clip*, no valu# wool 23 032c per lb. Tallow and Grea*»—No. 1 tallow. $%r. "B" tallow. SJ,*c; No. 2 tallow. 6c: *TA'* grease. *>\c; "B" greaee, IS'*; :** ow gresse. 6c. brown grease. 4»-*e; pork cracking*. $56 per ton: beef cracklings. $“5 per ton; b»e«w**. $20.00 per ton. Bank Clearing?. Bank Hearings in the United States for the wee}< ending October 25. as r* • ported by telegraph to Brad*? r«et s Jout | nsl. New York, aggregate $6,940.6* 7.own. egain»t $$,777,001,000 las' *t»k <a holi day week I and $7 4$7.412.000 In this wr. * last year. t'anadian Hearings aggregate $393 <4$ 0OC ,«g»<n*t $693.272.000 last weekend 1253.370,009 In »hn week last year# Following are returns for thN week and la*». with percentages of change shown this week as compared with this week last >*ar October 25 October 14 New York . *3.416.0O0.09O $3.615.ono.uun fhlcsg-- 691.9O0.9fn 594.700.nutl rhUaoelpOiig 444.000.000 476.000.000 Boston . . 3 4 2.noo.nno 425.OOO.n0u Man Francisco 15M,7on,non 169,7nn.u0u Karsts City . I20.333.n00 112.197.0OU Detroit . 14l.415.ono 15O.2Sl.00n !/<•* Angeiee 153.ltt.OO0 1&OO4",00tl • ’ieveiand ... 103.474.non Minneapolis f«;.222,«*o ti4.367,0«0 rinclnnatl .. » 4.324.nun * 9,474 n »o New Orleans . . ni.24C.nnn oo.ooo.ooo Richmond .. ,4 n44,n0n $$.169.09(1 At Ian ta . $$.21$,000 $5.$31,000 Buffalo 4$.111.non 4*,S$3,O0O Omaha 40.142.000 41,705.000 8< at tie 39.309.000 4t.tll.onu Pert land. Ore 4:.9*7.onii 47.942,00“ Milwaukee $4,493,000 41.32O.O0u Denver . 37 21 1.non 37.573.000 Dm 1 Is* 40.067.000 40.JM.00u Loutsvilla . 29.996.000 3$. 4ft. Houston . ... .19,4*9.000 34.417,000 Birmingham 75.324.oon 3«.*70.non Oklahoma . ... 72.131.000 t0.$0«.ow Memphis 1 0411,000 31.040.non Vaih I'n. I). C 10.32$.000 32.461.000 At Paul ... . 17,4*5.000 1? 747.nou Indlananoli* . 20.I7|,J0J 21.110.000 Nashville .... 20.744.000 23 6*4,00 ' Cnlumbu# .... 12.345. «0ft 14.92e.Oo" Oakland ..... 10.670.000 in.106.000 Salt l.ake /‘ity 14 611.00" 1$.749.000 Providence |0.255.onn 14.111,00" Fort Worth . 14.433 000 13.947.000 Wichita ... 7.475 non ..411.000 Rochester . . 9.260.000 10.$00,000 Dr* Mollies .. 10.700.011*1 1,447.000 Norfolk • • • 4.726.U0O 9 $07,000 Galveston ... 13 072 non 13 .470,000 Akron "617.000 ,.403.One n\o£% City .. 7.104.000 $.14 m.OOO Fltt.biirf h . in.T«3,00# Halt Into?. »« »•«.»## Newark, N. .1. I7.J0I""" I7.»7»,0<i0 Hpok.nff . 1S.057.000 lS.0S5.eo* Tot*!. V * IO.eiQ.6ll7.000 ti.,555 Ml 000 Trade Review J»y K. Ci. D« N * «'0. ynnis new mgriB nr increased Ueniiinn have appeared, hut there is no genera gain. A conservative feeling la reflect'd In the buying for Immediate or nearby need« chiefly, and In «ome linen, Be In pig Iron, textiles and leather, the volume is not large enough to maintain produc tion There Is still a high rate of inmn facture in some industries, notably in tho steel and automobile branches, but at different plants there is loss activity and a smaller working force. Hanking of iron furnaces has not yet stopped, nor has tho decline In prices, and restriction of cotton goods output goes on, addi tional orders being limited and profit margins narrow. There is a disposition in most trades to liquidate stocks in hand before taking on fresh supplies, and some prices are yielding while for ward purchasing Is deferred. The reason for the delay In buying now Is largely found In the heavy commitments made last spring, when many requirements were covered for months ahead, and some operations arc being postponed because It is thought that an advantage may »»* gained by waiting. The slowing down process which comes after an unusual expansion Is present in various quarters, yet back of the existing doubts and hesitation is the fact that thf* aggregate of business is large, in retail channels larger than it has recently been, with the coming of cooler weather, and that potential demands are extensive. Prices and rates in financial markets went lower this week. Stocks declined again, money oecume cneapei, anu - eign exchange was depressed. The politi cal dist urbanc*?« in Germany probably had a good deal to do with the weakness In remittance rates on European coun tries. sterling exchange being prominent in the movement. The rate on London broke below 4.5, a new low record for this year, and German marks have gone so low that they are not being quoted in various quartets. Talk was neard of a possible change in the Bank of England's rate of discount, but tio alteration was ■, made at the regular Thursday meeting.! The money market here lacked special feature, the call loan rate easing to 4 , per cent in the absence of a broad de-: mand. October began with more price advances than decline-',-but the last three weeks have brought a shift in the movement Cotton has risen with increasing evidence that the crop is small, to’ the 31c mark this Week, and the possibility of a check on consumption because of the high price Is not being disregarded. Prices of >-orne other raw material* and of some manu facturecL products decline, with restricted demand the principal cause. The net result this week is six more recessions j than advances in Duns list of wholesale quotations, whereas a year ago them were] twice as many increases as reductions. ] But the general price level Is higher now | lhan at that time, though wheal In near-! ly JOc tower. With mill shipments still exceeding new- business, a further reduction In un filled steel orders 1* in progress. Large prospective demand*, especially from the railroads, give encouragement, but ac tual buying lacks breadth and some firlces are not being fully tested. Iq pig ron there is no uncertainly about the state of prlc* *. Additional declines ol 60c to $1 a ton occurred this week, de spite the continued banking of furna **». und Canadian iron i* coming into sharper competition with domestic material. But the yielding in coke ha* been checked, at least for the present, at a price level! about Ij a ton below that of a year ago. Dry Good* Buyer* ( nutiou*. There are some good signs in drv goods markets, but not extending to ait branches of the business Prices of cot tons naturally do not give way while the raw material is above the 30c lev#!, but caution controls the buying and not many interests are* operating ahead. As forward demands are limited and mills find 11 ha»G to get a margin of profit on sales, curtailment of production has gone further Retailers do not seem to be anxious about possible price advances, and are not anticipating needs, and Job bers orders are mainly for small par cels for prompt delivery. The raw silk market ha* und*-rg.*ne ;i chanjfe. Ship ments from Japan have exceeded exjfy lotions. and there has been a steady <!• - (line in pm es from the high levels rea< li ed after the earthquake Reports from the leather trad*- do not show improvement, but tanners have con tinued to buy domestic packer hide* freely. Desirable tske-off has moved at steady price* yet the auality i» begin ning to deteriorate and light native and branded cows, which are not closely sold up to kill, are eaay in price. Buyers ides* about leather priceg arc low. and business Is disappointing, and there Is talk of further curtailment because of the unsatisfactory state of the market. No especially stimulating news com-s from footwe.,r channels Some New Eng land maker* are said to have more or ders than they can conveniently deliver op time, but this is by no moans the general condition. New York Bonds' By AtMiciHted Press. New York. 3*—Improved bond? prices were recorded for th* general list during !he week v.ith the single exception of foreign government issue* which were depressed. tiain* predominated in both the railroad and domestic industrial groups, and all of the active l nited Stst •••a securities mov'd higher New offering" for the week totaled 404 non s" compared with •••,•44,00° tho previous week The bulk of the new fi nancing last week was by public Utility corporations. All the issues met with read v sale and traders reported orders for Investments bonds continued to come into the market in moderate volume. Buvlng of t ha liberty issue*, was un derstood Jo have come largely from oper ations of the government sinking fund and for the account of the British govern ment Th' tax exempt 3V," Tossed t»ar for the first time in several mnn'hs r.u ropean bond* were sold rather freely throughout the week, the favorable de velopmenta a* th** week-end exerting lit tle, if any Influence on them Mexican bonds also moved down sharp ly on news diapat. he* chronicling finan cial difficulty in Mexico They improved ■0111c later, on reasauring statements by both the Mexican government and th* International committee of Hankers on Mexico, but closing prices were off mroh x*. hat on the week \ 'e*!urc of the trhdiQf ’n railroad securities was an unusual demar i for 4 per -ent mortgares *.«!d to h**e como from Holland w her, th* older railroad issues siso are listed Wipe house* re port'd alto a considerable Improvement In buying orders fr|m the •• csi f..r railroad bonds ppbliP utility lien* and •tune of th- industrial mortgage- I r«c ♦ K ally all of the Ht l*nuf mortgages touched new low prices during the week, a* did also some of the Missouri Pacific brnrt, Th, onlr r-u- * lr.<l,r. »**• able to nsaign for the selling of those bonds wa« speculative fear that freight rate reductions air Impend!* g which would make It difficult for th* roads to meet fixed charge* Important new offerings were: 0 33-vear h per cent first > n o r t ga g ** bcmls of the Pere Marquette rajlwux at to yield £> 40 b#r rent: •H.•••.••• 20-veor 4 per cent refunding bond* nr urn gout hern California Kdlson oompanv at •*«* to yield 4 12 per cent , •li.so* o°« so year 4 i* per cent convertible debenture bonds of th*- International Match corpor ation on at 44’, to yield * per cent. Ho .too,con pix months 4 \ pe- 'eng note* of the Federal Intermediate credit banks at par; and • !*.«•<» 00° 30-ysar M4 P*r .ent first lien and refunding bonds or the * rhlisdslphia Klectrlc company at • m to yield 6.40 r.r rent. Food Index Loner. Bradatreet'* Food Index number. based on the wholesale prices per pound of 31 article* used for food, is |3 27. compar ing with |3 2* last week and $.* 5* for the week ending October 2$. !>•-. This week's number show* a loa* of three tenth# of 1 Per cent from last week and of 2 4 per cent from the like week of laat year Of the 12 commodities of all Linda quoted weekly. 14 advanced •« com pared with laat week. II declined and remained unchanged as follows Increased -Red wheat, spring wheat, tallow, lard cottonseed oil, tapioca, egg* be* vr*. sheep, lambs, oleo oil, cotton# antimony, tin I'ecreaard Vorn, oafs, bay ley. rye flour. Mite.I short ribs, raw apgai. refined sugar, tea. hog* Pt.tflc nop*, linseed oil. hay. old car wheals. Philadelphia; ateel scrap. Pittsburgh; *teel *• rap. rhl cago; ca»t Iron, fhlcago. .upper tuhhar. Detroit Two splendid Wabash (rains leave Chi cago — Dearborn Station — daily for Detroit at s 10:30 A. M. and 11:25 P. M. All-steel equipment, a smooth track, courteous employes and good meals in dining cars make these two fine trains models of comfort, safety and convenience. For detailed information about the Wabash ervice from Chicago phone or call — ^ TICKET OFFICE, 1416 DODGE STREET H. C. Shields, Division Passenger Agent, 1908 Harney St., Omaha Wabash ■ 1 Omaha Livestock Fiirulnlird hr Hurmu uf Agricultural Jvconoinics. 1. >*. Department of Agri culture. Receipts for the current week have to taled approximately 42.650 head. as com pared with an actual supply of 4S.127 head lust week and 55.559 head thla week a year ago. During the fore part of the week there whh a weak undertone to the market ar fed steers, however, with moderate ▼* celpts after Tuesday, there waa a touch of strength detected and the weakness was wiped out All buyers have shown a marked preference for \earlings and the market on these carried a healthy tone throughout the period Top for the seven days under review’ stands at 111 90. paid for both yearlings and medium weight fed steers, while noteworthy sal»*s of steers and yearling* have been at a spread of $10.60© 11.76. with the general run of fed steers and yearlings Included moving at $3.25© 10.25. warmed ups on down to |7 .00 and a little under A* is usual towards the end of the range sea. Hon, duality has been plain and with bulk of the desirable quality steers find jng outlet to feeder buyers, the packers have not had access to much of the sup ply. Trade conditions developed irr*-gu* laritv. better grades holding steady with common kinds weak, spots as much as 25c lower. A .spread of $5.75©6.7o has taken must of the sales of grass s*e«rs to packers, best included at $7.3a. while] light southern steers are Guoted down te 15 00 and s» little undei. Deluge or <*ra»n muri. A deluge of grass cow's and heifers | from the ranges and most of the supply lacking in quality arid finish, proved bearish factor and the general trend to prices for the period has been downward, values compared with a week ago. being quoted weak to 25c lower. Sales of grass cows anil heifers were noted from 13.2a6/ 5.00. while canners and cutters moved at $2 256*3.00. Not enough grain fed she stock arrived to test market conditions Hulls broke 25c. bulk bolognas now 13 00 6*3.76. beef bulls on up to >4 50. an oc casional individual bringing a little more High veals gained 256i50c. while heavy: calves held steady .Selected ligh* are n«»w moving from 19.00 6* 10.00. tops at SI 0.50. while heavy calves are quoted mostly from 14.00 fi 6.00. I.>e< lines have featured this week in th** market for Stocker and feeder cattle and calves. The high altitude of corn pri'-es. according to members of the trade, has caused a curtailment in the inquiry, and with supplies of fair volume for this time of the year, the undertone has been dull. Practically all grades of Mocker and feeder steers came in lor a price cut. although with interest center ing on the good and choice quality light stufkers and the medium weight feeders, these have been favored and show* but littb* change, while as medium quality Stockers and feeders have predominated, these are quoted as fully 1565 25c lower. Thin cows and heifers were sublvcted to a downward pressure with the loss from a week ago being figured at 25€r50c. brunt of the break borne by t h*- thin • own and heifers lacking in quality and breeding Top for the period on fleshy rang** feeders stands at 5* f*0. with bulk of desirable grades, medium and good. 56.256* 7.00. w ith stock steers mostly 55 00 616.60. choice «>n up to 57.5«. with common lights on down to 54.00. .Thin cows dropped to 52 75 6*3 25. with little In heifers selling over the 5 4 00 mark. Receipts of sheep r.r.r'. jambs for this week total approximately 6 8,540 head, as compared wtih an actual supply of 1" 1,680 head last week and 75,573 head this week a year ago Changes in fat lamb prl* e* have been upward. Curtailment in supplies, together with broad packer demand and some shipping inquiry, were factors that brought about th- Improvement. Run at hand has included only a very small per centage of lambs In killing flesh, and with a good active demand for feeders at all times, packers complained of the difficulty in finding enough to fill orders. It has been a gradually advancing mar ket, starting with the initial session of th- week, with the crest of the up*»*rn noted at the close In a general way. values for fat lambs show a net upturn of 50c to 75c from a week ago Fat western lambs cleared at the finish from 5U»50 to 513 "ft, natives mostly at 512 "u to $12 50 and fed clipped at 512.25. Sheep worked stronger, although the gain was not it sensational as value* quoted a* 15c to 26c higher, i»u II handy weight eves now clearing *r,}*J I'. 60 to *'. 77. with wet her. up to I >* Demand for Feeders. Continue.I I.r'.sd demand from near If feeders served to sustain tb<- market tor fe. ding lam Its. and a compur.son or cur lent nri.es with those prevailing a we**} ago uncovers very little change and choice de.lrald* w-.ght wetrtens lambs. 65 to «0-pound average- are flar ing from 611.75 to *15 •••». sorted lamb# unfed up to 115.50. wl’n ;tmng weigh* lamtis and Iambi lacking quality on do»a to 611 00 . Feeding and breeding -wes passed tna low spot noted last Thursday and a buys lug furore enabled sellers lo put back most of ihe loss sustained, an upturn of around 61 "0 being tiuoted from a week ^ ago. Feeding ewes .re now quoted iV 64 00 to 66 00. breeding ewes from 65.oi* to 6" 00. yearlings and 2-year-olds above 'hKeeel'pfs"n’fr hogs this week have totale* approximately 32.000 head, as compare* frith an actual supply of 45 «7o head a,e Week and 37,0*2 head this week a yeaf "Trading was active again today arid the light supply at hand was moved readily and practically a complete clearance ef fected at an early hour. I rices rule* strong to mostly 10c higher, with "»**•* loads and l acking grades gene-rally show mg the full amount of th- upturn. with spots showing more advance but. hers 200 lo 325-pound averages, cleared mostly at 6«.*f,J> 7 U. with a. top price of 67 25. on- load of choice batch ern averaging $.335 pound*. ‘ aahed ac $7.10. Mixed load*. carrying packing and light*. nold at $G 85 fa 7.u0. according to weight and number of PJ*'J***f Packing how* wold «*t tb.ib&t 8v«, wit It occasional of extreme J’^vici. and rough kind* und*r thi* spread. Bu k or nil was Included in the range or $6 SO to $7 15. top $7.25. . Compared with week ago. light hog! and butcher* were 15c to 25c and packing grades 40c to 50c higher. Financial New York. Oct. VTall »>r*ct. r*. v ewing repoits received last w*»ek, inaie rated sat infection ov<»r *ontlnued activity displayed wh.ie the chief speculative mar. kets developed independence in their move ments T.t reports showed that produc tion had been w-ll maintained and tni absence of «-ncellations was taken to in dirate a lack of burdensome storks Appreciably more cheerful was the ton* in the st-el trade. New orders received during October exceeded those of Sep. tf. mber by about 10 ner cent and pro tlucticn hardlv declined. Both prices and deliveries held un better than had been expected !n the street. Maintenance of ra»* of ra way carload ins e*. well above the million mark was interpreted as showing that the heavy distribution of goods was being kept up. Th~ first of the September rahroad earn ing statements also suggested that ths month’s operations wer- satisfactory, the net income realised comparing favorably with that of August and ex*ceding that in September of last year by a generous margin. • . , - Strength n cotton was th- feature of th<* speculative market, th' epot com modity rising close to 22 cents and the futures ail passing the 30 cent level. There was a general diapos t ion to re duce crop estimates on account of dam aging rains and frosts in tb* growing areas and because th** governments crop on glrnings as of October 1" shows nearly tOy.*;1* less bales than one year before. Rather sharp fluctuations occurred among the foreign exchanges. News of th- separatist movement in the Rhine land occasioned marked wealcnees in ths principal European rates, hut good re* ov cries sat in on the lack of success wbi'-h attended the revolt and on the proposal 9 tor an international examination of Ger many s ability repay reparations. 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