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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1917)
TEXAS COMPLAINS OF HI6H PRICE OF SEED (Continued from Page 19). on good otock. The total number of cars on track at the beginning of the day's trading was reduced to 91. Friday the market was un changed. Demand was slow and re ceipts very light. Kansas City Market Decline Kansas City, Mo. There was very little feature to t' e trade in potatoes here last week. Conditions showed no improvement over previous weeks, as arrivals continue to show a large percentage of field frosted stock. The market was quiet and inactive. Demand end movement was slow, with the best inquiry from the outside. Most stock showed de clines. Northern and western white stock, in carlots, r.r.cked, was quoted nt $1.50 ir 1.80 per cwt. for the best, but some sales were made much lower. Nebraska Early Ohios espe cially are arriving in very poor con dition and are quoted at tl.SB91.80 per cwt. in carlots, sacked, while some sales were reported as low as 75c. Red River Ohios, of which only a few sales were reported, ranged from $2.10 to $2.25 per cwt. New York Market Improves New York City. Conditions sur rounding the potato market here were much better last week than for some time. Practically all of the yards are cleaned up of their old re ceipts and the supply coming in now just about equals the demand. However, there are two striking features Ito the present potato situa tion. One is that there are few. If any, Maine potatoes now co4ng to New York. This is the first -time this has happened at this season in year3. Potato shippers are bullish and the prices they are asking are out of line with the ideas of the trade here. The consequence is that no sr.les are being made. Maine shippers this week were asking $2.50 per cwt. for stock delivered Hudson river ter minals. VlM omer item of considerable in terest is the fact that Long Island po tatoes have been frosted to a great extent, and the bulk of the Long Is land stock coming here at this time is badly frost bitten. The farmers did not get their stock under cover soon enough and they had a few nights of 16 degrees above zero. Long Island potatoes were selling in the yards this Week according to quality. They were bringing $3. BO CM per 180 poundB bulk, and lit is the first time in the memory of the oldest inhabitant that Long Island pototoes have sold below those from other sections. Down on the island, the farmers were getting $2.42 per cwt. for the good potatoes loaded on the cars. Out in New York state this week, the shippers were paying the farm ers $1.75 1.83 per cwt. and were selling the potatoes at $2.08 2.17 per cwt. delivered New York. Michigan shippers were quoting $2.15 S 2.17 per cwt. for bulk pota toes delivered here and $2.25 2.35 for sacks. Pennsylvania shippers were quot ing $2.0 per cwt. f. o. b. station. In the yards about New York, the market wal steady. State and Mich igan potatoes were sellin at $4 4.25 per 180 pounds bulk and Penn sylvania potatoes were bringing $4.50 4.65 per 180 pounds bulk. On the docks, Maine potatoes were selling at $3.75 4.25, and the offer ings were extremely light. Long Islands were bringing $4 4.50. and states and Westerns $3.50 4 per 168 pound bag. Chester market are per bushel. Any le ilet who Is now buying, sellin.: or .noting potatoes on the bushel BMtl is violating one of the rules of the food administration and I am desir ous of having the names of offenders reported to me Will you make the matter public and see that I get some information that will lead to the en forcement of our rule." Washington Shipment Light Bellingham, Wash With practi cally no shipments being made from this district, potatoes ar holding at from 75c to $1 and they are not r.trong at this, the buyer's price. Growers Show little disposition to turn over at these figures end trad ing is light. If the car situation do-'s not improve within a few weeks, and there is no definite proof that it will. Northwestern Washington will carry over a much larger quantity of pota toes through the winter than in any previous winter. With regard to shipments ,one large poteto dealer says that he has not shipped more than 20 cars and does not know when he will ship another. Many in Growers Hand Isanti, Minn. About a third of the potato crop here has been brought to market. The potato ele vators In this town contain about 75,000 bushels. The balance of the crop is being stored by farmers upon their farms. All potatoes bought at this point are run over an inch and seven-eighth screen. The farmers in general offer less objections to this screen than some of the street buy ers in some of these Minnesota towns who are buying upon a commission. Some of the farmers who fertilize and spray have very little ntock that will not make the grade, while some of the growers who planted their seed too late are compelled to take bark more (of the little potatoes. Cambridge, Minn. About 60 per cent of the local potato crop is still '.in the hands of the farmers. During the past few weeks they have been especially slow in bringing In their tubers. The standard sized screens are being Used. The quality of the stock is good, and while there is some scab, it is not severe. The va rieties grown are Triumphs and Ohios for the seed trade and Bur banks, Green Mountains, and Rurals for table, stock. The varieties of round table stock are not kept sep arate as is the case in many north ern sections. Cambridge is one of the first towns in this section of the state where grading was universally used and for years all potatoes shipped from here were graded with a screen. The new screen with a one and seven-eighth inch mesh was put into use on No vember 1. Maine Growers Hold Spuds Presque Isle, Maine. Aroostook county farmers are holding up their potatoes as the bulk of shipments from Maine now are coming out of warehouses. However, tehipmentB out of the state are exceedingly light. Practically nothing is going to the New York market which in other seasons io one of the heaviest users of Aroostook county potatoes Farm ers are firm in their ideas and will not sell unless they get their price. On November 30 shipments of pota toes out of Maine for the season had been 4,712 cars. For the same time last year shipments were 11,682 cars. In other words, there were 6,970 cars of potatoes more shipped out of Maine up to December 1 in 1916 than in the same period In 1917. Must Ml Spuds by Weight Rochester, N. Y. Rochester pota to men who have continued to buy, sell and quote potatoes in this mar ket by the bushel instead of by weight, in violation of the food ad ministration ruling ,wero brought up sharply this week by a warning from E. Percy Miller, of the foodNadnilnls tration. Mr. Miller sent the follow ing to D. W. Shultz, president of the New York State Potato Conservation Association: "1 note that the quotations in : o- Braham, Minn. The farmers hav ebeen slow about hauling pota toes during the past few weeks. It is estimated that about 60 per cent of the stock is still held by farmers. The shippers are moving their stocks as fast as they can procure the refrigerator, cars and the potato ele vators are not more than half filled at this time and the growers at pres ent are not delivering potatoes as fast as the shippers are sending them out. All of the buyers are using the standard size screen for No. stock. No. 2 grades are being purchased. Some Ohios and Triumphs, also a small amount of Cobblers, are grown for the seed trade and these varie ties are kept separate. A large amount of Burbanks were produced. The round varieties grown are Car men's, Rurals, Green Mountains and a number of others but the buyers make no distinction between any of the round white varieties for table stock. Princeton, Minn. It is estimated that about 60 per cent of the local potato crop is still in the hands of farmers. This is the largest potato shipping point in the state and this is the first year that any grading has been practiced at this point. This year every buyer is using the one and seven-eighth inch screen. A large number of round white varie ties of potatoes are grown here. The Burbank is the principal variety of the long type. Some Early Ohios anil Triumphs as well as Cobblers are grown. On Monday of this week five of the refrigerator cars directed for this point were taken over by the government to transport that many cars of potatoes to Camp Dodge. The Great Northern Railroad has been able to supply the shippers with re frigerators along this line quite sat isfactorily during the past few weeks. The quality of the potatoes In gen eral is good. Elk River. Minn Nearly half of thejiotato crop is still in the hands of the farmers. Some Burbanks are grow u and also a number of varieties of round white stock. For seed the Early Ohio is the variety grown. Two of the buyers are using the reg ulation size screens at this point while the third buyer will use them as soon as it will be compulsory. rie eland Sell Potatoe Cleveland. O. The city of Cleve land entered the produce business the past week and sold the contents of six cars of potatoes. Five of the six cars were Inspected uopn arrival in th eclty by the city chemists' de partment and were tagged to be re sorted at car door on account of their showing considerable field frost and decay. The cars were rejected by the purchasers and became the property of Mortenson Nelson, of Waupaca, Wis., the original ship pers. H. P. Mortenson came on to take care of the potatoes and after cnlllng on nearly every Cleveland dealer to Inspect and make a bid for the stock, he could not find one to offer more than $1,800 for the four cars of Bulkistock. The city of Cleveland bought the potatoes at the rate of 95c per bushel for the four cars f bulk stock and $1 per bushel for the ft wo cars of sacked potatoes. Mr. Mortenson said that this would be at the rate of about $3,000 for the four cars of hulk stock. The city picked out three stations for the sale of the stock. The prin cipal station was at the Erie Ceme tery. The city called upon some of their reserve stock of convicts to re sort the potatoes and after getting all the advertising necessary from front pages of local dallies, opened up at about 7a. m. Tuesday to sell the six cars at cost. The potatoes were offered at 5c and $1 per bushel. It might also be added that the city provided for about policemen to keep the populace in line and numerous other officials to take care of the selling of the potatoes and the hand ling of the money. Potato Dealer's License Revoked Washington, D. C Morris Singer, a produce dealer of this city, had his license revoked for violation of the food control law last week on orders of Herbert C. Hoover, food adminis trator, and Clarence R. Wilson, head of the district of Columbia food ad ministration. He was ordered to close his business Saturday. The complaint against Singer was that last month he permitted two cars of potatoes to stand on a railroad siding in this city and spoil. The case was first taken up by Clar ence It. Wilson, head o the district food administration, who notified Singer to appear and show cause why his license should not be re voked. Later he turned the case over to the federal food administra tion. According to information given out by the administration, Singer contended there was a question re garding the price of potatoes and it was for that reason he did not take the shipment from the siding. The administration, however, contended that Singer should have returned the shipment instead of allowing it to remain on the siding and spoil. Af ter Mr. Hoover had prepared the or der to revoke Singer's license, it was sent to the office of the district offi cial who had the order, served on the dealer. This is the first instance where the food administration has found it necessary to use its; powers to re voke licenses and the case may be considered as a warning to other dealers, the administration an nounced. It was declared the un justifiable 'refusal of shipments on the part of consignees have been for years an unhealthy feature of the perishable branches of the food busi ness. It has been a common prac tice for a dealer to order a consign ment from a shipper or farmer and if, when the shipment arirved, the market for the product had declined, the consignee would take advantage of the situation to reject it, thus placing the shipper at a tremendous disadvantage. The statement con tinued: "The shipper's choice was either to go to the endless bother of a lawsuit with the difficulty of ob taining proper witnesses and taking his choice on a local Jury, or to make a compromise with the consignee, al ways to the latter's advantage. A further result of this proceedure has been congestions in the railroad yards and delay in car movements." Wild Animals' Fear Acquired. The fear which all wild animals .?ae for man is an acquired charac .eristlc. This is amply shown by the fact that in the far wilds of th.. Cana dian Rockies, where a man is seldom en, the BjrOQM me so tame that they may he killed with clubs. As Villiam 1 Hornaday says, these untutored birds seem to have but two ideas to feed on the ground and fly Into a low tree If frightened. A bird with only two Ideas Is not long for this world, and the fool hen that loiters along a trull usually finds her way into a fry ing pan. Yet this bird is the western prototype of the wary ruffed grouse of New England, and old chronicles show that shy bird was once so tame that It could be caught with a horse hair loop on the end of a long stick. f ..wwww j1 Xi l IL ML JPXm JfJL JML l0Sk ttti Jh ft TA fCr M is fs jf irt jfl fff j ?lut Jjt tf jt rT njl hjM v m ft I m l i i Christmas Fruit Cakes And Pastry A full line of Fruit Cakes and Paltry for the Chri&mas Trade Special Orders Given Prompt Attention Made In Alliance Fresh Daily i Kleanrapt Bread Kleanrapt Bread Often Buttered, Never Bettered m I A full line of BOXED CANDY for the Christmas Trade THE ALLIANCE BAKERY F. F. STEPHENS, Proprietor 321 Box Butte Avenue 'Phone 649 0 MOBMOMOMMOOIMWl ! f ft ATTENTION FARMERS AND DAIRYMEN 53c 53c A pound butter fat for your sweet cream. The Alliance Creamery needs more sweet cream for their ice cream depart ment and as usual we are paying the high est cash price to induce the farmers to sell their cream before it sours. With just a little extra care you can de liver your sweet cream at the creamery and receive the extra 5c a pound butterfat above the sour cream price. Every extra dollar you can earn from your dairy herd is that much extra profit wihout additional cost to you. Make an effort to deliver your cream while it is sweet and receive the extra 5c a pound butterfat. Alliance Creamery Co. n 1 1 1 m 1 1 m m w i 1 1 1 1 1 n i u i n i i t i ii n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n i t i j n 1 1 1 1 1 n 11 1 1 1 1 : i n 1 1 iinmHimnniniiiiiiiiiirniiiMiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniu