Thursday, August 14th, 1919
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POTATO MARKET
LATE JLAST.WEEK
CONDITIONS POINT TO 8T12AD
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WaMilngton Acreage Shows Decrease
Due to Increased Sugar Beet
Acreage In West.
The firmer tendencies which de
veloped in th eChlcago potato mar
ket late last week were carried out
during this week with the price
levels seeking a sharply higher
basis almost dally the latter part of
the week, according to The Packer
of Kansas City, Missouri, of Sunday.
An Improved local and outside de
mand, and a pionounced reduction
in the number of cars held on track,
were detjr.rar.ing factors in the im
proved tone. Another feature enter
ing into the situation was the pos
sible prospect of a railroad tie-up
and possible embargoes on perish
ables which gave impetus to the
buying of anything that was in Bight
r for early movement.
Minnesota is now shipping early
stock Quite freely and will have a
good run for the next week or so be
fore the first early stock starts to
move out of Wisconsin. From re
ports the early stock coming In Is of
about average Quality with some of
it more or less Immature.
Tuesday Minnesota sacked field
run Early Ohlos brought 3.50 3.80
per cwt.; Kansas, Missouri and Illi
nois Early Ohlos, field run, 13.70(g)
3.90; California long whites, field
run ?3.854, and Eastern Cobblers
$8.25 for No. 1 barrels. Receipts
were 80 cars and there were 109 cars
on track at the beginning of the
day's trading.
With the railroad situation pre
senting a more serious aspect and
with receipts of but 21 cars and
holdings on track reduced to 75, the
potato market Jumped from 35 to
50o per cwt. Wednesday with Min
nesota Early Ohlos quoted 14.20 &
4.25; Kansas' and Missouri and Illi
nois Early Ohlos 84.25; California
whites $4,20 4.35 and Eastern Cob
blers 89 per, barrel. . .
On Thursday the market contin
ued its rapid rise with Ohlos from
Minnesota and other states selling
from 24.80 to $4.85 per cwt., Cali-fornisr-whites
35 and Eastern Cob
blers $10 per barrel. Receipts were
15 cars and holdings on team track
were reduced to 51 cars.
The market again continued Its
upward flight on Friday with early
Ohlos selling at $5 and California
whites at $5.25. Eastern barrel
stock moved at $9 09.25. There
were absolutely no new arrivals Fri
day morning until after the morning
trading was over when a few cars
came in from the outer yards. The
tracks are practically clean of unsold
and unbroken cars and the supply is
undoubtedly lower than It has been
at this season for many years.
Minnesota Potato Market Active.
Minneapolis. Minn. With light
supplies and very good demand the
potato market was strong this week
and a little Inclined to be bullish.
Growers have not been digging
lately as there has been too much
rain and operators are going slow on
account of the impending 'strike on
the railroads. It Is easily seen what
the situation would be if an operator
had ten or 15 cars rolling when a
general strike was called.
The quality is not as good as It
might be, there being quite a few
that are dirty and scabby. Tuesday
field run were bringing $3.25 3.45
per cwt. sacked.
Portland Prices Lower.
PORTLAND, Ore. Increased of
ferings of new potatoes were shown
In the local territory last week with
unexpected lowering of values.
Bales were made by growers recently
as high as 2c a pound while the
best prices obtainable later were
around $1.25 01.40 per cwt. Suffi
cient stock is now coming for Imme
diate requirements and the trend of
the market appears easier.
Market Quiet in Boston.
BOSTON, The potato market has
been quiet, although high prices rule
as receipts have been light. Eastern
Shore stock has held at $8 per bar
rel, but the season is declining and
"BAYER CROSS"
ON ASPIRIN
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Manufacture of Monoaoetieactdester of
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Rhode Island and Long Island stock
has been supplying the market with
New Jersey potatoes. The latter
have been selling mainly at $6.60
per 150 pound bag and $4.6004.65
rer cwt. -
Decrease In Potato Acreage.
OLMYFIA. The latest report of
the state department on crop condi
tions Indicates that there will be
from 10 to 12 per cent decrease in
the potato acreage for the state of
Washington this year. The 1919
cotal is figured at 68,500 acres as
compared with an average of 62,500
acres over the ten year period.
The Western Washington acreage
will show an increase over the pre
vious year's total, but the Yakima
Valley and the Walla Walla section
show decreases. These are partly
attributed to the Increased plantings
of sugar beets, and partly to unfav
orable weather in the spring which
killed off some young stands that
have not been replanted. The yield
per acre promises to exceed that 'of
1918, however, with 89 per cent of
a normal crop predicted as against
84 per cent last year.
While no complete record of the
onion crop for this season Is avail
able as yet, it is evident that the
Walla Walla section will beat the
1918 figures on both prices and
quantity. . '
Efforts of the California potato
growers to get their stock past the
inspection rule for Washington were
frustrated recently at Walla Walla,
according to the inspector's report.
A car of new Califorla stock affected
by tuber moth was condemned at
Portland by the Oregon state Inspec
tors, and the Southern owners rout
ed it on to Walla Walla. Inspector
Wood found It, however, and the
contents of the car were condemned.
AMERICAN LIFT) CONVENTION
IN OMAHA, SEPTEMBER, 22-26
' T. W. Blackburn of Omaha, Secretary-Treasurer
and Counsel - of the
American Life Convention, which Is
national in scope, has Just Issued an
attractive program for the Fourteen
th Annual meeting of the convention.
Men nationally prominent in life In
surance will take part in the discus
sions. E. O. Simmons, Vice-President
Pan American Life Insurance Co. of
New Orleans, Is president cf the
American Life Convention and will
preside. The legal section of the
convention will meet two days, Sep
tember 22 and 23, preceding the re
gular sessions. E. IX. Grossman,
General Counsel Central States life
Insurance Co., St. Louis, is chairman
of the legal section and will preside
over the meeting of this section. The
Amerlcsn Life Convention member
ship is composed of 118 leading life
Insurance companies in thirty-six
states, and is the largest Insurance
company organisation in the world
The volume of risks carried by then
companies Is over four billion dol
lars, and assets $600,000,000.
Results." Henry W. Rothert, former
Superintendent of the Iowa School
for the Deaf, will speak on "My Ex
perlence with Methods of Educating
the Deaf;" "VHal Problems Con
fronting the Nebraska Deaf" will be
discussed by R. E. Stewart; Mayor
Ed. T. Smith will welocme the visit
ors, and Mr. Tom I Anderson of
Wtnden, Nobr., will re-pond to the
Mayor's welcome.
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OF THE DEAF COMPLETED
Dr. J. S. Long of Washington, D.
C, President Gallaudet College
Alumni Association, will attend the
Nebraska State Association of the
Deaf, which meets In Omaha, August
15-18, as one of the principal speak
ers, and will talk on "How the Deaf
of Iowa Organised and Accomplished
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