Tenant Farming Is on Increase Over Nebraska JTwo Farmers in Five Are Tenants—Only One Out of Five Forty Years Ago. ' Lincoln, Nov. 18— Farm tenancy In Nebraska is growing rapidly, ac cording to a bulletin on the subject by Prof. J. O. Rankin of the depart ment of rural economics, state college of agriculture. His investigation, Just concluded, shows that more than two out of every five Nebraska farms are now operated by tenant^ whereas 40 years ago less than one in five was occupied by tenants. Furthermore, the percentage of tenant farmers in Nebraska, which is 42.9, outstrips the average over the west north central states by about 8.6 per cent. Taking selected areas throughout the state, in which tenants and own ers are found in practically equal numbers, Professor Rankin has made an exhaustive study of comparison between the economic and social well being of owners and tenants. He finds that owners are a little closer to community centers than tenants, the average distance from the farm being ^.80 miles for the owner, while the tenant travels an average of 3.93 miles. Hospitals aver age more than 17 miles away for both. The children of both owners and tenants have to travel an average distance of a mile and a half to the common schools, and high school stu dents go four miles for their edu cation. An automobile was found on four out of every five farms studied, but here the owner leads, the average for him running six out of every seven. The same condition applies to tele phones, 83 out of every 100 owners re porting that a telephone was in stalled on their farms, whereas 71 out of every 100 tenants are bo sup plied. Professor Rankin declares that only 14 per cent of the farmers who reported in the investigation indulge in outdoor games, although 47 per cent report that they attend and watch others playing. He explains that many farmers feel less the need of outdoor sport because the greater part of the farmer's working hours are spent in the open, and further that distance make It difficult to assemble a team for any sort of mass play. In a paragraph urging farmers to engage more extensively in indoor games he shows that the tenant farm er falls far behind the owner, and that almost half the tenants investi gated have no indoor games at all. In the matter of musical instru ments also the tenant is not up to the owner, and 35 per cent of the tenants report no musical instruments, as compared with 20 per cent for the owners. When it comes to moving picture^, however, the tenant is well in the l« ..il of the owner. More than half the tenants report a regular attendance at the moving pictures, whereas only one-quarter of the owners are devotee s of the sliver screen. Concluding his chapter on farmer amusements, Prof, Rankin says: "Reading, radio, home games, music, the Chautauqua, lyceum, hunting and the family automobile trip should all be encouruged—so should picnics, cel ebrations, and good, well selected mov ing picture shows. Group singing, band and orchestra music, local talent plays, literary societies. Including de bates and tplks on current topics, should all he encouraged. "And If town cousins," he continues "participate In the open country re creations and amusements, they may get a better understanding of farm problems and a broader class sym pathy. Class prejudice and class lg norance ti:ng only bad effects upon all. If thnna of all classes eat* play, and want together, all will be better off." ' Hog Cholera Puts p Farmers on Watch Large Orders for Serum— Cuming County Loses $75,000 Worth of Stock. Tdncoln. Nov. IS -That hog cholera in Nebraska has recently shown an increase, authorities say. is evident from the growing demand for serum and virus to ho usi d as a preventive. West Point, Neb.. Nov. IS.—'rtie financial loss to Cuming county as a result of the recent hog cholera epi demic Is estimated at $75,000. If high priced corn that was fed to the hogs is figured the loss sustained would be a higher amount. County Agent K. C. Fouts believes that the hog cholera epidemic Is only one of the manifesto tlons of a very abnormal year In livestock and crop raising. Too much moisture during the growing season wrought Injury to Iwith plant and animal. Many farmers had individual losses of from $1,000 to $5,000 on hogs. The disease hns not been com pletely stamped out, but it is decided ly on the decline. Tho corn crop In this county Is also far below the usual quality and yield. Only in a few scattered cases will the farmers not be obliged to feed moist corn to their livestock before It rots. Most or the corn i* un marketable. The ears have retained too much of the moisture and the cob has not ripened. The moisture In the corn will not disappear this late In the season. Home of the early corn represents t'he few Helds that have good yields. As far as quantity Is concerned, there has been an enor mous yield this year, but fully one fourth of the crop must be discounted as being worthless. DeWitt Farmer Reports 40 to 50 Bushels Corn Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 18.—l’rnthei Bolen of the Be Witt vicinity reports that ho has finished husking his corn, •which yielded between 40 and tiO hush els to the acre, lie says most of the farmers of that locality have fin ished gathering their corn, which is «f fine quality New Use for V/ar Tractors (Tly Pacific fi- Atlantic ) These veteran war tractors, landed at Los Angeles, will be tinned to the prosaic work of tilling American soil by purchasers in California. With the County Agents Lexington—Saying that “there 1* more truth than poetry'1 to the report that surplus labor has left the rural com munities and gone to the larger Indus trial centers. County Agent A. R. Hecht today asked that business men of Daw son county release men who are In their employ and who are willing to spend three weeks on farms husking corn. He stated that County Superintendent of Ed ucation A. R. Bloom and Truant Officer Stokey had agreed with him to send in structions to teachers in the county to re lease boys to husk corn. “Corn huakers are not to be had." Mr. Hecht said, adding that the present corn crop “must be husked by local men." “It Is hardly likely that any of the men who have gone to the cities would abandon the bright lights to come back and shuck corn, even though they could get 10 cents a bushel for so doing.” the county agent said. He added, however, that 6 cents per bu*hel is “a fair price and raising the price will not make the men any more plentiful." Lexington—Mothers in the four school districts of this countv met recently In various places to discuss the hot lunch 1 project, through which school children in ; country districts nre served one hot dish with their lunches at school* Weeping Water—Reports of sick hogs are being turned in to the county agent’s office here, and he reports that some of the hogs have pneumonia, rather than the common disease—hog cholera. Farm ers arc being advised by the agent to have their hoes immunized. Stage Mock Trlnl. Lexington—A mock trial, calling at tention to the number of scrub bulls used in Dawson county, was one of the lead •ng features of the recent Livestock Breeders' association meeting here. About 60 por cent of the hulls used In Dowson county are scrubs, according to officials of the association, which is staging a '•ampaign for better sires in cattle breed ing. Syracuse—Prepnrtinns for next year’s Nemaha Valley Calf club project nre being made by IT. C. Wellenaick, lender of the club. Two herds In the county will be drawn unon for some of t be calves which club members will feed. The project will open December 1, Mr. Wellenaick said. Wahoo—A specimen of the corn ear rot which is quite common In Saunders coun ty. sent to the department of plant pathology of the state ogrlculturnl col lege at Lincoln by Julius Koch, farmer living near here, brought In reply a statement f-nm the department to the effect that the rot was a fungus disease prevalent In years when plenty of moisture is present at ripening time The corn from infected fields should not be used for seed nor should corn be grown on the same ground next year, the an swer advised. Plan Poultry Show. Hebron—The second annual Thayer countv poultrv *v. Iw will be held Decem ber 10 to j 4. it was announced here Five hnndr • 1 buds were exhibited st last venrs show and bankers of the show an ticipate r. lars-' number this year. Three silver cut* arc to be awarded, among a list of other prizes. Walthlll—r>l«pnF»l of the entire poultry flock and thorough disinfection of th* "remise* with some «’rong germicides are the only remedies for tub?rrtf!osls In poul f-v. according to * - ntv extension agent ‘’linger, following 'be Inspection of many *»f th« flocks of t; untv. snd dlsrov-* rv of the disep.re mong th*» birds New ock from dls-' * -•« f . c flocks should b' • btalned when tb •» 'Infection is com plete and thorou. ’ . h-* said. Ol’ide Rock—V u rs of the Webster .nty chemrdon h h xebool ludglng team .'! th" N'brr !' ?-i"!on lodging team ' er>- guests or • p Gl ide Rock rommun i • club recent’ Thf y were uwa'ded six 1 ‘'log runs nnd three gold watches fo* • l r|r wlnn'n •< at the Interstate fair al S:oux City, Iowa. Walker's Island — Hok cholera, already prevalent to i d-neerous extent In this rourtv. has been found on another farm n the rnun'v uni county agent C. H. Voun" lias fMlv'«"d farmers to watch their ihnKn clrselv for anv s'gns of the disease or to vaccinate their hogs as a preventa tive measure. Homer—The second annual feeders meet !ii’" of Dakota rountv was held on the ' ;rm of A S. Hrid» nimugh four miles north .*f here, yesterday The farmers ■ho attended 'he meeting were addressed ' v local c»»tle i.mi hog feeders and by s representative of the state agricultural \i.ege. They nnrtMpated in discussions ;• otlvo to cattle and hog feeding. Weeping Water—Knur women’s clubs of the county met recently for lessons In agricultural extension work with Miss Tda Wllkens. hom«* extension agent here The ladles near Mynard met to receive instructions In laying a table and table -ervlce; those In the Maole Grove club met for a salad and salad dressing demon s'ration The Kight Mile Grove Precinct mb met for a meal planning demonstra tion and the Fairview club met for com munity study work. Stockvllle—In a statement Issued here j ■ «lsy County Agent W. H Campbell of T- r .-t|er rounty declared that the new ] i.'iver law. a* amended by the leglala-1 was *hnroughly equitable and that permitting farmer** to kill beaver*; ' hit’h were actuallv destroying property. ■it mg November. December and January, th*- law had been made entirely Just. f’enevs—A committee of three, ap pointed by the executive hoard of the unty farm bureau. awarded county championship* to boys and girl* who participated In agricultural clubs* work during the last club year. The awards were made by the committee after It had gone over tji* reports made by the boy* and girl*. Finn Annual Banquet. Wahofs-The banquet committee of the Paunders countv farm bureau ha* com pleted preparation* for the annual farm bureau banquet, to be held November 20 * program ha* h*en arranged, with Prof TF ('. FlUev. chairman of the rural ero !•! ole* department of the state agricul tural co'lrge. a a the speaker of the eve ring Ml* r«dd*-e*a will be "Premeditated Marketing" Mualc and other addressee on agricultural aubjecta will complete the program. (•blown— Poultry culling demonstration* were given on a farm near here and on one near Strang. Neb Twenty-five farm er* end poultry rai*er* attended the meet ing. Poultry culled at the meeting* war* entered In the agrlcuHura 1 extension ser vioe accredited farm flock project. Hebron—The annual county farm bu reau meeting will b»* held In the court house here November 27. It wna announced today. Reports of officer* of the farm bu reau. recommendation* for the coming year and speech*** i*n agriculture 1 topics are on the program for th« meeting. A 4.»cta and other material that rhlrkcna feed upon during tbs lummir, sreording to the countv agent lfe offers thla sug gestion as an answer to the question a* to how to fill the winter egg basket. Need torn hunkers, Fremont—The demand for eornhusker* In thla rounty 1" still running high. It N' HousSr. rounty agent of this rounty announced. From 7!• to l'K) men rould t»e given 1ohs at husking rorn at pres *nt. he an Id. Th" wages are « rents per * uahej In most esses in the rounty. Mr Houser also said that married men anti women are wanted on fsrrna. The corn In this rounty Is generally in good con dition. with moldy ears running from 1 to 10 per cent In the corn. Inland—About inn persons In this com munity celebrated the "Achievement dav" of their boys' anil Kirin* club members recently Ht.«l honored the state chum tdonahlp demonstration team and tbc|r lender Dan Chatterson and Hilly I»on ohu«\ aona < f farmers llvlnif nanr here, comprised the demonst i a Hop team and Mrs. J .1 Donohue, mother of Hilly, whs their local leader and conch. The team held th«* distinction of briny the youny '•it demonstrators to win a state chon plonahln. being but in and 12 years old. Their demonstration was on hoy lot sari Cation They won third at the Interstate fair at Hloux City In competition with t "nma from 14 atatea All club im*mhera of the county were Invited to the achieve dav ' •*lebratIon. which followed the com pletion of a year’s work In several nyrl r ult oral proltc ts. West Point—The annual Cumin* coun ty farm bureau meeting Is to be held here December 12. It waa announced. Agricultural topics will be taken up at the meeting, which all farmers have been Invited to attend. Corn Test Results. Weeping Water—Results of corn vari ety testa in this county show thot smooth dented corn outyielded the rough dented type by an average of seven bushels to the acre, according to County Agent I*. R. Snipes. The average yield of the 11 plots in the tests was 65 bushels per acre. Blair—All those In the accredited farm flocks poultry project of the agricultural extension service during the year of the project Just closed, have enrolled for another year of the work with County Agent J. A. Fouta. West Point—Wages for corn huskers In Cuming county have settled to a basic price of 7 cents per bushel, according to County Agent K. C. Fouts, who declared today that there were no men available for the urgent demand for buskers in the county and tha’ “r- ports from other sections indicate that any further Induce ment In the way of higher wages would do little good." Syracuse- Seven farm women in this county have enrolled their poultry flocks In the accredited farm flock project of the agricultural extension service for the coming year, which started November 1. They nav*‘ agreed to co-operate in raising better poultry. Demonstrate Poultry Culling. Cuming City—Tlie high school 'lasses in this city and at Pleasant View attended a meeting on a farm near here at which poultry culling was demonstrated. O. N. Summers of the Nebraska college of agri culture conducted the demonstration. Valley—The annual meeting of the Douglas county fsrm bureau Is to be held In the opera house her** December 1. and will open with a morning business hhh islon. Hog raising. elimination of the round worm and reports of various other | agricultural projects will be discussed. I Hebron-—Poultry judging schools are being held here and at Deshler for the Instruction «*f poultry raisers in selection of cockerels for breeding and standard re quirements. Dakota City—Women of the county have heen invited to attend a meeting at the court house here November 20. at which women's work for the coming year will be discussed and organized. Omaha Livestock I»y HI REAL OF AGRICULTURAL KCON'OMK >. Receipts of cattle this week have to taled approximately 35,650 head, as com pared with an actual supply of 41,191 h* ad received last week and 42,338 h» ad this Nveek a year ago. Interest this week has centered on the good and choice fed yearlings and me dium weight steers which have found a ready release throughout the seven-day period under review at firm figures, while strong weight bullocks and they warmed up and short-fed steer* and yearlings, us well as grassers, while they necessitated peddling each day to make a clearance, show but minor changes us compared with a w« ek ago. Top for the week on long yearlings stands at $12.00, with other nnies of yearlings and medium weight steers of choice and prime grade at a spread of $10 60 to $11.86, while the bulk of the week’s sales of yearlings and steers, mostly warmed-up* and short feds. have occupied u price range of 5i 50 to $10.00 Supply of grass steers has • "* n proportionately light and. as it is near the close of the western season, the quality of the offerings has been plain end sales to packers of steers In killing flesh have been of the grade that sold from $5.00 to $« 00. with < ammon light nnd Mexican steers on do».n to $4 00 and a little under She Slock Draggv. Market on killing she stock has been n draggy affair throughout the period and compared with a wok ago prices are quoted steady to weak. A f*-wr fed cows and heifers have been* In« lud* d sales of fed cows from $4.6b to $5.60. with heifers on up to $9.50, while grass cow» and hdfer have predominated In the run. bulk cows. $3 40 to $4 25, with gra** heifers mostly at a spread of $4 00 t«| $5.25. Canners and cutters are un. hanged. • 26 to $3 25. Lack of shipping inquiry aided local packers in forcing a decline on hulls, market being quoted 16c to 25e lower than a week *g<>. bulk western bologna bulls now J: 75 to $3 25. with na tives up to $3 60, he**f bulls up to $5.00 and a little above. Veals ruled steady, h*avy calves moving largely at a spread of $4 60 to $6.00. with selected lights largely from $4.00 to $5 50. Th‘*re has been a good healthy tone to the demand for stocker and f*-ea*r cattle and calves and. taken as a whole, prices have been maintained on a steady basis throughout the period. Intercut continued to be centered on the good and choice medium and light weight feeders and these show a touch of strength but this Is offset by weaker spots on tho medium and common grades. Top for the week, 17 65. was paid Tuesday fur *4 b *ad of (luce Hereford feeders averaging 1.165 pounds, while the bulk of feeders Indued have moved at a spread of $6.25 to $7 on. with Stockers largely from $5 on to $6 5", choice grades on up to $7 25 nnd a little i vhove. Feeding cows and heifers have followed In about the enrrte rut as did killing rows and heifers with the under tone to the d'al weak Thin cows nre quoted from $'2 75 to $3.25. with heifers mostly from $3,006)4.26. Receipts of sheep and lambs for the w-eek foot ur> approximately 42,000 head, ns compared with an actual supply of 33913 head last week and 4«,447 head this week a year ago. iHinb Trnde 1'neven. Unevenness has featured In the lamb trade during the week During the fore part of the week, under the Influence of light receipts, market on fat lambs de veloped strength and up to Thursday an upturn of 25 to 50 cents waa recorded on wooled offerings with fed clipped niuurtl 25 rente higher, hut a liberal sup j ply rin Friday aided packers in forcing 1 .i reduction, and with prices 25c to 7f>»- j lower on that date, the advance on j wooled offering# wa# wived out while fed clipped lumba shiw a net decline j from a wwk ago of 50 to 75 rents ('losing bulks: Wooled lambs, $12 00#i 12 f». fed f lipped around the $1125 mark. Hhecp and yearlings have been scarce and prices maintained on a strong Itosla throughout the period. Choice light > curlings sold up to $10 40 with best wethers $7 75, bulk ewe ^ales, $5.00 to $C f'0: week's top $6.25 Market for feeding latnbs worked high er although the « lose was somewhat easier in sympathy with a decline noted on fat lambs In n general way. feeding lamb prices are quoted as closing 15 to 25 rents higher Flulk western range feeding litmus. $12 00 to $12r.n, week's top. $12 75. Feeding and breeding ewes held steady. ling iwrfipia lewer. Receipt* of hog* thi" week have to talsd approximately 4't.000 head, as 'mm oared with an actual supply «'f 45.334 head last week and 40.110 head thla week a year ngo Trading was fairly active today at prices steady to 10 cents higher, ncft! steady to strong Shippers and local packer* were both In the market early and a fairly good clearance was effected In good season. Hhlpnera' trade w»» largely on good and choice butcher*, nil weight*. with only a moderate movement of packing grade* Bulk of the desirable Rood and choice 200 to 32C-pound butch ers cleared at $6.45 to If- 60. with an occasional sale at $0.05 and a top price of $6 70. paid for two loads of choice strong weight butchers Mixed loads carrying a percentage if nf packing cows and lights cashed at $»> 20 to $6 4f», and packing sows latgely at $0 00 to $6 (i flood and choirs light hog*. 1*0 to 200 pound nverngea ngnln showed a touch of strength and cleared largely at $6 4r* to $0 6o Bulk of all sales was at $0 in to $6.60; top, $0 70 Compared with a week, ago; All grade* 40 to 50 cent* higher. Corn Acreage Increases Rapidly in South Dakota Colomc. M I) , Nov. IN. In the Inst five years the ncrengo of corn In Gregory county him lumped front N7.7N7 to 122 230 acres nnd In Tripp county from 103,02.7 to 134,7NR acres. The average around here is 48 to 03 bushel* to tlic acre nnd a good grade. At the present rato In the newer sec ttons and the fine record In the older sections of the state, careful nilcti Inters estimate that the corn crop of Mouth Dakota hy 1930 will he 200, 1000,000 bushels or mors. Trade Review By R. O. m*NN ft CO. Except for r natural growth of retail demand with tha approach of winter, business Is without essential change. The Hfiino Irregularities and contrasts that have marked the sltuotlon In recent months are ntlll present In different quarters. Proposals for a reduction of federal taxes, however, have occasioned wide favorable comment, and a further gain in export trade hoa given encour agement to some interests. Yet the sharp rise In stork prices of a fortnight ago. which apparently helped settlement, has been followi d by an uncertain trend, and the depression in foreign exchange has continued. One of the most significant of the current movements is the price >lebllng which appears In hides and leather, pig iron, sonic kinds of building materials, and various other commodities, and which is again reflected in the ex cess of declines in Dun’s list of whole rale quotation*. In some cases the yield ing occurs because there has Ween an overproduction, hut in most instances it has come because buyers, after their heavy forward purchasing last spring, have more recently adopted a policy of providing for immediate or nearby needs only. There are many evidences that the segregate volume of business is large and that consumption is well maintained, but the absence of general contracting against future requirements remains a conspicuous phase. it is this lack of advance commitments that cause* re striction of outputs at numerous manu facturing plants and some reduction in employment of workers. Increase In Mcrchnnniae Export*. Each of the last three months hns brought nn increase in volume of domestic merchandise exports. July set the low point of the current year, with n total of about $302,000,000; * moderate Rain oc curred in August. September had an ag gregate of fully $3*1,000 000, and Octo ber’s shipments reached $4°2.000.0**0. This amount has not been equaled sine® Feb ruary. 1921. Imports In October In creased even more than did the exports, totaling $303,000,000, but therp remained an excess of exports of $99,000,000. This is in striking contrast to the showing In March. April. May and June. In which months the imports exceeded the exports. Last year. In October, there was an ex port excess of about $94,000,000. I.enrgcr Exports of Cotton. Only tho prellminory official figures of October foreign trade were issued this week, but there is evidence that much of *h« gain In exports in that mon.th was due to the larger outgo of cotton On Wednesday, the census bureau announced, in conjunction with its renort on do mestic consumption, that 711.722 bales of cotton had been exported during Octo ber. This is the largest total shown in nrnctlcallv n vear, and prices are much higher now than they were u year ago Reside* the bullish statistics on exports 've report on domestic mill consumption •bowed 541 *25 bales taken In October, or about 5R.OOO more than In September end the largest amount consumed here since last June Preceding the publlcn ♦ lon of these data, the cotton markets had been Irregular for several days, but sn unward turn rsme af*er the figures on cxnorts nnd domestic consumption had been made known Foreign F.xchange Repressed. The wc-k’s report on foreign trade threw some light on the recent depression in European exchange A rate of $4 33 *4 for sterling, reached on Thursday, marks the towest point touched since th* early pert ft 1922, nnd quotations on most of the continental centers fell to the lowest point of this vear Offerings of commercial bills were a further factor In the decline, and speculative operations were also Influen tial. Elsewhere In financial circles there was no especially significant movements The stock market was strong at times and easy on other occasions, nnd money rate* did not change much A great deal of Interest was manifested in the proposals of the secretary of the treasury for a downward revision of taxes, and his sug gestions were widely approved Cotton Good* Markets Itise. It is not strange, in view of the recent rise of raw mat -rial prices, that cotton goods markets are advancing. Published quotations this week show a number of further Increases, with print cloths up to 10%c. and some recent concessions have beep withdrawn Yet forward demand at the higher price* has not broadened to the extent hoped for. buying for imme diate or nearby needs at!II being the rule Reports from primary channels indicate that the south *n«l southwest are operat ing more liberally than other sections of the country, but there h»s rot been enough purchasing to lessen the curtailment of production Reside.* the difficulty of se curing satisfactory profit margins, mills are confronted with a scarcity of long sfapl« cotton, the yield tb:» year be.ng disappointing. I*ig Iron Inquiry Broadens. More inquiry for pig iron came out this week than in several months and aome actual business resulted, but at prices $1 a ton or mors under last week s. The yielding In this market has been steady, atid present prR e.* are about $10 below •hors of last spring Yet a composite finished steel price * has remained un ■ hanged for many weeks and the trade i* encouraged by the prospect of a large volume of railroad purchasing There Is evidence that consumption of steel ta well maintained, Lut the Immediate policy of most buyer* is ope of reducing storks where possible. Producers, meantime, are adjusting output to current demand, and the rate of mill operation* ha* declined further. While the principal Interest is1 running at a little better than **5 per cent.; independents are down to about 70 per cent. Hide* find I eath»*r IVrak. In common with the movement In some other markets, prices of hides and leather are declining- The present quotation on packer native descriptions is 9c lower than It was a vear ago, and there are differ ences of 10c or more In Rather. Recent business in hides ha* b-^n of limited vol ume, while lather trading, with few ex ceptions. is.dull. Latest available statis tic* shew a de« rease in stocks of hides, but an Increase in supplies of sola leather, the lutter occurring In spite of a curtail ment of tanning. Report* about footwear conditions show that most factories lack contracts for the spring season. Lower temperatures at different > enters have somewhat stimulated retail buying, but jthere is no general activity. Bank Clearings. Bank clearing* In the I nited State* for the week ending November 15, as reported by telegraph to Bradstreet's Jour nal. New York, aggregate $1.t70.*M.0i*0. against IT.077.671.000 last week and $7. 077 571.0.i0 last week and 17.259.S92.000 in this week laat vear Canadian clearings segregate S314.192.000 a* against 1496.910 ono last week and 1317.161,000 in this week last vear. Following are tha re turn* for this week and last, with per centages of change shown this week as compared with this week Isst year: November 15. November 4, New York. 14.094.000.000 $4,010,000,000 <’hirago. 605 600.000 643.100.uoO Philadelphia 414.000,000 .24.00O.oo0 Boston. 376.000,00.1 431.000.090 San Fr'elaro 149 10c> i»00 163,000.000 Kan City.. 122.306.u00 132.672.000 Detroit .. . 131.127.000 1 14.676.000 Los Angeles 136.*» 4.000 143.403.000 Cleveland... 110.711.000 |7.209 ?ooo Minneapolis. 73.927.000 43.217.000 Cincinnati. . 65.146.ono 64.934.000 New Orleans 64.000.ooo 79.000.ooo Richmond... 67.449.000 63.904,600 Atlanta .. 62.9*1,000 61.196.000 Omaha SH.M2.tHkl l«9. 1 Sent tie . . »9 4 99.000 XN.A40.0tXt (Buffalo . 63.212.00') 37 945.000 Port land.Ora. 40,741.000 .17 396.on-. (Milwaukee.. 39,317,000 34.177.000 (Denver.* 31.049.000 34 095.000 Dallas . 39.951.000 43.144.0* Louisville .. 2 9,97 4.000 24 421.000 Houston .... 3J.229.OO0 36.74 1. On*1 Birmingham 74.316.0"© 36.945.oou Oklahoma.. 24.702. nOO 23.o71.ooo M-mr-hle 29.749."00 ?M""0Q0 Washington. 23.641.OoO 22.731."00 St Paul ... 17.1*6.000 22.522.000 Indianapolis. 23.442.000 21.734.00 Nashville. . . . 19,677.000 20.747.00" Columbus. . 16,343.000 1 4 460.1-00 Oakland .. . 15.493.000 16.444.©On Salt LakeCItjr 16.SU.O00 1 7.207.000 Providence . 13JM.no© U.266 - on Fort Worth. n>40.00f 12.729.000 Wichita .. . 10.479.000 6.207.00" Rochester... 11,12".""" 10.96".-"' DesMolnes 10,724."Od 12.MU.0 Norfolk. • • 10.164.000 10.09". -H-1 Oalveston... 1".617.000 19.997.00 Akron . . 7.'.’9" « 629 Sioux City... r,.SQ7.O00 4.59ft " > St Joseph .. 7.111.000 7.713 non Pittsburgh. 166.X29.000 1 42.U9.00b Savannah. . 21.772.000 Baltimore 49.776.000 46.790.ooo Newark N J. 17.707."00 i4.6Hfi.O"o •Spokane . . 1 1.862 ""9 K 6U.000 Total, IT, S 17.170,.>.,••• 17. >77.571,000 Weekly Failures. IluainonA failure* for th»* wp«'k #ndln* Movaml^r lft number IIP wh . h rompurn with 3HJ |nat wo.'k <* holMav week). 17s m* the Ilk.* week of 1922. 4 7 4 In 1921. |Q7 In 1 >20, and IIP In 191* Omaha Produce BUTTER Creamery—Local lobbing price to retail ers. extras, 51c; extras In 60-lb. tube, 60c; standard*, 49Vfcc; firsts, 47V*c. Dairy—Buvers nre paying 37 ©lvc for best table butter In rolls or tubs; 32©34c for common packing stock. For be*i sweet, unsalted butter 40c. BUTTRRFAT For No. 1 cream local buyer* are pay ing 44c at country stations; 61c deliv ered Omaha. FRESH MILK 12.40 per cut. for fresh milk testing 3.6 delivered on dalrv platform Omaha. EGOs Delivered Omaha, in new rases: Near oy, now laid, clean and uniformly large. 50 ©62c; fresh selects. 46c; small and dirty. 25©28c: cracks. 21 ©22c. Jobbing price to retailers; U. 8 spec!*!* 65c; l*. 8. extras. 60c; No. 1 small, 31® •12c; checks, 24 ©25c; ntoiago selects. 34c POULTRY Buyers are paying the following prices Ai ve — Heavy hens. 5 lbs. and over, 17c; 4 to 6 lbr. 15c: light hens. 13c; springs, 15c; broilers. 1% lbs.. 20 (B 22c; Leghorn broilers and springs. 12© 14c; roosters. 10c; spring ducks, fat and full feathered, 14© 16c lb.; old ducks, fat and full feathered. 12© 13c; geese, 10 <® 12c; pig eons. $1.00 per doz ; no culls, sick or crippled poultry wanted. Jtressed—No. 1 turks, over 9 lbs., 35c; c Id toms. 32c; turks. under 9 lbs., 25c; geese, fat, fancy. 17c; ducks, No. 1, 18© .:0c; spring chlcKens, 16©17c; heavy hens, 18c; small hens, 15c; roosters and stags. 13c; capons, over 7 lbs.. 25c. Some deal ers are accepting shipments of dressed poultry and selling same on 10 per cent commission basis Jobbing prices of dressed poultry to re tailers: Springs, 23®25c; broiler*. 35c; hens, 21©26c; roosters, 16®l7c: spring ducks. 25c; geese. 25c; turkeys. 46c. Froz en stocks: Ducks, 20c; turkeys, 25c; geese, 20® 25c. BEEF CUTS Wholesale prices of beef cuts effective today are as follows: No. 1 ribs. 29c; No. 2. 22c; No. 8. 15c; No. 1 rounds. 19c; No. 2. 16c; Ng. 2 10c: No. 1 loins. 36c; No 2. 28c; No. 3. 16c; No. 1 chucks, 15c; No. 2, llV4c; No. 3 8 V6c; No. 1 plates. IVfcc: No. 2, lc; No 3 7 Vic. K A U WITS? Cottontails per dot.. 12.40; Jacks, per doz.. $2.40. delivered FRESH FISH Omaha Joboera are selling st about the following prices f. »>. b. Omaha: K arev white flah. 30c; lake trout. 26c; fancy silver salmon. 24c; Pink salmon. 19c; hali but. 32c: northern bullheada, Jumbo. 20c; catfish, regular run, 21c: channel, north ern. 30©32c; A'aska Red Chinook salmon yellow pike fancy, mkt.; nicker*' mkt : fillet of haddock. 25c; black cod sable fish, steak. 2Uc, emelta. 26c. flound er*, ]Hc; crappies, 20025c; red snapper 27c; frean oysters, per gollan, $2.9004 15. CHEESE Local Jobbers are selling American be*se, fancy grade, as follows: Single daisies. 27 4c; double dalaiea. 27c; Young Arnerhas 29'- longhorns 28 4c square prints. 29c; brick 29c; Swiss, domestic, 4 ( ; block 38c; Imported. 60c; imported Roquefort. 65c; New York white, 34c. FRUITS Jobbing prices: Grapefruit—Per box. $4 5005 00; choice as low as $3.50. Cranberries—100-lb. barrel*. $11.00; 60 lb. boxes $6.60 Orange*—California navels, fancy, an sizes. $s 6007 00. Valencias, choice, $6.00 ot, IJ. " I December delivery 128 CO; No. 1 spot. $27 $9. December delivery 124 €•> lin seed meal. 34 per cent. $50 <0; cottonseed meal. 43 per cent. $53 70 ; hominy feed, white or yellow, $34.00. buttermilk, ton denied. 10-bbl lots, 3 45c per lb. flak* buttermilk 500 to 1.100 lba. 9c per lb eggshell, dried and ground. 100-lh bags fsedlBg tankage CO per cent, $60 M ^er^ton. First patent. In 9x.;u baas $8 2006 3' per bbl.; fancy clear. In 48-lb. baa*, $6.10 per bbl white or yellow cornmeal. per cwt . $2.25. Quotations ir« fur round lota. fob r-maha. HIDES. WOOL TALLOW. Price* printed below are on th# basis Break congestion Apply Sloan's. You don't have to rub it in. Just pat it on gently. It sends fresh, new blood circulat ing swiftly through the tissues. Breathing becomes easier. Con gestion clears away. Soon the cold is gone. Get a bottle from your druggist today—35 cents. Sloan's Liniment— kilbpain! When you think of GRAIN, CONSIGNMENTS, SERVICE You think ot UPDIKE at OMAHA KANSAS CITY -CHICAGO—MILWAUKEE Ample finances assure country shippers of Immediate payment# •! their draft* and balance due always remitted with returns. I elephnne AT lantic 6.112 Updike Grain Corporation "A Reliable Consignment House" The Business Barometer , - ~~~ This Week's Outlook in Commerce, Finance, Agriculture and Industry Based on Current Developments. By THEODORE II. PRICE. Editor Commerce nml Finance, New York. Copyright. 1H23. Having reached Chicago on the way from the southwest to New York, I find myself in an environment where the in terest is leBs exclusively agricultural than in Texas. Perhaps I should add that political matters are also much in the mlnda of people here, for three possible presidential candidates have been in Chi cago this week and there is no little spec ulation as to the effect that the cam paign and election of 1924 will have upon business. The prevailing opinion is that there will be no unsettlement Most of the men of affairs Interrogated express the opinion that the country is safe no matter who is elected and that as one prominent merchant put it: "These western rad icals lone their terror whet* you get dose to them." Approve Mellon Plan. Secretary Mellon's proposal to reduce taxes la approved In principle but its adoption Is hardly hoped for because It is generally believed that congress and the president will be unable to resist the demand for a soldiers' bonus. Business Is said to be good every where, except in certain sections of the Dakotas, Montana and Minnesota, where a poor wheat crop, sold at low prices, i *' caused soim distress and a few bank fail jres. The wheat council of the United States. In session here, has recommended a re duction of 10,000.000 acres In the area to be planted in wheat next wear There is the usual skepticism with regard to action upon this recommendation. but those who are best acquainted with the farmer say that be has come to appre ciate the value of co-opefation and that he is not likely to disregard the advice or mandates of the agricultural organiza tion* The low price of wheat Is however, largely offset by the very sat'sfactory market for the large corn crop, and where both cereals are produced there Is but little complaint. Therefore it is not surprising to read that the retail trade shows a gain of 10 per cent over last. year, that an enor mous holiday business is expected and that the tnail order conrern* find it dif ficult to k°ep abreast of their orders. Money Npent Freely. The advance in the New York stock market and the readiness with which the large bond Issues recently brought out have been absorbed have increased the prevailing optimism, which ha» been further stimulated by the cheerfulness of the railrond men. who are almost unanimous in expecting a continuance of i he present heavy freight traffic throughout the winter One of then* told me that the pas senger travel to California had been and promised to be the largest on record nd In the west as in the east there seems to he an unusually large number o. people who ere able and willing to take a holiday this winter The Idleness of so many able bodied and potential producers may be un desirable from the economist's stand jk> nt. but it' immediate effect la to put morey in circulation and. to provide a multiplicity of Jobs Tt good wages for those who are willing to work The result la an anpearance of opulence and a disregard of small expenditure* tin" manifest!,tlon of this is to be found In the experience of a large chewing gum concern, th* market value nt whose cap ital stock has risen to |7S. 900,000 At tention nas beep drawn to It because it has Just declared a large stock dividend Another example of the same kind is a company that makes and operates the taxicabs that are now to be found in all the large cities and most of the smaller places. Its prosperity is re markable beesuse people no longer hes itate about paving cab fares The taxi cab development Is In fart amazing and onlv second in Importance to the road building movement to which allusion hes previously be*n made in th**e* letters. The demand for automobiles during what is usually the dull season is really phe nomenal. and the fluctuation# of motor car Bal«*e in recent yearn have coincided j ro closely with the nation's prosperity or depression that the industry is coming to he regarded as barometric. Protect Higher Prices. In ao far a* the commodity markets are concerned, the general tendency ap pears to be upward, but those who deal ♦n cotton goods say that they are com mencing to encounter some protest against the higher prices recently established The demand for steel is again improv ing and copper Is in active demand at 13\c. Orders for pig iron are improv ing after a long period of quietness, and nearly everyone believes that prices are as low as they will go. Other staples are moving freely at about last week s level# and most merchants l have ceased to expe< t any decline. Tills is eoually true of those who post poned building or construction work be- ! 39 ftf». of buyers' weight end selections, delivered In Omaha* Hides Strictly short ha red hides. No. 1. 6c; No. 2. 4c. long haired hides. 4c and 1 3c; green hide*. 4c and Zr . bulls. 4c and 3c; branded hides. No 1. 3V»c. giue hides No 1, 2c, calf. 16c and R**r; k p Re and 6**c; deacon*. 60 cents each- glue eklrs. No 1 Sot hortw hides. SO and |1 SO each ponies and glues Si 5A each; colts. 25c esch; hog skins, 15c each; dry hides. No. 1. Rc per lb.; dry salted. No !. 6c per lbs . dry glu*. No 1. Jo per lh. Wool: Pelts. II 25 to |1 75 each, for full wooied aklns. clips, no value; wool. 25 © 36c. Tallow and Gres***—-No. 1 tallow. 6Hc; 'B ' tallow. 6c; No. 2 tallow. 4c; * A" gr*ase. 6*-|C; ,*B” grease, 5c; yellow grease. brown rrease. 4c: pork cracklings. 156 0o per ton: beef cracklings tv- lift r»«-r fr,r» • j.PMWM 12 ft ner tf.n New York Bonds By Associated Trews. New York, NoV. lg—A sharp break In foreign bonds, influenced by cable reports , that a b?eak between the allies was Ini i mlnent over the French trolley toward Germany, featured th« otherwise relative ly firm trading In bonds on the New York Stock exchange during the last week. Banking houses continued to absorb large issues of new securities, the total last week reaching 11:♦ 247.604, as com pared with 1152.771 000 the previous week, and bond salesmen reported good buying of the new liens by in\e»tors Brokerage houses with international connection* attributed much of the atrength in domestic bonds, in the face of declining foreign exchanges, to buying for the accounts of European investor*, who are transferring their in vest meats from sterling securities In dollar bonds The sut ' ese of many of the recent large offerings of r.ew bonds was traceable ! also, to foreign buying, some trader*' thought. Railroad financing contributed the1 major part of last week's total, while projected offer.r.gs for next week indi cate several sizable utility lasuey prob ably including an $• 9Cn 00o :§s by a St Louis utility company and I* 250.000 by the Minnesota Power Ae L'ght com panv Negotiation* also g:Hi are under way for an offering of 115.000.000 Pt. Paul Union Depot 5 per cent bonds A group of bankers also announced that public offering would be made tomorrow of an Issue r,f 14.000.000 7 : or cent cumu- I ls>lve preferred stork of 1100 par value of *he Wes* Penn company at 8S'x. to >laM nor* 'ban 7 *0 p* r east Railroad mortgage* continued unusual ly active in stock exchange trading and moderate advances were registered by ••-me of the grain carrying road*. Liens' of the public utilities rom^nlw also were active, with an irregular trend There waa evidence of tome aelling of United States government bonds but Plenty nf buyers were In the market, and ; p-ice levels remained practically un changed at the end of the week. The break in foreign bonds carried j numerous French governmental and I municipal bonds to levels near this year's low points ths F-ench 6s losing more1 than 5 points on Friday. A alight rally i advanced this issue about a point the following day. Belgian i*«ues snd a majority of the issues of othar European countries de cided a point or more Important offerings included: $2? 100. 000 five to 15-year 5 per cent 8ou*hern Pacific equipment trust certificate* nr nriQrs to yield 5 35 Per cent $20,000,000 33-year * per cent Southern Railway de velopment bond* nr J€t*. to yield 6 25 per cent, and 615.250.000 !14-year 5 per cent Chicago At Northwestern refunding mortgage bond* at prices to yield 5 35 per ctn*.__ Financial J By Associated Preaa. New York. Nov 1* —Sentiment In busi ness and financial circles, which during the previous wei k had become rnor** buoyant under the influence of rising security prices, was Influenced some what during the past week by the ad verse turn in the foreign situa'ion arid by the pronounced weakness which develop*"! in the foreign exchanges Commodity prices, however, were generally steady and domestic Industrial new* wai con sidered good. Copper prices, for example, held firm at a level about one cent above the re cent low and ord« rs for large tonnage* were stated to reflect large present sod prospective consumption on the one hand, and a belief that the market had touch 1 bottom on the other Simlltgriy. and despite further weak ness in the price inquiries for pig Iron were reported to be th** largest in month a. With steel f*rl < s holding firm and w i producers adjusting output ot demand, the impreiwiob grew that something h * an equilibrium has been rea' bed and that Important new business i» likely to de velop during the n*-w year Cotton consumption statistics for Or tober also were reassuring, showing that the country’s mills took 542.000 hales as compared with 4 * 4 000 hales In th* previ ous month and f.34.0(J® hale* in October a year ago Since the export figures also were h‘gh and with private ginning re ports being Interpreted as indicating a crop of 1 • «* ‘han lOO'ioOOO bales cotton prices ren med their advance and touched new highs at better than 34c to the pound Railroad freight loadings for the w*#'c ending November 3; which were well In excess of 1,000,000 care, coming: at a tim- when the movement usually Is un dergoing a seasonal decline, were taken as showing that the distribution of goods Is still going on at an extraordinary ra*e and that current consumption is high Grain prices wer«* more susceptible to the foreign new «. Lecernber wheat drop ping back about three cents to around 11.01. Corn also wa* sndkewhat lowe-, as is natural with th# new cron coming on to relieve a tight spot position German news. Franco-British Inability to agree on a t • ! • y and uncertainty over •he coming Brl'ieb ejection carried ster ! ng off anothe- 10 t*■» n^w w for the ve*f below $4 2U Proportionally, the decline in French franc* was even more ► vfp. amounting to i ^t’ . 7 per , tit and resulting in a new low Ur all time at about I 20c. Most of the »ri! -g of ‘he foreign ex change originated abroad New York be ing a buyer on most occasions and Lon don observers were of th« opinion that a * f ight*' from • ertaln of th- K ropcan ' tirrencli s was In nrogr*««. ho'd^rs of floating balance seeking the aafety af forded by the American dollar Presenta tion of < ommer< ia! t>. 11* against exports and speculation f r ’h*- de* ; r* also we-« factors but i* was generally felt that an important flow of capital toward New I’p'Jt had been set in motion. Vnder the circumstance* < ontlnuanre of ease in money w.-* considered natural. Food Index Higher. Br*4>(rift'i Food IMn Nonbir, based on 'h<* \rh :«*mis or ** p#**- round of 21 article* used for food, is 12 41 compare 1 with I* *' last v. c*k and S' 42 for 'he Veek ending N. \ ember 16 1922 Ths w.*ek> nutriber sh v - a g-i n of 1 * r - - eon-, ove- last week, but a loss of thre* •enfhs of one per rent fmm the like week »f last year Of 'he h? ^ >*nm -I * !*■ of s i kinds quoted w-ekl'\ "9 advarced a« cop - oared with last week. 22 <\nr 3:ned and 41 remained unohange.l, ex follows: INCREASED. I.ard. butter. chr-?«. sugar, raw; sugar refined' beans, apple* eggs sheep, Iambs olso oil rondr »»d milk. kerosene. ateel scrap. Pitts.. scrap. Chic.; copper, lead, spelter, rubber. DECREASED rionr. sheer. r ng wheat. red; corn, oats, barlev. short r:bs. salted: cotton-seed oil. beeves, hogs. hops. Pacific: hoys N. V.; coton. pr.nt cloths, rrar goods, wool. O. delaine: wool. g iron, southern, ant - rr * v t-r: Gene Meladjr. 23 Years on the Omaha Market. 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