, ‘ - to Prevent

H new and con-

, f dunner From Deal-
: ..‘lng' Together

  
  

  
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  

   
  
   
    
 
 

be
,9116 Special Examiner R E Fuller,
;W 1011 is attracting nation-wide atten-
‘ .The hearing has brought out

 

 

bribed employee and
to reveal business
;. ’ethOds and destination 0f ship-
3" merits, and warned local dealers in
" towns to which mail Order shipments
were made.
..§'$GVeral Witnesses. testified of the
‘ivalry bet-Ween the retailers and
131’s direct-t o-consumem houses which
amounted to a. warfare, and that the
methods employed by the retailers
a. vicious and well" organized
persecution covering a term of seven
yegl‘s .x'x
s . , he defendants are the NorthWest-
«.ern Retail Lumber Dealers’ AssOcia-

 
   
 
  
    
 
  
 

  
   
 
   
 

 
  
   
   

 

.7 Hollis, secretary of the association;

tion’s detective bureau;
‘ xeippi ‘Valley
1; paper, and Secretaries’ Bureau of In-
1.: 19111111111011.1111 Illinois corporation.
The government contends the retail-
erg have formed a- trust to fight the
, competition of the mail order houses
, “Testifying concerning the alleged
1 31.5“ “.‘,,-tactics or the retailers,
’ ' said: .’ .
“They employed. any means short
or murder and fire and I am not sure
of that, as our plant burned down
three years ago. They had detectives
in pur plant, bribed our employes,
traced all 01" our shipments, and then
warned local dealers who dealt with
118.”; I
Witnesses testified that companies
‘Who shipped lumber direct to Tarmers
Were blacklisted by the lecal dealers,
Who were backed by their state lum-
ealers' organization.
3ar of persecution was to send for
' catalo s by the wholesale asking f01
estimates of goods which the dealers, -
of course, had no intention of buyin.
it a shipment of lumber was received
in a, tOWn, the dealers watched until
:_ farmer came after his shipment
a then he was made the victim of.
their abuse.- '
.Wps proved that the retailers
red i'n state meetings and at
. secret sessions speakers out— ,
..wsys and means of fighting the
order competition and lists of‘
”of blacklisted firms were pub—
What was knewn as a

 

    

 

 
 
   
  
   
 
 
 
  
 
   
  
  
 
 
   

 

 
   

’cturers. '
cord that the

 
 

 

., fact that the defendant lumber
d alers employed a widelywrganized ,

"tion of Minneapolis; and Willard G.‘

, Luke W Boyce head of the aSsocia-‘_ »
the Missisg

umbeim , d -
L an a tra e a ly in building our highways.

glad to see that at least one county

Mr Scott .

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GOVERNOR FERRIS .has been making the rounds of the state institutions;
13 making a careful investigation of conditions, and quietly getting on

to the ropes.

approval of Michigan people.
dome of the Capitol.

So far he has shown himself as big as the job, and if he can
only keep the politicians but of the Capitol, his administration will meet the
The politicians are already buzzing about the
“Keep them out, Governor Ferris, keep them out ”

 

 

barons are not satisfied With the in-
CIeaSe in the price of lumber which
must;jcome naturally. because of its
scarcity, but they exact a tribute
from rich and poor alike through
their combination. ~

" “K-ALAMAZOO'ANIS THE HOBO. "

Why have idle prisoners languish-

,ing in” the isounty jail and state pris-

‘ons, so 1011 as there are highways
to build? Six year's ago we suggested
the idea of using prison labor entire-
We are

has werked out the system feund it

’ feasible and is new reaching out to
_ help adjoining counties,

being very
glad,_ indeed to secure the services of
the priSonegs for the purpose of mak-
ing the county roads what they should
be rll‘he following dispatch from Kala-
mazoo shows What the ofl‘icials think

, of the plan after a tWo years’ trial:

“This county is out after the crim-
southwestern. Michigan.

The special committee recently ap-
pointed -to look into the advisability
of erecting a workhouse here has not
only decided in its favor, but is now
taking steps to secure the care of all
law violators in this part of the state.
It is the plan of the supervisors to
build a workhouse big enough to take
care of all Kalamazoo offenders and
also the offenders in all other coun-
ties around here.

“Letters have been sent out to all
the. county clerks. asking them if a
contract similar to the one previously
carried with the Detroit house of cor-
rection will be made with Kalamazoo
county. From sentiment expressed by
various officials of nearby counties,xit
is"belie_ved Kalamazoo will be given
the care of all criminals in south-
western Michigan. Formal action will
be taken at the next meeting of the
supervisors on the question."

 

There is little profit in trying to
make an extra amount of corn take
the place of suitable shelter.

 

LAST MINUTE QUOTATIONS.
At the time of going to press, the wires bring us the

Another .

pkg" which was sent broad“ ,.

   
 

 

lumber:

 

following “last minute” quotations:

’, Wheat, No. 1 White (large mills paying) .. ..... $1. 131/2
Wheat, No. 2 Red (large mills paying) ........ 1.141/2
Oats, Standard.- . ..... . ................. 136%,
Rye-...;.1.....;Ll"..... ... ............ . ..... .62

‘Beans, ................ . 2.20
Hay (best market today, New York) at ......... 20.00
(Pctatoes (beet market today, Philadelphia) at. .62

“Butter ..... ..32

' the fact that supplies the world over

 

 

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TRADE CONDITIONS
VERY ENCOURAGING

HEALTHY TRADE IN ALL LINES:
AND PROSPECTS FLATTERING. '

  

 

Manufacturers
Record-Breaking Year—Farmer‘s
Need Have Little Fear ovau-
ture Prices if Market
Is Not Overfed.

A special report to Michigan Busi-v .
ness Farming from New York City,
which covers the business outlook in
general, is flattering indeed. The re-
plenishing of t e moneyflsupply in the
east went on ast week even more
rapidly than was expected, and the
fear of a continuance of tight money
has practically disappeared. The fall

'in all kinds of interest rates was
violent; bank and sub—treasury forces
were overworked in caring for the in-
flow ot‘ 'cash. Exports of gold to
France were made without interrupt-
ing the fall in interest rates, and in
spite of the continued course of inter-
national trade toward the piling up of
credits in favor of New York. It is
quite evident that the preparations
for the expected January strain had
been over-estimated, and preparations
for it overdone.

Usually at this season of the year,
money becomes very scales in the

east because of the amount necessaiy
to move the westein crOps. The mar-
keting of tarm pioduce has been go-
ing on systematically for the past
ninety days, and the preparations
made by the east to care for crop
demands was more than ample, and
no further trouble need be looked for
from this source.

A representative of this paper, af—'
tor a week’s trip through Illinois and
Iowa, reports that the farmers of the
west have been rushing their live
stock to market. It is estimated that
the number of cattle, sheep and hogs
in the farmers’ hands at the present
time is less than for the past two
years, and those who are in position'
to know, are looking for better prices.
Although but little has been said
about hog cholera. in Iowa it is es-
timated that at least 40 per cent of
all hogs in that state have died from
an epidemic of cholera which started-
early in the fall.

The Ieceipt of live stock in the
Chicago live stock maiket Monday of
this week was exceptionally- laIge. In
lowa last week the first severe weath-
e1 of the Wintei was exporienced, the
thexmometer ranging from zero to 18
below Many farmers who had kept
than stock in the fields made plans

{01 immediate shipment and if the

piesent week does not show a slump
in prices on the Chicago market, it‘

, will be a wonder.

The abnormal demand for wheat

, during the first six months of the crop

year has been remarkable not only in
this country but in Europe. The uh?”
usual absorption of the tremendous
movement of wheat in all directionslxsd.
is accounted for in large measure by M

were. practically exhausted at the end?“
or the crop year. Consequently no

 

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t

;rt= or t {atmomnp o. 1 timothy
ve semething to overcome .It

to you, as an individual, to help

We the problem.

Neither hot or cold baths seem

to have any effect on this pa-
tient. We had hoped that with
on present cold weather snap that
the hay market would show some. im-
ovement as a result, Possibly, we
are over-anxious, and, in turn, look-
.ing for a betterment Of conditions,
r'16e'ally before it is time, but we do
know this, that based on the season
and on the weather conditions we are

now experiencing, that we must ex- ,

’perience a better tone to the situa-
‘tion ,or else there is no hope what-
‘ever for us ‘in the future. We are
_ - - forced to admit that the situation does
.not look good at the present time.
”There are no bright stars. shining in
the market horizon, nothing seems to
Show or suggest satisfactory condi-
tions existing on this commodity this
year. An off-year is what a great
many term it. It don’t seem possible
that we could not manipulate the
handling of our present crop in such a
manner» as to overcom ethe- increase
and its effect on the market, if we
only exercised the most judicial
means. Seventy-two million tons, and
its effect on the natural situation
ought to be overcome by the ad-
vanced 'steps of marketing. We can
not help but feel that if you, as pro—
ducers, were organized to the extent
that the average commercial channel
is, that it would be possible to place
the market on hay in a most satisfacL
tory condition, even under the pres-
ent most disappointing outlook. Hands
up, is the condition practically all
over the state as reflects on the hay
dealer or buyer. Practically 90 per
cent of‘the hay dealers over the state,
based on information we have learned
have actually stopped operations for
the present. Some have continued to
buy only those fancy qualities of No.
1. timothy and high colored clover
mixed. We believe every reader of
this “Pink Sheet” will appreciate this
to be most true advice as based on
. the conditions existing on your'local
market. ln a way, the local dealer
has a right to be most conservative
at the present time. Possibly, it is
-just‘ as well that they have stopped
operations momentarily, so as to let
the market get on to some kind of
a basis. Some standard of market
level must be set for or by this com-
modity. We think we ought to set
the 111a1ket for it. We do not like
the‘ idea in this advanced age of
marketing, to have it set by the com—
modity. In other words, we Wish to
have the disposition or marketing of
our farm products so regulated, so
systematized, so organized, that we
can control and make the supply and
demand conditions line up with us.
The time will come when the produ-
ecers of this state and this United

" States will so dispose of their stuff

‘; that the law of supply and demand
will actually be regulated. When this

 

HAY—MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES.

Zone No. 1 Michigan ......... $10 00
' Zone No. 2 Michigan ......... 10.00
Zone ' . 3 Michigan ......... 11.00
Zone : . 4 Michigan ......... 11.50
Zone ' . 5 Michigan ......... 10 00
,Zone ‘ . 0 Michigan ......... 11.00
.Zone No. 7 Michigan ......... 12. 00

NOTE—Jrhe prices given are on a
basis of No. 1 Timothy hay in the
different Michigan freight sones.
This gives you the price that Michi-
gun dealers should be able to pay

'1- this commodi .1. o. b. their sta-

n". nudes exiat-

 

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:--‘”soaked" it ‘W'lilp

led.
hour” proposition.

 

, No.1—-GoOd substantial demand and .present conditibngif
market, at profitable prices. No. flee—Market clearing. up an bett
predicted. No. '34—Market‘ very quiet; has every appearance or being over-
0. 4—No profit at ruling prices.'. If yen can hold, this is an “elev
No.- fi—Better keep 111901-11. Storm on.
lower but we would take. a chance. , _

«13’-
prices

Price-s m

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time comes, along with the added lea» '
, ture of complete Organization at this.
end, as producers and complete’ or»
ganization on the other end as con-1'

'sumers, then, and not until then, will
we see Conditions as they should be.-
This will allow the process of elimia

nation to go on, or to be more defly .,
nite, to start—elimination 0f the mid-

dleman We continue to have faith in
our high qualities of timothy and
clover mixed hay and to have abso-

lutely no faith or hopes for the 'low \

and common qualities.
DETROIT—The Detrdit market con-

tinues in an ever-fed condition. Owing ‘

to its position, it has been the center

of fire for Michigan hay shippers,
Owing .to the market here, prior 413'

recent dates, being very satisfactory,
all eyes were turned to it.
was that shipments were made far in
excess of the ability of this market
to take care of them A continuous

fight to make disposition and clean
up the holdings on track is a condi-

tion we are experiencing at the pres-

ent time.

 

HAY—DETROIT MARKET.

No. 1 Timothy. . . . . . . ........ $15.00
No. 2 Timothy ............... .
Light mixed '

N o. 1 mixed ..................

Rye Straw ....................

Wheat and Out Straw._ ....... 9.00

 

 

 

PITTSBURGH—While. we cannot
report that receipts on this market are
liberal, still, the-amount actually ,lay-
ing on track is more than sufficient
to meet the immediate, demands. This
causes a fight on the part of the trade
to make disposition. The situation
seems to change somewhat from day
to day; first, one class of hay will
become fairly well cleaned up and con-
ditions of a market nature will be
sympathetic therewith, in turn show.
ing a little improvement. This same
condition seems to follow along on
the different qualities, but on the

'whole, the situation on the Pittsburgh

market is in line with conditions gen-
erally.

 

HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET.

N0. 1 Timothy Hay .......... $16.00
No 0. 2 Timothy ha’y .......... 15.00
No. 3. 'l‘ilnothy ............... 13.00
No.1 Light xmlxed hay ........ 15.00
No. 1 Clover mixed hay ........ 15.00
No. 1 Oat straw. . . . 10.25
No, 1 Clover hay ............ 15.00
Fine Prairie Packing Hay. . .

No. 1 Rye straw .............

No. 1 wheat straw ...... . ......

 

 

 

CHICAGO—Most grades of timothy '

hay seem to be fairly well cleaned
up this last Week, with a good free
movement at a little advance ove1
former actual sales. It might not be
conservative to quote the market so

still, we do feel that the Chicago mar-
ket shows quite some betterment of
tone existing, that the situation is
somewhat improved.

The result '

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HAY—GHlCAGO‘ MARKET

Choice Timothy .. .1. . . 12.417100
N0. 1 Timothy...f. 15.50»
No. 2,1‘1mothy......... ...‘ ..... 18m
, Light Clover Mixed. . 1.
,No. 2§Mixed hay ..... ......—'...
‘No. 3 Timothy. .1 . .31.. . . . . 11.00
010ver . . ' . .
Thresher] Timothy . . . . . . .
; Marsh feeding- hay. . . . . .
Racking ....
Choice gAltalfa'n..:......'....x.
No. 1 Altnltn.. .
,Rye . , *
Oats .
Wheat . . '. . .

 

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13110"

I 1120.0 ’,

 

 

BOSTON—~T’here is no real im-
p-rovement to give: out for this mar-
ket. True it is, that since January'
1st movement has been very much
better. This is only natural, based
on the hold- -up prior to inveritOry time.

The general situation has no real, ‘

right to be reported as better.

 

HAY—BOSTON: MARKET.

_ Large

. bales.

choice .......... 1$22.00.
20

Small
bales.
Hay, 321.00
Hay, 1
Han
Hay.
Hay,
Hay, clover mixed.

‘Hly. stock. _., ....... 15.00
Long rye straw . . . . . . 17.00‘
Tangled rye strhw. 12.00
Oat straw 11.00

NOTE—Large bales Weigh front
200 to 250 pounds; medium bales
from 80 to 100 pounds. ‘

 

 

 

NE‘W YORK—The real trouble on
the New York market seems to be

based on small baled hay. This seems ~-

to be a feature which adds to the con-

gestion of the market situation all‘

along the line. Large baled hay 0f
high qualities is moving very satisfac-
tory and at quite satisfact‘pry prices
Appreciate, please, that this is a large
baled market
loose baled hay, and; accordingly, that
at all times, only when a severe short-

natnrally preferring _

 

HAY—~—NEW YORK MARKET.

Large Small
bales, bales,
per ton. per ton."
1 ............... $22.00 21.00
19. 50 19.50 .
. . 18 00 18.00
15.00 15.00
Ligiht Clover Mixed. . . . 20.00 20.00
No. ‘1 Clover Mixed. . . . 18.00, 18.00
:No. 2 Clover Mixed. . . . 14.00 15.00
,No. 1 Clover ........... 13.00 17.00
No. 2 Clover .......... 15.00 ‘
“ Straw—-
No. 1 Rye .............
No. 2 RVe.......’ ......
No. 1 Out. . . .
No.1that.......;.. ‘
NOTE—Large bale. weigh from
200 to 250 pounds; niedlnln bales

Shipping

17.00
11.00

 

 

from 80 to 100 pounds.

 

age exists, loose baled will bring at

1 least $1 more per ton than medium. ..
.Receipts will chtinue‘ to be very
very much higher, possibly none, but '9

heavy on this market, but continu-
ously,
are in an embargoed condition This

really has a tendency to hold up the .

situation.

one -or more carrying lines

will have made then

. their entire crop or a sumcient

so that they will have no bean-lg Io »:
the situation. They have been Edie
posed to continuously place their con
modity on the market and take what;
ever the floating conditions were
They have handled their crop‘ on'bhajt '
basis We do not call that .-up -td’-date
marketing by any means. Never
the world will we get on to any kind 1
of a marketing basis it We go along‘ _
in such a. haphazard manner as the?
above would suggest. We must: set?"

some definite stakes, fight along some 1'...
well-defined lines it We hope, for any; :‘

influence on the situation. Anyone
can take aprice. What "We want is ».
to be able to make One. ’ It is gener-h‘
ally conceded that potatoes do not".
show a change for improvement. That”

may be true from some angles We

might concede it, but we want to tell; .- 1

you right here that it is possible and

within your DO‘Wel' to not only hold,
this potato situation where it, is to—., . ,
day, but- to be, able to advance ittofa _ _ -‘

40-cent basis, if you only "have the
right kind of stuff in you;

selfishness, then you are in shape foi‘, _
themedici'ne to act, to be able to an»?
preciate that your ”neighbor prod o'er
liveth, that what you are 'flghtin" 'for.‘

is a general principle otradvanceefi

ment for conditions generally. Under-
stand, that getting 40 cents for YOur'
potatoes alone does not solve the prob-

lem, unless you have gotten it along "

organized lines.

 

POTATOES—MICH IGAN ZONE
PRICES.

Michigan ......... l 35
Michigan“

MIChlgan ........ '.
Zone‘ No, ' Michigan. . . .‘ ..... ‘ .40
Zone No. Michigan. . . .'- . . . .38

NOTE—From present market eoa- ..
ditions, loca dealers in the freight _
zones shoul in! you the grimy
quoted above tor No. 1 stock de-
livered at their stations. These.
prices can be increased by taking 1
advantaa'e of special‘carlot 'oflers. - '

Zone No.
Zone N 0.
Zone No. ‘

 

 

 

DETROIT—This market seems. to'
have Settled on about a certain MbaSis
The general trade have been selling

potatoes on one fixed standard for the
last three weeks. Duringihis time
there was warranted. some’ little -.
changes t0 have taken place.

experiencing heavy receipts—demon- .'.
trates that this market has been tak- -,
mg care of itself. There is no can-

gestion, neither is there any spirited ‘
tone to the situation. It is in shape ,
so that if anything should happen, it
would be in position to take dvan-jfi
tage of it;- There is no pa 10311:th
change to report ‘ 1

1 ‘ 1 '

 

at. market con’dl- ' '

 

‘1 {Jones Willmmstqn Mich

Just the Paper We Need!

“I became one Ofthe founders of
Michigan Business Farming. It is
just the paper we need and I am
well pleased with 1t ”—-Mr, Robert

 

Wants I'é'fa Dally! ..
"Enclosed please find subscrip— -

 

 

 

- tion to Michigan Business. Farming.- ,. , -
‘L‘My only wick is that it will be a"
“daily by another year.’ ' h’ _

.POTATOE8——DETROIT MAR

Bulk trons car, per bit.
- *S'ack'ed 11-011": car, .

 

 

The flrst‘ (7"
thing to do is to purge yourselves 013;..." ‘

Thng-z; "
“demonstrates that we have. not been... '


 

 

 

e'LLLL was onlY‘
on this market
if Elfhe tone t9 the

L‘ L‘ L ; inL shippers
.1- via

aqin fthe yprospect of liberal

it can not be icoked ferwardL .

an advance in the near future.

 

x

: PorAroee—cmcmnxn
. ‘ ' MARKET. .

’ ink/hon: our. per 1111.. .48 to .55
L‘Sncked from ear. per bu. . .50 tom”

track. mutt he. even weight, 150
bounds
‘ Price

noted include- coat of suck.
boat 10 -

is each. 5

 

m .

fiPITTSBURGI—I—The Pittsburgh sit-
‘uatldn is eomparatively healthy. There
1" L-is not anything particularly wrong
with the,situation in general; receipts
u re just about in line with the de-
inland We believe it would be easy,
possibly, to draw longer prices on
this, market Were it not for the sym-
V pathetic a influence that other sur-
, rounding markets produced. We know
of quite a number of inquiries having
‘xco'me from this section in the past
Week. We believe there is an added
tone along this line. "

 

. , , POTATOES—PITTSBURGH
" 2.3.9” » .‘ MARKET. .
131111: from car, per bu. .45 to .54
. *SthRLcd from our, pet hu L .50 to .58

FSIcku must be even weixht. 150
pounds. 7

Price quoted include: cost of sack,
shout 10%c each. ‘

 

 

 

A Fine for the Farmer!
., “I Consider the Michigan Busi-
' ness Farming pretty fine for the
Jarmers.Wish1'n‘g you success, I.
remain, Clyde Cooper, Sherman,

WHEAT“

The effect of the foreign politi-
cal situation continues to have
its influence on the ‘wheat situ-

 

 

 

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1’/-
/ .1 -
1

last 1

— loyal.

«to you, as a-producer,

 

WHEAT—DETROIT MARKET.

1 White....- .....
2 Red.

Speculative Prices.
*D‘ecember delivery. . . .' ...... $1. 121/2
*Mny delivery ............. 1. 161/2

‘ "The price; given for December
and May delivery represent ‘the (I‘m
tu‘re delivery prices. Thi'o infor-
nation merely given you the tuture.
‘: hula of thin commodity no lured
by tho-e whp opeeniite on inure

No. ....... $1.1] 1/:

,No.

 

 

Litroapecto.

 

etion from day to day. In other
”order this is the prime factor in
so for the bears. We feel that there

of trade, professional or other-
,1; been comparatively narrow

re seems to be

_ s” at. any time ,

 

Labia;- Paper! L L

these Farming 1.9L L L

 

 

._:at least a month.
”afraid now that the advance we men-

 

It has certainly developed that
the bean Situation has every
right to give us good substan-
tial LL'KrLeturns this season. We think
'the situation has proved to be 1m a

most healthy condition. ‘The supreme

test has been used and feund Wanting

The price was reduced and held for.

some days, reports or the very easy
conditions given ",out but the real
tenor of the situation would not all-ow
the market being held on its reduced
You know the nature of the
'crop‘- .You have been advised from
the very inception of the season re-
garding the different angles of the
same ,All of these advices and sub~
sequent tests being made simply go to
show thatthe actual tone to the situ-
atiOn must be satisfactory unless we
make a decidedly bad move in the
Way of disposition. These beans are
not where they ought to be today.
We, and also the dealers over the
state, have not handled the bean situ-

, ation as was possible to handle it at

any time during the season so far
As preducers, you were disposed to
dump your beans just as fast as the
Lord would let you. Up to the break
in price, [the dealers 'vwer'e' dumping
on] to the outside market in the same
.manner. We never saw less nerve

displayed on the part of the average ‘

dealer than Was in evidence this sea—

} son, but when the crucial moment
came, they began to show what they"
Were made of and accordingly did not?

move a been on therdecline. There is
practically no question but what you
could put thesebeans.on a. $2.40 basis
if ,you Were

 

5 BEANS—DETROIT MARKET.
White. hand-picked basis. . . . $2.20
' Red Kidney ..... . .......... . . . 2.30

MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES.
Zone No. 2, Michigan... . . . . . . . 2.15
Zone No. 3, Michigan. .. . . . . . . . 2.20
201195 4, 5, 6 and ’7, Michigan. . 2.25

. NOTE—We give you above the
price. that Michitnn dealer: should
be able to pay yon- for henna, hand-
picked basis, in the amen-eat freight
zones of Michigan. The Pink Sheet
has set the price toi- beanl, hand-
picked balls; at the overuse Michi-
gan points, at $2.40 per bushel.

 

 

 

only disposed to exhibit a. reasonable
amount of brains and nerve. We con-
tend that the possibilities are of such
a promising nature as to warrant the
above supposition. .WeLbelieve that
“fit is right up to you and the manipu-
lation you make as to whether' you
experience .a $2. 40 market or, not. You

are marketing these beans plenty'

fast enough right now. Let it not
be your disposition to crowd the mar-
’ket—-—hold up a little—gob slowly.
There are net too many beans. They
will all go befOre the new crop and
at a much longer price if you hold
Lback a little, than as if marketed in
an ayalanche manner.

 

FaLr Better Then He Expected. 1

, ‘- “The zmzé pink sheet 1.9 first
what- we needed,1'ar better than I

had empected.,1ifmd.enclosed re.

- newalfiu—Mr‘. Au "11.91.117.133, Aéhle ’
r‘Mtch . . ,. /

 

 

appreciate £tLliLe i

LLhic‘n cats are fishi-

high, “the 1- attic on the market ,

:5QO has been the actual existing.‘

situation from the inception of the
season] Don’t look fer any Spirited
advance neither eXpect any marked
~7decline We think that oats Will con-
tinue‘ on about their present level for
We are a little

tloned some weeks ago will not be ex-
perienced during the allotted time set.
The material change in the hay situa-
tion and the abundant corn crop will
have a tendency to make the same
impossible. It oats are able to main-
tain themselves, they will really be

doing all that we should naturally ex-'

poet

1.

OATS—DETROIT MARKET.

Standard .

' No, '3 White ................. .35
No. 4 \Vhite .................

No. 2 Mixed... ‘

No. 3 Mixed .................

 

 

CINCINNATI—Offerings were mod-
erate; an improved demand existing.

'A firm tone prevailed on the market

with the betterclass of oats in best
request. However, practically all
grades on the market moved rapidly.

Offerings were really below the “de-’

mand.

 

OATS—CINCINNATI MARKET.

Standard .36
No. 3 \Vhite ................. 35%,»
No. 4 “min: ................. - .3434;
No. 2 Mixed ..... . ........... .35
No. 3 Mixed ................. .341/2

 

 

 

PITTSBURGH—No material change
to report on the Pittsburgh market;
reports continue to be in excess of
the natural demand; tone to the situ-
ation just a little below normal. We

 

OATS-PITTSBURGH, MARKET.

Standard

No. 3 White .................
No. 4 White ....... .......
No. 2 Mixed .................
No. 3 Mixed .................

 

 

 

 

pect any material change tot _.
seed situation for at least 60 dayn‘
Up to this time the situation will be.
based on the. future expectancy o
the market The tone to the situatio
continues to be mL9st satisfactory and
prosperous. ~

 

LCLOVER SEED—DETROIT
MARKET.

June . . . . . . .
Mammoth
Al-ike .
Timothy Seed . .

 

 

 

Hits the‘ NaiiLon the Head! '

»“In the issuing of the Michigan 'L

Business Farming I think: you have"
hit the nail’ on the head, as it is
what the fmmers need to wake
them up "’—Mr N. V. Coomer Mt.
Pleasant, Mich.

 

CORN

 

 

This cold weather spell should
D: have an influence’toward mak-

ing the corn market show an
improvement. We do not feel that
there is any well warranted possibil-
ity of much of an advance existing.-

' in the face of the abundant crop exist-

ing and also being subject to the re-
flection from the present hay situa-
tion and the present oat situation, it
would be unnatural to expect very
much of an improvement to later
exist. Of course, we appreciate, and
in fact the only hope we have is for
some avenue of escape to yet show
up. This must be of a satisfactory
nature: in other words, an increased
demand must be made or eISe we see
no possibility for very much of an ad-
vance to be possible Vie have sug-
gested the possibility and the feasible
teatime of feeding extensively thls

Continued on Page Six ’

 

VERY BUSINESS I‘AEMEB
E should know the freight rate
from his shipping station to
”the leading market cen’ters. With
this key you are in a. position to
know whether your local dealer is

Below We g‘iVe you the “Business
Farming Zone Map of Michigan.”
You will notice that in connection
with the map We give you the ap-
proximate rate per hundred pounds
for shipments by freight to the
markets named on most of the prod-
ucts of your farm. These rates
will vary a. little at different points,
therefore we advise you to go to your
local railway agent and get the rates
from him He is obliged by law to
give you the rates, and with these
rates and the “Pink Sheet” you are
secure.

Zone l—Sault Ste. Marie.
New York City. . . . .
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit

Zone' 2—Kalkaska.
New York City ...... . . . .
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit

Zone New Gity.‘
New York City.....
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit

Zone 4—Greenviue. 1
New York City..........
Pittsburgs.
Cincinnati . . . . . ,.
Chicago
Detroit

Lions 5—sandul .
- New York Cty
Pittflburth

.1...

9-00....-

-
ou-o'o-o
colon-Lllotlolo-OO

eons-ono‘ooe-noLeuv

use-Lu-usgoyco

 

giving you a square deal or not. 1

Michigan [freight Zones

MICHIGAN
FREIEHT

_ _ APPROXIMATE

ARATES T0

4 .. . LEADING
(SEE

' TABLE
BELOW)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit

Zone e—Vickn'bur.
New York C ty...».......
Pittsburgs ’
Cincinnati
-Chicago
Detroit ..........

Zone 7—Pontiao.
New York City. . . . . . . .
,Pittsburgh ................
’Gincirmati ~\--- ...‘.........'
Chi ago
Det oit.

atone-e-o

Iollb.

covey-e.-baongoue

to...le.oo‘ll'§.ol

 

 

 

 


 

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EDITORIAL

 

y

I. 1*

FTER having spent twenty years of my life on a farm“

fsr'ithe ‘-‘ F’s ”' fogs fl' area (I ~fr e‘

skinned humans of the,’

in Michigan, IV have decided to locate where conditionsfi;

. are not quite so uncertain, and where a living can he
made a little easier. I have sold the old farm, my stock and tools,

;.and next month we all start for our future home in California where ',

No more Michigan

..I puchased a ten— aere orange grove a year ago.
winters for me.’ , ,
“FVer‘ spend a winter in California?” “No;
’but I was in Lds Angeles during the months of
F ebruary and March last year Why, one
morning I remember that I was lying upon the
lawn reading the morning papere—s’un shining,
birds singing,ba1my breezes blOwing——~—and when

"RIGHT
HERE IN
MICHIGAN!”

I read of the blizzards raging and the zeio Weather prevailing back'f-

in Michigan,
for me.”
The speaker

right then and there I said: ‘This is good enough

V was a genial fellow; a farmer who hadlived in
Michigan for twenty Vear's . and besides raising a family of six chil—
dren had accumu latcd perhaps fifteen thousand dollars. The c011—
Kersation took place (in a train which was speeding its way across
southern Michigan carrying the writer to Iowa to attend several
farmers’ meetings. This explanation is necessary as a proper back—
ground for the picture we are to paint. The farmer leaves the train
at his home town; the day closes, and the scene changes.
:1: :1: >1: :1 >1:

dawn of the morrow, comes the news from the
\'\'e are in the land where birds sing, the Sun always
the place where a living canbe
Listen!-

\\’ith the
Golden \Vest.
’shines and balmy breezes blow;
made easier and where conditions are not quite so uncertain.
W’e are readino the ‘.-\ssociated Press dispatches:

. Irom San Bernardino to Ios Angeles every acre of oranges
and lemons has been frozen. Iess than onc— fifth of the crop will
be SEII\'21”'C(I.IIIC total loss so .far repOI ted will reach more than
forty million dollars.”

“The fruit growers, wol‘n out by a forty—eight hour fight against:
'King Frost, are well nigh discouraged. The fruit growers have.
kept their smudging pots going for manv nights, and :as the sun
went down last niOht felt that if they could keep the frost away
another tuclVe hours, the danger would be past They Worked as
they ll€\ er worked before e, but all to no avail.’ _ I

“The outlay expended by the fruit growers in labor'and fuel in
their fight against frost will reach more than a half million dollars,
and this amount must now be added to the total loss of the crop.
_ '-V\7hethe1 the older trees are damaved or not, it is hard to tell, but
ninety percent of the small trees and nursery stock has been killed.
Thus all the work of years may have been swept away in a single
night.”

‘ From the same source a report from Seattle, VVaShihgton, the
Vinecca toward which the thoughts of many middle— —west farmers
:are turning: 1

_ “The United States weather service issued a flood warning
(today to dwellers in the lowlands of western Vlashington, pointing
~out that the melting of the mountain snows must cause the over‘.

' \ Never
‘z'ground Pfl

‘he has shivered in the fog and'perspined‘. .
IOnght the fleas, lice and ticks which,‘

make ”life ‘ I g’fr yu

able for bOth man and beast for a full six months of {It

.. quakes ,
He will realize that there '18 somethmg quite as: bad-as

He will réalize that conditions are quite far ‘
‘and chances of ultimate success far more remote. 1 '

gan winter

’ 1’

There is a place, so we have been told, where the buds

reason to doubt the existence Of such a place We have every reason

to believe that such a place does eXiJst
VV est nay, methink’s there are no Californians there—1 '

But it is not in the Golden”

HEAVEN IS THAT PLACE .

So, brother, if you aren ’t ready. to go to Heaven just new yo
can find no better place to make your preparations no placc where
\ou will find more conifOrt and happiness than

RIGHT HERE IN MICHIGAN'

 

KALAMAZOO SUPERVISORS
VETO REFORMATORY PLAN

At a meeting of the Kalamazoo
board of supervisors last August a

proposition Was offered which called.
for the building 'of a. reformatory inf

Kalamazoo county for the' detention

of southern Michigan crooks and
bums; the same to be made useful in '
the building of rolids throughout; the

county. The idea met the favor of

the board favorably at the time, so.

committees were appointed to look
into the matter. This special Com-

mittee made their findings and report-V

ed favorably; but. the supervisors last
Friday turned down' the report, as
opposition developed after careful
study of the matter, it being feared
that such an institution would prove

to be a heavy burden on the county 3
This
veto caused a. continuance then of'

for the first two or three' years.

the past system of Working the county
prisoners under the “Bryant system,”

Mr. W. N Bryant, as chairman of the,
good roads dommission, being the.
‘founder of the plan that has Worked . ..
so well in the handling of Kalamazoo s.

Commissioner ”Bryant Will -

prisoners.
have charge of all county prisoners

from now on. They Will be employed , ’
on county roads from now on, and

when not busy at that, will put In

their time making the or do1ng‘ farm '. "4
work on a small farm now owned by: '
'the county -'

d draw a doad hog’ over‘ 1;
him in' .a box and’tolm
I!) will

.‘Are y" " keeping. a record pt the
performance of each saw? .1‘ V, .V

Breeding ewes and fattening stock
should bé kept separate.

It is a mistake to try 105mm;-
mize overhead spaée when building

~11 barn More room means 1191131111

A "g‘ood warm bed is a paying 1”

‘veStmentg When pigs animal with th

cold all "night they are not getting?
along Very well. Each squeal reprew
sents an ear of Corn.

 

SPECIAL NOTICE

To the Founders of
MICHIGAN BUSINESS
FARMING

It You yer. one ’or‘. the loyal
tarmers who helped found this
Weekly Market and Crop Reporter
ln the face or: the combined appe-
sitio'n ot the Market Gamblers andé:

1the Para’slte Produce Buyersfz’ It!
sending Ten or Twentyr‘flrc ”nozzle
to' apply on a full FIFTY-WrWEEKS
SUBSCRIPTION ’ '

 

that you send the balance 1
rency; or stcmnh In an early 1119....“ 1'
391116.111"er every locus. of thrillttl;m
“pink-sheet." l .

 

 


Msmnla

3911c; per dozen egg

1?? 9h @7 250 rate as now.
.- oWs of Michigan during the
6 rear. of 1909 furnished butter

31.
W
than

why

 

"tVfaithful agents the
The Wool crop

«£1909 was Worth $3,:
the average value per
29' cents as against 20

‘899, and regardless of times

.;dogs are blamed more than."
1153‘

one thing for the great

- Tariff' laws may come
yet the farmer finds more

dintereSt in the cussed‘hehs of"
It is beastly tosV

eighbor 5' dog
the damage done in a
‘t

he dog‘s fo this or any-

“The total number of

" sugar4 crdps produced

speak.
hens and coWs':
V, Was 749 per cent greater than that

Couple

EXPERT FARM ADVISERS .
Editor Michigan Business Farming:

‘ A: Please let one of your farmer readers

V have just a word. The churches are

the”? average
29 cents, as“

on this

dew a Republican
Vatic tariff

-.champions at: ,'

roosters are

911' Mi’hlg‘an hell and

ms VVcquV combined yet

n .
makers are; saying is in mild protest
against letting oleomargarine be col—
bred 'to look like butter; The beet
sugar people, an the contrary, have

occupied the center- of the stage, and

the country has been informed that

a calamity Will follow. any imury of_
. the Michigan béot sugar business '

The census figures show that the
in Michigan
«in 1909 were as tollOws: ‘

Maple sugar and syrup, $340, 000 as

f . compared with $101, 000 in 18.99.

’ Sugar beets _$1, 014' 000 as com-
pared with ' 877,000 in 1899 This
against $23,900 000 worth of butter
and eggs ‘,~

.'_The total value of' Michigan mops
in 1909 was $162 005, 000. This value

in 1899, this being accredited in the
main to the higher prices, for there
*W'as only a. smell increase in the to-
tal acreage of crops, 5.9 per cent.
Strawberries lead among the small
fruits}; but Michigan palates are evi-
dently groWing weary of the red
berries, for there‘ was a falling off
in the production 27,215,000 quarts in
V1.33: 21's,: against 40,168 000 quarts in

The census bureau makes no at-

V tempt to meet the all important ques-

tion regarding prices Whether any
hope can be deduced from the re-
spective' gains in butter and eggs and
the falling off in strawberry shert
cake is respectfully shifted from the
shoulders of the Census bureau to

”V Vthe Pujo Money Trust inquisitors

 

 

 

 

likely to Continue to be attractive at

anything like present prices. regard- "

less of the Argentine shipments.
The main feature of the corn situa

‘ tion has been the increase in the num—

ber of speculators and investors who
have reached the Conclusion that
prices are low enough to discount the
big icrop, heavy receipts, and the mod-

.. .erate present shipping demand. The
reached a -

market apparently; had
point where the bng Crop had ceased
"to be a bearish féctbr, while an un-
usual premium was placed on heavy
farm consumption, through the rela-
tively high .prices for all kinds of
stock, Prices have hardened stead-
il-y, and there has been enormous

j short covering on the advances, bulls

apparently tightening their grip on
fithe market instead of realizing heav-

'1. “Vily, although there has been much

profit taking at times. . 1"

flags have surprised even the bulls

tr ngth of the market. -,

would

' the line.

spending their very best effort toward ‘

finishing up their annuallarmies of

“so-called missionaries to send to for-
._eign lands, in their reach to redeem

the heathen. These missionaries are
largely made 'up of “honeymooners”
and pale, sickly-looking youths who

' carry anything but vigor hope and

progress to those whom they believe

. to be sufferers from ignorance, dissi-

pation and poverty. They ‘leave our

shores by hundreds, annually. They

go to spread the gospel and to miss
asiadministering angels to a race who
preceded them thousands of years,
yet they go to tell them that they

' will be eternally lost.un1ess they ac-

cept their proffered doctrines. We
are not adverse to the system as it is
at least a. source of enlightenment to
the buds of knowledge who 'pose as
America’s “white wings.” Every na—
tion is producing them, and sending
them out as beacons against danger;

w «yet, the missionary fad is only in' its

inception. The latest brand of “car-
rier pigeon” is the farm missionary.
The federal breeding pen is at Wash-
ington, D. C., and is under the man-
agement of the Department of Agri-
culture. It has been decided‘that
the American farmer is in a deplor-
able condition and that through their
mismanagement. or no management,
is due the ever-increasing cost of liv-
ing, yet from the same federal de-
partment is sung, the great song of
the American farmers’ boundless
prosperity; that his lot is an envi-
able one and that his is the most in-
dependent life known; that he forms
the spinal column of the nati-on—~
yet the department proposes to send

'to every county in the United States

an expert advisor in order that we
may become self-supporting, more re-
spectable and better educated. This
sounds mighty good, and no one
run farther or faster than
would I to meet such a samaritan if
he should prove to be one of many
years and full of hard-earned practi-
cal wisdom; but when the powers at

' thefederal pivot arrange to sift their

hot-house weaklings among the Ameri-
can farmers as missionaries; we draw
We as farmers want years,

whiskers and experience. and not

. cigarette-bleached youths wliosc‘only

credentials are a college sheepskin
and a suitcase full of self-conceit.

of:: meals agents lentils 599917

v 9 .

. ”as much for our money as We
-Qur teacher should be a soil- mixer
rather than a theorist.

institute Worker We have learned the?

the boards. We welcome the mis-
siona‘ry who games in hickory shirt

I and blood in his eye

PEDIGREED NURSERY STOCK. .

As a result of many experiments it}
is about decided that little if nything
can be expected from pedigr ed nut?
sery stock. Much attention has been
given to the work of late years, and
various nurseries have advertised
their stock for sale 35.. strictly pediv}
greed, but variation in the plants
moved that they were not bred to'
any certain strain The idea. is that
if certain trees here and there
throughout the orchard produced su-
perior fruit that if one would propa-

gate from them that the fruit would

be improved throughout the entire '
nursery so ”far as budded or grafted
with the chosen buds or sci-ons; but
’tis not so, as the same variation will
show when the tree comes to hearing
The word “pedigree” sounds much
better in theory than it looks in prac-
tice. No one doubts but that su-
periOI strains do exist in trees and
plants of like nature; but theSe varia-
tions are untenable and cannot be
contIoll ed'. We would .never give
more for a tree or plant because it
wore the word pedigree.
E, L. K.

Fat ewes seldom raise lambs.

Variety is the best appetizer.

How long since you cleaned out
your pig pens?

Horses seldom have colic if they
have access to salt.
A neglected bruise or cut may mean

trouble later on.

Don‘t try to make your cow‘s be-
lieve that dirt is grain.

Hogs will never do well if they are
constantly covered with filth.

Don’t forget an occasional bran
mash for your horses this winter.

A good feeder never gives his
sheep more than they will eat up
clean:

When the horses stand idle all day

‘ keep the stalls clean,'also their feet.

 

STAWBERRY PLANT ‘3

rlcties. Senator .
Dunlap at $1.65 per 1,000. Lowest prices on
vigorous nursery stock in the'atate. 1913 illus-
trated catalog free. MAYER’S PLANT NUR-
SERY, Merrill. Mich.

 

 

 

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MARKETING THE PRODUCT 01‘ YOUR FARM FACTORY——

CAR LOT SHIPMENTS OP GRAIN——Marketing \Vhoat; Securing a.
(far; Examine the Car Carefully: Ready to Load; Ready to Ship;
Oats; Zarley; Rye; Capacity of Cars; Look Out for Small Cars.

MARKETING HAY IN CAR LOTS—Size of Car to Order; Don’t
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REACHING THE POTATO MARKET—'Local Shipments in Sacks;
Remember the Shipping Bill; A \Yord About FreightrCharges;
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HOWITO LINE A CAR FOR SHIPPING POTATOES—The Cost and
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NOT ONE SHIPMENT, BUT MANY—A Big Expense ;_ Don't Worry
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BEANS—LLOCAL SHIPMENTS AND CAR LOTS—The Finished Pro-
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WOOL—Look Out for the Grade; A Little Advice; About Wool Sacks.

SHIPPING PERISHABLE PRODUCTS——Berries; Family and Com-
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Apples; Packing; Cold Storage.

POULTRY—BUTTER AND EGGS Poultry; Handling and Prepar-
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Shipping Crates; Getting Ready for Shipment; \Veighing and
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the Market. _ "

IF YOU MUST SELL VEAL CALVES—Just a Word on the Side;
Preparing for Market; Preparing for Shipments; Making the
Shipment.

DRESSED PORK—~Dressing; Shipping Direct.

DRESSED SHEEP—Our Experience; Preparing for Market.“

LAMBS SHOULD BE NIGELY DRESSED—A Few Pointers

LIVE STOCK IN CARLOADS—The Local Buyers. .

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