, are'ienough‘ ’ 1‘3
with their inns “

not seriously 1 hurt

bars the adminis- _

Must at o
wool an ,_ mpat duties at

"pastime 5.000.006 '

‘afit of the Mis-

__.re-are 10, 000, 00,0:
11._eth fangs of the

sheep in the Ohio region are
131;, for their wool. Their by-
of munch is inconsiderable.

'pponents of the bill In the
beep are kept in small

rt-crossbreeds—that is, if
"ielding lamb and mutton.

‘utto (yielding breeds of sheep.
«.{fiv southwestern United States the

are raised mostly for wool Cust-

poducti'on is lower there‘ than

e in the country, and as low

dispeting foreign lands. Con-

.. free wool probably will not _

, production of that section.
northwest it is becoming ap-
use of climatic conditions,

8 code iii Order to obtain revenue
the mutton. _. It is here that free
1111er to have aserious effect,

'e sheep situation is further com.
' for the growers by the fact
' passed sheep are place"? on the

7011 the other h” (1, live

taxed 10 per cent, which is “

' stimulate their importa-

increase in the number .

' penne- or the high protec~

and their products,

Km on; . he’ rango is grow-
rm h‘ a Insult of the

 

 

 

 

one are:

Rye.
Beans.

oscilsnooooodcp-

outru-

MST mm before going to press, we secure quotations

, new”: odmnmdtttep from the principal market centers. A

‘ " . ' id statement covering conditions, our predictions and special _ '
" . advice, viii! be found with each meaty 0n- the following pages. The

,. . ‘ very latest quoted
fp'Wheat No. 1 White (large mills paying).
‘9 ; Wheat No. 2 Red- (large mills paying)..

. Oats Standard

spelt-cacoaooasso- l

Ill-OOIIIODOIIIICOOUD-OQIOI

~ Hay (beet market today, New York), at. . . .
Pct‘atoes (best market today, Pittsburgh), at.
Buttm ........:...............-:............
_,_P'oultry. .
Dressed Hogs (Detroit Market). . . . . . . . . . . . .

ggs

lino-OOIOIICIOO0.00.0.0...

sissy,
1.09%
.33
.52
2.05
20.00
.45
.32
.19
10%
.18%

nos.- 0

 

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“of tho whet.

e

 

Y way of eXplamation the prices quoted.
refers to the prices paid f. o. b., mills for the quality quoted. We"
give you the “best market today” merely to show you what prices
could be secured for commodities quoted if same Were on track at mar-

, hots named. These quotations, carefully considered, give you the drift

“Large Mills are paying”

 

 

T . #-

igrznproved breeds may be the solution

We quest 9 push. out
to tne peopigmi ”g y 9111
The new schedule is simple in form

* and easily understandable, and the

jokers it contains are set forth in such
a clear fashion that all the World may

see them at the first glance.

The most flagrant of these is that

while wool is placed in the free list, .-

,the hair of- the angora goat,’ alpaca,

and other like animals'is taxed 20 per “

cent ad valorem. The center of the

angora goat industry. is in the district .

of Representative Garner of Texas,
one of the members of the ways and
means committee, who participated in
the preparation of the schedule.

The capital invested .in the wool
industry amounts to $762, 500, 000. The
number of persons employed is 406,-
000, earning $185, 600, 000 annually. The
production is, valued at $1,033,461, 350.

WILL SQUEEZE OUT WATER.

in a speech before the Builders and
Traders’ Exchange in Detroit Monday.
congressman Frank E. Doremus de-
fended the Wilson-Underwood tariff
bill and his remarks with reference
to beet sugar will be of interest to‘

- Michigan BuSiness Farming readers?"

We give extracts from his views here-
with:

“We have, heard a. great deal about
the propositio '
the free list. Or the first year the
tariff will be reduced 25 per cent [to
about $1 per-hundred, and at the end
of three years sugar will be put upon
the free list. For over 100 years we

{have protected the cultivation, and re-

fining of» sugar and yet out of a con-
sumption of 3,350, 000 tons less than
25 per. cent is produced in this coun-
try. For. the protection of this indus-
try the American people paid $120,-
000, 000 last year and every pound of
sugar produced in this country cost
the consumer 6 1-2 'cents on account

to place sugar upon”

cane sugar producers can exist finder
free r, but it is also certain that

”H‘s" chm has seen cuitiv ate‘d
and restored at the expense of all the
people for over 100 years ought not
to be further fostered.

“It is the opinion of authorities that
the beet sugar industry can survive
with the tariff removed. Germany pro-
duces a great deal of beet sugar and
the average price in Hamburg fora
period of 12 years was $2.31 per hun-
dred less than the average price in
New, York. And yet the European
farmers received an average of from
$5.32 to $6.70 per ton for their beets,
as much as was received by the Amer-
ican farmers raising sdgar beets.

“There is not to exceed $60,000,000
of capital invested in boot sugar fac-
tories in the United States though
they are capitalized at $120,000,000.
The capital invested is just twice the
amount that the people are required
to pay for the protection of the indus-
try. It may be necessary for the sugar
companies to readjust and squeeze out
some of the water but it seems as if
under proper efficient management
they ought to survive and I believe
they will.”

 

First Saving Pays Subscription
For Twenty Years.

“Michigan Business Farming
is the" best paper a Farmer can
take. Through it l made be-
tween $10 and $15 on a bunch of
stock as I would have taken
less if I hadn’t had the ‘pink
sheet' and saw what the actual
(outside market was, so the
buyer came to my price. Just a

, good per cent on 50 cents—~10
dollars. How’s that? I hope
every farmer in the Lake
Region will be on your subscrip-
tion list.” F. C. Beeehler, Ith-
aca, Michigan.

 

 

 

Is 1 00-013mm -:
SOCIETY 1 Tlifl

The possibility of prosecuting farm-2‘
ers’ co-operative societies under the"
Sherman anti-trust law has had span
modic discussion these last few years *-
There are indications now that they
matter will be brought to a head and.
thrashed out to a finish. The cause»
of this will be the sundry civil appro:
.priation bill, which carries a clau'se‘v‘
providing that the $300,000 of its to‘
tal, appropriated for the prosecution'
of trusts and combinations, shall not
be used to prosecute farmers’ cow-,-
operative organizations or labor unions. : '

Former President Taft vetoed the ,

bill on account of the proviso regard"
ing 00- -operative societies and labor ‘
unions, but it is believed that Presi-'
dent Wilson is in favor of the meas-
ure and will sign it if passed. While
the president does not favor attaching.
general ,.
bills, he does not regard this partic-_
ular provision as one that establishes-
a rule of future law, with respect to 1
farmers’ organizations or labor unions. 'f
The whole question of whether farms“
are 00- operative societies and labor,’
unions may be prosecuted for opera-l '
tlons alleged to be in restraint of

, trade, under the Sherman law, is like-,1

1y to be taken up when a revision of
the anti— must law as recommended new
President Wilson Until that time _.
however, it is said. that the president _
does not believe that the provision in
the sundry civil appropriation bill can , _'
be regarded as class legislation.

However, it looks as if a determined
fight will be made upon the provision
by large manufacturers, who are de-
sirous of crippling the labor unions
if such a thing is possible. They are
not so much concerned with farmers'
co- operative societies, but are quite
willing to destroy them also, if they
can succeed in preventing the organ-
izing of labor men under the anti:
trust statute. The attitude of these
manufacturers is explained at "length
in an open letter sent to President
Wilson by the president of the National
Manufacturers’ association, which we
herewith subjoin.

My dear Mr. President: The Na-
tional Association of Manufacturers,
of which it is my honorto be presi~
dent, is an organization composed of
nearly 4,000 manufacturing concerns,
in practically every state of the union. 1
The fundamental purpose of our Or- ,
ganization is industrial freedom-
freedom from the despotism of uncon-
scionable labor dictation toward both
employers and the vast majority of
workingmen throughout the country ..
who are unafiiliated with trade union- ,
ism. Our organization is non-political.
Its spirit is patriotism and loyalty to .
our republic, its laws and institutions; ' ’

We affirm our belief of opportunity“
in the impartial administration of law,
believing that upon such framework.’
only can economic and social justiCe"
be effectively realized. We do not op;
pose trades unions, per so. We favor
them. Particularly, however, do We
deny that trades unionism in many of
its methods is above or outside of the .
just administration of law. . "-

I have observed in the daily papers ‘ ,
that there has been introduced into " '
the present session of congress the f
sundry civil appropriation bi11,where-

(Continued on Page Four) *

 

 

legiSIation t0 appronriationy


 

' far" as railroad conditions
w concerned, the trans-j‘

‘1 1rta10n feature of. all com-
4 8. is being handled as before;

:1- coded situation has no bearing"

a th' present time on this feature.
' road conditions in the country
very much improved, in most sec-
on: of the state this feature is not

bus enough to hanicap the move—
them: of hay from farms to transpor-
tanon cen y.rs The factor which is
homing back at the moment is
that of needing time on the farm, in,

practically every direction and on
‘ very farm in the State of Michigan ,

today farmers are interested in the
preparation of their spring crop. It
Will be absolutely out of the ques-
tion to look for any free movement
i“ hay from the farms until seeding
me is over. This will cause an ex-

.Ception of the already gradual tie up *

.of hay receipts on outside markets.

'_ It will cause markets in every direc-
tion to become
7 cleaned up and aggressive as to the

more thoroughly

filling of their future requirements.
Lilf there is any possibility to a better

‘ condition existing later, we haVe cer-

' 'tainly every right to believe that we

> will experience it, because the com-

bination of the three elements, the

, flood, bad roads condition and seed-
', ing time have all come at a time

when they should jointly form a real
asset to the general situation. If the

.3 result is not a longer price for at

least our better qualities of hay, then
the situation is certainly lost.
While it is true that the markets in

‘ practically every direction are being

visited with a little advance by vir-
tue of the curtailment of receipts, it
shows that there was a most con-
servative feeling existing on the out-

,..side. --The receivers and users of hay

; hay

from all angles are thoroughly aware
of the situation that confronts us,
and one and all are looking and
fighting for lower prices instead of
higher. We believe they do realize,
however, the very small percentage
of desirable qualities of hay that are
coming forward and are still back to
come forward. The appreciation they
have along this line is going to be an
sset to the general situation from
ow on because as demonstrated in
jur lesue of last week the feeders of
in the closing months of the

year are those of a high class na-

,1
,3

' \

Wamount still back,

ture, those Who‘are feeding horses of
high class and who accordingly are
looking for the very best possible to
obtain. A class of trade of this kind
will always pay a premium if they
can get goods of a premium nature.

Remember we have May, June and
July still before us as exceptionally
good feeding months for high class
stuff, but almost out of the race so

' far as low grade hays are concerned;

therefore this would mean that those
having low grade hays back for dis-

' position were facing a possibility of

not being able to place it at all.
There will be a small percentage of

i” low grade hays still placed on the

market, but as compared with the
this percentage

will be indeed very small. There is

1 ‘going to be a good cleancut demand

from now until the close of the sea-

sOni for good, high colored, light

,r.‘,t_nixed hay and hays of good straight

No.2 Timothy and better. On these

5" characters of hay it is conservatively

possible to better the priCe condi-
tions which we are now facing. All
that is needed is regulated disposi-
We do not even believe that
is any particular danger of

' The busy features of spring-
will be such as to regulate the
111th from the farm. Dealers
turally put on their own regu-
after the hay comes into their

said not: b_,_ surprised-

if an" M11..- 15111 a
our :gggigg‘fgfi 55331- mtienc.
tak e- a chance at the mar rkeetm- We

, the weather man. Butli cheer! 1.118
it will pay.

No.
market, at profitable prices.
predicted. No.
fed. 4-——No profit at rulin
hour" Nproposition. No.
lower but we w0uld take a. chance.

prices.

 

1 Get on your f'slickers" and watch‘the’

5-——Be‘ ter keep in port. Storm on.

1—Go0d, substantial demand-13nd present conditions favor steady ,'
No. 2~Msrket clearing up and, betée‘r prices ~ , -
3—Market very quiet; has every 11 p’earance of bei

‘s-

ever-
is is an "efeventh

It you can
Prices may 30.

/

 

 

there is not an) advance of $1.00 to
$2.00 per ton before the close of the.
season on this high class hay. Ap-

Lpreciate, however, that,this is very

much open tothe manner in ’which
dealers and receivers of hay handle
the situation from now on. Any pos-
sibility howeVer good and in what-
ever line may be destroyed if \not
handled in a proper manner,

 

HAY—MICHIGAN ZONE PRICIO. .'

Zone No. 1 Michigan/

Zone No. 2 Michigan. .

Zone No. 3 Michigan ..... ..

Zone No. 4 Michigan ..........

Zone No. 5 Michigan,. . .

Zone No. 0 Michigan ..........

Zone No. 7 Michigan. . . .1 ..... 12.70

NOTE—(rho price. hen nrc on u
but. of No. 1 Tlmot y in: in the
dllcrcnt Mlchlgnn freight nonen.
This give. you the price flint litm-
gnn dollar. nhonld be nblc to pny_
for this commodity. f. o. I». their ctn-
gcnc. nndcr existing market condl-,

cnn.

 

 

 

DETROIT—There is but very little
change to report on the Detroit mar-
ket over that given out in our issue
of one week ago. Receipts continue
light with the trade becoming more
urgent along the lines of require-'
ments. The market on jiay from No.
2 up has advanced about $1.00 per
ton. There is a much better tone to
the situation from all angles.

HAY—DETROIT» MARKET.
N o. 1 Timothy ................ $14.50
No, 2 Timothy. . .' ............ 12.50
No. 3 Timothy ................ 9.00
Light mixed .................. 12.50
No.1mlxed..........; ....... 11.50
No. 2 mixed .................. 8.00
Rye Strnw .................... 9.00
Wheat and Out Straw .......... 8.00

PITTSBURGH—The railroads hav-
ing fully recovered from the recent
floods are now working in a normal
manner. Hay is arriving freely with
the demand a little slow. What de-
mand there is is for the better
grades. The low and common quali-
ties of hay are as hard to place at
the present time as at any time dur-
ing the season.

 

 

 

 

. slightly heavier.

, little easier. . ,

BOSTON—Theme is no particular?
change to report on the Boston mar- "
ket.

Receipts are beginnih‘gto be as
liberal as pricr to the flooded situa-
tion. The result is a little easier
feeling existing: There is no particu-
lar change in Quotations to make this

week but we do not think the generally

tone is quite as firm

 

HAY—BOSTON 'MARKET.

Large Small
men. bnlcl-
. -. 1.50 $20.50
$€9.50 19.50

17.00

14.00
15.00 ....I 15.00
15.00
13.00

Hay. choice .......
Hay, No. 1
-Hay. No. 2...
Hay, N0. 3. a . .
Hay. clover...........
Hay, clover mixed. . . . 15. 00

Hay, .tock. 13.00
Long rye straw. . 18.00 .
Tangled rye ctrnw. .. . 12.0. n.”
olt “I." Deco-onecc-o 11¢” 11'.“

NOTb—Lnrge bnlcn weigh from
200 to 250 pounds; medium bnlcl
from 80 to 100 yon-ll.

none-......
ounce,

ccvtwcc'c'

 

 

 

NEW YORK—Shipments have in-‘

creased with moderation during the
last week. Stocks in transit ever the
principal hay . shipping roads are
Added to this there
is a little‘more unsold hay on ter-
minal sheds. The first river barges
have arrived, thus adding to- the gen-
eral. supply of~both hay and straw.

.. The general tone to the situation on

everything below No. 1 hay is ,just a

HAY—NEW YORK MARKET.

New Hnyl Lnrgc lmnll
Timothy— bnlcl. bnlcc.
Choice. ”I ten. per ton.

No. 1 ................. $21.00 $21.00
17.00
13.00
17.00
16.50
10.00
18.50

 

Light Clover Mixed.

No. 1 Clover Mixed

No. 1 Clover-....

No. 2 Clover Mixed. . . .
straw-

No. 1 Rye--.......-...

NO. a Ry....-.......:-

No. 1 0at........-..... 1

No. I Went... 11.50

NOTE—Large bole. weigh ”p
300 to 250 pound” medium
from 80 to 150 pounds.

 

HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET.

No.1 Timothy hay ........... $10. 00
No " Timothy hay ............ 13.. '30
No. 3 Timothy ................ 11.00
No. 1 Light mixed hay ....... 13.00
No. 1 Clover mixed hay ....... 13.00
No. 1 Clover hay. . .......... . 12.00
Fine Prairie Packing Hay. . .. 10.00
No. 1 Ont ntrnw ............. .1 000
No. 1 Rye Straw ..............
No. 1 “fluent straw ..... . . . . . .

11200
9.00

 

 

 

CHICAGO—There has been a no-
ticeable increase in receipts on the
latter end of the week with the re-
sult that the same were sufficient to
meet daily demands. It is just up
to the feature of receipts as to
whether the market makes a decline
or advance in the future.

 

Eve,
1 ,0 ,

HAY—OH ICéGO MARKET.

Choice Timothy , , . . . ......... $18.00
N o. 1' Timothy ....... . ....... 17.00
No, 2 Timothy ................ 15.00
night Clover mixed ........... 14.00
No. 2 Mixed hay.............. 11.00
No. 8 Timothy ..... 11.00
Clover . . . 11.00
Threshed Timothy ..........._
Marsh feeding hay. . 2.00
0.00
18.00

Pncklng . ...

Choice Alfalfa. ...............

No. 1 lfnlfn................ 10.00
decooncoco-goo’c’e-ccnegcclc. ’

neon...

occult...

 

 

 

POTATOES

the receiver.

 

 

 

This is the first year in along
time when we have not heard
the wise one make the remark,
From the inceptiou

E

“I told you so.”
of the season up until the present,
time we have not met with any v '
wise ones with reference to what flliy

future was going to bring forth.
Every one seems to wish to stand on
neutral ground or on the fence where
he can jump either way if the time
ever comes to make'the jump. I have
not experienced a season like " this
during my whole career with the
marketing of farm produCts
Regardless of the lineup one gives
a. future situation when the season
starts out, you cannot help but can

stantly hope and long for something»

Other than yOur former conservative

judgment dictated would be possible. 1
“This has been my position during the

has been the position of may "of you '
" as marketers , ter

situation on,‘

/. marketer of potato
1- situation as? studiedly we; ..

W.
11‘

,dithPS that can

‘The situation right

‘ definite, bht not any m0

has been -5 right al

reaSons whether the situation
better 0r worse than it s tod
handlers Of potatoes go“

“ and the reCeivers of potato

outside are all figuring for .
tatoes That is natural from
er’s standpoint either frém

That is the safe i'
ner in which to look at the slit

We know the dealer is ofva 1119’ W
servatiVe nature, and aCcordi‘n it“
that the possibilities of an ad,

are only slight; that these given ‘
sibilities hang on the new pOtato c
and also on the possibilities of
cousin and Minnesota making dep

’ sition of the remainder of their crops

west and south instead of east;-

we just had the eastern market to
work on with the balance of our
Michigan potatoes we believe it is
conservative to expect that an a "

would be the ultimate result"; *
There is the situation, reader

cannot bank on any definite...pro_pos
tion. There is one th g sure,‘.pota-
toes at 30 cents to the producer "are :1
below a normal standard. We have
every right to look, hope and fight 119:
a better situation when potatoes 9.
at this level. As far as Michigan
concerned, we haven’t enough Dot .
toes left to cut any particular flguy
with the outside situation.

to set the stakes for future possibili‘» ;
ties for the balance of the crop. ~

 

POTATOES—MICHIGAN ZQN‘
PRICIC.

Zone No. 2 Michigan ........... $ .81
Zone No. 4 Michigan ........... _ ,
Zone No.5 Michigan ........... .311
Zone No. 6 Michigan ...... 1. . . , .83
Zone No 7 Michigan ...... ..1 ....... 88

NOTE—From present market cen-
dluenl, local dealer. In the frelgi f
none- chonld pay you the "rte.
quoted above for No. 1. stock (on; 1
llvcrcd at their l‘tnflonl. The-Q1
’rlcen can be increased by tnkfng
advantage of special cnrlct ole". ‘

 

 

 

DETROIT—The Detroit market in"
not quite as healthy as it was a week-
ago—the tone to the situation not, 1
quite as good The movement of D0-
tatoes by railroad carriers has not
been at all heavy, but the movement
from farmers’ wagons has just abou.
taken care of. the floating trade.
taking care of this trade they he s
allowed the price to gradually Bag
in other words, alloived the buyer to
take advantage of the situation (I.
lower the market.

 

 

 

 


 

  

  

  
 
    
 

    

 

  

 

      

 

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L _. .‘A3t0 04'9

  
   

 

 

  
 
   
 

"liberal number of cars
“transit. .In some cases

a n" has changed ‘almost 10
wig per-bushel in the last week A
ago a number of sales were he-
Rooted; around 55 cents in bulk,
the last Week closed with the

 

  
   
  
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
    
 
  
 
 
 
   
  
    
  
 
 
  

" although the trade is con-

; coking/tor lower prices to be
deuce. This forces potatoes to

nuphill battle constantly.

POTATOES—PITTSBUHG

MARKET

fault tron: car, per bu.
' ~‘e‘fi‘elil from ear, per ..bu

”WHEAT

“We? begin to appreciate :that

 

 

.‘ .40 to .45 4
. .43 to .48

 

 

 

 

per bushel thal a ,‘real fight is 011
- om day to day to show a variation.

brought about to cause a change in

notations. A great deal of the news
lved. are of intrinsic value to the

' 1ng and abetting the gamble con-
tahtly going on. The week closed

W'H EAT—D ETROIT MARKET.

 

. Speculative Pricee.
,Jifly delivery ................. .9434
‘ Muy delivery. .. .......... , . .. 1. 091/2
.I'l‘he prieee given ter December '
:e‘nl any delivery note-en! the h-
.iure delivery prices. This inter—
givee you the future '
it. commodity u lured
an; who epeeulete on future
perihecu.

 

 
 
  
 

there ‘,

. at the present time.

.when wheat gets above\ $100 .

7. All kinds of news are sought for and ‘

  

' bring us back

Ilia; .
1' WW example of 15 per cent 01? beans

' Ti with 33 1 3 per cent of the season on

miner. Reports frohi the

“magmas southwest were. semewhat

edrfi'A few complaints are com-
1163- item Kansas as. $6 dry weather.

[conditions South Dakota reports for-
eat and prairie fires. After boiling

thwart-all Of “1958 DEWEY items down, we

’ , it ply liberal ”receipts '
View wee} Owing tojhe'

  

find that there is no real basis on
which to look for a change in the sit-

: nation Wheat will continue to show
variations of a few- cents, but some-.4

thing of a. most deemed nature will

have to happen or Wheat will hang
around $1 05‘ to $1.10 for some time

 

WH EAT—C H lCAGO MAR KIT.

No.2Red...L'.,.... ...... ‘ .......31.06
speculative Pricee.

‘July deliVery ..... ,. . . . . . . . .9134
*May delivery ............... .921/1
‘The price given for July

and III" delivery repreeent the 1.-
ture delivery prince. Thi- interme-
tion merely gives you the future
been or tile eom-e‘dlty u Imd
by the-e who emulate en filt‘ll'.’
pro-pee“.

4[ 'BEANS.

4 The bean situation has a good,
H' well grounded foundation at
the present time, a foundation

on which futurepossibilities may be
founded in a. safe and sane manner.
There has not been a time during the
marketing of this crop when the
handlers of beans were making every
lick count, When the situation was
being studied, constantly, and from
its every. angle as. it is being studied
Real tone and
health has been injected, making 'a.
decidedly live situation; shuggishness
and depression haVe been entirely
eliminated, with the result that we

 

 

 

 

 

are now in shape to worln out real -

salvation for the remainder of the
bean crop.

I suppose you will think that the
writer is crazy—there is no question
but what the bean dealers over the
state will say that I am crazy—when
I make the assertion that it is pos.
sible for these beans to go to $2.40
per bushel. You have heard there-
markzthat it was great to be crazy——
it makes you feel good anyhow—but
let’s see if we have not a right to
hope for $2. 40 out of these beans. We
have May, June, July and August,
four months ahead of us in which to
dispose of the remainder of this crop.
It has been estimated by the hand-
lers of beans over the state that not
over 18 per cent of the entire crop
of beans is ‘still back either in
farmers’ or dealers’ hands for move-
ment. In this percentage they have
not allowed for any loss because of
condition. We know mighty well
that a certain percentage of.these

".which to market them.

In other
Words 85 per Cent of our beans have
already gone on to 66 2- 3 per cent of
the season. With that ratio existing
and with the market having showed
its form from its inception to the
present, haven’t we every right to

.look for these beans to show their

former level set last season, and thIe
season before, of around $2. 40?
looks like good dope to the Writer,

pessibly you had” not better take an

.over dose of it, because it may not

fwork, but I want to tell you right
‘ here that the handlers of beans over

the State of Michigan are not sweat-
ing any blood over the bean situa-
tion; . their " lse was good and
steady when beans were down to
$1. 80; they were not alarmed because

they knew the aiiiount of beans back, ~

they knew that the $1. 80 that showed
on the blackboard was not caused by
the amount of beans back to go on
the market, but because of the man-
ner in which the situation had been
handled. The handlers of beans in a.

- large way are banking on the very

dope that we are giving you above,
but the wisest of men make mistakes.

BEANS—~DETROIT MARKET.

 

White hand-picked basis ....... $2.05
Red Kidney ................... 2.10
MICHIGAN ZONE PRICEt.
Zone No. 2 Michigan .......... $1.80
Zone No. 3 Michigan .......... 1.90
Zones 4, 5.6 and 7 Michigan. . . 1.90

N GTE—We xive you above the ‘
price. that Mlehixen dealers ehuld
be able to pay you for beans. hand--
picked buele, in the dilerent freight
zones at Michigan. The Pink Sheet
has let the price for bee-e, lend-
picked balls. It the .vernte Mich!-
gan points, at $2.40 per bulhel.

OATS

There is no particular change
‘ to report on the cat Situation.

It is certainly of a most healthy
nature;. there is nothing exciting
about the situation at the present
time, neither has there been at any
time during the season. Oats have
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taken» a little better position on the

market. They have fought their own
battle and gradually won out. You
will remember that this is the exact
position that the “Pink Sheet” took
on the oat situation in its very first
issue.

OATS—DETROIT MAR KET.

‘Standard ...................... $ .29
N0. 3 white ....................... 315‘
No. 4 White ..... . . ..........

No. 2 Mlxed.................

No. 8 Mixed. . . .

 

CINCINNATI—The demand on the
Cincinnati market was only of a mod-
erate nature, and a comparatively

to <10-
_ ' ”required ,and no more?
ofai marketable,

at... their: men

 

Standard ........ .......
No. 3 White .............. ...,:;,.'
No. 4 White. ..... . ‘
No. 2 Mixed ....... . ...... ..

. ..' ids
No. 8 Mixed ......... ..._..... .30:

 

   
  
 

 

' easier feeling on the Pittsburgh ma:
ket—tendency of buyers was to hoi

were of a liberal nature.

  

 

CATO—PITTOIU RGH MARKET.

Standard .................... .40:
N o. 3 White ................. 38%
N o. 4 White ................. .37 - ‘
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D uation. There is absolutely no

reason to hope 01 expect for a re
duction in price levels during seeding
time. The situation has maintained
one of real tone from the inception of
the season

Now that seeding time is with us

it would be most unnatural to expect
a receding in values. The large
handlers of seed have the situation
in their own hands and certainly will
be looked to as maintainers of at
least the present standard of levels.
From a traders’ standpoint the tone
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There is but little change to
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CLOVER SEED—DETROIT
MARKET.
June, prime ..... . . ....... $12.00
Mammoth, prime ............ 12.00
Alslke, prime ................ 12.60
Timothy Seed, prime ........ 1.65
Every week that goes by

D: means much to the closing in
of the apple situation. It is
wonderful the manner in which stor‘
age stock has kept during the past
season. This goes to show that the

raisers of apples are gradually gain- ,

ing efliciency along the lines of both
growing, handling and generally pre-
paring this commodity for the market.

There continues to be a good. de-
mand, and in sympathy therewith a
good clean-cut tone to the situation
affecting high class {storage stock.
Apples of color with appearance are
the ones looked for at this season
of the year.

ance to the apple industry. Storage
stock is valued much more highly
than country stock from cellars, be-

cause of both the feature of firmness

and flavor.
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N order to keep in touch with the
met at conditious you should know
the with: rate from your ehipplng
' station to the leading market cen-
tern. i you have the insight rate you
have the key which places you in a po-
tion to know whether your local dealer
giving you the market. price for your
ducts or not. In connection with
igl- article we give you the Michigan
Siamese Farmer Zone Map. You will
recipe that Ethic map is divided into
on trelghtizonee. Your term is locat-
in? line at these house. and by refer—
it?) the table given below you will
approtimetely what it costs for car-
,hipmentée to the dimerent market
'The rate given is per 100
and it should be remembered
are the appro lmete rates
_ course. {litter-m. little from
into 2111 the dental acne
is. edxieable that you recur
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Zone l-—-Bault Ste. Marie.

some
'4“. of. th :., .

 

Pittsburgh, for instance, show that Nt.
1 Timothy/hay is worth $15.00 per ton.
The freight being $4.40, woulthow that
the dealers in Tuscola county should pay
$11.60 per ton, less handling charge. The
minimum weight of a. car ol.’ hay is
20,000 pounds; the minimum weight of a
car of potatoes is 30,000 pounds: the
minimum weight of a car of beans in
40, 000 pounds; and you will have to pay
for that number of pounds in each car.
so be sure and ship a full cal-load. The
rates given cover hay, potatoes and
beans only; an kinds of grains take a
difllerent rate. We will be glad to fur-
nish you with full information with reb-
erence to the maximum and minimum
car-lots. or you can get this intormation
from your local agent.

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New York City.... .... ......... .82 New York City ...... .....
PittSbursh cae-envooeuuwute-ulo 023% Pittsbur‘h ..... ... . nu -
CinCAnnat‘ ... v-ltlt‘leeee‘ ‘ e” gibc‘nnat‘ ...-nuns .

CMOIKO Irv-’W 0 " ‘O I. ‘0’, h‘c‘go ...‘...n..‘ ooooo g ....... -
Detroit .8 Detroit

Zone 3—Bayh City.

New York City 1.27%
Pittsburgh ..................... .17
Cincinnati .................... .16
Chicago ....................... .13
Dotrolt ....................... .19
Zone 4—Greenville.
New York City ................ .29
Pittsburgh .................... .1756
Cincinnati .................... .18
Chicago ...................... .18
Detroit ....................... .11

Zone- 5—Sandus‘ky.

Zone G—Vlckeburz.

Zone fié—Pooflae. -

New York City ................ .2715
Pittsburgh ..... . .............. .11
Cincinnati ........... ... .
Chicago ............. . ......... .
Detroit . ......................

 

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MICHIEAN W'T”
APPROXIMATE
FREIGHT .... ...... RATES TO
LEADING
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whateVer its creed or title.

. outrun UNDER THE nmnc'non or Menus-111: s . ‘ ‘ 1*

"They copied all they could follow but mm:
And I left’ am meeting and dealiis' a year and a half hi

I This "pink sheet” has no creed nor party plays no favorites an 15cm its been
to neither f1iend nor enemy, if they’would Swot-fve it from the sins}: path which lit ha! ;

kid for itself to solve the greatest problem tint confronts the firmer today, TEAT OF.

DISPOSING OF HIS CROP FOR A GREATER PROFITI ‘ » *

. I The market reports are written directly to serve the farmers of Michigan, and {‘0'
Y ..assist them in receiving at their o'Wn local market the prices which shogldhe theirl.
1 MICHIGAN: BUSINESS FARMING maintains a Service Ligament, under com
7petent and experienced direction of men, whose duty it is to
part of this state to secure fair prices and good markets end if the loeol
‘ not meet these conditions to aid, if possible, in the disposing of his

I In the unpretentious little “pink- sheet" which you hold in your hands, the farmers
5. of Michigan will find a militant strong— am, ready
their rights and to right their wrongs wherever and wheneVer they be fwd. N0 inde- ; ,
pendent former or group of organized farmers' in this state need hefimte to . ‘
publication, at any time, if it can be of assistance to them.
ll MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, let it be clearly understood,
single organization, be it Cleaners, Grangers, Formers’
It does, however, stand for orgamzed farming. because in
this way only do we believe the farmers of Michigan can come into thdr own.

”.21.“,
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EDITORIAL

Shall We Rest Content?

The defeat of the Downing milk in-
spection bill Should serve as a sum-
mons for union among Michigan
dairymen. It is further proof that as
long as you Sit silently in your home
and allow politicians to play pitch
and toss With your rights, you will
continue to find your liberties cur-
tailed here with none but ourselves
to blame for the loss.

The Downing bill was a fair and
square attempt to put milk inspec-
tion in Michigan cities on a just basis.
It should have had the positive sup-
port of every dairyman in the state,
and that support Should have ex-
pressed itself in insistent demands to
your representatives that they pass
the measure. The defeat of the bill
not only continues to place dairy-
men at the mercy of driveling poli-

1‘ ure.

"The public.

ticians, but it puts them in the light
of being so regardless of their o‘wn
interests, that they permit themselves
to be legislated for, according to the
moods and whims of their own rep-
resentatives.

The city of Detroit is ‘an excellent
example of the need of such a meas-
The city’s Board of Health is
a. Board of Politicians which when-
ever it expresses itself on. dairy mat-
ters displays such ignorance as is
almost inconceivable. Incompetent
boards of health like the purveyors
of patent medicines, seem to take
pleasure in working on the fears of
They use all the methods
of the alarmist, and then seek to pin
medals on themselves for saving the
people from dangers which never ex-
isted Here is a sample of the argu-
ments used to defeat the measure:

Representative Jerome opened the heavy batteries in an impas-
Sioncd speech in which he declared that after giving Detroit home
rule, the legislatme would by the Downing measure rob it of the
right to demand health and cleanliness in its milk supply

“This bill is merely an attack on the Detroit board of health,”

he said

“The Detroit board of health knows its business and has

established one of the best milk inspectiOn systems in the United

States.

The bill would not aid Detroit;

it would aid only a few

farmers who cannot now get into Detroit because their milk

doesn’t come up to standard

You would place all inspection: in

danger by opening the inspectorships up to untrained farm hands
who had worked on a dairy farm for two years.”

“This is an attack on the best milk inspection system in the
country by a few farmers who can’t or don’ t deliver milk that con-
forms to the standard we demand for the health of our people, ”

declared Representative COpley.

“It further removes control from

the city and gives it to the state and jeopardizes itS value by even
forcing the state to accept certain men as milk inspectors.”

If .the Downing bill were merely
1"an attack on the Detroit Board of
Health, We would be willing to admit

its superfluousness. There are enough
1 . Serious menaces to health within that

,fcity’s boundaries to make additional
arraignment unnecessary If the

‘ . Downing bill were an attack on any

(board of health, it was the uncon-
_;isclous fitting of foolscap on a head
; Where it belonged. The measure was
'i‘designcd to protect milk producers
:from *unwarrantable regulations of
incompetent men, and had it been
mdssed, would in no way have jeop-

ardized the salient features of milk
inspection.

It is no more than just that milk
producers be represented on any in.
Spection board supervising the sale
of their milk, but this does not mean
that we shall get such representation
if We sit quietly by with arms folded.
Years ago we used to talk of dis-
pensing justice. Nowadays, justice is
not dispensed; it must be fought for.
Are Michigan dairymen going to ac-
cept the defeat of the Downing bill as
final, without making an effort to get
a new milkdnspection bill under way
and enacted into. a law?

 

 

Keep. Your Eyes Open.

érs keeping .clofip , , , .
ceedln s which iii
with tie legitlm

. . elective

among farmerh dboc'a-iisc of

tween manufacturers and la

..ions It Would put agriculture bafick
fifty years. Former Prb‘sidont Taft
vetoed this bill because it was his
invariable practice to work against.

any législatlon or benefit {tithe gnarl“

cultural class. We bellow that Presi—«~th0 peoplni . ,l

dent Wilson Will have a. broader and!
more intelligent viéw of the sit-1‘19.-
tion. He has already signlflod his
desire to have the Department of

Agriculture. bend more of its efforts 1‘

towards aiding the farmers to co-
operate, and it. would be nullifying
such offOrtS to promote any legiSlS-
tion which would Béek to cloud-{W
farmers’ cooperative moieties as
combinatious in restraint of trade. j ‘

FLOOD RELlEF FUND
Previously acknowledged .. . .
Mr. and Mrs. J. Harmon, 0611'-

unna. Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Otterleib,
Elkton, Mich. .. 2.00
W N. Hubbeil, KeWadin, Mich. ’ .50

$3.34 27

W.’ L. Hubbell, Kewadin, Mich. 150'

Mr. and Mrs. .E A Dean, South
Lyon Mich . .
Ireba. Haskin Fire Lake, Mich 1.00

The following members of Leer
Arbor, Cleaners, contribUted a total
of $30. 85-: Martin J. Anderson, Tomas
Larsen, Andrew Benson, TorV'al Ben-
son, Geo. Christopherson, Anton
Christenson, Norman Benson, ThoS.
N. Benson, Berger Benson, 0. H. Ol-
son, Emil Elowski, Neal BenSon.
Hans Olsen, George Carr, Hans Peder-
son, Wm. J. Hanson, Ed. Gokel, Mar-
tin G. Hanson, Truls Hanson. Martin

H. Olsen, Harriet E. Dean, Agnes Mc- .

Callum, Wils Bartly, Carl J. Andersou,
Olaf Alfsen, Carl Alfsen, Geo. J. And—
erson Tomas Wilson, Barney Benson,
Alex Martin, Louie Hawkemson,
Henry J Anderson, Wm. Christopher-
Son, Willie BarSOn, Martin Barson,
Henry Olsen, Hans 0. Hanson, Carl
Olson, August Enger, Martin Jonson.
George Enger, Carl Christopherson,
Oscar Ellingson, John Nelson, Martin
Olsen, Hans Hawkinson, Emil Erik-
Son, Jens Wang, Martin Hansen, Ed-
die Markusen, Bernard Enger, Otto
Olsen, Eddie Olsen, Sigward Ander-
son, Andrew Christopherson.

IS A CO-OPERATIVE
SOCIETY A TRUST?

(Continued from Page One)
in there is a. provision specifically
prohibiting any part of the $300, 000
appropriated for the department of
justice from being used to enforce the
provisions of the Sherman anti-trust
act against either the associations of
farmers or 13.1101! unions You are, of
course, aware that this particular pro-
vision was incorporated in the sundry
civil appropriation bill in the last con-
gress and was vetoed by President
Taft in a strong vigorous memor-

‘ through

3.00"

gross , , .
But While the" eiw

statute batik,

tertuge of a rostrio‘tlm 113"
{he medium

3.1011 13 mummy- es.
p1 ed 21111111331131;
indetensible char lie
tive provision, and new
an'cé Such method is

procedure for the udmln'lst

our public 11mg:

Equal suflrug‘o in Mi b'

”.rbcaten by 100 .000 111116:

it Was in *the big 1114
communities of the Sta. , ‘
to practically complot '
every county, compile
Suffragisté‘ at Detroit.
estimated- majority _
amendment heretofore ‘

been 50 ..000 ‘ ‘ ,

The Surprising feature or t ‘ _
according to the anti-suit ’
the fact that the suflrsglstspdzd’ mi
appear to have ShoWn the sir '

changed to an emphatic majo
against it this spring. - ~

tratlon, has been summarily re,
from office by President Wilso
resignation recently had been
cepted, to take fleet July 31' W
after anelnvestlgat on at his
efforts to become secretary of
culture in the present cabinet :
charges of irregularity were pref
and the president withdrew hi;
ceptance of the resignation di
Sing Profésiwr Moore ..
ferred the subject to the do ‘
of justice for inquiry. - ‘ ‘
Secretary Houston of the 11.ngde
tural department cOnferred with .
president before the :remo
Moore was announced ' ' '

A $20 per week ‘ '7
Open to on liye man in each
Michigan

 

andum, With which you aregundouhted-y —- [m

1y familiar.

 


‘1 the uniform

on the
courses
putting up a strong fight for the ad- ,"
ditiOnal 111111111X

‘~:- 2

bill was

. I; pieces

has

4110 bill

" for.

. _ 1 places fra-

, under the

fig and insures
1]: ~=lr :11:

an assured fact

of this

twelve
cf the

that the ”total .

The to-

W33 _.

we. rumor that Gov-

call a special 668- V

in order to get
bills that would
' .. session. The
wever,
' satis-
this.

o o

arrying an appropriation

Q-
{91' new buildings at the
Agricultural college was
in the senate on Wednesday.
of prominent cltlc

pgrts of the state came

,. passags of this hill.
3? It ‘ * all
taken a stand
They have duping
to Rule No.51,
in the senate
didnt they do this
the session? Did it take them
9 to learn that they could
without the aid of those
to secure the passage?
legislation? ”

,sls-aksc

used his vetoe pow-d

sent or “an! -' '
Grinch. who

for this
He has pub-

new on the ,me‘r1ts

gt 3: 4' a

declared

and ex-

lines at

out a bill

to: a onesixth
not more .tna’n

' or mechanical
of the college pro

1k. ,* it

The Glasner bill making -it neces-
sary for psople Who intend to marry
to secure a. medical certificate of

health Was defeated in the senate this

week This has been one of the most

'widely-dlscussed‘ bills of the present

session. ,
And, now for" the whirlwind finish!

.13urihg these last few' days some of

13% most important bills" of the entire
sion Will be passed or killed. An

indicatiOn that many of these bills -

haVe not been thoroughly considered
is the fact that the house has appoint-

god a committee Whose duty it is {6‘

search every, bill for "jokers”:

g STATE or: MICHIGAN -

__ _, ARBOR AND BIRD DAY.
, A Proclamation by the GoVernor.

The tremendous commercial value
of forests is fast coming to be ap-
preciated Effort is being made

throughout the United States to con-

serve what remains and so far as

. They also have a higher value.

time on Thursday. The .

the bill which authorized
, to Cancel all tastes
. kWh-ere there has been
i‘or‘éiudicial action to vacate
1 1913. The gover-
is based- 'on an opinion of
who declares that

is unconstitutional.

”1*- , » * * *.

giving the dairy and food
the power to regulate and

e his and measures Was .
W is » for promoting the spirit of protection

by the senate last week.-
the startling facts that has
t out by the numerous
to the feeble-minded
during the present session
Michigan is spending nearly
dollars eaCh year for the
cmsens who are mentally

in from

",,?un10n in

- than commercial.

g of fashion.

poSsible, referest, large tracts of ter~
ritor’y. Treesr have ‘a value. other
'They are friends
to man and beast. ‘Without' friends
man is a forlorn creature. Every
choice treesthat is planted not only
blesses this . generatiOn, but gra-
ciously blesses coining generations.

Birds too have an economic value
in the'distribution of plant life and
in, the deatruction of harmful insects.
Lit-
erature abounds in allusions to birds,
their nests, songs, food, flight, mi-
grations plumage and habits. On ac-
count of their beauty countless num-
ber of our Winged friends have been
killed to meet the ruthless demands
May the fathers and
mothers of the‘children of today use
their best efforts to preserve and
perpetuate the lives of our useful and
beautiful birds. Love for birds is
akin to love for man.

Therefore, I, -Woodbridge N. Fer-

rls, Governor of the State of Michi- '
s’gan, do hereby designate Friday, May

9th, A. D. 1913,- as Arbor and Bird
Day, and do request that this day
be observed by all schools, public
and private, and ether educational in-
stitutions by the planting of trees for
beautifying, school grounds and parks,

and. by conducting'suitable exercises;

to trees and birds.
(Signed) Woodbridge N. Ferris,
. ' ' 'Gogernor.

PROFIT IN BEES.

The meeting of the Northern Mich-
igan Bee Keepers’ association at Tra-

riversc City, has attracted attention to

the importance of the western Mich-

igan honey crop Thaflgures bearing

. upon this crop show that. the value of

”the crop for

last census . year

v.

"in any one year '

thé.

May temperature will average about normal. Normal means the avers;

of this continent. ,

in April.

May will
Most rain in northeastern states, cast Gulf coast and coats}
ern plains states, immediately east of Rockies.

Dangerous storms May 21 to June 3.
_. valleys week centering on May 9 and In eastern sections 18 to 31. . g ,
In above chart the treble line represents normal precipitation and temper-54:”
atures. A: temperatures and precipitation lines rise probabilities will increase,"
’ for more precipitation and higher temperatures.
Count one to three days earlier for west of that line and as moch later for?

of Many years for the month and place, and normal temperatures and rat
:. constitutes the best crop weather.

ring a drouth to large sectiono

Not as good crop weather as

out of it, In proportion to distance from that meridian which runs north ,

, through St. Louis.

Washington, D. 0., April 26,—Last

bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance

to cross continent April 26 to 30, warm
wave 25 to 29 cool wave 28 to May 2.
This disturbance will be of greater
than usual force, but no very danger-
ous storms are expected to accompany
it. But all should be on the alert for
this is a year of great storms and we
cannot always gauge their force. Tem-
peratures will continue to average

{above and rainfall below normal for

the continent and particularly for the
great central valleys from the gulf to
northern cultivated sections of Can
ada, but in years of great storms the
rainfall is often concentrated and ‘it

is difficult to locate the limited areas’

where the heavy and sudden rains will
fall. It is always safe to expect tem~
peratures on the Pacific slope and the
Atlantic coast to be the reverse of the
great central valleys.

Next disturbance will reach Pacific
coast about May 2, cross Pacific slope
by close of '3, great central valleys
4 to 6, eastern sections 7. Warm wave
will cross Pacific slope about May 2,
great central valleys 4, eastern sec-
tions 6. Cool wave will cross Pacific
slope about May 5, great central val-
leys 7, eastern sections 9.

Temperatures will average above
normal through‘ the time covered by
this disturbance. Force of the storm
will be a. little above normal till it
reaches meridian 90, when it will be-
gin to increase and by the time it
reaches Atlantic coast it will begin
to be a. furious storm. Steamship
lines will have trouble with this storm
out on the Atlantic not far from May
9. At the same time-May 8 and 9——
shipping will meet with a furious
storm on our north Pacific coast and

.for these dates our danger signals

will hang out warning all interests on
both coasts. From May 5 to 7 we ad-
vise not to go onto the great lakes.

While general average of rainfall is '

expected to be less than usual, some
rains may be expected in parts of the
great central valleys during the week
centering on May 9 and in eastern
sections during the week centering
on May 20. Rainfall of May is ex-
pected to be above normal in eastern
sections and on Pacific coast and be-
low normal in large sections of the
great central valleys. Rains will prob-
ably go to the highlands about the
mountains and the clouds float high
over lands near sea-level.

Last half of May is expected to be
very much colder than the first half
and frosts will go further south near
May 24 than usual. The month for
the continent will average about nor-
mal in temperatures. Highest temper-

. atures will cross meridian 90, moving

eastward near May 5 and 16 and the
loWest temperatures near 9, 24 and
June 2. ‘

, As ‘I'Writer formerly represented

Iowa, HaWk~Eye and ,
‘ at great central vial- .

’3-

from Chicago, Pittsburgh, St. Paul, .
Minneapolis and Omaha to- the Gulf

of Mexico could be made cheaper than
to improve the Mississippi river, the
canals could be made to relieve the
floods of the rivers, furnish water
power for all purposes. surplus exca?

vated dirt placed on the levies and ' H

the canal would supply a military ne-
cessity. The Ends riprap of willows
would protect the banks of the ship
canal.

PROBE HARD COAL TRUST...

The “hard coal trust” situation is
being studied by the department of
justice to determine the nature and
extent of further possible steps by the
federal government in attempts to
sever the alleged connections, direct
and indirect, of coal-carrying railroads,
with mining companies. Attorney-
General McReynolds, who was the-
government’s counsel in the original
hard coal suit, decided by the supreme
court in December, and familiar with
the conditions ilLthe anthracite fields,
is expected to take up the situation

personally as soon as he clears away *

other questions pressing upon his at-
tention

SUNDRY CIVIL BILL PASSED BY.
HOUSE.

By an overwhelming vote the Na-
tional House of Representatives has
passed the sundry civil appropriation
bill with provisions to prevent the
use of funds appropriated to carry out
the anti-trust law for the prosecution
of labor unions and farmers’ co operan
tive organizations. An attempt to
strike out the two provisions which
caused former President Taft to veto
the measure in the last days of the
sixty-second congress was defeated
by a vote of 47 to 198.

You Are.

a Pink-Sheet Booster
and you should
wear

we want to send you
this button F REE—Just say
on a postal .

“I WANT TO OIN
. ' PINK

 

Mose rain in great central» . «1

Dates are for Meridian so. j‘


stock as above inen- .
, apple situation is going
mm fer the remainder of.’

. The amount of stock in
is being reduced rapidly
my be a slight advance OVer

hsent prices but we question it
_ at

 

‘I capped from the very start.

.prLta—GENERAL mam
money; per barrel ...... 2.50 to4.50
ritual-y. per barrel. 1.00 to 2.50

.o l
I do not‘believe many of you
, expected to see corn put up the
;. “scrap and show the results
t at it has this season. Naturally
corn .came into the running some-
What handicapped._ The oat situation
'was at a low ebbj“ the hay situation
.was certainly way» below normal, so
that naturally corn had been handi-

It is ap-
parent that the features of feeding

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘ . have played the prime part of taking

care of the corn situation so far and
will continue to take care of it from

.- "new on.

_ We think that the western ele-
vators took a little advantage of bad
.roads condition recently and by hold-
ing back have caused an advance to
become in evidence. Now that bad
roads have naturally been eliminated
in the west, work on the farms has
started much the same as in Michi-
gan, so. that the movement of corn
to the elevators is very light This
continues to allow the elevator situa-
tion to regulate the movement to the
joutside, and accordingly maintain
certain levels with a tendency to im-
proving them. The general tone to
the situation is healthy; the possibili-
ties for the future are favorable;
corn conservatively should not ad-
vance very much more, although we
would not be at all surprised to see it
go a little higher.

 

CORN—DETROIT MARKET.
No. 2 white. .................
No. 3 white ..................
No. 4 white ..................
No. 2 yellow .................
No. 3 yellow ................ .58
No. 4 yellow ................ .56
No. 2 mixed .................. .55
No. 3 mixed ................. .54
--No. 4 mixed. . . .

CORN—CINCINNATI MARKET.

N0. 2 white .62
No. 3 white.. ......... ~. ........ .6!
N0. 4 “'hltt- ..................

No. 2 yellow

No. 3 yellow

N0. 4 yellow ................

No. 2 mixed ................. . ..
N0. 3 mixed .................. .01
No. 4 mixed ................. .58

CORN—PITTSBURG MARKET.
~No. 2 white.. ..... .. ..... ..
No.8white.....
No.4white ...... ... . ..

No 2 yellow ................. .60
No. 3 yellow ................. .59
No. 4 yellow ............. . . . .
No.2nixed ....... ...........
No.8mixed ............
No.4mixed..... .

 

 

&

.4

.1 D The last couple of weeks has
shown just a little decline in
- the Elgin butter situation, but
’it doessn’t mean much; it doesn’t
even mean as much as the monetary
out shown in quotations The gen-
ral butter situation is overly strong,
here isn’t any question about it.
From now on thiough the summer
months the ice cream situation and
bitchy-products of milk in general

 

 

 

Bible the lowering of the butter
ii a from a. general standpoint.

 

 

 

 

 

You will pleas; recall the
“Pink Sheet” ' stand on the,
April market of eggs as stated

to you in one of :our previous issues.

We took the stand that it would be ,

impossible to materially change the
standard as set one year ago. In
other words we set the April price of

eggs at right close to 18 cents; the

average price for April has been

about 18 cents; today official Quo_ta-‘

tions show 17 ‘54 cents. Quotations
have not been any more than fair to

the situation during this month; the

tendency has been to throw “out a
quotation just a little belOw the act-
ual trend of the market situation.

Storers of' eggs wished to reduce the“

market level all possible.

There has been a very heavy run
of eggs during this month, with stor-
ers grabbing up everything in sight:
It was early demonstrated to them
that April eggs 'Would have to go in
store on about an 18 cents basis.

There should be no material change'

in. the egg situation for the remainder

of the month. You are not going to I

see any landslides during the season.

 

EGGS—GENERAL MARKET.
Large ire-h
Medium fresh

 

 

POULTRY

 

 

 

The Detroit market showed
D justa little reaction last, week

because of shipments being
brought in from the outside. A feat-
ure of this kind can never be worked
against with any degree of definite-
ncss. We know this, that the Michi-
gan poultry situation will not take
care of the Michigan demand. That
is why carloads of poultry have been
brought in from the west. The qual-
ity of the western shipments are not
up to Michigan standard. Even in
face of .the few cars of stuff that
came into,-the Detroit market we
shall expect poultry of Michigan
class to sell at our former quotations
of around 1.9 cents. A great many
shipments last week: were cut off at
18 cents in sympathy with the above
cause.

Broilers are coming very slowly
and selling at about 25 cents. The
real demand for fresh Broilers has
not developed. There is still a little
frozen stuff in storage. Frozen stuff
will modify the broiler market as
long as it lasts.

 

POULTRY—DETROIT MARKET.

No. 1 Turkeys ......... .19 to .20
No. 2 Turkeys .14 to 16
No. 1 Spring Chickens. .18 to .19
No. 2 Spring Chickens. .14 to .16
No. 1 Fowls ............ .18 to .19
No. 2 FoWls ............ .13 to 15
No. l Geese ............ .15 to .1975
No. 1 Ducks ........... .19 to .20

POULTRY — CHICAGO MARKET.

No. 1 Turkeys ...... . . . .

No. 2 Turkeys. . . . .

No. 1 Spring Chickens ........

No, 2 Spring Chickens .......

No. ,l Fowls .................

N0. 2 Fowls ..................

No. 1 Geese ............. .....

No. 1 Ducks ................. .15
Note.—A wire from any of our

readers will bring last minute quo-

tations. Use cure in makin‘ ship-

ments and be sure the consignee is

financially responsible.

 

 

LITE STOIIK

 

 

 

Galvan—Detroit.

- In the real calf department the run

was about the heaviest or ”the season I
with the duality running very poor;
The range. of selling values was tram,
The general Veal calf ,.
market was a strong $1. I00 lower than ~‘
one week previous . -'

$6. 00 to $9. 00.

 

CATTLE—DETROIT RTOCK \
' ' YARDS. .

Bee! steers, good to prime

he'yav . .............. $8. 00 to $R35
Beet steers. medium “7

good
Beet steers. cblnnon (.7

fair . . . . 7.00 to -
lee'! cows. common to

selected
Heifers, selected. . . ._ . . 7.0019
stock steer. . . 5.1!) to
Feeders 6.00 to
Gunners and Cutters 3.50 to'. 4.25
Good to prime \eals. 6.00to 9.00
Buns , . 6.00 to 765
Dressed veal .......... .. 9. 00 to 15. 00

7.75
7.50 '

(6.75
7.50
«.00 ,
6.50

 

 

 

Cattle—Chicago. ‘

Receipts of cattle for ‘the week.

were 49,700 as against 51,300 last
week, and 48,000 a year ago. The.
total nun for' the week 1; six western
markets was approxima ely 120, 000,
an increase of 8, 000- over a week ago
and 10,000 a year ago.

Owing to a very slow call from the
packers there was a breakpin butcher
stock values of from 10 to 15 cents

with'the good to choice getting the .

most out and a generally easier feel-
ing practically all ”along theline. The
only cases in which there was not a
noticeably easier feeling was in cases
of classy stuff necessary to fill Some
discriminating orders. Situations of
this kind were taken advantage of
without any reduction. Buyers of all
description were hammering away at
the price. As the week advances the
feeling seems to continue to exist
along the lines of price reduction, a
few loads of choice steers going on
Thursday at a strong pace because of
packers and occasional chippers go-
ing short on requirements earlier in
the week. About the top on Thurs-
day was $9.05, with the bulk of good
handy butcher kind running around
$8. 00 to $8. 60.

It is claimed that beef channels
have their fill, that the market for

beef is not broadening to an extent.

which promises a free outlet for gen-
eral supplies. The receipts for the
last tWo weeks have been exception-
ally heavy because of muddy feed
yard conditions at buyers’ quarters.
Other feeders have been anxious to
get rid of their matured steers before
beginning the season’s active work.
A respite is necessary from heavy
marketing if present beef price levels
are to be maintained.

Killers showed a very bearish dis.
position with reference to all grades
of cow stock. A decline of fully 25
cents was in force for bulk of good
to choice cows and heifers, compared
with last week, with a good level
quota-of right good stuff quoted‘down
'30 to 40 cents; cows selling at $7.75
a week ago were going at around
$7.40. Good bologna bulls held up
about the best of anything, a break
of only 10 to 20 cents was in evi-
dence.

There isr no material change in the
canner and cutter department There
continues to be a weak demand for

low grade stuff, but prices have not . .9
-materially changed from those 111’;
eka aog

force a

u.

I. (inane and:

. W f'v
Good to Prime seals. .
Bulls . .

 

 

eral opinion among seller
the usual supply of fat cow

1 would have totaled Indy 200: "

Prices of steers eased off mm
a week ago and this week kill

line a little lower, provided .
1was ample and it was. Steers
ally sold a dime to fifteen lower.
last week, best weight .4 steersI‘

. week selling from $8. 85@9, wit '

lings bringing $9 and shale
butchering steers $8. 40@8 60.

were a few sales, Where the Ii, -
steers were just what the 10133.1

ers wanted that were steady”z

the great bulk of the steer saute
generally went at the decline. ' _

40 to 50 cars of steers averaged

ter than 1,100 lbs, and a larger 11

\ber of handier kinds.

heifers were in rather light sup .
and these ruled about steady 1361
the Monday before. Sellers "gaff
erally noticed a sudden dropping
today of these. Fancy heifers

up to $8. 50@9, general range $5 50@
Stockers and feeders were in 11g
numbers, there being only about five
or six loads and these ruled- seas
tops, $7 60. Bulls were in mede
number and sold strong, $8 per I
being paid for a very fancy 1,8003! ..
bull, but heavy grades generally were
leWer sale than the ha 161‘ 3.1161
lighter ones. Not enough I sli cow
and springers to meet the full eat
em demand, these ruling full stroll
to a shade higher, fancy springs
and fresh cows selling up to $100
@125 each. Market closed steady
with a good, practical clearance“

 

CATTLE—BUFFALO QTOOK
YARDS. '
Good to choice heavy
steers ............. S 8.75 to! 9.15.
Medium to fair heavy
steers 8.25 to
Handy weight butch-
ering steers 7.50 to
Pat heifers, ',
to choice 5.00 to '
Fat cows, medium to , =
4.50 to
3.75 to
5.00 to
5.00 to

interior

choice
Gunners and cutters.
Bull ls
Stockers and feeders”
Milchers and spring-

 

 

 

Calves—Buffalo.

. Fifteen. hundred calves on off
Buffalo Monday. Top grades at _
and half dollar per hundred higher,
culls about steady. Best sellin
erally at $10, with culls from
down, few decks of light ca was

ing straight at $8. 75 while. 59
deck or two, With a few ‘

 

 


 

 

F were bearish in the east and at other

113‘ to} put the market

9.15m :at a low. enough point so that

I th9y Will be safe when the real basis

some cases transactions Were made

on a basis of 75 cents on Wednesday
cf the Week previous. Conditions

of .. Western markets

”The combined offerings for the

Week- to date aggregate 194000 or

8 .000 m‘6re thank the same period last
week and 10 000 more withi9 the cor'
responding period laSt year. Some

‘ —very prime shorn western wethers

9 top being at
peed very a‘ctiVe
11g hold freely.
gs held over from
rrivals of the, day

This accumula-fl

9301‘ the week] was when
being 24, 800 in excess

pm 490 less than the same
tW - ogyears ago; . Eleven man

 

 

 

; y a Buffalo, this week. Receipts
Q "d 85 cars or 13, 600 head and
l market 'was off a dime from

ee’k’s close. -Heavies sold at
some going in with some big
sat $9.50, and the latter price
’ver 90 per cent of the mixed

_ I as well as the bulk of the
«yorkers, few of the latter kinds
3“ $9. 55. , Several bunches of
orkers, as well as a few good
rought $9. 50 but most of the
d ocuntry shipped pigs sold at
0, western market pigs—Saint
sand Chicagos—selling at $9. 25@
v;,Roughs mostly $8. 50 and stags

 

_. eme heavies 280 up ”$9 40@$9. 45
leaving 280 p 9. 45 3:93
9

9.50
45 @ 0.55
9.50
0.40

9.40
. 8.50
8.00

 

 

 

' Sheep and Lambs—Detroit.
Practically eVerythin‘g in the sheep
.. lamb department was clipped,
good ones in very light percent-

end. 50 cents lower than last Week,
basis being $8. 50 to $8. 75. Clipped
“1.311313? at practically all grades were
nd 25 to 35 cents lower; good

9g close

 

‘ $8.75 to~$8.80 ,.
5.25:0. 7.75

, .001 18.00 1

.. 24'

50.» “

 

landed at $6 55. Some odd lots of
sham native ewes going at $4. 50 to
$6.00 with a few wethers clearing at
$6. 25; buCks going at $5 to $5. 25
were strictly desirable in quality;
some wooled ewes going at $6. 50
There was a noticeable falling off

in receipts of lambs with the prices .

showing a keen slump This was due

to bad conditions in the east and,

other western markets being well
supplied. several lots of prime Col-
orado wooled lambs sold at $8. 75;

‘ other lots being held at $8. 50, with
some fair to decent killers clearing ,

at $8. 25 to $8. 40; a few natives going
at $7. 50 to $8. 00 with culls selling as
low as $6. 00. Some fairly good shorn
westerns sold at $7 25 with the prime
quotable at $7.50;

 

OOHEEP — CHICAGO s'rocx
,vAaos.

Lambs, good to choice. 38.00 to $8.252
Do fair to‘ good ...... 7.00 to 7.75
Do cull to common . 4.00to 5.50

Yearling; lambs, choice. . 7.00 to 7.75

, Do cull to fair ........ 4.00 to 0.00

Wethers, choice. . -. ..... 6.40 to 0.75

‘ Ewen, choice handy
weight
Do choice heavy ......

Cull shctip ............

0.75
6.75
4.00

4:25 to 5.00

arms.

‘the handlers of wool naturally,
cause ‘as the present market would .
, go to show the handlers are going to
place the price. where there is but

 

 

.lBuoku

 

Buffalo—Sheep and Lambs.

Fifty loads, or 10,000 head, all fresh,
made up the run for the opening day
this week at Buffalo. Not over ten
or a dozen loads of wool stuff included
among the receipts, big end running
to the clipped kinds and in the lamb
line prices were a full quarter higher,
while sheep were up 10 to 15 cents
from last week’s close. Some coarse,

’weighty lambs sold at $9 25, but the

bulk of the good, desirable wool
lambs brought $9. 50. Quality of clipped
lambs generally was good, \general
price for handy weights being $8. 50.
throwouts, without wool, selling from
$7.50 down. Best clipped yearling
wethers quotable from $7@7.50, few
of these kinds being on offer. Trade
on sheep was active, load of good
wool wethers selling at $7. 50, while
best shorn wethers brought from. $6. 75
@690, one deck at $7. Top clipped
ewes $6@6.50, it taking prime handy
ones to/bring above $625 and cull
sheep went from $5 down.

SHEEP— BUFFALO STOCK
YARD8.
Clipped Stock.
Lambs, choice to extra. .38. 25@$8.50
Do fair to good.. 750@ 8.15
Do cull and common..
Do cull and common..
Yearling, choice
Do on“ to fair ........
Do cull to fair ........
Wethers
Ewes, choice
01111 sheep .............. 3.00@ 5.00
Bucks .................. 3.00@ 4.75

Quotations—Wool Stock. ,
. Lambs, good to choice. .89.25@$9.50

 

 

 

Do.- (mil to It‘ai’r........ 75.0@ 0.00

 

Wool.
It seems absolutely impossible to
tv ‘ - i

prices: ,

or selling strength of wool is deter-

mined. .
...It is easy for any of us to appre-

' ciate the real stirring up of the
ngholia‘ wool situation that the tariff
4* proposition would naturally give 'it;

manufacturers, handlers and growers
are all affected and alike. It will be
some little time before a basis will
be established on which trades can
be made with any degree of assur-
_,This is going to work against
the grower of wool. more than against
be-

very littlechance. All margins of
difference are expected to be thrown
on'the shoulders of the grower. The
producer is the man .who always
bears the burden, unless ,in some ex-
treme caSe where the regular handler
makes a mistake.

The large handlers today, figure
wool, known as medium, to be worth
about 180. We know of one or two
points in the State at which 220 is
being paid at the moment. We know
of other points where 160 is being
paid, neither of these.buyers in the
country know where they are at.
They are simply taking a shot at the
situation. One thinks 160 will show
a “profit, the other apparently thinks
he is safe in paying 220. The manu-
facturers are very much stirred up
over the tariff regulation, they are
going to be most conservative in
their operations for some time.

Michigan only produces about sev-
en milli‘On pounds of wool; not
enough so they cut any figure with
the wool situation. The only real
hearing which Michigan wool has, is
'by virtue of a certain texture not
contained in other wools. In other
words, a certain percentage of Mich-
igan wool is almost a necessity in
the manufacture of certain lines of
woolen goods. But with the coun-
terfeits we are all aware of, in manu-

factured goods today, we know that

the feature of Michigan wool being

necessary, will not be considered but u

a moment.

I wish that some of the supporters
of free' wool were obliged to dictate
this article-6 weekly to yOu as pro-
ducers. If anyone can tell me how
free wool is going to help the )wool
industry of Michigan, I would like to
get the dope.

If mutton were not exceptionally

high at the present time, every head
of sheep in the state of Michigan
would show its owner a keen loss.
Inasmuch as wool is far below a nor-
mal level, on a basis which wariants
our holding if we see fit, and also to
glve our supporters of free wool
every chance possible, suppose we
hold our wool for 25c on basis of
medium grade. ..
. We wish to be; frank With you and
1mpress upon you the indefiniteness
of the situation; that we do not pre-
tend to know, neither can we find out
or get in touch with anyone who
seems to. know, or even professes to
know, What’ the outcome from a price
standpoint is going to be.

FLO\UR AND FEED.

The recent Crop reports show this
season’s wheat crop does not point
to as favorable a crop as it did about
a week ago, which has been the main
factor in stimulating the wheat situa-
tion. The slight advance on wheat
has not affected the flour and feed
situation to any great extent. The
millers report sales are slow but the
market firm. The demand for all
fixed and prepared feeds are about
normal with very little change in

Price
. per bbl.
‘ sacks..$ 5.25

tract season the world over.

0.1008199 middling“ . .I a III I no.8.»
. Fine middlings

Bran (standard)
The show prices are f o. b

troit, Mich, on car lot shipments
Tankage, averaging 60 per "

protein, $41 per ton f. o. b., Ohica

COAL. . . ;
This season of the year is the can.“

ounces-Insole?!

ators are closing contracts on basis,"~
of a. price, what they consider the .
coal to be worth withstanding the,
fact that a. great many sales have;
been made in certain markets aha
sacrifice. Owing to the labor difficul'» g
ties now appearing, it is going to inr ‘

.fluence the supply of coal before the
PrOducers of the. -

coal year ends.
better grades of coal have new con-
tracted for approximately their entire .,
year’s output. .
The coal trade in the East has g
been very dull, which is/ accounted .
for in this way by one of the large»
operators, who made a special can.
vass to ascertain the real state of
affairs. He reports the retail dealers.
are not buying because they have on
hand about twenty- -five per cent of
their last season’s purchase, the re-
sult of the mild weather. The weat-
ern tiade is pretty well cleaned up,
therefore, the demand for all grades,
of coal will increase as the season
advances. We predict the eastern
market will remain a little sluggish
until lake shipments move more
freely, thus absorbing a. la1ge portion
of eastern coal The whole situation
will gradually adjust itself within a
few weeks’ time and all markets will 9
be governed by an established Cir->-
cular price
The Anthracite situation has not
been very plospeious for the oper-
ators, because sales me coming in
pretty slow, and it takes considerable

effort on the part of the salesman to _

get the orders.

Right now is the time for all read-
ers of the “Pink Sheet” to think very
seriously about getting in his yearly
coal supply. The time to buy is.
when the demand for coal is limited,
theretme the pioblem presents itself.
Which is the most profitable? Buy
coal now and save from fifty cents
to two dollars on a ton, or wait until
the demand far exceeds the supply
and pay a premium of a dollar or
two per ton, in 01de1 to get it at all?
If your local dealer has to pay the
premium, he melely passes the situa-
tion on to the consumer.

Brother Farmer, think of the situa‘
tion that confronted you last season
and inasmuch as we have no assur-
ance of there being no labor trouble
this season, don’t you think it would
be a good conservative business
proposition to buy your coal when
the operators are looking for orders
and not when they are turning away
orders? ,,

April Soft Coal Prices. F.O.B.

Kind of Coal. Mines.
Hocking 3- inch rescreened lump $1. 75
Hocking 11/; inch screened lump. 1. 60
Ohio 4- inch special lump ........ 1.75
Ohio 114- inch special lump ...... 160
Pomeroy 21/2-inch lump .......... 1. 65
Cambridge 11/“; inch lump ....... 1.60

The above grades of coal take a
Hocking freight rate.

Virginia special 10inch block. .$1. 50.
Peerless White Ash 4- inch block. 175
Virginia Logan 4-inch block. 1.65
Yukon 3- inch splint ............. 1. 55...
Yukon egg .............. . 1.50
The above coal takes a Virginia or‘
Kentucky rate, or 25 cents over Hock;-
ing. ‘9
Michigan 4-inch lump ..... ......$2.7’
Michigan 3-inch lump“, ..... .265.
Average freight rate to Michig
points, 70 cents per ton. ". '
Pocohontas lump or egg. . . . . 9
PQOahontas stove. . . . . . ., . . z =

Eras 450’

 

Operm .fi


s. to appear that many .

a mars “in the neighborhood at" K' ‘

aid .useola county, have “been“: ‘ .. :
1:11.. Corn. You » will anti
' free list, wheat with. he

l 115.» the promoters 'of the milk;
being plant established a little

. to than a year ago The company,-

matter of fact, was organized in

« ,mber‘, I911, and the articles of
,QQTDDration stated under oath that
5,300 had been paid in, $300 in cash

.~ the balance in property The
boaks of the company, it is said, do
in Show that the $300 was ever re-
. ved, and it is claimed that the land
and partially completed plant are not

orth to exceed $300 above mortgages.

aggregating $2, 500 with which it de-
velops, they are encumbered.
, Stack has been sold in. blocks of
'100 to $1, 000 to teachers, married
women, farmers and others It is a
[good dairying country, condensing fac-
‘tories are said to be a paying prop-
‘bs'ition, and on the surface the project
looked good.
-- About $15, 000 is claimed to have
g; ‘ been expended for brokers, salesmen,
and for Other purposes in starting the
.business.

The old creamery plant 'was pur-
chased and seemingly turned in to the
new company with value increased a

'7 j thousand fold. Mr. Neeperpsenior, it

is claimed, receives a salary of $2,700
a year and his son $100 a month from
the new company He is reported to
have said that he intended to turn
the salary back to the company to ap‘
’ ply on the mortgage.
Howard G. Cartei, the main pro-
moter, who seems to have been the J.
. Rufus Wallingford of the outfit, is re-
' ported to be in Louisville, Kentucky
Messrs Hall, Louks and Gates, who
subscribed to the articles of incorpox-
ation and made affidavit that property
‘ worth $25, 000 had been actually re—
'ceived and was worth the amount
claimed, are said to be 1esidents of
Detroit.
Persons who have given notes for
stock will refuse to pay them unless
held by an innocent purchaser and
those who have subscribed for stock

and not yet paid, will reque to do so.
Whether action will be taken against
' the promoters and officers of the com-
pa11y‘is not decided.

takes feur and one W

wheat to make a barrel cf flour

that the handicap against the Unit
States miners is equal to about

cents per barrel and this, by the way,

is about five times the usual profit of
the flour miller

1011 per bushel, and it takes ten

Oats with a duty of ‘

bushels of oats to make a ,barrel of; '

oatmeal, so that the American oat-
meal millers are up against it to the;
extent of $1 per barrel;
a duty, of 10c=per bushel, WOuld equal.
about 1-3 cent per 1b., wheat at 10c

Cats,“ with 1

per bushel is 1-6 cent per 1b., there..." '

being 60 lbs. of- wheat to the bushel-
and 32 lbs of cats. :

“Three years of the last seVen, cats
have been on an import basis from‘
Canada, that is to say, .
were 15c per bushel lower- than ours
and during those years, a large quan-
tity of Canadian oats came into the
United States paying the duty of 15c
per bushel. If the new'tarift bill goes
into effect and conditions of this kind
exist, the Canadian miller could ‘put
his grain into this country in form
of manufactured product, at equal of
150 per bushelcheaper than we "Could

manufacture it in this country. We

suppose the framers of the bill had
in mind that Canada did not produce
or raise any corn, not enough at
least to give us any trouble, and for
this reason they placed corn on the
free list. They evidently overlooked
the Argentine country and as a mat-
ter of fact, a considerable quantity
of " Argentine corn has at different-
times COme into this country, paying
the regular duty and competing at
that time, with our home grown corn.
The Corn Products Refining Company
have a large plant at Edgewater new;
New York city, and use a large quan-
tity of corn. Under this new tarifi.
law, there will be many times when
the Argentine corn will come in and
displace just that much American
grown corn, so that they will reach
the farmer after all.”

 

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their oats ‘ 3
V 100 per cent profit for the middleman

fr -
Cutting that figure in w 019.11qu

and. retailer, the truck farmer should
produce. ore which. produces 195.9

than that value in gold hair made
many a millionaire.- Is the Iafrmfer" so

' rich that he can 3115111 to fill his Innd- “ ‘
.. holes with. material worth $20 a ton? =

Or is he ~sMply a fool?

August Geweke, prestdent of ins”:
Cook County Farmers and Truck
GardenerS’ association, a new and de-
cidedly interesting kind of labor

union, likes to ask these Questions .

Also, in his solid, practical way,- he is
ready to answer 2them

Mr. "Geweke has been a truck farm-
er for a good many years. He has

learned how to beat what he says is »
- one of the hardest games a madman

play, in spite of the fact that Cook
county soil is extremely fertile and
more than 2, 000, 000 pedple are within
walking distance He specializes in
a single crop, and sells all his prod—
'uct in carload lots. He has made a
comfortable fortune out of it. But——.—'

There are more than 5, 000 farmers
and truck gardeners in Cook county.
Less than half of them are at pres-
ent members of the union, which now

has 21 local branches in the county.»

In the first place, root crops, with

cabbage in addition, for which they.

Chicago housewife pays frdm $40 to
$100 a ton, are bought from the farm-
era and truck gardeners of Cook
county for $5 to $7 a ton.- Some-
where between the producer and the
consumers’ 5 kitchen from 700 to 1, 200
per cent has been added to the cost.
So the value of the material occasion»
ally used for filling gulleys and clay-
holes has shrunken “ vastly. The
farmer is not so foolish as he may
haVe seemed

That is not half the answer. Be-_
fore the Cook county grower can get
even $7 a ton for his stuff he‘must
deliver it in Chicago. That means he»
must load his wagon in the afternoon,
spend all night Indriving‘i’rom 15 to
18 miles and in selling his produce,
and then, in the morning, drive back
his empty wagon to the farm.

Each trip (three such trips a week
are the rule) takes 24 hours, spent
without a chance to sleep. This also
helps to explain Why it is so hard to
get reliable and. eflic’ient farm help in
Cook. county. '

If that long, trl-weekly ‘24 hour trip“

had to. be made over well built,
hard surfaced roads, 1t 1711011111111 all
conscience, be bad enough. But sup-
pose it is necessary to sing back and
forth through the mudhdles, galley"

n and. quagmires? Sup
.. _ horses must at at
«11111.

_ cities

’ cent (.82) butter fat;

,tbetol‘low ’5 ..
per quart; .-Va, , _, ,7

cents per quart, _‘
cents per quart. _..“All.o hes.

lore dilution contain ‘
’p :- cent butter ran"

' standard for (Sam

per cent. . _

Condensed milks, aim; here, ,.
er dearer than Ordinar .
It is the can
CheapneSB of.
shbuld appeal
directions fer 111m

Take the Eagle bra

known to tit-stings:

can direction for in .

folIoWs: , '

This would 31,

taini'ng about 021,5 per, can

which Would have innit 1113,.
Norman]

milk and cow’s milk are a
same,12 per cent total sol
31,5 per cent butter fat; Is no
containing less than 1 per cent
fat too thin for a growing bah
ther directions on the can a _
1—12 for secdnd montha This,
give a butter fat or .1" . ‘
cent 9(93), Brae third 1111111- .
ti‘oh of 1-10 is Immended.
giVes 110 per cent butter 1"
than one-third of normatmilk, “ ogfi
babe 10- 12 menths old a dilution _,
is recommended; ‘Even fhi only 31
a butter fat cantent of 1-pe_
about half that of. normal milk"

We believe these dilutions a ,
too thin for babies Represen
Whelan has introduced 3-111111
legislature which has passed the
and is now pending in the sen
quiring all condensed milk to be 1%
ed on the can with 9. 19111111111 ,,
when extended, will be equal .’
standard milk. When this 111’
passed every consumer can intellige
1y Else condensed milk. ‘ -

LIVE STOCK TRANS"-
PORTATION BILL Page,

Lansing, Mich. April
lette bill, prescribing
rate of speed for ship .
on Michigan railways 1111's. :11

the Senate Railroad.
Representgtive La
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