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INTERESTS OF THE FARM.
CULTURE OF DOMESTIC GRAPES.
THE BEAUTY OF THE PERGOLA..
Make* a Fine Arbor and Add* to the
Look, of a Place—Beet Varieties of
Grapea. , u .
In a large proportion of the real colo
nial” gardenu of the older states, a grape
arbor extending over a portion of a mam
walk was a prominent feature. Its luxu
riant foliage and its cool shade, as well as
the fruit so pleasing to the eye, to the
sense of smell and to the palate, all suited
well with the sober charm of the enclosed
garden, with its traditions of another and
more fully possessed home land, says a
writer in the Country Gentleman. The
"pergola,” without which the modern co
lonial idea seems decidedly incomplete,
though treated especially as an ornamental
feature, and oftenest covered with climbing
roses or flowering vines, takes its name
from the Italian vineyards, where rude
trellises (pergolas) are set for the grapes
grown for wine-making.
That the grape trellis is one of the sim
ple forms by which easy picturesque effects
and natural beauty may be gained cannot
be denied, and there are unquestionable
advantages in making use of it to add solid
value as well as pleasing appearance to
the plain home garden. A few grapevines
will soon return in actual money worth all
that they have cost to establish, and then
go on bearing a generous burden of the
finest fruit for an indefinite number of
rears afterward. The grape, under favor
able conditions, is both long-lived and rea
sonable sure to mature fruit every year,
and there are few families in which more
grapes might not be consumed to advan
tage. Hardly any fruit is at once so
wholesome and delightful, and so generally
liked. No one with suitable land need go
without grapes.
The grape is at once one of the oldest
and most variable of fruits. It has been
in cultivation in the old world for thou
sands of years. The Bible tells us that
after the flood Noah planted a vine, and
we read that when Moses sent men to
search out the land of Canaan—the prom
ised land—they brought grapes. Carried
between them on a staff, in proof of its
wonderful richness. In the oldest records
of mankind, from Egyptian tombs and
from Swiss and Italian lake dwellings,
grape seeds have been taken. Rome, In
dia. Persia, all have their knowledge of
the fruit of the vine from the traditionary
legends of dim antiquity. In the new
World, before Columbus came, the bold
Norsemen named their new-found eoast
Vineland from the promise of the native
grape! As early as 1629. in Pilgrim fifties,
Ms Higginson of the Massachusetts col
ony wrote: "Excellent vines are here, up
and down in the woods. Our governor has
already planted a vineyard with great
hope of increase.”
Whether it be true, as some believe, or
not. that the grapevine originated in Asia
and has followed the migrations of man
kind. "its tendrils intertwined with civili
zation in every age," it is now found in
its different wild forms or species from
the Baltic sea to the Mediterranean in
Europe, and in America from the great
lakes to the gulf of Mexico. Botanically,
the grape has now an immense number of
varieties, reaching into the thousands.
Growing in so wide a range of climate,
soil, and conditions, its remarkable adapt
ability has been shown by its power to
conform to its environment and protect it
self by variation. On the other hand,
with this adaptability goes a correspond
ing sensitiveness through which adverse
< onditions are immediately injurious to
any special variety. Thore is no one
grape that is suited to all localities. A
temperate climate is the first essential for
successful culture of the grape. But it is
not moderate heat and cold alone that de
cides the matter. The length of the sea
son of growth, the amount of rainfall, the
altitude, as well as the soil, the effect of
near bodies of water, and various more
or less ohseure conditions, have a great
influence upon different varieties of
grapes. The question of a variety adapt
ed to local climate and soil is therefore
of great importance. It is said that over
1500 varieties are cultivated in Europe,
and yet that in each Ideality only three
or four favorite varieties form the bulk
of the stock in the best vineyards.
Such grapes as the Concord and its
many seedlings and crosses belong to the
species Vitis labrusca, the common wild
or fax grape of the northern and eastern
states. The European grapevine. Vitis
vinifera. was brought to this country and
tried in various localities in earl* davs,
but without success at the North.'though
now extensively grown in California. Such
grapes as the Black Hamburg belong to
this family, but cart only be raised under
glass at the North. Both natural and
artificial hybridization have increased im
mensely the variations and modifications
Of the several classes of native American
grapes. Most of the kinds now grown are
hybrids, produced by intelligent effort to
gain quality and n close adaptation to sit
uation and conditions. In the selection of
varieties for planting, local influences
must be considered, nnd it is generally
wise to depend chiefly upon those that
have been already tested to some extent
in the vicinity.
The vigorous Concord will cover with
its riotous growth any amount of surface
in a short time. Of finer quality, the
Delaware wherever it ripens perfectly, the
Brighton, the White Mountain. Diamond
and Niagara for white grapes. Moore's
early and Campbell's early for the first
crop, are all well known and generally re
liable over a largo region. Beyond these
the list from which to choose' is almost
unlimited. The time of planting will soon
pass fnr this season, but trellises for the
garden need not he set until the second
year. aS it is equally desirable to grow
the vines to a stake the first year, remem
boring that cutting back the first season’s
growth is essential to future success, and
that strong roots are the real object for
some time to come.
CARE OF 101 MG CHICKS.
Temperntnre and Food Should he
Watched Closely.
Whether it has been your practice to
remove the chicks from the neat as aoon
as hatched, or not, it is well to leave them
under the hen for 24 hours, whenever the
hutches occur during cold weather. May*
the Indiana Farmer. No matter how care
ful we may be, there is a decided change
in temperature, and this is very hard on
little ehicks; besides, they seem to get
strength from contact with the hen's body;
this is one advantage the hen hatches have
over the imo hine hatches. Whether this
is offset by tin* iibacnm of crushing that
tlie machine haw. I* a question for each to
deeidwindividunlly. No feed until 36 hours,
nnd then principally sharp snnd, hns been
our rule, but this winter 1 rend nn ar
ticle condemning the use of much grit until
the chicks learned what ft wns. Th<Vv
would ent too much of tt nt first for their
own good, unless a scanty ^supply were
given. This read good to me. so' hence
forth a scant ration of both grit and
crumbs for several days.
As soon ns the chicks lonrn the use of
grit and food, and are hungry, give nil
they will ent. several times a day; a chick
feed coop, made of lath or poultry netting,
with several openings, for little chicks
only to enter, Is one of the necessities of
poultry rearing; nave a good roof over the
coop, and keep feed, water, grit and char
coal therein all the time. They will be
busy as bees foraging for insects nnd any
other eatables to he found, when all at
once they will start for the feed coop on the
nm. *nd eat and drink as though starved.
A box of dust can be kept in this coop
advantageously, if the space permits.
A coop without a floor is the best, as
they enn then be more easily transferred
to new, clean ground, and there is less
danger of foul food. The best feed to use
seems to vary in places and with different
conditions; many think oatmeal flakes are
necessary for the well-being of baby
chicks, and there is no better feed, but
stale bread crumbs, table scraps, wheat
bran, with milk to drink, are very good:
chicks so fed will thrive wonderfully, other
things being equal.
As soon ns they can eat wheat grains,
this should be a large part of their ration,
and they will do well on wheat when very
young. As early as they will swallow
grains of corn, whole corn should be mixed
with the wheat. Never mix corn meal
with water or milk and feed raw; it might
be thought this would be the same as
the chicks eating the meal and then drink
ing. but it isn’t: nearly always there will
be bowel trouble and gapes, when dough
is fed; besides, the' chicks won’t thrive
nearly so well.
HOW COLEMAN GOT MONEY.
Convicted Cambridge Bank Book
keeper Narrates Transter ot Funds
to Faro Bank.
George W. Coleman, the thieving book
keeper of the broken national City bank
of Cambridge, and Mrs Marguerite Taylor,
who said she lived with him during the
period of his life when the money flew fast,
shared attention last week in the trial at
Boston of William J. Keliher, the man
about town, whom the government is try
ing to convict of aiding in the $309,000 rob
bery. Mrs Taylor told, with apparent com
posure, of her life with Coleman, her
knowledge of his relations with Keliher
and numerous dinner and supper parties at
which the wine flowed freely and for which
Keliher usually paid. Then Coleman was
called from his prison pen after serving
a week of 15 years sentence, but before
he could utter a word the defense set up
the claim that Coleman was a felon and
could not testify. The district attorney
declared that Coleman was guilty of a mis
demeanor only. The court ruled in favor
of the state and the defense will use the
objection for an appeal to the supreme court
in case of an adverse verdict.
Coleman related briefly his connection
with the bank. He said he made $25,000
in the stock market, but lost all his win
nings through a man named Frank Draper,
who he declared ran a faro game not far
from Hotel Majestic in New York. About
a, year ago he was introduced to another
New York gambler whom he called “Jack”
Leonard, and then he once more “bucked
the tiger,” this time with the bank's money.
Wilson W. Lockhart, the young man who
Was accused with Coleman of embezzle
ment was put on the witness stand. Al
though Lockhart has admitted making
false entries on the books of the bank,
he will go unpunished, the indictment
against him haring been nolle prossed by
District Attorney Asa P. French. It was
said this action was taken on account of
a statement by Coleman that absolved
Lockhart from any participation in the de
falcation. Lockhart, in finishing his testi
mony under cross-examination, mentioned
the names of several women who were
entertained by Keliher. Among the num
ber was Miss LucHle Chainey, and a Miss
Hunt. The district attorney stated that he
would call them later.
How- to transfer the deposits of a nation
al bank to'a faro bank without the knowl
edge of a bank examiner was described
by Coleman, Thursday: "I told Keli
her after I had taken $183,000 that the jig
was up and that the bank examiner was
coming round, but when that official passed
my books without comment, I continued to
take the money and to give it to Keliher
to bet it at faro." was one of the state
ments made by Coleman Thursday. The
young hank elerk. ^ho lived at a half a
million dollar rate for six months last
year, held the entire session Thursday.
Coleman, according to his own story, was
a persistent gambler from the very begin
ning of his business career. Borrowing
S4OO from the bank at the age of 18, when
be was receiving hut $4 a week as a mes
senger. he began speculating in the stock
market. The president of the bank loaned
him SIOOO more, and in a year he said he
had Cleaned up $25,000. In 1906 be con
cluded that the stock market was too slow,
so he tried his luck with Frank Draper, a
New York gambler, who helped him lose
all but a few hundreds of bis stock market
winnings at faro.
Coleman then detailed his later removals
Of bank funds and heavy losses at faro in
New York, in company with Keliher.
“Jack” Leonard and one Or two other
friends. After the wrecking of the bank,
when Coleman had returned and given him
self up. he said that Keliher tried repeat
edly to make a settlement, and even offered
SIOO,OOO for his silence. Then he was ad
vised to go to jail, with the promise that
funds would be waiting him when he came
out. Coleman stated that he personally
played faro to the extent of only $50,000,
the rest of the money being lost through
Keliher.
A man who gave the name of Straus
Snyder was arrested in Brooklyn Friday
night on a warrant from Boston charging
him with aiding and abetting George IV.
Coleman in looting the National City bank
of Cambridge.
Tuesday's proceedings were made in
teresting through the presence of Cole
man’s latest sweetheart, Miss Mamin
Hightower of Kansas City, on the stand.
The young woman became Coleman's com
panion a couple of months before the bank
tailed and was his traveling mate in that
swift journey to Kansas City just as the
crash came. She denied that she had
“planted” any money of Coleman's, and
Coleman denied it also carier in the day.
She did say that she had some property
in Kannas City which the late K. J.
Holmes willed to her.
HARRIMAN-RUMSBY WEDDING.
Service is Simple Because ot Recent
Death of Bride*. Father—Honey
moon at the Whitney Eatate in
Berkshire.
Miss Mary Harriman, daughter of the
late E. H. Harriman, nnd one of the
wealthiest young women in the country,
wns married nt Arden, X. Y., nt noon
Thursday to Charles Cary Rumsey of
Buffalo. The ceremony was performed in
the little Episcopal clmrch in the presence
of the relatives of both families and a few
friends. It wns the Hinne church, St
John’s, from which Mr Hnrrlnmn wns
buried Inst fnll, nnd R«v J. Holmes Me
Gunness, who pronounced them man and
wife, was the snmo clergy man who offici
ated nt the rnilrond ruler's funeral. On
ncconnt of Mr Harriman's comparatively
recent death, the ceremony wns the sim
plest.
In the most sequestered spot in Mas
sachusetts, In a little cottage in the heart
of October mountain wilderness, seven
miles from railroads nnd with hut the
slender copper wire of a telephone Uno
,to keep them in touch with the outside
world. Mr and Mrs Charles Cary Rum
sey lire spending their honeymoon. This
Is the Whitney property, created in 1894
by ex-Stntc Senator Thomas Post of
Lenox for William C. Whitney of New
York. Some days ago Superintendent Par
suns. who is In charge of the property,
received an order from Mr Post to have
"The Nest" put in order for immediate
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1910.
occupancy. “The Nest” was the cottage
built in two weeks back in 1896 for the
honeymoon of Mr and Mrs Harry Payne
” hitney, who spent their honeymoon
there. Later William C. Whitney bnilt
“The Antlers,” where he went for sev
eral autumns.
SURPRISE IN SUGAR TRIAL.
Three Men Plead Guilty — Govern
ment’s Fire Now Chiefly Directed
Toward Heike.
The long series of Surprises in the sugar
underweighing conspiracy trial culminat
ed at New Y’ork Friday in the sudden
closing of the prosecution's case and the
entering of pleas of guilty by three of
the men on trial. These three were fel
low-employes of the four checkers convict
ed last winter for complicity in the
frauds on the Williamsburg docks of the
American sugar refining company. All of
them worked under Oliver Spitzer, the
dock superintendent, also convicted and
sentenced to Iwo years in the Atlanta
penitentiary, whose confession nnd pardon
and appearance ns a government witness
wns the first big sensation of the present
trinl.
Counsel for the throe men, who had de
cided to give up the fight—Harry W.
Walker, assistant dock superintendent,
nnd Jenn F. Voelker nnd James Halli
gan. Jr., checkers—Friday withdrew
their pleas of not guilty as soon as the
government, after introducing some new
testimony, announced that it closed its
case. Sentence will be passed upon them
later.
The government's fire in the closing
hours of the trial was mainly directed
against Heike, the evidence introduced be
fore the early adjournment Friday was
submitted chiefly in a further effort to
prove him personally cognizant of the
frauds and as directly or indirectly aiding
or abetting them. Friday’s evidence
consisted, for the most part, of letters
written by Heike. A number of the let
ters were read in an effort to show that
Heike kept a close watch on all the mul
titudinous details of the business. One
letter, under date of September 11. 1903,
written by Heiko to Gerbracht, contained
this statement: “We can understand that
there may be a reason why the customs
weight can fall short from the invoice
weight." Twelve checks given by the gov
ernment as rebates on duty On sugar were
also introduced. These were indorsed by
Heike as secretary. 'Hie government con
tends that these rebates were on the
fraudulently underweighed sugar.
Counsel for James F. Bendernagel, for
mer cashier of the Williamsburg refinery
of the American sugar Refining company,
rested his defense in the United States
circuit court at New Y’ork Tuesday aft
ernoon, after an address in which all the
blame was laid on the shoulders of Oliver
Spitzer, the former dock superintendent,
who has Confessed. Bendernagel is one of
three defendants stilkon trial charged with
conspiracy to defraud the government by
undirweighing imports Of raw sugar. The
defense of Ernest W. Gerbracht, former
superintendent of the refinery, and of
Charles R. Heike, secretary-treasurer of
the trust, will be continued this week. Ger
braebt is likely to take the stand then, as
did Bendernagel Tuesday, and afterward
Heike probably will testify.
BENTON ELECTED PRESIDENT.
Head of Miami Vntveralty Called to
Boston UniT^rsity and Acceptn.
President Guy Potter Benton of Miami
university at Oxford, 0., was elected pres
ident of Boston university nt Boston Tues
day. The presidency became vacant by
the retirement of President William E.
Huntington. President Benton has accept
ed the election by the Boston university
trustees, and will go to Boston as soon
as he car. obtain an honorable release, al
though it is his desire to be present at
commenwßient next week. President Ben
ton is just closing a year's leave of ab
sence, which does not expire until late in
June, and he has notified the Boston
trustees that his Obligations and connec
tions are still with Miami. It is believed
therefore that be will assume charge in
the fall.
Dr Berton is 45, yet he has held many
importart positions in educational institu
tions, and his rise has been rapid. He
has also attained much success as a finan
cial administrator and a lecturer. He was
strongly recommended for the position by
the Methodist Episcopal church of New
Yoik. Di Benton declined to discuss his
election at Oxford last evening.
PITTSFIELD BOY HONORED.
President Thomae of Middlebury- Col
lege Makes Address at Hartford
Theological Seminary Commence
ment.
President John M. Thomas of Middle
bury college, in his address before the
graduating class of the Hartford theological
seminary last week on "Religion and edu
cation” said: “The old-time alliance be
tween the schoolmaster and clergyman will
not be entirely severed. Man does not live
by bread alone and is more than u rich
aud clever brute. Religion has not lost its
power in American education. The lifting
of the narrow life of a commonwealth is
harder than education to provide officers
for a plant or a corporation.”
Dean Jacobus of the faculty made an
nouncement of the prizes as follows:
Hebrew, Miss Amy C. Kellogg, 1912;
evangelistic theology. Frank H. Condit,
1910; Greek prize, Harold I. Frost, 1910:
ecclesiastical Latin, Pierce Butler. 1910,
of Pittsfield: graduate foreign study. Paul
B. Albert. 1910; church history, Elmer E.
S. Johnson. 1912. The graduating class
numbers 16 and includes one Japanese and
two women.
FIGHT PERMIT ISSUED IN RUSH.
Objectors to Johnson-Jeffries Mill Get
No Chance to Voice Protest.
The permit for the 45-round battle on
July 4 between Jeffries and Johnson was
granted Tuesday by the broad of super
visors at San Francisco with but two dis
senting voles and without preliminary dis
cussion. Tlie board room was crowded
with representatives of church and civic
organizations, who did not get a chance
to voice their protests, Th^ permit was
advanced on the board's calendar and
passed before the objectors know it. When
they learned that the permit had been
granted, the nrotestants indignantly left
the room in n body.
The board of supervisors by its notion
removed the last official preliminary ob
stacle in the way of promoters, who will
now proceed with the erection of the
nrena. District Attorney Fickert nnd the
chief of police linve already announced
tbnt they wilLnot seek to prevent the cou
test. ______________
•■SPRINGFIELD’S GOOD NOTE.”
(From the notion Advertiser. I
In the invitntion from the Grand Army
post at Springfield, and from the citv
Itself, asking the members of A. P. HUI
enntp. I'nited Confederate veterans, ot
Petersburg. Vn.. to visit Springfield mid to
march in confederate uniform mid under
th-> cenfederate flag, in the Independence
day pnrade, nn iinuaual note of the season
is sour.de?. It Conlon well nt this Memo
rinl-dny time, which hns ngnin marked the
bridging of the gnp between South and
North In the general orders for this
.■ear’s Menurinl day it was recommended
that “wherever the gltnve of nn ex-eon
fi'dctaie •olUiei in found, flowers be placed
thereon. a« a tribute to the bravery of the
man. who fought on the other side, re
membering that he. too. was an American
soldier.” The significance of the war is
not knit by such manifestations of brother
hood mu! friendship as this. Rather is it
emphasized. It was a war for the preser
vation of the I nion, and on that issue it
was won. The I nion is strengthened by
such d< monstrations of mutual respect and
friendship as these.
BIG ELECTRIC POWER PLAN. !
i
Deerfield River Development—Part i
of Still Laraer Scheme ot Im
portance to Springfield.
The industrial future of New England j
may be deeply affected by a big power !
development plan which is, according U ।
the Boston Trarfseript. under way along !
the Deerfield river, and which, when com- ;
pleted, will include an eight-mile storage |
reservoir and a generating station where !
the fail of water may be as much as 801) ।
feet. The project is part of the scheme
which embraces the big power plant 'hat ।
lias been developed at South Vernon, Vi. 1
It is positively known that the promoters I
of this plan and the capitalists who are !
behind liiem have far-reaching plans which I
will, if worked out successfully, provide !
thousands of horse-power for New En
gland industries and be a might? factor
in increasing rhe prestige of New England
us a manufacturing section. The storage
lake, according to the plan as outlined,
will be between Wilmington. Vt., and
Davis Bridge. Vt., a few miles over the
border line from Massachusetts. The wa
ter Impounded in the storage reservoir
will be carried by a flume to Zoar, which
is on tile Deerfield river south of the
Hoosac tunnel. The power developed
might be as much as 25.000 horse-power,
for, be it remembered, 800 feet of head,
or even 600. puts the scheme in a class
by itself as far as the power development
in the East is concerned. The reservoir
in Vermont, 15 or 20 miles north of Zoar,
where the power would be developed,
would, it is estimated, hold 50 days' sup
ply of water.
The South Veriion generating plant is
already sending power to Fitchburg,
Worcester and smaller places. The ulti
mate plan is unofficially understood to in
clude a circuit to Springfield, which will
include Holyoke. Northampton and other
places to the north of ns. There would
be two transmission lines to the large
power markets, and the ultimate plan in
cludes the development of other (lowers
besides the Connecticut river at Vernon
and the Deerfield at Zoar.
Zoar, as some may know, is the second
station south of the Hoosac tunnel on
the Fitchburg division of the Boston -and
Maine railroad. It is about 620 feet above
sea level. The valley of the Deerfield
between Wilmington and Davis Bridge.
Vt., is about 1400 feet high. The hills
on either side rise as high as 1900 feet.
The flume for carrying the water would
be bnilt along the hills about 1400 feet
above sea ley.el. Zoar is 26 miles south
of David Bridge. This flume would not
need to be of very large dimensions. At
Puyallup. Wash., the Transcript notes, a
flume eight feet wide and eight feet deep
easily carries water enough for 25,000
horse-power, developed with about the
same head as that anticipated in these
plans.
The Transcript article says that at least
part of the water rights and property
which the Fitchburg railroad bought to
help in the building of the tunnel , have
been disposed of to Chase & Harriman,
the Boston firm which is promoting the
enterprise. New Y’ork capitalists are be
hind tlie plans and are understood to be
the same men who have been behind Chase
& Harriman jn thb South Vernon develop
ment scheme. The promoters maintain
that they are plying power into Wnrces
| ter on the buris-0C52 ; 50 coal and to have
saved the city one of its biggest industries
which was on the.point of seeking cheaper
power.
The Transcript further says in a dis
patch from Zoar:—
The promoters of this enterprise main
tain that it is only a link in a longer
chain, and that before New England's
water-power has been geared up to the
modern uses of electricity, they will hare
spent $25,000,000. in this and a number
of other projects under way. Observers
in this region note that the same quiet
gathering in of water rights which has
preceded this plan now seems in progress
between here and Shelburne Falls, eight
miles below. All the water which goes
into the flume at Davis Bridge will emerge
from the works at Zoar, and will be
available for performing a like task at
Shelburne Falls. The rapidity of this
river's fall is of many incidental advan
tages. It leaves all the head as "net.”
The first patron in sight for so extensive
a power development would obvioualv be
the Fitchburg division of the Boston' and
Maine railroad. It already has planned
to electrify the Hoosac tunnel. Whether
it will eventually use for that purpose this
water-made electricity, or steam-produced
power of its own. is not yet clear. A rail
road must be very sure of its source of
supply. It cannot stop running trains in
dry weather. Its power engineers have ac
cordingly leaned strongly toward the coal
idea. But iu any event, the amount of
power needed in Hoosac tunnel alone would
be a very small part of that which will be
produced here.
COTTON TUMBLES AGAIN.
Sensational Decline on Ihe New York
Market.
There was a sensational break on the
New York cotton market Tuesday with
trading more active and excited than at
any time since the series of drastic de
clines which carried prices down about
three cents a pound last January. It
was the last day of trading in May con
tracts, business in that delivery ending at
midday. During the morning the bull
lenders made some show of supporting the
market by bidding for large blocks of
May delivery but as, soon us May con
tracts were out of the way there was a
rush of selling orders from all directions
under which July deliveries melted away
to $14.18. or 74 points under the closing
figures of last week, 161 points under
level of the season which was made last
December.
The New York market for spot cotton
suffered even meto severely thm
futures. The price of middling cotton
was marked down Si) points or aoout $4
per bn 10, mid presuming that the control
of the New York stock amounting to
240.000 bales still rests with tlie bull
leaders, who are credited with having
token up another 39X100 bales Tuesday,
the loss on tlie s |iot cotton alone, as
measured by Tuesday night's price would
be in the neighborhood of $0611.000, while
it is estimated that nt least 300.000 bales
of long contracts were liquids ted during
the day, _____
MOVE AIMDST RAILROADS.
Government Geta Injunction to Pre
vent Increased Rates.
Twenty-five western railroads were tem
porarily restrained at Hannibal. Mo.. Tue
sday night by Vnitod States District Judge
David P. Dyer from enforcing or making
a genernl advance in interstate freight
rates, scheduled for to-day. The injunc
tion was granted on a petition filed by
the government on the allegation that the
ndvam-os in nites were agreed upon by
the defendants without lomiadition and
in violation of the Sherman mt. The pe
tition was tiled iu the United States cir
cuit court nt St Louis Tuesday after
noon mid wns taken to Hannibal by At
torneys Judson nnd Grosvenor to present
to Judge Dyer iu the United State* cir-
■mi' court. It «rnt»d that unless such a '
restraining order be issued, the proposed 1
advances would become effective at mid- i
night Tuwia.v night so the grave harm ,
and injury of the people of the United .
State*. *
The government at Washington Tues ;
day came tn the aid of the manufacturer*, '
shippers nnd consumers in western trunk |
line territory, who Monday filed a memo- •
ria! with the department of justice, asking •
that the railroads he restrained, on the i
plea that the\ were unjust, from putting ।
into effect today a proposed increase of I
rates adopted by the western traffic asao- j
nation. It also was contended that the [
increases were the result of an agreement I
between the railroads contrary to law.
SQUEEZE IN MAY MARKET.
Patten Thought tn Have host «1;
000.000.
The private settlement of Theodore H. .
Waterman's “squeeze” in May wheat last
week caused a remarkable decline in |
prices at Chicago. The unloading of 8,000.- J
bushels of September wheat by Jamefi A. :
and George H. Patten, and the announce- ’
ment of their withdrawal from the broker- '
age firm of which they have been members :
for a generation, and also their retire- I
ment, at least temporarily, from business |
came coincidentally. The net declines in
prices ranged from 4% cents in Septem-^
ber to more than 5 cents in May wheat.
Altogether the day in wheat was one des
tined to take rank with other momentous
periods of the history of the Chicago
board of trade. lames A. Patten left his
office Thursday night wearing a smile. In
his limousine he had leisure to read head
lines estimating his losses ar anywhere be
tween $540,000 to $1,200,000 for the day.
PRINCIPAL HOLBROOK RESIGNS.
Head of Arms Academy to Give Ip
Place at End of the Year.
Principal Charles A. Holbrook of Arms
academy at Shelburne Falls has hand
en his resignation to Secretary Wood
ward of the school committee, to
take effect ad the close of Mr Hol
brook’s 15th year of continuous service
at the school. Principal Holbrook is a
native of the state of Maine and a gradu
ate of Yale college. He came to Shelburne
Trails 15 years ago from Peabody. He has
been well liked as principal of the acad
emy and has been of great help to the
students there in many ways. He has
taught physics, civics and the classics.
Ralph S. Haywood, instructor in mathe
matics, will not return in the fa*ll to the
academy. Mr Haywood is a graduate of
Bates college, class of 1909. He has
served one year pn the faculty at the acad
emy.
KING GEORGE TO THE BOYS’ CLVB.
“Uncle Joe” and the Houne Insurgents
Al«o to Send Photographs.
Secretary Knox and the ministers from
Peru and Argentina at Washington have
given to Congressman Gillett autographed
photographs of themselves 'to be sold at
“Wvuderland,” June 8,9, 10. Mr Gil
lett has expressed his intention of secur
ing the autographed photograph of every
“insurgent” in rhe House, as well as of
“Uncle Joe” himself. The British embas
sador. James Bryce, has cabled to England
in order to obtain a new photograph <>f
King George, with his autograph. a» En
gland's ruler. There are a number of
photographs of him as the duke of York
and prince of Wales, but none in America
as vet with the royal signature. “Wou
deriand” will, therefore, secure the first
«•; that reaches America. It is believed
that Col Roosevelt will also send on. .
which will show himself as he looked while
reviewing the German army with tho
kaiser.
Congressman ^Gillett has also secured
one of President Taft's signed photographs
to add to the above distinguished col
lection.
STRONG CALIFORNIA REPORT.
On the Necessity of Oriental Labor on
Fruit Ranches.
That some form of unskilled labor, such
as is now represented by the Japanese, is
essential for the continuance and develop
ment of the specialized agricultural in
dustries of California is the broad con
clusion of the report Of the state labor
commissioner, just submitted to the gov
ernor on the Japanese in California, which
was prepared after over a year of care
ful field work by a corps of special agents
among the farms employing Japanese.
The investigation was authorized bv act
of Legislature just after the anti-.Tap
anese agitation in California in 1908-09.
and the report consists of over 296.000
words, exclusive of a mass of tabulated
statistics.
Regarding complaints hoard against Jap
anese in districts in which thev are large
ly employed, the report states they arise
from attempts to secure higher wages. It
is pointed out. however, that there arc
few complaints of this character except
in such districts as are dominated bv the
Japanese through their numbers and the
almost absolute dependence of the growers
upon them for the harvesting of crops in
the short time they have. The average
duration of employment on farms is less
than two months in the year. In this con
nection the report points out that the Jap
anese have learned that thev can make
much more money out of contract laboring
than working for daily wages. The rough
average wage in the fields, orchards and
vineyards is given at approximately
$1.50 per day. I’nder the contract sys
tem. laborers make from $4 to 's7
per day. From this they have passed to
a more liberal form of contract, working
together on shares; to growing crops on
ground held b.v them under cash rental
and in comparatively isolated instances,
to actual ownership of the land.
"Japanese ambition,"says the report, “to
progress beyond mere servility to the
plane of the bettor class of American
workmen to own a home, to operate in
dustries. tn be master and not slave, is of
the same quality as that of the Italian,
the Swiss, the Portuguese, the Russian,
with whom he competes and is in lino with
the ambition of that type of American
who will not compete with him. The
moment that this ambition is exercised
the Japanese ceases to be an idea!
laborer.”
The report finds that there is a conflict
of opinion throughout the fruit-growing
districts regarding the Japanese.' While
many growers are opposed to them, an
other element declares them essential mid
says the problem will require n modifica
tion of the Chinese exclusion law. with
the admission of the Japanese and Chinese
on equal terms in restrict’d numbers.
Locomotives w hi< h burn oil for fuel have
been in use in some parts of the coun
try for a long time, but now word comes
from Texas tbnt engines are soon to bo
tried on one of the roads down there that
will burn natural gas for fuel.
One of the grant grain ranches in
Colorado is protected nt night from hungry
wild ducks and goose by a big display of
fireworks. It bus been found that rockets
mid Roman candles are the only things
that will keep the birds out of the grain.
M >J<l v and fH SINSSS
GRAIN CORNERS AND TRADE
Thf event of the week has been
the smash erf the bull speculation in wheat
with the infliction of aarw punishment
on those who had thought to corner a
auppo^edly narrow market. Demurahza*
tion prevailed throughout. May wheat fell /
some six cents a bushel on Saturday alone. I
and for rhe week the decline was 14^>
cents. The new crop futures lost nearly
eight cents. Corn «leclined about four
cents. Contrasted with a year ago wheat «
is down 38 cents for cash and 24 cents
for futures.
This is of large moment commercially ,
and financially, not only in what it re- ,
fleets as to the crop outlook but in the
effect it most have in easing the financial
strain, improving the export trade and in ;
lightening rhe burden of high cost of liv- 4
ing imposed by mere speculation and not •
by changes in rhe cost and value of gold, j
We are furthermore again reminded of f
tlie effectiveness of economic law in de- j
feating efforts to engross or establish an i
artiflcml market for the country’s great j
staples. James A. Patten, the leader of i
the bull clique, is said to have lost from j
SS<X>,UOO to $1,200,000. Others on that ;
side have suffered in proportion. They be- ।
gan weeks ago to load up with grain on ’
the belief that existing supplies were [
small and that the crops would turn out '
short. If this had proved a true judgment !
the government might hare prosecuted ;
them without permanent effect on the price ;
of grain. But not proving to be a true
judgment, they suffer a money punishment
far in excess of any the government would
impose. The crops have been developing :
much better than they had supposed pof- >
sible. Existing supplies, about as usual, ■
prove to be larger than calculated. So •
they have been swamped. a« their prede
cessors, Leiter. Hutchinson and others,
hare usually been. It is the same old
story. These things hare a way of work
ing out their own correction and redress. ;
Laws prohibitive of speculation in fu- '
turea must do harm, and cannot do more i
corrective good than the slow but sure ।
working of natural law.
The bull speculation in cotton has had
conditions more in its favor than in the
rase of wheat, but that too is getting wob
bly. Some of the people so badly punished
in grain are deep in the cotton game, and
losses in the one have weakened their i>o
sition in the other. Indications of liqui
dation in cotton have been manifest all
the week, and favorable weather through
out most of the cotton belt is increasing
rhe anxiety of the cornerers. Uertiflcnted
< otton is steadily increasing at New York,
the Liverpool spot market is weak, many
New England and other cotton mills are
to shut down all of this week, and be
tween good crop prospects and restricted
demand the cotton corner is likely soon to
go the way of the wheat corner.
These fundamentally favorable develop
ments have had little observable effect in
the securities market, which has con
tinued to drift idly back and forth under
the operations of professional traders.
Ordinarily such a smash in the grain
markets, with what it means respecting
the crop outlook, would start a general
advance in stocks. But it was without
apparent effect, even when ac<*ompanied
by an official announcement of the sale
of $50,000,000 St Paul bonds in the
French market and by a declining ten
dency in foreign exchange. Indeed last
week Wednesday brought an abrupt decline
in the stock marker on a comparatively
large volume of trading which looked like
liquidation. But the n*»xt day there was
recovery: and the employment of a rumor
that J. P. Morgan was ailing, which had
done service on Wednesday, to help de
press prices again on Friday, indicated
that bear manipulation had been the mov
ing factor in the market. People long of
stocks are not pressing them for sale.
But thev are not buying more stocks.
Sentiment as to the business situation and
outlook is clearly improving, but is yet
a little short of being enthusiastic.
The large interests are plainly satisfied
that whatever turning is going on is for
the better, but are content to wait for
more definite signs of clearing w ‘ather
before lommitting themselves more heav
ily to the long side of the marker. Just
what signs are wanted perhaps they do
not quite know themselves. They may
be political, whose disposition will be af
fected by the return of Roosevelt. They
may relate to the proposed railroad rare
increases and the strenuous opposition
appearing from the shippers—an issue
emphasized by the Atchisons April re
port of greatly reduced net earnings in
the face of a large increase in gross.
They may relate to the crops which are
still in the making. Or they may relate
to all these things. And meantime it is
enough to let ’The market drift around its
present level as it has for weeks. But
the general situation strongly favors up
ward rather than downward tendencies:
for the general business volume is admit
tedly very heavy. Bank clearings reflet t
improvement not only over a year ago.
bnt even a week ago. New buying ap
pears in the iron and steel marker, in
duced by lower prices and in confidence
that they are not going lower. Retail
trade has been stimulated by m<»re season
able weather. The increased wages are
increasing general consumption. The
bank position has been further strength
ened as a result of the week’s operations
and grain liquidation. Altogether it must
be said that the business situation and
outlook continue to improve.
TUESDAY’S MARKETS.
At New York.
Sales. High. Low. Lio*, chg s
300 Allis Cba! Co 9% 9%
100 do pref 33 ‘ 33 * — %
35,21M> Amal Copper 7C l 4 l’7 T s 68'^—
200 Am Beet Sug 36’' 4 36 36 —IL
I,COO Am Can 9% 9 ! 4 PG— \
640 do pref 72 ” 71 71 —2L.
900 Am Car & F 604 50U 59%—2 '
100 do pref 115% 115% 115%- %
.W Am Cot Oil 63V 4 62% 62%—1%
100 Ara Express 250 230 250 —3
400 Am H & L 6*4 6% 6'— %
3,400 do pref 41 36 36 ’—3
400 Am L e Sec 24 23\ 23%-
100 Am Lin pr 85 35 ' 35 —2
12300 Am I.ocotn 48% 46 46 —2 l *
18.300 Am Smelt 79% 75% 75%—3 *
500 do pref 104% 1(M 104 — %
200 Am Snuff nr 101 b>o 101 —l%
l.ix o Am St I Far 54’ •> 53% 53L—I 1 '
7<o Am Sugar 122^ 121
200 do pref 122 122 122 -Ik
I.SOO Am Tel & Tel 136 k 135% 135%- %
200 Am Wool 34U 34 34 — %
2(0 do p:>4 99% 99% 99%
1.500 Anaconda 43 41% 41%-KX
8.300 Atchison 10:) took UMlk-3k
I.o'o do pref 101% 101% DUG - G
1.000 Atl Coast Line 121% 120 120%—2%
5.100 Balt & Ohio 114% 112% 112^-1%
400 do pref 90% !K> 1 4 90%
300 Beth Steel 2* ' 27% 27%— k
10*10 IVkbnRT 78% T*% J k
6.000 Canada Pflc 197% 196% 19'*%-1%
4.200 t ent Leather 3f«% 37% 37%—2%
7.5<X) Ches & Ohio st 84% 54%—1%
200 chic A Alton 45‘ . 45k 45k— k
1.920 C G West N 2S 2HU 2 T 1%
6.200 Ch Mil ASt P 189 136% *36% 2k
200 do pref 155% 155% 155%-!%
l.e<X) Ch & Nkvest 152 Ka) 15<» 2
100 C UTr pr stpd 7 7 7 -v lk
7n) CCC&StL S4G 80 m -5
400 Col F A Iron 37% 36% 36%-l%
200 do pref 114% 114% 114' s %
300 Col & South 60 5!K% %
200 do I<t p.vf 77% 77 77%-1%
D’O do 2«! pref 75 ^ 75% 75%- »•
200 C\ H Coal 6% 6% 6% %
4.900 Ucpfol Gas 142% 137% 1.38—3%
290 Corn Product 15% 15% 15% - %
400 do pref 78% 77% 77k 4%
200 pel Ar Hud DB% 167 k 167%- 2%
10u lien & Kio Gr 4<» 40 to
100 Pkt So-* Cor 31 80 Co %
400 Erie 28 27% 27%- 1%
D» do 2d pref 33 35 35 — %
400 Gm EBee 149 117 147 1%
3.500 Gt Nor pr 134% 132 132% 2k
100 do etfs 62% 62 t>2 %
400 Hav Elee Rr 95U 93% 95k
200 Illinois Cent 133% 133% 133% -2%
600 Inter Met 2»^ 19% 19%- %
1.400 do pref 54% 53% 53 k-1%
4.600 |nt Han 101 k 97 u 7 —2%
300 Int Paper 12% 12% V2x- k
500 hit Pump 47% 46% 1
100 do prof 85 85 85 1.,
200 hranOutrU 21 21 21 %
200 Kmc South .33%
100 de pref 6* I’7 67 4-1%
4.7(0 T. ic’e lc (;« 9 TG% DG% 10T, 1%
200 1 > k St^el *5 4.’» 43
I’V) lon A \Dsh IG\ 14’. 145 3
310 Mark.n Co >5% BT% 87» %
1 mi Mor Mar nr 19 19 pi 4 a,
mspassm tw i:io v-‘ 1%
2.7 H) McK^ Tex *l% 59% 40% 1%
200 do pref D) 69 69
3,200 Mo Pact lie 71% 69 09 - 2
100 hat Biscuit 107 IU7 lv7 -
Nat Ix»M 771 b 75 75 —2<.
dn pref '•>
NRRofM2dpr 27% 27 27 -1%
I.4’tn Nevada Can 20*4 aZ
200 N Y Air Brake 72U 71% 71C— 2^3
N Y Central 110'4 11B\ 117 —2%
2. W X YC * Fr L 51 Hl
7 ‘ XYO * W 47£ 44t,
Ll/*J Norf A West 101% pil mi - 2
icq North Amer 73 73 73 — %
Pa< in '’ 527% 128 —3^
If 10 Pacific Mail 2*? 28 2« — U
-4.»Y«0 p^ nn [> R
PeoG*C 10^ UtGV-iC
2 0 PCC&StL W pio __ £
Pftt* Crml
200 Pres* St tar 3M* 38% 38%— W
200 Ry S;eel Hp 35>U .^l4-
1F7.500 Reading 102^ 157 157’.— 5V
200 Rep I & Sroel 33% 33 33 — %
7.200 Rn< k Island 43% 41 411*—2^
.'■on do pref 89 87H 87*4—1%»
200 St LAc S F2d pr 48 40 4d —2
W St L& S W 31% 31%— U
do pref 75%. 74% 74^—1 U
-VO gjoss Sheff 72U 71U—1$
40.KT0 SonPac 128 121*4 121%—#2
1.200 South Rv 26%. 28 28 — U
Wt do prpf 63t 4 61 Hiix-ltf
400 T<&nn Copper 26 26 — t
ICO Tpx & Pae 31L 36% 30%—1
100 Tex A- P L Tr f»0 90—5
300 Tol St I. A- W 37 34 34 —2
200 do pref 63 s. 63U 63^- H
100 Twin C R T I11«i 111^4 111%-L %
&3.. W Union Tae 179 K 173&—3%
900 do prAf 9544 P4U MU— U
1!” Unit Dry G 4 107 10?' 107
4.'4 do pref 106V4 ipev 10614— U
100 T n Hr Inves 34 34 34 + M
po u s Rao A- Im 73% 73% 73U-1
400 U S’ Rubber 41 40 40 — «
inn do Ist pref 112 112 112
163.0m* r S S*ep> 8274 7f»U 2«4
•» 30J do pref 118%'117 ' 117 —l'
2,200 Urab Conper 46*4 45 45%—
10.2’ OYa r Them 62% 59% 2*4
700 Wabash 2Td, -jn 20 _ a:
3.600 do pref 45% 43^ 43^—244
3.400 Wpst Md 47 ' 4.W 45%—1U
40ft do pref 70% rO 70 —1
400 West T n Tel 66k, 68 & 4- U
>OO West Man 64 ' 62% «2%-l%
1 * Lil sales 766.780 shares, against 302,895
Friday. 213.727 a week ago, and 701,578 a
year ago.
—lncrease. —Decrease JEx-diridend.
Produce and Provisions.
At Boston: Flour dull, weak and unsettled.
t<* ship from rhe mills, spring patents $5.35^
5.75, clears 44/4.40. winter patents 5.20^
5.3 i». srrai|fnts 5. / &5-2»), clears 4.50^4.90, Kan
-ng patents in jute Rye flour $4^4.43.
graham 44/4.40. Corn dull and weak, car lots
on spot. No 2 yellow d9^fl9%e, steamer yellow
68^®. No 3 yellow 6bth6B%. to ship from
the" West. No 2 yellow 68% z 069. N'o 3 yellow
67M16*. Oars dull and easy, car lota on
spot. No 1 < Hpped white 474a47%c. No 2 45%
^46. No 3 45^4-’%. rejected white 4^
44. to *hip from rhe West. 40 to 42-lb
lipped white 46^46%, 38 to 40-lb 44%4i
4-’>. k 36 to 38-lh 44 z 044%, barley fixtures 41
^(44. Cornmeal dull and easy, per 1004 b
naturally dried $1.28^1.30. kiln dried 1.52&
1.36. per barrel granulated 3.25^3.40. bolted
3.20h3-35. Oatmeal quiet and easy, per bar
rel rolled :M.40fr74.75. cut and ground 4.83^
5.25. Mill feed dull and weak, to ship from
rhe mills, spring bran $21.75<u22.25. winter
23^ 23.50. middlings 23^27. mixed feeds 23^
26.50. red dog 29.50^30. cottonseed meal
i 32 7547.33.25. gluten feed 28.85. hominy feed
24.90, -tock feed 26. Hay quiet and easy,
-.vpsteru < L' lod s-jr,. No 1 23.50024. No 2 214 g
, 22. No ■■ 18.5<»?H9. Straw quiet and easy,
i rye 15.5tM/lb. oat 10. Pork easy, backs and
' short cuts heavy. S2B, medium 26^26.50, long
I cuts 27 50. lean ends 30.35, bean pork 22.23
| ^/23. shoulders, fresh 13^c. smoked 13%,
, < rned 12 s t hams 18 ! 4 ®20. bacon 20fii25, fresn
* ribs 14V 4 (|14%c. Lard, raw leaf 14%tL rendered
leaf 16L. I^. Beef firm, whole cattle
IOW/11-\ choice hinds 12'u 12%. fores 3^9%.
1 Mutton easy at 11<&12c for best. Lambs daft,
i springers LVdlrtc.fancy 18. winters 13<%14.year
ling* easy at 10^12. Veal easy at l,vgl4e
I for best. Poultry steady, turkeys, western
i . hoice 26<</2Sc. fowls, northern choice 22g23c,
! western < h-dee 21^22. broiler chickens, na
* live 38rd42. western 30^32. roasting chickens,
j western 21^22, live fowls 18^W. roosters 13
'Ol4. Butter firm, fancy norther* cream
ery 31fu32r. boxes and prints 32^33. fancy
western creamery 31W.32. western ash tubs
3OW</31 j > Cheese firm. New York fancy new
Vennout new 15%^ 16, Young Amer
’ r old l^al£%. new 174i1T%, saae I'7%^lS.
Eggs firm on. fancy grades, "hen
nery 28 < «/3Oc, choice eastern 26^27,
fresh western 24(q25. Beans steady, per
bushel. New York pea $2.4,Yu2.50. medhnns
2.456/2.30, yellow eyes 3 50<3.60. small Cali
fornia 3^5^3-45. red kidneys X9o@4, for
eign pea 2.40^2.45. Potatoes easy*
per 2-busbel bag Aroostook 75^8w,
Central Maine 75^80. Florida new
por barrel 5" •3.25. Carolina 2.25^2.5<A sweet
potatoes easy, per barrel, Vinelauos 2.25(92.50.
basket . Asparagus, per dozen, Pennsyl
vania s3<?7 3 50. native per box 44i7. String
beans, per basket, wax $1^1225. green 1611.25.
• r.bbages.' new southern per crate
Cucumbers, per vox $1.30^32)0. Celery, ncr
dozen. Florida washed $1.5(Mz1.75. Lettuce,
per box 25c<uSl. Onions. Egyptians, per bag
<2.25^2.75. Texas Bermudas per crate SLSO^
1.75. Tomatoes, hothouse per pound 10tffl5c.
Florida per ■ are 2b2.3“. Southern peas per
basket $1.2.Vq2.M Turnips, yellow per
; barrel $2^12.25. Rhubarb, per bushel box 40^1
6 Spinach, native per bushel $15025c. Kale
per bushel 2"'<?3sc. Dandedons per bushel 35
1 . Radishes, per box TSe^Sl. Beets, per
: bushel 75* ’.si. Carrots, per bushel
: 1 50. Parsnips, per bushel Wdl-V. Apples
j firm, per barrel fancy fresh packed Baldwins
s.’ -/5.50. I’d 1 storage ®si7. cold storage rus
; sets 4.5tv«5.50, Ben Davis 3 5»>^4.50. box fruit
-■•2.50. Blueberries, southern per quart 14^
18c. Bananas, per stem yellow 75c^53.75,
red 2.50(0 4. Cantaloupes, per <*rate. Flor
ida 0. Cherries. California per
6-lb. box >2 J.Vg 75. Grape fruit, per box
Florida $5.50*16.50. California 3.75.^4.50.
box California $4/54.50. foreign
; 3.75/5i5.50. Oranges, per box California navels
82..'0; 4.50. Mediterranean, sweet 3.50*154.
>• Michael's 754/4.25. seedlings 3.25^3.75,
! b;oods. ner hnif-box 1.7' C 2. Pineapples, per
erate 213 2.75. Strawberries. p^r quart
Maryland l^dUc, Delaware 10012. Sugar
■Mm. refiners quote granulated iu barrels and
I.VMb hags nr 5.40.' net. 1 per cent for cash
_o^s of more than 26 barrels, in 100-barrel lots
' 25c. wholesale grocers ouote granulated at
5 50 for less than 20 barrels.
Local Provision Market.
MEATS.
Bacon 2s.<; Hams sliced 35
’ Sliced bacon - 0 Tripe S
L*rd !Su2o ” honevcombed 12
‘ Tongue' IS@24
Salt 20 Lamb-
Roast 2*Vc 22 Legs 25^2$
Chops 23 ’’iudouarters 2Gru27
: Roasting pigs «each> Forequarters SO
< 25063 Chops 30^46
| Sausages IB&S^ Mutton—
i Frankforts 12.7 .S l\ requarter s 12
' Bologna 12 Legs 20521
: Beef- Chops 23^35
Chuck 12^18 Calf’s liver 30g3C
Round 25^18 Veal-
Rump 3d'ios. Steak 3<Mi3.'
i Porterhouse Cutlet 307135
' Hamburg IVu2^ Roast 14ff2^
16?_5 chops 2(M523
Short 2S Forequarters 16
t orned 10U20 Fowl 23^25
Corned pressed Chi-ken 28fa3f
| 15 ;20 Philadelphia do 25?13 ( '
Dried po.bi’V •<tern boilers 2Vu2S
। Smoked 20 710 N.tiv? broilers 28^3'’
: Liver 12 Squabs .pain 75@1.3
, B^lo Pyreon .pair) 5C
smoked shoulders Turkeys 32*^35
14^16 Spring ducks 2No2T
I Hams 25
GROCERIES.
: Butter— Vinegar tgal> 20325
• Tub t new 36' Su gar-
Creamery 38 Granulated (17) I.OC
' Cheese— j Browu »18) 1.00
New .^ :.2 Cut loaf G2i 1.0)
' Sage 22 Powdered <l2> 1.00
Factory 16 ?20 Molasses (gal) T. R
Edam <each) D 0& 1.2-5 s€K@6^
E^us dozen- 28 Mapie sugar 20
l\gs idozeni locah 36 Maple sirup «gal) 1.^5
. Pickles igu D 40<i50
GRAIN AND FLOUR.
i Wheat- ,Oats ibu) 53^8
No 1 white (cwt) Coi umeal (cwt)
2.40'd2.45 1.50^1-55
Bran (cwt) Oatmeal (tb) 5
I.Wb-1.45 Hay baled iron) 2&525
Middlings (cwt- scaw tewt) 1.00^1.10
1.45&1,55 Provender " 1.75
। Rye feed jgwti Linseed oil meal 2-10
1.55.; 1.70 Cottonseed 1.90
’ Mixed feed icwo Fleur-
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tUuten (cwt) 1<- Hayail 6.75^.00
Rye ilb) .14: Graham 6.2 f 16.73
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West »rwO 1 5<».V
Northern (bn) 85
vegetables and fruit.
; Cherries <lb) 50l'ickled onions iqt)
\\ aler cress 10 2(Xa23
i Wax beans ’ORefrts 1 bunch) 10^20
• Green I <ms wStrnwherries (basket)
Nen petal *es <pk) «-i Wls
* Parsley (bunch) 5.4 m Mixed nuts LW2O
, lettuce 'lO Krt’.lahes rhunch) 3c5
New cabbage ilb) 7 € irmß 1 h» 5
NV\x ’mn. h vuiths 10 C cumlw'is s^lo
California ra'els L-tum's tpk)
tdoM) 25 ‘< 1 rape fruit teach)
l.p.ueus 201 0 Wffl’
Greet! pepi*rs ido n Pineapples 15035
20 < *0 Rhubarb 5
■•ananas 1 2’> ( o'et v 15Q&»
1L d bau ivas 30'/10 Sidnacb 3.) .
, I'igs Summer squash 10$il5
’ Dates tlb) 10'rt 14 Parsnip (lb) 5
Asparagus 15^20 Onions (Bermuda) 10
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