1042 
Countryside Produce Situation 
POTATOES MAY DECLINE. 
In ordinary times it might be supposed 
the potato markets were sliaping up for a 
decline, as a result of general conditions. 
There is a large crop predicted. Ship¬ 
ments are nearing .500 cars per day. yet 
jirices are ranging .50 per cent higher than 
last year in early September, and about 
double the range in the corresponding 
period in 1910. The crop may be 10 to 
15 per cent less than that of last j'ear. 
but that of itself would hardly justify 
much higher prices except for the well- 
known fact that all lines of i)roduce cost 
more to I’aise this year. New potatoes 
sell in Eastern consuming markets at 
.$4.25 to .$5.50 i)er bbl., .and around .$.3 
per 100 lbs. Last year similar stock sold 
on a basis of about .$2 ))er 100 lbs. The 
large nmrkets of the country range un¬ 
evenly, some showing lower prices with 
heavy supj)lies of nearby growth, while 
other markets hold a very firm tone. 
a'GOOD START FOR FALL APPLES. 
Apples are becoming interesting once 
more as a market feature. About 100 
cars per week are coming and new ship¬ 
ping points are starting day by day. 
Northwestern Greenings opened the sea¬ 
son for Northern barreled stock at .$5.75 
to $0 at Michigan shipping points. Red 
kinds ai'e selling at .$2 or more per bu. 
in that section. New 5’ork. New .Jersey 
;ind the Pacific Coast are shipping quite 
freely. Middle West buyers have sent in¬ 
quiries to New 5"ork State dealers asking 
for price on carlots. 
I*ears .‘ii’e a somewhat lighter crop in 
Ihe leading States this year, but total 
movement is fully 1.50 cars per day. 
chiefly from the Pacific Coa.st as yet. but 
increa.sing from Eastern shipping points. 
Prices are slo\yly declining. Rartletts 
bring $40 per ton at 5'akima. AVash., and 
$1.25 to .$2.50 per bu. in Michigan pro¬ 
ducing sections. 
Peaches show no decided change in 
values for choice stock. Some decayed 
lots have sold very low. such ranges as 
3.5c to .$.3 i)er carrier having been quoted 
in Eastern markets. Choice Eastern 
peaches bring around ,$3 per carrier, or 
per bu. basket, for large lots, in leading 
market centers. 
LARGE CROPS OF GOOD ONIONS. 
__The Eastern onion crop promises to run 
.3.50 to 400 bu. per acre in leading onion 
sections. Some Northwestern sections 
will average a much higher yield. Tlu' 
crop looks well in most localities, and, so 
far. it is bringing mostly .$2 to $3 per 
100 lbs. in consuming markets, but prices 
have been slowly declining as the sup))ly 
steadily increa.ses. 
SOITTIIERN SPECIALISTS PROSPER. 
Southern farmei's are doing well with 
sweet potatoes this year, receiving $0 to 
$7 per bbl. in A’^irginia producing sections. 
Southern Avatei-nudons have exceeded $S0O 
l>er carload occasionally in New York city, 
and the average for watermelons and 
cantaloupes has been hgher than in recent 
years. 
The fruit and vegetable markets as a 
whole are being sui)plied with about the 
same amount of carlot stuff as last year. 
Prices are generally higher than last year, 
but have been tending slightly downward 
during the i)ast few weeks. G. R. F. 
RURAL NEAV-YORKER 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—August 21 a pleasure 
1 arty in canoes met with disaster off 
liockaway Point, near New York city. A 
number of canoes were capsized in some 
\inexi)lained manner, and after .several 
days’ search 19 persons were found to be 
missing. 
Those who suffered through the .sinking 
of the Lusitania must look to Germany, 
not to the Cunard Steamship Company, 
owner of the liner, to recover damages. 
Such is the effect of a decision by .Judge 
.Julius M. Alayer of the Federal District 
Court. Claims aggregating almost $6.- 
000.000 were the basis of suits begun 
after the I.usitania was sunk by a German 
submarine off Old Jlead of Ivinsale. Ire¬ 
land. on May 7, 1915. The majority of 
these claims Avere made by relatives of 
p.assengers who lost their lives. Follow¬ 
ing the bringing of these suits the Cunard 
comi)any filed a petition asking that its 
liability be limited, under the Ignited 
States maritime liability law, to the value 
of tin* wreckage recovered i)lus the freight 
and i>assenger receii)ts of the last Amyage. 
The cojupany's estiniiite of its liability 
Avas .$91,290. In granting the petition of 
the Cunard company Judge Mayer ex¬ 
onerated the company and Capt. AA". T. 
Turner of the laisitania from charges of 
negligence. lie held that absolute proof 
l ad been brought that the vessel Avas not 
armed and did not carry explosives; that 
officers, crew and passengers behaved Avith 
heroism and self-sacrifice; that there Avas 
r.o panic during the eighteen minutes in 
which the vessel remained above the sur¬ 
face after being torpedoed, and that all 
responsibility for the loss of 1.195 lives 
must be placed upon the Imperial German 
Government. 
Fire at Canton. O.. Aug. 25, caused a 
loss estimated at $1,000,000. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The AA^ar 
Department authorizes the folloAving state¬ 
ment from the office of the Surgeon Gen- 
eif.l: Examinations for commission in 
the veterinary section of the Officers’ Re¬ 
serve Corps are open for A^eterinarians in 
civil life. All appointments will be in 
the grade of second lieutenant and fur¬ 
ther promotions based entirely on the 
qualifications of the ofiicer. ■ (’andidates 
lu’jst be citizens of the United States, be- 
tAveen 22 and .55 years of age. must be 
graduates of recognized A’eterinary col¬ 
leges or univer.sities. and must be in the 
.active practice of their profession in the 
States in AA'hich they reside at the time of 
aj)])ointment. Detailed information may 
be had by writing to the A'eterinary Di¬ 
vision. Office of the Surgeon General, 
AA’ashington. 
Secia'tary McAdoo announces that the 
War Finance Corporation had perfected 
its plans for making direct loans under 
the provisions of Section 9 of the AA’ar 
Finance Corporation act to individuals, 
firins, and corporations AA’bose principal 
business is the rai.sing of live stock, in¬ 
cluding cattle, sheep, goats, and hogs. 
The corporation has decided to create, 
umler authority of the act, two agencies, 
one at Kansas City and one at Dallas. 
These agencies will be knoAvn as the 
Cattle Loan Agencies of the AA’ar Finance 
Coi'poration and their business will be 
confined entirely to the consideration of 
applications for direct loans to cattlemen. 
All applications from banks for advances 
for crop-moving purposes and other pur¬ 
poses Avill be received as heretofore by the 
Federal reserve banks acting as fiscal 
agents for the corjioration. 
_A public demonstration of farm tractors 
Avill be held on the grounds of the New 
.Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station 
fit Ncav Brunswick, Tuesday, October S. 
luA’itations have been sent out to tractor 
manufacturers all over the country, and 
it is expected that a large number of the 
more important machines for Eastern con¬ 
ditions Avill be present. 
The National Grange, the National 
Farmers’ Union, and the National Dairy 
Union will henceforth be jointly repre¬ 
sented in the farm service of the United 
States Employment Service by a repre¬ 
sentative AA’ho Avill be permanently sta¬ 
tioned at the national heaihjuarters of 
the Federal Employment Service in AA'ash- 
ington. This Avill bring the active sup¬ 
port of the millions of members of these 
organizations to the .service in its farm 
labor-supplying activities. As the result 
of conferences betAveen M. A. Coykendall, 
chief of farm service of the Emjiloyment 
Service; Oliver AA’ilson. master of the 
National Grange; Charles S. Barrett, 
pre.sident of the National Farmers’ T’nion, 
and AA’illiam ’T. Creasy, secretary of the 
National Dairy T’nion, this special repre- 
sentatiA-e on the executive staff of the 
Employment SerA'ice has been chosen in 
the jierson of IIoAvard E. AATlliams of 
Trout. AA’. A’a. Mr. AA'illiams has been 
for many years a prominent member of 
the National Grange, and has successfully 
filled the f)ffices of commissioner of agri¬ 
culture, State highway inspector, and di¬ 
rector of farmers' institutes in AA’est 
A^irginia. In addition to executiA^e ability, 
he is a man of Avide practical farming, 
stock-raising, and diiiry e.xperience. and 
leaves a large agricultural property in 
AA'est A’irginia to come to the Employ¬ 
ment Service. 
At the recent convention of the Society 
of .American Florists at St. Louis, the 
folloAving officers were elected for 1919: 
I’resident, .J. F. .Amman. EdAvardsville. 
Ill.; .secretary, .John Young. NeAV A'ork ; 
treasurer, ,T. ,1. Hess, Omaha. Neb. The 
society will h«dd its next convention in 
1910 ,‘it Detroit, and its 1920 convention 
at Cleveland, O. 
WASHINGTON.-The Labor Board 
for the District of Columbia, appointed 
by the .^ecr<‘tary of Tvabor to sift essential 
from non-essential labor to meet the Awar 
needs of the country, Aug. 22 is.sued a 
list of forty or more occupations consid¬ 
ered non-essential. Notices haA'c been 
seiwed on the twenty or more industries 
affected directing that A’oluntary releases 
be giA-en to employees, so that they can 
engage in Avar A\-ork. Jobs will be'giA'en 
to those released as fast as they ai)ply. 
The industries and occupations classed as 
non-es.sential are: .Automobile industry 
accessories, including chauffeurs of tour¬ 
ing cars and men engaged in cleaning, re¬ 
pairing and delivering them ; dri\'ers and 
guides of .sightseeing cars and vehicles; 
iiutomobile truck drivers engjtged in Avork 
other than the delivery of coal, or for the 
goA'crnment; teamsters on jobs other than 
handling products for Avar work; bath and 
barber shop attendants; keepers and at- 
tendant.s of boAvling alleys and billiard 
;ind j)ool rooms; bottlers and workers in 
bottling establishments; candy manufac¬ 
turers and handlers of cigars and ciga¬ 
rettes; managers and employees of clean¬ 
ing and dj’eing establishments; omitloyees 
of clubs; Avorkers in confection and deli¬ 
catessen shops. .Also builders and con¬ 
tractors engaged on structures for other 
than Avar Avork; keepers and employees 
of dancing academies and .schools; male 
clerks of stores and mercantile places; 
managers and employees of florists’ shops; 
keepers of fruit .stands; junk dealers and 
thfir employees; men employed in livery 
and sales stables; paAvnbrokers and their 
clerks and runners; peanut venders and 
September 7, 191S 
cstabli.shments; keepers and employees of 
shoe-shining shops; AvindoAV cleaners and 
Avashers; keepers and employees of .soft- 
drink establishments; A’enders and sales- 
men of soda-fountain supplies. 
Discontinuance, until further notice, of 
the use on Sundays of passenger-carrying 
automobiles. Avith a fcAv exceptions, and 
of motorcycles and motorboats in all 
States east of the Mississippi RiA’’er aa’.os 
requested August 27 by the National Fuel 
.Administration. 'J'he object is to save 
gasoline for Avar purposes. If the re- 
que.st is not sufficiently effective a man¬ 
datory order Avill be issued. No limit is 
jilaced upon the period of conservation, 
but Fuel .Administration Garfield and Mark 
S. Re(]ua. director of the oil division of 
the Fuel Administration, said in a joint 
statement that rigid economy in the con¬ 
sumption of gasoline is desired “during 
the next fcAA' weeks as a necessary and 
practical act of patrioti.sm.” These are the 
motor vehicles to Avhich the restriction 
does not apply: Tractors and motor 
trucks employed in the actual transporta¬ 
tion of freight. A’ehicles of physicians 
usee in professional duties. Ambulances, 
fire apparatus, police patrol wagons, un¬ 
dertakers’ Avagons and funeral convey¬ 
ances. Raihvay equipment using gasoline. 
Repair outfits employed by telephone and 
public service companies. Motor vehicles 
in necessary use in rural communities 
Avhere other transportation is not avail¬ 
able. 
This part of the country betAA'een New 
BrunsAvick and Perth Amboy has been 
so much cut up into building lots that it 
can hardly be called a farming country. 
There are a good many small places 
Avhere the OAA’ner or tenant raises truck or 
fruit to hel)) out. his money croj) being 
mainly made by working with his team, 
and iit tin* jiresent time Gamp Raritan, 
which is near by, is paying $1 an hour 
for teams. .A good many small fruit 
groAver.s (myself included) whose fruit 
Avas ruined by the intense cold last Win¬ 
ter. find it jmys >is better to AA'ork by the 
hour in the munition plants than to try to 
do anything at home. Oats have been a 
fair crop. Gorn does not look very Avell; 
it has been too dry a season. There are a 
number of dairymen here who retail their 
milk ft)r from 12 to ISc per qt. The 
prices for produce in Perth Amboy are : 
Tomatoes, 40e per 16-qt. bskt.; common 
pears, 75c; apples, 75c to $1; Lima 
beans, .$2.25 per bu. ; SAveet corn, .$2 per 
100; blackberries, 20c qt. Eggs, .50c. 
Galves. ISc i)er lb., live Aveight; dressed 
foAvls, .35 to 40c per lb. F. ir. n. 
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