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Tht  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
December  8,  1923 
Market  News  and 
Prices 
Review  of  the  New  York  Produce  Market 
(Supplied  by  New  Jersey  State  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Bureau  of  Markets) 
There  has  been  no  radical  change  in 
the  fruit  market.  For  two  or  three  days 
sales  of  New  York  barreled  apples  were 
interfered  with  by  a  truckman  strike  on 
one  of  the  docks,  but  it  had  little  effect 
on  the  market.  Trading  continued  dull 
on  the  average  run  of  fruit,  buyers  want¬ 
ing  only  fancy  apples  and  generally  pur¬ 
chased  in  small  quantities.  According 
to  the  government  cold  storage  reports 
for  November  1,  the  barreled  holdings 
were  12,000  barrels  less  than  a  year  ago, 
but  considerably  above  the  5-year  aver¬ 
age.  Boxed  apple  holdings  were  about 
1,104,000  boxes  in  excess  of  the  1922 
holdings  on  November  1,  the  total  sup¬ 
plies  of  boxed  apples  being  nearly  30  per 
cent  greater  than  the  holdings  last  year. 
There  has  been  a  very  light  movement  at 
shipping  stations  in  the  Rochester  sec¬ 
tion,  Baldwins  working  out  at  90c  to  $1 
a  bushel  loaded  on  the  car.  Cranberries 
held  steady  and  pears  were  dull  unless 
fancy.  Florida  grapefruit  have  been  a 
little  more  plentiful  and  have  been  sell¬ 
ing  at  very  reasonable  prices.  Onions 
showed  very  little  Gi'5nge.  The.  market 
on  domestic  stock  lias  been  quiet  with 
ordinary  qualities  dragging.  Spanish 
onions  moved  slowly  also.  Cabbage  has 
been  in  moderate  demand,  but  the  market 
has  ruled  steady  to  firm  at  all  times.  Re¬ 
cent  reports  state  that  practically  all  the 
fields  are  cleaned  up  and  shipments  have 
been  lighter  as  movement  from  storage 
in  New  York  State  had  hardly  begun. 
Prices  on  potatoes  in  New  York  have 
held  fairly  steady,  but  movement  has 
been  slow  and  the  market  dull.  Long 
Island  potatoes  have  been  topping  the 
market  as  usual.  Maine  shippers  have 
been  furnishing  about  half  the  carloads 
of  potatoes  unloaded  in  New  York,  the 
other  important  sources  of  supply  ^being 
Long  Island  and  New  York  State.  Sweet 
potatoes  were  in  good  demand  geneially. 
The  holiday  trade  has  attracted  consider¬ 
able  celery  to  the  market,  but  the  oftei- 
ings  were  in  excess  of  requirements  and 
the  market  declined  materially.  Most  of 
the  eastern  lettuce  arriving  is  very_  ordi¬ 
nary,  but  some  Florida  and  Louisiana 
lettuce,  the  first  of  the  season,  is  now 
coming  in,  some  of  which  is  reported  to 
be  very  good.  Spinach  dropped  due  to 
the  heavv  offerings  from  Virginia  and 
Maryland.  Cauliflower  was  irregular  and 
carrots  draggy. 
EGGS  &  POULTRY 
Egg  receipts  do  not  seem  to  be  quite 
as  heavy  as  they  were,  but  the  demand 
has  slackened  somewhat  and  the  market 
has  weakened.  Fresh  gathered  and  west¬ 
ern  fresh  gathered  were  a  little  quieter 
and  with  Pacific  Coast  eggs  coming  in 
and  moving  slowly  at  irregular  figures, 
but  during  the  week  showing  a  decline  of 
several  cents  a  dozen,  dealers  were 
obliged  to  meet  the  changing  situation. 
Fanciest  nearbv  white  eggs  were,  per¬ 
haps,  affected  the  least.  Nearby  pullet 
eggs  have  been  arriving  a  little  more 
freely  and  these  have  been  selling  in  the 
buyers’  favor  for  some  time,  but  only 
just  recently  has  there  been  enough  or 
the  finer  qualities  to  meet,  the  demand  at 
former  prices.  As  soon  as  there  began 
to  be  some  accumulations,  concessions 
had  to  be  made  on  these  also.  Reductions 
of  cold  storage  eggs  are  hardly  keeping 
up  with  last  year’s  output  when  the 
movement  should  be  greater  as  holdings 
were  heavier  than  a  year  ago,  and  the 
refrigerators  should  be  fairly  well  cleared 
early  in  the  New  Year. 
The  interest  in  the  .  oultry  market  dur¬ 
ing  the  week  preceding  Thanksgiving 
naturally  centered  around  turkeys.  There 
was  a  good  crop  in  the  South  and  West, 
and  plenty  of  good,  ordinary  and  poor 
turkeys  were  available,  but  there  was 
not  an  oversupply  of  fancy  stock.  The 
fancy  Maryland  and  nearby  turkey  top¬ 
ped  the  market,  although  very  few  near- 
bys  were  received.  Buyers  held  off,  hop¬ 
ing  for  a  lower  market  and  trading  was 
light  until  two  or  three  days  before 
Thanksgiving,  but  by  that  time  accumu¬ 
lations  were  heavy  and  the  market  broke 
badly.  Retail  prices  in  Newark  and 
vicinity  ranged  50  to  55c  for  best  Mary¬ 
land  turkeys,  although  in  Southern  New 
Jersey  local  poultrymen  were  reported  as 
getting  50  to  55c  from  shippers,  and  60 
to  65c  or  more  when  selling  locally  to 
retailers.  Plenty  of  ducks  and  geese  were 
offered  which  sold  slowly.  The  dressed 
chicken  market  has  been  weak  on  every¬ 
thing  but  fancy  stock  which  has  been  in 
good  demand.  Storage  houses  have  been 
used  to  hold  considerable  quantities  of 
surplus  poultry  during  the  past  few 
weeks,  the  total  gain  from  November  1 
to  the  24th  amounting  to  about  2.8/0,000 
lbs.  Live  fowl  sold  readily  when  fancy 
and  the  market  on  good  chickens  showed 
strength.  Broilers,  especially,  were 
wanted.  Not  many  Long  Island  ducks 
are  coming  in  and  live  guineas  were 
scarce. 
HAY  &  STRAW 
With  more  hay  arriving,  the  market 
continues  easy  with  some  reductions  in 
prices.  Very  little  Timothy  hay  has  been 
offered  which  meets  the  requirements  for 
No.  1  grade,  but  other  stock  has  been 
plentiful  for  all  needs  of  the  trade.  Rye 
straw  firm.  B*  s- 
Countrywide  Produce  Situation 
WESTERN  APPLES  LOW - MANY  IN  STORAGE 
— OTHER  FRUITS  PLENTIFUL - CRAN¬ 
BERRIES  IN  SEASON - GENERAL  MAR¬ 
KETS  STEADY. 
The  heavy  supplies  of  Western  boxed 
apples  in  cold  storage  show  that  the  com¬ 
petition  with  Eastern  apples  will  be  keen 
to  the  end  of  the  season.  Most  of  these 
apples  are  owned  by  dealers  or  associa¬ 
tions  and  will  be  fed  to  the  market  grad¬ 
ually.  The  cold  storage  apples  are  partly 
in  Eastern  cities,  but  the  Northwest  is 
putting  up  new  cold  storages.  The  Ya¬ 
kima  district  has  capacity  for  several 
thousand  carloads.  In  these  Northwest¬ 
ern  sections  most  of  the  apples  are  in 
common  storage,  which  is  not  equal  to 
requirements  in  a  year  of  record  produc¬ 
tion.  The  apple  situation  out  there  is 
far  from  satisfactory.  Few  growers  get 
over  $1  per  box  net,  and  some  receive 
less  than  50c  for  all  market  grades,  which 
is  about  the  same  as  “orchard  run”  in  the 
East.  They  estimate  cost  of  production, 
harvesting  and  packing  at  close  to  $1.25. 
Some  talk  of  pulling  out  their  orchards, 
but  the  general  opinion  is  in  favor  of  try¬ 
ing  closer  and  more  general  co-operation 
in  selling  the  crop.  They  will  feel  better 
another  season.  The  trouble  is  there  are 
too  many  apples,  too  far  from  market, 
and  too  much  other  fruit.  Of  the  fruits 
which  compete  with  apples  the  banana  is 
the  only  light  and  high-priced  crop  this 
season.  There  are  plenty  of  oranges, 
grapes  and  cranberries. 
CRANBERRIES  SEEKING  OUTLET 
About  2.000  carloads  of  cranberries  are 
consumed  every  year.  Most  of  them  dur¬ 
ing  the  holiday  season.  Advertising  has 
done  wonders  in  making  a  market,  at  sub¬ 
stantial  prices,  but  the  craving  for  cran¬ 
berries  is  still  weak,  compared  with  the 
apple  habit.  About  one  car  of  cranber¬ 
ries  is  produced  to  75  cars  of  the  com¬ 
mercial  apple  crop.  The  price  has  been 
satisfactory  to  growers  for  some  years 
past,  owing  to  the  operation  of  one  of 
the  most  successful  of  all  produce  co¬ 
operative  plans.  This  year  there  are  so 
many  cranberries  and  so  many  apples 
that  the  price  is  not  very  high — $6  to  $8 
per  bbl. — but  even  at  that  a  good  berry 
bog  is  considered  a  desirable  piece  of 
property.  The  next  thing  is  cultivate  a 
public  taste  for  cranberries  through  a 
longer  season,  and  build  up  an  export 
market.  More  outlets  must  be  found. 
There  is  still  much  land  that  can  be 
made  right  for  cranberries. 
PRODUCE  MARKETS  STEADY 
The  general  produce  markets  show  lit¬ 
tle  change  as  the  end  of  the  month  ap¬ 
proaches.  Potatoes,  apples,  cabbage, 
onions,  sweet  potatoes,  butter,  cheese, 
eggs,  dairy  feeds  are  about  steady.  Wheat 
tended  a  little  lower  and  corn  higher, 
while  cotton  reached  top  prices  and  then 
sagged  off.  Poultry  shipments  are  heavy, 
but  total  holdings,  including  storage 
stocks,  are  about  the  same  as  last  year. 
G.  B.  F. 
Buffalo  Wholesale  Markets 
The  produce  markets  are  pretty  steady. 
Butter  creeps  up  still,  and  live  poultry  is 
active  and  strong.  Apples  and  onions 
lead  most  other  fruits  and  vegetables. 
Potatoes  have  settled  down  to  $1  for 
highest. 
BUTTER — CHEESE — EGGS 
Butter,  lc  higher ;  creamery,  40  to 
57c;  dairy,  crocks,  38  to  42c;  common, 
25  to  28c.  ■Cheese,  steady  ;  daisies,  flats, 
27  to  28c ;  longhorns,  28  to  29c ;  lim- 
burger,  33  to  35c;  Swiss,  34^  to  ^35c. 
Eggs,  steady ;  hennery.  56  to  75c ;  State 
and  Western  candled,  44  to  54c ;  storage, 
34  to  40c. 
POULTRY 
Dressed  poultry,  quiet;  turkeys,  47  to 
50c ;  fowls,  28  to  32c ;  chickens,  2S  to 
30c;  broilers,  3S  to  43c;  old  roosters,  18 
to  20c;  ducks,  28  to  32c;  geese,  25  to 
27c.  Live  poultry,  active ;  turkeys.  37 
to  40c ;  fowls,  14  to  19c ;  chickens,  17  to 
22c;  old  roosters,  16  to  17c;  ducks,  23  to 
25c ;  geese,  22  to  23c ;  rabbits,  each,  16 
to  20c ;  pigeons,  pair,  25  to  35c. 
APPLES — POTATOES 
Apples,  active;  McIntosh.  Jonathan, 
Gravenstein.  bu..  $1.25  to  $2.25 ;  Fame- 
use.  $1.50  to  $2 ;  Spy.  Baldwin,  King, 
$1.25  to  $1.75 ;  Greening.  Ilubbardson, 
Tallman  Sweet.  $1  to  $1.50;  windfalls, 
50  to  75c.  Potatoes,  steady  ;  homegrown, 
bu.,  75c  to  $1 ;  sweets,  $3.75  to  $4. 
FRUITS  AND  BERRIES 
Pears,  quiet ;  Bartlett,  Seckel,  bu., 
$1.50  to  $2;  Keiffer,  50  to  75c.  Quinces, 
steady  ;  bu..  $1.25  to  $1.50.  Grapes,  over¬ 
stock  of  Western  ;  homegrown,  20-lb.  bas¬ 
ket.  $1.15  to  $1.25 ;  all  Californias,  lug, 
$1.25  to  $1.75.  Cranberries,  active ; 
Cape  Cod,  50-lb.  box,  $4  to  $5. 
BEANS - ONIONS 
Beans,  steady  ;  white  kidney,  ewt.,  $11 
to  $11.50;  marrow,  $10.50  to  $11;^  red 
kidney,  pea,  medium,  $6.75  to  $7.50. 
Onions,  varied  ;  homegrown,  bu..  $2.50  to 
$3 ;  Spanish,  crate,  $2.50  to  $2.75 ;  Eben- 
ezer.  bu.,  $3  to  $3.25. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables,  steady ;  beans,  green  and 
wax,  hamper,  $2.50  to  $3;  beets,  bu.,  90c 
to  $1 ;  carrots,  bu.,  $1  to  $1.25 ;  cab¬ 
bage,  bu.,  50  to  60c;  cauliflower,  bu.,  90c 
to  $1 ;  celery,  crate,  $2  to  $2.25  ;  cucum¬ 
bers,  Florida,  crate,  $4.50  to  $5  ;  Brus¬ 
sels  sprouts,  qt.,  20  to  25c ;  eggplant, 
doz.,  $2.75  to  $3  ;  endive,  doz.,  75c  to  $1 ; 
lettuce,  2-doz.  box,  $1.50  to  $1.75 ;  ice¬ 
berg,  do.,  $3.50  to  $5.50 ;  parsley,  doz. 
bunches,  40  to  50c;  parsnips,  bu.,  $1.75 
to  $2 ;  peppers,  Florida  crate,  $4.50  to 
$5 ;  pumpkins,  bu.,  $1  to  $1.25 ;  rad¬ 
ishes,  doz.  bunches,  25  to  30c ;  spinach, 
bu.,  50  to  75c ;  squash,  ewt.,  $2  to  $3 ; 
tomatoes,  California,  crate.  $5  to  $5.25 : 
turnips,  white,  bu.,  50e  to  $1 ;  yellow,  50 
to  60c. 
SWEETS 
Honey,  easy ;  white  comb,  20  to  23c ; 
dark,  12  to  18c.  Maple  products,  inac¬ 
tive  ;  sugar,  lb.,  10  to  18c ;  syrup,  gal., 
$1.25  to  $1.75. 
FEED 
Ilay  easy  ;  Timothy,  bulk,  ton,  $16  to 
$19  ;  clover  mixed,  $15  to  $17  ;  rye  straw, 
$12  to  $14  ;  oat  and  wheat  straw',  $10  to 
$12.  Wheat  bran,  carlot,  ton,  $31.50; 
middlings,  $31 ;  red-dog,  $35  ;  cottonseed 
meal,  $48.50 ;  oilmeal,  $43  ;  hominy,  $40 ; 
gluten,  $47.30;  oat  feed,  $15;  rye  mid¬ 
dlings,  $30.90.  J.  w.  c. 
New  York  Wholesale  Quotations 
November  28,  1923. 
MILK 
December  milk  prices  were  announced 
as  follows:  League  Pool,  Class  1,  $2.80; 
Class  2A.  $2.25;  Class  2B,  $2.35;  Class 
2C,  $2.35;  Class  3,  $2.15. 
Non-pool  flat  price,  $2.55. 
Under  the  flat  price  the  buyer  takes  all 
the  milk  produced  and  the  quotation  is 
for  3  per  cent  milk  at  the  200-miie  zone. 
BUTTER 
Creamery,  fancy  . 
Good  to  choice . 
Low'er  grades . 
Dairy,  best . 
Common  to  good . 
Packing  stock  . 
Danish  . 
Argentine  . 
Siberian  . 
Canadian  . 
$0.53®$0.54 
.48®  .52 
.41  ®  .43 
.51®  .52 
.40(7/)  .49 
•  .28®  .32 
.51  ®  .52 
.41  ®  .43 
.39(7/)  .43 
.48®  .50  % 
Full  cream  specials . 
.$0.26®$0. 
27% 
Average  run . 
.  .25®  . 
26 
Skims  . 
.  .10®  . 
.19 
EGGS 
White,  choice  to  fancy  . 
. .  .  $0.77@$0.7S 
Medium  to  good . 
.75 
Mixed  colors,  nearby  best 
Gathered,  best . 
. .  .  .70® 
.73 
.60 
Common  to  good . 
.52 
Storage,  best  . 
.  . .  .42®, 
.45 
Common  to  good . 
. 30® 
.40 
BIVE  POULTRY 
Fowls,  lb . 
...$0.20®  $0.29 
Chickens  . 
. . .  .22® 
.27 
Roosters  . . 
. 13® 
.15 
Ducks  . 
. 24® 
.30 
Geese  . 
.  . .  .20® 
92 
Turkeys  . 
. .  .  .32® 
.37 
DRESSED  POULTRY 
Receipts  of  turkeys  for  the  holiday 
trade  were  large  and  prices  on  a  great 
proportion  of  the  ordinary  to  good  grades 
ranged  from  25  to  40c  wholesale.  Fancy 
nearby  wholesaled  from  45  to  50c  and  re¬ 
tailed"  from  50  to  65c,  according  to  qual¬ 
ity  and  locality. 
Turkeys,  Spring  . $0.45®$0.50 
Old  best . 34  ®  .38 
Common  to  good . 25®  .32 
Chickens,  best . 41(7/)  .42 
Fair  to  good . 33(H)  .40 
Fowls  . 16(H}  .30 
Roosters  . 15(H)  .19 
Ducks  . 20(H)  .28 
Geese  . 20®  .25 
Squabs,  11  to  12  lbs.,  doz.  . .  8.50®10.00 
9  to  10  lbs .  6.75(H)  8.00 
6  to  S  lbs .  3.00(H)  6.50 
Spring  guineas,  pair .  1.00@  1.60 
Bruit 
Apples — McIntosh,  bbl. 
Greening  . 
Baldwin  . 
Spy  . 
Wealthy  . 
Winter  Banana  .... 
King  . 
Twenty  Ounce  . 
Delicious  . 
Jonathan  . 
Wolf  River  . 
Grimes  . 
York  . 
Blush  . 
Pears — ‘Seckel.  bbl.  .  . . 
Kieffer,  bbl . 
Grapes,  20-lb.  basket.. 
Cranberries,  bbl . 
Half  bbl.  box . 
Crabapples,  bu . 
Ivumquats,  qt . 
Quinces,  bbl . 
....$4.00@$9.00 
. ...  2.50(H!  6.50 
_ 2.00(H)  5.00 
_ 3.00(H)  5.00 
. .  . .  2.50(B)  5.00 
_  2.50®  4.00 
_  3.00®  4.50 
_  2.00®  5.50 
_  2.00®  5.00 
_ 2.00®  4.00 
....  2.50®  5.00 
_  2.00®  3.00 
. 2.00®  4.00 
,  .  . . .  2.50®  4.50 
_ 5.00®  10.00 
. . . .  1.50®  5.50 
. 95®  1.25 
. . . .  6.50®  9.00 
- 3.50®  4.50 
. . . .  1.50®  5.00 
. 15®  .18 
_ 4.00@  4.50 
Vegetables 
Beets,  bu . 
Carrots,  bu.  . . . 
Cabbage,  bbl.  . . 
100-lb.  bag  .. 
Ton  . 
Kale,  bbl . 
Parsley,  bu.  . . . 
Eggplant,  bu.  . 
Lettuce,  bu.  .  .  . 
Onions,  100  lbs 
,$1.25®$1.50 
,  1.00®  1.25 
1.35®  1.65 
1.25®  1.50 
,17.00®20.00 
.  .75®  1.25 
,  1.00®  1.25 
,  4.00®  5.50 
.75®  4.00 
2.00®  3.00 
Peppers,  bu . 2.25®  4.25 
Cauliflower,  bbl . 4.00®  10.00 
Radishes,  100  bunches . 1.25®  2.00 
Spinach,  bu .  1.00®  1.25 
Peas,  So.,  bu.  basket .  3.00®  7.50 
Squash,  bbl . 2.00®  2.25 
String  beans,  bu . 2.50®  6.50 
Tomatoes,  30-lb.  crate .  2.25@  2.50 
Turnips,  bbl .  1.25®  1.50 
Cucumbers,  bu . 3.50®  5.50 
Watercress,  100  bunches....  2.25®  3.00 
Brussels  sprouts,  qt . 15®  .28 
Celery,  washed,  doz.  hearts.  1.00@  1.50 
HAY  AND  STRAW 
Hay — Timothy,  No.  1 - $28.00@$29.00 
No.  2  .  26.00®  27.00 
No.  3 .  23.00®  24.00 
Straw— Rye  .  22.00®  24.00 
POTATOES 
Jersey,  100-Ib.  bag . $1.40@$1.50 
Maine,  150-lb.  sack .  2.60®  2.S5 
Long  Island,  150  lbs . 3.50®  3.75 
State,  150  lbs .  2.00®  2.50 
Sweet  potatoes,  bbl .  3.50®  3.75 
COUNTRY-DRESSED  MEATS 
Calves — Choice  . $0.15®$0.16 
Good  to  prime . 10®  .14 
Grassers  . 06®  .09 
Lambs,  hothouse,  each . 8.00®  12. 00 
Pigs,  40-80  lbs . 10®  .12 
Heavier  . 05 @  .07 
LIVE  STOCK 
Steers,  100  lbs . $7.75@$9.90 
Bulls  . 4.00®  4.50 
Cows  . 1.25®  3.00 
Calves,  best . 13.00®  13.50 
Lower  grades  . 5.00®  9.50 
Sheep  .  4.00®  6.00 
Lambs  . 13.00®  14.25 
Hogs  .  6.50®  7.50 
Retail  Prices  at  New  York 
Milk — Grade  A,  bottled,  qt . $0.18 
Grade  B,  bottled,  qt . 15 
Grade  B,  bottled,  pt . 10 
Grade  B,  loose,  qt . 11 
Certified,  qt . 23 
Certified,  pt .  *17 
.  Buttermilk,  qt . 10 
Cream,  heavy,  %  pt .  29 
Butter,  best  . $0.62®  .64 
Cheese  . 34®  .38 
Eggs,  best,  doz . 88®  .90 
Gathered  . 50®  .65 
Fowls  . 35®  .45 
Chickens,  lb . 45®  .50 
Turkeys,  lb . 50®  .65 
Potatoes,  lb . •  .03®  .04 
Onions,  lb . 05®  .10 
Lettuce,  head . 10@  .15 
New  Jersey  Local  Grain  and  Feed  Prices 
(Supplied  by  New  Jersey  State  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Bureau  of  Markets) 
The  following  quotations  show  approxi¬ 
mate  cost  of  feed  per  ton  and  grain  per 
bushel  in  carlots,  sight  draft  basis,  de¬ 
livered  on  tracks  at  the  various  stations 
given  below.  The  quotations  are  based 
on  sales  for  transit  and  nearby  shipments 
Monday,  Nov.  26,  1923,  according  to  the 
United  States  Bureau  of  Agricultural 
Economics  co-operating.  Feed  all  in  100- 
lb.  sacks.  Figures  are  for  Belvidere,  Mil¬ 
ford,  Washington,  High  bridge,  French- 
town,  Flemington,  Passaic,  Hackettstown, 
Belle  Meade,  Califon.  Lebanon,  Newton, 
Branchville,  Sussex,  Lafayette,  Hopewell, 
New  Brunswick,  Mt.  Holly,  Morristown, 
Dover,  Paterson,  Elizabeth,  Somerville, 
Newark,  Trenton,  Perth  Amboy  and 
Montclair : 
Per  Bu. 
No.  2  white  oats  . $0.54% 
No.  3  white  oats . 53% 
No.  2  yellow  corn . 96% 
No.  3  yellow  corn . 94% 
Per  Ton 
Spring  bran  . $32.90 
Hard  W.  W.  bran .  32.40 
Spring  middlings  .  31.40 
Red-dog  flour  .  38.90 
Dry  brewers’  grains  .  45.40 
Flour  middlings  .  34.40 
36%  cottonseed  meal  .  52.40 
43%  cottonseed  meal  .  56.40 
31%  linseed  meal  .  46.90 
34%  linseed  meal  .  47.40 
National  Grange  Officers 
The  National  Grange  held  its  fifty-sev¬ 
enth  annual  session  at  Pittsburgh,  Nov. 
21.  There  was  a  large  attendance  and 
unusual  interest.  The  seventh  degree 
was  conferred  upon  a  class  of  3,993  per¬ 
sons.  A  review  of  the  resolutions  will  be 
presented  later. 
Election  of  officers  on  Tuesday,  Nov. 
20,  resulted  as  follows :  Master,  Louis 
.T.  Taber,  Barnesville,  O. ;  overseer,  B. 
John  Black,  Randallstown,  Md. ;  lecturer, 
Orlando  L.  Martin,  Plainfield.  Vt. ;  ste¬ 
ward,  Herman  Ihde,  Neenah,  Wis. ;  assis¬ 
tant  steward,  Allen  B.  Cook,  Niantic, 
Conn. ;  chaplain.  Rev.  IV.  W  .Deal.  Nam¬ 
pa,  Idaho  ;  treasurer,  Robt.  P.  Robinson, 
501  Market  St.,  Wilmington.  Del. ;  secre¬ 
tary,  C.  M.  Freeman.  Tippecanoe  City, 
O. ;  gatekeeper,  J.  IL  Hutchinson.  Brook¬ 
ings,  S.  Dak.;  ceres.  Mrs.  W.  Grace  Saw¬ 
yer,  Atkinson,  N.  II. ;  pomona.  Mrs.  Isa¬ 
belle  C.  Chapman.  Westerly,  R.  I. ;  flora, 
Mrs.  Georgia  Johnson,  Boaz,  W.  Va. ; 
lady  assistant  steward,  Mrs.  Cora  Agans, 
Three  Bridges,  N.  J.  ;  member  executive 
committee,  Leslie  R.  Smith,  Hadley, 
Mass. 
