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12 . BPPUfPrg ■ -wii THE ATLANTA OUuRGIAN AND NEWS. LIVERPOOL WEAK AFTER_OPENING The Small Business Done in Spots a Depressing • Influence. NEW YORK WAS DULL {Opened Lower, But Held Stead}' Early—The Trading Light. Now York. Morch 27.-—In resnonzi poor on lilf« from Liverpool, llie local ton market thin morning opened 303 p lower, nml after the mil the lint wni weakened further l»v what appeared to la* a raid on July by the room bears. Trade while fairly active, was more or leas re atralued by the approaching holidays. While the opening In Liverpool was tad ter than Uue for futures, the closing prices were discouraging. The opening was Uue to show advances of from 2 to 3% points, whereas first prices were 2% to 4% points higher for the near months and f to 4% Tuesday’s close, while the late months unchanged to 1 point higher with the tone quiet. The following Is the range of the actlv months In Liverpool today: Open. High. Low. March-April 5.G6 5.6« 5.59* Miiy-Junc 8.64 _ _ ^ 5.63 £ October-N’orember ....5.56 5.56 £ Spots were quiet with demand poor, spin ners taking only 6,000 bales. The price for middling, however, was advanced 4 points to 6.98. The New York market opened at declines of 2 to 3 points, being Influenced by the slump In Liverpool after the opening. The trading was not active during the morning session, and after a further slight decline prices recovered to wlthlu a polut or two of the opening figures. Trading In the afternoon wna very dull, the movement of w rlcos twine very nar row. The close was steady net 107 points lower, compared with Tuesday*a finals. Movement of cotton for half week: 1907. 1906. 1906. Receipts 42,334 32,019 62.974 Shipments 62.627 43,638 63.482 Htocki 394.014 880.532 410,116 Comparative receipts at nil U. 8. ports: Net receipt* today 27.139 game day last year 16.472 Increase 10.66,* Total receipts for five days 102.615 Same days Inst year 88,016 Increase 14.K0 Total receipts since September 1....8,911,173 Sstne day last year 6.661,448 Increase 2,249,725 estimated receipts tomorrow: 1907. 1906. New Orleans 4.500 to 5,500 3.4S9 Galveston 9.000 to 11,000 6,861 Houston 3,000 to 3,500 2,015 Movement at Atlanta: Receipts today 34 Kamo day Inst year 154 Decrease 120 Shipments today 153 Same day last year Igo Stork on hand today 14,0011 Same day Inst year 6,122 1 lucrease 7,879» NEWS AND GOSSIP of tho Fleecy Staple. Spoclal to Tho Georgian. „ (From Hayward, Vick A Chirk.) New York, March 27.—J. 8. RaClie A Co.: Liverpool was due. to come 203% point higher. It opened Jlrm 2%04% higher on near months and 104% higher on late mouths. At 12:15 p. in., quiet nml steady, % lower to 2 points higher. Spots quiet, 4 higher: middling 5.98d; .sales 6,000; Amer ican 5,f»0; speculation and export 500; Imports 34,000; Amerlcnu 33,000. ire house room In Liverpool hI to be very scarce and bard to se cure. rpool slight!} lower. We believe prices will rally further today. The stock arket iK>sltlon vemi to have righted lt- If, and we believe bulls will have more nifldenee to plek up cotton around this vet According to present spot cotton con- (Ions, futures are selling very low. and the short Interest has increased. We be- that higher prices will be seen In ext few days. York opened tame at some less, nml t some less, nml tendency. Liverpool lower than due. Do not see any good In It yet. Jth lowe •’ollowing nre 11 a. m. bids: March 9.32c; May 9.47c; July 9.54c; October 9.83c; January 10.09c. Looks like Price is buying cotton. The Marrh Into sight will reach close » a million bales. The April Into-siglit ovemeiit Is being estimated at 600,000. hales, although such estimates enn be nulli ng more than guesses. During April of ist year the movement totaled 547.000 bales, and during the big crop year It was 900,- 000 bales. Rears say that It takes an on- gore out nnythlug under a 14,- 00<>,000-1 talc .crop. * New Orleans. March 27.—Hayward, VIelt & t’lark: Liverpool very disappointing; old rop* unchanged to *4 up. against 304 due. Spot* sale* 6.000. This shows yesterday's advance was purely manipulative, and that spot situation Is unsatisfactory, e Tlrnes-Demoerat: “Fresh lucentIv being lacking, the cotton market will prob- hly drag along within narrow limits for me days to come, unless unfavorable ..•other shall create a doubt In the minds if the tAleut over the new crop out-turn.*’ DEMAND 18 8TEADY FOR 8P0T COTTON YARNS Edited by Ii /« ifk ■ M M / IS Ida. market, la Atlanta Joseph B. Lively In/M all M aP II ““J the soutlih.s made I 1 w I/ml m 1 mS ■ w. 3 him a ” c °* n,,ed - " W “ a S W- (■ XI *•— W j tborlty In hi. spectalt,. - H TIPS FLASHED From Wall Street RANGE OF NEW YORK STOCKS AND COTTON MARKETS ft A HE OK 8TOC*. prices. Hell- nre not In n position to make deliveries, however, before June 1. so that the nmount of business being put through Is small. In- olvlng weaving yarns In lots ranging from ,000 to 20.000 pounds. For future delivery the weaving mills nre not showing such a n desire to operate as has been the •nse during past week*. They seem to be- love tluit yarns are on too high n hnaU and that lower values will prevail late;* Authorities In the market here state however, that the buyer need not look for iv lower yarn prices this summer, mm the Ills have plenty of onleis on haul and III not take business at a sacrifice of rice. Reports from the I'hllndelphla turr et show that prices there nre slightly •low those quoted here and that some manufacturers are dumping on the marle d small accumulations of stock. This has had the efTeet of weakening prices and will ult Inter. It Is said. In the spinners . .'Btly regretting the disposal of stocks lilch they will badly need. In the hosiery yarn market there la to begin is possible. Other small sales were ;d ranging from 20.000 to 30.093 i. For future deliveries the demand so keen, ns buyers nrn anxious to supplies, ns they need them, and Amalgamated Copper . Atlantic Coant Line . American Sugar Ref. . . Anaconda American Locomotive. do. preferred • . • Am. Smelting lief. • . do, preiewuu . . ,. Atchison do, preferred . . .. American Cotton Oil. . Am. Car Foundry . . . Baltimore A Ohio . . . , Brooklyn Rapid Tran.. . Chesapeake A Ohio . Colorado Fuel A Iron. Central Leather .... do, preferred . . .. Chicago A Great W. . Chicago, M.. A Ht. 1\. Delaware A Hudson. . Distiller's Securities. . Erie do, preferred . . .. . General Electric . . . . Illinois Central . . . . , Am. Ice Securities . . « Louisville A Nashville. . Mexican Central . . . . Missouri Pacific sg NAME OP 8T 3CJL N. Y., Ont. AW.... National Lead. . • • . Northern Pacific. . • . Now York Central. • . Norfolk A Western. . . Pennsylvania. . . , . . People's Gas. . . . . . Pressed Steel Car. • . do. preferred. . • • Pacific Mall Reading Republic Steel. . , . . Bock Island. do. preferred. , . . United States Rubber, do. preferred. . . . Slosi-Sbeffield. . . . Tenu. Coal A Iron. . Texas A Pacific. . . • Union Pacific United States Steel.. do. preferred. . . Va.-Car. Chemical. . . do. preferred. . • Westeru Union. . . . Wabash. do. preferred. . . Wisconsin Central. . do. preferred, Total Ktock Mole* 1.264.900 share* NEW YORK. d & O i a s Si J U 0 M/trrh. . . . April. . . . May Julie July Aug Sept. .1 . . Get Dec y.36 9.33 9.48 9.5 m M0 9.61 9.81 9.92 9.36 9.33 9.49 9.50 9.57 9.59 9.61 9.85 9.92 9.30 9.30 9.44 9.58 9.52 9.59 ‘Mil 9.81 9.90 9.32 9JO 9.45 9.50 9.52 9.59 9.63 9.52 9.90 9.30-31 9.30-31 9.45-46 9.62-53 9.52-53 9.55-56 9.60-62 9.82-83 9.99-91 9.37 9.36-38 9.51-52 9.53-56 9.59-60 9.62-63 7 9.87-88 9.96-90 LIVERPOOL. The following Is the opening range, 2 p. m. and close, compared with yesterday: Futures opened firm. Opening Previous Range. 2 p.m. Close. Close. March 5.62 5.62 5.60* 6.62% March-April ..5.66 -5.61% 5.61% 5.60 5.62 April-May ....6,52 -6.69' ‘ " May June ....5.64 -5.60 June-July ....5.63 -5.62 July-Aug. ...5,63 -5.59 Aug.-Sent. ..5.57% Sept. Oct. ...5.58%-5 5fl*/ Oct.-Nov. ...5.56 -6.54 f Nov.-Dee. ...5.55 -5.54’ Dec.-Jnn 5.55 Closed quiet. NEW ORLEANS. The following Is the range In cotton fu- tnres In New Orleans today; Special to The Georgian. (From Hayward. Vick A Clark.) New \ork. March 27.-J. S. Bache A Co.: The London market shows strength this morning, and Berlin Is approaching Its set tlement day with more confidence. We believe that In the mnln the worst Is over with, taking coudltious ns a whole, and we do not think that the large In terests who bought stocks recently can market them on any ordlnnry advance. Also, that there Is an extensive short In terest In the market which Is an added form of strength. The treasury seems to be about the one place In the world where gold can be obtained, and we commend the notion of the secretary yesterJay lu relation to the money market. We have, not commented on the much talked of ore contract matter, heenuse we believe that a Scotch Jury alone Is competent to pas* upon It. London market strong -401% higher. The si tun t lou regarded ua much bette.* and a further recovery 'is looked for. that kind of a The aid extended . .. _ . «h1 the advance in the market yesterday. The worst seems to be over. Mr. Frick says that the steel business Is better than It was a year ago, and that be hears of no steel cancellations. II. II. Rogers Is quoted ns saying that the copper situation is sound, nml that the late quotation of decline Iu # spot cop per in Loudon Is meaningless. New York Financial Bureau: London market higher. No advance In hank rate contemplated for tomorrow. Only two small failures reported this morning. Union Pacific advanced 1%. Reading 1, Amalga mated 1%. Anaconda 2, Steel %. 1’ennsyl vanla 1%, Southern Pacific 1, Atchison 1, Cuundlnu Pacific 2. Amalgamated should he able to go eon* sldernhly higher on this rally. Smelting may rest between 115 and 117. Canadian Pacific I* displaying n very strong tipwurd trend again. There Is not much opposition First Price For Smelting Near 5 Per Cent Better. HELD GAINS EARLY March. , April. . May.. . June.. . July.. . Aug. . . net. . . Dec. . . Jan. .10.1410.16 .10.1610.19 .10.2010.24 Closed steady." as ■o 110.15 10.16 10.15 10.1710.17 10!25ia25*26 m... 10.19* 10.1510.14-15 10.15 10.16-17 10.24110.21-22 10.17- 1S 10.18- 19 10.23-24 NOTES ON GRAIN. Pointers on Provisions. ATLANTA MARKETS. 8POT COTTON MARKET. Liverpool, steady; middling uplands 5.98U. Atlanta, quiet; middling 10%e. New York, quiet; middling 10.95c. New Orleans, quiet: middling 1011-lGo, Pnvutinah. dull; middling 10%i\ Norfolk, dull; middling 11c. Baltimore, nominal; middling 11c. Phllndelpb middling 11.20c. Mobile, quiet; middling 10%c. Charleston, quiet; middling J0%c. Galveston, steady; middling 10 13-16c. Memphis, steady; mlddllug 10%c TODAY'S PORT RECEIPT8. The following table shows receipts nt tlie C irta today, cotuparod with the same day st year: New Orleans. • • • Galveston. . • . . , Mobile. Savannah. • . • • , Charleston Wilmington Norfolk New York. , . . , Boston.-. .••••< Philadelphia. . . . Total. INTERIOR RECEIPT8. The following table shows receipt* nt the towns today, compared with the eamo day last year: Houston. • . Augusta. . . Memphis. . BL Louis. , Cincinnati. Total , HAYWARD, VICK & CLARK’S DAILY COTTON LETTER Special to The Georgian. (From Hayward, Vick A Clark.) Chicago, March 27.—llnrtlett, Frazier A Carrington: Wheat Is a weather market at present. Price Is low, but cash demand lb alack. On the other hand, serious crop damage might give us a sharp advance. Receipts of corn and ont* are quite mod erate. See very llttlo 111 tho market at the moment, but think eventually they will sell higher. Would prefer to buy provisions on the soft snots. Inglfs says hugs hard to find and that the crop could not be better. Our Liverpool cable says: "Wheat stead} at last quotations; corn firm, with a bettet deina ml. The Chicago Record-Herald: "Crop dam- nge Is the key to, the wheat situation," Is the opinion of .1. A. Patton, home yesterday from a two months' stay In Europe. "Each dav without rain In the Southwest." lie said, "will Increase the tltnlditr of tlie bears. There I* little for the hull to hope for, however. In the European situation. Thera has been considerable crop damage III Germany, and they were talking drought in (ierninny, ami luev were raising (irougiu F OUR, GRAIN AND PROVI8ION8. damage In Hpnlu. ltunsln Is a rather mi - certain proposition. Her transportation fa liolce white, 68c; No. 2 white, 67c No. 2 yellow. 66c; nilvcd, 65c; Tennessei white, 66c; cracked corn, per bushel, 70c. Hulls $11.50. OATH—Choice white clipped, 59c; No. 2 white, 58e ■ jiroof, 59c; MeXI/—Plain, per 96-non ml sacks, «»;. plain, 4K-potiml sacks, 69c; plain, 24-pouml sacks. 70c; germ, 11.25. “■ \Y—Timothy, choice large Wuu-», holcc small tulles 11.26; do No. 1 third bales, $1.25: do No. 2 third* bales $1.20; No. 1 clover, mixed, $1.20; choice prairie $1; her- nimla $1. SIIORTS—Choice white $1.50; Texas whit $1.40; fancy 80-pound $1.36; brown 80 to 100- pound $1.30. CHIC*™ Purina - Banner feed $1.26. FRUIT AND PRODUCE. EGGS—Active. 16c. LIVE POULTRY—Hen* active, 45*05(8? .arb; chickens active. 35©45c each; ducks. Peklli. 35c eachl puddle 26030c each; geei turkey* etiv active, 10©l2%c pound; turkey active 18020c pound; fries, no (1; hens, lie noi New Orleans, March 27.—The small busi ness in Liverpool on n Wednesday, usually the most active day of the week, rather confirm! recent unfavorable spot news from abroad about the supply situation with the mill*. The weakness in futures, which are about 4 lower than due, la thereby fully explained. Our markets nevertheless continue sternly for the reason principally tbnt tenderohle cotton Is scarce sml that the chances for successful manipulation art correspondingly increased. While up to a month ago the spot situation was the stronghold of the bull, anticipation of higher markets 1* now based upon probable professional tactics. Frequent allusion In dispatches from New York to a large long line of May contract* accumulated by a clique of operators keeps active the fear of s squeeze and check* selling. Talk of too mueli dry weather In the l*elt works In the same direction. Every thing considered, however, the general sit uation 1* anything but sound. The s|n>t market fa quiet with some scattered busi ness. Weather conditions are unchanged; precipitation nil *’— **—*■ %, “ircn zi.-a. o. lower nud tv with the decline, but, ... * there wa* not much busfhea* to speak of either way, nml private cables from abroad reported a uttlet market with some Egyptian selling. The failure of the Weather report to show any rain In the •putbwest was somewhat di*ap|M»tntlng to the bear element. We believe that cotton Will drift along at about present level* for the time being, nud would advise eou- live, is © 29c PRODUCE— Laris. 1 loo pound; hams, ac tive, 15c pound; shoulders, active, 9c pound sides, active. 10c pound; butter, active. U 022%e pound; beeswax, active, 25c pound; honey, bright, active, 8c pound; honey In . . .« .... --five, l.'c pound; dried white peas, active. $2.25 bushel: lady pens, $3; stock. $1.75©2.15. FltUtT8-I.eim.ns. fancy Messena. $404.25. Bananas, per bunch, culls, active. 9<V (Q$l; straights. $1.5002. Pineapple* Fieri da stock, per crate. $2.60. Orange*. Horiiln stock, owing to size and condition ■on nr rival, per box. $203.50. Apple*, choice Ben Davl*. $4: fancy. $4.50; New \ork state am pies, winter varieties, choice, per barrel, $3.26■03.60; fancy. $3.7504. Grape*. New York state. In 5-pound baskets, « oncords, 20022%* Crnnbetries. fancy dark Cap# Cod*, per barrel. $12; Jersey*. $11. Grape frutt. Florida M.wk owing to size and col or. per box, $1.50*12.76. Limes, Florida stock, per hundred, 11. Nats, faneymlxed. lu boxes, per sack of 100. active Ht $4.30 per sack. Peanuts lu sack, nvernglug Pd pounds each, owing to grade, per pound, 4%©6c. 6tra wherries, 12c. VEGETABLES— Beets, cabbage, crates, active. $3 crate: cabbage, standard crate*. 2%c pound; cabbage, barn!*. 2%e pound: egg plant, active, $2.59 crate: cucmnfwra $3 orate; tomatoes, fancy, active, $2.5003.00, potatoes, new cron, $9.w per barrels; »uion» drv. active. $1.10 bushel; Irish potatoes, ac tive No. 1. 90095c bushel; celery, fancy, 750&C bunch: peppers active. $202.60 crate; ekra. six basket*, small. $3 crate; cauli flower active, 8010c lb.; 1lettuce, beaded. live. $2 drum; sweet potatoes, yellow, dull, $1.00 bushel; sweet potatoes, white, dull, live., 90c biilhel: sweet potatoes, while. 70c bushel; kraut, half-barrel $3.(5, 25c per servntlve purchase* on nil small declines, but would not hesitate to take profits on nil strong snot*. It I* our belief that big market toward I* the (rill There age _JH e*s reaction, nml II nion of many that the recenl lu the stock market are but n forertiutior of a siow-d(»wt» lu business. Tin rot lou trade will naturally feel III of such a reaction. * ' ‘ " advise conservatism substantial position c MRS. E. 8. PEEK, s tenographer. 822 Century Bldg. Bell, Mein 4638. .llltles nre so demoralized that she . furnish her own famine district with wheat that she I* exporting from her southern porta. While In the office of Lenders A Co., London. I was shown bids received that day for wheat to go to northern ltusHln, nml offers of wheat for England from southern Ktisrin. Europe must de pend on America for her corn for the next three months. Argentina Is out of the run ning and the Danube ran not ship before July I, nlthough the Roumanian crop Is large. The roiidlttou of the Rouinaubih corn, however, Is poorer than ours, and shipper* will make no contracts on the us ual rye terms, there being no Inspection system In Ronmnnln. Feeding stuff Is scarce nml high nil over Europe, particu larly barley, which Is their big staph*. Europe will buy ns much corn on the lm*l> of o<V or even 55c In Uhlcngo ns she would nt 10c per bushel ’If ss. I do not look for any Europcnii demand for oats. London In not using over two-thirds ns many ont* now as she did ten yenrs ago. The depend largely on tin* supply hack lu the farmer*' hands." More alarming reports of the spread of the green bug post In the Southwest sent lu yesterday than nt any time *».. crop. The one carrying the greatest weight wna from the Enid, Okla., agent of the ,1. Rosenbaum Grain Company, who wired: "Winds have scattered green hugs over territory. Generally breeding fast and working aggressively lu territory houUi of Enid. Liable to be serious yet. Deni rs bullish on hot weather nml bug datu age report*. Weather hot nml wlmly." A. J. White had bug-infested tampion ol wheat from Ponca City, Okla., showing every stage from mlciosooplc to winged It Is the latter which nre being wide!; scattered by the high southerly winds am. which lav the eggs which later develop e small Insect causing the most dam e. It I* because of the color nml micro iplcal size .of the dangerous younger In i*t that his presence In n field is seldom ..(covered until It Is devastated nud the winged Insects have mostly gone on. Har vey Williams reported lots of bug* around Coffeyvllle, several fields being spotted. One of the prominent grain houses o Kansas City sent out the following; "W« are becoming alarmed at the progress mad* by the green bugs durlug the Inst two nre n fra Id „ _ to destroy Insects In the next few days they will take the Oklahoma wheat crop ns they CROP DAMAGE REPORTS commoETopour ii Have a Tendency to Convert Many Bears Into Bulls. Chicago. March 27. tt -Trn(lo In wheat was cautious, owing to conflicting reports. The market closed %c off to %r up for wheat. Corn was %e off to %c un. Oats %©%e higher, and provision* 20®62%e up. Primary receipts of wheat 380,000 bushels, compared with 445,000 bushels a year ago; corn. 864,000 bushels, against 640,Odd .bushels Clearances 62.000 bushels wheat and 507,000 bushels corn; no ont*. WEATHER REPORT. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Cash sales of wheat here were 10,000 bush •Is. corn 75.000 bushels and oats 90,030 bushels. The seaboard reported 12 loads of wheat, 6 loads of com and 110,000 bushels not of oats. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. for today follow; did the Texas crop." N0RTHWE8T CARS. Ilnneanoll Duluth ii ALONZO RICHARDSON & CO., PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS Empire Building. Bell Phone, Main && ATLANTA. GEORGIA. quart; Wan,, $3.00 ernto; Engllah peas, $.’.04 crate. GROCERIES. RICK—.Tap 505%c; head 6q7c; faucy head 6 l *1i7. according to the grade. CHEESE—Fancy full cream dairy, 16**0; twins. 16%c. SUGAR-Standard granulated $5; New York refined. 4Hc; plantation 4**o- COFFEE-Roasted Arbuckles $16; hulk iu ags ami barrels. 12c; green 11012c. Hhrdedded biscuit. $5 caae; No. 2 rolled not*. $3 case. Hack grit*. 96-pound hag*. $1.65. Oyster*, full weight. $2 case; light weight, $1.1» case. Evaporated apple*., f**.- pound. Pepper, 18c. Baking powder*. $5 case. Red salmon, $5 case. Pink salmon $4.35 case. Cocoa, 40c; chocolate, 33c; snuff, pound Jars, 48c. Roast beef, $2.60 case orned beef. $2.60 ense. Catsup, $1.9*1 ca*»». Sirup, New Orh-anw. 35c gallon; corn, 30c gallon: Cuba, 35c gallon; Georgia Cane, 35o. Sale. 100-pout«!. 80c. Axle grease, $1.75. Soda crackers, 6 l »e pound; lenmii 7%c; oyster 7c. Barrel randy, i***-' pound. 6e; mixed, per r Mimi. 6%c. Tomatoe*. 2 pound, $1.90 case; potiinl. #2 25. Nav} Ik-iiIi*. $2; Lima beans, 5c. Best matches, per gr«*i*. $1.65. Maca roni. 6%4l7c per pound. Sardlue*. mustard. $3.25 cane, potash. 83.25413.8) case, pennut/t. Rope, 4 ply (*011011, 18c. Soap, $1.5001 PROVISIONS. PIIOVI8IOX8—Supreme hams. Call- lornln ham*. 11.0*: dry **nlt extra ill s, 9.29; belMes 2i]6 pounds, f:»t Ihja. 7.95: plate*, s.55: Huprcum lard, 9To- Purity w-mpe-nd. LARD— May... 8.80 July.... 8.80 Sept... 9.00 SIDES— Mhv... 9.57% July... 8.75 Sopt 8.72% 8.90 8.95 LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. Wheat—Opened quiet unchanged; at 1:30 ;i. ni., iiiichnngiMl to % lower; closed uu- •hanged to ■% lower. Corn—Opened quiet unchanged; nt 1:30 ». in., % lower to % higher; closed %&% THE SUGAR MARKET. don beets quiet; March and April 9* 3d. The nron of lowest pressure that wa« centered over Nebraska yesterday has mov ed northeast nml Is central this morning over northern Michigan; Its advance has caused a general decrease In air pressure over the eastern half of the map except In New England. the country today, with considerable clomll Rain was falling nt 8t. Louis and Cincin nati, and snow at Miles City, Mont. No rain lias occurred south of the Ohio In the last 24 hours. The temperature has risen nt nearly nil stations cast of tho Mississippi, while In the Missouri valley, Kansas and northern Texas lower temperatures prevail. The present outlook favors fair weather In this section tonight and Thursday; con tinued high temperature. Minimum and Maximum Temperatures and Rainfall. Observations taken at 8 a. tu., 75th meri dian time. CLEARANCES. Clearances: Wheat 31,000 bushels; flour 7,000 barrels; com 608,000 bushels; oats 70 bushels. Wheat and flour equal 63,000 bush els. CHICAGO CAR LOTS. Today. Totnor. NAVAL STORES. Rosin firm; sales, 1.072; wn- ATLANTA. . . Abilene Amarillo. . . . , Asheville. . . . Augusta Birmingham. . , Bismarck. . . . Boston Buffalo Charleston. . . Charlotte. . . . Chicago Cincinnati. . . Corpus ChristI. Davenport. . . . Dodge City. . . El Faso Fort Smith. . . Galveston, . . . Havre Huron Jacksonville. . Kansas city. . Key West. . . Nashville. . . New Orleans. . York. . . Norfolk. . . . North IMatte. , 1'a lest I ne. . . , l’Ittshnrg, . . l’nrt In ml. Me. . Portland, Ore. Rapid city. . , Sf. Louis. . . , st. Paul. . . . San Francisco. Hnvannnh. . . , Spokane. . . . Tampa Tflylor Thoninsvllle. , Washington. . Wilmington. . , Nashville. Missouri Pacific may hnv sharp upturn. New York Central I* held between 113 nnd 120. Northern Pacific ought to lie bought on recessions. Pennsylvania shows tendency to reach higher prices. Reading may go tc par. It should bo bought for Investment. Union Pacific meets stock around 132. United States Steel pre ferred should lie bought for lit vestment. Frightened Shorts Bid Ac tively For Large Blocks of Stocks. New York. March 27.—Today's market stinted off with the conviction that the developments of the last few days in. turned the current of financial affair* from its downward course. The dlsturban.> which threatened at the close of last week In the foreign securities dealings failed materialize. The Loudon settlement be* today, ns predicted reaterday, (llsclom-o serious feature*. Further reflection the treasury relief measures confirmed tin* opinion that these would be effective In tiding over the uncertain pe.lod of the g*t. tlenient and of Insuring besides compara tively easy money conditions for some time ahead. Mnally attention could not fail to be directed' to the altered tone of the Washington dispatches, where the Wall street situation was uo longer lightly treat ed as an "affair of speculators," but .ia something which. If not corrected, might lend to serious unsettlement In Individual conditions. The favorable Impression creat ed by these various happetiingg was been more orderly. Our market quickly adjusted Itself ft higher level nnd made further advances V?h!l" I 3!e n, 5*?5n l 7 1, hn« “MwPon*th» advance.*!™? 1 'it'm™ midday the early gains had been greatly reduced, and. lu some cases, wiped out altogether. The announcement that John p. Rockefeller's Stnmlnrd Oil lind won an Important victory of European competitor* •‘•suited in sharp advances In stocks In 3\all street this afternoon. The Standard •cording to The Pall Mall Gazette, good rail*, such ns Pennsylvania, Haiti more and Ohio, Ixminvllie and Nashville, Northwest, Atlnntlc Coast Line, 8t. Paul, Atchison nnd Union Pacific. Cotton has had a good rally, nnd strong spots we recommend Its sale. Wheat Is not u buy except on sharp THE COFFEE MARKET. New York, March 27.—Coffee rabies: Havre due to come about % franc lower. Opened unchanged anil nt 12 noon still un changed from the opening; sales 11,000 bags. Hamburg aliened % pfennig lower; Rio No. 7 quiet 25 rids lowerr Hantoa 50 rids lower; exchange unchanged. Weather; Sno Paulo cloudy; Hno Manoel fine. Port receipts 66.000 bags. Including 22,000 lings nt Rio a ml 44,000 bags forthree days at Santos, against total of 47,000 the pre vious day nml 13.000 last year. t ^ . Sno Paulo receipts 50.3'JO, against 9.300 last year; Jumllnby receipts 31.000, against 6,000. Stocks at Itlo and Santos 3,406.000 ‘ [igs, against 818,000 same time last year. The following figures give the opening range and close of the New York coffen market for today: January .. February . March .. .. April .. .. May June .. .. July August .. . September Opeuing Range. ..5.85-5.95 ”.5.80-5.95 ..5.80-6.95 ..5.80-5.96 ..5.70 ..5.75-5.80 <.6.75-830 ..5.75-5.80 ..5.75-6.80 .. ..5.70-5.85 .. ..5.80-6.86 Close. 6.65-5.70 5.70- 5.75 5.70- 5.80 6.75- 5.80 5.75- 5, 6.60- 6.65 5.55-6.60 . 5.55-5.60 5.60- 5.65 Closed bandy stonily. Sales 59,250 bags. MINING STOCKS. Boston, Mtiridi 27.—Opening stocks: North Butte 86. Osceola 121%. Isle-Royal 19'al3%. La Halles 17, Shannon 17%, Calumet 825, Old Dominion 46%. COTTON SEED OIL MARKET. lug quotation* of the Now York cotton oil market. Opening. Closing. March 43%047 45 047 April 43%t>44% 44 045 May 42%042% 43%044ty July 42*4042% 43% 4? 13% Hcpteinlmr 41 ‘4042 42 042% October 37 03SV4037 039 Closed quiet nnd steady. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET Chicago, March 27.—Hogs—Receipts 17.- COO. ■ffPPMHOTPM .. .. Market 5010c higher; light $6.1006.32%; ; ■rough mixed $6.6606.32%: heavy $5.9506.30; ■run $5.9506.10: pigs $5.500420; yorker* $6,250 6.30; good to choice heavy $6.2006.3'). Cattle—Receipt* 13,000. Market 10c high- •; beeves $4.1006.75; cows $1.7004.80; bclf- •s $2.7005.35; calve* $507.50; good prime vers $5.6*06.75; poor to mcimmi $4,100 5.35; stocker* ami feeder* $2.8004.85. Sheep—Receipts 13.000. Market strong: ngu 8.0. forced the combination formed by nn im portant group of German, Hungarian. Rm. slim, Dutch and nrltlsh capitalists, to come to an agreement nt practically It* own terms. '| hi* rival combination was form ed with the approval of the German gov ernment, and was organised with the ex- press purpose of fighting the Standard Oil Conipniiv In the European field. New York. March 27.—The stock market opened nt general sharp advances. Smelt ers opened 4% higher, Unnndlnn Pacific 3%. Northern Pacific 2%, Baltimore and Ohio 2%. Anaconda 2. Erie 1%. Union Pacific 3 s *. New York Central J%. Great Northern pre ferred 2%. Amalgamated Copper 1%02% and Reading 1%. New York Central gained an additional %. making 1% In all. At the end of five minutes* trading, AmaIgnmated gained 2% i n all. Reading 1%. C nmidlnii Pacific 4 nnd Anaconda 4. The general market retalued the Initial Improvements. MONEY AND EXCHANGE. New York, March 27.—Money on call | 306 per cent; ruling rate 31-2. Posted rates: Sterling; exchange I $4.800 4.84 1-2, with actual business In bankers’ bills at $4.83200)4.8325 for de mand and $4.78500*4.7865 for 60-day I bills. Bar silver 66 3-8c. London bar sil ver steady and unchanged at 30 13-16J. | Mexican dollars 51c. Government bonds unchanged. Railroad bonds irregular. The demand for time money was I lighter and quotations were largely | nominal, owing to the disposition ** borrowers to await developments, t: they may be influenced by the reload of from $17,000,000 to $20,000,000 In this | city in the next few days. Thirty and sixty-day funds are 6 p r I cent bid and 6 1-2 asked, as against j 6 1-207 yesterday. There were rumors of some long time loans being effected ut below <> I per cent. THE LONDON 8TOCK MARKET. 2pm(-los THE METAL MARKET. New York, March 27.—At tho metal ex- hiiiigo today uu irregular tendency was howu, nlthough It Is quiet. (Quotations for copper were reduced %e III Like, while electrolytic and casting were dowu %c both ways. decidedly firmer at ail luiprov PRIMARY MOVEMENT. 380,000 bushels, against 449.000 bushel* Inst year; shipments todnv 1S4.»00 bushel*, against 212.00U biish- I* hist galh*t today 436,000 bushels, 1* last ye against 266,000 bush U H. Fairchild. 8. J. Wh L. H. FAIRCHILD & COMPANY. NEW ORLEANS. Member*, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, New York Coffee Exchange, New York Cotton Eschanae. New Orleans Board of Trad^ New Orleans Stock Exchance, Chlcaco Board of Trade. LIVERPOOL COTTON ASSOCIATION. Priests wires to NEW YORK onJ CHICAGO. Orders soHetled for I tor, dellesry, u .hove Exchances. B. C. COTHRAN. * COTTON AND STOCK' Orders can be sent to New York In only two legal ways, viz.: over the public telegraph wires or by mail. \Vs» linvn Avurv f.i'llllv t times courteous, nnd orders are exe cuted aud reported promptly. \Ye solicit corespondence and will have our representative call personally on those Interested. Clark Goodman & Go. ‘20 Broad 8treet, New York. Anaconda ’ Atchison do, preferred Baltimore and Ohio .. Cuundlnu Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Great Western Illinois Central Knrsns nnd Texas do, preferred Louisville nud Nashville .. Mexican Central, preferred New York Central Norfolk nnd Western Ontario nnd Western Pennsylvania Philadelphia and Holding . Southern Pacific Southern Railway do, prefer!ed .* St. Paul Union Pacific United States Steel do, preferred Wabash, preferred | «"♦ RSV W* ... 93**|. 96% m 166\ 89% i ■ m , 25%$ 2U 25% STOCKS AND BONDS. 106 Snhnnnnh 6s. 1909. Macon 6s, 1910 jjji Atlanta 5s. 1911 103 Atlanta 4%s, 1922 107 Atlanta 4s. 1934 105 Atlanta and West Point 163 Atlanta nnd West Point Debt*.. 108 Georgia -•’•* C. R. of Georgia, 1st Income.... m do, 2d Inc... Augusta and Bavnntmb Southwestern Georgia Pacific, 1st New York. Baltimore. Bceton. Chicago. Washington. Atlanta. New Orleans. 3an Francisco. PhlfadtlpMi London. HAYWARD, VICK & CLARK, COTTON, STOCKS, BONDS, COFFEE, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Csrondelst and Gravier Sts, New Orleans. MEMBERS: I New Orleans Future Brokers* AssocUtloa. I New Orleana and Chicago Boards of Trad* I New York Coffee Exchange. I Associate Mcmh&s Liverpool Cotton Ass’* New Torlc and Chicago Correspondents. J. a. BACHE & CO., AND BARTLETT, FRAZIER A CARRINGTON. MLVATE WIRES TO ALL PQU1T& New Orleana Cotton Exchange. New York Cotton Exchange. Galveston Cotton Exchange, llonston Cotton Exchange. The American Audit Company 100 Broadway, New York City. F. W. LAFRENTZ, C. P. A., Pres. G. E. MANWARINQ, Vie. Pres. THEO COCHEU, Jr„ Secretary. Tho American Audit Company, chartered under the laws of New Yotk. la empowered to examine the affatra of, and make report* upon the finan cial condition of private and public concern! for director., officer, and in dividuals. Tho preparation and Installing of aystema a specialty. ATLANTA BRANCH, 10151016-1017-1018 FOURTH NATL BANK BLUd | C. B. BIDWELL, Resident Manager. Telephone, Main 872. Cable Addrei., AmdIL New York, I Third National Bank Capital .... $200,000.00 Surplus and Profits $37S,000.00 DR. A W. CALHOUN, MILTON DAIKIAN, John w. on ant, H. Y. McCOUU. J. It. NUNNAIXT. CARROLL PAYS* E. B. HOMER. DAVID WOODWARD