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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. 11 JOSEPH B. LJVELY COHON OPTIONS FIRM ^OPENING The "Weather in Portions of Texas Was Reported as Unfavorable. THE GEORGIAN’S RECORD OF MARKETS AND FINANCE rainfall was heavy Jlarket Was Active and Higher at the Start, But Turned Dull Later. JJj rrirnti- Lftftud Wire. N>\v York, Aug. (*.--Tin* cotton market opened nctlvo mnl Armor. First prices irere generally points higher. There *as n good demand from shorts, and also n fair Inqulrv through commission houses. One or two ifrnts that led selling last week wer# good buyers. hut withdrew when of ferings Increased, causing prlf"“ cttle. NEWS AND GOSSIP Of the Fleecy Staple. The Liverpool cotton exchange remained C *The New' York market at the opening was active, with the undertone firm, nml prices points higher. There was some heav.v selling at the start In an attempt to hrenk prices, whlcl would probably have been successful had not good baying orders from New Orleans appeared. This buying was based on nnfn- rnrnble crop advices from Texas, heavy X being reported, - — — - Inches having fallen damage. __ 8POT COTTON MARKET* Atlanta—Steady. 1;>V'- Sew York-Steady, 10.70. sumption delivered " . . Sales 96, _ contract 200. S'rw Orleans—Steady, 10 6-16. Liverpool—Holiday. . Augusta—Quiet, 10%c. S.irnr.E.ih—Quiet, 10%c. St. I/mls—Quiet, 1o* 4 r. Norfolk-Steady. !0 7 ko. Mobile—Quiet. 10*4«. Galveston—Steady. 10He. niltlmore—Nominal. 10?«tf. Memphis-Qulet, 10V4c. . Houston—Easy, 10 9-16, Boston—Steady, 10.70. TODAY’S PORT RECEIPTS. The following table shows receipts at the ports today, compared with the sumu dny last year: INTERIOR MOVEMENT. same day Inst year:* GIBERT A CLAY’8 1 DAILY COTTON LETTER. Closed today, the American markets lapsed Into a state of quietude, presumably pre ferring to await the advent of tomorrow, when the policy of the foreign market will hare heennie known. There has been but little change In the Brice of options during the local session to- flay. Values have displayed « tendency to Improve, but no advance has occurred de- iplte the less favorable diameter of news from the enttoa fields. Complaints are rife fmm Texas that tin* continued moisturc stirring the weevil Into damaging nctlvlty ind that weeds and grass are unable to tie neared owing to tin* wet condition of the frauiid. However, today's map showed fa- Tumble weather In the eastern * the belt, light scattered she dandy weather being the rule. There Is every indication for it large early Bifttemcnt of new cotton. Already In the •dchborhood of 2.aaa bales hnve l*0vn re ared, Houston alone having received to wte 1.873 bales, and numerous other locall ties In Texas report that picking Is well nt.dec way and tnnt utns are In operation. ■*d runlng on full time. ^ Private Wire to Glbert & riHy. New York, Aug. 6.—Market opened high er fhun expected on Lherpool buying. Weakness lu August causing uneasiness In rest of the market. Springs Just paid 10.02 and 10.03 for 2.000 December. I<noks Ilk*' covering. Trice brokers selling the market. Xnden Is buying. New Orleans wiring bullish news, and there arc reports out of a Inches rain lu Texas last night. Dick Bros, sa.t: “Trade conditions somewhat brighter, owing to fall and ter engagements, but the Improvement have to 1>e marked before a crop ns large as the one now promised Is nbaorlicd at anything like present prlci K. F. Hutton a Co. says: “The market has had a heavy break, ami has shaken out a good deal of long interest, mid rather think a rally due from present prices, If »o, we would take advantage of same to put out n little short." The Journal of Commerce says: “The market gained strength through the week, nml, although the cotton break was a fac tor. It counted less. ]»crhnps. than nt any time in recent years. The closely sold con ditions of ninny accounts renders It lnq>ern- tlve that selling shall be restricted, and advances hnve been made in some In stances because the buyers hnve Insisted n getting deliveries ht any reasonable r irlce. Further advances are pending, and tuyere who will require deliveries In the xt sixty or ninety days will have to . y the price without much regard to what the cost of cotton Is to l*e.“ New Orleans, Aug. 6.—The Memphis Com- imTClal-Appeurs weekly crop summary cov ering the central states of the belt says: Severe wind and rain storm caused com plaints from the dolts, hut elsewhere throughout the belt the outlook Is most favorable. West Tennessee sends glowing reports. Shpddlng In sooth Texas la more serious than previously reported, and boll weevil damage reports more widespread." Weather mnp favorable, with generally cloudy conditions prevailing. Light scat- tored showers have occurred In Georgia and portions of the western belt. Heavy rains north and central portions of Texas which will likely bring In fur ther reports of damage by weevils. Mar ket acts short; think will do better tempo rarily. Might have n little reaction, as Texas, principally central portion, sending In nu merous complaints of boll weevil and worms. The eastern forecast Indicates fair weather for entire district tonight and to morrow. The western forecast Indicates partly cloudy weather throughout, with scattered showers tonight nml tomorrow for all sec tions, except western Texns. Private Wire to "Ware A Lein ml. E GAINS MADE IN ENTIRE LIST Heaviest and .Most Signifi cant Trading Was in Southern Pacific. REACTION IS DESIRED No Stocks for Sale Around Saturday's Close, and Market Strong. Bj private Leased Wire. York. Aug. 6. -The ‘ontlnunflon of tho London hank holiday left the local stock market <« Its. own devices. The re ports from Ft. Petersburg telling of the failure of the great general strike were, from a titinm lu 1 standpoint, reassurlug. and they were, nt least, n negative Influence b» the trading here. Apart from the Hus house week amounting to $2,000,009. Mono, rates were not, however, affected by this movement, nor were they Influenced fiy the of the market. It became at that efforts were being made to" short contracts put out at the RANGE OF NEW YORK STOCK MARKET! KlPr- AniaTgn mated ( : nm»or Amertrau Sugar uvlluing Atlnntlo Uoiisi Ltm* Ann<*otidn American l^o«uuotlve do, preferre#! Atnortoau SiueBlug Refining •lo, preferred Atchison do. preferre#! I!.*!!.*!!!!! American Cotton OH Chosnpenke nud Ohio... Colorado Fuel and Iron Central I.eutber do, prefer red Chicago and Great W Chicago, Milwaukee and Ht. Paul... I (elan a re and Hudson Distiller's Securities File . do, preferred General Electric Illinois Central American Ice Securities , Dullsville and Nashville Mexican Central Missouri Pacific New York. Ontario and Western... National Lend Northern Pacific New York Central... Norfolk ami Western Penn sylvan in People’s Gns Pressed Steel do, preferred Pa cl tie Moll Heading Republic Steel Hock Island do. preferred United States Rubber do, preferred Open I High | bow |C 7 I'L'V mav i<L’t»f ion | n>2%; kmn, 143»*| 144 1 143\*' 143Vi 143'*| 143 137 I K*S,; 137V 13s , 13k j 1364* I ;7>5 2«Vs I 255 | JJaS j 257\\ 134 4* I 69H! 70 I 63H 697*1 6s\ | iiitt iiiw iriiy 1st j !Jiy I n#v u;‘, m;y ut',! n7 im', K\ w>, k\ icy my- :cy im*,. ii»\ iwyi iMiy ion,! iom, I .ryj 173 | S3? 33 | SlVil 31», u»j,! ia>i, iim.1 i.’iy urn, mu, , 79V, SI ] 79 I S0HI 79’, ... i«y 1MH| i«H' iiiiis,; li.iy ... aoiw w, 2>ty iiwh! I I'in, 58’4| •><“»: 5SU soy I lit , 59 62y 54',| 52® 5iy 6414 7.1', ««•! ** 1 «<?• ,T9 ! ,6 8K'I , .. loiy joiw i*y is isy my is\| mi, 147 is»y nr; 1,7‘j. iv , n ( '(. '"4 «K* | 14. r .L*! 1WHI HoVij 14f>H| 91 ' "Bi"\ 91'*' 94V PTi <744, STVij 4744] 4T*» 47 I 4*5 S9-1, SI KOki SG44I * N ivif 3«l I 206'*! 2'*6 I C06V 206% 2>3'„ I4"4 142%; 140 141'*i IIP4 1 13-i.v oonl on/ <k)% 91 I «nt\i tstU .11 Li 1.T2V.' 111 NOTES ON GRAIN Pointers on Provisions. l»rlco Jcvel. The demand of the short In- crest was Particularly urgent In Sou thorn Pacific, which opened n point up and .Iverpool market today. Selling very good thin morning. I>n not believe market will hold at these prices. A private telegram from Houston, T**x., August 4 Hays owing t» continued rains and boll weevil, southwest Texns crop pros- pccts very unfavorable. Hchlll offering fi.000 December nt 10.01. Schlll offering 5,0*10 December nt 10.02, Hchlll offering 5,000 January nt 10.08. Craig big seller through Mitchell. Mitchell sold about 15.000 December for Craig from IO.07 to 10.02. II. Wilson bidding 10.03 for 6,000 Decent Market steadier on private reports of too much rainfall lu Texas over Sunday. Home points report over 6 Inchon of rain. New Orleans buying here. New Orleans. Aug. 6.—It Is a regular holiday market. No one ou either side de sires to operate until It Is kmlvn how Liverpool is going to construe the bureau report. Spots nr»* dull, and not over 309 bales nil told have been done. The ket Is easy nt quotations. Five hundred nml seventeen bales of new cotton nt Houston today compares with 139 this day two years ago. the Mg crop Net cotton hero 17,316 bales, against 43, inc nt this time last yens Amount slilji board is 11,163 bales, against 15,115 lust year. Particularly ... . ilch opened r _ f tib’kly rose another. Both this stock nml nlon Pacific made new high records. The of the list was all higher and a strong r hlgl hlghc ^ undertone was maintained during the morn ing. But trading has much less active than Inst week. THE WEATHER. LOCAL rORECAST. Atlanta and Vicinity—Partly cloudy, occasional showers -tonight and Tucs- NO SIGNIFICANCE IN "WEEK’S EVENTS , .... nt the ins the tenderfoot i*eeu In clined to break In. Many reasons for this aloofness might be given, hut the supreme argument must be sought In the looses oi the people who have played with cotton on either side during the last twelve months Quite apart from this poignant experience, there are great Incentives to caution. 1-01 example, who would care to bull <’ ott ‘ ,n “ nr anything else, except food—While thorn exists the strong possibility that Hiissln may crumble as France crumbled In l.M, Then, too, It remains to ho seen how the new crop will he marketed, when It shall Kin to move In volume. Will the wblfe ur, or tho black, no hoisted? Will tlm receipts from SeptenlbeMo January be sold questions which THE SUGAR MARKET. r x'.*, «u*. _ ___ PIMMPP *atm»flny n ,„j Arlmckle Bros, advanced re- gjf j| u I-ond-m beet market Is rioted. STOCKS REVIEWED B YNEW YORK SUN York, August 6.—Tli*» Sun says: The week opened with a great man* «[»t*tlon of strengtli nil thmugli the list "Woh continued with but little Interruption y* the close, notwithstanding toward the of fhe period there was a goo«I deal of gmt-taklag. Matters affecting the market generally favoralde. the one notable fyytlw lieltig the derision of the Brook- rnlon Gns alreetors to discontinue dlvl- Z&* 9 on that sti*ck on account of the cur- ailment of the eoinpnnv's profits through P* redlietIon ill price of gns for«‘cd by the p.xtMd by the Inst session of the.Iegls- ■tsre snd which t^***k effect from Mnv 1. * somber of excellent statements of earn* 25* covering railroad operations for the of June were published during the ■ biding those of Atchison. Eric, Island and Pennsylvania systems, Routhern Hallway published Its pre* wnary annual showing n small gain In ■** earnlnas. the rll.nnrlt far the purpose of making better- to the system Involved by the great jjjrth of th**’ road. At th" end of the "S* the profit taking movement Induced yerestq working for a decline p* Iwroise r** aggressive, but In most of the active the umlertone continued strong and ■*»e,| nt t | p decline.-Glbert A Clay. nl,«oiiiir>if rltni "to th- we! fare Small xvooder then that the markets nre dull. dMnlte tlie idetluira of i.iinejed wl.dmn. nnd thnt ulrnoot everyhody. Train the mill tn the field, t, fonlMIt to let farther time reive the riddle they enn not Kelt" for thetneelre. rjtlenee. nnd ehnffle the e'lrd. , ehenld he the motto at ntieh ft Juncture tin thin. —xt nro »v Lu* hind. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. ny rtlvnle r.enned Wit / rhtens". Am:.' ft.-IIeftt'-Entlmoted re eelnm tednv iw.tvi". Jlnrkct txlotv ftpa iri-n- ernlly 5e lower: onnllir Wrjjit "ter 4.017:' hulk (Llisca: llirtit H..4-W.,6: mtj- el xtUI'6'VSO; heavy EnQ&tS; routfn I3.i5 tdirx 1.4 Wftr,.30; ftoo.1 to eholc hf cnttli^| r me>dptti 23.000. Market rnontt. 10<* higher; quality fair; beeves |3.5hf|6.4S: cotvs $lf/4J8; heifers 12.25^5.10; calve* frU 7? good prime steers 15.158 6.45; pofjr MBS; din in I3.80f/5.15; Stockers nud feeders U30 C4.S. Mfiitet fair; natl\e M VWtA y»ur- lambs K.5007.75; western W^K.tlm.W-1 reeelpt. 9MK lit'*. 64..V® 7.76. COTTQN SEED OIL MARKET. s-exv York. Ant-. «.-There won no nrtlrlty In the mnrker for eottolt wed oil on Bnlor- dnv All dellrerle. tnnlnt.ilned n .tend,- no. xllion nnd there wan hnrdly nny ynrintlon In orleen. There xxnn n Inek of Intere.t on the nnrt ef boyon. however, nnd hohlyrn were eo'inllr reluetnnt In ninWnir offer.. Rinort. for Innt week were 1.753 barrel,. nnd for the ftMHm (777.241 hnrretft. niralu.t 919.138 barrels last sen*on.^-W«re^ A Lelaod. ClJtt Opening 37V4<a«H ZtW&ZS 37** -5 37*x 37 3i ^344 3i mnl 31*i4r3!\ 31 t?31*4 31 21 QSl 1 * 39V5m31H • iosed steady. To meet the telephone competition It Is prop.'—,I In l'liftland to redliee the ee*t a glx-wonl telegram. Including the address, to 6 cents. October.. , November. December., January. day. WEATHER IN COTTON BELT. Texas—Tyler cloudy, threatening nnd warm. Dallas cloudy nnd warm; hard rain all yesterday. San Antonio cloudy and hot. Mississippi—Haxlehurst, Vicksburg. Yn*oo City and Jackson clear nnd hot. Natch** partly cloudy nnd hot. Brookhnven dVnr and warm. Aberdeen cloudy nnd warm: bard rain yesterday. Tupelo clear nnd warm; shower yesterday. Atnory cloudy and hot. Greenwood clenr nnd plensnnt. Alnbnnm—Mobile raining; good rain yes terday. Montgomery and Selma clear nml hot. Troy partly cloudy nnd warm. Ope- llkn clenr nnd warm. Huntsville cloudy, warn! nml threatening. Georgia—Columbus, rained Saturday nnd Americns nud Albany fair and warm North Carolina—Charlotte nnd ltnlclgi clenr nnd hot. Greensboro partly cloud; and warm. Tennesnee—Nashville cloudy, cool nr threatening. Chattanooga cloudy au warm. WEATHER IfTwHEAT BELT. .Southern Pacific Southern Halhvnjr do, preferred.. Slosg-Shelf leld . Tennessee Coal nnd Iron Texas and Pacific Union pacific United States Steel do. preferred VI rein la-Carolina i do. preferred,. Western Union ... Wn bash do. preferred.. Wisconsin Central do. preferred.. — ‘k sales tmlny GGO.OGO shares. AT NEW YORK, The following is the ranee la cottos futures In New York tc*!.~T: U*t Previous Oi>en. High. ^-la Close. Clooe. Aug. . 9.69 9.«7 9.55 9-67 9.69-70 9.67-68 Igc ^ ..If Sept. .-9.79 9i85 9.78 9.84 9.X4 85 Get, . 9.97 10.00 9.99 9.98 9.97 93 9.94-95 Nov. .10.04 10.M 9.99 9 99 10.01-M 9.97*99 Dee. .10.01 10.Or 9.99 10.05 10.25-26 in.oi-nj Jan./ .10.13 10J 3 10.06 10.13 10.12-13 10.07-CS AK .10.16 10.16 ** •* ** — dnr. .10.22 10.25 Closed steady. AT NEW ORLEAN8. The following Is the range la cotton futures In .Now Orleans today: lm*v Ptevluw* Open. High. Lour- S*le. Close. Close Aug. .10.34 10.40 10.34 1J.40 10.4" 10.35-37 Sept 10.12 10.06 'S Oct. .8.96 tt »H 9.92 9.9* 9,98-99 9.(« 94 Nov 9.99'll 9.94-96 Dec. .9.97 10.('2 9.91 10 01 J0.01 (»2 9.96-97 Jnn. . 10.0| 10.09 10.01 J0.09 JO.OR 09 10.02 03 Feh.^ 10.15-16 ia.07-09 Mar. .10.17 10.21 10.16 10.21 10.20-21 10.17-18 Closed firm. STATISTICS. Hxtrcnie Northwest—Generally to 61 above. Northneat—Partly clotidv; 56 to 61 above, Wilt nnd Southwest—Generally cloudy 50 to 76 above: general rains In Kelirnskn local ruins In .tilssourl. lowi* and Kansas heavy rain Springfield, Ills. WEATHER FORECAST. Local rnltiH Monday and Tuesday; light variable winds. Western Texas and Arkansas—Fair Mon day and Tuesday. STATE FORECAST. WEATHER CONDII IONS. e pressure continues high over tilt per lake region nml the smthenst. The *‘hlflh" In the southeast has changed very little since Saturday morning, except to Increase slowly In energy. The center of lowest barometer Is still over I’tab. TIio weather Is more or less cloudy at most stations, nnd showers have occurred nt n large number of points In various sue ibms of the United States. The temperature continues about station rv at most stations. Th" conditions favor partly cloudy westh er with occasional showers In this section tonight and Tuesday. j. H. mAnnuity. Hectlon Director, COTTON REGION BULLETIN. meridian time. August 6. STATIONS OF Atlanta, clenr. . .. . , •rh.attnm ogn, cloudy.. Columbus, clenr. . . . Jn I lies* I lie, |L cloudy. Greenville, clear. . . »riff In. clear * Macon, clear. ..... Mmitleello, clenr. . . . II inn, ejenr. .... Home, cloudy. . w o . Kparrniibiirg. cloudy. . Tnlln|*oosn, cloudy. . . , Toccon. clear West Point, cloudy. . , " •MTniinma »empenit#fr« hour period ending at 8 a HEAVY RAINFALLS. Corsicana. Tex Waxahachle. Tex........ -STT? Ill a s i 4l I CENTRAL •TATIO.N. 111 GIBERT & CLAY STOCKS. OONOU. COTTON, 6 * A I N. corree. pkovisiows ATLANTA, SA " l ALABAMA ,T. MCMBCHftl j & IS 88S gftSSSixcT OrlMnt M-t . of tlftLlUftlr^ C'otton E.vb.ftftA | Private Wire* to nil Exchanges. _ w u i **ci! ft mi Long Difttane* Ttlftphon# 529E W. fl. FAGAN, harlesmn. . Little lloek.*. Memnhls . . Mobil** . . . Montgomery. ( New Orleans. Savannah. . . Vicksburg. . . Wilmington | T Indicates Inappreciable rainfall. BIRTH 8.. To Mr. nnd Mrs. Frank Pickens, nt 2‘ Ardly street,-a daughter. DEATHS. Infant of J. W. Robinson dlod In East Atlanta. Mrs. Nancy Moore, 47 years old, died nt 11*5 W. Pine sttrot. Edward Itlehnrdsou. 46 years old, died of asphyxia In New York city. Paul B. Jones. 10 years old, died nt 129 at 22 Woodson street. buildingTpernIits. $40—Joe Post, to re-cover two one-story frame dwellings nt 12-14 Maple nlley. $35—Mrs. Hampton, to re-cover one story frame dwelling at 246 Richardson street. 11.001—8, M. Westbrook, to Imlld one story frame dwelling nt 3) DeGross avenue. $*50— Mrs. A. n. Turner, to repair « Story frame dwelling nt 29 Battle street. Woodward LumlicT Co>, lo «***t \«>ller t 25 Murphy avenue. $.5.000-A. F. Plckert, to build . two one storv frame. dwellings at 27D 81 H. Houle- PROPERTY~TRAN8FER8, $400, I’etpil Ruin—W. H. Ham nnd W. D. Rumlln to I*. P. pawl, lot on Mason and Turner Ferrv road, near Grand avenue, Bond for title. fSHV-P. K. Moon to Merchants nnd Me honlcs Itfinklug ami Jx»nn Uo. lot on Cur nn street, near Ex|H>sltoln street. Mort gage. I Other Uonslderiitlons -John Ter re|| to L. DeGIve. executfT l«t on corner Boulerard and Houston. Mortgage. Mrs. Ida <*o|p to Mrs N’ettlo G. Uheeres. lot on Garden street, near Georgia ovenue. I/>nn deed. $24.Wirt. penal Rum—John E. Murphy Mntsbr Company nnd Mrs, Marietta street, nei Jtond for title. $125—Continental Land Co. to F. ft. Terry, it mi Ormond street, near Cherokee uve- ue. Warranty deed. Sl.0M-r. I». Terry to F. C. fiflcy, same it. T*onn dMd. % $7.766—J. II. Wallace to Mrs. Mary E. lark, lot on corner Highland avenue nnd Howell street. Wnrnnty deed. tTtrt—n. l. PvUmt to F.dwnnl Pylant, lot a Plckert street, near Waldo. $6A—Hollywood Cemetery Corporation to C. Hhlrley, two lots In Hollywood renie- tery. $200—Fame corporation to J. C. and Russell Rhlrter. eight Iota In Hollywood cemetery. Warranty deed. $150—Mrs. Helen It. Turman to fjikewnod Heights Baptist church, lot on Jonesboro *id and Hawtell street. Warranty deed il.jnfi -3. 11. nnd \V. P. Awders**w t« Leuv Mitchell, lot on Mangunt street Warranty ,r 04: Johns street. IMMIGRATION BILL WILL BE DISCUSSED Filiate Wire to Glbe.-t A Clay. Chicago, Aug. 6 -Advices from the north west continue of favorable character. AImmu only hope remaining to the bulls !•< rain. If this should l><- ronllzed wheat might advance 3fy5e. but the prlee-mnker In the end a III bo the foreign demand This country nml Canada have a Idg c\ portable surplus. Market Is getting to a point where there 1h more or less Invest meat buying on a scab* down. Uit Ii will hardly be affected while stocks are piling up, which has becu the case for two or three mouths. Onr crop expert wires front l.akefa. N. •alt.: “Wentlief favorable todny. Wheat onernlly good and filling fine." Haiti predicted for the corn belt causes n easier tope Main In predicted for South Dakota ami Minnesota. This Is likeU t.» steadying In the wheat market. Warner bought considerable September corn itt the op-ulng. Updyke n good barer of oats. Wronn bought September. ‘ Selling scattered. Wneelnnd sold September pork. Chicago Record Herald: “America's wheat crop is now* the chief topic of Inter- es» In the norld's wheat trade. Influences now acting for lower prices are World-wide nnd none the less potent and Influential because niouy of are working below the surface. Tho weight of the Immense body Is felt the most keenly where If Is most dlretly applied This means Chleago. J By Prlvata Li Cbktfl WHEAT STARTED Strong Investment buying and Higher Cable's Chief 'Influences. BEAUS WERE BUYING Buying Was Persistent, and Selling Scattered — All SpeculatiVcs Closed Up. the farm prtMluets tributary this been so slow In declining. Neverthdr the large body has started downward, and at present there appears to lie little to check Its momentum. It Nhould not be forgotten, however, that all of the bear ish features are known, most of them are. perhaps, disunited, and the chances should be for a turn. "Bearish sentiment ruled In corn at the close of the week, partly because of the break In wheat nml jxirtly because of In. rrensed marketings by Nebraska farmers, who have an excellent crop promise. "Government figures on the supplv of onts left from last year's crops will l«* Issued on Friday." Private Wire to Ware A- behind. Chicago. Aug. 6.—Shorts have covered wheat freely, but long when! keeps com ing out. t'nielli this liquidation stops, wheat will sell still lower. Maiket barely holds. If It breaks a war, will get very weak. There seems to Uo llquldatt Thor Is ug getting long stuff, otisldernble buying of short locals, while outside llqulda- to he quiet. heat by tlon Is going Onts opened steady Lot of May wanted The wheat market Is feeling I he effeets of liquidation of tired holders. Look for further liquidation. Good rains in Illinois, whore needed for corn. World’s shlpmenta, board's figures: To tal wheat. fl.6IO.flno, against 7.872.000 Inst week and 9.oos,0na last year. lueludlitg Russia, wheat l.OSO.OOn, against 1.856./*'* Inst week nnd 2.472.000 last year. Argentina wheat. 1.056.000. against 1.834,000 last week and 3.016,0)0 last year. . passage statement: Wheat f7.6M.000. against 28.328.000 last week ami •eek nnd IR,679.0<M) Inst Total shipments of gainst 20,888,000 Inst '261.0011, against Chamber of Commerce Consider Lawrence Measure. to Following th* **nmpl* of numerous other commercial bodies throughout the state, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce will consider the suhatltute to the Immigration bill of Representa tive Lawrence, of flvithain, nt Its reg ular meeting Tuesday afternoon nt A o'clock. The house committee oh rules hna recommended thnt the measure como up for upeeln^ order Wednesday, August 8, and aa U can only he made a special order by a two-tldrda vote, the representatives hack of It are leaving stone unturned In the way of get ting recommendations from outside sources. Coming nt this time, when the Im migration question Is being so widely discussed In connection with the scarc ity i»f labor, the hill Jiiih caused uplo ad Interest. Its pnsHiign will mean the organization and maintenance of a state Immigration bureau with suffi cient funds to carry on a large work. The labor question Is only one phase of the situation on which the bill will hnve weight," It was sfaed Monday by Hecretary Cooper, of the Chamber of Commerce. "It will have a much broader scope, ns it is hoped the better classes of foreigners will he Interested In this state through the bureau. It Is necessary to have a state organiza tion, ns abroad no private concern is gnlzcd." 000 Inst week nml .. . (‘hleago Inter-Orenn: Export mi Saturday's break Aggregated r>’*.i>*o bushels. Including 24.000 direct bv f'tilrngo export houses. There ntl* more business dosed here nml nt tlio seuhonrd then the export people rnred to give out. Reports mine from New York thnt the large exporters there nre not reporting their business, nl No. 2 rpd to the United though they i Kingdom. Export snlei of corn were 24.090. nml onts I Wire. Wlient bears were lest *»usuluo nnd many «>f them were on the buying side. Some of tie buying was on profit-taking account. That'* all. Likt. Fatten. Lichtenstein. Prlcdmnn. Wntwn, Barrett and the north,vest were huyert. Tlie selling was scattered. Had uot tlit demand been rather perslflt^nf, a much low er level Hunt that of Saturday would doubtlom hnve been cstnldlslie<| closing PI lees showed wheat IV better, corn V' np to RiV* "ff. Mats 'yUV' higher, nnd provisions 2Indter. Cash transact hois here were Ufl.OOf) bush els wheat. 126,00/ bushels corn nnd 70,000 bushels outs. At the seaboard, sixteen loads of wheat, five loads corn and 00.<as/ bushcla oats. The \lslble supply of wheat Im-ressed 1,- .Td.oon bushels, w'lule there were Incrensea ol S77.0'o bushels corn ami 947.ow buahela wheat, gainst 1.422,wtfl ami 'iuS.Oiio bushels. Clearances for the «fn,v 512,000 bushels of wheat. 269,000 bushels corn and 75. f >^0 bush els outs. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. I lick. lavw. Close. Cloaa. 2S 71% May 46% OATS— Sept.... S/% Dec 32 May .... 34M FOHK- S.*pt. . 16 95 I'f? :Uv5 31S Wi :ax. 34*1 ».OT !■£» 1 78*4 16.9749 14.25 8.ha tm CASH WHEAT No. 2 red 72VM72V No. 3 do 72V/72 hard winter iI , A'u<2 , h: X«». 3 do 71i CHICAGO CAR LOTS* Tottuy. Tumorro«r. dry; more buHlsh. Jlfford. IBs.. suffering.’ "We have fields of “Weather hot nnd , NORTHWC8T CARS. The following figures give the nnrthwsst ars todny. Inst week ami lust year: • Lust Last TmLir U’ftftb Vftft, Ileimig. IBk. “Hut nml dry: no ruin corn is being bndl.v affected; pastures are burned up here ntid In the southern ,>ud of this county." Wheat traders estimated that hedging sales Saturday were less than 500,000 bush This was sufficient In satisfy all dinheap i mtutU. PRIMARY MOVEMENT. Tin* following fig give the primary . »d 9,500. • (**) hushels of wheat, or more than double Inst yenr; Ht. Louis 3.84uoon bushels, a de crease of 1,192,009. nnd Knusns Cltr 3,430.• 0)0 bushels, nn Inerense of 609,000 Synopsis of the report Jo lu» Issue# Ati- iru-t ta nt 2 o'eos-k wiii show* eondlllon of eoru, yield per acre of xt inter wheat, condition of osts. nnd proportion of last rear’s crop In fanners' hands. The report will also Include flax, rice, fruits nml va rious minor erops. whleh will not be pub lished by telegraph, but which will be Reporter two i*f and corn: today l.gff.nno bushels, against 1.422.000 bushels Inst year. Ship ment* todny 89.3*0 Bushels, ngnlnst 361.000 bushels Inst ,tenr. nr’Tni't I Corn .Receipts 443.0OH busheln. ngnlnat 1 156.000 bushels last yenr. Shipments todny I An- ^"5.000 bushels, ngn lift 840,000 bushels lsst THE METAL MARKET. after Aujust 10 l and near by deliveries. Clipper wns firm, j Lend and spelter were unchanged. 43.250—J. Wllllngh Fnle to Mrs. Cntherlnc B. t op Jins* street, near Frew. WnrrnTitv d**ed. $1.000-Luln R. Ifenly to G. W. Dunbsr, •t on Daniel street. Warranty deed $1,350 Janie Green nnd Julia Robert Storeiisoti. lot I*dgew«s4 nvenne. COFFEE MARKET. Oi*entng leans** .... .7.19 7.16 7.15 7.25 , .. ,.7.25 7.31 7.r>?.v> .. ..7.40 7 45 7.4-5 7 55 .. . .7.Jk5 .. . 6 80-7.00 .. a VI 6.95 SOUTHERN EXCHANGE oldest Eftabllshed Offlre Sbuth. conos—STOCiS BONOS GRAIN Ground Floor Gould Huildlng Dally market lei ter nnd market manual mailed on applloalion April May. July.*.* .V V. August September., .i <V t«l»er . .. November.. .. J)eccmt*er ios# d firm. L.J. 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