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The Truth About Belgium :
“ BY BRAND WHITLOCK
(Contlanod from Last Week)
WE had been joined by the ta
ther-ln-l*w oi one of the
officers, an old German
civilian with a long grey board that
covered his breast. He had been a
soldier in the war of 1870. was
then engaged in business in Ham
burg and was on his annual vaca
tion. He explained to me that he
had found himself in need of rest
and knew no better way to spend
his vacation than by visiting the
front , _
Von der Lancken. Villalohar and I
mounted, into the motor of the crown
prince, and our young captain, he
of the broad jaw and the short
moustache, was at the wheel. He
drove that car like a demon, whirl
ing and dashing and swerving
through the streets, shouting to peo
ple to get out of his way. and so
on to the road and through the
village of Siglin. Carrin on our way
to Lens. and the Frencn front.
The memory of the haggard vil
lages. with that bedraggled, unkempt
air which the occupation gave tMem.
that palpable layer of dirt, those
sad women lifting their weary eyes
in languid interest as we parsed,
those ragged children seeing only
the superficial glamor of the mili
tary spectacle, those soldiers in
dirty grey, those swanking officers,
and conspicuous salutes—it can
never leave me. It was good to
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get out on to the highway again,
in the sunlight, with the harvests
ripe in the fields on either side,
though there were no peasants to
gather them; Russian prisoners.
«reat fellows with heads like Tol
stoys, had taken their places at the
reapers. We were running • sixty
miles an hour, too fast to .talk, but
just before we got to Lens, lying
there before us in a little valley, we
stopped and our captain pointed
away off across the fields and roll
ing hills, to the right: "La Chap
elle de Notre Dame de Lorette," he
said.
It was the famous and sanguinary
Loretta Heights, where the terrible
fighting of May 21. 1915. occurred,
in Joffre's great offensive. It lay
a little to the northwest of Souchez.
almost half way to Arras. There is
an old legend in northern France,
brought down through centuries of
battles, that the one who holds
Loretta Heights will win the war.
It is not perhaps altogether a sol
dier’s superstition, but founded no
doubt upon the very salient and
substantial fact that the army that
held those hills had a strategical po
sition that commanded the country
side for miles around.
Behind was I-a Bassee and a lit
tle farther on Neuve Chapelle, where
the English heroically failed These
of course were out of sight but we
could see Loretta Heights, see the
smoke rising and hear the thunder
> ! of the guns iff the artillery duel
that goes on there forever. There
lay' those lovely fields in the sun
i light of France, under a haze of
) grey smoke and grey dust.
Lens, Dirty Like ths Most
W« drove down into Lens, a little
town, dirty like the rest, smelling
of the odor of invasion, deserted by
. everybody who could get away, in-
• habited now by slatternly women,
' depressed and bedraggled, and by
i children on the sidewalks watching
the endless stream of grey soldiers
’ ■ flow by. We drove through the
. ' town and beyond into a cemetery—
of course after the factory one must
visit the cemetery. There at the
f entrance of the cemetery, where
t closely huddled graves, decorated
i with artificial flowers, crosses of
' wood or of iron ornamented with
' photographs and other mementoes
t of the deceased, lay in the blazing
sun. was a monument that had been
I erected to the citizens of Lens that
had fallen in the war of 1870, and
already there were the new graves
of those other heroes who had fallen
in this latest war.
But they took us there not to see
so much the French as the German
cemetery’- The Germans had bought
a plot of ground . adjoining the
French cemetery and therein were
buried, with German regularity, the
officers in a sacred enclosure by
themselves in the center, the Ger
man soldiers killed in that vicinity.
Already eighteen hundred Germans
had been burled there, men who
had fallen in the battles of May and
June, and there was a’ significant
repetition of the same date on the
rough wooden crosses over the
graves, and the inscription “Hier
ruht in Gott." (•'Here rest in God.")
Ivy had been planted in the yel
low ground, and there was a colos
sal angel in stone, heavy, stalwart,
muscular. Teutonic, with a sword
in her hands larger than the sword
of Gideon. And immediately ad
joining this space, the French were
burled and over the graves the
same little wooden crosses, the same
dates, and "Ici repose en paix.”
("Here rest in peace.”)
From the brow of a lofty hill.
• crowned by a colliery, its great iron
building lifting its gaunt sides high
above the surrounding country, its
cupola shattered by a shell, we look
ed down into the broad valley. The
thunder of the guns below us was
loud: once more we heard the shriek
of the hurtling shells and the sharp
er rattle of the artillery over at
Notre Dame de Lorette. Off to our
left a whistling and shrieking of
German shells; one could hear them
and one thought one could almost
see them before they struck and ex
ploded In a puff of smoke. We
stopped, watching the duel through
glasses. But:
"We must not stay here long,-
said our captain, "or they will see
us and take a shot at us."
Under Shell Fire
We went back to the motors and
our Jehu dashed through the village
and on to Lievin. out on the way to
Angre. where are the outer defenses
of Lens. A dismal little town, An
gre. wholly abandoned by its inhabi
tants, and occupied by German
troops in force; we drove through it
and on to the road just outside up
to a little hill, straight in the di
rection of Notre Dame de Lorette.
now as it seemed, not half a mile
away. The road was crowded, wag
on trains trundled up the hill, cais
sons were drawn up by the roadside,
in the shelter of a crumbling bank
and a row of tall trees, the artillery
men sitting with their legs careless
ly crooked over the pummels of
their saddles, grim, sullen fellows.
!| waiting for I know not what. Oft
to the right across an open field
above the hank, we had a better
II view of the Loretta Heights, a gray,
[ green, bald hill; looking through the
• glass one could sec that the foliage
of the woods had all been hacked
away. And the guns were pounding
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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1918.
How the Southern States Have Bene
fited During War
While I am a close reader of con
gressional Record, I had overlooked
what ha.s been really expended in the
southern states for establishment of
cantonments and strictly war activi
ties until a few days ago. I feel sure
it will interest the readers of the- Semi-
Weekly-Country Home readers. Here is
the official table of statistics:
Alabama, $61,386,145.36.
Arkansas. $15,409,572.56.
Florida, $7,278,201.24.
Georgia, $24,710,845.85.
. Kentucky. $8,375,239.90.
Louisiana, $6,240,474.65.
Maryland, $39. 187, 441.87.
Mississippi. $5,544,514.92.
New Mexico. $4,607,545.86.
North Carolina, $4,518,761.39.
Oklahoma. $5,174,646.07.
South Carolina. $19,045,284.95.
Tennessee. $76,672,100.00.
Texas. $32,652,744.11.
Virginia and West Virginia, $176,-
103,472.61.
Total, $490,306,991.34.
Alabama has four camps *ard two in
dustrial plants. ..
Arkansas has three camps and
plant costing $15,000,000.
Arkansas has three camps and picric
plant costing $7,000,000.
South Carolina has five camps.
Tennessee has expenditure of $76,300,-
000.
Texas has twenty-five military camps.
I was very much interested in these
statistics. The building of these camps
or cantonments has given large wages
to hundreds of thousands of laborers of
high and low degree. Virginia and West
Virginia have nearly or quite one-thtrd
of this expenditure. The Semi-Weekly
readers can see at a glance what the
cost of war is and what must be
raised, outside of an army of soldiers.
LIVE STOCK BY WIRE
EAST ST. LOUIS. Oct. 7.—Cattle—Receipts.
IS.SOO. ineludin’ no Texans; market steady;
native beet steers, yearling
deers and heifers, cows.
12.50; -tockers anti feeders. $8.50# 12.00;
calves, $7 75#7.50; Texas steers. slo.oo#
17.00; cows and heifers, $7,504(15.00.
Hogs—Receipt*. 12,000, market steady;
mixed and butchers. $18.104(18.85; gnod and
heavy, $18.754118.85; rough, $17.05# 17.35 •
llXbl. $18.25#18.50; pigs. $15.00#17.50; bulk.
$18.50# 18.75.
Sheep—Receipts. 750; market steady; clip
ped ewes, $11.00#12.05; lambs. $14.05@16.75;
eanners and choppers, <6.00#9.00.
CHICAGO, Oct. 7. —Hogs, receipts, 20,000;
market steady to 10c lower than Saturday’s
general trade. Butchers, 818.65#19.25; light,
$18.15#19.00; packing, $17.75W18.fi0; rough,
$17.85#17.75; pigs, choice, $16.25#17.25.
Cattle, receipts, 29,000: beef cattle and butch
er’s stock opened slow and about steady, with
Friday's calves 25c lower.
Sheep, receipts, 46,000; market about steady;
one oad prime native amba, $16.25 to city
butchers.
in that sullen, stupid reiteration of
the one argument they know.
Then, suddenly, a shell burst in
the field, on our right. The chauffeur
instantly stopped the car.
‘Mais e’est tout pres!” I said.
("But this is very near.")
"Je oomprends!” ("1 know'") said
von de Lancken, who was sitting in
a seat in front of me.
. The shell had exploded not more
than fifty yards away.
There had been—there still was a
great puff of brown smoke and then
a' shower of dirt and stones right
there beside us. Then, the Shriek of
another shell again; it exploded just
to our left, and a little ahead of us,
uch nearer. They were shooting at
us evidently, having seen, of course,
the two big gray motors and the offi
cers’ uniforms. Our captain cried:
"Look out for the third one!”
Look out? How was one to look
out? It seemed to me a most stupid,
silly thing to say. We sat there in
the motor and waited. Nobody
spoke. I had a confused recollec
tion of the old superstition of po
licemen. railroad men and sailors,
that catastrophes come in threes. 1
was wondering at this, accepting it
as a phenomenon at last confirmed
by reality. But in the stillness von
der Lancken was explaining the way
gunners find the range, firing first
on one side, then on the other, and
then, in the middle—la fourchette
(the fork) he said, and striking his
finger of his right hand between the
thumb and forefinger of his left
hand, he illustrated just how the
third shell, for which we were wait
ing, would strike us. I waited for
the third shot in a fascination of
suspense. There it was—that shriek,
that tearing of heavy cloth. Still,
the waiting, the suspense. Then
Lancken exclaimed:
"Il n‘a pas eclate”’ "(It has not
burst!”)
A shell exploded In front of us
in the field, a little closer to the
road. They were getting nearer,
finding the range. The captain at
the wheel was backing his car as
fast as he could. Nobody spoke.
He backed the car down near the
caissons under cover of the bank.
The shells were exploding all about
in that field above us to the right.
The artillery horses were bucking
and prancing, the gunners irritably
trying to calm them. On the other
side of the road, a “sous officer” in
spectacles, who had been sitting his
horse carelessly, shouted an order
in a loud, angry, resentful voice.
The artillery men reined in their
horses, shouted at them, jerked
them about: and the caissons turn
ed, lumbered down the hill and dis
appeared behind the vacant houses.
We alighted from the motors.
The shells were still exploding in
the field. The officers of our party
clambered Tip the bank to the edge
of the field. I climbed up, too. not
because I thought I should do so
but because I thought I should do
as the others did. I was filled with
an Intense depression, the depres
sion, I suppose, of fear, but I did
not wish Villalobar and Von der
Lancken and the captain, just then
at least, to know of this fear. And
so I climbed over toward the Lo
retta heights again.
The name stands out in my mind
as the most Important point in this
war.' I looked, and ’if seemed inex
pressably foolish and futile and
stupid, to be standing there In the
field where shells were exploding,
tearing up the earth, and throwing
up clouds of dust. I looked down
the bank and saw Villaiobar who
had some difiiculty in climbing the
steep crumbling embankment. I
went to assist him; not generously
or because he needed assistance,
but selfishly; I wished to be em
ployed at something. There seem
ed to be a species of relief In that
thought. But the marquis was
smiling.
"It isn’t raining, you know! he
observed.
I looked at him, as we stood
there, finding the remark singular
ly inapropos.
“But your coat collar —” he be
gan- _
I had turned up the collar of my
rain coat; instinctively, I suppose.
(ConUnued Next Issue)
(Published by special arrange
ments with the McClure Newspaper
Syndicate. Copyrighted, 1918, by
Brand Whitlock, under the title
"Memories of Belgium Under the
German Occupation." All rights
reserved. Copyrighted in Great
Britain. Canada and Australia. All
rights reserved for France, Bel
gium, Holland. Italy, Spain, Russia
and the Scandinavian countries.)
i| COTTON j
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—There was consider
able covering by sellers of last week at the
opening of the cotton market today, probably
on the more optimistic view of peace possi
bilities. The < penlng was firm in consequence,
with firrt prices 10 points lower on November,
but generally 10 to 55 points higher and there
was alse xime Liverpool buying on the ad
vance. This demand was soon supplied, how
ever. and the market weakened before the end
of the first liour under a renewal of liquida
tion ani southern selling. December eased off
from .11.90 to 31.05 and January from 31.70 to
30.75 before the en.d of the first hour, with
active months telling some 28 to 30 points un
der Saturday’s closing figures. Few traders
seemed to take the react overtures seriousily
and after baying early, presumably in
tio.i of narrower differences between Liverpool
uni New York, houses with Liverpool connec
tions were active sellers of the late months.
Offerings having been pretty well absorbed
on the early break by trade buying and cove-r
ing the market steadied up during the middle
of the morning and there were rallies of 25 or
30 points. The south continued selling, how
ever, and prices eased off again toward mid
day, with active months selling back to about
the early low level.
NEW YORK COTTON
Tie following were the ruling prices la tbs
»-'l’al'Ke today:
Tone, steady; middling, 33.15 c. quiet.
Last Prev.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Jan 31.20 31.70 30.74 30.94 30.90 31.05
Feb 30.85 30.95
Mar 31.30 31.35 30.58 30.83 30.78 30.86
Apr 30.75 30.85
May 31.70 31.22 30.50 35.70 30.70 30.78'
July 30.60 30.65
Aug ‘ 30.20 30.30
Oct 31.85 32.30 31.63 31.90 31.88 31.85
Nov 31.28 31.45
Dee 31.41 31.90 31.00 31.35 31.28 31.35
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NET ORLEANS, Oct. 7.—-The peace talk of
over-Sunday caused a rise of 92 to 100 points
on the opening of the cotton market today.
Heavy selling tnet the advance, apparently
coming from all directions and at the end of
the first half hour of trading prices were only
only 26 to 29 points up.
Offerings, both for t.pecalative and hedge ac
coui t, increased and tlie rapid reaction from
the advance continued. In Die trading up to
noon all of the early gain was lost and the
active months were 16 to 26 points under the
last quotations of last week.
The tone turned quiet and steady.. At 1
o’clock the most active months were 5 points
up.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling puces In tbs
»x< uangr today; <
Tone steady; middling. 32.63 c, steady.
Joist Prev.
Open. High, Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Jan 31.00 31.01 29.80 29.83 29.80 30.09
Mar 31.00 31.00 29.75 29.75 29.75 30.06
May 31.04 31.04 20.70 29.70 29.70 30.10
Oct 31.00 31.30 30.37 30.42 30.25 30.45
Dec 31.1 G3l 15 29.99 30.10 30.05 30.51
NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. Oct, 7.—Spot cotton vteady.
12 points off; sales on the spot 656; to arrive
3.075. Low middling, 28.88; middling. 32.63;
good middling 33.63. Rece.pts 6,707; stock
257,770.
SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atlanta, steady, 32.20 c.
New York, quiet, 33.15 c.
New Orleans, steady. 32.63 c.
Augusta, steady. 31.12 c.
Charleston, steady. 31.50e.
Montgomery, steady, 31 e.
Boston, steady, 33.10 c.
Norfolk, steady, 31.25 c.
Galveston, steady, 33.10 c.
Mobile, saeady, 30.85 c.
Little Rock, steady, 30c.
Savannah, .steady, 31.50 c. •
St. Louis, steady. 33c.
Houston, steady, 32.75 c.
Philadelphia, steady. 33.40 c.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton .; 32|20c
Sales 1,775
Receipts 880
Shipsnents 803
Stocks 22,396
ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS MARKET
SEPTEMBER--
Crude cil, prime basts 17*4
Cottonseed meal, 7 per cent am-
monia ............ri 53.00 .....
Cottonseed meal, 7 per cei-t
Georgia common point rate 53.00
Cottonseed hulls, loose 20.50 21.50
Cottonseed hulls, sacked 25.50 20.00
OCTOBER—
Crude oil. prime basis 17H
Cottonseed meal, 7 per cent
Georgia common point rate 47.50 . ...
Ccttcnseed hulls, loose 20.50 21.00
Cottonseed hulls, sacked 25.00 26.00
Llntrsa clean mill run 4.67
COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS
Last Year. Today
Galveston 11,455 B,fraO
New Orleans 7,961 6,707
Mobile 641 588
Savannah ...5,108 9,911
Charleston 2,452 1,529
Wilmington ........ 1 1,287 617
Norfolk 637 3,567
Boston 70 121
Total all ports ...J. 29,613 32,000
DAILY INTERIOR RECEIPTS
Last Year. Today.
Augusta 3,520 3.120
Memphis t-... 4,849 5,283
St. Louis .......... 2,334 1,305
Cincinnati 922 223
Houston 19,101 12,753
Little Rock 1,053 246
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Tone—Steady; sues, 2,00 U; good middiug,
24.49 d.
Opening Prev.
Range. Close. Close.
October ~...22.65 22.76 23.12
November ~..22.18 22.34 22.72
December ~..21.90 22.02 22.46
January V... 21.70 21.78 22.22
COTTONSEED QUOTATIONS
Georgia common rate points 70 00 71.00
SHEPARD 4 GLUCK COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 7.—While Die market
bulged sharply today on the new peace move
the average trader in cotton did not appear to
Le at ail impressed by the sincerity if Senrany
and a quick a td wide reaction followed, bearish
traders sold an the theory that President Wil
aor's reply would be unfavorable, much hedge
selling was felt on the hard tpot. The situation
hangs on world politics.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—Flour, quiet and un
changed.
Pork, dull; mesa. $44.504145.00.
I.a rd, firmer; middle west spot, $26.85#
26.95. j
Sugar, raw. quiet; centrifugal, 96-test, 7,25.
refined, quiet; cut loaf, 10.50; crushed, 10.23;
powdered, 9.15.
Coffee, Rio No. 7, on spot, 9.00.
Tallow, specials, 19*4e; eity, 18*4e.‘
Hay, firmer; No. 1. $2.30@2.40; No. 3, $1.90
#2.10; clover, $2.00#2.20.
Dressed poultry, culet; chickens, 304750 c;
fowls, 25#25%c; ducks, 39e.
Live poultry, quiet.; geese, 25@26c; ducks.
30#32e; fowls. 22@27c; turkeys. 28@3Cc; roost
ers. 20c; chiekers. broilers. 234f26c.
Cheese, firm, state milk, common to spe
cials, 3D4Q32*4e; skims, common to specials,
B@2sc. >
Butter, dull; receipts. 6.564; creamery, extra,
do. special market, 59#5#*4c; imita
tion creamery, firsts, 46#58c; state dairy tubs,
45@4SMc.
Kggs, quiet; receipts. 7.590; near-by white
fancy. 70#73c; near-by mixed fancy, 50@57c;
fresh firsts. 52@57c. * ;
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET ;
Close.
January 8-95 bid <
February 9.10 bid I
March 9.25 bid I
April 9.40 bid |
May 950 bid
June 970 bid 1
July 9.80 bid
August 10.10 bld |
Septembeg 10.15 bid
Octotier 8.30 bid
November 8.65 bid |
December 8.80 bid |
CHICAGFO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO. Oct. 7.—Butter, creamery, 555; ’
creamery standards, 54%c; firsts, 52#54*4c;
seconds, 50#51c '
Eggs, ordinaries. 45#4614e; firsts, 47#48c. I
Cheese, twins, 33#33Kc; Young Americas, I
34#344*e.
Potatoes, cars. TO; Minnesota. $1.60#2.00. I
Live poultry, fcwls. 21M>@2- r ducks, 23c;
geese, 22c: springs, 25c; turkeys. 33c.
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GRAIN
CHICAGO. Oct. 7.—Germany's request for
peace negotiations brought about a sharp break
Ln torn today, but no sign of demoralised trad
ing. Opening prices, which ranged from l%c
to 3’sc lower, with November $1.26 to $1.27 and
December $1.24!- to $1.27. were followed by
vallies to above the top initial figures in the
nearer deliveries and then by fresh setbacks all
arauud.
I’he close was heavy at about the lowest price
of the day. 6’iC to 9c under Saturday's finish,
with November $1.22% to $1.22% and December
$1.21 to $1.21%.
Oats, lik ecorn, were only moderate.) - affect
ed by the action of the German government.
After opening 1c to. 2%c lower, with Novem
ber «B%c to 69c. the market made a slight re
covery.
Provisions reflected the weakness of cereals.
Peace talk, usually counted bullish as to pro
visions. seemed to be in this instance virtually
ignored.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling prices In the
exchange today:
Prev.
Open. High. Low. Close Close.*
COBN—
Oct. . 1.27%#1.28 1.28% 1.21 1.21 1,30.
Nov. . 1.2!%#1.26
Dec. . 1.27 #1.24% 1.27 1.20% 1.21 1.28%
Oet. .... 68% #69 69% 68 68% 70%
Nov 69 #68% 69% 67% 63% ?0%
Dec 69 #7O 70 67% 68% 71
PORK—
Oct 36.25 37.00
Nov 36 23 36.25 36.25 36.25 36.25
’ a A K i-A-
Oct 26.50 26.60 26.50 26.6 C 26.87
Nov 2C.05 26.05 22.85 25.90 26.20
RIBS—
Oet 22.81 23.25
Nov 22.85 22.85 22.62 22.62 23.12
VISIBLE SUPPLY
Wheat,.increase, 6,263,000 bushels.
Corn, decrease, 8,000 bushels.
Oats, decrease, 1,468,000 bushels.
RECtIRIS IN CtUGAOO
Today.
Wheat * 99
Corn 193 cars
Oats 1W cars
Hogs 29.000 head
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO, Oct 7.—Corn: No. 2 yellow, $1.50
#1.53; No. 3 yellow, $1.37@1.41; No. 4 yellow.
$1.26® 1.32.
•nit - sv. 3 white 69%@70%c; standait.,
70#71c.
Rye—No. 2, $1.62.
Barley. 95c(r51.04.
Timoihy, $7 50#10.00.
Clov*r, ••orninal
Fork, nominal,
sard $26.35.
Ribs, $22.62#23.50.
Atlanta Live Stock
(Corrected by W. H. White, Jr„ President
of White Provision Company.) United States
Food Administration License No. G-21371.
Good to choice steers, 850 to 1,000 lbs., SIO.OO
® 11.00.
Good steers, 750 to 850 lbs., $9.50@t0.00.
Medium to good steers. 650 to 750 lbs., $9.00
#9.50.
Medium to choice beef cows. 750 to 850 10b.,
$8.00#9.00.
Medium to good cows, GSO to 7.50 Ibe,, $7.50
#B.OO,
Good to choice heifers, 530 to 650 lbe„ SB.OO
#8.50, X
The above represents ruling prices for goon
quality fed cattle. Inferior grades, dairy types
and range cattle quoted below.
Medium to good steers, 700 to 800 lbs,, $7.50
#8.50.
Medium to gool cows, 600 to 700 lbs„ $6.00
@7.00.
Mixed common, $5.00#6.00.
Good fat oxen. $7.00#8.00.
Good butcher bulls, $6.00@8.00.
Choice veal calves. $7.00@8.00.
Yearlings. $5.00@6.50.
Prime hogs. 165 to 225 lbs., $16.00@17.00.
Light hogs, 130 to 165 lbs,. $16.00#16.50.
Heavy pigs, 100 to 130 lbs., $15.00@15.50.
Light pigs. 80 to 100 lbs., $13.00@ 15.25.
Stags and rougs. $12.00# 13.00.
The above quotations apply to good quality
mixed fed hogs.
JOHN F. CLARK * CO. COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 7. —News and develop
ments over Sunday were in favor of the mar
ket. War news is very good and political news
increased the feeling o fsupremacy in that
• field. The action of Liverpool particularly
in narrowing parity with our markets was taken
as a favorable indication of expectation of early
improvement i nthe shipping situation. Easi
ness at IJverpooi is very apt to be miscon
strued and its real meaning is bullish for our
side.
A general c! -rge to cloudy weather over the
belt with a general rise in temperature is the
usual forerunner of a break in the weather.
Indications are for unsettled rainy weather and
the map shows cold wave development progress
ing in the northwest. A rain disturbance is over
Oklahoma and the southeastern storm is pass
ing up the Atlantic coast.
Our market opened 50 to 100 points higher
on favorable foreign news, buying on spot re
sistance, bullish weather outlook but the change
lately in sentiment in the northern market
seems to have been stronger than apparent on
the surface and heavy pressure at New York
soon wiped out all gain and caused December
here to drop momentarily as low as 29.99. The
market rallied quickly 30 points. There is a
strong feeling here that 30 cents is well justi
fied -<d inviting to conservative support.
Both New York and our market have adopted
the rule confning the maximum range varia
tions in futures to 200 points per day either
way.
Atlanta Markets
ATLANTA, Ga„ Oct. 7.—Cotton by wagon,
steady, 32.20e.
BALT
Salt —Brick, medicated, per case $7.50; do.
plain, per crate, $4.30; White Rock, per cwt.,
$1.50; Jack Frost. 25 3-ib. packages, $1.25;
Ozone, case, 25 2-lb. packages, $1.00; blodks 50
pounds, 60c.
CANDIES
Kennesaw stick candy, in barrels, 22c per
pound; small chocolate drops in 30-lb. pails,
26c per pound; Stone Mountain chocolate drops,
in 30-lb. pails, 25c per pound; Bonbon mixture,
in 30-lb. pails, 24c per pound; broken taffy in
boxes, 24c per pound.
CRACKERS
Florida soda crackers, 17c per pound. Pearl
oyster crackers, 17c per pound; lemon rounds,
20c per pound; cart wheels, 20c per pound; all
10c package crackers, SI.OO per dozen: all 20c
packages, $2.00 per dozen; family tin crispettes,
$9.00 per dozen.
FISH AND OYSTERS
Pompano, scarce, per pound, 25c; Spanish
mackerel, per pound, 17c; trout, drawn, per
pound, 20c; headless red snapper, pound, 19c;
bluefish, pound, ,15c; whiting, per pound, 12%c;
mango snnpper, per pound, 12%c; mullet, per
pound, 11c.
Oysters—Selects, $2.50@2.75 per gallon;
standards, $2.25 per gallon.
MEAT, LARD AND HAMS
Dry salt extra ribs, 26%c; dry salt rib bellies,
medium to average, 28c; dry salt rib bellies,
light, average. 28%c; Cudahy's Puritan brand
hams, Stic; Cudahy's Rex hams, 35c; Cudahy’s
sandwich boiled hams, 46c; Cudahy’s Puritan
iarri, tierce basis, 31c; Cudahy’s Rex lard, 29c;
Cudahy’s White Ribbon compound, 24%c per
pound.
Cornfield hams, 10-12 pounds average, 36%c;
Cornfield hams, 12-4 pounds average, 36%c;
Cornfield skinned bama, 16-19 pounds average,
37%c; Cornfield picnic hams, 6-8 ponnds aver
age. 26%c; Cornfield breakfast bacon, 49c;
Cornfield sliced bacon, 1-pound boxes, 12 to
case, 57c; Grocers’ bacon, wide or narrow. 38c;
Cornfield pork s..usage, link or bulk (frbsh),
25c; Cornfield wieners, in 10-pound cartons, 25c; I
Cornfield wieners. In 12-pound kits in pickle. I
$3.40; Cornfield bologna sausage, in 25-pound
boxes, 25e; Cornfield smoked link sausage in
25-pound boxes, 21c; Cornfield lard, ierce basis,
29c; Country style lard, tierce basis, 29c; Com
pound lard, tierce basis, 24 %c.
GROCERIES
Flour—Capitola, $11.75; Olympia. $12.00.
Meal—Atlanta Milling company plain meal.
100 pounds, $4.45; 50 pounds. $4.50; 25 pounds,
$4.60.
Mackerel—U-Kuo-It, 5% 6-ounce. 190 count,
out; Leader, 7-ounce, 100 count, out; Anchor,
8%-ounce. 60 count. $7.25; 75 count, $8.50;
Crown, 9%-10-ounce, 60 count, $8.00; 75 count,
$9.25; Eureka. 13-14-onnce, 60 count, 810.00.
B. 4 M. fish flakes, 24, small, $1.45; 24,
large, $2.25.
Beans—California blackeyce, $10.00; pink.
$9.50; limas, $14.50; small whites, SI4.W;
Michigan choice. $14.00.
Sardines—Key, % oils. Continentals, $7.75;
keyless % oils. Conqueror. $7.25; key. % oils.
In cartons; Homerun. $8.00; key. % mustard.
Imperial. SS.OO; key, % mustards, in cartons,
Gameeock. $8.50.
Meats—Potted meats 52%c: roast reef, $5.25;
corned beef. $5.28; tripe, $3.30; C. B. hash.
$1.55; hamburger, steak and inions. $1.55; beef
loaf. $2.40.
Coffee—Blue Ridge brand, roasted, 15c; Wall
trand. 5@5%c; AAAA 15c; Uno. 25c.
Rice—Jape. s#6c; Honduras, medium head,
3%@4%c; Arkansas fancy bend. 6#6%c
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The expectant mother should not
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4
NOTE IS DELIVERED
BY SWISS MINISTER
TO THE PRESIDENT
(Continued from Pare One)
the allies as desirous of inflicting eco
nomic restrictions on Germany after ,
' the war.
"He would be a bad adviser of the
' German nation who would take an ex
| ample from Clemenceau and Lloyd
; George.” said the chancellor.
This taunt, plus President Wilson’s ;
. earnest declaration against the post
' war boycott, is likely to bring a definite
statement from the allies squaring with
the president's position.
The Teutonic peace moves came as
no surprise here. As pointed out several
times in Washington dispatches, this
government has had every reason to be
lieve that Germany intended to prose
cute a peace offensive oi more extensive i
proportions than she had ever hereto- i
fore undertaken. Rejection of this latest ;
maneuver may even be followed by fur
ther efforts later, for it now appears •
that the German war lords are telling j
the . German diplomats that an Ameri- j
can-allied victory is in sight.
Prince Max is looked upon as the ,
lord high camoufleur for the Prussian I
autocracy.
Though he has set up a cabinet which '
includes Socialists * and Liberals, the |
power pf the Prussian war lords had
not been diminished, allied diplomats 1
pointed out. Furthermore, this and a I
slight franchise reform modifying the '
system of plural voting will serve only
to mollify the masses and inure them
to further sacrifices. Neither reform
diminishes the real menace to a peaceful
world—the kaiser’s power. He is still
the war lord of the German empire and
the German reichstag still remains a de
bating society, diplomats warn.
These are the fundamental reasons
why Germany’s latest and most sinister
peace move must be nipped at once,
diplomats say.
President Wilson has in his New York
speech laid down specific guarantees
that the allies must treat Germany
justly at the peace conference. Hence,
diplomats declare Germany’s excuse
that she is fighting for her very exist
ence falls fiat.
German propaganda has put up Max
as a camouflage painting him. as favor
able to the allies and lukewarm toward
the Pan-German party. His opposition
to Prussia has been exploited to the
limit. But officials here today cited
his past remarks as proof that Max is
skeptical of democratic government and
has only contempt for the will of the
people.
The Austrian proposal, timed with
that of Germany, is viewed as German
engineered, though officials are inclined
to believe that internal conditions are
forcing the Austrian hand much more
than in the case of Germany. The lat
ter, it is pointed out, realizes Austria’s
precarious situation and is trying tc
get peace talk started before the volcano
explodes.
- Substance of Note
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 7.—The text of
the note forwarded by the imperial Ger
man chancellor. Prince Maximilian, to
President Wilson, through the Swiss
government, follows:
"The German government requests
the president of the United States to
take in hand the restoration of peace,
acquaint all the belligerent states ol ;
this request and invite them to send I
plenipotentiaries for the purpose of j
opening negotiations. |
“It accepts the grogram set forth by
the president of the United States in
his message on January 8 and in his
later pronouncements, especially his
speech of September 27, as a basis for
peace negotiations.
"With a vieV to avoiding further
bloodshed, the German government re
quests the immediate conclusion of an
armistice on land and water and in the
air.” . ... .
It is announced that Turkey will take
a similar step. '
TRUSTING IN GOTT,
KAISER ASKS FOR
HONORABLE PEACE
BERLIN. Oct. 7. —(Via Basel. Switz
erland.)—Emperor William today is
sued a proclamation to the German
army and navy in which, after an
nouncing that the Macedonian front had
crumbled, he declared that he had de
cided in accord with his allies to again
offer peace to the enemy.
The text of the emperor’s proclama
tion reads:
"For months past the enemy, with
enormous exertions and almost without
pause in the fighting, has
against our lines. In weeks of strug
gles, often without repose, you have
had to persevere and resist a numeric- .
ally far superior enemy. Therein lies
the greatness of the task which lias
been set for you and which you are
fulfilling. Troops of all the German
states are doing their part and ar<
heroically defending the fatherland on
foreign soil. Hard is the task.
“Mv navy is holding its own against
the united enemy naval forces and
is unwaveringly supporting the army
in its difficult struggle.
"The eyes of those at home rest with
pride and admiration on the deeds ol
the army and navy*- I express to you
the thanks of myself and the father
land. -
"The collapse of the Macedonian
front has occurred in the midst of the
hardest struggle. In accord with cur
allies, I have resolved once more to
offer peace to the enemy, but I will
only extend my hand for an honorable
peace. We owe that to the heroc« who
have laid dpwn their lives for the fa
therland. and we make that our duty
to our children.
“Whether arms will be lowered is a
question. Until then we must not
slacken. We must, as hitherto, exert
all our strength unwearily to hold our
ground against the onslaught of our
enemies. • _ .
"The hour is grave, but. trusting !r
your strength and in God's gracious
help, we feel ourselves to be strong
enough to defend our beloved father- (
land.
(Signed) "WILHELM."
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