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w. CHAMBERS
• ODprieioMi 1917 ,
(Continuation of Chapter XV)
Slowing, he drove with one hand
on the wheel.
“Look up there!” he said, pointing
high at a dark hillside. “See their
lights? They’re on the worst road
in the Gayfield hills. We cut oft'
three miles this way.”
Still driving with one hand, ne
looked at his watch, laughed content
edly, and turned to her with the sud
den and almost friendly toleration
born of success and of danger shared
in common.
"That was rather a reckless bit
of driving,*’ he 'admitted. “Were
vou frightened?”
"Ask yourself how you’d feel with
a fool at the ■wheel.’’
"We’re all fools at times,” he re
torted, laughing. “You were when
you shot at me. Suppose I’d been
seized with panic. 1 might have
turned loose on you, too.”
For a while s|ie remained silent,
then she looked at him curiously:
"Were you armed?”
"I carry an automatic pistol in
my portfolio pocket.” She shrugged.
"You were a fool to come into
that house without carrying it in
your hand.”
"Where would you be now if 1
had done that?”
"Dead, 1 suppose,” she said care
lessly . . . “What are you going
to do with me?”
He was in excellent humor with
himself; exhilaration and excitement
still possessed him. keyed him up.
“Fancy,” he said, "a foreign em
bassy being mixed up in a plain
case of grand larceny!—robbing with
attempt to murder! My dear but
. bloodthirsty young lady, I can hard
ly comprehend it.”
; She remained silent, looking
i straight in front of her.
■ “You know,” he said, “I’m rather
• glad you’re not a common thief.
You’ve lots of pluck—plenty. You’re
?• eg clever as a cobra. It isn’t every
poisonous snake that is clever,” he
added. laughing.
“What do you intend to do with
me?” she repeated coolly.
"I don’t know. You are certainly
an interesting companion. May be
i ll take you to New York with me.
You see I’m beginning to like you.”
She was silent.
He said.
“I never before met a real spy.
! scarcely believed they existed in
ime of peace, except in novels. Real
ly, I never imagined there were any
pies working for embassies, ex
cept in Europe. You are, to me,
~.uch a rare specimen,” he added
~ailv, “that I rather dread parting
with you. Won’t you come to Faris
with me?”
“Does what you say amuse you?”
“What you say does. Yes, I think
I’ll take you to New York, anyway.
And as we journey towards that
great metropolis together you shall
ell me all about your delightful
profession. You shall be a Schehera
zade to me. Is it a bargain?”
She said in a pleasant, even voice:
"I might as well tell you now
’•hat what you’ve been stupid enough
•o do tonight is going to cost you
vour life.”
“What!” he exclaimed laughingly.
■More murder? Oh, Scheherazade!
name on your naughty, naughty
behavior!"
“Do you expect to reach Paris
with those papers?” ’
“I do, fair hour!! I do, Rose of
Stamboul!”
“You never will."
’ “No?”
"No.” She sat staring ahead of her
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lor a few moments, then turned on
him with restrained impatience:
“Listen to me, now! I don’t.know
who you are. If you’re employed by
any government you are a no
vice ”
“I am an artist,” he said.
“Or a consummate artist,” she
admitted, looking at him uncertain
ly.
“Or an artist!”
“You have an excellent opinion of
yourself.”
“No. I’m telling you the truth. My
name is Neeland —James Neeland. I
draw little pictures for a living—nice
little pictures for newspapers and
magazines.”
His frankness evidently perplexed
her.
“If that Is so,” she said, “what
interests you in the papers you took
from me?”
“Nothing at all, my dear young
> lady! I’m not interest;'] in them,
i But friends of mine arc ”
“Who?”
He merely laughed at her.
“Are you an agent for any gov
ernment?”
“Not that I know of.”
She said very quietly:
I “You make a terrible mistake to
■ Involve yourself in this affair. If
i vou are not paid to do it—if you
. are not interested from patriotic
motives —you had better keep aloof.”
I . "But it’s too late.. I am mixed up
I in it —whatever it may mean. Why
i not tell me, Scheherazade?”
His humorous badinage seemed
i only to make her more serious.
“Mr. Neeland,” she said quietly,
I “if you really are what you say you
are, it is a dangerous and silly
I thing that you have done tonight.”
“Don’t say that! Don’t consider it
so tragically. I’m enjoying it all im
mensely.”
"Do you consider it a comedy when
a woman tries to kill you?”
“Maybe you are fond of murder,
gentle lady.”
"Your sense of humor seems a
trifle perverted. I am more serious
than I ever was in my life. And I tell
vou very solemnly that you’ll be
killed if you try to take those papers
to Paris. Listen!” —she laid one
hand lightly on his arm —“Why
should you Involve yourself—you. an
American? This matter is no con
cern of yours—”
“What matter?"
“The matter concerning those pa
pers. I tell you it does not concern
you; it is none of your business. Let
me be frank with you: the papers
are of importance to a foreign gov
ernment —to the German government.
And In no way do they threaten
your people or your country’s wel
fare. Why, then, do you interfere?
Why do you use violence toward an
agent of' a foreign and friendly
government?”
"Why does a foreign and friendly
government employ spies in a friend
ly country?”
"All governments do.”
"Is that so?”
“It is. America swarms with Brit
ish and French agents.”
“How do you know?”
“It’s my business to know, Mr.
Neeland.”
"Then that is your profession!
You really are a spy?”
"Yes.”
“And you pursue this ennobling
profession with an enthusiasm which
does not stop short of murder!”
“I had no choice.”
"Hadn’t you? Your business
seems to be rather a deadly one,
doesn’t it, Scheherazade?”
"Yes, it might become so. . . .
Mr. Neeland. 1 have no personal feel-
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEE
ing of anger for you. You offered me
violence; you behaved brutally, in
decently. But 1 want you to under
stand taht no petty personal feel
ing incites me. The wrong you
have done, me is nothing; the
injury you threaten to do my coun
try is very grave. I ask you to be
lieve that I speak the truth. It is in
the service of my country that I have
acted. Nothing matters to me except
my country’s welfare. Individuals
are nothing; the Fatherland every
thing. . . ■ Will you give me back
my papers?”
“No. I shall return them to their
owner.”
"Is that final?”
“It is.”
“I am sorry,” she said.
A moment later the lights of
Orangeville came into distant view
across the dark and rolling country.
CHAPTER XVI
Scheherazade
At the Orangeville garage Neeland
stopped his car, put on his straw hat,
got out carrying suitcase and box,
entered the office, and turned over
the care of the machine to an em
ploye with orders to drive it back to
Neeland’s Mills the next morning.
Then he leisurely returned to his
prisoner who had given him her name
as Use Dumont and who was stand
ing on ths sidewalk beside the car.
“Well, Scheherazade,” he said
smiling, "teller of marvellous tales.
I don’t quite believe yofir stories, bu:
they were extremely entertaining. So
I won’t bowstring you or cut off your
unusually attractive head! No! On
the contrary, I thank you for your
wonder-tales, and for not murdering
me. And, furthermore, I bestow
upon you your liberty. Have you
sufficient cash to take you where you
desire to waft yourself?”
All the time her dark, unsmiling
eyes remained fixed on him, calmly
unresponsive to his badinage.
“I’m sorry I had to be rough with
you, Scheherazade,” he continued,
“but when a young lady sews her
clothes full of papers which don t
belong to her, what, 1 ask you, is a
modest young man to do?”
She said nothing.
“It becomes necessary for that
modest young man to can his modes
ty—and the young lady’s. Is there
anything else he could do?” he re
peated gaily.
“He had better return those pa
pers,” she replied in a low voice.
“I’m sorry, Scheherazade, but it
isn’t done in ultra-crooked circles.
Are you sure you have enough money
to go where destiny and booty call
you?”
“I have what I require, she an
swered drily.
“Then good-bye, Pearl of the Ha
rem! Without rancor, I offer you
the hand that reluctantly chastened
you.”
They remained facing each other
in silence for a moment; his ex
pression was mischievously amused;
hers inscrutable. Then, as he pa
tiently and good-humoredly contin
ued to offer her his hand, very slow
ly she laid her own in it, still look
ing him directly in the eyes.
“I’m sorry,” she said in a low
voice.
“For what? For not shooting
me?”
“I’m sorry for you, Mr. Neeland.
. . . You’re only a boy, after all.
You know nothing. And you refuse
to learn. . . . I’m sorry. . . .
Good-bye.”
“Could I take you anywhere? To
the Hotel Orange? I’ve time. The
station is across the street.”
“No,” she said.
She walked leisurely along the
poorly lighted street and turned the
first corner as though at hazard.
The next moment her trim and
graceful figure had disappeared.
With his heart still gay from the
night’s excitement, and the drop of
Irish blood in him lively as cham
pagne, he crossed the square brisk
ly, entered the stuffy station, bought
a ticket, and went out to the wooden
platform beside the rails.
Placing box and suitcase side by
side, he -seated himself upon them
and lighted a cigarette.
Here was an adventure! Whether
or not he understood .it, here cer
tainly was a real, story-book ad
venture at last. And he began to
entertain a little more respect for
those writers of romance who have
so persistently attempted to convince
an incredulous world that adventures
»re to be had anywhere and at
any time for the mere effort en
tailed in seeking them.
In his case, however, he had not
sought adventure. It had been
thrust upon him by cable.
And now the drop of Irish in him
gratefully responded. He was much
obliged to Fate for his evening's
entertainment; he modestly ventured
to hope for favors to come. And,
considering the coolly veiled threats
of this young woman whom he'had
treated with scant ceremony, he had
some reason to expect a ..sequel
to ( the night’s adventure.
“She,” he thought to himself, “had
nothing on Godiva—except a piano
cover!
Recollection of the absurd situa
tion incited his reprehensible merri
ment to the point of unrestrained
laughter; and he clasped his knees
and rocked to and fro, where he
sat on his suitcase, all alone under
the stars.
The midnight express was usuallv
from five to forty minutes late at
Orangeville; but from there east it
? lad . e l . up time on the down grade
to Albany.
And now, as he sat watching, fai
away along the river side a star
came gliding into view around an
unseen curve—-the headlight of a
distant locomotive.
A few moments later -he was in
his drawing room, seated on the
tnf e a the couch > his door locked.
in 3 «n ad t l Over . the win <iow look
ing on the corridor drawn down
as far as it would go; and the
rush *n g ' through the starry
Albany ° n the down & rade toward
could not screen the corridoi
window entirely; the shade
seemed t° be too short; but it was
tain’s th ° rrldor dark - all the cur-
Ih„ l„ n « the car dosed tightly over
the berths and his privacy was not
*2 be disturbed. And when
a C n? d th CtOr h , ad taken both tick"
a 4 hnHib th e p ? rter ha d brought him
a bottle of mineral water and gone
corrte'nt. he settled down with great
h e J^ nd ,n excellent humor
slee d n n °MA he f sll S h J® st inclination
to sleep. He sat on the side of his
smoking, the olive-wood box
lying open beside him, and its cur
ious contents revealed.
thZ Ut now ’ as , h e carefully examined
photographs and draw
iPJ?’ he began 1 to take the affair a
I sib t l l m^ n n r p e e Se^ ously ' And the pos
alreadv hUh“ rth . ei : troubie raised his
UttiA d sp'5 p ' T nbs - and caused that
little drop of Insn blood to sine
agreeably in his veins. S
Dipping into Herr Wilner’s diarv
p? de t d - a bV 11 ? to tbe increasing fas
"Weff t r at was possessing him.
u 1’ Tn ,\ damned,” he thought
!t doesn t really look as though
™£>4>? IJ G ns - of these Turkish ’ rts
might be important! I’ m not verv
toni Fhed that the kaiser and
sebvfh rib 1 deslre to k eep for them
tionl Thet e< v7 ucf these fortificn
ton ? belong to them
too. inc- • • <-w and planned
by a German!” He shrugged. "A
'■otten alliance!” he muttered, and
P'cke-I Chinese fgure
to examine it.
So you’re the Yellow devil I’ve
heard about!” he said. “Well, vou
certainly are a pippin!”
. Inspecting him with careless cur
iosity, he turned the brdnve over and
over between his hands, noticing a
slight rattling sound that seemed
to come i.rom within but discover
mg no reason for it. And.' as he
curiously considered the scowling de
mon, he hummed an old song of his
fathers tinder his breath:
"Wan balmy day in May
T b Nick come to the dure:
Sez I 'The divil’s to pay.
An’ the debt comes harrd on the
poor!
His eyes they shine like fire
An’ he gave a horrid groan;
Sez I to me sister Suke,
‘Suke *! *. ’
Tell him I ain’t at home!’
“He stood forinst the dure.
His wings were wings of a bat.
An’ he raised his voice to a roar,
An’ the tail of him switched like ;•
cat,
‘O wirra the day!’ sez I,
‘Ochone I’ll no more roam!’
Sez I to me brother Luke.
‘Luke! I! ’
Tell him ’ :fi>’t at home””
(To Be Continued)
KLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA. GA.TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1919.
Business Conditions Sound
And Continued Activity is Expected
Henry Clews & Co.’s weekly review says
•i part:
The handling of our foreign trade is rap
idly becoining an acute financial problem
of national importance. In May our exports
amounted to $600,000,000 and imports $329,-
1)00,000, an excess in the former of $277,-
000,000. During the eleven months ending
May our exports were $>1,308,000,000, or halt
n billion above the record, while our im
ports were $2,802,000,000, also the highest
recorded. But the excess of exports for
these eleven months amounted to $3,505,-
000,000. or $754,000,000 more than a year
ago. The question is, how will this grow
ing excess of exports -be offset? Europe is
poor, having neither goods nor gold to offer
in exchange, being also heavily in debt to
other nations. For a year at least she will
not be able to pay for simple necessities;
and she can only buy on credit. Already we
have loaned many billions abroad; and for
the preservation of Europe as well as for
our own best interests we must furnish
: lie needed financial help as far as we can
without self injury. Estimates ns to the
future needs of the depleted nations vary
from $1,500,000,000 to $4,000,000,000; the
lower figure covering the necessities for a
roar or so. the larger sum being for
ienger periods. Our bankers have already
been in conference with the authorities at
Washington as to rhe best form of help
and in due season some definite plans will
be announced. Os course, the best aid that
we can offer is that which will facilitate
the resumption of work, trade and traffic
in all of the worn-out countries, Allis and
enemies alike. None of them can buy in
definitely without selling, and for this rea
son alone it will be ill-advised for us to
impose restrictions upon imports which
would tend to lessen our own exports. In
this connection the resumption of gold ex
ports upon a more extensive scale is of
more than passing interest. Since the em
bargo was removed about $40,000,009 has
been actually shipped abroad, the bulk of
it going to South American points. In ad
dition to this $30,000,000 has been engaged
for shipment to Japan; while this week
licenses for the exportation of gold to the
amount of $200,000,000 have been issued
by the Federal Reserve Board, chiefly in
favor of South America and Great
although Japan is said to have received a
substantial credit. The licenses for ship
ment do not necessarily mean that gold will
be shipped, the willingness of this govern
ment to deliver the precious metal being
usually considered sufficient for all pur
poses. There is no doubt that release of
a moderate portion of our ample stock of
gold for foreign use will boa wise and
conservative move, relieving the tension of
foreign markets which would otherwise be
transferred here.
Money Market L’mitaticns
The home money market is facing an un
usual series of demands. There is a huge
harvest which has just begun that will have
to be financed at inflated values. General
business promises to be active as a result
of unprecedented farm profits. Peace will
stimulate many lines of industry. Our gov
ernment will continue to be tbe largest sin
gle factor in the money market for some
time to come, and while its necessities are
on the wane they will nevertheless tend to
stiffen rates. There are also urgent de
mands for long deferred private enterprises,
for new developments, for real estate opera-
These Are Sad Days for
For Coal “Barons”
BY RICHARD SPILT:ANE
Two developments that mark a
revolutionary change in Great Brit
ain have received little attention or
this side of the Atlantic, although
they may find reflection here in
time. One of them is in the matter
of coal. Most of the great coal beds
of Britain are owned by ducal or
other old families who got large
grants of land centuries ago because
some soldier or courtier or possibly,
female among the ancestors of the
present owners won the favor of a
king. ,
In the recent coal inquiry the
commission called upon the dukes
the lords and others in whom tit)’
to the coal lands rests to bring forth
the original grants and submit then
to scrutiny.-
Some of the titled land owners
work the mines but the vast ma
jority lease the privilege of oper
ating them to individuals or com
panies and receive a certain sun
for every ton of coal produced or
the properties.
lANDOWKERS’ RIGHTS
TO RECEIVE TOLL.
Various of the land, owners have
been asked their views as to theii
moral right to receive toll from the
people of today and the right of
ther descendants in future gener
ations to exact tribute from peoph
now unborn for what is in the earth
and what is necessary for the na
tion. Some of the answers hav<
been blunt declarations that the land
belonged to the king at the time c;
the grants and the nation must pro
tect the rights vested in the present
owners by the royal gifts. Otherwise
they declare, the whole structure
of property ownership would be im
periled. Others have made it plair
that they consider the questions of
the commissioners impertinent. A
very few have acknowledged that
there should be a limit to “grants in
perpetuity” to what is buried in the
earth and what is a necessity to r
nation’s life.
The coal commission report will
recommend nationalization of tlv
coal lands of the empire. The pres
ent owners will receive from the
government a certain award in con
sideration of their surrender of their
mineral rights. What the award will
be remains to be seen. Surely it
wlil not be anything like what' tht
dukes and ords desire or demand,
but their protests are net likely ts
be of much avail for the testimony
of conditions under which coal min
w ers lived shocked the public and the
“ideas cf the British people in regard
to “vested rights” have changed, rad
ically oi> account of the war. One
of the foul things brought out in the
investigation was- that in the, war
period for every advance in the‘wage
of the miner or every increase in
cost cf mining or for every swell
ing of the income tax rate the mine
owners added enough to the charge
for the privilege cf taking coal out
of the earth to net them more than
they received before the war. In
fact, they penalized the nations for
Fall Fertilizers May
Be Cheaper in South
WASHINGTON, D. 0., June 30.—The
United States department ot agriculture
announces that farmers of the Southern
states should obtain their mixed fertili
zers for the fall season of 1919 at an aver
age price about 30’ per cent lower than
the price which prevailed for the spring
season this year.
This announcement for the Southern
states follows a similar one made on June
7, for the Northern states. It follow*
conference with individual manufacturers
which placed the department in a posi
tion to state that the basis price of mixed
fertilizers f. o. b. the South Atlantic and
Gulf ports of Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilming
ton. Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville,
Pensacola, and Mobile will be the same as
the f. o. b. prices at Baltimore. Philade’
pl-ta and Carteret, which established the
prices for the Northern states. The ac
companying table gives tbe maximum f.
i>. b. prices at which mixed fertilizers can
be obtained for the South Atlantic and
Gulf ports mentioned.
These prices are based upon delivery in
200-pound bags. Ts in 167-pound bags 25
cents per ton will be added; if in 125
pound bags 50 cents per ton: and if in 10b
pound bags 75 per ton. The prices are to
wholesale dealers and to farmers ordering
30 tons or more.
In general, flat delivered prices prevail
in Virginia. North Carolina. South Car
olina. Georgia. Alabama. Mississippi. Louis
iana cast of the Mississippi river, and
Florida, west of the Apalachicola river, foi
which a flat rate of $2.50 per ton will
be added to the port prices. In all of these
state except Mississippi and Louisiana when
the actual freight is used. For flat de
livered prices in Louisiana west of the
Mississippi river. Arkansas. Texas, Okla
lioma. and Tennessee. $3.75 per ton will be
added to the port prices. These flat de
livery prices as a rule d not apply to
the C. and O. section of West Virginia or
over the Overton County Railroad and rivet
landings in Tennessee. In the C. and 6.
section of West Virginia the f. o. b. sac
tory-point prices plus actual freight from
the most favorable basing point must be
used to get delivery prices .and to places
along the Overton county railroad and river
landings in Tennessee .$1.25 per ton is add»d
to the Tennessee flat delivered prices at
other points.
In most cases a discount of 50 cents
per ton or f. o. b. factory price of $2.00
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°^ <>c^ s ? oc 'tion. Wrist Watch with adjusta -4¥>
®£SGW»7? ?i ble leather strap and buckle and
CV' ’■'these Four lovely Rings. ALL
;>? Given FREE to anyone for selling
zt<*£S?®*»v 1 nl.v 12 of our Jewelry Novelties <jgfciSW», VW
at 11c each. Fresh from fae-
tory. Re in fashion. Dale Mfg. -
■vuy- z -".„7,.n" if £ O . .yg Weybosset st., Provi-
A dence, Rhode Island. —' '
tions, etc. July disbursements aggregating
over $314,000,000 are already provided tor.
Unless all signs fail the commercial world
is entering a new period of great activity,
partly owing to the necessity of repairing
war logses and partly because of tbe inev
itable development of national resources on
a large scale. There is also the demand
for money from abroad just referred to. in
many respects New York occupies tbe posi
tion of wor’ll leadership in finance, which
it is quite sure to maintain until London
regains its former position. Even then we
shall be able to retain the hulk of gains
made in the wnr and probably still further
enhance them. At the moment we are much
faycred by the fact that New York is prac
tically the only free gold market in the
world. .
More Sober Business Outlook
Speculation has sobered down somewhat
tad the blind optimism by which it was
driven two weeks ago has materially mod
erated. At the moment there are tunny
conflicting infuenccs. Opinion varies con
siderably as to the effect of signing the
peace treaty. In some quarters the belief
is that it has already been amply dis
counted; in others it is held that the re
sumption of business between Germany and
other countries will be beneficial and tend
so hasten return to the normal. Apart from
the satisfaction of having the peace treaty
an accomplished fact, there is the gener
ally sound condition of business and the
strong probability of continued activity for
the remainder of the year. Os course, the
most unsatisfactory element is the contln
ned rise of values here and abroad, prolong
ing a state of unrest and uncertainty. To
such conditions, however, the country is be
con-ing more and more accustomed.
Many difficulties and disputes have been
adjusted, and on all sides there is a more
reasonable spirit visible which aids their
solution. There is but one real cure for
high prices; and that is to counteract world
wide scarcity by increasing the product; and
there is no way of increasing the product
except by more work. The present practice’
of more pay and less work is unsound and
much like administering alcohol to a fever
ish patient; it only makes him worse. Real
prosperity, as we have often said, lies in an
abundance of things needed, not in their
scarcity to which our present drift is tend
ing. More work will cure many of our pres
ent ills: widespread unrest included.
Stock Market Awaiting Developments
Activity on the stock exchange has sub
sided considerably. Existing conditions ap
pear to have well discounted. Under favor
able news the advance would probably be re
sumed, until halted by monetary conditions.
On the other hand no great decline is to be
anticipated, considerable liquidation having
already been accomplished, and average
prices still being considerably below pre-war
levels. Our industrial plants expect an in
crease in the volume of business, but the out
look for large profits has been somewhat af
fected by increased expansion and the diffi
culty of securing a further rise in selling
prices. Export demand for our manufactures
fclot yet reached expectations, but on the
hand a good home traffic is confidently
calculated upon. Railroad shares exhibited
considerable steadiness, in expectation of a
large traffic this aptumn and a possible ad
vance in freight rates to partly offset the
rise in wages. A factor of importance is
the early return of Mr. Wilson from abroad.
Interesting developments are sure to follow,
though the opposition in congress to the
League of Nations is disappearing.
Dukes in England and
in the Old United States
its urgent coal needs in the time of
national peril and fattened on the
war as they never did before.
Nationalization of coal is accepted
as certain.
Now comes another phase of the
mineral question.
INCLUDES OIL
MONOPOLISTS. TOO.
The extraordinary rise in coai
costs has lad the British to sek oit
in the British Isles. For the drilling
operations conducted by Lord Cow
dray. the .government advanced $5.-
000,000. When his lordship struck
oil in Derbyshire the whole empire
rejoiced. The first reports were of
:>,n ex,;ellet flow qf petroleum and a
promise of a most important de
velopment. Since then little has
come from official so .trees regarding
the “strike.” There’s a reason: It
is this: While Lord Cowdray’s con
fidence in finding oil streams or ar
ci I stream in the British Isles has
been, justified nothing so far war
rants the belief that the “strike” is
important. The quantity is disap
pointing.
One 200,0 f O-gallon tank is to be
built near the walls "brought in.”
How long it will take to fill thaf
tank remains to be seen. His lord
ahip is drilling in other parts oi
England and Scotland and may meet
with success. It is to be hoped he
will for otherwise Great Britairl will
have a frightful handicap in regan
’o fuel.
MINERAL RIGHTS
O BACK TO PEOPLE
Immediately upon the news of the
oil "strike” a demand was made upon
the government for a statement as
to whether the owners of the lands
'on which wells were “brought in’
would have vested rights in the oil
The answer was that the arrange
ments made with the land owners on
whose properties wells were sunk
was that they would be compensated.
There has been no official definition
of what compensation means in thi:
case but unofficially it is announced
that a certain award will be made
and thereafter the lands in question
and the mineral wealth below th<
surface revert to the nation.
If Great Britain goes to the na
tionalization of mineralized land
there undoubtedly will be a move
in the same direction in this conn
try. Tn Oklahoma Indians who never
turned a hand toward brniging oi'
out of the earth are receiving* many
millions of dollars a year royalty
for the privilege of bringnig the
wealth buried under the earth t<
the surface of the earth. It is sc
in regard to whites who own lands
in California, Indiana, 'Texas, Ohio
Pennsylvania, Kentucky. Wyoming
and elsewhere on which coal or oi'
has been discovered.
The world is undergoing a rev
olution In sentiment. Vested rights
so far as copper, iron, coal oil and
other elements buried in the earth
are not viewed as they used to be
Such natural wealth ,is likely to b<
nationalized in every country if
Great Britain leads the way.
Libertv Bend Market
NEW YORK. June 30.—Liberty bond
final prices today were:
3%5, 99.38.
First 4s. 94.90.
Second 4s, 93.98.
First 4’ z is, 95.10.
Second 4%5, 94.16.
Third 4%5. 95.12.
Fourth 4145, 94.04.
Victory 3%5. 100.06.
Victory 4%5, 99.92.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
Close.
January 20.65@20.66
February 20.60@20.61
March 20.55@20.56
April 20.50@20.51
May 20.35 @30.36
July 21.30 31.32
August 21.30@21.31
September 21.20@21.21
October 21.03@21.01
November 20.87©20.88
December 20.70@20.71
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS
S. M. Weld <fe Co.: We think there are
distinct possibilities of much higher prices
this summer, but for the time being would
not buy until the technical position is im
proved or unless there is a severe decline.
George F. Jones & Son: We think the
long side offers greater possibilities and
would buy on a good break.
Hirsch. Lffenthal & Co.: We believe the
market will rally before the report and pos
sibly go considerably higher.
.Rothschilds Co.: Cotton is an investment
at present prices and will advance upon its
own merits without speculation.
per ton is allowed at interior factory
points where delivery is made at the ware
house. For f. o. b. Richmond and Alex
andria prices add 75 cents per ton to -tori
prices. For f. o. b. Lynchburg. Buena
Vista and Petersburg prices add $1.50 per
ton to the port prices named.
Where deliveries are made in less than
carload lots the di&erence in freight is also
so be added. Tn cases where farmers buy
in less than 30-ton lots nnd buy through
dealers the dealer’s price for handling the
goods (usually $2 per ton) is to be added.
Thes eprices include a 5 per cent discount
if paid in cash on December 1. and usually
an additional 1-2 per cent is granted for
each full month when cash settlement *s
made before that date.
COTTON j
NEW YORK. June 30.—A less favorable
weather map than expected and a very :ow
private condition report caused an opening
advance of 6 to 24 points in the cotton
market today. October sold at 33.5 C and
December at 33.35 after the call, or 15 to 18
points above Saturday’s closing, but the
disposition to lake profits was increased
by the eastern belt forecast for generally
fair weather and the market soon weak
ened October sold off to 33.08. and Decem
ber to 32.95. or 24 to 25 points net lower.
A New Orleans authority makes the con
dition of the crop 68.2. compared with
74.3 last mntli. ,
There was trade buying on the early de
cline and the market firmed up later in the
morning with October selling up to 33.63 and
December to 33.50, or about 30 points above
Saturday’s closing figures. Crop news from
the south continued uullish and the average
of 80 estimated by members of the exchange
pointed to a condition of only 69.2.
The market showed renewed 'firmness dur
ing the early afternoon on covering by early
sellers who were evidently disappointed that
liquidation for over the government report
had not bee nmore active. October sold at
33.71 with active months showing net ad
vances of 35 to 40 points around 2 o’clock.
NEW YORK L’VTIUN
lhe following were the ruling prices on tbe
-xchange today. ,
Tone, steady; middling, 34.90 c, quiet.
Last I’rev.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Jan. .. 33.25 33.36 32.50 33.34 33.30 33.00
Feb 32.95
Meh. .. 33.12 33.27 32.72 33.22 33.20 32.88
April . . J 32.85
May 33.10 32.78
July .. 33.40 33.90 33.31 33.90 33.90 33.34
Aug••• 33.52
5ept33.34
Oct. .. 33.50 33.75 33.08 35.68 33.68 33.32
Nov 33.25
Dec. .. 33.33 33.57 32.95 33.51 33.50 33.20
NEW OULEGNS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, June 30.—The weather
in the belt resulted in fairly large buying
around the opening of the cotton market
today and a rise of 7 to 24 points. Realiz
ing by longs met the improvement and a
quick slump carried the active months off
until all the rise was lost and prices were
sent 29 to 32 points under Saturday’s close.
At the end of the first half hour of busi
ness the tone was steady and the market
was back again at a net advance of 15
points on the most active months.
A dull but very steady market developed
with enough demand to widen materially the
advance on the new crop months. At 1
o’clock prices were at net gains of 27 to 55
points. ,
I’rivate bureau reports of the day on con
dition, one of which was only 65.2 increased
the demand. Toward noon prees were 28 to
30 ponts up net on the aetve months.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling prices in the
exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling. 33c, steady.
Last I’rev.
Open. High. Low. Sale, close. Close.
Jan. .. 32.70 33.03 32.20 32.90 32.90 33.46
Mar. .. 32.00 32.76 32.10 32.76 32.70 32.30
May 32.50 32.30
July .. 32.72 34.00 33.35 34.00 33.97 33.65
Oct. .. 32.75 33.36 32.41 33.27 33.22 32.70
Dec. .. 2.55 33.08 32,18 32.97 32.92 32.50
SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atlanta steady, 34.50 c.
Ne wYork quiet, 34.90 c.
New Orleans, steady, 33c.
Philadelphia, steady, 35.15 c.
Galveston, steady. 34.40 c.
Montgomery, steady, 32,50 c.
Boston, steady, 34.90 c.
Mobile, steady. 32.85 c.
Savannah, steady, 33.20 c.
St. Louis, steady. 33c.
Houston, steady. 33.50 c.
Norfolk, steady, 32.50 c.
Memphis, steady. 32.75 c.
Dallas, steady, 34c.
Augusta, steady, 32.C2c.
Little Rock, steady. 32.50 c.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton 34 aOc
Sales 600
Receipts 780
Shipments *. 500
Stocks .28,676
NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, June 30.—Spot cotton
steady and unchanged; sales on the spot,
1,157 bales: to arrive, 200; low middling,
27.75; middling. 33.00; good middling, 34.00:
reecnpfs, 10.159; stock, 406,016.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Tone, irregular; sales, 3,000; good mid
dling, 21.24 d.
Prev.
Open. Close. t’losV.
Jan 19.27 19.41 19.70
Feb 19.30 19.5 S
March 10.60 19.20 19.48
April 19.00 19.14 19.36
May 18.94 19.01 19.10
June 20.25 20.80
July 20.15 20.21 20.70
Aug 19.70 19.96 20.28
Septl9.ss 19.80 20.10
Oct 19.50 19.67 20.00
Nov 19.60 19.90
Dec 19.35 19.51 19.80
COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS
Last Year '' I'oila.v.
Galveston 1,113 3.655
New Orleans 3,476 10.159
Mobile 85 141
Savannah 2 58 4.316
Charleston 70 179
Wilmington 1.211
Norfolk 96
Boston 100 55
Various 1,404
Total all ports 5,017 21.216
ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS
MARKET
Atlanta Commercial Exchange quotations:
Crude oil. prime basis 23.50
Cottonseed meal, 7 per cent ammunia. 65.00
Cottonseed meal. 7 per cent, Georgia
common rate point 05.00
Cottonseed bulls, loose 10.50
Cottonseed hulls, sacke 13.50
Lintirs—No. 1, No. 2,7 c; No 3,6 c.
Atlanta Live Stock
(Corrected by W. H. White, Jr., Presi
dent of the White Provision Co. U.
S. Food Administration License No.
G-21.371.
Good to choice steers. 850@1,000 pounds
$l().00@11.00.
Good steers. 750@ 850 pounds. $9.00©
SIO.OO.
Medium to good" steers. 650@750 pounds
$8.50@9.50.
Medium to choice beef cows, 759@8.5'J
pounds. $8.00@5.50.
Medium to good cows. 650 @750 pounds
$7.00@7.50. '
Good to choice heifers. 550@750 pounds.
$7.50@8.00.
The above represents ruling prices for
good quality fed cattle. Inferior grades
dairy types and range cattle quoted be
low.
Medium to good steers. 700@800 pounds.
$8.00@9.00.
Medium to good cows. 690@700 pounds.
$i.00@7.50.
Miyed common cows. $5.00@6.50.
Good fat oxen, $7.50@8.00.
Good butcher bulls. $6.50@8.50.
Choice veal calves, $6.50@8.00.
Yearlings, $6.0()@G.50.
Prime hogs. 1650225 pounds, $18.00,,i
18.50. /
Light hogs. 135@165 pounds. $17.00@
17.50.
Heavy pigs .100@l30 pounds. $15.50@
16.00.
Light pigs. 80@100 pounds. $13,500
$14.00.
The above applies to good quality mixed
fed hogs.
LIVE STOCK BY WIRE
EAST ST. LOUIS, June 3.—Cattle —Re-
ceipts, 80, including 200 Texans; market
slow. Native beef steers, $10.20@15.50;
yearling steers and heifers, $11.00015.50;
cows, $6.5@12.50; Stockers an feeders.
$7.0@12.50; calves, $11.50016.75; Texas
@B.OO.
Hogs—Receipts, 16,500; market 35@50c
lower. Butchers, $20.75021.50; good and
heavy. $21.00021.50; rough, $17.00020.00;
light $20.90021.(X); pigs, $16.00 0 20.25;
bulk, $20.90021.00.
Sheep—Receipts, 5,000; market lower.
Clippe ewes, $6.50@7.50: lambs, $15,750
16.50; canners and choppers, $3.0006.00.
CHICAGO, June 30.—Hogs, receipts, 56,-
000; aetve, about 15c lower than Saturday;
bulk. $20.60021.35: medium weight, $20,500
21.40; pgs. $17.500 18.75.
Cattle: Recepts, $22,000; slow; beef steers,
mednni and heavy weght, mednni and good,
$12.50014.(3:; veal calves, $12.75018.50;
stocker steers. $8.000112.00.
Sheep: Receipts. 22,000; unsettled: lambs,
$15.000117.50: ewes, rueduni, good and
choce, $6.50 08.75.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 30.—Cattle—Re
ceipts 1,300: slow; 25c lower.
Hogs—Receipts, 2.700; 14c lower: 165
pounds up, 21c; 120 to 165 pounds. 20c;
pigs. $18.50; throwouts, 19c down.
Sheep—Receipts. 2,500; steady. Quota
tions unchanged; quality fair. Lambs 17c;
sheep, $7.25.
Failures During Week
Commercial failures this week in the
United States as reported by R. G. Dun &
Co., are 123 against 1110 week, 99 the
preceding week, and 212 the corresponding
week last year. Failures in Canada number
15. against 9 last week. 10 the preceding
week, and 9 last year. Os failures this week
in the United States. 54 were in the east.
23 south. 21 west, and 16 in the Pacific
states, and 51 reported liabilities of $5,0004
or more, against 44 last week.
Watkins Bureau Reports
Cotton Condition 66.9
James L. Watkins & Son Cotton Sta
tistical Bureau of H. F. Bachman & Co.,
New York, says:
Our report indicates a condition for the
cotton crop of 69.9 per cent as of June 21st,
which is the lowest condition for'this date
on record and indicates a crop of 11.093.01X1
bales without linters. Last year the con
dition was 85.8 and the indicated crop 15.-
325,000 bales, according to the government
report of June 25tli, yet the crop only turned
out to be 11.888,138 bales. The area under
cultivation this year is probably in the
neighborhood of 5,1X10,000 acres less than last
year, due to an initial reduction of about
B’/. per cent and a subsequent abandonment
of'about 5 per cent on account of excessive
rains and shortage of labor. Tims we enter
one of the most critical months of the year
—July—with hardly any prospect for mak
ing a crop commensurate with the world’s
minimum requirements.
Experience has proven that a “dry” May
lays the foundation for a big crop, while
a “wet” May is the mother of disaster,
always producing a crop failure. This year
we have had tlie wettest May in 12 years,
followed by a wet June, and it is no ex
aggeration to say that the crop today was
never in a worse state of cultivation and
never had a weaker tap-root. A few weeks
of drought at any time during the next
three months would result in a calamitous
crop failure and a fabulously high price
for cotton.
A personal house to bouse investigation
among the leading cotton mill districts of
the south by the writer shows these indus
tries without exception to tie enjoying the
greatest prosperity imaginable. Both yarns
and cloths are selling at record high prices
with a demand which appears insatiable.
The only complaint and tlie only deterrent
to a record-breaking consumption is the
shortage of labor.
We believe in higher prices for both spot
cotton and future contracts but we feel that
spot holders will gain a distinct advantage
by disposing of same and replacing with
purchases of tlie new crop futures, thereby |
saving the interest on n large portion of the !
money invested and at tbe same time plan- ■
ing themselves in a position to share fully .
in any subsequent advance. Mills selling
their production ahead will likewise find it j
much more economical to* hedge their for
ward sales with purchases of futures in
stead of buying the spot cotton nnd carrying
it in storage for long periods.
It is the consensus of opinion of the most
intelligent minds in the cotton trade that
futures can never again stand at any con
siderable discount ns compared with spots
under the provisions of the contract now in
force on the New York Cotton Exchange.
In our opinion no mill enn long afford to
ignore this situation. Eventually all mills
must resort to this modern method of con
ducting business »r face the serious pcs
sibiiity of being forced out of business
by their more nxlwriced and scientific com
petitors
Summary
Weather. —During the past month the
weather has been generally favorable in 154.
partly so in 85 and unfavorable in 308
counties Tn 333 counties the rainfall has
been more or less excessive and in 96
counties the nights have been too cool.
In 20 counties rain is now needed.
Cultivation. —The crop has been well cul
tivated in 105, fairly so in 275 and in 257
counties it is poor. About 77.5 per cent has
leen ehopped out compared witli 92.4 per
cent last year end 87.6 per cent in 1017.
Condition of the Plant.—The plant is in
a healthy condition in 342. fairly so in 57
nnd in nn unhealthy condition in 238 coun
ties It has a good tap root in 287. fair
in 62 and poor in 288 counties.
Stands.—Stands are good In 176, fair in
351 and poor in 110 counties.
Cwnplaints.—Grassy crops in 229 counties,
labor scarce in 140, some crops abandoned
in 118, lateness in 75, small plant in 68,
worms in 26, lice in 13, and boll weevils in
158 counties.
Remarks: The crop during the past
month has undergone a change for the
worse owing to a continuance of unfa
vorable weather over perhaps three-fourths
of the cotton belt. Following a wet May
the rainfall in June has been unsunllv
frequent and excessive, resulting in much
grass, nnd in consequence of the scarcity
and high price demanded by inlior much
more than the normal amount of abandoned
acreage. These conditions have also fa
vored the propagation nnd destructiveness of
the boll weevil, which is now a serious
menace over a large area. There is imme
diate need of fnvorabla weather to over
come this situation. The acreage has been
reduced about 8.5 per cent, making a total
area planted to cotton approximately 34.-
(XX),OCO. The percentage condition of the
crop ns a whole Is 69.9, as compared with
75.2 n month ago and 84.4 nt this date
last year. This report embraces tho cotion
area in 659 counties.
Times-Picayune Makes
Cotten Condition 68.2
NEW ORLEANS, June 30.—The reports
from the Times-Picayune’s correspondents
in all parts of the cotton belt bearing nver
.iga date of June 25 indicate prucHcally no
change in the total acreage planted from
that given a month ngo. While considerable
acreage has been ploughed un or abandoned,
or abandonment is contemplated, no allow
ance for such abandonment is made, in the
estimate at this time.
A careful compilation ot correspondents'
reports indicates a condition acreage of 68.2
per cent of normal, compared with the gov
ernment average of 75.6 a month ngo, 85.8
a year ago and a ten-year average of 50.3.
The crop hns apparently deteriorated 7.4
points during tlie interval between May 25
and June 25. Usually in June the condition
of the crop improves, tlie exception this
year being due to constant rains preventing
the working of the crqp and lower tempecn
tilres than normal. The setback to the
'•rop lias been .added to by tbe wide preva
ence and activity of boll weevils and Hie
.1 Invest universal condition of grassy fields,
which the scarcity, ind-il'fereiice and High
■■ost of labor lias made it difficult to cope
wit li.
The final acreage shows but little chance
from the acreage indicated a month ago,
he average decrease being about 10.3 per
> tail.
SHEPARD & GLUCK COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS. June 30.—Wet weather
in the belt nnd anticipations of bullish bu
reau reports tomorrow were sustaining in
fluences in cotton toijay but much realizing
came from the long side and held values
down. The action of the market tomorrow
will, es course, depend upon what the gov
ernment issues at 10 o’clock. New Orleans
time, in the jvay of condition, acreage nml
indicated yield stall sties.
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CHICAGO, June 30. —Decide upturns In
the price of corn resulted today from scarci
ty of offerings. Opening prices, which
ranged from %c off to 1c advance, with.
September $1.75 to $1.7514 and December
$1.5314 to $1.53%, were followed by a
sharp "general ascent to> well above Satur
day’s finish.
The close was unsettled %c to 114 c net
higher.
Oats were stronger with corn.
Irregularity and dullness characterized .
provisions.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
rue tohowing were the ruling prices tn
the exchange today:
Prev.
Open. Uiga. low. Close. Close.
July* 1 -” -1-7914 LSI 1-7714 1-7814 1.78
I 5ept1.7514 1.7714 1.75 1.76% 1.75%
Dec. ......1.53% 1-55% 153% 1-54% 1.58%
July 6814 6914 37% 67% 68%
Sept 68% 69% 67% 67% 68% t
Dec 69% 70’4 68% 69 69%
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July 51.52 51,75 51.25 51.40 51.50
Sept 49.60 49.60 49.15 49.25 49.50
i.UU-
Julv 34.00 34.32 34.00 34.00 34.07
Sept 34.10 34.35 34.02 34.00 34.07
28.00 28.00 27.70 27.70 27.80
Sept 27.80 28.10 27.80 27.90 28.00
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
Today,
Wheat ,8 caV9
Corn ’?7 cars
Oats cars
Hogs head
TOTAL VISIBLE SUPPLY
Wheat, 8.681,000 versus, 1,387,000 last
week, and 785.000 last year.
Corn. 4.038..000 versus 4,366,000 last week,
and 11.457,000 last year.
Oats 18,094,000 versus 15,635,000 last
| week, apd 13,227,000 last year.
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
' CHICAGO, June 30.—Corn, No. 3 yellow,
! $1.79%@1.80; No. 4 yellow. $1.77@ 1. 78% ;
Ne. 5 "yellow. $1.72@1.74.
' Oats, No. 3 white. 68@69%c.
I Rye. No. 2. $1.41%.
! Barley. $1.1401.21.
Timothy, $9.00@12.00. ,
Clover, nominal.
■ Pork, nominal. ■
; Lard, $34.00.
I Ribs, $27.00027.75.
■ ST. LOUISA "Unbk QUOTATIONS
ST. LOUIS, June 30.—Corn, No. 2 white,
I $1,880’1.89.
Oats, No. 2, 70: No. 3 white, 71@71%.
GRAIN JUMaEI’ OPINIONS
l.amson Bros.: If the growing crop conies
i through safe there will be enough oats for
! domestic consumption and export.
Clement, Curtis & Co.: The new corn crop
I prospect is only fair and expectations of a
wheat movement clogging up other grain op
erations brings buying on breaks. \
Bartlett-Frazier: Still favor long side
corn, waiting for dips on which to make
i purchases.
Bennett & Co.: With cash remaining
rtronff, there seems to be but one side to
the market. «
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK, June 30. —Flour, firm and
unchanged.
Pork, quiet; mess. $51.00058.50.
Lard, inactive; middle west spot, $34,500
34.60.
Sugar, raw, quiet; centrifugal, 96-test,
7.28; refined, quiet; cut loaf, 10.50; crush
ed, 10.25; powdered, 9.15; granulated, 9.00.
Coffee, Rio No. 7, on spot, 28.
Tallow, quiet; specials, 15; city, 14%.
Hay, dull; No. 1, $2.2002.25; No. 3,
$1.90,0 2.00; clover, $1.6502.15.
Dressed poultry, quiet; turkeys, 38049;
chickens, 400’43: fowls, 19@35; ducks, 35.
Live poultry, quiet; geese, 20; ducks, 300
36; towls, 35; turkeys, 25030; roosters, 24;
chickens, broilers, 88050.
Chees, firm: state milk, common to spe
i cials. 25035%; skims, common to specials;
7 0 25%. " '
Butter, easier; receipts. 9.227: creamery
extra. 51@51%c; do. special market. 51%
05214 c: imitation creamery, firsts, 46@51c;
state dairy tubs, nominal.
Eggs. steady: receipts, 11,543; near-by
white fancy, 59063 c; near-by mixed fancy,
45052 c; fresh firsts, 45@52c.
' CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO. June 30. —Butter, creamery, ex
tras. 50%c; creamery. standards, 49%c;
j firsts, 47050 c: seconds. 45@46%c.
Eggs, ordinaries. 38@39c: firsts, 40%44c{
Cheese, twins, 30%@39c; firsts, 40@44c<
' cns. 31@31%C.
( Live poultry, fowls. 30c; ducks, 30c; geese,
’ 22c; springs, 45c: turkeys, 30c.
1 Potatoes, cars 10; Wisconsin, $1.00G1.50;
Minnesota. $1.0001.50.
SUGAR MARKET
NEW YORK. June 30.—Raw sugar steady;
ccntrifgual, 7.28: refined steady; cut loaf,
10.50: crushed. 10.25; mould A, 9.50; cubes,
'.>,75; XXXX powdered, 9 20; standard pow
dered, 9.15: fine granulated and diamond,
A, 9.00: confectioners’ A, 5.90; No. 1 soft
sugar, 5.55. { ’
JNO. F. CLARK & CO.’S COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS, June 30.—Liverpool
showed the full decline due and eased fur
i ther during the last hour. Spot prices 25
lower: sales, 3,000. This suggests that
the strike situation has not been entirely
remove yet. Weather conditions over Sun
day were mixed. However, rains occurrefi
, only in localities and were confined yes
terday mostly to coast regions. The Caro
linas have unusually Tow temperatures,
' which, of course, is unfavorable.
The market opened about unchanged, ral- <
lie 20 points 'on buying on weather, the
' | Times-Picayune report and for a fullish bu
i reau report tomorrow, hut it broke sharply
! i 50 points on tfqiiiilation. However, the
bullish ’features above mentioned, nnd the
! fact that there lias been.a goo deal of li
i I quidation since Thursday, and that the bu
i reau report tomorrow Is liable to siigsre«t
another small crop, developed stronger b'uy-
Ing on the break and rallied prices again
. to opening ?gures.
| Wheat and Corn Exports
Wheat, including flour, exports from Hie
' United States and Canada, week ending June
i 26. reported to Bradstreet’s, aggregate 9.-
i 929,309 bushels, against 10,267.056 bushels
i last week ami 4.087.814 bushels this week «
hist year. For the fifty-two weeks ending
| June 26. f'uited States and Canndnioii ex-
I ports are 400.410.978 bushels, against 230.-
‘224.882 bushels from the Uniteq.. States only
in that period last year. Corn exports for t
> Hie week are 111.200 bushels, ugninst 106.-
| 000 bushels last week nnd 197.110 bushels
’in 1918. For the fifty-two weeks ending
June 26 corn exports are 15.201.439 bushels,
against 40.891.722 betshels lust yenr.
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