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/ ■ ■ 10 THU ATLANTA (JEOKGIAN AND NEWS. PRICE OF FUTURES FIRM AT START Liverpool Slightly Below Our Parity, Tliough Sell ing Was Light. ■WEATHER THE FACTOR Traders Do Not Show Dis position To Be Caught Short at Present. . New York. April f.-The undertone of the cotton market at the outset w#i letter than bad been expected on the cable*. Flrat price* were unchanged to 2 l*»lnt* lower. After the call the lf*t waa fairly well anp ported by room tradera In the fare of con- tinned liberal recelpta at the porta. Bontba In Liverpool t» Open. „ _ ....654 May-June Ml Low. 6.59 £*% January-February •lay ^un« Joly-Angiiat 6.61 October-KoTem her Liverpool cloaed quiet 1 point higher to 1% point a lower. The New York market cloaed unchanged to 2 point* higher. Batlmated recelpta Tueaday: 1907. UK*. New Orleans ,H!K !° ,5*25 Galveston 11.000 to 13,000 llooaton 4,600 to 6,600 Comparative receipts at all U. S. porta: Net receipts today . * B;iine dny lart year Increase 1,323 18.407 1,423 40,386 Same days last year JMJjl Incrcaae u.ws Total reeelpta alnco September 1....9.109.316 Bnine time ln»t yeor Increase Movement at Atlanta: Receipts today.... Same day last year Decrease Shipment* today Hatue day laat year Decrease Stock on band today.. Same day laat year Increase 10.197 6,773 4,424 SPOT COTTON MARKET. NEWS AND GOSSIP of the Fleecy Staple. Special to Tha Georgian. (From Hayward, Vick & Clark.) New York, April .—J. 8. Ilarho St Cc. Liverpool waa due about % lower to higher. Opened quiet and steady at 1 to 2 higher. At 12:16 p. m. It waa barely steady net unchanged to 2% lower on near and to 4 lower on dlatant months. In spots a moderate business wag done at nncnaoged price*; middling, 6.03d; sales 7,000, Amerlcau 6,690: speculation and export, 600. Fort receipts today estimated early nt 13.000, ugalnat 13,086 last week, 17,064 year and 81,114 In 1301. Liverpool lower again today. This lagging movement no doubt will continue until tome definite change In weather conditions or crop movement results. Would sell near months on any bulge. New Orleans April Hayward, Vlc_ Clark: Had Liverpool; was due 3 to 4 higher. Futures there at* present are % S oint lower on near and 3 to 4 down on the latent position*. Spot sales 7,000. Hpot prices unchanged. New crops are at so little discount under the dangerous poaltlous of May and July that short a In summer positions ought to trannfer Into new crops and avoid all poeal blllfy of manipulation. New York wires: "No feature and no huslnesM this iimrulng. Just a little scalp- * ig trade. Looks like a scalpers’ market, ..Ith scalpers favoring short aide." Mny short* roveriug. owing to fear of manipulation, causes this advance. Hpot market very quiet. 8o far ha anything done, but litgher futures bring some business later on. As soon as May shorts stopped buy market eased off. Tha transfer of i_„. shorts Into new crops la, however, not over yet, and further spurts In May. futures must Ik* expected. Owing to the threat ened manipulation In the summer positions, e way for a while’widen from new crops, mid It might be t»eat to transfer ■jort Interest Ipto new crops. - Hpot market very quiet; ouly a little scat tered business. Quotations should remain unchanged. ATLANTA MARKETS. FRUIT AND PRODUCE. ACIITC. UM-. FOULTRY—Hens active, 46c .„.rkena active. 8046c each; ducks, Feklo, 26c each; puddle 26030c each; geese, full feathered. «c each; turkeys active pftKHHHP POTTLTRY—Geese, undrawn, ‘ undrawn, l?e, 11020c pound: bams, ac* ■ * nd: active li$20c pou.il; frii poimrt; hco., It. pound. PliobUCB—Lara., 10c Liverpool. ,trail,; inlililllii, upturn!. fl.03d. Atlniita, .toad,; middling lOU-Mk. N.ur York, quiet: middling lie. New Orleana, quirt und .tradjr; nilddllu; Mempble, otrady: middling lOHc. Norfolk. eteedy; middling lie. Hurt on, quiet; middling lie. Ilouaton, aleadjr; middling 1,tt-lflr. Wilmington, .lend,: middling 10%c. Hnvennnh, steady; middling lO'ie. lhdUmore, uomliwl; middling lie, TODAY’S PORT RECEIPT8. The following tilde abowa receipt, nt the port, tod.,, compared with the saw. da, laat ,car: New Orleana. Galveston. . . Mobile. Savannah. . . charleston. . WlltnhiKtun. . Norfolk. . . . New York. . INTERIOR RECEIPTS. The following table allows recelpta at the Interior town, tod.,, compared with the ■am. da, laat ,e«r: L. H. FAIRCHILD & CO.’S WEEKLY COTTON LETTER. New Orleana. April l-Alllmugli (he mar ket during tha put week ha. shown .urn* Hill, aetlvlt,. tha net changr. are Inalgnllt- rant. It looks aa though speculation Is too dull to eurr, on an, extenelv* bull move ment. and until aotna unfavorable reports ore received on the growing crap or re 1 dropping — for the week wera «.<5& tales uuder eel a..-.k last ,eor. and *7.(W> under big erop year, while spinners’ takings allow Inereaae of te.000 over laat yrar.nd ».«» over big cron ,our. K a port a to date are 7,I1«,»X>, or I, 011,000 In eieeao of laat gear, and one of the main bull arguments la that we ere over-exporting thla crop, and that, owing to tha large amount of nnsptnnnble cotton raised laat year. It le probable that tho American spinner, will hava a hard line- .retiring their requirement-. Llrer|wol anil continental stork., however, are nearly J. ooo.o*) bales heavier than at same period during hlg erop rear, and It to ver, probable that export. win show u derided slump. Re ceipts are beginning lo drop olf decidedly, ana, on the whole. the etsttotlra furor the long ride of the market. We In-lleve a sealping position for the present will prove wtsrat. and would advise neeeptlng luoder- — JragMr'don. until aoute urw , or .peeulatlen be- _enovt. for the grow ing crop are for the moat part favorable. FAL LDELIVERY GOODS WILL HOLD HIGH LEVEL The New York Comm.rel.l: It la Iteeoui tng apparent In the wholesale market that ■ends foe fall delivery, are to continue moving at tho present high level. Iluyera who eudeevor >to negotiate contract, on n lower bail, are met with a flat refusal front ag< eta. and In the end are glad to place their ordera for early fall delivery und get present quotations on bleached good., brawn cotton, and fancy cottons. The one great otateele In the way of lower price, obtaining for the near future In tho Inabil ity of mills to Increase their output. It la now well understood that the product from week to week In tho majority „f mills throughout tho country will decrease ,a the summer epproaihea and during the nppn-a, oe pounu; woue pena, unor, bushel; lad, peaa. S3; stock, 31.7Mf2.lS. Kltl’ITB—lentous, fain-, Meaaeun. te. .••'3 «.(W. Ilananna. per huneh. enlla. active, Hoe S i; alralghta, SI.S0QS. Pineapples, rlorl- stock, jter crate, 11.00. Oranges, Florida •took, owing to also and condition on nr rival, per bog. S3.S0O4. Apple,, choice Rea Da via, St; fancy, Stlo; New York Hale ap- S winter variellee. choice, per barrel, SO;, fane, S3, t'ranlierrles, fane, dark ■ Coda, per barrel. SIS; Jeraeya, Sll. Grope fruit. Florida stork, owing lo alse ami color, pier boa, fl.tttq.1i5. I.lniea, Flor ida Stock, tier htindrid, SI. I’eanuta In aaek, averaging inn pound. earli, owing to grade, per pound, etfffjic. HtrawlK-rrlea, lotfllttc. VEOETARXbB—Deete, cabbage, rrnien, active, n crate: cabbage, alamlard rratea. :>4c- pound; ralihage. bnrrrto, 2Hc pound; egg plant, active S-.M crate; curumltera, SI.W crate; tnnialnea, fancy, ncllve, Si’.nott 2.76; potuliM-a, new crop. SO linrrel; ouluint dry, active. Sl.« Imibel; Irish mitatoea, ac tive, No. 1, SDOKc bushel; celery, fancy, 7MI&C boara; peppers active. SWlio crate; okra, ala basket., small, SS crate; cauli flower active, SGlOc lb.; lettuce, beatlod, no- live, S2.no crnle; sweet jutiatoea, while, dull, •V bushel: kraut, balf-lmrrrl. 1X75; benns, SB.00 crate; English peea. (2.00 crate. FLOUR, ORAIN AND PROVISIONS. ; Itest patent half patent . ....... T wblte. Me;' No. 2 yellow. Mo; tiilxetl. (Me; Tenuesaec while, SSc: cracked corn, iter Intahel, 70e. Hull-. S1I.60. OATS-Cbolee while clipped, S#e; No. 1 white, 6Sc;; No. S mixed Kr; Texa. rust proof, SSc; Golden oat. 6Sc; Hurt, 70c; Ulue, MEAIc—rialn, per M-pound lacks, G7c plain, « |H>iind aacka, He; plain, 20-pouut **l?AV?ritnotS’, Choice large bale*, S1.S0: do rhttlce small Italca SI.26; tlo No. 1 third belra, 11.25; do No. 2 third kales S1.20; No. 1 clover, mixed, 11.20; choice prairie SI; her- "’tin'oItT8—Choice white S1W: Texas white Sl.tS; fanM kO-poum" • * ' '"t'VlH’KKN FEED—Fifty-pound saeka. 90c: K rlna chick feed S1.S0; Victor feed, ll.3»; l.uer food SL2S. ...... Uunuer feed, S1.25; bran feed. Sl id. Edited by Joseph B. Lively: MARKETS I l| Mr. LlT»ly’* twenty-flYe I yc-ars' riperleoce o( ed- : ltlDg market* lo Atlanta i and the South baa made | him a recognized au- :( tborlty Is bis specialty. TIPS FLASHED From Wall StrceL Special to TIio • I’ i Ha viSD. rd. Vick & Clark.) RANGE OF NEW YORK STOCKS AND COTTON MARKETS NAME OF STOCK. Atlantic Coast Line . American Sugar U*L . Anaconda ....... American Locomotive. do. preferred . . .. Am. Hmeltlng lief. • . do, preferred . . .. Atchison ...... Amcr/con Cotton Oil.*! Am. Car Foundry • • . Baltimore St Ohio . . . Brooklyn Ilapld Tran.. CsnaUmn Pacific . • . Chicago and Northfrin. Chesapeake it Ohio . . Colorado Fuel St Iron. Central Leather .» •. do, preferred . . *. blcago St Great W. . blcago, M., St 8t. P.. clswsre Sc Hudaoo. . iRtlller’i Securities. . Brie do, preferred • • •• General Electric . • . Illinois Central .... Am. Ice Securities . . Louisville 4k Nashville. Central . . . Pacific Total stock sales 840.300 shares. 4! 83 NAME OF STOCK. m 106*4 N. Y.. Ont & W. National Lead. . • • • Northern Pacific. . • • New York Central. . # Norfolk St Western. • • Pennsylvania. • • • • • People’s Gas. . . . • • Pressed Steel Car. • • _ do. preferred. . . • Pacific Mall. Beading. Republic Steel Bock Island. do. pr»‘f**rre«l. . . - T nit ft] dtatea Rubber* do. preferred. , , • Southsrn Pacific. . . . Southern Beilway.. . • do. preferred. . • . Tenn, Coal St Iron. • • Texas Sc Pacific. . . . . Union Pacific. United States Steel. . • do. preferred. • . . Va.-Car.Cbemlral. . . . _ do. preferred. • • . Western Union. .... Wabash do. pi .leonsh do. preferred NEW YORK. 'closed' steady, LIVERPOOL. The following table gives the opening range and olom*, compared with yesterday: Futures opened quiet oud steady*' fill April 5.67 -6.65 5.65 April Mny ...5.64 -6.6T Mny June ....5,65 June-4 illy ...5.61 jllfiilli July Aug. ...5.61 -5.69 - 6.69 Aug.-Sept. ..5.59 -5.56 6.56 Kept.-Oct. ...5,53 6.52 Oct.-Nov. ...5,53 -5.48% 6.49 Nov.-Dee. ...5.53 -6.43 5.48 Dec. Jnn. ..i.63 -5.47% 5.47M " * .fe.54 -6.50 6.60W iiii.-rt-iy. .. :o.o Cloaed quiet. 6.66 5.65 6.64 6.63 6.64 6.63 5.62 5.61 6.60% 6.60 6.50% 6.52 6.50 5.51% 6.50 5.51% 6.51% 5.53 NEW ORLEANS. The following le tho range In cotton fu tures In New Orleans today: • d 1 - 1 i a | 3 II m April. . • . May.. , . . June July Aug. . . . Bent. . . . Oct Dec Jan ib!w 10.29 i(U7 10.19 10.24 iaii io!26 ian ib!ir ibi» iblii ia23 io!i6 ib!is 10.24 10.18 10.20 10.32110.24110.28 10.28 [10.31 10.32-33 10.31-32 10.30 10.31-33 10.32-33 10.33-34 10.27 10.29-31 10.21 10.23-25 10.18- 19 10.20-M 10.19- 2110.21-22 10.26-28110.28-30 Closed quiet. , NOTES ON GRAIN. Pointers on Provisions. Special to Tho Georgian. (From Hayward. Vick & Clark.) Chicago. April 8.—Bartlett, Frasier & Car rington: Wheat will depend on the news from the aouthwest. Would buy ou any further brenk. receipts are easing up and demand Improving. The Chicago Record-1lernlil: Crop Kxpert II. W. Know, who two weeks ago estimated (lie W’hent crop duinitge In Oklahoma nt less than 5 per cent mid who found ImgM hard to locate In Kansas, sent In the following from Medford. Okla., Friday: "Thursday afternoon drove In north part Canndlau county. Oats destroyed ami being plowed up. Yheat badly damaged. Aphis swarm- PROVISIf N8. •xtra riba, 9.27%; fat box. 8.16; 10% l'urlty .fry. salt e: ItalUtra, 2.06 itoumto, 19.02K; plstps, 8.10; Hmiruiu. l»i'0, vuuifiouuil. 9Hc. groceries. RICE—Jap Stf6Wc; bnu agile: fancy bead ItouT, srforilln* to Ihv grail*. CIlfcESE-Faucy full ervam dalvy, l«Hc; ^E&A'l'b^ittaadsrd graaiilatod 16; Naw York r.'fln,.l, «*o; ptontallon *\e- . . COFFEE—Roa.lml Arluifklf. (If; bulk In ban anilMtsrrvla, lie; green 11612c. trhredile<l biwult. 6 ran; No. 2 rolled oatx. fl ran. Sack grit., M-pouud luig.. 11.16. Ov.lcra, full weight, Ft ran; light Wright, (l.io enso. Evaporaletl apples, 7V pound. Pepper, lttc. Baking imwdcra. te E sc. Red salmon, 16 cun. link salmon. * cm. Cocos, 40c; chocolate, S3cj snnlf. toutid Jura. tec. Ilonst beef, 22.6n case Cornnl beef, $2.60 cnsc. Csl.itp, II .N can. Hlrttp. New Orleans. 36c gnlton; corn, 30c C lion; Cults. 16c gnllnn; Georgia Caua^lk. le, lOO-ponr.d, 6*c. Axle grease, II. nt. Hods crackers. 6Wo pouutl; Icuioiti 7»kc: oyster 7c. Barrel candy, per pound. «c: mixed, par E junc, 614c. Tomstoea, 1pottinl, 11.90 esn; pound. (2.25. Navy brans. 12; Lima beans, ' Rest matches per gross 11.46. Macs- nl, 6'xu7c tier iMtiind. flsrdlnra, mustard, .te csn Klssii. nSmMcaae. IVanuM. r. Hop., 4 ply cotton, Uc. Hoap, I1.60gy4 ran. B FISH. Bream. Te pound; mapper, 10c pound; trout. 7<* iHiuiid: blue fish. 7c iHuiud: |huu- pano, 2Sc pound; mackerel. 12%c pound: mixed fish, 6c pound: fresh water trout, 90 10c pound: Florida shad roe, 26c; buck, !0c; Georgia shad roe, 40c; buck. 15c each. summer period It will Ih» materially re duced. lu the Jobbing trade bURlnes* yes terday was »f a sternly character nud waa dUtrlbutcd among all uepartments. Fewer orders are m»w eomlug In on prints and fancy cotton*, hut this follows from the strong buying during the past six weeks. If you see it in the Green it’s so. . ig In every fiqld. Spots first Infected nre entirely hare, and from these centers buy bus spread to ull parts of field, so that nil now I* ns had n* spots were three weeks ago. I see nothing to Indicate uuy check In ncflvlfy. The winged females are nu merous nud high winds have aided their read. From Kl Iteuo to Kuld, 60 miles liest wheat district, hlg hare spots show in from car window, with fields taking on no yellow tinge that shows general Infec tion. The situation Is dlstlnetTy bad. GimhI rains last night will give plant more power of resistance than when dry.’’ Marneld-Tearse-Noyea have Issued an oats circular giving comparisons of their own ami tho government farm reserves. Farm reserves of government were of March 1. Tho private estlmatea have been complied per cont. per cent. Iowa 17.3 Minnesota 13.7 North Dakotp 41.3 Sonth Dakota 24.3 The report says: "Fuquesttonal at country stations do not exceed 1906. Our own reports make them about 331-3 less.’’ Stocks at •Chicago, Minneap olis and Duluth March 31 were 9.396.0UO bushels, ns compared with 21,332,000 bushels it year ago. II. Warkcntlne, the hlg miller nt New ton, Knns., leported the discovery of the green bugs In wheat fields there. Ills re- iHirt attracted considerable attention, im Captain Phillips, who lias large lauded In terests In that section, hud persistently de nied the existence of the Insect, despite their discovery nt various points within n short distance of Newton lu several dlrec- tlous. Arne*. Kans., aouthwest of Wichita, wired: "Very dry hcre;*ncedlug rain badly. I’nleas have rain some wheat will la* done nil. Green hugs are here. Plenty of them. Have done little damage already. They are tmd In some fields." Coffeyvllle and Wichi ta. Kans.. and Webb City, Mo., were among the point* claiming damage from hugs. K. W. Deuid*, who has been a lautr on wheat for the Inst three mouths, deserted to the hull camp and Issued the following letter III support of Ills posltlou: "It Is reasonably sure that California. Oregon. Washington. Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, In diana. Illinois slid Michigan will nil have A -■ MA|«mja ... Texas .. ... _ . get ltaefc Its seed. AttU to this lost of states of less promise»can In* added Kniiaas. Missouri and Nebraska, frwii tlm preauttt Inroad* of the green hug. tint a greater menace to the crop In these three aisles In the general opinion Is the very grave danger front Insufficient moisture. Kalians and Nebraska, for Instance, have had less than a half Inch of mill In sixty days, stud the government figures of Insuffi cient moisture are extreme enough to cause apnrehctislun.’’ • Report* from millers It) the wlntenwhent territory, covering the principal producing state*, show A high condition for The crop, except III Ohio. Michigan. Oklahoma and Texas, says The Motleru Sillier In It* weekly crop summary, lu other states, the dam age Is exceptionally small. Most miller* sav prospects are better than usual at this time of year. Tile recent heavy frosts have caused apprehension, hut no established damage Is revealed ns yet. Green hug* have advanced northward Into southcant Missouri. Thl* pest has practically destroy- * exn* ami the area of darn- wentli GRAIN MARKETS OPENED Due Principally to Wet Weather Reports iu the Northwest. trading, duo prlnclnally to wet weather re ports from the Northwest. Chicago, April 8.-—Wheat dosed 101W for the day; corn* %0|fg -* Ueitvr, und provlsli CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. for today follow: Previous Open. High. Low. Close. Close. the crop age Is expanding hr Oklahoma. Dry weath er In,the Southwest and West, lucludlng Nebraska. Is creating apprehension. C Hie AGO CAR LOT8. July 79 Kept 79% COBN- May 46U July 46% May 42% July 37% "te- 33 * May.. 15.75 July.. 15.85 LAUD- May... 8.C5 July... 8.77% Sept... 8.87% ft IBS— May... 8.42% July... 8.37% Sept... 8.70 WEATHER REPORT. state" forecasts. Georgia and South Carolina—Fair tonight and Tuesday. Alabama—Fair tonight and Tuesday, slightly colder tonight In northwest portion. weather’conditions. The weather over the eastern half of the country Is cloudy oud unsettled with rain falling at Jacksonville, Florida and New \ork city. In the Inst 24 hour* predpltn- t on ha* occurred at moat point* east of the Mlx*l**lppl and nt a few scattered sta tions In the northwest. Snow was falling this morning nt 8t. Paul, Minn. The center of lowest pre*sure la nt Buf falo, N. Y.. while that of greater pressure 1*. Wyoming. The advance of the nigh Is causing lower teui|»eratiire nnd clearing weather to the east aud sonth of material chauge New York. April 8.—J. S. Bache & Co.: London market for American* % to % below parity, following our slight reaction on Sat urday ou proflt-tnklng. Tin* situation In London Is growing better, nnd talk of n re duction lu the bank rate still continue*. The banks here are certainly In a strong poaltldb. With almost $20,000,W0 aliove the legal requirements nnd gaining right along, there Is reasou to bo cheerful. Tne excite ment lu political circles shows little sub sidence. Imt this should not cut any figure marketwlse. The profit-taking on Saturday waa wise nnd Judicial. It leave* tho market In a better position and will lead to hardening after some Irregularity. The bears have very little to work on now, ami should ag- gresKlve buying start they would cover up The Financial Bureau: Amalgamated may be bought for turna on reactions. Union Pacific Is reported aa meeting stock toward the 144 and 146 level, hot It should be a purchase for turn* on fair recessions from that price. Bending Is also offering nnd may he held between 110 and 116 for a time, approximate ly speaking. Smelting may be taken conservatively < reasonable reactions, although It will well If dally operators keep I moderate extent for turna nt least Professionals say the shortage is well out of the Brooklyn now and are selling It o strong spots, stock appearing around 63. St. Paul will have to take considerable stock before It can cross 140, but It should be bought for turna on fair recessions. Great Northern preferred la reported held between 138 and 140. Louisville meets some stock now above it-* large stock offerings oppose North- Goodly Number of Issues Showed Advances at the Start. Town Topics: While we look for a strong nnrket today, there will !*• a continuance if profit-taking, and we would buy atoeks powerful i»ear party still iooxs A ror low- • prices lu the ead, In the Indlef fhat hu*I- In the . , .... Irauclnl requirements of the corporation*, and the heat of political controversy, a* well as the antipathy of jmbllc official* toward railroads. It would he wise, therefore, to exercise caution in commitments which should Ik* confined to standard stocks of real merit, especially those that liavo l»een ‘ general advance. rest Northern payment will Involve a large amount of money, but Ha effect on call rates will he only temporary, especially ns the dc|wslt of customs re ceipts will continue to help reserves. Canadian Pacific will likely react further under realising from ahrood.'hnt manipula tion may he responsible for better prices — .. 1J( | mining imuc*. —„ v profits on bulges In the atoeks. however, nud would buy only on shnrp declines. General Electric, Sugar and Locomotive should do better, nnd, nt the prices ruling, the Hnrrlnian stocks. Atchison, Baltimore, Big Four, Norfolk and Atlantic Coast Line are among the cheapest railroads. HAYWARD, VICK & CLARK’S DAILY COTTON LETTER. Minimum and Maximum Temperature, New Orlean*. April 8.—Speculation and Rainfall. on the other aide aa reflected by I.lv- Otiaerrntloua taken at 8 a. m„ 75th merld- erpool futures aeema Inactive and un- Ian time. willing to aupport bullish Inclinations of our leading talent. Today', apot 43H 38ft 3414 8.6216 8.75 8.86 K.57Vi 8.«7« 8.6214 8.75 8.86 8.1* 8.6U 8.«7ii 8.7784 8.85 8.9714 s m 8.75 'visible supply of grain. Wheat Increase 2.451,000 bushels; corn In crease 18,(M0 bushels; oats decrease 176,00U bushels. THE LIVERPOOiTgRAIn'mARKET. Wheat opeued % lower, nnd at 1:30 p. in., %0*i higher: cloved unchanged to % lower. Corn opened utirl.tingcd, and nt 1:30 p. m. %0% lower; closed unchanged. NAVAL STORES. Hpeclnl to The Georgian. Savannah. April 8.—Turpentine firm nt 07%; sales 565; receipts 149. UomIii firm: sales 59G: receipt* 450; water white 85.65; window gins* 35.90; M 35.40; N 35.25; K $5.20; I $4.75; 11 $4.i;j%; G $4.42%; F $4.40; K $4.37%: 1> $1.35; C $4.30. COTTON SEED OIL MARKET. ATLANTA. . . Abilene Amarillo. . . , Asheville. . . AugtiNta. . . . Birmingham. . , Blstnarck. . . . Boston Buffalo. , , , , , Charleston. . . , Charlotte. . . . Chicago Cincinnati. . . Corpus Christ!. Davenport. . . . Galvestou. . • • • . Havre." ....... Huron , , . Jacksonville Kansas City Key West Knoxville l.o* Angeles Macon Memphis .Meridian Mobile . Montgomery. . , . . Nashville New Orleaus New York Norfolk North Platte. . . . . Omaha. ....... Palestine Plttslpirg Portland, Me Portland, Ore Rapid City Ht. IahiIm HI. Paul Han Francisco Havnnuab Hopkiiue Tampn Taylor ThoimiHVlIle. . . . . . Vicksburg.' WuNblngtou Wilmington HepteinlM*r. . Ocfnticr m*ccmlM*r Closed firm hut quiet. OjMMilng. Cloving. . 45%C47% 46 HI? . 45%t|46 45%046 * 44%W44% 44%045 . 43V(i4l 43%«44 . 40 «40% 39%§40% ~ 36 $37% Min. Max. Ration * a,e8 are ,ar * er - Ba,es 16.000, middling :!S J. H. UAUbUUY, * THE 8UGAR MARKET. New York, April 8\-I.oral refined nnd raw sugar market* steady nud unchanged. I^uidou licet* steady; April and May 9* l%d. ALONZO RICHARDSON & CO., PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS Empire Building. ATLANTA. Bell Phone, Main 8^8. GEORGIA. W. J. Accountant and Auditor, 1114 Fourth National Bank Building. REFERENCE: Ball Phene lil! A rnT a vrm a a ▲Uaau National Bank 'ATLANTA, OAe Today. Toumr Wheat V 33 Corn 27 442 Data. 16» '286 Hogs, head 54*W) NORTHWEST CARS. CLEARANCES. Wheat 18.200 bushel*, flour 73.00» bushels, corn 53.500 bushels, oats 75 bushels. Wheat aud Hour equal 611.010 bushels. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET Chlr.igu, April 8.—Iloga— Bectdpts 54,001. Market generally 15c lower; light aud mix yorkors A 1 Cattle— K*tlmated rec«»tpr» 30.no0. Market steadv to lOr lower: hoove* $1.15^6.65; heif ers $2.754t5.M: calves $5.r^i7.25; good to prime steers $5.3506.65: ?***• to uuslhim $1.15 ft6.9>: stockers nud feeder* $2.8005. Hheep-lte«'H|ii* 39.000. Marker steady; native S3.50tj6.60; western 34.50*16.90: year- FRANK IIAWEIN8. President. H. M. ATKINSON. Vlce-Presldvnt.. THOMAS C. ERWIN. Cashier. JOSEPH A. McCORD. Vico-President. IL W. BYERS’. Assistant Cashier. Third National Bank Capital .... $200,000.00 Surplus and Profits $375,000.00 FnASK 0 ipAWK?x5?* J.' C A It HO L l! A YN E. DR. A. W. CALHOUN, MILTON DAKGAN, JOHN W. GRANT, II. Y. McCORD. rlD WOODWARD. unchanged. Apprehension over the difficulty of aettllng short engagements by tenders, owing to the scarcity of tenderable cotton. Is showing Itself by the advance In the May option and this buying supports our markets. Our shorts are drawing out way ahead of time and are transferring Into July or tho now crops. This operation Is per fectly Justified by circumstances nnd even suggested by the nominal discount of new crops under the dangerous sum- mer months. Uy Buch a transfer nil possible manipulation can be avoided. An official forecast for frost Tuesday morning In northwest Texas. Arkansas and the territories also caused some buying. Weather conditions over Sunday were quite favorable. Moder ate showers covered the entire eastern half of the belt. Indications are for clearing and colder weather In the northwestern and central states, pos sibly further rains In the far eastern states and In south Texas, where storm center la located. According to the latest reports the rain and hall storms of last week make replanting necessary In portions of Alabama. Cor respondence from Texas says there Is a large Increase in acreage, particularly In the northwest, owing to Immigra tion and conversion of grain lands Into cotton. The spot market Is very quiet so far, but the advance In futures may cause some business later on. Cover ing by Mny shorts continues to push the market and that option advanced over July. New York, April 8.—J. 8. Bache & Co.: Prices were firm this morning. Although the Liverpool market was slightly below our parity, there was not much selling from abroad. Though roomBentlment was Inclined to be bear ish, at the same time there was a dis position among the traders not to be caught short of cotton during the pres ent uncertainty as to the weather con ditions in the South. There seems to be very little disposition to take uny In terest In the new crop months, and DECLINES WERE FEW Prices Showed Increasing Firmness During the First Hour’s Trading. New York. April 8.~The itoek market opened Irregular. New York Central up H. Smelting % up. Ontario and We«* ein % nnd Mexican Central. Reading and Amalgamated up %. Union raelfle. Brook, yn Rapid Tranalt and Canadian Pacific J# %: Steel preferred and Pennaylvanl.i d#? dined %. 'Missouri Pacific opened % low« In the laat five minutes, tne market h/i shown Increasing firmness with Ht pan) up % net from Saturday, and with tha Copper shares conspicuous. w MONEY AND EXCHANGE. New York. April 3.—Money on call per cent: call loans firm; alxty davs 4UA4U* ninety dnya 4%®5: six month* fei Posted rate*: Sterling exchange ii gaa 4.86% with actual bn*lnes* In lianker*' ilmj at $4.8855 for demand and 94.8200®4.S210 for slx-dny bills. Commerclnl bill* 607. Bar silver 66%c; London bar allver stead* at %d. Advance nt 30 3-16d. ^ Mexican dollnra 60c. Government lumds unchanged. Railroad Iwnds Irregular. WEATHER IN COTTON BELT. Texas—Waco cloudy nnd wlndv. ri*eo clear, but very cool, with high wind*. •Tem ple partly cloudy and cool; north wind blowing. Taylor clear and pleasant; light uortb wind. Abilene clear and pleasant Houston cloudy and threatening. Austin dear nnd windy. Snu Antonio clear and ool. Galveston partly cloudy nnd warn. Mlnsiralppl—Meridian good ahmvers re*, terdn.v afternoon: now clear and plnmant. Hnxleburat partly cloudy nnd plcuHnnt; rained some yesterday. Jackson clear and pleasant. Lexington cloudy, threatening nml cool. Tupelo clenr nnd cool. Irfutlalana—New Orleana cloudy, damp and pleasant. Tennessee-- Memphla clear and cool. Arkansas—Little Hock partly cloudy and warm, with hard wind. THE COFFEE MARKET. New York. April 8.—Coffee cables: Havre market quiet at 12 noon; declined % franc; sales 14.000. Hamburg, market declined % pfennig; sale*. 29.000; Itlo recelpta 9,000; stock 751,« 000: market steady. Hno Paulo recelpta 41.000; Jundlah.v re- celpts 25,000; stock 2.692,000; market weak. The following figures give the openlnt range aud close of tho New York code* market for today: Opening Range. 6.60-5.70 6.60-5.70 5.65-6.70 6.70-6.80 5.76-5.80 5.60-5.75 5.80-6.70 5.55-5.70 5.55-6.61 5.50-5.60 . *. .. ..3.60 . " 5.60-5.66 Sales 20,260 bags. April Mny June July , August September .. .. October November , December , Closed steady. 5.606.65 5.60-5.63 no. 6.91-5.65 MINING STOCKS. 84; T'tnh* .Mining 62%: Shannon 18%; Butte Coalition 27%; Mohawk 82; (Jld Doiuiulua 65%. colpt* for the day were officially esti mated at about the name figures as la*t year. The weather map Indicated showers today with fair weather Tues day. The cotton market may drift along nt about present levels until some , , - - . definite Ideas can be had aa to the new what trading la In evidence occura In crop outlook. THE LONDON STOCK MARKET. STOCKS— Anaconda Atchison Baltimore nud Ohio (’nandlnii Pacific Chesapeuke and Ohio Erie do, preferred Great western Illinois Central Kansas nml Texrs do. preferred LouUrifle and Nashvlllo New York Central Norfolk and Western .... Ontario and Westecit Pennsylvania Philadelphia nnd Reading .... Hock Islnnil Southern Pacific Southern Hallway do, preferred St. Paul Union Pacific United State* Steel ......... do, preferred Wabash 136% 11644 M lOOKWi 2«8l the May and July optjons. Port re- Central Bank and Trust Corporation Capital $500,000.00. Candler Building. Branch, Corner Mitchell and Forsyth Streets. General Banking and Trust Business 4 Per Cent Compound Interest Paid on Savings Deposits HAYWARD, VICK & CLARK, COTTON, STOCKS, BONDS, COFFEE, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Cerond.l.t and Gravier St»„ New Orleana. MEMBERS: I New Orleans Future Broker, 1 AiMcIttlna. I New Orleana .ad Chicago Hoard, of Trail*. K.w Orleana Cotton Rxebnnga. New York Cotton Ssehango. OalrMton Cotton Riehnage. Uoustoo Cotton Exchange. New York and Chicago Corre.pondenta. J. •. BACHE & CO., AND BARTLETT, FRAZIER te CARRINGTON. PRIVATE WIRES TO ALL POINTS. L. H. Fairchila. 8. J. Wh L. H. FAIRCHILD & COMPANY. NEW ORLEANS. Mamberai New Orleana Cotton Exchange, New York Coffee Exchange, b* w Co HS» Kxrhange. New Orleana Board of Trade, Naw Orlean. Stock .Exchange Chicago Board of Trade. _ . , , LIVERPOOL COTTON ASSOCIATION. Private wlree to NEW YORK kni CHICAGO. Oulera ao!let;ed fog I Cora delivery, oa above Exchange* XL C. COTURAK. IV. II. PATTERSON. Vlce-I'rcildent. A.' P. COLES; Cathier. OFFICERS: ASA G. CANDLER, Preeldent. JOHN & OWENS. Vice-President. WU. D. OWENS, AuletiDt Cathier. TRUSTEES: I. Y. Sage. Norman C. Sillier, Eugene R. Black. — John N. Oodilard, tleorge..E.,Klng. J. p. William., SV. II.' Pattenon. ... J. King. Itnac II. Hlrsrh, WUIIam M. Mxou. Asa O. Candler. John S. Ow«n*. THE AMERICAN AUDIT COMPANY Home Office, 100 Broadway, New York City. F. W. LAFRENTZ, C. P. A., President. C. E. Manusring, Vice President, Theo. Cocheu, Jr., C. P. A., Sec. and Tree* BRANCHES ATLANTA—Fourth Natl Bank Bldg. CHICAGO—Marquette Building. • PHII.ADELr TIA—Bellevue-StratMrd. SAN FT.ANCISCO—Bolden Building. NEW YORK—Waldorf-Aitoria. BOSTON—Exchange Building. WASHINGTON—Colorado Building. NEW ORLEANS—Ilennen Building. LONDON, ENGLAND—4 King Street, Cheapstde. ATLANTA BRANCH 1015-18 Fourth National Bank Building. 0. B. BID WELL, Resident Manager. Telephone. Main S72. Cable Address. Amdit, N. Y.