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1IIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY. ATRIL 7. 1903.
REAL FIGHT
CONFERENCE
House and Senate Will
Wrangle Until Mid
die of May.
Washington, April 7.—It was said
this morning that the Payne tariff bill,
which Is scheduled to pass the house
Friday afternoon, will not be presented
to the senate before Monday next,
leading Democratic senator, who asked
that hfs name be not given, said today
that after the tariff bill reaches the
senate It will probably be referred to
the finance committee, when the ma
jority members of the committee will
•pend about three days over it.
The Democratic members of * the
committee will then be called In and
they will take two daye at least In go
ing over the measure, in the Judgment
of the senator Indicated, the tariff bill
will not come lup for debate In the sen
ate before April 19. He also expressed
the opinion that the hill would pass the
senate by the middle of May.
The real fight over the bill will be In
the conference committee. The house
conferees will. It is understood, be Rep
resentatives Payne, Dalr.ell and rhamp
Clark, the minority leader. It will be
reculled that the DIngley tariff bill was
six weeks in conference before an
agreement was reached.
The entire day Tuesday was spent In
the fight on lumber and hides. After
the effort to secure free lumber had
failed, the question of hides came up.
An overwhelming majority was mus
tered against an amendment by .Mr.
Scott, of Kansas, taking hides from the
free list and fixing a duty upon them
of 10 per cent ad valorem.
The barley schedule came In for n
lively discussion, and when the bill was
laid aside for the day there were pend
ing two amendments, the raising of the
rate In the Payne bill from in cents to
35 cents a bushel, ami fixing the rute at
30 per cent ad valorem.
T'.te total of the day's work, with the
exception of the elimination of the
c ountervailing duty on lumber, wns to
leave the bill in Identically the condi
tion In which tlie committee reponed
It. This grants free raw hides and a
duty of $1 per thousand on sawed lum
ber.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
FRUIT8 AND PRODUCE.
RfiGR—Frn»h rminlrr. !T6H<\
MV* POrLTMT—H*M. Mm.
irtlv.*, SiC4fr: Ihirk., PdEfn, 4*1^ rsrh;
niifldlo. a.' .'ixh: TnrkM,. liftllr.
PBKBSBtr POITWRV-Hmj, licit- p-r
pound; mrk,. "®*d; Mm, HffJS- per pound;
Duck,, licit- per pound. H <■(•*<-, I^j1>
per pound; turfcej*, 303c. owing to qual-
PBOBFCE—But,r (J.ntj), per
ptyrnd; country pack eery alow. mufVt
pound. Breawax, active, 23c pound. Honey
In one pound blocks, active, lP@12%c pound;
' i bulk. 809c round.
FRUITS AND NUTB—Lemons, fancy Met
senn. $3*13.5ft. Bananas, $2.f-0f/J per 100 lbs.
Lfmes, 15c per 100. Peanuts in sacks aver-
string 100 pounds each, ftwlag to grade. 60
7*4e pound. Apples per barrel, scarce, $7«
7.50. owing to quality. Florida oranges, $34*
3.25. Pineapple* $2.50tf3.
VEGETABLES—Egg plant, $2«$2.W
crate, Cabbage. $X2H$2.60 per pound. Yellow
squash, I2©2.25. Irish potatoes. $I.2A0L2S
per bushel. Onions. $1.1001.28 bushel. Ruts
bags turning. WV.ie per pound. Spanish
onions. $1.60 crate. Bweet potato pumnkln
rams, BWftOc; white 40©fi0e per bnanel. New
Irish potatoea (not second crop), $607 per
barrel. English peas, $2017 50 per drum.
Lettuce, $2#f$2.5ft per drum, Cauliflower.
Ift4$!2%c per pound. Celery, $1.50<t3 per crate
Pepper. $2.5f»443 per crate. Beans, $2.50472.75
tier crate. Okra. $2.6047$$ per crate. Toma
toes, $1.504?2 per crate. Strawberries, owing
to condition on nrrlrat. 12%€tl5r per quart.
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLOUR—Highest patent. $7.50: beat pat-
•nt, $7.00; standard patent, $6.75: half pat
ent. $6.60: spring wheat parent, $6.26.
WHEAT—For poultry. $1.40.
CORN—Choice Red Cob. 89c: Corn choice
white. 2%-bushel sacks, 88c; No. 2 yellow,
87c: No. 2 white. R8<\ nilxed, 87c; choice
yellow. 88c; corn choice. 85c.
OATH—Choice Irrg. clipped. 72c; wnlts
clipped.* 68e; white clipped fancy, 70c; red,
75c; rust proof, 75c; No. 2 white, 67c; No.
“ white. 63c; mixed. 63c.
HEEDS?—Hacked—Cnnc seed, amber. $1.1 .
'one seed, omiige, $1.60. Wheat—Tenneaaee
Blue Stem. $1.50. Rye—Georgia, $1.36; Ten
neaaee, $1.10. Oats—Burt, 78c; Turf. 68c;
Texas rustproof, 70c; Kansas rustproof, 66c;
Blue Hprlng. 68c.
HAY—Alfalfa. No. 1, $1.15; choice large
hales. ll/OS; Timothy, choice small balea,
11; choice 1-8 bales. *1;, Timothy, choice
light mixed. 95c: Timothy No. 2, 90c; clover
hay". 90c* Timothy No. 1 clover mixed, 90e
Bermuda. 75c. .
MEAi.—Plain, 96-nonnd sacks. 83c; 48-
pound sucka. Km*; 24-pound sacks. 87c.
CHICKEN FEED—Fifty-pound sacks, $1;
Purina scratch habj*,_jnte doxen $2.20; Pu
rina Chick. $2.20; Purina Hcrntch, 100 pound
sacks, $2.ftf; Sucre* i. scratch feed, 100-pound
sack* $1.95; Ptirln i feed. 173 pound sacks,
$1.80; 100-pound sucks. $1.80: Alfalfa meal,
$1.45; Germ meal, $1.75; Arab horse feed.
$1.80; June pasture. $1.50.
COTTON HEED MEAL— Prims, per ton.
$28; cotton seed invil No. 2. per ton. $27.
COTTON HEED IIUL1.H -Hoiinre racked,
per toil. $8.50: round sacked, $8.00.
S, ,1.1*", »04»rlW, |». ill, *.*•!. nil, KR.
pounds. $1.63; shorts, brown. 76 pound
ks, $1.60; 100-pound sacks. $1.60; bmn,
100-pound sacks. $1.50: salt* brick holders,
per dozen, $2.25; salt brick, $1.60 per case;
salt brick, medicated, per case, J>4.5<); salt
rock, per hundredweight, fl; suit, 100-potiud
sacks, 60c.
GROCERIES.
HI’OAR—Htandnrd granulated. $6.30; New
ork refilled, 5c; plnntatloii, 6c.
COFFEE'—Roasted (A chuckles), ifc bulk
i tings mid barrels. 12c; green, 11912c.
RICE—Japanese, 6%c; tieai. 607c; fancy
—it. 7tfi7%c. according to grade.
UtDINEK—Mustard, Jo.oj case; one-ounr-
. oil. $3.25.
CANDY-Stlek (assort'd). 6c pound; fancy
assorted!, pails. 7c; ehoeolata drops, palls,
V; KIU insKorted). ten-lwtes, $5.00.
CIIEKHE—Fancy full cream 18%«;; Georgia
enne syrup. 38c gnl|on. Halt (100 pounds),
COTTON IT OUTSET
SLIGHTLY LOWER
Loss Was Quickly Regained.
Buying Orders Plentiful
in Early Trading.
New York. April 7.—Commission bouses
continued their selling movement at the
opening of the local cotton market, hut thy
list had good support from brokers who
have bulled the list persistently for some
time. Prices opened unchanged to 3 points
lower, but the lo*»s was regained quickly.
In the late afternoon ’ there Avas rather
heavy selling on reported mins nt Martin,
Han Antonio. Noaldeo and Keirvl lie.-Texas,
At Kerrvlflc 1.06 rainfall wns reported.
Prices ivcrc sold off ns a cosuit, the close
being steady net unchanged to 1 point
lower.
Heml-wcekly interior movement:
1909. 1908.
Receipts 24.157 27.240
SUpincuts 33.382 34,754
Stocks 472.197 336.669
Estimated receipts Thursday:
1909.
New Yirleans ..1.093©!.700
Galveston 7##>W.360
RANGE OF NEW YORK STOCKS -AND COTTON MARKETS
(BY PRIVATE LEASED WHtB.1
NAME OF STOCK.
id Iron .
1937.
33.132
38.806
368,847
l908.
SPOT COTTON MARKET.
Atlanta, steady; middling 9%. k
Liverpool, firm; middling 5.27.
New Orleans, firm; middling*9%-
New York, oulet; middling 10.10.
Augusta, steady; middling 9 13-16. '
Hnvnnnnh. quiet nnd steady; mbldliiig
9 9 10
Mobile, firm; middling 0%,
Galveston, firm; middling 974.
Norfolk, firm; middling 9 s *.
Houston, steady; middling 913*16.
Memphis, steady: middling 9 s *.
Philadelphia, quid ; middling 1 ».33.
BnHItu'jre. nominal: mlddliug 9%.
Huston. quiet; middling 10.10.
HI. Louis, steady; middling 9%.
Louisville, ^lrm; middling 9%.
Wilmington, qnret: uibblllug 9%. x
Ataaigauiut*-d Copper
Am. Ico Secure. .
Am. Sugar Refinery.
Am. Smelting ...»
Am. Locuuiutlve . • ,
Am. Car Foundry. .
Am, Cotton OH . . ,
Ain. Woolen
Anaconda ......
Atchison ......
Atlantic Const Lino . ,
Brook. Rap. Transit .
iJaltlinoro mid Ohio . .
Ciiiisitlaii Pacific . . .
Chewifit jiko aud Ohio .
< onsolli’ • ' *
Central
Polo. Fuel .
Colorado Houthcrii . .
De!n. uud Hudson . .
Den. and Rio Urauds .
_ Securities. .
Erie . . .
Gelicisl Electric . ’. ! ",
Great Western ....
Ot'ent Northern, pfd. .
Norlhern Ore. .
Illinois Central ....
In ter boro, pfd. ....
Mifcrboio, pre/.-. . . .
-own Central . ....
Kansas City Sonfbern.
Kalians arid Tern* . .,
Knn. niul Tex., pfd. . .
t.otdyrlljf. nnd Nash. .
NAME OF STOCK.
Missouri Pacific . . .
N. Y. Central ....
Nor fiiw n . . . .
National Lead . . . .
Norfolk snd Western
Northern PacICc. • .
Onf. and WeiWro . *
Pennsylvania. ...»
Pressed Steely Car. •.
Reading
Rock Island. .....
Rock Island, pfd. . .
Rep. Iron an ft Steel .
Rep. and S.. p(«l. .
filoss-SlietVb ld. . . .
Southern Pacific.
Southern Railway • .
So. Railway, pfd. . •
St. Paul
Term. Copper. ....
Texas Pacific. ....
Third Avenue
Union Pacific. ....
11 S. Ruble, r
V. S. Rubber, pfd . .
U. 8. Steel
U. S. Steel, pfd. . . •
Vr..*Csr. Chemical. .
Western Union. • • •
Withnsh. .......
Wabash. pfd. . . . •
WeatJngbmtse Elec. •
Wisconsin Central. .
Wisconsin Cen.. pfd .
W. Maryland.
STOCKS WERE FIRM;
FRACTIONS HIGHER
Lackawanna Sold at High,
est Price in Its His-
. tory, at 600. ^
/' NEW YORK
Following Is the range to cottofi futures !•
New Ynrl: today:
TODAY'S PORT RECEIPTS.
Day*.
year:
port receipts, compared with last
CITY'S EGG HUNT
AT GRANT APRIL 17
Park Commission Decides
To Give Children a
Day of Fun.
Saturday following Kaater Sunday
has been named by the park commlH-
*|on ns the date for the annual Easter
egg hunt for the children of the city,
and it will be held In Grant park.
The commission first considered the
proposition of holding the egg: hunt in
Piedmont park, but since the fences
have been torn down and the work of
improvement Is under way In certain
sections of It, the commission decided
upon Grant park. In order that no
damage may result to the shrubs nnd
flowers, th* egg hunt will be held In
the wooded portion of the park, where
no small plants are growing.
The details of the eg** hunt have been
left to the management of General
-Manager Dan Carey nnd a committee
of three, of which Commissioner
George Eubanks is chairman.
ON WHITE PLAGUE
People Vote to Establish
Municipal Tubercular
Hospital.
Chicago, April 7,—By a vote of 167,-
2So to 39,410. citizens of Chicago hnve
decided to levy a city tax for the pur
pose of building, equipping nnd aup-
porttng a municipal tuberculosis san
itarium.
The new sanitarium will be the first
of its kind in the United States.
2 pounds), $1.25; rssc (3 pounds),
beaus. $3; Lima beaus. 6c.
Khredd iJ bfseulf. $5 case; No. 2 rolled on Is,
$340 ease; sack grit*. 20-pound hags. $2.35;
oysters, full weight. $1 case; pepper 15 D,
20c*; Royal linking powder. $5 ease; red ssl-
inoii. $5.3') case: pink salmon. $4 case; cocoa,
S9e; roast beef. $2 case; syrup (New Or
lesmt. 35<- gallon; corn. S2e gallon; Sterling
ball pof.t*|i, $3.29 ease: peanuts. 7c. Hope,
(.ply eulinn. ISc; soap. f1.&0©4.00 cose; Rom
ford linking powder. $2.50 ease.
PROVISIONS.
Premium hams, 14e: bellies, 205121
pounds average. $10.85; fnt backs. $9.40. Sli
ver leaf lard. llHo. Jewell compound, SHc.
California Inins, he: Ex-rlbs. $10 07V4.
FISH.
F1MI—Brenin. f.«* pound: snapper. Sc oei
oound; front, 9c per pound: blue ftvh. 7c per
pstmd; pninpniio. 17c nnttiid; mackerel. 7c
pound; mixed fisln 4®5c pound; blue bass,
13c pound; mullet, barrel. $10.
OYSTER8.
Selects. $1.25© 1.40 per gallon; Standards,
$1.00.
LOCAl"sTOCK8 and bonds.
„ , . . ®Jd» Asked.
Atlanta Foal and Ice 95
Atlanta Coni and Ice pfd..*., 98 ]q«
Atlanta Hreei 6074
\tlant«'Brewing nnd let Co.. .. *c,
Atlanta *nd West Point ilfbs.103‘4
Atlanta 3‘is. twiiwn .. 89
Atlanta 4*(-s. 1922 coupon.. ..103 s ;
Atl.mia tin* Light 6s.. .. ..101
Augusta Factory.. .. 65
Auuusta nnd Savannah.. .. ..11214
Central Wftuk and Trust Corp.l3S
Dixie Cotton Mills fis
K1 posttInn Cotton Mills 185
Fourth National Bank 206
Georgia Stnie 44*. coupon.. ..104H
Georgia State 4‘is, legist.. .. „
Georgia Htate. 3‘4s. coupon ,. 98«4
4in. By. and Kleetrle 4*2
do. preferred M
(ia. It. R. and «. Co., new 4*. 92H
Ga. Itj. nml Elec.. 6s.. ,, .. „100
Go, >t. R. nnd Banking Co ..25>)
Southwestern Railroad 113
Lowry National Bank 222\4
Trust Co. of Georgia.. ,* *.1S0
91H
im
ttnt
New Orleans..
Galveston.. ..
Mobile
Havntiiiali .. .
Charleston ..
AYlliiilugtoli ..
Norfolk
Boston
Pensacola.. ..
Pacific coast .
Various.'. .. .,
. to mi .. .. .
T*7
INTERIOR BEOEIPTS.
n«y. Interior receipts, coqipsred with Isst
UBI1:
I 1909.
Houston., ..
Augusta.. ..«
Memphis.. ..
JS2L,
HAYWARD 6c OLARK’S
DAILY COTTON LETTER
iest ww ... — — — „
the complete report of the Master Cotton Spin
ners snd Manufacturers* Association In
Manchester, England, which corrected a wrong
impression about stock in spinners’ hands
caused by a previous report issued from the
same source n few weeks ago. According to
this latest official report, which deals with
stocks in spinners’ hands on March 1, English
tninuers held 334,fill hales, or 50,7117 less
ban Inst year ; German spinners, 252,778, or
1.114 more than last year: French spinners,
J 23.90ft. or 11,524 less than last year. The
total stock of American cotton In the hands
of spinners of Great Britain and the conti
nent on March l was 1.172.868. or 42,000
bales less than last year, and does away with
the claim that foreign spinners have more cat-
ton than usual at this time of the year. The
amount of Knst Indian cotton fn spinners’
hands is 1 given at 535,527, or 223,030 less
than last year, shoeing the increased need
* *-— —“— The number swindle*
COTTON SEED OIL.
Nsw YorK April 7.-—Carpenter, Baggot 4
Tin* iwttou seed oil market is begin
nluse to feel in ii wholesome way tin
strength of the cotton market and Investi
gation* which ore being made by soap man-
ii fuel a rers and large liiiiidlera of eoiii|M»uud
produets are so dlseourugln* that they are
niklng nil effort to aeeure their require-
mute f«*r the next five or six months. Oil
* a elieap eninmodlty.
Following are cotton seed oil quotations
I Opening. 1 Closing.
April
May
July
September .. ..
October,. .. ..
November .. ..
5.4ft
5.59
%5.81
6.02
5.84
5.56
P 5.6ft
Q6.65
13.84
1*6.03
f|A.9»)
fl5.6»
5.55 (It5.68
6.63 05.65
5.84 Ci6.8ft
6.02 ^li.Ot
5.86 W5.95
5.55 r(5.7ft
t’UijHNl steady.
Army Mules Obey Ordsrs.
Horse snd mule men at the stock yards
stood in admiration yesterday afternoon while
the soldiers of Battery A and B. Hecond
United States artillery, under Lieutenant R.
O. Mason, loaded thirteen ears of mules in
25 minutes. It was a new record on the
loading docks, and it wasn't areomplished
by any unusual methods either. Nor waa
the mule driver's vocabulary resorted to.
How did they do It t The lieutenant simply
called the roll and the mules responded to
their names.
*‘Nigger,” called ah officer, and a little
black gou mule ambled up.
"Now. Mollie. you're next; now Cyclone,”
and Cyclone came like a cyclone.
If a mule was refractory a few men in
khaki took hold of him and pushed and
shoved him Into place.
"No wonder,” said an envious mute driv
er, “they know their mules; they couldn't
do them all that way.”
•’That so!” said a non-commissioned of
ficer. ”1 guess we could. It's all in know
ing how. You never want to flinch around
a mule. Never look bf.k when you leave
him. After you know bow mules are easier
to handle than horses.”—Kansas City Times.
CREOSOTING
Wooden Paving Blocks a Specialty.
Railway Ties, Telegraph, Telephone
and Dock Work. Timbers
Creosoted Recording to
Specifications.
SOUTHERN WOOD PRESERVING
COMPANY.
Phone 868 Went. Atlanta. Ga.
COFFEE MARKET.
Following arc coffee Quotations today;
.Inunary .
February
M» roll.. .
April
May .. .
.luin- .. .
July.. ..
August ..
Heptetiiber
I Opening. | Diualng.
i 5.«*#i.YH5
.. 5,90616.95
..! 5.9066.00
..| K.8066.85
.. 6,8566.90
6.9063.95
5.9063.23
t’lnscd steady. Hales 8.500 Iwg*.
STATE WINS TAX SUIT
Roads May Appeal to the
Supreme Court.
Montgomery, Ala., April 7.—Upon
application for a rehearing:, the .su
preme court of Alabama yesterday de
nied the application of the Louisville
and Nashville and of the Southern rall-
/rnad companies for a rehearing of the
franchise cases of the state, but modi
fied their recently-made opinion to the
extent of Substituting for ’’franchise
and privilege’’ tax the. worji "property”
tax, as prayed for by the state. The
ease* involve over $100,000 j»er year,
which fund* are assessed and paid by
the railroads under restraint.
It la expected that an appeal will b a
taken to the United State* supreme
court.
of American — Pi—-
work in the world is given at J,30,.95,927,
... 5.098.344 more than lnat year. To show
what this Increased consuming power of nearly
5,750.000 move apindlea menna It ia stated
that the totnl number of apindlea In France
ia (1,750.000 nnd in Italy 4,000,000. Liver
pool waa flat at drat, but recovered towards
the cloak. Cables are mixed, but the major
ity give bullish news end opinions. One
house raided: ’’Think top haa been reached
for the present unless American markets
push (he advance. Trade unanth/nctorr and
short time trill be resorted to.” Othera
cabled: ’’Manchester largely short and get-
ling nervous. With the lighta before us we
advise buying: trade generally Improving;
jiare a favorable opinion of the fnture. Me
bad a very active market today, and, not
withstanding the approaching- holiday*, the
demand for contracts was large and steady,
pushing prices to the highest reached so far
this season. , • ,
The report about supplies In ^spinners
hands, as given above, foreshadow* a good
demand for col ton for the rest of the sea-
son. nnd a* this country has already been
so much drained of supplies, further pro
tective advance seems inevitable, particularly
in case of a late new crop. No rain fell Iifi
the West and colder weather I* predicted.
There arc good indications that this will be
followed by warm weather and rain over the
week-etfd. , The spot market is rather quiet
today. Except some
yesterday, there ha* been little done so far.
Prices firm. -
W. II. k W. B BIBBS k CO.'8
DAILY COTTON LETTER
New York, April 7.—Liverpool's decline of
364 point* In future* today wa* iio-imm*
of a reaction tluin lmd bcoti expected front
yesterday'* top price* to lifive met our
closing quotation of yesterdnv. The atead-
lup*a of tin market showed In conjunction
with the absence of rnln&Jn the drought
section* of central nnd southern Texas sy*-
tnlucd bullish sentiment in b the ntarkata
here today, There wn* an ’advance of tfift
point* lu early trading on large outside or
der* by Wnll-st. nml Western and rrxna op
erator*. which carried May up to 9.8fc July
to 9.8.1. August to 9.72. October to 9.»w nnd
Dceciiiher to 9.62. A* wn* the case Jtealer-
day, there wn* heavy profit-taking on thla
rise thnt all demand* were readily supplied
In inch a manner a* to hold In check nne
demonstration of further aggressive bullish
activity at the moment by the leader*
operattug on that side of the market. Price*
reacted at one time to *3 and u point*
under last night’s closing ou a con tl mm nee
of thU profit-taking nnd a Inll in the out
side buying nnd cvcuiug up of trader*
overt he Easter holiday*. The undertone
of the*market, however, continued good up
to the close, a* the weather.burenjui pre
diction* did not hobl out
needed rain* In Texn* fn.
thlrty-*l.< hour*. It I* reported thnt the
short Interest I* now pretty well covered
and the lending spot Interests have liqui
dated
April. T .
May. . . .
June. . . .
July . . .
August . .
Hen: i*m tier
October . .
November
December
January . .
.March. . .
•l ! P
9.8J-82! 9.79-81
I 9.78 9.85 9.77 ! 9.81' 9.80-81, 9.8ft-82
....i ....I ....! ...J 9.76-78 9.77-78
9.70 9.85 9.74; 9.771 9.76-77 ! 9.77-78
n.CC 9.7’2l 9.fil ! 9.66 9.66-68' 9.67-68
••.fill 9.651 9.641 9.611 9.JW-61! 9.58-60
9.f7 9.651 9.36* 9.611 9.60 fill 9.59
9.55' 9.ns* 9.33 9.55; 9.57-59, 9.67-59
9.&7L9.62' 9.65 1 9.55 9.57-58! 9.57-58
‘ ‘ "».51 * 9.531 9^53 "
LIVERPOOL
Following are Liverpool quotation* today:
Futures opened quiet nml steady.
Opening Previous
Range. 2 P. M. Clos*\ (’lose.
April. R,,u
April- ... — . . . -
Mity-June.... 6.1IH-5.15H 5.16
Jiliie-July.... 5.17 -5.18
3. m;
5.18
5.2I 1
5.16
... “5.12*
■5.09*4 5.09\4 6.1ft
Aug.-Hefit... 5.15 -5.1514 5J5 1
Kept.-Oct..., 6.10H-5.12 6.12
Oct.-Nov 5.03 -5.09H .
Nov.-Dee 5.68*/f-7».09 5.08 5.09
Dee.-Jan..../ 5.08^4-5.08 5.08% 5.08||
Jail.-Fell 5.07(4-5.08 5.0i(£ 6.08
l’eb.-March.. S.08*A - - -• m**
Closed quiet.
NEW ORLEANS.
&?!::
June. . .
July. . .
August .
September
Oetobec .
December
January. ,i 9.37f 9.57
'* |Mts|T.82
'.Yrj 10.00
i.87j 9.87
'.55; 9.tii
Closed steady.
35
>K
9.73-
9.77- 79
9.90-91
9.77- 78
ii
~v
9.69
9.76-76
9.79-81
9.92-93
9.82-84
9.66-68
9.M-53
9.49-50
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF THE FLEECY STAPLE.
(From Hayward ft Clark.)
New York, April 7.—J. 8. Bsche ft Co.t
Liverpool waa due 3*4 lower on near and
2*4 to 5 lower on late months. Opened ir
regular st 3 tn fl points decline. At 12:15
p. in. was steady net 2*4 to 3H lower on near
nnd 4 to 4*4 .lower on late months. Spots
hardening 2 points higher: middling. 5.27;
sales, 7,000: American, ft, 100: speculation
nnd export, 1.000; imports, 2,000, including
L»00 )American. Later cables reported an
advance of *4 point over 12:15 p. m. prices.
Tenders new docket, 3.000 bales.
Estimated ports. 14.000, against 23,000
last week and 21,000 last year.
Large sales spots reported at leading South- , . .
rrn markets last night. May represent. wiient—No. « red winter 141
March commitments extended into April. Corn—No. 2 66 ©66*4
Thirty-nine-inch 68x72s advanced l-10c * at j Oat a—No 2 54
Foil River. Narrow goods quiet, but firm, j * -
I* Knod. made to Chicago, April 7.—Wheat on the board of
this Weather indicationa for Tax** trade, after a strong opening today touched
fair. Home cealizing hkelv today and tomgr- ! fh(l h ’ lfhe|lt polntf wi ^[ h t V„„ exception in more
• evening up, over holidsya. On any good. thin (W( , ntv years. The market worked
. within (he nnetiinir rsnire of nrices the re-
WHEAT WAS EXCITED
AT THE
May Was Over 3c Above
Monday’s Close—High
est in Years.
8T. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS.
reaction would buy.
Reported Martin, of Springs, big buyers of
July, quietly taking everything offered with
out bidding.
Mitchell. Wilson and Hentx sold. Ring
\old on opening.. Havering now. Market
seems to be frill of buying orders.
Carpenter. Baggot ft Co.: Liverpool weak
ness due entirely to liquidation. On every
few poifila decline there ia * wave of buying
orders from outside sources. Large interest*
who are interested in cotton products are in
vestigating prospects of this crop more than
any others for years past, and report* are of
n gloomy character. There may * he aorae
further liquidation today by nnrties who are
leaving business centers over the holidays,
which may cause n decline, and this will be
the fc great opportunity to take on cotton.
Heavy business yesterday nnd before liqui
dation.. Now ring seems filled with buying
orders. Private advirea s*v Manchester is
short nnd getting'nervous. Don't think any
New Orleans, April 7.—Ilaywsrd ft Clark:
Weather man shows generally cloudy with
good rain* in Arkansas, Tennessee, north
Mississippi. Alabama and Georgia, but none
In Texas. Map not complete, but so far pros
pects ere stronger today in favor or rains in
the West before the week is out. More rain
indicated for the central and eastern belt,
and will do good there, .as they have |g
twelve days of dry weather.
Market firm on the bullish report by the
master spinner* at Manchester regarding
stocks in hand Of spinners In Europe. Looks
tike it will go higher today In spite of com
ing holidays. f ....
Hwonson, of Liverpool, cablet: “Manche*
ter largely short and getting nervous.”
within the opening range of prices the re
mainder of the session until a minute before
the close when May jumped in a flash from
91.2444 to at which price it closed.
Excitement was great In the ’’pit” before
the clang of the great gong announced the
closing of the day’s business.
Yesterday was a holiday here owing to
the election, but during the speculative hours
bullish news accumulated at n rate which
insured n record-breaking advance today. .
Liverpool advanced ywsterday end ngr’
today being reported 2',4 ft % pence over Mi
day's /-losing prices.
THE WEATHER.
THE WEATHER FORECAST.
• Washington, April 7.—Weather condit4ons
and general forecast:
The western storm has reached the Michi
gan peninsula with considerable development
nnd showers * *“ * * *
the eastward
Atlantic, coast.
nnd snows in’the plain's states and snows in
the central Rocky Mountain roglou.
High temperatures continue in the Atlantic
states, but it is decidedly cooler in the cen
tral valleys, end temperatures are below the
seasonal average over the entire country.
After the showers of this afternoon and
touight over the northern districts several
days of fair weather may be expected gener
ally.
Weather conditions and forecast until 8 p.
in. Thursday:
Virginia—Fair tonight except showers In
southeast porjion: coolers Thursday fair
tooler; moderate to brisk westerly-winds.
v North Carolina—Shower* and cooler Wed
nesday; Thursday fair, cooler; moderate
westerly winds.
South Carolina 'and Georgia—Showers this
afternoon or tonight; cooler in western por
tion; Thursday fair: light variable winds.
Eastern Florida—Local showers this after
noon or tonight, except extreme southern por
tion: cooler, Thursday fair: variable winds.
i\in»nipa—ratr tonignt ana cooler; iaurs-
*>* fair; light northerly winds. .
Mississippi—Fair, noolcr tonight, possibly
ght frost in northern portion; Thursday
.. „ »y T. C. SHOTWELL.
NflW York, April 7.—Stocks opened fir-,
tvfth frnrtlonal nrirnneos. Hemline r r ,i^
l-nclllc. Southern I-aolllc amt Smelter, win
the leailera Owln K to the approachlnr
holidays, traders were itlaposed to keep our
•jMbe market and as a reiul^buslnen wsi
Chesapeake amt Ohio hid an Impreulr,
band!-
I
CIIICAOO GRAIN MARKET.
Day’* range In future* lu Chicago: .
Open. High.
12514
TIPS PLASHED
FROM WALL-ST.
THE METAL MARKET.
Nrw York. April 7.—At the metal ox-
»hniig* today Inmtuc** wa* practically at n
itnudstlH. Copper tut'-hnnged. Tlu was off
4 o for *|M»t nnd nearby ilellverles.
Quotation*: Lake Clipper. 127»€t!3c; ebv-
rolytli*. 12*4«i 15%c; <’n*!liig. !2**«124<\
tpcitor. 4.77404 82% Lend, 4J)7*4®4.I0. Till,
(From Hayward ft Clark.)
Naw York, April 7.—J. 8. Barhe * Co.:
Ami-rlmo. tn London mostly above parity.
Shipment of anthracite over vnrlous lines
for Slureh were largest on record aggro-
gntllig over 6.3X!.«d tons. Talk of ao In
crease In dividend rale on Issckawanna to
n straight 4ft Mr cent, rate. Atchison nml
Honfhem rallwrfS' preferred, strung feature*
In the London market. Buying In Iwdh Is
sue* Midptn >’ very gmsl In our market.
Foreign nellltig In Harrimau* westerdny put
n dnuiper on Imllfah activity for the time
being. Selling pressure lessened pereeptlblv
toward the close, and the market showed
sign* of re hardening. !am»U for aonie re-
i-overy la. early-tending.
Carpenter, Baggot ft Co.: The dedlpe of
vestenlav wria very mmlerate. conaltferIng
the nVevlbu* hdnmc#* and the approaching
holtdnvs ami renlly cmphnsrxe* the under
Iving *tf*-n«th of "the market. We can not
recommend pitrehnse* at thl* time, ami
think sales on strength will iiot l*e amis*.
A reasmitt -le reaction Would lie .In order, nil
thing* considered. .
New Yark Flnanciul Bureau: Reaction-
ary oporatlona mar lie again a-on today on
account of evening.up. bat profwwloaal
hoars will not accomplftli much, (toon Inly
ing opportunities should In* tiro son toil on
further Uearlne** today In the standard
railroads list. Press comment nml market
literature fairly cheerful. Among the best
niirchase* for ttirtta on this reaction, nnd
ther bureaiy* pre- triu're the itpwanl trend I* still well
hope for the much • .‘..J", l|r ^ i n | oll fnclflc. St. Raul. Lend.
t nt least the next $ or n lt . rn paclllc nnd Rock Island preferred.
»h„» tK» „f rights for I.«ml*vllle nnd Nash
ville from it atilwldlary are h-nril.
Iimv-Joites Conipnny: American* In I*on-
don Irregular, with llarrlman issues show
ing arength. Anthracite o|teratora- meet
mTuer* today at 1‘bilatielphla. Government
crop report today, when |w»or showing for
winter wheat Is expected S.mtl.ernl’ncifl.;
meeting today to authorize $82,000,006 Imml
Issue. 8t. Louis nml Chicago municipal
elections ln*th res-tlt In Republican Victo
ria*.
NAVAL STORE*’■
Savannah. April 7.—Turpentine firm at 36;
sale*, none: receipts. 204.
Itosiu. firm: sales. 393: receipt*, 658; water
white. $5.75: window gins-*. $5.7»; K; $D.65;
M. $5.55: K. $5.05; I. Il.lff} II. $3.55: G,
$3.47*4: F. $3.42H; K, $3.35; D, $130; C, B.
A, $3.27*4.
WHEAT
May.... 124
July..,, lift
Sent.... 102
CORN-
Mhy..., «8
July.... 66’
Sent.... 66’
OATfi-
Mny.... 55’
July.... 48
Kent.... 4ft
PORK—
Mar.. 17.95
July.. 17.95
112
10274
123%
1097(1
101*4
68*4* 66*4
5ST*
48*4
40*i*
39H
56%
47%
39%
12174
n'i'J
6614
'55%
17:97*4 17.82*4 17.92% 17.W
17.97*4 17.8ft 17.85 17.87%
17.90 17.9) 17.83 17.90 17.90
LARD-
Mny,. 1ft.17% 10.17% 10.17% 10.17% 10.12%
July.. 10.27% 10.27% 13.22% 10.25 10.22%
Hem... K).to 10.46% 10.37% 19.37% 10.35
HI 118—
May.. 9.37% 9.37% 9.32% 9.32% 9.32%
.lulv... 9.5) 9.52% 9.45 9.47% “ *'
Hept... 9.60 9.6ft 9(6-)
Arkansas—Fair and colder; frost tonight;
Thursday fnir and - colder In the e**t.
Oklahoma—Fair nnd colder; probably fraez
ing tonight; Thursday f*ir and winner.
East lexaa—Fair and colder in interim to-
njght; Thursday fair and warmer..
F.ast Texas—Fair and colder in interior to
night; Thuraday-fair and colder.
•West Texas—Fair and rolderCfreezing in
Panhandle tonight: I Imrsdny fair, .waymer.
The fdllnwlng l.ulletin lias Iwett Issued at
the-wenihet- Inireiitt. Wiishlngtoh:
’•Several days of comtmnitively c<k>1
weiitbet- tirft liutlciuol fur the en*tern hnlf
-of the United. States* with frost lu th#
» nud u
ley* nml the
the middle Atlantic nml New England
states. Float is also likely to occur In tin;,
interior of the'gulf nnd south .Atlantic
states."
Observation* Taken at 7 a. ns., central
tlmt:
GOVERNMENT GRAIN REPORT.
Washington. April 7.—The department of
ogrieultiire declared today thnt the average
condition of winter wheat otf-- April 1 was
92.2 per c ent of the normal, n* against 91.3
(►cr cent on April 1, 1098. 89*) per cent on
April 1. 1907. nml 86.6 per cent th" aver
age condition for the pnat ten v.fi* on
April 1. The decline in condition ir.itu De
cember 1, 1908. to April 1, 1909. was 3.1
G ilnta n* compared with nn average decline
the past ten year* of .6 per cent.
The average condition of rye on April 1
was 82.2 per cent of th« normal, against 89.1
|»er cent on April 1. 1908, nml 89.2 per cent
the average condition for the past ten years
ou April 1.
LIVERPOOL OR AIN MARKET.
Wheat opened l*4d% higher, and nt 1:30
p. m. 1%f*2d higher. Closed 2%03% higher.
Com opened unchanged, and nt 1:30 p. ui.
%©% higher. Closed % higher.
NORTHWEST CARS.
iTemp’ture.l
CHICAGO CAR LOTS
j To»lrtV.
Tomorrow.
Whent ..
Corn
Oat*
ILigw. head
39
215
• 16)
22.0<*>
57
158
173
24.000
.11. Twenty active railroads decline .16.
Wall Street Topic*: Nt. Paul, Judging
from currant g.»**ip. Is tnnrh fnvore*! In ac
tive speculative circles nt present. The
same position scents to exist regarding
Northern Pnclflc. Union Pacific, Southern
Pacific and Rending are return mended by
several important bonne* as g«H».l purchane*
on any r*M-v«*lon*. The same may lie said
Rette.- I.Htif demand for copper, | of Great Northern preferred. Atchison,
orn Products director* will consider next • Pennsylvania. Baltimore ami Ohio nnd New
q#k a bond . Issue for constnigtlon pur- J York tVntrnl. S|»eclrtl bullish talk I* now
V>*<>*. Union Bag and Pn|M>r nununl re- heard on l»otli Missouri Pacific and Norfolk
iM>rt shows falling rff of 14 per cent In uet
earulugs of prevlon* year. No truth lu ru-
Abllcne
Amarillo
Asheville.
ATLANTA
Augusta
Birmingham .. .
Bismarck
Boston
Buffalo
Charleston
Charlotte.. ..
Chicago
Cincinnati
Corpus Cbrlstl..
Denver
Detroit,
Dodge City.. ..
Duluth
EL Paso
Fort Huilth ..
Galveston
Uelenn
Jacksonville.. ..
Kansas City.. ..
Key West
Knoxville
1.0* Angeles.. ..
Macon.. .. .. ..
Memphis
Meridian
Mobile
Modena .
Montgomery.. ..
Nashville
New Orleans.: ..
New York., .. .
Norfolk
Omaha
Palest Inn*. .. ..
Portland. Me
Portland. Ore
Halt latke city..
Snn Francisco.. .
Snnta Pe.. .. ..
Snvnntinli
St. Louis.. .. ..
St. Paul
Kpokane
Tniupa
Thylor
ThomuKvIlle .. ..
Vicksburg.. .. ..
Washington
Wilmington.
Rain-
the semi-announcement that the dividend
had been Increased to 7 per cent, earned
that stock to advance over a point. Atchl-
son wa* strong and advanced over a point^
because of the expectation that when th*
director* met today they would declare a*
Increased dividend. Cora product* and x».i
tlonal Lead were fairly active with «%«.-
Lackawanna added 10 more points to it*
■enMttonai-advance of 30 point*, it sold
nt 600, which is the highest price in it*
j} 8 «i tre , nRlh . WU8 due t0 a re P«rt
thnt the dividend would be Increased from
20 per cent to 25. Another report said thnt
If the dividend was not Increased stockhold.i
ers would probably receive,security righto,!
Ill London American sharea showed th*i
effect of profit-taking nnd liquidation by
foreign houses of securities that have been
purchased about 10 points under the present
market quotations. Later there was som*
improvement due to the strength displayed*
iu M nll-st.
On the New Y'ork curb market Nevada
( onsolldated dominated the trading In th*
mlnlng^hare*. In the gold group Goldfield
(onxollisted wns the feature, while La
Rosp nnd Oliffe were steady in the silver
shit res.
New York, April 7.—Contrary to expect*,
tlons In the street the stock market opened
strong with many '
point. Chesapeake
stock that had a wide .. JPH
rales being recorded as 1,500 from 72% to
<2%. against 72 nt the clgse yesterdav.
American Smelting again sold at 9ft, mak
ing an advance of % over yesterday’s close,
atul People’s Gas moved 1%. selling nt 116.
The traction stocks all made fractional
gains. I-aekawnnna followed Its 30-point ad-
vance yesterday with another Jump of l)
points, making a new nigh, reford at 6fl».
Other changes Were generally In the ehnpe
of fractional gains.
Closing bids follow:
Railway Stocks.
Baltimore and Ohio 112
Canadian Pacific its
Chicago and Alton :i
Chicago and Northwestern 182
Colorado Southern 62
Denver and Rio Grande 48 S
do. preferred as
Erie .. .. . -mi
Illinois Central un
Louisville and Nashville 135
Mexican Centra) 24
Missouri Pacific 73
York Central 130
Pennsylvania i;tg
Reading 137
Rock Island 24
Ht. Paul 149
Southern Pacific 121
Southern Railway 26
Union Pacific i«7
Wabash
Wisconsin Central 53
Interboro-Metro 14s,
Great Northern 15GN
Atlantic Coast Line
Miscellaneous.
T ‘PPer
American Car and Foundry
American Locomotive
America if Cotton Oil .
American Smelting and Refitting .. ..
do. preferred i
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Colorado Fuel and Iron
General Electric
National Biscuit
National Lead
Pacific Mail
People’s Gas 11 b%
Pressed Steel Car 37 V*
Pullman Palace Car 174 \
Sloss-Sbeffleld S(eel
Sugar l
United States Steal
do. preferred 1
do.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
New York. April 7.—Money on call 1 v«
1%: time loan* firm; sixty days 2%«24.
ninety day* 2%C2%. six month* 2%o$.
Sterling exchange $4.8764-88%. with actual
huxinea* In banker*' bill* at $4.8770&4.S7$'
for damn ml nml $4.861064.8620 for sixty-
day bills.
Prime merenutlle paper unchanged in
rates. *
’Commercial bar silver 50%c.
Mexican dollars 44c.
MINING STOCKS.
iiiuu, nytti 1.—vpenin*. uirmr ^...
0*4. Lake Copper 20%. Miami 14%. Art-
Commercial 43%. North Butte .2V
nen 10*-.
Bonn f —
Utah Consolidated 41%, Shot) Machinery
54%, United Fruit 136.
THE TREASURY STATEMENT.
ble cash balance $133,568,411
LONDON STOCK MARKET.
Following are today’s London quotations,
STOCKS-
.ennsylvnnla. London market quiet, but
ahmva good t-WP. Light x business re nor ted
In all European market*, with # a dUitori-
•' "•-“«-«**» before the holiday*. United
appeal* reverse* lower court
NEW YORK PRODUCE.
New York, Apt II 7.—Mitiiienpolia No. 1
northern wlnmt. $1.22%. Wheat, strong: No.
2. re*l, *1.34** f. o. b. Con). (Inn: No. 2
nil xml. 77c (n elevator. Oat*, steady; No.
2 mixed. 56% In c’cvnior. Rye. nmuiunl;
No. 2 Western. 89r f. o. b. Barley, dull;
feed. 7I6<5<- c. I. f. New York. Flour, dull;
nnd Western. Chesapeake and Ohio I* ex
pected to reach the .5 level on this move*
mont. Other Junior rail* proiufm-utly treti-
tinned for higher price* arc Denver nml Rio
Grande. Kansas City Southern. Hock Island $26.5).
preferred and Wabash preferred. Mexican t Pork, steady: in ***. $18.5»). Ijtnl. steady;
Central certificate* are also »-\pi*. tcd to do prime Western, flft.4). Tallow, quiet; prime
of Uni re*| States ”* “
feeil, steady; Western bran to Arrive’,
better. The purchase
ri &
( oflTee, firm; No. 7 Rio. 8%.
Sugar, firm; granutatei), $4.95.
Amalgamated Copper ..
Atm com) a
Atchison
do, preferred
Baltimore nnd Ohio .. ,
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake nnd Ohio .. ,
Denver nmURIn Grande .
do, preferred.. .. .
Erie .. ..
do, first preferred .. .
do, second preferred .
Great Western
Illinois Central
Kansas nnd Texaa .. .
do, preferred
Lonlavllle and Nashville .
Mexican Central
New York Central .
Norfolk and Western »» .
Northern Pacific
Ontario and Western..#.
Pennsylvania ..
Reading .. ..
Rock Island .. .. .. .
Southern Padfle ,, .. .
Southern Railway
do, preferred .. •• .
St. Taul .. ,.
Union Pacific
do, preferred .. .. .. .
United State* Steel .. .
do, preferred .. .. .. .
Wabash
tin, preferred
1:00 I
Open P.M.iriog
m
45%
i«ii llW
134-4
P'i®
uth| I* 1 '
nuAMiMs gont iiATnan.
iDtrwfs O. Jooh. ,,
Following Is compsratlve statemss* « *
fanta Clearing House Araoclatloir —
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Tttemlay.. .. ..
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