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BANKERS TO GET
NEARER PEOPLE
Movement Is Inaugurated to
Become of Greater Serv
ice to the Public.
By B. C. FORBES.
NEW YORK, May 17, —America's bank
srs are to come closer to the people.
They are to take a more practical—less
of a kidglove—interest in affairs. They
ire especially anxious to promote agri
cultural development and the kind of ed
ucation calculated to produce farmers
rather than clerks. It is claimed that
ilreadv 90 of every l,po hankers have
taken farms of their own, but this state
ment. is scarcely credible. Then city
bankers who heretofore have confined
their labors to their private offices are
henceforth to get out and inspect the
properties whose securities they handle.
Tours over railways of which they are
directors will also be more frequent in the
future.
Prompted by a mistaken sense of dig
nity, contracted from contagion with their
European prototypes, our financiers and
bankers have held aloof from open dis
cussion of the problems of the day. This,
too, is being changed. Bankers are to
become more practical, more workaday.
At the bankers’ convention held at
Briarcliff Lodge last week, much impor
tance was attached to a movement for
the promotion of agriculture and agricul
tural education. No fewer than twenty
state bankers’ associations have taken up
the subject, while the American Bankers’
association, the parent body, with a
membership representing 12,000 banks,
has appointed a standing committee to
further the project. One member re
marked: "It is time w'e bankers mix in
the active affairs of the world. We have
stayed on the outside -long enough.”
That was harsh, but true.
* * *
No greater service could be rendered
by the bankers than helping to restore
the popularity of farm life and the effi
ciency of our farmers. Country bankers
know that numbers of plans could be
fostered by them to assist in placing the
best implements and machinery within
reach of the ordinary farmer, in provid
ing farmers and prospective farmers con
venient facilities for learning all about the
value of crop rotation, intensive cultiva
tion. the generous use of fertilizers, stock
breeding, etc., etc. The worthy farmer
should not be hampered by excessive
charges for the loan of funds to introduce
scientific appliances. "land banks." as
they are called in some countries, may
not be feasible, but local co-operation
could do a great deal.
♦ » •
The modern Moses will be that man
who can make two blades of grass grow
where only one or none grew before.
The key to the low cost of living is to
be discovered on the farm. At present It
is lost.
« * «
Fifty years ago only 16 per cent of our
population lived in cities. By 1900 the
ratio had doubled The latest official re
turns show that in 1910 the urban popu
lation was. roundly, 35,000,000, or 37% per
cent. Put differently, the city dwellers
have multiplied since 1860 seven-fold,
whereas the total population has only
trebled. Os every hundred Americans at
the middle of last century 84 lived in the
country and had to feed only sixteen
others: today 62 rural folks have to sup
ply the wants of 38 city people. And do
not forget that every one of the hundred
uses up more food than he did a genera
tion ago A considerable proportion of
them wants even more than it actually
consumes
« • •
If our bankers can reduce the percent
age of city toilers and increase the num
ber of foodstuff producers they will earn
the gratitude of 90,000.000 Americans.
As the newspapers containing this col
umn are speeding Westward and South
ward a party of New York bankers and
heads of investment houses will be in
specting one of the country’s largest steel
plants. These men want to see with
their own eyes what is being done be
fore they consent to invite clients to
subscribe for a huge issue of bonds short
ly to be offered. Such action is not now
rare. and it will be more common in fu
ture. Certain firms not only send their
salesmen to learn all they can about
properties about to be bonded, but
courses of lectures are delivered so that
the men may talk intelligently about
their wares, and, of equal Importance, de
rive enthusiasm over their soundness
Some investment concerns stipulate that
they shall have, a very strong voice in
the management of enterprises they
finance. This .arrangement is likely to
attain greater vogue.
• • *
J. F. Morgan’s cast-iron example, of
refusing to discuss any subject, finan
cial. political or economic, has Influenced
lesser luminaries to maintain silence, but
the shortsightedness of such conduct is
gradually being realized Bankers can
not afford to shut themselves up in their
private parlors It is. as one of them
aptly declared, time they mixed with the
rest of us.
Bonds for Title.
813.000—James Luther Campbell to T.
A Mixon, land lot 106, commencing on
the north side of Piedmont place, 318 feet
west of what was known as Porter prop
erty. 60x137 feet. May 6.
sl,Bßo—Samuel W. Baker tc C. A Dyer,
land lot 75. commencing on the west side
of Formwait street. 160 feet south of the
southwest corner of Glynn street and
Formwait street. 40x220 feet May 9
s9,3oo—Mrs. Louise, H. Turnbull to Mrs.
1.. 1.. Ferris, land lot 107, commencing at
the northeast corner of Spring and Tenth
streets. 99x150 feet. May 9.
Mortgage.
$893.75 —R. H. Williamson to the Se
curity State Bank, land lot 16. beginning
on the north side of Drewry street. 594.3
feet west of the northwest corner of said
street and Highland (venue. 100x179 feet
May 10.
ESTABLISHED 1861
The Lowry National Bank
OF ATLANTA, GA.
CAPITAL. - $1,000,000
SLJRPL.US ” 1,000,000
Designated Depository of the United St Jes,
County of Fulton, City of Atlanta.
INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS.
’ DAILY STATISTICS
Building Permits.
$250- R. .1. Griffin: dwelling at 240 Wil
liams street.
$3.500 —Webb & Jones; dwelling at 114
McLendon street
ssoo—Craig Cofield; additions at 91
Crew street
$1.400 —Ed R. Hayes; house at 333 South
Boulevard.
$2.250—H. H. Weems; dwelling at 103
Ormond street.
s7so—Chenney Hughes; dwelling at 171
Connally street.
$3.000 —Atlanta Construction Company,
dwelling on Catherine street.
$3,000 - Atlanta Construction Company;
dwelling at 153 Cooper street.
$1.200 —C. Alston; repairs at 38-40 Au
burn avenue.
$250 —F. G. Adair: repairs at 42 Auburn
avenue.
s6oo—Carrie Henderson; dwelling in
Rockwell street.
SS.OOO—W- W. Roberts; dwelling at 647
Ponce DeLeon avenue.
$1,700 —Woodward Lumber Company;
repairs at 8-10 Murphy street.
Warranty Deeds.
$1.500 —Mrs. Nannicln Ficklen Ma -
tin to Georgia Savings Bank and Trust
Company, land lot 46. beginning on the.
northwest corner of Hogue street, and
an alley running from said street, to
Boulevard, 40x136 feet. May 8.
S99O—A. S. Thompson to John H.
Boston, land lot 11, on the west side of
Gilbert street, 240 feet north from the
northwest corner of said street and
Eden avenue, 60x162 feet. May 7.
$lO0 —J. S. Harris to Mrs. Eliza A.
Akins, land lot 113, on the west side of
Ashby street. 46x179 feet. May 11.
$50 —Same as above, to E. P. Akins,
same property, some rate.
slo,ooo—Mrs. Cora W. Weaver to Mrs.
V eanerley, a tract of parcel of land, be
ing one of the sub-division of lot 3,
block 159, in land lot 78. at the northwest
corner of West Baker and Williams
streets. 53x100 feet. May.
S2OO—A. D. Adair to John .1. Simpson,
land lot 74, at the northeast corner of
Fortress avenue and Boykin street, 40x110
feet. March 6, 1911
s37s—Frank C. Owens to E. Rivers,
land lot 15, block 6, of the "Peachtree
Heights, on the west side of Brookwood
drive, . -X270 feet. May 8.
sl.l7s—Same to same as above, lot 5,
block 1, in "Peachtree Heights." on
Peaehtree way, 80x350 feet May 8.
sl.2oo—Same to same as above, lot 15,
block 2, in "Peachtree Heights," on the
West side of Parkside drive, 90x316 feet
May 8.
$3.500 —E. W. and A. A. Rose to Rene
J. Martin land lot 15. on the west side of
Highland avenue, 307.5 feet north of the
northeast corner of said avenue and Cle
burne avenue, 50x150 feet. June 3, 1910
$1,600--Same party as above to E Mr-
Adamson, land lot, same as above. May
10, 1909.
SI,7OO—L. B Sanders to .1. H Whise
nant, land lot, 150 feet west of the south
west corner of Sunset and Simpson
streets. 46x100 feet. January 29.
$2.800 —J. S. if. Whisenant to Mrs. M.
A Baxter, land lot same as above. Mav
7.
840 —W. A. White to W. H. Bone, land
~2 5 an<l bein « lot 222 In block A. of
Hollywood cemetery. May 10.
S6.OOO—F. J. Cooledge et al. to James
B. Baird. Jr.. land lot 49, on the south
side of Eighth street, 50x100 feet. April
I, —Goldfield Investment Company to
M. .1. Campbell, land lot 127. on the north
side of Virginia avenue. 150x21.0 feet. Also
lot on west side of Rainey avenue, 50x
145 feet Also lot on same avenue, as
above. 68 feet south of the southwest
corner of said avenue and Orchard street.
50x145 feet. April 12
$550- Asa G. Candler to John H. Mc-
Cord. land lot 13, at the Northeast cor
ner of Clay and Esten streets. 120x125
feet. May 6.
Warranty Deed to Secure Loan.
$2,500- Mrs. Ada H. Fox to the Trav
elers Insurance Company, land lot 108, on
the north side of Sixteenth street. 355 feet
west of the northwest corner of said
street and West reachtree street, 48x
217 feet. May 2.
s4.ooo—Katherine B. Holt to same as
above, land lot 106, on the west side
of West Peachtree street, 50x156 feet.
April 27.
SI,OOO Mrs M A. Baxter to F. A. Cut
tie. land lot 110. on the south side of
Simpson street. 46x100 feet. Mav 7
S4OO—C M Galliene to Mrs. V. C. Con
yers. land lot 109. on the west side of
Roach street. 200 feet south from West
Fair street, 20x150 feet. May 10.
Bonds for Title.
$1,500 - Mrs. Annie C. H. Mathewson
to E. C. Hicks, land lot 14ft. on the south
side of Greensferry avenue, 50x150 feet.
January 30. 1911.
Samp to same as above, transferred
to same, same property. May 7.
$2,100 —Frank Schmid to A. C. Riley,
Jr., and A. H. Jones, Jr., land lot 16,
commencing on the south side of Drew -
ry street, 268 feet west of the south
west of corner of said street, and
Highland avenue, 49x152 feet. May 13.
$9,400 Vassar Woolley to Eugene Ober
dorfer, land lots 77. 78, 79. 80 and 81, ac
cording to map of Peachtree park. 200
xSOO feet May 9.
SI.2OO—J. M. Tinnier to Walton I’.
Harper, land lot 74, on the east side
of Fortress avenue and Boykin street.
40x110 feet. May 12, 1910.
sßoo—-Thomas M. Wright to Hibernia
Saving. Building and Loan Association,
iand lot 45. 130 feet south of Tanner
street. 44x140 feet. Mav 9.
ss,ooo—Mrs. 8. C. Harvill to T. T. Pope,
land lot 13, on the north side of Kirk
wood avenue, 40x121, feet. May 6.
$9.300 —Mrs. Louise H. Turnbull to Mrs,
L. L. Ferris, land lot 107. on the north
east corner of Spring and Tenth streets,
99x150 feet May 9
Loan Deed.
$4,500 H. C. Fordman and Mrs. War
verley Fordman. land lot 78. th ß m.rth
side of West Baker street, 55x168 feet.
May 9.
s4.soo—Same party as above to the
Southern States Life Insurance Company,
same property as above, 53x100 feet.
Same date.
$1,500 Rene J. Martin to Hibernia Sav
ing, Building and Loan Association, land
lot 15. on the west side of Highland ave
nue. 50x150 feet. Mav 9.
$1,200 L. H. Weil et al, to M. L. Craw
ford. land lot 43. commencing on the
southeast corner of Bass street and Oak
land avenue, 45x115 feet. May 7.
Administrator’s Deed.
s6oo—-J. M. Akins to J. S. Harris, land
lot 113, on the west side of Ashby
street, 46x179 feet. May 7.
J, 1,. Johnson to William A, Simpson,
land lot 74, on the west side of South
Pryor street, from the southwest corner
of said street and Railroad street, 78x
155 feet, July 8. 1910.
Quit Claim Deeds.
$1 and other valuable considerations
Mrs, Carrie Mayer to .1,1,. Bowles, land
lot 48. on the south side of Fourth street,
159 feet west of the southwest corner
of Jackson and said street. 55x150 feet.
May 9.
s2oo—Phillip Alexander to Walton Har
per. land lot 74, on the southwest corner
of South Pryor and Railroad streets, 78x
155 feet December 11. 19111.
$5 and other valuable considerations—
I nion Saving P.ank to L. B. Sanders, lot
known as 518 Simpson street. 46x100 feet
May 7.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: FRIDAY, MAT 17. 1912.
STOCKS FIB
IN LATE SESSION
Many Issues Show Substantial
Gains, While Others Rally
Toward Close.
NEW VoRK. May 17. Responding tn
easier Liverpool cables and to reports of
favorable weather over the Southern belt.
Hip cotton market opened barely steady
with declines from 6 to 12 points today.
Selling by outside longs added further
pressure upon the list. .After the call the
market was irregular, hut showed no spe
cial weakness •
futures and spots were quiet in Liv
erpool with prices shaded.
The market received 11111** suppprt dur
ing the morning session, and while the
undertone was steady, prices were In
clined to sag. At 2 o’clock declines of 9
to 11 points from the previous close
were quoted
’The visible supply of American cotton
decreased during the past week 183,933
bales, against a decrease the same week
last year of 132,153 and a decrease the
year before of 118,616 the year before.
Other kinds decreased 2,000, against a
fleerease of 12,000 last year and an in
crease of 11,000 the year before. The to
tal visible supply decreased 185.933,
against a decrease of 144.253 last year
and a decrease of 107.616 the year before.
'The market rallied in the last hour and
closed very steady ar the top levels of the
session, net unchanged to 2 points lower
to 1 point, higher, as compared with last
night s closing.
World’s visible supply:
| 1912, r 19~U.~n
American 3,316,790 2.045.991 2.054,441
other kinds ... 1,165,000 1.182,000:1,189,000
Total all kinds.. 14,481,790 3.227,991 3,243,441
World’s spinners’ takings:
~| 1912. | 1911. I 1910
Fortheueek.' 265,000: 198,0001 195,000
Since Sept. 1, 12,397,000 10.117,00Qi 9,180,000
Movement into sight:
1 1912. L 19,11. : 1910.
Overland w’k! 14,001 12,21.5 9,968
Since Sept. 1.: 915,375 885,484 747,167
In sight week: 85,027 65,934 76,760
Since Sept. 1.14,922.113 11,381,429 9,763,067
S<>. eonsump. 34,0001 32,000 36.000
Weekly interior movement:
Receipts I 37,569- 25,603! 25,947
Shipments | 53,5351 57,000; 67.758
Stocks . 260,797'223,693:275,775
RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES.
j i « j i £1
| O K J Jco U C-O
Ma y 11.2t7F1.25'11.17 i 11.25?T1.27-29 J 1.27-29
June 1 1.22 11.22 11.22 11.22 11.28-30 11.28-30
July 11.26 11.34 11.22 11.33'11.33-34 11.34-85
Aug. 111.31 11.39111.2f1|11.39111.40-41'11.40-41
Sept. 111.29 11.29:11.29 11.29111.40-42 11.40-42
Oct. 11.41 11.48 11.36:11.47|l 1.47-48111.48-50
Nov. | | | ; 111.50-52111.51-53
Dec. 111.48111.57111.45:11.57:11.56*57111.58-59
Jan. |11.40111.54 11.40:1.1.53111.53-54111.52-53
Feb. 11.4011 1.44 11.40 11.44 11.54-56:11.53-55
Mar. 111.52 1 1.62 1.1,47111.62 11.61-62; 11.61-62
Closed very steady,
Liverpool was due unchanged on old
and % to 1 point lower on new crops.
Opened steady at 1 to 2 points decline
At 12:15 p. m. was dull at a net decline
of % to 1% points. Fair business in
spots at 8 points decline; middling 6.47;
sales 8,000; American 6,900: speculation
and export 500; Imports 4,000; American
none.
The market closed si early at declines of
2% to 3 points from the previous close.
RANGE IN LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
Futures opened quiet.
Opening. Fre».
Range. 2 P. M. Close. Close.
May .6.26 6.24% . .. 6.231 s 6.26
May-June 6.25’, 2 -6.25 6.25 6.23% 6.26%
•lune-. July
July-Aug. 6.28 -6.27% 6.26 6.26 6.29
Aug-Sept. 6.27 -6.26 6.27 6.25 628
Sept.-Oct 6.24 6.24 6.22 625
Oct.-Nov. 6.21 -6.22 6.22 6.20 623
Nov.-Dec 6.19%-6.20 6.20 6.18% 621
Dec.-Jan. 6.19% 6.19% 6.18 6'20%
Jan.-Feb. 6.19 - 6.20 6.20 % 6.18 620%
Feb.-Mar. 6.20% 6.20% 6.18% 6.'21
Mar.-Apr. 6.20 -6.21% 6.21% 6.19% 6,22
Closed steady.
HAYWARD & CLARK S
DAILY COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS, May 17— Liverpool
was steady on futures, but quoted 8 points
lower on spots, with sales of 8.000 bales.
The market, however, gave way as soon
as easiness appeared in New York. We
opened about 8 points down and there
were comparatively few sellers. Like Liv
erpool. our market showed fear of the
controlling power of the Northern bull
interests, and the consequent scarcity of.
sellers made itself felt when the gov
ernment forecast was posted predicting
increased cloudiness for east Texas, and
unsettled tomorrow’ in Oklahoma, which
caused a little buying. Small as the de
mand was it advanced prices promptly.
Today’s dry goods reports had a less
optimistic tone, but it is thought that
business will improve with the better
weather in the South and warmer weather
in the Northwestern states.
Liverpool cables: "No speculative sell
ing. Spots stagnant everywhere. Spin
ners overstocked. Europe oversupplied.
Present crop beginning to weigh heavily.
Texas already offering new crop ship
ments.”
Our market held steady during the
morning around opening figures. The
small movement figures were the basis
for some support, but everybody knows
that the principal cause for the small into
sight is the absence of export demand.
RANGE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
c I -C w x •* ► w
V ’ tie ► i o 4/ F
a . - I 0 4 4 I C 2
o K I J 2Z I L>
l__ t__J I I
Mav 11.68’H‘71 li.GoJl .68 11.51 -53111.75-76
.lune ....... J 1 |11.54-56'11.63-64
■lulv 11.82! 11.90,11.78 11,88i11.69-71|11.90-91
Aug 11.64 1 1.64 1 1.64 1 1.64'1 1.73-75 1 1.74 -75
Sept 1 1.75-77 11.64-65
Oct 11 50 11.57111.45 11.57111.88-89111.57-58
Nov ... J (.. ..' 11.74-76111.58-59
Dec' 11.51 U 159 11.47 11.58111.63-64:11.59-60
.lan ' 111.57-58 11.61-62
Feb ■■ ■ 11.57-59 11.63-64
Mar ' . . . '1 1.58-59 11.73-74
Closed steady.
SPOT COTTON MARKET.
Atlanta, steady, middling 11%.
New York, quiet; middling 11.65
Now Orleans, quiet, middling 11%
Liverpool, easier; middling 6.47 d.
Savannah, steady; middling 119-16
lugusta, steady; middling 12c.
Mobile, steady; middling 11%.
Galveston, steady; middling 12c.
Norfolk, quiet; middling 11%.
Wilmington, dull; middling 11%.
Little Rock, quiet; middling 11%
Charleston, steady; middling 11%.
Louisville, firm; middling 11%.
Philadelphia, steady; middling 11.90.
Boston, quiet; middling 11.65
Baltimore, nominal: middling 11%.
Memphis, steady; middling 11%.
St. Louis, steady; middling 11%,.
Houston, quiet; middling 11%.
Louisville, firm; middling 11%.
PORT RECEIPTS.
The following table shows receipts at
the ports today compared with the same
day last year:
I 1912 I 13JL ’
New Orleans. . . L 125 I ' .I.':
Galveston 1.937 3,232
Mobile 141 105
Savannah. 1,415 1,523
Charleston 38 174
Wilmington. . . 134 49
Norfolk ..... . 945 516
Baltimore 1.495 585
Boston. . . 16| ! 12
Newport Nev:. . 1,348
Brun-o irk . . . 419 "00
Port Arthur. . . 4.112
Various
'~fcdaL . . 77i 9475
| NEWS AND GOSSIP,
Os the Fleecy Staple
(From Hayward Clark.)
NEW YORK. Max 17. <.’ar pen ter. Bag
got A. Co.: Ring selling with little sup
port on the opening. Selling based on
good map and probability of no govern
ment report being issued in .lune.
The government will issue its report
on the first Monday in .July.
Dick Bros.. Pell. Liverpool houses and
springs best buyers at 11’a. m.
Dallas. Texas, wires: ’’Texas and Okla
homa dear and cool: few scattered clouds
in east Texas.”
Following are 11 a. ni. bids: May ll.lt>;
July 1125; October 11.41; .January 1L46.
Estimated receipts Saturday;
1912. 1911
New Orleans 2,700 to 3.000 2,433
Galveston 900 to 1.400 978
NEW ORLEANS. May 17. Hayward A?
Clark The weather map shows all fair
except partly cloudy in Oklahoma and
Tennessee mountains; no rain except a
little along the Atlantic coast and Ten
nessee mountains Temperatures 6to 12
degrees higher in the Western states.
Indications are for continued fair weath
er in the Eastern states.
New* Orleans Times-Democrat The
promise of a postponement of the agri
cultural bureau’s acreage and condition
report to a later date than June 4 uas
necessary to inject real courage into (he
bears. They had a weather map showing
only light showers during the 24 hours
ending yesterday morning, ami the most
favorable weather forecast the market
has had in many weeks, but for some rea
son, presumably the presence of many
shorts at a time when port stocks are
dwindling rapidly, confined the vigor of
the bearish campaign to words rather
than deeds. Postponement of the acre
age and condition report Is another mat
ter. The start of the crop has been late
and under adverse conditions, and no
matter how good the weather might be
between this date and May 25, the bureau
report would probably show a bullish
state of affairs. A month later good
weather may have done all the good it
can do. and on June 25 the crop may look
its best. At that time the swing from
soggy fields to a worked-out crop may
establish a striking contrast, and at that
time little or no effect from the crucial
summer drouth period will be apparent.
In other words, the bear seems to feel
that an initial acreage and condition re
port as of June 25 will be more apt to
favor his cause than an Initial report as
of May 25. and for this reason the an
nouncement that the United States sen
ate will today vote to postpone the date
was interpreted bearlehly.
INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
i~ i9i7? j 1911:
Houston 1.648 1 632
Augusta 1 725 19
Memphis 1.333 552
St. Louis. | 951 1.368
Cincinnati ... 660
"Total I 4,657 i 3,2~3T~
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.
Thompson, Towle & Co : We are not
prepared for active speculative interest in
the market.
Stemberger. Sinn 4 Co.: We do not
look for anything but traders market for
the present.
Dick Bros.: Sentiment seems to be con
fused
Miller A Co.: The short side appeals to
us.
Hayden. Stone & Co.: An unbiased view
would seem to favor a decline from cur
rent levels.
THE WEATHER
Condition*.
WASHINGTON. May 17, The weather
will be fair tonight and Saturday over
the eastern and southern portions of the
country with somewhat lower tempera
tures tonight in New York and the Middle
Atlantic states, it will be slightly warmer
Saturday in the Ohio valley.
General Forecast.
Virginia - Fair tonight; Saturday fair;
slightly warmer in the southwest por
tion.
North Carolina -Fair tonight, cooler in
the extreme eastern portion. Saturday
fair.
South Carolina—Fair tonight and Sat
urday.
tJeorgia—Fair tonight, warmer in the
northwest portion; Saturday fair.
Florida—Generally fair tonight and Sat
urday.
Alabama and Mississippi—Fair tonight
and Saturday: slightly warmer tonight in
northern portion.
Ixtuisiana, Arkansas. Oklahoma and
West Texas—Fair tonight and Saturday
East Texas —Increasing cloudiness to
night and Saturday.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO, May 17.—Hogs—Receipts
15.000; market steady to a shade lower;
mixed awl butchers $7.4008.02; good
heavy $7.800 8.02; rough heavy $7.40©’.65;
light $7.3507.90; pigs $5.5007.10; bulk
$7.80 0'7.95.
Cattle - Receipts 1.000; mark strong;
beeves $6.0009.30; cows and heifers $2,500
8.00: Stockers and feeders $4.9006.85;
Texans $5.8007.50; calves $7.000 8.60.
Sheep—Receipts 6,000; market, weak:
native and Western $4.900 6.40; lambs.
$6.5008.75.
ATLANTA LIVE STOCK MARKET.
(By W. H. White, Jr., of the White Pro
vlalon Company.)
Quotations based on actual purchases
during the current week;
Choice to good steers, 1,000 to 1,200 , 6 00
@6.50; good steers, 800 to 1.000, 5.5006.00;
medium to good steers. 700 to 850, 5.000
5.75; good to choice beef cows. 800 to 900,
4.7505.00, medium tn good beef cows, 700
to 800. 4.50 0 4.75: good to choice heifers.
750 to 850. 4.54®5»0; medium to good
heifers. 650 to 750, 4.000'4.75.
The above represent ruling prices of
good quality of beef cattle Inferior
grades and dairy types selling lower.
Mixed common steers, if fat, 700 to 800,
4 50 0 5.00: mixed common cows, if fat. 600
to 800. 4 00@4.50; mixed common bunches
to fair. 600 to 800. 2.7503.50; good butch
er bulls, 3.2504.00.
Prime hogs, 100 io 200 average. 7.500;
7.75 c; good butcher hogs, 140 to 160, 7.400
7.60; good butcher pigs. 100 to 140. 7.25@
7.35: light pigs. 80 to 100 . 6.00 06.25; heavy
rough hogs. 200 to 250, 6.7507.25.
Above quotations apply to corn-fed
hogs Mast and peanut fattened hogs, 1®
!%<■ and under.
Moderate supply of cattle in yards this
week Market steady and unchanged.
Receipts rather irregular in quality and
weights. Better grades of steers scarce
and strong.
Fair supply of medium cattle; quality
mostly ordinary.
Mr. James T. Anderson, of Marietta,
was in the yards this week w’ith the sec
ond load of steers from his feed lots, av
eraging 1.100 to 1.200 pounds. This load
topped the market for the week.
Mr. Anderson Is considered one of the
most enthusiastic feeders we have. He
prides himself on producing the highest
quality of beef steers and hfs offerings
are always looked upon with favor by the
local packers.
Hog receipts are some better than last
week: market steady.
NAVAL STORES.
SAVANNAH, May 17. Turpentine firm
at 47%; sales 50: receipts 982.
Rosin firm; receipts 3,169: window glass
$7.35, water white $7.27%0;7.30. N $7.25
07.30. M $7.22% 07.27%. K $7.2007.25, I
$7.170 7.20. II $7.1507.17%. G $7.12%®>
7.15. F $7.1007.15. E $6.750 6.90, D $6.45
06.60. G B A $606 20.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.
c n ff quotations:
I Opening | Closing.
January ? . . . j 13.64$ 13’70113.66ai3.67
February 13 600 13.68’13.64013.65
March ! 13.67 113.68013.69
April 13.65® 13.70:13.68013.69
Mat . . . . ’8 40013 SO 13 45013 46
June ....... 13.45013 60 13 46013.47
July .... 'l3 50 1349013.50
August . . . . 13 59 01370 13 59013.60
September. ... 1$ 65013 70 13 69013 70
October . . 18 6801.3 70113.67(813 68
November. . . . '3.65013 70 13.67013 68
Perrmbm- ’3 630 13 66 13 <5013 66
“Closed steadj” Sales, 26,500 bags.
BEmS SELL ON
COTTDNMARKET
Lack of Support, Weak Cables
and Favorable Weather
Cause Steady Decline.
By CHARLES W. STORM.
NEW YORK. May 17 —Sharp realizing
sales of Canadian Pacific in the London
market caused a loss of 3% in that issue
here at the opening of the New York
market today. Later there was a rally.
Although many stocks were under press
ure at the outset, a stronger tone devel
oped at the end of fifteen minutes' trad
ing and a number of stocks which bad
suffered declines in tbs first trading either
recovered a part or all of their early loss.
Soma, made gains.
Union Pacific was swung by the reac
tion after having opened at 169%, or •’«
under Thursday's closing. It recovered
its loss and made a fractional gain
United States Steel, after starting off
%. recovered. Utah Copper stocks were
in fairly good demand.
The curb was steady.
\merlcans in London lacked support,
which was chiefly the cause for the early
weakness in the New York market.
An irregular tone was shown in the
late forenoon. The coal stocks showed
pronounced strength, with Lehigh Valley
moving up more than a point, while many
other issues displayed pronounced weak
ness. especially the Wabash issues
Little interest was shown in the impor
tant issues in the late afternoon and price
changes in the leading railroads and in
dustrials were limited to small fractions.
Consistent buying advanced the price of
Brooklyn Rapid Transit to over 87. nr a
gain of 1 point.
The market closed steady.
Governments unchanged; other bonds
steady.
Stock quotations:
I I I Last I Clos |Prev
STOCKS— [HlghlLow.lSale. l_Bld. ICl’s*
Amal. Copper. 83%. 82%i 83L> 83% 83%
Am. Ice See...! 27% 37 i 37% 27% 27%
Am. Stig. Ref.ll3l '130% f 1.30%, 130% I P.O
Am. Smelting : 85% 84%l 85 85 84%
Am. Locomo.. ....I .... .... 41%: 41%
Am Car Fdy.J 58%: fig%! 58% 58 , 58%
Am. Cot. 0i1...! 54%
Am Woolen .. .... ....I ....I 80% 28%
Anaconda 42 I+3 ! 42% 42%' 42%
Atchison . . . 106%!106 1106% 106% 105%
A. C. L 140 140 1140 1140 ’ 140
Am. Can I 39% 37%| 39 ! 38%! 30%
do. pref. ..!117%116 1117% 117 11.18
Am. Beet Stig 78% 73 73%' 73% 73
Am. T. and T. 145% 145% 145%H45% 145%
Am. Agrlcul. . I . ..I 61 60
Beth. Steel ....; 39% 38%l 39 ' 88% 38%
B. R. T 188 86 |BB 87’% 85%
B and 0 109 109 109 J 09% 109%
Can. Pacific ... 266’, 265 266% 266% 268%
Com Products 16 15’,: 16 15% 15%
C. and O ' 79 78%! 79 78% 78%
Consol. Gas .J142%1142%:142%:142% 142%
Cen. Leather I I ....; 25% 25%
Colo. F. and I.! I .... 29 I 29
Colo. South... 1 1 .... 42% 43
D. and H. ....I ! .... 171 % 170%
Den. and R. G.l 20% 20%| 20%1 20% 20%
Distil. Secur. ..I 32 132 32 |33 I 31%
Erie | 36 , 35% 35% 36%: 35%
do, pref . 54 I 53% 54 53%: 54
Gen. Electric |169 1169 169 169% 169
Goldfield Cons.l 4 4 4 3% 4
G. Western .. .. . : 17%: 17%
G North., pfd. 131 %i!3l % 131% 131 %!131 %
G. North. Ore. 44 42% 43% 48% 42
Int. Harvester |IM% 121% 121% 121% 122
111 Central ... 126%’126 126% 126%425%
Interboro . 20% 20% 20% 20% 20%
do, pref. . 59%: 59% 593,
lowa Central .... ... : .... 12%l 12%
K. C. South.... 25% 25% 25% 25%l 25
K and T . 28 28 28 28%| 276,
do, pref .. ; .... 61 j 60
L. Valley. . . 176% 174%!17«% 176% 174%
L. .and N. . .'159 169 1159 159 169
Mo. Pacific . .! 39% 39% 39% 39% 39%
N. V. Central 120%|U8%!120 119%,119%
I Northwest.. . :138%|137%1138% 137% 137
Nat. Lead. . .: 57%l 57%! 57% 67% 57
N. and W . .:112%'112% : 112% 112% 112%
No. Pacific . .120 119% 120 119% 119%
O. and W. . .! 38 38 38 38 38
Penn...... 1123% 123% 123% 123 % 123 %
Pacific Mall .1 .... . ...| ... ' 32%l 32
P. Gas Co. . .! .....1 .. .108% 108%
P. Steel Car .. . 35%I 35
Reading . . 176 % 174%: 175% 175%’175
Rock Island . 28% 27% 28% 27% I 28%
do. pfd.. . . 56%: 56% 56% 56%I 55%
R. I. and Steel 24 ! 23%: 23% 23%l 23%
do. pfd.. . . 80 ; 78% 79%l 79 79
S. -Sheffield ... .' 50%: 50%
So. Pacific . . Ut%;ill'. 4 112% 111%'1U%
So. Rallwav . 28%l 28%i 28% 20% 28%
do. pfd.. . . 74 74 I 74 74 I 73%
St. Paul. . :1O6%!1O5% 106 106 106%
Tenn. Copper 43%l 43% 43% 43%l 43
Texas Pacific 26%l 24% 34% 24% 23%
Third Avenue ! 40 I 40 ! 40 40 i 40%
Union Pacific 1171 169% 170% 170%i170
U. S. Rubber i 59%: 59 |59 59% 59
Utah Copper .! 63% 62%' 63% 62% 62%
U S. Steel . . 70%: 69% 70% 70 69’,
do. pfd I ... J ... .1111% 110%
V. Chetn. .151%: 51% 51% 51% 51%
West. Union - 88%: 82%: 83 82%1 82%
Wabash . . .: 7%i 7%: 7% 8 I 8%
do. pfd.. .: 20%' 20 ' 20% 20%| 21%
West. Electric ....I 74% 74%
Wls Central ......... I ....: 52 : .. . .
W. Maryland ! .... ...J .... 58 58%
Total sales, 492, 218 shares.
MINING STOCKS.
BOSTON. May 17 - Opening old Col
ony 8%: North Butte 7; Indiana 20; May
flower 11%.
LOCAL STOCKS AND BONOS.
Bld Asked.
Atlanta * West Point R R... 140 145
American National Bank .... 205 Ji t ,
Atlantic Coal A ice common. 102 104
Atlantic Coal A Ice pref s» 9$
Atlanta Brewing & Ice C 0... 17$
Atlanta National Bank .... 835
Central Bank A Trust Corp.. 140 159
Exposition Cotton Mills 100 1 65
Fourth National Bank 225 230
Fulton National Bank 125 130
Ga Rv A Elec, stamped.... 127 120
Ga Rv A. Pow. Co . common 28 31
do. Ist pfd................. $2 s7u
do. 2d pfd 4a 45'
Hillyer Trust Company 125 uq
Ixiwrv National Bank 248 250
Realty Trust Company 108 no
Sixth Ward Bank 99% joi
Southern Ice common 72% 74
Third National Bank, new .. 3on 210
Trust Co. of Georgia , 225 235
Travelers Bank & Trust Co.. 135 12s
BONDS.
Atlanta Gas Light Ist 6s ... 104% ...
Georgia State 4%5, 1915 .... 101 102
Georgia Midland Ist 3s «o «j
Ga. Ry. & Elee. Co 5s 101 % ...
Ga. Ry. A Elec. ref. 5s *99 99%
Atlanta Consolidated 5s 104
Atlanta Northern Ry E».... 95
Atlanta City 3%5, 1981 91 93
Atlanta City 4%5, 1931 108 105
Southern Bell 6s 99% ui%
NEW YORK GROCERIES.
NEW YORK, May 17 -Coffee stead'
No. 7 Rio spot, 14% tasked) Rice firm;
domestic, ordinary to prime. 4%05%.
Molasses quiet; New Orleans, open ket
tle. 35045. Sugar, raw, steady: cen
trifugal. 3.92; muscovado, 3.42; molasses
sugar, 3.17; refined quiet: standard granu
lated. 5.0505.15; cut loaf. 5.90; crushed.
5.80; mold A, 5.50: cubes. 5.2505.35; pow
dered. 5.100 5.20; diamond A. 5 10. confec
tioners A. 4.850 5.95; No. 1, 4.850'5.95: No.
2. 4 8004.90; No. .’l. 4.750'4.85; No. 4. 4.70
@4.80.
Cheese steady; white milk specials. 16%
tasked); whole milk fancy, 16 tasked):
skims, specials, 11011%; skim.s tine, 9%
@lO% . full skims, 7 tasked).
COTTON SEED OIL.
NEW YORK, May 17.—Carpenter, Bag
got A Co.: The market was easy, open
ing at a decline of 2 to 7 points under
moderate liquidation, owing to weakness
in lard and grain and In the absence of
outside demand
Cotton seed oil quotation*:
I Opening, i Clesin* ~
Spot ' , 7 0507.20”
5-fay 7.0107.11 I 7 O9OJ 13
June 7 0807.15 ; 7.090 7 16
July 7 1607.17 7 1607 18
August 7 3107.26 I 7 280 7.24
September 7 2707.28 7.2707.29
October ' 7.2207.24 ; 7.2207.24
November 6 6806.75 6 7206 76
December 6 5+06 62 : < 6306,65
ciosed”steady, sales 16,200
jATLANTA MARKETSj
EGGS Fresh country candled, 17$l8c.
BUTTER—Jersey and creamery, m Ute.
blocks. 20’ 2^i 25c; fresh country dull, 12‘zz
QJ l.*M- per pound
DRESSED POULTRY—Drawn, head and
pcr P°und. Mens, 17@l8c; fries.
-bCa'LiC Roosters. Turkeys, ow-
Ing; to fatness. 18<®20c.
POUL TRY—Hens. 40045 c: roost
f’’ s - 25'<7.'10c; fries, 30@50c; broilers. 25*®
ducks. 35*& 10r; Tekiu ducks,
4O@4s>c; Keose. 504t)60c each; turkeys, ow
ing to fatness.
FRUITS and produce.
FRLIT AX’D VEGETABLES—Lemons,
fancy. per box. Florida
?^ a i 1 5 es ’’
caa 2 per P° un «l Grape fruit, ss.oo*®
per crate. Cabbage, 1 m®2c per pound
Florida cabbage. s2@2 50 per crate. Pea
per P o,, nd, fancy Virginia. 6H(g>7c’.
Beans. round green
ppr crate Florida celery.
5~.00(fz w .50 per crate. Squash, yeltow.
six-basket crates. $1 50<ft2.00 Lettuce,
fancy, i.ap. choice, $1.25@1.50 per
crate. Beets, $3.00@3.50 per barrel. Cu
cumbers. 75<®51.00 per crate. English
peas, per drum. New Irish po
tatoes. per barrel. per barrel.
Strawherries. s(®6c per quart
Cgg plants. $2.50'3'3 00 per crate. Pep
per. $1.757j2 00 per crate. Tomatoes,
six-basket crates, $2.50@>3.00;
choice t°m a toes. $1.7502 00 Pineapples.
per crate Onions, $2.00'3'2.50
pct’ bushel. Sweet potatoes, p. yam, $1.50
UR bel Cranberries,
12.00 per barrel; 50c per gallor..
PROVISION MARKET.
(Corrected by White Provision C«.l
Cornfield barns. 10 to 12 lbs. average,
IbLc.
Co-nfield hams. \2 to 14 lbs. average
jb’ 4 c.
Cornfield skinned hams. 16 to IB lbs.
Cornfield picnic hams. 6 to I lbs. aver-
Cornfield breakfast bacon. 23c.
Grocer style bacon (wide or narrow).
11 Vac.
Cornfield ftesh pork sausag* (link ot
bulk), 25-lb. buckets, 13c.
Cornfield frankfurters, 10-lb. buckets,
age. 10c.
Cornfield bologna sausage, 2b-t>. box*s,
9c.
Cornfield luncheon hams, 25-lb. boxes.
11c
Cornfield spiced jellied meats In 10-lb.
dinner pails. 10c.
Cornfield smoked link sausage. 25-lb.
boxes, 9c
Cornfield smoked link sausage In pickle.
50-lb. cans, $4.25.
Cornfield frankfurters in pickle, 15-lb,
kits. $1.50
Cornfield pickled nigs feet. 15-lb kits.
SI.OO.
Cornfield pure lard (fierce basis), 12%c.
Country style cure lard, 50-lb. tins only.
12c
Compound lard (fierce hasisi. 10c.
D. S. extra ribs. 11%c
D. S. rib bellies, medium average,
12% e
D. S. rib bellies, light average. 12%c.
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLOUR - Postell's Elegant, $7.50; Gloria
(self-rising), $6,50; Victory (finest pat
ent), $6.75; Faultless, finest. $6.50; Swans
down (highest patent), $6.25: Home
Queen (highest patent). $600: Puritan
(highest patent I. $6.00; Sun Rise (half
patenti. $5 50: Tulip flour. $4 50; White
Cloud (highest patent), $5.76: Diadem
(highest patent), $5.50: Farm Bell, $5.40.
Paragon (highest patent). $6.00: White
Lily (highest patent), $5.75; White Daisy.
$5.75: Southern Star. $6.50 Sun Beam,
$5.50: Ocean Spray (patent), $5.50.
CORN- Tennessee--White, red cob,
$1.10; No. 2. white, $1.09: cracked, $1.05;
yellow. $1.09: mixed. SI.OB.
MF.AH-Bolted. 12-lb sacks. 92c; plain,
144-lb sacks, $1.01: 96-lb. sacks. $1.03;
48-lb sacks. $1 04; 24-lb sacks. $1.06.
OATS -Fancy white clipped, 74c; fancy
white. 78c: mixed, 72c.
COTTON SEED MEAL -Harper, $29.
COTTON SEED HULLS—Squar* Back*
SIO.OO per ton.
FEEDSTUFF.
SHORTS—Halliday white, 100-1 b sacks.
$1.95; fancy, 75-lb. sacks. $1.90; P W.
75-lh. sacks. $1 85; Brown, 100-lb. sacks,
$1.75; Georgia feed. 75-lb. sacks. $1.80;
bran, 100-lb sacks. $1.75; pure 75-
lb sacks. $1.70: Homcoline. $1 85. Germ
meal. Homco, $1.80; sugar beet pulp. 100-
lb. sacks. $1.65: 75-lb. sacks, $1 60
CHICKEN FEED—Beef scraps, 100-
nound sacks, $3.50; 100-pound sacks,
$3.25: Purina scratch. dozen pound
packages. $2 35: Purinn pigeon feed,
$2 35; Purina baby chick, $2.30: Pu
rina chicken chowder. per barrel.
$2.35; Purina Chowder, 100-pound sacks,
$2.15: Purina scratch, 50 lb sacks, $2.25;
Purina scratch. 100-lb sacks, s2.la; Suc
cess baby chick. $2 10; Eggs. $2 20; Vic
tory baby chick. $2 30; Victory scratch,
50-ib sacks. $2 25; Victory scratch, 100-
lb sacks. $2.15: Chicken Success baby
chick. $2.10; wheat. 3-hushel bags, per
bushel, $1 40; Rooster chicken feed, 50-lb.
sacks. $1: oystershell. 80c.
GROUND FEED—Purina feed. 176-lb.
sacks, $2.00; Purina molasses feed. $2 00;
Monogram. 100-lb. sacks, $1 70: Victory
horse feed. 100-lb. sacks. $2.00: Mllko
dairy feed. $1.80; Arab horse feed, 100-lb.
eacks, $2.10: alfalfa molasses meal, $1.85;
alfalfa meal. $1.50.
BEEDS (Sacked)—German millet
$1.75; cane seed, amber. $1.65; cane seed,
orange. $1 40; Wheat (Tennessee), blue
atem, s’.4o; rye (Georgia) $1.35; Appier
oats, 85c; red rust proof cats, 72c; Burt
oats. 75c: Texas rust proof oats. 70c; win
ter grazing, 70c; Oklahoma rust proof.
50g; blue seed oats. 50c
HAY- Per hundredweight: Timothy,
choice airge bales, $1.90; Timothy, choice
third bales. $1 60: Timothy No. 1, small
bales. $1.85; alfalfa bay, choice, $1.65;
Timothy No. 2. $1.50; Timothy clover
mixed. $1.45; clover hay, $1 50, alfalfa
hay. choice, $1.50; alfalfa No. 1, $1.70;
alfalfa No 2, $1 25; peavine hay, $1.20:
shucks, 70c; wheat straw, 80c; Bermuda
hay, SI.OO.
GROCERIES.
BUGAR—Per pound, standard granu
lated, 5%c; New York refined, 5%c; plan
tation, 6c
COFFEE Roasted (Arbuckle's), $24.26:
AAAA. sl4 50 In bulk; In bags and bar
rels, $2.10: green. 19c.
RICE- Head. 4%05%c; fancy head, 5%
©6%c. according to grade.
LARD—Silver leaf. 12%c per pound
Soco, 9%c per pound; Flake White, 9%c
per pound; Cottolene. $7.75 per case;
Snowdrift, $6.25 per case
CH EESE -Fancy full cream, 22c.
SARDINES Mustard, $3 per case; ana
quarter oil. $3
MISCELLANEOUS— Georgia cane syrti*
38c. axle grease, $1.75; soda crackers, 7%c;
per pound; lemon crackers. !c; oyster. Tc;
tomatoes (2 pounds). $2 case; 3 pound*,
$2 76; navy beans, $3.10; Lima, beans, 7%c:
Shredded biscuit, $3.60: rolled oats, $4 per
case, grits (bags), $2.20; pink salmon.
$5 10 per case: pepper. 25c per pound; R.
E Lee salmon, $7 50; cocoa, 38c; roast
beef. $3 80; syrun. 30c per gallon. Sterling
ball potash. $3 30 per case. soap. $1 5004
per case, Rumford baking powder, $2 59
per case.
SALT One hundred pounds. 49c. salt
brick (plain), per case. $2 25; salt brick
medicated), per rase, $4.85; salt red rock,
100 pounds. $1: white rock, 100-ib. sacks,
90c; 25-lb. sacks, 18c.
FISH.
FISH Bream and perch. 6c. per pound;
snapper, 9c per pound; trout, 10c per
pound; olueflsh. 7c per pound; pompano,
20c per pound; mackerel. 15c per
pound: mixed fish, 6c per pound; black
bass. 10c per pound; mullet, $ll.OO per
barrel.
HARDWARE.
PLOWSTOCKS—HaIrnan, 95c; Fergu
»on, $1.05.
AXLES—S4.7SO7 per dozen, base.
SHOT —$2 25 per sack.
SHOES Horse, $4.5004.75 per keg.
LEAD—Bar. 7%c per pound.
NAILS- Wire. $2.65, base
IRON—Per pound. 3c base; Swede B%c.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, May 17. -Wheat weak;
July $1.12%@1.12%, spot No. 2 red $1.20
in elevator, $1.20 f. o. b Corn weak: No.
2 In elevator nominal, export No. 2 82
f. o. b , steamer nominal. No. 4 nomi
nal. Oats weak: natural white 61%@64.
white clipped 62%066. Rye quiet, No. 2
nominal f. o. h. New York Harley steady ;
malting $1.2501.38 nominal c. I. f Buffalo.
Hay easier: good to prime $1.4001.60. poor
to fair $1.2501.50. Flour unsettled,
spring patents $5 7006 20. straights $5,400
5.60, clears $4 8505 10. u inter patents $5.90
@6.10, straights $6 350 5.60, clear* $4 7505
Beef steady, family 518018.50. Pork
weak mess S2O 50 021 2» family S2O 250
21 6 n weak: city steam 10’401.0%,
nnddte West spot ll,10@!1 15 Tallnv
steady, city (in hogsheads) 6%®6%, coun
try (in tierces) 6®6%.
MOTIONS IN
CEREALS NARROW
Market Quiets Down With
Wheat Slightly Lower—Corn
and Oats Steady.
ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS
Wheat—No. 2 red 119 0120
Corn 80%
t >ats 56%
CHICAGO, May 17.—Wheat opened
strong this morning to the surprise, of
many in the traxie, the principal influence
being the fact that Liverpool refused to
follow the break in prices in this market
yesterday, together with smaller world’s
shipments and smaller receipts in the
Northwest. Prices ranged from %c low
er to %c higher. Trade was large and
the feeling was nervous. After the early
trading was over commission house sup
port appeared and profit-taking by shorts
caused a little rally.
Corn was l%c higher for May, whfl*
the other months were % to %c better
There was no break in the ranks of bulls
in May corn and the shorts will doubtless
have to pay the penalty.
Oats were %c lower to %c higher The
market was weak and nervous and early
trade yvas confined within narrow bounds.
Provisions opened Irregularly, being
higher for pork, but lower for lard and
unchanged for ribs. Thera was a weak
feeling early on free selling, but the mar
ket soon rallied on the better hog situa
tion in the West.
Wheat closed irregularly today with
prices ranging from %c lower to %c high
er. Liquidation by longs was the feature
as well as the factor during the morn
ing. and there was a great deal of ner
vousness displayed. The market ranged
about l%c above to 2%c below last night’s
close. The largest trade was in July and
September, with July the weakest spot on
tbc list and trade yvas very large. Crop
reports continued to pour into the pit and
the majority of them were unfavorable
Selling orders poured in from the North
yvest, nut the demand was scattered. The
early strength was soon lost on selling
to secure profits. The selling was over
done and there was a good rally late In
the day on short covering
Corn was irregular, final prices rang
ing from %c lower to I%c higher Th*
weather was reported fine for plowing
and planting May corn was given special
support early and was marked up as
much as 2c K but dropped off later.
Oats were weak and closed from un
changed to %r lower under liquidation hy
longs.
Provisions were mainly lower on sell
ing by longs and the putting out short
lines. Packers gave the market some
support on the price setback.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKIT.
Grain quotation*)
Pr*».
Open. High. Low. Close. Clos*.
WHEAT—
May 1.11% 1,13 1.16% 1.1.3% 1.11%
July 1.08% 1.09 1 06% 1 08% 1 08%
Sent. 103% 1.04 1.02% 103% 1.03%
Dec 1.03% 1.04% 1.03% 1.03% 1.03%
CORN—
Mav 78 78% 77 78% 76%,
July 74% 75% 73% 74% 74%
Sept 73 73% 72 73 73
Dee 62% 63 63% 62% 63
OATS—
May 53% 63% 52% 53% 63%
July 49% 50% 48% 49% 50%
Sept. 42 42% 41% 42% 42%
Dec ’ 42% 43% 42% 43% 43%
PORK—
Mav 18 35 18.40 1.8.00 18.40 18.35
July 18.55 18.85 18.30 18.65 18.55
Sept. 18.70 19.00 18.50 18.90 18.72%
LARD—
Mav 10.62% 10.72% 1.0 66 t 0.72% 10.70
Julv 10.70 10.82% 10.67% 10.83% 10.82%
Sept. 10.97% 11.02% 10.90 tI.OO 11.00
RIBS—
Mac 10.35 10.35 10.36 10.36 10.30
July 10.35 10.40 10.25 1.0.40 10.35
Sept. 10.42% 10.60 10.42% 10.55 10.52%
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS.
CHICAGO, May 17.—Wheat, No. 2 red.
$1.1201 14: No. 3 red, $1.1001.1.2; No. 2
hard winter. $1,120'1.14; No. 3 .hard win
ter. $1.10%® 1.12; No 1 northern spring.
$1,170 1.19: No. 2 northern spring. $1,150
1.18; No. 3 spring, $1.11%@1-16.
Corn. No 2. 78; No. 2 white. 73078%;
No. 3 yellow. 78%; No. 3, 75076%: No. 3
white.' 75%@76: No. 3 yellow. 75%®77;
No. 4. 70071 : No. 4 yellow. 70%@72%
Oats, No 2 white. 640 56; No. 3 whits,
52% 0 53%; No. 4 white, 52053; Standard,
53% ®54%.
LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat opened unchanged to %d lower:
at 1:30 p. m. was %d lower on July and
%d lower on October Closed %d to %d
lower.
Corn opened %d lower; at 1:30 p. m.
was %d lower. Closed unchanged.
CHICAGO CAR LOTS.
Following are receipts for Friday and
estimated receipts for Saturday:
I Friday. I Saturday.
Wheat ~ I 63 69
Corn ' 152 162
Oats 173 1.84
Hogs . . I 13,000 1 0,000
PRIMARY MOVEMENT.
' WHEAT— I 1915 THY
Receipts I 381.000 443,00#
Shipments I 627.000 870,000
CORN— I I
Receipts J 486,000 309,000 '
Shipments | 702,000 663,000
POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS.
NEW YORK. May 17. —Dressed poultry
dull turkeys. 13022; chickens, 16028;
fowls, H%016%; ducks, 13022; geese. 11
@l6 Live poultry steady: fowls, 16 (bid);
turkeys. 12 (asked): roosters, 10 (asked);
ducks. 12 (asked); geese, 809.
Rutter firm: creamery specials, 30%®
31; creamery extras. 29030; state dairy,
tubs, 24 (bid); process specials, 27%028
Eggs irregular, nearby' white fancy. 24
(asked); nearby brown fancy. 21021%
ibid), extra firsts. 22022%; firsts, 19
021.
METAL MARKET.
NEW YORK. May 17.—Continued firm
ness with inactive trading was shown in
the metal market today.
Quotations; Copper, spot, 16.0001605:
Mav. 15.92%016.10; June, 15.95016.12%;
Julv. 15.95@T6.15: lead. 4.12%®4.25; spel
ter. 6.8006.90: tin. 46.25@46.60.
Husband Told Her to
Buy Poison and Take
It; She Wants Divorce
Mrs Rebecca Stein, of 124 East Fair
street, told superior court today that she
knew married life was a series of ups
and downs, but that she considered her
self entitled to a divorce from a husband
who gave her 25 cents with instructions to
buy poison and take it.
This was set forth in a divorce peti
tion against Sam Stein, a pawnbroker,
of 43 Decatur street Mrs. Stein alleged
that he not only gave her money for poi
son, but he agreed to buy the coffin He
told her, she avers, that if she did not
follow his advice he would break her
neck any w»)
Mrs. Stein secured an order from Judge
Pendleton restraining Stein from visiting
'he residence at 124 East Fair street.
The «ourt will hear the petition for di
vorce. alimony and the custody of three
children ou May 35.
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