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16 FACT IND GOSSIP IN MONEY MARTS Shameful Annual Waste of $300,000,000 and 1.500 Human Lives by Fire. t By B. C. FORBES. NEW YORK, June 27 Every business day of the year $1,000,000 worth of prop erty is destroyed, three lives are lost and seventeen persons are seriously injured by fire in America This shameful annual waste of $300,000,000, 1,500 lives and 5,000 grave accidents could and should be cut In haif by the exercise of common pru dence The whole civilized world rang w’ith the terrible tale of the Titanic dis aster. yet the havoc wrought to life and property by fire every year in this coun try is greater than the loss on that awful April day Yet how little protest is raised against our perpetual holocaust. Our indifference to devastation by tire Is a commentary upon our besetting sin of extravagance and our scarcely less heinous disregard for human life If the public are to be aroused to the urgent necessity for action, the loss of life rath er than the loss ot propertj must be I emphasized, for we are not quite so cal lous to fatalities as to the loss of proper tv In other voids, the nation's sense of humanit.v rather than its regard for economy must be appealed to though a fire insurance tux <>f half a billinn dollars a year is n*» light matter, nor is It unre lated to the sum total of the coßt-of-liv- Ing problem • • • Why should 1,500 lives- almost as many as went down with the Titanic be sac rificed every year ? Why should 5,000 others be seriously injured by fires that, in six cases out of ten. could be pre vented ? That proportion is the one arrived at by experts, the figure is not one drawn from my own fancy. How does the lire bill of the United States compare with that in other places? Official statistics clearly reflect our gross carelessness. Here are some significant returns: Annual Per Capita Fire Loss. United States $3.00 Cleveland 1 1# Washington 1.19 Baltimore 1.29 Chicago 1 43 Philadelphia . . 1.55 New York 2.60 Boston 5.15 Berlin 25 Bremen 38 Paris 47 London 50 St. Petersburg 1.42 The European loses an average of 30 cents per annum through fire, the Ameri can 300 cents. e ♦ • The frightful waste by Are in this coun try is thus graphically described hy Pow ell Evans, of Philadelphia, who has done more than any other individual to inves tigate the subject and arouse public in terest in measures of reform: “The 1910 fire waste would pay the to tal interest-bearing debt of the '*ountry in four years, or would build the Panama canal in less than two years It exceeds the combined cost of the United States army and navy and the interest on the national debt. or nearly equals the com bined annual failures and pension pay ments in the United States, or exceeds the combined United States gold and sil ver production and postoffue department receipts these all annual figures “It represents about 40 per vent of j either the total unused United States gov- i ernment receipts or total expenditures, or I the net earnings of American railways; it represents about 80 per cent of either | tihe United States internal revenue re ceipts or the United States customs or the interest paid on the railways in the jountry. “The fire waste of the United States in the past ten years exceeds the amount of gold held in the Unite*! Kingdom, Austria. Hungary. Italy ami Spain It is equiva lent t » wiping out the entire corn crop once every ten years, and exceeds the annual value of wheat, hay. rye and oats. It cost- about S’3‘,ooo for each hour in the year, or SSOO for each minute It costs, moreover, more than 1,500 lives and 5,000 serious injuries annually “If ah buildings burned last year in the United Stat* were pia« ed together on both sides of a street, they would make an avenue of desolation reaching from t'hi agc id; Xew York, and although one seriously injured person were rescued every thousand feet, at . very three-quar ters ot a mile a n an, woman »»r child would nevertheless be found burned to death." « « • A great many Americans like i<> see "a good tire " and have no regrets over the monetary loss, since, they eheeriull) add, "the insurance companies are rich." If they are rich, whose money has marie them so’ Yours in.l mine Next time you see a tire, pica -, mane the mental note that for every dol.ar's worth of prop erty consumed )<>’> tour fellows will be taxed two dollui he insurance com panies pay out in < onlv half what they exact in premium-, and if the losses exceed half their receipts. g>> . rates' This is not flapdoodle, not wild ranting having no solid basis It is ater: tact Every cut ot $1,000,000 In the > ountry's fire losses will mean a saving of S'.OOO.miO In premiums. And. Incidentally, every reduction In the Income of insurance oompanlee will send a number of young gentlemen from the tops of stools to some other occupation, and perhaps the arm? of actual producers w'li bje and bye be swelled. Laws have done m-t'-h In several states ter reduce fire losses, and similar results could doubtless be obtained m others Bit the remedy lies main!' with the (n divM: a: 4<et the public schools. In ad dltion to teaching those admirable fire drills. Inculcate the extreme importance ot guarding against outbreaks of fire Let the householder take every pre. au tion within his power to eliminate dan gers Let fevery employer and every em ployee exercise the keenest vigilance, not eo much to stop incipient fires as to pre vent the possibility of starting them It la essentially true in this connection that an ounce of prevention is worth a ton < t cure And we ail can contribute our ounce. BOY SCOUTS GO IN CAMP. a ALBANY. GA . .Tune 27—A company of Boy Secure in charge of Scout Command >r !■ H Redfearn, has left the city for a two .MKa camp at Miller Spring#. MIST DOOMED JS DEADLOCK KEY Florida Jurist Points to Envia ble Record of Noted Pub lisher in Congress. Judge William Bailey Lamar, of Flor, ids, former attorney general of that state and for fourteen years represen tative from the Third congressional district, who is in Atlanta on business today, advocated the selection of Wil liam Randolph Hearst for Democratic candidate if the Baltimore convention could not agree on the candidates be fore it now. "The contest seems to be between Clark and Wilson and should the con vention fall into a deadlock I would warmly commend the selection of Mr. Hearst," said Judge Lamar.* "He is stalwart, progressive and one nf the first leaders of the progressive movement now so popular in many sec tion# He has an enviable record. His Record in Congress. "1 served two terms In the house of representatives a' Washington with Mr. Hearst. My committee position was > that of interstate and foreign com merce. "In February, 1904. Mr. Hearst intro duced a bill tn control and regulate the interstate railroads in the United States, a comprehensive and far-reach ing ph - c of legislation. "Since that time nearly every one of liis provisions have been enacted into law, but at the time of Its introduc tion ft received but scant praise or sup port. "The Republicans were, in power. They had no idea of adding to Mr. Hearst's popularity by voting for it, and its reception on the Democratic side was equally unfriendly. “'Too radical!' That gas the cry Mr. Hearst’s bill gave to the interstate commerce commission the following powers, among others: " 'To fix- just and reasonable railway rates on complaint of shippers. " 'To prevent railroads from raising existing rates without consent of the interstate commerce commission. Once Repudiated, Now Law, “ 'To regulate the icing charges of the prlvati refrigerating car lines. (That is what the Georgia peach growers wanted.) " 'To prevent railroads raising rates by changing the classification of freight.’ "These features of William Hearst’s bill are now a part of our national sys* tein of regulating and controlling cor porations. Repudiated by congress then, they are laws today. “William Hearst is now, aSI it were, a citizen of Georgia. The Georgian is a link in Ills chain of great newspapers, stretching from Boston to San Fran cisco. "It is but proper to call the atten tion. now. of the Georgia shippers, pro ducers and consumers to the great work of Mr. Hearst on a great public question. And that. too. when many in power then were ignorant of its mean ing;. and many who knew its meaning were hostile to its consummation." “HUB” TALLEY, SAID TO BE INSANE, TAKEN FROM CITY STOCKADE Hui. Talley was transferred city stockade to tjie county jail today pn a writ of lunacy signed by Dr. G. A. Vinson. Dr. Mel Mart’n, city physi cian, had refused to sign the writ, de clining to admit that Talley is Insane. Talley was serving a term in the stock ade for carrying a pistol, for which he also had been bound He had been arrested more than a dozen times in the past several months, on "blind tiger” and other charges. BIG GERMAN DIRIGIBLE PROVING AERIAL RAID ON ENGLAND POSSIBLE I 11 \MBURG, June 27. In order to detn I nnstrate that an aerial raid on England is practical, the Zeppelin dirigible ballooi Victoria Luise left here today for a ten hour over-sea trip with twelve passengert I <»n board After ascending from this dtj ' the ship headed out over the North sch and after soaring o\e» the/Mands of Heli f goland. disappeared • officially the trip Is for testing over- water travel by dirigibles. f 'TRUST BUSTING SUIT, TO BE ARGUED HERE, GOES OVER TO FALL ]| MACON. <'. A , June 37 Attorney Gen . , era! Wickersham today Instructed Dlstric I Attorney Akerman to consent to the post | virement of the hearing of the demurre H I In the dissolution <ase against the Anter " j lean Naval Stores Company until the fall y | Tlte .lemurrer was scheduled to be argue, c before three circuit court judges in .At g I lanta next Monday, This is a "trust bust e lug suit • CTY AWARDS $3,000 CONTRACT FOR DRUGS The firm of J- l n R Paninis will g? ! most nf the <3.000 contract for drugs t< be awanictl b\ the council for use a Grady hospital in the next six months , | The council hospital committee took s p much time today to make perfectly sur ♦* tbit none of the bidders on specifies wer • selling them smuggled articles or “Im I pure stuff" that the> were in conferenc i from 11 a rn. until after 2 p in. „ FORMER FAYETTEVILLE WOMAN DIES IN TEXAS ■J FA YETTEA'ILLE. GA. June 27.- Judge J W. Graham today is en rout II to Princeton, Texas, to attend the fu neral of*his daughter, Mrs. J. K Wil son. tv ho died there. She was reare< here and belonged to one of the inos Pix»ininent families of this section Sh ’’ is survived hy a husband. J K Wilson " two small children, her parents. Juds r and M-- J W G*aham, and sei era Binder# ut thU place. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. JUNE 27,1912. Frews and gossip Os the Fleecy Staple I NEW YORK, dune 27 —Carpenter. Bag got it Co.: The Journal of Commerce I says: “Cotton In North Carolina is spotted, but on the whole conditions ap i pear to have held its own compared with la month ago, when it was M per cent. ! Stands are about equally divided as to . poor and good and the plant is almost universally small, but In a good state of cultivation The season is two or three weeks late, and cotton is not all chopped out. Rainfall has been somewhat ex cessive, and temperatures below normal, which In a few localities lias encouraged lice. A very fair proportion of corre spondents consider the crop well up with the best of years, and, barring adverse weather conditions, expect a good crop. South Carolina The early part of the t month was cold and yet, retarding growth, and the plant is small. Grass is trouble- - some In some sections and fields occa j eionally are neglected. Regent warm weather, however, has greatly improved s prospects, fields are well cultivated, and, - In many sections, the season is normal Percentage condition improved over a c month ago, and there is still a general a promise of a good yield In many dis tricts the season Is still about two weeks late. Pallas wires: “Texas generally clear n and warm. Oklahoma generally fair and cool." The cotion market has few- friends. ] Most people believe In lower prices. Bears in cotton maintain that If the crop accounts continue favorable it will be next to impossible to hold the mar ket. 6 Craig. McElroy and Mitchell best buy e era Ring selling The National Glnners association re ported condition for June 84 This esti mate Is decidedly bearish. Said condition In Oklahoma and Texas has been rendered as ideal by the abund ‘ ant rainfall. i The official government report records not a single heavy rain In cotton belt. •' Much warmer weather in Atlantfcs. - Charleston and Augusta districts had no rain. Following are 11 a m. blds: July 11.16, - October li 46. December 11.54, January , 11.48 NEW ORLEANS, June 27.- Hayward & 1 Clark: The weather map shows splendid conditions; fair over entire belt, except Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, where cloudy. Warm everywhere. At s lantics had little rain on coast. General showers In Mississippi, Tennessee, north ’ Alabama, where they were needed Indi ■ cations are for cloudy, possibly some lo cal showers in Carolinas, Louisiana and portion of Mississippi. Generally fair elsewhere; warmer generally. The New Orleans Tinies Democrat says’ ' Local Interests centered on July. There were no fireworks, because only a few notices of intention to deliver cotton on ’ contract were issued. Rumor had it that the quantity Involved was 900 bales, but only 300 bales could be traced. All were promptly stopped by exporters, some of whom are said to have purchased more =• July contracts yesterday. In the event ; July longs stick to the end and demand > bale for bale, there may be fireworks of a rare order. Meanwhile Liverpool is buying August contracts in New Orleans and that posi tion has climbed nearer a parity with ' . spots. It Is asserted that actual cotton ' ’ merchants are not reporting all their ' ’ transactions to the New Orleans ex change, and that 500 bales of fully- good middling. Liverpool class, were traded 1 In yesterday at 100 points on July, none » of which appeared In the official reck , onlng. New York exploited heavy bld -1 ding for July there at 11.13 as a bullish 3 factor at a time when New Orleans ex porters were, offering 12 (fee for standard middling here. s Estimated receipts Friday: f . 1912. 1911. New Orleans ?500 to 700 767 s ; [~~THE WEATHER. *■ CONDITIONS. S WASHINGTON. June 27.-Weather un settled, with local rains In south Atlan tic, east Gulf states. Temperatures about ■ the same All signs of storm formation has dis appeared In the South, ,but local showers have continued to fall at many places in - the eastern part of the cotton belt and . along the Atlantic coast A disturbance over Montana Is accompanied by south c erly winds and warmer weather in the n Northwest. GENERAL FORECAST. e Following Is the forecast until 7 p. tn. Friday: Georgia-Unsettled with local showers tonight or Friday. Virginia Unsettled tonight and Friday; slightly cooler In eastern and central por tions tonight. North Carolina, South Carolina. Flor ; Ida. Alabama and Mississippi—Unsettled - with local showers tonight or Friday. Louisiana Unsettled, with local show ers. Arkansas—Unsettled and warmer. y Oklahoma—Generally fair. , East Texas —lncreasing cloudiness; warmer in west. West Texas—Generally fair and warmer - In north. ;] DAILY WEATHER REPORT. d I, Lowest temperature 54 s Higest temperature go d Mean temperature 72 Normal temperature 77 Rainfall in past 24 hours. Inches...,’. 0.00 Hxcess since Ist of month, inches.... 7.69 Excess since January 1, inches 16.96 I REPORTS FROM VARIOUS STATIONS. ETemperaturelß’faii Stations— . Weath ! 7 Max. | 24 la m. ly'day.(hours. Augusta ICiear I 80 I .. . Atlanta . . < 'lear 70 80 ‘ Atlantic City, "loudy OS 80 1 74 ,n Anniston .... Clear 70 78 .28 1- Boston Cloudy 60 88 rs Buffalo ... Clear 62 76 .... . Charleston . Cloudy 78 80 .... ■ Chicago Clear | 60 68 ~.. Denver Clear 60 88 I- Des Moines .. Clear 66 94 .... Duluth ... Clear 54 62 .... _ Eastport ....Clear 54 74 .... Galveston Pt cl.lv 74 88 .... Helena Pt eldy l 04 j 4 ~,, Houston .... Cloudy 72 ; .... ' Huron ... 1 'leur 68 ’ 90 .... I Jacksonville . Cloudy 76 84 Kansas City . Clear 72 88 . . . Knoxville . Clear 72 84 .01 L Louisville ... Pt. cldy 170 88 Macon ’Clear ' 74 82 | .16 Memphis . . Cloudy 70 72 .74 n Meridian Cloudy 64 72 Mobile . Cloudy 1 70 8« 02 c‘ Miami .. ’Cloudy 76 86 2.44 t- Montgoijiery Pt olrly 73 84 er Moorhead Clear 64 84 ' ... .. New Orleans Cloudy 74 86 .... New York .’Cloudy 66 I 84 .... 11 North Pinite. IClear 72 94 I .... ed Oklahoma Clear 66 84 ' t- Palestine iPt cldy 70 86 I .... (, Pittsburg . , ’Cloudy 68 86 1 .. . . p'tland. Oreg Cloudv 52 62 .80 San Francisco Clear 54 66 !St Louis. Pt cldy 70 8S I sr Paul Clear 60 SO .... S S. Lake City Pt cldy 78 I .... Savannah Pt. cldy 78 Washington t’lottdy 72 88 i_J72 , C. F VON HERRM ANN, Section Director. ATLANTA. GA., Thursday, June 27 a't * so COTTON SEED OIL. re re NEW York. June 27 Carpenter. Bag n got g. Co : There was a firmer feeling ee tn the cotton seed oil market this morn ing. and after opening at 2 to 3 points higher, some of the positions showed ad ditional gains About 3,000 July notices were circulated early, but failed to cause C selling pressure, and. as offerings were O small, bulls bid the market up without taking much )( Colton seed ml quotations: , I opr.ni 1 doling 11- Spot j 6 75® 700 ~a July .... 6 69(16 80 6 67'J678 ‘ August 6 82(16 90 689 <l6 90 Sc-,itemher 6 97(j6 '*B 6 99117.00 h- <October .... 68506 86 6 87® 688 it November 6 301)633 ,6331634 , December 6 284)9 30 '6.325)6.33 a | January 6 2 n ’'i< ; 3o 6_32®«33 ~ Closed strong. Sales, 16.900 barrels. - COTTON STEADY ON FIRM CABLES Spot'Houses Good Buyers of July Contracts—Weather Conditions Ideal NEW YORK, June 27.—The aggregate support shown In the Liverpool market this morning, which came better than ex petted, had a depressing feeling on our market, with prices showing irregularity, near positions opened 1 to 3 points lower, while the late positions ware 1 to points higher. The weather conditions reported favor able over the entire belt, with light show ers Jn the Atlantlcs. After the call the market was barely steady under scattered liquidation, prices selling off 3 to 4 points. This decline was soon checked by the substantial support rendered by big spot interests, who bought freely of July accounts. The buying of McFadden and other big professionals reflected a firm tone in the late trading. The selling, however, was not aggressive enough to cause much weakness. No fault was to be found in the late weather conditions. At the close the market was steady, with prices unchanged to 5 points higher than the final quotations of yesterday. Warehouse stocks In New York today 133,289, certificated 116,593. RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES. _ & I s u: 1 0 O X U ’tn o C.O June : 111.15-18 11.10-14 July 11.14 11.23.11.14111.20 ;U.19-20 11.16-17 Aug. 11.28 11.28’11.24 11 28 11.26-27 11.25-26 Sept 11.32 11.36 11.32 11.34:11.34-35 11.33-34 Oct. 111.45111.♦7111.42’11.44111.44-45 11.44-45 Nov. I H. 1.48-50111.48-50 Dec. 11.55 11.56 11 51 11.55 11 54-55:1.1.53-54 Jan. 11.49 11.50111.46 11.48 11.48-49'11.48-49 Feb. I ill. 52-53’11.60-52 Mar. [11.60 11.60 11.57 11.59 J 1.58-59 11.58-59 May 11.63 11.66,11.62 11.64 11 64-65 11.66-67 Closed steady. Liverpool cables were due 3A4 points higher on July and 1 to points higher on other months Opened quiet at 2 points advance. At 12:15 p. m., the mar ket was steady, 2% to 3(i points higher Spot cotton was reported with a fair busi ness doing at unchanged prices; middling 6.63 d; sales 10,000 bales, Including 7.000 American; Imports 2,000 bales, including 1,000 American. At the close the market was quiet but steady, with prices 1 to 2 points above the final of yesterday. RANGE IN LIVERPOOL FUTURES. Futures opened firm. Opening. Pr«v, Range 2 P. M. Close. Close. June . . . 6 42U-6 41M, 6.43 6.4114 6.40 June-July 6.4054-6.41 6 41'4 6.40 639 July-Aug. 6.40'4-6.41 6.4014 6.39 6.40 Aug-Sept 6.3914-6.38 640 6.38 6.37 Sept.-Oct. 6.32'4-6.32 6.33 6.3114 6.30)4 Oct.-Nov. 6.26 -6.27 6.27 6.2514 6.24 Nov.-Dec. 6.24 -6.23 6.2414 6.23 6.21% Dec.-Jan. 6.22>4-6.22 6.22>4 6.22 Jan.-Feb. 6.2214-6.23 6.23 6.22 6.20 Feb.-Meh 6.22% 6.21 Meh.-Apr. 6.24%-6.24 6.24% 6.23% 6.22 Apr.-May 6.24% 6.23 Closed quiet but steady. HAYWARD & CLARK’S DAILY COTTON LETTER NEW ORLEANS, June 27.—The Jour nal of Commerce gives a good account of the Carolinas. Liverpool came easier than expected and quotes spots unchanged at 6.63. Although now and then an episode of certain news reveals the difficulties of the trade, like the other day the Austrian spinners' meeting, at which 75 per cent of the mills voted In favor of a curtail ment of production, correspondence from Europe Is generally bullish. Considering the large visible stocks everywhere and the known reserve supplies owned by mills, optimism and efrorts to boost the value of property are now but n'atural. The hope for a rapid expansion of goods trade with China holds a most conspic uous place in this trade optimism regard ing the future That 1t is premature to expect the Chinese to put their available cash mostly to the acquisition of wearing apparel. The into-sight for the week looks around 30.000. against 28,137 bales last year. Mill takings last year this week 170,000. The market continues its wait ing policy—opening somewhat easier, it rallied to last night's closing prices on little buying by scalpers on New York tips that the market will be supported. Trading very small. August and Septem ber positions are benefited by the local squeeze in July futures. RANGE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES. i M j :«5 O J? C x uIJ m o j’uly’ - iy 14’f2?27> 1 yf4712.26112.25-26 12.15-16 Aug. 11.98112.08 11.98 12.06 12.06-07 12.00-01 Sep. >11.83:11.87111.79 11.87 11.86-88 11.72-74 Oct. ’11.63'11.65111.59 11.65 11.64-65 11.64-65 Nov. ! ... . ’ ’ i 11.65-67 11.65-67 Dec. 111. 65'11.68’11.53 11.67 11.66-67 11.66-67 Jan. .111.70 11.72 11.68 11.72 11.71-72 1t.72-73 Feb. ; '11.72-76 11.76-78 Ma r ’ll.BO 11.80 11.80 11 80 11,79-80 11.80-81 Closed very steady. SPOT COTTON MARKET. Atlanta, steady; middling 11’4 New York, steady, middling: 11.60. New Orleans, steady; middling 12%. Liverpool, easier; middling 6.63 d. Savannah, quiet; middling 12c. Augusta, quiet; middling 12%. Mobile, steady: middling 11%. Galveston, quiet; middling 12%. Norfolk, steady; middling 12c. W ilmington, nominal. Little Rock, nominal; middling 11%. Charleston, nominal; middling 11%. Philadelphia, quiet; middling 11.85. Boston. Iqulet; middling 11.60 Baltimore, nominal: middling 12c. Memphis, steady; middling 12%. St, Louis, quiet: middling 12%. Houston, steady; middling 1115-16. Louisville, firm; middling 12c. PORT RECEIPTS. The following table shows receipts at the ports today compared with the same day last year: ‘’l my j ms New Orleans. . . . 1.707 ' 527 Galveston i 283 131 Mobile 16 128 Savannah 343 ' 352 Charleston 71 16 Norfolk i 309 [ Boston ’ .... i 73 Pacific coast ... .1 96 i TotaL I 2,865 j L 12 - INTERIOR MOVEMENT. I 1913. J 1911. Houston 1 684 I 133 Augusta 74 ’ 13 Memphis ’ 530 I 113 St. Louis I 393 ’ 1,371 Cincinnati 132 ’ Total I 1.823 I L 630 COTTON MARKET OPINIONS. J. S. Bache A- Co.: We still believe the distant positions a purchase on any sharp reaction. ; Thompson. Towle 4 Co.: From the action of the market we should say it i might be a little higher Miller & Co.: Our faith In the con s structfve side of the market continues > Logan A- Bryan Continuance of favor- > able glowing weather should finallt af t feet prices adversely. LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO. June 27. Hogs Receipts 24.0011 Market a shade lower, mixed and - butchers $7.10®7.50, heavy $7 40® 7 50. rough heavy $7 0a« 7 35. light $7 05® 7 37. pigs $5.10® 6 90, bulk $7.35® 7.45 Cattle Receipts 3.500 Market strong, beeves $6 40® 9 60. cows and heifers $2.00 'a 8 to. stoekets and feeders $5 25® 8 go. Texans $6 754: 8 40. calves $7.25®5.50 Sheep Receipts 12.000 Market st, tdj . . native and Western o.lt), lambs s4.*og 7.65. mt TAM LEMING STOCKS’ I 1 I Railway Issues Hold Center of I Interest-Market Is Strong and Steady. By CHARLES W. STORM. • NEW YORK, June 27. —Price changes , , at the opening of the stock market today ; were Irregular, some stocks making sub- , stantlal gains and others reflecting heavy , selling Lehigh Valley gained %. Amal- ; gamated Copper was %c lower, while , American Smelting advanced %. United States Steel was In fair demand and, after yielding %. recovered the loss. Pennsylvania railroad was off proba- < bly as a result of the reports ot the bal- ; lot of the employees favoring a walk-out. ; The ballot has not been made public. , There was continued buyng of General , Electric on reports of a coming dividend with a gain of %. Hqwever, the stock was supplied freely and at the end of fif teen minutes had lost its advance. F. W. Woolw'orth & Co.’s stock was dealt In for the first time on the board and advanced to 98%, against 96%. at which the final transaction was made on the curb yesterday. Missouri Pacific was % higher. Reading was unchanged. i The curb market was firm. Americans in London were active, the ( bulk of the orders having been cabled ’ from New York. Heavy buying appeared in the late fore noon and substantial gains were recorded in many of the leading railroads and In- : dustrials. A number of specialties were also prominent. , After receding slightly around midday a firmer tone developed in a number of 1 leading stocks in the late afternoon trad ing today. The moderate gains which re- 1 suited from these rallies, however, were more than offset by weakness in several : issues. Wabash preferred declined 1% to %%, making a new low record. Ontario : and Western also was weak, losing about 1 point to 33%. I Stock quotations: I ILastlPrev 1 STOCKS— IHighlLow. Sale.iCl'se ] Amal. Copper .... 86% 85% 85% 86% Afn. Ice Sec 27% Ani. Stig. Ref 131% 130 130 130% i Am. Smelling 86% 85% 85% 86 Am. Locomotive ... 43 43 43 42 Am. Car Foundry 59% Am. Cotton Oil :.......... 52% Am. Woolen 28 Anaconda 44 43% 43% 43% Atchison 107% 107 107 107 A. C. L 139% 139% 139% 139% I Amer. Can ; 36% 35% 35% 36% do, pref 117%|117% 117% 117 Am. Beet Sugar ..J 75 74 74% 74% < Am. T. and T 1146% 146% 146% 146% ' Am. Agricultural .J 60 i Bethlehem Steel .. . i 37% 37% 37% 37% I B. R. T I 88% 88% 88% 88' ' B. and 0 1109 108% 108% 108% ' Canadian Pacific ...265 264% 264% 264% I Corn Products 15% 15% 15% 15% I C. and 0 79% 79 79% 79% C. Gal 142% 142 142% 141% 1 Central Leather ... 25% 25% 25% 25% I Colo. F. and Iron .. 32% 31% 31% 32% Colo. Southern i. 38 I D. and H 168% 168% 168% 168 ’ Den. and R. G. .. 19% : Distil. Securities . 33% 33% 33% 33% Erie I 35% 34% 35% 34% ’ do, pref 53% 52% 52% 52% General Electric .. .175% 174% 174% 174% Goldfield Consol. ... 4%. 4% 4% 4% ' Great Western ...J 18% 18 18% 17% Great North., pfd. .135 134% 134% 134% ’ G. Northern Ore ...! 42% 42% 42% *42 ’ Inter. Harvester ... 118%1118% 118% 118% ’ Illinois Central .... 128%'128% 128% 128% l Interboro 20%! 20% 20% 20% 1 do, pref 59%' 59% 59% 58% lowa Central ' 9 K. C. Southern .... 25%' 25% 25% 27% Kansas and Texas 28% 28 28 27% do, pref . ... .:.. 60% L. A'alley !176%|175%|176 175% L. and N ,159.%:159 :159V* 159% Missouri Pacific. . . 37%: 36%| 36% 35% New York Central .|IIB%IIIB 118% 118 Northwestern . . .1138 1137 138 1139 National Lead . . .1 58%! 58% 58%| 58% Norfolk & Western’ll7%llls% 116%!116% Northern Pacific . . 121%’120% 120% 120% Ont. and Western . 34%’ 33 33 | 34V* Pennsylvania .... 123%;123% 123%<123% Pacific Mail 32%. 32% 32% 32% People's Gas Co. . . 114%|113% 113% 114 Reading 167% 1166% 167% 167% Rock Island 25%! 25% 25% 25% do. pfd ’ 51% R. Iron and Steel. . 25% 25% 25% 25% do. pfd 81%’ 81% 81% 81'4 Sloss-Sheffield ... 57 57 57 59% Southern Pacific . . 110% 110 110% 110% Southern Railway. . 28%; 28% 28% -28% do. pfd 74 : 74 74 78% St. Paul ....... 105% 105%1105% 105% Tennessee Copper . 43%' 43%| 43% 43% Texas Pacific | ....I .... 27% Third Avenue I ....) .... 38% Union Pacific . . . 170%|169%1169% 170% IT. S. Rubber . . . . 66%l 66% 66% 66% Utah Copper . . . . 64%l 63%! 63% 63% U. S. Steel 71% 70%| 70%l 70% do. pfd 11l 1U0%i110%|110% V. Chemical-. . 49% 49 | 49%l 49 Western Union’. . 83 !S3 >B3 82 Wabash 4%l 4'41 4%| 4% do. pfd 13%’ 12% 12% 13% West. Electric I 74% Wis. Central 52% W. Maryland. ■ ■ ■ .. ■■ > ■■ ■. ■... 67% Total sales, 246,000 shares. MINING STOCKS. BOSTON, June 27-. —Opening: Shannon 16%, Mason Valley 14%, Smelter 45. Su perior Copper 47%, Royal 35%, Copper Range 61, Fruit 200. LOCAL STOCKS ANO BONOS Bit Asked. Atlanta ft West Potnt R. R... 14« 145 American National Bank. .. 215 220 Atlantic Coal & Ice common. 104 105 Atlantic Coal & Ico pref 91 ft| Atlanta Brewing & Ice C 0... 175 Atlanta National Bank 320 330 Central Bank & Trust Corp 155 Exposition Cotton Mills 1M jgj Fourth National Bank 260 265 Fulton National Bank 125 130 Ga. Ry- & Klee, stamped.... 124 126 Ga. Ry & Pow. Co., common 27 30 do. Ist Pfd 80 85 do. 2d pfd.... 46 47% Hillyer Trust Company 125 .. Lowry National Bank 248 250 Realty Trust Company 108 no Sixth Ward Bank.. 99% 101 Southern Ice common 71 72% Third National Bank, new.. 220 225 Trust Co of Georgia 225 235 Travelers Bank ft Trust Co.. 135 125 BONDS. Atlanta Gas Light Ist. 55.... 101% 105 Georgia State 4%5, 1915 .... 101 101 Georgia Midland Ist 8s 69 5) Ga. Ry. & Elec. Co. 5s 101 Ga. Ry. & Elec, ref 5s 99 99% Atlanta Consolidated 5s 102% ... Atlanta City 3%5. 1931 91 92% Atlanta City 4%5, 1921 102 103 ■eutbarn Bell 5a «t% «•% POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS. NEW YORK. June 27.—Dressed poultry quiet, turkeys, 13@23; chickens. 18® 23; fowls. 13® 15%; ducks, 18%®>19. Live poultry irreguar: broilers, 28®>30; fowls. 14%; turkeys, 13; roosters, in; ducks, 13: geese, 10. Rutter easier; creamery specials, 25%® 26%: creamery extras, 27@30%; state dairy, tubs. 22® 26%; process specials. 25. Eggs firm; nearby white fancy. 27: near by brown fancy . 22® 23: extra firsts. 22® 1 > 23: firsts. 19® 19%. Cheese steady; white milk specials, 15%; 1 whole milk fancy, 14%; skims, specials. 11%®’12%; skims, fine, 10%®ll%; full skints, 6%®7%. NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET. Coffee quotations: n G- I Closing . - January >14.05® 14 10 14.02® 14 04 , February 14 00® 14 in 13.05® it 00 [ March 14 10® 14 15 14.09® 14 16 1 April 14 10® 1 4 17 14.09® 14 10 Mai 1 I.lo® 14 12 14.10® 14 11 June ’ 13.60® 13.61 July 13 65® 13 73 13 60® 13 51 1 August 13.75® 13.85 13.704)13 72 September. . . .13 87® 13 90 13 81® 13.82 ' (tetober 13.70® 14.00 13.85® i 3.86 I November 14 00® 14 10 13 IL® 13 93 ; s i De* ember. . . 14 14 08 1 4 00® 14 01 I Closed steady. Sales, 46,000 bags. ATLANTA MARKETS, EGGS —Fresh country candled, 18@19e. BUTTER—Jersey and creamery, in l-Ib. blocks. 20®22%c; fresh country dull, 10@ 12 %c pound. DRESSED POULTRY—Drawn, head and feet on, per pound: Hens 16®l<c. fries 25®27c, roosters B@loc, turkeys, owing to fatness, 18@20c. LIVE POULTRY Hens 40@45c, roost ers 25@35c, fries 30@50c. broilers 20@25c, puddle ducks 25@30c, Pekin ducks 40@ 45c, geese 50@60c each, turkeys, owing to fatness. 14@15c. FRUITS AND PRODUCE. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES—Lemons, fancy, $4.50®5 per hox. Florida oranges. $3®3.50 per box Bananas, 3®3%c per pound. Grapefruit, ss®6 per crate. Cab bage, I®l%c per pound. Florida cab bage, $2@2.50 per crate. Peanuts, per pound, fancy Virginia, 6%@7c. choice 5% ®6c. Beans, round green. $1®1.25 per crate. Florida celery, $2®2.50 per crate. Squash, vellow, per six-basket crates. $1.00@1.25. Lettuce, fancy, $1.25®150 choice $1.25@1.50 per crate. Beets, s3@ 3.50 per barrel Cucumbers, $1.25®1.50 per crate. English peas, per drum, sl® 1.25. New Irish potatoes, per barrel. $2.15 @3.00. Strawberries. 7@loc per quart. Egg plants. s2® 2.50 per crate. Pepper. $1.75@2 per crate. Tomatoes, fancy, six basket crates. $2@2.50: choice tomatoes, $1 75@'2. Pineapples, $2@2,25 per crate. Onions, $1.25® 1.50 per bushel. Sweet pota toes. pumpkin yam. $1@1.25 per bushels. Watermelons, slo@ls per hundred. Can taloupes, iter crate. $2@2.50. PROVISION MARKET. (Corrected by White provision Company.) Cornfield hams, 10 to 12 pounds average, 16%c. Cornfield hams, 12 to 14 pounds average, 16%c. Cornfield skinned hams, 16 to 18 pounds average. 17%c. Cornfield picnic hams, 6 to 8 pounds average. 12%c. Cornfield breakfast bacon, 23c. Grocer style bacon twide or narrow), 17%c. Cornfield fresh pork sausage (link or bulk) 25-pound buckets, 11c. Cornfield frankfurters, 10-pound buck ets. average 10c. Cornfield bologna sausage, 25-pound boxes, 9c. Cornfield luncheon hams, 25-pound boxes, 11c. Cornfield spiced jellied meats In 10- pound dinner pails, 10c. Cornfield smoked link sausage, 25-pound boxes. 9c. Cornfield smoked link sausage in pickle, 50-pound cans, $4.25. Cornfield frankfurters in plckfie, 15- pound kits, $1.50. Cornfield pickled pigs feet, 15-pound kits, sl. Cornfield pure lard (tierce basis)., 12%c. Country style pure lard, 50-pound tins only, ll%c. Compound lard (tierce basis), 10c. D. S. extra ribs, 11 %c. D. S. rib bellies, medium average. 12c. D. S. rib bellies, light average, 12%c. FLOUR AND GRAIN. FLOUR—Postell’s Elegant, $7.75; Gloria (self-rising, $6.50; Victory (finest patent), $6.50; Faultless, finest. $6.25; Swansdown (highest patent). $6.25; Home Queen (highest patent) $6; Puritan (highest pat ent) $6; Sun Rise (half patent) $5.50; Tulip flour, $4.50; White Cloud (highest patent) $5.75; Diadem (highest patent) $5.50; Farm Bell, $5.40; Paragon (high est patent) $6; White Lily (highest pat ent) $5.75: White Daisy, $5.75; Southern Star, $5.60; Sun Beam, $5.50; Ocean Spray (patent), $5.50. CORN - Tennessee white, red cob, $1.12; cracked, $1.05. choice yellow, $1.05; mixed, $1.04. MEAL —Plain 144-pound sacks, 99c; 96-pound sacks, $1.00; 48-pound sacks, $1.02: 24-pound sacks, $1.04; 12-pound sacks. $1.06. OATS —Fancy white clipped, 70c; fancy white, 69c; mixed, 68c. COTTON SEED MEAL—Harper, S2B. COTTON SEED HULLS—Square sacks, $9.50 per ton. . SEEDS—(Sacked); German millet. $1.65; amber cane seed. $1.55; cane seed, orange, $1.50; Wheat (Tennessee), blue stem, $1.40; red top cane seed, $1.35; rye (Geor gia) $1.35; Appier oats, 85c; red rust proof oats, 72c; Burt oats, 75c; Texas rust proof oats. 70c; winter grazing, 70c; Oklahoma rust proof. 50c; blue seed oats, 50c. HAY —Per hundredweight: Timothy, choice large bales, $1.75; Timothy, choice third bales, $1.60; Timothy No. 1, small bales, $1.75; new alfalfa, choice, $1.65; Timothy No. 2. $1.70; Timothy No. 1 clo ver, mixed, $1.65; clover hay, $1.50; alfal fa hay, green. $1.25: alfalfa No. 1, $1.70; alfalfa No. 2, $1.25; peavine hay, $1.20; shucks, 70c; wheat straw, 80c; Bermuda hay, SI.OO. FEEDSTUFF SHORTS—Halliday white, 100-lb. sacks. $1.90; fancy, 75-lb. sacks, $1.85; P. W. 75-lb. sacks. $1.80; Brown. 100-lb. sacks, $1.75; Georgia feed, 75-lb. sacks, $1.75; bran, 75-lb. sacks. $1.60; 100-lb. sacks, $1.60; Homcloine, $1.75; Germ meal Hom co, $1.75; sugar beet pulp. 100-lb. sacks, $1.50; 75-lb. sacks. $1.50. CHICKEN FEED—Beef scraps, 50-lb. sacks. $3.50; 100-lb. sacks. $3.25; Purina scratch, dozen pound packages, $2.35; Purina pigeon feed. $2.35: Purina baby chick. $2.30; Purina chowder, dozen pound packages. $2.20; Purina chowder, 100-lb. sacks, $2.45; Purina scratch, 100-lb. sacks, $2.20: Success baby chick, $2.10; Eggs, $2.20; Victory baby chick, $2.30; victory scratch, 50-lb. sacks. $2.25; Victory scratch. 100-lb. sacks, $2.15: Chicken Suc cess baby chick. $2.10; wheat, 2-bushel bags, per bushel, $1.40: Rooster chicken feed, 50-lb. sacks. $1; oystershell, 80c. GROUND FEED -Purina feed, 175-lb. sacks, $1.90; Purina molasses feed. $1.90; Arab feed. $1.90; Universal horse meal, $1.80; Monogram. 100-lb. sacks. $1.70: Vic tory horse feed. 100-lb. sacks, $1 80; Milko dairy feed, $1.75; No. 2, $1.75; alfalfa mo lasses meal, $1.70; alfalfa meal, $1.60. GROCERIES., SUGAR—Per pound, standard granu lated. 5%c; New York refined, 5%c; plan tation, 6c. COFFEE—Roasted (Arbuckle's). $24.25; AAAA, $14.50 in bulk; in bags and bar rels,. $2.10; green, 19c. RlCE—Heart, 4%®5%c; fancy head, 5% @6%c, according to grade. LARD —Silver leaf. 12%c per pound; Soco, 9%c per pound; Flake White. 9%e per pound; Cottolene, $7.75 per case; Snowdrift. $6.50 per case. CHEESE —Fancy full cream, 22c. SARDINES —Mustard, $3 per case; one quarter oil, $3. SARDINES-Mustard, $3 per case; one quarter oil. $3. MISCELLANEOUS—Georgia cane syr up, 38c; axle grease, $1.75; soda crackers, 7%c per pound; lemon crackers, 8c; oys ter.7c; tomatoes (2 pounds). $2 case; (3 pounds), $2.75; navy beans, $3.10; Libia 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, .18c; roast beef. $3.80; syrup, 30c per gal lon; Sterling ball potash. $3 30 per case; soap. $1.50@4.00 per case; Rumford bak ing powder. $2.50 per case. SALT —One hundred pounds. 49c; salt brick (plain), per case, $2.25; salt brick (medicated), per case. $4 85; salt, red rock, per cwt., $1 00. salt zone, per case. 30-lb. sacks. 90c; Gru-Crystal, 25-lb. sacks. 80c; 50-pound sacks, 29c; 25-pound sacks, 18c. FISH. FISH —Bream and perch. 6c per pound: snapper. 9c per pound; trout. 10c per pound; bluefish. 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. WILL GIVE YOU mTECIIM and CONVENIENCE AT LOW COST Let us show you what it will moan to you to . equip your office with this up-to-date equip ment. GOOKIN BANK & OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO. I PHONE IVY 456. 115 N . pryoß ST., ATLANTA. SHORTS HUSH UP GEHEKLWHKET Covering Causes Wheat to Ad- vance 11-4 c to 13-4 c. Corn and Oats Follow. ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS. Wheat—No. 2 red 110 @llO% Corn 77% Oats 50% CHICAGO, June 27. ■ Wheat offerings were small at the opening this morning, and as a result prices were up %c to 1c from the initial transactions and %c to %c better than the closing of last night Corn was t 4 c to %c higher,' helped by the strength in wheat and on the im proved cash demand. Oats were %c loweraon increased of ferings. Hog products-were about unchanged in sympathy with steady tone in hogs at the yards. Wheat closed strong and higher todav, prices Showing gains ranging from 2% on July to 1 %c on December, final prices being about top. Covering bv shorts and continued dry weather were the influ ences. Corn was strong and sharply higher, oats lacked strength for a time, but firmed up with the other cereals later. Provisions were dull and featureless. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. Grain quotations: Prey. Open. High. Low. Close. Close. WHEAT—■ July.. 1.06% 1.10 1.06% 1.09% 107 Sept.. 1.04 1.06 1.04 1.05% 104% Dec.. 1.04% 1t06% 1.104% 1.06% 1.05% CORN— July.. 73% * 75% 73% 75% 73% Sept.. 72% 73% 72% 73% 72% Dec.. 63% 64 63 63% 63% OATS— July.. 48% 49 48% 49 48% Sept.. 39% 40% 39% 40% 39% rit r'. r , RK 4115 s 39% 41% 405 g July. 18.67% 18.67% 18.62% 18.65 18.62% sept. 18.97% 19.02% 18.97% 19 02% 18.97% Oct.. 18.90 18.97% 18.87% 18.97% 18.90 LARD— July. 10.85 10.87% 10.82% 10.87% 10.82% Sept. 1 1.05 11.07% 1 1.05 11.07% 11.05 Oct.. 11.12% 11.17% 11.12% 11.17% 11.12% RIBS—■ July. 10.47% 10.47% 10.47% 10.47% 10.45 Sept. 10.65 10.67% 10.65 10.67% 10.65 Oct.. 10.62% 10.62% 10.62% 10.52% 10.60 CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS. CHICAGO, June 27.—Wheat. No. 2 red. 1.08%@1.11%; No. 3 red. 1 06 3 4 @1.10; No. 2 hard winter. 1.07% @1.10% : No. 3 bard winter, 1.05% @1.08%; No. 1 northern spring. 1.14@1.18; No. 2 northern spring, 1.12@1.16; No. 3 spring. 1.04@1.13. Corn No. 2, 74%@75; No. 2 white. 78@ 79; No. 3 yellow. 76% @77%; No. 3, 73%®) 74. No. 3 white, 76%@77%; No. 3 yellow, 75%@76; No. 4. 69%@71; No. 4 white. 70@75; No. 4 yellow, 70@74. Oats, No. 2 white, 53%@54%; No. 3 white, 51%@53: No. 4 white, 50@52; standard, 53@53%. CHICAGO OAR LOTS. Following are receipts for Thursday and ’ estimated receipts for Friday: . [Thursday.l Friday, [ -Wheat I 13 I 16 ; Corn 198 I 181 ■ Oats | 103 95 ' H °g 9 1 24.000 I 17.000 > PRIMARY MOVEMENT. 1 ' WHEAT— I 1912 1 1911 ’ . Receipts 222,000 591,000 : Shipments 265,000 ’ . 149.000 CORN— i 1 Receipts.. 579. S»0~| 33L000 - Shipments., ~ ■ ~ 365,000 ; 390.000 LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. I Wheat opened unchanged to %d lower; . at 1:30 p. m. was %d to %d lower. ■ Closed %d to %d lower., > Corn opened unchanged; at 1:30 p. ni. was unchanged. Closed ' B d lower. 1 NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET. ; NEW YORK. June 27. Wheat firm; t September 1 10% @ 1 1.0’,, July 1.15%@ ' 1.15%, spot No. 2 red 1.18 In elevator, 1.19 @1.19% to arrive f. o. b. Corn firm; No. - 2 in elevator nominal, export No. 2 82% • f. o. b.. steamer nominal. No. 4 nominal” ' Oats steady; natural white 59%@61%, ‘ nominal; white clipped 60%@63%, noml ’ nal. Rye quiet: No. 2 nominal c. i. f. ‘ New York. Barley steady: malting 1.12@ ’ 1.25 c. I. f Buffalo. Hay steady; good to prime 11.50@11.60, poor to fair 1 10@ ; 1.35. • Flour quiet: spring patents $5.50@5.90, ■ straights ss® 5.50. clears $4,85® 5.10, win ’ ter patents $5.90@6.10, straights $5.35@> ’ $5.45, clears $4.75@5. Reef firm: family slß@'lß.so. Pork firm; njpss $20.50®21. Lard quiet; city steam ■70%®!!%. middle West spot 10.85. Tal low steady; city (In hogsheads) 6% nomi nal, country (in tierces) 5%@6%. ’ NEW YORK GROCERIES. NEW YORK. June 27. —Coffee easy; , opened 2® 4 off; No. 7 Rio spot. 14%@14%, Rice firm: domestic, ordinary to prime, ; 4%@'5%. Molasses steady; New Orleans, • open kettle, 35@ 45. Sugar, raw. nominal; ; centrifugal. 3.86; muscovado. 3.36; mo lasses sugar. 3.11: refined, quiet: stand ard granulated. 5.00@5.05; cut loaf, 5.80; . crushed, 5.70; mold A. 5.30; cubes, 5 25; powdered, 5.05@5.10: diamond A, 5 00; . confectioners A. 4.85; No. 1. 4.85 No 2 4.80; No. 3. 4.75; No. 4, 4.75. ■ HARDWARE. ’ PLOWSTOCKS—HaIman, 95c; Fergu- - son, $1.05. ! AXLES—S4.7S@7.OO per dozen, base. 1 SHOT $2.25 per sack. ' SHOES Horse, $4.50@4.75 per keg. r LEAD - Bar. 7%c per pound. • NAILS Wire. $2.65 base. ! IRON—Per pound, Sc, base; Swede, 3%c. t ] Atlanta Audit Go. Public Auditors r and Systematizes ATLANTA nnd TAMPA