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Slight 1913 Increase No Indica
tion of Greater Cotton Acreage,
Says Commissioner.
To correct an impression about the
Rtate that there ha» been a great in
crease in the sale of guano, indicating
a proportionate Increase in the cotton
acreage, J. J. Connor. Commissioner
of Agriculture, said to-day that the
guano sales, while slightly over last
year, are greatly below the two pre
ceding years.
Mr. Connor showed a letter from a
Savannah firm, reading as follows
‘“One of the bears against cotton
markets is that the sale of guano this
\ear shows an enormous increase over
1911 and 1912. Of course we cotton
factors dislike to see cotton prices put
down by bears in speculative mar
kets.
“Because of such letters." said Mr.
Connor. “I have prepared a state
ment of the exact number of tons of
fertilisers and cotton seed meal for
which tins department sold tags tor
the years 1910-11, 1911-12 and 1912-
13"
The tag sales from October 1, 1910,
to April 1, 1911. were as follows:
Tons.
Fertilizer tags for ... 1,137,471.2
Cotton seed meal tags for. 49,591 7
Total 1,187,002.9
Tag sales from October 1. 1911, to
April 1. 1912:
Tons.
Fertilizer tags for . . . 925,484.S
Cotton seed meal tags for 46,628.0
Total 972,112.8
Tag sales from October 1, 1912, to
April 1, 1913:
Tons.
Fertilizer ta£s for ... . 983,371.2
Cotton seed meal tags for. 53,217.7
Total .
. 1,036,588.9
Decrease in 1911-1912 from
1910- 1911 214,950.1
Increase in 1912-1913 over
1911- 1912 64,476.1
Decrease in 1912-1913 from
1910-1911 150,474.0
country. ;
Drawn, head
Mens, 18@19r;
80/10; turkeys I
EGGS-
16c.
BUTTER—Jersey
J-lb. blocks, 27%@30c,
fair demand, 17\^(a22 l /gC
DRESSED POULTRY
and feet on, per pound:
fries, 22HCft 25c; roosters
owing to fatness. 22®24r
LIVE POULTRY —Hens. 50@60r.
roosters 25® 30c, fries 25# 35c, broilers
30®'35c, puddle ducks 30® 35c, Pekins
15®40c. geese 50® 60c each, lurkeys, ow
ing to fatness, 18®.20c.
FRUITS AND PRODUCE
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Lem
ons fancy $6@6.50 pe»* box, Florida or
anges $303 60; grapefruit $2.75@>3.00.
cauliflower 10® 12He lb., bananus, 3c per
pound, cabbage 11 @1.10 orate, peanuts
per pound, fancy Virginia, 6%@7c,
choice 5%@6c, lettuce fancy 12.60® 300,
beets $1.00®J.25 in half-barrel crates,
cucumbers $2.00.
Egg plants $1.50@1.7G per crate, pep-
I* r $2.00@2.50 per crate, tomatoes fancy,
six-bueket crates $1.50® 1.76, pineapples
$2.00(ft 2.75 per crate, onions G0@65e per
bushel, sweet potatoes, pumpkin yam
TOtj: 75c. strawberries 10® 12 Vi*' per
quart. fancy Florida celery $2.r>0®3.00
per crate, < kra. fancy 6-basket crates $3
@3 *0
FISH.
FlijH—Bream and perch, 7c pound;
snapper,, 10c pound; trout, 10c pound;
blueflsh, 7c pound; pompano, 20c pound;
mackerel, 7c pound; mixed fish 5@6c
pound; black bass, 10c pound; mullet, $12
per barrel.
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLOUR— Fostell’s Elegant $7.75,
Omega $7.60. Carter's Best $7.75, Qual
ity (finest patent) $6.05; Gloria (self-
rising) $6 50. Results (self-rising), $6.25;
8wans Down (fancy patent) $6, Victory
(the very best patent), $6.65, Mono
gram $6, Queen of the South (finest
patent) $6.60, Gvdden Grain $6.60, Fault
less (finest) $6.26, Home Queen (high
est pater>t) $5.95, Puritan (highest pat
ent) $6.85. Paragon (highest patent)
15.85, Sunrise (half patent) $5.25, White
Cloud (highest patent) $5.50. White
Daisy (high patent) $5.60, White Lily
(high patent) $5.50, Diadem (fancy high
patent) $5.75, \VaU*r Lily (patent) $5.15,
Sunbeam $5.25, Southern Star (patent)
$5 26, Ocean Spray (patent) $5.25, Tulip
(straight) $4.16, King Cotton (half pat
ent) $6. low grade 98-pound sacks $4.
- CORN—Choice red cob 85< . No. 2
white bone dry No. 2 white 80c, mixed
74c, choice yellow 76c, cracked corn 80c.
MEAL—Plain 144-pound sacks 75c, 96-
pound sacks 77c, 48-pound Aacks 79c,
34-pound sacks 8lc, 12-pound sucks 80c
OATS—Fanck white dipped 54c. No. 2
clipped 53c. fancy white 52c, mixed 51c.
$28 50; prime $27.50% creamo feed $26.
COTTON SEED HULLS Square
sacks $14.50.
SEEDS-(Sacked): Wheat, Tennessee
choice Burt 70c, rustproof 60c. Okla-
blue stem $1.60, German millet $1.65.
anther cane (teed $1, cane seed, orange
• $1, rye (Tennessee) $1 25. red top cane
seed SI 35, rye (Georgia) $1.35, blue seed
oats 50c, barley $1.26
HAY—Per hundredweight: Timothy,
choice, large bales, $1.30. No. 1 small
bales. $1.25, No. 2 small, $1.15; Timothy
No. 1, clover mixed, large bales. $125.
silver clover mixed hay $1.15, Timothy
No. 1, clover mixed, $1.15: clover hay,
31.10, alfalfa hay. choice green $1.30, No.
I $1.20, wheat straw 70c, Bermuda hay
S6c.
FEEDSTUFFS.
SHORTS—White, 100-lb. «acks $1.77
Vialliday. white, 100-lb. sacks $1.7/ |
dandy middling 100-lb. sacks $1.75, fan- j
cy, 75-lb. sacks $1.75. P. W.. 75-lb. sacks
11.60, brown, 100-Ib. sacks $1.55, Georgia
feed, 75-lb. sacks $1.56, clover leaf, <5-
1b. sacks $1.60, bran, 7.5 1b. sacks $1.30,
UfO-lb. sacks $1.30, 50-lb. sacks $1.30.
‘Homeoline $1.60, Germ meul-Homeo
$1.60.
CHICKEN FEED—Beer scrap. 100-lb.
sacks $3.25. 50-lb. sacks $1.65, Purina
pigeon feed $2.15, Purina baby chick
feed $2. Purina scratch. 100-lb. sacks
$1.85, 50-lb. sacks $1.85, Purina scratch
bales $2.05, Purina chowder, 100-lb. sacks
$2. Purina chowder, dozen pound pack
ages $2 20. Victory baby chick $2. Vic
tory scratch, 50-lb. sacks $1.90. 100-lb
sacks $1.80, wheat, 2-bushel bags, per
laishel $1.40. oyster shell 80c, special
scratch, 100-lb sacks $1.80. Eggo $1.85,
charcoal. 50-lb. sacks, per 100 pounds $2.
GROUND FEED—Purina feed. 175-lb.
sacks $1.65. 100-lb. sacks $1.65, Purina
molasses feed 41.55. Arab horse feed
$1.65, Alineeda feed $1.65, Sucrene dairy
feed $1.50. Monogram. 100-lb. tacks $1.60,
Victory horsefeed, 100-lb sacks $1.60,
A. B C. feed $1.60. Milk dairy feed $1.60,
alfalfa’molasses meal 31.75, alfalfa meal
$1.49. beet pulp, 100-lb. sacks $1.55,
homa rustproof 60c. Appier 70c. winter
grazing 76c, oats, black seed 60c
COTTON SEKfr MEAL — Harper,
crushed oats. 100-lb sacks $1.75.
PROVISION MARKET.
(Corrected by White Provlaion Co.)
Cornfield hams. 10 to 12 pounds aver
age. 19c
Cornfield hams. 12 to 14 pounds aver
age. I8^»c
Cornfield skinned hams, 16 to 18
pounds, average 19Hc- 2
Cornfield pickled pig’s feet, 15-pound
kits, |1 25.
July-August Contracts.
NEW YORK. April 18, There seems
: to be truth in the report that Liver-
! pool firms are buying May contracts
[here with the intention of taking up the
cotton when tendered. Representatives
of at least tWo of these firms are in New
York now.
From what < an be ascertained these
firms together want about 70,000 to
76,000 bab-H for delivery on July-August
j contracts In Liverpool where they are
understood to be short to that extent
I A. J. Boston A- Co. want, the bulk of
It. They can not get the aetual cot
ton in their home market for McKadden
is Httid to have that sewed up lighter
than a drum; nor can they go South for
the staple except at a big loss. New
York is the cheapest market in the
world and the only place where they
can get cotton with a chance of com
ing out whole. They are said to feel
certain that they will not only get the
cotton which they want but make a
nice profit on the deal Local opinion
is not unanimous on that point. Some
brokers say that the Englishmen will
be able to ship at between 90 and 98
points on May, while the Liverpool mar
ket yesterday was 38 points over May
and by selling there, while buying here,
they apparently would stand to make at
least $2 a bale.
There are several things to take Into
consideration, before reckoning profits
on such a deal. One is whether the
purchaser of May contracts here who
takes up the cotton will get cotton out
of the local stock. Another Is whether
the cotton he gets, either from the local
stock or elsewhere, will prove to be
tenderalde in Liverpool. The Liverpool
system differs entirely from the New
York. Cotton Is sold so much "off" or
"on" according to what the Englishmen
cull Its style'’ not according t.. its
grade. The Liverpool standard' is high
er than the New York. No cotton con
taining sand is tenderable. and as a
general proposition it can be said that
no cotton below good ordinary white Is
accepted. Middling in Liverpool would
grade about strict middling or fully
middling here. It is a costly thing to
try to tender lit Liverpool cotton which
does not come up t<> contract require
ments, for the seller is penalized u half
penny u pound and his contract is can-
; reled. Here all that happens is that
the cotton which he tenders Is rejected.
| There is a total of 107,022 bales In the
j New York warehouses.
| It Is understood that local spot peo
ple, now in control of the contract stock,
are not pleased over the prospect of the
, bulk of It being shipped to Liverpool.
I Loss of this cotton will prevent them
from selling distant months, as they
will have no cotton left with which to
make delivery If they wish.
In ATLANTA MULE AND
HORSE MARKET
(Corrected by the National Stock Yards
Commission Company: C G. Tur
ner, President.)
M ides.
\lul<s uncj horses in the lust week
have declined from $5 to $10 per
for the past few days there
a good ('em and for them,
•ad* hfwe begun to receive
, so there will be no scared-
cunt of the h«gh
Ck
prices will
erne in the
md mules
S !<• 1 i*-\ •*
time to
hands, rough, good ages,
finish with quality, $155 to
|head, but
j has been
The rai’r
hipment)
V of >tc
water.
it. look* a
same for awhile.
I Draft horses and large r
I are in active demand, arid
tills will bt- so for Nunn
come.
14 to 14 At
! $115 to *130
14 to 12*4,
$180.
I 14% to 15 hands, rough, $130 to $170.
15 to 15% hands, finish, $180 to $205.
16 hands, with quality and finish, $205
to $230.
16 hands, heavy chunk, weighing form
1,250 to 1,400 pounds, $255 to $330.
Horaes.
Southern chunk horses, from $75 to
$110.
Southern chunk, -finish, $110 to $135.
Good driving horses, quality and finish,
ranging in price from $160 to $210
Heavy draught horses, rough, $160 to
$210
Heavy draught horses, finish. $210 to
$300.
ATLANTA LIVE STOCK MARKET.
(By W. H. White, Jr., of the White Pro-
vision Company.)
Quotations based on actual purchases
during the current week:
Choice to good steers. 1,00 to 1,200,
$6.00@6.50; good steers, 800 to 1.000, 5.50
®6.00; medium lo good steers, 700 to 850,
5.25®5.75; medium to good cows. 700 to
800, 4.50® 5.00; good to choice beef cows,
800 to 900, 5.00®5.50; medium to good
heifers. 6.50®7.50; good to choice boil
ers, 750 to 850. 5.00®5.50; medium to
good heifers, 650 to 760, 4.25®4.76.
The above represent ruling prices of
good quality of beef cat'll Inferior
grades and dairy type selling lower.
Mixed to common steers, if fat, 800 to
900. 5.00®5.50; medium to common cows,
if fut, 700 to 800. 4.25®4.75; mixed com
mon, 600 to 800. 3.25®4.25; good butcher
bulls, 3.50® 4.50.
Prime hogs, 160 to *200 average. 8.90®*
9.167 good butcher hogs, 140 to 160. 8.75
7/9.00: good butcher pigs, 100 to 140,
'.25® 8.75; light pigs, 80 to 100, 8.00 t
8.50: heavy rough 'hogs, 200 to 250. 8.25
@8.75.
Above quotations apply to corn-fed
May. Lee and Wiggins sold
if ter the call I lent/.. Geran,
Montgomery, Schill and Geer
Cl. ■ * II r r l r x 1 were principal buyer.- Riordan, lloths-
ohort at Horne, Englishmen Let• .>• ■- ...... «<<>>. i in. ..mi
Wilson were among the leading sellers.
M r n i' iL j — I Wilson tipri Wiggins were probably the
May for Delivery Abroad on best sellers of Bay.
Wilson bought May at II.Of on the
opening, but Riordan and Sehtll sold it
off. Pell is said to be selling May op
tion. The market was steady and is
likely to be governed by the action of
May.
"Shorts' covering of May contracts
yesterday was the only feature of the
J market," said J. M. Anderson. "There
was some demand for new crops, which
brought out some strength in near po
sitions. New Orleans bought May op
tions here, whjch was thought to be
I short cotton. However, there was some
; selling of May and buying of July by
people who bad bought May a few days
ago when the option was at a good
premium over July.
Ulearman bought 2,000 bales of May at
1 5 points over July from Cone. On the
close Young, llentz. Waters, Shantz,
if Irks, Beardsley and Schley were gen
eral buyers; Riordan, Witoon, McGnee,
Schill, Flinn, Halt. Martin, Gifford, Mc-
Fadden and McEnany were probably the
best sellers.
"The trading was confined almost en
tirely to swaps, with very little outside
business "
• * *
The cotton market looks to be a
scalping affair for the present.
• * •
Dallas wires: "Texas and Oklahoma
clear, cool and pleasant."
* * *
New Orleans reports a break In a
private levee 20 miles south of Natchez
yesterday, flooding a 3,000-acre planta
tion Sycamore Levee, 5 miles above
Natchez, on the Louisiana side, is re
ported in bad condition. Reports of se
rious trouble at Beulah, Miss., were de
nied last night. The river at New Or
leans last night was a half-foot above
fioYxl stage
• • •
The Journal of Commerce says;
"Buyers of cotton goods find the mar
ket much to their liking and more sat
isfactory terms and more satisfactory
prices can he had by those who are
in good credit. Jobbers .are operating
in a hand-to-mouth way."
• * *
Mr S Tate, of N. L. Carpenter &
Co., says: "Letters and cables from
Germany point out a more optimistic
feeling.
"The London market for bar silver
was firmer this morning. This shduld
help business in every way in America
ami encourage more confident feeling
both as to commodities and stocks.
"Some prominent mill men who have
very large interests in the South, who
have visited our office in the last few
days, minimize the effect of the pro
posed tariff changes. They say the
down warn revision was promised and
expected by the election of the I >emo-
cra'tic party, and they hope the bill will
soon be passed ami the uncertainty be
removed, claiming the effect will be only
temporary.”
* * *
Shreveport. La., wires: "On account
of the recent cold spell considerable
cotton has to be replanted in this sec
tion. One planter alone replanted about
500 acres. A warm, sjow rain is badly
needed."
* * •
Greenville. Miss., wires: "If the
weather continues good we believe lev*
ees will hold. We have plenty of
labor and it Is well distributed. T'here
was a rise of only .1 in the past 24
hours."
• * *
Austin, Texas, wires: "Fifty per cent
of the cotton in this section was planted
before, the cold spell ten days ago. It
now r looks sickly, as the frost nipped it.
Many farmers are talking of replanting.
Only about 75 per cent is planted to
date. The ground is very hard and dry
Rain is badly needed. We do not con
sider the outlook good "
* * *
Cordill wires: Eagle Lake. Cuero.
Kennedy and San Antonio cotton gen
erally is up to good stands. Some re
planting in the Cuero section is neces
sary owing to cool weather. Chopping
is in full swing around the San Antonio
section. The soil is iu excellent con
dition. The weather is clear and pleas
ant. Rain would be beneficial West and
southwest of San A tit onto. Conditions
are fully normal."
• • •
Waco, Texas, wires: "Complaints of
lack of rain are reaching us from nu
merous sections. There .is not sufficient
surface moisture to bring up cotton al
ready planted."
Following are 11 a. nt. bids. May
11.91, July 11.87, October 11.42, Janu
ary 11.41.
• ♦ *
NEW ORLEANS, April 18.--Hayward
& Clark; The weather map shows
warmer everywhere; prospects are for
fair to warmer in the eastern half, in
creasing cloudiness in the western half,
with chances for rain in west Texas,
north Texas and Oklahoma.
* • *
Liverpool cables: "American mid
dling fair, 7.46d: good middling, 7.lid;
middling, 6.91d; low middling, 6 75d;
good ordinary. 6.41d; ordinary. 6.07d.
Following are 10 a. m. bids: May
l;:.38: July, 12.23; October, 11.47; Janu
ary. 11.51.
Estimated receipts for Saturday:
1913. 1912
New Orleans . . . .2,000 to 2,800 3,325
Galveston . .2.000 to 3.000 4.916
The following table shows
hogs, mash ami peanut-fattene<
1 to l%c under.
hogs
PORT RECEIPTS.
The following table shows receipts a
the ports to-day compared with th
same day last year:
1913.
912.
New Orleans. . .
2.784
3.298
Galveston
4,107 I
3,058
Mobile
351 i
311
Savannah
2,226 j
2,823
Charleston ....
306
380
Wilmington. . .
6S0
465
Norfolk
596
1.362
Baltimore
1,247
131
Brunswick ....
1.412
1.372
Boston
142 .
Port Arthur.
7,700
Newport News
1.082
Pacific coast.
5,706
Various
1,849
Total
13.853
10,859
INTERIOR
MOVEMENT.
1913. |
1912.
Houston
1.263
3,726
Augusta
440
623
Memphis
978
269
St Louis. . .
1.297
1.633
•’Ineinnatl . . . .
2,065
552
Little Rock .
231
Total
6.033
6,534
SPOT COTTON MARKET.
Atlanta, quiet: middling 12* s
Athens, steady; middling 12%.
Macon, steady; middling 12.
New Orleans, steady; middling 12 7-16
New York, quiet middling 12.25.
Philadelphia, quiet; middling 12.50
Boston, easy; middling 12.-5.
Liverpool, steady; middling 6.91d.
Savannah, steady; middling ' 2A,.
Norfolk, steady; middling 12*«
Augusta, steady; middling 12V
Mobile, steady, middling 12V
Galveston, steady: middling 12-5*
Charleston, steady, middling 12%
Wilmington, very steady; middling 12,
Little Rock, steady: middling 12.
Baltimore, nominal; middling 12%.
Memphis, steady; middling Y?.\.
St. Louis, quiet; middling 12 V
Houston, steady; middling 12 9-16.
Louisville, firm; middling 12V
Greenville, quiet: middling 1IV
Charleston, steady, middling 12V
WEEK-END COTTON STATISTICS.
The visible supply of American cot
ton shows a decrease of 82,516 bah s. as
compared with a decrease of 149,170
bales for the corresponding week last
year, against a decrease of 167,311 bales
for the same week the year before. Oth
er kinds foi the week show an Increase
of 5,000 bales, against an increase of
6.000 bales for the same week last year,
and an increase of 22,000 bales for the
corresponding week in 1911.
The total visible supply of American
cotton shows another large decrease, be
ing 77.516 bales, as compared with a
decrease of 143,710 bales last year,
against a decrease of 145.311 bales for
the same week the year before.
World's visible supply:
| 1913. ! 1912. |
1911.
American
. 3,421,50414,079.799'2
618,607
Oth«
ir kinds
1,453,000 1,217.000 1
176.000
Total, all k
ds 4,874,50415,296,799 3
794.607
\\
orld's spinners’ takings:
1913. 1912. |
1911.
For
week .
219.000 329,000;
255,000
Sim
« Sop. 1
10.662.000111,472.000 9
264,000
M
uvement
into sight:
1913.
1912.
<) land w'k 12,060 22.296
Since Sep. 1 873,176
Into s't, wk 137,117 173,585
Since Sep. I;12,732.556sl4,767,342 11
So cons’n. 45,000 51,000
1911.
10.376
’ 7*3,603
901.698
45,00
Weekly interior
movement:
1913. J 1912 1 1911.
Receipts. ...
Shipments ....
Stocks
. 47.465 56,636 32,419
. 73.321 81.831 60,720
. 509.844 365,397’374.604
Weekly exports:
1913. 1912.
For week
122.332 145.253
Since September 1
17,428,658 9,509,470
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS. .
Logan & Bryan: At the moment we
do not feel disposed to urge commit
ments on the constructive side.
Thompson, Towle & Co.: Old crop
months look higher. The new cron
months arc not likely to be popular until
‘ something happens to influence senti
ment.
Norden & Co.: We believe higher
prices are likely
Stornberger. Sinn & Co.: We think
prices should work higher.
Miller A Co.: We look for higher
prices
Spot Firms Unload Holdings,
Bulls Withdraw, and Decline
in Prices Follows.
NEW YORK, April 18.—Fear of de
velopments In May contracts again pre
vented bear traders from acting in line
with weather conditions at the opening
of the cotton maYket and first prices
were unchanged to 2 points lower.
There . seemed to* be .quite a general
desire on* the. part, of room- operators to
await developments in- near positions.
After the call the prices ranged around
last night's final.
Throughout the early trading the mar
ket was featureless. There was some
swapping of May and July, but outside
of this there has been very little or no
trading. Brice movement was only a
few points from the. opening range.
A precipitant selling movement pre
vailed during the late forenoon, inspired
by selling by New Orleans and the large
spot sources, continued favorable
weather and reports from the belt show
ing crop preparations well advanced;
also, crops which are now planted. The
damage by cold weather in Texas was
enough to be taken seriously and the
ring, Wall Street ami many of the most
conservative operators hammered every
option on the list, with the result of
May dropping to 11.78 and July the like
amount; October 9, and December the
same. During the afternoon session
May was 20 points lower than the open
ing, which was 11.98.
Jt seemed as-if no one wanted to buy
cotton. Spots were quoted easier, which
encouraged further short selling, both
ii near months and remote positions.
The bullish article in The New York
Commercial on Liverpool situation in
tie market fell fiat on the market and
*he ring professionals hammered. This
I erle • of speculators and Wall Street
Ming held the market down and no
,ne offered to turn against it. This
clique, or traders’ commitments, are
usually based on such profound econ
omies as "What goes up, will come
down.”
The reactionary tendency continued
throughout the afternoon session. The
support from the leading bull leaders
was conspicuous, but they are probably
nollned to sidestep for the present so
as to let prices sag to an attractive
enough level to replace lines recently
liquidated.
At the close the market was steady,
with prices 11 to 20 points lower than
yesterday's final quotations.
RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES.
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A p. 11.98 11.98111.97 11.97IU.75-80111.94-
My 11.98,11.98 11.72 11.76'11.74-75 11.94
J ne ! |11.75-77111.90-
Jl.v 11.91 11.91111.71 ll.7f.il 1.74-76jl 1.89-
Ag 11.75 11.75 11.58 11.59 11.59-60 11.76-
Spt 111.47 11.47111.40 11.40111.38-40111.50-
Oc. 11.44 11.44111.31 11.33 11.32-33111.44-
Dc 111.47 11.47111.34111.36|11.36-57111.47-
Jan 11.43 11.43 11.30 11.30 1 1.30-31 HI.42-
Mh ■ ■ . ' ...... . • . ..ill.34-86111.47-
Closed barely steady.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
LIVERPOOL, April 18.—Dup 3% points
higher on May and 1 to 1% points high
er on other positions, this market opened
quiet at a net advance of 2 to 2*4 points
higher on near options and 1 to 1%
points higher on late months. At 12:15
p. ni. the market was 1 to 2 points
higher.
Spot cotton 6.91d; sales, 9,006 bales,
including 7,000 American bales; imports,
25,000 bales, including 18.000 American
bales.
Burt receipts are to-day estimated at
15,000 bales, compared with 19.068 last
week and 32.082 bales for the corre
sponding w.rek last year, against 10,323
bales for the same week the year before.
Futures opened quiet
- Opening
Prev.
flange.
Close.
Close.
April
.6.65 •
-6.65%
6.65
6.63
April
■May
.6.61
-6.61%
6.61 %
6.59%
May-
June
.6.61%
-6.61
6.61
6.59 '
June-
July
.6.59%
6.59%
6.57%
July-
Aug
. 6.56
-6.55%
6.55
6.53%
Aug
Sept.
. .6.45
-6.44*2
6.4J%
6.43
Sept.
-Oct. .
. .6.31
6.30%
6.29
Oct.-
Nov.
.6.22
-6.22%
6.22
6.21
Nov
Dec. .
.6.19%
6.19
6.18
Dec.-
Jan.
6.17%
6.17
Jan.-
Feb. .
.6.17%
-6.•17
6.10%
6.16
Feb. -
Mch. .
6.17
6.17
Closed quiet but steady.
HAYWARD & CLARK'S
DAILY COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS, April 18.—Liverpool
is indifferent and futures came in as
due. spots 3 points up, sales 9,000 bales.
New York has a very long article in
the press about the professional situa
tion in summer positions. Liverpool
houses are spoken of as engaged to take
up about 70,000 bales, while the McFad-
den interests have the spot end sewed
o> in both markets. Such statements
naturally encourage public expectations
of bull operations in May and account
for the check to selling, which is the
main factor in maintaining values.
Liverpool cabled: "Manchester poor.
Our market opened slightly lower, but
held very firm around 13.23 for July,
trading small up to noon. So far to
day sjw)is very quiet and unchanged."
RANGE NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
lligh(!Ht, lowest
gethor w ith
the
STOCK— High.
Am. Copper.
77* /4
Am. 1. Se.
26
Am. 8. Ref.
Am. Smelt.
69
Am. C. Fdry
Am. Loco.
36
Am. Cot. Oil
Am. Wool. .
48
Anaconda
Atchison
101%
A. C. L.
121'/4
Am. Can.
34'/4
do. pfd.
95/4
Am. Beet S
32/ 2
A. T. and T. .
139-4
Am. Agrl. .
Beth. Steel
34' 4
B. R. T.
90 4
B. and O.
991 4
Can. Pac.
244%
Corn Prod.
C. and O.
67*4
previous cl
1
P. M.
76%
253 4
113'/2
68-4
6 50
35%
48
19
38: b
10F,b 101%
Low.
7«%
26
68%
36
48
Con. Gas
Cen. Lth.
C. F. and i. .
Col. So. . .
D. and H. .
D. and R. G.
Dis. Sec. .
Erie
do. pfd.
Gen. Elec.
Gold. Con. . .
Gt. West.
Gt. N. pfd.
G. N. Ore fl . .
Int. H., old
III. Cen.
Interboro . .
do. pfd.
Iowa Cen. . .
K. C. So.
K. and T.
do. pfd. .
L. Valley
L. and N. . .
Mo. Pacific. .
N. Y. Central
Northwest..
Nat. Lead
N. and W.
No. Pacific . .
O. and W.
Penn
Pacific Mall
P. Gas Co. . .
P. Steel Car
Reading . .
Rock Island
do. pfd. . .
R. I. and Steel
do. pfd.
S. -Sheffield. .
So. Pacific
So. Railway .
do. pfd.
St. Paul
Tenn. Copper
Texas Pacific
Third Avenue
Union Pacific
U. S. Rubber.
Utah Copper
U. S. Steel
do. pfd.
V. -C. Chem.
W. Union. . .
Wabash. . .
do. pfd..
W. Electric
WIs. Central.
W. Maryland.
25
34
121*4
33%
94*4
3 2/2
1291/4
34*4
89%
981/4
244
667,8
26
33'/b
121«4
33' 2
94*4
32*/ 2
130
52
89 4
244%
s 66%
132* 2
24%
32
31
159
20
30*/*
39%
294
44'/1
139%
139%
137'/2
2*/a
14*/a
. 127%
127'/b
127%
■ 34%
34%
3434
105
120
119%
119'/2
16%,
16%
16%
5814
58*/ 4
57*4
. . .1
S
124'/ 2
. 26
26
25%
60%
160
160
159! 2
133'/ 4
133
133
37*/2
37'%
37%
103'/2
102%
102%
...»
13214
49*/4
106 k,
106
105%
115%
115
115
31'/j
31
31
1141/a
114' 4
114'/2
25'/a
111%
26
165' 4
164' 4
164'/ 2
2t%
213 /8
21%
37%
37
36'/ 2
25
84' 2
31
100%
100
100 g
26’ b
26'/a
26%
78%
7t«/a
78%
109'/ 2
109
108 %
35%
351/2
35%
18
35*4
153%
152*/2
152%
64
64
63%
533 4
533.4
53%
62%
613/4
62
l06'/4
108*4
108
. .. t
34
....
66 4
3
10
64
64
52' 4
40' g
237,000
shares.
Prev.
Close.
77/ b
253,4
113*4
69
50*, a
36
47
21
38*4
102
121*4
34
94%
32'/ 2
129%
58
34*. 4
90%
99%
245*4
10%
67%
132*4
243 4
33%
31
159
20%
20%
30
454
139*4
2*/«
15
127%
34
105
119*4
16%
573 4
9
125
26
62*4
15934
133*4
375%
103! 4
132%
49%
IO61/4
116
31
114%
25
112
26
165* 4
21%
36%
25*4
843/ a
30
1007s
26'%
78%
109*4
35%
18
36
153%
63%
53' 2
62%
1C8
34
66*4
3
10
63*4
52
40%
STOCKS RECEDE;'
SHOOT LISTS Bit
Trading Is Chiefly Professional,
but Bears Sway the Market
for the Day.
By C. W. STORM.
NEW YORK, April IX.—Many of the
room traders regarded the report of the
St. Paul bond subscription as unsatis
factory. With that the stock market
opened easy on professional selling to
day and a number of issues scored
Ic.ssej*. st. Paul opened at 109\' 4 , or %
under the closing of yesterday. Ameri
can Telephone and Telegraph was again
under pressure, yielding %.
Among the other losses were United
States Steel common %, Union Pacific
*4. Reading %, New York Central %.
Missouri Pacific % Canadian Pacific
1%, Atlantic Coast Line q. American
Smelting and Amalgamated Copper 1 h•
Chesapeake and Ohio advanced % and
Pennsylvania made a fractional gain.
The curb was irregular.
Americans in London were heavy.
Canadian Pacific in London was firm on
earnings reports. *
The market during the forenoon
showed general steadiness but no activ
ity. Baltimore and Ohio declined % to
1*5% and Canadian Pacific yielded 1 point
to 243%. Union Pacific and Missouri
Pacific w**re off % ; Pennsylvania gained
and Baltimore and Ohio was up %;
Chesapeake and Ohio was up %
Call money loaning at 2 a 4.
Sentiment was about evenly divided in
the last hour, but the tone held steady.
Amalgamated Copper and American Can
were fractionally under the noon range,
while Steel crossed 62 for a fractional
gain. Reading, New York Central and
Lehigh Valley showed net losses on the
•lay. Toward the close a selling move
ment developed.
The market closed firm. Governments
unchanged; other bonds steady.
BAR SILVER.
NEW YORK, April 18. -Commercial
bar silver 59%; Mexican dollars 48c.
LONDON, April 18.—Bar silver firm at
27 9-16d.
TELEPHONE BILL PASSED.
NEW YORK. April 18.—New York
State Senate passed to-day the 5-cent
telephone bill for Greater New York.
$25,000,000 BOND ISSUE.
NEW YORK, April 18.-.The Missouri
Utilities Commission approved the Mis
souri, Kansas and Texas $25,000,000 bond
issue to-day.
MINING STOCKS.
BOSTON, April 18.—Opening: East
Butte, 12%; Mason Valley, 6%; Boston-
Maine. 65; Butte Superior, 30%.
METALS.
NEW YORK. April 18.—The metal
market was qui.et to-day. Copper spot
to June. 15.40® 15.50; lead, 4.30®4.40;
spelter, 5.56®5.75; tin. 50.00® 50.07%.
CHESAPEAKE & OHIO EARNINGS.
NEW YORK. April 18.—Chesapeake
and Ohio earnings second week April:
Decrease $177,000; from July 1, increase
$677,000.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
NEW YORK, April 18.—Money on call
2% to 2%. Time money dull; 60 days,
4 to 4Vi; 90 days. 4%; six months, 4%.
Posted rates: Sterling exchange. 4.84
to 4.8!%, with actual business in bank-
f f° r demand and
4.8J.10 for 60-day bills.
Prime mercantile paper unchanged.
CHICAGO, April 18.—Wheat traders
who were in the pit all day yesterday
attributed the advance to the crowd be
ing short. It was said that the lead
ing interests sold on the bulge and took
the short side. Bears see no good in
the long side, but they are timid and
don't stand any punishment- Some ot
t he corn specialists belleVe that the
Armour interest has reduced their hold
ings of corn to a point where they would
Uk« to Se. ■ break to enable them
to take the buying side again. _lbc*®
are a great many bulls who believe th a ^
May corn will sell at 60 cents and that
there will be run of receipts until corn
planting is over.
MODERN MILLER CROP OUTLOOK.
ST LOUIS, April 18. -There is no
change in the general condition of the
winter wheat crofi. Following recent
heavy rains, the warmer weather with
an abundance of sunshine has been al
most perfect for the advancement of the
crop and the plant is making rapid
growth. v
In Texas, Oklahoma and in the coun
ty* south of the Ohio river wheat has
• ached the jointing stag*; and the
growth is funner auVanced than usual
at this time of the season.
Reports of Hessian fly and other field
pests in wheat come from isolated lo
calities, but these do not count tor
much, as (lie area affected is compara
tively small. . .
Seeding of corn is under way in tne
more southern sections of the corn belt
j-oil conditions excellent for plowing and
planting and also for giving the crop a
good sturt.
Oats crop nearly all in ground, weath
er favorable; crop is making headway.
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS.
UHI»’AGO. April 18. -Wheat. No. 2
red, $1.05® 1.09. No. 3 red. 98c®$1.02.
No. bard winter. 92%®94%c. No. 3
hard winter. 90®93c. No. 1 northern
spring. 92%®93%c. No. 2 northern
spring, 9l®9'-%c. “ No. 3 spring, 88®'.i)c.
Corn. No. 2, 56%®'57c. No. 2 white,
57 .(a 58c. No. 3 yellow. 57®57%c. No.
3 55%®56‘"<\ No. 3 white, 57®57%e. No,
3’ yellow. 56®56%c. No. 4. 54%®55%c.
No. 4 white, 55%®56c No. 4 yellow,
54 Vi ® 55*4c.
Oats, No. 2, 33%c. No. 2 white, 36%®
37*40. No. 3, 33c. No. 3 white. 34%®
35%c. No. 4 white. 33®34%c. Standard,
00 % (fi'36 He.
OPINION ON GRAIN.
CHICAGO, April 18.—Bartlett. Kraider
& Co.: Wheat—The continued firmness
In the foreign markets is the only par
ticular feature of strength, as home
conditions are all more or less of a
bearish nature
Corn The firmness in the cash sit
uation all over and the smallness of re
ceipts puts the market in a rather strong
position for the moment, making short
sellers cautious and holders confident.
Oats-The market speculat ively is
swinging within very narrow limits, with
little outside interest.
Provisions—Cash trade shows some
improvement and packers are good buy
ers of the list on all little depressions
Short Lines Being Eliminated Be-1
cause of Developments Abroad
Despite Bearish Beliefs.
ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS
ieal-Xo. 2 red .. .. . i n-/--'
Wheat
Corn—No. 3 red
Oats—No. 2 red
-.1 07'
1.0!)
5%
35* 1
CHICAGO, April 18.-—Wheat closed at
advances of % to %c, with May the
.strongest of the list. The selling was
of much better character than the bu\
ing. the longs picking out the hard 1
on which to dispose of all the grain th
shorts cared to absorb. The week’!
clearances were 4,190,000 bushels wheat
and 1,300.000 bushels corn, comnanwi
with -.844,000 and 540.000 bushels I
spec lively, for the corresponding 'tin,,
last year. Minneapolis was a weller 0 f 1
wheat here, while Duluth was a buyer
Corn closed % to %c higher and oat- I
were % to %c better.
Cash’sales at Chicago were small
''heat, 25,000; corn, 260,000, and oat«
U5.00Q.
Provisions were quite active, and while!
big shorts were covering and taking ,
losses the longs were filling them up at 1
handsome profits.
Grain quotations:
High.
CH4CAGO CAR LOTS.
Following are the receipts for Friday
and estimated for Saturday:
VVIIEAT-
May •
July .. ..
Sept.
CORN—
May ....
July .. ..
Sept
OATS—
May ■ •
July .. ..
Sept
PORK—
May . .
July . • •
Sept. . .
LARD—
May . .
July . .
Sept. • •
RIBS—
May . .
July . . .
Sept. . .
....91% 91%
...90% 90%
. ..89% 89
,. . 56 55 %
....56% 55%
...57 56%
....35% 35
....34% 34%
...34% 34%
19.87% 19.75
20.05 19.82%
19.85 19.75
11.20 11.07%
11.12% 11.00
11.12% 11.60
11.45 11.37%
11.23% 11.12%
11.05 10.95
Prsvloui
Close, cion.
91% 9! j
90% 88%
89% 89%
85% 55 U I
6VVs 55 ii
t>6 7 8 56^ I
35*4 34*
34?
34 % 34 j
19.82% 19.60
20.00 19.75
19.80 19.62%
11.17% 10.97U
H.12% 10.95
11.12% 10.97%
11.45 11.35
11.20 11.35
11.00 10.90
i Friday.
1 Saturday. |
Wheat . .
44
48
Corn . . .
48
40
Oats . . .
127
158
Hogs . .
9,000
17.000
PRIMARY MOVEMENT.
WHKAT-
! 1913.
| 1912.
Receipts
..| 334,000
357.000
Shipments
. . ! 466,000
341.000
CORN— I I
Receipts
..! 325,000
309.000
Shipments
..' 1,479,000
716,000
LIVERPOOL
GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat opened
*4d to %d
higher. At
1:30 p. m.
the market was
%d to %d
higher. Closed *.4(1 to %d higher.
Corn opened uncharged; at
1:30 p. m
the market
was
\^<\ higher;
higher. \
closed un-
changed to
Vsd
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO, April 18.—Hogs—Receipts,
9,000; market 10®15c higher; mixed and
butchers $8.75®9.30; good heavy, $8.95®
9.20; rough heavy, $8.65®8.85; light, i
$8.90®9.25: pigs. $7.00@8.75; bulk, $9.10 1
® 9.20.
Cattle—Receipts, 700; market steady
beeves. $7.60® 9.25; cows and heifers,
S3 50®8.40“, stockers and feeders, $6.50®
8.::5; Texans, $6.90®8.40; calves, $6.50®
8.50.
Sheep—Receipts, 5,000; market steady;
native and Western, $o.75@7.35; lambs,
$6.75® 9.25.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.
Coffee quotations:
Opening.
January ..
February
March .. .
April . ..
May .. ..
June .. ..
July .
August
September
October . .
November
December
. .11.23® 11.25
..U.23@ll.25
. 11.23
. .10.65
..10.72
. .10.84@10.90
. .10.99
..11.11@11.15
. 11.22@11.25
..11.23
. 11.23@11.25
. .11.23
Closing
11.26® 11.27
11.26@11.17
11.27® 11.28
10.72®10.75
10.77® 10.78
10.88 (a 10.89
11.01 @11.02
11.24® 11.25
11.24@11.25
11.24@11.25
11.24@11.25
11.25@11.20
COTTON SEED OIL.
NEW YORK, April 18—The market
scored high records on active covering
of shorts and a broadening demand in
spired by the lard strength, scarcity of
real oil and aggressive bull support.
There was good buying for account of
the West and South. The advance
brought out some scattered profit-tak
ings.
Cotton seed oil quotations:
| Opening. Closing.
Spot 7.07® 7.15
April 6.07® 6.10 7.05@7.12
May ..... 6.07to6.09 7.06® 7.07
June 6.07@6.14 7.09®'". 11
July 6.15W6.16 7.11®'".12
August 6.19® 8.21 7.14®7.15
September .... 6.20®6.22 7.15® ".16
October 6.93@6.95 6.90® 6.95
November .... 6.68@6.75 6.70® 6.73
Closed steady; sales 29,900 barrels.
\%*
IR
|3a
c
5
Ap
...I.....
12.16
12.27
My
12.39 12 40 12.27 12.27
12.28-29
12.39-40
Jne
12.18-20
12.29-31
Jly
12.25 i2.2512.13 12.14
12.14-15
12.25-26
Ag
11.96 ll.96jll.84 11.86
11.85-86
11.95-96
Spt
11.50-52
11.60-62
Oc
11.48 il.49|li.37;ii.39
11.39-40
11.50-51
Nv
11.39-41
11.50-53
Do
ii.w ii 5ojii.4d ii. ii
11.41-42
11.52-53
.In.
11.43-45
11.54-56
Fb
11.41-43
11.52-54
>
z*
£0
Closed steady.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, April 18.—Petroleum
firm, crudv Pennsylvania, $2.50.
Turpentine quiet. 43 (bid).
Rosin, quiet, common 5.20@5.30.
Wool firm, domestic fleece 28@.30;
pulled, scoured basis, 40@60; Texas,
scoured, basis, 48®62.
Hides dull, native steers 16%@19%;
branded steers. 15%@15%.
Coffee stead'’, options opened 1 to 3
higher; Rio No. 7, 11 *4@11%.
Rice steady, domestic, ordinary to
prime. 4*?8@*‘>%.
Molasses steady. New Orleans, open
kettle, 35@50.
Sugar, raw* quiet; centrifugal, 3.33®
3.36: Muscovado, 2.83® 2.86; molasses
sugar, 2.58® 2.61.
Sugar, refined steady; fine granulated,
4.: 0® 4.35; cut loaf, 5.05@5.15; crushed.
4.95® 5.05; mold A, 4.60@4.70; cubes, 4.45
@4.60; powdered. 4.30@4.45; diamond,
U35 (bid); confectioner’s A, 4.10®4.20;
softs, No. 1, 4.05® 4.10.
Potatoes easier, white, nearby, $1.90
@2.00; Bermudas, $3.50®5.50.
Beans firm, marrow, choice. 5.66@5.75;
pea. choice, 3.76®3.80; red kidney, 4.20
@4.30.
DECATUR
The Business Center of DeKalb County
DKCATUR 18 Tin; COl XTY SEAT of D« Kalb County, which ranks SIXTH aruoug
the counties of UrorgU in taxable values
DECATUR U connected with every part of DeKslb County by a splendid system
»f highways that are being ronatanhy improved
DEC ATI'It is the CENTER of » great suburban section largely devote.! to
POULTRY RAISING. DAIRYING. TRUCK FARMING and CANNERIES. There is
opportunity for hundreds of others who wish to engage in any of these Important in
dustries.
Within a radius of % mile and a half Tram Uie courthouse of DECATUR Is a
•pul at ton of nearly TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE, and tilts population is growing
very day at a rapid rate.
On account of its altitude of 1.060 f *t above sea level. DECATUR attracts
hundreds of summer visitors from every rsr of the South, and hundreds of others
would ,ome ir we had more adequate facilities Ui the way of hotels and boarding
houses *
DECATUll NljEDR RIGHT NOW MORE MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENT? to
lake care of the increasing trade of this section.
IJECATVR NEEDS several large hotels and many apartment houses.
DECATUR NEEDS an Ice plant and another laundry
DECATUR NEEDS a cotton-buying establishment.
DECATUR NEEDS spell opportunity for YOU and YOU and YOU
Decatur Board of Trade
Bell phone
Decatur 148
DECATUR, GA
Weekes Building
LOOK OUT!
for the
“Want Ad” Man
in Speedy Carfercar
He Has a
for You
. Readthe “Want Ad * ’Section of the Georgian.
If your name is found, mark the paper and be
Want Ad” man calls next
ready when the
morning.
u
Sample “Want Ads” as They Appear
HELP WANTED
HELP of every description is furnished
through these columns; the wise ones
use them In seeklnci help for office, store,
shop or home. If Mrs. John Smith, 137
Highland Avenue, finds this "ad’’ and
has the same marked when the "Want
Ad" man calls to-morrow morning he
will present her with One Dollar.
HOUSES FOR SALE
HOUSES and lots are advertised for
sale In these columns at very attrac
tive prices; the opportunity to buy your
own home Is here. If Mrs. George
Brown, of 366 Capitol Avenue, finds this
"ad" and has same marked when the
"Want Ad" man calls to-morrow morn
ing he will present her with One Dollar.
Georgian’s “Want Ad” Man 1 ravels in a
Speedy “Cartercar” Roadster. Be on the Alert
and Get Your Dollar.