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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. | ti e w ® « g o 31 U 'n G. L 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.