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,N0 SALES FAR
Slight 1913 Increase No Indica
tion of Greater Cotton Acreage,
Says Commissioner.
To correct an impression about the j
State that there has been a great in- j
crease ki 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 1
r year? are greatly below the two prc-|
’ceding years.
Ur. Connor showed a letter from a j
Savannah firm, reacting as follows: •
"‘Oiv of the bears against cotton j
/narkets it» That the sale of guano this i
/year 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
fertilizers and cotton seed meal for
which this department sold tags for
the years 19W-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 1,187,062.9
Tag sales from October 1. 1911, to
April 1. 1912:
Tons*.
Fertilizer tags for 925,484.$
Cotton seed meal tags for. . 46,628.0
• Total 972.112.8
Tag sales from October 1, 1912, to
April 1, 1913:
Tons.
Fertilizer tags 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
Decease in 1912-1913 from
1910-1911 150.474.0
[ATLANTAMARKETS
EGGS—Fresh country, candled, 15©
16c.
BUTTER—Jersey and creamery. In
fresh country,
-Drawn, head
and feet on, per pound: liens, 18019c;
tries, 22Vs®25c; roosters, 8© 10; turkeys
owing to fatness, 220>24c.
UVE POULTRY—Hens. 50© Wc.
roosters 25@30c, fries 25035c, broilers
30#35c, puddle ducks 30@85c, Pekins
35#40c, geese 50060c each, turkeys, ow
ing to fatness, 18# 20c.
FRUITS AND PRODUCE.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES—Lem
ons fancy $606.50 pe*- box, Florida or
anges $3 #3.50; grapefruit $2.7503.00,
cauliflower I0#12%c lb., bananas, 3c per
pound, cabbage 31©1.10 crate, peanuts
per pound, fancy Virginia, 6%@7c,
choice 5%#6c, lettuce fancy $2,500,300,
beets 61.00# 1.25 in half-barrel crates,
cucumbers $2.00.
Egg plants $1.5001.75 per crate, pep-
P< r $2.0002.50 per crate, tomatoes fancy,
Six-basket crates $1.5001.76, pineapples
*2 0002.75 per crate, onions 60065c per
bushel., sweet potatoes, pumpkin yam
70© 75c, strawberries 10@12%c per
quart, fancy Florida celery $2.5003.00
per crate, < kra, fancy 6-basket crates $3
0 3.1*0
FISH.
FIb'H—Bream and perch, 7c pound;
snapper. 10c pound; trout, 10c pound;
blueflsh, 7c pound: pompano, 20c pound;
unackerel. 7c. pound; mixed fish 5#6c
pound; black bass, 10c pound; mullet, $12
per barrel.
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLOUR—PostelPs Elegant $7.75,
Omega $7.50, Carter’s Best $7.75, Qual-
Itj’ (finest patent) $6.65; Gloria (self-
rising) $6.50, Results (self-rising). $6.25;
Swans Down (fancy patent) $6. Victory
(the very best patent), $6.65, Mono
gram $6, Queen of the South (finest
patent) $6.60, Golden Grain $5.00, Fault
less (finest) $6.25, Home Queen (high
est patent) $5.85, Puritan (highest [lat
ent) $5.85. Paragon (highest patent)
#5.85, Sunrise (half patent) $5.25, White
Cloud (highest patent) $5.50, White
Daisy (high patent) $5.50, White Lily
(high patent) $5.50, Diadem (fancy high
patent) $5.75. Water Lily (patent) $5.15,
Sunbeam $5.25, Southern Star (patent)
$5.25, Ocean Spray (patent) $5.25. Tulip
(straight) $4.Id, King Cotton (half pat
ent) $5, low grade 98-pound sacks $4.
CORN—Choice red cob 85c. 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 sacks 79c,
24-pound sacks 81c, 12-pound sacks 80c.
OATS—Fanck white clipped 54c, No. 2
•lipped 53c, fancy white 52c, mixed 51c,
$28.50: prime $27.50% creamo feed $23.
COTTON SEED HULLS — Square
sacks $14.50.
* SEEDS—(Sacked): Wheat, Tennessee
Choice Burt 70c, rustproof 60c, Okla-
©lue stem $1.60, German millet $1.65.
amber cane seed $1, cane seed, orange
*1, rye (Tennessee) $1.23. red top cane
seed $1.35, rye* (Georgia) $1.35, blue seed
oats 50c, barley $1.25.
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, $1.25,
silver clover mixed hay $1.15, Timothy
No. 1, clover mixed, $1.15; clover hay,
S! .10, alfalfa hay, choice green $1.30, No.
I $1.20, wheat straw 70c, Bermuda hay
85c.
FEE D8TUFFS.
SHORTS—White. 100-lb sacks $1.71
Kalliday, white, 100-lb. sacks $1.71 .
dandy middling 100-lb. sacks $1.75, fan
cy, 75-lb. sacks $1.75. P. \V., 75-lb. sacks
ii.60. brown, t09-!b. sacks $1.55, Georgia
feed, 75-lb. sacks $1.55, clover leaf, 75-
lb. sacks $1.60, bran, 75-lb. sacks $1.30.
M*0-!b. sacks $1.30. 50-lb. sacks $1.30,
Flomeoline $1.60, Germ meal-Homeo
si.60.
CHICKEN FEED—Beef 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
P.85. 50-lb. sacks $1.95, Purina scratch
bales $3.05, Purina chowder, 100-Ib sacks
*2, Purina chowder, dozen pound pack
ages $2.20. Victory baby chick $2. Vic-
torv scratch, 50-lb. sacks $1.90. 100-lb.
sacks $1.80. wheat, 2-bu.shel bags, p:-r
bsishel $1.40. oyster shell 80c. special
scratch. 100-lb sacks $1.80. Eggo $1.85,
charcoal, 50-lb. sacks, per 100 pounds $2.
GROUND FEEDr--Purina feed, 175-lb.
sacks $1.65, 100-lb. sacks $1.65, Purina
molasses feed $1.55, Arab horse feed
n.er». .\lineeda feed $1.65, Sucrene dairy
feed $1.50. Monogram. 100-ib. sacks $1 60.
Victorv horsefeed, 100-lb. sacks $1.60.
A. B O. feed $1.50, Milk dairy feed $1.60.
alfalfa molasses meal $1.75. alfalfa meal
$1.40. beet pulp, 100-lb. sacks $L5o.
horn a rustproof 60c. Appier 70c. winter
grazing 75c, oats^ black seed 50c.
COTTON SEED MEAL — Harper, j
crushed oais. 1.00-lb racks $1.75.
PROVISION MARKET.
(Corrected by White Provision Co.)
Cornfield hams. 10 to 12 pounds aver
age. 19c. , !
Cornfield hams. 12 to 11 pounds aver- ;
age. 18%c. «. !
Cornfield skinned hams. 16 to le
pounds, average 19%c. 2 I
Cornfield pickled pig’s feet, Id-pound (
kits, $1.25.
Short at Home, Englishmen Get
May for Delivery Abroad on
July-August Contracts.
NEW YORK, April 18.—There seems
to be truth in the report that Liver
pool firms arc buying May contracts
here with the intention of faking up the
cotton when tendered. Representatives
of at least two of these firms are in New
York now.
From what can be ascertained the.4c
firms together want about .70,000 to
75,000 bales for delivery on July-August
contracts In Liverpool where they are |
understood to be short to that extent.
A. J. Buston & Co. want the bulk of
it. They can not get the actual cot
ton in their home market for McFadden
is said to have that sewed up tighter
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 [joints 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 gels, either from the local
stock or elsewhere, will prove to be
tenderable in Liverpool. The Liverpool
system differs entirely from the New
York. Cotton is sold so much “off” or
"on” according to what the Englishmen
call its “style” not according to 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 in Liverpool cotton which
does not come up to contract require
ments, for the seller is penalized a half
penny a pound and his contract is can
celed. Here all that happens is that
the cotton which he tenders is rejected.
There is a total of 107,022 bales in the
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.
Loss of this cotton will prevent them
from selling distant months, as they
will have no potton left with which to
make delivery if they wish.
ATLANTA MULE AND
HORSE MARKET
(Corrected by the National Stock Varda
Commission Company; C G. Tur
ner, President.)
Mules.
Mules and horses in the last week
have declined from $5 to $10 per
head, hut for the past few days there
has been a good demand for them.
The railroads have begun to receive
shipments, so there will be no scarci
ty of stock on account of the high
water.
Tt looks as if prices will remain the
same for awhile.
Draft horses and large road mules
are in active demand, and we believe
this will bt' so for some timo to
come.
14 to 14% hands, rough, good ages,
$115 to $130.
14 to 12%, finish with quality, $155 to
$180.
14% to 15 hands, rough, $130 to $170.
15 to 15% hands, finish, $180 to $205.
16 hands, with quality and finish. $20c
to $230.
16 hands heavy chunk, weighing form
1,250 to 1,400 pounds, $255 to $330.
Horses.
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 to good steers, 700 to 850,
5.2505.75; 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, 6.5007.50; good to choice heif
ers, 750 to $50, 5.0005.50; medium to
good heifers, 650 to 750, 4.2504.75.
The above represent ruling prices of
good quality of beef cattle. Inferior
grades arid dairy type selling lower.
Mixed to common steers, if fat, 800 to
900. 5.00# 5.50; medium to common cows,
if fat, 700 to 800, 4.2504.75; mixed com
mon, 600 to 800. 3.25# 4.25; good butcher
bulls, 3.5004.50.
Prime hogs. 160 to 200 average. 8.90(5)
9.15; good butcher hogs, 140 to 160, 8.75
/ 9.00; good butcher pigs. 100 to 140,
".25#8.75; light pigs, 80 to 100. 8.000
8.50; heavy rough hogs, 200 to 250. 8.25
08.75.
Above quotations apply to corn-fed
hogs, mash and peanut-fattened hogs,
1 to l%c under.
PORT RECEIPTS
The following table shows rec
the ports to-day compared
same day last year:
| 1913.
eipts at
Ith the
191.2.
New r Orleans. .
< Jalveston
Mobile
Savannah
Charleston . . . .
Wilmington. . . .
Norfolk
Baltimore
Brunswick . . . .
Boston
Port Arthur. . . .
Newport News . .
Pacific coast. . . .
Various
2,784
4,107
. 351
2,226
306
680
596
1,247
1,412
142
3,298
1 3,058
311
2,823
380
465
1,362
131
1.372
" * ’ 7,700' ’
1.082
5,705
1.849
Total
13,853
30.859
interior
MOVEMENT.
1913.
1912.
Houston
1,253
3.726
Augusta
410
623
Memphis. . . .
978
269
St. Louis
1.297
1.633
incinnati
2,065
552
T ittle Rook . . . .
231
Total
6,033
6.534
NEW YORK, April 18. -At the open
ing of the cot*on market trading was
largely In May and July. On the call
Cone. Wilson, Marsh and Lehman
bought May. Lee and Wiggins sold
May, After the call Hentz, Geran,
Shan tz. Montgomery, Sob ill and Geer
were principal buyers. Rlordun. Roths
child. Shearson, Cone, Story, Fllnn and
Wilson were among the leading sellers.
Wilson ana Wiggins were probably the
best sellers of May.
n* * * *
Wilson bought May at 11.08 on the
opening, but Uiordan and Sehiil sold It
on. 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
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, which was thought to be
short cotton. However, There was some
selling of May ami buying of July *by
people who had bought May a few days
ago when the option was at a good
premium over July.
Clearman bought 2,000 bales of May at
5 points over July from (lone. On the
close Young. Hentz. Waters, Shantz,
Hicks, Beardsley and Schley were gen
eral buyers; Riordan. Wilson, McGhee,
Schill, Klinn. Rait. Martiji, 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.”
*P
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 Oi
lcans last night was a half-foot above
flood stage.
• *
The Journal of Commerce says:
"Buyers of cotton goods find the mar
ket much to their liking and nfore sat
isfactory terms and more satisfactory
prices can be 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 should
help business in every way in America
and 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
clays, minimize the effect of the pro
posed tariff changes. They say the
downward revision was promised and
expected by the election of the Demo
cratic party, and they hope the bill will
soon be passed and 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
509 acres. A warm, slow 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. There
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 looks sickly, an 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 T.ake, 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 in excellent con
dition. The weather is clear and pleas
ant. Rain would be beneficial west and
southwest of San Antonio. 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- m. bids: May
1.1.91, July 11.87, October 11.42, Janu
ary 11.41.
* ♦ *
NEW ORLEANS, April 18.—Hayward
A 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, 7.45d; good middling. 7.1 Id;
middling. 6.91d; low middling, 6.75d;
good ordinary. 6.41d; ordinary, 6.07d.
Following are 10 a. m. bids: May
12.38; 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
WEEK-END COTTON STATISTICS.
The visible supply of American cot
ton shows a decrease of 82,516 bales, as
compared with a decrease of 149,170
bales for the corresponding week last
year, against a decrease of 167.311 bales
fbr the same week the year before. Oth
er kinds foi the week show an increase
of 5,000 bales, against an increase of
6,090 bales for (he 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 177,516 bales, as compared with a
decrease of 143,710 bales last yeatu
against a decrease of 145,311 bales for
the same week the year before.
World’s visible supply:
1913.
1912.
1911.
American . . 3,421,504 4,079,799 2,618,607
Other kinds .. 1,453.000 1,217,000''1,176,000
Total, all k’ds 4.874,504 5,296.799,3,794,607
World’s spinners’ takings:
i 1913. 1912.
COTTON DROPS ON
HEM SELLING
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 market 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 mai
led was featureless. There was some
swapping of May and July, but outside
of this there has been very little or no
trading. Price 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 and 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
i mount; October 9, and December the
same. During the ufternoon session
May was 20 points lower than the open
ing. which was 11.98.
it seemed as if no one wanted to buy
cotton. Spots were quoted easier, which
encouraged further short selling, both
n near months and remote positions.
The bullish article in The New York
Commercial on Liverpool situation in
::c market fell fiat on the market a fid
he ring professionals hammered. This
* rie of speculators u.nd 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
i dined to sidestep for the present so
is to let prices sag to cn attractive
enough level to replace lines recently
Umiidated.
At the dost* 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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11.97
11.97 11/75-80111.94-99
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11.98)11.98
11.72
11.76 1 1.74-75111.94-95
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Ill .75-77!ll. 90-93
■Hy
11.91111.91
11.71 11.75111.74-75 ;i.89-90
Ag
11.75! 11.75
11.5.8
11.59111.59-60(11.76-77
Hl)t
11.47 ll\47
11.40
11.40111.38-40)11.50-51
Oc.
1L 44 |ll. 44
11.31
11.33,11.32-33! 11.44-45
I )c.
11.47)11.47
11.34
11.36:11.36-37)11.47-48
Jan
11.43 11.43
11.30
11.30(11.30-31! 11.42-4.;
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1
|11.34-86111.47-48
barely steady.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
LIVERPOOL, April 18.—Due 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% points
higher on near options and 1 to 1%
points higher on late months. At 12:15
p. m. the market was 1 to 2 points
higher.
Spot cotton 6.Old; sales. 9,000 bales,
including 7,000 American bales; imports,
25.000 bales, including 18,000 American
bales.
Port receipts are to-day estimated at
15,000 bales, compared with 19,068 last
week and 32.082 bales for the corre
sponding week last year, against 10.323
hales for the same week the year before.
Futures opened quiet.
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Today's NewYork
Stock Market
The following
table
shows the
highest, lowest
iiiid
(•lost*.
to-
(Tether with the
previous <•
ose:
Cloa.
Prev.
STOCK— High.
Low
Bid.
Close.
Am. Copper. . . 77' 4
76* 4
76- 8
77'/,
Am. 1. be. 26
26
253 4
25*4
Am. S. Ref. . .
113* 2
113* i
Am. Smelt. . 69
68' b
68%
69
Am. C. Fdry. . .
6 50
50* 2
Am. Loco. . . 36
36
35* 2
36
Am. Cot. Oil 48
48
48
47
Am. Wool.
19
21
Anaconda
38' „
38' 2
Atchison ... 101 7 u
101%
101-4
102
A. C. L. . .121*4
12114
121' a
121* a
Am. Can. . . . 34' 4
33* 2
33'/,
34
do. pfd. . . . 95*,\
94';
94' 4
Am. Beet S . . 32* ?
MV*
38>/2
32* 2
A. T. and T. . .13*%
129* 4
130
8V .<
Am. Agri. .
52
08
Beth. Steel . 34' 4
34' 4
34* 4
B. R. T. . . . 00' 4
89%
69 4
90* '4
B. and O. . . . 99 * 4
98' 4
99%
Can. Pac. . .244%
C44
244 '4
245(4
Corn Prod
103 4
C. and O. . . 67' ,
66 7 ,
66 >4
67%
Con. Gas
1321/a
132*/ a
Cen. Lth. 25
25
24 3 6j
24=*4
C. F. and 1. 34
33' ,
32
33^4
Col. So
31
31
D. and H
....
159
159
D. and R. G
20
20*4
Dis. Sec. . ...
16"a
203 4
Erie . . SO' 8
39< 8
29H
30
do. pfd.
48
45' 2
Gen. Elec. . .139?%
139-8
137',
139' 2
Gold. Con. . . .
*/e
2' a
Gt. West.
14'/2
16
Gt. N. pfd. . .127- 4
127' „
127* 4
I27 3 j
G. N. Oreg. 34-%
34 3 4
34%
34
Int. H., old
103
105
III. Cen. . . 120
lis ' 4
119' •
119' j
Interboro . 16 7 H
1«7b
16y 4
16 7 ,
do. pfd. . . . 58* \
58*4
57' 4
57 "4
Iowa Cen
3
9
K. C. So
124' a
125
K. and T. ... 26
• 26
251y
26
do. pfd.
60 8
62*/;,
L. Valley . 160
160
159 .
159%
L. and N. . 133* 4
133
133
133/2
Mo. Pacific. . 37» n
37' ;»
37*/ 2
37 5 a
N. Y. Central 103',
1C2 7 a
1023-4
103/4
Northwest.
132* 2
132%
Nat. Lend
49'/v
493.4
N. and W. . , 106 4
106
1053-4
10o' 4
No. Pacific . 115 r » a
115
115
11G
O. and W. . . 31»/2
31
31
31
Penn 114* ' 2
114* 4
1141 2
1149 b
Pacific Mall
25' s
25
P. Gas Co
111! 2
112
P. Steel Car
26
26
Reading . . . 165* 4
164*4
164', z
165'/}
Rock Island 21* 8
21 "b
21! ,
21%
do. pfd. . . 37 3 a
37
36/2
36/4
R. 1. and Steel . .
25
25'/,
do. pfd.
841/,
84%
S.-Sheffield
31
20
>0. Pacific . 100''8
100
100 a
100 7 b
So. Railway 26*/ 8
26 a
26%
26* 4
do. pfd.. .
78' 2
78* 2
78
Gt. Paul . . 109'/ 2
109
108%
109* ,
Tenn. Copper 35'4
35* 2
35/2
35^8
Texas Pacific ....
18
18
Third Avenue ....
35*/4
36
Union Pacific 153%
152 2
1527,
153 sfe
U. S. Rubber. 64
64
63*4
63%
Utah Copper . 53 3 4
53-4
53'/a
53'
U. S. Steel . 62%
6IT4
62
62'
do. pfd.. 108*4
108' 4
108
108
V.-C. Chem
34
34
W. Union
C6 4
66* 2
Wabash
3
3
do. pfd
10
10
W. Electric . 64
64
63* 2
Wia. Central
-52'4
52
W. Maryland
4C s
40* 4
). 1919;-
Tfading Is Chiefly Professional
but Bears Sway the Market
for the Day.
By C. W. STORM.
NEW YORK, April ix Many of the
room traders reganfrd the report of the
*Ft. Paul bond subscription as unsatis-
faetor. With that tho stock market
opened easy on professional selling to
day and-a number of issues scored
losst .s. St. Paul opened at 109%. or %
under the rinsing of yesterday. Ameri
can Telephone and Telegraph was again'
under pressure, yielding %.
Among the other losses were United
States Steel common' : v, Union Pacific
U- Reading %. New York Ucntral %,
Missouri Pacific %. Canadian Pacific
Atlantic Coast Line %, American
Smelting and Amalgamated Copper %.
Chesapeake and Ohio advanced % and
Pennsylvania made a fractional gain.
The curb was trregular.
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
95L an*l Canadian Pacific yielded 1 point
to 243%. Union Pacific and Missouri
Pacific were off % ; Pennsylvania gained
% and Baltimore and Ohio was up %;
Chesapeake and Ohio was up V,.
Call money loaning at 2%.
Sentiment was about evenly divided in
Ulast hour, but the tone held steady.
Amalgamated Copper and American Can
v. ere fractionally under t1ie noon range,
while Ste°l crossed 62 for a fractional
gain. Reading. New York Central and
Lehigh Valiev showed net Josses on the
lay. Toward the close a selling move
ment developed.
The market closed firm. Governments
m hanged; other bonds steady.
BAR SILVER.
NEW YORK, April 18. -Commercial
bar silver 597:. Mexican dollars 48c.
LONDON, April 18.—Bar silver firm at
27 9-l6d %
TELEPHONE EILL PASSED.
NEW YORK, April 18.—New York
State Senate passed to-day the 5-eent
telephone bill for Greater New York.
$25,000,000 EOND 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%; Mascn Valley, 6%; Boston -
Maine, 65; Butte Superior, 30%.
METALS.
NEW YORK, April 18.—The metal
market was quiet to-day. Copper spot
to June. 15.48# 15.50; lead, 4.3004.40;
spelter, 3.55# 5.75; tin, 50.00# 50.07%.
CHESAPEAKE OHIO EARNINGS-
NEW YORK. A pi'll 18.—Chesapeake
and Ohio earnings second week April:
Decrease $177,000; from July 1, increase,
v 6 <7,800.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
NEW YORK, April 18. Money ou call
2% to 2%. Time money dull.; 60 days,
4 to 4%; 90 days, 1%; six months, 4%.
Posted rates; Sterling exchange. •‘.84
to 4.87%, with actual business in bank
ers’ bills at 4.86,36 for demand and
4.83.10 for 60-day bills.
Prime mercantile pap’TT unchanged.
SHORTS COVER WHEAT, BUT
INCLINE TO THE LONG SIDE
I CHICAGO, April 18. Wheat traders
j who were In the pit all day yesterday
attributed the advance to the crowd be-
I Ing short. It was said that the lead-
j ing Interests sold on the bulge and took
the short side. Bears see no good in
the long side, but they are timid and
j don’t stand any punishment. Some of
[the eorn specialists believe that the
Armour interest has reduced their hold
ings of corn to a point where they would
like to fn-e a good break to enable them
to take the buying side again. There
are a great many bulls who believe that
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 crop. 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.
In Texas, Oklahoma and in the coun
try south of tin* Ohio river wheat has
-eached th*' Jointing stage and the
growth is furiher Auvanced than usual
at this time of th** season.
Reports of Hessian fiv and other field
pests in wheat come from isolated lo
calities, but these do not count for
much, as the area affected is compara
tively snrill.
Seeding of corn is under way in the
more southern sections of the corn belt.
Soil conditions excellent for plowing and
planting and also for giving the crop a
good start. ,
Oats crop nearly all in ground, weath
er favorable; crop is making headway.
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS.
CHICAGO, April 18--Wheat. No. 2
red, $1.0601.09. No. 3 red. 98c# $1.02.
No. 2 hard winter. 92%#94%e. No. 3
hard winter, 90093c. No. 1 northern
spring. 92%#93%«- No. 2 northern
spring, 91#92%c. No a 3 spring. 88090c,
Corn, No. 2. 56%#5yc. No. 2 white,
T*7>*-#38<\ No. 3 yellow, 570 57%c. No.
3, f>5%056%c. No. 3 white, 570 57%c. No.
3 yellow. 560.56%c. No. 4. 54% 055%c.
No. 4 white, 55%056c. No. t yellow,
54 % #55Le.
Oats, No. 2, 33%c. No. 2 white, 36%0
37*4c. No. 3. 33c No. 3 white, 34%#>
35V*o. No. 4 white, 33034%c. Standard,
35 /4 # 36(40.
OPINION ON GRAIN.
CHICAGO, April 18. - Bartlett. Frazier
& Co.: Wheat—The continued firmness
in the foreign markets is the only par
ticular feature of strength, ns home
conditions are all more* or less of a
bearish nature #
('» rn- -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 speculatively is
swinging within very narrow limits, with
little outside interest.
Provisions—Cash . trade shows some
improvement and packers are good buy
ers of the lift on all little depressions
CHICAGO CAR LOTS.
BOOST CEREAL!
Short Lines Being Eliminated Be
cause of Developments Abroad
Despite Bearish Beliefs.
ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS.
Wheat -No. 2 red 1.0701.
Corn No. 2 red ....* 597*
Dais—No. 2 red ■* 35 1
CHICAGO, April 18.—Wheat closed
advances of % to %c, with May 1
strongest of the list. The fleUlag was|
of much better character than tbe buy-*
ing. tin* longs picking out the hard spo
on which to dispose of all the grain f"
shorts cared to absorb. The week’
clearances were 4.190,000 bushels wHei
and 1,300.000 bushels corn,- com pan
with 2,844,000 and 540,000 bushels, re-j
spectively, for the corresponding tinswa
hist year. Minneapolis was a sellef of
wheat here, while Duluth was a buyer j
Corn closed % to %c higher and qaia
were % to %c better.
Cash sales at Chicago wer®- small.
Wheat, 25,000: corn. 260,000. and oats,
Vi 5,000.
Provisions were quite active, and whilq
big shorts were covering and taking
losses the longs were filling them up at
handsome profits.
Grain quotations:
High.
WHEAT-
May . .
July .. ..
Sept. ..
CORN—
May ..
July .. ..
Sept
OATS—
May .. ..
July ..
Sept
PORK —
May . .
July . . .
Sept. . .
LARD—
May . .
July . .
Sept. . . .
RIBS—.
May . .
July - - -
Sept. . .
Prevlou
Cloa£. Close
... .91%
.. .90%
. .89%
. . .66
....56 V,
... .35%
... .31 \
. . . .34%
91. *
DOT
89
5574»
56
34%
19.87V
20.05
.9.85
11. 0
,11.12V
11.12V
19.'
!!•.'
19.’
11
It
11
•
91%
M J
; 904!,'
88 “d
m*
S9 7 -|
1 55%
, oT^T
55%]
, 56 ‘, 8
35%
345*1
; 34%
34%)
« 34%
34 1
19.82%
19.6(1 1
20.00
19.75 i
11.45 11.
11.22% 11.
11.05 10.
19.80 19.
07% 11.17% 10.97 1
00 11.12V$r_10.95
60 11.12% „10.97V:
,37% 11.45 yl 1.35
.12% 11.20 ^11.35
.95 11.00 ' 10.20
Following are the receipts
aiul estimated for Saturday:
for Friday
1
Friday.
Saturday.
Wheat . .
44
*8
Corn . . .
* -
48
40
< >at3 . . .
. T 1
127
158
Hogs . . .
. . . 1
9,000
17,000
PR
IMARY
MOVEMENT.
WHEAT-
1
1913.
1912.
Receipts
334,000
357.000
Shipments
466,000
341.000
CORN- 1 1
Receipts . .
325.000
309,000
Shipments
1,4^,000
716,000
LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat opened %.d to %d higher. At
1.30 p. m. the market was %d to %d
higher. Closed Vi<1 to higher.
Corn opened unchanged; at 1:30 p. in
the market was %d higher; closed un
changed to %d higher.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO, April 18.—Hogs—EQtceiptf'J
9,000; market 10015c higher; mixed
butchers $8.75 0 9.30; good heavy, $8.1
9.20; rough heavy. $8.6508.85,; light
$8.90 0 9.26; pigs, $7.0008.75; bulk, $9.10
09.20. __
Cattle—Receipts. 700: market*.steady!
beeves. $7.6009.26; cows ami- heifers,]
$::.60''/ 8.40; stackers and feeders',
8.25; Texans, $6.9008.40; calvea> $6.f”'
Sheep—Receipts. 5.000; market stea&y!
native and Western, $5.75#'7.35“;/ lambs
$6.75 0 9.26. \ Y.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.
Coffee quotations;
Opening.
January ..
February
March .. .
April . . ..
May .. ..
Jure .. ..
July .. ..
August
September
October ..
November
December
.
. 11.23
,.10.65
. .10.72
. .10.84010.
..10.99
..11.11011.
..11.22011.
. .11:28
. 11.22011
. .11.23
clbsing.
H. S&n.aj
11.**6011.2
1l.Hf#U.S
I 10.1
iaSfi.c.78l
ioiiS»io.i
n:(H0iLO
11.24011.25
I ! 2’011.2
11.2.4011.2
I. 1.4*011.2
ll^pil.f
Opening
Range.
Prev.
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%
6.44 % 6.43
Sept.-Oct. . .
.6.31
6.30» 2
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.if ’
6.16% 6.16
Feb.-Mch. . .
Closed quiet
but steady.
6.17
6.17
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, w'hile the McFad
den interests have the spot end sewed
p 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 12.23 for July,
trading small up to noon. So far to
day spots very quiet and unchanged.’’
RANGE NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
Total sales. 237,000 shares.
COTTON SEED OIL.
NEW YORK. April IK—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 ; 7.0707.15
April j 6.0706.10 i 7.0507.12
May 6.07# 6.09 7.0607.07
June 0.07# 6.14 * 7.0907.11
July | 6.1506.1 i 7.1107.12
August i 6.19# 6.21 I 7.1407.15
September . . . .( 6.2006.22 i 7.150 7.16
October i 6.93# 6.95 i 6.9006.95
November . . . . j 6.6806.75 ' 6.700 6,73
Closed'steady; sales 29,900 barrels.
I
1
4
Folks
« u * “5
0 | s 1 5 |aa
w
O
O
• *
vo
Ap
12.16
112.27
Mv
12.39 j 1.2.40 1 12.27112.27
12.28-29 12.39-40
J ne
12.18-20 12.29-31
Jly
12.23 *2.*B|l2.18!12.14
1.2.14-16 12.25-26
Ag
11.96111.96:11.84*11.86
11.85-86:11.95-96
Spt
11.50-52,11.60-62
OC
11.4811.1.49 1 1.37 11.39111.29-40,11.50-51
Nv
11.39-41
11.50-52
Dc
ii.56jii.50jii.46iu.4i
1L.41-42
11.52-52
Jn.
11.43-45
jl 1.54-56
Fb •
11.41-43
111.52-64
Closed steady.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, April 18.—Petroleum
firm, crude Pennsylvania, $2.50.
Turpentine quiet, 43 (bid).
Rosin quiet, common 5.2005.30.
Wool firm, domestic fleece 28030;
pulled, scoured basis, 40# 60; Texas,
scoured basis, 480 62.
Hides dull, native steers 16%019%;
branded steers, 15%# 15%.
Coffee steaclv, options opened 1 to 3
higher; Rio No. 7, 11%011%.
Rice steady, domestic, ordinary to
prime, 4%05%.
Molasses steady, New Orleans, open
kettle. 35050.
Sugar, law quiet.; centrifugal. 3.330
3.36; Muscovado, 2.8302.86; molasses
sugar, 2.58# 2.61.
Sugar, refined steady; fine granulated.
“.2004.35; cut loaf. 5.0505.15; crushed.
>.950 5.05: mold A, 4.6004.70; cubes, 4.45
<(4.60; powdered, 4.3004.46; diamond,
4.35 (bid); confectioner’s A, 4.100 1.20;
>fts, No. 1. 4.050 4.10.
Potatoes easier, white, nearby, $1.90
0 2.00; Bermudas, $3.50 0 5.50.
Beans firm, marrow, choice, 5.65#' 5.75;
pea, choice. 3.7503.80; red kidney, 4.20
04.30
1911.
For week . 2 219,000 329,000 255,000 i
Since Sep. I' 10,662.000! 11,472,000 9,264,000
Movement Into sight:
! 1913.
1912.
1911.
O'land w’k ! 12,050 22,296 10,376
Since Sep. 1' 873,176
Into s’ I, v. k 137,117 173.585 73,603
Since Sep. 1|12,732,556 14,767,342 11,901,698
So. ccns’n. 45,000 51,000 45,00
Weekly interior movemeni:
I 1913. I 1912 | 1011.
SPOT COTTON MARKET.
Atlanta, quiet; middling 12%.
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 12.25.
. Liverpool, steady; middling 6.Old.
I Savannah, steady: middling 12%.
Norfolk, steady; middling 12%.
! Augusta, steady; middling 12%.
! Mobil", steady; middling 12%.
Galvestdn, steady; middling 12%.
j Charleston, steady: middling 12%.
Wilmington, very steady; middling 12.
' Little Rock, steady; middling 12.
Baltimore, nominal; middling 12%.
Memphis, steady; middling 1.2*%.
St. Louis, quiet; middling 12%.
Houston, steady; middling 12 9-16.
Louisville, firm: middling 12V
Greenville, quiet: middling 11%
Charleston, steady; middling 12%
Receipts.. .
Shipments .
Stocks . . .
: 47.465! 56,6361 32.419
73,321! 81,831; 60.720
509.844 365,3971374,604
Weekly exports:
For week
Sinee September 1. .
;1913. |1912.
122,-332! 145.258
. . 7,428,658j9.509,470
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.
Logan & Bryan: At the moment we
do not feel disposed to urge commit
ments on the constructive side.
Thompson, Towle A <“o.: Old crop
months loo!; higher. The new’ crop
months are not likely to be popular until
something happens to influence senti
ment.
Norden A Co.: We believe higher
prices are likely.
Stemberger, Sinn A Co.: Me think
prices should work higher.
Miller A Co.: We look for higher
prices.
DECATUR
The Business Center of DeKalb County
DECATl It IS THE COUNTY SEAT of DeKalb County, which ranks SIXTH ainon*
tlu* counties <>f Georgia in taxable values.
DECATUR if. connected with every part, of DeKalh County by a splendid syatem
of highways that arc being constantly Improved.
DECATUR i the CENTER of n great suburban section largely devoted to
POULTRY RAISING. DAIRYING, TRUCK FARMING ami CANNERIES. There is
opportunity for hundreds of others who wish to engage In any of these important in
dustries.
Within a radius tt s tnllc and a half from the. eourthouse of DECATUR 1* a
ipulatlon of nearly TEX THOUSAND PEOPLE, and this population Is growing
vi ry day at a rapid rate.
On account of its altitude of 1,060 f *et above sea level. DECATUR attracts
hundreds of summer visitors from every pari of the South, and hundreds of other*
ould come if we had more adequate facilities In the way of hotels and boarding
houses.
DECATUR NEEDS RIGHT NOW MORE MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENTS '<*
lake care of the increasing trade of this section.
DECATUR 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.
Week** Building
Still “put a sign in the window” when
they have Rooms to Rent or Want
Boarders, but the number of such
people is constantly diminishing. In
these modern times, when there are
Rooms to rent or Boarders wanted, in
hundreds of Atlanta Homes, the Want
Ad columns of THE ATLANTA
GEORGIAN are used. The “Fur
nished Rooms For Rent,” “Rooms For
Rent” and “Boarders Wanted” columns
of The Georgian offer the best way to
bring together those in search of the
above.