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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. APRIL 22. 1013.
COTTON PRICES
COTTON GOSSIP
Large Spot Houses Heavy Sellers.
Good Weather and Labor
Troubles Are Blamed.
NEW YORK. April 22.*—In the fa«e
e? ateadv cables, the < otton market
opened barely steady to>day, with prices
4 points off to 1 point higher than last
ulfht’s close Room trailers were in a
bearish mood, particularly as to near
months, and offerings became heavy
enough to force prices off some 7 t«» 15
points from the opening range. May
and July were heavily sold. Many of
the most conservative spot houses Bold,
which encouraged freer offering from
the ring and Wall Street
May dropped to 11.66, against an <>nen-
.ing of 11.71: July fell from LI.72 f
*11.59: August! followed by loalng 11
points from the Initial figure. The new
'Tops followed, hut their losses were
smaller
New Orleans and Liverpool were lib
eral sellers.
The continued liquidation is chiefly
based upon the continued favorable
weather conditions in almost every sec
tion of the cotton belt. In almost every
section of the belt preparation Is al
most complete and planting Is in full
swing The majority of traders say
it Is a weather market, and if weath
er developments are good during the
rvext few weeks, it will give the planter
ample ime to plant a large acreage
The attitude of the market during the
next month will be governed by the
course of the weather.
In addition to ideal weather, a po
tent factor, which 1h causing consid
erable unfavorable apprehension, is the
weakness in the Southern spot situation.
Snots all over the belt are reported
cheaper, with little demand. Such fac
tors cause hesitation among the, bulls.
Many recent bulls arc now the most
radical bears. A few of them are pre
dicting lie cotton for July and August
and October as low as 10*
The weekly weather report was favor
able, except It showed some moisture
is needed in Texas. Indications are
that this will come This with a cable
from Moncherter stating that the labor
trouble was becoming more serious,
brought out heavier gelling during the
afternoon session. The market was
given no support, and May increased
its decline to 11.62, July to 11 64 The
entire list made declines of 9 to J9 points
from the initial level.
Commission house® w r ere good sellers,
while the buying was mainly from
.shorts and scattered buying of the new
crops. This buyihg. however, was not
effective
At the close the market was steady
with prices at a net decline of 13 to 16
points from the final quotations of Mon
day
RANQE IN NEW YORK FUTURES.
Futures opened quiet.
11.71 11.71 11.61 11.52
11.72 11.72:11.64 111.65
ll.54ill.54 11.36*11.38'
11.3111.31
11.34 11.35
11.89*11.29
11 30'11 31
11.17 11.18 1
11.20 11.20 1
11.17 11.20 1
11.2*111.2811
U6 I
1.51-52 11.67-68
L.53-57'11.70-72
t :.i ftft 11 6ft 'i«.
1.37-38! 11.52-53
1.21-23 11.36-36
1.17-18 U.30-31
1.20- 21111.34-35
1.16-18 11.29-30
1.21- 23 1 1.34-35
Closed steady.
RANGE IN LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
IJVERPOOL, April 22.—This market
was due to open 1 to 2 points higher,
hirt opened quiet I to 1% points higher.
At 12:15 p. m. the market was quiet,
at a net advano* of 1 to 1% points
higher
Fair business doing in spot cotton at
\ points advance; middling 6.83d. sales
d 8,000 hales, including 7,000 American
bales. Imports 6,000 hales, including 3,000
i American hales.
At. the close the market was easy
with prices at a net decline of 3 to 4
points from the final figures of Mon
day
Futures opened quiet.
Opening Prev.
Range. Close Close
April . . • .6.57 -6.66^ 6.62% 6.56%
ApHl-May . . 6.53% 6/49 6.52
May-Juno . . .6.53 -6.52 6.48% 6.52%
June-July . . .6.62 -6.51 6.47 6.60%
July-Aug. . . .6.48 -6.47% 6.43 6.46%
Aug.-8ept . . .6.36 -6.37 6.32% 6.36%
Sept.-<X't. . . 6.25 -6.24 6.20 6.23%
Oct.-Nov. . . .6.16%-6.16 6.12 6.15%
Nov.-Dee. . . .6.13 -6.12% 6.08% 6.12
Dec.-Jan . . .6.12 6.07% 6.11
Jan.-Feb . . .6.11 -6.10 6.06% 6.10
. Feb.-Mch. . 6.10 6.07% 6.11
Closed easy.
■HAYWARD & CLARK’S
DAILY COTTON LETTER
Nl.w ORLEANS, April 22 The Liv
erpool board shows a narrow market
following the changes in New York.
Political news shows that no progress
1s being made toward peace. Another
ultimatum was sent to Montenegro.
The allies have practically accepted the
proposed terms of the Powers, hut have
reserved for themselves the most im
portant question of division of territory.
Uverpol cabled: "Labor troubles in
■ East Lancashire coming. Feeling very
bitter."
The Journal of Commerce says that
reporiB from New England states arc
that trade in cotton goods is beginning
to show a steady decline.
Our market to-day was easy from
♦he start and sagged to 12 05 for July
Lin the second hour.
RANGE NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
•n
S Al
Ap
! 12.31 12.31 12.20 12.23
- Jn
12.17
19
12
26-
28
Jly
i2.13112.14112.03,12.06
12.06
07
12
15-
'i
11.83 11.83 11.70 11.70
11.70
72
1 1
83-
Ho
— *Spt
11.42,11.42 Ml. 42jl1.42
11.34
40
LI
50-
52
. Or.
11.38 11.38ill.27lll.29
11.28
29
11
40
41
Nv
11.28
30
11
40
42
T)c
ii.40ill.40 11-28 1.1.30
1 1.29
30
11
42
43
-V 11
11.41 ill. 41(11.31 |n.*i
11.82
33
11
44-
45
12.11
12.23-24
« Josed *tcad>
Have You
A Room
To Rent?
A little “WANT
AD" in The Geor-
gian will ring the
bell and take down
the sign. These ads
bring results, as the
people read diem
every day.
Q.
NEW YORK. April 22 I M Ander
son says; "The cotton market has re
ceived very little or no support to-day.
Waters. Shearaon arid <#*•• ran sold the
market off shortly after the opening It
looks like the uptown crowd ia selling
and Wall Street also. It is generally be
lieved that prices will work lower."
• ee
The weather continues favorable and
the local crowd scorns inclined to sell.
BuainesH is very light There has been
business is very light. There? have been
July and October to change hands.
Two breaks close together, which last
night had widened Into one three hun
dred-foot crevasse, occurred yesterday
afternoon in the levee at Woodlawn
plantation, several miles north of May-
orsvtlle, Miss, midway between Vicks
burg and Greenville. The break will
flood all of Sharkey and Isaquenria coun
ties and nearly ;> 11 of Washington and
Warren. Federal engineers say 1,130
square miles will be affected by over
flow
Last night rain whs threatening all
along the lower river section.
All records were wiped out last night
when the gauge at 4 i». in. read 51.6 feet
with the river still rising.
The Journal of Commerce says "The
w-cather Is a trifle cool west of the Mis
sissippi River. Western Texas needs
rain. Estimated increase .q ai re.ige in
that State 5 to 15 per cent Y’ery favor
able crop reports from many sbetionH."
* * *
Following ate 11 a. m. bids: May,
11.60, July, 11.62; October, 11.24; Janu
ary, 11.22.
• * •
NEW ORLEANS, April 22. Hayward
Ar Clark: Tho weather map shows
cloudy In Texas and Oklahoma, with
some light rain in West Texas; fair in
Central and Eastern States. Indications
are for unsettled weather, with rains in
Texas and Oklahoma; cloudy, becoming
unsettled in tho Central States; contin
ued fair in tho Atlantic.*-
* * *
River News: Cairo, 45.2; Vicksburg,
61.7; Memphis, 40.4; New Orleans, 19.4.
Liverpool cables: "American mid
dling fair, 7.37d; good middling, 7.03d;
middling, 6.83d; low middling. •* 67d;
good ordinary, 6.33d; ordinary, 5.99d."
. * « *
Spot cotton brokers here say nothing
doing in spots and the market is lower
to trade.
* * *
The weekly weather report at 11
o’clock is expected to he unfavorable,
owing to the cold weather beginning of
last week.
• • •
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
says: "After declining in the early ses
sion on a favorable crop report from
Texas the cotton market advanced in
the late session on steady spots, unfa
vorable reports from Texas, a serious
break in the Mississippi levee below
Greenville, Miss., and the anxiety of
shorts to get under cover. May con
tracts were bought In New Orleans by
the same people who have been buying
them recently. New Orleans May is not
very far below a spot parity, hut New
York May and July are way below a
Southern spot parity. Once the market
began to advance resistance melted
away. As a matter of fart the corpse-
s tab hers ran when the corpse showed
life, then hurled epithets at it from a
distance.
"Yesterday’s break in the levee will
inundate many of the best cotton plan
tations in Mississippi, some of which
were inundated last Spring and again
in January this year and again in April.
It Jh yet early enough for the waters to
recede in time to make a cotton crop,
but three inundations within twelve
months will probably restrict operations
because of the damage done farm equip
ment."
* • ♦
Following arc 10 a. m. bids May.
12.25; July, 12.07; October, 11.34; Jan
uary, 11.38.
* * •
Estimated receipts for Wednesday:
1913. 1912.
New Orleans 3,700 to 4.700 2,441
Galveston 4,200 to 5.200 589
SPOT COTTON MARKET.
Atlanta, quiet; middling 113-16
Athens, steady; middling 12%.
Macon, steady; middling 12
Now Orleans, quiet; middling 12 7-16.
New York, quiet; middling 12.15.
Philadelphia, quiet; middling 12.55.
Boston, easy; middling 12.15
Liverpool, steady; middling 6.79<1.
Savannah, easy; middling 12%.
Norfolk, quiet; middling 12%.
Augusta, steady; middling 12 %
Moldie, steady; middling 12%.
Galveston, steady; middling 12%
Charleston, steady; middling 12%.
Wilmington, quiet; middling 12c.
Little Rock, steady; middling 12<
Baltimore, nominal; middling 12%.
Memphis, steudy; middling 12%.
St. Louis, quiet; middling 12%.
Houston, steady; middling 12 9-10.
Louisville, firm; middling 12%.
Greenville, quiet; middling 11%.
Charlotte, steady; middling 12c.
TO DAY’S PORT RECEIPTS
The following table shown receipts ;\t
the ports to-day compared with the
name day last year;
Shorts Cover Their Lines Early,
but Prices Ease Off Later in
Absence of Support.
By C. W. STORM.
NEW YORK. April 22. Tli- inter-
ventlon of the government in the Min
nesota rate rases had a good effect on
the stock market and general gains
were shown at the opening to-day.
Among them were Amalgamated Hop
per %, American Gan %, Anaconda %,
Canadian i acific % Chesapeake and
Ohio %. United States Steel common
Vh. United States Rubber common %,
Union Pact fie %, I Leading %, Pennsyl
vania %, Northern Pacific %. M1»-
Hourl Pacific >*, Great Northern pre
ferred •'%. Atchison shaded and Union
Pacific lost part of its advance after
half an hour.
The curb wax steady,
Americans in London were strong,
specially the llarrirnan group. Cana
dian Pacific In London moved up
sharply.
Although the market was inactive
'luring the forenoon .stocks showed a
fractional improvement. Pennsylvania
ind Reading roae 1 ,, t Inion i ’aciflc
gained % to 155%. Steel common was
m % at 63%. Missouri Pacific, Great
Northern preferred and Canadian Pacif
ic were up %. The tone in the late
'orenoon was steady.
Call money loaning at 2%.
Trading was dull in the last hour and
price changes were without importance.
Chesapeake and Ohio gained slightly,
but fractional recessions from the noon
level were made by Amalgamated Cop
per, American Can. Steel, Southern Pa-
iM<* and Missouri Pacific.
The market closed steudy.
Government bonds unchanged Other
bonds firm.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
NEW YORK, April 22. Money on call
2%(b2V Time money unchanged, sixty
days •0/4% per cent, ninety days 4%@
4%. six months 4%<&4% per cent.
Posted rates: Sterling exchange 4.84
•/4.87, with actual business in jankers’
bills at 4.866514 4.8680 for demand and
4.83404.8345 for sixty-day hills.
Prime mercantile paper unchanged
TRAINMEN HOLD CONFERENCE.
NEW YORK. April 22.—Conductors
and trainmen on fifty-four Eastern rail
roads will hold their first conference
with railways to-day over wage de
mand?.
METAL MARKET.
NEW YORK. April 23.—The metal
market was firm to-day. Copper, spot
to July offered 15%; lead. 4.58 (bid);
spelter, 5.50&5.70; tin, 49.39@ 49.50; zinc,
5.50 <145.70.
STOCK EXCHANGE BILL.
NEW YORK, April 22. The stock ex
change incorporation bill will be consid
ered at the executive session of the
senate judiciary committee to-day at Al
bany.
BAR SILVER.
LONDON, April 22.— Bar silver steady
at 27 1l-l6d.
NEW YORK. April 22.—Commercial
bar silver, 60c; Mexican dollars, 48c.
MINING STOCKS.
BOSTON, April 22. Opening: North
Butte 30%, Smelting 41. Superior Bos
ton 4, Wolverine 61, Calumet Arizona 67.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO EARNINGS.
NEW YORK, April 22. Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad earnings for March shows
a net decrease of $1,009,000. For eight
months earnings show an increase of
$981,600.
I 1913.
New (Orleans . .
• i 5.021 !
2,236
Galveston. . . .
.1 T.iwi; i
9.244
Mobile
.{ 185
5 1 9
Savannah. . . .
4,285
3,363
(’harleeton. . .
70
559
Wilmington. . .
267
599
Norfolk
1.114
2 “83
Baltimore . . .
Boston.
84
210
Philadelphia. . .
Various
6,122
to
Total
24.50b
19.751
INTERIOR MOV I M ENT.
! 1913. 1
Houston. .
Augusta. . .
Memphis. .
St. T^ouis. .
Cincinnati. .
Little Rock.
Total.
8.926
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.
Logan & Bryan: We look for lower
prices
Thompson, Towle & Co. \Yc are very
conservative about the long side, though
as far as weather is concerned these
conditions can change very quickly.
Xewburger, Worms \ Newman We
still maintain our belief In ultimately
lower levels, unless the elements inter
fere too long or too much with the crop.
Miller A Co.: It is a weather market.
Norden A Co.; Wo feel it is better
to buy on breaks than to sell.
Hayden. Stone & Co.: It is difficult
to see what can amuse a favorable opin
ion as long as weather continues good.
Atwood. Violett & Co.: While the ral
ly may go further, we look for lower
prices
COTTON SEED OIL.
Cotton seed oil quotations:
I Opening
< ’ii'sing.
Spot
7.04 (n 7.15
April
. 7.07 n 7.13
7.07(n 7.10
May
. 7.06(a 7.10
7.05@ 7.06
June
7.07(q 7.14
7.0B© 7.08
July
. 7.10.7 7.11
7.08(a 7.09
August ....
. 7.14 w 7.15
7.12@ 7.13
September . . .
. 7.13(g7.15
7.120i 7.13
October ....
. 6.87(a 6.90
6.83 <t 6.85
November . . .
6.6H16.66
6.60@ 6.62
Crude Southeast
Crude \ alley ...
... .5.1*4 bid
*1 exas mule ...
....5,87 bid
Closed heavy;
Bales 11.900
barrels.
NEW YORK
COFFEE MARKET.
Coffee quotations:
’ Opening.
Closing.
January . . .
. 11.20(1/ 11.25
1 1.30'q 11.32
February . . .
. 11.2HU 11.25
11.32 ft 11.34
March
. 11.24
11.35 rq 11.36
April. ....
10.7r,*i 10.77
Maj
.10.69
10.8G n 10.81
June
, t<).80
m >1 10 94
July. . , , ,
. '10.95
11.05ft 11.06
August
. H.05@1I.15
11.17 fti11.19
September. , ,
. 11.20
11.17ft 11.19
October. . , ,
. 11.21 @11.25
It.I7.il 11.19
November. , ,
. 11.21
1 1.179(1 11.19
.1 »eceml'or. .
11.22
11.17© 11.19
I Closed steady, Sales, 93,500 bags
ATLANTA MULE AND
HORSE MARKET
(Corrected by the National Stock Yards
Commission Company; C. G. Tur
ner, President.)
MuleB.
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, $205
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, $1 10 to $135.
Good driving horses, quality and finish,
ranging in price from $160 to $2*10.
Heavy draught horses, rough, $160 to
$210.
Heavy draught horses, finish, $210 to
$300.
The following
taLI«- shows the
highest, lowest
Hiid
dose
to-
get her with
the
previous c
lose:
[ Stock quotations:
Last
Prev.
STOCK—
H igh.
Low.
Sale.
Close.
' Amal. Copper.
78
77'..
77'/,
77'/,
j Am. Ice Sec.
26' 4
2614
26'4
26'/,
1 Am. Sug. Ref.
113» 2
113'/ 2
Am. Smelting.
70’ K
70
69%
70H
Am. Locomo..
35'%
36
Am. Car Fdy..
51
51
Am. Cot. OH..
47
47
Am. Woolen.
21
21
Anaconda .
38 7 «
38%
38%
18-,
Atchiton
102',
101%
101%
102
A. C. L.
123
123 *
122
122
American Can
35'%
34' 4
34' ' 2
3454
do, pref.
95
95' 4
94
94'4
Am. Beet Sug
20%
31
Am. T.-T.
130' 4
129%
129%
120
Am. Agricul...
51
51
B. R. T. .
90' 4
90 V.
90‘4
90 k
B. and O. .
99 a
99
98%
99'4
Can. Pacific..
246'4
244'%
244%
244' 2
Corn Products
10-4
10%
C. and O. .
68%
673a
67%
68' a
Consol. Gas.
132'. ■
132' 2
Cen. Leather .
55'/4
55'/,
Colo. F. and 1.
34' 2
34
33%
33%
Colo. Southern
31'/»
31
D. and H. . .
160
160
Den. aid R. G
20'.,
20' \
Distil. Secur. .
17' „
167,
16' 4
16',«
Erie
304„
30
30',,
30! 4
do, pref. .
46' 4
46' 4
45
46'i
Gen. Electric.
141'
140'
139%
140' 2
Goldfield Cons.
2'/.
2'.,
C Western. .
145,
15'/.
C. North, pfd..
128'
128' 4
125 7 e
127%
G. North. Ore.
36
36
34
35
Int. Harvester.
105
104' 4
Ml. Central. ..
11*%
1193,
119'/,
119!a
1nterboro ....
16%
167,
16%
16
do, pref.
58
58
5734
575,
Iowa Central.
8
8
K. C. Southern
25
25
243 4
24',
K. and T.
26
26
26
26
do. pref.
60' 4
60'/ 8
L. Valley
161' 8
160 s
160‘e
160' 2
L. and N, . .
133
Mo. Pacific
38
37'4
38
38
N. Y. Central
103' 4
102',
103' 4
103
Northwest.
133
Nat. Lead .
49' 2
N. and W. .
106 4
106%
106
106
No. Pacific. .
116'/*
116
116‘, 8
116'%
O. and W.. .
303 4
30%
30%
30*/ 2
Penn.
114%
114' ,
1143 4
114'/, j
Pacific Mail .
23
P. Gas Co.
112
P. Steel Car .
26
Reading .
165-s
164' 2
1655,
164'/.
Rock Island
22
22
22
26
do. pfd..
377„
37/2
37'/,
37' 2
R. 1. and Steel
253 4
25?4
253 4
25
do. pfd. .
843 4
843,
84 3 4
84
So. Pacific . .
10112
100'4
100%
101'%
So. Railway .
26' 2
26'/ 2
26' 2
26'/.
do. pfd.. . .
79
St. Paul. . .
110' 4
1097,
1097.,
109'%
Tenn. Copper.
36
36
36
36
Texas Pacific.
68' 4
Third Avenue
36
Union Pacific.
155' 2
1543,4
154%
154%
U. S. RubTier
64
637,
64
64', „
Utah Copper.
5334
53%
53%
53'/ 2
U. S. Steel .
63'4
627,
627,
627,
do. pfd.
108S S
108%
1085,
108' %
V.-C. Chem. .
33' 4
33
33
33'%
W. Union. . .
665,
66' ,
66' ,
66* 2
Wabash. . . .
»/,
do. pfd.. . .
10
W. Electric. .
64
W. Central . .
53'/ 2
W. Maryland.
40'4
PRIMARY MOVEMENT.
WHEAT—
I
1913.
i 1912.
Receipts . . .
' •!
471.000
i 231,000
Shipments . .
.
2.442,000
! 281.000
COHN— | | |
Receipts . . .
346,000
38
*1.000
Shipments . .
• • I
1,183,000
1 370,000
RECENT BUYERS
SELLING WHEAT
Good Rains Favor Crop Prospects
and No Support Is at Hand
in the Grain Pit.
ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS.
Ill)
222222;
U limit So. 2 red
Corn—No. 2 red .
Oats—No. 2 red .
UHiCAGO, April 22.—Wheat was % to
hc lower this morning on the mure fa
vorable weather throughout the North
west fer seeding, coupled with cloudy
conditions in the winter wheat belt,
where rain is most needed. Northwest
ern cars were more liberal and there
v.a- a Lix increase in The European vis
ible supply for the week.
There was a disposition on the part
of tiie big longs to continue on the sell- i
ing side of the market, and the July,
which has been given such great sup
port during the past few’ days was not
as strong as yesterday.
Corn was strong, the principal cause
of tlie strength being buying by shorts
and the smaller offerings.
Oats were firm with corn.
Hogs at the yards were 10c lower and
the feeling in provisions was easier.
W heat dosed with losses of % to 7gc,
and sentiment was favorable to the
bear sid**. The fact that a round lot of
wheat is now on the Lakes, destined to
Chicago from Duluth, the amount being
placed at 2.000,000 bushels, coupled with
cloudy conditions in the Southw'est and
scattered showers there, caused heavy
liquidation on the part of holders. It is
also said that increased receipts of
wheat are expected at both Duluth and
Chicago.
There was considerable May wheat
sold by influential concerns, who bought
the deferred months instead. Cash
sales here were 35,000 bushels wheat:
315,000 corn, and 125.000 oats. Vessel
room was chartered for 250,000 bushels
corn at 1 %c to Buffalo.
Corn closed % to %c lower and the
feeling was weak.
Oats were off %to%c.
Hog products were lower on liquida
tion by longs.
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS.
CHICAGO. April 22.—Wheat, No. 2
red. 1.07(^1.10%; No. 3 red. 1.00@1.04;
No. 2 hard winter, 93@95; No. 3 hard
winter, 91 $494%; No. 1 northern spring,
92ft 93; No. 3 spring, 88ft 91.
Corn, No. 2, 56%@57; No. 2 white, 58(d
59; No. 2 yellowy 57@57%; No. 3. 55ft.
56%; No. 3 white, 57%<&69: No. 3 yel
low, 55ft 57%; No. 4, 54@55%; No. 4
white. 56 ft 57; No. 4 yellow, 54%@55%.
Oats, No. 2, 33%: No. 2 white. 36%@
37; No. 3 white, 34 a .i@35%; No. 4 white,
33%@34%; Standard, 35%@36.
CHICAGO CAR LOTS.
Following are the receipts for Tuesday
and estimated for Wednesday:
ITuesday. i\Vedn’sdar
Wheat
Corn
Oats
Hogs
137
84
.I 173
. | 12,000
44
45
119
24.000
I. 0. 0. F. SPECIAL
SAVANNAH, GA.,
MAY 27TH.
In order to properly take care of I.
O. O. F. delegates and their friend?
who will attend the Convention at Sa
vannah, May 28th-29th, the Central of
Georgia Railway will operate special
train, to leave Atlanta 8:40 a. m.. May
27th, stopping only at GrifTin and Macon,
and scheduled to arrive in Savannah 5:00
p. m. This train will be composed of first
class coaches and parlor car. A passen
ger representative will accompany this
train to render the delegates every nec
essary attention. In addition to this
special train, there are two other daily
trains each wav through without change,
leaving Atlanta 8:00 a. m. and 9:35 p. m.
Returning, trains leave Savannah 6:45
a m. and 8:00 p. m. Those leaving on
night trains, and desiring sleeping car
reservations, can make same now by ap
plying to
W. H. FOGG.
District Passenger Agent,
Marietta and Peachtree Streets., At
lanta. advt
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New York Dental Offices
H 28i/o and 32% PEACHTREE STREET.
Over the Bonita Theater and Zakas’ Bakery.
OPINIONS ON GRAIN.
UH1UAGO, April 22. Bartlett, Frazier
A* Co.: Wheat The strength in Liver
pool and continued dry weather in the
Southwest are likely to give us a firm
market to-day.
Corn- Do not look for any advance in
prices.
Oats Very little outside buying and
May continues to be liquidated slowlx.
Provisions—-We look for a. little firmer
market.
NEW YORK PRODUCE.
NMNY YORK, April 22. Petroleum,
firm; crude Pennsylvania 2.50.
Turpentine, firm; 43% bid.
Rosin, easy; common 5.00 bid.
W ool, quiet; domestic fleece, 28 <(30;
pulled, scoured basis, 40@60; Texas,
scoured basts. -18 @62.
Hides, dull, native steers, 16%@19%;
branded steers. 15% ft 16%.
Coffee steady; options opened 1 to L
higher; Rio No. 7 on spot. 11%.
Rice, steady; domestic, ordinary to
prime, 4%@5%.
Molasses, steady; New Orleans, open
Kettle, 35@50.
Sugar raw. steady; centrifugal, 3.36ft
3.39; muscovado, 2.86@2.89; molasses
sugar. 2.61@2.64.
LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.
LIVERPOOL. April 22. Wheat opened
% to ■ »d higher. At 1:30 p. in. the
market was % to %d higher; closed %
to %d higher.
Corn opened unchanged. At 1:30 1
p. m. the market was % to %d higher.
m
Gold Crowns .
Bridge Work .
. $3.00
. $4.00
All Other Work at Reasonable Prices.
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR ad
vertisement in the next issue will sell
goods. Try it!
GROCERS.
SUGAR—Per pound: Standard granu
lated 6c. New York refined 4%e, plan
tation 4 85c.
COFFEE — Roasted (Arbuckle’s)
$24.50. A A AA, $14.50 tn bulk, in bags and
barrels. $21. green 20c.
RICE- Head 4%@5%c, fancy bead 5%
@6%c, according to grade.
LARD- Silver leaf 13c poifnd. Scoco
Mound, Flake White 8%r pound,
Cottolene $7.20 per case, Snowdrift $5.85
per case.
SALT One hundred pounds, 53c; salt
brick (plain) per case, $2.25; salt brick
(medicated) per ease. $1.85; salt red
rock per hundredweight $1. ^alt white
per hundredweight 90c, Granocrystal, i
per « nse, 25 lb. sacks, 75c; salt ozone,
per case, 30 packages, 90c; 50 lb. sacks.
30<*: 26-lb. sacks 12c.
MISCELLANEOUS — Georgia cane
H.vrup 37c, axle grease $ l7r 5. .soda
crackers 7Vic pound, lemon crackers 8c. |
oyster 7c. tomatoes (3 pounds) $1.66
case, (3 pounds) $2 25, navy beans. $3.25;
Lima beans 7%e, shredded biscuit $3.60,
rolled oats $3.90 per case, grits (hags)
$2.40, pink salmon $7, cocoa 3S<\ roast
beef $3.80, syrup 30o per gallon, Sterling
hall potash $3.80 per ease, soap $1.50ft>
4 per case, Rutuford baking powder $2.50
per case.
DECATUR
ITS EDUCATIONAL
ADVANTAGES
A SECOND NEW Public School Building, costing ap
proximately $25,000, will be erected in Decatur before Sep
tember. The site has been bought, plans have been ac
cepted by the Board of Education, and work will be begun
in a few days. This is the SECOND new public school
building erected in DECATUR in three years, made neces
sary by the growth of population from 2,400 in 1910 to
about 3,600 to-day.
Eor the past year DECATUR has operated a public
IliCU SCHOOL of three grades. Beginning in September
there will be added a FOURTH HIGH SCHOOL grade,
making it so that boys and girls may be prepared in DE
CATUR for the best college and universities in the United
States and for LIFE ANYWHERE.
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE
Grows steadily by every standard by which a great wom
an's college is judged. To-day it ranks among the first
educational institutions of America.
BESIDES, residents of DECATUR enjoy all the edu
cational advantages of ATLANTA, with which it is closely
connected by TWO ELECTRIC LINES, Georgia Railroad,
TELEPHONE and DRIVEWAYS.
SEND FOR BOOKLET.
DECATUR BOARD OF TRADE
DECATUR, GA.
BELL PHONE DECATUR 148
WEEKES BUILDING
MEM AMD REUGIOH BULLETIN No. 55
Nine!]/ Per Cent Jacob,
Woman’s Wage, The Price of Opera Seats,
And a Tee
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Thou fool, this night thy Soul
shall be required of thee; then
whose shall those things be?”
LUKE 12:20
Jacob was a business man.
‘‘If God will be with me," he said,‘‘And will keep me in this way
that I go, and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on—
‘‘Then shall the Lord be my God—
‘‘And of all that Thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto
Thee."
Ninety per cent for himself! Ten per cent for God! Generous Ja
cob?
His favorite son, Joseph, cornered the world’s grain and enslaved the
old man and his other sons through their necessities.
And until this day we suffer from Jacob’s percentage ideas.
YOU are content if you get your ninety per cent, but you say:
‘‘Touch not the tariff, it will lower the laborer’s wage!
‘‘Name no living wage for girls. To do so would throw many un
skilled ones out of employment.
‘‘If I have to pay women and girls enough for them to live upon,
why—I will employ boys and young men. Then what will become of the
girls?"
LO, THE PHILANTHROPIST! You pat yourself upon the back
for employing a woman at a wage upon which she cannot live.
To decrease your percentage, your dividends and increase her wages,
her living, might be wise!
A factory owner said: “The average wage in my place is five dollars
a week."
Five dollars? For that, her week’s wages, you may get a seat at the
opera, but she cannot live.
HER QUESTION is not:
“Shall I go to the Opera, and forget the barrenness of my room, the
loneliness of my life in hearing God-given music?"
BUT—
“Shall I have shelter to-night?"
For the grocer and butcher must be paid; the landlord must have his
rent; the landlady is compelled to collect the board bill, however kind
her heart may be.
One girl received four dollars a week; an inferior room and board cost
her three dollars and sixty cents a week.
The remaining forty cents a week would not meet her necessities.
For several weeks she did not pay the whole of her board.
The landlady finally said: “You must pay.”
The girl left hei; trunk with he r and found board at three dollars a
week with the understanding that sh e would hold her trunk for thirty
days. At the end of that time the girl had saved three dollars; her debt
was eight.
For the lack 6f five dollars ?
Friends found her in time.
BUT CONSIDER THIS: A madam of one of the houses which were
in our midst paid one of our City Fathers, a lawyer, one hundred dollars,
just twenty times the amount the girl lacked after thirty days of slavery.
Why did the madam pay the Alderman one hundred dollars?
To insure herself a peaceful residence with her mamma in the house—
never to get the lawyer to plead in open court with Recorder Broyles.
WHY did the Alderman take the fee?
Men are saying: “THANK GOD, we have in Atlanta NO one man,
three men or six men government at this time. There is safety in num
bers."
The Chief of Police rightly closed the woman’s house. POOR DE
LUDED CREATURE!
She and those who prey upon her kind are learning at last that pro
tected vice can not be revived in Atlanta.
But the other problems—the barren and lonely room, the underpaid
girl— ’
These, too, will be quickly solved.
Bernard Shaw says:
“THE WAGES of prostitution are stitched into your button holes,
and into your blouse, pasted into your match boxes and your boxes of
pins, stuffed into your mattresses, mixed with the paint on your walls,
and stuffed between the joints of your water pipes.
“The very glaze on your basin and teacup has in it the lead poison
that you offer to the decent woman as the reward of honest labor, while
the procuress is offering chicken and champagne.
“YOU will not cheat the recording angel into putting down your
debts to the wrong account."
To-day God is asking you:
“WHY do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your la
bor for that which satisfieth not?"
To-day Jesus is saying to you:
“Take my yoke upon you and learn of Me."
You will pay her a living wage.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE MEN
AND RELIGION FORWARD MOVEMENT
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