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Tin: ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANI) NEWS. TUESDAY, APRIL 22. 1912,.
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COTTON PRICES
Large Spot Houses Heavy Sellers.
Good Weather and Labor
Troubles Are Blamed.
NEW YORK. April 22 In the late
of steady rabies, the cotton market
opened barely steady to-day, with prices
< points off to 1 point higher than last
night » close. Room traders were in a
bearish inood, particularly as to near
months, and offerings became heavy
enough to force prices off some 7 to If,
points from the. opening range. May
and July were heavily sold. Many of
the most conservative spot houses sold,
which encouraged freer offering from
the ring and Wall Street.
May dropped to 11.56, against an open
ing of 11.71; July fell from 11.72 to
11.59: August followed by losing 11
jwints from the initial figure. The new
• Tops followed, but their losses were
smaller.
New Orleans and Liverpool were lib
era) sellers
The continued liquidation is chiefly
based upon the continued favorable
weather condition# In almost every sec
tion of the cotton belt. In almost every
section of the belt preparation is al
rnpst 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
next few weeks, it will give the planter
ample time to plant a large acreage.
The altitude 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 is causing consid
erable unfavorable apprehension, is the
hern spot
•;
weakness in the Southern spot situation.
Spots all over the belt arc reported
«*hea|>er. with little demand. Such fac
tors cause hesitation among the bulls.
Many recent bulls are now the most
' ad I cal hears. A few of them ar<* pre
dicting lie cotton for July and August
and October as low as 10%c.
The weekly weather report was favor
able. except it showed some moisture
is needed In Texas. Indications ate
that this will come. This, with a cable
from Monchest er stating that the labor
trouble was becoming more serious,
brought out heavier selling during the
afternoon session. The market was
given no support, and May increased
its decline to 11.52, July to 11.64. The
entire list made- declines of 9 to 19 points
from the initial level.
tom mi salon house# were good sellers,
while the buying was mainly from
shorts and scattered buying of the new
crops. This buying, 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
RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES.
Futures opened quiet.
RANGE IN LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
LIVERPOOL, Ajjrll 22.—This market
waa due to open 1 to 2 points higher
hut opened quiet l to Hi points higher.
It 12:15 p m. the market was quiet,
at a net advance of 1 to 1% points
higher.
Fair business doing in spot cotton at
4 points advance; middling 6.83d, sales
8,000 bales, including 7,000 American
bales, imports 5,000 bales, including 3,000
American bales.
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
O] ‘
Opening Frev.
Range Close. Close
Vprll .... .6.57 - 6.66% H.52!s 6.66Vi*
\pril-May . . 6.63Vi 6/49 6.62
May-June . . .6.63 -6.62 6.48Vi 6.52b.
June-July . . .6.52 -6.61 6.47 6.60Vi
July-Aug . . .6.48 -6.47Vi 6.43 6.46b.
Sug.-Bept . . .6.36 -6.37 6.32Vi 6.36b.
Sept.-Oct. . . .6.25 -6.24 6.20 6.22',.
Oct.-Nov. . . 6.16V4-6.16 6.12 6.15>i
Nov.-Dec . . .6,13 -6.12% floaty 6.12
Dec.-Jan. . . .6.12 *>.07% 6.11
fan.-Fel> . . 6.11 -6.10 6.06% 6.10
Feb.-Mch. . . .16.10 6.07% 6.11
Closed easy.
HAYWARD & CLARK’S
DAILY COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS. April 22. The Liv
erpool board shows a narrow market
following the changes in New York.
Political ne„ws shows that no progress
is being made toward peace. Another
Ultimatum was sent to Montenegro.
The allies have practically accepted the
proposed terms of the Powers, but have
reserved for themselves the most im
portant question of division of territory.
Liverpol cabled: "Labor troubles in
East Lancashire coming Feeling very
bitter.”
The Journal of Commerce says that
reports from New England states are
that trade in cotton goods is beginning
to show a steady decline.
Our market to-day was easy from
the atari and sagged to 12 05 for July
n the second hour.
RANGE NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
n
iS
Ap
My
112.31
12
'si
... J.....
12.20 12.23
12.11
12.23
24
12
32
33
.In
12.17
19
12
26
•
Jlv
112.13
12
i 1
i 2. on; 12.O6
12.06
07
12
1b
u
Ag
111.83
11
83
11.70 11.70
11.70
72
11
83
8$
Kpt
11.42
11
42
11 42 11.42
11.34
40
11
50-
52
(»c.
11 38
11
38
11.27 11.29
11.28
29
11
40
41
Nv
11.28
30
11
fit
42
Dr
11.40
n
40
11.28 11.30
11.29
30
11
42
43
111.41
li
41
11.Si'll.SI
11.32
33
11
44
45
* Mowed steady
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 them
every day.
NEW YORK, April 22. I M. Ander
son says: "The cotton market has re
ceived very little or no support to-day.
Waters, Shears on ami Gee ran sold the
market off shortly after the opening. It
looks like the uptown crowd is selling
and Wall Street also. It Is generally be
lieved that prices will work lower.”
The weather continues favorable ami
the local crowd seems inclined to sell.
Business is very light There has been
business is very light There have been
July and October to change hands.
Spot cotton brokers her* say nothing
doing in spots and the market is lower
to trade.
Open j
i
s
Low.
it
Close.
*
*. 0
ii.7i
11.71
11.61
11.52
11.51-52
11.53-57
ii.67-68
11.70-72
it.72
11.72
11.54
ii.65
11.54-55
11.69-70
11.64
11.64
11.36
11.38
11.37-38
11.21-23
11.62-63
11.36-86
11.31
11.31
11.17
11.18
11.17-18
11.30-31
11.34
11.S6
11.20:11.20
11.20-21
U.34-35
11.89
11.29
11.17)11.20
11.16-18
11.29-80
11. so
11.31
ll.28jll.28
11.21-23
11.34-35
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-
orsvllle. Miss., midway between Vicks
burg and Greenville The break will
flood all of Sharkey ami Isaquenna coun
ties and nearly all of Washington and
Warren Federal engineers say 1,130
square miles will be affected by over
flow
Last night rain was threatening all
along tiie lower river section.
All records were wiped out lust night
when the. gauge at 4 n. m. read 61.6 feet
with the river still rising.
The Journal of Commerce says: "The
weather is a trifle cool west of the Mis
sissippi River. Western Texas needs
rain Estimated Increase of acreage in
that State 5 to 15 per cent. Very favor
able crop reports front many sections.”
Following are II a. m. Lids: May,
11.60; July, 11.62; October, 11.24; Janu
ary, 11.22.
NEW ORLEANS, April 22. Hayward
(Mark; The weather map shows
cloudy ifi Texas ami Oklahoma, with
some light ruin In West Texas; fair in
Central and Eastern .States. Indications
are for unsettled weather, with rains In
Texas and Oklahoma; cloudy, becoming
unsettled in the Central States; contin
ued fair In the Atlantic’s.
River News; Cairo, 45.2; Vicksburg,
51.7; Memphis, 40.4; New Orleans, 19.4.
Liverpool cables: "American mid
dling fair, 7.37d; good middling, 7.03d;
middling. 6.83d. low middling. o.67d;
good ordinary, 6.33d; ordinary, 5.99d.”
The weekly weather report at 11
o'clock is expected to be unfavorable,
owing to the cold weather beginning of
last week.
Phe New Orleans Times-Demoerat
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., ami 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, but New
York May and July are wav below a
Southern spot parity. Once the market
"Yesterday’s break in the levee will
Following are 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 tg 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.
New 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 6.79d.
Savannah, easy; middling 12%.
Norfolk, quiet: middling 12 1 »
Augusta, steady; middling 12%.
Mobile, steady: middling 12%
Galveston, steady; middling 12%.
Charleston, steady; middling 12%
Wilmington, quiet; middling 12c
I jit tie Rock, steady; middling 12c
Baltimore, nominal; middling 12%.
Memphis, steady; middling 121*.
St. Louis, quiet; middling 12%.
Houston, steady; middling 12 9-16.
Louisville, firm; middling 12%.
Greenville, quiet; middling 1!?*.
Charlotte, steady; middling 12c.
TO-DAY'S PORT RECEIPTS.
The following table shows receipts at
the ports to-day compared with the
same day last year:
New Orleans
Galveston. .
Mobile. . . .
Savannah. .
Charlenton. .
Wilmington.
Norfolk. . •
Baltimore .
Boston.
Philadelphia
Various. . .
1913.
1912
Total.
24,506
19,751
INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
1913.
Houston.
Augusta .
Memphis
St Louis.
Cincinnati
Little Root
'Total.
6,106
8.926
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.
Logan & Bryan; We look for lower
prices.
Thompson, Towle Co.: We are very
conservative about the long side, though
as far a# weather is concerned these
ondltions can change very quickly.
New burger. Worms A Newman We
still maintain our belief in ultimately
lower levels, unless the elements inter
fere too long or too much with the crop.
Miller & Co.; It is a weather market.
Norden A- Co.: We feel it is better
to buy on breaks than to sell.
Hayden. Stone & Co.: It is difficult
to see what can arouse a favorable opin
ion as long as weather continues good.
Atwood, Violet t & Co While the ral
ly may go further, we look for lower
prices.
COTTON SEED OIL.
Cotton seed oil quotations:
! Opening. | Closin'
Spot ... ,
April . . . .
May . . . .
Juno . , . ,
July . . . .
August . . .
September .
October . .
November .
Crude Southeast.
('rude Valley
Texas crude ....
• ! i 7.04©
. 7.07© 7.12 ! 7.07fo
.! 7.06© 7.10 7.05©
7.07© 7 14 7.06©
7.10© 7.11 7.08©
. 7.14© 7.15 i 7.12©
7.13© 7.15 7.12©
6.87© 6.90 6.83©
6.64©'6.66 I 6.60©
6.00
6.94
5.87
Closed heavy; sales 11.900 barrels.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.
Coffee quotations:
Opening. Closing.
1L20© 11.25 11.30011.
11.21© 11.25 11.32© 11
111 24 ,11.35© 11
•••, 10.75© 10
10.69 10.80© 10
10 80 10.92© 10.
10.95 11.05© H
11.05© 11.15 11.17© 11
11.20 11.17 © 11
11.21 @11.25 11.17© 1]
11.81 • I1.17i 11
11.22 !11.17© 11
Closed steady. Sales, 93,500 bags.
Shorts Cover Their Lines Early,
but Prices Ease Off Later in
Absence of Support.
Today's New York
Stock Market
By c. W. STORM.
NEW YORK, April 22. The inter- j
ventlon of the government in the Min
nesota rate, eases had a good effect on
the stock market and general gains
were shown at the opening to-day.
Among them were Amalgamated Cop
per %, American Can %. Anaconda %,
Canadian Pacific •'%. Chesapeake and
Ohio %. United States Steel common
%. United States Rubber common %,
Union Pacific %. Reading %, Pennsyl
vania %, Northern Pacific %, Mis
souri 'Pacific %, Great' Northern pre
ferred •%. Atchison shaded and Union
Pacific lost part of its advance after
half an hour.
The curl) was steady.
Americans in London were strong,
‘specially the Marrlman group. Cana
dian Pacific in London moved up
sharply.
Although the market was inactive
during the forenoon stocks showed a
fractional improvement. Pennsylvania
and Reading rose %. Union Pacific
gained % to 156%. Steel common was
ip % 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 Merc made by Amalgamated Cop
per, American Can, Steel, Southern Pa
ine and Missouri Pacific.
The market closed steady.
Government bonds unchanged. Other
bonds firm.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
NEW YORK, April 22. Money on call
2%©2%. Time money unchanged, sixty
days 4©4% per cent, ninety days 4 % ©
4%, six months 4%© 1% per cent.
Posted rates: Sterling exchange 4.84
'f/4.87, with actual business in bankers'
bills at 1.8665© 4.8680 for demand and
4.8340©4 8345 for sixty-day hills.
ITime 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
mands.
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 ©5.70.
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 11- 16d.
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 decreuse. of $1,009,000. For eight
months earnings show an increase of
$981,600.
ATLANTA MULE AND
HORSE MARKET
(Corrected by the National Stock Yards
Commission Company: C G. Tur
ner, President.)
Mules.
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% bands, 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, $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
*
The following table
shows the
highest, lowest
and
close
to-
gether with
the
previous (
lose:
Stock quota)
ions:
L*st
Prev.
STOCK—
High.
Low.
Sale.
Close.
Amal. Copper.
78
77'/,
77! 4
77' 2
Am. Ice Sec. .
26' 4
26'/,
26' 4
26'/,
Am. Sup. Ref
113' 2
113'/-
Am. Smelting.
70?,
70
69%
70-,,
Am. Locomo..
35' 2
36
Am. Car Fdy..
51
51
Am. Cot. OIL.
47
47
Am. Woolen.
21
21
Anaconda
337/,
38 %
38 „
Atchison
102' 8
1013,
1013 4
102
A. C. L. .
123
123
122
122
American Can
3b', 2
34' ,
34'..
3434
do, pref.
95' 2
95'.,
94
94',4
Am. Beet Sug
30 .
31
Am. T.-T.
130* 4
129-,
129%
130
Am Agricul..
51
51
B. R. T. .
90*4
90/
90'4
90',
B. and O. .
99
99
98%
99'4
Can Pacific..
2454„
244' 2
244%
244'
Corn Products
10%
105,
C. and O.
68%
67%
67%
68' ,
Consol. Gas.
132' ,
132%
Cen. Leather.
55'-4
55', a
Colo. F. and 1.
34' 2
3*' a
33%
33' 4
Colo. Southern
31
31
D. and H. . . .
160
1b0
Den. a^d R. G.
20 ,
20'/«
Distil. Stcur .
17' ,
16?,
16'-4
16/4
Erie
30J„
30
30',,
30'/ 4
do, pref. . .
46</4
46' 4
45
46'/,
Gen. Electric.
1411/ 2
140'. 2
130'%
140'/ 2
Goldfield Cons.
2'/,
G. Western
148,
15%
G. North, pfd..
128 1 ?
128' ,
1257,
1273 4
G. North. Ore.
36
36
34
35
Int. Harvester
105
1041/4
III. Central. ..
1193 4
119<„
11#' 2
11914,
Interboro ....
167 a
167,
163-4
16
do, pref. .
58
58
5734
575fc
Iowa Central.
.... /
8
8
K. C. Southern
25
25
243 4
24'%
K. and T
26
26
26
26
dc. pref.
60' 4
60'%
L. Valley
161' 8
160'<8
160',
160'%
L. and N. .
133
Mo. Pacific
38
37'-,
38
38
N. Y. Central
103 ! 4
1027,
103' 4
103
Northwest.
133
Nat. Lead
49'/ 2
N. and W.
106' 4
106%
106' 4
106
No. Pacific. .
116'/ 2
116
116‘/e’
116'/4
O. and W.. .
303/j
3034
30%
30'/*
Penn
114%
114' 3
114%
114'/ 2
Pacific Mail .
23
P. Gas Co. . ,
112
P. Steel Car
26
Reading .
1653*
1641/,
1655,,
164%
Rock Island
22
22
22
26
do. pfd..
37 7 a
Z7/o
371/2
37/2
R. 1. and Steel
25%
253, 4
25%
25
do. pfd..
843,,
843,4
84%
84
So. Pacific . .
101' 2
100f /4
100%
101/4
So. Railway .
26' 2
261/2
26' 2
26'/?
do. pfd.. . .
79
St. Paul. . .
1101 4
1Q97 e
1097,
109'/ 2
Tenn. Copper.
36
36
36
36
Texas Pacific.
68'4
Third Avenue
36
Union Pacific.
155' 2
154'%
154%
1545,
U. S. Rubber
64
637,
64
64'/i
Utah Copper.
53%
534-4
533 4
53'/ 2
U. S. Steel .
63' 4
627-8
627,
627,
do. pfd..
1083,
108^
108 f> a
108%
V.-C. Chem. .
33'%
33
33
33%
W. Union. . .
66%
66'/,
66' 8
66' c
Wabash. . .
3'/,
do. pfd. . .
10
W. Electric. .
64
W. Central . .
....
531/8
W. Maryland.
40'/ 4
PRIMARY MOVEMENT.
WHEAT—
!
1913.
I 1912.
Receipts . . .
471.000
231.000
Shipments . .
2.443.000
I 281,000
CORN— | |
Receipts . . .
• *!
346,000
383.000
Shipments . .
1.18.7,000 37
6,000
E
SELLING WHEAT
Good Rains Favor Crop Prospects
and No Support Is at Hand
i/i the Grain Pit. -
ST LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS.
Wheat No. 2 red
(’urn— No. 2 red . .
Oats No. 2 red . .
.110
34%
CHICAGO, April 22.—Wheal was % to
%<• lower this morning on the more fa
vorable weather throughout the North
west fur seeding, coupled with cloudy
conditions in the winter wheal belt,
where rain is most needed. Northwest
ern car- were more liberal and there
was a big increase in the European vis
ible supply for the week.
There was a disposition on the part
• f the big longs to continue on the sell
ing sid* 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.
(’urn was strong, the principal cause
of the strength being buying by shorts
and tin* smaller offerings.
(>ats w ere firm with corn.
Hogs at the yards were 10c lower and
the feeling in provisions was easier.
Wheat dosed with losses of % to %e,
and sentiment was favorable to the
bear side The fact that a round lot of
wheat Is now on the I^akes, destined to'
Chicago from Duluth, the amount being
placed at 2,000,000 bushels, coupled with
cloudy conditions in the Southwest and
scattered showers there, caused heavj
liquidation on tlie 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, (’ash
sales here were 35.000 bushels wheal ;
315.000 corn, and 125,000 oats. Vessel
room was chartered for 250,000 bushels
corn at l%c to Buffalo.
Corn closed V« to %c lower and the
feeling was weak.
Oats were off %to%c.
Hog products were lower on liquida
tion b> longs.
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS.
CHICAGO. April 22.—Wheat, No. 2
red, l.07@>1.10%: No. 3 red, 1.00® 1.04;
No. 2 hard winter. 93©9o; *No. 3 hard
winter, 91@94% : No. 1 northern spring.
92© 93; No. 3 spring, 88© 91.
Corn, No. 2. 56%© 57; No. 2 white. 58©
59; No. 2 yellow, 57©57%; No. 3. 55©
56%; No. 3 white, 57%©59; No. 3 yel
low, 55©57%; No. 4, 54©55%; No. 4
white, 56©57; No. 4 yellow, 54%©55%.
Oats. No. 2, 33%; No. 2 white. 36%©
37; No. 3 white. 34*%©35%; No. 4 white,
33%©34%; Standard, 35%©36.
CHICAGO CAR LOTS.
Following are the receipts for Tuesday
ami estimated for Wednesday:
ITuesciay. iWedn’sday
Wheat . . .
. . .1 137
44
Corn . . .
. . . 1 84
45
Oats . . .
. . . 173
119
Hogs . . .
. .1 12,000
24,000
I. 0. 0. F. SPECIAL
SAVANNAH, GA.,
MAY 27TH.
In order to properly take oare uf r.
O. O. F. delegates and their friends
who will atteno the Convention at Sa
vannah, Ma.v 28th-29th, the Central of
Georgia Railway will operate special
irain. to leave Atlanta 8:40 a. m.. May
27th, stopping only at Griffin and Macon,
and scheduled to arrive In Savannah 6:00
p. m. This train will be composed of first
class coaches and parlor car. A passen-
? :t*r representative will accompany this
rain to render the delegates every nec
essary attention. In addition to this
special train, there are two other daily
trains each way through without ohange,
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 dealring sleeping car
reservations, can make same now by ap
plying to
W. H FOGG,
District Passenger Agent.
Marietta and Peachtree Streets.. At
lanta advt
OPINIONS ON GRAIN.
CHICAGO. April 22. Bartlett, Frazier
k Co.: Wheat The strength in Liver
pool and continued dry weather in the
Southwest are likely to give us a firm |
market to-day.
Com—Do not look for any advance in
prices.
Oats Very little outside buying and
May continues to be liquidated slowly.
Provisions —Wo look for a little firmer
market.
NEW YORK PRODUCE.
New York Dental Offices
28% and 32% PEACHTREE STREET.
Over the Bonita Theater and Zakas’ Bakery.
Gold Crowns . . . $3.00
Bridge Work . . . $4.00
All Other Work at Reasonable Prices.
NEW YORK. April 22. Petroleum,
firm; crude Pennsylvania 2.50.
Turpentine, firm; 43% bid.
Rosin, easy common 5.00 bid.
Wool, quiet, domestic fleece, 28©30;
pulled, scoured basis, 40©60; Texas,
ci tun d basis, is b
Hides, dull, native steers, 16%©19%; ]
branded steers, 15% ©16%.
Coffee steady; options opened 1 to 5
higher; Rio No. 7 on spot. 11%.
Rice, steady; domestic, ordinary to
prime. 4%©5%.
Molasses, steady; New Orleans, open
settle. 35© 50.
Sugar raw, steady; centrifugal. 3.36©
3.29; 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.
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads j
The Sunday American. YOUR ad- j
vertisement in the next issue will sell !
goods. Try it!
GROCERS.
SUGAR—Per pound: standard granu
lated 5c. New York refined 4%c, plan
tation 4.86c.
COFFEE — Roasted (Arbuckle’s)
$24.50. A AAA, $14.50 in bulk; in bags and
barrels, $21; green 20c.
RICE—Head 4%©5%c, fancy bead
© 6%c, according to grade.
la: ~
RD—Silver leaf 13c pound, Scoco
8% pound. Flake White 8%c pound,
Cottolene $*.20 per case, Snowdrift $5.85
per case.
SALT—One hundred pounds. 53c; salt I
brick (plain) per ease, $2.25; salt brick
(medicated) per ease. $4 85: salt red |
rock per hundredweight $1; salt white I
per hundredweight 90c, Granoerystal,
per case, 25-lb. sacks, 75c; salt ozone,
per case, 30 packages, 90c; 60 lb. sacks,
30c: 26-lb. sacks 12c. j
MISCELLANEOUS — Georgia cane)
syrup 37c. axle grease $1.75. soda
crackers 7%o pound, lemon crackers Sc,
oyster 7c, tomatoes (2 pounds) . $1.65
case, (3 pounds) $2.25. navy beans, $3.25;
Lima beans 7%c, shredded biscuit $3.60, '
rolled oats $3.90 per case, grits (bags)
k sulniiiti $7
?2 40, pink salmon $7, cocoa 38c. roast
beef $3.80. syrup 30c per gallon. Sterling
bah potash $3.30 per case, soap $1.50©
4 per case, RumforU 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 lias 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 3,000 to-day.
For the past year DECATUR has operated a public
HIGH 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-
CATl R 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 firs}
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
MEN AND RELIGION BULLETIN No. SS
Ninety Per Cent Jacob,
Woman’s Wage, The Price of Opera Seats,
And a Fee
“Thou fool, this slight thy Soul
shall be required of thee; then
whose shall those things
LU KE 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 graih 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 youn g 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 her trunk with her 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 of 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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