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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
real estate and
C ONSTR UCTION NE WS
Spinners’ Taking for
Week Shows Decrease
Warranty Deeds.
55 .BOO—Joseph Parantha to W. S.
Burnett, No. 180 Bass street, 45 hy
j-7 f e et. November 15.
J5 000—tv. S. Burnette to J. F. As-
j;ew same property. November 15.
$3,750— Catherine E. Willingham to
Joseph Parantha, same property. No
vember 15.
Mrs. Bessie L. Hlx to W. H.
f. words, No. 9 Angler avenue, 27 hy
i , feet. December 3.
$10— W. E. Hlx to same, same prop
ers, December 3.
54.000—Mrs. Mabel H. Moody to
jfrs Birde V. Gorman, lot 62 by 116
feet, north side of Jackson place, 309
f east of Jackson street. Novem
ber 3.
$1,800--B. B. Crane to Lowry Na-
t'. ai Bank, lot 63 by 100 feet, north-
corner of Jones avenue and Gray
str-et. December 4.
51 Love and Affection—A. R. Car
ter to Mrs, M. J. Carver, lot 100 by
by 50 feet, on Hattie street, 487
feel west of Ellen street. September
30.
S3 600—J. F. Askew to S. Si Sells,
177
Jr.. No. 180 Bass street, 45 by 177 feet.
November 17.
57.MI—Mrs. M. F. Garner to Thomas
R Duren. lot 100 by 100 feet, north
si.!.- of Kioklighter street, 500 feet
west of Semmes avenue. November
29.
$1.500—W, A. Whiteside to Warren
J. Brownlee, lot 52 by 200 feet, east
side of "Highland avenue, 105 feet
south of Oklahoma avenue. Decem
ber 4.
$1,102—F. A. Ames to W. A. White-
side. same property. July 1.
$135—Mrs. Fannie B. Henry to Mrs.
.Aria May Smith, lot 50 by 176 feet,
on Harrison avenue, block A. N„ ct
Eagan Park. July 5.
$3,450—John R. King to Charles A.
Smith. No. 78 Cherokee avenue, 50 by
250 feet. November 22.
$1.000—George E. Johnson to C. J.
Haden, lot 30 by 92 feet, on Linden
street, 92 feet west of Williams street.
December 2.
$1,000—Mrs. Ida G. Little to H. W.
Railey, lot 45 by 123 feet, south side
of Harwell street, 234 feet west of
Ashby street. November 24.
$3.500—Jack D. Hayes to Mrs. Sa
rah D. Morris, lot 50 by 200 feet, north
side of Elbert street, 201 feet west
of Stewart drive. December 3.
$110—A. P. McCrarv to J. P. Cran-
shaw, lot 130 by 134 feet, northeast
corner of Taft and Lively avenues.
May 25, 1912.
$1,900—J. L. Chapman to Maggie
Petty, lot 50 by 175 feet, west side of
Lee street, 343 feet north of West
End avenue. November 24.
$1,500—Walton Realty Company to
Mrs. Avie A. Bowen, lot 53 by 185
feet, south side of Lucile avenue, 53
feet east of Atwood stret. Decem
ber 2.
$1,500—Same to same, lot 53 by 185
feet, south side of Lucile avenue, 106
LOST—Black handbag’, embroid
ered in pink flowers, contain
ing about $20. Reward. Norris
Candy Factory, 267 Edgeivood
avenue.
feet east of Atwood street. Decem
ber 2.
Warranty Deeds.
$500 and Other Considerations—
Mrs. May Inman Gray et al. to Wal
ton Realty Company, lot 53 by 185
feet, south side Lucile avenue, 106 feet
east of Atwood street. December 2.
$500 and Other Considerations—
Same to same, lot 53 by 185 feet, south
side Lucile avenue, 53 feet east of
Atwood street. December 2.
$1,600—J. E. Clark to J. M. Mor-
risey, lot 100 by 170 feet east side
Meador street, 380 feet south of old
Waterworks road. November 24.
$3,500—D. E. Moncrlef to S. A.
Gheesling et al., lot 50 by 170 feet,
south side Augusta avenue, 220 feet
east of Grant street. November 20.
$850—Lee Hoyt Williams to C. R.
Williams, lots 53, 54, 55, 56. 57, 58 and
5*. in Section 28, Hollywood Ceme
tery. December 2
$50—O. C. Huff to W. A. Scott, lot
10 by 20 feet, north side of driveway
at center of Lot 66, Block 1, College
Park Cemetery. December 3.
Loan Deeds.
$1,500—Mrs. Birdie V. Gorman to
H^jiry Cohn, lot 62 by 116 feet, north
side Jackson place, 309 feet east of
Jackson street. December 3.
$2,000—Joseph Parantha to Mrs.
Alice May Taylor, 26.18 acres at
northwest corner land lot 92 on Old
Settlement road. December 4.
$1,000—Mrs. Maggie Seitzlnger to
W. A. Charters, lot 40 by 145 feet,
southeast corner Rosalia and Waldo
streets. December 4.
$700—Howard W. Railey to Miss E.
G Lawrence, lot 45 by 123 feet, south
side Harwell street, 234 feet west of
Ashby street. November 25.
$2,500—Mrs. Avie A Bowen to Al
bert W. Metzger, lot 53 by 185 feet,
south side Lucile avenue, 53 feet east
of Atwood street. December 1.
$2,500—Same to same, lot 53 by 185
feet, south side Lucile avenue, 106
feet east of Atwood street. Decern-
ber 1.
$3,000—Walter S. Dillon to Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Company, No.
302 East Fourth street, 50 by 128 feet.
December 1.
$3,000—S. W. Carson to same, No.
461 Spring street, 55 by 195 feet. De
cember 1.
$41—Will Alexander to Bank of
East Point, lot 100 by 50 feet, north
side Georgia street, 250 feet east of
Harris street. August, 1913.
Commissioners’ Deed.
$2,277—Forrest Adair as Commis
sioner ^o Joseph Parantha. 26.18 acres
at northwest corner land lot 92, Sev
enteenth District, on Old Settlement
road. December 3.
Quitclaim Deeds.
$1—Asa G. Candler to Walton
Realty Company, lot 53 by 185 feet,
south side Lucile avenue, 106 feet east
of Atwood street. December 2.
$1—Same to same, lot 53 by 185
feet, south side Lucile avenue, 53
feet east of Atwood street. Decem
ber 2.
$1,500—Lindsey Hopkins to W. E.
Worley, lot 123 feet front on south
side Cheshire Bridge road, land lot
50, Seventeenth District. December 3.
Terminal District Auction
December 12.
Aorgia and the South on
a Cash Basis
A big buyer of fertilizer was in Atlanta
yesterday.
Idle agents were hot on his trail for next
year’s orders.
lie was hard to handle, he buys fertilizer
in train loads for his own farms.
When they couldn’t land him, they asked
him why.
He smiled and said, “Next year I am on a
spot cash basis and will not buy till later and
will give you fertilizer men plenty of time to
think it over.”
Such dealing has never taken place in the
South before.
It is a well known fact with the Railroad
Industrial Departments of different roads in
the city, also a well known fact to a number of
real estate men, that there are hundreds of
Northern concerns seeking railroad frontage
sites in Atlanta for their Southeast and South
west distributing center. There never was
such a demand for logical, close-in track front
age. The up-to-the-minute cost system shows
that minutes are dollars. In the rapid transit
of business every minute counts, and the man
who saves the minutes, saves and makes the
dollars.
The Stocks property will change the cen
ter of Atlanta three blocks nearer the Termi
nal Station. Convenient to passenger and
reight transportation and situated so as
o deal with all the important points in a dozen
-Tates. No track frontage from now on is half
o advantageous to the shipper.
For plats and information apply to
EDWIN P. AIISLEY
FORREST and GEORGE
ADAIR
GENERAL SELLING
PUIS COTTON OFF
According to Secretary Hester the vis
ible supply of American cotton for the
week shows an increase of 146,655 bales,
as compared with an increase of 144,-
418 bales for the corresponding week
last year and an increase of 198,165
bales during the same week the year
before. Other kinds during the week
increased 44.000 bales, against an in
crease of 8,000 bales during the same
period last year, against an increase of
6,000 bales in 1911.
The total visible supply of American
cotton for the week shows an increase
of 190,655 bales, against an increase of. _____
152,418 bales for the same week In 1912 ! J'-LW YORK, Dec. 5.—Tft ith a steady
and an increase of 204,165 bales in to , ne prevailing the cotton market open
Bears Hammer on Lack of Support
and Bearish Mill Takings.
Giles’ Estimate Fell Flat.
1911.
1 1913
1912 | 1911
American .... |4,222.395
Other kinds.. .11,292,000
Tot’l, all kinds|5.514,000
4.811,934 4,230,743
927,0001 647.000
5,738,934j4,877,743
World's spinners’ takings:
1 1913
1912 | 1911
For week 1 450,000
Since Sept. 1.. (4.775.000
504,000] 443,000
4,345.000 4,154,000
Movement Into sight.
week:
1913
1912 1 1911
O’rland, week.| 40,300| 64,6821
Since Sept. 1.1 404.902! 420.619'
Into sight, w'k 597,255! 648,188
Since Sept. l.|7,943,02817.805,335 7,
So. consump...| 105,0001 89,000!
Weekly interior movement:
65,073
358,576
640,945
585,028
70,000
jh.
| 1913
1912
1911
Receipt^ .
Shipments
Stocks
....[ 290.137
...1 229,860
....! 807,905
344.336
302,62U
725,763|
342.413
292,680
858,453
Weekly
exports:
1913. |
1912.
For week
Since September 1 ...
288,763' 298,718
4,158,395 4,134.378
14,149,500 Bales for
1913, Says Authority
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—Miss Giles is
sued her final estimate of the cotton
crop to-day, giving the yield an esti
mate of 14,149,500 bales, including 1 int-
ers, or about 193 pounds to the acre.
Her preliminary estimate was 13,500,000
bales, issued early in the season.
She says that the acreage after ahan-
of 2,4 *’ )er cent aggregates 34,-
916.800 acres. Texas and Oklahoma
abandonment 4 and 5 per cent, respec
tively. She further states that the
area still to be picked is 8 per cent,
as compared with 7 per cent last year,
against 8.7 per cent the year before
and 10 per cent in 1910.
Reports to her state that the amount
of low, undesirable grades range be
tween 400,000 and 500,000 bales
Her estimate by States follows, to
gether with the acreage of each State:
Acreage Estimated
_ , Planted. Production,
Georgia 5,459,100 2,653,000
North Carolina . 1,521,900 806.500
South Carolina . 2,522,000 1,385.000
Florida 240.200 75.000
Alabama 3,836,100 1,560,000
Mississippi 3,186,000 1,226 600
Louisiana 1,126,000 387,000
T exas 11,004,300 3,961.500
Arkansas 2,316,400 865,000
Tennessee 771,600 348.400
Oklahoma 2,747.200 885.560
Al others 175,000 100.000
Totals 34,916,800 14,149,500
Average, 193 pounds per acre.
$5—Charles F. Rice to Franklin P.
Rice lot 9 by 122 feet west side Rice
street. 83 feet north of West Four
teenth street. December 1.
$10—Heirs of J. O. Redwine to J
M. and C. A. Nichols, 1.34 acres in
land lot 1, Fourteenth District, on
line between land lots 1 and 37. Also
3.82 acres in land lot 36 Fourteenth
District, on line between land lots
36 and 37. February 1. 1910.
$1—Laura Graham to Charles A.
Smith lot 50 by 250 feet, west side
Cherokee avenue, 100 feet south of
Bryan street. November 22.
$1—Mrs. Fannie W. Treadwell to
John R. Kay. same property. Octo
ber 27.
Administrator’s Deeds.
$500—V. H. Cox (by administrator)
to Mrs. Martha H. Cox, one-half in
terest in bond title interest in 2 1-2
«ores on west line of land lot 157,
Seventeenth District, 40 feet north of
Buckhead road.
Also 2 1-4 acres on north side
Buckhead and Bolton road, land lot
182, Seventeenth District.
Also 4 acres north side said road
at line between land lots 182 and 157.
Also 25 acres in northeast corner
of land lot 182. Seventeenth District
December 2.
Bonds for Title.
$750—J. M. Morrisey to J. A. Allen,
lot 50 by 170 feet, east side Meador
street. 430 feet south of Old Water
works road. November 17.
$7,000—J. R. McAdams to T. M.
Overby, lot 19, of Horine subdivision,
Ormewood Park on Palatine avenue.
November 25.
$4,516—W. Hampton Wynne to
Jesse B. Lee. No 22 Paine avenue,
100 by 235 feet. November 18.
$4,600—D. C. and Mrs. E. W. John
to W. S. Cannon lot 273 by 100 feet
north side Rhode street, 110 feet west
of Vine street. June 5. 1911.
Mortgages.
$400—C. E. Beem to Phoenix Plan
ing Mill lot 50 by 123 feet, west side
Cleland avenue, 150 feet southeast of
Georgia Railroad right-of-way. No
vember 1.
$100—Elbert Whaley to Mrs. Ella
B. Howard, lot 44 by 93 feet, corner
Diamond and Chapell streets. No
vember 1.
$840—M. H Abbott to Atlanta
Banking and Savings Company, lot
50 by 145 feet, south side Jett street,
50 feet west of Goddard street. Also
lot 40 by 63 feet southeast corner
Spring and Parker street. Decem
ber 3.
$108—John W. Rose to same, No.
161 Pearl street. 25 by 175 feet. De
cember 3.
$500—J. B. Hart to Merchants and
Mechanics Banking and Loan Com
pany, one-sixth interest in 152 1-2
acres in northwest corner of land lot
12. Seventeenth District. April 4.
$333—W. J.* Cleckler to Atlanta
Savings Bank, lot 50 by 245 feet, west
side Langhorn street 150 feet south
of Oak street. December 1.
$10—Charles A. Smith to same, lot
50 by 250 feet, east side Cherokee
avenue. 100 feet south of Bryan
street. November 25.
$5 and other consideration—H.
Thaden to Russell E. Richards, lot
50 by 190 feet. No. 132 Davis street.
Also lot 6o by 224 feet, on West
Hunter street. 80 feet west of Jeptha
stjjpet. December 3.
*600—S. J. Jones to Security State
Bank. No. 245 North Jackson street,
47 by 139 feet. December 4.
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.
Morins H. Rothschild & Co We do
not look for any decided change until
after the Government reports are out of
the way. , . ,
Logan & Bryan: The trade is antici
pating a bearish ginning report Mon-
da'*.
E. F. Hutton & Co.: The market
shows no disposition to move either way
for the next few aaya.
ed up 1 point on near positions and 1
point down on distant months from
Thursday’s final. It was another small
and inactive market. Trading was
purely local.
Liverpool reported fairly good cables,
while ttie final Giles crop estimate was
placed at 14.149,500 bales, including lint-
ers. The estimate was construed bull
ish, but had no effect. After the call
the market eased off and continued
downward during the forenoon. ITices
eased off 3 to 6 points from the previous
close.
Advices from many sections of the
belt reported a better spot demand.
Some of the larger operators who have
been inclined to the bear side of late
were advising their friends not to fol
low the dip. stating that it will take
very little buying to start the list on
an upward move.
Aggressive selling during the late
forenoon and lack of resistive power
based on expectations of a bearish
week-end statement and a large Census
report Monday on ginnings$ resulted in
further depression. January eased off
to 12.89; March, 13.01, and May, 12.94.
A few spot houses and local bulls were
good buyers of December, which served
to sustain the option around the initial
level. Bears continue to use their bear
ish tactics on the lack of spot demand.
However, private advices from the belt
contradict such theories, stating that
spots are firm with good demand.
At the close the market was barely
steady, with prices at a net decline of
9 to 16 points from the previous close.
Following are 11 a. m. bids in New
York: December, 13.15; January, 12.95;
March, 13.07; May, 13.01; July. 12.90.
Following are 10 a. m. bids in New
Orleans: December, 13.00; January,
13.14; March. 13.29; May, 13.36; July,
13.39.
Estimated cotton receipts:
Saturday. 1912.
New Orleans .. 9,700 to 10,700 11,319
Galveston 8,000 to 10,000 27,275
RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES
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13.01
13.0?
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13.00-01
12.95
12.95il2.95 12.95 12.83-85!! 2.98-13
Mh
13.13
13.13
12. 'Jt>
12.98
12.98-99 ! 3.12-13
Ap
12.95-97 13.09-11
My
13.05
13.06
1.2.92
12.93
12.92-93 13.06-07
Jn
12.86-88 12.92-93
Jiy
12.94
12.94
i.2.82
12,83
12.81-82,12.94-95
Ag
12.67
12.67
12.67
12.67
12.56-58H2.69-70
Oc
12.04
12.04
12.00
12.00
11.98-99112.07-08
Closed barely steady.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 5,—This market
was due % point lower to % point
higher, but opened steady at a net de
cline of 1 point. At 12:15 p. m. the
market was quiet, net unchanged to 1
point lower.
Spot cotton steady at unchanged quo
tations; middling 7.33d; sales 14,000
bales, of which 12.000 were American.
Futures opened steady.
At the close the market was barely
steady, with prices at a net decline of
4 to 5 points from the closing quota
tions of Thursday.
Prev.
Open’g 2 P M. Close. Close
Dec 7.02% 7.03 6.98% 7.03%
Dec.-Jan. . . .7.09% 7.01 6.96 7.00%
Jan.-Feb. . . .6.98% 6.99 6.95% 7.00
Feb.-Mch. . . .7.00 6.95% 7.00
Mch.-Apr. . . .6.99% 6.99% 6.96 7.00%
April-May . . .6.99% 7.00 6.96% 7.00%
May-June . . .7.00 7.00 6.96% 7.01
June-July 6.94 * 6.98
July-Aug. . . .6.94% 6.94% 6.97 6.95%
Aug.Sept 6.77 6.81%
Sept.-Oct 6.53 6.57
Oct.-Nov. . . .6.46 6.43 6.47
Closed barely steady.
HAYWARD <£. CLARK’S
DAILY COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 5.- Recent ca
ble information of good business in
Manchester is fully confirmed by the
large spot sales in Liverpool to-day—
W'hich totaled 14,0<K). at unchanged
prices. Ever since The Times-Demo
crat’s estimate was published, spot de
mand has been active all around, show
ing the trade’s acceptance of the small
er supply views.
With any support from leading specu
lators. a bull moveme.it in the market
would have been easy to accomplish,
but for some reason this force seems to
hold off.
The weather was again very bad
overnight over the western half of the
belt, with general and heavy rainfall.
The. twin storm formation is still over
Texas, likely to move eastward and
cause general rains over the central
States, lollowed by severe cold wave
and clearing over Sunday in the west
ern States.
A large business has been done with
Liverpool and the freight rate has been
advanced 2c. Although feeling here is
bullish, the market opened about 3
points lower, owing to weakness in New
York, hut the firmness of spots checked
bearish designs. Demand for spots is
steady, offerings less pressing, and firm
prices asked.
RANGE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
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Do 113.01113.02 12799 12 90 12.92-96 13.15
Jn 13.16 13.20 13.03 1 ! 3.04 13.03-04|13.18-19
Fb | I ; i [13.04-05|13.19-21
Mh 113.31113 34 13.17113.it 113.7-18j 13.32-33
Ap I I I i 113.18-19113.33-35
My 13.37:13.40 13.23 13.24113.24-25 13.29-40
Jn ! . ...I 13.24-26 13.39-41
Jly 113.41113.41113.27|13.27[13.26-27|13.41-43
Closed steady.
PORT RECEIPTS.
The following table shows receipts at
the ports to-day compared with the
same day last year:
| 1913. I 1912.
Kew Orleans. . .
7,354
13,379
Ga' veston
9,555
21.923
Mobile
1,775
1,357
Savannah
7,706
6,342
Uharleston. . . .
3,852
1.962
Wilmington . . .
2.418
2,268
Norfolk
5.330
2.269
Baltimore
2.852
2.070
1'Pacific coast . . .
1,047
Boston
178
303
Newport News . .
3,218
Brunswick
10,462
8,104
Port Arthur. . .
847
9,000
Various
5.239
2.340
Total
60.012
71,319
INTERIOR
MOVEMENT.
1913.
1912.
Houston
1.734
15,350
Augusta
2,752
3,036
Memphis
9.812
6,544
St. Louis
1,112
5,954
Cincinnati
3,514
1,885
Little Rock . . .
1,477
Total
34.524
34.191
SPOT COTTON MARKET.
Atlanta, steady;
middling 13%.
Athens, steady; middling 13%.
Macon, steady: middling 13%.
New Orleans, steady; middling 13 3-16.
New York, quiet; middling 13.50.
Philadelphia, easy; middling 13.75.
Boston, quiet; middling 13.
50.
Liverpool, steady
; middling
7.33d.
Savannah, steady
•; middling
13%.
Augusta, steady;
middling
13 5 16.
Charleston, steady; middling 13%.
Norfolk, steady; middling 13
Galveston, stead)
; middWrg
13%.
Mobile steady: middling 13It,.
Wilmington, steady: middling 13c.
Litle Rock, quid
; middling
13c.
Baltimore, nominal, middling 12%.
St Louis, quiet-
middling 13%.
Memphis, quiet;
middling 13%.
Houston, steady;
middling 13%.
Louisville, firm;
middling 12%.
Charlotte, steady
; middling
12a
NEW Y^RK, Dec. 5. -Sterrett, of
N. L. Carpenter & Co., says: “The fea
ture of the morning was Miss Giles’ crop
estimate, Indicating a cotton yield from
the growth of 1913, of 14.149,500. includ
ing linters. Miss Giles calls attention
to an abandonment of 2.4 per cent in
acreage, making the total acreage 34.-
916,000 acres, but her yield ner acre of
193 pounds estimated seems large to us,
and a statement that 8 per cent is yet
to he picked, compared with 7 per cent
last year is entirely at variance with
reports that are coming to us from dif
ferent sections of the belt.”
* * *
Sterrett says; “The situation is in no
way changed. The technical position is
against any advance It looks like we
must have a further decline before any
substantial advance occurs
* * *
Liverpool cables: “American forward
100,305 bales; total, 127,961. American
decreased 44.990 bales.”
* * *
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5.—Hayward
Clark: The weather map shows fair
In the western part of Texas and North
Carolina, cloudy over the rest of the
belt, general and rather heavier rains
over the entire western half, with little
precipitation in the eastern half. Indi
cations are for clearing to colder weath
er In north Texas and Oklahoma, rain
formation and general precipitation
coming on central and eastern States.
* * *
Rainfall: Amarillo 1.04, Oklahoma City
1.04 Abilene .76, Dallas .94, San An
tonio 1.20. Corpus Christ! .02, Palestine
1.58, Shreveport .10, Fort Smith 1.22.
Little Rock .08, Del Rio .08 Houston
1.04.
• * *
The New r Orleans Tlmes-Democrat
says: “Frost and freezing weather put
an end to the making of cotton on Octo
ber 22, and any adverse climatic circum
stance since then could have had no
other effect than either to reduce the
yield through losses, or to lower the
grade, thereby reducing the spinning
value of the crop. Nevertheless, within
the past few days some Texas esti
mates have been raised radically hy a
few people whose outturn ideas in no
way chime in with those of most peo
ple w’ho have had occasion to Investi
gate the crop promise.
“Recently Europe has complained of
the abnormal waste of this* year’s re
ceipts in many cases amounting to as
much as 60 and 70 pounds a bale. Sec
retary Hester reports the average
weight of hales this year as materially
less than last year.
“Since Sunday extraordinary rains
and floods in portions of Texas have
further greatly damaged such cotton as
remains to be picked there, and have
not helped cotton stored in bales out in
the weather around houses and on rail
road platforms.
"On December 8 the Census Bureau
will report the quantity of cotton ginned
to December 1. and fear that the fig
ures will be large has checked specu
lative support. The trade, however,
seems impressed by the low spinning
value of the crop, by the sudden and
complete maturity of the crop and by
the logic behind those estimates point
ing to a commercial crop somewhere be
tween 14,000.000 to 14,200.000 bales, and
there is good reason to believe that
consumers are now, and have been,
picking up cotton every day, and that
such purchases are taking the place of
speculative buying as an offset to
speculative selling.”
* * •
Big business doing with Liverpool;
freight brokers say rate advanced yes
terday 2 cents on account of so much de
mand for steamer room.
* * *
Little Rock wires; “I^arge spot busi
ness doing in this section. Everybody
in the market and practically every
thing held by merchants and planters
has been sold in past three days, the ba
sis the best since October. Japan
bought 1,000 bales here yesterday, and
Carolina mills are buying largely of low
grade rivers.”
PUTS STOCKS OFF
Bearish Bank Statement Also
Selling Factor — Steel and
Copper Were Heavily Sold.
By CHARLES W. STORM.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—Pronounced
weakness was displayed by the Copper
stocks at the opening of the stock mar
ket to-day. Amalgamated Copper began
at 70% for a loss of % and at the end
of half an hour was selling at 70%.
Utah Copper, which sold minus the %
dividend, was % lower. Kay Consoli
dated Copper, which sold minus a divi
dend of «>%. was quoted at 17%, against
18% at the close yesterday. Anaconda
Copper sold down % to 34%.
The general downward movement,
which set in yesterday, was continued
ami the railroads and industrials suf
fered recessions. Among ihe other'de-
dlines were United States Steel common,.
up Tennessee Copper, %; South
ern Pacific. %; American Can, %. and
Canadian Pacific, %.
The prospect of a high rate for call
money caused some selling before the
opening of the call money market.
There were also some fears expressed
that to-morrow’s bank statement would
be bearish in character.
The curb was steady.
Americans in London were firm, hut
Canadian Pacific there was heavy.
Prices of nearly all the important Is
sues fluctuated within a narrow range,
although at times trading was in large
blocks. United States Steel sold in
large quantities without any material
change in the price of the stock. An
Irregular movement in Amalgamated
Copper resulted In buyers sidestepping
that issue. Union Pacific, Southern Pa
cific and Reading remained unchanged.
The tone continued dull at the forenoon
closing.
Call money loaned at 5% per cent.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Stock quotations;
Under a Duty 19 Yrs,,
Wool Is Again Free
BOSTON, Dec. 5.—After nineteen
years and five months under a duty,
wool is again free. Growers, handlers
and consumers or wool now must solve
the prob'em of whether this is best for
the interest of the country. Few are
rasn enough to predict continued indus
trial prospemv unaer the terms of the
radical bill, which has iust become law.
At the moment interest centers in the
withdrawal from bond of the tremen
dous volume of foreign wool, which had
been accumulated in anticipation of the
removal of the duty.
The past week had been fairly active
with more dealing in foreign wools.
Total sales are estimated at nearly 3,-
000,000 pounds. As early as possib'e on
Monday the movement to remove the
foreign wool from bonded warehouses
began, and by Wednesday some houses
reported that they had secured permits
for the removal of every pound of wool
held in bond on their account.
Receipts of wool in pounds for the
week ended and including Wednesday
are as follows:
I 1913 | 1912
Domestic
Foreign
Total
11,653.804 1.823.433
! 574,925' 698.425
'2.228.73.U2.521.858
Total receipts of 2,228,733 pounds,
compare with 1,648,096 pounds for the
preceding week, of which 889,198 pounds
were domestic.
Receipts in pounds from and includ
ing January 1, 1913, as compared with
the corresponding period in 1912 are as
follows:
1913
1912
Domestic '152,834,5301228,618,080
Foreign ' 56,602,260 120,304.354
Total 1209.436,790:348,922,434
THE WEATHER.
Conditions.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 —The weather
will be unsettled and rainy to-night and
Saturday in the East Gulf States, the
Mississippi and Ohio Valley and the
southern upper Lake region. Elsewhere
east of the Mississippi River the weath
er will be fair.
It Will be somewhat colder to-night in
the New England jind Middle Atlantic
States.
STOCKS—
High.
Low.
Cl 09.
Bid
Prev.
Close
Amal. Copper.
7044
70
•70%
71%
Am. Agricul..
43%
43%
Am. Beet Sug
23
23
American Can
26%
2654
26%
26%
do, pref...
S7S
87%
8754
87
Am. Car Fdy.
43%
43%
4354
43%
Am. Cot. Oil..
37
37
American Ice
20%
21
Am. Locomo..
30
30
30
30%
Am. Smelting.
62 V*
62%
62%
62%
Am. Sug. Ref.
105%
105%
Am. T.-T. ...
12044
120%
120%
120%
Am. Woolen..
15
15
Anaconda ...
34%
34%
34%
34%
Atchison ....
93
92%
92%
93%
A. C. L
118
118%
B. and O
92%
92%
93
93
Beth. Steel..
29%
29%
30
25
B. R. T
88%
87%
88
87%
Can. Pacific..
225%
224%
225%
225
Cen. Leather..
25
24%
24%
24%
xC. and O. ..
56%
5654
56%
57%
Colo. F. and I.
28
28
Consol. Gas..
128
127%
Corn Products
9%
9%
954
9%
D. and H. ...
151
150
Den. and R. G
1754
18
Distil. Secur..
16%
16%
Erie
28
27=i
27%
28%
do, pref...
43%
4354
43%
43%
Gen. Electric..
139
139
G. North, pfd.
124%
124%
124%
124
G. North. Ore.
33
32%
3254
32%
G. Western..
n%
11%
H%
1454
Ill. Central..
108%
108
107
108
Interboro
14%
14%
15
14%
do, pref...
60%
vj#
OO
to
60%
59%
Int. Harv. (old) ....
100%
100%
M., K. and T.
20
19%
do, pref. .
53
54
L. Valley. . .
149
148%
148 54
148%
L. and N. . .
132%
133%
Mo. Pacific . .
25%
2554
25%
25%
N. Y. Central.
96%
96%
96
06%
Northwest. . .
125
125%
Nat. iAjad . .
• . • J*
43%
44%
N. and W. . .
103%
103%
No. Pacific-. .
107%
107%
107%
107%
O. and W. . .
26%
26
Penna
109
108%
109
108%
Pacific Mail .
23%
23%
P. Gas Co. . .
118
118
P. Steel Car .
2554
2554
25
25%
Reading . . .
152%
162
162%
162%
R. 1. and Steel
19%
19%
19
19%
do, pref. .
80%
80%
Rock Island .
14%
14%
do, pref. .
23 54
23%
22
22%
S.-Sheffield. .
26
27
So. Pacific .
87%
87
87
87 %
So. Railway .
22%
22%
22%
22%
do, pref. .
74%
75
St. Paul . . .
99%
99
99%
99%
Tcnn. Copper.
29%
29
29%
29%
Texas Pacific.
IS
13
Third Avenue
40%
40%
Union Pacific.
152%
151%
152%
151%
I s Rubber.
54
54
54%
54%
U. S. Steel . .
57
5G %
56%
57
do, pref. .
104%
104%
xxU. Copper.
47%
47%
47%
48%
V.-C. Chem. .
87 %
27
Wabash . . .
....
3%
3%
do, pref. .
....
10%
10%
W. Union . .
....
61 %
62
W. Maryland .
33%
3454
W. Electric .
65
65
64%
64%
W. Central .
43%
45 %
Total sales, 205,000 shar
xEx-divldend, 1 per cent.
xxEx
-dlvi-
General Forecast.
General forecast until 7 p. m. Satur
day:
Georgia—Generally cloudy to-night
and Saturday.
Virginia—Fair to-night; slightly cooler
to-night; Saturday fair.
North and South Carolina—Fair to
night; Saturday partly cloudy.
Florida, Alabama and Mississippi—
Unsettled to-night and Saturday; prob
ably local rains.
Tennessee—Local rains to-night; Sat
urday fair.
Louisiana—Unsettled to-night and
Saturday; probably showers and colder
in north portion to-night; colder Sat
urday.
West Texas —Unsettled to-night and
Saturday; probably showers in north
portion; colder in south and east por
tions to-night; colder in west portion:
freezing temperature in the northwest
and frost in southwest portion Satur
day morning.
East Texas—Fair and colder to-night;
Saturday fair; freezing temperature In
northwest portion.
COTTON SEED OIL.
NEW YORK. Dec. 5.—Covering of
shorts and some scattered buying on
the advance in lard served to put cot
ton seed oil prices up a couple of points.
This upturn was in the face of easier
crude offerings, reported to be the heav
iest so far this season.
With shorts believed to be well in,
the market appears technically weak,
especially as the pubile has little in
terest in the market.
Cotton seed oil quotations.
| Opening. I Closing"
7.04(0)7.12
7.04 @ 7 06
7.0707.08
7.10(07 11
7.15(07.17
7.18(07.22
7.26(07.28
7.36(0 7 35
7.3607.37
Spot . . .
December .
January . .
February ,
March . . .
April . , .
May . . .
June . . .
July . . .
6.9607.01
.! 7.0307.04
. 7.0607.09
J 7.1407.15
. 7.1807.21
. 7.2507.26
.! 7.260 7.32
.1 7.3607.37
Closed firm; sales 10,700 barrels.
dend, % of 1 per cent.
The New York Commercial: “Brook
lyn Rapid Transit has good prospects
and should be more attractive as an
investment.”
• * *
The New York Herald: “An ad
vance in the lending rate on the stock
exchange was regarded as renewed no
tice from the banks that they were not
at present prepared to finance an im
portant speculative movement.”
* * *
The New York American: "Unless in
terest can be revived, the enthusiasm
of Thursday will be sent back to cold
storage.”
* * *
The Wall Street Journal: “Conserva
tive quarters argue that the prospect
for enactment of the currency bill in
the not far distant future is the chief
bull factor.”
* • *
The New York Sun: “Dealings are
professional and are made up quite
largely of continued efforts of the bull
ish element to force short covering."
* * *
The New York Financial Bureau:
“Calling of loans may offer a check to
advancing tendencies in the stock mar
ket, but on moderate recessions daily
operators should seek buying oppor
tunities for turns. The currency bill is
being put forward as a bull argument
now.”
• * *
While the stock market shows less
activity than yesterday, there is good
buying on the reaction. I believe stocks
will gradually advance to a higher lev
el and advise purchases on all weak
spots. High money rates may check
the advance temporarily, but do not ex- '
pect high money rates to last very long.
Union Pacific and Utah Copper shouid ’
be attractive at these prices.—G. D. :
Potter.
EGGS—Fresh country candled, 35@
37c^ cold storage. 34c.
BUTT Eli—Jersey and creamery. In
1-lb. blocks, 27% 0 80c; fresh country,
fair demand, 18020c.
UNDRAWN POULTRY—Drawn, head
and feet on per pound; Hens, 16017c;
fries, 22%@24: roosters, 80>ioc; turkeys,
owing to fatness 17019c.
LI V E POULTRY He*** *0@45c:
roosters. 8(>03oc; broilers. 2r>@3oc per
pound: puddle ducks, 30@3bc; Y’ekins,
35040c; geese, 60 @ 60c each; turkeys,
owing to fatness »*7r;7c.
FRUITS AND PRODUCE.
FRUITS AND VEGETABI.es—Lem
ons, fancy. $3.7504 00; celery, $6 00;
Florida oranges, $1.7502.00; bananas,
2%0 3c lb.; cabbage, per crate, 2%c lb.;
peanuts, pound, fancy Virginia, 6%07c;
choice. 6% 06; beets. $17502.00: In
half-barrel crates: cucumbers, $2,000
2.50; eggplants. lt.S9gl.00 per crate;
peppers, $1.5001.75 per crate; tomatoes,
fancy, six-basket, crates. $2.5003; on
ions, $1.60 per bushel: sweet potatoes,
pumpkin yams. 75080c per bushel;
Irish potatoes 92.5002,60 per bag; con
taining 2% bushels; okra fancy, alx-
basket crates. $1 5001.76.
NUTS.
Brazil nuts. 16018c per pound; Eng
lish walnuts, 14016c per pound; pecans,
owing to size. 12%03Oc per pound.
FISH.
FISH—Bream and perch, 7c pound;
snapper, 10c pound; trout, 11c pound;
bluefish, 7c pound; pompano, 25c pound;
mackerel. 12c pound; mixed fish, 506c
pound; black fish, 10c pound: mullet,
ll%12c.
PROVISION MARKET.
(Corrected by White Provision Co.)
Cornfield hams. 10 to 12 average. 17%.
Cornfield hams. 12 to 14 average. 17%.
Cornfield skinned hams, 16 to 18 av
erage. 17.
Cornfield picnic hams, 6 to 8 aver
age, 12%.
Cornfield B bacon, 24.
Cornfield sliced bacon, J-pound boxes,
12 to case, 3.50.
Grocers’ style bacon, wide and nar
row. 18.
Cornfield fresh pork sausage, link or
bulk. 25-pound buckets, 13%.
Cornfield frankforts, 10-pound car
tons, 13.
Cornfield bologna sausage, 25-pound
boxes, 12.
Cornfield luncheon ham. 14%.
Cornfield smoked link sausage. 11.
Cornfield smoked link sausage, In
pickle, 50-pound cans, 5.50.
Cornfield frankforts, In pickle, 15-
pound kits. 1.85.
Cornfield pure lard, tierce basis, 12%.
Country style pure lard, 50-pound tins,
12%.
Compound lard, tierce basis, 9%.
I'. S. extra ribs. 12%.
D. 8. bellies, medium average, 13%.
D. S. rib bellies, light average. 13%.
GROCERIES
SUGAR—Per pound atanoar/1 gran
ulated, 5c; New York refined, 4%c;
plantation, 4 85c.
COFFEE—Roasted (Arbuckle) $21.75,
AAA A $14.50 in bulk, in bags and bar
rels $21, green 20c.
RICE—Head, 4%05%, fancy head, 6%
07c, according to grade.
LARD -Silver Leaf. 13c pound: Scoco.
9%o pound; Fl^p White, 8%c; Cotto-
lene. $7.20 per case; Snowdrift. $6 So per
case
SALT-One hundred pounds, 53c: sail
brick (plain), per case, $2 25; salt brick
(medicated), per case, $4 85; salt red
rock, per hundredweight, $1; salt white,
per hundredweight. 90c: Granocrystal,
per case, 25-lb. sacks. 85c; salt ozone,
£ er case, 30 packages, 90c; 50-lb. sacks,
)o: 25-lb sacks. 18c.
MISCELLANEOUS — Georgia cane
syrup, 37c; axle grease, $1.75; soda
crackers, 7%c pound; lemon crackers,
8c; oyster, 7c; tomatoes (two pounds),
$1 65 case, (three pounds) $2.25; navy
beans, $3.25; Lima beans, 7%c; shredded
biscuit, $3.60; rolled oats, $3 90 per case;
grits (bags) $2.40; pink salmon, $7; co-.
coa, 38c; roast beef. $3.80; s>Tup. 30o
per gallon; Sterling ball potash. $3 30 pel
case; soap, $1.5004 per case; Rumford
baking powder, $2.50 per case-
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLOUR —‘ Postell'a Elegant, $7.00;
Omega $6.25; Carter s Best, $6.25; Qual
ity (finest patent), $6 10; Gloria (self-
rising), $5.90; Results (self rising), $5.40;
Swan’s Down (fancy patent) $6.00: Vic
tory (In towel sacks), $6.25; Victory
(best patent), $6.10; Monogram, $6.00;
Puritan (highest patent). $5.50; Golden
Grain, $5.60; Faultless (finest patent),
$6.25; Home Queen (hignejrt patent),
$5.50; Sunrise (half patent). $5 00; White
Cloud (highest patent), $5.25; White
Daisy, $5.25; White Lily (high patent),
$5.50; Diadem (fancy high patent). $5.75;
Water Lily (patent), $5.15; Sunbeam $5;
Southern Star (patent), $4.75; Ocear
Spray (patent), $5.00; Southern star, $5;
Sunbeam, $4.75; King Cotton (half pat
ent), $4.75; low grade, 98-lb. sacks. $4.
CORN—Bone dry. No. 2 white, old, 98;
whitp. new', 97c; choice yellow. 97c.
MEAL—Plain. 144-lb. sacks. 91c; 96-
lb. sacks, 92c; 48-lb. sacks, 94c; 24-lb.
sacks. 96c
OATS -Fancy v/hlte clipped. 58c; No.
2. 57c; fnayc white, 57c; white, 55c;
mixed, 55c.
Cotton seed meal (Harper), $28.50;
buckeye, $28.00.
Cotton seed hulls sacked, $15.00.
SEEDS- Tennessee blue stem, $1.50;
Appier oats. 75c; Texas red rust proof
oais. 68c; Oklahoma red rust proof oats,
65c; Georgia seed rye, 2%-bush, sacks,
$1.20; Tennessee seed rye. 2-bush, sacks,
$1.00; Tennesse barley $1.10.
CHICKEN FEED—Beef scraps, 100-lb.
sacks $3 25; 60-lb. sacks. $3 50; Purina
I pigeon feed. $2.50; Purina baby chick
feed, $2.35; Purira scratch, 100-lb. sacks,
$2 20; 50-lb. sacks, $2.00; Purina scratch
bales, $2.40; Purina chowder. 100-lb.
sacks $2.40; Purina chowder, dozen
pound packages $2.50; Victory babv
1 chick, $2.20; Victory scratch, 50-lb
sacks $2.15; 100-lb. sacks, $2.10; wheat,
'‘-bushel bags per bushel, $1.25; oyster
-hell, 80c; special scratch, 100-lb. sacks,
80c; Eggo. $2.15; charcoal. 50-!b. sacks,
per 100 pounds, $2.00.
SHORTS- Red Dog, 98-lb sacks, $1.85;
white. 10-pound sacks, $1.80;
dandy middling 100-lb. sacks. $1.75;
fancy, 75-lb. sacks, $1.80; P. W., 75-lb.
savks, $1.75; brown, 100-lb. sacks, $1.70;
Germ ineal, 75-lb sks., $1.75; Georgia
feed, $1.70 sks., $1.70; clover leaf, 75-lb
sacks, $1.60; bran, 75-lb. sacks, $1.60;
100-lb. sacks, $1.50; Germ Meal. Homeo
$1.75.
GROUND FEED—Purina feed, 100-lb.
sacks. $1.80; Purina molasses feed, $1.85:
Kandy horse feed, $1.86; Arab j
horse feed. $1.85; Allneeda feed, !
$1.65; Su erene dairy feed, $1.60; Mono
gram, 100-lb sacks, $1 60: Victory
horse feed, 100-lb. sacks. $1.75; ABC
feed. $1.65; Milko dairy feed. $1.65; al
falfa meal, $1.55; beet pulp, 100-lb.
sacks, $1.65.
HAY—Per hundredweight: Timothy
choice, large bales. $1.30; large light
clover mixed, $1.20; Timothy No. 1 small
hales, $1.25; Timothy No. 2 hay, $1.16;
No. I light clover mixed, $1.20; alfalfa
pea green, $1 35; clover hay, $1 20; Tim
othy standard, $1.05; Timothy, small
bales. $1; wheat straw. 70c.
LIVERPOOL’S RISE
Disappointing Movement in Ar
gentina Bear Argument—Wet
Weather Helps Corn.
ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS.
Wheat-No. 2 red 94%095%
Corn—No. 3 (new) 71%
Oats—No. 2 40%
CHICAGO, Dec. 5.—Wheat advanced
% to % on account of further advance*
in the Liverpool market and disappoint
ing harvesting returns in Argentina,
coupled with lighter world's shipments.
Corn was % to %c higher on wet
weather beyond the Missouri River,
with prospects of rain to the eastward
to-day.
Oats were % to %c higher.
Provisions were somewhat higher.
Grain quotations:
High.
WHEAT
Dec
88%
May
92
Jul.v
89%
CORN—
Dec
72%
May
71%
July
70%
Low.
87%
91%
88%
71%
71
70%
OATS—
Dec 40% 39%
May 43% 42%
July 42% 42%
PORK—
Jan.... 21.07% 20.95
May.... 21.12% 21.00
LARD—
Jan..., 10.85 10.80
May.... 11,15 11.10
RIBS—
Jan.... 11.02% 10.97%
May... 11.25 11.20
Previous
Close. Close.
88%
87%
91%
91%
89 %
*874
72%
7174
71 %
71%
70%
70%
39%
39%
43%
42%
42%
42%
21.07%
20.97%
21.12%
20.97%
10.82%
10 80
11.15
11.075*
11.02%
10.95
11.25
11.20
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS.
CHICAGO. Dec. 5.—Wheat— No. I
red, 96097; No. 3 red, 93095; No. 2 hard
winter. 89%fu90-; No. 3 hard winter,
89%; No. 1 Northern spring, 91091%;
NV. 2 Northern spring, 89>A0 90%; No. i
spring, s7%088.
Corn—No. 2 yellow. 78%; No. 3 72%.
new 680 68%; No. 3 white, new, 69071;
No. 3 yellow 77%, new 71%072%; No. 4,
new, 66 0 70; No. 4 white, new, 66069;
No. 4 yellow, new, 66070.
Oats—No. 2 white, 42%043; No. t
white, 41041%; No. 4 white, 40041%;
standard, 4l%042%.
CHICAGO CAR LOTS
Following are receipts for Friday and
estimated receipts for Saturday:
! Friday.
Saturday!
Wheat ......
21
25
Corn
92
61
(>ats ...
98
42
Hogs
24,000
15,000
PRIMARY
MOVEMENT.
WHEAT—
| 1913.
1 1912.
Receipts
.| 894,00
I 1,341,000
Shipments ....
i 827,000
1 599,000
CORN—
1 1913.
1 1912.
Receipts . .
741,000
I 718.000
Shipments ....
| 361,000
1 308,000
LIVERPOOL GRAIN.
LIVERPOOL, Dec 5.—Wheat opened
% to %d higher. At 1:30 p. m. the
market was % to %d higher; closed %
to %d higher.
Corn opened %d higher. At 1:30 p. m.
the market was %d higher; closed % to
%d higher.
LIVE STOCK.
CHICAGO, Dec. 5.—Hogs: Receipts,
26,000; market 5c higher; mixed and
butchers. 7.3507.80; good heavy, 7.550
7.75; rough heavy, 7.2007.45; rough
heavy, 7.2007.45; light, 7.2507,65; pigs,
5.6007.10; bulk, 7.5007.70.
Cattle: Receipts, 3,000; market
strong; beeves, 6.7509.50; cows and
heifers, 3.2507.80; stockers and feeders,
5.2507.40; Texans, 6.4007.70; calves,
6.1007.90.
Sheep: Receipts, 14.000; market
strong; native and Western, 3.0005.40;
lambs, 5.7508 00.
ATLANTA LIVE STOCK MARKET.
(By W. H. White, Jr., of the White
Provision Company.)
The following quotations represent
ruling prices of good quality of beef
cattle. Inferior grade* and dairy types
selling lower.
Good to choice steers, 1,000 to 1,200. ?b
06 50; good steers, 800 to 1,000, $6,750
6 00; medium to good steers, 700 to 850,
$5.2505.60.
Good 10 choice beef cows, 800 to 900,
$4.7505.50; medium to good cows, 700
to 800. $4.25 0'*.50.
Good to choice heifers, 760 to 850, $5
@5.25; medium to good heifers, 605 to
750. $4.2504.50.
Mixed to common steers, if fat, 800 to
90C, $4.500 5.50; mixed to common cows,
if fat, 700 to 800, $3 7504.75; mixed com
mon, 600 to 800, $3.2503.75; good butch
er bulls, $3.5004.50.
Prime hogs, 160 to 200, $8.0008.25
good butcher hogs, 140 to 160. $7.7508
good butcher pigs, 1000 140, $7.5007.75.
light pig^. 80 to 100, $707.25; heavy
rough hogs. $7.0007.75.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.
Coffee quotations:
| Opening.
Closing.
January
9.300
9.40
9.23@ 9.24
February
9.45@
9.55
9.36@ 9.37
March
9.62
9.490 9.51
April
9.620 9.63
May
9.86
9.750 9.76
June
9.950
9.97
9.850 9\86
July
10 05
9.940 9.96
August. . . , .
10.10@10.15
10.01010.03
September. . . .
10.22
10.09@10.11
October
10.250
10.30
10.15@10.16
November. . . .
10.260
10.30
10.15010.17
December. . . .
...
9.08@ 9.10
Closed steady.
Sales,
42,000 bags.
Grain Notes
The Chicago Inter Ocean says:
‘The tone of the meat market was re
garded by most traders as better, and
in fact the speculative atmosphere was
better all over the board.
“It is said that corn bulls would be
satisfied to have prices hold around
present levels for two weeks or more, so
as not to atiract too much corn here.
It was the belief of oats traders that
the market had been sold out of late
and that the bears and elevator inter
ests realized it. as they are finding it
difficult to make purchases without ad
vancing prices.”
Bartlett, Frazier Co. says: “Wheat —
There seems to be no pressure on the
market and a broadening in trade and a
fair upturn could readily be accom
plished.
“Corn—Further rains west of the river
and generally cloudy in East. Shipping
demand good.
“Oats—We look for higher prices.
“Provisions—We feel friendly to the
market on all recessions.”
Corn Crop Estimated
At 2,368,000,000 Bus,
B. W. Snow’s report for December
says:
“Husking largely completed, but shows
no material chawge in estimated rate of
yield. After allowing for acreage on
which no corn in any shape was pro
duced the total crop is estimated at 2,-
368,000,000 bushels. Quality of the crop
has been further reduced by excessive
moistur^during the past six weeks and
complaint of moldy and rotten corn
and corn down in the mud is wide
spread.
“In answer to a question, ‘Are the
farmers willing to sell corn at present
prices?’ local agents return an emphatic
‘No.’
“Renters and producers involved in
debt are reported as being forced to
se'l regardless of price, but the bulk of
producers are reported as intending to
hold for later markets and largely for
local demand.
Preliminary estimate of area seeded to
wheat 34.971,000 acres, or 2.400.000 more
than last year, an increase of 7.4 per
cent. Acreage mainly increased in the
districts of corn failure. Soil was well
prepared and growth began early; pres
ent condition of crop 95 per cent.
“The long period of wet. mild weather
extending far beyond the period of usual
fall growth has resulted in abnormal
plant development above ground and
corresponding deficiency in deop root
growth. The plant has failed to receive
its usual gradual hardening in prepara
tion for winter. Under such conditions
it is rank, sappy, tender and overgrown
and not satisfactory condition to with
stand wintry vicissitudes should the
coming season prove severe.”
RIDLEY & JAMES
AUDITORS
ATLANTA - - GEORGIA