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GEORGIAN'S PAGE OF FINANCIAL NEWS)
'AVERAGE WEIGHT OF COTTON
. BALES OFF FROM YEAR AGO
e b e Bt i Se
By VICTOR BARRON.
Atlanta bank clearings Wednesday .......$8,795,188.96
Same day last year Vb S e Vel SISV 341
BRCRBaIe ... ... 000 e L SRR DTS 85
% ®
Atlanta spot cotton Wednesday ...............30.15¢
OIS NS ML NINE . .. iaaks 2D 45
ifi' * %
New York cotton futures closed easy.
New York StockeExchange closed weak. :
Total stock sales 406,000 shares.
" Total bond sales $3,299,0Q0. :
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| All markets were flat and reactionary Wednesday, with trad
ing confined to evening up over the holiday. s e
After opening 5 to 23 points lower on selling credited to Wall
street and Western houses, due to the unfavorable situation in
Russia, cotton futures rallied briskly, but toward midday the list
reacted to a net loss of about 15 points on continued selling. De
mand was less active than for several days, traders being inclined
to steer clear of the market until after the holiday .
There was no change in the tenor of spot advices, offerings con
tinuing light with demand active.
Spots here were quoted 5 points lower, at 30.15, by the Com
hercial Exchange and 1-8 of a cent lower to 30 1-8 cents by the
Warehouse. No sales were reported.
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Trading in both corn and oats was light, with the feeling in
the pits bearish. Provisions-showed pronounced strength, with
pork scoring sharp gains early in the session.
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Stocks opened dull and lower, avith the steel, copper and motor
issues most prominent. United States Steel, after opening at 97,
dropped to 96 1-4, then rallied to 97 1-2: Marine preferred showed
strength after the opening on expectations that a eash dividend:of
$lO a share will be ordered on back dividends early nexi week.
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According to Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange, the average weight of bales for three months of the
present season has been 517 76-100 pounds, compared with 523
76-100 pounds last year. His figures, which are for August 1 to
October 31, inolusive, follow : » )
—_l97 1917. 1916.
Number Weight., Average.
in bales. in Ibs. . ——weights——
Toxags 000 L 19D 60D 382,928,478 529.93 538.26
Lonisiana .. .1, ... .877,124 196,244,016 520.37 525.74
Alabama, ete. .. . . 54,981 28,687,986 521.78 513.15
Gleorgm, . ..o .oo 470,902 245,004,368 510.53 508.88
South Carolina . . . 87,999 43,911,501 499.00 500.60
North Carolina . . . 88,202 19,292,010 505.00 499.00
Virginia o, .. (. {+81530 40,932,578 002.00 495.00
Tennessee, ete.'. . .350,350 178,289,611 ° 508.89 513.62
Total, 3 months . 2,192,699 1,135,290,548 517.76 523.32
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CLEARING HOUSE MOVES. 3
This ig moving day for-the Atlanta
Clearing House Association.
The association late Wednesday will
move into their new quarters on the
second floor of the Healey Building—
three large offices.
On May 14, 1909, the Clearing House
Asscciation moved into the Commerce
Hall} corner of North Pryor street and
Edgewood avenue. At that time oy
about eleven clerks were necessary to
handle the daily business—very sel
dom more than $1,000,000 a day—but
during the last few years their busi
ness has increased to such heavy vol
ume that a force of 30 clerks; hook
keepers, etc., now are mecessary to
handle the business, clearings through
the local national banks averaging
more than $9,000,000 daily. Recently
the clearings totaled more than sll,-
000,000, or more than a full week's
total of a few years back.
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COTTON GOSSIP.
Houston says 3,000 acres in Galveston
and Harris Cofinty are infested by pink
boll worms, according to State Depart
ment of Agriculture./
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Journal of Commerce says: “Cotton
manufacturers are worrying about
where and how they will get money for
financing cotton purchases at ovér 30
cents a pound.”
* * * .
“Large sales at Dallas Tuesday at
lower quotations confirm advices of more
inclination to sell at this level,” wires
Kofler, of J. F. Clark & Co.
- - *
' The weather map shows cloudy over
the entire belt; general rains in Texas.
’Oklahoms and Arkansas, western and
north 'Louisiana. Indications are for un
settled, rainy weather over entire belt;
colder in north p‘orttlon..
The Times-Picayune sa{s: “The re
actionary disposition devioped Tuesday
while held in check by the bullish sen
timent underlying the market wad¢ but
natural after so long sustained an ad
vance which has about eliminated the
short interest and therefore weakened
the technical position of the market.
With the 30-cent limit practically reach
ed in many portions of theys South, it
was only reasonable to expect freer of
‘,ferinns. The approach of Thanksgiv
ing, when both American egchanges will
‘be closed, also (;:aroved an added incen
‘tive to the liquidation of the long inter
est. Owing to the possibility of all sorts
of developments from day to day, the
‘desire to even up commitments in ad
vance of a holiday is more pronounced
‘than atordinary times. One of the rea
sons for the react"onary tendency ves
terday was the faling off in volume of
trade buying, which has been s=o im
portant a sustaining influence of late.
This slackening in this character of
trading is apt to be only temporary, as
mill stocks are known to be considerably
reduged, while contracts for manufac
tured goods have been made to cover
the greater part of next year.”
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.
Coffee quotations: |
| Closing.
JARNURYY 1. . o IT, LB LIR
BOOPUALY . .. v 3y cavek 10270
Maesh s i T 150718 |
fipril Ph w 4 e ras i 2EE TRS
TR MR, Y l 1.80@7.31
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AN S . iova b s e ob TSN ED |
geptember .. .. .. oo Ll LRV |
EOUDDEP ... 6o v v v ovs.] I.OSDTIEY
NOVEMDEE iv o4v 0 Vo o 0 .| 6.3588.36 |
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IMEBABEE .. .. .. 7. .. .. .. 88500686
LONDON BAR SILVER.
LONDON, Nov. 28.—Bar silver is un
changed at 423 d.
st e g ei i
Woolworth . . . |igassd coie] 0...]108
Westinghouse . .| 3934 3815 38% | 38%
White Motors . . .| ....f ...l ....[|736
Wilson Pack. Co..| 4615] 455;! 4615! 45%
xEx-dividend, 1% per cent. .
§ PG ST
/
- No Markets Thursday
S o
'}, Stock and commodity mar
; kets and banking institutions
» throughout-the United States
) will be closed Thursday—
. Thanksgiving.
§ All exchanges will reopen
) . .
y Friday morning.
$ The foreign markets will re
! main open.
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PAAAA AAA A A A A A A A
Financial Sunshine
rmancial dunsihme
§
¢~ Savannah-reports the sale of
) a bale of cotton grown in
E 1880, which has been held as
5 an heirloom, but was brought ¢
{ out by the high prices. It is
{ said to be in._excellent condi
{ tion, grading about good mid
¢ dling, with good, :tron_g staple
é unimpaired by time.
The highest price cotton sold
at in 1880 was 13 1-4 cents a
pound and the lowest 101-2
$ cents. ‘ {
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P A A A AA A AN AANAAAAN AP AAAAAAAAAAAAR
J. F. CLARK'S COTTON LETTER.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 28.—Overnighl
news presents the Russian situation in
a far more critical state than hefore and
London says it is one of the main ob
jects of the Paris conference. Wash
ington says ¢fficial information points to
German influence in the Petrogad ad
ministration and the possibility of Rus
ria turning into an active ally of the
the Central Powers. All shipments of
supplies to Kussia will be cancelied im
mediately, also fromi Japan. Tigs would
indicate a further curtailment in the
foreign consumption of cotton. Copen
hagen says behind the meetigg of the
Scandinavian rulers lies the fear of Nor
way's entrance into the war, causing
complications and néw issues in the war
sftuation. ‘
Of strictly cotton news, there was the
report from Yazoo City, Miss., that
since August 1, 24,495 bales were mar
keted agaianst 16,902 last ?'ear. showing
the larger yiald in some localities.
General and heavier rains occurred
during the past 24 hours over Texas,
Arkansas o2ld western and northern
Louisiana, Indications are for unsettied,
rainy weather over entire belt; colder in
northern portion. ‘
Our market opened 10 to 20 lower on
unfavorable foreign news, liquidation
over holiday and the indication of un
favorable weekly Btatistics on Friday,
but the tactics of buying on all de
pressions has proved 8o profitable and
has become so generally adopted that
good support of this nature was encoun
tered on the break and the “market re
covered to .ast night's closing prices in
side the firs: hour.
Wealth and independence created in
the agricultvial sections of the country
during the nast two years of high prices
for foodstuffs and cotton is a telling fac
tor in support of the market, The spot
market isß reported quieter. »
COTTON SEED OIL.
Cotton seed oil quotations: e
| Opening. | Closing.
DO .t nh] L e 18081008
Jaguary . . . .18.50@18.40{:843081&00
February . . . .[178.25 118.25@18.40
March . . . . 5 .[18.40@18.50/18.24@18.40
April . . . . . ./18.40@18.75/18.30@18.50
May 1. @, . 118.00 119.00
December . -A8.20@18.40/18.20@18.26
Ciosed Ste Say: sales 1,700 barrels. ‘
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Pre-Holiday Selling and Unfavor
.
able War News Result in Mod
erate Dip—Brisk Rally.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—The weakness
in Liverpool attributed to increased
Southern offerings gcaused an easier
opening of the co{on market today
'with first prices § to 23 points net low
er. After the call the market broke 9
to 19 points from the opening on con
tinued active selling by wall street and
houses with Western connection. De
ymand was Jess active. Mueh of the
selling was in the way of realizing over
the holidays and unfavorable war news.
-<An active demand from trade houses,
however, steadied the murket and be
fore the end of the first hour’s trading
the list had reeovered the entire de
cline, but immediately reacted 5 to 10
points from the top levels,
Exports (oday were 238,307; coastwise,
11,617; week, 65,00, against 145,000 in
,1916. Port {stocks, 1,209,359, against 1,-
515,758 in 1916 and 1,474,946 in 1915.
The market ruled dull with prices
within a few points of the early low
levels during the earli afternoon, trad
lnf) being entirely preholiday. &
uring the late trading a 'prominent
SPOt' broker ran in a lot of shorts by ac
tive bidding, resulting in the list rising
sharply. January rose from 29.23 to
29.42 and March from 28.81 to 29.05.
However, scattered realizing just before
the close, checked the rise and the clos
ing tone was easy, with prices at a
net decline of 6 to 15 points from the
closing quotations of Tuesday.
318250 t cotton was fjuoted unchanged at
Se;m-weekly movement:
| 1917. | 1916. | 1915.
Receipts ...........|146,691(140,526/113,20%
Shipments .........[116,602/124,572] 85,299
Stocks ............|762,663/930,540 933,492
NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES.
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De ,‘30.20}3022,30.05}‘30.13130.13-14}30.25-30
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Mr '28.72 29.05/28.72/28.8828.85-92/28 .95
AD L.“.‘!.....).....?....,}28.63 28.70
|My [28.50/28.72(28.4628.62,28.59-63 28.65-68
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Closed easy.
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Oc _ |26.04/26.10/26.04)26.10/26.02 126.20-35
Closed barely steady.
, LIVERPOOL SPOT COTTON.
[ LIVERPOOL, Nov. 28.—Spot cotton
was steady. Prices steady. Sales, 4,000
bales. American middling - fair, 23.88;
good middling. 23.08; middling, 22.;&
low middling, 21.95; good ordinary, 20.93;
ordinary, 20.42.
) Futures opened easier.
| New Contracts.
i ‘ ) Prev.
| Open. Close. Close.
January .. ~ .. 22.46-44 2236 22.58
SNSRI . i i o aediks BBh - BROI
March.. «. .. .. .. 20.43-84 23.81 22.47
ABBL . i ke e BRBOT 2RAY
MOBY i 20 .o .. 1.80.41-24 22.80 23.47
Old Contracts.
November.. .. .. ..2130 21.00 21.30
Nov.-Dec... .. .. ~20.90 £20.80 20.9%0
DG -Jan,. . ~ .. «. 218 20.65 20,75
Jan.-Feb... .. ~ ..20.65 20.65 20.65
Feb,-Moh... .. .. ..20.56 20.46 20.56
.Moh.-ApHl. .. .. ..30:47 20.37 2047
April-May . .. ..20.89 20.49 20.39
HMay.Julh .. .. ..BOnN 20.21 20.31
June-July ... ..20.38 20.13 20.23
Closed quiet.
SPOT COTTON.
Atlanta Commercial Exchange quotes
good middling, new crop, firm, 30.15.
Atlanta Wure&pule Company quotes
good middling, 30\3.
New York, middling, 31.20.
New Orleans, steady; middling 29.13;
sales 436 bales. |
Charleston, middling, 29. '
Liverpool, good middling, 23.00 d.
Wilmington, middling, 29.
¢ Il§grfolk. steady; middling, 29%.; sales
"Savananh, steady; middling, 29.
I‘;\‘\;gusta, quiet; middling, 29.63; sales
"l]"h'fladelphia. middling, 31.45.
Boston, good middling, 31.20.
Little Rock, quiet; middling, 29.38;
sales 879,
Mobile, quiet; middling, 29.63.
Galveston, middling, 29%.
St. Louis, middling, 29%.
Mont%omery, firm; middling, 2115;
sales, 134.
Dallas, steady; middling, 28.30.
Memphis, steady; middling, 29%.
Houston, steady; middling, 28.80.
COTTON PORT RECEIPTS.
The following table shows receipts at
the ports today compared with the same
day last year:
L 3T, | AN
New Orleans , . . 10,281 12,447
Galveston . . . . . 9,117 10,716
NS, . ... 439 1.347
Savannah. ... <} 5,068 6,795
charieston, ««« .| 568 ’ 1,352
Wilmington . , . .| 1,163 197
Norfolk. : . . . .} 7,886 5,361
New York . . . . ¢ 17 105
Bowsey: . . ] 1,768 495
Philadelphia .. .| 638 | 263
08, . (il P 96 1 e3OO
RT TR OST SR . B
INTERIOR MOVEMENT,
oe L R RS,
Houston. ~. ..| 10,197 | 14,89
ANNNRIE, . e 3,812 1,878
Memphis. . ... . 6,451 t S 1,180
T, .., .. 22,184 3,259
Cincinnatt ... . . 1,613 l 1,392
Little Rock .. . . 2,794 | 1,650 -
_pstatevaar o 0 49060 4 84464
_ATLANTA COTTON STATEMENT.
Wednesday. . |Bales
ROCMIDES. ... .. oo o 000 0 ol Lo 8481
Shipmentsy. .. «. oo o 0 <o woo 0 o] 2,367
Stocks.. .. .. .. .. ce ee. oo .. |44,7T43
Ao bty sttt |
ATLANTA COTTON SEED PRODUCT
Crude oil, basis %rime—.\'ovember and |
December, 1.256@1.27, |
Cotton seed 7 pér cent ammonia—No
vember and December, 48.25@49.50. |
Cotton sead meal, 7 per cent, Georgia
¢common rate point—November and De
cember, 48.00&49.00. \
Cotton seecd hulls, sacked—November,
December and January, 2250@23.50. 1
Cotton seed hulls, loose—November
and December, 19.00@ 20.0. .
Linters, clean, mill run-—November‘
and December, s@s%ec. : |
MEMPHIS COTTON SEED MEAL. |
Cctton seed meal, 7 per cent ammo
nia. Close, 46.96’@48.00: December,
49.20@49.25; January, 46.95@48.0; Febru
ary, 46.95@4800; March, 47.00@51.00,
Tone easier; sales, 300 tons,
' ' '
National Bird in Heavy Demand,
.
With Prices Unchanged on
Best Stock. :
" Produce Row was swamped with bus
iness Wednesday—Thanksgiving trade.
Every dealer on the Row received large
shipments of turkey, Prices were quot.
ed unchanged. However, each ship
ment received contained a few low
grade birds, which were sold below top
prices. The best stock brought 35 to
871% cents for dressed and 30 to 83
cents for live. Hotels, restaurants and
clubs were the hgaviest buyers.
_C. J. Baisden Broduce Co., Thompson
Prod\x Co., McCullough 8r05.,, Wil
liams®'hompson Co., McMillan Produce
Co. and the Manhattan Fruit and. Pro
duce Co. reported the demand far in
excess of a year ago.
Williams-Thompson Company receiv
ed a heavy express shipment of Louis
iana bunch vegetables, selling readily
at from 40 to 80 cents a dozen, bunch
es; also a largesshipment of Florida
Irish potatoes.
Bell Bros. received a car of Georgia
“vellow yams,” meeting good demand
at_prevailing prices.
~ Following are wholesale quotations
for Wednesday:
POULTRY, BUTTER. EGGS.
‘(Coructed by the Fidellty Fruit ana
| Produce Company, U. S, Food Admin
~ Istration License, No. 10483.)
~ Butter—Fresh couritry. 33@34e.
Eggs—Fresh gathered current racelipts,
‘%ésselmt No. 1 candled, §5; storage, 37
&
Dressed Poultry—Undrawn, head and
feet on, per pound:
Friers, 32@35¢ pound.
Hens, 27%c per pound
~ Roosters, 20c: young sta=s, 250,
- Turkeys, 35@37%¢c pound.
~ Live DPoultry:
Hens--25@%6¢ pound. g
Friere, 28@30c¢ pound. &
Roosters, 16¢ per pound. d
~ Puddle ducks. 25c each.
~ Guineas. 25¢ ezch.
‘ Turkeys, 20@%3¢ pound.
SQUASH—S2.OO@3.SO per crate.
| VEGETABLES.
! SNAPBEANS—S4.OO@S.OO.
. WESTERN CARROTS-—3l cents per
' pound.
- EGGPLANTS—S4.OO per crate.
LETTUCE—Herad, SI.2F per dozen.
CELERY—SI.2S per dozen.
~ BELL PEPPERS—S3.SO@4.O¢ per large
crate.
ONTONS—YeIrow and red, 100-pound
‘bags, $3.75; white, $4.00.
bS}]’VPET POTATOES—SI.2S@I.3S per
ushel. -
IRISH POTATOES—New crop 2% @3c
per pound. .
CABBAGIT—2@2%c¢ Her pound.
CANADIAN TURNIPS—%O ‘per Ib
CRANBERRIES—6O@7Oc per galloi.
CALIFORNIA BLACK EYED PEAS—
11c perxpmmd.
~ CALIFORNIA LIMA BEANS-—lsc per
pound. ‘
| FRUITS.
| GRAPEFRUIT—S3.7S@4.OO por crate.
GRAPES—2O@2Sc per ° basket, keg,
5.50@6.00.
PEARS—S27S@3.OO per box; seckel,
153.50(L1er basket. .
- COCOANUTS—SB.SO per sack, 100 to
each sack.
RAISINS—S2.2S per box. ’
APPLES—Fancy, §57.25 . per barrel;
rhoice, $5.00 per barrel.
IJMES—.fiI.OO. per 100; SIO.OO per bbl,
ORANGlS—California. per box. $4.00
@4.25: Florida, $2.75@ 4.00.
BANANAS 3% @2%c¢ per pound.
LEMONS—24.OO@6.SO.
LOCAL PRODUCE PRICES.
Following information collected by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, Bureau of Markets,. Atlanta
branchy show jobbing prices, namely:
less carload prices on large lots to job
bers: i
APPLES—Arived 1 Georgia. Demand
very limter, movement draggy, market
glutted, quality and condition wide
range, Virginia No. 1 fancy Yorks, out
of storage, $5.50. Cheoice out of stor
age, $5.00; No. 2 Yorks, $3.00@3.50, Al
bemarle Pippins, urgraded, 2-inch up,
$4.00. Fancy No. 1 Winesaps, $5.50@
6.00. No. 2, $4.50@5.00. Fancy No. 1
Black Twigs. $6.00. Various varieties,
ungraded, field run, drops, $200@3.00.
CABBAGE—Demand and movement
improving, market strengthening ac
count of cleaning up, quality and condi
tion generally good. Wetsern Holland
seed, 100-Ib. crates, $2.25@2.40, mostly
$2.25; trimmed, $2.15,
ONIONS-—No fresh arrivals. Demand
and movement moderate; market weak;
quality and condition variable; tyestern
10-Ib. sacks Reds, $2.80@2.90; few bhest,
$3.00. Californias, 10-Ib. sacks Yellows,
irregular sizes, $3.0.
WHITE FOTATOES—Supplies ade
quate. No fresh arrivals. Demand and
movement good, market fair account of
varfable quality offerings, wide range
quality and condition. \Western, 100-ib.
sacks Rurals, $2.40@2.50; few Dbests,
$2.60.
SWEET X‘fLT;\T(')F.R—Arri\'m] 1 Geor
gia. Homegrowvns, no supgnes. De
mand and mutement good, market
strong. Genrgia:” Poarto Rieans, sack
ed, per bushel, $1.15@1.25.
- LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—Hogs—Receipts
35,000, Market slow and steady to 5c
iower. Mixed and butchers, 17.15@17.95;
god and heavy, 1720@17.90; rough
heavy., 17.20@17.40; light, 16.60@17.75;
pigs, 13.00@15.75; bulk, 17.35@17.35.
Cattle—Receipts 25,000, Market
steady and shade lower. Beo‘vus. 7.30
@14.75; cows and heifers, 580@11.60;
stockers and feeders, 6.0@11.10; Texans,
6.1113.60: calves, 7.50@13.50.
Sheep—Receipts 14.000. Market
steady, Native and Western, 8.75@
12.70; lamhs, 12.60@17.00
BT. LOUIB, Nov. 28.—Cattle—Re
ceipts, 4,500, including 204 Southerns:
market, steady; native heef steers, 8.00
@15.75; yearling steers and heifers, 7.00
@16.60¢; cows, 5.00@11.00; stockers and
feeders, 6.50@11.00: calves, 6.75@10.50;
Texas steers, 9.00@12.75; prime South
ern steers. 69000 10.00;: beef cows and
heifers, 7.50@10.09; prime yearlings and
heifers, 7.50@10.00.
Hogs—Receipts, 13.000: market, 5@
10¢ higher; mixed, 17.40@17.76; good,
17.70@17.76; rough, 16.85@17.15; lights,
17.40@17.60; . pigs, 16.00@16.75; bulk,
17.40@17.70.
Sheep - Receipts, 2,600 market,
steady; ewes, 10.00@11.06; choppers and
canners, £.00@8.50; lambs, 13.00@17.00;
wethers, 11.00@12.50. .
CAR SHORTAGE ACUTE,
Reports to the American Railway As
sociatién from all roads of the country
show on November 1 the excess of un
filled orders amounted to 140,012 cars,
an increase of 25,104 cars over the same
day last year. |
Of this number 97,000 cars are ecalled
for in other émrfw of the country than
the congested region east of Chicago
and north of the Potomac River, where
the abnormal war business is heaviest.
Many orders could be filled if the cars
now delayed in the congested regions
could be released. i
The Raliroads’ War Board is now ap
plying extraordinary remedies in the en_
deavor to accomplish this,
METAL MARKET.
NEW' YORK, Nov. 28.—Tin, nominalp
80 bid. I.ead, quiet; November, 63 |
bid; December and Jamuary, 63@6%;.
Spelter, quiet; Novembeyr and Decembgr,
7% @7%; January, 7% @7%. Copper un
changed. . 3
) )
FARM VALUE OF COTTON SEED
) §
g
- ON OCT, 15 WAS $65 PER TON
; ’ L
i T e T Be L A R O oot s raiid
According to the ‘‘Monthly Crop Report’’ of the United States
Bureau of Crop Estimates of the Department of Agriculture, the
estimated value of cotton seed on the farm on Oectober 15 was
$65.02 per ton, as compared with $47.19 the same date a year ago.
The price of the seed in (feorgia is the second highest of any
State in the cotton belt, being $67 per ton, as compared with
$52.45 in 1916. South Carolina leads the list—s69.2s, against
$53.10 a year ago.
Following shows the price in each State compared with a
year ago: §
Cottonseed, Per ton.
1917. 1916.
North Carolina ‘&»6610 $49.60
ootith Garollßa % .. 0 h i eel ahel T G 0 58 53.10
SR lIN L LT e BLDD. 52.45
BRIDMAR L Cih i ksl s o TRE B 43.80
TonMaNßee 5, ..5 i . 0 sl s RS el - 47.80
EBRIER eke LS s L o B 0 50.00
MISSIBHDD] .. oo dna e eei -BN 47.10
WO B TN e e EREO 45.00
BOER. 6 s S e R 42 .40
ORIBROMA .. .. .. o 0 s a oEE RS 42.60
ALKRIONE %oihi vt G R TR e 44.10
Umked Stales: 0L oS e R Y BRs O $47.19
| bt
s ' ' (o y Sl
Argentine Grain Shipments Limit
i ed—None Available From '
| ' '
\ Russia and Roumanaia.
|
By BOERSIANER. |
CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—A further gain
early in the session by the industrials
was conslderably more than lost in _\'«‘s-‘
terday’s late transactions. The fluctua
tive course of this group is indicated by
Steel's rise to 99 and close at 97%. ‘
Martial, political and industrial cor
poration news favored the initial bet
terment. Banking advices suggested a
weakening of the Bolsheviki govern
ment, with corresponding defections
throughout Russia. On the Italian front
the position of the enemy appeared to
have become worse. Earnings state
ments by several specialty companies
were highly satisfactory.
But the weak link from the outset—
the rails—finally told on the entire list.
Continued and increasing liquidation of
railway shares at length prevatled,
The merger of interests ordered by
the Government is regarded with mis
givings b*hu sufficient number of rail
‘road “stockholders to force renewed de
clines. This action, though favored by
railroad operatives as not only* making
for efficiency but %r larger revenue
also, is read by some securities holders
a 8 prg‘immary,to Goverxxmegt control.
. urope OWns Her Rallways.
Government supervision or ownership
is to too many dividend-drawers gnfd
coupon-clippers interchangeable with
socialism, notwithstanding that Conti
nental Kurope has owned her railways
for decades and that Great Britain has
controlled her transportation system for
three years.
If the Government decides to take
over the ralls, temporarily or .perma
nently, the transfer should not be '{
hardship on stock and bond-holders any
more than it has been to the owners of
British railway securities. Ample pay
ment or guaranty is a matter of course,
In the foreign exchange market Ital
ian lire were the salient feature. An
advance of 43 centimes was recorded.
The rapld rise from last week’'s level
finds a fundamental explanation in the
most agreeable recovery from the fright
ened assumptio®® that the Austro-Ger
man army would speedily penetrate to
Rome. Instead of that, the enemy’s
forces have been effectively halted on
this side of the Po 7Valley.
Furthermore, the Italian Government
vesterday issued a decree prohibiting
the exportation of all classes of securi
ties and inhibiting the extension of com
mercial credits abroad, save in the pay
ment for merchandise. \
The Italian grain harvest was disap
pointing. It was 20to 23 per cent below
last year's yield. 1
Italy Needs Wheat.
The crop was least bountiful in the
South. The supply has been hampered
by the difficulties of railway and motor
transit and by the lack of shipping, al-|
though the Allies, especially this coun
try, are making extraordinary efforts to
meet this need, Italy's chief foreign
sources of wheat and corn were Russia, |
Roumania and Argentine. The two first
nameg are now completely cut -off, whila'
from the Argentine grain' shlpmevnts‘
have been limited. |
But before the unity of Italy the con- |
sumption of cereals was congiderably
below the present annual average, and!
no people I 8 more enduring or at heart
more patriotic.
Apart from' the food difficulty, the
economic position is unusually strong.
There has been a steady increase in
revenue since last June. In the Italian
Chamber Signor Carcano stated that, of
the actual revenue in the current year,
2.000.000 000 lire comes from taxation,
During the past two vears, he said, the
savings bank deposits have risen by
2.500,000,000 lire; at the end of 1918 their
total! woa hetween §,000,000,000 and fi,-'
000.000,000.
The masses are able to spend money, |
for the State tobacco monopoly, having
put up its prices, had for the past quar-|
ter a revenue of 22% per cent over the|
corresponding; period of last year and|
i 0 per cent above that of the year bhe
fore. The revenue from the war profits
tax largely exceeds the estimates, and
when the many contested casges are sot
tled the excess will be greater still.
HUTTON & CO.’S STOCK LETTER.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—A number of
veargs ago the American Can Co. was
kicking arcund the street at the same
price that American Hide and Leather
common is today. Some rich men dls
covered its potential value, it was *ac
cumulated as American Hide and
Leather comon 'is being acecumulated to.
day, and one day the street woke up
to find a very active and advancing
stock where there had been a sluggish
and dull one. The x;]osmnn of Hide and
Leather is this: ‘@here were originally
issued $9,000,000 in bonds. The com
pany owns vractically $6.000,000 out nf‘
this $5,000,000 issue. There are 125000
shares of preferred issued and 115,000
common. In two years the bonds fall
due. The sinking fund will cancel $900,-
000 of the {ssue. This will leave about
a little over $2,000.000 in the hands of
the public. Taking the earnings for last
vear, and the company we expect for
the present year will earn much more,
as a basis of earnings for the two fol
lowing vears and after alowing for $5
dividend per annum for the two years,
the company will be able to retire out
of surplus earnings its entire bonded]
issue.
COMMERCIAL BAR SILVER. 1
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Commercial
bar silver is unchanged at 84)4c.
‘Billy Sunday ]
Wildcat Stocks |
; ILLY SUNDAY has about as
5 much use for a fake mining,
0 copper, oil stock or other
é such get-rich-quick schemes as he
} has for a rattiesnake.
¢ “The people of Atlanta _have
‘;thmwn enough money away by
¢ buying cheap, no-account mining,
gcoppor and 01l stocks to more
§ than pay for this Tabernacle, §
2 and then it hardly would be !
) missed,” shouted Billy, in one of
his recent sermons. “I'm just tell- §
ing you,"” he continued. “Take my !
advice, or not, I'm just telling you.” ;
This coincides absolutely with |
§the policy of the advertising de- 3
partment of this newspaper.
No advertisements wl\nhoever
of this character are carried in the E
columns of The Georgian and Sun- §
day American. i
¢ Nor do The Georgian and The §
éAme'rncan print news stories or
gspecial articles of any character
: that are influenced cor colored, one
! way or the other, directly or indi
\§ rectly, by advertisers, present or
3( prospective. Its financial news and ,
, advertising colufmns may be de- !
| pended upon as being free from
:g publicity for wildcat schemes. s
\WW
i . . . <
% High Spots in Finance |
; Interboro Consolidated Cor- i
2 poration has declared the reg- é
¢ ular quarterly dividend of 14, 2
¢ per cent omythe preferred, pay- !
§ able January 2to stock of rec- ;
{ ord December 10.
g e
E Interboro Rapid Transit has
A declared the regular quarterly
dividend of 5 per cent, payable |
January 2 to stock of record . g
December 20. - $
¢ Ko ;
¢ Booth Fisheries has declared
¢ the regular dividend of 13-4 g
é per cent on the preferred and
50 cents on the common, pay
able January 2 to stock of rec
. ord December 20.
;* * *
? The average prfce of twenty
) industrials 73.80, off .23; twen
; ty active rails, 77.13, off 1.00.
AR A PN AR AP AN AP
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.
Jelke, Gwynne & Co.: “We do not be
lieve values are likely to work mave
ridlly lower except for temporary pe
riods.” *
- - -
; F. Hutton & Co.: “Late advices re
posted a somewhat easier basis in the
sSouthwest, but this likely in the lower
grades. 'The trend of prices appear up
ward, but with exchange closed Thurs
day somie further liquidation is looked
for Wednesday. The market, however,
displays a strong undertone on all re
cessions,"”
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.——Petroleurg,
steady; crud: Pennsvivanla, 3.60.
Turpentine, firmer, 52% @353.
Rosin, easier; common, 725@7.30.
Wool, firm. Domestic fleece XX Ohio,
To@76; puled scoured )ausis, 1.10@1.80;
Texas, scoured basis, 1700@1.70.
Hides, firm. Native sters, 34%;
brande steers, 295,
Coffee, easy. Options opened 4 to 8
points lower. Rio, No. 7 on spot, 7% @
98,
Molasses, firm. New Orleans open ket
tle, 62@68; black strap, 28@32.
Ra»‘ suga~, limited supply. Centrifu
‘gals, 6.90; molasses sugar, 6 02.
Reflned sugar—Some Ru.iian sugar
goes to France. Fine granulated, 8.35;
cut load, 9.85; crushed, 960; mold A,
8.85; cubes, 9.19; powdered, 8.45@8.55
diamond A, 8.35; confectioners' A, 8.25
@8.35 softs, No. 1, 8.20@8.35. (No. 2
is 5 pcints below No. 1 and Nos. 3 to
14 are each 5 points-lower than the pre- |
ce@ing grade.)
Potatoes weak. Nearby white, 2,50@'
4.50; Southern sweets, 2.50@3.50.
Beans, firm. Pea choice, 14@14%; red
kidney choice, 153 @l6.
Dried fruits, easier. Ayricots, choice |
to fancy, 16% @%1%; apples, evaporated,
prime to fancy, 16@17: prunes, 30s to
60s, 11%@13%; 60s to 100 s, 83 @11:
peaches, choice to fancy, 11% @l3; seed
ed raisins, choice to fancy, T%@ll. ‘
GRAIN MARKET OPINIONS,
Ware & Leland: *‘Should movement
of corn increase gsufficiently to press,
cash values, the futures very likely will |
sustain some decline.” o
“asre |
Bartlett, Frazier & Co.: “The infor
mation that the Food Administration
will preference to cars for movement of
grain will probably result in lower yal
ues for coern.”
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[ ] IUNS
Mess Pork Climbs tp sso—No
Cash Sales of Grain—Dark
ness Prevents Inspection.
CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—Provisions wera
sharply higher at the opening of the
market here today and the market was
stronger. January lard was up 20 cents
at the opening and pork showed a gain
of 30 cents.
The advance in meats in Liverpool
was a factor.
The corn market was quiet and easy
with prices 1§ to l4¢ lower at the opens
ing. Buying by local traders, hcwever,
resulted in a rally that advanced May
to above the previous close.
Trade in oats was light and opening
prices showed a small decline, The De=
cember-May spread v‘t)a.rrowed slightly.
Corn closed k¢ lower to % @3¥%c high
er and oats were unchanged, on the
Board of Trade today.
There were no sales of cash grains to
day, as it wuas impossible tq inspect the
grain owing to the darkness. "
There was a sale of mess pork today
at SSO, which is the highest price ever
recorded in the Chicago market. Thig
pork will be “stripped” and merchan-—
dized. The export takings of meats and
lard during the last few days have
been the largest in the history of the
trade.
Hog products were all higher, porlk
90c, lard 32%@45c and ribs 37%@h2e.
Grain quotations:
Previous
High. Low. Close. Close,
De T wu L 24%. 1264
08, 4 o ‘ .23% b , “
Jan...... 1318 3208 . 1.8 1.22
May.... 1.19% 1.18% 1.19 *1.18%
OATS— 2
DBB, oy 3% 718 72 2
MAY. .. 0% 69%% 697 6934
PORK— \
Jan..... 48.67% 47.75 48.35 47.45
LARD-- {
Jan..... 25.52% 25.00 25.35 24.90
Was 26.40 25.00 25.22% 24.90
26.25° 26.05 26.05 25.56
26.05 25.70 25.90 255218
NORTHWESTERN CAR RECEIPTS.
Wheat-— Wed. Last week, 1916.
Minneapolis .. ~208 399 349
DO 0 TNy 92 148
Winnipeg .. .. ..782 1,078 913
© CHICAGO CAR LOTS.
CHICAGO, Nov, 28.—Following are re=
ceipts for wednesday:
WHeRE .. .. 0N S s
SO . s ot b ks A
DBUB .. 00l iy indv i addabnis B 0
BEOBE oo Cvowe viny co i viess oBN
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS,
CHICAGO, Nov, 28.——Corn—No, 6
mixed, 1.45; Neo. 4 mixed, 1.79%; No. 4
white, 1.72; No. 5 yellow, 1.70%1.80; No.
5 mixed, 1.70; No. 6 white, 1.45@1.65;
No. 6 yellow, 1.60601.65. :
_49&ts——.\'n‘ 3 white, 75%; No. 4 white,
*%.
ST. LOUIS CASH GRAIN.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 28.—Cash—No. 2
corn mixed, 1.73; N0..4 mixed, 1.63; No.
3 yellow, 2.04; Np. 2 white, 1.83@1.86;
No. 3 white, 1.79@1.80.
Oats—No. 2/ mixed, T 4% @75; No. 3
white, 75146 @76; No. 4 white, T 4, s%,
KANSAS CITY CASH GRAIN.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 28.—Cash Corn:
No. 4 mixed, 1.55; No. 2 white, 2.00,
Oats: No. 3, white, 74%@75; No. 2
mixed, 73@73%.
et ettt ettt
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
"CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—Butter; Receipts,
7,619 tubs; creamery, extras, 16@461%;
extra firsts, 441 @45; firsts, 39@42; pack
ing stock, 31@32. s
Eggs: Receipts, 6,274 cases: current
receipts, 42@47%; ordinary firsts, 42@
45; firsts, 461a@48; extras, b53@5H4;
checks, 26@27; dirties, 256 25.
Cheese: Twins, new, 23; dairies, 24%:
Young Americans, 25%; Longhorns, 26;
brick, 27@27%, !
Live Poultry: Turkeys, 23; chickens,
15; springs, 18%; roosters, 16; geese, 17
@18; ducks, 18@20.
Potatoes: Receipts, 18; Minnesota,
Dakota, Ohio, 1.70@1.80; Wisconsin, 1.70
@I.BO.
THOMSON-McKINNON ON GRAIN, -
€HICAGO, Nov. 28.—Corn: The im-~
portant item in corn ‘is transportation
problem and yesterday’s official an
nouncement that corn and oats would
hold equal place with wheat in move
ment will probably bring more or less
scattered liguidation.
STOCK MARKET OPINIONS.
Harris, Winthrop & Co.: “Uncertain.
ty as to just what will be the result of
the pooling of the railroads was the
main cause of the recesston Tuesday,
The situation abroad, except in the case
of Russia, continues favorable.”
A. Lipper & Co.: “There is nothing of
any importance npew in the stock mar
ket sitnation. The probabilities are in
view of the holiday not much of a mar
ket can be anticipated. The heavinegs
of rails is holding the rest of the mar
ket in check. There may be some real
izing Wednesday and on any reasonable
declines stocks like Unjted States Steel
Smelters, Anaconda Copper, Missouri
Pacific and Studebaker can be beught."
S. Boche & Co.: ‘“Would buy on reac«
tions for turns." 3
NEW YORK CURB MARKET,
The curb market openéd irregular and
closed irregular.
STOCKS— Opening. Closing.
Chev.....|66 @69 6788
United . . . .| 1040 17 16 1615
Bhit.-Am. Tob. 16 @l7 16 gl7
Alaska . . . .30 @ ® B 0 40
Hecla Mines . 4%@ 5 415 b
Lake Boat , . ;"x% 41 3 415
Marcorl ~ . . lU@ 2% 2 25
Nipissing . . . B%@ 8% .8 g 8%
Sub, Boat . . . 13% @ 14% 14 14%,
8.0. New Y0rk.259 @263 259 263
S.O New Jer. .517 @523 517 ~ 5%3
SB.O. California. 229, @230 227 @230
8.0. Indiana .630" @645 630 gm
Prairie © , .430 @44o° 430 @440
Ohio Oil . , .208 @304 297 gm
Indiana Pipe .. 87 @9l 87 )91
Houston Oil .. 23% @ 24% 23%8 241
Cosden Ofl .. . idiiin THE T
Anglo-Am. Oil . 18 @ 18% 18 @ 181
Union Tank .". 88 @ 89 88 @ 89
Savoy Off . . . T @ 9 T @ 9
Victoria Oil . , 3%@ 4% 3@ 4%
Inter. Pete . . 12 @ 12% 12 @ 13%
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Call money on
the floor of the Neéw York Stock Ex
change today ruled at 3% per cent;
high, 4 per cent; low, 3 per cent. Time
money was dull. Rates: Sixty days,
51, @5% per cent; 9% days. 514 @5% per
cent; four months, 5% @5% per cent;
five months, 53,@5% per cent; \six
months, 514 @5 Y% per cent.
The market for prime mercantile paJ)er ~
was quiet. Call money in London today
was 3% per cent.
Sterling exchange was steady, with
business in bankers’ bills at 4.75 3-16
for demand; 4.71% @4.71% for 80-day
bills.( and 4.69% @4.69% for 90-day bills,
THE WEATHER.
Forecast by States. T
Georg‘la-—Partl{) cloudy toniiht and
Thursday; probably local rains in north
iportion; warmer tonight in the inte
rior. .
South Carolina—Generally ¢l :
nifiht and Thursday; pro
rains; warmer tonight in the in .
Alabama-—North portion rain ~
Thursday Probably fair; hgx
south portion cloudy ton
day; probably rain, L
_ RIBS
FRi
May....