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Markets
Middling last year 13%c
Tone— Steady.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS
Close.
Good ordinary ; 8 .
Rtrict fforxl ortlnnry
Low middling J -®' 16
Strict low middling { 15-16 «7c
Middling I £-* « *-M
Strict middling ‘ »•’»«'<
Good middling ? 7-16® u-J
Previous Day : B Figures
Com
Good ordinary ....6 ® J
Strict good ordinary 6 2*5
Low middling ft 1-2 GM-l*
Strict low middling ft 15-16®7c
Middling I J’J g
Strict middling 7 6-16® J-|j
Good middling 7 7-16® 1-*
Receipts For Week
Sales. Spin Sbln'L
Saturday *3Bl «1 # 2560
Monday —~
Tuesday
Wednesday . . .
Thursday ...
Friday
Totals.. . . . 8881 61 2669
Comparative Receipts
1913 1914
Saturday 2492 21 1"
Monday
Tucaday ...
Wednesday
Thutaday
Friday ...
•Total. *492 2110
Stocks and Receipts
Plock In Augusta, 1913 71,262
Stock In Augiiata, 1914 168,111
Itec. since Sept. 1, 1918 2411,329
Ree. since Sept. 1, 1914 262,179
Augusta Daily Receipts
1913 1914
Georgia Railroad ... ... .. 655 472
Sou. Ry. Co. 313 269
Augusta Southern 172
Auguat-Alken Ry. Co
Cen of (la R. R 2«5 227
Ga and Flft- 202
C. A W. C. Ry 221 199
A. C. L. R. R 70 144
Wagon 232 96
Canal ... ea. ........
River —“I ~—
Ntt receipt* 2130 IROS
Through 262 802
Total 2492 2110
Port Receipts
Today. Last Vr.
Galveston 6592
New Orleans 7424 10036
Mobile P on 3955
Savannah 8929 10?tu
Cltaileaton ... 3314
Wilmington *
Norfolk 3*60 419
Total porta (eat.) 42000
Interior Receipts
Today. lost Vr.
Houston 13185 6142
Jdemphns 5763
Weekly Crop Movement, End
ing Friday, Dec. 4, 1914.
19' I 1"I1 | I"
Receipts ~ 777. 239.096 368 3x41 364,301
Shipments .. .. 220 9421 279 942 315,412
Stock 1,161,390 381.6391 734,723
Came In St. ... 531.816' 633.011 421.517
Crop in St. ...6,067,0**17,712.966 7,109,898
Vl*. Supply ...4.699.60415 379.906|5,650.3W
COTTON STATEMENT
Port Movement.
New Orleans -Middling 7 3-16. receipts
7,414; SAles 950; mock 747.638.
GtlVMtm.- Mlddlln* 714; receipt* 17 -
618. export* 11,834; sales 684; stock 411,-
•31
Mobile -Middling 7; receipts l.Ml;
stock 42,6*7.
Savannah - Mlddlln* 7 1 4; receipts 9,-
629. sales 8,630; stock 23*.>41.
-.■Charleston.—MlaOllng 7; receipts 3.314;
stock 97,66*.
Wilmington.— Mlddlln* 7 receipts 3,-
IS7; exports 6,621: stock 41,233.
Texas City.—Receipts 1,068.
Norfolk— Mlddlln* 7; .receipts 8,360;
sales B*2; slock 63 006.
Baltimore.— Middling 7 8-8; stork 4,-
700
Boston— Middling 7.60; receipts 626;
stock 6,800
Philadelphia.—Mlddlln* 7 76; receipts
61; stock 4.867.
New York.—Mlddlln* 7 50; receipts 106;
exports 60; stock 81,21*.
Minor ports—Receipts 640; stock 59,-
665
Total today—Receipts 46,622; exports
17,995; slock 1.297.02*
Total lor week— Receipts 4*.*22; ex
ports 17.996.
Total for season.- Receipts 8,155,490
experts 14.994.490
Interior Movement.
Aurusts. —Mlddlln* 71*418-I*. receipts
1.110; shipments 2.6*9. ssles 2,**l; slock
555.114.
Houston.—Mlddlln* 7V*. receipts 13.-
185; shipments 11,680; sale* 1.910; stiak
165.148
Memphis - Middling 7 1-4; receipts 7.-
199. shipment* 2.851: sale* I.OOP, stork
247,486.
Kt Loulg.—Middling 7 1-4; receipt* 8.-
571. shipments 4 204. slock 85,1*3
rinclnnati Receipts 988; shipments
B*7; stock 8,054
l.tttle Rock—Mlddlln* S 7-« receipts
1,93*. shipment* 782; slock 46,332
Dallas —Middling fi 7-S; sales 10,8*9
Total today.—Receipts 25,8*4; ship
ments 22.984, stock *47,26*
NEW OREFANS SPOTS
New Orleans. -Spot cotton stendy;
sale* on the spot 250 hales, lo arrive
700
Bow middling « 11-16, strict low mid
dling 6 16-16; middling 7 3-16, strict mid
dling 7 7-I*. good middling 7 18-18.
atr'.ct good middling 8 8-16.
BUTTER,
t
NET ADVANCE
IN N. Y. COTTON
Close Steady up 2 to 8 Points.
Lower Crop Estimates Figure
--Improving Export Demand.
New York.—Hourpr with foreign con*
n«- lions wi*ve good buyers of rot ton to
day and prices ruled higher In the ai>-
sence of any aggressive aching. The
close was steady ;it a net advance of
two to eight points. Reports that a
Memphis authority estimated the crop
at ’15,120,000 bales excluding linters or
considerably lower than figures recent
ly published, may possibly have heipel
the advance, but talk of improving ex
port demand and the failure of Southern
hedge selling to develop on anything like
a material scale, were the bullish fac
tors chiefly discussed around the ring.
The market opened steady at a decline
of two points to an advance of f our
points, hut generally one to one points
higher in keeping with steady Liverpool
cables. There was a light Southern
selling but offerings from that source
were not considered heavy enough to
Indicate any weakness In the interior
and prices soon Improved on investment
buying of October and trade buying of
spring and summer months which was
supposed to come largely from German
sources. Active months sold about seven
to twelve points net higher In conse
,;jr r;cr wHIc l leeemheS* and January
contracts held within a point of the
opening figures. The close was a shade
off from the best under realizing.
High. Low. Close.
January 7-21 7.20 7,20
March 7.44 7.35 7 39
May 7.61 7.51 7.57
July 7.78 7.06 7.74
October | ft-ft 2 7.94 4.99
NEW YORK SPOTS
New York. Bpot cotton quiet; mid
dling uplands 7.50; gulf 7.75; no sales.
WEEK IN TRADE
New York.—BradHtrect’s review any*
today;
"Financial recuperation and resump
tions make for improved basic conditions
fur the future, but Irregularity still I*
llie distinguishing (""tie In trade and
Industry and very plainly marked line of
divergence Is visible between export and
pure!) domestic trade movements. Tb«
resumption of l*ond dealings at New
York and In stocks and bonds at out
side market*, the re-openlng of the call
money market, the growing ease of
money reflected In that market and In
the market for commercial paper, are all
evidences of progress and point to an
early restoration of complete flnanclul
and credit machinery.
•'ln export trade war orders and grain
exports furnish sources of marked ac
tivity, though coWon exports, despite
further expansion and the largest week a
total since the war began, are still far
la low a year ago. Demand for Am
erican products to he used by Ihe troops
| n the field Is in turn reflected In ac
tivity In favored Industries, and many
Hoes are reported busily employed
thereon.”
Hank elesrlngs this week according to
Bradstrccts. were $3.091 135.606. a de
cease ~f lii.R per cent from last year.
Business failures for the week were 448,
Busiest 356 In the corresponding week
of lasi year. Wheat exports Including
flour from the United States and ( sn
ada. 9,675,991 bushels against 6,517,978.
WEEK IN COTTON
New York. The cotton mnrket ha*
been quiet during the past week with
prices easing off under near-month li
quidation and n Utile Southern hedge
selling. In the absence of any aggres
sive support. 32he circulation of a few
December notices 5 soetned to be chiefly
iAsponslble for the near-month selling
A iltle cotton has been arriving here
from the South for delivery on contract,
but no latge shipments are expected at
the present parity. Bearish talk around
the ring Inis been based more upon pre
dictions of Increased Southern offerings
between now ami the first of the >ear
than upon any actual or Immediate
pressure.
Scattered selling also has been en
couraged to some extent by large private
estimates of the crop, the figures rang
ing from 14,988,000 hales up to 16,760,-
000 halts excluding llnters. The gov
ernment's estimate of the yield will he
published at 12:15 o'clock on December
jOth. anil predictions as to Its showing
tn bales of 500 pounds gross excluding
llnters range from about 15,2a0,00fl to
15,800,000 bales while llnters art general
ly estimated at around 600,000 bales,
Kalns are supposed to have Interfered
with ginning operations recently, hut
large returns are expected from the
Census Bureau up to December Ist, anil
ttie showing of the figures due on Tues
day may modify final sentiment its to
the government report.
Ig,ca 1 traders show inueh less Interest
than usual In the exact size of the crop,
and sentiment here seems to be fluc
tuating between predictions of ultimate
ly higher prices and the possibility of a
temporarily belter Inning basts. I'omes
tlc mills are still said to be holding off,
but exports are Increasing and most
traders look for a further gradual Im
provement tn general trade.
SEC’f HESTER’S weekly
COTTON STATEMENT
In thousands bifrlo*
In i»igM f«»r \\*'ok 55.000
IX) xinii* 7 day* last year ... 032.000
Do iunif 7 day I* year before.. 008,00°
Po for the month 342.000
IX) Maine date laet yoar ..... 410.000
iVi name date vetr before .. 380,000
IX) for aenenn 5,529.000
Po h:ime d.ite ia*t year 8,404,000
Po name date year before ... 8 192.000
port receipt* for seiaon 3.109.000
IX) earn* date laet year 5.994.000
po mime date year before laet 6.029,000
Overland to Mill* and Canada
for ee'iaon 312,000
Po same date laet year 447,000
?X» eame date year h«*ft*“e .. 440.000
Southern mill takinirs for eea
eon 1."87.000
Po anme date Pet year 1,300.00»
IX) same date year N*fore ... 1,100,000
Interior etoofce In exceee of
August let 1,021.000
IX) laet year 063 000
Po year before ,Nt»23,ot'o
Koretun export* for week 221,000
po eame 7 day* la*t year ... 30".000
IXi for *e«*on 1.476.000
far 4 .
Northern Spinner*’ taking* and
Canada fr*' week 84,00"
1x» Mine 7 dny* ’set year ... 99.00"
Po for *eaeon 371000
IX» to a*me date last year ... 1.250,000
LIVERPOOLCOTTON
Liverpool Cotton, *pot dn’l price*
I quiet American middling fair 5 27; good
middling 4.61; middling 4 35. low mid
dling 3 89; g,*>d ordinary 3.24: ordinary
J 79
S;de* 3 """ Intlr*. Including Am*
erie*n and 300 f«x* ej'eenl.ulon and pi*
port.
Tteeelpt* 23.879 bale*. Including 14.409
American
Future* elom*d eteady May and June
4.10; July and August 4 H*4; October
end Noverohfr 4 25Vi. Januaiy giul
" *** ...» Mr_ «►- - 2 * - »
DECIDED SHOW
STRENGTH, N. B.
Demand From Short Side Re
sponsible. Week’s Sellers
Wanted Their Profits.
New Orleans. -Cotton made a decided
show of strength today, standing a,t
one time nine points up on the most
active months and closing at a net gain
of seven to eight points. The chief
source of strength was the demand from
the short side. Sellers of the week who
wanted to realise profits on the week
end met with only scanty offerings and
quickly bid pr|re,s up on themselves
Gossip said thsl professional traders
were putting out short cotton on the
rise, hut their offerings were not large
enough to affect the market.
Statistics had what bears considered
were strong points against the market
hut statistics had little Influence. Mill
takings thus far this season were esti
mated at 3,365,660 hales against 6,500,-
fion a year ago and 4,987,000 two yearß
ago. This wag rather a smaller total
than looked for.
High. Low. Close.
January 7.18 7.18 7.79
March 7.31 7.25 7.29
May 7.50 1.45 7.48
July 7.66 7.66 7.67
October 7.86 7.86 7.88
The Produce Market
(Corrected by Audley 11111 & Co.)
FRUITS—
Oranges, fancy Fla., any size, per
box $ 2.00
Giape Fruit, Fla., any size, per
box * 2.50
Grapes, Ex. Fey. Malagas, por keg 6.00
Apples, cloth head, 10-peck bbls. 2.00
Apples, York Imperials, per bbl... 3.00
Apple*, Ex. Fey. Baldwins, per
bbl 4.00
Apples, Bx. Fey. Northern Kings 4.00
Lemons, Ex. Fey., new crop; %
box 1.90
Lemons, Ex. Fey., new crop, whole
boxes 3.50
Bananas, Fey. Packed, per lb 03
Cocoanuts, fresh, 100‘s, per sack.. 3.50
Celery, per standard crate 6.00
Celery. Fey. Jumbo, per dozen ... .90
Cranberries, Cape Cod, per crate.. 1.80
VEGETABLES—
Turnips, Canadian, 140‘s, sacks,
per sk 1-50
Northern Potatoes, 160-lb. sacks,
per sk 2.00
Cabbage, fancy, per pound 6114
Onions, yellow or reds, per hu,... 1.25
Onions, yellow or reds, per 100-lb.
sack 2.00
Onions, Spanish, original, crate... 1.40
Lima Beans, per pound 07%
AUGUSTA QUOTATIONS
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS
D. S. reg. plates, 8-lb. av 11%
D. 8. clear plates 10%
D. S. Reg. Ribs, 43-lb 32%
I’earl Grits, 96-lb all size 1.95
Juliette Meal. 48-lb 91%
Daisy cheese
Purity 8. R. Flour 6 -20
Medium bead rice 94%
l.uzlanne Coofee (100-lb.) $20.60
Arbuckle's coffee, pr. cs„ 100-1. b.. 17.10
Rebelled Ga. syrup, % bbls .32
Pure leaf lard, 60-lb tins 6.60
N. Y. Or. sugar, bbls. or bulk
bags 6.66
N Y. Gr sugar, 4-25 bag s.. 6.66
N. Y. Or. sugar, (24 6-Ib. ertns).
per lb R - 8 »
OTund pepper, 10-lb. palls, per
pound •*”
Sausage In oil, 56-lb. i.c. 6.60
Mixed nuts, 25-lb boxes, per lb.. .13
Bait, cotton bags 52
No. 3 Tomatoes 92%
12-oz Evaporated milk 3.75
One-quarter oil sardines, case... $3.50
Seeded raisins 40 12-oz pkgs 3.35
Now Kvap. Peaches. 25-lb boxes .07%
New No. 3 pie Peaches 95
Augusta Market for
Country Produce
(Prices pnid the farmer.)
Frying size chickens, each .....Co to 46e
Fresh country eggs, dozen
Sweet potatoes, liushel ‘P*
Turnip greens, 8 bunches fetr
Cabbage. 8 for »*“
Cnllnrds, 8 for
Beets. 4 bunches for J’
Lettuce, dozen
Turkeys, per pound 18c ,0 1,0
AUGUSTA LIVESTOCK
QUOTATIONS
Corrected weekly by Augusta Stock Yds.
Iho fol'owlng are the quotations on
the Augusta livestock cattle on the
hoof:
HOGS Hogs. 75 to 125 tt>a, corn
fed $ ® 7 Ho
CAl.VES—Common 444®50
Good S^XI 0
Fancy IJJ22 0
COB S—Common z 44 ®so
Ordinary 344 ®4o
Good 4H®so
Fancy 544®6«
COTTON SEED OIL
New York.- Cotton seed oil today was
again firm and higher on covering and
more confident buying on gnmlng evi
dences of a good domestic and export
demand for the cash article. Closing
Flees were 3 to 14 points net higher.
Prime crude, 4 930 f 5 05; prime summer
summer yellow $5 92; December *6 00;
January $6.09; February s6.ls; March
$6 28, April $6.87; May $6 50. June $6 59.
July $6.63; pit me winter yellow and sum
mer white $6.10.
The cotton seed oil market closed Ir
regular.
Spot 92®56.9S
December 6.00® 6.05
January ... ... ... 6 09® 6.10
February .. * l®®
March 6.28® 6.31
April • 6.27® 6.41
Mav .... v *-S9* * M
June ... . 6 59® 6.69
j tilv 6.63® 6 65
Total aales, 8,400
SUGAR AND COFFEE
New York. The spot coffee market
was firm Rio No 7s, 645; Santos 4594»-
.1 to Brasilian rabies reported Rio 7t,
7'. rets higher st 3 $9 50. Santos 4s, un
changed Brasilian port receipts, 66..
coo. Jundtahv recelpta, 42,000. Brasilian
exchange Hrt higher, ,
New York. Raw sugar, steady; mo
lasses 3 24; centrifugal 3.59. Refined,
steady.
money"mark£t~
New York. Mercantile piper, 444®K.
Sterling exchange weik: 60-day hilts
4.8525; cables 4.8785; for demand 4,8725.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. '
BUOYANCY GAME
TD WHEAT MK'T
Prices up on Reports of Liver
pool Advance and Italian Buy
ing- --Corn, Oats Unchanged.
Provisions Down.
Chicago,—Wheat prices rose today,
helped by advancing quotations at Liv
erpool and by reports that Italy was
purchasing on a large scale In Argentina.
The market closed firm, %®% to %
above last night. Com finished un
changed to 1-16 down, oats unchanged
to % up; and provisions at 2%@5 to 7%
to 10 decline.
Open. High. Low, Close
WHEAT—
Pec .... 116% 117% 118% 117
May . . . 121% 121% 121% 121%
CORN—
Dec .... 83% 84 63% 63%
May 69% 69% 69 69
OATS—
Dec .... 48 48% 48 48%
May .... 62% 52% 52% 62%
PORK—
Jnn . . . .I*2o 1 827 1 810 1 810
May . . . .1862 1862 1347 1862
LARD—
Tan ... . 975 975 970 970
May . . . .1000 1006 995 995
RIBS—
Jan 997 970 970
May . . . .1012 1012 1006 Uou6
WEEK’S BUSINESS
RESERVE BANKS
Little Difference From Week
Ago Shown in Statement of
the 12 Federal Institutions.
Washington, D. C. —The consolidated
statement of condition of the 12 federal
reserve banks at the close of business
December 4th, made public today by the
federal reserve board shows but little
difference from that of a week ago. It
follows;
Resources.
Gold coin and certificates $230,012,060.
Legal tender notes, silver certificates
and subsidiary coin $32,020,000.
Total $262,032,000.
Bills discounted and loans;
Maturities within 30 days, $7,734,000,
Maturities within 60 day* $1,025,000.
Other $1,095,000.
Total $9,844,000.
All other rsources $308,000.
Total resources $273,084,000.
Liabilities
Capital paid In $18,047,000.
Reserve deposits $259,067,000.
Federal reserve notes In circulation
(net amount) $3,970,000.
Total liabilities $273,084,000.
Gold reserve against all liabilities, 90
per cent.
Cash reserve against all liabilities, 103
per cent.
Cash reserve agatnßt liabilities after
setting aside 4ft per cent gold reserve
against federal reserve nots In circula
tion, 104 per cent.
Atlanta District.
Following are the statements of the
Richmond, Atlanta and Dallas dlstrlets;
(Figures In thousunds, 1. e., 000’s
omitted)
Fifth District, Richmond—Total cash,
$8,341; gold, $8,121; rediscounts, $405;
deposits by member banks, $7,344; fed
eral reserve notes, $321.
Sixth District, Atlanta —Total caah,
$4,986; gold, $3,060; rediscounts. $5297;
deposits by member banks, $4,390. fed
eral reserve notee. sll7.
Eleventh District, Dalis. —Total cash.
ff :!76; gold, $6,110; rediscounts $3(69;
leposlts by member bankß, $5,498; fed
»ral reserve notes, slsl.
NEW YORK JJOND MARKET
New York. —Early dealings In bonds on
the Stock Exchange were devoid of spe
cial Interest. Trading was lighter, with
a few price changes The only trans
action of any size was a Bale of $24,600
Pennsylvania Railway convertibles at
99, unchanged Rock Island collateral
4‘s and debenture 6‘s gained half a point
each.
Continued buying of Rock Island con
stituted the sole feature of the brief
session The collateral four’s gained
three points.
The number of bonds traded in was
decidedly smaller and the undertone
heavier than yesterday.
Among the few Important declines
were Florida East Const 4%s which lost
1%; Lackawanna Steel 5s of 1923, 3%
and Baltimore and Ohio B%‘s, one.
NEW YORK^ BONDS
Close.
V. P. 2s registered ... 96
U. S. 2s coupon 96
IT. S. Ss reglsttTed 9944
IT. S. 8s coupon lfO
U. S. 4s registered ....10844
(T. S. 4s. coupon 30844
Panama 3s coupon 99
American Tel. and Tel. ov. 4*4s .... 9554
Atlantic Const lJne col 4s 8544
Baltimore * Ohio cv. 444 s 84
Central of Georgia 5s 100
Central Leather 5s 8744
Chesapeake & Ohio ev. 4448 68
Chicago, B. & Qulney Joint 4s .... 99\
Chicago. Mil. & SI. Paul cv. 4*4s .. 95>4
Chicago. R. t. A Pac. R. R. col. 4a.. 25«4
Illinois Central ref. 4s 86
Lorlllard 5s 99
New York Central gen. 844 s 80
Northern Pacific 4s S9<4
Pennsylvania cv. 3'4* (1916) 99
Reading gen. 4s 92
Seaboard Air Line adj. 5s 6344
Southern Pacific cv. 4s 804
Southern Railway 5s 9844
Southern Rallwsy gen. 4s 66
Texas Company cv. 6s 95%
Union Pacific 4s 9444
P. S Steel 5s 100
Southern Pacific Rs 9544
LIVESTOCK MARKET
CHICAGO CATTLE. HOGS. SHEEP.
Chicago, Ilia.—Hogs: Receipts 13.000;
Bulk 8 6.85®$ T. 20
Light 6 50® 734
Mixed 6.7061* 740
Heavy 6 70® 7.30
Rough 6 70® 6.85
Pigs 4 50® 710
Cattle: Receipts 800, weak
Native steers 3 6.7o®slfl,S*
Western 5.25® 854
Cows and hetfers ... 3.25® 8.64
Calves 7 00® 10.00
Sheep: Receipts 1.000; wank
Sheep 3 5 20®$ 6 23
Yearling* 6 s<Hs 7.M
IA mbs 6 50® $.04
NAVAL STORES
Savannah. Ga.—Turpentine firm. 4 4 44;
sale* ; receipts 351.
Rostn firm; sales —; receipts 1,217.
Quote: B 326; D SJ7H E S?74*®3o; F
350®15; G 330®SR: H 358®40. I 340®50
tv 400. M 455. N 525, Wg 560; Ww 380.
In Letter to Augustan German Lady
Eloquently Pleads Fatherland Cause
Mrs. Deiters, of Bonn on the Rhine, Writes Her Uncle, Mr.
George Gercke, and Defends the Cause of Germany in the
Present War
Mr. George Gercke, of this city, has
received a very interesting letter from
his niece, Mrs. Dieters, of Germany,
in whffch an eloquent defense is made
of the Fatherland’s position In the war
with the allies. A great deal has been
said about Germany’s alleged respon
sibility for the fearful carnage and
Angusta Germans feel that their side
of the case has not been presented to
the people of America as much as it
should have. Here Is the letter:
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE:
The first hostile act of England was
to cut the cable between Germany
and the United States.
Now that some news reaches us
from the other side of the Atlantic—
this proceeding on the part of England
becomes manifest: To the world at
large, through English channels, the
cause for this world war is laid to
Germany and its ruler. Yet England,
which might have prevented the up
heaval, was busy at the time cutting
wires to further the impeding out
break for the purpose of destroying a
rival’s commercial enterprise—Eng
land —Hyproclsy.
Do you, Americans, actually think
It possible that a man should work
hard for forty years to build him a
house and then go and put the torch
to it In the forty-first? And do you
believe when you deliberately, logic
ally consider all the facts—that a peo
ple engaged for forty years in an ef
fort to promote the Interests of civil
ization, will suddenly and without
cause, stop its work and proceed to
destroy Its commerce, turn its back
to science and art and send its youth
to death and destruction? Do you
really believe that any one —be he em
peror or emperor’s son—could drag
into questionable political enterprise a
people of a high standard of civiliza
tion well schooled, where peace-lov
ing democracy is numerous and or
ganized—where the woman’s cause Is
well represented?
Do you for one moment labor under
the impression that Germany’s sixty
millions of inhabitants—the emperor
as well as the most earnest social
democrat —suddenly went mad and
went for war and destruction? No
one in Germany wanted this war. We
were dragged into it.
Until the last moment the emperor
and his cabinet worked for a peace
ful solution —but Russia mobilized
while the Czar and the chief of staff
denied It. England’s fleet was ready.
France sent its army to the frontier
and refused to explain such proceed
ing in peace time.
The neutral Belgium did not protest
against the violation of its neutrality,
when French army aviators took flight
over its territory towards the Rhine,
nor when French soldiers entered it.
For that neutral kingdom had long
years before this, made un-neutral
compacts both with France and with
England.
Had the German government spent
further fruitless diplomatic discussion
with England, delayed mobilization,
the people of Germany would have
called to account the government for
treasonable vacillation.
And these facts will explain the
stand the socialist party took when
war was imminent. It will explain
the unanimous consent of the German
people to accept the challenge of
France, Russia and England.
We do not hate France or French
men. not even we, who live along the
Rhine; the sentiment of revenge fos
tered since 1871, is the feeling of the
fellow now down, but hoping and
willing to come back some other time.
We do not hate the down trodden
people living under and for the Czar
nnd his autocratic entourage, incom
petent, contaries, behind the age, rul
ing through superstition and Siberia.
These people are kept in ignorance, in
poverty and under the Holy Synod.
What we do hate is the hyprocisy
of the second-hand Germans of the
island to the west, their haste to join
in the fight, where at least two of the
belligerents look at it as a national,
a peoples fight and are willing to pour
their life blood, a fight among white
men, and they beat the recruiting
drum from London to Calcutta ana
Toklo.
Do you In the United States, actual
ly believe that chivalrous Albion en
tered the ring solely on altruistic
principles? No one in England does.
Every one there —if he or she knows
anything—knows that England stirred
up and joyfully entered the great war
in order to put an end to Germany s
commercial enterprise and activities.
Turkey had two battleships under
construction in English docks: these
were confiscated by England. Turkey
at the time being a neutral only. A
German ship, a converted cruiser, lay
in a Spanish harbor on the west coast
of Africa, when nttacked and de
stroyed by an English cruiser.
What most distresses us who live
so close to the frontier, are the stories
of cruelty committed by German sol
diers in Belgium and sent broad cast
over the world by the father of lies
in London. Cruelties were commuted
in Belgium before a German soldier
hart crossed the boundary line. They
were committed without hindrance on
the part of the Belgian authorities,
bv the Belgian populace of Brussels,
Antwerp and other places on Ger
mans and their families who for years
had lived there and were engaged in
business there.
They were driven out. no time being
allowed for settlement of their busi
ness. their houses and stores plun
dered, women and children maltreated
and driven forth. We have seen these
poor people cross the frontier, we read
and read inquiries in the papers for
mlssln* wives and missing children,
who, during the rabbles supremacy,
became lost. And don’t forget that
these things happened while yet no
warfare actually existed.
As to the destruction of Louvain, we
all deplore It: a fortnight after war
was declared t came across an Eng
lish paper wherein the news of the
"Complete Destruction of Cologne"
was printed without further com
ment. and further comment Is not in
place.
There was no need for any person
to suffer or any building to be de
stroyed. ample compensation for all
damage was promised, provided Bel
gium permitted the march of the Her
man armies through the eastern por
tion of it. Rut Belgium was not a
neutral and declined.
Why is the City of Ghent intact,
why is Brussels, the capital? Does
German cruelty towards the enemies
only sporadically manlfe-t itself? The
' stories of Belgian
Congo were resurrected by English
romancers and republished, places and
names being changed to suit the oc
casion. And thus perfide Albion
covers itself with the mantle of virtue,
she needs one of wide wimensions as
well as her allies.
I was born in Germany and there
brought up, but my mother, an Eng
lishwoman, has early taught me the
meaning of the word “fair.” When it
•becomes necessary to isolate an enemy
from the rest of the world in order to
prevent him from telling the world
his side, the party thus acting must
need secrecy for its acts and pro
claims itself as not particularly anx
ious to he found out while the fight
Ih progressing. This may be fair
proceeding for the gentlemanly repre
sentatives of fairness in Downing
Street.
What do you think of the bearers
of civilization—the entente ’ cordial,
hyproertsy, vanity and pious cruelty?
Should we go under these three cham
pions of civilization will carry forward
the work of world destruction?
We call on no one to pity us. we will
fight to the end.
And the Muse of History will place
on the tablet devoted to this struggle
on the side marked "Guilty” but one
name—England.
MRS. L. NEISSEN DEITERS, (Bonn.)
FIRM TENDENCY
IN STOCK IT
Broader Inquiry Develops in
Saturday’s Dealings. Bonds,
on the Contrary, Were Heavy
New York. —Bonds and stocks moved
contrarily today; the former evincing
greater heaviness, while the list of stock
prices Issued by the exchange after the
close Indicated a firmer tendency. The
only pronounced exception to the down
ward tendency in bonds again was furn
ished by the several Rock Island issues,
which rose from one to three points.
Dealings In bonds, while relatively
larger in volume than one the two pre
ceding days, involved a smaller number
of Issues, many of the speculative bonds
being unqquoted.
Bid and asked prices of stocks indi
cated not only a rising tendency, but a
broader inquiry, more stocks being add
ed to the already formidable list. To
day's business in stocks, while not dis
closed, was reported to show an in
crease for the two hours over the same
period of the early days of the week.
Contrary to reports, the special com
mittee in charge of the stock exchange
today announced that plans to effect a
resumption of opening deals in stocks
bad not gone beyond the tentative stage.
Pending more definite developments
there will be no departure front existing
regulations.
The only feature to foreign exchange
was the increased strength of reichs
marks, which rose half a cent over yes
terday’s quotation.
his week's bank statement was es
pecially interesting in that it was the
first full and complete exhibit made
since *!he outbreak of the war and the
first comparative report of its kind since
the new federal reserve system became
operative. Actual loss of $10,775,000 was
much under general estimates, while
the loan expansion of about $22,500,000
was ascribed to various syndicate opera
tions.
N. Y. BANK STATEMENT
New York. —The statement of the ac
tual condition of clearing house banks
and trust companies for the week shows
that they hold $119,465,630 reserve in
excess of legal requirements. This is
a decrease of $1*1,710,460 from last week.
This is the first report of the actual
condition of the banks since the full
statement was discontinued by the
clearing house at the beginnig of the
war. The statement follows:
Actual Condition.
Loans increased $23,482,000.
Reserve in own vaults decreased $9,-
805,000.
Reserve in federal reserve banks de
creased $1,470,000.
Reserve In other depositaries increased
$1,794,000.
Net demand deposits increased $15,-
193,000.
Net time deposits decreased $4,579,-
000.
Circulation decreased $3,777,000.
Aggregate reserve $458,890,000.
Summary of state banks and trust
companies In Greater New York not in
cluded in clearing house statement:
l.oans, etr., decreased $1,453,800.
Specie Increased $370,400.
Legal tenders decreased $136,300.
Total deposits Increased $3,105,900.
Ranks cash reserve In vault $11,958,-
900.
Trust companies cash reserve In vault
$42,416,100.
MORSE’S STEAMSHIP LINE.
New York,—Chas. W. Morse, the
former banker, who has been rehabil
itating his steamship properties, an
nounced tonight he was about to start
a steamship line to Bermuda under
the American flag. The Oceana, a
steamer of 14,000 tons, is due to start
her maiden trip December 26th from
this port.
COTTONWOODS
New York.—Cotton goods were quiet
today Yarns were dull. Wool goods
for domestic use were firm but busi
ness was Inactive. Linens were firm.
Buriat s weve easy. Knit goods for the
fall of 1915 were offered at lower prices
than last year proved attractive to some
buyers.
legaTnotlces
TRUSTEE'S SALE.
Pursuant to an order of the Honor
able Jos Ganahl. Referee In Bankruptcy,
dated November 21st, 1914, I wilt sell at
public outcry, to the behest bidder, for
cash, on December 10th. at 12 o'clock
noon, at 1248 Broad street, the property
snd effects of John F. Holmes, doing
business as The Model Grocery Com
pany Said effects consisting of a
stock in trade and fixtures peculiar to a
retail grocery store. Including two
horses, wagons and harness an electric
cash register an elec»ric coffee grinder,
one meat sheer, one Iron safe, oyater
stands desks scales, shelvtngs, count
ers. showcases, etc. The said property
to be offered for sale first tn parcel and
then In bulk. No hid will be accepted
unless accompanied by a certified check
for at least ten per cent, of the amount
hid. and all sales will he subject to the
confirmation of the Court. A list of
the stock In trade and fixtures can he
seen upon application »t the office of
the undersigned In the Chronicle Build
ing LOUIS 1.8 GARDE BATTEY.
n29,d6,9 Trustee In Bankruptcy.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6.
OREGON BULL MOOSE OUT.
Silemoore, Ore.—The Progressive
party has lost its identity in Oregon
because of the small vote it cast in
the last election. The law requires
that a party must cast 5 per cent of
the vote given to congressional can
didates to retain its legal identity.
The one Progressive congressional
candidate in Oregon received 8,251 of
11,819 necessary votes. To get on the
ballot again the party will have to do
so by petition or convention.
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A CALLED CONVOCATION OF AU
gusta Chapter No. 2, R. A. M., will
be held in Chapter Room, Masonic
Hall, Monday night. Deeembed 7th, at
7:30 o’cloefl. M. M. Degree will be
conferred, and installation of officers
for ensuing year. Visiting compan
ions invited.
By order —
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEALED PROPOSALS FOR CON
structing a portion of the South Caro
lina Post Road, in Aiken County,
South Carolina, involving approximate
ly eighteen thousand. five hundred
(18,300) cubic yards of excavation and
twenty-four thousand (24,000) cubic
yards of sand clay surfacing will be
received by the Aiken County Com
missioners at the Office of the U. S.
Highway Engineer in the F. M. Bank
Building, Aiken, S. C„ until ten (10)
o’clock a. m., on Friday, December
18th, 1914, and will be publicly open
ed immediaely thereafter by the
Board of County Commissioners at the
Court House. Plans may be seen, and
specifications and forms for proposal
obtained at the office of said U. S.
Highway Engineer, in Aiken, or by
addressing him at P. O. Box 377,
Aiken. South Carolina. n29,d6,13,16
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