EVENING tiEDaER-Paili-APHIAT WflfttfESDAY SAP? EM BEE 16, ,19 IS THE FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SITUATION AT HOME AND ABRQAD-MARKET REPORTS iiiiAL RETURN OF 1 TRUST w RerliiiMjy QPENS mT i foreign tmpemalub m HAVENR. R. WIL Philadelphia markets GENERAL RETURN OF CONFIDENCE SHOWN IN FINANCIAL MARTS Those Who Protested Exist ence of Stock Exchanges Mow Loudest in Appeals for Their Early Reopening. It is a decided tribute to tlio .con icivatlsm of American Investors Unit there lins been locking recently that talk of the existence of lioar-nnlilc conditions In the llnnnclal mnrkcts which waB nn pnront nlinost everywhere just after tho news hail hcon Hashed that tho Block ox changes wore ubout to discontinue busi ness. Tho public Bonerally has como to realUo that tho country's credit Is safo in ttitt hands of those who dominate Its flmincea and It Is disposed to tnko a calmer and more hopeful tcellug of the general sltuuilon. Contrast the feeling today with that of three or six nionihs ngo In rcioreneo to the need at ail 01 tno Now York or other tock oxcliaimcs. There were those who, (or yea is. nuu made It a conslslunt habit to try and bniicf down every argument In favor of exchange trading and who were loud In their demands uint tho ex changes bo abolished becauso of their go called "high-handed methods" and their absolute unnecesslty. Thcso same calam nv liowlera oro today loudest In their ap peals for an early reopening, so thut the temporary lull In all lines of business, due to tho war situation, may be supuisiMcd by that enormous trade development which every one expects will follow the restoration of peace In Europe. It Is to their credit that thcso snmo In terests nro now going out of their way to help In every way possible to spread the doctrine of confidence that particular attribute which, moro than anything else, )j so badly needed at this time to jjlvo strength to those at tho flnnnclal helm who art persistent In their endeavors to so shape tho situation as to best con serve the Interests of the entire country. London has appreciated the necessity for this restoration of confidence by on couraglng foreign Investment In American securities of high grade. Now York, re flecting the foreign sentiment, Is main taining an equal amount of stable con servatism, and Philadelphia likewise, as well as the other big financial centres of tho country, Is doing its share to strengthen every weak spot that is to bo found. There Is a brighter feeling everywhere, Mnde 3ood Bhowlnir Despite the Market Stringency. Considering tho condition of tho money market and business generally tho I'lilla dclphla trust nn.1 paving itind companion made n good showing In their report to the Commissioner of Dunking for the call of condition as of August 27, 1914. An accurate comparison with a year ago canont 'jc made, becauso tho call for the npproxlmato year was made In Novem ber last year, nnd there wore only two cnlls compared with three thus far tills yrnr. It is the belief thnt anothr rail will Im issued before tho end ot the year, probably In November. The Commercial Mst nnd l'rlco Cur rent, In Its legulnr tabulation ot the re turns made, gives tho following totals for tho principal Items: Capital, H, '2!),ril3; surplus nnd undivided prollts, JS9, 162.3S5; deposits, $412,020,121; and loans and investments, $157,454,303. UTILITY MANAGERS WILL GET CLOSER TO GENERAL PUBLIC WAR OPENS GREAT POSSIBILITIES FOR FIRE INSURANCE American Companies Look for Big Business Because of Stringency Abroad Gov ernment Places $3,225,000 War Risk Policies. Street Railway Men of Country to Adopt a New Platform of Principles. Drastic Laws the Cause. Recognizing the Importance of establish ing cimllul relations With tho public, tho Ainrrlcnn Electric Itnllwny Association, nt Its annual convention, to bo held in Atlantic City, October 12 to 16, will forum Into ix declaration of principles embracing what It believes to bo a statement of what these relations should be. A committee representing the strongest men In tho electric railway field In this country has been ut work whipping tho fermnl dec laration Into shape, and tho report which will bo presented to tho gathering was finished at a meeting hero today. I'ubllo relntlmiM Is the most Important topic In the minds of publlo utility cor poration managers mid operators. Ite eently throughout the country there have been put Into effect drastic mimsures gov erning tho financing and operation of utilities, especially the street railways, and It Is the belief of the association that there should bo properly presented to the general public Information as to what readjustments are and what will bo tin Investors, confident that the situation, for ' their effect, especially upon that part of whleli there novcr was a parallel, Is slowly but surely adjusting Itself to normal proportions, are coming Into the market again, and both tho listed and uiillbted stocks nnd bonds are display ing an active Interest which is In every way gratifying to bankers generally. There Is a general wllllngnes to do busi ness, and the expectation Is that It will be only a short while before thcro shall come a read'ustment that will work out for the benellt of all concerned. To what extent conditions Internation ally have Improved Is reflected In tho altitude now assumed by many leading bankers who do not see the necessity lor the creation of the $150 000 000 In gold funJ. us wns recommended, to relievo the foreign exchange situation. It was this changed nnrltion en the part of tho bankers that prom: led tho Hesorvo Board to announce that, In vlow ot the state ment lh.it New Yoik city had completed arrnnsements for her maturing obliga tions nnd for providing for tho necessary gold remittances to Kurope, It felt that In m.t:t iwt be necessary to cieate tho gold fund at all. FINANCIAL NOTES The gross lneomo of the American Smelting and ltefliilng Company Tor tho six months ended June 3i, lull, way JiJTi'L',. 251 compared with ffl,67i,Gll In the snmo period f the previous year. After total deduction? of admlii'stratlon expenses, intertst and prefeircd dividends, a bal ance or 5! Mi.n!2 wus left, compared v.lta i-.O&.V! in i:.i3, c,,Ulll to 3m pul. Clnt earned on JW.dkhiw common stock this scar against I.J1 ,er cent. In the corre pomlliiK pi-rlod of the pievious year. The surplus for tho .six months was 3W,(W2, iMUi3t II.uiT.Nli in 1913. it vus onniiutii-ed in Washington that lu itate there hus been issued $2i5,(i)O,0W emergency currency. fil.?"''0 '" r"vor of U Uankcr-V irust Company of New York 1ms been filed In Ilndlny. O.. by tho Ohio State ielephone Company. mm r,T , ot,k Subtrcasury gal.. II, fl"? ''tl0,n of ""' Pennsylvania rub iL'i C O"lloii Is questioned by Tilth Jf,''s7v(':""''11 I'l a statement filed mhWi, l "ly "s ,0 whether tho com mission am vmjm tho railroad to per- neM .."'" r'!"a to l"llte wltl1 " "' build, we a new union station nt .Scrantoii. fa. ERIE R. R. MAY CREATE NEW $300,000,000 MORTGAGE Call Issued for Meeting Next Mouth to Consider PJnu. gained CO i ... . me,( ,"". " rof'"Hi'K and Improve. (j0 uiii . k" ut "l'l'ioxlmutely $3W,0,. ii3 or at,Vi"",h,i,le,'eJ "' ,l B'",elaI '" in t ', " NVw Yo,k "'tuber 13. outbv dir .""" "I1, '""'B U Is Poinled titles h i1? l'Ia""(,,l '" cover tho prop 10..1 l,ts "ml JranchUes of the mil. ran ,!. ,,llm,!'l meeting ( the com Fany mu J,e held on the samu day. BIG COTTON ORDER J' "M ''"liTKed toiav that Mont- N.M to.., bales of cotton at Pt ...it.. o....?"ulu'- .""' "t"er Chlcag-j .u.inufu..- .u "?. tt"" ' "- '-ess conceiiu li.iv.) ulne.l "'' t.-oal. th Tex as con., i. movement to purchase FR INSURANCE PUBLICITY National Campaign of Education is Started in Cincinnati. - . i!"VNTI: Slit- -WUU a fun.) uaibJi.n . 'e.-writei, u national wri ,, " . ULil1- the ,,ublie in llfo In Menlt., "'",',''" Uas started here today. fc Ilw '. - " '"""I'ltion agreed upon tuiCid ,lu,1,tl'", b- em. the amount . ...fcj .Ul.ll. the public which has money Invested In the securities of public service corpora tions. The association represents virtually every Important electric railway on the North American Continent and a very large number In South America. An nt tpiid.'incc of between four and llvo thou sand railway men la expected at Atlantic City, and In spite of tho depressed busi ness conditions the exhibit of electric railway appliances and apparatus will cover more than 70.000 squnro feet of floor hpuce. The association consists of a par ent organization and four allied bodies pover'ng tho engineering, accounting, claims nnd transportation departments of railways, so that during tho five days of the meeting there will be flvo conventions in continuous session nnd moro than 70 committees will report. With a capital stock amounting to $t, 1161,500, a corporation is being formed to provide most of the electrical service for Yoik, Pa., and a considerable portion of York County. The new company, known as the JSdlson Light and Power Company, will Include the Hdlsou Light and Power Company, the Merchants' Klectrlc Light, Heat and Power Coinpanv ; the Lower Windsor Township Light, Heat and Power Company; the Spring Grove Light, Heat and Power Company; tho Jackson Township Light, Heat and Power Com pany, and tho Heidelberg Township Light, Heat and Power Company. Atlantic City lcsidtnts hnvo proposed the construction ot a high-speed electric rallttiiy along the western edge of In side Thoioushfure from Loimport through Margate and Veutnor Heights to lower Chelsea and thence to a junction with the main lino of the Pennsylvania Itallroml mi the meadows, in a proposition which thoy will submit to tint Pennsylvania Railroad II will be poliited out thut tho motlv.i power and tolling stock of tho Vest Jersey mid Seaslioro Hittlruad could bo applied to tho Longpoit extension. llesldcnts of Klvorslde, Ttlvcrvlew nnd Muhlenliirg Park, X. J., aro Interested in a plan to provide electric railway service between Rlvcraldo and Tuckcrton. The Ohio i'ubllo millties Commission has placed four men In Cleveland to make u phjwlcul valuation of tho prop erty of tho Cleveland Telephone Com pany. This Is tho first big physical val uation job undertaken by the commission since the public utilities law wus amended by the Legislature In !i:i, giving mi tborlty to do this work. About J.J0.00O was appropriated. Tho lnsurnnce business has been ad versely affected by tho European war, but probably not to -such nn extent ns other lines, insurance men sny that although they notice some falling off, particularly In fire Insurance, It has not been on any largo scnte. Then, too, they declare, tho war lias opened up greater possibilities for the American Insurance man, because customers have evidenced a disposition to discriminate against foreign companies particularly thoso ot France and Ger many, on the ground that their policies with them would not bo as safe as with nn American company, for the reason that all of the money tho foreign compan ies have Is needed now at homo. liisiirnnco men explain that this should not bu the case, ns, under tho laws, for eign companies doing business In this country aro compelled to keep a certain surplus lu the United States to meet their obligations hero, nnd that anyone wish ing to patronize a foreign compnny should not hesitate In doing so for this reason. Out then, all In all, there seems to bo a disposition to fnvor American companies when any business Is to ba done. The frilling dtt lu the fire Insurance business, It is pointed out, Is due primar ily to tho fact that the war has cut down exports and imports to a mini. num. and consequently there Is no need for huge insurance of warehouses where goods are kept pending shipment. This falling off has beca In part compensated by war risk Insurance, which bus thus far balanced the scales, but for how long Insurance men will not offer u prediction. Tho marine business on coastwise ship ping nnd to ports In South America Is running along about tho sam?, ns is tho business to Knglund, although a. slight filling off In the latter has been noted. 'The insurance business In Europe," said nn Insuranco man today who returned re cently, "Is at a standstill becauso of the war." Taking this Into consideration, then, there are great possibilities for tho American Insurance man, both at homo and abroad. From Washington came tho announce rncnt today that tho Treasurer of War Itlsk Insurunco has already Issued war Insurance on eleven vessels, eight of which ply between this country nnd South America and three engaged In European trade. Tho total Insurance carried on these vessels Is snld to be about ?3,i2r,f00. The bureau also has pending war Insur anco applications amounting to $3 000,000 to be carried by a fleet of eight vessels engaged In tho European trade. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA STEAMSHIPS ATtlUVINR TODAV. Train (N'or.), npo nreton via. Now York, bi'Hiikt. W. J. OrniKlllclil. Yltoll.i (N'or.), Stamford, Conn., ballast, W J. Urnndlield. Steamships to Arrive Xaine. Front. Went Point t.onilon. Malno tendon. CurthuKlnlnn Olussun. f-'tampiilla C!eno.t. Zuli!riJ!t Itottcnlam M. .Mariner Manchester Steamships to Leavo Name. Jor. Date. Pne-tdyk Rotterdam .. .Sept. 17 Ifuverfor.l Liverpool Sept IB Ancunu Naples Sept, 10 FREIGHTS AND CHARTERS STEAMSHIPS. Plymouth (Hr.). Uulf to Prance, grain, S2.C00 quartern, "a. Oil., opt. Ileiredale (llr.), (Jul to Martcllles, grain, ;io,i)0 quarter", .".i.. prompt. I'Vani (Nor.), 1702 tun-, Philadelphia nnd Brazil tr.idr, mm ruund trip. -la. I'-jd,. prompt. Hero, 2I1S to. ..1 iNor.l, trauiMtlunttc trade, oil" round trip, private terms, ."-'ppt. Ito.iion (Nor.), 7:i1 tons, Halifax to Pnltcd Kingdom, apple, prlvato terms. Sept. Cotu-urd (Llr.). 1K1!.V tout. Savannah to rutted Kingdom, or Continent, cotton, etc., Has, si,l., prompt. Europa (Uau.l, Mil tuna, West India trade, 12 month". KitGO. Nov. Plclnn iltnl.l. llaltlmore to west coast Italy, coal, private terms. RAILBOAD EARNINGS July oner. DIVIDENDS DECLARED N. v l.ngliiud Telopliune au.l Tclcuraph Com punv, reifulur quarterly $1.7.', pualdu Sp. Umber 30 to stock of recoid Scpumber 10. 1'ulillc Serileo l'orp.-"atlon of New Jcrki'j, naular quaiterly of l'a wr cum., payal.l. September W lo stock of record p'tqitcmbc. r 2.1 American Window Olass ('oti.p.un, n ,IM dend of 7 ier c.ni. on the prcfcrrcl tu,K, pa j able September 2i to stuck of ivconl pYj tts.nl'cr 22. This makes 27" per out. paid HiuJ far tilt oar. JEHSUV CENTlt.U.. IPII. tlecreae. rev. (1.. C, i'.)..2,r,t2.P27 Slll.flsl Uperatlnir Income iliu.SKI ir..l.0Sf lil'.UUU.. ftlll' t ll.'.il, ..l I'O'lUl'A I'lnt week Seiitcmber tto.Xi l.sn Krotu July 1 l.'.t.s&l l.o.J IIAl.TIMOnK AND OHIO. July operating reenui' IMPI.ii.ss s",'.',2 Ciporatlng income 2,.7ll nst.lilll lllcrcnsr. Oil, PRICES CUT AGAIN The Imperial till t'ompniiv litis reduced tho price of crude oil Je. a barrel to $1.41. I .September 12, 11)11. The mm Na tree! an -I1E IHVIDKSIIH l()lt Iv;i'.;W.,. -."si.l fill '.XV ;'.V- r-s UN l.IVKS AXIl "".i.viing ANNtniKs , Hnar,l ,.f i sPtebr Hth. 1UH. Jj-ri ,.ilI"":",,r! '" day .( Y t'eut tsa'SS ,u,r-'-lv dividend of blx i'rl ,i Vl,' r ?"' " t" tocHi.,Mer of C S. NliWHAl.l., ' .s:r. . mi. of PHILADELPHIA, PA. RESOURCES Loans ami Investments. ,IS,7()(i..17.s ')ti Duo from Hanks.. 1,18.3,300.94 Exchange tor Clearing House 2'W,54.i)J L'asli anil Uc'&crvf 1,()13,241.65 Clearing House Loai L'cr- tifaatv. fit hand HSU.IIUUX) 812,712,1(57,17 LIABILITIES Capital Stock $1,000,000.00 Surplus ami Net Profits.. l,J3D.y-'S.57 Circulation 1.29037.50 V. S. Honils liorrowea (U. S. Deposits) 50.000.00 Deposits 8.671,211.40 ilraritti. House Loan Cer tificates outstanding . . . J5tl.000.00 $12712,107.17 W. P. SINNETT, Cashier. STATH.MUNT Corn Exchange National Bank Philadelphia September 12. I9H RESOURCES Loans & lnvc-l!iieiits,$20,01 1,942.87 Both Imports' nnd Exports Toll Off in August, WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-tinports Into the United States In August were lower thnn nny month since November, 1011, ac cording to n statement issued by the De partment of Commerce today. Exports reached the lowest point since August I, 1000. imports of merchandise were $129, m,m, computed with $137,C3l,twS In Au gust, 1013. For the eight montli3 Utded with August, '1311, Impel ts amounted to $l,2f9.'J!tt,M, ngnlnst $I,1B,K0,2M for a slmllnr period In tho precdUtK year. August exports amounted to $II0,H.)7,.I". compared with $l&7,0U'.i,ti2v In August, tBl-l. whllo for tho eight months ended August, 1914, exports nmounted lo M,811,.ll,707, compared with I,315,1S2,157 for a similar period in 1013. SPEND $1,500,000 TO ELECTRIFY LINES Directors Meet Tomorrow lo LOCAL CONTRACTORS EXTEND OPERATIONS TO DISTANT STATES In Last Ten Years Philadel phia Builders Have Be come Strong Competitors in Open Market Never before In tho history of building has the Philadelphia contractor been such u strong competitor In the open market Ten years ago It was almost like performing a miracle to obtain work of any size more than a few miles out of town, and Philadelphia contractors re garded It as a waste of timo and money to submit bids on distant work. Today tho Philadelphia firms will nut only esti mate on work nnywhero In the Cfnlted States, but have succeeded lit running muny out-of-town contiacts. Not only oc casionally but almost nny day In the week on the estimating boards in tht larger ofllces will be found muny lnrgi out-of-town jobs. This eliangu of af fairs is principally due to the following reasons: P'lr.st. The local contractor, like tin. Philadelphia lawyer, has gained a far reaching reputation for skill ami effi ciency. Second. The coinpletnoss of tho organ isation of most of our largo euntrnctlnt firms enables them to carry on the con atrucll'Mi nf a. building 1000 miles from Philadelphia with the same celerity and exactness as though It was a stono throw from their office door. . As nn illustration of tho magnitude o this out-of-town business, It was learned after a visit to only tlircr of the leading contractors, Cramp & Co., Irwlu & Leigh ton, nnd J. K. & A. L. IVnnock, that their combined work for the yr-ar nmount ed to more than SIO.0iO.000, and was being constructed In such distant places as. Oklahoma, Cl.arlcstown, V. Va. ; Dayton O.: New Haven, Allegheny City: Ilarrls burg, Pa.; Atlanta, Gn.: Montreal, Can ada: Cincinnati, O. ; Indianapolis, Intl.: Ann Harbor, Mich.; Detroit, Mich.: Now York City; Newark, N. J.; Buffalo, N. Y. and mnny other largo cities throughout tho United States. Tho abovo firms by no means hnvo a monopoly of this distant work. Many of the Government postolllces throughout the country nro being lon by our local contractors, nnd the satisfaction they arc giving in the lino class of building con struction cannot help but stamp the Phil adelphia contractors as lendprs In the building world. Indorse Project -Already Spent $16,000,000 On Electrification. - Have Nearly New A contract for supplying electric power to Hip Npw York, Now Haven and Hart foul Itnlliond and tho Now York, West chester and tloslon tlallwuy, made with tho New York Kdlson Company, Is ex pected to be concluded at a mooting of tlio directors of tho New York, Now Hnvi-ii and Hartford In Now York to morrow. Tho plan is to havo tho IMIson Com pany supply power to tho Now Haven between U'oodlnwii nnd Now Ho.-hclle on the main line and to the Harlem ItlVor and Port Cluster Ilallroad between Harlem lllver and New itochellc. Cur rent will be supplied to the ontlro system of the New Vork, Westchester and Huston Itnllwny, Tho electric- zone of the Now Haven west of New Haven rccpjlrcs about 200. (00,000 kllowntt bourn of electricity. It Is estimated that tho cost of curetit pur chased from tho Edison Company and that geiiemtoil by t1P subsidiaries of tho Now Haven will run botwecn 31.100, 000 mid 31.S0-j.0Jt). New Iluv.-n has alieady spent approximately (K.'M.m on elec trification. r'!?("''nl.!0!drrH ,"f "f'!,rl-v "" of 6 W "f"s Morimza bonds of the Arkan- pan. Oklahoma and W..,trr itallroad, on m, i,1,.r.e,,n,",,",Uul, I,,llore3t WM defaulted on duly 1, have jnln-d with the bond-holdets- protective committee un,i depus ted tlif r bonds with tho Heal Kstato Trust Company, tlio depository of the committee. The nominal timo limit for depositing the bonds expires to.liiv. Mem bers of the committee said, however, that they expected to receive thr ninall re .nalnder still outstanding. The niinunl report of thn American 'tailways Company for the flscnl yeur tiding June ). inn, shown n total In "puif or the cnmiuiiiv fioni subsldlatv companios ns S1,03C,.W1, compared witii Vj3,I-!:' In the pievious year, an Increase of .fli.PIO. After deductions of $112,832, gainst ?ieS,''.-0 In the previous year for taxes and mlgci'llancuus expenses, tho net :iicoine was $."!:!,82S, compared with $324.02". n 1013. The net Income irf equivalent to '!7 per cent, earned on $5,7I3,i;o common tock, after paying 7 per cent, on 2,0C0, "00 cumulative preferred stock, compared villi C.7 per cent, earned on thn same amount of common stock in the fiscal year ending June .In, 1013, The next annual meeting of tho stock holders of the Southern Hallway Coni any, on October 13, will mark a new ra In tho history of tho company, as It will bo the first meeting at which the '2,(ViO stockholders have had tho oppor tunity to vote directly, the voting trust, n existence Inco tho organization of the company In 1-9 1. now being In procefri of dissolution. According lo report, S. U Schoon maker, who has been t-lected a director of the American Locomotive Company, will, at a meeting of tho directors in the near future, be made chairman of 'he board. Tho election of Mr. Schoon muker to the directorate will mean the elimination of all factional differences. PROVISIONS with ample offerings at The market dull the recent decline. City beer, In Mis, smoked and air dried, 3i(iI32e. ; Western beef, In sets. Btnoked, 31 32c. i city beef, knuckles nnd lenders, Btnekcd wdfllr dried, .12 W. tie, ; Western beef, knuckles and tenders, smoked. !):! g Hie. ; beef hams, 4043c; pork, family. 2SM7c. : limns. H. P. cured, looac, lBdl ifl'ie. i -lo., klnned, loose, if.i,4lne. j do., smoked, 18(3 10c. i other l.ama smoked, ilty cured, as to brand and cured, lstRlOc. ; do., boiled, bnneles, liSfiJJUc., picnic tlioulders, B. P. cured, loose. J2ll2'tc; do., smoked, 15i4VjC. ; bellies. In plekle, ac cording to average, loose, lOfii lie. I l.redkfast bacon, as to brand and aer"ne. rlly cured, Tiiliir.; I.renkfast baron. Western cured, 22lr.'lf.; Inr.1, Western refined, tleree.; ll'.i H i e. : do., do., do., tubs, 11 ' 1 1 rie. ! lard pure city, kettle rendered, In tierces, il1ii!M2e.; lard, puro city, kettle retnlerrt' In tube, lli12c. SUGAR nKriNErt SOOAn Quiet, but flrmlr htUr RtRndard nrftmilated, 7.30flT.Me.i nr K-ramilnted. M 7.2.-0J7,r,Oc. Jpored. T.8n i.OOc. : confectioners' A. T.104J7.40e.i tstt rrrades. 0.4BT.03C. DAIRY PRODUCTS CIIRKSi: Trade alow nnd prices faVftre Mi era. New York fulPcream, , hO'. WHI in'ie.i do., An., fair to good, lSWyioe.l ., part fklma. B3Uc. POULTRY MVn -The market quiet, llh fairly ilk eral olTerlnrs nt former rates. PowK I71t1lr.! old roosters, 1t12e.; aprlna; elilekens, fln. large, 17MIHC.. do., medium sles. 1 Mr flic.; ducks, old, lnflilc; do., Mnrlnc, Uin.".e.; milnei.s, per pair, yonnir, weluhln i Loiinda nii-1 over apiece, 0c. ; do., welitnlni 1 nound .p'e;e. Ma.; do., old, fiOc.; plKeoni.. I'i-ilt poiinda apiece, WTOc.; do., welihlnt tier pair, 139180. WHEAT STRONGER AS MARKET HEARS LESr OF EURAPEAN PEACE Heavy Demand From Mil lers at Liverpool Where Prices Are Better Gen eral Buying in Chicago Pit. CHICAGO, Sept. lfi. There was re newed confidence In tho buying side in the wheat market today. Prices opened firm, with December up 1?a cents, at $1.00. rind May up 2 cents, at J1.17. Weak longs were eliminated on the recent set bncks anil the mnrket was believed t bo on a far better basis than It was seven days ago, when prices were 2PJ5 cents ubovo yesterday's low point. There wus u largo export trade on the recent setbacks. A heavy demand for wheat from milt ers was reported at Liverpool, servlnc to rcduco lirltlsh stocks and rellovlnr tho congestion In the United Kingdom Tlio receipts in the Noitliwest wore again heavy and stocks are accumulating there The scene In the pit this morning was wild, with commission houses In general buying and offerlngB scattered and Inade quate. Less was heard of peace talk and the news from the other side was believed to Indicate a prolongation ot the strug gle. Prices at Liverpool were stronger. Wliile supplies there are umple, the ac knowledged large requirements of coun tries other than Great Britain bud a tendency to cause pronounced firmness in the distant month at Liverpool. Tho visible Rupply In Europe amounts to 63, 701,000 bushels, against 63,314,000 bushel in the previous weeu and 70,500,000 bushels a year ago. Tho weather In tho United Kingdom Is more favorable, and natlv wheat Is moving freely. An official report places tho condtlon of wheat there at $1.04. The Jb'i'cnch crop, which hnn all ben gathered, hna turned out better than had been expected, with tho quality as a. whole fulr. Tho weather In Franco l now seasonable. Reports from Grman ..lilciul circles show that the outturn of wheat In thut country was below expec tations. ReportM from Russia are con llictlng. but it Is believed that the yield will bo short and of Inferior quality. Ben eficial rains have fallen In India, but shippers there ate maintaining firm prices and offerings nro light. In Aus tralia the weather is dry and the crop outlook unfavorable. From Argentina weather and crop accounts ohow Im provement. Tho receipts at Minneapolis and Duluth today wore 14S1 cars, against 1232 cars e. year ago: at Winnipeg, 1220 cars, against -Rfi cars; at Chicago, 129 cars, against 16 tars. Corn was stronger on light receipts and a better inquiry from tho Kast, Decem ber and May opened up at 72 and 74, to 'i, respectively. Prices at Liverpool were down 2'd. on liberal plato offerings ami larger stocks. Tho receipts of corn hero today were 10S cars. Unts were strong on heavy speculative buying. An enormous business was done. All over-night offers wero accepted. Bal timore Is now outdoing Chicago at many Illinois points. December was up i at the opening at 45. and May up -1i at 32"i. The receipts of oats here today wero IPS cars. The condition of oats In tho United Kingdom Is officially placed at To. September 12, 1914 THE Girard National Bank IllCIIAltl) I.. AUSTIN, l-re-ldenl ,l()Ni:PII TA WMI, .in., ' IccT'reiddeiit X. J. Wll.UIJIIMIUl.M, Vlvc-1'rcs. umi ( iisl.l.r (HAS. II. ASIlTON, Acst. Cashier I)IItf;( TOIIS T'ram'W If. Itrctrx, Chairman of the Hoard Itirbard T Austin Under! Tnlaml I'rn.icU II. liceirs. .Ir. Diinlt-I Hunch Mm. Nlinltl Kl.v Win, W. l'riiler, Jr. (ieareu K. liartol Morris I.. lullllor (x'orsu U. Itn-vnzartcn Itodmun !.'. (irKiom -Iclm (irlbl.el lure. ire 11. I'lurk I. M.uinin Kliudet. (icorKC M.l'iidllen llorullo (.. I.bij.l W. l'rcderlck Snjilcr tfusepli Hujne, ,lr. RESOURCES Loans and Investments $30,915,150.19 Bonds to Secure Circulation 2,994,000.00 Clearing House Loan Certificates 190,000.00 Exchange for Clearing House 986,711.22 Due from Banks 7,211,598.10 Cash and Reserve 7,634,344.93 $49,931,804.44 LIABILITIES Capital $2,000,000.00 Surplus and Net Profits 5,037,114.31 Circulation 2,183,200.00 Bills Payable 500,000.00 Deposits 40,21 1,490.13 $49,931,804.44 Fourth Street National Bank Philadelphia, September 12, 1914. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts -535,258,438.05 Customers' Liability tinder Letters of Credit 926,959.49 Due from Banks 7,486,494.71 Exchanges for Clearing Mouse 1,164,798.47 Clearing House Loan Certificates 190,000.00 Cash and Reserve 10,074,988.35 155,101,679.07 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Surplus and Net Profits Circulation Letters of Credit issued to customers S3.000.000.00 6,880,512.96 500,000.00 . 926,959.49 Deposits : 43,794,206.62 $55.101,679.07 ACCOUNTS OP .MIJltrilANTS, COnPOHATlONS AND OTHKIIS SOLICITED lOltf.Ki.V IJXt'HANGlJ IIOCOIIT AMI SUI.K. 1.KTTKIIS OV CHEDIT ISSUED. I. I". MIANIJACKUll. I'reald-nt. IAJIKS HAY, Vice-President. W. A. Ill I.KI.KY. Ait. Cishler. 1". 0, ItOtJIJKS. Vice-President. W. K. If A It DP. Aait. Chler. It. d. CLANK, Ca:hir. C. r. SHAW. Jr., Ami. Cehlr. I 1 JASinSHAT" I'ltAN'K T. I'ATTKtloON ritAHl.ES I. rrtAiliN WIl.UAM A. PICK i:H-INHIIAM H Mollitl.-' W U. NICHOLSON iiimjCToiis BIONET V. TYLBrt. Chairman. lU'DVI.PH EM.I3 lTtANCIH 1 liOWK.N '. -AA'- II I'THIKIJ . W I'l.'KAIll) !'. V. MIANUAi KI.l; JAJiIEb 31. TVIUZOX T. I . Ju PUNT ''.. V. CLARK . II.1.MA" S OATE3 "VILLI AM d KRAITT V UAN'K li. ROGEHS .sv 'v 's ..a5iS5Sfri Hue from Hanks. Ui-ariiiK House Cer tificates Clearing House K.v cliungcs Cash ami Reserve.. .. J,67J,777.38 340,000.00 065,701.61 5,509.262.27 S30,,2!)0,6S1..3 LIABILITIES Capital $1,000.00000 Surpltis and Net Prof its (Earned) 2,010,102.25 Clearing House Cer tificates 1,285.000.00 Circulation 783..W0.00 Deposits .. 25.116.281.88 S30.200.681.13 NEWTON W. CORSON. CaibUr. f. P I If N Your Bonds Were Good five or ten years ago, when you bought them; yet they should be constantly watched and effects' of changing conditions carefully noted. .None statu passe?. Investo uiipiios you wiin rrexti uewa us to tru.irli.ii'a. .-oiuuetitlnii. ami untMi to act it tiolp you ibfnk tas THE PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK 1 Philadelphia. September 12, 19H. RESOURCES Loans am! Uiscoums ,S39,(j23,603.77 Clearincr House Loan Certificates un Hand. 2fW0.000.00 1 j Due from Banks ? 8,341,745.36 ' ISxclmuges for Clearing 1 louse 1,203,554.99 J Cash and Reserve 12,345.834.09 ' J , Customers' Liability under Letters of Credit. 2.098,415,00 :! $65,703,153.21 c : Utions carefully noted. jj! LIABILITIES still ; they grow better ur worse, as lime f j Capilnl SukU $, -QQ m0Q A , o 1 1 l.irpl,us .antl Xcl Prortts Earned) 4.936! 130.64 vestor s Service i Circulation 1,842,597.50 uariuiiBs ami rkpunkec. to tuat uu umy liitclliyrentlr yourgcU. v- . Uly ilon t you register u rcnuest fur informntian regarding aili' ur all of your holdings it custs nothing unless it helps uu materially ami you are the sole judge of that, Call or write for leaflet "Vain Regrets.. In use tiy 21 tianks and Trust Companies of this Gin . H. EVAN TAYLOR, Inc. 702 Morris Huilding 1121 CHESTNUT STREET Letters of Credit Dpnntife I "dividual "... $33,1 43.433.63 ueposus. 13nnU 22.171.048.64 ?, 109,942.80 55,314,482.27 $65,703,153,21 (3 EVAN i riTAVLORial I'l lC J.J Y,?iKvici4y . W? I Aitant Cashier. HixnK Rtltrrn itu'iiMti AsiuiruaT. i.i.srtn.N ;tnFRi:Y. n:t)iti?vj woou. ALVKGU l'. IIAltTtlSoN. i.i:vi u niTB. ' liEORUB II rilAZIER, Accounts of Mercantile Foreign Exch.r lEJ1 JA RUK. 'ttueai. ii.VHUT .1 KliSBR. Cabhicr. WH.UAM fc MADDO". IJAVID W. STBUTART. Altnt CweliWr. AtiUU'H Cashier. DIRECTORS i!I.KH eHORTRUKJK, rnai.-n.ai. 01 tl. Board. i'-t-rtiJ'X-1' HOHERTS. Jr., SAMI'EI, UK. '-.RV'tOlS MolUliriEV. WEHRPSrjflinWP KPKINU JiAM X wi&r THOMAS S. OATKS. RAM.A1. Mi.UIAK. 1A H. WI.NO. 1 I 'ALE Itl.NSuN frAWUEI., M. VAUOI.AIN. C4 V?'hM iPi l Firrns, Corporation. BinK3 and BenUera Invited , s..ui!in una bow, betters ot credit lisued N