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IBVENIITO UEDGER PHrDADMPHIft, FBIBAY, 'APRIL1 23, 1OT&:
ii
ISTRENGTH FOLLOWED
EARLY WEAKNESS
j , - -
is Made Throughout List on
better Demand American
r x.ocomotive ana uniuwin up.
6msW TOKK. April M.-V'hl1o the Ben-
d J r inn HLUV.n nmnivw ! uvis.i-
P? . .1 u nnenlnrt today, with ft lfrr?e
fMiimt of selling orders., copper Bharcs
"! the ouUlftntlme fenlmo of slretiRth
f r j aViTvIIV. From London came n list
if t.iYher prices for copper rhclrtl, and
Iff 1 ?naf th"r ww ft better domestlo de
WA reported tor the tirodUM. Added to
TO .. th? talk of still higher prices.
LlhSJllo capper Is now selling ; for 18
l '' i j
tat olu.,
U?ty. V.l ii,. rm.rifir. Ihern tvns vorv
Fmtu of interest In the general market,
E).iJ nrlcea were generally reactionary.
ffl the buying detrtftTld. TherHctm.
(-(?..:. n.fni ilishos tlon nmonrr out-
!iidiri and door traders to take prbrtts and
SlvS were of the opinion that the mar
Sitod come to the end of It, Upward
'Elite and that a reaction way now In
ft Mr London caoies torn m uio nmg
fci?.Ail(lon among traders there, there
Iffi a Urge amount of proIlMakinK In
lSSrm.rket also, with a decided lessen-
t in In activity.
Sf Although trading hernme very small af.
'.' ur mld-dav, business being on tho
-.!.. -. -.. I. fni. Mm Inst two Wppkfl.
iuieBi -,",--:;,; ,,-:
J.rd that tho selling of tho morning
tii i of rather poor quality, and thb
- .ilLi.a war mill hliu hvi hhhuwi .. ......
""S.?" V.j ih nfttirlneic of securities
.yft-,,i .nmculty. Tho standard shares
i.M ht6re camo Into promlncnco and
..iVilonat gains wcro shown throughout
Met onai gain .,rfllfile. such aa
''s ifnerlcin Locomotive, with a gain of 3
fliL't illmeted somo attention. Tho
..fA,,?ilt-. ni.artorlv state.
i'VaV of the Vnltcd States Steel Corpora
W? .?. ..- .rin.i emllnr- Mnreh 31. nnd
iiil ilf Issued after tho close of business
Ba4 next ruesany. wuum ouunr ..i.., um
BRm ot About $15,000,000. and probably aa
folfttfid I" Iho ntternoon.
'VA k .. r Vilf rnlllnmetlF nrrters.
p-fclilcH are believed to bo pending, was re-
Ifidnilble for strength In Pressed Steel
t-rir which moved up moro than 2 points.
ittum In WestlnghoUBO Electric.
'Id the bond division the convertible 6
i' . , :l .... rtf (hb Inqnlrntlnn f!nnnflr
ICtoBsny advanced 10 polnta, while tho
jdnwnio e ",""'"" '"".: :.::
'dimsna ior uom . """
hu1 Thero was no news to account for
ui Advance,
$5,000,000 IN GOLD COMING
'tonddn Said to Be Sending Hint,
V t ll.Mn.,fVi.b
LONDON. Arrll 23. It 1 tated In Iximlicd
m7.Vf that 1.XK).TO0 in sold. (,twu,iw(
Ut'lOf ""t l0 K0W lorK
Ihtnce.
for the nccoun: 3f
.OKE OF OUR OFFERINGS
Michigan
Limestone &
Chemical Co.
This Company is carninj:
over five times the amount of
its fixed charges, which in
clude the 7 per cent, dividend
on its Preferred Stock.
Every dollar of the Pre
ferred Stock is represented
by actual, intrinsic value.
We offer the unsold por
tion of this issue at par and
accrued dividends.
Call or send for the Annual
Report.
The White Investing Co.
Walter IVhetntnnr. Phlla. Blsrr.
Morris Building
A Selection
For Investors
The inability of many invest
ors to decide now, upon safe
and profitable uses for their
:'lhoney, has prompted us to
prepare a special lettor which
explains briefly the advan
tages of purchasing tho par
ticular securities it suggests.
Send for letter No. 216
William P. Bonbright & Co., Inc.
MORRIS W. SYROUD, Jr.
Manager
M3T CHESTNUT STUEKT
IhllM,l.lnl.ln
M'w 'York Iloilon Iletrnl!
" jWllUm I Bonbrlfht & Co.
I rui 4JonDnni & co.
The Guaranteed
Mortgage
is nbn-speculative and of
Unchanging value.
Every avehue of possible
rouble or loss safe
guarded. Send for Booklet
Philadelphia Company for
Guaranteeing Mortgages
t land Title BuUdln
t I'llUadelntilt
WWlm n. NlchoUon, Prcildut
R
Sound Investments
j,5 Write for Descriptive
w details ofaaecurity
wftoee reproduction value is
Mtiraated to be more than
twice bonded debt, Yield
5.35
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BANKERS
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Canadian Tactile
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Kan City Southern
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Lack Steel
Laclede Gas
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TONOPAH STOCKS
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Yes. close. HlRh. Low. Clone.
Erie 28'4
OiiSKcn i:nIo .. 02
rjeu Aep pfd. .. . 074
10 Am Tet Sucflr
too Amal Copper... 70
100 Amer Ice
10 Amer Oas 1034
2.1 Am rtallwaya . . 321J
I2B0 Ilaldwln lyico.. 48
24 do prof 102
HIT. Cambria Steel. . SO
100 Chlnn Copper ....
70 Electric Stornqe
101) E
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3(10 Inlcrbcro Xtet . .
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B07 Ki-y Tel
10 oo prof
22.1 Inko Sun Corp.
MR Iehlph Nav ...
2ft l.eh Vnllev
is I,eh Vnl Trans..
20 XIn Pacific
100 Neavda Cons....
100 N V Ont West
T.t Pnnn llnltroad.
40 renna nan sub. vi.
130 iPhlla niectrlo... 2lt;
30 vnua nap iron i"
r. lihll. Traction.. 7.8'
600 Ray Cons 214
320 lliadinK 77'i.
BO So Paclflc
40.12 Tonopah Cel... I ,
IfiB Tononah XHnlne 74
1B lln T of Pitts.. ..
300 I'nlon Traction. .IS'i
SO I'nltud tins Imp 814
307ft II S Stsel B7U
S l.'nlted Itwys . 14
2.1 Warwick I ft S 04
III W I 4 Peash . 4I14
100 Westmoro Coal. 03
Ex-dlvidend.
BONDS.
Last prcv.
vale. HlRh.
2000 Am OasAElee Bs 8HH 8(14
1000 llcth fit, 5, ....110
2000 Eloc & t'eo T 4s 77
1000 Har Klfeo (Is... O'l
1000 Laks Sup Inc Sa 30
loooo i, n cons 44s. no;
TO(l L V B cons 4 Us 001
8000 Pa con 44s no.irm;
400(1 do cons 4s '13 074
3800 Phlla Eleo 4s.. w
784 71 7Rt,
324 324 32U
lut 103 ll
32 324 32V,
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lot; 104 104
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Local Bid and Asked
Today
Hid. Asked.
Baldwin 14
do ruef 101
Cambria Steel 404
Bileo Storage , B2
General Asphalt 27
do pref Ii4
Koatone Tel 1
do t c 14,4
do pref CO.,
Lake Sup Corp T,
IrfhlKh Nav 754
Lehigh Vat Tljl
Lehigh Val Tr 13(1
do pref 31
Pennsylvania 634
Phlla Eleo 2l'l
Phlla Co 374
do S per cent, pr 31
do Ojier cent, pr 304
Phlla R T 10
do t o 10
B2
102
SB
28
144
TO
72
1.14
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214
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40
1011
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Yesterday
Hid. Asked
4S BO
100 102
404 604
B24 M4
27J 2si,
07 08
14 mi
14 ti),
0.14 11.1
74 K
7X4 711
71i 72
154 111
anj 32
854 S54
244 214
.174 .18
31 3d
40 41
10 104
10 104
gilamondrield B 11
Daisy
Florence . . . . ....
Ooldlltld Consolidated
oldfleld Merxer ,
Jumbo Extension
Ktwanas
Oro
Sand Ken
Silver Pick
MISCELLANEOUS
Fairy Aiteo
IKimberly ,
.Nerid 1II1I .;
-N'evada Wonder . J.w
BANK CLEARINGS
Bink c!Mrln today compared with corre.
.pdSdlo day laat 10 ya"' ,,
IMS. 10U- 4918. .
PhlUdelohU I2S.UI.W3 I24.2U.W2 .?.;
KVw York; .830.012 Ztmi.m 281.153.
RATES FOR MONEY
CalL Tin
Fhllidslpbla fiffu.
Nw York 1)B4
B."" ?uj
POAVDER COMPANY QUITS
...
Stockholders of du Pont International
Vote to Dissolve.
WILMINGTON. Lei,. April 23.-vU a special
meeting of the. du Pont tntertatlonal Fowder
Company today a resolution passed by tlia d.
rectors sometime ato declarlne It to a to lha
beat Interests of tha company that It should
dissolve, was unanimously adopted. All tha
common stock and (X) per cent, of tha preferred
stock vaa represented, There was not oppoal.
tlon to lha dissolution. The company was one
of tho numerous concerns chartered end
practically held by the du Pont InUiests.
Tho International Smokeless Powder and
Chemlq.,1 Company, which was also owned by
the du ronts, votod to dissolve soma time avo
nil iha rtu Pont International followed todsv.
Tho du l'ont International vas originally In.
tended ta carry on a foreign trace.
HEAVY SALES OP COPPER
BOSTON. April 23. It was an 18-cent elec-i
trolytto copper market again today and fur.
thr big sales tor flomestlc account wtra
booked. The foreigners were trying to secure
concessions but were unsuccessful.
BAR SILVER
NXTW YORK. April 23. Commercial bar
silver was qOoUd at 604 cents per ouncs. up
4. In London tha price was 234 penes per
ounce, up ,-io pence
.062
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AK.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK, A,prll 23. The foreign eschanga
market ruled attady, with demand sterling un.
changed from Thursday's dost.
Sterling. Franca, Marks. Guilders.
Cables
Demand
J.TS',',,
6.32
S.824
62'..
B24
3K
DIVIDENDS DECLARED
Bsrgsar ngtl Brewing Company, regular
semiannual per cant, cm
May I to stock record ofJ
preferred, payable
ileUows Fila Power COrataSK SMt-abbual
LrTA VU"- WMl M" l
unLuiDAl fifrvte Comuuv. auArtsrlv 1U. ni-
BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE
BID UP SHARPLY
Stock Advanced Over Three
Points in Otherwise Uninter
esting Local Market.
A sudden buying movement In llnldvt-lrt
Locomotive shores vn tho oulfltfintllng
fenturo of tho trading: In nn otherwise
uninteresting locnl market session todny.
OpenliiB .it 4. nnchniiRotl from Inst
nlRlit's clone, the common stock on the
next sale touched CO nnd then tnnvetl lip
ncros.i 61. considerable; blocks ehnnirln
hands. Meantime) the preferred sold off
a point or tnorr oil odd-tot ofTorlnRS. The
remainder of tho list iluctnnted narrowly
except for a decline of 5 points In Lako
Superior Income bonds.
Ill tho ntternoon Tonnpah Helmnnt be
enmo nctlvn nnd stronn. ndvnnclnff n
nubstnntlnl fraction.
silhstantl.il fraction. Kcystono Telephono
preferred sold at 60'i ex illvldentl nrjfllnst
6S, the ln.it previous quotation with the
dividend on.
ThrouRliout most of the day prlco move
ments were nnrrow nnd for the most
part devoid of definite tendencies. Tho
nrbltrngo sroup for a time was Inclined
to snp, and this put a damper on the
trading In purely locnl Issues. Investors,
however, wero plcklni; up tho hlRh-prndo
Issues, such ns Westmoreland foul,
fnlted Oas Improvement nnd Pennsyl
vania. Tho nnnunl report of the Penn
sylvania Company snownl n decrease of
24.20 per cent. In tonniiKo on the lilies
directly operated nnd 11.5.1 per rent, on
tho Pan Handle division. Passenger
trnfllc, too. fell off.
Tho report rocs on to Ptnto that In
1914 tho Industrial nnd financial conditions
throughout the territory traversed by
these lines wcro probably more disturbed
than in nny other part nf the country.
Operating revenues fell 17.12 per cent., but
operating expenses wcro cut 1S.2.1 per
cent, in order to meet these conditions.
Nevertheless, tho net Income for the year
decreased $5,065,019.
Local bankers today were discussing
the possibility of a new Argcnllno loan.
Those who participated In tho Inst Issue
expected to havo a shnro In tho next one.
which, In some quarters. It is said will
run as high as $50,000,000. Nothing definite
Is yet known, however. The former Issue
only amounted to $15,000,000, which was
quickly absorbed.
LARGER WHEAT ACREAGE
Heavier Sowings Mostly in Winter
Product, However.
WASHINGTON, April 23,-The great de
mnnd for wheat because of the war re
sulted In nn inerense in tim world wheat
acreage for 1915, tho Department of
Agriculture today announced In Its
"farmers' bulletin." This applies to win
ter wheut sowing, ns little chango In tho
total spring wheat acreage has been in
dicated because of a probable reduction of
nliout 13 per cent. In Itussla.
"Sowings nf winter wheat In the north
ern hemisphere, have been pretty generally
on nn extensive scale, excepting In some
European countries involved in tho war,"
tho bulletin says. "In tho United States,
Ilrltlsh India nnd Canada tho nrea sown
last autumn wns Increased by about
8,500 000 ncres over Hint of tho year be
fore: thero also wus somo expansion in
neutral countries of southwestern Ku
ropr.." The April 1 conditions of winter wheat
In tho United States Indicated a total pro
duction of 619,000,000 bushelo against CSI,
990.COO Inst year.
Financial Briefs
The reported movements of currency
this week Indicate a gain In cash by
banks of over $17,000,000.
A call for tho payment of the third In
stalment of subscription to tho capital
stock of tho Kcderal Reserve Hank of
Philadelphia has been Issued to member
hanks. Payments must bo made on of
before May 3. The amount due Is about
$6,237,500. This will bring tho amount
paid in up to $0,237,500.
Eningham H. Morris. C. S. W. Packard.
Charles E. Ingersoll, Thomas S. Gates and
Edward n. Smith have been appointed a3
the protcctlvo commltteo to look after tho
Interests of holders of Choctaw, Okla
homa and Gulf bonds.
The Welsbacli Company was the only
bidder for tho city gasollnej lighting con
tract for 1916, nt $29 per lamp, tho samo
as last year.
Tho Houston Oil Company has sold the
remainder of its 6 per cent, timber certifi
cates, amounting to $1,700,000. to Alex
ander Brown & Sons, Ladcuburg, Thai
man & Co. and Whltcnker & Co.
The United States Reduction and lle
Mnlng Company reported a deilclt of $213
for tho year ended December 31, against
a surplus of $31,177 In 1313.
Exports of copper from New York for
the week ending April 22 wcro 5396 tona,
a decrease of 1603 tons. This month to
date, 11,311 tons; decrease, 11,127 tons.
The Missouri Public Service Commis
sion authorized tho United Railways of
St. Louis to Issue $500,000 4 per cent,
bonds under Its ilrst general mortgage to
redeem a Blmllar amount of 6 per cent,
bonds of the Southern Railway Company.
According to Hradstroet'a. exports of
wheat this weok were 9.723.CO) bushels;
last week 7,115,000 bushels: last year 2,
765,000 bushels; sinco July 1, 334,994,000
bushels; year ago, 212,612,000 bushels.
Corn shipments this week 1,723,000 bush
els, last week 1,931,000. last year 39,
000. Corn shipments since July 1
amounted to 32.570,000 bushels, compared
with 2,195,000 bushels during the same
pertdd u year ago.
NEW YORK CURB
Bid. Asked.
nraden SH 84
Uritlih-Anurlcan Tobacco old 18)j 1S
Hrltlih. American Tobacco new.... Ill lot!
Uoldftell Consolidated Hi IS
Qreene Cananea , 34 36
La Hose ,f, si
Leh Val Coal Sales 170 173
Nlplsslng il CU
Otis Elevator 71 73
(Vis Elevator pfd Of 0-1
Rlker-Hegeman 7U 714
Sterling flum .1 .11,
Tubacco l'rnducta SO 5S
Un.ted Cigar .Stores ,,... 104 10S
United Cigar Stores ptd 110 ISti
United Prone Sharing new 4 nt
World Film 4 4U
Yukon Qotd V 3
I.EO.U. AliVKItTISKMENTS
KS5 NOTICE 18 IlfSKKUY GIVEN TIIAT
a-5 an application will be made to the
Governor of the State of Pennsylvania, on
Tuesday. May 4, 10IB, by Ferdinand IV,
Krbe, Thomas Holland Palst and John ;
lteiley, under the act of Assembly ot the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania entitled
"An act to orovlde for the Incorporation ami
regulation of certain corporations." ap
proved April 20, 1874, and the supplements
thereto, for the charter ot an Intended cor
poration, to be called TUB CHESTER AND
NUGENT REAL ESTATE COMPANY, the
character and object ot which la for the
purpose of purchasing, holdlnr. sellint. mort--rarlns;
and leaslnr real eatate, and the con.
structlnr, erecting and matntalnln-r build.
Ings and Improvements thereon, and for this
purpose to have, possess and enjoy all the
rlihts, benellts and privileges of the said
act of Assembly and Its supplements.
ALFRED J. WILKINSON.
Solicitor.
PIVIDENDS
TilK GIRAltU NATIONAL HANK
Philadelphia. April 20. 1913.
The Dlrsolors have this day declared a
dividend of eight per cent. (), free of tax,
payable May 1, 1915, to Stockholdere of
record at tbe close ot business April 23. 1915.
Cluck -fill he mailed.
CXIABLE3 IL A6HTON.
Cajhlir,
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS
GRAIN ANI) FLOUR
IVHnAT Receipts. BS.Oad bush. There
waa.ft. good export demand, and. with stronger
outside Hdvlcte prli-ea advrip.ced 2c. quota
tions car lots. In export elevator No 8 rrd,
erot. Si (itffi in. No. 2 red weslern. iww
l.il'.i liound lots. In export eletator No. 2 red,
-I'M end April, l.02H-i 1.074; No, - red West
ern. 1. H7i-1. 7214; Ko. 1 Northern r-iluth,
fl.iZttl.i.1.
CORN. Receipts, 13,728 bush. The mar
ket ruled (lrm, under moderate offerings and
n fair locnl demand, but there was little in
quiry fnr export. Quotations: Car lots, in ex
rotl -delator- No. 2, epot and April. 78UW
(li'Sc. : slwtmer, 77fl7e.; No. a, 7(77c Car
lots for lorn! trade, to Inrnilnn No 2 J cl
low, SI ffi..-. , steamer sello-v, MJIWic; No
:t jellon, MMfSlijo. : No. 4 yellow, 7m i'ltv. ,
cob, b- r 70 lbs , SOflSlc.
OATH Receipt. PO R72 bush. The mar-
Vet ruled firm, but tr.irte wns i"let. Quotation:
No. 2 white, MtMiOle L slnndard white. (!2'4
0.1c. i No. .1 white, OI4i?02r
, I1V13 steady. Wo quote at tl.ln-rl.18 per
bush., ns to quant!-, In export elevnior, nnd at
ft.a.tyl.11 for imsll Iota of nearby grain in
bags.
, I'Mlt'll. Receipts. D75 bble r.flfl.OlB lbs.
In narks. Trade was quiet nnd the market
wn without ImpMianl change. We quote per
1IK1 lbs. In wood- Winter, cle.tr, tn.tKrfftl.sri;
do. slrnlght, frt.8.1s7.10: do., patent, tr.ioij
T fill; Kansas, slrnlglit. Jute sacks. t7 10U7..1.1;
do., pntent, lute sacks, .17..1.1'B7.:'1; spring,
first, clear, JfHSmtU: do, straight. 7 KHf
7.4". do., pntent, ti..107.S0: do, favorite
brands. JsgA.r.ii: city mills, iholce and fancy
patent. tvj9.r,0: city mills, regular grades
winter, deer, joroa'flii; do., slrnight, tti.MHJ
7.1"; do.. ttent, t7.1Pil7.BO.
UYK I'l.Ot'lt wns quiet but steady. Wn
Suete nearhv nnd Western In wood at IH2,".ss
.Ml, ns to qualltv. ,
PROVISIONS
The market wns quiet hut steady. Quota
tions: Cltv beef. In sets, smoked and nlr
drled. 21g2fle. ; Western beef, III sets, smoked,
SS-OSAe,; elty beet, knuckles nnd tenders,
smoked an I air-dried. 2702.Sc , IVestern benf,
knuckles nnd tenders, smoked, 27'B2Sc.; beef
hams, t1ttitl2; pork, fnmlly, t2l..vv3'22: hams,
S. I'. cured, loose, Miflftlic., do. skinned,
loose. UHJtl2Hc; do., do., smoked, 12V.W
li.c. ; other hnms, smoked, city cured, na to
btnnd and overage, l.l'.ilUr., hams, smoked,
' stern rured. l.ll.r! It- . do . bulled, bone-
(f s. 22tT2.1e.; plcnb- shoulders. S P. cured,
'nso. UiiMO'ie : do, smoked. 10'rflOV.: bel
Vrn In pickle, iirrordlng to nvomge. loose, 12U
Ciil2c. , bieakfaet bacon, an to brand nnd
nerugo, city cured. lntni7M0. ; breakfast ba
con. Western rurrd, liiUHlTVic : lard, West
ern refined, tierces, linlHic; do., do., tubs,
lltlllVic.: inrd, pure city, Kettle rendcrod, 1n
tlerree, HRll'Jc.: Inrd, pure city, kcttlo ren
dered. In tubs, ll'iTl 1 tjc.
RCFINED SUGARS
Trade wnn quret, but values were etendlly
held. We quote Slnndard grnnulatcd, n.nsc. ,
Ann granulated. 8.10c.: powdered, IV".; confec
tioners' A, S.sOc. : sift grades, 0 OMpS.flSc.
DAIRY PRODUCTS
nfTTKII. Demand -was fairly active and
prices ruled firm under light, receipts. Quotations-
IVeslcrn, fresh, solid-racked creamerv,
fnilcy, specials. 32c; extra, ROC; extra firsts,
Site: Orate, 27g2Sc. ; seconds. 2l2o-. ; ladle
rncked, 1S320-., ns to quality: neorhy prints,
fancy, 31c ; average extra, 32o. : flrste. 2SJi
.10c; seconds, 2327c. . special fancy brands
of prints Jobbing at 37340c.
LOtlS continued In good demand and
firm. Quntntlonv In free cases, nearby extras,
Clo. per doz., nearby firsts, 0,4r, per stnndnrd
enso: nearby current receipts, tO.OO per case;
IVrslcin extra flists. $(1.15 per enss: do., flryts,
$11 nn per ense; aouthern, .1.70flH.1.1 per case,
fancy welectod candted fresh eggs were Jobbed
out nt 2.1''fi2lk.. per dos.
rili:i:Ni: OITerlngs were light nnd the
market ruled firm, with trade fnlr. Quotations:
New Yurk, full cream, fait make, fancy, 17H
M"'5r ; d.i . fnlr to good, lttt-ftlic.: do., do.,
current make, 13'ain 10i ; do., part skims,
Sfllllc.
POULTRY
1.IVK. riinlcn stock wns In fair request
nnd altici wero well maintained. Quotations:
Kon-la, 17ii7nNr. . old roosters. 121T12Wc. :
young cldckens, soft-mentrd. 17iS18c. : do., do.
Btnggy. l.Wllc.: turkeys. llSTlSc. ducks. 13
4fl5c. ; geeee. lOSllr.; guineas, ns to duality,
per pair, r(W7(ie. ; pigeons, old, per pair, 2Sli
HOo. do . vnung. per pair. 22fT2.1e.
lltl:S.Si:i). Demnnd wan sufficient tn ah
sorb tnn llmlti-d reccltita nf devlrnblo slock and
vnluea wero well sustained. Quotations: Fresh
killed fowls. 12 in box, dry-picked nnd ry
pnuked, fancy, selected, llic; do, weighing IVj
tnn lbs apiece. Ihc. do., .Hi'rfl lbs. nplcce,
ISc.; do.. .1 lbs. nplece, Kllic ; do., under 3
lbs. nplcce, UiflBe. fowls bbls.. dry-ulcked
and dry-packed. Western, IBS lbs nplcce, 1714
frlhc: (In., do.. 3!4 lbs. I(iU(il7c, do., do. U
lbn. and under. 141110c. Kowls. Ice-packed,
(twice 174c. Old roosters, dry-picked, t'l'lu.
Pquabs. per doz.. white, weighing 11 to 12 lbs..
Per dot . fl.fi.V4..M. white, weighing D to 10
lbs. per do.. t.l.2.17l3.Sy- do., do.. 8 lbs.
per doz., 2.7.HT2.S.1: do., do., 7 lbs. per doz.,
S2-12.3.1; do. do.. (VjJHi, lbs. per doz, J1.30H
1.B0: dark, J1.0lf$l.(iU, smnll nnd No. 2. 11.
Fruren poultry Fowls, ns to quality, I83IS0. ;
chickens, dry-picked and dry-pneked In boxes,
milk-fed. 8lR.1il lbs. to doz.. ISc. : 'do., 37642
lbs to doz., ISc, ; do., 43'347 lbs. to doz., ISc;
do.. 4K lbs. to doz.. 20c; do.. DO ius. and over.
21c: corn-fed. :iltf42 lbs. tn doz., lBe. : do 4.1
47 lbs tn doz.. 17c: do., -IS lbs. to doz., inc.:
do., CO lbs. and over, 20c Thickens, dry-picked
and dry-packed. In bbls. Western, corn-fed, 8
lbs. and over, ISc: do., do,, 4 IbV.. 17S1W I
do., do., 3H lbs., 18Uc do., do,. 24BS.lb.. 14
Bloc; broilers. mllV.ferl, fn!y,lBlt24 lbs.
to box, 27c: do., fsney, 23H20 lbs,, te
doz., 2lc; corn-fed. fsney, lRitil lbs io Apt.,
23e.i do., rtlme, 21330 lbs. to dot,. 22e. Tor.
&? dry-picked and dry-packed, fane, Jiff
22c i fair to geod, 18fl20c: old toms, lit)20e.i
ducks, fsney. In boxes, 17W1S5.; do,, ordinary
Jo good, 12-ftlOci gees, choice and tency, ltd
lOc, do., go 2. J2eic.
FRESH FRUITS
There wns a fair Inquiry for choice slock
nnd values generally ruled steady. Quota
'ln1, M'Ples. New .York, per bbl,-York Inv
ferlil. t.l flrfMilng. t2ft1; King. t2.7Mf
1l?2: i?.p.v,- "jWitlg- IWIrVwIn. t3.60flO.2fii
.."! .fMVI'-. .l.i.va5.B0; other good eating
vsrlet ;. i..Vi2.oO; medium. tlffl.BO; ap
ples Western, per box. tl.2BB2: apples. Dela
ware and PeiinsyH-nntn. per hamper. odffPOc. :
lemons, per box, t2'32.7.l1 oranges. Klorlds.
Pr box. fl.7.1il.1; grapefruit. Florida, per
.wx" iWvl'!J:!Mv Plneaonles, per crate Portn
Itlco. t2.7,lM., Florida. t2.2Mr2.7.l: cranberries.
Mnev late, varieties, per bbl.. .1.omt4.fiOi eran
berries. Jersey, per crate, 2.1577''C: giraw
berriet. Florlds. per quirt, ioflsse.
VEGETABLES
The general market was quiet with falflr
liberal ortrrlngs at the following quotations:
White potatoes, per hush. Pennsylvania, Bn
Wc.i .Malm. IWlSlc: New Tnrk. as to quality.
40SV4.V. ; white potatoes. Vlorlda. per bbl. -No.
1, t,".itr..riO: No. 2. t4N.f.O: sweet pot
!5!',..'if'l,'Ja,eAJl'r hsmper-large, tl.2.1B1.7n.
medium, foe.011; awect pntalnee. Ilaetern
Shore, per bbl -No. . 1, t2.25iTt1.2ri: No. 2,
tt.Wiai.jri; sweets, Jersey, per bbl. No. I,
$1.754.7.1: No. 2, 2H2.B0i sweats, Jersey,
nr ..basket. 7,V.tl.2.l; onlona choice, per
lOO-lb. bag. tl.2.'.l.W); do. medium, per 100
lb. bag. YSc.nm: cabbage. D.inlih, per ton.
t2093O; do . Florida, per basket, 7ne.Stl.lrl:
do., Charleston, per rrale, t2a2.2R: cauli
flower. New York, .per crate . tl.7Wrt2.2fl:
spinach, Norfolk, per bbl., 7fte.Otll Kale, Nor
folk. nr bbl., Roffarie.; lottuce. Texas, per
hush.-basket. MifiOAe.: do.. Florida. per
basket. 71e.tttl.23; do.. North Carolina, per
basket. '.Ic.fltl: beans. Florida, wox. per
basket. 2q3.nO; do , Florida, green, per
bnsket, tiISM.60: pens, Florldn, per bafket,
J21If4: eggplant. Florida, per box, t2ff.1.M;
cucumbers. Florida, per basket. M.MfM;
squnsh. Florida, per basket, tl.rKV2.riO; nop.
Purs. Florldn, per carrier, t2ftt: hreta. Florida,
per 1C, bunches, t2ftf: do.. Chnrleston, per
Ion bunches. J.13I: tomatoes. Florida, per
i-nrrUr fnnov, J2.2flS2.78, rholce. M.Kl'nB;
celery. Tlorldn, per crnte, $.2ni2; do.. New
York, per bunch. nnOTOc, asparagus, per
hunch., 2ON0c : mushrooms, per 4-lb. basket,
OOc.0tl.2O.
UIG FOREIGN TRADE BALANCE
Amount Now Stands nt $710,803,737.
March Exports Large.
WASHINGTON', April a.-Tho foreljm
trade balance of tho United States now
stands nt $719,803,737. according to tho
Department of Commerce. This balance
U for tho first nlno months of the tlscnl
year. For the same period last year tho
total was $181,869,337. The halanco for
Tvlarch was $110,069,347, no against $4,913,930
In the eamo month In 11)11.
In Starch tho Imports' totaled $155,010,316,
ncatnst $1S2,5V.,30I In Mnrch, 19H, and
S15i".4t.'i,l!S In Mnrch, 1913. Mnroli exports
mnrlo a new hitch record for that month,
bcinu $239,009,563, nsalnst $lSV,409,:3t In
March lust vear nnd $187,126,711 In March
two years apo.
For ilie nlno monlhit ondliiK with March
Imports havo decreased from $1,401,S41.1S3
In 1912-13 to $1,395,352,578 In 1913-14 nnd $1,
2lu,67l,tl3 In tho current year; whilo ox
portn. which receded from $1,908,058,37:! In
the Ilrst nine months nf the fiscal year
1912-13 to $1,SS3,221,915 111 1913-14. hnvo now
reached the unparalleled total of $1,933,
473.350. Indicating that tho complete fiscal
year mnv show a. total exportation of ap
proximately $2,750,000,000.
Cramps Anticipate Note Payment
The William Cramp Ship nnd Knclne Hulld
ing Company tndny paid off tl,20",000 fl per
cent, three-yenr notes nut of earnings of tho
company, and tho notea have been canceled.
The notes were not due until April 1, 11)10,
having been Issued April I. ifll.1, hut (he finan
cial po.ltlon of the company was such that It
wns. able to anticipate payment at maturity by
nearly & year.
HEAR PLEAS TO OPERATE SHIPS
WABHINQTON, April 2.1.-The Interstate
Commerce Commission today began hearing
the Seaboard Air ldno's. Atlantic Coast Line's,
Southern Railway's. Chesapeake nnd Ohio',
naltlmnro and Ohio's nnd Norfolk nnd West
ern's plea to ,bo permitted to continue, under
the Panama Canal act, after July I, operation
of constwlflo steamships they own.
rOREIMllI'MNDr'OR
WHEAT IS LAttGE
Europe Has Not Yet Purchased
Normal Quota Prices Up at
Chicago.
CltlfJAOO, April M.-Ofalti prices
moved up today on reports that the Euro
pean demand Is larger, largely caused
by the fact that tha surplus alotk of
wheat In Argentine has been reduced And
that Europe Is facing n decrease and
steady consumption of wheat stocks. It
Is said that Importing countries are mik
ing every effort to obtain adequate aup
plica of both wheat and fl6lir, ahd It
Ii said that Europe, hag not thus fat
purchased Its normal quota,
At the start May ndvanced 2 cents; to
I1.62V5. later losing some of the gain,
while July rose 114 cents to $1.37, tallowed
by a reaction to $l.3. The Market hiadft
further advances during the day.
A large export business of American
wheat was reported at the Seaboard yes
terday, sales being estimated as high as
2,000.000 btmhets. it la bellevsd that Italy.
France, Greece, Sweden and England
constitute the large buyers.
Leading futures ranged as folknva;
Tea
Wheat- Open, lllrh. Low. Cless. elooa.
$'u",y .:. -j? A ?ffl;iffl;ia
orTlnW dVlt-sf a!l J,"ai
Slay v.-..-. m m m ? :m
September ,. 8J BIS W 'stH 80
Slay ri7tA
July M
Bcptember . . -1754
l.nrr!--
May 10.12 10.20 10.12 10.20 10.12
July 10 40 10.47 10.40 10.1T 10.40
September ..10.0.1 10.75 10.65 10.75 10.65
Itlbs
fay 10.22 10.25 10.20 'lO tlO.20
Jtllv 10.52 10.57 10.62 10.57 '10.52
Heplemher ..10.80 10.87 10.50 110.87 10.60
Pork
May 17.5.1 17.0.1 17.51 17.0,1 n.M
July 18.13 1S.22 lR.IOfl.22 1S.10
Bentember ..ln.55 18.02 18.55 18.0O 18.50
Bid. fAsked.
'Bid. tAsked.
LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO. April 2X-HOOS-necelrt, 14,000
nwrket steady; mixed, and butchers, $7.80
7.7.1: good heavy. i7.4fycr7.COi raurh neiw.
$7.1637,40: nm. $7.4037.70; pigs, $037.23:
Ibulk, $7.403".i0.
. UATTXif iiacaipu, lrxw: market ateady;
beeves. JfvffRROj cows and heifers, $3a7,60;
Texsns. $6.257.00; calves, Ifl.601f8.50. ,
8IIEHP Hecelpts, 5000: market steady: na
tive and Western, $5.6008.65; lambs, lt.75
10.85.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
NEW YOfUC. April 2.1. The coffee market
openeu irregular, i-ricea louow:
Today's
npening.
7.rl.1
0.BO96.13
fl.15f0.2l
7117.32
7.40ft7.43
7.40)77.40
7.5B27.50
7.07
Velterday'a
close.
7,Sft7.8T
O.nJftd.H
6.22B.2:i
7.32rt7.$1
7.4007.42
7.4lllfi'7.fi()
7.r,s&
T.eiie
7.570
7.73
7,800
.50
7.02
?:
7.51
March ....
May
June . ....
July
August . . .
Beptember
October . . .
November .
December .
January . .
February .
"UIU.
NEW YORK BUTTER AND EGGS
NEW YORK, April 23. ButUr-Markat
, . .-n
K(,GS Irregular; receipt. 32.370 packsgro:
extra firsts. 22$22Hc.i regular packed nearby
whites. 2IQ22c: regular packed, mixed color.
24tT21i4c: extra tints, 22tif22ie,; nearby
brownsi 2.1023i.ic.
COTTON
NEW YUHK. April 23 Cotton traders Ig
nored disappointing cables from Liverpool this
morning and the marekt opened nrm. .1 points
lower tn .1 points higher, and advanced In .the
early dealings to a net gain from last nlght'a
UIDBO ut a k, iiin n viia hi.ii,f inonilll,
Way
Julv
octnbi
Dccenl)er .
jununxy
iMftrch .
spot . .
U tj iniiinn ii vim n.i.iT- iiiuu liib t
Yea. close. Open. High, Low. Close,
10.22 10.23 I0.M 10.23 10.211
10.53 10.51 10.(3 10.40 10.51
er 10.R.1 10.8.1 10.02 10.70 10,80
.li.no u.oi ii.os in.on io.ot
.11.110 ii.ni 11.00 lO.Ort 10.97
1l.lt 11.10 11.20 11.10 11.20
.10.50 10.60
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A Girl Born to Poverty
Craves a Life of Luxury
You can number such girls by the thousands.
Possibly you may know some! What are
they to do? Here is a situation for a master
mind in romance and it is a master-mind
who has worked out one such girl's problem
to its solution in
AN OUTSIDER
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Lone Wolf," Etc.
Here is a story with a really human idea a tale so
cleverly woven that you find a thrill in every chapter.
Poverty, mystery, love and some interesting: sidelights
on social maneuvering1! Be sure you read every instal
ment! Begin with the first ' l
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