i in ov EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, ' TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1917 jL ! ft? GOSSIP OF THE STREET COMMERCIAL MARKETS "LIBERTY BONDS .OR NOTHING," CITY BROKERS TELL CLIENTS jMany Houses Patriotically Devoting All Time and Energy to Issue Till Close of Campaign. Gossip of 'the Street 'S.mTTHEnE'S your salej force this mornlnj:?" was tisked of tlio manager of one t Wof the old-established investment houses In the city yesterday morning. p. . And the answer was: "In the United States service wo have ssx captains, two ' ' ensigns,, ono flrst lieutenant, two second lieutenants, ono marine, one In the nm ,' s bulance corps at Allentdwn, ono a stablo-sergcant, ono In tho aviation corps and three " others have been drafted. The remainder are all out on tho Liberty Dond, campaign, i ami will be on It for the next twenty-seven davs. ! . ,"Wo believe," he remarked, "our firm Is doing Its "bit' under the circumstances." At another well-known bond and Investment house the principal member of the 'firm said that every man was on the Liberty Bond campaign. "Wo had been doing a good business up to tho last minute," he remarked. "Only last week we cleaned ' Up a small issuo of $660,000 In two or threo days, and tho general demand was good; but wo have cut everything right off, and If any requests come to us Inquirers are . .told they can have Liberty" Bonds or nothing until this Issue Is sold, as we expect it '.' ' will bo, before the time Is up." ' . ' ' At the office of the National City Company, In the Morris Building, It was said that not only every salesman was on the Liberty Bond campaign, but several of tho office employes were out soliciting. Some of the stenographers have Joined tho cam paign, and wero as busy as any of tho salesmen. "Every ono of our selling lists of offerings has been canceled,' said the manager, . "until this Issue Is sold." "Wo had a good selling market for more than ten days past with a brisk demand, and our Portland (Oregon) ofllco reported the same, but everything gives way now to tho Liberty Bond," said tho manager of Morris Erothers, in tho Morris Building. "Of course, wo will finish up such orders as wo have on hand for October 1 delivery and tag ends that hnvo been ready to close, but for all practical purposes our shop belongs to the Government for the next twenty-seven days." ' New Idea in Financing Utilities A nevy Idea In financing public utilities companies has been Inaugurated by the Arkansas Valley Railway, Light and Power Company, one of the Byllcsby & Co. " properties, In the territory served by it In Colorado. This plan, which will no doubt become popular, is called tho customer-ownership plan, whereby tho company offers Its preferred stock to citizens on tho Installment plan at tho low rate of $5 a month, with a, 6 per cent Interest guaranty, and with the additional liberal provision that, ,lf for any reason th'o purchaser should find, after making a few payments, ho Is unable to contlnuo paying the Installments, th6 company will not only refund all .that has been paid In, but will also pay 4 per cent Interest orr all tho payments that hove been made. Customer-ownership under such conditions should become a very , popular form of financing, especially lnUhe case of public utilities. Reasons for Stock Declines Speaking of the recent decllno In General Electric stock, H. Kvnn Taylor, presi dent of the Investment Register, in tho Morris Building, said; "That a decline In tho market quotations of stock's is necessarily due to dis couraging business prospects or to an unfavorable net earning situation of the companies should not be taken for granted, for, as in tho case of tho General Electric Company, its shares are declining at a timo when its prosperity is greatest. "This company's sales slnco January 1 have been at the rate of $220,000,000 per annum, and the electrical apparatus billed out to Its customers will run bctweeji $160,000000 and $160,000,000 for the year, as compared with $134,242,000 In 1916, and B0 to 60 per cent greater than the average of 1913-1916. Tho increase Is partly duo to higher prices, but the greater part Is the result of Increased operation. Any decrease in domestic sales was more than recovered In tho Government orders. "Tho dividend of 8 per cent upon the company's stock is being earned at least three times, and there has never been any doubt as to Its stability. "That tho war has resulted In higher costs 14f of course, natural, and to maintain its working capital the company recently sold $16,000,000 G per cent notes, but that they will be paid off at their maturity, July 1, 1920, is not to be doubted. "Tim bonded debt of the company is only approximately 27 per cent of the com pany's total capitalization, and Its working capital for tho first six months of tho year was about $100,000,000. ;in view of such a financial structure, the weakness of tho stock can only bo laid to the general grinding down process discernible in other investment industrial shares at the present time." War Taxes Only Temporary Speaking of tho heavy taxes which must bo Imposed to meet the Government's needs, the manager of a largo uptown banking house said that, in his opinion? a great many people were holding back from tho enormous bargains In first-class rails and other. hlgh-grado bonds now on the market on account of tho taxation. They caln't get the Idea into their minds, he said, that theso taxes are not permanent, and, In the opinion of many well informedi are not likely to continue oeyond five years. Once they come to realize this they will buy, and by holding -on to what they buy will make a lot of money, as a majority of these bonds after the war Is over, and perhaps long befpre it is over, will appreciate wonderfully. As to Coppers and Rails "The condition of the market, especially as to copper and rails, I attribute to excess-profits taxes," remarked tfio manager of the Investment department of Bloren & Co. "Buyers have made calculations as to the earnings of corporations before and during the war, and have figured the whole thing down to a science, and when they can't see' anything to guess at In dividends they won't buy. It Is the element of 'guess,' tho unknown, intangible thing, that makes men take a chance, but there Isn't a possibility of such a condition as they figure it." Calls It a "Professional Market" "I don't see how we're going to have a successful Liberty Bond campaign with tho market in its present state, and, unless there Is a change soon, I don't know how $3,000,000,000 of bonds are going to be sold," remarked the manager of Townsend Whelen & Co. yesterday, as he glanced at the bpard and saw some of the best rails at a point which they had not reached for seventeen years. "It's a purely professional market," he said. "The public is not in it; they never are when it Is going down. Just let the market go up and they come swarming into the board rooms, and when that happens, the Liberty Bond campaign will get lively." "Al" Turner III at Home Tho many friends of "AV Turner, of Harper & Turner, Stock Exchange Building, will regret to hear that he Is confined to his home with a slight attack-of indigestion. "The severe breaks In some railroad shares today," said a prominent banker, "I attribute to sales of collateral on Issues of foreign bonds which have been placed on the market, as the reports of the August earnings of the leading roads all show the regular gains in gross earnings and declines In net earnings. In fact, there is nothing in these reports to produce such breaks in tho prices of shares." When It was suggested that the proposed tax of 3 per cent on freight revenues might havo something to do with the matter, he said that he did not think so, as that tax had been discounted long ago. Selling Old Liberty Bonds for New "I have Just received an order to Bell $100,000 3 per cent Liberty Bonds," said the manager of a downtown investment house yesterday. "It was much better for the man who owned them to sell them through our house and Invest the proceeds In the new bonds, rather than send his bonds to the Government to be exchanged. In the latter case the Government would not get' any new money, it would bo simply an exchange of bonds, but, now we camflnd a customer for the 8Hs and the Govern ment will get the cash for $100,0p0 4 per pents." It was suggested to, him that a man who could afford to buy $100,000 3 ',4s would be In the class to pay an Income super tax which would wipe out the benefit he might derive-from the difference between the returns -from the 38 and the 4s, but he remurked that as the super tax is on the Income and not on the (irmclpal, he would need to have an Income of about $120,000 a year to make the 3s a better investment than the 4s. Expects Quick Disposal of New Liberty Loan Howard Butcher, Jr., of Butcher, Sherrerd & Hansel!, in the rteal Estate Trust; Building, gives as his opinion that the second Issue of Liberty Bonds will go quicker than the first. "There are less hysterics and, .fireworks in tho conduct of this campaign," he cald, "than In the first, but good work is being done in a quiet way, ' "Not that I don't believe the hysterics and fireworks wero necessary in the first campaign,' he said, "they were, as wo were dealing with a new proposition, and we wanted to show Germany that the poeple of the United States were behind the Administration. ''Well," ho resumed, "we showed them, and, we are going to do it again in a bigger way. My personal opinion Is that' there will be. many more subscribers to this second Issue than there were to the .first, and I also believe the West will show Up in great shape. There ore places In Oklahoma, in Colorado, In Kansas and In U6 Dakafas that will -make good records, , "Of course," no added, "our men are on the Job ana will be on it until tho Issue 1 sold, If it takes the whole twenty-seven days to do it." t ' ' I "We ure going to make use of tho 'Service Flag in our Liberty Bond cam paign," said" the manager of Frailer A Co.. of the North Amerjkaa building, yes terday. Wlieh asked what tU "Service 'Flag" Is, he pointed to flag flying frpm a atafl sUUk the offlce. This l had u brpad red bolder with twhgE center on wh0h PHILADELPHIA MARKETS ' GRAIN AND FLOUR , WHEAT Tlecelpts, 40,801 bushels. The mar ket wis stead,-, quotations! Cr lots In ex port elevator (Government standard Inspection) -No. 1 red. Il27l No. 1 soft red. -JMl No. S red. fa.?!) No. 2 oft red. 12 321 No. 8 red. f 8.81 1 No. 3 .oft red, 2.1i No. 4 red. ??! No. 4 soft red, 12.15. Whits wheat relatively "me nrko aa red. Mixed wheat 2e oft. No. o wheats, red or eoft. and "Sample" will nought on their merlta, but In no cane at above lo under No. 4. COIt.V llecelpts. 10.814 bushels. The market nna dull and largely nominal Quotations: Car lota for local trade, aa to location Western No, 2 jellow. t2.1D&2.22i western No. 3 jellow. nominal! western No, 4 yellow, nominal! wettern o. " yellow, nominal. , . OATH llerelpta. lTO.SOR bushels. The market was quiet and barely steady, with moderate put ample offerings, quotation!! No. 2 white, njw, "Sftil.lVici atandnrd white, new. BlH W03ci No o wnue. mw, utuiHttc; NO. i wnue, new. tl308Wc. KLOL'n necelpta, 1100 bbts. and 1.0T4,in."l lbs. In lucks. Offerings were quite liberal, but demand was fairly actle nnd the market was generally firm Quotations, per IPO Ihs. In wood Winter, straight, new. 110 2.1810.IMI) Kansas, S'-'ar, new, 110.23610 73i do. patent, new, tlt.2.',eil .',0: do. fancy patent, lll.nu0U.7Si spring, flrst clenr. spot, Sll.23Qll.7Al do, flrst eleas, new. mill shipment, M0.2riO10.J3: dp. patent, spot. H2.73W13.2ri. do, favorite brands, Il2.on012.73t city mills, choice and fancy patent. H2.08O13.75: do. regular grades, iv,l,nt"rt1 straight. $10.250lu.00; do. patent, llo.nnOlu 7B, 11 YE FI.oun sold fairly nnd ruled Arm under small supplies. v quote jn.7Sin 75 tmlll shipment), 110.2.1011 spot, s to quality. PROVISIONS There wns a fair Jobbing Inquiry nnd the mar ket ruled nrm. Quotations: I'lty beef. In sets, smoked and nlr-drled. 33c, western beef. In sets, smoked, 83o: city beef, knuckles and tenders, smoked and air-dried. Sic; western boef. knckles and tenders, smoked, 3tc. beef hams, 130W8.J. pork, ramus-. 118 80048, hams, J-SSff'1 loos-. 2IH4 027C- do. skinned, loose. 27f.'7.4c peart), tI.30O3.S0i Oregon, Hattlett, I2.1SO 2.03. APPUCS. Colorado, per box (72-133 apples). Winter Ilsnana, 1,703.6S Jonathan, 11.930 vnoKTAnurs 11KANR. nearby, per H -bushel basket (0-10 quarter peeks), green, 40O7&C! wax, 03073c! timni, IKfl.; 1.23. IlKfeTH, nearby, per bunch. 1U 8c. , CAI IIAOB. New York, per ton, $190 I per 33-40 quarter S-buthe basket. SJnr.o,'- CAimoTfl, per bbl., nearby 'K.'.'EnY' rr bunch (12 stalks). 33073c. . t'OUN. nenrby. sacked nt 100 ears. It ?! wr -bushel basket (8H-4V4 doxen). 40073c. KOCirhANTH, nearby, per H -bushel basket (13-20 plsnts). 40RB.-.P. rUCJUMHBItH. New York, per buhel. 11.23 02: dills, I2C2.23, l.RTTUrfc. par box (2 doxen). BOc0$l.OO: per hamper. A0c9ll. ONIONS, per 100.11). scl:. yellow. New York. !s'J5w?,'.,,",nt'hU"'lls and Ohio. 12.73: Iowa, I2.801 Illinois and California, IS: Ohio, white. PnrPErtJ, nearby, pr 4 -bushel basket (8-10 dozen), 43000c. .J'.tATPKH- Eastern Shore of Virginia, per bbl. (33-40 quaiter pecks). No. 1. 18 23i nearby. Pr i'bushel bssltet (S3 lbs.). No. 1. 75083c: No 2j 4305001 bulk, per bushel (00 lbs.), 81.13 bWeET rOTATOBS, Kaslern Shorn of Vir ginia, per bbl. (33-40 quarter pecks). No. 1. J2.73: njart.!-. per H -bushel basket (8-ti quarter p(ks), 70J0e: No. 2, 40fl45c. ,AQ0AS,il "JiY- ' H -bushel basket, white (20 snussh) 20033c. TOllATOKfi, nearby, p.r , -bushel basket 'tftflMttri "CK)- TScOtl 23: culls, r.onnor. TUllMI'S. nenrby, per H -bushel basket (8.0 Quarter pecks), white 40f due: yellow. 00070c. WAR INDUSTRIALS HIT HARD ON CURB cured, loose. 22'lcs do. 'smoked last bncon. as to brand and average. ?.nlt! break average, city cured. 80c: breakfast bacon, western cured, 3c; lard, western, refined, tUrces, 24c. do. do. dp. tubs, 28'ici pure city, kettle rendered. n tierces 2SHc. do, pure city, kettle rendered, In tubs, 28ijic. REFINED SUGARS , The market ruled steady on a basis of 8 33c for extra line granulated. DAIRY PRODUCTS CIinnSE was quiet but steadv under rnodsr atu offerings. Quotations follow. New York, full cream, fancy, June, 27ci specials higher: do. do. fresh made, best, 20'i W2ilV4c do. do. choice, -5H 20c; do. do. do, fair to good, 244 2.ct IIUTTEfl sold fairly nnd ruled firm under light offerings. Quotations: Western, soltd packed creamery, fancy specials, 4Sc. extra, 40 47c, extra firsts. 15c, firsts. 444 c; seconds, 434a4c, nearly firsts, fancy 5c. average etra, 4K40c: firsts. 40047c: seconds. 44ifJ4jc. upeclat brands of prints Jobbing nt i33ilc KUOS Fine new-laid eggs wero scarce and firm with trade fair, but the undergrsdes were Irregular In value. The quotation were- Freq cases, nearby firsts. 12 uu per standard t-ise: currint receipts, 12.30 per case, seconds, ;';, 11.23 per case: western, extra firsts, J1J JIJ) per esse, nrats. $12 30 per ensu. seconds, 111) P.i W11.23 per case, fancy selected eggs wefo Job bing at 500310 per doren. POULTRY LIVK lluled firm under light offerings and a fair demand. Quotations, rjpwls, as to quality, 23W27o, roosters. 10020c; spring chickens, not Leghorns, plump, yellow skinned, weighing Hi 02 lbs. apiece. 2U027C do, do, smaller -sixes, 28025c, White Leghorns, 230 25c: ducks, l'ekln, 21022c, do. Indian nunner. 1DB20O. do, spring, 2223c; turkeys. 220JOO, guineas, oung. per pair, weighing m J ids. apiece, CO07UCI do. smaller sixes, 4305.V: guineas, old, per pair. 43030c. pigeons, old. per pair, 24023c, do, young, per pair, 2uw DltttSSHI) ruled firm under light offerlngn and a good demand Pquaba wero slightly higher. Quotations: Fowls. 12 to box, milk-fed. dry-picked, fancy selected, 32c: do, weighing 44 lbs. apleie, 314c. do, weighing 4 lbs. apiece, 31c, do. weighing 34 lbs, apiece. 30c. do. wel.hlnr 3 lbs. npleco, 28020c, fowls. Iced, In bbls , fancy, dry-picked, welgnlng 44 lbs. nndoyer ainece, 31c: do, weighing f lbs. apiece, aO03O4o, do. smaller sixes, 24028c: old roosters, dry-picked, 22c; broilers, weighing 14 02 lbs. apiece. .Icr soy. fancy. 830811c: Virginia, fancy, 30033c otner neaioy. 2(i028c per lb., western. .'Uy28c; roasting chickens, western, weighing 84 04 lbs. apiece. 28080c. turkeys, fresn-kllled, per lb., western, best here, 24025c: common. 2O0!2o, spring ducks, 230SOC; squabs, white, weigh ing 11012 lbs. per dor.. J3.1505 80. do. do, 0 0 10 lbs. per doz.. 14.5005, do. do. 8 lb, per A . 13.5004: da. do. 7 lbs. per dox., J803.33; Op. do. 00(14 lbs, per doz., 2.-23M2.0. do. darn, 8J02.6U; do, small and No. 2. 75c0l.GO. FRESH FRUITS Choice stock was In fair request and firm under moderate offerings. Quotations: Apples. New York, per bbl. Maiden Illuali. $4 n. Twenty-ounce (Iravcnsteln. 1403: Wealthy. 3 5, Duchess, 1304.30; Baldwin. J2.3O04. 50; ap ples, Pennsylvania and Virginia, per bbl. Jonathan. $400: Alexander, $403,25; Homy Beauty. $4.5005.50, atHjman Wlneaap. $40 5.30: Grimes' (Jolden, $4 03.23: Smokehouse, $403, Northwest Orrenlng. $803. York Im perial, $304.30; Summer ltambo, $2.6005: ap ples, nearby, per hamper. 60c Wl 11.23, apples, nearby, per H-bushel basket. 25c0$1.23; lemons, per box, $2.5004; bananas, per bunch. $102; oranges. California, per box, $205; pineapples, Porto Rico, per crate. $2 7303.50; grapes. New York, per S-lb. basket, l0i8c; grapes. New1 York, per 13-Ib. basket, 00070c. grapes. Cali fornia, Tokay, per crate. $102.23; grapes. Call fornla. Malagas, per crate. $101.73; prunes, New York, per 4-qt. basket, 40042c, plums. New York, Damson, per 4-qt basket, 40050c. plums. Cullfornla, tiroes, per crate. $1.5002.30: plums. California, Grand Duke, per crate. $1.50 02. cantaloupes, California and Colorado Standard crate, $1.7502, pony crate. $1.23; flat crate, white meat. 83000c; flat crate, pink meat. 73000c; white rinds. $101.75; peaches, Delaware and Maryland, per basket, 40076c. peaches, Virginia and West Virginia, per bushel basket. 6Oc0$l.5o; peaches. New York, per bushel-basket. 75c0$l 75, peaches. California, per box, 50c 0$1, pears, Delaware and Mary land, per hamper llartlett, $1.6002.25; Seckel. $1.5002.50: pears. New York, per bushsl-baSket Uartlett. $1.50.02.00, Bockel. $2.2303, pears. New York, llartlett. per bbl., $400: Beckel. $008; pears, California, llartlett. per box. $2.5003.50, cranberries, Jersey, per crate.$2 02.30. Further Progress Made in Rele gation of Issues to Compara tive Obscurity NEW VOIIK. Oct. 2 There was further progress In the trading on the Broad Street Curb In relegation of the war industrial, to comparative obscurity In the speculative field. Only a few sales were) made In this croup Aetna KxploMves. selllnK at B,i ami BU. Submarine nt lC?i ancT IJ14, and Mar lln Anna at 112. Wright-Martin Aircraft was. the most active feature, peine traded In on a large ncalo at S to lOU. Curtis sold at 37 to 38. Bethlehem Hteel preferred was under pressure, aa It has lieen for several days, falling from 98 H to the new low record of 96',4. Hverett. Heaney A Co, wan firm, sejl Ing ex the 2V4 per cent quarterly dividend, at 23 U unchanged from yesteruny's final price. The indepeendent oil stocks were gen erally lower. A feature of tho mining shared was the trading in Jerome Prescott, In which Initial sales were made nt 1H, an advnnco of it over the BUhscrlptlon price. There wns active trading with a good local and west ern demand, basse! on tho favorable reports from the property. inhuntuiai.s Air lleductlon 88 Aetna Kxploslves BH Am Brit Mfg 8 Am Marconi 3 Am Writing Paper J14 Canadian Car Co is Can Car & Fdy prcf . ... no Chevrolet Motors 76 Cramp -.. 70 CurtlsB Aeroplano 37 Carwen Tool 014 Carbon , Steel .". 75 VEGETABLES Potatoes sold fairly and ruled firm. Other vegetables wero generally steady. Quotations White potatoes, Eastern Shore, per bbl.. No. a. sey. per H-bush, 2. $1.6002.40; do. Delaware per bbl.. No. 1, $808.50; do, Jer- 1. $303.50. No and Marvlnnn1. tii v nr K.hmh. basket No. 1. 80083c. No. ...A.f... .- r... iv. ,.. , T. a-. swuyauc; aa. jersey, ycr imu-iu. ... . ,u-.o, white potatoes, per bushel. $1.2001 40. Sweet potatoes. North Carolina, por bbl, No, 1. $20 2.60: No. 2. $1.2501.73: do. Hasten Short, per bbl. -No. 1. $2.2302.75: No. 2. $ 5002; do, Jersey, per -bush. basket No. 1. 70083c; No. 2. 40000c) Celery, New York, per bunch. 20075c. Lettuce, New York, per box, COC0 $1.25. Cucumbers, New York, per bush.. $10 2.23. Cauliflower. New York, per box, $3 5004. Cabbage, New York, per ton, $20023 Onions. Jersey, per hsmper. $101.50; do, Orange Co.. N. Y.. per hamper. $1.1301.73; do. Massachusetts, Jersey and Orange Co.. N. Y., per 100-lb. bag, $2.3008; do, Ohio and Indiana, per 100-lb. bag. $2.6003: do. California, per 100-lb. bg. $2,730 3.23. Kmcrson Phonograph Federal Pyo Jlendeo Mfg Kathodlon Bronte pref Lake Torpedo Boat . . . Lehigh Coal Sales' .... Lima Loco Maxim Munitions .... Marlin Arms N Y Shipbuilding Nor Amer Pap Pulp . . Otis Klevator Peerless Motor Poole Kng Redden Truck .' Scrlpps Booth 8 S Kresge w I Standard Motors .... Steel Alloys Submarine St Joseph Lead Todd Shipbuilding Triangle Film United Profit Sharing. . U S Steamship United Motors United Sugar World's Film Wright Martin Air . . Zinc Concent A s 20 5 13 S3 H .111 . 34 . 3 . 40 . 11 . 70 . 13 . 18 . 80 . !) . 7 104 1794 . 73 lVi Vi . 4 28U . 30 - - 10 - iVj HTAMiAUIi OIL Illinois 210 Ohio S43 Prairie Pipe 83 S O Cat 236 SON' J 330 SON Y 382 00 BVi 12 ai 3 28 A3 80 80 38 10Vi 80 in 30 i 78 87 118 88 33 13 80 IS. 90 10 Hi 17 18V4 80 iv; H 33 y 10 Vt 2V4 83 37 VI 106 3 M 1' 17 4?i 23 8 GOVERNMENT'S LOCAL MARKET REPORTS k TA( dally report itnt out 6y tht Bureau 0 ilarkett'of the Vnltcd State De partment 0 Aoricullure, Philadelphia branch, tolth headquarters at 300-311 In 8Uranc Exchange Building. Bell Tele. phone, Lombard 717. (Wholesale prices on large lots to Jobbers, based 00 sales at the various railroad depots., FRUITS APPLES, per barrel (40-45, quarter peeks). New York. Maiden Hlush, 24 -Inch. best. 10; "II" grade. $4 60; ungraded, $404.2.1; mixed varieties. $2.6005. Virginias York Imperial. "A" grade, 24-Inch, mostly $2.76: "B grade, $2.50: Btaymen Wlnesap. 24-inch. $308.23: King David. "A" grade 2-n1!i J-TSO.Wl n,r grade, $2.2004: Uano. "A'' grade, 24 . Inch. $4,38, Pennsylvania. Jonathans. 'A." grade, 24 -Inch, $0. Delawares. York Imperials. "A" grade. 24-Inch, $404.25; hampers, mixed varieties. BOc0$1.23. rnin ATPT.17R. nearbv. per i -bushel bas ket (0 quarter pecks), mostly $2 BANANAS, per 7-hand bunch (8 dojsn) tit per 8-hand bunch (10 dozen). $1.23: per 0-hand bunch (12 doxen). $1.50: Per 10-hand bunch (14 dozen). $1.75: Per 11-hand bunch (IS dozen). $2. CANTALOUPES, Callfornta, Turlocka. per standard (45 melon). $1.6002: per fiat (13 to 13 melons). 00c: per pony US small melons). $1.25: Colorados, per standard crate (46 melons). $1.73 02: per fiat (12 to IB melons). 80080c: per flat FCHANBl4rmiB3. per 82-quart crate. New Jer- New York,, a 218 350 260 213 S38 268 INDKI'UMIKNT OIL STOCKS Barnett Oil & Gas .... 14 jt, Cosden & Co 8)i 8 IClk Basin 8 9 Federal Oil 3 4 Inter Petrol 14 146 Houston' Oil 13 )7 Merrltt Oil 3tTi 33 Midwest lief IIS 180 Met Petrol l-f, 1 Ohio Fuel 17 10 Oklahoma Ret n 8 VI Osage Hominy 8 84 Itlco Oil Sapulpa Kef 1 0V4 10 Sequoyah 1, 1 Sinclair IS 20 United West Oil A 94 MINING STOCKS Alaska Standard 20 Atlanta 0 Big Ledge, ltfc Blsbeo Cop (a pros) V4 Butte Cop & Zinc !', Butte New York 1 Cal & Jerome 2 4 Con Ariz 2 Kmma Consolidated.... First National 2 Cioldfleld Merger 4 Ooldfleld Cons 38 Goldfleld Florence 8 Ooldfleld Kewanaa a Green Monster 94 Hecla Mining 894 Liberty Bond Rush Shows Mighty Gain Continued from rage On talntng a subscription for $1000 from Fran cis B. Matthews, of 5609 Wyaluslng avenue. The Philadelphia rteservo Bank has transferred to 108 South Fourth street the work of accounting and receiving sub scriptions Incident lo the Liberty Loan. The two buildings have been connected by a passageway, affording quick apd easy access from the bank proper, which has been relieved of the congestion occasioned by the space required (0 handle the Lib erty Loan operation. Tho Liberty Bond subscriptions of course come through the banks, none being received directly from other subscribers by tho Federal Iteservo Bank. The mothers nnd fathers or thft COO.000 children In Philadelphia have been appealed to by the committee In charge of tho cam paign to help out. It a father or a mother doesn't realise the necessity of keeping American homes safe from the enemy, who does? The commltto has, therefore, bo stowed a new name on the $60 Liberty Bond They christened It last night "the Baby Bond." It's n baby In size, as compared with the ordinary municipal bond, folding up Into a flat package not much bigger than a baby's mitten But It carries Uncle Sam's promise, Just the same, to pay to Its holder $2 each year until It matures. "There could b no better gift for a child," says the committee "Give a 'Baby Bond' either as a birthday or a Christmas present. It's one way of doing your Christ mas shopping early Best of alt, It will teach your child the value of thrift, and, as he gets older. It will show him how his parents helped to win the war." All the big clubi of the city entered Into n competition today to see which one could sell the most Liberty Bonds. It promises to be as exciting as a race for the baseball world's series pennant. Tho Union League won first place when the first Issue of Lib erty Bonds was sold, but the Manufactur ers' Club, tho Art Club, the nnglneers" Club, the City Club and all the others are going to make the race even hotter this time. At the suggCBtlcn of the school moblllza tfon committee, the public schools of Phila delphia have agreed to Institute n system of dally "Liberty Loan lessons" to be given by tho teachers. These lessons will bo prepared by various educators through out tho city who have volunteered their services. The purpose of tho system Is to make the children thoroughly familiar with all the reasons for responding to the Gov ernment's call for money. There will be twenty lessons In nil on the following sub jects, the first to be given on Wednesday morning of this week us follows: How we entered the war, why we entered the war, what wo havo done In the war, what will happen 'If Germany wins, what will happen If we win, why despotisms favor war, why democracies hate war, why money Is needed for war, raising money by bonds, what a Liberty Loan Is, earning for Liberty Bonds, saving for Liberty Bonds, a Liberty Bond as an investment, In part nership with the Government, where the bond money goes nrmy! where the bond money goes navy; where, the bond money goes airplanes; where the bond money goes merchant ships, and where the bond money goes allies At the request of the Liberty Loan com mittee and as a general "good turn" to the public, the Boy Scouts of America have es tablished at the office or the Liberty Loan committee, Lincoln Building, Broad c.trest above Chestnut, ifn Information bureau. The bureau will be conducted by the chair man of tho Boy Scout bond committee, a banker who Is well versed In the subject because of his experience with the public queries through tho boys In the last cum-rjalsn. "Have the subscription blanks arrived?" "Where do you get Liberty Bond buttons7" "Can 1 have some posters or windshield stickers?" "I havo no bank account; how can I subscribe?" "We want a speaker for a meeting In our mill: to whom should we go to secure one?" All of theso questions and even those of a more technical nature should be referred to the Information bureau, either by a per sonal call at the Lincoln Building or by phone. Walnut 6230 on tho Bell, or Key stone Raco C130. A sign has been ericted over the Infor mation bureau which reads: "This Is the place to bring your question. We may save you time and that of others." "Live-wire" citizens have turned them selves Into "rooters" for the sale of the bonds, and are "buttonholdlng" everybody to urge them to go to the nearest bank and make application for a bond. In the win dows of tho hotel In South Penn Square which H owned by Ityerson W. Jennings Mr. Jennings has placed sheets of wrapping paper Inscribed with these slogans: "Don't let Chicago beat us to It this time. Buy quickly nnd go the limit." "Philadelphia has often led the country. Let's do It again,!" "Hoover says, 'Food will win the war,' But money talks buy a bond." "Cleveland's allotment Is the same as ours. Let us prove that Secretary McAdoo don't know Philadelphia 1" "THE WANDERER" ! I " v Novelized by WilHam A. rape from Maurice V. SamuU' jiAmtt, at the Metropdlitan Opera Houbc. (Copyright by William Elliott, F. llay ComstocU and Morrbi Oest.) Jether. the son of Jesse and Huldah. of the hs Is a shepherd boy. its forms a friendship tribe of Judah, during the time, of King Solo mon. 8OO0 years sgo. Is unhappy at home, where 14 8Ts !4 4 14 Vk 384 ISO 8 Y 01,1, 1 . ' .u IT0f T" dnVSl Delaware, no arrivals) - q.r.inJ tSasaWt. 1-lOISn. v uvakr Ma. Tork rtar bill h ft 1 ft 41 S nu-krt pecka). UaWUtta.l2.246B.Mi Heck-ala. par biwhel Wvtet and buahel keg (14-13 quarter pecki). PEACHES, nearby, par Kpuahtl baakct (8-0 Quarter PC1I. ru Dcruuni. uu uuuiuiui ifl quarter ai. ft i Mss Tor It. nftF buahftl II 4- Jocks). Elberta.., No. 1. 11,78: No. 2. 11.40: western .wr.rf --, " "."i rL"S 1.7DI J CDnsTIVftm. av-MUri uasa.i n New fork, per bus w Pennsy .1 Kl V1VI. A31VIIUC. UNfcn, New Tork. per 4-quart baaktt, per .-quart basket. Damsons. "PLUMS. 083C. BOLD AT AUCTION TESTEItDAY ORANOC3. Cal'0!"'', pr r' ,tw f '? ! VW.VM, IU.UIUHI , -f0 smait au tiu-it aopj, ioswi), t2.8SGMi il.suwa . Catlfarnla. Mr-84-lbiCraU. 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Ask 10a Garfield Orders Coal Prices Cut Continued fiom rage One shortage In that section would be taken care of. Herbert C Hoover, Food Administrator, took a hand In the coal situation today when he addressed tho State Administrators. He pointed out that the food situation Is largely dependent upon the coal situation, and urged all State Administrators to use drastic measures to bring coal prices 'down In their territories. A reduction of thirty cents a ton on broken sizes, and of from fifty to seventy five cents on pea coal, must result in Phila delphia from the new coal prices, according to a statement Issued today by Fuel Ad ministrator (lartlold. The price on all sizes In Wilmington, Del., will be reduced twenty-five cents ; In Balti more, fifteen to twonty cents, and but very slightly In the small towns of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. This announcement answers the conten tions made yesterday by many local dealers that the new order would not decrease prices. The price schedule allows tho re tailers to add to their gross profit per ton for 1915 30 per cent to provide for In crease In expenses of selling and handling. Some of the retailers were bitter In their denunciation of the new prices. It was maintained that this schedule, far from having the desired effect, wouldn't lower the retail price of coal, but In some cases would raise It, It has been unofficially announced that all dealers falling to comply with the new prices will be prosecuted. It has also been learned that following appointment of the State administrator auditors will be sent to examine the books of those retailers whose figures do not agree with Govern ment figures. The price announced yesterday Is based upon figures obtained by the Federal Trade Commission, Dy ngures tagen rrom the re port of the -commission appointed by Gov ernor Brumbaugh, under the act of June 15. 1915, to investigate coal prices, and upon the result of conferences with many of the large coal operators of this country. The retailers are also complaining that they will have to get their Bupply entirely from railroad-owned companies. The Inde pendent operators are allowed by the Gov ernment to charge seventy-five cents a ton more than the railroad-owned companies. These latter companies cannot take care of all the requirements of the city, and It will be necessary to charge the additional seventy-five cents the Independent compa. nlea collect to the consumer, they point out with Tola, nnd on the latter'a advice perausdes nis ratner to give nun nis porutn 01 in i'""' nal estate. Then he and Tola in out for J''" sslem, where they go to the house of Nsdinj. who gives him her daughter. Tlsha. as a hand maiden. They quarrel over a neoklace Tlsna desires which Jether refuses to buy. Nsalna chides Tlsha, telling her that Jether holds her chesply. Tlsha vows to be revenged, and wnen Jether Is half Intoilrated she prevails upon h m to. forswear tb. Ood of Israel and proclaim allegiance to Ishtsr, the Babylonian gof of lave. Then a company of her friends arrive and they Plunge Into revelry. Hoon afterward .I'haris.n rich sea captain. Is Introduced to Tlsha by her mother To Jether's dismay the girl quickly shows parthillty for th. newcomer ana agrees to go with him on a voyage. AU his money gone. Nadlna strips him of his last Possessions and drives him, forth. Finally he arrives home nnd meets Oast, his elder brother, who forblas him to enter tho houss. JCTHEIl bowed his head In submission. Afte'r n.l, what Gaal had said must be true. "I did but seek to look upon him hid den and see also my mother," he an swered. "She hath found comfort In forgetting thee." lied Oaal, hoping to send him away quickly and fearful of the coming of ft nervant. "Thou'wouldst not steal this com fort from her by showing thyself In rags?" Jether faced him Indignantly. 'Thou llest I" he cried. "My mother hath not forgotten me. How canst thou know my mother, thou whose heart Is like the stony ground? My mother yearns for me. From tho day I went away, I know her prayers have risen to God for me. And were she here her arms would be around me though all else would shrink to see my sores. Thou llest when thou sayest my mother hath forgotten me." With a snap of the finger Gaal turned away from him "Bah," he said, toughly, "1 could smite thee to the earth with my ono finger, yet I spare thee. And as I spare thee, so would I spare her. Should sho see thee now when her strength falls her almost unto death, see thee as thou art when I have told her that father hath spoken wisely and that thou hast won honor In n distant city then her death would be upon thy head." Tho thought of the pain he might cause his mother Bhould his presence become known was the last crushing blow to Jether's pride. Humbly he said: "I have Indeed caused enough of woe. The goatshed or tho kennels shall hide me as thou wlshest. I shall Uveal naught of thy portion. A younc goat with kinder heart than thine shall sharo Its mother's milk with me as I kneel down beside It. Then I shall go on on out Into the darlc- ne8a-" 1 , ., Slowly his faltering footsteps carried the tottering, weakened frame across the court yard and into the inciosure wnere wc kept the dogs and the goats. And Oaal. strong haughty, cold-hearted and obdurate, looked alter the frail and alight figure of him who had been the young and handsome Jether. now transformed Into a wer-.k, help less beggar. CHAPTEIl XXIII. A dog barked Then another and an other. Then there was silence for a mo ment. Jesse strode forth from the house to listen, wonderingly. He found Gaal starlne toward the goat shed with anxious eyes. "Why dost thou remain Tiere?" asked Jesse. "Is aught wrong with the dogs?" "Nay. my fatner," answerca uaai, quicKiy. "But go thou within." "I am anxious about the stranger who hath passed through Hebron and who may have newB of Jether," replied Jesse, sadly. "But hope hath almost left me In rnjne old age." "If thou nearest the worst, thy strength may leave thee," argued Gaal. "Nay, I shall hope again. But thou, Gaal, go thou within and bid thy mother place a plate for the stranger next to next to Jether's empty one." Gaal strode Into the house. Agan a dog barked. Then several others joined In, until from the doghouse and the goat Inciosure came a perfect chorus of dogs, some bark ing angrily, somo joyfully. Jesse listened Intently; then, convinced that something waa wrong, he called to old Shelah, who tu.i anxiously to his master. "Why do the dogs bark thus, Shelah? Were they not fed7" asked Jesse. "I myself left food for them a little whtio ago," replied Shelah, wonderingly. "Go to them, for there Is something. And remember Shelah, though naught is lower than a dog, yet a good master will not neglect one." As Shelah left to Investigate, Huldah, hearing the barking of the dogs, came from the house and approached Jesse anxiously. "Go thou within," commanded the pa triarch. "The air Is chill and I will Join thee presently, after Shelah reports about the dogs, that do bark so- Btrangely." "I too have noted the barking of the dogs. But come thou within, Jesse. The evening meal awaits thee." A loud cry from Shelah Interrupted them. He came to them In great excitement. "Master," he cried, ''what shall I do? There was a man, a beggar, among the dogs, gnawlnga bone that they had turned from. He lay upon the ground In agony, for ope had set upon him. I could not see his face, the way he lay, but I did beat the dogs away from him and closed the gate upon them." Jesse stroked his beard thoughtfully. The stranger from Hebron might come at any moment. "Huldah. go thou with Shelah," he said. Huldah, as though sensing calamity, looked strangely at Jesse and then followed Shelah toward the dog kennels. Jesse strode a few steps down the rcd, only to hasten back on hearing a fearful cry come from the direction of the sheds. Tb rolce was that of Huldah, and anguish "ras In every note. Through the gathering darkness Jesse saw her aiding Shelah to half carry, drag a limn and senseless fdrrr). clad oM rags. He started toward her tsrtf,. something made him pause. Tm dropped her burden nt Ilia feet, nnd inai it was tha body of n, mart from exhaustion. He leaned .oyer, wttt I winner, racing him plteousiv, cried: "Our boy I Our boy has come honta I . .u 4t ' cr,ed JeBse. stricken it tin 1 i uia man lying before him and rttiM ing. In spite of his former anxiety jetiier, that he had sworn a might .-i never should the boy look upon race araln "rw tu... n.. t- h. -e shall not look upon my face again." i vith an Imperious gesture ha resola turned his back. A inrU ,i. f M. v. carried the. loose msniu whlnh mn4 fe ll s shoulders "P nl over his head. ceeH-TJ Pletely hiding his face. He stood thr J stolid, mute. Arm as a rock. The mother, alternately sobbing over hr boy and pleading with the command! figure, of the aged patriarch, nought to mov nlm to pity. ..e.',x,0 at our bo'- our' Jether," she begged. See what the world hath done to him I" And as Jesse stood there sllentf sh ad Jresscd her words to the boy upon whom she waa now shedding a mother's tears and who lay silent and Insensible upon the graa berore her as she kneeled beside him. "Oh, my boy," she sobbed. "My poor boy. To come back thus, when thou wert like ttw morning. Thy hair so curly once. Now how thin thou art and shrunken. Osn thine eyes, thy soft brown eyes and Iok upon thy mother. My ring" She leaned over the prostrate figure an J , kissed the ring which Jether still wort upon his finger. "He hungers, but my ring is still up his finger when with It he oould have bought food, oh, my boy Shelah, get water and bathe his face. Ob my boy, t ,i? my """""H" Into the, my strength , Jeth,er. Oh, God, be gracious unto us and ' spare him. Spare n!ln to us!" Then, as Shelah fetched the watr and Jesse still stood mutely to on side, re fusing to look upon the body of his aon, the mother cried aloud: "Who hath done thin to him? Us tin accursed I Oh, Lord God, I call thy vehg ance upon them. Cursed be the fruit of their bodies and the fruit of thslr latidj. Cursed may they be when they go In, and when they come outl Oh, God. leave m my boy, my beautiful boy," she sobbed, with ono laBt, heart-breaking cry of anguish, as she fell forward prostrate across the body of her son. A sudden glimmer of returning conscious ness roused Jether. He moved, half at tempted to rise, and then his nrm went around the neck of his mother, nnd he niunperen, as 11 ne were tut a child again: "Mother." "My boy my beautiful boy." ahe sobbed. (To be Continued Tomorrow). ADELE PANKHURST WEDS Suffragette Has Been Married in Aus tralia to a Seaman LONDON. Oct. 2. Adele Pankhurst, daughter of Mrs. Emmellne Pankhurst. th English suffrage leader, has been married to a seaman named Walsh, says a neuter dispatch from Melbourne Miss Pankhurst has been In Australia for a long time and has taken a prominent part In the agitation against conscription, having figured In a number of riots which resulted In August she was reported to have beett sentenced to Imprisonment for a menth on account of a demonstration Started by her outside the Parliament building In Mel bourne. She Is the first of Mrs. Pankhurst's three daughters, all militant suffragettes, to marry. Some months ago Mrs. Pankhurst cabled Premier Hughes, of Australia, that she watf' "ashamed of Adele and repudiated her." , A NOW i til iZ -t 11VVT .tn VTatar Meter, f set rating for 1011. PHILA. I MKTKK CO.. Mi Real Kit. Tr, I nnlldlng, or ynr plumber. 1 More "Tridents" uimh! Tham 1 . Any Oilier Mats. . I MMTMsUIiJ L ' I W 1 WSWJTfn yMekl m vSf. 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