r'TW: Es EwfiSfkMM ' ffl- ft GOSSIP OF BROKERS CONTINUE "WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO TURN UP" liack of Action on Important Matters of Pub- r i li' Tfnvoaf "RocnnneilVlQ fnv TinllTYPRS. , Gossip of the Street .) ,....!. t .n hrooniimi vnotnnl.iv In n mnlorltv o the Vrokcrs' , lCIIlfcAXJ aiOi,iiauuit j,n.,i.w j ff It '....- I offices. Every one Eecmeu to do but nothtns of any Importnnco came nlonj? to obllse them. The universal wswer as to the continued dullness nas the lack of any action In a num ber of Important Issues which may or may not affect the security market, ill depending on how they will he decided. The most Important of these would seem to be the Japanese-Kusslan lt.ue and the postponement of the conference at Moscow till tomorrow, When In all probability President Wilson's latest message to Russia will tie considered, and may be strong enough to Influence a complete change In the situation. The holding up again of tho railroad control bill also had a depressing Sect, and again thoro is a hopo that before many dajs announcement .ulll be made of the amount and the terms of tho anxiously awaited third Liberty Loan. Taking Jt all in all the atmosphere of the financial dlstrlot could Ik" J hardly have been made more depressing thirteenth" instead or weanesciay mo I Other Sources of Income" While In tho opinion of many leases or takes over tho control of operating Income clause Is left as in matter of easy calculating just what Kl l and virtually puts the railroad stocks bonds with a definite Income rate, thero Tery Important Item in the annual statements of many Important rail roads, and especially of thoso known as tho coal roads, which Is certain to have a very important bearing on tho values of railroad stocks; and that Is the Item which Is usually classified aa "Income from other sources." In the case of what are known as the coal roads, much of this Income Is f ,erlved from the profits of the coal in other Instances It Is derived ironi investments rnaue uum uun iu "" la eecurltles of various kinds and deposited In, the treasuries of tho roads. ,'A The Pennsylvania Railroad, It Is said, gets enough Income from such In V Vatments to cover Its yearly fixed charges. As this "other Income" Is fj-ieparate and distinct from the "average net operating .ncome," on ;1 which tho Government's payments are to be based, It will become a S; natter of prime Importance to the Investor in railroad stocks In future to l lve particular attention to the item of "other Income." I Some of th,e principal roads In whose statements the "other Income" ,. amounts to a large percentage of the total Income are the Union Pacific, J ,f 8outhern Pacific, Pittsburgh and r, n Northern Pacific, New York Central, I'i Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Susquehanna ana Atlantic k i Cout Line. '!( As to the coal roads it is said that Ti Watching with more than usual interest the effect which governmental rl! control may have on the equities in the coal properties. In the case of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, which last j ear received a large Income from the J6 Lehigh Valley Coal Company, a well-known stock exchange firm that ( recently announced that something I ! Lehlirh Vnllau Tal1rnnri u-nuM snnn ( itatement: Government? 'a Life Insurance There Is a good deal of discussion I In this and other cities over the Government's Insurance of the enlisted Md drafted men. The principal point at Issue Is in the matter or cost or ministration of the Insurance department of tho Government, which thy claim Mr. McAdoo has refused to segregate from the actual cost of the Insurance. This tho insurance men say Is unfair, nut only to their liprofesslon but to the public as well, M to Just how much of the Government's insurance plan Is covered oy the contributions of tho men Insured and how much of It comes from i the Government, which in tho last ymianwropic or contributed Dy mo peopio mruuyii wiouuu, There seems to be good reason on tho part of the Insurance men's request, but on the other hand, this life Insurance business of the Gov ernment Is a new proposition, and the expenses of organisation and tlmlnlstration at this early stage would be abnormal, Just as they are inormal in the organization and administration of any new life Insurance 'company, and If made public might Then again, our casualty lists have only begun to come in ana more ! not yet nor will thwe be for some time to come any basis on which to ' calculate the mortality issues. Thero Is one thmg the Insurance rhen 1 ihouid not forget In their criticism of Mr. Mcdoo In this com ectlon and that Is, the big companies who were doing a .argo business In European countries did net segregate their European mortality experiences since me totfnnlng of the war and publish them for comparison, tut covered them up in the general total. There are few, however, who will dispute the superiority of the pres ent Ufa in..... .i.. ,, ihn ,.Arv nvnnnalvn nnd unsatisfactory pen- ! ... ... ... n system lth which tnis country HEW YOIIK COFFEE MARKET "w Ytk, March 14. The market for futures opened aulet .and un- nfd to 1 points lower under a little "lot liquidation. May was the only "to traded In. There was an ad- o He In quotations In the local mirket this mnrnlnr. but values JJ held (6 be more or less nominal w xesi. ' -. Ul-I, T n CI-.- .In. uL er'i isii wn -J". ; ySi, K.45 i, MO 8.83 ,.(.... .4i It SO 8 41- 8. 48 S.4i CHARACTERS AND . -"zzJ " ' '' " WT '''-' rr , ftr o-e Razees' &j - THE STREET PHILADELPHIA COMMERCIAL MARKETS CORPORATE ACTIVITIES ., --- -- i.t Mniiitnf n mm un." waums i' """"' r- If yesterday had been "Friday tho imriecniu. the basis on which the Government the railroads (If the three-year net the original draft) leaves it merely a the dhldends of any railroad will bo on almost the same basis as railroad seems to haw been overlooked a properties owned by the roads, while Lake Erie, Pennsylvania Railroad, Illinois Central, Central of Georgia, holders of stocks In theso roads are of importanco to stockholders of the lift elven out Issued tho following Business going on among life Insurance men who should be informed, they hold, analysis means, how much of it Is be used In unfair companions. 1 . ..till Id hnvilanAfl nas uetsn unu bum uu. ... Haie & Kilburn Have Good Year, The Hale & Kilburn Corporation, -SUO' cessors to the Hale & Kilburn Company, reports fcr the year ended December 81 sales of 14,236,512, compared with 13,130,810 the previous year. Net for the year Increased 17B.8l. P"llerit Josenh A. Bower says unfilled orders on hanf January 1. 1918. amount to 12.121. 081 The company Is manufacturing orna commodities used by 'the Govern ment. and In order to do this some prod Srt. are temporarily dtscolntued. . The inclnmad automblle . Body qeparirnoni TSVEJSrtSti PUBLIC EVENTS OF THE WORLD WAR AS DEPICTED BY CARTOONISTS OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS 3A 'S2S'!& v tiXXiMT PHILADELPHIA MARKETS GRAIN AND FLOUR WltHAT itpcpipii, at.mj lmih.l Mir rL.Jm , Th' nuotntlnnn follow Cur tntu In i;p?., Mtnr (floM-rnment Mnndnni In JRCr'l' "'.nnlirl rrkv- Vo 1. r,njtn;rn !P,J"L, ,2-l". No. 1 hanl winter IJJ! .rtu,im. ,s7- N ' nnr'' white 2 ST. iorto ."'"'T. Vo 1 1TI, do do No ?,;'' 't No 1 JJ J- do. N'o 2, 2 2-' "l?- No I J.MS, do do No 5 Kljl sininlo Krnd.s, niff; 13. xott No "J. hV.1 'lo No. 4 2 in do. No. !. 2 JJ. "ample unidc t2nj32.ll. ..hl".1?1 milmum prlri onlv to he nrplled mK," Lh ?thrr nualltlcs In tho wheat ore n'Kh enough to warrant It. No 3 whem Maximum price containing ini.i.nrr.r"" rnolnturo to 13 " P.r cent molture 4o under No 1 or No a red 2 21. tV!.,i Sf.1 .tu '2 21 Maximum price con. '-."" '"J! W cent to II p, r c nt moltur" '.of "r'e?ir N;;n " No 3 red 12.22. No. 3 v'. 4 "heats Maximum price fie under No r, wheats Maximum price contalnlne not cuer 14 3 per cent moisture "c iinder V". ,1 or No 3 red IJ 21, No & soft. $2 1!). .Maximum price containing not over 14 T per ""'moisture 7g under No 1 or No .1 red. 12 20 No r, soft red 2 IS Maximum price containing not oer I'i per cen molstura Re under No 1 or No 5 red, J." 10. No. 0 soft rcd. 12 17, Sample wheats handled on mi rlts but In no case shall prices lie hlBher than 4C under No. 1 of tho subclass represented. bmutty wheat- Value shill lie determined by ench sample basis of tho class and sub class CORN Receipts. 14,147 bushels Bcarce but trids was slow and the market ruled a shade easier Quotations' Car lots for local trade No 3 jellow. 12 03. No. 4 it- low J.' (11 W2 02 OATS Receipts. 21 .ion bushels Offerings were light and the market ruled firm but rade was null Quotations N'n V white 1 07J1 OTW, stindard white. IIM'ie 107, No 1 white 11 OOG'l.oaVa . No 4 white. 11 ni"4 ri nH ,riX)Un Receipts IT. bbls Hnd 4 (V)2. f04 lbs In sicks offi rlnus were lloht and tho market ruled firm with dtmind fairly nctle. The ciuotatlons l'er lll lbs. In '1 lb. cotton sacks Winter whcit loll pel cent flour Itiratt mi Kbpsis whei.t in-i per cent flour. $10 7$M1 in. spring wheat, 100 pr cent flour. 110 50011 no RVn FrxJL'R was In eood demand and firmly held Quotations at 14 00 15 50 per Bbl. In sacks PROVISIONS There wis a fair Jobblnir Inquiry and values ruled firm The quotations follow; City beef. In sets, smoked at. 4 alr-drled. .13c, western beef. In sets smoked. 31c. city beef knuckles and tenders, smoked and alr drled. 34c. western beef knuckles and ten ders smoked 31c lleef hams. J4V Pork, family. J-.llff.ll 50. Hams. 8 1' .cured, loose. 2S4.'.'lc do, sMnn-d. loose 27iS.'9c do do. smoked 2S20c. other hams smoked city cured, aa to brand and aver aire St) 0311c hims smoked western cured. 2D3(tc, do boiled boneless. 41c Picnic shoulders S r cured, loose, 21'4ci do. smoked. 2Hc Bellies. In Pickle accordlnl to axersBe. loose 2!Hc Ilreakfast bacon, as to brand and averase. city cured 3nc, do, western cured .11c I-ard western, re fined. 27H2HSc do. puro city, kettlo ren dered. 27Hi&:sHc. ' REFINED SUGARS Supplies were small and tho market ru'J-d steady under a fairly aettie dennnd o quoto on a basis of 7,45c for extra fine granulated. DAIRY PRODUCTS BUTTER The market ruled steady, with demand fairly active. Quotations follow. Solid-packed cream-rv extri. 45c. do. in er scorlns lots. 48S 17; extra firsts 4 4;, frsts, 44c, seconds 438-3'ic n'lrby Dr'jjffli fantw ifln aerapi 40TJ4e, nrsi 43c, seronrJi 41ff-HMtC. special praiiu i prints lonning at ouuiuc, . KOOS The market ruled weak nl SO 45o per case lower under freer offerings and a light demand Quotations Free cases, nearby firsts, 11 ,11 I'r standscd case, current receipts per case. Ill -Jbni and $11.40 asked, western extra firsts III .11 per cas. firsts 111 21 per case fancy s,. iected eggs were Jobbing at 428f4tc per CJ?nESR Trade was ciulet and the mar. ket ahnwi-1 little change 3tllnns New York, full cream, fancy. June. 2 .4 .v c. specials higher; do. do. fancy, September, mide. 212'ic. New York, ftall-cream, fall-made lair to roou. .o'jv-w. POULTRY rivn Tho market ruled firm under light .-". . .. j- TI-, Minis. offerings anu a iir eiuiviiu ... .,-,.-tlons were as follows: Chickens, soft-meated roosters, 3'.4(ic. Btaggy oung roosters, ion? 12c . old roosters 2S10c: ducks IVkln. 833Sc, ducks. Indian Runner. M - geese. 341'c, guineas, per pair, 11 2(1 Plg'ons? old fr pair 85U3iic. do, young. "'iJBnsi.KI) The market ruled Arm with demand readily absorbing tho limited offer lnsa of choice, stock. Quotations: Frozen fowls 12 to box milk-fed dry-picked, fancy selrcted, 3(lc weighing 4 lbs and over .niece 31V4C. 3'4 lbs apiece. 320 ?e do 3 Ins apiece! 30031c Frozen fowls fn bblS:. fancy:PdrVPlcked-Wlghlng 4 Ibj. M niir apiece. 31ci do 84 lbs. apiece. 82033c" smaller sizes 28030c. RrolllnS Jhlckens. weighing 14 2 lbs. apiece Jer J?y fancy. 40O4.'c, Virginia fancy, 8fl.18oi Stner nearby. 84030c: western. Sjjheo. Roastlnc chlcke is, western. In boxes Ve gh. Ing 4H lbs and over, apiece. 33c: do 4 lbs. apiece; 3334c: do. 3V4 lbs apiece. al082ci So. 8H03 lbs apiece 23080c. Roasting ihekens western. In bbls .elghlr.g 44 lb., and over apiece, S3c: do, .14 03 lbs apiece. SI 032c: do. 24 03 lbs apiece. 28030c. Old Fooiters drvplrked. 27c. Capons per lb Weighing 8010 lbs. apiece 38081)0: smaller 84033c: do, common, 80c Ducks, western, !l.,lki. I lh, mnA over. SO032CI do. do smaller sizes. 2R029c. Oees.. nearby. 260 28o, western. 21027c. Bouabs. per iozsn White, weighing 11 to 12 lbs. per dosen. I7,f.()'li7.75: do. do, O01U lbs per dozen, H717.23: do, do. 8 lbs. per dozen. IB 500 8 231 do, do 7 lbs. per dozen. 15005: do. do. S064 lbs per dozer ( 1103.75' dark, 1162; small and No. 2, 75c 12. FRESIt FRUITS The general market was quiet and prices favored buyers, aslda from fancy fruit, which brought outside figures,.. Quotations: Aiinles. per bbl. King t4pni. winesap, nerl an. II Hnltz Vvl.'i.f'lt.nana. 11.7502.50: Hnltzenburg, II 7502 HI: Rome lleauty. It 7302 90: ! lV.7ourJ2 5O.04Ing.,ft.5O02ifo:Ortley. Kr bunch J2WS ou: oranges norma. i, x, S08i oranges. California, per , box. W ungerlnes Florida per H;jn IJ7i i10ni (Treentne 13 6600 sn-'naldwln. I8 60 rJnsdiltome Beauty, ,1405 501 Btaymiii WlnSsap. 1405.80! 11 ark Twlr 140,1 Parastn 53: Qano. 1304 50: York 1m- al. S3 23UO.-0, len nais, ijwii "m- LElaEll - JPHIKADELIA; THURSDAY, cOC - !. VJB .,! " II . f berries Tersev, per bbl 1 13 5? IS straw Hirrles Florida pir quart 21?13e VEGETAHLES Onions nnd cabbsKe were dull nnd weak Potatoes of fino qusllty brouaht outside rales Other rs;etnbles wre In moderate request nt rexlsed prices. Quotations Vhlle potatoes, Jersex per -buh Imsket 13.1 lbs ), No 1 lllffinc No, .' SltflV, do. per 100 lbs Pennslanlrt It50ffl7 New York. SI 40! no western 11 40f 1 Hi) Sweet potatoes Jerse per St -bush, basket (31 lbs.). No 1, tl 111 15. No 2 70W7.V; do do per hamper No 1. II lOfff i, No 2 r.Ocfffll Celery, New York per bunch, 20 fiOc do Floridl per eratv, 7VM2 Let tuce, Florlta, per hsmpet, 75cffT$J2. do. California Iceberir, per crate, M loff J 2v nillltlower, California, p, r crnte 50cf X 1(1 Hrmsels sprouts lxina Island per quart. !Hf2Ui IkBPlant Hnrldn per Iwx IIW.'i. do Cuban per box 4P5 Cu cumbers, Florldi, per hamper I1GTA Squash Florid 1 l r crate $2 104 Spinach. Norfolk pee bbl , 2?2 75 do Texas per.bisket 1?1 0 Kale Norfolk Rer hhl , ItncRJl 21 Heaps riorlda. per amper J2W4 Hels Florida r,er crate. iilttl .'1 do, per 1(10 bunches lliff 1 Teas Florida, per hamper J2W4 .111 do Call fornll, Pir drum, $iltfft Peppers Florida per crate, $4?f1 do. Cubin per box I4GH Tomatoes Florida per crate 12 "OltTO do (uban. per crate, $15?1 Turnh Cana dian rutabiBis per l(if) lbs. $1175 Aspiramis, South Carolina and Oeorifla, per dozen bunchis flfffs, do. California, per dozen bunches $"!? 12 Cabbase Danish sei-d, per ton J20T21. do Florida, new, per basket, 11 "0 Onions New York and western, per 100 lb bag. No 1 71efP XI 11. No 2, SOtiJTUc. Mushrooms, per lb , 30S45C CLOSING LIVESTOCK PRICES Chicago, March 14 HOOS Receipts. 40,. noo head, tomorrow Hn Odd head Actlw I.lpht stcod ethers lnc aboe esterdays aeraee Hulk, 11)1 00017 (10: light, 17 .' W17 no, mixed, $1 now 17 00; heavy, ltd 10 "itl7 40: rough tin lO'fflU 33; good lo choice. Jin M'.fi17 40 C'ATTI.K Ileolpts, 13 000 head. Strong 10c higher Jit 1.1 SlIi:i:P ltrcilnts 10.000 head. Stead), J10 75. I.ambs. 11H In South OmnliB, March 14 HOQ3 Re. celpts 11.100 head Vteak. 15025c hlghei, CATTL.K Receipts. 600 he'ad Strong 10c higher SHlVCP Receipts, 12.800 head. Steady 10815c higher. Kansas City. March 14 CATTI.R Re. cclnts Kino head Market 1020c higher IIOfl! Receipts, 501)0 held Steady. KHUEP Receipt.. 1001) head. Strong. CHICAGO BUTTER AND EGGS Chicago, March 14. BUTTER Receipts 7710 tubs Kxtrft creamery. 4t'ic. extra firsts, 41 T44c. flr.ts, 42443jc. ec I lids I.TiKIOc. KOOS Receipts. 11.030 cases Marli-t unchanged NEW YORK BUTTER AND EGGS New York, March 14 lll'TTKU Re relpts, R171 tubs, Msrket esslsr High score. 4IHf4ft4c. extras. 410434c: firsts. ll44.c. seconds, I21ft1,c HOOi Receipts 2107I cases Market firm Kitra firsts 10U tl 184c. firsts. 8H0 3Uc, seconds. 8T018p white, 4(l47c, brown, 408'41c: mixed, 3S4 03O4C. Lhcrpoot Cotton Lherpool, March 14 Spot cotton was Quiet todav with prices easier on the basis of 24.08(1 for good middling, ojd ccntract. a decline of 7 points Sales were 3000 bales. Receipts were 60,000 bales, lnc'.udlnn 32,600 bales American. Futures were quiet In the early dealings. Old contract Biot prices were; Ameri can. mliliMlntc fair. LM.Tfld: (rood mid illlne, 24 08(1: middling;. 23 BBd. low mid ill Ink', 23 03d; Rood ordinary, 22 03d; ordinary, 21.1i0d. Refined Sugar Unchanged New InrU, March 14 Refined sugars are unclianced, with all refiners nuotln at 7 45c The Federal and the Warner companies nre w Ithdrawn The N'atlonnl exptcts to accept business todav Cuban rawi aro unchanged at 6 003, duty paid Reserve Ranks Discount Rates Ofliclal discount rates at the twelve Federal llesorvo Hanks were as follows; (Tho first column gles the rates for all periods up to and Including; tho fifteen-day maturity, the second for atpe rlod of sixteen to ninety days The third and fourth columns ijlve the rates for rediscounts of collateral loans se cured by Government bonds or, notes ) f I 111 Com'l paper Oov't paper 1(1 to DO 10 to DO Ranks 15 days days 13 days duj Poston 4 5 S4 4 New York 34 44 .14 J Philadelphia .... 4 44 34 i Cleveland 4 44 .14 A Richmond 4 44 4 i Atlanta 4 44 !il J Chicago 4 4403 34 4 Ft Loul 4 44 34 4 Mlnneapoll 4 44 03 34 4 Uansas City . . 4 I 44 84 4 Dallas . ... 4 44 84 4 San rranclsca 4 44 34 i Tlnworkers Suffer by Price Cut Pittsburgh, March 14. As a result of reduction of the price of sheet nnd tin plate, workers will suffer n cut of 2 per cent' In pay during March and April, Sheets are now at 1 5. SB per 100 pounds, compared with $5 50 on January 10. Tin plates are now selling; at 18.40 a box, compared with 18,60 two months ago. This Is the first reduction since the war started ana indicates tne ten dency of prices to reacr GOVERNMENT BONDS A sic 08 registered, 1030,. coupon, 1030..,,. registered. 1018.. r. as Da. fvtunnn. 101R 001 1034 4s. registered. 1025, 4, coupon. 1021.... 8s. registered. 1040, as. coupon, luiti.............. g" Panama 2s. registered, IJM... 07 Panama 2s. registered. 1038... 07 Panama 8s. registered, 1081, t'anama, ss. coupon. bAu silver U.t 101K Tiwiav tssi. inurs. si v -" wmm tr" L1 I ' ' ' . ' r JzrJ-fxrtctt. Government's Local Market Reports Thin dailu report sent out bj the Hurran of Market nf the Vntlrd States Department of Aariitdture, I'liilailelphlii bratieh, with headquarter at J00-3I3 In surance Exchange UutUUnu. (Wholesale prices on large lots to Jobbers based on sales at the uirlous railroad depots.) FRUITS -Ar''F.f:pfr bw in 4" Quarter ffi"' .lr'nl nd York seconds H .m. K, 1: .. . -,,ll, - rrom storage, lien .Davis firsts. 1171 New York Hen nails II 2's, 12 lloxes, few sules Wash-.."i?,"-..1."""''" 'r. fnci small size, 'J1"'", medium size. 1202 21. large. ' JriVril l.,It5,.,.:."l,' fUrnblu i.ak, II .1 MTRAyiiiiRitiF Florida, nr qt. tpun refrigerators), aoHMOc. VKairrAtiLns ASPARAOUS Georgia and South Caro. '. Tfr. box " dozen), extra fancy large size. S.ff7. fanev. medium (. tiffin, ex tra, small size, fl nntlil, choice, ery small size 34. California, extra fancy, 1100 12 f.ino. $HtI Ili:NS Florida, per bush bskt. (15 to 10 quarter pecks), green !2S)3.10 ..'.'.PkT-i-'"' bl,l (33 to 40 quarter pecks), II 21W1 73 CAHTiAUK New York, ner ton. Danish. seed. I1IIC21, Florida, per bush, hamper (40 to ;n lbs ) noejr tl 21 CARROTS Per bbl (31 to 40 quarter ,,cvnn nii.iiru I V I .1 , CAUUFI.OMER California, per rrite (1 dozen heads). Ilflcffl tlK.'3. ellnw. SIB.IOc. CKI.KRY New York, washed, per bunch (1 dozen stalks), Sntfsoc. Florida, per crato CUCUMIIERS Hothouso. per dozen. 11.50 02 lXWI'I.ANTf! Florida, per crate, J40S. KAI.R No arrivals. . LETTUCE Florida per hamper (1 to .14 dozen heads), ,10c j 12 21. California, per crate (1 dozen heads). Iceberg, 12 2108 75 MUSHROOMS Nearby, per a and 4 lb. bskt, .l(ST41o per lb ONIONS New York and eastern, per 100 Ib. sacks. e!lnws. 75C0I1 23. PARSNIPS Nearb'v. per bbl. (15 to 40 quirter pecks), $l.io2. l'KAB Florida per hamper (15 to 1 quarter perks), 1205, PErrilRS Florida, per crate, 1405 POTATOES Rulk. per 100 lbs. round stock. I'ennsjltanla, 11 1001 "5, Maine tl (1001 si, nearby, per tt-bush bskt. (33 lbs ), firsts, 40000c, seconds, 23031c. RAPISHIIS Hothouse, per bunch, red, 2 04c. white, 405c. SPINACH Norfolk, per bbl, (40 to 43 quarter pecks), 3 1003 75 8VnET I'OTATOF.S l'er K.bush. bskt, (8 to I) quarter pecks), 1101.31. TOMATOHS Hothouse, per tb . firsts 50c seconds, .11c Florida jper crate fancy (120 to 144 tomatoes) Hit, choice (180 to 210 tomatoes), J2 5008 ,10 TURNIPS Canadian rutabagas, bulk, per 100 lbs 1101 73, WATERCRESS Per bunch. 203o. AUCTION SALES YESTERDAY OltANOKB Florida per box (12(1 to HO large size) t4 718(1 H5, medium slzo (17(1 to 210), 100 8 13, small slzo (215 to 824), 15 .1008 15. ORArKFRUIT Florida, medium size. (04 to 8"' Per lox 12.0005. APPLES Washington, IVInesaps. per box 11.5302 43, Homo Beauties, II 750 2.00. Financial Briefs The annual report of the United Stales Iron ripe nnd Foundry Company for the fiscal ear enaa neccmner ji n toctal earnlnits of J 1,820,74 4, acalnst 11,530,712 In 1916, a gain of 1281,003. Net nroflts for the year wero $1,342,110. compared with $1,303,611, an Increase of $33,430. Tha nhelten Trust Comnanv's de posits haio passed tho $2,000,000 mark. Manufacturing profits of tho Allls Chalmers Manufacturing Company lor tne sear enovu uocimner .u wern $5,078,046, agnlnst 12,002.312 In 1016, Net profits Increased $2,148,770 Hal nnce as $1,010 400. equal to $24 74 a share earned on $16,206,700 preferred stock outstanding, as compared with $19,18 a share earned In 1916. The New York Subtreasury gained $474,000 from the bnnks yesterday, mak ing a cash net gain slnco Friday of $967,000. Net profit of the Computlng-Tabulat-Ing.Recordlng Company, for the year ended December 31. Increased $364,510. rtalance was $1,568,368, a gain of $361, 504, and equal to $14 97 a share earned on $10,482,700 capital stock. n com pared with $1164 In 1910 en $10,467, 200 capitalization The Vulcan Detlnnlng Company re ports for year ended December 31. sur plus after expenses, war tax. etc., totaled $185,785, equal to $12 38 a share earned on $1,500,000 preferred stock ngalnst $2.77 a sharo In 1916. Major James Crosby Brown, of Drown Brothers & Co, returned to the office todav after haUng spent nearly Bccn I months In Kurope. A part of his mis sion abroad was assisting in uea uross work. National Taper and Type Company, regular quarterly or i per cent on com. men ana or 1-4 per ucni un imcicucu, payable April 15 to stock of record aiarcn ai. Wert, of the bookkeeping staff, will suc need Mr. Polpmnn. John 'W, Coleman, assistant cashier of the Southwark National Bank, haa resigned that pot ana jeavea mo in stltutlon tomorrow. He has been con nected with the bank for forty-one years. He Is now more than seienty. Is a veteran of the Clll War and In resigning said that he believed the time had come for him to spend the re mainder of his life leisurely. Earl H. The American Trade Acceptance Coun cil will hold a conference In this city at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow, the opening session to begin at 10.80 a. m. This meeting will be of especial Interest to bankers, who are MABCH li 1918 Md Dominion W Wm. ' TctI Business Career of Peter Flint A Story of Salesmanship by Harold Whitehead (Capurioht) .lfr. llMfrhrnrf ulll onsucr vmir fc)islnes oiiraioiis on In vino, selling;. mliertM'iff nnd employment, ,1a. jour questions clcarlu find Bltf nil flic fact. Your correct imme Jjnit lull mWrrss mint be tinned in nil (noufrfrs. .Inxiers lo fecnnlcnl questions ulll He trnt by iimff. Ofnrrs mil be nimirrrr! in fMs column. Tb' most (nfrrrf(iio prohUmn d "iIHrs 1, III ,e tioicn info flic story 0 J'cfcr rilnf. XXXVI TTAD a mighty good time at Wallace J.JL itinera last Saturday night. Bon ton was there as well Of course, fhev nked me how I was getting on. nnd ni I wasn't going to let them know I was up ngnln't It, I told them I was going to start a new Job today They asked mo where and I told them at a book house. "Think ou'll like it'" nsked Ttosnton. "Guess I'll like It all right If there's enough money In It." "Money ln t going to mako you like a Job," said ntler In that qulot minner of his 'Likes and dislikes nre a nues. tlon of tante nnd not of reason. For Instance, I posltUely dislike bacon nnd eggi, though I know nothing but' good of them, and they are mlchtv cood food. hut I Just don't like them, and reason ing can't turn that dislike Into like. It's lust tne same wltli a Job." "f can't' think of a Job I wouldn't like If there was enough money In It," I remarked. "Forget It," said Bonton "Say, Teter. how would ou llko to be a dish washer nt a hotel?" "Not much!" "Well, suppose they offered jou $50 a week?" "Not for a thousand I guess you're right I don't think I could stick tlm Job out for a hundred a week, for I can't think nf an thing much meaner than washing dishes" "Walt till nu're married." laughed nillcr, "and perhaps you'll haie to like It then." I siw the point they nfade. however, and I realized Vhat successful working Isn't merely doing anything that c along for the s ike of getting a few dollars a week, but getting Into the kind of work which appeals to ou I don't know that I eer thought nboui' that In connection with a Job. I'e always looked upon a Job as a Job and that's all; and the trouble Is I don't know what I do like. Dad wanted mo to he a lawyer or a hinkcr. but neither appealed to me I'erhnps that's why he's so mean to me now Well, this morning I went to th Climax Publishing Company and had a long talk with the manager. He toui mo he felt suro I would make a goon salesman and a fine record for my telf. "You bellee In vourself. don't you'" he asked me "And that's all you need In this business Just confidence In your self Do you know that many peon come Into our buslner: and make $10,000 a year; and Irs nne work, easy hour ur time's your own In fact, v don't work for nnybodv J ou re vir tually your own boss: nnd everybody lllft"i to be their own boss, don't they? "Now we haie lust got out a new set of books called Tho Cllmx Collection too T.TK ron rr.A''iirirATinv IIKI.P 11 VNTTTt 11 M.W KITCIIhN MEN wanted Apnly timekeeper's office, nrHevuCUratford Hotel DEATH1) IIAUOKH Vlanh 1.1, CAB.OI IN'B, daush. ler of lite Henry It and rimmi 1"r"r further notice will b given from the Omer It Pair Mldg 1SJ0 Thestnut St. IlltOW.V VIsrch M JOHN IV beloved husband of Katie A Ilrnn aged 1 Ilela lives and friends, also Phil & Ileidlng H It. Ilellef Asso, 37th Ward Council, ptone men's Fellowship, Invited to service, Pun, I 10 P m at the residence of his daughter, Mrs fharles Shunk, 5716 V 2Sd st Friends are Invited to call Sat after 7 p, m tnt Northivnod "m Auto service nAI.I.AOIIKIt SAMUEL M son ot Isa bella and the late John Gallagher, aged 7 Funeral Mon , R .10 a m . from the real, dence of his mother Mrs James Daley, 2011 lrtle st Mass at St Anne's Church, 10 a in tnt Holy Scpulcbro Ccm JONT.M March 1.' nt llronKlyn, N Y. r)VII). husbsnd of Florence Jnnea and son r.f Margaret Path, of Philadelphia Hla. lives and friends Invited to services Sat 1 10 p m . at parlors of I J. Carroll ;H N 4th st Int. North Cedar Hill Ctm I.EK Msfch 13, JOHN J , husband of lt vtsrv K T.ee. Relatives and friends also P, It It. Heller Asso Invited to funeral. Mon . n 1(1 a m , l---f . nuin si noieinn renulem mass at Church of Our Mother if Sorrows 10 a. m. Int St Ienls' rem LYONS March IB. THOMAS MKimiTT I)., son of Nicholas and I.llllan Douglas Lvons Bged 8 llelatlves and friends In vited to funeral, Sat , 10 30 a m , from his parents' residence, 8t2 Lancaster ave., I!rn Mawr. Pa. Int. St. Dennis's Cem. AUSIcCALL March 13 XAUAH F... wife of late John 11 McCall P'rvlcea at the resl dene nf her son J Frank McCall. 80 Wvnnenood road, Overbrook, Sun., S p m. '"mOo'dY March IS. CHARLES WIL LIAM son nf Oscar and Catherine Moody (nee Williams), aged 20 Relatives and friends Invited to funeral Bst , 1 p. m . 1S01 Myrtlewood st. Int. Hillside rem (via trolley). Remains may be viewed rrl.. 7 NBFF. March 14, MARY daughter nt the late Samuel W. and Kmellno Neff. Funeral Mon , - p. m , iu r-rie nve. mi. ""RAYMOND March i 14 at C 'onvenl ; nf rrcy. Marion. Pa , SISTER M. M. ANITA RAYMOND, aged SO Solemn requiem mass at convent chapel, Sun,, 8 a, m. Int, Con vent Cem , RF.s-1. KSTATT. FOR BAI.W XKW JERSKV CAMDEN. N. J. TWO-STORY FRAME HOUSE rooms, all conveniences, lot 70x110 WORTH $3500 WILL SELL FOR $2800 JOHN A. MATHER. Jr. Citaton I, Evans. MV. y - of American Literature The ery finest works of our 11 Ing writers hae been gathered together at enormous expense Into this wonderful de luxe edition of eighteen olumcs, bound In cloth, $49 a set: In half morocco, $89 a set, and full morocco, $139 a set "i:ich volume contains four mezzo tint photograiures on India paper. In addition to this thero are over 1000 il lustrations The edition Is printed on good, dcad-whlto papdr, so thero Is no glare to dazzle the eye. Hach volume Is bound with silk head and foot bands "Just look ut some of the beautiful Illustrations In this pros." Here he picked up a neatly hound hook containing sam ple leaves from each of the volume and, say. It certainly did look good. "A Ret of books like this Is an advan tage to exery cultured home," ho con tinued, "and something which every member of tho family enn pick up and read with enjoyment, nnd tney are espe cially adapted for voung people "The cost Is trifling when paid on our easy payment plan of $5 down and $5 a month It's really a shame 10 sell It for so lime money, out we Dcueve in spread ing good literature among tho neonle. w ho are now o hungry for It. In offer ing this book, joung man, jou will pep form a noble service and ono which re' mune rates you handsomely." I am too tired to write any more to night, no I'll record ine balance of my Interview tomorrow, (Copyright.) TODAY'S nUHINKSB EPIGRAM Moneu clone can't make jou like tour job. What does this mean to YOU? Business Questions Answered Is It n good Idea for a salesman to carry side lines? It. M Oenernlly speaking, no. If you have ono good lino It should provide you with enough to keep ou busy all the time, nnd It Is much better to make one big success than two half successes, if jou navo a certain amount of time to BPare In each town, Isn't there something jou could do to advertise your line In that town? Suppose you nad an hour to sparo and In that hour you made a few sales of your specialty for your cus tomer. He would be Inclined to boost your lino and you would probably get many Increased sales as the result of your little service to him. Why Is It considered unethicat for doctors to ndvertlse Iluslness men do It. P. If a doctor advertised, ha would be advertising his own personal skill, where as If he sold an article which he made he would be advertising the article. The same applies to lawyers, accountants and other professional men. It's like saving, "See how clever am I." It Is acceptable for professional men to ad vertise by cards. By that I mean a plain announcement In tho paper thit John lones Is a doctor and that his oillce hours are thus and so. Why do they have men clerks at the silk counters of department stores? Wouldn't rtomen tie better for the work? I. U Frankly, I believe women would be better, but Chat's only an opinion. Men have been put there because they are supposed to be stronger and more able 16 Pages of Fashion and Fashion Announcements IN Next Sunday's Rotogravure , Fashions for Spring:, 1918! ' Haic ou been waiting for the new7 V You'll Ret it in the most artistic pictorial form I in which fashions were ever presented. V ' The Rotogravure Section ,of the Sunday, March , 17, issue of the Public Ledger will conUin"sIx- teen full pages of Spring Fashions and Fashion Advertisements in women's and men's wear showing all articles of apparel from hats to shoes. The illustrations will be actual photographic reproductions, posed by attractive living models, in the original creations from Paris and the leading shops of Philadelphia and New York. Every style shown- will be authentic and approved. Be sure to secure this Issue better place your order with your dealer today for next Sunday's PUBLIC M& LEDGE . ft s4 m It.nJI. lit. k.ll. -f -lAlk lltJ t XP I were a woman and wanted" to buy . 'p silks I would prefer the Judgment of . nf another woman to that of a mere nuniiir,? 'v, There Is no reason wny a woman srtouicu bo a better Judge of silks than a man,, but as women wear Bilks I think they could speak more authoritatively ot their wearing possibilities. (CONTINUED TOMORROW)' Russia's Bladk Sea Fleet Is Menaced Continued from race One militarist tactics toward Rumania, and Russia. Tho Russian peace, say these organs, will prove a boomerang. Germany?" they declare, cannot maintain the territory she has grabbed, and she has 'cast aside for the future the friendship ot a potent neighbor. The papers see her more and more an outcast and feel'that the thousands of square milts added have been obtained at too great attest . for the future. That Germany has dreams of atneir , route to the east In place of the Berlin Bagdad) scheme Is the thought pf (BlH tary men generally. s. Germany's talk of peace by nesrotla-' tlon. compared to her Russian and Ru manian peace by conquest make her promises Idle, say the German paper. Every nation shall remember4 Ger man terms as a "terror of terrors." say. Die Zukunft, and all the Germans as accomplices In the great deception. Th menace of a new future war It th -fruit of the Russian peace as seen by th Lclpzlger Volksbeltung. Germany has short-slghtedly Jeopardized hert futur and effectively supported England' ' "tottering supremacy" by her lactic. says the Vosslsche Zeltunr. Germany emerges from war in tne East VfltbOUt -friends or reliable allies, tJtVot', waerts. The first concrete evidence of th nr war spirit here Is the speeded-up' ship ment of troops abroad. In Chief of Staff March's own word, he Is "cutting all the strings" and shoot ing them across as fastis It la humanly possible to do so with available tonnage. Supply questions have been attuned to this faster transport plan, and th re-' suit Is that Germany will hay mot trained Americans opposing her tola year than either she or the military men hero had expected. , THKEE KILLED IN WRECK Buffalo. N. Y., March 14. The en gineer, fireman, and a brakeman on a Pennsylvania train were killed In. a wictiv n, ui uiKo u,u.&, itfc n-.j m,n -.. . Ol-.n on Sfnl.n M, -nJlM- i.(ll The tracks gave way following heaVy ) 'W,' rains. Of the train, tho engine, tender, -jMSi ...1 .... na n-AKA1- wllh 9AO -. I . V ' Ot IracKS mill llliu me uoiwwBiiaTK. y j which is twenty feet below the track, tuyv. The bodies of the three men had not ' . , t,j ...... .1. rf aha T31..A, .r t been recovered un to noon. 7 j skA -f- 1' Pictures a r - M'f , -,.- a :lI SVsm tfi .:&". .O.s. t j ,, T Ijl'l. 1 V " -! rwVa 'V: 'VS -V' "A " ,' w M d'rn- r(l 1 s t m ) 4S! .3. - tV. W & .& i". m S Pi business I." m .rlally" curtali.dT The " t T JBrWfl lj jyWjr'f,;. Sf & rtJl).?frlfifcW ytl-rt A&AJ&b6.rM?JM ifittavy &A . S-H ! . a-w), ri. . -- vm '"'t'-i'yA ' UL.' Jt'ilii ah.t W' P8l tiKL:t u nYlltq 10 aiieno. 1 1 81.Kni m.i vsssusn
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