A! . "Klf TfTliCffiSTi. r JT'C I .V. . EVENING PUBLIC LED&ER-VHlLAMLPHli, FK1DAY, NOVEMBER' 29, 1918 NEWS OF THE FINANCIAL WORLD NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA STOCK PRICES! . r:. " -.-... j L. t IiWi ii i i i ii -Jl I II r nmTt VfcJi I 8 $1 . WK J.k ir' " WU! :' tM Ji ft' pT Georgia Railway and Power 1st & Ref. 5s Int. April and October Due April 1st, 19.') I To yield bet'er than SLIGHT MODIFICATION OF RULES ON LOANS HELPS STOCK PRICES New York Stocks 6 c1. Tax Pennsylvania lie fund Price and Further Information on ' Application Brazier 6- G INVESTMENT BANKERS Broad & Sansom Sts., I'hiln. 211 E. Redwood St., Ralto. Borrowings on Bonds and Short-Term JNotes. No Longer Considered Extension of Credit Advances Follow Declines Marine Preferred Strong rv orlt, Nov. 'JU The slink in.it ket wiis lulluenced In the lute forenoon by the nctlim uf the stork eehniige nmnilttep in nllshtl mndlfvlng the regulations (limit loans and peimltting purilnies of short term notes iind homl xtihtcilptlon participation without having borrow'ngs on that account re garded as extension of nedlt ThlH was looked on as another ilep In which iiioiip Is rrumtillUB away from Its strong position, and It was assumed that other modula tions will he made steadily until trodlnR can again he londucted under normal conditions Cuited States Steel, which was e the 3v4 pn ent dividend, hold down to 94'd, a loss uf l In all, but rallied after the first hour Marine piefened was again In demind ami wan one of the vtiongest features, advancing 3 to US Haldwln Locomotive and llithlehein Steel 'H were in supply at conseislons of around 1 point, while Hallway Steel Spring advinceil more than 1 point to 71 Vs, in response to the Increased dividend declared on Wcdnesdaj Southern P.iellle iv the Ha Wi lent dividend, '-old at !S'2, against 'J 8 with the dividend on at the close on Wednesdas almost recoveilng the dividend during the forenoon I'nlon Pacific was another strong feat ui e moving up moil than 1 point to above 129 Mudeluker was, undei persistent pressure, falling 2 points to 48V4 I.ait il ii 01 22JS 5'H 3i Illsh 'ii 57 20 52 105, GOJ4 kWi 1U1 iiPl Manhattan Railway Co. Second Mortf(e 4 Gold Bonds DI4 Juat 1, 111) Da. lam, I, ZJ1J Tax Eivmpt In New York Stat NJET earnings (or the A year ended June 30, 1918, were more than 3'i times the annual interest on the bonded debt The tock of this C ompanj Jias jeccivcd 7 annual divi dends for the la-si 15 veirs. Price to yield about 5.40 Ask for ClriuUir l'E-l! The National City Company Carrfsfiondent Offices in 31 OfiM Philadelphia 1421 Cheitnut St. Telephone 555 1 ocust OATS LEADS TRADING IN THE GRAIN MARKET COTTON PRICES BREAK AFTER INITIAL GAINS I Quick Rally After Eas Start. Conimisioi Ilou&ch Favor Buying Side .!ll lll.l.T HBUIIIK IOIII I 1ST ( Mil 11:0 Nov lit IllltioU llr to nltlit iinil sniiiriliit. slmlill' iiiIiIit tn- MIMiurl I ilr IihiIeIiI nnil "imnlan kIIHiIIj rolilir tnnlcht. ... VMsriiui.ii I llr tnutcht il'l siturilili sllclilh inlilir tonl.lil In r it VlliiniMilii. lima, oillll llikotii. r hnisUn. Kiiixii" nnil Montiiii i 1 ulr to nlclit nnil xntnriliiv. North llikuti I ulr tonlrlit nnil sntur- Winniliii: Inlr tnnlcht nnil tnturilii. Opening hy Snot Bmiim, Iliclier bles and Wet Weather Adams Kxpress Advanco Itumely. Adv Itumely pf.. Alaska !old M Alaska Juneau.. Allls-Chalm MfR 2'i Allls-Chtiliu M pr. N)V, Am Beet Sugar. . fit Am Can 41' Am Car & IMry M)', Am Hide &" I.ca. 11 Am II A: l.ea pf 7U Am Internatlonil. fiV. Am Icu 40,'i Am Ice prcf fit Am I.lnneed .... -10 Am I.lnucul pref . 81' Am Locomotive... td Am Smelt & IUf. bl)'' Am Sumatra Tob 10J Am Sum Tob pf SOJi Am Steel V dries, ys'.i Am Sugar Ilelln IDtl,', Am Tel A. Ttl . . lOJ'i Am Tobacco ... 185! a Am Tob pf new. 9!st Anaconda Copper. Mil Atch Top t? S F.. 02 Atch T . S V pf. b1 Atlan Uulf & W I 1U7 lluldwln Loco.... Tj'i llaltlmoro . Ohio. .1J', Halt A: Uhlo picf. fi" llarntt Co 101 Ilatopllaa Mining lTi llethlehtr.i Steel.. 0-lJi Utth Steel pref... fe') lltth btl Class li. ().!! Hith Stl 8 p c pf lOo Urkln llap Tran. Wi llooth risherles. . 1M!4 Llurns Brothers . .l-lbja Butte & Superior. IU'i California 1'etrol. 10 California 1'ack.. 4b'j Canadian l'.irlftc lAbJiUC Cunt Leather Co 67 3i 20' 1:10 p m 22 67 Si 2' 2JJi New York Curb I Mil "Till M.h lllil Yrt clone 60U 60 60 nil' -nji 'ii;; W)Vi 7i W) 13' 13V 13V (!l'i MUi b'J'J 64i l!i SI'f Aetna KxplosUc Am Hrlt Mfif Am Slnrconl American Writing I Air Iteductlon Canadian Car Co Con Car & Kdy pfd Charcoal Iron Chevrolet Motors Cramp . . Curtlns Aeroplane b'J'a Carbon Steel 62 tou 40'i W bH IOjJJ 101 6'JJi 7UJ, SS b7 87 110 loy'i louj; IOJJJ 103'. 10JU G-i 03? G-l 03) S C2h 02! i 72' ''Mi ii 5 J 62,'. 62! i "C2'S"C2H "02M i, "ol'i 0US 30' j 23. lb.-. I1 1 39' i 23! lb 40 30'S 23!i lbJi 40 Ca- . . rm 1 I ""- " Amance Inliuenccu, t-Vrm du ra cop. Chandler Motor. . Clies.i & Ohio.... Chi M A: ht PjuI. Chi JI bt 1' pf. ' Chi & Ivorthw'n.. I Chi It I S. I'ac C It 1 & I' O't pt. C II I . I' 7 pf. Chile Copper I Chlno Copper ,. . . 1 Colo Fuel & lion Col Uas &. l.lec . OTTON I1K.I.T i:Tliril fOMlITKINS Nm "Vork. No. 2'l The fnllnnliur trm- eifrs. rsfii - t t;p l i FA m Wr Esr- K- B' m. Before the War North American ,Pulp and Paper 5ub!diariei were prosperous. During: the War they have been contending with Labor nhortage. Transportation difficulties. Coal supply commandeered. New powerful financial and paper interests now in control. What Will They Dot It This the Turning Point? Prnd for Ilrnort N. A. I'. 10 &HMII)T&IkmT 628 Wldener Bldu.. Phlla.. Pa. rh.l PHI. IV nl. 40FOi Unci- 4n0 Kew ric Offlr 0 llrnnd M. PRIVATE WIRE3 .! rt kK I 1 V r5"n lrl s C IiIiiiko. Nov LI Oats nlllid Tfler an e isl. r start I Loral In eicMs s ild at the outcet, but commlBslon IkiU'ih favored the bulng side A firm with euniieetlons at the siaboird bid prices up IXeember s nrted at 71V.C to "l(. agilnst 711Bc at the e'osi W1dnesd.1v land advanced to "-'1 Janu ir ipened I at 71 c to 71c .tfc.iint 7n"4c u the 1 close Widnchdnv and inovnl up to 7t'8' I Thi arrlv its here tndiv wire 2: ears IshipmnitK from Aigentlni for the week ! wore 'Jii 1 mm buxhels- Slilpments of uhe'it from Argt ntln.i , for the week w.re 1.4 IJ 000 buln Is 'aBi'nt 117,01111 bushels l.it iar The Ulsble supply there is 1,850,000 bush els 1 The reeepts of w he it at Minneapolis land I'uluth teday were tlr ors, against I 13G ears last vcir, at Duluth 539 cars, 'against nlnet -seven cars a vear ago. I at ChlciRii 101 cm-, against eight c lr 11... ,. ,r .mil nt Winnipeg 9C2 cars, lomp.irrd with 70.! urs ,e iir ago 1 lluvlng bj J leidlng cominlssinn hou-i turned the' corn nnrk.t upward after It 1 had been easier in the- initial trading when there was seittered selling b com mission houses The technical position was bePtvul to hi firmer as the result 1 of Wertncsdav's selling and while there was a disposition to take a hi arish view of competition from Argentina, there was further talk about thi worlds n.ids and the trade wns looking for a good deal of expression along this line Pen mbi r vtnrtid at $1 -Vi to I $1 2 13., against $1 25 ', at the end Wed nesdav and advaneid to f 1 2 "S Jan uir opened at $1 2 1 to 1 25 against Jl 25 at the close Wednedaj and rose to $1 2G1. Februarj was quoted at 1 257 to $1 20 at the si irt, against Jl 2G3 at the end Wednesday and I moved up to H 27' I The arrivals here tod i were 83 cars Shipments from Argentina foi the week were 1,449,000 bushels The visible sup ply there Is 8,000,000 bushels Lcnillnj futures ranged as follows I.UW im rnturt's were mnnlisl In the rotton lirlt nils tnornlni;: hllrllf., -Mil Okliihomi, JH; little Itnrk, 1(1 Port Smith IHi Vleninlils Mrkslnirit anil NitKliilllr, 10; Sin ntenlo, Knowllte unit Atlanta. Ut Mnntrniner. 44t Vliirnn ami ( It irlrnfon. 40t foriniN ( lirNtl mill liiiHritfiii. 4H( New Orle iiik. I'rnxiiriibl. 11e1iNt11 nnil .lurksniivlllr. TO j TIiiiiiiiih illle. 14 Wllinlneton. rid: sminiuih, AH, mi I Tniiit 1 i There uas 01 Inch nf prerlnlt illnn ut Pen iiolat .10 nt Tiiinnil .00 nt AilcilKtul 7X nt Thnniimvllli-. 1.0': nt Ii irll Mim; 1 OS at WllmbiEtnn M.H MI1IK, N'm 2" 111 a rather sma I rn irket the Initial prices were 4 to 17 points higher The advance w.th Influenced bv spot house builng, higher cables ajid eold wet lather In the South Liverpool Interests were the chief sillers, soon followed bj local unload ing, under which prlci s broke so that after the cnll this were about 20 points net lower 33! 1 W0 67J 4oJ 7b'a OuU 255S lj7Jj bll.'j 10 , 37,', 31),", 3b 31 163' loo'f 50U JJlf ob . 3 Hi I Consolidated Cas 10U': 461. 78 Lb bU 10' 3.i 37's lOU'i 4'i 6 1! J 20,t 70J. 10 11U 4o lbW 30' 4 2J. VV t'lnnil i'b Toil ns 10 111 1110 rim., npi n 11 in m iliremliir . Js n js tn Js to Js jn Tinunn '7 -'s J7 0". J7 111 7 Jll Vlirrh Vis, -11 jn mi jo in .1, r, Vbiv . is ni lilts j-, so .-.'mi Mih SI so .'-, Ill) HI -,n JV 'hi Ortnl) r J t '( Suppose You Have $500 To Invest- and ou viih to pnjoy th ffre-atot aeffrce o( safet . u cnod Uhldend yield; the possll 111 tv uf a market appreciation in tht h1uc of our purchaflet Gft our nrw free book let. "Market StrntK" for u simple method uspil txt nl e! b pxp ri eneeU lnvetorn Atk for Booklet T. U.-417 JONES & BAKER MiriMtlTIHS Wldener llldg., IMilluilrlplila 'Phones Dell, Walnut 1690 Keystone, Race 2290 ' 4w turn i'lUMnurahl Chlcat-o Wlrrct 1'rti ate litres rionton! Open Hlph Corn (ni'ii iiHiii I)PC Jnn I eh Out Doc 71'. 72V4 U 10 P m r illtll) 1 J44 1 .'OH 1 L'lMi 1 .'.. 1 Jli I J7, 1 .'l4i 1 J7 1 .-.' 1 jsij 1 J5V4 1 -17S n Jan Kel I.nrd Nov 2H 0'i Jan .' til llllw Nov JO 00 Jan .'4 -' Pork Jan 'HI 40 Hid TAnkeil 7J 7114 20 71 20 US 2(1 01 -I I1 1 24 77 40 41 24 .' 40 35 20 71 20 07 24 711 40 31 VWil Clufrt '1 24'. 1 1 1 21.'. . 71V. tTll'l 71 20 71 20 111 Jll Oil 24 OJ 40 35 i, r ' "Sy S.0Q-$500-$.00Q Exceptional Security We own and offer several securities of the highest quality in denominations op Ve5" 4100. 1500. S1 000. THE YIELD IS Gonn 4-WcttiiDiTV I iMnl IPSTlnucn iKipn' -ilC.vwiiii . w...ww..w..fc, imrun. c',? ...-a.i nyf ..All fsrj Ana np-nnn VrivV- mIIWi wi in"ii- wr vj, n&fMfc- Wp .,EriTTIVE WILL CALL. v MKER, AYLING & YOUNG itV WD TITUE BUILDING BOSTON PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO Lr."- ""'' t .! i 'H mm SALESMEN Opportunity with V 'active old-estab- lished house of prominence. Mem j bers New York and , i-nuaaeipnm oiock ' Exchanges. 153, Ledger Central ' tf4v 1 && :i Extra by Titlewater Oil Company New nrk. Nov. 29 The Tidevvatet Oil Company has declaied an extra dlvl ier,( nf .1 iiep cent and the regular quar terly dividend of 2 per cent, both pal - able December 31 to stock of record le ceniber t No Change in Refineil Sugars New lurk. Nov 29 Refined sugars are unchanged nt 9c, less 2 per cent for cash Haws arc unchanged at o os&c l.l.t. l, AIIVFIITISKMKNIS ltF I.VTATi: OF Hllllhlll b. IIVTTKKS. ll. deiensrd l.tterii teatami-ntary on the uboie i state havlnn luen granted to the umlernlunnl all iwrwina Indelititl o the raid itate are requeHliil to mike pamenl. and thie havlnit claims to prt-mnt the same .Kh.uld.Ui to aim H MVBalV, "ut! hprinar rft Or to litr attornej. AMIUltl i nLKKI.n r.i'tl CinnnionwPHUh lii'ij! ik?? KsrvTi: or siw i.. ci.viton, UMCiiheil i.fttirH titdmcniHr un tho ulDt statn haln,r be-n Krnntf 1 to llli: lHUllKVr MFB A.V1) THUST COMPANY OK I'HIhAIJKM'IIlA all perwons Indebtfil to tho ull xtate an" riutnteI to make payment, unci lhoe hulnc ilalmri to pr8tnt the tn"i w ltho" u I ftt the office of Rill Company No 4U Chetnut tl 1'htlHilfiphU TUB PltUVIDSNT I-IFI3 ANI TUUST COMI'ANY OK riflLADniJUA AHA W WINO I'prMent r Hgecuinr IN TI1K . CO"iI3IONWKITII OF innhIintit. Iii II rnttrr of nu- nllrntlon for punlnn cf JOHN .NKIV. NoIIph l hen hy ltn that a rehfirlny has km Kranteit In the alo cn and that applltatlon will b made to th Itoitnl of Pardon on Vtdnpday December X. 101P for the pardon of the xaM John New, who pleaded Bulltj tit an Indictment for an eraated anault and hattrry and afauault and uatl-.y with lnl.nt toll r.1JIUn,S Attorney for Atipllc.int Cotton Iluvers ami Sellers New nrk, Nov. 20 December Newman,' Cone and Cassard bid I Flg- gatt offered Janu irv Can ird and Russell bid; Oei r. Sellnr and Diooks offered Mareh MeKadden, V llartcorn, Dart- leti. .vici.iiee, vv imnn and lloenberg bid ; II Hubbird. Kiirter and Schlev offered Mn Newman. Slgcl and Jones bid; Downs and Brooks ottered Julv hlgel, Sclianz. f) Connor and F. Harteorn bid , Sellar offered Liverpool Cotton Liverpool. Nov 29 Spot e-ottm Is nulct with prices unchanged Middling old contract Is quoted at 21 74d Sales were 1(100 bales Iteeelpta were 29,000 bales, Ini hiding 21000 bales American Futures were steadv in earl) dealings Trading In April futures will not be per mlttetl until further notice Spot prices were American, middling fair. 23 05d; good middling, 22 37d ; middling Jl 71d; low middling, 20 Bid ; good ordlnar, 19 lCd and ordinary 18 64d MONEY-LENDING RATES M3H lOUK Mone (1n call, mixed colleatiral, opened this morning at 5 pi cent for lending and renewing On In. dustrlals, the opening rate was liifc por eent. ' I'lIII.ADnwiIIA Call. G per cent; time, 66 per cent Commercial pa oer. three to six months, otifG per cent; oix months, 6 per eent. Reserve Banks' Discount Rates Ofl!cla4 discount rates at the twelve Feileral Reserve banks were as follows: (The first column gives the rates for all periods up to and Including the fifteen-day mnturltv the second for a pe riod of sixteen to ninety Uays The third and fourth columns are the rates for rediscounts of collateral loans se cured by Government bonds or notes ) Com I paper Gov. paper in to un in tn mi 15 days days 15 daa dais I Corn 1'rod Ref . 414 t Crucible Steel . o4si I Cuba Cuno Sugar 1) I Cuba Cane- Sug pf. b" i Den Ac Rio Ur pf lOJi Dome Mines .... 1-! 1 Dlhtllleis' fatcur. . 45Ji ! Urie li Lrle. 1st pnf uU'j Uaston Win &. W Hi',, Ucneral lllectrlo. lill1 o2 Ceneral Motors . 121 Ijl 1 Gen Motors prcf . b3 W Goodrich 11 F Co. 5J ill's Great Norlli pf . . . litilj Ofl 1 G N C for Oro 1'. 33'4 JUj I'Gieene-Can Cop.. 4u.'i dO'j ! Gulf States Steel. (d!a .. ' I Haskell S. Barker. 47J4 47' ' Illinois Central... t)U 99 lnt Agr pf C.'U .. Inspiration Cop. . 47 474 I Inter Mer Mar... -JTH 2H Inter Mer Mar pf . II 1'4 117'4 Inter Paper ...... 30 30Ja Inter Nickel 31!j 31', Kan City South., l'j'i" 193 j Kennecott Cop... 3!i'i .il Lack Steel 7(1' , 70)i LeMgh Valley ib.'i 59 Lee Rub . 'lire.. 'Mi liOJ i Maxwell Motors.. "bU 2CU Maxwell M 1st pf. 51'n iiOJa Maxwell M 2d pf. 2(1 10Ji 15o rtoston . . . Nm York 1'hllail. Iphla Cli.ieland . . Hlchnond Atlanta .. Chlcaeo .... St. Iouls . Minneapolis . iHti I rant tscu Kansas e'ltl Dallas , 4 4 4 i i Hi IW V 4"l. 4. t .1 45.05 4 4 4 4 '4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4'i 4 4H vi i 'J FOREIGN EXCHANGE New A'ork, Nov 29 An advanee In Swiss exchange to 4 91 for cables and 4 93 for checkH wan attended by re ports of large bids in the market for that class. Otherwise there was little feature to the market. Quotations were Demand sterling 4.7CH. cables 4 7fi 7-16 Sixty-day bills, nominally, 4 73 and n'net days 4 711. Franc cables 5 45, cheeks S 46 8. Lire cables C 35. checks 6 3G Swiss cables 4 91, checks 4.93 Guilder cables 42V. checks 41. I'esetas cables 20 03, checks 19 95. Stockholm cables 28 30, checks 28 00. Chrlhtlania cables 27 70, checks 27.40. Copenhagen cables 26.80, checks 2G.50 Ruble currency was firm In the early dealings today, at a slight Improvement from Wednesdays level Quotations were 18 40M18 00 The mlnlmun on Wednesday was 18Ji Treneh Bank Statement rarlK. Nov 29. The weekly state ment of the Bank of France shows the following changes Gold In hand In creased 9,835,000 francs; silver In hand Increased 313 00 ) Notes In circulation decreased 1,119,1 1.' UOO; treasury de posits Increased 5G.78G 000 ; general de posits dec! eased 148,607,000, bills dis counted Increased 57,380,000, advances Increased 233,976,000 I'ltlll'OS LH nd Trader by active stock ex- COMMUNWK.I.TII OK l'ICNNH I.VANfl IlKrAKTMhNT OK IIKALTU l'KOI'OHI hralrd bids and proposal! for raining" and Htrpntfthvnlntr 1 kt on the saltern bank of Darby Critic from lnu Hook mud to Wana makrr a , T nlcum Townihlp, Up la wart County, will le received by tha State ! nartin-nt uf Hrilth ut 12 o'rlotfs noon, KrU da. rrrmbrr 6th, Plan. propo4ila and uperlflf atloni may be obtained at tht Philadelphia office of the Mate Department of Health. l0l Race it,, or at the Harrlnburic office. The work will Include approximately 10.C0O ruble yrda rt earth envmnkment., fwtlftmA rhMk fur tlflO (Ml mult Bfrm. tuhv ch bid and the autxeeaful bidder will he required to lurnlxh tion for Xalthful per- 'the Local Meat Market following iir rennrt iraae in rnuaaeipnia of the freah meat 1 f iirnlaVixl bu tv, local lle Block and meat office of the P.u nau of Market. United Statea Department of AirrKutture nrrlvlnjr late, market slow at eteady prlcea; demand Jut fair. PirjCiitn iieceipis moderate: market alow at t to I3li per cwt , demand dratrey. luno itrtripii imriy iiwrttii market on luiiiiiiuiit-i Ktiiua iuiv hi f ti io it iter cwt koimI cowi i steady at 17 to 120 per ewt . lie mand llxht ' VLAI-uec.lpta moderate mnrket trrea ulnr on heavy ralvei at 113 to lis per cwl.l light veal ateady at t2t to 12U per e-wt.i dn- iiihi.u ..ii, iir. . rtlltK Ileceloti moderate: market about atrady on lolni at t3u to 137 per cwt.) d mand alow, IjAllBS RFrelptu moderate! auppllea far Ijr liberal: market opened steady at 120 10 r?..!BLF"iv?'K,w "rr' -, si - . 150H 4J', 12 SIM. 14 41!i' . 0JJ,' 17'i . imj . 7GJ , 31" 11.1'i 4(1'. 43'i 'l3'a ' 41 GJ IT'S 34.' a !13'; 4oy, 45 78 ell 3U 37.' 3 lUU.'i 4j"i 53' J'.l'4 7'JJ. 10; , U 4i; 17', JOI4 Ji.'i Io- 1 2 hJ!8 .11 u; 3P, U'i m ' w;i 'ZVi HUi 30' i 31), 10H 34', 70 50 20) 3 2C4' CO'i 114 152 25 43 45)i 7b "25Jj 'jb oO 10 ju 37Ji lOOJa 45h W-a 20 '4 "O.'i 10,. IJ 44Ji 18 oUli 2WJ 15J 12.1 S2)i 51 05 3Ui lUJj 4G'i 90 mi 27U IIS 30H 31)i 10Ji 31', 70 50 L'dJi 201. 50' i IO', I5. 25 43 l.merRon ldiiinfiirrali Hendee Mfg Lake Torp D-oat Lehlirh 'nnl Snlf J.lmR ioco .viaxim Munitions .V V Shipbuilding Nor Am I'ap Pulp Otis lllcvntor Peerless Motor Poole i:ng Scrlpps Hooth Stnnditril Mitorc Steel Allies Mibmnrlne bt Josi ub Lead Todd Shipbuilding Triangle Film Unltid Profit sharing u s Stinnistilp Pnlted JlntorH World"s Film Wright-Martin Air Zinc Com 1 nt '4 I sr. .'8 " 140 85 tni4 7 ill 1 0 . 8S 111 Auk G 3 '4 GO 35 80 8 150 911 IJ 8 100 2 i JM 3Vs ''J 15 (Slllo a s ID". 11 10 2 3 ir. so II 17 III r,n jn .in 7", ' 7 S 12U 11 11 13 95 100 ' Vt V fii, lit, .1J-9 33 V I'; 1 12'i l-4 3JT4 4rM si VMI VHII (III. Illinois no IB" 515 Ohio TiS HO Prairie Pipe 271 28U S O Cnl 2JI J28 S O N .1 176 r.sn SO N Y S f 28J 28J IMIIII'I.MIIIVT (ill. STOCKS Barnett till i. (las ' ru Cosden oil Cosden &. Co ... ' h nik Ilnsln .. 5T Federal Oil J Inter Petrol . . 11 Houston Oil Merritt Oil Midwest Refining Met Pftrol Ohio Ful Oklahoma Ref Sapulpa Ref Seouovah Sinclair 19 Philadelphia Slocks 31tlI5nld a,v 71 i, SOtltn Asph 31 15(1 do pief 71 50 lnt M M j 8 do prcfll414 17 Ins I'.VA 26 1411 Lk Sup C 16 3, 12 Leh Vnl . 58 ', 7dMldvale 43 795 Pinna RR 461, 175 1'lillu i:iec 26L 100 do rts 26 6 Ph Tract 711A 65 Rending . 83 K 230 Ton Ilel 2 15 l'n Tract 3'lti tPOt 39 1130 V S Steel !I6, 1 nw 7(1 .11 1 111 i ni 70 31 " 114 26 IO'; 58 'i 41 461, 25 25 71V.. 82 '4 2U 3'lti 39 '14 1 IIIIMIS lllktl Low $1200 Am Clas. Rlec 6s 85 1. 83 20011 Leh Nav ions 4 Vjs 94 91 1000 Leh Vnl gen 4s 80'j SO'.. 8000 Leh Vnl ,,., fi''"1' 5l ,0 100 1000 Lib lionds .,. 4H . 9C 91 9G 91 anonnphcoenn 5s stpd 8 r, 1 ., 86 28 114 26 16 58 14 13 46 25 25 71'.. SHe 2 19 'ft 31', 95 (, 1 in p m 'M S0'2 100 90 91 8Gi Net 1 hitf Net chtfe ! 1" . 7" 2I. 12'l W 12 9 1 , (. 2U 15 'i il 130 l'a 17 '"4 20 ir.', 72 132'.. 1' MIMM. STOCKS Atlanta " ' Ulg Ledge ' 1 1 Ilutte New ork '- Con Ariz IN la CFSk. Jerome ,', 'j First Nation il . 2's 2i8 Ooldlleld Merger .1 4 Cloldiield Cons Jl 2 1 Ooldflild Finn net 1 II (loldlliltl Ki mas 5 7 Clrctn Monster . i, ''. Heel. 1 Mlnirg .5 5' Howe Sound 4 '! 4'. Indipendetue Li ad 1 3 .Iirome Verde . '. ft Jim Uutler . 38 40 Jumbo HMrns'on . 11 11 Mclvlnliv-D.wragh .. 47 50 Magma Copper .. 28i- 2'Ji. Mother Lodi . 34 II Mines Co of Amirlea. I Vcviila Hills 3 ('. Nevada Wonder ... '-2 NIpKsIng . 8N o Ohio Copper . 'ft lta Heicules 3N 1 San Ten . . . 8U IL Tonopih llxteiiHloti . MJ MS United Verde ... 35 L 37 West i:nd Con .... 1 Vs 1 'i White Caps .. ..15 17 Yerlngton 3 G HON'IIS (notes 100U si 14 J K 4f 2 Je Ui Ge 135, 41 d2 17',' 70 34.' i 34 bu o4', l2Ji 40J 40'i 04'4 W2V, 40i Mexican I'ctrol Miami Copper. .. . Mldvale Steel . ... Minn . St Ixiuls. Mo Pacific 25 21 21' 24Ji Mo I'aclllc prei . . Nat Cond & Cable Nat Unum & S . National Lead.... Nevada Con Cop N Y Air Brake.. New York Cent.. N Y N II & H... Norfolk & West.. lObJjll 31 j Ky Northern I'aclllc , Ohio Cities Gas., Ontario Mining Owens Bottle M. Pacific Mall . . Pan-Am Pet & T Pan-Am P & T pf.114 Penna Hallroad . . 10H People's Gas Chi. 503 i Pere Marquette . IMS Pitts & West Va. ,11 Plerce-Arrovv .... 42 Plcrce-Arrow pf . . 10J Pierce Oil 15,"i Pressed Steel Car. 5S Pullman Co 120 Uy Steel Spring. (,);,' llay Consol Cop. . 21.", Heading 82M Itepub Iron & Stl. 74S Royal Dut tr rctslOI Saxon Motor ... M, S L-San Fran ... 13,'J.. Seaboard Air L... d'i . . Sinclair Oil lief.. 3V,( Sloss-Sheft Stl, 45J Southern Pacific. .OSJi Southern Hallway. 2S'5 South llvvy pref.. 05' Studebakcr Co.... iny, Stutz Motor .... 44 Superior Steel ... .ir. Tenn Cop & Chem 14-; 14 14 Texas & Pacific. 21W . Texas Co ISO 1R1 jm ThlnJ Avenue ... 15 lfltf 15 Tobacco Products. 70' j 7fii, 7flj Union Pacific ...128 128 128 Union Pacific pf. 7JJJ ... Unit Alloy Steel. 38' Unit Cigar Stores 102 102JJ 102,'S U 8 Ind Alcohol.. 101 lOOlf 08U U S Ilubber 07 G7ii 07JS U S Sm Ref & M. 40 U S Sm It & M pf. 45 ,U S Steel OSS 01 01 U S Steel prer...'llj 31H 41!i 'V.1' 58 71 !i 21: 82 1 i T3H 100 8.' 34 45 081f 28J4 G7 SOW 44 34 41H 15X 58 7(1 21. 81 73 OSJi" 8X liii 41 02 77i( 34', 10J 01" 405 ( C4'i 112J, 40', 62 '31K 41 ' 15!, 58 '.Ui 215, 81 73 00 8J Iletblf hem Cosden Oil Gs ... 82 Cosdm & Co Os. .. 82 Cudahy 6s 100'; Itusslan (Sovern 1s62 Russian Govern 0s. 66 Southern Hallwa 5s. 99 Sinclair Oil Gs . . 80 Todd Shipbuilding GslOl 1011 G6 68 99' 84 101 1 11 'if 15 '4 100': 65 68 Little Schujl. 48 Lit Bros . .. 21 Mlnehlll ... 52 North Cent . 71 North I'enni 94 Pa Ni Bk pf 271 Penna Salt . . 86 Phlla Co ..31 Phila Co pi .111 P 11 T.. . . 26 N P It T stfs . 2G Phlla .1 West, o Itwvs (Icnetal 2 Ton Mining . 3H W J Sea .. 44 West Coil 73H York Railway yt York Rwjs pf 31 New York Bonds PHILA. INACTIVE STOCKS- Following nro quotations for Inactive stocks listed In the Philadelphia Stock i.xchaige and In whicn mere were no lrani,actlon, today The price given is the lajt previous close : Acme Tea Co 79 AHUnce Ins . ID Atner Gas ... 74 V. Am Stores pf 90 H A a War . . 7 V4 Am Milling . inij Am Strs pf 90 Bur . Siisq pf r.5 Buf & Suq t e- 66 Cnmb Mcel 12t Cambria lion J ir, Cataw 1st pf. 52 Cntaw Jd pf 51 nieo Storage 62 Fourth S NB 180 lit & B T .. 10 lit li B T pf. 17 Ke stone 'lei 11 Leh Val . .70 LIVESTOCK. QUOTATIONS ( IiIciieo, No 'JU 1IOOM Kitlmateil re m Ipts toilns III) mill, .ift over, lill'IJ liriul V irtunlb nothing done Tind lliln unecnl Inwir het hntn hrld nrnund $1H itunlilv fnlr himil Avernlte eost VV eibuiiilal, ?17 1I4 I'AllI.i; Estlmitnl rcclpts today, 17000 heml SIIKBP Estimated roclpts todas, 17,000 In ail 1'ltli.litintli, Vm .11 IIO(!"5 Ucrplpta (lino head Inwir MtnvliH and heiw viirkers 17 Sll is 7". Unlit orkem ,1741 17 J nlirs. Hi 'oil 17 SIIHr.i' AM) l.VVIIt rtoei-lnts , innn In ml Inwer lop uneep ,10 top lambs S1 1 .''. CAI.VUS rieoelnts lno head Lunrr lop Jill Hint IltlfTnln. N. 1.. .oe 21 CATTLll It. . Inls innn head Dull Cnlven n iilrln lido head "lie hhrhi r, 7t21 "0 IKKIS Heielnln IJ (lull hoiut ritpude lleivv mixed anil Mrkcr $1H. llttht vorkeri mil piui ,17 1 in is, rougns. 51241 1(1 so Mnux Sionn I '11 Slli:i:i' AND I.A.MHS UecelntR Tlinn hunt Slow an 1 Iowit. Iimlis Jll ffi 1 1 2" 1 . nrllnKH $711J"ill wethers SH'IKUlU eo t4gfH 71. inlxul ulieep. JlllffU 30. " KlinsilN CltA, Nov ei-lnta 400.0 hi ad lions-IieeelptK 7000 hend MII3B1' netelpts. 1110(1 head South Oninlii, No J'l HtlUS Ilecclpta 7700 held Twenti cirn dl'ect CATTI.B Ileci Ipta 4000 head M1ECP Ileeelpts (.700 head Cars 2T, GOVERNMENT BONOS 2s rrBlstfred 1910 Js mupon 101O 'Is ri'k'lstereil 101S 's 1 oupon 101H Ih, rpklstrfd 1021 4. coupon 102. Ps. teslntereil 1'tlil s coupon 104(1 Panama Js r.KlMprril I'm: 1'annma 'Jn. rcBlnterod 1'ISS l'annm-v Ja riBlntirru nun I'amma 3a enupon.. LOCAL STOCK TRADING IS SMALL A TVTT iTlfmTTTTm nnnT A T ' ' 1 mrmTi 1W3J WH11UU 1 ariLLilAJLi H HvAl Uij . Ojicralors Assume Waiting Attitude Marine Preferred Advances and Steel Common Declines Gen eral Asphalt Common Is Lower Hloek trading wns elull nnil the tono vvus vienk enrly today on the Phlla- dtlphla exclihiiRe, n waiting nttltutle being In evidence nmong tlio fe.vv opera tors who appeared for business uftcr the Thanksgiving holiday. Virtually all transactions during the first hour were In small, odd lots, and no Issue at tracted special attention. General Asphalt common yielded ',, the preferred was. unchanged. Union Traction lost a trifle and Tonopnli-Belmont came out at TiVednesdny's closing level, as did Insurance Company of North Amerlcu. Other home stocks were slow In appearing. Although Mercantile Mnrlno preferred was lower on the big board It turned upward for a gain of here, and Steel common, which sold ex divi dend on the local exchange Wednesday and was ex In New York today, de clined mote thnn 1 point from Wednesday's final quotation on the local board. VI Pennsylvania Railroad was steady and unchanged, while Reading Com-''""! pany lelded 14. Attention was utlracted lo Philadelphia Company consolidated Us, which were active and ndvanccd V4 on stamped certificates. Other bonds were quiet. On tho new offering of Ticimury cet tlflcntes the quota of the Federal Reserve District of Philadelphia Is expected to be around $42,400,000, although definite figures nre lacking from Washington. Tho necessity for the resumption of Treasury certificates so soon after the ending of the fourth Liberty Loan campaign Is shown by a glance at the Treasurj statement. The net balance op, November 25 was 1,472,977,048, which compares with a tecord breaking balance of $2,087,634,475 on Novem ber 5. On November 21 theie hod been pnld on the fourth Liberty Loan a total of 15,157,439,959, leaving only about $1,750,000,000 remaining to be paid In subsequent Installment and out of which there must be redeemed substan tial amounts of Treasurj loin certificates outstanding. NATION'S GRANARIES FILLED C0111111crci.il Stocks of Cereals Show Increase Over Last Year II) the United Vrcs yintdilnBton, Nov 29 The nation's L'rnmrles .11 e well-filled with a vastly larger commercial stock on hand than that of .1 vear ago, the Agricultural De partment announced todav The statement shows that commercial stocks of wheat on hand . November 1 imnunted to 271.925,910 bushels, two-tnd-i-lnlf times as large as those of a ve ir ago and an Increase of 51,928,071 iv or the stoek of October 1 This Moek does not repiesent the en tln eiinunt icial stock on hand, nor doe? It Inelude that held by farmers It was held by 12.138 firms Commercial stocks of other cereals November 1 were- Corn. 17,123.734 bushels, oats, 79.775,204 bushels; bnrlev. ' I 462 197 bushels, and nt, 15.123 131 bushels In each case these figures show laige increases over last year. 0 CATTLE p;e Hid Aaked . "I as . n . iii4 urn'. HUPS 1 .. 81 . lis Ixm 101 96'ft 99 M; 94 10J'2 87 lib 95 'ft 8G 86i 95 78 '(, 76 M. 87 '4 80 M. 98H 9 4 98 .'HJJ 45 07 2S o(H' 40H 41 34 45 07 28 07 fO.'i 44 14 isih 15 7.1'1 1I8U 102H 100 b7Ji Utah Copper Vn-Caro Chem ... Wabash Wabash pref A... Wabash pref B... West Maryland . . West Union Tel.. Westtngh K & M. Wheel & IM Vre. Willys-Overland .. Wilson & Co... Worthlnston 1. .. 70 701,' 2' 4 7.1h' 52 OI4 Oh' OH 37'i 37JJ 37,'ii 23Ji 12J,' 13'J "l3 GOV 42M 42 M 42 10 2Vi 23;; 2.1'i 68 Co 07 51'i 04)i 52 oy 37W '13U "42'i "sHi 18 Y Steel, 3'1 . (Ire-at CtllfornU I'acklnx, 1, l'A Canadian Pacific, 2V4Thvi hern Pacific 1V4 . Norfo k & W.t ern, l'e: Sovaife Arms, IV, Hx dividend N Vnrlhern Ore. 2. American KxPr.e lUBUKr .tLlef-SH!!. .- HanV. of England Statement Iondon, Nov. 29. The weekly state ment of the Bank of Hnglnnd shows the following changes' Total reserve, 28,306,000, decrease 92,000; circula tion, 66,990,000, Increase 786,000; bul. Hon, 75,845,000, Increase 675,000; other securities 100,992.000, lncreasi 1,113,000; other deposits 1143,749,000, Increase 1,077,000; public deposits, 30,427,000, Increase 759,000; Govern ment securities 62,629,000, Increase 841,000. The proportion of the bank's reserve to liabilities Is now 16.20 per cent against 16.50 per cent last week, and compare with an advance from in 3 rwtr cent to. 19.40 Der- cent In thin week last year, .Tha clearings through the Iondon banks for the week were ftl0S.84B.0M, &8fl4t 411,370,000 lftf niti air . iiV -K 1 " " " 11 1 Ell 1000 Amer Agr d 6s 101 63000 Ang-French 5s 96 'i J4000 Amer For S- 6s 99', 1000 Am Tel&Tel 6s 94 31100(1 do 6s IOJV'j 700U Balt&O e. 4 '28 85 10(10 do 6s 87 5000 Praden Cop 6s 96 1000 Cen Leather 6s 95T4 2000 Chile 6s ... 86 1000 do cv 5s. ... 86 16000 Chi 13 & Q 4s.. 95,4 6000 do Ills 3'iS . 78 ", 9000 f M&StP r 4M.S 77 8000 Chinese lets Is. 87'n 1000 Col Fou 4 Vjs . 80Vi 17U00Clty Paris 6s. 98 A 600.0 Del & Hud IV.s 94 2000 Domln Can '31. 98 H 14(10 do '26 ... .97 110(10 French 11 5',aS.103l4 7(100 Iowa Cent 4s 47 'a 800(1 111 C rfd 4s 51s 91 87000 Inter M M 6s 103'i 50(1(1 LIk i& M T 5 91 127000 Llbcrtj Ud 3Vjs 99,20 99 02 99 (I 121000 do eonv 4s 95 30 95 00 95 00 6000 do 1st 4s . . 96 20 96 10 96 10 174000 do 4ViS 97.00 96 80 90 90 1900(1 do Is- 4Vis.. 98 04 98 04 98 04 213000 do2d4Us.. 90 90 96 76 96 81 1426000 do 4th 4 Vis 97 08 96 90 06 96 ZOOOOLjons 6s ....lUOMi 100 la 100 13000 Mo I'ac (ien 4s 64 i4 1000 Pa en 4 'is .. 99 99 2J000 U S S S F 6s. 100 100 15000 U K of O P & I 5'4s 1919. 99Vs 99V 21000 do new 1019.1014 101' 1 30 101 96H 99H 94 102 V2 85 87 96 95 86 86 95 784 77 87 4 80 U 08 4 94 98, a-' 1024 10314 47'.. 17". 91 91 103 102 91 91 64 99 100 ' 99 JOl'a NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET New 'v.ork, Noy 29 The New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange has received the following from the United States food administration: "The Department of State having ad vised us of the withdrawal of the lim ited licenses nrrangement covering thu Importation of Haitian coffee, this is to advise you that application for the Im port of this coffee Into the United States made on the regular form to the war trade board will have the approval of this administration " "Victory Banquet" to He Held Jan. 9 The date for the "victory banquet" of Group I, Pennsylvania Hankers' As sociation, has been fixed for Thursday evening, Janu ir 9, nt the Uellevue Stratford The executive committee will later arrange for the speakers.. Financial Briefs Stockholders of the Middle Cltj Hank vv 111 hold a sp. clal meeting Mondas M trch 3, to vote on applying for exten sion of tho Institution's charter for a lei lod of twenty years Total sales of the Vulcan Dctinnlng Company for the quarter ended June 30 were $452,183 against $429,161 the stme quarter last J ear, or an Increase of $23 021 Total net Income for the qu irtci decreased $11 632 Tho New York Subtreasury gained $111 000 from the b inks on Wednesday, making a cash net gain since Friday of $5,014,000. v The South Porlo Rico Sugar Com panv's consolidated Income account for vear ended September 30 shows surplus, after charges aiid war tax, of $1,345,923, equal after deduction of preferred divi dends to $18 24 a share earned on $5,025,000 outstanding common stock against surplus of J1.25P290 or $20.71 n share on $4,500,000 common stock pre vious vear. RAILROAD EARNINGS rWAIHAN NOllTHEIlN RAILWAY llilS. Incrcaji October Brora fl.l-.ionn $I.j31.4(m .Nit nrter taxes... Hill,, -.110 J2M09 IVur months gross.. 111,8'iH noil 2 361 2mi Nit litter tnxis... 1,337.700 U77.4(HJ I'lTTMIlTtUir CINCINNATI. CIIICAOO AND .ST. LOUIS October Kross IS.Iltllt 414 12.470.292 llilnnco nflir tnxes. . I.OH4 11.14 1 3 0 , ,j T H it oper. Income. 1178 njil 28,407 Ten month ktomh. . 72.J4U 4J 10 80S 761 llnlnntc after taxes. . 3 H1 1.11111 -Il U43.18H .Nit oper. Income. 3.801. 4HU 6,747,041 Canadian r-Acinc October, net 3.083.K31 31,133 Dei rease. Mineral Flooring Attractive In appearance, sani tary, durable, fire, vermin and damp proof, elastic to thu tread and almost noiseless. It Is the Ideal flooring for kitchen, bath, store, cafe, restaurant, storehouse, hospital or factory. Easy to clean, as baseboard and floor are one cnntlnuoun line. Kconomlcal to Install. Write for full particulars and prices Phila. Mineral Flooring Co. 5632 Summer St. BIG DREADNAUGHT UNDER WAY SupcrwaVship Will Be Launched Soon at Newport News ' Newport News, Va Nov. 29 (By A. P.) With the lifting of the voluntary censorship It now Is permissible to re- ' veal that one of the great super-dread noughts authorized In the 1916 three- ' vear building program Is well advanced In construction at the plant of the New- port News Shipbuilding and Drydock , Company, ' 'ine Keel or me uu.uuu-ion oatuesnip wns laid after the country went to war, and, In spite of the call made on this jnrd for thirty-two destroyers to fight the submarine, work on the big vessel has progressed satisfactorily. The hull has taken shape and probably will be ready for launching within a few months. This monster man-o'-war will mount eight 16-lnch rifles In four turrets on the center line, two forvvnrd and two aft, and naval officials believe that she will lie the equal. If not the superior, of any vvnrshln afloat. Four of these shins vvera authorized and another is to be built hire and two by the Fore Itlver Shipbuilding Company at Qulncy, Muss. ' WANTED-A PRESIDENT New York State League Seeks Bill Clymer Kirnnton, Va., Nov. 29 The name of William Clymer, manager of the Louis llle team of the American Association, Is being mentioned for president of the New York State League. If It reorgan izes, or the proposed new Pennsylvania State League, which may Include Scran ton, York, Bethlehem, Harrlsburg, Itead Ing Wllkes-Barre, Lancaster and Allen town. Michael O'Neill, former big league player nnd former manager of the Syra cuse, Elmlra and Utlca teams, has also been proposed, though It Is not certain either man would accept the position. TlKl y. York tots! M1V BAR SILVER I.llt 1Q18 XCMi PTl- HI a1' Victory and Peace 1 Certificates of Indebtedness On December 5th the United States Government will offer $600,000,000 Certificates of Indebtedness bearing 4 interest Due May 6th, 1919 . Although Victory has been Won, the Soldiers and Sailors must be brought Home. We Solicit Your Subscription! COMMERCIAL TRUST COMPANY Member of Federal Reserve System City Hall Square H" f Jtf&'d i ri N t,H. J .3. wwJ ,r , 1 l mm ?9I " n ' - IS ,. krm 'JSK t MS. ! . .Jfe"'
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