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Cobles Response to Offer of New
York Freedom
Now Yorlf, Dec. 10, hTat Marshal
Foch may visit the United States
when his ditties permit was Indicated
by a cable message received here
( by Mayor Ilylan from tho Marshal In
response) to a recent message In which
the Mayor Invited him to Now York
and offered him "the freedom of tho
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FOR SALE
60fj stoel frame, wood neat
phnlrs, not used, 24 In. high,
hacks. IS In. high.
Approximately 1600 grosB
ards sehcdisr cdpo cotton
tape, 1 JO In. wide.
34 Sinner sewInK mnchlnes,
style 31-16, used 2 weeks.
"M mincer dniihl" trough power
tables. ued 2 weeks,,
24 Singer dntihle fpool Stands,
stjfle 202796, used 2 weeks.
Tlio above are available on
account of dlrcontlnuanco of
wo-k on U, H flovernmpnt or
ders, nnd offered subject to
npproval by representative of
The Fisk Rubber Co.
Chfcoper Falls Mass.
New York Shipbuilding
Corporation
Camden, New Jersey
The yard that launched tho Tuck
ahoe in 27 days wants somo good
men for various departments.
Do, not apply If you are at pres
ent working for any other shipyard
Seo represenfatUe at U. S. Em
ployment Service, 621 Arch St., also
3d & Walnut Sts , Philadelphia ; and
6th & Taylor Sts, Camden, N. J.
William Etsweiler & Co.
ESTADLISHED 1880
SPEOALBLACK
Manufacturer
Vaterproof &
Steamproof
Leather
Belting
Philadelphia,
U. S. A.
WATERPROOF
Nagle
Steel Company
Steel Plates and Sheets
Pottstown, Pa.
Chas. J. Webb & Co.
Wool
and Cotton Yarns
XIG Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.,
tlSBSSSS'
C. JESNIG
Precision Machinist
A) s"' 716 Sansom Street
Philadelphia
N. Z. GRAVES
Incorporated .
22 and 24 South 'third Street
Philadelphia
Tti lions of Pnerlnltles In 1'alnts mni
Varnishes
COMPANY
SJO ARCH ST, PHIUDClPrtlA.FA.
iiirtiit u until a rtum mint
ijohn J. Griffin & Co!
METERS
1513 Race Street
Southwark Foundry &
Machine Company
Manufacturers of
Hydraulic and Power Tooh
400 WASHINGTON AVBNUD
, Illil.VDiai'lllA
'Garrett-Buchanan Co.
Paper and Twine
j 18 and 20 South' 6th St.
tPuy Electrical Gifts Now
i For the -Children
For the Home'
WALKER & KEPLER
fol CHESTNUT ST., PHILA.
''PUrpoaeljr Made for Every 1'urposs"
' PAINTS. VARNISHES'
Once Used AIwayB Preferred
CLYDE S, ADAMS
1 ARCHITJECT and ENGINEER
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Philadelphia Markets
GRAIN AND FLOUR
WHEAT rtfcelDtn. 230.201 bushels. The
market ruled Arm with ft (rood export move
ment. Iho followlm Wfro tho quotation!!
C'r Iota In export elevator. Uovernment
ntsndsrd Inepectlon. standard prices Nc, I
red winter. 2.3!ij No. 1 northern sprint-,
2SI)! No. 1 hard winter. $2.8(1! No. 1. tti
Inter, (tarllcky. 12 87! No. 1 red. multr.
J2 8(1. No 2 red winter. 2.Sp: No 2 north
ern eprlnc. $2 8fl! No, 2 hard winter, li 8!
No i rod winter, narllcky. 12 81: No. 2 red.
smutty. 82 83. No 8 red Wlnter..l2 Ml No. S
northern sprint, 12 82i No. .8, hard winter.
12 32: No 3 red winter, sarllcky 2 30: No.
8 red. smutty. $2.20: No 4 red. $2 8Ui No. 1,
mrllcky. $2 281 No 4. smutty, 12.271 No. 4.
sr Icky. smutty. $2,26: No. R red. $2.28:
No. IS. xarllcky. $2 2(i: No ft. amutty, $2.23:
No ft. Rarllcky. amuttv, $2 21. ,
COKN Ilrcelpta. 7278 bushels. Demand
nm light and there wna no chance In prices.
Wo quota jellovv In car lota for local trade,
aa to quality and location, at I1.05G41.7U
per bushel tho latter for choice old.
were llcht and prlcea were. Ho hlutier. hut
IndoAi -quirt. Quotations: Car Iota a to
tetrM
N Kl!&URnSlptWoo barrels nn 710 RT4
pounds In eacka. Tho market ruled a'eady.
l.ut, demani! was llaht. u''lon!.vJi
Wttter "t' fooUnpde'r1cn.nt8"SSu?.d$OC2'0
to 0ft, Knnsas wheat, loo per cent dour,
Sour i"bii".P2". ""lit so got on my nerves that I got to
tlYn PLOtm "wa quiet and unchanged, telling 'cm that It was straight com-
Wo quote at $0010 per barrel In eacka. aa
to quality. -..,
PROVISIONS
(There wa a fair Jnbblne demand and
vnluea were ateartlly held. The following-
were tho quotation: City or western
beef In aett amoked. 48c: city beef In aeta.
moked. 48ei city beef In aeta. amoked and
ann-drled. 4flc: weetern hef. knwklee and
tenders, amoked 40c. bef hams ten: perk,
fumllv. $ft4Sftftl bann. S. P "r-d, loose.
8737tc do eidnned. loose, 87B87Uc: do.
do amoked sopnUjc ntn-r hm "";;'';
eity cured, as to brand and averare, sow
ROWc: hams smoked, weatern cured. 3!0
80'c do. boiled, boneless. ftSei plcnlo shoul-
rt-ra c l cnirea, loose. "ci no, smnKru.
eo... h.llle. In niekle. acrordinl In averam.
loose. 33oi breakfast bacon aa to brand and
"veraBre. eny curra, soc: oresKiasi wconi
western cured. 45c: lard,
western refined.
20 IS 20 H
?0O20Vl
larci. pura cuy,
uettla rendered.
e.
REFINED SUGARS
The market was quiet bu steady on a
basis of So for fine granulated.
DAIRY PRODUCTS
CHEESE The mtrket ruled stronc at the
W?.."!XM
fancy, fresh. 87n37c specials higher: do
do. fair. to itood. fresh. SjOlBMe: .Wisconsin
Sod.,!anooke.C, i"w-"'"! Q0 - ",r lo,oId manl you know we've got the coin
nUTTini The market was .quiet, hut ana vo,,r word's KOOd enough for us'"
tirifcfl rulrn ntPAdv At tho late ad ft nee. Of'
(o rings of nnK uoods were light. Quotations
Here an follows: Solid-packed creamery
extra, 70c; hlBher-scorlng: goods 7H?7flc, the
Utter tor Jobbing sales; extra firsts. 08SD
00c; flrst. (tsOfic; seconds. 57im0c; fancy
brands nf prints Jobbing at 7470c: fair to
rood. flrjf73a.
E0fl3 ul"d firm, with very llsrht offerlncs
of both fresh and atoraro ersrs. Following
nere tlV nuotatlnnn rr?- cas-s. nearby
firsts $ 21 21. flO per rrftte: current recelpta
$20 70 per case western ext-n flrsta X2R)
2! 00 per cas; flrst. 120.4020 70 rr casp;
Inferior lots lowe-; stnratre r-trirs $lft(,n (10
prr ca?e: selected fresh' Jobbing at 7Gt?t7Rc
per dozen.
POULTRY
MVU Trade was quiet and rrlces of
spring chickens declined lc Quotatlona:
rowls. accordlnir to quality. 270M2c snrina
chickens, nccordlnc to quality. 24fl27c:
roosters. 2nffDJle! dtiekq TeUln a.irtn-..
tufkeifl. 2-ta2Hc.ttulne.fi: lomTff.Dnr -Mir."'
o. inaian iiunner. zua;iuc: seese. K(tr'i.'c
1n. i
welBhine 1 2 lb an ece. Mfli.io
smaller n7n, OOfiBfi'ic: RUlneas,
VIA Is. ? O Of!.. kl...a. 1.1 ...
old.
per
ralr. 73880c: pleeons. old ner ralr. 3UM
8Jc do jounc. per nalr. 2530c. I
DIlESSni) Turkeys were pcirc nnd Arm
cth?r poultry was in uinnle supply and
.tftady with a fair demand fn- choice stork.
Quotations Turkeys sr'lnir. e"'' . ' v
somo fancy nearby atoek higher;
do. Jo, fair to Rood, 8337c: do,
do common, 3033c: do. do, old
Toms, 303Gc: do, rto, od Toms, 30
37c. rowla freshUltled dr'packed. In boxes,
wclahlmr 4H lbs. and over apiece. 8314c.
welEhlnu 4 lbs apiece 3l"'S4'.,c: smtllcr
sizes. 2(30c. Fresh-klllcd fowls. In bbls ,
fancy, dry-picked Fancv selected 31 V4e
welching- 4 lbs. apiece. 85c: small sizes. 2f
038c. Old roosters, dry-picked, 27c. noast
lmr chickens, western, dry picked. In boxes
wclehlni? 4U lbs. and over apiece. 8flc:
welghlnir 4 lbs. apiece, 3.V: welchlnir 3Hs
lbs. apiece. 31(3340! welching- nLfir'l lh.
'apiece. 3()(f31c. Iloaatlne chickens, west
' em. in bbls. Welghlnc 4 lbs and over
npioce. die; weignina av, ibs. apiece, 32e:
welshlne 2W03 lbs. apiece. 20f31c. Droll
Init chickens, weighing lHTpJ lbs nplec.
42TO440. Ducks, nearby, fancy spring 40W
4Jc, do, western, dry-picked. 3H(U-I0e Geese
western, dry-picked Choice. 8nr32c fair
to rood 27AP2UC fequ.ibti. pe- dozen uvr
welghlnit 11 to 12 lbs. ner dozen. J868.25:
i.hltu. welshing li to in ids 10 .
7. SO, white, weighing 8 lbs. per dozen. SOW
u CO: do, do. 7 lbs. per do7n 34 lortf ,v do
fe.'- " ?"U Vt lbs. per dozen, J3K4, dark. 81.50
0 2.00. small and No. s, JI&2.30.
FRESH FRUITS
Choice stock met with fair .ni .mi .,1m..
generally ruled Arm as follona: Apples, N. Y.
per lib), tall I'lnnln, UtiM.-,u. snow lift
?,' J.clnf'. t.Snai.l-,. l.aldwln. J4n an;
llubbardston. 840.1 .in; Greening, 40(1.;jO.
arlous arleties taos. Apples. Pennsl
vanla and Virginia, per bbl Hen Davis,
J.' ."'0tfi4.7M Untio t ' niKHU Kit- aim..
ItVlncsap, $407.50: Tork Imperial, $47.25.
App.es. jwr "s-busiul haiKit, 4Uc8i,l.jV:
do. per bushel-basket. jll 71, apples, west,
ern, per box. J.'Wd BO, lemons per box.
$J(P4: orangea, Florida, per crate, J2 500
0. tangerines. Florldi nr atn,n jtntmn
Brapefnilt. per box. 24 23i pineapples.
I'orto nico. per crate. 80 50u Bo. cranber
ries, 'Jersey, per bushel box, J35; do, do.
per uui., 4.ur.o, .
VEGETABLES
Potatoes were nulet but steady,
sold slowly and was again easier.
Cabbage
Onions
Suoflo'Hvhlte'poraes-an01!?
Per bbl. No. 1. t33.73; No 2 'M3
White potatoes, Norfolk, per bbl . 13.21.
White. potatoes Jersey, per H-bushel baa-
ket No. 1. 7ROD0C No
4ufiimic whir
potatoes Pennsylvania, No.
jl 402.73. White potatoes fancy. J2 03 of fellows who answered my advertlse-polatoe.:10-
Jersey-.' " r-V&Yi""? ment . I wish I had somo one to help
st.1.101 31: No. 2. 'HWOOe. Sweet potatoes, mc. I don't know how to write an ad,
l., per inn lbs ,
n5 "' hJjV "sw.,.rMtato.."KSiis2. J don,t know Pw to '""''view prospec
nd lft,r,landWbu.?ernan?SerNo" !TAo tlve salesmen, I don't even know how
2 No. 2. $1 -lol. io. Cabbage Danish, to find someth'ng for my stenographer
seed per ton 1250110. Onions, velloir, per
90o , ,
Services for Burlington Hero
Hurllngton. N. J Dec. 10. Memorial
services for the late Captain James Mac
Farland, a Burlington physician,1- who
was killed by a shell while carina- for
wounded American soldiers in an ad
vanced station on tho Verdun front, were
conduqted yesterday at St. Mary's Prot
estant Episcopal Church
Willh Fletcher Johnson in the
New York Tribune says of
Simple Souls
By John Hastings Turner
"Well, read it, and read it
again, and keep it carefully
for many future rereadings;
and, please, be just a little
grateful to the present review
er for directing your attention
to one of the authentic mas
terpieces of this year's fic
tion." ' $1.35 net.
kaiARIESSCRmNERSSONS
FnFIH AVE AT48SI NEWYDRK
fa
Jnvincible
Full G'J.Inch size
FRINGS
BROS
CIGARS
cents
Thtee for 20c
3
7
EVENING PUBLIC
BUSINESS CAREER
OF PETER FLINT
.i
A Story of Salesmanship by
Harold Whitehead
(fcopyrluhO
Mr. "Whitehead will answer your business
Questions on buying selling advertising and
employment. Ask your Question clearly and
Dive all the facta. Your correct name and
full address must be given to all Inquiries,
Those which are anonymous must he ionored.
Answers to technical Questions ullj he sent
by mall. Other questions uill he answered
in this column. The moat interesting vrob
lema of inquiries will Ve ttoven into the
etorv of Peter Flint.
cclxvi
,rESTEnDAT was ft vepy "sappolnt-
n day,
Interviewed dozens of Balesmen ?)
and not one worth tho creak of a
crlckefc knee.
They nearly all beat It as soon as I
told them It was straight commission.
mission as Boon as they came, and If
they weren't Interested, not to waste my
time.
Between 10 and 2 o'clock they camo
In droves. My omce was jammed run
u instead nf nttemntlnir to talk to
? instead or attempting to taiK to
them one at a time, I told It to a whole
room full at once
Jn u" ,,' once;
But 1 seldom got through nil mv story,
for one after another would sneak out
,,,. .K ,w- ,,, A in cun
till there was Jurt me and Minn e Sloan
she's my stenographer and booKkeep-
rp vnll i,nnw left in the omce
cr you Know letl in U1C V lliue.
I wish T hadn't heen In such an all.
flr6d hurry to got "a stenographer. Miss
Sloan's all right, I guess, but there's
not a thing for her to do.
Ho wanted a Job and raid ho was
willing to work on straight commlss'on.
"I know a lot of very wcalthv guja.
VHItY wealthy, and they know me.
They trust me. yes MA'M. All I gotta
do Is to say, "You know me, an' ou
that If' I sav a thing. It's all to
the merry. And they say to, me, if sou
know anvthlnc cood. let us In on it, Al,
I didn't llko the look or tne oiu
geezer, but If he could rell some lots, I
could do with the business, so I said:
"All r'ght, If you want to sell to your
friends, I'll let you," and then I spent
half an hour telling him all about the
land
Ho kept nodding his head and saying
"A grand opportunity." When I fin
ished ho stood up. Jerked his est nnd
said, "I'll havo fifty lots sold by Sunday
I'm going to seo tho Mayor, ( he's a
good friend of mine."
"Go to It." I Bald heartily, for In
splto of his bum appearnnco he'd almost
convinced me ho had friends who would
buy.
r ,-, f .. l.t I.m Mn.l nnmm v
" piciwu up ius 1..11. -""'
remarked "By tlio wav n icrt mv
pockctbook at home ; just slip a ten
'.",," "" ih.MiiFh tho .lnv
sPt to carry me through the im
lit
held dut his hand Just as If ho ex
pected It nnd my hand , automatically
moved toward my pocket, but I pulled
up In time.
"No, sir, I don't know your name or
anything nbout you "
Ho looked staggered. "What! refuse
to help your own employe? Hlro me
and get ma to glvo up good prospects
to work for you and then refuse mo n
paltry carefarc expense."
His olce rose In anger, "You can't
trim me, though. I know my rights
You gle me my money, or I'll have
your number. I'll Bee the Major and
havo our license took away. I'll "
Just then Henry came In. My, thai
old colored janitor looked good to me,
for the old chip wns getting mo scared :
and as for Mlsa Sloan, sho was In tho
corner of tho office clutching her face
and gasping, "Mother for the luva
Mike Mother for tho luva Mike"
Henry, without a word, yanked the old
chap by the collar and rustled him
along the corldor. He only tried on:e
to talk, and then Henry said. "Jest
Bliut yo' face, boss, or I'll bust yer
nose."
I had lots of telephone calls asking
what my proposition was. At flrat 1
started In and told the whole story
nbout Clean ale house lots. When I
asked who I was speaking to, tho usual
reply was, "That don't matter, I Just
wondered If It was anything that might
Interest me" and then they'd hang up 1
Sometimes they'd hang up whllo I
waa talkingsay, but that sure swiped
my pet Angora.
Now. when anybody calls, I tell them
they must como to the office. Then
they'd holler, "Hold hard a minute, I'm
bUS' ttn1 ' BeLd0Wn-h T."
yu IW ' inen 1" Know wiitmer no
worth while comlnir down 1"
Th.n t hum im
It, worried me, though, to see the kind
to do. I don t know how to find pros-
pecta I don't know how to run a busi
ness I
I guess I don't know anything about
business. ,
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crtpps
THE S,EDAN
FOR FIVE
weight closed car, of real quality.
THE
AUTO JUBILEE
LEDaEKPHlLADBLPHlA, TUESDAY,
NEW YORK BUTTER AND EGGS
tJiVZ ?'1rk' P.'.. " iitiTTnn rteceipts,
10.803 tubs Hlfther scorlnx. (in70c. ex.
,r.1S8l,c'ou,,ll'" llrsls. inaosci seconds,
Hln2c: Sty'" 'dairy. 07USc: Imitation
creamery, 47048c.
EOQS Ttecelpts 7207 eases: 1500 In
transit Kxtras 7fl7tcl extra firsts. 73w
74r firsts 71W7Jci seconds. il70c. re
fr'.-.f'Uor speed) mnrkd, 42P.11ci firsts.
4253c seoanOs, 41j4ricl thirds. 4SW4HC
1 ties No 1 Sm,vjc No j liKctie
checks 4.iSMite Hiate white 4nW4tct west
ern and southern whites, 7.1BIHc! l'aeine
coast whites IH)S(02c: nearby whites, 7(1
73c. brown. Misi'ie mixed lolor. JUW7lk.
GOVERNMENT DONDS
2d, registered 1030 us
2s, coupon. lP.ln us
3s, registered. 1'IIS 0!l)i . !
Is coupon litis oi) ?
4s, registered. 1025 ,. loot;
4s, coupon, 10.M luai:
Is, realstered, 1010 1
3s. coupon, llltlt hi
ranoma 2s, rexlstercd, 101(1,, ps ,
Panama 2s. registered. 103H.. DS
Panama 3s, registered, 1001 . Ns
Panama 3s, coupon 83 .,,,
I'itlfbtirgh Price on Hogs Reduced
rittsliiirgli Dec, 10. The minimum
price on hogs hern has been reduced
ilfteen cents, to $17.05. Tho minimum
nt Cincinnati and TulsllIe has been
advanced. Tile order comes from Wash.
Ington.
NEWS OF THE PORT
'MiiirriNT. -notes
The barscs Mmlth, Teroha and Totten
U1 nrrlv il nt this port in tuw ot in
tun Underwriter
A sm-ili sleamer, tho Huron, passed In
llreakwaler this mornlnB, Hho Is bcllcMd
to bo a "coaler " The ship anchored off.
according; to maritime reports.
The Bteamer Donstnnta. which was
stranded on Capo lookout Fhoals, was
Ilonted csterdny and appirently has not
been damaged Fho proceeded south, nt
cordlng to a report from u n N
A scries of mishaps occurred to the tlrltish
ateamer War Matane. which left uuebec re
entlv Al ou twi ml) s f ( i a .1 d
the easel lmd to nnchor becauso of Ico
picks. Tho ico cut away tho anchor chain
and tho ship wns driven on a sand bar Hho
wna finally released nfter much difficulty,
with the (resistance of tugi, and stenmed
back to Quebec for repairs to damaged ma
chinery and steering gear
1 portion of the lumber cargo of the Itrlt-
Ish steamer War Mohawk has been dls-
r d al SI .In n arctiMlln,r o
reports. The vessel la leaking badly and
m-iy have to dock nt that port.
Tho steamer Matoa passed In Drcakwater
'early this mcrnlng.
SUN AN1 TIDF,
Sunrises... 7:11 a.m.lSun sets.. . 4 34pm
PIIILADni.PIIIA
High water, fl .12 a.m.llllgh water. (1 in p m
Lowwater. 1.24a.mlI,ow water. l:tlpm
ItnUDY ISLAND
High water. S 07 a m.llllgh water. 311pm,
l,ow water, 10 10 a m I Low water. 10 30 p m
niiEAKWATnn
High water 12 "(I a.m IHIgh water. 110 p m
Low water. 7.04 n.m ll.ow water. 7 J2 p.iu
ARHIVI 1
Ktr Anthony droves Jr Willis, Baltimore,
pats and mdsc. Urlcsson I, tne
ci.i:iti:i)
Str New York. Curn. Norfolk, mdsc,
Civ da S S Co
Ktr Anthony Groves Jr, Willis. Baltimore,
pass nnd mdsc. Urlcsson Line
OTIinit ARRIVALS
Str From Reported nt T"it.
Huron . Jaeksonvlllo New York Dec 10
City of St Louis
Bavannah New York Deo 10
Munlndles .. . Niw York ....Dec 10
nmpriss of Ilrltaln
Liverpool New York ....Deo 10
Algonquin ....Turks
Island New York Dec 10
Rammano ..Gibraltar New York ,...lecln
Vancouver.... Ha tlmore ....Dec 10
Corslcana .. . Ra'tlmore ....Dec Hi
Vulcanus ...Tort nu
Prince New York Dec 0
Annetta ..Kingston New 'V.ork Deo 'I
Charbydls ..HermiuH New "Vork . Dec rl
Uonham ....Phllu. Newport News .Dec 0
.McnoUH cunco
PhlH
Drltlsh Reason
Phlli
Verona Thlla
Cauto Phlla
Newport News. .Dec 0
Thamshaven ..Deed
Santa XHrta. . .Dec 1
St Nazilre iDec 1
Nlcuw Ams'eniam
New York Rotterdam ... Dee 3
Dehhe , Ph'l-i Maraell'es . ..Dec I
I'ord'lai .Chester Ta. Lough Swllley. Dec 4
To-vrmlna. New York Gibraltar Dec 4
Ship IMvvnril Pevvall
lnrt Arthur Tlnenna Avres.. Dee 3
Roman Prince .Phlln. Rrest Dee 4
OTIIKR CI.11RIN(1S
Steamer Trom Sailed ( for D-vto
Rone Raltlmoro almouth ....DeoO
Dorothy ...Raltlmoro Port Tampa... Deo u
Grecian .. . .Ilclatnn I'hlla II'C II
Ship Asmund.Hoslon New York. ...Decli
Haverford .. Hoston Liverpool .... Dec P
llulnna Norfolk fluatemaK ....Dec 7
Persian . ..Savannah Thlla Dec n
Otterstad Port Arthur Chester. Pa.... Dee R
Anulntanla . Halifax Llvirpool Deo K
Antllorhus . London United States . .Deo 3
Manchester arcrchnnt
St John. N II I'hlla Dec 7
"VIA COLON"
John I.. Merrill, President
lllltlXT KOL'TK TO
CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICA
Wasulniton. II. C. (Mire. 1120 Connecticut
Ave, 'telephone Franklin 1180
New ork Mike
01 Ilrond Street I'hone llroad 072
81
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The development of a NEW SCIENTIFIC LIGHT
WEIGHT CHASSIS, with 6-cyl. valve in;the head motor
of tho aluminum type, has made it possible for Serippa
Booth engineers to perfect the first true, economical, light
SENSATION OF THE PERIOD
La Roche Brothers, Inc.
.1214 North Broad $treet
WEEK Our Pisplay will (surprise
I GOSSIP OF THE STREET
MARKET RALLY
EXPECTED SOON
.
Anticipation of January Disburse
ments Likely to Cause Ac
tivity, Brokers Believe
Whllo some brokers say they do not
expect much activity In the stock mar
ket after the holidays, there are more
Who expect a substantial rally In an
ticipation of January disbursements.
Speaking of tho decllno In Liberty
Bonds, a banker remarked that ho ex
pected such a decllno for a time, nvcry
war, lie said, of modern tlmeo has been
followed by a decllno In the price of
bonds of tho -victorious nation, largely
duo to the fact thnt somo persons feel
the holding of Government bonds Is no
longer a patriotic duty after vlctrry.
Uesldes, he continued, a majority of
bondholders wish to release tholr cash
for Investment In their own business.
It may ravo been on account of a
number of tho principals of tho bond
and Investment houses In this city being
absent nt tho Investment bankers' con
tention In Atlantic City that there was
llttlo Interest shown In the discussion
which Is on In Now York over the ques
tion of fortnightly Instead of dally set
tlements. Tho dlscifsslon waa started by United
states Senator Ilobert It Owen, of Okla
homa, chairman of tro Senate Banking
and Currency Committee, who has an
nounced his Intention of going abroad
it once to study banking nnd commercial
conditions In Unglnnd, France Italy nnd
Spain. It seems that a, committee sent
over by tho New York Stock Kxchango
on tho same pursuit some time ngo has
undo a most exhaustive report to the
governing committee of tho exchange,
which srowed that such a change Is
being considered by n subcommittee
which has completed plans which will
shortly bo submitted to members of the
Rtock exchange. Somo brokers are of tho
Impression that a plan may be eventually
worked out which will not only relievo
the congestion of security deliveries and
piymcnts therefor under tie present sys
tem, but may nlso serve to relievo somo
of tho present drastic regulations of the
money committee.
Thcro was a rumor on the Street yes
terday of a large note Issue of the
Rtudebaker Company being shortly of
fered to tho public. From the consensus
of opinions expressed, it will not be a
P line fnvorlte in financial circles In this
city. Should tho lssuo como out as
the rumor says It is planned, brokers
say It will have an adverse effect on
the stock.
The subject of Government owner
ship of railroads was under discussion
In a certain broker's office jesterday,
when an advocate for Government own
ership brought up as an example of the
success of such operation nnd ownership
the German railroads before the vvnr.
One who was opposed to him said few
people In the United States knew the
circumstances under which the German
Government had acquired the ronds.
The Gcmnn Government took advan
tage of a panic on the stock market
to buy tho properties. It wns -typical,
he stld, of the Gorman character, ns
ve are coming to know It today. The
'nvestors In the stocks of German nil
roads, he said, wero completely ruined,
nnd the Government profited by tho
raid In purchasing the slocks throwi
ovcrhotrd by a thoroughly frightened
The Master Truck
will stand the keen
est sqrutiny. Give it
the same cold-blooded
calculation you
would if it were a
factory or industrial
buildinff.
A size for every purpose.
Larson OldsmobHeCo.
231-33 N. Broad St
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THE COUPE
FOR FOUR
Limited
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and delight you.
DECEMBER , Id, 1918
public, Such a contingency In America,
no remarked, would be unthinkable, If
not Impossible.
A new Idea was expressed yesterday
uy a well-known Investment banker, nnd
thnt wns that tho railroads bo handed
nack to the original owners ns quickly
as possible. Then, he snld, according
to every precedent tho original oviners
will howl for the Government to take
them off their hands again, which the
Government will proceed to do at a fair
valuation. This banker believes the
ronds will sooner or later revert to
Government control on a wide and ex
tending scale, and eventually to Gov
ernment ownership by slow degrees.
Tho task of releasing the nation from
Its wnr tension nnd returning It to a
basis where it will meet the require
ments of ordinary nffalrs, nnd the part
which the United States will take in
tho reconstruction nnd redevelopment of
tho nuropean countries, nrc lending top
ics which thoughtful financiers aro
turning over In their minds these davs
Irederlck W Gehle, of the Mechan
ics and Metals National Bank, of New
York, in dealing with the Intter nnh.
Ject In nn address delivered before the
Association of Certified Public Ac
tountants at tho Yale Cub said-
"Great Britain nnd the continental
countries will not for a long time be
nhle to supply their own w-nrts el'her
Industrially or financially and the part
to be plaved hv the United States In
the reconstruction period will, therefore,
be a domlrntlng one. Our new financial
position Is already established Since
the outbreak nf the war In 1914 the
United States has shipped abroad J22 -
000 000.000 north of food and msmifnc
tured materials and has Imported only
one-half ns much We hive taken piv
ment for nine-tenths of the balance In
securities nnd notes Is thin not sig
nificant of what we nrc going to do In
the futuro? Kngland at the plnnncle of
Its financial fame never extended credit
as we have done.
1 "Our extraordinary showing of power
In face of the political nnd economic
convulsion of the Wast four years has
given tho United States a new industrial
nnd financial prestige, and our strnteglc
position, economically and commercially
will be stronger with eich month that
passes The war, I believe, has been
the making of the American nation
Tvents and developments since It began
havo been tremendous, and there Is
promise of so much more. We have
ceased to think within tho limits of
sections of even our own continent; we
have come to regard tho world as the
scope for our planning and the field for
our enterprises. Our vision and oppor
tunity has widened enormously."
Somo of the most prominent bondmen
in this city are optimistic regard
ing the outlook and predict that
with the turn of the year there will
be substantial Improvement in the bond
market.
In their week'y bulletin to Investment
dealers, Henry L. Dohorty & Co. say
thnt In tho bonds listed on the New
York Stock xchange there has been nn
average advance In the Inst month of
2 9 points in highest-grade nils, ap
proximately 2 points In second-grade
rat's, 2!i points In public utilities and
1.8 points Industrials. Compared w th
a year ago, average prices of high-grade
rails nro approximately 4 points higher
Becond-grado rails C 6 points, public
utility bonds 1 9 points nnd Industrlil
bonds 2'4 points. In the last month the
avenue price of 40 representative bonds
T
Looks like a Liberty Loan total but it is not. It's the
total capital invested in the Automobile Industry in the
United States a sum equal to the total outstanding stock
of five of the biggest American railway companies, name
ly, the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Chicago &
Northwestern and Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. It is
three times as much as the outstanding capital stock of the
entire Standard Oil group of 38 companies and exceeds
the capital stock of all the National Banks in the country
at the end of last year.
WHY DOES THIS YOUNG INDUSTRY ONLY A FEW YEARS
OLDATTRACT SUCH STUPENDOUS MONEY INVESTMENT?
Because it has solved and is solving one of the greatest
human needs for development transportation. It has sent
the world a hundred years' ahead in twenty. For pleasure,
for business you've got -o be motor-equipped or lose
out in the race of life.
Come and investigate the great, big, vital, stirring
messages we have for you during
AUTOMOBILE JUBILEE WEEK
MORE THAN 70 DEALERS
IN MOTOR CARS. TRUCKS. TRAILERS,
TRACTORS, TIRES AND ACCESSORIES.
AT THEIR RESPECTIVE SHOW ROOMS
OPEN EVENINGS ALL THIS WEEK
PHILADELPHIA AUTOMOBILE TRADE ASSOCIATION
on the exchnngo has advanced 2.3 points,
whllo thesef bonds are now higher by al
most 3i points than they were a year
ngo.
It was rumored near tho close ot the
week that tho Pennsylvania Itallroad
Company would shortly put out between
siio.woo oou anil J70,ooo,ooo of debent
ures, but It wai Impossible to confirm
this report in banking circles or from
ofnclnis of tho company.
There was a feeling In tho trade that
if such steps were Initiated the Issue
would meet with pronounced succesii
providing tho offering figure Is made
sufficiently attractive.
Short term notes were In good demand
throughout esterday's session, with a
satisfactory volume changing hands. In
the trade tho expression of opinion wiir
thnt there will be Improvement from now
on, particularly as money Is easy nnd
there appears to be a desire to employ
funds for moderately short periods at tho
satisfactory Interest return rates avalln
bio through the purch se of short-term
paper Prices throughout the day wen
fractionally above those obtaining nt the
close of the previous week, nnd a good
demand was In evidence for some of the
recent offerings, which were heavllv
oversubscribed, necessitating a con
siderable paring down of allotments to
subscribers
NEW YORK COIFEE MARKET
New York, Dec. 10 No frcch develop
ments were reported with reference t
teop'-nlng the coffee futures market th
morning
. ie matter wns left In the hands o
'ie board of managers by the tie vot
of echange members yesterday, and It
's believed that nny further action will
depend upon further conferences or cor
respondence with the food administra
tion. ome local traders are of the opinion
htt If assu nnccs could be Becurcd
from Washington that there would be no
further Interference with futures of such
n character as that Which resulted In
liquidation nt fixed prices last month,
the board of managers would optn th
exchange In order to provide hedging
facilities, but probably with a restrlctlor
on dally fluctuations
The Philadelphia Art Galleries
S. E. Cor. ISth and Chestnut SU.
REED H. WALMER, Auctioneer.
. On Exhibition Today and Wednesday
A COLLECTION OF
HIGH ART DECORATIVE TABLE LINEN
Valued at $250,000. Consigned by r
M. JESURUM & CO., VENICE, ITALY'
These wonderful I.lnens consist nf Sets. Centerpieces Cloths Spreads Rear.
Ilunners Harnuet Cloth etc .In FIMJT. ITALIAN PUT WORK? ROSE POItft
lHJHANn, POINT UK VENICB. ItOSALINU POINT. FiANDEns Hi
minors rte
earn nriicic n mis wonaernu colleitlon was made specially for the Am..
lean -iranc. me sues sre sianoim workmanship porfect nnd the liest pieces ri
mImiia tina tinpHniilare llnnnlist llnV, W n- a a ..... . -TaEr'en H rfsj
iinlntlf.
and ts atucU at $K 000,
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TO HE
Public Auction, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday Afternoons, at 2 o'Clock
f.
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ALL THIS WEEK
$1,297,000,000
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circles of thnt section, Ho has been at-' v,
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