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.BUSINESS NOTES
Uil wVi wheat supplies In Chicago
kcreuod SSZ.oOP bushels, corn decreased
14,000 bushels, and oats Increased 101,
10 bushels. Wheat Increased n year
WOO bushels, corn decreased 112.222
hen and oats increased los.vuv
Mis. v
Beneral Increases In class and eym
wlty rates In eastern and central
unk line territory and to and from
rrlnla cities, designed to oring i
arses 01 non-twerai-Kimreinu m,.
uta nn a h& ivi nf the Increases
Nren Federal-controlled lines last spring
sra approved today by the Interstate
Immerce Commission.
. . .--.i-. Imnortft
BK9moTI 01 rvsiricuvup r vi.un-
an qi wool irom ii nwi' i"j
Im ha been ordered by the war trade
7 m .. ... si A n tin Ifnnnre
ra, enecuve January ' i--nt
step In the urogram for reopening
r.nal?PL".?1 Si!" "..IrlSed
fun win ijvriuik viifcuwttjj .. "r." "
&y..r" .u,zMh
tynawuiniuc..v-,. .-.."-
niniries woois now no .m,,,,"v ....,
ihen consigned to the army quarter-
fcary after January 10, but they will be
r&mca ireciy.
T(ki- . a-nmnl. n II rnOlPfl. llBff
ought B.000,000 pounds of American
oppertn aamtion to mo w,iru,
. rn n'ii nun. To data Italian pur-
FohABAa hafA nnnatittitpR tnn only trans-
Factions In tho market since the signing
of the armistice. Doth the French and
British Governments r.avo on nana eon
RMnhU miAntitUa nf the red metal.
f bought prior to the cessation of hostllt
' ties. The available quantity In Great
r Britain was recently announced as 62,
fcoOO.OOO pounds while that In France has
Inot been divulged.
Philadelphia Markets
GRAIN AND FLOUR
' WHEAT Ilecslpts, 8I.39T bushels. The
nsrkst ruled firm at the following- Quo
tations: Cr lot. in export elevator.
Government sunri inspection, piiiuiu
brlees No. 1 red winter. 13.80: No.
Pi ,A-tfcn in.tr t?3f) Nd. 1 HSrO.
winter. J2.30: No. I red wln''r-BarJ,lc"i
L.T: No. 1 rd. smutty. 12.39: No. S red
Fwlntsr, 13 8B! No.. 2 northern spring. 2;3S.
No. 2 hard winter. J2.30: No. S re lntjr.
L Barllrky, $2.84: No. 2 red. smutty. 2S3i
no a rea winter. ...: i"o. ''"i1 m
sprlnr. $2.32: No. 3 hard winter. $2.82: Nq.
ft . liflnt.a ,.Hntfw 4" lifts PJO. 3 TtOm
? amutty. $2 29: No. 3 red. I.30: i No. f.
'.llcky. $2.28: No. A. amutty. $2.27: No. 4.
t itarlltky. amutty. $2 2: No. 5 red. $2...
5 No. B. aarlleky, $2.26: Nox r. smutty. I-.-5;
tNo. B. a-arllcky, smutty, $2.24.
! CORN Becelpia, 203(1 buahcls. The mar
Bket was nominally firm. We quote yellow
hln car Iota for local trade, as to quality
and location, at $1.A3J&1.0 per buihel, the
i utter ror choice old.
J OATS Receipts. 01.08. bushpli. The
; market ruled firm at the late advance, but
trade was quiet. Quotations: Car Iom aa to
llocatlon No. 2 white, R282Wc: landd
white.1 81'4 S2c: No. 3 white, fcO'i OSlci
inn. wnue, miouc.
i FLOUR RecelnH. 4.. -,04. ISO Iba. In Backs.
1 The market was quiet v "th fairly liberal of-
lerinra at quotcq rati'j. ijuntationa: to
I arrive, per 100 rounds. In 140. pound Jute
sacks Winter, atralsht. $10 23rp 10.40, Kan-
. aaa. eiraisnt. niKioviu.1.1: ao. patent,
ItlOTBeil: sprint:, ahort patent, J10.7.1!!.
(do. patent, 110. 00S 10.75; do, first clear,
,$0.40JT10 13.
RIE FLOUR was dull and unchanged.
ve quote at $8.7.1(70 "r ner barrel. In sacks.
as to quality.
PROVISIONS
The market war nulet and weak following
srs the quotations: City beer. In sets.
rmoksd and alr.tlrled. 48a, weatern beef, tn
ata. mnlced. 4Rr! rltv Kcef knuckles and
lenders, smoked and alr-drled. 40ci western
peei. KnucKiea anq tenoera., amnaea. c-.
Mef hams. ICO: pork, family. $.'4T3n: hams.
I. P. cured, looae. 37H 3Sc: do aklnned.
poae. oi&umc: ao. ao, amokea. duwauufi
Itner hams, smoked, city cured, as to brand
Ind ivtrat .tat4 tuna hams, smoked
vsstem cured. 31)4 40c: do. boiled, bone.
pas. oxc: njenio snouldere. 8. l'. curea. io.
He: do. amoked. SOHc: bellies. In Pickle,
iose. 83o. breakfast bacon, city curedv 42o:
laxiaai cacon. weatern cureti. toe. -.
aatarn. flnA naiRoau... lard, nuri city.
ttle-rendered. 28028Hc.
REFINED SUGARS
Pricen wn flrmlv mflfntalned an a basis
v8c (or flr.e aranuiatcd.
DAIRY PRODUCTS
CHEESE Ruled firm and higher under
Bt efferlnra and a. fairly active demand,
tatlona: New York, whole-mllK. fancy,
h, 38V38c: specials hieher; New York,
wtc-iiutiv, lair lu iwui .trsii, . . w... -a ..
Fdo. fair to sood. 376'37,4c.
noice stock sold fairly and ruieo nrni ana
s or sirawoerries were a snaae niener
atlona: Apples. New york. per odi.
. ll..V)ffi7.r,ft. RaMnln. 5Trt 50: North-
Spy, 84 BOOJO: Hubbardston. I19BH),
nine. $4ve.so; various varieties, mui.i
lea. Pennsylvania and Vlralnla. per bhl
Divvls, l3.oOW3.23: Uano. 13 .tuwa.au,
(man Wlnesan. 14.BneH7 B0: York Im-
rial. I47 "5: Homo Reauty. fancy. $U(Si
fo. Apples, per n-busliel basket. 40c
55: do. per bushel basket, $102. Apples.
stern, per hoy, siom a uemons, im
1A4 a T.-lnBla HAM fra,
lintCA.ua. Tancerlnea. Florida, per strap.
1(98. Grapefrllt. per box. $2.304.nn.
nea.pplea, I'orto Ulco. per crate, n nuw
0 Cranberries. Jersey, per bushel box,
IBOOO: do, do, per bbl . $1.1022, Straw-
FBUTTER The msrket ruled " firm under
am onerinrs sna a lair aemano. wuu-
Ktons: soiia-packea. creamerv. rir.
lei hither scoring-; goois. 71073c. thj
le: flrata. 8387c: seconds. bb82c: fancy
nas or prints joDDins; ai MU'toci " w
ErririR vik frh epirs nrA Tiell (leaned
ann" firm. Refrleerator stocks also met
kh a srood outlet at full fleures. .Quo-
lions: Kree cases, nearby firsts. 120.40
crate: current receipts. $19.80 ner esse;
stern, extra firsts. $20.40 per case: nrsts,
n in nasi ruata lnrarmti irri inwpr: snurflan
mm iLIHTIMn ner rase: selected fresh
I . .' ' - V - A x - ---.-. iT"-
ppins; ai .aqyioc per aozen.
I
POULTRY
LIVE Demand was onlv moderate, but
lues ers oteafllly new. Tne quota-
am wern r ronow; i-owii, atuoruui w
4ltv. soiiTaec: nvrinr cnicweni, "Sn
to quality, Rbzic; rooBirrs. .nu'-.c,
if liL-in. nftfffixfto do. Indian Run
va. G2J34c: eie, 82tIP30c: turkeyi,aS80
: nuineat. younr, per pair., welahtnn l&S
13. apiece. UfiPl.10: amallr atxt. 60
; rutneaa. fia, rr pair. tTovooiiri jroin,
Man- natv 5(BsAn! An. vounr. zlatBEOc.
pinRRSKn -iTinn diilrbl.slzed atock aa
Eft cleaned up and Arm. Quotatlona: Tur-
ya, lancy, nearDy, iQis'foc; ao. wsiuni,
tv -14f4Kf . An. fair tn sood. 3943r: do,
imon. auipaoc; oia iomi, oooiuu.
hens. 083741c: rowie. Trein Miiea. ary
tvl. tn boxea weighing; 44 Iba. and ever
BrV- wAlrhlntr 4 IhM. BD1G0. Aic:
tS " t-. nnMtl.. aajaiV.l.llUfl aTAVsalsl.
ihhla finrv. drv.nlcltifl lettad. 334c.
ugninr n ioa. ina over pic5.
CDinr a loa. apie?. ooc; man ?. '
aM rooitera. dry-nicked. -7c: roaatlns
ckana, weatern, dryplckd, In boxea.
Ilghlnr 4Vi Iba. apiece. 37c; wetfhtnc 4
apiece, one; weianinr o- ids. ipirco.
rs&c: welshlnc S498 Iba. apiece, 329
rnaatlntsr rhlrVna. western. In bbla..
uhtnr 4 Iba. and over apiece. 86e; welab
on 1DB. ipipct, 3c; Tfrnumi -n t
. an1rs. Rt 9 8Xc brotllnr chicken a.
thin iH2 pound a apiece, 42 44c;
weiieriii cnniuci reese, wnieni.
tlcA. Jtntnart! fair tn rood. "7:oe:
iaba. per dozen, white, welthlnr . U
13 Iba. par dozen. xscO'S.-o: wnue. neian
Viu jo, per ooien, ivipvj wim.
ibinc S Iba. per dozen. $0196 60; do, do.
u par aozen, pvvo; ao, no, noo-t
imp Hnzan. 1304: dark. 11.B0O2.S0:
,11 and No." 2. Itd2.50. Oulneaa, youna.
P4r. 70C1.23; Old. D0U70C.
FRESH FRUITS
rhnleA .tsirk met with fair sale and values
Esrally ruled steady under moderate offer
i. The quotatlona were: Apples, New
irk, rr barrel Klnr. $4 50W7: Bald-
p. ttwo no: nonnem npy. .t.novo- nuu.
i-dston. $4O6.60: Oreenlns. 13 OOfi'oJSi
PIOUS vsrieiies, ,awo. Appiri, i-rnn.yiva-k
and Vlrslnla. per barrelBen Pats,
LB0O0 29: Oano, $3.S05 Stayman Wlne-
$4 oooi.ou: lorn imperial, nioo.-'oi
Ee Beauty. lancy, soi7.oo. Apples, per
uahel baaket, 40cO$1.25: do. per bushel.
fet. .lev. Apples, western, per pox,
8.26. Lemons, per box, $204. Orsnses,
naa. per crate, 92 ouinva.ou. 'ianserines.
rids, per strap, $36. Orspefrutt, per
S2.K0O4 fiO Cranberries. Jersey. Dei
Fbusbal-eox. 3.B08; do, do, per barrel,
23. Strawberries, Florida, per quart.
VEGETABLES
rhs market was renerslly firmer, with
aana istriy sxniv ana onennrs only
Berate. Quotations: tyhlta potatoes.
ktero Shore, per bbl No. 1. fS3 30:
tSVJoti, wnite pouttoes. .orioiK,
sa.zo; T vnil. potaioea. jersey.
"VTTSWk. .bskt. No. 1, 85W95c: No. 1.
l(i0cWMta potatoes. PeunivUsnla. No.
Mr IOO IPS., yi DUKP-.vu. wnite pots-i-wsstem.
per 100 lbs . $2.2002.40: do.
atess. Jersey, per basket No. 1, $1.05
rvo. it I1V1..D. awni potatoes,
rn Bhoro. ner bbl. No. 1. I5S6: No.
rti.60SS.C0. Sweet potatoes. Delawsra
Eaiaryiana. pusne, nampcrs-to. , a..u
361 No. S, $1.6001.76. Csbbase. Pan.
eea. pr. ion, lauvaoi ao. aomesur,
ton. I1501B. Onions, yellow, per 100.
bsiNo. 1, fl.S0O2.SSi No. 2, 75c$l,
CHICAGO BUTTER AND EGGS
lilMM. Jan' 8. BUTTEIl Recelnts.
II tubs: uncnsjueo
GOSSIP OF THE STREET
SUGGESTS PLANS
TO PREVENT LOAN
Banker Favors Sale of Allied
Bonds Instead of New United
States Issue
Tlia manager of a larce hanklnc and
Inveitment house remarlicd thnt he had
neara no news from Washington giving
particulars about the fifth Liberty Loan.
Ho said he had been clvliitr some
at SHarthmorc. Th students who will
nnswer the roll call for their colleges are
Miss Carol Sensenlg, University of
Pennsylvania: Miss Florence Ollclt,
Allentoun: Miss Helen Hard, CJrove
City; Miss Annn Nelson, Allegheny;
Miss Anno Swain, Dickinson ; Miss
KUzabeth Kgglesrton, doucher; Miss
Marlon Clark, university of Pittsburgh ;
Miss Margaret Dlsert, Wilson; Miss
Florence Evans, Juniata; Miss Sara
Swift, Geneva; Miss Roberta Carnes,
Western Maryland, and Miss Florence
Wilson, Pennsyhanla State,
PRISON MATRON DIES
Y. W.C.A. WORKERS TO MEET
Conference of Eait Central Field Com
mittee Opens Tomorrow
The annual members' conference and
election of ofllcers of the cast central
field committee of the Young Women's
Christian Association will bo held
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this
week in the Wllherspoon Eulldlng. The
sessions will be attended by under
grrdtiales from the various colleges who
hold place on the field students' com
mittee of the association.
Mlp Bertha Conde. senior student
secretary of tho National Young
Women's Christian Association, will talk
on 'The Students' IlesDonslbllltv In the
thousrht tn ih m.ti.r mi vl-. ,nnii.r. iV?.rM Today." A number of sessions
r i1" b0 "e,1 ln ,n" Mary Lyon School
die; it inc new occreiary oi me jrcas
ury would have some original Ideas ns
to the title and terms of the loan. He
said ho belieed that tho public was
tired of the term "Liberty Loan" and
that some change should bo made In
tho title at least, ln this connection,
he remarked, he had been thinking of a
plan which he had not seen suggested
anywhere, and which he thought would
be popular here for the next loan.
"Why not," he said, "have our Gov
ernment take oer the bonds or obliga
tions of the Allied countries for the
money they now owe us to tho extent
of the amount ncaiessary for the next
Liberty 'Loan $3,000,000,000 or $5,000,
000,000, or whftecr It may be? Let
these foreign bonds of the Mirlous coun
tries carry the same amount of Interest
which these countries are paying their
own people 5 per cent or 6, or what
ever the various rates of Interest In the
several countries may be. Let the
United States stamp Its guarantee on
these obligations and sell them to our
people Instead of Liberty Bonds. Ar
range for legislation which would make
certain tax-exempt features and any
other modifications which time and dis
cussion would determine. With our big
foreign population here tho bonds of
their own countries would appeal to
them In a way that a fifth Issue of Lib
crty Bonds wo'uld not, and with the
guarantee of our own Government back
of them they would mean the same to
Americans as If they were our own
Government Usues."
Another banker when discussing this
subject, bald we would hao to take the
obligations of the Allied countries for
several years to the extent of $500,-'
000,000 anjhow. for tho Interest pay
ments on tho money we have loaned
them, ns they are In no position to
meet these obligations ln any other way.
Even if they had the gold, we don't
want It, as we have already too much
gold, eo that If we were to substitute
foreign bonds guaranteed by tho United
States for the Fifth Liberty Loan they
would be In addition to tho $500,000,
000 annually above mentioned, as we
need the money from the Liberty Loan
ourselves.
There Is nn opinion generally held by
financial men In tills city, and which Is
said to be still more generally held by
manufacturers and merchants here,
namely, that before we can have the
great wave of prosperity which is ready
to break the moment pcaco Is signed,
wages must come down.
One of the partners of a leading bank
ing houso said in this connection that,
so far as he could see. and from con
versations with tho heads of well-known
manufacturing firms In various parts
of the country, the menace of wages Is
the most serious problem now facing this
country. Already, he said, beveral large
manufactuilng plants, like the General
Electric Company, are shutting down
because they cannot meet the demand
of the workers and continue to do busl-
Mrs. Elizabeth Walker Was Keeper at
Movamening Thirty Years
The funeral of Mrs. Llliabeth Walker,
sixty-five years old, for thirty vears
keeper of the women's department at
Moyamenslng prison, will take place to
morrow afternoon from her residence, ID
East Oxford street, where sho and her
aimer lived tlm last twenty-eight years.
Mrs. Walker died suddenly at her
home on Monday of apoplexy, sno was
a member of East Montgomery Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Wal
ker's sister is Miss Ellen Armstrong.
Burial will take place at the Northwood
Cemetery.
HOLLAND NEEDS FOODSTUFFS
Rotterdam Banker Tells of Needs
nnd America's Opportunity-
vm, v.k .tun. s. r?rm1ltlonH In
Holland, particularly ns regards food
stuffs. ar shown In a dark light for
the population of that country In a let
ter Just received by A. B. Leach & to.
from F. Wachter, Jr., managing director
of the notterdam-Canada Mortgage
Company, of Rotterdam. One object of
Mr. Wachter's letter, he says, Is to glvo
an Idea as to tho volume of huslness
that can bo dono In his country by
America during tho reconstruction pe
riod. "In tho first place." ho writes, "there
Is hero a scarcity of foodstuffs of which
you cannot form the faintest Idea,
Everything Is being distributed against
vouchors. Wo nre having hero about
twenty various kinds of voucher-cards,
which contain separate voucher tickets,
and each week tho papers puhllsh which
rort of tickets Is ruling that week.
"We get each day 200 grains of
bread, that Is, four small slices. We
get four kilograms of potatoes per week,
one-flfth of one liter of milk per day,
and one-fourth pound of butter per
week. Onco each fortnight wo get one
half ounce oatmeal, which, however, we
cannot preparo properly for lack of milk
Not that we nre not feeling In good
health, but ono gets tired much sooner
than In former times endurunco has di
minished." "The line of business ou Americans
can do hero Is Indicated by the nbove,"
Mr. Wachter concludes. "In the first
line Is the need of foodstuffs and all
tho plain necessities of life, such as
clothes, shoes and similar things. It is
fully appreciated over hero that the
lead of the world has passed from
Europe to America, nnd I am fully con
vinced that vour powerful tiusiness men
will fully tnke advantage of what the
circumstances nre offering you at
present"
NEWS OF THE PORT
LOCAL MINING STOCKS
TONOPAlt STACKS
ronvi ,i,MN.ri
. M'N AND TIDJW
Sun rises . 7-.'3 s.m.lSun sets... !.snnm.
rlllt,.U)Et.ril!A
lllah iet ilnjtn m.lltlsh water. IN 5.1 r m
Low water IL' H7 s.m.t.ow water. 1.33pm,
1IEEDV ISLAND
llleli water, 2:11 a.m.lUlch wster. .1 n p m,
Low water, n.57 a ni.lLow wster. 10:33 r.m.
IinEAKWATEIl
lllah water 12:27 o m lltlgh watr.l2 .12 p.m.
Low water, tl 38 a.m.lLow water. 7-03 p.m.
ARRIVED
Sir I'rfvin, from St. Natalre, master.
ftr Persian, llalih, Jatksnmlllfl via Sa
vannah, nasa and mdee, .Merchants and
itinera' Trans Co.
Sir Uloureater, Nlckersnn. lloilon, pass
and rndse, Morthant and Miners' Trans Co.
Clr Arnson. Webb, Ucorcetonn, lumber,
t rank J i:ans.
.lr Anthony Groves. Jr. Willis, Baltimore,
rasa and rndse, Hrlcsson Line.
rl.KAKEI)
Sir Indo Maru (Jap), Kndon, master
Sir Anthony ilrnvos. Jr. Willis, llalllmore,
pas and nidse, Ericsson Line.
Reserve Banks Discount Rates
Official discount rates at the twelve
Federal Reserve bankH were as follows:
(The first column gives the rates for
all periods up to and Including a fifteen
day maturity, the second for a period
of sixteen to ninety days. The third
and fourth columns are the rates for
rodlscounts of collateral loans secured il Spearhead
by Government bonds or notes ) siher 1'kk
Com'l paper Gov. paper
Jim nuller . .. .
MarNamara
Midway
Mlipah Extension
Montana
North Star . . . .
niwcue Eula .
West End . . .
Atlanta
niue Hull
Hooth . . .
Dlamondfletd H n
r)alsy
Kewanas
oro
OOt.rirlELO STOCKS
Mid
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.211
.30
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.IS
.07
(17
1
Ttoston ...,
Vah VM-lf
Philadelphia .... ,,
Cleveland 4'
Richmond 44
Atlanta U
Chlcaso 4
St. Louis 4
Minneapolis 4M,
San Kranclaco... 4U
Kansas City .... 4 4
Dallas 44
1(1 tn DO
l.v flt) j navs
. 4
IB to 60 Arizona fnlted
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JI MONEY-LENDING RATES
4U .T.W YORK Money on fall, mixed
JJ 1 collateral, opened nt 5 per cent ; high. C ;
Jl low. 5: Inst, l; closed, 5 i ft S ; ruling
4'i rats. B4 per cent lndutrl.tli opened
rOREIGN EXCHANGE
New Vnrk, Jan. 8. Although business
was nt n minimum In the carlv dealings
In tho foreign exchange market today
there were Indications of heaviness in
most of tlie neutral exchanges. Sterling
francs and lire, although dull, retained
a steadv tone.
CJuotatlons were:
Demand sterling 4.76)J, cables 4.76,",,
sixty-day Mils, nominally, 4.73'4, ninety
day bills 4.71 Vi.
rranc cables S.MTs. checks G.15'1.
I.lro cables 6..15, checks G 37.
Swiss c.ibles 4.84. checks 4.87'4.
liltllilers cables 42'4. checks 42'J,
1'et-etns cables 20.11, checks 20 04.
Stockholm cables 20, checks 284.
Copenhagen cables 261s, checks 265.
I'hrlsllaiila cables 28, checks 27sj.
Ruble cuirency was only moderately
aitivn nt a slight fiactlonal rally to
IS.OOliU.I SO
Financial Briefs
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BAR SILVER
Last I01R
Todav Yest. Wed Hleh Low
n York (cist, mi's mil, mi'iini', ss'i
London (pee). 4A 4Sr', is,', 4UW 42W
NEW YORK BUTTER AND EGGS
New York, Jan. 8. BUTTER Receipts.
1.V034 tube Hlgher-scorln 70704c: ex
tras. (WlffflnSci firsts, tti'i ffnsc. eeenndo.
10?n3V,c; Slate dairy. H796Sc; Imitation
creamery, 4ft6 4nc.
EOOS Receipts. 881.1 cases Extras. (Wc,
rttra flrsta. (ttwaSe: firsts, r,4rnc: seconds.
(ia63c: refrlserator. special marked. 42n'
,1."c: dirties. No I, .',7W58c: do. No. 2, Kit
.iile. cheilis. 48ijf.nc: State, while 4247e.
western and nouthern. whites. fift(J77c: Pa
cific Coast, whites, hno bid: nearbv, white.
707ec: brown. 7073c; mixed colors, asfl)
0'Jc
Liverpool Cotton
Liverpool, Jnn 8. Spot cotton waa
quiet today, with prices weak on the
basis of a decline of 30 points for mld-
ri'lncr. old contract, at 19.89d. Stales
ness. There nre many such concerns that were 1000 bales, Receipts were 7000
will follow suit, he said, should the em- ' bales, all American. Futures were
ployes Insist on wage Increases lie said
he did not look for bucIi a situation last
ing as long, or being so destructive tn
results as had strikes and lockouts ln
certain manufacturing lines In this city
some ears ago. lie believes the wage
earners will learn from experience that
an adjustment of wages must precede a
prosperous Industrial wave, with full
time employment for all concerned.
Speaking on the same subject, an In
vestment broker said ho understood car
penters who aie nothing more than
"hatchet and saw" men were demanding
$1.50 an hour at shipyards and other
places. They are now getting $1 an
hour, he said, but they want $1.50, an
eight-hour day and time and half for
overtime. "I have met several employ
ers." he said, "who aro willing to pay
even the $1.50 without overtime extra
If they could only get the work done,
but they argue, that these men don't do
any more. If as much work for $1.50
than they do for $1, and the difficulty Is
that the work Is so planned that other
workers must wait for them as the word
Is passed along. It two or three of these
men take a day or two off they compel
others to go Idle because they are depen
dent on what these men finish "
Some bankets take a rather pessi
mistic view of the wage outlook, and
base their conclusions on recent utter
ances of Samuel Uompers on the subject.
barely steady ln the early dealings.
Spot prices were: American, middling
fair, 21.20d; good middling, 20 62d;
middling, 19,89d; low middling, 18.84d;
good ordinary, 17.32d, and ordinary,
10.67dv
No Change in Refined Sugars
New York, .Tan 8. Refined sugars are
unchanged at 9c, less 2 per cent for cash.
The Warner Company, which has been
out of the mnrket on granulated for
some davs. Is now accepting business In
all grades for shipment as soon as pos
plble. Raws nre unchanged nt 6.055c.
nt 5',- per cent; high, G' : low.
last, 6'4t closed Gitr6i; ruling rate,
5'- per cent. '
The monev mnrket Is quiet with nun- '
tntlons largely nominal nt 5'ifif' per
cent for sixty nnd ninety clavs on good
mixed securities and 5li!i54 per ct-nt
on Industrials The demand, as hereto-
fore. Is light. I
Prime mercantile paper averages 5'
tf5s4 per cent on light dealings
Prime bank acceptances aro tin- j
changed
Call loans on prime bank acceptances
aro unaltered at 1'4 percent I
rillLAIM'.l.PHIA Call, G per cent,
time. 5s!m per cent. Commercial pa-1
per, three to six montUs, BJifi per cent; I
six months, G per cent
LOXnON Money is quoted at .1 per
cent. Discount rates: Short and thiec
month bills, 3 17-32 per cent
Tho gain In tho county's stock of
gold since August, 1911, was $1,071,-
bGD.OOO.
'I ho London Stock Exchange mles
that Its members cannot employ any
citizens of the Cuitta' Powers.
The Now 'v.ork Suhlrcaaurv gained
$S.", 000 ftoni the banks vesterday, mnk.
lug n cash net gain since Friday of $G,
2S6.000. ,
Thomas E Wilson Is reported ns giv
ing out a forecast on 1918 earnings of
Wilson &- Co. He estimates that net
piotlts of th" p.icklng concern for 1918
will exceed $7,500,000. uftcr nil charges
and deductions for leserves, which would
compare with $G.50I 122 In 1917.
BANK. CLEARINGS
flank clearing tclay compared with cor
responding day last two eira.
1MB 1918 1017
rhila ..7J,r4ti n.vn vi 1114.1:711 $,j.h.4 nnj
N York.K(l.1.-i!,ns 5711014.017 01 4.03I1.7.V.
Iloston 40,B4S,H7n 41.2S7.272 30.370 .11.1
NEW .YORK COFFEE MARKET
New York, Jan. 8. Tho coffee market
was Irregular nt the outset today, with
tirlr 10 ncilntR lilchpr tn 4 nnlnts lower.
but It turned upward quickly following I
the receipt or a special entile trom San
tos quoting an advance nf futures there
of 100 to 250 rels.
Few orders were In evidence.
Open Illuh Low 1 lor,.
Mnv .. 1.1 00 t4 SO 14 RO 1170
Julv ... 14.10 14 75 14 111 14 .-.
September 14 30 t I 31
December. 14 10 14 23 1110 1120
Test
f los
14 111
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1 1 .11
14 II
THE FUTURE OF COAL
FOUR ENORMOUSLY INCREASING DEMANDS
DOMESTIC EUROPEAN RECONSTRUCTION BUNKERING
our rapidly-increasing merchant marine EXPORT
In order to participate in this prosperity, we are underwriting slock
of CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA COAL COMPANY, for tho punwse of
Increasing the production of their already developed property of 586 acres.
Unusual opportunity which will not remain open long.
Shares $1.25 each, subject to prior sale.
For particulars, write, phone or call
BIDDLE & COMPANY
1011 Chestnut Street
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
neil Phones
Walnut 2SB3
Walnut 2354
Keystone Phone
tare I till
tare 11 OH
COAL AND THE
C02 METER
II I
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Cehllnr
CO'i Meter
The principal pur.
rose of the COJ
meter Is to enable
the operator to saw
coal by showlnx how
to burn coal efficiently
and economically.
Many persons ars
under the Impression
that a chemist la re
quired to operat
euch a machine, but
such Is not the ease,
It took the very best
In engineering ana
chemical skill to de
sign the Uehllnr COt
Meter or Heeorder.
but L onoratlon Is
ns simple aa liny tur
bine or engine In ths
Power plant.
The Uehllnl CO
Meter Is an automatic,
analytical chemist 00
the job every minute
of the day and nlsht.
making an accurate
analvels of the wast;
i-ases from the
boiler.
By reading
chirt the averags
rfflrlcncy and eeon
omy of the boiler
plant ran be Instantly
determined. The per
cent of C02 earbos,
dioxide In the flue
gas tells you whether
or not tho coal has
been completely burn
ed, and If you are
wasting some valua
ble heat units up the
stack.
We have prepared
a small elementary
pamphlet on the
"Combustion of Coal"
that we would like
ou to read.
a. po.i.i wm ortnc tjehllng Reword
It. lag (laugt
jtsfc your Chief Engineer
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Baker-Dunbar-Allen Co.
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PROMPTLY-GENEROUSLY
TO THE
100 Federation
OF,
JEWISH CHARITIES OF PHILADELPHIA
$750,000 to .be raised will support every worthy Jewish Charity. Team
Captains and Lieutenants report at luncheon at Adelphia Hotel every
day at noon
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS 1312 Walnut St. COL. SAMUEL D. LIT, Chairman
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To the City Officials and
Citizens of Philadelphia
and Surrounding Territory
Greeting:
We sincerely regret this 'deplorable st'rilce?
When you do everything in your power to ele
vate the tone and character of employees and
instead of appreciation they abruptly, arbitrarily
and with malice deliberately cause this strike,
which inconvenienced the public and caused us
a tremendous loss, then drastic action was and is
necessary.
Arrangements are being made to serve all
customers within the next day or two.
All hospitals and homes containing babies
and invalids recorded as our customers are being
served to the best of our knowledge and belief,
and we would thank this class of our customers
who are not being served to notify us by tele
phone or letter and we will give them service
at once.
Supplee- Wills-Jones
Woolman Branch, 4709 Lancaster Ave.
You Are Invited
TO VISIT THE
So. American Export
Trade Promotion Exhibit
Now Open Under the Direction of the Public Ledger
Ledger Central Real Estate Trust BIdg. Chestnut at Broad
BUSINESS MEN, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, IMPORTERS, EX
PORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC
Will find, compactly arranged on the Balcony, much of interest
and educational value to those interested in South America, one
of the most fertile fields now open to our country for trade pro
motion. In addition to the general exhibit there are maps,
statistics, samples of Pan-American journals, information as to
imports, exports, patent and trade-mark laws, etc.
LIST OF EXHIBITORS
Corn Exchange National Bank
Foreign Trade Dept.
A collection of seeral hundred Kinds of wool and
hair used In tho manufacture of clothlnfr, textiles
and other articles.
Guaranty Trust Co.
of New York
Instructive booklets and personal Information of
Aalue to the exporter or Importer, illustrating meth
ods and facilities for developing foreign trade. A
representative of the company will be ln attend,
ance.
National City Bank
of New York
ATi exposition of Its means for assistlnc the manu
facturer or merchant In opening and malntalnine
an export trade. A representative thoroughly
familiar with South American conditions will be
available for consultation.
Philadelphia Commercial Museum
photographs of South American agricultural and
factory scentw, processes, etc. Samples of various
products animal, vegetable, mineral, raw and ln
manufactured articles.
U. S. Dept. of Commerce
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Samples of commodities sold in South America,
showing some qf the articles for which a market la
open there, such as spices, candy, shoes, biscuits,
canned fruit, textiles, wearing apparel, ecclesiastical
articles, etc
H. K. Mulford Co.
Chemical Exhibit
Atlantic Refining Co.
Oils, parowax, candles, grease, etc,
W. H. Robinson & Co.
Importers and Exporters
A representative line of exportation, toilet articles,
yarn, candy, oilcloth, etc
OPEN WEEKDAYS 10 to 6
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