,1 A. f- -f) ' ' J ' w t V. t i - 1 n , ,. ' f 0", if t EVENING. PUBLIC IiEbaERPHliADEfcPHIA", THtTRSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1920 tit ' f i "W n k i 1812 THE 1920 PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY fnr Insurances on Lives and Grantlnc Anniiit.M TRUST AND SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY. Capital and SurpluB - - . . $7,000,000 Member Federal Reserve System " ..0D STKEET OFFICE CfcMtoo Jnnlper Streets 517 Chestnut Street Philadelphia FRANC LOWEST IN HISTORY French Currency Follows German Mark In PosLBallum Slump Psrls, .tnn. 20. (By A. V.) Never In the history of Franco, oven after the I'mnco-Prtission war nnd In thedays of tbo commune, Jias the franc reached such n low mark of depreciation. Dol lars were quoted yesterday nt 13.405' and the pound sterling at 47.20.. Financial and commercial circlcn arc greatly depressed over the situation, "Wo are sliding down the Rcaje on which tho German mark' nnd the Aus trian crown occupy tho lowest degrees, the Russian ruble being reckoned as zero," sajs lho do 1'aris. ML I I, I I I ll I lllllll'l II LJitJ-WJ OVER boo BRANCHESV IN AFK1UA 71) tKY RTTT.' 9rZT' .M Zr. 1 MV ti pj-t- i ..' &JJ -' l V"t ' South Africa's Industries IT IS ESTIMATED that South Africa has more than 5,000 factories representing capital of $250,000,000. These factories absorb annually raw materials valued at $70,000,000. Most of the raw materials, and practically all the machinery, is im ported a largo part from the United States. Wc will be pleased lo aid you in making trade connections in the territory and place at your service our more than 400 branches for handling financial matters. Our New Branch at Island 'of St. Helena Is Also at Your Disposal National Bank of South Africa, Ltd. New York Office, 10 Wall Street R. E. SAUNDERS, Agent Total Resources over $287,000,000 Whatever Your Requirements Our facilities as large importers and exporters of the products of the Levant and the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean enable us to meet them. We are at present jn a position to supply the finest quality Turkish Wool in any quantity for immediate delivery or future consignment Price on Inquiry IMPORTERS EXPORTERS Manufacturers' Agents and Steamship Representatives Commercial Union of America Jnc. 23-23 Beaver Street NEwYoRKCrr? Selling to Siaiii SIAM, with a foreign trade of about 880,000,000 a year, is importing cotton goods, foodstuffs, oils, metal, various manu factures and machinery. Its area of 195,000 square miles, its population estimated at about 8,500,000, and its active native indus triea make it a market which American manufacturers can enter with profit. .lava, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, China, Japan and India also offer promising trade opportunities. The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China main tains its own branches in the loading cities,' of all theso countries and so provides direct, personal banking serv ice between America and tho Orient. Collections arc promptly made and trade information supplied to ouf clients. Our New York Agency will be glad to serve you Chartered Bank of India Australia and China New York Agency, 88 Wall Street William Baxter, Agent Head Office London Capital and Reserv Over $24,000,000 International Freighting Corporation Regular 'WfgjSfr Tb?ii, of o ! n G-"" Lading bailings -YDSES ,,,ued PHILADELPHIA to SOUTH AMERICA t-alllor at rrnMmboeo. Ithla, Rio Janeiro and Moulefldro. Ilurnos Aires. 1.0 Plata, etc. PHILADELPHIA to FRENCH ATLANTIC PORTS , Borieaui, Han. Dunkirk, at. Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. . HARTFORD, CONN. ROBERT W. HUNTINGTON, President . LIFE INSURANCE . ACCIDENT andT HEALTH INSURANCE GROUP INSURANCE GROWTH IN 1919 New Life Insurance issued in 1919 $112,344,533.08 Increase over 1918 61,599,303.23 Life Insurance in force Dec. 31, 1919. . 265,643,470.1 8,N Increase over 1918 " 89,789,649.32 TEN YEARS OF PROGRESS New Life Insurance Issued ( Life Insurance in Force 1909 $7,802,742.QO $44,568,663.75 1914 17,828,051.80 84,562,505.08 : 1919 112,344,533.08 265,643,470.18 FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL STATEMENT Liabilities, Reserves, etc $25,4L9,491.78 Excess security to policy-holders 2,107,276.76 Assets, December 31, 1919 $27,596,768.54 PHILADELPHIA MARKETS During 1919, ordinary Life Insurance to the amount of $4,875,370 was written in the Philadelphia Agency. In addition, FORTY (40) representative firms placed Group Insurance for the benefit of their employees through the Philadelphia Agency. Philadelphia Representatives F. G. PIERCE AGENCY 1406-12 North American Building F. G. PIJERCE, Manager S. K. MITCHELL, Mgr. Group Dcpt. Harry D- Anderson Hllllam G. Blair Etlrard C. Clnrei Krnest S. Clarke J. Irwin Doau AUj-no jr. Freeman Arthur K. Gibson Mailer II. 1Ih1Iov7'I Howard It. 1IIII TkoniBs II. Jackson loel Korn lliomas XV, MrCnndless .lolin JI. McClure Robl. S. McClure llllani M. Maneeljr William II.. Morretl Walter .1. Odloroe Henrj G. 1'lrkard John I). Reckoril II. r. Hhaen .Samuel JI. Tncy rharles II. Taft Roger S. U llbor GRAIN AND FLOUR WIlEATr-IlcfelnlB 30,880 bushels. The market was quiet and without Important change. The follow Ing are tho quotations: Car lots. In export elevator, government standard Inspection, standard prices, No. 1 red winter, I? dVS No 1 northern spring. i'J 30i No 1 hard winter $2 38: No 1 red winter, Kirllckr. $2.37. No J, red smutty, l!W: No t red, aarllcky and smutty. $2 '14. The United States Oraln Corpora tion's purchases nf wheat are based on tno talloviin ethedulo of discounts: No. 2 wheat 3- under No 1, No. 3 wheat fls undr No 1, No. 4 wheat lOo under No. 1. No o wheat 14c under No, 1. CORN Receipts. 20 024 bushels Supplies were small and the market was quiet at former rates. We quote new, as to quality and location at $l.001.70, Uie la'ter for No s yellow. OATRRecelpts IB, 880 bushels. Demand and offerlnss wero both. Ilht and prices ruled steady. We quote' ear lots as to lo cation. No. 2 white. nBHcWII: No, 3 white. 8W00os No. 4 white, nf'i 6o8c. FLOUR Receipts, 1,280 0B3 pounds In caftro TritAt ,... .. .,,l. a.rl.li .1.11k I.""', ."j-b no, Ttitjr iiuic. vv,.t. i.b.m clianuo In prices. Quotations: Ter 10 nnUnilM nnelted In 1 ,in.nsi.tn,1 IntA ..p1(.m fioft winter straight western, J10.70WU 2B: do. do. nearby. SI0,03&11; hard winter, straight $1.1(513 SO: do. short patent. S13 8O014' spring first clear1 1011: do, patent. $11 TBJ4.B0i short patent. $14.75 61B 26: fancy sprlna and city mills patent, family brands. $1B.2S1B 75. RYE noun was quiet and steady. Quo tations: MO10.75 per barrel, In sacks, as to quality , BUTTEn Tho market ruled steady at tlis late decline, with a fair Jobblnr trade In One roods. Under ffrades were dull. The quotations. Solid-packed creamery, fancy, hlch'tcorlni-r Roods, 0400c: extras. C3c: ex tra firsts, 60 Wc: firsts. $37S9ci seconds. '.MiCbMn! fair tn pnorl R7I79. fti... nrlntM 4nh. bine at 71 73c for fancy and at 0070o lor rair to cnoice KQQS Fresh stock was steadier iwlth a better demond. Fine storage cgti were scarce but the under grades were plentiful and'dull The quotations: Free cases, near by firsts, J10 20 per crate: nearby current recelDts $18.00. weetern extra flrnta. 110 20: firsts $18 OH. cold storage eggs as to qual ity. $14 10(3)10 80; Inferior lots lower: se lected fresh eggs Jobbing at 7072c per aozen. PROVISIONS 'its re was a limited Jobblne movement and no Important change in prices The nnntntlnrm were an fatlnwn! Tleef In sets, smoked and air dried, B3c: beef knuckles end tenders, emoked and alr-drled. 54c: pork famllv. 62e: hams. S P cured, loose, 27 31.-: do. skinned, loose, 23Vi 20Uc: do. do. ijiooked. 25'427Wc: hams, boiled, bone less. 37c: picnic shoulders S P. cured, loose, 23c: do, smoked. 34c; bellies. In pickle, luo&ti, 2oc. trtakfast bacot., 82c. lara -7c. N DAIRY PRODUCTS CIIEKSU v,as dull and weaker. Quota, tlons- N Y . whole-milk flats held. -Taney. .11V4l3Sc: hetd, fair to good. 30i-S 31c. current make, nominal: 'Wisconsin whole milk flats, held ' fancy, 3Vi 32c: held fair to good. 30'i 31c. . POULTRY .LIVE l"inu dcslrable-steed stocK was w.ll cleaned ut and firm, but trade was slow and inferior poultry was hard to move at satisfactory figures.- Qnotatlons! Fowls, fine fat. weighing; 5 lbs and oer apiece, 42044c: exceptional lots higher1 fowls, nr- rilum ftlxe. iroori aualitv. 3S40ct do. Poor. 3537c: broiling chickens, fancy, soft-meat-' ed. weigmnff ivi up- ids. apiece, i-itn.. spring chickens, aerage soft-meated, 37 38c: do. Inferior. 3536c: staggy soung roosters, 28ii28c: old roosters, 2482..c: ducks, white Pekln, 444fle: do, Indian Run ner. 40if42c: do, Muscovy, 'J830c: ceese, fat 424Bc: do, average. 308'ic: turkevs, B0B2c: pigeons old. ptr pair, 53c: do. vtiini, nr nalr. 4B(f)B0c DRESSED There was a fair business Irt cholco stock and prices were wen main tained Tho following were tho quotations: Fowls fresh killed dry picked. In boxes, weighing 4 lbs. and over apiece. 10 Vic: weighing 3Vi lbs. 35 16c; weighing 3 lbs. 3134c. fowls, frcah-l.llled. In bbls , dry Picked weighing 4 lbs and over apiece. 31c, weighing 3& lbs. 3445c: weighing 3 lb- . 31 31c- old roosters, dry-picked, 27c: broil ers Jersey, dry-picked riaWOOc. do ordin ary. nearDv, Pennsylnnla. per crate, JI 2B4 00: do. New rork. por cwt.. $4 2B4 40. Sweet potatoes, Jersev, per basket, fl. 4001. 75 Csbbago, New v0rk, Danish, per ton, 190 115: do, Florida, per hamper. $2.50W3,5' Onions, per 100-lb. sacks iTellow, No. 1, $5 7BW0.10, Liverpool Cotton Liverpool, Jan. 20. A fair "business was done in spot cotton today, with prices firm on basis of nu advance of 71 points for middling at 28.C0d. HuIph wero 0000 bales, includlnjr -1000-baIes American. , Receipts were 34300 balci, nil American. Spot prices wero : Amer ican, middling fair 34.10: good mid dling. 30.01; fully middling. 20.01; middling. 28.60; low middling, 20,11; good ordinary, 23,10, and ordinary, 22.10. LONDON METAL MARKET New" York. Jan 20. Cable advices re ceived at the New Tork metal exchango this morning minted nrlren In Tender, as fnl. hows. Tin b"pot. 384 and futures 384 botn on ios; straits, 389, a drop or 4 Sales Spot, 60 tons and futures, 070 tons Htandard Copper Snot. 120, off 5n. and futures, 1121 10s. off IBs Pules Spot, 200 tons and futures, 1500 tons, Klcctrolytlo confer Snot, 123 unchanged and futures, 121, a gain of 1, Jad Spot. 47 Cs on advance nf 10s. and futures 47 IBs an upturn1 of 7m, Od Spelter Spot, 09 15s, and futures, 01 10s, both up 10s drv-olcked. B0SBc: broilers u.Aor,i rirv.nti.ked welcning lttOT- IDS apiece, 18B0c- roasting chickens, western, dry-picked, in bbls welching 4 lbs and over apiece 3037c. weighing OVj lbs. apiece. 3435c: weighing 3 lbs apiece, 343c. weighing 2'i lbs apiece. 11 42c: western corn fed chlckensi 12 to box. 17 lbs and undr to doz . per lb . 4548c. 18 to 24 lbs. to doz.. per lb 45 48c. 21 to 30 lbs to doz , rer-lb , 4042c; 31 to 36 lbs. to ddt . per b . 1530c: 37 to 4 J lbs to doz.. cr lb. a3c. 41 to 47 lbs to loz . per IrH, 3. 30c: 48 lbs and over to doz . 3940c. capons, western. w-clghlns 810 lb-j. apiece. 51 54c, somo hcaMer stocks higher, weighing 7 lbs apiece. Bl52t. uflKhlne B0 lbs apiece. 48B0c: turkeys. 'Delaware and Maryland, fancy. 00c do. Virginia ana otner nearpy lancj, uou'.iu"; do nearby, fair to gool 5355cj do west ern spring fancy, B4S9c: fair to pwl .ri1B0c. old toms. 48-. ducks western. 38 40c. geese, western, fancy. 3032c. do fair to good. 2327c- FRESH FRUITS The general market was steady with de mand fair. We quote: Apples, per bbl I , as to quality. $40: do. per box. J1.50 3 40. Cranberries, per bbl. $W8 50j do, per crate, $).503 Oranges, Florida, per bo.r J1.5O05 40 Tangerines Florida. ,pr half.box, $1 753.C5. Grapefruit. Florida, per box, $24. VEGETABLES n.nmtiH v. am fair a nrl nrtntH wer n 11 w I maintained. Wo quote. Sweet potatoes Let Us Take Charge ofYour Affairs While You Are Away IF YOU make the Commercial Trust Comoanv vour agent now, you can spend the rest or the winter in the South or elsewhere, knowing that your per snnnl hnsiripss nfTnirs xril1 be takencare of properly. KiBP To establish such an agency simply bring your securities here and re ceive a receipt for them. We will collect the in come and principal and pay it over as you direct. When you wish to terniinate the agency, brihs your receipt to us and we will return your securities. May we send you a copy of the estimate sheet, "What will You . Charge for Safekeeping These Securities?" Commercial Trust Company Cit Hall Square West Member Federal Reserve System .i . y.v.A' ' mm, I' i . i s x v Y ' (Wfr BUTTER, EGGS AND CHEESE New York. Jan. 20 BUTTER Firmer. Receipts 3101 tubs Creamery, higher than xtras. 02V4 83c: extra (02 score). 02c: first. C80LVio: packing stock current nake No 2, 41H 42c. EOOS Unsettled. Receipt-" 12.828 cases, rresh gathered extra first, 00Gtc: do first, G003c: state. Pennsylvania and nearby western hennery white, first to extra, 07 Be. do brown extras, 0809c: do, gathered brown .and mixed colors, first to extra. 02 07c : CHEESE Unsettled Receipts 1344 boxes State whole milk, flats held specials. iVt 32c; do. average run, 3031c, state, whole milk, twins, held specials. SO'j 314 c. do, aerago run, 20l430I4c. Defer Dividend Action New York. .Tnn. 29. TIip directors nt tho Associated Dry Goods Co. deferred action on common dividend until March 11. The regular quarterly dividends of 1 Per cent on first preferred nnd 1 per cent on second preferred were de clared, both payable March 1 to stock of record February 0. Prices Firm on Paris Bourse Pjrls, Jan. 20. Prices were Arm on the Bourse today. Three per cent eutrs torc quoted at 58f 70c; exchange jn London 4Gf 40c; 5 per cent lonu RSf 70e. The dollar was quoted at 13f 10c. One Out of Every Four Sold rtI must congratulate you on the pulling power of the letters you recently wrote for me. Thus far I have received orders-from 25 of the people to whom they have been mailed. To say I am Just pleased would be putting it mildly." Name and aittus upon ritveil This cent lehaw had an exceedingly difficult thing to sell; it took a high degree of ability to sell it. The Dando letter specialist accomplished theeat sold one to evert tour inquiries " record in ittelf. THE DANDO COMPANY rUKNlSHINO A SPECIALIZED ADVERIISINO-iELtINC SE1.VICI TO MANUFACTURERS, WHOLESALERS, JOBBERS AND'RETAILEES S33 NORTH ELEVENTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA "The New Viewpoint in Advertising" explains the vhy of success. Mtjr e tend jouacopy? GOVERNMENT BONDS Tana ma cou 2s "loafl . Panama reg 2s, 1030 . Panama cou 2s 1018 . Panama reg 2s, 1018 . Panama cou 3s. 1001 . . Panama rcg 3s 1001 . . Phlllnplno Is. toil . Philippine 4s. 191 .. . . Philippine 4s 1010 .. U S Govt cou 2s IPSO O S Got reg 2s 1010 U S fioU cou 4s 1025 V 9 Govt reg 4s 1021 D of Columbia 3 0'is. 19J4 Did . 100 I0O 100 ....100 . 88 . 88 . no . oo 10 lnou ion 10"is . m- 97 Ass lut 101 lot mi oo no ! !Pr. ST, 101 101 10ll', loots 30 Years in Export Banking INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE of the needs and habits of the people, acquired by years of experience and actual residence in the countries themselves, is essential when transacting busi ness abroad. Our 23 branches in South America, 8 offices in Europe and direct connections throughout the world round , out a service broad and comprehensive in every detail. Anglo-South American ANICLIMITED New York Agency, 49 Broadway Head Office F. C. Harding, Agent Capital and Reserve London W. M. Dawkin, Sub-Agent Over $32,000,000 rjK? V''ei -it vwwPgglglmmiyMilsagBsMm .-. fjjjfjglgBj8. U!fSmmmmmmmmmwSltmmmWmmBBSBmW9SSmWmKS IPBWWIillllBWsAevaBfcaawii v. When 365 Tons of Coal Was All Philadelphia Wanted One hundred years ago, in 1820, the first commercial shipment of coal was brought to Philadelphia. It was a load of 365 tons, dug from the earth at Summit Hill, Pa. and bent down in an "ark" on the Lehigh River to Easton where it entered the Delaware and was towed to Philadelphia. The market of that day wa overloaded by the 365 tons and most of the shipment was sold at less than cost. Last year over 6,000,000 tons of anthracite were shipped into Philadelphia for use here and for ocean shipments. In the labt hundred years more than 2,380,000,000 tons of anthracite have been shipped out of the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania, where nearly all the country's anthracite is mined. Philadelphia is the headquarters of the anthracite industry. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com pany, which shipped the first 365 tons in 1820, has shipped coal each year since in ever increasing quantities until in 1918 upward of 5,000,000 tons were shipped from the company's properties. The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company, largest of the Philadelphia coal companies, mined 12,719,000 tons in 1918. Other large miners and shippers of coal in Philadelphia arc the Susque hanna Collieries Co., Lehigh Valley Coal Sales eo., Wcntz Corporation, Whitney & Kemmerer, Madeira Hill & Co. The business of this city has not grown by chance. The greatest anthracite deposits in the world are within 100 miles of the CORK EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK Chestnut at Second Philadelphia i fyetU1llMUdtaT: VtoUi"'xmwmY$ W 334 mmtmJtik'-!. - aiiawi.' hUi 1im l I.' '" H " '? jt Hjr-r-rr ' r "P" ""i .f JCi K- " .V '& n c t w n a .v r
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