i & . . 4.F K J t . t . ft J i . ).,: ' . -a "J m" ' , ' - J " :).;" ii EVENING? PUBLICJ 'IiEDaER-PHILABELPHIA', TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1920 ( . .. . .. ' $y4 S &r .A .' f i Philadelphia Markets YjU.Ai atecsipi. oi.o uusncia. iuar kst imchsnssd at sovtrnrntnt prices. . COnN Jlscelpts. It, 114 bushels. .Hlsher. w quota new, as to quality and location, t tl.T0O1.K0, th Iftttrr tor No 2 yellow 4 OATS nn-tlDt. 20.550 bushels. Market drancrd. We quote! Car lots as to location lu! 'No. a white, 11.0801 03HI No S white, itl.O301.S3U No. 4 white; S1.O101.O1U. A FLOtm Iteeelpta. 409 barrels and 2.020, 845 pounds In sicks. Dull. Quotations: rer 108 lbs. packed In 140-lb. Jute sacks Soft winter straight, western, I10.7B 11.25. do, do. nearbv, ilO.RSOllt hard winter, straight. lib 23012.75: do. ahort patent. 118.23 13 50: spring first, clear, $BOM0i dn PAtent, $12 00018.10; short, patent, J8 R0fl 13.75, fancy, spring and city mills patent, famllv brands iJ4 10M4 40 IITH FLOUR $8 23 10 per hbl In sacks. PROVISIONS firmer. Uef. In sets smoked and alr-drled. 50c: bef knuckles and tender smoked and alrdrled 01c, pork.' family. B2e: hams, S. P. eHTSfc.!?' 28UO20Uc: do, skinned, loose. 27 28c f do. do. smoked, 2830es hams, boiled, bonelese, 40c: plrnlo shpulders. 8. T, cured, jooso 20oi do smoked. 21o- bellies in Pickle, loose, 24o: breakfast bacon, 82c: lard. 2SUc. BUTTER firm Solid-packed, creamery, fancy, hlih-scorlnr coods, 7072ci extras. OOaS extra llrsts. 67068CS firsts, (WpOfJol seconds. 64CT58c: sweet creamery, choice to fancy 71T8c fair to irocd B070o: prints lobblnr at 77J7Bc for fancy and at C0O76o for fair to good . EQ08 aialn firmer Tree cases, nearby r WHY no investor has ever lost a dollar of principal or interest on any security bought of S. W. Straus & Co. II 99 "Survival of the Fittest EVERY first mortgage bond issue, safeguarded under the Strain Plan, has passed the acid tests which only the fittest can sur vive. We arc solely investment bankers, underwriting, safe guarding and selling bonds. Representing the interests of the in vestor and not the borrower, our investigations arc as unbiased and impartial as they are searching and thorough. Every bond issue we offer has survived INVESTIGATION of every detail of the loan, such as value, earning power, rental demand and responsibility of borrower, by a thoroughly equipped and expert Organization. REJECTION of every loan which fails in any particular to measure up to our standard. A score are rejected to one we accept. SELECTION AND PURCHASE of only the best bond issues which pass every one of the rigorous tests of the STRAUS PLAN. Write for our booklet, "Safety and 6," which describes in detail the rigorous tests of the Straus Plan, which are responsible for our record of thirty-eight years without a dollar's loss to any 'investor. Ask for BOOKLET NO. 310-Q. S.W STRAUS CO. ESTABLISHED 188J INCORPORATED STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA JOSEHI II. RUBIN. Resident Manarer NEW YORK HOST'oN WASHINGTON nETROIT CLEVELAND . MILWAUKEE INDIANArOLIS 1 BUFFALO CHICAGO MINNEAPOLIS !AN FRANCISCO PITTSBURGH Thirty-eight years without loss to any investor NEW ISSUE $2,500,000 Motor Wheel Corporation 8fo Cumulative First Prefr-ed Stock TTHE Motor Wheel Corporation, by the purchase of all the assets xof the PRUDDEN WHEEL COMPANY. Landing, Mich.: THE AUTO WHEEL COMPANY, Lansing, Mich. ; THE GIER PRESSED STEEL COMPANY, Lansing, Mich., and THE WEIS & LESIT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Memphis. Tcnn., will become one of the most important manufacturers of motor vehicle wheels in the world. Through the Gier Pressed Steel plant, it will also have an extcnsni production of various pressed steel parts for passenger cars and truck;., including hub caps, axel housings, brake drums, etc., and, will be equipped to supply metal wheels, should the demand arise. From Forest to Highway The Prudden Wheel Company the first in the United States to adapt the present artillery type of wheel to automotive use will devote its entire facili ties to the manufacture of wheels for passenger cars. The Auto Wheel plant will be devoted to the exclusive manufacture of wheels for motor truck, which forms an important and increasing part of the business. Through timber holdings in Tennessee, and the mills of The Weis & Lcsh Manufactur ing Company, the new corporation is absured its hardwood requirements. These plants as a whole represent a complete cycle in the manufacture of wheels for motor vehicles Sales and Net Income The combined net sales of the four companies hae increased from S2, 543,427 for the year 1915 to $7,366,473 for the ten months ended Octobci 31, 1919 During the four years and ten months ended October 31. 1919. the annual net income available for dhidends, even after deducting Federal taxes, averaged over 3J4 times the annual dividend requirements on this issue, and for the ten months ended October 31, 1919, were at the rate of over five times the dividend requirements. The new capital will be used to complete the present construction pro gram, and for additional working capital Future issues of stock are restricted Voting power proisions also protect the holders of this stock The Corporation has no funded debt In offering this issue of preferred stock great care has been taken to make it an investment security of a high order. Net current assets are to be maintained at an amount equal to at least 125 and total net tangible assets equivalent to at least 250 of the aggregate par value of the outstanding Preferred Stock. An annual sinking fund of 15 of net earnings (after payment of First Preferred dividends) is provided for the retirement of the stock at not exceeding $115 per share and accumulated dividends. The 'details are fully set forth m the circular. We recommend this Preferred Stock as an attractive investment Price, 100 and accrued dividends Complete Illustrated Circular upon Request from E. H. Rollins & Sons The National City Company 1421 Chestnut Street, f orrctpoiulent Oficct n More Than SO Citica Philadelphia Philadelphia 1421 Chestnut Street, Th Irformatlon contained In this advertisement Is based upon offleUl state menti and statistics. We do not guarantee but believe It to be correct, firsts, JH,10 rer crate: nearbv current re celpts, 118.80; western extra firsts, 113. 80: wcsirrn nrsis, lift out southern, 113 30) se lected fresh ens Jobbing- at OlOBOo per dot CHEESE Steady. .New York, whole-mllk flats, held, fancy. JOH QMei spealals hlchor; i.viu. mir in aooa. aniFiHC, current msxs nominal: Wisconsin, whole-milk flats, held, fancy, 20H GSOe; fair to food. !!8H 929c; Jobbing sale of fancy held soods, 82 88c. UVE POULTUT Fowls, fancy, fat, 4B 4To: do, medium 42044c; do. Inferior, 880 lOot brolllnr chickens, fancy sott-meated, weighing; 1U03 lbs apiece. oSflAOc: spring chickens, average, sott-meated. 4248c: da, Inferior, 38O40ci staga-y joung roosters, 80 82C! old roosters 2n02f1cl diirk. WMi. Pekin. 44&41c: do, Indian Hunner. 42C748C! turkeys, l404Sc: plgoons. Despair, COOOOo. Tresh.kllled, . Dn ICSS ED Fowls dry- Picked. In boxes, weighing, 4 lbs. and over apleco ,4Ac: weighing 3 '4 lbs , nTA88c: wolghlng 3 lbs , 33W35CS fowls, fresh-killed, In bbls. dry.nlcked. weighing 4 lb. ami over aplecfl, 3DHC weighing aH lbs, 80 nic: weighing 3 lbs Si&aic: old roosters, dry-plckod. 20c: broilers. Jersey, dry-picked. 4awuvc; up ordinary, nenror, nry-PICKea, 00 QUIos broilers, western. dry-Picked, wetghtnr 1U02 lbs an ece. 4ftOS0c: routlnr ,-hli-u. ens, western, dry-picked. In bbls., weighing! 4. lbs. and over apiece, 4042ot weighing. 814 TiWUc 37O40O! weighing 8 lbs. apleee; A0Ca7c: weighing 214 lbs. apiece. 4l42c western, corn-fed chickens, 12 to box. IT lbs. fhd under to doz., per lb . 48O60ci i8 to 24 lbs. to doz , per lb , 4Rd0lc: 25 to SO lbs. to 225,.Pr '., 4042ol 81 to Ufl lbs tc doz , 8J 8801 87 lo 42 lbs to doz., 3T088oi 48 to 47 lbs. to doz., per lb, 88O40c: 48 lbs. and oyer to doz., per lb. 41042ci capons, west ern, weighing a to 10 lbs. apiece, B40n5c some heavier ateck higher: weighing 7 lbs, apiece. B2o; weighing ( lbs. apiece, BOct weighing B lbs apiece. 48oi turkeys, nearby, fancy,. BSOBOo: do. nearby, fair to gocd. M OBJo: oldtoms. filol ducks western. 8 40o: geese, western, fancy 8233oi do. fair to good, 25080c, FHH8K muiTS Apples, per bbl . as to quality. S4O0! do per box, I24, Cranber ries, per bbl, 807. Oranges, Florida, per npx. a.!inwR,in. Tangerines, Fionas., per i. Eii Win, orapelruit, nonaa, per dox, JJ.7BOB, Strawberries. Florida, per qt., . VKOETADr.E9 Whlta potatoes, per cwt., SBslIB SO. Rwenl ntAtnen. southern, per hamper. 11,1802 2R: do, Jersey, rer basket, $1.2001. TB. Csbbage, New York, Danish, per ton, 1900110: do, Florida, per hamper, I2.B0O3 Onions, per 10O-lb. sacks Yellow, No. 1, tOOO.BOj oo, No. S. I3.50O4 BO. LONDON 8TOCK MARKET Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Rwy. Co. General & Refunding 4& Series "A" Bonds, due January 1, 2014 Stated to- bo a lien on all the properties and equip ment of this transcontinental line, comprising 0,747 miles directly owned, including a collateral first mort gage by deposit of 85 bonds on the 2,000 mile Pacific Coast Extension, which is largely electrified. Tentativo Government valuation of Juno, 191G, in dicates an appraisement in excess of $100 per share for the $233,686,200 Preferred and Common stocks outstanding. Price to yield annually 7.30 Circular on request HARRISON & CO. BANKERS 106 SOUTH FOURTH STREET ilfcmberj New York and Philadelphia Stock Exchangei M uw? STEEL SHIPBUILDING PLANT With Uncompleted Vends FOR SALE United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Invites Proposal (or tho Purchase of STEEL SHIPBUILDING PLANT PORT JEFFERSON, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK ..l?1.'.11 .DlJT'", b "'?' unt" u oIfIx M . March 81. 1920 by th United Stateg Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation at the oltlcs of ths chairman of the United States Shlpplnr Board 181B V St N. W., Washington D. C. for tha purchase of th Interest of th United States Shlpplnx Boafd Emergency Fleet Corporation In the Shipbuilding Plant known as th Bajles Shipyards, at Port Jefferson. Ixme Island. New York, and six uncompleted steel Bids must be. submitted In duplicate on standard proposal forms and enclosed 31 'lF-O ' """""" m,rkd "Propojal lMS-B to b opened at 11 A. M , March Th property to be sold consists of The Shipyard Flan the Cnl Bh e VnlU lltrOTLTl E? Plant. Inclndlnc all Real Estate lUxhts owned by te Shlptrlnc Board Kmenenr Fleet Corporation. nnurwmys. uuiioincs, tMtupraent ana Mtrils, and that panct known as th Campbell Tract, upon; which certain housing . elopmtnt Is located, Sta Duili AND Steel nail Ko. 713. cempUUon 00 at fltUnr out pier. Steel noil No. 774, rompletloo 82 at flttlnc out pier. Steel noil No, 77S, completion 81 on the ways. Steel llall No. 77S, completion 70 on the ways. Steel Ocean Going; Tut, completion 100 ut flttlor out pier. Steel Ocean Golnc Tut, completion 09 at flttlor out pier. In the condition In which they stand nt the time of openlnir bids. The houslnr development consists of one dormitory with 206 rooms, cafeteria and power house, all fully equipped) also nine houses and a chlorine plsnt. The purchaser will scree to complete at cost to him a ISOn.tnn TanU.r which Is now belni built under private contract and Is about oS'i complete Terras of payment desired shall be submitted by the bidder at the tlm. .1 submlttlnr bid I'syment must b completed within two jears Other thin. belnc equal, preference will bo alvn to bids provldlnr for ahort period of iU ment Interest on unpaid Installments of purchase price to bo t rat of n?" per annum " Title to the property will remain In the United Stalei Shlpplnr rinar,i Emerrency Fleet Corporation until final payment Is made or until the 1V...1. re sold by the purchaser hereunder. . "" Bids must be accompanied by a certified check payahl. to the United six.. Bhlpplne Hoard Emenency ieet Corporation for fifty thousand (50 oho) The rlsht la resened to reject any and nil bids Proposal forms and fjrther Information may be secured b addressing United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation DIVISION OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS 140 NORTH BROAD STREET PHILADELPHIA PA. or 13D Center Street, New York City, or Office at the Plant Trading Wat Not Brisk -Induatrlalo Cheerful Oils 8tronger London, March 16. Kear concerning tho monotary outlook ofTaot Improved nows from Germany on tho stock ex chan;o today and tho markets wcro Irrcffular. Trading waa not brisk. nnulnv ntvlura hack of HnCS SOld TO- contly brought nbout a stronger tono in tho oil group, Sholl Transport soiling m 10U and Mexican r.ogles at 10 7-18. nAtri uKiinn won firmer, but changes in prices woro narrow. Denmark Aiding Reconstruction Brown Brothers & Co. have prepurea an Interesting and timely survey on con ditions In Denmark. Tho prominent position which tho Danish nation, ond ot tho most Important exporters of food stuffs In Europe, held during the war and Is maintaining at tho present limo In commerce and agriculture Is described In detail. Tho booklet has many ex cellent Illustrations. Tho study Is pref aced by a letter from Constantly Brun, tho Danish minister In Washington, D. C. Brochuro on Transportation Act A neat brochure, containing somo sixty pages and bearing tho caption "Tho ,.,.... r. a CnHn Ant nf 10.20." linjt nCOn put out by tho banking house of Qeo. various titles are reviewed tho tormina, tlon of federal control: the subject of .11. ... I...,, aam itapHara nnil ftlAll" nin. plocs and subordlnato ofllclals. together Wltn ino miBCOIianeuuB pruviBiuiia ui mu act. the whole being treated In an ex haustive manner. Mill work a Lumber Our Specialty Stock Sizes Window Frames, Doors. Sash. Mouldings, Stairs & Porch Work JAMES SHAW S2nd and Woodland Ave. Call Woodland H7Z. West 407 nti i h f. aw s ;. .', ',. 'y- v v . . .. mmspotfsmi iWJ ft Quickest :m m WRt tt'jritot TheHayirCSeUiwC? h ITU SansotaSfc. Rhna.rn pRREMIRS Valve scats planed in position and new valves furnished. All kinds of engine repairs. riionm, Wal. 1814 and Main 3114 nnBSlMsrtHl.lnls5Vf eilS CHESTNUT STRBETV Jidlnesrvt Machinists fl 10 CHESTNUT STREET "TVhe white MMte- FORWOOD-METALORPLASTER ITelll Stores or ThomsonWbodRnishinq Co. The Better Part of Valor when the hold-up man jogs vour cheM with a reoIer und tells you to give up, will jcu kick his shins and jell or turn over tho cash? It u ilk he easier to gle up gracefullj if -iou hae ii Hold-l'p I'ollcy covering your losi Ask us about this policy, so necessary theso dajs u arris DENNSVLVANIA BLDG. Locust 578 J.L atta PHILADELPHIA. Kaco 3432 && rEN y a! tudctc & SLAG ROOFING EH RET ROOFING & v MFG. CO. e, DREXEL BLDG. forty five n Annual niretlons THE l'KN.hM. M HAILHOA1) COMl'ANV General Oftlco uroud Street Station rhlladelnhla '.'nil March, 1UJU An election for threo Directors, to serve for the term of four tears, to succeed those whose term will expire with the said election ulll bo hl'l nil Tuesday, tbe '.'3rd day of Msrrh. 11W0. between tho hours of ten n'clGCK a m anil mx ociock p in., at the Ueneral offlee of tho Cnmuany Ilroad btreet b'tatlon. riilludelulilu At that tlinn and lilacs - . -1A MH n.Ab ..(II nl- ... ..,r.. n - FOREIGN INTERNAL BONDS Wo Jmvo established Direct Cable Communication with Belgium, France, Great Britain and Italy and through our agents in these countries can offer subject to change in price MoniliT Closlnr Prices at v., . - rrLc" ""taWSrorUi.1 Belgian Govt. Reiteration 5i .$77 per 1000 fn . 5193 French Govl. Victory 5i 68 V4 per 1000 fn. 193 French Govt. 4 of 1917 55 per 1000 fn. 193 British Govt. War Loan 5i 339 per 100 486 Italian Goft.ConioIidated War Loan 5s 5iy2 per 1000 lire 193 Belgian Gort. New 5i, 1920 , $77.50 per 1000 fn French Gort. New 5i, 1920 74.35 per 1000 frs! Wo aro prepared to give information concerning theso and other Foreign Sccuritieo and invito correspondence on this subject. EDWARD B. SMITH & CO. ELKINS, MORRIS & CO. Bankers Bankers 1411 Chestnut St., Phila. . Land Title Bldg., PhilQ, The Service We Render . THE SERVICE WE RENDER is adapted to the needs of every type of banker, financial institution, trustee, individual investor and business man. IT includes a complete method for the care ful analysis and supervision of the clients' investment holdings; a quarterly audit or review prepared especially for each indivi dual client; full facilities for correspondence and consultation; a weekly letter service; continuous news bulletins and bulletins of advice; a monthly business and financial barometer; monthly quotation records and special reviews and analyses; educational text books on investment subjects and four mammoth annual volumes or manuals which contain full information and statistics and furnish investment ratings on upwards of 50,000 distinct securities. IN succeeding issues of this newspaper we shall publish a series of announcements giving details of a few of the features of the service we render. WATCH for them; they will interest you. Or, if you are already interested, send us your name and address and full information will come to you. Moody's Investors Service JOHN MOODY, Mini 35 Nassau Street Dept. 21 New York City Pennsylvania Company 4Ms Per Cent. Gold Loan Certificates Due June 15, 1921 Guaranteed as to Principal and Interest by Endorsement by the Pcnna. P.. R. Co. Tax Exempt in Pennsylvania Girard Trust Co., Phila., Trustee Price: To Net Over 7 Per Cent. Biddle & Henry 1 04 SOUTH FIFTH STREET OlUllUlli t lllinui'iuiiiH 4. Kldl 11411" BUM I'ltlUQ a ot or otP6 will also bo taken 011 Much other vubJcLt. tir uubjcotn as fllmil hive bettii directed bv tnu Htockhnldcm nt their hiiiiu.i1 UlCCllllM Ul I ' Wtiri-'II Itfm" THE BALDWIN 1 Locomotive Works German City Bonds For Immediate Delivery Marks 500,000 CITY OF NUERNBERG (BAVARIA) 4 Bonds At $16.50 Per Marks One Thousand Subject to Prior Sale The Original Bonds Are Ready for Delivery at This Office s Northern and Western Trading Corporation 47 Cedar Street, New York PHILADELPHIA Steam, Electric and Internal Combustion LOCOMOTIVES U. S. Liberty Bonds All Issues Bought and Sold $50 $100 $500 $1000 Graham. Parsons 3cCo. 435 CHESTNUT STREET Philadelphia ft OF, i lil iwi zm, J'. !-..lZ V Tfc V ki AV WALL BOARD This scientific, fireproof wall bowjj, ?j any plastering need. Instead of having- nail on lath and then troweling, nnd.'vt ing for your scratch coat to dry ";;... Ilnlshing conts to dry, you can null buy rock to walla or ceilings and tlicyvf(,r. Jcady for paint, paper or panda. A Duiniuc. , a ,'; 1 I ' (tjruW.. .. .. sBHHskl UBiMIPWiaMi: '" V, aBBBEHElJ l 'iM-.Ai..,. ,!..-4.ii.j (.. !A idUdj:ii!u);'x " '7a "- - --" w,.. io J 1 i' v f
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