r;a "uw nm -Vt'J'"'"',ff 20 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER IJHlLAi)ELlHlA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1021 F 2C. jr. j jp i i off' WlV thU thJ I net i tloV aer? to i ati( fer? laj of he: hit 1 pli l-N "N rir ls2fllS3 A REAL BOOK OF GRAPHIC CHARTS Covering the price history of all active Stock Exchange is sues has been pre pared by us for the use of investors and traders. While the edition lattt copies will be gtaJly tent upon receipt of 10c in etampe to defray eoit of mailing. Write for Q-10. J. F. McGOVERR & CO. Member Hills, "fork Eiihint 14J0 Sooth rtnn &.. Ffetla. 04 to Raea SM w TerU tt Bre&ewa LOW-PRICED RAILS 1 NEW YORK stock exchange transactions THE SIRONG SPOTS Same Sluggish and Uneven Movement in the Gen eral List sr For Investors and Traders Our year book of price move menti and other valuable in formation it ready for distri bution. Now U the time to make com panion of pricei and make election of stocks for pur chase. A copy will be mailed with out obligation on your part. Write for it today. Smith, Redpath & Co. Members Phil. &lork r.irhanie 1524 Walnut St. iiiii.i)Kr.i'iii f'hnne. Sprnrr USSO ay JMurfuj ymmtrr . ri ii Hi I i" fj aaa To Net Over 7 An oblltratlon of a company nerving a population of 700,000. About onr-half l In powtr Kenerated by Hydro-Electric plant. Earnlnifs over twice Interest charge- BATTLES i & CO. I KstabHshed ts0 R I Indnndne Sqnsre (Rait) Service and Stability A Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue will be at our office on March 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th to assist our customers and friends in the prep aration of their Income Tax Returns. On other days our own officers will be filad to give you their expert assistance on the com pilation of your Return. Integrity Trust Company Fourth and Green Streets Capital $500,000 Surplus & Profit . . . .$1,770,000 New York, March .1. What linserini hope there remained for the promL'eil inaugural bull dpmoaitration faded away In today's Hock market. There va the jume -lug-i-leh and Irregular drift wlt'j reactionary tendency cropping up here and ther which was offset by strength elsewhere. The general tone of the market continued strong, but price movement was again very uneven. N'o effort was made to continue the re covery movement which developed In the late trading yesterday, mainly because the requirements of the shorts had b-n filled. On the other hand efforts on the part of the reactionists to depress price apparently met greater resistance, and it was obvious when such pressure re laxed the entire llt recovered quickly Much the same n In the preceding aesftlnns the trading was conspicuously specialized. The weaker features were onhncd to the industrials, especially thoe harrs in which dividend doubts exist. This rule, however, was not con sistently followed, as while Chandler Motor dropped back nearly 4 points because of dividend doubts. I'toh Cop per nude a Kmart advanre following the announcement of the reduction of the dividend rntc from a fl to n -I per cent basl. Atlantic fJulf, which is also inder the shadow of dividend doubts, declined over U points, most of which, however, was subsequently regained. At 'lie same time a number of other in dustrial specialties which were marktd up in yesterday's brief drive against the i-horts showed n tendency to ease off as teult of the elimination of that sup port. These individual feature of weak ness were without effect on the general list, and instead of running off the market settled down to extreme dull ness after t.i- first hour, with the deal ing" falling to lftirlcr proportions. The deadlock was virtually broken shortly before noon by the strength and mod erate activity of the low-priced mils. Knnsa City Southern nnd the St. I.oui and Southwestern isues were particu larly prominent, but the entire group :i(iH n r'SKnie tindencj . While the movement strongly suggested ma nipulative tactics, it served to enliven the trading, mid was followed by u gen eral hardening of prices nil nmug the hut. and by which mot of the weaker features of the earlier dealings made full recoveries CONTINUED HEAVY SELLING OF PENNSY Some Doubt Created as to Ability of Maintaining Present Dividend Continued heavy trading in Pennsyl vania Knilroad 'fork was once more the overshadowing feature of the day's otherwise limited operations in the local market. It was evident throughout the cKsjon that I'ennsy was on tap and was being offered as freely ns the mar ker could absorb It, between 't-i and H. It will require -nine time for the unfavorable influence created by the ttinual report to wear off, more espe- sally when it is considered that some onditlons reponsible for the big -hrlnkage in ne.t income Mill remain to be corrected. At the ame time while not altogether v.iirranted. Mime doubt as to the main tenance of the present rate of dividend had been created. Of course, if the conditions which made ucli serious in roads in the company's revenues nre not fully corrected and earnings continue to shrink as the have nnd If the busi ness depression continues, the directors would have no other alternative but to reduce the dividend. Any talk of pass-in- the dividend should be entirclj dis missed. The low price established by stock nt nny rate would leemingly discount the most unfavorable possibilities of the fu ture N'ot since the I'ittshurgh riots in 1S77 has the Mock touched such an ab normal low level Previous to HllO the Issue was traded in on a percentage basis of 100. In the panic of 1007 the low price was lO.iy,. which, on the present basis of quoting, was equal to about T,Vh. In 1!I01 it sold ns high as liO. or equal to s.. Pennsylvania stock was listed on the New York Stock Ex change in 1.S0II. but the records go back many .warn further, for before that time the issue was listed on the Philadelphia Stock hxchange. Philadelphia Stocks l.iO Am Strs. T,'Z 100 Am Hwts pref 21 'nUIIaUl I.oc pref 101 1.10 KlifStnr.in.i 'T.'i Pa K It.. ,'IS .i Pa Salt. loot Pitts AW Hi Phlla Co cum pf., 17' Phlln Kler 1HM do nref. '-'" Phi In ItT Ifl"'. 700 Tom, Mln 1 07 V 0 I... an 1. 15 i- in. .Vet chgfj. 's -"I 22 i 271. 21 100 101 ,'tS 72 M, 20 .'12';. 22 ' J 27' lfl-V, 1 21 1 101 104 .'f.s-i; 72H4- 20 2'' 1 "', 1.. .'Kl . . 1 l'i :i (l 'Ni-i rhsnae murlr by nnmiiarliinn wlih In I.- n Nrw Vork Htrk Kxchanso. Spruce 8200 IIONOH nigh rin 1 is P m. Net i tut". L A Nation.Wide Market (or Liberty Bonds Victory Notes slid Treasury Certificates SECURITIES DEPARTMENT Commercial Trust Company Member Fdtrl FUierv Sritera City Hall Square Weil 70 KV, 70 70 f 102 102. Til', fill, -l"i ai. i' Dlr. fl'l's In I 109 .. 1M tM US J H4 191 SO 3 too alto 2f 110 17(0 14 44) 110 74 1100 SOI 40 40 .110 100 17)0 3)0 200 M 1414 1 04 7114 1M '40 lOo 740 1704 3I4 104 300 .104 714 144 44 3-M4 1C04 700 21(40 0(4 1S4 240 311 1740 .140 1144 100 13)0 204 144 14 100 800 140 1(00 144 204 110 204 1101 104 100 : .'034 111 104 (1)0 140 410 3.11 104 404 100 3U40 loo 400 (04 17R00 101 2190 too .100 1901 1.104 100 .104 204 214 301 IIXl 100 104 110 304 '0 310 lion Ilxh .. Advance Ilumely . . .. 19 .. Alaska Oold lllne,,. V 1 Allied Chem Dye.. 43K 7 Allied Chem & Dye pf to 4 Alllt-Chalmers UA Am Artie Chem 4 3 Am Hank Note., 41 3 Am Bank Xote pf . . . . 4 Am Beet Sugar 4H 3 Am Bosch Magneto.. A3H - Am Can 3H 0 Am Drug Syn H Am Hide Leather pt 44i 4 Am Ice .. Am Internal Corp... 4( 1 Am-La France Entf. .. &H ( Am Locomotive Mli - Am Malt 70 4 Am nadlator J7 .. Am Safety Razor.... 7 Am Ship & Com Ji Am Smelt & IW 41 17 Am Snuff l7'4 3 Am Steel Foundries.. 2IM 7 Am Sugar lief " 14 Am Sumatra. Tob. ... 7 Am Tel A Tel lol 12 Am Tobacco 171 17 Am Tobacco B HTfi 7 Am Woolen (4tt . Anaconda Copper ... 3M4 Amo nit K Atch Top ft Santa Fe 3 10 Atl Gulf W 1 S 8. 3 Atl Gulf ft W I S S pf 40' 7 Baldwin Locomotive . tt'A 7 Baldwin Loco pf 9Ji .. Baltimore ft Ohio 34' 4 Baltimore ft Ohio pf. . 20 JO Bamsdale Cla-s B... 34 Ji .. Bethlehem Motors ... 2J4 8 Bethlehem Steel B... HU . Brklyn It T ctfg of dep 8 Bruns Term 4K 10 Burns Bros 7 Bums Bros pf 113 .. Butte Copper ft Zinc. . " .. California Petroleum. 40M 5 Cal Zinc ft Lead 3 10 Canadian Pacific . ,..l!4i . . Central leather aW 10 Chandler Motors .... fl9fc 4 Chesapeake ft Ohio... SH .. Chi ft E III D- T ctfa Yi . . Chicago ft at West. . . S .. Chicago ft Ot West pf HJ4 .. Chicago Mil A St P.. in .. Chicago Mil ft St P pf 43 .. Chi Tt I ft Pac 27 ri I! Ch R I ft Pau pf 83 .. Chile Copper 114 . . Chlno Copper 31 Vi .1 Clv Cln Chi ft St L pf 8( 6 Cluett Peabody 49tJ .. Coca-Cola 2lH .. Col A Southern "JK 6 Columb dan A Elec. ' 1 Col Graphophone .... 9 7 Col Graphophone pf . . 64 Ji 7 Consolidated Gas .... 83 3 Consolidated Textiles. I9K 7 Continental Can .... JJ .. Contlnntal Candy ... ly 4 Corn Products Ref... 71 80 Coiiden & Co 3itJ ( Crucible Steel U 4 Cuban Amer Sugar... 31 J5 I Davison Chemical . . 24 '4 .. Denver A Rio Grande IS . . Denver ft Rio Or pf. . 3 1 Dome Mines li'J .. Duluth So 3 ft At.... 3j 5 Hndlcott-JohnKin .... C0i .. Erie 13H .. Krle 1st pf 19K 8 Famous Players L... t8 .. Fink Rubbr 144 .. Freeport Texas 11 V4 .. Gaston Wms ft Wig.. 3ft . . General Asphalt 87 n General Klcctrlc lSO'j 1 General Motors l'U 7 Gen Motors deb 7.. 78 H 8 Goodrich B F 3 H 7 Great Northern pf.... li2 4 Ot North-rn Ore ctfa.. 3l'4 .. Green Cananea Cop.. 314 1 Hupp Motor Car 1.1ft 4 Illinois Cent 89 2 Indian Refining 9 .. Inspiration Con Cop.. 34ft .. Inter Con Corp pf... 12ft .. Internal Agrlcul 8ft 6 Int Agrlcul corp pf.. 48ft 6 Int Mer Marine pf... '1ft Interim Motortruck.. 32ft fl Int'rnat Nickel pf. . . 80 .. International Paper .. S .. Invlnclblo Oil Corp... 21ft 18 lit 43ft I 31ft 47H 4IK 4( 4' (3 29 (H 44ft M 4 ft 8H 88 74 77H (54 0H 102ft 29H (I S7 109 H 119 ft 117H C3ft 94ft MH 43ft 37 ft C9H 99 ft 33?i 80 24 H 2 87 ft S 4K 114'A 4ft 40ft 8 114 Ji 39 ft es 89 8 Mft 21ft 42 27 H 81 lift 21ft CO 49 ft 31 .1.1 MH 8H 4 S2 19ft 31 H 1 71 MVi 94ft 31ft 25 ft lft 2H 18 ft 3ft ,0i 13 19 4 C7 14 ft 17 H a s&K 130 ft 13 H 18 ft 37 5 ft 30 21ft 13 ' S8 9 34 12ft '4 4ft 81 ft 37 ft 80 ti ft 20ft 1:30 Ijut 18 1!4 . 3 ft 47ft 48 -53 - 39 - H- 44-J-f 58 -48 8ft- Yi- 20 -f 73K I4- 9J4 41 - 187ft 39K 93 7 - 101 119i 111J4- 3H- 3ft 9Sft- SH- 41 - 40 - 90ft 30 4-24K- 3ft-51ft- 8 4X4- 8 - 115 ' 4H- 0H 8 H4K--- 19ft -- re - 59ft . '4 8 18 ft 28 J- 2J4-- 27K4- 83 1IH- 31ft- 86 J- 49ft- 2IH-- 5H (H- 54M s2 19 ft ft 7- I -71 28 ft 15 -31ft-25 ft- H 24 4- 14 ft . 3ft . COft . 4 C7J. Hft . UK - 3 8ft 1.10ft -13H-T-76ft 37 -75ft . 31ft 4-21ft-J3 -(9 4- H . 34ftX 12H4- '4- isftt- 51ft 32 ft 80 5-4 4-2lft4- Net Chcc. ft 4 H IVk Ji "4 H V 1 K ft ft H 'A lft 'HI ft, ft l ft H ft K ! K K 'A, ft ' Va K' 2!4 K Kl ! ' ' ' ft K! y J; ft .! l Hi K ''i MJ 'hi ii ft ft 14 H 2ft H '4 Yi '14 ft ' -H, K 'ft 14 r:v F4l In t 134 .. 314 .. 8".8l .. .104 II) 10)4 1019 374 17(3 004 309 104 7 100 8 184 40)4 17 11(9 1.80 404 2 14(4 . . 300 114 390 104 2-10 240 140 314 700 109 800 4000 110 1704 1700 1(0 7900 114 100 890 740 300 1S00 114 100 2100 100 109 100 609 100 1400 600 100 204 1 7 7 .40 7 8 8 4 8 1 4 2 4 30)0 3.20 4604 loooo 2409 119 200 mo a 1A0 1U0) .. 1600 0 2310 700 210 400 109 309 10230 291 .109 230) 3 800 2.100 1 1440 2.80 1400 6 110 600 100 140 nw 700 .100 8)0 200 6011 100 1600 10O 3100 100 1340 1301) 319 2810 700 600 100 400 200 100 810 100 119 900 300 10)0 1S00 10 4 8 ltl-h Ln-r Island Oil 'A 3ft Jewel Tea ' t'A Kansaa City Southern J4K 21K Kansas City So pf... 9ft 48 Kelly-Sprlngfleld Tiro. .18 K naK Kennecott Copper ... 17 K 17ft Keystone T ft R K 54 Lackawanna Steel ... 44 H Loewe Co H 184 Loose-Wiles Biscuit .. 31ft 33ft Lorlllard Tobacco ...148ft 147ft Manhattan Kiev guar. 41 (1 May Dept Stores 73ft 74J4 Maxwell Motor 1st pf . 8ft 8ft Mexican Petroleum ..158ft 157K Middle States Corp... H 13ft Mldvale Steel ft Ord.. 3054 30 H Minn ft St Louis lift US Mo Kansas ft Texas.. 3ft 3ft Missouri Pacific 19ft 1S Missouri Pacific pf... 39 C9 National Acme Co. . 33ft 3ft National Con ft Cable .1 3 Natlonat Lead 73ft 73ft Nev Con Copper 18H I6i N O Tex ft Mex 69ft 09ft New York N II A H.. 19ft 19 New York Ont ft W . 17K 17 H Norfolk ft Western... 99K 99 Northern Pacific 81K ' 89K Okla P ft Ref.. . . 3K 3ft Pacific Oil wl Sift 31 Pan-Amer Petrol 74K 74ft Parish ft Bingham... 13H 13ft Pennsylvania R R. ... 38K 38 Penn Seaboard Steel. 10K 10K Peoples Uaa Chicago. 39ft 39ft Pere Marquette 18 ft 18 Philadelphia Co 33ft 33ft Phillips Pet 25 31ft Plerce-Arrow Motor.. 27K 314 Pierce Oil H " Pierce Oil pf 74ft 74ft Pittsburgh ft W Va.. 39 38ft Pressed Steel Car pf- 94 94 Pullman 193ft 195ft Punta Alegre Sugar.. 48 48 Pure Oil 33ft 33ft Railway Steel Spring. 89 89 Ray Con Copper 12H 13ft Reading 73ft 73ft Reading: 1st pf 44 44 Republic Motors 19K 19K Royal Dutch N T.... 80 9ft St Louis San Fran... 23ft 21ft St Louis Southwest.. 36 SSK St Louis Southwest pf 40ft 19 Saxon Motor 5ft 5ft Seaboard Air Line.... 6K 6ft Sears-Roebuck 7SK 71K Shattuck Arizona Corp Oft 8ft Sinclair Oil 33ft 22ft Southern Paclfto 76ft . 16K Southern Rail 23 21ft Southern Rail pf 57 ft 57 Standard Oil of N J..14SK 147K Stand Oil of N J pf.. 106ft 10H Stewart Warner Sp... 32ft 32ft Stromberg Carb 3.1ft 33ft Studebaker 60ft 48ft Superior Steel 40ft 40ft Tenn Cop A Chem... 8 7K Texas Co 41H "H Texas & Pacific 24 22ft Texas ft Pao C A O.. 24K 24H Times Square Supply. 8ft 8 Tobacco Products ... 55K "4 54 Transcontinental Oil . 8ft 8ft Union Oil !0ft 20ft Union Paclflo 120 ft 1:0ft United Alloy Steel 29 29 United Fruit 102;.- 107ft United Rwy Invest... 13 11 United Rwv Invest pf 23ft 24ft United Retail Stores.. 45ft 44;, U H Express flK 6ft U S Food Products.. 23ft 23 U S Realty A Imp. ... 44 44 U S Rubber 07ft 66ft U S Rubber 1st pf 182ft 102ft U S Steel 83 81ft U S Steel pf 409ft 109ft Utah Copper 80 46K Vanadium Corp 33K "3 Va-Carollna Chem ... 33ft 33ft Vivaudou Inc 6ft a Wabash 8 a Wabash pf A 21ft 20ft Weber A Hellbroner.. lift lift Western Maryland ... 10ft Oft West Maryland 2d pf. 17ft I7K Western Pacific 28 vs Western Union Tel... 87ft 8K Westlnghouse A Brake 95 95 Westlnghouse K A M 46ft 48ft Wheeling A L K 9ft 9ft Wheeling A L E pf... 10ft 10 White Oil Corp 12ft 13ft Willys-Overland 7K 7ft 1:34 Net Uiet Ch(. K Oft .. 34 ft 4- IV 48i 4- 14 28M .. 17H4- 5 UK 44H- W 16ft 4- V 34ft 4- Ji H8ft- ' 41 4- K 74144- h 8ft 4- 54 149ft4- Ji K 39H4- M "Ji 4- K ft 19ft H 39 4- ft 33ft4- lft 3 4- 14 72ft4- IV I9J4 4- 14 9ft- ft 1914 V4 17H4- H 99 4- 1 81ft 4- ft 3H- 14 31 - H 7114 .. I.1H4- 14 MH- 14 10J'4- ft 39H4- H 18144- IK 3314 4- 14 24 4- K 37144- 14 11 7144- 14 s ft 4- V 94 104ft . . 45 - ft 33ft - ft 89 13ft- H 23144- ft 44 19K- ft 60 - lft 23H4- IK 30 4- 1 39K4- K 4ft .. H4- 14 .8-14 6144- ft 23ft- ft 76H .. 31J4 4- 14 57 147K- 2 106 ft 4- ft 3314 4- 14 33144- 14 80144- H 40ft 4- H H- H 41ft- ft 33K- H 25H4- ft 8J44- lft 55 ft 4- ft 14 .. 20ft- ft 120 ft 4- ft 29 103H- ft 2 4- lft 25K4- IK 55 - ft H .. 23 44 - JJ 0K4j ft W2ft- ft 81J44- ft 109ft - K 49 4- lft 33X4- K 23144- V 6 8 211-4 4- K lift .. 10144- ft 17ft 4- ft 28 4- 1 '14 4- ft 95 46 ft . .ri. "14- ft 7ft -. CURB OIL SHARES UNDER PRESSURE Anglo-American Sells Down to 17 Carib Issues Heavy. Durant Motors Firm Commodity Markets COTTON MARKET New York, March .".. Disregarding steadv cobles from Liverpool and firmer foreign exchange rates, the local cotton market opened unchanged to IS points lower under scattered southern wire house nnd spot firm "-clling. There was nn absence of Imnortant demand. Itiisiness was less active than recently and there appeared to be a disposition to confine operations to hmall limits for the time being. Wall street nnd some of Inc local operators were modcrnte buyers, largely to (over s,nrts. anil the market during, tlie eariv trading mien steady at emsi to the initial levels. Receipts nt the ports for the dav , are estimated at l.'.OOO bales, against , 12,:r.01 bales n week ago. 23.00(1 bales I a year ago and 12,052 bales two years ago. March May .!uy Octet " Ijccf'nrr January Provlnu- lo :h 11.43 . U.S.-, . 12.2S . 12.4.-. . 12..VJ Wl.lllt It. 40 11.71 12 12 12.27 12 2S .in : m. i II .Ml 11 IMI 12. 4S 12 5H GRAIN MARKET SSI. lo lliino 1 10 Am Cas & r.ler ,s . '! 110 Hell Tel IK 10.". 2 KVc A: P.o Tr Is. ... fill', i.eiiign av cniiH (1,k, I. ib HoiiiIh .'Id -1 ', k . . . 00.22 00 22 00.224-. 0(1 -i.ii i.ii S7.2O4-.20 I 1th -Ixs. 1st ,s... MPJ, S.'1'i S.-tl. . 1 Heiiding gin s hi i. Nil. tii .- . , . -, , , -., DIVIDENDS DECLARED rtTiii r.i'fin l-xpri-i t-n. ntinrtf.r ff J2 i Kardos 8C Burke STOCKS AND BONDS I424WaInut5t.,PJiiladclpIiU New Yk Piitibtirs'i CUct tUIUmor Duwt Prim Witw t.avi,n Apr I 1 to Mirk of rm.nl March li Kl.nrlc Hlornre llattrry fn . oiiVrterly f 1 rr r-nt an l'r-f-rr.,1 n,l rornmnn I py hIiIh April 1 In Mock (if rcrnnl Miirch 14 z H-rvIc, Co.. M rnt on U I lank. cr' har pny.il.lo April 1 to rlnrlt f ,,1. ' nl .March IS " Armour & Co.. nu.irt-Tlsr of 1 r-r rfnI nn (rofvrrMl payalilo April 1 to Mock of tie .nrf March IS. 1 Huryrua Co '4 of 1 pr cent on pro- torri-d In llu of nccumviliitHii illvMoniln in. i ndicl of l1 per c-nt u priivlounly duIi. , imbed. Amtrlrun 8'ccl Koiiidrl- nuartrriv nr ji (int '.n riininmn nnd 1 '1 per com on ore (erred Common In puxildo April 18 to cice k of iccord April 1 nnd pr.'forrod Man h i :il lo Mock of record .March 1.1 r " In ernntlonal Onmni (imrtrly of nt", (lit- pnjaldii March 81 to Mock of reioril M.-irc.i 1 r oils Hlo:l Co.. nurtrlv of l p..r cent on pr-ftrred. nyablo April I to mock of record Mirch 1 Orea- Niitthirn Ore, 12 on lt certlflratei of lunerlclal Intere-t. pnyahlo April IS lo koiIi ot record March 2H. OAR SILVER Pomemlc bar silver was unchanged In New Vork today ut HlM-c; foreign .'ie, an iidvnncu of Uc. In London ii prl'-e n- id lilgher. nt IIT'Jd. CIiIi'.-iro, March '!. Offerings of. wheat were light this niornini; and on, buying b a local profesHional mid by eiiHtern cniinnisHiiin liouseM the market was firmer. Trnde was moderate, llieie was little In the overnight iicwn to in duce nggrcMic operatioiiH either wny. The foreign iditical nltmitinii contin ued ngaiii't the bears nnd there wim n .,.n,l .I....1 .r ,. 1 1.. filjiiit rim finuklhlllt i of ...i.i ,, ,. i ... . i. , n uv-.i. ... ,. ....... . . '. i crop xi-iircH. On the other hand, cash nnd export demand wan less active. Murch opened at Sl.OSli to Sl.CS. neainst SI .(is! nt the end yenterda.v. and later hoI.I ut $1.(JSA. Mn stiirted atl iill.OOli to SI "!lr,i. against $1..ilt'n ut the close joterday. Corn also wns firmer. Ccunmlhinn houses generu'ly bought In a unnll way on lighter offerings from the country nnd prospects of a decrcaHo in the movi'iiienf . Ma opened nt 70i,jc to 70Hc. agniiiHt 70'' at the end yesterday, and later sold at 71c duly was iioted at 721ic to 72'e nt the outset, ngilllist 72Hc nt the close yesterday, and later Hold nt 7.1c. Outs also gained ground on reports of a slight improvement in the demand for the a hartlcle. Mm opened ut -lfiVic to -I.'"h:, against Ifi'jc at the end vesterdny. July started c higher at 4l1c. French Bank Statement I'nrU, March 3. The weekly state rnent of the Bank of Franco shown the following changes: Oold In hand. In creased 3 1 1.000 franca; tillver In hand. Increased 852 000 francs; notes In cir culation, Increased 337,836,000 franca; treasury deposits, Increased 40,310,000 francs, gen'-ral deposits. Increased !i3 -018,000 francs; bills discounted, In creased 183,730.000 francs; advances, docrennd 09", 000 francs; uilvanceo to the state durlnK wie weelc amounted to inu.oini.ooo francs. Dank of Ennland Statement London. March 3 The weelilv state- nifiit of the Hank of Kngland shows the followInK changes Totnl icser;ve, d- reniwil 1,803,000 ; circulation. In cieasod 11. 002, 000 ; bullion, decreased ffitK; other securities, Increased 3,105, 000; other deposits, Incri-ased 11,321, 000; public deposits, Incrtaktd 2, lit. nno ; notes reserve decreased ilf.ni, ion , government securities, Increased 13 301,00", The proportion of the bank's reserve to llnblllty Is 13.21 pt-r .i.t l-is week It wis 14 fi!i pc cent. It ' of ( coiii. i T in r rent BIG NET PROFIT FOR OIL CO.j Standard of Indiana Earns 20 Perl Cent on Investment I Chlearo. March 3 A net profit of, i IO.9t3.484 10, after deducting Income tiTXPft. fir 2fi Tlftr rert nn nn iaIiioI i I .-.., . ., !- . i.' in un nt a-,iuu ill- vtstment of 1203.809,123.82, was earned I by the Standard f)l! r'o.. of Indiana, for ... ti., i.w, awiruuiK 10 ine iinnuni report submitted today at the stockhold ers' annual meeting nt Whiting, Ind. Ulthout Income tax deductions, earn ings were 101,377.803 20. A reserve of .'i,i'M,jiu.io ih matin to meet estimated I Income taxes for 1920. leaving the com pany a net profit of 40.D73,484.10. Of I 'Ills, J3,193,"C9 13 was received In royal- -,..T ... in.- uuiioii and oiner processes) owned by tho company, but not Included I 'vl 4 V-i k t-krtlr r. 1 . . .. . M & ... ... ,i,n u.iun iniui- oi me company a I a."K'ts. As against a capital nnd surplus on ' January 1. 1920. of 1135.117,250.81, the i company reports capital and surplus on . . ...... . .... ..-', i,l tiWtf,OU3tl -O.O, of which only i4 130.403.07 Is In cash, the remainder, In k epln-f with the com pany s policy of using earnings to ex pand the business, belntf Invested In properties, merchandise and securities. Outstanding capital stock of 188,038. 312 50 Is reported on December 31, 1920, as compared with J30.000.000 on Janu ary 1. 1920. Cash dividends of i9,110, 078 were paid during the year. The report shows the company has tu,,.m.mv iiiirdo-ii in oiner companies. FOREIGN EXCHANGE New Vork, March 3. Belief that a solution on fjorrminy's obligation would lie reached at the beginning of next week was reflected In a strong opening for foreign exchange. Sterling gained Si. francs 2ft, Swl- 3, guilders 6, Stockholm 3, f'hrlstlanla 30. Copen hagen 5. Herlln 1. as follows : Demand sterling 3 88ft, cables 3.89i ; franc cables 7.17, checks 7.16; lire cahles 3.00. checks 3.05 ft ; Swiss cables 10.08, checks 16.05 ; guilder cables 34.25 checks 3120; pesetas cahles 13 94, checks 13.92; Storkholm cables 22 40, checks 22.35; f'hrlstlanla cables 10.85. checks l.8f: Copenhagen cables 17.05, checks 17 00; Belgian cables 7.60, chtcks 7.49; marks 1.00, 'lHft np.tlllllm .... X..... Vn.l. .... aI.a .. . . ' ' ., w, .xin a u, r. rAuinuinC III Montreal today was slightly easier at I t per cent The discount on Canadian funds In New York today was 12 VI per cent. YI.STBrtrJAY S riNAT. QUOTATIONS) Hlerllni Francn I, Ire Guilders Jmand . a S7' 7.14 3.R4 34.10 ful.len . a sss. 7 111 :i.60 34.20 TODAY'S OPK.VINO Qt'OTATlONS SterllnB Krancs Lire (lullders .1 Sfc'i 7. Ill 8.6514 .14.20 3 sit 7 17 3,01) .14 SB Financial Briefs iJemand C.blea . BANK CLEARINGS Punk rloirliiE -Tlnv compared with enr reapnndinu ,,,v ln mt, veara: wi ui2o mm I Mia 175.. '.7.1 S'.'ll SN4.20N 713 flO.(lin.2SO lloaton. 47.10'i.nni m. 2.10, 710 01.007.474 Signal Company Passes Dividend ltoehesler, . Y March 3 The Gen eral Hallway Signal Co. has passed tho regular quarterly dividend of lft per cent on the common stock due at this time. The regular tuarterly 1ft ier cent preferred dividend was declared, payable. April 1 to dock of record March 21 A statement Issued following the directors' meeting said In part: "In view of tho general business depression nnd tho uncertainty as to when there will bo substantial Improvement, the hoard deems It the part of prudent busl. ness management 10 conserve the com pany's cash assets." Liverpool Cotton Liverpool, March 3. There was a good demand for spot cotton today, but prices were easier. The sales were 8000 imlcs, Tho receipts were. 17,400 bales, nil American. Spot prices were; Ameri can, middling fnlr, ln.ndj good mid dling, 7.87d; fully middling, 7.27d ; mid rtllng, 6,5!d: low middling, B,82d; good ordinary. 1 37d, nnd ordlnarj, 3,02d, The average price of twenty active Industrial stocks advanced 0.48 per cent yesterday to 75 19. while the twenty railroads advanced 0.42 per cent to 72.83. The report of the American Interna tional Corporation, which Is to be made public In the near future, will show, ac cording to Information obtained yester day, a total asset value of J76 a share The report Is expected to Include for the first time a complete list of the company's security holdings. nhcr. n,es .i Wllllnm S- Ooenntr and C. Kenneth Oarrlson have been posted for membership on the Philadel phia Stock Kxchange. C. Itu-sell Auchlncloss has been ad mitted as a general partner In the firm of Itedmond & Co. Calumet & Arlzonu production In February totaled 3,330.000 pounds or fine copper. New Cornelia production in rebrunry totaled 1,975,918 pounds. Kmployes of the United -tate- Steel Coriwrntlon, to the number of 81 710 have subscribed to 205,308 shares of stock under tho corporation's plan The stock was offered this year to employes at 181 a shnre. Imt year 00,777 em ployes subscribed for 107,407 shares. There were fewer failures In Feb ruary than In January .according to Dun's Hevlew. which pl-oes the number at 1041. compared with 1895 In Janu ary A year ago there were 492. Feb ruary liabilities totaled 100,862,149 nn Increase of i8, 700,000 over January. Officials of thn Philadelphia and Heading report that the campaign for fuel conservation on that rond resulted In a wiving of 15,875 tons net In Decem ber In Its freight service. In lw.mh.. 1920, it took 264.0 tons of coal to handle 1000 gross tons of freight over a mile In contrast to 280 tons In December, For the year ended December 31 tho McCrory Stores Corporation reieorted a net Income, nfter federal taxes and charges, of 1619.484. eoual. nfter nr.. ferred dividends and sinking funds to ilO 21 !! sharo earned In tho preceding jfur nuit-H uniuunien lo al4.rJ9.346 against i2,712,301 .-". Net profits, after reserve for taxes, of tho Atlas Tack Corporation for the year ended December .11 amounted in $130,853, compared to $349,289 n the preceding year. Raw Sugar Market Quiet New York. March 3. Thn raw sugar market continues quiet. Tho Cuban sugar committee has disposed of all of in iiiiiiiii oucriiiK or. iuu.uuu lolls for February and March shipment nt 4?ic, cost and freight, equal to 6.77c. duty paid. Details of tho sale have not been mado public yet but nre expected to bo given out nt a later date. It Is also ex pected that a further offering by tho committee will be made In thn near future. Sales yeeterdny Included 10. non bngs Cubns afloat, nt 4Wc. cost nnd freight, to a local refiner. A New York refiner also purchased 4500 bags Kan Domlngoes afloat nt 4ftc, c. I. f The sale of 2000 baj-s Surnnlms afloat nt 4 9-1 Cc, c. I f.. to a local Interest was also announced. Importations Included 22,000 bags Culms to tho Warner Co The local refined market Is unchanged! Tho Federal Co. Is still withdrawn and the Warner Co. offers soft grades, but Is out of tho market on the hard grades. Again Postpone Goodyear Meeting Akron, O., March 3. Falluro of small creditors to assent to the readjustment detullH In tho proposed refinancing plan has caused a iwstponement of the Cooil year Tire ond Huhber Co. stockholders' mentlng from Mnrch 4 to March 15, It was announced todny s'ev York, March 3, The Important feature of the Droad street curb mar ket waB the weakness In several Issues which were under moderate presiure for special reasons. Apparently ef forts were made to reduce the bank holdings of Ityan Oil. that stock belng o!d down to the new low record of VA, There was pressure against Iteadlng rights from the opening, and sales were made at 14 to l3-)i during the fore noon. Some of the traders apparently believed that when the bearing ends the terms pi subscription would Mem far less valuable than they did when the fie-regatlon plan was first an nounced. The Cnrib properties were beary In their tone, Colombia Emerald selling down to 2i. Carib Syndicate was traded in at 0 and 0. Mld-Co-lombla Syndicate was steady, selling nt olA to G. A feature of thn trading wns the weakness In Anglo-American Oil, which sold down to 17Vi. the low" est price, touched In a loDg tlmr. Standard Oil of Indiana was quiet, with a small amount of business being transacted at 00 to 08",. Standard of New York sold at 320. Texas Co. rights were steadily taken at 1 and 2. Simms Petroleum sold at 7 and Skelly nt 0u to 7. Mnracalbo, ivhirih had been the strong feature for some time, was quiet with sales at 2214. Acme Packing sold nt 4$ to 5 nnd Indian Packing at 3 to 3. Imperial Tobncco was traded In at 8. Durant Motors held firm at its high record of 20. isni'STnuLf Acme. Coal , Acm Pack Amer Leather , Brt Amer Tob coup. Car I.l-ht ........ Columbia Emerald . Durant Motor .... Par re 1 1 Coal Haines Knlttlnc Kalnea Knlttlrur Imrerlal Tobacco Indiana racklnr Perfection Tire . Had In Com Radio Com pref Readme ri-ms U K Ship corp U S Steam L'rr.t-d Profit Sharing 1:30 lU-h Low . P. m. .I 5 4& 4$ . lo'i io lotl . 14 lfl 1J4 24 t 2H ! 20H 20(4 20V . 14H 14ft 14H A" .... 124 12H 18J4 ii? js j$ 4 2 ,4., 8 3 1H IH IH m RTANDABD 0IT.8 Anrto-Amer OH 17U. Htanrf Oil of Ind new ... SO 6 Stand Oil of New York...j28 320 INDErKNDENT OILS Allied Oil 11 10. Hoone Oil 1 lloaton vvromlrur Carib Hynd uiuea .service -- cw. Columbia Bynd Denny Oil Elk Darin Pet Enaineera Petrol Federal Oil Olenroc.lt Oil int 1'etrpi i. Kay county uaa l fi Maracalbo Oil 2.i K 2?& Mid Colombia nt ItI Mldueit Ref UnM North Amer Oil 2J4 Producer t Refiners 4i Ityan Cor-j "Vi simmi pet 7 Skellv Oil 7 Tezaa Co rl-ht 2 un Texaa oil A Victoria Oil new 4i Woodburn IS MINING Atlanta 1 Belcher Extenaion a Big I.ed-e H lloolh 5 Button & Montana 00 Culedonta Mining 12 Candeiarla Mining 10 Cona Vlrclnla e 8'i Corte- Hllver 71 Crcaion Gold lri Creacent MacNamara .... 12 Durrlea Arlx 1 Emma Silver .1 Eureka Croeaui 103 Eureka Holly 14 Cold Cona 7 Oold Devel 3 Uoldfleld Florence 35 Hold Kewanaa 3 Oold Silver Pick a Oold Zone 18 Oreat llend 3 Hecla Mining 4i Iron Illouom A Jumbo Extenaion 7 Knox Divide 10 MacNamara 1.'. Marah Mining - 7 Mother Lode 62 Mother Lode new 5U Murray Mog no North Star 0 Ophlr Silver l'a Ilex Cons 7 P.ocheater Mines (1 Han Toy 0 Silver King Divide Stand Silver Lead St Croix Succeaa Mlnitu Tonopah. Iklmont ronopan laan uoy Tonopah Dlvld Tononah Extenaion Tonopah-Jim llutler Tonopah Midway ronopan .inning Tonopah Mlzpah Tonopah Montana Tonopah Ite-eua KuU United nantern Victory Weat Eral Con White Caps Wllbert IIONDB Allied Packera 6a Amer Agrl Chem 7is.... Amer Tel (la. 1022 Anaconda a . , Anaconda 7a 1U20 lleth Steel 7s. 1933 Cerro d Pasco s Coppar Expert Sa, 1622... Copper Export Kb. 1021... Copper Exjor-. Ha. 11125... Cona flax 8a Gulf Oil 7a Ornnd Trunk rt'ia . . . . I. ti S 0V4 St l, dlv Oa.., Slorrl" Co 7Vi n Ohio Cltlea 7. 11)24 Seara Iloeliuck 7s, 11122. . rolvay Rs . Southwcat Bell 7a ... . H O Of N Y 7, 1025 H O of N Y 7. 1II2I1 H O of N Y 7s, 102S.... S O of N Y 7, 1030.. . S O if N Y 7s. 11)31. . Texaa Co 7a L"nlon Tank 7a Sao lUulo ha . . . 3 3H P IH 1 3 A 05 12 1 H OS 1 12 1 3 05 IK 7 a 33 .1 11 17 .1 4H 7 15 15 62 a1 rt m 7 n n 68 320 11 IK 4 "4 h M 140 il 7 1 3 6A 08 12 10 8 71 1 12 1 .1 100 1 7 3 35 3 S 18 3 , IH 15 7 52 an GO II IS 7 (I fl .ft ". "ft 3 V' 14 V' 0 IH 2V4 4 V' . 63 . U7',4 . Bd . M . oas . 90 .101 .He". , HOT, . tO'i . pn-4 . 07 V, , H5i .llll'i , DM, , U3 (4 Cl'i .lOfl'4 1104 lOPi loin ,102 .ui2n .101 . ims .Kin-, H7 '.4 3 IH J 14 i II IH V- 8A 3 51 U7 00i SOU H V4 (15 10.114 100U nus ou 7',4 inpl HS14 ti'4 P4i ion SIU4 10IU 101 '4 102 102'i 103 nn 100S 97H 3 a 14 8A (I It) 2V4 4 JA 314 52J4 97S 08i 80V H314 00 lot 100 vi 0014 00 110 07H 1151. 101 Va HHV4 (l.1k IM " 100', 111114 1011 101 '4 102 102-4 10.1 im 100 W7H LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS Oilmen. March 3. CATTLE TlecolpU, 00(10 head. rut cattle Kenorally nteady; early top. on beef elee-a. J10.40: inme held higher. Hulk beef ateera, IS.R0flD.2S: bulk butcher '.she" atock 4007.50; cannera and niicrv arce y 1304.50. cnlvea "r.Kt'.n.. lower: bulk vealera, llfl.50Cn.5Oi bulla arxely I5.5ptt0.25: "tockera and feedera steady to atrons: hulk 7ittH.50. IIOOS- Itftlrjti-. 20.000 head. Active, un even, 254i)y hlahjr than jeitenlay'a aver ace. Top. 111.25: bulk. 20.1 lb. down. 1117 11.20: bulk. 22(1 lbs. un. 110.25 10.83: plaa mostly ,2'e hUher.burk desirable fco to 120 i. welvhta. Il0.20tri0.75. SHKKI' necelpta. 15.000 head. Tradlna verv ulnw: no choice handy welaht stock early. 10 0.50; blddlni- xenerally lower. .5J?"L-1,0A -'".t1 S' CATTLE Re celpte. -0'S Jjfr-l- H ArUyr. ani- "a"- Calves, receipts. 800 head. Plfty cents lower; I3 1-50! few. 110. I 008 Itecelpta, 240O head. Steady to 25c lower. Heavv. Ill'.50 Ji'U , mixed. Ill.ro 11, 70s yorkera. tll.75iri2; llnlil york.r. 112: Pise. Iiai rouitha. 8,2S4j8..?0. aiaji Yj 0.50. SHEEP AND LAMns necolpts. 2000 head, Iw. Imbs, 50o lower; iambs In Jill others unchanaed. '""" " Plttslmrsh. March a lions neoelMs 23011 head. Steady. .Heavies. 410.2sSlfVgs'. airfst?!! 00' "" I"'ht y0rkr" nn'' Pi". 8HEF.P 'AND LAMtlS-Iiecelpt,. B00 head TcurilOO. -" -""y. Katt St. f-niil. ill . March 3 CTT!r Itecelpta, 1200 'head. Htec. mcVjV to atront. Top, lOlhulU, IH.nnWn. ,o" , 1? to 25c hUher: bulk. I3.boijo.bo; helfjr, steady! bulla, atrpni: canner, and stock,; atuff -teady; veal ralvea, tip. 11 ; t.ulk $0.50tl, . "' "U,K' HOOS Itecoip's. 10.000 head. ,Bhta and modlums active and 25c to 50c hltther thaK yesterday'! overase: hiavles held hlKh.r ffit no eirlv ale. Top. 111.55; bulk i.h,V tll.40eil,B0i bulk. n illurna. 110 7.irf 1 !' bulk, heavies. tD.73trtlO.2A. packef sows Vr?,i -J-' nn- . ROo hlrher' tmaiuj ... ".V.V and Organized for Service In the development of our 5nvtment banking organize, lion, now comprising n sales and office) foreo of twenty. two people, we hav sought to put all .phases of our t buainess under the direction of persons well qualified to render on efficient service. We Seek and Endeavor to Retain Our Clientele on the Basis of the Character of the Service We Render The various departments" of our business are conducted under the direction of the following I Mr. Charles L. Sheppard Office. Manager formerly Treasurer A. U. 4 F. It. Uppincott, Inc. - Mr. David MeKnight Accounting Dpt. Twenty year' experience in financial accounting Mr. J. Bateman Dulles Statistical Dept. Formerly terifcr on financial tubjtcti with the Philadelphia .Vet-s Bureau Asst. Office Manager Llbntr Band DanfL Formerly Aft Stiperv lanr, Production Dept,, U.WT Mr. Conyers Button, Jr. emergency Fleet Corporatl Miss Mary Morri-ey Filing Department Formerly Fltinp Cerk, War Raving Btomp Dept., Federal llcttrvc Rank, Philadelphia Mr. M. R. Hansberry Stock DparttBnt Mr. L. Fuller Partly Partner Sales Dapt. Ten Year' Experience in Inveitment Banking Mr. Elmer C Partly Partner Buying Dapt. -"otirfsen Year? Experience In Investment Banking Joseph W. Henderson, Esq. Legal Adviser Itawle tl Henderson, Philadelphia a For the execution of commission order in Stocks Bonds United States Government Securiee vre have, in addition to our membership in the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, direct private wire connections with members of the New York, Boston and Pittsburgh Stock Exchanges. EarslyBros. & Co. BLANIOBRS 1A2I CHESTNUT BTRSET PHILADELPHIA Mf HBCRS PMILAD-X-HIA STOCK EXCHANQK Sell Safely! Sales, sales, and more sales! that's the 1921 slogan of every manufac turer and wholesaler. Such a policy is important vital but just as important is the policy of insuring pay' jrumt on those salesl The American's Unlimited Policy of Credit Insurance docs this. It guarantees to pre vent, else pay, bad debt losses beyond the normal. In any emergency of credit ac counts, there is nothing so strong or so safe as the American's Policy. Get the full particulars of this broad, pro tective service, which has such a stabilizing effect upon business in general. No obli gation. Write or phone today. Payments U Policyholders over $10,000,000 00 AMERICAN CREDIT-INDEMNITY CO. or NEW YORK E.M. TREAT, misioint ISSUia 8TANDAN0 UHLIMtTIO POLICIES'! W. J. Morphy, Manager J. F. McFadden, General Agent 1011 Chestnut St. Phone Filbert SS02 Philadelphia, Pa. M and medium -lualitvj one deck of faViy nvvu - - ---. - .. -.- v. am- ddniniiiiiiiiiii i iiiiiiiii tit iij t ii tin iii in i ii J 1 1 1 f titUtmiiiH tiiiiiiiiiiunTS PARIS-ORLEANS RAILROAD CO. 6 BONDS (Compasnie du Chemin de Fer de Paris a Orleans) ?o!,o i8onc,ofiho. In,r8t rroad8, operotlnp; about 4 848 miles, in Centrnl France, as well as providing a direct route between Paris nnd the Important Seaports of Bordeaux, Nantes and St. Nazaire. Payment of principal and interest guaranteed by the French Government Circular and price upon application. U"MZlUVtn West & Co, BS Broad-ia- 'jLT-C-1 (... -W "VI W. .w.,. .,.. UHMWl Oral. Bead. ninuniiiiiiiHimiiiiii ""ii'iiiiiiiiiiM!uM..f--T,l,,lig 1812 THE 1921 PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY lIZTvl1!!1 L,ves and Granting Annuities TRUST AND SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY Capital and Surplus $7,000,000 Member Federal Reserve System nnoAK KniF.iT tiiMor... tlKKlnnt and Junloer Hlrrets 517 Chestnut Street Jfmladelphia v .rii.'M jvaaasl - .. ..aaii. .. ... .t,.i'. ."'". , , .. --.TW-rn;BKWW,.. ',