Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1921, Page 26

26 RECENT PRICE MOVEMENT . INDEX OF PUBLIC CONFIDENC Broadening of Buying Power in Stock Market Also Indicates Belief in General .. Industrial Betterment Coming On. |been altogether wrong. It has ad- | vised azainst following stocks up on !the buying side. It has constantly said that there would be plenty of {time for accumulation on the second- lary reaction that was looked for. | Consequently it has missed the mar- | Ket on the upside and has lost money \fighting the advance. ! fter all the upward swing is intelligil®e to those who all through the break were being carrieq ab- that they were going below true values as cited speculation of 1919 zone above the value lin of November and market. the ‘necessities of the of péople. most of had to unload to in the tremen- surdly low: s much BY STUART P. W NEW YORK, Javuary §,—The re- ful rote struck interviews pub- the year end. Still most them rich, cover los all of sccurities and commodi- ry of the past week on (he were looking much further dous 0 modi- rxche has bee far more d when they talked of recov At the game time many S ocf il ik G 3 did not predict any such sud- ) tax losses and HEE ch further than ge violeut rebound -is has take e not bought back. most forecast. 1t is place. Wall street has tiquidation ceased. Speculati: i — very abruptly with the be- | inning of thie new yiar, the miarket 1 in at once to correct the ex- of the decline. and the 10 to point jum little more than a week is measure of the extent to Wall street had overdiscounted the business depres- sion outs Masket Responds Quickly. all well enongh to say that no time for much of an that t of de. swing; amount are But u this two in mind ountry for a siterruption, It has Dbeen i wa down in the $0 point 2 is has meant a great multitude waiting for the first signs of a turn to replace holdings were liquidated much higher up. rprising certainly that a ! buying power of such dimensions— it did come in—shonld have had second, the stock wait for trade im: provement to act 1Al it wants to £ is that the worst is 6ver, and that busi- ness recovery in, all probability but a few months off. It then begins to discount the better tinges. What we have seen during the last ten days is a price movement registering confidence that the cris’s has passed the whole i - . . with hardly any SENSITIVE TEETH s the i e Are Your Teeth Unusually Sensitive? opla hava aint B ned dentist cau Our modern. scientific me practically pai treatment. If you are be gla peal to'th course teeth—the nerves are near the surface. uniold agony to these people. r0ds of dentistry assare our patients of u will ap- ome 1o our oflices without fear. Y ul we are and how our methods particular sitive teeth arfl tender gums DR. WHITE, 407 Tth ST. OMponite Waolwortit's ie & 16¢ Store. Hours, Daily, 8:30 am. to § p.m. Sunday, 10 to 1. Phone Main 1. Dr. J. K. Fricot, Prop. It is not necessary to pay in full for any pur- chzse you make et Maxwell's. The easiest ar.d most convenient way to make any pur- chase for your home is to avail yourself of the privilege we gladly extend—credit. The matter of payment will be arranged to suit your own particular convenience. . V) Bed, Spring and Mattress, \ mw:uw;’ $19.75 % Large Colonial Bafets, $26.59 - Colonizl “Buffets in goldea o2k finfaleés will be soli tomor- Tow at eccnomical prices. The one pictured above {s our lead- ing special. Dorn’'t hesitate! This Bed is a full-size steel bed, with continuous post; ‘Mat- trees is soft top, tufted beauty and the Spring i{s made ertirely is | | of the iprevious record was and anticipating a general picking up in industrial lines later on. Money rates have not yet come down. The 7 per cent quotation om call funds is manifestly artificial, but while commercial borrowers are will- ing to pay 8 per cent for their money. There is not the slightest doubt. however, that the tendency is toward easier conditions in the money mar- keét, and it is the prospect of lower interest rates plus the reduction in living costs which has already made the dollar worth considerably more than it was—that is, behind ‘the re- markable movement in liberty bonds, in corporate bonds and in preferred stocks. ° These investment issues are governed primarily not by business conditions. but by the ~value of money. They decline when money is going up and rise when money falls. Bond Market Improves. The buyins movement in the bond signified very much. more than the ordinary Jauuary . reinvestment de- mand. "It has reflected the prevail- ing judgment in investment quarters that’interest rates are coming down. and that in the course of another vear so high-grade securities which have been selling_ on any- vhere from a 5% to an § per cent thing like 4 to 6 per cent. Toat the reduced prices have stim- lulated fresh buying in various in- dustrial lines is wel _cstablished. This result has so far been by no meuns gencral, but the resumption of many industrial plants -that were cloged down for quite a period at the yedr end is good enough proof that business men consider that the read- justment has gone far enough and that consumers will soon recognize the fact. The most pleasing feature in the business situation at the mo- ment is the attitude of labor. The Icon hetween the extortionate (wage demands and the widespread istrike movement of two years aso nd the willingness now everywhere {shown to.accept wage reductions of 120 to 30 per cent is tmpressive and inspiring. It means that the much discussed liquidation of labor is be- {ing accomplished without any of the {friction which' was feared by nearly everybody who talked on the subject six_months ago. = The extraordinary' recovery in Isterling exchange ~which has " in- {fluenced all other foreign exchanges in greater or less degree is one of the outstanding episodes of the week. seems clearly to be based on, no nsitory ground. it is the most promising movement n the direction of restoring some upproach to equilibrium in interna- Vional credit that has yet been scen. The favorable turn in the re'ation of Liritisa exports and imporis has of course counted as a factor. So has | thr. prospective easing of money con- ditions here. But besides the sterling market has reflected confidence in the outcome of the various measures that are being taken here and abroad to improve the international- trade situation. It will probably be another two months before cither the War Finan Corporation or_ the $100.000.000 cor- poration formed under the Edge act will begin to function. The project ritish government to partial- Iy guarantce against loss, banks and infurance companies which diacount bills originating from trade with the continent is still in an inchoate stage. But there is a combination in these various undertakings far more for- midable than any so far conceived for undoing the damage which the war did to the commercial e changes. (Copyright, 1921.) NEW HIGH IN DIVIDENDS. $9,989,300 Is 1820 Record of Fall River Cotton Mills. FALL RIVER, Mass, January 8.—A new high record for dividends was made by the cotton ilis of this city during the year 1920, according to a summary issued today. The total dividends pa’d during the mill year of 1920 amounted to $9,989,300, an average of 29.148 per cent on a capitalization of $36,060,000. The best in 1918, when there was disbursement of $6,085,326 for a rate of 18.489 per cent. The total for 1920 is $5,132,405 in excess of the amount distributed to stockholders in 1919 and $3,900,974 in excess of 1918, even though that year of steel. Really, the bed alove is worth the price of this eatire outfit. They will be sold quickly. Only $1.00 a Week Dresser-- Chiffonier or Dressing | Table for 4169° Cash or Easy Terms Once in a generation you'll get an opportunity like this. You don’t want to wait a generation so you'd better grab this NOW. Here is a big, beau- tiful Bed, a large, hand- some, 4-diawer Dresser, with a plate glass mirror, and your choice of either Largs Cold=e Ok Tadle, ; $18.75 | Colonizl style in solil oal, |intehed in ‘long wesring golden ioolor, top extends to full length and has extra leaves; handsome- {ly designed as picture. i Terms $1.00 Weekly Special on All Rugs and " Linoleam 9x12 Tiger Rugs, now.......20.90 9z°2 Bruzsesls Rugs, now....S80.80 9x12 Axminster Rugs, now..W8.58 9213 Plash Rugs, now....... 9088 TERMS §180 WEEKLY. $39.75 This step-saver has all the features that much higher | priced ocabinets have. Bl 3 | metal top, tilting flour bin, large and roomy cupboard lpl.‘e:.“ boa o 5 b6 eppreintad at once. ‘Balance paid Torms $1.00 Weekly easily weekly or monthly. FOUR-PIECE FUMED OAK LIBRARY SUITE Mahogany Library Table, $18.75 A This - mahogany-finished ' Li- brary Teble is a welcome sddi- tion to any ltving room. Queen Anne design and also has drawer. fonier or the Triple-mirror Dressing Table for only $169.50. And a small pay- | ment will ‘send them-home - ] ’ A complete room of furniture it this very low and constructed, includes a Rocker, Chalr, er. This set is covered in a p be seen to be appreciated. .. MAXV/ELL , very durable and beautiful, well good grade e e Forig g §‘§h9h?5. . L} Two Rooms Far- this dandy S-drawer Chif- | Terms—§1.80 Weekiy ) ‘was considered the banner of all time. ‘The list shows an unusual number of large dividends paid during the year, ranging from 65 per cent down to 16% per cent on common stock. . — NEW YORK SUGAR PRICES. Wall street is afraid to lower its bid market of the last few weeks has! | acter. Metals Quiet atively trease since started last August. Independents are all on an even ha: now [ tnis level . Expectations adjustments to a lower hold up new orders. demand for pipe, which all effort to attract busines: Iron Dull | prices fail to Weakness_ in fuel and cions of further reductions. Copper producers thirteen-cent level, sorbed or withdrawn and a better fecling tween leading ituation and price Slight Advance In | straits. | with outside quotations producers’ prices. { Antimony quiet. GRAIN AND PROVIS CHICAGO, January 8. May 1.661% to 1.66% for ribs. buyer and sales of and Spain were export business. Coars> grains were slightl e early, but rallied with wieag Trade ‘was light and mostly of a local char- Minneapolis reported 25,000 bushels of corn sold to Baltimore, tha first business from that market so Some hedging pressure was in far. evidence. ©Oats were dull practically while provisions avera; scattered buying and local character. 765%. Wheat developed a better undertone due to persistent buying to remove hedges against export sales, and clos- to 21 higher, i to 174, and ed firm, with prices including March, at May, 1.66% to 1.66 ‘WHEAT— 1% L73% Weak. Pig i-on continues Aull and weak with’ many furnaces idle; even lower stimujate BUT LITLE NEW DEMAND FRSTEEL dington lost deposits to the amount of $3,333.972. practica with the Steel| Corporation, and prices are steady at further | of cost and even alon a on Pig Iron Continues Dull, Cop- per Drops Slightly—Other ] NEW YORK, January 8.—Compar- little new demand has de- veioped for steel since the opening of the new year.and it is reported that the unfilled orders of the Steel Cor- jpo-ation will show the largest de- the downward trend ba activity prospects of | M lalor readjustments cause expecta- have accepted busincss about or slightly below the but most of the small offerings have been either ab- i Potomac . steadier | tone has developed, due to rallies in London, higher foréign exchango and in_other markets. Rumors of an important conference intercsts selling have been cjrculating this wy the policies ek. the | Bank of Washingion - has heen better than for other products. has fa.len off. Prices in second h | have been materially reduced in on{ THE SUNDAY STAR, JANUARY 9, 1921_PART 1. [ WASHINGTON BANK STA During the interval between the the reported heavy losses by savings Christmas savings funds or clubs. 1t is impossible to follow the Much of it was due to the financial ops and Trust Company, follows NATIONA Lncoln 5 Metropolitan . . tional Ce to the payment of the fourth installment on 1919 income taxes. The annexed table. prepared by Audley Savage of the National Savings i ARKET IS LIVELY | ATHIGHER LEVELS Authoritative Forecasts for New Year Sound an Op- timistic Note. NEW YORK, January S.—A liv g diversified atock market at substautins Iy higher prices, a fair demand for bonds and affiliated securities, also af appreciable advagces, and other signs of a turn for the better attended the fi-ae new y e fing bEERs year in the financial ere was no perceptible easeme rates for money and the supply. of vall’ able funds was again limited, despite re- ported heavy receipts from interior sources. The best judgment is that the money market will show no pronounced two latest calls the banks of Wash- One may trace many of banks to the maturity and payment of various causes for the b'g decrease. erations of the government and largely L RANKS. 4.007.099.84 2856901 41 1.149,024 .86 795,93 Total ds Anacostia { Citizenw® . Commerce and Savings - | East Wash'ngton { Exchange Hamilton Induste:al Mercl North Capitol Northeastern Northwestern Park Security and Commeice $801.821.87 change until the latter pa: e cur- Tent month. Ee el Authoritative surveys and forecasts of the new year, including the views of Gov. Harding of the Federal Resery. Board, sounded an optimistic note in the main, but these were tempered by al. lusions to the laber market, wage re. ductions and further curtailment of va. rious industrial enterprises Need of Economy and Thrift. Bankers urged the need of econo and thrift, but disagreed with i observers ‘who predicted a decade of downward commodity prices, indefinite suspension of dividends and more seri. ous disturbances to domestic commeres and related branches of manufacture Foreign trade conditions, it is conceded, are becoming increasingly complex and hazardous by reason of the <elny in stabilizing international remittancos Recent bank failures in England § the Scandinavian countries and are believed to have resulted #8A3,962 81 611,413 48 1,176.749.42 £27.787.87 K33 34 410,648.49 1,651.337.97 Tin. up 10NS. High. Low. 1743 171% 874 . 1643 XEW YORK, January 8.—There was | *°%; no change in_ the local raw sugar market today, but there were further. sales reported of new crop Cubas, to refiners and operators. for prompt.and |;1.991; c. i. f. to arriv January shipment. The business in- cluded 18,000 bags to. an operator and 7,800 to a refiner at 43 cents for Cuba’s cost and freight, equal to 5.52 for centrifugal. The market refined was un- changed at 7. to 7.90 for fine granulated. There was a good in- quiry reported, although the demand was still confined' to nearby require- ments, -In sugar futures trading was very quiet. for 5T For Clean 3 FURNITURE COMPANY Y 415 Seventh St., N. W. m!nm-l_nm- Phone M. 1081 . Call Us for Spot, fi 2.02% o. ary shipment; steady; mixed, 9313 c i. . New Y. shipment. white, 61. ork, T4Y, 758 4 Elephants sleep while standing. When a herd of elephants finds a place suitable in the woods, part of the herd will gather in the center and sleep, while old and wise members of the herd keep guard. -Water Heaters Better Than Single Sizes - . LASTS LONGER = BURNS BRIGHTER LESS ASH' Our Egg Domestic Soft $13.00 Intense Heat Special Domestic 2-5 Lump Soft $12.00 - The Hottest, Best, Most Easily Handled Soft Coal for Home Use 725 12th St. N M. 1082 W, Tin remains quiet, but is about 3 cents a pound higher than a week {ago. in response1o higher silver and | American Security . jsterling and continued strength mI Lead is in somewhat better demand, to the Zino remains dull, despite the rather be:ter feeling in metals gcnerally, demand Leing limited to small lots. with sales made at concessions and stocks still large. —_—_— A bulge dur- ing the last hour on moderate buying and a lack of offerings gave wheat a £00d undertone today, and the market closed firm, with prices showing a net Eain of 114 to 2% over the previous close, with March 1.73% to 1.74 and corn was un- changed to % higher; oats unchanged to % down, while provisions were lower for pork and lard, but firmer Wheat developed a strong undertone and advapced sharply after a weak start, duc to persistent buying to re- move hedges against export sales. The British commission was not in the | market, but the continent was a good 750,000 bushels were reported to Germany and Italy. A small cargo was reported sold late | yesterday to Scandanavia, and Greece in the market for wheat, but no sales were reported. Sentiment was a little more friendly to the buying side as a result of the Trade all day, hthl;helr on i offer| Corh rallied shghtly with wheat, but the trading was light and mostly of a At the finish, prices | were unchanged to % higher. with May 74% to 74% and July 75% to a4 w No. 2 mixed durum, . Corn—Spot, No. 2 yellow, 94, and No. 2 tén-day Oats—Spot, dull; No. Ll AT BARGAIN PRICES We Have Recuced Our Prices on All Sizes of Anthracite Effective Monday, January 10 Our Special Anthracite Mixture Stove and Pea Sizes ~ L. E. WHITE COAL CO. . $23,874. Continental L3, . 3.808, Washington Loan and Trus 596,81 35201 from these onerous conditions Leading financial interests here now have under advisement an unusgar number of foreign undertakings and their consummation would automat. ically relieve the prolonged strain on international credits. Few of thece projects are likely (o enter the s of completion. however. until homs Total National banks Savings banks .. Trust companies . - $85,493.9 RECAPITULATIO! . 24.408,679.53 . 36175311 Tequirements and the demesti ment situation as a m:ll:c i'r'n?r from their present obsurity. 2 Considering the turr inio the new year, the clearinc house report showe: changes for the 1179 $54,442.675.35 31.732.630.44 $800.877.77 910.458.63 1,732.636.44 75.60 $84,803.007.92 23.498,220.90 54,442.675.35 k) BONDS. $1.000—Potomac Electric Power gen. ,500—Washington ! ST 27—Capital Traction Vashington Gas. . —Wash. Ly. and Elec. pfd 4—Federal Nat'onal Bank. 3—Liberty National Bank. 40—Continental Trust .. 14 7-20—Columbia Graphophone com 3—Merganthaler Linotype 26—Lanston Monotype. . LEAF TOBACCO MARKET. Baltimore Receipts for Week, 368 Hogsheads; Sales, 59. BALTIMORE, January 8 (Special). week were 368 hogsheads, with sales of fifty-nine hogsheads. The market rules very dull, there being little de- mand for any grades at present. Prices for Maryland tobaceo per 100 rounds: Inferior and frosted, firm leaf, 5.00 to 8.00; sound, common and greenish. 8.00 to 12.00; good common, 13.00 to 24.00; medium, 25.00 to 35.01 £ood to fine red, 36.00 to 58.00; faney, 59.00 to 60.00; seconds, common to medium, 8.00 to 28.00;. secBnds, good to fine, 29.00 to 45.00; bay top, fire cured, 15.00 to 55.00; upper country, air cured, 12.00 .to 41.00; ground Jeaves thew), 5.00 to 25.00. Unsound and badly mixed packages from 1 to 3 conts per pound lower. Stock in_warehouses today: land, 17,713 hogsheads: Ohio, hogsheads, making a total of 22,301 hogsheads. Ground leaves to date, 905 hogsheads. REFINED SUGAR QUIET. NEW YORK, January 8.—The mar- ket for raw sugar was steady and unchanged at 4% for Cubas, cost and i freight, equal to 5.52 for centrifugal. {There were sales of 18,000 bags of new crop Cubas to an operator and 7.800 bags to a local refiner at 414, cost and treight. No further changes were reported in refined sugar, with fine granulated listed at from 7.75 to 7.90, iwth a mod- erate inquiry reported. Sugar futures were quiet and after opening § points higher on covering, prices eased off under liquidation and gelling by trade interest, closing 3 to 5 points net lower. Closing bids: Jan- uary, 4.55; March, 4.60; May, 4.75, and July, 4.87. Db For 17 years the aim of made a better car. : $166,077,067.01 $162,743.904.17 {The Year 1921 to Date on the Washington Stock Exchang‘e. % Furnisked by W. B. Hibbs & Co., Hibbs Buflding. ©as Light gen. 3s. 'OCKS. —Leaf tobacco receipts for the past; Four-Passenger Phaeton. has been toward the common end that it shall steadily be Deliveries at once on both closed and open types. ir yol; contemplate the purchasa of a Cadillac, we shall be glad to appralss your present car, whatever the make may be, with a vlew. of accepting it as part payment, THE WASHINGTON CADILLAC COMPANY 1138-40 Connecticut Avenue Telephene Franklin 3900-3901 Momber Washington Automotive Trade Assecittion. _a_contraction of sligh: more than $54.000,000 11 actual logers o di unts and an in The bond market was dull and heavy, reflectinz tne reversal stecks. Liberty issues forfeited part of their recent gains tations also oflxeg Rk Old U. S. bonds w. call for the we"(!. were unchanged on TOBACCO MEN MAY LOSE 833307284 High. Low. Close 6s 91 91 oL H = | NEARLY MILLION IN CROP 823% 821 38% 38 1'& 7 122& Big Loss Is Charged to Failure to }g}' }g_‘x"& Sell When They Had 8% 120 2 Opportunity. BALTIMORE, January 8 (s, . Special).— ?fln‘ to the alleged eflorlps of )lhe Tormer management of the Maryland obacco Growers' Association to keep Up_the price of their product, despite a declining market, it is sald, a loss of from $750,000 to $1,000,000 will be borne this year by southern Mary. land tobacco growers because of fail- ure to dispose of their commodity Wwhen they had the opportunity. With the season for tobacco buy- MONTH’S FINANCIAL DATA. Cumberland’s Clearing House Total, December, $2,795,653.21. CUMBERLAND, Md., January 8 (Special).—The first complete month for which records nave been kept at the local clearing house, December. Cumberland bank clearings to be 653.21 for that thirty-day period. Permanent records were not started un- til November 18 last, 50 the November total is for less than half a month. The clearings from November 18 fo 30, reached $1,263,863.81, o The largest single day was December 27, the first banking day after Christ- mas, when the bank clearings were nearly $300,000, the exact amount being $281,896.16. Members of the clearing house are the Liberty Trust Company. the Citizens Savings banks; the Second National, in- cluding the Peoples’ and the South Cum- berland Savings banks, the First Na- tional and the Commercial Savings banks. those who build the Cadillac ing practically at an end ¥ paratively “dead” market prevar = there are said to be approximately 10,000 hogsheads of tobacco stored in the state warehouse here, and about 7,000 of these belong to members of the Maryland Tobacco Growers' As- soclation. In addition to the 7,000 hogsheads left over from last year's crop, it is said there are mow from ;oe‘.o,g': to 30.000 hogeheads from this stored away in southern Marylapa.> " ‘he barns According to one who is in close touch with the,situation, the former manager of the Maryland Tobacco | Growers' Association refused bids for ' { tobacco seceived from the buyer of the French government, which has been a consistent buyer of Maryland tobacco for years, and the French | buyer filled most of his orders out- side of the association. As of fact, it is s2id. the French < ment purchased onlv about 2 DENIM PRICES REVISED. {Feads throwen v Varstand @bescs Growers' _Association. and f\is pur- : chase was made at the end of the Reduction for Overall Material An- bu__rv:‘ngrnoas?‘n. - B e French governmen Vs - nounced by Large .!‘amry. 1:'h‘an_v one-third n® t‘\: n‘.t:-:finfir"';. % : acco crop and a1l of its o NEW YORK, January 8.—Overall)this seamon have heen filled, S denim prices were revised today by !ing having heen done oractically in- one of the largest manufacturers to a | dependent of the association. basis of 17 benta for 2.3 indigves. The z = op price in e open markets lat year in second-hand trading was 53 BALTIMORE PRODUCE. cents and the highest price name B centeianagthe niEhent, L BALTIl!lAOR}l;:. January 8.—Receipts of The new prices will mean that{L Vo POUItry have been only moderaty wholemlers of overatls will ‘be able |the Past week, and with the recent to sell on & basis permitting retail. | accumulations cleaned up the mar- ing at $1.50 instead of $4.50 and up- | ket rules firmer, with a good demand ward. The new price is more than {noted for both old hens, 4 pounds 50 per cent below the government|and over, and young chickens, both price fixed at the inception of the war. |of which are quoted-at 34 and 35 and probably is lower than most mills | cents a pound, while small to medi- can meet. um old hens bring 30 to 32. Young white leghorns sell at 33 cents and old hens 30 to 32. Center receipts of turkeys have been light, and the market is firmer under a good de- mand for choice hens and young gob- blers, 50 to 52 cents a pound being quoted for the former and 48 to 50 {for the latter. Poor and -crooked breasts and old toms bring from 40 to 45 cents. Ducks and geese also hold up well. Pekins and puddle and mus- covy. 3 pounds and over, are quoted at 36, 35 and 32 cents, while smaller and poor stock sells at 30 cents. Fat nearby geese sell good at 33 and 34 cents, and Kent Islands bring 35 and 36 cents, Dressed poultry receipts have also been light and the market is firm, but it takes choice to fancy stock to command top prices, which are 53 and 54 cents a pound for tur- keys and 35 and 36 cents for chick- ens. Poorly dressed and thin tur- keys sell at 42 cents, and from that up to 52 cents for fair to zood stock. 0ld and mixed stock chickens bring 34 and 35 cents, and old roosters 24 cents. Some. inquiry is noted for fancy capons 7 pounds and over, { which are quoted at 48 and 50 cents {a poynd, while small range from 40 to 46 cents. Egg receipts have continued fair, but at_the lower prices ruling more demand is noted, hence there is a closer cleaning-up of desirable stock from day to day, and the market is steady at 65 cents a dozen for strict- 1y fresh nearby egegs. The market is firmer on white potatoes, with an advance to as high as 2.00 per 100 pounds for No. 1 stock, with nearby McCormicks in__liberai supply, sell- ing 1.40 and 150, while cobblers are quoted at 1.75 and 1.80. No 2 stock of all kinds slow sale at 75 and 1.00 per 100 pounds. The market for sweets and yams is firm at 2.50 to .50 per barrel for the former and 3.50 to 4.00 for the latter, while culls 2n8 Nor'% avock of both sell at 1.50 and 2.00. Nearby seasonable garden truck in fair demand, but receipts are ample for all trade wants, with prices steady. The live cattle mar- ket geperally is qulet, with prices ruling in buyers’ favo: NEW YOE DRY GOODS. NEW YORK. January 8.—Gray cot- ton markets were firmer today, 8 with broadening activity. Yarns were steady. New prices. were made on overall denims on & basip of 17 cents for 2.20 indigo. The last price was 23 cents. Burlaps were firmer and higher and knit goods showed more o, . e Print cloths, 28-inch, eetings, southern to medium N