Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1921, Page 18

18 CTIVITIES AT SHIP TERMINAL - SHOW FOREIGN TRADE AROUSED 2 remained steady In price. Rotail hard- ware dealers are stocking up again. |Trade Holds Firm Despite Unemployment Problem 3 BY L. 8. McKENNA. h' Special Dispatch to The Star, Cargoes for Twenty -seven Steamship|=gnpmaomeea R 2 Ha d 3 L and Minneapolis are confronted with In a most serious unemployment prob- : Lines ve creased 1n Last lem, but despite this fact business 1 |1:()n|dl;llonl lllel;|fl fonunue to hold firm i and show slight improvement at pres- TWO Montbs. ent. It is feared, however, that the ' number of men out of jobs will slow up businses advance before the holi- n days. City and state organizations BY JAMES ALLERTON. three hundred manufacturing plants are attempting to find " employment S located in South Brooklyn have in- |for 9. ere and 5,000 in Minneap- ¢ ~ecial Dispa‘ch to The Star. % i en |0lis and it is expected the highway NEW YORK, September 20.—For-|creased 10 per cont in the last ten | jepartment will eontinue its road- <ign trade is waking from its long | JE¥S, S8 SAC O used by melhundmx program far into the winter “iagnation. This is clearly indicated | advance in raw cotton has not disap- e wotitoasmany adipossllle activities at Bush Terminal, where r:::mflb.: '::j!;ll‘:d ‘;:Télel:ally eing ers report an improvement in im- twenty-seven steamship lines take on Actlvity has been more pronounced |medlate business and salesmen now and diecharge freight. The amount of |in the, River Plate hide markets than | 200 sartng on the road for Spsing incoming freight cargoes received at|in the\ocal (rld;lhere.lm:‘t }::e"tu;gg D e D ‘he torminal have Increased between gf QeTRCe R ThE 9OCUCR 1 centers | Live stock prices have declined sharp: % ang 20 per cent in the last two|jngicate more encouraging prospects. 1y lllld‘lhe low mark for the 1:;: tg: 1onths. the amount of goods moved | Building operations here continued, to z’vf‘:i;s n 'hows was kéro}(en h:s 7?2 e v'truck to and from the docks Is one | increase at the same steady ratio cb-|whoen prices ranged from 3515 te hird greater and outgolng cargoes |served for the last six Tlnn!!:l!', me{m ices Pa" ':‘_ea;e ":‘: Destihytaars 710 increasing steadily in aite and|lons Mery ena “sement. which 1a |selling at local yards today at prices ihe ‘power requirements of over|mow quoted at $2.50 a barrel. Brick jaround $7.75 per hundred pounds. Commodity Reports ~DVERTISEMENT. it 3 - From Various Sections Fruit. How lRONlZED YEAST SAN FRANCISCO, September 20 (Special).—Prune drying now is un- er way. Demand is showing a de- ded increase and prices are ad- vancing. Both the association and X independents are slow to make coi . how it has banished skin troubles. If Weak, Thin, Pale or|i¥ 1o 0 S ihat “becior lll'nclfl.‘ anl!c!‘!);llng further lncrelse‘l . . isin market s g and quicker results are obtained || &\ PEICS oAl Run-Down, Try This w!’}e‘?qyelsk s ca‘:nbll'ied with tron. || SOE S te shors. even I the e e organic iron in Ironize eas! . New Treatment. s ohg Srganic iron in Ironized Xens: || cent storm damage proves less se- late—~the kind similar to that found vere than is indicated. in ".:plnach ar:ld bl;{n:‘ma. dhth.l“:“;’ 1: bu rich re jood—an s is Ironized Yeast Sold By Your |Polid jrieh red Blood e hlond may Druggist in Pleasant, Easy uv'lcfily and lhowush!‘{ carey thes; cial).—Delegates to n;e convention vitally necessary vitamines an the National Associaf of - to Take Tablet Form. Sther food elements to. tho wasted || ohit Clotnives “wor - doaarion of Re- r!:‘euu!hé_e:himgl{;d fnenyes. the worn || cussion among tl}emlel\'eu today a: 2 o - e price levels at which i1 Are you underweight? Do you | “Ironized Yeast is pleasant to take, || £ :,':,',,,fifi?“,.espn clomlngcth:: sea- tire easily? Are you troubled with [keeps indefinitely and costs about There was a generally ex- Nervousness, Indigestion, Weakness, | the same per dose as ordinary yeast. ssed_opinion that prices must be Lack of Encrey, Biliousness. Head- | put ‘is much more effective. “Each || Prested opinlon that prices must ache? Is your skin pale, sallow or | package contains 10 days’ treatment 5 blotchy? and costs only a dollar, or 10c a day. D If you suffer from these or any |Special directions for children in S DEY Sisee. other ailments caused by the lack of | each package. Sold at all druggists’. BOSTON, September 20 (Special).- vitamines in our modern foods, take For sale by Peoples Drug Stores Retail trade throughout New Eng- nized Yeast, which not only iS|and bv good druggists everywhere. || land s showing seasonal activity h in_these health-giving vita- and compares favorably in volume 5. but_also contains organic ¥ith ‘that of the similar period of he great blood builder. o Youve read the reports of indi- blet viduals, physicians an ospitals Ta e s telling how \'easxl has built “l‘l’! run- y St S, Vi stre: , en- e down system: given reng! e Vi INE c A caps’ in this section are doing an ergy and vitality to the weak and ADVERTISEMENT. Men’s Clothing. ROCHESTER, September 20 (Spe- XASPERATING and un- necessary is the unre- sponsive motor, balky in starting, slow in picking-up. More often than not, the moior is not to blame. Its performance depends primarily upon the qual- ity of the gasoline you use. There is wide variation in gasolines. Considering the great variety of crude oils that are obtained from the earth and the different degrees of skill and experience with which they are refined, this is not surpris- ing. In the improved “Standard® Motor Gasoline power and clean-burning qualities are not sacrificed to make 1 AS CITY, September 20 (Spe- | wheat will be shipped from this port | Armon | ‘Get Away with a Quick Start. | Why Not? excellent business for fall. The that wholesale for from ‘$24 to §42 a dozen, with brown the shade most | Aetna Explosives called for. “| Allted SYRACUSE, September 20 (Spe- :{:"“l Natural Gas. cial).—This season promises to be | DIE Led a good one for caps in this terri- tory. The style changes for fall are | Boston and not great, but there is a slight Caledonia tendency toward greater fullness. Qalumet and Jerome. Steel PITTSBURGH, September 20 (Spe- clal).—For the first time in many months the McKeesport Tin Plate | Git] Company's plant is operating at ca. pacity. All of Its forty-four hot mills and every department is working fu time. The company has been operat- | Consolidated Copper ing thirty-two to thirty-eight mills. |(oei o Cotton. WACO, Tex., September 20 (Special). | Elk Rasin —Crops_were entirely ruined in part!Empire Food of the Brasos valley plantation ter-E ritory by the recent floods. Not a vestage of cotton remained in some sections, and suffering among . the || farmers is acute. This is the district |G which was devastated by the pink boll worm last year. G Produce. DETROIT, September 20 (Special).— | Hercules Paper Recent rains have improved crop |infercontinental Rubber prospects in general throughout Mich- | JeCrat0on igan. The bean, sugar beet and Dpo-|Kay County Ga tato crops are coming along in fine|Lake Torpedo shape, but the indicated yield of oats | Lone Star Ga is disappointing. MoEreana s Mason' Valley Batter. Merele Ol NEW YORK, September 20 (Special). | Midwes: o —The butter 'which has arrived here | Midwest il ptd. recently has shown the effects of the | Mountain Producers* extraordinarily warm weather in pro- | Nevadn Ophir ducing sections, and quality has fall- | New Comelia en off two to five points. This has| Niplsine Mines stimulated the demand for high qual- | Kot Jinet™p Gultey-Gillen) Giranada oul Nuts. SAN FRANCISCO, September (Special).—The Growers' Exchange has raised prices)Radio pfd. . 1 cent & pound over the gross open- | Ray Herciles . ing almond quotations. 'y reek Producing reek (new)... Sapulpa com. Paper. 5 Simms Petrol .. HOLYOKE, Mass., (Special). from 9 to-12 cents an hour went into | Sweets Co. of America. effect at a dozen large paper mills|8wift Iaternational here this week. onah Divide Shoes. BROOKLYN, September 20 (Special). —Deliveries of fall shoes by manufac- turers here are being quite badly de- layed by shortage of skilled labor. The manufacturers are much encour- aged by the early ordering by buyers of spring stocks. September W 4 lE;;fl i V' t-Mar Grain. WA SEATTLE, September 20 (Special).— | Armour Leather com. t 1s expected that 5,000,000 bushels of | Armour Leather pfd. before Christmas this year. This is |} enough to fill thirty steamships. Nation: quick-starting possible. Yet it does “get you going” in a hurry; first over the line when the traffic police- man beckons. Years of research and practical ex- perimenting by our Development Department account for the fact that “Standard” is today the most finely balanced gasoline that is be- ing produced. It consists of care- fully determined fractions, or pro- Pportions, that insure quick-starting, together with high power and the ability of every gallon to deliver the greatest possible mileage. I you have not yet tried this im- proved motor fuel you should do 8o at once. Its actual performance in your motor will quickly demon- strate its superiority. STANDARD OIL COMPANY : ’ (NEW JERSEY) CURB STOCK! largest demand seems to be for hats| Quotations furaished by W. B. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. EIEALTTMORE, 8eptember 20 (Spe-| Egga—S8i Tol;ol(ba!oe white, 150 1bs., 3.50a |average receipts, 40. C 2.50 a2,75; 2 and 3, 75a1.50; peas, bushel, 60a1.00; beets, bunch, 23%;a3’ head, 6a12; caulifiower, bbl . celery crate, 2.5024.00; corn, dozen, '10a20; cucum- bers, bushel,” 1.00a1.75; eggplants, basket, 20225; lima. beans, bushel, 1.00 2l.25; onions, 100 1bs., 3.50a4.0 pers, ‘basket, 123 a5 8a12; squash, basket, 20a2| basket, 40a50; bushel, 75a1.00. Apples, packed, bbl., 6.00a9.00: bush- el, 150a2.75; loose, bbl., 2.00a4.0 Cantaloupes, crate, 1.00a3.50; dam- {8ons, b, 7a8; grapes, 20-1b. basket, 1.25a1.50; peaches, bsuhel, 2.0024.00; pears, bushcl, 200a350; plums and, , _bushel, 3.00a4. , bushel, 1.75a3.55, 004400 quinces Watcrmelons, selects, hundred, 2 00 a35.00; primes’ 104 T 38,00; primes, 10.00a15.00; culls, 5.00 { Selling Prices at Noon. Wheat—Xo. 1 red winter, spot, 1.37; 0. 2 red winter, spot, 1 No. 2 red inter, garlicky, spot, 1.26. September wheat, 1.26 per bushel;| October wheat, 1.26%; cargoes on| grade sold as follows: No. 2 red win- ter, garlicky, at 1.25 per bushel; No, 3, 115; no quotations on Nos. 4 and 5; bag lots of nearby, by sample, as to quality and condition, at 1.12. Corn—Cob, new, yellow, 3.60 per h_nrrel. in car lots; contract corn, spot, 63%; track corn, yellow, No. 2 or bet- ter, domestic, 72, "No sales. Oats—No, 2 whi 49a50; No. 3 white, new, as to weight, 46 to 4 Rye—Bag Iots of nearby rye as to Quality, 90a1.10 per bushel; No. 2 yestern export, spot, 1.14% .per bushel; No. 3 no quotation. lay—Receipts 4 1 wercae feceipts of new hay today e demand s fair for good qual- ity of timothy and light mixed hay at 516 to $20 per ton. Low grade has ver it will bring - 2 Straight rye, nominal; No. 1 wr:e;; 13.00; No."1 ‘oats, 14.50a15.00. | CHICAGO, ~September 20.—Fresh upturns in the price of whest ruflulh‘ £d today from continued wet weather, hindering the movement of the spring Fing rain in shock. s and lightness of country offerings were aiso bullish factors. Besides, the statistical show- ing in to the United States and portable surplus remain- *d & stimulus o buyers. Opening quotations, which varied from 3 to 1% higher, with December 1.28% i o 1323, were further gains and then by something of a reaction, Apparent absence of new wheat export business tended to ease the ke later.” Prices ted 4t the same as yesterda: finish ‘o half cent higher, with Des cember 28% and May 1.31% Subsequently, th laxed when 2 ad failed to be well close was heavy at the terday's finish to 3al; lower, December 523%. e corn market re-{ High. 30 134 September 20 (Spe- — Alive, springers, white leghorns, 27a 5a20; old roosters, 16a | ducks, 18a21; pigeons, pair, | guinea fowi, each, 10a60. " | Eggs—Loss off. native and nearby firsts, doszen, southern, 3 pound, | rby cream- rolls, 25a30; | dairy prints, 28a30; | 2 e ery, 40ai1 | store NEW YORK, Firm; receints, 13,824 packa; ery 'higher than creamery extras 2 ). 4412 creamery firsts (88 to 91 score), 37 43%; packing stock. current make, a27. o. I Eggs—Firm; receipts, 24,148 case: fresh gathered extra firsts, 45248; d firsts, 40a44; state, Pennsylvania an nearby tern hennery whites, + firsts to extra fancy, 60a81: d browns, extras. 56a5. gathere: browns and mixed ., firsts to refrigerator, special do., firsts, 3413a36. rm: receipts, 2,350 boxerl milk flats, fresh, sp : do., average run, a| Washinaton Stock Exchange. at 87%. 1. Washington 95, $L000 at otomac_ El Capital Traction—: tional Bank of W Amwerican Security a Lanston Monotype- i Mergentl r Linotype- Money—Call luans, 517 yer cent | Bid and Asked Prices H BONDS | PUBLIC UTILITY. Bid. Asked. American Tel. and Tel, .. 8 [ §7% 101 Anacostia and Potomac guar. 5s. : C. and P. Telephone 89" L Capital Traction R. R. 5s. 8735 ba & ., ctric cous. Potomac Electric Power s r c Pow, % hln§ s | Wash. Rwy. and . G. 9 MISCELLANEOUS. Riggs Realty 5s (short) 94 Washington Market 5s (1927). ‘Washington Market 5s_(1947). W. M. Cold Storage Gs. STOCKS PUBLIC UTILITIES. American Tel. and Telga 06 ... Capital Traction hington Ga: rfolk_and Wash. Steamboat. . h. Rwy. and Elec. 30 ‘Wash. Rwy. Elec. ptd. NATIONAL BA! + American . ;| duced considerably. SAVINGS BANK. Commerce and Bavin, 155 24 . Savings . Washtngion Mechaaics FIRE INSURANCE. (TITLE INSURANCE. | bia Title .. SoalEetate Titie MISCELLANEOUS. :| those at Raleigh, Durham, Handerson BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS. NEW YORK, September 20.—For- O SNDON, September 20.—Bar silver, < gu pcr‘m'ulu: 1a0mey, 2% Dfl‘eo:: isconnt Grain, Produce and Live Stock| hamper, 1.00a1.75. i | peared jof the speculative market. th 60 |that the comppany will be free of its eign bar silver, 65%:; lnxlep- dnllu:t. i LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET. trictly ftesh, per doz., 41a42; Live 1try—Roosters, per 1b.. 18 cye, per. 35a36; chi turkeys, per 1b., ickens, gpring, per b, BANKERS LOOK FOR FEDERAL LOANS Eick: ., 36240; hens, per Ib., . - Syickens, per Ib. 384 Do evs por |[EXpECt Short-Time Certifi- 1b.. 38a40; keats, young, each, a75. EoriSnTsssed; matl, perjiis 12 cates at 4 3-4 Per Live stock—Calves, choice, per Ib., 13: lambs, choice, ‘per Ib., 10all; live Cent BY L A, FLEMING. Bankers do not believe that the gov- hogs, per ib., 9. Green fruits—Apples, per bbl., 3. 0.50; per bushel basket, 1.00a3.00; western, per box, 3.50a5. lemons, ‘per bo: 087.50: California oranges per crat 50a6. es, | ernment will be called upon again te per bushel, 4.00a5.00; cantaloupes, Der | pay as high for its money as it did Crate,, 190at.50; pears, 2.50a4.00 Der|on the Jast combined offering of motes, Vegetables—Potatoes, new, No. 1, per | 20d certificates. bbl., 5.00a5.50; .00a5. The government has profited by the lowering of rates and the abundance 22f .00; | Of money secking either temporary of celery, r doz., 50a75; romaine let-|more or less permanent employment ;:;:‘e 1 :):lmr;’ qx}llmfi. p;r oos?u": pending the time when conditions shall onions, per 100-1b. sack. 4.00a4.50;|Wwarrant the use of the funds in regu- cabbage, 3.00a3.50 per bbl.; cucumbers, | lar channels, and will materially rel 2.00a3.00; eggplants, per crate, 756a1.50: tomatoes, per box, 50al.25; corn. 20440 per dozen; beans, 2.50a4.00 per bdl® lima beans, 20a3! 0230 per qt. small amount of the aggregate bids for CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. ;:ulg;membe‘re;a issues that Secretary CHICAGO, September 20 (United | ¢llon accepted. States bureau of markets)—Cattle— | Bankers did not think that there Recelpts, 11,000 head: yearlings. ge- | Would be much of a subseription for sirable handywelght stoers ang helf. | the short-term certificates bearing hu: ers, stockers and feeders steady: |5 Der cent interest, and yet the biddine other steers, fat cows, bulls and veai | Showed that even 5 per cent was a de= calves slow to lower; early top year- | Sirzble rate. ““f' 10.50; bulk beef steers, 6.25a | Gradually the offerings have been re- 9.0 bulk ‘bologna bulls, 3.s5a4.35; |duced from the 6 per cent rate on the bulk veal calves, 12.50213.00. 1 Hoge—Receipts, 24,000 head; fairly active; mostly 15 to 25 lower than yesterday's average; light lights, 25 - to 40 lower: practical top, §.50; one | Bankers anticipate 5 per cent as the load 1ight butchers early, 8.60; bulk | probable high for the next issue, with light and light butchers, £.15a8.50; | perhaps 4% for a short-term certifi. packing sows, 6.65a7.15; plgs mostly | cate. 50 lower; bulk desirable, 6.75a7.25. Washinzton investors Sheep—Receipts, 26,000 head: fat | tunate in geiting a large purt of their lambs, 25 to 50 lower: sheep and feed- certificate ' and note oraers filled er steady; top native lambs, | through the g - 9.10; bulk early around £.50; culls, {banks, | ¢ SCPETOSity of one of the 5.2536.00; fat western lambs early, 7 & Local Securities. oo Business on the local stock ex- 105-pound western weth- change seems to hold up from day to ers, 5.50; choice feeder lambs, 7.50. —_— s . day, without material increase or de- crease in volume or material chanze in the matter of prices | Prices have settled around a 1e s Ilba'. reasonably w mainta and at h a fair exchange is Pool Operationg Seen at an End—Speculation Greatly Restricted—Notes. duce rates. This is the interpretation that bankers placed on the comparatively 1ve been for- ]:ummau 4 between buyers and s = . ‘ Capital Traction 5s are pezsed i i 873, and general 6= of the Washing- ton Railway and Elcctric Company 51;. pital Traction stock. ex-div: 86. National Bank of Wash Money asked. Gold, coin and bullion in the Uni States' Treasury reached a new Scptember 1, at $3,377,417,980, BY STUART P. WEST. lercuse ot 92538853 for v to date nam Each month of NEW YORK, September 20.—There | ia N oo ias g RN were very few noteworthy incidents | Ports, and September w in the general financial situation to-|C day. The violent renewal late yesterday of the rise in the cotton market had evidently made its impression upon the English spinning trade overnight. { Th¢ PUYers of the $20204 There was not the same scare about | War Finance Corporation ye a possible acute shortage that ap_[\l‘!h‘ Brown Brothers Ce Lt‘& vzlv;. intain their credit in this coun- try as best they can. Buyers of Rallroad ) the first big speculation of | Eenson & Co., and White, We 0. eeks ago. Representatives of | The sccurities, which bear § per cont English cotton manufacturers | interest, were sold at par and accducd suddenly began to realize what it|interest. would mean if the October govern-| What Employment Figures Show. ment report revealed a further 8en-| Official figures of the bureau of % sational drop in the condition of lhe( tistics fol"uxne of the fl’mm prin growing crop. Accordingly, at thelcipal industries for the month of Au opening this morning there was a rush of foreign buying which lifted cotton options another 50 points and |jarg, on top of yesterday's advance, re- stored more than half the ground |men's w lost from the highest prices of ten!and shoes. respectively. days ago. A decrease of 5.9 per cent is shown The wheat masket, following cloe- | in automobiles and 1.6 per cent in ly in the steps of the cotton mar- ! bituminous coal. ket, as it has been doing right along.| In comparison with August, 1920, moved forward also, although the | the statistics show an increase of 114 crop in the northwest, having vir- | PEr Cent in employment in the wool tually been all made, there is mot | industry, which bears out the reports b 5 ive that|Of rehabilitation in this line. De- the same speculative incentive t :lcr“&. oE i sl Mob SO there is in the case of cotton. {iron and steel, 36.1 in car bullding Stocks Very Slow. and repairing, 358 in auto building It was quite the least interesting!and 38.% per cent in paper making. dey which the stock market has had Local Gas Companies. in more than a month. Yesterday l whloward S, Reeside, president of the 3 ashington Gas Company, is au- had seen the ceseation of the pool ac- | ., S &SN L0 COEIRY: nat the tivities which furnished the main|company (s doing an excellens busr. initiative last week and the week be- | ness and the figures made public this fore. morning, would scem to bear out Finding that prices could not bej thesc views. The net corporate in- easily pushed any further ahead. !come of the company for the month some of these epeculative holdings|of sugust was given as $29.553, as were hastily thrown over and this|compared with $11,461.13 in July, and wae what caused the decline at last | th a deficit for August, 1920. » night’s close. % 2 i The Georgetown Gas Company While interest was just dyine out!;rneq in a clean profit for the month' 5%i ¢t August of $1,450.10. 4 5 per cent, 1 t, are in hosiery, , iron and’ steel and wools were very different in the investme: market. i Business there was on the incre: BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK. with prices moving upward g g 9 ds was! BALTIMORE, September 20 (Spe- the y:;i;:n?;gr&{o—ln rmrat enough | cial).—Cattle—Receipts for week end- development In view of the wonderful { €4 noon yesterday were 4,619 head, Success of the latest offering of three- | A8Ainst 3.006 head last week. Receipts: T Treasury notes and the subse. |151 carloads for market for week. The z:.enl premium which these notesmarket w ;ful\-c ang q(‘sln;s_d easier. o Steers — Choice, 8.25a8.7 a h‘;;::“g:llx:‘clmny the renewed for-|butcher, 7.00a8.00 l:nlerdlum. hs.‘ 16.:;‘. ward tendency in bond prices appear- | Common, 4.25a! 2 ;oer:.‘z‘o ice, ed to be due to the knowledge that|87.25; fair to 8o h nnh.n, cor‘nn:?n the authorities were discussing a fur- | to medlur;- . 4.25a5.! 35 ulls, choice, ther reduction in federal "ur:al{l:;f! l n5|-0“ a‘r to good, s ey eniet ¥ 15.0025.50; fair to good, 3.75a4.7! {mon to medium, 1.50a3 Pool Members Fall Out. " Sheep und lambs—Receipts for werk The story going around the street{ended noon yesterday were 10,515 94! today was that the pool which had | head, against §.809 head last week. been most active last week and the/Light supply, market closer, lower: week before, had had a falling out 4 : 007 - among its members. Somebody, so it | Hogs—Receipts for week ended ndor was said, had sold out on the others, | yesterday were 12,899 head, agaihmst and it was this selling which spoiled 3,784 head last week. Fair sumply. Saturday and yesterday what remain- | market lower; lights, 9.40; heavy, S8 ing chances there were for a success- |29.35; medium, 9.40; pigs, 9.10: Nghz ful continuance of the bull campaign. | pigs, 8.00a8.50; roughs, 5.00a7.00. ¥ Coca Cola. Calves—Receipts for week ended 3 noon yesterday were 3,268 hmad; It is considered extremely likely | D09 VISEIQRY o WL Gl Liberal that Coca Cola will be put on a $4 | 2ERICE S000 BRal, B8 W Ives, Bobp dividend basis when the directors meet | F3F8.Y: FRFICT ¥ the latter part of this month. This payment, however, will not be made until later in the year, as it is expected FRUIT STORAGE FOR POBT:" n the first of November. | BALTIMORE, _September 28— I!fi:kv:fie:rm{ has heen put back on & large refrigeratine plant and ware dividend basis, the 3% per cent which | house may’ be bullt here for djs: Was deferred at the previous meeting | tributing Pacific coast states’ prod; having been declared last month. ucts to markets on the Atlantic ecag The company has cash on hand of boas an s 'n.’ o 7 ompared with slightly | tiations now un O 860,000 on “May 8. while bank | A. S. Goldsborough, manager of the d Manufacturers’ As- loans in the same time have been re- xgflc{":;"f’ ve copsummated. A GrORp t-of-town and Baltimore busi- PRICES UP. . provide: DRY GOODS = e for "storage and "distribu- NEW YORK, September 20.— Cotton | sion ean be obtained. i goods rading is quieter. Cotton blan- S R e, kets have advanced 10 per cent. Shirt-| PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY. ing chambrays for work shirts are| o oCC LT L ke 50 an in- repriced and are held at 50 per cent|, intary petition in bankruptcy Wwas higher than the low prices of the year. |flled in_the Bmllfl l‘e:‘l’ml mflwn to- Moderate sales of brown goods at ?::{ s;ncl:nl‘;a g;“;:.‘,;, = h"m"'m mmn‘: advanced prices are reported. Yarns|pj.s for which receivers in equity have are firm and quiet. Burlaps have ad- | PIS™ 0 S0 by “federal _courts in anced still further and are quoted |y hattan and Chicago. The bank- 0 per cent higher than the low point { -uios netition, filed by three creditors of the year. Raw silk is steady on|TuPrC¥ BRIV %00 1ing less than $1.500, 1ight trading. Dress goods are in light | giyes the liabilities of the demand. §500.000 and assets as 32 v endeavored charges that the Coorth $600,000 o an- —_— { to_turn over assets wo! RALEIGH REOPENS MARKET. |% i ovcr ™ RALEIGH, N. C., September 20— —_— Bright leaf tobscco morkets in th FOREIGN BONDS. central North Carolina Belt, including| . ... soruiched by W. B. Hibbe & Co. ints, opened today for |Closing prices: t:: losl;ll.l;&g:\nuon. ‘Tobacco will | Berlin 4. :: be sold in Raleigh for the first time | Greater lcriia 4 19 in fifteen years, two large warehouses | Bremen 43’ having been built here during the past few months. TOBACCO OFFERINGS LARGE. | RSBURG, Va., Septeiaber 2! ngfienhgg bright tobacco mar- opened here today with 500 mt.'h- ers present from all sections of south- side Virginia. Offerings were very large and the prices tendered by buy- ers good. The quality of the wo!- ‘was said to be better than ever