Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1922, Page 28

. " THE HVENING Grain, Producl'f and Live Stock CANAL TRAFFIC IN 1021 The number of ‘commercial ships which passed through the Panama canal in 1921 was 2,783, an averpge of 232 a month, or 7.6 a day, accord- ing to official report. In the year 1920 the number was 3,814, averaging 234.5 a month. The decrease was | thirty-one ships for the year. In nét tonnage and tolls, however, the year 1921 exceeded 1920. 'Net tonnage amounted to 11,435811 tons, Panama canal measurements, as com- :luld with 10:}118.205 tons lIldt :l;c revious year. Tolls aggregate - 325,718.02 in 1921, compared with $10,- 295,362.21 in 1920. MORE, ovecial).— | Which Variod eom % to 1% lawer h 1 s c o m 0 lower, e e P Toatis; | With May, 1.46% to 147, and July, 150 pounds, 3:00a3.25;|1.32% to 1.23%, was followed by bar- | slight further losses, and then some- thing of a rally. Corn and oats were easier with wheat. After opening.% to % lower May, 67% to 67%. the corn market weakened a trifle further. Oats start- ed ‘unchan; to %a3% down, May, 42% to 42%a43%, and thén held near to_the iInitial range. Provisions reflected downturns. in the value of hogs. s Potatoes—steady; receipts, 36 cars GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. RICES OF STOCKS _BENERALLY STRON -!.;lny Popular Issues Make ¢ Early Gains—Rails Are ~ Slow to Respond. hamper, 4.00a5.50. Beets, Cab- bage, hamper, 1.00a1.15. Carrots, bunch, 3a6. Caulifiower, crate, 1.75a2.50. Cel- ery, dozen, 80ai.25: crate, 2.50a3.50. Cucumbers, crate, 3.0028.00. ‘Eggplants, crate, 2.50a5.50 = Horseradish, bushel, . 00 4.50a5.00. Kale, barrel, 1.00a1.25. tuce, basket, 1.50a3.f pounds, 6.00a8.00; No. 2, 3.00a5.00. Oys- Onions, 1 terplants, bunch, 8a9. Parsnips, by total United States shipments, 4.39;|nal. in 1921 amounted to approxi- ? 75890. Peas, hamper, 5.00a8.00. ~'Pep- | Wisconsin. sacked round whites, 1.80a NEW YORK, March 1—The short|158%0. Beas hamper, £.0086.00. ben | 3o er: Tanhe sacked rurais, 20oa|matcy 10708338, tons of 2,240 interest In the-stock market hurriedly 'zfcmas.su. Squash, crate, 4.00a5.00. %;g cwt.; xa:lhwckedkr?n;bn us‘: 7] cbvered its contracts at the opening | Tomatoes. crate, 2.50a5.00. Turnips, cwt.; Colorado sacke: ss tri- 6f today's session as many popular |PSISE IS 0 ) ¢ aonsio | Bobeequantly. bullish estimated of ATLAS PROFITS LESS, issues made early gains of 1 to 3|2°5.00a6.50; bushel, 1.50a3.75; box ap- | farm stocks of wheat failed to stimu-| NEW YORK, March 1.—Atlas Pow- points. ples, 2.25a4.00. Cranberries, barrel, |late much buying. As a resuit, many | der's net income, after deducting all {Leaders of the advance, which was | 25.00a40.00. Grapefruit, box, 2.50a3.50. | traders shifted to the selling slde of | charges and interest, represented in stimulated by the further rise of Brit-|Oranges, box, 3.50a5.00. Tangerines, |the rharket and caused pronounced |qgp;° g exchange, included Gulf States|strap, 5.0029.00. Strawberries, quart,|Weakness in prices. The close was & return of 1.71 per cent for its unsettled, 3% to 3% net.lower, with May 1.43% to 144% and July 1.20% to 1.21, Later, common stock, bug it is stated in the annual report that its earnings in the last four months of 1921 were at the 40a50. Selling Prices at Noom. Wheat—No. 1 red winter, spof, 'no ish ;{:el. prominent equipments, oils and r‘verll of the rails, notably Canadian 'acific. {Sugars and food specialties extend- notwithstanding .announce- - o ~ | quotations; No. 2 red winter, sPot.|ment that disappearance of cqrn dur- | rate of 15.2 per cent on its commo ;}’g‘,f:,“;{;‘:u’"’ it i Lot Na-|149%; No. 2 red winter, garlicky, g :‘hgmwe:)rx:pvvm-:rktet:amll::%::mon oSk arte ah AR s T oo arket Street Rallway prior pre-|"'g, - f, rd, the c 2| pany’s undistributed profits at the $2,000,000 .less than they were at the nervous, 1% to 1% net lower, with| begi 4 May 66% tor66%. % L eginning of the”year. falling 1% points. Corn—Cob corn, old yellow, quoted 3.65a3.70 per bar Its deficit Tel; contract corm, after dividends for 1921 was $566,000 Meomey Fears Groundless. 71%: No. 4 corn, spot, 70 per bushel: ; 2] { e of £0, sty money fury, g (124 Son TEOTRC Y Bt o | NEEAS | iy mgy Gam, ogyland, invemlorie ane Smmitnents less, ‘call lodns opening at 1% ber T e i aeir 2 12 15K 116% 120% fsales were $14435. 16 and its net i ered, 71 per bushel. 67 .88 L6515 * .66y, | OPerating profit more than $900,000. nm‘gp:‘l:“:fiellr;_dev;nfintl!leell :’;“l‘ Oats—White, No. 2, 48a48% per 01 70 618 68 —_— subsidiaries contin-:pushel; No. 3, 47a47% per bushel. ued to move forward with shippings. | Rye_Nearby. 95a1.05 per bushel; aa ey ol oo ‘;'(’)""“N MARKETS. A Bumates. 2 ains of 1 to 3 points were made by |No, 2 western export, spot, 1.12% per Wyl ey e NE RK, March 1.—Notices of | Am Tel & Teleg. the intended delivery of between 35,000 and 40,000 bales of the local inspected Kelsey Wheel, LOCAL WHOLESALE PRICES. Crucible, Replogle, | bushel; No. 3, no quotation. Vanadium, New York Air Brake,| Hay—Receipts, 45 tons; range is Pierce Arrow preferred, Stewart|1800a21.00 for good to choice tim-| Eggs—Strictly fresh, Stock on March contracts, were issued Warner, Stromberg, United States|othy and mixed hay; market firm. P R e L {in the cotton market here today. There had been a great deal of uncertainty ern, 27. Live' poultry—Roosters, per Yb,, 18; |42, 10 whether this cotton woula be ten- turkeys, per 1b., 40a45; chickens, |0 capsed a good deal of March Rubber and Kelly Springfleld: Mexican and_California Petroleum and Standard Oil of New Jersey fea- tured the stronger oils. Straw—No. 1 rye, nominal, .16.90; No. 1 wheat, tangled, 11.00; No. 1 oat, nominal, 10.00a11.50. v CHICAGO, March 1.—With snow on | SPring. per Ib., 33a36; keats, youns,|jiquigation. It and 1% points, rails were apathetic. | fire domeatic_ winter erop terriory | spring hickena, per 1b., 32a35; hens, 25 boints over May, however, and, after § Noteworthy Features. from Liverpool, the ' wheat market | pos, 10+ 28; roostere. per Ib. 20: tur- | 36%0 55" points,” Mate ol up. Trom The noteworthy features in the|ITe, Showed ‘e material setvack in | 13 & 1830 o 18.38 and May from 18.03 to fiRancial situation toddy were a_se- £ Pork—Dreased, small, per 1b,, 12% | 111 was pointed out also that the United | ;3. ) i Futures opened barely stead: rles of new high records for sterlink | States visible supply of wheat was| 15 heavy, Sail, o March, 18.35; May, 18.05; July, 17,28 he allied exchanges, and the|jgrger than a year ago, and that),,- Ve stock—Calves, choice, per 1b.igoigper December 16400 -26; statements in the iron trade reviews | fhare was more wheat on ocean pas- | 12: 1ambs. choice, per 1b., 12a13; live of the week that steel business is = hogs, per Ib., 11.50. NEW YORK, March 1.—The read lgrger now than at any time since jage, as compared with this time | Green fruits—Apples per bbl. 6.00 [ absorption of ‘the early March liqui: 1820. At their high, sterling drafts!|Buenos Alres, however, tended to|211-50; Der bu. basket, 2.50a3.25;|dation promoted covering by May and Were up another cent in the pound, 4 fo western, per box, 2.75a4.50. 1i- | July shorts, while there was scattered ahd French francs were 1% cents | smmmmmmpmi————— | fornia 'lemons, per box, 6.00a6.50.| buying of new crop ‘months on re- above where they were six weeks California oranges, per crate, &. ports that cold weather in the south- G pacity, whereas two months ago it|6.00. Grapefruit, 3.0a4.50. Florida | west would render replanting neces. *SWhatever conmection there is be-|Was below 50 per cent. During the oranges, 4.50a6.00. ~Tangerines, 3.50a | sary in some Texas scctions. March tween this continued advance and)December lull the independent steel ¢.50. ¢ sold up to 18.50, May to 18.23 and pending political developments, such | makers were operating at 35 per cent.| Vegetables—Potatoes, No. 1, per|October fo 16.80, around midday, a8 the Genoa conference and the pro- | They are now up to 50. This increase | bbl., 3.50a3.75; per sack, 3.50a3.90., making recoveries to within 2 or 3 sPective ratification of the treaties|in the buylng movement must soon|Sweets, 2.50a4.00. Lettuce, southern, points of yesterday's closing. Private negotiated at Washington, is alto- |lead to higher prices for steel prod=|per crate, 2.00a5.00. Romaine lettuce, | cables reported liquidation of March ghther sentimental. tcts. 1.25a2.00. Cymblfngs, per crate, 3.00 [ contracts in Liverpool owing to fear It should not for a moment obscure Ralls Hold Steady. 24.00. Spinach, per bbl, 2.00a5.50.|of tenders of both American and Egyp- the central fact that exchange rates Onions, per 100-1b. sack, 8.00a9.00. [ tian cotton. Manchester reported During the greater part of the time " 2.7523.00 wt.' Cucum- d cioth: i e o e aante Cabbage, 2.75a3. per cwt. um- | yarns and cloths quieter. ep on pushing back toward the old- i‘in bers, 3.006.00. e par because the International Eggplants, per crate,| LIVERPOOL, March 1.—Cotton, buoyancy exhibited earlier this week. | 4 00a5.00. Tomatoes, per box, Flor- Seatern Burope and If. the hamge|, Frices in the railway lst kept T 0a5.0, Baans, .5034:50 per |SPot, quiet; prices steady: ood mid- 18 long enough maintained will lead ;“'","yy-!;;“f{:&;:gl"":;'_f:’e:o;;‘"lg: basket. Sprouts, 25a35 per qt. Pep- ;i':l'ggiin;&fi‘-d o,f_"llz_ mlmgfig.x Ig.:;l: S ag Chel cenumption ot aold P23 | in a number of the industrials, chiefly pers, per crate, 3.00a4.00. Kale, 1.50| gooq “ordinary, ' 8.42; ordinary, 1.3, e Tt Bt the motors, the rubber and tire shares, | 30 . |Sales, 6,000 bales, ~ including’ 4,700 e Palon: the sugar stocks, the leathers, the American. Receipts, 6,000 bales; no he further expansion in the steel| Mexican ofls and certain unattached American. Futures closed quiet and STOCKHOLDERS ASSESSED. trade during the last week of Feb- | specialties. steady. roary may set down to three| 'The upward movement was inter-| BOSTON, March 1.—An assessment| March, 9.86: May, 9.91; July, 9.90; cguses. two of which are lasting, | rupted for a while in the early after- | of 100 per cent on stockholders of the | October, 9.59; December, 9.44; January, defunct Tremont Trust Company has | g, been imposed by Bank Commissioner Joseph C. Allen, who announced that | the indebtedness of the institution exceeded its assets by at least $1,000,- 000. Capital stock and surplus had been wiped cut, he said. Since its ile the third is transitory. First is [ noon by the sudden outburst of sell- the normal seasonal increase which /| ing in the Pierce Arrow stocks, which cgmes with the approach of spring:|was presumably the signal for the sgcond, the active buying to supply | new financial plan that has'long been railway equipment companies, | talked of. But the two to three ich in turn are meeting a more | points break in Plerce Arrow shares agtive inquiry from the railroads|had only slight effect elsewhere. themselves; and, third, the fear of a The demand for foreign government closing in 1920 Commissioner Allen t-coal strike. 1ssues and for railway mortgages of [ sald 126 borrowers of t bank had a result the Steel Corporation |the second and third rank was once | gone into bankruptcy or made #ssign- i® operating at 60 to 65 per cent ca- | more the feature of tHe bond market. | ments. P — BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS. NEW YORK, March 1.—Foreign bar silver, 63%; Mexican dollars, 48%. 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COMMERCIAL AUTO & SUPRLY CO. - . 819 14th Street NW.. — Telephenes Main 519 or Franklin 3075 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE BOND AND Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office. oo BT DI 108% - Allled Chemical Allis Chalmers. ... & Allis Chalmers pf. 2% Am AgrChem.... 3% Am Agr Chem pf.. 5% Am Beet Sugar... 37 Am Bosch The cargo carried through the ca-| Am Ca Am Car & Fdy pt..119% Am Chicle Co. . 8% XD 5% Am Hide & Lthr.. 13% Am Hide & Lthr pt 69% Am I Am Tobacco. .. Am Tobacco (B).. 135 Am Tobacco pt (n) 102% Am Woolen. ...... 86% Am Writing Pr pt. 28%- Am Zinc & Lead. .. 12% Atlantic Cst Line. Atlantic Fruit Ce 3 Atlantic Gulf. . 2% Atlantic Gulf pf... 1T% Austin Nichols % Austin Nichols pf. Baldwin Loco. Balto & Ohio. Barnett Leather. Beth Steel (B). Beth Steel 7% pf.. 2% Beth Steel 8% pf. .. 107 Booth Fisheries... 6% California Pckg... % California Petrol. 62% Canadlan Pacific. . 187 8% % 2% ® W% 8% 1 8% 6% 18% ChiMil &StP.... 2% Chi Mil & StPpf.. 3TH Chi & Northwn... 6% ChiR1& Pacific.. 4% ChiRI&P6%pL. T% ChiRI&P1%PL. 8% Chile Copper...... #% Chino Copper. % Coca-Cols. .. Colo Fuel. % Colo & Southern.. &% Colo & Southn 1st. 58% Colo &Southrn 2d. B4 Columbia Gas.... T Columbia Graph.. 2 Clmbia Graph pf.. 9% Comp Tabulator.. 68 Cons Cigar pf. @8% ConsGasof N ” Cons Intl Cal Min. 5% 12% L3 us% "% 8% i Cuba Cane Bugar. Cuba Cane Supf.. 29% 0% 71 m% Dome Mines. . Elec Stor Battery. 10% Elk Horn Coal.... 17 Emerson-Brantpf % Endicott-Johnson. :;: Eris P! Famous Players. . Famous Playrs pf. Fisher B of O pt. Goodrlch. Granby Consol. Gray & Davis. Great Northern pt Great Nor Ore.... Guantanamo Sug. Guif Mo & N pf. Hupp Motors. Ilinols Central Interboro Int! Agri Chemical 9% 1ntl Agri Chem pf.. l.'l:: 1 Cement. . lx.:: Combstn Eng. 2% Intl Harveste! "k Int] Mer Marine. 16% Intl Mer Marine pf 7% Intl Motor Truck. 2 1% L] Intl Paper. . Invincible Oil Jones Tea.. . Kansas City Sou.. Kansas C Bou pf.. Kansas & Gulf Co. Kayser (Jullus) Kelly-Spring T Kelsey Wheel Kennecott. Keystone Tire. Kresge (8 8! na Ste Lake Erie & W... 5%, » B Lake Erie & W pf. 28 Lee Tire & Rubber 28% Lehigh Valley.... & Liggett & Myrs pt. 114 Locomotive. #% Manati Sugar. Manhattan Elev.. % 18% 1% % 5% 108% 100% a e - 98% 0% 3% 5% 8%, 8% Ed 8% LHE TR L SRHpgRendnEane 1% % 1% (] k] 4% 100 4 6% 8% 2% 2% % % 0% 9% 0% % 0% 9% BY 1% % 0% 0% 1% 15% 16% nH Th UG 0% Hh BY u% N% 1% s & 6 T 4% . 8% 48% Mh 16%- 17% 2% W% U 1% 1% 1% 9% 18% 18% 6% 6 6% % B - % 2% 2B%* BYH % 6% MM %, % &% 9% "8 98 % 0% 0% 7 8 s% 8% T % 16% 16% 16% 158% 182% 123% a7 6% % 3 13 18 s 2 2 20 % 2% 0 5% 5% e 1 1w % % 9T B% I8k 13% ng n 1% 182 151% 151% us% W% % 61% e - oW 5% ) u% u% R . u% % n% 1 us lll“ 15 1% % e ZER L] L o% o%! Open. High. Yow. Close. MOR&TwWI..... 1% 1% 1% N% MOK&TDPIWL,.. U% % % Mo Pacific. o% B 2 5 B% 1% 15 29% 8% 37 17 “s A 3% 3L 8% 8% 8% uz uz uz % % K NevadaCopper... 14 14 M U NewOrTex&M.. 61% 61% 61 61 5% 6 5% 6 . W T TR . 65 65 6% 6% NYChi&StL2d. 7% 7% 7 70 NYNH&Hartfd. 17% 1% 7% 1% NYO& West.. 2% A% A% NYShipbuilding.. 24 24 2 23 Norfolk & Westrn. 9% 1004 9% 9% North American.. §7% 6% 6% 61% North Americanpt €2 &% 4 &% Northera Pacific.. 79% 9% T9% 79% OhloBody&Blow. 18 13 18 13 Oklahoma Prod... 2% 2% 2% 2% OntarioSilver.... &% 6% 6% b% Orpheum Circuit.. 15% 15% 15% 15% Otis Elevator. 187% 137% 157 187 Otis Steel. . 9% 104 9% 104 Owens Bottle. 20% 29% 20% 20% Pac Developm, v % T TH PacGas& Elec... @64 6% 68 € Pacific Mail 1% 1% 1% 18% Pacific Oil. 9l % a% % Pan-Amer P 56% b6% 5 B6% Pan-Am Pete (B). 50% 0% 60% 60% Panhandle........ 8 8 8 8 Parish& Bingham 16 16 16 6 Pennsylvania..... 85% 8% 386 Penn Seabd Steel. 7% 8 % People’s Gas. ... .. U% B % Peoria & Eastern. 12& 2% 12% Pere Marquette... 27 271% 26% 26% Pere Marg pf..... B9% 60 69% E9% Pere Mrqpriorpf. 69 6% 69 6% Phila Company... 8% 8% 3% B86% Phillips Pete...... 33 3% 23 3% PhillipsJones.... %0 % %0 % Plerce-Arrow 1B 18% M% 164 Plerce-Arrow pf.. 35% 85% 82 . 8% PerceOil..... 8 8% Th % Plerce Oil pf. % ® Pitts Coal. . 6 € Pond Creek C 1B% 15% L% Pressed Steel Car. 65% 65% 6% 6% Producers& Ref.. 21 2% 21 2% PublicServof NJ. 787% 80% 78% 80% Pullman Co. . Ray Con Copper-. . Reading. .. Reading 18t pf. Remington Typr. Replogle Steel. Rep Iron & Steel. Rep Iron & Stl pf. Ries Robert pf o Royal Dutch...... 6V 5% B34 B3% StL&SanFran... 29% 20% 28 2 StL&SanFrpf.. 60 650 4% & St LouisSouthwn. 28% 28% 21 2% StLouisSownpf.. 4l% 4% 4 4 SantaCeclilia Sug. 2% 8% 2% 3% Saxon Motors. . B 1% 1% 1% Seaboard ALDf... 7% % T% % Sears Roebuek 6% €% 6% 6 Seneca Coppe! n% 126 u% L% Sinclair Oil. 28 ®WK % 2% Sloss-Shefl % 3% 8 38 So Porto Sug. 52 63 62 &3 Southern Pacific.. 84% % 8% % Southern Rallway 21% 21% 0% 2l Southern Ry pf... 624 63 62% Stand Oil of Calif. %% 7% %% Stand Oflof NJ...181% 183 180 Stand Ol N J pf... 4% &% 1% 14% Stewart-Warner.. 3% 4% 34 Stromberg Carb.. &% Studebaker. . 101% Studebaker pf.... 102 Submarine Boat.. 5% Superior Oil. 5ia Tenn Copper..... 10% Texas Company... 4% Texas Gulf Sulphu 45% Texas & Pacific... 3% Texan & PC & Oll. 2% ‘Third Avenue. 20% 20% 2% 20% Tide Water Oil. 130 131 10 I8l Tobacco Prod. 69% 69% 68 59 Tol StL& Wnpf B. 86% 6% % 36% Trans Contl Oil, % 9 % % United Ry Inv pf.. 2% United Retail Stra. 48% US CastIr Pipe... 26% UB8Food Prod.... 3% U 8 Indus Alcohol. . 4% U S Ind Alcohol pf. 96% U S Realty. .. 8% U 8 Rubber. . 8% U 8 Rubber 15t pf. 101 U S Smelt & Ref... 8% USSteel..... U 8 Steel pf. . Utah Copper...... 6% 6% &k 6% Utah Securities... 13% % 13% Vanadium Corp... 3% 3% 36 L] 0% 6 % % 8 T A% BN % W% 1% Wells-FargoExp. %0 8 80 Wentern Md . M 95 % 9% Western Md 2d. 16% 16% 16% 6% 18% 1B% % 82 % . 2% K% Westhse E& M:.. 5% &% 6% 65% Wheeling&LE.. 7% 7% %% 1 Wheeling &LEDf 16 16% 16 16% White Motor. 2 39 8% 8% ‘White Oll..... % 9% fh 9% ‘Wickwire Spencer 15. 1% 1% 1% WilsonCompany.. 40 4 4 & Willys-Overland.. 6% 6% 6% 5% ‘Willys-Ovld pf. %._ 2% 26 25 Wisconsin Central 9% 2% 29 29 ‘Worthington (B). 67% 6% 6% 6% High, Low. Last. Call Money. 5 5 5 HOURLY SALES OF STOCKS. ~ DAIRY MARKETS. BALTIMORE, March 1 (Special).— Live poultry—Turkeys, 35a43; old toms, 35; poor and crooked breasts, 28a30; young chickens, 30a35; thin and staggy, 23a24; old hens, 27a30; small and white leghorns, 24a26; old roosters, 16a17; ducks, 25a35; geese, 25a30; poor and thin, 20a22; 'pigeons, pair, 30a38; guinea fowl, each, 30a60. Dressed poultry—Turkeys, Ib, 38a 45; old toms, 36a36; poorly dressed and thin, 28a30; young chickens, 28a32; old roosters, 17; capons, 30a43; ducks, -30235; geese, 25;!0 ative and nearby outhern, 25; duck eggs, 45. Butter—Creamery, fancy, 1b., 38a39; prints, 39a41; nearby creamery, 34a35; Jadles, 24a26; rolls, 20a23; store pack- ed, 18; dairy prints, 20a2: butter, 28. ——e 5 CHICAGO LIVE sTO! arkets). ead; beef s Eggs—] firsts, “doz., ICK_MARKET. 'HICAGO, March 1 (U. S. bureau o ‘attle — Receipts, 7,000 eers and she stock steady 1,495-pound steers, 7.5028.40; bulls ;_calves unevenly ; stockers and feeders steady on better grades; lower. grades dull. Hogs—Receipts, 21,000 head; un- even, mostly 10 to-15 cents lower than yesterday's average; lighter weights -guve. others slow; top, 11.20; bulk, 10.75a11.15; pigs, 25 to_40 lower; bulk desirable 100 to, 120 pounders, 10.00a 10. .25. B Sheep—Receipts, 17,000 head; very slow; nothing choice ‘sold_early;: bid- ding 25 to 50 lower; snorn Texas yearlings_and * twos 10.00a10.75; de- sirable- 81-pound shearing lambs, 14.50. T e —— SUGAR MARKET QUIET. ~-NEW YORK, March 1.—The early raw sugar market was unchanged at 23, for Cubas, cost and freight, equal fo 3.73 for centrifugal, with Porto Ricos quoted at 3b4. There were no sales to local refiners. Raw sugar futures, after showing| advances of 1 to 2 points, declined under selling by Wall street interests, prompted by larger crop estimates, 2nd at midday were 2 to 3 net lower. lowe * epe were no changes ln“nrzgnqe' men! fatew af Th sugar, with fine granu ""’nfl‘:‘ db'l:lt::tl:n:nd export account. 0] £ hnd futures were without < Union Pacific o 2 Bonds. (Quotations furpished by Bedmond & Co. 3 s.'l‘;mn'r! BONDE f58pm City of Rio de Janeiro 8s, 1946. French Government Ss, 1945 Erench Goverament 7s, 1941 Government ot Bwitzei 1143 Repubic of Chile e 154 ios* public of Chile Unil 1 3% 106% United Kingdom Gigs, 1929 105% United Kingdom g 1937, L3 Amer. Agri. Chem: 7%4s 1941. H ‘American Tel., piet ‘Armour 87 Atchison 4s, Atlantic Coast Line Atlantic Refining Co. 162 Baltimore and Ohlo B. W. Bethichem Steel p. m. Brooklyn Edison 7 Burlington (N, Canadian N 1. an Chicago Union Cuba Cane Bi - Mar. 68 Int. Rapid Transit 1st and ref. 5s 1966. Keily-Springfield 8s 103] ! Louisville and N Missouri, Kansas and Te: Missouri Paclfic general New York Central 7s 1930. Gentral deb. s 13 02% s Norfolk 10538 Northern Pacific 4s 1996. b d 8t. Louis and Sai St. Louis and San Francisco inc. 1945. . . Southern Southern Southern 1 Southern Hails Virginia-Carolina Webtern: Union. 63s 1636, Wilson & Co. 1st 6 194! SHORT-TERM SECURITIES. —Noon— Bia. Offer. 1011 101% Aluminum Co. of Amer. 7s 1925. American Tel. & Tel. 6s 1822, ‘American Tel, & Tel ‘American Thread Co. 6s American Tobacco Co. 78 192 American Tobacco Co. 7s 1923. Anaconda Copper 6s_1929. 192 Anglo-American Oil 738 1 Armour & CvZ 78 1830. Bethlehem Steel 7s 1823 Canadian Pacific 6s 1924, Central Argentine €s 1927 C., C., C. & St. L. 6s 1929, w York 78 w York C Copper Export Copper Export Copper Export Bears, Roebuck & Co. 1923.. % Sinclair Consol. Ofl 73s 1925.. 101% 102 Southwestern Bell 7s 1925....101 11-16 101% Swift & Co, 7s 1825. 1014 101% Swift & Co. 7s 193] 1083 exas Co. 7a 1923 0135 Union Tank Car 108% TU. 8. Rubber Co. 7s 1923. 101 Western Eleetric 78 1925....00 108% 108% Westinghouse E. & M. 78 163i.. 106% 108% TREASURY CERTIFICATES. — Rate—Maturity. EXCHANGE. (Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.) Selling checks—dollar values at noon today: By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 1.—Foreign ex- change steady. Great Britain, de- cables, - 4.44; demand, .43% demand, 38.34; cables, 38.36. Norway, demand, 17.15. Sweden, demand, 26.50. Denmark, demand, 21.15. Switzerland, demand, '18.58. Spain, demand, 16.02. Greece, demand, 4.62. Poland, demand, 02%. Czechoslovakia, demand, 1.74. Argentine, demand, 37.12. Braszil, de- mand, 13.75. Montreal, 981-16. WOOL MARKET DULL. Prices, However, Continue to old to Recent Levels. BOSTON, March 1 (Special).—It is becoming more evident that there is no surplus of the higher grade wools. and, while the market here was du prices continue to maintain their r cent levels. Cloth manufacturers re- port tweeds in demand, but have dif- ficulty in making goods which will meet the retail price requirements with raw matertals at present figures. ‘Wisconsin, Missouri and New Eng- land half-blood on an unwashed basis continued to be quoted around 38a39 a pound; three-eighth blood at 37a38 and quarter blood at 36a37. Best combing mohairs are selling near the 23a32-cent range, W best carding at 22a25. —— DRY GOODS QUIET. NEW YORK, March 1 (Special).— The dry goods market was quiet today, although there are known to be inquiries out for fairly large amounts of some - constructions. Prices in general held firm at recent levels deppite the easier tendency in the early trading In the raw staple. Narrower print cloths were in some- what stronger demand, but the wider constructions were dull, with a ten- dency reported to shade prices on de- sirable orders. Sheetings did better, with some buying for future delivery in the 6.15 yard goods. s for nearby delivery were chiefly sought, with somewhat short supply in some grades. Some mills are well sold up on oxfords, and there is a for spot and nearby delivery. Raw silk buyers are holding off in spite of the easier tone in oriental markets, as it is felt the orlental price declines -already have been seem convinced prices Mave 10ck bottom. Siik fabrics, however, signs of are i l 1 life; _cutters placing some fair sized orders in satins and taffetas. The market for silk shirtings has improved some- what, and the crepes are fairly active. CANDY STORES’ DEFICIT. NEW YORK, March 1—United Retdll Candy Stores’ financial state- t for 1921 shows =sales of $4,483,140 and a_deficit of $1,043,286 after charges. Fourteen ° .w stores were opened by the company in the maki rcseven ing & total of CURB MARKETS. % Carb. % | Continental Motors . 3 | Jerome Verde Packard Motor Car Co. 8s 1031 o sz | Sapulpa com 56 |Simms Petro Pennsylvania 1968. 106% | Bkelly 01 . 107 ° | Bauthern £ Bvirt Ioteraationa! i 8215 Tonopah Divide .. Heading general ds 1070 .o 693 | Tonopah_Extension . 903, } West_End Wright Aero S doon 100t 100 13-16 00 P01 1 € demand { po; (Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.) S d Service_(sem) ( Cities km«‘(om). Cities Bervice pfd. Commonwealth Fina Consolidated Copper =;.g§§=a.;sga! 8 FEE S Dayis. Dofin, Coul Federal Ol Gilisteer soik e Gillilana "opf 542 19 RUCT IR Oil. Guffey-Gill Indiag Packing Intercontinental Rubber Tnternational Petroleum (new).. Kay Coun; = Late Torpote ted . Salt Creek Prod Salt Creck (new) % fonopal United Eastern . . Buip_ Corporation. 8. Steamsh o AlHICATS rmour Leather com Armour Leather ot OIL STOCKS. Anglo-American Oil Co. = Borne-Scrymeer Co, o8 A £ DOMESTIC LEA TRADING IN BONDS Many Rails and Utilities Are Higher by Substantial Fractions. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, March l.—Domestic issues superseded those of foreign origin in today’s increasingly active bond market. Over a_ score of rails and utilities were higher by substan- tial fractions to almost 3 points. ‘The sustained strength of allied ex- change rates. the speculative demand behind the advance of a number of the low-priced rails and a slight eas- ing of the call Joan rate were the im- rtant factors back of the continued uoyancy of bonds on the stock ex- change today. United Kingdom and French gov- ernment and city issues were active- ly dealt in around the closing high levels of yesterday, while several other members of the foreign gov- ernment group advanced to fresh tops. Tokio 5s, up over 6 points, and the Danish and Swedish loans were notable examples. Kingdom of Italy 61gs, however, made little response * to the sharp upturn in lire. Liberty bonds were high during the most of the session. New High Prices. The position of leadership which the Missouri, Kansas and Texas and St. Louis and San Francisco bonds have held for some time in the active railway list was augmented today. All the new “Kgty” maturities work- ed to record high prices, and so did both the income 65 and adjustment 6 among Frisco issues. Missouri Pacific general 43 also reached their best price for the year, and the strong Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound 48 rose over.a point. Other railway bonds which had an upturn were the Baitimore and Ohio refunding 5s and the Missouri Pacific 58 of 1926. Greater, New York Trac- tion maturities were irregular, with a further advance to & new top in Brooklyn Rapid Transit 7s and a sharp decline in Third Avenue ad- justment 5s. Notes. Blair & Co. this morning announced the quick absorption of & new issue of $4,000,000 city of Sao Paulo thirtys year 8 per cent external secured sink- ing fund gold bonds. ' In addition to being the direct obligation of the city of Sao Paulo they are to be secured by a first charge on various tax re- ceipts. Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Rail- way- Company has asked the Inter- state Commerce Commission for =a government loan of $1,000,000 for ten years with which to meet the road's maturing indebtedness. A sypdicate headed by Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc., today offered an issue of $3,000,000 first mortgage 5 per cent gold bonds of the Cudahy Packing Compagy at 88 and interest 1d about 5.90 per cent. The are due Decgmber 1946, and are a direct first mortgage on all real valued at excess of $24,000,000. Eastman Dillon & Co. and the Na- tional City Company sold $600,000 City of Durham. N. C.. 5% per cent serial gold bonds at prices to yield about 5 per cent. Their maturities from run to 1962. Another syndicate today offered $2,800,000 City-of Atlanta, Ga., b per cent bonds, due serially from 1925 to 1961, and priced to yield from 4.65 per cent®to 4.55 per cent, according to maturity. e PARIS, March 1.—Prices were heavy on the bourse today. Three per cent rentnes, 57 francs 15 centimes. Ex- change on London, 48 francs 14 ocen- times. Five per cent loan, 78 francs, 95 centimes. The dollar was quoted at 10 france 35 centimes. ; S