Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1922, Page 28

- og LATESTOCK RALLY -FINANCIAL. Recsived by Private Wire Direct to The Star Ofice | abaia iz - b B o Sk IHE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ILIBERTYS ACTIVE A BTN 2% S T - D. C, i, Bt THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1922 [swvv vorr BONDS ros mmo Received by Private Wire Direct te The Star Offica. / FINANC Grain, Produce and Live Stock ? UNITED STATES BONDS. RAILROADS. i HAl.Is REE[SS'GN e Reducu T T e i ackaanna steet” R m;.i IN B[]Nfl TRAD'NG (#1000, High. Low. Close. © (31,000), High. . | LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET. [Ajax Rubber. . 12 12% 12% / 12% ;Lehigh Valle; .63 6% 63 &% Liberty 3%s 10026 10036 :fi:&nmu © ;ofl g ::: A dull and dragging market on A % % % %|LimaLocomotive.. §9% &% 68% 58% g 2 Liberty 1st 4 9880 9900 Alnn'lml““ n e e pork, a lifeless one on beef—caused . 1% 1% . 1% 1elLoewsInc........ ‘18% 20% 18% 2% < Liberty 2d 4%s. 1303 9826 9828 tlantic Cst L 1st 4s. 5 88 by a flooding of medium grades—and g Alled Chemical... 78% 7% 78% 78% |Louls &Nashville, 13¢ 13- 184 184 | . o jLiberty 3d 41 s. 4561 90 9952 |AtlanticCstLcolds. 12 81% B4 8UA| T o 0 L TN b opened to- Many Advances Recorded i i o um Government Said to Be Big umery ndifiin wm ma wu |Baldonewrimiucu WA Bi 2L 2 . 0% h ctory 4% s°23 79 10046 10042 = > H |Am'Agr Chemical. 31 Mack Truck 2d. u% 8 i i . | Victory 4%s (c! 00 10002 19 100% \100% 1004 | Ducks, geese and chickens are After Sharp Reaction * 3= e e Macy Co..... e oo ua Purchaser in Today’s Mar us;uy.;g&s:f.? e ‘s ‘e W1 2 st W% 81 |bringing practically the same iden- = da . Am Bank Note. ‘91 91 91 |MagmaCopper.... 28% 3% 2% 28% : ¥ e 17 % % .’fl’* ;l‘c- g lprlce for the respective :f“dlc:i Earlier in Session. Am Bank Note p! 5% G5% 66% [Mallison & Co..... 36% '35% 34% 86 ket—Prices Lower. FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, STA’ ™ W T |Forlive turkeys 47 and 48 cents rule Am Beet Sugar 4% 41% 416 |Manati Sugar,.... 6% b 60% 60% AND MUNICIPAL. (L] gg i L isabin (e et inE WS s 5 Am Bosch......... 38 9% 3} 3% :“‘:““" Elctfs. 5% 5% 80 80 |. % - 1 01" |rival Cof & sizabte bateh of Christ- BY STUART P. WEST. AmBrikothge.... & Wh @ WEILhatan Shirt.. MG SX & & BY GEORGE T. HUGHES. s |mas trees trom the north the latter ~ Am Can.. % % 73 T MarketStprior... 67% 674 6% 6% 2 Buff Ro & Pitts 4 92 | Part of this week or the early part of Special Dispateh to The Star. AmCanpf........ 12% 118% 112% U% [Market StRy2d... m% 20% 2% 23% | Special Dispatch to The Star. %s. 1 next Week, and by next Tuesday an NEW YORK, December 14.—Today’s |Am Car & Fdy. Marland Oil. .25% 2% 28 2%|- NEW YORK, December 14.—Heavy g 9% 9% | Canads Southernfs.. ¢ 9% 9 9 |adequate supply to meet early de- stock market, during the greater part |Am €hicle Co. mn‘:’nfinm. . 2% 31% 28% 31%|trading In liberties at 6wer prices 100 100 |Canadian North6s. 3 111% 111 111’ '|mande should be on hand. of the time, pursued a rather aimless :'mn g:::::g:ll;i 2 FriidGr }Q; . :%K fx f«‘z :’V; was the feature of the bond market m m &-n-flm:"n Norta.hh .o 1 3% 13% 13K axedm,." Strictly fresh, u,leme “;?l-m«?;;: 22nies z Pac N . , 55; avera , 622 course. y ’ ‘Am Druggist 6 6 6 (MayDeptStores.. 168 168 1om4 167 |today. The'third 4is and the fourth W | tal Pactno s, - 8 ame . #1° e |outhern, 50, Cold Sorage eggs, 3083z The fact that prices have been §0- lam Hide & Leath 9% 10% 10% |McIntyre Porcu... 18% 18% 18% 18%| 4%, especially the former, were very B 9% |ContralRRofN T8 3 17 107 107 | (uiire, Poultry—Roosters. per ib. 14: ing up almost uninterruptedly for[Am Ice. 10914 107% 107% [Mexican Pete..... 240 263 240 248 |active. It was reported that pur- 15 8% | Ches & Ohip cv bs. " sy p‘;:";‘,g"v,,;;c;fi} , 47a50; spring chickenss more than a week led the specula- [Am Icapf. 8 83 = 88 ;::cnn g::bo&rd 6% 16% 164 "lfl" chases for the government account 241 95% | Ches & Ohio cv 4 %: 8% 69 |fowls e z.zf:uu.:oun‘.uc 5 H tive element to feel that some re- |Am International. 22 2 2% 204 |Mexican Shactfs., 16% 1% 18 1% | were being made on a large scdle, but 105 01 | Ches & Ohlo gen 449 11 e Wi 4| Dressed poultry—Fresh-killed nfl]ni action was due. W P s soi4 90 |Midvale Steel. w5 2w 23% 2a% | the supply more than kept pace with O o |Chid Alton3%se.rr: B 200 2% 2% | 24825; TGosters, per Jo is: tarkeys. PeF This sentiment showed in somewhat lum Locomotive. .. 124% 12% 128 12% |Minn&StL(n)... @ 6% 6% 6%|the demand. The source of the sell- | o J01% 101%|ChiB& Qgendsis68 & 8% 8% Ib., 50a54; keats, young, each, 70a80. heavy profit taking, following an ear- [Am Loco pf. 121 121 121 (MinnStP&SSM. 6% 6% 6% 6% ing could not be learned. 108t 0% [CID & Qlst & rf6s. 10 100% 100% 100% | ,Live stock—Calves. choice, per Ib. Iy advance. But where stocks slipped {Am Metals. 4 8% 481 |MoKan& Téxas.. 1% 1% W% 1%| The general market fvas dull and 10a% 100% |Chi& EastMigenSe. 17 81% 60% 81 |j2'%; medlum, per 1b., 12; thin. per back in some directions fresh buying |[Am Radiator.... 19 19 119 MoKan& Texpf.. 89 40 39 40 |irregular, with prices inclined to fol- o Guvi |Chi Great Westernds & 62 B2 62 |ji,,°a) Lambe cholce per ‘lb.iwlfl. appeared In others. It was a_market [Am Safety Razor 7% 7% 7T |Mo Pacific... 16% 16% 16% 16%|low the lead of &tocks. International 0% 0% |ChiM&StPref4ys 21 56% 58% 58% | per i o 3-0028.00 each: 1ive = which, although very much mixed, did |{Am Ship & Com 20% 19 19%|MoPacificpf...... 48 4 4% &% |and Great Northern Adjustment 6s B 8% e sk T not betcken any essential change |Am Smelting 8% G54 66%|Montana Power... 67 67 6 61' | were heavily dealt in following the | rzechostovakl sl 8A% 7.50; per. '.‘;"h—l\vnle!' oL from the quiet tone of confidence |Am Steel Fdy. 88 37% 88 |Montgomery Ward 21% 21% 21% 23%| announcement of the plan of the St.|, '/ mml'; I‘s Y oe 108% 108% 00; Dmdo:: e\l‘,n }zuketbbrlxu.rm“o IO e through the operations of {Am Steel Fdy pf. 16 106 w1 |MoonMotors..... 1. 1% I8 18%|Louls-San Francisco o acquire the|Dan Municipal faA-. ¢ 1004 106 e &80 Delictous, No. 1, per bol.. 6 91 the previous da Am Sugar. . 7% 76 76 |MotherLodeCltn. 1% 1% 11 1 froad. L S 3 I e 1% ORat e DRy 2 Sterling Still Going Up. Am Sugar pf. WU 107107 | et wi W om% 8 m € Other Issues Gained. Denmark 6 %% 98% 00. Grapefruit, 3.00a3.76. Tange- Sterling exchange, after its abrupt Am Sumatra. 297% 30 29% 30 Natl Clolk&sl;l.!.. P ' &% 8% Under the stimulus of this an- Dom Rep b 8% 8% 0a3.00. six-cent recoil from the high of |Am Sumatrg pf. 58 58 88 B8 | ot it © %% " “De 14| Douncement the adjustments ran up|Dutch East 'nd 6s ‘47 @ 9 ables—Potatoes, per bbl., No. } ‘Wednesday morning, resumed the up- Am Tel & Teleg. 125 125 124% 124% Ni = > 3 points and then reacted 2. Under Dutch East Ind 6 s 2% ®B% $0a1 per sack, 2.00a2.25: No. 2. vament, but in a much more | Am Tobacco. 186 166 |NatlEnameling... 65 65 65 6 |the reorganization plan these bonds stingss A1.00. Sweet potatoes. North Caro- AR Ta¥euent, i N French Govt 8 % sl 9% lina, 4 295, t moderate way. That the rise in ster_lAm Water Wks. 23 28 28 o8 |NatlLead... 127 121% 124 |are secured on all the property sub- - 18 ina. 4 al.50; nearby, 1.50a2.25. Let- less than 20 cents of [Am W Wks 6% pf. 9% 604 49 60t [NatIRyofM2d... 8% 34 3% 3%|Jject to the first 6s due 1952. The Gs uce, per crate, southern, 1.00a2.50. Ro- ®old parity is the result of Great|am w wWks7epf.. 8a 88 88 & |NevadaCopper.... 1% W% 1% 1¢%|a0ld up to 97 today. The Internation- }‘,‘,‘,‘,’,‘;"’““"- per crate, 50a1.25; 'g"”" Britain's constantly improving posi- 7 e ooi sng|NewOrTex & Mex sy smy 6% & fal and Great Northern has never had |} CCC & 8t L ref & e o, B zms T GRS, tion in the International money mar- B Rt R'INYAlrBrake (A) 4% @4 % @%|a Eood earning record. There was Cleveland Term 5% =AY T L) g Jiets, and that everything else s of (A Writng Prpt. 2 2 2 8 9 9% %|also an advance today In the cer- Colo & Southern 43 Plants; per erate. 4000500 subordinate importance, is not open | 3 “ oA el e 2% % 8% |tificates of deposit of the Interna- 22 CubRRIst & e27 s per: box.. Fiorsia. A to_question. el P 8 e 0% O NvDoec 204 2% 204 |tional and Great Northern notes of f Marseflle = %s 2002450 per basket, e heavy buying of the last week A 3 NTN 4 % Mexico 5 - 3 3.0024.50 pe ¥ undoubtedly represents operations of |Assets Realizn 11 4 1 [N et R i o). St Louis-San Francisco prior lien | Netherlands 6s...... 59 D udmonibie . Dhast,, Pppers, pe d considerable magnitude, but the mo- [Asso Dry Goods... 6 6 &% 6 ioic g tilaies T T T80 TR “A” 48 and adjustment 6s were both | NorwaySa.... 6 e e RIS e e per etk o "theue wperations 18 the |Asso Dry G 1st pf. &5 w sy i |N Y Shipbullding.. 14° M 14 M active and higher. Missouri, Kanaus | Norway 68 otts 5 o o dicon ozen, 50a1.00: rnia, per crate, 6. conviction that xll ubstacles had been |Atchtwon. ... L101% 101% Notfolk Sontliern. 24 4 land Texas = adjustments gained | Prague T%s. 0 Detroit United 43 6.50." California grapes, per crate, 1.50a removed in the way of sterling’s re-{stlanta Bir & Atl, 17 : Norfolk & Western 1124 11244 112 112 | ground, as did St. Louis Southwestern | Queensiand 7 71 Etief=tconidy 3.00. 3 2 wurn to normal, and that it is_entitled |y yantic Cst Line. . 1141p Norf& Westpf... T . T T T |Terminal 5s. Southern railway gener- | Oueensind 6s 6 Erle ggn 48 1o go back there in the near future. |\ilaneic Gulf North American... 9% (% 9% 8% |al 4s. which were so very active|RlodeJan 8s1946., 8 Erle conv 4s A GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. National Lead Breaks. *Atlantic Ref Nvorth American pf 4 :5 45 IB_ Wednesday, sold around 68 today. At|Rio de Jan 8s 1947 2 Erfeconv4s D.. BALTIMORE. Md. December 14 T 5 Northern Pacific.. 767 76% T% 7% |this price the yleld is better than 6 5 g Gr Trunk s £ deb 6 2 p i ‘Wall street had received one shock |Atlas Tack. Nunnally Co 10 10 10 10 |per cent. Earni 3 Sao Paulo, Stof, 8s.., 2 G d (Special). — Potatoc white, 100 Wednesday when the Woolworth direc- (Austin Nichols. R oS Peliway are vaings of the Southera|Seine, Deptob, 7 8 e unki7a pounds, 50a1.25; 150 pounds, 90a2.00; * tors, instead of the expected melon Oklahoma Prod %6 1% % %i|isokila faveranioites and the out- 2 Great Nortii ger. 7 sweets, barrel, '1.00a1.75; bushel, 60a cutting, announced that the accumu- {Baldwin Loco Orpheum Circuit.. 196 19% 1% 19% |68 fluctuated un: ’:;‘bogrd Air Line 2 Great North gen 5% 75; basket, 30a40; yams, barrel, 1.50a Jated surplus would be devoted to writ- | Balto & Ohio. Ouv!! Blogaios . ane ey .:sc;’r inly. New Or- Rwiss Confed s 88, 3 118% 118% 118% Hudson & Man ref §s. 17 13]2.00; bushtl 60a75. Beans, ing down the good “:;:“ mm\. hx £t |Balto & Ohio bt Ot Dlavau e xas exico incomes ad- [ moyto go o s U% n% :udwn&mnuuu 6 e 61 61 |3.00a5.00; beets, 100, 3.00a4.00; bro- ]anolnar &hock today when the Natlonal |epank of Comm'ce 504 Owens Bottls a Kingdom 548 89161 114 1a} 1ss | 11 Central ref 4s 5 88% 88 8% |coll, bushel 30a40; brussels sprouts, .ead board gave out that the stocK g, recqa11 (A) W 33% - Steel Issues Move Up. Td K1 51887 1009 | Inter-M 43s ctfs 68 10% 10% 10% (Quart, 15a20; cabbage, ton, 20.00a dividend, about which so much has ’ Among - high-grade 1 - 7d Kingdom &% 224 108% 108 Inter Rap Transit 68, 18 73 78% 72% (30.00; savoy bushel, 65a85; carrots, been said, and which furnished the BEneSIaI (B -1 I EacificDevalop. s | States Steer” sinking rund ve United | Uruguay 88 1946...... 6 105 100% 195 |ineer R Transitsct. 2 78 7 79 | 100, 3.0086.00; caulifiower, barrel, 3.00 basis for the recent 15-point rise, woul 3 s up. . . 26.00; celery, 100, 5,0026.00; cucum. 7ot be considered ut e preseni meet- [Beechnut Packing 115 Paclic oil . . e Under the BIEEor e P A e e e InterRTransitTawi22 9 %% % |Lor’ Crate 4.00a8.00; horseradis ing. In conmsequence. the stock broke Steel. . % ackard Motor. 2 19% |and N . St e i (CIICAGO(LA eriis. - %6 Bk > bushel, 3.6024.00. violently. It is understood that Na-|Beth Steel (B).. 6314 6476 | Pan-Amer Pete. 1% 8 -harp\flr:e’.‘w?::,rs’;«J(’ff{,- 'r}-‘,‘i R e o ) s 101% {nt&GrhorMJ 68. €28 Egeplants, crate, 4.00a tonal Tead directors are divided on |Beth Steel 8¢ pf: .. 1I% 111%|Pan-Am Pete (B). 7% 79 76% 76%|and Delaware and Hudson refunding | AW Agrl Chem Ss. E ot tuce, basket, 50a1.60. Kal the stock dividend question. Booth Fisheries £ @ |Panhandle P& R.. 4 4% % 4% |58 were reactionary. nding lAm Cotton OIl 58. k% RnnCtySuu 281950. 4 30210, ©Ontops, 100 Touno New Stock on Big Hoard. Brit Em Stl 2d pf 25% 26% |Panhundle pf. 5 @5 65| Among industrails Cerro de Paseo| A0 Smelt & Rist o awsoulec 3 Oyster plants, 100, 7.00a%. The new common stock of May De- Bklyn Edison. 4% 147 118% 14 46% | & made another new high. Cuba Cane | AT Susar Ret 123 | Kansas City Term 4. 15 snips, bush 41.00. partment Stores was @ealt tn on the |Bklyn Rapid Tran. 154 16% 4% 15 31 | Sugar s sold up to within 2 poluts | 47 e nee e | ““‘1;"2‘; 2 4.0045.00. New York N ange for the |Bklyn Rap Tretfs 13 18 121§ 121 ogw; | ©f the high of the year, m T & T cl tr 5 o8y 983 uk‘ snO" = aee 1 Pumpki ; Spinac 1rst time today an the financial [Bklyn Unfon Gas.. 144% 144 116G 14% 2616 36% The lculul_:e'ut he foreign list w Am T.&Trl.lrt - oY e 0 e 45 1931 8 bushel, 83 8 . crate, 8.00a “tatement of the company for the |Brown Shoe....... 8% 60 68% 6 |PereMarg pf. & 6o |the Brazil 7%s. They ran up more|Am Water Works s Lehigh Valley 6s..... 9 4.00. Tomatoes, crate, 4.00a7.00, Tur- 1irst nine months of 1922 was pub- |Byurns Bros (A) 144 14% 146 148% [Philadelphia Co... 41 41 @% 0% than a point. This is the coffec se- | Anton Jergens 6s.... 39 5 nips, bushel, 50a35. ) 7 ehed. "May Department common Is |puris B1OS () @ e e e e o cums loan issued in sterling, and re- | Armour & Co 4%s B 6 Apples, packed, barrel, 2.00a5. paying $5 .Annu;fll'; in dn‘l;‘lendn. ““‘("Buue Copper. . % 9% 9% 9% |Pitrco-Arrow Dw mw nw 12 ::::‘Z to the strength in sterling ex- | Atlantic Refining 5s.. & 5 g::a:l‘ =0 Lo]:en;':p:;}';}w:'”?ffl « ings are at the rate of 3 e = e . » 203 , 1.25a2, T tels $10 4 wear. The stk |Butte & Superior.. 31% 8% % 1% [Plerce-Arrow pf.. 284 28% 2m4 28 (Dluch Interest was taken in the new Bl Tl P ar 0 H Manhattan Ry cn 4s. 9 B R ULATE S0 divldend recently declared took about [ o0 poe 0 o g [PlerceOIL o euu 4K % % 4| Issue of 313,000,000 Philippine gov- | Bethlehem Ste s 12 Market St Ry cons 58 6 Grapefruit,” box, 2.25a4.00. Oranges, $6,000,000 from surplus account, Calif § o Plggly-Wiggly. 5% b5l & 49% |erniment 43 per cent bonds, offered Beth’em Steel pm bs. 6 3 box, 3.50a45.00. Pineapples, crate, 4.00 B mounts o 4t ledst $11- |California Petepf. 8¢ 94 %4 94 |Ppitts Coal... . 68% Go% &84 6ak(at 98. Consldering their exemption | Betnrem Stocl bf 6o 2 7.00. " Tangerines, strap, 4.00a7.00. 900,000. Callahan Zinc... 8% 9% 8% % |Pitts& W Va.. 84 % 3¢ 4% (from taxation,\the yield is high, al- eel 8 29 o Selling Prices at 12:30, i R Calumet & Arizona 86 8 58 56 |pond Creck Cosl.. 22% 23 2% 23% |thoush. strictly speaking, there {s no | Brier Hill St 1nt63%s. 3 = — Siiimis 5 Quite definite assurances have been [CETOSRRATEC: Mo, . U gk [Pressed Stesl Car.. s s e £ T usiitegiSiates Busn Tra Brdg 6260, : cuotations: No. 3 red winter, spot, o o o e Central Leather. % 83% 83% 38% |Producers& Ref.. & &1 4% &% . 5 M0 . 1 unofficially v that Cluett-Pea- |- b h h e 2 1.34%; No. 3 red winter, spot, no quo- Dody will pay dividends on its com. |CentralLeathpf.. Wi i T4 Tl |publicServof NJ. % ot sy % Bush Termcon 5s.... 3 %0 83% % tations; No. 2 red winter, garlicky, “mon_stock next March. probably at|Cent ot ors 2o e o | licServicon o T0GRE eI 0 R10E {Can Gen Blec debés. 10 103 108 103 1341 No. 3 red winter, garlicky, no the rate of 5 per cent. The last quar- |(87ro € FE4G0. . s 4T Pullman Co....... 180 130 127% | Central Leather bs... 4 5% 9% &5 quotations; December, 1.3$%. terly dividend per cent was [Chandler Motor... 64— 64% 6% 6% Punta Alegro..... 4" 4% & @ 1 Cerro de Pasco §s....760 157 138 Sales—Bag lots of nearby at 1.00. _ . Earnings are said [Chesap’ke & Ohlo, 66% 6%% 65 6% |pure Oil.......... 2N§ 21% 2% 21% | Chile Copper Ge e e Corn—Cob corn. new, 3.50 and 3.55 rate of $11 annua Ches & Ohio pf w i. 1014 101% 101% 1013% Chile K‘unn'r'ls‘ 18 bt per el; contract, spot. 8213 ut further the fav- |Chi& Alton.. % 2 21 [Railway Steel Spr. 116% 136ty (w& mv,] CHG i r i Y Centraldeb 6r . 13 1 {ushel; No. 2. 84; No, been heard |Chi & Alton pf. $% % 3% 3% |Ray ConCopper... 13% 13% 13% 13% Comp-Tab-Rec 6s 41 2 ¥ Central deb 4s '3 5 S e e the busi- [Chi & EastIllpf.. 5 5% 35 58% | Reading. . T8 9% T B H 5 7 e Y Cent ref § R 85286 bushel siess of which eubody IS & [ChlGreat Westrn. 414 4% 4% 44 |Reading 1 81 51 81 Bl 'E?’Sffi’nl’i '55 ‘:;s o ¥ Cont ?fv??i‘»s-’; : 4 o r bushel “uccessful membe Chi Great W pf. 813 9 |Reading 2d pf..... 5% 62 Gl% 62 | . | Ciiban-Am Sxass 88t 8 ew Haven cv deb &3 § 23 | asked: No. 3 el L =y 21, 2% |Reis Robert....... 16% 16% 1613 18% | Det Edison &e 1940... 1 New Haven deb 4557 5 w".l Tty e—Nearby, §5a85 per bushel; No. oo S i s Chi Mil & St P p @ ®hiRemigtonTypr.. 8 &% 3 % |Censys Report Sho B Det Edison ref 6s. H NYStateRyd4s.... 8 67% | 2. western export, spot, 1. per 1 : ch CHEE NOLthwnEs s 8% 78 |Rep Iron & Steel.. #% 41 6\r & P ws Best | o;'pa : o 1is 1077 | N Y West & Bos 4143, ¢ bushel; No. 3, no_quotations. dredths of a cent. and the Change|ChiPheumatTool. 2% 2% ®% ®%|Replron&SUPL.. 2% =k &% &% ; . Duqucsne Light 195s. 6 lofie 107" -m"ixonolkawmcn«:' s | Hay—Receipts, 86 tons: market for Was significant that the advance, al- [Chi RI& Pacific.. 2% 2% 324 2% |ReynoldsSprings. 174 26% 1T% 26% Consumptmn F,gu’-es |D,,.,u,m,un“ 2 1085 108% 108% | Norfolk & West cv 6s 12 11334 | top grade of timothy and light clover though slight, should have come with |ChiRI&P6%pf.. 82% &2 8% 2% ReynoldsTob (B). 48 4% 48 &% East Cub Sugar 7%s. 6 1% 15 91 | Northern Paclfic3s.. 5 62 |mixed, 16.00a20.00 per tom, and for note Sclreutation rapidly approaching (Chi RI&PTe%pf.. 931 1 8% %84 |Royal Dutch...... B% 6% 8% 5% Since Octob Empire F & G 1%48...40 o 881 94 |Northern Pacificés.. 7 § |€ood mixed. 1600a1750. the trillion mark and simultaneously {ChiStPM&Om.. 8 1 7= 7 ce October, 1917. Framerican 1D 7 6 % 9 9 [|NorthPacrefimpés. 6 109 | Straw—No. 1 tangled rve ~ With the British premler's declara |Chile Copper...... 2% 2% 21 %St Joseph Lead.... 15% 1% 194 \ Franels Sug 752s 42 § 103 15 12 |Northern Pacficss.. 2 ot | 16:00; No. 1 wheat, 10.00a11. tion to the house of commons that 2 o4 [StL&SsnFran.. 2% 2% 2% =% Gon Hlectre b te, 5 W2 12 12 |oreacanrists . %34 |oat. nominal, 12.00412.50. G‘muyuw:; E:xa:- °.°."Zf:.'; 10 1000 St Louls Southwn. :‘:. b :fi g't: NM”' cotton was utflized durlng.g;gd ElectricdebSa.. 3 100% 10055 1004 Ore o et 5 2 gy [P CHICASO; Decmbes .= L < . D! 4 ovember than in any month since ich (BF) 6%s. 19 101% 101 101 oon - o The movement on the stock ex- peirrss [ St TG Somin! - einh Rl MRS Hoes 5 Goodyear Tire 85 ‘31, ¢ et 'Sei; | Ore-Wash 1st ref 4s.. 29 SP TRl o T sy el : 5 2 |SaxonMotors....! % Uk 1% 1i| October, 1917, the census bureau an-|GooqYestTirede - 18 BN W el | by, yons Med 5. 25 toward the end of the day. Generally |Colo & Southern... 46 4 4 Seabourd ALpf... 8% 8% 8% 8% nounced today In {ts monthly report <. Pennsy]vania gen 5s. 18 the recent speculative leaders went Conley Tin Foil. 1B 16% 16y 16 |Sears Ro.ebu\.'k, . BB% E%M w@ls ’.‘3 on cotton consumption. The cotton |Humble Oil & R5%s.21 97§ 9% 7% | Penn gen 4%s.... 3 lower, and United States Steel com- |Columbia Gas o © 102, 109, [SenecaCopper.... T4 T T4 T8|ininning ndustry has shown fncreaseq | IINOIs Steel41is'80. 5 92 @ 9 | Pennsylvania 6% won, which at one time had been sell- |Columbla Graph. Shattuck-Arizona. 7 8 P 8 oAty 7 4 #¢4 | Indiana Steel 5s. 14 101% 101% 101% | Pennsylvania gold 7s. § ing a point higher, came down again. [Columbia Graph pt 814 hell Trad & Tran. 26 864 $6 8gk | 2€IVity for several months. Inter Mer Marine 6s. 8 8% 89'; 83% | Peoria & East inc4s. 3 Tiut there were numerous ' special |Comp Tabulator.. i ! 4 i | Cotton on hand November 30 in con- | Inter Paper Int 58 B.. 13 113 &7 Pere Marq 1st 58, =2 moves on the other side. Reading |{Cons Cigar. . s suming_establishments amounted 10 | Relly-Springfield §s.. 2 107% 1% 107 | Reading gen 4s. .. v and Chesapeake and Ohio were eX-iCons Gasof 1% 121% s otlnianney Lackawanna St bs '23 o 109 | Rio Grande W b ceptionally strong, amoug the rall- {2l il ) 5 i linters, compared with 1379.770 of | foce nE Sl os a0, 100 D . 7 10ad stocks, the latter in recognition {CONY T 2 o lint and $2.169 of linters on_ October | Lackawanna St5s'60 4 @ 0 |RIArk&L4¥s..... 3 of its highly favorable earnings posiationt Can. s LS 1I2 31, and 1,655.359 of lint and 152.652 | LiEEett & Myers 7s e W | 1 IMaSR 8 G tion. The tobacco shares were bid up |Cont Insurance 8% 9% of linters on November 30 last year.| Liggett & Myers 5s. 6% o7 |Sire e a3 oot i 1010 in the last hour, and the smelting |Corn Products.... 131% 181% - | Cotton on hand November 30 in pub- | Magma Coppercv 7s. 5 1l4% 114t 1% SFprindsA. 13 % g ctocks and coppers held up well on |Cosden & Co. 60 01 0% lic storage and at compresaes amount- | Manati Sugarsf 7%s 12 %% @ % 3 [ DAIRY MARKETS. the ®igns of hardening in copper met- |Cosden pf. . L100 100 100 100 " to 4,198,095 bales of lint and 21,- | Marland Ol 8s war... 1 1% 1% 111% 7 ® | BALTIMORE, Md, December 14 al prices. The copper market is now |Crucible Steel..... 6% 72 6% =2 . 634 of linters, compared with 4,329,- | Mexican Petrol .6 107 107 107 4 K (s»'ecxu)—m\-'e poultry—Turkeys, 1b., well established above the 14-cent |Crucible Steelpf.. 901 9015 90% 901 [Stant Oilof Calif. 115 118% 115 116% | 902 of lint and 16,812 on October 31, | Mich State Tel1st 58.10 9% 9% 99% 56 45a50; poor and crooked breasts, 35; tevel and seems pointed higher. Cuban-Am Sugar.. 26% 26% 25% 23%|Stand Oilof NJ... 196% 108% 1961 19%|and 5,292,941 of lint and 177,378 of | Midvale Steel be. 2 8% g |BtL&SFprinésC. 3 100 | B ens, 21223; leghorns. 17a Cuba Cane Sugar.. 14% 14% W% 1415(StandOllofNJpf 117 117 117 117 |linters on November 30 last year. Montana Power 5 94 o714 | St LS W st 4s. I 78% | 20; cld hens, ; leghorns, 17al8; BUSINESS NOTES. CubaCane Spf.... &% 0% 3% 4 |Steel & Tube pf. % % “%cuv;_ lpln:l!! numbered ‘N.Sgl.— New England Tel 20 987 8% 9es | Bt PAKCSh Ldlis 8 1old roosters, 14; ducks, 19a24: smali > Sterling Prod..... 6% €1% 6I% 6% in November, .compared with New York Ed 1st 63113 110% 110% 110 | Seaboard A Lref 4s. 18 PHILADELPHIA, December 14— |DavidsonChem... 81 31% 303% 303 |Stewart-Warner.. 60 60 5#% 5% “Mag in (;cleherhm? year and 34- INVGELH & Pbs.. 2 9% 9% g3 | Seaboard A L con és. 10 The number of skilled workers in the |Bel Lack & Wstn..188 183 133 138 |Strombers Carb... 674 &n4 674 b7 | 438339 In November last year. | Now York Tel6s'41..12 106% 1054 1067 | Sou Pacificcv ds. building trades here has- dwindled [DomeMineg...... 43 48 4% 4% |Studebaker. 1% m% ey | Jmports and exports were NOllNey yorkTelds.. iz 94 g o4 | Sou Pacific ref ds. , old toms, 45 from 53,000 in 1920 to 35,000 today. izunont ‘?cfm - .zm xsu:.: 185 155% [Submarine Bo: TR 9 T North Am Edison 6s. 14 % 9% 3% g““g"-‘ Rylstbs...23 ¢1% 81 97 “5:;""‘-‘}0"" CNE . Dec . |Eastman a] 84 84's 1Superiur Oil. o AN N e e e North States Pow bs. % »s. | Southern Ry gen 4s. 5 ducks, 24a28; B Dt icamare, mator we. |Electric Stor Bat.. 814 &% 676 5w lsuperior Steei /. 20t 286 5% 2% | Northwent Bell Tel Ta 11 1014 10y o573 | Southern Ry dev 63a 2= i Egss—Lots of native ‘and nearby hivles In Minnesota. pald $5.554.994 of [l HornCoal.... 2% 23y 215 21 |SweetsCoofAm.. 1% 1% 1% 1% | Otls Steel 7248 7 sk s ggy|ScuByMoblle&Ods 1 7T A eter—Creamery, fancy, Ib. fhe total of $8,500.000 received from |ElkhormCoalpf... 0 & & w | e Wl T lous Steel 85 1 9% 8% 9gk | Term Assoof StLds 15 81% priuts, 56a58; nearby creamer: vehicle taxes in the state this year. ‘hmeraon-Bn\nt pf 3 8 enn Copper...... 9% e { Pacific Gas & Elbs... 7 9% @l @y | Third Avead)ss. 71 667 1 Tadles. 35a36: rolls, 33a33; sto et . dicott-Johnson. 88 8% 7% &7, (Texas Company... 483 8% 4% 4% | Pac Tel & Tel6s'62..10 915 91k g1 | Union Pacificist4s.. 28 915 9134 91 {oq, 33; dairy prints, 34a35; process HOUSTON, December 14 (Special). iErie..... 10% 1015 10% 10% | Texas Gulf Sulphu 8916 6915 7% 57% Packard Motor 8s. 7 107% 10715 107% | UB Pacific1stref4s.. 6 86 864~ 86% | putter, 35439 —This city will vcte December 30 on |Erie ist pf. 18% 16% 16% 13t |Texas & Pacific... 2% 21% 21 21 Pan-Amer Pete 75... 2 102% 16 1021 | Union Pacific cvds... &2 % sy | VU : a bond issuo of 34400000 to com’ |FamousPlayers... st 94 % s 24 2 2 PhilaCorefsA.....25 10 9% 9% TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES. o P e e Bal lramous Playerspf 9% 97% 9% 93% 127 125% 128% Producers & Ref $5.. 3 108 107% 108 CHICAGO, December 14—Wheat ]F‘ed Mines&Sm... 10 10 10 10 |Timken Bearing.. is B4 3% B4 Public Service b3. 8 B B% 8% averaged lower in price today during ——— FedMines& Spf.. 54 57 o4 géta|Tobacco Prod..... B 58 B% 56k the early dealings, bulls being handi- DIVIDENDS. — Fidelity Fire Insur. 106% 106% 106% 106% [TobaccoProd A... 815 8% 80% &% ~ Rogers BrownlIron7s 1 92 %2 & capped by unresponsiveness which the Fisher Body . 197 201 |TransContlOil... 1% 1% 1% 1% Sensational Advance in Ex- |Sacke& Cost™ 3 101 100% 100% Liverpool market showed toward yes- oo ot l’b-i{' Fisher Bof Opf... 98%2 98% 98 93 |Transue& Willms. 3¢ 24 33% 33% Sinclair Oil 7s. 30 101 100% 100% terday’s advance here. Snow and rain ARG | e e e % w = = | oOhange Held to Mean |Snrrbpelmessid = S | WiconCigents & e ot e Somertl e P Al Reduction- Gen Am Tank Car. 7% 7% 7 7 [UnionBag&Pap.. 68 68 & & chang i | Sou Por Rico Sug 7a.. & 10 - o o -0 B 8L s | e of the market. On the other Gen Asphalt. 4415 473 |Cnion O11. D 1% 18 18 | = Stand Ofl of Calif Ts.. 11 106% 1061 106% TOTAL SALES' (Par Value): hand, buying remained active, owing to Gen ASphalt pe. ... 19 T st nion Pacific. 1985 128% 187 1571 Boom in Trade. Siema Tube T8 3 1014 101 1017 | 118M-... 5483000 12noon... 10Z300) | contintied notice of proposed credit ex- Gen Cigar. . 8Y% 8% §3% |United Drug 8 48 B8 e Tide Watgr Ofl 8% 2 108% 103% 105% - 16151000 2pam.... 19484090 |tension enactments ‘x_allfle:n'srlz)ir:gtgn. Gen Electric. 8% 181% 181 |United Fruit...... 167% 167% 165 156 Tobacco Prod s £7s.. 5 103159 108% 103% e T e figures to % lower, with May, Gen Elec spl wi... 11 10% 10% |United Ry Inv 1% 1o 1% 1% | pene Agsociated Press. Toledo Edison 18t 78. 2,106 106 106 FOREIGN EXCHANGE. 193 o 1231, and July, 114% to Gen Motors. . 18% 13% 13% |United Ry Invpf.. 25% 20% 26% 26 LONDON, December 14—The con- {United Drug cv 8s. € 1% 1124 112% | (Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.) | 1.14%, was followed by a moderate Gen Motorspf..... 8% 8 8 g |United RetailStrs. 68ta 170% €% 6o%| o " " 00 L hange ves- | United Fuel Gas6s... 1 98 91l Nominal Selling chesks, | general sag and then by rallies, which, C .|GenMotG%deb... 88 8 8 g (USCastIrPipe... 28% 29 28 28 |tinued rise of sterling exchange Yes- |y gpeairys........ 13 9% 99% 9% Sold value. today,15:30, | however, falled to hold. St C Power Co. Gen Mot 7% deb. 9% 9% 98 93 |USFoodProd.. &% 5% bB% b6%!terday is displayed prominently by Rubber 1st ref 58%1 88! 88 Londou, pound........ 4.8665 St Active buying on the of a we Us 15 8 Coaner P, Go. € @4 4 e%|USHoffmanMch.. 20% 20% 2 2 |this morning’s newspapers, some Of Montreas,dolls 1005 | big“elevator interest gave relative 1% % on 7 N N N o« UslnduunAlel- % : 6% 68| wrich enthusiastically anticipate a el 1 stoength fojcors “:dnf'fif'r’xmce::'b:«rx o ok, 10 e K Rubbor.i .. B S & s |reduction of prices of food and cotton Rome: Trae. o o Seusan; 163, After opentng A% UG U% :% GSRubber 1stpf. 97% 9T% 1 97 |limportations from America. Zurich, unchanged to % cent lower, May, 731§ 12% 1% 12% 131 |U S Smeit & Ret 39% 39% 88% 38%{ This view the newspapers bolster {«‘t.l:;;‘ ~ to 73%, the corn m-.rkedt I-(:or‘ad sharp 81 8 7% g |USSmelt&RDf.. 8% &% 8% &% by citing the opinion of Premier % | Vienna, crown... ru?sr;fi;,:’m':hb;:‘_‘fl" o dl}:fyw 0% % 30% 30%|US L m 104% 105% | Konar Law, as expressed in the house Budapsat, crown. O arted 14 cent lower to a Kirby Lumber Co D. n fi‘i u% UK 2% 3.‘?‘65,8.; %38 121% 121% | of commons last evening, that unless agme shade higher, May, 46 to 46%, and B e Guit Mo & Nor... 1% 1% W% 18, some great disaster in forelgn affairs SHORT-TERM SECURITIES. Copenhagen 5 fater underwent a slight decline. Kamawha & Hocking Coul & % Gulf States Steel.. % 1% o m|Vanadium Corp... 5% % 8 |occurs, Great Britain will very soon | (Quotations furnished by Bedmond & Co) | Lhristial. cOom:--- 268 syf'“r::::;?x::n:e::.;nlel:;l:!e‘::i:rv Jn Yaper iile & st € "o 1|Harbishaw Cable.. 1% 1% 1 1y |vanRealte .. B S & ;| enjoy-bettef trade. K : g NEW YORK, December 14.—For- | ues, % . Dee. 2 fl.r:’mn; <‘:orp 8 8 B 8 |yicaqoy brs 4| In more conservative quarters,| Aluminum Go. of A %85z | olen axfhflnsé: ,'::e‘fi'.!fir] Qflgutkmdn endee Mfg....... 19 19 "'19 19 % “* | nowever, although a tendency toward | 4 Cotton Oil 68 dniscents T A S mand. q ) Houston Oil. . 6% W - &M% T |wabash.... ) 9 |improvement i recognized with sat- | oo™ g 107, kA ; cables, 463%; eixty-day bills BUILDING ON INCREASE. Hudson Motors.... 2% 26% 25} 251 | Wabash pf (A).... 244 2415 24% | isfaction, & warning s raised against | A K e Gemand, .0715; cables, 0719, NEW TORK. December 14.—In- Hupp Motors...... 26 26 2514 (2% | Webber & Hellbrn 12% 12% 124 | building 'too confidently upon the im- i 4 Corper o8 1929 Ttaly. demand, .0501; cables, 05011, | creased building through the coun- HydraulicSteel... 4 4 4 "4 [WesternMd...... G uy 1114 | mediate future, and it Is remarked | da Copper_7s_1920 X Belaium, demand, 0652 cables, | try, during the fall is reported in Hydraulic StIpf... 40 40 49 40 |Western Pacific... 15% 16 mlt?n 2 uuPe;ficlal considler:‘;in‘n of the merican Ol 7iis 0635, J - 1 J m:(su;x mu::\ior?- J&i.‘:‘»‘."i‘.?{:f. ‘;n 31 % % rise in exchange may le: 0 exag- i - November, a y e, X Ilinois Central. .. 108 ek 1o 1o | WoRtern KRGrs - o0 10 ’1017‘ Eerated “anticination of improved Germany, domand, .000131; cables, | sluded a hollday, 4 {otal Of $205,619. Northern' Ohio_ Tra Inspiration. . . B/ K 3% 3% |\ osthee Eles & M. 59% 5% economic conditions here O, i demand, .3997: cables, .40p1,| 700 Was put into new building in Lo, pt., a. 1%% Interboro Metro oK % Rl Eagle Oll... &% 2% g The financial editor of the Times 99 | Hol . 1899 .5 les, 4001 161 cities, against a total of $208,258, Northern "ONio_Tra % % % % e Eagle %2 |contends - that speculation has un- 101 Norway, demand, -1899: Sweden, de- | 590 for October.. Both months, the S in the rise of sterling and that the % B 3 , de- st. fifi%:i’.‘.imn % fl fi :2 Wickwire Spencer 1% 11% 11% ( pace is too hot to last. Referring to 985 | mand. 1566 %’,“fi?oogm'@d' o123, [AUBY - North ‘Wilson Company.. 38 37 3 3§ |the reported “operations of an exce| Poland, demand, .000 'zechoslo- CERTIFICATES. Intl & Gt Northern 2% 2% 23% 244 | willys-Overland.~ @%, 6% 6% _6tional character,” to which the ad- 3008 | vakia, demand, [0808; Argentina, de- TREASURY 5 9% 8% 81 |woolworth....... 100 ' 19% 1% 137 |vance in exchange is partly at- 98% | mand, .3800; Brazil,” demand, .1225; . IR % u% u% Worthington Pmp. 88 _ 33 33 g3 |tributed, the writer say Montreal, .99 9-16. Intl Mer Marine Df 1% 61% 4% ¢s% “It must not be inferred that the . ' ntl Nickel. . u - . Last. sh government has been Intl Nickel 1% High. Yow. last. | British t has been crrying BOND ISSUE SOUGHT. Intl Nickel pf. @Y% @ e Call Money..... & 4, 4 out :o‘meNprlv;te':or:o&m"u::;:n{:; Morrls & . 8% 5% - [ment in New York o Pes BAL' , December 14.—Ex- s e 3 2 - @50 |The movement had orlginated mainly | gears, Boebuck & ¢. 18 o1 | Dlatning o vatom . in. Prince 1 T - Kop o saind O o caltcs 1 3 | R ity of Wagnigton Th Rl Gt 21 2% 214 Tidewater L n e vicinity n. e £ 90 h ARIS BOURSE FIRM. GOODS PRICES FIRM. nton Tank Car 7e 1930. Washington Suburban Sanitary Com- sy Ll - > DBY qoops: N T e 107% | mission vestérday applied to the pub-| 1, the following lssues, temporary certif- PARIS, December 14—Prices were| NEW YORK, December 14 (Special). | Western . 6o 100 lio service commission for authority | cates are exchangeable for permanent bonds: —The tone of the market for cotton | Westinghouse to issue bonds, the issue to be from | United States of Brazil 30-yr. 7a 103: KansasCitySou.. 19% 19% 19 19 [firm on the bourse today. Thres par | TRe 10008 OF TN8 BO00 €L 3%, flding | ~ e e BT 000,000, The wtllitios] G gt b Cort i, Cols Dec. 22 lnnm&u’nlt(:o. % 2% 2 d" cent rates, 59 francs 50 centimes. in print cloths was fairly active, al- DOLLAR DOWN TO PAR. Mg.d set December 22 as the date for {fie'l.w . l'{: lg-n Syt 6% Kayser (Julius)... 4% & % Exchange on London, 64 francs §0 | though volume is not expected to in- hearing the application. B Bipe a e, Co, 1ai 30y Kelly-Spring Tire. & & &% %) coniime” crease greatly until after the holl-| LONDON, December 14—For the ~ Kans. Elec_Pwr. Co. u;{r st 6s 1837. Kelsey Wheel. 02 106 202~ 102 days. Bl and printers were in | first time in.more. than three ’_""—'“ ) inate of Ne! gr. 6a YA gt Kennecott. % 3% 26| Five per cent loan, 76 francs 67 een- | tne market, but mills were not - the dollar Sl Il ] I in?:- Bt xm. “51;) B m | The dotr oted at 13 fra 18 tige were 15 better A ] tava e dls::t:l?‘t‘m.ur I Sever produced & champon foot ., Yadxin 3 o ( m s m . was .qu al ncs ings were in better n, o $B% “sacecsrascna Y 9% centimes, AR the prices were firm, S Amsterdam, ball team.—Providence J.onru-l. 2 : : £ S5 ( (' g = : & iy A 3 . v i 3 G 157 o : 5 00 | annual IALa SHORTAGE N LABOR MORE MENACING S. 0. S. Calls Fail to Bring " Enough Workers to Many Industrial Plants. BY J. C. ROYLE, Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 14{.—The great industrial plants of the country are still sending out S. O. 8. calls for labor, skilled and unskilled. and thig demand for workers will be intensi fied after January 1. The migratory | workers released from the farms and from outdoor pursuits have been pretty well rounded up, but effor:s still are being made to entice skilled hands from the to the mills and factori These efforts are being vigorous'y combatted by these localities, which need men for their own Lusiness and agricultural programs, and with con- siderable success. Reports of a gens eral exodus of negro labor from ths south to the steel mills have been greatly exaggerated. Several tho =and negroes have moved north at the instance of labor recruiting agents, attracted by high wages, byt thess, according to southern state authori- uth and west ties today, have come from isolated sections of the cotton have been devastated weevi). belt, whici by the holl The workers taken, according te dispatches received from Atlanta and other Southern points today, are une suitable for other than fanm laboe in the south and no southern indus- trial “enterprises have been pered by their departure. asserted that the s Planterg movement was that 1 happe and negroes in m cotton fields in mer. Will Push Fight on Pests. Strong efforts to increase the suje ply of white arsenic as a result of the eeting hel: ¢ this city between governmert officials producers of arsenic and manie facturers of insccticides. Whi' arsénio is the base from which o cium arsenate is made, large qu; tities of which will be combat the ravages of the weevil In the southern states. present the amount of arsenic av able is sufficient to allow for t spraying of only a small percentaga of the total area which planted_to cotton In 1 is on the free list, recently imported hias bee Railroad equipment corpo are preparing bids on seve; freight engines and oth for the Union Pacific raiiroad, will_involve expenditure of nearly 600,000, and about fifty engines Chicago and Northwestern. A mil dollar order for cast-iron pipe for s ment to Porto Rico has been awarde to Birmingham makers and other big Spring and sums will be mai required 1 wil Ta Arsen .o steel and iron orders are known to be pending. The New York Central i fig- uring on new equipment for 1928, whicl is_expected to include 35,000 freight cars. 5 Reports from cinners throughout the country indicate that the demand fo1 cans for food products the coming sea- son will be well in excess of the pres- ent year. Tobacco Sales Heavy. Heavy sales of cigars, cigareties and tobacco continue in nearly evers 1eaf tobacco now belng section, and sold by growers i bringing excellent pri The demand for jewelry b holiday buvers is growing steadil Sales of furs and winter | have taken a decided juinp in jof cities this week. Radi {equipment are moving b south and west, but the der the custern states is not so heav it was early in the autumn. Possible changes in American fore eign relations which would tend tq open foreign markets more freely 1q American products will be apprectas tively received by farmers, according to Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kansasg who is here today. Reports ~oncerns ing more active participation 1y European affairs already have had & stimulating effect on the attitude of grain and live stock growers, as we as the cotton planters. Tire Makers Increase Production Rapidly Special Dispatch to The Star. CLEVELAND, December 14.—Plants of the pottery trade throughout Ohic, which resumed operations this weei after a ten-week wage disputy again are working at top speed. The United States Potters’ Association re« fused & demand for a 7 per cent wags increase and the workers return pending further wage negotiations. Akron tire manufacturers are creasing tire output, and are buildin up heavy finished siocks in anticipas tion of brisk_spring demand. Addis " | tions to the General Tire Comm_\'.‘ plants are being rushed. These wi increase the output from 2500 4,500 tires a day. A general adva: in tire prices is anticipated Ju ary 1. Manufacturers, however, ha not announced the extent of the uds vance. Goodyear emplo{els' are ag's tating a wage increase of 15 per cen’ e company officials have taked no action so far. Plasterers to Receive $10 Per Day in Northwest Bpecial Dispatch to The Btar, SEATTLE, December 14—Wages ol plasterers, bricklayers, hod carriert And bullding laborers will be fu¢ creased 10 to 20 per cent in the Pacify west January 1. n‘fslt:;ureu have been raised from §{ to $10 a day and are working on & five-day week basis. ; Rricklayers have had their wages raised from $5 to $9 a day on a tent tive arrangement eXtending to Jan uary 1. Cities all over the coast ary bidding against each other for these artisans. Tile setters have been offered at high as 374 a week in southern Cally fornia cities. DOLLAR MARK’S ORIGIN. Sign First Used by Robert Morris, the Financier. From the Pathfinder. Many people think that our dollar sign ($).resulted from an early cus tom of placing the letter “L™ over the * thus representing S Thiy is an exploded theory. The dollay iy the result of efforts of tl inental Congress to clarify and Standardize the chaotic financial cone ditlons_of the & republic. In early days we had almost as much trouble with our money as we did with the redcoats and redskins. Each colony had its own system. Some useq Goubloons, some _shillings, _others pistoles and still others gold johannes lue of these coins fluctuated & the various colonies. The system of using 100 cents as the standard dol. lar was first introduced in Congrest in 1785 through the efforts of Thomay Jefferson and was pted a yeal later. Robert Morris, financier of the American revolution, first used th¢ “$" in his letters and accounts. H¢ made only one down stroke through the “S.” This makes it clear that out dollar mark was derived from the Spanish - American abbreviation - 0! pesos (written “PS"). It was original- Iy placed after the fisures, but tit colonists, being accustomed to_seel the sign " (referring to Engii pounde) to the left of the figures placed .the new dollar sign In th | same position. hence the custom hat persisted. This also blasts the con. tention that the symbol was dert the pioture ef the pillars o ressed Spantsh silv: ‘Hercules impt on - , | ooine 'l".(l:."':nll‘n Spanish-Amerion known a8 v ’ ’ \ ' s \ ’ [4