Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1923, Page 19

FINANCTAT. ———— SALES OF CHEWING GUM BEST EVER Record Half Year Reported. New Ship Line Talked. Other Business News. BY J. C. ROYLE. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, July 13.—The jaws of the gum chewers of America devel- ©oped more energy in the first half of 1923 than ever before. This energy has developed an industry which is returning millions of dollars annually to those engaged in it William Wrigley. jr. head of the William Wrigley, jr.. Compdhy said today that the first half of 1923 showed the largest business in the history of his company for a similar perfod. Mr. Wrigley declined to state the number of packuges sold during the year so far. but they run far into the millions. B. H. Bramble, general manager of the American Chicle Company, said that the business that comp: was “very substantially better for the first half of than it was for the said period 19 " Mr. Bramble explained t using v »d throughout entire osperity thre the States ral -ople.” way ned it, e plenty money in their pockets, and natural for th gum business to " 1 under th condition: The increased sales of gum the last year hav resulted largely increased trade in chicle, the basis of chewing sum. housands of additional chicleros have been em. ployed the forests of Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Reo, Mexico, this AT gathering product, whichis produced from potg tre Prices now are quo 60 Yo cents a pound and importations h er than ever before. New Refrigerator Ship Line, Steps are now being taken to or- ganize a ten million dollar co-oper- ative orgar ation which will either build or purchase a fleet of ten re- frigerator ships to be used in trans- porting California fresh fruits and veg tables to Atlantic and gulf port cities. The major part of the money to finance this proposition already has been ledged. rding to reports from ian Francisco today The project was conceived after the shipments of west_coast South American fruit to New York through the Panama canal had proved fe ble. It is sponsored by Fred Bige- Tow chief of th California tate divition of markets, and George Hecke, Californi state director of agriculture. The plans as at present outlined contemplate the acquisition and commissioning of at le units of the fleet by January 1. Shipyards Vore Active. The tremendous fruit crops and prospects for large yvields of grain in the west which must be transported to Europe already have had a stim- ulating effect on_ship repairs and building on the Pacific coast. De- mand for forgings for ships and for the ughout within in a 70 are sugar mills in Hawaii ix so great asi to keep the production of the Pacific Construction and Engineering Com- pany of Seattle at the peak. A. A. Hilton, manager of the corporation, asserted today utput_now was above the war of November, 1918 “We have about all we can do.” he added, “for we have orders for heavy forgings for ships which will keep our plant working at pacity for a long time to come.” Iron Properties Reopened. Tron mountain, in the Missouri Ozarks, which yielded millions of tons of ore a half century ago, again is being mined in the hope of supply- Ing St. Louis steel mills with cheaper and better ore than is obtainable from Minnesota. of Iron Mountain can be counted on to produce 3.000 tons a day for forty vears. The producing company is headed by Leonard Busby. Chicago traction magnate, and the St. Louis Coke and Iron Company has contracted for the output. The ore, which runs about 55 per cent iron, will be concentrated before shipment to cut freight charges. Bullding Projects Jump. NCISCO, July 13 ing projects started here within the lust month involve ex- penditure of $4.213,346. a gain_of over $1.000.000 over last year. The larger proportion of the new build- ings are apartments and June post office receipts here totaled a gain of approximately Build Houwxes for Employes. POTOSI, Mo.. July (Special Melbridge Brothers, publishers, erecting 100 houses here fo employes in addition to the build- ings for the publishing plant. Own- rship will be retained by the com- pany of these dwellings which rent for $1.50 a month per room. Terminal Nenrly Done. PAUL. July 13 (Special) Railroad. terminal with cars a day capacity will be read for operation in the new Ford in- dustrial district by track to the first factory be completed September 1 Paving Charges Incrensed. ST. LOUIS, July 13 (Special).- received for street paving and improvements in_the last two averaged about 19 per cont estimates made for the work. WOOL MARKET QUIET. are the ST, St. Paul unit’ will Bids treet weeks above the Future Trend Awaited Before | Orders Are Placed. BOSTON, July 13.—The Commer- efal Bulletin will say tomorrow: “The wool market is marking time, chiefly, at the moment, waiting for the opening of light-weight goods to determine the trend of the future market. No further concessions in prices are reported, and some busi- ness. more especially in the finer qualities of Australian wools, has been done at pric which show only slight concessions from the high point of two or three months ago, possibly 5 cents a pound scourei. “London suspended sales on Mon- day owing to the strike of the extra helpers employed during the sales, which strike caused very considerajle congestion in the handling of fhe wools. Prices had been fairly well maintained up to this point “In the west xales have been com paratively few, although consign- ments have increased. “Further exports are being made. “Mohair is still sluggish, but hardly changed.” LEAF TOBACCO RECEIPTS. - BALTIMORE, July 13.--Maryland for the past week reports leaf tobac co receipts of 593 hogsheads, which shows that the market was more ac- tive. and prices held very firm for all grades. Maryland prices per 100 pounds: Inferior and frosted, 4.00a4.50; sound common. 5.00a8.00; good ~common, 8.00a18.00: medium, 18.00a28.00; good to fine red, 28.00a42.00; fancy, 43.00; seconds, common to_ medium, 4.00a 12.00; do.. good to fine, .13.00a26.00; upper country, air-cured, nominal; ground leaves, new, 3.00a23.00. Unsound and badly mixed packages from 1c to 3c per pound lower. RAILROADS' COAL-SUPPLY. The forty-four largest raflroads in the country on July | had 6.638,512 tons of bituminous coal in storage, the American Railw announces, adding that the total in creased by 1.821,412 tons during June. The association 'said this increase in. dicated the rajlroads’ disposition to comply with governmental urgence ~ r-SL0raE i full ca- 1l Engineers say the mines | (Spe- | dwellings. ! will | | | 1 1 st some | Sales | | ! November 15. The | | i | ¥ Association | Becurity W Recelved by Private Wire BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN. NEW YORK, July 13.—The main tendency on the curb exchange today was upward, although the actual gain in most Instances was small. It was evident ‘that no further liquidation was taking place and that the mar ket's inaction was simply due to a desire to await developments. i Oil shares, the center of attention in recent sessions. were unusually quiet. Standard of Indiana crossed| 53 and held above this figure most of | the session. Prairie Pipe Line drop- ! ped off almost two points at one time. | but aside from these changes in the Standard Oils were unimportant. | outhern Oil fluctuated over a wider | range than any of the other inde- pendents, getting down 1415 to 127, NEW YORK, July 13.—Following is an official 115 of bonds and stocks traded in on the New York Curb Mar- ket today: Sules in thousands. Allied Packers 8 BONDS| High. Low. 1061 927 101y 101 a3, 1001 101 101 D815 Fisher Body fix Fishier Body s Fisher Body s der Bals § Gair, Robt 7 Siz Asphalt 8 Grand “Trunk 6 3 Gulf Oil ‘of I 5 Hocking Va Hood Tt Libby MeX Lig W. Loy Maracaito 0l G Nat Leather Sx Pa Pow & Lt 5. PSar N P X Elee Pow 6 Sears-Ttoch 7 1005 1041, i 107 106 108 1001, My Tnited 0l Prod Ns. 911, FOREIGN BONDS Argentin 1001 4 King of N - 1003 6 Russlan 10 10 a7y in units. 10 Buckese P L . 100 Continent OIl new 20 Bureka I L. 01 P L 150 Imp Oil of Can.. 2012 Intl Pet Co Ltd UK 10 Mugnoliu *Pet N Y Transit Oliio_ 01l new Prairie Ofl & Gas. Prairie P L. 80 d... Southern 11, S 0 Kansus new 8 0 Kentucks S 0N Y new 500 Vacuum 0il Sales INDE in hundreds, 4 Ark Barrington Carib Nynd Citien Service .. Cities Service pfd L1003, By 150 10615 G S0y 881 4 oil 4 1 Derby 0 & Kw'i Derb 0 & I pf w i Equity Pet ptd. Federal 011 .. Gilliland_0il 10+ 36 THE l;]VENING STAR WASHfNGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, JULY 13, NEW YORK CURB MARKET - Direct to The Star Office but rallying later. Maracaibo was the only South American ofl to do any- thing, advancing over half a point. A sharp break in United Zinc Smelt- ers Corporation furnished a feature in the mining section. The stock recently has been selling around 75 cents, but when it was offered upon the market support was lacking and the stock dropped to 41. with only three transac- tions taking place. Others of the min ing group, which had been strong earlier in the week, were again active around top prices, Among the industrials British Am can Tobacco registered and coupon shares and Imperial Tobacco of Great Britain and Treland reached slightly bet- ter prices. There was nothing new for the upturn of almost a point in Reo Motors: when professional operators tried to cover in short contracts they were forced to bid the price up. to account Wilcox 0l & Gas INDUSTRIALS. Acme Coal new 3 . Amat Leather | AmG & E Am Multizr Amer I'a par Mid.../ Mhow i Mesabi’ Midval. Motors nnh Sug pa i Un Retarl ¢y [ t Wihite Rock Mi MINING | Arizoma Globe o "o ielelier Exten i Hoston Mont Corp | Butte & ‘estern. 1% | andearia o8 Cortez Silve Cresson Gold Fortuna Mine<, . dficld Develop. . ox Adiield Deep Sin (11 ldficid Florence. 6 Kerr Lake K Lone Star McKin Dar Cornelii Mintig i i Guld | Mines i Hugh. e i ) i Gola . ud Consol Aluska tr oty Gold . Yk Yul len Rock Oil. Gulf Oil of T Hudson 0il Interstate Ro Livings Marncaibo Oil Mex Ol ... Midwest-Tex 0il Mutual 011 vot cfs S Omar Ol & Gas . Peer 0il Corp Peun Beaver Ol ennock Ol Roy Can Oil & Ref Washington Stock Exchange. ! SALES Capital Traction Co.—10 at 99%, 12 at 997, Lanston Monotype—10 at 7 . 5 at Mergenthaler Linotspe—8 at 149, Washington Market Co.—10 at 38, AFTER CALL Rwy. & Elec. pfd. - 20 at 71% 10 at 71 and 6 pe BONDS. and Asked Prices. PUBLIC UTILITY. Bid 0, 31 ar 38 ent American Tel. & Telga. s Amerienn Tel. & Telga. 412% Am, Tel. & Telga. ctl. tr. 3x : Tel. & Tel. cony. 65 ostla & Potomac ostin & Fotom: & P. Teleplone & 1. Telepliour Capital Tiaction R. R City and Suburbau s Georgetown Gav 1st 35,0 90 L1 &6 X6 s iy it 0 X6 b 203, vty a5, 1015 106 deb. s, Pot &, m. 65 19330 t. Elec. Pow. & m. & ref. Ts. Alex. & Mt. Ver. 5u... Alex. & Mt Ver ctf.] Paper Mfg. 6s. ity 58 (lo ity ox (short).. oo Securlty Stor. & Safe Dep. 6s.. Vash. Mkt. Cold Storage 5. man Park Hotel 6x.. STOCKS. PUBLIC UTILITY. 95 94 9 Capital shington G Norfolk & W Wash. Itwy & EI Wash, RBwy. & Ele Terminel Taxi com... : NATIONAL BANK. Capitat . Cofumoia Commercini Distriet Fe deral- Liberty Liional Sitropolitan. - pten = Americal Second A T National Bank of Wasiington.. 200 TRUST COMPANY. merican Security and Trust... 300 Coutinental Trust ;%0 Merchants' Natlonal Savings ‘nfon TrUSE......... Wash, Loan & Trust SAVINGS BANK STOCKS, Commerce and Savings.. East Washington Saving s-eurity Sav, and Com. Seventh St. ‘Savings U. S. Savings Bank. Wasligton Mechun FIRE INSURANCE STOCKS, American Pire Tosarance.. Aomeoran Fire Insurance. ... Fire Insurance..... . B onal Union Fire Insurance TITLE INSURANCE STOCKS. a Title Tnsurance.,.. &% SonBatate Title Tnsurance. ... 1207 MISCELLANEOUS STOCK3. Natlon? 1 (Quotations furnished by | Cope ! Holland, demand, July 13, 123, W. B. Hitbs & Co.) Sooal Selling checks | Brasscls, frane, murk. | | i Fr | e oois” | i, Hudupe'st Prague. Warsuw, haie crowu. .. erow Ccrown. mark crown, crown s H the Associated Press | uly Foreig = changes irtegul; e Great Britain, ibles, banks, 4 88; cable 0428; cable: mand, .0488 demand, demand. day Italy, demand, Belgium, 048815, German; e 3915; cabl Norway, demand, .16297 Sweden, nd Denmark, demand, Switzerland, demand, .0726 mand, .1428; Greece, and, 0000051 ; demand. .0300; 3450; Brazil, rgentine, demand. .1050: | {CANADA’S 'WHEAT AREA | LOWER THAN IN 1922 By the Associated Press OTTAWA, July 13 acry ~Canada’s wheat | ze for this vear decreased 253 93 acres from the figures of 1922, it is announced by the Dominion reau of statistics. The acreage for 1922 was 22,422,693 and, for 1923, 22,169,300. The area sown to was 21,283,800 acres wheat, 885,500 acres, Fall rye showed a decrease per cent. The area planted in po- tatoes was estimated at 656,300 acres, | a decrease of 4 per cent i Conditions throughout the west | were reported as exceptionally fa- | vorable, with an abundance of | moisture. i LARGEST MINING HOIST IN WORLD IS ORDERED Special Dispateh to The Star. PITTSBURGH, July 13.—The Chi- cago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company will place the largest coal mining hoist in the world in opera- tion at its Orient No. 2 mine, at West Frankfort, Il1. The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Com- pany and the Nordberg Manufactur- ing Company have just received the order to buiid and equip the holst. The largest similar machine now known is equipped with a miotor hav- ing a capacity of 1,400 horsepower. The capacity’of the hoist motors of the Orient No. 2 hoist will be 4,400 horsepower, divided in two motors, one mounted at each end of the drum shaft, each having a capacity of 2,200 horsepower at 40 degrees centigrade rise. Coal will be holsted in skips, each having a normal capacity of 22,000 pounds and a maximum of 26, 000 pounds. FORD MOTOR OUTPUT. DETROIT. July 13.—Production of Ford Motor Company for the five-day week ended July 10 was 33,615 cars and trucks and 1,240 Fordson trac- tors. Lincoln division turned out 169 cars. June production “totaled 200,- 683 units, of which 120,900 were com- bined output of domestic and foreign cars and trucks, 9,001 tractors and 782 mestic output of spring and wheal to | Company i sembly { Trading BUSINESS EXPERT SEES PROSPERITY Head of Marshall Field Notes Good and Bad Factors in Business. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 13.—Facts of busi- ness show no cessation of the onward current of prosperity, according to James Simpson, president of Mar- shall Field & Co, in a statement here today. “Railroads are barely able to carry the enormous volume of business the country is doing,” sald Mr. Simp- “Freight trafic during _the month just past set a new high record, ‘above all previous records, even at times of the autumn crop movement. Reserve bank reports show our industrial output to be far above the season's normal average and to be taken up immediately by the tremendous current absorptive power of the country. There is an jabsence of suspensions and cancella- tions. “The outlook is for good crops, full mployment and reasonable money Increased operating expenses, ettled con- ions in Europe are to be reckoned with, b with the favorable factors dominating on the whole. We therefore expect satisfactory business to prevail VIRGINIAN RY. EARNS $16.86 ON COMMON Road Makes Fine Record for Five Months—Basis of Ford Rumor. NORFOLK, Va 13 pul strike last yvear favorably af- d the Virginian, gross and net re- sults for May and the first five month were the best in the company’ July Although M above & gross of previous high March. and showed an 165,690, or § per cent over last year. Expenses increased $130,079 cent. ared with 1922 S after charges of $700.858 was § or 6 per cent higher than last ¥ Lor the first five months gross w $9,280,884, of $924.940 ¢ Expenses incr 24 nt was Surplus cascd $430.955, or 20 to § Earn- ings were at the e of $16.86 com- mon share. compared with $16.46 for the first four months, on a seasonal Ase less than per cent over 19; cent purchase by Ford Motor of forty acres for an as- plant on eastern branch of abeth river. in Norfolk, which is Spur of the Virginian, ccounts for rumors that to buy the Virginian INDICTED BROKERS GIVE SELVES UP By the Associated Press NEW YORK. July Clark and John C. federal indictment on ch; les H. under of hav- m re ling used the mails to defraud in con- nection with brokerage son & Co ported to he the affairs of the stock firm of Charles H. Clark- Wwho yesterday were re- fugitives from justice. surrendered today. They pleaded not guilty and Clarkson was held in $5.000 bail and Feeley in $3.500 CLOTH MARKET QUIET. NEW YORK. July 13 in the cotton cloth remained quiet today. P somewhat irregular and soft print _cloths, the 64 by 60 4 of a cent, reaching 9 The 68 by 725 remained at yester- ‘s level of 10% cents. Sheetings apparently were declining steadily and sateen sold a few cents lower than some months ago. » Yokohama reported about 150 bales of raw Business here and in the dull PARIS MARKET UNEVEN. PARIS, July 13.—Prices regularly on the bourse today. Three per cent rente francs 10 centimes. Exchange on London, 78 francs 10 centim, Five per centimes. The dollar was quoted at 17 franes 6 cen market es were raised sales of but silk today orlent was moved ir- cent loan. 75 franes s1by & (Special).— In the COMMODITY NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY NEW ORLEANS, July 13.—The de- mand for refined sugar in this section has been so disappointing that two of the largest refineries closed down for ten days, their warehouses belng full. They have cut prices half u cent a pound this week to stimulate buying. ] i ST. PAUL, July 13.—The volume of sales of paints, oils and varnishes in the northwest so far this month has been 30 per cent greater than for the similar period in 1922, whole- sale dealers say. ST. LOUIS, July 13.—The Moon Motor Company of Louls an- nounced today that sales for the first halt vear showed an increase of 200 per cent over those for the similar period of last year and show no signs of falling off. CAIRO, 11I, July 13.—Farmers in | southeastern Missouri, southern 11li- nois and western Kentucky have lost much of thelr grain because they cannot get farm hands even at higher wag Two thousand negroes left Calro for northern jobs this spring. ATLANTA, July 13.—Contractors and small home builders are {plaining today that lumber yards not passing on the cuts in lu prices made by the mills, and con- siderable small building is being held up. Mill operators declare they have cut prices to last fall's levels, and jthat it is up to the retaflers to cut. |, FORT WORTH. July 13.—Unusuaily heavy shipments of Texas cattle are going to market despite the time vear. which s usually one of marketing. Inspectors of the South- estern Cattle-Ralsers’ Association STEUBENVILLE. Ohio, July Preliminary construction wovk has | just begun today on the new $9,000,- 000 power plant to be built on the Ball farm. near Toronto, Ohio. The ant will be owned by the Ohio Edison Power Company, a sub- of the Pennsylvania and Ohio ht Company. The com- has purchased large blocks of lands near the plant SPRI LD, 1l nois coal mines now pnly one or two day many are closed down. is béing done by rallroads companies. but the price h 50 cents a ton in a fortnixht FAKE ORDERS ONLY TALK NEW YORK 15.—The re- ipt of severai orders for the purchase of Southern Iacific stock i number of stock exchange j houses was reported in Wall Sepeet | Yesterday. but exhaustive inquiry among leading brokerage firms on | the street failed to disclose any t had recelved such orders. The mos the stock exchange authoritie could unearth regarding the report [ was that ene New York house had | been advised by a Chicago 1 that its Minneapoli ondent had sent ont warning against fake orders in Southern Pacific. Trading in the shares was very quiet, scarce- more than 2.000 shares having Power pany coal July are 13 —11li- operating week, and yme storing nd utilfty s dropped July e fake that BALDWIN PLANTS BUSY. PHILADELPHIA, July 13.-The plants of the B in Locomotive Works are operating at 85 per cent »f capaeity. The e ny has slight- 1¥ more than $50.000,000 in unfinished business on its Looks, which is suffi- cient to keep its plants running full to the end of 1923 regardless of the development of any new business. On_the Pennsylvania railroad s tem’s order of 475 freight locomo- tives the company s shipping twelve Tocomotives weekly of | light { cars were shipped in | 1923. {HALF-YEAR OUTPUT, 2,029,000 AUTOS Big Gain Oyer 1922—Sugar Con- sumption Off—Other Wall Street Briefs. By the Associated Press. 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