Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1923, Page 22

FIN - STOGKS ARE VK INFIAL TRADN .News From Abroad Partial Cause of Many Heavy Losses in Wall Street. i BY STUART P. W @pecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, September 4—After an hour of moderate price fluctua- tions mostly on the side of advance. | the stock market today became heavy and prices of of the active speculative issues fell from 1 point to 8 points. When the buying of the first hour had run its there was a sharp dip in followed by heaviness in the list. United States Steel common broke through 92 ag against its final price of §23% on Saturday E shares were sold down and speculative lead- ers such aldwin Locomotive got well under the clc Slems week Upturn Studebaker and the ally held their grouna while Mack Trucks, whosé dividend was increased from $4 to $6 annually, was in demand. Dupont & iene Motors were bought mainly on divi- dend talk The upturn in Punta Alegre Sugar was the feature in its group, and ap- peared to be discounting some sort of favorable dividend action at the meet- ing tomorrow. A dividend at the rate of $2 to §4 per share has been men- tioned Railway sta neglected. As on of anthracite were little affected. Suc] Reading, the Eries and Del. Hudson were offered down when the selling in the industrials was at its height, but there seemed to be no important selling. Most observers were inclined toward the view that a compromise settlement would be reached. Heavinexs in Afternoon. The markets today presented a fairly firm front to the news of the terrific Japanese disaster. the threatening sit- vation in southern Eurog thracite coal strike. Whether. how ever, the full extent and significance of the Japanese catast s been fully realized and refl is some- thing only the future can show. The general heaviness which fol- lowed the morning session was aided to some extent by the belief thut the August recovery had proceeded about as far as conditions seemed to jus tify. There was no evidence of liquida- tion- of securities by insurance eom- panies _in anticipation of meeting from the nese disaster. announced that the Amer fire insurance companies had profi by their lesson at the time of th. Francisco fire and that their losses were merely nominal. The extent of the losses of the life underwriters will depend on a complete list of cas- ualties £40,000,000 Loss Feared. A flurry in the raw silk market here was forestalled by withdrawal of all offerings of Japanese silk on this market. It is unlikely that trading will be resumed until extent of the losses in Japan are definitely known. It is believed, however, that the loss of stocks in Yokohama will re: $40,000,000. How much of the autumn production untouched is unknown here. ses of raw silk, however, are on to produce a strong de- mard for artificial silk manufactured in_ this country. The strength ex- hibited by Dupont stock in today" trading was attributed partly to this factor. & MARKET CLOSES WEAK. many d Studebaker ing level of before pri sagar o steadied. tockx. motors gener- fairly well. s were comparatively the stock ng road Bears Force Prices Down From 1 to 3 Points. By the Associated Press prices reacted 1 to 3 points flection of the Japanese aster, and the g the Greco-Italian also is believed in re- quake dis- owing tension over situation. Selling to have been influ- ation of new low rec- ords fo vear by the British and German exchanges and by the suspen- sion of work in the anthracite mines. es approximated 550,000 shares. The closing was weak. Additional weak spots were uncovered by bear traders in the late dealings, largely among the ordinary inactive shares. Davison Chemical was run to near 44 in the last few minutes, a rise of almost 8 points Market Flashes at Today’s Close Shell Union ular quarterly the common stock General nd Electric declared the regular quarterly dividend of $2 on the preferred A Endicott Johnson declared the reg- ular quarterly dividend of $1.25 on the common and $1.75 on the pre- ferred. Kelly Springfield declared the reg- ular quarterly dividend of $1.30 on the six per cent preferred. Owens Bottle declared quarterly dividend_of the common and §1 ferred Twin City Rapid Transit declared the regular quarterly dividend of $1.75 on the preferred Duluth Superior Traction declared Oil de cents red the reg- dividend on the regular cents on on the pre- the regular quarterly dividend of $1 | on the preferred. The street today expected the re- duction made by the Humble Oil and Refining Company, a Standard Oil subsidiary, to meet the Magnolia cut. News of similar action by the domin- ant mid-continent interests — the Prairie Oil and Gas and the Sinclair Purchasing—was awaited. Oil stocks were not particularly depressed. Mack Truck directors today in- creased the dividend on the common stock from a 34 to a $6 annual basis and surprised “man Mack Trucks common advanced sharply, then just preceding the dividend announcement 2nd during a period of weakness in the general list practically the en- tire gain was cancelled. ~As a $4 dividend payer Mack was selling much too high and it was felt that at the mew $6 rate its selling price around 50 had discounted the di- rectors’ action. g Further rumors were current re- gading Dupont and General Motors to explain the speclal strength in these issues. Dupont was selling at one time today at its highest of the present movement. While General Motors continued in demand, it had been said all alopg that thé former was _expected to put the stock on an $8 annual dividend basis and that General Motors, with increasing sales and net income, might raise its rate. Gasoline is_being offered by mid- continerit refiners at 6% cents a gallon at refinery. This is new low price. Demoralized market is due to continued big production in face of excessive stocks. New York bank clearings, $483,000,- 000. New York bank balances, $86,- £ 000,000. New York Federal Reserve Bank credits, $73.000.000. Boston bank clearings. §55.000,000. Net earnings Wright aeronautical guarter ended June 30, 109,563 after taxes against $41,578 previous quarter. Earnings do not include any income from Lawrence alr-cooled ‘motor acquired recently by corporation. Manufacture of néw type T-2 motor is now well under ey corporation nd the an- | It | the | W YORK, September 4.—Sock | ANCIAL.’ NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE | Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office i Ajax Rubber. i Allied Chem . Allis Chalmers. Am Agr Chem. . Am Ag Chm pt.., Am Bank Nhte Am Beet Sugar. Am Bosch...... Am Can. Am Chicle pt. .. Am Cotton Oil.. Am Cot Oil pt. Am Druggist AmH & Leath. Am H & Lea pt. Am Internat’l. Am La France. . Am La Fran pf. Am Linseed. ... | Am Locomative. | Am Radjator... Am Smelting. Am Smelt pf { Am Steel Fdy {Am Sugar. .. Am Sumatra. {Am Tel & Talex. | Am Tobac (B). | Am Water Wks. { Am Woolen { Am Woolen p! | Am Writ Pr pt. Am Zinc & Lead 1 Anaconda. .. | Asso D Goods { Asso D G Ist pf. {AssoD G 2d pt | Atchison . { Atlan Cst Line. | Atlantic Fruit.. Atl Fruit ctfs. | Atlantic Guit | At Guif'pt. . | Atl Refining pf. | Atlas Powder. | Atlas Tack..... { Austin Nichols | Auto Knitter. | Baldwin Loco. ! Bulto & Ohlo. .. | Batopilas Min. . : Beechnut Pack. | Beth Steel. | Bklyn Edison. | Bklyn Rap T fp Brown Shoe. { Brunswk Term. Butte & Super. Butterick... Caddo 011 Calif Pack. | Calif Petrol | Calit Petrol pf Callahan Zine. . { Calumet & Ari Calumet & Hecla {Canadian Pac.. Central Leath. . Cent Leath pf. Cerro de Pasco. Chandler Mot. | Chesap & Oni Chi & Alton pt. Chi & East Il Chi Grt West Chi Mil & St P. | Chi Mil &St P pt | Chi & Northwn. |Chi R I & Pac Chi R I&P 7% p! Chile Copper Chino Copper | Cluett Peabody. Coca-Cola Colo Fuel Columbta Ga Columbia Grapk Col Graph pf. Cons Cigar . Cons Gas of NY. Cons Textile. Cont Can. Corn Products. Cosden & Co. Crucible Steel. Cuban-Am Sug. Cub Am Sng pf. Cuba Cane Sug Cuba Cane S pt. Cuyamel Fruit.. Davidson Chem. Del & Hudson. ! Detroit Edison. . i Dome Mines. Douglas Corpn. Dupont (E1) Dupont deb. Eastman Kodak Elec Stor Bat Endicott-Joh Endicott-J pf. Erie. . | Erie 13t p! | Erie2d pf... | Exchange Buffel { Famous Players | Fed Mines & S. . { Fd Mines&sS pf. i Fisk Rubber. i Fleishman. | Foundation | Freeport Tex: | Gen Asphalt. {Gen Asphalt p! i Gen Electric. | Gen Elec spl... | Gen Motors. | Gimbel Brcs. {Goodrich. ... { Granby Consol | Gt Northern pt. Great Nor Ore Gt West Su pf. | Guantana Sug. { Gulf Mo & Nor 1 Gulf M & Nor pf. | Gulr St Steel. | Hayes Wheel | Hendee Mfg. | Househ'd Prod | Houston Oil.. | Hudson Moto { Hupp Motors | Hydraulic Stl. | Minots Central. | Ind Oil & Gas. | Inland Steel... {Inspiration Interb Rap Tr.. :In Combust E. Int & Grt North. Int Harvester. Int Harvester p! Int M Marine pf. Int Nickel intl Paper. Int Shoe. . Invincible Oil. Iron Product: Island OIl. .. Jewel Tea { Jewel Tea pf. Jones Tea i Jones & L'g] i Kansas City S.. Kayser (Jullus) | Keily-Spr Ti | Kelly-Spr 6% Kennecott. | Kevstone Tire Kinney G R. | Lactede Gas. .. Lee T & Rubber. Lima Locomo. .. Loews Inc. LoftInc.. Loose-Wile | Lorillard pe. Louis & Nash. Mack Trucks Mack Trucks 1st Meallinson & Co. Manati Sugar... Manhat El Sup. . Maracaibo Oil... Market St prior. Marland Oil. Mathison Alk Maxwell (A) Maxwell (B) Middle St Ofl. . Minn &St L (n). Min St P &SSM. . Mo Kan & Tex. Mo K & Tex pt. Mo Pacific. ... Mo Pacific pt. Montg'y Ward. Moutana Power. Moon Motors. Mother Lode. Mullins Rody. Nat Biscult... Natl Cloak & S.. Open. 7 68 43% 16 39 83 3N 36 97 High. 7 68 43% 16 39 83 31% 86 . 98% 67% 22% 124% 145% 40 B6% 102% 9 9 397% 84% 85 ml«“ ’ K 153 13% 116% 56% 1% 26 205 124% 195 w 6k 53% 1094 31% 51 1% 15% 19% 2% 79% 20 9 5 47 30 1425 19% 51% 39% 534 2% 5% 25 i 17% 30% 674 23 79 26% 6% 2 Low. Close. 7 66% 43 15% 38 83 81% 36 95 183% 11 43 LE) 22 4% 8% 43% 18% 1% 3% 22 2% 81% 57% 98 38% 66% 22% 124% 12 1% 1% 14% 134 116% 55% 11% 25% 20% 122 48% ¥% 73% 51% 109 31% 50% 1% 15% 19 2% 9% 19% 9Th 5 47 40 140% 19% 50% 39% 52% 62 5% 25 67 43 15% 38 88 1% 36 96 168% 11 43 6% 22 "% 8% 43% 19 11% 93y 22 2% 81% 57% 98 857 66% 22% 124% 144 38 5% 30 6% 10 49 86% 36 16% 31% | 49 Close. 6215 124 3% 11% 874 33% 99 73 88 124 104% 224 5% 4% Natl Ry of Nevada Copper. NOr Tex & Mex. NY Alr Brake. . N Y Central. “NY Chi & StL... NYC&StL pf(n). NYNH&Harttd. Norf & Western North Amer. North Pacific. .. Owens Bottle. , . Pacific Develop. PacificOfl...... Packard Motor. Packard Mot pf. Pan-Am Pete. .. Pan-Am P (B).. Parrish & Bing Penn Coal & Cke Pennsylvania. .. % 33% 93 59% 5% 1% 3% 43 9 4 44% 28% 28 215 99% 2% 55% 26% 464 17 524 18% 12% 36% 10% 73% 12% 47 928 19% 66 19% 18% 40 564 30 934 9% | People's Gas. ... Pere Marquette. Philadelphia Co Phillips Pe Plerce-Ar pf. PierceOfl. ... Pitts Coal pt & W V. Pressed St} Car. Produc & Ref... Pub Servic Pullman Co. Rap Tran Sec pf Ray Con Copper Reading. . Replogle Steel... RepIr & Steel.. Rep Ir & SO pf.. Reynolds Spr... Rey Tobac (B).. St Joseph Lead.. St'L & San Fran St L&San Fr pf. St L South pt. Savage Arm Schulte Stor Seabd A L pf. Sears Roebuck. . Shell Tr & Tran. Shell Union. ... Simms Petrol Simmons Sinclalr Ofl. Skelly Ofl....... Sloss-ShefMeld. . So Porto Sugar. South Pacific. .. Southern Rwy. . Southern Ry p?. St Oil of Callf. .. Stand Ofl of N J. StOil of N J pf.. Sterling Prod Stewart-Warnes Strombg Carb. . Studebaker. . Submarine Bt Sweets Coof A.. Tenn Copper. 9% Texas Company 42 Tex & P C & Ofl. % Timken Bearing 373 Tobacco Prod. .. 53% Tobacco Prod A. 8214 Tobacco Pro pf. 109 Trans Cont Oil.. % 39 Underw'd(new). Union Pacific. .. Un Drug 1st.... United Fruit. United Ry Inv.. Utd Ry Inv pf. Utd Retall Strs. U S Cast I Pipe. U S Food Prod. . US Hoffman M. U S Indus Alco. . US Realty U S Realty pf. U S Rubber. U S Steel. . U S Steel pf. Utah Copper. Utah Securities Vapadium Corp. Va-Car Chem. .. Va-C Chem (B). Va-C Chem pf.. Vivadou. Wabash. . . Wabash pf (A). Waldorf (new). Western Md Western Md. 2d. West Pacific. ... Western Unlon. Westhse E1&M. White Eag Oil.. White Motor. White Oil. . Wickwire. Wilson Co ‘Willys-Overld. . Willys-Overl pt. Woolworth. Wright Aero... Youngstn Tube. 26% 20% 12% 48 42 87 32 68 b51% 82% 115% 54 89% 70 105% 9% 1% 181 “ 4T% 172 10% 354 4% 27% % 17% 524 9474 100% 41 91% 116% ; 593 1% 31% 1% 47% 172 12% 37% T4 28% 4% 17% 53% 9514 100% 43% 93% 116% 60 184 32% 11% % 33 18% 9 27% 17% 10 18% 164 108 59% 23% 51 1% 7% 25% k) 70% 245 9% 68 27% 17% 10 18 164 107% 58% 22 51 1% 25% 7 68% 244 9% 68 Tast, 5% 22 51 1% Tle 25% 7 68% 244 9% 68 High. Low. Call Money..... 5% 5% HOURLY SALES OF STOCKS. 11am.....124600 12m. 303 100 ipm. -862400 2p.m..... 435000 NEW DEMAND FOR SILK. Catastrophe Means Greater Need of Artificial Products. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, September 4.— The Japanese catastrophe will result in a largely increased demand for 26w | artificial silk. according to manufac- 20% | turers here today. 1% 106 4% American manu- ire largely dependent on Japanese silk. It is expected work will be speeded up immediately b: the Dupontl interests, the Viscose facturers are 84% | Company and other artificial silk pro- 27% | ducers. % L 14 22% 16% 3% 106% 23% 127 84% | by, 41.50; futures, 41.50. ' No. jnorthern, No. 2 southern, 24.00a27.00. 73 8% 42 % 19 70 18 80 83% % 56 81 653 17 6% TODAY'S METAL MARKET. NEW YORK, September 4.—Copper quiet. Electrolytic spot and futures, 13%al13%. Tin firmer; spot and near- Iron stead 1 northern, 26.00a27.00; No. 2 Lead steady; spot, 6.75a7.00. Zinc quiet. East 8t. Louis, spot and near- by delivery, 6.4526.50. Antimony spot, e U. S. TREASURY CERTIFICATES. (Quotations furnished by Redmond & Co.) Bid. er. 50" Rate—Maturity. 3%s September 15, 1023. 05 September 15, 1923, December 15,1923, 99 3132 100 1 418 March_ 15, 1924 1003-16 1001, | 54s June 15, 1 101118 101% 5, 1625 532 100732 4i%s June 15, 1025 99 13- oy 4% December 15, 4%%s Mareh . tes Sentember 13, 1 % 4%s March® 13, 1927 132 100 13.32 4145 December 13, 1037 2 o9 3132 SHORT-TERM SECURITIES, (Quotations furnished by Redmond & Co.) Noon. A Ofter . Ofter. . o Aluminum Co. of Amer. 7s 1925. 103 lggl,/‘ Aluminum Co. of Amer. 7s 1983, American Cotton Oil s 1924... American Sugar 6s 1837, ‘Amer. Tel."& Tel. 6s 1924 American Tel. & Tel. 8s 1925. Anaconda Copper 6s_1929. ‘Avglo-American Ofl Tis Canadian Northern 53gs 1924, Central Argentine Rwy. 6s Central Leather 58 1935.. Chi., R 1. & Pac. 5igs Chicago Tel. 5s 1923.... Pu_ Font 7%s 1931 Federal Bugar Ref. Fisher. Body Corb. £ 97! 1004 i g 104 1083 10015 l 0814 1004 104 100 108 Hocklag V Humble 0il 3% Kanses City Term. 6s Kennccott Copper 7s_1930. Michigan State Tel. 5s 1 M., St P. & 8. 8. M 8 Sears, Roebuck & Co. 2 Standard O\ of Calif. 5s 1925. Aliewater o1l s¥ge i Toten Tenk Cag Te 3ot INTEREST CENTERS INFOREEN BONDS Japanese Issues Slump, But European Obligations Are. Little Changed. BY GEORGE T. HUGHES, Special Dispatch to The Sta NEW YORK, September 4—Inter- est in today's bond market was con- centrated on the foreign list. The serious situation between Italy and Greecé was to be measured, and the market was looked to for reflection of the catastrophe in Japan. There are Japanese issues listed, three of them obligations of the imperial gov- ernmerit and one of the city of Tokio. The last named was the most unfa. vorably affected. This bond, which is a 5 per cent Sterling issue, opened at 65, down 10 points from the last previous sale. Later it rallied slight- 1y, but s still very weak. The Japanese first 4's and second i's both lost 2 or ) points, but the subsequent rally was greater than in the city of Tokio bonds. Jugoslav Bonds. Advance. ' European descriptions were not much changed. Kingdom of Italy 634s lost fractionally. Becauge of the very short term, flunctuations are ordi- narily small, nor ix there any great speculative interest. French bonds showed no important change. Czecho: slovakia 8y advanced fractionally and then reacted. The Jugoslav 8s were steady around the low of Saturday. It might be expected that these bonds would show the results of anxiety about conditions in the Balkans, if there were_any such anxiety. Austrla 7s_went below 88 for the first time. Perhaps more than any other, this bond typifies European unity, the guarantors of most of the issue being Great Britain, France, Czechoslovakia and Italy. General Trading Dull Trading in the general market was very dull. High-grade ralls and industrials were irregular, with little or mo: Interest displayed. Sentiment will he more clearly re- vealed after the Union Pacific new refunding 5s have been offered. The same condition prevailed in the United States government _list. Price changes were not ijmportant. The Treasury Department expected to ofter a comparatively —small amount of short term obligations to meet requirements of the fifteenth of the month. There was a brief Interval when the sugar bonds showed activity on the advancing side for a short time. Speculative rails were neglected. SHARP BREAK HERE INJAPANESE BONDS City of Tokio 5s Lose 10 Points as First Reaction to Disaster. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, September 4.—A sharp drop in Jupanese bonds and moder- ately lower stock prices was the finan- clal market's first reaction to the dis- aster that has befallen Japan. City of Tokio 5 per cent bonds, quoted on the New York Stock Ex- change, dropped 10 points to 65, and losses of 1 to 214 points took place in Japanese first and second 4%s and Japanese 4s. New low records of the year were established by British exchange and German marks, demand sterling being quoted at $4.53% and German marks selling for 7 cents a million. The Jap- anese” exchange rate was unchanged at 49 cents. Good buying power came into the stock manket after the-first flood of selling orders haq been absorbed, and the market was pointed upward again before the end of the first hour. Jap- anese bonds also made partial recov- ery. VIRGINIA PEARS SELL ~ AT $10 PER BUSHEL Receipts of Basket Apples Heavy in New York Today—No Demand for Plums. Special Dispatch to The Sta: NEW YORK, September 4.—A car- load of Sickel pears arriving here today in double headed barrels from Virginia met a limited demand at $10 per barrel, while Hudson river offer- Ings in bushel baskets sold from 1.50a3.00, depending upon size and quality. A carlohd of No. 2 Bartletts from western New York sold princi- pally at $1.75 per bushel basket. No. 1 stock brought from 2.50a2.7. Fancy cherrie crabapples were in exceedingly limited supply and met an active demand. Sales ranged from 4.5026.00 per bushel basket. There was practically no demand for state plums, particularly dam- sons, which comprised the butk of the offerings. The market was ex- tremely dull and weak, Receipts of basket apples were liberal, especially from _ Virginia, Delaware and New Jersey. Fancy large sized well colored stock, particularly: green fruit, met a more active demand. Prices ranged as follows per bushel bausket: ~Western New York duchess 21 inch and, up- ward, .75a1.00. Virginia. northwest ern 'greenings 2i-inch. 140al75: starks, 1.35a1.50; Delaware, wealthy, 1.50a1.75. WOOL MARKET WEAK. Horror in Japan Makes . Outlook . “ Very Uncertain. Special Dispatch to The Star.’ 5 BOSTON, September 4.—A down- ward trend in the wool market was predicted in some quarters today as a result of the Japanese disaster, but the market was too uncertain today to forecast accurately what the ef- fect would be. Japan was expected ty be a prominent factor. at the open- ig of the London auctions today, and the feeling among those anticipating a break was that the demand. from Japan would be considerably lessened, thus freeing a considerable quantity wool for other markees. v With the opening of many mills after Labor day dealers are looking forward to active fall business. Prices continue to favor the buyer. ~Merino fleeces are quoted at $1.35, fine terri- tory at about the same price and Australian merinos, 64-70, are hold- ing firm. DRY GOODS MARKET. NEW YORK, September 4 (Special). —The dry market opened, after. the Saturday and Labor day, holidsy, mbout-as it had closed. The quota- tions on 64 b{r print cloths was un- changed at. cents, as:was that-on 68 by.725 at 1% % | Japanese 1st 4155, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1923. - “ON‘“NEW YORK — " Recelved by Private Wire (Bales are in.$1,000.) UNITED STATES BONDS. (Fractions represent thirty - seconds. ple: 98-3 means 98 3-32.) Sales. High. Low. Close. Lib3%s . 127 100-1 99-30 99-31 Lib1st4%s.., 86 98-10 98-7 98-10 Lib2a4s... 216 98-9 < 98-4 986 Lib3d4%s... 342 98-28 98-24 98-24 Lib 4th 4X%s.. 334 98-10 98-5 98-6 US4%51952. 254 99-25- 99-23 99-24 FOREIGN. Bales. High. Low. Close. 5 101% 101% 101% 85 874 BT 9% 994 994 u% 961 96Y yy% 99% 99% 109% 109% 8T% 874 6% 764 Argentine 7 Austria 7s Belgium 8s Bern 8s. Bollvia 8s Braszil 7s. Brazil 85. e 12 Cahada 58 1926.... 1 Canada 5%81939.. 17 Canada 581931 .Canada 58 1952 Chile 8s 1948. . Chile 35 1926. . Chile 85 1941. . . Chinese Gov Ry s, Copenhagen 53s. . Cuba 5% s wi Czechoslovakla 8s. 14 Denmark 8s....... 2 Denmark 6s. . 4 Duteh E I5%s. 37 Dutch East I 65°47. 52 Dutch East I 6s'62. 76 Framertcan 74s 1 French Govt 3s.... 62 French Govt 7%s.. 40 Halti 6s. <3 Hollan mer 6s.. 5 Italy 6%s 192! 5 171 Japanese 2d 4%s.. 48 Japancse 4s 157 Jergen UM 6s°47.. 3 Lyons 68 Marsellles 65 Mexico Gs Mexico 4s. Montevideo Ts. Netherlands 6s. Norway'8s. Norway 6s. Orlent Dev.deb 6s. Paris-Ly's-Med 65. 11 Prague 7%s. ... 95 95% 100 100 98% 98% 103% 108% 108% 103% 103% 104 43 43 89% 89% 9% 99% 2% 93% 108% 108% 95% 95% 91% 81% 9% 96% 96% 964 87T% 87% 9% 97% 93% 94 89% 89% 81% B81% 95% 95% 20% 914 90% 91% T% 1% 77 77 76 76 6% T6% 54% bB4% 33% 33% 85 85 97% 97% 1o 110 95% 96% 89 89% 70% 0% . 76 6% 1064 106% 100% 1004 96% 964 98% 98% 83% 84 64% 65 104% 104% 114% 114% 65 66% 109% 110% Queensland 7s. . Queensland 6s. . Rio Gr Do Sul 8s. .. Sao Paulo,State,8s. Seine, Dept of, 7s. . Serbs Crotes Slo 8s111 Sweden 6s. B Swiss Confed 8s... 1 Tokio 5s .. 91 67% Ud Kingm 51%5°29. 3 110% Ud Kingm 5% °37.326 102 101 101 | Uruguay 8s. 3 103 102% 103 Zurich 8s. 5 109% 109% 109% MISCELLANEOUS. Am Agr Chem 7345 59 99 Am Chainsf 6s'33. 10 93 Am Cotton Ol 5s.. 1 70% Am SmIt&R 1st 5s. 10 9% Am BmIt&R 6s. 100% Am Sugar Ref 6s 101% AmMT & T cv 6s B 116% AmT&Tecltris.. 984 AmT& Tcltrds. . 924 Anaconda cv db 7s. 16 100% Anaconda 1st 6s. . . 97% Armour & Co 4345, 83% Atlantic Refin 5s. . 98% Barnsdall s £ 8s. 98 Bell Tel Pa. 7% Beth Steel 53 Beth Steel pm 5s. Beth Steel s f6s... Brier H St 1st 5%s. Bkiyn Ed gen 55 .. Bush T BYdg 55 '60. Cerro de Pasco 8s. . Chile Copper 6s. Commonwth P 6s. . Con Coal Md 1st 5s. Cuban-Am Sug 8 Cuba Cane cvd 8s. Cuba Cane cv s Dery (DG) Ts..... Det Edison ref 6s. . Diamond Mth 73;s. Du Pont de N 7%s. Duquesne Light 6s. Est Cuba Sug 7%s. Empire G&F 71zs. Fisk Rubber 8s. Goodrich 6%s. Goodyear 85 1931. . Goodyear 8s1941. . Hershey 65 1942. .. Humble O&R 53%. Tllinois Bell 1st 5s. Int Mer Marine 6s. Int Paper 1st 5s A Int Paper 1st 58 KCP&LtisA" Kelly-Spring 8s Lorillard (P) 7s. Magma Cop cv 7s. . Manati Sug sf 73s. Midvale Steel 8s. ... Montana Power 5s. Morris&Co 1st 418 New Eng Tel bs. .. N Y Edsn 1st 6%s. NY Tel 65 '41. N Y Tel 6549 NYTel 4% N Am Edison 6s. .. Northwst B Tel 7s. Otis Steel 8s. PacificGas & El §s PacificT & T 5s'52 PhilaCoref6sA.. Piérce-Arrow 8s. Producers & Rf Producers & R 85 % Publijc Service 5s. . Punta Alegre T Sharon St1 H 8 Sinclair Oi1 . Sinclair Ofl 6345 Sin Crude Ol 65. . . Sin Crude Oil 518, Sin Pipe Liné 5s. South Bell Tel 5s. . Steel & Tube Ts. Tenn Elec Pow 65 Tide Wat Oil 6%s.. . Toledo Edn 1st 7 Unit Drug cv 8s. U S Ryb IstrfS5s. . U 'S Rubber 738 U'S Steél s £.5s Utah Pow & Lt bs Vertientes Sug 5. Va-Car Chem 7s.... Va.Car Ch 7%sw. 39 West Union 6%s... 1 ‘Westinghouse 7s.. 10 106% Wickwire Spen7s. 12 95% Wilson & Co1st6s. 1 96% Wilson'& Cocvés. 5 85% 85% 85% Winchester A 73%s. 2 108% 1034 1031 Yourigstn S& T 6s. 20 99. 99 99 9635 98% 84 65% 104% 114% 98% 98% 02% 92% 0% 70% 91k 91Y% 100% 100% 101% 101% 116% 116% 98% 98% 2% 924 100% 100% 9Tk 97h 83% 83% 98% 98% 98 98 9% 9T% 89% 90 89% 894 98, 98% 94 94 97 97 A% 9% 1224 122% 99 99% 87 87 86 861 107 107 92% 93 8% 8TH% 79 79 104% 104% | 1053 1054% 108~ 108 103% 103% 99% 99% 921, 92% 102% 103 99% 994 | 103% 103% 116% 116% 9815 98% 96 96 93% 93% 6% 6% 84% 847 84% 85 904 90% 107% 107% 118% 118% 109% 109% 974 974 86% 87 95 95 % % 97% 974 109% 109% 104% 105 105% 105% 9% 93 o1% 91% 1077 108 984 98Y% 90% 90% 9115 91t 100% 100% 6% 6% 101% 101% 110 110 80 80% 108% 108% 994 091 9 96 8% 88% 9% 95% 95% 95% 83 83y 95 95 104% 105 93 93 102 102% 106% 106% A10% 111% 86% 86% 106% 106% 101% 101% 88% 88% 96% 97K 874 874 69% 69% 109% 109% 106% 106w | % 954 9% 96% e wonbEBuaioe allonnmanalannESnnmn @ - - 102% 106% 111% 86% 108% 102% 88% 97% < 87% 0% 109% S R e A O Ce A Cer Y ok PR OIL OUTPUT LOWER. Reduction ‘Still Going:on in- Kan- sas ‘and Oklahoma. Epecial:Dlapatch to The Star. : . TUSLA, Okla., September 4—Oil production in Oklahoma continues to drop. and ‘Kansas is following suit. | The decline in daily: output last week amounted 'to, 452,515 barrels 'for Ok- lahoma’ and 81,000 barrels for Kan. gas.. Thé Tonkawd feld fell ‘oft about 33,000 . barrels’ daily while 'the Bprbank: field dropped . about 1,000 barrels daily. F L X3 'WOOL AUCTION OPENS., LONDON, mber 4.—The- open- ing-of the wool auction was largely Agxcwded and offerihgs amounted to 13,386 bales. . Thers was gpirited com petition. Home, Ffench and Amer. ican-buyers were active. “Scoured Me. Yinos 501d up to 4s 8d and greasy Me- rinos to 2s -nxd. Compared with the June s prices 5. per.cent higher for all grades. VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLY. NEW YORK, September '4—The yisible pply of American _grain shows the-folléwing: changes: . Wh increased u%woom nshipls; corn de- reased. she! : saséd ) ' 2,194,000 bushel 81% 81% | ‘were unchanged to | BONDS o v Direct to The Star Office. RAILROADS. ‘Bales, High. Ann Arbor 4s. . ';1' Atchison gen 4s... 79 8% Atlantic CL 1st 4s, 87 Atlantic C L cl 4s. 81% B&Opriniyus 95% B&Ogold 4s. 7% B&O6s.. 1007% B&Oeviys. . 81% B& Oref5s. 3% SQ&OOPLE&W 6 SWdiv3ys. 93! BklRT’l!‘ZIc?A.. # 87% Canad North 6%s.. 6 118% Canad Pac deb 45 80 CarClineh & 0 6s.. 2 96% Central Pacific 4s 873 Ches & Ohlo cv 55 89% Ches & O cv 415 86% Ches & O gn 4%s 83% Chi & Alton 3s. 54% Chi & Alton 3%s. .. 29% Chi B&Q gn 1s'58, 86% Chi B&Q 1st rf 5s. 99% Chi&ETl gnbs... 12 8% Chi Great West 4s. CM & Puget §d 4s. ChiM&StPre 4358 Chi M&St P cv 5s. . Chi M&S P ev 4345, CM&StPgn 4%s. ChiRysos ... ChiRI& Pgnds Chi RI& Pac rf 4s. CCC&SEL e 65 A Cleve Term 55 Colo & Sou 418 Cuba RR5s... Del & Hudson 5%s. Den & Rio G cn 4s. Det United 4% Erie 1st con 4s. Erie con ext 7s. Erie gen 4s. Erie conv4s A. Erie conv 4s B. Erie conv 4s D. Gr Trunk sf db 6s. Gr North gen 7s Gr North gen 53;s. Havana ERL&P 5s Hud & Man ref 5s. . Hud & Man aj 5s. Int Rap Tran 5s. Int Rep Tr 5s stpd. Int Rap Tran 6s Int Rap Tran 7s Int & G Noraj 6s. .. Int & G Nor 1st 6s.. Towa Cent rf 4s. Kansas City § 3s. . Kansas City S5s. .. Kan City Term 4s.. Lake Shore 4s '31 Lehigh Valley 6s Louis & N 0s 2003. Market St cn Ts Mil El Ry & L 5s. M& St L1strf 4s M StP & SSM 6%s. . MK&TprinbsA. MK& K& Low: Close. 57 57 88% 68% 87 87 81% 814 95% 95% 7% 1% 100% 100% 81 8lk 83% £3% % 6% 93% 93% 87% 8% 13 18% 79% 80 96 967 8% 8% 89 89 86% 86% 83% 83% B4% bd% 29% 29% 86% 86% 99 99 % T4 47 a7 57 67 5215 52% 60 60% 58% 59 9% 19% T 78% 8% 74% 74% 101% 101% 95% 95% 82 82 5% 5% 99% 99% 72% 12% 86 86 58% 104 49 61% 52% 55%, 104 106% 9% 83% 82 60% €3% 64 61 o Emas ~onneSan 58 104 49 51% 51% 554 104 106% 9% 83% 8214 604 63% 63% 61 28 36 88 17 69% 8414 81% 9244 102 95% 93% 8133 17 102% 8 94% 53% 6215 76 74 Tmamphec N SoulBalunan T6sC. ... T.adj 58. Mo Pacific gn 4s. N O Tex & M in 5s. ¥ Y Cent gen 3%s. N Y Cent deb 65 Y Centrids.... New Haven cd 6s. . New Haven d 4s 57 vew Haven New Haven 7s fr. . 4 NYW & Bos 435.. Norfolk & Wcn 4s. Northern Pac 3s. Northern Pac 4s. Northn Pacri 6s Northern Pac 55 D. O Short L cn 5s"46.100 Ore Short Lrefds.. 1 Ore-Wash Istrf4s 3 Pennsyl gen 5s. 12 Pennsyl 61;s. 12 Pennsyl gold 7 10 Peorio & E inc 4s 2 S wisn oo = 0w DR R Rapld Tran 6s Reading gen 4s... Rio G Westcl 4s... RIArk & L 4%s... StL&SFpl4sA.. StL&SFprinbs. StL&Sadjés..... Seab’d A L 4s sta Seab'd A Liref 4s ab'd A L adj 5s eab’d A L con 6s Sou Pacific 4s 1929. Sou Pacific ref 4s ou Pacific clt 4s. . Southern Ry 1st 5s. Southern Ry gn 4s. Southern Ry 6%s.. Third Ave ref 4s... Third Ave adj 5s. Tol StL & W 4s Union Pac 1stds... Union Pac cv 4s.... Union Pac cv 6s. Virginia Ry 1st 5s. Va Ry & P 1st 5. Western Md 4s. West Shore 1st 4s.. Wheel & L E cn 4s. Wisconsin Cent 4s. 1 9% TOTAL SALES (Par Value): 11a.m.. 1474000 12noon. 2639000 1pm.. 3859000 2pm.. 4847000 TOMATO SEASON AT PEAK. Delaware Canning Factories Are Rushed to Limit. SEAFORD. Del., September 4.—The tomato season at ita height in southern Delaware and the canneries are running to capacity to take care of the season’s pack. The canneries at Seaford and Blades are handling 25,000 baskets daily. The contract price is 25 cents a basket, but some tomatoes selling in the open market have brought as high as 30 cents. One of the Seaford canneries is operating on the co-operative plan, the growers being guaranteed 1§ cents per basket for their crop. They also share in the profits of the seafon's pack, if there be any. The outcome of this plan is being. watch- ed with much interest by both pack- ers and growers all over the pen- insula. CALL MONEY HIGHER. NEW YORK, September 4.—Call money firmer; high. 5%: low. 5% ruling rate, 5i: closing bid, 5%: o fered at 53; last loan. 5%; call loan against acceptances, 4 firmer; mixed collateral 4-6 _months, prime commer- clal paper, 5%. "CLOSING SUGAR PRICES NEW YORK, September 4. —Sugar futures closed eas: approximate sales, 21,000 tons; September, 4.47; De- cember, 4.35; March, 3.73; May, 3.81. 101% 56% 51 69% 92 964 103% 4% 85 60% 9% 61 9% BOSTON STOCK MARKET. BOSTON, September 4.—Following is & list of .today's highest, lowest and closing prices for the most active stocks dealt_in.here: Am Tel & Tel Amoskeag . Bingham Ms Boston & Albany Foston & Maine Calumet & Arizona Calumet & Hecla, Connor, J T Eastern S 8. Franklin Hood - Rubber Tsland Creek Dibby, ‘McNet Massachusetts Gas M Moh: H Nations! Leatber New Cornelia - North Butte 014 Colony 01d ‘Bominioa - Osceola Pacifc Milis Sooe Saciine Bhoe Mach pfd Superior . & Boston Bwift, & Co .. i Swift International . U 8 Smelt U 8 Smelt pfd Utah Apex v oil . High. * Low. Cloxe 418 13 1% 104 20% ‘ Experiments are beink, made with Mexican -hemp as.to itsfadaptability fov; paper pulp. . 3 Grain, Produce and Live Stock LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET. Very firm, was reported of the con- dition of the egg market this morn- ing, with but small receipts. Choice fresh eggs are scarce, according to reports, and candling losses are heavy. ' The price is about 40 cents. Poultry receipts were only fair the morning” after the hollday, with a slight advance in price. Young chickens were quoted at 30 and 32 cents, while hens were quoted at 25 and 26 cents. Only a very slight change in butter prices was noted the past week. The change was not great enough to affect the retafl market, however, and market conditions are about what they were this time last week. Eggs — Strictly fresh, selected, candled, per dozen, 34als; average re- ceipts, 32; southern, 30. Live poultry-—Roosters, per 1b., 17; turkeys, per 1b., 25; spring chickens, per 1b,, 30a32; keats, younsg, each, 40a50; fowls, per 1 3 Dressed poultry—Fresh killed spring chickens, per Ib., 34a38; winter chick- ens, per 1b., 30a35; hens, per lb., 30a3: roosters, per Ib., 18; turkeys, per lb., 35a40; Keats, young, each, 60. Live stock—Calves, choice, per 1b., 11%; medium, per ib., 10all; thin, pe 6a7. Lambs, spring, per 1b.. 13al4; live pigs, 3.00a5.00 each; live hogs, per Ib., 5. Green fruits—Apples, new, per bas- ket, 50al.75. ~Callfornia oranges, per crate, 5.00a6.50. Florida, 3.00a6.00. Lemons, per box, 17.00a8.00. fruit, 4.00a4.50. Peaches, per crate, 3.00; 1 -bushel basket, 1.00a1.50. taloupes, nearby, per crate, Grapes, 'Concord, 1.50a2.00; 1.50; gara, 1.50a2.00, Vegetables—New potatoes, bbl, No. 1, 5.0026.00; No. 2, 2.50a3.50. ew Jersey potatoes, bag, 4.50a5.00. .00a5.50 per bbl New York lettuce, pe 4 00, Romaine lettuce, per crate, 1. - Cabbage, crate, £.50a3.00; nearby, 1.00a 00 per bbl. Egeplant, per crate, 50a2.00. Tomatoes, 5 bu. basket, near- . Beans, 1.50a3.00 per bbl. 50a3.50 per basket. New York . per crate, 4.50a5.50. Squash, 252 Ceppers, per crate, nearby, Kale, per bbl, 1.50a%.00. Spin- ach, per crate, 75a1.50. Home-grown lima beans, per quart, 20a30. New York cucumbers, per bushel, 3.00a4.00; home- grown cucumbers, per’ bushel, 2.00a3.00. Sugar corn, per dozen. 1530. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. BALTIMORE September 4 (Special).—, bbl., 2.00a 5.50; per 100 1bs bu., 7 cets and ya 1.00a4.50; Cabbage, ' 100, 5.00a8.00. 5 Celery, doz. Cucumbers, . Eggplants, sh, - basket, 10a2: crate, 50a1.25. Onlons, 3.50. 'Tomatoes, basket, ing stock, bu., 65a7 a3.00; bu., 1.00al s, qt.. 12a18. ; basket, bu., 1.00a2.5 basket, 254 7a40. Pears, basket, 75a 1.00. Selling Prices on Grain. Wheat—No. 2 red winter, spot, 1.10; No. 2 winter, garlicky, spot, 1.021;; 3 red winter, garlicky. spot, 973,; No. 4 red winter, garlicky, spot. 933, Sales—None. Corn—Cob, new, 5.00 per barrel; No. spot, no quotations; track 1low, No. 2 or better, 1.05. old, 487 ye-—Nearby, 75a85 per 2 Western_export, spot, rye, spot, 74% per bushel. Hay—HReceipts, 125 tons. Under more liberal receipts the past few days the market for new hay rules easier, at a range of 25.00 to 25.00 per ton. All heated or damaged hay, however, has to be sold at a discount. Straw—No. 1 tangled r. 15.0 16.00; No. 1’ wheat, 12.00a: 1 oat, 13.00214.00. DAIRY PRODUCTS. BALTIMORE, Md. September 4 (Special).—Live poultry—Spring chic- kens, 256a32. Leghorns, 5 hens, 20a27; leghor roosters, 15.' Ducks, 17a23. P pair, 20a25% Guinea fowl, 40a60. Eggs—Loss off native and nearby firsts, dozen, 31: southern, 30. Butter—Creamery, good to fancy, 42a4 35a40; 2 white, 50; No. , 31; dairy prints, 31a33; process butter, 38, CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, September 4 (United States Department of Agriculture). Hogs—Receipts, 56,000 head; uneven, teady to 10 higher than Sat- desirable grades show most big packers, bidding 10 good and 'choice 160 to ound averages, 9.50a9. top, desirable 25-pound butchers 50; most packing sows, few good strong weight pigs, S ight hogs, 8.10a9.40; medium, 9.00a : light light, §.00a packing sows, s ing sows, rough, 7.35a7.60; slaughter i Cattle—Receipt .000 head; trade slow; killing quality, largely medium to good; few early sales beef steers, yearlings and well conditioned beef cows and heifers steady; other grades 10 to/15 lower; spots more; moderate share run western grassers mostly in illing flesh: bidding lower on these; part load long fed steers, 13.10; sev- eral lots 11.00a12.85; few lower grad sold; other classes about steady; four- teen loads steers averaging 800 to 1,100 pounds to feeder dealers at 8.00a s. four loads at outside figures bulk bologna bulls, 4.00a4.50; few ies, 4.60; bulk vealers early to outsiders, 11.00 upward; packers bid- ding under 11.00, Sheep—Receipts, 32,000 head: fairly active; fat lambs fully 25 lower; aged stock around 25 lower; cull lambs feeding lambs steady to FINANCIAL, PUBLDEBTCJF TS0 38T Treasury Announces August Reduction—Trading Light on Local Exchange. The gross public debt of the United States was pared $70,341,145.65 dur- ing the month of August, 1923, and now stands at $22,200,028,617.90, the Treasury Department announced this morning. This figure represents a net reduction of $4,396,673,030.11 from the war debt peak reached on August 21, strong; no ern_fat lambs sold held around 13. btter grades tive fat lambs mostly 12.50a13.75 early top, 12 culls largely 9.00a 9.50; fat lishtweight ewes, 7.50; feed- ing lambs around 13.50. TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES. CHICAGO. September 4.—Influenced chiefly by an advance in Liverpool quotations, wheat prices here aver- aged a little higher today during the early dealings. Traders were disposed to rssociate the Liverpool advance with reports that France had accept- ed in principle German suggestions of an economic_accord between the two countries. Trade here was of mod- erate volume. The opening, Which varied from unchanged figures to % higher, with September 1.02% to 1.02% and December 1.06% to 1.07, was followed by something of a sag and then by slight rallie: Scantiness of immediate supplies tended to lift the price of September corn, but favorable crop reports made the later months easy. After open- ing at % decline to 1% advance, De cember, 681z to 68%. the market un- derwent a moderate setback from the initlal range. Oats paralled the action of corn, start % to % higher, December, 40%. and later showing some loss. Provisions averaged a little higher in_line with hog values. Profit taking sales together with lack of sustained buying, led to a downturn in wheat values’today after an early advance. The close was heav Close. 1.01% 1 it 85 ki 683 3% September. December. 394 1 by 4213 1 $2,000,000. 11.85 Septembe eptem oY 1197 October. RIFS— September. October BAR SILVER RATES. LONDON, September 4.—Bar silver, 31 3-16d per ounce. Money, 2 per cent, PDiscount rates—Short bills, 21-5-16a3 per cent;. three-month bills, 31-16a3 14 per cent. NEW. YORK, September 4—Bar sil- wver, 63%; Mexican dollars, 48%. ! ! ! ! | 1919, when gross indebtedness totaled $26,596,701,648.01. Government bonds, totaling $16,505,- 972,280, make up the major portion of the debt. Treasury notes outstanding amount to $4,066,659,200 and Treas- ury tax certificates total $982,130,0 Treasury war savings £ redeemed aggregate $346,707,364, mak- ing a total interest-bearing debt of $21,901,528,544 The matured debt of the govern- ment on wh h_interest has ceased amounts to $ .010, while the in- debtedness which bears no interest mounts to $242,678,764. Classification of Debt. A classificaion of the interest-bearing bedt follows: Bonds—Consuls of 1930, $599,724,050; Ioan of 1925, $118,489.900; Panama’s of 1916-1936, $48,954180; Panama's of 1918-1938, .947,400; Panama’s of 1961, $48.800,000; conversion bonds. 00; postal savings bonds, $11,- first liberty loan of 19: 1947, second liberty loan of 1198, ; third liberty loan of 1328, $3,38 00, and fourth liberty loan of 1933-1938, $86. 388~ 700. Treasury bonds of 1947-1952, $763,954.301 Treasur. $311,088,6 100; Seri B-192 $410,11 20 notes — Serfes A-1924, Series B-1924, $380,681,- -1925, $598,355,900; Series 79,800; Series C-1925, certificates—Series Series TS securities— 7,969; Series 1920a Series 1921a, $13,113,98 1, issue of December 15, 1921b, $1,888,606; Series 1922, issue of December }5, 1921b, $104,197,21 1922, of September 30, 1922b, d, thrift an. unclassified sales, etc, $5,518,599. Bankers Back From Vacations. George O. Walson, president of the ational Bank, has returned v after a “most delightful vacation spent in the Adirondacks and a 1.300-mile automobile tour, without accident.” Robert V. Fleming, vice president of the Riggs, has returned to the bank after a_vacation at Deer Park, Md., and Atlantic Ci A. C. Waller, vice president of the International Bank, returns this af- ternoon from a sojourn at Atlantic City. George A. Harris, president of the Potomac Joint Stock Land Bank, re- turns today from Chicago, after at- tending the annual convention of joint stock land banks. Avon M. Nevius, vice president of Riggs National, and Frank J. Bur- roughs, assistant cashier of the same institution, leave on their annual vacations tomorrow. Trading Light on Exchange. Prices held firm in_sparse trading on the Washington Stock Exchange today. Strength was exhibited by Mergenthaler Linotype, which sold to_the extent of twenty shares at 157% and 157%, while Lanston eased off 4 quarter point to ¥ involving forty shares. Capital Trac- tion sold in odd lots to the extent of twenty-nine shares at 101 and RIggs Bank rights were easier at 95, five certificates selling at this figure The bond list was almost neglected, Washington Gas_6s furnishing the only activity, at 101 and 1013;. EXPORTS OF GRAIN NEARLY DOUBLED Mounting ~ Shipments of Wheat Cause Great Change in Weekly Grain Figures. Grain exports from the United States last week totaled 9,204,000 bushels as compared with 4,430,000 bushels for the week previous. Most of the increase was made up by mounting shipments of wheat The totals for the week, as com- pared with those for the week previ- ous, were as follows: Wheat, 8,215,000 bushels, 100,000, against 00 barrels, against 9,000, against 932, gainst 22,000. Canadian grain in transit amounted to 268,000 bushels, against 418,000, STOCK, YARN, RICE EXCHANGES CLOSED Action at Osaka Accompanied by Permit for Seizing of All Food Supplies. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 4.—Stock yarn and rice exchanges at Osaka have been closed and the Japanese cabinet has authorized prefecture governors to commandeer all supplies necessary to provide food and cloth- ing for the destitute, says a cabled message received today at the New York offices of Mitsul and Co., Japa- nese importers, from their Osaka agents. BUILDING BOOM GROWS. Chicago’s August Permits Totaled $20,134,150. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, September 4.—Another high record was set for building con- struction in August. Permits were issued requiring expenditure of $2 124,150 in_apartment houses, resi- dences, office buildings, and other structures. The total exceeds July $4.000,000 and August. 1922, by PRICE OF EGGS STRONG. NEW YORK, September 4.— Strong; receipts, 5,394 gathered extra firsts, 34a37; do,, firsts, 30a33; do., seconds and poorer, 26a29: New Jersey hennery whites, 'locally selected extras, 5 : mnearby hen- nery wHites, locally selected extras 54a56; state nearby and nearby west. ern_hennery whites, firéts to extras, 41a53; nearby hennery browns, extras, 42a48: Pacific coast whites, extras, 48 a49; do., firsts to extra firsts, 3