Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1923, Page 16

16 STOCKS HOLD WELL | "IN BRIEF SESSION Tax Selling_and Taking of ! Profits Are Factors in ...~ Wall Street. B the Associated Prexk. NEW YORK, December 29.—Stock Prices ‘displayed a strong underton® intoday's brief but active market desplte the cropping out of isolated “Weak spots in varlous sections of the list. Offerings were largely a mix- 1ure of tax-selling and profit-taking males, although short interest wers wlso known to be active in a few |ty g PRt e oo dssues. s Selling pressufe was most effective in the sugar shares, Associated Dry Goods Marine preferred, United States Cast Iron Pipe, Canadian Pa- cific. and Unlon preferred. the last named touching a new 10w for the year. United States Steel common was again active at higher prices, | touching 1%. I Fresh buying also appeared in the oil group. Producers and Refiners, Phillips “Petroleum and Tidewater rising 1 to 1!3 points, while Atlan- 1le Hefining_ jumped 4l3. Brook Manhittan sit eferred rose Points to 50, a new 1823 top, and there was good buying of the Chi- cago and Northwestern issues. The «closing was firm. ales approximated 00,000 shar STOCKS STRONG TODAY. | Steel Again Leads xnrket—mns; in Good Demand. ! BY STUART P. WEST. Bpecial Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, December 20.—What few signs of reaction there were in Jriday's market eotirely disappeared today United States Steel common con- tinued the leader, and in its prog- ress toward par proved an inspira- tlon to the entire list. Oll shares were the second point of interést, with Standard of New Jersey across 40, with a violent advance in At- lantic Refining and with gains of a half point to a point in other mem- of the group. 1t was said that twb important in- terviews on the oil trade would be released over New Year, and that one at least would be very bullish. Ap- parently this was the motive for the buvine in the oil stocks. - Better Trading in Railx. There was more of a demand for railway shares especially for stocks of the northwestern roads and other iranscontinentals, like Union Paci- sic and Southern Pacific. The theory here was that much of the recent selling in these stocks has been to register fosses for inconT tax pur- Gh¢} mnd that they might reason. . expected to feel the removal of this pressure. ood the rec ws all out in the pitalization plan, did little in_the day's campaign which got under way Friday in Coco Cola con- tinued, nd so did that in U. S Realty, the latter getting above par. Brooklyn and Manhattan transit pre- ferred attracted attention by selling at its record high. Fertilizer Stocks Active. The shares of the fertilizer com- articularly American Agri- 1 and Virginia Caro- u pw American Agricultural Chemical pre- ferred was in especial demand, get- ting up to 44 on a few eales. The recent improvement in these is- sues began a few weeks ag or three prominent Wall stre s Rdvised thelr cilents that the turn for the hetter had come and that the farmers were more able to buy and pay for fertilizer than they had been in a long while. On the other hand, there has been a feeling in some quar- iers that the industry had not come | k to anything like profitable condi- | ons, and that the necessity for cheap- er fertilizers would prove a further depressant on the earnings of the fer- tilizer makers. Further seiling occurred in Asso- ciated Dry Goods on the idea that, with the dividend recently increased, there was no special incentive, for the time being at Jeast, for a continuance of the upward movement. Directors raised the -annual rate from 34 1o $5 this week, and there were some helders of the stock who were disappointed because {t was not put on a $6 basis. Earnings for 1823 re_expected to be equally as good for 1922, when net income on the stock was over $15 per Annual Review Cheerful. The first of the annual reviews, of which the public will have a surfeit during the next few days, made their appearance and wers very cheerful in tone. Doubtlees they contributed to the good feeling e?idenced in_the stock market. o, Jear 1923 il;?z of opti- le_minority The year 1823 ‘ends with a mors Fenpral sentl- ment of confidence, yet With reco nition of the uncertainties of the coming presidential campalgn, and how they may affect business and finance. RETAILERS TO TAKE UP PUBLIC RELATIONS! Spacial Disphteh to The Star. NEW YORK, December 28.—In rec- ognition _ of ’the retail merchant’s responsibilities to the consumer, the thirteenth_annual convention of the Natlonal Retail Dry Goods Aueclm-‘ tion will have as its keynote “The Obligation and Relations of the Re- tailer to the Public,” according to an announcement Jjust made by Lew Hahn, managing director. The con- vention will be held February b, 6, 7 and 3 at the Hotel Astor. The program of the four-day ses- slon of stors ownérs and executives from all of the United States will concentrate on developing & larger appreciation of the whole ques- tion of “Publlc Relations.”” In order to accomplish this, discussions will center around the following vital fac- tors in store operation: Finding prac- tical methods for lowering the cost of distribution; showing how efficlent constructive service can bé givén without extravagance; encouraging by better methods greater public confi- dence in retail operations. NEW YORK DAIRY PRICES. NEW YORK, Decembér 29.—Butter, steady; receipts, 10,251 tubs, Eggs, weak: recelpts, 15,772 cases; | & fresh gathered, extra firsts, 46ad7; do., firsts, 42a44: do, ssconds and poorer, 33a4l. New Jersey, hennery whites, closely selected, extras, 58a '57; nearby hennery whites, closely seiected, extras, 50a57; state, nearby and nearby western henery swhites, “firsts o extras, 50a55; Pacific coast whites, extras, b64a56; do., firsts to ex- tra firts, 50a53. Cheese, unsettled; receipts, 154,732 pounds. x —_— 'PARIS MARKET STEADY. P Décember 29.—Pricés were #tepdy on the bourse today. Three pen cent réntes, 53 frands 25 centimes. Fixchange, London, 84 francs $0 cen- tlmes. Five per cent loan, 69 france 20 centimes. The dollar was quoted at 19 franes 61% centimes.. Th bourse will be closed next Monday and Tuesday. RAT: Ty o 0 oc cont Diseoant ratoe=—bhats bl 3 7-i6-per .cent; three-month bills, &34 per centy g e cmmm———— FINANCIAL. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Received by Private Wire Difest ¢ The Star Office Adv Rumley Adv Rumley p! Allled Chem. Allled Chem pf.. Allis Chalmers. . Am Agr Chem Am Ag Chm pf.. Am Beet Sugar. Am Beet Sg pf Am Bosch. Am Can. Am Car & Fdy Am Chain (A) Am Chicle Co. Am Cot O ctfs Am Cot Ol pt Am Druggist. |Am & Forgn w i Am & Forpf w i Am Expres: . Am H & Leath Am lce. . Am Intern, Am La France. Am Linseed. Am Radiator. Am Safe Razor. Am Ship & Com. Am Smelting Am Tel & Teleg. 125 14 Am Tobacco. Am Tobac (B) Am Tob pf (n).. Am Water Wks. Am W W 6% pf. Am Woolen...,. Am Writ Prpf.. ! Am Zinc & Lead Am Zinc&Ld pf. Anaconda...... Armour of Del pt Arnold Constab. Asso D Good Assoclated Ol Atchlson. . Atchison pf. Atlan Bir & A Atlan Cst Line Atlantic Frult.. Atl Fruit stfs Atlantic Gulf. At1 Gulf pt. Atlantic Ref.... Atl Refining pf.. Atlas Tack. . Austin Nichols. Austin Nich pf.. Auto Knitter... Baldwin Loco.. Balto & Ohlo... Balto & Ohlo pf. Barnesdall (A). Rarnesdall (B). Batopilas Min. .. Beechnut Pack. Beth Steel...... Beth Btl 7%(n) Bklyn Edison. Brkilyn-Man Tr. Brkin-Man T pt. Bkiyn UnGas... 1 Burns Bros (A). | Burns Bros (B). Butte Copper. | Butte & Super. | Butterick. { Caddo O Calif Pack. Callaban Zinc. . Calumet & Aris. Calumet & Hecla Canadlan Pac... Case Plow Wks. Case (J 1) pf Central Leatn. Cent Leath pf. Cent RR of NJ.. Cerro de Pasco. Chandler Mot. .. hesap & Ohlo | Ches & Onio pt. { Chi & Alton. | Chi & Alton pt. { Chi & East TI1. {Chi& B11l pt. Chi Grt West. Chi Great W pf. Chi Mil & St P, Chi Mil &8t P pi Chi & Northwn. Chi & Nwn pf... ChiRI& Pac... IChRI& P 6% pt Chi R I&P T%pi. I ChiStPM &O. Chile Copper Chino Copper. { Cluett Peabody. | Coca-Cola.. Colo Fuel Colo & South. Columbia Gas. Columbn Carbon Comp Tabulst.. Congoleum Co. Clgar. Co Cons Gas of NY. Consol Gas rts. Cons Textlle Cont Can.. Continental Mo Cosden pt. Crex Carpét. Cructble 8t Cuban-Am Sus. Cuba Cane Sug. Cuba Cane 8 pf.. Cuban Dom'can. Cuyamel Fruit.. Davison Chem Del & Hudso D Lack & West. Dome Mines... ! Douglas Corpn. Dupont (B1)... Bastman Kodak EatonAxle &8p. Elec Stor Bat. Eik Horn Coal. . Emerson Brant.. Emerson-B pt. Endlcott-John. Fairbanks Co... Famous Players Famous Fed Mines & 8. 4 Fd Mines &S pt. Fidelity F Ini 11 18y pE. Fifth Ave Bul sher Body . Goldwin Corp. Goodrieh. . Qoodrich pt. Goodyear pt. Goodyesr pr pf. Granby Consol.s Gray & Davis. t Nox;hcrn pE. Guif Bt Steel. . arbishaw Cab. g::t-ln Corp. Low. Close. | 9% 10% ' Inspiration..... 83% 83% | Interb Rap Tr.. 67% Int Agr Cotp (n) 6 [InAg Chemical, 1 ) In Ag Chem p*. 70% ' Int Cement 111% In Comb . High, 10% 34% 244 1% % L] 244 12% 24 11% 6 rin 44% | Int M Marine Int Nick Intl Paper. Intl Paper (sta) { Invincible Oil. .. ' Lowa Central. .. i Iron Products.. Iron Prod ctfs. . Jewel Tea. Kansas City 8., Kayser (Julius) Kelly Spr Tire.. Kelly-Spr 6% pt | Kelly-Spr 8% pt Kennecott. Keystone T Kinney GR Lee T & Rubber. Lehigh Valley.. | MelIntyre Por. | Mack Trucks. .. Mack Truck 2d. Mailinson & Co. Manat! Sugar Manhat El Sup. . Manhatn E) guar Manhattan Elev Manhat Sbirt Maracatbo Ol Market St Ry Marland Ol Martin-Parry. . Mathison Alkili, Maxwell (A)... % 101% 387 387 i | 65% ol o | 7% 2 | Mex Seaboard. . Mex Seabd ctfs. Mullins Body Munsingwear. Nash Motors.... Nash Motors pf. Natl Acme. Nutl DeptStores Nat! Ename! Natl Lead . Natl Ry of M 2d. Nevada Copper. NOFr Tex & Mex. N Y Alr Brak N Y Central N Y C-Readg. NY Chl &St L, NY Ch & StL N Y Dock pf. NYNH&Hartfd. +|NYO& Westrn. Norf & Western. North Amer. North Am pf. North Pacific... Nov Scot Steel. . Nunnally Co. Onyx Hoslery Orpheum Cireuit. Otis-Elevator... Otis Steel Owens Bottle. Pac fic Develop. Pac Gas & Elec. Paclfic Mall Pacifc Ofl. . Packard Motor. Pere Marquette. Philadeiphia Co. Phila Co pf. Phillips Jon . Philip Morris. .. Phillips Pet Pitts Coal pf. Pitts & W Va... Postum Ceréal. y Prod & Ref pf... Pub Service..... Pub Serv 8% pf. Pullman Co..... P\Ill'.lo‘Allll'l'.. . 9% Pure Oll. . Ray Con Copper Reading. Rep Ir & Steel. Reynolds Spr... Rey Tobac (B).. Royal Dutch. ... Rutland Ry pf.. 8t L&Ban Fran 29% | ginclalr OMl. Sinclalr Southern Rwy. Southern Ry pt. “u Sterlis . l“w':-.wm 43% Strombg 40% Buperior Oil. ... l":;lletoll.. 48% | Tenn Copper. Texas Company Texas & 3 Tex & PC&ON. Third Avenue. Tide Watér Oil Timken Bearing Tobaceo % " % 100% 101% 100% i 18% 18 4% 4% 4% 85% 16% 16% Open. High. Low. Olese, 13% % 25% 18% 141 914 43% 93 10 50% 123 64 61 2 34 4 | more thy BOND LIST FIRM AS WEEK CLOSES : Sales for Tax Losses Cause Only Weak Spots—More New Offerings Coming. BY GEORGE T. HUGHES, Special Dispatch to The Star, NEW YORK, December 29.—Bond prices were firm today throughout practically the entire list. The onfy exceptions were In the case of Issued |which are down substantially on the for sales to establish tax losses. This is the last day when such sales can be made in the regular way. On Monday any selling of this kind must % | be done for cash In order that the re- sults may be Included in 1923 income tax returns. United States Loans Popalar. All United States government loans were in good demand today, although on the week changes have been irreg- ular. Only the tax-exempt 3%s sold off today, and even here the loss was small. Signs were not wanting of the accumulation of high-grade rails and industriais in anticipation of re investment demand next month, ex- amples being Atchison general 4s, Atlantic Coast Line 4s, New York Central 53 and Reading general 4s, Canadian Pacific debenture 4s were readily taken at 80. ,Among speculative issues the Cuba |Cane Sugar §s and 7s were both strong, the former retaining their gains of the week which amount to two points and the latter {moving up in less degree in sympathy. Virginia-Carolina Chemical bonds were also strong again today and on the week both the 78 and the 73is with warrants show advances of 13 to 2% points. St. Paul's Again Active. St. Paul bonds have monopolized at- tention among the speculative rails all week and were active today. Ex- cept for the 4% of 1925 all the junlor llens show substantial advances on the week reflacting more c o8 In the St. Paul's position helpful. In the foreign group the weaknes: in the French government obligation: has been the most important develop- ment of the week. The movement doubtless was in sympathy with the decline In franc exchange. It is not a little significant, however, that the losses were so small amounting in the extreme to not more than two points. New offerings this week have been unusually large for a holiday season, the total being around $425 The outlook next week. RAILROAD LEASE UP BEFORE.C.C Control of Clinchfield Road for 999 Years Meets With Strong Opposition. business is for heavy Arguments over the proposed lease of the Clinchfleid, Carolina and Ohio iraiiroad to the Atlantic Coast Line and Louisville & Nashville railroads | were heard today by the Interstate Commerce Commission. George B. Elliott, general counsel for the At- lantic Coast Line, which corporation in association with the Louisville and Nashville proposes to take over the Clinchfield under a 999 year lease, ex- plained the plan, The outstanding capltal obligations {of the Clinchfield would be cut from $71.000.000 to $54,000,000. he ex- plained, and on ' this jatter amount {the leasing company would guaran- ;‘n'e payment of jnterest and divl dends. They would likewise prepare to spend immediately $6.000.000 in improvements to tha Clinchfeld lines and the purchase of new equipment. ‘What Lease Would Mean. Once the Clinchfield was taken over, ho sald, the Atlantio Coast line and ' the Louisville and Nashville Would find themselves possessed of a conmection between the southeast Atlantic coast and the mlddle west. Hes would be put in pomition gompste on an equal basis with the Southern rallroad and to give Ken- tuaky coal an outlet to southern mar- kets, while at the same time the mid- dle west and Carolina territory would have = direot traffio routs. For the Seaboard Alr Line, which ocontests lease unless its terms are altered 80 a5 to give other south- ern ‘railroads acoess to the Clinch- fleld on equal terms with its lessee, Forney Johnson declared that exist- ing statutes forbade the commission to_extend the desired permission. . The result would be In law, he said, to tie-up the two leasing raliroads together. Opponition to Move, Further, he contended that under the terms of the lease the Clinch- | fleld_would actually_be sold to the CoastLine and the Nashville corpors ation. This would occur, he said, be- cause the additions and’ betterments made to the Clinchfield lines In the future would be capitalized and the ccurities issued to the lesses corpor- ation. —_— POTATO MARKET. CHICAGO, December 29.—Potatoes —White stoek, stronk; early Ohios, steady; receipts, 28 cars: total United States' shipments, 443: Wisconsin sacked round whites, 1.25a1.45; mostly 1.35ak40; bulk, 1.40a150: Minnesota % | sacked round whites, 1.30a1.40 i ed Red River Ohlos, few sales, 1.5:.“ DAIRY VOTES DIVIDEND. ‘The directors of ths Western Mary- land Dairy have daclared the qui terly aivide nd of 8 cent o: t‘):: referred stocl ¢ January Ewckholdan o.r' ra'ord Doo:mbor l’lt ° Wabash pf (A). Waldort s Ibra. sgprey, 50 $E3E R, e e year and which offer opportunities | vember earning statement was also ' N, D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1923 i Direet to The Star (Bales are in $1.000.) RAILROADS. UNITED STATES BONDS. Bales. High. Low. Olose. (Fragtions represent thirty - seconds. Atchison gen 4s... 57 86% 86% ple: 98-3 means 98 3-32.) AtlanticCL1st4s. 3 87 87 " : % . |AtlantieCLel4s.. 2 83 83 B 96% 96% Lib3%s. Lib 1st 7 81% Bl% Lib 1sf Lib 8d 434 s Lib 4th 4 UB4%s 1 99-9 FOREIGN. 1 112% 112% 3 111 111 14 T9% Argentine 7s Canad North 6% Cenad Pac deb Car Clinch & O bs Central Pacific 4 Ches & Ohio ¢v Belgium 68 Belgium 8s. . Bolivia 8s. Bordeaux 6 Braz!l 7s. Brazil 8 Chi & E 111 gn b4 Chi Great Weat 4s. 37 CM & Puget 8d 4s. 40 Chi M&StPredis 69 Chi M&St Pcvbs.. 33 Canada 58 1962. Chile 85 1941 Chile 75 1943 . Chinese Gov Ry ba. Christiania 8s Copénhagen 6%s. . Cuba 6¥%s ctfs. . Czechoslovakla 8s Chl M&S P cv 4148.193 Chi M&St P 4s '34. . CM&StPgnds. Denmark 8s. Chi&NW T Denmark 6s. 3 Dutch E16%s.... Dutch East I 6837, Dutch East 1 6862, Framerican 7%8 French Govt French Govt 7 Haiti6s..... Holland-Ame: eso 15t 41 Ja ese 4s. . Jergen UM 6847, . I Lyon 68 Ma: Mexico bs Mexico 48 o Netheriands 68 Norway 8s. . Norway 65 1943. Norway 681952.... Orient Dev deb 6s. { Paris-Ly’s-Med 6=. | Colo & Sou 438 Cuba RR Gs. Del & Ha 1st rf Del & Hudson 5% Den & Rio G cn 4, D& R G st rf 5s. Det United 4% s Erle 15t con & Erie con ext Erfe gen 48 . s {Erie conv 4s B Erle conv 4s D Gr North gen 78 Gr North gen b Hud & Man ref Queensland 7s. ... Rio de Jan 8s 1946, Rio de Jan 8s 1947. Sao Paulo City §s.. 5a0 Paulo State 8s. Seine Dept of 7s... Int Rap Tr bs stpd. Int Rap Tran 68 Ud Kingm 5%s'28. Ud Kingm 5%s'37. | Uruguay 8s lzurlch 8s Lake 8hore 45’28 Louls & N 6s 2003. . Manhat Ry cn 4s. . Market St en bs Mil El Ry & L 5 M&StL1strf 4s. MEK&T1stds.... MREK&TprinssA. 103% 111% MISCELLANEOUS, 6 86% 6 97y 92 92 10215 102% 100% 100%5 118% 118% 98 97% Ajax Rubber 8s. .. Am Agr Chem 73 Am SmIU&R 1st 68 Am SmIt&R 65 AInT& Tcev 6s AmT&Tcltrbs.. AmT& Teltrds.. Am T & T deb 534s. 6 Anaconda cv db Anaconda 1st 6s. Armour & Co 4%s. | Armour of Del %8 { Atlantic Refin &s Mo Pacific Mo Pacific gn 2 % 84 103% 103% 2 8% B88% 95% bT% 701 677% 321 14 1% 587 38 86% 57 8 0 New Haven 7s fr.. N YRy rtdsotts. . New York Ry aj 581 NYRysadjbsct.. 7 Y Btate Ry 4%s Y W & Bos 4%8. Norfolk & W cn 4s. Bklyn Edison 78 D. Bklyn Ed gen 5s. .. Bush T Bldg 55 '60. Calif Pete 6168 w i, Central Leather 58 Chile Copper 6s. ... Commonwth P 6s. . Con Coal Md 1st Cuban-Am Sug 8 Cuba Cane cv d 8 Cuba Cane ev 7 | Det Edison ret Du Pontde N« Dugquesne Lizht 65 { Est Cuba Suk 7%s. l Empire G&F T1s. Fisk Rubber 8s.... Soodrich 6%s..... Goodyear 8s 1931 Goodyear 8s 1941.. { Hershey 6s 1942 j{llinois Beil 1st b: Int Mer Marine 6. Int Paper 1st 58 B. KCP&Lt6sA52. Kelly-Spring 8s. .. 5! { Lackawa S 58 '60 7 ! Liggett & Myrs 7s. Liggett & Myrs 5s. llnrlllard (P)7s... Magma Cop cv . Manat! Sug sf 748 | Midvale Steel bs. .. Montana Power bs Morris&Co 1st 4% s New Eng Tel bs. N Y Edsn st 63 NYG EL H&P 6s. N Y Tel 65 '41. N Y Tel 6849 80% 80% 102% 102% @ o BonBhanvan 90% 90% 108% 107% 107% 107% 95 o1% M 9l 871 87 16%s. Pennsyl gold 7 1con 4%3.. Fere Marg 1st §s. . Reading gen & o g B o ACRAPRRRM »2ddunuan g abonnSaledaran Jume 9613 . 1161; | Seab'd A L ad) Ga.. 111 |Seab'd A Lcon 6s. . | Sou Pacific 45 1929, | Sou Pacfic ref 4s. .. Sou Pacific clt 4s. . Southern Re gn 4s. Southern Ry 613a. . Southern Ry 68 ct. 691 691 26 101% 1014 8 961 961 82 95% 29% 2% Po Nor States Pow 6i Northwst B To Pacific Gas & LIl 68 Pacifle T& T 6852 Pan-Am Pete 7 100% | Unios P ev. 107% | Union Pac 1st rf b8 1 Virginia Ry 1st 58 91% | wabash 1st bs.. 2 2085 Wi 102% | Wes! 96% P Phila Co ref s - - PORIROGONE MeaS FOREIGN EXCHANGE. (Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbe & Co.) Saks & Cosf7s. Sharon Stl H 8s. Sinclalr Ofl 7 Sinclair Oil 6 101% 100 98U o 238 30 per trill J 30 g5 trittion Unlon Bag & P 6s.. Unit Drug cv §s. U S Rub 1st rf bs. U S Rubber 7%s S 8 111 wEaanman By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, Decembér *29.—For- eign exchanges irregular. uota- !Ignfl (in nited States 3 100% | Great Britain, deman 944 I.;!;: sixty-day blils on’' banks 1.31%; Fr‘ll‘\:r. dfl!&lhfl, .3‘513; C‘Ables, % . deman 04328 ; SHORT-TERM SECURITIES. | AR B demans: L0460 ; cables, .0451; Germany, demand, TR R DHa00500000085: cables, 00000008 80058: %o | Holland, demand, .8805; cables, 8307 Norway, demand, .1467; Sweden, de. mand, .2848; Dénmark, demand, .1772; Switzerland, demand, .1761; 'S 0218 Poland. ‘zécho- slovakia, demand, .0292%: Jugo- slavia, demand, .0113%; Austria, xt mand,” .000014; ~ Rumania, deman: 00513 Argentina, demand, .83; Brasil, 10975; Montreal, 97 9. WEEKLY BANK REPORT. NEW YORK, December 29.—The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows & deficit In reserve of 8,996,340. This is ‘a decrease of : 23,014,400, 1004 1 e A o, CHICAGO STOCK MARKET. "R CHICAGO, r 29 —Following 102% | is a report 104 lfllu 1 107 | sules. today’ -lba hi low and closing flmu‘m‘l at mfl‘o Stock Exchange: At ; TREASURY OERTIFICATES. | ,.ib Arocer of Poop B4 2] rmour of Il pfd.. (Quotations furnisbed by Reamond & Co.) 200 Cotlnental Motors. Wilson&C cv 7%s. Wilson & Co cv 6 Winchester A 7% Youngstn S& T 6s. 11 num of Amer. Oo. Taminum Oo. i pi ggg 853 ,g?g *7o imfis ) | Catt ‘,_me,‘ -FINANCIAL, 'Grain, Produce and r Live Stock LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET. A weakness in the egs market was reported thiy morning, and a further decline in prices anticipated. This morning they were quoted at 43 and 44 cents, the highest price this season being 60 cents. Turkeys were slightly cheaper, be- ing quoted at 35 and 40 cents. There Was a fairly plentiful supply of tur- kevs on hand, but the demand was not great. The chioken market was somewhat stronger. Prices were only slightly | advanced. Closing of the rabblt sea- | son in Maryland resulted in increased receipts here and correspondingly cheaper prices prevailed. Eggs—Strictly fresh, selected, can- led, per dozen, 45a48; average receipts, 43; storage, 28, Live poultry—Roosters, per 1b.. 1 vS, per ib., 32a33; spring chick- ds, per Ib., 26a26; keats, young, each, fowls, per Ib., 25aZ6. Dressed poultry—Fresh killed spring chickens, per b, 28a30; roasters, per, Ib.." 27a28; b., Z7a2 urkeys, per b, 3 {each, S6aks: ron ers, per Ib, 2 Game—Rabbits, No. 1, per 2, 1.25a1.50. ! | | dozen, 3.00; No. Live stock 12; medium, per 8a10. Lam alves, choice, per 1b, 1b., 11; thin, per Ib., s, spring, per Ib., 13. Live 0 each; iive hogs, per 1b., fruits—Apples, per basket, per barrel, 2.60a6.00. Cal fornia ‘oranges. per crate, 6.00a7.00; 1da, 2.5024.00. Lemons, per boX, 3.50a4.50. Grapefruit, 2.50a3.25. Cran- berries, 5.00a5.50 per one-half barrel. | Urapes, California K 1.50a2.50. Vegetables—Potatos ¥ No. " 1, 2.25a2. 1.50. 50a2.65; X §.00 per . Southern lstuce, per crate, 1.002.00; nearby, §0al.00° Tceberg, 3.50a4.00. Cabbage. 1.50a2.00 per 100 1bs.; nearby, 1.00a 1.50 bbl. Tomatoes, Fiorida, 3.00a6.00. Heans, southern, per basket, 2.0023.50. Peas, per baskef, 1.50a2.50. New York celery, per crate, washed, 6.00; in rough, New York, 2.50a4.00; £.0026/50. Squash, 2.50a3.00. Pe) crate, Florida, '2.50a3.50. 4.00a5.00. Kale, per bbl, Spinach, per bbl., 3.00a4.00. cucumbers, per bushel, 4.50 100-1b. sack, 2.2 . Brussels | prouts, 15a25. i { GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. BALTIMORE, December 29 (Spec- ial).—Potatoes, white, 1.8 a 2 1.5022.25. Celery Cucumbers, cr. bbl, ) o 4.00. ate. crate, 1.50a Squash, crate, 2.0083.00. Peppers, Spinach, bu., $0ai.00. 1.5082, Tomatoes, Turnips, bu packed. bbl. 0; bu., ooss, 100 Ibs. 5 ; box 1.50a3.25. Cranberries, bbl., .00210.00. Grapefruit, box, 1.50a| 250, Oranges, box, 2.00a4.00. Pine- apples, crate, 5.00a4.50. Strawberrie qt., 50a75. Selling Prices on Grain. Wheat—No, 2 red winter. 1.07%; No. 3 red winter, quotation; No. 2 red winter, garlick spot, domestic, 1.08: export, no qu tation; No. L per, 2.00. crate, spot. 3 red winter, garlick spot, no quotation: No. 4 red winter, sarlicky, sp6t, no quotation. Sales—None. " Corn—Cob, new, 3.80a3.85 for vel- low and 3.6523.70 per barrel forl white; No. 2 corn, spot, 84%; No. 3 ‘spot, §2%; track corn, vellow, . 8 Receipts, 83 tons. The tone ocal hay market is firm, with ! light offerings at the better grades of | timothy, light mixed and No. 1 clover, | for which description there is a fairly | good demand at market quotations. " | Quotations— 27.50a | 5,00 per ton; No. 2 3, 24.00225.00; No. 4, 22.90 1 clover mixed, 24.50825.00 clover, 24.00a25.00. e Nor 1 straight rve, 25.00 per ton; No. 1 tangled ry 18.00; No. 1 wheat, 13.00a14 oats,’ 14.00215.00. TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES. 1CAGO, December 29, abeine G any determinsd selling, wheat prices averaged a little high- or today in the early transactions. More or less spreading between Chi- cago and Winnipeg developed. Oth- erwise, business was chiefly of a week end evening-up characier. Thé start, which varled from the same starday's finish to }§ali higher, v 1.08% to 1.07 and Ju was followed by slight gen- ! ernl gaing and then something of 2| reaction. Hay of the I 24.00a 5908 Country oftérings of corn remained Iight, but dommission houses ap- peared to be well supplied with or- ders to sell May at 74. er open- ing_% lower to % advance, May 73% to 78%, oorn showed some riss all around, but then became easier. Onts stafted unchanged to % high- May 465, and later continued firm, gher quotations on hogd tended ift the provision maricet. Low. -4 108! . l!&g b 3 £ . 1 1.08 081y 1.08% .70 74 July ! ARy a3y 12.156 January B My . RIBS- January May ... DAIRY PRODUOCTS. BALTIMORE, December 20 (Spe- clal).—Live poultry—Turkeys, pound, chickens, 26a27; horns, 20a24; . 2082 horns, 20a22; old roosters, 18: ducks, 20a27; geess, 22828 pigeons, pair, 258 30; guineafowl, each, 35a65. Dressed poultry—Turkeys, pound, 25a42; chickens, 36a28; old roosters, 16n17; ducks, 25a30; geese, 24al0. Tggs (loss off)—Native and nearby firgts, dozen, 43; southern, 40. Putter—Creamery. good to fancy, pound, 61aps; prints, 56a58; nearby Creamery, 42a46; ladies, 3iads; rolls, 20a32; stors packed, 27ag8: dairy prints, 28a32; process butter, 39, CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, December 29 (Unite: States Departmént of Agriculture).— 1000 head; compared week ago, vearlings and better grades handywelght beef Bteers, strong; other grades and weighty matured steers, 16 to 25 lower; top yearlings, 11.76; best matured steers, 11.00: week's bulk prices follow: Heef steers, 7.78a10.00; stockers and feed- ers, 5a.0. butcher cows and heifers, 4.50a6.75; canners and cut- ters, 2.65a3.50; veal calves, 10.00a11.50. Sheep—Receipts, 2,000 head: gen- erally steady; mostly direct to packers; compared week _ago, fat lambs and vearlings, 25 to 50 highe feeding mbs around 25 highe sheep, steady to llmn%: top fat lambs, 13.60. Bulk prices follow: Fat lambs, 18.00a13.49; vearling wethers, 10.752 11.00; fat ev;a’ss. 6.25a7.25; feeding b, 11.75a12.26. lul.;orl——lllcelpu‘ 10,000 head; fairly mctive; strong to 10 higher; stron welght butchers, 7.10a7 top, 7.2 180 to 226 pound ave: bulk, packing sows, stron, 'al(hzt Ss‘l‘n. 8.7 ed holdover, WOOL TRADING SLACK. TON, December 28 (Special).— ?rllslgg were irmly maintained in the Summér Street Wool Market today end there wers numerous inquiries in evidence from mills, but trading was somewhat slack. Traders seem to ex- pect ‘l-'hlt this dullness will continue formal op.nlni of the heavy- gson by the Ameflun,:’ y, around Jan (oA ST until the reight ng held or 8. =till bels orices. WILKINS COMPANY VOTES DIVIDENBS Firm Recovers Rapidly From Recent Setback—Finan- cial Notes. The John H. Wilkins Comparny ) declared the usual semi-annual dix dend of 4 per cent on the prefrreq stock of the company, and $1.50 per share on the non-par common stock both payable on December 21. Thi action of the board places both stock« on the same dividend basia. Shortly after the destruction b- fire of the stock which was carriec in the older warehouse of the con pany on November 9. it was thougr 1t might be advisable to temporar! suspend common stock dividends Since the fire, however, the firm has eftected very prompt settlement wit the insurance companies on a fa basis, and these settiements, toge with the reports furnished the boar of directors of the increasing volum. of business, justified the the common dividend « Week's Bank Returng of bank to the holiday, and show Eate of $5,968,492,000 for of the country. cent larger than period of 1822, and exceeds b per oent the amount reportid. t Dun's Review for the five days tw. years ago, Of current week's glearings, outside centers contrib more than was reporfed a ve Buslness failures, on the other ha numbered 360, which compares wit 441 for six days lust week, and wit 407 for five days a year ago. Com paring with the returns of i geographical sections show d with a reduction of ecleve in the east. twenty in the south, eigh in the west and eight on the Pacit coast. Plans Stock Divid The New Orleans, Tex ico railroad asked the Interstatr Commerce Commission today for a thority to increase its prese capitalization by $1, purpose of facilitating a stock dend. The corporation estimate that this year's carnings will ficient payment ts' common s tie actual divid per cent. The directors to_pay the full amount. The Cleveland. Cincinnati, St Louis Raflway Com: authorized today by the commissic to issue 320,000,000 in refunding anc improvement mortgage bonds whici sell at 84.81 per cent of par. The s curities will evidence investment which the company has already mar. in additions and betterments. Personal Mention. controller of 1 s visiting in Chicux a will return that for tha game 1 desire on Chicag: ny wa Washington Januars — Washington Stock Exchange. SALES. 1 Traction Co.—10 at 95. Gas Light—10 at 49, 6 a1 2at 49, 10 at 49, 10 8 4935, 10 at'49%, AFTER © Washington Gas 8s at_100%, $200 st 100%. Lanston Monotype—10 at 71% Metropolitan B. R. 55—3$2.000 at 907 BONDS. Bid and Asked Prices. PUBLIC UTILITIES. c Anacostin & Potomac C. & P. Telephone C. & P. Telephone of Capital Traction R. City & Suburban towe Gas 1n Pot. E | w w ‘Washington Gas 8s. Wash. ltwy. & Elec. Riggs Tesity Be (ioi ity 84 (1o Rigks Realty S (short Corn and oats swayed with wheat. | w; i Becond Natiooal Bask of Washington, TRUST COMPANY. American_Securit: jon Trust.. Warbingion Losn %aa ru BAVINGS BANK, Commerce and Savi: East Washington.. rity Savings and Com. Boventh Bt Unlted Stat Washington American Corcoran iremen's, Columbla _Title. Real Estate Title MISCELLANEOUS, 014 Duteh Lanston s Becurity Btorage. s1 H% “extra dividend. dend. 8% extra dividen: —_— BOSTON STOCK MARKET. BOSTON, December 29.—Following a list of today’s hichest, lowest closing prices for the most active sto. dealt in here Am Tel & Tek Amosieag !a'wn- Calu & Hee Chreon Hill Copper Ra: 52828, 0B ae SR REEH LIVE POULTRY HIGHER. “mfin%fl *Tsadi; ror ';Q ; FobBters, 13; gede®, 17; irkevs, 14,