Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1924, Page 26

L FINANCIAL. . ... 'THE 'EVENING STAR,” WASHINGTON D. °C, ;THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1924._ j "FINANCIAL. STOCKS TAKE ON | ew_yoRk sTocK EXCHANGE | SHARP ADVANCES [~ =i womx BONDS e eemner] =i Ergtice = | AND BANK HEADS " Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office. G Open. High. Tow. Close. | E Open. High. Low. Close. B (Bales are in §1.000.) H RAILROADS. LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET. MUBH M[]RE I-lFE“""’“‘ Express. 75% 7% 70 7ok iKellySorTire.. 82 821 82 82y UNITED STATES BONDS. Bales. High. Low. Cl9%. | There 5 4 yienqy demand for m! Adv Rumley. 10% 10% 104 18% Kelly-Spr8%pr 86 86 86 86 b\ (Fractlons represent thirty -'seconds. | ABn Arbor 4s 1 68% 58% ; Example: 98-3 means 98 3-32.) Atchison gen 4s. .. 36 88 kinds of vegetables. Spinach is the Alr Reduction 4% 4% TN T% : Kelsey Wheel.. 97 87 97 97 Ajax Rubber 91 0% 9% 9% |Kennecott...... 34% 6% S84% 86 i Sales, High. Low. Close |Atchisonadjds... 16 8% only vegetable reported as being ex- 2 88 ceptionally scarce, receipts being so . . Allled Chem... 70 70% 70 -70% | Keyatone Tire. 3% 3% S8k 3% 50 42 s |Lib3ys e goe12 9910 99-10 | Atlantic CL 1st 4s. 3 y Busiest Market in Two ATIER Chem v, i 1io g 1108 Kimer ORI oll ol ol el Flood- of Buying Orders in |ii b 5 Sori7 sio sinig s om small thoe prices are not quotea. | F€d€ral Farm Loan Board 2 s Chalmers. 8% B 2! 90 200 Fig Lib2d 4%s... 502 99-16 9 2 Moderate sunpll, 4 . | Am AgrC 4% : i p Z 3 : plles of tomatoes are Weeks, With Many Ad Am Ae Chimimt. Halbtin awipaciofeces. .. 84y B Btw B4 Market—Liberty Loans . 1b{stus.-- 49100 ey 5 oo [béing receivea from Fiorida and Calls Conference—Phone < Am Beet Sugar. 43 a2 A3% ROt S ! ” US4%e1962. 54 100-4 100-3 100-3 86% |Cuba, recelpts being large enough " vances Over Wide Range. | Ammosen " B 5 |LimaLocome... S 4% 'sax| Exceptionally Strong. i 0 s to spply demands. - Prices cover a Earnings Show Drop.: 4 oe. > 1 1 [oewe Inc. 174% 16% 16% i " < |range of from $2 to $4. ” 5 1085 1104] ogur Witen e 166 eg:, 2 Sales. High. Low. Close. C a8 HGI0E Booa ok i weateaen f ‘pt.. 11 Louis & Nash... 88 88 Argentine 7 101% 101% 101% limi 5 G A confere s e Am Car & Fay.." 16: 165, 167 B Argentinefa il '7 g3 83 83 |BKIRT7a'21ctst. 7100 mited quantities from Florida, nce of the presidenis of ach insti BY STUART P. WEST. BY GEORGE T. HUGHE! = = Special Dispatch to The Star. Am Car & F pf. 119% 119% 3 1% 1% 17% | sy g iA 86 85% 86 . | cholcest quality bringt s h as {2}l JoInt stock land hanks hs : Dispatch t 8, 9% 11 19% ‘ 5 pecial Dikpateh to Thé Star. ustrin 7s o | c: ¢ ” ging as much as{® L as been NEW YORK, Januury 24.—The buy- | Am Chain (A). 2 as i MnEK TEoR Bhie 5 B0 | NEW YORK, January 24—A flood 98y 9an 98% |Canadian Morthis & 156 $3.50 a hamper, the cheapest being |¢3!1€d bY the Federal Parm Loan ing mevement became more |lv‘~-vls e '-,‘_“";“:‘l’- s I Maema Copper. 28° on g;"‘ 86 lof buying orders carried up prices for 9 33‘/ :g:‘ g"g% Canad Pac deb 48 81% gl avacsia ii--"'v,.m . i Bo;lr:l. to be held here Februgy 7 inoe more i the stok BEmas Ly Avy B, 4 s Y 99u" a0 | Vallineon & Co. _ barg % 8oy | bonds today In both the outslde mar- o 28" §ai |Cur Clinch £06s 98% trom Florida und o1d stoek from New |ime. Theve o) AimounCed thi and spread out over a much wider | yn grigy 00y . Vanst! Sugar. &0 [ kiet aua’ the arkat on the board. 75" 75 75 |CeniofGases. 101 | York find ‘only a moderate -demand, ||, L hCTe AT€ approximately s range. In fact, there were few |Am 1 & Lea pf. Manhatn Fi guar 3 B 35% ! Speculative and high gradé invest- 78%° 78 78 |CoatialBacifiods.. b and lberal supplies of lettuce are be- | "APKS 0 the system groups which did not recetve atten-|Amlce......... < Manhat Shirr. . o L i 94, 94 941 |Ches& Oblocy Gs.. 2 % Ing received from Florida, Arizona,| Thiy conference w & heid 1 gl 7 ment issues were equally strong. The % Ches& Ocv 4 90% i o 11 be held s A e Am Internat'l. : Maracatho i 3 squall - 2 9o% 9ou 99% O cv s alifornia and New York. Only Light |the purpose of gisenas ] . — Iy strong | A™ La Franc Market St R 24. % former were evidently'‘belng bought 101% 101 101% Ches & Ogn 4%s.. 39 87% 550 | SuPplies of peppers and eggplants are | porqant > scussing manyd im Sugar stocks were extremely SUONE | oy, ingpeq. ., . B 9% 20k | Market St prio- . In sympathy with the activity inlCanada bs1931.... 997 99% 99 | Cni & Alton 33 33% % | being recelved. oS lnatters relating: o) the at prices well ubové the high of the | Am Linueed pf 4 42 | Marland Of1. |stocks and the improved trade out- |Canada 5s 1952. ... 9915 99% 99k | Chi B&Q lst rf i .| E8Es—Strictly fresh, selected, can- |VAnks' activities, and for the fufther recont movement, Cuba Cune pre- | Am Locamative 73 - %% | Yartin-Parry. s 4 aanadabaly o o [ChI& E Tl gnos. ) & 7% dled, per dozen, 40, average recelpts, {1¢Velopment of closer forred, Punts Alegre, Cuban-Am Am Loro pf 3 118% 119% | axwall (AY look ‘and the latter were in demand |SRU £3 190 1057 102% 1027 | S Great West 4s. 52 3%; storage, 26a27. * ibetween the hank T co-operation 7 A - ¥ L i 7 & 3 Waxwal e o g % | Chi Grwest Y ey i : ) A hanks and the board iean Sugar, South Porto Rican Sugar|AM Radiacor 1003 101% | Maxwall (B) - on uccount of the continued euse In|cpjjegs1941...... 5 103 102% 102% Gni % adee ot “',‘fi’! g 3 Live poultry—Roosters, per 1b., 16;| In calling the confe o Qe 3 Am Roll Ml pf. 100% 00 100 vhnSraras a 21 | money. Chile 751943 ... 94% 94%% 94% | Gp 5 turke: 3 empha Nee tuefluand and American Bect Sugar were all 10 4o Sate Ragor - 61, 6% 6% May Dt Str pe. ] Al the Liberty's except the tax-|ChineseGovRyss. 1 42 42 42 |oniMestbovos.. = . T e ek [PRE A0S 1 deeins tiat aelive demaba: et o ik | Mot Edteon pe. 1 g 94 ciempt $%s went higher. The third |Christiania x..... 3 108% 108% 108% Chi MeS P e Bor tita, 5, Koats, youns, feach, 6fatution be represented It these compani kel anything | Am Smeltt; 5914 597, | “*~% Seaboard s sold at par, but the greatest gaing o % | o - A Dronacs ., 25, e lko 'Ho) peltes. Favelvan, tor mugwe| AmEmeIt Dl 100% 1007 | Yox Seaha nfe Wer"ade by the second and by the | Gaba b s ertsr .. 33 ba° oyn o ChIMESP4s L. ¢ | enpreased poultry—presh iille spring | . TriePhoRe Barnings separs. bl e b Wiami Conper. : | fourtn 4%s. the lowest priced fssues. | Cuba It R 735n. ... 3 101% 1014 1014 | S & SLP b 4s ; | hickens, per b, $2a3s:" ronsters. per | Net income of the Chespeaka and dividend increases will be the rule, |AMSHFape . Al i Rail Ronds In Demand. Crechoslovaktu Bs. 2 95 95 5 |cms o Ny ot ke, per 1b., 30435 keats, YOUnK, el | g wipmyy norone COMPARY slump- creases will be the rule, TG o0 5 vale Stoel. . The Inquiry for raflroud’ bonds % . 5 | 80a85: roosters, per 1h.. 20. re than $10,000 ay and from present indications, as af- | Afn Sugarpf... Winn & s 7 e the higher Erade centered §pon sorme | Denmark Sa. .17 108% 1075% 1075% [Chi RysGs.... 2 Game-—Kanhits Ns. I, per dozen. ks LI forded by the course of sugar fu- | Am Sumatra by |0f the generally more ifdctive- de- | Denmark 6s. 3 94% 94% 94% ChIRI&Pgnds.. 0 79 9% | 3.00a3.60; No. 2, 1.25a1.50. 2 ronding month last vear, it was tures, the chances for rvepetiti Am Tel & Teleg 0 K & Tex pf 3 scriptions, but the effect was to ad-; Dutch EI5% 90 90 90 |ChiRI&Pacrfds Live stock—Caives, cholce. per 1b.. this morning. This utility st ARees o ePe I R i Mohaero F ViaPacifle. .... 1% vance prices sharply. An gxample s | Dutch 93% 94% 947 ChiTH&SES5s... % ¢ |14 medium. per Ib.,' 12a13; thin, per the past year with a net of 1923 prices appear pretty gond. | Am Tobac (R 1451 1484 | 0 Pacific pf : 1% | Atlantic and Yadkin first %s, one of | Dutch Eas 94% 945 94% |Chi& W Indcnds. 4 5% (1b., 8a10. Lambs, spring. per lb., 13. s compared with $112.924 4y Features in 01l Shures. A Ranac T 10 | omeam ool o o2 2% 2 Al ihe underlving bonds of the Southern | Framerican Tis. 85 84% 84% |CCCEStLr6sA . Live bigs, $00a500 each; live Hoss. - 1922 and with $125,628 in The features In the uils were Mara- | “m Woolen 5. 4% 748 | Monte'v Ward. - . e | Itk Tatay e & Was | French Govt$s.... 30 93% 9die 834 |Cleve Term O..... 4 Grech ' fruits—Apples, per basket. [ T : reve - e T B A Am Woolen pf 1015 101% | Yoon Motors ibonds were issued twen B 91% o c:’n;;&lfgus”“' g §0a2.00: box. 1.50a3.00; per barrel, Cxpenses tormia Standard of New derey. Aw stated | {0 JICR R . ‘| other Tode. Sy AL 91% 9 C LERTRRE 1026.00. California oranges. per (¥ s assignable to operas I:“":&h;:‘v - fi‘li‘w 4 T8 to ¢y, . funeingwear. . o7 W B & Union Japanase 1st 4%s. ., 95% 95 95 | pel & Hd 1st rt 49 ] 3 ferate, 3.50a5:5;: Florida, 3.00ad A and uncollectible aggrega o8 mool i v el A finAThor, . P o oh ot {cific bond, on & few transactions Japanese 2d 4%s. . 9 Del & Hudson 5%s ‘Lemons, per box, 3.00a3.50. Grnge- hEiL n . otors up to @ new high for the Japanese 43....... Den & Rio G cn 45 frult, 2.00a5.50. " Cranberrles, 4808 | Total plant and equipment addeq e aa 4 with the | Asso P Goods zin 8 03 83% Among the utilities Am ‘le- | Jergen U M 68 47.. D& RGstrfbs. ... 350 per one-half harrel.® Grapes, Cal- guring tie month amounted to iaass 0 4 1pressed v e Goo b o < phone and Telegraph Debe e 5%s | L % y : , | ifornia 7 % 7 “ith retirem of 377,620, le: way Standard of New erses Asso D G 2d pt. 93 93 t Clonk & Satt, Rold at par for tha firat im0 5* | Soseitte 68 SR . Yekstables—Potatoen, Hiftions for Decem through 41 on larze t 3 <oclates O t Cloak & S pf A | “Among the industrials there were | Mexico da. ... Erle 1st con 4s. hbl.. No. 1, 2.50a3.0 i . 5. These net additions v E ore i { StohisAnDE .. o 1 i the auj uritl Pt Ul 0 irie gends ... sweet potatoe: 002 per L |to the acquisition of the buiidin market. This 1 : i | \lan Cat Line. s {CTOERmRlc o A0 B 434 A iper . naceured hep Y. {Norway 8s. 1% 111% 111% | Erfe conv 4s B..... Southernlettuce, p 1.00a2.00; | adjacent to the comp ndtoe strengthencd by Alan Ot Lin Lo, 5 e edil orway €s 1943. 2 Erle conv 43 D. z 4 63% | Iceberg, 2.50a3.25. northern, | 13th street. b nt 12 pig | A Lea . : 3 cured 6 went well above 9. | Norway 6s 19 9 Gr Trunk sf db 6a. e 100 Ibs.: lda. 1751 More te across Nt i % . e s Orfent Dev dub 65. Grand Trunk 7s A .00 " ba nearb, 50 bbl | cally in The upward Powder. 4 - v 5% polnt Paris-Ly's-Med 6s. 6 7% 67% | Gr North gen 7s. . | Tomatoes, ' Florida, 25,00, BIGYI0! was moderately T e t Supply pf.. 103% 103 108% [Sugar Tias ERder Prague 1%s. . % |Gr North gen 5123, 16 5 southern, per basket s of a o ; e Niehips: vada Copper 1214 2% 12% [point, with Punta Alegre. S | _,, | Hud & Man ref 5s. . 5 4 2t e onda, Cerro de Pasco. .| \uto Knitter NOrTox & Mex. 96 96% 6% [close behind Queensland 7 2 {1ua & Man a3 e : orn 5 a, 3.00a3.50.| taled 7, 23, as compare Chino’and Insplratic % oy £ . . Queensland 65 100% q h, 3.0044.00. per_crate. | 6,806 the previous yoar 3 . 1 12 ) AlrRrake.. 4215 42 Carolina Chemical Wenk. Hecu {111 Cent ref 55 'G5 | Florida t, 4.00a6.00. | " During 1917 11,299 i Traction Shares Come to Front. | 4 5T 57% [NV Alr Brk (A). 50! Gne notable exception to: the gen- | 0 de Jag 8s 1946. a0 Y% (111 Central 6%s. . .. % % | Kale, per ¢ * “Spinach, | stalled, and in 1608 fLoneT Were § New, Tork Glty ¢ 55 DR SBM IN'Y Gawsien 24 cral strength was foundin the Vir- | oao Paulo City e 7 97 . |Int Rap Tran 6s. .. 3 63 |per ' Lol Southern _cu- | ncreased 1o 13,945 Tnis ominerars for much attent S VY Central...... 102 ginia-Carolina_Chemical 1ssues, which ;530 Paulo State8s. 5 98% Y % | int Rap Tr 5s stpd. 63 31 ! cumb, She 0. Car- | criace brought about by the mithir, Tattan Tiwnsit s s “ N ¥ C-Readg ris. : L 2 exhibited acute weakness = W% Int Rap Tran 6s. .. ots, 5 . Brussels | fliowed Tn 1915 Jor bY june War was records, respon t t | gay N Chi&StL.. 78 1““The first mortgage 7% dropped 4 3 67 % 67 |int RapTran Ta... 4 5 % stations; 1920 showen o veosry Sl earnings statement, A i NV h g StLpf. ¢ 8714 ipoints before the day was half over, B 105 Int & G Nor aj 5 P : ¢ AN - 9 normalcy by a gain of 4701, whir That met revenue after tates and Ea todadll L ! it 5Tis | while the THie with wWarrants, losi | Swiss Con " s s e aye e 6% ( GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Wus further increased in. i9ei fnterest is running ut the ru " 516 ; il R . 18 i 184 about as much. No explanation was |TokloGs. ... N e e BALTIMORE, Md., January 24 (Spe- | 7.083 gained 2 e about_$14 on 16% 4 A 1 lavailable as to the reason for the|Ud Kingm b%s'29. 3 106% Kansas Cit~ § 3 3 68 cial).—Fotatoes—White, 160 ibs., 1.00a New Bonds F boro Rapid Transtt al g 2 N e selling. There ulso was tinued | Ud Kingm 6%s'37. 56 997 99% 997 | gan 08 ST 8 48 e 87l 1.99: 150 1 isson: aoecte oAl e ans uds Fat on Sale. St Gse 198 g Aoy % 2 heaviness in the Sinclair Oil and | Uruguay 8s. 102% el siaiiale & 3 o e he 350,000,000 of Canadian Natio 5 A i Crode Py 3 ks “ | Kan City Term 4 3 3 83 | yams 265 : bas- | Railw ‘r cent Fove move. | Brunswk Term. Nunnally Co. * T A T o . Zurichas - 3 Lake Shore 4s'28.. 13 95 T N et o5 | muiasantecd o 5o proL e o move. e “The ma r 2 ) ks K 5% 95 : : cets, 100, .00. Beans, | EUarantecd g c IR i un e Ontarto Silver 8 ; pas very firm. Trading fn the raliroad | MISCELLANEOUS. e Soee L : e ; Broceoli and kale, b, | awardad cstargminion of signal for rering in | Butte & Super. e . O s Bk e A M etior | Adax Rubber8s... 2 95 95 95 |fongislandrfas.. 5 > s sprouts, 10a18. Cab-|Werc offered to the pub other of the regulation 1 5. Butterick...... £ tisElavator. : A market for Louls-San Francisco | AT AEr Chem 73%s 11 1003 100 { Louts & N 6s 2003 . 9 100, 4.0026.00. Savoy, bu., 40a50. [ !1K at a price of 991, torest Jump in Studebuker made it appear YT T ntie Steel o oo S Pacific general 4 | AmChainsf6s33. 6 95 v anadizn delivery, and payment, 1 that the recent pressure under which | Caddo Of) g k Ntietes] pf. income 68 Nimourl Facific general 481 s onilceR 1t os. A | Manhat Ry cn 4 3 4.0026.00. uliflower, | certain concessiong, on round ambus the stock sold below par_came large- | Calif Pack. 8% 84 | nwens Bottle. s 457 e e Eroiip. Swisk. §s/L A STMAR 6. %108 [ntarns m s b crate, .00, Celery 0a3.55. 10 investors Iy from short sellers " Haldwin Lo | Calit Potrol. ... 3 Pac Const 24 pf. 2 equaled their recent ' Bigh at 118, | Am Sugref6s..... 1024 |3 o 2 { Cue 4.3045.00. Exgplats, | have not Rurd recently, developed considerabie | callaban Zine. 5 Pac fic Develop. % - B r at e Ine Thece wi mo. pase | Am b & mevtr bai o 981 A o s s [onitnete ntd ey strength, and United States Steel | Calumet & Aris. PacGas& Eleo. 951 98 9 SRS i e e S L ‘ S R aannilcpnedian Linavke ‘ cros > : 5 3 P: ofl...... 5% 2 SEahtune. - ot = 34 90 5 B2 s namper, 3.00a3.5 3‘.’,{?.'.',’.‘2“0?5,“;«?‘;; ss 101 on a large ,,:.,,:..'.. .,;.l.;.;, i T 7 v:gxfl:m Motor. % 12 i”'r?e ::;cn:l:‘i llluraufn,:l:.vx‘:ndnu;:&z; Am ;r‘& T,g‘eh 5338367 99% . 26 5 . _Spinach, bu, jenes - ¥ 2 lox & Expoered taibe e ma ; s, 5 o s ; - | Canadian & Oll Merger Goasip. Century RibMiils. TR 3 60% i 0{th 4 new offering shortly. e e o 2 . O et Gen 26083550, R ey The facts now disclosed in the Mar- | Cerro de Pasco. Pt andle —_—— | Anaconda 1s* 6. . . 83 | Mo Pacific 5s . H o ) deposit § nada land situation have further interest | Chandler Mot... Bing. 3 Armour & Co 4%;5. 51s 867 | Mo Pact : » ked, Dbbl, 2.00a5.00; bu. s 8 : T¢St] Chesap & Ohio ! 3 | Parrish & Bing. FREIGHT AGENT NAMED. |irmour of Del siss 3 gEaciicend = o 100 Ibs., 1.23a1 ; urplus Cars Increase. to peaple who have predicted a com- | CheSaP & OIS 101 101 |Pennsylvania... 4an | femoucs 9 1o w Or Term 4s... 4 S0an.05. Cranberrics, bb Surples freight cars in good binatton of Marland with other com- | Gnt et Weat. 51 by | Penn Seabd Stl , 434§ e At ¥ Cent gen 31;s. 5 7 3 box, 1732200, |PAr and immediately availy e e 5k St People 95% | Pennsy Establishes New Office in | 5s.. 9 INYCendebss.... % 103% 103% | Orang sl . Pineapples; | ¢ to DPanies such as Cosden, Skelly, Phil- | Chi Great W pf. 121 12a 12 | DO e bl {Barnsdallaf®s... 8% |N ¥ Cen deb 42 W 90% 90% |crat trawberrles, quart, | increase over 51 cide: % 6% 1 s - g H 2 3 > p < i > ch cars repos the N ilind il s e e Shinmil aSu ot 2o 26 26 |Pere Margpf &1 Southeastern Territory. | Bell Tal o Br i 98% [N Y Centr15: 5 g {#4¢h Cars reported the p 2 Beth Steel 5%’ : % | N g p - Of the total numbe such combination, Marland is one of | Chi & Nortkwn.. b1% b1% ©5l% |PereMraprpf.. 72% 724 Zg“: PHILADELPHIA, January 24.—W. | potn Steel nfi"a,“ 1 90% N XiCenton & Pricex on Grain sutplus cost sare el L869T the largest, If not the largest inde- | Chi R 1& Pac... 24% 24% 241 | Philadelphia Co.. 45 455§ w. Finley, Jr' u son of W. W. Finlex. | peen Steel s f 68 J 6w Haven ¢ {increass “Within o weeko w e sed pendent producer of high grade ofl {ChiStPM&O... 50 & 80 30 |PhilaConpt 43 % | former president of the Southern Rafl- S0 was an increuse in the world, and it now has the as- = - - Chile COpper. ... % Ao Bklyn Edison 75 D. ew York Rv rf 4. 10 i 93 Bty NG, 3 [the Set 2 {n surance of financlal support and an | g , ®hilip Morris. 21% eral southeastern frelght agent, a new s A é W v rf 4s. 10 13%; exvort, quotations; No. 3 {the number of surpl X Cars, e sutlet for it's prndu\-'”’n will not | Chino Copper. 18 pnmrm Pete. 35% - office, by the Pennsylvania | railroad. | Bush T Bldg5a'60. 7 9 {N Y Ry rf4sctes 3 3 34 [red winter, garlicky, spot, no quota- (brought the total ?firbli;u“ciatsm.,- need to join other independents. Coca-Cola. 7 Plerce-Arrow... 10% i Plané for further reducing expenses | Calif Pete 6%s w 1. ew York Ry aj o8 p 5 . No 4 red winter, garlicky, |equipmient to 131,245 B8 0L Actual sales of Cuban raws occurred | Colo Fuel 26% e Ar ot o1% 27T are being studied by the management. | Central Leather fis 4 Y State Ry 4%s. 2 6 5 ! spot, no quotations. Hank Club Elects Ofiicers, today at 4% cents and It was reported | Columbla Gas.. 85%3 e AL phics. 70 In financfal circles it s the understand- | Cerro de Pasco Ss {NY W & Bos 4%s. 40 457 fes—None. - that offerings were made at 5 cents. | ColumbnCarbon 53 R . ! Ing that a realignment of the divisions | Chile Co! 6. 3 100t | N 2 % ! Corn—Cob, new. i.35a4.40 for vel- [ At the January meeting of the 3 ‘ 1 3 s pper 6s s ! Northern Pac 2s... 7 6% A 3 al-American & The market for futures also has been | Comp Tabulat.. 95% FiaicoOaE 31% 813 and branches operating south and west | Cin G & E 533 62 7 % 97% |Northerh Pac 4s... 2 e 3% llow and 4.20a4.25 per barrel for white: et Natiopdl, Banic strong recently. Those who were pre- | Congoleum Co 56% e RoE . o s city Pl E Commonwth P 6 3 . 89% | Northn Pacr 1 6s.. 48 \ rn. spot, $9%; Xo. 3 corn. yest . th 1 AT A e [ L RETTS ACTIE L COAL SALES IMPR |Gome i Sar'se 5 16h 165 103w | re & Cair ot her. 3 ’ R s e & . st S 5 | Pitts Utilities pf. H 3 A o 915 i s 3 i a M. Willian Dan prodiices Wil e bl i0 ol (conuQascENY. 8D E0N e 5 1| S IMPROVE. | Cuba'Cine cv ss. i 98% | Ore Short Liref 4s. 1 ;s sl enae:l NoUsll " Schubert, Detter prices than had been anticl- | Cons Textll is Pressed Stl Car. B5% 65% | Cuba Cane cv 7s'30 10 937 % | Ore-Wash lst rf 43 42 A Lewis I, Thomas pated at the close of 1923, g:::g::bz S 1007 1050 | Produc & Ret... 41% Some Bituminous Operators Have|D¢rL(DG)Te;c . 2 5 gfix::;:::‘; ! { gRye—Near 5; No. 2 rye, spot, Exchange Trading Dull. | e 5 | Erogao@mets.. ATH AT : « : 3 90% 015, Washington Stock Exel Revivat in Fool Operations. | GOt fnsurance, 945 941 84l 98| PURRINES: 450 Large Orders Ahead. |DomnerSteei?s.’. 3 } T56" | Penneyl Grs. <10 14 Hay—Recoipts; 93, tons. ~There \is|ing Ses ol Log" coaiians In the speculative list the assur- | Continental Mot ) §| PEHEEDCO.. o o | Du Pont de N i %3s. | pennay1 gola'7s. " g I1ittle 1ife in the hay market and pres- | morning, only favorite paaesSp, ance of plentiful credit was a factor, | Corn Products.. 175 e pecial Dispateh to The Star. Dugquesne Light 6s 8 Peansylcon4s.. 4 95 9 ent offerings of descriptions are am- | traded in nged pri a5 it has been all along. The more | Gorn Prod(new) 35% - NEW YORK, January 24.—Coal Age | Est Cuba Sug 7%s.136 109 Fere Marg 1st 5s.. 25 2 iple “for trade wants. ' Prices are |ital Traction Stock held ot seiz, witn important question here, however (h‘ Cosden & Co. 86 8614 30% 3 Raflway St Sp.. I_Nr- [today says of the market: Empire GEF T1s. 46 924 9 Pere Mrq 1st 4s '56. 50 z “slemhl\‘ held on top grades, but dam- | the 5 per nds of the c':r;\n‘:l": the relation of market values, not to | SOSASRELL s go. Ray Con Copper 11% T e sustry, us in | Fisk Robber ss... 7 aged hay is hard to move at any price. {unchanged ¢ 95 Ratlway g5 oranan) money rates, but to business condl | crycible Stlpf.. 90k Reading. . 6% ) Ty, a Reading gen 4s....198 i ¢ 0. 1 timothy, 4 715 and Washington Gas 65 of 1oas tions _and prospects. From thls| i0. AmSug. 86% 16 ReAQIng fs. ..o 19% 19 some other fields, are showing an!Gen Elec deb 3s.... T % | Reading gn 4% swi 46 & . @ : No. 1100%. 3 standpoint, which takes account of | CubaCaneSug. 1% 16% o | Reading 18t pf.. 6% 36K upward tendency, possibly owing partly | Joodrich 6% o' Mo [RIAFK & Lats... 30 - Y s, Serat Cuba CaneSpf.. 64 67 Reading 2d pf... 34% to the prospect of suspension of work in | Goodyear 8s 1931. . 13 St LIM&S R&G 4s. 2 months, revival of pool operatiors in S . B 3 GAs. 2 T 6% | o3 5 olaver 002 SHORT- e o ior 1o whieh they were con. | Cuban Dom'can. 6% ] Rels Robert.... 15% s ettt s L aoateus sataer. StLIM&S 4829, 21 ; o ORT-TERM SECURITIES, g : 2 s 4 2 2 44 687 659 ¢ 3 ¢ (Quotatio: % ducted today seemed a bit precarious. | Cuban Dom pf.. 50% 5012 | Remington 4 f | Hershey 68 1942 3 ! clover, 24 S e St what' was more Intereating to | Cuyamel Frult.. 72% p | Reming 1stBf.. OL =15 Ui eaiee noUten wuion ;;Jmmb,!o&n e o Tawe el 1udk mond & Co.) the average dealer, who looks at the Chem.. 6i% 4 6 633 | Replogle Steel.. 14% |tereat, inquiries have increased and th (llinois Beil Ist bs. g e 62 G 16.00; No. 1 whéat, 16.00; No. { oat, tmmediate position chlefly, was the [ D2vison Ct o Rep Ir & Steel.. bd% sales 'in January have exceeded those | indiana SteelGs. .. S .. 17.00a18.00. \ Aluminum Co. of Amer practical demonsitation that the forces | Davison s ... o5 Rep Ir & Stipf.. 91 e 1 penuary have Sxeoeled U0 int Mer Matine 05 5 : 1 { Aty Working for higher prices were |Del & Hudson. .. 108 Reynolds Spr. 18% port sufficient business shead to keep | Int Paper 18t 5s A. 3 £ £ 5 | TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES. Jucricen still In the ascendant. This was par- D““"%X"n" 1% Rey Tobac (B).. 72% their mines going during the month |Int Paper lst 58 B. 5 " |StLS ses 8 | CHICAGO, January 24— Govern- | American Sowlarly brong b ont By oNe Ay e h Roval Dutch. .. St and well into February. KCP&Ltbs A b2, SLLS W cants a2 ment m ioward helping agricul. - o z 5 o6 ; ; : o s.. s in the northwest been more or less pressure for a jDupont (EI) 4 st Joseph Lead. 23 much discussed, but so far they have | Liggett & Myrs b Seab'd A L 4s sta. grain values today at the start. A Weak or 8o Dupont deb StL&San Fras.. 214 had no general effect on the market, | Ligge Seab'd A Liref : . Brevalent opinion was that the atti- appearne ihat of Tnion | Pacie | Eastman Kodak R t‘;fi"l‘n"::" o There has been more Inquiry reRarding | Bresm Con v Te . 82 : Seub'd A L adj . 9% | tude ot e 'federal authorittes seem- { (i ‘ e " 51% | St L Sou . 4% contracts. The anthracite situati B i . Seab'd A L 6: ed likely to avert more or less liqui- | Du Pont Ti3s 1031...° . showed quite @ falling off in both | Elec Stcr Bat. .. 5 - 5o ~_anti situation | Manati Sug sf 7145 6 S con 71| ea 1 0 - | Duiront e 101 gross and net from the month last | Elk Horn Coal St L South pt shows practically no change. Moxtcan Potrol 6. 16 10214 0 |Sou Pactfic 45 1929 1 9315 gai|oRtion by farmerd. ~Corm taaingcon. | Ien, T of Bardon S %! tinued to lead in activity. with un- { & Secti Sug..- 3% 3 Year, while Southern Pacific, with a | Emerson-B pf. .. San Cecll P . Aidvale Steel 55 ot 199 . | Sou Pacfic ref 4s. .. o 33%! tinued to lead in activity, Wit un- | FH ol o, moderate gross decrease, showed a te-John.. 6 p 5t (S : e cwo s 55 : Southern Ry ist 65 , : ullish factor | pisier Body Corp. 08 10 Rodtenct knoes dichesss shoed & B o | S Bare 108, DRY GOODS TRADE BRISK. |MonitnaFoves & 55 il il STk Sifer mariels sutoiding | G £, & 0 ey Tahren o cat Tonaings, whieh | Erle et DE- s : 32?:’?{3.»..2:.5. 91% 92 —_— New Epg Tel 6s... 16 7 | Southern Ry 63s.. i 1027 | higher, May 80 to 80%, the corn mar- . { Weekly figures on car loadings, which 4 . - D it LDaars Rave vefiSaton the seasonal dectine. 1h | ratr (The).-r 4 102 1023 102% | Sencca Copper.. & Much Better Demand for Cotton [N Edsnlsteis. 4 1108 | e e et g X 9T omi| ket held frmiy above yesterday's1at- | fo ot bonits o grain trafiic and the smaller coal |} amous Pl % 65 Shattuck-Aris.. 6% 6% NYG EL HEP 45. CABUES. he@volume bt re: | 1B 16 Libby i . Third Ave ad] movement due to the mild winter. | ggmous Play pf. 891 Shell Tr & Tran. 34% Cloth Is Noted. }:;;3 Ehe-» el o A ? &8 lsponded to an upturn in quotations Fed Mines & S. .. 11 Shell Union. 17, o Tnlop Pac cv 4 . at Liverpool and to scantiness of do- OIL SHARES THROWN OVER. | fyainessspt. % b Stmmons BEI""" ok 10 1 "VEN TORK, January 24—Trading | N Am Eavios 6o-. 80 94% | Umton Pac Latef 103 | ERLS Serae TS, IR T —— (Ficth Ave Bui L e 21 in the cotton goods markets was |Nor States Pow 6. 10 o1y | Virginia Ry 1st Gs. i mbion sangadienti a0 W R ehek $100,000 Loan to Fall Made Factor | Fisher Body ol e So brisk today, with Increases noted in |Nor States Powes. 9 : VaRy & PIst bs: 5 8%alto 1.07%, was followed by a siight | U : : g Flaher Bot O pf. i Sinclair pf o many quotations. Print cloths were | Northwst B Te T 5 5 | Wabash 1st 68 % 98% | sag and then a little rally. B. Hubber I34s 15 in Late Trading Fisk Rubber.... 10% Skelly Oll. . guoted at 103% for 64x60 and 12% for | Ois Steel 7%s. f Western Md 4a. 215 | Oats at a shade lower to a shade | Wwestirs, Lnion Sas 10350 : : Fisk Rub pf A 4 64 Sioss-Shemald . 0% 86x72, an Increase in the first case of . : Western Pacific 55. O A T to 4Tk, and later | Westinghoute . & M. s s By the Assoclated Pross. Fleishman. ..... 91 48%% So Porto ““t' Soon a guarter cent and in the second of | pacific Gas & El 68 4 Wheel&LEcnds. 8 5 621 621 | held near to the initial range. = S —— _NEW YORK, January 24.—Specu- | Foundation Co.. 67% So Porto R S pf.. 1004 half a cent. The raw silk markets | paeific T & T 58 '52 3 5 ¢ | Wisconsin Cent 4s. 7 7. 2 7| Provisions were steady. apparently| \WOQOL SALES IMPROVE. litors for the advance assumed con- | Freeport Texas. 11% 11% 1l% 113 ;ou::el::cll‘fl:; 44 Wime aulet. ere 2nd Jn Yokohama|p,; Am Pete s A OTAL & = ™%l governed by the course of hog values. s trol of today's stock market at the|Gen Asphalt. “u oul 3. cents a pound (p,; am Pete 6155. ALES (Mar Value. R - OREIAE and kuceesdsd’ in liétiig | GenmARIAE: 5 961 S;}'::':{;"::‘{:: " Sou gresenclouest Phil & Rdg C&I 55. 37% en ol 2eom 10300 (r;:';é::nl'“:fn:’::’yfl""ln'“:‘l‘!‘::.d Government Experts Repost on prices 1 0 § points before a reaction 21w 213y 215 | SOl ot CAllE, . €6 BUS CONCERN PROSPERS. | baite Co ref 55 4. e 2189000, Bmem 10815000 | o Shen eparument: af. Aticulture) Market Conditions. sét in toward the close. Pool op- g Stand Ol of * - s = = Hogs—Recelpts 62,000 head; sio erations, based on favorable trude |Gen Elecspl.... . 1% 1 H¥iSconot NJof. 118 ST. LOUIS, January 24 (Special)— | Elerce-Arrow fs.. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. | mostly steady: good and cholce 250 | Specisl Disyatch o The Star. reports and cxtensive short covering, | Gen Motora. ... S L3¢ 188 Stewd-Warner. 6% The People’s Motor Bus Company, | Plerce Oil de - 2 (Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.) {and 300 pound butchers, 7.25a7.30; top, | BOSTON. January 24 —Improve Were responsible for much of the | Gen Refractorie 2 2% | St rombg Carb... 80 which began operating here April 15 | Producers & Rf8s. 107% Selling checks | 7.5: destrable 160 to 235 pound aver- | in the wool market was o o buying. Sales approximated 1,000,000 | Gimbel Bros. .. 49 pams 39 | Studebaker..... 102k last. has carried 3,017,208 passengers, | Producers & R 85 w ue | A 3 taay. " | ages, 7.00a7.20; etter wrades, 140 to| the government wool expers hers O, shares. Gimbel Bros pf. 100% 100% 100% | SRASDRECFLL " Tlom. Forty-two busses -are in use, and | Public Service 5s.. : 823 | Montreal, do i z 130 pound averages, 6.50a6.80; Packing | his weekly report, made pubiic codar The closing. was easier. Liquida- | Goldwin Corp... 10% 10% 10% e Ol % twenty-five more will be added next 113% | Parie tra : sows, 6.5526.70; slaughter pigs dull, | Sales of quarter bloods were Ay tion of Famous Players, which drop- 205 244 24% | SURERIOR DL 2k week to operate a new route. 102 | Braets, frasc ; 5 lower: desirable strong welght, | at 85 cents, with some dealors notared ped more than 4 poin: and heavy 5 79 79 79 Swee! 5, z Sinclatr Oil 7s. 931 | Berlin, mark . i 5.50a6.0 big packers not buying. i for M.:h»r' prices Buenos Al:e "5“ seliing of the pan-American issues 441 43% 44% | Tenn Copper.... 9% N Sinclair Ol 63%s... 87y § Eovie. s . 1434 Cattle—Receipts 9,000 head; slow | have sold at 26 cents and ot 9n publication of the teatimony of | Go0SY*AERL e 164 15% 15% | TexasCompany. 44 STOCK FOR EMPLOYES. S ude Ol Zurich, frane : Lictlling quality plain; fed steers, 7.50a | neld for 27. London , auetion: tars President Doheny that he loaned for- | oV'Northern pt.. 5% 657% | Tex Quif Sulph. 63% NEW: YORK, January 24.—By an- |Sin Crude Oll 63 Madrid, ¥ A Y 9.50; some handywelght to shippers at | week were 10 to 20 pér cent m;he': iner Secretary Fall $100.000 in No- 29% 20% | T¢ & Pacific. 21 ¢ P £ v 5 3 . some weighty relatively short| than last sales. Re Vemiber, 1921, encouraged consldera- | Great NorOre... 6 4 . 1w mouncefment of President Gerard |Sin Pipe Line 5a. 3 . Zome welghty selatively shoft)than last ssles Recelpts at Boston Dles profii taking and short selling | Greene-Canan.. 14 o SWipel cnploves ot the General Elec. | Sonth Ball Tel 0a Prague, crown 1:300-pound _offexings at 8A0:| tic and 22 balcs of forelms whoC™e® 0 j antana Sug.. T4 | Third Avenue... 11 tric Company: who on March 1 will Rico Sug 5. p n A ke dEs ot e SUIEM & Nor bt 54 54 | Tide Water Ofl.. 189% have Been In the service of the com- | sees) & Tabe T8, .. 04 | s twn - 25 T R Siaios: e =t A Guit st Steel.... . 84% 83% | Timken Bearing: 39 pany for at least six months are to|gyg st Orient 75. Christiania,’ crow §:50; ‘beel helfers, 80 s E e 2 e d cutters, 2.60a3.25; bulls strong to N. Y. Stock and Bond| [marmmemcar: e 2 26 oeliobiccopredi: & &bl 3 B T DD gy o "HocEine | Tein Eleo Pow . Skt Gva.. o OIL SHARES ON SALE. shade higher; weighty bolognas, 500 Hartman Corp. . o loyes' Securities Corporation, At G and slghtly better; vealers shasply | Hayes Wheel... 50% 435 | TraseCont OUL:. TN Dihent time more than 55000 em; | Toledo Edn 1st7s By the Associated Press. higher; packers paying upward to|Marland Sockholders Vot Averages Househ'd Prod. . .39% 3y | TWIDCITIAR, Ployes of the company are holders of | Union Bag & P 6 NEW YORK, January 24—Foreign |12.00 and above for good light calves; e = Houston O1l. 7 70%s | Underwood. ... these bonds or will become holders. _UnnD",l":_l'; 113 |exchanges steady. Quotations (in|outsiders hand-picking upward 1o Amend Charter. Wednesday, January 23. H\lflw:l:ow %yz flz Union Bag & P.. ‘;2\‘2 . 60% up:n';- completing installment. pay- gg‘g::bl::’m 8. 86% | United States dollars): Great Britain, | 1390 shipping demand for cholce + | | supp Motors... » upon - 105% | 4 e % handywelght vealers broad., AW YORK, January 24.—Stock STOCKS. Hydraulic Stl... % 1% 73 oS SRS SRS N e U S Steel s£ 68, 102% lemand, 4.22%; cables, 4.22%; sixty- Sheep—Receipts 17,000 head; best |holders of the Marlamd Oil Company . 102% oeee 9T Neatly 1,600 women in London earn | Utah POW & Lt &s. 89% day bills on banks, 4.20. France, de-|fat lambs fairly active, fully steady; u;‘dfly voted to amend the company's Total stock sales, 989,600 | (IlinosCentral. 108 Steel.. 38 Vertientes Syg 7s. mand, .04465: cables, 0447 Ttaly,|Sheep and teeding lambs stead charter to.permit the sale of soveral I i 8% 3"‘“\’;3 a livellhood as hairdressers. 95 y hares. % | United Drug. ... . L. 2% 48% .65a13.90; cholce {hundred thousand shares of stock to demand, .043334; cablés, p0434. Bel. | fat wooled lambs, 13.6 : o 1 Twenty industrials averaged 24% 243 | Untd Drug lst.. 5 Ehum, demand,® 0406%; " cables, 0407, | fat ewes, 8.25; feeding lambs, 12.50 |a banking syndicate. The sale is un- 3 United Fruit. 3 Web & Hellbrn. ] . 3 2 13.25. derstood to be for the account of the Sl Inaiun Tnontog. 0% o 170 | Usited Ry Inv.. Wells-Fr Bxp Westinghouse 1075 AR Ten 0000000000023, . Hogtang, ao: | g WHEAT— Oren. High Lew. Clore |Standard OI Company of New Je High, 1923, 105.38; low, 85.76. | |®Ingersoll-Rand. 1;;‘* lgg,‘ G SCast 1 Pipe. Md 2 West Union 6% 3? 3, May . 1.08% X . .08% . Approximately 200.000 shares will Inland Steel i Westlinbe 1o mand, .3703. Norway, demand, .1380. | juiy o 1 : 075 [be £o1d At this time at a price under- Twenty rallroads averaged | |Ini CastIr Ppf. ckwire Spen $8.415 nat toas, 14, se inspiration, 5 204 26% | 1.3 2008 Proa. Wilson & Co 1st 6s. Sweden, demand, .2590. Denmark, de- Beptember 106% 1.06% 14 .06% stood to be about $33 a sha An 'eemb interb Rap Tr.. 15% 16% Wilson&C cv 1% i mand, .1621. Switzerland, demand, v sy n oA .1724%. "Spain, demand, .1268. Greece, | May . s e ses roPtion W Be BN eand ndditional High, 1923, 90.51; low, 79.53. In Ag Chemical. 1% 1 1% Wilson & Co cv 6s. i < A s == Int Cement. 42% 42% ‘Winchester A 7%s. 98% | demand, .0194. Poland, demand, }July 'shares. BONDS. In Combust - 26% 25% | U S Reaity ] SaThs . My U S Realty p! M Youngstn . 26 ustria, demand, .000014. Rumani 45! o o ¢ ximately $2,340,01 - Total bond sales (par value), | |Int&Grt - A ok 25| s Kubber. ol : demand, 0050, 'Argentina, demand, | beprembit e i L DR i i ding e +$14,006,000. S U S Rub 1st pf. .3262. ‘'Brazil, demand, .1095. Toklo, RD— . ester pr 107% 107K = ~ g ; Ten first gl ralls averaged | [oot sior Maring, T4y sy | U S Smelt&Ret. . ] TREASURY CERTIFICATES, |1¢msnd, .44%. Montreai, .97 7-15. fonmary . - us ¥ RATES ON BAll2 SILVER. 86.86; net gatn, .03. Int M Marine pf. 30% s faratined by B . 5 LONDON, January 24.—Bar silver. Ten secondary rails averaged | |IntNickel.. % 18 13| U O e eER pE. bt o] B e e & 0n) TAXI CONCERNS MERGE. LA 83 565123 13-160 per ounce. Money, 25 per ——Noom.—— 84.03; net loss, .02. Int Nickel pf. 7 79 |08 Tobacco. e ’ Wisconsin Cent. 35% 84% 35% : : e e | BOSTON, ' January 24 ' (Special).— |, BELIAES— . 5.0 | cent. » Discount rates: Short bills, 3% Ten public utilities averaged: Intertype Corp. gg* 2 Utah Copper. ... Woolworth. nl”!t 2:3: 294 o294 Vx Hfi }%a-u» :‘Iw:gr&u&:-e-r:{x l‘n:esvhlgikgm'l;unlyc‘?g 'L‘_";""" S 5 e Doa0az nil_ 7-16 per cent; three-month bills, 86.98; net gain, .05, - 16% 16y | Utab Securities. o oo, 12% 126 X 5 Which operates the Black and White . Butter Prices Higher. 3% Ew TORK, January 2¢—Bar sil- Ten industrials averbged 50 | vanadium Corp. Tot. v > cabs has brpought the equipment of | CHICAGO, - January - 24 —Butter [ver, §3%; Mexican dollars, 48% 94.41; net, gain; .19. 2 s the former company up to 300 cabs.” | nigher; creamery extras, £0% stand- | " s Combined average, 88.07; net Call Moriey. . e et o b detes "1 Belrut, Syria, n ; 3 4 ¥ b: of o 2481 ; secon 45% 46 1. eirut, Syria, has one American BRI, O, vorage month ago, | | EARSARRCHIL.. ] ! ::: 11 LHOURLY sALES OF sTocks. e e oath Penrass, ToRus i Moer Yekeine, G casss: soda fountain, dnd it 13 prospering. Combin . | | KansasCity | 18% 38% | Wabash. am..... .m. : H Ctieats, 3oa) _36.68; year ago, 88:20. | Baveer Quliusi. 26 W 88 38 |- 1334.,.838 600 Zpm..... 881 10v | The largest whalos glve as much ua | 36; refriscrator extras, s5azois; re szhogkkeepers fn India rocelve but 4 . 2 red winter, spot, 1. New Haven 7s. 3 red winter, spot, no quotatio: while there also - AP&RC &L (WD 44% way Company, has been appointed gen- | Brier HSt 1st 5335, 5 g New Haven 7s fr.. 100 3 red winter, garlicky, domestic, | within. the same period of 2] 255 ' B 1003 © 00T DI 00 e O o am BmEaaninod ) 9% 91%1.00000011. ~ Gzechoslovakia, demand J Atk / S b 23 . L Net earnings of the company for 10290.. Jugoslavia, demand, .0114%. AT 4 8% |1023, President F. W. Marland esti- - sassassnat &