Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1925, Page 36

FINANCIAL FINANCIAL THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, MARCH 29 NET CHANGES DURING WEEK ON NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 1924, High. Low. 18 9% 3% 1w 192 ' Week ending March 25, 1985, Net. High. Low. Close. Ohg 116% 1184 114 1% 53% 46 ~—1928.— Div, High. Low. Rate. High. Low. 133% 102% 45 22 ‘Week ending March 28, 1925, Net. High. Low. Closs. Ohge. . 1317%°127% 128 — 2% 45% dd% 45% 1024 . Low. 1925 Div. High. Low. Rate. . Abitibi Power & Paper. Adams Express. ‘Week ending March 28, 1985. Net. High. Low. Oloss, Obge. Douglas & Pectin..... 15 4% 156 + % Duluth So Shore & At 3% 8% 3% — 1% ~--1925—— Div. High, Low. Rate, 134% 125% #8 Northfolk & Western 49 41% 8.40 North American. Week ending March 28, 1925, Net. High, Low. Close. 3 661 66% 95 95 " Rate. 8 Woolworth (new). . Worthington Pump. 1105 144% 60 119 100 16% 13% - Advance Rumley. - Am Agriculture Chemical aso hane S | IENELS - Central Leather Co. . - Am Writing Paper pf. 14% Advance Rumley pf. ) Alr Reduction. ... . 100% Afax Rubber. .. .. Alaska Junedu. All Am Cables (§) Allied Chemical & Dye Allied Chemical & Dye Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Allis-Chalmers Mfg pf 14 484 964 10% 1% 123 8 118 76 106 144 36'% 544 A9ty 84 123% 82% 118 76 1106 14%% 8% 541 39% 84 27% ' 92% 166% 18 198 124 3 ‘Am Agriculture Chemical pf. American Bank Note pf. Am. n Beet Sugar. Am. n Beet Sugar pf American Bosch Magneto. Am Brake S & Foundry . American : ‘American Can pf. American Car & Foundry. American Car & Fdy pf. Am Chain Class A American Chicle. . American Chicle pt. gxist Syndicate. Express. n Power Am & Foreign Power 25%. American Hide & Leather. American Ice. American Inters F e Fire Eng . motive (new) American Locomotive pf.. American Metal American Radiator. n Smelting & Ref. Am Smelt & Refining pt. . American Steel Foundry Americ: z Am n Sugar Refining. ‘Am Sugar Refining pf. . umatra Tobacco. matra Tobacco p Telephone & Cable Am Telephone & Teleg Amer Tob new). . Amer Tob B (new). Amer Tob pfd. . . Amer Type Foudries. . American Type Fdy pf Amer Water Wks (n). Am Water W & El parpf.. Am Water WW. Elec 1st pf. ‘American Woolen. American Woolen pf. R cLead & S. neL & spl American Zi American 7 ‘Art Metal Construction. ‘Asso Dry Goods Associated Dry Associated Oil (new) . ‘Atchison, Topeka & S Fe Atchison Topeka & S Fe pt Atlanta, Birmingham & At. Atlantic Coast Line. Atlantic Gulf & West Ind.. Atlantic Gulf & WIDf...... Atlantic Refining Atlantic Refining pf. (R s 2 | Baldw nu i Baldwin Locomulhe pf. Baltimore & Ohlo. . Baltimore & Ohio pf. Bangor & Aroostock Barnsaall, Class A. Barnsdall, Class B. Bayuk Bros. .. Beechnut Packing. Bethlehem Steel. . .. Bethlehem Steel pf ne Eethlehem Steel, 8% Booth Fi; ries MfE. .. British Empire Steel 2nd pf. Brookiyn Edison Electric. Brooklyn-Man Transit Brooklyn-Man Transit pf. Brooklyn Unicr: Gas. Brown Shoes Brown Shoe pf. Brunswick-Balke. .. Buffalo Susquehanna. Burns Brothers. ... Burns Brothers Class Burns Bros. pf.... Burroughs Adding M: Bush Terminal. . .. Butte Copper & Zinc. . Butte & Superior. Butterick Company Caado Central Oil Ref. California Packing. ... California Petroleum (ne ) California Petroleum pf. ... Callahan Zine & Lead. Calumet & Arizona. rlumet & Hecla. . ana uthern odd lot. . dian Facific. ... Case (J 1) Thresh Mach Case Threshing Mach pt (IR N8 S [ ) 5 2 2 I ST BC UG %1 I I I Central Leather Co pf. Central Railroad of N.J.. Century Ribbon Mills. Cerro de Pasco Copper. Certain-Teed Products Certin-Teed Prod 1st pf. ainteed 2d pf.... handler Motor. . Chesapeake & Ohlo Chesapeake & Ohlo pf. . *hicago & Alton. — Chicago & Chicazo & . tern Illinois pf. 0 & Great Western. .., 120 & Great Westecn pf., Iwaukee & St Paut ilwaukee & St P pt. 1go & Northwestern. ... ago & Northwest pf. o Pneumatic Tool. ago, R 1 & Pacific. ... Chi, R 1 & Pacific 6% . Chicago R I & Pacific 7%.. Chicago. St Paul Min & O. Chic St Paul M & O pf Chicago Yellow Cab. Childs Company Chile Copper. . Chino Copper. Cluett-Peabody . Coca-Cola Coca-Cola pf. — Colorado Fuel | i \‘"!*w. o San & | asae \ s Colorado Southern. . . Colorado Southern 1st pf. . Colo & Southern 2d pfd.. Gas & Elec pf mbia Carbon. - Commercial Invest Trust. ommercial Solvents, A ‘ommercial Solvents, B Congoleum-Nairn. Couley Tin Foll. . Consolidated Cigar. Consolidated Cigar pf. Consolidated Distributors. Consolidated Gas new. . Consolidated Textile. Continental Can. Continental Insurance Continental Motors. ...... Corn Products Refining. Corn Products Ref pf. Cosden Company Crucible Steel . Crucible Steel pf. Cuban-American Cuban-American Sugar pf. . Cuba Can Sugar. ... .. . “uba Cane Sugar pt. Cuban-Dominican Sugar. . Cuba-Dominican Sugar pf. Cushman’s Sons (3) Cuyamel Fruit...... ... Daniel Boone Mills. Davison Chemical. Deere & Copf. .. Delaware & Hudson Delaware, Lacka & West. ... Den, Rlo Gr. & West pf. Detroit Edison Devoe & Reynol Dome Mines 8l 31 142 112 96 85 108% 102 114% 1041 8% 341 6215 115 _66 183 94 89 487% 115% 56 15% 5% 84 106 40% 33% oy uz 50 105 109 3814 106% 18% “e1% 17 86 14% 107 5% 954 59 264 18 45 33% 30% 42 26'% i 115% 28%, 24% 6% 41 20 14 29 14% 35% 193% 4% 6514 123% 65% 99 42 38% 97 30% 814 140 116 4% 2 61% 13% 118% 52 43% 51 32 114% 121 « B8% 18 554 28 21% 28 22 Duluth So Shore & Atpf... & 5 5 Du Pont de Nemours. 1424 137 141% Du Pont de Nem 6% deb. 97 967 9674 Duquesne Light 1st pf. 107% 106% 107 Eastman Kodak. . 110% 109 109 Eaton Axle & Spring. 15% 14% 15% Electric Power w i 100% 100t 100% Blec Pow & Lt pf 40% pd.. 101% 100% 100% Electric Storage Battery. 63% 61% 61% Endicott-Jolison : 65% 64'a 64% Erie Raflroad. 81k 287y 29% - Erie Rallroad 1st pf. 41y 37% 388 ie Railroad 2d pf. 891 87 87 Exchange Buffet. 16% 16% 16% Fairbanks. . . 2% 2% 2% Falirbanks, Morse & Co. 36% 85w 35% Famous Players-Lasky 96 9215 93% Famous Play-Laskey pf. 108% 1074 107% Federal Light & Traction... 146 139 141 Federal Light & Trac pf. 86 86, 86 Federal Mining & Smelt'’g. 164 15% 15! Federal Mining & Smelt pt 53% 651% 52 Fidelity-Phoenix Fire Ins. 156 153% 153'% Fifth Avenue Bus. . 14% 14% Fisher Body (new).... 6174 6114 Fisner Body of Ohlo pf.... 104% 106 Fisk Rubber. . SR 11% 10% Fisk Rubber 1st pf. ... Fleishmann Company Foundation Company Franklin Simon pf Freeport-Texas. Gardner Motor. General Ameri; General Am Tank pf. + 1+ O B % 1 ~ ol S¥ce g GRS 8lW 7% 108% 202% 12% 13% 484 970 48% 129 95 2704 11% 707 106 51% 50 81% 76% 103 102% 10% 12% 4Ty 97% 461 127 94 26313 11% 69% 104% 48% 48 50 27% 14 37% FLLLLI+00 | A P ol S General General C R ectric special . General Motors (new). Gen Motors (7) pf. General Petroleum. General Refractorlies, - Gimbell Brothers. ... Ginter Company ... Glidden Company . Gold Dust. Goodrich (BF) Company. Goodyear Tire & Rubber pt Goodyear Tire & Rub pr pf. . Granby Consolidated. . ... Great Northern pr. . Great Northern Ore ctf: Great Western Sugar Great Western Sugar pf. Greene Canznea Copper. antanamo Sugar. . Gulf, Mobile & Northern. Gulf, Mobila & Northern pt Gulf States Steel......... Hartman Corporation Hayes Wheel. \\:qu;gmmm‘ e 871 50 bl% 924 924 5 104 1104 14% 1434 60% 61% 33v, 34 93% 94 109 109 13 13 5% 6% 23% 24 91 69 28% 315 70 46 44 36 63 26 65'% 41% 15t L T I 4 Household Products - Houston Ol ..... e -~ Hudson Manhattan. . Hudson Man pfd. Hudson Motor Car. Hupmobile Motor Car Tllinois Central. 1llinois Central pf. Independent Oil & Gas. Indian Motoreycle Indian Refining. Indian Refining pf Ingersoll-Rand. A Tniand Steel... .. Inland Steel pf.... Inspiration Copper. Interboro Rapid Tran: Intern Agriculture. Internat’l Lius Machlines. . International Cement. ... .. Internat'l Comb Englne International Har, new Inter Harv pf (new).. Inter Mercantile Marine. Int Mercantile Marine pf.. — International Nickel. Intern: 1 Nickel pt International Paper. . Inter Paper pf stamped Int Rys of Cent Am.... Inter Telephone & Teleg. . Toww Central Jewel Tea. Jewel Tea p Jones Bros Tea . Jones & Laughlin pf. Jordan Motors. . ... Kansas & Guif..... Kan City Po & Lt pf.. Kansas City Southern. Kansas City Southern pt Kayser (Julius) & Co. Kelly Springfield Tires. ..... pringfd Tire 1st pf. prinsfield Tire pt Kelsey Whecl. Kelsey Wheel pf Kennecott Copper. — Keystone Tire & Rubber. Kinney (GR)....... Kresge (S S) Company Kresge (S 5) pf. Kresge Dept Stores. Laclede Gas Lee Rubber & Tire. 8% Lehigh Valley Liggett & Myers. Liggett & Myers Liggett & Myers pf. Lima Locomotive. Loew’s, Incorporated. Loft, Incorporated. Long-Bell Lumber A. Loose-Wiles Biscuit Loose-Wiles Bis 1st Lorillard, Lorillard (1") — Loulstana Oil_ Louisville & Nashville Ludlum Steel. . McCrory Stores B. Mclntyre Porcupine Mines. Mackay Cos. . ¥ Mack Trucks Mack Trucks 4 Macy (RH) & Co. Magma Copper. Mallinson & Co. Manati Sugars . Manhattan Elec Supply. % Manhattan Elevated gtd.... Manhattan Elevated. . Manhattan Manhattan Shirt p Manila Electric. faracaibo Oil ket Strect Railway Market St Railway pr pf. arket St Railway pf. ... Market St Railway 2d pt. Marland Ol & Refining Marlin-Rockwell Martin-Parry. Mathieson Aikall. . Maxwell Motor, Class A. Maxwell Motor, Class B. May Department Stores. May Dept Stores pf. .. Metro Goldwyn Plc pfd Mexican Seaboard. . ... Miami Copper. Middle States Midland Stl Pr pld (I) Minneapolis & St Linew. ... Minneapolis, St P & SSM. Mo Kan & TeXas DeW. ...... Mo Kan & Texas pf new. . Missour: Pacific. .. Missouri Pacitis pt. . Montana Power Montgomery Ward. Moon Motors. ... s Mother Lode Coalition Mullins Bocy. Murray Body Nash Motors. National Acme. Natlonal Biscuit. National Biscuit pf National Cloak & Suit. . National Cloak & Suit pf. Nat Datry Products. ..... Nat Department Stores. Nat Dept Stores 1st pf. Nat Enamel & Stamping Nat Enam & Stamp pf. Natlonal Lead National Lead f. Nat Rwys of Mex 1st pf. Nat Rwys of Mex 2d pf. National Supply. ... Nevada Con Copper . New Orleans, Tex & Mex Newport News Gas & Elec. New York Ail Brake. : N'Y Air Brake Class A New York Canners New York Central. New York, Chl & St Loul New York, Chi & StLpf. ... New York Dock.......a New York Dock pf. . New York, N H & Hart N Y, Ontario & Western. Niagara Fls Pwr pf (1%) —— Norfolk Southern 120%¢111 53% 54 35% 35t - 96% 199 114 11 1% 12 40% 40% 24% 26% 98 0% 8% 18% 189 2% 18 1063 1T4% 115 441 iy 100 1% 571 19% 13% 43 41 88 110 LI T T T T T S ‘1+I++!+I+\I\ 1+ 1 +441 Li++] 1+ L IR 5 U B ) sl =lil=l=la=] | | | | B 3 Res 8 i T ) 11+ i+ + U SRR N SR -_N ;~|,[w...¢..m[e.| |4m|..|...,.fl.|_-‘.‘ 3 50% 73 8% 30 29 92 1% 4% 47% 105 10% 58% 934, 16% 102% 65 64% 42% 6% 50 4% 119% 73 85% 7 573 46 5a% 28% 88 90 42% 16 5‘ 4% 36 437% 4T 4% 18 18 63% 6% 44 39% 0% 7 45 88 29 24 42% 1% 92% 40% % 60 42% 42% B4y 11 44 7 28% 64 181 49 % T4 23 29% 104% 1% 46% 60 5% 18% 26% 87% 8 50% 42% 102% a 6274 92% 15 102% 64 63% 43 29 45 1% 112 64 80 70 12% 65 11 8 1% 5% 90 97 51 83 12% 125 63 40% 93% 54% 83 23 4315 66 99 % 1097 94 130% 391, 25% 103 48% 49% 70% 4 1221 114% 12% 1% 35 6% 46% 134 45 - 88 18 140 72% 4 119% 14% 152 441 802 99 5% 35 42 45% 43% 153% 76 128% 116% 867 92 4sl-. 4.424Royal Dutch ctfs (N Y). 81%4 - 120% 541y 20 281 26% 61 250 1124 89% 25% 88 106% 151% 44% 9% 89 46% 129% 126% 56 110% 50% 94 92 69% 31% 21% 3% 4% 1% 4 43% 861 13 26% 67 46 19% 126 99% 45% 57% 106% 120 97 116% 17% 264 56 100 125% 114 84 86 14 28 % 1% 18% 42 60 12% 88% 18 94% 38 51 104 105 94% 118% 11 16 32% 84% 116% 99% 66% 80 9% 19% 11 23 26 5% % 6% 18 19 9% 48K ATH ATh 65 60 60% 5% b% 5% 2ns 20 21% . 21% 2T% 2T% 102 96 100 8% 8% 9 b2% 51 52% 3 Owens Bottle. 46% 43% 4b 8 PacificGas& 107 106% 107 —— Pacific Mall. .. 9 9 2 PacificOil. 55% 63% bA% 6 Pacific Tele & Telg pf... 96 96 +1.50 Packard Motor Car. 18% 174 Packard Motor Car pf . 1109 108% Pan-American Pet Trai 8% Pan-Am P Trans Class B. Panhandie pf. Park & Tilford. Pennsylvania Rairoad. Penn Seaboard Steel People's Gas, Chicago. Pere Marquette. .. Perc Marquette pr pf. Pere Marquette pf. . Philadelphia Company Philadelphia Copt. . - Phila & Reading C & I Philip Morris & Co Phillips-Jones. ... . Phillips-Jones pf. Phillips Petroleum. Plerce-Arrow. . Plerce-Arrow pf. . Pierce-Arrow prior pf. Plerce Oil. .. Plerce Oil pf. Plerce Petroleum. Pittsburgh Coal. Pittsburgh Coal pf. Pittsburgh Steel pf Pittsburgh Ter Coal. 6 Pitts Ter Coal pf. #1.20 Pittsburgh Utilities pf. $1.20 Pittsburgh Utllites ctfs. . —— Pittsburgh & W Virginia. Porto Rican Amer Tob. Postum Cereal. FE2 8 North American pf 5 Northern Pacific. — Ontarlo Silver M! 60c Onyx Hoslery. .. 1.80 Orpheum Circuit. Otis Elevator (new). Otls Steel. Otis Steel pf. - 8 + + 41 o= {00 O 6 O O O LIl ++ 441 Producers & Refiners. Producers & Refiners pf Public Service new. Public Service 1% p( Public Service 8% Pub Service Elo¢ & Gas nr Puliman Co 3 Punta Alegre Sugar. Pure Ol Pure Ol pf. Radlo Corp, of America. Radio Corp. of Am. pfd... Railway Securities odd lot Railway Steel Springs. . Rail'y Steel Spring pt Ray Consolidated Copper. Reading Reading " Reading 2d pf > Renungton Typewriter. Replogle Steel Republican Iron & Steel Republic Iron & Steel pt.. Reynolds Spring. ;. . . Reynolds Tobacco (A). Reynolds Tobaceo, B. .. . Reynotds Tobacco, pf. Rossia Insurance. © o 8 (R R ALERTAT AT Fosuenal | ] TS ] 4&:-?] UEanom..:-‘ | : —— Rutland pf. 2 StJosephL 5 St Lows-San Francisco 6 St Louis-San Fran pf.. 8t Louls Southwestern. ... St Louis Southwestern Df Savage Arms Schulte Stores. Schulte Retail Stores pf Seaboard Air Line. bt Seaboard Air Line Df. Sears-Roebuck . . — Shattuck Arizona. . Shattuck (Frank G) Shell Trading & Transport Shell Union Ofl Shell Union Oil pf. . Simmons Company Simmons pf.. Simms Petroleum. . Sinclair Con Oil. Sinclair Con Ofl pf. Skelly Ofl. .. - Sloss-Sheffield St "0l South Porto Rico Sugar Southern Paclflc. . . Southern Railway. ... Southern Railway pf. .. Spicer Manufacturing. Stanaard Gas & Electric. Standard Gas & Elec pf... Standard Oil of California. . Standard O1 of N J.. Standard Oi! of N J pf Standard Plate Glass. Sterling Products. . Stewart Warner Speed. Stromberg Carburetor. Studebaker. . . Studebaker pf . . Submarine Boat. . Superior Oil. Superior Steel . A Sweets Co of America Symington. Symington (A) Tennessee Copper & Chem Texas Company. . Texas Gult Sulphur. Texas & Pacific. . Texas & Pacific Coal Third Avenue.... ‘Tide Water Oil Timken Roller Bear Tobacco Products. Tobacco Products Class A. ‘Transcontin=ntal Oil. Transue & Williams Underwood Typewrite: Union Bag & Paper. . Union Oil of Calif. Union Pacific. Union Pacific pf. Union Tank Car. Union Tank Car pf. United Alloy Steel United Cigur Stores. Tnited Drug. ....... United Drug 1st pf. United Dycwood. United Fruit United Rallway Invest. United Railway Invest pf. U S Cast Iron Pipe & Fdy.. U S Cast Ir Pipe & Fdry pt. U S Distributing Corp' U S Hoffman Machine. ..... U § Industrial Alcohol . U S Industrial Alcohol pf.. United Stat United Stat U S Rubber U S Smelting & Ref. U S Smelting & Ref pf. United States Steel. . United States Steel pf. TUnited States Tobacco. U S Tobacco pf. Univer. Ll ] 1=2] s | A T e X avens 33 a g & LI T T T T I T A O A fl"“flH"N%flflflHHHHHNP“%%P%%flHHr:w"awhfiflH“PHflh"fiPNWP""P D2 I X T I O 1 1 T O O Utah Securities. Vanadium Corporation Van Raalte. ... Virginia-Carolina Chem. Va-Car Chemical pf. . Va-Carolina Chemical B. . Va-Car Chemical ctfs Va Iron, Coal & Coke. ... 4.. Virginia Railway & Power V Vivadou Inc. Wabash. .. Wabash pf A Wabash pt B Waldorf System (new) Ward Baking Class A Ward Baking pt ‘Ward Baking Class B ‘Weber & Heilbroner (n. Western Penn Pow f... West Penn Co (The). ‘West Penn pf.... ‘Western Electric pf. .. ‘Western Maryland.... Western Maryland 2d pf.... Western Pacific. . Western Pacific pf. ‘Western Union Teleg. ‘Westinghouse Air Brake Westinghouse Elec & Mfg. ‘Westinghouse Elec 1st pf.. ‘Weston Electric Inst Weston Electric (A) —— Wheeling & Lake Erie. —— Wheeling & Lake Erie pf 2 White Eagle Oil. 4 WWhite Motors. . —— Wickwir Spencer. —— Wilson & Co. . —— Wilson & Co ctfs —— Wilson & Co pf. —— Willys-Overlan FELEL I+ +00 0 1+++) Pt Fr 1 ) Li+1+ L+ I+ + Worthington Pump A Worthington Pump pf B.. Wright Aeronautical. Wrigley (Wm). Yellow Cab. . Youngstown Sheet & T. RIGHTS. International Tel & Tel New York Canners Public Sesvice. N J Dividend rat: 1 PI"‘?P:""‘““.) e es as glven In the abay based on the latest quarterly or nnl?-y:n‘r’:l::crl: .h(’o:‘nnun ecial dividens are not included. noted. extra or SEVERELY IN S4 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 25.—Stock prices drifted rather aimlessly for the greater part of today's brief ses- sion, but broke bady just before the close, when selling pressure was re- newed against the standard industrials and rails. Net losses of 1 to 4 points - were scattered throughiput the li with both the rail and industrial aver ages carried to new low ground for the year. The sudden and aggres: of selling in the last 15 trading suggested a bear selling by large operators, who apparently succeeded in touching off a number of stop-loss orders. United States Steel common bore the brunt of the first attack, being depressed over 2 points from its early top fig- ure to a new low for the year at 115, or nearly 15 points below the year's high. It later rallied to 115%, where it was off 1% on the day. Baldwin Pounded Down. Baldwin was hammered down over 2 points to a new low at 109 or 363 under the year's high established a month ago, and then rallied a point from the bottom figure. Among the rany other issues to | break through Their previous resist- ance points we'* American Smelting. Anaconda Cop American Interna- tional Corporat: Central Leather, Tidewater Oil, Pittsburgh Coal, Phila- delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Colorado Fuel. Western Electric and Union Bag and Paper. American Can collapsed over points to 166 and then rallied feeb) Substantial recessions also were re- corded by' Allis Chalmers, General Electric, International Business Ma- chines, National Lead, West Penn Power and United States Cast Iron Pipe, the net losses in which ranged ranged from 2% to 6! points. Better Support in Rails. Rails yielded with the industrials. although there were indications of | better support for some of the north- | western carriers. The list of new | lows in this group Included New | York Central. Baltimore and Ohio | preferred and common, Ches: ki and Ohio, Omaha common, common, Reading, Chicago and Eastern Iliinois common and preferred and Canadian Pacific. Foreign exchanges were reactionary ve outbreak minutes of | resumption pf in response to the heavier offerings of bills from European centers. De- Special Dispatel: to The Star. NEW YORK, March 25— Stocks (average of 30 issues) Bonds (average of 40 issues) Foreign bonds (average of 10 issues) Federal reserve ratio ... $oney rates in New York Call s Time Unfilled steel orders Pig iron production. Building permits— | Number of citi Amount .. Commercial 1. Number . Liabilities . | Revenue car loadings— All commodities ... Grain and grain v\rouucl( B Coal and coke ... Forest products . Miscellaneous produ ore ... o) Live stock $11,000—C. and P. Tel. 1st 20,000—C. and P. Tel. of Va. 500—Capital Traction 1st 1,000—City and Suburban R; 12,500—Georgetown Gas Lt. 1 14,000—Pot. Elec. Power 1st 5s 00—Pot. Elec. Power cons. 3,600—Pot. Elec. Power gen. 13,700—Pot. Elec. Power ref. 6,000—Wash., Bal. and Annap. 40,500—Wash. Gas Light gen. os 57,300—Wash. Gas Light 6s. 171,000—Wash. Ry. and Elec. cons. 48 st 4700—Riggs Realty (long) 5. 4,000—Wardman Park Hotel 6s STOCKS. 3.404—Capital Traction - 2,151—Washington Gas . 1,213—Wash. Ry. and Elec. com. 1,863—Wash. Ry. and Elec. pfd 1,863—Wash. Ry. and Ele~ pfd.. 130—Commercial National Bank 1—District National Bank. 12—Liberty National Bank. 45—Metropolitan .. 405—Riggs Natlonal Bank 40—Second National Bank. 106—Washington National Bank. 137—Amer. Security and Trust. 118—Continental Trust 170—Merchants’ Bank and Trust. 3—National Savings and Tru 18—Union Trust ........ 60—Washington Loan and Trust. 407—Firemen’s Insurance . 221—Columbia Title...... 2,550—Lanston Monotype . 655—Mergenthaler Linotype 16,015—National Mtg. and Inv. pfd. and W. Steamboat. :1—Security Storage ... 30—Washington Market. $40,123,017 Week of Mar. rd 81 0% 16% 4% 38 63 T 81 81 7 T0% 18% 16% 4B% 4T% 38 63 % 1% 1% S 64 1 B T 2% 20 1 cash payments Unless otherwise tly tra. INDUSTRIALS AND RAILS BREAK TURDAY SESSION U. S. Steel Hits Low for Yéar—Many Stop Orders Touched Off—Selling Laid to Big Bear Operators. mand sterling ruled about % cent lower at $4.77% and French francs Pere off a few points around 5.26 Alight recessions also were noted in most of the other European rates. WALL STREET BRIEFS. NEW YORK, March 28.—Net oper ating income of the first 56 railroads © report February earnings aggre gated $50,832,000, in cnmpnr‘;:on‘:‘ 356,441,000 in February, 1924, a de crease of about 9.90 per cent. Net for the same number of carriers in Jar uary was $5 ,000. Gross revenue for the month totaled $368,898,00( against $398,657,000 a vear ago, a dr cline of 7.40 per cent 1. F. Loree, chalrman of the Kansas City Southern, returned today fron a trip to the Southwest optimistic over the outlook for the road's earn- ings this year. He said, however, Was too early to consider dividends on the common stock, action on which it had been expected in the financial district, would be taken this Spring e Kansas City Southern was 5 years old March 19, and its policy has been to return earnings to properts instead of paying common dividends he asserted denry S, Sturgis, “:‘Nrfl" F. Baker, Fitst National Ba: has been elected a1 r of the Erie Railroad to fili the vacancy caused by the retiremen of Myron Tay assistant 1o chairman of the Net lose of 3 15 is reported for by the Consolidated Textile Cor- poration, in contrast to net profit of 354,072 the year before. French manufacturers of c pive were the lowest bidders on 21,000 tous required by Oneida, N. Y., bid dieg $46.58 a ton, which was 92 cents @ ton under American bids iron Males of the National Tea Co. in January increased 20.92 per cent ove ;x;n oihe month last year, reaching SALES KEEP UP GAINS. CHICAGO, March 28 (Special).—The farmer is continuing to pass his Prosperity along in increased pu chases. Montgomery Ward & Co. de duce from their sales figures for the ourrent month. For the 38th consec {lve month, sales showed an increa Financial Highlights of Past Week . Brought Out in Nutshell by Statistics High. Loy 104.25 10837 106.02 This week. Last wee . 8280 83.1 . 101.49 101 76.6 20.8 Thuw:ek Last weel 3to 4 4043 Month of Feb., 1924 4,812,901 $64,009,450 14 Previous week $35,942 Do Year ago. 10,901 31,517 The Year 1925 to Date on the Wasl’nngton Stock Exchangc. Furnished by W. Up to and including BONDS. B. Hibbs & Co. Saturday, March 285, Open. High. 1005 100 199.000—Wash. Ry. and Elec. gen. and ref. 6 2,000—Dist. of Col. Paper Mfg. 1st 6s. 25—Federal-American National Bank UNLISTED DEPARTM! 100—Army & Navy Club bs 27—Chapin-Sacks 8s pfd. 4—Chapin-Sacks 7s pfd. 5—Chapin-Sacks com.. . 200—Citizens' Savings Bank. 12—District Title Insurance. 40—Departmental Bank 12—Munsey Trust 50—Washington Base Ball. 14—Washington Title Insurance. 5(1 1 1% 19% 5 $ia 121 121 % T4 3 L]