Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1925, Page 36

CAPRIL 5, 1925—PART 1. FINANCIAL. ‘THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Woek ending April 4, 1925, Net. | —1984—— 1885 Div. High. Low. Close. OChge. | High. Low. High. Low. Rate. N Y Air Brake ClassA...... 63 52 53 % | 16k 8% 17% 11 New York Canner: . 821 31% 324 264 5% 26% 16 New York Canners pf. 06l 95% 95% + % [ 36% 14% 56 324 New York Central 116% 118% 114 1% | 86% 68 100 B4k New York, Chi & uls. 127% 120 126 3 [118% 106 126% 116% New York, Chi & StLpf.... 90 89% 89% + % |111 84 114 98 New York Dock. . 22 20 22% + 1% | 7% B6% 84 66 New York Dock pf. 56 56 56 82 72 86 19% New York, N H & Hart. 30% 28 30 1% | — 14 9% NY,Ontario & Western... 21% 20% 20% + % [———— 23 19% New York Shipbuilding. 221 21 21 3 17% 7% 16% 10% N Y Steam 1st pf 99% 971 9T% — 1% | 32% 14k B1% 22 Niagara Fls Pwr pt (1%) 28% 28% 28% — % | 20% 23% 31% 26% Norfolk Southern. 23% 22% 28% + " | 72% 50% 76 5T% Northfolk & Western 127% 128% 126 1% | 5 %1% % Norfolk & Western pf. 79 78% 78% + % | 28 4% 13% 6% North American. . 4b% 44 4% _— 18 North American pf. 48% 4T% 48% 724 11 19 Norghern Prcific. 61% 59% 61% W% 6% 9% Nunually & Co .9 9% 9% 88 614 2% Ontario Siiver 5 5% 5% bW 126% 724 112% Onyx Hoslery. . 22 22 2% \81 28% 45 Onyx Hoslery pf....... 9% 891 80 Orpheum Circuit. . 2% 2T% 6% 761 0% Otis Elevator (new) 103 28% 16 Otis Steel 10% 46% 2% 46% Wrigley (Wm). Otis Steel pf. 60 85% 88% Yellow Cab. .. Owens Bottle 63 Youngstown Sheet & T. Pacific Gas & Pacific Mail. Pacific Oll. Pacific Telo & Telg. .50 Packard Motor Car Packard Motor Car pf. Pan-American Pet Trans. Pan-Am P Trans Class B. Parish & Bing stamped Park & Tilford. . — Penna Coal & Coke . Pennsylvania Raliroad Penn Seaboard Steei . Peopie's Gas, Chicago Pere Marquette. Perc Marquette pr pf Pere Marquette pf. Philadeiphia Company Philadelphia Co pf. . Phila & Reading C & I. Ph.lip Morris & Co. Phillips-Jones. .. ... Phillips-Jones pf. Phillips Petroleum. . PhoenixHoslery Phoenix Hofsery Plerce-Arrow. Plerce-Arrow pf. ... Plerce-Arrow prior pf. . Plerce Ofl. Pierce Ol pf Pierce Petroleum 63% —= Pittsburgh Coal 100 . 6 -Pittsburgh Coal 103 4 7 Pittsburgh Steel pf.. . 63% — Pittsburgh Ter Coal 16% $1.20 Pittsburgh Utilities pf. 161 11 $1.20 Pittsburgh Utllites ctf: 75% —— Pittsburgh & W Virglinia. 103% Postum Cereal. 117 Postum Cereal pf =198~ 1985 Div. High, Low. High, Low. High. Low. Rate, Du Pont de Nem 6% deb 97 96% % | 87 47% 61% B1 Dugquesne Light 1st pt 107 107 37 23 35% 3% Week ending April 4, 1025, Net. High. Low. Close. Chge Western Maryland 12 11 1% Western Marzland 2dpt ... 175 17% Western Pacific. . 39% 37% Western Pacificpf......... 89 881, Western Union Teleg. 119% 119 Westinghouse Air Brake 9913 98 Westinghouse Elec & Mfg. 67% Westinghouse Elec 1st pf.. 79% Weston Electric Inst 974 Weston Electric (A)...... 21l Wheeling & Lake Erie. 11% Wheeling & Lake Erie pf... 255 White Eagle Oil. ... 27% ‘White Motors. 6% Wickwir Spencer. e Wilson & Co. 3 11 Wilson & Co ct 30 Wilson & Copf....... 35 Willys-Overland. 184 Willys-Overland pf. Woolworth (new) Worthington Pump Worthington Pump Worthington Pump pf B. ‘Wright Aeronautical. 1925-— Div. Week ending April 4, 1995, Net. | — 1984 . High. Low. Rate. High Low. Clota. Obge. | High Low. Abitibi Power & Paper.. 87 €6 66 — % 971 94 6 A e R e oty 92 92 —8 |108k 102 107m 105 7 Advance Rumley........ l3h 184 13% — 1% [ 114% 104% 118 108% 18 Eastman Kodak.... 110 89 83% 96% 95 Advance Rumley pf. 50 494 494 Y | 244 16 10% Eaton Axle & Spring. . . 16% 119% 994 124% 113% Alr Reduetion 100% 95% 100% + 8% |—— —— 302 100 Elec Pow & Lt pf 40% pd.. 100% 128 72% 1374 120 Ajax Rubber. 12% 107% 12 66 0% 60% Electric Storuge Battery 62 4 Z 23% 83 925 88 Alaska Juneau. . % 2 14% 10% T Elk Horn Coal. SN 87% 19 30% 18 961s 9 All Am Cables (6) - 123 125 25 201 19 Elk Horn Coal pf......... 19 55% 4ln 59 524 65 93 Allied Chemical & Dye 80 86 16 15 11 Emerson-Brautingh: . 114 83% 4% 36% 28 118% 110 Allied Chemical & Dye pf. 118 118 T8% 72 63% Endicott-Johson . 64'% gg% 16 27 20% 3% 41% Allis-Chalmers Mfg. 3% 79% 115 116% 112% Endicott-Johnson pf. .. .. ... 114 20 Ik 3% 1047 90 Allis-Chalmers Mg pf. . ... 104 104 85% 2 34 27w rfe Railroad. 2915 %% 88 100" 97 17w T 3 Am Agriculture Chemical. .. 144 14% 49% 46% 35% Erie Rallroad 1st pf. 37% - f" 29 28 49% 18% 557 36% — Am Agriculture Chemical pf 384 59t 464 43% 8% Erie Railroad 2d pf. 364 23, gew 22 160 98 206 121 American Bank Note. z 180 180 241 19 16 Exchange Buffet. . 16% i 73» 14K 158% 56 52 5 4 3 American Bank Note pf. 55 56 3¢ 38y 82% Falrbanks, Morse & Co. 364 e 49% 36 American Beet Sugar. 29 4L 98% 1031a 90% Famous Players-Lasky . 9514 LR 88% 224 American Bosch Magneto. . . 25 32% 1081 & 110 103% Famous Play-Laskey p! 106% e 102 76 ‘Am Brake S & Foundry. .. .. 90% 95 122% 148% 114% Federal Light & Tractio 138% e Tn H 110 104% ‘Am Brake Shoe & Fdy pf.. 4 110% 110% 248, 25% 15% Federal Mining & Smelg. 16% ST a8 163% 95% American Can. . 168% 164% 6434 641 49% Federal Mining & Smelt pt 52 o aa. o 119 109 American Can pf. 175% 118 146 166% 147% Fidelity-Phoenix Fire Ins. 169% M 200% 153% ‘American Car & Foundry. ... 194 201 13% 4% 12 Fifth Avenue Bus 18% e B 125 118% American Car & Fay pf. .-~ 120% 122% 68% 60% Fisher Body (ne 68% A S 2 21% ‘Am Chain Class A 22% 23 106% Y06% 104% Fisher Body of Ohio p 105% R e 40% 14% ‘American Chicle. 52 56 18% 135 10% Fisk Rubber. 1214 g s 2 931 5l American Chicle pf o1 97 86 i\ 85 7% Fisk Rubber Tst pf..... 823 Vo el g 9 23 —— Ameri “hicle ctfs. 52 53% 4| s0% 86k 175 Fieishmann Company . 7% o o d2n 39 23 American Chic A by 105 - 90% 108% 102% 7 3% ‘Am Druggist Syndicate. 5% 5% 94% 110% 89% Foundation Company . 110% T Moo 164% 88 3 ‘American Express. . 5 135 141 106% 104% 101% Franklin Simon pf...... 102% s e L, —_— - Am & Foreign Power 28% 28% 18% 12% 8 Freeport-Texas. . . 105 Bhgo eow sow — — Am & Foreign Power pf... 88% 8% kA 16% 4% Gardner Motor. 18% TR R y -anHide & Leather... 11% 8% 10 — 53 58% 45 General American 478 : G 1% 7% Amerfcan Hide ks . % 45 107 884 1098 50% Am Hide & Leather pt. 58 63% 63% 63% 424 General Asphalt. 46% 65 44w 89% 72 3 ‘American Ice. . 5 85 100 %W 100 864 General Asphalt pf 8T% A 3 Si% e son % 8O . ‘AmericanTce of. 160 147% 121 General Baking..... 125 iy 175 3 - ‘American Internatio 98% 821 101% 92 General Cigar. . . 9313 ot 10 3 Am La France Fire Engi 322 1981 520 2274 General Electric. . . . 265 oL i 18% 2 2 American Linseed. . . . 11% % 11 General Electric special.... 1l o e e 30 6% 53 American Linseed pt. .« —— —— 19 6% General Motors (new)..... 70% w e 8 0% g 4 Am Locomotive (new) 108% 108% 102 Gen Motors () pf...... 105 19% 825 121 120% 116% ‘American Locomotive pf 45 5% 42 General Petroleum. 51 I don 72 54 38% 8 1% American Metal. 66 3 582 45% 47% 851 T1% 84 116% 107% American Metal pf. 6474 57 41 Gimbell Brothers. 504 7 66 - TE% 95% 3 Amer Piano pfd. . 107 105% 1024 Gimbel Bros pf. . 104% $i% aw 5T 186 94v ‘American Radiator. 21% 287 22% Ginter Company WA o s oo 125 120 American Radiator pf. 15 17 12 Glidden Company 1 Hinl " . 2 seae o ™ 4 o Jon A 55% Goodrlch (BF) Company... bdls e L 16% 10% ‘Am Ship & Comme: e e e 8 44 90w 100% b7 106% 903 ‘American Smelting & Ref. 98 rich (B F) Co pf .. 95 90 77 9B% 9 " Am Smelt & Refining pf. . 101% Goodyear Tire & Rubber p! 96 0% 2% 46% 33 ® 3 ‘American Steel Foundry. ... 1074 Goodyear Tire & Rub prpf.. 1041 e 2 i # American Sugar Refining. .. 21% Granby Consolldated. ... 15% 94 82y 7 1 A Sugar Refining pf...... 71% Great Northern pf. 634 e T ‘6% % 1 Am Sumatra Tobacco. 40% Great Northern Ore ctf: . 221 ‘Am Sumatra Tobaceo pf. 991 Great Western Sugar. 59% 3% 3814 ‘Am Telephone & Cable. l:;&v. Great Western Sugar pf. A il I34% 121% Am Telephone & Teleg % Greene Cananea Copper % |°58 8 7 r v 6% Guantanamo Sugar. .. ] S o e Fab B (el 28% Gulf, Mobile & Northern 5% 1065 101" Amer Tob pfd. .. 101% Gulf, Mobile & Northern pt 115 106 Amer Type Foudries. 94% ;;{un“su‘;?-sxe::‘ ; a1% 24 Amer Water Wks (n)..... 8 Honna GLA.).1st pf- 102 86 3 3 Am Water W & El par pf.. a1 Rartmaz Cor 3 101 89k Am Water W. Elec 15t pf.. i Hayes Wheel. .. 99% 90 9 ‘American Wholesale pf s 104% Hayes Whee! bf. 78% . 51% ‘American Woolen. . .- i 5 102% 90 American Woolen pt. % e 4 o \ iq»— | o [ caNans I T T ® - H I+ 1 afal }—aa- | 787 | ++ RIGHTS. £8 —— New York Canners 16— Pubiic Service, N J 2815 26% 22! 17% Reading Railway. .. . 18 4 %_—— United Paper Board 3 Vidend rafes as given in the above table are tha annual cash payments based on the latest quarterly or half yearly declarations. Unless otherwise noted. extra or special dividens are not included. 1 Partly extra POOLS PUSH MOTOR SHARES UP:; DELAWARE AND HUDSON JUMPY #]==| + 1 1i++ ++++++1+1+0 00+ 00000010 I‘[ul\..]..,..mu.m.miug\]m..— oo al [u._|w;a..|:,¢§.a] [[==||]=]] \|+-i: *IAI*+++-¢*I\#+]‘\‘]+I\I++ Swos {1 i 8 | a & |+I+\+ Rise in Auto Stocks Laid to Good Spring Businesa Several Pivotal Issues Show Substantial Gair During the Day. P44kt L4+ 444 1+ 4+ By the Associated Press under new ownership, will reach NEW YORK, April 4.—Spec ce | 000,000 in 1 compared with $1 interest in today's brief session of | 500,000 net after taxes in 1924 the stock market was divided be-|ings in the first quarter this tween the motor shares, which | were 32,000,000 grea moved up vigorously on a resumption |same perio®Tast y of pool operations, and Delaware and Beitrve Dask oot to Méct: Hudson, which soared more than &| . 0 "0 points on the official announcement of |\, " F SORIERENCE the proposed segregation of its coal | LORdRY hetween o : properties. The general market also| tCErAl TEperve Banks and mem bers displayed @ strong tone, despite further | 0f the Federal Reserve Board, unsettlement in grains, net gains of a | MAr!ly to discuss credit conditions in point or more being quite common at | YATious reserve districts, is expected Earni ve® ter than in the ‘ M s [ pranl : ‘++|++ + o+ o+ I+t at Washington nex governors of 12 TS 3 © I+L1 1+ 1+t P44 |4t ettt ¥ Hoe Company Homestake Mining. P+ 50 62 4% 12% 867 484 464 84% 14 16% | 140% 94 1025 34% 120% 265% 5 152% 28 31% 140% 1. 24 284 25 83% 6 14% 79 8316 89 274 9T 8615 1% 12 103 12% 78% e aapana- i Am Writing Paper pf. ‘American Zinc Lead & S American Zinc L& Spf. Anaconda Copper. .. Archer Dan Midland Armour of 111 (A). Armour & Co 7% pf. . . Arnold Constable & Co. Art Metal Construction. Asso Dry Goods ‘Associated Dry Goods 1st. Associated Dry Goods 2nd. Associated Ol (new) . : Atchison, Topeka & S Fe.... ‘Atchison Topeka & S Fe pl Atlanta, Birmingham & At. Atlantic Coast Line. Atlantic Gulf & West Ind.. Atiantic Gulf & W Ipf. : ‘Atlantic Refining. . Atlantic Refining pf. E A ) Ll++ 1 ++1 37% 85 274 66% 444 19% 119% 33% 20 10% 249 50 82% 341 13% 125 57% 44 “lawaem E3 Household Products. Houston Oil. Hudson M.nmn..n Hudson Man ptd Hudson Motor Car. ... Hupmobile Motor Car. Illinois Central. Independent Oil & Gas. Indian Motoreycle. Indian Refining. Ingersoll-Rand. . Inland Steel Inspiration Copper. Interboro Rapid Transit Intern Agriculture Internat'l Bus Machines. International Cement. Internat’'l Comb Engin International Har, new. Inter Harv pf (new) R I I o B 80 43% 4T% 70 101% 115 101% 151% 67% 30% 105% 667 50 T1% 137% 17% 79% 56% 56 Pressed Steel Car. Pressed Steel Car pf. . Producers & Refiners. Producers & Refiners pf. Public Service new.. . Public Service 7% pf . Public Serviee 8% pf . . Pub Service Elec & Gas 11( Public Serv Elec Power pf. Punta Alegre Sugar Pure Oil..... Pure Oil pf. Radio Corp. of Am. pfd... Rallway Securities odd lot. Railway Steel Springs. ..... Ray Consolidated Copper. Reading 1st pf. Reading 2d pf. .. - the close. Trading was relatively dull at. the start, but quickened later on the ap- pearance of fresh buying power, the day's sales running above 338,000 shares. Dodge Sale Helps Motors. Buying of the motors was generally attributed to reports of heavy Spring business and the growing confidence in these as a result of the purchase of Dodge Brothers by a powerful banking syndicate. The Maxwell Motor issues, current earnings on which are reported to be running at high levels, led the group in point of activity, the A stock touching 91% and the B 60%. both at new record highs. The closing quota- tiops of 91% and 60% represented net Nash to last several days and will deal with problems arise from enlarged gold the pending return of gold basis, Several changes are exy board of probably which may Xport Britain | Kansas-Texas holders’ mee Friday bought & stocks in the last be glven representation on it is understood. Wall Street Getx Shock. Wall street's srprise aver the De Hudson Co.'s decision holdings, whic was reflected in the S-point spurt ir the stock, was heightened by the the boa (R gains of 2% and 432, respectively Motors soared 16% points to a record top at 319%. Jordan and Plerce-Arrow preferred each moved up about 2 points, while Studebaker, W Over- land preferred and some of the other automotive issues showed gains of a point or more. , D. & H. Reaces New Top. Delaware and Hudson established a record top at 145%. While the proposal to form a separate company to take over the anthracite properties makes | shareholders. With its coal holding no mention of any intention to distrib- | segregated. the road also was fe ute the stock of the new company to|to be in a much better position the railroad stockholders, there was a | consider consalidation plans rather general assumption that such Bank Clearings Increase. Inter Mercantile Marine. .. Int Mercantile Marine pt.. International Nickel. 25 International Nickel pf..... @3 International Paper-. . A 95 Inter Paper pf stamped . & 2on Int Rys of Cent Am. g nternational Shoe . e 4 Inter Telephone & Teleg 88% 1% Tt e Intertype Corporation. . 23 9% 48% 4.42% Royal Dutch ctfs (NY). Iron Products. e 82 66 43— Rutland pf. Jewel Tga. 18% 45% St Joseph L..... Jewel Tea pf. . - 107 65 AT 5T% St Lows-8an Fran Jones Broa Tea 16% 821 76 St Louis-San Fran pf Jones & Laughlfn pf...... . 113% B5% i St Louts Southwestern Jordan Motors 7 3 4T 74 % 70% St Louis Southwestern pt. Kansas & Gult b % 887% 3 65 Savage Arms. . Kan Clty Po & Lt pf..... 100% 129% 109 Schulte Stores. 118 108 5% 110 Renungton Typewriter Remington Typewr 2d p{ Replogle Steel . Republican Iron & St Republic Iron & Steel pf.. Reynolds Spring. . 55 Reynolds Tobacco, B manner in whic e information wa made intimation of is was gleaned from inconspicuc g notice to ckholders, ch appeared in the advertising colu of th newspapers. Although no ment was made of a distribution to stock holders, it was assumed that the pro poséd transfer of the properties to separate corporation would be th initial step in passing them on [Hlil=ae= i o =liE=t] 54% 47 s Atlas Powder. 1% 5 Atlas Tack. ... .. 83% 181 Austin Nichol! 81 79 ‘Austip Nichols pf . 85 1% ‘Auto Knitter Hosiery. 4% 3 Auto Sales. 8 16 11% Auto Sales pf. : 134% 104% Baldwin Locomotive. Baldwin Locomotive pf. 84 Baltimore & Ohio 661 56k Baltimore & Ohio pf.". 44% 39% Bangor & Aroostock 89 g - Barnet Leather...... 23% 3 Barnsdall, Class A. 1% 10 Barnsdall, Class B. B9 33% Bayuk Bros 125 44% Beechnut Packing. EARE e al | 1+ R T aacma | = l TS l n-;i m;muqmuqvgiq[m- e L3 EFE Vo |oFon 0 T + 62% 97 3T% 8944 110% 102 T 15% 124! 4 112% 29 67% 9% 254 156% 35 id 21% 58Y 295 85% _ “95': B56% 44% 87 87 86'2 98Y% 109% 10% 5 107% 1315 a8% 142% 14 40 97y 290 199 25% 91 40% 247 T8 267 67% 994 3% 8t 21 — Bethleher: Steel. Bethiehem Steel bf new . Bethlehem Steel, 8% pf. Booth Fisheries. Briggs MIg. .. 5 British Empire Stee 2nd pf. Brooklyn Edison Electric. Brooklyn-Man Transit.. Brooklyn-Man Transit pf. Brooklyn Unior: Gas. . Brown Shoes. Brunswick-Balke Buffalo, Roch & Pitts. . Buffalo Roch & Pitts pfd.. Burns Brothers. Burns Brothers Class B. Burroughs Adding Ma Bush Terminal. ... .. Butte Copper & Zinc. Butte & Superior. - Butterick Company . Cadado Central Oil Ref. California Packing. California I’euuhum (new) California Petroleum pf Callahan Zine & Lead. Calumet & Arizona Calumet & Hecla. Canada Southern odd lot. . Canadian Pacific. (J 1) Thresh Macl e Threshing Mach pf. Central Leather Co. . Central Leather Co pf. . Central Raliroad of N J. Century Ribbon Mills. Cent Ribbon Mills pf. Cerro de Pasco Copper in-Teed Products tin-Teed Prod 1st pf. Certalnteed 2d pf. Chanaler Motor Chesapeake & Ohlo ¢ Chesapeake & Oiilo pf. . Chicago & Alton. Chicago & Alton pf. ... Chicago & East Illinols. I+ ++1 L4100+ L+ L4400 LI+ l++ 141 +41 [+ +4+++ [som] e oo | ]=] <[] N.yuq|-‘u.q::; S 3 S 8 = Kansas City Southern. Kansas City Southern pf.. Kayser (Julius) & Co. Kayser (J) & Co 1st pf. Keliy Springfield Tires Kelly Springfd Tire 1st of Kelly-Springfleld Tire pt. Kelsey Wheel Kelsey Wheel pf Kennecott Copper . Keystone Tire & Rubber Kinney (G R) Kinney Co (G. Kresge (8 8) Compw Kresge Dept Stores. Kresge Dept Stores pf. Kuppenheimer pf. Laclede Gas. . Lee Rubber & Tire. Lehigh Valley . Liggett & Myers. . Liggett & Myers (B). Liggett & Myers pf. Lima Locomotiv Loew's, Incorporated Loft, Incorporated Long-Bell Lumber A Loose-Wiles Biscuit. * Loose-Wiles Biscuit 2 Lorillard, P. Louisiana OI1. Louisville & Nashville. Ludlum Steel e McCrory Stores B...... McCrory Stores pf . MclIntyre Porcupine Mackay Cos pf. . Mack Trucks. Mack Trucks 1st pf. Macy (R H) & Co. Magma Copper. Mallinson & Co. Mallinson & Co pf. Manati Sugar. .. Manati Sugar pf..... Manhatan Elec Supply. Manhattan E'evated gtd 100 30% 67% 19% 83 16% 46'¢ A4 89 109 48% 2% 79 100 ¢ 376 3390 33 91 98% 155 12 69 58 57 118% 61% 24% 6 46 80 109 33% 14% 107 35 824 104 17 67% 121% 107% 6% 34 21% 81 50 9% 51 35% a1 98% 156 124 14 - 58 5% 118% 63% 25% 844 Sl [+ +4 4+ +t 4 114 24% aHm.[m|am~ | & Schulte Retail Stores pf.. Seaboard Air Line. Seaboard Air Line p! Sears-Roebuck. . Shattuck Arizona Shattuck (Fran 6 Shell Trading & Shell Union Ofl. Shell Union Ol pf. Simmons Company . Simmons pf. . Simms Petroleus Sinclair Con Oil. ..... Sinclalr Con Oil pf.. Skelly Oil Sloss-Sheffield Stl & Iron. ... South Porto Rico Sugar. ... Southern Pacific. Southern Rallway. Southern Rallway pf... Spicer Manufacturing. . Spicer Mfg pf Stanaard Gas & Electric. Standard Gas & Elec pf. Stardard Milling _ Standard Oil of California. . Standard Oil of N J. Standard Oll of N J pf. Standard Plate Glass. Sterling Products. Stewart Warner Speed Stromberg Carburetor Studebaker-... .. Studebaker pf. Submarine Boat. Superior Of). Sweets Co of America. . Symington. Symington (A). Telautograph Cp. Tennessee Copper & Chem. Texas Company . Texas Gulf Suiphur. Texas & Pacific. .. Third Avenue. .. Tide Water Oil. .. .. B T [ e e R R T I TR e A T | = e FEEEFPN action ‘would follow in due course of time, the Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley and Reading roads having furnished a precedent for such a melon. All the so-called ]\l\al’xl industriais showed substantial gains on the da Amerfcan Can rallied 3 points to 165 and then eased slightly. United States Steel and Baldwin cach closed about a point higher. Publication of a re- port that domestic consumption of gasoline in February was 30 per cent larger than that of the same month last year brought new buying int the oil shares, although the grains with few exceptions, were limited to fractions. Special buyving of Cali- fornia Petroleum preferred, anticipation of a retirement of that stock. \ Other Stro; pots. Car and Foundry, Assoclated Dry Goods, General Electric, Kinney O Radio Corporation, Unitdd Railways investment preferred and Virginia Railway and Power. up 2% to points. Outside of Delaware and Hudson the chief interest in the rail group centered in the brisk demand for the Gulf, Mobile and Northern issues, each’ of which closed about 2% points higher, on reports that important ‘negotiations, +the exact nature of which was not disclosed, were pend- ing between Central. The foreign exchange market was firm, the nervousness over the French situation apparently having disap- peared. Demand sterling ruled about % of @ cent higher, above 4.78, and French francs made further recov- ery to around 5.17 cents. which | jumped over 4 points to 114%, was in | Some of the other outstanding in- | dustrial strong spots were American |agier preferred dividend o that road and: Illinoisy Bank clearings country for the “throughout week, to | the Comme and Chronicle, agg ted $1 against $8,820,741,805 a vear ago, &n increase of 15.7 per cent. New Yorl City showed a gain of 21.2 per cen The American Chain Co. decls dividend of 50 cents a share on common sto The same payment was authorized last July Operating profit of the Columbix Company for 1924 declined to after depreciation and de- , from $961.421 in After ing for interest and Federal surplus _amounted to $295 in contrast to $676,432 the vear before. Rond's Earnings Decrease. The report of the Kz ern for 1924 shows net inc $02 after taxes and charges. equivi $3.51 a share 900 common stock vear before was $2.7 3$6.45 a share, which include credit of $1,015.803 received from th United States’ Raflroad Administratior in payment-of the road’s claim whil under Federal control. With this iten deducted, the balance of $1,757,632 was equivalent to $3.06 a share on the com mon Gross revenues of the Louis-San Francisco increased §: in March to $7,395,004, a preliminary statemen shows, making a gain of $1.189,570 sinc: the first of the year, with a total of 22,044,224 The consolidated National Sugar Refining Co. for puts the total assets at §$1 profit and loss surplus §: rent assets were $7,109, liabilities $1,034,187, statement of the | m-.anI I [ RPN 87 2 Chi & Eastern lllinois pf. 4 —— Chicago & Great Western. 10% 3 Chicago & Great Weste.n pf. 107 5 : 18% 49% 52 icago & Northwestern 114% 100 Chicago & Northwest pf. 100% 79% Chicago Pneumatic Tool 50 - 21% Chicago, R I & Pacific. . 871 65% Chi, R1& Pacific 6%. ... 97% 6% 99 Chicago R 1 & Pacific 7% 57la 29 9 Chicago, St Paul Min & O. 94 684 5 5 Chic St Paul M & O pf. 61% 389 Chicago Yellow Cab. —— *2.40Childs Company ... 38% 2 2% Chile Copper. 29 16 Chino Copper 5% 55 Cluett-Peabody 8344 _ 61 Coca-Cola. . . Manhattan Elevated : 75 Manhattan Shirt. 2: Manila Electric. 30 Maracaibo Oil Market Street Railway. ..... 7% Market St Raflway pr pf. Market St Railway pf...... Market St Railway 2d pf. Marland Oll & Refining. Timken Roller Bear. Tobacco Products. Tobacco Products Cl ‘Transcontinental Oil Transue & Williams. Twin City Rapid Transit. Underwood Typewriter. Union Bag & Paper. Union Oil of Calif Union Pacific. Union Pacific Union Tank Car. ... United Alloy Steel. United Cigur Stores. . . United Cigar Stores pf 120% United Drug. ...... [ United Drug 1st pf. 20 12 United Dyewood. 231 United Fruit. E WALL STREET BRIEFS. NEW YORK, April ] ¥ e FE PARIS MARKET HEAVY. PARIS, April 4 Prices were h ing offering of new securities of gy the Bourse today. Three per cent Dodge Bros, Inc. recently’ bought|rentes, 46 francs $0 centime by a powerful banking syndicate, change on London, 92 francs has arroused widespread interest|{imos Five per cent loan, 56 fr among the investing public both in |79 centimes. The dollar was quoted this country and abroad. Pending |a¢ 18 francs 32 centimes official announcement of the value of the bonds or stock to be put on the market, which has been estimated in the financial district at approximate! 4.—Forthcom- |u.n]qa§.l I ‘qulgmi \ ‘ |.,.aa-§-iq..-um.«m|mmanm‘u( 43% 158% 76 128% 86% 81% 119% 8% 2 #Crasdes LI~ [a- Maxwell Motor, Class A. Maxwell Motor, Class B. May Department Stores. Metro Goldwyn Pic pfd Metropolitan Edison pf. Mexican Seaboard. .. .. Miami Copper. ....... Mid-Continent Ol. [ I R I I S e S I I S | AR S e A waad NEW YORK BANK CLEARINGS $150,000,000, applications for partici-| NEW YORK, April 4 (Special)— pation are reported to have been|New York bank clearings, $589.000,- double that amount. Wall street|000; New York bank balances, $100,- statisticians say there is a likelihood | 000,000; New York Federal Reserve that the e ings of the company, |Bank credits, $80,000,000. = £ (B 3 +14 “bA% 49 48 1056 55% 58 131% 129% 20 33 103% 39% 30% 431 33 82% % 1% 9% 2414 484 82l Colorado Fuel & Iron Colorado Southern. Columbia Gas (new) . Columbia Gas & Elec pf Columbia Carbon. .......... Commercial Invest Trust. Commercia! Solvents, A Commercial Solvents, B Congoleum-Nairn - Conley Tin Foil. .. Consolidated Cigar Consolidated Cigar pf. Consolidated Distributors. Consolidated Gasnew. ..... Consolidated Textile I+ 1+ +1+++ +Hv|+|+1|+ - oo 3 INREE [+~ =] =~ Mid-Continent Oll pf Middie States Oil...... Midland Stl Pr pfd (8). Minneapolis & St L new . Minneapolis, St P & SS M. Minneapolis StP & SSM pf. M St P & 8§ M leased line. Mo Kan & Texas new. . .. Mo Kan & Texas pf new Missour Pacific. . .. Missouri Pacifis pf Montana Power. Montana Power pf . Montgomery Ward Moon Motors. ... .. 14+ OS] 26% 61 250 112% 89% 154 28% 88 106% 131% 44% 9% 39 46% 129% United Railway United Raflway Inves! U'S Cast Tron Bipe & Fdy.. U S Cast Ir Pipe & Fdry pf. U S Distributing Corp'n... U. S. Distributers pfd. U'S Hoffman Machine U 8 Industrial Alcohol U S Industrial Alcohol pi United States R & Imp. United States Rubber. U S Rubber 1st pf. U S Smelting & Ref U S Smelting & Ref pf. United States Steel. . 28% 106 37 36% 45% I ++ Ll kst It |, Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, April 4— Stocks (average of 50 issues) . Financial Highlights of Past Week Brought Out in Nutshell by Statistics This week High Low. High. .33 102.54 108, This week. Last week. §2.65 52.80 101.2 101.49 ""This week. Last week. Year ago. Federal reserve ratio .. A N Y 5.8 Money rates In New York This week. Last week Call 3% to5 £ to 5 Time % .. Atody to 41 Month of Month of Month of Feb., 1925. Jan., 1925. Feb., 1924 5,284,771 5,03 4,912,901 114,791 108, 106,026 Continental Can. . Continental Insurance Continental Motors . Corn Products Refinin Corn Products Ref pf. Crex Carpet Crucible Steel Crucible Steel pf. Cuban-American Sugar. Cuba Can Sugar. . Cuba Cane Sugar p! Cuban-Dominican Sugar, ‘Cushman’s Sons (3)... Cuyamel Fruit. Daniel Boone Mills. Davison Chemical. ... . Deere & Co pf Delaware & Hudson. Delaware, Lacka & West. .. Den, Rio Gr. & West pf.. Detroit Edison. coios Dome Mines. ... . Douglas & Pectin. Duluth So Shore & Du Pont de Nemours. I+ 41 01+1+1 ++++¥1+1 110 sFFrsax 8 69% 431 United States Steel pf. 123 109% 89% 8% 6 43% 81% 1233 115% 43 21 6 48 97 86 38% 28% 18 10% T 53% 81 4% 6% 56% 4% 46 2% 6 ' 69% 38% B4 61% 139% 104% 149% 110% 43% 42% 116% 102% 20% 11% 18 9% 3% 1% 142 112 Morris & E 126% Mother Lode Coalition. ... 110% U 8 Tobacco pf. Mullins Bods . 50% Unlversal Pipe. .36 Munsingwear & 94 Univsl Pipe & Rad pt ('l) 1% Murray Body. 92 Utah Copper-. ..... 84 Nash Motors. 69% Utah Securities 86% Nash Motors pf Class A ‘31% ‘Vanadium Corporation. 27 National Acme. 66% Van Raalte 15t pf. 60 National Biscuit . 3t Virginia-Carolina - » 2% National Biscuit pf . 14% Va-Car Chemical pt... 1 Natfonal Cloak & Su 43% 'Va Iron, Coal & Coke. .. . 36% Nat Datry Products. 86% Virginia Railway & Power 78 Nat Department Store: % 14% V Vivadou Inc. . 14% Nat Dept Stores 1st pf 69 80 Vulean Detinning pf 80 National Distillers pf. 26% ‘Wabash. . 21 Nat Enamel & Stamping. 67 Wabash pf A. 62%. National Lead. 4 Wabash pt B. . 41% National Lead p! 19% ‘Waldorf System (new 16% Nat Rwys of Mex 18t pf. 126 Ward Baking Class A..... 18 Nat Rwys of Mex 2d pf. 9% Ward Baking pt. 2 97 National Supply. ... . 45% ‘Ward Baking Class B. 394 Nevada Con Copper. . ‘5 124 Wells-Fargo. . . o 12% New Ofleans, Tex & Mex. 4 ‘West Penn Co (The) 110% Newport News Gas &EI West Penn pf.. . 96% 94 94 New York AilBra Western Electric . 118 116% 116 Bonds (average of 40 issues) ... Foreign bonds (average of 10 issues) . ® Zan 5 oy ul;wu aF ® 8o~ rERRTE LR I o e _/#-# FEF EE2E Unfilled steel orders Pig_iron production. Building permits— Number of cities. 365 345 365 : = ., $282,228,928 $237,297,721 $302,915,636 L+ 4+ 41441 Vbt 10 & ax R 1,793 2,344 . $40,123,017 $64.009,450 Week of Mar.21 Previous week. 909,363 34,029 151,425 Number . Tiabllities Revenue car loadings— All commodities . . Grain and grain products . 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