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TINANCTAL. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., TUESDAY, AUGUST FINANCIAT. | SOWING OF WINTER WHEAT Money to Loan " COMMODITY NEWS | First Mortgage Notes WEATS IN DEMAND | [ NEw vork curs MARKET | BUSINESS AWAITS || comionrmy e, |1 Coune rais ronecasr =sionsgoe [ g o wwm rosis sl s s ' ENTIRE COUNTRY | 1,0 of 16,411,000 Acres by ler il & ¥ N In Denominations of NEW YORK, August 181t was a | {here was the explanation that West: e Bl A roda ! o e It Wardman Mortgage und Discount. Cor- AXD up mixed movement of prices on the curb | €rn interests who had been in on the L trw cutars o1l Nalie: owing 0 nh- S W gichange tod: with traders ;- ’inmul or:erings‘fu:n’d u:::hh;gm"dl"l"‘f s At c stable conditions in the oil market. | P’ "’"‘Awwa;"! :‘;";;1000 i i - | ing more reluctance to come in on the | short” of one of the 3 ' Operators are showing a disposition | Sowing o 411, acres to MEHLMAN & COMPANY Secured on D. C. Real Estate upphe_s of Fruits and Vege buying side than they have for «ume\;11:;“:il:llel’?;:’r:n:&l:fi;fie;x foroed to peedy Action by Congress (& deriaiis o e Swork except | Winter whest this Fan i mancatea (| | MEHLMAR & C M" = e i e o where necessary to protect offset pro- 3 St. N.W. nternational I3 tabies More Than Equal Many of the ofls were definitely | per. Seen as Promoter of Invest- | ducers . s :";':m':,'z"“""‘z"‘h:” Agricditiire an. PHONE MAIN 8847. m. . :‘:‘: :r]‘"."'v nc., weak again but this was not surpris- | The market for electric refrigerator ces, on the basis of reports from i 7 : : ceilas | 24,000 | = = — 3 K St N.W. to Needs. ing in view of the price situation and | shares continued strong with Nizer ment Operations. TOPFKAC Augiist,, 18-—The mew | 7% [AIers sating (het misntiogs| | the heavy competition between the | Corporation class B at a new high wheat belt in the extreme northwest | *%f August 1 | Eastern and Western markets. There | record at 60. But while these few of Kansas is pushing old districts for N”_,‘f,m:‘":‘j“_‘:”‘f_‘x" el “‘:rfi'_fi:?“:vgl{ REAL ESTATE LOANS | specialties were being bid up, a good premier honors. Rawlins, Sherman, ! . o 2 y % 5*0’ ANY AMOUNT were many who were anticipating . s ! the area s 3 2 5 ] siness in the meat market 1s|similar price cut announcements to |deul of selling was taking place else- BY J. C. ROYL Cheyenne and Thomas Counties will ujnl :—::u:::?mlu?(nze“::\:—:zaaiflnfl‘:rl APARPETR ISR 6'!'(/ in the Pennsylvania territory and |lost almost 2 points despite the | T0e 7 GHEe . f 000 bushes this season to 1913 Cking up. Tt always starts picking | those which have already taken place | where. Continental Baking class Al g ) pipuien to The star probably produce more than 2.800.-| Yl Sowing in the Drewar sears 1904 ||| RESIDENCE LOANS AT LOW RATES | this = T iy u s the August 18. o Sacn according. toldeelaca ibutithe | i eIt B N Dk N toe came off |action by Congress for the-reduction| SPRINGFIELD, T, August 15— hould the indicated acreage be FRED T. NESBIT First Trust 3 5 Vacuum at 84 was down another |stock exchangs 2o planted and the crop sustain only the VESTMENT BLDG. Main 9392 Notes | o 2 3 3 i -n | Reports from Illinois correspondent Ivance seems to be in evidence alpoint, Galena Signal lost more than 2 | with other motor stocks following |of tncome and miscellaneous tax, such correspondents : S aaniiay thanaEel ‘|»< :‘x\mfid’x;u_.l\‘f‘lc' I'rx‘umlu |n|m\\"ll|'cn‘furr|mr price-cut_announcements bY | ¢ pog been promised to President | Ndicate the best corn crop prospects ?,,\;mfif, n“u":q“ Enacnmencorinel e S ISR SR le earlier than usus s be since 1917. The crop, about three | e o T cent itiwouldl Absolute Satets—Amply Secured on It helievetiydenia ¢ thomever it changed hands at 57 passenger car companies. Coolidge by leading members of the |weeks ahead of Tast yeur. is eotimrrcq | leave about 40,424,000 acres to be Corner Business Property ke o > 99 . ; harvested next Summer, the depart- Dy inati e g s Sena -lat 387,499,000 St 293 - g par! enominations ) ufter Labor day. the close| NEW YORK, August 18.—Follow Carih_Synd . House and Senats, would have & ds S0, HiL AN usodle. against 203~ | nant stated. That would be 8.3 per FEDERAL-AMER[CAN $100—$250—$500—$1,000 the vacation season, when most is an official list of bonds an¢ 31Cit Serv new cided effect in changing the flow of in- : SoPNE e SRR cent more than the area harvested Cit Serv B o : g : vestment funds in this country. This DETROIT, August 18.—The Fisher lhf;«lbuly_m_qn-r_ which was 32,813,000. N l NAL BANK w' H' WEST COMPANY was the opinion expressed by business|Body Co. has broken all records by e largest percentage of increase men and manufacturers today. ;I;X:u-l;v: 2,785 closed cars in one day. | %5 shown "]‘;V (‘h;‘ ,m"nd“d nl;;min,sa 916“ 15th St. The trend toward tax-free securities | This does not include the open-body | F€POrLs at of Missouri, where in. Muin 9900 has been a problem which has caused | Jobs, which constitute a considerable "'";_"“‘B‘::s”’“""‘ to 3"1 e oentmiore RESOURCES, $14,000,000 considerable anxiety in commercial | total. acreage than sown last year. Ne and financial <'m‘h=.\.} The results have| (.o ORLE A :;I‘I“;“' x‘:; lh: r-n(ly onehurllhe tmlore 1315 F Street been clearly indicated by the way in[ NI LEANS, August 18.—Or- | importa nter wheat States, | Wwhich men of mones have flocked to|ders to mills of the Southern Pine|Where reports show a smaller acreage JOHN POOLE, President Florida to make investments since the | Association in the last week increased | than last year is intended. A de- poration. B 619 Interest | | || RedESfate Nortzage ang Guar. Corp. | | ) as the c f the Summer season % Wit~} e wEae ey e SR thor_day this vear falls on Sep. uber 7. the latest it courd possibly 1. and not until that time do dealer: pect big things in the business line. Curb Market today Creole Synd ... i & id 01l Co oi1 Cor O~ te... 35 T 9 Guif il of Pa 3 Lago Pet . . Livingston Pet. . & Lion 01l Mex Panuco 3 Mount_Prod New Bradford O 2 New Eng Fuel O New Mex Land. . 3 Pn-Am_ We Pet wi 1 Am Thread ( 3 Anaconda s, . Smoked Meats in Demand. Smoked meats are still in demand, | s continued warm weather being the ¢ 38 oa cause, it is stated, but there also ls‘ «irly good demand for fresh meats. | a7t 005 1103 i market was particularly strong | : A lae 7 T8 on loins this morning, prices quoted | o Say, s 00% 100 being 3 and 38 cents, and the market 7 A 124 & EoiasStes 0 | ! sleasure seekers will return home. I s traded in on the New York Columbian Synd SE-iE, e » 1 FEary e FEERCES : pe 0 e et 2 feot were shippec b The increases over last vear in )i provisions. Georgia gives another ex-|feet were shipped, and 71,000,000 pro- ’ 3 1 BelterFoner 011 umple, since new enterprises located |duced. Unfilled orders’ now total | OUher important States follow o " t Sery S — v at 20 cent ins G, Bal 5s F o8 Tidal Osage 00 9 0 4 METHUEN, Mass., Augist 18.— 4 Texas and Oklahoma, Notes— ; o kel e 8 3 8 Venezuelan 3 Record for Insurance Writing. P\\'n;n’erfi at the International Worsted Washington, 3, and all 1 t d 2 d T t: pplies were more than equal to ex By 8554 cox 2! - . e A .o Mills here who struck follo = P 16. \nd_ prices were reported us | Cowus b2 0 Woodies bet The tremendous voiume of insurance here’ who struck following a : st and 2nd Trusts Secured by . N atit udahy Blas B0& 003 Adind Pow 5. 101 ceeded all records, is attributed in|Work this week. Company officials vegetables. | Deere & 'Co 733 103% 1031 101 Am'Gas & Bl pid 80 % large part to the fact that insurance |Sa¥ no condessions were granted ??\TTON ERICES SILADY i SW YORK. August 18.—The cot BotterFeney tubl 49: mrints 46 . 2 2 AmsRow k Lin extent. It was felt that the insurance| oo - ~ i ton market opened barely steady to- APPLICATIONS INVITED Real Estate store packed 3 ' el os Am B business might feel a recession after TTSBURGH, August 18.—Steellday at a decline of 1 to 5 points in QUICK SERVICE s acked, 29a3 as s 03% 1033 m Stores . .. Iiggs. Fancy, selected, candled, 35a| 4 Gen I Giax 1085 10813 Am Siperni B 4 panies conducted In June, but the vol.| !0 Tise above the July level. Book- |bles and a bearish private crop report. CONSTRUCTION LOANS Poultry—Alive, Spring, chickens i Kans C Term d45°. N4ty K4 Ao Gas & Elee ume of insurance written since that|!N&S. it is estimated, have increased| December sold off to 23.58 in early Worth Double . s : 5 4 coe s of oil country supplies are not so fa- | was covering on reports of continued wmall fowls, 22a23; ducks, a 103 Borden (o pfd vear will exceed all previous marks. | Dy are not so fa- | wa ring on reports of continu mall fowls, 22a u [HE A " B nl e o= This in itself has had a decided | vorable as a fortnight ago high temperatures in the Southwest Pl The Amount 2al13. Dressed, Spring chic N 5 1gw 103 Bridceport Mach. § bearing on the Investment fleld, since ; . . _|and also some buying believed to be “ye St. N. ! S 65 N0 S PN 6% C 115 " BritAts Toh Cou insurance companies are among the | i ANTA, August 18.—Georgia | for trade account which was sufficient Main 3904-5 I Of the Loan— | ; ; o effect its tax.free law |10 79.700,000 feet. About 727 crease of 2 per cent Is indicated there. s = BiAm e Pt | State put into effect its tax-free law About 700,000 [-‘int £ e ] 'E. Serv '3 Sait Cric Prod in that State are offered remission of | 236,000,000 fee Pennsylyania, © per cent: Ohio, 5; MOflgage lard also was reported as belng | i Sait o 3 3 Jathat Dlate 13: Tllinois, 15; Michigan, ea S te 0ans the fru 7 cetable market | ons G Bal 5Yas E101% 104% 1 the fruit and vege o # 1 5 Wilcox 0&G new. ing more than reasonable, especially | 7 ikt INDUSTRIALS. written this year, which so far has ex- [ “Ut in wages are coming b to = l d MPROVED PROPERTY mproye Today's Wholesale Prices. Detroit Cit Gas 8s 100 " 1044 Am L & Trac. . 2104 712 | funds are relleved of taxes to a’ certain | them I 0 P e U8 1y b! Am Rayon Prod . the intensive drive which many com.|INEOt production continues this week | response to rather easy Liverpool ca. In: Washmgton 37. average receipts, 34 Wk 6128 10815 1081 108 Apeo 3355 10810 108 AU Frult . ates tha o about 15 pe *rospects for sale | trading, or 9 points net lower, bi e Fan it il At e geater i, ch T | bt 15 perennt oot o e | v o bones v ower vt vt N | Sanshury Co., Ine ; . L. o - fonts & 40 turkeys, 1lalZ; Sr50B 56 e N ! Borden & Co engs, large, 5; small, 4 K & veek 5, larg mall . 5'0nio Pow 58 B 3 Bilyn City R R.. heaviest lenders and investors in the |5 pessoptcd (OF the last week totaled | to hold prices fairly steady. Decem- «ducks, 20; geese, 15 9 0kla G&E B s o 175 pounds. The average price|ber wa e 8 o Live stock—Calves, lambs, Spring,| 1 Penn BowaL b 82 08 3 2 “an'D Gin Al i 31 7 financial world. An idea of the S The average price|ber was selling around 23.68 at the L % Tents & pound. ' The quality | ond of the Aretr Bt Interest Rates {sls: Toes i5 5 penn e G SOt smade evalieble Mox, In¥est: ot iihei eropiis iahawingalitile Tproye | yektordiy s closing i I 1 Meat—Beef, 17a18; veal, 15; Spring| 13 pure Oif Co 61%510% 105 4 A D ment in this way may be gained from | ment. s | Today 6% Per Cent— lambs Y. hogs, 214a2?; loins B Sehal RE S ot 98106 100 “hapin Sac Co... b3 the fact that the American people| " ; w-..: u.:, b:'mx'mywn; wa=l-1}'eated lal‘-r | e u Yl s 1 g ek 5 reports that hedge selling was in- | ||| y 3 Sou Cal Ed 95~ D4 creasing and a private estimate plac. ‘ 4 i | i a8 Foe G Shawsheen 7s 017% 1017 heck Cab MIg A . ey 50 Lo s e u3s smoked shoulder, 20a22; hams, | ‘!\ h llw"u : 1”' . l:‘ NIp A % 3 ;A"fl:l;u:‘lf n':':])'\e:(l\ -:'r Sl-‘ Sl"‘"v‘t’ml“:),lr‘ |fx\;: Denommahons of 30a32 3 Southe P&L 6 wi 974 97 prothation = 2.9 2 - | i | i gl b B amount ite. nsurance vieits i | PIPE LINE CO. DISSOLVES, |ins the'cron confitionat 625 wnd i ||| First and second trust real 100 to $5,000— Fruits and Vegetables. | 198w e ol ne 1 ¢ premiums approximately $2,500,000 = S U s ae tat tes secured on i i Cantaloupes—Supplies heavy: de-[ 3§71 T% 109% ; 3 000 and property protection, not in = 15iar Hapmenclie o e bean pusthy i e Sotide ey 1083 1033 S 1 o e r. a a mand moderate, market weak; North o O of Cal bs 1.5 L Sk AL 1380 1 3 cluding automobile and theft in.|Crescent of Pittsburgh to Corvert|well discounted, however, and, after| Carolina, Ridgeway section, salmon § Rub 4ias 120 1007 100% R on B Jas surances, costs about $1,000,000,000. Aasets ot toah: ans ailee 1000 3.]-::,:}: T‘;“; Fie $64,000,000,000 in Life Policie: PITTSBURG ON 1, 08 De For RC vte... ] sy g and othe; sec e o) r oK 13 Dubilier ¢ & Rad United States carry life insurance in | Was announced her yesterday when | 1 : B 2 Dl 1 ; States 3 ce in : L a3 idday December was ruling around | Mortgage Investme w, market dull; homegrown six o 1l Intl 1 4 | ®ome form, the face valus of (helr | Stockholders voters to convert the as. | 1y December was ' ruling around | Construction fortgage Investment Dept basket crates, Delawares, No. 1, fine HER " policles exceeding $64,000,000,000 into cash for distributic mong | i . fin 25 3 olicles exceeding $64,000,000,000. Of ribution among | \jthin 2 o oints ¢ sterday’s «uality and condition, 3.00; No. Z, 1.50 §us g, 078 the aggregate life insurance premium | *hareholders. The concern is a sub [‘]:‘\l::‘rg g ‘m:‘”f(”)‘\nn of yesterday's Loans Made 1.75; Niagaras, No 2 Webster Mil 6%4s. 8% 08% income, industrial insurance on which | 8idlary of the Standard Oil Co. of New | s discounted, however, and, a come-producing real estate || (| Partial Payments [ brices steadied on covering, accom. | ||| i Washington, D. C. August 15 ). Dis. | Panied by a complatnt that boll weevil | Received— nts, s 1 45s, 1.00u homegr actically supply the market apes—Supplies light; demand 4 Lettuce—Supplies 1iberal; demand FOREIGN BONDS. 3 2 | premtums are pald week! ontributes | Jersey and capitalized at $1,500,000 NEW YORK. August 18 —Cotton futures for ‘lon: :Ime_Mpr;-onflodi in ‘SHANNO'\’ & LUCHS Vlight, market dull and slightly weaker:| 23 Alpine 78 D1 1 $464,000,000 a vear. There are mow | It oberates 274 miles of five-inch pipe | % < = o amounts up to $700,000. e New York, two-dozen crates. Big Bos 9 And'n Nat 5 > nearly 70,000,000 industrial insurance | Ine from Gregg Station to Marcus | octover on txpe, F5a1.00; few higher. R = - 85 B2 o Mot i 55 | pollcies outsianding in this country, | Hook, Pa. near Fhiladelphia. to con: | Brecriber - % % : Real Estate Mortgage & 713 and 715 14th St. N.W. Onions—Supplies moderate; deman 3 City Rs ° 08 7 o g aps 0 | but many persons hold more thas | VeY crude oil to the Atlantic seaboard. | JanUary ¥ : 5 5 light, market dull; New York and Mid-| ~ TEst R'R i b Fox” BiePerata; e Sl ™ more than | 55,0k holders safd that former. con 3 i Guaranty Corporation Main 2345 | , § French Xat 7a ' 701 . - western States, 100-pound sacks, Yel 7 Gr Cen Pow 63a A6 Frank H g C In spite of the increase in prosperity | SIEnees found it destrable to move . 5 26 Jackson Place N.W. lows, United States No. 1, best, 3.75a | 40 Nungar Con 7ie 85, ; Freshmanr” Ghaa. which has come to the farmers of the | Lhelr supplies by tank cars and ships| NEW ORLEANS; August 13.—The 3 E, 1 Krupp Fried 1, 7s 8814 SarodCorpe... . 2 8 | country, the insurance companies are ‘;;’Y‘d‘m‘I“'I?.\’:‘L'rxr::xll’::: ::-‘:‘:‘:;:"Jm-m;-“!‘ :I';*"I":I"K'yxr::-:l’w'l ;‘A‘r;;"f‘l}':;’f'w;l_‘rsrlfl!:mrefirdn-;‘ Resources—$2,500,000 suoderate, market slightly stronger;| 4 Mor Bic Denmic 83 9010 g ; & 4 o ot oss free dispo | company was formed in 1595 by the | Were 170 3 points lower in sympathy L. E. BREUNINGER, Delaware, bushel b; ts, Hales, large : 3 Do, b 63 Gillotte S R0 8 % 821 | mortgages. ‘The amount so loaned | Mellon interests. with Liverpool. which came in a shade Presitent o very large sizes, mostly 4.00; Vir Prov Up Aust T3 020 92 Gren” Alen “Cral 15 2 199 [ has remained about constant, whereas e . - e e e P L ginky 0s, Belles) meatum eise, 89001 % Siny % Al 7 195, 91w 15 Goodyear Tare T, 523" 1% 491, | the sums placed in other fields have| < CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. LoarE il 1o 77 o Ontobar and 25; North Carolina, bushel baskets, i Thyssen 1 & a1 81 e 1y "2 increased sharply. $op et O E Iilbertas, large size, 3.25a3.75. 9Toho E1 P'Ltd 74 89 87 10 o ek . CHICAGO, August 18 (United States | > for December owing to rather S . Moderut Salesin STANDARD OIL ISSUES 10 Happ C Stores A Taxes More Than Trebled. Department of Agriculture).—Hogs.. | favorable opinion as to the crop. The | Supplies Moderate. units o Happ ¢ Stores The bearing of taxation on invest- | Receipts, 21,000 head; slow, narket soon rallied, however, recover- | Potatoes—Supplies moderate; de- 500 Anglo Am oil.. 7 Beycen ';;:{réxm. nfht is clearly shown by the fact that | 25 lower; later sales, 25 to 55 lower |!N& all loss. A private crop estimate } mand moderate, market weak; New | ;60 Buckese P L. 3 12 Inter Contl Rub. 13 in this country taxes have more than |than Menday's average; moderate | Of 13.671.000 bales was issued near the } Tersey, 150-1b sacks, Irish Cobblers,| “*20 Eureka b L 7 § Inti Concr Tnd trebled since the war. The total | shipping *demand: big packers, inac.|OPening. The market appeared to be | U. <. No. 1, 4.75a5.00; machine graded, | 100 Gal’ Sig_ OfL 1. 461 4¢ £ Jntl Naten € ptd amount of local. State and Tederal | tive: bulk better grades, 140 to 210|in a waiting attitude at the end of the 450a4.75; Giants, U. S. No. 1, 4.25] 1980 %5 808 2102 1834 5 Intern Ut A taxes levied in the flscal vear of 1923.| pounds, 13.25a13.50; few select, 130|frst half hour of trading. F- T . 1450 I 1 b 101 Intern Dol B 2 24 amounted to $7,716,000,000, as com-| to 140 pound kinds early topped at| 7he market ruled very quiet all st rust R() "l)I"- l)f i Johns M Etle @ pared with $2.194,000,000 in 1913.14, | 13.60; desirable. 225 to 300 pounds, |MOrning. uncertainty as to the show P 1.00; fair condition, 3.00 Peaches—Supplies moderate: demand | 4 NPk Chite 6148 975 D7% | gen Toe Cream Watermelons—Supplies moderate; f 13.60; matalis - ] Po demand moderate, market steady; N 11 Kelvinator C. Per capita taxation has more than tehers, argel 12.90a13.10; bulk | Ing o e new (Government repor 8- N 0 e sales direct to retailers—North Caro- 5 ¢ % Eraft Cheess. . i doubled in the United States and |Ppacking sows, 11.50a11.85; majority | ing largely responsibile for the lack Otes l’("“ k e oA : Great Britain. Great Britain still [ Strong-welght slaughter pigs. 13.0 f trading. Prices eased off gradu SBDZ O oz 55 lina, Iixcells, 28-1b. average, 40aG0 0 br 0% 1 Landov Hold CA | : each: dock sales—Virginia, bulk, per| 10 Solar Refin i bears the greatest tax burden, with | 13.40: heavy-weight hogs, 15.40a13.15; |ally. probably due to a private crop N Bsirsal Stk Wk . hren i T rat-| _150 South Penn ‘Oil 4 Lehigh Val CNC. 3814 Fra Italy, B medium, 12.60a13.25: light, 11.75213.50: | estimate of 14,200,000 bales. All ac. “xternal Sinking Fun @00 melons, Excells and Tom Wat-| 180 South Pe Libher oo SNGiat0m rance, Italy, Belgium and the United ght, 11.75a13.50; | . S o G S5 Sons, selects; 50.00 100088 Pl Tib R Ch 'S A states following in order, according | light light, 11.50a13. cking sows, | tive months made new lows. with Convenient Denominations 6 Gold Bonds, Series C \pples—Supplies moderate: de-| 5003 O 5 : ¥ to the burdensomeness of the tax in | 11.25a12.00: slaughter pigs, 1§§0a13 October at 3 and December at i Detatles i e e L 2 ¥ relation to national income. The lat- attle—Receipts, 10.000 h®ds: bet. | 22.93. The market rallied a few | Secured on High-Class Rte e and Maryland, bushel baskets, vari-| 2700 "a\'u“' il 4 M X J est tax flgures avallable show that | ter grades fed steers semi-demoralized; | points around midsession. s e Not redeemable before 1938 ovs vareties, large size, 1.50a1.75; |sajes INDEPEN Mid W Uul pid. o 3 the United States per capita tax has | shipping demand very narrow: indif-| ~NEW ORLEANS. August 18—Cotton_fu Northwest Residential 3 m m size, 75a1.25 oy W Mieais o Py risen_to $58.40 a year, while Belgian | ferent bids sharply lower; few early | tures closed steady at a net decline of 7 to s 5 Pledged revenues more Green corn—IHomegrown supplies = Am Contr Oilfids 4% E S citizens pay only $17 This fact un- imlé 5 11.04 ll(# ); looks, 1.00 under | Property in the Finest th 3 tes interest = p v s Am Maracaibo oubt v has a i consid- | late last wee! 0 choic atives sold: | 2 . . - ond i N har, A arai oW Eet weosk: T O a8 3 doubtedly has been taken into consid- | late n ice nat and sinking fund charges. per dozen; few higher. 3 § Music Master 22 the Belgian debt agreement ; lings, western grass steers weak tc - 350 5 ! Priced to vield about Tomatoes — Homegrown supplies | (Washington Stock Exchange| L e e e e ; || See Mr. Kelly, Loan Dept. 6.29% HEh e o e matkennm SALES. i BN g 21, | capital to flow back into the old ehan. | heifers. lower general stock | TIVEREOOT, Avsust 18 =Cotton=1 | seo 1omegrowht, 1-busl oSt C. & P. Tel. 56—$1.000 at 100 Fub, Ser B # | nels of commercial and industrial in. | market very slow: vealers, 25 to 50 (SPOt. fair demand; prices steady CKEEVER «« GOSC" | Glrovlanon u1.75. % N ¢, & P. Tel. of Va. 55—$3.000 at 97 | (oL EalsCospan vestment higher at 13.00a15.00 American strictly good middling, 14; [} i 5 Lima beans—Supplies moderate; | Potomac Elec. Cons. 5s—S$1.000 at 100, 3 Sheep—Recelpts, 17,000 head, fat|£00d middling, 13.70; strictly middling, i Y T T - The Nauonalcny Complny demand moderate, market fairly |$5,000 at 100. i f T > = 5 i13.4 middlin 3.20; strictly low | 2 o0t c. 2. & r. 78 '41—$1.000 at 107. C amb active steady to strong, di : B, i 5 » c o steady; homegrown, 32-quart crates,| homieie Con ar da e t0 e o ¢ : $8,000,000 DEAL RUMOR mative 10 o o tTONE, desir: | middiing, 12.90; low middling, 12.55: | 1415 K Washington— 741 15th 33 per quart; Maryland, bushel ham- | Washington Gas Light— Norwalk T & 2 5 = well sorted lots to small killers. | Strictly good ordinary, | 2 Telephone—Main 3136 pAys, unshelled, ~ 50a1.25; mostly [ 62080 o0 Ruy & Elec. com.—5 at 14! Nor States ¥ 5; several strings range lambs, | Ordinary, 11.35. Sale: around 1.00. 10 at 145. 10 at 145, 10 at 1447%. 75 at Yor 8 b Anglo-American 0il Company Buys ome held higher: range vear.|Sluding 2,800 American. Receipts, | - e 145, . 5 AR 2 . ling wethers. 11.50; sheep steady: odd | 15,000 bales, including 800 American. | 2 ¢ EX ‘GE. SERSTEKtOn (N s s Bloe. oINS | z % 3 British-Mexican Interest. lots fat native ewes 7.50: ot Futures closed barely steady. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. B e e e 50 Qutlet prawi - Sl s 270; Oc 243 (Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.) | Tis%s National Bank—1 at Pathe Ex Inc . NEW YORK, August 18_(®).—The | mostly, 5.00: no early sales feeding|12.70; October, 12.43; Decembe: Selling checks | HEERC Penn Wat Pow C1 financlal district hears reports which | lambs. demand good. talking steady. |January, 12.36; March, 12.42 oo s poitiiin Eyra Ees ottt 2 || B R 43 | Incle offcal confirmation that part in = = T 5 _ Capital and Surplus london. pound. Pgiomac EL £ & r. s '41—$1.000 at | erest held in the British Mexican | TEW YORK PRODUCE METAL MARKET g $7 000 00() 00 z & gy p | - , | 1082 Petroleum Co., Ltd., by the Pan-| Ais Jranc. ... ... o v on St 00.—10 5 Prophylac Brush 40 - - W Y c ssels, franc z o, Noctolic & Washington: SteamboatCo.—10, prophyiac 3 American Petroleum and Transport EW YORK, August 18 (Special).— 238 : L I Bak s i o EW YORK, August 18 (®).—Cop- | per firm. Electrolytic, spot and fu- | porlia, sk 4 Natl Muge, & Invest, pfd—10 at 0% Purity Bak B... 43 = 42 Cn. has been sold to the Anglo-| Receipts of pears from the Hudson ; Zurich. {1 o I 43 plieee Miy - 10% American Oil Co., Ltd., for approxi-| Valley were relatively light today, and % Athens. drachma R AN DR o RO e A B o A * mately $8,000,000 The Standard Oil |the prices were somewhat stronger, | tures, 147%. Tin easy: spot and near > vallabl lty Ol SSu; | preste = s R ocia40a || Wby OaT 1oAbA! G A Deriosnt. iy Safe € H & Li11s Co. of Indiana recentnly acquired con-| The fanciest Clapp. Favorites and |bY, 57.75; futures Iron steady s Lo e 0000180 2 8 B1 Lo A°30% trol of the Pan-American Petroleum | Bartletts realized $2.50 per, bushel bas. | Prices unchanged stea T Vacatlon F nd ol o ¢ 500 and Asked Prices. Siocp e e from Edward L. Doheny. Last July | Ket. 9.25a10.00. Zinc steady t | unas S sloty Lo 00, 02 BONDS. Southeast P & L 130% the Anglo-American borrowed $8.000,-| State lettuce was weak and draggy. spot and _futures, R 3 - CRotatiania. crown.. . - g e SouCalE.. o 000 in this market in one-year 414 per | The best Big Boston wholesaled at 73 ny, spot. 17.75a1800. X i Have this bank supply s cent notes, which partially supported | cents to $1.00 and inferior stock at |~ g o 2 % you with Travelers’ Checks the rumor. A close workipg agree- |25 to 50 cents. dif A ment s sald to ‘exist beteeen the| Catskill Mountain caulificwer closed g or 'Let!erslof Credit and Standard Oil Co. of New Jersev and | weaker. The best stock jobbed out at | i you'll definitely settle the glo-. 2 2.5 T 2 i - 3 Anglo-American. $2.00 to $2.50 per cate, while fair to | question of safe, handy Stockholm. crown Sou Cities Ut pt J ordinary brought $1.00 -50. 3 3 } : ordinary brought $: to $1.50. SECOND TRUST NOTES 5 vacation funds. "3 Beans averaged a shade higher on . DIVIDENDS. anything fancy and tender. Bushel | @ ,Funds svallable for the pur i §SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES notes, secured on D. C. or neardy 1 | | | | Eagaa Frrd TS NEW YORK, August 18—Foreign | Am. el & Tl ctl tr; b S Siand pan’C vents: Great Britain, demand. 485%:|AT% 5. Teleohone Sa. v 0 A F 8 cables, 4857 ; 60-day hills on banks, [C. & P. %‘:!r}vh'm'k"'“\i 4 France, deman: 4.67; cables, | SAPIAl Teaction B, T1g Italy, demand, 3.61; cables, |Georgetown Gas 18t ba. 61%. Demand — Belgium, 4.49%: | Fotomac Elec. st 5 ) rmany, 23.80: Holland, 40.25; Nor. | hotomas Eloc, Sa 085, : i Light & B A 134 ay, 18.54; Sweden, 26.85; Denmark, | Pot. El. Pow & ref. ni Prof sh nw 96; Switzerland, 19.40; Spain, 14.42; | Wash.. Alex- & Mt i nives Bic .o CraRaeil s Poland, 171; Czechoslo. | Wash Baie: . Ba. S T & e ol Vaida, Jugosiavia, 1.19; Austria, | Washington Gas | § Rub_ Reclaim 115: Rumania, 51%; Argentina, 40.37; | Washinglon Gas 8. o - - G, Car Ch n wi brazil, 12.20: Tokio, 1'5; Shanghai, | Wash wy. & Elec. gen, 6s.. 1021 % 79 Montreal, 100 1-18 . YEOU! C Ch %: Montreal, 1 MISCELLANEOUS. T ER D 4 D. C. Paer Co0%id Bic. ; _ Ware Radio. PARIS BOUKSE PRICES. Roted *Healty” (long) Bs. ¥ West Fon Blexs Bealty (ord ¥ e A Wie &0 o i ERERS 023 iy ERESACELBERNERY Pay baskets of green round brought from ASED: puto, Feriod- Bate. _ abie $1.50 to $2.25; green flat variety, $1.00 2D B 8 Oct 1 ;o $1.50; wax, $1.00 to $1.75; red cran- Kb 2100 Sept 3 ry, $2.00 to $2.75, vi 5 Bon & Kibass 00 gepta0 erry, $2.00 to $2.75, and fava, $1.75 DuP Nemours g E Ldeb,.. ... The onion market was again prac- Dup Powder tically lifeless. A few were sold at gt e $2.00 to $3.00 per 100-pound sack for reds and $2.00 to $3.25 for vellows. real cstate. Prompt action in ] at very Moderate Annual every case. Rentals. Washington Investment < = wd Tramsactions C 3T National Savings & Trust Co. 5 58th Oldest Savings Depository in Washington I e Year Cor. 15th and New York Ave. . Sept 1 ioponiogiroedBll 1 BB 41 B XEW TomI. Ausut 18 (Specad | ol—Flole—olale—ciln Ehlal ionstho b, 535 %id Storage 3e.. 2 3 Cotton goods were quiet and a shade moved irregularly on the Bourse to. | aeh. MkbCRAIIME 00 o e 1o NN, Melon Supply Ample; Trade Brisk, | casier today. The 64x60 print cloths You can start T e franics 50 centimes: exchange on Lon STOCKS. L 3.+/|. BALTIMORT, Aughst 18 (Special)— | JI°rs, doFt janotherelghth ot a cefit e = to 9% cents. The 68x72s were un- don, 103 trancs 97 centimes: & per PUBLIC UTILITY. 24 Cons Cop HMines. 7 | The watermelon market is recovering A , : . damins sce ey eentiies lonoer |5 01 SUBIDE 3 GG The Vatermelon market Is recoveriog | changed at 10, Raw siks werp ||| With $10 to get The New York Life Insurance Company § ) EEE e cENett - 21 PRI B2 ot R ;60“»»000 P EeSRRE 5l ARAFRYIIEEEDEEAILIRIINANERRENNANAREENEATTIRRORRRRE LR Am , 5 e " Qollar was quoted at 21 francs 39 | Capial Traction....cs- . .- o EDE GId M L T 20% [ of bay vessels here with melons said |90 At unchanged levels. centimés. }Q"_-;;):;;{';"“!:i;'gl,,n,m_“_ > 10 Forty Nine M.. . ; K yesterday. The prediction was made ro - | Warh Rws. & Elec. com.. 1Goid Cent Mines that the market will be brisk, with fair SHORT-TERM SECURITIES. 7% Offers to Make Wash. Rwy. & Elec. pfd.. [ 20 Hawthorne M 1. B e First Morigage Loans 50 3 Heo 16% ° ‘183 | prices, all this week. : Imports and Exports Decrease. | Terminal Taxi com.. 2 :’55("3.,51\5"&\-'912 ; = o The slump was attributed to large| (QUOtatons furnished by Redmond & Co.) little money to invest, you can get 7% interest with the z\m»m.,m; August 18 (Special).— | i s 143 Ray_ Copper Corp ~ 2 2% | shipments from Southern states and : proven safety of Smith Bonds. ) on Improved Real Esiate he exports and imports through | National Capital......... 11 Maror a1 crops in several sections maturing at | Adirond. P. & L. C. 6s 1920 The F. H. Smith Company is £ serving hundreds of men and In the women who started by investing i as little as $10 a month. 8 District of Columbia and Suburbs Yesterday there were sixteen bay | Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. ia 1020 vessels in the harbor with water. | Anaconda Copoer fs 1020 7% First Mortgage Bonds, in de- for 3, 5 or 10 Year Periods dominations of $100, $500 and melons and business was fair. Select melons yesterday brought up to $50, $1,000, may be bought by pay- || |G Houses - At ments extended over 10 months. Buriness Propertics e L with prime melons around $35. Every payment carns 7%. RUBBER UP 3 CENTS. Send your name and address o this 51/ 7 advertisement for our booklet, ‘“How to Build an Independent Income. 2 0 NEW YORK, August 18 (Special).— | Du Pont 7%s 10: No Loss to Any Invvestor in 52 Years 5 Wenden Co Rubber advanced 3 cents today to 78 | Erie R. R. Co. bs The F. H. Smith Co. g ON APPROVED SECURITY i y : o atals Te 1930 NEW YORK. August 18 (). —Bar | Meichants' Bank.. : | 10 Yukon Goid .. el e P Founded 1873 Apply | e Savings ana’ Tris cents. This compares’ with $1.16 a|lesdrsar T & K. s 1651, 815 Fifteenth Street--Main 6464 TREASURY CERTIFICATES. New York Washington, D. C. Pitsburgh RANDALL H. HAGNER & GCOMPANY silver, 70%: Mexican dollars, 5415, Union Trust.. : 5 —_— month ago and 27 cents a year ago. |Great Nortbern 7s 1936 (Quotations furnished by Redmond & Co.) MORTGAGE LoaN GoRRESPO! 5 port of Baltimore last week again | Gommia - 7 g steel howed decreases as compared with | Rystrict . - o : wmont Mining 4 evious week, ordlg to the [Earmers & Mech; 5 Jdine.. 7 report of the collector Of Cus. | T4berty - oor - e - 7 o9 Dipissing 1. Imports totaled $1,792,339, of | Lincoln ... aecoooq 3 30 Red Warrior. ‘hich $1.612.501 was duty free and | Nptional Metrovolitan.. .. . only $179,838 was dutiable. Exports for | Second S %5 arhea 1he week amounted to 271910, Nat. Ban ingtom. . 3 2,1_0}"“’2: mznxn(!,.: T COMPANY. 1 Tono_Min ; 2 Uni Verde Ext! BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS. | American sequnts & Trust 3 | d U A Gsish Baso Besmi OB BA IS o1 g Z2RZI28ER R b i s RS O 3 RPN 1 3332 TR = Wash. Loan & Trust' . 2L = SEmiat At Guit oil ‘Corp. Pu_ 5 “LONDON, August 1S.—Bar silver, SAVINGS BAN Virginia Crop Showing Improves. ook Val °F. .fg;;l_. 32 7-16d per ounce. I o RICHMOND, Va., August 18 (Spe-| GERMAN BONDS AND STOCKS. \Mm‘_\i fl‘» ’{1"‘“_"! dis nulmtl};nen ! East \‘vus:-gfizn A - P ‘Ckall.rkepor(sl recel,\'s;} here r;;:m t:e (Quoted in dollars m‘m%i;n marke) <hort_ bills, 3-16 per cent; three- Security Sav F 5 arming sections indicate that the @ e 5 nonth bills, 3 13-16a3% per cent. Tieed tates. 50 crop conditions this year are promising | Sempury 410 Toig 18 170:00 e e - Washington M far better than they did three weeks ger g{ 2 <,lé:‘m‘d ““‘,“ 80 9.00 , o | FIRE INSURANCE. ago. At that time there had been no | %fh cipe o lm ). k. 50 e Bol Coal siPeslk Erpduokion [ 51 0 ey raln of consequence for elght weeks, | Ge gon Einc 4 s prorw' 01833 P HE o Lo KNGWOOD, W. Va., August 18 Corcoran, - save an occasional shower that did | Ger, Gen Eec 4%e 1010. % (80| BT8" Rlbber 7 (Special).—The soft coal mines of |Eiremens o oi--pnmsn-ore 73 1%7 |little good. In the last 10 days there | Yum 3s 330e & 38 Drocw .80 | Westarn Unfon, R o hern West Vinginia recorded the | "o pai Bagr e have been good.rains In every direc. | Hambutic Amer Line 355 . 17:80 | Westinghouse E.&N. 75 1931 argest production last week of any Titls ey tion, breaking the worst drought that | Yorth German Llovd 4% s - imilar period since 1923. For the |Golumpla T " 5 :%7% | has hit the State In many years. The | Prusiag: Coneols Si0s. iy days it was 535.000 tons, which o wheat is said to be better than ex-|Krupp s 1031.. .. Theant a pay roll of nearly $600.000 Ao s pectad, the tobacco has come out won- | Russeldort 4 prevar: - for the week in the district. Tt also! T G S8 Trane. & Storage.” ©::oc |derfully and the corn is making | Sankfort, M 2o s t $1,600,000 of fweight for the | Mergenthaler Linotype... 5 marked improvement, especlally in|Badische Anilin.. .. nean T %' rocaod st Natl. Mige. & Invest. pfd.. % | the westerns and eastern portions of |A E G (Ger Ge Bleci . . 4 he week's record ShOws|Sia butch Market cpm.. i S Commerz' and Privat B zain of 20,000 tons over the previous [ SId DULER Market pid. b irginia. The farmers are more | Disonto Gelischabt.. ..« Of ‘this quantity, only 72,000 | Lanston Monotype optimiatic than before, and the belief | Drewdner Bank....". tons, was from the few so-called |jecurity Storage, ¢ is that the general condition will be |peutsche Bank. . uniep mines operating in the field, Yellow C: % better than as at one time feared.!Mercur Bank Vienna. . 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