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Total Sales... Same period & year ago. 5--26- Low. " 192 High. 62 4% Abraham & Straus. . 90 Adams Express (6) 10 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Last Week. Year to Date. . 8,520,224 258,786,871 . 1,678,718 237,179.956 Stoek and dividend. Abitibi Power & P (4).... Advance Rumely. . 74 Ahumada Lead (t1). 86% Alr Reduction (15) 7% Ajax Rubber. 1034 Allis. 16 102 Alaska Junea Albany Perf Wrap Pap: All American Cables (7). Allled Chem & Dye (4). .. Allled Chem & Dye pf(7) almers Mfg (6).. “halm Mfg pf (7).. Amalgamated Leather. .. Ama! Leather pf (7)... 24'¢ Amerada Corporation (2) 131 Am Agricultural Chem. .. 36's Am Agricultur]l Chem pf. 34% Am Bank Note (1.60) 53 90:; Am Brake Shoe & Fy (£) Am Bank Note pf (3) Am Beet Sugar Am Bosch Magneto 9 30", Am Brown Bov Flec (2). 8615 Am Brown BovEl pt (1). 387 Am Can (2) d . 115 a1 AmCanpf (T)...... Am Car & Foundry (8) 120% Am Car & Foundry pf(7). 2213 Am Chain Class A (2). Am Chicle (3). 3415 Am Chicle ctts (3 0 Am Druggists Syndicate. Am Exnress (8) B 15% Am & Foreign Power 87 7 Am & For Power pf (7). Am Hide & Leather. . 2315 Ao Hide & Leather pf... 24% Am Home Pr (2 0). 82% Am Tce (+10). 741 Am Jce pf (6).... 31% Am International........ 114 Am LaF Fire Engine (1). 9512 Am LaF Fire Eng pf (7). 20 AR Am Linseed Am Linseed nf (7 90% Am Locomotive (8) .. 115 Am Locomotive nf (T)... Am Machine & Foundry . Am Machine & Fy pf (7). Am Metal (4). o Am Metal nf (7). Am Plano pf (7). /... Am Power & Lt (§1) Am Radlator (4). Am Renublics Average price of 50 stocks Same period a year ago. 5 WEEK ENDING JULY 31, 19%. Tast Week. Net. | ~1025-26— High. 48% 129% Low. Stock and dividend. - 118% Corn Prod Ref pt (7). 44% Coty Inc (4).. . 9815 Crown Wil Paper 1st (7). 35% Cuba Cane Sugar pf. 8915 Cuba Company (4) . 20 Cuban Amer Sugar (2)... 16% Cuban-Dom Sugar (new) 71 Cudahy Packing (7)..... 274 Davison Chemical. 8214 Deere & Co pf (7). 183% Delaware & Hudson (?).. % 126 Delaware Lack & Wn (17) * 24% Federal Truck. ... 35 Denver & Rio Gr West pf. 110 Detroit Edison Co (8).... 33% Devoe & RayndsA(2.40) 21% Dodge Brothers Class A 78% Dodge Brothers pf (1) 10% Dome Mines (2) . 14 Douglas Péctin (1). .. 24 Duluth So Shore & Atlan. 3% Duluth So Shore & Atl pf. 134% Dupont de Nemours(t19) 94 Dupont debentures (6) ... 106 Dugquesne Light 1st pf(7) 8 , Durham Hoslery . .. 106% Eastman Kodak (18). 105 Eaton Axle & Spring (2). 11% Eisenlohr & Bros. . . 61% Elec Auto Lite (16%)... 4 Electric Boat 16% Electric Power & 1 Elec Pow & Light pf (7). 99% El P&L f ctf 40% pd(7). 62% Electric Refrigeraon(f2) 60% Electric Storage Bat (16) 8 Emmerson Br pf ctf 63% Endicott-Joanson (5). 23% Engineers Public Service 96 Engineers Pub Ser pf (7) 997 Equitable Of Bldg pt (7). 2215 Erie k 33% Er 30 cuum 14% Exchange Buffet (1%). 321 Fairbanks-Morse (3). 90% Famous Players (J10). 1087 Famous Players-L pf(8). 26 _Fed Lt & Trac (*1.40) 154’ Fed Mining & Smelting . 49% Fed Mining & Smel p{(7). 91% First Nat Pic 1st pf 19, High. Lew. . 129,89 128.27 = 82% Corn Products Ref (124) 1 53 L1 120 314 81 74 " 5 4 108% 324 Year to Date. * Righ. Low. 139.16 109.63 weseese 11774 10118 Net. L e (e S B S+ STOCKS CONTINUE MOVING UPWARD Aggressive Buying Goes on in Rail, Motor, Public Utility Shares. By the Agsociated Press. NEW YORK, July 31.—Resumption of the upward movement of prices characterized the closing session of the month in the stock market. Heavy week, end profit-taking, coupled with sporadic shprt selling, brogght about net recessions of a poin® or two in more than a score of issues, including United States Steel dommon, but of- ferings generally were well absorbed, and eclosing quotations disclosed a long list of net gains ranging from one to nearly seven points. Trading was in heavy volume for a half holi- day sestlon, the day's sales aggregat- ing 894,000 shares, Speculators for the advance, flushed with their success of the past week, - conducted aggressive buying demonstrations in the motor, public utllity, railroad and steel groups, picking out new leaders in each. The principal trade developments of the day were reports of stiffening whole- sale gasoline prices in Chicago and expanding steel mill operations in the Youngstown district. General Motors quieted down some- what after its recent sensational ad- vance, closing 14 points higher at {18915 after fluctuating between 18813 and 190%. Total sales of this issue approximated 36,500 shares. as against a daily average of over 200,000 in the fivst five days of the week. Hudson assumed the leadership of ‘the auto- mobile group by jumping 4% points to 721 on buying credited to Willlam C. Durant, autoraobile manufacturer, who 18 also belleved to head a group 192526~ #igh. Low. Stock and dividend. 35 , 18% Market St Ry 2d pf. 63% 328 Marland Oll (4).. . 88 10% Marlin-Rockwell (2).. 37% 17 Martin-Parry (2).. 107% 51 Mathieson Alkali (4) 139% 101 May Dept Stores (5 High. Lew. which has been operating on the long side of General Motors. Studebaker and Nash showed net gains of 1% and 2 points, respectively. Metropolitan Public Utilities gaye one of the best demonstrations of group strength on merger talk and expectations of a favorable Supreme Court decision on the so-called “‘dollar gas law.” New peak prices for 1926, or longer, were attained by Consoll- dated Gas, Public Seryice of New Jersey, Brooklyn- Unlon Gas, and Brooklyn Edison, the last named _| showing a net gain of 6% points. Rails began to make more of a re- sponse to the publication of record- breaking June earnings statements. Atchison, Rutland preferred, Southern Pacific and Southern Railway all showed net advances of 2 points or more. Foreign exchanges held firm in quiet trading. Demand sterling was quoted just under $$4.85% and French francs ruled slightly higher, around 2.42% cents, Other changes .were nominal. MRS R S e EXTEND SYNDICATE. NEW YORK, July 31 (®).—Wa!l Street heard today that the Tidewater Associated Ofl Syndicate, which un- derwrote 1,800,000 shares of common stoek last March, will be extended from August 4 to September 20. An extension was requested because the managers have had under considera. tion certain negotiations which have not yet been terminated. While no statement has been made as to the nature of these negotiations, rumors have been current that the common stock, which has never been offered to the public, may be taken over by another ofl company. All the $46,- 000,000 6 per cent preferred stock is reported to have been disposed of. BANK CLEARINGS DROP. NEW YORK, July 81 (#).—Bank clearings for the past week, accord- ing to figures compiled by the Com mercial and Financlal Chronicle from leading cities of the country, totaled $8,711,372,467, a decrease of 3.9 per cent compared with the same period last year. Clearings in New York City declined 3.4 per cent. IN'STEEL INDUSTRY Copper - Shows Hardening Tendency, With Large Sales at 14 3-8 Cents. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, July 31.—The de- mand for steel durigg the past week ‘was even better than during the pre- vious weeks of the month and an ac- cumulation of orders led to predictions that business on the books of the Steel Corporation at the close of the month inclined to limit purchases to nearby requirements. . | Antimony was a little lower owing to more liberal offerings and a lel-up} FINANCIAL. in demand. | LUMBER BUSINESS. NEW YORK, J‘ly 31 (#).—Slight declines in production end shipments and some increase in new business were reported by 354 of the larger soft wood lumber mills of the country for the week ended July 24, the Na- tional Lumber Manufacturers’ Asso clation announces. the same week last vear, there was a gain in all three factors, especlally current orders. TIMKEN'S PROFITS. . 4 NEW YORK, Ju'y 31 ()—Net| profits of $4,003490, after charges | and taxes, were reported by the 7Tim- ken Roller Bearing Co. for the first helf of the year. The earnings were equivalent to $4.08 a share on the out- standing stock. For the same perfod iast year profits amounted to $3.- 983,243, equal to $3.31 a share. will show a slight gain. Prices re- mained about unchanged, although in some quarters slight concessions were reported.. New business in pig iron was small but shipments on old sales were liberal and prices steady. Copper showed a hardening tend- { ency, with large sales at 14% cents for electrolytic delivered, which practl- cally cleared up all the metal available at that figure, so that most of the larger producers were holding firmly at 1414 cents at the end of the week. Some sales were reported, in fact. & shade under that level, but the price was not generally established. The demand continues excellent. Tin advanced further. but kept be- low , an import parity. Dealers bought liberally of future Straits at times of underlving strength in the statistical situation, but consumers appeared in a comfortable position as to nearby’ requlrements. Lead continued its upward trend with demand good and of a well dis- tributed sort. Zinc was steady with little change in Holders were not offering freely, on account of the firmness in ore, but at the same time buyers are . Net. Closs. Chge. 13 13% b5 28'4 51% Sheubert Theatre. 81% Simmon: Stock and divic k) 4% Seneca Copper. v 40% Shattuck (Frank G) (2) 391§ Shell Tr&Trad (a9lsc) Low. Close. 6 6% 64 65 4015 41% 27% 28% 107 $107% 66 67%. s Co (12%). .. 34 3¢ Compared with , I BIG WHEAT RECEIPTS. KANSAS CITY, July 31 P).—Tm- proved harvesting methods and am- ple transpértation factlitles, combined with the fact that a fair price was being offered, resulted in all former wheat receipt records in Kansas City being broken In the month ending toda: Wheat receipts in July were 22,82 cars, equal to nearly 31.000, bushels. The former record for an onth was 17,533 cars in Augusr, This month's arrivals were nearly three times as large as' in July la year and 56 per cent larger thar t=u years ago>. LULL IN EQUIPMENT. NEW YORK, lJuly 31 (#).—The customary Midsummer Jull prevatled in the rallway equipment industry in July. Figures compiled by Rallway ‘Age show that total orders placed during the month covered 1256 freight cars, 22 locomotives and 68 passenger coaches. Financial Highlights of Past Week Brought Out in Nutshell by Statistics NEW YORK, July 31, 1926. Btocks (average of 50 issues)..... Bonds (average of 40 {ssues) ...... Forelgn bonds (average of 10 imsue Federal Reserve ratio. adane in New Yorles ERTY o June, 1926 Unfilled steel orders. . Pig iron production. . Building permits: No. of cities Amounts .. Commercial failur Number . Liabilities Revenue car loadings: All commodities .. Grain and grain product: Coal and coke.., Forest products. Miscellaneous ' pro Ore ! $413,503, 1 $29,407 cee 12930 Week of July 17, 1926, . 083,628 This Weak. Last Week. High Low High Low 12701 120.33 . 127.68 This Week. Last Week sviive STY 87.35 104.19 Tear Ago. 773 Last Week. 4 This Week. 4% to 4% Month of May, 1926. 3,649,250 112,304 4% to 4% Month of June, 1925 3,710,458 89,115 Menth of 8470642 107,844 482 462 462 412 $392,913,742 $384,321,193 1,730 1,743 33,643,318 $36,701,496 Previous week. Yearago. 1,002,854 43,902 181,145 68,17 316,026 62,668 108 823 Am Safety Razor Am Ship & Commerce Am Smelting & Refin (7). Am Smelt & Refin pf (7). Am Snuff (12). £ 1 Am Snuff pf (6).... 3 Am Steel Foundries (3).. Arp Sti Foundries pf (7). Am Sugar Refining (5). .. ‘Am Sugar Reflning pf(7). Am Sumatra opt ctfs A.. Am Telezrh & Cable (5). Am Tel & Telesraph (9). Am Tobacco (8). . T Am Tobacco C1 B (8 Am Tobaeco of (6).. Am Typefannders (%) . Am Water Werks(c1.20). Am Water Works pf (T) Am Waolen. . i Am Woolen pf (7)... Am Writing Paper af. .. Am Writing Paor of ctfs Am Zinc Lead & Sm. E Am Zinc Lead & Sm pf... i Anaconda Conper (3).... Archer-Danfels-Midland. Armour&Co of Del pf(7). Armpur & Coof TI1(A).. Armour & Co of 111 (B) .. ‘Armonr & Coof 111 pf(7). Arnold Constable & Co Artioom (3) ... 5 Art Metal (1) 5 4 Assoc Dry Goods (273) Assoclated Ofl (¥2.40. ... i Atch Top & Santa Fe (7). Atch Top & S Fe nf (5) Atlanta Birm & At.. . 147% Atlantic Coast L(19%).. 20 Atl Gulf & West Indfes. . 30 First Nat Stores (1%) 10% Fisk Rubber 76% Fisk Rub 1st pf stpd (7). 94 Fisk Rubber 18t pf cv(7). Fleischmann Co (123). Foundation Co (8) . . Fox Film Class A (4). Freeport-Tex: Gabriel A(t4%) s Gardner Motor Gen Am Tank Car (3). Gen Am Tank Car pf ( Gen Asphalt General Baking nf (8).. .. Gen Cigar (4) Gen Cigar deb pf (7). General Electric (H3). General Electric (112). Gen Electric Spec (60c). . 3 Gen Gas & Elec A (El'3) h 4 Gen Gas peB (T)...... General Motors (116) Gen Motors pf (8) 4 Gen Motors deb (6). Gen Motors pf (7). . 4 Gen Outdoor Adv (2). Gen Outd Adv Cl A (4). Gen Petroleum (3)... Gen Rwy Signal (14%) 26% 19 MaytagCo (2). Mexican Seaboart Miam! Copper (1) Mid-Continent Petroleum. Mid-Continent Pet pf (7). Middle-States Oil. . ; Middle States Oll ctfs. ... Midland Stl Prod pf (111) Miller Rubber ctfs (2)... Minneapolis & St Louis Missouri Kansas & Tex.. Mo Kansas & Te: Missour! Pacific Live stock 26,990 THE YEAR 1926 TO DATE ON THE WASH-. INGTON STOCK FEXCHANGE. ‘Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co. 1926, Up to and Including, Friday, July 30. Bales. BONDS. $12,00—Ana. & Pot. River R. R. lst § e 8,000—C. & P. Telephone 1st bs.. 1008, 15,800—C. & P. Tel. of Va. 5s. a " 188.500—Capital Traction lst 101 5,000—City & Suburban Ry, T 65,000—Georgetown Gas Lt. 1st bs.. 100 20,000—Pot. Eiec. Power Ist bs...... 1001 184,000—Pot. Elec. Power Cons. 101 9.300—Pot. Elec. Power Gen. & 107% 47,200—Pot. Elec. Power Ref. 10.000—Wash. Alex. & Mt. Ve 1,000—Wash., Alex. & Mt. Ve 3,000—Wash., Balto. & Ana. 1st bs. 88,500—Wash. 5s. 183,400—Wash. Gas Light 6s......... 189,000—Wash. Ry. & Elec. 36,000—Wash. Ry. & Blec. Gen. & Ref. 7.500—District of Col. Paper Mfg. 18t 68. 12.000—Southern Bldg. Co. 6%4s 3,800—Wardman Park Hotel 6s. Shares. STOCKS. 4,697—Capital Traction. 17% 20% 98Y 33% 183 106% 109 116% 31% 52% 161 Simms Petroleum (1). 17 Sinclair Consol Oil. . 78% Sinclair Consol Oil pf(8). 21% Skelly 011 (2). . 80% Sloss-Sheff Steel & Ir 92 Sloss-Sheff S & Ir pf (7) 62 South Porto Rico Sug(6) 99% So Porto Rico Sug pf(8) 30% Sou Califormia Edison 43 Southern Dairies A (4). 22 Soythern Dairies B 96 Southern Pacific (6 77% Southern Railway 83 Southern Rallway pf (5). 95 Spalding (A G) 18t pf(7). 191 Moon Moters (3)....... 72 ‘Spear & Copf (7). 77% Morris & Essex (3%). ... 15% Spicer Mfg. 5% Mother Lode Coalit (%). § '~ t 19 Motion Picture (1%).. 333 Moto-Meter Cl A (3.60).. 18 Motor Wheel (2). Murray Body . . Nash Motors (+3) 18 80% 26 49% e + f++ 113% 111% 361 354 1074 120% 93% 103 73 Fded i I+l 44 1FH1040+ Open. a5 Montgomery Ward. R R g dard Ofl Cal new (2) T 38% Standard Oilof N.J (1)... 44% 119% 116 Standard Oil of NJ pf(7). 116% 16 4% Standard Plate Gi . 6y 90 624 Sterling Products (3).. 961 55 Stewart-Warner (6) 89% 59% Stromberg Carburet (8) 68% 41% Studebaker Co (5).. - Gimbel Brothers > 112 Studebaker Co pf (7). B o § Sy 1% Submarine Boat. . Gimbel Brothers pf (7). N it & Glidden Company (2). 7% % L ey e 43% 30% Sun Oil (11). Gold Dust. 50 e ol e 1 Superior Oll. Goodrich (BF) Co (4). Net Distitiers Produat 193 Superior Steel ( Goodyear Tire&Ru pt(7). Nat Digtillers Proa pe. 574 Sweets Co of America. Goodyear T & R pr pf(8) . b % Nat Hnam & Stog. T Symington. & Gotham Silk Hosiery (n). W 16% Symington Class A (2). 11 Telautograph (§0c). . Gotham Siik Hos (2%) ... Gotham Silk Hos pf (7).. 7% Tenn Copper & Chem (1). 42% Texas Co (3) 5 Gould Coupler C1A (2). Granby Censolidated. . 4 1 974 Texas Gulf Sulphur (10). Great Northern pf (5) 1149 104% Tt T N s Light Gen'l Nat Cash Register (3) I 4+ + Nat Power & Nat Rys of Mex 1st pf. Nat Rys of Mex 2d pf. Nat Supply (4) Nat Sup pf (7). TH1+4 ++ 31 202—Pot. Elec. Power, int. recpts. At] Gulf&West Indies pf. . 9515 Atlantic Refining. 3 1134 Atlantic Refining pf (7). 45 Atlas Powder (4) . 9 Atlas Tack. .. R Austin-Nichols. 67 ‘Austin-Nichols pf (7)... 1% Auto Knitter Hoslery. 12 L4 627% Balti & Ohio pf (4) 5 33 Bangor & Aroostook (3). 35 927% Baldwin Locomotive (7). Autosales pf.. 122% 101% 2% 434 Balt! & Ohlo (5). Rarnet Leather. . . 18% Parnsdall C1 A (2). 16 Barnsdall CI B (2). 38% Bayuk Clgars : F314 Beech-Nut Packing (#3). Belding Brothers (3) Bethlehem Steel. . . Bethlehem Steel pf (T) Bloomingdale Bros. g Bloomingdale Bros pf(7) Booth Fisheries < Botany A A ¥ Briggs Manufacturg (3). 4 Brooklyn Edison Elec( Broowlyn-Man Tr (4).... Brookn-Manhat T pf (). Brookn Union Gas (+11). 4 Brown Shoe (2) Brunswick-Balke-Collen. Brunswick Ter & Ry Sec. Buff Roch & Pitts (4) % Buffalo Roch & Pit pf(6). Burns Brothers CLA(10). Burns Brother's CI B (2). Burroughs Adding (+4). Bush Terminal....... Bush Terminal deb (7). 4 Butte Copper&Zinc(50¢) . ¢ Butts & Superior (2).. Butterick Company * Byers (A M) 1004 23% 89% 105% Ches & Ohio pf* (6%). California Packing (8). .. California Petroleum (2). Callahan Zinc & Lead ... Calumet & Arizona (6). Calumet & Hecla (13%) Canadtan Pacific (10).... Case (J 1) Thresh Maeh.. Case (71) Tires M pt(7). Central Leather Co.!.... Cent Leather Co pf . Central RRof N J (t1 9 “entury Ribbon Mills. .. # Cerro dePasco Copper (4). Certain-teed Produgts(4) Certain-tdProd 2d pf (7). Chandler-Cleveland.... Chandler-Clev pf (4) Chesapeake & Ohio (112). 28% 144 142" 3% Chicago & Alton. . bia Chicago & Alton pf 29% Chicago & East Illinols. . 3615 Chicago&Bast ll\lng‘ pf. 7% Chicago Great We: 3 16% Chicago Great W 8% Chi Mil & St Paul 7 Chi Mil & St Paul pf. 117% 94% 1% 40% 45 25 2315 43% 1207 101% 1+ +1 PHEE++E 44 Gt North Orectfs (1%) Great Western Sugar (8). 9% Greene Cananea Copper Gulf Mobile & Northern Guif Mobile & Nor pf (6). Gulf States Steel (5)..... Gulf States Steel pf (7) Hanna (M A) 1stpf.. Hartman Corporation Hayes Wheel (13%). Helme (G W) (16%). Hoe (R) &Co Class A Household Prod (13%). Houston Ol ... 4 Howe Sound (3) 21% Hudson & Manhat (2%).. 6423 Hudson & Manhat pf (5). 38% Hudson Motor (3%)..... 14% Hupp Motor Car (1) 112% 1llinois Central pf ( 111 Illinois Central (7). 18% Independ Oil & Gas (1). 13 Indian Motorcyele (2) Indian Refining. . . Indian Refining ctfs Indian Refining pf Ingersoll-Rand (14) Inland Steel (2% ) Inland Steel pf (7). Inspiration Copper (2) . 1315 Intercontl Rub (1 74 Internat Agriculturs 38% Int Business Machi 50% Internat Cement (¢). 102 Internat Cement pf (7) 31% Internat Comp Eng (2) 96% Int Harvester (6). . 113% Int Harvester pf (7). 53% Internat Match pf (3.20). 6% Internat Mer Marine. . 27 Internat Mer Marine pf 24% Int Nickel (2).... . 44% International Paper (2).. 86 Internatl Paper pf (7)... 18 Internat Rys of Cent Am. 59% Inter R of Cen Am pf(5). 108 87% Internat Tel & Tel ¢6) 18 Intertype Corp (t1%) 16% Jewel Tea....... 10% Jones Bros Tea. 21 Jordan Motor Car (3) 99 Kan City Pr&L 1st pf(7}. 28% Kansas City Southern.... 87 ansas City So sas Culf. -ser (Julius, eily-Springfield Ti 4613 Kennecott Copper (4).... % Kevstony Tire & Rubber. 54 Kinaey (GR)Co (4)..... 937% Kinney (G R) €opf (8).. 2615 Kre: §8(1.20). Internat Shoe (6) . . LA+ + +4 1 +44 ek oo & FE 16% 11% Nevada Consol Cop (1) 56% 31% N Y Afr Brake (2).... 84% 31% N Y<Canners (C2) 85 83 N Y Cannerspf (6). 187% 118% N ¥ Central (7)... . 185% 118 N ¥ Chicago & StL (11). 881 N Y Chi&StLpf (6).... 1 5214 N Y Doc pf (5). . 161% N Y & Harlem (5). ven & s N Y Ontario & Western.. N Y Rwys (2d stpd). ... 11 gara F Pw Co pf(1%) rfolk Southern g Norfolk & West (8) North Am (b10% sock) .. North Am pf (3)........ North Am Edison pf (6). Northern Central (4). Sorthern Pacific (5)..... Norwalk Tire&Rub(80¢). Nunnally Co (1%) . 01l Well Supply (3). Omnibus Corp. .. Oppenheim Colins (3) Orpheum Circuit (2) Orpheum Circuit (pf ( Otis Blevator (6)........ 1224 8 Otis Steel 50% Otis Steel pf. 42% Owens Bottle (14). Pacific Coast. ... Pacific Gas & Elec (3). Pacific Oll Stubs. i Packard Mot Co.( 18% Paige-Det Mot Car (1. 48 20 1374 102% 88w 1 8% thE b At Fss"Fre = Pac Land Trust 39% 274 The Fair (2.40). 43 18% Third Avenue. ... 423 Thompson J C (3.60). 304 Tid 90 Tide Water Oil pf (5). . 37% Timken-Detroit Axle(t4). 70 Tobacco Products (1)... 104% 98% Tobaceo Prod CI A (7) 3. Transcontinental Oil. 16% Transue & Wims S F (2). 38% Underwood Typewr (4).. 36 Union Bag & Paper. 78 Union Carbide (5) 33 Union Oil of Cal (2 133% Union Pacific (10) 734 Union Pacific pf (4) 844 Union Tank Car (5). 113% Unfon Tank Car pf (7)... 24 United Alloy Steel (2). 60% Utd Cigar Stores ( 110% United Drug (8) 52 United Drug 1st pf (3% 98 ' United Fruit (4). 113% US Cast I P & Fdy (10).. 244 91 S CastlP&Fdypf(7). 30% U S Distributing. .. s 28 U S Hoffman (13%)... 4b% U S Industrial Alcohol . 48% 17 S Realty & Imp (4).. 33% U S Rubber % 92% U S Rubber 18t pf (8) 106% 30 U SSmelt Ref& M (334). 4034 44 USSmelt R& M pf(3%). 49% 112% U S Steel (7). . 149% 1224 U S Steel pf (7). 130 19% [ 44 war P Fx2 &£§ 260—Commercial National Bank. 89—District National Bank 20—Farmers & Mechanics' National 364—Federal-American National Bank. 93—Liberty National Bank . 10—Lircoln Natfonal Bank ... 23—Metropolitan National Bank 250—~Riggs National Bank. 37—Second National Bank. X 97—Washington National Bank.. 389—Amer. Security & Trust . 334—Continental Trust... 90—Merchants' Bank & Trus Yational Savings & Trust. nion Trust .... 83—Washington Loan & Trust. 30—Sec. Sav. & Com'l. 5—Seventh Street 30—Washington Mechanics 1—Firemen's Fire Insurance H—National Union . q 722—Columbla Title . 40—Real Estate Title. 58—D. C. Paper Mfg., pfd. 3.095—Lanston Monotype .. §90—Merchants' Tfr. & Storage. . Mergenthaler Linotype, new 4—Natiopal Mtg. & Inv . 18—N. & W. Steamboat. 1—Security Storage 40—Washington Market 65—Tederal Storage, pfd. 947—Mer.. Tfr, & Stg., pfd....... 193—Peoples Drug Store, pfd...... UNLISTED DE! 8 . 8:% 56% Pan-Am Pet & Trans (6). 105% B O R 12 Shares. 1SSUE. 56% Pan-Am Pet& T CL B (6). 34 Pan-Am West Pet B (2). 2y Panhandle Prod & Ref... 19% Park & Tilford. 5% Park Utah (60¢) . 45% Pathe Exch, CLA (€3). 16% Penick & Ford 734 Pennsylvania Coal&Coke Pennsylvania Railrd (3). Penn Seaboard Steel. .. .. Peoples Gas Chicago (3) 6% Peoria & Eastern Pere Marquet! Pere Marqu ? (5). Pere Marquette pr pfeb) . Phila Co (4) . Phila Co pf (3) Phila & Reading C&T Philip Morris & Co. ..... Phillips Petroleum (3).. Phoenix Hoslery.... ... Phoenix Hosiery pf (7). Pierce-Arrow - Arrow p! 84% 48% 32 7% 874 90% 704 P 4 Plerce Oit v Pierce Petroleum Pitts Coal Pittburgh Coal pf. pittsburgh & W Va (6. 64% Postum Cereal (5).. At At U S Tobacco pf (7). 90 Univer Pict 1st pf (8 13% Univer Pipe & Radiator. 52 Univer Pipe & Rad pf (7). 28% Utl Pow & Lt A (e2). 26% Vanadium Steel (3) 12% Van Raal 44% Viek Chemical (3%) 12% Virginia.Car Chem(new) 43% Va-Carolina Chem pf (6) 52% Va-Carolina Chem pf (1) 26 Vivaudou (new) 19% Wabash. .. . 66% Wabash pf A (5) e 14% Waldorf System (1%). 12% Walworth (1), 24% Ward Baking Class B. 90 Ward Baking pf (7) 12 Warner BroPic Cl1 A. 51 Weber & Heilbroner (4) 95% West Penn Elec pf (7) 104 W ‘estern Union Teleg(8). 146% 97 Westinghse Air Br(16%5) 134% 656 West'house E&M (4).... T0% 9% Weston Elec Instrument. 19% 19% Weston Elec Inst CIA(2). 31% 18 Wheeling & Lake Erie 25! ling & Lake Erfe pf. FEE44t LIee 4+ FETEEF §FE F BFFEFET @ o 0 FIFS - 115—Chapin-Sacks 8% pfd. 4—Chapin-Sacks 7% pfd 6—District Title Ins.... 100—Miller Train Control 26—Raleigh Hotel C 6—Washington Title . Shares. BANKS. 190—Departmental Bank... 10—Northeast Savings Bank. 10—North Capital Savings Bank. BONDS. 1,000—Metrepolitan Club 4%s HOW IS BUSINESS? Shewing Current Business Activity compared with same week a year ago 5% 45% Chi M1l & St P ctfs of dep. : 3 1;',' Chi M&St P pf ctfs of dep nk & Lake e . 43 47% Chi & Northwestern (4) .. 101% Chi & Northwestn pf (n. 80% Chi Pneumatic Tool (5).. 40% Chi Rock Tsland & Pacific. 82 Chi Rock Isl & Pac pf (8). 92 Chi Rock Isl & Pac pt (7). 45' Childs Co (32.40) Chile Copper E Christie Brown&Co(1. Chrysler Motor (3). Chrysler Corp pf (8) Cleve & Pittsburgh (3} 4 Cluett-Peabody (5). T+i+++ 25 xExesd % Serv! 109 Public Service N Jpf(8).. 1 921 Public Ser El&Gas pi(8). 29 Pullman Company (8) 1 7 33 Punta Alegre Sugar. 33% 28% Pure 01l (12)... 112% 103 Pure oll pt (8) 32 Radio Corp of Am. B 4% Radp! Cor of Am pf(3%). 68% R R Sec 111 Cen ctfs .. ; 10% Ray Cons Copper (1). . 69% Reading (4). .. 35% Reading 1st pf ( - 36% Reading 2d pf (3)... 55% Liggett & M CLB (14). 116% Liggett & Myers pt‘()fl « 14 Wilson & Co A (new) 42 Wilson & Co pf new. 112% ‘Woolworth FF W (15). 20% Worthington Pump. 53 Worthingn Pump pf B(6), 16 * Wright Aeronautical (1 46% Wrigley TWmr) (14). 60% Yale & Towne Mfg (15) P T R R R G sxefs s¥rss 6 Loft Inc. « 421 Long-Bell Lum Cl A ( it GENERAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY for the country as & whole, indieated by bank deblts outside New York, compared with the same week of last, year. ACTIVITY BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS Check transactions compared with the corresponding week of last vear: e o s R R e 108% Lorrilard (P) Co pf (7).. « 12 Louisiana Ofl Refining. .. 108 2 - Coca-Cola (7)... Collins & Alkman. 4« Collins & Alkman pf (7). Colorado Fuel & Iron. Colorade & Southeru. . Columbia Gas & Elec (5). Columbia Gas & El pf(7 Columbian Carbon (4) Commer Credit (2). A Commer Cred 1st pf(613). Commer Credit pf(1% Commer Invest Tr (3.60). Commer Inv Tr pr (8%). %6 Commer Solvents B. 1215 Congoleum-Nairn. 40% Congress Cigar (3). 261 Consolidated Cigar..... 793, Consolidated Cigar p£(7). 21, Consolidated Distributor. 7414 Consolidated Gas (5) 14 Consolidated Textil 6035 ComtinentalCan (} Continental Insuran (6).. 8% Comilgental Motors (30c) . 130 1 T4+ 4 FEEE LA+ 93% Louisiana Oil pf (7)..... 22% Louls Cas&EICIA(1%) 108 Louisvilie.& Nash(16%). 30% Ludlum Steel(2).. 72 McCrory Stores B (15.60) 16 Mclntyre Porc Mines (1) 108% Mack Trucks (6)........ 1 104 Mack Trucks 1st pf (7) 99 Mack Trucks 24 pf (7)... 13 Mackay Cos3) ......... Ya 114% Macy (R H) & Co pf (T) 34 Magma Copper (3) 16% Mallinson & Co. 27 Manati Sugar. 56 Manati Sugar pf..... 42% Manhat Elec Sup(5% 32% Man Elev mod gtd (D). . 20% Manhat Shirt (1%)%..... 20% Maracaibo Oil Bxplera... 4% Market St Ry..... - 39% Market St Ry prior pf. 24% Market SLRY DI Macy (RH) &Co........ e § 417 Reid Ice Cream 3). .. 46% Remington Typewriter. 87 Replogle Steel....... 13 20 Yellow Tr & Coach(75c).. 3 90 Yellow Tr & Coach pf(7). 101% 63 YoungstownS&T (4)... 91 42% Republei Iron & Steel(4). 841 Republic Iron & 8t pf(7). 5% Reynolds Spring......... 7214 Reynolds Tobacco B (5). 74% Robeft Rels& Co. % 63 Robert Ri 86 . Rossia Ins Coof Am (6).. 48% Royal Dutch (a1.339). 42 Rutland pf... 481 Savage Arms (4).. 42% Schulte Retall St (§ Seaboard Alr Line. . . y 3114 SBeaboard Air Lin 12% jve (81.30)... 4434 -Sears, Rogbk & Co (2 B I I o o I S I S S 5% 10% % 6% 1 7 Yellow k44t +4 0 RIGHTS—EXPIRE. Am Tel & Teleg Aug2... Cuba C¢ Int Cement, Aug 11 ‘ompany, Sept 8. N Y Air Brake Aug 2. . Reading Rwy Jan 19 Truck, Aug 6. 21 Dirigend rates as siven In the above table are the anm payments based on the laf Guarterly or yearly declarati Dtess oerwiss noted. exta or special dividends are not included. *Partly stock. 1Partly extra. §Payable in comimon stock. $Plus 4% in stock payable 1% aquarterly. TPlus 3% in stock. a Paid common stock payable 21 % . e Payable share rate. b10% LEADING BAROMETERS Showing trend of important factors. Business in dollars (checks cashed) .. Di!ll"‘msnt of Labor) . Employment { Wages (De Cost of lving (Ind Wh Present trend Stead. MRS ol i A+ BamaRninie— &