Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1926, Page 31

FINANCIAL, FISH ARE CHEAPER INMARKET TODAY Prices Far Below Normal for Several Species—Crab Season is Near Close. Municipal Market dealers this morn- ing had an unusually large number of offerings at prices far below normal, three varietics of tish 8 5 cents a pound. They were: Trout, spots and haddock. Exceptionally large qi of three varieties of fish were received from shippers at varfous places, explaining the low price asked for them. Ten dollars a barrel w of trqut sold in such large q the price only a short while a as high as Boston T exceptionally plentiful and cheap > not so plentiful tod s sold them at 15 cen h were while haliby quoted at 3 cents; cod, §, eipts b cents a ht 25. lers report the season for crabs drawing to a close, only light vecelpts of hard and soft crabs being in evidence. Crab meat is plentiful at 50 cents a pound. Lobsters sold at 60 cents a pound. Oysters were very mornin; Warm w n usual the price antitles, listed rockfish in, pound, while plentiful t wther made however, but deal demand as soon ther gets cold, oysters heing in much better condition than is usual 80 early in the season Today’s Wholesale Prices. aney one-pound prints, 51; henne: brofle fowl 15 ressed keats, y keats, broilers 80; old. 40 18a19; vea shoulders, | 34 fresi stock 1lal2 Calves, thin, 15 lambs, choice, dium 7as8; 14 Fruit and Vegetable Review. Tod: vexe < market report on fruits and compiled by the Market | weau”of Agricultural | ihles, Tk t dull and sli demand | tght hoxes mark W Winter Bananas 2 bushel hasl fine qu nd con- nch Delicious, 1.5 23; and § inch Staymans, 1.00al aryland and \" inia, various v No. 1 medium to larg ¥ 75a1.00, Cabbage—Supplies modera tight, market steady: New York per ton, domestic, round typ 25.00: Danish 00230.00 Celory demand light market 1 crates, : gome fair quality and condition low dition, ricties, femand | bulk. 20.00a | pes— Supy libe mand market quart « al; ¢ poderate, hen Toha, 75: New Ye California dozen reported Onions — Supplies arket steady; 100-pound 1, 2.00 100 poun 1.75a2.00. Peach Market Steady. Supplie demand and W, light: Michigan sacks ye mostly ks vellows, demand York, to 5 W bushel medium large Pent market basket Dest upplie: demand light steady; York. bu Bartle 2 1 5 extra faney, 3 Supplies erate, market sacks Cobbler: Mountains, U. S. No. 1, slightly decayed. 4.00. pound sacks Ru 1, 4.3524 Sweet potatoe mand shippe homegrown, bushel 1, and vellows, 1.00. lies light; demand good for good stock, market steady: home- grown, dozen sugar corn, 25830 moderite, 1 one-hulf hu GENERAL MOTORS SALES. NEW YORK, ber 14 (#).—Man- 1 Motors and com- moderate firm s reported; skets Nancy No. 1, 1.00a sacks per & demand homegrown, pplies liberal ot steady O ust. For the retafl sales with 624.389 5. an iner to dealer o pared 1 the san 14 54 per creased ¢ in- WHEAT “URPLUS LARGER The exportable 41,000,0¢ 000 Agricult has an tely 5,000, The ndvised was 000 a yea STOCKS OF COPPER. NEW YORK, October 14 (£).— stocks copper increased 600 pou =ptember, re- amounting 850,000 in ind do. 000 August. NEW YORK MARKETS. NEW YORK, O« 14 (A).—Rye easy; No. 2 Weste 10T £ obil New York, and 1.05% c. i. f., export. Barley easy; malting, $21,a84% c. L f New York. Wheat futures opened steady; domestic, December, 1.43. Other articles unchanged. ber Are You a Sucker? Too many people put their money in day dreams and wake up broke. Never put your name on the dotted line until you have inquired of some one in your bank what he knows sbout some stock issue that is of- fered to you privately. | sates in Received by Private Wire BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN. NEW YORK, October 14.--The ac- tion of the Curb market throughout today’s sesston disclosed the fact that the main body of stocks had reached the position where a technical recov- ery was warranted. This belief a counted more so than anything which happened in the outside situation for the recoverfes from a half to two points and more before the rally was checked, The features in point of flustuations naturally were stocks which had been under most pressure throughout the recent break in prices. Du Pont, which left off last night at 165%, changed hands at 167 in rather large volume. Warner Brothers Pictures was an exception to the general and was offered freely at s in sympathy with the weakness the A shares on the Stock Exchange, This movement, however, failed to influence the market for Universal Pictures and higher pric were the rule most of the time for this issue. The recent favorable action taken | dire of the Gillette Safety | r Co. was 1in reflected in the t for the stock, which took on another point or Public utilities | bore their share in the recovery under leadership of Upited Gas and Im- provement and Southeastern Power. Eleetric Bond and Share went along and a fair demand came ll\lu the NEW YORK, October 14.— is list of bonds “ollow- and stoc hund, 1 1% Am Fow & 10 Am Common P Cn F Com P new pfd Com P C war. Con G 2 Doehior bia € 10 Dup € & R StA SUF Haopiness ( inbiness Pow i val ¢ i i 14 T 0 40 pid 10 Pow 24 st pf 103 Pid 1017 Ttil Mohawk H Yoh' 1t P Nit P& Per ‘Wt ¢ Penn Dix Com o Drug Stor: ) Phitip” Mornia Pittsh Ei Pow Se Phe £ &1 Puc SP&L b Purlty Bak B.. Purity_Bak pfd, % Rem Nois T C A kenback Mot Bros Stroock 2 Stutz Mot Swift Tntl ; Swift & €0 Tampa El_liew s L Piet A AS B e £ S Lamp A ni El_Coal vic ni G Imp C.. &P A it heelin 5 White 10 Cons Copy 3 on Gold 2 Heela 1 Holling: R Cop .1 15 S ietel L = B R 4 Noranda ...l.. 1 North Butte 10 S0 Am Gold & 210 Spearesd Go: ck Hughes I Tono_ M. .. 1 Verds 1 Utah Apex e t Serv new Cit Serv ptd. . 1! « Synd., 1 Con Royalties n. 8¢ 1 Da 31 Eu 16 Gibson 01l 1 Oil of Pa 1 Mount_Pro 2 New Mex L 10 Northwest Oil. . hio Fuel Co ¢t d Roval Con O&R v 0 ase O 0V Water Oil. Ol e an * Pet Wiltox 0-& G n’ 1 Woo 10 Y Salesin € A0 vte ofs de mt Oil n eka P 1 1°Sie 011 WS 0 uid ol S 0 pld n 200 A 1500 et €Ll Iransit 60 O Ohio . 300 Vacuum Ol . Sales in thousands. Al THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. NEW YORK CURB MARKET Direct to The Star Office market for American Gas and Elec- tric at a_ price unchanged from the yesterday’s closing. Stutz Motor featured its group with the rise of more than a point on a large turnover. In the bond division ‘ sharp fluctuations again characterized the dealings in Keystone Telegraph, the bonds at one time geiting above | 90, but subsequently reacting. Oil shares, which had done the | least of any group in the recent sell- | ing movement, continued to flucmate\ over a comparatively narrow range, but the tendency for the most part was toward higher levels. The board of governors has ap- proved for temporary listing on a “when issued” basis, the 1,500,000 shares of capital stock, no par value, | of the Pantepe Ol Company of Venezuela, “a prospect,” and for for- mal listing the following companies. Erie Steam Shovel Company, 400,000 outstanding shares common | stock, par value § Companta Cubania $5,000,000 three- year 6 per cent guaranteed gold | notes, dated September 1, 1926, to mature September 1, 19 The Kawneer Company, outstanding shares, no par stoc Seeman Brothe; standing shares 132,722 value, Inc., 125,000 out- common stocks, no raveler Shoe Company, 109, 000 standing shares common stock, no pdr value. 1113 997 05 1 04 i FETSE ZSESSESEESE 01 B 6igs 100 Refrie 5. 100 00 o1 Gal Siz Pet 78. tineau Pow b5 uneay Pow s 08 1l Cent 488 Ind Limestone, 8 Ind § & G 6% ind P & L 05 A SHiigh Pol Coews. e G OUs’ St 65 A 20 Pan Am Pet tis. Bl A (610) 15610 3 Penn Oh E 6s A 1131 3P P&L 58 52 B. D914 6P P&L 08 D 53 9RO, 1 Pennok 0 C; 100 4110714 172 10815 o 08 o 091 FELEEF % Kard B pias 114 5 Rich Ol 6s A w1 §9 ervel Del 6s 1131 9615 BONDS. 9615 FOREIGN Antioqua 7s A Antioqua s B! Sales in 931 i i i it 988 0% bas A 7 Berl ¢ 1 Burnmeis & i Danish Con Y Prus 6% R n Mu 7 Great C 102 1004 100 i s 0370 03 5 Peru 71gs <100 % 100 IRCC Bav Ghhsd 021 02 bRuss G ofs blae n 133 10 Rus G 6528 N of 15 } Sanda, Falle &1 A 001y 2 Sax Ph i ZEs Bh Nk oty 0K 70 8le & 11 0s Tt vt B Un's Wi % B0 o T 00 Tn S¢'Wk 6308 A xls‘ Un St Wk 6328 C 075 Westph U EI %8 936 *Ex-dfvidend. FE I FOEEEE A BIEISSREE SRN3IERTIESIZISET cosocooos R AR A FOREIGN EXCHAN GE. (Quotations furnished by W. B, Hibbs & Co.) | Nominal ‘iellm checks | woid value London. pound -84.8008 84, sb'lv‘ i Montrea] 100, | . mark hir irane . peseta Vienna, crown Budapest, Prague. varsaw, 7 Copenhaen, "crown. CEOWI - +iaihis e crown’ DIVIDENDS Pe. Pay- riod. Rate. able, $0.78 Qct Stockholm, ‘orp. Ané Dm frel.. Can (janv Lid.. 5coc,c o0t Loulsiana ~ 0il Re 633 & pl Coal RR. West Uti] o pl On{x Holery ont'shl. Prod do pf. . P Wig Westh Stutes "A" Sinclair C pf W-Crosby pf Wooiworti - oo 53 S recently delivered on “The Effect of the Moon on the Tide.” No mention was made, however, of its well known effect on the untied, says | | the Oftice Boy | ber | points. | from hedge selling and the domestic 11359, | closing levels. 4 | Cotton, ‘flrltl low middling, 6.80; low middling, (05 COTTONIS STEADY | ™ INTRADING TODAY Slight Declines at Opening Offset by Buying Orders Later in Day. IN CAROLINAS HIGHER |- in Value Per Pound Above Last Year's Figure. RALEIGH, N. C., October 14 (®).—, bacco sold in the markets of North Carolina and South Carolina was 43 per cent higher for September of this year than for the same period last year, according to a statement by Frank Parker, statistician for the State crop reporting service. Total sales were 3 per cent greater than in September, 1925, the state- ment said. Total sales on the three belts which were open during the month were 72.839,038 pounds at an a. erage price of $2480 per hundred pounds, comps pounds’ 1 2 price of $17.40 per hundred pounds. The report showed 8,006,000 pounds resales during the month, but these were not included in the totals re- ported By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 14.—Cotton futures opened steady; Decemb 13.32; January, 13. March, 13, May, 13.80; July, 13.99. The market opened steady today at a decline of 1 to 6 points, active months showing net losses of 3 to 7 points after the I under Southern hedging and realizing by recent buyers for a re- action, the latter probably being in- fluenced by relatively easy Liverpool cables, and reporss of continued good weather in the South. There seemed, however, to be a good many limited buving orders in the markét and, after selling_off to 13.25 for December and 1 for March, prices :steadied up on cover- ing and trade buying. By the end of the first hour December sell- ing at 13.38 and March at 13.70, net advances of about 6 to 10 points. The Southern selling here was much less active, It was rumored that prospects for assistance in holding cotton were leading to smaller offer- ings by farmers in the interfor. New Orleans ‘Market. W ORLEANS, October 14 (#)— futures opened steady: Octo- December, 13.30; January, 1 March, 13 May, 13.72. ,The market opened easy today in sympathy with lower Liverpool cables, with early trades showing losses of 3 to § As there was no pressure TREASURY WITHDRAWALS NEW YORK, October 14 (#).—The Treasury Department tomorrow will withdraw $12,600,000 from Fedasal reserve member banks in the New York district, representing 85 per cent of the amount remaining on deposit of the 3% per cent Treasury bond ue of 1946-36. Withdrawals for the untry total $63,110,000. A balance of $66,688,000 will be on deposit in the New York district. Liveral Laon Investigat NF Cotton 13 consumption for September beingcon- sidered duli, the market rallied. On the advance December was carried to 13.42, January to 13.48, and March to or 7 points above the previous Liverpool Quotations. LIVERPOOL, October 14 spot, good business done; prices steady: Amerlcan strict good middling, 8.10; good middling, 7. strict middling, 7.50; middling, 7.15; P).— LOANS OF $50 10 $100 CAN BE SECURED on household 1 are. recoiving CHATTEL nw. striet good ordinary, 5.65; 5.00. ('llldlm; 5,800 8,000 bales; American, closed steady Hrtnh!‘r, ; 23 good Sales. 7.000 bales, merican. Receipts, 1,000. Futures 7.04; Decem March, 7.82, in- an col- course, Women students at Rus leges must take a military 5 A new Soviet order, Properties Office Buildings Warehouses Cholce First Trust Note:l To Net Buyer 61/2% : 4% Central ol Savings Investigate B allk Apartments We offer you the advantage of years of careful study in this field. 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CHICAGO, October 14 (#).—-Potatoes —Receipts., 117 cars; on track, 345 ars; total United States shipments, ; trading fair, market stcady to Wisconsin sacked round whites, 2.0082.25; poor, 1.75a1.80; bulk, 15; Minnesota sacked round 1.90a2.15; _Minnesota-North Dakota sacked, Red River Ohlos, good 2.50a2.65; ldaho sacked rurals, 2.5002.65; Celorado sacked, 2.6082.70. firm; stock, brown beauties SALES SHOW DECREASE. NEW YORK, October 14 (#).— September sales of National Cloak & Suit Co. declined to $3.865,991 from $4,192,344 in September last year and for the nine months of 1926 to $27,-| 442,618 from $29,836. in the same REAL ESTATE LOANS ANY AMOUNT 1 APARTMENT HOUSES 2 0 BUSINESS PROPERTY BESIDENCE LOANS AT LOW RATES FRED T. NESBIT 1010 Vermort Avenue N.W. Main 9392 N of District of Columbia Five Mill Tax MATURITIES: 2 TO 12 YEARS AmmuBaNm MORTGAGE (.. Batablished 1904 Incorparated CAPITAL & SURPLUS OVER §9,800,000 17th and H Streets, N. W. ‘Washington, D. C. 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