Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1928, Page 16

16 *° 1928. SPECIALTIES CLIMB THE NEW YORK CURB MARKET . Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, PORK PRIGES RISE amoked hams, 20a22; smoked shoul- ders, 16; strip bacon, 22a24; lard, 12%a 13; calves, allve, 14alb; lambs, allve, 13. F 100-pound sacks, yellows, United States No. 1, medium to large slze, 2.60a2.75. Potatoes—Supplles moderate; de- mand moderate, market about steady; 8 Russet Ru- over, showell littls disposition to fo1. low up the advances, and atter = |ing up to 19.10 for March and 4« | for July, or within 3 or 4 pointa’ of | vesterday's closing quotations, 4 COTTON DECLINES Butter—One-pound _ prints, 54a65; tub, 63; atore packed, 31. Michigan, 150-pound sac! | market eased off a few points. At B es—Wresh clected, 44nd%; hen | raln, U. €. No. 1, 8.3503.40; fow higher; , March wias eliing around 10" g 281 27% 27 current receipts, ; . 120-pound acks Green Moun: | with the gerera) iist about 10 poolowing te the lst of siocks and 18 ¥ 372 Itry, allve — Turkeys, 38140:|tains, U, 8. No. 1, 2.7512.90; Tdaho, 120- | points net' jower, s Curb Market today: 8 B9 @ 26a28; Spring_chickens, 25 0; | pound wacks round whites, U. S No. g S i \ e 138 134 13 e 18a20; keats, | 1, 2.75, t 3 Sales INDUSTRIALS, 4 4 young, 70a Dressed—Tur- Spinach Market S NEW EXCHA B SY 2 iu hundreds: #h. Low. 1:30 2 a6 9 JOUREL(Oahs : pinach Market Steady. . 3 | NGE BUSY, Price Movements Confused. 39 Aceial PromA wl 30% 20K 20% 3% B2 B |Fresh Hams, Shoulders and|kevs. 4onit: spring chickens, 30332\ gpmaon—guppiies moderate; ae.| Selling Appears Stimulated ' o Als Gt South. . 1§ 183 iy 84y adw 48; small, 33a40; du 25a30; keats, | nand moderate, market steady; Vir- v . . : s 1 g ) ; emall, 35240; ducks, 25230; Keats, ! et steady; Vir | Heavy Trade Features Opening of 0il Shares Rise—Firestone Al & g mi§§ 19 % ff B Loins Advance—Smoked | it Kinia, no early Fales reported; Texas,| DY Reports of Low Tem- | ey Ao, Eitheriy:: 188 1038 18w By 2, 8, Fruit and Vegetable Review. | shel baskets Savoy type, 2. : i bt L N Am Ao o @ @ o o! PL . o Tomatoes—Supplies light; demand i | SAN FRANC s Tire Feature. A o Bov B =~ e SR Meats Steady. Today's market report on fruits and | modernte, market steads: unknown peratures in South. i it epticiih nits. "AND FORMER SUDSIDIARE vegetables, compiled by the Market |orlin, repacke lrln New York City, 3 | ,“ n lW, «-wl F n; co Curb o Jewi v ripes, wrapped, fancy count, 2.2 | change today lookea forwara t BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN. 24800 Conton T Lo 88 58, | Tresh pork prices have experionced | News Service Bureau of Agricultural 761 Sount, By the Associated Press. e s Sieal Diepateh to The Star, 1099 flumble OLL §7, |an advance sinco the change in tem- Economics, says: NEW YORK, January 4 cot- | that its in 5 Bridtiises shiwerd YORK, January 4.—Confused !gfiwm‘i‘mc L 367 | perature affected conditions in the Apples—Supplies moderate; demand g e market opened a turno 8 o A 300 Ot G 84 | West, but prices of smoked pork prod- light; market dull: barrels, Pennsyl- ) b e nee of 1to 5 price movements, with the more Im- 100 Penn Mex " Fuiel! 40 [ ucts have not been affected to any fow sales, United Stat L ipeuer '_r,‘l";w"“r','A:‘""; ";‘_,"”" e trade buying, g nortant changes agaln occurring on 300 bralrle 9. 4,0 0 21 40 | constdorable extent. Reduction in|y2;,-f10, Adlen ULted Sta : [ordinary quality and’ condition, 1.50a. | L\l stead shipments during the blizzard weather in the West is one reason given for increased prices. Dealers say that cheap prices of fresh hams that had prevailed since before the holiday season increased wales, reducing the demand for fresh shoulders. Hams that were sold at 18 and 20 quickly weakene liquidation. Southern and local selling, appeared to be a further e flection of yesterday's crop fores g and bearich interpretation of the cold news from the South J’rices broke quite sharply, ing off to 1591 and Jul 2 to 23 points net lower. boxes, 100 few sales reported to quote: bushel baskets, Pennsylvania, United . 1, Staymans, 2% inches up, the side of advance, characterized the curb exchange today. The features con- tinued to be shares of the specialty 2.00, Peppers—Supplies very few sales reported to quote, | Squash—Supplies very light; demand | light; too ‘abbage—Supplies moderate; de- mand light: market steady; New York, wcked, per cwt., Danish type, 1.00; Texas, barrel crates, approximately 100 pounds net, round type, 3.50. light, market firm; Florida, pepper ew, fancy wrapped, 5.00a5.50. arrots—Supplies light; demand light, market steady; New York, bus One of these was Firestone Tire. At 3 it was almost 10 points above yes- lay's closing quotations. This was part of the general improvement Tor , whis test will be mafde adjoins the Caribbean Petroleum Co.s property. SANTA _¥E RAILROAD.—The Atchison, Topeka & Banta Fe handled | 1,959,634 carlesds of freight in 1927, n 1926, aguinst 2,011,068 ENGINEERE PL JCRERVICE —~ Proft f KEngineers Public Rervice o und subsidiaries for ke yesr end- o4 November 00 rome 1o 36245977 from $5.248,199 the year hefore, CLEPHONY., —Ohto vAll imwue §26,00 which can Telephio payment OHIO BELL I 33eil Telept.une Co, e Ame 68 will be | . & Tele- | s demand | tuken by wraph vores, Co, o S | NORTH AMERICAN CAR CORPO WATION ~North American Car Cor- | Awith SWIWh p1a MINING HBTOCKS M debirtg. . ES 1 Am A e vrow . 1010 bro'w ¥ Atiorian 1ie 00y North ) 2 4 s Gory lovd'd 120 1 pusaeiort 4 140 or Miaich 40 ‘e ] AL G fGeriman gollpre, por chu A" - {'1“;""‘.;" K1) nfd W, )0 i G 'Kfln'. 'ri ‘Vll.‘lun\tv o 2800 ponko el uti Fiinar fan Wathon W " resdner Hank .. Gt & o A Deutache fun 4300 GWail & Bund Darmataedier i 60 1WA 8 i foyden hem 1400 AW b K% v ornr Tank Viepia' @00 70 Y00 3 Wheelinu el 5r i ' Tluva T w Austrl A K G (Gen Plory L 100 DIVIDENDS, i $1.00 Down Fiber Chair . Regularly $4.00 $4.85 overlook this great value! Long Bufler, Extensi able, closed Qil 97 s rf’j 70 IVERS THIS SUITE $5.90 $1.00 Down Armechair. Reautifully finished in walnut with tenuine leather seats. Regularly $129.00. $1.00 Down which was manifest in the rubber and : 6 t el baskets, washed, 1.20a1.25; Florida, | (e appeated to te atime oiplbsen p Yite shates on. the stock exchange. % % cents lnst " weck wore, auoted this | 00, L iivn modorate demand | peper eritos, Ioots, & | Ink appenred t be stimulated to some listed stocks. The recent favorable divident action % D 15, nloineitecar 18 narket about steady; California, | Beets—Supplics light: demand light, | 9 was cause for belief that in any fur- i e . c 6.5005.75; New York, % crates, | market ateadv: Texas, Western lott e Rt ol SOVIET OIL OUTPUT. T L I R % o8 e Poultry dealers have about cleaned |% crates, 3 Torida, .peDDer | likely to prove. . benefieial ¢ iy h larger dis! ot 3 1038 it up their surplus holiday stock, it is 4 their influencs on the sury ugh even larger J ices of fowls and chick- = == serts 0il Shares Do Well. ?E i i e v Inoreased, Tho butter and G. W. MATTHEWS DIES. Thee decline was checked by con e oil shares as a group gave the Sl 14 'gx" S vt KoL TS L SEEREDO as 3 PHIIN T0) Taninry 4 U Creorse | the s I AT s v g% 3 : SKIN, 111, Jz .—George |the market was within § o lest account of themselves for some-| 1B Niwwek B 35 3% SHRngEE Hr DL ’ [ demand *“mode W. Matthews, 3 1l superin. | of the lowest at the end time. Standard of fxermrk.\' \:jnsh:lgfi _i Campbetl Waant $e ik o Wholesale Prices Today. tendent of the American Foundation | first hour. savorite. advancing Into mew high| i G"iiR MR a4 Meats, fresh _killed—Beef, 20a25; Co., which is constructing the glant| The volu wround. when it crossed 130. For the dfelam Cor"Amp obis oM eRll veal, 24226 b, 26227; fresh hams, oderate; den er plant here for the Insull in anost g;ifi‘;fi:ri!::e:flmn:m:?mfi ,“u,o,dhp&n ik, 13, 1 22; loins, 22a23; fresh shoulders, 18 fichigan and Ohlo, . dled last night, with 8 a S v A 20 2 20% stiracted most interest. Including pring&Bump 11 ui} 1 80 @among these were Standard of Indi- Sl 0% 8% 0% 9 et N 0 Clul i * 3R by 81 25 Cit S, ¢4 over in large volume at rising prices. Club Aluy Uten. 80 38 38| 3BCl Serv Powsiye of @ a W 4 . all Marx 244 234 2400 1Cl El 05 One block of Contjnental Oil, intoly. Pown g1l o 6 163 ing 4.600 shares, changed hands at 23, aph rote. 3% 3R 0% 2 Gom "Laraboroo® o8 i s - W rts 8 7 G an advance of almost a point. Wheth- OmmonwP npid 104% 104% 103 S N 1005, 10ns, 208 this activity represented repur- oneol Dairs. P 23 ° 287 2305 | 10 Contl GEEGISEA 108 4 080 chasing by those who had sold out for },3;:;1 J_;\-_:;nd .'3% ;3‘, ;'F;;: 1:"113"“0('"9"'& . 07 0745 the purpose of establishing tax losses, onctaulds. 1 un ion ot Gy @ s 'R 10 107 or & genuine demand based upon the Atil 381 364 re favorable outlook for most com- 487 48 i Janies, was a matter of speculation. AR ke e T T Bancltaly Moves Upward. * Bixon. 15.,’“5‘{:’5_‘(: 178 13:" 1 . ; Bancitaly had nnemerum ":l eh:h ’lg‘,}'fin cmém‘ 110 1 119 acwrimie dharp moree, thls sy | MRSwe Sh n o i Iv was due for the moet part to & | 3 Ey " sgn wesnnically strong market position as| 1K §w 33 { ® Tesuit of the recent seling. At 143| IiE PR son ‘ 1t compared with the previous final 13E 13% 134 of_138%. 1iE = e Ex operations as & result of b33 e recent consolidation plans and what £ Fageol 1 % . " I these are likely to mean in the form (2 CU ARAY Sty 8 " O ! of increased earnings in the future iFim Inwec M1 "8 4% % nter N G O 38 1001 1ho5 \were responsible for higher prices for | | 4 Firem Fund Ins.. 125% 128 Ainter B8O E RS 1000 1000 | Gobel common. On the basis of the 8 Rires Tt 0w 200 *R8 2§ foierstate Pw’ o0 0% pak paN Jroposed new financial program: of | 1i Flor Po 7 l..: 1087 1048 108 B Invest Fquity ba 10353 10913 10918 \merican Rolling Mills the common | 3 Ford Mot cy Cai 50 60\ b6y 2iow N LAV X '0a 7 04w 1045 | vas thought to be undervalued at cur. G o Pmars’ A 218 .‘.izs i fHerg acoy,. md pold WY rent prices, and subsequently = 27 8 8 @ Loh| 1 oo l‘;w high ground. 3 % 4n uk B3 n i —_— 1 13 13 8§ Long ‘ ; 20 1: 8% 1% 1 Ma 28 8 &y 11 Mase 12 a 6 Mid WHEAT HAS SETBACK | o ' | 5 2 2 208 7ML Y ON FOREIGN REPORTS| g S Skl R e e 4 3 B84 188% 1684, Narr; Jb L] L A . it V Bed S W ' British Buyers Refusing to Follow| 3§ ign gt gk MR anity Bedroom Suite panish Walnut-Veneer Bedroom Suite ‘20 w14 14 10RO 1 This fine suite is an Dresser, Vanity and 2 2 ! Advances—Weather News [ HE i iy HESLE Lt g Ll Chow. Aursioely [ Mahogany A nexpensive wite Bow.cad Bed, Dresser, - : & 2 20 5No Ind P y igned d inisl of autiful design. Chest and Vanity [ & Steadies Market. 93" bz ozie 1Xo 8 ly constructed of gum- o designed and con- 4 and ¥ ; o S By Ml 0N fol wood, finished in wal structed for many | Tabourette || Stronély constructed of Beautifully finisbed m & Lt LI LI I G O nut and _comprises years of service. Reg- |! gemie walout _veneer Spanish walout with | By the Assoclated Press. {;.,2\".* a3 Ao 1) g par | ju Bow-end Bed, large ularly $125.00. ; over solid gumwood. overlay decoration. Reg- CHICAGO, January 4—With Liver-| 1K°C 8 1B 8y 13,1 APdes XA DELIVERS THIS SUITE d c As pictured, with ularly $169.00. | pool quotations easier and reports 3 LB EP Bile T8 ] { that British buyers were refusing to 1 Kruska 1 4 l}gz 3 &3}5’: et k' : $5 ' No Phone or PAY ONLY $5 DOWN - ey muny flcl" “““‘13 L b B Nal & B sCopa Sute Mail Orders i averaged a o lower ear] 20 Lo z 8 ¢§ K 4 Dispat telling of lack of | % ien W ‘Arins 55 : - 'pmucu;cnhe('or domestic Winter| 3 Lamar ‘,"E,‘ o8 xém} el 3 P however, tended somewhat 10| 35 5 oW, uig‘ 1294 'S Aho WP 35004 e § the market. Opening at ' de- nx.m‘ 4 15 Sn ol ) e 0 “Hao to half cent advance, wheat val- 1§ Mo Gaenain We 180 .,l_':‘i. &, oitis ues here showed a slight -uh-e:uont 1 Xy "Deug #‘" .".‘1* 04 & n'.i k1 o5y reperal setback. Corn, oats and pro- ~Keespt a0t §on i by 03 et . $lsions were easy, corn starting un. B R opaeod_ 7% pral Ghfouthw bl ded H ebanged to % and later sagging all 2Met Stores A e =8 a 09 I a 1 Met Stores B. 6o G 118 ;:.-fl v?";"( 4 xoua 10845 138 ’ est Ut 1239 124 2 8y 1314 WU 6a 54 is o % Miller Bup o1 s o8 20 i:‘ Mok 5 30 % s Wall Street Briefs 3 agfi::i L h e 8! 1 ; ' 10 4 K, i Ak b4 — | CREDIT ALLIANCE CORPORA-| 1Xat ] ivs b | TION —Credit Alliance Corporation ) % 1r 8 b4 i } declared an extra dividend of $1.25 i 182 i a share on the common and class 1 22 Warn 3 ‘ A stocks, payable January 15 to : 1 :v:fi “ = | holders of record January 3. ":hl- ’g " P - is the ninth extra dividend author- s 3 L & ized. "Regular quarterly payments on . | € lVlng . Bird Cage these stocks and the preferred also 1 A : u 25 were declared. v ] i 23 Thres attrective ‘-‘:I:l l:“lcn(cm(l;il:‘-:. ' and Stand TR o i 3 on- h i Y . » SEARE, ROEBUCK.— December ,’”'l"(', ol Gric A 4 30, 48 P rmd ‘llr:::_wi'“c-n‘ 60 Selieliied i stiree. Another remarkable of s 40 Large Settee, Armchair les of $34,485,583 reported by Sears, mitin Morris 4% 158 1% 3 struced for o e fering in living room . and Wing Chair, uphel- sales of 7 P! 3 e ons 2 i bl 5t i comfort. Comprises tive Velour. An ideal . bt s : Hosbuck & Co. & gain of 15 per cent | 7t Piclpont & Nor 28, 23 4 1 e ite G & [ow sowe suites is to be found in stered in good quality ve- over December, 1926, brought the APt foewn e 1 Bt H large and comforteble Rogitart 3 No Ph the one illustrated above. lour. Regularly $139.00. total for 1927 to $292,927,267, against { Pl & ]; o Davenport, Club Chair cgularly $109.00. ks d.:‘d‘ or 272,699,314 in 1926. December sules 1i ail ers were the largest for any month and o 3 ;'9 PAY ONLY $5 DOWN Ly $5 DELIVERS THIS SUITE the 1927 total greatest for any year. 3 ¥ 12 st ) a3 AMERICAN GAS & ELECTRIC—~ 16 Stockholders of American Gos é& % b | 4 Fiectric Co. will be esked at the an- | 3 H ] nual meeting February 21, to approve P i 1 mn increase in authorized common i " 1 e stock from 2,250,000 shares to 4,000, | 3} ¢ 1% i ; 900 shares no par. g i@ fi 8 s i CONTINENTAL MOTORS. — Net 4 0 51 o 0N : profit of Continental Motors for the i ?,,:“ P ] ;" w7 wear ended October 1 dropped to 3% 98 ig use gy ke 18 10 JR& 31248531 from $2,026,327 the year % . g’“fl' ".fi”’ e it iR vetore 25 23 fin A8 wh 040 DA fey e azy o ni Bt W 6140 A 0 e By J'S’[’.'Afill:\" ?l!,“o}?]eo,‘,?‘;o‘y;‘:nl < b h,n". _;‘.;r’i A% | okxaiens, e o D01 DOy moid privately ./ o g‘ v . res tock at $15 a share. Ya dew i, - Yol offering il be- moade. The 4. 4| CERMAN BONDS AND sTOCKS tock was increased by 800, * 38 | By Bpee d % snares on SDRCRIIN - ".u'E" bk "NEW 'y‘.fif(fi" ey | Golden Oak Bridge s« v 2| NE , Junuary 4, PANTEPEC Gl CO—~Drilling will Oy = | . Mty ‘ e bein early in February on tie prop. i;’,*- ;;“2 :_"t’.‘,‘,"fi,"}‘;"_n'ig[w‘lm_ %‘u oy “n':‘;l" | China Cabinet Lamp and . = Whil L“'Sl‘pd“"d Closing Ok Sety SSutls of the Mens Orands ¥ie b IEh% | Mhugs hed L withous draw b | Regularly $27 5 3 10 P D H wade g o7 emapiin, el Sotatly by, Ure i I e el o | | ghe Shade -Plece Dining ite : All Chifforobes Sente 04l Co., Union Oil of Cali- ELL P 1t dollnra por ‘million marke. ) N N f “w: ke tarle 8775 <M o AL S fornte ang the Calitornin Petrolsum “,; , 11.‘.*:,,,';," i Dm0 18 00 . Regularly $6.95 | Ot prime impor- paneled China Cabic | Regularly $7.73 & W%, “The 84U0acre tract on which 9% a:,,m G B8 1910 e ) tance, you should not net, § Side Chairs and 3 0/0 Off A rh o war / t 4 2 77 " 30y i L] A poration has increased s Geiveston | Yoy srorage capseity by 500,000 bar-| yels through s leasing 6rrangement with Plerce Petrolsum Co. for steel | morage st Texss City, including 10| 6 400Amrrel tanks i whip wide. This | brings total storage capacity of North an on the gulf to 1,600,000 rreis, BTOCK BTAMP BALEHE — Decenber wolew of New York itaje wtock tra Tur thx wanmps rose 10 §1,920,300 from 502,778 {n November PULLMAN €4 | of the Fulmen Co. for the firse 11| wonths of 1927 rose o $10,298,796 | fron $9519.677 in the corresponding | Operating neome | 7926 periad. November operaiiig n some wes 851,145, in contiust 1o 6| febelt of §75,555 & year uko SHEET BOOKINGS HEAVY. NEW YORK, Janusry 4 (A) - De cerber boukings of sieel heets 0 tie Vittaburgh lwtilet were hesvy, In-| Acpendent producern now have orders aggregs'ing 126,000 1o 760,000 tons, enough hwld profuction st B6 1o U per cent uf capacity fur sums time aply 1o 2RI N Cap u&" nin ,u;,"‘ ng." I"?'M'Alum';w..'lg Iq g 0 n .mzu' ,Ié" Kt 1 SR R 1 g Ota ) s Maraclbo 0§ . ilé i o Wi Ay O 0 it Sy ity _serv 'w By ; 104, kg e o 1bh b 10618 2 - ::fi oo Ui ‘lrn,, '4” fé'z 1 Inwicopt'l Pet 1 1 ) ?&""’m"t i alf s zi »Ir‘f any Bata. it " m-!; & et 3700 Q Vb, b 78 & Mar. m’ € A7 aikey b ) g i § 3 rwi & pr. p | adiabor ot 'l y wu}.. e BANK CLEARINGS AT PEAK. NEW YORK, January 4 ). —¥or the mecond tie In . week, bank clourings today establishiod & new s vecord of §8,148,000,000. The e Vious high mark waw §2,158,000,000 on the lawt day of 1047 and the low for that vear was §ER000900 on August $%.98 No Phone or Mail Orders and Regularly $7,00 $3.90 | No Phone or __Mail Orders | ) stal Crib Regulwly $12.50 $7.85 Heater | An Comprises w large Davenport that easily of into a double bed, com Springs | =Piece Long weeptional value. Bed- nons fort AT 7th and H Velo S ur Bed-Da '105 $5 DELIVERS THIS 85 venport Suite able Clud Chair and com- tortablo Rocker. Covered m wtteactive velour over cuil SUITE FURNITURE treets Coal Heater $6.90 $1.00 Down Wicker ! Fern Stand Regularly $189.00 Fine Tufted Mattress Regulariy S350 .89 CO. N.W, | f | B | c