Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1928, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1928. EGGS ARE HIGHER (PRICE WAR DENIED IN CENTER MARKET| IN AUTO INDUSTRY 'SHARES RECOVER ON GURB MARKET NEW YORK CURB MARKET . Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office 2500 Humble 00 Tmp O 200 Inter P Following is the list of stock bonds traded in on the Ne Curb Market today. INDUSTRIALS i hundreds, High, N Y Tr Sales Penn M Low, Campbell Wyant. and Can- & non Foundry Are Fea- §& tures of Trading. BY WILLIAM F. HE 8pecial Dispateh to The Sta NEW YORK, January §.—The Curb by et recovered today from yester- days wave of selling. This develop ment today was a_repetition of what has transpired following each tem- | porary reaction brought about during the pas months by new hish records for brokers loans. It em- phasized clearly the fact that specula- | tive Wall Street is little concerned | over mew peak records for brokers loans. The renewal rate on call Joans a was r ed, this time to 4 per cent, which compared with 31s at the outset of the yen hat funds were flowing back 13 Wall Street for employment | was all that the speculative element rned with, and ons accordingly NAN. Campbell Wyant Feature. | One of the outstanding features in the Curb trading was the heavy turn- | over at new hich pr Camj non Foundry vhich placed U Z1.285.000 after all cquivalent of $5.90 a 4% shares of 1o par s in months of 1 we and more than o one. n Rolling Mills was another #peci f Nof its rise from low of 193 its current high price acros demand was pr . had to do with the rec: plan where the new $23.000,000 per cent debentures will provide funds necessary for retirement of the 7 per cent preferred stock and 6 per cent sinking fund notes now outstand- ing. Gobel Bid Up Sharply. Gobel common was bid up sharply following announcement of the plan- ned redemption February 10 of the en- tire outstanding 7 y cent preferred at $115 a share and accrued dividend. This stock is convertible at any time hree issues of common, the con- rtible expiring February 1. Durant Motor was active advancing more an a point. Announcement of price schedules for its new Star models disclosed that they corresponded closely with those of the new Ford and this probably was responsible for the activity. Middle West U es held the place of promi- nence among the utility issues, reach- ing a new top. NATIONAL BELLAS HESS. NEW YORK, January 6 (#).—Net cash receipts of National Bellas Hes: Co. for 1927 were §$34977,032, agains 54,829,335 in 1926, a decrease of 17.9 per cent. HUDSON DIVIDEND. NEW YORK, January 6 (®).—Hud- #on Motor Car Co. declared the regu- lar quarterly dividend of $1.25 a share, payable April 2. Washington Stock Exchange | Sales. Washington Rwy. genl 65—$500 at| 1035%. Potomac Electric 518 pfd.—2 at 10814, Washington Rwy. & Elec. pfd.—2 at 161%, 10 at 310115, 1 at 1013,. District National Bank—35 at 2463, After Call. Potomac Electric 5%s pfd.—10 at 108, 3 at 108. Washington Gas 6s “A"—$200 at 106, $500 at 106, $500 at 106, Mergenthaler Linotype— 10 at %, Potomac Electric 6s 10834, $1.000 at 1081, & Invest. pfd.—50 at 9 at 107%, i 4. 1953—8$5,000 at = 6 B—$300 at 10715, “all Joans, 5 and 6 per cent Bid and Asked Prices. BONDS. VUBLIC UTILITY | American Americon T Am T e Anacon Ans & Pot x &P Toe STOCKS. KLIC UTILITY ot Wash 713 COMPANIKS vust Lo o144 9 Acetol Prod A.. 30 1Acro Sup Mz A 14 1n A South pid 163 DAM P Rar A vid } Alles Fishor Alam Co m...001 Alum Co n i d¢ Am . Am 1 Am Am 3 Am 2 Am NAm Am Nat Gas.. . Am Ravon Prod. Am Rolling XR Am i Am Superpew R Am 1 pfd 5 Aseo Gas § Ath T & N F A AQ Frnt . an Plywood 115314 26 AN Haly Corp. eaverdd A i 1 Bels Rwy ‘i R Alim en Mach. 0 Miz Am Tob can av D Strs 1 pt kw Mot n R R 3 o nCin Irnation Mik. Piow In_Co an Cor Am n an € Am 1 pf Ca 0 Agwirre Sz ent Da P A pid Graph rots 10l G Ralt 10 vie o d bl A war. Welt Cor A < E S AL 2 Grand Stores. . . 1 Happiness € St 3, Hart Sch & M } Hellman ~ wa Hibbard olland 1 Huylers = Hygrade 11 Ind Ray Furnace Food . Cor A N A 13 Intern 1% Intern . iy Intern Util pfd. . 3B Johns-Manv n. 4 Kroger G & B 8K G & B Cn 2 Lackawan See n Land H C A stpd #1 Realty pld 9814 1203 140 5 Tah MeX & L on 15 b Owens & G112 3 Long Isi Lt ofd1 Wire Lon. . aM 5 1y Maryl Casualts A Mavis Corp 4 Mavis Bottil 2 McCall Corp n.. T Mercantile 8t C. . iron, in Stre Midi St Prod. . Mid West Tl Mid W Ul otd awk Hud Pow Mohawk Val n.. 1 Moneanto Chem t El Pow A.. SPCA s wi 1 Nor Sta P C pfd. 1Pac € Bise pla. 0P G & 3 Pac 2 Palmolive €0 S Penney A. ... Phija Dairy o pid % Phiiip Morris .. 1 Priiip Morme A TPug S P& 1 Rich Rad 4 Rich Rad o s Sateway b <eitw 1 Seifr Proy Stores. 64 Nerv Kl Corg Sery Finow Seev E1 1 v Snartler Pen Gel vie rra Pac E ta sierra Pac E ld Son Cal B B pld P &L u P& Ly Paf o hnig 1 Wew & Sn Bia i W Wi G 3 Younget S&T pf1i) is dn. MINING NTOCKS Anglo Ot € N Cann Cop Mines o Golafd M fden Crnter M Con OiNde 1L A S1TE8 [ e (2 e AND WIOCKS T Ly i1y Vs 2 e S & = e3z-nn F=S2ESY » EE FF | ! 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D o0 A P Whure S 1 In MR K 1 Ixarco Hy Fieo B Mar bk Hocata 14 Mor Bl i B Mor B Dennk #a 100 1 Bonaes X i Medellii Ka 101 HEAl,n A £ 2 R Grande 2 Sax 8§ M1 30 S 7u B S8y 2 &in W 10 8wl ¢ 1 Tyion 12 U BL Ser i Vienna fin SEx dividena b SHORT-TERM SECURITIES, (Reported by J, & W. Seligmun & remN| Allie Chalmers Bs At ool Anyer A 1 & el G A A A Ot 107 A Ohin 4 stavinn 1ot Californiaf [ Nor. 1ty 1000 Canadian LA O Hwy Ml & N A Wit e 1 Rwy i Mat Co Tona T ) 105 1004 1o Orexon ' Sinclair 1 Bt P BUE O af N Sul O of N LU T wailt & Cy Catn O of Cl b Poian Pac RR G0 0 I w10 s ey e pen 1tk LOMR T 1an 1N DIVIDENDS, i Rate, v Wiy oo o Am M i . Fiaia it Iy o ‘e 3 o T Balt Aw Fie due i ,‘ Faw ot o Cigws i Hagimdan Nai Wi 14'..[3‘. i A i ";: Al N . i ot e Mach tay Wion A on Mo Ma 10y Atigeles 10 ) 1 eold we | vec > | packed in 2 | % -bushel Marine Products in Demand. Requests for Turkeys Is Not Heavy. Marina products were in demand iy this morning for the Friday din trade, and dealers at Municipal Market were able to supply de They did not have the usual iety of fish, however, because of recent cold weather, but the variety was suflicient to satisfy demands. Incre: A price of eggs has resulted from W receipts, possibly due to ther, but dealers think prices will not hold up very long. Current ipts this morning were quoted at 44 and 45 conts, fresh lected stock at 37 and 48, and hennery at 48 and 50 ents, Der ner and for tur not heen very heavy since the el of the holi- day on, and there was so much atock left over from the holiday m: I ket that shippers have not sent large quantitics of them this week. continued firm condition of the Lbutter market was reported today, and meat continued at about prices quoted [ the past two days. Wholesale Prices Today. fresh killed—Beef, lab, 26a27; fresh hams, shoulders, 18] | smaked smoked shoul rs, 160 strip ba ard, 1212a calves, alive, 16 13, Hutter—One-pound prints, 12 store packed, 31 ! Presic selected ANahe; current dlive Turkeys 200 17448 hen 44045 towls, receipts, A4 | v laisi | Dre Spring ehick capons, fa ueks, 4 nit and ¥ market fes, compil viee Buri onomics, say Supplies modera market steady; ¢ sales, | Yorks, report Today's < 1 by modes Pennsyly . fe inches up; tv and condition, X.00a8.50; | fled Stavmans, 2% ineh prices, 5.00a7.50; n, medium to large size extra vy Delicious, 4.004.: Romes, 3.00a3.25 bushel skets, No. 1 aymans inches. abba W light Pennsylvania, 2% inches up, Supplies moderate; | market steady; | York, sac per hundredweight Danish type. 1.00: Texas, barrell approximately 100 pounds, round type, 3.50 Celery—Supplies moderate: demand moderate firm: New York, ! 275: California, crates | mostly around 6.00° few fancy highe Lettue plies of eastern st light: demand moderate, market firy for good stock: Florida, 1 hampers, hig Boston type, poorer, low as 2.01 Onions—Supplies mode mand moderate, market st igan and Ohio, 100-pound lows, 1 1, medium size, 25002 satoes—Supplies moderate: and_moderate, market firm; Mic 30-pound sacks, Russet Rurnls, 1, 3.40a2.60, mostly around ypound sac cen 1,2 upplies light; demand rket unsettied; prices Texas, bushel baskets, few higher, ato Market Dull, smatoes—Supplies lim demand ht, market dull: unknown origin, re ew York City, 3« ripe 50: choie , originals, 6s Spinach- moderate, alightly higl Savoy typs | wrapped count | ripes ity and condition, cholee count, 3.00 potatoes — Supplies moderate; n 7 market slightly : North ( r-top bar- , Porto Ricans Ga3.00. ring beans— Supplies very light; nd good, market strong; Klori npers, green, wide rang 50: hest mostly 7.0047.50, Supplies very light steady; 1 pepper 3.00; mostly around 1 turning, wr fancy count, 4.00, s, 6.0 ppers t. market | crates, fancy, SEEplant—Suppl very light; W sales reported to quot | Squwh and cucumbers on man ke Carrots too No supplies applies moderate: demand moderate, market steady; New York, | bushel baskets, washed, '1.20; sncked rough, 150 hundredweight; Californin Wentern letiue a50: Texns bushel baskets, bunc 50, Western lettuce, erates 3.5 Heets— Supplies moderate; demand | light, market steady; Texas, Western | Iettuce cratex, 8.2543'60, | Caulitower— Supplies light; demana rhet steady California, crates | E 3, mostly 2375 | | Rate Mataniy 3 b o ,. 1l m | GERMAN BONDS AND STOCKS. By Snecind | « Wire (o Tha § o o Star K, Juanuary 6 it Vo Asked LM aKo0 G200 o0 4100 warks 1 i} n o0 a0 ) e Lo Lo 5 1A o wion 140 i 0 Vare ) 10t Gt W WK e Bk Gollehatt Wiainlcin w44 e 1 [ Wl Wik ¥ WoGenan | Y AR O (Gen Blach TREASURY CERTIFICATES, ) AW (R R by Sl & o ) " Mich- | pped, fair qual- | demand | | FEDERAL LAND BANK BONDS. | o kraty New York Show Starts Race of Makers to Get Their Share of Trade. BY J. C. ROY| Dispatch to The Star. V' YORK, January 6.-—The greatest volume of sales any automo- bile exhibition ever saw is predicted for the show which will open at Grand Central Palace here Saturday after- noon, There is ample evidence that public inter to white heat, and for gathered pre pared to handle argest number of prospects who ever attended a mo- tor car exhibition. In addition, the FFord Motor Car Co. is having its own private exhibit, since that concern never occupies exhibit space at the regular show, Naturally, the keenest interest cen- ters in the display of cars in the Jow and medium price field. This has been spurred by the keenest kind of com- petition, by the introduction of the new Chevrolet line, the display of new maodels by Studebs Hudson, Essex, Chrysler, Hupp, h, Willys-Over- iand other manufacturers, the ballvhoo for the debut of the new ix promoted by the huge radio nd broadeasting of star per- E. widg v by scores of makers and the ‘rtainty as to what part the new IFord will play in the motor produc- tion and sales fields, Price Cuts in Several Lines. These fuctors have been supple mentad by price cuts in several Jeast ing lines, “There is no price w said a well known executiy of a ading cor- poration today. “The New Year marks the final passage of the automobile 1s a luxur and its entry into the class of necegsities. Immense produc- tion and reasonable profits are the r of the d: it is noticeabla that exceutive and salesman s ng his rivals like a hawk. yhody is a prospect and no pros- pect is going to be allowed to escape without a desperate struggle. Few de- sire to escape, for the two-car fdea | seems © taken firm hold on those who already own one car, “There are comparatively few me- chanical inno in _the models pre 1 for the show. Most of the changes are in the nature of refine- ments. Iixtreme stress has been placed on the eye appeal and lines and colors have been used with the most artistic touch, in an effort to the public that it need not Kk the large-car class or the high- er-priced ranges in order to acquire vehicles with beauty as well as re- liability of performance. xtensive Advertising. Efforts of the galesmen are heing supplemented by the most extensive xind of advertising. Al the trade and | many other businesses as well are watching eagerly for the results {rom the combination campaign of Dodge Brothers, in announcing their new models by means of a radio hook-up combined with full page newspaper wdvertising in every section of the countr is received today,” =aid the| | representative of Dodge Brothers who | handled this campaign, “indicate a wida interest among industrial |-.|dN"!| {in this new technique of merchandis- | ing. The super-salesman, the radio | and the advertisements | made a simultaneous | wppeal to a large volume of the pros. | ve buyers. | this fs a techrique which | | in point of time and| | lesmen’s time in over. | | coming the initial inertia of so many | | people ma the expenditure for a ampaien of this kind comparatively | economical, | Radio and Newspapers. | “Speaking for the Dodge Co, ft! ittributes the success of the eampalgn | to the co-ordination of the two factors, the radio and the daily news With the new models “on the line,” the companies have already started | | recalling emploves and speeding up | production, Three Ford factori | have 85390 men at work. Chevrolet plans to turn ont 50,000 cars this month and later increase the produc- { tion to a_rate of 1,500,000 a=¥ear, The | Hudson-Essex Co. plans to bring pro- tion close to 1,000,000 this year. tional price cuts in the lower-priced fields ave still anticipated 'WHEAT PRICE STEADY ON LIVERPOOL NEWS No Indication of More Arrivals of Corn Cause of Strength in That Market. | pec “Clearly | | | Ry the Associated Press CHICAGO, January 6 With pool wheat wations showing parative firmness and with Honn of increased iwice the early d Liver com no indica of corn here today in Alings Liverpool reported but lttle pressure of wheat offerings from Canada or Argenting, Wheat PNtarted at 'y dechine to 'y sdvance. wagged momewhat and later seored AUENC general galos, Corn, onts and provisions developed strangth, corn Ing unchan, o 'y off and K A trifle e, but then rising a arrivis stendied RUBBER IS STEADY. 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