Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1929, Page 10

FINANCIA BONDS ARE ACTIVE. | OND. . EXCHANGE Booker Elected to Paper Di- rectorate—Fifth District Building Gains. BY EDWARD C. STONE. Bonds shared honors with stocks in quite active trading on the Washing- ton Stock Exchange today. The first bond sale Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone 5s at par. The next transaction was & $5,000 turn- ‘over in Potomac . ington ‘G‘ Electric Consoli~ dated 5s at 102. way & came out at 90 in a $2,000 turnover and small denom- inations in Wash- Gas 6s, serfes A, sold at 103% Series B bonds_sold at 105. The opening stock sale Wufl:n erican Secu g“‘l‘r\ut bank shares at 470. Mergen- thalér Linotype led in volume of trad- ing, the stock opening at 1041, sell- ing at 104%, at 104" and closing at 104%s. The day's sales totaled 80 smns Columbia Sand & Gravel pre- ferred opened at 9415 -and-closed at 94. Merchants Transfer & rue pre- erred regls! 109. 2 'fi::.flc Power 5% per-cent Potomac preferred opened at 10812 on & 45-share turnover, ‘while the corporation’s 6 per cent issue changed hands at-112%. Thirty -shares of Railway: & preferred , sold .at 99%.' One sale of | Lanston was made at 131} and .140 ! shares of National M e. & Invest- | ment preferred came out: at 5%. Booker Jeoins D.C. Paper m;: : ‘Booker of the investment bank- Ixuynfm of that ' name, was elected & | director . in the "District ‘of 'Columbia Paper Manufacturing Co. at the annual meeting held this-noon in Alexandria, the local firm operating under & Vir- ‘harter. .“"I%ecdkecwu re—elecwd by the stock- tholders inctuded Rol ‘Weaver, William M. Weaver, R G - Hoskinson, L. Nicholson and D. A. Smith. The w’mmceclntlewd-yslorof- dent G. L. Nicholson re] to th:ml stogkholders that the mmpnw'fdm ,enjoyed a Tavorable year. The_volume was patticuler] - t ha Mt beer though prices for paper have iof as high as in some yedYs past. 5 ml{flfi stock Wm the. Wi Stoek . m‘-, l.u’l recorded nle heing at 88.: of ‘the Washing- Qflnowflr:p!ma‘ muv!nuuco inDecember amounted o $4%596.51, against :$47- -m 62, an increase of zl um, accord- the report g rt. flell ‘todey with the e Dae Totated. 45,635 95, Rebertson Griswold. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Open. Migh. Low. Close. Abitibi Power... 49% 61 49% 60 Apitibl Popfi@) 84l B4 84k 84% | Abrahma&Straus 142 142 140 140 Ab&Strauspf 7. 110% 110% 110% 110% Adams Exp(6).. 408 4f4% 408 408" Adams Millis(3) 384% 34% 34 34 Adv Rumley.... ‘50 m 50 &0 Ahumada Lead.., 4 3% 4 Alr Redctn (18). 112% 118 109% 109% Ajax Rubber. 10% 1 10% 10%, Alaska Junes. .. Albany Papri2), Alb&Susq(f11).. 216 216 216 216 Allted Chiem.... 276 278 275 278 ' Allis-Chalm(7). 177% 180 177% 180 3% 3% 1 10 was a $1,000 transfer “in|As {-Am Bank N(t3). 1 \25 Am Beet Sugar. Am Beet Sug p?. no Am Bos¢hii.... Am Br Sh(J1.40) 47'4 Am Brown Bov.. 19 AmBrownBopf 69 70 68 AmCan (t4).... 114% 114% 111% 111% AmCar&Fdy(6), 99% 100% 98% 98% AmC&Fpf(7). 118 118 118 118 Am Chaln pf7). 72% 74 7% T4 AmChicle (2)... 56 56% b54% bd% Am Drug (60c). 9% "10 Am Encau T(4). 87 87 Am Express(6). 293 Am & For Pow.. 83% Am&ForP2d7.. 98y Am Home Pr(3). 33 AmIce (12%4)... 40 Am lcept(6).... 93% Am laternatl(2) 143% Am Internat(n). 72% Am LaFr&Foam 7% Am LaFrancept 67 Am Locomot 93% 981 98% 143% 141% 141% % T % 67 61 67 % 1124 1105 111% 188% 183 Am P& L (11) AmP&Lpt sta #1% AmPo&LL pfis)} 101% Am Radiator(5) 208% Am RyExc8)... llZ‘n Am Republie Am S&L Rax(13). 707 Am Seating(3).. 4% Am Ship & Com. .4 Am Sm&Ref(4). 115% Am Snuff(12)... 204% Am Stl Fdys(3), 7% Am St By pf(7). 112% Am SugaT..i... 94% Am Sugar pf(7). los Am Sumatra(3). 57 Am Tel & Tel(9) 221 Am Tobacco(8).. 1825 Am-Tobac B(3).. 182 Am Toh pr(8). .. 120% Am TypeFo(8).. 146% AmWW&EI(cl). 83. AmWWist pf6) 102% Am Woolen.i.v. 28% Am Woolen pfs. - 51% Am WritPactfs 14 Am. wm Pa'6pt 42% Am Zin 101% 101% 101% 2087% 20874 204% 142% 1376 1371 565 564 56% 7m 04 TR 34% 34% 3a7 4. 4o o4 117 115 116% 204%. 204 3% 8% 112% 112% Armour Del pf Armour I (A) Armour IlI(B) Arnold Con & Co am 2 bUs | Atchison pee).. 103% 1084 eS| A ¢y 4.82, vement - eom'en Jl")eumbbr. n‘:"l?ot $1,150.09. mnmcmmncnu. : New construction in the cities of mmmmcm-m. b | ; o | Buff than a year ago, whereas gold reserves \are lower. . “There is yet little indication that gold stocks will be lently. increased by ! ,000, $1.500,000 over. the. preceding. year. President - Montgomery reports - that nmu oW well .over $28.000,000. ‘The company has reserves of $26.000,- 1000, with an additional surplus of $1- /500.000. . During the um 100 was ir benefleia: J.. Harry Cunningham, vice president; J.: Claude Keiper, treasurer; J. P, Yort, :'e‘nmun :M actuary; Ohnlum B.'Ilm assistan treasyrer, and.Dr. Jol ._Nichals, medled Dtrectnfl of Amh. in ‘Whose number the officers are included, azte s follows: T. Jeff Adams, W. L. Andrews. Harry Blake, Charles Cyrus Coombs, Willlam K. Cowden. Paul B. Cromélin, L. Whit~ ing Estes. Edwin C. Graham, James Hoyle. Thomas E. Jarrell, Arthur Marks, - John T. Meany, 8 Milans, :Charles F. Rust, ]t T bk Ttinkle snd Pflnch D W!nnnn. ‘N.'& W.'Earns s:x.y‘rx,s»_n. % Norfolk & Western Rail $21.24 & share on- 1,402, =hares in 1928, I(lhul"'.}’-” a shtre e preloniry rebort tmvnrmun o Raflway Co. for the year ber 31, 1928, shows net.inc 237471 atter taxes and cl 2lent - after ‘allowing formnd re. | Go q;n;emmu o 21: 550 mu: ('?;:}:0 of 8 per cent preferred 3 a -hlre earned cn !12 1!5“3:;"” of com- on stack. compares: with $5,- ms 561, or ‘1351 & share, in 1937, " | Col G&E prA(E) . g | Col Carpon 143+ (110) 176 AtLGuIt & WE. 37% thantic Refll). : ). 68, 4). xom AusglasNichol Auto Sales.:.... Auto Bales pf(3) uu Balto & O(8).. Balto& O pted). 78 Bambgr pf(6}%). 110 Bang & Ar(3%). 67 Banko? Com 120 900 Backer DL(6%). noll N R pr(") Best&Co(3)... 874 Bethlehm Sti(4). 84% Beth Steel pf(7) 122% 122)- Bioomingdale. . 52 Bon Ami A(4). Booth Fisherfe: 8% amn Milk(s). 196 07" tany Milis (A 13 407 12 13% 8% | Har & Walkr(2) 3% | Haw Pie (1.80) . Brunswick Ter.. Bucyrus(1) .... Bucyrus ev(2i ul’fln., Burns Bush Terimca2) Kflfi 34- % 97. 1%, R 8% 108% 108% 108% 3is 116% 116% 116% 8% 8% ‘8 10% 10i4 10% 10% 35% 3b% 35 35 15!% lS:h l:m 156% . 14% Byer & Copt(7) . ll 114 1124 112% By-Produets(2). 128% 128% 127% 127% lhllt!"nluli..- 75!6 8% 6% 16% 3% % Calu Ariz (6). 1’5% 126% 123 Cal & Hecla(4).. b 123“ Can Dry(t434) Canad Sou¢3). 25 Canon Mills 2.80. 45% 45% % Case Threshg(§) 438’/- 439'/: 410 470 Cavanah Dobb, 34% Celotex Co (3). Butte & lun(n B Buu‘dg' C0.oes 14 } Grt. Wo Sug 2.80. THE~ EVENING STAR. WASHI GTON, Open. High, Low. Close. 8% 6% 5 5 21% 10% b6 11 tafner A 1. Container B $0c. Cont Baking A.. Cont Baking B.. Uflz kpris).. 93 ContlCan (2%4). 64% Cont Insur(6):.. 91% Contl Mot(30¢). 26 2 Corn Prod 3% .. 88% Coty Inc'(2)v..« SA) Crex'Carpet. . Crown Zglrbek 1 28 Crug:ble8tie6), 89 Crucibte pf(7).. 115 CubaCaneSugar. 5 CubaCaneSu pf 174 Cuba Company.., 22i4 -| Cuban Am 811). Cunr~Hnmuu) Cuyamel Fruit., Davison Chem 69% | Debénhms (2.9 Del & Hud(9). Dol L & W17 Dunkill Int Dunhil} (rts). Duplan Silk (2). %1 Du Pont (10)-.. Dupont (new). . Eastmant1$). 2% 705 70% | Ma Hisenlohr&Bro. . Elec PALEDI(T) Elec Stor B (5).. Elk Born.,cvu,. Exh Brantgm(A) End-John(6)t. .. Eng Pub 8(m1). Eng Pu 8 pt(k). ;Eu,uu Bldg(2).. Flirhll!kl (‘o. FoirbanKs(3, FedLight(h1.40) Fed Mot T(80e)., 3% | Fideiity-Phoenx Filene'sSons.... 94 Fllene's pr(§%). 106 Furst NaiSc13). 68 Loew's Inc (3)., Loew's pt(834).. l(ll!i Louls GasA 1. 75, Ludlum 8t1(2). . Ludium S pf 6% . 102 Mac And(12.85). Me Call Corp(4). McCrory AtZ) McCrory B(2) Mcintyre P(1).. McKeespt Tin Pl McKes&Ro 1.60. McKsn pf A 33 Mack Truck:§. Macy Co (c2). Mad 8q Gar 1%. Magma Cop (4). Mallison & Co... Man Elec Suply. Man El m2g(ds) Man Bhirt(2)... Market St prior. Market St pt Marlan O}, Mariin-Roe Marmon Mot(4) Martin-Parry Maytag ('2)4 Maytag pf(3). Maytag 1st pf(6 Melville Sh 1.10. Mengel Co. . . MetroG pf(1.89) Mexican Seah... Miami Cop (3).. | Mid-Cont P(2). . Mid-Cont Perts. Middle State Mid States ctr: Midland pf(112) Miller Rubber... Minn & St Louls. M St P&SSM pf.. Mo Kan & Tex. . Mo K&Tex pf(7) Missouri Pacific MoPacific pf(5). Mohwk Cur 214 Mont Ward 2 Moon Motor... Mother L (40c). Motion Pig Corp Motor Meter A % | Motor Whi (2 Mullins Mfg Munsingwr (3 Murray Corp. Nash Motors(6). Nat Acme (1)... Nat Bellas Hess. Natl Biscuit(17) . | Nat Cash Reg 14 Eisk R 1stpf ev. l'lu!-uhllu 3% rhs Cabl Cable A(d) % 99 974 329&;:‘,1« ). 106 106% 71 68 253 247 11% 11 S 107% 107 Gen =°‘°r§ ®): 0t (New) .’ oy cham rAd(2). Onur Adty) SIE NatDairy (33 Nat Ry Mex 2d. . Nat Supply(18). Nat Surety (5). Nat Teu(d)....o Nevada Cop (2). 4! N Y.Alr 3r43)... N.¥ Central 1 YU&SLS Y & Harim(5) NYNH&Hart(4) NY NH&H pt(7) N Y Ont&Westn NY State-Rys pf NorfolkSou 13% Norf & Wn(110) NorAm bl % stk North Am pf(8). NorAm:Ed pf(7) t% | No Germa Lloyd North Pac(6). Nor Pac.afs(§. Norwatk Tire. .. Ol1 Well'Supply. Omnjbus....... #% | OppenhmCol (4) . teh4)s . Ifl 9251) . 1 Gfldfl.uwnn H( 114% 114% - 135% 132 1024 102% Gre North pe(8). 1098 Gt Nor pfofsis) 107 GtNoOrofs2%. 5% Teene Cqu(l) 11‘5‘ " St H 8 36% B4% 84 44 415, 42 l'lHi 1731‘ l'MK 78% 'IZ 7l 26% 26% 25% b1% b0% bI% Hacknsk WA1%) 25% Hahn Dept Stor. 50% Hahn D Sp2.83%. 111 b4k 25% 33% 62 Helme Geo(11). 112 Herstey Corp... 65 Hershey pf(4).. 81% Homestake(17). 178% Househol(14).. 75% Houston Oit. ;... 87% Howe Sound(4). 68% Hud Man(2i4).. 52% Hud Manpf(5).. 82 Hudson Mot(5). 87% Hupp Met(£2).. 80% nunonc-n(n.. 141% 1nd O &Gas (2). 31% lln::n::a: (1).. 26 ndian Refining. 39% Indign Refgctts 39 Indust 129% Inigersoll-R(16). 137 Infund S(R16%). 874 Inspiration (3).. 47% 66% Hartman A (2) Hartmn B41.20 115% 112 65 65 81% 8% 6% 141% 141% 3% 31 26 . 26 42% 38% 129% 135 8% 46% ?2'& 1 Internat Agri. 7% 17.;: Iut Ag Ch p2(7). as 8 Intl Bus Ma'(5). 166% Int Comentt(4)..” 91% Int Com Bng(2). 834 1nt Comb pl(1). 112% Int Harv.(2%).. 109% Int B-rvolfl) o 144 19| lut Mech pe 3. Certain-td pr(7) Cort® (4. .. .00 Chamdjer-Clev. . CuandlersCl pt. . Ches & Ohito(10) 2 2 10 zlfl 217 2“% 255% 84% lfl% 145 13% 14 2% 200 2% % 60 . 60 2% 2% 2% 59 375 58 cm Gt Wut Pl &StP.. CM lfl‘l~4 StPpt Chi & Nwn (#):. ChY Prieu 'nmv. ChiPT 3ty P GHI KIBPAc(6) . . 136 55% 136 134 us;- i l,erPl'f(‘). 101% 100% 101% 1013 in A 48! 6% 90% 89 m« um llfl)i m zs 26 ;cu zm 4 4 4 4. 68 68% @8 171% 172% L [ gl ol T ron. Tl 8% Thi Ta% Col & Southn(3) 113 113 113 Col Sou 1st(4).. 78% 784 784 18% Col Gus & ENS). 149% 149% 14T% 147% Col Gas&El new. 61 City Stores(rts) . Columbia Graph Com Cred(1). ... Com Creait(rts) . Coin Ci hcpf 14 Com ThV’Tr Coln 1nv (wa commen | Com In"TE pt 814 Com InNTrpt(1y Com Solvnty(8). Conde arci 5 "~ | Con, Nair - | Cong Cara h).. 97 104 285 - 246% 235 - 289% 122% 127% 1m 126% nsol Cgra (7). 'DL(8%) Confl[mptl!)‘ 27% Censol.Gas (3).. 117 ConsolGaspt (5) ConRRCuba ptf § W o o 1175 1(5k 11 6T% 68% 67% 684 o Kinney. vt(l ). 5 Kolu‘!r 99% 99% 99% Lima Loco! Int Mer Marine.. Int Mer Marpf.. Int Nickl'of Can, Int Papr & Po B. Int Papr &Po C. Int Pip &PwTts, Int Pa&Po pra) Int Prig Ink 2%. Int Rys Cen Am. Int BysCA cf: Intl Salt(s). Int'Silver. 8% | Int Tel & Interstatée D 8 8204 84% InicDapBat i, 133 109, ind de % 3% Tolang Craakthr: 8% Stn o Jolins fllnv(‘). 283 233" 228% .Yolml‘,llfl P(T) 120 120 Jorgan'Motor... 13% md Solth.. 93 nflu.. Cg% Kseanecott (8). .. lsou 155'/. ua% Kingtey (G R)..o 51 9% 95% l%). xm sw 8614 110% 110% 4% 41 114% 114 vbunr t Tolk, . Kroger/Gro(el). 114% i34 1i0s 4% 6% Lig & Myrs B 15 in«lly;f.(‘”.,. 136% mive, 48% Liquid Car (4362, 106% 484 48% 484 108% 105% 105% : '[f 36% 1St G & B ptie). Qrpheum pf(8). Qtis Steel...... Otfs Stl pr pf(7) Owens Bot (¢4). Pacific Gas(2).. Pac Lightg (3).. Pacific Mills. ... Pac Oll Stubs... ‘el & Tel(7) Packard Mot(3). Pan-Am Pstrolm Pan-Amer Pet B. Panhandle. . Panhandle pf. Paramount-F-L Purk & Til(33).. Patino M2.93).. Peerless Motor.. Pepn,C&Cok Pa Dix Ct pf(7). Phillips P ll“). 69% | Phoenix Hoslery Pierce-Arrow... Pierce OIl. . Plerce OHi pf.... Pierce Petrolm. . Pllsbury (1.60).. Pirelit of Italy. . Pits Coal. , Por RicoToA (7). PortoRicoTobB. Postal T&C pt 7. Postum(3)..... Prairie O11&Gas. Prairife Pipe L... Préssed Stl Car. Pr St Car pf(7). Produ & Refinrs. Pubic SerNJ (2). Pub S NJ pf(7). Pub SE&G pf(6) Pullman Co(4).. Purity Bak(3), Radte Corp. Radio (new) Rldln-KQlth(A)- RS8Cefs(4).. t 3 ll'a"/:dl?‘a 10% RichHeld O11(2 Rio Grande O1 Rossia Ins t6% . Royal Bak P(1). H.gynl D(as.222). Rutland pf...... Alr L of. Sesgrave(el.20), Bgr‘l—m!lfl%l jeca Copper Snu k tl). Shell Un(1.40) Shubert The Simmona Co(3) . SimmsPet(1.60) sxycmrou.“ “ Skelly Ol1¢ Sh 41% | Snidér Packs. co South R! Dl(l). ofs 4 kchl)fnl.. Mrg. s-uw(:o @.. :llllud Com 3';1). tAG&E(3%). g& Btd Milling (I) 135 Std Millipg(rte). 19 Open. 6% ligh. Low. Ol-l- 7T 6% 109% mgv. lfiflt 43 7% 106 D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 28 wrzzvore | STOCKS IRREGULAR Received Direct to Open. Std Millg pf(6). 128 Std O of Cal(13) 67% StdOIINJ(t1%). b2 StdO!INY(1.60). 42% Std Plate Glas: 6% 61% Std San M(1.68). Staniey C 2 Stewart-War(§) 103‘/' (3).. 58% 9% Studebaker(5).. 124% 3 High. Low. Close. 128 128 128 67% 6614 68% 50% A &% 7 Studebak pf(7). Sweet of Am( Telautogrph(1). Tenn Copper(1). Texas Corpn(3). Tex Cor50% pd. 39% TexasGulfSul(4) 78% Texas & Pac(5). 166 T&P C&O(b2% ). 16%. Tex Ld Trinew) 21% Thatcher Mfg 21 20% 18% 61l Thompson(rts’ Tidewater AsOil TIAWASOIIpf($) 88% TidewatrO(80c) 33% Timken Roll B.. 79% Tobagc Prod (8). 97% Tobac Prod A(7) 108! Tob Prod cfs(A) 17% Transcont Oll... 10% Trico Prod(2%) 43% Truax Trar 1.60. 29 Truscon St11.20. 53 Twin City RapT. 53% Undwd-EI F (4) 108% Udwd-EIl F pf(7) 125 Un Bag & Paper. 36% Union Carb(6).. 219 Union O11 trts).. Union Pac(10).. 2! Un FPacific pf(4) Union Tank(5. Utd Biscuit 1.60. Utd Cigar St(1). b1% 24 128% | Utd Cgr St pf(6) 103 137 7 53% 108% 59 Utd Elec Coal... 784 Utd Froft(153) . 141% US Cast Ir P(2). 45% USCIP 15t 1.20. 18% U S Distributing 15% U S Distrib Dl(’l) 'lz U 8 Tobacco(3). 103% 105% Uni Leaf Tobt3) 80% 80% Univ Pipe & Rad 19% 186 Ut P&L Ace2). 41% % ‘4’% LB a0 1494 112% 2"6 Wllwollh(l :o)' Ward CTA(8)... Ward Baking B. Warner Bros Pie llfiVA Warner Bros pf, 55% Warner-Qu(2).. Warrn Bros (15) 1556 Wartéen F&Pipe. !z'/: 1 98% 56% n Wesson Oll (4). West DairyA(4) W.ll Pacific p! b West Unlon(l).. 1944 Westhse A B(2).. 46% Westinghse(4). 146% Westhse Ei rts.. Weston Elcctric. Wheel & L E pf. White Eagle(2). White Mot(1)... White Rock (3). White Sew Mach Wilcox Ol & G.. Willys Ovc1.20. Willys-Ovd pf 7. 100 Wilson & Co.... 12% WilsonCopf A. 25 Woolworth (8).. 210% Worthn Pump.. 58 Worth Pump(A) 87% Wright Aero(2). 270% Wrigey ((13%). 76% Yellow Truck... 41% Young Spring.. 57 = 57 55% Youngstn Sh(6). 114% 114%: {14 ll Directors Chosen. YORK, January 28 (#).-——Da} alte Sl T s Rt Corporation of e} nmed %ay as one of the 14 direc- tors of ‘Tricontinenal Corporation, néw 7% 350 oon 000 investment trust omnnd 20% ‘W. Seligman & Co. 0_Rallfoad; C. Grosbeck, -executive vice t, 18% | Fictule Bond & Share Co.: James 24% 134% 373 Jarvie, director, Sauthern Pacific; Ool John R. , president, Cubs/ e Sugar. Oolrpontlnn and’ metmber of 76% | executive committee of Sinclair boxuou- 40% | dated ou Corporation. POTOTO MARKET STEADY. CHICAGO, January 28 (#) (United 80% | States Department ' of Agriculture).— 90% | py 28% 82 A iz% lfifl'/. 157% 43% 3 v | 542 B"K l!l 190 18% 18% | tatoes—Recel] 130 cdrs;.on track, 2M “total - United States ehipments !-mdly. 740;: Sunday, 45 cars;: trading fair, market:steady; Wisconsin: sacked round whites, 95a1.10; Minnesota Nortn Dakota sacked round whifes, sacked Red River .Ohios, l)& mnho mnfl russets, 1.50a1.65, shade highe! —_— ¢ $ GRAIN EXPORTS. | ', RE, J 28 - “mmm‘?hfi““mum'h uu%t “W‘flnl ol m 761425 bushels, g !nh-nn ‘consisting - of 4585 bushels .of ‘wheat, 133,366 @ of Two full barley ‘and 85,714 of corn. cargoes” were included in‘ thi upotfi. rlwr exnoru were 919 barels. * R - Orders for Auenfl Sl NEW YORK, Jlmnry 28’ ( 5‘ Afreraft Corporation, suhcldln Gardner Motor Co., St. lauxl, it has sold'its next four monghs’ duction .of ' 150 planes, to be, in’its new: factory at East St. Louis.- NEW YORK, January 28 ) lowing the midcontinent -reduetion in, and light coastal crugle ofl hive béen reduced .10 cents a barrel, and Arkansas, and Louisiana emdn. 3 to 32 unu. £ . A nns\m! ucmu Teceipts for January 'fl'm ‘Treasury- 3 .25; - expenditures, %’ag”‘gumu +136,804,161 “'u.«a.‘ 1929 Special Dispatch to The Star. AFTER EARLY GAIN =522 t Heavy Proflt Takmg Follows | vious Upward Trend in First Trading. g e BY GEORGE T. HUGHES. Special Dispatch to The Bar. NEW YORK, January 28.—Revers- 1 ing itself repeatedly, today’s stock mar- ket pursued: s devious. and uncertain course, - indicative of considerable gghe fusion in the minds. of speculators. opening was higher all around, mid-session trading was at mmnml— ly lower yflees, the late afterncon saw a rally and just before the close there ‘was another but small reaction. All day there were indlvldunl fi'ocks which moved mde last hwr nnpnxun ns uu- played b: utlnlho mflc lhfl Conmerd-.l were more eonxlst-ent‘ thnn nny onm- o iced issues in steady demand. Amer- ?un Power & Ll.h'. lutured this part of the list toward the ‘The market had be{m it the. favor- able® decision of the Interstate Com- merce: Commission on the New. York Central merger application. It had a 6 per cent call money renewal.rate, which, considering: the approach of the first of the month, was low under pres- ent conditions. It had further advances The railway stocks wete higher at the start, but the gains were not well held nor were they ‘evenly distributed. New York Central opened-on a block of 8,000 shares at 198, up over 4 points, and- later sold 99, the highest in the history, of the compan: & Ohio was up ifit.in, the first hour. Norfolk & Western did better:' it is one of the few seasoned. dividend: pay- ers still available on a S‘per cent basis, The Chleago Great, Wuum issu :&m strong for: a time, and various er PARIS BOURSE PRICES. \wum. muryzl m,—m changes Iandpn centimes, mrcuohd ntu!unubl. su.vn OUOTAT!OIS. 28 (F)-—Bar , 43: - Opportumty‘ for Right Man * - '-'."oi“%&r‘é'ufl.‘"’& o '%‘.{T....""fl:""‘...fi::‘ P AL the index muohfinnl mel:u week to 97.8, six- tenlhldnmnthlghgrtknthepn- Thh h flln first-time ‘'since the first week of September last that the varia- tion was exceeded five-tenths of a point. The index now stands higher than at any time smineo that date “",’,{' mmvm u:{- 'flfl 1l extremes of . o wer declined seven mills E’ 1022 cents. Our indexes of French and English commodity remain steady, at' points mglur than at any time sitice Midsummer of last year. Fluctuations in the general Wholesale price level and in the purchasing power ot the dollar_are given below for the United sutgm{or v-mu“':fl:eflndxm o mainly on s quof s, - erueytvr the year 1926 is the base used. ary January Year 850. ! with the lower and medium | §epte: May averag il average Ffld‘l Commodity m-. ble - réports’ from abroad indicate the tonnwin( European wholesale move- England. Prance. Ttaly. T 1 22228882888 §===gé;:== omnNOND~WD. (Copyright, 1929, hy xmu Fisher.) Crude 0il Produtmn. NEW YORK, January 28 (#).—Cali- fornia crude oil averaged 771,500 bar- last week, an_increase of barrels over the " WE WILL BUY F. H. SMITH COMPANY 'STOCKS & BONDS MEHI.HAN&COHPANY WE WILL BUY- G. L. 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