Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1929, Page 13

FINANGIAL.” SPECULATIVE CURB ISSUES IRREGULAR Utility Stocks Are Active. Specialty Favorites Show Moderate Gains. BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN, NEW YORK, January 29.—Prices moved irregularly on the Curb Exchange today. Trading continued active, but there was a noticeable reluctance on the part of the speculative element to come in on the buying side with the reckless abandon which accompanied operations @ week and two weeks ago. Because of yesterday's spectacular de- velopments in the public utility groun. this class of stocks was watched with keep interest. The sensational Electric Bond & Share securities, which record- ed a net gain of 317, points yesterday, opened on a block of 1,500 shares at 249!5, compared with the previous final of 257',. Later it rallied to above the 250 level, but subsequently dropped back around 245. United Gas Co. gained more than 2 points to a new high, Duke Power and American Light & Traction continued in demand while Electric Investors felt the effect of heavy profit taking which carried the price down sharply. The oils were generally inclined toward lower levels, influenced by reports of over-production in the industry. Vac- uum Oil resisted the selling, but was one of the few exceptions. Standard of Indiana was freely offered at declining prices. Elsewhere interest centered in a num- ber of specialty favorites. Checker Cab Manufacturing, up more than 3 points, ‘was responding to the highly favorable earnings for 1928 made public today. Special buying made its appearance in General Bronze, while General Electric, Ltd., receipts were heavily dealt in at improved prices. Anchor Post Fence, at 3915, held its recent gain and was in better demand following estimates that sales for January indicated a 100 per cent improvement over the month a year ago. Aircraft issues were featured by higher prices for Niles-Bement-Pond and Universal Aviation, although others of the group were under more or less Ppressure. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailings From ARRIVED YESTERDAY. Aurania—Southampto Belis © Oln—Coperl:hngm Senncy 18 0 Domingo oal-Port mu Prisc Empress of Scotland—Sout Porto Rico—San Juan. Btutieart —Bremerhave Port Victoria—Bermud: Yoro—Kingston DUE TODAY. ud ‘Auultanta- Southampton Huron—Santo Domingo .. DUE TOMORROW. ‘Western World—Buenos Alre: DUE THURSDAY, JANUARY 31. Byron—Pirseus ... ++n--January 14 ‘muda—Bermuda . i it hira—La Muna Nerissa—8t.* John DUE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1. President _Roosevelt—] Caronia—Havana . DUE SBATURDAY, !'lmw:uzv 2. “Januaty 33 Rotterdam—Rotterdam DUE SUNDAY, Toloa—Port Limon . mau.uw 3. e Mediterr ~.January 23 Prenetme Wikeo ‘January 19 DUE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4. American Mercbant—London -...January 26 Asta—constas mD . January 18 enia Livernoo anuary Conte Grande—Gens January 25 George Washington ) January 26 Foys Seotta—Trinidad . B Jhancgars Juas San ndam—Rotterdam . Fort Vietonia - Bermuds -January 26 u Grbllmxl‘m—-oolhenbuu February 2 Havana—Havana OUTGOING STEAMER! SAILING TODAY. Scythia—Mediterranean cruise. Havana—Havana. juayaquil—Port ‘au Prince and Cristobal Maraval—Grenada, Trinidsd and Georde- wh. SAILING TOMORROW. Transylvania—Mediterzanean cruise. abobo—8an Juan, La Guayra, and Maracaibo. ‘Yoro—Kingston. SAILING THURSDAY. JANUARY 31. @merican Shipper.—London. Fovidence - Madeira, Tanglers, Constanti- pacple, Naples and Marseille, st T ‘hom: d_Barbados. Bom erera Havane: " Cristo Callao and_Valparaiso. Cur, ew York—Mediterranean-Orient cruise. tuttgari—Cobh and Bremerhaven. Avon-—Bermuda. Mexico-Havana, Progreso and Vera Crus. Lapland—Cruise to the West Indies. Coamo—Santo Domingo and San Juan. President Johnson—World cruise. SAILING FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1. Aquitania——Cherbourg and Southampton. Le de France—Plymouth and Havre. Naples and Genos Amazone- Port ‘au Prince. Favorita—Kingston. Flora—La Guayra. Munargo—Nasseu. SAILING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2. Andania—Cobh and Liverpool. President Roosevell—Havana. Caronia—Havana Aurania—Plymouih, Havre and London. Bermuda—Bermuda. Nieuw Amsterdam—Plymouth, Boulosne and o Cleveland—Cobh, Cherbourg and Bremer- aven Vollénr(-- Barbados, Rio de Janeiro, Monte- video a Moo e Francisco. 5 Aires. . Panama Canal and San Havana, Cristobal and Port Limon. Carrllo-—Santiago,_ Kingston, Puerio Case tilla, Tela and Puerto Barrio. Orizada-—Havana Minnetonka—Cherbourg and London. Cedric-—Cobh_and Liverpool. Helliz Olav Christiansand. Oslo and Copen- hagen. Porto Rico—8an Ji n Huron_Puerto Plaia. an Pedro de Macorls o Buerio Cort John's and Halifax Santiazo. . DECLINE IN BILLS. By the Associated Press.” The Federal Reserve Board announced yesterday that the return flow of money | to the banks after the Christmas holi- days had resulted in a decline of $450,- 000,000 in the total of bills and secur- ities in circulation between December 26 and January 23. The turn of the year, the board re- ported, disclosed an increase in the total volume of loans duz Chlcfly !.0 year-end financial settiemonts a Mavari- temporary withdrawals of funds loaned' by corporations in the New York mar- ket. During this period depcsits and loans of member banks, however, de- clined to approximately the same level #s early in December. NEW YORK BANK CLEARINGS. NEW YORK. January 29 (Special).— New York bank clearings, $1,991,000,000; New York bank balances, $187.000,000; New York Federal Reserve credit bal- ances, $156,000,000, THE EVENING NEW YORK CURB MARKET Received by Private Wire Following is a list of stocks and bonds :‘rfided in on the New York Curb Market INDUSTRIALS. Aigh. Low. Noon. .18k 1315014 9Am Beverage ..... 7Am Commonw P A 2Am Commonw BB . 8Am Cyanamid ris | 2 Amer Gas 1n 3 Amer Hawaiian 8 8.. B pi States Sec States Sec 1 Amer 86 Amer rui %D Ritas THomt ‘o 1'Auburn Auto Co 6 Aviation Co of Am 2Bahia Corp. 3 Beilanca Alre vie ers 12 Bhon” (3 Grircibi 28 Dnull;s Alrcratt . o I Fiat stk deb Tts: . Ferro Enameling Fireman Fund Ins 8B a0t ! g 2 Ry 252 S > e ox Theaters A .. eshman Chas Co ngs 99 SuBma Py GDGQG -} en SiceLta e b Ser Gold_Seal Goldman_ Sachs 129 m xnmm: Mach 15 SGritith D W A 11 3 Grigsby Grunow 2 Hert Carter Conv pi 3, Hart Parr pfd A 3 Hartman Tob . 13 Havgart Oorp . 3 Hirsm Walk G 350t 4 Hysrade Food Prod LI 6 N 34 Insur 1 Intl 3Nat Sue RN J Nt Prea Jonrnll 13 Nosmn " Elec. 36 Not Amer Aviati 13 North Easern Pow 5 Bierce Governor . 28 Pitney Bowes P 1 Pow Corp Cngldl 2 Byrene Mig . 33 Radio Corp n' B nm c Gen Am 1o 2 L3S Sob hay pid: 1181a 53 Selected Tndus Inc.. 28% 19 Select_Ind Inc pfd ] El vtc.... 2 Seton 11 Sikorsk, 3 Silica 12 8tand Mot . 2 Stand Pow & Li. 1% Stern Bros A 4 stromb "Carls T 2 Travel Air Co 13 Triplex ate O Lid. C Co} 81 cont cotp pm’ Y TuN Art i 4\1 S Fc 9 & Frotsnt of Dfl g 233 Warner Brog Plct s <t Auto 8up 20 Westvaco Chlor 32 Whitenight " Inc ar Food Prod 3 Williams (R.C.) & 8 Winter B J 34 Wire Wheel Corp 4 Zonite Sal MINING STOCKS. lnzr%undred 0'Am Con M & M Ltd .12 270 Arlz Globe, C e 7Com Tun & Drain’ %5 } B | Salesin STANDARD OIL ISSUES AND FOR- Direct to The Star Ofice 9 Unt Zinc Smelt 3 Unity 8 Am Maracaibo Co.. . 18 Barnsd deb war..! 53 Cities Serv 23 it Ser B new rts 2 Colon 1 Columoa syna”: 25 Creole Pete on O 8 \hmdnl Svnd 3 Mexico Ohio 30 Mo Kans Fin! Line. 7 Mount. Gulf 1t s | Ro; 3 Bac Western N’ 10 Pantepec Oil . 1 Reiter-Foster Ofi . 11 Ryan Con A i 9 Venesvelan Pet 13 Woodles Pet ... - n R <nglslmmu-:s—s'rocks = 100 %umrm PL 55008 O I 8008 O Kunsns 11008 O Ky n . 1008 O Ohlo .. 1800 Vacuum Oil Bales in thousands. 1 Abbott " Dairies 65 ;421 9 abiupi P&P | 3Bos & Me 65 M 00 51000 0 e 0 202 0 -2 0 0 HEgE0000000 a.:rs RIS £ e O & 4 Finceiin 65 an 100%2 Sus 6 133, 9 la ‘34 % L 10 Gen Aminy m\ww u 19'4 5Gen_Vend oi 8 Georsi Pow s Guif Oil Pen s, A 58 ‘38" 2 h . 3 Indl P & L 5 7 B0 sec 15 £ 31 9813 41 907 en Vend 63 44 Lenigh Pow Gs_ A 3028 105% 570 98 . FE0AZ zzEELG «RREER22 BawaSSEasswansEanuwe: enernasas 53 E.m.n.ua. .s:s:;ss:r_ BSsse ...9.'.. Sales FOREIGN nmms 18 thousand 5. 10 Bolivia 7s '6f 10 3 Bur, s 140 994 6Ct Bk Oslfl “"’l 86 6 Com & Pv Bk 5Y% gegse zesgesets 2585 31, T e s '3 38 Ital E’;_lv:lnuw 6s '63 5 Swi v 0078 13 Uni- Elec § 18 A 756 1204 12002 130 xd—Ex-dividen, & Chance in mvmena ral Shen iss SeSWith warrants. New Bond Issues Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, January 29.—A syn- dicate consisting of J. P. Morgan & Co., First National Bank, Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and the National City Co., announce the offering of $32,000,000 Railway Ex- press Agency, Inc., 5 per cent serial gold bonds, series “A,” serial maturities $800,000 semi-annually March 1 and September 1 each year from Septem- ber 1, 1929, to March 1, 1949, both inclusive. The bonds maturing prior to September' 1, 1931, are not being oflered publicly. The remaining bonds are offered, subject to prior sale and under specified conditions, at 100 per cent and accrued interest, for all ma- turities. The Chase Securities Co. the Equi- table Trust Co. Blair & Co., Inc., and Continental National Co. offer $10,000,- 000 Republic of Cuba Public Works, 5% per cent serial certificates at 100 and interest, to y&eld 514 per cent. Halsey, Stuart "& Co. offer $8,150,000 Kentucky Utilities first mortgage 5 per cent gold bonds, series I, to be due February 1, 1969, at 99 and interest. Swetsch, Helnzelmann & Co., Inc.; Thompson Ross & Co., Inc, and J. S. Ackerman & Co., offer $1,500,000 Fabrics Finishing Corpornuon first mortgage 10-year sinking fund convert- ible 8 per cent gold bonds series “A" at 99'% and accrued interest, to yield over 6.05 per cent. RAILBOAD EABNINGS NEW YORK, January 29 (#).—Ad- ditional reports of annual earnings pub- lished today by railroads showed mixed results for 1928. ‘Among those reporting net operating income for the year, as compared with 1927, were the following: fion, Sehurat of Georaia. Pittshurgh < Lake !ne 1 1770.829 bile & Ohio. 6476 2510582 ystem. 40.110.700 o i Pittsburgh & West, Va Conmlidnted Gas Report. BALTIMORE, January 29 (Special). ~Comparative statement of the Con- solidated Gas, Electric Light & Power Co. of Baltimore for 12 months ended December 31, 1928, just filled with the Public Service Commission, shows gross operating revenue from all operations of $26,126,194.36, an increase of $1,469,- 19767, as compared to 1927, while net op¥ating revenue or return on prop- erty was /3,785,045.37, a gain of $885,- 069.85. surplus after dividends was $2,356,876.80, an increase of $494,394.18. For the quarter ended December 31, 1928, gross eperating income from all operations totaled $6,888.211.08, a gain of $472,680.67, as compared to the 1927 quarter, and net operating revenue was $2,241,638.27, an increase of $310,101.04. Surplus after dividends totaled $702,- 703.34, an advance of £298401.52, as compared to corresponding period a year ago. STAR. WASHINGTON, GAIN IN INSURANCE | POUIGIES 1S SEEN s o e e Total of Nearly Ten Billion Forecast for First Half Year. BY J. C. ROYLE. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, January 29.—The amount of new life insurance sold in th2 first half of this year by the legal reserve companies is expected by insur- ance men to reach a total of over $9,- £90.000,000. Insurance experts feel that this esti- mate is ocnservative when it is taken into consideration that the purchases of new life insurance for the first six months of 1928 totaled $9,250,000,000. Moreover, there has never been a year for seven'years whea the volume of life insurance business has not shown al- most as great an increase as they pre- dict in 1929. This has been true even of years where business conditions were far less favorable than now for the saving of money through insurance. In seven i]eadrs new business has more than dou- ed. ‘There can be no doubt that the tre- mendous increases in the Pa:t few years have been due to the popularity of group insurance, but all kinds of insurance, ordinary industrial and group, show gains. "The Association of Life Insur- ance Presidents estimates that the bus- iness began 1929 with $95,000,000,000 of life insurance in effect. This was spread among some 65,000,000 policy holders, giving each an average of $1,462. For the entire population of the Nation ¢he per capita insurance on January 1 amounted to $787. ‘The gain in 1928 over 1927 showed conclusively the source of much of the business. The sales of ordinary insur- ance in 1928 showed a gain over 1927 of 5.1 per cent. Industrial insurance rose 2.9 per cent, while group insurance sales gained 51.3 per cent. The full volume of sales possibilities for 1929 are not likely to be known until March. Usually the first two months of the year are somewhat slack, so far as new insurance writings are concerned. The peak is usually reached in May or June, with another high level mark in September. Despite these monthly va- riations, however, it is regarded as doubtful if sales will fall much below the billion-dollar mark in any one of the next five months. Banks are making it easier for many applicants to take out new or additional insurance. Some banks are taking over the pay- ment of premiums on their clients’ in- surance when due. Under such a scheme, the policy holders make small regular deposits with the bank. The bank allows the depositor 4 per cent. On these payments from the time made until the premium on his policy is due. when the banks pay the premium and the process begins over again. The banks hold out the inducement that this plan enables the policy holder to take advantage of a lower rate than when premiums are paid semi-annually, quarterly or monthly. Undoubtedly the banks benefit by interesting the insur- ed person to make the bank its trustee and in the building up of savings ac- counts as a result of the regular pay- ment habit. The scheme has many of the features of the Christmas clubs, which seem to have benefited the banks in the matter of new savings accounts. Baltimore Markets Sbecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., January 29.— Potatees, white, 100 pounds, 1.00a1.25; sweet po?.atoes barrel, 1,50a3.25; bu.shzl. 1.00a1.75: yams, barrel, 2.00a3.25; bushel, 3.25a5.50; beets, 100, 400!600. Brussels sprouts, quart, 15a25; cabbage, hamper, 1.50a2.50; carrots, 100, 4.008 6.00; celery, crate, 1.50a3.25; cucum- bers, bushel, 5.00a8.0 eggplant, crate, 4.50a7.50; kale, barrel, 1.50a1.75; let~ tuce, hamper, 1.00a1.50; onions, 100 pounds, 1.50a4.50; oyster plant, 100, 2.00a10.00; peas, bushel, = 2.25a2.50; squash, crate, 3.00a5.00; parsnips, bas- ket, 50265; Savoy cabbage, bushel, 75a 1.00; spinach, bushel, 60a90; tomatoes, crate, 75a2.50; turnips, basket, 35a50; apples, bushel, 75a2.00; cranberries, half barrel, 9.50a10.50; grapefruit, box, 2.25a3.50; oranges, box, 2.50a4.50; tan- gerines, half strap, 1.25a2.50; straw- berries, quart, 35a50. Dairy Market. Live poultry—Turkey, pound, 33a40; old, 25a30; young chickens, 32a38; poor and thin, 20; old hens, 20a: 8; Le; hnl'ns. 20a26; old roosters 17a18; capons, 33a 38; ducks, 20a30; geese, 18a26; guinea fowls, each, 40a80 pigeons, pair, 30. Dressed poul'.ry«’l‘urkeys. pound, 35a 42; old, 25a30; young chickens, 25a35; old and mixed, 25a30; old Toosters, 18a ;0 zcapons 34a42; ducks, 25a30; geese, 0226. Eggs—Receipts, 1,141 cases; native and nearby firsts, free cases, dozen, 38a 40; current receipts, 32a36. Butter—Good to fancy creamery, pound, 46a50; prints, 50a52; blocks, 49a 51; store packed, 28; dairy prints, 28a 32; rolls, 28a32; process butter, 41a42. Hay and Grain Prices. ‘Wheat—No. 2 red Winter, garlicky, spot, 1.343;; January delivery, 1.34%,. Corn—No. 2 export, January delivery, 1.07; No. 2 yellow, domestic, spot, 1.10; cob corn, 5.50. Oats—No. 2 white, domestic, spot, 61a61 No. 2 white, domestic, spot, 59a60. Rye—Nearby, 1.10a1.20. Hay—Receipts, 13 tons. While hay is arriving here in limited quantities only, it is more than ample for the demand, which is being supplied, mostly by truck, from nearby points, few carloads being received. There is not enough business passing to establish prices on the various kinds on merit at a range of 17.00a19.00 per ton of timothy or clover hay. Straw—No. 1 wheat, 11.00a12.00 per ton; No. 1 oat, 12. 00&13 00 per ton., ALIENIST GROUP FIND SLAYER “IRRESPONSIBLE” Farmhand Confesses Killing Em- ployers Because of “Sudden De- sire” to Get Automobile. By the Assoclated Press. CANTON, Ohio, January 29.—Ed- ward Kaltenbaugh, 21 years old, of Grove City, Pa, farm hand, who con- fessed killing Mr. and Mrs, John Oser while working at their dairy farm at Canal Fulton, today was held frrespon- sible for his act by three alienists ap- pointed by the court. The alienists, Dr. W. H. Vorbau, su- perintendent of the Lima State Hospl- tal for the Insane; Dr. Willlam H. Pritchard, head of the Columbus State Hospital, and Dr. Guy Williams, super- intendent of the State Hospital at New- burg, declared Kaltenbaugh mentally deficient and unable to distinguish be- tween right and wrong. The youth conless»d to_fatally shoot- ing Oser and beating Mrs. Oser to death because of a “sudden desire” to possess an automobile. Earl “Prefers Name of jWullop. Traveling as Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wallop, the Earl and Countess of Ports- mouth recently arrived in England from New York. Thoy will spend seven months in Europe before returning to their ranch in Wyoming. The earl, who is 67, succeeded his brother in the title in 1926, but preiers to be known by the name of Wallop. He has spent 40 years ranching in Wyoming, where he owns 3,000 acres. He became an American citizen in 1 D. C, TUESDAY, WHEAT IS LOWER ON INITIAL SALES on Bearish Reports From Argentina. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, January 29.—Fairly gen- eral selling carried wheat prices here downward early today, owing a good | deal to lower Liverpool quotations and to reports of increased offerings from Argentina. Predictions were current that wheat clearances from North America are to dimininish and Argen- tine clearances enlarge. Opening 33 to 1 cent off, Chicago wheat afterward de- | clined a little more and then rallied. Corn, oats and provisions were also easier, with corn starting !4 to 1 cent off, but later recovering. In addition to notice of sharpened rivalry of wheat offerings from Argen- tina, wheat traders gave special heed | today to decided skepticism expressed | in various quarters about likelihood of any severe damage having been done to domestic Winter wheat this season. | One Chicago authority said in this connection that 1913-14 produced the largest wheat crop on record up to that time, although the Winter was very cold. Moreover, the Winter of 1918-19 was the coldest in 50 years, but the wheat crop that time was also of record-breaking volume. Despite indications that extreme wintry conditions have led to material enlargement of farm use of corn, the corn market today sympathized with wheat weakness much of the time and corn price upturns failed to hold well. Corn export demand at the Gulf of ANUARY 29, 1929.° Mexico appeared to be slow, with steamship space being canceled owing to alleged (F rth of business even at distress rates. Publie Utiliti Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, January 29.—The Ilii- nois Electric Power Co. has called for redemption at 103'> and interest on April 1, 1929, its outstanding first mort- gage sinking fund gold bonds, series A (6 per cent, due 1943), which are out- standing in the amount of $3,264.200, payable at the office of the trustee, Bankers Trust Co., New Yark. Statements of preliminary earnings of subsidiaries of General Gas & Electric Corporation indicate important gains for the year 1928 over 1927. Increases in net income, after deducting operating expenses, taxes, maintenance, deprecia- tion and fixed charges, range from 17 to 40 per cent. NEW CONSTRUCTION NEW YORK, January 29 (#).—New construction contracted for in the week ended January 25 totaled $106,571,800, an increase of $1,000,000 over the pre~ vious week, F. W. Dodge Corporation reports. ‘The total since January 1 is $333,108,200, a daily n\crage of $15,- 862,300, against $16,429,600 in January, 1928. . PARIS BOURSE PRICES. PARIS, January 29 (&) —Price changes were irregular on the Bourse today; 3 per cent rentes, 72 francs 75 centimes; 5 per cent loan, 98 francs 60 centimes; exchange on London, 124 francs 7 centimes. The dollar was quoted at 25 francs 58 centimes. FINANC COTTON PRICES FIRM | IN EARLY TRADING Market Absorbs Selling and Main- tains Steady Undertone. Dealings Light. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 29.—The cot- ton market opened steady today at an advance of 3 points to a decline of 2| points. Some overnight buying orders around the ring were supplied by liquidations. Southern and local liquidation w promoted by the relatively easy show- ing of the later Liverpool cables. Old crop positions, which were relatively steady at the opening, feacted to about yesterday's closing quotations; the new crop sold off a few points right after the call. The offerings were sufficlently well taken to give the market a steady undertone, howeyer, and trading was quiet, with prices about net unchanged to 4 points lower at the end of the first half hour. Private cables said that trade caliing and continental buying had been sup- | plied by liquidation in Liverpool and that the demand for cotton cloths from India was poor, with China trade less active. CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET CHICAGO, January 29 (#).—Butter | unchanged; receipts, 10,621 tubs; eggs lower; receipts, 12,963 cases; extra firsts, | firsts, 39a40 ordinary firsts, 32a36. receipts, none; 41; Poultry, alive, steady; IAL FARM PROSPECTS FOR 1929 VIEWED Agriculture Department Urges Ad- justment of Output to Main- tain Income. Farmers should avoid increasing pro- duction of those products which are no 7 in ample supply and continue their efforts to adjust production, if they are to maintain the present level of gross income of acriculture, the annual agri- | cultural outlook report issued by the | Department of Agriculture declares. The report says some expansion in beef cattle may be warranted, but cau- tions farmers against too rapid expan- |{sion of sheep, dairy, cattle, hogs and fruits. Some reduction is recommended for potatoes and feed crops. Domestic demand for farm products is expected to be maintained during the early part of this year, with foreign demand con- tinuing about the same as during 1928. Higher interest rates affecting farm- iers in some sections of the country may result in a less favorable agriculturai | eredit situation, but Ltiie change s ox- pected in prices of fafm machinery. [e! tilizers and building material Fartn wages are expected to be slightly lower at harvest time, according to the “eport. ‘This outlook report is made from a national viewpoint and the conclusions must be considered in relation to local conditions in many cases. Representa- tives of 45 States assisted in the prepa- | ration of the nauanal report. SILVI;IR QUOTATIONS. osters, 22; tur- geese, 23. fowls, 28; Springs, 3. keys, 25; ducks, 3 NEW YORK, January 29 X | silver, 5673; Mexican dollars, 43! ST“AIGI"' RATING as almoanwd bl/ How does the Truck-BUYER Profit? 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