Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1929, Page 92

Last 3 High. Low. Averageprice of 50 stocks. 192.75 179.42 Bame period a vear ago... " Steck and dividend. -nn 41 72 [ 59 Abraham & Slrl 20 A&dams Expressn. i 84% Adams Exrpess pf (5). . 7 Advance Rumley. 15 Advance Rumley pf.... % Ahumada Lead...... 77 Alr Reduction (f4%4)... 101 204 Alr Wal El Ap(2%) 25 2 Ajax Rubber. 4% Alaska Juneau 5 ° Albany Wrapping Paper 17 Alleghany Corp... 3 u!\ 80 - Alleghany Corp pf(5%) . 80% Alleg Corp pf (5%) x w. 854% 197 Allled Chemical (6 125 118% Allled Chemical pf 75 354 Allis Chalmers(ne: 26 Alpha Port Cement(3).. 2 ~ Amalgamated Leather.. 29 Al Leather pf. .. 17% Amerada Corp /2) 4 Am Agricultural Che; 18 Am Agricultur Ch 65 Am Bank Note({{3). 7% Am Beet Sugar... 27 Am Bosch Magneto. 40% Am Brake Shoe (2.40) 4% Am Brown Bov Elec, 95 Am Can (15).. 138% Am Can pt (7). 75 Am Car & Foundry (6).. 12 Amura,rdryptu)“ 70% Am Chain pf (7) 18% Am Encaustic (2). 23 'Am European Secu: 205 American Express ( 50 Am & Forelgn Power. 101% Am & Forn Pwr pf (7)., 864 Am&Forn Pow 2d pf(7 19% Am Hawallan SS (1) 3% Am Hide & Leather. 23% Am Hide & Leather pf. 40" Am Home Prod (3.60) 29 AmIce (3) 86, Am lcept (6). 20l Am rnmmulofil (12).. 21 Am La France & Foam. . 90 Am Locomotive (8)..... 1 4 111% Am Locomotive pf (7) i 142 Am Machine Co (17). 31% Am Metals (3) 106 Am Metals pf ( 3 Am Piano..... G 64% Am Power & Ligkt (11). 921 Am Power & LA pt (6)... 70 AmPow&LtpfA (3).. 72% Am P & Lt pf A sta (5).. 28 Am Rad & Std San(1%). 12% Am Republics. .. 60 Am Roll M (c2). 44 Am Safety Razor (16) 22 Am Seating (2).:. % Am Ship & Commerce. .. 62 Am Smelting & Ref (4). 123% Am Smit & Ref pf (T)... 88 Am Snuft 3)..... 33% Am Steel Foundries (3). 40 Am Stores (123). £ 56 Am Sugar Refining 99 Am Sugar Ref pf (7) 18 Am Sumatra (3). 32% 17 Am Tel& Cable ( 310% 193% Am Tel & Tel 9) 2321 160 Am Tobacco (110) 235 160 Am Tobacco B (110) 121% 114% Am Tobacco pf (6) 181 115 Am Typefounders (8)... 199 50 Am Water Wks & E (c1) 97 AmW W&E1stpf (6). 5% Am Woolen 15% Am Woolen pf. 4 Am Writing Paper ctfs. . Am Writing Papr pf(3). 7 'Am Zine Lead & Sm. 49% Am Zine pf (6) 70 Anaconda Copp: Anchor Cap (2.40) . 96 Anchor Cap cv pt ( 30 Andes Copper (3). 181 Archer-Danjels (2 75 Armour&Co of Del pf(1) 5% Armour & Co of 111 (A).. © 2% Armour & Coof 111 (B). . 57 Armour & Co of 11l pf (7) 7% Arnold Constable & Co. . 16% Artloom Corporation (2) 20% Art Metal (134)........ 34 . Associated Apparel (4). 25 Asso Dry Goods (234)... 85 Asso Dry Gds 1st pf (6). 4 195% Atch Top & S Fe (10)... 225 99 Atch Top & S Fepf (5).. 1014 Atlantic Coast L (110).. 171 32% Atl Gulf & West Indles.. 69% 45% At Gulf& W Ipf (4). 30 Atlantic Refining (t2) 67 Atlas Powder (15) 4% 7 130% 138 49 9% 85 4% 1u1 60 Aul 3% Austin-Nichol. 19 Austin-Nichols pf.... 49% Austrian Credit (4.49) A tion Corp, Del. .. Balawin Loco (new) Balto & Obfo (7). .. 75 Baltimore & Ohlo pf (4). 55 Bangor & Aroos (3%)... 315 Barnett Leathe 20 Barnsdall (12%) 55 Bayuk Cigars (2), 15 BeaconOil......... 731 Beatrice Creamery (. 45 BeechnutPacking (c3).. 5% Belding-Hemingway 75 Belg Nat Rys pf (5.4 25 Bendix Aviation (2) 88%, 116% Bethlehem Steel pf (7).. 121\, 25 Blooming Bros 28 Bloomingdale ctfs 37 Bohn Alumn&Brass(t5) 70 Bon Ami Co (15 3% Booth Fisheries. 53 Borden Co (3). Borg Warner (4) 5% Botany C Mills Cla 81 Briggs Mfg Co. . 20 Briggs &Stratton (2). 2 ‘British Empire Steel 4 British Em Steel 2d pf 14 Brockway Motor (3) 40 Bklyn Man Transit ( 76% Brooklyn Manhat pf (7) 7 Brooklyn & Queens. .. .. 40% 128 61% 44 Brooklyn&Queens p} 99 Brooklyn Union G 36 Brown Shee (3) 16% Brunswick-Baike (3)... 4% Brunswick Ter&Ry Sec. 14~ Bucyrus Erfe (1)... 26% Bucyrus Eriecv (2%) 9 Bubb (EG (t1%). 25 Bullard Co (12) 21% Bulova Watch (3)... €8 Burns BrosCl A (8).... 22% Burns Bros (B). 9 Burroughs Add M 11.80) 31% Bush Termina) (g2) 2 Butte Copper & Z (50c) . 5 Butte & Superior (2). 50 Byera (AM)... 20 By-Prod Coke (1). 63% California Packing (4). 1 Callihan Zinz & Lead. 7315 Calumet & Ariz (10) 25 Calumet & Hecla #4). 20 Campbell Wyant (2).... 50 Canada Dry G A (5).... 189% Canadian Pacific (10) 170 Canadian Pac 3d pd ctfs 30 Cannon Milis (2 80) 17 Capital Adm (A). .. 27% Capital Adm A pf(3). 130 Case (J I) (6) 5 114% Case Threashing pf (7). 9% Cavanah Dobbs Inc..... 31 Celotex (3). 21 Cent Aguirre Asso(1%). 27% Central Alloy (2) 240 Centra! RRo? NJ (112). 3 Century Ribbon Mills 524 Cerro de Pasco (6). 11% Certain-teed Product: 47% Certain-teed Co pf. 18 Checker Cab Mfg 162 Chosspeake & Oh16 (1 42 Chesa & Ohfo Corp (3) 4 Chicago& Alton..... 314 Chicago & Alton pf..... 7 Chicago Great Western. 17% Chicago Great Westn pf. 16" Chicago Ml & St Paul, 28 Chlcago M1l & St Paul pf hicago & N W (5)..... 136 Cmcl:ot NW pf (1) 21% Chicago Pneu Tool. . Chicago Pneu T pf (3%) Chi Rock Island & P (7) it Rek 1sl&Pac pf(6). . 109 hi Rek [sl&Pac pf (7). B0 27% Chickasha Cot O1l (3) 767% 444 Childs (3.40)..... 127% B3 Chile Copper (3%). 5). xusn 164, . 27,951,240 770,870,601 Week. |'nr o Dal u- 43 .e. 22168 118 18 Low. 6% i 95 x105% na‘m 136 81 112', uz- 8 27 am 20 25" 224 us 9Bl — 2% 103% + % 0 + W 50 53 -5 ~15 I 185 62% 154 50 2% 7815 135% 109 9615 130 883, 3204 628 51% 9 691 99 2%, 1% 964 25% 30% 183% 100%, 1104% 28% 474 116% 5% 18% 241y 17 6% 67% 132 187% 44 200% 0 185 1 103% [2 Stock and_dfvide: 26 Chrysier Corp (3 39% City Ice & Fuel ( 74 City Stores (1) 35% Cluett-Peabody 101 Coca-Cola (4) 44% Coca Cola A (3) 10 Celll Atkman 27% Colorado Fuel & Iron 52 Col Gas & Elec (2) 100 Col Gas & Elec pf A (8 86 Col Gas & Elec pf B (5). 424 Col Gas&El rets full pd. 16% umbia Graph (8Vc).. 119 umbian Carbon (15). 18 Commercial Credit (2).. 28 Comm Credit A (3) 281 Comm Investment Trust 10 Com Invest Trust war, . 87% Com InvTtpf (6%).... 20% Commecl Solvents (n). 10 Com&Sou (b5% stk) 35 Conde Nast Pub (2). 11 Congoleum Najrn.. 45 Congress Cigars (5% % Conley Tinfoil ) 40 Consol Cigars (7) 10 Consol Film (2) 15% Consol Film pf 801 Consol Gas of N Y (. 93% Consol Gas pf (5)...... Consol RR Cuba pf (6) Consol Textile..... Container (B) Contl Baking A.... Contl Baking B. Contl Baking pf (8) Continental Bank (1.20). 4 Contl Can (2%). . Contl Diamond (2) 46' Contl Insurance (2) 6'% Contl Motors (80c). Continental Of} of De| Corn Products (13%) % Coty Inc (g2). Cream of Wheat . Crossley Radio (11). Crown Cork & Seal. . Crown Zellerback (1) Crucible Steel (5). . 103 Crucible Steel pt (7). 3 2% 5 ‘ompany.... 7 Cuban-Amer Sugar 1 Cuban Dom Sugar. 36 Cudahy Packing (4). 100 Curtis Publish (16%). 112!5 Curtis Publishing (7). Curtiss Aero (1). Curtiss Wright. Curtiss Wright (A). Cutler-Hammer (3% Cuyamel Fruit. i Davison Chemlcal. . Debenhams (22.31) Delaware & Hud (9). Del Lack & West (17) Den & R G Western pi Detroit Edison (8). Devoe & Raynolds (13) Dome Mines (1).. Dominion Stores (1.20). Drug Inc (4)... Dul So Sh & Atlantie. Dunhill Internatl (34 Duplan Silk (1 Dupont de Nem Dupont de Nem Duqu Lt 1st pf (5) Durham Hosiery....... Eastn Roliing Mill(1%) Eastmar Kodak(t8).... Eaton Axle (3).... Eitington Schild (234).. Eitingtn Schild pf(6%). Elec Auto Lite (). Electric Boat. Electric Pow: Elec Pow & Lt pf (7). Elec Storage Bat (5). ElkHorn Coal. . Elk Horn Coal pf. Emerson Brantgm A. Endicott-Johnson (5) Endicott-Johnson pf(7). Eng Public Serv (f1).... Eng Public Serv pf (5) 4 Eng PubServpf(5%)... Equit Ofice Bldg (2%) Erie Erle Railroad 1st pf (4). . Erie Rajlroad 2d pf (4) Eureka Vacuum (4). Evans Auto Load(32%). 4 Fairbanks Co........... Fairbanks Morse (3). % Fashion Park (k2%). Fed Min & Smelt pf (1) Fed Motor Truck (80c).. Fed Water Serv A (2.40) Fidelity Phoenix (2). Filenes (Wm) Sons Co. Filenesctfs...... First Natl Stores (1%). Fisk Rubber..... Florsheim Shoe (A) Florsheim pf (6). i Follansbee Bros (13)... Foster Wheeler (1) Foundation Company. Fox Film Class A (4) Freeport Texas (4) Fuller (GA)pr vnl Z riel Snubber Cl A 4 Gamewell Co (5). Gardner Motor. : Gen Am Tank Car (34). Gen Asphalt. . General Bronze (2). Gen Cable. i Gen Cable A (4) Gen Cigar (4 Gen Electric (16). . Gen Electric Spec (80c). Gen'l Food Corpn (3). GanGas& El A (e1%).. Gen Mills (13%4)....... Gen Mills pf (6) Gen Motors (13.60) Gen Motors pf (7) Gen Outdoor Adv 14112 120% Gen Public Service (b6) 29% Gen Ratiway Signal (5). 821 Gen Refractories(t41). 65 Gillette Safety Ruz lcS) 9% 4 Gimbel Bros. . 17% Gimbel Bros nf . Glidden Co (m2). Gobel (Adolph). Gold Dust (2%) Gold Dust pf(6) Goodrich (B F) Co (4).. Goodyear Tire&Rub (5). Goodyear 1st pf (7)..... Gotham Hoslery (2%).. Gould Coupler (A). % Graham-Paige Motor Graham-Palige ctfs Granby Copper (8 Grand Stores (c1) Granite City Steel (1) Grant (W T) (el). 4 Great Northern pf (). 3 Great North pf etfs (5). 28 10645 14% Guantanamo Sugar Gulf Mobile & North. .. 4 Gulf Mobile & N pf(6). Gulf States Steel (4). Hw-nn Elec Ry. Hawaiian Pineappi en:) 62 Hayes Body (b8 % stk) . 10% Heime Geo H (1) . 95 Hercules Motor (180)... 28% Herculss Powdr (3). Hercules Powdr pf (1).. hey Chocolate Crp. Hershey pf (4). Hershey prior pf (6). Hoe R & Co Class A Hollang Furna 214). Homestake Mining (17). Houdaille-Hershey(1%) Household Fin pf (13.10) Household Prod (14 Houston O1l ... Howe Sound (14%) 4 Hudson & Man Ry (3.50) ll"A‘ Hudson & Manhat pf(6) 75 Hudson Motors (5)..... Hupp Motor (£2). [1linots Central (1) [1linofs Central pf (6) .. 4 Ind Oll & Gas (2),... Motor Cyele. Refining. . 0 Refining etf: 68'% (ndustrial Rayon Ingersoll-Rand (16%).. intand Steel (334).. . Inspiration Copper (4) Interboro Rap Transit.. 194 Intercontinental Rubber 64 Inter AgriChem........ & inter Agri Chem pf (7). 54 Inter Business Mch (5). 184% Inter Cement (4).. B4 8 Inter Comb Eng (3). 12 9 1164 8 165 80 » e CELEaebt FELI B 121"l A 0000 1o+ 1+ [ESNENE A g 144 129% i+ T [ R N N | o % ] 4 Lago Oil & Transport. Stock and_dividend. Inter Comb Eng pf (7).. Inter Harvester (23%) Inter intl Hydro Elec A (e2) Inter Match pf ( Int Mer Marine ctfs Int Nickel of Can(1).... Inter Nickel Can pf (7). Inter Paper pf (7). Inter PlDleA ey 40). Pw . Inter Pap & Pw pf (7)... Inter Printing Ink (2%). Inter Ry Cent Am. Inetrnatl Shoe. . Inter Sflver (18).. Int Tel & Teleg (2).... Inter Dept Stores (2). Intertype Corp (£1134).. 4 investors Equity(2) Island Creek cm (T Jewel Tea (4 Johns-Ma: lvlll. lI) Jordan Motor...... Kansas City Southn (5). Kansas City Sou pf (4).. 4 Karstadt(Rudolph(1.02) Kaufmann Dept St(1%). Kayser Julius (4)...... 4 Keith-Albee-Orpheum Keith-Albee-Orp pt (7 ly Springfield. Kelsey-Hayes (2. Kelvinator Corp Kim lrly-Clark (2*) Kinney G R \1). Kolster Radio Kraft-Phoenix (1%).... Kraft Phoenix pf (6%). Kreuger & Toll (1.34) Kroger Grocery (cl1). ... Laclede Gas St L (10) Lambert Co (8). Lehigh Val Coal pf(3) Lehigh Valley (314) Lehn & Fink (3) Libbey Owens (1) Liggett & Myers (15). Liggett & Myers B (t3) Liggett & Myers pf (7).. Lima Locomotive > Link Belt (2.80). . . Liquid Carbonic (+4 !A ). Loew's, Inc (12%). Loew's Ine pf (6%) . Loew’s Inc pf x w (634) . Loft Incorporated.. Long-Bell Lymb Cl Loose-Wiles Bis ( Lorillard Co. Lorrillard pf Léulsiana Ofl Rrefinin Ludlum Steel pf (63%) MacAndrewsaF (12. MecCall Corp (4) ... . MeCrory Stores B (2)... McCrory Stores pf (§) McGraw Hill Pub (2). 3 Mack Trucks (6) Mackay Cos (7). Macy (RH) & Co (ct3).. Madison 8q Gar (1%) Magma Copper (5) Mallison &Co. ... Manati Sugar pf.... Mnn Elev mod gtd (d5) hattan Shirt (2) Durkct StRy. Market St Ry p! y Mnlhhlon ATkl (e3) May Dépt Stores (c2)... Maytag Company (12).. Maytag Copf (3)....... Maytag Co 1st pf ( o Melville Shoe (1.40 Mengel Company (2) Metro Goldwin pf(1.89) . Mexican Seaboard...... Mtamji Copper (4) . n Steel (13).. Mid-Continent Pet (2) Middle States Ofl ctfs Mid States Oil ctfs(n) Minn.& Moline. . ‘Minn&Moline pf(8% Minneapolis & 8t Loul: Mo Kan & Tex...... Mo Kan & Tex pf (7). Missouri Pacifie. ... . Missourl Pacific pf (5).. Mohawk Carpet (12%).. Monsanto Chem (g1%). Montgomery Ward (3).. Moon Motor (new) . Morrell & Co (3 60). Mother,Lode (40c) Motor Meter Gauge & El Motor Productsi(+10) Motor Wheel (3) Mullins Mfg.... Munsingwear (134).... y €orp (k3). (F E) &Br Nash Motors (6) . National Aeme (13).... Nat Air Transport. . Nat Bellas Hess (31). Nat Bellas Heas of (7).. Nat Biscuit (1714) Nat Biscult pf (7)...... Natl Cash Reg A (t4)... Nat] Power & Light (1 Natl Radiator. 727 vorfolk Southern (!% ). Norfolk & Westrn (+12) North Amer (b10%8tk). orth Amer pf (3).. 'orth Am Edison pf North Ger Lloyd (3.40) 4 Nortnern Pacific (5 011 Well Supply . OliverFarm Equipm Oliver Farm Eq pf A(6). Olivef Farm Eq ev (3) 4 Omnibus Corp. .. Omnibus Corp pf A (8).. Oppenheim-Collins (§).. Otis Elevator (6)....... 2 Otis Steel (235). Ots Steel prior pf (7)... Owens-11! Glass (4).... Pacific Gas & Bl (2)..... 4 Pacific Lighting (3). Pacific O} Stub: s Packard Motor a30c). Pan-American Petrolm. Pan-Amer Pete (B) ; Panhandle Prod & Panhandle Pra&Ref pf Paramount-Fam-La. (3). Park & Tilford (33). . Park Utal % Pathe Exchan Pathe Exchang Patino Mines (3. 4 Peerless Motor: Penick & Ford. Penna Coa| & Cok Penney (J C).. Penney (J C) pt (6). Penn Dixie Cement. . Penn Dixie Cement pf Penna Railread (4) . 185 22% 14% ~ 444 — 40 % - 1% 61% — 4% 5% - 12% 49% 57% - 1u 51% — 1% 68 —~ 5 204 - 1% 124% 151 IBW 14754 Plerce Petroieum. Pillsbury Flour (12%) Pirelli of Italy A (2 PittsCoal.... . Pitts Coal pf. 17% Pittsbgh Screw ( 20 Pitts Terminal Co: 90 Pitts & West Va (§). 20 Poor & Co (B) (2). 51 Porto Rico Tobac A (7). 8 Porto Rico Tobacco B. .. 93 Postal Tel& Capf (7).. 40% Prairie Oll&Gas (+2%). 45 Prairte Pipe Line (t4%) 6 Pressed Steel Car..... .. 57 Pressed Steel Car pf(7). 43% Proctor & Gambl# (2).. 54 Public Serv, 94 Public 98 PublicServ N J pf (6). 105 Public Serv N J pf (7). 189' PublieServ N J pf (8).. 104% Public Serv E&G pf (6). 73 Pullman Co (4).. 81 Punta Alegre Sug 20 PureOfl (1%). 55 Purity Bakeries (4). 26 Radio Corporation. 50 Radio Crp ofAm pf(1%) 62 Radio Crp ofAm pf B(5) 12 Radio-Keith-Orph (A).. 24% Railway & Express (2) 715 RR Seclli Cen 28 Raybestos ) 101% Reading Rallway (8) 413 Reading 18t pf (2). 43% Reading 2d pf (2) 36% Real Silk (5). 364 4% Reis (R) & Co 6 4w 50 Rels (R) & Co 1st pf(7). 50 20% Remington-] d 30 20% Remington-| 891 93 Remington-Rand 2d (#). 99 10% Reo Motor (11.40). 25 Repnblic Br: 75 Republic Br 6214 Republic Ir & Steel (4)... 106% 81 AE‘A 46% 115% 103% Republic Ir & St pf (7) 12% 66 3% Reynolds Spring. ... 39 Reynolds Tob B (2.40) 46'% Rhine West E P (1.92) 20 Richfield Oll (2). 15 - Rio Grande Oil (k2) 40 Ritter Dy 28 Ro Baking Pow (1).. 1 Dutch (23.20)." 90% Safeway Stores (3). 3815 St Joseph Lead (13). 91 ' St Louls & San Fran (8). nm 101 87 StLouis&SanFpf(6). 91% 87 50 St Louls Southwestern.. 64 St Louis Soutwst pf(5). g: 10% 1% 28% 12 101 « 18 45 Second Natl Inv pf ctfs. 2 Seneca Copper. . 7% Servel Inc... 20 Sharon Steel Hoop (2) 19% Sharp & Dohme. Sharp & Dohme pf llM) 1 28 Skelly Ofl (2). 21 Sloss-SheMeld Sti&Iron. 624% Sloss-Sheft' S&1 pf (7). 31 Snider Packing Co. 14 Snider Packing pf. .. 85 Solvay A In pf ww (5%) 23% So Porto R Sug (12%).. 451 Southern Calif Ed (2). 2% Southern Dairies B Southern Pacific (). 92% 9 . 97 74 Sou Ry M & Onlacfs(4). 80 80 Spalding (AG) (2)...... 39 15 Spang Chalfant & Co.... 13% Sparks Withington (1). 20 Spéncer Kellog (1.60) 21 Spicer Mfg. 38 Spicer Mfg p! 40 Splegel May Stern 45! 20 Standard Bradns (l%). . 281 % 114% Standard Brands pf (7). 118 22% ks 19% 25% 207 % 85% 181 28% 24% 35 49% 297% 200 Union P 85% 1aau 121% 26154 1560 144% 137 109% 52% 224 584 13% 82 8 Stand Com Tobacco (1). 10% 78% Stand Gas & El (3%) 95 62% 20 65% 62% 3 56 Stand Oil of Cal (h2%). 48 Standard Oil NJ (12)... 31% Stand OIIN Y (1.60). 1% Stand Plate Glass. 30% Starrett (L'S) Co (2) ... 8% Sterling Sec A)..... 8% Sterling Secur pf (1.20). 31 Sterling Sec cv pf(3). .. 30 Stewart Warner (j334). 64 Stone & Webster. 38t% Studebaker Co (35) % Submarine Boat. 55% Sun Oil (£1): 5% Superior Oil. 15 Superior Steel. 5% Sweets Coof A 315 Symington. 6% Symington Cl; 15 . Telaatograph (11.05) 914 Tennessee Copper (1). 50 Texas Corp (3)...... 42% Texas Gulf Sulphur (4). 115 Texas & Pacific (5)..... 9% Tex & Pac Coal & O(bb). 64 Texas Land Trust. 16% Thatcher Mfg..... 35 Thatcher Mfg pf (3.60) 29% The Fair (2.40). 50 Ml‘ 2% 125 115 1% 9“: 9% Thompson J R wi 355 Tidewater il ot (5 11% Timken Det Axle(t80e) . 581 Timken Roller B (3)... 1 Tobacco Products. 1% Tobacco Prod ctfs. 5% Tobacco Products A. ... 4% Tdbac Prod ctfs A 1.40. . 3 Tobacco Prod dv ctfs A. 54 Transcontinental Oil. ... Transue & Williams (1) Trico Produets (2%) Truax Traer C (1.60)... % Truscon Steel (£1.20)... 28 Twin City Rapid Tr (4). 82 Underwd Ell Fisher (5) 7 Union Bag & Paper. 59 Un Carb & Curbon (2. 42% Union O11 of Cal (2) fic (10) 80 Union Pacific pf (4) Union Tank Car (5) 31 Utd Alrcraft & Trans. 44 Ul Alroratt & Tr ot (3) 33% United Biseuit (1. 40% Utd Carbon (2). 4% Utd Cigar Stores. 1 Utd Cgar Stores ctf: 37 United Cigar pf.. 19 United Corporation 42% United Corpn cum pt(3) 13 United Blec Coal (3).... 99 United Fruit (c4 22 Utd Gas & Im (1 90% Utd Gas & Im pf(5) 7% United Paperboard . 18% United Piece Works. 96 Un Pc Dy Wk pf (8 % United Stores Cor, United Stores Corp U 8 Distributing. 17% U S & Foreign Secur. 243 U S Hoftman (2) U S 1nd Alcohol (; U S Leather. .. 1 40% U S Rubber 1st of...... 5 20% U S Smelt Ref&M(3%). 36% 48 U SSmelt REMDI(3%). 50 U § Steel Corp (18)..... 170 U S Steel pf (7). . l!"A 137 8515 U S Tobaceo. . 56% 26% Universal Leaf Tob (3). Sl% 26% 3 UnivPipe& Rad........ 4% 3% 24% Utll Pow & Lt A (e2). 1% 244 3 Vadaseo Sales. ... . T 40% Vadasco Sales pf ( 60 404 (Continued on Ninth Page.) 218 1644 — 5% 1384 — 1% 8% + W 2% -2 3N+ % 12% + % 18 - 4% FINANCIAL. NEW CONTAINER LAWS EXPLAINED IN BULLETIN Special Dispatch to The Star. bulletin_warning shippers “that the United States -mm-ra container act, effective November 1, 1629, Is a weight mensure law and as such is effec- | tive in intrastate as wel as interstate comm ‘Washington enters the Christmas business season with encouraging re- ports showing advances in October in various lines of activity which serve as indicators of current commercial vol- ume. During the past month continued progress was shown in retall trade, check transactions, postal receipts, pow- er consumption and telephone ‘use. Bank clelfln[.l here last month amounted to $137,968,283.75, represent- ing a conservative increase over last October and a big jump from the total for September of this year, when the figure was $114,986,938. Posf receipts for October were $547474.88, as compared with $545, 694.13 for October, 1928, and $460,- 574.25 in September, 1929, it is reported by Postmaster W. M. Mooney. Retail trade advanced sharply in Sep- ordinances which are in conflict with it,” the warning continues, “and you are cautioned that deliveries received for sale or shipment in non-standard “The standard sizes of hlmpen and round stave baskets, including straight size and tub baskets and thiose some- times known as,half-bushel or bushel baskets, as provided for by the new law, are as follows: ‘Four, 8, 12, lfl. 14 and 32 quart baskets; 14, %. %, 1% and 2 bushel hampen DISTRICT BUSINESS BAROMETERS reported by the Federal Reserve Board was 110 as compared with 106 for Sep- tember, 1928, and 89 for August, 182’ Department store sales for the country at large for October were 3 per cent larger than in the corresponding month a year ago. In the Richmond district, which includes Washington, the in- crease was _approximately 5 per cent, indicating & notable rise here. Power cwnmmg‘tlcn here last month amounted to 21,899,856 kilowatt hours, comg-red with 18,286,368 in October, 1928, the Potomac Electric Power Co. Teports. The average number of originatin local calls per day last month was 619, 352, as compared with 571,495 in Oc- tober, 1928, the Chesapeake & Potomac ‘Telephone Co. reports. The number of phones in service also showed an in- tember in Washington when the index 1926. $112,853,440 99,026,075 120,498,787 115,978,408 118,968,666 128,361,071 204,912,119 105,608,791 119,532,824 118,066,537 127,262,114 121,511,514 * | crease. CHECK TRANSACTIONS WASHINGTON CLEARING HOUSE 1927, 1928, 1929, $117,074,963 llll 408, l32 $129,438,201 103,348,052 ,649,040 121,510,442 131,795,928 124,139,370 126,300,052 120,850,495 126,836,188 127,516,336 124,028,347 108,600,949 127,497,771 103,580,305 113,553,519 104,579,350 114,986,938 116,851,774 137,968,284 114,264,134 l22.7|7l.24! 123,581,252 129,981,412 113 ll'l 412 137,660, 1693 $1,392,580,951 POSTAL. Reported by 1926-27 $380,996.07 371,654.56 447304.14 541,876.96 505,417.39 686.869.38 452,798.09 460,256.72 521,939.24 498,200.44 424,724.09 426,669.19 $5,729,296.27 54% — 2 l!l + 6 o rnieias $1,385,897,426 $1,435,725,602 RECEIPTS Fiscal Years. 1927-28 $388,568.16 397,809.26 476,465.09 506,£59.09 511,010.11 687,765.65 473,473.51 466,626.95 527,486.19 506,543.44 470,110.35 447,490.35 $5,860,378.15 1928-29 $391,428.44 412,757.49 469,250.28 545,649.13 494,103.07 672,162.47 480,663.77 467,238.68 505,179.65 499,056.83 491,322.56 457,603.20 $5,886,415.57 1920-30 $425,262.75 414,342.79 460,574.25 547,474.28 KILOWATT HOUR OUTPUT FOR DISTRICT POTOMAC EuCTRId POWER CO. 1926 15,049,208 14,570,549 14,038,461 13,990,862 15,081,528 15.157,253 15,248,254 15,576,137 15,515,505 15,713,113 15,861,946 16,442,705 1921 1928 17,036,730 16,154,758 1929, 22,016,010 20, 602 21,520,790 21,071,318 21,078,386 21,717,953 21,182,306 21,180,690 21,269.82¢8 lG 796, 510 368 21,8998 18,131,429 62t 19,030,145 TELEPHONE SERVICE IN DISTRICT CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO. Number of Telephones in Service. 586,784 *Seasonal decrease due to vacation 154,055 156,402 158,016 1928 590,024 601,839 619,352 98,398 period. SALES INDEX OF DEPARTMENT STORES DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Average Monthly Sales 1923=100 1927. 90.4 104.4 BUSINESS? 16% + 1 31% — 8 28 - 1% M+ 6% 12, -1 8 — 2% 45 - 2% 24 46% - 3% % - 1% 80 +1 6 +2 | K 3~ 3 30 - m % — 5" Zion Showing Cll’re!ll Business Activity Compared With Same Week Last Year. GENERAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY for the e York City. Shaded areas show weeks of a ul.l_hlplh( rs (checl Ilflllhlu :‘ mmtduh- Cost of -vhlco-lmu) (Fisher's Movement of (ear Reserve Wholcsale trade (Federal l-crn loll‘l.. Failures (Dun's) ........ Bond {Annalist! W‘ 7' Atrlclll-n) ' ]