Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1929, Page 21

THE EVENING BOND LIST STEADY | [ox_sex voe BONDS stou excman] IN LIGHT DEALINGS Pressure Lifts as Support Comes Into Market Today. BY F. H. RICHARDSON. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 21 (#).—The aftermath of Friday's severe decline on the stock market sent some bond prices lower again today, but there was sup- port behind the market and just as many bonds made gains. The second-grade rails came in for some attention as a result of the publi- cation of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission’s merger plans, but fluctuations Wwere narrow. Florida East Coast 5s were off over 11, points and within a point of their low level for the year. Under the plan this road would be taken over by the Southern Railway. Gains were made by St. Paul Adjustments, Erie Refund- ing 5s, St. Louis & San Francisco 41:s and Western Maryland 4s. High-grade rails inclined to the ad- vancing side. Baltimore & Ohio first 4s, New York Central debenture 4s, Union Pacific - 45 (1968) and Nickel Plate 4';s mmproved, while Atchison general 4s and Southern Pacific 4l2s were off fractionally. Other high-grade issues, such as Standard Ofl of New York 4'>s and Duquesne Light 4!2s, were lower. South American descriptions were weak and Europeans generally strong in | the_foreign market. i The holiday next week interferes with the volume of new municipal financing to be offered. - There is a total of $10,978.779 to be put out, of which only one issue exceeds $1.060,000 in amount. It is that of the City of Waterbury, Conn., for $2,000,000 of 4% per cent funding bonds. Washington Stock Exchange SALES. Anacostia & Potomac guar. 55—$3,000 at 911 Liberty National Bank—10 at 215, 10 at 215. Merg-nthnler Linotype—10 at 106'z, 10 at 1062, 10 at 1062 National Mtge & Inv. prd —29 at 4, 50 at 414, Real Estate Mtge. & Guar. pfd.—100 at 7, 40 at 7. UNLISTED DEPT. Munsey Trust Co.—10 at 155, 5 at 155. Park Savings Bank—2 at 85. Bid and Asked Prices. BONDS. PUBLIC UTILITY. Amer. Tel. & Amer; Tel, & Telgn. 41as . Tel. & Tel. ctl. tr. 5 . R. R. 5 t. 5 ash. : Wash: Gas Gs. series Wash Rwy. & Elec. 4 MISCELLANEOUS. Barber & Ross, Inc. 6las. Cham.-Vanolt, Hotel 6'as Chevy Chase Club 512 D. C_Paper Mis. 63 National Capital Columbia . Commercial District Received by Private Wice UNITED STATES. (Sales are In $1.000. Sales. Hish. Low Close LIb3Ys... 50 9913 9912 912 Libistels 10 1003 0030 10031 Libeth4le 43 10110 1018 10110 US3%sd43. 260 9922 9921 9521 US3%s47. 50 9922 9921 9921 US3%s... 25 1045 1045 1045 FOREIGN. High, Low. Close. *hla 85! Argentine 58 . 85 Argentine §sJu 69. . tine 68 Oct 69 22 7 13 8 Australia 6s 1955, . Bank of Chile t'u. Belglum Belgium 6%, Belgium 78 1956. .. Belzium 7s 1956. Belgium 7%s Belgium 8s. . Bolivia Twct *69. ... Bolivia Bordeaux Brazil 61s 1926, Rrazil 6%s 192 Brazfl 7 Brazil 8 Bremen State 7 Canada 6s 1931.. 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Phine Wst E P RhineWst EP 7s 60 Rio de Janerio 6% Rin de Jan 8s 194 Rio Gr do Sul 6 48. Rio Gr Do Sul 8s... Rome 6%43s... s 11 Sao Paulo 85 1936.. T% EE% 95 o5 92 92 108 108 76 6 F8U NBik 1014 1014 104% 1043 1084 1084 2916 Seine 75 43... Serbs Cr Slav Tokio 5%s 1961 Utd Kinzm 5% 37, Uruguay 65 1960. .. Uruguay 8: Vienna 6s ‘52 K484 Yokohatha 6s. 95% 96 105% 106 Feceral-American Liberty Second ... 210 National Bank of Washingion. 285 TRUST COMPANY. Washingion Loan & Trust BAVINGS BANK. Bank of Bethesda. Commerce & Savings. East_ Washington. omac y Street. United States Washington Mechian FIRE INSURANCE. American 5 Corcoran Firemen's National U] TITLE INSURANCE. Columbia Title Real Ride S, or M. com MISCELLANEOUS. Barber & Ross. Inc.. com. Chevy Chase Dalry pfd e Merchants' Tians. & Siorage. +1 Merchants' Trans. & Stor. pfd. 'w Mergenthaler Linotype.. Natl. Mtge. & Inv. pfd Peoples Drue Stores wm Security Storage Ter. Ref. & Whr [Corp. The Carpel Corp.. Woodward & Lothrop pfd. *Ex dividend. 117 extra. Unlisted Deplrh'nent. BO! Bid. Army-Navy 55 . o) Cosmos Club_4' Commercial Club® ist 85 City Club 7s. Metropolitan 'Club 4's... Anacostia Bank....... Chapin Sacks. Chapin Sacks 7% bid.. iniiey “Trust Co North Capital Savings Bank Northeest Savines Bank Savings B Co. ton Base Ball Club, Whhin Bank. 1 5 Woodridse-Lansdon Sav. 20 SHOBT TERM SECURITIES. (Reported by J & W. Sflumlg: Co.) Otier. Allis-Chalmers 5s 1937 91, 102 55 12 ahy Packing Co. 81,5 1931 Fdison Elec. 1. Bost. 4735 1930 : Ac Phllllm Petroleum 6'es 1939 .. o1p. 5128 1£37..... 1 , Srell Union Oil 35 1947.. : Sinclaiy Ciude ON 8ias 1038 Asked. | 86 MISCELLANEOUSN. 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Western Electric 58 Wheeling Steel Cor) Wheeling Steel Cos 0072 A 101 104 1585 1ais, 101 4is 1053 87 Argentina’s wool th~ present season $23,000,000 pounds. proguction for is estimated at RAILROAD. rn ki 90'4 i Ann Arbor 4s. Atcnison ad) 7 H0% Atchison gen 9; 5| Atch deb 4% e ¢ 7 1 281, B & O Gold & P&Oey k% & Grfbn B&OIRbRAL. ... K& OB 2000 D .. B&OILimy 68 YUK 9L 1 1010, 1031, 10414 21030 101 109 109 99% 99X | 99% 991 | Sou Ry con Sou Ry 68 56. Tex Atk £'S nn(o Tex & Ps 1034 100t Marviand ¢s. t Pacific bs. | PARIS BOURSE PRICES, | | _PARIS, December 21 (#)—Prices im- | proved on the Bourse today. Three per | cent rentes, 83 francs 5 centime: { cent loan, 107 francs 90 centimes; ¢ | change on London, 123 francs 89 | centimes. The dollar was quoted at| {25 francs 37% centimes. ! GRAIN MARKET. CHICAGO, December 21 (Special).— | Wheat started 2 to 4 cents higher today at, the opening under general buying in | the way of short covering because of {the strength in Liverpool, which was in- fluenced by better milling demand. After the first half hour December was | {119%, March 1253, May 129%. | "Corn was higher, with wheat, cember was 91, 'March 93%, ! Oats were higher, May 483, Provisions were lower with hogs. March was 47%, GERMAN BONDS AND STOCKS. %, ! Epecizl Dispatch ‘o The Star. | NEW YORK, December 21.— Bid. As) Ger Govt Red Loan with d avse) e clls atiached per 100 RM 50.00 6100 ¢{Ger Govt Red Loan without | “drawing ctts per 1,000 R M. 24.00 27.00 1Quoted in dollers per mililon marks) Hemburs 41as 1919 5.00 45,01 in dollars per lhaunnfl marks) Gen Eirer dibe preswar o German 'Gen Elect 4'zs 1918 Berlin 4s pre-war... Hampirg Js. 5128 & 48 pre- | Kiamburs American Line 4ia Rorth "German Lioyd” 4'as. Krup § Selacre an Gen E G (Ger Gen Ele) lummm & ¥ arben i Disconto Gells umu e - Berliner Ores pfd B, Private Bank | dustry faces today is the question of 4 100% | De- | May | ol triais | i STAR, WASHINGTON MOTOR BUS TRAVEL SHOWING INCREASE Steady Growth Indicated in: Number of Passengers During Recent Years. ' BY J. C. ROYLE. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 21.— More | than 1,800,000,000 passengers will have | been carried in the year by motor busses in the United States before 1929 | comes to an end. Preliminary figures now available indicate that this total | {Is & conservative estimate. So wide has been the expansion of passenger and freight bus lines throughout the coun- try that the greatest problem the ni- interstate regulation of motor vehicle transportation. There are now approximately 100,000 busses in operation, of which about 40,000 are used in carrying children to | and from schools. The common carrier busses, which account for about 48,000 vehicles, transported more than 1,600, 000,000 passengers. Gain in Passengers. More Americans are riding than ever | before and the gain is largely in the motor transport field. The street rafl-i way carricrs have carried approximately 15,850,000,000 passengers this year and this includes those who rode in busses operated by the traction companies. But this total is a drop from 1928 und' shows only nominal gains over the number carried 10 years ago. The number of passengers carried by the steam roads also has been almost sta- tionary. The increase in travel ha: been captured, to a large extent, by the automobile, operated either privately or as a common carrier. Capital invested in bus lines has shown a steady growth from $236,000,000 in 1925 to approximately $375,000,000 in 1929. In the same period gross revenues of the common carrier busses rose from $186,000,000 to about $480,000,000. The electric railroads have combined bus service with electric car service in hun- dreds of communities, but the outlook for the tractions is still largely depend- ent on ability to raise sufficient sums for expansion and improvements., The electric railway companies, however, ex- pect to spend fully $149,000,000 in im- provements and betterments in 1930. ‘The growth of the taxicab habit has been as rapid in the urban field as has bus transportation in interurban traffic. ‘The taxicab has become an integral part of the transportation system of every city. It started in the luxury class, but | has progressed to use as a general con- veyance. This has been accomplished by improvement of vehicles and service and lowering of prices. When the first electric cabs were in their glery, there was one faxicab to every 1,300 persons in the United States. No definite figures exist as 10 the mile- |age traveled by taxicabs, but the driv- jers in large cities eount on covering something like 1,000 miles a week and | each cab is usually used by two drivers, one on day shift and one on night. One company. operating a fleet of 2,600 taxicabs, covered 40,427,682 miles in the first half of 1929 and carried 16,100,674 passengers. This company operates in four cities and now has | fleets totaling 5,150 cabs. It started in 1915 with 31 cabs, 51 drivers and one garage. This will give some idea of the | growth of the taxicab busness. Factor of Roads. Fleets of cabs now are being operated | in connection with airplane companies, carrying passengers to and from lariding fields, in connection with railroads and in connection with clevated and street car lines. In addition thousands of in- dependent operatcrs own and drive | their own cabs. It is roughly estimated that there are more than 75,000 cabs in the country. In this city there are more than 22,000 cabs licensed to operate. These cabs will take in, it is estimated, about $175,000,000 this year. ‘Total receipts for the country are con- servatively placed at $400,000,000. Back of all improvement in bus and cab revenues is the basic factor of bet- ter roads and paved streets, LANSTON DIVIDEND | { RAISED TO 8 PCT. Directors Declare $1.75 Quarterly Payment and Vote 25-Cent Extra at Meeting Today. The directors of the Lanston Mono- | type Co., at a meeting this forenoon, declared a quarterly dividend of $1.75| per share instead of $1.50 per share and also voted an extra dividend of 25 cents a share. Lanston has been paying a yearly dividend of $6. but today's ac- tion indicates that the directors intend to place the stock on an 8 per cent basis. Such a rate, of course, hinges on maintaining the new quarterly rate of $1.75 per share and voting the 25- cent extra each quarter. ‘Today's dividends are payable on February 28 to stockholders of record February 18. STABILIZED INCOMES ARE URGED BY SENATOR By the Associated Press. DETROIT, December 21.—A unmlng‘ that American_industry is on the verge of an era_of Government regulation to | stabilize the incomes of its w TS un- less it makes such measures of its own initiative was sounded by Senator James Couzens last night in an ad- dress before the twenty-seventh annual | meeting of the Michigan Manufactur- ers' Association.* Stabilization of employment, Senator Couzens sald, is a problem which in- dustry must solve itself and which it can solve so as to prevent periods of depression. Unless such step are tak- en, Senator Couzens predicted the pas- sage of legislation providing a system of pensions and unemployment insur- | ance. | COPPER OUTPUT DROPS { world production of copper, including the output from Africa, last month totaled 170,585 chort tons, compared with 175,540 in October, and 183,813 in | of Metal Statistics reports. Yesterday’s | | New York Stock and i Bond Averages. (From ihe 519 Edition.) | | By the Associated Press. roa 1654 130, . 1 208, 1987 1501 1862 1211 1033 Ten first-grade ra Ten secondary T Ten public_uti year nee. 96 three “vears ago. 0. Tat. Siea ipar value), S1f.- ’33 Columbus " NEW YORK, December 21 (#).—The | Le Mer November, 1928, the American Bureau | py, SATURDAY, DECEMBER POULTRY RECEIPTS DECREASE IND.C. Prices Higher as Expected; Influx of Fowl Fails to Develop. Failure of heavy receipts to material- ize and the decided drop in temperature resulted in a stiffening of prices in the poultry market this morning. Cold weather enabled dealers to display their receipts to the best possible advantage, | and word of the change in prices sent | retalers looking for supplies at prices which prevailed yesterday. Receipts of turkeys and chickens to- morrow and Monday may tell a differ- | ent story, according to dealers, but it is hardly expected that they will be heavy enough to change conditions, some dealers predicting a possible higher market Monday. Today's Wholesale Prices—Jobbers’ Prices Slightly Higher. Butter—One-pound prints, 41a42; tub, 40a41; store packed, 30a32. Eggs—Hennery, 55a58; fresh sciected, 33a54; current receipts, 48a50. Poultry, allve—Turkeys, young hens and toms, 30a32; old toms, 27; Spring chickens, large, 26a27. medium, 26a27; broilers, 30; towls, 25a26; Leghorns, 17a 18; roosters, 20; ducks, 15a18. Dressed— Turkeys, young hens and toms, 35a37: ola, 32a33; Spring chickens. large, 32a 30a32; broilers, 37a38; Leghorns, 26a27; fowls, 28a30; roosters, 23a25; capons, 35a40; keats, 50260. Meats—Beef, 20a22; veal, 24a26; lamb, 24a27; pork loins, 22a25; fresh hams, 20a22] fresh shoulders, 19a22; smoked hams, 25a26; smoked shoulders, 18a20; bacon, 25a26; lard, in bulk, 12a13; in packages, 13a14. Live stock—Calves, 14; lambs, 12:a13. Rabbits continued in large quantities, chiefly from Maryland and Virginia, some also coming from more distant States. They were so plentiful that prices dropped as low as 15, 20 and 25 cents each. Most receipts were in good condition, according to reports, and few condemnations resulted. Eggs continue in demand for the holi- day season, the market this morning being reported irregular, but with prices unchanged. Lower prices after the close of holiday trading are anticipated. Dealers this morning also Teported a firm condition of the butter market. prices having changed several times during the week, but not to the extent of materially affecting retail prices. Prices of most commodities this morn- ing were the same as prices quoted yes- terday. | Colder weather was very much ap- preciated by dealers along all lines cf business, more especially poultry dealers. “Had the wet and humid weather of the early week continued much longer.” observed a dealer, “the market would have been put in a bad condluon “As it was,” he added, “more than ordinary care had to be taken to keep supplies in good condition. Ccntinued humid weather invariably results in putting the poultry in a condition which makes it appear worse than it really is. “When the turkeys become sticky and are not put in storage,” he continued “they do not hold up very well and have to be disposed of, sometimes at a sacri- | fice. Cold weather is needed to put| them at their best.” In the commission house district and | lon the farmers' line this morning there | were ample supplies of all varieties of fruits and vegetables to supply demands, | with plenty to spare. and there ‘lsi every indication that dealers would hnve plenty stock to carry over for Monday's | market. | Fruits this morning were plentiful, and arranged to the best possible ad- vantage for the benefit of retailers/ wanting supplies for the week end and | Monday trade, much of the buying, with the exception of perishable commodi- | ties, being done for the opening of the coming week’s trade. | Oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, ba- nanas, grapes, pears, kumquats, alliga- tor pears, persimmons and pineapples were among the more attractive fruits offered. Apples, always to be had, were in plentiful supply, but not in heavy demand. Apple Receipts. Fancy box stock apples from the State | of Washington were most in demand because of their size and attractive coloring. Receipts were reported mod- erate and the demand fairly light. Ex- tra fancy Delicious apples were offered around $3.75 to $4 a box. Virginia Yorks, fine quality and high color, sold at $2 and $2.25 a bushel basket, Pennsylvania stock selling at slightly lowgr prices. Other varieties of apples sold fram $1.50 to $2, country apples on the farmers' line bringing| from $1.25 to §: ! Moderate supplies of oranges this| morning met a moderate demand and |steady ‘market. Florida receipts- sold from $3.75 to $4.25, California navel selling at $5.50 and $6. Florida grapc fruit was offered at prices ranging from $3.50 to $4.50. Florida strawberries. first quality, met a good demand at 50 and 60 cents a quart, pint boxes selling for 25 and 30 cents. Tangerines, half boxes, as to size, selling from $2 to $2.75, were in moderate supply. Pineapffles, pears, alligator pears, persimmons and ba- nanas were other fruits offered. Cranberries, very much in demand, were not very plentiful. Massachusetts half-bargel boxes of Early Blacks were offered at $3 and $3.50, late Howes sell- ing at $4 and $4.50, few as high as $4.75. Celery was the leader in the vegetable market, every retailer wanting supplies for the Christmas dinner trade. Sup- plies came from New York and Cali- fornia, prices covering a wide range, size of crates and quality of the vege- | table being the determining factors. Cabbage, caulithwrr spinach and NEW YORK BANK STOCKS. NEW YORK, December 21 (Spgcial).— Bid. Asked. America . 132 136 H i Broadway Natl Bryant ‘P Central Natl.. hase Commeretai . Continental Fitch Ave TRUST COMPANIES. Banca_Comm Ital Bane Sicily ronx : Cent Union Cent Union new. Courty ex rts Empire .. Farm L Fidelity Fulton . Guaranty Interstate Int Ger Int uunmnlc Lm 21 h)e were among vegetables much ln‘ !demand by retailers for the week-end | itrade. Increased receipts of csulu‘lower‘ from California weakened the market, pony crates this morning selling lmunfl\ $2.50. Danish-type cabbage, 100-pound sacks of New York stock, sold at $2. Bushel hampers of South Carolina cab- | bage, mostly of the pointed type, were offered at $1.75 and $2. Other Vegetable Supplies. Spinach was plentiful, receipts com- 1 ing from nearby, the Norfolk (Va.) sec- tion and Texas. Bushel baskets sold from 75 cents to $1.50. Kale sold much | cheaper. String beans continue in lib- | eral supply, selling, according to qual- ity, from $1 to $2.50 a bushel basket. Light receipts of beets, carrots, pep- pers and tomatoes and very light re-| ceipts of eggplant were mentioned in| this morning's reports. There was not much of demand for tomatoes reported, some of the receipts being too ripe to sell, while hothouse stock, higher than | | supplies from Cuba and Florida, claimed more attention of retailers. | Dealers on the farmers’ line this| morning had fairly heavy receipts of vegetables from farms in nearby Vi ginia and Maryland, turnips and pars- nips being particularly plentiful. RECORD GOLD SHIPMENT IS RECEIVED AT LONDON By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 21.—Money mar- ket anticipations of a gold movement from the United States to London ma- terialized today when the Bank of | England announced the purchase of £4,679,000 (approximately $26,000,000) bar gold. ‘This came from New York on the Berengaria and constitutes the first con- signment of gold from New York in many months. It was’a record influx to the Bank of England for any single | day this year. CUYAMEL DEAL APPROVED. BOSTON, Mass., December 21 (Spe- cial) —The directors of the United Fruit Co. yesterday approved the pur- chase of the assets of the Cuyamel Fruit Co. The price was 300,000 shares of United PFruit stock. The directors issued a which they said: “The completion of this purchase, it is expected, will effect very considerable economies in production, transportation and_distribution. “The quality fruit obtained through the Cuyamel purchase will probably be marketed in the United States as here- tofore, thus enabling the United Fruit Co. to use its increasing production in other localities to keep the steadily in- | creasing European 'mand fully sup- plied as in the b Established 1899 INVEST_IN First Deed of Trust Notes 6% to 647 $250.00. $500.00 and $1,000.00 cunsutt. WELCH Reattors Loun Specialists 15th & N. Y. Ave. N.W. _ National 4346 National Savings & Trast Building statement in Money to Loan Secured hy first de. Preyailing_interest and comm| Joseph I. 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Sacrifice as a means to virtue or achieve- ment is now condemned as unnecessary waste, Knowledge is the protection on which modern man depends. The wealth so recently sacrificed .upon the altar of frantic speculation might have been saved if only the knowledge of sound principles of investment had prevailed. Knowledge of the fact that the First Mortgage Notes issued by Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Company had come through sixty years of the ups and downs of modern business, without a single instance of loss to an investor, might have saved many fortunes now irrevocably lost. »And these notes are available in amounts as low as $100. An investment made to- day will protect you better than any pro- pitiation of the gods. SWARTZELL, RHEEM & HENSEY CO. MORTGAGE BANKERS 7207 15 STREET N.w./ WASHINGTON D.C. 1435 K Street N.W. Additional Copies of our latest Booklet on First Mortgage Notes now avarlable An interesting pamphlet giving complete information on first mortgage investment in a clear and concise manner is yours for the asking. Phone or Write for Your Copy Today HANNON. & LU National 2345