Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1930, Page 13

"FIN _Real Estate Investments JAMES Y. PENNEBAKER Nat5291 1520K St. N.W. First Trust Money Available NCIAL. D. C. ASSOCIATION Stock Exchange Branch Managers Will Meet This Afternoon. BY EDWARD C. STONE. An -effort ‘has been launched to or- Notice—All stocks are sold in one hundred-share lots exeepting those designated by the letter s ( (283s), 'llehdw"(hnumllhhlflllnmlnllflnly. Sales of Each Stock Coln)fled to 12:30 P.ML —Pr'v'l":m-\ Alr Way E1 Ap(2%). ~Prev. 1030.~ High. Low. 2 1 % 39 C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, .1930. % NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Recelved by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office. Stock and Dividend Rats Consol Textile. . 3 Container Cor A 1 !0‘ Container Corp B Contl Baking A Contl Baking Contl Baking pf Contl Can (2%) Contl Dia Fibre Contl Insur (2.40). Continental Moto: Contl Oil of Del Contl Shares (1). Corn Prod (13% Corn Prod pt (7). 1% es— Mdmluh Low. Close. mou 1% l 15‘& 91 60 30% STOCKS IRREGULAR AFTER EARLY-GAIN Profit Taking Appears in Leaders—Brisk Upturn Marks Opening. BY STANLEY W. PRENOSIL, Associated Press Financial Editor. UNFILLED STEEL ORDERS AGAIN SHOW INCREASE By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 10.—Unfilled tonnage of Corporation, on January 31, amounted to 4,468,710 tons, an increase of 51,517 wns durlnl the month. December 31, the corporation's unruled orders amounted to 4,417,193 tons, and on January 31, 1929, it was 4, IW 487 tons, ‘oday’s increase, while small, was the tmh successive monthly upturn, and carried the total of the corporation’s unfinished business to the highest level since last June. At that time the com- pany’s mills were operating around 100 per cent of rated capacity, compared with about 75 per cent at the end of the United Btates Steel |, First Mortgage Loans Lowest Rates of Interest and Commission Thomas J. Fisher & Company, Inc. LOANS ON REAL ESTATE We have available funds at cur- rent rates of interest—normal com- OMIC, NSID- N ERATION FOR BORRO nmh Iarge and small loas MOORE & HILL, Inc. Since 1900 730 17th Street last month. Ajax Rubber Alaska Juneau, Coty, Inc (k2). ¢ Cream of Wht(12y), Crosley Radio (1).... Crown Cork & Seal Crucible Steel (k5 X N 89 Crucible Steel pt (7 114% 114% % ™ JAMES F. SHEA 643 Louisiana Ave. N.W. ganize the 16 financial houses in Wash- ington which are members of the New York Stock Exchange into an associa- tion which will render mpomm. fon "ana. protets e« e ‘Amal Leather pt. 261 214 oI J,':,’ Amerada Corp (2).4e ci ler the proposal has been called for 5 o'clock this aft- ernoon at _the Metropolitan Club, at which time complete details of the plan will be presented for dis- cussion, The moving spirits in forming the organization are George A. Gar- p. p. H. Siddons. rett, resident part. ner in F. B. Keech & Co.; A Chester Flather, one of the co-managers of the local office of G. M. P. Murphy & Co., and Arthur Foraker, local manager of the office of Eastman, Dillon & Co, ‘These brokers have sent letters to all firms in the Capital which are members of the New York Stock Exchange, sug- gesting the advisability of such an or- ganization, and expressing belief that “the active and frank co-operation of the member firms in Washington would l’e-!ul:d in mutual benefit to all con- = At the meeting hu today it is that details can be worked out pre- 1 to -flect.ln‘ & permanent or- NEW YORK, February 10.—The| 1 | stock market alternately blew hot and cold today, with neither “bulls” nor ‘bears” able to gain any decided ad- 141 | vantage. A rally of about an hour's 7 | duration was followed by a renewal of o | selling pressure against some of the 2% | recent speculative favorites, particu- 12% |larly in_the merchandising and copper 8% | groups, but the general market stiffened 45% | again in the early afternoon when fresh 115 |buying operations developed in radio 116 |and some of the public utility shares. Curtiss Wright Corp. 7% | One of the most interesting trade Curt Wright Corp A.. 13% 16% 14 |developments of the day was the publi- Cutler-Hammer. .... 72 72 73 |cation 6f the monthly tonnage report ; 1 a4 |Dby the United States Steel Corporation, D"'"’“c""“-'- 32 | 33% |55 |showing a gain of 51617 tons in un- 125 125% 125 | filleq orders. This was the fifth con- 180% 180% ’g secutive inerease in bookings, although 148% 150 138 |1t was below some of the earlier csti- o0y, [ mates. ~United States Steel common, 3 SSAFE FERST, MORTGAGES kel 1 2% Investment Securities .OI.‘ yl:llllll 5.85 entirely convertible into COURTLAND NIXON, 1518 K St. Nat. 1926 WHAT IS BEHIND OUR 6!2% FIRST MORTGAGES Cudahy Packing (4).. Curtis Publishing (6) 6%, Am Brake Shoe(2.40) Curtis Publish p£(7), AmBrS&Fpt(7).. Am Btown Bov Elec. 60'% Am Brown B E pf(7) ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION 7th St. & La. Ave. N.W. 63rd Issue of Stock Now Open for Sabscription Shares of Stock, $1.00 Each ' Payable Monthly James E. Connelly James F. Shea President Secretary 62% ~oms Secured by First Mortgages is improved Washington real estate that has had our careful appraisement—not only of its value; but its ability to meet the obligations of the loan repre- sented by the mortgage. Am Chicle Co (12%). 4 Am Com Alco(n1.60) % 41 | which sold as high as 183% during Am&Forn Pwr 2d pf. 9 4 Diamond Match (8). 30. “|the morning, sold down to 181% 145 4 Am Hawatian 8 S (3) ¢ DoE MR, ®,. | shortly after the figures were published. Am Hide & Lea pt. .. Dominion Strs (. 2214 | The day's earnings reports were Am Home Prod(4.20) Drug Corpn (4 2% | mixed in character. Gillette Safety Am Ice Co (14). Duplan Silk (1) 2 151 | Razor reported a decline of about $2,- Am International (3) 4 Duplan Silk pf ( 9 0 750 000 in net income for 1929, Jer- Am La Fr & Foam pf Dupond de Nem (4).. 16 127% Central Rallroad income for 19‘219 :m{ncomo“v.(!),. Durham Hos pf new. 108 tel more than $1,000,000 below the “empd Al B « Bastman Kodak (18) 6 prevlouzs yeni;l Amo&g :}k:e mnlly stficn 190% | down 2 points or e early after- E mach & FdY (7). Eaton Axle & S (3). . 35% | noon more were Montgomery Ward, Eitington-Schild. 9% [ American Water Works, American Can, Elec Auto Lite (6)... 102 | Fox, Film and Union Pacific El Auto-Lite pt (7).. 107% | Active buying of Radio, Alleghany Electric Boat. - 5% | Corporation, New Haven and Missouri, EIPwr&Lt(1)..eee 62 |Kansas & Texas failed to offset the ElPwr&Ltpf (7). 109 |effect of continued pressure against Elec Storage Bat (5). 768% 179% 176 |U. S. Steel, Fox and American Can. Emp Capwell (2).. 18% 18% 20 |J, I. Case rebounded from a low of 229 Eng Pub Serv (31)., 50 51% 50 |to 239, where is was up 7 points above Eng Pub Sve pf (5).. 99 99 98% | Safurday's close. The close was irregu- Eng Pub Sveopf (5%) 100 100 98 lar. Sales .pproximlted 3,300,000 shares. Equitable Bldg (2% 43 ;g 61% f: f: 2 MILLS IN PIEDMONT IN G0OD POSITION Evans Auto L(32%). 26% 256% Labor Condition Declared Stable Exchange Buf (1%4). 10s 26 26 Fairbanks Co.... 4% 4% 5% After Survey Made in Carolinas. Over a Third 98 98 126% 125% 54 of a Thus the interest is assured, and the principal secured, be- yond all question, 191 191 35% 85% 9% 9% 101% 102 109% 109% 5% 6% 61% 63% 109% 109% Century Without & * Loss Am Power & Lt (31). Am Pow & Lt pf (6) .. 80 Am P&L pf A st (5).. 126% Am Rad & S S pf (7). 20% Am Republics. 80% Am Rolling M1l (2). 59 Am Safety Razor (5) 17% Am Solflnl fl 1% Am Ship & Cos 83 Am Snlnhllldifll (l) 10! 69% Am Sm & Ref 133% Am Sm & Ref pl (1)‘« 42% Am Snuff Co (13%).. 44% Am Steel Fa; (’)... 110% Am Steel de 124 (1). 46% Am Stores (2) May be purchased in amounts from $250 up. B. F. SAUL CO. National 2100 925 15th St. N.W. Safe—Conservative SNNAonr st S N eaTa: and surplus funds work for you st Expcrience in finanetng the highest inter- homes and in the these se- ition could well consider would be minimum commissions, fixing the size of odd lots to be dealt in and protection from un- desirable customers, em GD% 26 Erle RR 2d pt (I).-I fixes its own mar- ‘The aims of the are such that it is con- sidered essential that all the Stock Ex- est rate consist- ent with absolute safety. Wm. H. Salmders Co. Inc. REALTORS Dist. 1015 V 7 +Fairbanks Co pf.... 250 1T 5% Fairbanks Morse (3), 361 364 36% Fairbanks M pt (7). . 10s 107% 107% 105 Fash Park Asso (2% 24 24 24 % Fed Lt & Tre ($1%). 69 Fed Motor Tr (30c).. 9 Fed Water Ser A 2.40 35% Fid Pho Fire 1(2.60). 80% Fifth Ave Bus (64c). 7% Filene's pf (6%4). ... 5 Firestone T&R (1.60) 28% 804 56% 31 THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR & SAFETY 197 Am Tobaceo (B) (l)- 120 = Am Tol 126 Am Ty 'dry (8). .y 88% Am Water Wks (n1), 7% Am Woolen 29% Am Writ Paper pf (3 8% Am Zino Ld & Sm. 69% Anaconda Copr (7)., 40 Anacondx W&C (3).. 35 * Anghor Cap (2.40) .41 24% Archer-Dan-M (2) .. 79 Armour Del pf (7) offices will be represented at the meeting. Siddons on Bankers’ Committee. It was announced hdnz by W. J. ‘Waller, president of the District Bank- ‘|ers’ Association, that Prederick P. H. Siddons, secretary of the American Se- curity & Trust Co., has been appointed vice chairman of the general conven- tion committee, which will a e for the June gathering of the tion to be-held at Asheville, N. C. The 1T% Artloom (3) . chairman of this committee is George 30 . Artloom sy O. Vass, vice president and cashier of | 36% Asso Appl Ind the Riggs National Bank. 26 AmeB e Mr. Siddons has already done a large 81 amount of work in interest of the as- sociation. He was chairman of the program committee last year when the bankers met at Montauk Point. He had previously served on other 1al com- mittees, including that of publicity, 50. 103% which invoived a lot of effort on_th association’s monthly bulletin. y “ 2” year Mr. Siddons was appointed chair- 2 man of the fiduciaries lecv.ton ‘of the as- 2 ociation by Robert V. Fleming and 25 sgua A performed notable service in getting the 4 Avistion Corp Dat, - 10 * | Spectal Dispateh to The star. NEW YORK, ' February 10.—Labor troubles in the textile mills in North and South Carolina during the past few months have been greatly exag- 41 gerated, according to a survey of the 64% situation just completed by representa- 1T tives of the Duke Power Co., which has 34 3 headquarters at Charlotte, 'N. C., and 41% which furnishes electric power to more 90 than 90 per cent of the mills in the Pledmont Carolinas. “‘Careful investigation shows that the trouble was confined to only five mills. out of a total of between 500 and 600 mills in the district, and that fewer than 4 per cent of the 125,000 or more textile workers were affected. 31 ‘'That labor conditions in the Pied- 71% 71% 71% | mont Carolinas are unusually stable is 106 106 105 |indicated by the fact that 111 new in- 58% B9 . b68% glgg‘?‘l ylu;l.’sz;ven established ;n that per 4 ) Gen Electric (1.60). T4% 5% 5% o Al average o o b Gen Elec spee (60).. 1% Ims 21| S two DiREt sach iweel. Of 8 ese 15 Gen'l Food Corpn (3) i 53 . 5o 53 |new plan Ly o aNDed by T 1 Ger: Gas&EI A (fe2). T4 7oy 73% | COmpanies and 41 by existing companies. new division on a solid foun: 80% Baldwin,Loco (1.76), 18 341 GenG &ELpLA (1), T 108 108 108 | Of the total, 26 were hosiery plants.” Better Bond Buying Noted. 111 Baldwin Loco pt (7). 40s 115 4 Gen G &EIDLA (8). 120 120 Gen Itallan Edison 4% aan J. A. W. Iglehart & Co,, investment D umcre RN 39 118% General Mills (3)1+ 5214 b2% W & bankers and members-of uuhNe York P kol b Stock Exchange, have published booklet form the article by Earl Willis p Banks,” wl Al k Ci when it recently appeared in Barron's T4 BN 3 e gfim’e’f«”}fl'wfi?fi'fi:flg&'fieéfl i Financial Weekly. 82% Bendix Aviation (2). 24 94 |ing one-tenth per cent to 934 Tris According to the Iglehart firm, banks 31% Bost&Co (2), 3% iaw | arrests the sharp fall of the preceding in the District of Columbia, Maryland, 92 Bethlehem Steel (§). 43% 434 ek when the idox lost 0.4 of & saine Virginia and West Virginia have begun 12214 Bethlehem St pf (7). ,2.“ Y25 | The level now shows a net increase by again in recent weeks to become.active 101 Bloomingdale ptf (7). 10s 102! o 35" 1.2 points over the low of November 22, buyers- of bonds after having been out 78 Blumenthal pt (7)., 208 75 A m Iast. 3{; the x::r:‘n to a hr(k-‘efin&:nun‘n“, 4;: ::::‘n‘.l‘ ‘&hlz;‘ul 3. 4 54‘&. 2“ % ‘The purchasing power of the dollar e stock market, infla sherie, a tell sli t et boait o Lt o ihe 604 Borden Co (k3)...em. 23 66% :25‘ :2“ e e T Cous Ly improved tone of the bond market, both. 32% Borg Warner (4).... 2 40% 73.’: 73 It is possible that with the decrease in the absorption of new issues and the :3“ ggllmfl::flllfl b, 3 111 Goodyear 18t pf (7)1 98 98 |last weegnot the New York and London strengthening of prices, is attributed to Frin Brl:::&stfiuon > 9 16% Gotham Silk H (2%) 23 23 | rediscount rates to 4 and 4} per cenlt lnamntk:::lubuylng st itn 1% British Empire Steol, Gould Coupler. 10% g%ecuzd)"ffflowlflg l:&:“el:? in P:r s yields and sh:r':h :er:-:‘:?u?nu Tates from feoes ey " o co{ndtfi:;réscwul s::xa engrghelco:}'mr::m% 1916 to 1930, the klet just sent w e 4 Y 814 | Price index upwar e lowering of SV bl et vk e Sone | #1484 By Man e bt v o L . 253 o i e e o W St al Grand Stor pf (6%4)., 89U & ot ooy s e Sctngr | 1400 141 ; Grana Bnien, ok |l price Jevel tnd in T purchasing b S I3 DrunemalkCaly sl i DS 305 | the United States for various periods, Ability to guage.6orrectly the credit A e baded mainly, on Dur's quotations. The situation and the trend of short-term 331 Bucyrusev pf (234) . ] SIELNGEIULT00 YouT e money. rates i§ held to be almost en- o used. 9% Bud . tirely the gove factor in a hnx' s T 8% Budd Wheel (1 success in realizing bond profits from 29% Bullard Co (1. price appreciation. i pva Wt 0). 'zgh gulnu Watch (3). Mergenthaler Linotype Strong. 99% Burns Bri Mergenthaler _Linotype stock . was b strong on ‘the (ashinglon Sioc change ge again -opening _ at 4nd closing 8t 109, Ratlway d Electrie preferred sold a Y4, and four .shares of Capital Traction moved at 88. Carpel Firestone T&R pf(6) First Nat Strs (23%). Fisk Rubbe: Follansbee Bros (3. Foster Wheeler (3) Foundation Co. Fox Film A (§4). Freeport, Texas (15) Fuller pr pf (17.94).. Gabriel Snub A. Gardner Motor. Gen Amer Investor: Gen Am Tnk Car(34) 4 Gen Asphalt (4). Gen Baking pt (8) Gen Bronze (2) armRans a & - 3.2 mpenSakmos §5 applications for ld‘rfi 13% 105% 106% 53% 558 123% 123% 30% 31 30 30 First Mortgage Loans 1% on residences and ‘business buildings in the District of Columbia and nearby Mary- land suburbs . , ., Lower Costs, Long Term (if de-~ sired), Valuable prepayment privileges, Three yearsloans on newer properties with- out amortization. 54% 123% 31 No Discomfort No Inconvenience Terms to Suit You! Washington Gas Light Company House Heating Divislon National 8280 Commodity Prices 3414 | Secial Dispate to The star. 7% | _NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 10.— S 4 < < N < < < < < < Gen Refrac (14%)... Gen Theat Equip vts, 34 18 1007% Glllette Saf Raz(h5), 2 126 oo H. L. Rust Company 1001 Fifteenth Street National 8100 ESTABLISHED 1889 Loan G:wapo?ldent for “The Prudential™ Nnumufinwwnu GtNctfsOP (ISK). Grt West Sug (2.80). Grigsby Grunow (2), Gulf Mo & North.... Hahn Dept Stores. .+ Hartman Corp B 1.20 Hayes BodY...cc.. .o Helme (Geo H) (t7). Hercules Motor 1.80.. Hershey Choc (6).... Whole- Purchasing 1 wer; Price departure index. from 1926. e Week ended February 1. Senuary’ 31 January 2 Year ago + = 43% Burr Add Mach (1).. 36 Bush Termnl(2%).. 5 43% 108 100% Bush Term deb (7).,190s 107% 114 110 Bush T Bldg pt (7).. 208 110 4 3 Butte gonmr & Zine, 14 We Invite Applications for I - 5% 4% Bu FIRST TRUST LOANS' on Improved Property in NEARBY MONTGOMERY. C: AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Periods of 3, 5 or 10 Years SSERFHELPY Founded 1907 Buy 6% 9 Guaranty First l\lortgage Notes and Bonds E NJOY positive safety and unfailing income in these high character first mortgage bonds. Non-fluctuating and yielding a liberal return, Guaranty First Mortdages are secured on improved Washington real estate and backed by our $3,800,000 | than resources. If you have money for investment, enjoy the safety and unfailing income these securities offer. Corpornlon sold at 24. In the bond division, Washington Railway & Electric 4s came out at 86, Washington Market Cold Storage 5s lé vl.'a and Washington Gas 6s, series B, a %, Fifth District Bullding Permits. Building permits issued in 32 leading cities of the fifth reserve district in December, 1929, were less mnnemll, and the estimated valuation was than in December, 1928. . Permits unnd in December for new construction total- ‘ed only 772, with estimated valuation of $6,849,608, wmpned with 942 permits and a vllultlon of $11,524,794 issued in December, Almmnn lnd repair permits totaled 1,395, compared with 1,373 in the cor- responding month a year ago, but valu- ation figures for this class of work amounted to only $904,797, compared with $1498,989 in December, 193! Combined valuation _figures for classes of work totaled $7,754,405 in December, 1929, a decline of $5,269,17 or 405 per cent under the total $13,023,583 for December, 3 11 of the 32 reporting cities lhoved higher figures for December, "29, for the evrrespondl.nc imonth of the preceding vy Superior (2). 70% 66% Calif Packing (4)... ~ Callah, &Hec(ad%). 71% 63% Canada Dry G A (5). Caterpillar Trac (3).. 56% 35% Celotex (3) Cent Aguirre As 1%.. 30% Cent Alloy Steel (3). 5 31% 106% Cent Alloy 8t pt(7)..120s 107% 816 279 CentRROfNJ (112) 1 305 5 3% Century RibMills... 2 4% 60 63% Cent Rib Mills pf (7) 108 59 65% 691 Cerro de Pasco (6). 16% 11 Certal 86% ChiGreat W 24 ChiMill St P&Pac. 41% Chi Mill St P&Pac 84 Chicago& N W (6). Among the iarger centers, Baltimore| figures and mehmond Teported larger in the same month in 1928, but ‘Washington, Norfolk, Winston-Salem and Charlotte reported smaller figures, ‘3’5‘5 &eellne in Washington being nearly Total buflding permit figures for the|” Available in denomina- tions as low as $250 Monthly Payments if Desired , Send for Booklet “The Success Plan” REALESTATE] ilm'mz & GUARANTY CorPORATION Capital Resources $3,800,000 entire year 1929 show a decrease in the number of permits issued for new work in comparison with 1928, and valuati figures also showed a rked decl last year. The 32 cities issued 1 valuation of uN 480,! ou nwre unfavorabl of $143,208,266 KI “2!‘ Heard in Financial Distriet. 1is g n{ It is a decidedly df as bank vaults are Inl"l)ed ‘llure El Ley llrl:l p'uxt ;:lthout 'lkln. unn account possible - future mergers. St. is is the only Federal Reserve 54 | & 32% ~ 8% City Stores (1). 106 CCC&StLpt (5 32 Cluett Peabody (5).. 133% Coca~Cola (4) 48% Coca-Cola A (3) 14% Collins & Afkman 50% 861 Col Fuel & Iron (2) 92% 70% Col Gas & El (2). @90% 71% Col Gas&E rcts ptpd. 81% 24% Columb Graph (87¢). 195% 168% Columbian Carb (16) 31% 28% Com Credit (2)...... 40 31% Comm Credit A (3).. 2¢ 22 ComCred pf B (2)... 808 824 76w Com Crd istpt (%) 208 gs 147% 3864 ComlInv Tr (g1.60), 82% 27% Comm Solvents u Deo 156 123 Comwith Power((4). 17% 12% Comwlth&Sou(60c).. 715 47% Conde Nast Pub (2) 13% Congoleum-Nairn n 45 Congress Cgr (15%). 44 Consol Cigar (7. 67 . Consol Cgr pr pf 6%, en. Hershey Choc pf(t6) Holland Fur (et2%). Hollander & Son. Homestake Min (7).. Houdaille Her B (2). Houston Oll....vvser Howe Sound (t4%) Hud&Man Ry (3.60). Hudson Motor (6). Hupp Motor (£2) Illinots Central (7). Independ Oi1 & G ( Ind Motor Cyele. Indn Motorcycle pf Indian Refining. Indian Refining ct. Ingersoll Rand (4) Inspiration (4).. Insurance Shars 45 Interboro Rap Tran.. Intercontinental Rub Interlake Iron (1). Intl Agricultural Intl Agri pf (7). Intl Bus Mach (n6). Intl Cement (4). Int Combustion. Inter Comb Eng pf. Intl Harvester (2%). Intl Harv pf (7)..... Int Hydro E1 A (e2). Intl Match pf (4)...s Intl Mer Marine (1).. Int Nickel of Can (1) Intl Pap & P A(2.40). Intl Pap & Pwr C Intl Print Ink pt (6 Intl Rys Cent Am. [PPT T - PN = ooy » EEDEI-T PR EIE Inter Dept St (2).. Inter Dpt St pt x w(1 70- Investors Equity(2). 82 Island Creek Coal(4) 5 Jewel Tea (4).....0. 6 Johns-Manville (3).. 28 144 Johns-Manv pf (7)..260s 121% Jones & Laugh pf(7) 30s 120 Jordan Motor Car. . Kan City Sou (5).... Kan City Sou pt (4).. Karstadt (R) (1.03).. Kayser Julius (4). Klll!-!vrlnl Tire. 8% pt. 41% 1% 140 141 121 121 119% 120 2% & Kinney G R (1) Kinney (G R) pi o] 131 175 30% 15% 31 5% 28% 6 58% 6% 49% 884 !42 40% 76 26 89% 28% 14% 94 30 T4% [3 65% 84 % 28% 41% 652 143 122 120 2! 80% 68 12% l% Sow 11% § Rheokaelhalit (Copyright, 1930, by Irvlnx Fisher Syndicate. NEW YORK BANK STOCKS. NEW YORK, February 10 (#).— Baoks, Bid. Asked. 132 119 168 America .. Brosdway i Nm Manhat Ci ‘ent Hanove hemi Bk a TP Gorn nty Now ew Uotied “Blates: CHICAGO DAIEY MARKET. CHICAGO, February 10 (#).—Butter flrm re lpts 8,485 tubs; creamery ex- ; standards, 3612, extra firsts, !5 0 35%. firsts, 33 to 34; seconds, 31 to 32, Eggs firm; receipts, 9,709 cases; extra firsts, 38; graded firsts, 37 to 37} ordinary flxsu 3 35, POTATO MARKET. CHICAGO, February 10 (#).—(United States Depnrtmenz of Agriculture)— Potatoes, receipts, 192 cars; on tracl 352; toltal United States ahlpmen Saturday, 980: Sunday, 39 car: just fajr, market about steady: Wiscon- sin, sacked, round whites, 2.40 !o 2.55; Minnesota, sacked, round whites, 2.35 to 2.40; ‘Idaho, sacked, russets, 3.10 to % | 3-25. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. (Quotations lurmlh'd by W . alllb‘:l %@) fongo Nele (nr mr). Brussels, b Berlin, mark. Rom¢ Prosperity Ahead HE year 1930, a little more than a month old, is off to a wonderful start. The Fed- eral Government is taking the lead in huge expenditures for public improvements. If we may prophesy, the year will bring handsome - returns to those who put forth their best efforts, and prosperity to the District of Columbia and out- lying territories. In Washington the opportu ties for “investm-nt in t . flnancing of bul‘(ng enter- prises have never been better. With the city’s growing pop- ulation and a greater need for places to live than ever before, no better opportunity for ine vestment is to be ‘found ‘in Washington than the sound, unfailingly safe 6 per tent First Mortgage - Notes sold through Swartzell, Rheem and Hensey Company, Not a penny, in_either interest or princi- pal has ever been lost to the owner of these notes. ‘And ‘the fact that these notes can be purchased in denomi tions of $100, $500, and $1,0 make them available for any purse. They 'are here now awaiting you. SWARTZELL, 8% Ce 1 Cigar pf (7).. 40s 84 24 JACKSON PLACE T AT «5). i 2 18 Coniol Film pf (3. 4 So Conbol GRSNTT ¢0)m 160, 1100 100" .fi‘.: - 0% Conaal Rap VL RESR). <. 4 A00%4. RHEEM & HENSEY Co. MORTGAGE BANKERS T27 15 STREET N.W, ' 32% 30% " Crown Siotkoim,