Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1930, Page 75

D. C, MARCH 2, 1930—PART SIX, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, FINANCIAL. GURBISSUES RISE IN LATE DEALINGS Business Notes | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 1.—Orders for electrical equipment and apparatus are running in good volume in the Nation's principal market centers, Electrical World reports. Present business was said to be holding satisfactory levels, WEEK ENDING MARCH, 1, 1930. zast Week + 4,283,777 34,738,120 . 11,629,877 60,094,200 Hizh Low. Close. 8% 84 8% Ned Stock and dividend, High Lew, Oless. Choe. Schiff (The) Co (2).... 20% 28 28 hiettr & Zandr(1%).. 10% Schlettr & Zandr pf(3%) 23% Schulte Un ¢ to$1 8. a4 Segal L & Hwde(50e) 615 Stoek and dividend. ‘4 De Forest Radlt Leen De Havil Air rcts (50¢).. Derby Oil & Refin. Detroit Alrcraft Cor. Detroit Gasket (1.20). and dividen 1% Mesabi Iron. o 28 Menta Mach Go (11765 - Met Edison pt () Met & Min Inc(1.20). This Year. 5 § R f Total number of shares sold. P Same perfod a year ago. 5 930 — Low. Stock i High, dividen 9% 8 Acetol Prod A Bears Are Driven to Cover as | with demand responding generously to | Advance Includes Many Groups. BY CLAUDE A. JAGGER, Associated Press Financial Writer. NEW YORK, March ing_utility: shares. Electric Bond & Share, which has | appointed controller fluctuated in a narrow range during |liam S. Trowbridge. the past few days, was sent up more |appointed vice presids | than 3 points to a new high for the finance and accounting. { year, above 103. tric was again a strong feature, reach- ing new high ground at 33. American Gas & Electric, Anferican | 1ast week from the previous week at Superpower, Associated Gas A and Electric shareholdings were among is- | PAint and Drug Reporter. sues closing a poiit or two higher, for the corresponding period last year United Light A, however, encountered | Was $1.668 a barrel. realizing and ended the day fractional loss. United Gas Co. was again a feature, reaching new high ground above 34, in response to renewed re- ports that the Moody-Seagraves inter- ests, Electric Power & Light interests and others are negotiating a gigantic natural gas merger, planning to pipe gas from Louisiana to Chicago. The oil shares did not generally par- ticipate in the advance, although Cities Service closed up 5. Gulf lost more than a point. Few of the industrials were in demand, although Fokker Air- craft and Ford, Ltd., were firm, holding their recent gains. A strong feature of the investment trust was Interstate Equities, which rose above 14, with a FUTURE OF GRAIN MARKETS AT STAKE Traders Believe Action of Farm Board Will Determine Price Movements. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, March 1.—The future of &n open, fluid grain market, readily re- sponsive to world econditions, is con- sidered by grain traders to be at stake as a result of the entrance of Federal Farm Board agencies into the wheat -utsuren E..rket. peculators today admit that they are stumped. They see a rigged market, re- sponsive fo the beck and call of Fed- eral officials. Even now the March and May deliveries of wheat are several cents above the world level and out of line with Winnipeg for the first time in months, as a result of Farm Board buy- {ni:n through the Stabilization Corpora- However, in the present instance it is suspected that all the Government has | 18 sought to do is to remove the weight of t chases the | cal top, weighty sausage bulls, 8.00; few n}nneuver 51 pposedly lifts a good deal of pressure from a market pretty bare of natural buying orders. Also, it is explained that the Govern- ment may be seeking to curtail specula- tion by using its influénce to peg prices level and then men. future program of the board in dealing with the grain markets is ex- pected to be determined g chairman of the Farm Board; of Agriculture, and M. Hyde, Secretary Samuel R. McKelvie, grain member of | tha the Farm MERGER 1S RUMORED. NEW YORK, March 1 (#).—It was reported in Wall Street today that negotiations are under way for a merger of the Brown Fence & Wire Co. of Cleveland and the Kalamazoo Stove Co. ©of Kalamazoo, Humble 0il and Refining. NEW YORK, March 1 (#)—The Humble Ofl & Refining Co. today re- ported 1929 net profit of $32,535,080, a rp increase over the 1928 total of $19,277,145. Per share earnings for the two years were $10.93 and $6.50, re- spectively. WEEKLY FINANCIAL HIGH LIGHTS By the Associated Press. Federal Reserve system ratio.. Holdings (United States): Securities .. Gold reserve, Central States Elec- | 1—~The Curb | Market moved abruptly higher in the improvement in business latter part of today's short session, as |dUFing the next few m bears were driven to cover in the lead- | Strong | pebruary 22 amounted to 585,000 long | l | tically the same for the past three Spring_ weather. the e recent i Business in described as Operations in the automotive parts- accessory industry rned dennitzlyi upward in January and a comfortable gain was recorded in business over De- | cember, according to the Motor and Equipment Association. which expects that February will show some further increases. A conscrvative and moderate | looked for hs. spell of Prhe Middle “spotty George F. Glacy, deputy controller of | the Boston & Mdine Railroad, has been‘ eding Wil- has been charge of ‘The average price of crude petroleum in 10 producing fields was unchanged $1464 a barrel, according to the Ol The average The total sugar melt of 15 United States refiners from January 1 to tons, as against 650,000 for the same period last year, With a noticeable improvement in hardwoods, the general relation of total hardwood and softwood orders and ship- ments to production has remained prac- weeks. Total orders were again 3 per cent less and shipments 6 per cent less than production for the week ending February 22, it was shown in reports from 815 mills to the National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association, giving total production as 334,396.000 feet. A week earlier the same relation obtained with 851 mills reporting total production of 336,172,000 feet. Engineering News-Record reports that while the value of heavy construction and engineering contracts let in the United States totaled $56,161,000 for the week, compared with $76,151,000 in the previous week, and $92,336,000 in the like period last year, weekly figures compiled since the first of the year show a slow, but steady upward tendency in the aggregate value of heavy construc- tion awards. ) CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET CHICAGO, March 1 () (United States Department of Agriculture). — Cattle—Receipts, 100 head; compared with one week ago, strictly good and choice fed steers steady; well-finished weighty offerings showing considerable strength; lower grade unevenly 15a35 cents lower; plain heavies off most; ex- treme 15.75; practical top, 15.00; bulk fed steers selling at 11.50a13.50; choice steer yearlings absent; light heifer yearlings up to 13.75; all light yearling and butcher heifers closing 25 cents or more higher; fat cows, 25 lower; cutters, 25a40 off; bulls steady and vealers steady to 50 lower; most fat cows sold at 8.00 downward, popu- prices for well-fleshed offerings b‘,s's. 6.25a7.50; most low cutters, 4.25a 4.50; strong weights up to 5.25; practi- outstanding offerings, 8.10 and 8.25; light vealers closed at 9.75a12.00 for 100-130-pound averages; selected kinds, 14.¢ seasonal run light on dairy calves; stocker and feeder trade fairly active, bulk turning at 10.25a11.25; fleshy light steers up to 12.25. Sheep—Receipts, 6,000 head; around 1,200 clipped lambs unsold; run in- cludes 4,250 direct; by the week, 77 doubles from feeding stations, 28,000 direct; compared one week ago, lambs, 75a1.00 lower; fat ewes, weak to 25 off; early bulk light lambs, 10.75a 11.25; top, 11.70; late bulk, 10.00a10.65; late top, 10.85; cl sales, 93-97 pounds, 9.75a10.25; yearlings, ’L'lsfl.oo‘ early; fat ewes, 5.0085.75; top, 5.90; feeding lambs, 25a50 lower; bulk, 9.25a | 10.00; good wool kinds, lirect; market about steady with yesterday’s avergge; 10a25 lower n yesterday's early prices; top, 11.15; compared one week ago, 40a55 lower; shippers, 1,500 head; estimated hold- overs, 2,000 butchers, medium to choice, 250-300 pounds, 9.85a10.75; 200~ 250 pounds, 10.35a11.15; 160-200 pounds, 10.40a11.15; 130-160 pounds, 9.85a11.10; packing sows, 8.50a9.50; pigs, medium to choice, 90-130 pounds, 9.00a10.75, .- % POTATO MARKET. CHICAGO, March 1 () (United States Department of Agriculture).— Potatoes—Receipts, 60 cars; on track, rming ot ke amarkes el Wi Jusf ; market dull; Wiscon- sin sacked round whites, 2.36a2.50; few fancy, shade higher; Minnesota sacked round whites, 2.30a2.35; Idaho sacked Russets, 2.90a3.10; few shade higher. ‘This week. $3,489,000 18.8% Last week. Same week '29. $3,494,000 $5,507,000 18.5% 69.9% $482,755 $480,615 2,989,631 2,977,518 $166,400 44 Acme Wire Co 1% A'nautical Ind war 8 Aero Supply M, 13% Aero Underwriter; 7 Aetna Rubber Co. 19 Agfa Ansco.. 81 Agfa Ansco pf 21% Ain'worth Cor (323) 3% AirInv Ine, vtc. .. 11% Air Inv Inc, vtc con pf. . 119% Ala Great Southern(17). 130 126 111 Ala Pwr cum pf (7) 1% Alexander Indust. ., 16 All Amer Gen Corp. 4 Allegheny Gas Cor) % Allied Aviation 5% Allied Int Iny.. 12% Allied Mills, Inc 14 Allied Motor Ind (1). % Allison Drug Strs A. % Allison Drug Strs B. 275 4 105% Alum Co Am pf (6). 21% Alum G'ds M (1.20) 36% Am Arch Co (3).. 38 Am. Bakeries, A(3) 4 Am Beverage Corp. Am Chain (3). Am Cigar Co 37% Am Cit P&L A (a3) Aluminus Co of Am... 14 Am Cit P&L(B) (b10%) 20% Am Colortype (2.40). . 23% Am Cmwlth P A(b10%). 34% Am Cwith P Bb10%. 3% Am Comwlth Pwr w. 3 Am Control. 256% Am Cyan B (1. 3 Am Dept Stores 15% Am Equities 65% Am ForPwr war 113% Am Gas & El ($1) 106% Am Gas & El pf (8) 10 Am lnv, Inc, B 4% Am Inv, Inc, war..... 225 Am Lt& Tract (10).. 34 Am Maize (12.80). 45 Am Mfg Co (4). 1% Am Maracaibo 64 Am Natural Gas.... 5% Am Pneumatic Serv 55% Am Salamandra (3) 18 AmStPSA (1.60). 23% Am Superpower (1) 87% Am Superpo pf (6). 94% Am Sup'p 1st pf (6) 3% Am Thread pf (25¢) 5 Am Yvette (new) w. 27% Amster Trading (13).. 11% Anchor Post Fence (2).. 15 Anglo-Am vot cod (73¢). 15% Anglo-Am non-vot(73¢). 15% Anglo-Chilean Nit. . 2% Anglo-N 12% Apex Electrical Mfg. 9% Arcturus Radio Tub. 1% ArgoOfl....... 7% Ark N G em pf (60¢c). 102 2 Asso Dyeing & Ptg. 6% Asso Elec Ind, Ltd. 7 rweg Hold... 1 Asso Laundries (320¢).. 4% Asso Rayon. 392 Asso Rayon pf (6). 221 ArlCoast Fish (1.40)... % Atlantic Frult & Sug. % Atlantic Lobos. .. 1% Atlantic LobosOil pf. 16% Atlantic Sec Corp 2214 Atlas Plywood (2) 18 Atlas Stores Corp ($1).. 7 | Auto Music Inst(A) (1). 6% Auto Vot Machine. 14 AutVMecvprpt( 24% Aviation Corp Am. 124 Aviation Credit. . 7% Aviation Securitie; 36 AxtonF T, A (3.20 2% Bahia Corp. 1% Bahia Corp pf. 150% Bell Tel of Can (8).... 10% Bentley Ch Str (1.20) 14% Bickfords, Ine (1) 28 Bickford Inc pf (2 27% Blumenthal (S). . 63 Bohack (H C) (2%) 6% Bourjols, Inc (1). 9 35% Brazil Track& L (2). 2% Bridgeport Machine. 10% Brill Corp, A (65¢). Brillo Mfg A (2). Brillo Manufacturing. 3 Brit Cel Ltd rets. 17% Brown F & W(A 8 14 Brown F&W(B) 2.40. 24% Buff Niag&EP pf(1.60) 32% Bulova W cv pf (3%) 70% Bunker HII& S (16%) - 8 Burco, Inc 3 Burco, Inc, war. 40 Burco, Inc cv pf (3) Burma Corp, rets (131e) . 5 Bwana M Kubw Cop. 3 Cable Radio Tub vte. 2% Cabl & W Litd, A rets.. 23 Carman&Co A (2). 24% Celanese Corp....... 81 Celanese Corp pf (7).. 80 Celan Corp 18t pf (7).. 13% Celluloid Corp. . 4% Central Atlantic 22% Cent & Southwestn Ut 13% Alabama Grt So pf (17). 135 261 39 4% Arkansas Pwr&Lt pf(7) . 107% 18 Art Metal Works (3).. 1% 8 50% 50% 2 2 11% 15% 7 19 25 1444444441 04T T +41 L4+ #1401+ 4140+ +11 Ui+t 41 4+ ++ +1 £ t+++1+ 14414 PO T S S S ++11 [N} A+ 410 +++ 000+ sa2fss - $2neFe s sxx¥R weF ser ey ¥ Distillers Corp. . Dix Gas & Utilities. ... Dixon (J)Crue (t12). Doehler Die Casting. & Dolores Esperanza. Donner Steel c.0.d Draper Corporation(15). Dres (S R) M{g.A (3%). Driver Harris (new).... Driver-Harris pf (7).... Dubilier Cond &Rad.... Duke Power (15) i Durant Motors % Duval Tex. Sul. w.i.. Fast G & Fuel Asso. Fast Sts Pow B (1). Eastern Util Asso (2 % Eastern Util Inv (A). Risler Elec Corp (1.50).. Elec Bond & Share (b§). % El Bond & Sh of (6). i Elec Pow Asso (1) Elec Pow Asso A (1) 4 EI P& L opt war.. Elec P&L 2d pt A (7). i Elec Shareholding (31).. El Sharehldg pf (6)..... Emer Bromo Selz pt(2). Empire Fire Ins........ Empire Gas&F cm pf(8) Emplire Gas&F cm pf(7) Empire Power Corp (2). Emp Pub Serv A (1.80).. Emplyrs Reins(1%) Engineers Gold Eng P S opt wa European EI Corp. Evans Wall Lead. Fabrics Finish Fageol Motor. Fairchild Aviation Fajardo Sugar Faicon Lead. Fansteel Prod....... Fedders Mfg Co (A Federal Screw (3)...... Federated Metals (1). Fiat Stk deb rt Fiat receipts (1.25). Financial Tivest N Y Fire Asso ofPhila (2% First Nat Copper, Fischman & Sons A. Flintkote A (1.50) Florida P & L pf(7). Fokker Alrcraft.. Foltis-Fischer Corp. Ford Motor Can A Ford Motor Can B. Ford Mot of France. . Ford Mot Ltd (50c). Foremost DairyProd. Fmst D Prd pf(1.60) Foremost Fabrics (2 Foundation For Shs Fourth Ntal Inv., Fox Theate; Franklin Mfg (2)....... Franklin Mg Co pf (7). Galena Signal c.0.d Gelena Sig cod n pf. i Galena Signal, pf., old Garlock Pack (1.20) General Baking. General Bak pf (6) Gen Cable wa: % Gen EcGerm 3 Gen E Ltd rets(50¢) Gen Empire Corp. % Gen Fireproof (12%). GenGas&ElecA....... Gen Gas&Elec v pf (6). Gen Indus Alcohol. . Gen Laundry Machine. . Gen Petroleum Corp wi. Gen Pub Serv pf(6)..... Gen Rity & Utilitie: Gen R & Util pf (6). Gen W W & EL A(2).... Gerrad (S A) Co (1.50).. Gleaner Comb Harv (2). Glen Alden Coal(10) Goldfield Consolidat. ... Goldman Sachs t.c. (b6). Gorham, Inc pf (3). Gotham KnitbacMch. Grand Rpds Var (1) Graymur Corp.... Grief & Bro pf (7) Groc Store Prod vie. ... Ground Gripper (1) . Ground Gripper pf (3 4 Guenther Law (2) Gulf Oil of Pa (1% Hall Lamp (11.50).. Hambleton Corp. . 4 Handley P p pf(19¢). Happiness Candy. ¢ Hazeltine Corp (1) Hoover Steel (1.20) Hormel (Geo) Houston Gulf G Hudson Bay Min Humble (2). Hydro El Service (2)... Hygrade Food Prod Imperial Chem (Ind)... Imp Ol Can n (50¢) ImpTobGtB&I(1.25).... Indiana Pipe L, n(123). Indtan Ter Illum Ofl. IndusFi ctfs(b10%).... Insull Ut Inv (b6% ). .. Insul Ut Inv2d pt(6). Ins Co of No Amer (13). Intercont Pete new. Intl H & Inc Co(10¢). Internl Petrol n (1) +i+10111+ ftiee 1 +1 FAtdrhttt ] 44 444441+ +4++110 1 it 444 14444+ (41411940 PV 4 0404 1440000ttt 1 U+ 44+ + 5 ohs 410010 L++ LI+l +++11+1 - 2 Frse sl sees FEFFEFFER ¥ = -1y FE FEEFFEFER 2% Met T Cor pt pt (13%) Met Chain Store; Mexico-Ohio Of1. Midland Stl Prod 24 pt. Mi1dl United (b1% %) Mid Util (b8%) Ut s 1S ptpf (3) Morison Elec (£1)...... Mountain & Guif (8¢). Mountain Prod(1.60) Municipal Servie Nat Amer Co. tional Aviation. Nat Baking pf (7). tl Casket (4). . at Dairy Prod pf A(7). Natl Family Strs (1.60). ¥at Fam Strs pf (2).... t Food Prod B(b2%) . t Fuel Gas (1). Nat Leather. Nat Mfrs & Store: Nat Power & Lt pf (1) Nat Pub Serv (A) (1.60) Nat Rub Mach (2). NatScreenServ(1 Nat Steel xw(2). Nat Steel Corp wal Nestle Le Mur. .. NewBradfdoil(.50). w England Pwr (2). New Eng Pow pf (6).. New England T & T (3 New Haven Clock(11%). New Jersey Zinc (14) New Mex&Ariz Lan. Newmont Mining (34). % NewQuincyMfg(10¢c) N.Y. & Hond Ros 12, N Y Invest (1.20).. N Y Merchandise (2) NYPwr&Ltpf (7). N Y Rio&Bu Alres. N Y Tel pt (6%).. Niagara H Pow (40¢) Niagara Shares Md. 11, Noma Elec Co (1. Noranda Mines (3) % North Am Aviation. North Am Cement. Northn Pipe Line(15). North Stat Pwr A(8) Northam W ev pf (3). Northwest Eng (2) Novadel Agene (2) Ohio Brass B (5) Ohio Copper. Ohio O11 (12) Oflstocks, Litd A ($50¢). Orange Crush (1.50) Otis Elevator new. Outboard MotA (1.80) . 4 Outboard Mot B. .. Overseas Securities (1). Pac Coast Bis pf (3.50).. Pac G&E 1st pf(1%) Pac Pub Ser (1.30).. Pac Western Oil, Pandem Oil. . Pantepec Ofl, Paramt Cab Mf(2.40). 4 Parke-Davis (11.35).... Patterson Sargent (2).. Pender (D) Gr A, (3%). Penn Mexico Fuel (2). Pennroad Corp.... . PennG&EA (1%)..... Penna Water & Pwr (3). People'sDrugStrs(1). Peop L&P A(a2.40)..... Pepperell Mfg Co (8). % Perryman Electrie 4 Pet Milk pf (7)... i Petroleum Corp (13)... Phil Elec Co pf.. . % Philip Morris Inc % Philippe (L) A (11.70) Philippe (L) (B) (1.60). Pie Bak of Am (A) (2).. Pledmont & Nor (5).... Pilot Rad Tube ,A(1.20). Pines Win Ftn (31).... Pitney B Pos n(20¢) Plymouth Oil (2) Polymet Mfg (31 Potrero Sugar. Powdrell & Alex (13% Pratt & Lambert (15 Premier Gold (24¢). 4 Prent Hall cv (3) 4 Prince & Whitely. Prince&Whitely pf3 Propper Silk H M (2). Prudential Inv. ... Pub Ser of Nor 111 (8).... Pub Util Hold war. . Puget S Pw & L pf(6) Pyrene Mfg (80c). . Quaker Oats pf ( Radio Prod (50). . Railway & Lt S (15). ... Railway & Util Inv (A) . Rainbow Lum ProdA . Rainbow Lum Prod B Raymond Con pf (5) Red Bank. .. Reeves (Dani: TNVt 4 i+ 44 L+ [ AL+ +) Seiberling Rubber Selected Ind. . SelfridgePrvStr(27e Sentry Saftey Control Shattuck Den Min Sheaffer Pen (12%) T+ 1 +14+4+1 seePfe"sen South Coast...... South Penn Ol (12%).. So Cal Edis pf (B) (1%) SouthCalEd pfC(1%).. So Colorado PwA (2) e . v Southern Pipe Line (12) Southland Roy (1)..... Southw BelTel pt(7)... Southw Dairy Prod..... So West Gas Util. Spanish & Gen ret. s Spanish &General (B). . Stand Cap & Seal. 5 Stand Gas&El pt(7) Stand Motors. ......... 4 Stand Oil of Ind (23%).. Stand Oil of Kan (2). Stand Oil of Ky (1.60).. Stand Oil of Neb (13%). Stand Ofl Oho(2%).... Stand Oil Ohlo p£(7). Stand Pwr & Lt (new).. Stand Pwr & Lt. B. . . Stan Pow & Lt p£(7). Stand Silver Lead Starrett Corp. .. Starrett Corp pf (3).... Stein(A)&Co cu pf(63%) Stein Cosmetics Inc. ... SterchiBrosSts(1.20) Steinite Radio. . Stinnes (Hugo) . Strauss (Nathan) (1%). Strauss Roth. ... Stromberg-C: Stutz Motor Car Sun Inve: Sun Inv P Sunray Ofl (40¢) . Superheater (13%) Swift Internat’l (2%). Swift & Co (8)..... Swift & Co (new) (2) Syrac W Mch B (1) Taggart Corp (1) Tampa Electric (3 Tech Hughes (60¢) Technicolor, Inc. ....., Texon Ofl & Land...... Thermold Co (2). Third Nat Inv (1) Tishman Real & Con. Tobaceo Prod Export Toledo Eidisn pt(7). Tonopah Belmont Transamer ($1.60). +110 = oo B sxefs¥ # saefeed +14+++ R S Transcontl Oil (30¢). Trans-Lux DLPS A Tri-contin’l Corp war Tri-Continentl Corp.... Tri-Con Corp pf (6).... Tri Utilities ($1.20)..... Trunz Pork Stores(1.60. TubizeArtSilkB(10). Ulen &Co. ... Ungerleider Fin Ce Union American In Un N Gas of C(t1.! Union Oil Assoc ( Unit Carr Fast(1.20) United Chemical. Uni Chem pt pf (3). P+ + +++1++ Unit El Ser pur war. Unit Founders (b2.35). Unit Ret Chem pf (3%). United Shoe Meh ¢t3%) . U'S Dairy, A (§). U S Dairy B.... U S Elec Pwr ww.. U S Foil Co, B (1) U S Gypsum (1.60). . U S Int Sec efs(234). i US & Int Sec 18t pf (5). § U S&Int Sec 3d pd (3% U8 Lines pf (1) U S Rubber Reclaim. U S Shares Fin. % United Stores A Unit Verde Extn (4). ‘niversal Pictures. . tah Metal & Tunnel tility Pw & Lt(al) . Jtil P&L (B) ctfs(al) Ttility & Ind... Util & Ind pf (1%). Utility Equitles.. Vacuum Ofl (14%) Van Camp Pack. . Van Camp Pkg pf (1%). Veeder Root (23)..... Venezuela Petrm (20¢). Vick Fin Corp. .. Vogt Mfx Co (2). Waitt & B. B (1.40) Walgreen Co. Walker (H) (1 United Profit Sharing. ... & +4+1 41 144 ++1 ) 9. E *EF FEE 1++ + - FF R ssz &7F sowsr v+ T+4+4++10 2" Fax +4+ L+ #x"ea 14+ 4441 +4+44++1 &l > ¢ “exxe™ seex " ¥ S2 #F 2xas ti - +. .+ $11e FFee 2""x - g BRe"s 2e¥e® - 1+ 441+ 41414144+ ++1++ #52 FaF 1 25% Central Public Service. 34% Cent Pub S(A) (al.75).. Cent States Elec (40c). I+ Reiter-Foster (40¢). Reliance Managemen Reljable Strs (b5 %) Republic Steel n wi. Walker Minin it Watson (JW) {0, : Wayne Pump. % Welch Grape Juice(72). ¢ Wenden Copper. West Atr Exp (60¢c) West e 716 West Pipe & Steel (2) Will-Low Cafeteria Wilson Jones (3). Winter (Ben) Worth, Inc. A.. 4 " Oil & Gas.... Yukon Gold Co. Zonite Prod (1.60). 19 RIGHTS—EXPIRE. ChiR I & Pa Con Gas Balt. Eisler Electric 342,781 376,934 952,482 o o oy 895400 10853910 ‘10088904 | 1 (Final three ciphers omitted in above.) i< % : Car loadings week ending February 15 891,597 886,581 957,498 ey Crude ofl production (barrels). .. 2,722/050 2,652,950 T2 Cont Satos mIpRYG.. Stock sales (N. Y. Stock Exchange).... 16080310 16,647,360 % Contritugal Bie (800, Bond sales (N. ¥, Stock Exchange).... 47,063,000 51743,000 BBl t sl New financing 64,085.000 100,942,000 22% Charis Corp (13). Call money rate. 4-4%% 441 % 534 Ches & Ohio n wi. Time money rate.. S%8% i o4 1% Chief Consolidated. Commercial paper. 412-4%% 4%-4%% 97 Cinn Gas & Elec pf (5). 26% Citles Service (430c). HOW IS BUSINESS? || & hizEiis: Showing Current Business Activity Compared With Same Week Last Year. Intl Products. Int'l Products pf. (6! 4 Intl Superpower ($1). Intl Textbook (75¢). ... Internatl Utll (A) (3%) Internatl Utilities (B) .. 4 Internatl Utiliti, Interstate Equit Inte; Frersed e sEes" 2l 22 SEe Reynolds Met, n (2. % Riches, Inc (1.20 +iHi++4+1 am Richmond Rad cum pf Rike Kumler (2.20). Roan Antelope Mines. .. Rockland Lt&Pwr(92¢). Rolls Royce, Am pf. Roosevelt Field, Inc Ross Stores In Root Refining Co. Root Ref-cv pr pf(1.! Royal Typewrit (13 Ruberoid Co (4). Rus: Ry [N 44+4+d++ +H 04+ 141+ Irving Air Chute (1. Italian Superpowr A. Ital Superpower war... Jefferson Elec (3)...... Jerome Verde Develop. Johnson Motor Co. Jonas & Naumburg. Jonas & N em pt (3) KansCtyPSvtcApt(4) Kerr Lake Kirby Petroleum. ...... Klein (H) pt pf (11.20).. Knott Corp (2.40). . Kobacker Store: Kolster-Br(Am shs). Lackawana Sec (4). Lake Superior Corp. + + U4+ ++1+11+ - FaE - | L+ ++ 1 & + & 18 Clev Tracotr (1.60).. 52 Colgate-Palm-P (2%). 5% Colon Oil. .. F¥434+ + 19% .01 Trans Corp. *Ex-dividend. tPartly extr eash or stock. b Payable in s Dividend rates in dollars based on last quarterly er Y 120% 125% - 3% 2 2 2 10 1% 1% + % 96 96 96 Li+14+ 3% Comwlth & Sou (war). . PTIVITY for the country indicated by bank eeks orevious year. f activity above the correspondi indicate declines from same weeks 12 months earlier. weeks of the ACTIVITY BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS. red with same week a year ago. | Cleyeland a4 | e | o | T Daias —=i.1% L LEADING BAROMETERS. owing tres Business in dollars (checks cashed) Index) important factors. Agricultural prices (Department of Agriculture (car loadings) .. ‘ederal Reserve Board) Movement of (ALl rights reserved. Cambridge Assoclates, Boston.) 12% Com Wat Ser (b6%) . % Comstock Tunnel. . 15 Consolidated Afrcraft. % Consol Auto Mer ctfs. 12% Consol Coal .. 5 Consolidated Copper. & Consol. Cortez Silver. 13% Cons Dairy Prod (33). .. 90% Con Gas of Balto (3.60). 100 Con Gas, Balto pf A (5). 21% Consol Gas Util A(2.20 90 Consol Ret Strs pf ( 4% Consol Royal (600).. ... 101% Contl Gas&El pr pf (7). 12% Continental Oil. . 20 Coon(WB)Co(2.80). 38 Cooper Bess pfA(3). 5 Copeland Prod Inc A 14% Copper Range (2). 1% Cus! Mex Mining. 7% Darby Petrol (1) Fi++1 P44+ 1+0 1++ + L4+ *EH1 LIS - ++1 1 Lakey Fdy & Mch (1) Lamson & Se Land Co of Florida. . Land, Frary & Cirk Lane Bryant, Inc (2! Lefcourt Realty (11 LefcourtRIty pf(3) 1gh Coal&Nav (n man (The) Corp. Leonard Ofl. ... Ley (Fred T)&Co(3). Libby McNelll & L. Liberty Baking Cor Lily T Cup Corp, (1.50, Lion Ofl Refin (2) Loew’s Inc deb rts. Loew’s, Inc (war). . Lone Star, new (80c)... Long Isl Light (60c). Louisiana Lan & Ex. MacMarr Stor MagdalenaSyn: Mangel Stores. MangelStores p: l.%' 0. 39% Manischewitz (B) $ Mapes Cons Mfg (3).... Marconi Int Mar(62%¢) Marconi W T br sh(62¢c) 82% Marine Mid Cp (1.20)... Marion Stm Shovel McGraw El Co (2). Mead Johnson (t3%4) Memphis Nat GasCo. Mer Chap & 8(1.60 85 Mer Chap&sS pf A(S +i+ o AEE AV 4 + pl+++ 141 41+4] 2" E2 8 s e - = & doven due to a large extent to weather conditions as well as more liberal receipts of both nearby and Southern stock, which has reacted in the buyers’ favor. i only is A i 4 W S“Eigggzfig 238y it 282 § g 8 H gs i i : : £ g H T i annual payment. show an advance of from 2 to 4 cents a pound under a good demand for large fat stock, receipts of which have been light the past week. Smooth fat young chickens in good demand and under very light e the m::fi: Mflla firm, especially for small TS unds and over, of which there is a lg:relly. and in some cases will bring a premium pound; with young roosters bringing 30 , Wi ng . Capons in it and wanted at ::mm 36 f&u NMI““‘? 7 s Offerings on the exchange have e 5§ geiel H i Efigfii [ N and 25 to 30 old of the laf & pair for both young snd tter. Vegetable Market. Receipts moderate but ek