Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1931, Page 15

FIN CURB STOCKS SLIP .~ TOLOWERLEVELS Losses Are Fractional, How- ever, and Trading Vol- ume Light. g BY JOHN A. CRONE. R Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, September 26.—Stocks en the Curb Exchange slipped in the the final half hour today, finishing the session_with fractional losses for the day. The opening was dull and ir- regular, but later prices steadied, though dealings throughout remained L Electric Bond & Share was off frac- tionally, which also was true of Cities Service, American Superpower, Niagara Hudson Power, International Utilities B and Utilities Power & Light. In the final few minutes of trading Great Atlantic & Pacific yielded about 4 points. Western Maryland, on its first sale in two weeks, appeared at 25, off 30 points. Tempa Electric firmed on its better than anticipated earnings Standard Oll of Indiana. was Te) of lBfihfly. With London on a strictly cash basis, dealings in such international shares as “ are listed here, mostly industrials and utilities, were restricted and prices rather heavy. This naturally influenced . early trades in foreign shares here, though the strength of active domestic utilities, and industrials later was trans- mitted to them. Brazilian Traction, Ford Motor, Ltd., and Woolworth, Ltd., opened lower, though British-American Tobacco bet- tered. Then the omission of the divi- dend due at this time on Dunlop Rub- , whose shares are traded in here, ‘Was not exactly constructive. The higher-priced utilities, notably soft earlier in the week, stood out in the power and light division, as such issues as Commonwealth Edison and Northern States Power A gained a point or more. BONDS ON THE CURB MARKET. BONDS. o glliEh. Low, Close. Van 87 i 14 Aluminum Co 55 ' ’ Am"Gom Pw_ stys "33 41 y 11Am Cmwih Pw s a3 Amer £ & ol 200 Amer ‘raa ‘438 20% 3 lach_Gas 6s '45 SEFFIETS H § > § =sa gy R ST 22823382382 I92 2533888835283, 79 W ‘ifi-’u’ &R 2388, 33! - L3T2223233383323%5: & S o i st mandulani-Suillouma v 3w 20 5t T 99023898988, 8 ppds 33 =% 8 BNF oo 92 5 222832232 I2288532232322382882338 EESF SE SR 33 gt OEh S B 38833y, sapeaSeesteagy 3'a'" * L] - '.f SoaNEEuE. o 2 S>IREEL! ey, 2 2 !'§ o R RETIRE ., 5\ 2 2s3aneaSy. speaades &F 3 £ 48 Bones 2gu rredl * IS I restone & v 5O! 8388588?2 232283 83 e i % t Y 2 Ve % 3% g ] a 63 100 7! . 28 80: 100! 4 00 90 96! 86 i { W FERE it 2 53332382 W R ol W EEe 3 Ll S X ] ) 8z [ 5 9 e B £ Bomwuna St oS Bon! B 2 W W 3 282283 Seg=sa88, 5EEEEE! 8885 22228833 s gE- 4% 3% 285es { S nunSE e ! 5 o 8538 ¥ 2 3332358 gr: o g £ §:: LS f gegl - gi - 5 THanSmo 4 oo, k..,! Zogy E £ 3 Ay . a8z3suseismgsdnss 4% 2! & Serte LoonbEunely E et 2t z e R 1 s 81 943, 9 33 g 1015 '80.. 991y LT~ ~ TP, 2228 L "5 ity LT 5 37R008, B ) e ':u;:- at B, o w2t EEREERRRENS §£ gggsa'\ 30435 = 3 Rrsmen S Z s s0a smosatans o2, 85553 Sonpa: 2o (L "l 282 144 e 55 w0008 e s vea = SR ] B2 jwift Co 85 ‘40 wi ‘enn Pub Serv i x Oty Ga. Tas Elec a-aSumscanStEa 0wk 0 <<aaggaaca: Bl gt ety T - EZBLINSAL! ¥ 3 B2ABS_2BLSIRISBESN! Tt b snssfi;&::: ANCIAL. Stocks sold in 100-share lots exeept those desirmated by lotter “s." ~Prev. 1931~ Stock and Sales— High. Low. Dividend Rate. Add 00. 24 114 Afliated Prod 1 W19% 4% Agfa Anseo......... 1 3% % Allegheny Gas Corp. 3 90 Aluminum Co of Am 350s 4 Alum Ltd B war..... 6014 Am Capitalprpfsi. 2 20 Am City P&L (A) a3, _ 1 Am Cit P&L B b10% . 217 Am Com P A (b10%) 27 Am Com PrB(b10%) 2 Am CyanamidB..... Am For Pow war. Am Founders Am Gas & Elee (11). Am Laundry Mch(2). 25 Am Lt & Trae (2%).. Am Natural Gas..... Am Superpwr (p40e) Am Superp 1st (6) 4 Am Util & Gn B v 2% Ark P& LDt (7). Armstrong Cork (1). Art Metal Wks (60¢) Asso GEEL A (b2-25) Asso G & El ct (8) At1 Secur Corp. Atlas Util Corp Atlas Utilitles Blue Ridge Corp.... Blue Ridge cv pf(a3) Brazil Trac Lt&P(1) Brillo Mfg (60c).... Brit AT rg 117 4-5c. Buft N&EP pf (1.60). Bunker Hill & Sull Burma rets $27 Canadian Mareonl. .. Carnation Co (J13%). % Cent Pub Sve A b5%. Cent&Swn Ut (b7%) Cent Stat El (b10%). Centrifug Pipe (60¢) 4 Citles Service (g30¢) Cities Serv pf (6)... Claude Neon Lits Inc. Cohn & Rosen Inc. Colon Oil....... Col Oil& Gas vte. Cmwlth Edison (8) Cmwlth & Sou wa: Comstock Tunnel. ... Consol Auto Merch. . Con Gas Balto (3.60) 4 Consol GBpf A (5).. 50s Contl G&E prpf (7). 26s Cont Shares cv pt... 1768 Corp Sec Ch (b6% ) Cosden Oil.... Creole Petroleum Crocker Wheeler. Crown Cork Intl (A). Cusi Mex Mining. De Forest Radio. Detroit Afreraft. ..., Dubllier Cond & Rad. Dugquesne Ga Durant Motor: East G & F Assoc 6 2 1 » O N A RN A - 3 3 Edizon El Bos 13.. Elec Bond&Sh (b6 Elec Pow Assoc (1). Elec Pow Assoc A (1) Elec P & Lt op war. . El Shareholdg (b6 %) Elec Sharhldg pf(a6) Emp G & F cu pf(7). Europ E Ltd A (60¢). % 8 8 2 3 3 & Falcon Lead... Fansieel Product: Ford Mot Ltd 36 Foremost Fabric: Fox Theater (A). Franklin Mfg.. Gen Aviation Globe Underwr (15¢) Golden Center. ... Goldfield Consol . Goldman Sachs Gorham Inc pf. 50, Gt At&P T nv (16%) 1008 Gt At&Pac Tea pf(7) 508 Grief & Brother..... 50s Gulf Oflof Pa (1%). Hollinger Gold (85¢) . Hudson Bay M & S.. Imp Oil of Can (50c). Insull Inv (b6%).... Ins Co ofNo Am 2% Insurance Sec (40c). Intercontinent Petn, Int Hydro El A w Int Petroleum (1). Int Utilities B. .. Inter Equev pf (3).. Italian Superpow A.. 26 Jer Cent P&L pf (6) 3265 Jonas & Naumburg Kleinert Rubber Letcourt Real ptf (3). Leh Coal & Nav 1.20 Open. 1% THE EVENING STAR. NEW YORK CURB MARKE ~Prev. 1031~ High. 3 High. Low. Close. 8% 1% 17T% 1% 17 4 4 4 5% Dividend nual payment. » 4% 1% 15% stock. ¥ atock. Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office Stock Sales— Dividend Rate. Add 00, Open. High. Low. Close. Lone Star Gas n 88c.. Loy Island Lt (60c) Long Isld Lt pf (7). Magdalena Synd. ... Mapes Cons Mg (14) Mavis Bottling (A).. May Hos cum pf (4). Meniph N Gas (§0¢).. Merritt Chap & Scott Mid Sta Pet vic A 22¢ Mid Sta Pet vtc B. ... Mid West Ut (b8%) .. Mid W Ut cv pfxw 6 Mid W Sts Ut b10% Mo-Kan Pipe Lins Mohawk Hud 1st(7). Mohawk Hud 24 (7). Mont Lt H&P (1%).. Nat American Co. ... Nat Aviation....... Nat Bd & 8 Corp (1) Nat Investors....... Nat Pub Sv A (1.60). Nat Rubber Mach . Nat Screen Nat Service Co. .. Nat Sh T Sec A $60c. Nat Sugar NJ (2)... Neisner Bros pf (7) Newberry (J7) 1.10. New Haven Clock. Newmont Mining. N Y Tel pf (6%).... Niag-Hud Pow (40¢) Niag-Hud Pow A w.. Niag-Hud Pow C w.. Niag Sh Md (40¢) Nipissing. Nor Am Aviat Nor Wevpf (3).. North European Ofl.. Nor Ind Pub S pf (6) Nor St Pow A (8) Nor St Pow pt (6 Ohio Pow pf (6).. Pac G &E1stpf1%. Pac Light pf (6).... Pennroad,Corp (40c) Penn Wat & Pow (3) Phila Co new (11.40), Phoenix Secur Corp.. Pitts Plate Gl (2). ., Plymouth Oil (26¢).. Prod Roalty (b10%). Prudential Invest Pure Oll DL (6). QRS-De Vry. Quaker Oats Reiter-Foster. , Reliable Stores. Republic Gas Corp. Reybarn Co...... Reynolds Invest St Regis Paper (60) Sec Allted Corp (1).. Segal L & H (a50c).. Sle Ind al ctfs(5%).. Sentry Safety Cont. ., Shenandoah pf (a3).. Singer Mfg Co (116). Solar Refining....... South Penn Oil (1)..: South Corp. ... Southern Nat Gas. .. Southld Royalty 20¢. Spieg May Stern pf.. Stand Ofl of Ind( 1).. Stand Ofl of Ky 1.60.. Stand P & L (B) (2). Stand Silver & Lead. Sunray Oil (b5%) 4 Swift & Co (2)...... Swift Internat’l (14), Tampa Electric (32). Technicolor Inc. .. .. 8. Teck Hughes (60¢).. Tenn EI P 1st pf(7).. 2 Tob Prod Exp (10c) Trans Alr Trans. Trans Lux DL P 8.. Tri-Cont Corp war. Tri-Utilities. . Tubize Chatel, B... ., TUn Gas of Canada(1) 3 10 10 2 264 26% 108 108% 108% 11 % 37 1% 20 10 26% 108% & 37 14 v (2) war, 105% 26% 981a 4n 53ty 23 ‘orp Unit Lt & Pw A (1 U S Dairy (A) (6) U 8 Elec Pow ww Unit Verde Exte, Vel P&Lt( Ut P&L B(a’ Util & Ind Util & Ind pi Viek Financial (30e) Walker (H) (50¢)... Western Md pf. ‘Woolworth (FW)Ltd rate; in doliars based on last quarterly or semi-an- *Bx dividend. in ‘eash or stock, bPayable in stock. 1 Plus 8% in stock. JPlus 2% in stock. k Plus 10% in stock. 2 Plus 8% in stock. p Paid last year—no regular rate. 11, 5% 3% 25 ™ 25 ™ Partly estra. 1Plus 4% in stock. © Adjustment € Plus 6% in stock. hPlus 1% in m Plus 3% in WASHINGTON, D. Ca % | ditions the bank sees a general fedling | NEW RETAIL PRICE ADJUSTMENT SEEN iCleveland Institution Believes | Present, Levels Must Be Lowered. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 26.— Retailers who have felt that retail prices on their particular products could be maintained will sooner or later be faced with the necessity of falling in line and conforming to the general price trend, according to the Union Trust Co. of Cleveland in a survey of the current business situation. The bank points out that while on one hand basic commodity prices which are now below production costs must | eventually be advanced, it will be| equally necessary for consumer prices, in every line of business, to reach a Jevel which is in proper relationship to the price of raw materials. “Such readjustments, in and of them- selves, have in many lines pfoved a stimulus to increased business,” says the bank in its publication, Trade Winds. “The whole problem of price readjustment is a difficult and intensely complicated one. Prices of basic commodities have apparently passed through the mast severe phase of the decine, and in recent weeks there have appeared signs of stabilization, with commodity price indices remaining sta- tionary, or now and then turning slightly upward. “Both wheat and cotton prices have experienced small upswings, and prices of iron and steel have held at a fairly even course since the beginning of August. Apparently, however, in some lines drops in commodity prices have not yet been fully passed on to the ultimate consumer.” In discussing general business con- of hesitancy prevailing, largely brought about by uncertain developments | abroad, dividend reductions and other unfavorable news. “The general volume of business in September has remained much the same | as August, with few manifestations of | a seasonal upturn,” says Trade Winds. “‘Consumption of electrical energy, car loadings and department stores sales stand far below where they were at| this time last year, showing continuing | curtallment 211 the way from the man- | ufacturer to the sales counter. | “The Autumn rebound of steel activ- | ity has not reached expectations, al- though there is some evidence of im- proved demand from the automotive industry, railroads, public' works con- struction, stove, radio and steel barrel manufacturers. The indicated output of motor cars for September is 180,000 units, and it is not expected that an up- ward turn in production will take place before late October with the advent of new models. The total volume of build- | ing in August continues far behind last | year.” WESTERN MARYLAND RY. BALTIMORE, September 26 (Spe- cial) —The Western Maryland Railway Co. reported net income from its Au- gust operations of $69,288 and for the! eight months of this year net income| aggregating $656,652. | The detailed statement showed gross revenue for August of $1,245,610, as compared with $1,535,710 in August a year ago, and for the eight months of $10,114,005, as compared with $12,006,- 639 in the’ like period last year. | The company's total operating ex-| penses for August were $330,821, as compared with $968,098 in August, 193. | For the eight months total operating | expenses were $6,685.703, as compared with $7,866,908 in the like period of { last vear, an aggregate cut in costs of | $1,181,205. ‘The operating ratio for August was 66.70, compared with 63.04 for August, 1930, while for the cight months the | ratio was 66.10, as against 65.52. ! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, | by the Standard Statistics Co. of New 1931. FINANCIAL. i BAKING INDUSTRY * EXPECTING PICK-UP |Association Plans for Im- provement in Business at National Convention. Trade Reports at a Glance. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 26.—Tabloid review of wholesale and retail business conditions and the state of crops, as reported to Bradstreet's this week from the following centers, on the basis of comparisons conditions in the same areas in the corresponding week last year: Retall Manufacturing trade. and industry, Collections. Quiet Quiet Slow ‘Wholes and job trade. + Quiet BY ALVIN RESCH. Written for the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 26.—The Na~ tion's baking industry is trying % Weather the depression without reduc- ing its manpower or lowering & wage Kansas City. Baltimore ... Quiet Comment. Pittsburgh—Glass production 50 per cent off; steel mills slowing down; building and lumber quiet. Louisville—Hardware fair; furniture factories on part-time; tobacco cutting completed. Cleveland—Steel inquiries up, but orders scarce; building slow; coal shipments below 1930. Detroit—Fall merchandise slightly better at wholesale; hotels helped by Legion Convention. Milwaukee—Shoes in fair demand: Fall merchandise siow. Chicago—Rain needed for Winter wheat; trade hurt by hot weather; employment conditions better. St. Louis—Shoe trade shows small increase; factories on reduced schedules; hot weather checks retail trade. Minneapolis—Retail trade slow, but ahead of wholesale; prices low; D S Wholesslo trade satisfactory; hotel supp! t. Paul—Wholesale e satisfactory; hotel ly business lower than in 1930; building trades slightly behind. . e retall orders small; in- Duluth—Hot weather halting trade; e ther - hurts retall trad corn aha—Warm weather Tef le; bulld et; ripening prematurely, but yield spotted. S Des Moines—Fall buying small; building materials slow. Kansas City—Retail “sales” meet only fair success; Fall wholesale orders disappointing. Baltimore—Unseasonable weather retards all business; hardware trade fair; autos slow. RUG INDUSTRY SHOWS IMPROVED CONDITION ing hi have been discussed this week in Chi- cago at the national convention of the American Bakers' Association, whose 2,200 members account for 50 per cent ofm:ht country’s output of bakery prod- uets. Volume Fairly Constant, While production curves in many in- dustries have jumped from maximum figures to new lows within the last 1931, bakers have noted a rather pro- nounced indication, especially in the last three months, of a trend towar increased use of wheat and wheat prod- uets. Reports from some industrial centers say bread sales have increased, and in many rural sectors more flour has been purchased, ostensibly for home baking. Because the price of practically every grade of bread has dropped from 1 to 2 cents a loaf since January 1, the in- dustry expects an appreciably lower in- come for 1931, but it nevertheless hopes to avoid wage cuts. ‘Whereas there was almost no B-cent bread in 1929, when most loaves sold for 8 or 9 cents, nickel bread 1s sold in practically every city today. Average Wage. e & ‘wage in the baking in- lll(mlz more than $40 & week, times the $13.76 aver- age of pre-war days. Thus.far, how- 1 has experienced com. ever, paratively little wage-cutting, despite the fact that the average baker is work- smaller margin of profit today than & year ago. there has been no trend toward reduction of manpower. Such innovations as prepared sliced bread and twisted loaves, in fact, have cre- lnhdlneedtvr‘m workers in some iInstances. While bread prices have slumped by 50 per cent, the price of bread has not decreased in proportion, bakers explain, largely because other ingredients have been cut only by 20 or 30 per cent, and major items in the baker's overhead the prospect that year-end inventory write-offs will not be burdensome, also lend weight to the view that the trade is definitely headed for gradual im- Drnv;mle'n;m Yh“' mcomuntnlve de- man of insufficient proportions Bpectal Dispatch to The Star. to maintain sales volume at ad: ate NEW YORK, September 26—The | nisatable levels, Indications s srey carpet and rug trade is making consid- | aggregate returns for the year as a erable headway in emerging from the | Whole Will be decidedly more favorable | acute depression which prevailed dur- | than the unsatisfactory earnin; re- ported for 1930. o ing 1930, according to a current survey U. 8. TREASURY BALANCE. The United States Treasury balance announced today as of close of business | September 24 was $623,119,857.08. Cus- | toms receipts for the month to date were $28,355445.62. Total ordinary expenditures were $4,228,939.66. STOCK AND BOND AVERAGES By the Associated Press. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. STOCKS. 50 York. The survey continues, in part: “Not only were earnings of leading carpet and rug manufacturers during the initial half of 1931 moderately above those of a year earlier, but the recent price advances of 5 per cent to 10 per cent on odd-sized rugs, coupled with Industrials. - Rails. 82.8 SRR DOLLAR REPLACES POUND FOR COMMODITY SALES By the Associated Press. FRAN( : Cake “ana lumber. " Lumber 1o al i where there is no closed rate. . ments already booked on a o and where freight is » 1 3 Rt (Copyright, 1931, Stanaard Statisties Co.) Everybody’s Business Professional Bear Traders A S Rusorsitly it False Rumors in Order to Depress Prices. BY DR. MAX WINKLER. 90 " | Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK. September 26.—The most unscrupulous methods so long as they achieve their aim, namely the de- cline in prices. If actual developments are not sufficiently adverse in character, they invent them. A report was spread yesterday to the effect that the Banque Nationale de Credit of Paris had closed its doors. The response was & rather sharp setback from the advance at the opening. The rumor was subisequently denjed, and trading assumed & more orderly aspect. For some weeks past, economie con- ditions in France have not been what one might regard as wholly satisfac- tory. The country's fiscal charges have reached the limit and cannot be in- : | creased without peril to the country’s ra industries, according to Henri Berenger, former Prench Ambassador to Wash- ington. France’s Position. Mr. Berenger also points out that the governmental balance between re- | ceipts and expenses is menaced by the failure of Germany to pay reparations. | He exhorts the nation to husband its outgo as much as its income. The ex- ample of the country’s great neighbors is before Prance, and without rigorous control and keen foresight, continues M. Berenger, the distance between France's soundness today and difficulty tomorrow will be traversed quickly. Great_ Britain’s latest move has not helped Prance, but has rather tended to “glvlu her situation. n;lymbe mentlm:edn that, alt] h one of ‘the youngest financ! .nlfnvln been organized in 1913, it is one the French banking houses. At the of last year it had a capital of $12,750,000, re- serves of $6.238,800, deposits of more than $185.000,000 and {r-myinx to learn that earlier reports bout the bank being in difficulties were untrue. nfilt of the United States transporta vestments of Life Insurance Companies and Mutual Savings Banks. Mr. Clark the formation of road emergency council, | professional bear elements resort to the | ith respect to the above bank, it | | | total resources it would not be surprisin of about $220,000,000. 1t was, therefore, Due to the inadequate income, the = | and ! | the not distant future. Commission as are the rallroads, and urges lower taxes for the carriers as a partial relief from existing unfair com- | petition. Another interesting comment relative to the rate increase comes from Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & . feels that an in- crease, if granted, can only serve as a shortlived t to help the roads through & 1t situation. It is for this reason, continues Mr. Willard, that the necessity which prompted the rail- rosds to seek an in rates at this time, is not particularly pleasing lroad executives. after practically all other methods of seeking increasing earnings were ex- hausted that an application for a rise in rates was resorted to. North Ameriean Co. No_ change in dividend is in eon- templation on the stock of the North American Co. according to Frank L. Dame, president. b Rumors n.-rdln& s change are tirely without foundation, cont! Dame, and are circulated for the sol purpose of depressing the stock. The company's record over the past eight years, during which dividends have been paid on the stock at the rate of 10 per cent, has demonstrated clearly the wisdom of the practice and the M fieation for its continuance. Pierce Arrow Earnings. According te A. R. Erskine, chairman of the Studebaker Corporation, net its of the Plerce Arrow Motor Car . for the two-and-one-half-year pe- riod ending June 30, amounted to $42.54 & share on the company’s 6 per cent preferred stock, equal to seven years' future dividend requirements. Main- tenance of the dividend is expected. Mr. Erskine also predicts that the Jast quarter will show up better than the quarter as regards earnings, and that the company will become a more important factor than ever in the fine car market, due to the comprehen- sive and well advanced plans for the coming year. Demand for Copper. It appears that the trading fraternity once more failed to give sufficient at- tention to what mly‘;t regarded o5 & institutions | very constructive development. ‘The opening of the books by customs smelt- ers for 1932 delivery resulted in & very active demand for r, with Ger- many- the principal buyer. A substan- tial gain is reported n .w,‘-:d sult of the brisk demand for the metal, smelters were to advance the price copper in the near future. Cotton Prospects. Despite renewed weakness in cotton, is not unlikely that an upward t:zn!g 2 occu: rger turnover may occt tion in the exchanges lon in the various fore! f s clal attention. Foreign ticularly English, have been heavy buy- cotton other commodities, :r"mc;' is m%"‘:' continue a8 long as iness 1ho " bound limita. | Comrreng, daat br s, Nofts Amercan commerce aet. In conn above, it is of interest to refer to the recommenda- tion made by Willlam Z. Ripley of Har- vard University, at the convention of Sa inks’ tion of - ting busses and trucks te:‘uhuonmuu X same | evy merce | weight and —_— CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET (CAGO, states ago, general on fed steers un- e and Jeht It was only ues Mr. | foeding lambs, 5.00a5.40. | | doubles from feeding stations, yearlings, mostly 50 higher; long year- lings of comparable grade, 25 up: grassy and short fed steers, largely 25 lower; stockers and feeders sharing de- cline; light butcher heifers, grading medium and better, unevenly higher, but weighty grass kinds and beef cows, my steady to strong: cutters, firm; , 25 higher; vealers, 50a1.00 higher; extreme top weighty steers, 10.20; 2 lings, 10.15; heifer yearlings, 9.75; bulk, grain fed, 7.50a9. grassers and short feds, 5.00a7.00; approximately 11,000 Western grassers in run; bulk, stockers and feeders, 4.50a6.00. Sheep, 3,000 head; today's market nominal; for week ending hidlzl 241_! direct; fat lambs steady to 25 higher; feeders mostly 25 lower; closing bulk good and choice native ewe and wether lambs, 6.00a6.75; best 6.85; desirable Westerns, 6.7587.25; latter price the week’s top; medium to good Montanas, 5.2526.00 to killers; native bucks, 5.00a 5.75; throwouts, 4.00a4.25; fat ewes, 1.50a2.00; few 225 and better; range ‘Hogs—Receipts, 4,000 head, including sows, 4.00a4.75; compared , 15a40 lower; shippers took 500; estimated holdovers, 2,000; lights, good and choice, 140-160 pou 4.85a5.25; light weights, 160-200 pounds, 5.00a5.50; medium weights, 200-250 yunds, 5.40a5.60; heavy weights, 250- 50 pounds, 4.7585.55; packing sows, medium and good, Z75-! inds, 4.00 24.85; pigs, good and choice, 100-130 pounds, 4.25a4.75. Baltimore Markets Special Dispatch to The Btar. BALTIMORE, Md.,, September 26. Potatoes, 100 pounds, 80a120; sweet tatoes, bushel, 40a50; beans, bushel, 35 a60; beets, per 100, 2.00a2.50; cabbage, bushel, 25a35; carrots, per 100, 3.00a 4.00; corn, per dozen, 8al15; cucumbers, bushel, 100a1.25; eggplants, hamper, 40a50; lettuce, per crate, 25a3.50; cauli- flower, crate, 1.25a2.00; celery, crate, 1.15a1.75; lima beans, hamper, 75a2.00; okra, bushel, 1.00a1.50; peppers, ham- per, 25a35; onions, per 100 pounds, 1.75 22.00; spinach, bushel, 60a75; tomatoes, , 35a75; canner's stock, bushel, 50a60; apples, ' bushel, 40al.25; can- taloupes, crate, 1.10a1.75. Dairy Market. Chickens, young, 22a27; Leghorns, 19 222; old hens, 18a26: Leghorns, old, 14a18; roosters, 12al15; ducks, 13a20; pigeons, peir, 15a20; guinea fowls, pair, 25a50. Eggs—Receipts, 318 cases; current re- ceipts, 15a22; hennery whites, 28a30; nearby firsts, 23; Western firsts, 23. Butter—Good and fancy creamery, 30 a35; ladle, 20a22; process, 23a24; store packed, 16, 6. SHIPMENTS IMPROVE. 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