The evening world. Newspaper, April 1, 1919, Page 12

ATIONALS utlet Store Near 6th 119 West 24th St. Smart Easter Dresses in 28 Beautiful Models Overstocks of the National Cloak & Suit Co. For Tuesday's Selling Ave. French Serge, Silk Taffeta, Mercerized Tricolette Navy, Green, Garnet, Taupe, Brown, Black Faster Coats and Capes becoming garments adaptable to every figure. Second Floor. ors. ow price. Silk Georgette and Silk. Crepe de Chine Beautifully trimmed with hand embroidery, tucks, | beads, lace, cte. almost every warted color’ fy and design. styles, .. every one a wonderful value. . Choice, i Women's Oxfords and medium cr high-cut Shoes, Lace Fs or butten styles, Dress or comfort modeis, Patent, Gun : Metal and Black Demi-¢ d Kid-finished Leathers. Soft dull leather or cloth tops. Some with easy and durable _ fibre soles. | assortment aN values SAR OT F Velveteens, Poplins, Silk Messalines, Serge & Satins, Good materials, with every little detail of workmanship, finish and trimmings to match the dresses’ splendid styles. From $1.97 to $17.97, one, group only being featured here. Hundreds of stylish, smart, comfortable and wondertully The new Parisienne Dolman Coat, the new Victoria Cape and the handosme Waldorf Cape Coat will be found among the many models in this big Easter Sale. Prices $5.97 to $19.97 Suits for Easter Wear Spring Suits for Women, Misses and Stouts. Poplins, Nusatins and Taffetas—good materials, practical styles, wanted col Thoroughly well made and care- full finished, Suits it an unbelievably Choice, | | | whiclt sold up to a new high for the year, including the dividend recently paid, and Ceatral Leather, which also {ma new high for the year. | ‘Traction stocks were strongly bought in the afternoon on reports A that legislation for a T-cont fare at Albany had better prospects of being B} J) cnactea into law ‘There is a strong suspicion that Easter Footwear Big Big ; 1919, permitting an iriver | BOWIE RESULTS. ianue of $1,1 Hany a dick Williams, 1 108: Pr RAC niden; two nd geld tou furte Nh: TF nino STOCK QUOTATIONS, 3 P. q flebach and 6.60," md abd , int hae been formed to|Spongs, 11s; M Be’ y 10 DAY 5 PRICES jeyact wi ma } re in Wes. dow | bach will make| Litthe Orie, Taenlowet, Kitty € ‘ | te w 4 i , Chair -_ Boar of Jirectors, As 1 pale 997,900 sho ed President of te Wabash F HOT SPRINGS ENTRIES. | MIDWEST OIL ‘ - coma hs a 1 ce Edward b. Kearny, d - News and Gossip of To-Day’s 1 wales, $14,695,000 ie : | ernst ACK <= tharee 800 SALT GREEK PRODUCERS ASS’ Copper prices have been raised | eV Market—Present and Fu- LIBERTY BONDS—Liberty ws interests to 151-2. a pound, in| | wie 1125 2 mt NY WESTERN STATES OIL ture Prices. 99.16, UD 0.08; It de 04.00, up 0.08; 24 TRce OF Bimost complete aluence ol , : MIDWEST REFINING 48 93.44, off 0.12; Ist 41-48, 94.60, Of John W. Cutler of Boston has be 0.10; Sd 4 1-49 98.46, off 0.10; Sd 41-48 come associated with the bond depart ade of high class producing Wyo. soounialation ot etovneltee vate, of Oa; 4th oie O84, off 010, mene of Kean, Taylor & Co a ming cil companics that are destiogd to and tho driving in of a large short | Sune vo : beg pee te Sine reelned from that’ fe eatablish genuine oil history. interest gave a strong tone to the CURB—Openea steady. Swift Ine on March 31 : ‘ Woe have prepared special stock market to-day, with several ter. 62. off 1-2; Sinclair Guif 46, up | F ~— anwiyses on all there cor vitles making new highs for the] tree: 3-4; Merritt Oil 30 1-4; Philip Morris BOWIE ENTRIES. ie, which sci be. sent to nt upward movement 12 3-4, up 1-4. plinth Ibid cre tat, gonreted fro op Serif aternatonel sola 32 ff 1-2:| it ot Stes L. L. WINKELMAN & GO.Md timism were reports from Paris that Sinclair 46, up 1-4; Merritt AS- > 44 Broad Street, New York peace conference discussions will be phalt 63 to 65; P, Morris 1 8 to vv ‘oO ROAD, speeded up, an advance in the pri 123-4; Mid-West 154 to 156; Cosden Lady Tone, 114. ia) Shreve and Meriter of copper metal and the knowledge| fie Mother Lode, new, 41-4 nchaien: tice vaeedte iad f that interests who bave been Sighting old 44 to 48; Boat ee to’; “Meets BY Min HII e rn tha caavnet'a Alvihes ae ORdlae Intercontinental Rubber 17 to Paseen: i SANK ee : ; " ING AND FI , \ thelr poaition precarious i 18; Aetna 91-8 to 93-8; British BANKING AND FINANCIAL. _|t| LIVIde@- Oil stocks Were at first inclined to America, new, 23 to 285-8; 1. R. T. ill TheN |be reactionary on private advices 7m, 01-2 to 871-2; Houston 17 to THEMELIS BROS co tne 4 e New Golconda that low grade oil in the coastal and 79; Writing Paper 43-4 to 51-2; + Houdini ‘ ny Une, We have prepared for distri- Louisian regions had been reduced in [Locher 21-4 to 13-8 pares Dennings Pure. for Cigarette Manufacturers eee Cialitne tea ert eg ci ‘ Martin 87-8 to 31-4; United Motors a hail Stoptonge Dr "i ; et telling the story of price $$ par cent, Later, ten it be. 45 to 461-2; Chalmers 71-2 to 81-2, 110 ee ine} aI Now Active on N.Y, Curb the famous Gatd o Silvse came known tha ahoma ant Pi 4 Tes Laverty by ‘ Kaneus production and high erade|} }) ‘The close was trregular, Sinclair j Bought—Sold—Quoted ive ce ie poh 1 | 43%, off 1%; Swift 62%, off %; Ase « rn oll would not be reduced, oil shares} regained their early losses and joined | jin the upward movement | Coppers gave teatimony of their} ‘strong technical position by showing qains of from one to two points. The metal price now shows an advance of jabout three-quarters of cent per |pound over the recent low quotation, and consumers are showing more of & dispowition to lay in a big stock before | further advances are ordered. Industrial Alcohol was influenced by \geressive manipulation throughout the season. At cone time it showed an advance more than three points, Reports persist that there are im- portant new developments impending n the company’s affairs, According to officials, these reports are without foundation, While the earnings of the company are piling up in a highly satisfactory manner the secret of the present advance is that @ lange short Interest is locked in the stock and is |finding their position extremely un- | comfortable. | As the day progressed other parti- cular features of strength were Amer- ‘con Hide and Leather preferred, the Sterling Exchange market is again being supported by the English Government. Rates were firm to-day, cables being quoted at 4.69 1-2. Money had a slightly easier tendency, call enewals being quoted at 5 1-2 per cent. compared with 6 per cent, the uling rate yesterday, It develops that the agreement of | the Corn Products Company with the Government, in settlement of the sult {against the company, provides for the sale of its most Important plants, and in fact the company must be com- pletely broken up. Any person or cor- | poration acting as purchaser of the company’s properties must not in any Way be associated or affliated with the Corn Products Company as it ex- ists at present, nor with any of its Mcers or directors. It is the belief of students of the company’s position that the dissolu- tion will add to the value of the com- pany’s shares, There has been steady accumulation of the shares on this theory. It ts recalled that when the | Counterfeiter Caught! Don’t ask for Aspirin Tablets—Always say “Bayer.” Don't buy Aspirin in a pill box! The genuine “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin’ have beén proved safe by millions for Pain, Headache, Neuralgia, At Poothache, Boxes of 12 tablete—Bottles of 24-—-Bottles of 100-—Also Capsules. : Baliye ‘ hr lagen aia pane ' stock given in exchange for the old Phalt 64, off 1%; P. Morris 13%, up w ; Mrrt 31%, up 1% Standard O11 Company and the To- . cae basco Trust ware broken up, the Vale|. Mor et Conateral open 5, high 5, low 5, renewals 5, ruling h res, ted by the” d of their shares, as represented by tho. closed 6; all industrials opened closed 6 1-2, low 5 1-2, renewals , Puling 6 1-2, closed 5 1-2 per stock, sold up to undreamed of fig ures not many months after the dis- solution of the parent companies. | cent, | EXCHANGE-Sterling checks were In the case of the Corn Products timer at 4.59, while France Cables ve! Company very valuable equities have jrecovered to 6.03 and Lire Cabl to been built up during the past four 7.30. Peseta Cables were easier at years. It is now known that the|oo15, while Stockholm Cables were earnings of the plants that must be|sioady at 26.96; Swiss Cables 5: Ster- disposed of were last year equal to |jing demand 4.69, Cables 4.60; Francs | Ji the total pre-war earnings of the cor- | jemand 6.05, Cables 6.03; Lire demand poration. Seemingly, under the agree- | 795 Camies 7.30: Cilders demand 40, ment with the Government, the Corn | Contes 401-8. a | Products Company will not be per-| CLEARINGS—New York, $812,948,-| mitted to split up in various units | 937, increase $108,5: : | and distribute stock in these units to| gub-Treasury creditor at Clearing holders of shares in the corporation . House, $622,653. Federal Reserve’ Bi as it exists at present, such as was| Rank creditor, $26,395,468, i done in the case of the Standard Oil) poston, $66,188,652, increase $3,43 ty Company. However, the amount re- | x ceived from the sajg of the company’s plants should be%@pMicient to give holders of the common stock a hand- Philadelphia, $62,491,928, decrease 76,981, GRAIN CLOSING AT MIN) SAP- some dividend. oLis— Wall Street is much worrled over) Oats— 4 bill filed in the Benate at Albany h which, if passed, will radically amend Ww - the Penal Law in relation to the publication of information concern- ing the issuance and sale of stocks, bonds and other securities of corpora- tions. The proposed bill provides that no securities shall be offered for sale until there has been filed with the State and county officials a statement of the issuing company setting forth, among other things, the following: All sums of money paid as com- |() mission for promotion and organiza- | tion or for services in the issuance of or underwriting the sale of sec- CLOSING AT WINNIPEG Market firm; to 41; old contracts up 10 new up 10 to 28. urities, and to whom such com-| COFFEW—Range for day: mission ty paid, Secondly, all other | juy ..., ie ie (i expenses incurred in the promotion | weber Wm 14 mer en 140 or issuance of, or underwriting, or | Nasu Wale ht sale of securities, and to whom in-| Market Firm—May 15.30 to 15.4 curred, and, lastly it is provided that |June 14.95 to 15, July 14.60 to 14.65, a statement covering these and other | August 14.44 to 14.46; September 1 matters must be mailed to each sec-|to 14.30, October 14.20 to 14.21, No-| urity owner before any new securities | vember 14.11 to 14.12, December 14.02 thall be offered for sale and a simi-|to 14.03, January 14.08 to 14.05, Feb- lar statement shall be incorporated | ruary 14.05 to 14.08, March 14,07 to} in all circulars and advertisements | 14.10, April 14.08 to 14.10, offering securities for sale. It is fur- METALS--The exchange quotes ther provided that any violation of | electrolytic copper strong. the bill whall constitute a felony. |15 3.8 to 16 1-2; April, 15.4 ‘The measure is obviously intended to protect innocent investors, But Wall Street believes that it opens the door of publicity to matters that are none of the public's business, It can Juno, July, 15.75 to 16; Sept., sales, 100 tons of apl twenty-five tons lead a "FAKE" ASPIRIN WAS TALCUM The New York health authorities had s Brook- lyn “manufacturer wentenced to the penitentiary for selling throughout | dends on $5.13 a share in 1917, the United States millions of “Taleum powder” tablets as Aspirin Tablets. | package and on the tablets. rache, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Colds, Grippe, Influenza Colds, Joint Pains, Neuritis. Proper + dose in every ‘Bayer’ package. safely be predicted that Wall Street will wage a bitter fight against the | enactment of the bill, twenty-five tons tin at 15.5 Lend market is steady, Spot, April and May are quoted at 5.20 to 5,30; spelter is steady; East St. Louis spot, | April and May 6.10 to 6 June, | |July, August 6.15 to 6.30. BARNINGS—Cities Service Com- pany, year 1918—Surplus after| charges and preferred dividends of! $17,451,727, equal to $61.67 a share earned on average amount of com- mon stock outstanding against $60.73 | a share in 1917, U. 8. Smelting, Refining and Mining, year 1918—Profit before taxes and| after preferred dividends of $3,072,865 | equal to $8.75 a share on $1 7 | |common stock, against profit of $1,-| 755,575 after taxes and preferred divi- | y's annual re- | fter chgs. and /ff 5 to! White Motor Compan port shows surplus |Wedera! tax of $3 equal | $8.37 @ share, $60 par value, earned on | 16,000,000 outstanding capital stocl Get Bayer package! | against surplus of $3,800,308, or $11.87 a share in 1917. Third Avenue Railw “Gi . | ay—Feb. gross | Mi!) Always say, “Give me genuine | ,.{h “\" $693,908; | elght| AM os ;: months’ gross $6,986,223, decrease | ill] ‘Bayer Tablets of Aspirin.’ ” Insist frit scinn arter charkos s20580 t iW ihe & increase $33 i ou want on he Bayer package DIVIDENDS—Holly Sugar Corpo- |} J y wayel ki ration, regular quarterly, 1 3-4 per ie . “ ” cent, preferred, payable May 1 to 8, with the “Bayer Cross” on the stock of record April 15 inns | Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway | Hi) HV \ regular quarterly | ferred dividend payable May 14 per NOTES i the annual meeting of the Bpth- lehem Steel Corporation M. P. Murphy | fill Was elected @ director instead of Nelson | iif D. Jay. Other directors were re-elected. | HMM © was represented either by person or by proxy 137,847 shares of 7 stock out of 149,000 and 110,940 snares | common stock out of 14 The Public Service Commission to- say epmounces (awt ik had adopted an i \! | American owned! We unhesitatingly recommend Ask for Copy D-30. purchase of this issue. the Tlluatrated booklet, also our “Weekly tnveatment News,” sent on request. C.W. GALVIN & CO., Inc. £0 Broad St, N.Y. Phone Broad 7237 are. 101; Har Linter, 112 8 Hodge, 110: ‘Track fan’ A “Close-up” Swift & Company’s Profit of 2.04 cents on each dollar of sales UNDER THE MAGNIFYING GLASS: \ The diagram at the top shows the distribution of the average Swil dollar received from sales of beef, pork and mutton, and their by-pro ducts, during 1918. The magnifying glass brings out the distributio: of the 2.04 cents profit per dollar of sales: .94 of one per cent goes to pay interest on borrowed money, taxes etc. .50 of one per cent goes to pay dividends to shareholders, .60 of one per cent remains in the business to help in ____ improving and financing the business. Total 2.04 per cent Swift & Company, U.S. A. Seventeen Wholesale Distributing Markets in Greater New York Central Office, 32 Tenth Avenue G, J. Edwards, District Manager has. A. Stoneham & Co, 41 Broad Street, New York. Free. 4