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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
Cotton Seed oil.

New York, September 24-Cotton seed oil and petroleum steady. Resin steady, strained common to good 2.90. Turpentine steady.
 New Orleans, September A-Cotton seed oils prime refined in barrels 4212; off re- fined in barrels 37; prime crude, loose 36.
 Memphis, September 24-Cottonseed oil carload lots per gallon, prime crude nom ina1; off crude 2Od27; prime summer vel low 29dS4; off summer yellow nominal; choice cooking summer yellow less than carload lots nominal; cotton seed meal, prime $205 50; cotton seed cake $20.50.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
Local stanIe arooerIea.

Apples-W Western evaporated. 7is9S1c. Flour-Fancy petent, $4.s0; half patent, $450.
 Sugar-Granulated, 53sc Y. C., 4%c. Coffee-Green. 7H29ihc, Arbuckie'S. packages, $1o 30: Lion packages. $i0. 30; Cordova packages. 03O; Porto Rico. S1o. 90.
 Meats-Dry salted ribs 10Ac; dry salted rib bellies, 111s; hams, fancy, 141sc; me- dium, 13c; extra clears, 102sc.
 Lard-Leaf 10ikc
 Compound Lard-Snowdrift, 7&c.
 Molasses Centrifugal. ibQSoc: sugar house. 40c: Georgia cane. 25c.
 Beans-Navv. s2.50 per barNel: Lima. 50 esc per pound
 Pearl Grits-s2 lbs. H.e6.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
THE AeE-nnRALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1903.

noon the fresh break in United States steel provoked fresh outpour of stocks near the close. Baltimore and Ohio was under especial pressure and lost over per cent and St. Paul 2la. Reading fell per cent, and in the railroad list few is- sues failed to lose to 3 per cent In the industrial group there was urgent sell ing of United States steel the preferred losing AZ per cent. The common lost only a fraction. Other industrials showed sharp declines. The market closed active and weak with heavy selling at about bottom prices. Total sales s5IS00 shares.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
Liverpool Market.

Liverpool, September 2.-Spot cotton quiet; prices 8 points lower; American middling fair. '; good middling. 6.7S; mid ding. CPS: low middling, COP; good or dinary, 5.60: ordinary, $40. The sales of the day were 1000 bales. of which 1000 were for speculation and export. and included 62OO American. Receipts. nothing. Futures opened quiet and closed easy. American middling, zoe; September, 5.76; Septem- er-October. 5.3S; October November. 5.17 d5 IS; November December, 5.12@5 IS; De- cember-January 51O; January February, 5.OS; February March. 5.07@5 0s; March, April, 5.07; April-May, 5.0Gm5.07.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
Money on Call.

New York, September 24-Money on call steady at 2q21s; closing bid, 2; offered, 2A; Time money quiet; sixty days, 5S; ninety days and six months. 6 per cent.
 Prime mercantile paper. 6@61a per cent; sterling exchange easier, with actual bus mess in bankers bills at 4S6. 40 for de- mand and at 4S2 5004S2.6O for sixty days; posted rates, 4SS and 4S7@4S719; commercial bills, 4S204S2ss.
 Bar silver, 59% Mexican dollars, 46A.
 Government bonds easier; railroad bonds weak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
New York Cotton Futures.
The Coffee Market.

New York, September 24.-Coffee, spot Rio quiet; No. Invoice 5-16; mild steady. Futures opened steady 5410 points lower under rather disappointing European cables and realizing by longs There was considerable covering by shorts however, and the market ruled fairly steady and closed easy, net 10 to i5 points lower. Sales 27,250. October 430@44O; Mo- vember 44Od445; December 475; January 4SO@4S5; March 495Q5c; May 515Q52O; July 52OG525
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
cIearinqs and Exchanges.

Memphis, September 24-Clearings, $780, 446; balances, $49,014
 New Orleans. September 24-Clearings. $2,236,S41 New York exchange bank, par; commercial $1 .50 per 5000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
SOMETHING NEW. D

Charlie's Transfer Go. will store your furniture free will move your piano, office fixtures, safe and machinery. Call on them. 2329 and 233l First avenue. Both phones 322. c. .. Flemmine. Mgr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
Dry Goods.

New York. September 24.-Buyers are operating with care and although there is a slight disposition to shade prices on certain lines. yet there is no desire to an- ticipate their needs. Buyers are operat- ing with the idea that the influence of a new crop may have detrimental effect upon the level of the piece goods markets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25

Chicago, September A.-Wheat was steady to firm early, but turned weak and closed with December 7s lower; corn was unsettled, but the late market was very weak. December closed 17s under yester- day; oats ruled weak and closed ss lower, with provisions down 10 to IT.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
The New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, September 24-Spot cotton was very quiet. Although the country has been steadily lowering prices for sev- eral days, the offerings from the same source today were quite liberal at from Is to 3-16 lower than yesterdays quota tions It is said, however, that but few buyers were found even at those figures. There is no demand for September ship ments and buyers claim that they can buy middllng below board prices If they had the orders. Sales 1850 bales, including $50 to arrive. Quotations reduced A. Fut- ures opened weak. Compared with yes terday's close September was IS points lower and the balance of the list four to six points. Profit taking by shorts stead jed the market and carried prices to within point or two of the closing of yesterday but the improvement could not hold under the strong bear conditions unfavorable cables, exceptionally fine weather, heavy receipts and the weak ness of spots Consequently about noon, prices began to recede, the decline contin- uing to the close with slight fluctuations. The net losses were September 20 points, October If, November and December 13 each, January 12. February 10 and March 95
 New Orleans. September 24-Cotton fu- lures very steady; September 9.73; Octo- eember, 9.23@9. .24: January. 927d9. .2S; Feb ruary. 9.SO@9 s1; March. 9.36@9.37
 New Orleans September 24.-Cotton steady; sales, 1870; Ordinary. 5-16; good ordinary, S5s; low middling, 95s; middling, 10; good middling. 10 3-16; mddling fair, 10 9-16; receipts 1868; stock, 29,161.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
GAS COKEl GAS COKE!

Now IS the time to lay in your winter supply. Noth- ing better for furnaces and grates-a great saver and a good heater. Delivered in your yard for $4.OO per ton, or S3. 50 at the gas house.
 B. R. l.. & F. Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
Treasury Statement.

Washington, September 24-Today's treasury balances, exclusive of the gold reserve, show: Available cash balance, $237,754011; gold, $111 ,S19,45
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
virqinia-caroIlna Company.

New York September 24.-Virginia- Car olina Chemical company, common, 17a4 bid; preferred, 92.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
STEINER BROTHERS,

United States 5s, registered ........Io21a United States 5s, coupon ..........lo2Ia Southern Railway 5s.................Il2s 2ss Mobile and Ohio col. tr 4s............ 90
 Central of Georgia 2d inc............. 2e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
Feed Stuff.

Meal-Bolted. s1.20; water ground. SIPS Hay-Per ton, timothy No. 1, SIS; clo- yer. mixed, s1650; prairie. $i3.0O; Johnson grass, S14.
 Corn-Mixed, roc; white. 73c. Cotton Seed Mea1-Per ton. s22: Hulls, per ton. $7.50.
 Bran-Pure wheat s2l; shorts. s2s; hominy feed. s21.00
 Oats-White, 4sc; mixed 47c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
Daily Statement.

Galveston-Quiet; middling, 10ss; sales, 1050; receipts, 13, 224; stock, 4s, 405.
 Mobile-Dull; middling, 10ls; sales, 300; receipts, 1345; stock, 92S3.
 Savannah-Quiet; mddling, 101z; sales, 593; receipts, 6516; stock, 42,34s.
 Charleston-Unsettled buyers and sell CTS apart; receipts 1000; stock 3S11.
 Wilmington-Dull; middling. 10.371s; re- ceipts. 2O34; stock, 1S,5O4.
 Norfolk-Quiet; middling, 10%; sales, 691; receipts, 4210; stock, 667O
 Baltimore-Nominal middling 11h: re- ceipts. 300; stock, 2S73 ceipts, 1150.
 Philadelphia-Quiet midding, 11.65; re- ceipts. 600; stock 1036
 St. Louis-Steady; middling. 101s; re- ceipts, 115O; stock. 725.
 Memphis-Quiet; middling. 10; receipts IT. shipments, 297; sales, 125; stock 221O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
,eaboard Air Line.
Chicano ,Channe.

Baltimore, September 24.-Seaboard Air Line, common, 1sss@19; As, bonds, 76A @76s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
COTTON MARKET
 SHOWS WEAKNESS
Liquidation and Bear Pressure
 Caused a Big Break
ALL THE MONTHS YIELDED
After Partial Recovery Reports From Southern Spot Markets Began to Come In Reporting Declines
 and Selling Was Resumed.

New York, September 24-The cotton market opened steady at decline of points to an advance of 1 point, but al- most immediately showed weakness breaking sharply under further liquida- tion and bear pressure, encouraged by the weakness of Liverpool cables, the gen orally clear weather over the belt, ex- pectations of further increase in the movement and reports of cotton headed here from the south for delivery on near by contracts The early decline was led by September and October, while the win ter months for a time showed resistance to pressure, but soon yielded with the other positions. September sold down to Il 10 while October reached 953 and the general list showed declines ranging from 5 to IA points. At this level there was demand for covering and reactionary tendency was promoted by estimates Tor receipts at tomorrows leading points, calling for amounts somewhat lower than expected. It was also argued that bet terment would come from the recent break and there seemed to be good de- mand for December and January under $50 The result was an upturn which carried prices back to about last night s finals, but as the reports from southern spot markets began to come in reporting general declines, the selling increased again and in the late session the mar ket ruled weak, particularly for October which sold down to 9.43, closing at that figure.
 The market was finally easy, net to g points lower. Total sales, estimated at 800, ,000' bales, representing an active days business. Sentiment during the entire ses- sion was nervous and there was con- siderable excitement, particularly during the afternoon decline.
 New York, September 24-Cotton quiet Midling 11.40; net receipts, 932 gross 2,65S; sales, 1925; stock, 92,173; exports Great Britain, 1147.
 Total sales at all seaports, net receipts B, 229; exports Great Britain, 4147; conti- nent, 600; stock, 254, ASA.
 Consolidated net receipts at all seaports 161,634; exports Great Britain, s4S6; France. 1200; continent, 29080.
 Total since September 1 at all seaports, net receipts 311 .1S2; exports Great Brit ain, 43,472; France, 11,236; continent, 62,- 7S4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
Atlantic Coast Line,

Through Pullman sleeper Birmingham to Jacksonville via Montgomery.
 J. A. Taylor. T. P. A.. Montgomery. Ala. W. H. Leahy. D. F. A.. Savannah. Ga. W. H. Craig. G. P. A. Wilmington. NJ c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
EAsTBOUND.
NPHIVA


 No l. from Macon. Albany. Columbus Opelika, Amerieus. etc. s;f5 D. m
 No g. from Savannah. Augusta. Macon Columbus etc. 1920 p. m.
 Flen,ant through seepers between Bir- rnrneham. Columbus. Macon and savan- nah on Nos. and 4
 Connection is made at Savannah with the fast freight and luxurious nas5engar yteninships Of the savannah Line from and to New York. Boston and the east.
 For more detailed Nnformation beauti- ully-fiiustrated matter write or appiy 10 JOHN W. BLoUNT Travelling Passenger Agent
 R. w. LUCKETT. Union Ticket Agent
 Birmingham. Ala. J. C. HALLE. General Passenger Agent F. J. ROBINSON. Asst Gen. Pass. Agent ". A wfNBtRN. Vice President and
 Traffic Manager
 THEODORE D. KLINE. oenL supt.
 Savannah. Ga
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
CONDENSED REPORT CONF 7oLtEa The FIRST NATIONAL BANK ot Birmiaghanl, Ala
 sEeTEm BIER 9Th, 1908.
LIABILITIES.

Capital stock. .......s Surplus and profits..... Reserved for taxes. Circulation . .......
 DEPOalTS.
 individual s4.282. .758.66 Rank o1B,696.29
 nited States. 5o, o,0Uv.Oo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
RESOURCES.

Loans and discounts. -. S3,53a, 1921 Overdrafts. .. 483. .o U. S. bonds and premiums 369,00o.0 Jefferson county bonds... 45,Ooo.o Other stocks and bonaa.. 11,3oo.o Bank building. g.... .... 51,OoO.U
 CASH
 In vaults ..$ 47O,939.48 With banks e.. 1927, ,107.55 With U. s.
 Treasurer 18,554.4O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
e,RMlNe4Am AND ATLANTIC R. a.

BIRMINGHAM AND ATLANTIC R. H.
 Schedule Effective November g. lsOz Read Down. Read Up No. i. No 8. No. 2. No.A am. pm. am. pm T:10 $40 Lv... .Talladega. ...Ar 10:25 6:Ss s:35 5:03 Ar. ....Pell City.....Lv 800 5:s5 10:00 9:55 Ar. Birmingham. .Lv 610 3:45 Trains run daily. Quickest route be- tv cen Talladega. Birmingham and west ern points
 Ship your freight via Birmingham and Atlantic railroad.
 ]. F. FLEETWOOD. c. P. & P. A John c. Soley. General Manager
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour-Easier
 Wheat-No. 2 red, 7414@781sc. Corn-No. 2, 45s4c; No yellow, 47%c. Oats-No. 3 white, 39Ac. Rye-No. ?, 531a@56c.
 Barley-Good feeding. 4Sd50c; fair to choice malting, 53659c. Flax Seed-No. 1, 56lac; No. northwest ern, s1 .02.
 Timothy Seed-Prime, s3.10 Mess Pork-Per barrel, SIP .25@12.15. Lard-Per 100 pounds, s10610.05 Short Ribs Sides--Loose, $S.S71k@9. .021k. Dry Salted Shoulders-Boxed, 6as46Ac. Short Clear Sides-Boxed, SA@9A. Clover-Contract grade. $9.75@9.0. On the produce exchange today the quo- tations ranged as follows: Buttter-Steady to firm; creamery, 16Q 211sc; dairy, 1461S1sc.
 Cheese--Steady, 1014d111sc. Eggs-Firm, 1Sd19c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25

For the best whisky in town go to w. R. McVay's, 2l2O Second avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25
RAILWAY SCHEDULES
In Eftact -unne 14. 1903.

Arrival and departure Of all trains at Union Passenger Station, Birmingham. Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-25

A. c. s.-North.
 Arrive Tssaaas MO 3 rast Neil ". Q. .f B.4o ami s.rara 'No (, Pan-Arn snec'al 4 8;ss n1ni a.6A hru sNo. G Chattanoega 40 h9.qS mn 10 m 'No. 8. Meridian Accom- m 15 pnF.........
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The independent., 1903-10-15
IAMS' SPECIAL PRICES.
ST. PAUL, NEBRASKA.

for paying death claims and expenses
is invested in the state Of Nebraska in
securities authorized by law and none
OF it goes out of the state. The Sc
curity Mutual is an old line company.
All of it's policies are protected by
legal reserve ard all of its securities
are deposited with the auditor Of pub
lie accounts of the state of Nebraska.
The fact that a, policy in this company
is better. safer, cheaper and more
profitable than one in an eastern COM
pany should induce any citizen of Ne
braska to promptly make an applica-
tion for one. A policy with the Secur-
ity Mutual is safer because the re-
serve Is deposited with the state audi
tor and cannot he used for speculative
purposes. 1t is cheaper because the
premiums are lower. 1t is more profit
able because interest rates are higher
and the death rate lower in Nebraska
than in the eastern states.
You must have life insurance. Take
it with home company and benefit
yourself and your neighbors Nothing
can be established in Nebraska that
will do the state more good than in
surance companies.
The Security Mutual has written
twice as much business SO far in 1903
as it did in the same time in any
previous year.
The independent., 1903-10-15


politics OF. legislation. That is attend
ed to by the boss in their states. Many
OF these men, like Aldrich for instance,
never make speech, never do any
thing except as it is mapped out for
them. No public policies are ever in
itiated by them, and yet their names
are kept continually before the public
by little unimportant incidents that
have nothing to do with government.
Year after year they are kept in their
seats by the commercial interests be-
hind them.
Whoever wrote this book knew
many things that the mass OF people
know nothing about.
The Independent. does not agree with
the picture given of Nebraska prairies
in the years Of rain and full crops.
There is a beauty in the growing grain,
the waving wheat, and there is hap
piness in the humble homes that the
author has not seen. There is cul-
tivated society in the towns of which
she seems to have no knowledge.
The independent., 1903-10-15

Cold weather is coming in short
time. Now is the time to get ready
for it. Take the time to read careful
" Fred Schmidt and Bros advertise
ment in this issue. This firm carries
an enormous stock of durable and de-
sirable dry goods, boots and shoes,
and groceries. Thirty-fve years in
business at one place with more GUS
toners every year than the year be-
fore is the best evidence of the val
ues they give. If you cannot visit the
store, write for samples OF anything
you need and order by mail. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed or your money will
be refunded. Be kind enough to men,
ton The Independent when you write.
The independent., 1903-10-15
Out Of the West

There was book published by Har-
per & Bros. in 1902 that at the time
created considerable comment in the
press It was entitled "Out of the
West" and it's author was Elizabeth
Higgins. 1t treats of the rise of the
peoples party and in its pages there
is much of the soundest philosophy.
The writer had an insight into things
that must have been gained by actual
contact with the people of this state at
that time, although here and there
there are sentences that show an
ignorance of actual farming in the
west. The book shows how in year
when the crops were enormous, the
railroads charged such excessive rates
that they could not be shipped to mar
ket and the corn was burned for fuel
or rotted in the fields, OF on the ground
where it was piled up. Then came the.
year of drouth and the people starved
and suffered
Concerning the organization of the
peoples party, it is remarked that
there was class of men who were
hereditary democrats, who were will
ing to do anything to beat the repub-
slicans and for that purpose went into
the new organization without under
standing it's principles, or the eco
nomic necessities that produced 1t.
The legislature is analyzed with Pc
culiar insight. The majority was an
unorganized mass of honest men striv-.
ing to do right, who had to meet
minority of the republican party
trained in all the details Of legislative
work. This republican minority was
largely made up of the trained and
highly educated republican lawyers,
many Of. whom were railroad attOr-
neys, and the wonder is that the mi
nority of hard working farmers were
able under the circumstances to do
anything.
The power of money over western
representatives in congress was never
before so graphically depicted. No
one who has never spent winter in
Washington can realize how over
whelming this power is and to what a
strain a member representing the
farming interest is subjected. The
writing on this subject is powerful. 1t
was the work of some one who has had
a look into the inner life of official
6 Washington.
The incident. located in Washing
ton, where the plutocratic minister
The independent., 1903-10-15
Z An Inquiry into
the Situation Ia
Alabama.
PopuIist Journalism *

1891; White & Baber
Tribune, Ensley; 1894; Mckenzie &
Moore.
PEOPLES Voice weekly edition of
Evening JournaD, Gadsden; 1899; w.
s. Griffith.
Peoples journal, Jacksonville; 1896;
l. E. Watson.
Cleaner, Luyerne; 1895; L. S. Knight
Free Press. Ozark; 1896; G. w.
Mathison.
Peoples Courier, Rockford; 1894;
Bond & Bird.
The Independent would be glad to
exchange with each of these papers
and to publish a symposium from the
pens of their editors answering the
following questions:
|. Do you favor the continuance OF
the peoples party organization, with
national ticket in the field next year?
2. Do you approve the steps taken
at the Denver conference to unity the
peoples party?
3. What changes. if any, would you
advise to be made in populist demands
as enunciated at Omaha in 1892?
4. What is the outlook for populism
in Alabama? Have many former pop
ulists joined the socialist party?
S. Would you favor an enrolment
OF the populists Of Alabama, with the
view of ultimately allowing no one
voice in the party councils whose name
does not appear in the records?
Much of the desired information will
assist greatly in accomplishing the
work outlined at the Denver confer
ence, the associate editor Of The In
dependent being assistant secretary OF
the committee on organization. May
we expect prompt responses from the
brothers in Alabama?
The independent., 1903-10-15

The American Newspaper Annual
for 1901 credits IL populist papers in
the state of Alabama. None are
counted except those reported as pop
ulist.' 1t sometimes happens that a
staunch advocate of populism is re-
corded as an independent paper, and
this may be true In Alabama.
Back in 1891 the American Nom
conformists directory of reform pa
pers showed the following:
Advocate, Birmingham.
st. Clair Echo, Edin.
Alliance Eagle, Ellisville.
Alliance Herald, Montgomery.
Mirror, Selma.
An inspection of the directory for
1901 fails to show the names of any of
these papers, except the last, and 1t
is marked as democratic"
The editors of The Independent
would appreciate any information from
readers in Alabama regarding the five
papers named above. What became of
the first four, and is the last pop
ulist or democratic paper?
Referring again to the directory for
1901, we publish the following infor-
nation relative to the II populist pa
pers. and would esteem it favor to
learn any additions or corrections to
be made in the list:
Southern Alliance. Ashville; estab-
lished 1903; L. w. Watson. editor.
Sand Mountain Signal, Boaz; 1903;
C.L. Noel.
Choctaw Alliance, Butler; 1892; F.
& Barefeld.
Pickens County News, Carrollton;
1891; w. N. Dale.
Banner, Clanton; 1892; Frank
C1'ichton.
Cleburne Plowboy, Edwardsville;