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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-25
MR.. GENTRY TALKS
OF HIS lis; TRIP r IF
Tells Of Conditions In Austria
liza and lin South 'lt
Africa.

Fl Mr. w. j. Gentry has Just returned
from long trip to Australia, New zea-
land and South Africa, to which coun-
tries he went in the Interest OF the
America n Locomotive Works, and he Is
deeply impressed With what he saw while
abroad. Mr., Gentry sailed from San
Fra ncisco to Australia and thence to
New Zealand In which latter country
he Superintendent the erection Of fifteen
locomotives for the New zealand Gov
eminent Railroad Company. Both at the
time and several months later the most
satisfactory reports came from this
work, and he thinks the prospects OF
his company In, this country are very
MIA, and established friendly relations
trere as well as with the Australian Of
nciuls, and is pleased with the prospects
3 for trade in both countries, l4 4
lie then went to South Africa, where
he superintended the erection of O, num-
Der Of engines shipped BY his company.
He says he found decided preference
in south Africa for English locomotives,
but the result from the trials of Amer
lean engines were excellent, and that
they stood fine chance on account OF
quick delivery, 4, KS I, ..s
lie says tho America locomotives are
no better than the English ones. but are
as EOOQ aIlT Cllct PeE. TIE 20 70 '''E'S . =
only two works In South Africa fitted
10 build locomotives. and their combined
capacity is only one engine per month,
while that OF the American works Is, six
machines per day. The South African
works also are subsidized and controlled
By the party which happens TO be ~
power while here politics does not enter
In any way into the mRnag ement Of the
shops Mi Gentry Is greatly Pleased
With his .trp and thinks his company
will do considerable business IN the fn-
ture where he has been, INIT
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COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, March A.-The cotton
point to a decline Of 4 points, and follow,
Ing the call ruled irregular, but showed
on the whole an advancing tendency. par
cuary in the cid crop PEs.rondS MORE more
strongly by the better weather reported
over the belt and the expectation of an
enormous acreage,& displayed relative cas-
mess The port receipts for to-day wero
over the movement for the same date ann
last year, being IS. 71s bales against 1883,
and the early estimate calling for 1900
bales encouraged selling after the open-
ing ns did also more favorable accounts
from the flooded districts Of tho lower
Mississippi.
call prices worked up a point or two was
responsible for decline before, midday,
carrying prices about points below the
opening on tho late positions. while the
nearer options tluctuated around tho
Initial level. The estimates for to,mor-
receipts at leading ports were sh
exports gave early promise Of volume
turning out to be 62.4as bales and leading
to predictions that next Fridays statistl.
cal showing would again be strong, The
bull pool also slpported, the market and
reach reHcneG i ioc. and July s's2. q il and 10
points above the opening. The advance
was encouraged by reports OF turn for
the better In the New England situation.
but at the better level room longs took
profits and the market again became lr,
n net advance OF 3 TO 10 points on the, near
months to q decline, of to points on
the more distant options.
Total sales Of futures estimated at 150.-
900 bales.
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SHARP BREAK
in PRICES;
Market Was Weak from Start
1 to Finish.
THE i MONEY CONDITIONS y
There Was Pause In Downward Move.
After Opening, but Selling
Resumed and Close Was Active
With Prices Descending.
ms Associated rrcss.l

IL 57lt4ea tFfIAi.F{ Bv AaSOcih ted frcsS.)
" NEW York, March 24-The stock mar
3ket made no headway to-day against ans. L, tn ne
encouragement of holders Of securities les
and was weak from start to finish Win
ness ness from time to time. There, was a
sharp break n prices at the opening li, auo
Ito tho unloading Of stocks IN blocks as a
result Of selling orders nccuinulateo ov ,so
night After that there was some pause
& In the downward movement. but at the
closing the selling movement hao Pc
come very active again, ana prices en ts!
Ethe day at the lowest ana on rapluiS
descending scale. a..
Il The principal cause OF the 1eciins o. us
Y couragoment was the lack Of promise OF
nm nmeioration Of money conditions rs, A p
demand upon New York for funds, now
that the attractive nigh money rates e are
not fully maintained here. New YORK ex.
i,ar.A Bankers in Now York express tho
q nninion that the West has It's own uses
for money and is likely to continue 10
have. Very active business en ds1noed
4 movement, an active speculation in the
corn market and the Westori land spec
4 nlation are nil cited as elemonts ct this
s n9pG q Is not Spp so
4lield as It was last week, ana the llfns
speculation based on this hope Is being
closed out ~ sra,,
tn. banks since Friday sG9s, 900 compared
with s12So0O5 in the corresponding perlod
\ Of last week. The April 1st settlement IN
New England are looked to to cause some
! demand upon New York. BY shifting me
view to foreign -centers no better prospect
is met, the Impending demand upon Tor
\ eiRn money markets for government loans
promising to absorb oil their resources.
THE new low record made to-day lor
British consols was affected also by sell
Ing Of these securities for American &c.
I count, ~ break in the copper marKct
heiped 10 weaken AmalEamated tenn
I norary advance OF n point In Southern
Pacific was attributed to demand for
election purposes. -,
value. s1,54O. ono. United States bonds were
iii unchanged on the last CALL
The total sales Of stocks for the day
were 467 900 shares. &
MONEY AND EXCTIANGE-CI,0sE
Money on call steady: lowest, OK per cent:
highest. 6 per cent ruling rate. 6& per
cent;llast loan. 81 per cent. closed 6hg
O. nor cents time money. easier; Sixty
days 6G6H per cent. = ninety days. ouo1s
her cent; six months. 5G5le per cent;
prime mercantile papers. bN@6 per cent
Sterling e1 change easy with actual buSi-
ness in bankcrs' bills ut $4S7di. 87.Oo for
demand and at 1913 ,S0fl4 &'S5l for sixty
$fayS bills; posted rates, s4.S4h94.M and
81 S9. commercial bills, 81. S3k. a. .s3S. Bar
silver 4S1s: Mexican dollars. 3SA Gov
crnment bonds steady; railroad bonds IT
regular ~ ~ ~
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fluctuated above and then below the level
Of the closing &c Yesterday, May a ansad
ci cline to o.S6 and closed at $50; August
advanced 8 points to 9.6S, declined to VIZ
and closed at a6s But for the OPERATIONS ms
been Very dull The close showed net
gains oflGs points on ali old crop posi-
tons and q net loss Of 2G4 points on the ne
new. sfSf9}R i.
sSoG9 81 i April 10. s9a9S4: May, s.s4a9.S;
June.s 9.SS@9.9O; July, 5000 81; Augusl
0C6d967; September, sS.94@S. 96; October.
S47@S49; November. S379S.3S; December,
2G6iS q 49,. l.l-.A 49, 49,.
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CLOSING BOND QUOTATIONS.

Chicago and Northwestern con. rs !. lalA
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific As 1oo
.C,,C, c. and st. Louis gen. $50 1904
Cooraio and Southern i's............. Soh
isG and , Rio srande
t0re General as S5&
jInrt Worthfnnd Denver City 1st's,., 10 :!
t1ocl,in 'Vailev l06H
I o,isvj7Ie and 4 Mash. Unified As ....t 99M
ManHatt Consolidated gold 4's... / 1895
Nia..t,o - r.onfro IA ,.l- .. rs 81
Mcxican Central ,flst 1nc.............. IN
Min Ind az Louis rs.....,...... l0lN
WiaaC,,ri = Kan' and Texas 4's......... 99ea
M NfIsso Kan. and Texas 2d's...... Ssk
New York Central gen, S1s' s.......... Ivy q.
Merthern Pa eific Is e,.,.............. l02A
Northern Pacific 3's............:;...... aaaaH
Norfolk and Western con. 4's...... l0 OS7A
Reading General 49,: Y, S1,s
St. L, and Iron Mountain con- 6's.... ia Z,
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st. Louis and San Francisco 4s..... $751;.
St. Louis Southwest rn lists a %
st. Louis Southwestern "a s....::.. u &
Sniitharn' Panfic 500.
Soiithern RAILWAY SIS =, e. 8 1863;
Texas and Pacific lst' 4. 115N
51,oieIo ~. s"nnd Western As. Is
linton Pactfn "a 10l q
IN ian tpari rnnv 4 102N
SVnba shatlst' MINIMUM. 1167s
Wa ~ Oh & 9i,s :, ~, :. 106
IVabash Deb, R's ~. 1873
Ivnat = shnra "a q 7 ...,,,.,,,.,,..... ITO 8
yvSeat,nrS Innri |Tnke Erie AZ. ....,....$ 9lA
1vIscnnsfn Central 4's. ..,.,,.,.,......,... ~
Continental Tobacco 4's................ 6ses
n III fsio ~ ssIgF-NSs 5.. Sc
Poon nIn scon ais 1925
NJ. and @. 4, collateral trust fs........ VIZ
Central Of Georgia I'd lnc.........,.. g :. y
Va. Carolina Chemical Co. con,...... %
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r. s rcfnnd,nr 2,s, registe cred I. !. 1o7 Ill
n. 9. refundlng Is, coupon .......... lo7M
u, S. as, registered .................lo7 10TH
II 6 a.s cannon \. !. I. .,,,......... Jos
II, s. New IS. registered 1854
u. S. New As, oupon.................. 1881
u. s. old As, registered. los77s
u. s. old As, coupon ................... WY
n 8. b.s. registered 1854
IL 3 So. coupon ..........,. lo3A
6A+ori.ors ponaral i "a lO2
Atchison Enlistment 4's,............. e0A
paItimnre and Ohio rs,,,,,..::......... l02A
Dnitinnoro anS Ohin conv ia ,.. 10l
sa,itihern NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1854
Santrni ~ ectorgla b's,,...!.......... lo7h
Ccntrul Of Georgia LIST Inc..... e
Chesapeake and Ohio 4ls'B............. lG397s
Chicago and Alton 3h's ........:: ....... e.,
Chicago. B. and Quincy new rs:..... w 9Sh
Chicago. NJ. and st. Paul gen : Sc. llV's
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The most active features Of the railway
i LIST were Atchison, St. Paul Reading,
Roo Tsla nd the Wabash shares and Union
and Southern Pacific /. l.,
The existence of q technical SNORT m,
terest In Southern Pacific imparleu
comparauvely firm tone to that si i.,ci.,,
md the Wabas issues were relhtlVeiS
steady also on favorable expectations re-
sneotinr the settl ement of tho laoor
troubles threatening that company
The Evening Post says: Abroad, an,
other sharp break In the price or Britsn
consols disturbed to-day's marKet; ~
home, values sold rather steadily !, do y II
under no especial Influence. ~ Is nui
strange that the fall in consols shonl!u
cular movement has sometimes had very
unpleasant Significance. ,,o.o.
Prices declined at opening ana a., closei
during the mid day hours the stoCK i.i a,,r
Eet barely moved. In the last hal1 nour
: number Of sharp declines were MADE.
;rhis was partly due to the t1rmness ~
call money; though. as a matter OF TACT
yesterday's high rate was not toucned 70
aay. The real cause for the heaVlness ~
nrices was. OF course. uncertainty Us y, ~
future lending facilities at the oanKs
Looked at from that point 81 view, 9
cautious lowering OF prices Is sal sa1 = .
guard. An interesting assertlo - m ,aan
today. is that the hard coal companies,
since November have been laying ASIDE
rs a kind OF sinking fund the 10 per cent:
Increase on miners salaries, ana Inat
they have not included that fund n theis
net returns. Such q, recourse would nave
beenfyery unusual and In come ways "
rep1llar but circumstances were peculiar.
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DRY3Goo13s .MARKET.

NEW YORK, March A.-Values In dry
goods are maintained with@unusnaly tenac-
lty considering the unwlllingness Of buy
cotton maintains It's present high level
there Is little reason to expect any change
in prices. Buyers complain they cannot
and agents OF, many lines report inability
to obtain anything for months to come. u
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS. I
,EAN1T AND PEA MARK En-

q NORFOLK, VA; March 24---The peanut
market In Norfolk is steady. The only
change is In machine picked nuts. from
1Wc. 10 .2Qp2lAc. The prices are as follows;
Fancy, quiet at &c.: strictly prime,
cline picked 2@2Ac.; Spanish. SOC: per
bushcl Blackeye peas, Es2S bag; black
and specslc peas. 81; clay and red. peas,
NPETERsBURG, VA. aMrch 24.-PEA.
Nj'rS--SpanIsh new. market very firm a I
IKE; sellers asking more. Vlrglnla's-
Quiet at &c, .ft33i, .sa5p.s ~ es 4
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NAVAL STORES.

WILAiINGToN.IN IN. c., March A.-sPIR-
IT'S NE--Flrm at 65ch re-
ceipts, 60 casks. Rosin--Firm ut $l.6 re-
ceipts, Go barrels. Crude Turpentne-.
Firm q t s2.4O14; receipts. l3 barrels, Tar
Firm at 1885, receipts. 2eS barrels:
I'll NE-1Tirm at CSC: receipts, 107 casks
sales. It's casks; exports. B It's sS casks.
Rosin-Firm; receipts, PSI barrels; 4 sales,
500 barrels; exports. 1854 barrels.
ECHARLESTON.%S s. c.. March 94--TUR-
PENT IN E-Firrn at B4c. e Rosin- firm.
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SOUTHERN ENLARGE By.
ITS KNOXVILLE SHOP
iBr .Asstoeuiuted Press. J

KNOXVILLE, TENN, March Pat 70
announced that the Southern Railway IS
to extensively enlarge It's shops IN tins
city, already one Of the, largest "a llroa :,
shops in the South, The enlaFse,ha,nul, 4, - !,
presumably for the purpose or pullal!,s
locomotives fol. use, on The Southern sys-l
TEN, No definite plans have been giYen
out officially. About 500 men nr e now en-
ployeel In the local shops. 81 A /
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Mr.. Swanson Leaves.

Congressman Claude "a, Swanson VIII
leave for Ills home ut e ta rlot tesY Jig, TO-
day He was nt rplly,s g 9teA lpst r'g Y,
and m any 5people IA IN public and private NE
went up TO :GTeet htITna. f - s, s... h N
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BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET,
BALTIMoR MD. March A.seanoard
Air Line common, 24A az, pCe!eIteq ~
common and preferred, no sales
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OFFICIAL RANGE AND SALE OF STOCKS in NEW YORK
ts ~ Thonnss Hranoh a CO., Bankers and Brokers
r,rn,, tf,rh B nv fC.lose a. LEST; s3

Mexican Central.....I..,,..t..n.
MISSOURI Paclf1c.,.s!s...s...s.J..
Mo-, KAN. and Texas conn., ..t..
+ Mo, Kan. and Texas pfd,.4..I
New York Central. I, ..i.s4,..s.s
A N. X. i, Ont. ana Western. ......
7 Norfolk and Western. ....u....t
Pennsylvania ,.............t.at.
Pressed steel CHr....t...t....ll.,
Pressed Steel Car pfd.i.....l..
Peoples Gas T>rust......ss....s.,
Reading cotnt.. it..t.!.s..l
Y Reading 1st Gpfd.......t..,,..l....
Reading I'd pfd......4.........I...s
Republic Iron and eel cofn.t
x Republic Iron and SSlel pfd,.s.
ST, l. ana san francisco I. N....
st. IL. and San Fran. I'd pfd ...1
/ Senbonrd Air Line cotn........
Seaboard Air Line 4pfdu. 80,
st. L. and Southwestern pfd...i
Southern Pacflc.,..... ........:!s..
Southern Railway cotr......s..:
Southern Railway pfd..t.....,..
Tennessee Coal and Iron....!...
tTexns Pacif1c..... .................t
4 Union Pacific com.
Union Pacific .pfd.. ...............
/, United States Steel com. ......:
United States Steel pfd..........
Va. Carolina Chem. com. .......'
Vac Carolina Chom. pfd. ........i
Wabash cor1lt... ..............s
Wabash pfd,..................!..
Western ,Un1On...............s....
Wisconsin Central ...., .............s
wisconsin Central pfd..........5
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF RICHMOND MARCH "a. 1908.
5gA 3l4 ssy5. "A RRIVED 6sssjisS
S,ea m ar. GFocahontas raves Norfolk
and James River landings. merchandlse
and passengers Virginia Navigat lion Co
water. -,
On account Of high water no & boats
sailed 5sSat
PORT NEWPORT NEWS, MARCH "a.
ARRIVED. 5j az III
tseamer Amsteldyk, Rotterdam and and Am AT
sterdam. I, u, K 5s'
& Schooner C. P. Dixon. San Juan
e Schooner P. II. Barnum, New Bedtord.
Barge Georgia, Providence, 81 *3f
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Z, c,orToNsEEp OIL MARKET T

coTTONsEED OILS MARKET. 81
NEW YORK, March H.-Cottonseed oil
was dull and about steady: Southern
news still bullsh. Prime crude here nom
inal !; prime fcrude.yf. o. b.. mills. - !GQ35c..;
iner yellow, 3S@39c; prime white. 45c.;
prime winter yellow, 45c.; prime meal.
Sp7 5O6I2S
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THE PRODUCE MARKET. asa
Richmond, Va. March "a, 1908.
0JIOrATTNNS sCt# Y

NEW YORK, March A.-FLOUR-Dull
and nominally Il trthe lower. Rye Flour
Weak. Cornmeal-Easy. Rye-Easy Bar
lley-Dull. q $2 &
wleat-spot :wea; No. 2 red, TIC, OPP
lions had firm opening on cold weather
and covering. but at noon encountered
bear raid that weakened the whole list.
Selling was based on q bearish foreign
crop summary for the, week, small clear r,
%oss a aocka re aket eosed weak
at NAekc. not decline;a March closed at
Sosso; May. 771sc. July. 701sc'; sept item
3 corn.spot weak No. 2, nominal. OPP
ton market. after opening steady, with
wheat, turned weak under liluldation,i
coupled with small clearances and prom
ases Hs''n net decline March Closed lat at
YEA Weak Ms NJ 'Afi 'e opptons ' active as
weaker with other markets ma May closed
neefTsteadyv Gut M ea a. i6: as
fined, easy. Pork-steady. Tallow-FirE,.
6sIIGG9c. Turpentne-Fir at $685. Rice
Firm. asses-Flrm, IA III, H
Coffec-The market for coffee futures
opened steady at unchanged prices and
became slightly more active under freer
offerings. encouraged by heavy arrivals.
Tho close was barely2steady at net de-
cline of points. Sales, 1850 bags Spo
Rio. steady, sugar-Raw, steady; refined.
Enthusiastically; extra creamery. 2oc.;
State dairy 14Gb27c. EC.heese-Firm; State.
full cream, fancy small, colored. fall
made, 16c. white fallamade, 14Ac. EgTs-
Firm; State and Pennsylvania. average
best. 14c.; Southern, l$Hc. Potatoes
Steady; Southern. sl,25G2; State and
Western, per $50 pounds, sl,50dl2; Long
as Peanuts-Steady; fancy handpIcked.
4AQ4iAc,: other domestic, 3641ac. Cab
bages-Quiet; domestic. per barrel. red
5Oc.@sl Southern. SOC. @sl.5Q Cotton-By
Steamer to Liverpool, sl2c.
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wALL-sTREET GOSSIP
Norfolk and Western Shows Weakness
No Announcement from T. CT.
tspec,a, to The Times. D,spatch.)

Especial TO The Times Dispatch.)
NEW YORK. March H,-The opening OF
the stock market was weak. as the. re-
turning of stocks indicated that the short
interest which was the principal support
last week. had been covered. lhe weak
ness In London had a depressing e1ect,
and although the market was supported
IT lacked commission house orders, While
traders were hearish.
Changers. particularly Rock Island and
st. Paul
The Waldorf crowd was, credited with a
position on tho short side. but did not
Some lower Wall stree, selling OF
American Sugar was reported,
Pennsylvania was lower on the new
stock Issue.
tho early trading
READINGS WEAKNESS;
The early weakness IN Reading reflected
the public effect Of the strike commits,
sion's report and the general belief that
The prescnt price of coal could not he
meintained in view Of the decreased de-
mand In New York and other large cities.
I'm the late trading Il looked as II
Reading was being accumulated for the
Interests controlling the property around
about Co.
iPHII.ADEIPHIAesO SOLD NORFOLK;
Norfolk and Western was veal: ON the
UNCERTAIN position Of the bltnminous coal
situation. NJ HF 5
SOUTHERN IS UNION PACIFIC:
The strength Of Southern Pacific eno
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1910; sales, 4W bales, ~
Cotton, quiet, mddlirg, 1880; net re-
celpts, 2,oiI bales; sales 400 bales; stock
Total to-day at all seaports-Net re-
ceipts ls.7l6 bales; export to Great
Britain. 4O0l3 bales; to France. bl8 bales
TO the Continental. 900 bales; stock bls,soo
bales
Britain. is,sTs bales; 70 France 4,5ls bales;
10 the Continent. 42,so77 bales.
Total since September Isl at all sea,
ports-Ne, receipts, 6.93l, sG5 baies; export
10 Great Britain, 2, 800 .9is bales; 10 France,
6sasS bales; 10 the Continent, s50'Dl
bales,
NEW ORLEANS, March 9i.-coTroN-,
snot cotton nImi quotations advanced
The future market to-day was compare,
lively quiet The most active month
traded IN was May, but July. ( August, Sep,
tember and October received some q ten
ton. The tone was steady and pflceB
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1,or1y 1s1,AND Z, .FRIsco:

ROCK ISLAND & FRISCO:
Rock Island was heavy and st. Louis
and San Francisco positively weak on the
attitude Of the Texas Railroad Commits
sion with regard 10 certain consolidat lions,
which was considered likely to Indefinitely
postpone the announcement Of the merger.
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BALTIMORE. MD. March 24E;FLouR-,.
ana , Tie Month"; 1sp.'SMS'h @7Hc. April. 775sa
TIE Southern by sample. I9sp1s sa17t N9rn
lsaNier; spot and the ~ 1s sSt4I
Ap,l. 1i kay
Virh; MOI, tss- export Butter and
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TENNESSEE COAL & IRON: 4l ,f.f
1t was said that some announcement on
Tenssee Coal and Iron, likely to Justify
the recent speculation IN that STOCK,
would have been made If general. market
conditions had been Favorable. The
stock sold or In Its absence.
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THE CLOSE:

The tone at the close was irregular. but
taking BY traders, offset BY the. develop
ment of positive pressure In Union Pacl-
hc. Floor traders did mot seem to be
anxious to take back their stock. and the
covering for that account was merely
for those who make IT a rule to so home
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& CHICAGO, ILL. March A.-Qulte gen.
weakness in all the markets and MAY.
wheat closed No. lower, May corn was
down M@Mc.. and oats were l%c lower.
Provisions were wea,s the May products
being off from 5G7h to 22Gc.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
b
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sugar-tr Firm and unchanged Eggs and
Cheese teady And 6unnhaiige ed. IA a
sa}s lA,ri nm M "a II X II (. We,

!, CHICAGO I'LL, March r. Art ~ -.
prllne steers bnssr TO i 5ssyi n
Hogs Receipts. o-day IL. 900 head left
yS e sd aS oeSsd ssady Sss g
gosS%a ,S c h,s j hsayy iSS hs.
Kesspts S9Ss hehd III stsssay i0e higher;
oholee WettI6 81! Il fslr s ss'EsSS
western lambs $4,000 q. N = n
New Y DIRK. March A-BEEv rs. :.
Dressed beef steady; city dressed. ma 7, i've
Sides extreme range %. 9eAc C !, ,s,s 4
veals close steady. Sheer and iampsss;f "a
few sheep sold at. $40; fey lambs AT so' t
Hogs Firm, quality considered ..
EAST B uFFALo, N. y. March ~, "a
GAIT LE-Stendy; vcnls ste ter " 1, no,9.
sS6S Is; common to good St: to01 ~ y ZEE.
Active 1o016c. higher. liea aSCm ~. nirs
mixed g 7Og s0 workers s7osrfh, az, and
$7,66@r 60: stays 1910 ID. i ; stsep e .I
Lambs -Steady; tor native Ia ~ n
rs: c,ills to good s5.5oG7G 60; wes.erl; s7i9
@765; yearlings s,. ,s " s;,,is ~
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,Sa Nfr 3ss5ss sGtsas GSa'S
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-25
7THp AFrBRNOoN lTRADING:

THE AFTERNOON TRADlNG:
The market was extremely dull and
rather heavy In the early afternoon, and
how entirely professional trading was.
Various attempts were made to- account
for. the sag, one Of them indicating that ma
Of short stock, rbutsthe volume Of trading
did not confirm this view.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-25

Spo, cotton closed quiet, 10 points high
or; middIng uplands. 1918; middlng gulf,
1910; sales. 430 bales ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-25
p1,,r,Jsv,s s1JoRT- -IN7T1EREsT:

Pennsylvania did not rally much In spite
short l'to interest lis not one Of q kind which
would serve to advance the price, as y
consists entirely of stock sold AGAINST
ire transac ton has, as In the recent past
offered or a fair arbitrage profit. There is
no real difficulty In borrowing the stock,
and the new Issue will make 1t even more
plentiful ,.'l's t,.fs