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Sea Island Cotton.

Savannah, Ga. November 15.-sea Is, land cotton. extra fancy Georgia and Florida. 3Od301g: fancy Florida, 2snSo' fancy Georgia, 2a extra choice Florida 24I56p25; extra choice Georgia, 22lsn2f' choice Georgia and Florida, A; extra fine C;ebreia and Florida, 20; fine Geor- pia and Florida, IS; common,. nominal. Sales, 1887 bags.
 Charleston, $. C.. November 15.-sea ls- land cotton receipts, 9Ol bags; exports S21: sales. 7O5; stock. SPA. Fine, s21s; iully fine. s5; extra fine, 37; off color, 3l'
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Bonds
Monev on Call.

New York, November 15.-Money on call. firm. to 10 per cent; ruling rate, 12 per cent; close offered 15 per cent. Time loans, firm. and largely normal; 60 and 90 days, 12 to 15 per cent; six months, per cent.
 Prime mercantile paper noninally at ' to 10 per cent; sterling exchange firmer with actual business in bankers bills at $4.S714S7.05 for demand and at $47S@479 for 60-day bills; commercial bills, $4711a; bar silver, 5SAc; Mexican dollars, 46Ac: government bonds steady; railroad bonds firm.
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w..kIu Cotton Statistics.

Liverpool, November 15-following are the weekly cotton statistics:
 Total sales, all kinds 57.0Oo bales; to- tai sales American, 5O,OO0.
 English spinners talSings. %,oOO; total export 50,O00. Imports all kinds, lol,Voo' imports American. 6S,0OO.
 stock of all kinds, 573,oO0; stock Amer ican, 1000.
 Quantity afioat all kinds, 414,0OO; quan- tity afioat American, S52,ooo. Total sales on speculation, 1900. Total sales to ex- porters. 1700
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New Orleans Cotton Futures. i.

New Orleans, November 15.-Cotton spots quiet. Quotations revised. Low or dinary, 6Ssc nomlnal ordinary, 7716c nominal; good ordinary, s7sc nominal; low middling, 97se; middling, 10Ac good mid ding, He; mddling fair, 11hc; fair, 12lkc nominal. Sales, S05o bales; receipts, 66ls; stock 110a
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3,44s,54O 4.5et.7I7
Total Net Receipts.

New York. November 15.-The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September l: Galveston, e760e0; New Orleans, 40S. 26S; Mobile Ill., oS2: Savannah, 73O, 10i; Charleston. 1l9,2l5; Wilmington, 241,6 ,635 Norfolk, 1S2,3SS: Bal timore. 11,941; New York. l40I; Boston, 769; Newport News, 199; Philadelphia, fl0i; San Francisco. 4730 Brunswick, 70.009; Port Townsend, S39S; Pensacola, 32,55I; Port Arthur and Sabine Pass, 17l96; Jack sonvile. 2961; Eagle Pass, Tex. 100; minor ports, 10.181: total 262429S bales.
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Interior Movement.

Houston. Quiet; middling, 107sc; net receipts. 10,16s; gross receipts, O,16s; ship ments, 11,274; sales, 69; stock, 69. 439.
 Augusta: Steady; mldding, 105sc; net receipts, 1979; gross receipts, 1956; ship ments, 2fi3; sales, 1850; stock, 49.159.
 Memphis Steady; middling, 102ie; net receipts. i06S; gross receipts, 6349: ship ments, 5s1s; sales, 2600; stock, S2,796
 St. Louis: Steady, middllng, 107sc; net receipts. s31; gross receipts, S340. ship ments. 33ii; sales, 20; stock. 10,S36
 Cincinnati: Net receipts, G90; gross re- ceipts. 69O: shipments, 726; stock, 10,S76.
 Louisville: Firm; middling, 107se; net receipts. TO: gross receipts. 179; ship ments :; Sales, 222: stock, 100
 Little Rock: Steady; middlns. l03sc mex receipts, 9ii; gross receipts, 944; ship mchts. l1i0; stock. 1s,416.
 Total today; Net receipts. 1S,159; gross receipts. 23.626; shipments, 24752 sales, 4i6l: stock, 239,6 629.
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eats,

Corrected daily by Nelson Morris & Co. D. S. rib bellies, s9.s0d10.50. D. s. clear bellies. 10 0.ksu10. .e3c. D. g. extra short ribs. 9225e D. $. fat backs, S7.S5.
 Smoked clear bellies. 12di21hc. Hams-Fancy, 11l4a15l4c; medium, 14ei California, 9iac.
 Bacon-Fancy, 2c; medium, 197.c. Lard-Leaf 10Ae; compound, Sac.
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Cash quotations were as foilows: Flour-Firm.
 Spring Wheat-No. ?, s1a1.04 No. 3, 9Sc ds1. .03; No. red 93isd95isc.
 Corn-No. ?, 59c; No. yellow, 6l1sd6lAc Oats-No. ?, 451sc; No. 8 white, 45qooc Barley-Good feeding -62a6Sc; fair to choice malting, 76a9Oc.
 Flax Seed-No. northwestern, N.11. Prime Timothy Seed-$4.20.
 Clover-Contract grades. S15.5O. Short. Ribs, Sides-Loose, s6.75@T75. Mess Pork-Per barrel $l2.50912,75. Lard-Per 100 pounds, $S.70.
 Short Clear Sides-Boxed, $7.371s@7 62. Whisky-Basis of high wines, $1.35. On the produce exchange today the butter market was firm creameries, 229 27c: dairies, 21d24c.
 Edds-Steady; at mark cases included, 171a1201ac: firsts, 22c; prime firsts, 24c. Cheese-Weak; 121A@1315c.
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Naval Stores.

Savannah, November 15.-Spirits turpen- tine, 4S14a45lzc; sales, 320; receipts, 57i; shipments, 225. Rosin firm; sales. 1892 receipts, 2905; shipments. 3i1<; stock. 9s,Ss3 Quote: A. B, c, 8 .271s0S. 30; D, s3.271a@ 3 30: E. g. 271alp3. .s0 F 8. solae. 40. c. s3 25 @3. 10; II, 8 sod3.s5; [, &. .so K, S.,5 NJ, s5.10; N, So 80; VIC, $e. 25 VIC. $6.50
 Wilmington, November i5.-Spirits tur- pentine, nothing doing; receipts, AS casks Resin, nothing doing; receipts, 127 TaI firm, $220; receipts, 15. Crude turpentine firm, g, 5 8 and 8; receipts, g.
 New Orleans. November 15.-Receipts TO barrels rosin, 21 barrels turpentine Exports for New York, 300 barrels tur- pentine.
 Charleston, November 15.-Turpentine and rosin nominal; nothing dokg. Qto- tations omitted.
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Dry Goods.

New York, November 15.-The dry goods iobbng trade holds fairly steady under all the circumstances and retailers are sending in spring orders with some freedom. In the primary market dry goods were quiet today, the financial situation being the chief deterrent fac-
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Chicauo Change.

Chicago, November 15.-Wheat prices on the local exchange declined Pc today from the high point, because of selling based on the financial situation. The De- cember delivery closed ssaAc lower. Corn was off %67sc. Oats were Ac lower. ProVls- ions were down 5 to 20 cents.
 Leading futures were as follows:
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Weekly Bank CIearinas.

New York, November 15.-Bradstreets bank clearings report for the week ending November 15 shows an aggregate of $2,S66 ,s35, ,000, as against s2S72, 755,oOO last week and s, ,342 601, ,000 in the correspondins week last year Canada clearings for the week total $9s,37S. OOO as against $l05,- 07U,oO0 last week and S95,96l GOO in the same week last year.
 The following is the list of the cities
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Local Staple Groceries.

(corrected daily by Franklin. Stiles and Franklln.) Sugar-Granulated, 59sc; Y. C., 5Isc
 Coffee-Green. 11q1sc; Arbuckles, N6.o5: Porto Rico. Sl6.05.
 Molasses-Centrlfuga sO@s5o; sugar house, 4oc; Georgia cane, SSc.
 White peas-Per bushels, s3.25.
 Grits-92 pounds. sl.70. ,t., Macaroni-ic. Spaghetti, Ic.
 Rice-Full head. 7e, Jap. Sc; low grade. 4Q41Ac. tomatoes, 2-lb tins. Soc; tomatoes, stan standard. 95c.
 Pepper-Grain, 16c; ground, 2oc.
 Prunes-Boxes, 5O-6O. per pound Sc. Dried Fruit-Per pound: California evaporated peaches, 14c; evaporated ap- ples, 13c. Raislns.-Per package, 126c; per 20 IL. box, s1.75.
 Peas-Per bushel. Buckeyes, Ss25.
 Condensed Mik-Eagle. S6.75; Bell siS5: Pet g. 90: Dime Brand, A20. Soap--Octagon, a. 90; Lenox s. SO; Polo. s2. .45: Ivory. small size, a. large, s6 75: Big Deal, s1 90; Pay Day s1.s5; Grandpas Wonder, y3.S5. : soda-Arm & Hammer brand, 6O-lb cases, $.
 starch-Bulk 4c per pound; celluloid. g. 50 case.
 Baking Powder-Per case: Parrot & Monkey. s1.s0; Good Luck, s3.75
 Ginseng-Per pound, $3 50Qp4. 50. Canned Apples-No. 3, sl .25 per dog. Pie Peaches-No. 8, s1.50 per dog.
 Canned Corn-s5G9oc per dog.
 Flour, Meal and Feed Stuffs. Corrected daily by Tennessee Mill Col
 Flour-Fancy patent. S635; Nellie King. S5 50; patent, S5.50; straight, $5.
 Meal-Water ground, Soc bu.; 96-lb bags, $f.60.
 Corn-No. mixed. S2as3c; white, Soc. Oats-No. ? mixed, 62c; No. ? white, 63c white clip, 6Se. | Pure wheat hran, 100 pounds, s1.5O. Cotton seed feed meal S25: prime s21
 Corn ehops-S0 pounds. sl.S0. | Corn hearts-100 pounds, $1 .65.
 Shorts-100 pound sack, st.65.
 Hulls-sO-lb c. s., sl2.50 ton; 100-lb c. s., $12.25 ton. Hay-Choice timo i1y. s25: No. 1 timo- thy, SPA; Johnson grass. SIS; clover mixed s22; choice green alfalfa, $25.
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Metal M arket.

New York, November 15.-The London tin market was lower with spot at e136 los and futures at 915S. The local mar ket was weak but unchanged at s3OQ30. .lN.
 Copper was lower in London with spot closing at G5S los and futures at e5s. Locally the market was weak and lower with lake quoted at s13. 25@1S50. electro lytic at S13Q13.25, casting at SIP. 75g13.
 Lead was lower at f37 in London. But while weak was unchanged at A. BGD5 70 locally.
 Spelter declined Is Cd to e21 in London. Locally the market was weak at S565. 90.
 Iron was lower in the English market. with standard foundry quoted at 4Ss ed and Cleveland warrants sat 50s Sd. Lo- cally the market was unchs nged with No.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-16
NOTICE

To our customers in the resi- dence and suburban districts, during the winter months, please arrange to purchase your Sundays supply of ice on Saturday. as we have discon- tinued the Sunday delivery. CITY DELIVERY COMPANY
 Ads illustrated with good cuts are trade winners-The Gawk makes good cuts.
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Worlds Visible Supply.

New Orleans. November I5A-Secre- tary Hester's statement of the world S visible supply oi cotton made up from special cable and telegraphic advices compares the figures Of this week with last week, last year and the year be-
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Weekly Cotton Statement.

New York, November 15.-The follow ing statistics on the movement of cot ton for the week ending Friday Novem- her 15, were compiled by the New York cotton exchange
 WEEKLY MOVEMENT.
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RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival ana departure of passenger trains at tho rev Terminal Station Blrmngham:
 Effective November 12, 1907.)
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Treasury Statement.

Washington, November 15.-Today' s statement of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the s150.- 000,000 gold reserve. shows: Available
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Cotton Seed Oil.

New York, November 15.--Cotton seed oil weak prime crude, 21@22c; prime crude yellow, 321a&33c.
 New Orleans. November 15-Cotton seed oil: Prime, Bic.
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1 foundry northern qouted at $l9 2Oqls. I No ? foundry northern at $lS. iodls' z southern grades nominal
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cash balance, s2S9, ,115 2s7; gold coin and bullion S16, 4S1, PA; gold certificates, sfS' 260, ,S60.
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THE LOCAL MARKETS.
Local Iron Market.
Local Cotton Market.
Local Securities.
State. County an. City Bonds.

Corrected by Otto Marx & Co.,, Brown
 Marx Building)
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Total sales fort day, 5756oo shares
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
CRISIS AT SAN PEDRO

The election in San Pedro next Mon
day, on a proposition to adopt free
holders charter for that city, is nat
urally attracting attention in Los An
geles, where the movement is regarded
as important in it's bearing upon the
future of the port.
Citizens of San Pedro should think
twice and think deeply before decid-
ing to adopt such a charter. 1t may
not be to the interest of San Pedro
to sever all its relations with neigh
boring towns and cities and set itself
up as a city needing no help or friend
ships.
OF course, it is not the business of
Los Angeles to interfere in the Local
elections of the coast cities. Their
business is their own. and they must
decide it for themselves, in absolute
freedom. But Los Angeles may prop
erly offer some advice, especially
where the interests involved may be
reciprocal
The question of a merger between
San Pedro and Los Angeles has been
and is being seriously considered and
discussed by the best citizens of both
municipalities. II is an important
question-One which should have time
and careful judgment. a large ele-
ment in both cities favor annexation,
and if moro opportunity be given there
is likelihood that a majority in San
Pedro. as in Los Angeles, will see the
wisdom of such a combination. The
adoption Of a freehoders' charter by
San Pedro at this time would tend tC
shut off debate and interfere with a
proper or considerate determination OF
the issues.
Viewed from the standpoint. of the
best interests of both cities, The Her
aid urges upon the people of San
Pedro that they do a lot of thinking
before they vote next Monday.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
WHERE oRAToRY SURVIVES

inspiration is a lost art in the court
room," says Justice Brewer of the
United States supreme court, in an ar
ticle in the Atlantic Monthly. For
ensic oratory," remarks this eminent
jurist, has passed away. No longer
does the crowd gather in the country
court house to listen to and be moved
by the wit, pathos and eloquence of the
advocate as for hours on days he ad-
dresses the jury. The court room may
be filled, but it is largely with the ubi-
quitous reporters, many of whom are
as destitute of tears as Sahara of water
and as callous TO emotions as the mum
mied sleepers of Egypt. No longer is
ii true that weeping men and women
with handkerchiefs to their eyes are
moved with the cloquenCe of counsel" 4"
We fear that Justice Brewers ac-
quaintance with country court
houses" is not so intimate as II might
be; as is used to be, perhaps. No elo-
quence I'm the Country court houses!"
No forensic fireworks! No weeping
men and women-none even Visibly af-
facted" We beg to dissent from the
judges opinion. We can speak for
South Carolina, at least, with certain
ty Come to the Palmetto state, Mr.
Justice, and attend court at any one
OF the country court houses" Go
even into the halls that are presided
over by our trial Justices" IT, after
spending one hour In any one OF these,
you have not heard some as pure Al
eloquence as ever flowed from the lips
OF learned and eloquent counsel, then
we shall stand ready to admit your
damning accusation that oratory is
dead-Columbia state.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
BADLY DEPLETED PARTY

The situation I'm which the Republican
party of this state was left as a result
of the last election recalls a respons,
attributed to Gen. Taylor when he wa,
congratulated on his splendid victory al
the battle of Buena Vista-"But
wouldn't want a duplicate of that vic
tory"
Another such victory as the Republi
cans won in California last November
as shown by the resultant shrinkage il
future convention representation, woulC
spell defeat
In the state convention at Santa Cruz
last year there were 2O3 delegates. one
for every $50 votes cast at the last pre-.
ceding state election. In the next Re.
publican state convention, with repre-.
sentetion on the same basis, there viii
be only 13S votes. The loss in the Re
publican vote OF the state last year. al
compared with the vote in 1904, was IN
proportion as 203 is to 13S.
In certain counties the effect of this
change is peculiarly interesting. Sar
grip on the next Republican state con.
Vention as consequence of it's reia-
lively small allotment of delegates. The
number will be less than one-t third the
contingent of that city at the late SaEta
Cruz convention. 1t will be only So
as against 159. This shrinkage is extra
ordinary, of course resulting largely
from the effects of the calamity in San
Francisco.
The immense shrinkage of the Repub-
hcan plurality in Los Angeles county at
the last election is shown in the fact
that the party had 129 delegates from
this county at Santa Cruz, but in the
next state convention it will have only
81. The loss of Republican plurality in
the county, therefore, was in proportion
as J29 is to 81.
And this in the Republican banner
county" of California.
In all the counties of Southern Cali
fornia there was a large percentage of
loss in the Republican plurality, which
Will cause corresponding decrease in
representation at the next state con-
vention.
Los Angeles, however, barring San
Francisco because of anomalous con-
ditions, seems entitled to distinction as
the Democratic banner county" hav-
ing cut the widest swath through this
Republican plurality of 1904.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
CAR FAMINE REMEDIES

The report made by Franklin *.
Lane, the California member of the in
terstate commerce commission, With
respect to the cause and cure of railway
car famines, is decidedly hopeful, not
Withstaudi1~ the fact that q positive
cure is stll a question to be developed.
Mr.. Lane finds that most Of the pres
ont famine is caused by the superabund-
ance of western transportation and
the lack of any system for the return
of borrowed cars. In the case of North
Dakota. where the people suffered from
lack of coal this was particularly true,
and ii was not true that the railroads
had co-operated with the coal trust to
create a scarcity of fuel.
Many remedies are suggested for the
car famine habit, Among them is the
method known as reciprocal car de-
murrage." That is to say, that when a
railway company makes demand of an
other railway company for the return
of cars the company of which the de-
mand is made must pay TO the first
each day Of (. lure to deliver the cars
50 demanded. This would undoubtedly
work a Temedy-proVided the demur-
rage is of sufficient amount to make It
loss for the borrowing company to
keep the borrowed cars.
But, as Mr. Lane ayers, this alone
would not overcome the transportation
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
HOW TO AVOID EXPOSURE

Enrico Caruso is not at the end of
his troubles His foes now are look
ing up his family history Alexander
Bonci, the rival tenor in New York
grand opera, is just at the beginning of
his troubles. 1t is alleged that he de-
serted his wife and children to elope
with young girl.
The private life of neither of these
gentlemen would be of the slightest in
terest TO any of us We're it not for one
thing. They are in the public eye.
Hence it is important that if there is
anything unsavory in their careers we
should learn it. 1t is the fat, in other
words, that Enrico Caruso is leading
tenor for Mr.. Conried, and the fact,
that Alexander Bonc is leading tenor
for Mr.. Hammerstein, that renders
their life secrets valuable to the expos
ing agencies.
The exposing agencies are looking
only Tor scandals about those who have
sinned against the community while
possessing talent or genius in some
particular line. The victims need not
necessarily have hutelike voices. Not
at all. They may manage railroads.
they may pack pork, they may pipe oil
they may be elected to high office, they
may excel at the bar, in the pulpit. If
they are really successful in any field
of endeavor it is rather resented by the
exposing agencies if they have no per-
sonal vices or weaknesses, or scandals
or skeletons in their families that
would be good for quarter page to a
full page layout" of pictures.
or course there is way of escaping
all this The expOsers are not to
blame for it. This must be clear to the
intelligent observer The people who
are to blame are the people who are
cursed with talents or who have been
successful to such degree as to have
attracted public notice. Manifestly,
then, the thing to do in order to avoid
( exposure is to scrupulously avoid rising
above the commonplace
1t is safer to have cracked rather
than fiutelike voice. to fail rather than
TO be successful, to be so notoriously
mediocre in every respect as to be ut
! terly unworthy of the slightest atten-
! tion from those who are in the exposure
! Duslness-Chicago Inter Ocean
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difficulties because It is presuming that
the companies viii be properly active
in securing the return Of borrowed cars
at famine tlmes-a presumption which
would be doing violence to the known
history Of railroad operation i'm this
country There must be some law pro-
viding punishment of offending com
panies, and It ought to include the In
Identifying Of shippers who lose by rea-
son Of the scarcity or absence of cars.
BY some such method as this the
trouble may be obviated, or at least re-
duced. II is evident, therefore, that
the interstate commerce commission
will need further legislation by con-
gress before it can fully cope with the
troubles of the western shippers.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
THE PERIL OF PROSPERITY

When a country like the United
States takes in by immigration 3.00O.-
300 adult workers Excluding children
and the aged) in four years, or about
one-tenth as many as there were be-
fore in the country, and in that land
there comes at the end of such a
period a general advance in wages of
10 per cent, prosperity cannot much
farther go. The high tide of universal
diffused and individual comfort, profit
and prosperity never ran more high or
blessed more people The only class
which has suffered are those salaried
and on fixed incomes, who are cramped
TINS prosperity, great as 1t is. cannot
last indefinitely. 1t will end. The pru-
dent man will not forget this, be he
manager, producer or wage-earner.
This is the time not to spend, but to
accumulate. The wage-earner, If he
| is wise, will hoard the advance he is
receiving and make no change in his
| daily expenditure. The man once out
Of work and now at work. by saving
will guard against that contingency re-
| turning. The manager will begin pro-
| viding surplus, increasing his current
bank deposit and preparing to profit
by the inevitable day of cheaper
prices. Some shrewd savings bank
managers are beginning to increase
their cash balance. More than one
shop mill and railroad manager is
holding up repairs and improvements
and preparing for a sudden change, if
it comes. OF this there is today alb
solutely no sign. In the iron and steel
industry and in most trades there is
visible 4 demand fpr a year to come.
But, none the Less, the peril of and
temptation of prosperity is always a
lack of preparation for the FUTURE
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