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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
LOCAL COTroN MARKET.
DAILY COTTON MARKET.


Galveston--Firm, 12c; net receipts 2.921;
gross receipts 2,S21; sales 9S; stock l2s,sIs'
New Orleans-Firm, II 11-16c; net re-
ceipts 4S49: gross receipts 4,S49; sales 45O;
stock IA. $50; shipments to continent S'll;
coastwise LIS.
Mobile-Nom.. INC; net receipts Ia:
gross receipts IL; stock 1894.
savannah-Steady, IKE; net receipts L.
$50; gross receipts 1850; sales 1873; stock
1854.
gross receipts 10; stock s,S23.
wiimington-Steady. 11Ae: net receipts
$40; gross receipts $40; stock 5,2lO.
Norfolk-Firm, 12hc; net receipts 1.soT
gross receipts /. 1907; sales $50; stock 2O,ssS
BaItimore-Nom., 12c; gross receipts 30;
stock 11,SO8; shipments coastwise sls.
New York--Steady, IL 80: net receipts 90;
gross receipts $685.; sales zoo; stock lI2,@%s:
shipments to Great Britain 1880.
Boston-Steady, 11.90; net receipts IL;
gross receipts 1888.
PhiIadelphia--Steady, ~ Is: net receipts
46: gross receipts 81; stock l.343.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09

New Orleans. May Spot cotton closed
firm at an advance of Lice on middling'
good middlIng middllng fair and fair. with
prices unchanged on all other grades Mid
ding IL 1I-16c. Sales were $50 bales on the
spot and 100 TO arrive. 80
Futures opened quiet and steady with
prices ranging from five points above the
close of yesterday to unchanged. me mar
ket was advanced still further by continuous
reports of crop damage a result of ex-
cessive rains and cold weather. New crop
months were favored in the trading ana az
Tor selling for reaction various interests
turned their attention to buying. The close
was very steady, May and July being quot
I'd at eleven points above the close of yes
terday, with October and December seven
teen points above.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09

Houston-Steady, lie; net receipts 2.o35:
gross receipts 2.O35: shipments 2s75; sales
1887; stock 3z,397.
gross receipts 1853; shipments 72S; sales
35S; stock PLAZA.
Memphis--Steady, 11hc; net receipts D.
499; gross receipts 1900; shipments S.o44i
sales l. 800; stock 1874. 1888.
st. Louis-steady, IL NC; net receipts l44:
gross receipts 1859: shipments 1,o92; STOCK
37,724.
Cincinnati-Net receipts 1855; gross re-
ceipts 1885, shipments 1854; stock s,O23.
Iouisvile-Firrn, l1Ac.
Total today-Net receipts 5.021: gross re
ceipts 6,947; shipments s.573; sales 2.saS:
stock 23A,711.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
LIvERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.

Liverpool, May S--The Liverpool gaia
market closed as follows;
wheat. spot steady; No ,,., red wen
futures quiet; May 6s 7Ld; July Cs Sad.
September 6s TX d.
Corn, spot American missed new quiet
Quiet, July As I'd; September As I'd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
NEW WORK. my GOODS.

New York, May S.-The dry goods mar
ket showed increased activity In many lines
today, buying for fall being quite general
There is a better tone in the market Ior
sheetings and heavy cotton. Underwear
1905 Values are about 10 per cent. high
er than in 1907 goods. Silk piece goods
and ribbons are quiet. The buying of new
lines of carpets is progressing in full meas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09


7kc; lemons extra fancy s5.25; fancy IS
box; evaporated apples / ID. cartoon sac
ID. California navel oranges. assorted sizes
s4.25 box: Two Crown raisins Wis box'
Prunes rs lb, boxes 5000 INC ID; 20 To-
boxes 6o-7o INC ID: 20 ID. boxes 1880 SIC
ID: navy beans, this years crop s2.25 per
bu.; strawberries 81 .T5@s2. 90; snap beans
So .25 asa. so: cucumbers 81 25@S2 80:
squashes So. rs; tomatoes 50; new irish po-
tatoes 81. 25Gs4.50 bbL; ogg plants $50
So rs crate.
Beeswax--25c.
wool--Ciean 22hc; bury wool l2hc;
washed wool 30e.
Hides-Dry flints 15c; dry salted 13c;
green sailed &c.
Cotton Seed Meal-s2s. 90.
Molasses--Georgia cane. barrel use per
gallon; cases gallons 81 per case; maple
syrup. Log Cabin. gallons s1i; u gallons
$3.50; quarts 4.25 per doz
Chickens--Hens 40c; flyers a5e; broilers
csc. turkeys 13c.
Sugar-ciranulated sac; F. Y. G. SAC.
Eggs-15c per dozen.
Country butter-l2kc per ID.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
IRON AGE REVIEW.

IkON AGE
New York, May s.-The Iron Age will say
tomorrow:
There has been a notable resumption of
work on the part of the blast furnaces.
net gain OF ten stacks being recorded in the
monthly blast furnace statistics collected
Tho result is that Nav 1 there were in OPP
GRAFTON 1913 anthracite and coke furnaces
with a weekly capacity of 523.91z tons
which is the record thus far for this coun-
try and compares with 297,45s tons on April
1. The output for April, short month was
2.2l6.05s tons, or at the rateof 1855 tons
daily, compared with 2.22e,457 tons in
March .or 71.S2i tons daily. Three large
furnaces have gone in during the first few
days of May which will add about 5000 tons
per week to the capacity 1t is noteworthy,
however that the increase in output and In
capacity is almost entirely due TO the steel
works furnaces. These made In April L.
4i6.7s tons as compared with 1.424,s27 tons
in March, leaving T69,770 tons and SOl,s3O
tons respectively for the merchant furnaces.
This Is actual decline from 25.s6O tons
daily in March to March to 1850 daily in
April
The foundry iron markets are firmer
orally have either withdrawn from the mar
ket notably in the south and in the central
west and the districts along the lakes, or
are confniLg sales to practically the last
quarter. Much is said also about the large
sales during the last few weeks which have
brought about this condition, hut there has
been unusual reticence all along as to de-
tails
At tidewater points, and. to considera-
BILE distance in the interior. the advance IN
the price OF foreign iron has had sym
pathetic effect. the higher prices abroad bo'
ing chiefly. attributed to buying from Ger
many.
There has been some movement in basis
iron in the east, sales during the week az
gregating between $4,000 and 40 400 tons. of
which eastern Pennsylvania took about 3d.
600 tons.
Reports of the purchase by the leading
interest of steel billets from eastern steel
makers have been greatly exaggerated. They
probably did not excedd 10000. but stiii
they are significant as reflecting the scar
city of steel in tho central west.
The railroads do not seem to be taking
hold very vigorously in their pull chases fun'
delivery in 19oS. SO far can be learned
nothing has been closed so far. structural
shapes have taken comparatively little BUST
ness during the past week. Agricultural
Implement makers have been buying bara
more literally.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
ID'ng'rl II ght. ch'ge Rain
Lane river "a hrs. l24 hrs.
STATIONS.
s--RlsinG. Failing.
RIVER FORECAST.

IIOf NcNt Two DayB.F
The Coosa and the Alabama Will rise
steadily.
The following river forecasts have been
issued by the u. s. Weather Bureau office
at Mobile: The Tombigbee will rise four
or more days and reacn a stage OF forty
feet at Demopols. The Black Warrior Will
rise the next two three days and exceed
a stage of forty-three feet at Tuscaloosa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
NEW YnRK CnFEEE MARKET.

New York. May s.-rhe market for coffee
futures opened steady at an advance OF 90
10 points in response TO higher French ca
bles There was very little demand at
the advance. the continued large receipts
checking bulish sentiment and prices
steady, net unchanged to five points higher
Sales 1880 bags
May s'.' ''''''''o ou w 90
july 's''''o ~ =.
december 49,. 49,. 80. ......5. So a 8. 40
March sndt coffoo oniot. Rio No exc; Santos
No 4 715c; mild coffee dull; Cordova 90
12Ac.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
TofnI Movement.

Total today at all ports net 1850; ship
ments to Great Britain $3.50; to continent
1921; stock 56sS65
: ConsoIidated at all ports net 1880: ship
nents to GreSt Britain 3.S75,612; to France
none; to continent 16 1904.
Total since Sept. /. at all ports net 9.445.-
og4. shipments to Great Britain 3,375,6l2:
to France s65.697; to continent S.l424o7: TO
Japan 223,14y.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
TREASURY BALANCES.

washington, May B.-Today's treasury
balances, exclusive of the gold reserves
show:
Available cash balance -. ..$255,b21, 900
Gold coin and bullion -. -. 9S.2T7.693
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
MARKET FOR COTTON
AFTER EARLY HESITATION RULED
FIRM.
Closed Very Steady at Net Advance OF Ten
To Twenty Points--Sales for the
Day were Estimated mt
100000 Bales.

New York May S.--The cotton market
was more active today and after some ear
Nv hesitation ruled decidedly firm with
prices reaching a new high record for the
bull movement. The close was very STEADY
at a net advance of 1042o points. sales Tor
the day were estimated at 100000 bales.
The opening steady at an advance OF
one point on near months which were influ-
enced by bull support, but genefaily lWZ
points lower under lower cables than ex-
pected and expectations of better weather
in the South During the early session
fluctuations were comparatively narrow and
irregular but the Eastern belt forecast
calling for further rains was Followed by
a flood of private crop reports claiming
damage from wind and rain storms in var
ious sections of the belt. There was an
Improvement in the volume of outside de-
mand, part of which was from southern
sources, early sellers covered and the mar
ket became very firm, the advance being
led by July That position sold at 10. z
while January reached as high as lO.SS
and closed at 10. 81.
Numerous private reports of bullish
character concerning the outlook Tor the
crop as a result of much wet weather
were the features of the day in connections
with the predictions for continued rains
and the Increased demand from through
wire commission houses Southern spot
markets were unchanged to &c higher
Receipts at the ports today ll,3sO bales,
against 12,479 last week and 15,lSS last
year. For the week (estimated) $1,000 baies,
against 72,S26 last week and 6S,S7 last
year. .
Today's receipts at New Orleans 4S49
bales, against 5,999 last year and at Hous-
ton 2,035 bales, against 1,427 last year.
roC.T COTTON MARKET
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09

Rains were general except in eastern
Georgia and the Caroinas. They were ex-
cessive in parts of Mississippi, Louisiana
and Arkansas. Temperature changes were
unimportant.
T.-Indicates inappreciable rainfall t-For
yesterday. t-For "a hours ending
am, 18TH meridian time.
NOTE-The averas sc maximum ana min
imum temperature and the average rainfall
are made up at each center from the aceual
number of reports received. The stasa OK
weather is that prevailing at time OF Oh
-srVation.
MONTROSE W. HAYES,
Local Forecaster. Weather Bureau.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
NEW WORK. COTTON FUTURES.

New York, May S.-CottOn futures cIosed
very steady on the New York Cotton Ex-
change today. Quotations ranged as fol-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09

Cincinnati. May 8.-Flour quiet
Wheat quiet S4h gS5c.
Corn steady 53hc.
Oats firm aye.
Rye dull rs u 676c.
Provisions steady.
Whiskey steady si.29.
Butter firm.
Poultry steady; springers lac; turkeys
q lie
Eggs firm lie.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
ST. LOUIS CLOSING MARKETS.

st. Louis. May s.-The St. Louis grain
markets today ranged follows;
wheat
May SOL asked; no range.
July SIN q SO asked; range s1A@s2 to SO q
OF.
Sept sS% bid; range sax to s4%.
Corn
May AZ bid; no range.
July 4Sh On asked: range 4S% to 48A.
Sept 4s%; range ASH to 4SR
Oats
May 42h. nosninAl.L
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
ST. LOUIS PRODUCE.

ST. LUNTS INUDUNH8s
st. Louis. May S.-Flour steady.
Pork higher: johbing $16 so.
Lard higher; prime steam $S.5Th.
Dry salt meats lower: boxed extra shorts
50 621a clear ribs $9.75; short clears
50. S711.
Bacon lower; boxed extra shorts $40. so
clear ribs $40 6219; short clears slo.75.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09

New Orleans May S.-Cotton futures clos
ed very steady on the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange today. Quotations ranged as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
MEMPHIS COTTON OIL.
MONTGOMERY CURRENT QUOTATIONS..

Memphis. May A-"VII'0I --'I OIL. primo
crude soc choice meal unchanged.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
NEW ORLEANS SUGAR MARKET.

New Orleans, May S.-Sugar steady; opel
kettle centrifugal 3 \ aSMc; centrifugal vel
low 3Ma4Ikc; seconds ~ g3Ac.
Molasses quiet; new syrup S0@34c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
July 40 asked; range none;
Sept. 35 asked; no range
NAVAL STORES.
60 900 5o- If
. : - = y a . ~

6Shc; sales 4O6; receipts 1,475; shipment
III.
RosiD firm: sales 1856: receipts LAG
shipments so; stock 22.sO6. Quote: ABB
| $4.95; d $4.45; E $4.65: f S4.75; a
| 4.77h; $3.50; $4.s5; X S5.15; \
$5.25; N $5.S 5; VIC $5.45; WV $500
Charleston. May s.--Turpentine and rosil
nothing doing.
Wilmington. May S-Spiuts turpentiz
| quiet. unchanged; receipts 10 casks.
Rosin quiet. unchanged: receipts so
| Tar firm, So 80; receipts 143
| Crude turpentine firm $50 81. so an
] S.. 20 bid; receipts 10 barrelA1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09

For IL hours ending am.
DISTRICT AVERAGES.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09

New York, May s.-Flour firm but qui'
ct.
Cotton seed oil firmer; prime crude fob
mills Ale; do. yellow sic.
Moasses strong.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09

Sugar raw firm; fair refining SO 80; CEN
refined firm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK.

Kansas city, May Seattle. receipts 500
cludtug 200 Southerns. Market steady
-n.cl nxhnrt nnd dressed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
NEW ORLEANS sPOr COTTON.

New Orleans, May 8.-spot COTTON cIosed
rm; sales $50; receipts 4,S49; stock l44,-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
CINCINNATI PRODU

New Orleans, May S.-Cotton seeu OF
prime 46c; crude
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09

THEODORE II PRICE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-22
Too Mnnx Indifferent Parents.

Marion County NeWs.
 We do not want 1t understood for one moment that The News opposes the law giving money towards build ing school houses. Our position is that the provision that a community must raise the money to buy at least two acres of land and then furnish $2O0 before 1t can get the S200 State money makes a condition that will be hard to overcome. The reason for thls comes from the fact that there are en- tirely too many people who don't care whether they send to school or not, and where they actually have a school a few men generally have to carry the burden of any increased expense A second reason Is that there are entire ly too many school districts. Some mighty Influence will have to come over many people that will show them their duty toward their offspring and teach them that they should be treat ed a little better than a mule colt or a Jersey calf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-22
BijOu Tonight,
 HOOligan's Troubles, 25, 85, soc.
will it Be spent Wisely.

Marion IOuntY NEWS,
 Several of our able contemporaries have written lengthy articles which ing upon what we had to say about the $1,0OO appropriation for country schooI houses. The fact remains that few school houses will be built under the law In question, and the reason arises from the want of appreciation among the people of what Is being done for the schools. We wish the sentiment among our people was different, but ing their children out of school who could send them every day in the year The school people captured the last Legislature, and large sums were ap. propriated for their betterment but il remains to be seen whether this mon ey will be wisely expended or not In- creased salaries will not put brains in mems heads. and you can't make a whistle out of a pigs tail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-22
MONDAY, APRIL s2. 1907.
A SENSIBLE GOVERNOR.

Governor Hughes, of New York. Republican executive. seems to have a proper Idea about the prerogatives, as well as the duties of a Governor. Re- gently there was a statement made that he had sent for the Speaker of the House of Representatives and ordered him to kill a certain bill then pending in the House. To this report the Gov ernor sayst
 'There is no basis for this statement. I have not ordered this bill or any similar bill to be killed. shall as- sume responsibility with reference to such measures only as they reach me and as have opportunity to deal with each specific measure. according to It's merits"
 Governor Hughes is very much un- uks some other Governors we have heard of, but he is plainly correct in his conception of the duties of a chief executive. It is both his right and du- ~, as 1t is the right and duty of the President, to advise and suggest legis- lation when he considers it proper for him to do so, but there is 6 right and proper way to do things. 1t Is neith- CT the right nor the duty of a Cover nor to send for members of the Lig- isiature and give them orders as to what they must or must not do. He has no right to order Speaker or mem bers to kill a bill for no other or soun- der reason than that 1t is displeasing g to him.
 He has no right to try to coerce mem- bers, to threaten them with his person. al and political influence. or to try to use his official position to overawe or sdominate legislators. either as indi- vfdnals or as a body. Governor Hughes plainly knows where his du- ties regarding legislation begin and end, and the one who started the dis creditable report must have been read ing up on recent Alabama proceed ings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-22

amount of lumber was used in one year in New England alone, and then bear in mind that boxes are manufac- tured in many other States, especially in the Northwest, we can form faint conception of the annual consumption of timber needed to supply the demand. How long can this destruction con- tinue? Is problem that Is being gravely considered. The present gen. eration of New Englanders, like the present generation everywhere else, will cut and sell as long as any timber is left, but what of the future? Pre- sumably it would not be an ,extrava- .gant assertion to say that not less than one billion feet of lumber Is annually consumed in packing-box manufacture and when we reflect that a large por- tion of each tree is wasted it does moi require vivid imagination to see that the time is not far in the future when some other material must be found or there will be no boxes to pack things in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-22

The Columbus Ledger perpetuates a fish story. It tells about "a big zinc box full of live cat-fish," and in the next sentence informs us that 'the box an overcrop of fullness. We know there used to be a belief that a vessel might be filled with water and a live fish placed in 1t without adding any thing to the weight of the whole, but we don't understand how one can be full of two things at once. Does The Ledger,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-22
"7his ls My 47fh Birthday"
Ada Rehan.

Ada Rehan. often spoken of as the foremost actress of comedy in the Eng lish-speaking world, was born at Linn erick. Ireland. April 22, 1860. but Amer lea has been her home since she was years old. Her childhood was pass ed in Brooklyn. N. Y; She made her debut on the stage with her brother in-law. Oliver Doud Byron. being sud denly pressed into service to play Clara in Across the Continent" In 1877 she first attracted the attention of Augustin Daily while she was play ing Blanca In The Tanning of the Shrew." at Albaugh's Theatre, in AL bany. N. Y. Two years later MT. Daly took her into his famous company. and until his death her fame was identi- der MT. Daly's management she won success in London, Berlin and Paris, as well as throughout America. The Shakespearean parts in which she is probably best known are Katherine in ''The Tanning of the Shrew." Rosalind in 'As You Like it." Viola In Twelfth Night" and several others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-22
Land Grants to Railroads,

Van Norden Magazine.
 The first railroad land grant was that given to the Illinois Central Railroad in 1850. The Pacific roads. however. have been by far the largest benefici- aries of the Government in the mat ter of subsidies. In 1862 the Govern ment advocated the building of roads to connect the Middle West with the Pacific Coast for political and strat- egical purposes and the amount of lands granted to the various Pacific roads during the period from 1862 to 1875 has been estimated at about 155,- 900 acres.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-22

The St. Louis Times has a highly suggestive cartoon this week. It rep resents Secretary Taft. in all his pom derous adiposity, seated on the G. O. P. elephant and trying to look pleasant as the animal is about to venture on a slender bridge labeled Campaign 1908" Elephants. as most people are aware. are exceedingly cautious about crossing bridges. This one is being forced onto the structure apparently very much against his will. and the expression of fear, horror and doubt are well expressed. Will the Republi- can elephant balk at the bridge if Taft is to be it's rider?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-22
ABOUT PACKING-BOxEs.

All of us who go about the streets of town, city or village are familiar with packing boxes. or goods boxes" as they are famlliarly known. We see off to the waste heap, split up for ktndling and generally regarded as a nuisance to be gotten rid of. Few of us, perhaps stop to think what these boxes represent in money, but 1t Is no trifle. In the current issue of Dixie Wood Worker there is given list of the output of 344 box factories in New England which in 1905 used 5s4, ,4ss. .OoO feet of lumber valued at $7.871. 500.
 When we remember that this vast
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-22
BIG PASSENGER TRAFFIC.
Baggage Masters Report Shows Man.
 Visitors to Montgomery.


 A. P. McKeithen, baggage master at the Union Railway Station, has giv- en out approximate figures showing that the baggage department had han dled 15,000 pieces of baggage during the month of March.
 T suppose there Is only about one in ever yten persons travelling who car ries baggage" said Mir. McKeithen. and on this basis the estimate would be something over 100000 people going in and out of Montgomery during the month. /" In his calculations the baggagemas- ter allows for the fact that many per sons. such as drummers. carry a num- Der of pieces of baggage. The figures show that the baggage office averages 500 pieces of baggage daily
 During the early part of the week the pay train of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad was in Montgomery and paid out many thousand dollars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-22
Today In History

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 1fO7-;Henry Fielding. English nov elist, born; died October 8, 1754. 1766-Madame de Stael born; died July 14. 1877.
 1S06-Admiral villeneuve. Nelson's antagonist at Trafalgar, committed su- tcfde while prisoner in England. 1839-Thomas Haynes Bayly, author of The Mistletoe Dough-" and other songs, died.
 1SS4-Marie Taglioni, worlds most famous opera dancer died at Marseilles. aged 80.
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 1896-International Arbitration Con- gress met at Washington.
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