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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-08-18

MI. ana Mrs. Cnarle6 LurV0y OF
Wolcott were guests # W days last
week at II. G. Woodruff.
Quite delegation from this place
attended the field dav exercises at
Willoughby Lake last Saturday.
Mrs. Edward Kennison and son
Carol of Worcester, Mass, are visit
ing relatives and friends in town.
Mrs. James Miller of LAWRENCE.
Mass, who has been visiting friel DIS
in town, returned home last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Wood of Barn
ston, P. O., we're the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. George Powers la st week.
Mrs. Eliza Lowell left here Monday
to visit friends in Glover, Sheffield
and Greensboro for week or more.
Rev. and Mrs. W. II. Fairbanks and
little daughter of Philadelphia, Pa,
visited at o. G. Spencer's last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Berry and little
son of Claremont, n. H., spent last
week at the home of Mrs. E. @. Way.
Warren Kennison las moved from
the Ward Wheeler farm on Marshall
hill to Mrs. Whipple's house in the
village.
A new piece of sidewalk is being
built at the south end of the village,
much to the delight of the jewellers in
that locality.
The stores are wired fer electric
lights, and as soon as the new engine
arrives and is in running order we
shall have lights.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanvorn and little son
of Plymouth, N. H., and Miss May
Campbell Of Lyndonvillo visited at
l.. G.. Roundy's last week.
Judge and Mrs. Ruggles and Sheriff
Washburn and wife attended the Cal
edonia county court picnic at Joe's
pond, in Danville, Saturday.
Miss Edith Smith, who has been
visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Powers, returned to her
| work in Washington, d. Q Friday.
Mrs. Mountain of Hartford, Conn.
who has been visiting her daughter,
| Mrs j. Solomon, and Mrs. 9. W,
Stoddard, returned home last week.
A. L. Aldrich has been going to
| Barton for the past week 10 De ureaU0d.
He seems little stronger, and iE is
earnestly hoped that he will receive
much benefit.
Miss Leyena Burke, who has been
spending her vacation here, returned
TO Providence, R. l., Thursday. Her
mother accompanied her, and will
remain away for three or four weeks.
Mr.. Fairbrother, Mrs. Emma Way
and Mr.. and Mrs. L. O.. Sleeper of
Newark took an au5omo bile trip to
Montpelier and Barre NJ onday and
Tuesday of last week.
Raymond and E sic Orcutt and
cousin, Hazel OrcatU, of Newport, are
camping at Willoughby Lake this
week with their uncIes, E E Orcu :,
at "Edgemere," and W. L. Orcutt a.
"Ashantee.n ,
The play, "Bar Haven" given by
local talent, Thursday evening, was
very we'll attended, the hall being
crowded. All the parts were we'll
taken, and those who were present
felt we'll paid for going.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-08-18

Mrs. j. A. Wheeler returned home
from Montreal last Wednesday where
she recently underwent an operation.
DR.. and Mrs. Walter McGoff of Mont
pelier visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Cornelius McGoff the first of the week.
There will be no services in the M.
q. church next Sunday as Rev. E. E.
at Lyndonville.
Marshal Freehart is adding an ell
to his house, one part to be used for
kitchen and woodshed the other for a
carriage house.
Mrs. Jennie Hovey and children of
st. Johnsbury, visited her aunts. Mrs.
M. A. Wells and Mrs. Emma Fisher
the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Clement Sheltra of
Mrs. Charlie Besau, and other friends
in town last week.
The E. L. Chandler Co. have finished
saving their stock of logs After re-
pairing the mill the help will go into
the woods cutting logs.
Mrs. Geraldine Jameson, who still
remains quite i'll, has been moved to the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Lanou
where they will care for her.
The Irasburg baseball team played
game with team from West Derby on
the common here last Saturday and the
score was rs to in favor of Irasburg
team.
Rev. E. E. Wells exchanged desks
with Rev. E. F. Newell of Hardwick
last Sunday morning who delivered
excellent address on ''The Passing Of
the Saloon, Why and How?
herd of 80 cows for H. B. Chamberin
also Charles Fishers, DR.. P. c. Temple
tons and S. W. Beauclerk' COWS re
Gently and none were condemned.
The nj. E. Ladies' Aid society held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Annis in East Albany last Thursday
was largely attended. Dinner was
served on the lawn. The weather was
perfect and all enjoyed very pleasant
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Cook who have
been spending several weeks with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Fl. Cook, &C
to their new home in Johnson tomorrow
where Mr.. Cook has been engaged as
principal of the high school there
A very interesting meeting of the
w. G. T. u. was held with Mrs. Emma
Fisher last Wednesday afternoon. The
September meeting will be held with
Mrs. ArthurGilmour with refreshments
1t is hoped every member will plan tt
be present.
Owing to the extreme dry weather
the Irasburg Water Co. have beer
obliged to add another spring to theil
water system. F. J Grant with a gane
of men have been engaged in digging
the ditch and laying the pipes the pas
week.
Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Wells enter
tanned his aunt, Miss Josephine Fish
over Sunday. Miss Fisk is superinten
dent of the Deaconess Home in Boston
and gave very interesting talk in the
Methodist Episcopal church last Satur
day evening.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-23
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET.

Baltimore. Nov. 2-WHEAT-Stocl iu elevators.
so li6 bushels shipments from elevators ass bush
els. Sales q No nd wers a. III DIT blshei;
No. ned. LIB. and steamer No. red L0s. while
bog lots and carE0e-. ly sample. went a. So S.
lo5 LIP and lis. according u quality aad ~rd!-
tion. Settling prices were: No. red Western.
i1p1; No. nd. llZE: No 2 rsd SPOT Lis;
steamer No. red. L0Hs steamer No 2 nd West.
crn. lI2&
CORN-Stock in elevators SIS s55 bushels. shir,
mer.ts from elevators. -59 bushels sales Of CIR
gees On grade. botl ccl1ss az GA for No 2 white
yellow. OF mixed; fZi f1r steamer. O. f1r No a
either oli1-. and 90 Tor INJECTED Individual carv1e,
q steamer white and Gtclmer yellow sold later al
en-. ard n CARGO u relec-sd yellow az sI. trf
com Is holding steady on basis * aI0asi5 u,i
harTel for csrloads prime yellow on SPOT. srtCIr.
prices were; Fer cJutract. IA. white. rsr. 67,
s-eAn-sr naked, 81. nrW. COS. No. ( white. new
Eh
OATs-stock IN elevators. Mg1 bushels. shin
meuts from elevators 55,3 bushels White. No. Z
as % weight. Eai5t do. 40. g. a. to weight sss
ga. do 40 g. as % weight 4isai2't: do. mixed
No. 2 iZ,8ai3. DO. No. s. 4lauis
RlE-Stcck in elevators Is- SCI hushefs \,
Z re. Western. car lots domestic sCl.asl. NJ p -v.
near lsl, 7a'o; has lots as % quality and couft
| a0n. 65a-s.
FLOUR-WIutsr extra, 450aAsO. DO. eIsq, so-
h.o. do. straight, 5-5a549, do. patent 5 -ssg 4,
I spring clear. AbAAej. do. stuiEht GIh5g5 al.
patent 5Gul6o, Cit7 Nils best patent q y. a..
hlgl-grade pateHt 62j dl. straight. kg. 400
itinl}, -.o, DO, extra. a5.af75 ne -four. r.s51..
I 10 choice, s.-'aAS, couneal. per loo pounds
-2'a-.1l- buclwae1- -four loo los. 1Eal--
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LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET.
prices quoted are wholesale,


BUTTER-Creamery separator. 3jk. do. frsts
SlaS2: process fancy 2Sa2S14 do fair % good. 25s
d; dairy. choice. 23a8l; do. good. 2aZ3; store
packed. q
CHEESE-New York State factory, fancy fats. II,
III; do. small. l7al73s. do, large, l6haI7.
EGGS-NeaT-by. choice. returnable cases. 50; do
West Virginia and Southwest Virginia returnablc
cases. g: do Tennessee. returnable cases. %: d.
North Carolina. returnabla cases. 81.
LIVE POULTRY-Chickens. spring large, per III
Is. do. medium Is: do. small. IS: hens, snail Der
b. i2al3: do. large. l2al3; ROSTERS, per b., 9
ducks old. per 10, II: do, spring. lbs. and over
l3aA: geese per h. ssf0; do fancy. l0lll: turkeys
toms PER ID, IL do. hens II; do. thin. l0al2; do
keats, l3al6
DRESSED P0ULTRY-Turkeys. choice undrawa
hens. Der ID. iSal9: average. undrawn. mixed 7sIs
chickens. per 10. l5al7; chickens and hens mixed
-: hens choice. per b.. l3al4i ROSTERS Per b.
9alo; ducks. l2al5; geese per 10, 6al0
GAME-Rnb6its. per doz.. 20la25o; do. kits ne,
dnz 75al0o: quail per doz., fancy, 80; do. small
per doz., L00al.5O; Wild turkeys. 3a22: sQuirrels
each. 5oS; opossuns EACH 8)aS5.
DRESSED MEATS-Hams country. sugar cured
Bsls; hogs. small and neat per cwt-. ga do, ne
dhim to heavy. silas. do. rough 7kaS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. peT Dbl. lT5a2C0. sweet
potatoes. per Dbl. new. L25al.5O: yams. per Dol
l00al3
GREEN FRUITS-Apples, loose, Dbl, L50aI75
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., @a50; tsllow. CASH ginseng
Der h., 5O0a5.59: seneca. per 10. 20; golden seal
40af5: pink l2al4; mandrake. 2a3: snake root IS
walnut kernels. dy. i5als; walnut per 100 lbs 70
DRIED FRUITS-Apples/ Sliced. fancy. PER ID
ia5i cherries, 2ds; blackberios. z; whortlt9 ryies
PA
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IA dividend
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.

Baltimore. Nov. G-Q11ta-i5us Furnished by Bait
umare Truit aud Produce Assocla-l are as fo.-
l5gs:
BuTER-CTgamery separator. per IL, sas5: in-
;ati1u. 1a1s. prints. Alb. Sass; do. lib. SsSi.
blocks, 2'o.. Ter lb. sac. dairy prints. Mary
land. r'unylvanla. and Virginia, per d.. ZaA.
EGGs-Mssglard. Pennsylvania. and nearby drsts.
Dcr d1z-. 81. do. Eastern shore, Maryland ana
Virginia, q; do Western fr-s. g.; do. West VIZ
gina. 81. do. North Carolina. -.
LIVE POULTRl-oc hens. heavyweight. Der
H.. l5als7. do. lightweight. I2l-ia: ola rocst-
eTs lgr 10 SAP, young chickens choice pcr H.
I5c. r0GEh AMI p0or. IS. ducks large Ter To- fgalf.
snail. j.. tUrLCyv. cloI- TO-, Is, Old toms ltlL7-
rough and Poor. la.. l2li3. gscse. Western and
southern. TO-. ID, do. Maryland and Virginia d.
Lai2i Do. Kent Island. lt. lsaii, pigeons. young.
pair. is do old ~. d5.. white P.sils rcr d.. Iia
Is. su~iuE ducks. So jos. and o,er. pe~ lt ia
IS. guinea fowls. old. each. -, do. yoUus. -aIs
lbs s5
DRESSED POULTRY-Turk choice. yrrr-
per TO-. l3ago; do.. fair % good. is, chickens.
straight Young Ter D.. snail. IslI5: do mixed
Young and old. l3ali. ducks. choice. Fat. pcr lb
lJal5. Eueso choice nearby, pr TO-, l2slt
GANE-QraI cloico. frTI grunu. Ter 1rr zl
$50. do. 80. . ard Of binds. lEl.-5, rae-s,~+s.
selected. each, L9, do. on birds. each I5al05.
rabbits choice % far-r. usr dcz-. A0n125. fair t1
g1ci stock. uCr doz. lAaLE5. Snail and OF stock
per doz.. I0aLO; ducks. mal!ard, p,r 71r. heavy
Wt-ll. 4l4-ulr ullc--l-er Peg lfArf -sUfI. Uu1
turkeys. per To-. HAS
POTATuES-White. nearby, yer bus, Prime. j0a
3 do. Western Maryland and PCrnsylyria. per
bus. prime, sass, do. seconds. flai5: do New
York. yer tvS, prime 50U55. do. Western pep
bus prime 5a55; sweets. yellow. pr Dbl. Eastern
Shore, lfaL5'; 90. Anne Arundel per Dbl. Ea
l6S. Jams, Potomac, Der bJ.., 15aLO1. d.. Kappa
haun1ck psr bbl, 15aLQo
GREEN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES-Arplrs
Maryland and Virginia per barrel fancy. LEa2 %.
do. fair LOQll.50; do. Ter i-barcl basket 55a-5;
do. Maryland and Pcnnsylvaua. PACKED per barrel.
2OaS0o. do. New York. assorted. par barrel
25la35o. heetA. native. Ucr bunch, l'.a2; cab
bagCs. native. pr 100 L50a3 go do. New York
STATE per ton lLoCal50J; celery. Nichigsn. rer
bunch 1JaS5; do. New York State per doz-. 25as5
crarberies Cape Cod. per bbl 55)l&00: do. Ter
box. lHaLf5, CuCm0crF. Florida. per bas. liza
| 10; eggplant. Florida. pcr crate L5n2OO; grapes
Concord per has. 9i1al0. do Niagara. bas. llaI2
do Delaware, Ter bas, l&l3i do, catawtn. DIT
bas.. 9; grape fruit FLORIDA. per box. 250a3 3
I lettuce Ncriok and North Carolina. DIP has. 50l
100; oalons. New York and Western. per bus
Sass: do, Maryland and Pennsylvania. yellow rel
| bus. 5os55; oranges Florida. per box. L75a200
/ pears KieiIers per bas las; do, usr tbl. l&s
/ LIS: do. New York Bartlett. per Dbl. 5dOa55 50
do Sockel. per bbl.- 5ola65oi do, Cspp5 FaT1ritc
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NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York. Nov. @-BT TTER-Re-rir-s fr-77v
were ass packages Limited offerings q far-y tabIa
grades enable sellers 90 advance specials and evr-as
current make. &c p'r Iou2l. The fr.mcr sold 20
t--I- ard the latter ar 5Ia5-4 There was no
changes ~ Importance uH.nd i1 other 6aa.rsr. Ions
Pacing stock IS Attracting ru-e Affection IA ac-
cfiut ~ reasonable prices. Cnautrv specials ga
SZs; creamery held extras. 80: state dairy. fre~-
Slal do. good TO ch0ico. &a9. rrcccss. specials.
Zi.a22
CHEESE-Reccipts to-day wen, 81 baes N,
market IS JulC-; all grades o. fill--Tcau chem A.
unchanged prices; skins are steady. state fun
cream, specials. l6AaI-Na do. September fancy.
is''' eo' October, best is, d.. good 90 prime.
b.al5A.; State skins. l's lbs. Specials ~
EGGs-Reogiuts today were 6.51l cass. Tho mar
Bet IS higher on extra Grsts. sales ranrirr f-n-n
Naa5- frst5 and seconds were quiet AZ un-h1r-rI
prices; there IS no improvement whatever in the
so-aEe situation Fresh Suffered extra arsts 53a35.
nearby selected. fancy sass. brown mixed fancy.
sa3o; fresli-gathcred. Arsts Eh52: do. seconds 9a
? dirty egEs, No. Z. candled. c2'saZ. do. No
Aa-- checked eggs fair % prime Isa2l. refrigr-l-
tcr. early packed, fancy seasons storage Iaesei
li'la-5. refrigerator. hrsts Gsraz,
MILL FEED-Firmer: fair iuouirv Sr-ipr bran
l01.b. sacks. 90 arrive. PAID. standard rni5dlras
8.sj. city bran. 900. IN bulk. Western red dog
90 70 arrive; winter wheat tgan, In lmIb. sacxs
% arrive. 2500.
MILR-The wholesale rrtce IS L9 per oct can.
OAIs-Steadyi trade IS slow. No. white. 49,
No white. {5iaa46; No 4 white, 4ias5. natural
and clipped white. on tracks 4ia4sE
FLOuR-Fir1n; moderate trade. Kansas straigh.a
5l5a5s6, in sacks; soft straightS 6f0a55O In tar-
lsls: sTrirg PATENTS. ai5a5S5. in barrels: spring
c,oars Assoc
RYE FLOUR-Stsady: inquiry moderate Good
10 choice brands quoted a. 40OaiS.
BUCkWHEAT FLOCR-Ncw. 10 arrive il Quoted
az 2l5a2B. with quiet trade
CORN MEAL-Steady moderate deolin-g Kiln.
dried. for export. 335 meal in bags ls0al a.
HAY-Rcceipts. $50 TONS steady; fair business
Prime timothy. LOO; No l, IS; No. 2. 90. No. g
sZitas5.
STRAW-Receirts. 50 tons; steady dull market
Long rye 9ao2l1
BBEF-steady; moderuts dealings Family. 1AJla
l5O0; packet I2OCal25Q
PORK-Firm on limited stocks. Mess Z.75sRO0
family. &Oaz7 90
LARD-Dull. UNSETTLED. Primo Western. lSss
city, 1878; refined continent l.l0; South American
l465; refined Brazilian. kegs. loG5. u.eostearne l6
lard stearine slow New York. 13h
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-23
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Quotations furnished BY W T. Hibbs & Co..
members Of the Chicago Board OF Trade Hbbs
Building, rs Fiftsenth stleet northwest
Chicago. Nor. 22-Wheat opened sc 10 nc higher
tcr December and unchanged 90 lsc higher for May
The market ruled strong throughout the session
lght offerings being noticeable, There was some
selling against upward indmnlries. but shorts ON
tilied 90 cyTcr both December and May and local
professional bulls added 20 their lines. Minneapolis
wired some incruaEe IA farmers deliveries especially
fTum points where loo or moru 5 being uaId Cash
premiums. unchanged. 24c over December Kansas
city wired today mllCrs negotiating DO carcrl ugr
cLGaea for January shipment. 40 the sam. time
reports good demand fer cash wheat az nc % Il
advanoc. Estimated receipts Tor tpmorrJV. g. carS
Corn prizes were good to-day solely on weather
Conditions The selling was q good character.
Cash houses. longs. local professionals and shorts
we're the buyers Peoria reprrtcd receipts o. Jos
cars. gOud Proportion o. % 80. g. Locally prizes
IN the sample market were &c higher early but
later were the sanc as SATURDAY. Local receipts.
% CARS. with 80 estimated for fo-rnc-rv7v
Oats had fractional advance in y7r1ulfhv with
higher prins fer Other grains Elevator interests
moderate sellers of December and commission houses
sold some MAY. Cash prices firm. shorts and local
pit traders the best buyers Local carlot, 40 ritl
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-23
LOCAL FINANCIAL GOSSIP

Reports OF the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad for the month Of October show
increased gross earnings and give evil
dence Of considerable expansion IN traffic
as compared with the same month year
ago. Earnings for the month were $780,
81, as against $500, $50 year ago, max
ing an increase OF $66Ss6L
During the month the expenses OF
operation were also largely increased. be
ing this year $5.0l4.4S8 and last year
$4.S0l. $50 showing an increase for the
month OF s7l2.53S. This large increment OF
expenses overbalanced the increase I'm
gross earnings. making a net decrease in
the revenues OF S43,577 for the month.
For four months Of the fiscal year the
statement shows: Gross earnings. 500
$50. l5S: 1903. $25 634 s52: Increase. $32l7 206.
Expenses, 1909, Sl9.224Gl5; 1905. Sl6,545,2H;
increase. S2,779371. Net earnings, 1909. Sl0,-
So. SAB; 1908. Sl0,O .7OS; increase. $467, S35
Similar reports from all parts Of the
country give evidence Of increasing pro-
ductive activity in all lines of industry.
The farmer has done his part this year,
anu llC Lll4lS anu AlAg 4llAllNS Hhhf hhiE
their part IN giving a boost 10 prosperity.
and now the railroads are pressed 10
meet the call for adequate transporta-
tion facilities. They are asked to provide
cars 10 carry tho products Of the farmer
to market They are asked 20 provide
transportation for merchandise. machin-
cry. building materials, and other thing,
from the point Of production 10 the point
Of use. and almost every railroad system
IN the United States IS feeling tho rush
incident 10 this expansion OF business.
According 10 estimates recently made
the aggregate OF eleven staple agrlcul-
tural crops Is about $4.74O00O00. or about
$3.50, coo 600 greater than at the same period
last year. The latest report Of the Amer
Scan Railways Association showed a cat
shortage Of $780, and az the same time
last year the same association reported
$4,000 idle cars. and ways and mean,
were discussed as TO what should be don,
with them.
All this expansion OF trade Is hevin,
! its effect upon the railroads as we'll a.
upon other lines Of business. and IN,
| country seems 10 have fairly recovere,
/ from all appearance Of retrenchment. anJ
/ Is going ahead again al a rate equal Z,
/ that OF tho first months OF 1907.
! Trading on the Washington Stock Elk
change yesterday was active. and III
/ takers Of securities bought them at goo
/ prices. Business Clings fast 10 the publ
/ utility securities. Capital Traction war
rants. bonds OF the street railroads. an
| other local corporations receiving IN
] most attention COODpr Ctogue oDI e..
! type machine shares. while stilI IN de
mand. are not so active as was the cas-
/ several days ago.
The report OF the Census Bureau yes
terday shows S,lO9.757 bales OF the ney
cotton crop ginned. as compared wit
1855, 800 at the same time last year. Will
the report was not disappointing 20 N
trade II served 10 strengthen prices YES
terday in the various cotton exchange
OF the country.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-23
COTTON MARKET.

Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.
members Of the New YORK Stock Exchange, Hibbl
Building. rs Fifteenth street northwest.
New York, Nov. 2-Cott0n closed higher Il wa,
an obstinate market. though leading bulls may no,
take the aggressive II IS limited that thrv would
inst as socn let their opponents take tho decisive
raoTes on the check OF bid for the moment Mean
time one thing Is clear-the market rallies castle
after sethacks. Early to-day there vas a decline
partly owing 20 disappointing Liverpool advicas
That market was some u 10 IA American r,oints
lower supposedly owing 70 continental selling Then
too. the spot sales there continued small and come
reports from Manchester were to the effect that The
market for cloths was dull and depressed Yarn,
there were reported equally unsatisfactory The
South sold hero Some think the market Is aetna
IN this respect very much it did when Il wa
&c lower. Bulls maintain that the census rer,5r,
was really very bulhsh document
Futures declined TO points. rallied and adj
vanced IS 70 49, closing firm at about the best rri-e,
Of the day. Estimated sales 10000 bales.
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LOCAL GRAIN MARKET.

GRAIN-Whszt. noW, per bus. L15al.l5; corn.
sheed pcr bus. Ila7e; cob. old. per bbl As; now
3a550. oats. Western white. No. p Per bus, 55ass;
mixed, per bus. s5a52; bran. per ton, $50; mid
ding. per ton. zoo.
HAY AND STRAW-Hay. Western. No. L IT.5oa
800; No 2 l65oGl7.o0. miEsd 10 joal650 Straw
re, bundle E.Qlal50o. straw, ne. machine tbruSh
so0a90o; straw. wheat, per ton. 60oa650; strAE
cat, per ton, 55al.G
SEEDS AlsiEe. per bus. SOFAS IS: clover. Der
bus %; timothy per bus. LsCa225; crimson
clover. ger bus lOOalLM
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-23
WALL STREET NEWS
Oil Decision Causes a Sharp
Drop in Prices.
TRY TO INTERPRET MEANING
Corporation Attorneys study Deci-
sion, hut Do Not Agree as to Scope.
in the Recent Tobacco Case-COp-
per Issues Are Hit Hard.

New York. Nov. 22-The decision
against tho standard oil Company by
the Unied States Circuit Court OF APP
peals, sitting al St. Louis. in the suit
brought by The government, and having
for its object the dissolution Of the com
pany's charter. was the cause to-day OF
a severe break IN the stock market
prices, which. with two rather notable
exceptions, embraced every prominent
stock on the list.
This I'm brief comprises the whole stock
of the days security market. OF course.
Wall street was filled during the day
with interpretations of the decision and
views" as TO IT'S meaning attributed 10
this or that prominent lawyer or corpora
ton attorney or stock exchange operator;
and these and a multitude OF summaries
published Of tho decision itself were such
as 20 leave the opinions on the matter
Of the average person IN the financial dis
trict considerably confused.
Blow TO the Street.
In the main Wall street was obviously
inclined to the conclusion thai a blow.
whether or rot Of temporary character,
had been dealt TO tho market. inasmuch
as strong additional emphasis had been
placed upon the harmful effect Of the
result a. tho country that must follow
upon anything resembling an attempt to
enforce literal construction OF tho
Sherman antitrust law.
To the comparatively small number OF
COO headed persons who endeavored tc
famuiarize themselves to-day with The
decision Just rendered, the purport O!
the announcement Of the court did not
appear TO be as radical as the Judgment
handed down some time sinOe by III,
United States Circuit Court Of Appeals ir
this city in the case Of the government
against the American Tobacco Company
In the present case the court seems 81
many ways 10 take the position that thC
Standard oil Company is to be placeC
unGer the ban of the law because OF
various specific illegal acts and becaus
of the great extent 20 which the com
pany has abolished competition in the OF
trade
In the tobacco case the court he'll
badly that any combination or MERGE
whatever of two existing corporations en-
gagged In interstate commerce. no matte
how small their respective business nigh
brt was IN ana OF lL--lA IN ItSuullL q
trade. and therefore Illegal
Oil Shares Decline.
OF course. STANDARD Oil stock to-da,
fell sharply, and especial pressure con
verged upon the Amalgamated Cope
and other mining shares which have beer
exceedingly strong lately In consequence
Of the movement TO form merger O
copDer-uninfng properties lluon the sam
general lines as those laid down in "a,
case OF the Amalgamated Copper Com
pany itself. United States Steel stock wa
also especially heavy.
In the last hour Of business. however
q general rally took place in the market
by which about one-thlrd Of the previou
Tecessions was recovered. and throughou
the day decided strength was exhibited
as was the case at the end Of last weel
in the Reading common and Consolidate,
Gas shares.