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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-17
Government Securities.
Chicago Grain.
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. August 1.-THE cotton
market opened firm at an advance of Ia
II points. and active months sold Is to
Ii points net higher during the early ses-
sion on covering and bull support due TO
better cables than expected, very high
temperatures and dry weather in the
southwest and expectations of a bullish
condition report from the National Gin
ners' Association. Foreign and southern
houses we're large buyers here during the
early session, and the market seemed to
he meeting less opposition from the local
bear leaders.
Futures opened steady August H.
asked; September. 1924 bid: October.
l2.22: November 1923 asked: December.
l2.1S; January. 1920: March, 1921; MAY,
12.2l.
The market continued generally firm
during the late forenoon on official CON
firmation Of dry, hot weather in the
southwest and bullish Texas crop ac-
counts. with prices at midday ruling
about IL to 16 points net higher
Spot quiet: middling uplands, 1880:
middiing gulf, 1905
Estimated receipts at the ports today.
e,l0O bales. against .. I05 bales last week
and 11.I45 bales last year. For the week
1900 bales, against 1f.05S last week and
fs,907 last year. Today's receipts at New
Orleans Az bales, against so last year
and at Houston. $50 bales, against Il
bales last year.
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FOR U. v. LEGION.
Chamber of Commerce Contributes
500 for Encampment Fund.

The Washington Chamber of Com
merce has collected and will contribute
to an entertainment fund for the COM
ing national encampment of the Union
Veterans Legion S7OO. A meeting of
the committee appointed to raise this
fund was held in the rooms of the
chamber at noon today, and Robert n.
Harper. the chairman, was instructed
to notify the proper officers of the u.
V. L. that the money had been raised
and was at the disposal of the visitors.
The convention will be held in WASH
ington during September
Chairman Isaac Cans of the floral
parade committee continues to receive
entries. The latest entry comes from
f. s. NARROW, manager of the Potomac
Electric Power Company, who has
written to Mr.. Cans that truck and
victoria will be entered by his COM
pany.
The list of prizes is also growing.
One of the finest of the prizes will be
a 5000 rose bowl. to be presented to
the winner of the sweepstakes.
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Liverpool Cotton Prices.

LIVERPOOL, August 17.-Closing: Cot
ton-Spot, moderate business done: prices
nine points higher; American middling
fair, 719; good middling, $50; mid
ding, 6.65; low middling, 6.47; good
ordinary, 6.21; ordinary, $50 The sales
OF the day were $3.50 bales. all Ameri-
can Of which 200 bales were for specu-
lation and export. Receipts, 1000 ba les
all American. Futures opened quiet and
closed steady. August, 6.5S; August and
September. 6.4S: September and October
6.447s; October and November. ga; No
vember and December. 6.431k; December
and January, 6.431z: January and Feb
ruary, ga; February and March, 6.44;
March and April, 6.431a: April and May
&43; May and June, 8.421e; June and
July. 6.421s; July and August, 6.41k.
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Quotations given below are for lar
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher

Quotations given below are for larg
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS.-Nearby fresh Virginia, 23ao4:
west Virginia and southwest virginia.
22a23; Tennessee. 21a22.
BCTTER.-Creamery fancy, oSbao9.
Western firsts. % " AIS; seconds 26k Az.
Process. fancy, 24ao5; fair to good. 1ga
20. Store-packed. fresh, 10.
CHEESE. = New York state factory
new. large, 18a16k.
POULTRY.-Chickens spring. per III
Is; hens, per h., IA; ROSTERS, per 10.
8: keats. per h., IL; turkeys, hens. ne :.
h., 16: turkeys, toms, per h., 10; ducks,
per h., 10.
DRESSED POULTRY. - Turkeys, DER
ROSTERS. per h.. 8; chickens. spring. per
lb., 1Sa19; ducks, per h., 1Oa12.
VEGETABLES. = Potatoes, No. !. ner
DBL. 2.O0a225; sweet potatoes. per Dbl.
3.OOa4.OO: cucumbers. basket, GOAL %
onions. per bbl, 1.50a225; cabbages. Der
Dbl, 1.OOa15 so: eggplant. per doz. 25a40
SQUASH, per basket. 30a50; peas, per obi.
2.5Oa400: corn. home grown. per doz.,
3a1S; string beans. home grown, per
Dbl. o.50a3.O0; lettuce, per basket T5a
l.25; tomatoes, home grown, per box,
:5a4O; radishes. per 100, 100; peppers,
2a2a: new carrots, per bunch. 2a3.
GREEN FRUITS. Apples. new, Dor
Dbl, 1.0Oa3.sO; oranges, Cal, per box.
250a3.50; grape fruit, per crate. 4.OD,.
500; pineapples. per crate. 2.OOa3UO;
cantaloupes, per crate, 5Oa:.OO; water
melons. each, 11a3O; peaches, per ear
rier. 2O0a3.0O: plums. per crate. 15Oa
225; grapes. per crate. 1.5Oa2.OO: alli-
gator pears, per crate, 2.5Oa40
HAY AND STRAW Hay, western
No. !, 16OOa16.5O; No. - 145OaI5. 90:
mixed, 11.U0a14.UO. Straw. rye, bundle
23.OOa24.OU; rye. machine thrash 15.uoa
1900; straw. wheat. per ton. 1OOOa1 90;
straw. oat, per ton, 1O.5Oa11.OO.
SEEDS.-Alsike. per bu. s.5Oa9. 90:
clover. per bu.. 7.OOa7.7O: timothy. Dc,
bu., 200a2.25; crimson clover, 6.OOas 80
LIVE STOCK.-Cattle, extra, per cwt
5.o0a6.oO; medium, per cwt.. 4OOa4. Is
ordinary, per cwt.. 3.O0a3.5O. Hogs. per
cwt., gross, 7.0OaS.OO Sheep, per h., IA
4; lambs, spring, choice per h., ~
medium, 6it. Calves. choice, per ib.,
Sa8h: medium per H.. 7a7h.
WOOL AND HIDES.-Wool, washed
free OF burrs, per h.. 33a35; wool, un-
washed. per h.. 2sa29. Hides, green
per H.. II; hides, dry, per h., 14a15;
sheepskins. green, each, 75a115; calf
skins, green, each, 1.3Oa1.5O; dry flint
hides. per h.. Halls; dry sailed hides,
per h.. Halls.
GRAIN. - Wheat. rev. per bu., S5a
1.03. Corn. shelled, per bu., S4a9O; ear
per Dbl, 4.4Oa4.65. Oats, western white
No. ., per bu.. 66a72; mixed, 62a64
Bran, per ton, oS.OOa3O.OO. Middling
per ton, 3O.O0a3200.
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EXECUTOR ASKS RULING.
Proceedings to Secure Construction
If Christina C.. Queens VIII.

William Gordon Crawford, executor OF
the estate OF the late Christiana c.
Queen, which involves over 100000. in
stituted proceedings in equity today
against William A. Raborg and others
for the construction OF the will OF de-
ceased in certain particulars.
The petition. filed by Attorney Wilton
j. Lambert, sets forth that by the will
of Mrs. Queen a number OF legacies are
left to different individuals, and that by
the sixth paragraph the iegacies are d.
rected to abate proportionately in case
there should not be SUFFICIENT money on
hand at the death of deceased to pay
them in full.
1t IL set forth that at the time Of the
death OF deceased there was compare
lively little money on hand, but there ex-
listed personal property to the extent of
about $4,000. in addition to valuable
real estate holdings.
The court is asked to determine wheth-
er or not the use of the words money
on hand" restricts him in the payment Of
legacies to the actual money, or whether
IL can be held to include personal prop
erty. The court is also asked to deter
mine whether or not the lesacies can be
in any event considered q charge upon
the real property. The .legacies amount
to $4,000.
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LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

Sales Of moderate volume were scattered
we'll through the list of stocks and bonds
at the meeting today of the Washington
Stock Exchange, and prices generally
were firm. The activity which has OBJ
tanned for some days past in Lanston was
materially lessened, but the movement
still bears every evidence of cumulative
buying. and predictions are confidently
made that sharp advance will be scored
within the ensuing few weeks. Lanston
stock sold today included go shares at
1914 and 200 shares at II.
A small block Of Graphophone preferred
was on the floor of change yesterday, but
there were no takers. The stock was out
again at the noon session today. and 1t
was evidently a forced sale. as ten shares
were sold at %. Graphophone preferred
brought 30 few weeks ago, when one of
the brokers had an imperative order to
fill.
The floating supply of Mergenthaier has
nowhere nearly equaled the demand dur
ing the last fortnight, and the quotations
have been steadily mounting upward
Sales were made today as high as 2131..
Washington Gas enjoyed a brief period
of activity. three quotation lots of the
stock changing hands at 1913. and 72ss. A
brokers two weeks ago on the point
whether gas would or would not touch 80
by August H. Gas was quted at about
~, when the wager was made. and it
scarcely stirred out of its tracks during
the whole period. The 500 involved was
collected today.
Quite a number of local Investors are
interested in the New Orleans Railway
and Light Company's new bond issue,
news of which is just being circulated.
This company is said to control practical
~ the entire street railway. gas and cleo
trio light and power business of the city
of New Orleans. and negotiations to sell
the 600 forty-year, 5 per cent re-
funding and improvement bonds were
completed with Bertron. Griscom & jerks
of Philadelphia. The latter have placed
the whole block of bonds with a French
syndicate. headed by the French Finance
Corporation. The new mortgage OF the
New Orleans Railway and Light Com
pany will secure an authorized issue of
$5O.OO0.OO0 per cent forty-year gold
bonds. of which $3O.0OO.O00 will be re-
served to retire the company's general
mortgage AZ per cent bonds.
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TREASURY STATEMENT.

The condition OF the Treasury at the
beginning Of business today was as toll
lows:
Trust funds-Gold coin. 1854 $50. $40; sill
yer dollars, s4S6. S7l 600: silver dollars of
1881. 81, III COO; silver certificates. s4s8,
S71 600.
General fund-Standard silver dollars in
general fund. s., l73, ass; current liabilities
SOC, S13, ISL: working balance in Treasury
offices. $33. 36l ,573; in banks to credit of
the treasurer OF the United States. $3S.
sl3943; subsidiary silver coin. $26, 16I ,169:
minor coin. $2.120,24s: total balance in
general f. nd. $lO2, $50. 291.
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RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL.
Soldier Satisfies Court as to His
Mental Condition,

Justice Gould today released from the
Government Hospital for the Insane Louis
B. Olson. q young man who had become
mentally deranged while serving an enlist
ment in the regular army at Fort Sam
Houston, Tex.
Olson satisfied the court that ne has suf-
ficiently recovered his mental faculties to
care for himself and promised to return
at once to Texas.
DR.. White, in his return to the writ Of
habeas corpus secured by Attorney r. P.
Evans in behalf Of Olson. declared the
patient much improved, but stated that
The hospital authorities did not care to
take the responsibility of his discharge.
Three other cases in which habeaS cor
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NEW YORK GRAIN PRICES.

NEW YORK, August 17.-Flour-Re-
ceipts. 35,443 barrels Sales. 1000 barrels
Dull and without quotable change. Min
nesota patents. 5.9Oa6 %; winter straights
4.90aJ.15, new; Minnesota bakers 5.1Ja
$50. old; winter extras, 4.40a4.sO new
winter patents. 5.3Oa5.6O. old; winter
grades. 43Oa4.7O, new.
Wheat-Receipts, 1900 bushels; sales
100000 bushels. As rains did not materi-
ize in harvesting sections last night
wheat opened easier today, but quickly
rallied on covering by September shorts
who feared manipulation in Chicago. Sep
TENDER, 1.07s4a1OSh; December, 1O4ssa
1.O47s; May, 1.O611a1 .O6ss
Rye. dull; No. western new, 70. NOM
inal. f. 0. b. New York.
Corn-Receipts. 1S11 bushels
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Funeral of Miss Anna Bell Lee.

Rev. Weston Bruner. pastor Of the Fifth
Baptist Church. officiated at the funeral
this afternoon of Miss Anna Bell Lee
daughter of Samuel and Mrs. Julia A. Lee
who died recently at the family home
$40 ~ street. The services were con-
Quoted at the church, and relatives Of the
deceased served As pallbearers. The in
terment was at Congressional cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-17

Sales. Regular call. u O'Clock noon-washinx
ton Rwy. and Elec. As $500 at o.
.. potomac Electric Cons. 5s, 81 1000 at 1881
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd.. 30 at %,
12k. ~ - ~ 'S'4' % u
Bell Telephone OF Pa. at 1884,
n Mere sInl Linotype. at 2l3ss 5 at 213
*, Lanstcn Monetype. so at 1874. 100 at 1874
100 at 1877. 100 at II. 100 at IL
Greene C2nanea. 80 At TO- 100 at TO-
2iO. ''' 81 -i'' -
Graphophone pfd.. 10 at 2s
After call-Bell Telephone Of Pa, g at 1891.
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LONDON MARKETS.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cabegram to The Star.
LONDON, August 1I.-In the late after
noon investment issues were little
changed in price and business was idle.
Home rails continued sluggish The de-
partment for foreign securities showed
firmness. with Paris buying Russian
funds. kafirs showed a steadily hard
ening tone. Copper stocks failed to re-
cover owing to the heaviness of the
metal market
American railway shares were irregular
at the Official closing. The curb turned
weak. but subsequently rallied slightly.
Costa RIGA bonds were strong at 49,
The continental bourses were quiet
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new YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. August 17.-Butter-
Firm: receipts. 19,6O0 pounds; creamery.
thirds to firsts. 23a26.
Cheese-Steady, Unchanged; receipts
9,014 pounds.
Eggs-Easy. unchanged; receipts, q, 116
dozen
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District Supreme Court Plans.

Justice Ashley M. Gould today COM
pleted his vacation term Of service on
the bench OF the District Supreme Court.
He will be succeeded tomorrow by Justice
Thomas II. Anderson. who will serve
throughout the balance of the month.
Justice Stafford and Chief Justice Cha.
bauKh will divide the month Of Septem-
Der in the order named.
Justice Gould viii spend the remainder
Of his vacation at his country home,
Sunnyside, near Silver Spring, Md.
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FOREIGN BANKS.

BERLIN, August 1I.-Exchange on Lon
don. ~ marks ~ pfennigs for checks.
Money, = per cent. Private rate of dis
count, 2is per cent.
PARIS, August 1i.-Closing: Three per
cent rentes. 9S francs 1919 centimes for
the account
Exchange on London. Is francs 1871 Gen.
times for checks.
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BALTIMORE GRAIN.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd, August iT.-wUEAT-
Easier; spot contract 1.04tsa .O4.,; spot No. :.
rcd western, l.OIh: August, l;o4Asi. 04s.: Sep
tembcr, LON: steamer M. 2 red i.OOis re-.
c"ip,s. a 7ol bushels; southern by sample
a.ial on
CoRN-Essicr: spot contract. "a: year. COLI:
January. 39s.: receipts. 1G.B4: bushels.
OATS-Fi-mcr; M. white. 44tSAl5: No q
white. I3s&&: No. mixed. 4aa42ta: receipts
~. ~. bushels.
RYE-Steady: No. western domestic. 1SAIS.
HAY-Stcady. unchanged.
GRAIN FRFIGHTS weak: STEAM Ia Liver.
pooi. per bushel Id to lid August: Cork fer
orders. per quarter, & ID August September.
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Marill's Case Continued.

Judge Aukam. sitting in the Unite0
States branch Of the Police Court today.
continued indefinitely the case against
william J. Magill. a bookbinder. who in
charged with making q handbook on the
races Magfll Is out on $50 collateral.
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Chance for American Motor Boats.

magnificent display OF ships Of war.
merchant marine and other sea going
raft, together with numerous congresses
% discuss various maritime questions.
will feature the annual meeting of the
French Maritime League. August y, 10 10.
AZ La Rochelle, France. which event
George II. Jackson. American consul at
|oEnac. declares will OFFER q great oppor-
unity for American motor boat manu-
lecturers.
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Sons OF Veterans to Meet.

The committee I'm charge OF the arrange
ments for the annual encampment or the
Sons Of Union Veterans reports every
thing practically in readiness for the
event The sessions will begin Monday
morning at the Arlington Hotel where
national headquarters will be establishe1.
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FEES FOR ERECTION OF SIGNS
OBJECTIONS VOICED AT PUBLIC
HEARING TODAY.
Amendments Suggested and Commits
sioners Express Intention OF Con-
sidering Revision Of Schedule.

Protest against the new schedule OF
fees for permits for the erection of signs
in front of business places was voiced
at a public hearing before the Commits
sioners in the board room of the munich
pal building this morning and several
important changes in the schedule were
suggested.
Under the old schedule Of fees one
permit allowed a business man to put
up as many signs as he wished on the
front of his place Of business. Under the
new schedule he must obtain permit
for each sign. AS each permit costs IL
local sign painters think the new sched-
ule tends to lessen their business. Signs
less than ninety-six square inches are
exempt.
Declaring that the new schedule is un-
Commissioners asking for a public hear
ing in which some equitable plan Of re-
vision Of the schedule could be discuss
ed. Mr.. Lewis appeared at the hearing
today and submitted list of suggested
changes in the regulations governing
signs.
Amendments Suggested.
His suggested amendments are:
ITO eliminate the requirement OF OBJ
tanning the owners permission, for it en-
tails an unnecessary hardship, as most
of the owners are non-residents: besides
it is an established fact that anybody
| renting a house for business purposes
must have. signs
az notices OF removal or occupancy or
temporary and special sales. Such signs
are now exempt from permits IL they are
painted on cotton or oilcloth. providing
they are not attached to frame. We
claim that a sign is much neater and
safer when attached to frame than
without it. for the chances for a frame
less sign to be blown down and scare
hourses or do other damage are far
greater than a sign with q frame.
"AIl real estate signs be exempt
whether they are attached to building
or on q lot, whether they are on cotton
or oilcloth. for such signs are OF the ut
| most public necessity and are temporary
in every sense Of the meaning.
IAN small signs painted on metal, wood
or fabric up to the size of feet by )
feet be exempt. because the price paid
| for such signs usually does not afford
the payment of 81 for a permit.
One Permit for All.
when a sign painter puts up signs or
building for the same party one per-
nit should be sufficient for any number
of signs. However, a different permit
should be required for every sign il they
are for different parties occupying the
same building.
That the captains of the several police
precincts he notified OF all the exemptions
SO that the officers may know when
sign painter has the right to pursue his
vocation without being interfered with.
Commissioner West declared that he
would see that all the police Office. are
notified of the exemptions in the case OF
signs. so that they will not interfere with
the work of sign painters when there is
no necessity. The general subject Of a
revision of the fee schedule will be care
! fully considered by the Commissioners
Inter
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Money at ~ and SIS
LOANED On .. 6. anAI. l5fA3A
Heiskell & McT.eran,
SaAo.tf SAAB y n

pus proceedings have been instituted by
Attorney Evans were continued to later
dates in the month
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The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by w b. Hibbs & Co.. bank
ers and brokers. Hibbs building. members
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board Of
Trade
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DEPRESSION EVIDENT
Heavy Selling Causes Reaction
in Prices Today.
LONG STOCK LIQUIDATION
Appearance of Decided Strength at
the Opening.
ATCHIsoN'S AGGRESSIVE LEAD
Union Pacific Sustains a Severe De-
cline-Time Money Market Re
vival and Slight Advance.
LONG STOCK LIQUIDATION
ATcHIsoN's AGGRESSIVE LEAD
snecisI Dispatch to The Star.

SneciaI Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK. August 11.-Reaction held
sway during the greater part OF TO-DAY
stock market session. 1t was. generaiiy
speaking. a pronounced continuation OF
the tendencies which declared themselves
so plainly yesterday afternoon. 1t was
also far more orderly. even If more ex-
tensive
Very much. if not the bulk. of the sell
ing today represented not the execution
Of stop-Ioss orders. as was the case In
some quarters yesterday. but the liqulda-
ton of long stock. especially in smaller
lots. for the account of persons who may
or may not have had profits to take, but
were unwilling to hold on. This selling
was potent enough TO cause a very ma
terial depression in prices. especially
when assisted. az ii undoubtedly was, by
operations for short account.
London furnished no clue to the prob
able course of prices here. the dealings
in Americans on the other side showing
only nominal and irregular price changes.
At the opening on the stock exchange
there was an appearance OF decided
strength i'm some issues. nota bly, st. Paul,
New York Central, Reading. United
states Steel preferred and United
states Rubber. The initial price move
ment was. however. confusing and con-
Trajectory.
lied above last nights close. while
Union Pacific preferred moved In
wholly contrary direction. Similar con-
Predictions were noticeable elsewhere.
and very early in the first hour the
market after an incipient all-round
Improvement. turned from partial ir-
regularity to feverishness and general
unSettlement.
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Bar Efvcr quiet. % H-Ibu per UuHcf.
Money. isaA per cent
The rate Of discount In the open market for
short hills is Haas per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market for
three month bills is 1-l6a1ia per cent.
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Downward Tendency.

Atchison was added to the list of inf1u-
entail leaders which displayed aggressive
strength. but too much stock was coming
out in various directions for a few issues
to withstand the general tendency, which
in the late forenoon was clearly discerni-
BILE to be downward.
The heaviest selling pressure appeared
in the Union Pacific stocks and United
States Steel common, and the recessioDs
which began to be marked in them af-
fected the whole list
Around midday the market swas very
weak. with an apparent absence of sup
port. as might be inferred from the sub
stantial losses recorded between sales in
Union Pacific and other stocks of its
class.
Extensive declines were scored all
around the room amounting to more than
:. points in Union Pacific. to points In
Union Pacific preferred and Illinois Cen
trail, and a point more i'm practically
all of the stocks which have been active
of late.
In the early part Of the afternoon there
were general rallying movements which
carried the average of the market up
half point So from the bottom and left
a few issues showing fractional advances
over yesterdays final figures. Atchison
and New York Central, AmalRamated
copper. United States Steel preferred and
United States Rubber were conspicuously
firm.