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New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
THE CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
REPORT.

The Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Company reports for the year ended June
30. 1910. total operating revenue Of s74.-
175,6S4 an increase of SS,197.213, and net
operating revenue Of s22.022.065. a de-
crease Of S755, Total net operating in
come was S1S,985,611, a decrease of ST.
OIL .0S1. and total gross income was Sal
526,371. a decline OF s1.0S5.3S3. After all
charges and dividends there was balance
of s2,466,459. a loss of s2.704,331.
The operating expenses for the fiscal
year include s30150,911 81 paid for labor.
as compared with s24,SOs.75O 81 paid dur
ing the preceding fiscal year, being an in
crease of S5,342.160 S4 paid on account Of
labor. OF this increase S73S.750 81 was
due to increases in the rates of compen-
sation and s4.60S.4 II TO the increase in
the number of employees. The taxes paid
in the fiscal year increased s264.SS0 73, as
compared with the preceding fiscal year, of
which s123,027 81 was due 10 the amount
paid on account of the United States gov
ernment excise tax.
The total operating expenses Of the
company for the year ended June 80, 1910,
was $52.153,619 81: OF this amount s10,-
774.337 SO was for charges pertaining to
the maintenance Of way and structures
lnCluueu III Ii4GSS Is Is a ldTSG part
of the cost of 40982 tons Of steel rails.
the greater portion of which was laid in
replacement of rails of lighter weight in
1887 miles of track; also the cost of
2,41S,7S2 new ties.
The charges of maintenance of way and
structures also include aslarge portion of
the cost of ballasting 266S miles of track
with crushed stone 356.42 miles with
gravel and 1915 miles with cinders and
Stag; the erection, in place Of wooden
structures, Of 81 new steel bridges on ma
sorry and six on pile supports. aggregat-
ing 1870 feet in length and containing
6,456 tons of bridge metal. and the re-
placement of other wooden structures
with masonry arch and box cuIverts and
cast iron pipes. the openings being filled
with earth. The wooden structures re-
placed by permanent work aggregate
1880 feet in length
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

The following petitions in bankruptcy
were filed yesterday with the Clerk of the
United States District Court:
Frederick Benz, OF No. liz East u6th
street, in voluntary petition gave liabili-
ties of $500 q, unsecured, with assets con-
slsting OF a plated watch worth 81 and
clothing valued at s2s, exempted by law.
402 East 18th street. SSl5 II, for boiled hams;
the Star Beef and Provision Company, No.
2l60 Third avenue, $13 "A for provisions. and
Wolf. Seyer & Heller, OF No. 81 Pearl street,
sos IS for sausage castings.
Involuntary petition against Shusterman.
Eisenberg a Schine, cloak makers at No.
23 Greene street, by Mckenney, Field *
Woodman, No. 70 Fifth avenue. and two
other creditors with claims for goods sold
and delivered in excess Of S725- Admission
of insolvency was alleged in the petition.
The liabilities aggregated 5000, and the
assets $2,500.
Involuntary petition against Louis Cohen,
maker and dealer in ladies' clothing at Nos.
656 and 65S Broadway. by Rubin Brothers
and two other creditors, with claims aggre-
eating S2347 81 Preferential payments
erty valued at 5000 made while insolvent.
were alleged in the petition. The assets
were valued at x1DJ
Louis Marder a clerk, residing at No.
335k Stanton street, in a voluntary petition
gave liabilities OF sl.0s3 81. unsecured. with
Schedules of Isidore Frank. of No. East
lllth street, a member OF the firm of Auer-
bach & Frank. showed partnership liabli-
ties OF s.. 7sS 80. with assets or Si6OD, which
Included three notes for $1,000.
Judge Holt has appointed Walter Cook,
ir receiver for the Progressive Shrinking
Company, OF No. 30i to 80 East cd street.
with a bond of 81 go. The liabilities were
81 600 and the assets. consisting of ma
chinery used in the shrinking of textiles,
were valued at sl.7oo.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
OTHER CATTLE MARKETS.

East Buffalo. Sept. 23-cATTLE-Recsi2t
100 head. steady; prime steers. 81 25 q 81 81.
VEAL-Receipts. 400; active and 5oG I5o
higher. at s70 s11 80 HOGS-FIsceipts 1000:
mixed, 50 - a 81 90; Workers. 30 7S4 s10s pIzs.
81 .: dairies. seG 50 so SHEEP AND
LAMBS-Receipts. 9.4oo; sheep active and
- Cincinnati. Sept e. cattle = Receipts
see. steady; fair % good shippers. s. IS q ST.
common. So ESQ SS So. HOGsS-Faeceipts. !. III :
50 200 50 A.: common. S6Is9 10. SHEEP
Receipts. 1000; slow. log 15c lower. ar SIG
81 10, lambs slow. Is q 25c lower. AT 50 9OFsf
Kansas CITY. Sept 2S.-CATIL.Er-Hsce 81 =.
strong: dressed beef and export steers 81 q
SIS: fair to good. IS z5GSs: Western. - go
81: stockers and feeders. So 50 g 50; southern.
SO IS a IS; southern cows. So % @ "a .; nativs
as4 so; calves. 81 5O6sS 80 HOGS-Hscsipts
3 500: opened steady. closed sc lower; bulk OF
sales IS 70 50 20; heavy SS IS IS 30: pack
ers and butchers. S. So 50 20 Light. - IO9
lambs S6qs6 -; yearlings; s4 % SS9 -
ers and feeders SO a 81 IS.
Pfttsburg. sept 2S.-CATTLE-Suppiy light:
sHFEP-SupDiy light: prime wsttheEs. 81 5o4
s4 IS; cuIIs and common. s2dS5; lambs. 81 500
n 81 40. veal calves. S10QS1 % HOGS-Re-
caIpts light: prime heavies. SO 80. mediums
pigs 50 25G SO 30; roughs. IS SS T5.
IBy Telegraph to The Trfbune-I
Louisville Sept. 23--SHEEP AND L.AMBS
-Pecefpts. .36. for the week thus far, 4, I5S
market steady, bulk OF best lambs selling AZ
81 &c; good TO choice butcher lambs. AZ -
bucks. 211c down. Fair demand for strictly
prime stock ewes.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
CASH QUOTATIONS. S.
aF O b anoat
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

New York. September %, 1910
GRAIN-WHEAT-Open 3 little lower OF
foreign news, the market slowly recovered
until IL at time u &c above the
previous night from which II worked on
again near the close. final prices being = q sc
net lower. The receipts OF wheat ct North,
west points amounted to GIT cars. compared
with 9S4 last year In addition. Winnipeg
reported 531 cars, compared with I29 cars q
year ago. There was fair cash demand at
Minneapolis mills picking up the choicest
offerings. Export interest light. Cash hrrni :
No red. 81 o42 elevator and 81 Go { o b
a1foat; Ne 1 Northern Duluth. 81 24A I o b
atioat. CORN-At times the market sold halI
a cent over the previous night, but much OF
this was lost in the late afternoon following
the reaction in wheat, that final prices
were practically unchanged from the previous
DIV The Liverpool market was y Ad net
higher. No corn here closed &c elevator,
domestic basis, 10 arrive. and 62 Ac Z o
atoat. OATS-Prices kept within narrow
range. closing about unchanged from Thurs
day. Cash oats closed as follows: New stand
ara white. 3s%c: No 2. 39Ec; No 5. 3sA c
and No. 1. S7S4c RYB-Quiet; No Western.
new. 79@c, o New York BARLEY
QUILT: mating. 74a 7se, new. c f Buffalo
Wheat, including -four. exports for the week,
according to Bradstreets, aggregate 1.5S3,65s
bushels, against AHA .053 last week and 3
9z3, ,601 last year; since July 1. 1I,53s-3o2
against 25,093, OPS last season Corn exports
for the week, 299. 1866 bushels. against 174.269
last week and 94.41S last year; since July J.
8 O62. .452, against l. .2S5,411 last season
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
RED TAPE HOLDS UP WHEAT
Canadian Crop Held Up Because Gov
ernmeut Has Not Accepted Railroad.

Montreal, Sept. 23--Conditions which
threaten seriously 10 delay transportation
of this years wheat crop from Northern
Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan are
the subject Of conferences being held be-
tween officials Of the Dominion govern
,,sr+ and the National Transcontinental
Railway.
Difficulties have arisen over the completion
Of that railroads Winnipeg Superior juno
ton branch. go miles il length, to link the
Grand Trunk Pacific branch line westward
from Fort William with its main line
through the prairies. Although the ralls
have been laid for the link. the govern
ment commission is debarTed from accept
ing the road because the contractors nave
failed TO complete stations and other es-
sential facilities. Efforts are being made
10 secure government sanction for use OF
the line temporarily in moving the wheat
tonnage.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
BANKERS TO CROSS CONTINENT
-Four Special Limited Trains to Garry
Party to Los Angeles Convention.

-Four hundred and fifty bankers from the
Eastern and Southern States are TO join the
New York State Bankers Association and
cross the continent IN a single organized
marty 70 attend the thlrty-sixth annual con-
I,en+ion Of the American Bankers Asso-
citation. which viii be in session at Los
Angeles from October to Z, inclusive.
The Kew York State association, through
its ex-president. Ledyard Cogsweu' OF Al
.,s,,,- and Charles Elliot Warren, of New
York. chairman Of the committee on trans
narration and arrangements. has planned
! trip covering s,l96 miles. going by
southern and returning by a northern
route.
f-our Twentieth Century Limited de luxe
trains VIII be required 10 transport the
marty. THIS equipment, which consists o.
forty-two cars in aI-including twenty-siX
sIeening cars, four club cars. eight dining
cars and four baggage cars-"lli De re
tanned during the journey of t"enty-siN
DAYS. The party VIII start from the GTaho
Central terminal on Monday
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
Yester-
rInI-R Am nIEAI-F1our withn


Spring patents. S. 40aS6 90; winter straights
81 45as4 80: winter patents, 81 I0GS5: spring
ss s5: extra 10 winter. So 50a$3 65:' Kansas
strafghts 81 9OaS5. RYE FLOUR-Steady; fair
70 good s4s4 ri shqfe rea to g fancy M y $Sqs 40
Fine white and yellow, 81 4O9S1 AZ: coarse.
Standard middling. s24 Is; flour do s27; red dog
SIS 80: city bran. S22 bulk S23 50 sacks: mid
ding s28 s5@sSO; red dog. $50; hominy chop.
s94 hulk s25 90 sacks oilmeal. s37 75qS3S.
PROVISIONS = Pork showed considerable
weakness affecting the rest OF the list early.
although rallies followed on demand from pack
ers AT the immediate opening the market was
a little higher ON the small receipts al Chicaso
and firm hogs, but the improvement was short
lived PORK-Steady; mess, s23 so; family.
S25@s26: short clear, So 2aas2s rs: BEEF
FIrm: mess $16dSl6 30; family. SI9dS20; pack
e. s1TGpSI7 80; extra India mess. S3i@S3i 80.
BEEF HAMs-ouiet; .S229S24 DRESSED
n fss.c; 40 10. 1ssc: PIGS. lac. CUT MEATS
-Pickied bellies steady Quoted; smoEinS; iso:
p,clsI.d Rams steady: 14l5@15c TALLOw-
T;r,1 rnid6Ie west . sOGio 00c: city. 12&c: re-
Prazf kegs I5c. COMPOUND-Easy: 1915 a
11Ec. sTEARINE-oleo 12c; city lard. TAO
4srcsp-Rennea dun and uncNsnzed: r-er-
ulsted. F.O5c net. less per cent for cash Beet
esnfer,her At lis Cd: October lis Nd Nav
lie s%d. Raw here STEADY but quiet and un-
60 test 3 74c. and Holasses sugar 50 test q 4ac
prCE-Steedv ~ eu'l but u7rHan@ed pri~~s
ceptar,Ner October and November quoted at
10 os4sf2 1Sc. Deceruher. - fo97 - 15c London
cvtet. sDnt fsh futures fFF tPs - Lake - SO
NO 7sc: sIer+rnlvtic. t2.a7'%G1a e2Ac: casting
80 I2lL Fal2 P-thc TTN-Stesdv. suot, "a e7I6 =
sSc. Septerahsr. "a SS9fstAc: October "a sTts n
"A -sr ems November and necNr1her "a 2zq1
"a roe sales 10 tons spot at ~ aor london
rvist. snot ffFe % 20 futures etST ITS %
rrsD-U-u sTfsa Acc View York and a N
- 9Or Esst - Louis on6on. spot ft2 rss -
Gr'r'r 7THt'-Duil. 5-5offh eoc New Yor, h.37i- n
apiAr FsSt ST Louis. LONDON. f24 Is ad
iRON-C1eveiand warrants, 49s fisd iu London.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24

medium and common cows steady: others dun
AND and easier: as ; 5ss pstS ssseTs sold at 81 50gS7
per 100 n: 1 car (ch0iceJ at 81 So bulls 81 SS2
! demand ana -gsady Liverpool and LONDON eat
tie markets steady at ia i5c. rev ss - - s..
dressed weight & ssnins .hS oer ~ F.TpoTrs To-
morrow. S49 cattle and I.3t0 quarters or o.ssr Z
on the MesaDa % Londqn: l.z[o artE'eTs .s =" -,
cattle and 4.40i quarters 0t oSei- o -. ,-,s,.4.
steers 1895 10 average 81 IS per 100 70: 70.
f3s2 n SS 30: 1s 1850 70, So 90 q. l250 ID.
s. 80; 70. iSsi n. 50 -: -. I2eo n. 50 co =;
Isl p 20 y l5 =. p 3 9 50 So 81 3 ilst = ono m = isi s9
10. s. so; rs. 12ss n. So l.: 2 I'D 10 So %
Newton st & Co. Is Virginia steers. 1853 fe 81
rs I256 n. ss IS: TO- 125o n. 50 % - lsS 70.
So O5: 20 West Virginia. 124T 70. 50 90 oui'
Sanders sS 20 Virginia steers. 1885 n. So 80.
IS 115T 1Ds 50 IS: Is l2ls n; - % ~ oo oes
3 Wssterns 1917 ID S 70: q. 1ol n. $ 70;
MePserson SSf; son e CO: q virginia steers 12es ID
So l - Ils8 ~ & s. 20 s6 bull 1859 10 ;os = ~. ~
s. so; Is. 1880 n; - 2s 100 n 50 .; 2 9dI
steers 1s41 ~ s. %; Il: Is9s n. s. 70; ie. fses
j. G. Curtis & Son: bulls. 30 u. Sc S.: l.
CaIyTs&Recsipts. 40. including Iss for
the market Prices firm for all sorts % calves
Common prime veals sold az s. So@sl1 per
100: cuIIs and throwouts.. S6GSos grassers and
buttsrmiIks. s4 5OaSJ 75: InGiana calves 81 SOC
81 Dressed calves were firm az 14giT1sc Pc
70 for city dressed veaIs. 1OG1Jc for country
dressed and 91za11c for dressed grassers and
Sales. Sanders: 10 veaIs. $50 % everaxs.
s11 per 100 70: 4 calves. OF various Weishrs.
Kerns Commission Company: Indiana vsels.
1Ss 70. $40. Indiana calves. rs 70. 81 !. ID
~, 80 - a - 80 q o.f. r15 y. sfO. 30 u
s6 50. 10 Ohio calves. 2O7 70. 81 80; IS. oS ID.
IS IS.
SHEEP AND LaMBs-Reoefpts. 333 esr,.
ket sheep were IN fair demand and steady;
lambs less active and generally selling loc %
arrivals Common TO prime sheep sold az So o
asa 20 per 100 70: a few tops. 50; cuils. sSgss.
$ 10; cuIls. s. IS Dressed mutton steady. az
Sd1OC per 70; dressed lambs slow. az 1zG14c;
very few hog dressed at f4lsc-
sales-NevtOn & Co: 2e9 west Va lambs "a
70 sysrage s 10 per m 100 n 2gi q s. y - 81
Va S ieT n. 81 a:s:' Is: calls. sG = 70 TS. 81
s. sanders: 10 state Ianes % 70 80 -. % is;
3 3 81 8 e e Jss.zs sss Ps1 So q g. 3 ss sas l.s Seq
Z I25 n. s. %: So 1os n So IS: . lis ID IS %
Ksrns Commission e Company. s4o onfo Isnh-
81 10 81 65: 202 Indiana. - 70. 81 I5, Us. -
y. g s7ts: 81 Va, 81 70. So 5o Gull lambs 40
sheep. 1Is n. 50 80: Is va 100 n 81; - 90 ~
IS 50: Is culls. ss n. 81 so
81 So; 24e va. 81 u. 81 so: Va sheep. fo7 -
81 20; cuiis Is n IS Is: q sheep. IS r ss So
3. Judd & Co: III state lambs "a n. 81 g
s. u: sheer. lie n. 50: 6 7s n. Sc.
HOGS-Receipts s1s cars OF LAT had
about steady. with medium weiE1t hogs ssIIi,s
at 50 e59ss % Der 100 n.
age 50 Is per 100 N: roush. asa 10 IS IS
s Judd & CO. 10 state hogs. 1eS -, % ss.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
SHOE MACHINERY WAR OVER?
Boston Hears Rumor of Compromise
Settlement-Oficials Won't Talk.

Boston, Sept. 23.-Shoe manufacturers in
New England and other parts Of the coun-
try made numerous inquiries in this city
to-day as 10 a reported compromise settle
rnent between the United Shoe Machinery
Company and the Thomas G. Plant Com
rIany of the suit involving the validity OF
the leases Of the former company. United
Shoe Machinery common stock took an
other , point jump to-day in the local
market The officials Of that company
would neither deny nor affirm the stories
Of a compromise while the Plant company
officials refused to talk on the matter
Henry Is. Endicott large shoe manu-
facturer. who made a public Endorsement OF
the new shce machinery installed at the
Plant factory after the removal Of the
machines Of the United company, and who
was recently elected a director IN the
latter company, was also reucent to-day
regarding the alleged settlement
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
FOREIGN MARKETS.

Liverpool Sept. 23.-WHEAT-SpOt dull.
futures firm: October. IS 4%d d. December. -
sid: March. 80 SD CORN-Spot steady.
American mixed. IS sd: futures quiet. October.
4s 64, d: December. IS =. a. Professionalism.
Is FIOUR-Winter patents. rs Sd. HOPS
In London (Pacifc COastl. "a 5sGff 15s
BEEF.-Extra India mess. 1865 I'd PORK
Prime mess Western, loss 9d. HAMS-ShOrr
cut 67s Cd. BACON-Cumberland cut. TSs.
short rib. SIS clear bellies. I5s. long clear
rniddies. light. T6s, heavy. us; short clear
backs OBs. shoulders. square. Sis Sd LARD
Prime Western. tterces. 62s 3D. American
refined. pals. SIS. CHEESE-('anadian finest
white, new. B4s. colOred. J4s I'd TURPEN-
TINE-Spirits. SIS ROSIN-COnulOn. 15s Sd
PETROL. .Et- -Af-Refned I'd LINSEED OIL.
4Ts COTTONSEED OI1~-HuIl refined. spot.
as TAIIOW-Austraiian tn London. 3Ss sd.
London. sept 2S.-RAW SUGAR-Centrtf-
u~ai rs I'd: muscOvadO. lis. BEET SUGAR
-September. lis ID CALCUTTA LINSEED-
September October. TIs. LINSEED OIL. as
Cd. SPERM OH. f32. PETROLEUM-Amer-
lean refined. t5-16d: spirits. 90. TCRPEN-
TINE-Spirfts. SIS lOiad. ROSIN-Anerican
strained. 15s. fine. 16s 1Oi2d-
Antwerp. Sept 2S.-PErROLECM N. 10 francs
so centsrnes.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
u S. LEADS IN CREDIT
treasury Stands First Among
Nations in Gold Holdings.

,,-.,., SEM -s3-Tile United states
- hest credit OF any nation. This
eH'S- - a COMPARISON Of the prices Of
a. ---.--,,,ent bonds Of England. Franco.
.-,- tAe sns The United States during the
-. ,b,-.v wears. Such comparison Is
= .,a features in the extensive COM
o' - tables showing many aspects
.-,s-icsn banking. Just issued BY the
...sa-,.l .. Monetary Commission. One table.
-, -esuces the prices ot the various
80 ~ the basis OF a per cent bond
oo-1 ,hs+ on this basis English consols
-. ceiling IN 1895 at lass and our 3
&c - 1soS-lslS at 1851. BY 1909. how
- or 3 Der cents had come 10 sell at
',ss-,- n-ice than the consols. bringing
- as COMPARED with 1o0-52 for the con-
sols - g. .ro
increased from / $50 in 1867 TO 1872
-a,o ,nd 10 6.s93 in 1So9. State banks In
- from 20 IN 1857 20 u.Sl9 In 1902.
- the capital. including surplus. or
-.+ioual banks was S4Sl.7Ooo coo; in 1863
- q q. .lea00o. State banks, though
: :, ,,,.ulin,her the national banks, have
.-'>..-,bined capital OF only S56s, 7o0,ooo
-. cornanies. which have multiplied
- -suidlv in recent years. reported TO
-,,,rnber of 1.o7e, showing a capital OF
.-..m0A Figures for the average capi-
- n-fns out the fact that il 1909 the trust
.,,-nsnies led. with al average capital Of
100 tl,p tionaI banks and the state
- having s22o 500 and $4,000. respec-
rvely.
-,a table giving the number and average
.,,-al Of national and state banks by
,-stes $3.50. 1886. 1890 and 1909. brings out
=. FACT that the highest average capital
a. +ba case of national banks was found
a 200 ,p tie state of New York, S7ll-So0
r-,,o +otaI deposits 81 ali reporting banks
,,-c,n5irz individual, bank and government
s.,oeirSl have increased from S-olS,0Uc,OJJ
-. +o S16. 500. op0 in 1879 or tho money
ss-osi+e5 IN 1909. all but s., -, ,6oo, o,ooO-the
-.-inss hank deposits OF the country-Was
a. commercial banks. The proportion OF
= holdings 10 total deposits has de-
--sase6 from g76 per cent in 1867 to S5 per
=. ~ 7saa The greatest loss through
tsnk failures came IN 1895. si,5i90oo. since
-so- the total loss has been only little
- & oaaeoa. IN 1893 the outstanding cir
r-ls-iou Of notes was Ss4l. 0o.0Go, represent
.-r ss rer cent OF the national bank capi-
81 n 1S9 the New York City national
Inks beio. Il Per cent Of the total deposits
os'-+e country: they now hold only = per
cert.
u 1Ss The Bank OF France held the laTg-
,sr stock OF gold. sS94 co. .000. the Bank OF
F1rlsnd being second with S1SS,0oo,oo0 the
paichsbank third with Sl67. J0O.a0e. and the
1-n;ted States Treasury last with SS'VOD.-
es New the United States Treasury
stands first with the enormous sum Of 81
psa eoOo0. the figure for 1903, France second
,rstb sos 90 e00. the Reichsbank third with
-g.eNe0a ana the Bank OF England last
With SIS 0000s1
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
,u ROBBERS SENT TO PRISON

Iohn Mood. alias John wilson alleged to
la one Of the most notorious mail robbers
N the country. pleaded guilty Yesterday
!" -. ridge Chatfield In the United States
o's-s,,I+ Court Brooklyn. 10 Iooting mail
-. and having in his possession a
80 box key. There were nine indict-
,+s against the prisoner and he pleaded
',,,,,, IN ALI of then. He was fined 81 and
p, "a the federal prison in Atlanta for
stgbt wears. George Young. an accomplice
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24

Spot quiet and 20 points lower at l3 zoe Tor
rniddling upland and 1886 for middling Gulf.
Sales 800 bales: delivered contract. 1.lOO
bales. Liverpool cables: Spot dull and easier;
sales 900 bales: speculation and export, 100;
American, 5000 Imports. $1,000, all American
Mid-upland. 1921. Futures opened steady al :
point net lower and later positions 51a TO IA
points higher. September. 7.69d: Septemoer-OctO--
ber ICED; October-Novenber. I0Td; November
December. 6991ad; December-Jan anuary. $3.50;
January-Feb $3.50; February - March,
6964Ad; Alarch-Aprr and Aprtl-May, 6.9T3zds
May-June. 6.9Sd; June-July. $3.50; July-August,
6.94 I'd.
COFFEE-Less active. but prices were well
sustained and after having shown net gain
of about 40 points during the middle of the
day closed steady net unchanged to points
higher Sales were reported of about $1,000
bags The opening was steady at unchanged
prices to an advance OF 5 points, in sympathy
with better European cables than looked for
and reports Of continued strength In Brazil
Havre closed at a net advance OF I Il Y franc,
and Hamburg was u pfennig higher; Rio firm
hut UNCHANGED. Santos 80 reis lower. Brazilian
exchange on London was so lower. Spot
steady at lie for Rio No Z. Local contract
prices
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
PRINTING PLANT TO RESUME
The American, Owned by NJ. G. D.
Borden. Has Been Idle Sixteen Weeks.

Fall River. Mass, Sept. 23.-Announce-
mont was made at the offices Of the Ameri-
can Printing Company to-day that the
n1ant would resume operations next week.
the engraving department being already IN
operation. The plant has been idle for
sixteen weeks, and # is figured that 100000
pieces Of printed cloth have been withheld
from the market in consequence. The Fall
Rjver Iron Works Company's seven mills
also owned by NJ. C. d. Borden, Of New
York. have been operated on alternate
weeks during the summer. No orders have
YET been received to change the schedule.
About 1900 operatives are employed in the
Two plants.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
MOI a KIDNAPPING CASE.

Magistrate House. in the Morrisania
,o,-+ Yesterday dismissed the charge of
kidnapping against Miss Margaret Mitchell
- No 1857 Monroe avenue. The Bronx
The young woman was arrested at 1sSth
e+raat and Third avenue on Thursday night
&C she was wandering about with four
vear-old Frances Spearman, who had been
missing from her home, at No. 4o7O Third
avenue. since Wednesday afternoon. She
had permission from the child's mother tc
take her out.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

Boston Sept 23.-"The Commercial BulIs-
tn will say Of the wool market Saturday.
Trade IS moderate in the aggregate but
practically all business IS being accOfnpLisned
in small Individual quantities The goods
market still lacks substantial activity. and m
CONSEQUENCES manufacturers are buying raw
material only for actual consumption Prices
are Arm. although no advances ara asked bJ
dealers.
The shipments OF wool from Boston te
September %. inclusive. were 1SSSS1Set
pounds against 1s9 III s64 for the sams time
last year The receipts to September - In
elusive were 219. .254. 125 pounds against $50
19s. .55L fOr the same period last year
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
REICHsBANK MAY RAISE RATES
Private Discounts Already at Official
Level

Berlin, Sept 2S.-The private rate of dis
count having reached to-day the level OF
the official rate, il IS believed in financial
circles that the Reichshank will soon raise
fits rate.
It is understood that the movement at
the bank has continued rather satisfac-
torily Notwithstanding the fact that the
markets lending rate for carrying stocks
is now from to per cent higher than
the Reichsbank's rate for collateral loans
New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
MEXICO FLOOD DAMAGE SMALL

d. 2. Bennett, vice-president of the Ma
tional Railroads of Mexico. declared yes
terday that recent reports of the damage
to the company's line in Mexico from floods
had been exaggerated. He said reports just
received from San Antonio set forth that
the washouts had affected some of the
bridges reconstructed last year, but that
the total material damage was not serious
and the money loss was trifiing.