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BOSTON COPPEr STOCKS.

Quotations furnished BY w b. Hibbs & Co.. men, /
bers Of the New YORK stock Exchange Hibbs /
Building Bid Asked i
Boston Gems ............................. II % j
Butte Coalition .-.-.-.-...-............... p 229
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chickens and hens mixed l9a2O: capons. lib aver
age ier ID. s5a2s do, small 23a2i slips. per lb..
Il; ducks lsa29; geesk. per h.. llal6.
DREsSED MEArS-Hams. country. sugar-cured.
lss2I
SUNDRIES-BeesWax. Is talow' 6a6Iz: ginseng.
per h.. 50oa5.0; seneca. per ID. 20: golden seal
i0aa5 pink. lZali; mandrake. 2a3: snake root IS;
walnut kernels dry l5al6; black walnuts per 100 IS
DRIED FRUITS-Appes. sliced. fancy. ia5: cher
res. l2al5, backberries. Z: Vhortlcberries, pa
WOOL AND HIDES-Wool. unwashsd. free Of
burs. per lb, 30 WOOL barry. per b.. 2a2s; hides
green. per b., 10; do, dry. pegsib- I5als: sheep
skins green each 7SAloo do, dry. each 25aeO; calf
skins. Srcen, each, LNaL7S
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Largest Morning Circulation.
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LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET.
lPrices qnoted DC wholesale.l

BUTTER-Creamery. fancy. 32lsR33is; do. frsts, 81
a32; do seconds q; process, fancy, za27h; d. fair
TO good 26a27; dairy. choice 24a25; do. good aas3;
store packed. lsa0
CHEESE-New York State factory. fancy arsls.
Nal7h; do. small l7al7iz; do. large. l6ital7
EGGS-Nearby. choice. returnable cases 2oa2rs:
West Virginia and Southwest Virginia returnable
90 Tennessee returnable cases. %. North Carolna.
re;tunable. 90
LIVE POULTRY Chickens. spring. large, 2h2;
do. medium. 2ia26; do. Sring. Na35; hens. small
per b.. lsl4; large, lslz roosters. per h.. 10:
ducks. Old ls; do. spring. lbs. and over ls:
geese. per b., lOal2; do fancy. l2al4: turkeys.
toms, per h.. IS do, hens 90; turkeys thin lOal2;
keats. per h.. Is
NEGETABLES-Potatoos per bhl. L0Oal q: sweet
potatoes, per bbl.. new. 2ooa25e; yams. per bbI..
sLB
DRESSED PoULTRY-Chickens. Der h.. za5:
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LOCAL GRAIN MARKET.

GRAIN-Whest. per bushel. l02aIl3: corn. shelled,
PCT bushel 20 TO IS; cob. SO 10 400 per barrel
cats. Western. white No 2 Per bushel Sass
mixed per bushe 52a56: bran. per ton. IS coa2s %
middlinR. per ton. 2lOo.
HAY AND SrRAW-Hay. Western. No. J. 2 %
No. 3 no. mixed 2l.OO: loose az local sales, q o0
Straw rye bundle 800; straw. rye. machine
thrash. LOO straw, wheat. per ton. 800: straw.
oat per ton. $50.
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WASHINGTON sr9Cn MARKET.

saics- Regular call Z O'Clock noon.
Potomac Electric consolidated s. Sl0m at lol
81 coo az lCl. SEQ AZ lCl. SEQ a. l0l 400 a. l0l
s. C01 az l0o7s Sloo0 A. l0G7s
Chesapeake ard Potomac Telephone s. N000 a.
l0iA ,lC0 at 1913 SooJ az lois 500 az IOlN-
CAPITAL Traction 3 az 10
Washington Railway and Electric preferred ) at
ClE
Lanston, % at s5, % at %. at nA. at 81. /
az g.
Commercial National Bank 10 a. 20. 10 a. sl5
American Security and TpIs,. ! al 30
Union Trust { az l5)h.
United States Tust. Q n lI5'.-
Commercial lnslauce 90 az 5. 100 az So 30 ar 81.
Follow ing are the bid. and asked prices on yester-
days Washington Stock ENchauEC;
GAS BONDS.
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WEEKLY BANK CLEARINGs.

New York April l5--BradstTeet's bank clearing
Ter the week ending April u show:
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WALL STREET NEWS
Most Notable Aspect of the
Market Is DullnesS.
PRICE CHANGES BUT SLIGHT
Strongest stocks Are the HnwIey
Issues, Due TO satisfaction Ex-
pressed by Members of Inspection
Pnrty-COpper Benefits by Optimis-
tic Review of the state of Trade.

New York, April l5.-The most notable
aspect OF the stock market to-day here.
and. for that matter, at all the great
financial centers. was dullness. Here
there was a large curtailment in market
transactions after yesterdays decided ac-
tlvity. and the entire tendency OF the
market was irregular, hesitatlng, and ap-
parently toward a more or less general
I equilibrium
! Closing prices of the leading stocks were
/ in only one or two instances at more
I than fractional changes from those of
yesterday The market. If anything.
/ seemed TO be somewhat stronger IA the
morning than II was in the afternoon.
The withdrawal OF orders for either buy
/ ing and selling stocks resulted naturally
/ in slightly lower prices.
HawIey Stocks Strong.
The strongest stocks on the list ap-
peared TO be some OF those belonging 10
the class commonly known as Hawley
! issues; that is 10 say. the Minneapolis and
St Louis, Missouri, Kansas and Texas,
and Chesapeake and Ohio shares. and the
! buying here was commonly attributed To
the return from the South and West OF
/ Mr. Hawley and some OF his friends from
tour OF inspection TO the various prop
critics In whose management he Is promi-
nent. Interviews were printed with some
Of these gentlemen, expressing the great
est satisfaction found by them.
Slight upward movements were also
visible in the Rock Island. Central Leath.
/ er. American Beet Sugar, and certain
other stocks OF Ike grade. Conversely, a
large decline took place i'm the American
Malt preferred shares. which now seen
TO be selling at a pretty low level for a
5 per cent dividend paying security. Anal
gamated Copper was strengthened IN the
early part Of the day by published opti-
mistic review as 10 the present state OF
the copper trade.
May Advance Rate.
The strongest stock in the market 81
the afternoon was Southern Pacific
which, Of course led to the revival OF old
rumors respecting a possible advance ir
its dividend rate.
Close observers Of the movement. how
ever. declared that the rise was largely
the work of a single stock exchange room
trader"
Sterling exchange was hrmer to-day. bu
about the only development OF interes
in this regard was a report that the Bani
OF England. by reason OF increased IN
ducements offered. had been able TO Sc
cure a comparatively large quantity o.
German gold. The truth OF this story
however. was doubted
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Quotations furnished BY W. B. Hibbs Z Co.
members Of the New York Stock Exchange. Hibbs
Building
Can money open. 81 hisa. ~ low; 81 close ~
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not yet been able to cook fried
chicken as it should be cooked. They
can cook rice. They may well pride
themselves on it. Every grain stands
apart in triumphant isolation. The
art hans been handed down for genera
tions. But as to cooking fried chicken
well, no wonder that they are al
ways waiting for Western beef to come
into the market. They know how to
cook beef
The papers of the North and South
need not be distressed over this issue
Of fried chicken. Fried chicken is all
that it has been touted in song and
story. 1t is popular, after a fashion,
everywhere, burt the art has never been
brought to the highest degree of per
lection except in Maryland, and its
name has become a synonym of all
that is palatable, that is in the highest
degree digestible, and a JOY before,
while, and after eaten.
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In the Mail Bag
The Retirement Fund.

To The Editor % The Washington Times
ACCORDING to the Gillette bin provdinE
for The retirement Of supCrauuulred
Government clerks which is now pend
ing in CONGRESS. the ALREADY poorly paid
clerks viii have 10 give up e 20 s per
cent OF their meazer salary FOR thirty
10 thiTt--fve wears. before the majority
of those now on the Government nay
rolls. viii reach the axe Of retirement
This is an excessive amount. when il
is realized how co-uparatively Few AGED
clerks viii be at once retired. with a
correspondinglv small number Of pro
motions 10 follow. II it is now con
clusiyeIv shown 20 he impossible Tor the
average Government emplOve. to proper
~ provide for Jne needs Of q growing
family. and save even few dollars for
present and future rainy DAYS under
prevailing conditions. the writer would
like 70 know how those same clerks can
stand the arbitrary deduction Of from
IS 10 S n month from their salary with
promotions not DroDOrtionately fast in
coming their way?
If each Of the, 5O.000 clerks in Wash
incton gave s. a month. there would be
provided a fund sufficiently large TO re-
tire all of the clerks Of retiring age At
$500 per wear. Il can well be supposed
that clerks at siXUv-five or seventy years
old would not have growing family
dependent upon them. while the major
ity of younger clerks from whose sal
airy the fund 10 support the retired
clerks according to the aforementioned
House bill is TO be provided. do have
such responsibility
On the other. hand. many of the old
clerks TODAY are veterans OF the civil
war. and as such are drawing q tidy
pension in addition 20 their salaries.
which the younger ones are not. and il
these old clerks. with the aid OF pen
sions and the best salaries, have not
been able-as claimed as basis for the
present action--to provide Tor their old
age. how are the younger ones who win
succeed To their positions. minus the
pension, and the officially deducted per
cent OF their salary. 10 live now or in
the future2
But. if the Government. which 50 lib
orally provides pensions for its military
employees, is less grateful for the ser
vice Of men whose best years have been
50 mt in oilins the wheel OF the civil
service. desires to 20 on record against
itself by letting them provide for the
pensions Of their predecessors. why not
assess each clerk 81 the first wear and
SO each year thereafter. Uncle sam pro-
vidine The short1ge between the amount
this collected and the sum necessary TO
pay first retirement pensions
A WASlHINGTONIAN.
Not in Government SerViCe)
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Busy Year for Statesmen.

"GoING to Europe this sumner
asked a Massachusetts Represen-
tative OF New York statesman
'Ahem; don't believe I viii this year
Mountain or Seashore2"
Neither replied the interroEatee. as
summing q confidential air. The fact is.
/ guess III stick pretty close TO my dis
trict''
Think you'll 20 shooting IN Canada
during the fa.l2" asked q man from
TEXAS Of a man from California.
'Ahem: don't believe I VIII this year
Taking a trip East. or 10 Hawaii
No not exactly YOU see. The fact Is.
things IN my district are IN such shape
that I guess III not travel much except
from school house TO school house. The
bows out there seem 70 want me TO come
home and get acquain
The next Inquirer was a Minnesota
man. and ne was talking TO a Georgian.
Thinking of coming North during the
hot spell2" asked the Ninnesotan.
Not this year. thank you" replied
the Southron Things In my district
seem 70 require my attention at home
Those who re renominated this year
have a lot Of explaining to do. and
III dI ans INK 20 EEL very busy with
my explainery as soon as I can get
back home"
That's the way they all talk. Conh-
denually-Lhey aIl explain il conf
dentially-there will be no vacations
for the statesmen this season. They
will get right oU- on the hastings. ex-
planning why il was or wasn't revised
inward. or downward. and how they
did or didn't help do fl that way or
the other way, as the case may or
may not have been, and what they
would have been glad 10 do, only thai
they weren't in a position to do il.
you know.
Explaining? There is going to be
the biggest yield since before the last
big wind. The only man with moth
ing TO explain is Representative Hull
Of Des Moines. He is out trying 70
gather in some explanations. He
doesn't need TO omit any. He recently
received all he had coming. He was
beaten for denomination. Other pec-
pie in like scrapes. will be comfort
able, but not happy. The man run
ming for anything this year will be q
very animated person. No outings for
his, except at the county fairs.
The Census Bureau estimates from
complete data, that more babies viii
be kissed in the next four months
than since Caesar made his third run
for triumVir
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C capital Tales .
Rayner'S Spelling

IF THERE is anything that Senator
Rayner is sensitive about it is the
spelling OF his name. He wants il
spelled R-A-Y-N-E-R and no other way.
Regardless Of this there are number
OF correspondents here who fan into
error, when they refer to the Maryland
er and when they do, the Senator be-
comes perturbed-
Not long ago, 2 ccording 70 a current
story. Senator r; yner called at the Of
fee Of one Of The New York news
papers. and asked TO see the bureau
manager. He was Immediately ushered
in and Immediately stated his business.
II want 10 know" said the Senator,
why your paper is so consistently hos
tile 10 me. / have done nothing that
am aware of TO incur its continued
wrath"
I think you are mistaken Senator, 4"
replied the correspondent. Il know OF
no reason why my paper should be
hostile TO you As a matter Of fact, 7
do not recall anything II ever printed
which would give you ground for that
assumption. What has The paper said
TO which you object?'
TT Invariably spells my came RAY
NOR. That is exactly what I refer
10 you"
We'll, how do you spell ito innocent
~ asked the newspaper man.
This was too much. The Marylander
gave it up and left the office
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HAWTHORNE. ON CIVIL SER.
VICE CONDITIONS.

The members of Congress who are
Just now trying to straighten out the
tang'e Of civil service retirement could
not find a more forceful plea for the
establishment of some sort of a pen
sion system than that offered more
than half a century ago by Nathaniel
Hawthorne.
1t is not generally known that Haw-
thorne was for three years = the
civil service of the Government. serv-
ing as surveyor of the customs house
at the port of Salem, nor that in his
autobiography he dealt extensively
with the question of Government en-
ployment, and its effect on the en-
ployed He did, however, and his con-
illusions, picturesquely expressed, hold
good to greater or less degree today.
They offer as good an argument for
caring for superannuated clerks now
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SEASON IS OPENED
AT WHITE SULPHUR

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. w.
Va. June I9-The season opened here
wednesday with q goodly representa-
ton from nearly every state east Of the
Mississippi river the largest number or
representative. Of course. coming from
tLe Southern States, Texas. Louisiana,
Tennessee. Georgia. Mississippi. North
and South C5rolina having the largest
number Of guests I'm The hotel
There are many guests here from Viz
giuia, West Virginia, Kentucky Ohio.
Indiana Illinois. New York, PcnnsyIva-
mia, a-d Massachusetts,. Among the
many prominent persons already here is
Minister GUIDE OF Norway, who. with his
wife and Two daughters. vii: spend the
entire season The West Virginia Bar
Association, with 80 Of the most PROM
uent lawyers of the state, wiz be here
July a.
The WesymoreIand Club, Of Richmond.
one OF the most famous social orsar Ia
uous OF the "Old South" with 4H mem
beers, VIII arrive here fra "a body 20 spend
July 10 the Fourth. These. together
with the GreeUbrier county annual
horse show are expected % make -re
season an unusually good enc.
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THE NATIVITY AND HOME OF
FRIED CHICKEN.

a disloyal and irreverent writer in
tie Columbia IS. c. State has pre-
cipitated a discussion as to the merits
OF fried chicken, and has intimated
that its popularity in that section of
the country, which is supposed to be
its native habitat, is due to the diff
Guilty of procuring a ''frst-class article
of roast beef and tefIerloin steak"
ibis statement has naturally awak-
ened pain and surprise in the regions
farther north-the regions which have
been so frequently twitted with the
charge that they were not able to
produce the proper quality Of fried
chicken.
The explanation comes easily and
readily to hand The culinary art Of
frying chicken and making it tasteful,
with all the concomitants which are
supposed to belong to it, does not be-
long either to the North or the South.
1t is in Maryland that it has been
brought TO the highest degree of per-
lection. As an evidence of that fact.
the menus of every State which caters
TO tae taste OF the epieure list chicken
a la Maryland among their delicacies,
which is prima facie evidence that
there 1t has been brought TO the high
est degree of perfection As it comes
on the. table the carving has been
done in the kitchen, and that archaic
barbarism requiring the head Of the
table 20 perform this embarrassing
feat in the sight OF the guests is wisely
dispensed with.
Even in South Carolina they have
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-19
CAPTAIN OYSTERS SHOES
HARD TO FILL.

1t viii be difficult indeed TO find a
man who can properly fill the school
board shoes to be left empty by Capt.
James F. Oyster. By the same token.
1t Is with sincere regret that the Dis
trict Of Columbia gives up the enjoy
ment Of the excellent services of this
worthy official. Captain oyster has
done much for the public schools Of
Washington, and it is unfortunate for
them, for the rising generation, and
for the welfare of the city generally
that he feels he can no longer give
his valuable time to the duties he has
performed so faithfully and effectively
in the past
Men of Captain Oysters integrity.
clesrness Of vision. and vigor of right
purpose are few and far between. The
city has been fortunate in that he has
given its public Institutions and its
general progressive affairs so much at
tention- Any lessening in his efforts
toward the upbuilding of Washington
and the things that make Washington
what it is will be felt as a loss by all
who keep abreast of the forward move
ment of the community.
In casting about for a successor to
Captain Oyster on the school board
those upon whom the responsibility of
selection rests can do no better than
to enlist the services of man who
measures up to him who is stepping
out. The standard set by Captain
Oyster is a mighty good standard to
follow in choosing those who are to
direct the affairs of our public schools.
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A Matter of Moment.

TIE serious business Of debating con
L servation legislation was interrupt
ed the other da- when Senator Hughes
Of Colorado innocently suggested that
some old boat or other had been thu
first steamship 10 cross the Atlantic
ocean solely under her own steam.
Ordinarily this would not have pre-
Cipitated a controversy. But just a.
this time the Senate was feeling airy
over the prospect OF en- early adjourn
ment and an earlier disposition of the
Taft legislative program"
No sooner had the Colorado Senator
waited his steamship statement out
upon the air than Senator Bacon, the
parliamentary eNper, - among other
thinSs-rosc TO take issue. He said that
the Hughes ship was not the first one
10 steam across the Atlantic He knew
better.
wei. what ship was it?" quer'eI
Senator Hughes.
1t was the good ship City Of Savali-
nah," replied Senator Bacon. He was
proud that the name was the same as
the great seaport Of his own State
This statement did not go mch.I-
lenged- Other Senators. including the
always well informed GaIlinger Of New
Hampshire, and the historian. Lodge
were provoked 10 reply The afternoon
wore along without a anal conclusion
The next day Senator Bacon cane
into the Senate armed with a large
framed photograph Of the City OF Sav-
annah. Where he had dug up the els
print OF whatever IL was. ne did not
explain. The exhibition OF this started
the friendly row all over again. ana q
second days debate followed without
an agreement
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Small Parties Gather
At Chevy Chase Club

taeF! Chase was the mecca for the
Washington society folk sun ia town
last night, large number Of dinner
a. les taking place an tle club.
. e large Dutch treat party included
Nh and Mrs James r.. Mitchell Mr.
and airs. DTusly MrEluuUu Mr.. and
MIS- Francis Bennett Poe. Mr.. and
MIS- CLARKE Na-Eauau. lIr. ana Mrs.
EDWARD Mitchell ar and Mrs ETd-
rla1e Jordan, Miss Pausv BIoomer Mis-
t--l-er Denny. Miss Helen Downing
Miss Elsie Downing. Miss Mary No
LaH'el- Miss Louise Townsend. Miss
Gertrude Williams. Brfttou Browne
FREDERICK Faust Charles Rockwell
I.91rl- stead, James Barry. David Bar
Capt and Mrs Edward CARPENTER. Z.
S. A., Miss Switzerland and BASH Miles
were Ginning together informally az the
club last evening
Another parry Included General and
Alrs Marshall. Major and Mrs. T.aFur
---IoE and Mrs Earl--. Colonel Lang
mr. Ars- Fries and captain and Mrs
CLAYTON. with Major and Mrs. Conner
as hosts
Major and AIRS. Cole entertained sriu
another party having as their guests
Major and Mrs Dion Williams and
Mater and Mrs. Rg5=irGar
Ar. and Mrs. T. Morrill, Chauber-iu
ziS' had guests with them ar dinner.
IN their party were Mr. and Mrs
Charles y Wheeler and Capt Paul
Chember-fr
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BILL IS NOW FL
NALLY ENACTED.

The railroad bill has now passed
both houses Of Congress and has been
signed by the President. Part of it Is
already law Such parts Of it as are
not now in effect viii become efFective
in sixty days 1t is by long odds the
biggest legislative accomplishment Of
the session. 1t is, moreover, the most
stringent measure for the government
control Of railroads ever put on the
statute books in this country.
Now that the bin is pas and
signed it viii he Just as wosI 20 say
one final word about it, in the. interest
Of keeping history straight Between
now and the November elections we
shall hear I. good deal about vino is
entitled TO cre.ut for the odvancad
legislation on this subject the country
has secured. Already, more or less IS
helng heard about it. Gentlemen are
showing signs of going before the COIN
try and taking credit unto themselves
when they do not deserve IL, and every
body familiar with the facts knows
they do not
Early in the session there was sent
TO both houses the Administration rail
road bill, chiefly the handiwork of At
torney General Wickersham. That bill
had several meritorioUs features and
a good many that were enything but
meritorious. At first efforts were made
to crowd this bill through in its
original form. The word went out that
members of Congress who opposed its
chief features would find themselves
not in good standing at the White
House.
What happened? 4 storm of oppo-
sition arose TO some Of the features Of
the Administration bill. The ablest Of
the insurgents in both houses, who dre
the peers in capacity Of any Of its
members, assailed those provisions of
the bill they deemed evil and vicious.
One of these was the section which
would have allowed traffic agreements
10 be formed without hindrance, on
mere filing Of the agreements with the
Interstate Commerce Commission. The
merger section provoked a storm. So
did the proposition 20 shut the Inter
state Commerce Commission and the
shipper out of standing IN court on
appeals from the orders Of the COM
mission, as did some other phases OF
the original bill.
The result OF this opposition and OF
the fight TO strengthen the bill chat
followed can easily be read IN the bin
as it stands now, signed by tue Presi-
dent. The hill that his been enactci
is widely different from the original
Administration bill. The differences
are so marked that they are apparent
in every part Of the bill 1t his been
made over into a new measure, and the
men who have forced Congress to make
1t over and improve 1t are not the
regulars OF Senate and House ny any
manner Of means. They are, with few
exceptions, the Senate and House in
surgents, the men who are in disfavor
with the White House.
Others there viii be, in large num-
bers, who VIII 60 before the country
and say eve" made the railroad bill.
Perhaps, even, it viii be said that
good railroad bill was fashioned in
spite Of insurgent opposition. In that
not at all improbable event it will be
Just as well to have the real facts
fresh in ones memory.