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Visible Grain Supply
New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, January 16.--The rice market continued active today with the principal business transacted being in Honduras supplies:
 Receipts: Rough, 517S; clean, 1927; mill CTS, 42S7.
 Sales Rough, 2041 Honduras at $2.56 @3 no sales Japan. Clean, 4592 Honduras at 1%@411c; '1442 Japan at 1 13-16G3c.
 Quotations: Rough Honduras firm, S2@ :: :25; Japan firm, I2@3.10. Clean Honduras firm, 3@47sc; Japan firm, 21z@S14c.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Local Cotton Market
ton Seed Products

Cotton Seed Products Corrected daily by Buckeye Cotton on
 Company on. prime. l0QD47Hc per gallon: meal,
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Kan.ns Citx Grnin

Kansas City, January 16-Wheat fu- lures, May, s7stc bid; July, 92ssG921xc bid. Corn, May, 4Sc bid; July, 4Sss0Ac sellers. Cash wheat lower; No. hard. 99cI$1 .O1 i; No. red, $l. .O3. Corn lower; No. 3 mixed, 441hc; No. 9 white, 4514c. Oats unchanged; No. 2 white, 33Q34c; No. 2 mixed, S1@S2c.
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Saturday 1s,l5s bags. against sS57 last year. .os Mo
 Spot quiet; Rio No. '. 13ssc; santos , Mo, c 4 14tsa14Ac Mild quiet; Cordova' lo74w
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Interior Movement

Houston: Quiet; mi3dling, 14lsc; net re- ceipts. 1537S; gross receipts, 15,37S; ship ments, 15,784; sales, 109,076
 Augusta: Steady; middling. IA 1-16c; net receipts, 566; gross receipts, 566; ship ments, 71s; sales. 1645; stock. S4,12S.
 Memphis: Steady; niiddling, 14l4c; net receipts. 27O2; gross receipts, 6655: ship ments, 62sl; sales. 29Oo; stock, 226,165.
 St. Louis: Quiet; middling, 14Ac; net re- ceipts, 2l1; gross receipts, PIP; shipments. 25a2; sales, 24,139.
 Cincinnati Midding, 13c; net receipts, 105O; gross receipts, 1050; shipments, 2&; stock, 1S,31.
 Little Rock; Quiet middling, IA 13-16c; net receipts, 517; gross receipts. 5l7; ship ments, 1862; stock, 39,S23.
 Louisville: Firm: middling. 15Ac.
 Total today: Net receipts, 2O,424; gross receipts. 26.s7s; shipments, 27,S5 sales, 7S90 stock, 501, ,702.
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St. LOuis Grain

St. Louis, January 16.-Wheat futures lower; May, 1011s; July, S47s@95c. Corn lower; May. 4sasdp431sc; July. 491ac. Oats lower; May, 334sc. Cash wheat lower; track No. red, N.o4; No. 2 hard, s9ca s1O4. Corn lower! track No. 2, 461s@ issic; No. white. 47hc Oats lower; track No ?, S3c; No white, 34iac.
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New Orlcan. Cotton Future.

New Orleans, January ls.--spot cot
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Live stock Market

Chicago January 16.-Cattle: Receipts' 95. .0oo: market, weak; beeves, s4.S0G1; Tex
 as steers, s4. .2G0l5. 40; western steers, A." @6. stotkers, sS sO@5 30; cows and heif- CTS s2. so@6. 40; calves, T.5ods.bo Hogs: Receipts, 3S,O00; market more ac- tive and strong to 5c higher than early light, S7. 1908; mixed, T.75qS; heavy, ". 'Va &: rough, $7. .70Ql7 80; good to choice heavy'
 $7 sO@S; pigs, s7.5o0s.o6; bulk or sales' q. .S0G7 .95.
 Sheep: Receipts, S6OO0; market. weak; native, s2 5oQl4 45: western. g 6oq4. 40; vca rlirgs, S4. 50G5.70 lambs, native, s4. "a dl6. .45; western, $5@6.4o.
 Kansas City, January 16.-Cattle: Re ceipts, lG,0OO, including 1400 southerns; steers, weak to 15c lower; cows, stockers and feeders steady; dressed beef ana ex' port steers, St. 10@6.7 75; western steers $oQ 6.25 stockers, $4.50@5.so; southern cows tive cows, $3 .25@5 25; heifers,, s4 25Q6So; bulls, $s75QI5; calves, $5@6.50
 Hogs: ReceiptsA sO0c; market, Dc lower; bulk of sales, $77097 80; heavy S.7Oq '. 30; packers and butchers, S.I097 80; lights, $7.7oa7. .7761k.
 Sheep: Receipts, 14,000; market. sheep,
 steady; lamLs. 1OG25c lower; lambs, $5.65
 @6, 10; yearlinss. $475d6. 25;S western, $4.20 @6; ewes, $46l4. 35; stockers, sS.25@4. St. Louis, January 1i.-Cattle: Re- ceopts, 45OO, inclu6nig 1900 Texans; mar
 ket, slow; native beef steers, $5@5. 75; cows and heifers, B. .15G6.50; stockers and feed
 CTS, 8 .75@5 50; Texas and Indian steers s3. .75d6, 50; cows and helfers, $3AA.75;
 calves in carload lots. $4. .759s. Hogs: Receipts. 1200; market, lower;
 pigs and lights, s7.5o@7 .s5; packers, S.5o@ 7.s5; butchers and best heavy. s7.sO@7. .95. Sheep: Receipts 1900; market, slow; na- tive muttons $S.75@4. .35 lambs, 8. 50@ 6.5O.
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Coffee Market

New York, January 16.-The market for coffee futures opened weak at a decline of 5624 points under liquidation and bear pressure which seemed to be inspired by 1cwer European cables. talk of unsettled urinary markets, reports of lower offer ings from Brazil, the failure of Brazilian receipts to fall of as rapidly as expected and claims that recent rains had helped new crop prospects. Offerings were well absorbed around the initial figures,~ how ever, and later in the day the market rallied from the lowest on covering of shorts and renewal of bull support with the close firm, net points higher to 1S points lower. Sales So.S75 bags January and February. l.40c; March and April, il .4Sc; May. Il .4sc; June, lille; July. n S7c: August, 11.3ic; September, 1.25c |: October Il .19c; November and Decmeber, Il .1Sc. A5,s s. W
 Havre was E to 1A franc lower Ham, burg was hG1 pfennig lower. Rio nom final at [ SIX ,s75. Santos quiet, As SIX 650, Is SIX 150. Brazilian exchange on London unchanged. Receipts at the two Brazil ian ports 1000, against 10Oo0 last year. Jundiary receipts 5100 against S4oo last year. New York warehouse deliveries
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The First National Bank.
 Of Birmingham, Ala.
RESOURCES

RESOURCES Loans and Discounts ...s 7.s24,12s.75 Overdrafts .......... 26212 U. s. Bonds and Premiums 1,117, ,50000 State of Alabama Bonds. 7.50000 Other Stocks and Bonds. 356, ,50000 Banking House ........ 145,oo000
 CASH In Vault =. s1,249,S23.01 With Banks 3,026,707.5 With U. $.
 Treas. .... 81,500.00-$ 4,35S, S,030.55
 s13,95s,e19.42
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Cash quotations were as follows: -l Flour-Slow.
 Rye-No. 2, S5c.
 Barley-Feed or mixing,\ 70as0c; fair to choice malting. 9o@96c.
 Flax Seed-No. southwestern, $2.51 No. l northwestern, s2.64.
 Timothy seed, s1O.25.
 Clover, s15.
 Mess Pork-Per barrel, s1s 771k@199 90. Lard-Per 100 pounds. $10.271a - Short Ribs Sides-Loose, $9. 95610. .571a. Short Clear Sides--Boxed, s10. 75011. Butter-Weak; creameries, 17G25c; dairies, 16G22c.
 Eggs-Weak; receipts, 35S4 cases. at mark, cases included, 22@26c; firsts, 27c; prime frsts, 2Sc.
 Cheese-Steady; dairies, 151a@16c; twins, l31aQ14c; Young Americas, 151a@16c; long horns. 15i3@16c.
 Potatoes-Firm: choice to fancy, 46@ 1e1sc; fair to good, 42645c.
 Poultry-Steady: turkeys, live. 17c; dressed, 20c; hens. live, 1311c; dressed, 13c; springs, 11c dressed, 12c. veal-Steady; 50 to 6O-pound weights 9kc; 60 to s5-pound weights, 1O1ac; S5 to 11O-pound weights, 111sc.
 Visible Grain Supply New York, January 16.-The visible sup ply of grain in the United States January IA, as compiled by the New York produce exchange was as follows:
 Wheat, 43,2s7,oo0 bushels; decrease, 6S3, GOO.
 Corn, 6S9o, GOO bushels; increase, 36S 900. Oats, 15,145,000 bushels; decrease. 44S000 Rye, 426O00 bushels; decrease, 56,000 Barley, 1,45S,OO0 bushels; decrease, 305, ,0OC bushels.
 The visible supply of wheat in Canada last Saturday was 10,997,000 bushels, de- crease of 725,000.
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New York Money

New York, January 16.-Money on call steady. 4a<@3 per cent; ruling rate and closing bid 2% per cent offered at per cent; time loan a little better demand with slightly increased offerings; 60 days, 3i4G3h per cent: 90 days, 31s@Sss per cent {; six months. 3%@4 per cent
 Prime mercantile paper, to AZ per cent; sterling exchange steady with ac- tual business in bankers bill at $4. .S2. .50D 4.S2.70 for 60-day bills, and at $4.S5.s5 for sdemand; commercial bills. $4S1s4G482N 1; bar silver, 53Ac; Mexican dollars. 45c government bonds steady; railroad bonds irregular. H
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Elgin Butter Market Elgin, Ill, January 16.-Butter steady ct 27c; output, 6CT6o0 pounds.
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Naval stores
 savannah, Ga, January 1s.-Turpen- tine firm, 82Hc sales. Ill; receipts 2s7; shipments. 20; stocks. 16,21s.
 Resin firm: sales, 456; receipts 1899; shipments, S567; stock, Sb.591. Quote: B. s6.2e; D, s625; E. s6.27H; F. $6.35; G. s6.s5: H, s6.4O; l, $6.45; K, $6.S0; M, s7.5o; N, s775; VIC, s7So; wv. saS5'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-01
WIVES AND LETTERS.

IT is an altogether exceptional case.
but il tcmptS 10 li2aton. An
Austrian Judge has ruled that wife
was justified in breaking the law by
opening her husbands correspondence
because the letter she opened proved the
correctness of her suspicious. In other
words. according To- this dispenser Of
justice, the end justified the means.
Unfortunately. we are left in doubt ms
10 what would have been his pronounce
ment had the letter in question proved
The suspicion 10 be unfOunded. and yet
far wider interest and Importance. In
that case. however II is not probable
that the husband would have made the
charge against his better half Alto
gether an exceptional proceeding. as we
began by saying. and yet il is likely to
bc widely welcomed and quoted rs a
precedent for prevalent habit
Many wives. indeed, will deny that
the habit needs any legal sanction. In
all good faith they hold that il is right
UfSlbNtu upon lllflI ny MAJ ! i-F. llldl
husbands letters. or rather their con
tents. are part of the worldly goods with
which he cndows his spouse on their
wedding day And. anyway. what. pray.
are the laws of the land between "A
woman and her inner convictions on "A
subject. not to mention her curiosity
still less her suSpicionst Time was. in
the dark days of woman'S matrimonial
scrvitudc, when her husband opened her
correspondence rs II matter of domestic
routine. But we have changed all that.
The boot is now on the other foot. or
rather. the letters are now i'm the other
hand.
1t is. after all. not Il question of law
or of right. but of private agreement.
mostly tacit-at least after more or less
argument. The habit is generally cs-
tablished in the golden days Of the
honeymoon. when the two are one and
would have no secrets from each other ::
when the bridegroom is fondly anxious
to let his bride read all that he does not
tell her. Sometimes the habit H. not eS-
tabliShed until later in life. when the
sous leave home Ia stand Oh their own
feet at college ~ 10 try the strength of
their yorln. wings in the world without
But what there can be of undimnishiUg
interest to Il wife in her husbands gen
orally proSaic correspondence il n puzzle
that no man can solve. How many hus-
bands, by The way, would have enough
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-01
BIG DAY FOR STEVENS
Historic House to Go to Insti.
tute on Nav 27.

The historic Stevens Castle, at Castle
Point Hoboken. will be formally turned
over TO the use OF the Stevens Institute on
Saturday. May % and the alumni are
now preparing to make the occasion a
noteworthy one. An elaborate historical
parade has been arranged. In which a
number of the inventions of the earlier
members of the Stevens family will be re-
produced, among them the Phoenix which
is said 20 be the first ferryboat 10 make a
sea voyage
The lacrosse team of tho institute will
line up against the Carlisle Indians I'm the
afternoon. and after the game the annual
alumni dinner will be served at the castle.
The members Of the alumni day committee
are A. r. Whitney. Jr., 30. chairman; Rob-
ert NJ. Dixon. 81: David s Jacobus. 81: ].
H. Cuntz, 81; b. +. Hart. jr.. 81, Robert
g. Post. IS; Charles C. Phelps. os ex-
oiiicio; Walter Kidde 81. president: Pro-
fessor w. A. Shoudy, 49, secretary.
Colonel Edwin \. Stevens now lives in the
castle. which was built about sixty Years
ago. The grounds surrounding the castle
were purchased by his grandfather, Colonel
John Stevens. from the state in 1884 after
they had been forfeited by Mr. Bayard.
Tory. who found this country too warm
after he had raised a regiment To fight the
Continental army.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-01
CiLJFORNTA'S NEW "OIFNERS.

California became progressive last
wear with the suddenness with when
lam of ice foes in n river gives away.
consequently the released flood of polu-
lar ideas in California has produced n
legislative commofion the extent or
which may perhaps he appreciated
when It is said that Twenty-Five" amend
ments 10 the state constitution. nave
Lepn submitted 10 the people and VIII ne
voted upon next October. The state mas
y progressive Governor and Il Lpgislat-
ure that has acted IN harmony with him.
hut that appears not 10 he enough. ana
IFS constitution has largely IN be made
over to allow for growth along present
lines.
The phenomenon is profoundly inter
psting California had gone along CAM
IL enough with government, in when
certain large interests had a good deal
tn say: they were commonly spoken OF
IS "ovninc the state" The people ap-
poared 10 he content. The progressive
movement made little progress for sew
eral years. Suddenly the temper of the
people changed. They undertook last
wear to own their OWL state. and they
ere doing so with II vengeance Inc
twenty-threa amendments are Significant
of the energy and impatence of can
fornia's new owners.
THE California Outlook" speaking OF
the twenty-threp. predicts that the num-
der Of propositions laid l~fore the peo-
',lr AS amendments To the constitution
as not likely To grow less In the future
"ror will they diminish in importance.
Rut we hone II is mistaken and that
the new owners will soon get their house
in order. II is not comfortable to live III
premises that are undergoing consta Mt
alteration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-01

The violent manifestations of an
tipathy 10 Mormon missionary work
which are being made in England. and
which have involved Il Parliamentary
inquiry. are not to he regarded rs mere
resentment against an invasion of that
country by the prOpa gandiSts of an alien
faith. for. aS matter of fact. Mormon
ism has long been one of the religions
of England with at the present time
cighty-two churches and more than
eighty thousand members. 70 what cX-
tent the obnoxious missionary work is
heing done Ivy resident English Mormons,
or bv emiSSal'ieS from the United States.
hatred seems to he directed against both
classes alike
The chief offence Of the Mormon eld-
ers is. it is alleged. their persistent eff
forts 10 persuade young and attractive
girls To emigi,tc To- Utah. for which pur-
pose they make house-to-houso visits and
personal appeals: the English interpreted
tioH If this campaign being. naturally.
that the girls are intended In Income
plural wives" This the Mormons
StrenuouSly deny. declaring that polyg-
amy no longer exists among them. but,
on the contrary, is specifically forbidden:
and also that they never try to persuade
converts to migrate To- Utah. hut prefer
that they should remain at home in Eng
lard. there 10 be centres and agents Of
The faith. The English do not put much
confidence in these proteStatione. but in
sist upon regarding the MOrnons rs
polygamiSts: and So it comes to pass that
the well known Catholic preacher. Father
Bernard Vaughan. publicly declares that
they should be taken by The Scruff Of
tie neck. rushed across the island, and
dropped into the sea.
ON the whole. there is little ground for
sympathy with the MormOn>. who APP
pear Ia bc simply rcapin@ the harvest
which they themselves have SoWn. That
polygamy formerly prevailed among
them, was made practically compulsory
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-01

Providing Decrease in Rates on Build
inqs and Increase on Land.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Business and professional men Oh
New York city have shown their approval
OF the freeing OF industry by making 'he
rate Of taxation on all buildings one haif the
rate on taxation en- all land. TINS c"ans'
Is provided for in bills introduced VI wv
Assembly by w. a. Short ana III NV
Senate by r.. -. Sullivan. which wonih CT
feet this reduction in taxation on buiid'nsS
by series of Ave equal changes IN Ne
consecutive years. beginning In lslZ'
From among hundreds OF signed indorse-
ments OF this freeing of industry ana en-
couragement OF enterprise and effort, the
following signers have been selected as
representative manufacturers, mercha"'''
fnanciers, contractors. etc:
T.. ". Outerbridge. v. Everlt Macy
Charles H. Tngersoll. Joseph \. FRANCO
lni, De witt Clinton, Jr, A. Augustus
HeaIy. Byron w Holt. John j. Hopper
Walter l. Willis. James 60. Nun. james
Shevlin. =. S. dig, Horace T.. Demlns'
Theodore J. Chsbot x. w. Huebsch, Jon"
T.. Brook. John Moody, George roster fea
body Charles L. Bernheimer, frederich
Jaeger. Charles Schaefer IT,, FREDERICK -
Crawford, John W. r. Nichols,
Taxes upon Improvements are an ecu
nomic mistake and all citizens should wei
come reduction OF such taxes
BENJAMIN MARSH
u.o.,,,,yo SECRETARY of the Committee on
Congestion of Population In Ne" foiN'
New York. April -. 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-01
1ETnGR iPHS.

The sale Of the Hoe library. NOW in
progress in this city. suggests the possible
passing of the manuscript rs one of the
objects of the collectors seeking. Auto
graphs are still to be had. and Will he
available for many years to come, but III
cieaSingly. one would Judge. in the form
of brief notes. or of mere signatures ap-
pended to typewriter letters. The old
time full length manuscript Of n famous
authors work is becoming a thing of the
past Books are no longer written III
that laborious way. First drafts may
still he written with the pen or even in
pencil. but thereafter the typewriter
takes the authors place in the perform
ance of the greater part of the manual
labor. What to-day is called II manu-
script" IN the publishers offices and the
printing houses is in reality a piece #
typewritinc with or without interlinea-
lions in the authors OWN hand. He him
self refers TO this typed copy as his
manuscript. II is what he promises 10
deliver" 10 his publisher.
Ills work passes nowadays through 81
MANY imperSOnal stages in the course
of its transformation into printed book
that not single one of them can be said
10 he his manuscript in the literal. the
collectors. sense of the word. His first
proofs come TO him widely spaced for
changes and additional interpretations.
These are followed by II second corrected
set Of proofs. which. if he is satisfied,
he signs with his initials II may well
be that in time to come these final
proofs will acquire Il marketable value.
comparable, perhaps, with the engrav-
Pr'S proof before the letter. There re-
mains always the original draft re-
turned to the author by the typewriter ;
but that is rarely the exact original Of
the book as it appears in print and is
not seldom destroyed. Moreover. some of
our authors have already taken 10 die
tation. while others typcwrite their
books themselves. never setting pen t.
paper in the course of their production.
except for corrections and changes.
Manuscripts and Photograph letters
from living literary celebrities should
he boarded with great care by their re-
cipents. The prospect is that they will
glow increasingly rare. Autograph sig
natures are probably all that the next
generation will he able 10 bid for in the
auction rooms and add to IFS collections
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-01
THE WEEK" is ALMOST Up.


IT was last Tuesday that Mayor Gay
nor p,odicted The settlement Of the sub
way problem within week. In that
time there was 10 he made an offer so
much better than the lnterborough
RAND Transit Company's offer of las'
December. over which negotiations have
been conducted ever since. as to bear
scarcely any resemblance to II. II tn
Mayor is going to sustain a reputation
fer the Gift of prophecy the wonderful
offer must he made within few hours
and accepted a. once.
The Interborough company has been
silent since the Mayor uttered his pre-
diction. which may indicate that 1t is
preparing to make its Jump after see
ing tho "spangles" of IFS rival The
Grooklyn Rapid Transit Company mean
while has had The Stage To itself. en-
cept for Vice President Rae's protest on
the part of the Pennsylvania Railroad
against acceptance of the brooklyn
plans. The Pennsylvania Railroads rea-
sons for favoring the lnterborough com
palv are natural enough. Completion
Of the present subway, as the inter-
borough plans it. would connect the
PENNSYLVANIA Station with system con
.istinc of an East Side and a West Side
subway in Manhattan. Any other plan
would give access Ia the Pennsylvania
station only upon IL single north and
south line In Manhattan. II is proper
for the Pennsylvania Railroad 10 look
out for its own interests and obtain the
largest possible transit facilities for is
station So. too. should the city consult
its own interests and obtain the system
which will best serve It's needs.
If to-day does not bring forth the so
luton of the problem if Will, of course.
not be the fault of the Mayor. hut Of
the "batherskites. though there are
some wanton persons who 20 so far Us
to say that if II were not for the Mayors
open preference for the lnterborOugh
company and the confidence which it has
inspired in the minds of the INTERIOR
ough management that dilatory corpora
ton would have been brought 10 terms
long ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-01
manship In his speech in this city OF
Thursday last he said:

The question which Ne no" nave 10
answer is whether we propose 10 1lalh-
tain an artificial wall across the country
200 miles in length and of indehi,ile
height 10 prevent the natural trace ti'd
would flow between two great NATIONS vi
people Of the same language. OF si''iia,
character. traditions. business habits any
moral aspirations. when the removal ",
that wall would furnish to each county,
the economic advantage OF us coiie-
spending enlargement OF prosperous
population and territory. without ,hs
added responsibility of government anu
political control.
That is the spirit in which the states
men of the past worked who looked 10
the upbuilding Of the nation Ill all il'
parts and were not afraid 10 push us
borders 10 the Mississippi and then u
the Pacific. Who now regrets thai eNl'ah'
sion. and who ten or twenty years hehc'
will regret the similar expansion OF our
economic boundaries northward, II fresi
dent Taft's courage and foresight brina
II about