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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. July 31--Closing: Cot
ton-Spot quiet; prices II points lower.
American middling. fair. Sis: good mid
ding. rs: middling. 7.42; low middling.
lis: good ordinary. $40: ordinary. go.
The sales of the day were 1000 bales.
of which 500 We're for speculation and
export. and included $500 American. Re-
'ceipts, 500 bales, including 1850 Ameri-
can Futures opened easy and closed
firm. August. 1861: August and Sep
TENDER. 10. September and October.
699i1. October and November, 6.92; No
yember and December. $751;: December
and January. 6.s6: January and Febru-
airy. 6s6: February and March, 6S6i. !.
March and April. 6.S71a; April and May
ass; May and June. $50.
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NOT AFTER INTERVENTION.
Gen. Orozco Only Wants Ammuni.
ton to Restore Peace.

JUAREZ Mex. July 31.-Gen. Orozco.
chief of the rebels. declared today that
he did not seek to provoke American
intervention. He said:
eff the United States will throw
down the barriers and let us have all
the ammunition we can buy I promise
in sixty days to have peace restored in
Mexico and stable government in
charge. If anybody wants Intervention
it is Madero and his family. who are
worth millions. which they fear the
reyolutionists may convert"
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FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON, July 31--Bullion amounting
to cT3 on was taken into the Bank or
England on balance today.
India council bills were allotted at Is 4d
PARIS July 31.-CIosing: Three per
cont rentes. 81 francs 81: centin,es for
INC account.
Exchange on London. - francs pa.
centi.nes for checks. Private discount
rate. as per cent.
BERLIN, July 31.-Exchange on Lon
don. ~ marks AL. pfennigs for checks.
atcn.y. AZ per cent. tTiya,c discount
xais. ia Der cent
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NEW YORK CURB PRICES.
CALL ON GOV. WILSON.
District Democrats to Visit Seagirt,
N. J.. Tomorrow.

Many District democrats are expected
at Seagirt y. j.. tomorrow. when Gov.
Woodrow Wilson will receive at the
Little White House" all those from tho
National Capital who desire to pay their
respects and wish him success as the
democratic standard bearer in the race
for the presidency.
The special train will leave the Union
station at = O'Clock sharp.
Those who have not arranged to make
the trip can do so at the train tomorrow
morning. The party expects TO reach
Washington on the return trip tomorrow
night about IL o'clock.
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CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

CHICAGO, July observation-disclosures
1900 head; market weak to 10 cents
lower; beeves. 5.70a97O; Texas steers.
4Soa6S5: western steers, 5.SOa7. so; stock
ers and feeders. 4.Ooa7.Oo; COWS and heif-
ers 27OaS. 10; calves. 6.50a4.75.
Hogs-Receipts. 5000 head: market
slow to ) cents lower: light 7.70as 221:;
mixed 725aS.l5 heavy. 7.O5aS.OO; rough,
7O5a7.25; pigs, 6.1Oa7.W: bulk Of sales,
7.4Oa7.9
Sheep-Receipts, 5000 head; market
steady to 10 cents lower: native. 3.15a
40; western 3.30a4. Is: yearlings. Asa
$50; lambs. native, 4.25a7.6O; western,
1. 4Oa1.1l.
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William Lyons, Broker, Found Dead.

PITTSBURGH July 3l-The dead body
of William Lyons jr.. well known stock
broker and office manager of the New
York. Chicago and Pittsburgh stock ex-
change house of Darr a. Moore, was
found IN a bathtLb in hospital here to-
day when the door was forced open by
attendants Mr.. Lyons had been in i'll
health for several months.
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Early Dealings Disappointing.
Move Upward at Midday.

Most of the representative stocks
shared in the increased activity and up
ward movement a midday, Union Pa
cifc Northern Pacific. Reading. Lehigh
Valley. Steel and Great Northern adj
Nancin~ a point or better
Business was again inclined TO Slacken
in the late afternoon. but prices held
well. The movement embraced the Can
issues and Norfolk and Western, with
recovery in Tobacco speciaities.
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Coal Land Brings $3.50. 900.

WAYNESBURG. Pa. July 3l.-Deeds
have been filed for record in the Greene
county court for the transfer Of LOO
acres Of coal land i'm Monongahela town
ship by Josiah V. Thompson Of Union
town, Pa, to the Poland Coal Company
for $SSOOOO. II is the largest coal deal
ever contaminated in Greene county.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales-Regular call. II o'clock noon:
Washington Railway and Electric IS, 81 OOo at
Sbl2 $1,000 at S51a, $1,000 at ssh. $1,000 at
s3la S1o0" at soa.. $1,000 at S5N. $l,0Oo at
sos. 81 900 SJ*s, 81 600 at SJS4, $l,oo at
Sja-
Potomac Cons. IS. sI.oeo at 1o3. 81. 600 at los,
At 1Oe. 81 600 at 1o::. 81 900 at 1o3 81 900 at
at 1872 81 600 nj loa. 81 300 at 103 81 900 at
103 81 900 lO3 81 $50 at 1o3, 81 900 at 1854.
Capital Traction. ., at l23l.. II at 1874.
Washington Railway and Electric pfd., ~ at
95 10 at 80.
Nerpcnf hal cr 10 at ODD
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. July 31.-Closins: Wheat
Spot dun; No. =. Manitoba. as 111sd ,
futures. firm; July not quoted; October
as 412d December. IS SID.
Corn-Spot quiet: old American mixed,
It's 11Ad; new American kiln dried Us
9a4d: futures weak; September. As Sd; De-
cember, Is 3D.
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LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, July ;1-Amcrican securi-
ties were firm and higher during the
early trading today. At noon Canadian
Pacific Vas i: higher and the rest of the
list showed gains ranging from IA to 5.
q hove yesterdays New York closing
In the afternoon Canadian Pacific i'm
proved Another point. but prices else
where eased on a trihe. The closing was
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Liverpool Exchanges Close Monday.

LIVERPOOL, July Sl.-The corn and
provision exchanges here will be closed
Monday. August ), bank holiday. The
corn exchange will also close Saturday,
August 3.
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Bar silver steady. 27a.d per ounce.
Money. 2Ls2l2 per cent
The OF discount IN the open market for
: Snort bills is 2 15-i6s3 per cent.
The OF discount in the open market for
three month bills Is 3s3 lilo per cent.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. July 31.-Flour steady,
with moderate inquiry. Wheat-Higher
Liverpool cables. light spring wheat re-
ported and tirmness in northwest markets
resulted in a slight upturn in wheat early.
September. 1.O1 5-16a1 .O1ss. Pork steady.
Beef steady. Lard steady. Raw sugar
steady: muscovado. 50 test, 3.4Sa3. ~
centrifugal, 36 test. 39sa4O5: molasses,
50 test, 3 23a3:0. Refined steady. Petrl-
eumn easy. Molasses quiet. Hay barely
steady: prime. 30: No. 1, 10: No. .,
L. 1Oa1.3D: No :. 9Oa1.00. Hides steady.
Leather firm.
Butter irregular: receipts, l., 195 tubs.
Creamery first. 25i2a26l2.
Cheese steady: receipts, 3.232 boxes.
State whole milk, new, average fancy
white, IL; daisies. new, best. 16.
Poultry-Dressed irregular: fresh killed
western broilers, 13a21; fowls, 14'al1;
turkeys 16a17
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son clover, 5Joa6OO; timothy. per bu..
3 jpa315: blue grass. per bu.. 1IJa2. %.
redtop grass, 13.JOal40o per 100 lbs: al
falfa, per bu.. I2OOa15.O
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Banking HoursAl the departments day
except Saturdays and Legal Holidays AN PM: Saiu
day. AN TO L NJ and for deposits from NJ Isr
cd 3d. 10TH 10th and 18TH until PM When these FIVE
O'Clock days occur on Saturday Holiday shall open
hve O'Clock the succeeding business day.
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, July 31.-Wheat traders to-
day leaned to the bull side Heavy rains
We're interfering with the French harvest
and there We're showers in North Dakota,
where moisture renewed dread concerning
black rust. Opening prices were Il to CSC
up: September started at 933s to 94ls re-
acted to 33ssa33$4 and then rallied to 1875
a94.
Complaints that relief from drought had
been insufficient southwest caused buy
ing Of corn. September opened unchanged
to nc higher at &c 10 66i4 and advanced to
66asa66A
July oats bulged 1lac to soc owing to a
furry among belated shorts. September
started at last nights level, 33c, and as
cended to :3;3lsa3314c.
Commission house demand for January
deliveries made the entire provision list
firm Initial sales varied from 21ac off to
&c advance with January at 1870 for
pork: 1O411a for lard and $50 for ribs.
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BALTIMORE.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Md, July 31.-Wheat-
Firm: spot contract. 100: spot No. 2. red
western, 1.O1: July, LOO: August, 100;
September. 1.oOI4; steamer No. , red, !5l.:
receipts, 421o bushels: exports. .3s
bushels: southern, by sample. 7Say9;
southern on grade, 961aa1 coz.
Corn-Quiet: spot contract. Il: receipts.
2,01 bushels; exports. 1000 bushels.
Oats-Steady: No = white, rs: standard
white. Is: No. 5 white, 64h; receipts,
1896 bushels.
Rye-Dull.
Hay-Easier: No. l timothy, 25.O0a2o. 30;
No. ! clover mixed, 2O50a21.O0.
Grain enthusiastically: steam to Liver
pool per bushel unchanged: Cork for
orders per quarter unchanged.
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WEATHER
Showers This Afternoon and To-
night: Thursday Unsettled.

For the District of Columbia and Mary
land. showers this afternoon and tonight
Thursday unsettled: light variable winds
Unsettled weather prevails throughout
the country with general low pressure
except in the plains states and the north
west. and there were showers from the
st. Lawrence valley westward to upper
Michigan and southwestward into Texas.
in the mountain districts of the Virginias.
North Carolina and Tennessee, ana from
the plains states westward.
AS a rule, temperatures are below the
seasonal average. except In the south
and the southwest, where they continue
high
In the Atlantic and east gulf states and
Tennessee the weather will be unsettled
tonight and Thursday, with local show
ers while in the Ohio valley and the lake
region it will be generally fair.
Temperatures will change but little
The winds along the Atlantic coast Will
be moderate variable: on the east gulf
coast light to moderate variable.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following We're the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the wealth
er bureau for the twenty-four hours be-
ginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-YeSte 4 pm. -.
pm, "A: l. midnight, IS: today, am
63: 8 am. 66: II noon, as: pm, 50
Maximum. So. at pm. Yesterday; MIMI
num- 81. at & am. today.
Temperature same date last year-Maxl-
num- 80: minimum, Sc.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4 pm, 29lo; :
pm, 1916: Il midnight. pots; today.
am 297S: s am, $3.50; T. noon. 20 80;
pm, 23.S1.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
L~nt ToY11 "a
condition, lao. Dalecarlia reservOir-Tem-
perature, a. condition at north connec-
ton 1.O: condition at south connection.
$50. Georgetown distributing reservoir
Temperature ~: condition at infiuent
gatehouse, 500.
Tide Tables.
Today-I4ow tide. 3::,5 am and 800
pm; high tide 9:2a a m. and $50 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide. 1912 am. and 4:33
pm. high tide. 1905 am. and 1928 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 4:J3 In; sun sets 1:13
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises :, am.
Moon rises $40 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset;
eXtingniShing begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinguished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star
HAMPERS FERRY, w. Va, July 81
The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers are
both muddy this morning.
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MARKET IS TICKLE
Gains at Opening, Then Losses
and Further Gains.
CANADIAN PACIFIC RISES
Advances Two Points on First Sales,
Carrying Others Along.
STEEL UNSTEADY TILL NOON
Biscuit and American Tobacco Only
Strong Specialties-Bonds
Irregular.
CANADIAN PACIFIC RISES
STEEL UNSTEADY TILL NOON

NEW YORK. July GA rise of two
points in Canadian Pacific with some
strength in Steel and Northern Pacific
were the features of the stock market at
1oday's opening Changes otherwise were
nominal and mainly upward.
Promise of betterment held out at the
opening was not fulfilled. Steel losing all
IFS advance while Union Pacific and
Reading sold under yesterdays close.
Minneapolis ST. Paul and Sault Ste
Marie rose with Canadian Pacific. and the
tobacco shares moved contrarily.
Early Dealings Disappointing.
Early dealings were. doubtless, dis
appointing to that portion of the pro-
fessional element which looked for
some activity at better prices as a re-
suit of the steel statement. The mar
ket was no less stagnant than before,
while steel and other active issues
We're barely steady until just before
noon. when demand was followed by a
general rise.
Canadian Pacific made belated re-
Spouse to its remarkable June earnings
with sympathetic move in one of its
allied properties. Biscuit and Amer
lean Tobacco were the only strong spe-
cialties. Bonds were irregular.
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Hex Dividend To-day.
International Harester pfd., ~; Mont
real Light, Heat and Power Company.
~: Pullman Palace Car Company, 2:
sears. Roebuck * Co. IL: Connecticut
Railway and Lighting Company pfd., l.
and preferred or same stock. i: Mexican
Petroleum Company. l. Rome, Water
town and Ogdensburg r. X. IA; Pressed
Steel Car pfd.. Ia. Norfolk and Western
pfd., /, and Atchison. Topeka & Sante Fe
Il. r., 1iz.
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For the District of Columbia and Mary
land. showers this afternoon and tonight.
Thursday unsettled: light variable winds
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Bethlehem Steel pfd .
Brooklyn Rap. Tran.
Brooklyn Union Gas
Canadian Pacific.
Central Leather com.
Chesapeake 4 Ohio.
Chi. 4 CIR. West. pfd.
C.,M. d st. Paul com
Chicago & Northw'n.
Chino Copper
Colorado Fuel & Iron.
Consol. Gas, N. ".
Corn Products com.
Delaware 4 Hudson. .
DrfiIlerc' Securities .
Du.,S.S.& At.Ry.com
Du.,S.S.& At.Ry.pfd.
Erie R. X. com. -.
Erie r. r. LIST pfd..
Erie R. R. I'd pfd..
General Electric.
General Motors com !.
General Motors pfd.
Great Northern pid. .
Great Northern Ore.
Hide & Leath'r com.
Gug'nh m Explor.Co.
Illinois Central 49,.
Inter. Harvester com.
Inter. Mer. Ma. pfd. il.
Interboro. Met. -.
Interboro. Met. pfd..
Internat'l Paper com.
lnternat'l Paper pfd.
Int. Sim. Pump pfd. i.
Kan. City. Sou. COM
Lehigh Valley.
Liggett l. Myers com.
Loose-Wils Co. com.
Loose-Wiles LIST pfd..
Loose-Wiles ID pfd.
Louisville l. Nashville
xMexican Petroleum.
Miami Copper.
Mime. d. st l.. com.
M.,St.P .&S.S.M.com
Mo, Kan. l. Tex.com-
Mo, Kan. L Tex. pfd'
Missouri Pacific.
National Biscuit com.
Nat.Enam.& st. com.
National Lead com.
Nevada Con Copper.
Norfolk l. Western.
North America -.
Northern Pacific. :.
New York Central.
N..Y,N.H.& Hartfo d
N.Y.State Railways.
Penna. Railroad.
Peoples Gas. Chicago
Pitt.,C.,C.A Silicon
Pittsburgh Coal com.
Pressed st. Car com. ;.
Pressed st. Car pfd.
xPullman Car Co...
Ray Consol. Copper.
Reading r. R COM.
Rep. Ir. l. Steel com.
Rep L. 4 Steel pfd-.
Rock Island com.
Rock Island pfd. 80.
Seaboad Air l. com.
Seaboard Air l. pfd-.
Sears-ROebuck COM.
Sloss-Steffld com.
Southern Pacific. =.
Southern Rwy. com.
Southern Rwy. pfd.
st. L. 4 San Fr. com.
st. L. Southw'n pfd:.
Standard Milling com.
Studubaker Cor. com.
Texas L. Pacific. 49,.
Texas Companies :.
Tennessee Copper
Third Ave. Street RI.
Toledo, St.L.& " com
Underw'd Typr.com.
It'd. Dry Goods pfd.
Un.Bag 4 Paper com.
Tn. Bag & Paper pid.
Union pacilc com.
US. Cast Ir. P. pfd..
U.S.Ind. Alcohol com.
US. Realty. ......
US. Rubber com. ;.
US. Rubber lSt pid.
US. Steei com. -.
Us. Steel pfd..
Utah Copper
Va.-Car. Chem. com.
Wabash r. r. com.
Wabash Il. K. pfd. ;.
West Maryland com.
Westinghouse Elec. i.
Western Union Teleg.
Wheel'g d L. Z. com.
Wisconsin Cent com .
Woaworth Co. com. !.
Woolworth Co. pfd.. i.
1Ex Di
International il
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Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Condition of the Water.

Temperature and condition of water at
s am: Great FallS-Temperature, "A
condition, lao Dalecarlia reservoir-Tenl-
perature. "A: condition at north connec-
ton, 1JO: condition at south connection.
$50. Georgetown distributing reservoir
Temperature. 81; condition at lnfiuent
gatehouse, 500.
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In Stratford Town.

WILLIAM DEAN HOWEL.LS. at a
W luncheon in New York, told a
Shakespeare story.
In Stratford," he began, during one
of the Shakespeare jubilees, an American
tourist approached an aged villager in a
smock and said:
who is this chap Shakespeare, any
way"
He were q writer, sir
"'Oh, but there are lots of writers.
Why do you make such an internal fuss
over this one. then? Wherever 1 turn 1
see Shakespeare hotels. Shakespeare
cakes, Shakespeare chocolates. Shakes
peare shoes. Whit the deuce did he
write-muckrake magazine stories. at
tacks on the trusts. censored novels!
mo, sir; oh, no. sir said the aged
villager. understand he writ for the
Bible. sir
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Locating the Draughts.

A BOY employed at a messenger Of
1 , flee claims to have been sent on the
most peculiar errand SO far reported in
that Office. delicate looking man with
a western accent wished him to go to
the Public Library, ask for certain
book and read 1t. sitting for a few min
utes at each chair I'm the general reading
room.
what I want you really to do" he
said, Els to locate the draughts. II have
studied in many libraries and have con-
tracted the worst colds Of my life there.
I find that in every library there are
certain chairs that are exposed to
draughts. 1t may not be a strong
draught. but 1t. is strong enough to cause
bad cold. | catch cold very easily. and
cannot afford to experiment with the
draughty spots, SO before / go down
there want to make sure that l have
protected chair"
The boy departed on his delicate mis-
sion. He came back sneezing, but he
also reported the number of the desk
which he considered sufficiently sheltered
from draughts.
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One Didn't Count.

MAYOR BLANKENBURG, at din
AVA ner in Philadelphia. praised the
Quaker city ardently
81 must even praise" he said. with a
smile, ''our exclusiveness-we carry 1t SO
far, you know. Birth is not enough with
us. residence is equally important. and
they who live above Market street are
doomed Here, surely, is exclusiveness
with a vengeance.
They tell a story about dinner in
Rittenhouse Square. At this dinner, a.
the fish course began, one woman whis-
pered to another:
Dear me, there are thirteen at tablet
But the other woman smiled and an
swered, calmly:
Compose yourself, my dear Mrs Cad
biddleder Waddle. Mrs North Broad 10
not really one of US. She lives UP town.
you know"
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newcomers do-the sweatshop work of the
odd job at the rate OF 20 cents an hour.
Here is list of the '.Jobs" posted on the
Christian Association bulletin for one
week.
Pressing suits, fine laundering. mending
clothes, cleaning a refrigerator. address
ing envelopes, washing the piano Keys in
Music Hall. making costumes for a dance
and typewriting.
Eleanor and / pressed skirts. 1t was
a slow business. 1 once earned S420 in
one week, but it was a week when aca-
demic work went to the wall. My prep
aration for college, like that of many an
other girl, had been very uneven. and l
had all that 1 could do to keep my aca-
The two or three skirts with their twenty
pleats apiece, waiting in my closet to be
pressed at the week end, were no very
great help to my Mondays theme.
AS the weeks went on / began to ques-
ton this Odd Job method of earning a
hundred dollars. During my first Christ
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thousand dollars. The market closes
about noon on all week days excepting
Saturdays. when il is open until about ] L
O'Clock at night.
The market rentals Of Center market
vary in accordance with the location and
uses OF the stalls. The butter stands are
located in the main aisles, as IL is gen
orally conceded that the purchase OF but
ter IL one Of the first reasons for market
going The dealers I'm fresh meats oc-
cupy more space and pay larger rents.
some Of them paying as high as $50 a
month The bacon and the fish stalls are
placed along the walls and are among tina
highest In price. Some of the vegetable
produce stands rent at So This is per-
haps the minimum rental for a STALL the
others ranging in price from s. TO $50.
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cleaning and care of the buildings. Inc
District report of the last fiscal year
showed SIS, 496 as the sum that was need
ed to maintain the Western, Eastern ana
Georgetown markets and the farmers
street markets surrounding each market
house. Each year repairs have been
made and many OF the old stands have
been replaced by new open ones. THESE
are believed by the authorities to be more
sanitary, for there are no hidden corners
boxes and barrels are allowed to remain
underneath them.
Though not retail market, the farm
ers produce market differs from the
average wholesale market For here the
farmers and gardeners Of the surrounding
country display their goods to be sold on
a large scale. Many OF the grocery stores
and small dealers throughout the city
make their purchases here. 1t is shell
tered only by coverings of canvas or cor
rugated iron, though the District govern
ment, by which 1t Is controlled, has hoped
for some time to erect steel portable
sheds
1t covers an area of four sides of a
city block with an aisle through the CEN
ter and two blocks on the opposite side of
the street If the distance were in
straight line it would extend eight city
blocks There are $50 stands n the
farmers produce market with accommo-
dations for parking the teams. Here. dur
ing the summer months, some 1900 buy
ers come weekly for the fresh country
products that may be bought in whole.
sale fashion. Each farmer pays 1Oc per
day for his stand and the rents received
the last year amounted to 5.242.70
Though under a private corporation,
the Center market occupies ground be-
longing to the municipal government.
For this as franchise rental the Dis
trict receives $500. Where Center
market now stands there has been a
market that dates as far back as the
beginning of Washingtons history.
Prior to the civil war it was simply
a collection of sheds. many of which
so rumor has it-were used as tool
houses while erecting several of the
public buildings and afterward pur-
chased and used by the municipal gov
eminent as market sheds.
In 1870 and 1872 the old market
houses were destroyed and the present
building erected by Il private company
chartered by Congress. Thus the con-