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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-03
SHARP DECLINES
|NST0CK PRICES
Steel Common and Reading,
Most Active Issues, Show
Losses in Heavy Market.
BY CHARLES w. STORM.

NEW YORK. May S.-Rejection of the
anthracite operators tentati tive peace
agreement by the men caused heayines3s
among the hard coal carrying railroads
Al the opening of the stock market to-
day Reading, the most important of the
hard eoalers opened at 176, p lower
few minutes its net loss had reached one
point Lehigh Valley was off -
Canadian Pacific showed pronounced
strength on bullish operations in London.
opening at 256lz, a gain OF ~ United
states Steel common lost q
The entire list was heavy Among the
initial declines other than those men
toned were: Amalgamate ted Copper Is
Baltimore and Ohio Z, Atchison Il.
Union Pacific was weak, losing IA on
vigorous selling.
Southern Pacific was unchanged
The curb was firm.
Americans in London held steady, but
operations were sluggish
In the late forenoon the tone was
heavy, and the prices of May issues
showed losses Of ! point or more from
yesterdays close The trading element
on the floor regarded strike developments
as a sufficient inducement for aggressive
Reading were prominent in the down
ward movement. American Cotton Oil
and American Can we're strong, advancing
more than v each
There was vigorous selling in the mar
ket this afternoon, the market making
sharp declines, and for the first time this
week there was evidence Of speculative
liquidation on a heavy scale Union Pa
enc was forced down ! point to 1908
and loss Of over l point was sustained
n Reading, bringing II points under
Thursdays closing One of the most i'm
portant market factors was the with
drawal from the bull position of an ele-
ment that has been aggressively adj
vvsnclng, prices since shortly before
March l.
Stock quotations:
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NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF tie FIeecy Staple
lFrom Hayward Z I'LL

/ NEW YORK, May carpenter. Bag
got Co Hutton W Eadsers Fr eTs bsst
buyers after the call. Selling was scat
tered
Dallas, Texas, wires: Texas generally
cloudy and warm; no rain. Oklahoma
Following ,are II a. NJ bids: May.
1898: July. lL07. October To- Decem-
Der 1l23, January, lib.
Estimated receipts saturday:
New Orleans ....... !. 300 to 1900 1856
Galveston ..... 2 600 to 1000 400
NEW ORLEANS, May 3.-Hayward &
Clark The weather map is favora bic.
FAR IN the north portion Of the oeIL
everywhere. IS rain al Memphis So at
Jackson. IS a Vicksburg and so at Me
ridian. Indications are fer partly cloudy
to cloudy; possibly some scattered show
Europe sold distant deliveries. Market
very nervous. Little outside business.
New York wires quite featureless
market Expect good spot demand alter.
cable SAYS continental purchases were
supplied by Anglo American houses
Fort Smith, Ark, wires Settled
three days have not materialized We
have had sunshiny weather instead.
River rose TO Is feet, but 30 necessary to
cause overflow Now falling Planting
general and not a day late. Acreage not
reduced
Official records so far show that rain
reports Yesterday on which the market
was advanced, were exaggerated Re
ports far show that no general rains
occurred: only isolated showers, heavy at
some places
New Orleans Times Democrat. Again
the market appeared friendiess, but
around the days low levels support de-
veloped and when the talent learned that
the continent was buying actual cotton
in the New Orleans market, that export
ers were buying May contracts here, and
that rain was falling In some sections of
the central belt, the aspect Of things
changed. and the market climbed %
points higher than the bottom. OF course
bulls Immediately exploited their belief
that the sharp decline had been brought
about by sentiment rather than by the
facts Of the general situation. while bears
spent their time explaining that the
weather is not nearly so bad claimed
and that progress OF marked character
is being made in many sections. Addi
tional crevasses are further complicating
the situation in the Mississippi valley and
many Of the reports from sections in Ala
bama and Georgia, and portions Of the
west are not establishing fresh confidence
in the new crop promise, though good
stands are reported by other sections.
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ATLANTA MARKETS

EGGs-Fresh country candled, 10000.
BUTTER-Jersey and creamery. In lib.
blocks, 2;1aa 25e: fresh country. 15Q17c
DRESSB PoULTRY-Drawn head and
feet on, Per pound. Hens, 17G1sc; fries,
25Q27c. BOOSTERS. "a 1oc. Turkeys. ow-
ing to fatness. 1sG20c
LIVE POULTRY Hens. 40d45c: roost-
ers, 25d 35c: fries s0d50c. broners. 30d
s5c; puddle ducks. 35n40c: Pekir ducks.
4Oq 45c; geese, 75Gs5c each: turkeys. ow-
ing to fairness. 15@16c
FRUITS AND PRODUCE.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES Lemons,
o1acg 5000 a ool. I SO per box Florida
100 per crate Cabbage. 31sc per pound.
Florida cabbage $3.50 per crate. Pea.
nuts. per pound. fancy Virginia. 6A@7c:
g. ein9 9EGs1 % . . @ose Beans round green
sS.v092;5 80 per crate. Squash, yellow. per
six basket crates. s150G20O Lettuce,
crate. Beets, So 0oG8 so per barrel Gu
cumbers, s10od150 per crate. English
peas per drum. 81 .5om2 New Irish pota !
toes. per barrel. $4,000 90. per barrel
0traWoerrles. l2a5 T15c per quart
Egg plants S25003 90 per crate Pep
t cboiaye ta six basket crates s25o@3 co.
80 5Oa4,00 per crate Onions. SO 0O(a3 50
per bushel Sweet potatoes. q yam. 81 20
Gil per bushel Cranberries S11 oOQ
'-sNN PCA bdIIEis DUO per gallon.
PROVISION MARKET.
corrected by White Provision Co.1
:. Cornteld hams. 10 to u lbs average,
cornfeld hams. 10 to "A lbs average
, Cornfeld skinned hams. 10 to Is lbs
Cornield picnic hams. 6 N lbs avar-
111hc
Gornfeld breakfast bacon. 28c
7Srocer style bacon (wide or narrow.
;, CT;o1rnfaeldd fresh pork sausage dink or
Cornfeld frankfurters, 1O-lb buckets,
Cornheld bologna sausage. 25-lb. boxes,
=, Cornfield luncheon hams. 25-lb. boxes.
ot6 cornf lei spiced jelied meats in lob.
Cornfeld smoked link sausage. 25-lb.
ko c K smoked link sausage IN pickle.
:, tCornlfieIld frankfurters in pickle. t5-lb.
;, Cornfeld picked pixs feet. lib kits.
Gornheld pure lard Ctierce basis). 121sc.
Country style pure lard. 50-lb tins only
Compound lard (tierce basis), &c.
D. S extra ribs, 111ac
p S. rib bellies. medium average.
- >. IT'D bellies, light average, 123c.
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLOUR-Postelrs Elegant, $3.50; Gloria
(self- rising, 1925; Victory Finest pat
ent. $3.50; FTaultless, finest, 1925: Swans
down (highest PATENT, $50; Home
Queen (highest PATENT, s5.75; Puritan
thtghest PATENT $5.75: Sun Rise (half-
PATENT, s5.35: Tulip flour, $3.50; White
Cloud highest PATENT, $3.50 Diadem
1highest PATENT, $3.50 Farm Bell, $40;
Paragon (highest PATENT, S5.75; White
Lily highest PATENT, $3.50, White Daisy,
s. 90 Southern Star, $685.; sun Beam,
S5.35; Ocean Spray (patenD, $685..
CORN Tennessee White, red cob.
Slip; cracked. 81 05; yellow, S1.10.
MEAL Bottled, 12-lb sacks, 92c plain,
144-lb- sacks, 100; 96-lb. sacks, S1.O1;
4S-lb. sacks, 81 o3; 24-lb. sacks, st05
OATS-Fancy white clipped, 75c; fancy
white, 74c; mixed 69c
COTTON SEED Buckeye. S28
COTTON SEED HULLS~-Squars sacks
$1,000 per ton
FEEDSTUrF.
SHORTS Halliday white. 1oo-tb. sacks
81 So; fancy 75-lb sacks, 81 90, r w.
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HEINZE. SHY OF CASH.
COULDN'T BUY WHOLE
BLOCK OF COPPER

NEW YORK. May 3.-At the Elk
change Salesroons in Nesey street 4. 1000
shares of United Copper common we're
offered at auction. This stock was
brought out several years before the
panic of 1907 by F Augustus Heinze
and sold as high as SIS share The
boom collapsed with the failure Of otto
Heinze & Co
Among the bidders vas Arthur P.
Heinze The bidding started at 60
cents and Heinze finally bid in the en-
tire block at 81 a share He rendered
a check for $4,000 but the auctioneer
declined TO accept it, explaining that
the rules required a payment of ten per
cent in cash Heinze had only $50 in
his pockets. The stock was then put in
smaller blocks and Heinze bid in 500
shares at 81 a share. and put up the
required ten per cent cash The re
mainder was sold at between 90 cents
and S1.01 a share.
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75-lb. sacks. s1;s5; Brown. loo;lb. sacks:
10 sacks, s1.7o; Hom asfi = sIsB; Germ
meal. Homco, 81 So sugar beet pulp 100
lb. sacks, 81 So 75-lb sacks. $50.
CHICKEN FEED-Beef scraps 100
pound sacks, SO so, Purina scratch, doz-
en- pound. packa ages; S2.35;, Purina pigeon
rina chicken chowder per barrel.
S2S5; Purina Chowder, 100 pound sacks,
Purina scratch. 100 ID sacks. 81 IS; Sue
tory baby chick. s22o Victory scratch.
5o-ib. sacks. s225; Victory scratch. 100
chick, 50 10; wheat. 2-bushel bags. per
bushel 81 40; Rooster chicken feed. 50lb.
SACKS 8; oystergheil. SOC.
sacks, ZOO Purina measses feed, $500;
Monogram 1o0-lb sacks. 81 70; Victory
sacks, $40; alfalfa molasses meal, 81 rs:
SEEDS : Sacked German millet
orange. s. 40; Wheat CTennessee5, blue
stem, $40; rye (Georgia) s1S5; Appler
oats -S5c red rust proof oats. nc; Burt
SOC; blue seed oats. soc
HAY-Per hundredweight: Timothy,
choice ,b! large bales les s. So Timothy, choice
bales, S75; alfalfa hay, choice, s165;
Timothy No. 2; $3.50; Timothy clover
mixed, sl45' 5. clover ~ hay. s. 5o; alfalfa
alfalfa No 2, 81. 25; peavine hay, 81 20;
shucks, zoe; wheat straw, soc; Bermuda
'' GROCERIES.
SUGAR-Per pound. STANDARD eranu
lated, SIC; New York refined. 51kc: plan
tation. &c
COFFEE Roasted (Arbuche's). s2425;
AAAA, S1450 in bulk; In bags and bar.
rels $40; green. 19c.
MISCELLANEOUS Georgia cane svrun
3Sc, axle grease, SITS; soda crackers. III g:
per pound; lemon crackers, SC, oyster. fc
tomatoes g Pounds. 50 case; pounds,
s. 70; navy beans, s. 10; Lima beans. 7ac;
case, grits (bags). 1920; pink salmon
E. Lee salmon $50; cocoa. $scG: "q roast ST
ball potash 81 80 per case: soap, si5o@4
per case. Rumford baking powder, S2bo
per case
Q61ac. according to grade.
soco, CSC per pound; Fake White, ~
per pound. .Cottolene, s775 per case
Snowdrift, Sc Is per case.
CHEESE Fancy full cream, 22c.
SARDINESSa, Mustard, So per case: one
quarter oil So.
sALT-one hundred pounds, 4sc; salt
medicated). per case 81 IS: salt red rock
100 pounds, 81: 25-lh- sacks. Ice.
FISH.
FISH-Bream and perch, SC per pound
snapper, &c per pound; trout, 10c per
pound; bluefish, &c per pound; pompano
25c per pound mackerel, 15c per
pound; mixed fish, &c per pound black
bass, 1Oc per pound; mullet. $1100 per
barrel Georgia roe shad, SOC each; buck
shad, Doc each; roe Hicks. zoe each :
Florida roe shad. S5c each; bucks, 75o
eQR ri
eH cR'A ISl shell. 8o@s5c per dozen
OYSTERS gallon: Plants, 81 500
So extra selects, 81 40Q150; selects.
s1.25@14O; standard. $1Q1.1o; Keepers 900
Q1.00.
HARDWARE.
WSTOCKS-Halman. csc; Fergu.
son. St.05
AXLES-s475@7 per dozen. base.
SHOT-S225 per. sack.
SHOES Horse, s4500475 per keR.
LEAD-Bar, nc per pound
NAILS-Wi9e, s2.65, base.
IRON-Per pound. &c base: Swede Shc
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Range
HAYWARD & cLARK's

DAILY COTTON LEI 7 Err
NEW ORLEANS, May 3.-The greatest
danger to the trade now seems to be
exaggerated and false weather news.
| Judging from private reports received yes
terday afternoon, on which the market
was worked up the whole belt was
scattered showers. mostly in Mississippi,
/ though heavy at some points The map
| this morning shows partly cloudy to
| cloudy but no rain In western states, ana
scattered showers in the central belt
Indications are for partly cloudy and
/ probably scattered showers which in the
! greater part Of the belt are considered
! beneficial
Liverpool barely followed the recovery
/ N our market. spots points higher. sales
! 10 600 bales
There WAS more general buying in our
market this morning based on prospects
anticipation Of bearish mill takngs in
/ the afternoon visible statement The
market however, depends largely upon
4 support IN New York, and as this did not
I appear promptly, prices dropped points
! on little selling The political situation in
I his country is now also more freely men
/ toned IN discussions Of future price pros
poets
crop inspector wires the following in
/ regard to the delta. Memphis, Tenn. +,
/ Magnolia, Jackson, Grenada to Memphis
/ through hin section Of mississippi farming
preparations very backward Very little
/ cotton mp. Much land not plowed Soil in
poor condition Grenada TO Memphis not
more than 50 per cent plowed AS a
! whole poor start
Official rain records name only ave
points In entire belt as having had a
heavy rain Yesterday. and these are ali in
The same limited area in the lower cen
tral belt from which we have heard of
lheavy rains right along The favora BILE
conditions prevailing in the greater por-
/ RANGE IN NEW OIL EANS FUTURES
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NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET

NEW YORK. May Wheat steady;
July S116Ssd116S4, spot No. , red s1.20
in elevator. s. 22S4 f. o. b Corn dull.
nominal o b.. steamer nominal, No.
nominal oats easier. natural white
6212 Q64ls white clipped 64ls q6612. Rye
steady, No, nominal + @. b. New York
Buffalo Hay strong; good to prime 81 40
dl70, poor 70 fair sl,25q1 50 Flour
easier, spring patents IS 600 3 80 straights
IS 40G5 so. clears $460G5, winter patents
IS 9odsl0. streights s5.25a5.5o clears
s475d5
Beef quiet family sl65Odls.50. Pork
hrm mess SIG Isl %. family $50 25Q
q so Lard easier. city steam lol2 q l0ss
Tallow steady. city in hogsheads) 6is.
country Tin tierces) $685.
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POULTRY. BUTTER AND EGGS.

NEW YORK. May dressed poultry
steady turkeys 13d22. chickens. I6d2S,
fowls. 111a at: ducks. 1922: geese, II
416 Live poultry weak; fowls / 4
asked: turkeys, 1S (asked), ROSTERS 10
asked; ducks. IA tasked); geese. SG9
Butter easier, creamery specials, 3S
tbid). creamery extras. S21s Cbid) state
dairy, tubs, 250S2, process specials, 27la
Q2s
Eggs steady, nearby white fancy. 22l5
d2S. nearby brown fancy, 21G211a extra
firsts 21l202 frsts. 19G PLY
Cheese frner. white milk specials, 1871
dt5s4 whole milk fancy. 1874 615lp
skins, specials. 11i5 tbidl, skins. fine. 10
a 1893 full skins 7dS
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Opening. / CLOSING.
Closed easy. Sales. 80, 300 barrels
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO, MAY s.-Hogs- Receipts
q 600 Market sc lower mixed anc
butchers, 81, 256772; good heavy, 81 55@
772: rough heavy, 725Q750; light. 81 :;
a I IS; pigs S5.50Q 10 bulk. 81 55 a I. SIS
Cattle-Receipt 1000 Market strong
beeves, IS So 90. cows and heifers, 81. 81
also; stockers and feeders $4S566 90
Texans, S. 00q 30, calves. S6.5o6S50
native and Western, 5000 90 lambs
s675d 1885.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-03
ATLANTA LIVE STOCK MARKET.
(6y w. II. White, Jr.. OF the White Pro-
vision Company

quotations passed on 9Ctudi purchases
during the current week:
Choice to good steers, 1000 to 200 8 rs
a 100 good steers, 500 to 600 50@5.75;
medium to good steers. 700 to $50 Asa
$50, good to choice beef cows. 500 to 900
450G475; medium TO good beef cows, 700
to 500, 425Q450. good to choice heifers,
100 to $50, 450q5 36; medium to good
heifers $50 to 80. S.751450
The above represent ruling prices of
good quality of beef cattle. Inferior
grades and dairy types selling lower
Mixed common steers II fat, 700 to 500,
4.00@4,75. mixed common cows, If fat. 500
TO 500. 350d4 90, mixed common punches
to fair, 600 TO 500, 2.6oQ32 IS, good butch
er bulls. S35aS50
Prime hogs. 1850 to 200 average. 1850
500; good butcher hogs, $40 to 100. I 500
so; light pigs, so to 100 6.50q6. rs. heavy
rough hogs. 200 to $50. 7d775.
Above quotations apply to corn fed
hogs Mast and peanut fattened hogs, Ia
&c and under
Moderate supply OF cattle Prices have
ranged a shade higher on best grades of
fed steers.
A few loads OF mixed short fed cattle
were on the yards this week which sold
readily al prevailing quotations. with 2
few OF the best selections an eighth to a
quarter higher than prices quoted a week
ago
Market generally is considered strong
and active.
Hog receipts about the same as last
week Market steady Yards keep sold
right up TO arrival with nothing carried
over
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CLOSED steady

Liverpool cables were due ~ to 6
points higher Opened quiet at to AZ
advance. Al 1915 p m. was very steady
Spot cotton in good demand at . points
advance; middlng. 6.37. sales, 10000
speculation and export, LOCO including
u ZOO American Tenders new docket
5000 bales, old docket $4,000 Later ca
hes reported a decline of points from
the above
The close was easy with prices y to
Y points above the previous closing
RANGE IN LIVERPOOL FUTURES
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COTTON Market OPINIONS.

HAYDEN Stone & Co II is srI 8
weather proposition
Logan & Bryan: Prices are not un-
rea soma bly, high
Pell & Co. Cotton may be bought on
any decline
j s. Bache & Co We feel that a FUR
Their break is not likely. and advise me
purchase Of The distant positions on any
further decline
sternberger. Sim & Co We think a
further rally should take place.
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METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. May S-At the metal ex-
change today trading was quiet
Quotations. Copper spot Is so q 10 s.
MAY to June. IS 5oql5,s2ia July and Au-
gust l55oGl5.6o. lead, 4l04417ia; tin,
a 55d44.75; spelter, 6.s0Q6.90.
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NEW YORK COFFEE MARkEr
Coffee nnntations
COTTON SEED OIL.

NEW YORK, MAY s.-Carpenter. Bag
got & Co; The cotton seed oil market
was firm during the early trading, with
prices higher on good buying and small
offerings Some of insiders appeared dis
posed TO anticipate a reaction on the
theory that outsiders had bought at the
top.
Cotton seed oil quotations:
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WHEAT GOES UP
TOWARD CLOSE
Corn Irregular, With May and
September Lower and July
Higher-O Oats Lower.
ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS..

CHICAGO, May Wheat opened high
er with prices ranging from a to &c bet
ter IN the different options The tone
was strong. Buying by shorts was a large
strengthening factor Those who sold out
Yesterday were on the buying side this
morning. Early offerings were small.
Firm cables and light Northwestern re-
ceipts added to the strength Trade was
light. Liverpool came "a to ssd higher,
against our declines of Yesterday
Corn was a shade better. The tone
was easy on better weather in the belt
and large Argentine shipments
oats were up &c. Trade was very
small and features We're lacking
Provisions were stronger, although hogs
were off &c at the yards. Trading was
extremely dull
Wheat closed with strong tone and
with prices showing net gains of IS to q C
with May the strongest spot Firm ca :
bles and bullish reports were the main
Corn cloced weaker with prices off n
TO &c in tie ~7ious options Liquida-
tions by iolga@%as the main factor
Oats were also weaker. Prices were "A
TO nc lower at the finish. Market about
the same as corn,
Provisions showed but little change at
the close. The market was featureless.
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GeneraI Eorecast

Virginia Fair tonight and Saturday
North Carolina Fair tonight and Satur-
day
South Carolina Generally fair tonight
and Saturday.
Georgia Local showers tonight or Sat
urday
F1orids-unsettled showers tonight or
Saturday
Alabama Showers tonight or Saturday
ssssippi-Showers tonight or Satur-
day
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SPOT COTTON MARKET.

Atlanta, nominal middling 11h
New York. quiet middling 1130.
New Orleans. quiet; mlddling II 9-16.
Liverpool firm; middling 637d
Savannah, nominal. niiddling 111a.
Augusta, steady; middling II a.
Mobile. steady; middling 11h
Galveston, quiet; middling II q
Norfolk, steady. mddling 11R.
Wilmington; nominal
Little Rock, quiet; middling liz.
Charleston, nominal. middling II Il
Louisville, firm; middling l1A,
Philadelphia. steady middling 1855.
Boston. quiet middling 1130
Baltimore, nominal; middling 119s.
Memphis, steady; middling 11ss
St Louis. steady middling l1ss
Houston, steady; middling II 11-16.
Louisville, firm; middling 11h
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NAVAL STORES.

SAVANNAH May -Turpentine firm
az ass. sales. POS receipts, IA
Rosin arm receipts l 1888; water white,
S707s5 window glass. sos: y, s. o2tz
N. ST x. 81 s.; I, 81; G. 81; F, 81
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MINING STOCKS.

BOSTON, May S-Opening: East
Butte. 13i5, Superior and Boston. "a:
shannon. a. Centennial, "a Mason Val
ley, IL, Hancock, S52; Trinity, IN
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LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.

Wheat opened I'D to I'D lower; at 80
p. m, was SD TO Id higher. Closed sd
to I'D higher.
Corn opened I'D to I'D Hover: at 1 80
p, m. was I'D lower to I'D higher. Closed
I'D to a d lower.
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THE WEATHER
Condition.

Condition.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-The weather
will be unsettled except for showers to-
night and Saturday in the upper lake and
western lower lake region the Ohio val
ley, the east gulf and southern portion
Of the South Atlantic states. In New
England and the middle Atlantic states
the weather will he fair
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-03
FACT AND GOSSIP
IN BUS|NES
WORLD
sv q. c. FORBES.


important stock exchange firm said 10 m'
the other day in answer TO a suggestion
that he should do a certain thing
4 would gladly do II, but Il might
be construed as an act Of antagonism
toward the money power
one that YOU ran your business on your
own CAPITAL" I replied
That's true We have money
enough to carry on our affairs, but
o1casionelIv when we are carrying
Ia amounts Of stocks for customers
re and II convenient to borrow TEN
porarilv but even were this not So
I could not afford to DO anything
against the powers that be You
ought 10 know that.
$50 there is money power
oueried
He looked al me quizzically
You did not come down TO tho
street for the first time YESTERDAY
Therefore need not reply to that
opestion
kind Of humniaung position for a man
of your standing To be in" ventured'
bll "i'a' '''
ssNeo .,o,.., ,,o subject
ineh
eo.,,a tfr,e ars an article appeared in
.hts ,el,,r,r on me text that there is not
n.ore, trust hnt thai there is a money
t.ff.,,,a, ~ works on finance
xxx ,ster was discussing the
~ .oi,,,nn from dav 10 DAY.
col. - II far granted that
~ rote about here being a
VIVA ...,tr,d he said.
moheS pp"9 r,,g1led by
inspire" ,,r neonle he re-
Vhom Aii- ~ s - A..
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ARGENTINE SHIPMENTS.
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS.,

CHICAGO, May Wheat. No 2 red,
s1141s@1.16A; No. red, St.12@114; No.
hard winter, s1,150t17; No hard
s1.1S@1.19 No. northern spring, $1.15q
1.1S; No, spring, $k1t61.16.
Corn. No. 2, 500; No. Q white S0H 6S1;
No. 3 yellow. 500 q 500 No. 3, 7s07815;
No, white, 1917 No. 3 yellow, 7S1kd79
No. 4, 74@741a; No white, 77Q7713; No
yellow, 7567611.
oats, No white, $685.; No 3
white. 57@571si No. white. Soy 057;
Standard 5712 ass.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-03
CHICAGO CAR LOTS.

Following are receipts for Thursday and
receipts for Friday:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-03
PORT RECEIPTS.

The following table shows receipts at
the ports today compared with the same
daN last yeaS.